THE PAST YEAR.
If one had been called upon, on the 1st of January, 1857, to
prophesy as to the events which shonld characterise the year, and
if we had been guided, as all soothsayers and seers are, by
symptoms and indications, we should probably have declared that
the most remarkable circumstance likely to occur was the advent
of the promised comet. Although we had on our hands the
actuality of the Persian war, and the imminence of hostilities with
China, yet these far-distant barbarian contests have not hitherto
taken rank in our estimation as wars properly so called; and,
despite of these, England held the opinion that the year after peace
was proclaimed in Europe was o( necessity to be tranquil and
prosperous. IVe were to get rid of millions of taxation, and sub
Side into our normal condition of shopkeeping. It was to be a
quiet-going, money-getting year; and the most agitating of our
topics were to be a little extension of the franchise, the bettering
of our sewerage, or perhaps ,(we were not too sanguine about this)
I.UCK NOW,—THE TOWN HOUSE OF CAPTAIN F. HATES, SLA.-FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.
LUCK-sow.—pntmxiRAPtiKo most uu: ousesvatort,—feb nf.xt rAOB,'
2
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 2, 1838
we were to altain to a plan for the purification of the Thames. We
were, in fact, to live through twelve months of gentle dulness,
relieved only by the Exhibition of Art-Treasures at Manchester,
and the Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace. There was no
cloud on the political horizon at the beginning of the year; our
social condition was that of a united people; there was prosperity in
our manufacturing districts: and, strangest of all, there was no
agricultural distress—among landlords and fanners. Even Ireland
was tranquil, and absolutely becoming thrifty and rich.
Our trade generally showed a large increase; Consols were
high; and a Chartist leader was derisively hissed when he
attempted to hold an open-air meeting having for its object
the amelioration of the condition of the labouring classes. Such
was the prospect of the coming year, let us turn to the retrospect.
The stillness in the land was first broken by the defeat of the
Ministry on the policy adopted in the affair of the dispute with
China; and the country was suddenly immersed in the bustle and
heat of a general election. It was, however, on the whole, a very
lamb-like business. The old party watchwords served no longer for
gathering cries; and the question was merely whether or not the
Premiership should continue to be held by the only statesman who
had of late evinced any readiness to accept that eminence; and, the
issue being thus narrowed, the election was perhaps the least exciting
on record. A triumphant Ministerial majority was content to leave
the settlement of the Chinese question in the hands of the Govern¬
ment; and the country, which only considered the matter from a tea-
table point of view, finding that there was no material difference in
grocers’ prices, was equally satisfied. And so the new Parliament
set about its duties with an easy air; for, as the reform of our re¬
presentative system was postponed for a year, the most notable sub¬
jects for consideration were the abolition of the Ecclesiastical
Courts as connected with questions of wills and divorce, the admission
of the Jews to Parliament, and the dotation of the Princess Royal oil
her marriage with a Prince of Prussia. A fortnight had not elapsed
when intelligence was received from India that a spirit of dis¬
affection had appeared in the Bengal army. The news did not
cause much concern in this country, as it was* supposed
that the tranquillity of our Eastern empire would be
easily restored; and the reassuring tone of the Government was
accepted with little or no hesitation. Even then the sepoy mutiny
had actually broken out in all its atrocity at Meerut, was spreading
rapidly to Delhi, and covering Oude. The hideous truth was ere
long to be stamped in letters of blood and flame on the brain and
heart of astounded England. There is no need to recall here any
of that history so sad and yet so glorious. The results are for the
fbturc, which promises an entire Governmental change in Ilin-
dostan, and probably a new epoch in the social and religious sys¬
tem of that stronghold of Paganism. Nor is there greater need of
dwelling upon the rise, progress, and happily it can now be said
decline and fall, of that commercial storm that swept over the
country, and before which so many a factitious and hollow trading
firms went down, but which, like other tempests, cleared off the foul
8 nd noxious vapours which had unknowingly penetrated into our
monetary atmosphere. In the history of that momentous crisis
two things will not he forgotten—namely, the courageous and able
conduct of the Directors of the Bank of England, and the watch¬
fulness in the first instance, and then the readiness and tact, dis¬
played by the Government when they took the important step of
violating a law the action of which on our monetary system at
that moment was nothing less than strangulation.
And still beneath the surging of these mighty events the under¬
current of our social and physical life rolled on. Apart from the
melancholy list of the names of those who have died to save India,
and which are too much of household words in England to require
chronicling now, death has been at work as usual during the past
twelve months. The last of the numerous family of George III,
the Duchess of Gloucester, has passed away in a ripe old age. A
Churchman somewhat famous in his day. Bishop Blomfield, and an
equnlly famous lawyer and Judge, Baron Aldorson, have gone.
the Educational Conference, which is in itself a striking sign of the
times. But still more remarkable was the assembling of that Con¬
gress of the best and wisest men of our daywhich had forits object
the foundation of a Social Science Association—its purpose being
to investigate, examine, and trace to their sources all social evils,
with a view to their correction at their very roots. Another great
educational institute has been established, by the opening of the
South Kensington Museum ; and let it not be forgotten that the
noblest public reading-room in the world—that at the British
Museum—was made available in 1857. We have already glanced
at the tribute which was paid to art by the well-organised and well-
enrried-out scheme of the Art-Treasures Exhibition at Manchester,
and the homage done to music by the great Handel Festival at tho
Cirstal Palace. Two stupendous attempts at scientific and engi¬
neering achievement have been made at the laying down of the
cable of the Atlantic Telegraph, aDd the completion and launch of
the Leviathan steam-ship; and, if both these undertakings have
been subjected to temporary failure, no one doubts but that skill
and perseverance will not be lacking for their final accomplish¬
ment. If, for a moment, we look beyond the confines of
our own country, we shall find that in Europe there has
been little of striking importance to dwell upon. The meeting
of ihe Emperors of France. Russia, and Austria, the ill¬
ness of tho King of Prussia, the birth of an heir to the throue of
Spain, and the continued unsettlement of the Danubkm Princi¬
palities arc the main features of the year ; while the inauguration
of a new President in the person of Mr. Buchanan is, except the
commercial panic, the most noteworthy occurrence in America.
Upon the whole, then, we would say that the great interest of the
year has centred on England, on her trials and her struggles; and
now that wc look back on all that has occurred, while we wonder
at the depth and strength of the difficulties with which we have,
had to contend, we cannot resist a feeling of satisfaction gnd
pride when we see that the innate robustness of our political,
commercial, and even of our social system has enabled us to
weather storms beneath which many a nation whose institutions
are based on a less stable foundation would have bent, if not
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. NEWS.
a ___— .
- j -——-—o' .-^-o-©"palace at^Delhi and the fart of SeHmgUur arc in tho position of
"Within the same year Literature and Science have lost Douglas tho Residency and tho Muchee Bawan at I.ucknow. In that division
•Jerrold and Hugh ^filler, Poetry mourns over the departure of ^
Bt-ranger, and Art over that of Delarochc. Father Mathew, the
cffLuckuow which is represented at Delhi by that which lies between
the Palace and tho Jumma Musjid on one side, and the Delhi, rurco-
man, and Ajmere gates on the other, are a number of oxtopsive build-
Apostle of Temperance—who, next to O’Connell, was perhaps the inks, occupying, probubly, largo walled laclosures—the Sekunderbagb,
most decided popular leader in Ireland-has sunk, less beneath the| Mo ^ *** go barracks, moss ; liouse, &o. Oppose these, on theoutor
sresjet^
weight of years than of disease brought on by his. disinterested
labours in the cause to which he devoted himself. Parliament has ,
lost a sturdy representative of the people, and commerce one of its
princes, in Mr. Muntz ; while others of lesser notobut still well
known, might be named. <(
In looking back at the occurrences of a year we are bound to
consider it in all its phases, and we cannot shrink from facing the
unpleasant facts which go to make np the history otcHme, Early
in the year justice was done on the elaborately skilful robbers of
the gold-dust on the South-Eastern Railway, and on Leopold Red -
path, the gigantic forger of the Great Northern Railway Company’s
shares. A second and a minor Paul—lie was only a parish defaulter
and not a great banker, although in jiis way he was an extensive
criminal—was detected and punished/ James Sadleir was formally-
expelled from the House of Commons for his doings in connection
with the Tipperaiy Bank ; and the peccant directors of the British
Bank have been formally indicted, and only wait their trial The
names of Saward and Anderson will do down to posterity in the
annals of forgery as masters in their base vocation ; while most
prominent among a number, too large not to make one shudder, of
convicted and alleged murderers ,stand the names of Thomas
Bacon andMedeline Smith. In closing a retrospect of the horrors
of the year, n passing word maybe given at the strange and still
unexplained case of the mutilated remains of a man found on a
buttress of IVaterlqoMiridge—a mystery of London truly, and sig¬
nificant especially in this respect, that the inquiry into the identity
of the tody brought to light the startling fact that in this great
city numbers of persons daily or weekly, at least, disappear silently,
and are heard of ho nlore ! At the same tune that we shrink from
the recollection of the evil that has been rife about us daring the
year which has passed, wc can turn with satisfaction to a review of
the movements of philanthropy and benevolence, which have been
neither inactive, nor,it is to he hoped, unfruitful The great question
of the reformation of criminals, especially of youthful offenders, has
been duly pressed and promoted by its increasing supporters ; and
in connection with that subject onght to be noticed the meeting of
fallen. Happily, we still stand erect, and, gathering
the purifying and curative process through which wi
we are prepared to grapple manfully with the events of the coniji
year-.
Before concluding tills brief retrospect, one word
with reference to a characteristic of the year
which, as Englishmen, we are supposed to feel a peculiar interest,
and that is—the weather. There may have been as line years;
but there cannot by possibility liave been any finer than the last.
It has been a year of glorious weather, without abreak or a change
but what was appropriate and beneficial Grain, fruit, flowers,
foliage, all have been abundant and magnificent, atul it is to be
doubted whether any of tire present generation ever witnessed so
many delightful days in one year as in 1857. A proud distinction
for the year, and one whiclrought to be 7 remembered.
v -\ \
VIEWS IS LUCKNOW.
The news from Ibo capital of the territory of Oude will bo found at
pn-o IK. Wo engrave unon the precoding page a general View of tho
City, and tlio Town House of Captain F. Hayes, ALA., who acted as
English Resident during tho absence of Sir James Oa'r.un.
I.ucknow is represented as displaying a varied, lively, and evea
brilliant prospeOT, when viewed lrom an devoted position, as the
Observatory, whence one of the accompanying Viows was photo¬
graphed. Luclmow may bo regarded as ontitlod to an honourable dis¬
tinction among Indian citW, in possessing an observatory. The'
following general view of the city is from the Bnrn'jat/ ZVnt-g, just
received:—
Perhaps it may help to give the reader a somewhat definite idea of
the position and operations of our force.: if we describe the looulity with
reference to the map of Delhi, with whioh every one is now famdiar,
and to which that of Lucknow exhibits some points of resembUnce.
Ab Dolhi is bounded on one side bvtho Jumna, so Lucknow is bounded
by tbejjoftmteet, and the wall of Delhi is represente t (sufficiently far
our purpose by a canal which skirts the opposite side of Lucknow.
the canal.are the Dilkoosha Park and Palace, and La Jfartml-'re,
a largo school for Christian children, maintained on funds bequeathed
\by General Claude Martino. This school is situato at the (unction of
the canal above mentioned with the Goomteo, and the Dilkoosha *id-
'ToinB it. Tho Alumbagh, so often mentioned lately, stands m rela¬
tion to Lucknow topographically much as the Flagstaff lower does
to Delhi, and about two miles from tho bridge over tho canal which
leads into the oitv, and which at Delhi would be the Cashnfcro ga.o.
abmit\wo milee in length, and varying in breadth irom a mile to a
mile and a half. .Sekunderbagh is the furthest and moBt eastward end
from the Residency. Then come the barracks and mess-house, then the
Motee Mahal (Pearl Palace), which is dose upon the name ot the
Goomtee, and a few hundred yards from the Residency.
Ciiaki.es Mack. w in New York.—(F rom the Mum, Dec.
12.1-On Monday and Thursday of the present week Dr. Mackay■com¬
pleted the series of his lecture? by one upon English bong, and one main y
open Scottish. So much has this method of communing-withthe public
been a fashion of late years that we have become more critlejt; “ JfZ
yard? our lecturers tlum we arc with our preachers ; and woare happy to
say that our English adventurer in tins line has come bravely
through the ordeal. Though his subjects are not new, he invests
them with considerable freshness, and by no mcaus follows
tamely or bliudly in the footsteps of predecessors m the same
walk This is conspicuous when he comes to treat of .uoort,
toward? the end of the closing discourse. He denies to t ,ln - t P''P ul '^
songster the essence of nationality Inherent In some ol the sistei-island
bards. To Charles Lever and SamndLOver. among
pre-eminence for that particular quality. The ongirnd poe ms w itliwMff;
the Doctor lias brought eacli lecture to an end have . ,n JJiPliSSuism
caused a decided sensation. < In Monday evening next he will terminate
his graceful and instructive contributions to the pubuc entertainment by
reciting an unpublished composition in blank verse.
Goiielin Tapestrt.—W e have much pleasure in learning that
his Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon has transmitted to
of Council on Education a very interesting specimen of Gobeliu
the subject being “ Arria presenting the Dagger to her, hurtand, b tu9»
after having stabbed lierBelf.” This piece of work was commciKed und. r
Louis XVI.. was completed during the period of the KcoubUi, and re¬
ceived its border in the early day? of the first Empire.
his marriage in 1807, to Jerome, King of Westphalia, by.the LmpCTor, h 8
brother. Prince Jerome has just given it to his son. I nnce Napoleon, m
order that it might be presented to the Museum of Art at South Ken
sington. as some proof of the interest which they both took in that estab-
lishment- Viewed for its money worth, this specimen must tm: e been
valued at above X 2000 ; but. looking to the curious facts of its history, it is
of far higher value as an evidence of the friendly relations which have
sprung np between the two countries, not merely m politics but in the
promotion of the arts.
FRANCE.
(From our own Correspondent.)
Pabis, Thursday.
fin; approach of the Jour do Van finds Paris already under arms to-
receive it with all due honour, as far as the general public is concerned.
The shops never looked more brilliant; many of the public function,
aries are opening their salons; the Court has some splendid fi-tes—
fancy halls arc spoken of among others in contemplation ; the theatres
are rehearsing and producing a largo number of attractive pieces;
and the Opera and other masked and charity balls are carried on with
the utmost vigour. But the mildness of the season has detained people
in the country unusually long this year ; and in many of the principal
chateaux arc still being given hunting and shooting parties, balls, and
private theatricals, which scempthis season, to he the favourite amuse¬
ment. The Princesses de .Monaco and dc Bcanveau, the Vicomte and
Vicomtesse de Conrval, the Marquise do Talhonet, &c., have been
particularly remarkable foiq the Splendour of their hospitality.
In Paris there are not, as yet, many private houses open. In that
of M. E. ile Girardin, Whose political articles and theatrical pieces
excite almost equal attention, are about to take place some represen¬
tations of, it is said^a little comedy written by the host, called “ Le
Malheur d’etre Belle,” in winch Madame de Girardin proposes to
appear. / /
The question in the Council of State held at the Tuilerios respecting
the ngriculturhl insurances was at once settled in the negative, only i
three, out of) about fifty voters, declaring in its favour ; and the H
matter—which excited what seems a very undue amount of interest—- I
now appears finally put an end to. One difficulty, which must always If
have been evident/ c^uld not he got over : it was clear that either the I
insurances must hp made obligatory — which would have been a sin. |
guiarly arbitrary 7 measure—or it must have been left optional with j
agriculturists to insure or not—in which case there is 110 sort of doubj t
/that so very small a number would havo voluntarily charged them. 1
sglVekwitiithis expense, that the thing would be a mere farce, that I
woiitd tfpt pay for the cost attending it.
Thk ^Emperor has hud another hunting party at Itamhouillet, I
attended by the new-made Prince de hi Moskowa, in his character of 1
Grand Vencur. Ilis Majesty goes to visit, at the Mnison Frascati, on
the Boulevards, the magnificent set of furniture about to be dispatched ;
'-to the Viceroy of Egypt, which contains some of the most perfect j
chef-d’ceuvres of decorative art ever produced. There is also to be j
seen at the atelier of the well-known artist, M. Scehun, in the Rue
Turgot, the decorations and furniture ordered by the Sultan for liis
private palace. These arc intended for three apartments, and are
respectively according to the styles of Louis XIV., XV.. and XVI. J
Taste, splendour, and correctness unite to render the collection perfect
in all respects.
It appears certain that France, in sending out troops to China, re¬
solves to secure cert fin establishments for herself in the Celestial
Empire, and it is reported that one of those she contemplates obtain¬
ing is situated in Canton, whore the Jesuits were form erly stitioned. a
The intended journey of the Prince Napoleon to Egypt is indefi- fl
nitcly postponed : the Prince finishes the year with a grand banquet if-
at the Palms Royal, given to all the General officers present at tho j
Crimean campaign.
Among the new hatch of senators figure AI. Leroy de St. Arnaul, j
brother, we believe, of the late Marshal; tho Vice-Admiral Raven
Orivcl, celebrated for his gallant conduct in the wars of the Empire; |
and M. II ubert Delisle, late Governor of the Isle of tho Reunion.
The reports of the condition of Mdlie. Rachel arc again most alarm* jj
ing, the temporary improvement in her health produced liy the treat¬
ment of an ignorant quack having entirely given way before the ad- ]
vnnees of the fatal malady, which can have hut one conclusion. The
death of the artist, Achille Deverin, brother to the more celebrated L
Engine, is much regretted.
Tlie composer Flotow has arrived in Paris, and is superintending the j
rehearsal of his new opera, “ Martha,” which is to be magnificently t
represented at the Itafiens by Mario, Graziani, Mademoiselle do St. J
Urliaiu, Ac. The Francis is preparing the new comedy of Emile J
Augier — he is about to he named to the Academic ; mul the Gymnase |
is getting ready, for the middle of January, “ Lc Fils Natural, ” by |
the young cr Dumas, mid “ Les Lionnes Pauvrcs ” of Edward Four- -
nier, witli Rose Cbcri, Mdlie. Delaporte, Dupuis, Geoffroy, &c.
The French Sonato has boon convoked for the I 8 U 1 of January. |
Marshal Polissier will act as Vice-President:
The Emperor received, on S unday, tho Ambassador of tho Elector 1
of Hesse, charged with preaonti ng the Emperor with tho Grand Cordon 1 ,
of the Order of Hesse und an autograph letter from his Sovoreiga. j
Von Scheele, ex-Miuister of the King of Denmark, and M. Balcaree.
the new Charge d’Affaires for Buonos Ayres, havo also been presen 1 oil. *
AI. Caroll Spence. Minister from the Government of the United
Slates to the Sultan, arrived in Paris on Monday evening. {
Rear-Admiral Ponaud has been appointed Governor of tho Island of
Reunion, in tho Indian Seas, in place of M. Hubert de Lisle, appointed
Senator. _ .
Tho Abbd Faudon, Cure of Saint-Roch, is to bo appointed to tilt f
Bishopric of Versailles, in place of Monseigneur Gros, deceased.
The council of tho Bank of Franco on Tuesday reduced the rats of
discount from six per cent, at which it was fixed on tho 17th ult., to
five per cent. _
SPAIN.
The Duke do Montpeusier had returned to Madrid from his visit to
the monastery of St. Yuste, famous as the residence of Carries V.
-\vith tho exception of the chapel, all the monastery is stated to ba in
n The Jnfanto Don Honry has, says the Espana, consented to solicit
permission to return to Spain. , . „ : „
Lord Howden, the English Mmister, has returned to Madrid.
All the fractions of the Opposition have determined to bring forward
M. Bravo Murillo as candidate for the presidency of U 10 Chamber of
Deputies in opposition to the candidate of the Government, whoever
ho may be. It is Baid that, if tho Government should be de¬
feated in this election, it means to bring forward a formal vote of con¬
fidence, in order to ascertain, without any maimer of doubt, the senti¬
ments of tho Chamber towards it.
The Minister of Finance, in a circular to the governors of provinces,
had informed them that the amount of the land tax for the next year
is fixed at 350,000,000 reals. ,. , „
The Gazette announces that on the. 25 th ult. telegraphic _ stations
were to be opened to the public at Cadiz, Almeira, Leon, Ciudad Real,
and Reus, and that on January 1 tho international lines of telegraph
would also bo opened to the public. ...
The Epana complains of the extraordinary audacity wits wiucn
smuggling is carried on in Upper Araaon. Smugglers, it says, form a
sort of military bunds, whioh sot at defiance tho Government autho¬
rities. It adds that if tho prohibitive system of customs wore a >olisneo
smuggling would cease. „ _ ,
Accounts had been received at Madrid from^Bayonne and le
pignanthat some of the Carlist chiefs on the branch frontoe
endeavouring to get up a new insurrectional movement,
stated that no such rising has any chance ot success.
PRUSSIA.
A Berlin letter, in the ConstiMiorwd says:- . Xt ^tho'princa of
that the Session of the Chambers will not be opened by the Pnnce
Prussia, but by the President of the Council. .... the
The approaching marriage of rnnee bredenck William with tn
!
Jan. 2, 1858.]
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
3
Pxinces8 Boyal of England forms just now a most prominent topic of
conversation in Berlin.
The newly-married couple will leave London February 2nd, and
proceed from Gravesend to Antwerp in the Boyal yacht Victoria aiul
Albert; the 3rd of February is to be devoted to a visit to the Belgian
Court at Brussels; on the 4th they will cross the Prussian frontier at
Aix la-Chapflle, and stop that night at Cologne. On the following day,
the 5th of February, they pass on to Hanover, and, after a stay of a few
Louts there, will proceed as far as Magdeburg, where they will rest again,
and on the (!th will arrive at Potsdam. February 7th will be passed in
Potsdam, and possibly on the evening of that day the young couplo will
continue their progress to Charlottenburg, from which more convenient
spot they will moke their public entry into Berlin on the 8th of that
month. The question of their stopping a night at Charlottenburg
previous to the public entry doubtless depends upon the King's health
and other circumstances.
_ The different guilds and trade unions which aro entitled by prescrip¬
tive right to fonn part of the procession on this occasion of the public
entry of the bride and bridegroom have already had various meetings
at the Bathbuus, for the purpose of arranging the numbors of’the
masters, journeymen, and apprentices that 'shall be admitted to its
ranks, and the order of precedence to ho accorded to each. Various
trades have voted from 1000 to 2000 thalers for the furbishing up of
their flags, emblems, &c., or for the providing additional bravory. Tho
butchers boast of tho proud privilege of appearing on such occasion.® on
horseback, and great is the activity observable at present in the riding
schools, in wbicn masters and men are alike busy iu perfecting them¬
selves in the elements of equitation, and very considerable studs of
horses are being got together by liveryman and jobmasters to supply
for sale or hire the quadrupeds required for the cavalcade.
On Iheevening of tho day of the entry into the capital there is to baa
general illumination.
AUSTRIA.
Tho Emperor of Austria has at length yielded to the desires of the
people of his capital, who, owing to the narrow circumscription to
■which they were confined, have groaned under oppressive and in¬
tolerable rents. His Majesty has addressed an autograph letter to the
Minister of the Interior, directing that the walls and fortifications of
the inner city be razed, and the dry moat filled up. Proper measures
for enlarging the city are to be taken without defay.
A letter from Vienna of the 24th ult. states that Lord Stratford do
Red cliffe had paid a visit to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, aud after¬
wards had a long conversation with the Turkish Ambassador. Sir H.
Seymour, the English Ambassador, was that day to give a grand
dinner in his honour, and the day after Lord Stratford was to dine
wish tho Minister of Foreign Affairs. His Excellency was to leave
Vienna on the 2Sth. A letter dated the 27fch says:—“ The day before
yesterday Lord lledcliffe and Sir Hamilton Seymour dined at Court,
and the former had tho honour of conducting the Empress from the
saloon to the drawing-room.”
Advices from Vienna in the Bourse Gazette of Berlin state that the
Austrian Internuncio at Constantinople has received orders to support
the. application of M. de Lessops on the subject of the Suez Canal.
This atutement must be received with reserve.
THE EARTHQUAKE IN NAPLES.
Tho OJJLcial Journal says that the mind shudders at the details of
tho calamities which now absorb our attention. A despatch from the
Intenciente of Salerno, who has boon to Polla, says that the number of
bodies already disinterred amount to upwards of 2000 in that place
alone, and that they were still taking them out. After Polla, Pertosa,
Atena, and Auletta, sufferod the most. All these are entirely destroyed,
excepting Auletta, which is nearly so. Padula and St. Pietro come
next, and then Sala, Diano, Sussano, Monte Santo, Arsonio, and Sapri.
The number of the dead in these communes is 2GO0. In the Basilicata
wo have tho names of six places where houses and charches had
fallen, and people been killed. The same misfortunes have befallen
many places in The Prinoipato Citerioro, as also in tho province of Bari.
Canosa also has suffered deplorable losses of life and property. In the
provinces of Prinoipato Ulterior, of Abruzzo Ulterior Secundo, of
Capitanata, Molise, und the three Culabrins, as also in the district of
Taranto, the earthquake was felt lees violently, and occcmioned only
slight damage to the houses and the churches.
A Naples letter states that, instead of two torrents of burning lava
which Vesuvius had been hitherto throwing out, there are now three,
which continuo to run slowly towards Ottajano.
By advices from Sicily it appears that the earthquake did not extend
to that island.
SWITZERLAND.
The Federal Council has assigned the various Ministerial portfolios
in the following mannerThat of General Policy to M. Furror, Pre¬
sident; Interior, M. Pioda; Justice, M. Kunsoi; Military Affairs, M.
Frey Heros^e; Finance, M. Staempfli; Commerce, M. Fornered; and
Po8t-offl:e, M. Naeff.
The Fcderul Assembly closed its sittings on the 23rl ult. Its short
Session has hud tho result of putting an oni to the dispute which had
arisen between the central authority and the canton of Vau-i, aud
which hud at one time assumed a very sorious character.
RUSSIA.
The central commission, charged with the task of definitively draw¬
ing np the bill for the emancipation of the peasants in tho three pro¬
vinces of Lithuania, will hold its sittings at Vilno, which town, from,
this selection, will acquire a particular degree of importance.
A letter from St. Petersburg states that tho Russian Government
has adopted a new plan of dofenco in tho Gulf of Finland, which is,
to demolish aR tho isolated forts on the coasts, and to render the prin¬
cipal fortresses more formidable.
A letter from Warsaw of tho 21st ult. says:—"Tho great financial
crisis which for six weeks has prevailed in tho States of Northern
Europe is making itself felt in a most disquieting manner fttJVVarsa.v
and in other commercial towns of Poland.’*
Accounts from tho Caucasus (says a St. Petersburg letter of the 15th•
nit.) state that the concentration of the inhabitants of the BlaSV
Mountains determined General Eudokimow to undertake ;m expedi¬
tion ugainst them.' On the 31st October he commenced Lis march,
with a column of ten battalions of infantry, 1700 mo tinted Cc^aoks,
600 militia, and 20 pieces of cannon. He attacked^ u considerable Vil¬
lage, and burnt it down, in spite of a vigorous resistance on the part
of the mountaineers. The Russians hua 20 killed and/TO wounded.
On the 2nd November seven villages were burnt. During tho night,
the mountaineers received considerable reinforcements. On the 3rd
General Kempfer attacked the tribe of the Tchetnager, drive them
from their positions, and burnt fourteen villages Qn tho 5th, 0th. and
7th the Russians were occupied in cutting a broad road through a
forest, which they effected without any molestation. On the 8th
General Eudokimow recommenced the destruction of the villages
around, and, after several combats on that and tho following day,
retired without being pursued.
On the 13th November the Russians completely defeated a body of
3000 Tschcrkesses. After this success the Ssaffitewia is said to have
been completely evacuated and aU the villages burnt. The Russians
occupied their winter quarters.
UNITED STATES.
At Washington tho Secretary of tho Treasury has prepared his plan
for 20,000,000 dols. Treasury notes, bearing interest three per cent per
annum. Part of the issue, it is believbd, may be employed at. a
nominal interest. The whole is to bo mad© receivable for all public
dues, 8nd subject to reiesue; but to be redeemed at the end of a year
in specie.
Congress resumed its sittings on the 14th ult., but there was no
allusion to Kansas affair?, aud the business transacted was of an
ordinary character.
In accordance with the proclamation of Acting-Governor Stanton,
the special session of tho now legislature of Kansas was organised ou
the 8th ult. ^ C. W. Babcock was elected President of the Council, and
G. W. Diet/.lor Speakor of the House. A message was received from
the Acting-Governor, setting forth the motives which induced the
calling together of tho Legislatures, and recommending the passage
of an Act providing for holding an election under different officers, on
the samo day and at the same places, as provided for in the proolama *
tion of the President of the Constitutional Convention, and authorising
the people to vote for the Constitution in cither of the forms presented
by tne Convention, and also against the Constitution in both forms.
Great excitement prevailed in the territory, and it was thought that
the election called for the 21st would not he permitted to take place.
No outbreak, however, bad yet b.een attempted.
At the election held in Oregon, on the 9th ult, the State Constitution
was adopted, but the slavery clause was rejected. Free negroes are to
be prohibited from emigrating to the State of Oregon.
News from Utah to the 7th.October reaches us by way of California.
The attitude pf the MormonB is peculiarly hostile and threatening.
[Some particulars of the Government expedition, and of the thoughts
entertained thereof by the Mormons, appear in another part of this
journal.]
It is now understood in Washington that the objoot of Sir William
Gore Ouseley’s mission will not he officially communicated to Govern¬
ment until the opinion of her Majesty's Government regarding that
portion of the President’s message relative to Central American affairs
can be ascertained.
According to the report of tiie United States' Secretary at War, the
army consists of nineteen regiments, divided into ten of in fun try, four
of artillery, two of cavalry, two of dragoons, und onu of mounted rifle¬
men. Tho whole strength of the army, as posted, consists of about
27,984 men: and the actual strength on the 1st of July last was 15,704.
Walker, the Filibuster, and his men xnude their descent at Puutas
Arenas, Nicaragua, in the middle of the day, and, in the presence of the
United States’ war-sloop Saratoga, they landed without opposition.
The British ship Brunswick, the steam-frigate Leopard, and tho United
States’ frigato TValath, left Aspinull on tho 3rd ult., for Groytown, with
the supposed intention of preventing the advance of Walker, who was
expecting reinforcements.
PERSIA.
The foil owing telegram has been received:—"The Shah of Tarsia
has invited the various Ambassadors to be present at tho coronation of
his son. The English Minister, it is said, has refused to attend,
making a reservation in favour of the rights of another heir to the
tl rene, now a refugee at Bagdad.”
CHINA.
Latest accounts from Hong-Kong state that the American Com¬
missioner had arrived there in the Minnesota. Tho fleet was about to
move into.the Canton River. The French fleet would co-operate with
the English. Operations were soon to be commenced. Tho Russian
Commissioner was at Hong-Kong.
AUSTRALASIA
There is not anything of special interest in the New South Wales
papers. The stato of trade was still dull, but the intelligence from tho
pastoral and mining districts was of a very encouraging character.
A new public building, the Sydney Exchange, was formally opened
by Sir W. Denison, on the 1st of October.
Tbe Mdhmmxc Argus gives an interesting summary of the discoveries
in natuial history by Mr. lilundowski, during his recent expedition
on the Lower Murray, in tho waters of which ho found fifteen varieties
of fish, in addition to the five already known, and amongst them three
species of viviparous shellfish, and also some fresh-water, Bpongesr
But the greatest curiosity in his collection was a variety of the bda-
constrictor with two small logs, slightly developed indeed, but Suffi¬
ciently bs to enable the reptile to ascend the smoothest tree by insert^
ing them in the crevices and excrescences of the bark.
In Western Australia things are mending apace. This.uuugual pros¬
perity i8 attributed by the Governor in his speech to th A Legislative
Council to the introduction of convict labour, under certain judicious
restrictions, which exeludo incorrigiblo criminals. The Council have
agreed to import selected female convicts, but public opinion was
pretty equally divided upon the question. Tho province has also ex¬
pressed its willingness to accept sepoy convicts. The demand for con¬
vict labour, which has already absorbed 4500 heaKl, Bis not had any
injurious effect upon free immigrants, a recent shipload of whom were
eagerly employed almost as soon as landed. \ ^
—r>/> hh
Mexico— News from Northern Mexico states that an attempt
wns made ut Tampico on the 15th Nov. to assassinate General Moreno and
several other officers and authorities of the city while.assembled at a
banquet. Hie attempt, however, failed, and the leader Of tne assassins
was killed.
Gold in Germany.— vStrata of auriferous soil have been dis¬
covered on the slope of a hill on the banks of the Rhine, near the village
of Ungenfield, and which, it is hoped, will turn oat to be productive.
The Session of the Swedish Diet, which has already
lasted more tliun eighteen months, is about to be brought to a close.
L.uenruru and Denmark. —A letter from Berlin, in the Nard
of Brussels, says that the 'Duchy--of Lauenbtirg held a conference on the
21 st ult. to deliberate on the line Of conduct they should adopt with re¬
gard to the election of a deputy to the General Diet ot the Danish
Monarchy. They decided that no representative shall be named.
Tite Passage through Torres Straits is growing up very
fast with coral islands and reefs, which make it very dangerous, and few
ships attempt it now.
Calcutta Lighted with Gas.—T he following is an ex¬
tract from a letter received from Mr. James Durkin, the cngineer-in-chief
of the Oriental Gas Company >-.t Calcutta :—“ Well, I can say that I had
the honour of cuiighten&g the darkness of Calcutta for the first time
with gas. The astonishment of the natives was indeed very great—even
among the bet ter-informed the inquiry was. ‘ Sir. will you be so kind
as, to tell us liow the lamp burn? without a wick ?’ Among the *ower
orders there was an impression that It could be made to blbw them all up;
that the Governor-General hod a key at the Government House, by turn¬
ing which lie could, at his pleasure, blow up the whole city. At such n
critical time you may depend we did not take the trouble to disabuse
their minds of the idea; indeed, we rather strengthened it; nor could
we gel ^nativeon any consideration even to touch a lamp-post, for fear it
should explode. They are now, however, getting more familiar with it.
though the lamplighters are still followed by a crowd, especially when we
llghtupa new street or district.”
Increased Consumption of Snails in France.— The Paris
correspondent of the Guardian writes as follow? respecting tbe extended
demand for this delicacyA curious proof ot the hardships of recent
times in this country is pointed out in the enormous increase which has
taken place of late in the consumption of escargots or snails, and the con¬
sequently diminished demand for the more expensive oyster. The latter
are said to have diminished more than one-thinl—from a daily consump¬
tion. that is. at this season, of about 6000 boskets, to below 4000. Snails,
on the contrary, occupy a whole side of the central markets, and are said
now to be eaten to tne value of 1,000,000 francs tor £40,000) In the year.
The best come from Champagne, La Perch'e, Burgundy, Poitou, &c."
THE WEATHER.
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE CAMBRIDGE
OBSERVATORY, FROM DEC. 23 to DEC. 30,1967.
Li 7 .
lilff
Uln
«l
n
= !
A
i
H
a;
!l
1.1
<r-
Dry
Bulb
at
9 A.M.
Wet
Bulb
at
9 A.M.
Dry
Bulb
at
3 r.M
Wet
Bulb
at
3 P.M.
Direc¬
tion of
Wiutl.
h
1
Bain
la
Incbaa.
Dec. 23
Inches.
30*265
a
53*6
•
47*1
51-5
«
52-6
*
50-4
•
625
4
492
sw.
‘ 8
0.009
30.386
60 9
42-8
475
474
45-7
49-3
45-4
8 W.
10
0000
„ -*5
30-234
525
428
494
5H
48-3
50-1
40-2
sw sw
0
0000
„ 26
30-364
43-8
34-7
406
40-8
394
42-6
4 TO
sw.
10
o-ooo
„ 27
30N14
47-2
35T
4 T9
4U-2
38-9
45-5
42-4
NW.
5
0000
„ 28
30448
42-7
2S-2
360
34-2
33*8
39 4
387
s. sw.
10
0 000
„ 29
30479
461
28-7
383
336
32 -5
44-9
44 2
s.
10
0 000
„ 30
30-664
43-8
304
38 2
36-6
36*5
41-9
4T3
sw. s.
8
0 000
Mean 8
30-39-1
476
36-2
43^ U^MO S
45-8
43-6
0-009
The range of temperature during the Week was 25*4 degrees.
A little rain fell on the night of the 22nd and morning of the 23rd.
The ground was covered with thick hoar frost on the mornings of the
2 ?th and 29th, and dense fog has occasionally prevailed during the last
three days, and the air was! thick arid misty on the afternoon of tne 26 th.
The sky was beautilullv clear on the nights of December 23. 25, and 27,
but on the latter occasion It became very misty shortly after midnight,
and a halo was visible round the moon. The weather was excessively
mild on the days of the 23rd, 24th, aud 25th. • J. Breen.
RESULTS OK METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE
KEW OBSERVATORY, OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
/
1
DAT
\
\
/" ,D*n.T
Miixtjtr
T UKKMQMKTZB
W1XU
RAUC
In 24
honnl
Rood
at
10a.m.
11
|s
W
I'OiUt.
s±
n
11
< o
1 *
2-3 J
= So
a «
1 *
111
a 3
General
Direction.
a C
§ B
u
= 3
Inches.
a
0-10
a
a
Mile*.
lnchai
Dec. 23
30.374
5T5
43 4
•7G
9
6l"2
64-7
sw.
475
•ooo 1
„ 24
30-411
487
44-2
•86
10
6 1
62 0
sw.
269
-ooo!
25
30-2as
49-6
43-2
*81
5
45-8
630
NW.
299
•oo oi
-V tt 26
30-374
42-8
35 0
•76
10
360
45-3
W. N.
92
•ooo
30-442
39-3
33-3
*81
7
39-2
4 TO
w.
78
•ooo
30504
36-6
34-6
•93
9
31-8
400
SW.
60
•ooo
X 2 ?
^0*557
39-6
39T
•88
9
336
46-3
sw.
123
•ooo
Intended Celebration of the Marriage of the Princess
Koval at Birmingham.— A meeting ot uentleraen convened by the
Town Clerk, at the request of tbe Mayor iJohn lUtcIiff. Ksq.), wa? hold
on Monday afternoon, lor the purjioseof considering certain propositions
for the celebration in this town of the nuptials of the Princess Royal, on
the 25th of this month. The Mayor said he proposed to give a banquet at
Dee's Hotel to as many of the principal inhabitants as the Assembly
Rooms would conveniently accommodate, and also an invitation concert at
the Townliall. It was arranged also that an invitation ball should be
held at the Musk-hall the same eveuing. It was further considered that
the occasion would afford an appropriate opportunity for presenting to
the Royal pair, through the Mayor, such a selection ot specimens of local
art manufactures as would probably be acceptable to tnoir Royal High¬
nesses, and at the same time creditable to the town. A suggestion that
the Townliall and other public buildings should be illuminated was re¬
ceived with the wannest approbation.
Ministerial Changes. —Lord Harrowby has resigned the office
of Privy Seal, not from any political difference with his colleagues, bat
solely on account of the state of his health, which renders it necessary
for him to abstain for some time from all business. He is to be succeeded
by Lord Clanricarde.
Wills, &c.—The will of the Right Honourable Baroness Lisle,
of Millbrook, Southampton, was proved in London under £16.000 per¬
sonalty.-Admiral Thomas Le Mareluuit Gosselin. £60,000.——George
Braithwaite Lloyd.. Esq., banker. Park-hill. Yardley, Worcester,
£30,000.'-Joseph Henry Good. Esq., Kensington Palace-green, £25.000.
Francis Mascall. Esq., New-square, Lincoln s inn, £20,000.-Charles
Craddock, Esq.. Chapel-place, Cavendish-square, £30.000.-John Scho¬
field, Esq,, Old Kent-road, £25.000.-Miss Martin, of Cambridge-ter¬
race, Hyde Park, £14,000: and has bequeathed to the Royal Free Hos¬
pital, £300: Bailors’ Home, £300 ; Mendicity Society. £200; Cruelty to
Animals, £200.-The personal effects in England of the late Duchess
de Nemours were administered to under £12,000.
The Death on Mr. Archibald Prentice, of Manchester,
took place on the morning of Thursday w eek, at eleven o’clock. He had
attained the age of sixty-fire years. He was a native of Lanarkshire,
being a descendant of the old Cameronians of tli*t county. He came to
Manchester about the year 1812 , and being an ardent Reformer began at an
early period to take an active part in movements for political and soeial
reforms. He was also an active promoter of local reforms, and as a
writer in Cowdrey’s Manchester Gazette, and afterwards as proprietor
and editor of the Manchester Times (from 1828 to 1847), exercised con¬
siderable influence on the public mind. He wns a most earnest advocate
of Parliamentary Reform, and, as a member of tbe Council of the League,
laboured with success for the repeal of the Corn-laws. On giving up his
connection with the Manchester Times, in 1847, hte friends and admirers
*utscribed and purchased an annuity for him.
The dally means are obtained from observations made at 6b. and 10b.
sum., and 2h., 6h., aud 10b. p.m. ou each day. except Sunday, when tbe
first observation is omitted. The corrections for diurnal variation are
Taken from tbe Tables of Mr. Glaisber. The ** Dew-point ” and *‘ Relative
Humidity" are calculated, from observations of tbe dry and wet bulb
thermometers, by Dr. Apjohn’s Formula and Dalton’s Tables of the Ten¬
sion of Vapour. The movement of the wind Is given by a self-recording
Robinson’s Anemometer, the amount stated for each day being that regis¬
tered from midnight to midnight.
Fire on Board the “Sarah Sands.’—Marvellous Pre¬
servation of Life.— A fearful conflagration took place on board the
Sarah Saiuls screw-steamer, one of the numerous vessels chartered by the
East India Company for the conveyance of troops to India. She sailed
from Portsmouth on the 16th of August, with a portion of the 54 th
Hegiment. The voyage was satisfactory euougli until the llth of Noveor
her, when the ship ms about 400 miles from the Mauritius. On that day
a fire burst forth among the cargo in the hold, and as it made rapid pro¬
gress the speedy destruction of the vessel appeared to be inevitable. Every
one, however, acted with extraordinary courage and coelners. the soldiers
especially obeying orders with as scrupulous attention to discipline as if
they had been on the parade-ground. The remit was that waen the aftcr-
jmrt of the vessel had been so burnt Unit only tbe shell remained (the
steamer was irem-builD the James were suppressed. The soldiers were
fortunately able to throw overboard all their ainmunifcioi, and to clear
the magazines of nearly all the i>owder. After a lapse o: several days,
during which the ship encountered a violent gale, and wa i in imminent
peril of sinking, she arrived in safety at the Mauritius, without the loss of
a single file.
Passage of Troops through Egypt.— A letter from Alex¬
andria, dated Dec. 14, says -‘The different detachments brought here by
the steam-transports Sultan and A emesis have arrived at Suez, uti ier the
command of Colonel Mackirdy. These detachments formed a total of
about iir.0 men, of whom only'four were on the sick list, and not with any
serious illness. The transit from Southampton to Suez was effected m the
most satisfactory manner. It is stated tluit the India Company have
made arrangements for the passage of a thousand men u mon:h through
Egypt to Calcutta or Bombay."
TEE PALACE OF THE NAWAB OF MOORSIIEDABAD.
In one particular Oriental architecture is greatly superior to Euro¬
pean—that of having u picturesque sky lino. In fact, the most
picturesque of ail the public places of Europe, St. Mark’s of Venice,
owes its distinction to the church having a roof on the Oriental prin¬
ciple. In the edifice presentod on this occasion to our readers the
characteristics of this style of building are shown in a most agreeable
manner, the outline being symmetrical without tho smallest moaotonv* r
the whole forming a palace of which tho most prominent part is toe
mosque. Nor are those domes morely for ornament: they are the
best inventions for the exclusion of the heat. Lmg experience has
t»hown that when an edifice has its roof composed of an agglomera¬
tion of vaulted domes the radiation of heat is effectually broken. The
coolest pluco in a Moslem town is invariably tho mosquo, and in India
we find many of the palaces and pavilions on thU prin¬
ciple. Nor can wo omit drawing attention u the superb towers at
the angles. Originally meant for defenco, they show by the olog.ince
of their architecture that they have been drawn in by the designer to
contribute to tho ornament of the general plan. Tower, dome, colonnade
—uU were for real use and resistance to climate or enemies before the
luxuriant fancy of the artist appropriated them to the domain of the
beautiful.
The juxtaposition of architectural splendour and tho charms of
external nature with the misery and meanness of popular life is quite
characteristic of the East. With all this show o? superb architecture
wc see the domes blistered or petdod off, und bungalows of the meanest
construction thrust close to the very walls. But yot this shows
us the every-day life in an Indian markot-place. Under the shade of
the lofty sycamore we find the female fruiterer chaffering with a pur¬
chaser, and tho primitive buffalo-cart unlouded and its animals re¬
posing. The water-carrier is seen swinging his load, liko our milk-
carrier?, on the shoulder; and in the front centre wo have the
distended goatskin of refreshing liquor poured into the mouth of the
thirsty passenger. The hookah, or, as we call it, hubble-bubble,
solaces the sedentary with fumes less exciting and. more agreeable
than those of tobacco; and the stipendiary trooper is soon strutting
about with his antiquated defensive weapons, a soldier in appearance
and name rather than in reality, but an appendage to those decaved
Courts which pride 6till retains—thanks to the iiwjycal pension fund of'
the Company.
The moral suggested by our Engraving is that in tho residen ces of thd
native Princes u decayed barb;iric magnificence is accompanied by the
primitive rudeness of the indigenous populations, with very little
tincture of tho civilisation of Europe. That a great chungo is ap¬
proaching few can doubt. Henceforth thomeasures of the Government
must be more trenchant. Without the commission of injustice, British
supremacy must assert itself with decision: and, although wc are not
sanguine enough to say that India can bo Christianised, it un¬
doubtedly may and must be more Europeanised, und politically more
centralised. Railways covering the great pluins of Bengal and tho
Punjaub, and threading the ghauts of Southern India, will enable this
largo empire to be kept better "in hand;” and a largo emigration to
the healthy mountain districts is clearly practicable after what we
know of jCoylon, and the large and prosperous British community in.
the upper country of this island, which is now one vast sanitarium.
With the hill countries partially settled with British, our tenure of the
low country would be all the more secure. Some populations never
permanently tame down in submission ; but we have seen that a niis-
J daced philanthropy makes the Hindoo rise. Wo have had u great
esson, and, as the smoke of a crushing empire dies away, fj'indatiqns-
of eolidity are still discernible. The result wo look on os the begin-
ning of the extinction of the mere barbaric magnificence of Old India.
Let the barbarism go, but let the picturesque architecture remain,
ray, be extended and revived, by the future Pugins of the Eastern
Hemisphere,
3
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS LJan. 2,1858
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
5
Jan. 2, 1858.]
EAST INDIAN RAILWAY WATER-TANK AT BARWARIE, DEFENDED AGAINST THE
AN INDIAN RAILWAY STATION DEFENDED.
(From a Correspondent at Allahabad.)
I send you a Sketch of a Railway Water-tank at Barwarie, twenty-
three miles from Allahabad. The village in the distance is Barwarie.
The dimensions of the tank were about 10 feet high, 22 feet long, 24
feet broad, and depth of tank 4 feet.
On Sunday, the 7th June, 1857, at noon, the day after the massacre
at Allahabad, P. 0 Snow, railway engineer, Mr. J. Rose, Mr. Mathers,
Mr. Leithbridge, wife and child, Mr. J. Keymer, wife and three chil¬
dren, Mr. R. Keymer, all employed on the railway, and Major and Mrs.
Ryves, were assembled at the latter’s bungalow at Barwarie, when infor¬
mation was brought that Mr. Lancaster, an inspector, had been murdered,
a mile off, when trying to join the above party. Immediately on re¬
ceiving this news Mr. Ryves and the women and children were assisted
up to the top of the tank, wo men intending to come down again for
provisions. &c.; but, as an immense number of armed natives began to
assemble, it was deemed more prudent to remain where we were, else
we might have been out off.
The natives commenced to loot, and destroy the furniture, &c., in
the small bungalow (shown in the sketch) belonging to tho railway
contractors, Messrs. Norris and Co., which having completed, they
went in a mass to my bungalow (about 100 yards in front of the tank),
where they began to loot everything I was possessed of, even to taking
off doors and windows, and breaking to pieces what they could not
take away. Having completed this work of destruction hey set fire
to the bungalow, outhouses, and everything that would him. Then,
shouting and yelling, they rushed over and surrounded the tank by
himdreds, throwing brickbats and stones at ua. "We kept them off
with our guns. The top of the tank had no cover; and the women
and children had to bo protected by a mattress, which they sat under
to prevent being killed by these missiles. The cowardly rascals kept
this up constantly (several of us bad severe contusions), at the 6ame
time demanding money, which we threw them. When they found we
nad no more left (having expended 3000 rupees), they wanted us to
come down. We refused to do so They then brought straw and other
inflammable matter, and piled it round the tank, and set fire to it, which
caused a great suffering from the smoke and heat, but, t he tank being of
brick, it sustained no damage. Finding all their exertions to make us
yield had failed, they said they would spare our lives if wo all turned
Mahometans. This, of course, ono and all refused to accede to; a
party was dispatched, saying they were going to muster a large armed
force to escalade our stronghold during tho night; we told them we
were prepared to sell our lives in protecting the women and children.
We were thus exposed (14 of us) with no covering from the fearful
heat of the sun, very little water to drink, and only parched grain and
boiled rice to eat for 52 hours; and had to defend our post against a
mob of 3000.
On the morning of the 8th Mr. Smyth, an inspector, joined our
party, very severely wounded, having had to run for his life, accom •
panied by Inspector Thomas, who was murdered that morning when
on their way to join us. We pulled Mr. Smyth up to the top of the
tank with ropes. This increased our party to 15. He was too weak
from wounds to be of any assistance.
Haying succeeded in getting a servant to take a note to the com¬
manding officer at the fort ol Allahabad, telling him of our position, a
THIRTY-TWO HOURS.
relief of 35 Irregular Cavalry were sent out to us, and arrived at 4 p.m.
on the 9th. Glad we were to see them, and a hearty cheer we gave
them, inwardly returning thanks to God for this succour, us we should
have had to fight hard for our lives that night. The distress of the
r r women and children (without any conveniences) cun hardly
supposed except by those who have experienced the heat of an
Indian sun in the month of Juno. Mrs. Ryves was killed by its
effeots. She died in an hour after tho relief had arrived, thus adding
another victim to the long list of deaths occasioned by this awful
rebellion.
The villagers, headed by the zemindars, were the people who looted,
destroyed, and burnt all the railway gentlemen’s bungalows on tho
line. T. J. Ryves.
THE FORT OF MHOW.
This Sketch by a Correspondent is interesting, inasmuch as it affords
a good specimen of our fortifications in India.
It will be recollected that in the Fort of Mhow such of the European
officers as escaped massacre took shelter during the mutiny of tho 1st
Bengal Cavalry and 23rd Native Infantry. The tents shown in the
view are those of the Madras und Bombay Engineer*, who were at the
time the view was taken increasing the fortification. The battery
facing the entrance was made at the time of the mutiny, and the
gibbet in front was erected afterwards for the execution of tho mu¬
tineers. The sketch is by Mr. 1.1L Sylvester, Assistant Surgeon 14th
Light Dragoons.
THE MHOW FOKl.
6
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan 2 , 1358
CALENDAR FOE TIIE WEEK.
Sunday, Jan. 3,1853 — 2 nd Sunday after Christmas.
Monday, 4.—Caloric ship Ericsson first sailed, 1853.
Tuesday, 5.— Transfer-day at the Hank.
Wednesday, 6 .— Epiphany. Twelfth-day. [established, 1340.
Thursday, Moon’s last quarter. Oh. 47m., a m. General Penny Post
Priday, 8.—Lucian Fire Insurance due.
Saturday, 9.—Crimea ceded to Russia, 1784.
TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT LOJsDON-BRIDGE.
FOR TIIE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 9, 1358.
Sunday, | Monday . | Tuesday. | Wednearlny. | Thursday. | Friday. , Satunlay.
. “ i. A
M
A | U
A | M | A
n I A | H
h m h m
h nt
h m I h m
h m h m h m
4 22 1 4 J6
5 9
5 SO 1 5 50
n 12 < fi 31 1 6 55
7 16 7 39 1 8 3
8 30 1 9 4 1 9 35
JL.I letti. AWiphieri. Violet ti. Lucheal, and GlmllnL—IL TROVATOKR. LA TRAVIATA,
LUCIA. LA FIOIJA URL HEG LM KNTO.and I.AFAVOIUTA. Thaordorof perforraattm. will
bo a» follows:—Tuesday, Jan. 5, 71 TVcvAtore; Wednesday, Jan. 6, L« PlgUa dal Itofjrf'iiaato,
and last act of lot Favoiita: Thursday, Jan. 7. La Travlaia; Saturday, Jan. ‘J. Lucia dt Lam-
mormoor. 1 Vices—Pit sta U, 12a. Gd.; boxen (to hold four persons), pie and ona pair, £2 2s.;
grand tier, £3 a*.; two pair. £1 5*.; throe pair, lSa.; gallery boxes, 10«.: gallery stalls, 3a, Gd.;
gallery, 2s.; pit, 3$. 6d. Applications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre.
T HEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET.—Monday, Jan. 4
and dnrinjj the Week, to oommence at Heron with the Como-lo of SPEED THE
PLOUGH. After which the Pantomime of The SLEEPING BEAUTY in thu WJOD; or.
Harlequin and the Spiteful Fairy: Miss Louis» Leclenoq, Mr Arthur Loeleroq. Mr. Charles
Leeletcq. Mr. Mockay, Miss Kitzintnan, and Mis« Fanny Wright. To conclude nightie
ahortly after Eles-cu. A Morning Performance of th«* Pantomime on Thursday next, J<ta. 7.
Commence At Two, conclude at a quarter past Four.
R OYAL PRINCESS’ THEATRE.—On Monday, January 4,
Shuksjwrt's Tragtdy of HAMLET will be performed. Hamlet, by Mr. C. K»m. being
his first ap(icanuice in that character for t-o rear*. Tuo day, 5th. the CGR3ICAN
BROTHERS. Wednesday. 6th (but time), RICHARD the SECOND. Thursday. 7th (a
Juvenile Night), the petite Comedy, in Two Acta of the WONDERFUL WOMAN, 'with the
PANTOM IMF.. The whole to conclude by Half-past Ten. Friday. 8th, UAH LET. Satur¬
day, 9tb, the CORSICAN BROTHERS. The Pantomime every evening.
E OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Sole Lessee and Manager,
Mr. CHARLES DILLON.—The Burlesque and Pantomime of LALLA ROOKH and the
PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROUBADOUR ; or, Horlomiin and the Ghobcrs of the
Desert, every Evening.—Box-office open from eleven to five daily.
T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL—Proprietor and Manager,
Mr. B. WEBSTER.—Great Fhcccm *f tho Grand Comlo Pantomimo of HARLEQUIN
and tho LOUS of CUPID and PSYCHE. Monday and During the Woek. 8e?ond and
Third Acta of The GREEN HUSHES. To be followed by the Grand Comic Pantomime.
S URREY THEATRE.—On MONDAY. Jan. 4. BROKEN
FAITH. To conclude with QUEEN MAB; or. Harlequin Romeo and Juliet. Quean
Mab, Mies E. Wobstor; Silvering Mias E. Johnstone; Harlequin, Mr. Glover; Columb ne,
Mlaa Wlllmott; Clown, by tlio renowned 8arrey Buck; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury; Sprite,
by Young Bond.
A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — Lessee anil
Manager, Mr. WILLIAM COOKE—This Evening tho Military .Spectacle, the
STORMING and CAPTURE of DELHI; succeeded by novel and variol SCENES in the
ARENA: concluding with Mr. William Cooke’s Grand Equestrian Comic Pantoniirati, entitled
DON QUIXOTE and his STEED ROSIN ANTE; or. flnrk. |Q in flancho Panxa.
S TANDARD THEATRE, Shoreditch.—Every | Eve rung, to
commence with tho Pantomime of GEORGY PORGEY: or. Harlequin Daddy Lour
Leg*, with all lta Splendid Effect#, Magnificent Scenery. Costiv Dresses, and Gore eon t
Transformation Scene. Pronounced unequalled. Day Performance every Monday m lialf-
past Twelve.
O ACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, Exeter Hall. Conductor,
kJ Mr. Costa.—FRIDAY next, JAN. 8, Haydn s CREATION. Vocalists.—HI m Louisa
Vltwing, Mr. Hlnu Reeve*, and Mr. oantloy. Tickets, 3a., 5s., and 10s. 6d., fi, Exeter JlalL
M R. ALBERT SMITH’S MONT BLANC. NAPLES.
POMPEII, and VESUVIUS Every Night (except Saturday), at Eight, and Tuas-
day, Thursday, and Saturday Afternoons, at Three.—Places can be securod at ihe Box-
office, EGYPTIAN IIALL, dolly, between Eleven and Four, without any extra charge.
T he royal polytechnic.—Christmas
HOLIDAYS axe maintained here with an extraordinary number of ENTERTAIN¬
MENTS. of a novel, scientific, nnd amusing character. Tbo GIANT CHRISTMAS TREE
will yield, gratuitously, next Thursday Morning and Evening, the 7th January, unusual
quantities ofknlvrs and toys for the boys, and prettr things for the girls. Tho forty Dis¬
solving Views, illustrating the REBELLION IN INDIA, nnd all the Lectures and Enter¬
tainments, SJ usual. Admission to the whole, Is. Children under ton and schools half-
price.
XETER HALL, Strand.—VENTRILOQUISM UNRI-
VALLEP.—NEWMAN a nd S ON will give tiwnr JUVENILE ENTERTAINING
LECTURE, at the above Hn'L on TUESDAY* EVENING, JAN 6. to cotnmonco at 8 o'clock.
Admission, 2a. and is. Mr. N., address 22, Oxford tomtu, Camden-town. Portias attended.
T IIE GREAT UNITED STATES CIRCUS.—HOWES and
CUSHING'S.—This unequalled evtnblishmont—the largest In tho world—is NOW
OPEN for a short Winter Season In BIRMINGHAM. In a splentlid brick building erectod lor
the purpose. The Company—entirely American—comprises the granted amount of talent In
every branch of the Equestrian and Gyranoiftic prof.istlon ever concentrated in ono arena.
The feats of the Native Bedouin Arabs also stand alone and unrivalled. Thy Stud of Trained
Hones and Mules will bo brought forward from time to time in all tbo faats peculiar to the
equine race; and novelty will succeed novelty during tho necessarily limited stay of tlio
Company. There win be two performances every day, commencing at Two, and a Quarter
past Berea.
TVTISS JULIA ST. GEORGE’S HOME and FOREIGN
■iT1 LYRICS.—GLASGOW, 4th to tho 9th. — Phuilste, F. Emile Borger.—Hartmann and
Co.. Aibany-strvct. X.W.
HRISTY’S MINSTRELS. Polygraphic Hall, Kins William-
•trret. Strand.—159th CONCERT. Commencing at 8. JULLIEN’8 BURLESQUE
F.very F.venlog. On Saturday a Morning Performance. . Commencing at 3. Prices, 3g., 2s.,
and Is.
“SOPHIA AND ANNIE’S" FIFTH YEAR.
mHE SISTERS SOPHIA and ANNIE, in their Origin!
JL Entertainment, entitled SKETCHES FROM NATURE, will aopear at the Quo mi-
street Hall, Edinburgh, Monday, January t, and during the week; Morning Performance,
on Saturday, the 9th.
P ROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL, Physicicn to their
Majrttie s the Emperor and Empress of Russia.—ST. JAMES’S THEATRE —PUYy
E l CAL and NATURAL MAGIC, without the aid of any apparatus. Two Hoars of Illusions/
WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY AFTERNOONS a> 3. and «vcry Evening 8taT
Balcony Stall*, 4s ; Boxen. 3a.; Pit, 2s.; Gallery, Is.: Privnto Sox©* Tvy^Gohn
Guinea sud a Half, and one Guinea* Places to l>o soctired at Mr. Mitchell'*/
.13, Old Rcnd-atreet.
RECTOR of a small parish in a beautiful part of the
1 -.A \ West of England wishes to receive two Boys unde.* fifteen to educate with two
othfcra.XIn addition to the usual oourse, French and Gorman (acquired on tho Continent) are
'-correctly taught, nouji' spacious and standing In Its own grounds. Climate particnlarlv
adapted for delicate children. Highest references to friends of former pupils. Term* £75.
Address, Wykch&m Goddard, Bookseller. 14, Great P-orllund-street, W.
G
C ARDS for the MILLION.—A Name Plato enj
style and fifty best cords (ivory or enamelled) printed for 2s.; Lai
post-free. The priec includes plate, engraving, printing, and postage. . Sam)
application to ARTHUR GRANGER, Cheap Stationer, Ac., 308, High llulb
LENFIELD PA TEN ^ /S^TAB C H,
USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY. \
and pronouncod by her Majesty’s Laundrou to bo tho Fines*. Starch she aver atod.
Bold by ail Cbandlera, Grocers, Ac., Ac. '
S PORTSiSIEN and GENTLEMEN of the ARMY and
NAVY.—8. and B. SOLOMONS, Optician*. S9, Albomarie-otreet, Piccadilly, W.
Obeerro, opposite the York H otel.—Portability, combinOd with great power, in FIELD,
BACE-COUK8K, OPERA, and general out-door day and night powerful Waistcoat-
pocket PERSPECTIVE GLASSES, weighing only four osnore, each containing 1* and 18
:t nees, constructed of German glass, will show distinctly a person's countenance at 24 and
3 miles. They serve ©very purpose on tho Ksco-coarse, and at tho Opera-house-.
Country ocencry and Shipa are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are also Invaluablo for
Shooting, Deer-stalking, and Yachting. Her Majesty’s Coast-Guards are now making
use of them as day and night glaasre, in preference to all others; they have aloo become
tn general a*o by Gentlemen of tho Army and Navy, and by Sportvrnoa, Gentleman,
Gamekeepers, and Tourists. Tho most powerful and brilliant Tolrecopre, potreaxlng
aucb extranrviinarr power that some,/31 Inch**, With an extra oitronomioat eyo-pioco,
will show distinctly Jupiter'* moons, §4ftAn's ring, and the doable «Urs; with the same
Telescope can bo seen a porson’s eoanumance throo^aai-a-half mlJos distant, and an
obioct from fourteen to aixteen miles. All the above can be had of larger and all aioet, with
taSSing powers, and are secured by her MaJreJy’s Royol Lettere Parent^
fTMIE I
J. newlv-invrntt
person can ho seen a
nod at the Ojxsrn-1
They are invaluable
keepers, and tourist*,
script ion of Optical,
repair* exooutod wkh
cad illy 1 opposite UyT *
E Y E SI (3r HT.^Optieal Improvemenla, to enable persons
• tYn advencod mre to road with oa*4, and to dlssriainato oWecta with perfect dis-
oStolSt hi™ Ml P»«»W SPECTACLE
7 kkkvk of the artA'.wt treiaparent power. Tbo valuable advantage derived from this
tor«Skm 1, lUirSta hMSkoTlm/ilrBl U pnxmi K,d uniwlhmd; nrr M>1
«I tho moitmhmto ooaipauon; cui»owilhth«»
KaToramseh 1«. mvrMfylair pc™-or. ond lher do not roqairo tho f^monl chnnso,
“ d»n^or., cdTcl, of fSthor powocfnl moUUlmo. Pooom can bo .nltod «t tho moot
remote porta of tbo world by sending a pair of spectadoa , or ooo oT Umm glaaMi of
tb«n, tea letter, and .taring tho distance from the eyes they esn mdnin prmt wUh
it and those who have not made nae of spectadaa by staring their age — A l bs t n a r lo-
sueet, KcoadUly, W. (opposite the York Hotel). __
D EAFNESS. —A newly invented Instrument for extreme
Of Ko»fnc«. oollod tbo 8<mnd Mion«<c, Owiio Vibcjtor, nnd Invtoibto
Voioo Ccrad^tor. It «u ,0 Into Iho onr u not lo bo lo tho kout pmoopUblo.- Iho nnplouut
iSSto^of linrlni ooioM In the hood to cnIMr renwrol. It odird, taotant coliof to
f^dcnT™ 1 oarv.no oid cubic thou to bone 4,rt!no!!r nl ehnreh nnd u poldk ooo^
L iTrn ^_-fa- 1 LOM ONb, Opttdua nnd AarUsn, IV, AllHmuUHStO)'., PKmsdSLf, W-
I oppi^U tho Toth Boat).
i/TlOUNTY FIRE OFFICE, 50, REGENT-STREET, and
II, CORNHILL. London. Established 1838.
TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS.
ROYAL EXHIBITS
;edTvwy fa
md, known
)N, 1S'»1.—A valuable, powerful,
joeket Glass, the sire of a walnnt, by which a
sore every parposo on the Race-ooureo,
arp clearly seen at tour to six miles,
f, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gama-
Lantcrxu, an-1 Slides, Every de-
Onler* andall kinds of
Albemurie-itroet, i’lc-
>e?pbtcal In*trurmmu
»LOM 0X3, Opticians, 39,
TYpEW YEAR-3 OFFERINGS for the RELIEF of the
L v Al-PLICTEl*.—Ttia a<ELdonco of the bemwolent nt this reason is mott enrncdly
soUcPed on behalf of tho funds of vho filTV of LONDON HOSPITAL f >r DI8KA -Ed of tho
CHEST, Victoria Park. Contr butious tliaukfally received by the Treasurer, H. K. Gurnov,
F-»q-, W, I/omlionl-street; the Chalnnau, Henry Tucker, Eq„ »). Gresham'•tree:; and at tho
Office, 6,1.ircroool-aticct, E C., by Kichabd P. Slater, Secretary.
Established 1837.
B ritannia life assurance company,
empowered by spcoisl Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9, and BRITANNIA MUTUAL
LIF E ASSOCIATION, empowered by her "aje ty’s Royal i<ettori Patent.
I. Princes-street Bank, London.
Mxjor-Gencnil Alexander, Blockbeath Park, Chairman.
Ratos of premia-i redact*! to tho lo vest possible ssalo compatible with security, and
■uitabio to every class o' Policy-holder*. Andrew Fr anci s, Sooretarr
TMTUTINY IN INDIA.—Military Field Glasses of matchless
X?_L quality, combining the very tate*t improvements, at CALLAGHAN'S. 23 a. Now
Bom!-atroot, corner of Conduit*street. N.B. Sole Agent for tho small and powerful Opera
and Race Glasses, Invented ami made by YoigtlKnder, Vienna.
riHRISTMAS PRESENTS and NEW-YEAR'S GIFTS.—
An immenso variety of Ojiera Glasses, at prices to suit all classes. Some most oxqul-
site specimens of Vlennreo manufacture.—At CALLAGHAN’S, 23A, New Boud-streot (comer
©f Conduit-street). N.B. Solo Agent to VoigtIKnder, Vienna.
T O PARENTS and GUARDIANS.—TV70 LADIES,
redding in tin n»Lqhly'urhood of TURNHAM-GREEN, are doslroas to RECEIVE ONE
or TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, of good onooc.ioas (of the samj family would tie preferred),
whose studies and eeno-al training would l>e under thoir orrional at oadonce. Romu’iorarioa
equivalent to the odvantsgrs otfered would he expected, auii rofsrsno-js given and r.Mjuired.—
Addnes A B., cate of Momrs. Nissuu on 1 Parker, Stationers, No. t3, Mark -iano, London, E.C.
A CHRISTMAS TREAT to CHEER a LITTLE tho POOR
ITALIANS, as also for their Poor, Poor, Poor School. Aldresa Penny Stamps, or tnr
other good Contribution, to the Rev J. Facnr.tt, 5t, LlncoIn's-Inn-floU!*, London; or to
T. GunuziroU, Casella. and other Genilemon of Italian name in Hatton-gnrdca. Loatlon.
T)ASSAGES to INDIA, AUSTRALIA, &c., engaged free
A of Commission. Outfits provided. Agency for officer* anti civilian* of tin E J.
Company's Sendee. By C. R THOMPSON, LU AS, and 00. London: Winches tor Hott«e,
Old Bread-street: Southampton: l, Qaeon's-tcrrac- 1 . Baggage aid Parcels shipped nud lor-
wardfd. ImturaDrcj eiToct-d.
T710R FAMILY ARMS, send Name and County to the
A' Boyol Heraldic Office and Genealogical Institution for Great Britain and Ireland. No
.V? fo» scotch. Sketch. 2s. Gd.; In colours. 5s. Pedigrees traced, 10s., or stamps.
*08 Msmial of Horaklry," 400 Engravings. 3s. Studio and Library open daily.— f.
CULLETON, 2. Lons-acre, W.C. (ona door from Si. Martin ’s-lano).
A RMS, CRESTS, &c„ ENGRAVED at tho Roval Heraldic
Office. Book-plate, with arms, JOa.j or crest-plate. 5s. Crest on s^al or ring. 7s.: oY
Meel die, «» • embossing press, with cre-t din. 15s. No higher price charged.—T. CUL*
LEI ON. 2, Long-acre (one door from Sl Martln's-lanc).
A RMORIAL BEARINGS.—No charge for search.—Sketch
-YA_ and description, ?s. Gd.; in colour, 5s. Crests on seals or rings, 8s ; oa die. 7s, Solid
Hold. 18carat, HnlLraarkod. rard or bloodstone ring, engraved with crest two Wlnoas.
T. MOIUNG (who has receivod the Gold Medal for engraving). «t. High Holbom, W.C. PHec-
lis post-free. . \
H eraldic studio, library, and index- of"~Y
Heralds' Visitations. Open Dally. The LINCOLN’S-INN MANUA f. c.{ BER CLDRY ;
a Description of the 8donce, 400 Engravingi, 3s., or stamps.—H. SALT. Great furhstHb.
Lincoln's* inn.
TjIOB FAMILY ARMS, send to the LINCOLN’S-
A INN HERALDIC OFFICE, the Established authority in Englind, which for
many years has emblazoned and quartered Arms, with that authentScitv known through¬
out Europe. 8ketch, 3s. 6d„ or stamps.-H. SALT, Turnstilo, Lincoln's-InnY^,
L INCOLN’S-INN HERALDIC OFFICE.—GENTLEMEN
having SKETCHES employ persona who do not Embloxsri by the Laws of Heraldry For
tae protection of the Public the deraldin Office now execu'os Engra ving,ltc. Book-plate Arms,
31l. Crest on Seals or Kings, 8s. 6d.—H. SALT, Turnstile,'Linooie's-inn.
P ROFITABLE INVESTMENT. — To be BOLD, a few
SHARES In a very valuable MINERAL PROPERTY, now yielding a handsome
property, and which is opening Just like tho neighbouring one. which paid 1287,00(1 in
dividends in twelro year*, upon a capital of only £6 too./being no leu than 350 per cent per
arnuro; an outlay of £ 100 thus yielding £4200 in twotyb years.
Full particulars, addressed free lb B. " "
Psli-mall, London. S.W.
• S , egro of 3 £r./A. Batcholor, 5, Watorloo-pUce,
_
T O PARENTS
Bookseller and Stationer toll
fho Royal Family, has a vacancy':
T«ms. Seventy Guinea*.—A. B., i'
SS—W. F. TAYLOR,
toyiiMflghnew tba Duriiess of Kent, and
'^d youth os an Indoor Apprentice.
QUPERIOR DAILY GOVERNESS.—Has resided many years
in France, Germany, firstly Italy, nud canjrerxes fluantlv in the three languages* Is n
h,llll«nt I'Uri.lc, ! Imwj wcl lln K-ywh d,3 Teochwi thorou K !ily^vajro,..
t.fonvilk-.rrcft. W.C.
tlie I 5 OOR are in Urgent Need
on under the direction of tho Parochial Clorgv in
Topol Is. They devote themselves tc tho Cani of
io Instruct on of tho Ignorant. Holp by person il
, will bo thankfully received by tho Kcv. J. C.
London.
MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL
OF ENGLAND WITH
PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA.
In Jahttaey, a Splksiud Poktbait of the Pjuncrss Royal
will be given witli the Illustrated Lohdojt News, Puikted nr
Coloues, Also, fine Engravings of the Marriage Ceremony.
Those a lio are desirous of possessing these Beautiful Pictures are
recommended to subscribe regularly for the Illustrated London
News, which is supplied by all respectable Booksellers and Newsagents.
198, Strand, London.
*•’ Hie 1 itlepage and Index to Vol. XXXI. will be given next week.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
A 1 , SATO
UAlt Y 2, 1868.
carefully and rnpldly.p
with reference*, may bo hit
Maidenhead. — Students will be
the Now Oxford Examinations. All Information,
IpoL
D COLLEGE, Maidenhead, Berks.—The New
itlon Regulations will in foture direct tho courso of study which will
?r fifteen to toko tlio certificate, and under eighteen the title, of
of tho University. The College has a Principal of ouergy, axperienco.
fndearnlng; u complete st»!T of Professor*, and a renown eatabibned by
tho.success of lta sohrlar* ut competitive examinati<'ns, with every arrangement for the
fatniiition of moral character, the exerclsa of tho physical powers, and the development of
rotiHW bcaI:li. fopiD urn admitted from tho ago of seven yoar*. The terms from £30 to £50.
v Dfitaikxrprc*ge<^uses and references on application-
The Right Hon. Lord Northwick.
Sir Richard 1). King, Bart.
Fir Glynno K. Welby, Bart.
Tho Hon. Arthur Kitiiinlr'J, M.P.
lleunr B. Churchill, Esq.
The Key. Jamm Sherman.
The Rev. Isaao Spencer.
Frederick 8quiro, Esq.
Managino Dirbctoc.—J ohn A. Beaumont, Esq.
SKCKKTARr.—Cbarlos Stevens, Esq.
The Rates of Premium chorged by tbo County Fire-office ora upon (ho lowest ssale con-
•ist* nt with the Security to tho Insnred-
Whon a Policy baa existed Seven Years, a return of 25 per cent, or one-fourth of tlio
amount of tlie premiums paid, is declared upon such pilicie*.
Prosccctuxca nnd full particulars may bo obtained upon applica'ion to tho Agents of tho
Office in ail the principal towns of the United Kingdom; and at the Offices in London
p^TY of LONDON SCHOOL, Milk-street, Cheapside,
established and endowed by Act of Parliament, and under tho management of the
Corporation of London.
Head Master—The Rev. GEO. F. W. MORTIMER, D D., of Quean’s College, Oxford.
The ensuing TERM (extending to Easter) will commence on TUESDAY, JANUARY 12.
Tlio jeer is divided Into three terms. Feo for each term £2 l&t.
The courso of Instruction includes tho English, French, Gorman, Latin, and Greek
languages. Mathematics, Arithmetic, Writing, Book-keeping, Geography, History, Drawing,
the Elements of ChemJ*try, Natural Philosophy, and Vocal Mu io.
Persons desirous of entering their sons as pupils miy obtain prospectuses of tho School,
containing also particulars of tho scholarships, exhibitions to the Universities, and other ad¬
vantages attached to it. at tbo School, botwecullio houn of Ton and Four. Some of the
Masters receive boarders. Thomas Berwick, Secretary
TVfATIONAL HOSPITAL or ROYAL SEA BATHING
JlI INFIRMARY, at Margate, for tlio Reception of Scrofulous Poor from Loudon aud
all othor places in tho Kingdom.
Ilor MAJESTY, Patron.
Beds, nourishing food, bath?, and modical advice were provided during the last summer
for upwards of 3c0 m-paiicn’s of all ages; out-patients having me of baths, lta.. as many.
This National Charity merits and needs national sympathy and support. Throe mouths’,
even one month’s, rerideteo by the seasido lias a wonderful effect in alluviating tho mi tones
or those who suffer from Scrofula. 8»a air and sea water euro, under Divine Provldonce.
when nothing else can. A great addition has been msdo of late to tho annual Income of
tbia Charity by receiving annual aubacriptton* of 5s. (except in the case of Governors), and
limiting them to that amount as a maximum. The Rev. John Hodgxou, MA, Rural Dean
of West here. In tbo dloceso of Canterbury. Into Wear of 8t. Peters, in the I»lo of Thanet, and
Hon. Soc. to the Charily, has, wilh (ho full approbation of the Court of Directors, set up a 5s.
list, to be filled up, as ho hopes and confidently expects, with 5000 names. It is collod
the Honorary Fecretary’s Ust. Already ubont 3000 names of persoas in all ranks of
society have been entered. It is an interesting and very important experiment.
Upwards of forty collectors, ladies nud gentlemen, some in London, aul many else¬
where. have voluntarily become collectors, with subsidiary lists, In their several localities,
nnd among tho different member* in tho famillot of their various friends. Some have ob¬
tained 100 names, some 60, some 20, some If, and soon. ThoKev.J. Hodgson, now when
tho opening of a new year is at hand, appeals to the friends of tho poor In London, nnd In all
the towns and village! in England, and invites them to send him, for the special benefit of
the scrofulous poor in all pans of the kingdom, a subscription (to bo annual) of 6s., 2s. 6d., or
lesa. in a Post-office order upon the Westminator Branch, or in postage stomps ; and ho ear¬
nestly hopes that many additional collectors will offer themsolvc! to co-operate with him
towards accomplishing Ids arduous work. All kinds ef papers, &c., will be sent on ap|ih-
catton. Jf increased annual income can thus bo secured by means of small contributions from
multitudes of charitable persona, at once old frioudt of tho Charity are willing to come for¬
ward to mako such an enlargement of tho Hospital as will afford room for bads for lOo addi¬
tional children suffering under scrofula. Address llav. J, Ilgdgson, 3, Urwtl Sauctunrv,
VYestmimicr, S.W-i putting fi.SJU. ea tbc wtrolope.
LONDON,
The eventful year 1837 is now atan end; but Nature, disregarding
our artificial divisionkDf time, continues her uninterrupted course,
and carries incessantly forward into the future the consequences of
the past. The terrible Indian mutiny, though its neck be broken,
and the great/ commercial convulsion, though the crisis be at an
end, will influence our fate and occupy our minds in 1858. Both
will be amongst the_elafcf objects of attention in the Legislature,
though neither can nowin the smallest degree be altered; but both
are feit to he great calamities, and legislation will be directed to
themeans of preventing the recurrence of similar events. Distant
as is our Indian empire, and little acquainted as the mutiny and its
manifold atrocities have proved us to be with the people whom we
have aspired to teach and govern, wo may reasonably distrust our
“power wholly to prevent simdar calamities. The continual failure,
too. of legislation avowedly directed to put an cud to commercial
convulsions nt home, which seem more than the character and acts
of Asiatics within the reach of Parliament, forbid us to hope much
from its further exertions in this direction.
^Passing by the stupendous subject of the government of India,
Which some persons dispose of in a sentence, let us remind the
reader that the Act of 1819 for tho re-establishmcnt of the gold
standard was to keep commerce steady ; that the Act of 1826, to
suppress small notes and encourage joint-stock banks, was to pre¬
vent the issue of superfluous paper, secure good banking, and stop
for ever commercial derangements ; that the making the Bank of
England note a legal tender, in 1833, was to provide a currency
from which all chance of mischief was excluded ; and that the
highly restrictive Act of 1844 was expected by its great author to
extinguish commercial convulsions. All these and similar Acts
have completely failed ; and the convulsion of 1857—more severe
than all the preceding convulsions, and especially severe in Ham¬
burg, where no bank-notes or paper currency of any kind has
ever existed—shows that, if the causes of such convulsions be not
beyond the control of Parliament, at least it has hitherto beeu
unable to counteract them. We can scarcely hope, with reason,
for any greater success from its future efforts, and must despair
of commercial convulsions being ever put an end to by legislation.
Though they deservedly attract much attention, they are happily
not of long continuance, nor when closely examined very disastrous.
In the United States, where the convulsion of 1847 commenced, tho
banks have already resumed cash payments, and speculation begins
again to go ahead as before. It is the boast of the New York papers
that the produce of the country and its productive powers were
never so large, and there all again looks sunny. For a few weeks
artisans and labourers there were out of work, and suffered much ;
for a few weeks the transport of goods from and to the West received .
a severe check, otherwise the effects of the convulsion were confined
to a comparatively few of the middle classes in the towns, whose
attempts to grow suddenly rich ended in bankruptcy. Here, too,
we arc happy to say, the convulsion lias interfered very little with
the substantial business of the country. On looking back at
similar convulsions in 1825-6, 1837, and 1847, we see, notwith¬
standing the many banks that broke and the many mercantile
houses which failed, howlittleat these periods the growing prosperity
of the nation was interrupted Many trusting individuals suffered
severely, many fell into a position far below their expectations,
some were ruined outright; there were many disappointed hopes
and some broken hearts; bnt at every one of these periods the
nation went on its way as before. It entered heartdy again
into speculation, nnd again ran a career of prosperity to tumble
again for some weeks into a paroxysm of distrust’ and despair.
So it is now. We arc recovering from our fright, and might have
escaped it altogether had onr recommendation been adopted. The
Bank of England has already lowered its rate of discount to eight per
cent, and will soon lower it to six. Individuals occasionally continue
to call their creditors together, like worn-out trees loosened by a
storm which continue to fall after it is over; hut the markets at
Manchester, at Liverpool, and London are reviving. The number
of claimants on the poor-rates at various places not yet frightfully
large is at present increasing, but will cease to increase as business
revives, and will, we hope, W'hen the demands from the States again
come forward, ere long decrease, By the last trade returns the
consumption of various articles, such as cocoa, spirits, sugar,
tea, timber, &c., appears to have received a heavy check, and
from the sudden suspension of much trade we may expect
to find a considerable defalcation in the revenue.. By comparison
with our late rapidly-growing prosperity, these will probably be, in
the last quarter of 1847 and thelirst quarter of 1848, unfavourable
returns; bnt, till the great speculation collapsed, il furnished
increased wages to workmen and increased revenue to the State,
punctually paid. It exaggerated our hopes, to occasion much bitter
disappointment; hut it has left all the substantial elements of in¬
dustry, wealth, and greatness unimpaired.
The source of snch convulsions is in false hopes and miscalcu¬
lations. Some bankers and traders, too, are reckless, and some arc
fraudulent. All these are common characteristics of humanity, not
to be changed, and certainly not to be improved, by restrictive
legislation about bank-notes and payments in gold. From the
rapid recovery which has always taken place, and from the
comparatively small number of persons really affected by these
convulsions, it would seem as if they consisted chiefly in an ad¬
justment of accounts amongst certain classes of capitalists. The
Jan. 2, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
7
recklessness and the roguery involved can only be met by
ordinary criminal legislation, and arc not, as we know from all
experience, to be lessened by commercial regulations. Not ex¬
pecting much benefit from the action of the Legislature, we have
the greater satisfaction in believing that the worst of the convulsion
is over, and that its further consequences arc in no sense likely to
be permanently injurious.
The rescue of the Sarah Sands deserves especial commemoration,
as supplying one of the most remarkable examples on record of
complete self-command in a time of great danger. In the midst of
a gale of wind, several hundred miles from any land, a fire broke
cut in the ship’s hold. Hie was full of troops, and had on board a
number of women. To form an adequate idea of the wild terror
which on such occasions seizes on men, such a scene must have been
witnessed. On this occasion it was encountered by a man of
heroic mould. Captain Castle immediately took in all the
sails, and brought the ship's head to wind. Near the fire was the
magazine : immediately he suggested to Colonel Moffat that all
the ammunition should be thrown overboard, and one magazine
was cleared. Before the other could be cleared the ship was so
enveloped in smoke that it was scarcely possible to got
near it, but volunteers hurried to the task, and remaiued at it till
they were drawn senseless from the spot by their comrades. They
overlooked one barrel, and, after some time, it exploded, and blew
out a part of the stem of the ship. In the menntime, however, the
boats had been lowered, rafts made, and all the women placed in
comparative safety. The fire, after the explosion, gained
the rigging, and readied thetanaintopsail-yard; but, by great
exertions, it was subdued. At the end of fifteen hours—
a Whole night having passed—the fire was got under, but
the ship was a perfect wreck. She had fifteen feet water in
the hold. Now began a new series of exertion. She was hound
together, the leaks were partially stopped, the boats were taken
alongside, the women again removed on board, and the ship directed
towards the Mauritius. By dint of constant pumping and baling
she was kept afloat, and at the end of ten days arrived
with ell hands safe in the Mauritius. To the excellent
discipline of the troops on board, and the great number of
them, the rescue of the vessel was partly due, but chiefly to the cool,
calm mind which, in the midst of terror, never lost its self-possession,
and wisely directed the energies of despair into the means of self-
preservation. Captain Castle, the officers of his vessel, and the
soldiers and officers embarked with him, have added one more
example of heroic civic virtue to the many which have distinguished
our countrymen in 1857.
OBITUARY OF BMINENT PERSONS.
EARL SPENCER, K.G.
Tun Right Hon. Fkbderick Spences, fourth Earl Spencer, Vis¬
count Althorp, Vis¬
count Spencer, and
Baron Spencer, of
Althorp, in the co. of
Northampton, K.Q.;
n Rear-Admirul. lt.N.:
C.B.; and a Knight
of St. i jouis c.l Franoa,
St, Anne of Russia,
and of the Redeemer
of Greece; was the
third sou of George
•Tohn, the sec end Earl,
by his wife, Laviniu,
eldest daughter of
Charles, first Earl of
Lucan. Ho was born
the ith April, 1798,
at 'WhitehaU, in the
Admiralty House,
during the time his
the Royal Navy when
as a seaman was ono
active duty lie com
father was First Lord there. He entered
thirteen years of age, and his career
of distinction. After Bevernl years of , ,
mnnded the Talbot at the battle of Navanno, and displayed great
ability on that occasion. Ho was, for his services, niado a L.B,
and a Knight of tho orders of St. Louis of h ranee, St. Anno o
Russia, and the Redeemer of Greece. Ho attained the rank
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
Tire new year opens with a Ministerial change, apparently of in¬
finitesimal importance; but a change which also demonstrates the
infinitesimal regard entertained by great persons for popular opinion.
The Lord l’rivy Seal, Lord Harrowby, resigns, and the Marquis of
Clanricarde, of all people in the world, is placed in the councils of the
Sovereign, at a time when more important questions are coming up
than have for years and years required the consideration of statesmen.
I.c.rd Clauricaide is a man of small political capacity, and, indeed, lias
the merit of not pretending to much. He has taken to politics
as any other easy-going gentleman takes to yachting or short-
whist ; and, being good-natured and popular, he lias acquitted
himself of small undertakings, and has mndo himself few enemies. The
office itsclf.is nothing, hut its holder is an adviser of the Crown and a
member of the Cabinet; and certainly, at a time like this, it would
have been far more becoming in the Premier to have selected a per¬
son of more weight and position than Lord Clanricarde. I f, however,
the officois given to his Lordship as a small token of acknowledgment
for his exertions in putting his son,Lord Dunkellin, into the Ilonse as
a supporter of the Ministry-, of course one has uo more to say—grati¬
tude is a very meritorious quality in anybody.
Mr. Disraeli's colleague, Mr. Charles Compton Cavendish (a sou of
the first Earl of Burlington), having been made a Peer, for having
faithfully supported the Whigs and never having made himself in
the slightest degree obtrusive with his political opinions, a new elec¬
tion has taken place, and a stont battle has been fought between the
son of the elevated memlier and Captain Hamilton, who came out for
the Conservatives. Tho latter was defeated, and liis friends impute
much blame to the heads of the party for not exerting themselves.
But persons who affect to be deep in electoral secrets say that an
arrangement exists which prevents the present apportionment of
Buckinghamshire between two Conservatives and a Whig from being
disturbed.
The Gazette has formally announced the intended marriage of the
Princess Royal, and the dates of the entertainments in honour thereof,-
the names of the distinguished visitors, and when they are to come
and go. The seclusion of the happy couple will be of the briefest, for
the marriage lakes place on Monday, the 2oth January, and. oa the
27th her Majesty joins them at Windsor Castle, und iavests the bride¬
groom with the Garter on the 2Sth. On the next day the Royal party
come to town to visit the Opera; and on the 2nd of February- tlie city
of shrimps is to lie signally honoured—the wedded pair ^emhark at
Gravesend for Antwerp, amid the thunder of salutes/from Tilbury
Fort. The excitement of the fetes and festivities will have subside!
when Parliament reassembles.
The earthquake in Naples has caused a far greater ' loss of life
than was originally supposed, and, though the complete details have
not been given in, there appears reason to think that at least 5000
persons liave been lulled in various places. I Some of tjhel reports
quadruple that number, hut it is a Continental habitjpWaggcrnte,
and in the absence of more evidence it may be permitted to hope that
the destruction has not been so great as is represented. Mournful
enough is such a visitation under any circumstances/ Perhaps it is
almost as mournful to read that the authorities have Hot been ashamed
to permit the populace to be cheated by the “miracle” of St. Janu-
urius, whose aid has been invoked by flu/priests to prevent i\ recur¬
rence of the shock. Tho saint's blood lias not only liquefied but
“ boiled,” we read, in presence of the catastrophe. And this when
there is hardly an English or American schoolboy who has not read
the explanation of the/juggle Whereby a bottle of red pomatum is
made to melt in tho presence of the spectators. We could almost
recommend the great Russian conjurer now in London to add the
Januaries trick tp his programme. Horace Walpole’s story of the
quack who sold pills tbat were "good against earthquakes” is fairly
trumped by tb/ Accountof the Neapolitan paste. But the juggle is
unhappily mixed up with top awful a catastrophe to he spoken of as
it deserves on the present occasion.
The Jeufosse family, just acquitted, have found an imitator in the
Mayor of Ail, in the Moselle district. Tliis magistrate, having dis¬
covered that a young rnafi wit in the habit of paying nightly and
clandestine visits to bis mayorship’s daughter, removed the lady from
her cliamher and placed his son there, armed with a gun, and with
iiifortnation that a burglar was likely to come, who, should he arrive,
was to iK- shot. - Tlie son waited, the lover came, the gun was fired,
result was fatal. The Mayor and his son have been arrested
or murder, But it is difficult to sec how a French tribunal can punish
\bern after tlie decision of the Jeufosse case.
i an annual outbreak of squabble about the River Serpen-
accompanied by the Prince of Lciningcn, went out shooting. The Prince of
Wales went to London, and attended a lecture at the Royal Institution.
On Wednesday tlie Queen and Prince Consort and the Princess Royal
walked in the Home Park.
Lord Du florin and Liuut-Colonel W. Frederick Cavendish have suc¬
ceeded Lord Watermark and Major-General Berkeley Drummond as Lord
and Groom in Waiting.
The Court will return to Iaondon in anticipation of the marriage of the
Princssa .Royal on the 15th in&L
TIIE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL.
The following is an authoritative announcement of the Court arrange¬
ments in connection with the approaching marriage of their Royal High¬
nesses the PriDeces Royal and Prince Frederick William of Prussia: —
The marriage ceremony of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal and
Prince Frederick William oi Prussia will take place at tile Chapel Royal.
St. James’s, on Monday, the 25th of January.
There will be present on the occasion, besides the Royal family—Ilis
Majesty the King of the Be'gians. their Royal Highnesses the Duke of
Brabant and the Count of Flanders, their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princess of Prussia, Prince Frederick Charles (nephew of the King,
son of Prince Charles), Prince Albert (brother of the King), Prince Charles
Albert (son of Prince Albert), Prince Adalbert (cousin of the King), and
the Prince of Uobenzollom Sigmaringen i their Royal Highnesses the
Grand Duke and Duchess of Baden and l*rince William of Baden (brother
of the Grand Duke), nnd their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duoheaa of
Saxe Coburg, the whole of whbin will arrivejn London, from the Con¬
tinent. on the 15th of January and the following days, and will be her
Majesty's guests at Buckingham Palace, whiie apartments have been
engaged for their respective suits at Farnmce's and Benton’s Hotels.
There will also be preheat on the occasion their Serene Highnesses
Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the Prince and Princess of Uoucnlohe-
Jjmgenburg, Princess Feodorc and Prince Victor of Ilohenlohc. and the
Prince of Lciningcn.
Htr Majesty, his RovaI Highness the Prince. Consort, and the Royal
family will arrive in town on Friday, tlie 15th of January.
A stries of theatrical representations will take place at Iler Majesty's
Theatre on Tuesday, the isth, Thursday, the 21st. and Saturday, the 2 irJ
of January*; at which her Majesty, the Royal family, and foreign visitors
will be present. \ /
Her Msjesly will gi«L8J5hite Ball at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday,
January 20. /\
Ills Royal HightfessYPrlnce Frederick William will arrive on the 23rd.
After the marriage ceremony on the 25th the Prince and Princess Royal
will leave Buckingham Palace for Windsor Castle, attended by a limited
suite. \ ' —
Her Majesty will give that evening a State Concert at Buckingham
Palace, to which the persons present at the marriage ceremony, the corps
<H]>loinnt<rjm\ the members of the Government, and a number of the
aristocracy will be invited.
L On the 2(hli inost of her Majesty's guests will return to tlie Continent.
Onthe 27th her Majesty and the Prince Consort, with the junior member*
of tlieRcyal family, will join the young married couple at Windsor
CastJe, where on the 29th her Majesty will hold a Chapter of the Garter,
for the purpose of investing Prince Frederick William with this distiu-
f uished Order. The Knights of the Garter attending the Chapter will be
rr Majesty's guests at the Castle, and will be present at a grand banquet,
to be given in honour of tlie occasion. On Friday, January 29, her Majesty,
ltis Koynl Highness the Prince Consort, and the Royal family, with their
Loyal Highnesses Prince Frederick William and the Princes? Royal, will
return to town, mid be present in state at the representation at Her
Majesty's Theatre in the evening. On the following day, January 30. her
Majesty will hold a Drawingroom at St. James's Palace, for the purpose
of receiving congratulation* on tlie happy event.
The departure of their Royal Highnesses is fixed for Tuesday. Fe¬
bruary 2 . Their Royal Highnesses will embark at Gravesend in her
Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, and cross over to Antwerp.
His Excellency Ferouk Khan, accompanied by a numerous
suite, and attended by Captain Lyneli, returned to Claridge'a Hotel on
Wednesdny evening, lrom Bangor, where on the previous day he in¬
spected the Britannia Tubular Bridge, under tlie conduct of Mr. J. O
Linger, manager of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, *
His Excellency the Portuguese Minister and tho Countess de
Lavrndio have just returned to this Court, after an absence of three
months on the Continent.
Madame do Rivero, wife of his Excellency tlie Peruvian Minister,,
gave birth to a eon on Saturday morning, at the residence of the Legation
in Harley-street.
of Bear Admiral in 1S5’2. Uo has been Equerry to tho Duciiessof
££ SSftg.?fcl%«;?.“ ag+ib&nd H has just begun- The old project for bringing sea-wator
... - — a- a-—— a., from Brighton and filling the Serpentine with it has been revived,
and tlie usual answers have been given, some of which are not very
convincing. One point which is urged is tho difficulty of getting the
to tho family honours tho 1st October, 19i5, on the demise of his
brother, John Charles, the third Earl, the eminent Whig^Minis ter.
He married, first, on tho 23rd February, IS30, Eliz^bcth Georgian ■,
Fecond daughter of ‘William Stephen Poyntz, Esq , of Cowdrey x ark.
Mb by whom fw™o died ?th Aprit 5&> IhehX^u and ground for the pipes; but surely the Brighton Hallway Company would
'wo daughters, of whom the elder daughter died unmarried the »th 1)nve no objection to increase their dividend by leasing a narrow strip
\ nril lxr,v> Furl Snencer married, secondly, tlio ru.h August, l*>b 0 f their property. Tlie objections about the impossibility of conveying
Sir Alexander Dixie,
ehire,
Sussex,
hvo da- r o.v.., --. —
April, 1^52. Earl Spencer married, secondly. — *^_\*t,
Adelaide Horatia Elizabeth, daughter of the lato Sir Horace Hdau
champ Seymour, and by her, who survives him, has had a daughter,
Victoria Alexandria, and a son, who was born on the oOth of las.
October. Earl Spencer expired somewhat suddenly, at his sort,
Althorp. Northamptonshire, on the 27th ulL, thus bringing the long
list cf Ylarls who have died in 1S07 down to tho very end of Quit year.
Earl Spencer is succeeded by his elder son, John Poynte, Viscount
Althorp, M P. for South Northamptonshire, now tno fifth Earl, who
was bom in 1835, and is unmarried. Beyond him and his infant
brother, the only other mole survivor at present of this distinguished,
house is the deceased Earl's youngest brotlier the Hon. and Very
Rev. George Spencer, better knowh aS Father Ignatius, of the order
of tho rassionifits. __ v
SIR A.DEXIE, BART/
aronet, of Bnsworth House, Loieestar-
__ the third son of the Rot. Beaumont
Joseph Dixie, Rector' of BlossomviUe, and Vicar
of St. Peter’s, Derby, and wa9 the great grand¬
son of Sir Wolstan Dixie, the third Baronet.
Ha vtos horn in 1780, and entered tire Royal
Navy in I7;r>. who-o ho served with distinction.
Ho Vas at tlie Battle of Trafalgar, and has
. desisted at the capture and destruction of
twenty-three sail of the line, and several fri-
. gates and sloops of war, belonging to the
enemy. He was twice a prisoner, and was twice
X woniuled. He commanded during tho last
/ American *War the Chesapeake and the .Saracen.
He became a Captain the 1st July, 1851; He
succeeded to tho ancient baronetcy of his family
/on the 23rd July, 1850, at the demise of his
/nephew, Sir 'Willoughby Wolstan, the eighth
Baronet, withont male issue. He married twice—first, in 1818,
Rosamund Mary, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Dixie Churchill,
Rector of Bidding, Norfolk, and by her (who died in 1831) had issue
five sons, of whom three survive, and three daughters, of whom two
survive—viz., Mrs. Wood, and Mrs. Evan Herbert Lloyd, of Ferney
Hall, Salop. Sir Aloxa nder Dixie married, secondly, Mis3 Burn •
ham. Ho died on the 2uth ulL. and is succeeded by his eldest son, a
physician, now Sir Alexander Beaumont Churchill Dixie, the tenth
Baronet, who was horn in 1810, and married, in 1843, Maria, daughter
ol the Rev. C. Walters, Rector of Bramdean, Hants.
dean water, when wc arc fighting for sewers tliat shall carry thick
sewage for miles and miles, are trumpery; bnt there are chemical
reasons against the plan. We trust, however, that Sir Benjamin
Hall will he permitted by Parliament to do for the Serpentine what
he has done for the other Park lake; and that the nonsense about
London paying for London improvements will no) he listened to.
London is the property and ornament of England, and it is the busi¬
ness of England to keep it in order. We do not believe that the
opinion of the provinces is different from our own; nnd we are in¬
clined to regard tho occasional opposition which is raised to metro¬
politan improvements as a mere bit of sordid claptrap. So, more
strength to Sir Benjamin’s liands!
THE COURT.
The Oitcen and tlie Prince Consort have dispensed a regal
- ■■ • - -nests during the holidays. On Chrlstmas-
Joly Saerament in the private chapel of
r entertained at dinner the Duchess of Kent,
.. .pns.t
of Windsor and the lton.'Mrs. Wellesley, the lion. Mrs. Biddulph. Sir
fieoree Courar. aud Mr. Glover. Hie following were Invited after
dtonTr -Tlie liev. Lor.] and Lady Wriothraley ltussell. Miss Russell:
Lieut.-Colonel the lion. .1. Strange Jocelyn. Scots Fusilier Guards ; Lady
and Miss Coupefi Mr. and Mrs- J^Oonpem Lientonanl Lou ell. ILL.;
Miss Eliza Sevmour. nnd Miss Harriet rhippa. . c
On Saturday the Prince Consort went out shooting. The Duke of
Aumale the Count of Paris, and the Duke of Chartrei arrived early, and
liis Koval Highness. The Princess of Salerno, the Duchess
oForleans. the DuciWs of Auim.le. and the Prince and Princess of Join-
vllle. visited her Majesty, returning with their dlustrious relatives in the
^OuSunday tlie Queen and Prince Consort, the Prince of Wnles, the
Princess Royal, and Prince Alfred, attended Divine service m the private
^OnMondav Vhe'jPortugncse Minister and the Countess Lavrndio arrived
on a risiL'file Duke°of Nunours.with his family, ahpyisitoi her Majesty.
On Tuesday the Queen rode in the riding-house. The Irrnce Consort,
MADAME LUCE. AND HER SCHOOL FOR MOORISH
GIRLS.—(Str the Illustration at pays 3.)
(FROM THE 6KRTCH-HOOK OF A RECENT TOURIST.)
Educ ation among tho daughters of the Moslem everywhere ia almost
a nullity. The commonest domestic offices, such as aro required iu
that laborious drudge the British " mtud-of-all-work," aro all that the
Miihommedan lord of creation asks for in the help moot for him. In
Algeria Saracenic civilisation had died uwav during uges of strife and
turbulence and piracy, and no softening influences from tho Christian
lands they plundered affected her fierce sons. The women hod even
less refinement thun their Eastern sisters, and, degraded into the
position of menials or slaves,. hud none of that social or political
influence which tho hareom in the East often nossessna. . After tho
conquest of lS3u there was a clear field for the labour of philanthropy;
but the Frenoh aro not good civilisers, their profligacy, rapacity,
cruelty, and faithlessness, roused hate and horror both ot their creed
nnd tHeir civilisation.
After u time they established schools in AJgiors for native boys, to
whom they paid a small sum monthly for their attendance, hoping
thereby to induce Moslem parents to permit their sons to be taught
French at least; but these institutions were viewed with tho greatest
suspicion, and had but email success. Of course, for Moorish girls
they attempted nothing.
fcoon after the French occupation Madame Luce (tlion Madame
Allix) came to Algiers ns a teacher in French families. Sho learnt
Arabic, und by degrees got acquainted with the female p •rtion of some
native families of tho better class. She had no ambitions views of
“womim’s mission,” and never wished to transform tho veiled and
riipehod damsels of Algiers into nreachers or politicians, mechanics,
journalists, or physicians; but she firmly believed that the acquire¬
ment of the rudiments of some branches of useful knowledge would
e aduuliy raise them into the position of companions to their hus-
nds instead of mere slaves, nnd that then they would insensibly
acquire an influence on tho male population, and work tho change in
their ideas and training which the Government had failed in pro¬
ducing. Deeply impressed with this view, she attempted in HU5
to establish a female school in Algiers. iilie persuaded two
or three Moorish families to send their lit do girls to her
to receive instruction, and she / took_ a house on ^ her own
responsibility, und commenced with four pupils. These soon^
increased in number ; und, when the number hud swelled to thirty/
the applied to the Government for tha asmo support they gave to the
schools for hove. From the local Government, however, she could
only get compliments upon her energy, but no help; and. finding the
expenses tco great for her small means, ahe closed her school at the
end of the year—not. however, abandoning her project. She oawnod
what valuables sho possessed, and started in 1S4G for Barfs. She sent
in a memorial to tho Minister of Visa, detailing her plan, tho moans by
which fbe meant to woik, and tho end she hupqd tq attain; ani slio
hud personal interviews with many ofiioials. She succeeded in obtain¬
ing some assistance, and received 3000 francs (£120), and promises of
lurthcr help when she returned to tho colony, which sho did at ouco.
She reopened her school in tho summer; but tho promised support
was so long in coming that sho had rant difficulty in keeping fiar
pupils together. A legocy of £B), and 6ome small assistance fram.
individuals, enabled ter to persavare, and to engage an Arab teach or
to superintend tho children’s religious exercises. In IS 47 tho Go~
vernment formally took tho school under their protection, and
appointed inspectors, who then found thirty-two children tmdor
her charge and tho Amb toucher, who received tho inspectors un¬
veiled. Since then the school has gone on as well as Miufome Lacs
could hope, and she has now 120 pupils, whose ages range from tour
or five to sixteen or seventeen years. Tko pupils are taught to work,
to embroider, to rend and write French and Arabic, and the element* *
of arithmetic and geography. Some of tho elder PRP«J a5 xuumtet*
und instruct the younger ones. Madame Luce pledged herself to inter¬
fere in no way with the religion of the children, and the Area teiohar in -
pructs them in what little knowledge of that kind wconsidor<m requisite
"Whether Madame Luce will live to see any fruit from her disinterested
Eelf*aevotion is uncertain; but her excellent system must in time work
a great change; und in all probability the children of hor pupils will
be brought up in a manner more calculated to enlarge the under¬
standing and refine the mind than even those who were fortunate
enough to be the first upon whom her social oxpenment was tried;
foT she hns been obliged to be extremely cautious not to arouse the
. fanatical prejudices of the more bigoted natives against her. Her
' system und object speak for themselves aud deserve encouragqttqaU
8
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan/ 2, 1858
Jan. 2 , 1858.] ' THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
C5
I
HE GREAT SALT LAKE CITY OF THE MORMONS, LOOKING WB8T-THB SALT LAKE IN THE DISTANCE. — see next pawk.
I i; i;| " | ||, I i 11 i ; i | | 1 ;
10
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan 2, 1858
THE MORMON REBELLION
Although at the date of tho last American mail no further official
reports had been received from the officers in command of Ao United
Slates’ expedition to Utah, wo find in the Wostern papers eomo
rather unarming rumours, which hud reached Kansas and Missouri,
about the perils and difficulties to which the sovond detachments of
that expediiirn were exposed. Tho following is from a Kansas cor-
nspondest of the Cincinnati Times: —
Leavenworth City. KT.. Nov. in.
An express arrived^ ere to-day from Fort Laramie, bringing startling
Intelligence from the ;• sins. It is that the Mormons have attacked and
captured all the provisions, mules, and horses belonging to Colonel John¬
ston's command. The United States’ troops, therefore, are without the
means of ever reaching Fort Laramie. Colonel Johnston, therefore, finds
himself compelled to march forthwith on Salt Lake City, or perish by
starvation in the mountains. Thcnews brought by the express states
tlmt lie has determined to march at once upon Salt Lake City, and
quarter with the Mormons this winter or ffi'hL
The St Louis Democrat states:—
Monsieur Mugeun bus reached here, just forty days from the Salt Lake
City. He reports having met the Government trains blocked up in the
snow—the cattle dying, and the officers and men gloomy and despondent.
The Mormons were making the most active preparations to repel the
troops. Brigham Young had stated in public council that he would
ha.*:*rs the United States ^forces and keep them out until they received
recruits enough to overpower him. and then, after burning the city, he
weald lead his people into the mountains.
These accounts are confirmed by other papers. Tho Wi stern Despatch,
December 2, says
Tho news from Salt Lake received up to the time of the departure of
the i xpress fully confirms the news already received of the determined
resistance of the Mormons. All of the mountain passes are strongly for¬
tified, at enefi of which is stationed forty or fifty men, who in their
position are well able to stop the further approach of our troops during
the winter.
The Deseret News of the 7th October publishes tho resolutions
adopted by the Mormon Legislature at its last session and forwarded
to Mr. Bnchunun. They are long and diffuse. The pith is that they
"wiil resist any attempt of Government offioiuls to set ut nought the
teiritorial laws, or to impose upon them those which aro inapplicable
and of right not in force in this territory."
Brigham Young is thus reported in tho Deseret News to have held
forth on the subject of tho United States’ expedition to Utah:—
IU-fore I will suffer what I have in times past, there shall not be one
bulldir g. nor one foot of timber, nor a stick, nor u tree, nor a particle of
grass and hay that will burn, left in reach of our enemies. 1 am sworn, if
driven to extremity, to utterly luy waste in the name of Israel’* God. . . .
Mormonism will take an almighty stride into influence and power, while
our t mm it* will sink and become weaker uud weaker, and be no more.
Die Lord Almighty wants a name and a character, and lie will show our
enemies that He Ui God. and that He has set his hand again to gather
Israel, and to try our faith andintegrity. And He is saying. “Now, you,my
children, dare you take a step to promote righteousness, in direct and
open opposition to the popular feelings of all the wicked in your govern¬
ment j II you do, I will fight your battles.” Brother Heber C. Kimball
also made an exhortation at the same meeting of greater directness and
blaspht my. “ Wake np, ye saints of tnc Most High, and prepare for any
emergency that the Lord our God may have pleasure in bringing forth.
We never shall leave these valleys till we get ready—no, never, never!
W< will live here till we go buck to Jackson County. Missouri. I pro¬
phesy that in the name of Israel’s God.” (The congregation shouted
Amen ! ” and President Brigham Young said, *• It is true.”)
We have engraved upon tho preceding page a View of tho City of tho
Mormons, and the Great Salt Lako and Yulloy, from aa original
drawing.
Grec*t Salt Lake Valley is situate In that portion of the American
continent called Utah Territory; bounded on tho north by Oregon;
cast by Nebraska, Kansas, and New Mexico, from which it is separated
by tho Rocky Mountains; south by New Mexico; and west by
California. Tho distance from here is: Liverpool to New Orleans,
6000 miles; New Orleans to St. Louis, 1173 miles; St. Louis to Winter
Uuai tors, C32 miles; from Winter Quarters to Suit Lake City, 1035 miles:
totid,7s40 miles. Utah Territory is divided into fourteen counties. In
length from cast to west it is 650 miles; breadth from north to south, 350;
aria, 226,0( 0 square miles. The population is not known, the saints
having particular reasons to make it appear fabulously large. Some of
the eliicia say it is 150,000, others 100,000, while in the “Overland
Bouts, M publiahod by F. D. Richard, it is stated at from 40,000 to
00 ,000. The volley is -1000 feet above the level of the sea, surrounded
by m tun tains, many of them eternally covered with snow. There is
no rain ot water for irrigation purposes, except what comes down from
the mountains, chiefly melted snow, which makes successful agriculture
an ini \ ot nihility. From its great devotion and pure bracingaanosphere,
we should imagine Suit Lake to bo the healthiest region in the world; but
quite the reverse is tho cose. Sickness is very common, and mortality
great. This is supposed to be due in a great measure to the abundance of
alkaline wilts, or ealaratus, in tho soil, which shows itself in a whito
effioraconce on tho turfaoe of the ground, covering whole acres with
the appearance of a heavy white trost. Many ot tho streams are so
strongly impregnated with it as to make it dangerous for cattle to
dnnk Lorn them. It not only ofFcota health, but destroys vegetation,
mixing whole fields of corn in a singly night. Salt Lako Valley pos¬
sesses one invaluublo property to the Mormon leaders, and that is
isolation. Herein lies the difficulty of persons returning when once
there. It is 1000 miles from the States, and 601) from California,
through a country of hostile Indians, over unbridged rivers, pre¬
cipitate rocks, and barren plains. One-half of the year the inhabitants
of Utah aro entirely bound up, for pie only entrances—the kanyons
(canons) and ravines—ore filled with snow, rendering egress ancL
ingress alike impossible. . \
Bkinforcemexts for India—T he authorities at the War
Office having decided on sending out an additional force to India, Exclu¬
sive of the troops which are now under orders or on their passage to x
country, instructions have beeu forwarded to the commanding officer!
the various depot-? attached to the Indian establishment, direptiBgtty
to hold iu readiness trooi* from their several depots to the^
loco non-commissioned officers and men, with the proper pf
officers, the whole of whom will embark at Gravesend during t v month,
tonnage having been taken up for them by the Hon. East T
The Naval Brigade.—A letter from Cawnpor
Jacks ur<- roaming about camp in a remarkable free a
Queer fish these amphibious gentlemen are. One, Crusoe
a menagerie in hh$ ‘cabin.' as he calls his P^ 1 R/ ' ntrh
licking hoys they are, nnd present a stri
dragoons you now and then meet striding maj
lhe * nagurs have a horrible dread of fflem
Inventive individual that they were <
to eat their fill of the slain, and salt
and that accounted for each man carrying
to the Jacks, such of the Highlanders as w«
in the fear and reverence of the natives.’’
A Temperance Diplomatist.-/^. Wright, the new Minister
of the United StRtcs at Berlin, says abetter from, that city, has caused
gome curiosity amongst the diplomatic body from being a member of the
ttnuKTuncc society, and rigorously conforming torit^Tules. At the dif¬
ferent dinners to which he has hrrifedhis diplomatic colleagues, wines
and spirit? have been completely exeitid«,i. As ft Set-off, there are a num¬
ber of different dishes prepared/from and which are specially
recommended by the statutes of.tlje society
all Ads /’and Dreadful Sufferings of
- ne/ just orrived iu the Mersey, brings an
lie shlpQF^mri of Leith, Captaiu Cormea,
he erewNThMf aUace sailed from Quebec,
&J4thNovembcr. Shortly after putting
" the 'Mh ult,. when the ship was
__r, a tremendous sea struck her,
g to crawl up the lanyards to escape
" is righted, when another sea carried
at the same time sweeping overboard
, _id the steward. The remainder of the
crew hCld dn by the wreck, and, when at length the gale abated, they
ascertained that not a morsel hf provisions was to be obtained. A couple
of casks of water were discovered in the fore-hold, and half u bucket of
biscuit; but bn the oth a sea stove the water-casks. On the 10th the poor
fellows hud become greatly exhausted from hunger, thirst, cold, and wet.
No vessel had hovein sight, and it was determined to kill and divide the
dog. which was done—* 7 small portion being consumed by each, uncooked.
On the llth and succeeding days showers of min fell, and the poor fellows
managed to catch a small quantity, but not sufficient to allay their parch¬
ing thirst, while small bits of their once favourite dog were the only
food they had from the 7th to the 17th December. On that day the joyful
cry of “ a sail” was given, and ultimately the Clyne bore down, and took
the crew off the wrecks got them on board, and behaved in the moat kind
and humane manner to them ; but care was then necessary in their treat¬
ment. lor, though w ell-nigh exhausted, their appetites were ravenous. An
apprentice, however, who was insensible when taken off the wreck, died
£oon. afterwards.
. 1 -
t e prim
Mm that
beea'toklJW some
.t it was their habit
for future use!
his side. Next
ts scetato stand highest
ioU
LOSS OF THE
the Crew.—T he
account of the totai^
and tlic dreadful
limber-laden, for
lo sea a gale of i
about 800 miles distant
and capsized her—We
being drowned. The sbi.
away the bowsprit aUdthe fol
Mr. LindBay. the chief officer.
METROPOLITAN NEWS.
Westminster Abbey.— Great exertions have been made to
adopt the nave of this edifice to the purposes of popular worship. The
only entrance to the seven o’clock service will be by the western entrance,
between the two towers from Broad Sanctuary. Within the gates a kind
of lobby has been constructed, with double doors, in order to exclude
draughts. Gas pipes are laid on both sidcsol*the nave—the burners being
supported on standards of iron and brass, each one rising from the ground
midway between two piers. The stone floor is covered with oocoanat
matting. The following is believed to be a correct list of the preachers at
these services during the month of JanuaryThe first sermon, on the
3rd of January (to-morrow), will be preached by the Dean of Westminster;
that on the 10th. by the Sub-Dean; on the 17th, by the Bishop of Oxford:
on the 24tli, by the Dean of Canterbury; and, on the 31st, by the Rev. C.
J. P. Eyre.
Lincoln's Inn.—W e understand that tho Lord Justice Turner
will be the Treasurer of Lincoln’s Inn for the year 185s. The armorial
bearings of the retiring treasurer, the Vice-Chancellor Sir J. Stuart, have
already been added to the similar memorials which adorn the tine stained
glass window at the east end of the chapel, and of which there is only
room now for about half a dozen more.
New Act on Dulwich College.—O n Thursday the new
scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the management of Dulwich
College took effect under an Act passed in August last. The incorpora¬
tion which had so long existed was dissolved on that day, and the various
offices abolished, and from the dissolution a new state of things is to rise.
The new scheme gives the name of “Alleyn’s College of God’s Gift, ut
Dulw ich.” The Archbishop of Canterbury is to eoutinue visitor. There
are nineteen new governors, eight of whom have been elected by the
parishes of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate; St. Saviour, Southwark; St.
Luke, Middlesex ; and St. Giles, Camberwell; and the remaining eleven
or “ non-elective ” governors have been appointed by the Court of Chancery,
one of whom is to reside at Dulwich, and to bo called the “ Dulwich
Governor.” The property is to vest in the governors, and the allowances
to be made from the 31st ult are as follows .—To the master, £1015 ; to
the warden. £855; to the first and second fellow’s, each £500; to the third
and fourth fellows, £466; and to the poor brethren and sisters. £150 each.
These stmts are to be paid half-yearly. The scheme provides for schools,
the appointment of officers, the relief of poor brethren and sisters, the
appointment of almspeople^ml the preservation and management of the
property. 1'revision is made for Divine service and other matters, to
make available through the institution “God’s gift” of charity at
Dulwich.
Professor Faraday’s Ciiristmas Lecures. —On Tuesday
afternoon Professor M. Faraday commenced his usual course of Christmas
lectures, adapted to a juvenile auditory, at the Royal Institution, Albe¬
marle-street. The great hall was. as usual, completely filled with a very
aristocratic assemblage, and the number of young people present testified/
to Mr. Faraday’s popularity as a scientific lecturer to boys. The Prince 7
of Wales (who was attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Phipps, Mr. F. \V.
Gibbs, and Dr. Becker) took the chair at three o’clock, the audience stand¬
ing on Ills entrance; and among the distinguished company were till
Prince dc ( unde, the Due d’Aumale, the Comte de Paris, SiricUFel-
lows. Sir C. Hamilton, Bari. (Fusilier Guards), Sir «J. Kay Shuttlc-wortl
Bart., Sir Henry Holland, Bart., M.D., General Sir George PollocL,
G.C .B.. and Lady Pollock, Dr. Tyndall, F.R.S., I)r. Bright, F.R^.. &ri
The subject ol the Professor's course of six a lectures is “ Static Eke tti-
city," and that delivered on Tuesday was devoted to an illustration of elec/
trieity in its productive and accumulative powers, the variety of substances \
out of w’hich it can be evolved, and the means to be taken for increasing
it? capabilities. The Professor's experiments were in his happiest and most
effective style. Of electricity, he said that the longer he ooimdereddUtbe
let8 he was able to define it; he could only cull it Uiat wTneil it liud plcased
the Creator to put into all matter. A glo38 tube, rubbed by the hand,
electrified and attracted little paper boxes; and Shellac, rubbed with
flannel, possessed the same powers. Experiments! of this nature were
also made with gutta-percha soles, gun-cotton, qr collodion paper (some
ol the original inventions of which sattsto Ahe profisMor by Schbnbein
were used for the purpose), the brass rml of a glass vessel, pounded
sulphur, fire-stones rubbed together, vulcanised mdiarubber, paper-
knives, &c. The latter portion of the lecture was devoted to the accumu¬
lation of electrical forces. A lock of hair, w’hen combed with a tortoise¬
shell comb, was made eleetricaLand attracted the'gold leaf in the glass
indicator on the table. The
ignition of gas by means of
viously with indtarubber on
{ date near the burner ou the
le bought at a bazaar, was p
to turu round ou beiug tdi
made electrical. Children
a doll with u foolscap on
was as true philosophy in
strations. The lecture oc
cheered at its close. The
lessor on his departure.
Christmas Dinner:
Shoeblack Brigade
fed on Christmas
beef and plum
foaming beer,
present at the
good things pj
supplied by 3lr. _
cordial co-operation,
cellent dinner to 300
extraordinary experiment was the
’ ‘ of foolscap paper, rubbed pre-
iy board, and placed on a metal
littlUdbll, which the Professor said
glass on the table, and made
nised indiarubber paper-knife
Jght laugh at the sight of
‘it be assured that there
the most learned demon-
and Sir. Faraday was much
shook hands with the Pro-
Fin:
THE Du!
broke ou
Ca 1
fe
boys belonging to the
:6t Ragged School were bountifully
vestry-room. The fare was roast
each plate was Hanked with a mug of
Srincipal inhabitants of the parish were
‘ly assisted their juvenile proteges to the
ler was most charitably promoted and
and, and the parishioners gave him their
uesday Miss Burdett C'outta gave an ex-
* oners of St. Stephen's, Westminster.
ortland’s.—Narrow Escape of
day morning, at half-past ten o'clock, a lire
of the Duke of Portland, at his mansion, 19,
It appears that his Grace 1ms for some time been suf-
nic disease of rheumatic gout in the hip, and was accus-
1 pain by inhaling the vapour from a spirit-of-wine
doing so on Wednesday morning, attended by Mr.
Iiousc steward, when the curtains of the bed caught fire from
e lamp; and the spirits of wine, being upset, soon com-
the other portion of the bedding. Mr. Lewis promptly
jbtaineJfisfd^tancc, and succeeded in conveying the Duke to the library ;
hethen took the precaution to close the door of the bed-room; the ser-
"ts and firemen, who had in the meantime arrived, pouring in buckets
ater until the fire was subdued, but not before the entire furniture of
Juhrram was destroyed.
K v. ~.ld Burnt to Death.— On Tuesday an inquest was held
\n the body of Henry Martin, five years old. the sou of a poor
1 widow, living at 22 , Clement's-lane, Clarc-market. On Saturday evening
The mother left the chiid playing before the fire, winch was unprotected
by either guard or tender. On her return the cliild’s clothes were all on
tire. He was so burnt that he died during the night. The coroner re¬
marked forcibly on the impropriety of leaving children alone with an
unguarded fire.
Births and Deaths in London.—L ast week the births of 76 f >
boys nnd 730 girls, in all 1499 children, were registered in London. In
the ten correspondiug weeks of the years I847-5U the average number was
1410.-The deaths registered in London, which in the previous week
were 1234, declined last week to 1013; beiug less by about 300 than the
number which the average rate of mortality at the close of the year
would have produced. Of four nonagenarians, three men and a woman,
who died in the week, the oldest was ninety-four years of age, and died
in the workhouse. Borough-road.
Preferments and Appointments in the Church.—
Rectories: Rev. R. Ardillto Kilternan (Rectory and Vicarage), Dublin;
Rev. F. P. Wilkinson to Orton, Cumberland. Vicarages: Kev. G. Cot-
tom to tit. Mary Magdalene, Taunton; Kev. S. E. Garrard to Salford
Priors, Warwickshire. Incumbency. Rev. G. Blissctt to the new district
church of St. Thomas, East Wells. Chaplaincies : Rev. R. D. Alexander
petual uuracte/i: jmjv. j\. kx. »*. biuih wwvnc. \>uo>uut^ mm. v. uw»w
to Pentre-Voelas, Denbighshire; Rev. W. M. Shaw to \ealand, Lanca¬
shire ; Rev. H. T. Cattley to tiutton-in-Holderness, Yorkshire. Curacies:
Rev. J. Acheson to St. Clement’s. Bristol; Kev. J. J. M‘Sorley to St.
Peter’s, Dublin.-The Kev. Rupert Turner, Curate of Howden. and Lec¬
turer of Barmby-le-Mnrsh, East Yorkshire, was ordained to Priest’s
orders, by the Lord Archbishop of York, on Sunday, the 21st ult., at
Biahopthorpe.
Military Emeute.— A series of riots, or pitched battles rather,
commenced, on Christmas night, between some soldiers of the 2nd bat¬
talion of the Coldstream Guards and the Shropshire Militia opposed to
the 30 th and 65th Regiments ot the Line-all at present forming part of
the "arrlson of Dublin. Tt Is reported that the 30th are put under im¬
mediate orders for service at the Curragli Camp. The fighting was com¬
menced on Thursday evening, in a public-house, by the Guards and the
30 th, and the quarrel was renewed on the two subsequent days; the com¬
batants being reinforced by parties of the Shropshire Militia, and the 55th
Regiment.
FRENcn Guiana. —We have received (snys the Pays) letters
from Cayenne to the 25th Nov. At that date the sanitary condition of the
colony was satisfactory. The working of the gold mines was continued,
nnd every day gave better result?. A recent report, addressed to the
Director of the Interior, mentions the great success obtained in the culti¬
vation of what is called “Sea Island” cotton, which has thriven per¬
fectly well throughout the whole of French Guiana, and will eventually
turu out of great advantage to the colony.
TOWN AND TABLE TALK ON LITERATURE, ART, &c.
Tni! year (,’oue by will be more memorable in art than in literatare;
and as yet, if we may believe rumour and advertisements, there is very
little literary promise for 1358. Men affecting to be well informed assert,
pretty confidently, that Lord Macauluy will give us another and con¬
cluding portion of his groat history, and that he is to end with the
death of Queen Anne and the introduction of Dogget's coat and badge.
If this is the case we shall probably miss a portrait much looked for
from bis pen that of Sir Robert Walpole—unless the trial of Sache-
vercll will justify tho introduction of the character of tho “ future
glory of the Wliigs.”
Hie last Bombay mail announces the safe arrival in Bombay of Mr.
Layard, the Nineveh scholar and ex-M.P. for Aylesbnry. Mr. Layard
visits India for the first time, and travels it, it is said, with a view to
Albeinarle-strcet and St. Stephen's. Mr. Layard carries information
with him, and will bring informstkm back. So well-fitted a traveller
lias not set foot in India for many years. The last English amateur
traveller in India of any note waa tho present Lord Stanley.
The Poet Laureate is, if is said, pruning his poetic wings fora
flight—an epitlialnmiiLiii—on the approaching marriage of the Princess
Royal. Winter is not a congenial season for the muse—Autumn is
the poet’s season. Ilowever. if Tennyson sets seriously to work, the
Muses, on such an occasion, will respond to Iris call. Tne great bridal
occasion when Edglisk poet^ exerted themselves the most was on the
marriage of King James I.’s daughter with the Prince Palatine.
We have had barely time) t<j do more than run rapidly through the
first four chapters forming No. 1 of “The Gordian Knot,” a new
novel by a favourite with the public, Mr. Shirley Brooks. It reads
most trippingly mid invitingly, and will be widely read and liked.
Mr. Tdmuel’s illustrations nre extremely good; indeed we have seldom
seen him to more advantage.
The Times lias indorsed Mr. Thackeray’s educational speech on
Saturday last at the dinner of the Commercial Travellers’ Schools.
Mr. Thackeray wants (and we go some way with him) an author's
' J5*l> ool -that is, a school supported by authors for tho education of the
sons of authors. Some of the classes would be curious. There would,
of fCA:rsc, bo training-schools for future novelists, for future comic
poets, joy future tragic poets, for future epic poets (a thinly-attended
class, we suspect), for future historians, biographers, critics, hand-
bookfrs, penny-a-liners, and even writers of Town and Table Talk.
'Tf the life of a wit is a warfare upon earth, what would a school be
^composed of the sons of wits ? And who would be the schoolmasters ?
Will Mr. Thackeray undertake the Fielding and Smollett class?
Fancy a public examination a boy called up and questions put,
“ What relation was Tom Jones to Blifil ? ” “ Who did Strap
marry ? ” “ When did Amelia break lier nose ? ” “ When was ‘ Pere¬
grine Pickle ’ first published ? ” “ What did Smollett receive for
‘ Humphrey Clinker ’ ? ” “ Was that a fair price for the time, com¬
pared with the present prices ?” “ Did Fielding ever meet Smollett ? ”
“ Describe, in a few words, tho difference between Parson Adams and
Parson Trulliber.” “ Who was Thwackum and who was Square ? ”
Some of the answers would be laughable enough.
Mr. Halliwell lias just issned the seventh volumo of his great, in
every sense of the word, edition of Shakspoare. The eighth volume
will appear not later, we believe, than May, and trill contain “A
Winter’s Tale ’’ and “ King John.” Thus far this labour of love and
lasting monument of Mr. Halliwell’s research has happily advanced.
The mass of new and well-selected information brought together in
this large-leaved and largely annotated edition of Slmkspearc is sur¬
prisingly great.
Tlic. number of applicants to be readers in the Library of the British
Museum is now so very great that roou there will not be sitting room
for authors of established fume, who turn the Museum to tho public
as n ell as to their own account. Is there not some way of relieving
the lleading-rooin ? Readers at Mudie’s are hardly suitable British
Museum readers. The British Museum Library should ba regarded
rather as a library of reference than a library for the lounger.
Notwithstanding the pressure of the times, some of tho tastes
which find indulgence in rarities, whether of'books or articles of
virtu, still flourish vigorously. Our attention, however, lias been
more directed lately to that taste which is connected with rare and
costly books. Within the last few months there have been sales at
Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson’s which bIiow that old books, liko old
china, go on increasing in value. The first notable fact which fell under
our eye was at u sale of books collected by Mr. Stephens for the
American market. We supposed the panic had put a stop to the trade
in America; at all events, a very curious collection, principally of old
and uncommon Bibles and Testaments, was sold, and generally at
enormous prices. Amongst them was Coverdale’s great Bible. This
had been bought by Stephens for £00. It was very imperfect, but
most dUigeutly made up, nnd fetched the great price of £190.
Within the past few weeks a small MS. of the New Testament and a
portion of the old English, called Wyclitle’s translation, was also
brought to the hammer. This MS. was small, faded, and damaged,
and was doubtless later than the Reformer's time by one or
two centuries; but the portion of the Old Testament, though'of the
same date, was curious. These somewhat shabby hooks (formerly in
Dean Conyheure’s Library) fetched £145! hut the most notable
instance occurred on the 15tli ult., when a small thin 4to, by
Caxton, realised the enormous price of £275. This book was ex¬
tremely fresh aud full; hut it did not contain (so far as we noticed)
the two orations of Magnomoutanus, which Lewis says “ were printed
with it,” and, therefore, iu that sense, it might ho considered im¬
perfect. It was thus described in the catalogue:—
Lot lie. Cicero. Tullius de Senectute. Colophon: “Thus endctli the boke
of Tulle of Okie age. translated out of I-atyn into freushc by Laurence, de
primo facto at tlic comaundemeut ol the nobic prince lsnvys Duke ol
Burbon, and emprynted by me symplc persone William Caxlon the XII
day of august, the yeve of our Lord mcccci.xxxl'' Cicero de Amicitia
(translated by the noble Erie Thcrlc of Wureeatcr).
We understand the buyer of these books to he an eminent German
merclinnt, who, by his unlimited commissions, certainly appears likely
to revive tlie best days of the bibliomania. His library, at all events,
must lie a very costly one. Lot 117, thus described, was a very
beautiful mid curious hook :—
lit. Dives et Pauper. A Compcndyouse Treatysc Dyaloguc of Dives
and Pauper. &c. Title inlaid, line Copy in rusaia. from the Library of
Sir 311.31. Sykes. Wyukyn de Worde, mccccr.xxxvi. In this edition, follow¬
ing the large device of Paxton, at the end is a leaf having on the recto a
_A J-..i .. I 41,.-. Ifni,, Ii\itl,illl I.», J AM its fVmnMS n-mnill 1. -
have a leal at the end containing the Device of the Printer. Such is not
the case in tlic copy in the British Museum, or iu that sold here during
the mouth of August last.
It sold for £37, and we believe passed into the rare library of Mr.
Tite, who was very fortunate in Obtaining it at this price.
Me O i.a pstoxe’r “ Hosier.’’—T lic new work on Homer, by
Sir. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., which has given rise to so much literary
speculation, is nowin process of printing at the press of the University
which tlie right lion, gentleman represents in Parliament. Its title will
be “ Homer and the Homeric Age, and it will appear in three volumes.
Jan. 2, 1858.]
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
II
MUSIC.
For the first time in our memory, the Italian Opera House,
the moat fashionable place of entertainment in London, is open during
the Christinas holidays. Mr. Lumley is giving a serioa of perform¬
ances at Her Majesty’s Theatre, at considerably reduced prices. His
company includes the principal stars of last season—Piccolomini,
fcpeaa, Giuglini, Bolletti, Rossi, and Vialetti. On Tuesday last the
performance consisted # of the “Trovatore;” on Thursday, the “Tra-
viata; ” this evening it is to be " Lucia di I^ammermoor; ” and on
Tuesday next the “Trovatore” will he repeated. The performances
will be continued during the whole of next week. The epecdlation is
eminently successful. On Tuesday and Thursday there were over¬
flowing houses, and Piccolomini and Giuglini have been received with
greater enthusiasm than ever.
During the festivities on the occasion of the nuptials of the
Princess Royal, Her Majesty's Theatre is to be opened by the Queen’s
command, for four great dramatic performances—a tragedy, a comedy,
an Italian and an English opera—under the direction of Mr. Mitchell,
of Bond*street. The theatro is to be splendidly decorated; and the
greatest part of the grand tier of boxe9 is to be fitted up for the
accommodation of her Majesty and the Prince Consort, the Court, and
the Queen’s Royal and illustrious guests and their respective suites.
It is expected that these entertainments will be of the most magni¬
ficent description.
Sronn. the greatest living musician, lias terminated his artistic
career. Having resigned liis post of Kapellmeister at Cassel, he took
leave of the publio on the 22nd of November (St. Cecilia's Day), when
bis dramatic chef deeuvro, " Jesaonda,” was performed under his own
directions. At the end of the opera the curtain was again raised, and
the composer was seen surrounded by the members of the company. The
prinm donna presented him with a laurel wreath, while garlands of flowers
were thrown in showers from all parts of the crowded theatre. The
illustrious veteran is in his 74 th year, having been born at Brunswick
on the 5th of April, 1784. He enjoys a green old age, but has done
wisely in retiring from the “ toil and trouble " of his profession, to spend
the evening of his days in ease and tranquillity, in the bosom of his
fiunily. _
THE THEATRES , &c.
Di.ury Lane. — The announcement of the reopening of this
theatre was responded to by the public in a manner that must have
been satisfactory to the manager. The preparations made by Mr. E.
T. Smith for their entertainment were, on the other hand, suoh as
must have proved satisfactory to them. There was, to begin with,
the newly-decorated theatre, bright and clear, a source of gratification
at all times, and of peculiar attraction at the commencement of a
season. The pantomime was, as we have said, by Mr. E.L. Blanchard,
and, like all that gentleman's productions, designed for the edification
of the rising generation, as well as for the amusement of “children of
larger growth.” “Little Jack Horner; or, Harlequin ABC,” would teach
the youngidea how to shoot, as well as entertain tne more robust intellects
that seek for relaxation during the holiday season. Some are for the
unbending of the mind altogether, and demand from tho Christmas
pantomime only extravagance and caricature, and absurd mask9 aud
impossible accidents—signs that signify nothing, “sound and fury,”
and Folly with her cap and bells provoking laughter without reason.
Such critics would reverso the prudent adage of our forefathers, which
recommended us “ to be prudent and wise ”—an adajre, too, generally
applicable to Christmas festivities. Mr. Blanchard has bom
mindful of the maxim on all occasions; and, on the present,
haB^kcen laudably careful that his mirth should have a meauing.
The pleasure derivable from his composition is enhanced by
its merit. The utile in dulce is his motto. His pantomime is a
symbolical poem, or allegorical burlesque, in which csrtain attributes
of mind and adjuncts of the schu ilroom are personified. Nor does
lie fear that the nursery denizen will fail to apprehend and identify
tho notions and presentments as embodied on the stage. The “ Grand
Ballet of the Belles Lettres,” as danced by Rosina Wright and her
century of fair companions, was immediately intelligible to the
audience, senile or infantile. Thore was many a Jack Horner, too, in
the house who could speak to the veritable forms of tho good and
bad demons— Intelligence and Ignorance to wit—as those who, off tho
stage as well as on, had battled for the mastery of his nascent fortunes;
and knew well the venerable Proverb, by whom the wlioloaomo counsel
was given to choose the former for “his guide, philosopher, aud friend”
through life. Tho Palace of Coral, or Fairy Aquarium, iu which the
transformations take place, is indeed a gorgeous scene, painted by Mr.
W Beverley in his most elaborate and effective style. These scenes
now at all tho great theatres are costly marvels; and Mr. Beverley,
the author of so much emulation, has had to look to his
laurels, and excel his former achievements. His present pro¬
duction is an evolving series of wonders. Air and earth are
peopled with nymph8, fairies, and divine shapes, too glittering to be¬
hold undazzled; too transcendent in their beauty for vulgar apprecia¬
tion. The author had dared to appeal to tho imagination, and tho
artist responded in a kindred spirit. Mr. Smith has been equally
careful of his pantomime us of his opening. Tho “ comic business is
full to overflowing of disastrous chances, and petty miseries, that
excite not sympathy but derision. Let ub have fun, let who will
gutter. Such is the judgment alike of Chun, Harlewn and
Pant atom. Hero we have two of each—the division of labour
ensuring freshness in the continued action. Theroaretwo Columbine*^
and a Harlequina (Mdlle. Agnes). M. Doulin is also engaged, aud
personates a dandy of fashion to tho life. Tho whole performance ifi x
characterised by remarkable rigour, energy, and spirit, liio scenery
’ priate, and the costumes expensive^
of an Oriental fancy, and filled with groups and incidents rivalling
each other in the display of Eastern magnificence and grandeur. We
had already prepared our readers for the wonders of the transforma¬
tion scene—but it is impossible to describe them. We may write of
golden corridors, and columns of solid gold, and how they, like “ the
unsubstantial pageants ” of the world, dissolve, and gradually change
into silver halls, the dwellings of ethereal creatures, whoso beauty
dazzles while it enchants the beholder, revealing group after
group, and chamber after chamber, in interminable perspective. But
justice cannot be done by any such description. Such triumphs of
the scenic art must be witnessed; and even then one visit is not suf¬
ficient for their full appreciation. There are a thousand details not to
be taken in at a glunce-pinstances of elaboration and refinement really
requiring study for their due appreciation. On Monday Mr. Dillon
reappeared as Richelieu, in Sir B. Lytton s play, and agam proved to
his audit nee that he possesses tho highest of liistrionic powers, and a
comprehension of talent capable of uniting the extremes of character.
This is usually termed versatility; but it is more than this. It
is tho power of genius to assume, by its own interior force, tho
variety that is in nature; it is, as it were, a pre-existing harmony
between the heart of genius and that of nature, so that they both beat
alike, answering throb for throb, and pulse for pulse. The publio
evidently hail with satisfaction the return of Mr. C. Dillon to the
Lyceum.
Princess’. —Mr. Kean commenced on Saturday with “The
Corsican Brothers,” and, though it was Christmas, nevertheless per¬
formed the fraternal pair himself as usual. Then followed the panto¬
mime, which is from the pen of Mr. J. M. Morton, who has resorted
to tho Countess d’Aulnay's story of “ The ‘White Cat ” for his theme,
though scarcely for his materials, and has expended much fancy in
the invention of special incidents. Simjplesimon, King of tho Verdant
Islands (htr. Paulo), has invited the fuiries to fill the office of maternal
sponsors at the baptism of his infant daughter, but has omitted to in¬
clude Dragonetta among tho number. The revengeful fairy transforms
the infant into a white cat. bar six nurses into tortoiseshell cats, and
the neglectful monarch into a rut,. A novel and very pleasing dance
takes place in this scene, in which the choregraphic fairies represent
gems und flowers, and look like an illustration of Dr. Darwin’s bo¬
tanical and scientific poetry. We are then introduced to now persons—
the King of the Oh ! Oh! Island#, and his three nephews, Rroailogrinno, the
hunter; Laughaloudo, the fisher ; and Jollgcacko, the yachter. Wearied
with his own tyranny, and disgusted with their conspiracies, ho resolves
to resign his sway to tho adventurous nephew who will bring him the
largest pearl, ana a lovely Princess, unseen by mortal for sixteen years.
liroadogriimo is the successful candidate. Of the scenery, painted by
Mr. W. Gordon—such os that of the kingdom of the fishes at the bot¬
tom of the sea—no praise can bo too warm. The transformation scene
is ingeniously and beautifully contrived—in a manner altogether
elegant and in accordance with the best taste. The “ fairy Christmas-
tree in the realms of fancy and good-humour ” unfolds its leafy screen
and discloses its interior structure, composed as it is of numberless
fairies radiantly attired, and forming as it were the very stem of the
plant. The pantomime proper is also very good, with a fair abundance
of practical jokes and clever mechanical contrivances, perhaps alto¬
gether superior in these respects to the general run. In this there is a
wise expenditure, for our lathers were not altogether wrong when
they thought more of the pantomime than of tho introduction. Mr.
C. Kean has done well, at any rate, in regarding them as of cqual im-
portance. / s' . \
Tiie Ai>ELrni.— -Mr. Webster has determined on a double at¬
traction—tho reproduction of Mr. Bernurd’s effective melodrama of
“Tho Wept of tho Wish ton-Wish,” afid.the. original representation
of an exceedingly well-contrived burlesque, by Mr. Selby, on the
ancient mythological theme of “ Cupid and. Psyche.” "The former was
illustrated by some of the best acting of Madame Celeste, and the latter
received a dramatic and liistrionic interpretation botKeurnest and able.
The author lias well preserved the classic and poetic feeling of the subject,
and touches tho various presentable topics with a flying and graceful
•id. With Miss Maria Wilt
ilton for
pen, never tedious, but neverivujfm*. --
Cupid, and Miss Mary Keeley for Psyche, tho singing aud ucting wore
sure to tell; but there was Fitmw in addition, most admirably acted
and looked by Mrs. Billington, Who made her first appearance. This
lady will lie u very great acquisition to tho company. Of Jupiter it is
enough to say. ti9 we have said, that Paul Bedford is his representative—
a most adequate and ample representative of his most hilarious Olym-
5 ian Majesty. Nor must we omit to notice with commendation Mr.
f oreland, who performed C chinet, the rustic lover of Psyche, who jilts
him for tho suke of Cupid. \Tu eet forth tho programme of incidents and
characters were top JoluhiinovlB S. process, such is tho elaborate
minuteness with Ymhjfe S«lby has worked out the details of his
plot; but tho interest ofthe story never flags for a moment, and the
excitement c f tlW action isK perpetually renewed. A pantomime is
connected witli the performande; and this, for the abundance of its
comic business hud its scenes, h unrivalled. Tho wealth of invention
shown in both burlesqurahcl .harlequinade is really prodigious. There
is no mistaking the niutter. Mr. Webster has profusely heaoed his
lable and invited tho public to a spread not to be elsewhere equalled for
the quantity of the fare and tho number of the dishes. Herr Henderson
is his Ckirn: and. besides speaking French and German, tier forms
wonderful things on the slack wire, and takes some extraordinary
Rarhfjuin and Columbine are personated by Mix? Wilton ami
Miss Keeleri^-hftee energy and perseverance in going through the
simoWtofTabour incurred was nothing less than heroic. The scenery,
too, which is by Messrs. Pitt and Brew, was abundant, and most of it
^CTy^bcautifuL The whole should be accepted us an example of
managerial bounty rarely exhibited.
Olympic.— Mr. Robert Brough, ns we have previously inti-
Throimbout p*icturesque and appropriate, and the costumes expensive ! mated, rejoices in tho creation of an original subject, under the title
F 0 8 »yo, P ™,and do ^ “ 4
and striking. -—, ... . , ,
the remarkable artist by wliom they have been invented.
Hayhabket.— The attendance at this bouse on Saturday was
exceedingly good. The comedy of “ Speed the Hongh.”'
etandina tie season, was listened to with attention. Mr. it ticks tones
pantomune—“ The Sleeping Itcautv in the Wood, or Harlequin and
the Spiteful Fairy "-fully justified the expectation ofthe public. by
its elegance and its appropriateness. Not novel in its theme the clever
manager has yet introduced modifications that givo quite a looalmr to
the production. We need not detail the story—ovary chili knows
how the Princess slept for a hundred years, ami was wakened by n
King’s son. who became enamoured of her, and manual, nor, thus
frustrating the malice of the Spiteful Fairy. Wo have already
riven the cast of tho pantomime characters. Mr. Calootts scenory
is highly interesting, clever, and beautiful. The grouping <>f fairies
is exceedingly numerous, fanoiful. and graooful. A banquming-hall,
with silver columns, is a striking scene; only exceeded by the Holden
Qnivo of the beren Fuiries, among whose amaranthine jjrovei tho
nersc ns of tho story are transformed into the grotesque caricatures of
the harlequinade. In this there is some good dancing, and some tur
comic business; but the real merits ofthe piece repu-d.ne intro¬
duction, which is manipulated with thu. easy un<l hght touoh that
usually marks Mr. iSuckstone's dramo-oc stylo. Nobody turns u
nursery tale better, and fits it with dialogue simple yet suggestive,
within the apprehension of a child, yet worthy the attentionofu
literary man, and capable of amusing the tastes equally of the refined
J _ .*_ 1. TTi A V,.'u /ionn/if nd (riVAHi .
and simple. Higl
Lyceum.— So
the burlesque
might easily
part of author;
almost match!
have already
of which
Christmas-
wh( rip jhi 1
tici paled ^hb verdict
Moore'sK^enkaro blende
cannot be given,
ipcctation had been excited regarding
inte at this house that disappointment
Earnest labour, however, on the
manager, aided by Mr. Fenton’s
the triumph of the piece. Wo
pantomime, the subject aud title
Lalla Rookh,” was produced on
a fashionable and quiot audience,
e merits of the performance, and an-
Boxing-night. The various tales . in
the Peri, who is exiled from Paradise,
serving thrfrachbut as the guardian angel of the virtuous, frustrating
the designs ofwjcked Ghebers, and finally decreeing the transfor¬
mations! This pkr^vas nicely impersonated by Miss Eliza Webb.
The dialogue, especially towards the beginning, abounds in the
smartest puns and most recondite allusions, not the less mirth-pro¬
voking by reason of their profundity; and the arrangement of the
dramatic action is as skilful as can bo. Mr. Fenton’s utmost in¬
genuity has been expended on the sconory. The home from which the
Peri was banished is admirably depicted; then the boudoir at Lalla
JRoohh is just what it should be; followed by Aurungzebes Palace, aud
the Ghebers Haunt, leading to the Lake of Pearls, which re charmingly
treated. Mountain passes and moonlight eucumpments, with tho
beautiful valley of Bucharest, succeed, all revelling m the prodigality
and the dialogue is most
excellent /m-
\ \ -'incident* are all of the poet’s invention; and the -
av was carefully constructed, and is, in fact, dramatically . .
i^cuniwo (Mr. Robson), tho tyrant of Duralto, is the victim ol a
prophecy. On tho birth of Iris (laughter Co price ia (Miss Wyndham)
4 malignant hug pronounces her malediction, that, whenever the
infant should first cry. the monarch would be transformed into a
monster. Accordingly the frightened King indulge! the ohihl in all
her whims, und docs all that is possible to prevent a fit of weeping
Lovers are admitted, but on tho moat stringent condition.
All ultimately, however, is in vain, for too much indulgence
to the Royal daughter has ruined the Royal father; and
Buitors, finding the state of the exchequer in tho state
of Duralto, decline the honour of her hand. One hope, how¬
ever, remains. The hero of her dream appears; but ho, alarmed
at tho quality of her eyes, represses his rising affection. and
refuses the alliance. And now the heroino weeps; but, lo . each tear
is a pearl, whereupon old /mj^cuniow, seeing therein the remedy of his
poverty becomes monstrous‘in mind though not in form. The merce¬
nary parent proceeds to inflict all manner of cruelty on his unoffending
victim. She is forced to ruin tears in showers, und they fill cabinets
with the pearls that she shed*. The recusant lovers would turn
return, all but tho one hero, her dream-wooer, a jolly tar
in reality, who goes in for true love and virtue, and is not te be
diverted from tho right course. The part of the father has been most
- ~ ' Some of the passages are parodied
.xi-Ji urifVi ii snicfl nr m friim
carefully written for Mr. Robson, fcome of A
from King Lear and Sir Gilts Orcrreach, with a spice or so from J/WA.
and givo opportunity for tho aotor’s peculiar tragic force. There is no
fulling off lie«!: but tho fact ia that the real n.vaasanly substitute the
burlesque, such being the nature of tho situation that no second side
is posable, and therefore the acting must be taken on tho score of its
positive value. IVe recognise the actor's genius all the more. The
other characters ore quito subordinate to the lh>:i«, and were esoel-
lentlv placed. Miss Hughes mis tho Vrinrt, and made the most of
the little 'intrusted to the lover. The i’rinreu was played by Miss
•Wyndham, who added greatly to the general success by her graceful
acting and very elegant costume. She sang exceedingly well, and gave
a prominence to a part which had but little men: or its own to recom¬
mend it. Mrs. Emsdan, as the attendant on the/’nn«.«, did good
service both bv her acting and tho taste displayed in tho selection of
the dresses. Tho scenery is very pioturesque and pleasing; and we
reemd the production as ono the turn of which is elevated, and
highly creditable to the author.
Sadler’s Wells.—” Beauty and the Beast” is the subject and
title of Mr. Greenwood’s pantomime, which has an lntrodnotion
of fairy tales in general, previous to the selection of the par-
SCS occasion. Once selected however, it ;* treated
with great talent; and tho scone is fitted with numerous incident,
e.mong which arc some that are extraordinary. There is. for example,
a Forest of Snow, inhabited by wUd beasts; and accordingly a pro as-
sion of animal heads and human bodies parades tho boards, iiie braas-
foimst ion scene is remarkably beautiful. It is that of a nuptial bower,
and goes far to rival tho elaborate specimens at the West-end.
Standard. —The same remark is applicable to this theatre also.
“ Georgev Porgey, Pudding and Pie,” crowns his labours with one of
those brilliant contrivances in which all the houses have this year
shown an ambition to excel. Pavilions of gold and pillars of ruby
enchant the eight, and silver-robed fairies dazzle the senses. Anon,
other regions open, and the electric light produces its magioal effects
on countless vistas of gorgeous edifices and forms of beauty. Not
contented with this, at the close of “the pantomime proper ” the
manager presents another costly picture, nothing loss than Phoebus
driving the Horses of the Sun. It is quite clear that Mr. Douglass will
not peimit the Glories of the Orient to be outshone by those of the
opposite end of the town.
Surrey.— Mr. Shepherd has acquired great reputation for the
manner in which he has in general got up his Christmas pantomime;
nor has ho this year fallen short in the slightest degree of his usual
excellence. The pantomime of “ Queen Mol); or, Harlequin Romeo
and Juliet,” is appointed with the'utmost splendour, apparently re¬
gardless of cost. The eccnery is especially beautiful, and does Mr.
D»lby. the artifrt, great credit. Well has lie imagined and painted tho
fairy retreats in nappy land and the regions of transcendent love.
Tho coxric business was. as usual, pood, and suited to the audienoe,
who were delighted with the practiciLfim and boisterous jokes ofthe
Clcun, Mr. Buck, who performed with great spirit
Astley’s. —This theatre presented “ The Storming and Cap¬
ture of Delhi” for its first pitvo; after which “Don Quixote and
Suncho PiiDza” flourished iti the pantomime. Thei** was plenty of
drollery ond abundance of awkward accidents, accompanied by som9
clever scenery. The whole was received with uproarious applause,
:md perhaps produced more pleasure of the true, unsophisticated pan¬
tomime sort tbau more carefully manipulated productions at inoro
ambitious establishments.
City of London.— Mr. Nelson Lee has provided one of his
best pontominies for his own audience. It is his 201st production, and
is cnt.itl^d\‘ William H. and ye Fayro Maid of Harrow; or, Harlequin
Fiction, Fact, and Fancy.” It is altogether brilliantly appointed and
well acted. The comic business is uncommonly full of incidsnt, and
its popularity islndisputable
—-Royal Polytechnic. —This scientific institution was de¬
servedly patronised by the public on Saturday ; and it must be con¬
fessed that its programme ia now of the most attractive order. First
on thdligt is a new musical and pictorial entertainment, which will
delight the schoolboy, in which a youthful visitant of the Crystal
Palace is supposed to fall asleep tn the Egyptian Court, and thus, in
virion, to voyage tho Nile, taking in his way Karnak, Thebes,
Dcnderab, the temple of Athor, tho Memnonian statuos, the
island of Philos, and other noted and desolate places. The dis¬
solving views are most excellent, and Mr. Cooper sings some capital
buffo songs by which tho dry narrative when needed, relieved.
8ome illusive liantasmagoria are also exhibited in connection with the
natural magic lectures ot J. D. Malcolm, Esq. The dissolving views
that relate to the mutiny in India are also admirable. They are
accompanied with some scenic effects that represent the capture of
increases in its popularity. - ...
which exhibit its size and difficulty of motion with wonderful precision.
Among the more stictly and practically scientific lectures are those
on Myer’e railway signals for steam-carriages in motion. Ritchie’s
patent cork-beds, Stevens’ bread-making machine, and Price’s burglary
end fire detector—all of which are illustrated by working models.
There has also been a Christmas-tree planted in tho hall, the toys and
keepsakes of which were given away on Thursday. With those com¬
bined attractions the Polytechnic ought to command success.
The Colosseum.— This establishment is now under the sole
management of Dr. Bacbboffnor, who has done much to enhance its
meritorious Qualities, in promoting the variety and vuluo of tho
leading exhibitions and entertainments. Mr. G. Buckiand presents a
lecture-panorama, under the title of “History made Easy; or, Britannia’s
Ficturo Gallery,” which is also accompanied with songs. Mr. Downes,
also, delivers a lecture on natural magio, in connootion with tho
mechanical apparatus now so extensively employed by modern wizards.
The dioramas ot Lisbon and L«mdou still renmin; but dissolving
views of the rebellion, in India, and a vocal and in&trumontal conoert,
are added to the general exhibitions; whila a Mr. Forster emulates
Mr. Woodin in a semi-kind of dramatic entertainment. In all this,
instruction is provided for tho public in an amusing form, and
doubtless will assist in restoring to this institution tho full popularity
which it once enjoyed.
Madame Tussaud’s. —This exhibition continues to attract at
this season an extraordinary numbor of visitors, und always repays
their curiosity by the addition of some notablo novelty. Hare we have
the savage Nana .Sahib and tho chivalrous Sir Honry Havelock. The
Chamber of Horrors was also crowded. The now attractions were
augmented in their effect as well as number by tho performance of an
admirable telection of music.
Burford’8 .—The Coronation at Moscow attracted great crowds
to this Panorama on Saturday. Next in attraction was that of Sierra
Leone. We aro also promised the exhibition of a grand Panorama of
Delhi.
Mont Blanc.—M r. Albert Smith, had, on Monday, two per¬
formances of his lecture, the popularity of which appears, if possible,
to increase, __
At the Crystal Palace this week the “attractions*’ for the
Christmas entertainments have been of the most varied kind, and on the
most gi-rantiescale:—A pictured face of Joe Grimaldi, sixty feet long,
has for its vis-a-vis a card of “ the Queen of Hearts,” representing - Her
most gracious Majesty a monster Christmas-tree, fifty feet high, with
bonbons gratis for the children; a monster plum-pudding, with slices
ditto; the •* Royal Punch and Judy which performed before her Majesty ;
fairy group* among the trees; a -learned bear”; Professor Logtvnis, a
conjuror; swings and roundabouts in the Egyptian and oilier courts;
and a dance of 20 C 0 couples.
THE MOHURRUM.
We have, in a former notice, stated that the Mohurrum Festival is
tho principal ono of the year with the Shea Moslems, who are so
numerous in India and in Peraia ; and all may remember tho appre¬
hensions that were entertained of outbreaks on the part of tho
Mahometan population, even in Calcutta, Patna, Moorahedabud, and
other places in Lower Bengal that had not rison. It is not neca^s iry
that we should ugain travel over the fame ground. We content our¬
selves on this occasion with adding some details for which we hod no
space in the previous notice. Before doing si, however, wo would, in
reference to the feelings of the Moslem population in Lower Bengal,
draw attention to the consideration that L jri Canning s apparently
eupine policy is explained by the fact which comes out from the cor¬
respondents of the provincial magistrates and collectors, that in these
S ’ es there have been lurge masses of Moslem inhabitants wholly lo¬
osed to the mutiniers. and that any sweeping measure that would
like an indiscriminate retaliation on Moslems would have turned
against us large bodies of well-disposed citizens. ,
Our Illustration represents tho Mosque of Moorshodabaa a. night,
fllmnicated for the Festival of Hosseyn. The writing on the nearer
pillars coneists cf short expressions from tho Koran, suoh as La Allah
ll Allah! (there is no God but God). Esta’ant b IHah (my rehanoe is
upon God), do., Ac. This largo writing Sal^
gas not having yet arrived for Islam festivals The magnmcenoooi a
mcsqtie is often shown by its bronM candelabra <md kntera,. which
lire of Gigantic size. The faithful, m our illustraoon, ore m the not
of Draver somo repeating the formula, which at the beginning u done
;faSr g ?w“h tbo r ^eUgh<ly distended; other, are in the eu^-
quent act of prostration of the whole body, with tho ™
Ground Preaching ha, becomo very rare in latter times, and a rat*
Sr sermon is m-milly very short, comprising a few monilmaxims mixed
withTvariety of quotations from tie Koran, some ejacubuons of a
religious character, and occasionally a picturesque auecd-ito, ulostr*
Un of tho earlier times ot Iflituniflm*
MOOKSUhDAIiAD £ 31A UM11 A U 1% I k, DU it I X G 1 HE U0HCBKU3I. -FKOM A N AT i V K D1.’AW IN (i —(see preceding pace.)
Ifll V
gig:;
rPfft if
The late Kev. William Sooresby, D.D., F.R.S., &c., commenced
hia career with voyages and discoveries of great interest in the Arctio
regions. Upon his return he completed his education at Cambridge,
entered the Church, and laboured most earnestly in his pastoral duties;
at the same time not neglecting his scientific studies, but.unremit¬
tingly endeavouring to employ them for the benefit of his fellow-
cfreatures. The last act of his long life was his voyage to Australia
to test the truth of his opinion with respect to the variation of the
compass in iron ships. The fatigue of this voyage, however, so ex¬
hausted his frame that he died a few months alter his return, at the
age of sixty-eight. . ,
To commemorate his eminent services a monument has been ereotel
by subscription on tho north wall of the nave of Upton Churuh,
Torquay. The tablet is of Gothic design, sculptured in Caen stone :
having side buttresses terminating in pinnacles, from which springs a
pointed arch on its spandnl, bearing a scroll containing the text “ He
being dead yet speaketh.” In a^panel on the base are grouped an open
Bible, a ship and anchor, a mariner’s compass, and other mathematical
instruments; and on a tablet of pure statuary ma.rblo. lorming the
background of the central niche, is engraved the inscription in old
English rubricated letters
The monument was designed and executed by Messrs. Osmond and
Son, of Salisbury; and the photograph from which our Engraving is
copied was taken by Mr. "Widger, Union-street, Torquay.
NEW CENTRAL SCHOOLS. JERSEY.
at the early hour fixed (nine o’clock), a number of visitors and a large
body of old Rugboians were assembled. The head of the school, Mr.
A. Sedgwick, first addressed Dr. Goulburn, and, in a few gracefu
words, expressed the sorrow of himself and schoolfellows at parting
from Dr. Goulburn, and concluded with hoping that their old
master might ever enjoy in future health and happiness. He then
presented a piece of plate, u very handsome clock of silver and black
marble, surmounted by a statuette of Theology. On the plinth was
a bos relief of the School Chapel, to ths adornment of which the late
head master has, both by liberality and good taste, lurgely contributed
'Die inscription runs thus:—
V.R. EDOUARDO. MF.YRICK . C.OULRURN . S T.P.
SCHOLL. HUGBIENSIS . ALUMNI
HOC MUNU8CULUM
REVERENTES . GRATE . AMANTE8
DEDICAVE RUNT.
Dr. Goulburn, who was greatly affected, returned thanks in a few
words, in which he referred to his own feelings and position, and paid
high tribute to the acquirements of his pupils, who ho was sure, he
said, would be distinguished in the Universities, and who afterwards,
he hoped, would become fine English Churchmen. He then spoke of
their docile and affectionate behaviour during the time ho had been
their master, and concluded by several affectionate expressions, ad¬
dressed more particularly to his old scholars.
The Rev. H. A Pickard, Student of Christchurch, next, on behalf of
tho old Rugbeians. hogged Dr Goulburn to accept a piece of plate as a
mark of their personal esteem, of their appreciation of his warm
ana cordial manners, and of tho conscientious way in which he had
performed tho duties of his position. He concluded by an apt citation
from Jeremy Taylor in praise of a good man, and by expressing a warm
h >pe that tho friendship commenced in school, and cemented by
the proceedings of the day, might be continued in afterlife. The
plate consisted of a fine centre-piece, with emblematical figures,
and a suitable inscription. Dr. Goulburn, who was deeply affected,
thanked the numerous subscribers for their kindness, ana withdrew
quite unable adequately to respond, amidst repeated and most hearty
cheers.
Tho dock, whioh is unique of its kind, was make by Messrs. Hunt
and Roskell, of New Bond-street; the candelabrum was manufactured
by Messrs. Smith and Nicholson. An illuminated book, by Mr.
Thompson, of Oxford, containing the names of old Rugbeian sub¬
scribers, was also given, and forms not the least cherished portion of
tho testimonial.
bodies on the field. These Goorkahs arc the men for whom SirUhar’es
Napi or had so strong, and, as it has proved, so well grounded, fin ad¬
miration. /
Mr. Stocquelcr, in his useful “Oriental Interpreter/' thus speaks of
the past services of our allies:— ^ V \ ) I
The Goorkahs arc mountaineers of ; and from thc time ol the
British campaign in that country a good understanding has been estab¬
lished with these hill people, and they now freely enter the British army
and are among the most faithful, active, and courageous of our troops. Iu
the battles of the Sutlej in 1845-46 the Goorkah battalion particularly
distinguished itself. Besides the musketor rifle the Goorkahs carry
koorkeries, formidable couieaux-de-chasst.
THE GOORKAH KNIFE.
The mails from India have of late frequently brought intelligence of
the adhesion to British rule of the Goorkahs, and many acts of
bravery. “ The pure Goorkahs (says one account) are, boyond all
doubt, the best native soldiers in the fiold we have ever had; witness
the deeds of Reid’s regiment before Delhi (which is, however, the only
hill regiment which has done much). By all means let us employ as
many of these men as we can, even though Nepaul be the only^de¬
pendent State in India. But the real Goorkahs are exceedingly
scarce; thoy are hardly to ho had and the;hillmen / who have been
amalgamated with them, though in many respects better, _ and.less
prejudiced than the plains people, are nothing like the real Goorkahs.
Besides, they hate the plains, and suffer much m health there, and
the Goorkah regiments are very troublesome about their families,
the whole of which they carry about with them from cantonment to
cantonment, and are always leaving companies to look utter them, and
so on. I hope that the Goorkah regiments may be much increased,
but they must always be limited both in numbers and in the duties
they will perform." Elsewhere they are spoken of as “ the little gallant
Goorkahs,” “pantingfor blood," &c. . .. . , .
The chief war implement of the Goorkahs is the koorkene, or
curved knife, which has proved very formidable to tho ret-els, and
with which they encounter a foe at close quarters, or dispatch a
W We^huv^sketched the weapon from a speoimen from Nepaul, brought
to our office by a Correspondent, who rightly considered it would Dq
of interest to the public to see the kin' of knife in use by our gallant
allies, and which has been of lute so much alluded to as a most for¬
midable and destructive weapon. .
The last Overland Mail brought the following account of aninciclent
in whioh the brave Goorkahs figured:—
Colonel Wronghton, who was moving towards the eastern frontier pt
Oude with some 1500 Goorkahs and two guns, was met by some 5000 ol
the enemy with seven guns. The mutineers deployed with beautiful
accuracy, displaying at last a solid line nearly two miles long. i hey did
not, however, charge, but opened a heavy lire upon the (.ooraahs. Hie
little men-they are not above live feet-disapproved the proceeding and
with their usual pluck llung themselves forward on enem-.ra three tunes
their own number. The curved knives made quick work, .en minutes
alter their charge the enemy had disappeared, leaving tour guns, and ,00
r/.in In Memory of tho ^KjLt
Rkv. Wm. Scomsby, wJ/F&
lD.D„
Mcmbar of tho
Iintitule of France,
| a of Tirioua other Scientific Iiutltatlon*
In Europe and America:
In early life a dUUnirui»hoI Seaman.
Renowned lor hia diaeoveriea in tba Arctic
Boston*:
Afterwards Vicar of Bradford,
And lattrriy
Honorary Lecturer of thla Church.
Woo*, benevolent, devoted to Science,
Of AurpAwins energy,
Hli Friend* and Admirer*,
Inirratefti recoUocUon of hi* public •ervlee*
And ai a teaUmonyof their regard for
hia private worth.
Have eroded this Hcnomanl.
Boro at Crofton, near Whitby. A.D. 1788.
D'rol at Torquay. March SI. A.D. I&i7.
MEMORIAL TO THE LATE REV DU. SCORES.HT. IS UPTON CHURCH,
TORQUAY.
* V
THE RUGBY TESTIMONIAL.
Os the event of Dc. Goulburn's resignation of the headmastership of
Eugbv School, his pupils, both old and present, determined to present
him with a piece of plate as a mark of the feeling of esteem and regard
which they entertained for him. Indeed, Dr. Goulburn hae proved
himself a very worthy successor of tho great and good Dr. Arnold, to
whose care and wisdom England now owos so many rising men.
Monday the 14th, was fixed for the presentation of tho plato; and,
CLOCK PRESENTED TO THE UEY. DR. GOUUtURS, DATE HEAD
MASTER OP HiraBT SCHOOL.
(lOOKKAll KNIMi.
iCNtfKY
v-aitvs.
if
' I f
Jan. 2, 1858.] _THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS_13
NEW SCHOOLS IN JERSEY.
14
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 2, 1858
NATIONAL SPOUTS.
rnK beautiful weather which tempts away the more cosmopolitan of
the " ring-men ’ to the coyer-side, or rather to the coursing-field,
brings no joy to tlig more thoroughgoing of the craft, who still plod
down each recurring Monday and Thursday to Tatter-sail's, where
Clydesdale continues in immense force for the Two Thousand. Ancnt
the trainers and jockeys there is little news, except Cresswell has left
John Scott for “Mr. Clive s’’ service; that Yates (who lias had but
little luck since Flatterer's two-year old season) is going to Russia;
anti tlint a well-known veteran private trainer is going to be muted to
ft trainer's widow, to whom someone assigns a dower of £1100 a year.
Earl Spencer’s death only mokes one or two nominations void,
as he did not enter his own yonng stock. He had Cotherstone in his
possession for several years ; also Cowl for a short time, and latterly
Newconrt. Stilton is the best horse he ever bred, and the produce of
his dnm, The Wryneck, fetched high prices in consequence at many
succeeding May sales at Tattersall’s. The celebrated Althorp hunts¬
man, Charles King (father to Harry King, the first whip to the
Queen's hounds), died not many weeks before him. The old man
whipped into Dick Knight, and, on his retirement, hunted the
Pytcheley hounds, with Jack Wood as first whip, lie had not been at
the cover-side for some time past; but he retained all his old recollec¬
tions of the Pytcheley’s days, when he, and Lord Althorp, Sir Charles
Knightley, and Mr. Cook, were all young together, and was always
looked up to as the great Northamptonshire authority on the subject.
Mr. Johnson is to bring twelve of the late Mr. 4L Stebbings’ mare*
to the hammer at York on Mondnv, as well as Camphine, the dam of
Perfection and Precious Stone, anti a yearling sister to the latter. Old
St. Dennett, the conqueror of Horkaway, at Liverpool, well nigh twenty
years ago, will also be put up, with Confidence and several others.
During 1867 no less than 219 blood yearlings were sold, of which 111
were fillies. The combined average for the three previous years was
120 guineas on 20-1; but money became tighter, a reaction set in, with
the failure of Greenfinch, Knight of Kars, &c., and the average sunk
this year to 971 guineas. The prices range from 500 guineas to
JO guineas, and ninety-nine were sold for 50 guineas and less.
The old Berkshire have had a very bad scenting month, and, in
fact, we never knew scent so variable everywhere. In Pembroke¬
shire, for instance, it was capital nearly up to Christmas- day, and
then for a couple of hunting days the hounds could do nothing. The
bottoms of some covers are also so dry that hounds can hardly speak
to a fox when he has been gone half a minute. The old Berkshire,
however. In spite of all these drawbacks, had a capital thing on Fri¬
day, with an afternoon fox, from Beeket osier-beds, across the park
nearly to Longcot, and so to Coles Pit. Up to this point it was slow
hunting, and then succeeded forty minntes very fast from Coles Pit to
Faringdon Grove, where it w&3 all Clark and his whips could do to
stop the hounds at dark. The time was 2h. 30 min., and the dis¬
tance, from point to point, about ten miles. It was, in fact, a re¬
markably enjoyable run, with plenty of variety, and real
hunting in it. Lord Southampton’s had a very great run in
their woodland country on Saturday. After whipping a had
fox in Broyfield Furze (whose brush foil to a large band
of attendant shoemakers, who dashed into cover with the hounds, and
howled most unearthly tallyhoes amid the ridings), George Beers drew
Kan some Wood, and a fox was found, who soon tailed off the whole
field, and gave them a dose of nearly two hours, best pace, with not a
check worth mentioning, and only the huntsman and one or two
others up. He ran a long ring : at first to Stoke Plains, then back
through Ransome's Wood again; and so through Horton \tood, Bray-
field Furze, the Deer Park, Cowper’s Oak, and was fin:ill™lost near
Olney. The scent in the open was all that could be wished.
The testimonial to Lillywliito goes on well, and the Sporting
Magazine for January thus speaks of his ancient renown:—“ Some
fifteen years ngo, when Pilch began to decline in play, and before
Parr appeared as a shining light, Felix was undoubtedly the first hat
in England. His defence was not so good as either of those great
masters, but his * hitting was superior—he could hit all round.’ lie
was somewhat over fona of hitting, but how often he ran away with a
match by it! On one occasion HiUyer, the then best bowler in
England, exclaimed, 1 1 don’t know where to drop her, for he is sure
to hit her away! ’ ”
The coursing fixtures for next week are Scorton (open) on Tuesday
and Wednesday ; Hcwell Park, on Wednesday; Highlander (Northum¬
berland), on Wednesday ; Southport, on Wednesday, &c.; Amicable
Club (Hampton), on Thursday and Friday; and Deptford Inn Club,
on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
The Pension for Distinguished Service rendered vacant
by the appointment of Sir Henry Havelock to the Colonency of the
3rd Buffs has been conferred by his Royal Highness the General Com-
manding-in-Cliief on Colonel Inglis. of the 32nd Regiment, who bo
gallantly and succesatully prolonged the defence of the Residency of
Lucknow.
The Indian Mutiny Relief Fund. — Alderman Finnis pub¬
lishes a letter from the Relief Committee at Agra, asking for £ 10.000 to
relieve the distresses of the sufferers by the mutiny. The Alderman
adds—** The public will be glad to learn thAt £10,000, the exact amount of
relief requested by the Agra Hoard, had been voted for them by this com¬
mittee before the date of their application, so that a few dnya after their
letter was dispatched the ftmds for which they had appjed mu 3 t have
been at their disposal.”
A Somnambulist Drowned. — On Friday morning (last week)
the body of Mary Woods, aged sixty-six, a maiden lady, formerly living
in Martin’s-lauc, Liscard. waa found floating in the Mersey, near New
Brighton. She was dressed only in her night-gown. About three o’clock
that morning some villagers had seen a figure in white walking from
the direction ol the deceased's house to the ferry, the distance between
the two beine about half a mile, and before the body had been discovered
they gave out that they had seen a ghost When the other inmates of
the house arose at the usual time the house-door was found open, and the
deceased was missing from bed, which had evidently been occupied.
Fatal Railway Accident. —On Sunday evening a collision
occurred at the Gorton station of the Manchester and Sheffield Railway,
by which on engine-driver lo«t hia life. He was driving a ballast engine
into the engine-work9 nt Gorton. Finding the sigual off and the signal¬
man absent from his box, he ordered his firemen to hold the jioints whilst
he crossed from the dowii to the up line of rails. He was on the point of
leaving the up-line again, to enter the engine-shed lines, when another
engine, proceeding from Ardwkk to Guide-bridge, came into collision with
the ballast engine. 1 he second engine was thrown oil’ the rails, though
not upset, and a few minuter afterwards the driver of the ballast engine
was found lying on the rails and breathing his hist The fireman of the
other engine, whose name is Gee, waa also found lying on the grouud in¬
sensible, having sustained concussion of the brain, but he is expected to
recover. The driver of this engine, John Rhodes, was also injured slightly.
0 ,.,! r ’A nd J hre f; Qaarl f r , P cr j’ Ceilt Extension, lOfi; Ditto. Third Exten-
sion. 6$; New Brunswick and Canada Railway and Land, 4 ; .Ditto, Class
B» Capital Shares, 3 ; Punjaub, £ pm.; Seinde, 12 $.
. ........ uiern ui nance, 384 ; iteciie and San France
10 : Royal Dimrsh. iG; Siunbrc and Meuse, s ; Southern of France '
iorwgn Mining 8 hares have ruled steady. St. John del Rer have
realiccd lU; Copiapo, lljj General, 16*
United Mexican, ij.
Santiago de Cuba, Ij; and
THE MARKETS.
uve been
READING STEEPLECHASES.— Tuesday.
Cnlcot Plate.—Metis. 1. Zana. 2.
Berkshire llant Steeplechase.—West End Pet, 1.
Berkshire Open Steeplechase.—The Minor. 1. OM Dog Tray, ‘ 2 .
Selling Steeplechase.—Fanny. 1. Miss Chesterfield, 2 .
An Operatic Fete.—B esides the distinguished nobodies,
there were feme somebodies at the fete, somebodies political, artistic,
commercial, literary, theatrical- There was a Minister, who was pouring
cut so much nonsense to a gay group of ladies, that when one found that
he had been able to give the Commons some more late in the evening;;
one marvelled at his fertility of resource. There were several members ol
Parliament- chiefly amateur soldiers, with one or two elderly senators
who, though in no way ornamental, were, as victims of the balleL-eji-
couraged by the manager, always thoughtful for bis dependents. A fewT"
beautifully-jewelkd Hebrews were also about the grounds—wher
music is the goddess, you find Israel at the shrine, cither worshiping
taking the offerings. Moreover, several authors might have 1 1
in the flesh—nod a good deal ot it—walking among those f.
tating noble thoughts, yet not averse to feminine prattle am
wines. An Eng’Tsh composer or so had been asked, and ca
haps scowled a little, when passed by a smiling foreigner,
not for bis ears (to trifling venture) have writfc
nies as the Brijons indite, but, nevertheless,
have four operas produced, and condemned, it
Again, there were three or four of the half-
arc strong enough in their own urt to respect
the word opera mentioned without sneering
with neat lavender gloves, and thought him ol
think so when I observed him listening/^ery toll
lull-flavoured anecdote told by the little
Imps, I do the priest wrong, lor the doct<
other may not have understood him. Tin
name is eschewed nowadays, and rightly,
real criticism, and nobody to be swayed by
and it was touching to see how the opera-arris
enthusiastic reverence, and showed gratitude for
which these gentlemen could have written— had
there was a dining-out wit, who garnered a great
listening— cod trary to hie usual cusf ‘ _ -
lam sorry to bear, has since lost
putting greater names into his aneedot*
Three percents Reduced were done at 93 | £; New 'Three per Cents, 93J to
941; Con Sols\ for Account, 93$ to 94 $; Long Annuities, 1360,
2 lA&v-Jnaia\Bonde, 20 s. dia.; Exchequer Bills* 2s. dis. to 2s.
nds, 1869, 98$. Bank Stock was 217. The Market
"e following day, when the Reduced marked 93 $
r Cents. 93$ to 94 $; Consols for Account, 93 $ 94 India
and 15s. dis.; Exchequer Bills, par to 3s. premium. Prices
a drooping tendency on Wednesday, and the Market was rather
heavy. The Tnree per Cents Reduced realised 93 $ 94, and 93$; the New
ree percents, 935 , 94 , and 93 ft; Consols for Account, 93$ ft £ ;
g Annuities, i860. 2 ; India Bonds. 20 a. dis. ; Exchequer Bills,
to 4 s. prem; Exchequer Bonds. 1858, 99$}; Ditto, 1859, 98$.
market opened steadily on Thursday, and Consols were done at 93$
but when it became known that the Bank Directors had made no
.jgO in the rate of discount, the quotations fell to 92$ £ 4 . The new
Three per Cents were 83$ to 94$; and the Reduced, 93 $ to 94$; Bank
, Stock, 217 : Exchequer Bills were par to 43 . prem. ; Ditto Bonds, 98$ 5
and India Bonds, 15s. dis. , x x ,
' All Foreign Bonds, but especially Turkish Securities, have met rather an
active market, and prices generally have steadily advanced. Brazilian
live per Cents have realised 08 $; Buenos Ayres Six per Cents, 92;
— r * n,l _ . » . . . AnT T » m.. .n. *1 1 11 nnn .( It . 1 /l 130 'n n
ceased to
'ingly
theatre; but, per-
French, and the
*mc critics (the
little to bear
it never so wisely),
ie up to them with
advice aud reproof
liked. Finally,
_ .. 0 __’ost that day by
other people's stories, and who,
restige, through the fatal habit ol
oPpersonal experience than is
finite sare in a man who parade*) a Bristol diamond and a Birmingham U.
From. 44 7 he Gordian Knot," py Sirirley Brocks, JY o. 1.
Large Tcrkev.—A mong the victims to the festivities of the
season was an extraordinary turkey, one yc;tr old. but weighing nearly
forty pound.; and. what made it more remarkable (fora Suffolk breed), it
stood three fee t high. It belonged to Mr. John Thurston, Walsham-Ie-
Wiilow s. Suffolk. / • ' SJ \y _ _ t .
'Testimonials —There was a crowded meeting of the inhabit¬
ants of Iliahgate lntheir large schoolroom on Wednesday week, for the
purpose of presenting a testimonial of respect and esteem to the Rev. \V.
Slaw Shaw, tliineen ycarfl Curate of that district, but who i3 now pro-
moted to the perpetual curacy oTTealand, near Lancaster. The pence ot
the poor provided a silver cream-ewer, whilst the remembrances of the
more wealthy were represented by a silver teapot, and a purse containing
230 sovereigns.-;—A gratifying proof of the estimation in which the
Rev. R. B1 in ere, BA.. Curate and Evening Lecturer of St. Luke’s, Old-
Btreet, is held by hi 3 congregation has been manifested to him by the pre¬
sentation of £67. with Unhandsome purse (made by Miss Clarke, of Liver¬
pool), to enable the reverend gentleman to take up bis degree of 31. A. at
Cambridge. At the same time was presented a memorial on vellum,
Handsomely framed and glazed. - The inhabitants of Paulton, Somerset,
have presented the Rev. Donald Cameron on his leaving that parish for
the curacy of Cirencester, with a handsome timepiece, as a mark of their
high esteem and regard for his uniform kindness and courteous demeanour
during his ministry among them. - A splendid silver vase, valued at one
hundred guineas, has just "been presented, by subscription of the friends,
to J. F'. Sharpin, Esq., late Mayor of Scarborough, 41 m testimony of their
regard lor mb private worth, and admiration of his public conduct
Viscount Combermere’s gifts of warm clothing and blankets
were distributed on Christmas-eve to the poor of Audlem, Aston, VVren-
imry, Burly dam, Ncwhall, and other townships on hie estate*.
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK 4
(From our City Correspondent.)
Notwithstanding that a full average business has been transacted in
the Consoi Market, both for Money and Time, prices have suffered soi
extensive fluctuations, arising chiefly from the failure of a leading mem'
of the Stock Exchange for a considerable amount, and some large s;(
having been effected lor Money. In the eariy part of the week Con s
for Account touched 94$; but on Wednesday they loll to 93 from whki
latter point, however, they have since rallied to nearly their mglieULnuo-
tation. At the present moment there are several features calchlatedxto
produce higher prices. In the first place, the stock of bullion in theBanlCx
of England hoe increased to over ill 1 . 000 , 000 ; and the latent return frettn
the Hnnkof F’rnnceshows a supply amountingto£ 10 . 800 , 000 . 'Th^seamhuntfl^
involve a steady and. possibly, important reduction in the rift4Tt<diB,-
count The Bank of France has lowered its quotation to tf p£r cent
the directors of the Bank of England have made no
minimum rate. A decline in it next week is regarded os 1
In the general Discount Market, good bills have been
7$ und 7 per cent; and we learn that the leading banl
reduce the Interest for money on 44 call ” from 6 ‘
Exchange, money has continued very abundan
obtained on Government securities at from 4 to 4'
On the Continent, the exchanges have becomi
qucntly the flow of gold to this county will ah'
burg the rate Iihb suddenly advanced to c
Russian Government having permitted riq? rt
to England. At .Shanghai the exchange In lined 6"
India the rates still come high; nevertm
lions are making to ship £500,000 in silver to
which sails on the 20 th inst
Nearly £ 800,000 in bullion
Australia and the United Sf
doubt, be added to the stock
demnnd for gold for export pui
During the past seven,^
amounted to £4,700.816 f x
exclusive of those shipped"
our aggregate imports were
A small loan is about t6 her acted in this country by the Nor
wegian Government to assist th jantite houses in Norway who have
guttered by failures in this c<iunt hlhyhburg.
The following return shows tjvte of the note circulation in the
United Kingdom during the ! cells ending November 21, current
year:— ^-^ /
" ‘ ^ ^ £20.W7,12O
3.6.1.0,677
3,028. .via
4,3 U,22* .
6,7 7 4,04.'»
CDHSC-
Feters-
ice of the
imperials
nt, but from
that prepara-
by the packet
tills week, chiefly from
of that supply will, no
there is now scarcely any
xports of gold to the East have
s 112 . These supplies are
•ther quarters. Last year
Compared with the ^w^vi'
above ret uni shows veryfew
On Monday Home Stock:
rise, compared with /the pi
38,358.151
month and with November last year the
igcs.
very linn, and prices showed a steady
s Thursday’s closing quotations. The
.per Cents, 41$ to 42 ; Spanish-
percents, 85A; Turkish Six per Cents, 97$; Turkish Four per Cents,
102 I; Venezuela Four-and-Three-Quarter per Cents* 33; Dutch Four per
Cents, 98i; Chilian Six per Cents, 102 h Peruvian Four-and-a-IIali per
Cents, 77; Peruvian Three per Cents. 62$. . ,
The market for Joint-Stock Bank Shares has ruled steady, at extreme
quotations. Australasia have been dealt in at 81$; English, Scottish, and
Australian Chartered, 18£; London Chartered of Australia, 17$; London
and County. 2*J; London Joint-Stock, 28; London and West mins ter, 46;
Ottoman. 18 $ ; L’nion of Australia, New, 11$; and Union of London, 22 $.
In Miscellaneous Securities the transactions have been only to a mode¬
rate extent: nevertheless, prices have been well supported. London
Dock Shares have marked '. 195 ; Australian Agricultural, 26; Canada Com¬
pany's Bonds, 119; Crystal Palace, lg; Ditto, New, 4; English and
Australian Copper, lft; European and American Steam, 6$; National
Discount 3 $ ; Peel River Land and Mineral, 2 $; Peninsular and Oriental
Steam, 734; Berlin Waterworks, 4$; Grand Junction, 0f>$; West Middle¬
sex. 99 ; Lambeth, 95 ; Hungcrford Bridge, 6$: and \ auxhall, 17$.
Considerable activity has prevailed in the Railway Share -Market, on
higher terms. The account has been adjusted, but Very high rates, equal,
in some instances, to 20 per cent, have been paid for carrying over. The
total “ calls ” for the present month amount to £3,048,022. The following
arc the official closing quotations on Thursday. ,
Ordinary Shares and Stocks.— Ambcrgate, Nottingham, and
Boston Junction. 5|; Caledonian, 85$; Chester and Holyhead, 34; Corn¬
wall. 4ft ; East Anglian, 19; Eastern Counties. 60; Eastern Union. B
Stock, 392; Edinburgh and Glasgow,63 ; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dun¬
dee, 31 $; Great Northern, 98$; Ditto, A Stock, 86; Great Western, 64$;
Lancaster and Carlisle, 78$; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 94$; London aud
Blackwall. 6: London and Brighton, 107$; EohdonaudNorth-Western,98$;
Ditto. Eighths, 4^; London and South Western, 96$; Ditto. Birmingham
and Derby, 66$; Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford, 13; North British,
52$; North-FTastern—Berwick, 9«; Ditto, Leeds, 55$; Ditto, York, 86;
North Staffordshire, 14$ : Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 31$;
Scottish North Eastern—Aberdeen Stock, 26; Ditto, Scottish Midland
Stock, 71$ ; South Devon, 34; South-Eastern, 72$ : South Wales, 80;
Stockton and Darlington, 37; Vale of Ne&tli, 20$; West-end of London
and Crystal Palace, A, 3$.
Lines Leased at Fixed Rentals.— Buckinghamshire, 93; Hull
and Selby, 106 ; Midland-Bradford, 90$.
Preference Shares.— Caledonian. 94; Eastern Counties, No. 2,
106$; Great Northern Four-and-a-IIalf per Cent, 99; Manchester, Shef¬
field, ?jid Lincolnshire. Threc-and-a-Quartcr per cent. 66$; Midland Con¬
solidated, Four-and-a-Half per Cent Stock, 95$; Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford, Perpetual Six per Cent, 11 .
BRiTisn Possessions.—B ombay, Baroda, and Central Indian, Addi¬
tional Capital A, 8$; Buffalo and Lake Huron. 16; Calcutta and South-
Eastern, * pm.; Ceylon. 2 f; F^astem Bengal, 1 pm.; East Indian, 112 $;
Ditto, C Shares, 17|; Ditto, E Shares Extension, 7 ; Geelong and Mel-
•"*’*■■■ Compared
*0*.; »ml Norfolk mult, COs'. to rt.V*.; ^brovrn
ditto, X*. to .**.; Kln^aton nml \> uro, 60s. to65*.; ChcvaUer. 0Is. to 60s.; Yorkthiro anil
ditto, S5si to 30#., Yoagtul mul Cork, black, l»i.
in#, 33s. to 31*.; peas. 39*. to II*.; maple, 11 b.
*- to Ha. per quarter. Town-made ilour, C>«. to
murk*, 33 b. to 35a. per 280 lb. Americao Hour,
. Klnwdl
Lincohifehlro fcod oate, JO*. •.
to 23*.; ditto, white, *lt*. to
to 43a.; whlto, 40b.
17b.; Town hou*
21*. to 29*. per bt
Sf rtfs.—Canary
All utl»*r ictyl* hui
Luweeil, Engl
46*. per quarter;
ditto white, 17s. I
to 1C*,
to XII
Brent
ditto, 5{t
Jmjifi
31s. Ul.\
The
beans,4ls>
F nullah
70: biuiu*
'• prices hnvo given war 2s. lo 3s. por quarter,
at barely tircrlou* mips Cukns continue heavy,
to|Gts.; Weviitomnuxin, 5Is. to 52a.; hempseed, 4is. to
32*. [Hjr cwt-; brown mustard *eod, Its. to 16s.;
od - to 6d. per bushel ; English r.ipeaeM, 3b«.
^ Lu»ll*h, CIO 5 b. to XII JQ».; ditto, foreign, £10 5*.
X6 10*. |icr ton. Canary, 80s. to 85s. per quarter.
jogf ,n tho raotro i>olia aro from 7d. to 8d.; of household
'Ugej—Whsat, 47s. 5d.; barley, 35a. lid.; oaU, 23a. 2d.; rye,
.—Wheat, 49s. 3d.; barley, 37*. Id.; oats, 23s. 4d.; rye, 33a.lOd.;
Wed.—Wheat, 95,631; barley, 91,014; oats, 12,473; rye,
—. -, --- - carters.
/<•«.—Owlnffto ihc holldaya, then Is only a limited <lmnand 'or oil kinds of to*; never-
tliclo#, prices are well supported, and common sound oongoa has *oM at 11'ld.to 1*. per lb.
•>hyrcr.—Ouy market retains a firm sppoaranee.und pike* hitvo an upward tendency. Re-
uro •very firm, *1 5Sb. to 58s. for eonnnou lumps to lair talers; wot lumuB. 52s. to
Ino PWCCB. «8s. 10 48*. Od. |»er cwt,
O/nd ordinary native Ceylon has ohaeged hands atfuU prices. All other kinds of
ov inquiry, on for Ter terms.
demand fa Hill wry Inucuve, but wc hnvo no change to rotlco In the quotu-
.—The butter market remains *rnrh la Ihosamti atato a* reported 1 «t weak,
stock of wlilch is limited—is rather dourer. In othor provisions very little is
Tnllnw.— Our market la firm, and prices arc well supported. P.Y.C., on tho spot, ha-i sold
it 53*. 3d.; and for dellvyry in Mnn h, 54s. |*r cwt.
Linseed oU la firm, at 29* per cm. on the spot. R*po steady nt £41 Oh. to £!5for
elgn refined, and £40 Ills, for brown, Other oils sre very dull. Turpentine moves ofT ston-
y—America spirits at 31*. tkl.; und FnglUli, *3*. )>er cwt. Rough is worth L‘s. porewt.
Spirit *.—JUcMt kinds of mm arc n slow tnuuiry on former tenni. Croof Leowimla 2s. to
2s. 2d. tier gallon. In brandy, vury Uttio L* doing, ou easier terms. Grain spirit i* neglected.
('Oflfs.—Tsnfleld Bioor, 12s. 0d.; Go»forth. l«*. 3d.; Hiddoll. If*. 3d.; Eden Main, t8.. 3d.;
Hrtton. i‘>. Oil ; Pouth Hettou, 19s. 0d.; Cassop, :8s. Od.; Ik-agh Hal. 18s.; Toes, 19*. 0d.;
South Kolloc, 1H,. Qd. per ton.
Huy and Sirato .—Meadow hay, £2 10s. to £4 0s.; clover ditto, £3 10s. to £5 5s.; and
straw, £1 !m. to £l 10*. per load.
J/nps.—V ine new hop* arc in modcrato request) at ftdl prices. Othcrwiso tho demand Is in
a > big, l»h *tato, on former term*.
Wiml. —8o little businesa Is doing In this article that tho quotations are almost nominal.
I'utatOi .*.—The supplies are only nioaorute; ypt tho demand still rule* heavy, at from 65s.
to 135s. per ton.
Jtf.trojmlitan Cattle Market. —Boosts have sold slowly, on former terms; but tho valuo
Of «lic©p has advanced 2d. per 8 lb. Calves and pigs have ruled almut statioaaij
Beef from 3*. 4d. to 4s. 8d.; mutton, 3s. 6<1. to is. 6d.; veal, 3*. 10d. to 5«. od.; pork, 4s. 0d.
to Itn. 2d. per 81b. to sink tho offal.
Fciefiau ami J.eadi nhall.—Than lias been a fair demand for each kind of moat, at full
quotation*:—
Beef from 3*. Od. to 4*. 6d-; mutton, 3a. 0d. to 4s. 10d.; veal, 3e. 8<J. to 4 b. 8 d.: pork,
3 j. fid. to 5s. I'd. per 8 ll>. by the carcase. ROUXUT lliii:i;EKT.
THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Friday, Df.c. 25.
BASKRUITCY AXEXLLED.
C. J MARK. Orchard-rmrd. BlndcvriUl. ship-builder.—J. O. W. FABEST, Liverpool, ship-
ckacdlor.—6.CAKACAZ2AXN1, Manchester, merchant
BAXKHUPrS.
J. EDDY, Edward*street. Deptford, smith.—H. J. LOE, GoUdford. Surrey, stonemason.—
W. H1LI.8, ML'tcn-noxt-Grav. icnd, Kent, grocer.—G 8C0Tf, Usbridgo. Mlddte-*ox, wnar**
Dreft.-W. JENMbGH, I‘aul-*tro-t, Elnibviry, uad Shoreditch, haberdasher.— J. and 8.
Di NK, Croyden. Surrey, builder*.—W. HOPPEKTON, Oxfonl-atrect. laeamso.—E. Gi 4dOV,
WHby, Northampton* hi re, boUdcr—T. TAYLOR. Haatlngs, Stu^ex. tailor.—J. YOUNG,
PcntonviUo-road, King's-cross, draper.—W. BILLINGS. Red- cr x» -Btroct, City, and Circus,
Binckfrtan-ro»d. boucet-shapc maker.—8. I. SKVENSTKK, Mtrk-mnu, City, merchant.—
J. HKLDMANN. GuitiT-lano, Cboaptido, and Adelaiiie-road North, 8r. Jotm't-wooJ, luce
raBnntacturer.—W. LLOYD, Tipton, 8taflo«dahire, frying-pan manu f actaror — T. ROE,
Nottingham, machine builder.—J. SORTER, Old Radford, Nottingham lace manufacturer.—
J. IIAttELL. Brlitol. soap manufacturer.—T. TAYLOR and J. BEAGBR, Soondwcll. Giou-
ce»urshiro. Indigo manufacturers.—W. HORSFALL, Lungfield, Yorkshire, cotton spinner.—
Jt. II. ANDEKbON, York. «crivoner.—R. EA8TIU714N, Halifax, Yorkshire, ilvor.—C. and
T. TOPIIAM. Wakofloid, Yorkshire, dyer*.— E. REABTON, Filey. Yorkshire, lodgiug-houio
keeper. — E. L. BAKElt. Liverpool, »hlpbrokcr.—J , E., and A. EC0LE8, Dverjiool, cotton
brokers.—.!, and C. HOWARD. Macclesfield, Cheshire, silk manufacturers.—.1. BROWN,
Whaley Bridge and Buxton, Derbyshire, innkeeper.—W. and J. DEAN, Hiibcrgluuu Elves,
Lancashire, itoucmuBcn* — G. HAMILTON, Bacup, Lancashire, cotton-spinner.—W. R.
UKW1N, Newca^tlo-upou-Tyne, chain and iron merchant.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
D. MACCUIJUM, Edinburgh, grocer.—J. DUSK, Glasgow, house factor.—J. TRAINOR.
Coatbridge, *puit dealer.—T. MlTCilELL, Edlnborgh. ileihcr
7th Drugodn Guards; A. H. Vincent tobo
Cornet.
7th Light Drrgoons ; C. Fbilip, Viscount
Royston to be Comet,
ytli r Litut. F. El is to he Captain.
lOlh: 8«rg. E. Simmou lo be Hiding Maxtor.
.-Major T. Brown to bo Cornet.
2nd Foot:* 8tefl'-rurg. of the Second Claw
D. J. Doherty to bo Surgeon.
dtbL&sailBS A. W. O. Saunders and T.
Bowem to be Lieutenant*; C. W. II. Wilson
and E. F. A. Mnc-C*nhy. lo bcEnslgcs.
••th; En» ; gn W Moiriren to bo Paymaster.
30tb: G. R. B assail to be Ensign.
32nd; Llcnt. S. H. Lawrence t j bo Captain;
F.niigu W. H. Studdy to be Lieutenant; P. W.
Justice to bo Ensign.
53rd: Major F. English to bo Lieutenant-
Colonel; Brcvet-Mijor W, p ayu to be Major;
- ■ ** n —- * - tjo— T 1 »
Tuesday, December 29.
WAR OFFICE, Dec. 29.
Data'll to i>e Captain; Ensign R. Prince to bo
Lieutenant; W. L. Auuhmleck to bo Enalgn.
filllt: Liou*. M. Fanning to bj Capiam;
Enalgna J. W. Taylor, A. W. L. Mirehouhu to
bo Lieutenants: Enaigns D. Gardiner, W. II.
Asho, J. G. Hamilton tj bo Exuigns.
08th: Paymaster F. F. Fercday to bo Pay¬
master.
73rd :A.U. Palmer to bo Ensign.
78th: Ensign M. M‘Neill and H. Thompson
to bo En .ignis.
8tth : Ma|or W. . M’Carlhy and Captain
W M‘G Kent*.
89th: W. AMhUI to be Ensign.
99th: TIeut. P. J. DevorUl, tobo Captain;
Enrign H. B. Savory to bo Lieutenant.
‘.XJth: Lieu-.P. Hunter tube Captain.
1st Wo6t India Regiment: K S. Lemon to
be Fnilgn; J. R. Kenny, to bo RnBign.
2nd: G. M. Stadderl, to bo Ensign.
Capt. A. P. Coro to be Major; Lieut. J.A.
HOSPITAL Si A FT.— Surgeon D. 9. B. Bain, M.D., to bo Staff Surgeon of tho Secon 1 Class.
BBS VST,- LUut.-Col. J. T. Grant. C.B., to bo Colonel in the Army: Cupt. T. Esmonds, to
bo Mu ior In tho army: Paymaster W. H Wardeli. to bo Major in the Army; Brevet Lieut.-
Col. J. L. A. Simmons. C.13., Llcut.-Cols. E. W. Dumford, E. T. Lloyd, H. Janies, and W.
Robinson, to bo CoicnelsIn the Army.
BANKRUPTS.
J BARBER and F. KOSENAUEB, llnnnnond-court, MLncing-Iano, general raorohinta.—
J. and A. U1LLS, Gravesend and Dart ford, bankers.-W. CULLBMOKE, Upper Scymonr-
strcct, F.uaton-xfiuare, drajicr —P. M‘te\C HLAN . Birchin-hmo, City, and St. Goorge’s-
terrnco, KRburu. baker.—J. GREEN and W. BAKER, New gate-street. City, stay manu¬
facturers.-W. and II. WELL8TED. Molvnodux-Street nnd ShoaldhAm-stroot.Bryi'nMone-
sauaic, cabinet makers.—W. H. WATKINS, Portsea, Hampshire, imikooper.—J. WAXES,
Gravesend, hotel keeper —A. JACKSON. Peterborough, corn merchant.—T. ROLLING,
Pnlterton, Derbyshire, cattle dealer— R. nnd J. BLOW, Great Grimsby. Lincolnshire, com
merchant*.—G. L. 8BORLAND, Manchester, irenmonger.—8. TETLOW, Oldham, Lan¬
cashire, cotton waste dealer.—B. HAIGH, Luklnfield, Cheshire, engiao-makor.
SCOTCH 8EQUE8TRATION8.
W. MORTON, Hamilton. Lanarkshire, grocer.—P. A. J. GRANT, Kenowalrd, Inverness-
shire, tacksman.—J. NEWLANDS, Aloxundria, and Fenor iu Ronton, Dumbartonshire,
draper.—J BRACKF.MUDGK. Glasgow and Dunoon, bootmaker.—C- RAM SAY and A.
SMART, Arbroath, manufacturer*.—D. STEWART, Glasgow, grocor.—J. LIDDELL,
Glasgow, commission agent—J, CONNELL and A. W. TAYLOR, Glasgow, sewed muslin
manufacturers —J FRASER, Muirfield, InvernoM-shire, shipowner.—.!. 8TRAPP, Pollock-
shields. Renfrewshire, contract or.—^T. KESWICK, Glasgow, tea merchant.—J. GOOD A L,
Kirkaldj, confectioner.—J. M‘LINTOCK, Blackburn, Linlithgowshire, merchant.
ntRo.
BIRTHS.
, Horton Villas, Carlton-liill, Upper Holloway, Mrs. Wiliam
On the 261 h ult.,
8wain*on. of a sen.
At 40, Upper Groevcnor-strcet, on Wednesday, the 30th ult., Mrs. T. W. Morison, of a*
daughter.
Ou tho 20th October, at Swiss Cottage, Newra BUia, Ceylon, the wife of Mr. J. E. Daverao,
Royal Engineers, of a son.
On the 23rd J.'*'cember, at No. 5, Clarendon Villas, Soutliaea, tho wlfo of Captain B. T.
Haynes, Into 23rd Fusiliers, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.
On the 29th nit., at St. George’s, Honover-iquaro, London, by tho Rev. A. B. Whatton,
LL.B., Hastings, Charles Huggim, of tho Inner Temple. Esr;., to Catharine Emilv, oldest
daughter of the late James Horn, of Notting-hill, Esq., M.D ., and granddaughter of tire lato
Count do 8t. Jive*.
Ou the 23rd of November, at Byculia church, Bombay, by tho Rev. J. D. Gibson, James
Henry Dop]dnff, E*q., Civil Engineer, Arcot, Madras, thinl son of the Into John Dopplng. Evj.,
Derrye**(«n, comity of Longford, to Helen Stirali, second daughter of tho late Rev. Clmrlea
M core, incumbent ofMonastcrevin, county of Kildare.
DEATHS.
William Rickards, Esq., in his
On tho 2fith ult., at Tapley, Bishopsteignton, Devon,
eightieth year. . __.
On Sunday, tho 27th ulL, at 21, Crescent, Highbury, Mann, tho beloved wifa of Benjamin
Smith. Esq.
On the 4tb December, at her residence in New Orleans, Louise Polk, wife of Morgan May,
Esq., aged thirty-two years. _ __ . . .
On the 30th December, 1857. after an Hlnesa of thirty hours, Lucy, agod G3. the bolovofi-
wile ef Mr. John Folks, of MiBwall, Poplar, deeply regretted by her bereaved family.
Jan. 2, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
15
NEW BOOKS, i-c.
Just published, in 1 vol., price 7a. Cd.,
TTBIQUE. By J. W. CLAYTON, Esq.
date Captain of the 13th Light Dragoons), Author of “ Letters
from the Nile. ’
'• The language Is forcible, the incidents spirit-stirring; the descrio-
ticn of men and uunncr* In the Camp, at country quartera. und in
tbe Held, are extremity graphic; the work reilccts great credit on the
mifbor. and we can strongly recommend it to our readers as a very'
good and clever literary production."—Sunday Times.
C. J. Skkkt, King Willinm-rtreft. Strand.
FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS —Prico 3*. fid.,
TTISTOR1CAL ACTING CHARADES; or,
I B Arourementn for Winter Evenings. By tho Author of
•• Cat and Dog." kc.
" The very book wc have felt the need of."—Illustrated Timet.
“ It teaches children all tho details.”—The Press.
Griffith and Farkak, Corner of 8t Paul’s Churehvard.
How read v. prico 5s. ccmpleto. with the Cards and Book of Instructions,
H OME PASTIME; or, The Child’s Own Toy-
mcker. By E. LAN DELLS.
“ A deHghtfol exercise of ingenuity, and a most sensible mode of
passing a winter’s evening."—Illustrated London Nevya.
Griffith and Faebaw. u.rnfr of 8t. Paul's Charehya»-d.
Jtut published^
LlRED
JD Traveller In the Land of tbe Czar. By W. H. G. KINGSTON,
Au’bor of “ Salt Water." Ac.
** Mr. Kingston is rb grmtt a favourlie with boys almost a* Captain
Murryat himself.''—Bell's Messenger.
Griffith and Farrar, Corner of St. Paul's Charihyard-
iAt published, price 5«., cloth, with Illustrations.
MARKHAM in RUSSIA; or, the Boy
Sow n»dy. with W> Fsgravtej.. 3s. lid. plain; 6s. Mlomyd._
\LD NURSES’ BOOK oi RHYMES,
_ JTNGLF8, and DITTTEB. Edited and Ill nitrated by C. H.
BEHNETT, Author of " Shadows." &o. ...
“ No less than ninety fllnilrations, all replete with fan and imagi¬
nation."— Notes and Queries.
Griffith and FarraX. Corner of S’.. Paul'* fhorehyard.
O 1
milE FLORAL WORLD and GARDEN
I GUIDE.—NUMHFR ONE, publtohod this day, rrice 4«1 , eon.
tain* tbe mn6t valuable Information, by tho bert writers, on Horticul¬
tural Subjects. A Coloured Plato, and other Eogrsvincn of a prac¬
tical nature, Illustrate tliu various Articles, which are most interesting
to every lover of the Garden. Annual subscription, Four Shillings,
post-tire, which may be remitted to tho Publishers.
OltooMBltinoE and SONS, ft, Paternoster-raw. Lond on.
illustrated with 250 Do'criptiro Eugravinre, 3a fid..
TTTIFE’S OWN BOOK of COOKERY —
f V Agreeable Dinners, Inexpensive, and easily cooked. Also,
Bice Dinners forsverr day.—W ard and LOCK; and all Booksellers.
Beadv, vrith authentic Portrait* of the Princess Royal, engraved on
steel spcdallv for this work, by Adlard. and containing tte beauti-
fullv Illustrated pages of useful aud omualngtna’ter. price 2s. fid.,
T he family e r i e n d,
New Volume for 1857-8.
" it is the very thing we want whon tho onrta'n* are drawn and tho
candle* lit. for a long, pleasant evening."—Bradford Obsarver.
Ward and LOCK. D8. Flret-atroci; and all Booksellers.
Now ready. No. «. Illnatrated with Twenty-ono'nrw F.ncTaviugv, prico
2d , to be completed in Twelve Monthly Numbers,
T he family doctor.
HOUI.STON and Wright, and all Bookseller*
Now ready, prico fid., Illustrated by Leocb.
E vening parties. By albert
SMITH. Forming No. 3 of tho COMIC LIBRARY.
KJUfT amt CO. (Into Boeuol. Floet-ftrOH
M R. CHAPMAN on ULCERS and
CUTANEOUS ERUPTIONS on the LEG. 8ccond Edition.
Varicose veins a and their treatment.
Price 3s. fid — CBVLTUHX, New BorHngton-strcot.
Now readv. Fifth Edition, with case*, prico Is. 6d.; by Dost,,2s.,
L ateral curvature of the spine ;
with a now method of treatment for securing its removal. By
CHARLES VERBAL, Escp, Surgeon to tho Spinal Hospital, Loudon.
London: J. CuiMicniU.. New Burllngton-ftreot; and all RookBoHct*.
Just published, price fid.. pose-free,
H OW to CUKE CONSUMPTION,
Bronchitis, Asthma, Cough*, Colds, and Nervous Affections.
An Ea*? Indian preparation of the extract of CanuabU lndica. By
II. JAMES. 14. OtH-»traft. Strand. _[_
C HEAP BOOKS.—Surplus Copies of
Macaulay’s History of England. Fronde* Hto»or* «»f Kn^Usat.
Bishop Armstrong's Lite, J. J. Blurt* Sermon*. Dyn-vor /*?<**,
Dean AI font’s Sermon*, and many other Books, are now on 8 ALB nt
BULL’S LIBRARY. at greatly redneed prices. Catalogue* forward-1
post-free on application, also Prospectuses of the Library. - Hull •
Library. 1«>. Hollcs-rtreot, CavfindUh-sqnaro, London. W. _
rn A/v/i BIBLES, PRAYER-BOOKS,
UlMJv' * CHURCH SERVICE8, and JUVENILE BOOK9.-
Tho Largest, Cheapest, and Best-bound Stock In the Kingdom, at
Tram's Great Bible W arehouse. fi-V Koaroot’a-gnr.drBnt, Loudon.
mHE prettiest gift-book ever
X PUBLISHED.—Tbo PICTORIAL POCKEr BIBLE, with noarty
300 beautiful Wood-Engraving* of fill the great oronU recorded la the
Scripture*. Good clear typo, and 60.000 reference-*, bound In host
morocco, for 14a., tent pret-friy). Only to bo had at JOHX Fifed 3
Greet Bible Warebouso. 65, Rcgent's-qasdrant, I,ondon. _
B inding the illustrated London
NEWS—Subncrlbers and Parehaser* can havo their
pOLUMEri BOUND in tho awpropria'o Covers, with LIU frige*, M*.
per Volnmo, by sending them, carriage-p*ld, with Post-office Order,
Vfthla to LEIGHTON. S''N. and HODGE, 13, Shoe-lane, London.
Tbo only Binder* authorised by tho Proprietor*.
W HIST ! WHIST ! ! Oh, WHIST ! ! !
DE IA RUE and CO.’S new-pattern PLAYING CARDS for
the present season may be obtained at BAXTER'S D^pfit for Do La
Rue and Co 'h manufactures, 16. Cock»pur-*tro*t. Charing-cro**.
R EEVES’ WATER COLOURS in Cakes,
and Moist Water Colours In Tube* tud Pans.
U3. Chrarskla. T.ondrm. E.Q.
L aurent dc lara’s illuminating
COLOUR9, In boxes at 21s., 253.. 31*. fid., and 42*., compltte.
Gallery of Art, 3. Torrfngton-e'iunro.
NEW MUSIC t frc.
L ANGTON WILLIAMS’ NEW REDOWA,
"The Village Queen." " This is tho gem of tbo reason, both
in music and tllostration."—Review.—W. Williams and Co-, til,
Tottcnbam-court- road. Price 2s. Gd. Free for stam;a.
TYRAW ROUND THE FIRE. By SPORLE.
I / A right merrie song for the season, joyous and charring.
Prioo 2*.. free for stamp*.
W. Williams and Co., 221, Tottenham-court-road.
I HA YE ALWAYS A WELCOME FOR
THEE. New Ballad, by LANG TON WILLIAMS. Just pub¬
lished. "One of tbo sweetest ballad* of the day."—Review. Price
2s.; free for stamp*.—W Williams. 221, Tottenham-court-road.
J ULLIEN’S CELEBRATED INDIAN
QUADRILLE, price As., and HAVELOCK MARCH, price 3s.,
both beautifully Ulustritod. are now published by METZ1.KB and Co .
35, 37, and 3$, Great Marlborough street, W. Also some of th* most
popular Dance Music, by Julllen, Koenig, Ac
J ULLIEN’S VERDI QUADRILLE.—Quite
new. price *s . imet-froe.
METZI.ER and Co., 35, 37. and "■&. Great Marlborougb-sireet, W.
T HE BELL POLKA. By ELBEL. Beau-
tlfuljy Illustrated in Colonra by BKANDAUD. Price 3s.. post-
free.—MkT/.l.Ett and Co„ 36,37,and 38, Groat Marlboroagh-etrasL W.
W M. HUTCHIN’S CALLCOTT'S NEW
WORK, " 8ACRED ILALF-HOURS vrith tho l>m Com¬
poser*," Handel, Jlozart. Beethoven, Haydn. Weber. Mrnddsaohn,
f-r the piano: solas. As.: dui-u.; arcitnpanlmnnts ad lib-. Is. each.
Le AP£U oral COCK. 63, New Bond-*iroot, comer of Brook-street.
*\\7ESTROPS 100 SELECTED CHANTS.
▼ ▼ by tho belt Composer*, wilh tho Cant'd es, com plot o P*«Uer
and the Morning aud F.vou ng Prayer, accurately |«ial> d forCon-
grrga’ional Wei ship and Fapilly levotiui; and to enaMe the Choir
nnd all who join in tbo Service to ting correct y together. In neat
wrapjier, price 1*.; by poat^.Ll stamps, or bound in doth, !*• wl-S by
pest, to itami*. j .
MUoICAL RODQUET Office. 192, nigh Holbom
n^HE OLDj^D STORY. New Ballad by
JL ELIZA COtBL' the murlc by W. II. MONTGOMERY. Price
».d.; |io»«-#re« ~,&s ;:ij'5. t’Barles Maokay'* doe *ong, “John
Brown; or, l'voJRffinea I can tueud " price 0d. Also Montgomery•*
new songs, "’Dt? North Carolina Roeo," “The Brook." “hwuot
and Low," “mdor a H-xIgo," and •* Como into the Garden, Maud,"
*11 Od. each. mbOfA-frre 7 »tntnn«
' 1CAL BOUQUET Office, 102, High Holbom. i
C UE'S PEST MUSIC REPOSITORY in
EjSSjUm All SEW MUSIC nALF-PUlCE; Solliri Italic
at Ono Fourth and a Third. Country Order* executed. Cataloguoa,
one stamp — D'ALOOKN, 18. Rathbcne-place. Ox ford-street
P IANOFORTES.—PUBLIC ATTENTION.
. Rome splondld Hoaewood and Walnut-tree Cottage* r.ud Wc-
colo*. 6} octaves, vrith all tho latest Improvcui.mri, have only been
used a few mouths, from 19 guinea*.—At TOLKIEN'S OM-Estab-
llahed Plnnotorto Warehouse. 27. 26, and 29, King WiUi*r»-street,
Lcmdon-hridge. Pianofortes for hire.
TOLKIEN’S IRRESISTIBLE PIANO-
FORTE, vrith Tm*s Concave Bracings, hc'ght A fett,
depth/ 25 Inches, by her Majesty's Royal lAHtera PatcnL—This
bcaatlfnl invtxumont is superior in power to any other niauo, for
Quality of ton© unequalled, and Us durability unquonlouatile. For
rxhrettio climates it is invaluable. Tho price 1* low. Books with
aud deecriptlbn, post-free. At H. Tr>Ikien> old-es'-ablishod
dory. 27. 28. and 29. King WIlilara-«tr-^. l<mdr»D-bri>tg.i.
H.
TOLIvlEN’S 25-Guinea Royal M1NUTO
. _ PIANOFORTES. 6X ocUvess, heieht 3 ft- 10 in.-H. T„ tho
^jal nuher of a Twrnty-flva Guinea Pianoforte, has. by the care
ias devoted to all branches of the manufacture, obtained tho
test reputation throughout the uulverea for his instruments, un-
jdled in durability and delicacy of touch, more cipociallv for their
_jo!tcncc In standing in tune In the various climate* of our chl-miosj
in dr rant walnut, rosewood, and mahogany cane*, packed abroad
for AS IP*, extra.—U. TOI.KIEN’B Manufactory._27, .28j,_jMbd 3ft.
King willlum-«trecL Lowdoo-hrtdge—PIANOKORTE8 for^
c 1EOLOGY and MINERALOGY.—
tjf FJcment.rY COI.I,BcnoN8, to fitciliuto »'
Interesting Science, can bo had from Two Guinea* to One Hundred,
also Single Specimens, of J. TENNANT, 149. Strand, London. _
Mr. Tennant give* Private Instruction In Mineralogy and '.oo'ogy^^
milE BEST PRESENTS for YOUTU.—
I w.STATHAM’fl Amusing and Instructive Toy*, including his
popular Chemical Cabinet#, Microecopo*. Magic^^ jAiiterosi iTtilo^
phfcal Toy*, ke. niurirated Prospectus free for 2 stump*.—Whli.un
gtatham, 302, Regent-street. W.
T HE NEW GAMF, of CANNONADE; or,
Castle BagsUdle. This capita! Round Gamo for 12 or a le«v
number of playora. affording inexhaustible amuaomrat, may tw had
•tall tho lending Fancy Heporitones. prico 21* ; superior, 31*- Od.;
large sire, £3 3«. Wholesale. JAQIIES, Patentoe, Hatton-garil#.
ow TO USE THE MAGIC LANTERN.—
Directions foe uiinA tha M»llo Uatens, DteoMw
ttsrahcr with « comp!«tori« of pptc“ 1“!?.^;.™'.'^
OHNK.tvlTHORXT II WAITS,
123, Newgntdirect, E.C.
FAHLOVV,
gratis, or free by post fnroncstnmp.
Optldans to her Majesty, 121,1$2»«
O ANGL1
191, Strand. Mu
TACKLE. i»t moderate p
nUNS J
* JT rolvcra, A
Donblo Gtms in
to load with cartridges —1 __
TTSEFUL PRESENTS for LADIES anti
U c. KNTI^EMF.N.-3lr. CHEEK respectfully call* attention to
hli^cxtbniilo (stock of myrtle green, Napoleon bluo, brown silk, and
improved tupica umbrellra^. rijllng wh : p*. hunt'ng crop*, archery,
fishing red* nnd x tark!f\ crickcUbats and balls, boxing glovs*. fencing
foil* and taftsks wulking stick*, baskets and sticks, sword canes,
dart and loaded stJeJ:*, Btunnera, &c. Catalogue of price*, with
Archer*’ Guido, Ktdra orvrickct, and British Anglers' Instructor, gratis.
132 C. Oxford •stree'' -
ouble Rifles, Re-
Ito.—Fowling-ptooe*. 10 to 25 gumw.
1 Breech-loader* for quick flring.
Now Oxford-itreat, London.
qriiE
NEW PATENT HUNTING BOOT&
'BOWLKY and CO., 53, Charing-croas.
r IDIA.—New Patent INDIA BOOTS. Also
Camp and other strong Boots for Military or Engineering
Hervico, for Hunting or Shooting.-BOWLEY and CO., 63, Charing-
TVTO MORE COLD FEET.-Patent FELT
JJl IN80LED BOOTS and PJIOEa-BOWLET and CO-. 53,
Cbaring-cxc**.
hilion*.
Priro Medal Holden at London and Paris Ex hi
P IANOFORTE and MUSIC-STQOL
toire) for 21 guineas (half tho value), in cleggnt wrinul
£3, metallic plate, and an tho recant improvements: a uk»i: lirt.
full, nnd iweet tone. Very Uttle used. Apclv to LEwtN LR
(OUK and CO-, I'phoUterera, 7, Queen’s building*, r
(•even door* wont of Sloano-strect).
mHE SPRING SILKS.—KING anti CO.
JL have pnrcb.vedduring the Panic 136,000 worth of Now Silk*,
Muslins, Bur tee*. Ac., at Half-ptPc.
In con*t*|oercxof thePrinca* Royal** taarrlsge, ami as *tn Indf co¬
met t for Ladies to make thoir Sririn}.- purchav t early, they intend
icilicg tliem at Do iam« rate during tills m,uth only.
Patterns tent.post-free. Addrt«a King anil Co., Kegsnt-Ureet,
London.
QELLIKG OFF WINTEli DRESSES at
O KING’S, 2t3.1?«rrnf-street,
Fcr lew than Half-price.
Patterns tent post-free
Aildrrss King and Co., Hi goat-street, London.
TVTEW EVENING DRESSES at KING’S,
1.1 243, Rrgvnt'street.
From 5*. to £2 10*. tho Ro^o.
Patterns sent post-free.
Address t - ) King anA t'o^ Regvot-*tfO£t. London.
M ourning silks at king’s,
2 >3. Regent-*tr*«t.
from £1 'a. to £5 the Robe.
Patterns sent post-free. Address to King and Co.,Rtvcnt-t*., I/Ondro.
mHE SPRING SILKS at KING’S,
JL 243, Regent-etreot.
Striped, Checked, Jatper. and Mi lo Rave Silks,
£1 St. fd.the Fu'I Dretr.
Patterns sent post-frev. Address to Kl.-g and Co., Keirent-**.., Londoo.
T he spring silks at king’s,
243, Regent-street.
Flounced, Doub’e Rkirt, Roi« 4 QutDe. and Motni Anti ;ue*,
Ircm XI 19*. Gl to £3 13a. Gd.
tbe Robe.
Pattern* cent post-frea. Addrera to King anti Co., Regent-*!., Land
F C
IOR INDIA and HOT CLTMATEl
FINEST ORGANDIE CHECKED MUSLIN3,
£* tha Full Drvra
Finest French Floun-rel Muslins,
ir* 6d. the Kol«.
Fat terns sent post-free. AdilroM to K!u« and Co,, Rogem
TJLACK SILKS.—Patterns of aU
J_# 8llks free. A large stock in every make.
Mourning or out of Mounting, much below their t
PlouTKed Silk Rob«* hi e^ery variety ; also, Molr/ Atti'juos ll
•nd sliades of Grey extrem«Cy cheap.
Address PETKR BOBUSSOS, General Mourning Warehouse. 103
Oxford-streot.
MOURNING MANTLES
1YJL PETER KOBINRON is cow showji
both for Mourning end out of
Warehouse, 10.1, Oxfonl-Mreot,
•OAMILY MO
J? carefully executed
free of carriage Laiiln
warding pcrticnlxra
beautiful'y msd* up.
upon by tbe DrrMmakcr
this Warehouse guarar.ti
E«tlmat>s *n<l rath
General Mourning Wtr
•^|OURMNG
PxiltTES of cff thC c^J
Addres* PETHP. P.pBLNffO.1
Oxford-*!)cet, Lradon.
p09l
tnv r**t
I. oy fu-
beve tfcdr drcaoes
match, or bo vvr.'Ud
"Every artlc’o from
rnodorato rricoa.
TER CODISSOX,
-d’Kt, London.
Mourning
Mourning
;>ost.
tYirebcu--e, 103,
CELLING OFF pIIEAP SILKS.—PETER
Ly ROBIN s hy, having rbdeerd hi price tbe whols of his Fancy
| Silk Stock. ivg* to vail par>kt;f*r uttet’.vior to «lic following.
1 Ertra Kioh F t»uuctd bilk> *i 43a. tfci. tho full dress of 18yard«,
trimming In. lurit d.. „ _
fsevr.r*! wcU-asBcrtcd lota of Fancy Stripes, Checks, Bara, Bro¬
cade*. Glfci's.Arc.. Ac.
AT the new oolour* lit Mclr^ Antique*, Velvets, to , are nowaffnred
at veryJow Price*.
PatUrh* ard pHre* pott-hvo
/ Prtcr Robinson. 101, ini. 104,107.Orford-rireet.
T OCKE’S NEW LINSEY WOOLSEYS,
Ot- .1 1 ' Striped and Fla in, for Dre**e* and Petticoat*. Pattern* foi-
CH^TV/EED AND CT.AN TARTAN W AREHOU3E3,
lio and 127. HFRENr-fArKSKT.
B
LACK SILKS, 25 per cent Clieaper than
_ lost Year.-Merer*. JAY* hsvo Just recoired from their Lyon*
Agent* a large con-moment of Blatk Silks, which they are ensbl-d to
*ml at lower pricaa th*u they havo e«er known since they havo boca
in bulneas. 1 „
Mi ss»* Jny specially rt-'ornmend tlu»o Sltks to thoir Cu»*.onj«ra,
and to all buyers of Black Silks, ■» tbo oppjrtnnity for making por-
ch«*o» et pri'« so moderate is not likely to occur after the commercial
cr.ii* hsx paired ovre.
TUB LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAJIEHOL’iS,
247, 21£>, 231. Regent-street,
JAY’S.
s c
OU8 la DmECTION d*un AKTFSTE
FRANCA IP.—Articles do fantahlo ritdodouil. CVJffnres et
txmqurU. garnlturpade rebrt. ta un mot tutU e* ottl rat n^cownire,
your toi cites dc * irtes, I’M diaposra fc I'appr cho de la v*i*ott. pour
thtntes fxjriant le grand deoil, ainsi quo dcmi dcaii, et visits de eon-
dolcanrea. . . ,
Us Fa’ons dc Hr Mrs. JAY ont toQioors ctd fotirnls d'ano tr.-s
grande varlctd «le plus .H/gantc* mode* pour sobee*, ma's plus ijue
jams to dc grand* awortlnicuts ont did fait* rct;e »*l*on. p^ursata-
fxirv le bon gout et la ilemande dc l*ur dicutdlB tr£* dii!tngu<-a.
L*r* P&luus ont etc n'cominont garni* daa plat nouvedc. mode*
ftascai r*. ...
Le ids* granib'SriKt*!'* do Londre*, roar deoil ri^io cn gdo< r*l.
^ SlVStB. 251. Horen-urcel,
^ ^'M.SON JAY'-
M OURNING on CREDIT.
1/ondon General Mourning Waroboere. aro
on a broad commercial rianln. namolr. »o
ODd to charge ?hn lowest po**it»5a pricos to
iqu.-nca of the late deplorable events la
- ig uttire.
or otherwise, attondod to in town or eouatrv.
ENFHAI. MOURNiNG WAREHOUSE, No*.2t7.
JAY’S.
COTT ADI E, LINSEY-WOOLSEY
MAKER to tho COURT, has now on view his fa’hloniblo
Heather Mlxtttrra and new style* for Dretrea and I'etticoau.—115,
\comer of Vlgo-street). Pattorn* forwnnlod tree.
PEN SUPERSEDED.—Marking Linen
. with the Patent ELECT 110 PLATES prevents tl>e Ink apread-
5. and nevtr w rehc* out. Ini'iat-platc, 1#.*, name, 2*. fld.; sot of
ihben. 2s. Cd.: errat. 5s. With direction*. Post-free for »Ump».-
L'LLETON, 2,1.ting-aere (oua door from fct Murtlu’s-laiw i.
M usical box repository. 3«\
I udgato-street (near St. Patti »\— WALES ^ M-.-rid.O ’II
aro direct importer* of NlCwLE FRERE8' Celebrated MUSICAL i
BOXES, playing brilliantly tho be*t Popular. 0|Hn*:ic, end ^ocred
Musio. Inigo Sixes, Four Airs, £4; Six, £tt fts^v-ktght, f Twolvw
Aim, £12 I Vs. Snuff-boxe*. Two Tunc*, 11*./4 and .^.tThT^aHr;
Four. 4<'*. Cotslogaes of Tune* gratis nn t^Jxitt-free. on appllc«tlon
\\l ATCIiES.-A. B. SAVORY
Y V Watchmakers (oppoilta tho Bank of F
Corehill. London, submit for arioetlon a stoelt oi
DETACHED LKVKR WATCHES, which, bring
ctn b« recommcndot! for accuracy and durabilltr... .
PRICES OF SILVER WATCHES.
Patent Lever Watch, with tha improvements. La.,
Uchod e*c*peicent, J«weU«>;. hard enamel din!, loeoau^.
and maintaining powor to ccnUouo going whilst being
wound .. .. •• •• £*
Ditto. Icwellod In feer bole*, and canpikl .. .. .. 6
Ditto, tbe fir.cat Quality, with the Ir.iprovai rcgolator,
jewelled in *lx hole*, usually in gold caara.»
Either of tbo Silver Wntchra. iuhynt Ingcaara. 10*. W. extra.
GOLD WATCHES.—SIZE FOR LADIES.
Patent Lever Watch, with oreoincnujcl gold dial, tha nmve-
ment with latcat improvemenu. to-, the dotaoheslowapo-
ment, maintaining power, and jewolled.
Ditto, wilh richly-engraved oaso ». .. •• •• >* »*
Ditto, with verv strong eaao. and Jnwviled In foor nolo* .. 14 14
GOM) WATCHES.—SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN.
Patent Lo cr Watch, with the latest improvemeuu. Le., th*
detached 6f«ap<7mont,joweUod In four bolos, hard taatncl
dial, seconds, and maintaining power .. .. .. 1®
Ditto, in *rro!:jter case, improved remd&tor, aud capped
Ditto. Jewelled in six hole*, and gold buLanco
Either of tho Gold Watche* in bunting cam*. £3 3*. extra.
Any Watch selected frem tbe lift wlU be safely packed and ssal
five to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, upon receipt of a remit¬
tance of the amount. \__
m-E ROYAL JtARlUAGE.—On this im-
JL pennnt nnu M-m. SOWEHBT.TATTON. ud CO. hm ll
In'U'rir power lo offer tt:o nutft rechcrrhi- SILKS, Til VtNA, See., for
Msjestv’s receptions and r/unious; and, in coti*«jutmco of the
,. _4t ('■tit revs In the mauufacmrka. Measrt. Sowerby. fatten, and Cd-
ire cnnblrel t” offer them on terms most advantage**.
Sowrrby, Tattoo, and Co , 27* ami 27«, Regcnt-<’ircua; U» and
lit, Gxfori!-street.
U
13 U
17 IT
TVTEW YEAR'S GIFTS.—Elegant Gold
.LY Wauhes, jewelled in four holes, richlv-engravnd c«w and
dlri*. £3 ICs., £1 10*.. £5 10*., to 30 guineas. Silver Watchae,
similar movement*. £1 17*. 6d-, £3 5a^ £2 10s., to 10 guinea*. A
beautiful Stock of Solid Gold Chain*, new dtfalgus, £15*. to }•■
gninrts. Fine Gold Br*c*Ieu. Broorhe*. Rhur*. Pin*. ke^ In
rudl'** varierv.—FRED. HAWLEY, Watchmaker, ISO. Oxfxd-itrrei.
W., Son and Sueceevir to tho late Thomas Hawley, Of 75, Strand,
W*tchm*k.’T to his Maleftv George the Fourth.
B ELVER PLATE, New end Secondhand.—
A Pamphlet of Prioe*. with Engraving*, may be had rraS*: or
will be sent, peri-free. If appllod for by lattes -A. B- SAVORY and
EONS. GoMsmiths (opposite the Bank of England!, 11 and ll. Corn-
hill. London.
SECONDHAND SILVER TEA and
O COFFEE BKRVICK8. ro.1 l» »•«. iU pr;«» TO ryinr frm,
t&l. W ttL 6d. psr ooni-r. WAI.E3 «ml WCUELOCH. SilracmU.,
32, Ludgate-ftrrct. near St. Paul's.
O RNAMENTS for the DRAWING-ROOM,
LIBRARY. Ac.—An extensive aaiorunent of AL.ABASTTEIL
MARBLE, BRONZE, and DERBYSHI HR SPAR ORNAMENTS.
Manufactured and imported by J- TENNANT. 149. Strand, t^odon-
H 1
EAL and SON’S NEW ILLUSTRATED
CATALOGUE contain* de ign* and price* of laoMfemt
article* oj BED-ROOM FURNITURE, a* writ a* of UM Bwlatrad*.
aud price* of every description of Bedding. Sent free by P^** -
and Sen. Bcdriead, Bedding, and Bod-room Furniture Manufac¬
turers. P.ti. Tottonham-court-Toad. W
J^ONDON
CARPET
WABOH Kill SOS,
Sand 4. Goodgo-etreot. W.
WAliEHOUSE,
B ARLOW’S POTATO-STEAMER.—By
*11 moan* tor its admirable and perfect action explained- Price
fis., 7*., and 8«. each.—Jamea Barlow, inventor. 14, king Wl.Uara-
,trvet. Mana'oo Home. Engraving* gratia, or *«it peft-fre*.
W OLVERHAJfPTON, November 28, 185/.
Uam. Chubb Aud Soo.-0<mUHH8!.-W. cnhM pumit
■>; tlmo to ol.poo wltbok .«ia
opiliioo of tbo Btrol TOluo of roar FIREI'ilOOh 8AF hb. In M01
tion to the o**e In which tbe merchants ledger* and other docutnona
_. lfM creeerved. wo had another which stood in the centra of oar
wnrehoiiM. 1 bl* Mfo wm expand to lho meat Fir threo
J,v< TOJ nlfrbt.: tad »hon lho bouni, la tbo dm ln ‘'*T''5Y5, W “L'
It foil witb lb« burnla, nuu Ibroaiih IWO Morta,
wr, barird ta Ibo con.mnlo|t m.ion»l. W . wero “jJ'VAJSU ^tao
till Uurod.TO *fl*rw*id»| nod on opwun, 11 r—tordT, Mtt wagn ta,
eilrrlor body h.d l«tn eridonllF rrd ht/l, tho r«pnx
writ not oven Bogod. Wo mar odd Ibol lho lock*
*l*o tho safe. Several gentlemen present on the opening expressed
their surprise st this remnrknblo proof of t ha ee cnrit^ of your fire-
pnof „f«. Wo m . dcr him, Tonj. m« n „ rn ,.
Ucun. Cl nbb and Eon, t7, SI. Pool'. ChnitbjMd, London.
T HE PRINCESS OPERA CLOAK.
•* Etegscce and ■Jm|>l ! c‘ty rhoukl ’■o ih*i le tiling cbonictari*tl«r*
In aU articles appertaining lo tbe cwumo of ladtoo. These r.-|Uire-
inrnt* wvie never more fully dovclo od then In a now Krgiiwrea
Opera Cloak lately Itanftcccd, ao4 c«>< inaptly styled tho * Prtnce*a.'
Tn‘* paragon n* ex cel kmc *• is a comWnauan of effects never iwj’ora
attempted and nnlthe in ->ua of the moot r«<berch4 and •wraomical
ojwra cloaks «'*? |wr*!uceil. The patm'eea, Meow*. Parti tor a'.il
Roger*, of Rrgeotwt'ir*, ba*c undoubtedly nude 'ablt.* The
originality anrtfrace'Pl .*•*« of flic dedgn inuftensare a long and
‘ pro»pejdn* run.'*—Morning I*om .
FARMER ard ROORWP. 171, 173,175. Rcg-nt-atree^ Solo Agent*
for th*tml Thibet Goat*’ Bair Cat e and Mun.
D istress in the silk alvnufac-
TORIES.—II cur*. SOWERBY, TATTON. a^d CO. have juu
vtolted tbe Important Manu'aclorirt In Ly-m*. Manctteftcr. and S?ltaV-
flokU. and. In eourffiuttjce of tbe diftreased state of the money mtrkft.
have been able lo purchase ft» ca*b. at an Itamenra oAcrittce, the
l*rro«t collcclioo in every variety of SILKS ever submitted to the
^Powerhy. Tati On, and Co., 771 and 271. Regatt-rirtsu; lit and t '2,
Oxfsrd-ftreet.
1 1C LUDGxYTE-STREET, City, E.C.—
A-C •• DUMlrii'* of Partaerebip.”—*’ Retirement o' Mr.
K. WTRcy."—Mnaer*. SHF.TTLEWORTH. ABBOTT, and WILLEY
jtn —the now rfrm-faavinr purcluted, at a large «Ji«eoan*. the
Scock of Meesr*. K. WUIey ami Co, amounting lo *57.101, consisting
of Silks, Drew*. Shawls. Drerc-v. Mantle* I.aoo.kc-, kc-, will offer
tbe same on WEDNESDAY NEXT, Jatuniry fith. and ftjllosrinr d*v«-
mHE MARRIAGE of tho PRINCESS
X ROY AL.- GRANT and GASK ft*te Wiinama and Co.\ 5£», flO.
SI. 02, Oxfrrd-street, and X 4. 5, Welle-S tre e t , having pereonaliy
* tolled th* Paris. Ljous. a-d other foreign marka's, where they hav«
purchased !are*ly. In sntidp»‘»«« ®f the above evwit.Of rare ami
Irauttfhl goods In 8ILK a . EMBROIDERIES, MUSLINS daSOIB,
BALL am» EVENIN'* DRF.S8FS. MANTLES, LACES and other
finer .irticle*, which they will have pleasure In submitting for the
'twetien of tl>e nobffity. £11.*00 worth of the late Firm’s 8*ock
having been taken by the pit rent Proprietors at a v-ry low valuation,
tbe same will be eoltf on that part of the ldremlseJ. dl am! Hi, Oxford-
street- Great Burgaint The new ;g>-tr.i*os. 52, Oxfo'd-etreet, with
three lo the rear, are (kvottO exclnadvtly to General Mocmlng. Tlic
French Sl>k room, fO, Oxforl-ftree«, ami 3. 4. and 5, Wedwt-***. ore
occupied f"T tbe dUplay of diatinmUhed oovelttoa. N.B/A larg*
purchase of beautiful Fkruuced and Doubt* Skin Evening Preesre. at
l<*. tW Every article marked In plain figure*, at ready-money price*.
Pattern* forwarded to tbe ivmetry.
F VE THOUSAND POUNDS’ WORTH
of ELEGANT and USEFUL SILKS,
Just bought fee ready caah under favourable circanutanrt*, ara now
offered by
BEECH and BERRALU
The Beehive, 63 and *t, Edgwarc-road, London, W.,
at a reduction of nearly one-half from former price*.
1500 rich Flouneud Silk Robe* «varioutb !*». Gd. to fore guinea*.
New Striped Cheeked Orfuc and Gwsd Silks.
2D. 6d. to 37*. Gd. tbe drees.
Black and naif Mocmlng Ditto, at the tame reduced price*,
rettern* forwarde«l pottage free-
C ITY JUVENILE DEPOT.—
BABY-LINEN «nd LADIES’ UNTKKCIXJTHING WARE¬
HOUSES.— Ladle*’ Night Drtrae*, 3 for 6*. Gd.j Chamtoea. with
l and*. 3 for 4*. lid.: Drawer*. 3 |*ir far 3*. lid-; SBpa, tucked, 3 for
go. Gd. Chi'drr n * Unierclothlng equall v as cheap. All work wu-
ranted and tnadoof Horrnek’s lAmgclo'.h. a lower quality kept «x-
prttfly for outfit* to India and the colonise. Lad ire’ Paris Wove
Stay*, 3*. Ud. per pair: and tbenewIy-iaventedtfaaticCoraet, to fasten
In front, 3c. Hu, not obtainable elsewhere. Infants' Bassinet*, hand-
sonttly trimmed either with whim or chlntx, one gulnra each. An
Illustrated Price List rent free cn application.—W. H TURNER, S3,
Ri. ;o. and W>. Bistoo^gate-street Without ■ London. E.C. _
Y ALENCIBNNES LACE and INSEK-
TIONS, td.. 4d., aud Gd. per Yard. m*de of Thread by
Machinery, but undtotingutobable from real, and equally strong.
Pattern* sent free. - A. IIISOOCK. 51, Urgent -street. r
B lack lace flouncings, is inches
wido. 4s. Gd. per yard; worth IH. fid. A portion of a B*nk-
rnpf* stock, 13 inchra wid*. 4*. f»l- All Silk and Nredle-ruB
Pitt, ms sent free—A. H1S4X>CK, 54. Quadrant, Regeat-ttrerf.
~\T ALENCIENNES LACE.—The latest imita-
Y Uon. nude w.lh Etnutae linen thnad. -roreelj Id
p>Uhed from Ibe td.1 French, win nub end —r oyy'lF
can be fold nt onc-t*ntb of tbe price. Sample*i poft-free -SARLd
and D0WDEN, 17 and 18, Upper Eaton-street, Entcn-fquar*,».W.
GEASONABLE PRESENTS.
O Tho exuberance of the feeling* amid scene* of gaiety induce*
tha fair and youthful to shine to advantage tmder tho ku/o <>( many
frlrnds, and thrr«'fort» to devote Increased attcuLJon to lho dudaiof U>*
Toilet. It 1* at this ftattve seasou that
ROWLANDS' AUXILIARIES of HEALTH and BEAUTY
are more than usually c*Mnt!a' ; via , _
ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL,
for Improving and beaut living tho llalr. Imparting a tnuiacendam
lustre, and sustaining it in decorative charm.
ROWLANDS* KALYDOR
Imparta a radiant bloom to the Cheek, nod a delleacy and softness to
tbe Hands and Anus t and remora* cutaneous defects.
ROWLANDS' ODONTO,
or PEARL DENTIFRICE,
bestows cn lha Teeth a Peeri-like whitece**, urengthcn* tbo Gum*,
and render* the Breath sweet atvel pete.
Tbe Pa’tcotage ol Hcyalty and the Aristocracy of Europe, and the
uoiversutly-known efficacy of the** articles, give them * celebrity
unparalleled, aud render them peca'iarly_^
ELEGANT AND SEASONABLE ritESESrS.
8cId by A. ROWLAND urvtS JNH. 2'». Ilatton-ganlen, London,
And by ''hcmlftaand wrfSUiW*.
BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS!!!
TAMES LEWIS'S LIST for 1858 .—New
•J Prrfcmorv Wpfit, 6G, Ox ford-street, near tbe P rtooi** 1 * Theatre;
Macufactoo'. Bartlett 1 's-Vuflding*. Hrtlbo-n.—The Bridal Bouquet,
dcnicntcd to H R.1I. the Princes* lUjyol, Trite Jaamino, from the
th.wire, price 2*-fid. Seitnea Bccquet, price 7* fid ; Ert. Bouquet
FracghuumL Wood Violet, Jockey dab, Bondoleti*. MHIetleur*, kc.
Glycerine heap, for softening tbo akin. fid. and la.t dttiug* Soap, la.;
Eaffdc Cologne Soap, l*.; Otto of Rose Soap, la.; Honey ,M aretimmllow,
and patent Icdine soot a. Milk of Rosea, fot the complexkta. la, D.6i. ;
und it*. *d.: Bloom Of Korea. 2a. Od. Pompeian Hair-dye that will
stain the tkiu. 3*. tki. and 5s- fid. JAMES LEWIS'S genuine Ylanow
Oil for the hair. Frangipatml l’ommade. is and 2a. Sd- ; Medljatad
Tonic Balm, 2a. fid. ana .Is- fid.; Balsam of Rom, 1»- and U ud.
Every article fur the Toilet at fi«. Oxlbrd-streot, W.
R EDUCED PRICES.—Ponding the revival of
ectivjtr in tbe Winn Markfta of Ear'-tpc:—Roussillon. 30#.;
Dinner tbrrv, SGa.: Standard Shurry, <0a.i fine ft old Urandv. 10s-
irr derm. cosh. Addrws, and order* payab-o to. FOSTER and
NGLF.. 45. Clieapritfc, E.C.
P UBLIC ATTENTION is drawn to an ex¬
cellent Dinner Shorty, at 3fii. per don.* well nw'urri. firm
crusted Port, »8*.- aud superior dry Ubampagna. direct from Ep*roav,
50*.. earriagr-free.—CADIZ WINE COMPANY, fid, 6t- Jamea's-
street. London.
T1T1NES from the CAPE of GOOD HOPE.—
TV PORT. SHERRY, MADEIRA, BUCKLLA8. and MAR-
SAlA.all 2C*. per dozen, really fine quality, produce of SiMsr.toh and
Portugucee vinca, cX th* CAPE of GOOD HOPE, wheooo bear
Majesty'• Go ver net nnt allow* wine* to bo Imported for half duty. Two
Kunnlea for 12 stamp*. BRANDY, excellent, 30*. ptg dasea. W. ud
A. GILBKY. Wine importer*. S57. Ox ford-street, W.
R INAHAN'S LL WHISKY V. COGNAC
BRANDY.—Thi* celebrated old Irish Whisky rivals the fin ml
French Brandy. It is pure, mild, mellow, and deUcloa*. and very
wholeaonw- So'd In botties, h. 6d. each, at most of u>o respectable
retell bocte*.—Obssrve tha rod seal, pink label, and oork branded
ID nation > I,L AVfcJaky." 8. Great Wind mill-street, Haymarket.
QTOGUMBEK MEDICINAX PALE ALE
lO i* brewed wi*h tho watijr from " Hurry IHU'« Well." It cure*
disease*, and is renovating, reasonable, nrvd delicious. Bofrreaeoe *o
the fatuity, ana stutUtka! return of luenI population and births.—11.
HOLDEN. 55 a. Upper Scymour-street, Portman-aqttTire. sole toudon
Agent. H. Watts. Manager, 8ttorumr.or, Taunton. Drum triukt und
trinket winder, tie** cure tebeofffthe Wattge rraig strahla.
H ORNIMAN’S PURE TEA, the leaf
not co!oured-RICn FULL-FLAVOURED T«a of rare rtrmgth
h thus tocurod, at Importing it not coloured by tbe Chinese, prevent*
»tio flavour Ices withered leave* being ptirecd off aud sold M tbo beet,
to tbo lavs of tha consumer. Tho ** Lancet Beporl " iLongmaria, p.
Ii»;• state*r-" The Grew Tea nos being covered with Pnsaton bniito
la a dull olive; tbe Black U not* Mtonrcly dark." M.&L, 4*., an4
A*. 4<J. ptr lb.. K«cred In packets. SAd by Elphinirtone, *27, :b.gw»i-
itrett; Pametl. 78. CoruMll; Dodshn.'M. Blacktran-ftreft. B*rewrfct
W nil, '!i, nt- rani's Churchyard, aad in all parts of the Kingdom by
Aiwk
THE BEST POOD FOR CHILDREN, INVALIDS, AND OTHERS.
R OBINSON’S PATENT BARLEY, for
making «aperiar Barley' Water In fifteen ralnnte*, has not only
obtained the pa:renege of her Mgi«ty anti the Royal Family, but hs*
become of general use to every class ef the cammanfty. and Is ae-
krcwledged to stand unrivalled as an eminently para, nutritions, and
light food for tufas ta and invalids; mneb sppr.'Vtd far cmXtnga
daRcioss custard padding, and oicrUcDt Cor thickening broths or
•oupe. ROBINSON’S PATENT GROATS for more than thirty yoar*
havo been held in constant end Increasing public estimation a* tho
purrat fkriaa- of the oat. aad aa the beat and meat valuable prepara¬
tion frt makirg a pure and delicate Gruel, which forms a bgh: aad
nutritious supper for the aged, is a popular recipe for colds aad
tnfloetna, to of genera use la the slck-chambcr. aud, alternately with
tbe Patent Bariev, to an excellent food far infant* and children.
Prepared only by the Patcntres. BOBDBOK, BBLLVILLE. and 00..
Parvoyor* to tho Queen. 64. Rcd-llon-otrect. Holbom, London. Sold
br all rrapcctablo Grecera, Draggtots. oral other* ha town and ocuntry,
in pockets of 6d. aad !*.; aadFamftv Cantotera, at 1*., to, aad 10*.
F RY and SONS’ CHOCOLATES and
COCOAS.—Victoria ChooolaJ*. Bon Boo*. Soluble Cocoas,*«.,
in great variety. Eeonotnkal Hoiuckrepe-* will avail thcmselveaof
three Article#/ To In* allds they are^jgvahi^Me^
Be «nre to ask for Fry's cclcbratal <
fcctuivn to tbo Queen.
i aal Cooosa, Maim-
r'lOLZA OIL, 4s. 6d. per Gallon; Dips, 6jd.;
VJ ta. ld.:B«lp*r^l‘.M-ii Pita.'.Comp-il-;*^. «od
I0W. Bo«p,> »■-. U». TOd — F« >'* Craw, t— wllllta
ten milt*.—W. YGUKO, hi, Park-ssrert, Canuiaa-town.
■\X7-ASHING, CLEANING, and DYEING
YV fo. Loo-ion -renj (•*<T-U. Itar., FlinktU, C«iailo|«n-.
Muslin aad Uoe Curialn*. and ell lsrgo aitxdc*, washod and finHhoi
in the tret itylo. Morere and Damask Curtalna. i V ssass, Sbawto.kfc,
dyed and fimslrei cstns well at niodenua cbmrgea. The Compuiy *
van* recrive and Otlirer. free of charge, no matter how KaaB 4h«
onantitv. AU good* returned within a week. Prira Lift* ftjwjw*
cn acrOratk*. ft>witrr order* prorntto'y att»oded ti
POUTAN fflXAM W A all IN Q aad DYEING COMPANY, 17, Wbarf-
road, Cfty-mad. N .___
A PPROVED OF bv everv Medical Man who
bo* rren it-—Tho BRITISH FEEDING-BOTTLE lryto tered>
b tbe only bottle la which tbe supply of food can be regolsfod wnna
the in fan: it being fed. Prior 7s. fid-; or to any railway »tatt^
H. fid, of WILLIAM T. COOPER, Phasmaceatloal Cbsrnirt,
Oxfonl-rtrret ___ _ __
rtEAFNESS, Noises in tbe Head. Turkish
IJ Treatment by a retired Surgeon from the Crimea (who woa
guita cored Just pobltohed, a Book, SMf-Cure. free by p rat (cr *x
rtampa.—Surgeon COLSTON. M.K C.fl., «, LriereUr-pUc*-^torefora
square, London. At homo frern ckrcn to foar, to reeatvo rtoits fro®
16
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 2, 1858
M
NEW BOOKS, frc.
13, Groat Marlborough• street.
ESSSRS. HURST and BLACKETT’S
_ NEW PUBLICATIONS.
LODGE’S PEERAGE and BARONETAGE, for
1868, under the especial patronage of her Majesty and U.R.H. the
Prince oueort. and corrected throughout by the Nobility. In 1 eol.,
royal 8vo., with the arm* beautifully engraved, handsomely bouad,
with sill edges.
“ This, too twenty-eeventh e<!ltlon of * Lodge's Peer*go and
Baronetage ’ appears to bo a-* perfect a Pc rage as we aro ever likely
to see pu dbhid."—Herald.
ATKINSON’S TRAVELS in ORIENTAL and
WESTERN SIBERIA, Mongolia, the Rirghi* Steppes, Oinoae Tar-
tor*. and Central Asia One lanre vol , royal 8re, embellished with
upwards of 60 Illustration* Including numerous bosutifull* -coloured
Plates from the Author's orisrlnnl drawings, and a Map, £2 2* bound.
BERANGEK’S MEMOIRS. Written by Himself.
English Copyright Edition. 1 roi With Portrait.
Mr. TOPPERS NEW WORK.-RIDES and
REVERIES of JE40P SMITH. By MAR Tin F. TUPPER IQs 6d.
Rides and Roveries' will add considerably to the reputation of
Mr. Tupp«r. The volome may serve as a suitable companion to his
'PTeverMal Philosophy.' "—fWorvrr
A WOMAN’S THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN
By the Author of * John Ilsl.fsx, Gentleman.” 1 vol. 10s. 6d.
“A book of sound oouns 1 1 "— xsnilnrr
THE NEW NOVELS.
ORPHANS. By the Author of “Margaret Matt-
lam* ' 1 vol IQs. 6d.
“ A very charming story. "—Sun.
ADELE. By JULIA KAVANAGH, Author of
“N.lhall. " S»ol,
The LADY of GLYNXE. By the Author of “ Mar-
garet and her Bridesmaids.” 1 vol*.
CASTE. By the Author of “ Mr. Arle.” 3 vote.
CLARA LEICESTER. By Captain G. DE LA
POER BKREcFOhD. 3 vol*.
rpH
E FOLLOWING WORKS ARE NOW
READY:-
OjrTH THOUSAND. Dr. LIVINGSTONE’S
JOURNAL of his TRAILS and ADVENTURES in SOUTH
AFRICA. Joint M IT. RAT. Albemarle-strret.
6 th
THOUSAND. LIFE of GEORGE
8TEPHKNSON. the RAILWAY ENGINEER.
JOHN Murray, Albemarie-street.
T he ri*e of our Indian empire.
By Lord VlAHoN (.now Earl Stanhope). Extracted from his
" History of Eng and ” ..Next week).
Joint Muukat, Albomar o. atr ee t .
M
R. GILBERT SCOTT’S REMARKS oa
SECULAR and DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE.
JOHN MURUaT. Albemarle-street.
2 nd
EDITION of MR. BORROW’S
ROMANY RYE. A Beano! to
JOHN Mur bay, Albemarl
Larcngro."
marie-street.
I IHE SEPOY REVOLT: Its Causes and its
Con*equanco« By HENRY MEAD.
JOHN Murbat, Albemarle-street.
M
R. CROKER’S ESSAYS on the EARLY
PERIOD of the FRENCH REVOLUTION.
John Murray, Albemarlo-street.
C HEAP EDITION. MUNDY’S PEN and
PENCIL (-KETCHES of INDIA. (Next week.)
JOHN MobkaY. Albemarle-street.
4TH
D
THOUSAND. LORD DUFFERIN’S
LETTERS FROM HIGH LATITUDES.
JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle-street.
R. WA A GEN’S NEW VOLUME on the
GALLER1K3 and CABINETS ef ART In ENGLAND.
Joil* Murray. Albemarle-street.
M
R. FORTUNES NEW WORK od
CHINA and the CHINESE.
John McbbaY. Albemarle street.
ITII THOUSAND. The STAFF
*1 OFFICER'S LETTERS from HEAD-QUARTERS. A Coo-
da used Edition-
JOHN Mubkay, Albcn>arle-street._
L ord Campbell's lives of lords
KENYO Ka^NWRoUGH, and TF.NTERDEN.
John Mubkay, Atbermarlo-etreet_
A NARRATIVE of the MUTINY of the
RUSSIAN AUMY at the ACCESSION of the EMPEROR
KIOH jLAS
Jonv Mcubay. Aibemarl-*-street.
\ TH EDITION. ELPHINSTONE’S IIIS-
TI TORY of INDIA : The Hindoo and Mahomedan Periods.
John MCRltaY, Albemarlo-street.
NEW EDITIOV of MR. CRAIK'S
PURSUITS of KNOWLI 1 ‘’ D r R DIFFICULTIES.
John Murray, A.u».»..i;u-*treei.
NEW TALE T»Y MR. LEVER.
a ERALD FITZGERALD, “the Chevaher,”
Bv nARRY LORREyUKR.
Wl'l commence In the JANUARY Number of the
DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE.
HODQK8, SMITH and Co.. Dublin; Hurst and Blackett, London.
THE CHEAPEST GIFT-BOOK OF THE SEASON.
Elegantly bound, price 7s. fid.. __
O UR FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES.
Told for tbo Hundredth Time, by HY. W DULCKEN. Illus¬
trated with Three Hundred Pictures by H. K. Browns, Absolon, Har¬
rison Weir. Harvey, M'CouoeM. Pasquier, and DalxleL
Waki. and LOCK, 158, Fleet-street.
Now ready, price 3s. 6d., !*mo, eloth, #
S T. LEONARD; or. The Missionary: a Vision.
The scene of the Poem U laid in India, in the days of Acbar;
the hero suffer* death at an auto da ft* at Goa.
London: W. Kknt and Co.. SI and 53, Paternoster-row.
Just publ shod, In fcp 8vo, price 6s. cloth, n \ / "
HE LETTERS of a BETROTHED.
Loudon: LONOMaN. BROWN, and CO.
T
the Life And
jnrv Fielding,
sulit'er In
i»t th© First
t Strathmore’s
• A JtbyF of/* -
L. C’haptm I. to
.it to ltn» Uha^eaux
* ami ienien. V
. ‘ r «lk oh Pbtkstware —
■ov.'s Labour'- l,o*t < ' *
I ondou: Jmnt4V. Parker ami SON, Wert Strand.
Crown 8vo, prise Ss. fid.: post-free 3s. lftd., with Map fid. extra.
L ONDON as it is TO-DAY ; Where to Go
and What to See. With 300 Engraving*. \\
London: H. G. Clarke and Co., *53, Strand, W.C.
r jlE PRACTICAL MECHANICS’
JOURNAL. No. 118, JANUARY, ISM. Rowed, prico
’(No. ttwts■—R ower’. Apparuto. (with PUteh Science end
wt- Ki. tier 1 . Wood .rltinr Mertiincrr for iu -ppler Forme; Lum.
en'e SofetT I’epo for Millin'; WhlitehCT'e Weslppp Mechinf . /Ilio
pcrtil I'm). aro—Ooehnut'e Fehriee; MiU-r'e UU Oene; Crawford e
Whitohcad’. Boiler,; Tmlor’e SLIlwav Chair.; John**.
I«.le- I’.'loreon. Cbornlni?; I>e B»«r Zinc; BorK-w Ree .terrd
■uS ilol-ler; HelToer’i Chioiner Top Ilee iewe ef hew BooVe.
bme,»nd.»ioo. Monthly Now. Intettitence I.*w KeporU, of Patent
vipa ruts of Patent*. ; Mth haracrGU* 'S‘yxlcut»!.
letivou N and Co , P*i©mo«tcr-row; Editor ■ Office* (Offices for
*ateQia», 47. Lincoln’•-Inn* Hilda. " x \ \ _
IliASER'S MAGAZINE for JANUARY,
'<>9, Price 3*. 6.1.. contains/
\V ,.:-!:v-clc:jr«.
"losthe's Helena. Translated by
Theodore Mar'in.
The Physician'* Art: Dr. Wi'mn
Northern Lights.—CBv Poem*
and City .Sermons. By Shirley.
* vingstone's Travels in South
Airier.
Wad World, my Master*. By u
San'-tary Reformer.
;NNY BANK BOOK-:.— Morgan’s Sim-
ulifl-d System, Lodgen and Pass Boaks. The best and
S in use G. LacT. Warwkfc.
ENT BOOKS - Morgan's Simplified, for
Lamllonls and Tenant*.
Lacy, Warwick; Piper and Co.. London.
{ OOKS LL^T not BOOKS LOST.—Indis-
wnafthle to all Lender* of Books, la. 9d. doth; 4a. morocco,
G. Lacy, Warwick.
D
NEW MUSIC, &c.
'ALBERT’S ALBUM lor 1858.—The most
_ splendid Musical Work over produood, surpassing all this
popular Composer's previous Albums- Tbs cover is in the most elabo¬
rate and gorgeooa style; the binding in watered silk; and the coloured
Illustrations are in the greatest variety, by Mr. Brandard. M. D'Albert
has oom|>o*ed expressly for this Album a numoer of now Waltxes. oew
Quadrilles, Polkas, Manukas, Ac.; and the publisher* fool confidence
In announcing It aa the most attractive Musical Present ever pub¬
lished. Price 31s. Sent free.
Chappell and Co., 49 and 50, New Bond-street.
D 'ALBERT'S NEW DANCE MUSIC.—
D'ALBERra SYBIL VALES, be»ntl/uUj Ulneumed hr
BRANDARD, In Coloan- Prto. U. Sole « Dwt. Po.t-free.
Chatpxll and CO., 5G, New Bond- —*
D 'ALBERT’S TROVATORE WALTZES.
Price 4s^ poet-free.
Chappell and Co , 60, New Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S QUEEN of the ALPS V ALSE
IUhetreted bj BRANDARD, hi Colonre. Price U- Solo or Doot
Poet-free.—C happell and Co., 60, New Bond-street.
D 'ALBERT’S ADELINE VALSE,
beautifully Illustrated by BRAN DARD. In Colours. Price ts
D ’ALBERT’S COURT of ST. JAMES
QUADRILLE on Popular ENGLISH AIB8, beautifully Illus¬
trated by BRANDARD. Price 4s.. Soli or DuoL post-free.
Chappell and Co., 60, New Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S SOLDIER’S POLKA. With
a Portrait of his Roval Highness the Duke of Cambridge, by
BRANDARD, in Colours. Price 3s., post-free.
CHAPPELL and CO., 50, Now Bond-street.
B RINLEY RICHARDS’ PIANOFORTE
TUTOR. Price it.
The bast, the newest, and cheapost of all Instruction Books, con¬
taining 60 pages of full-sixod music, all necessary elementary instruc¬
tions. scale*, exercises, and a great variety of the most popular themes
as progressive lessons.
The attention of all Professors is expressly requested to this most
useful work; also to
BKINLEY RICHARDS' NEW SET ol SHORT
PRELUDES Price a* Intondod aa introductions to any pieoes; ex¬
pressly written for amateur*; and to the
Nfiw OCTAVE 8TUDIE8, by the same popular
ComDcscr• Price 4a.
CHAPPELL, 50, New Bond-street.
S MELODIES for the P1ANO-
FORTE. By E. F. RIMBAUT.T. Prico Is. each, poet-free:—
No. 1. And doth not a meeting.
2. Believe me if all tboao endearing young charms.
3. Farewell, but if ever you welcome tho hour.
4. Fly not yet.
5. Go where glory waits thee.
P. Has sorrow thy young day* shaded?
7. I'd mourn tho hope* that leave mo.
8. Rich and rare were tho gems §ho wore.
9. Tho barn that onco through Tara's Halls.
10. The Meeting of tho Water*.
11. The Minstrel Boy.
13. The Last Km© of Summer.
Chai’I’KLL and CO., 50. New Bond-street.
T> IMBAULT’S JACOBITE MELODIES,
I I; arranged for the Pianoforte,
i. 1. Over tho i4 ca.
2. Como Ferry me o’er.
3. Wha wadna fecht for
Charlie.
«. Charlie is my darling.
5. Over the Water to Charlie.
6. Flora McDonald's Lament.
7. Johnnie Cope.
CHAPPELL and CO„ flO, New Bond-Itreirt.
Prico is. eAch, post-free:—
No. 8. Bonnie Charlie’s now awa.
9. Welcome, Royal Charlie.
10. He's o'er tho hUls that I
loo wool.
11. Cam' jo oy Athol.
It. Prince Charlie's Welcome
to the lalo of Skye.
R IMBAULT’S YOUNG PUPIL, in 24 Nos., ,
containing the following popular Airs of the day, armuged for
the Pianoforte. Price is. each, post-free; also aa Duets. Is. fid. cscIk—
' - — - - n # Low-back'd Cor, / ,
15. 1 he Original VsrsovlitriJt/
Ifi. D'Albert'* Margarita
Valse
17. Homo, Sweet Homo.
18. For taut pour la
19. Last Rose of Summer.
20. Bonnie Dundee.
21 Caller Herring
23. Bohemian Air.\ \
23. Bon Bolt.
24. D Alhert's^Queon of Roses
Vahtc.
ach, post-
. D'Albert's Fair Star Valeo.
2. Do. Drw-'lrop Valso.
3. The Irish Emigrant.
4. Red. White, and Blua.
5. D'Albert's Sultan's Polka.
6. Do. Como.
7. Nelly Rly.
8. The CempboU* are Coming.
9 Ye Banks and Bran*.
10. D'Albert's Faust Val*e.
11, Do. King Pippin Polka.
It, Annie Uurie.
13. D'Albert *■ Palermo.
Chutell and CO n ®0, Now Bond-strce?.
N ew song, the brave old
TKMERA1RK. com-o-xl I'JT .1. w UOBK8. Pric. 4, |
Uluslrmtod, 3s. fid. This highly effective song was *ung hy Mr. Winn
at Mr. Distin's farewell concurt at the Crystal i'alace to an uudionce
of nearly 20,000 porsons. It was enthudiuitioaily ot:core<). And pro
nouucod tt> be worthy of ranking with our best national air*
London: DCVT and HowjsoX, 65, Oxford-*troot.
N ew song, the bridge of sighs,
written and composed by 8AMUEL LOVER, Eaq., price 2s. 6d.
This elegant ballad may be considered one of Mr. Lover's happiest
compositions. Word* and music ate equally pUwuung, and ensure Us
boooraing a general favourite. Fcetago trc*>.
London: Vvrr and Hodgson, 66, Oxford-street
ONGS OF THE SEASONS.—SPRING
I BLOSSOMS. SUMMER BOSES, AUTUMN FRUlTS, .nd
WINTER EVERGREENS. ComporiiS b, STEPHEN OLOVEE.
Price Sa. fid. each. The** song* possess attraction* seldom before
obtained. The Words, by Carpenter, are exceedingly interesting, and
have suggested ic Mr. Glover melodies of the most fascinating cha¬
racter, while the Illu*ir*Uoos, by Packer, are superb.
Dust and HcDOfiOir, 66. Oxford-itreet.
N EW SONG, DELHL Composed by
JOHN L. HATTON. Price 2s., postage-free. This air is
composed in Hatton's best style; as » naUonai song it will rank with
“The Brave Old Tercsralre,'’ “ The Death of Nelson. Tbo 8lege of
Kart," he. Tho redlatlvo is very ploaaing-
Dtnrr and Hodgson, 65, Oxford-street.
rpHE CHRISTMAS-TREE POLKA. By
L HENRY FARMER Prico 3#.. postage-free. Th«s livoty and
animated Polka ha* become a great favourite; this and The
Break of Day Schottlscbe " rank among the moat popular dances of
the season —Durr and HODOSOK, 66, Ox/ord-streel
1 —EWER and CO.’S PIANOFORTE
lOe/O* ALBUM for 1868 Is now ready. This Album is the
moet superb ever published in this country; it contains Twenty-six
now compositions by the best modern author*, including Liszt, George
Fe*ca. Abt, Wagner, Krtgor, Rubinstein, Heller, Wollenhanpt. Taubert,
Francesco Berger, W Him or*, and other*; and the facsimile of
hitherto unuubUahed Presto by Mendolwohn. Splcmiidly bound.
Pnoo 16s., .Tt free. Ewer and Co., 390. Oxford-street. London.
TIYENDELSSOHN’S Christmas Hymn, HARK
IY± THE HERALD ANGELS BING, sent free on reoeipt of IS
stamps- Mendelssohn's Pianoforte Solas, complete in four vol*.. £4;
hla 12 Overtures as Ducts, in one vol., 30*.; or Solo, 20s.; 76 Song* In
one vol., 31s. 6d.; 96 Vocal Quartet*, in one vol., 31s.; 13 two-part
Bong*, bound in paper cover, gilt edges, 8*. Catalogue# gratia.
Kwxk and Co., 390, Oxford-street. London.
S AD BROWN LEAVES : delightful Ballad,
3*.; charming Duet, 2s. 6d. Order immediately. Free for
stamp*.-Mr. T. CHANfREY, Macclesfield.
R HEIN-LIEDER VALSES pour PIANO.
Par ADOIPH MAK3CHAN. Loudon.
R, Mills and Sons, 140, New Bond-street.
Just published, price 9s. 6d.,
rpHE MISTLETOE WALTZES. By Mre.
• LIGHTPOOT HALL. Authoroftho *' IMbutante Schottlscbe."
Ac. Freo for stampa from Mr*. Hall, Blgh-«tr«rt, Whitehaven.
EWOmilSTMAS SONGS. “Our Father’s
. (Iare were happy day*," by F. Outran, with a beautiful
Illustration in colour- *.f old Fngiiab lioipitrllty I'rioo 2*. 6d
-Be merrr to-night. ' by J ' Cherry A pn*< y and takingmeloly.
Price t§.," (K» tAg^-<roo. boi-- '■’© shore aona» »ry -nlrod for rith r
male or temnle voices and, not l>o.ng difficult, are likely to become
groat favourite*.
Mxtzluj and Co., 35, 37, and 58, Groat Marlborough-stroet, W.
NEW MUSIC , 4*c.
THE VERDI ALBUM—A SUPERB CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
Just published, price 8s , in a beautiful volume (containing 120 pages)
embossed oover, gilt edgos,
mHE VERDI ALBUM, a choice Collection
JL of Twenty-five popular Song* from Verdi's Operas, with
Italian and English words, aad in keys suitable to nearly every de¬
scription of voice. The FngHah translation* have been made ex¬
pressly for this work by Desmond Kyan, Esq., and aro engraved In
such a manner as not to interfere with the Italian word*. Ino Sym¬
phonies and AocompanimonU have boon arranged in the moat popular
stylo by 8ignor Paravicini. This Album Include# all Vonll’s most
favourite songs. In addition to several beautiful compositions hitherto
unknown in this oountry, selected from tho following opera* r—' U
Trovatore." "La Travis to," "Lea Vfiprw Slcilionnos." ‘ Luiaa
Miliar," "I Due Foecari," " Giovanna d’Arco." Bimoa Boo-
canogra," "I Lombardi," "Nabuco," " Krnani," and "Rigolette.
A more attractive collection of vocal music ha* never yet been offered
to the public. Prioo 6*.. poet-free, from BOOSKY and BOHd, 38,
Holies-street, Oxford-street, London, W- _
M
Just published, prico 76. bu.,
ENDELSSUHN’S SONGS WITHOUT
_ WORDS, splendidly bound in crimson and gold (in imitation
of morocco), tho 8IX BOOKS of SONGS WITHOUT WORDS,
by MendeUtohn; with a new descriptive Preface by J. W. Davison,
Eaq ; and a Portrait (taken from the well-known bust of Men¬
delssohn), by John Lynch. This superb and complete edition of tho
"Ueder ohne worte " is beautifully engraved and printed, forming a
most attractive volume for Christmas and tho New Year. Port-free.
From BOOSKY and SONS, 24 and 28, Holies-street.
B OOSEY’S MUSICAL LIBRARY.—An
annual subscriber of two guinea* has tho command of above
100,000 EngUab and foreign works, and I* allowed the continual use of
three guineas’ worth of music In tho couutry, or two guineas' worth
in London. Country parcels dispatched with the greatest promptitude
Fob particulars by po>t. 3« and 28, Holies-street.
fL TROVATORE and LA THAVLATA,
_L complete for pl&noferto solo, superbly bound in green and gold,
6s. 6d. each, forming Lh< handsomest Christmas volumes that have
appeared. Also tho samo Operas, In Inferior binding, 5s. each.
Booeey and Bona’ Editions must be ordered.—24 and 28, Hollos-street-
S ims reeves’ three most popular
SONGS, “ Who shall be fairest," by Frank Mori, price «•. 6d.i
me into the Garden, Maud," by Balfe, prico 3a.; and * Good
night, beloved!" by Balfo, price 2s. 6d.
Boosxy and BOMS, 38, Holies-street.
nnHE DRIPPING WELL: an Original Piece.
ByGOLLMICK. Sa.
BOOSKY and 80KS. Hollea-street.
T AURENT’S MAUD VALSE. Performed at
I J all the Queen's State Ralls, and repeatod at her MaJeaty'S re¬
quest. Second Edition, price 4s. Also, Laurent's Marguerite Polk*
and Argyll Galop, universally popular for the Pianoforte. 3*. each;
band pans, 3s. 6d. each.
Boobky and BOMS'Muloal Library, 88, Hoilos-stroet-
ELEGANT CHRI8TMA8 .
TTENRY FARMER’S BIJOU of DANCE
_LJL MUSIC for 1858. With b-niutiful li'uuretioiu. by BKANDAKD.
Price 10s. 6d.—J. WILLIAMS, 123, Chespelde, Loudon.
H enry farmer’s first-kiss polka.
Beautifully Illustrated. BWoaJe:: Duels, 3s., postage-free.
J. W!U.iAiW, 123. Choapsido, London.
H
ENRY FARMERS ANNIE SCIIOT
TI8CHE. Solo 2*.; 8eWt\. 3# fid.; Full Orchestra, 6a.
London: Joseph Williams, 123, Chea^aido.
FARMER’S ROSE of the
YAl.LF.Y POLKA. Just published. Uluatratod by BRAN¬
DARD. Solo, 3* : Duot, 3s ; Septett. 3s. fid.: Pull Orchestra, 5s.
London : JOSEPH WILLIAMS, 123, Cbrapaide.
H enry farmer’s napi.es varso-
VIANA. Just Dublhtiod IllU'trated by BRANDARD. Solo,
2a. fid./ Septett, 2*. 6d.; Full Orchest a, 3s. 6d.
Loadon: Joseph Williams, 123, Cheapslde.
H enry farmer’s juno quadrille.
Just publbhod. Illustrated by BRANDARD. Solo, 4s.
Duet, 4k x London: JosKPU WILLIAMS. 123, Choapsido
H enry farmer’s empress
/QUADRILLE, performed by tho Orchestral Union. Solo, «».;
Dtiet, 4s. ; Septett, 3a. fid., Full Orchestra, 5a. lllustruted by BRAN¬
DARD.—London: Joseph Williams, 12J, Cheapaide.
H enry farmer’s imperial
PRINCE QUADRILLE. Illnatrated by BRANDARD. 8olo, 3a.;
Duat, 3a ; Beptett. 3s fld. • Pull Orcheatra. l».
London: JOSEPH Williams, 123, Choapsido.
J ULLIEN’S NEW ENGLISH LANCERS.
Illustrated in Colours by BRANDARD. Just published. .Prico
4s.; septett parts, 3s. fid ; orchestral pans, 5a.
Joseph Williams, 123, Chcapsido.
J ULLIEN’S NEW FRENCH LANCERS.
Illustrated In Colour* by BRANDARD. Just published. Price
4a. pottage free.—J oseph Williama, 123, Cheapslde.
P IANOFORTES (or Sale at CHAPPELL’S.
The beat Instruments by Broadwood, Collard, Erard, Ac., for
SALE or HIRE.—49 and 50, New Broad-street; and 1*. George-streot,
H anover-equare.
T HE ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM at Six
Guineaa, perfect, for Claes Singing, Private Use, or for the
School-room.-CHAP PELL and CO., 49 and 50, New Bond-street;
and 13, George-street, Hanorer-sqnare.
nnHE ALEXANDRE HARMONIUMS, with
I ono stop and five octavos, 10guineas; three stops, 15 guineas;
five stops, 22 guineas; and eight stops, 25 guineas. Full descriptive
lists sent on application to CHAPPELL aad CO.{ 49 and 50, Now
Bond-stroot.
T1HE PATENT MODEL HARMONIUM,
JL the beat that can bo made, price 65 guinea*. Illustrated Cata¬
logues of Pianoforte# and Harmoniums upon application to
CHAPPELL and CO., 49 and 50, New Bond-street; and 13, George-
streot, Hanorer-square.
M usical box depot, 54 , ComMU,
London, for the sale of Musical Boxes, made by the celebrated
Messrs. NICOLE (Frtres), of Genova, containing operatic, national,
favourite, and sacred airs. List of tunes and prices gratis.
P ianofortes, Secondhand.— cramer,
BEALE, and CO. have a large assortment, by Erard. Broad-
wood, and Collard, and all the most esteemed makers, at greatly
reduced prioas.—201, Regent-street.
H ARMONIUMS—Cramer, Beale, and Co.
•n, th„ ARtml. for ALEXANDRE'S HARMONIUMS, v.rj-
Ingin Price from 6 to 55 Guineas.—*01, Regent-street. Descriptive
Lists sent free on application. ___
IA NOFORTES. — OETZMANN and
PLUMR'8 NEW PATENT STUDIO PIANOFORTE, <4
octaves, price* ranging from camldanthly less than £20, Is the m©it
suitable Instrunont manufactured for tho Studio, Schoolroom, or
Nureery- It require* but hall »bu usual tuning* of an ordinary piano¬
forte. a requirement «:»long needed In an instrument in constant use
Guaranteed, and the money returned, if not approved. Oetarami and
Plumb, sole Inventors and Patentees, 66, Great Russell-strout,
Bloomsbury.
N
T HE SONG of the ROSE. Composed by
ALBERT SNOW. 2s. od "Tho rnuslo and poetry appropriate."
Cramkb, Beale, and Co., 201, Hegent-street, London.
HREE GUINEAS’ WORTH of MUSIC
given to all subscriber* *to JULLEEN and CO.'S MU8ICAL
LIBRARY. Prospoatuses sent free oa application to 214, Regenb-etraot.
P IANOFORTES.— OETZMANN and
PLUMB, In addition to their bcantifnl little Studio Ptano-
fortea, have all deaeriptions of In*trumunt* for h«le or Hire, with
option of purchase.—5-i, Great Hassell-at reel, Bloomsbury.
riEO. LUFF and SON’S IMPROVED
\JT HARMONIUMS for 8ALF. or HIRE, with easy terms of pur¬
chase, from £12 to £50. Tho only makers of the real Harmonium
Ropein, Tuning#.—103, Great Rusiell-*tract, Bloomsbury.
P IANOFORTES.—GEO. LUFF and SON
have tho largest stock in London, for 8ALE or HIRE, with
easy terms of purchase, both new and secondhand, from £10 to £100
Tuner* sent to all part*-—1 OS. Gnat Rnsaell-etreet. Bloomsbury
8 ARL and SONS, Silversmiths (the New
Building), 17 and 18, Comhlll, invite attention to their new and
magnificent Stock of London-manufactured SILVER PLATE, ooo-
UtininR every article requisite for tho Table and 8ideboard.
Sliver Spoons and Forks at 7s. 4d. per ounce.
Rich and Elegant Tea and CofTeo Equipages, commencing at £36
tho full service.
Silver Salvor* of all sizes and patterns, from £5 10s to £100.
A large and ooetiy display of Silver Presentation Plato, charged at
per ounce—Silver department of the building.
Books of Design* and Prices may bo obtained.
S ARL and SONS, Wholesale Manufacturing
ELECTRO and ARGENTINE 8ILVER PLATERS, Nos. 17 and
18, Cornbill.— In tho splend'd Show Rooms devoted to this department
of th* business will bo found every artldo usually manufactured
Corner Dishes and Cover*—Dish Cover*—Soup and Sauce Tureen#—
Cruet Frames—Tea and CofToe Servioos—Magnificent Epcrgnes and
Candelabra—Salvers and Tea Trays
Tho Argvntino Silver Spoon* and Forks, solely manufactured by
Sari and Bona, at one-sixth the cost of solid 8ilver, are especially re¬
commended. having stood tho lest of Piftoen Years’ experience
Books of Drawing and Price* may bo obtained.
All Orders by post punctually attendod to.
S ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Mann-
facturors, NotfTTT'and 18, Cornhlll, invite attention to their
now and splendid 8toek of SOLD and SILVER WATCHES, oach
warranted, and twelve months' trial allowed.
Silver Watches, of hlghly-finishvd construction, and ewolled, with
faahionalrio exterior, at 50s. to £10 10s.
Gold Hutches, of..all descriptions of movements, from £6 6a.
to £5'J. / \
Books of Patterns and Prices can bo obtained; and all onlars, with
a remittance, promptly attended to.
Q ARL and SONS, Goldsmiths and Jewellers,
JO No*. 17 and 18, Comhlll.— The ground fioorof the ’ ew Building
is more particularly devoted to the display of Fine Gold JeweUoryana
'ifijto-Geid Chhtas.
In tho Jewellery department will bo found a rich and endloaa
assortment of Rings and Brooches, sot with magnificent gems, Brace¬
let* and Necklets. Pins and Studs, Ac. All newly manufactured, and
In the most repent stylo. Tho quality of tho gold is warranted.
Fine Gold Chain* aro charged according to their roapoctivo weights,
and tbo quality of the gold is certified by the stomp.
Books of Pattern and Pneea can be obtainod.
Letters promptly attended to.
Q ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Mannfac-
turcr*. Nos. 17 and 18, Comhill, have a 8how-room expressly
fitted up for tho display of Drawing and Dining Room CLOCKS,
manufactured in splendid Ormolu, aud gxquUJtelv-niodcilud antlqao
Bronzes, tho movomeuts of first-class AuUh. striking the hours and
half-hours. Each Clock 1* warranted Hulrcaso Clock* in fiuhlon-
ahly-moulded cases. Dials for Counting-houses. All charged at
manufacturing prices.
Tho Now Building, Noa. 17 and 18, Cornhlll.
D ENT’S CHRONOMETERS, Watches, and
Clocks.—M. F. DENT, 33, Cockspur-street, Charing-crosi,
Watch, Clock, and Chronometer Maker by special appointment to
Her Majesty tbo Queen, 33, Cockspur-street, Chartng-crosa.
fYRNAMENTS for the MANTELPIECE, &c.
Vy Statuettes, Groups, Vasos, fro., la Parian, decorated Bisque and
other China, Clocks (gilt marble and bronze), Alabaster, Bobomian
Glass, first-class Bronzes, Candelabra, and many other art manufac¬
tures, all in tho best taste and at verg moderate prices
TH0MA8 PEARCE and 8
, 23, Ludgate-hill, E.C.
/BLOCKS for ROOMS.—Designs original,
\_y elegant, and in pure taste. Works tho very best (with tbs
latest improvements) Prices extremely mod orate. Assortment the
largest in London. General style and finish all that can be desired.—
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, Ludgate-hill, E.C.
TYINNER, DESSERT, and TEA SERVICES.
I J A large variety of new and good Patterns. Best quality,
superior taste, unusually low prices. Also every description of Cu4
Table Glass, oqually advantageous.
THOMAS PEARCE and 80N, 28, Ludgate-hill, B.O.
LECTRO-SELVER PLATE.—The PANK-
LIBANON FURNISHING IRONMONGERY COMPANY have
arranged Ibr Inspection the largest stock of rich Eloctro Silvered Dish-
covers and Dishes, Comer Dishes. Sauce and Soup Tureens, Coffee
Tiavs. Tea and Coffee Services, Des ert Knives and Forks; Fish-
extlng Knives. Spoons, and Forks, frc. All marked In plain figures at
fully ono-fourth leas than anv other house, of the best manufacture,
and warranted. Also General Furnishing Ironmongery.—66 and 58,
Bakor-»treet. Bazaar portico only on trance during alteration.*.—Boat
Colza Oil, 4a. Sd. per gallon. __
G ARDNER’S LAMPS are the Best.—Mode-
rator Tablo Lamps from 5s. fid. each. All who require a really
good and cheap lamp should inspect Gardner’s vast and rochcrch*
collection. which for lowness of price, quality of workmanship, and
• riginality of design will be found to bo unequalled throughout
London. The Show-rooms extend tho entire length of Trafalgar-
tquare.—Gardner's (by appointment to her Majesty), 463, Strand,
Charing-criss; and 4 and 5, Duncnnnon-itrect, adjoining. Estab¬
lished 105 year*.
C HANDELIERS in CUT CRYSTAL, (or
Gas or Candles. A large stock; patterns uncommon and boau-
Ural; quality irreproachable. All designed and manufactured by
THOMAS PEARCE and SON. 23, Ludgate-hill, E.C.
AYODERATOR LAMPS.—Simple, Strong,
If I and well-finished, the Lamps of Pearce and Son continue to
maintain their great superiority over every other kind, while for
originality, beauty, and good tasto the patterns are allowod to be tha
bert in tho Trade.—THOMA8 PEARCE and SON, 23, Ludgate-hill,
E.G., Direct Importers of Colza Oil only of the first quality.
P ANKLIBANON FURNISHING IRON-
MONGERY.—In thcao Show-rooms (tho largest in London) is
arranged for public inspection the most varied and complete Stock of
General Furnishing Ironmongery, rich Eloctro-plated Goods, Drawing
and Dining Room Stoves and Fonder*. Chandeliors. Lamps, Hall
Lanterns, Cutlery, Batha. Paper and Iron Trays, Tea Urns, frc.,
mark'd in plain figures, and warranted. The price* aro the lowest
in London. Best Oolxa Oil, 4s. Sd. per rollon.—50 and 58, Baker-
street. Only ontranco daring alteration*. Bazaar portico.
D ISH COVERS and HOT-WATER DISHES
in every material, in great variety, and of the newo-t and moet
recherche? patterns. Tin di-h-covers, 6s. «d. the set of six; block tin,
12s. 3d. to 28s. 9d. the act of six; elegant modern patterns, 34s. to
58s. fid. the sot; Britannia metal, with or without silver-plated handlos,
76a. 6d. to 110s. 6d tho sot; SheffleH-plated. £10 to £16 IQs. tho sot;
block tin hot-water dishes, with wells for gravy. 12s. to 30s. .Britannia
metal, 22s. to 77a.; electro*plated on nickel, full size, ill 11s._
WILLIAM 8. BURTON'S GENERAL FURNISHING IRON¬
MONGERY CATALOGUE may be bad gratia, and free by post. It
contains upwards of 400 Illustrations ol bis illimitod Stock of Electro
and Sbefflcd Plato, Nickel Silver, and Britannia Metal Goods. Dish
Cover* end Hot-water Dishes, Stoves, Fenders, Marble Mantelpiece-,
Kitchen Ranges, Lamps, Gaseliers, Tea Urn* *nd Korttos. Tea Trays,
Clocks. Table Cutlcrv. Baths and Toilet Ware,Turnery. Iron ami Brass
Bedstead* Beddiag- Bed Hanging*, frc. frc.. wlih Lists of Prices and
Plans of the Sixteen largo Show Rooms at 39, Oxford-street, W.
1, 1 a, 2, and 3, Nowman-strect; snd 4, 5, and 6, Perry’s place, London
Established 1820.
M AGNUS’S ENAMELLED SLATE
BILLIARD-TABLES.—Magnus's Enamelled Slate
piocc* and Cabinet Stoves are patronised by her Majesty, the Nobility.
and Architect* of eminence, and have obtained the medal or ute
Great Exhibition of 1851, and two first-class medals at the Parii Ex¬
hibition.— Pimlico Slate Works, 39 and 40, Upper Belgrave-plaoe,
Pimlico. N.B. Illustrated catalogues sent gratia.
F URNITURE for a DRAWING-ROOM—of
cnaste and elegant design, a bargain, fine walnut, warranted
manufacMire, to be sold for half its value, nearly new—consisting of
a large-size, brilliant plate Chimney Glaas, in costly unique frame; a
magnificent Chiffonier, with rtcl.ly-carved back, and doors fitted
with beet silvered plate glass, and nmrblo top; superior Centre Table,
on handsome'y-carvod pillar and claws ; occasional, or Ladies
Writing and Fancy Tables; six solid, clegantiy-slutped Chaira. in nch
silk; a superior, spring-stuffed, Bettce; Easy and Vlctorht Chair*, en
suite, with oxtrn lined loose cases, two fancy occasional Chairs; and
a handsomo Whatnot. Price for the whole suite guinea*. N B.—
Also, a very superior, complete, modern, fine Spanish mahogHny
Dining Room Set, in best morocco, 40 guineas. To be seen at WIN
CRAWCOUR and CO.’S, Upholsterers, 7, Queen • building*, KnlgbU-
bridge, seven door* wost of Sloano-streat._
C ABINET FURNITURE, CARPETS, and
BEDDING.—An Dluvtrated Book of Estimates and Furniture
Catalogue, containing 160 Designs And Prices of Fashionable and Su¬
perior Upholstery, Furniture, &c.. gratis on applieatlon. Person* fur¬
nishing, who study economy, combined with, eb ganco and durabffi^ty*
should apply for titis.-LEWIS CRAWCOUR and CO. Cabinet
Manufacturers, 7, Queen's-bulMlng, Knightabridge (seven door* west
of Sloana-streot). N.B. Country order* carriage -troo.
F RST-CLASS FURNITURE, CARPETS,
BEDDING, (EC.—Now UtaMruted CouUogoo (poot-froo). oon-
Established 18 year*. __ _
F VE THOUSAND PIECES RICH
BRUSSELS CAflPET at 2s. 6d. and is. 9d. per yard.
MAPLE and CO., Tottenham-court-road. _
P APERHANGINGS. — The cheapest and
Urgest assortment in London la at CR ® 8 S!?!
land-*trc^. Marylebone. House Painting and Decorating in every
style. Estimate* free. _ _
T HE Highest price given in Cash for Diamonds,
p~u, Wom oou anv., ..
00.'8, 9, Coventry -Street, Leicretor-square. N.B. The Cheapost
House foe Jewellery of every doteripwoo*
Supplement, Jan. 2, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
17
ISLAMABAD, CASHMERE-A MAHOMMEDAN FUXERAL PASSING FROM A DRAW IXG BY MB. V.
ikg. - j
a- [Wmw :
13
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
: Jax. 2, 1853
FASHIONS Fort JANUARY.
Though thore is no material change in the form or size of bonuots,
yet »«mo novelty is observable in the stylo in whioh they are made up
and trimmed. Several have recently been made with a broad strip of
velvet in one or two folds, placed across the upper part of the crown,
and with short rounded ends, edged with laoe, banging loosely at
each side. We have seen one in this style having the front and the
sircle at the back of iho crown made of violet-colour terry velvet,
whilst the curtain and the trimming (just described) were of riolet-
•oiour plain velvet. The under trimming consisted of velvet flowers
o£ the bouton dV»r colour, and the strings were of broad moiro ribbon
•f the same fashionable hue. This bonnet was in very good taste, at
•nee plain and rich in effect. Another, in precisely the same style,
has been made of two kinds of blue velvet. For morning calls at a
late period of the day, and in carriages, bonnets of crape or tulle
lined wiih silk are very generally worn. Feathers are not go
fafhienable as they were a month ago; yet it is difficult altogether to
dispense with them for bonnets intended for a very superior style of
dress. Bonnets of white or light grey terry velvet, with t rimm i n gs of
tartan velvet, have been much worn in Paris.
Fur trimmings ore exceedingly fashionable this winter for velvet
slooks, casaques, <fcc. Sable Mid ermine are the skins most preferred.
A bournous cloak of very ample dimensions, and made of fine grey
oloth, has been trimmed ail round with a band of sable. The effect is
somewhat incongruous, being a combination of the Russian and the
Arab. ■*,
Cloaks of the bournous form, made of velvet, and shorter than those
usually made of cloth, have been introduced this winter, rsome are
trimmed with rich passementerie; others have no tri mm i n g excepting
the tassels appended to the hoods. Muffs aro of small size. Those
worn in waiting costume are of sable; but in the carriage grdbe or
ermine are frequently seen.
Ball dresses aro profusely trimmed with flowers and ribbons. Many
exquisite bouquets and cordons have been prepared for the present
season. Coral and pearls are also favourite aud beautiful ornaments
for ball dresses. Dresses intended for dinner or evening parties are
usually of rich silk or velvet. The latter is a favourite material for
drosses this winter. Tho most fashionable colours are very bright
shades of green greseiUe or imperial blue. The coultur mauve, or mal¬
low colour, which has for someiime past Veen an especial favourite
wiih the ladies of Paris, is now introduced in velvet, in which texture
its effect is exceedingly brilliant . ...... .
Some of the Parisian oracles of fashion have lately hinted that a
change is about to supervene with respect to the skirts of dresses.
They are likely to be worn somewhat shorter than heretofore. ....
Two elegant evening dresses recently completed fora lady of high
fashion may be hero” describedOlio is of emerald- green brocade,
and ha 9 side trimmings, formed of black velvet, disposed in horizontal
rows of unequal length, extending from the edge to about the middle
®f tho skirt. The rows of velvet are edged at each side with narrow
motes of green silk. The eorsago is half high, and shaped square in
front in the style called la Raphael, and the short sleeves are trimmed
with rows of black velvet and ruches of green silk. The other dress,
made by the same hands and for the same ladv, is of a very nch and
unique silk; tho ground is bouton d'or, scattered over with small black
leaves. Tho skirt has a tdblier front, formed of rows of black blonde,
ranged in groups of three together. The corsage and sleeves are
trimmed with black blonde and with narrow ruches of bouton a or
tulle. . ... . ,
Black lace is extremely fashionable this winter. Chantilly is much
employed for the flounces of evening dresses, made of light-coloured
silk. Scurfs and shawls of black Chantilly are also frequently worn m
svening dress. For velvet cloaks black guipure or cambric lace are
tivourito trimmings. ^
The principal-brodeuses of Paris have been busily engaged in pre¬
paring various articles for the trousseau of tho Princess Royal. The
pocket-handkerchiefs are described as being perfect marvels of
needlowork divine." The armorial devices are wrought in such per¬
fection as to render it difficult to believe that they are merely crea¬
tions of the needle. The Royal arms of England, being exceedingly
complicated, are not, as our lady-readers are aware, very easy of
execution, oven in Berlin or tapestry work: how great, then, must bo
the difficulty of working them in the corner of a fine cambnc hand-
kerchief 1 .
Another exquisite article prepared for the trousseau of the young
Princess is a wreath of flowers made of hair of various shades, gra¬
duating from the lightest blonde through every hue of brown into jot
black. Tho flowers ore exocuted with incomparable skill, and have
the appearance of being made of some light transparent web. The
principal flower is the Calycantut Pompadoura. The brown tints in
the petals are perfec tly imitated in the hair, and the stamens are set
with p^mII diamonds, pearls, rubies, and topazes.
fHB ILI.U8TBATION8.
Fig. X {Evening Costume ),—Tho dress, whioh is only partially seen
in this figure, is of pink gros de Tours. The skin has one deep
flounce, headed by a narrow frill pinked at the edge. The hair is
disposed, in full rouleaux et each side of the face, and the head is
encircled by a wroith of pink azaleas, with pendent sprays
ever the back part of tho neck. The opera cloak 9liown m this
ID us f ration is an elegant novelty, distinguished by the name of The
Princess." A sort of epaulet descending from each shoulder is orna¬
mented with embroidery in the style ef the Indian Poshawur braiding.
The open spaces in the pattern are filled up with satin of various hues,
thus producing a rich and brilliant effect. This new opera cloak is
registered by Messrs. Farmer and Rogers, of Regent street.
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW.
To the brief account by telegraph which we gave last week of this
deeply-interesting event we are now enabled to add the following
particulars, which, in default of one ample and authentic account, we
oollect from different sources —the account of this great military
operation being as yet imperfect, all the reports of the later operations
being merely by telegraph. - „ „—, , — - -
A dpsimtch revived a* the India House containing the gist of the roughs, slightly; Lieut. Cooper, severely; Lieut Welch, severely ; Lieut.
A tie. patch received a. me un s ” ,_ Goldsmith, severely; Lieut. Wood, severely; Ensign Macnamara, severely.
1 st Madras Fusiliers—Lieut. Arnold (siuee dead); Lieut. Groom (since
dead); Lieut. Bailey, severely; Lieut. Barclay, slightly; Lieut. Dobbs,
slightiy.
2 nd Punjaub Infantry—Lieut. Watson, dangerously.
4th Punjaub Infantry—Lieut. Paul, severely; Lieut Macqueen,
severely ; Lieut Oldfield, severely.
Uodson’s Horse—Lieut. Hackett, severely.
Volunteer Cavalry—Capt. Lynch, of H.M. 70th, severely.
5th Fusiliers—Capt Leith, u"
ton, slightly.
ltoyal Artillery—Captain Travers, slightly; Brevet MajorPennycuick,
slightly ; Lieutenant Ford, slightly; Lieutenant AIliman, slightly ;
Assistant Surgeon Vcale, seve ely.
Bengal Artillery—Captain Hood, severely; Captain Hammond, severely.
H.M. 53rd—Captain VVmton, severely ; Lieut. Munro, dangerously.
H.M. 78th—Capt It Boyle, severely.
H.M. $4tli—Lieut. Woolhouse, lost right arm; Lieut. Barry, slightly.
H M. 90th—Major Barnston, severely; Lieut Wynne, slightly; Lieut
Powell, slightly.
H.M. 03rd Highlanders—Lieut.-Colonel Ewart, slightly; Capt Bur-
Calcutm mail, and giving an account of the operations at Luoknow,
reads thus; —
The Commander-in-Chief crossed the river and entered Oude on the
9th Nov. Ho was reported from Cawnpore on th0.12th to have reached
Alumbugh. and to have opened communications with fail* James Outram.
Between the 9th and 12 th 1300 troops of nil arms crossed the river at
Cawnpore to join the Commander-in Chief? On tho 12th three com¬
panies of tho 82nd marched for Alumbagh, ana on tho following day
three companies of tho 13th. the military train, andCruwford’s artillery
were to move in the same direction; further, it was intended to send
on Carthow's brigade of Madras sepoys, expected at Cawnpore, unless
the G walior mutineers should cross the Jumna; the latter on tho 12th
numbered 3000, or, by native accounts, 5000 effective men, with eighty
heavy and thirty field-guns. , . .
By the last telegram, dated 23rd, some portion of this force had
crossed the Jumna and entered the Doab.
On the 13th tho Commander-in-Chiof commenced operations by
blowing up the Fort of Jhullawan, near Alumbagh; on tho 15th
he occupied Dilkooshu Park and MartiniOro, after a running fight of
two hours In the evening the enemy again came forward, but were
heavily repulsed, and the operation ended in our taking the post
across the canal. Our losses small.
On the 16th tho Commander-in-Chief advanoed across the canal in
force. On the 17th he attacked Bagh, which was occupied after a
severe struggle. Tho enemy suffered enormously, 1500 dead bodies
of sepoys having been encountered in one place only. The Nhah
Muozill was then cannonaded for three hours, and was carried at
dusk, after one of the severest fights ever witnessod.
On the lGth the Mess-house was carried by assault, after a heavy
cannonade, and the troops then pushed on rapidly and seized the Mo tee
Mahal before dark. _ .
Outram and Havelock came out then and joined the Commandor-in-
Chief.
The Commandor-in-Chief reports that the garrison had been re¬
moved, and that he is engaged in conveying women and wounded
the rear. The city of Lucknow will be held in check by a sti
moveable column, with field and heavy artillory, occupying a gooti
military position outside the town. x
The following particulars are from tho summary of tho Bombay
Tima:— . / f' \\
In our last wo mentioned the arrival of Grant’s col ump at Cawnpore
on the 27th October, wkon, crossing the Ganges, they arrived at Alurd-,
bagh on the 1st November. It had now becomo known that Outram
and Havelock were not only holding their own, ffiufe'W.ere suffering
comparatively little injury from the almost unccusing&re kept uiFtlpon
them by the enemy. They were provisioned lor weeks; and, as there
were understood to be above 100,000 rebels in arms around, Sir Colin
Campbell friedy resolved to delay the final attack until the forco at
his disposal should have assembled in sufficient strength to be irre-
siatiblo. His Excellency and staff reached Cawnpore on the 3rd,
having, as formerly stated, narrowly escaped being captured by tho
enemy on the road. Although it was known in August that 30,000
men were on tho way from England, the arrangements for pushing
them on appear to have been deterred till closeupon'thfcir arrival. . To
this source of detention the (teeing delays that followed aro ma inl y
ascribed. Troops are now mustering in strength at Cawnpore.
On tho 9th Nov., the 5th, 53rd, ^Itl^Nind 93rd, with portions of
other regiments, crossed/fherijangCs, and. wore speedily followed by the
Naval Brigade, who dragged their twonty-fourpuns along with them as
if they had boeu toys. Large supplies ofpfo visions had by this time
been sent into Alumbagh, aud urri-.egemoutd ot all sorts were mode
xLdelii
The following summary of thb^principal^Fefits of recent occurrence
in other parts of India is chiefly from the Bombay Timee ;—
f ( delhi.\
The doomed city, though ho longer thq ecene of our anxieties, con¬
tinues the centre of activity in the north-west.
Twenty-four inferior members of tho Royal family were executed
by sentence of a military commission on the 20th of November.
Zookeen Abdooiah, an influential rebel chief, was executed on the
next day.
DEFEAT OP TUB JOUDPOBB LEGION - .
In the beginning of tho month Colonel Gerrard was ordered to
make a demonstration towards Rewaroe. By the 13th he had reached
Kanoud, .in pursuit oLtlio^Joudpore Legion, said then to bo at Nar-
noul. lie was joiqed on the way by a detachment under Captain
Stafford] when they attacked and utier a severe encounter defeated
500U of the enemy, capturing all their guns, six in number. The
enemy advanced to meet us about eleven o’clock, and the contest
lasted till mto in the aflemoon, when the serai on which they rested
was captured MT6unset. Our loss amounted to about seventy killed.
Colonel Gerrard amongst the number.
Stars l ft Ul TCUtCl I uw.u " "* — 1 - ~ _ — . .
has a sort of pelerine or fichu, made of blue chonille, edged with velve-
stars, hanging in the style of pendcloques. Tho sleeves have epaulets^
and frills, trimmed in corresponding manneT. Collar and under-
sloovcs of worked muslin. Cloik of brown cloth, ornumentod frit
qrtillte of passementerie an<? velvet, forming a very rich trimming,
at the back and in front of the cloak. The cloak its*j.f,
©eedinuly full, falls round the fi ur; in large fluted ploiL,
gathered up over tho arms at each sidt it has the appearance oi having
King h mging Venetian sleeves. Bonnet of gTev terry velvet, trimmed
with bias folds of plaited vdvet. Under trimming of white biondo
and blue velvet convolvulus.
Fig. 3 {Evening Co*Ume ).—Robe of pale blue glacf*
edged with a trimming of pearls. The /£ >* , * w »
the draperies of the cor;-agp, end the han
drops, a cacV peigne formed of hows and
aameeted with pearls. __ < \
ISLAMABAD, CASHMERE.—A M
PASSING.
ISLAMABAD, the second town in tho Valley of
one of the pleasure-gardens of Shah Johan
remains but tho sprit g gushing from the hillside
plane-trees on its banks—is but a miserable ’•
houses in the Sketch are a 'ample. They beai
and the site of
ch nothing now
the magnificent
of waieli the
itriking resemblance
to the Swiss chMetfi in their form, but differ slightly in construction,
for tnud being 03 plentiful a3 wood in theyvalley, bricks and logs are
used in about equal proportions. Their broad eaves are covered in
' /blue, and yellow iris, and
’ g the ^greater part of tho summer.
iielum combino to form a navigable
i whole traffic of a country which does
Four of these sources, at the dis-
rnbad, aud one on the spot, burnt
^ mass, and are much reverenced by
constantly perform pilgrim«ges to
by the Mogul Emperors, to decorate
now entirely destroyed. The melting snows
valley on its northern and eastern border
xuo wiy11 has no trade or manufacture beyond
wearing establishments, and is fast crumbling to
tho spring with a bi
nroxnt a verdant a]
Hero the various
itrpcm on whicl
n.»c boast a sing]
cuuce of a few m
from f ho ground in
ti e Hindoos of
Hum i; they
and f(
of the
cuutribu'
emu or two
decay. _
/issoctatio^ isVn> OF Tin, Deaf axd Bedford-.
_ The tuimml Cnrbtmas dinner to the poorest of the deil and dnmb
no tier the fostering care of this association was again duly provided on
fSrtftrnM-CTe Alout too lb. of exccUcnt beef were dismbated among
minis' alone with a quantity of flour, raisins, tea, &c.; and on
thirty ramlJie . thesi'-n language, at flic I emixtrary Church
StriZZitoFiZd ^ Dnrnb “n IM^O^&nreet, between twenty and
for the l-eal , .-nuths were rcaaled with a substantia! dinner.
Unrty unmarried men and - , , . collection for this oencrai oian—ueaenu Oil - . ... „■—- ■ - -J ._
other fHcuda ]
of the society.
i permitted by tho occasion.
1th, aud rode forty miles at
with the caution req<
Sir Colin Campbell left
a stretch iu the direction of
The sick and wounded
into bis camp, witl
of Sikh horsemen
approached tho
Peel’s Naval Bj?
guns, loaded wT v
the face of the E'
mischief.
The Cominander-in--^--- - ...
two troths of hor^o artilleiy; sixty Royal Artillerymen, with two 18-
pounders and two 8-inch mortars; 320 of tho 9th Lancars, detach-
ments of her Majesty!? 5th, 8th, 53rd, 75th, and 93rd, turd 3U0 of the
NayaLjBrigadV or, including the 900 joi n i n g him fitoan Alumbagh,
at>6vo 'oiiw Kuropeans in all; besides a squadron of Sikhs aud of
Hodaon’s'lfojse, Hnji) Sikh infantry. Sappers and Miners, &c., or an
^diti'onal2(WChnatiTes.
______ _ _ . On tho 13th ho advanced to the hanks of tho canal, dispersing tho
' (Prommait Dmt).— Kobe: of o ark blue droguet, figured with jrShela^fhb approached lum. and capturing all their guns,
black velvet The cora«ge has no basque at the waist, but, \ On the 1-V.h the rebels, after a running fight of a couple of hours,
oiaca reiver, rce.uu™ B”, ... - ■>—a —r.a —,—A driycn from the Dilkoosha and La Martmiilre. They shortly
and made an attack on the British position,
dock at Alumbagh wore 6ent
__ig to Cawnpore, under a guard
iqmenfthat nearly proved fatal. As they
rhey wore mistaken by the seamen of
(ivanced guard of the enemy, when the
^veiled and about to be fired Luckily,
on was recognised iu time to prevent
qd with him a European horse battery.
itftdr rallied, however,-.— ——— XTT , , . t a ,
when a severe repulse wus sustained by them. We had chiefly de¬
pended on our artillery, wisely avoiding the needless exposure of our
infantry to desperate men. . , ., , , -
On the 10th the canal wus crossed which separates Alumbagh from
Lucknow, the Chief advancing on Secunderbagh, which was earned
after a severe struggle, the enemy suffering terribly. Having gam¬
moned each position as we advanced, the Samuch was attacked about
three o’clock in tho afternoon; and, after a tremendous cannonade,
was carried about dusk. Sir Colin Campbell describes it as one of the
most severe fights ho bad ever witnessed; and lew men have seen more
of hurd fighting than he. . , .
Early on the morning of the 17th communications were opened to
the left rear of the barracks towards the canal. A heavy cannonade
having beon kept up all the morning on the Mess-house, that very
Btr- ng nosition vvas carriad by m^ult at three pm. w!
pnsbSg on rapidly, were cbla to seize theMotaq Mahal, before dark.
Sir Colin Campbell now approached the bravo garrison, who had been
closely besot since tho 25th of September, when Generals Outram and
Havelock came out to meet him. Although the enemy was not yet
completely subdued, tho communications with the rear were all re-
oponed. mid the sick and wounded, the ladies and children, wore
dispatched under escort to Cawnpore. Our loss, though considerable,
was less so than might have been looked for. ,,
Our latest tidings extend only to the 21st, and havo bean supplied by
electric telegraph alone, so as to be in the last degree meagre and
incomplete. Un that date two telegraph assistants wero murdmvjd
at Alumbagh, and we must now wait for- further^intelligence. The
routes from Cawnpore westward are still so interrupted tha. tho
mails are in the last degree irregular, or we should before now have
hud full particulars by le:tor. The force in all now m Oude amounts
to close on 12,WJ0meu, consisting of the 9 th Limcers, the Nawd Brigade,
the 1st Madras Fusiliers, lI.M.’s 5th, 8th, 23rd, 3-nd, 53rd, 04th,
75th, 78th, 82nd, 84th, and 90th Regiments, with a magnificent park
of artillery, a portion of the Rifle Brigade, Royal and Madras tappers
and Minors the Sikh InfimtTy and Cavalry-anly oemmanded and in
the highest state of efficiency.
LIST OF OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED.
KILLED.
Xaval Brigade—Midshipman M. A. Darner.
Royal Artillery— Bicat.-Colonel Bazeley, Commissary of Ordnance,
Captain Hardy.
Horse Artillery—Lieutenant Mayne.
Carabineers—Captain IVheatcroft.
II.AL 90th—Lieut.Moultrie _ . . T _ V r
93rd Highlanders—Captain Dalzell; Captam Lumsdcn, 30th N.I.
(attached to tile 92rd). ,|
2nd Punjaub Infantry -Lieutenant F ranklano.
WOUNDED.
General Staff—General Sir C. Campbell. G.C.B.. Commander-in-CTiief,
ROIIILCUND.
_ __ __ u _ from Rohilcund, sent homo by the mail of the I7th
November, come down to the 5th, and were in general very satisfactory.
They continue of the 6ame complexion, and extend a fortnight further
oh. In tho end of October Colonul Cotton’s force, having captured
Futtehpore Sikree, a place thrice the size of Agra, reached Muttra on
the^lst of November. After a day's rest they left again on the 3rd,
marching twenty miles on a stTetch, to a town called Jhet. The place
was surrounded by our cavalry, when tho rebels were found to have
ffeeamped several hours before. Pushing on beyond this, a camelman
was killed by the rebels in a village close by, when they were im¬
mediately attacked and dispersed, and the place destroyed. On re¬
turning to Agra, tho force was taken charge of by Colonel Riddell,
who marched on the 14th in tho direction of Allyghur and Bolund-
shuhur, with the view of watching the movements of the rebel chief
Walloedad Khan, who was encamped with a largo following on
tho left bank of the Ganges. Here, united with Major Eld's detach¬
ment, they were to push on to Mynpoorie, w here the Rajah had been
troublesome. On the 17th they reached Bocundra Rao, on the grand
trunk road. Beyond this our information does not extond. On the
19th November the Allyghur detachment, under Major Eld, moving
up tho Kuteha Ghaut, and finding a body of the Rohiiound insurgents
on the opposite bank, opened fire on them, killing twenty-eight aud
wounding thirty.
MALWA.
We gave in our last tidings of tho outbreak at Mehidporo, in which
Captain Mills and Dr. Carey were slain on tho rising of part of tho
contingent. Brigadier Stuart’s column was then moving rapidly in.
that direction. On the Iltk the cavulry, under Major Orr, occupied
Mehidporo, tho rebels having left the previous day. On the 12th ho
marched out with 337 men of the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Hyderabad Cavalry,
and overtook the insurgents to the number of about 500, with two
guns, at liawul, whore they had resolved to make a stand. They
were immediately attacked and dispersed by our cavalry, who cut up
above a hundred of them; two nine -pounder guns, with a large num¬
ber of carta loaded with ordnance stores, being captured. In the
course of tho pursuit the enemy abandoned the three guns they had
taken at Memdpore, with two others of largo culibro, seized by them
at Btirnuggur. Our casualties were inconsiderable. Lieut. Samuells
was dangerously wounded, and Captains Murray and Clarko had their
horses shot under them. The enemy were dispersed in all directions;
sevonty-six prisoners were taken, and tried four days afterwards by
drumhead court-martial utMehidpora, aud shot, as haring been found
in the field against us. On the 11th part ottho force crossed iho Chumbul
and encamped on Hie other side, two marches from Mundesore. {Some
80U0 rebels were said to have taken up a position in this neighbour¬
hood. On the 21st the enemy attacked our left front, and threatened
our right. They wero driven into Mundesore with heavy loss, Tho
cavulry pursued Heera Singh, with his horsemen, and drovo them
into u village about ten miles from Mundesore, on tho Neemucli road,
where tho rebel force appoared in Btrongth, and showed its standards.
On the 23rd Stuart's main column marched in this direction, and
found the enemy advancing to meet them. # Thoy took up a position,
with the strong village of Goorarea in their centre, overlapping very
considerably both our flanks. Tho guns on their left centre, having
been silenced by our artillery, were captured l»y her Majesty’s 14th
Light Dragoons. They wero now driven from tbeir principal position
with heavy loss, a body of them not the less continuing obstinately to
maintain a portion of tho village. While engaged in front, the gar¬
rison of Mundesore sallied out and attacked our rear, but were repulsed
by the rearguard. On the 2-lth the rebels abandoned Mundesore in
the course of the night, and retired on Nagurh, in the direction of
Rampoora. The casualties of the four day* wore—Lieut. Kodmayue,
14th Light Dragoons, killed, and eight rank and file wounded; Liu at.
James, soverely wounded in the arm ; Lieut. Martin, severely wounded
in the leg; Lieut. Prendergaat, slightly wounded, and tour other
officers slightly. Sixty-eight rank and lilo of other corps wero killed
and wounded.
The fort and town of Saugor remained untouched, but largo parties
of rebels are in the surrounding districts.
A part of tho Madras column defeated a body of the insurgents near
Seorah, on the Jubbulpore road, on the luth of November, and took
two guns.
Tho detachments under Colonel Riddoll and Major Eld are employed
in clearing tho UUgour (Alighur) districts. ^
Major Eld, on the 19th of November, foil in with and dispersed a
body of Rohilcund insurgents. . . . , . .
All is quiet in tho Punjaub. The Gogana rising has beon entirely
put down. , . . ^ .
The Bheel disturbances in Candcieh continue, but the Bheelfl are
confined to the hills, and will be attacked in their strongholds when
inister of tho Kolapore State wa3 stabbed in his office, on the
23rd of November, by an Arab soldier. The wounds aro slight. The
Arab was actuated by private motivos only.
From the Southern Mahxatta country intelligence has just been
received of a a rising near Moodhul. A forco was advanced from Bel-
gaum to restore order. The state of things in that part of the country
is not satisfactory.
All is quiet in Madras and the Nizam’s country.
The following vessels have arrived since the dispatch of tho last
mails; — Nov. 8, Barham; Nov. 13, i'ictoria , and John Bell ; Nov. lt>,
Octavia, Agamemnon, and Uncick Castle ; Nov. 17, Cressy, and Champion
of the Seas; Nov. 19, James Baines; Nov. 20, Hammond; Nov. 22,
C'hartage, and Sir Robert Sale; Nov. 23, Ellcnborough ; Nov. 24,
Monarch, Calabar, A liquiz.
Needlemaking in China.— A correspondent of the Times
writing from Shanghai says 44 At Ningpo there is a needle manufactory,
where you may see men grinding long steel bars to the necessary fineness
by rubbing them with their hands upon a stone, then notching them at.
the required lengths, breaking them off, and filing the points, when ntt.e
boys take up the wondrous talc aud drill the eye in each indmcaa.
needle. They say that English needles rust in the moist hand of a China¬
man, but that thecestumpy substitutes do noV*
Jan. 2, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
l’.i
HOTEL LIFE IN AMERICA.
Nett Yokk, Dec. J, 1837.
Fbaise the cities of America, admire the greatness and wealth of
the country, extol the enterprise and “ go- aheadatiTcness ” of the
people, or expatiato on the glorious future before the Republic, and
there is a class of persons who reply to your enthusiasm with a
sneer, and assert that they have *• heard all that sort of thing be¬
fore,” and “ can stand a great deal of it ” without CTil consequences
to their health or digestion. But if, on the other hand, the stranger,
in the exercise of bis independent judgment, presume to disapprove or
tondemu anything in the maimers ot the people, or hint a doubt
as te the perfect wisdom of any one of their social or political in¬
stitutions, these porcupines raise their quills, and grow exceed¬
ingly angry. To them op timism or pessimism, or the medium
between the two, is equally distasteful. No matter how honest
may be the praise or how gentle the expression of disapproval, they
do not like it They seem to suspect all praise to be a sham or a
mockery, and to feel all dispraise to be an insult and an outrage.
In these respects they differ from Englishmen all of whom can
bear with the most patient equanimity the rubs that would almost
drive such sensitive Americans out of their wits. It must be con¬
fessed, however, that more reflective Americans, who have seen the
world and are more assured of the strength and position in the
world of their mighty Republic, take things more easily , accept
praise as their due, in tho same generous spirit in which it is
•tiered ; and endeavour to learn wisdom from the criticism of
people who cross the Atlantic to sec, hear, and judge for them-
sclres. Even if they do not agree with these critics, they have
philosophy and common sense enough to be undisturbed by it,
even w’hen it seems to be hostile.
In describing the aspects of hotel life in New York and in the
•ther great cities of America, as they have impressed me it is
possible that I may incur tho displeasure of those who hold that
the “things of America” Ehould, like the “cosos de Espuna,” be
kept sacred from all foreigners, as things which they cannot under
stand, and which they must not touch upon except under the
penalty of ridicule or misinterpretation of motives. Nevertheless,
if my judgment be imperfect, it shall at all events be honest; and,
as regards this particular question of hotel life, there arc many
thousands of estimable and reflecting men and women in America
who, I feel confident, will agree with me in the estimate I form of it.
The hotels in the great cities of America—in New York, Phila¬
delphia, Baltimore, Washington, New Orleans, Chicago, Boston,
te.—are conducted on a peculiar system, and in a style of much
magnificence. The British Isles possess no such caravanserais.
Even the monster Hotel du Louvre in Paris is not to be compared
with such establishments as the St. Nicholas, the Metropolitan, the
Lafiarge House, the Astor House, and many others in New York.
Some of them make up a thousand beds; and others from five to
six and seven hundred. The country is so immense, the distances
from point to point are so great—such as from New Orleans to
Boston, or from New York to Chicago and the Far West; the
activity of commerce is so incessant, and its ramifications so exten¬
sive, that a much larger class of people than with us is compelled
by business, public and private, to be continually upon the move.
Large hotels are, therefore, of positive necessity; and, were they
solely confined to travellers, would deserve the praise of
being, what they really are, the finest, most convenient,
and best administered hotels in the world. It is not their
fault that they have, in the course of time, and by the
force of circumstances, been devoted to other uses, and
that they have become the permanent homes of families,
imstead of remaining the temporary residences of strangers.
For a fixed charge of two dollars and a half a day (about ten
shillings and sixpence English) the traveller has a comfortable bed¬
room, the use ol' a drawing-room, dining-room, reading-room, and
smoking-room, and the full enjoyment of a liberal tarifl, or bill of
fare, for breakfast, luncheon, dinner, tea, and supper. The two
d.llars and a hall includo all charges for servants, and every ch _
whatever that can be fai rlv included under the head of board am
lodging, except wine, beer, and spirits. Being well lighted with
gas, there is no charge for wax lights—that flaring pretext
extortion in England. The ct»Mfy is in general excellenl
breakfast is bounteous, and is spread from eight o'clock till twelve,
between which hours fish, flesh, and fowl, fresh meat and salt meat,
eggs, omelettes, wheuten bread, rye bread, corn bread,corn cakes, ncc
cakes, and buckwheat cakes (the last a far greater delicacy than
England can show) are liberally distributed. I rom twelve o clock
tilAwo the luncheon is spread with equal proiusion;Tsnd from
two to six there is a succession <df dinaejs, the getting up of
which, at such hotels as the St. Nicholas, the Metropolitan, or the
Astor Honse. would do credit to Mr. Francatelli of theReform Club.
As soon as dinner is over, tea commences, and as soon as tea is
cleared away the cloths are laid for supper, so that from eight in
the morning till midnight there is one continual succession of leasts,
at which Governors of States, members of Congress, Judges,
Generals, ex-Prcsidents of the Republic, the njagnates of commerce
and the law, and all the misseUaneons and less distinguished public,
male and female, sit down to partake. .Whether the traveller do
or do not partake is the same to the landlord. He may eat once,
twice, thrice, or all day long, if he pleases. The price is two dollars
and a half, even Bhonl’d he take all his meals abroad. If ladies and
families prefer to have apartments of their own, the price for
lodging varies from three to five or ten dollars a day, according to
the extent or elegance of accommodation required. In like manner
tho board of each individual, supplied in a private apartment, is
raised from two and a half to four dollars per diem. The conse¬
quence is^fbat very few people board in their private rooms, and
that nearly all breakfast, dine, and sup in public, except the very
young cliiidien, for whose convenience there is a separate table
d’hote. \ _
It will thus bc scen that for the travelling community these hotels
»re very comfortable, very luxurious, very cheap, and very lively. In
consequence of the great difficulty lhat private families experience in
procuring cooks and housemaids in a Country where menial service
is considered somewhat beneath the dignity of a native-born
American, where service is called “ help,” to avoid wounding the
susceptibility of free citizens, and left almost exclusively to negroes
and the newly-imported Irish, who too commonly, more especially the
female portion of them, know nothing whatever, or exceedingly
little, of any household duties, and whose skill in cookery scarcely
extends to the boiling of a potato, the mistresses of families keep¬
ing house on their own account lead but an uncomfortable life.
In England the newly-married couple take a house, furnish it, and
live quietly at home. In the cities of America—for the rule does
not apply to the rural districts—they take apartments at the hotel,
and live in public, too glad to take advantage of the ready means
which it affords of escape from the nuisances attendant upon in¬
efficient, incomplete, and insolent service. The young wife
finds herself relieved from all the cares and miseries
and responsibilities of housekeeping, and has nothing to think of
but dress, visiting, reading, and amusement Brides who begin
married life in ha^k. o'tcn continue in them from youth to
maturity and ag^HHtut possessing the inestimable advantage
and privilege oC^^Tnore secluded home. To those who know
nothing of domestic affairs, and to those who are willing to attend
to them, but cannot procure proper “ help ” in their household, the
hotel system is equally well adapted. It saves trouble, annoyance,
and expense;—but at what a cost of the domestic amenities ! Per¬
haps not above one-half of the people who daily sit down to dinner
in these superb establishments arc travellers. The remainder are
permanent residents—husbands, wives, and children. To eat in
public now and then may be desirable; but for ladies to
take all their meals every day, and all the year round, in the full
glare of publicity, to be always full dressed; to associate daily—
almost hourly—with strangers from every part of America and of
the world; to be, if yonng and handsome, the cynosuro of all idle
and vagrant eyes, either at (lie table d'hote or in the public draw¬
ing-room ;—these arc certainly not the conditions which to an
Englishman's mind are conducive to the true happiness and charm
of wedded life. And it is not only the influence of this state of
things upon the husband and wife to which an Englishman
objects, but its influence upon the young children, who play about
the corridors and halls of such mansions, and become -prematurely
old for want of fresh air and exercise, and overknoving from the
experiences they acquire and the acquaintances they contract.
Perhaps fast people may consider such objections to
savour of “ old l'ogyism;” perhaps not. . The system is
peculiar to America, and, therefore, strikes/ /the attentlpu
more forcibly than if it were common to the civilised world. ) J
It is, doubtless, more the misfortune than the fault of American
families that they live so much in this style -, for, without good
servants who know their duty, and are not too supercilious and saucy
to perform it, it is impossible for a lad}/ without shortening her
life and making herself worse than a slave, to have a comfortable
and happy home, or to govern it wiiK pleasure or advantage either
to herself or her family. Recent
delphia newspapers have been
lous cases—one onding ih a tragedy
OUT-DOOR AMUSEMENTS.
JANUARY.
A BtrntEE frost, which may usually bo looked for at . this period of
the year, is a matter of the deepest importance to those who have
large and valuable studs; for the “ frozen-out foxlmntsr " has not
alone to complain of and grumble over the high price of oats and hay
which he is called upon to pay for horses standing, but he has also te
contend against u difficulty of no ordinary nature—that of finding
work enough to keep his pampered horses in exercise. Should he
succeed in accomplishing this, great care must bo taken not to subject
them to what the “ vets. ” term catarrhal affections by a sudden tran¬
sition from the atmosphere of the over-heated stable to the keeu
biting blasts without. To get rid of this evil, we strongly recommend
all owners of horses never to allow their grooms to sacrifioe the
health of tho animals intrusted to their charge for tho sake of
appearance; far better that they should appear rough tad ready
for their work th-in with/glossy coat.-; run tho risk of catching
hroughout the winter. A
add it ion of extra clothing
the ill effects of au iucleiueut
as a matter of course, that
cold, which will probably
moderate temperature
without, will tend gri
season. Although it
Pliiladclpliia hotel wo
fame of ladies was sacrificed. /To
necessary to make: furtheriAlh
public recollection that
cursory glance at some of the
licity of female life ill such mi
to describe.
\ V
ork and 1’hila-
of two scanda-
New York and a
d in both of which the fair
painful exposures it is not
but they are so fresh in the
passed over, even in this
attendant upon the undue pub-
hotels as 1 have endeavoured
To all the hotels is attached an establishment known as the
“bar,” where spirituous liquors arc retailed under a nomenclature
that puzzles/the stranger,, and takes a long acquaintanceship with
American life and manners to become familiar with. Gin-sling,
brandy-smash,Nv^isky-skin, streak of lightning, cock-tail, and
rum-salad are fr.it a few of the names of the drinks which are
consumed at the bar. morning, noon, and night, by persons
who in a similar rank of life in England would no more
think of going into a ginshop than of robbing the Bank.
Faneyja gin-palace under the roof of, and attached to, the Reform
Club, and free not only to the members but to the world without, and
both classes largely availing themselves of it to drink and smoke,
both by day and by night, and you will be able to form some con¬
ception of the “bar” of an Amoriean hotel, and of the class of
people who frequent it. But can such a system conduce to any
rtuous development of young men in this Republic ? I will not
iswer the question, but leave it, and all the ether questions mooted
in this letter, for the consideration of those who desire that America
should be as wise and happy in the private relations of her citizens
as she is free and independent in her relations to the great comity
of the world. _
Tax “Illustrated London News” in Request isCnmi.—
A correspondent of the Times in a letter from Shanghai, dated Oct. 17.
pavs —••It is a mistake to suppose that the Chinese are not fond of
\vLtem fashions. In going through the house of the richest merchant
of Niugpo 1 was surprised to notice that, except iu the servants rooms,
there was not a bit of Ningpo furniture in the house. The furniture was
all ot Chinese manufacture, but it was of simple fashion, without a man¬
darin. or a dragon, or a piece of inlaid ivory about it. 1 recognhwd
several articles a? having been not very successfully imitated from draw¬
ings ill the • Illustrated London News —a paper which a China¬
man is always anxious to beg, borrow, or steal.
A ICet to Conversation. —On Thursday week there will be
the most remarkable dinner pany in all England. The Indian mutiny,
the panic, the Lei UUlian. the new Parliament, the very weather itself,
everything, in short, which is generally known, will be blown away from
every mouth the instant I open nty Ups, and sow my Things not generally
Known, broadcast, among the company and the dishes, from Uic first
course to the dessert. For instance, let us say the cover is off the fish-
cod’s head and shoulders, I know by anticipation. My brother (previously
instructed, and a very trustworthy pmon in small matters) whispers to
me "Page thirteen. Jack, the Age ot the G lobe. My host tan old-
fashioned man, who asks everybody what they wiU have, instead of leav¬
ing it to the servants) says. "Fish, my dear tellowI shudder,
and turn from him with horror. “ Good Heavens ! Simpson, do
you take mo for a cannibal?” Simpson stares ; the company stares;
everybody is puzzled but my useful brother, who is behind
the scenes. The opportunity is minc-and I let off my Fust
Thing Not Generally Known, with a loud report, thus:—“Fish 1
I exclaim. •• You eat fish, after the discovery of the great
Demaillcf, whose thoughts on the age of the globe are in the hands of
every schoolboy ? Is it possible that nobody here remembers the passage
in which it is stated distinctly that man was originally a fish ? Nay more,
my dear Madam, there are still fish to be met with in the ocean, which are
half-men on their progress to the perfect human shape, and whose
descendants will, in process of time-yon understand me, in process of
time ^become men." “ All. you smile. Sir," 1 proceed, stopping a man at
the lower end ofthe table, who is asking, under his breath, tor news from
India, ami h'tting off my second Tiling at the same lime'. "You smile?
bunting will bo stopped by A frost iff January, it is, generally speak¬
ing, the worst time for the enjoyment of the “noble seience.”
November with its slush and mud, December, and February furnish m
ninety-nine casgs out 6f a hundred infinitely better sport than the
opening mouth of the year; so the disciple of Nimrod must be pre¬
pared to lay aside his hunting-whip and spurs and take to his gon.
To thqsirwho can brave the elements there is no sport that can be
cotnparedw winter shooting, when woodcocks, snipes, wild duck.-,
widgeon, teal, swans, and geese visit our shores to seek a milder
climate. A print: / moonlight night, a gun, and a good retriever,
with a iiardy frame that shrinks not from labour and hardship, v, ill
alone be requisite for “ a night with the migratory birds.”
During a severe frost, when the whole face of tho country btcomu
covered with snow, and the ponds and lakes are frozen, there arc lew
recreations more exhilarating than curling. This game, which is one
tff great antiquity and popularity across the border, has, within a few
years, been introduced into “uierric England," and now takes its
stand as one of the most popular of out-door aniustmenU. The
method of playing it is as follows: — Sides are selected, mid
each competitor is furnished with a pair ot circular stones, emo
and flat on the under side, with a handle fixed to the upper pan.
these stones weighing from 4U lb. to -id lb. each. Each curler !iu»
his feet shod, so as to steady himself ou the slippery surface, end car¬
ries a broom to sweep away any snow or dirt that may
impede the progress of tile stones. No sooner is the mat.:;
made than a large open space of ice called tho “ rink “ is
cleared, and a “tee” or mark made at each end. The object
of the players is to land their stones as near the ‘'tee 1 ' as possible,
and in so doing to displace those of their antagonists. A line, called
a “ hogg-score,” is made, and any stone falling short of that is set
aside, and not counted. To make a good curler a man muat possess
a powerful arm, a quick eye, and a good understanding; he must be
able not alone to hurl the stone with precision—tho effect of which
will greatly depend ou the severity of the frost and the thickness «i
the ice—but, like a skilful general, lie has to dislodge a foe; to pro¬
tect his otvn forces; and to lire his “forty-pounder ” into or as near
the “ tee ” as possible.
In many parts of Scotland, where lakes are not to be found, arti¬
ficial ones are made by flooding the meadows previous to a frost, and
every class—from the peer to the peasant, the head of the clan to th*
humble dependent—indulge in tlfis truly-exciting national sport.
Golfing, which, although a Scotch game, is played in England,
skating, and sledging too, may be had in jicrfection. The former is
a species of hockey on the ice; it is plsycd by two or more persons,
two balls being need, one belonging to each party. The objest is to
strike the ball with a club into a hole at u given distance. This
favourite game lias been highly patronised by Royalty, the an iv-
tunate Charles I. being much attached to it; and James II. was ss
distinguished a “ goffer ” that it is said “ none could equal him save one
Patterson, a shoemaker, of Edinburgh, with whom the l--.ng co»-
descended to pUy, and, liaving fairly’ beat liitu, consoled him by a
munificent donation.’ 1 Skating is too well known to require
any commeut, except to say there are few more beautiful
sights titan to witness the Scrpeutiue River during a severs
frost. £o uncertain is the weather in our vuriab s climate
that few persons go to the expeusc of a sledge. The Prince
Consort has one ot Windsor, ana occasionally makes use of it.
Nothing, however, can be more delightful than a well-appointed
sledge, such as I have seen at Vicuna and in Canada. The grace¬
fully-formed carriage, the high-stepping horses, tho Bplendnl furs, flit
tinkling bells, and an agreeable companion by your side, tolly come
up to the graphic description given by Sant Slick, aud oisko one long
for sufficient frost and snow to introduce this pastime into England.
There are days occasionally in Jaminry when, as the saving is,
“ one would not turn a dog out of doors," much less a biped; but
even then, if the sportsman should Imppcu to be in one of the " oountry
botnes of England,” we cannot feel much pity for him, for he will find
pleasure without braving tho pitiless storm. Wurta draughts and
tires tciihin will amply compensate him for “ rough ice” and cold drafts
tcithvul, and a man must be a very cormorantforout-dooramusemcut if
he cannot amuse himself with the tennis-court nnd shooting-gallery.
The ancient and intricate game of tennis, though deriving its
origin in France, was played in England before the year 1600. It
was a Royal pastime, in wbicli Henry VIII., when a youth, to«k great
delight. There is a famous matcli on record between Bluff Hal and
the Prince of .Orange, which, as a matter of course, was won by the
former. To the uninitiated, tlie “ dedans,” first, sesond, and last
gallery, “ service and hazard side,” “ chaces,” “ passes,” “tambour,"
“grill,” and “advantage sets," are complete mysteries, and
therefore to them a game of rackets will bo quite as agreeable,
aud far more easy to carry out in the country. A visit
to the shooting-gallery, to fire away sundry pounds of powder
and ounces of lead at small plnsterof-Paris images, will help to kill
an hour or two. Sad will be the havoc created among tho fragile
heroes! Wellington will probably Into the dust at the first shot; hue
adversary, Napoleon, having escaped scathless at Waterloo will be
knocked over by a single ball; Poor Byron will receive a bullet ia
tluit splendid classical brow of bis; the “ Magician ef the North "
will realise the lines of one of his (jatirists—
And none by bullet, grape, or shot,
Fell half so fiat as Walter Scott.
The Apollo Belvedere and Medicean Venus will erunt! !o to atoms
as the marksman raises his fatal pistol; Paul Pry will not
venture to intrude himself for more than a minute: King Charles
will again lose his head; Joan of Arc will be pulverised in the twink¬
ling of an eye; wltile kings, queens, emperors, princes, poets, senators,
broom-girls, heathen gods and geddesses, will u» mingled m the dost
in hapless confusion.
A Cost Cabin is thus pleasantly described by Lard Dafferin
in his "Letters from High Latitudes ":—"Few people can have any
notion of the cozittess o! a yacht's cabin under such circumstances. Alter
having remained for several hours on deck, in the presence ol tbo tempest
—peering through kite darkness nt those black liquid wdls ot water,
mounting above you in ccasotess agitation, or tumbling uv-r in catarcris
of gleaming foam-thc wlud roaring through the rigging-timbers rreak-
ing as if the ship would break its heart—tile spray and t
wSTweff. L*m not bigoted'abiiut'Dmndllet’a tta/ryV I grantgf there yottr facc-everjthlug "«««»?<“ U
may he something in Woodward s idea that the Lhduge tvut occasioned by
rain beating in
to dc-sccnd into the
on t!*e
wbUc rosfbwf ohlutz. the wcil-turnDlud bookshelves, am! all the innn-
Jn those five immortal words, * All is done by Polarisation.' short, you
will say. doctor—but how full cl meaning, how very lull of meaning!
Dickens's Household Words.
boudoir in Mayfair -the certainty 6; being a good L
troublesome shore— all comuuit; to i a leehug of dOXBfoi tund secumy
difficult to describe.”
20
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jah. 2, 185*
SKETCHES IN MANILLA.
(From our Special Artist and Correspondent.)
(Wb continue our Sketches and Letter from page 6*11 of the
Illustrated London News of last week.)
In the great plaza, or Bquare, next to the portrait of Queen
Isabel IL, are two figures, which I took to be of wood, to represent
sentinels on each side of her Majesty. This I thought an ingenious
idea, as these guards never tire of standing. They are in full cos¬
tume—cocked hats and halberts. But I have just found out that
these sentinels are real men, and relieved every thirty minutes. 1
never saw anything so extraordinary, for I looked at them for a long
time and could not discover a muscle moving. The illuminations con¬
sist of common tumblers with cocoanut oil and a small wick—in fact,
CHINESE MUSICAL PARTY
’ our usual night-lights. TheAvhole town, every
rated in this manner, on oc^o^nt jif the Queen’s interesting state. In
the streets many of the IndiSi^^i’e thei/ pocket-handkerchiefs tied
round their heads at flight, fastened under the chin, which gives
them the appearance of ha^mg th^topthache. There were three
bonnets in the square to^nij
nature more becoming, and
The gentlemen were i
to night, but I think the head-dre
happy tofsay universally adopted
head-dress of
here.
a scattering of black coats
and “ the hat,” a few mpstigas, aud ohfe or two Indian girls. There
were small children and heaps of urchins with lighted joss-sticks, who
make a dead set at hny dne Viih-a cigar, and do not leave him till he
is fairly lighted. All the people inside the square ore talking,
smoking, and flirting; whilst outside are the carriages, surrounded
with gentlemen paying soft Nothings to the inmates. The gentlemen
smoke, the ladies lan themselves. This is the genera appearance of
the square on music nights. The boys (servants) here seem a source
of continual annoyance to their unliappy masters. They are gloriously
independent, and delightfully lazy; but then you can thrash them ad
libitum .
A CHINESE MUSICAL PARTY.
The other evening I heard the well-known sounds of Chinese music
issuing from the windows of a house at which were seated several
girls; and from a friend’s house opposite I could see into the
room. A party of Celestials were at supper, drinking to each other
most heartily. A band was playing, and a youth was squalling a
favourite air, which sounded very much like the midnight song of the
cat—supposing a cat to sing at the same time that she made grimaces.
The girls were looking on facetiously at the concert; they had a harp,
BILLIARD-ROOM IN MANILLA.
Jan. 2, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
21
BARBER'S SHOr IN MAXILLA.
when asked why he did not dance, “ Suppose my wantcbee
dance can catchec one piecee coolie man and makes look see
dance pigeon! ” We stayed a short time longer, looking at
the girls in the Spanish dance, and watching the Celestials,
some of whom appeared rather elevated. The night was now far
advanced, and the girls were going; so, bidding onr entertainer good
rnghi, we escorted the ladies through the dark street home.
INDIANS AT BIIXIAED3.
There is no village here without its billiard-table, and the scene I
have given is nightly to be witnessed. The tallies you see are suspended
by a string; they have small ten-pins in the middle of the table, like
the Spaniards. This is a most picturesque sight, and I never tire
looking at them—the lazy groups; the expression of men who never
knew care or hard work is seen in their languid and apathetic (aces.
Here the ubiquitous cock is asleep on one leg. The table is of the
simplest description, and not of the first order; but these fellows play
remarkably well. There is nothing to drink on the promises, but
cigars in abundance; and there they will sit, in a semi-Bomnolent
state, watching the players till ten p.m., nightly. I don’t think there
exists a country equal to this for an artist: every single shop is a pic¬
ture in itself, every house would fill a scene or landscape painter with
rapture. The groups, the colours, everything in fact, is as an artist
would wish it. Here is
a babbee's shop.
I sketched this from the French Consul’s house: laziness, as usual,
predominates. Next to it is a little shop where feeding takes place.
These shops are universal, and
easily fixed; two bamboo beds, a
few ditto poles, and uipa roof com¬
plete the shop; at night it forms a
very comfortable sleeping-place. In
! the picture the woman has the
little round basket before her, with the usual betelnut, which, by the
by, is not bad chewing, and very wholesome. The public scavengers are
apparent in the shape of our porcine friends. “ Gallus ” is enjoying
himself with the rest, tied by his leg to a peg. All Indians are com¬
pletely shaved; it is no doubt much cooler than a beard, and I do like¬
wise. There is no mistake—shoving is the thing for hot countries,
and a beard for cold.
snoBMAKwa’s SHOP.
I send you a Sketch from a shoemaker’s shop in Manilla, where the
workers are seated on stools before small tables. A customer—a
Spaniard—is ordering a pair of pumps of this Manilla Hoby.
CAXZADA OP SAB SEBASTIAN.
Here is a whole collection of nipa houses, and the church at their
end, which will give you an idea of the suburbs of Ma r , ili a. As the
weather is dry, the road is the whitest part of the view, and the
shadows very dark and sharp; the church is whitewashed; the foot-
walks on either side arc of lava, and here are the usual oystersheD
windows. Chinamen, Indians, and girls, are the pedestrians; the
Europeans seldom appearing on foot in the sun. The men often carry
parasols, which amuses me much. This street leads towards our house,
which is on the other side of the church ; consequently, when I go
into Manilla I have to come from the church in this direction.
Morning and evening it is filled with swarms of girls coming or
going to the tobacco factory. I went to one, the other day, where
8000 girls were rolling tobacco, thumping the leaves with stones—
producing the most frightful din 1 ever heard, and sounding like an
engagement with firearms. The girls are nearly all very young, but
not all beautiful; they squat down on mats, with little tables before
them, chatting and working. I never saw so many girls before; it
was quite bewildering, I assure you. They are not allowed to smoke
in the bnilding; they go to work at eight p.m., and come out at sun¬
set, six p.m.
and when the boy had finished his cat-song they struck up in
Spanish, but in notes somewhat through the nose and squally. One
of the most popular airs here is the nigger melody, “I’m bound to
ride all night,” to which have been set Spanish words, showing how
the left side of the singer’s “ carcass is weaker than gruel water,” and
that he is bnraing with love, and similar expressions used by a person
in that deluded state. The girls, seeing us at the window, invited us
over, and up stairs we went, placing in our mouths the havanna
No. 1, and thus entered the room. The Chinamen bowed, and, imme¬
diately seizing us, led as to the supper-table, where tumblers were
filled with sparkling champagne, which Yap Tienco, or a person
bearing some such name, insisted npon our draining in his
presence. This done, we paid onr respects to the girls, and
breathed in their ears “the delicious essence” that life without
them would be a blank, &c. They returned our affection
by giving us betelnut to chew, and we were happy. Celestial music
was proposed, and the girls set to work in good earnest. I think
their song must have lasted an hour: it was so long that when the
boy was tired he got up, and another boy took his place, continuing
without interruption the exquisite melody. I think the words must
have breathed of undying love; but all I could distinguish was a
certain resemblance in parts of the song to “bow wow, wow, wow,
bow wow.” On looking at the Sketch, you will perhops be curious to
know what the boy has in his hands—it is a sort of oblong wand of
black wood, with which he beats time. At length they finished, and
the harp struck up a waltz. Spanish dances followed. But the
Chinese danced neither: as a man said the other day at Hong-Kcng,
Mil
CALZADA DE SAN
SHOEMAKER’S SHOP IN MANILLA.
sp
ft t
jp; k:'j
K j\ j
.Mai:
»m of tTic 4ilejttai
ics in line bronze.
room ol
Arohdeaoon done*
After an adjourni
f#’lowing resolono
*f Liverpool/ikon
«dncark^t °
operate heart 1 v
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 2, 185 #
SKETCHES AND DRAWINGS BY TUB HER
• AT ILAELBOKOCGH HOTSB.
Tub finished water-colour drawings by Turner recently exhibited
at Marlborough House have been removed, and replaced by a
selection from his sketches and drawings. It will be remem¬
bered that the Turner bequest included, besides the finished draw-
hags and oil pictures already exhibited, some thousands of drawings,
sketches, and studies. These sketches and studies, besides being,
stray of them from their beauty, highly interesting to the general
public, are, besides, peculiarly instructive to artists. It was, there¬
fore, felt very desirable that they should bo made available, especially
for purposes of study. Mr. Ruskin, than whom certainly uo one is
better qualified either in knowledge or zeal, thereupon came forward
with a plan for arranging and framing the whole collection, and
volunteered to arrange and trume gratuitously, in order to illustrate
his plans, as many drawings and sketches as might be appropriately
inclosed in one hundred frames. This proposition has been accepted,
and the present exhibition is the result. Another reason for the
removal, and a very judicious remark accompanying it, we give in
llr. Buskin’s own words:—“ The delicate mid finished drawings ex¬
hibited last year lieing of a character peculiarly liuble to injury from
exposure to light, and it having been determined by the trustees that
they should he framed and arranged for exldbition in a manner
Calculated to secure their protection when not actually under
inspection, as well as to render their examination ulti¬
mately more convenient to the public, a selection has been
made in their stead from Turner's sketches and drawings calculated
to exhibit liis methods of study at different periods, and to furnish
the general student with more instructive examples than finished
drawings can be. The finished drawing is the result of the artist’s
final knowledge; and nothing'’ like it cun be produced by tbs scholar
tall he possesses knowledge parallel in extent: butau artist's sketches
show the means by which that knowledge was acquired.”
The works now exhibited arein subject of the greatest possibleTariety.
They include landscape scenery of all kinds, architectural drawings and
studies of det ul. shipping, boats, and marine views; the various kindsof
vegetation, to the very anatomy of a leaf; studies of clonds and aerial
effects, cities and solitudes, figures and furniture, life and still-life,
They are executed with every variety of material, and upon every
description of subjertile, of all kinds of texture, even to a piece of
brown paper, which lias probably previously enfolded a parcel; and
in colour they ran go from'the most prismatic lints to negative black
and white. Some of them disdoso hidden arcana of art, and some
are mere hieroglyphicnl memoranda in pen and ink, unintelligible to
all but the artist’ They not merely exhibit his methods of study at dif
ferent periods, but tliey discover the artist in his weakness as in
liis strength; and, above ill, tliey display the man—his character,
his temperament, and bis most latent idiosyncrasy. To be tho¬
roughly understood Sud appreciated, they require some familiarity
with r .lilar works, and considerable previous artistic knowledge:
with ( use they will infallibly elicit as much admiration for tho genius
they oispiny as Turner's most finished performances.
Mr. Ritskin’s remarks are generally shrewd, and those upon the
technical processes employed arc valuable ; but they are less acceptable
from tlie ti mk-ncy to dogmatism which accompanies them, and their
value is unfortunately diminished by the exaggerations and paradoxes
which disfigure them. In his a«sumcd character of teacher, instead
of faying to remove the apparent, cnntrsdiition i which may puzzle the
le-.rner, Mr. ltuskiu appears taxi-light ill studiously increasing these
difficulties, and placing additional obstructions in his path.
DUBUFES “ADAM AND EVE.”
Jfnssus. Lr.n<iATT,.of Cnmhill, having constructed a new and com¬
modious gallery of art. its opening has been marked by the exhibition
of the “AJani and Eve" of Du'idfe, sen, one of David’s pupils,
who. without attaining greatness, has risen to a highly respectable
position in modern French art.
It is nearly a quarter of a century since his pictures of ‘ Adam
and Eve in a State of Innocence." and the same couple after the
Fall, excited a considerable sensation botli in Europe and America.
According to one report tho originals were accidentally burnt in a
fire at New Orleans; according to another report llie copies were
burned, cud the originals arc now in Australia. At all events,
JJcasr,. Gambart commissioned M. Dubufe to point another pair
from t ho original sketches, with a viow to engraving. Hence the re¬
apparition of an “ Adam and Eve ” of Dubufe. The one
picture represents the primitive types of humanity in the
Gardai of Eden, surrounded by a luxuriant landscape—fruits
and Sowers being abundant, but not overdone, 60 as to
bo n greengrocer’s' stall, as in some Dutch pictures which we
reooUcct. Tho Serpent is Slightly indicated ns using a pernicious
influence, live is in all her youth and beauty holding tho fatal fruit,
and Ailum is irresolute on the eve of the great Lapse. The drawing
is good, and the flesh tints, particularly those of Eve, are admirable;
but, according to onr opinion, Adam is rather deficient in the dis¬
tinction which a Scheffer or Couture would havo givon to such a sub¬
ject. In the picture of tho “ Expulsion from Paradise ” we have the
contrast. The storm, moral and material, breaks loose upon tho/
bead of tho guilty couple. A fiery sun gleams through the clouds", x
anil gives strong contrasts of light and shade. There is ability both
in the colour and in the drawing of this picture, but somewhat of the -
tlicxi rieal exaggeration of the Girodet nnd Guerin school, from which
the stronger genius of more modern France has emancipated-^;
Nevertheless there is thought in the pictures, much good painting
hi the Eve of the first picture much firm, clear, and vigoror-
and we can imagine these pictures being popular with a
persons who desire obvious and striking representations
subjects.
There are other objects well worthy of examination in this new
gallery of Messrs, Leggatt, which is admirably lighted,' The
Modern French School of Bronzes has attained a s
♦ion, and, in fact, is the principal objuet of,these so-called \ articles de
Paris.” The Amazon of Kiss, the Heliq.'turi -
successful designs are here reproduced in\h'r
suit either the entrance-hall or the drawing^
the larger casts being in zinc and the smaller (
TencriAsn or the Foulaoks C’or.i.Ecrios fou Public
Iwstkuctiov— The Mayor of Birmingham with the Mayor of Manches¬
ter his invited the assistance of oth/r -oorooratc authorities in the scats
ii.anu'acture in the midland counticr to indue,' the Chancellor of the
Krclieouer to purchase tills collection, in order that it may bo made useful
imnroTliig decorative RrnufncUma ill inches, pottery, glass. &c. A
w ion of Art-Trades has also been formed in the metropolis, consisting'of
re/,at’of the lar-est producers of'decorative mitfiufsctures. in order to
the A^phi. Lord .Granv
expressed himse .<
the Institute of Bn
Middle-class
Archdeaconry
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
X. I*. G. S.—OrVhi oftlio word “ Mule." Wo iuollno K> tollers tfc. tr.© denraUon to free©
tha SjunUh jfatur. to kill. . , , „, .
Avoi.i’uu me V.-Wo camtrit name an y Enjr!hh wh!«t-pl*yer who ha* exlfibil:d tha art of
lUMnorr you man lion, t'lough there are no doubt many who could.
OxoNiKNAiA_ 1. U K —It won d be unfair to express ano; luion upon tho young American ■
povrwra unlll wo liovo seen UJm game* in the tourney. The *peclmeu* which Uuve hlth-irt*
toaohfd fil» conntrr are merely >light ftkirmUhc*, umart and ingoniotu, but affording no
■eoixi fer the (ItapUy of tbu Uglier quail.ire of Chew Mrutrvy. ,
8-B-, -toaaon, Cheltenham.—You are iilto>c«i»er wrong in both mstanoes. Mato cannot bo
given in tho way pro o«ed, or Urn Problems would of course require neither skill nor
ingenuity to solve thocn. .
Pawn.—Y ou will prob.bly obtain the list re-mired by epolyinfr to Mr. J. Wmkimon,
honorary secretary of the HuddoreRold CheM Hub. Phi'OSophleal Hall. Huddersfield.
W. C., ^hftflleld.—Wo know of no rcornt aualj sis of tho beautiful oponiu* in question
M.P. and W. C. F —The Ixnt course os It is said Mr. Morphy proposes to pay a ria l to
F.urope, would bo fir tho C.mmittco to challenge any Kuropcan player to contest a nia'ch
with him for fire thousand dollars at the meeting of the British Chou Association ia
BianinMliam next scnmior. _ ......
G. M.. Abordrcn. J. B. F„ Urtdport, F. TTbaLKT, A I.ctmajt, C.W., are thanked for their
ptoblcm contributions. Ail shall reoerre prompt attention.
F., New Yoik; K. 11. C., Uo oken—We «w/til with lMaiutcrcet tho issno of tho pending
match between Meters. Morphy and Stan ey, and g^Httfearulcml for early copies of tho
^StrMJiER. Baden.—Tho S’. George’* Cfcesa Club, owi^^^Mtflerations in Ihr house it has
occupied for some year>, will bo removed, on the 1st of January, to another equally com-
mrxl oas in tho samo neighbourhood. President, the Bari of Egliiilon, Viej-i’rtaldcnts,
Viscount Cremorne. and C. K, M. Talbot, Ksq.. M.P.
Original NOkthskn OlRL; AnoLTIU’S; Emmktt; W., Bcvtion.—Tour solutions of No. 71W
were correct, but arrived too Into to bo acknowledged in the current list.
ABoM.HTlfN.—The secoml Solution of Problem No. W9, soggoited by ear E.m^al corre¬
spond on:, is as follows.—
W1TITS. SLACK.
l.PtoKKtUh K»'bU«tU(6e*0
% K to K 2nd P »*kc« P
3. tj mates.
IffDlAK OliiawTAL CLUB.—The tnnnufneturen of the ,l Ptauntoa” Chess-men, Messrs.
Jaquw, of Ilatton-Ktirdcn, will supply you with ^11 particulars. ... .
Solutions of Eniomas, by Derevon, Iota, I*. B.. N. C.. It II. W., V. G. Itantfor, Alfred
Justine, M. P., 8. H . I- W. I.. U. 8- D., W. U., Crar. Wilfred, F. O.. G. P. 3.. Indiana,
M . Miles, Drod. Phllo-Chcss, Mirnlila/on, Old hail, A. B. C., 8. P. Q. K., lodino, William,
Mvdicus, P. B. D . II. W , L. 8 1) , Jlenkbarns. nre correct.
80f.UTtosS OK Problem No. 722, by B. D , R. Irenton, E. T- R., L B. H., 0. T. A., inl-
fred, Bunitlo© bubolteni, V. U^Cxar, 1. U.B., T. C. Id , W. K., Atob*, 0. P. Q, 1. It Ij.,
H.n. L..T. B A-, Paxui. Mwdi u«, Philo-Chws. Orolcron, S U , N-B. 8..J. M . 182 Kook,
Omes«, Alfred Justine, Emmett, Idle Roil, I. J. of Hanworth, Diggory, A. Z , N. C , llen-
rlcus, Bombardier. Rugby Br.y, Max, P. T. W . S. L. him. Partington, Caxton 1. W. 8.,
P. p.D Yd Scrr.pcrfdcm. Boolriiee. Iota, W. P. W . Cbo horn D. t Sligo; Antony,
I'cfr Simttle, A uennau. G. It . Hustirus, II. G. 8.. A. F , It It.. Ko orto, Pasotis, Philip,
Viylme, Aug-tins. Derovon, and W. Yeoow are e.rr»st. All others are wrong.
WniTE.
1. Kt to Ji B Ctu
2 . Q to Q E 7th
• a) 9.
Solition op Problem No. 722 .
WHITE.
3. B to K B 8 th
BLACK.
li to Q B 2nd
(beat)
K tks Kt, or (a)
it to y B 3tb.
3 B to QB Mh(dn. ch), and tanto follows
as before. B ock, forhisaocondmovc, may also
BLACK.
K takes li
(di8. ch)
4. Q mates.
play «to ti ith. or Kt to Q Kt Sth, i
♦evoral 01 her ways, but h-j eaunot poetf
tlio male.
Solution of Problem No. T23.
WHITE. BLACK.
1. QtoKKteth.ch Pto KB 4th
2. Q to Q 6th CJ takes Q
(.Black m»v play~v. K R takes Q. sr
Q It uires q, »r-t P W K 1J &th—bul
WHITE. BLACK. x
mato in every care follows
moves.)
3. KttoKB6th,ch
4. Kt to B 5th—Ma£
PROBLEM No. 724.
By J. Healf.t.
BLACK.
EPITOME OF NEWS-FOREIGNAJS’V DOMESTIC.
W« mulcrstand (says the Globe) that tho title by which Mr.
Charles Compton Cavendish will be called to tho Upper House ia Lord
Chcaliam, and not Lord Latimer, as previously stated.
The Archduke Maximilian, Lieutenant-Governor of Lombardy,
has just authorised the establishment of a provisional bank for loans m
deposits of silk, under the management of a joint-stock company.
The First Chamber of Holland adopted, last week, a bill abolish¬
ing the legislation of I80T relative to usury, and several local bills.
The cold is severe at present in Switzerland. At the Brcnets,
near Neutehatel, the Douba is frozen to a thickness ol several inches.
The Danish Chambers closed on the 22nd ult The Suprem*
Council of the ilonarchy Is to meet on the loth last. Several resigna¬
tions have taken place.
All the chief ibod-kitehens established'in Paris and the banlieue,
under the auspices of tho Emperor and Empress, upwards of sixty in
number, are now open.
tationery in tho public depart¬
ure which itas devastated Lisbon ha*
qisslon for inquiry into its causes liav*
"ness as its .exulting influence,
tif LfebM'asserts that nil the persons wk«
1 have coroeeti tho yellow fever.
nents broken down during the recent
WHITE.
White to play, and mate in three moTes.
t-. x x CHESS IN THE METROPOLIS.
-JV Dashing Little Gamo played at the St George's between the Rev. J.
Owen and Mr. Barnes.
( Petroff't Dfjence.)
white (Sir. 0.) black (Mr B,)
11. K IS to Q Kt 3rd
12 . P to Q R Ith P to Q It 3rd
13. Q B to K It 6th P to It Kt 4th
14. Q to K R 5th (ch) K to Q sq
15. Q li takes It KtP
(Whit, plftzs all throuali aa<l
■plril too.)
15 . P takes B
16 . Kt to K Kt 6th
WHITE (Mr. 0.) BLACK (Mr, B.)
i f to K 4th P to K 4th
2 . K let to Iv B 3rd K Kt to K B 3rd
aJxBtoQBSth Kt takes K P
4. Q Kt to Q B 3rd
(Tbi. w. be loro to bo ,be b«t moJo of
Aft ping tbo very uninteresting game which
malty easnes upon th« routine moves of
rolrntT* Dafonoa,” and of obuininK • brkk
and vigorcu« attack.)
4.
5. Q P takes Kt
6. Castles
7. KttoKR4tU
». P to K B 4th
Kt takes Kt
P to K B 3rd
Kt to.q B 3rd
P to K Kt 3rd
B to Q B 4th
(ch)
P to Q 3rd
Q to K 2 nd
_l IV ir-moouiuixa, a»a.a» Vlaw
;lii* mecUttmos tliia Union to take place in
^President rlf the Education Committee,
ildt* to tljp p \rrhase when a deputation of
litecti^xWSn^dpon him.
;on —/l mce&ip of the clergy of the
summoned, was held a few
liK'jpfetu Institution—the Venerable
the oonsIderAtion of this subject,
id a fli-cu^.-ion of five hours in all, the
y —“That the clergy of the Archdeaconry
lv reddfflii«4 the hi<?h motives which hare induced
tom to originate apUn for the improrement of tho
m‘middie efa^Fes of England, nnd sincerely desire to co-
with tliv aiRse, so far as their consrientious convictions
cunnotnowever, con coal r rom the public, nor ought
_,v lrfl Bi the nniversitV that mmy of thdr body have serious
7 is likely to be produced on the
8 iriTings os 1 ,T lhat resotntlon .wtiicli preoludes pro-
ig’on o . ,j fnim receiving bonoarab’edistinction. Ihey. tliere-
ciiey in f2 , ' >ceuMt that that part of the scheme may receive rare-
e. respectfully Twines a i lv tint such steps as seem desirable
sense of the clergy of the Church
LigL.nd on requested to state that the art toys
Aar JlJVt wcek’s Illusteated Losdoh News arc sold at
n^ritUhMi.^m^oscdonFri.i.y 0 'esterd.y)for. week,
of the year.
l.KtoKKiq
10 . p to K B 5th
11 . P to q Kt 4th
(Tlie moro oinnral-looWnE mmr.of ll.P
K K1 P -.old hare, been raj bad
play, for oxample:—
II. P lakct P r takft F
19. Kt t<iUi P li take* P (ch)
13. K take* It Q f K A* 2nd (,cA)
Az4 WkiU caonvt savo tuo gumo.)
And Black surrendered.
tP to K B ©lb, and than * takM K Ki P,
would huro boon .Qaallj effectual.)
16 . P takes Kt
17. Q takes R (cb) Q to K sq
18 . Q to K B 6th (cb) Kt to K 2 nd
19. BtoKB7th Q to K B sq
20 . P takes P qioKB 3rd
21. P to K Kt 7th Q takes Q
22 . R takes Q Q B to Q 2nd
23. Q It to K B sq KlitoK 6th
24. K R to K E 6th Q B to K sq
25. B takes B P to Q B 4th
26 . K K tks QP(ch) K to y B 2ad
27. K IS to Q 7th (oil)
CHESS IN NEW YORK.
Smart Affair between Messrs. P. Morpht and Mr. Stanlet.
(The luo Knights' Defence.)
■white (Mr. S.) black (Mr. M.) wiiite (Mr. S.) black (Mr. M.)
1 . Pto K 4th P to K 4tli 16. Q to KB 3rd
2. K Ktto K B 3rd Q Kt to Q B 3rd <K 1-10 K n ?rd. «nd rmamtlj 4 lo h.r
3 K B to Q B 4th K Kt to K B 3rd Jnd, would preboblj bur. botn inonsCT.)
4.1’ to Q 3rd KB to OB 4th 16. KRtoKRsq
5. P to Q B 3rd P to Q 3rd
6. Pto KR3rd Castles
7 . O B to If Kt6th K B to Q Kt3rd
A o Kt to Cl 2nd Q B to K 3rd
». Castles P to K R 3rd
n. O B to K R 4th K to R sq
11 . K Ktto K R 2 nd P to K Kt 4th
12. Q B to K Kt 3rd P to K R 4th
13. KKttoKBcrd P to K K 5th
14. Kt takes K K P
(Fow could have re*Urt«>d thl* aaerifire; and
pcrbajrt. woU fell erred op, it nu tho best line
of play.)
14 . P takes Kt
15 . Q B takes P K to Kt 2 nd
17. Q to K Kt3rd(ch) K to B eq
18. Q to K Kt 5th
(Better to havo played Q B to K Kt Kh;
an cxelmngo of <4u?cn* vras any thing but
deaireble lor White'* game.)
18 . K Kt to Q 2nd
19. K B takc3 B P takes B
20 . Q takes (J Q Kt takes Q
21. Kt to K B 3rd K to Kt 2 nd
22 . P to K Kt 4th Iv Kt to K B s.
23. K to Kt 2nd K Kt to Kt 3rd
24. Q B to Iv Kt 5th Q Kt to K B and
25. P to K It 4th Q Kt takes B
26. P takes Kt KttoKBilh(ch)
And WliiU resigned.
Elephant-Shooting.—( From a Correspondent at Bangalore.')
Captain Michael, of the 39th Madras Native Infantry, when Super¬
intendent of tlie Annamullag Forests, in the Coimbatore district, shot, in
one day. five elephants and two bull bisona, and would have got his h&lf-
dozea elephants if it had not been for an unlucky oversight
The expense to the countr
ment;last year was £383,655.
The terrible epidemic sed
ceased its ravages. The ~
assigned general filth and i
The Medical Gazette
reside in houses lighted
The debts of the esh
crisis exceed £50,000,000. x
Volunteering/to.T(y 'me nts\of>tlic Line is now open from all
militia corps, either cmb' uU'dxor disembodied, upon the lame terms and
conditions us tli/ose laid do\vh during' tlie into war with Russia.
The cost of \p dotage for riubhcdeparuncntslast year was £129,000.
The 71st Highland Xig hi Infantry, now stationed at Malta, and
the 82nd Highlandera^at jUibraltar, are to proceed to India by the over-
land route/
Mr. ( William \Augustus Tollemaehe has been appointed
Treasurer of the KcntJCuunty Courts, in the room of the late Mr. Cop-
poek. \ y J
NVoodcbeks^b^ve made their appearance in numbers far above
tho usual average in the Surrey and Sussex wood banks.
The expense of the home secret service last year was £10,000 ;
id the tor<4gn secret service, £33,214.
e dispute between the masters and men at the Park- gate Iron
.WoTks^ndMidland Iron Company, Yorkshire, is at an end, Theme*
b their work on Monday at former prices.
TW iiumber of patients relieved at the Royal Free Hospital,
nfy ’sdim-road, during last week was 1632, of which 477 were new eases.
The importance of the lish trade in Paris may be judged of from
the fact that the consumption amounted in 1850 to 9,715,760 fr., exclusive
of oysters, which were of the value of 1,879,294 fr.
On Saturday last the anniversary of the foundation of the
Commercial Travellers’ Schools was, as usual, celebrated by a festival, at
the .London Tavern, at which Mr. Thackeray presided.
Two sailors were last week found dead in their berths in a vessel
off Poplar, having been suffocated from the fumes arising from a pan of
coals which they bad incautiously burned in a close room.
A railway collision took place on the evening ol Cliritmas-day
at Warrington, by which Several pa-senger were much injured.
Mr. Cavendish was on Saturday elected to serve Bucks in Parlia¬
ment, the numbers boing—for Oaveudish, 1617 ; for Hamilton, 1454.
The Mentz Journal states that Pope Pius IX. has just sent to
tho Bishop of that city a sum of 1200 florins for the relief of the sufferers
by the late explosion.
The scheme for completing the Clifton Suspension Bridge lias
been abandoned for tlie present Session.
The Friend of the Clergy Corporation had left a legacy of
£ 20(0 from a lady, but, from the ambiguity of tho will, the lawyers irnvs
absorbed £1336.
The reconciliation between M. Thouvenel and Rcdschid Pacha
ij confirmed in the letters from Constantinople.
A boy of fifteen Charles Wright, hus been taken into custody at
Sheffield for the manslaughter of a girl, who died from injuries caused by
his kickiug her in revenge lor calling him names.
The Nord states that General Lamoricierc is disposing of hi*
house at Brussels, intending to return to France with his f amily.
Mr. Harris, stage manager of the Royal Italian Opera, will
succeed Mr. Charles Kean, who is about to retire from the leaseeslilp of
the Princess’ Theatre.
Mr. R. Robson, an Independent minister, has hired the Olympic
Cirou?, a penny theatre in puu of Hie worst part; j of Lambeth, in which
to hold Sunday afternoon services throughout tho winter.
M. Charles Lagrange, the well-known Red Republican, has just
died at the Hague, utter a long and puiul'ul illness.
The English and Frencii Governments are trying to effect a
settlement between Spain and tho United States on the subject of tli«
frigate Ferroiana.
The deliveries of tea in London estimated for Lust week were
£19,692 lb., which is a decrease of 181,249 lb. compared with the previous
Btatement,
Several of the largest manufacturers in Coventry arc setting
their bauds to work aftain. lu a week or two It ia expected that good
weaverB will have no difficulty ia obuiuiug employment.
Four vacant scholarships at Lincoln ( ollego, Oxford, open with¬
out restriction to place ot birth, &«., will be Ailed up ou Friday, th,
29th inst.
A catalogue (compiled by Mr. P. Dnffas Hardy, of the Record
Office) of all existing materials for tlie History of England, from tl»
earliest time to the final close of tlie wars of the -Roses on the accession
of Henry the Eighth, ia shortly to be given to the public.
John Thompson (alias 1’oter Walker) was convicted on Friday
week at Glasgow of the murder of Agnes Montgomery, at Eaglesham,
on the 13th September, by administering to her prussic atud. The crimi¬
nal was sentenced to be hanged ou tlie 1 ith of this month.
Tho inauguration of the railway from Mons to Hautmont, i*
Belgium, took place a few days ago, and was attended by the Governor of
Hainault and other Belgian official dignitaries, 'l'be new line shortens
the distance between Paris and Brussels by 45 kilometres (28 mites).
The visitors last week to the South Kensington Museum were;—
On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday (free days), 015C; on Monday, Tues
day and Saturday (free evenings), 3244 ; on the three students days (ad
mission to the public 6d.), 378 ; one students’evening, Wednesday, 7# -.
total 984 s. , „
On Monday morning 2G0 non-commissioned officers and men,
selected from the isth Royal Irish, 51st Light Infantry, 72nd Highlanders,
S3rd. sctli, and 9Sth Regiments, embarked at Gravccad on board th«
Salamaiicti Indiaman, for Kurrachec and Bombay.
The competitive examinations of candidates for admission in t*
the junior department of tlie Royal Military College will be held at
Burlington House on tlie 2Sth, 29th, and 3lth inst.; and the examinations
for admission to tlie Staff College will he held at the same place ou tho
lstprox. .
The Government emigrant-ship Rodney, 877 ton^ Captan
Alexander Bissett, sailed from Plymouth on Friday, the 25th ult., for
Melbourne, Victoria, with 310 emigrants.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint tlie Rev. Norman
Macleod, Minister of the barony parish of Glasgpw.tohcoiie ofher
Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary in Scotland, in the room of Hr. Mao
fariau, deceased. , .
The railroad on the left bank of the Rhine, from Rolandseck to
Remagen. will be opened in a few weeks ; it will hay-c attained Baal ^
the spring, and by autumn it will have been carried to I^*lcntx -
tlie railway communication between tbat town and Co.ogne
continuous. , .
The Timet hints that tho departure from Constantinople of
Lord Stratford dc Redcliffe on leave of absence may possibly be louowea
by his total relinquishment of diplomatic office.
M. Scheuz, an ingenious Swedish inventor, has received an
order to make a calculating machine for the use of the Department of too
Registrar-General. .
An architect appointed by the EmperoHs about^ ,7i raff
in order to superintend the building of a house for the ’'(-ff
Brethren ” on a pieea of ground grantod to that community at u
Brethren” on a pieea <
. the Pacha of Egypt.
Cairo by
Jan-. 2 , 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
NEW BOOKS , frc.
Third JJdltlr*n. groatlrenbugwl, 1360 pc.p*s 8v©, cloth, K5s-
T he cyclopedia of practicalre-
CEIP1S. and Collateral Informal ion. In the Art*, Professions,
Monafact”'«, and Trade*, inelu'ling Medicine. Pharmacy, and Do-
nealio Economy; designed as a Compendion* Book of Reference for
fee Manufacturer Tradesman Amateur, and Honda of Famine*,
forming a Comprehensive .Supplement 14 the Phnnnaooparfaa. By
ARNOLD J COOLLY. _ _
Loudon: JOHN CHURCHILL, New Isurlington-stroet.
New Edition, Imp. folio, roorooco gflt, prico &6 b.,
T> LACK’S GENERAL ATLAS of THE
If WORLD, containing all tho latoit dUooverie*.
Edinburgh: A. and C. BLACK, and all Bookseller*.
In royal 8vo, In Olamtoated cover, price la. 6d. each.
NIT of Sir Y ALTER SCOTT'S NOVELS.
L With U* latest Introductions and Note*.
Edinburgh: A. and C. 11 LACK; and all Booksellers.
BUITRIOr. SCHOOL BG0K8.
B UTTER’S ETYMOLOGICAL SPELLING
IKK'K and EXWHI TOR. MOih Edition. Price <a. *d . bound
BUTTER'S GRADATIONS in HEADING and
SPELLING, upon an entirely row nod original Plan, by which
Dissyllable* nre rendered aa easy an Monooyllabiea. 4ith Edition.
Prico , «.0‘ . t ou’id.
BUITICR’8 GRADUAL T RIMER. 36th Edition.
Prl«o6L MMritiN a* d CO-, Whi taker and o., Lomnmn and Co ,
Hamhtoo cod <’o., Loudon; 0 Ivor ami Boyd, Edinburgh.
OXftnn—DR. LIVINGSTONE’S
^ ^ ’ • TRAVELS. A Fresh Delivery of thin Work la now
toudy, and may bn obtained of every Bookseller in town or country.
JOUST KCOUaY. AJlwnrarlo-strcet.
fp R Y. A Book for Boys. By OLD
■i JONATHAN. 2b.. po.l-froa.
1358.—OLD JONATHAN'S HALFPENNY AL-
M A VAC il'liutruted) ia tho Cheapest in the Kingdom.
Hare You Seen OLD JONATHAN, a Monthly
Ponny Pictorial Broadsheet?
Collingbidok, City Press, Long-lane.
A THUNDERBOLT for ROME, proving that
all thn Error* and Idolatries of tho Romlah Church proceed
from one canoe, amt that tho whole U to bo eradicated by one simple
Remedy. Bv C. VINES Profeasor of Theology. Just published,
price 4a.—J. F. SHAW, 36, Paternoster-row, London.
rpHE NATIONAL DRAWING-MASTER;
X peculiarly facilitating Drawing and Sketching, Self-Tuition.—
" We can safely recommend it"—Art Journal. Part L, with Roles,
Copies, Paper, Ao., iirico lid.; post-free seven at amps.
NiciiOLLS, 31, Pateraostcr-row.
S ET the TABLE in a ROAR by quoting from
a BUNDLE of FUN, 6d.; and Four Ilumlrcd (Conundrums a^d
Riddle*. 6-1: and prove yourself the Link of Politeness by atudylng
Blunders in Behaviour Corrected, 6d.
GuoOMBRIdge, 5, PoUrnoster-row, London.
0
Jaat published, price 2a. Gd,
N THE THERAPEUTIC ACTION of
OXYGEN, with Recent Case?, proving ita singular efficacy In
Various Il tractable Diseases. Dy 8. 15. BIRCH. M.D. London: H.
Bai r.t.icitx, 219, Regent-street ; and H. TrnsacU, Eaat-atrect,
Brighton.
A new system of medicine.—the
ANTISEPTIC TREATMENT.-Great results by liannleas
cioaus. Has ino»t extraordinary cures hnva been mado by thla trest-
meut in long-standing complaints. • u-.cer treated without pain.
Lupus, BcrofU la Consumption, Til rout and bit in Disease-, Ulceration
andlmtut! n of tho Mac u> Mcmbran t. Indlgmtion with Nervous
boss, Dlarrhcm, and othar Chronic Disorders. Poo “ Treatise on Acacia
Charcoal," post-free. 1*. By W. WASHINGTON EVANS, MJ>., 12,
Bernard -atro t PSmrOaO-bill. London.
Third Edition, crown 8vo, cloth lettered, 3s. Cd, or 44 penny stamps,
CORPULENCY; its New Self-Dietary Coro.
By A W. MOORE, M.R.C.B, Briof and mtelliadble. Sold at
Wk. Bocwxu/ 8,41, Tachbrook-arrect, Pimlico, 8.W. “A useful
and ttcIeoLlf-c dboovuy."—Morning Post.
Just ;nbUahod, price It., by port it. ItL,
S TAMMERING: me Cause and Care. By the
Rev. W. W. CAZALET, A M., Cantab. Also, by tho same
Anther, "On tho Right Management of tho Voice in B;-?oatog asd
ZcaJi n ;r," price l*.| by port, la. 1«L
IxmrtnD ■ BOf ur q a nra and If at anon. SIS. E'Kr.nl.-svpw.t-
IBLES. PRAYER-BOOKS, and CHURCH
SERVICES.—Tho largest and boot 9o’c-ction of every edition
mbUshivti at tho OXFORD BIBLE and PRAYER-BOOK WARE-
HOUHi'i, 67, Ozford-ttroot. «.Gotablishod nearly 30 years.) Now also
the DfcpGc for Bqgater'a Polyglott Bible*.
ATCHETT S CHEAP DIARIES for 1858,
strongly bound In clo h, small ftvo, 4 inches by 6J, three days
•n r ace, ard space for Sun lay, price 4d; por post, 6d. Largo 8vo,
k In mi by 8 ditto, i>rlce 9t.; per post, Is. The same size, wiih whoio
PA- f »r each duv, prio>i 2s.; per post, 2s. 6d. There aro no Diaries to
•wtu^Aio wiih these utid-r thr*-.i times the prlco-
C. Hatchett, 31, Mojrgnto&trcet, London, E.C.
D E LA RUE and CO.’S INDELIBLE RED
LETTER DIARIFS for I8'>8 —'Tho largeot selection In London
of tfcofle elegant AncnaU In upward* of Sfiy variotius of binding,
sulb-.bto for x KEoENTS, u at BAXTER’S, 10, Ccckspur-ttrcet.
€hanng-ch3os.
P RESENTS in GREAT VARIETY.—A.
U. WILLIAMS, t6. fornhill. Drosdng noil Writing Case
Maker and Stationer. Pocket Books ft r 186? in plain and handsome
bindings.
FTPHE YIELD, the COUNTRY GENTLE-
X MAN’S YEW8PAFER, o^tnmences a now Volumo on January
S. %ri!h lllu trntious and t amorous ad ilions n-'jd improvonicnts.
Ediieil by : met ’cal Scor>ineu. trice 5d.. or fid. stamiied. Sub-
SArlptlou. 6*. 0d. por qturter. OlHcc, 2 to 5, Esssx-stroet. Strand,
I^ndon, W.C.
CRU’TURE TABLETS: u Guide to the
. _ Rcxdlnc of the Scriptures through one-.' a ye.^r, in Chronolcgical
Order, in Pri ri’e and at ramily Worship, with Morning and
Evening Texts nod Tlyinns. Prlntod In Colours. In olcgunt coses, »j.
By the Bov B. 8. Ho- I I?
London: Partridgk and Co., Palerno>tei-row.
W EDDING CARDS, Enamelled Envelopes,'
stamped In iillvar, with arms, crest, or flowers, “ At Homes,"
and breakfast Invltatlnnx, in the latest fashion. Card-plate elegantly
engraved and 1 O' 1 nuperflne curds printed for to. Gd.—Obiorvo, at
HENRY RODRIOUEa. 42, PincadiDy (2 door* front SackrHle-stoeet).
TVTO CHARGE lor STAMPING PAPER and
i_x ENVELOPES, with Arms, Coronet, Creel, or Initials.—
RODRIGUES' Cream-laid Adhesive Envelopes. 4d. per 100; Cream-
laid Note, full sino, five quires for 6d.; thick Ditto, Are quires for
Is.; Foolscap,Sw per ream. Hmnoa Paper, 4a. fed. All kinds of
itatlonory equally cheap, at H- Rodrigues, 42, Piccadilly, London, W.
s
'TMttlii'ITABLE EMPLOYMENT.—
A WANTKI) ilhocily a nombor of 1AU1E6 oad GKNTIXMKN
to BMljt tn . highly Artistic Pursuit, to couooctEou with lha Cryi'.al
I’ala-e. where specimens can be soon in tho Court of Inventions.
\Tbe Art taught (terms moderate) personally or by lottor: and con¬
tinuous employment given to ptiplls in town or country, to nmiivj a
basulsome income. No knowledge of drawing necessary. A Pro-
Sfwc'tu forwarded for four stamps. Arrangements made dai’y at
LAURENT DK LARA’d iiallery of Flno Aits, 3, forrington-square
RaiseJ-:quare. Just ready, De Lara’s Book ou Illuminating, prico 6s
J UST ready, WARWICK CASTLE/^
the STEREOSCOPE. The post free for One Guinea.
H. T. COOKE and SON, Wflirwlck-
QUPERIOIt S TEREOSCOPIC PICTURES.
O Ml.VESTER’S fir.;. UPS. » RTOftt variety, ihoaiinilratioo of ftU
Conn•T*a«nrs-Wedding, Christening, Picnic, Family 3chncs, De-
slaration of T.ovo, llasic Ixi»*on, Sec., Sic. “ Happy iionre"—a
soricsof lOOhliilcs, o«>ecially adfipu-d fsr the antusemcatof tho Yoang:
Seo-saw, Leapfrog, Shuttlecock, The Swing. Blowing Bubble*. Cock-
homo, *o. Ac. “Mysteries of Crinoline'’ in the btereo£cor«. wlD
oanao merriment cverywh«rre-- i *To be had o.* all uosJere. Wbokaolo
only, at 24, j awronco-luno, Cboapsido. /
QTERROSCOPIC \>ICTURES. —
Kj and NUBIA, ombraeiog every object of intere.-.t c
EGYPT
_ . _on the ronlo
ract of tho Nile. One hundred views.
l*» from “‘Richard IL," us produced at
„ .lied by command amt published with
of hir M«jv>’.y,by A. LAROCHE. To bo had of
only, at rtvL^Tenco-ifine, Cheapsldo.
for CHRISTMAS
o Steroescopo and Six Slide*. 6s.; a
10s. t!d. Tho choicest collection of
. Rad Scone*.—SUTTON'8 Pboto-
20«, Regnnt-streot.
fTIHE PATENT ENAMELLED GLASS
! BTEREOSCOPE -STEKi KR, BJ0WXIN8. nod CO., bo* to
offer this clfg-'nt novelty to tho public. With tho latest improvements
in the letue*, it cnmb'ncs an olegnuce In npjoarance that renders It
an exquisite ornament for tho drawing- room. A great variety of
patterns. Prices from 16s. The Improved Privinutic Store3*oope
in Miuioguny, 7t. fid. Tho Trade luppUei on lit wal^ terms. New
View* in Walas, Ireland, Constantinople, Athens, and Egypt. Groups
and Scenes in ondloas variety, cheaper than any othor house.—
Spencer, Browning, and Co., HI, Mincrita,
S TERE
P3F.8ENT8.-
Bujierior ditto, and Twol'
Stcrcojcopw and Storeosi
grapluc Gallery,
O FFICERS in the ARMY and CIVILIANS
PROCEEDING to INDIA may imure their live* on moat
favaurabla terms In tho MEDUAL, INVALID, and G-NERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIiSTY. t ho rates of thin Company, which transacts
all the basin ess of the Delhi, Simla, North Went, and other Indian
Banks, ore lower than those of any other office, whilo tho Agencies
at Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, Ceylon, end about fifty up-country
stations, to India, afford every possible facility for the ueno&ction of
business.
Prcapocttxsre, Forms of Proposals, and every other information
m&y be obtained of tho Secretary, at tho Chief Office.
O. DOUGLAS Souse, Secretary.
London, 25, Pall-mall.
[ESTABLISHED 1841.
MEDICAL, INVALID, and GENERAL
JJA LIFE OFFICE, 25. Pall-mail. Lendon.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
By the Annual Report of 1853 It appeared that the number
Policies than in force was >434, Insuring £1,337,500, and yielding aa
income of £55,207.
At tbo SIXTEK.Vrn ANNUAL MEETING, held on 2tth November,
1857, it was shown that on tbo 30th June lost—
Tho Number of Policies to force was .. .. 6255
The Amount Insured was. £2,917,658 13«. IOd.
The Annual Income was. 125,113 3s. 6d.
Two Bonuses hare boon declared (to 1848 and 1853), adding
Two por cent per annum on the average to sum* assured, i _
which a Policy of ClOOOiasuod to 1942 on a hsalthy Rio is now
or cased to £12S0.
Profits divided every fire years. Next division to 1858.
Tho Society, since its establishment, has paid claims on 781 Policies,
assuring £312,834.
Assuroncos are affected at borne*or abroad on healthy lira* at as
moderate rates os the most recent data will allow.
Indian Assurances at very moderate rates, and great facilities given
to assurer*.
Invalid lives assured on scientifically constructed tables.
Policiss issued free of stamp duty, and every charge bat the
Premiums.
Prospectuses, Farms of Proposals, and ovary other Information,
may be obtained of the bocretary. at the chief office, or on application
to any of tho society’s agents to the country.
C. Douglas Singer, Secretary.
PITY of LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE
\J SOCIETY,
18, Now Bridge-street, Blackirion.
E. F. Lee S3, Secretary.
A CIVIL ENGINEER, in charge of exten-
tire public works now in program, wants A PUPIL, who
will have upon tliem goad opportunities of learning the profc>stan.—
Address C E . under cover to Wortilingtou Evans, Esq., 72, Cotomaa-
atroct, London, E.C.
E ducation for young ladies.—a
fow VACANCIES occur in an Establishment of long standing,
conducted by a Lady of talent, assisted by able Governesses and
eminent Professor*. A Pnrlsicuue is resident. X. Y. Z., Poei-cSico,
Chiswick.
H ASTINGS.—SEASIDE EDUCATION.—
M s. W. POPPLF.WELL’S ESTABLISHMENT for YOUNG
LADIES will OPEN for the reception of Pupils on tho 2nd il.iv of
FEBRUARY. 1853. Ttrm* inclusive (.no extras). For presptct'uaes
apoiy to Messrs Heine and Co., Educational Offico, 2, Duke-street,
Aoeiphi; or to tho Principal, at Hasting*.
T7DUCATI0N, London.—Parents anxious for
■1 -A their DAUGHTERS te acquire a perfect knowledge of the
FRENCH LANGUAGE may have their wishes carried out by apply¬
ing to M. V., Lndbreke-grovo Post-offioe, f.’otting-hill, as a Lady has
engaged a very superior French Governess to undertake the instruc¬
tion of six Young Ladies; whou lesson* in History, Grammar, Geo¬
graphy, &c., kc, will all be imparted In tho French language; end no
other language will be usod to daily ind*rrour*e. The ben Muster*
aro engaged tor accomplishments, and for Kugliab Literature. To:ins
moderate.
A MARRIED GENTLEMAN, inhabiting a
roomy and alrr house (with ample ground* around It) In a
most healthy part of North Devon, is willing to uxdertako tho entire
charge and education of a few little boys tor whom a comfortable
home, with caretul superlntendcnoo, mny bo desired by their fiiondt.
The aituatlon is high, and tho climate bracing, while the place, At the
same timu Icing well sheltered from east winds. Is thus rendered a
very ddalroble reoldcnoe for delicate children, or for children lately
come from India Tbo highaat and most satisfactory r '
bo given, for which, and for t< rm», apply to O., core of Mt
and bon, Solicitors, Southtnoitou, Devon.
S E A.—MIDSHIPMEN WANTED, and
MIDSHIPMEN APPRENTICES, for Ships sailing fortnightly.
Premium from £10. Apply to J. L'awbarn, Manage-vf the Blooms¬
bury Monay-order aud Po»t Office, 1, Broad.street, London,/^-——■
T) OYAL ASYLUM of ST. ANN’S SOCIETY.
XlJ By Voluntary Contributions affording Home, Clothing, and
Education to Children of those once to prosperity, Orpbuuikpr hot •
HALF-YEAUI.Y ELECTION on 12th FEBRUABY_NKXTv Sal
scrlotlons grate fully received by
Office, 2, Walbrook. Hbffu. FEXPg,
C HARING-CROSS HOSPITAL, West
Strand.—Tho Governor* earnestly RfcyU^HT ASSISTANCE
for this HoapltaL whioh is clii- dy «lep ndcut upoa ToIuntArV sub¬
scriptions and bequwta. It provides aceornaiodiitiori for Upwards
of 100 la-patiants c.rutUntly, and prompt aid to noaHy 3000.;eA»<* of
accident and dangerous om-rgeucr annually; besidoi ad vita and
mtdiemo to an unlimited number of aick ami disabled poor daily.
Donation* aro tbankiully rectWci! at Uio Hospital, and by 'Messrs.
Drummonds, 40, Cluutog-cron; ilessTt. Coutts, W, 8trand; khd
Messrs. Hoar®, 37, Floct-sinset; and through all the principal banker*.
Joak itOBEETstiN, Hon. See.
B
EN RHYDDING— Phjsicuw, Dr.
_ MACLEOD, F.R C.P. The WINTER arrangement* for carry¬
ing out saccossftally and comfortably tho WATER-CURE begin at
this Establishment on ,tEh lelof NO> EMBER, and oontinue until tho
end of taring.
Tho Winter Scaan» Is welrrmHed for Pnt’cn’.s undergoing the Wsttr-
Curo. BEN ltilY l) DLNG, OTLEY, T0Rk-S 111 RE.
T HE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of
CONSUMItION W CHRONIC BRONCHITIS In ENGLAND
during Winter by tho Coai. rtJtcd Air Bath and other Hygienlo
Mear.B. •
BEN RHYDDING t.% a residence, along with the treatment pur¬
sued tbcro,'~a» well adapted, during Winter, for the cure of Con¬
sumption and Chrimie rronchltls.
App’icaxion for Prospcctuses to bo made to Mr. Taylor, House
6toward, Bon Ilyddtag, Otley, Yorkshire.
T)RICK-MAKIXG MACHINES, adapted for
XX. thS L lsys they are Pv work, and every Information on Pottery,
MacliiharT, anti Work*. The Socieiv of Arts Prize Kssav '• on
Brick-makingvtivpoat-free, Is. 2d.—iL-. HUMPHREY CHAMBER-
LAIN, Krxmpsey, tear Worcester.
N EW FRENCH UNDER SLEEVES.—Very
elegant and a great comfort Tho colours are Cherry, Fren*h
Blue, Pose, Emerald. Cauary, Besrkt. t'rown, Ruby, Violst, Fiench
Grey. Pink, fkv. Drsb. and !L*ck, prioo la. Ofcd.
2 pairs post-free lor 3s. Gd , in stamp*.
hearfs to match the same, 1*. Oid. each.
FRENCH MUdUN COMPANY', 16 Oxford-etrert.
R 0BE
1 la MILITAIRE and a QUILLE,
In French Marino, with Skirt and Jacket,
oowplete for wear.
Price 7» 9d.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 18, Oxford-street.
A BERDEEN LINDSAY WOOLSEY FET-
XjL TICOATB.—The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY', who act as
Agents fer various Paris house* for the purchase of British good,
here, were ommtssonod to boy 11,009 ABERDEEN LINDbAY
WOOLSEY PETriCOATB for M. Basse. Rao de RiroU, Paris. He
h*j since failed, the petticoats are therefore thrown on their hands.
Not knowing what to co with them, they have determined to cffer
them to the public at 10s. 9d. each. Toe intended prioe was one catoea.
They are made up aocarding to the latest fashion suitable for the Paris
trade- With patent steel springs, and doanced, they cause «ln»i
to stand oat. and set most gracefully.
FRENCH MU5 «1N COMPANY', 16, Oxford-street, London.
I'pHE HALF-GUINEA CLOTH JACKET,
X a very pretty shape, Inst from Paria.
fox country orders, rise of waist and round the shoulder* k reqnlxtri.
Tho same -ihnpo, to a superfine doth,
Prico 15s. 90.
YHB FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street
XjtREXCB MERINOS in all the New Shades,
JL. Is. Hid. a yard.
A vary beautiful quality for 2a. 6 w d., worth la Sd.
Pattern* free.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
XH MBROIDERED CHRISTIAN NAMES.—
XU LADIES’ HANDKF.RCI11€PS, with Christian Kama* em¬
broidered by the Xnns ef Pau, with tho uew dletetch needle. Price
la Old., by post 14 stamps; 5s. 9d. the Jutif-dezen, by |tost 6a 3d.-
THK FKEaCH COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street. 7
FOR EVENING WEAR, /
F rench muslin jackets.
The prettiest Wblto MusUn Jacket ever produced: itija tihnmed
with Ribbon. To be had in every.coloar, and exceedingly beednting
to the figure Price 12s. 9d. \ :
CHILDREN’S WHITE MUSLIN JACKETS,
The tamo article to all sires for children.
For country order*, size of waist and round the shoaldur* is required.
FRENCH MU81.LN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
Post-office Order* payable to James Raid, Oxford street- / 7
LZNSNDRAPER6 TO THE QUEER, BY APPOINTMENT.
Established to 1778. / _ 77_\
B ab i ss’ is a s s i n ms,
Trlmcsed and Furnlibed, j j
Bendy for use, are Sent hatno free Ca carriage. /
BABIES’ BASKETS, /
Trimmed and fumlsbed to correspond.—^'
0APPI3, SON, and CO., 69, OHACECU URC 11-ti 1., LONDON, BX.
Descriptive Lists, with prioes, sent free by post.
Sent poct-fTOo. Dwcfiptive Lists of
/COMPLETE SETS of BABY LINES,
wfflcli are sent home ]
» of canisgo.
V. AND J?L L
of all ages.
throughout the „
UNDERCLOTHING FOR HO!
for Ladies, and
. COLONIES,
UNUXDHAPKi:3 TO THE BI ATPOISTMEST.
/ A KlUbliMwO to Ure.
L ADIES’ WEDDING OUTFITS
■cat homo. frix> of carriage.
A l E RICA N P A N I CM 1
1 TbO Dozen Frendi Cunliric Handkerchiefs,
seized on hoard the ship ‘‘Ktayley,”
Will bo sold hr H.YK ’ R and CltlBP, at unheard-of price*.
Gqods that were 1!«., 2!s., and r5e. tho doron,
/wiR be sold at 4s. fid.. 8s. 6d.. and tSa fid. the dozen.
1600 odd hiimmod, stitchtsl (soiled), at W-. Is. Sd., and la SkL each.
/ RAKER and CRUP. 221, Regent-street.
t EST ALPINE KID GLOVES, Is. 6d.ll!
Block, White, and Coloured.
\A cample pair sent bv post for 2 extra stamp*.
‘ KER and CRLRI*, 221, Regent-street, London.
c
B
niitismiiNu Kobe-, for pi.es^.n is,
2 j UuJuca*.
nafcte*' Cloaks I tiuloea.
53, Bakur-sri^-it«near M-niutro 1 u*MUd's FxIoTiitioo).
Mrs. W. G i AY LOR (.late iLdluluy).
ABIES’ BERCEAUKETTES
*i Gctoeaa
Baskets to ra tea On* Guinea.
53. Kokar i ti ss t.
Mrs. W G. TAYLOR (Lite Holliday).
ARRIAGE OUTFITS, Completed
Cotton Hosiery. 2a Cd.
White Dressing Gowns, Om Gutoe*.
Real Haltirirfxac Hosiery.
13, {Ukn-ttRct.
_Mrs. W. G. TAYLOR (laU Hollidayh_
L ADIES’ RIDING TROUSERS,
Chamois Leather, with black feet.
55, Baker-itrooi < near Madame Ttusand's Exhlhltioo).
W. O. TAYLOR Gate HallkUy).
M
T INSEY-WOOLSEY
JJ >of UtOt Olil,
RIDING
( /_ i f dcJJtitoiGbto,,4fiotoftftft.
Iiilfeft' Ito toift - H.via, 4u> outotM.
W. O. TA net’ll
HABITS
NtUWt.
i liate Holliday).
WREATHS and HEAD-DRESSES in choics
T T / and cx tmivih variety, saitable to every age and occasion,
combining kq aero and elpfrnbeo seldom attained. Atidres* JONAS’S
Aruhciol Plowur Warehouse, 101, O&ford-atrvet (comer of John-etreot)
W^S
IN A NAME ?—Thip
query can
--by BAMUKL HKOTHHB8. 3S, Ludrrc-te-hii],
ibe Inventor* of the 8YDKNHAM . HOI • RRB, 17s. Cd.; for. m lh*
fashionxblo woild, there k sssoc.an-.l ,rlth tho SyOi-chcm Trouser* a
pcrfoct Idea »y ejaymou* wild * gt.u«Ati. U 7 , »od v.-oti-fiUlx»
garment.
rriHE SYDENHAM TOP-COAT is made
X from the best material, by vrovkmca of taste, at Two Gainuaa
The appreciation of tho faahlonahb world of pmttioe and j.xrfeefi
articles of dress render* the »acc>» of lha 6YDFK1LAJU1 TOl’-COAT
& wia'nty.-RAMUKL BROTHERS, 28, Lodgato-UBL
WINTER OVERCOATS and CAPES.
T T Ono of the largest Block* to London of First-class Garaico:*,
cnbast terms; rendered thoroughly imperrincs to rain, vrithuul cl-
straettog froo vontilstion, or extra cliarga—WALTER BEJLDOF.
96, Now Bond-street, and 68, CornkiU (.N.ll. north tide).
ISHER’S DRESSING-CASES,
189, Btmud.
CataL->gue* posi-frue.
TTUSHER’S NEW DRESSING-BAG,
X 1 the best portable Draosiag-csso ever invented.
18*, Strand.
Catalogui • pott-froo.
M ECHl’S DRESSING CASES and
TRAVELLING BAGS.—112, Regent-street, and 4, Lesdon~
huli-itrcet, Londoa—Brouzos, vases, pa«rl and ivory work, mediinval
maqu'oetures, dressing bag* and die*«tog cases, t-.ilot case*, work
boxes and work Cables. Inluiaud*, fans; the largest slock to England
of papiur-machd elegancies, writing dasks, envelope coses, despatch
boxes, bagatelle, backgAmmon, and choan tables. The promUcs in
Regent-street extend fitly yards into Glasshouse-street, and are
wonhy of Inspection as a specimen of elegant outfit. Everything
for the work and dressing table*—best tooth brushes. 9d. each; bos*
steel scissors and penknives, Is. each. The usual supply of first-rato
cutlery, razors, razor strops, needle*. &c., for wueu Mr. Mochi's
esubtobmenis have boon so long famed.
K ISS-ME-QUICK.—P1ESSE and RUBIN’S
new perfume for th's fertivo season, distilled from fragrant
Tu!lj*.2». Gd. per bottlo. Entcrod at tjtatloncr* Hall.—Laboratory
"lower*. 2, Now Bond-atroot.
E R and CRISP
are now selling, for a few weeks only,
bert>P&ri* Kid Gloves, at 2*. 3d. per pair, or 26a. the dozen.
A sampla pair post-free for 27 stamps.
Baker and Crisp, 221, Regent-street.
JOBES I SKIRTS! DRESSING-GOWNS!
U The Robes k QnlUe and Military Robes,
with Jaqaettes and Coraagvs compi le, to French Merino*,
Unecrs. Scotch Plaids. Pop'lns, Black tiros, &c ,
be&utifolly trimmed with plash, velvet, reps, and other
novelties, from 18s. fid. each.
BAKER and CRliP, 221, Regent-street.
T ]
HE ROYAL MARRIAGE!!!
TO THE NOBIUTY.
Messrs. RUMBELL and OWES having made very externalvo pur¬
chases of the richest productions of bILKd tn the l.yao* market, for
cash, during the lust month’s monetary rrisl*, are to a position to
offer the richest Silks at prices hllhano uni^uallod, conslstlnr of two
and three flounced Robes o' lhorobest ilrecriptloa, from A 2 10*. to
ton guineas, to light and dark colours, alss in black.
Rich Coloured and Black Moirfi Antiques. 3( guineas the Robe.
Rich Fancy Stripe Chock and °atin B.-r Olaois, £1 I0s.to2i guinesa.
IUch Black and Coloured Gloads, £1 I2». fid. tbo FuU LTe s.
Satordov, the 26lh tost., and offered tor sale on Monday next and fol¬
lowing days, at
RUMBELL ond OWEN’S,
PANTHEON HALL OF COMMERCE,
77 and 76, Oxford-street. London.
TTN ADULTERATED FRENCH COLZA
OIL. 4a. Sd. par galloa.—In eonaequanee of the gra t «5n-
presalon in the Manny Sl/uaet, tho PANKLlBANON FU. JffoHl.NO
IRONMONGERY COMPANY era ».;w udltog the brat FrenchCob»
mHE NEW SHAPE OPERA MANTLES!!!
X Lined throughout with 8Pk. Price 17* M. complete.
Adurrcs: KUttllKLL and OWEN.
PAXTHrON HALL OF COMMKRCE,
77 and 76, Oxford-street, London.
Oil at si 3d. per gallon. Modere ter Louie* from 4a. (id. each;
China ditto from 8s. od. each. In their Show Rooms and OolIrek*
(the largest to Loodoa) Is orronirod tea jjuL !_ torpoction the ra:rt
aboke and extrusive ctoekof the*# mcch-edmlicd and ccc.-cnoral
loimps. marked to plain figures and warranted.—54 and 56, .Maker-
street.
rjuiE
REAL ALPINE KID GLOVES!!!
790 Dozen of the Purest White. Is. 6d.,
the moat Beautlfril tilores to be procured at
ANY PRICE 111
Add to: I4UMB2LL onJ OWEN,
wnEN YOU ASK FOR
Q LENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
V7 SEE THAT YOU GET IT,
a* inferior kind* aro often substituted.
/CHARLES PACKER (!ato Antoni Forrsr^
VJ to Hair to tho yUEEN. bv Appointment.
Hair Jewellery Department, IS6,* it*g»a:-«reet
Foreign and Fancy ditto, 73. Regen t-»troet.
Jot and Mourning ditto, 76, Regent-street.
A ntoni fobreb,
Artist to Hair and Jewellery,
by Appointment
to the tjuren,
32, Baker-street. Portman-square
(nearlyopposite tbo Bazaar).
Antoni Forrer has no connection whalorcr nlrti Ids Establish-
maat to Rogcnt-strest.
H AIR JEWELLERY.—Artist in Hair.—
DEWDNEY beg* to Inform Ladle* cr Gentlemen resident to
town or any psrt of tho kingdom that ho boautifolly mokes, and
eleganUv mounts, to gold, HAIR BRACELEPS, Chains, Brooches,
Ring*. Pins, Studs, Jto.; and forwards the same, carefully packed
In boxes, at about ono-hall tho usual charge. A beautiful collection
of specimens, handsomely moantod. kept for in spoctiaa. Ac IIlu*-
tratsd book sent free.—Dewdney. IT-’, Fenchurch-streati
B efore you have your likeness
TAKEN send for DEWDNEY’B PATTERN8 of BROOCHES,
Lockets, Bracelets, &c., which are sent free on rereipt of two postage-
stamp*. Registered Revolving Brooch as i n Solid Gold, to show either
Likeness or Hair at pleasure of wearer, from 45e. each. A Gold
Plated Brooch or Locket sent froo to any port of tho hiny.dun for
10s. 6d.—Dowdney, Manufacturing Goldsmith find Jcwelkr, 172, Fet¬
ch urcb-street, City, London.
A GUINEA GOLD WEDDING-RING and
Hall-marked KEEPER rent In a morocro box to *nv pert cl
tho kingdom on receipt of 31*. or a Foat-ofltoc order. -GEORGE
DEWDHEY, GoluaaJth oml Jeweller, 172, Foashurch »tio~, London.
77 and 78, Oxford-strest, I <oo d o o .
N-B—Eamp’.o Fair* forwarded for two extra stamps
Catalogue of the Colours to cl oro d with Sample, stall*-
L EWIS and ALLENBY are now showing a
large lot of Two-Flounced SILK DKESSE3, tho stock of a
leading manufactatcr, whioh they have bought al very low price*.
These gooli aro of the beet quality, and quite .new, having boen
muil n for the autumn trade, and they will be sold very cheap.
193,195, and 197, Regent-sired; C2 and 63. Conduit-street.
HURTON’S WINTER HOSIERY far
Ladle*. Gentlemen, ami Children, continne* to supersede ill
others In texture, wear, and comfort; every size, colour, and quality
to Socks, Stockings, Drawer*, and Under Wal-front*, with long end
half-sleeves, to bo obtained only at Wo. Cburton and Sons’ oM-
raublished Family Hosiery. Shirt, Collar. Glove, Ladles’ Boady-nude
Linen, Indls and Wedding Outfitting Warehouse*.
The GOLDEN FLEECE, 1-1 and 92. Oxford-strort, London.
S.B. Welsh, Saxony, and Trinted Flannels la great varirty.
S ILKS, Rich, Plum, Striped, and Checked
Gloe*, •: 2Ji. 6d. per dress of twelve yards: well worth tbs
attention of families. Pattern* sent free by post. JOHN HARVEY’,
80 .\. and CO., 9. Lodgnto-hilL Ettahliahcd upwards of fifty year*.
Carriage paid upon amount* above £5.
TJAMSGATE.—HENRY SYRETT has to
Xt offer, at vo-y little more than Half Prioe, several Thoosacd
Pounds’ worth of rich Silks, .hhavrti, Jdantieo, Dresses, and Family
T 1.
TJAMSG ATE.—New Wool-dyed Fast Black
XL TWILL, for Family Mourning, it Is very Inexpensive, and is
fa every rospoct the most perfect texture yet Introduced. Patterns
free by post.—HENRY SY'RErT, 23, Harbour-street, Ramsgate.
Q uilted eider-down petticoats
are strong!v recommended to those who wbh to combine
elegance with comfort. To bs had only of W. H. BATSON
and CO., 1. Maddox-street. Regent-street. Depot for the Eklar-Do wn
guilts und Patent Spring IMlows.
I MPORTANT to LADIES.—French Black
or White Satin Shoe*. 2*. 64.; Rronzo drtto, 7s. W., at HEATH’S
ilato foreman to Marshalls). 2fi, llixh-street, MaryLb-we, W. (ono
door south of Woymouth-street ). N.B. All ortie.'es equally moderate.
W HITE and SOUND TEETH.—JEWS-
BURY and BROWN'S ORIENTAL 'lOOFH PASTE, tit .h-
Ibhod by thirty yean' rxperCextoe ss the xw st agreeable. Innocent, atd
efficacious preji.ration for cleaning, beantlfriug. and preserving ti*
Teeth and Gains, bold throughout tbs Kingdom 111 pot* nl Is. Cd
and JU, Cd. etch. Prtp.tr d solely bv Jowsbury and Brown, Chemists,
113, Miu-tct-stroct, Manchester.—Cautlou: Tn* title being adopted,
and ths external appearance closely iatitated, it b necessary carefully
to observo that tho proper addiesaia ou tho pots and tbo Bignatare of
ib- proprietor* ou the wrapper. tVhclraalo Aennu-Barclays, Far-
rlngdon-ttreet; Edwards, Bt. i'anl’n; Pnt-y mroJ Co.,LomUid-ftrrrt,
London; Kotos* and Co.,Liverpool; and Hors y ijhI Sons, Now York.
1JIOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH.—
A' Patronised by her MaJ- sty otul H.R.H. tho rrtoco Consort.—
Mr. HOWARD’S PATENT WHITE 9UCCEDANKUM, for filling
decayod 'IY«tli. however large the cavity. It Is nsod in a soft itato
without any pressure or pain, and to a short time becomes as hard a*
tho enamel. l-*t f ng for many yean, tendering extraction tranooc-sary
and arrest.ng oil further decay, bold by all Mcdlctoo Yendan.—
Price 2s. Gd.
IELD’S PATENT PARAFFINE
CANDLES from IRISH PEAT.
Superior In appearance and Ulnmlnailng povrrr to any Candka
hitherto m«uufactured, at th* «/uno ume buniit g much longer.
J. C. and J. Field btg to Intimate that these cl-guit Cauclc* tray
bo obutoed from thorn u: 12, Wigruoro-itroct. Lavtndlah-Dqiuue; and
to Dublin of James Lambert, 64, Graftonraircct.
F INEST FRENCH COLZA OIL, 4s. 6d. per
Galloa, cosh.—Me*»ni. LEMA1RE and CO . of I’ari*. Sol*
IMp8i in England, tho Lon Jon Soap axd Caw die Company, 78. New
Bond-i trr • t. Tkelr* is lb* ttoret and pureat Colza OU Imported, and
will burn to every kind of lamp now to ate. Also rodcood pricer for
*11 Caudles, Sospa, Oils, fee.
TT7 ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES for
T T AUSTRALIA, to rood cr Inferior oovditiaa. Mr. and Mr*.
JOHN ISAACS, 319 and £». 8 TRaNU toppcaOe docrenMt-hsae).
continue to give the hlghrst irtce to C*ih for 1 -adire’, G«n:I<cr.m'a,
and Children's (Tomes. Kegimouuis. Undaclothlng, Boots, Book*,
Jewellery, and all MkweUanooa* Pr+pcrtr. Lett rn for any day or
distance punctually attended to. Parcels sent from the Country,
alther large or email, the utmost value retarded by Ftot-afle* order
th* someday. lUfureoco, London and Wertmtoinw Bank. Esf. ti»yr*.
W ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES lor
EXPORTATION.-Mr. and Mrs. HUTCHINSON. 17. Dean-
street. High Hatbcrn, W.C, ooutinac giving the higher; price In cash
for Ladka’. Ovntlomen's, and Chifoxen’- Clnthes, lte^la.emala, Under>
clothing. Boots, Books. Jcwvlliiry, anil all mbce’d inocus propartfea.
Ladle* cr Gentlemen punctually waited ca at their reside urea any
time or dfctance, on addressing aa above. Parcel* sent from tire
value ianaodiafrly '
oountry. the utmost v
frly remitted by Post-office erdcr.
WANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, Uni-
V V ferrus, Mlkcdloneoui Pro p erty, kc- Ti e hlgbrac price riven.
Ladies or ‘ * wxtiaaxao waited on Uy a'!drvr*3>c is Ur.uid and.
3YAM. 16, TriCMtl**, Begru: «:;«• . W.; or > vl» boinf Nut, tho
Unct: value tn cash hmnouati- y rmuitf **.'.—I •: ob.. ci 3s yra.**.
I NFANTS NEW FhEDING-BOTTLES_
From tb* '* Lai»c« “ Wo have oakjtn race anything u
beautiful a* ths y«dln--Dott>r* miredceoti by Mr. 5-1—hH. ltd,
Or/orf-tfrtX Wbother for wtanlag. rearing by ea-d, or ocwloaal
feeding, they art quite usriralird." 7*. fid. eeca.
L adies nursing.—new nipple
SHIELD 4, for tikl**g away *11 pain whilst nursing; proven*-
tog. and hmnrdlit.dy curie,r. crackol or sere ui^pica.—BXS.’AJKiJI
ELAM,lOxford-rfrnu. is. fid.; crbjpc*:,M extra.
VAPI’S' LADIES’ BALMORAL BOOTS.
X In five different thicknesses, ral t a tl o for oil kas-jos.- )v, I
Sioom:-street, Knlghubridge, Loudon.
P ULVERMACHER’S PATENT MEDICAL
ELECTRIC CHAINS, cure b * fow day*, sometimes to-
(Untosccusiy, without tits twrt noto or iaoeavmlocoo, or any othar
medieise, Lbe tsont severe ChiocJc and acuta affections, RhoumaUtm.
Goat, Neuralgia. If end and ft ctiitcko. Lunxlage, ridstka, Llvarand
Bliiocs Ccmpiatofr, VomBpaiian. DvAfhcsx. Fpllspcy, Spasms, rarely-
sis, and tnanv heretofore bearable Bsala£ks For their tofalRbl*
power* of giring relief to tircae eomnhtiott they have received a
reward from tie Great Exhidlticu, Aa adoption by the Aca-
demie de Medktoo, P*n». Alls the hUhnrt Ka^giams from the
modlcol books *w» -ournal* of cre=y cocntry and thousands of unto ti¬
died MstlmonUh of cures from all ciaxses o roeSsgr. Supported by the
HMnMIhft Bean* nw, h«*ft, r^jr. Dnotaon*. PooHjt
Oppolxer, and many ethrr* •tortinji-Uhcd- May be to led .
before nurcha«tog. Chain*. a.1 »fia. M.
lie., 1**., end u*.. fro# ?<r r ■ r «: ^ hRMACllM
eod CO n 73, Oxford .u-st :-'j. —-w the- Prtoouw « Iheoire.
24
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 2, 1858
lltM/f
SIR H. IPPO. POTAMCg.
K W*J is a hippopotamus like a badly-drained
QUEEN EAGLE.
3. What letter of the alphabet would
bird a Queen?
KING LION.
Why Ls a guillotined lion like the man who has
not paid his water-rate ?
LADY GOOSE.
4. Why is this goose likely to dine with Mr.
] Jardine ?
MISS JENNY WREN.
7. If the proprietor of a certain restaurant was a
dwarf, why would lie be like the above lady ?
DON KEY.
6 . Why is this a very remarkable ai
IKE VULTURE.
5. Why would two vultures measure a quart ?
DOWAGER LADY TABBY.
8 . When is a cat not a good cat P
\a ^
OLD MRS. PARROT.
12. What species of parrot represents a squint with
both eyes ?
jack wolf. <
g, Why is garotting a Life-Guardsman like a little
bird ? <f\ /—^
MR. FISH.
11. Why is this gentleman doing wrong ?
\ MRS. RAVEN.
lDr Why should ravens die young ?
WS
MISS CROCODILE.
16. Why is a man who tumbles from the upper
boxes into the dress circle like this lady ?
OLD SHARK.
shark after a ship like an Irish
mourner?
MIS9 MOUSE.
14. What animal would you engage as hall
porter?
MASTER MONKET.
this animal not a Koman Catholic
priest ?
ind Pubii.hrf at the Office. 193. Strand, in the FartoU of St. Clement Danes, in the County of Middlesex, by William Little, 198, Strand, aforwaii-SATURDAT, Jakcary s, 18S8
No. 897. —vol. xxxii.]
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1858.
\
a Supplement, Fivepence
!
THE PRINCESS ROYAL.
Few things go so much to prove the essentially domestic character
of the English people as the interest which is universally felt in
the approaching marriage of the eldest daughter of the Queen.
tVe profess to be a democratic nation; and, in some of the ruder
and rougher talk which our political system is so apt to generate,
some of us affect to sneer at the Regal institution which forms the
apex of our governing system; but, in our heart of hearts, there is
scarcely a man—certainly not a woman (and that is not a small
consideration)—among us who does not cherish Royalty and its
belongings, and acknowledge it as an influence. This feeling
existed in reigns when Sovereigns owed little or nothing
to personal prestige, when stripped of the trappings of
their office; and it has increased during the sway of her
present Majesty in a very natural proportion to the ad¬
mirable picture of family life which the Palace of our Sovereign
presents to the world. At all times there are rumours,
more or less vague, floating about with respect to the exact and
healthy organisation of the Royal household; of the careful but
enlarged educational plan which pervades the bringing up of those
sons and daughters of the Queen who are destined, for good or
for evil, to be intertwined in all the relations of English life,
moral, social, and political. We need only to look back to the
last half century in order to see how much the princes of the
family of George III. were mixed up with our concerns. In
some way or the other they were always before the public.
It is not unreasonable to assume that the precedents in their cases
arc likely to be followed, and that we have before us the expecta¬
tion of a number of Royal Generals and Admirals, perhaps a
proximate Commander-in-Chief and Lord High Admiral; and it
should be with no common interest that we should watch the
training as well as the growth of the rising generation of Princes of
the blood Royal. Happily, as far as we can learn—and we learn a,
good deal—nothing can be more in accordance with parental duty
and regal obligation than the course pursued towards the youthful
scions of the Royal family, who will probably live among us and
become component parts of the body politic of this country. We
recognise the proper infusion of that manly tone which
pervades the education of English lads when we hear of the
manner in which the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred ride up
to hounds ; and we see indications of another kind of training as
much or more English in its way when we learn that the Prince
of Wales takes the chair at the Royal Institution on the occasion
of Professor Faraday's lectures. It is not altogether unnoticeable
either that Prince Alfred is gaining a knowledge of the art of
playing the host, by presiding at a series of little dinners at his
private residence ; for, if his destination is to be the Navy, we are
aware that one of the acts in relation to the keeping up at once
the discipline and the amenities of the service is compre¬
hended in the rule by which the Captain of every
ship of war doily dispenses the hospitalities of his table
Besides which an officer of bur Navy is as often (indeed
more often) called upon to exercise this functions of a diplo¬
matist as of a belligerent; and no one will deny the value of an
accomplished host in the lubrication of diplomatic difficulties. The
daughters of the Queen are, of course, less prominently be¬
fore the public than those of the Princes, whose adolescence is fast
expanding into virility; but not the less are we confident of their
careful nurture m] every womanly virtue, as well as those ac¬
quirements and accomplishmentf which are a matter of course.
The announcement of the marriage of the Princess Royal,
now some twelve months or so ago, naturally concentrated
the public interest upon her ; and there is probably not a matron in
the country who has not realised to herself some of that sensation,
half anxious, half proud, which must flutter about the heart of all
mothers with daughters to marry. Viewed, however, as a question
(Or the public, the subject of the marriage of the Princess Royal
has been much considered, and on the whole it has met with gene¬
ral approval. Looking at the position which England has held in
the world, tho marriages of our Princesses Royal for many a long
year have not, perhaps, been equal to their pretensions er fortunate
in their results.
Our memory of the chronicles of the eldest daughters of our
Sovereigns seldom ranges much further back than the time when
Elizabeth, the wife of the Elector Palatine, created a sensation in
Europe by her conduct in the struggle which her not too worthy
husband waged for the crown of Bohemia—a struggle on which
James L looked so apathetically, because politically; and perhaps
no more courtier-like bound could bo given to our retrospect,
inasmuch ns to their descent from this Princess the reigning
family owe the throne of Great Britain. Tho eldest daughter of
Charles L, by her marriage with the Sovereign of Holland, and
as the mother of that Prince of Orango who became so famous as
FIAZAA PI SOLOFKA, AT SALERNO.-
NEXT PAGE.)
26
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
rjAN 9, 1858
William III., who himself also sought and gained an alliance
with a Princess Royal of England, was indirectly the means of
influencing, in an immense degree, the fortunes of this country.
At the accession of George I. to the throne of England, his
eldest daughter, Sophia Dorothy, had been for some years married
to the Elector of Brandenburg, afterwards King of Prussia, and
so never held the title of Princess Royal. Anne, daughter of
George II., again cemented the more ancient English alliance with
the Royal family of Holland by her marriage with the then Prince
of Orange; and the catalogue of the past is dosed with the name
of Charlotte Matilda, eldest daughter of George HI., and wife of
the Grand Duke, afterwards King, of Wurtemberg. In the last
three hundred years, then, we can only count five Princesses
Reva]; and within that period the exclusively Protestant
character of the State has considerably narrowed the matrimonial
sphere which was open to them; and, with the exception, perhaps,
of that of Maty with William HI., none of their alliances can bear
any comparison with that which is now about to take place. At
times one hears a murmur about the matching of our Princesses
frith foreign husbands, and it is sometimes hinted that they might
do better to marry a! home. Without entering into the question
©f policy which is supposed to be involved in Royal alliances, and
to the effect of which, if there is anything in the experience we
have had of them, a great deal too much weight is doubt¬
less attached, wo would suggest that there are reasons
and to spare why such an idea should not be enter¬
tained. Imagine the jealousy with which a member of
our aristocracy, already potential by his rank and wealth, would
be regarded if he held the position of son-in-law to the Queen. In
fact, no man who understands anything of the inner workings of
life, constituted as mankind even in this country now is, wonld
ever seriously advocate that most dangerous of domestic experi¬
ments, a matrimonial mesalliance in any walk of life, and far less
in the highest. At least no one can complain that, in the instance
•f the marriage of the Princess Royal, the fitness of things has
not been reasonably considered. Of a suitable age, of excellent
disposition, and of well-cultivated mind, and direct heir to one of
the five great kingdoms of Europe, Prince Frederick William’s
pretensions ought to satisfythemostexigentofmatchmakers. If little
stress is to be laid on the notion that these nuptials will tend to bring
into closer cohesion an old and faithful political alliance which cir¬
cumstances have of late tended a little to dissever, at least it ought to
have any value in that respect which belongs to it; and if, as we are
led to believe, that the union which is about to take place is in reality
©ne in which the feelings and hearts of the Royal lady and her suitor
arc engaged, there is everything to satisfy the requirements of the
occasion; and it is not to be taken as a drawback that her Royal
Highness must, ere long, in the course of nature, lie the Queen of
Prussia. Considered, then, from every point of view, this Royal
marriage is an auspicious inaugurating event in the new year. In
the homes of England it creates a peculiar interest; and
the only regret which secms to be felt in the matter is that
the ceremonial will be comparatively private. The country
would perhaps have been better pleased with a public cele¬
bration in our great cathedral church, and with a procession
through the streets of the metropolis. If that be so, wc may ven¬
ture to remind those who hold that opinion that, in the first place,
the ceremony as now proposed is more in accordance with our
habits as connected with the marriage of a very young woman,
which usually partakes as much as possible of the character of a
family celebration ; in the next place, the season of the year is not
particularly well adapted for a public demonstration ; and, lastly, it
shonld be remembered that any such pageant as has been hinted at
could only be got up with the sanction of Parliament Let us, then,
be content with wishing that all happiness and all good, both to the
high contracting parties themselves and to the nations to which
they respectively belong, may spring out of this union^founded, as
it would seem to be, on good sense, good policy, and personal esteem
and affection.
THE EARTHQUAKE AT SALERNO.
Tux town of Salerno, situated at the northern extremity of the <
to which it gives name, has been greatly injured by the earthqi
which has visited the greater part of the kingdom of Naples.
afflicting details of this awful visitation have already app- 3 “*
Journal. On the first night of the catastrophe the shod
pettial at Salerno. Here, one account states, a great number^
including the Palace of the In ten don za. and the quar
darmerie, were severely affected; while the belfry
Shldina gave way, occasioning the death of two woi
account states that in Salerno many buildings,
churches, are seriously damaged; and near Salerno
belfry have fallen, killing two ladies.
We engrave a View of one of the principal pc
old city is irregularly end badly built: the eatiu
mark the importance of Salerno in the middle agog ;\ but much'
characteristic architecture has been destroyed. The other churches
contain little worthy of observation. Some ofthe public building3 are,
however, remarkable for their architecture.
Doctors’ Commons.— On Monday, {he llthrast.. Lord Crau-
worth's Act for the new Court of Probate will come into operation.
Many important changes have been judiciously made, and the business
more equally divided ; new appointments li J 'Ve N been v ffIled up, and given
to gentlemen of practical experience selected from the leading offices in
the profession. Sinecures are all abolished; fwo. if not three, of the
senior clerks who have been many years in the registry, one for upwards
of half a century, the others nearly that tinuv are expected to retire on
liberal pensions. The registrar^ are ^.Dvneicyt Dr. Bayford. nud C. J.
Middleton, There is a new feature inuie arrangement of this court—
namely, that of a co^espoiiclence department, under the direction of C. D.
Bedford, which promises >fo wprk yery beneficially. Several extra
examiners will necessartiybe appointed to the Wiil-ofli'e. In conse¬
quence of the- confined/^iKU’ciijloUed ancient office of public record,
and to carry into effect tneSe nCw arrangemcnts, it has become necessary
to take possession o£-tfie premises"** the entrance of the present office, as
well as other buildings ad jo i n ing>^ Proe tore, as well as solicitors, will
have to be admitTfcd^topractke in the new court. The Divorce and Matri¬
monial Act/whichalso comes into operation on the Utli instant, will be
under the superintendence of the same Judge, registrar, and officers. It is
currently reported that proceedings in several suits are waiting to be
instituted in the new court very early after its opening—one house alono
having instructions ror ho less than five suits. The orders :tud rules,
with the schedule of fees, rfiay be obtained at the Queen’s printers.
Wills, &c.— Henry Crowley, Esq., Croyden, Surrey, £00,000.
W. Greenwood. Esq.. Ingleion, York. Jtao.ooo, within the*province of
Canterbury. tV. Woodroofle, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, £25,000. Miss Eleanor
p. of Newcaetle-upon-Trent. lias bequeathed the following legacies
. . - - - ~ * * I fcan;
W. Woodroofle, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, £25,000. Miss Eleanor
Kemp, of Newcastle-upon-Trent, has bequeathed the following 1
to institutions of that town:—the Infirmary for the Sick and
Female Penitentiary. Dispensary, Town Missionary Soeiety, Out-Benefit
Society for Married Women in their Confinement, £100 each; the Aged
Female Society, Indigent Sick, B&gged Schools, Iteformatory Schools.
'leLondo °”--
£50 to each;’to thedxmdon Society for Promoting Christianity among
the Jews, £ 100 ; London Bible Society, Church Missionary Society,
Pastoral Aid, and Religious Tract Society, £50 to each.
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS.
(From our own Correspondent.)
Paris, Thursday.
Seldom, of late years at all events, has New Year’s-day been so
brilliant in the way of external effect and movement in Paris as it has
on the present occasion. Indeed the stir and excitement out of doors
have been rather detrimental to home hospitality, and people have laid
ont so mnch money on dtrennes that not a great deal lias remained to
bo disposed of in other ways. A good deal of disappointment has
been experienced by the non- fulfilment of the hope, which amounted
almost to an expectation, that a general amnesty would be accorded to
the press, several representatives of which have been in the course of
the past year laid under more or less.hcavy punishments in the way
of suspension during stated periods. At the Jour, de l’au reception at
the Tuileries nothing particularly worthy of note occurred. The
Empress wore a magnificent train of velvet nearly covered with gold
embroidery, and was glittering with diamonds. The Russian Princess
JoussoufraiT was remarkable for probably the finest parure of rubies
in the world, Madame Walcwska for her emeralds, and a variety
of other splendid dresses and jewels were displayed ou this occasion.
One nnliappy lady tumbling over her train was the most exciting
event of the reception. On Friday took place the first Court hall.
The statement appearing in some of oar English journals that it is
proposed to give a fete at the Tuileries, principally to the English in
Pans, on the occasion of the Princess Royal's marriage, seems to have
no foundation; at all events nothing is known of it here.
A discovery lias liecn made of certain letters addressed by bodies of the
ouvriers to the scholars of the Polytechnic school inciting them to an
insurrectionary movement. The time certaiidy does not seem ripe
for this sort of thing at present. However, the thing is stated and
pretty generally believed as a fact.
Sir. Charles Ileade has been actively and successfully engaged in a
trial against what he terms “ pirates,” who have interfered with an
arrangement entered into between liim and the authors of a pii
•“ I as Pauvres de Paris,” for a translation of the said piece.
French press highly applauds Mr. Rcade’s virtuous indignation, af
moreover, believes and accepts certain assurances to the effect that if
France chooses to change the existing law of international copyright
she can easily do so, “ as she Is in a position to obtain much fro
England,” and that the Queen can at once alter the treaty without
having recourse to Parliament. With regard to literary piracy, some
few of those who have read Mr. Rcade’s “The Course of True
Love,” &c., must be irresistibly reminded of a
relative to glass houses.
It is reported that the Emperorwill probably send tile grand cordon
of the Order of the Legion of Honour to the frjuee of Asthmas, in
exchange for that of the Golden Fleece oil'ered by tlie Queeji of Spain
to the Prince Imperial.
All Paris society is running wild
stiibhe and his sister, who are said to cqu
Hnme in the influence they possess over
the facility, frequency, and
with them. It seems that (“
means of direct writings, a host of
and, in short, the wind i
Paris. Among other mil
magnetic powers are such
one to subject them install
At last the question
M. Emile de Girardin, 1
I'raiirais wag so desirous to
is in three acts and/in,prc?e,
in his new paper, J.'Inttlle
Tlie first number of the reltdious journal L’Unioers for the new
year opens with a savagely. abnsive, personal attack from the pen of
its presiding saint, hi. I/luis YouiUot, on M. de Lamartine. Rarely
do the pages of the lowest libelling journals, to whatever nntion they
may belong, display such richness of vituperation, such coarseness of
malignant\eipressioirt/eight columns of the saintly publication are
[c Gnlden-
surpass, Mr.
. . . .. _ Jicair, and in
ellousness/of their communications
antler” reveals to them, l>y
riling events, prophecies, See .;
overturned in that direction in
Moldavian Prince, whose
only til present n (lower to any
ence.
mieiisely talked-of piece of
onaire,” which the Thditre
ally settled. The play, which
purchased by M. Viiron, to appear
lckwUliai
" fund for;
ng of
lost Christian article.
is in Paris, hut, with the exception of a represeuta-
?arda,” for the benefit of Slassel, on the 13th, will
f before April. The Tluhitre Franpais requiring important
it is arranged that, while these are taking place in the course
lie summer, the whole company will give a series of representations
don. The opera buffo of Rossini’s youth, “ Bruschino,” has an
qis success at the Bouffes Parisiennes. Butthemonsterspec-
taclgof the season is the piece preparing at the Cirque, "Turlututu,
Chapeau Pomtu,” which lias been in progress since the summer of 1858.
~ A
’he Emperor und Empress held a reception on New Year's-day at
the Palace of the Tuileries in the usual manner. At twelve o’clook
their Majesties proceeded in grand state to the chapel of the Palace,
and heard mass, after which they returned to their ^apartments. At
one o'clock the Emperor again left his apartment, and passed before
the circle of the Ambassadors, the mombere of which were presented to
his Majesty by the Grand Muster of the Ceremonies. Such members
of the French diplomatic body as are at present in Paris were received
after tho foreign Ambassadors. The Manikin- of Saturday contains
long lists of nominations, promotions, and gifts of the military medal
on occasion of tho Jour de l’an.
Prince Napoleon gavo a grand dinner on the same day, at the Palais
Royal, to the general officers who took part in the war in the Crimea.
The Emperor has received two letters—one from the King of
Bavaria, the other from his brother Prince Luitpold—thanking his
Majesty for the presentation of tho Grand Cross of the Legion of
Honour to the Prince.
In consequence of a slight indisposition of her Majesty the Empress,
the ball appointed to take place on "Wednesday last was postponed to
Saturday (to-day).
Millie. liacbol died near Cannes on Sunday night, in the 37th year
of her age. We shall give a memoir of the great actress next week.
Baron Rothschild has placed 80,000 pounds weight of bread at the
disposal of the Paris municipality for the poor.
SPAIN.
The Gazette publishes a decree granting to the Finance Minister
supplementary credits for nearly forty millions of reals.
A Royal decree, published in tho Gazette, authorises the Government
to receive the taxes and to pay tho Treasury bonds in 1858, until tho
approbation of the Cortes.
Tho Madrid letters state that the question of the presidency of the
Chamber of Deputies is tho principal topio discussed in political cir¬
cles The Government papers state that if any factious opposition is
offered at tho opening of the Session tho Chamber of Deputies will bo
dissolved.
PORTUGAL.
No cases of fever have been reported since the 22nd uii. Tho total
of the official reports during 105 days, commencing on tho 9th of .Sep¬
tember, amounted to 13,182 cases of fever and 1759 deaths. The
weather at Lisbon was clear, cold, and bracing, with only one day’s
rain during the whole month of December. The Board of Health has
given clean bills to vessels leaving the port, and business is beginning
to Sow again in its old channels. There now appears to be a general
movement into the city, and a feeling of animation and confidence
seems to be. The most laudable measnres are being taken for the
relief of the sufferers, and the list of subscriptions shows some amounts
which Bpeak well for the hearts of the givers. Many people who were
iormerly resident in Lisbon, but who for a long time nave resided else-
w “^ e » k Qve sent large sums to be distributed in charity.
The Cortes are sitting, but no transactions of interest can bo reported,
the House being very thinly attended.
NAPLES.
According to tho Iicutschland of Vienna, now efforts are being mado
to put an end to the dissension between Naples and the Western
Powers. Austria, in particular, it adds, is taking advantage of her
present friendly relations with England to bring about that result.
Wo learn from Naples, under date of tho 2nd inst, that shocks of
an earthquake and vibrations of the earth are felt almost every day.
On the 1st mst two violent shocks occurred, and others equally severe
succeeded the disastrous ones of tho lGth December on the 28th and
29th ult. Iv o serious accident has taken place; but tho public panic is
intense and general. The King passed the nights of tho 28th and
29th ult. in Naples.
PRUSSIA.
The regency of the rrinee of >russia is to bo prolonged. On
Chnstmas-eve the King made an affectionate communication to that
effect to his august brother./ It is x not)known whother tho pro¬
longation will be for a teyffi, or % an unliihitod period; probably the
“ The President of the Council^says a Berlin letter, "has prepared
a bill for the coming Sossion of the Prussian Chambers enacting that
2,000,000 of thalers (7,o(KUM)0 It.) shall be annually applied, for fifteen
years, to the development of^the navy. It is not intended to create a
large fleet, but ..
Prince Frodt
G0<) thalers to
explosion.
The Berlin
amountini
Mb strength to the Danish one."
nd^ihe Princess Royal have subscribed
i reliof of the sufferers by the Mayence
Belgians has contributed to it 2500 fr.
this object has just been closed, after
tiers.
Tflp ^tTPTIAL^DP^RINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM AND THE
\ PRINCESS ROYAL.
In compliance witha recent invitation that has emanated from tho
English Court, moat /of the Princes of Prussia, who were already in¬
vited to the ntiptriils 7 of the Princess Boyal and the festivities that are
to precede tberar^rill proceed to England at an early date, so as to be
enabled to participate in some shooting parties in the Highlands before
_tho periodyofthe London festivities commences. In addition to the
nobmmen and/gentlemen already named as about to compose tho suite
°* Prince Frederick William on occasion of his proceeding to England
to bis nuptials. Count Rcdern has been invited to visit the Court of St.
Jamea’g. 1
The British residents in Berlin are going to get up an address to the
rintfcss Royal aud to Prince Frederick William on occasion of their
urrifige and subsequent entry into Berlin. The same may be said of
qur countrymen resident in Cologne and Bonn.
Xn Potsdsm the municipal authorities and tho trades' companies are
apparently no less busy than the Berliners in their preparations for
the entry of the young couple into that city of palaces.
On Monday morning, the 8th of February, the Prince will conduct his
bride to Charlottenburg, aDd present her to the King and Uu.een,
previous to the entry into Berlin.
During the short period that the Prince and Princess will reside in
Berlin they will occupy a splendid suite of apartments in the Royal
Schloes, commanding a most attractive view over the Schloss brQcke,
up the whole vista of the “Unter den Linden." The residence that
has been finally decided on for them in Potsdam during tho summer is
the so-called Cabinets-liaus, where the Prince has of late resided when
m Potsdam.
DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
4 A letter from Berlin of the 29th ult., in the Cologne Gazette, says
“ Denmark has replied provisionally to the representatives of England
end Russia that the answer which sho will make to tho Germanic
Diet, relativo to the Duchies, will be of a nature to lead to a pacific
solution of the question.”
RUSSIA.
The Nord of Monday publishes a rescript, dated the 17th ult., ad¬
dressed to tho Governor-General of St. Petersburg, and signed by tho
Emperor Alexander, establishing a special committee in the govern¬
ment of St. Petersburg, to be composed of two members from each dis-
trict (> elected by and from tho nobles possessing property in those
districts, and of two members solected by the Governor-General of St.
Petersburg from among tho most enlightened proprietors, the whole
presided over by the Marshal of tho Government Noblesse, and to pro¬
ceed immediately to the elaboration, for the government of St. Peters¬
burg, of tho project already published intended to ameliorate tho con¬
dition of tho peasants. This rescript is elicited by an affirmative
response on the part of the noblesse of the government of St. Peters¬
burg to the circular of invitation addressed to all the governments by
M. Lanskoi, Minister of the Interior. The noblesse of all the govern¬
ments of the empire will, it is fully expected, express a similar readi¬
ness to execute the Emperor’s wishes.
An official report of the furthor operations in the Salatavia, in the
Caucasus, and some details of tho late occurrences there, have just
been published. The cutting through the wood between New Bac-
turai and Dylim was terminated ; but behind the wood Schamyl had
constructed on a hill a rather strong redoubt, the defence of which he
had confided to Schamihal Naib oi Bogobal, who had under his orders
12 naihs and about 300U men, and the Russians had to sustain a very
severe combat before they could ex pel the Circassions from it; when
they had done so they drove the Ci rcassians into a defile and attacked
them with the bayonet. Schamihal and four other naibs, together with
350 of their men, were killed; tho R ussians had two captains wounded.
The enemy afterwards evacuated th e Solatavia, and proceeded towards
Kurgeso and Alrnako, where the pri ncipal forces of Schamyl are col¬
lected. Tho Russians burned down Dylim and all the neighbouring
villages, also all those near which there had been combats, and then
they returned to their quarters.
TURKEY.
A commission on financial reform aud the consolidation of tho
Turkish debt has been appointed.
On the 26th ult. tho Grand Vizier returned a visit which M. Thou-
venel hud paid him on the 23rd.
The Mucher is actively engaged in raising a corps of 5000 men on
the banks of the Danube, aud another force, to be called tho Corps of
Reserve, at Sophia.
There is at this moment between the Ottoman and Greek Govern¬
ments a subject of difference which makes some noise. A Greek fish ¬
ing-boat, when getting under way from Constantinople, refused to •
permit the Custom-house officers to come on board, and tho crew even,
levelled their muskets at the Capitan Pacha, who was walking on tho
quay.
The escape of the Naib Emir Boy from Damascus and his arrival in.
Circassia having been published in the Turkish journals, tho Russian
Ambassador applied to the Porte to know whether the account were
true, and at the some time complained of the support which the Cir¬
cassians, enemies of Russia^ met with from Turkey. The Turkish
Government, in its vindication, published an official note, iu which it
soverely blames the conduct of the Naib, and disavows any participa¬
tion in his intrigues.
letters from Bagdad announce the appearance of tho cholera in that
city, and that a number of deaths had already taken place. Accounts
state that the smallpox had broken out with great violence at Adana,
in Asia Minor, and the neighbourhood. About 4000 children had beau
attacked by tho disease, of whom nearly 2000 had died.
UNITED STATES.
A resolution of Congress calling for all correspondence with refer¬
ence to alleged losses by the bombardment of Greytown has been
adopted.
The Senate in executive session confirmed the appointment of Mr.
Lamar, of Texas, as Minister to Central America.
Mr. Douglas, in the Senate, and Mr. Banks, iu the House, introduced
bills authonsing the people of Kansas to form a State Government.
A great and wide-spread defection has taken place in the Democratic
party all through the free States. Fifty of the Democrat ic news ¬
papers of the single State of Ohio have enlisted in thecauso of Douglas
a ^ti Walker against the Kansas policy of Mr. Buchanan. The State
of Michigan (General Cass’s State) has also wheeled into this revolu¬
tionary movement, and at a Democratic mass meeting " the great doc-
tnne of State sovereignty " has been reaffirmed in favour of the policy
of Walker and Douglas. The meeting was held in the town where
the Secretary of State lives (Detroit), and the men who moved most
conspicuously in the affair were tho personal and political friends of
General Cose.
Jan. 9, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
27
Both Houses had agreed to a bill authorising the issue of Treasury
notes to the amount of twenty million of dollars, bearing interest at G
per cent; in the discretion of the .Secretary of the Treasury, redeem¬
able in a year.
Mr. Crittenden introduced into the Senate, on the 19th ult, a reso¬
lution providing an increase of import duties and the ascertainment of
the amount of the dutiable value of imported goods by a new system.
Congress adjourned on the 23rd ult. to the ith of January.
The frigeto Jamutown had been ordered to Greytown. Captain
Chatard, of the Saratoga, was to be suspended, for allowing Walker to
land.
Washington advices state that the Government have taken prompt
action to crush Walker's filibustering movement. Orders havo been
istued to stop all vessels going to his relief.
At Mobile a revenue cutter fired into a new steamer, under the
impression that she was a filibustering vessel.
There was a rumour that the depot at Fort Elavamiro had bean
threatened by the Mormons, and that two companies of the United
States’ expedition had met with a reverse.
A vessel had been seized at New 1’ork on suspicion of being a slaver.
Mr. J. M. Buchanan, of Baltimore, is appointed Consul to Russia.
Governor Walker has sent his resignation to the Secretary of State,
accompanied by an able vindication of his official acts as Governor of
Kansas.
Mexico. —The news from Mexico confirms the re-establishment
of Como d fort’s Government, the apparent restoration of order throughout
the provinces, and the formal acknowledgment by the President of his
election to the dictatorship If he can sustain himscll for a while longer,
perhaps he may consolidate hla power and give repose, for a period at
least, to that distracted Republic. Advices from Mexico of December 3rd
state that the vessels of war were to be armed again. The Indians in
many northern States commit great ravages. 'The revolution iu Cam-
pcachy has been suppressed, the island of Carmen having submitted to
Government.
Australia.—T he news brought by the Australian mails is not
of much interest or importance. South Australia has experienced some
Ministerial crises. The Torrens Ministry, as short-lived as its prede¬
cessor, has fallen; and the Hanson Ministry, which was to succeed
it, is thus filled in by the Adelaide Weekly Despatch ilr. Fiuniss.
Chief Secretary; Mr. Hanson, Attorney-General, and, also, Pre¬
mier-, Mr. Reynolds. Treasurer; Mr. Blyth, Commissioner of Crown
Lands; Mr. Davenport, Commissioner of Public Works. The bill
tor legalising marringe with the sister of a deceased wife had
passed both Ileuses, and was ready for transmission to his Excellency,
either for his personal assent, or for remittance to England for the
decision of her Majesty thereupon.-Both Houses of the Legislature of
Victoria have pnssed tile bill tor the construction of railways. Trade is
in a much depressed state. The stock of imports is increasing. The
money market is becoming tighter. Wool is at is. 2d. to 2s. 2d.
per lb., with small arrivals. Last year’s clip was considered a fair one.
Tallow is m good demand. Gold is a shnde cheaper.—-The accounts
from Sydney state that trade is dull. Flour is quota! at £22 to £25 per
ton. In groceries there was a slight reaction. Wool was lower, l'he
tallow market was inactive. Money is getting tight.
PKew Zealand.— Advices brought from Auckland, New
Zealand, to the end of September, by the ship Kenilworth, announce that
Mr. Williamson has been re-elected Superintendent of the province, and
it is expected that this event will have the effect of allaying the political
ferment which for so long a time has obstructed the progress of the
colony. It was considered that on the meeting of the Provincial Council
an improved land scheme would be introduced calculated to meet the
views of all parties.
Care op Good Hope.—W e have news from the frontier to
October 4th and 6th. Upwards of 30,000 Kaffirs were then supposed to
have passed into the colony. Sonic of them make good servants; 1147
are engaged on public works. The great Chief Kreili had asked for six cows
and some seed to keep him and his family alive; and Sandilla had resigned
his chieftainship, and offered himself as a policeman 1 The colony is
peaceful and prosperous.
Tiie Principalities.— The Moldavian Divan c’osed its
sittings on Saturday, after having passed a vote of thanks to the pro¬
tecting Powers. It has abolished the compulsory labour of peasants, and
has voted the secularisation of ecclesiastical property.--A person who
was at Bucharest on the 24th of December denies the correctness of the
news of the Journal dc Constantinople relative to the dissolution of the
Wallachian Divan ad hoc on the 22 nd. On the 24th the Divan held a
sitting, at which it was resolved to adjourn until the middle of January.
The Policy of Paraguay.—Opening op the Rio Bermejo.
An impression prevails in this country, among those not well informed
«n the subject, that the Government of Paraguay is opposed to the de¬
velopment of the national resources by means oi foreign trade, anrl to the
opening up to the commerce of the world the numerous rivers which How
through that Republic to the Rio Plata. Nothing can be more erroneous
than this idea, as is fully demonstrated by the late correspondence be¬
tween President Lopez and the Directors of the Society for the Naviga¬
tion of the Rio Bermejo. The project of the society was submitted to the
Paraguayan Government, and its co-operation sought in aid of the enter¬
prise. President Lopez, in liis reply, assured the Directors that he re¬
garded the realisation of the plan as a great and beneficial event lor all
the countries bordering on the Bermejo, and would give it all the support
in his power, conformably with the treaty of July, 1856, between Paraguay
and the Argentine Confederation. The navigation of the Bermejo is, by
that treaty, common to the flags .of both Republics, and the ascent of the
river has already been made by an Argentine merchant steamer. The
Government of Bolivia being equally desirous of the opening of the rivers,
its only port at present being situated on the west coast, there can be no
doubt that ere long the vast and teeming inland regions of South America
will be free to the shipping and commerce of all nations. The advan¬
tages to be derived by the inhabitants from the opening of these rivers
are incalculable, as they would be enabled to exchange their tobacco,/
cotton, sugar, indigo, hides, &c M for the manufactures oi Europe.
METROPOLITAN NEWS .
Sunday Evening Service at Westminster Abbey.— In
accordance with previous announcement, Westminster Abbey was opened
on Sunday evening, for the first time in its history, lor evening service.
Seven o’clock being the hour fixed for commencing the service, as early
as six a large number of persons had assembled at the entrance where the
congregation were to be adnitted— namely, that adjacent to Westminster
School and the end of Victoria-street, and at hall-past Six 2000 persons
were waiting for admission outside the iron gate. The Ali^yheU com¬
menced tolling for the service at half-past six ; but the people were not
admitted till about ten minutes later, and the result Was that many
persons, the females and a few children espreiafiy, experienced rt very in¬
convenient degree of pressure from the inu 11itu 0 e in UierCar,. The be¬
haviour ol all, however, was excellent, and the few policemen present
had little difficulty in restoring order and preventing any casualty. The
nave was brilliantly lighted by two row's of, gaslights, provided
expressly for the sendees to be inaugurated, no such modern
invention having previously been witnessed within the Abbey walls.
The pulpit was placed in the centre of the nave, about twenty yards
from the choir, aud the interval between these wa.>-: partly occupied by the
choristers and the clergy in attendance. The seats provided lor the con¬
gregation consisted of chairs, which were all immediately occupied. Every
part of the nave was filled, several hundreds of persons being compelled
to stand ; and there were probably ijudl upw ards of30i)0people assembled.
Divine service commenced at seven o clock, Prayers were read by the
Rev. Mr. Baydon ; and the scripture lessons by the Right U 011 . and Rev.
Lord John lhynne. the Sub-Dean, with a voice of great power aud clear¬
ness. At the conclusion 01 Llie prayers tire Hundredth Psalm, new
version, was sung by, the choir and the congregation, the tune being the
Old Hundredth. 'lLjc serinon was preached by the Dean of Westminster.
The Exeter Hall Services.— On Sunday evening the first
of a new series of Nonconformist services at Exeter Hall, designed for
the benefit of the; working elftsses. took plaee in tire spacious building, the
sermon being preached by the Rev. Dr. bpence, Minister of the Independent
chapel in the l'ctultry.\ J he congregation was as large as it ever was
during the old series; \
Pres fetation of Life from. Fire. — On Monday Mr.
Sampson Low. thence Mary of the Royal .Society for the Protection of
Lile l^om^Fire/laid before |he commit lie the yearly return of the number
of fires attended and liVessavtd by means of the escapes and conductors,
from wlilchit appears that/during the quarter ending March 31, 1857,
there were 164 hre9 attended, and 21 fives saved. During tire quarter
ending June 3 u> 4 he'flres attended w ere 135, and the lives saved 10 . During
the quarter endinVSeplymber 30, 135 fires were attended, and 13 lives
saved. During the quarter finishing the last night of the old year, 142
fires were attended, and 14 lives savtd. The fire-escape brigade comprises
a body of sixty well-disciplined men, who aie visited whilst on duty by
the inspectors of the several districts Tills ensures their vigilance and
attention to their duties. During the past year tire society appears to
have made rapid progress in their endeavours to provide fire-escape sta¬
tions for the metropolis. The number of Marions quoted in tire return of
1866 was 46 ; they now number 66. Three stations will shortly be added
to tbe number—viz., at Tooley-street, London-bridge; Katclilf-highway;
and 8L John's, Wapping. 431 persons have been saved from death by
ire through the instrumentality of this society since 1843; and 3663 fires
.have been attended by the escapes.
tU
CnARiNG-CROSS Hospital during the past year has sustained the
loss, by death, of upwards of thirty of its earliest and kindest supporters.
The governors, deeply feeling these losses, and being very anxious for the
welfare of the hospital, have considered it desirable to raise a per¬
manent endowment fund, the better to ensure its future adequate
maintenance. Some very kind donations have been given for
this important object; and a liberal benefactor, desirous that it
should be substantially promoted, lrns generously undertaken to give one
hundred guineas if nineteen other donors would co-operate to the like
amount ’lire governors, therefore, indulge the hope that the benevolent
will assist tlieir exertions by which the efficient maintenance vf the
hospital may be more effectually and permanently ensured. During the
previous year there had been admitted for relief 17,700 sick and dis¬
abled poor, including 2901 cases of accident and emergency. Of these
latter 334 were so dangerous as to require to be immediately admitted into
the wards. The deatlis in the hospital, the results chieily of these acci¬
dents, were 89.
Architectural Exhibition,—T here was a private view on
3Ionday of the Architectural Exhibition in Suffolk-street, Rail-mail East,
which opened to the public on Tuesday. A large portion of the walls is
occupied with drawings and designs for competition for public works,
among which there are lifly-four drawings of the coropetiUon for the
Government offices, and thirty-six for the memorial church at Constan¬
tinople, exception having been made, in favour of the designs for those
works, to the general rule that noue before exhibited in London are ad¬
missible. Among the general designs exhibited there are comparatively
few for dwelling-houses, aud in no instance is the cost of erection attached
to such designs. One of the princ’pal novelties in architectural design
and construction is an iron corrugated and cellular church, designed by
Mr. Dig by Wyatt, and built by Messrs. Tupper and Co., by order of the
Esst India Company, for exportation to Rangoon. On Monday evening
there was a crowded conversazione to celebrate the opening meeting, at
which Professor Cockerell delivered a short address on the adverttages of
the Architectural Exhibition.
The “ Leviathan.”— A renewed attempt has been made this
week to launch this vessel. The machinery used and the hydraulic appa¬
ratus bad been greatly increased iu strength, ami instead of six hydraulic
machines ten have been brought Into play, one being the original press
used in the operations for currying out that vast undertaking the Mcaai
Bridge, and which alone gave over 200 tons nominal pressure. A progress
of several feet each day lias been made, aud no cessation of operations will
take place until the huge ship is fairly in the water.
School Church, St. Peter’s. Stepney.—T he new year has
again been welcomed in this district by a gathering of a goodly number of
its inhabitants on the occasion of an abundant and substantial supper
S rovidtd for the poor of the working classes by the kindness of Miss Bur-
ett Coutts. Invitations were issued by the clergy of St. Peter’s and
others to the number of 250. The school church was decorated with ban-^
ners and flags of various device, in addition to the “ natural ” ornaments
which belong to the sacred and festive season of Christmas. Four Ion*
tables, extending from one end of the room to the other, received the
greater number of the guests. At the lower end of it was a raised table,
tbe centre of which was occupied by the lady whoso liberali ty had fur¬
nished the entertainment, ai.d by the Rev. T. J. Rowsell, the highly-
esteemed Incumbent of the district. About half-past seven o’clock lointkx
of roast beef, with baked potatoes, were set upon the tables, and were
succeeded by the plum-puddings. At the close of the repast the worthy
Incumbent rose and addressed the assembled guests. He reeapitulsted the
events of the first year of the life of his school-church, reminding all
present that it was essentially a gift of the richer and wealthier classes at
the west end to their poorer brethren at the eait,and 60 a witness to
their acknowledgment of the claims and tics of brotherhood. He detailed
the working out of his plan; ;the short services on Sundays aitduther
days to prepare those who had before been unable fir even unwilling to
ccrne to church for the blessings of its services; the tea-parties, which
hnve done so much towards fostering a more, neighbourly spirit in
the district; the provident ftind. in which nearly 350 members have
deposited their weekly savings in the course of last year; the school, in
which some 250 infants have been in dally attendance; and the lectures,
which have interested overflowing audiences on wintereveuiu^?. After this
address, three hearty and prolonged cheers were* given to the kind lady
who lmd entertained the company, after which Miss Coutts walked round
the room, distributing to every person present a small illuminated card,
in token and remembrance of the evening’s rpoat happy meeting. This
concluded the entertainment, and the guests dispersed with another round
of hearty cheers for Mr. Rowsell and his frllcwv-workers, both lay aud
clerical, in the district of St. Peter's. /
CnuRcn Services for the Working Classes. —On Monday
evening a combined mov^nrent ohytlie part of Bishops, dignitaries, and
laymen, was commenced in various parts of the metropolis for the pur¬
pose of bringing large musses of the working classes within the direct
influence of the Church of EttglantLXFor the first five nights of the pre¬
sent week, four large metropolitan churches, all of them situated in
densely-populated districts, (were thrown open for the reception of the
working classes; and, that there might be no mistake about the services
being specially designed for them, they were requested, by means of printed
circulars issutd in the respective neighbourhoods, “tocome in their work¬
ing clothes, and to bring others with them.” The churches selected were
those of St Pancras; ist. Mary^sTWhitechapel; St. Barnabas. Kensing¬
ton ; and St. Gilc^-in-thc-Fields; all of them the centres of large parishes
and having within itheir limits vast musses of working men. as well as of
the very poor. The attendance at ail the plaocs was good, many j>ersons
appearing In their working dresses.
The British Government and Religion in India.— A
public meeting was held on Tuesday morning at Kxetr rUall, for the pur¬
pose of considering the future-relation of the British Government to
religion in India. The Karl of Shaftesbury presided, and on the platform
were the II 011 . Arthur Kinnaird, M.F.: Lord Ebury, Sir Calling Kurd ley.
Sir S. N. Petd, Bnrt ; Mr. Hnubury. M P.: the Revs W. W. Cliampneys
(Canonof St. Paul's). D. Campbell, "William Iirock, F. A. West, Dr.
Stenn^Tlhv \Veir. Dr. Tidmun. Mr. Marsham, &c. l’he main resolution.
whichAvas unanimously passed, was as follows“That in the judgment
of this mcetlfigTt would be the sacred duty of the British Government in
'Lnqia. as the executive of a nation professing Christianity, at the earliest
period arid in the most expedient mmner, to withdraw its countenance
and aid from every form of idolatry, especially by discontinuing the
prnnts forrilie maintenance of heathen temples and idol worship, and
censing to administer endowments for tlieir support, by preventing all
acts of cruelty and all obscene exhibition? connected wfih idolatrous
-riles, and by entirely withholding Its sanction to the social evils con¬
nected with the system of caste.”
^TBe Crystal Palace Poultry Show*, which commences
to-day (Saturday), and which will remain open to the public on the three
fir?: days of next week, will be one of the largest, if not actually the
largest, wliie-h has ever been held. The list of the exhibitors Includes the
name? ol all the principal fanciers and breeders of poultry in the kingdom.
One feature in the present show will be the large proportion of table fowl
which it contains, the pens of Dorkings being 199 in number; the Cochin
and Spanish, too. show a considerable increase over the last year’s ex¬
hibition.
New YkarVday in the City Prisons.— On New Year's-
day the inmates of the several metropolitan prisons. 810 persons in
all. partook of a dinner consisting of beef, bread, and potatoes, and one
pint of beer each, being the gift of Alderman Lawrence and William
re rocky Fcrneley Allen. Esq.. Sherifla of London and Middlesex.
The numbers who dined were as follows Whiteeross-street debtors’
prison, 250 prisoners and 30 officers; Holloway criminal prison, 400
prisoners ana 15 officers ; Newgate, 100 prisoners and 15 officers.
The Casual Poor of the Citt of London.— The existing
arrangement? for the reception of the casual poor applying for relief to
tbe several City Unions have long been matter for well-grounded com¬
plaint. arising from the fact, of the refuges* for tlieir reception being
situated in some instances two miles, auu In others at still further dis¬
tances, from the City itself. The guardian? of the poor of the City Unions
have for some time been sensible of this defect, and have addressed them¬
selves to the con side ration of it. with a view to provide a remedy. A con¬
sideration of lairness in contributing to one common burden, and a desire
moreover to place the system of relief to vagrant* upon a more uniform
aud systematic footing, has prompted tbe guardian.- of all the City
Unions to unite in the endeavour to establish one central Casual Ward in
the city of Ixmdon, to be supported by the ratepayers of the City accord¬
ing to one uniform principle; and it is greatly to be hoped that the
amiTdiars will persevere and speedily pecomplhli their purpose of pro¬
viding a central Ward, or Wards, in the city ol London for the proper
reception of the casual poor.
Births and Deaths.—L ast week the births of 1041 boys nnd
892 girls—in all. lt'33 children-were registered iu London. In the tea
corresponding weeks of the years 1847-66 the average number was 1437.
The total number of deaths registered iu I/mdon last week was 1431—of
which 755 were deaths of males, 67C those of females. In the ten years of
1847-56 the average number of deatlis in the weeks rorreq*>mling with
last week was 1288. The increase in tho registered deaths of last week, ns
compared witli those of the earlier weeks of December, is not due to an
increased mortality, but to more than the usual number of deaths on
which inquests had been held having been entered in the registers
last week, many ol" these, in point of time, belonging to former weeks.
This usually occurs at the end of the quarter. Eight persons
are returned whose deaths resulted directly from the excessive
use of intoxicating liquors, besides those who received fatal injuries
while in a state of intoxication. The number of cases in the year 1857 In
which intemperance had a directly fatal effect was ill—or rather more, on
the average, than two in a week. . Six nouagenarians are included in the
present return: one was iio years of age at death, one 92, two 93. one 96.
and one 97 years. Betides these a man in Aldgatc was registered at the
age of ioo years.
TIIE MUTINY IN INDIA.
DEATH OF GENERAL HAVELOCK.
The following despatch was on Wednesday night received at the
India House from Malta.
From her British Majesty’s Vice-Consul, Saez, to Acting Consul-
General Green, Alexandria:—
General Havelock died ou the 2oth of November, from dysentery,
brought on by exposure and anxiety.
On the 27tli November an affair took place near Cawnpore between
General Windham and his division aud the Gwalior mutineers, in
which the British troops retreated, with the total loss of the tents of
tlie*64th, 82nd, and 88th Regiments, 3000 iu number, which were
entirely burnt by the enemy. The 64tli Regiment is reported nearly
cut up.
A message received by the G o vent or • G cneral from Sir Colin
Campbell, of the 7th DecemlW, contain^ an accoant of an action
fought by him witli the Gwalior Contingent near Cawnpore, in which
the latter was totally defeated, with tiie loss of sixteen guns, twenty-
six carnages of different sorts, an immense quautity. of ammunition,
stores, grain, bullocks, arid the whole of the baggage of the force.
The British loss wris]m8ignifiriiHi^)>nc officer only killed, viz. Lieut.
Salmon.
All the wora4n(and cliildt^, sick, &c., from Lucknow have arrived
in safety nt Allahabad.
The Calc at tat G <izcit&Ex(raord i net ry contains a very deeply-inte¬
resting detailed account of the defence of Lucknow, being the official
report of Brigadier Inglis. The privations endured by the heroic
garrison, and particularly by the ladies, were fearful.
Colonel Hooke, 19th Regiment, died at Calcutta, from cholera, 30th
Nov. Captain Day, of the 04th, is reported killed at Cawnpore.
The following regiments have arrived at Calcutta:—8th Regiment,
87th Regiment, 70tli Highlanders, 7th Hussars, 2nd Dragoon Guards,
'drdBattalioh Rifle Brigade, and a detachment of Artillery.
Tliis telegram arrived at Malta by her Majesty's steam-vessel
C dr ad or noon on the Cth inst.
eneral Havelock, all classes, from the Sovereign down, will
grieve to know, died unrewarded. The patent of his Baronetcy bears
date I he 26th November, 1857, and, as lie died on the 25th of that month,
the grant docs not take effect The debate in Parliament caused the pro¬
posed donation of a pension to be adjourned, and thus Lady Havelock
(beyond her being the widow of a K.C.B.) and her five children
derive, nt present, literally nothing from their father’s services.
This the Government will no doubt rectify forth with, and, in doing
so, its attention should be called to another feet. General Have¬
lock (as shown by the recent extract we gave from “ Burke’s Peerage ”)
had three brothers, all soldiers of distinction. The eldest Cell gloriously
fighting for his country against the Sikhs, in 1S48. The youngest
brother. General Charles Havelock, now alone survives. He, like the
hero just dead, was (says Sir B. Burkei in every Indian victory from the
capture of Bliurtpore to the battle of GoojeraL He has medals for each
engagement. He was also in Turkey but, since the peace with Russia,
has been unemployed. He should certainly be allowed to take the field
again.
On Tuesday orders were issued to discontinue enlisting for tho
East India Company’s cavalry until further notice.
A Batch of Despatches from Lidia was printed in Tuesday’s
Gazette. They contain nothing new except long lists of privates killed and
wound* d, belonging chiefly to the Company’s European regiments, and
which it is impossible to find room for.
"Warm new dresses to 89 women (the wives of soldiers who
could not accompany their husbands to India) and 137 children were sup¬
plied from the Gun-wharf Depot at Portsmouth on Monday, being a
donation from the War Office.
Astronomical Discoveries during 1857. — Astronomer*
Were particularly active during the past year, as the following brilliant
list ol discoveries will testify -.—Comet 1., by Dr. D’Arreat. at Uipsic, on
the 22 nd of February ; visible for about eight weeks. Comet 11 ., by M.
Brubns, at Berlin, on the 18th of March; visible for about eleven weeks.
This comet is identical with 111 . of 1844, discovered by M. Brorseu.
Planet (43), by Mr. N. Pogson. at Oxford, on the 15th of April; named
Ariadne. Planet (44), by M. Goldschmidt, at Paris, on the 27th of May.
Comet ill., by Dr. Klinkerfues, ftt Gottingen, ou the 22nd or June;
visible about tour weeks. Planet (45). by M. Goldschmidt, at Paris, on
the 28 tli of June, named Eugenia. Comet IV., by M. Dieu, at the
Imperial Observatory, Paris, on the 2*th oi Julv; visible about four
weeks. This comet was discovered also by Dr. C. If. F. Peters, at Dudley,
U.S., on the 26th, and by Professor HablchL at Gotha, ou the 30th of
July. Planet (46). by Mr. K. Pogson, at Oxford, ou the icth oi August;
named Hestia. Comet V.. by Dr. Klinkerlue?, at Gottingen, on the 20th
of August; visible for about six weeks. Planet (47), by Dr. Luther, at
Bilk, on the 15th of September. Planet (43). by M. Goldschmidt, at Paris,
on the 19th of September; named Pales. Also another planet (49), by the
same person and on the same evening; named Doris. Planet ' 60 ). by Mr.
Ferguson, at Washington, U.8., on the 5th of October; named Virginia.
This planet was also detected by Dr. Luther, at Bilk, on the luth of
October. Comet VI.. by Dr. Donati, at Florence, on the luth of November;
visible for about live weeks.
Great activity is displayed in the construction of lhe branch o*
the Geneva Railway which ls’to unite it with the Victor-Einmauucl Unix.
The four tunnels have been commenced : that of St. Innocent will be 160
metres long; that of Colombierc, 1300; Brison, 600 ; and the Grand
Kocher, 240.
The Government emigrant ship Joshua^ 804 tons. Captain
Fowler, sailed from Southampton on Wednesday, the 3uth ult.for Sydney,
New South Wales, with 253 emigrants—128 of whom were English, 148
Irish, and 17 Scotch.
DISPLAY OF FHIEWORKS BEFORE THE MAUALET
AT MOORSHEDADAD.
We hero find the summer-house of the Xawab of Moorshodabad in a
period of festivity. Under the clear ski«a and bright moonshine of
ties© Eastern dime6 fireworks come out with extraordinary brilliancy
and effect, and are always successful with populations who havo no
complicated pleasures of the intellect and taste such us thoseof Europe.
Climate, in feci, commands that such rec reations should bo mostly in
the open uir.
In northern Europe mnny accidents may spoil n firework, however
artistic—rain, a fog, n chill, or even u dull muggy atmosphere. But in
the Ee*t, except actually during the rains, tho weather may usually bo
be counted on; and it is indisputable that tho aspects of external
nature and of architecture have a beauty in the tropical momlight
that cun only bo conceived by those who have experienced thorn.
WL<n good fireworks aro udded, a feto is magicoL But in (pmenu tho
Oriental artists have a very limited circle of effect preducible. Bengal
lights, rockets, fire-wheel*, and coloured lamps are those most in vogue.
An architectural display or an eruption of u volcano are heights of
pvrotechny rarely reached. .
In a former article we noted some of the most saliem features or the
native irdinn architecture of Moorshodabad: we in the present Illus¬
tration see it mingled largely with the Ita li an loijy\a,a, favourite con¬
struction of Palladio Sansovino and Sammichele, and an ofLhoot of
deebicsl antiquity. The European contact has been the cause of this
introduction. But it is not due in India exclusively to tho Engliah
conquest; loug before tho iime of Clire traces were visible of native
Princes having made use of European architects in their palaces and
pleasure-gardens. . . ., ,, ,
The fireworks represented in our Illustration are the so-called
emit*, or pineapples. They are placed m rows, and each sends up a
shower of fire like so many little fire-pots instead of tlower-pots. It i§
cn religious festivals that they are most frequent. Covering tho ground
with salamandrine vegetation, a garden momentarily assumes the ap¬
pearance of the oorn-fieid of a fire king.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS [Jan. o, ms
Jan. 9, 1858.]
CHIUS? CHURCH, RECENTLY ERECTED AT LANCASTER.
PROFESSOR WIUALBA FRIKELL, PHYSICIAN TO THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF RUSSIA.
MECHANICAL TIGER. FORMERLY THE PROPERTY
OF TIPPOO SAIB.
Our readers who are curious, and have the opportunity, would derive
both amusement and instruction by paying a visit to the valuable
museum which has been collected in the East India House, and which
may be viewed any Saturday, and on other days by tickets, which can be
obtained without much trouble. In the museum may be seen the rich
and varied products of the East, idols of different kinds, drawings and
models of temples, musical instruments, <fcc. The large collection of
arms and armour is of great interest: here are helmets, coats of mail,
shields, and other personal warlike defences which surprise one by the
brilliancy of their appearance, beauty of workmanship, and fine
quality of the materials.
Amongst other objects of curiosity is a small steel instrument set in
velvet and loatkorwqrk, which is bo made that it can be fastened on
the hand without being very perceptible on the outside; but inside
the hand there are several steel claws, something like those of a cat—
these were, it is said, covered with a powerful and never-failing poison:
the implement was then worn by one ot the great Princes of India on
the occasion of a solemn meeting between him and his victim; at the
proper time they embraced each other, when a slight scratch was made
on the back of the visitor, who speedily and mysteriously died.
“ TIPrOO SAIB'S TIGER,” IN THE MUSEUM AT THE INDIA HOUSE.
There are other inventions of a somewhat similar kind, which are
more remarkable for ingenious contrivance than useful purpose.
The gold, silver, scarlet, and other trappings of elephants, and an
immenso canopy, in the shape of a bird with its wings extended, of
eilvor, with precious stones for eyos, &o., are some of the spoils cap¬
tured from Tippoo Saib. We must, however, pass over them and many
other objects to the cunning piece of workmanship which forms the
subject of the Engraving. The toy, if it may bo so called, of this
warrior is a very rude imitation of a tiper carved in wood, partly
hollowed. The outside of the tiger is painted in imitation of the
stripes on the skin; and in the clutches of the savage beast is the
effigy of a human being, intended to represent an Englishman, with
a broad-brimmed chimneypot hat on his head, and other
clothing suitable. On one side of the tiger is a handle, like those on
organs, which communicates with certain pipes in the hollowed
interior. On turning the handle the most horriole sounds are heard—
a sort of roaring which may bo supposod to issuo from the throat of
the savage beast; then come the shrieks and groans of the unfortunate
Englishman. During the sounding of this music the head and some
other parts of the sufferer are moved by springs, in something the same
manner as the automaton figures exhibited in the London streets.
In course of time the Englishman seems to breathe his last,
when the tiger, with loud rejoicing, growls and worries up
his prey. It is supposed that Tippoo Saib, when he failed to eaten
hold of one of our countrymen alive, subjecting him to an infliction
something similar to that above described, was wont, during his leisure
hours, to amuse himself with this effigy, which, no doubt, kept other
similar pleasant sights in memory.
Excavations at Ostia.—T he works now going on at the
ancient port of Rome, at the expense of the Papal Government, have
recently brought many interesting relics to light. The removal of the
ground is in progress at two different points—one where the gate ot the
town rises in sight of modern Ostia, and the other at a short distance
from the Torre Bovacciana. The former site contains the remains-of
houses rebuilt after the destruction of the town by the barbarians, and
the walls therefore contain numerous fragments of old edifices, with in¬
scriptions, marble ornaments and bas-relief^, utensils made of bronze,
ivory, or clay, &c. Here the continuation of the great leaden conduit,
bearing the inscription—" Colonorum Colonise Ostiensis ”—has been
found. On the other side on ample and elegant edifice, almost in perfect
preservation, ha sbeen laid open. One of the rooms is inerusted with some
rare kinds of alabaster; its pavement is in mosaic, executed in stone and
enamel, representing flowers and other delicate ornaments. The colours
are still perfectly brilliant. In another room there is a Cupid riding on a
dolphin In black and white mosaic; and in a third there are the figures
of five athletes of the Bize of nature, one of whom is in the act of putting
on the crown of victory, all executed in white and black mosaic.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
PROFESSOR FRI¬
KELL.
The performances of Pro¬
fessor Frikell in Physical
and Natural Magic, with¬
out the aid of apparatus,
have proved one of the
greatest holiday attrac¬
tions of the season.
Professor Wiljalba Fri¬
kell was born in the year
ISIS at Scopio, in Finland,
on tho borders of Lapland,
lie passed his childhood
in Greece. His uncle,
Friederich von Kiean.was
chief physician (oberargh)
in the Greek army during
tho war of freedom; while
his grandfather. Friedrich
August von Kiean, was
the favourite and com¬
panion of the King of
Saxony.
In the years 1837, 1838,
and 1839, Professor Frikell
studied at the High School
at Munich, and attended
lectures on natural physio
and chemistry. In his
leisure hours ho used to
read the works of Cag-
liostro, Count de St. Ger¬
mains, Faust, andWigleb’s
magic. In the year 1840
he travelled all through
Germany, Hungary, Mol¬
davia, Turkey, Egypt,
Greece, Italy, India, Spain,
Sweden, Denmark, and
Russia. By long study
and experimentalising, and
by doing away with the
usual apparatus, he opened
a new and scientific field
for magic. His efforts were
distinguished by tho pa¬
tronage of most of the
Sovereigns of Europe,
while the public awarded
him the palm, by placing
him above all former pro¬
fessors of the art. King
Christian VIII. of Den¬
mark decorated him, on
account of his extraordi¬
nary performances, with
the Danebruok Order for
Civil Merit; Mahomet Ali,
Viceroy of Egypt, bestowed
on him a large gold medal,
with an admirable half-
size portrait of himself; the
Empress Maria Alexan-.
drowna of Russia named him Professor, and Physician In Ordinary;
and his Maiesty the Emperor of all the Russias presented him with
two very valuable diamond rings.
The Professor, who has been termed " the magician of the nine¬
teenth century," and his fubulously wonderful effects liavo achieved
for him great celebrity in the metropolitan circles.
CHRIST CHURCH, LANCASTER.
This beautiful edific e has lately been erected at Lancaster under very
interesting circumstances. It is well observed in the Lancaster Qautte
that " the man who of his worldly substance voluntarily rears up a
temple to be used for Divine worship, in conformity with the precepts
of holy inspiration/is, undoubtedly, a benefactor to the community in
the midst of which his pious beneficence is to be rendered available;
and doubly indebted is the Christian Church to that man when, to the
large expense of building a commodious and oostly-finiahed
church, ho superadda tho munificent sum required to supply
the newly-raised edifice with an adequate endowment Sel¬
dom, indeed does it happen that men in these latter times build
churches and endow them; and it is no slight reflected honour for
Lancaster to boast of that in her very midst so rare a thing actually
occurs: honour not the less striking that the author of it is a son
born and bred in tho good old town, and manifesting his love and
attachment to the place of his birth by conferring upon it one of the
highest gifts that it is possible for a mortal to bestow upon his fellow-
man, namely, a house set apart for the adoration of the Deity.” In
fewer words, this noble edifice has been erected and endowed at the
solo expense of Mr. Samuel Gregson, a native of Lancaster, and now
for many years representative of the borough in Parliament.
No part of Lancaster has been more improved of late years than the
portion which lies adjacent to the Moor. No sooner was a spacious
road thrown open m that direction than almost immediately sprang
up that goodly pile of buildings, the Royal Lancaster Grammar
School. The Roman Catholic townsmen hive helped to adorn the
neighbourhood with some imposing structures; and now literally
crowning the whole may be seen, ana apparently springing out of the
midst of the woodland, the elegant Christian temple of Christ Churoh.
The building is of the style of the Geometrical period of English archi¬
tecture, or of the latter end of the thirteenth century. It is cruciform
30
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 9, 1858
in plan, and so differs from churches in general that it does not lie
east and vest. On each aide of its northern gable, facing the town,
rise the two light spires, one containing a pad. of three bella. The
stonework is well executed throughout.
The interior fittings are in admirable taste; the roof is open-timbered;
the principal windows, and somo of the side-windows, are painted
with scriptural subjects; and on the walls are tablets inscribixl with
texts from Holy A\ rit. The furniture is of oak; and the pulpit and
reading-desk are elaborately carved. The font is of Purbeok stone,
upon columns ot Pur beck marble. The church stands in a spacious
area,, walled in with handsome masonry, and ingress and egress are
provided for by gateways at convenient intervals.
The church was consecrated with appropriats ceremony in Sep¬
tember last.
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK.
Sunday, Jan. 10.—1st Sunday after Epiphany.
Monday, ll. — Plough Monday. Hilary Term begins.
Tuesday. 12.—Irruption of the Thames Tunnel. 1828.
Wednesday, 13.— Cambridge Lent Term begins.
Tnt ksday, H.—Oxford Lent Term begins.
Friday, 15.— New Moon, 6 h. 32 m.. am.
Saturday, 1C.—Day breaks at fill. 58m., a.m.
TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT LONDON -BRIDGE,
FOB THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 10, 1868.
Bcnd«y. | Monday. I Tuesday. | Wednesday | Thursday. | Friday. | Satoniay.
*
M
A
V
A
M
A
I h in
h m
h m
h ra
h 771
h rn
h m
11 2»
1166
—
0 20
n 63
1 15
1 37
2 0
2 29
2 38
2 67
h m
3 II
H ER MAJESTY’S THEATRE.—Her MAJESTY the
. .Qt-TtSM hat ur*i*iou*ly signified her intention of iimourinir with li*r presence n
REKIFS of I OLK FESTIVAL PERFORM ANCK^, intended :*i !*e at the Utrioi
ortha approaching Kiiyllalt of her Royal Highn/tro the PRINCESS ROYAL with his Royal
lliahnen the Prince FREDERICK WILLIAM Oh PUUSSIA.
Tl»e Gwurul Arrangement* are under the direction of Mr. Mitchell, In oo-oporatlan with
Mr. Liuuky. and favoured by the M«l*u»nc- of tho following Managua of tin* Metropolitan
Mr. Smith, Theatre Royal Drury Lane; Mr. Burirotonu, Uaymarkot Theatre;
Mr. VS thaler. Adelphl Thoa-rc; Mr. Harrison and Ml*s Pyne. Lyceum Theatre; Mr. Rolwon
and Mr. kmtian. Olrtn|>ie Theatre; and Mr. Pbolpa. Baiter 1 * Well* I'hoatro.
The Frograinmo will comprise tho following KararUinmnnU .—
On Tuesday. January 19, MACBETH, produced under tlio <«lre*ion of Mr. Phalpfl.
Mjulxdh, Mr. FMpa; Lady Macbeth, Mis* Helen Faucit. With Locke* Incidental Muds,
under the Uituctl-.a of Mr. Benedict. And Mr. Oxcnfoni’s Farce of TWIGS KILLED, in
which Mr. and Mr*. K re ley will oerform.
Thun day, January SI, Haifa's Now Opera, TOE BOSE of CA5TILLE: by Min Pyno.
Mr l!arri*un, Mr. Wrias, and tho Ooeratic Company of tho Lyceum Theatre. Coadactor.
Mr. A- Mellon. Wttha COMIC AFTKRFIBCE.
Saturday. January 23. an ITALIAN OPERA; hr Mdllo. Pioooloralnl. Sirnor Gluffllni, and
tho prince** Artists of Mr. LuutTor'a Theatre. With u BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT; an I
A New CAN 1ATA, composedl>v Mr How«rd Glover.
Fourth Pcrfonminrc, an ENGLISH COMEDY: by Mr- Buckstono'■ Company of the Hav-
market Tluatrc. And an AFTERPIECE, in which Mr. Wright and member* of the AdelJbi
Company will parfonn.
Aiiu.itr'on to the Tit (for which a limited number of ticket* will bo toned). Haifa Guinea;
GalJrry Stal'a (rvearved and numbered), 6*.- (iallary, 3a. Application* for Boxca. Orcho*«r*
ttalU. and TU-krta, to he mule at the Box-odlcc of the Theatre; and at Mr. Mitchell'* Hoya
Library, S3, Old Bond-street. _
H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Spezia, Sannicr, Giuglini,
Vlaletti.atul AkiighicrL—II. TROVATOKR. In conaeqnenee of tho favour wi h which
Uv suooeaalve rcprxacntatlou* have beenlrecelred by cnthuaia»tic aodicaces, 1L TROVATORE
will be repeated on TUESDAY NEXT, Jan. 12 Prloe*-Pit stalls, 12*. 6d.; boxe* (to hold
four pcrKMta), pit and ona pair. £5 Ss., K rand tier. £3 3*.; two pair, £1 5*.; three pair. 16*.;
gallery boxca. lft*.; (r*nery stalls, 3a. 6d.; gallery. 2*.; pit, 3*. fid. Application! to bo made at
the Box-oflloe at the Theatre.
H ER MAJESTY’S THEATRE.—Piccolomini, Spezia, Sunnier,
Luehoti, Aldlphicri, Dellctti. Vialetti. and OioRlini. Thnlr suocomIvc retire tent aliens
having been received with entliurinsm, IL TROVATORE, LA F1GLIA, LA FAVORITA. and
LA TKAVIATA, will be repeated on Tuesday, 12th January; W©dne»day, 13th, and Thurs¬
day, 14tb. Price*:—Pit stall*. 12*. 6d.; boxes (to bold four parson*), pit and one |>sir, £i 2*.;
Iriand tier, £3 3a.: two pair, £1 6*three pair, 16i.; gallery boxrt, 10*.: gallery stalls, 3*. 6d.;
gallery, 2* ; pit, 2a. Od. Applications to bo mado at the Box-otflec at the Theatre.
T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.—Monday, Tuesday,
ami Wcdnoadav. A CUtiE FOR THF. HEARTACHE, in which Mr. Buckstono wiU
appear. Tbtmday. Friday, and Saturday. Mr. Bockntono'a Comely of SINGLE LIFE; or.
Maida and Hscb tiers; after wlurli, every Evening, tlie Pantomime of TUB SLEEPING
BEAUTY IN THE WOOD; or. Harlequin and Tho Spiteful Faby. Scenery by Wiliam
Calloott. The Droning Performance* conclude abortly after Eleven. A Morning Performance
of the Pantomime on Thursday next commence* at Two and conclndLig by a quarter past
Tear In the Afternoon.
OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. CHARLES
DLLLON — Monday, Wedneaday, Friday, and 3otu-dny. Tho KING'S MU.8KSTEBR8
D'Artsgnan. Mr. Chariot DIHon. Tuesday and Thurwlay, R1CIIKLIEU. lUohaUea. Mr.
Charter Dillon. To ooncludo with, every Evening, LALLA ROOKH.—Morning Perform¬
ance* carry Fatunlay.
K OYAL PRINCESS* THEATRE.—Under the management
of Mr. C1IARLK4 KEAN—Monday. Wedneaday. and Friday, A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT'S DREAM. lunrday and Thursday, HAMLET. Saturday, tho CORSICAN
BROTHERS. Tho Panfomfmo every evening.
T ONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK.—Notice is hereby
XJ given tbM lb. ANSUAI. GEKHKAI, MKKTING o( ll.l, C.mp«ny will b, k.ld .t tho
* k* 11 *** 1 *!’'’ 00 WEDNESDAY, the 20th instant. at on* o'clock precisely, to docl«r«
a divided and to elect throe Directots. in the room of William Tito, Em.. M.?., F R.8.. John
Lowia Btcanlo, F^a., M.P, and Charles Gihhea, E*q , who rotiro bv rotation: but, being
eligible for re-election, offer themeetvee accordingly; uod for other par;>oio*. B
_ ... By order of the Board,
Uthbury, Jannary. 1*69 J. W. GlLBABT, Genaml Maniger.
, 1l J° TronafbrHooka of the Com; mid v wUl be do*ed until Uu> 26Ui of January, to prepare
for the Dividend*.
C jITY of LONDON SCHOOL, Milk-street, Cheapside,
established anil endowed by Act of Parliament, and unier the mananjiUh-nt of tho
ConKualion of Lotxlou.
licad Matter—Tbo Rev. GEO. K. W. MORTIMER, D D., of Qnoen’* CoUoge, Oxford.
The ensuing T KHM (CMniding to Eaater) wiil ooininence on TUBS DAI*, JANUARY 12.
Tho j ear i* divided into three term*. Fas for each term £2 16*.
Tho course of Instruction Include* tho EuglUh, French, German. Latin, and Greek
Language, Mathematics, Arithmetic, Writing, Book-keeping, Goography, HUtory. Drawing,
tho Element * of Chemistry, Nmuml Philosophy, and Vocal Mu-ic.
Person* desirous of entering tbeir *oti* us pupil* may obtain proapoctuuoe of tho School,
coiitalnuig aUo particular* of the acholnraliipa, oxhlbltloru to tin UnWorriUea, and other ad¬
vantage* attnebtd to It, at Urn 8chooL between tho hour* of Ten and Four. Some of the
M micro receive board nr*. _ TnoMA-S Bhkwkr. floorotary.
pOLLEGIATE SCHOOL, DOUGLAS. ISLE OF MAN.
FuiKCtPAL.—J. A. M MulIro, A.B., of Ix?nrloa, Flret Hononr Man of DuhUa
Univoreity, and I* irst Scholar of tho Qu^oa’a.
ASSIATAJCT MASTERS.
H. W. Hemming*. LL.IL. Dublin Uni vanity Scholar and flrat in Honour*.
G. E. Cocky rill. Esq.. Bid. Suaaex Csmbridro Scholar, and dm in Honour*.
R. Blhaack, F«q., Junior Sophiater, Dublin University.
Mon*. K. Lebhiiu. A.B., Univcrrity of France.
Herr P. Herchliuld. of I^ipric, Professor of Gorman, Spanish, and Italian.
Twentv-flvo Univoralty Ilooonr*, among them a first open ScholArihio. and lovoril Com-
misei-m* in the Army and Navy, have boon obtained by tho pupils of this School within tho
paat four yean- Term*, £40, £ (6, and £60 per annum.
/^IRAUFURD COLLEGE, Maidenhead, — Students will be
carefully and rapidly prepared for tho Now Oxford Examinations. All information,
With references, may be had from tho Principal.
C llAUFURI) COLLEGE, Maidenhead, Berks.—The Nevy
Oxford Examination Regulation* will in future direct tho course of study which will
prepare Students under fifteen to take tho certificate, and under olghteen tho title, of
Ascoci.ite of Art* of tho University. The College ha* a Principal o' onurgv, oxtrerionne,
ekiil, and extonaivo learning; a complete rt»tf of Professors, and a raonrn'established by
the sucres* of iu uchelar* at competitive examinations, with ovary arranfremont for tho
fomiaiion of moral character, tho exercise of tba physical powers, and tho davelopment of
robust health. Pupil* are admitted from the ago of aeveu years. Tho terms from £30 to £60.
Detailed (irospectuae* and references on application-
O.OVERNESS PUPILS.—Two required now in a superior
VA Ladies' School, by the l'nrkn. They would have every advantage, and al! tho com¬
fort* of homo. Term* moderate. Addre** to “The Principal,” 7. Groavenor-itreet, Eaton-
■quare. 8.W.
M B. HAWKINS, of the GBOSVENOB BIDING SCHOOL,
22, South-street, Park-lane, big* to inform the Nobility and Gentry that ho continues
to give INSTRUCTION in the ART of BIDING, Daily. Well-trained Homos for LadlesAnd
Gentlemen; 8mall Poniea for Juvanile Pu|41s. , /X \ \
fTHIEATRE ROYAL, ADELTHI.—Proprietor and Manager,
X Mr B. WEBSTER. Directress Madomo CKLE4TE.—The last Six Nights of thx
GREEN RU'HIE*.—Monday and During the Week. TUE GREEN BUSHES. Madame
Celeste, Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford In their original character*. To conoludo with tho
Grand Comic Pantomime.
S URREY THEATER—On MONDAY, and during the week,
PERILS by LAND and WAVE: Mr. Shepherd. F.ach evening, QUEEN HAB; or.
Harlequin Romeo ami Juliet, i^uren M*b. Mto K. Webster; Romeo. Mr. Bchmire; Har¬
lequin, Mr. Glover; Columbine. MU« Willinott; Clown, by tho Surrey favourite Buck; Pan¬
taloon. Mr. Bradbury: Sprite, Bond.
A STLEY’S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — Lessee and .
Manager, Mr. WILLIAM COOKE.—Thl. Evening tho Military Snoot*da, The/
STORMING ami CAPTURE of DELHI; «uccoinled bv new and elegant SCENES In thA^
ARENA: concluding with Mr. William Cooke'* Grand Kquea'rlan Comic Pantomime, entitled \
DON UUIXOTF. Rud hi* STEED ROSIN ANTE. Tne ilunstcr Car drawn by Twelve milk^
while llorae* abreast, and other gorgeous effeeta. \
g TANDABD THEATBE, Shoreditch.—Every Even! I
cennnnKo wia> the Pantomime of GEORGY - PORGBY': or. Harlequin Dadciy^fi
», with al) it* Splendid Effect*. Mugnifiecnt Scenery. Costly Dreaso*. and Gi
Transformation 8ttM. ITonounccd um>qualled. To conclude with THE WAITS.
Perfnmianco every Monday at balf-pa*t Twelve.
HE KOVAL POLT TECHNIC.—CHRIS T M AS
HOLIDAY8 are maintained hero with an extraordinary number of ENTERTAIN¬
MENTS, of a novel, adonttfle, and amusing character. The GIANT CHRI8TMA9 TREK
will yield, gratuitously, next Thursday Morning and Evening, the /tthfRutant, uuuaual
rnuuiritk* ofknivM and toy* for tba boy*, and prettf thing* for tho girls. The Forty Dij-
aolving Mew*, fllurtratlng the RKDEUSlON IN INDIA, and ail tho Lecturro AniT Entor-
taiemonta, aa usual. Admtolon to tho whole , 1*. Childre n under ten ondseboo!* half-price.
M r. ALBEKT SMITH’S MOJJT BLANC, NAPLES,
POMrEII, and VESUVIUS E-cry Night (oxcept SatnrdayT,-*.: Eight, and Tun
dny*Thur*dftr, and Baturdav Afternoon*, at Thre?.—Placha can be secured' at The Box-
oflloe, EGYPTIAN HALL, daily, between Elevens^nti Four. without any extra charge.
T
OPEN for a siiort Winter Season in BIRMINGHAM, in a .
the purpose. The Company—entirely American—oomprisea
every branch of the Equestrian and Gymnastic nrbfcMlon <
The feat* of the Native Bedouin Arab* alio *tand nlono and ui
Home* and Mule* will bo brought forward from linie to time in
jpnineraoe; and novelty will aucoeed novelty during the m
IIIE GKEAT UNITED STATES CIRCUS.—HOWES and
CUSHING'S.—Thl* unequalled establishment—the hugest in the world—if NOW
** *- *” • "-*- ” *- - bricVbtfllding erected ior
‘ ahJount of taleut in
itratod in ono arena,
•ailed. Thu Stud of Trained
til tho feats peculiar to the
« nine race; and novelty will succeed novelty during the neccrortrily limited stay of the
•mpany. There will be two performance* crery day, commcitejiig at Two, and a Quarter
paat Seven. _ y . - _ ■/ / _
P ROFESSOR WILJALBA F MIC ELL. Physician to their
llaj'rt:n the Knuw-or .nil Einiiro™ of RnMl.:-ST. JAWKS'S TIIBATKE -PHY-
81CAL and NATURAL MAGIC, without the aid of any; apparatus. Two Hours of Illusions.
WEDNESDAY aod SATURDAY AFTERNOONS at 3. and every Evening at H. Stall*,
6a.; Balcony Stall*, 4* ; Boxen/8C’bHt,"2f.; Gailory. la, : Private 3oxo# Two Gulneu, Ono
Guinea and a Half, and one 1 Guinea, Places to be nocurod at Mr. Mitchell'* Royal Library,
33, Old Bond-street.
TFENTRILOQUISM. — EXETER HALL. — NEWMAN
f -and BON. UNRIVALLED YTEWm^OQUIfiTS, will give their ENTERPAINMEST
cm TUESDAY* EVENING, JAN. 12th, and cterr Tuesday following, commence at eight.
Mr*, and Mb* Newman Will MUg Duets nod Song* during the Evening. Private partis* at¬
tended.—22, Oxford-terrace, Cnmden-Unrn. /
_ “BOPK7A AND ANNIE’S" FffTH YEAR. ^ . . ,
f | mis SIS'rERS SOPHIA and ANNIE, in their Original
A Enleriainmont, entitled SKETCHES FROM NATURE, wfll appear at Dundee,
Monday. J*unary ll,and Every EVfthlxigdaring the week.
C HRISTY'S _
•trect. Strand—l c*
E ndT ^ Tcnla<r- 0d E
STRELS, Polygraphic Hall, King William-
HDNCERT. Cimmoncing at 8. JULLTEN'S BURLESQUE
yA Morning Performance.^.Commencing at 3. Prloe*, 3*., 2*.,
M ISS JULIA ST. GEORGE’S HOME and FOREIGN
I.Y1?IC8.—GLASGOW, 11th to the 16th.-Pianist, F. Emile Bergtr.—Hartmann and
Co.. 88. Albanr-atnMt, N.W __
P RICE’S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY (Limited) heg to
call attention to tho NEW PRINTING on tho WRAPPERS of tboir Patent Com-
poaitr Candles. Several largo and valned cuatomore have complained of other dealer* selling
the cheaper lower descriptions of the Company’s Composite Candle* as tbo bolt. To protect
reapectablo dt-ok-r* and the public against the oonthiunncc of this, the Company will in
future distinctly mark each quality—First, Second. Third, or Fourth.
rrice’s Patent Candle Company (LlmiJcJ), Bylmonl, VauxhaC, London,
flONSTANT EMPLOYMENT GIVEN to PUPILS at the
most liberal price*.—WANTED directly n limited number of LADIE8 or GENTLE¬
MEN, to executo. at thoir own rooidenoes. tho new, easy, and artistic work now in .great
demand. A small premium required. The art taught personally nr by oorrorpoadence> A
letter of full particular* sent for four stamps. Apply early to LAWRENCE’S Showrooms,
*4, Chariotto-atreut, Filzroy-square- Inear Kalhbono-placo). Eatabllshod l
Tj’DUCATION in PARIS.—Mdlle. DE CD&NET (who
JL2i resided lix year* with the late Mr*. Bray) and her Sister*, 11, Kuo do Challiot,
Champa E>ys<Ie*. RECEIVE a limited number of SELECT PUPILS and PARLOUR
BOARDERS Mdliu Bo Cornet will be In London from January 2nd to the l&tb, anfl may bo
seen betweeu the hours of Ono and Four, at 21. Somerset-street, Portrnarr-anuarn.-every
day during that tirno. Reference permitted to the Rev. Dr. Emortca, Principal of Hun wall
College, who will forward a Pro*pectus of this long-oatabHa hoft institution when required.
T O PARENTS and G U ARDI AMS.—TWO LADIES,
residing in tho neighbourhood of TURN'D/if-G RE KN\ are ch)*lrou« to RECEIVE ONE
or TWO Y’OUNG CHILDREN, of good oonnec.irins(oftho same family weuUl/be pro for rad),
whore studies and general trainiog would bo uudw Choir pL-rjonal at lendahco, Romunerati oa
equivalent to the advantage* offered would be expodtod, and rofaraheetgiven and required.—
Address A- B., care of Moasrt. Ntoen and Parker,8t^lqoqre,Nq. 43, >Iark-lano, London, K C.
■J1TUSIC.—LESSONS on the PIANOFORTE given by an
JjvJL jrxperirnced Lady. Term* evce^dln^'y modwate , For partteular* apply or address
Term*
to Mbs M. A. Orritt. Ml, Fcnchi
T he water c
Thousand* upon thou*;
treatment might bo relieved
mDE SUCCESSFUL
A and CHRONIC BRON<-
Bath and other Hvgieuic Mcni
BEN RHYDDING aa a resh
during Winter, for U>e cure of
Application fir Proapoatuses
Otloy, Yorkshire.
rook park, Richmond, Surrey.—
■bo hatro lost all hope of benefit from medical
ctly safo and most agreealtle aystom.
J. Ellis, M.D.
of CONSUMPTION
Winter by tho Campreasod Air
it pursued there, are well adapted,
Bronchitis.
House Steward, Beu Rhydding,
■pTERALDIC
DIO,—LIBRARY, and Index of the
JJL Hetaids'Vlsltet
a Description of tbo 8
Lincoln'*• inn /s\
ion*, Op&n Da
cienoe, iOti J
Hv. The LINCOLN’S-INN MANUAL of HERALDRY:
iDKravinss, 3*., 0 r stampa^-H. BALT, Ureat Turnstile,
1J10R fAa
IIL Y a
ARMS, send to the LINCOLN’S-
X’ IKK HERALD „
many years has imbiszonec
out Europe. 8ketch,3s 6d.,o
. tho Establishod authority in England, which for
/quartered Anns, with that authenticity known through-
».—H. SALT, Turnstile, Lincoln’*-Inn.
iN’S-INN HERALDIC OFFICE—GENTLEMEN
TJF.Sotnnlov pertons who do not Emolaxen by tho Lstvaof Hora'dry. For
Public the Soraldic Office now execute* Engraving,bus. Book-pbUoArma,
or Rings, 8*. Gd.—H. SALT, Turaitila, Lincoln's-Inn.
BEARINGS.—No charge for search.—Sketch
description. 2*. Od.; in colour, 5a. Crests on seal* or ring*. 8« ; oa die, 7s. 8olUl
U Hul-msrkeA, *ard or bloodstone ring, cugrave<l with crest, two guineas,
•ho hiu recoivod tlie Gold Medal for engraving), 44, High Holborn, W.C. I’ricc-
O. LEK FIELD
\tir
PATENT STARCH,
USED IN THK ROYAI. LAUNDRY,
;nd pronounced by hor Majesty’s Laundress to be the Flnost Btaroli she over used.
Sold by all Chaudlers, Grocers, flee., flee.
ER MAJESTY’S THEATRE.—State Visit OPERA-
GLAPSES, in every variety of size, mounting, and price. Soms superb specimen* of
Viennese manufacture, suitable ibr Wedding or Birthday Prosont*, at CALLAGHAN’S,
Optician, 23 a, New Bond-street, Comer of Conduit-street. N.B. Dole Agent to Volgtiiinder,
''Vienna.
T he frost.—self-registering thermometers
on nn improved construction, showing the extreme* of Cold or Heat, at CALLAGHAN’S,
Optician, 23 a, New Bond-street, comer of Conduit-street. N.B. Bole Agent for tho small
andpowerfu Opera and Field Glasses, invented and made by Voigtluader. Vienna.
S portsmen and gentlemen of the army and
NAVY.-S. and B. SOLOMONS, Optician., 39, Alhomirlo-nroet, Piccadilly, W.
?rva, opposite the York HoteL—Portability, combined with great power, in FIELD,
BACK-COURSE, OPERA, and general out-door day and night powerful Waistooat-
pockat PERSPECTTVB GLASSES, weigh Ing only four ounces, each containing ™ ^
lenses, constructed of German gloss, will show diatinctly a person’s countenanco at 2J and
S mDc*. They serve ovary parpoeo on tho Race-course, Wid Rt the Opare-houses.
Country scenery and Ships are clearly soon nt 8 to 10 miles- They are also Invaluable for
Shoot tug, Deer-stalking, and Yachting. Her Majesty's Coast-Guards are now making
use of them as day and night glasses, In preference to all others; they have also beoome
In general use by Gentlemen of the Army and Navy, and by Buortsmea, Gantlamon,
Gamekeepers, and Tourists. The most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, powessing
such extraordinary power that som e, 34 inches, with an oxtra astronomical eye-pioce,
will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars; with tho same
Telescope can bo seen a parson's countenance three-and-a-half miles distant, and an
object from fourteen to sixteen mites. AH tho abovo can bo had of larger and all sizes, with
Inc reasing powers, and are secured by hor Majesty’s Royal Letters Patent.
mHE ROYAL EXHIBITION, 1851.—A valuable, powerful,
L nowlv-lnvented, verv small wabitooat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a
person can bo seen and known 1} mile distant. They servo ovory purpose on the Race-ooursc,
and at tlie Opera-houses. Country scon err and ship* are clearly seon at four to six miles.
They arc invaluable for shooting, dew-stalking, ynchtihg, to sportsmen, gentlemen, game-
keepers, and tourirt*. Price 3U». Mlcrotoopos, ilaglo Lanterns, and Slides. Every de¬
scription of Optical, Mathematical, and Philosophical Instruments. Orders andxll kinds of
repair* executed with punctuality.—Mossri.SOLOMONS, Opticians,39, Albomorlo-stroet, Pic¬
cadilly (opposite tho York Hotel).
B YESIGHT.—Optical Improvements,* to enable persons
at an advanced age to read with ease, and to discriminate objects with perfect dis¬
tinctness.—Messrs. SOLOMONS, Opticians, have invented and patented SPECTACLE
LENSES of tire greatest transparent power. The valuabto advantage derived from this
Invontion Is that vision becoming Impaired Is preserved and strengthened; very agod
C roons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation; can see with those
i.*ee of a mnch loos magnifying power, and they do not require the frequent change*
to the dangerous efforts of farther powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at tho most
remote parte of tho world by sending a pair of spectacles, or ono of the glasses out of
thorn. In a letter, and stating the distance from the oyrs thoy can read small print with
it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating thoir ago — JV, Aibomarle-
stroet, Piccadilly, W. (opposite tho York Hotel).
D EAFNESS.—A newly invented Instrument for extreme
cases of Deafness, called the Sound Magnifier, Organic Vibrator, and invisible
Voice Conductor. It flu so into the ear as not to be In tho least perceptible: the unpleasant
sensation of singing noises in the hood is entlrelv removed. It affords instant relief to
the deafest persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at church and at public assem¬
blies.—Messrs. SOLOMONS, Opticians and AuriiU, 39, Aibemario-stroot. Piccadilly, W.
(opposite the York Hotel).
TITUTINY IN INDIA—Military Field Glasses of matchless
J_tJL quality, combining the vory laleet Improvements, at CALLAGHAN’S. 23 a, New
Bond-afreet, corner of Conduit-street. N.B. Sole Agont for tho small and powerful Opera
li>« uu»N». .'arwfl wi mii Pi , Vwa»»,
T)OYAL ACADEMY of MUSIC—Tbo Lent Term com
V JSJ mtraces on MONDAY, JANUARY 18th, 1858.
Candidates for admission mu»t attend nt the Institution for examination on Salurt.*
January loth, at threo o'clock.-By order of tho Committee of Management, wurlay,
Royal Academy of Music, Tent mien -street, Uanover-square, January 7 ,°l3i^ OCr0 tar3r *
P ASSAGES to INDIA, AUSTRALIA, See., engagedlv^
of Commission. Outfits provided. Anuucy for officers and civilians of the F i
By C. R. TliOMrSON. LIT i AS, and CO. London: WuchoVtorHou.i
^ '• »»* u4,0.;
Tf'MIGRATION.—PASSAGES to AUSTRALIA. TAS.
50 Fmtot&i o: C u’ mar W EOC ' jrod ttirmiKh Messrs. 8. W. SILVER mai
T - :.,9 ot 3 a«d 4, Blshopsgate-ffreel (opposite the London Tavern), City.
Uvon . and reliable mfonuaUjn from their numorous connection* glron
upon application as abovo, pcrsonaUy or by post. *
TMPORTANT NOTICE.—Noblemen and Others having Old
Suvro, Dresden, and other China Mate, Diamonds, Jewels, Furniture, Bronzes. Marb e*.
wSre' of 0,ery klod ’ lt,vo ° l “ “*'■ ‘•r <?-
A GENCY for a VALUABLE MANURE.—A Manufacturer
X A. i* Open to appoint a few reetjobtablo Agchta for his Manure, which commands a readr
sole, as it* goednoro is certified J>yRCM)^Te.tlniontat# from a’l par^s of the United Kingdom
ard by many farmers who liav u n*od tt for several >eare. Addreax. wlUi occupation and
references, H.I., at Mr. E. t'o/yor's Y VluteY^j". Fenchurch-street, London.
T O GENTLEMEN 1 ABOUT TO
€ ■
rcperici
Addree*. Architect. 278,1 Ilgh Hol!
BUILD.—Designs, Working-
irod nut! works auiierintouded bv an Architect of
Estates managed or laid out for building parj»o«e*.—
"IV/YONEY on PERSONAL SECURITY promptly advanced to
-LtJL Noblemen or Gentlemen, Heirs to Entailed Estates, or by wav of Mortgage on Pro¬
perty derived antler Wills or Settlements, fltc. Confidential applications mav be mala rm-
addressed to Mr. HO>V8K, 11, BeAufhrt-building*, Strand. *
XT0MYOPATHIC PHARMACIES, 9, Yere-street,
JLJL / / Cavendlsh^aquare. W.; and 6, St. Paul's Churchyard, E.C., Londou.
Mr /JAMES LEATU. in returning thanks to his rapidly-increasing connection, respect¬
fully intimate* that ho has taken into Partnership Mr. ROSS, his late Assistant, who has for
Brm©years past prepared all tbo Homoeopathic Medicine* sold at the above Establishment*,
and. having tin- greatest confidence in hi* correct manlpu'atlons. that Department will i*
future continue u incr hi.* personal supervision ; and from his oxporieice ba a Chemist, and
necuiate knowledao of ilomu'opfthic Pharmacy, a strict reliance may bo p'aoed upju al
Mctlicines *upjiHed-by them.
Mr Leath will continue to attend to the Publishing Department, and. having boon con¬
nected with Homo’opatby upward* of Twenty Y’»urs, beg* to call atentton to the faciliLafl
at his command for making public any Works that may bo intrusted to Ids care.
ANSWERS TO TWELFTH-NIGHT CONUNDRUMS.
1. Because he is inn-offensive.—2. Because he is cut off at tl»e
jnarie—‘t. The letter r, which makes eagle r-egal.— 4. Because she
^eats with the beak. —5. Because their beaks come to a pint .—
6. Because he is something out of the common.—7. Because he would
be Verr eg small.—8. When she’s a good mouse, sir. —9. Because it if
./robbin redbreast.—10. Becauso they are always croaking.—11. Because
he is an ’erring mortal.—12. a cock o’ two.—13. Because a monk ha
is not.—14. A rfoor-mouse.—15. Because he follows iu tlie wake.—
10. Because he drops a tier.
MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL
OP ENGLAND WITH
PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA.
In January, a Splendid Pobtbait of the Peinckss Royal
will be given with the Illustbated London News, Printed in
Colouks. Also, fine Engravings of the Marriage Ceremony.
Those who are desirous of possessing these Beautiful Pictures are
recommended to subscribe regularly for the Illustbated London
News, which is supplied by all respectable Booksellers and Newsagents.
198, Strand, London.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
LOXDOX. SATURDAY. JANUARY 9. 18S8.
The intelligence from India received on Thursday docs not con¬
firm the hopes inspired by the news at the close of the year.
General Havelock died on November 25th from dysentery, brought
on by cold and anxiety. All England will mourn the loss. Of
the many distinguished men who have shed a lustre over our arms
in India no one stands higher than General Havelock. His en¬
durance of personal fatigue and suffering has been equal to the
prompt energy of his decisions. For his loss we grieve, but we
must remember that he leaves those behind whom the nation will
be bound to love, honour, and reward. It is for us a little consola¬
tion that he had been rescued from Lncknow, and his death
afforded no triumph to the miscreants who had kept him in that
fatal city.
Tliis is not the only bad news from India. In announcing the
last intelligence, we did not give way to any hopes that our work
was at an end. Since then it has become known that the Gwalior
mutineers were threatening the rear of our army. With them, on
the 27th of November, General Windham had a battle, and our
forces were compelled to retreat, losing all their tents. The
G4th Regiment was much cut up. On the 7th of De¬
cember, however, this disaster was repaired and revenged.
The Commander-in-Chief totally defeated the] mutineers, and
captured their guns and stores. Our loss was trilling.
Large reinforcements continue to arrive in India; but great
difficulties appear still to impedo them in reaching the scene of
strife. Carriage is not abundant; and the necessity under
which the Commander-in-Chief has found himself to change his
plans implies increased audacity and force on the part of our foes.
Our work in India seems to grow on us. General Windham
commanded three British regiments, and we fear from their re¬
treating .before tlie Gwalior mutineers that onr once allies and
now enemies have learnt from us the secret of our success. They
have profited by our military arts and our teaching to reach our
power. Every hour’s delay in bringing this contest to a close,
everyday’s danger, every life lost, must fill us all with deep re¬
gret, that tlie utmost energies of the nation were not organised
into prompt action the very instant the mutiny was disclosed.
The Paris press has this week attracted much attention. M-
Granier de Cassagnac, a member of the Corps Legislatif, and
long known as a writer in the Constitutionnel, has issued the first
number of a weekly paper, called Tlie Napoleonic Press and the
Assembles National, suppressed about two months ago, has reap¬
peared as the Spectateur. This latter contains an article on foreign
policy meant to be mischievous, and actually is damaging, to lC
Imperial Government. It asserts that an alliance has been con
eluded between Austria and England^ which they have u»cd a ^
their power to induce Prussia to join, and it implies that the )
tion of the alliance is to guard against France, and exclude u
from her fair share of influence over the continent of Europe.
article is general ciCtUWd in Tftfisj HCtwifeUtuAing tfttj
Jan. 9, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
31
dictions of tlie Ministerial journals, and is remarkably well cal¬
culated, as tlie French arc peculiarly sensitive on the point of
Continental influence, to effect the object aimed at.
The reappearance of the Assemble as tlie Spcctatcur reminds
the public of the despotic power exercised over the press by the
Emperor, and at the same time proves how impotent even he is to
chain tlie intellect of France, or suppress its utterance, even when
they arc meant to excite hostility to his Government Over the
intellect in other countries he has no power, and can no more pre¬
vent its righteous judgments on his acts from reaching the minds
■of the French than he can prevent the eastern gale that has passed
•over England or Germany from affecting their bodies. Every
Tub to their national vanity, every disappointment to their desire
for wealth, the consequences of every defective harvest and of
every' commercial distress, will irritate them, and make them wil¬
lingly adopt the detractions of enemies which he has no power to
stifle. Every national evil will be imputed to his Government,
and, if he should by chance secure immunity while living, he will
assuredly not escape condemnation after death. lie cannot over¬
awe the intellect of the world; but, by being just, he may escape
its brand.
M. Granicr do Cassagnae, a devoted friend to the Emperor,
believes that bad politics are checked, and proposes to wage war
against bad literature. “ The executive power is now at the
Tuileries, not in half-a-dozen inkstands.” “ A beloved and ener¬
getic power is established.” Eut what is the condition of the litera¬
ture of France in conjunction with it ? “In its ensemble," says
M. Granier de Cassagnae, “ it is outside the pale of lirm principle
and real morality; it partakes neither of truth nor of the acknow¬
ledged customs of society.” “We cannot cast a glance ou the
moral direction of the literary productions of the day without a
feeling of pain and shame.” Of the literature of free England we
can boldly say that of even the most trivial parts the nation may¬
be proud. The scandalous part is rather imported than native-
Under the Imperial regime, with tlie most stringent restrictions on
the political press, preventing as far as possible the national
mind from occupying itself with the highest interests, the intel¬
lect of France takes refuge in literature that Is at once trifling,
insipid, and vicious. M. Granicr de Cassagnac’s avowed cru¬
sade against it bears a striking testimony to the demoralising
effects of suppressing free discussion. The excesses of the press
can only be put down by the press; but in France the most
powerful instrument of good government and of pure morals is
disarmed and bound, and France has to mourn over a corrupt, de¬
moralised, and mischievous literature.
M. Granicr de Cassagnae, for the execution of his design, will
want auxiliaries. A free press would create them in abundance. His
party will not allow others to speak, and lie will speak to deaf men.
“The peril to which,” he says, “society is exposed from the
noxious doctrines of the stage, of books, and feuilletuns,” can only
be avoided by their becoming widely known. Words, says the
proverb, break no bones ; but when the utterances of imperfect
knowledge arc not allowed to become better by correction and con¬
tradiction, and when wrath cannot blow itself off in words, ignorance
and anger are compressed into dire passions and explode in
deeds of violence. We are taught by a modern historian that the
expansion of tlie intellect throughout Europe, including France,
while that expansion was ignored by tlie Governments of Louis XV.
and XVI., was one of the chief causes of the violences of the Revo¬
lution. Change, growth, progress, are everywhere in living society, as
on the surface of tlicglobe, tlie order of nature, and the Governments
which ignore or resist them, in the end must be destroyed. That Louis
Napoleon, otherwise so sagacious, should bo blind to this general
act is extraordinary. Though, properly speaking, an adventurer,
lie endangers his position and destroys his fame by following the
mere routine and ruinous practices of the Bourbons. But the
traditions of the bureaucracy, by means of which even he must
act, overrule his judgment. They influenced, too. the mind of
his great namesake; but war and victory afforded excuses arid
palliations for the restrictions on the press of the first Napoleon
which are wanting to the present one. Universal suffrage can
only be ascertained by allowing every man a free utterance for Uis
opinions. As long as Louis Napoleon chains the press hc ttieroly
imitates the Bourbons; but. worse than they,
on the great principle by which he claims
power. Prescription, Divine right, tlie Holy
Church, were the foundations of their rule—
opinion of the multitude, and he persists in supp:
a dozen inkstands ” were ever the executive powei
fettered press ; and to spread that power pv
Napoleon’s constituents he must permit the
thought. We have M. Granier do Cassagnac’s assurani
IfiiN
CatfiBHe-
by the
half
r a
of Louis
;sion of
that the
literature of France under fetters is becoming a scandal to the
nation ; and how will that affect the French, who, next to their
military prowess, have deemed it to be their greatest glory ?
THE COVET.
The seasonable hospitalities of tlie Court have been exercised by
her Majesty during the past week in the accustomed regal manner. On
New Ycar'a-day tlie annual distribution of food and clothing to upwards
of 600 poor persona of the Windsor and Glower, parishes took place in the
Hiding-house of the Castle. At about ten o clock tlie Queen and Prince
Consort, accompanied by ihe Prince of Wales, the Princess lloyal, 1 rlncc
Alfred. Prince Arthur. Prince laopold, Pruteess Alice, Princess Helena,
and Princess Louisa, the Duchess of Cambridge and tlie Princess -Maty,
the Duke of Cambridge, and the Prince of Leimngen, attended by the
Nadirs and Gentlemen in Waiting, proceeded to witness the distribution,
which was under the direction of the Dean of Windsor. In the evening
her Majesty gavea grand dinner to the Duchess of Ivent. the Duchess of
Cambridge, tlie Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Mary ot
Cambridge, ihcDukeof Cambridge, and the Prince of Leiningett. A
select circle were honoured with invitations after dinner.
On Sunday the Quceh and Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, the
Princess RoyAlvPriucess Helena, and the Duchess of Kent, the ladies and
gentlemen of .the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine
sendee In the private cliapt l. The Bishop of London preached the sermon.
On Monday ti e Queen walked and drove in the Home Park, and visited
tlie Duchess of Kent at Frogtnore. ThcPriuce Consort went out shooting.
Her -Majesty and the Princess Royal have taken daily exercise together
duriDg the week, generally extending their walks to Frogtnore.
On Wednesday tlie Marchioness of Aberrant, the Earl oi Clarendon.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, and 31. and 3Iadamedc Labedayerc
arrived on a visit. The illustrious guests invited to be present at the
forthcoming Royal marriage will begin to arrive in London next week.
The Hon Caroline Cavendish and tlie Hon. Flora Macdonald have suc¬
ceeded the Hon. Lucy Kerr and tlioHon.MaryBultcolas Maids of Honour
in Waiting. Lord Alfred Paget and Lieutenant-Colonel Ponsonby have
succeeded Major-General the Hon. C. Grey and Captain Du Plat as
Equerries in Waiting to the Queen and Prince Consort.
The Royal Maeriace.—W c believe, says the Court Journal,
tirnt the Princess Royal will be attended to the altar by eight bride-
maids, selected from the maidens of high degree who arc honoured by her
Royal Highness's friendship, and most closely connected by household
claims for this great distinction. Itumonr mentions the following:—Lady
Cecilia Lennox, Lady Busan Pelham Clinton, Lady Susan JIurray, Lady
Catherine Hamilton. Lady Emma Stanley. Lady Cecilia Molyneux.
Lady Constance Villiers, and Lady Sarah Spencer. Tlie death of Earl
Spencer will, doubtless, cause a substitution of another name for that of
Lady Sarah Spencer. The costume chosen for this bright bevy the
Princess herself designed, and hod one made to judge of its effect..-We
read in the Observerit is understood that there will he a general illumi¬
nation on the night of the nuptials, and the subject will he brought
formally before the Corporation of the city of London in the course of
next week. As might be expected, the approaching Royal marriage will
have a marked influence upon the metropolitan tradesmen: it will come
most opportunely to their aid, and will do much to enable them to over¬
come that feeling of oppression and gloom which recent financial events
have created. Amongst the principal milliners it is stated—and we give
it for tlie information of those of our fair lady readers who may reside far
away from tlie metropolis—that the fashionable colour for ladles’ dresses
on this occasion will be blue.-The public will he admitted, to the
Chapel Royal, St James's, by tickets, on Wednesday, the 27th inst, and
tlie two following days; ana to the chape] and state apartments in the
following week. Tickets of admission will he issued at the Lord Cham¬
berlain's office on Tuesday, the 2Gtli inst.
His Excellency tlie Ambassador of France and the Countess de
Pcrsigny have left* town on a visit to the Duke of Newcastle, at Clumber
Park. Notts.
His Excellency Count Von Platen, the new Minister from the
Court of Sweden, lias taken a large mansion in Grosvenor-place.
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have returned to Kim-
boiton Castle, where they intend to receive company for the next ton days,
alter which they will come to town for the marriage of the Princess
Royal.
The Earl and Countess of Fife have arrived in town from
Scotland.
Sir Robert Feel and Lady Emily Feel have arrived at Flo¬
rence. and purpose to make a'visit to Rome before returning to this
country.
COUNTRY NEWS.
A Robbery of Bask Notes was lately effected at Liverpool.
The cofl'ce-shop of Mrs. Armitage was broken open, and £135 in Bank of
England notes and gold taken out. The two thieves have lust beCn
arrested at Greenwich. Itaving been traced with considerable skill by the
police: Some of the holes were found in their possession,
A New Chimney in connection with the works of Messrs.
Crossley, at Dean Clough, which will be of extraordinary dimensions and
weight, is nearly completed. Although placed In a valley, it has attained
a level with the summit of Beacon-hill. Its height is 127 yards, the. width
at tlie bottom being 10 yards. The weight of brick and stone used in the
erection is estimated at aoss tons. / / N \
The Embodiment of the Militia has beep attended with
riotous outrages committed wantonly by these defenders of their country
uixm the police nnd peaceful citizens. In two or three places in England,
also in Dublin, and some other places in Ireland, riots of tills kind have
recently broken out. Disgraceful militia riots took place 1 in Burnley on
New Year's -eve, and nt Ashton on the following day. There were some
terrible scenes of violence, and several persons wen- severely injured.
Several of the rioters have been committed for trial.
Parliamentary Reform.— Ap important meeting 6f/delegates
from the various lowns and villages surrounding Neweastle-on-Tyne was
held on Monday. Resolutions were passed in favour of manhood suffrage,
vote by ballot, and a no property qualification, as the basis of the new
Reform movement. \
A Canonry Residentiary in Fxetcr Cathedral has been con¬
ferred upon the Rev. Harold Browne. NorrislAn Professor of Divinity at
Cambridge. 1 ' /X / /
Sinodlar Bequest.— On New Vear’s-dav the singular custom
of distributing a penn.
St. Ieonard, Colchester was
infant in tlie nurse's arms t
gift.
Tiie New Mayo:
city gaol, whence lie 111
paying tile demands
poor people who were
A Solvent I!a
affairs of John lloplon
man. Bristol,
tins just been completed,
called bankrupt have '
inraarried persons of the parish of
usual; and ali ages, tram the
" of both sexes, received the
Slcial act was to visit the
debtors there conttned. he
also set at liberty a number of
Bristol Times states that the
_and spirit merchant, and late alder-
yvound up in bankruptcy, the balance-slieet
id niter the stock, furniture. &c„ of tile so-
sold, subject to the usual sacrifices ncccs-
sales. it) shows a cash balance in favour of 3Ir. Wyld
Mr. Wyld
ditor riis. in the pound, and all expenses] of £5000,
sarilv made insui
latter paying over—„_ -,, ,
Here was certainly a victim to the monetary pressure, which, combined
with a confusion of business accounts, caused a proceeding In bankruptcy
to be hurried on, when, as the sequel proves, it was worse than useless.
Tweed Salmon.—T he Eldest residents on the banks of tlie
Tweed, fays the limpid' Advertiser. declare that tliey never saw so many
in tlie river as there have been this season ; and, since the subsidence
f the floods lust week, the fords from Kelso to Broughton, a distance of
i.xty litikv, have been literally swarming with salmon, generally of
c Toviot has also had a good many salmon. Poaching
lrns Le*n somewhat prevalent, hut tlie export market appears to he
stopped in the meantime. Should one-thousandth pari of the ova de-
-posImPtbig season ascend the river as adult fish, we believe the produce
will be very great.
k Defences for the Coast of Scotlaxd.— We understand,
says the Aberdeen Herald, that the arrangements between the town
council and the Government for the protection of tills city and harbour
have been completed. There are to be three batteries—one. a four-gun
Bitlerv. wiil he erected on the Links, near the sea-beach oopwitc to
Garvock-strect. commanding tlie bay and entrance to the harbour; another
on tlie site of the old North-pier battery, to be armed with one gun of
/the heaviest calibre, to command the approaches: and the third, a nine-
gun battery, on the town's lands at Torry. near the Shortness, covering
tlie entrance and approach into the harbour.
The Paupers at Preston.—S erious disturbances have taken
place at Preston amongst the men out of work. They are employed by
ihe parish, to the number of one thousand, on tlie moor, working hair
the day. and receiving a slillllng. On Friday week It was ordered that
they should work the whole div or only receive sixpence. So threaten¬
ing, however. was the resistance displayed that the order was withdrawn.
On Saturday it was again ordered that they should only receive sixjience,
whereupon the men assembled in a tumnltuons manner round the offices
of the guardians, orators got up. and the police were sent for; but the
guardians again gave in. iKVtponing the new regulation till Monday. On
that day tlie disturbances were renewed: bnt special constables were
sworn in. and a resolution was come to to enforce the regulation, and
means were adopted for fully carrying out the labour test
The Lundiiii.l Colliery.—T he damage caused by the terrible
explosion at the Lundhiil Colliery on the 19th July last, by which 1-9
lives were lost, has now been thoroughly repaired. A gTeat improve¬
ment has been made In the working* by the introduction of a diunb-
drift which has been executed under the superintendence of Mr. Beau¬
mont. Tlie effects of this will be to carry the foul air away without it
having to ras- over the cupola furnsre, as previously. The proprietors,
having repaired all the damage, have now again fairly commenced opera¬
tions.*
At Siioreilam the family of a butcher, named Putick, who is
also a ratcatcher, and keep* arsenic to kill rats, lucre been poisoned by
arsenic in their pudding. Tlie mother and son have died: the father was
U1 for two days, but recovered. No clue has been obtained to the presence
of the arsenic in the food.
“Black Bill,” alias .Tohn Palmerston, a noted burglar, who
was arrested about three weeks ago ou Tower-hill, having in his posses¬
sion skeleton keys nnd a stx-barrel revolver, has been convicted of a
burglary at Shrewsbury, and sentenced to four years’ penal servitude.
Fail of a Child out of a Railway Carriage,— The
train which leaves Ramsgate at 11.30 conveyed, on Thuradny week, to
London, a mother with her fimiiy of little children. The door of the
compartment in which the family were bring left open, a little girl three
years old fell out. The agonised mother was unable to make IierselT
heard by the guard; hut ns tlie train passed Chartham the gatekeeper
made signal* and the train was stopped. The engine was then sent back,
and the child was found uninjured.
Shoal of Gabvies.—A large shoal of these diminutive fish
have been swarming for several days past in the waters of the Forth, and
have been taken in great quantities about the Ferry and the Inch, and
forwarded to London. Tlie present has been the largest shoal of these
tiny fish which has appeared iu tlie Forth for thirty years. The games
were actnoliy taken out of the water m baskets, dipped from the side* of
small boats, and nets were In two or thro? instance! so heavily laden as
to give way under the pressure.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
Two parties seem desirous to keep the question of Reform before the
public. The other day wc hud the memorial from the “ educated '*
class, who desire to have members of their own, and not to be com¬
pelled to go to the poll-booth with their less-instructed citizens; and
now a Ixjdy of gentlemen, calling themselves Reformers, are largely
advertising some propositions of their own as the lowest terms which
they think the country should accept. Both sections of improvers of
the Constitution may be disposed of with expedition. The mis¬
chievous character of the first proposal is evident at tlie first glance,
and the isolation of a large body of the cultivated men of England
from their brethren is perhaps tlie very worst tiling tliat could happen
for either class. And the gentlemen on the other side demand even
more irrational changes. They desire to abolish tlie old arrangements
by which all interests in the State are represented in Parliament, and
to confer political power npon mere population, also proposing to give,
in boroughs, the franchise to all who an: rated. Tlie effect of such a
change wonld, of coarse, hi to deprive all the various “ minorities’*
(if wc may use the term to express interests that involve the well¬
being of the subdivisions of society) of all influence. It is remark¬
able that most of the few distinguished men connected with thi*
movement are tlie men who were turned out of Parliament for not
comprehending the spirit of the country, and for what was called
pcace-niongering. They stand out again with new evidence that they
cannot understand the English character, and will not see that, whilo
wc demand that the minority shall give way to the majority, it ia
ou tlie faith of the former having fair play and full hearing.
Tlie preparations for the marriage of the Princess Royal are pro¬
ceeding satisfactorily. Tlie Prince of Prussia and his consort will, it
is confidently believed, be able to come over and witness the ceremony ;
and we trust it may be so, in order that the English public may bare
an opportunity of showing respect to one of the most exemplary re¬
presentatives of European Royalty. It is, of course, definitively
settled that only aliout a twentieth part even of the aristocracy
shall be permitted to witness the spectacle; but, as it is felt
tbatithg public should have some chance of beholding the young
bride afid her husband and the distinguished guests who attend tlie
wedding, some theatrical representations are advertised, and those
ivlio are fortunate enough to secure tickets will liave an opportunity
of seeing the whole party in the grand box at Mr. Lumley's theatre.
These tickets will, donbtless, be largely bonglit up by speculators, and
the moderate prices at which Mr. Mitchell offers them will be quin¬
tupled. It is difficult to prevent this almse, which will exclude all but
the wealthy from the theatre.
It is perfectly right, on principle, that every shilling of reduction
that can be made in tho National Debt should be made; but one feels
inclined to talk like Mr. Mnntalini when one reads a solemn an¬
nouncement in the Gazette that the millions of that debt are to lie
diminished by tlie payment over of the fourth part of the excess of
last year’s revenue; in a word, thnt the sum of £128,493 Os. lOd. is to
go in reduction of the great debt. “ * The ten pence be demd,’ said
Mr. Mantalini.”
We observe with much pleasure, first, that the attention of the
country is being called to the fact that the gallant Lieutenant
Snlkcld, one of the heroes of the Delhi gate, has left a sister
whose contributions, added to his own, sustained their family, and who
is on every account entitled to the assistance of the nation for whom
that brother so nobly died; and, secondly, that a memorial to Lieu¬
tenant Salkeld is to be erected in his native parish in Dorsetshire.
For this second object more money has been collected than is necessary,
and tlie balance will lie applied in aid of the ontfit of his younger
brothers, to whom cadetships liave been given. We seldom make
appeals of any pecuniary character, but we wonld certainly ask those
wlio have it in their power to aid the meritorious to remember that
Salkeld died from attempting to blow in tlie Cashmere gate of Delhi,
and that his sister is a governess in London. The Reverend Sidney
G. Osborne, whose name is a guarantee of tho goodness of any cause
lie takes up. will receive any tribute to the memory of tlie young hero, •
and Mr. Osborne dates from Blandford, Dorsetshire.
M. Granier de Cassagnae proposes to himself and a select circle of
friends to reform French literature. His address is a masterpiece of
commonplace and egotism ; and really, when he talks of England and
some other countries having produced a few distinguished writers,
while France has given “centuries” of them.it is dillicult not to
smile. Bnt it is equally difficult not to agree with him when ho
describes tlie present literature of France as an Augean stable, iu
which sncli creatures as the creator of the “ Traviata " nnd his kind
amuse themselves in spreading gold leaf upon filth. He proclaim*
open war upon modern French litcratnrc and drama; but these
abominations agree too well with corrupt human nature for
him, even if sincere, to do any good. The priesthoods of
the Continent are primarily chargeable with the meretriciousness of
Continental literature. They liave sought to force npon nations a
creed which the educated mind rejects, and tiie natural though illo¬
gical result occurs—the cultivated Continental derides all religion
lncanse a false one lias been set before him. And, religion gone, it
is needless to say what becomes of morals; and so M. Dumas, fils,
and his accomplices, are masters of the situation. Let this truth he
incessantly dashed in the faces of the priests who are at this moment
endeavouring to trample out I’rotestantism in France.
Tlie Rev. Mr. Spurgeon has discovered Hint dancing is a very
healthy exercise, and to be commended, bnt it is tho dancing of
ladies with gentlemen that is so objectionable, and so lie recom¬
mends that they practise the entertainment separately- We
fear that this arrangement will not find much favour with cither
sex. A Indies' quadrille is pretty enough; but wliat shall be said of
eight fellows witli beards on their faces grimly doing T.’EU in pur¬
suit of health and gratification ? However, there is nothing like
novelty, and the least thnt the aristocrats who arc advertised as
patronising Mr. Spurgeon, nnd who wonld condemn the “ vulgar
curiosity ” of humbler sermon-hunters, can do is to try his plan at
tlicir own reunions : “ He-qundrilles. She-polkns, would make a
good card of invitation. Surely the titled patrons of this individual
are not going to discredit him by showing that his labours produce
n °Seriennt Byles ia the new Judge, vice Mr. Justice Cres*well, who
goes to lie umpire in the “ Lady’s Baltic.” Both appointments are
admirable. __
Tire Royal Twelfth Cakh of 1S38.—This annual specimen
of confectionery art was placed in the Royal banqucting-rooir. at JViad-
,or Castle on Twciftb-niclit The rake, with its decorations, stood
aboutfive fret in height; it weighed about one hundredweight, and was
iJared on looking-glass in a plateau of gold; it was made in four divisions.
!«h diminishing taaSe as ft rose to the top. the base lielng circular, and
dceorand with beautiful medallions and silver embossed borders. The
second division was octagonal, each angle being ornamented with an oval-
slianfd mirror let in and surrounded by a ricldy-embossod bonier. The
fl'-ures gtaJKUDf oat in front of this compartment represented ladies and
®£S2iJ5lin dresses of the Court of Louis Quinxe. The third tier was a
anuore- its anghs having medallions in their centre; and surrounding
tiiis'rainpartnicnt, .and between vases of miniature flowers, were,Cjolos'iue
tienre* renre«entinp hoary winter. Tiie fourth division was in the form of
a neldy-ornameiihd pedestal, on which was placed a rup of chaste design.
AIM With flowers lids upper division was surrounded by figures, also of
, the Court of Louis XV.
32
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 9, 1858
TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES. -BOSTON.
These cars accommodate each from sixty to eighty travellers,
and in the winter are warmed by stoves, burning anthracite
coal,—which stoves and which coal, I may mention in parenthesis,
are among the greatest afflictions and miseries of the country.
Every place to which an unfortunate stranger can resort is over¬
heated by these abominable contrivances. They bum out all the
elasticity and moisture of the atmosphere : they quicken the pulse,
inflame the skin, and parch the tongue. Hotels, private houses, railway
cars, all are aliko rendered intolerable by their heat, until, oppressed
by the sulphury and palpitating hotness, depressed in spirit
BOSTON.
In- fine weather—or perhaps in any weather—the pleaasntest mode
of travelling between New York and Boston is by steam-boat
through the Long Island Sound to Fall River—a distance of up¬
wards of 200 miles; and from Fall River by railway to Boston,
54 mP*** Railway travelling in the United States is not agree¬
able. Such easy luxury as that of a first-class carriage in England
or in France is not to be obtained for love or money. In a land of
social equality every one travels in the first class. The servant and
the mistress, the nawic, the pedlar, the farmer, the mer¬
chant, the general, the lawyer, the senator, the judge, and
the governor of the State, With their wives, their sons,
and their daughters, and even the Irish bogtrottcr,—who before
he left Ireland would as soon have thought of taking the chair
from the Viceroy, or the pulpit from the Roman Archbishop of
Dublin, as of travelling in a first-class carriage, but who in this
country handles more money in a day than he saw in the old
country in a month, and who waxes saucy in proportion to his
cash;—all mingle togethor in one long car, by no means as comfort¬
able as a second-class carriage on any of the principal lines inGreat
Britain.
BOSTON, FROM EAST BOSTON,
Jan. 9, IS 08 .]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
33
TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES.-BOSTON.
-tTiufTEiiBimc.col
1ICMIGRC
£QOQV>Jm['
TfAA c'o M4
ICKNOR.cd
BUCK STOREI ,___L
weakened in body, and well-nigh suffocated, the stranger accus¬
tomed to the wholesome fresh air rashes out to get a gulp of it,
and takes cold by the suddenness of the transition. Perhaps the
universal use of these stoves may account for the sallowness of so
many of the American people, which contrasts so remarkably with
the ruddy freshness of the English. An equal freshness is seldom
to be seen here, except in the young children and among new¬
comers. He who would avoid this nuisance, as well as such other dis¬
comforts of the rail as the want of all support for the back or the
head in long journeys, rendering sleep an unattainable blessing,
should travel by the steam-boats whenever he has a chance.
Against the steam-boats the only objection is that they sometimes
blow up or take firo. But these arc rare occurrences j and
no man of ordinary nerve and courage who is compelled to travel
need alarm himself unduly by the anticipation of such catas¬
trophes. As every man believes all men to be mortal except
himself, so every traveller believes that every boat may explode, or
burn, or be wrecked, except the particular boat by which he
happens to take his passage. Were it not so, who would
travel, unless from the direst necessity ? The steamers
that ply in tho Long Island Sound are, as regards all
their interior arrangements, as handsome and luxurious as the
radway cars are the reverse.. Eor a slight extra charge, only
amounting to one dollar in the distance between New York and
Boston, a private state-room 6r cabin can be obtained, fitted up
with every comfort and convenience. Why similar privacy and
comfort are not obtainable on the railways it is difficult to say.
Though huge, unwieldy, and ungraceful when sceH from the
outside, with their machinery working on the top, the river and long
shore steam-boats arc worthy of the name of floating-palaces when
examined from within. The saloons, three deep one above the
other, and affording a promenade the whole length of the vessel, are
large and airy, richly carpeted, and decorated with velvet and
gold, with easy-chairs, fantenils, and sofas, and all appliances either
for walking or for sleeping. Some of them make up from 600
io 800 berths, in addition to the private state-rooms. The tables arc
bountifully spread for meals, and the negro stewards and waiters (the
best servants procurable in the United States, and far superior to
the Irish, who are their only competitors in this line of business)
are attentive and obliging. Expecting to dineon board, I took
no dinner in New York; but found, at six o’clock, that tea only
was provided. The tea, however, had all the accessories for a
dinner—fish, flesh, owl, pastry, and dessert, everything except a
glass of beer or wine. I asked the jet-black negro who waited on
me tobringmesomo Lager beer. “ Can't do it, sar,” saidhc,with
a grin ; “it’s against the rales, sar."
“ What rules ?”
“ The rules of the ship. Onrs is a temperance boat, sar.”
“ Then why don’t you advertise it as a temperance boat, that
people may take their choice ? ”
“ All the same, sar,” said tho nigger, “ ’zackly the same. Can’t
let you have beer or wine at the table ; bat you go on, sar, to the
barber's shop,and thar you’ll get everything you want, sar—whisky,
rum, brandy, wine—all sorts tbar, sar.”
It was even so. In each steamer is a barber's shop, handsomely
fitted up, and where the traveller can have his hair cut, or cleaned,
or washed, or where he may be shaved by a black barber j and
where, whether the boat be a temperance boat, or a boat for
moderate enjoyment and use of tho liquid blessings of life, he a
obtain gin-slings and cock-tails, and whisky-skins, and all the mul¬
tifarious spirituous drinks of America. The only interference with
his personal liberty in the matter is that he must take his drink in
the barber’s sanctum, and cannot have it served to him in any other
LIBERTY-TREE, BOSTON COMMON.
LONGFELLOW’S HOUSE, OLD CAMBRIDGE.
34
part of the ship. I mention this fact for the odification of Exeter
Hail, and of those who would introduce the Maine Liquor-law, of
something like it, into England, as one out of many proofs which
nught be adduced to show how great a “ sham’* is tiie operation or
empemnee laws in this country.
Boston, the capital of the small but ancient, wealthy, and intel-
bgent commonwealth of Massachusetts, is one of the most pic¬
turesque as well as important cities of the Union. The Indian
name of the small peninsula on which it is built was “Shaw-
mut. - ’ or the “ Living Fountains.” From three hills on which it
stands, which have now been partially levelled, it obtained from
the early settlers the name of Tremont, or Trimountain—a name
still given to it by poets and orators when they want to be parti¬
cularly eloquent In compliment to theKev. John Cotton, the Vicar
of Boston, in Lincolnshire, who emigrated here for conscience sake,
with many other hardy and honest Englishmen, it received from the
early settlers the name of Boston. Since that day it has grown to be a
city of ISO,000 inhabitants, and tire nucleus of quite a congeries of
•her cities almost as important as itself stretching around it on
every 6 ido, but divided from it either by the arms of the sea or by
the pleasant waters of the Charles River. Charlestown, Cambridge,
Boxbnrv, Erighton, Brookline, Chelsea, &c„ are so closely united
to Boston as virtually to form part of it on the map, although
m>st of l!l ™ are independent cities, governed by their own magis¬
trates and municipalities. The total population of Boston, and°al 1
the outlying cities, towns, and villages, is upwards of 400,000
Boston city is divided into South Boston, East Boston, and Boston
Proper. The old city, or Boston Proper, stands on a penin
sula, surrounded by salt water on three sides, and on the
fourth by the brackish water of the Charles River, which, at its
confluence with the sea, spreads out like a small lake. It is con¬
nected by a narrow strip of land, not more than two feet above
high water, and called the Neck, with the suburb or city of Rox-
bury. Bunker's or Bunker hill—so named from Bunker's-hill
in Lincolnshire, is not in Boston, but in the adjoining city of
Chnrlcstown, with which it has communication by four bridges—
two for ordinary traffic and two for the railways.
The ground (about 750 acres) on which old Boston is built was
occupied, in the year lfi.15, by the Rev. John Bluckstone, the only
inhabitant, as well as the sole owner, of the soil. Mr. Blackslone
sold the land for £30 English money. There are now many
sites in the city worth almost as much per square yard.
Boston is very picturesque, very clean, and very English. It has
not the French and foreign aspect of New York, but is altogether
quieter and more sedate, and justifies, by its outward appearance,
the character it has acquired of being the Athens of the New
World, the mart of literature, and the most intellectual city in
America. Not that this high character is willingly conceded to it
by people who live beyond the limits of Charlestown, Roxbury,
and Cambridge; for the New Yorkers, the Philadelphians, and
many others, so far from taking the Bostonians at the Bostonian
estimate of themselves, hold their high pretensions in scorn, and
speak contemptuously of them as utter “Yankees.” There, can,
however, be no doubt, all jealousy and rivalries apart, that the
society of Boston is highly cultivated and refined, and that, if it do
not excel, it is not excelled by that of any city in the Union.
great charm of the scenery of Boston is its “ Common ” or
Park—a piece of ground covering about forty acres, and open on
one side to the Charles Biver, over the estuary of which, and the
heights beyond, it commands from every part a series of extensive
and beautiful views. The other sides of the Common are occupiod
by the residences of the principal inhabitants—noble stone build¬
ings most of them—and representing a rental ranging from £300
to £500 or £1000 per annum. House rent is exceedingly high in
all the great American cities, and is at least double that of the
corresponding style of houses in London. With this letter you will
receive several sketches of the city from the pencil of Mr. Ward,
including n general view of the harbour and shipping, a view of
the Common, with the picturesque Park -street Church, with its
graceful wooden spue, at one corner, and a glimpse of the State
House, erected on the Beaeon-hili, the highest of the three hills, ..
which give to Boston the name of Tremont. In all distant views Wil<
the State House dominates the city as the highest and moslcon
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
book-store of Messrs. Ticknor and Fields—two associates who
have published more poetry, and, if report say true, made more
money by it, than any other publishers in America. Their store
is the lounge and resort of all the literary celebrities of Boston and
Havard University. Here Longfellow looks in to have a chat
Here I rofessor Agassiz—who has rendered himself doubly dear to
Boston by refusing to leave it on the invitation of Napoleon III.—
shows his genial and benevolent face. Here Oliver W. Holmes—
who ought to be as well known in England as Longfellow
is-comes to give or take the news of the day. Here the amiable
1 lescott sometimes looks in at the door, like a ray of sunshine.
Here poets poetesses, lecturers, preachers, professors, and newspaper
editors have combined, without premeditation, to establish a sort
of literary exchange where they may learn what new books are forth¬
coming, and look at them, even if they do not buy them, and talk
together upon Literature and criticism.
Among other sketches which I send you, and which belong as
of right to Boston, is one from the city of Cambridge. The sketch
is that of the residence of the poet Longfellow, with the two noble
elms at either side. This house, which is not far distant from the
college buildings of the Havard University, in which until lately
the poet held the office of Professor of Literature and the Belles
Lettres. lias another claim to the respect of Americans and the
interest of travellers. It was the head-quarters of Washington
during the War of Independence. 0 . jj
("Jan. 9, 1858
BOOKS FOR THE SEASON.*
Amosg books of travels are some manifestly designed after tlieir
kind, for gift-books. Here is one called
> Lieutenant Y\ lUiam Rice, that appears intended to catch the eye
^ Purpose, i we .nay judge from its twelve plates in
^ ! W1 A h wIu ? h H'? book > s adorned from as many
spirited sketches by the author himself. His ambition, he teUs us ,
lias beeu to give some account of the most evening and glorious
sport tins world aflords—tiger-shooting.” In pursuit of this* “/most
glorious sport Lieutenant Rice lias shown more titan a warriorY
ardour. His expeditions covered five years, though the days of actus’
sport m the aggregate- were just 3S5. One fifth of tiis time, during
that period, was therefore spent in this exciting game. When we
consider that only the three hottest months in the year are available v-uanct
T-anil 1 " i 'P. 0 . rtsmtm < we may j n d ge of the zeat „qtii wiiich the of coin
Lieutenant and us companions, out oil “leave of absence,” pursued
the dangerous pleasure of tiger-hunting. The author is particularly
desirous of iexploding the old notion that, without elephants, tigers
are best left alone. Except m his first adventure his exploits were all
performed without the aid of the half-reasoning animal His tr r eat
wish is to have an opportunity of trying his skiil on the tigers of
Singapore, which he olTers to exterminate. AWtrfrst that his offer
will he accepted. At any rate we can commend his book for the
spirit in which its wonders are related. 1 \
,, In r tl ' i3 list o f hooks we may also ('include an illustrated edition of
the Life and Adventures of Julcs ^Mrcl, the tlon-miler, which
is preceded by a description and history of Algeria, tint will enable
the reader better to appreciate the explWts'o( tbejiero^ Several elabo¬
rate chapters arc devoted to the subject, and much inSrmation is com¬
municated m relationto thescencs and objects with whieh tills extraor¬
dinary adventurer became/ac^uajnted. /A Comparison is made in the
in Camming; but enough allowance
'"ctowith which the French-
^ . .artifices in its arrangement
•ondmuiNts the adventures tliem-
:cited and''maintained on the stretch so
greatest effect. Moreover, the
iy. He paints the lion in the
r -ory over so mighty uud astute
jAfriean lion, nevertheless, may
lore ugly customer to deal with
--c-part of Gerard’s history is that
sport, not in the spirit of gain or nd-
nthusiaim. He had a “ mission ” to
i He regards liimself as an instrument
whole families and tribes from danger,
" sparingly inflicted upon them by the
\i \ . f -: msm a poem for children, is a small
*xv«ov v. v 4X, uxo ujfcucot nuu h^rto for the nurserv, filled with coloured illustrations—flowers,
spicuous object, around which every thing else is coneentoatcd.<^ tb™fWrs, totheir the
view from the top of this edihee well repays the labour of the .ascent, simvdc and easv verses beneath This.i.„
the flowers, in their natural colours, win the little l£imcr to the
view from the top of this edihee well repays the labour of the ascent, simple and easy verses beneath. This is just the book to render the
and affords an unrivalled panorama of the busy, populous, and child familiar with the beaut}mif_\vdd flowers and the charms of rural
thriving home which the descendants of the ancii
Puritans have made for themselves in the New World. In the
Common, surrounded by a railing to protect it from injury, stands
a venerable elm, with an inscription stating that vt is believed to
have been planted before the first settlement of Boston as a colony,
and that it began to exhibit signs of old a^e a/lquarter of a century
ago. A sketch of this elm—dear to all the Bostonians, and the
most prominent tree on the Common—is inclosed. Its boaglis
are inhabited by a colony of tame grey squirrels. To throw nuts
to these graceful little creatures and watch their gambols is one
of the principal amusements of the nursemaids ana children of
Boston, as well as of many older and wi<
similar colonics in the other elms in
The squirrels are general fa:
except among the cats,
There are
principal streets,
and have no enemies
tonally make an inroad
number^, to the great disgust
led population. Let me mention
tudy natural history that the
;Iish settlers from slips or
iqir leaves much later
At this advanced period of the
Jess or the brown and yellow
sven elms of most luxuriant green
to have lost a leaf, or to possess a leaf
-— -.^coloured. These were the English
. flourishing in a vigorous old age, while their
Yankee brethren, seedy, sapless, and woe-begone, looked as sallow
as if they, too, like their human compatriots, smoked immoderately
chewed tobacco, spat, lived in heated rooms, and, in the over hurry
to get rich, did injustice to their physical nature.
The principal street of Boston is Washington-street, a long and
not very even thoroughfare, but picturesque and English in its
character, and containing some very handsome shops. I send a
Sjteiclt Qf it, wherein (hose who knew Boston W iu . recognise the
upon them and diminish
and indignation of the wi
os an interesting fac
elms in Boston
seeds brought
than the native
year I noticed,
trees that w
folia ge^/whii
in the
elms,
preface between (torard _
is not made for , the
man’s narrative is
of the detail are
selves. Expectation
as to produce in every
Frenchman makes the
most formidable coloi
a foe may lose none. J
be—nay, we have no do
than the South.
lie undertook
venture, but
exterminate the African
of Providence u
ruin, and death
terrible king of
'Jin' Children s Hi hie Pirlnre - Tin o': is a collection of narratives of
srencs pud incidcnte'from the Old and New Testament, attractive by
their pictutosqnenrtis/ and impressive by the writer (51. J., author of
Tales ”) employing, as far as possible, the Iangflage—
\sissmo of Scripture. The illustrations are mostly copied
_ >» Steinlc, Overbeck, Veit, &c., in the Illustrated Ger-
manilihle, nnd from the Bible Pictures by Julius Sclmorr. The text
readable type. The book is altogether an admirable pre-
te to the sacredness of the season.
owers of the Alphabet,
.* ” HLMvtJia cauu me unarm* oi rural
;enery; anti, at the threshold of life, to impress upon the young inind
id heart the wondrous beauty of creation.
•Tlirer-Shooting in India: being an Account of Hunting Experiences
in Rajpoot ruin, during the Hot Season, from 1850 to 1*54. By
>\m. Klee. Lieut 25th Regiment Bombay N.I.; with Twelve Plates in
Chromolithography.—Smith, Elder, and Co.
The Lifo and Adventures of Julc3 Gerard. Illustrated Edition, con-
a Complete History and Description of Algeria; with numerous
additional Engravings.—Lay.
The Child’s Bible Picture Book.—Ball and Daldy.
Wild I lowers of the Alphabet—Ackcrmaim and Co.
CURRENCY, BANKING, AND PREROGATIVE
Tux Legislature has latterly dealt with currency and banking as if
they were .dent.cal, and regulations concerning the former are in
sertod m laws relating to the latter. The celebrated Act of 1819-
knowu as Peel's Bill, which changed the unit of value, and sleeted
more or less the fortunes of every man in the empire—is entitled “An
Act to continue the restrictions contained in several Acts on nav-
ments of cash by the Bank of England,” &c. The suppression of small
notes, and the establishment of joint-stock banks, were effectodlbr
“ . A ?J? r “ lterinfr th0 Bank Charter J” and in a renewal of that
Bailkof K "l?l»nd notes were made legal tenders, or de¬
clared by law to be an actual payment, everywhere except at the Bank
“ u "o! r ; „? ur present currency regulations are contained in the Act
ol 1844 for giving the Bank of England certain privileges for a
hmitedperiod. “The primary object and purpose of this Act," accord-
‘.ttmefetual protection of the bullion re-
es in the Bank of England.” The whole currency, then, has
been regulated as if lirwerc a subordinate part of banking, and
as if the great object-of^the Legislature were to keep money
m the till of this Corporation. At length, however, the id s
lias dawned on some of bnr statesmen that currency
and banking are not identical j and they have actually made
the announcement m Parliament. The President of the United
States still' ..
Parliamentary Reform.—A manifesto,
members of Parliament and others, was publishe
down the following as “leading features “ of any Parliamentary reform
l («). The extension of the borough franchise in England and Wales to
“ every male person of full age, and not subject to anv legal incapacity,*’
who shall occupy, as owner or tenant in part or whole, any premises
within the borough which are rated for the relief of the poor; (6), the
nvInnsiAn t\f nnnn4it IVnVirtllion itl " * ’ ' ’
in Scotland and Ireland to those of England and Wales. 2 . Protection to
the voter by the ballot, on a plan similar to that adopted in the Australian
colonies. 3. A reappointment of seats, that shall make such an approach
to an equalisation of constituencies as shall give, in the United Kingdom,
a majority of members to a majority of electors. 4. Abolition of property
qualification for members. 5. The calling of a new Parliament every three
years.
Presentation of Plate. —There was a crowded meeting in
the schoolroom of St. Paul’s, Hull, on Wednesday week, for the purpose
of presenting a testimonial to the Rev. H. T. Cattley, seven years Curate
of that district, but who is now promoted to the perpetual curacy of
Sutton-in-Uoldcrness. The testimonial consisted of a richly-chased silver
coflce-pot, teapot, sugar-basin, and cream-ewer, from the establishment
of Messrs. Jacobs and Co., Hull, and bearing an appropriate inscription.
Testimonial. —On New* Year’s evening the congregation of the
Episcopal Chapel. London-road, Southwark, met in the schoolroom of the
chapel to present the Rev. W. Lincoln with a token of their affection and
respect—making the third expression of their good-will towards their
pastor in three years. It consisted of a purse of £-u, contributed by the
pence of the poorest as well as the larger sums of the richer members of
the congregation, and was presented to the rev. gentleman by Mr. Fitch,
clmpolwaraen.
On Monday next, being the first day of Hilary Term Mr.
Justice Cress well, the Judge of the new Court of Probate, who is also the
Judge Ordinary' of the Court lor Divorce aud Matrimonial Causes, will
commence the sittings under the new jurisdiction. The Court, it is
uadef^tyod, wm fit at W^Wpffter.
is obvious from his late Message, the old
creed. It is now necessary, therefore, to point out the difference
between currency and banking, and establish the principles which
ought to guide the Legislature in dealing with them.
• ? U , rn 'T y “ an , eilkrg<xl uame for money. In former times it con¬
sisted only of gold, silrcr, and copper coins. As society increased, and
business became diversified as well as extended, other and different
lnstrumeutsvrere needed to carry it on. Bills were invented, bank¬
notes came into use, drafts to order and bankers' cheques were
employed. In modern society a great variety of instruments are
daily used to buy and sell, to make bargains, to effect exchanges, t.
liquidate debts, to measure and remunerate services,- and all these now
fulfil all the functions of money, and may bo embraced if they pass
from hand to hand in the comprehensive term currency.
In olden times to coin money was a part of the Royal prerogative;
but this is now shrunk into very narrow limits. “The Crown,” said the
Chancellor of the Exchequer on Dec. 11, “is nothuig hut a manufacturer
at coin. It never purchases bullion (gold), and never takes any step for
supplying the public with coin.” “ The only function witl. respect
tacoinagc which the Crown now ptrforms is that of impressing the die on
the bullion wbicl. is sent to the Mint to be coined, the bullion being, in
fact, the property of the Bank or of individuals.” The Crown decides
how the bullion shall be coined; but over the quantity coined and
put or kept in circulation it exercises no control whatever. Since 1819
tiie import and export of bullion aud of coin have been perfectly free; so
that the quantity of metallic money in use, and, consequently, its
value in relation to other things, which depends on its quantity, have
been wholly and entirely determined by the action of commerce.
Blackstone’s antiquated notion that “ it is in the breast of the King to
fix the value of coins,” though he may settle the quantity of metal
they shall contain, has long been discarded as an utter impossibility.
This fact is of singular importance in relation to the claim founded on
Prerogative to regulate the quantity of bank-notes in circulation.
Prerogative has given up the notion of regulating the quantity of
metallic money; but in its name a power is claimed here and in the
United States of regulating the amount of bank-notes, winch repre¬
sent only a portion of metallic currency.
Prerogative, indeed, is very capricious. It extends from Clin to
bank-notes; but bankers’ cheques, drafts, bills of excliange, &c., all of
which fulfil the functions of money, as well as bank-notes, are merely
taxed to raise a revenue, but otherwise they lie beyond the reach of
Prerogative. To issue bank-notes is a breach of the privileges reserved
to Kings and Congresses; but to issue every other species of promise
to pay is the right of every man at common law. In ancient times
prerogative exercised its dominion over tiie coinage, and by debasing it
inflicted, according to a Prime Minister (Lord Liverpool), unendurable
misery on the people. Our pound was originally a pound of silver
troy, named after the town Troyes, where a groat fair was held; .and
it was debased, before silver was degraded in 1819 to be a mere token,
to one-third of its nominal value. In France tiie pound (livre) was by
Prerogrative actually, debased below our shilling, or to about the
eightieth part of the nominal pound. At present Prerogative says an
ounce of gold shall be coined, not into four aliquot parte, a quarter of
anfounce each, hut into three pieces and 18-20tl.s of another piece.
Each sovereign, instead of containing exactly 0 dwts. of fine
gold, contains 6 dwts. 3j gr. Each shilling, instead of being
tile twentieth part of a lb. of silver 12 dwts., weighs only 3 dwts.
21 gr. To tho adoption of these extraordinary and arbitrary
divisions Prerogative was driven by its own dishonest debase¬
ment of money. In England prerogative declares that gold is the
legal money for all 6ums above 40s. In India it tolerates only silver
as money. Prerogative, capricious, and even fraudulent, in its deal¬
ings with coinage, has no claim from its inherent virtues to meddle
with bankers’ notes, even if it had not virtually given them up when
it was obliged to give up the attempt to regulate the quantity of
metallic com.
Not many years ago silver was the general and chief coinage of
Europe, and it was by debasing silver that miscryjwas inflicted on
society. It is still the chief coinage in some of the poorest countries
of Europe. As society, however, grew in opulence and transactions
were enlarged, it became extremely inconvenient to trundle about
barrowfuis of silver to make large paymentsand gold, as
more convenient, was substituted for silver. As society
advanced further, paper was, in many cases, substituted for
gold, as more convenient; persons dealing together soon became
aware that they were mutually buyers and sellers, and
had to submit equally to the inconvenience of passing the precious
metals to and from oneanotl.er, while, at the end of a given time,
only a balance of payments was required. Instead, therefore, of
liquidating every transaction by passing silver or gold, they kept a
record of their mutual transactions, each promised to pay the other,
and, at the end of some period, only as much money passed as liqui¬
dated tiie balance. From this principle grew the Clearing-houses
established years ago in London, and very recently in New York.
These records of transactions and promises to pay were the parents of
bankers’ notes, and they could only come into use after read¬
ing and writing were pretty generally diffused. They stand
in the same .•elation to gold as gold stands to silver, and
as silver to copper. To complete certain bargains, or make
payments, they are more convenient than gold, aud still more
convenient than silver. Convenience, then, is the great principle which
dominates over all currency regulations. A multitude of transactions,
all equally necessary to the well-being of society, could not possibly
be carried on by the clumsy means of settling every one by the pay-
qf metallic mqncjr, The convenience of the public to be served
Jan. 9, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
35
by the use of currency, and by gradually substituting a more
for a less refined instrument, is but another name for social welfare—
the aim, end, and guide of all laws.
Promises to pay everywhere come into existence at some stage of
society. They have been used both in China and in Europe for ages >
and are now, speaking with strict precision, as necessary for carrying
on the businesses by which we are all subsisted as gold or silver money
ever was. Men begun with barter, then they used copper or brass,
then silver, then gold; and now using paper promises to pay, in con-
junction with all the others, it may be positively asserted that the en¬
larged currency of modern times is the natural product of, and is alto¬
gether regulated by, the wants of society, bike agriculture and printing,
it is improved and changed by and with the growth of society. The
great law of its existence is the public convenience. This brings it into
use, and regulates it, and to this end it is continually improved.
Tire amount of business is obviously determined by the wants of
society. They stimulate labour, and in the end limit aud regulate,
subordinated to the influence of the seasons, all production. Every in¬
dividual finds in the business to be done by him the natural limit to the
bills, drafts, or promises to pay he requires. It is so of classes, and
so of society at large, and that quantity mid no more will, as the rule, be
created. It is an established fact, first noticed by Mr. Tooke, and con¬
firmed by much experience, that the bank-note circulation of the
country, mid of every individual banker, is determined by the amount
of business to be done; and no individual cupidity, or the miscalcula¬
tion of companies, can force a single unnecessary note into circu¬
lation as long as the promise which every note bears on its face to
pay on demand be not suspended by the law. Notwithstanding all
the changes in the condition of the country, as its real business has
been, on the whole, subjected to few variations—though it has pro¬
gressively enlarged—the note circulation has been nearly unchanged,
or has only changed and expanded where permitted, as in Scotland
and Ireland, according to the wants of society. In spite of loose-
minded issuers of 10Us, who form too large aportion of our legis¬
lators, and who have been accustomed to issue promises to pay with
as much indifference as they put on their morning gowns, the paper
currency of commerce, which they undertake to regulate, is com.
plctely and strictly regulated by the wants of commerce. It is not,
like their obligations, issued to supply extravagance. It is issued as
Corn is grown and cloth manufactured—for public consumption, and
will not be issued, and cannot be issued—if it lie uninterfered with by
the Government—hi excess. Like a ship, it is an instrument for
facilitating exchange, and no more will be made than is required.
Being the offspring of the public wants, regulated by them, aud sus¬
ceptible, like all the means of supplying them, of successive improve¬
ments, of which Governments can know nothing till they are intro-
duced, it should be left, like the growth of corn, the manufacture of
clothing, and the building of ships, perfectly free. In fact, the bulk
of it, as bills, drafts, cheques, the supply of metallic money, &c.,
is uninterfered with; but bank-notes—a minute portion of it—from
an idle supposition that they intrench on Prerogative, arc subjected
to as many regulations as public-houses, and with similar results.
Both are deteriorated, degraded, and often made mischievous.
"Currency—the several instruments for facilitating exchange—is
somewhat like the atmosphere, shared and used by all; banking is an
art or business practised by a very few persons, like watchmaking or
engraving; and the legislation required by the currency, whatever it
may bo, cannot possibly be ascertained by any study of the art of
banking. To make laws for the currency, on the principle of keeping
a supply of gold in the Bank of England, is like making Laws for the
punishment of crime hi order to supply courts and lawyers with busi¬
ness and fees. __
THE WEATHEH,
METIiOEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE CAMBJUDGE
OBSERVATORY, FOB TUB WEEK EXDIXG JAN. 6. 1357.
Day.
si:ii
fell!
33 Ci eii
E
3
11
if*
B J
J
P
Ij
II
II
Dry
Bulb
at
y a.m.
? R £5
tt cr ~
Dry
Bulb
**
3 P.M.
Wot
Bulb
ut
3 P.M.
Direc¬
tion of
Wiud
Amt.
of
Cloud.
(0-10)
Rain
in
Inches.
O
a
e
•
0
•
a
31
30*551
12-S
30-1
371
33-8
33-5
•11-8
41-5
SSE.
8
o-ooo
1
30’4 SI
38-5
27-2
33-9
323
31-6
37 6
37 2
S.
6
0 000
2
30-483
40-1
2G-1
34-3
32-4
31-7
39-0
38-5
S.
8
0000
3
30-618
39*6
3f7
35-7
365
365
36-6
34-4
SF„
10
0-000^
4
30-532
34-8
29-5
323
335
31-5
32 9
30-8
E.
0
0000
6
30432
29-4
23*8
27-3
2S-2
27-8
28-8
28-5
E. N.
10
o-odit
„
6
30-241
28-9
25-8
27-2
27-8
27-7
233
27-8
SE. S.
10
0000
Means
30-463
36-3
27'8
32.5
32‘1
31*5
35*0
34*1
The range of temperature during the week was 19 degrees. \
Dense fog prevailed on the mornings of December 31 and .January 1,
on the evening of January 2. and morning of the 3rd. and the Sir was
misty on the days of the 5t,h and 6th. Hoar frost covered the ground on
the mornings of Dee. 31 and Jan. 1 . 2, and 4, and the frost was very severe
on the days of the sih and 6th. A halo was visible round the moon on
the night of Dee. 31. The sky has been much overcast, and the weather
S loomy, with the exception of the afternoon of Jan.<2. and throughout
ic day and night of the ith, when the sky was brilliantly tdear
BESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERt-- -
KEW OBSEEVATOBV OF TIIE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
THE
Lat. 51 ° 28 ' 6" N.; Long. 0° 18 ' 47" W.; Height above sea 34 feet.
PA1I.Y MEA7TS OF
TllERMOMKTBR.
\\WLVD.
RAW
DAY.
If
ii
£§6
to
lh
Dew
Point-
O
ii
4
fa
< C
y
ii-
a s
is
m
a *
V
General
Direction.
d
2 3
is
a =
in 24
hour*.
Read
at
10 A.M.
Dec. 30
31
Jim. ;i
o
»»
♦r 3
,» 4
„ 6
Inches.
30-693
30532
30501
30-471
30*534
30*459
30-319
0
38-4
34-8
38- 8
39- E
36?
31T
27-8
o
371
334
37 5
38-2
330
23*8
26-7
(M0
8
v 7
Vjo
x
10
32- 3
32!T\
33- 2
32#
«V
42-2
451
,43-8
44-7
35T
30-0 ?
NN’W. ESE.
ESE. F..
SSW.WJiNW.
SW. NSW.
S. E.
ESE. NE.
NE. NNE.
sine.
66
130
55
41
14G
317
439
Inchoa
•ooo
•ooo
•005
•ooo
•007
•ooo
•ooo
The daily means arc obtained from observations made at 8b. and lOh.
a.m., and ah., 6h„ and lOh. p.m.. on each day. The corrections for diurnal
variation arc taken from the Tables of Mr. Glaisher. The “ Dew-point
and “ Relative Humidity ’’are calculated, from observations of the diy
and wet bulb thermometers, by Dr. Apjohn’a 1? ormula and Dalton s
Tables of the Tension of Vapour. The movement of the wind is given by
a self-recording Robin-Ton's Anemometer, the amount stated for each day
being that registered froxn midnight to midnight.
PsTLLoGRXirni^A New Branch of Art— is thus spoken
of in a letterfromBarts You have probably never heard of pysllo-
graphy, which has just now acquired great development. It consists
simply in cutting out sheets of black paper in such a way as to make it
into a picture—figures of landscapes—which has all the finish of an
engraving by the best masters. It appears that psyllography is a Ger¬
man discovery, its Columbus being one Herr Schmidt, who. armed with
a pair of seigsors and a sheet of paper, is able to reproduce the most
complicated landscape. Great improvements have been introduced by
M. Muratiri, an Italian, who has just arrived in Puris from Ravenna,
•whose scissors are far more skilful, according to competent judges, than
tiie brush and pencil of many a limner. I have not seen any specimens
myself. and for all that precedes, I should tell you, the Sicok is re¬
sponsible.”
MUSIC.
The performances at Her Majesty’s Theatre, at reduced
prices, continue to draw crowded audiences. On Wednesday Mdile.
Piccolomini appeared, for the first time this season, in the part of
Maria, in “La Figlia del Reggimento," which she played with greater
spirit and archness than ever. Her reception, we need scarcely add,
was most enthusiastic. On the same evening the last act of “Li
Favorita” was given, with Speria and Ginglini. A whole evening
ought to have been devoted to this fine opera. The beauty and pathoi
of a drama are destroyed by giving only a fragment of it. These per¬
formances will terminate next week, in order that the theatre may be
S repared for the entertainments to be given by command of her
lajesty.
Mr. Edward Land, who conducted the vocal portion of
Jullien’s Concerts at the Surrey Gardens, lias formed an association
for concerts at that place, under the denomination of “ The Royal
Surrey Gardens Choral Society"; and the first of its series of con¬
certs was given, in the great Music Hall, on Tuesday evening hist.
It consisted of madrigals, glees, and part-songs, performed, under Mr.
Land’s direction, by a party of eminent English singers, wtitli u large,
powerful, and well-trained chorus. The first part of the concert was a
very fine selection from the works of Sir Henry Bishop, including a
number of his dramatic concerted pieces, which, though no longer heard
on the stage, still continue to delight the public when sung in the
concert-room. The air and chorus, “ Allegiance we swear/' was given
with great effect, the solo part by that rising young singer, Miss
Banks. The beautiful hunting glee, so full of sylvan freshness,
“What shall he have that killed the deer?” was sung by Messrs.
Barnby, Lockey, Howe, and Gadsby, the accompaniments for the
horns being played by two of our best performers, Mr. C. Harper and
Herr Stanaen. Another favourite hunting glee, “ Foresters, sound
the cheerful horn,” sung and accompanied in the same manner, was
equally pleasing. Madame Rudersdorff (who, plough not English
by birth, is well entitled to be called an English singer) sang the
famous bravura song, “ Bid me discourse," giving the florid passages
with a brilliancy seldom surpassed.^ The well-known trio and chorus,
“ Mynheer van Dunck " (in such universal favour among glee-singers),
was given with remarkable spirit. Mr. Lockey sang the tender and
expressive air, “Be mine, dear maid;” Mrs. Lockey sang “Sons of
Freedom;” the pretty duet, “As it fell upon a aay,” was nicely
warbled by Mrs. Lockey and Miss Banks; and the Bishop selec¬
tion concluded with the gipsy trio and chorus, “The Chough
and Crow," from “Guy Mannering"—our lamented composer's chef-
d’ttvrrc in this branch of his art. The second part of the concert was
miscellaneous, including several fino madrigals, part-songs, and solo
pieces, by ancient and modern composers. AmoBg them were one of
the oldest and one of the newest madrigals: “Down in a flowery
vale"—written by Festa in the sixteenth century; and “0, who will
o'er the downs so free ”—written by Pearsall the other day/ and a
very good imitation of the antique style of Elizabeth's time. Among
the solo pieces, Land's song, " "When sorrow rieepoth/’ beautifully
sung by Mrs. Lockey, was the most remarkable. The vast Music Hall
was crowded; and its aspect, brilliantly lighted and filled by so great
an assemblage, was at once gay aud imposing. We thus see that the
attraction of the Surrey Gardens may exist indepen dently t of long
days and summer weather. The performances (of Bishop’s music
especially) wore received with every demonstration of pleasuro—a gra¬
tifying proof that our English popular tasto is yet in a healthy state,
notwithstanding all that is done to corrupt it.
There has been a great deal of music in the provinces during
the holidays. Several of Handel’s oratorios have been given at various
prmcipul towns. At Manchester “ Judas Maccabeus’' was 7 performed
on Christmas-day, in the Free-trade Hall, to an audience of more than
<1000 people. The eolo singers were Madame Rudersdorff, Mr. Charles
Brahiim, Miss Wilkinson, Mrs. Brooke, und Mr. Allan Irving. Mr.
Brukam is suid by the local papers to have had immense success, par¬
ticularly in “ Sound an alarm," which he sang with an energy and vocal
power worthy of his father—There has also been a great performance
of “ The Messiah" at York Tho principal vocalists were Mrs. Sun¬
derland (a ludy of provincial fame) anu Mr. Montem Smith. The
choruses, os is always the case in that land of chorus-singing, were
magnificent. — A new musical society, caffed “ Tlio Amateur Vocal
Union/’ has been formed at/Huctd©rsfield, nnd numbers about seventy
members. Last week they gaviLa, grand performance, attended by ad
tho beauty and fashiomoifthe town and neighbourhood.. Tho concert
consisted of pieces fromltno “ Trov atotd/’ which, it is said," were exe¬
cuted by the professionals and amateurs in a highly-creditablo manner."
The “ Trovatore 'Ms-a-goodthingsm the boards of tho It ali a n Opera,
but these Yorkshire amateurs wotdd havo done themselves more credit,
and done more to improve their own taste and that of thoir audience,
had they got up a good English concert, in the stylo of the performance
at tho Surrey Gardens whiclijwe havo just described, and which they
would do well to take as an example.
We mentioned a few weeks ago that Mr. H. Cooper, the. eminent
violinist, hud returned from the United States, having, on his arrival
there, been discouraged oy the gloomy aspect of public affairs. He
woe too hasty and precipitate, it seems, for he has been induced
again to cross the Atlantic, by a communication which followed him
to this country offering him an important and lucrative oagagomeat.
He sailed from Bristol for New York on the 26th of December.
TRiTbrentlenien of her Majesty’s private band celebrated the
-twentieth anniversary of its formation by dining together on Tues-
. day (la&t week) at tho White Hart Hotel, Windsor, and availed them¬
selves ofthe opportunity of presenting Mr. Anderson, the director of
the band/vvith a diamond ring, os a testimony of the respect and
esteem in which that gentleman is justly held by his colleagues. Tho
Clneen’s privute bund is composed of tho elite of our instrumental per¬
formers, aud, as a body, is distinguished for its organisation and
efficiency.
TIIE THEATRES, %c.
Drury Lane. —The company at this theatre is understood to
be led by Mr. J-eigh Murray, who made his appearance on Monday
as OvAmr <h Grxgiwir, in “Tho Ladies’ Battle.” The Count y was
represented by Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Isoni by Miss M. Oliver. Mr.
Youngo oIeo appeared as La Baron, and Mr. W. Templeton as Henri.
Mr. Murray, we are happy to say, appeared to be in good health and
spirits, and acted with admirable propriety as woll as vigour. Tho
piece was well supported throughout. With this performance the
dramatic season may be said to begin.
Princess’. —Owing to an attack of hoarseness and influenza,
Mr. Charles Kean was unable to appear in “ Hamlet ” as announced.
The theatre was filled by a brilliant audience who bad assembled to
witness Mr. Kean’s first appearance as Hamlet these two years. The
two comic dramas of "A Case of Conscience,” and “Living too
Fast,” were substituted for the tragedy, and wero followed by tho
pantomime, which increases in favour upon each representation. Mr.
Kean, we are happy to learn, has so far recovered as to be announced
to perform Hamlet on Tuesday next
New Year’s-day at tiie Crystal Palace.—T he attrac¬
tions on this day were enhanced by a masterly performance on the grand
festival organ of Mendelssohn’s “Wedding 3Inrch," Rossini’s **Cuja*
Animam, and nnydn’a “The heavens are telling the glory of God.”
Mr. J. T. Cooper was the organist on this occasion,
Mr. Augustus Braham has entered into an engagement to
sing at the Canterbury Hall, and will make his appearance in the course
of the present month.
Miss Goddard, the tragedian, who has been visiting Australia
and California during the last three years, presented her entire share of
the last night’s receipts of her engagement, amounting to £105. to trus¬
tees at Ballarat, for the purpose of founding a “.Strangers’ Home."
The Russian Government has issued a circular on tho subject of
the Danish Duchies, in which it expressly recommends Denmark to
adopt a policy of conciliation, and praises Austria and Prussia for the
policy they have pursued.
The last matrimonial case in the Consistory Court was decided
on the last day of the old year It was a suit by ii Mrs. Rogers against
her husband for separation. The husband made no opposition, and the
Court pronounced for the separation, with as. a week alimouy.
A “ Directory of Canada ” has been recently published by Mr.
Lovell, of Montreal. It contains a good deal of information, statistical
and otherwise. as to the government, agriculture, and education in
Canada. Canada contains two Almas, two Balaclavas, and three In-
kermans,
TOWN AND TABLE TALK ON LITERATURE, ART, &c.
Tns Manchester Art-Treasures Exhibition will end, it is said, in law;
and not unjustly so, if all tve hear is true, as in truth we believe
it to be. The seven wise men of Manchester constituting the com¬
mittee of management have taken a fit upon them of doing a dirty
act in a dirty way. Who is not aware that Mr. Deane originated the
great Art-Treasures Exhibition ? and who will not grieve to
hear tliafc Mr. Deane lias received the most insignificant money
acknowledgment of his services—and, worse still, is obliged
to go to law to get what is actually due to him ? It is said
in Manchester and out of Manchester that the committee—unre¬
presenting the guarantees in this respect—proclaim, loudly aud
unmistakably, that the whole merit of the Exhibition is due to them,
and not to the two Originators and some half-dozen directors,
well known to the public, hut not on the committee,
A correspondent from Florenee annonnees, witli an air of triumph,
that the Ihrector of the National Gallery of Pictures in this country
has purchased two-and-twenty early and choice examples of the
Tuscan school for the somewhat? insignificant sum of seven thousand
pounds. And this purchase has been made without asking the advice
of the fine-art member for Brighton, or even of his friend Mr.
Morris Moore. \
The Sonlages CpllectionV of which we lrnve heard more than enough,
will be left, it istli^dmuds of the Manchester gentlemen.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer shakes his head significantly to Mr.
Fairbairn, and Mr. Fail'bairn drops his eyeglass, and pities his fellow-
guarantees.
Among Mr. Crpker's papers his executors have discovered the
original letters addressed by the Earl of Hertford, during his Embassy
in Paris, to Horace Walpole. Our readers will remember that Mr.
Croker edited the letters of Walpole to Lord Hertford; but Lord
Hertford’s replies—revealing much that is curious about Wilkes,
Churchill, Sterne, Selwyn, old Q., Madame de Pompadour, and Paris
life—were not in Mr. Croker’s hands when he edited Walpole’s
letters. Mr. Croker’s printed notes show clearly enough that he had
not then seen—Lord Hertford’s letters.
The readers of English life and letters of the last century will
remember the two quarto volumes containing the Garrick Corre¬
spondence. These volumes, valuable as they are, unfortunately do
dot represent the real importance of the Garrick Correspondence.
This was strikingly exhibited the other day at the sale-room of
Messrs. Patrick and Simpson, when several unpublished letters
written by Kitty Clive to Garrick were sold at extremely large prices.
Messrs. Colburn and Bentley were jockeyed iu the purchase they made
(honestly enough on their parts) of the so-called Garrick Corre¬
spondence, and—some day or other we may tell the story.
We have seen the embryo National Portrait Gallery, and thoroughly
approve the purchases made by Lord Stanhope, Lord Macaulay, Mr.
Carlyle, and his fellow committeemen. The portraits, including alike
purchases and gifts, are ranged temporarily in two rooms, not too
well lighted, in Great Georgc-street, Westminster. Over one fire¬
place is seen the Chandos Shakspeare; over the other fireplace the
Aubrey Sir Waller Raleigh, in every respect the bast purchase the
committee lias yet made. Viewed artistically, the two best acquisi¬
tions are the portraits of two of Boswell’s heroes—Richard Cumber¬
land and Arthur Murphy. Both are three-quarters, and both very
characteristic. The Cumberland is by Romney; the Murphy by
Dance. But why—aud here we must withdraw our unqualified
approval of the purchases—why did the committee buy a poor copy
of a good picture already in the possession of the nation P We allude to
the poor Strawberry-hill copy of the fine Hamptou Court Lely of La
Belle Hamilton.
We have spoken elsewhere of the loss England has sustained in the
death of General Havelock. England lias not suffered a greater loss
in arms since General Moore fell at Corunna, as England had not,
when Moore died, sustained a like loss since General Wolfe fell before
Quebec._*
THE CRYSTAL PALACE TWELFTH CAKE.
Tnr monster Christmas Cake, made by Messrs. Staples, for the Crystal
Palace revel*, was a triumph of confectionery art The height of the cake
was 4 ft 9 in. and the weight 3jc\vt., or nearly 400 lb. More than half a
thousand eggs were used in its preparation; and some Idea may be formed
of the duality when we state that the fruit was in the proportion of throe
pounds to one pound of flour. It was baked in eight parts, no oven
Leiru large enough to contain the whole at one time.
The lorm was hexagonal, and composed of three stages. In theccntre of
each side of the lower stage were well-executed medallions of her Majesty',
on alternate blue and pink grounds, encircled by wriaths of laurel; the
edges of the compartments being decorated with a Grecian scrollwork
bolder, while equestrian statues ot the late Duke of Wellington, the Em¬
peror Napoleon, the Emperor of Austria. &c., stood at the angles The
next staaewae ornamented in a similar classic style, but with naval herora.
Admirals. &c Upon the upper stage Nineveh bulls supported a classic vase
filled with holly and evergreens, ivom the midst of which rose the Royal
standard of England; the flags of various uatious being plentifully dis¬
tributed about the cake Great credit is due to .Mr. Thomas Staples, under
whose personal superintendence the cake was produced, for the taste and
judgment he exhibited in its preparation.
On Wednesday iTwelfth-dayi public notice having been given that the
cake would be distributed, tin; attendance of children was greater than
on any day since the commencement of the reveis. Great was tho
anxiety shown on many a little face, immediately on receiving tho
Twelfth-night character, to proceed with more than iwxibte sped to
the spot whore the cake was to be obtained in exchange for it. and
numerous were the endeavours by “children of a larger growth " to
iuduee the Inflexible officials to include them with the “infantry”
cn this occasion only. Hie distribution commenced at a few' minutes
past two, and continued without interruption for nearly an hour aud
n half, the children forming a long square between barriers erected for
the purpose. The process of cutting up the cake, which occupied the
whose of the morning, was a source of considerable attraction, but the
distribution was unquestionably the most pleasing of all the per¬
formances of the day, not only to the children, but also to the visitors, who
seemed to lake great interest in observiugtho delight of the little ones as
they came In quick succession to receive their sliare of the long-fco-be-
remembered Crystal Palace Twelfth Cake.
Purchase of Pictures for the Nation.—A correspondent
of the Alumina Post nt Florence makes known the fact that Sir Charloi
Ensthike has purchased a collection of paintings of the early Tuscan mas¬
ters for the National Gallery. “ In purchasing the moat valuable por¬
tion of the Lombardi Collection,” writes the correspondent, “our Govern¬
ment has profited bv an opportunity which might never agaiu present
itself of furnishing artists and amateurs with the materials for an un¬
broken and continuous history of art. as exhibited in the productions of
the Florentine school, from its glorious dawn with Cimubue to its meri¬
dian splendour under Masaccio and Filippino Lippi. The purchase con :
Fists uf twenty-two pictures by Cimabue, Giotto. Duccio. Segua di
Duccio, the priest Emanuel is gnat artist). Taddeo Gaddi. SpIneU*
Aritino, Jncopo dl Casentino, Andrea Orgagna, Fra Angelico. Gentile da
Fabriano, Pietro della Francesca. Andrea del Castagno, I ill Pi' > Lippi,
Masai ino da Panlcale. Filippino Lippi. Paolo Uccello. Andrea Mm toga*,
and Marghentoncd’Arezzo. If we take into account the ^parate oom-
partmenis into which the pictures are divided the number woulAbe much
creator. That of Andrea Orgngnn consists of ten separate the
/Jacopo di ( asentino of nine, the Taddeo Gaddi ot seven. Ac. Inc entire
collection has been bought for £7000."
On Saturday last a fine vessel, the Bartolomeo Diaz , intended as
a «fa-vacht fjr’the King of Portugal, was launched from the yard of
Messrs. Gr«n at ; Black wrIL She is 1300 tons measurement, 240 feet
long, pierced for W guns, and will be w’orkod by a screw.
The works on the railway from the Maine to the Rhine (Mcnfr-
Darmstadt-AscliallV nburg) an* going on very rapidly ; and it Ls e xpeotoa
that the Darmstadt section will be open to circulation m April, and the
whole hue « for as »a tovembef uext.
36
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 9, l85i
THE TURNER GOLD MEDAL PAINTING.-BY N. 0. LUPTON.
THE GOLD MEDAL HISTORICAL PAINTING (“ THE GOOD SAMARITAN ”).—BY P. R. MORRIS^
Jan. 9, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
37
THE
royal academy
OF ARTS.
AMONG the benefits do*
rived from the institution
of the Royal Academy is
the biennial distribution
of the gold medals to en¬
courage meritorious stu¬
dents. As a stimulus to
further exertion in their
respective walks of art,
this must act beneficially
upon the recipients. Its
prospective alvantage is
also great; for those who
hive gained the biennial
gold medal have, from
time to time, an oppor¬
tunity of being sent abroad
to study for three years
a L , the expense of the Aca¬
demy.
The year which has just
dosed was distinguished
by this honorary distri¬
bution. Accordingly, on
Thursday, December 10th,
being the eighty-ninth
anniversary of the founda¬
tion of the Royal Aca¬
demy, at a general as¬
sembly of the Academi¬
cians, the following gold
medals were awarded
To Philip Richard Morris,
for the best Historical
Painting.
To George James Miller,
for the best Historical
Group in Sculpture.
To Francis Trimmer
Gompertz, for the best
Architectural Design.
To Neil Oliver Lupton,
lor the best English Land¬
scape. the Turner gold
medal.
Silver medals were like¬
wise awarded—
To James Waite, for the
best Painting from the Life.
To Henry Garland, for
th* best Drawing from the
Life. , „ u
To Joseph Mosley Barber,
for the next best Drawing
from the Life.
To Samuel Lynn, for the
best Model from the Life.
To Ebenezer Bemiet, for
the next best Model from
the Life.
To Thomas Vaughan, for
the best Architectural
Drawing.
To Henry M. Eyton, for
the next best Architectural
Drawing.
To Alexander Glasgow,
or the best Painting from
the Living Draped Model.
To William Uolyoake. for
the best Drawing from the
GOLD MEDAL SCULPTURE (“ THE GOOD SAMARITAN ”).—BY G. J. MILLER.
ToVredk. Percy Graves, for the next best Drawing from the Antique.
To John Constant Worman. for the best Model from the Antique.
To Thomas Vaughan, for a Perspective Drawing in Outline.
To George M Atkinson, for a Perspective Drawing m Outline.
To Thomas Vaughan, for a Specimen of Sciography.
We have engraved the four gold medal prizes. .
The subject for the best historical painting and model is
the same—“The Good Samaritan.” Mr. Morris, to whom the
painting medal has been awarded, lad the good fortune to
gain, in the competition of 1856, silver medals for the best painting
from the life, and also the best painting from the living draped model.
In his presont work,“The Good Samaritan,’ Mr. Morns has departed
from the conventional treatment of^ this subject, by illustrating the
text, *' An d ho brought him to an inn, and took care of him.’’ The
drawing of the two principal figures is unusually good; and the
colour, with the effect of lamplight in the interior contrasting with
the moonlight seen through the doorway and windows, is well
managed. Mr. J. G. Miller, ilie Gold Medallist for Sculpture, had
awarded to him in the previous year a silver medal for the best
model from the life. He has been very successful in his present group:
the composition is good, and the flowing line of the recumbent figure
of the wounded man highly meritorious. Mr. Miller has executed in
his lino of art soveral other successful works, among whioh may be
numbered his group of Mr. Beardmore’s children, and a bust of
Mr. J. Allnutt. S 4
Mr Gompertz’s architectural gold prize is a design for a National
Gallery, in plan a parallelogram of 4 Go foot by 570 feet. In the centre
is a hall 95 feet in diameter, surmounted by a dome. This apartment
has a concentrio gallery, both upon the ground and first floor, 17 feet
wide, with sixteen hemispherical recesses, each 25 feet in diameter.
Those fill up the spaces between the buttresses, which carry the thrust
of the dome; the recesses on the ground floor are for tho reception of
sculpture, and those on the upper floor for busts of eminont persons,
and to form, with a gallery parallel to the principal part, and divided
by the central hull, to contain the portraits of eminent persons, a sort
of Wttlhallah.
The lopg side of the accompanying View, and the opposite cor¬
responding sido to it, are three galleries deep. Those facing the
external sides are lit by windows on the ground and first floor, and
on the second by skylights. Tho intermediate galleries are roofed
with iron and glass, and the innermost lit by four internal courts.
The two other sides are only two galleries deep, one thirty and the
other fifteen feet wide—the latter for the reception of small works of
art, such as bronzes, coins, penates, <fco. The ground floor is generally
very charming composition.
for sculpture, models of
buildings, &c.; the first
floorforengravings, water¬
colour drawings, sketches,
and cartoons of eminent
masters, cabinetpaintinps,
&c. The second floor is
for paintings, arranged ac¬
cording to their different
schools and dates.
The two lower floors are
lighted by windows, with
the exception of the por¬
trait gallery; tho second
floor principally by sky¬
lights.
To come to the exterior
of the design which we
have engraved, each side
of the building shows two
wings, each consisting of
x two pair of coupled
umns, of a modification
the Composite order,
surmounted by a seated
figure, and each wing
crowned by a heraldic
ehiold, supported by two
female figures, and two
Cupids.
The central feature of
the principal front is a
sort of portico, being the
segment of a circle upon
»lan, and consisting of
:our attached columnp,
with angle pilasters. It
contains two entrances, a
grand staircase, entrance
hall, Ac. Underneath tho
columns, on the ground
floor, are fivo circular
niches, with colossal
smfod figuroo.
On the second floor,
where no windows exist,
except at tho wings, in the
spaces above the other
windows, on the principal
front, are square panels,
containing the mimes of
celebrated puintors; and
on the three other sides
are fresco paintings, form¬
ing the circular panels of
arcades, tho lower parts of
which are the square
windows of the first floor.
The whole of the build •
ing is raised upon a rusti¬
cated peristyle, 14 feet
high; and on the opposite
side to the principal is a
terrace, with a flight of
steps, statues. Ac.
The distribution was
distinguished by the
award of the first Turner
gold medal for the best
English landscape. Its
recipient, Mr. Neil 0.
Lupton, has here pro-
The foreground of tho
duced
picture is a corn-field, with tho reapers busily employed, under
the watchful eye of the farmer, who issues his commands to willing
hands. In mid-distance aro the whit* farmhouse, the rick-
yard, barns, &o. A sparkling brook, seen at intervals through its
bordering trees, adds to the brightness of tho scene; whilst the roll¬
ing, though distant, clouds distinctly mark the nature of our land of
smiles and tears.
Sfurious Majolica.— The Pont correspondent at Florence
says the second edition of Mr. Joseph Marryatt’s " History of Porcelain
and Pottery ” lias inllen like a bomb among both the buyers and sellers
of •* modern antiquities ” in Florence. One great Hebrew millionaire, as
renowned for his collection of crockery as for his command of CAsh, has
nt once countermanded all orders for further purchases of majolica.
Curiosity-dealers, who a couple of months ago were asking £ioo fora
cracked plate, are now willing to take a hundred pence. In so thoroughly
exposing, in Ills classical work, the manufacture of spurious majolica
long carried on here. Mr. Marryatt has performed a signal service to the
admirers of fictile art.
The King of Honolulu, capital of the Sandwich Islands, has
become a Freemason.
THE GOLD MEDAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR A NATIONAL GALLERY.—BY F. T. GOMFERTZ.
38
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan 9, 1858
NATIONAL SPORTS.
A ripping frost—which, after be ins so long dne, bids fair to abide
jor somethin* more than “a fortnight and a day lias in most parts
brought hunting to an abrupt end since Monday. The ten weeks of
the season so far may be classed as good ; but the fences were very
blind till early in December, and the scent was never to be depended
^ct, either breast high or almost nil. During the last
week the latter feature predominated in many countries, and, although
the open had become very beautiful for riding over, it was so fearfully
dry, especially in the bottoms of covers, that hounds often could
not speak to a fox two minutes after he hud gone. However, the
tiuorn, Mr. Assheton Smith’s, the Belvoir, Sir Watkin Wynn's (the
two last make longer days than any), and the other hunts, great and
small, have not had much reason to complain; and a great many
brace of foxes have been brought to hand. Cheshire—whoso
master will keep the hounds to the end of the season without
j attempts to settle ** the difficulty”—has had another run, and
John Walker has seldom shown such sport as he has done with Sir
n atkin s during the latter part of November and nearly the whole of
December. His number up to tins point is thirty-six brace, many of
which have been of the true straight-necked order. Tom Sebright has
been laid on his back from the effects of a fall, though not so severe
as the one which befell Mr. Garth's huntsman and George Carter—
the first which has bceu hunting the hounds in a style well worthy
of his tutor, to whom he has now whipped in for thirteen seasons,
Lord Henry Kentinck had just advertised for five, instead of six,
days a week; and we hear that, owing to certain reasons, some Lin¬
colnshire men are not preserving foxes in his country, and that the
fields are becoming 14 beautifully less.”
The trotting men showed in great force at Lucas’s last week, and
many who expected to bring something away for 50 guineas found
themselves wofully disappointed. That, in fact, was the first J)id for
the American horse “Jacob,” who looked barely 141 hands, and at
first sight a most ordinal^ animal in his points. Humour has it that
he came over from America four years ago, and that he has trotted a
mile in two minutes 40 seconds. The hammer at last fell, it was said,
to a midland counties hunting xnnn, who desires the luxury of set¬
ting off for cover half an hour after everyone else. The price was
2C5 guineas—oddly enough, exactly the same as was reached for the
Knglish trotter, “ Arab, that afternoon. The two had never been
put together, and Arab was nearly a hand higher, more stylish, and
quite as much of a star-gazer when he was fairly set moving. Nothing
could have been more uninviting than the American in his slow
paces.
Mr. Frail has conformed at last to the Newmarket rule, the viola¬
tion of which has so wofully thinned the Choster Cup entries.
Adamas (who is now in the hands of another trainer). Blink Bonny,
Sauntercr, Gemma di Vergy, and Black Tommy, are all in it, along
with One Act, the winner in 1850, who did not run in public all last
season. Annandale, the sire of Clydesdale, is gone to Scotland this
year; and Charles XII. (some of whose hunters have been very good)
ifl once more to be sold. Lanibourue, Oak ball, and Stork are among
tbe lots on Monday at Tattersall’s, as also Hunting Horn (brother to
St. Hubert), the 570-guinea Surplice yearling, who was allowed by
the congregated horse-breeders at Doncaster, in 1835, to be the most
Airnisbed for his age that had ever been seen. Still, one of Mr.
Cook son's Touchstones last year fell very little short of him to our
eye, and. unlike Hunting Horn, he looked full of pace as well.
Tlic Heading Steeplechases smacked of old times in point of at¬
tendance of men and horns, hut the line was not liked, and was a
good type of the awkward “ South Berkshire ” country. George
Whitmore, the very popular huntsman, and one of his whips officiated
in scarlet as course-clearer*, and the scene of action was not very
far from their World’s End kennels. The Liverpool Steeplechase
beasts of fifty-four entries, including Abd-el*Kadcr, Knight of the
Shire, Emigrant, and Old Bonrton. Tame Deer is among the ex¬
turfites who has taken to the “jumping profession.”
A great season among coursers in the north, and a weak one in
the south, has come to a temporal*)' suspension, giving the lcashnien
plenty of time at. their firesides to discuss the Waterloo Cup prospects.
Athuelha’s Ain tree luck quite deserted liim at Kenilworth. We
observe that Captain Daintrec’s Debonair, who was bought in for
seventy guineas at Aldridge’s on the 12th ult., has been winning in
her wonted style at Baldock Champion. The meetings on the list for
next week are Bradwardine, on Tuesday; Spelthorne Club, Scar¬
borough, and Underley (open), on Tuesday and Wednesday; Not¬
tingham (open), on Thursday, &c.; Ellesmere, on Thursday; aud
.Kiggar Club and Diamor (Meath), on Friday and Saturday.
The Attorney-General for Ireland has declined to accept
either of tbe vacancies now existing on the Irish Bench.— Globe.
Francis Davis, better known as “ the Belfast man,” has been
placed on the Government literary fund for a pension of £50 a year.
Mr. John Henderson, a member of the late firm of Fox and
Hcnderfon, died in the 4?th year of his age. at Kelvin Grove, near
Birmingham, on Monday afternoon, after a few days’ severe illness.
A Village Christmas Tree.—T he inhabitants of Brooke, in
tile county of Norfolk, were highly delighted, on Tuesday last, with an in< ™ D eiiBe8 or
entertainment provided lor them as a sequel to the Christmas lecture JL nf!
the Deanery Association, of which Brooke is the head-quarters. The ■ ThVtHUnr<> rif
lecturer, G. A. Holmes. Eso.. of Trinity College. Cambridge, had an- 1
nounced as his subject - Tbe Blossoms that hang on the Bough at Christ
mas, with a practical Illustration.” At the close of the lecture,
was appropriate to the occasion, a curtain dropped, disclosii
the audience a magnificent tree, whose boughs were hung wii
“blossoms ’ of the most varied description. It was flanked by tab!
which were literally loaded with articles of the m< ^
character, chiefly consisting of winter comforts for the cr*
Airs. Holmes and Mrs. Beal presided at the tables, whilst the
cr rather the fruits, were distributed by Dr. Beal, the Vicar of
ua the holders of tbe tickets established their claims. For
frocks and pinafores, woollen socks, babies’ shoes and a;
and ruffs, neckties, gauntlets, and hoods, packets ol’ Ua
for coids, and other desirable and uselul presents were
the audience, much to their satisfaction and delight,
parishioners were present in the school-rdqm,
amounting to between 700 aud *00. Amongst
bers of the adult evening schools Jn th
and
were prei
Levi Hagers,
lesion for
sociatiori with
brick \vork\
mbit ion
mom-
lining
; and
as one
several
which
i parishes
•ciety.
den. —The new
ion. The facade
.Is are so nearly
it girder, sixteen of which
are what is called lattice
somewhere about sixteen
which the several tiers
ten arc now busy at the
and fewer boxes in each
Mr. Gye being to give greater
rons. even although at tne cost
it will be ten feet wider, the
‘ y a judicious alteration in
fed to see the stage readily,
e scenic arrangements ; amongst
ainting-rcorn 901eetby 40, and the
—the effect of the iattor innovation
_ spectacle to an extent hitherto un-
ost every case the use of iron will be sub-
er precaution taken to render the building
“he works, which commenced on the 29th
_led on with cTeat rapidity, and, in their
^very prospect of being finished by the 1st of May,
j ig bound by his contract to open the theatre.
parishes. Several of the neighbour
the occasion will long be remerabe
of much unalloyed glee. We have
years to notice the proceedings of
this lecture was connected; and learn that
have this year united themselves with the Brook)
The Boyal Italian Opera, Cogent
home of tlie Italian opera is rapidly approaching
in Bow-street is almost complete, and the si.
finished as to justify the raising
are to support the roof. These
girders, are ail of wrought iron
tons. The Interior semicircles
of boxes are to spring are finii
back wall. There will
tier, than in the late till
space and better ac<
of considerable pec|
lame increase bein:
the design, every
Great improvement!
others, the erection
abolition of the old
being to fncilital
known i:
stituted
as nearly
of Septeml
present aspect,
on^jvhirb day A
The whole of ifcevjhxpps encamped at Aldershott will be re¬
viewed on the 2«th inst., in honour of the marriage of the Princess Royal.
Speedy Administration op Justice.— The Melbourne Aye
gives the following instance of prompt punishment:—On Monday after¬
noon cne Thomas Stephens was detected in attempting to pick a lady’s
pocket in the Post-office. The light-fingered worthy was given in charge
at five minutes to two, he was brought before the resident magistrate at
twc.tndhc wns sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment with hard
labour. At half-past two he was delivered from the police-van at the
gaoL and before tnree o'clock he was commencing work in the stoneyard
of the prison.
Preferments and Appointments in the Church.— Bor.
M. De Burgh, Prebend of Donoughmore and Preacher at tlic Cathedral;
itev. y. s. Drapes. Prebend and Hector of Taacoffin, diocese of Ossory :
Kev. J. Gut line. Canon of Bristol Cathedral. Rectories: The Rev. W. K.
Burrough to Grangeaylvoc, diocese of Lelghlin; Rev. G K-Bushe to
MothelT (with Vicarage), diocese of Ossory; Kev. .1. A. P. Linskill to
Beaudesert, arwicksjiire; Rev. G. Mullins to Chalfield Magna, near
Melksham; Rev. H. W. W ood to Hoi well, Dorset. Vicarages . The Rev.
H. A\ Allen to Hatfield Pcverell, Essex ; Rev. C. H. Ford to Bishopton,
Durham. Incumbencies: The Rev. S. Amort to Chatham ; Rev. A. W.
Boycott toAJdeby, near Beecles; Rev. A. Maunseli to Monstreven; Rev.
T. Nolan to Regent-square Chapel, St Pancnw; Rev. H. V. Striven to
Prcston-on-Stour; Rev. Dr. J. Wilson to Trinity Chapel, Knightsbridge:
Uiaplamcies: Ihe Kev. C. Evans to the Bishop of Manchester; Rev? J.
H. Rowers to the Convict Department, Wakefield House of Correction.
.['n^MiCxtraey: The Rev. C. Hodgson to Playford, Suffolk. Curacies:
The Rev. C. Bullivant to Cheadle, Staffordshire; Rev. M. H. Coote to
Bahan. diocese of Meath; Rev. J. M. Fawcett to St Martin. Liverpool:
Rev. G. S. Gerrnrd to St. Mary, Kilkenny ; Rev. W. Henderson to B illy-
roore, M estmeatli: Rev. A. Isaac, of Croah, to Uathkeale; Kev. D. L
Isaac,to Llongathen and Llandilo-vawr, Carmarthenshire; Rev. C. Lloyd
to St. John the Evangelist. Durdham Down ; Rev. G. Steele to Bladow,
Wcodstock ; Rev. O. Sumner to St Matthias Church, on the Weir, BristoL
Rev. G. Knox to be Missionary Curate for the eastern districts of London.
Child Burnt to Death.—A nother melancholy instance of
death by burning, through children being left withour proper protection,
owtpred on Wednesday. In this case the sufferer was Mary Ann Brecs-
Jand, five years of age, daughter of parents residing in Summers-strect,
J anner s-liiU, Deplord. The father was engaged at his usual work, aud
the mother hud gone out charing, leaving the deceased in* charge of another
child. On the father returning lie was shocked at finding the deeea*<xl
lying down frightfully burnt Her clothes had caught fire, and the
younger child, on seeing the danger its sister was in. liud run to another
nun of the house and escaped injury. Medical assistance was obtained,
but the deceased had then been dead some time.
At the Central Criminal Court, on Monday, the trial of
Mr. Edward Auchmuty Glover for misdemeanour, in having made a false
declaration as to his qualification as u member of the House of Commons,
was. at the request of the defendant's counsel, ordered to stund over to the
February Session.
In tile Central Criminal Court on Wednesday an ex¬
citing scene took place upon the trial of Cliristian Sattler, on the
charge of murdering Charles Thain, the detective officer. The evidence of
the deceased, tukcii before he died, was conclusive of guilt as to the act of
shooting, and other evidence in support of the charge Induced the jury to
find the prisoner *• Guilty.” The main point of the n»»fv>nc*> wm n toahnicaj
one, lliut the esprit woo illegally In custody at the time of the murder,
being the subject of a Foreign Power; but the Court overruled this object
tion, and sentence of death was pronounced. The prisoner exhibited
great emotion, and repeatedly interrupted the Judge. ^
Two Coloured Girls have recently been driving^,
begging trade in the Btreets on the pretence of being fugitive slaves. 'They
told n very circumstantial and romantic story, to which many benevolent
persons lent a ready ear. The police, however, took up the case. At first;
the magistrate was deceived, and believed their tale, but ther«uirta tME
the girls are proved to be the oflspring of an Irish pauper in theCheUea
workhouse and an old black woman. When confronted/with each other
at the police-court, parents aud children stoutly denied ail;knowledge of
each other; but a few days ago, the father having died, natural affection,
even in such a case as this, displayed iu a visit to the corpse, betrayed/®
imposture, and the girls have couiessed that the report of . thF police is
true.
Four short but severe shocks of an earthy \felt at St.
Genais (Savoy) on the 2 feth ult, at intervals of ur minutes
each.
London and Blackwall. 6$ ; London and Brighton, 109; Ditto, Eighths
4 |j London and South-Western, 99; Manchester, Sheffield, aud Lincoln¬
shire, 40$; Midland, 93g; Norfolk, 62 *; North British, 53 * ; North-
; 3 65 i Ditto, York, 80 ; North
btaffordshire, 14$; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 331; Scottish
North -Eastera—Aberdeen Stock, 25$; South Devon, 35 ; South-Eastern,
7-:,; South Wales, 81 ; West End of London aud Crystal Palace, t)L
„ i no s « T F j xed Rentals —London, Tilbury, and South-
end, 99; Midland-Bradford, 93.
Preference Shares.—C aledonian, 96$; Great Northern Four-and-
iini jP^ Lent, 101 ; Great Western Four-and-a-Half per Cent, 91 ;
Midland Consolidated! Four-and-a-Half per Cent Stock, 8G$; Ditto.
Leicester and Hi toll in Stock. 87; North British, I03f ; North-Eastern—
Berwick. 96$; Ditto, $ dis.; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton,
1st Guarantee. 117; Ditto. 2nd ditto. 104; Scottish North-Kastem-
Aberdeen Stock, 115 ; Waterford and Kilkenny, -185.
Bnrrisn Possessions. —Buffalo, Brent, ana Goderich, 90 ; Ceylon, 2 ?-
Eastcrn Bengal, § pm. ; East Indian. 112 $ ; Ditto, C Shares. 17 $; Ditto!
K Shares, Extension, 6$; Geelong and Melbourne, 20 $: Grand Trunk of
Canada, 54; Ditto, Six per Cents Debenture, 85$; Great Lndian Penin-
»VtjV Ditto, New, 5; Ditto, 3J; Great Western of Canada, 2 i|;
Difo New, L3g; Madras Extension, 10 : Ditto. Thiid Extension, 41
Fourth Ditto, 5$; Punjaub v | pm. ; Trinidad Scrip, 3 premium.
Foreign.— Belgian Easteriv Junctional |; Carmeaux and Toulouse,
Coal Mine and Railway, 4i;\l>utdi Rhenish, 9|; Great Luxembourg. 8;
Northern of France, :;f§: Pans, Lyons, and Mediterranean, 35 $; Recife
and San F’rancisco, 10 $J Riga and Daneburg, lft ; Sambreand Meuse, 8l-
Southern of F'ranee, 23$; /AVestern and North-V\ r estern of France, 27 J. ’
3Iining Shares have met a steady iuqjiiry, and prices generally are on
the advance. AlfredA^onsqls have marked 12 }? Great Wlieul Alfred, 4 $:
1$; Cobre Copper, 44$; General, 16 $ ;
North Wheal Basset, la
and United Mexi
MARKETS.
MONETARY TRANSACT
(From our wtty
for them must be considei .
deuds—due on the 8th
even greater firmness, mo
]>rice in the general Dis-
ul tlie Bank 01 England
cent, and this 'reduction 1
where—loans having b«
per cent. The Cod sol maF
It is 1
a bill wh
of six c
the £
)
The purchases of money stock in the Consol ^Moricfct 7 taring the week
have been less numerous, but/time bargain^ have continued extensive.
Owing, however, to some heavy sales of/Stock for parties desirous of
realising, the fluctuations in (pricesiiave inCreksed, and, to some extent, a
check lius been given to the late upward 'mpvemeiit in value; neverthe¬
less Consols have maintained a'eoinparativeiy high figure, and the market
state. The payment of the divl-
2 the effect of producing
mey is rapidly lowering iu
Ihursday tne Directors
mhviniura rate of discount to six per
Immediately /©'.lowed by greater ease else-
offered in the block Exchange as low as three
twas not materially influenced by the reduc¬
tion, as it lias been pretty genFrsUiy^an^cipatcd in all quarters.
'There has been a largemfliix^of tlmprecious metals, viz.—£476,500 from
the UnitedStateH v£20jiqo ftomABstralia, £29,914 from the Peninsula, and
£10,000 from the West Coast of Africa. Exclusive ot £200,000 on passage
via the Rc-d Sea. over £900 ooo m gold will shortly reach us trom Australia.
The quantity;or gold sent into! the Bank is about £s00,o0rt, consequently
the stock in tf»e vaults is now over £ 12 , 000 , 000 . Apparently, until trade
revives, and until thcfei^ A greatly-improved demand for money, the
stock will further increase, more especially as the Bauk of F'ranee is not
now' a buyer of gold in mir market.
understood that, shortly after the reassembling of Parliament,
introducM- to enable the East India Company to raise a loan
millions. Already one has been opened at Calcutta, upon
'"hich will, we apprehend, depend the amount to be raised
The bill will not propose to giv^an Imperial guarantee
Principal or interest; aud iu some quarters it is regarded
^ent of heavy shipments of silver to India. Such,
J be the case, because funds are wanted here to meet
ot home government—about £4,000,000 per aunutn—and to
nsport of troops, &c., to the East.
of Messrs. H. Whitfield and Co., West India and general
^mmiesion merchants, has been announced. With this exception, no
— of importance have stopped payment.
‘oughont the Continent money is becoming easy. The Bank of
has reduced its rate to 5$ per cent, and at Hamburg the quotation
ined to 3$ per cent.
4tli of the month passed off remarkably well, and very few bills,
a comparative sense, were protested.
The Continental exchanges are gradually falling, so that there is now
.tie or no profit on the shipment of gold to England. The last quota¬
tion at St. Petersburg was 35$d.
The amount to be applied this quarter to the Sinking Fund is £128,493.
On Monday Home Securities were steady. The Tlireo per Cents Reduced
marked 94} A $; New Three per Gents, 94$ }; Consols lor Account, 94$ };
F;xcliequer Bills. 5s. to 9s. prern.; Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 98$; Inaia
Bonds. 2s. dis. Bank Stock was 219. Prices were on the advance on
Tuesday, and the Three per Cents, ex div., were 94$$}. The Reduced
were done at 94f and 95$; the new Three per Cents, 94$ to 95$; Long
Annuities, 1860, were 2; Ditto, 1885, 17$; India Bonds, par to 5s. prem. ;
Exchequer Bills, 5s. to 10s. prem. ; Ditto, Bonds, 99$; Bank Stoek,
219, 217$, and 220. The funds fluctuated considerably on the following
day, anu prices were rather drooping. Consols, ex div., were 94$ $ §; the
Reduced, 94$ g }; the New Three per Cents, 94} $95; Consols, for Ac¬
count, 94g $ tj ; Exchequer Bills, 8s. to 123 . prein.; India Bonds, Is. to
5s. prem. India Stock, 220 ; and Bank Stock, 220 . On Thursday the
C’cnso) Market was far from active. Consols, for Money, were 94} $95;
for February, 06 $: the New Three per Cents, 95$ |; and the Reduced.
94$ to 95$. Bank Stock was done at 219. Exchequer Bills were 8s. to
Us. prem. . .....
In the early part of the week there were some extensive dealings in the
F'oreign House, aud prices, alaicst generally, were on the advance Since
thenJiowever, the transactions have been comparatively limited Bra¬
zilian Five per Cents have marked 100 ; Mexican Three per Cents, 21;
Peruvian Four-and-a-IiaJf per Cents, s0$; Peruvian Three per Cents,
552; Portuguese Three per Cents, 4 1 }; Russian F'ive per Cents, 109$;
Siudinian Five per Cents, 86; Spanish Three per Cents, 41$; Spanish
Passive. 6; Turkish Six per Cents, 99$; Turkish Four per Cents, 103$ ;
Dutch Two-and-n-Halt per Cents, 64$ ; Dutch Four per Cents, 99$;
Peruvian F’cur-and-a-Half per Cent dollar Bonds, 55 ; Chilian Six per
Cents. 102 $ ; Hnd Russian Four-ond-a- Half per Cents, 98$ ex div.
Mott Joint-Stock Bauk Shares have ruled very firm, at full prices.
Bunk of Egypt have been done at 15}; Commercial of London, 21; Eng¬
lish, Scottlhh, and Australian Chartered, 18 $; London Chartered of
Australia, 18 $ ; London Joint-Stock, 29$; Oriental, 32; Union of Aus¬
tralia, 50$ ; Australasia, 84 ; South Australia. New, 16$.
1 he dealings in Miscellaneous Securities have not been extensive, never¬
theless prices generally are firmAustralian Agricultural, 25$ ; Aus-
Steam, 4 ; Peel River Land and Mineral. 2 $; Scottish Australian Invest¬
ment, 1 } ; Ixmdon Omnibus, 3$; Netherlands Land, 3$; Peninsular and
Oriental Steam. New, 16; Hungerford Bridge, 6} ; and Vauxhall, 17$.
An extensive business has been passing in the Railway Share Market,
and prices almost generally have continued to improve. The following
are the official closing quotations on Thursday :—
Ordinary Shares and Stocks.— Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston Junction, 5}; Caledonian, x8; Chester aud Holyhead, 39; Corn¬
wall, 4 $; East Anglian, 19; F:astem Counties, 60$; Edinburgh, Perth,
and Dundee, 33$; Great Northern. 100; Ditto, B Stock, 125; Great
Western, 59$; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 95$; Ditto, £9 Shares, 6$;
Cork E,\< iian\;>;, Jan. 4.—A yferV limited eupply of EnplUh wheat was on aa!a In to-diy'a
market, cueM»4ft« nail l).r loud carriapj For all kinds the domanrt ruled sturdy, at sm
cuv» nee Urlbo (inetctto^s of from ta. tn •£». per quarter. Fine foreign wli«Ui insvod olfsomo-
what fri'o.y. ct fu!! prlotitr lxirlnfertor kinds wore much mgloeted. There wa» an improved
feelinit In tho dtmaml/or barley, atd mnl.Sr.jf paroels wore la. per quart-r dearer Hnlt wai
m bettor request, »t very full pilces. Wo had u *teatl.v Inquiry for oats— be supply of which
was oujy hiultrnle-antl tho quomtloua had on upward tendency. Beau», ikus, uud dour
■old to a fair extent, at very full prices.
.Tnu «;.—The utTeminiico of buyers here to-day was only moderate, rot tho trade eeucrally
ruled steatty. at Ttdly^fuuday'* currency.
R,vjl ish . — WJicat/EAex and Kent. red. 43*. to 6*s.; ditto, whito, tja, to 57«.; Norfolk
and Suffolk, rcdpOs. to 52s.; rye, to 3<s.: frrindiu^ luiriey, 2os. to St's.; dietiUinR
^‘0 3*2.; nifliung ditto, Sts. to 42s.; Lincoln und Norfolk malt, G0s.to68s.; brow^
ditto, .*». to .#*; Kingston and AN are, ti' 1 *. to Chevalier, 69*. to flPs.; Vorkahlro aud
«•**■•! Voughal and Cork, black,
}** 2.Js.; d4to, wlilte, 20s. to SO*.; tick beans, S3*, to 3:s.; groy peas, 29a. to 41s.;
'Wicr/'s. to 43..: white, 40s. to 42s.; loiters, 4”s. to 4 Is. per quarter. Town-mad®
Tbwrn hoawhokls,.il5. to —; Country marks, 31 j. to Jkis. per 280 Um.
ipwhan flour. Vis. to >9*. per barrel.
very limited businesi hms been tlono tills wock in all kind* of seeds In urScos,
•.owovyr./carcdy any change has taken place.
Lmseed, English crushing, ,50s. to 6t*.; Mediterranean, 51s. to 52s.; hempseed, 4 ls.
-4** qu^ner; eonnmter, :*0a. to 32a. per owt.; brown inunUml-seed, Us. to 16* t
UdlOfWhlte. 17s. to Its. t tares. 5s. 0d. to 5s. txl. per bushel; Kugllah ruiH»eed, 3S# t* 40s
per hut; linseed cakes, EngUah. £10 5s. to £11 1th.; ditto, foreign, £10 5 s. ;o£ll 0s ♦
\jrupe cakes, £<> 0*. to £6 ll>«- per ton. Canary, 80s. to 85s. per quarter.
£re«d.—The price* of wheaten bread in tho metropolis ere from 7d. to 8d.; of bouse-
\hoId ditto, 5Jd. to CJd. jier 41b. loaf.
Imperial Weekly Aierayes.—Whait, 47a. 7d.; barky, 35*. 10J.; oats. 22*. 3d.; rye.
32s. id.: beau*. 39-. 3d.: poos, 3»s. 4d. *
? l>f S'* Week*' A verayca. —Wheat, 46«. 7d.; barley, 35s. W.; oau, 23s. 0d.; rye,
32s. f 4d.; boflita, tCs.Sld.; jkuis, 40s. 5d. *
Engtith drain sold lutit tceei.—'Wheat, 85,183; barley, 87,283; oats, 8163: rye,
33; beniu. 4000; peas, 1636 quarters.
Ten —Till* market is very firm, and price* continue to advance. Common sound congoa
lui* realised Is. IJd- P*>f lb. caib. lhe show of samples is but moderate.
.Sugar. —All kinds ot raw sugar have been in somew hat active request, and the quotations
have improved from Is. to 2s. ul. per cwt. Barbados* lias sold nt to 48 t. lid.; sUoritius,
*w. »d. to ttts ; Bengal, 3<)s. to 52s.; and Mndnu, 33*. to »7s. 6d. per owt. Refined goods
have sold steadily, on rather higher terms,
f o/fre.—Very full prices bare boon paid this wock, and the market has a firm appearance.
Fine Mocha hiu changed hands at ItOs. to 100a.; and good onl. palu plantation Ceylon, 54 h.
per cwt.
Rice .—Most descriptions have eold to a fair extent, and prices have advanced 3d. per cwt.
Pinky Madras lias realised 8*. 9d.; and good w bite Bengal, 9s. fld. to 10s. per cwt.
VVofj>40W*.—Tho transactions In butter have been only modorate ; nevertheless, prices of
all kinds urn well support'd, liucou is stead*, and l*. per cwt. dearer. Sales of prion©
Watcrtord, 57*. to 58* on board for shipment. Other provisions support previous rate*.
Tallow—Out market is firm, and prices are rather higher. 1\Y.C. on tbe spot has sold
at 54s. to 54s. Go.; and for delivery lu March. 55s per cwt.
Oil*.- Linitcd oil has sold to a fair extent, at £>9 10a. per ton on tho spot. Rape is firm,
at £45 10*. fertile best frrdgn retluod, and £41 for brown. Other oils aru rather firmer.
Turpentine is steady, at 32s. r d. to 34s. tid for spirit*; snd 9s. to Ps. 6d. for rough.
Spirit*. —Tho demand for rum is stil* very inactive, and a few parcels of proof Leewards
have sold at 2s. to 2s. id- per gallon. La branoy and grain spirit very little Is passing, at
about previous rales.
Coule.— Heating's Hartley, 15s.; RoIrwoIL If*.; Eden Main. 22*. 6d.: Belmont, 2 , ’s. 6d.;
South lietton, 23*. 6d.; flUwurts, 23*. 6*1.; Caradoo J ‘Is. fd.; Keitoe, 2is. per ton.
Huy and Stra tr.—Meadow hay, £2 10*. to £4; clover ditto, £3 10a. to £5; and
straw, £ I 5*. to £1 IDs. per loud.
Hops —There hi a lnrge quantity of most kind* on offer, end tho demand is wholly con¬
fined to p»c»ent warns, on former terms.
I|W._Our market ruin heavy in the extreme, and English wool continue to rule In
favour of buyer*.
I t,tutors —Tho supplies are only modorate, yot ths demand continues heavy, at from £J lSe.
to £7 per ton.
Metropolitan Cattle Market—The amount of ►usinwa doing in our market this week
hss not been extern ive; u-'vcrthcl cs, price* generally have been well supoo.tcd:—
Beef from 3s. 4d. to 4s. J0d.; mutton, 3s. Gd. to 5a. 6d.; veal, ts. Od. to 5a. tid.; pork, is. Od.
to £«. Od. per 81b. to sink the offal.
Feu-gate and Lcadtnhalk —The trade generally has ruled steady, as follows:—
Beef from 3s. Od. to 4*. td.; mutton, 3«. 0d. to 4a. 10<L; real, ti. 0d. to 5*. od.; pork,
3s. fid. to 5*. Ud. per 8 lb. by tho carcase. ROUEirr llKiCBEirr.
THE LONDON GAZETTE.
F'riday, Jan. l.
BANKRUPTS.
F. OIAXTON. DoTercourt, Essex, innkeeper.—T. ROACH. Old Broud-itrcet, minlmr
agent - H. WATKINS, Jrcngntc-wbarf, Praed-itrcct, Paddington, menliaut.—J. SJOTT,
Shi or slimy, coaldcalcr.—B. G. DYER, Cardiff, ehipchand cr.—G. WALu, Cheltenham,
baker.—W. qUALK, Liverpool, shlpbrokcr.— W. and W. TAYLOK, sea. nod jun.,
and H. TAYLOR, Batn»lty, linen manufacturers.—S. PERRY, Ulrrainghani. jeweller.—
A. F. BECKMAN, North fchlelds, shipchundlor.—W. HUES, Warwick oomiuisalon agent.—
W. COOK, Biiniinghani, stonemason.—J. CURFORD and J. THOMPSON, Bradloy Had Iron¬
works, htaffordihlro.—D. E. MONIES, Liverpool, merchant.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
.1. MACDONALD, Western Bank of Scotland, Marselbargh.—RONALD3 and CO., Paisley,
shawl manufacturers.—G. 0UGJITKK8OS, Greenock, iron merchant.—U. BLAIR aud Co.,
Glasgow, hotpret&crs.—P. M LAKLN, Glasgow, ship-carpenter.
Tuesday, Jan. 5.
WAR OFFICE, Ja.NL’AKV 5.
4th Dragoon Guards: Kcgitncutal Sergeant-
Major W. Joioo to bo Cornet.
l»t Dragoon*: II. St. Goorge Osborno to bo
Cot net.
6th: E. Napier to lie Cornet.
14th Light Dragoons: Major and Brevet
Colonel C. W. M. Balder*, C.l» , to be Major.
Military Train: Lieutonont A. Hunt to bo
Adjutant.
Hoyui Engineers: E. Walsh to 1® Lieute¬
nant.
3rd Foot: Msjor G. .T. Ambrose to lx* Lieu¬
tenant-Colonel ; Copt. II. J. King to bo M« jor.
6th: Lieut, and Adjntant W. T. Burtley.
Capt. G. Dowginrse, to be Captain*.
7th: Capu. it. Whlgham and 6. Hall to 1)0
Captains.
15th: Brevet LieaL-Col. G. Kin? to 1)0
Lientcuant-Colonel; Capt. G. H. Tyler to
be Major; Capt. C. P. Cobb* to bo Cupuin.
14th: Cornet J. Spry to bo Quartermaster.
46th: Lieut. .1. {kdinglield to bo Captain.
"UosriTAi. Staff.—A ssiR. Surg. J. A. Danbury, M.R., to bo {Assistant 9urgoon to Ibo
Forres.
BKKVKT.—Lieut.-Col. G. C. Langley to l>o Coieuel in the Army.
BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.
J. K. WE8TKOP, Sfainlng-lane. City, gtova manufacturer.—XI. COLLETT, Stanley
Dowuton, Gloucestershire, miller.—C. WKLCli, Well*, Somcreeuhiro, innkeeper.
BANKRUPTS.
J, BROADIIUKST. Suthorland-phice, Walworth, spiced lucf manufacturer—J. L. MH3R9,
Fore-street, Cripnlegute, whole***le clothier.—It. KINO, PaEntonViUe-rtad, builder.—B
BAKER, Hoshcmiie, Kent, hotrikeeiK'r.—J. L. EVANS, I^»ngton, SiaffonFluro, grocer.—J.
STRONG, Frome. Somersetshire, hutelltoeper.—J. L. BOWHAY, Modbary, Devonshire,
agricultural implement maker.—JOSHUA and JOSEPH FEA11NLEY, llrighouBc, Yorkshire,
siikdrcwra.—C. COCKCROFT, Stansfleld, Yorkshire, pickle maker.—W. QUA VLB, Liver-
jkioI, shipbiokcr.—H. BARTON, Liverpool, shipowner.—J. C. MCDONALD, Liverpool, wino
merchant.—E. CLARK, Manchester, hardware dealer.—J. SHAWCROSS, Bowden, Cheshire,
and Manchester, cotton spinner.—W. HARRIS, Bolton, Laacaahlro, manufacturing chemist.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. and W. WALLACE, Glasgow. s;w«d muslin manufacturers.-J. W, GRAHAM, Spring-
bum, near Glasgow, lurgcou.—W. W. CAMERON, Glasgow, brtwk-:;iauufac;um\—D.
M-KF.N7.IE, Glasgow, pointer.—'W. M‘CUI,LOCH, Glasgow, general morchimt—j. SMITH,
Balmeadle, Dunbog. f*rm*-r.—R GALLOWAV, Alloa, sced-num.—R. HEaNDEL, Glasgow,
cbtinist.—J. MACKINTOSH, Inverness, spirit-merchant.
list: Ensign I-'. Michel to bo Lieutenant;
B. Sadler to bo Ensign.
7lat: Major W. Uopo to bo Lieu ton nnt-
Colouol; Capt. B. Blennorhu>set to bo Mnjor;
Lieut. J. Dalgloish to bo Captain; Ensign L.
M. J. Corey to ba Lieutenant.
83rd: Ensign W F. Anderson to b© In¬
spector of Musketry.
84th: Aa^lst. Burg. H. P. Gregory to bo
Assistant Surgoon.
■J2nd: Major and Brevet Lieut.-Col. A. I.
Lockhart to bo Lieutonaiit-Colonol; Captain,
and Brevet Lieut.-Col. K. D. Mackenzie to bo
Major; Lieut. W. E. New&ll to bo Captain.
95th: M:iJor J. A. R. lialnos to no Lleu-
tonnnt-Culouol; Brevet Major lion. E. C. If.
Massey to be Major; Lieut. J. Bonison to bo
Captain; Ensign C. J. Holbrook to be Lieu¬
tenant.
btith: Lioat. J. B. Kirk to bo Captain.
2nd West India Regiment: Ensign J. Frank¬
lin to bv Lieutenant.
BIRTHS.
On the !9th September, at rchrmnuritzberg, Port Natal, tho wife of J. W. Bovell, Ksq.*,
Arsistant Commissary-General, of a son.
Cu Ibo 4.h inst. at 16.Ox'ord-ioad, Islington, tho Wifbof Ebcnczcr Smith, Eaq., Into of
Melbourne, Victoria, of a ten.
MARRIAGE.
On Saturday, the 21st November la*t. at tha Cathedral Church of Port of Spain, Trinidad,
■West Indie*, by hi* Grace the Archbishop of Port of Spain. Lioutcnant Lionel M. Fraser,
41*1 Regiment, to Louire Amenaioio, second daughter of Josij GuiaeppI, Esq., Consul to tho
Republic of Venezuela. His Grace was assisted by Monslguors Smith and Fuurrier and a
numerous body of clerey,
DEATHS.
At Oporto, on 28th Decembsr, 1867, Caroline Anne, wife of Tboma* Cuthbert WIgham.
On tbe 'l/th Dec., at her residence, *2, Albany-street, Regent s-pork, in her 65th year,
Charlotte, sixth daughter sf tbe late Charles Price, Esq., of the Legacy-office, Somerset
Home.
Jan. 9, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
39
NEW BOOKS, frc.
joat published, Second Edition, crico** fid., bound in cloth, gilt
edge*; or. free br post, 4a.,
miFE BRITISH FERNS, Popularly Described
1 and I Hurt rated by Engravings of every Hpecios, forming a Com¬
plete History of tho Family na regard* their Characteristic*. Pocu-
lifttitin*. Natural Places of (,irow»h. and tho most ^uooomfol Method*
«f Cultivating them. FyGEORGE W JOHN80N, E*^., Editor of
••The Cottage Gardener," See. I ondon; “ Cottage Gardener " Office,
JO, Paterae stcr-row; and all Bookseller*.
Thi* day, fenpfivo, cloth, with Portrait, tm.,
J AMES MONTGOMERY: a Memoir Poli¬
tic* and PoeticaL By .1. W. KING, Author of “ Memoir of
avaiai," &c.
London: PARTUrDOK and BOSS, Paternoster-row.
Just published, price 4s., sewed,
M y FIRST STORY ; or, The Gipsey Re-
formed. By a Guernsey Lady.
Guernsey: J.Baroet; and told by SlMi'Kur, MARSHALL, anil Co.,
London.
B URKE’S (SIR BERNARD) PEERAGE
and BARONETAGE for 18681* now ready. May be had of
all Bookseller*. Price 38*.
London: HARP.!.SOX, 59, Pall-mall.
The Cheapest Gift-Book of the Season.—Elegantly brand, price 7«.6<L,
O UR FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES.
Told for tho Hundredth Time, by BY. W. DULCKBN. Illus¬
trated with Three Hundred Picture* by'H. K. Browno, Abiolon, Har¬
rison Wclr, Harvey, M'Connell, Pasquicr. and DelzieL
Ward and Lock, 158, Floct-stroct.
Illurtrntod with 250 De'crlptive Engravings, 3*. 6d.,
TA/TFE’S OWN BOOK of COOKERY.—
f 1 ' Agreeable Dinner*, Inexpensive, and easily cooked. Also,
Klee Dinner* for every day.—W ard and Lock; and all Bookseller*.
T h e family friend,
Monthly. 4d.. Illustrated -
“ It 1* tho Tory thing wo want when the curtain* are drawn and
tho candle* lit, for a long, pleasant evening.
WARD and Lock, 158, Fleet-street; and all Boeksellor*.
Now ready. No. I, illustrated with Twontv-onenew Enrravlngs, price
2d., to bo completed In Twelve Monthly Number*.
T he family doctor
HOULSTOX and Wright, and all Bookseller*.
Now ready, price M . Illustrated by Leech.
E vening parties. By albert
SMITH. Forming No. S of the COMIC LIBRARY.
Kent and Co. (late Boguo), Floot-etroet-
1*» Ice 8s. fid. each,
VE PORQUET’S LE TRESOR, for turning
_" English Into French at Sight, Parisian Grammar, Complement
du TWeor, Exercises for Converantlon, Trnductenr. Secretaire Pari-
■icn, Histoiro d'Angletorre, also History of England to translate Into
French, Conversation* Parislennes, Vjyage on Franc*. Italian Tresor,
Italian Conversations.
London: 81 MTKIX. Mapsiiai.t., and CO.; and may bo had of the
Author, at hi* Scholastic Agency, It, Turi*tock-*treei,Covoat-gardeu.
WORTH NOTICE—What has always been wantod Is Jnst pub¬
lished. price 4a., free bv post (the 18th Thousand is now soiling),
T he dictionary appendix,
with upward* of 7000 words not found In the Dictionary, com¬
prising tho Participle* of tho Verbs, which perplex all writer*. No
perron who write* a letter should be without this work: *dl school
pupil*should have it. “Thi* book 1* invaluable."—Weekly Time*.
"This book i* e* necessary ns • Walker'• Dictlonaty' itself."—The
Critic. J. F. Shaw, 36. Paterno*ter-row.
Ninth Thousand, prico 2a. Cd., doth, free by post,
NDISPENSABLE.—LIVE and LEARN: a
JL Guide for *11 who wisk to Speak and Write Correctly. “ * Live
said Learn * fa an excollant book. We look upon It «a really indis-
penBeblo. Wo advise our reader* to Imitate oar example—procure the
book, end sell it not at any price."—Educational Gozctto.
READ AND REFLECT —Complete. 2*- fid.. cloth, froo bv poat,'
The NEWSPAPER and GENERAL READER'S
POCKET COMPANION: being a familiar explanation of nearly 4t*00
classical and foreign words, phrases, and quotations. By the Author
Cf *• Live and Leern." Ninth Thousand.
THE PUBLIC 8PRAKER S VADE MECUM.
ELOCUTION: its Principles Reduced to Practice.
Every one who aspire* to address a public assembly ought to posses*
this valuable book. Price fid.: by non, 7d.
A BOOK FOR EVERYBODY,—Trice bypost, 7d.,
The RIGHT WORD in the RIGHT PLACE. A
Cbea p and Complete Dictionary of Synonyms
NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN.—Prico fid.; or by port. id..
MISTAKES of DAILY OCCUKREMJE m Spot-
ng. Writing, and Pronunciation CORRECTED.
London: J. F. Shaw, Sonthampton-row, and 36, Paternoster-row.
Jnst published. Fifth Edition, price 21a.; free by post,
rrHIE ART of BREWING, Fermenting, ami
JL Making of MaU; containing correct Table* of Mashing Heat*,
full direction* for Preventing Acetous Fermentation, and every other
ncccwiuv information to moke success in thi* important art cor.ain;
the result af 50 year*' practice. By JOHN LEVE8QUE, Into of tho
Anchor Brewery.- JAMES LsaTII, 6, 8t. Paul'* Churchyard.
NEW YEAR.—Every person should
teasers nn Almanack for tho Year. CASSELL'S ILLUS¬
TRATED FAMILY ALMANACK, which is published at Sixpence, a
an annual encyclopedia of useful and instructive information. Fifry-
threc thousand copies of tho Almanack for 1858 have already boon
issued fromt ho press. As tho last Edition for this year is now l»olng
delivered, immediate order* should be given.—London: KENT and Co.
w
T
T hi
Now ready,
T IE SUNDAY-SCHOOL FENNY MAG A-
ZINB. No. 1, Volume VUI., price one penny A spodmen copy
eent on receipt of two stamps—London: W. Twkkdie, 337, Strand.
A NEW SYSTEM of MEDICINE.—The
Antiseptic Treatment for long-standing Dtewlere. A Treatise
on Acacia Cliarcoal. post-free, 1*. By W. WASHINGTON EVANS,
M.D., 12, Bcmard-street, Primrcne-hUJ, London.
Second Edition, prico 1*.; by post, Is. 2d.,
O N RHEUMATISM, Gout, and Neuralgic
Headache relating to Deafnc** and Noise* in the Ear. By WM.
HARVEY, F.R.C.8., Surgoon to tho Royal Dispensary for Disease* of
tho Ear. Sobo-square.—London: BKXSHAW, 356, Strand.
H OW to
P CUKr M C0'NSUMPTI0N,
_ Branchiti*. Asthma, Cough*, Colds, and Nervous Affection*.
An East Indian preparation of tho extract of Connabl* Indlca. By
n. JAMES, 14. Cecil-street. Strand.
BIBLES,
OUlVJUU CHURCH SERVICES, anS JUVENILE I
The Largest, Cheapest, and Beet-bound Stock in tho Kit
FOttD’S Groat Biblo Warehouso. 65. Regent'a-quadrant, La*
mm
A pu
3E PRETTIEST GIFT-BOOK EVER
_ PUBLISHED.—Til® PICTORIAL POCKET BIBLE, wftbnntrtr
WO beautiful Wood-Engraving* of all tho great evonta recorded In the
8criptun». Good dear type, and 50,000 references, bound In beat
morocco, for 14a., sent post-froo. Only to bo had at JOHN FtithD 8
Great Biblo Warehouse, 65, Regent's-qusdrant, London.
R AVEN’S PATENT READY INDEX.
LEDGERS, LETTER BOOKS, it—“Thli D A motl vilajblo
improvement in the milking of an Index, whicbvjbr saving of titno,
trouble, and wear nnd tear of the book, must prove ve?y useful. —
Vide Illustrated London News, Dec. 19, 1857 —Stittibuort- Account
Book, am! Sealing-wax Maker*, 46, FUb-ttract-hill, near tho Monu¬
ment, B.C., London. K
TYTEWSPAPERS, BODh
JL V Ac.—WM. DAWSON and SONS
seller* and Newsvem}'
lirhed 1M{>. Order* for I
paperp, Ac.. punctual!}
oy first mall* to all parts c
Zealand. India. China. &c/x.i
payment, to accompany all or
Retail Book-
Clty>London. Fjttal*-
Muga/.inc*>, Periodical*. Newi-
to. oarefujly pack,fid, anftxBspntobed
uatralla. Van Diemen's Land. New
nee, or reference In London for
VE LA r;
O.’S INDE
ELIBLE BED
The largest selection hi London
' of fifty varietie* of binding,
".R'S, 16, Cockspnr-ctrecti
NEW MUSIC, frc.
_ ELEGANT HEW YEAR'S PRE9EST.
XTENRY FARMER’S BIJOU of DANCE
XX MUSIC lor 1SS8. With bMiutiftt U'iutr»Uom, by BRASDAUD
P^o. Hh Od.-J. Williams, IZL Cbo.p.1.1^ London._
1JENRY FARMER’S FIRST-KISS POLKA
■1 1. Beautifully illustrated. Solos, 3a.: Duet*. So., pottage-free.
J. Williams, 123. Cboapaldo, London.
H enry farmer’s “ada” valse.—
Illustrated in colours, by Brnndnrd. Solo, 4a ; Duet, 4s.
London: Josgrii Williams, 123, Cheapoide.
H enry farmer’s “wild bkiar”
VAL8E.—Illustrated In Co’onr*. Solo, 4*.; Duet, Is.
London: Joseph Williams, M3, Cheapslde.
TVTEWEST MUSIC.—ROBERT COCKS
JLl «M CO.
BRIDAL or A DRILLKS (H. D’OESAY). 4s.
ROYAL PRUSSIAN MARCH (GLOVER). 2s. fid.
PCSSYQUADRILLES, Solo 33 ; Duct. 48.
NET, COR PIU (B. RICHARDS). 2s.
KINLOCH of KINLOCII (IV. V. WALLACE). 33.
MARCHE D'OBERON (G. P. WEST). 33.
QUEEN'S LANCERS’ QUADRILLES. (FiRures
f0 EOLlAN HARP (KRUGER). 28. fid.
MUSIC of N IN ETE E NT1I CENTURY (MARX). 153.
The ORGAN i HOPKINS and RI MB AULT). 3lg. od.
HANDEL S MESSIAH. complete, is. 4d.
The CREATION (HAYDN', complete, 2 s.
HAMILTON and CZERNY. - HAMILTON’S
MODERN INSTRUCTIONS for the PIANOFORTE, fingered by
Cxerny. the moat dlst'ngnhlisd master o f tbs dav. lii'.rth edition. 4*.
THE MOTHER'S LAST FAREWELL—Ballad
by W. T. WR1GHTON (.oompro.or of the Postman'* Knock, Itc.),
decorated title 2s. 6<I. A suitable present. A Mo'hoc'* Fnrew^l
to a Daughter who 1* leaving for n distant land on her marriage.
THE HOLY FAMILY.-SACRED AIR. Ar¬
ranged for the Piano by W. H. CALLCOTT. Book I., 5s,; the same
a* duel *. Gs.
London: ROr.Er.T COCKS nnd Co., New Burlington-street, W.
T ANGTON WILLIAMS’ NEW REDOWA,
J-i “The Village Queen." “Thi* is the gem of the season, both
In mufiio and Illustration.'Review.—W. WILLIAM* and CO-% 221,
ToUcDham-oour* —<nt Prico 2*. fid Fro* for atomnm
D raw round the fire. B y bporlr.
A right merrie song for tho season, joyoua and choiring.
Price 2a.. free for stamps.
W. Williams and CO., 221, Tottouham-court-road.
T HAVE ALWAYS A WELCOME FOR
Jl THEE. New Ballad, by LANOTON WILLIAMS. Juatpub-
1 sled. ** Ono of tho sweet cat ballads of tho day."—Keviow. Prico
?*.; froo for stomp*.—W WILLIAMS. 221, Tottenham-oourt-road.
T HE LION - HUNTER GALOP. By
LANGTON WILLIAMS. Just pqNI»hcd. 4 A »parkling oud
effective Galop.' —Review. Price 2a. ed.; free for stamp*.
W. Williams ami CO., 221, Tottenham-court-road.
TVXABRIAGE of the PRINCESS ROYAL —
JLYJL The ROSE of CA8T1L* E, Balfe'a new and potmlar opera.
by command, at Her Majesty's Thoatro, tho
yai Wedding. Also the (juadriltc* and Waltxe*
will be performed, ]■
occasion of tbo Roy a.
from “Tlic Ro»o of Cartille." arranged l».v J. G. Callcott. will bo per¬
formed at tho Grand State hall. All the Music of tbl* succeMi'ul
orera, and the arrangement* from the eame. by Callcott, Osborne,
Rum mil, Otuy, and Favnrgcr, are published by Cbaueb, Beall,
nnd CO.. 201. Regent-street.
mHE BEAUTEOUS BRIDE. Music by
X JOS F. HARRIS. Beautifully Illustrated In Coloara, with a
Portrait of tho Princes* Royal ia bridal attire, by Vincent Brook*.
Price 2*. Gd J. HAEBts, 33, Kathbone-place. Oxford-itreni. y.
In a small book—Second Edition,
TjUGIIT DOUBLE CHANTS, composed an
■ J arranged for four voice* and organ, or pianoforte, by JA.
WALTERS, in 1855. Bound up with 14 page* of paper, nilwi \
music. In crown Sro, cloth.—To be had of tha Author, 8«i"BqroHg
road. Lomlon.—Prico I*, fx!., or post-free for 18 stomp*.
TULLIEN’S new POLKA MAZURIj
perfoimn-'i at his ConcrrU, price 3*. Also all It
publication" bv Sehnlthea, Commie. &o.. po*»-fVoe ft
Dover: SiTiox and I'OTTEI:, 3. New Bi
HE SILVER LAKE VxVRSOVIA
SIONTGOMERY. rrico Gd ; post-free torj, --
enchanting composition, and tho goin of cvr
Montgomery'• Golden Stream, Midnight, nn,
oviarias, tkl. each; by po*t, 7d. Montgomprv'B now bclr
My Favourite. Lady Fair. My Daughter'*, npdltho Pie
each; by jw*t, 7d.-MU8ICAL BOUQUET OFFICE. 192, \III
Holbcrn. ^
O NE HUNDRED POPULAR x ^GNGS,
price 1*., *<Iect«d fr*rn all the new Operas and tli^rmst
admired Song* of the day. lltury RuaseU'* 1W> Song*, ls.; 10 fi
Cowell’s Comic Songs, la.; 100 tortg*\i>f Ireland. lax Chr My 1 *
Negni and American. 1*.; 'O'* Songs of Scotland, 1*..: 101
Catchc*. and Rounds, Is.; 100 Song* of Dllfiin, l*C; mitl 100 Utile
Song* for Little Singers.
All these liook* have both rau»l; aiid word*, and *ent post-free for
14 stamp* each.
MUSICAL BOCQUE
QFr,CK ' 1
i> Holborn.
TVTESTROP’g
M by lbc best Gc
100 SB
^ECTED CHANTS,
bribe best Uomp-wrrsf^mdce is A neat book, In streng
wrapper, free by postL4»fimsj??. Adopted to the Paalins of David,
and forming a complete I'aMtcr, wi-.h tho Canticles and tho order for
Morning and Evening Prayer, the wiiofo pointed nnd m«rk*l for
chanting. May be had#tiolncloth, strongly bound, l*. 6d., or. post-
free, 20 *t*mi
-
May be bad *l*o In cloth, strongly bonna, I*. 6a., or
Lia|cAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 192, High Holborn.
M USIC and LIBRARY
Catalogue* Of 5O00 Piivw*. 5000
■ anvwl
icnption. <
i„ 368, Str,
on Reduced Terms.
3000 Song*, and 2000 Mlscclla-
'Work*. i: low price*, sent anywhere for throe *tamp* ••aciu
Proapottn^ef-I ibrary-graii'-. Subscription. One Guinea and a Half
annum. WdK. KQRIXSON, Jim., 368, Strand.
TITUS1CAL BOX REPOSITORY, 32,
/Xti^Lut s " " Htt
l udgate-stroet (near St. Paol'sX— WALES and M*CT7L(.OCH
\ are-direct importer* of NICOLE FRERKS* Celebrated MUSICAL
BOXES, piaving hrlllianUy tiio bett Popular Operatic, and Sacral
Music. Large Sizes, Four Air*, ft; Six. Ati fi*.; Right, £8; Twelve
__ ■ - Air*, £12 12*. Snuff-boxes. Two Tune*. 1 Is. «d. and |8#.; Thn». 30*-;
PRAYER BOOK* 5 ¥our ' 4&9 ‘ c<ltJ,l0 * ue, of Tuam and v°* { - {ree - m a P pl,ctti5a
TV/TIGROSCOPES.—J. AMADIO’8 Improved
IXL COMPOUND MICROSCOPE, £2 2s.; 8tudenU\ £3 13a. fd.
“Both these ore from Amadlo, of Throgm^rtoo-streei. and are
excellent of their kiod. the more oxptnrivo w p-cUllr."—Houanhold
Words. No. 3l5. A largo aaaortmont of Achromatic Micrmcopc*.
M
AGIO and PHANTASMAGORIA
LANTF.BX3.-A Mari, I*»tora *r»l
s,. ad. K3 Swwodfmnd Slide, for Ml,.—Addrc JOSEI'a AMAIMO,
7, Throgmorton-street.
H OW TO USE THE MAGIC LANTERN.—
Directions for nsing tho Marie Lantern. DiwoMng Mows, Jko.,
together with a complete Urt of prices of magic lantern* and didM.
gratis, or free br pewt for one stamp. HORNE and rHOKNTIINt AIFE,
Optician* to her Majesty. 121. 1M, snd IP, Newgate-street. E.C.
T HE NEW GAME of CANNONADE; or,
Castle Bagatelle. Thi* capital Round Garao for 13 or a lee*
number of plaver*, affording irexhaoitlble amurament, may bo had
at all tho leading F«ncv Ropositorire. price 21a; superior, SI*. ed.j
large rizo, £3 3*. Wholesale, JAQUES, Pstantea, HaUnu-gardon.
"TV? HIST ! WIIIST ! ! Oh, WHIST ! ! !
▼ V DE IA Rl’TlaiidCO.'S now-pattern PLAYING CARDS for
the present season mav W'obtpnod at BAXTER'S Dfip6t for l>o La
Ruo and Co.’* manufa ctures. 16- Cock*pur-»troct, Charing-cros*.
"\Jt7EDDING CARDS, Enamelled Envelopes,
? V rtnmpcd in silver, with arms, crest, or dowers, “ At Homo*,"
and breakfast invitation*, in tho Utcst fashion. Card-;»luto elegantly
rnriaved and 100 *up<Tflno card* printed for t*. «tl.—Ohserve, at
HEb RY KftPBiGUEfi. 42. l^ccadRly (2 door* fromSackvHlc-»trcet).
N O CHARGE for STAMPING PAPER and
ENVELOPES, with Arm*, Coronet, Crest, or Initials.—
RODRIGUES' Cream-laid Adhenivo Envelope*, 4d. prr 100; Cream-
laid Note, full size, five quires for Cd.; thick fiv * fm .1
l*.; FMilscap, 9*. per ream. Sermon Taper. 4*. £d. All kind* of
ttfititntry equally cheap, at II-Bodrigwe', 42, Piccadilly, Loodon, W.
/~ 1 UNS.—Breech-loaders, Doable Rifles, Re-
VX TolvOT*. Air Canoe, Ac.—FowIIng-pioee*, 10 to 25 gnmea*.
Double Gun* In Pair*. Improved Breech-loader* for quick flrmg,
to load with cartr idge*-— REILLY. 603. Now Oxford-strret. Loadoo.
TXTILDFOWL SHOOTING.—Double and
VV Sinaia DUCK-GUSH, toiB, ham lr Tri G ,< " m
with iooee »hot 100 yard*. Price*: Single*, trom £7 10*.; Doubles,
12 guinea* and upwards.—REILl.Y. Gnmtuker, New Oxfonl-street
T O ANGLERS.—CHARLES FARLOW,
191, 8trnnd. Manufacturer of »upcrlor FISHING BODS anti
TACKLE, at moderate price*. Catalogue* gratis.
QWORD-DART and LOADED STICKS.
O Stunners, Fencing Foil*. Mask*. Glove* and Slippers, Boxing
Glove*. Single Sticks, Ac. Mr. Cheek reapectfoJTy offer* tbo beit
rtock in London ;for inspection.—JOHN. CIIKEK, 132c, Oxford-
street. W. Catalogue* gratia.___
B RICK-MAKING MACHINES, adapted for
the Clar* they are to work, and every Information on Pottery,
Machinery, and Work*, The Society of Art* Prize Eaeay "on
Brick-making," post-free, I*. 2d .-Mr. HUMPHREY CHAMBER-
LAIN, KeinFwy, near Worcester.
M AGNUS’S ENAMELLED SLATE
BILLIARD-TABLES.—Magnu*’* Enamelled Slate Chlmnoy-
• and Cabinet Stove* are patronised by her Majeety, the Nobility,
and l r cbitcmof eminence, and hare obtained the medal of the
GreatRx hibltlon of 1861, and two flret-clas* modal* at the Parii Ex¬
hibition.—Pimlico Slate Works, 29 and V), Upper Bdgraro-place,
M.B. IIhnlrated catalogue* sent gratia.
riEOLOGY and MINERALOGY.—
VX Klcmcntary COLLBCTION8, to faciliUte the *tadr of thi*
interesting Science, can be had from Two Guinea* to Ono Hundred,
also Single Specimens, of J. TENNANT, 149, Strand, London.
Mr. Tennant give* Private Instruction In Mineralogy and Geology.
f \RNAMENTS for the DRAWING-ROOM,
V/ LIBRARY, Ac.—An extem-ive oMonment of ALABASTER,
MARBLE, BRONZE, and DERBYSHIRE SPAR ORNAMENTS.
Manufactured and Imported by J. TENNANT, Ml, Strand, London.
O RNAMENTS for the MANTELPIECE, &c.
Statuette*. Group*. Vast*. In Parian, decorated Bticae and
other China; Clocks (gilt, marble, and brooxeb Alabaster, Bohemian
Glass, first-cisss Bronze*, Candelabra, and many other art manufac¬
tures, all In the bc*t taste anti at very moderate price*.
THOMAS PEARCE and SON. 23, Lndgate-hill, B.C.
THINNER, DESSERT, and TEA SERVICES.
JL/ A large varirty of new and good Patterns. Best quality,
*u|*rior tune, unnsually low pricee. Alao every description of Cut
Table Gla**. equally advantageous.
THOMAS IT- ' “*
l'EAKCE and SON. 23, Lixlgate-hiil, E.C.
TYURNITURE for a DRAWING-ROOM—o!
JL' cho*te and elegant design, a bargain, fine walnut, warranted
manufacture, to be sold for half it* value, nearly new—canstotiug of
a large-thus, brilliant plate Chimney Gbua, in coatly unlquo frame; a
magnificent Chiffonier, with richly-carred back, and doora fitted
with brat silvered plate gluu, and marble top; superior Centro Table,
on hamlsomfiy-carved pillar and claw* ; oocuional, or I.ndira*
Writing and Fanny Table*; six solid, clogantly-sliaped Chair*, in rich
■ilk; a superior, spring-stuffed, Bettoo; Easy and victoria Chairs, en
■ulte, with extra lined loose ca»c*, two fancy occasional Chair*; and
a baud some Whatnot. Prioo for tho whole suite l»» guinea*. NdL—
Also, n very sujimor, complete, modern, fine SjxuUh nwa-K-gmy
Dining Room Bet. In brat morocco. 40 guinea*. To be swsn at 1.RW1N
CILAWCOUR and CO 'fi, Upbohtarer*. 7. yueen'* buildings, Kuighta-
bridge. seven door* west of Sloano-strccti
—
P IANOFORTE and MUSIC-STOOL (cot-
tawl for 21 guinea* (half tho velnej, In elegant walnut cose,
CJ. metallic plate, and all the recent Improvement*; a moft brilliant,
roll, and tweet tone. Very little used. Aptdy to LBWIN CR-VW-
COUR and CO., rpbolstoran, 7, wueen'a-building*, Kuighubridgo
(seven door* west of filoono-stroeiL
/CABINET FURNITURE^ CARPElS, and
BEDDING.—An IHa-.trated Book of Estimate* antLFtarchtaa
Catalogue, containing 160 Dealgn* and Prices of r a*hLnabls r.:ad Su¬
perior Upholstery, Furniture, Ac., graft* on\application. Feraap* fnr-
ntihing, who study economy, combined with epgahee and durability,
should apply for this.—LEWTN CKAWCOUR and-CO- Cabinet
Manuiactnren, 7, (^uoen's-building, Knightsbridgo ^seven doo a weal
of Sica co-street). N.B. Country order* egrriago- free.
PATENT ENAMELLED GLASS
_ t 3COPE -SPKXCKR, BROWNING, and CO., l«g to
offer thi* elegant novelty to toe public. With the latest improvement*
In Uio hue, It oambino* an ologance in aprearanco ttrnt render* it
an exquisite ornamtpt for the drawing- room. A great variety of
patterns. Price* from lie. The Improved Prismatic H.'irwMcope
m Mahpgany. 7*. 6d. Tho Trade supplied on liW-.ral term*. New
Views In Wala*, Ireland, Constantinople, Athotu, and Egypt. Group*
and Beene* in endless variety, cheaper than any other hoaae.—
Bpaooer, Brmynliig. and Co. Ill Mhmrie*.
Stereoscopes for Christmas
‘ 3ENT8.—An effective Stereoscope and Six Slides, 5*.; a
s and Twelve BUdw, 10s. fid. The choice*! ooUoction of
• and Stomjscopic Group* and Scene* —KUTrON'8 PhotQ-
|| 204, Regont-ttreet.
EOSCOPIC VIEWS of Egypt. Nnbin,
_ anti the Nile, by F. FRITH. Esq^ illustrating tha tnort ro-.nork-
•We 7 feature* of Ancient EsyptUn ArchRrcturo and History —10»
—-View*. 1 bo Pyramid*. Bpbynxra. Temple of Luxor, Kareac, Thebe*.
kc. Mds Review ill the Time*. 1st Jan., 1858. To be had of all
dealer*. Wholesale only of the Publisher*. 21, Lawrence-lone.
W ALNUT DRAWING-ROOM SUITE of
KUH.N1TCRK, h flnl-r.t» con.U'.lon, inly nwd • ft-
month*.
stuffed
and chllltZ. iwn wa>.i> WHO r»tu.u.--wu .uv-uw v vu VU..,—
pillar and claw*, occasional table, a five-feet yChUTonkr, with mar Mo
■lob* and *llvcrod plate-glass back apd door*, and a large-*i/o
chlmncy-gla«s In gilt framc. for tbo low *pra of 42 guinea*. To be
loen at R. GREEN and CO'8., UpboUterefa, 304, Oxford-street, W.
ri ii.iii Lrvr., rn nm-rtte coniro.icm, onjy u*co a row
ii, consulting of six / superb cabriole-chair* and spriitg-
J lettee. und two oaiy-chniri, ea aulte. covered in rich *ilk
ihlmz. loceo covers. \ a fine walnut-wood loo-tab’© oo carved
P IANOFORTE for immediate sale, cost up
ward* of 40 guinea* a few months since, to be sold for the low
sum of 20 guinea* A 0| Cottage, in fine walnut case, fitted with ino-
*■'*’* |if*“ and all tho latest improvements. A great bargain.
? GHEEN mnLCO./ Uphotitcrcre, AM, Oxfiwd-strcftt, W.
S ECGNDHAN® FURNITURE.-ALFRED
GIIEIIN ha* icvrrn! liru-class articlrv taken in exchange in
the course of burined tincluding a iplcnclld set of o*k dining-room
furniture)fibbedi*po«d <>( very cheap, at bi» Cabinet and Upholstery
.. . .... " ' — • ,W.
Mtmufa
1 Show-room*, 25. Baker-street, Foreman-square,l>
ED GREEN, having rebuilt and con-
ierablv cnlomd hi* promlsca, invite* attention to hi* STOCK
I. CABINET FURNITURE, UphoLfory, Cari>et». now otio of
She nPtrt extenrivo in tho inotropoll*, amt replete with every requisite.
Iljheqmbteing moderato price* with a guaranteed Ktandon! of qualirv,
Alfred iirecn (liable* hi* cnotomera to effeot a conrideralrfe saving in
\thiir initnodiatc outlay, and avoid tho inconvenience ariring from
wbnt is generally hot erroncouriy regarded a* cheap farnttare.—
Alfred Green, 25. B*kor-*tr«et, Partman-square, W.
IRPETS.—ALFRED GREEN has been
enabled (hv the recent fall in tho wool market! to lay In a cin-
STOCK of CAR PETS, at unusually advanMgvoo* price*.
__ few of last year'* patterns. Brat Brunets, 3*. 3d ; tapsitrira.
2* '.Hi. Newest designs, Cd* a yard under the ordinary prices. -A'fred
Green. Upholstery and General Famishing W*reboo*e, 25, Baker-
street. W.
B russels carpets.—william
TARN and CO., Nowington-caurewray. and Now Kont-rnad,
have porch****! for cosh, during the late commercial panic, several
thousand pound*' worth of too best BRUSSELS CARPETS. The
E ttcra* and qualities are very choice, and the price* will be from
Gd. to 3i. M. a yard, intended, when in tbo looms, throe month*
since, to realUe from 3*. fid. to ft*, a yonl. Tbrac good* *re from tid.
to I*, a yard better than those lately advertised at the above price*.
TV^ATTRESSES, WARRANTED NOT to
ill WEAR HOLLOW In tho MIDDT.R.—HEAL and SON hare
patented an Improvement In the manufacture of M&Ureseos, which
prevent* the material failing Into a moo*, as it doe* in all Maftreasee
made in tho ordinary way. The Patent Mattnwso* ore made of the
very brat woo! and borwhair only, are rather thicker than tuna!, and
tho pricra are bat a trifle higher than other good M attrerae*. Their
Ill nitrated Catalogue of Bedstead*, Bedding, and Bed-room Furniture
contain* also the pricee of their Patent Mattresses, and la sent free by
poet.—Heal and Son, 109. Totten ham -court- road. W.
pLOCKS for ROOMS.—Designs original,
elegant, and in pore uuto. Work* the very beet [with tho
ateat improvements i. Price* extremely* moderate. Assortment the
largrat in London. Ornoral style and finish all tha* can be desired.—
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, Ludgau-hin, EC.
T OOKING GLASSES and FURNITURE
■ J of every description, at strictly moderate price*. The most sx-
tenrtvo assortment in the kingdom: good taste and quality guaranteed.
F st a blithe*! 1M2. A visit to this establishment will well repay our-
chasrre.—C. NOHOTTl’S Manufactory and Show-room, Xifi, Oxiom-et.
C 1HANDELIERS in CUT CRYSTAL, for
\J Go* or Candle*. A large st'ek: pstterm uncommon and Wo-
rnHE TIMES Newspaper forwarded post-free
X for 23a. and |2b*. fid. per quarter. The ILLUSTRATED
LONDON NEWS. fi*. 6d. Address. R HENRY, 13, Weymouth-
terraev. Hackney-rood, London. For list of London papers and
prico* inclose tump.
L E MONITF.UR UNIVERSEL. Journal
Officio! do 'Empire Francaia.—English Subscription! and Ad¬
vertisement* ihonld be sent to the aodertlgtiod. This paner circulates
largely throughout France.—A loab and STiUtKT, authorised agents
11, Clement's lane, Citv.
TVINDING the ILLUSTRATED LONDON
XX NEWS.—Subscriber* and Purchaser* can have ihoir
VOLUMES BOUND in tho appropriate Cover*, with Gilt Edges, at !e.
per Volume, by sending them, carriage-paid, with Poet-ofBco Order,
payable to LEIGHTON. SON. nnd HODGE, 13, Shoe-lane, London.
The only Binders authorised by the Proprietors.
mHE TURNER LEGACY.-A Selection of
X. Twelve Subjects in r hromo and Lithography from Drawing*
made exprcaaly for thi* work from the origi.ial Picture* and Draw¬
ing* in tho above collection, the property of tho nation London: E.
GA M BART and CtVTKLBerncre-rtroot, Ox ford-street. Now on view
•t Messrs. Droratim, Aliah^id Co.'o, 120, Strand.
F. E V ES’ DRAWING PENCILS.
^ \ In every^dsynsfi of shade.
/ 113. Thc.auelde London. K.O.
tifai; .
THOMAS PEABCl
Ail d**ignnd and manufketured i»y
and SON, 23, Ladgato-hlU. EC.
M ODERATOR
ami
LAMPS.—Simple, Strong,
____ Jnisbed. the Lamp* of Pearce and Son continue to
maintain their great *«;periorlrr over every other kind, while for
originality, beaaty, and good tarte, the pattern* are allowed tc be the
brat in the Trade-! HOKAS FKARCF. and RON, *3, Ludgate-Uill,
F..Cn Direct Importer* of Colra Oil only of the fir* quality.
P APERUANGINGS. — The cheapest and
largest araortnunt In London la at CROSS'S, 22. Great Port¬
land-*! m.1, Marykbooe. House Painting and Decorating In every
Style. Estimate* free.
T> LEACHING. DYEING, and SCOURING
JJ for London -Dirty Carpet*, Ran. Blanket*, Couriterpanra,
MusMn and Lace Curtain*, and ail largo article*, washed anJ finished
In the brat style. Marcan and Dama*k Curtains, Drerara, Shswi-ac^
dved and finitbed extra well at moderate charge*. The Company'*
van* receive and deliver, free of charge, ro mnitec how small the
ouantitr. All rood* returned within a vreek. Prvre Li>t* forwanted
en arriieathm. Country order* promptly attended to. METRO¬
POLITAN STEAM llliACHING anti DYKING COMPANY. 17,
Wharf.road, City-road, N.
IELD’S patent paraffine
CANDLES from IRISH PB.1T.
Superior In appearance end Ulnmlnaticg power to any Cead'ra
hitherto mmufjctanxl, at the rame timo burning much longer.
J. C. and J. Field beg to Intimate that thrae elegant Candle* may
be chtamed from them at 12. Wigmore-street. Careodiah-square; and
in Dublin of Jainc* Lambert, fit, Graftou-street.
C LARKE’S PATENT PYRAMID NIGHT
LAMPS, Tin at K; Ltcqnered or Unrated, la. fal. each,
for burning ilie now Patent Pyramid Right Light*—the moot
convenient, safe, and economical yet introduced. Sold by all Grocer*
and Lamp Dealer* ; by 8. Clarke, 55. Albany-street, Begont *-p*rk,
N.W.; and wholesale by Palmer and Co.. Clrrkenwell, London, F..C.
ERFECT FREEDOM from COUGHS is
secured bv Dr. LOCOOK’3 PLLM«>NIC WAFERS. Price
1* l}d.. 2*. 9d., and Us. per box. Sold by all Chemist*. They have
a pleaaant uite.
mHE highest Price given in Cash for Diamonds,
X Pe»»l^ Old Gold and Stiver, at SELIM, DEAN, and
CO.’S. 9, Covrntry-»tro®t, Le»oratar-*quar*. N.B. Tbo Cheapest
House for Jewellery cf svery description.
T ADIES’ FINE GOLD EARRINGS, all
J J the nowrat design*, set with Pearl*. Tnrqnotwj, Carbuoc’o*,
I iamond*, Ac . 12*. to 8te. per pair.—FREDERIC HAWLEY, 120,
Oxford-rtreet, W.
s
ILKS for the ROYAL MARRIAGE,
£3 3*. to £ft»8«. fid. the Robe.
At KING'S,
2t3, Reg-tit--treat.
Pattern* rent post-free.
s
N
^ILKS for the DRAWING-ROOM,
^ £1 15s. to £5 *bo Robe,
At KING'S,
213, Rcgent-Mrfct.
PaUcro* sent post-free.
I L KS for the OPERA S,
£4 to £k lh* Bobo.
At KISO'S.
242, Regnnt-ftrect.
Pattern* sent post-free.
JEW EVENING DRESSES at KING’S,
213, Regent-street.
From 5*. to £2 2*. the Tlobe.
Patterns sent pwfc-frro
B LACK SILKS cheaper than they were ever
known. Fatfam* of nil tli«r new makes froo per posh Al*o,
Moirrf Antiques in Black and shade* of Grey.
Addre s. PETEK HOBINSON,
General Mourning Warehouse, 103, Oxford-*!reft, Txradon.
TNDI A.—FAMILY MOURNING.—Skirts!
X trimmetl tfeeply wlrh crape, from 30*. npvrnnl* to thi* richest
quality, with Mantle* and Bonnet* to match. Family order* stuiplicd
on the most reasonable term*. Kir*t-oI*>* Dreramoking at raoirrato
charge*.—Addna*, PRTBR ROBINSON, General Mourning Ware¬
house, 103, Oxford-atn-et, London.
T ADIES’ FLANNEL DRESSING ROUES,
X .i 30*^ m Fink, Sky, Claret, Chtns-Elue, Scarlet, Grey. Cherry,
Myrtle. Crimson, &r , elogantiy trimnnd with Cashmere shawl bor¬
dering, Bilk girdle Included. Pattero* of (ianuoU and trimmings,
with direction* for mooauremont, rent free—Mrs. HI8CCCK, Loillca'
Outfitter, W, Kcgent-itreet, Quadrant.
S. HISCOCK’S REDUCED PRICE-
I.IST of LADIES' UNDERCLOTHING rant froa by ixwt.
Ladle*' Xlghldre*ie8 of Horrock*'* Longclotb, 4a. fid.
Chemise*, very superior, 2*. fid.
51, Ktvent-atrect, Quadrant.
TTERY PRETTY FRENCH NIGHT-CAPS,
T of fine Nainsook Muslin, with pink runner* and treblo loco
ixmler*. 2*. Vd. each: 3 for 8*. or postage ■ tempi- Sent free by post.
Mr*. H18COCK, 54. Ragent-*tre»t._
riMIE MARRIAGE of the PRINCESS
1 KOVAL.-GRANT and C.A8K Goto Williams and 0©.\ Ki. 60,
81, 62. Oxfort-*tre*t, snd 3, 4, and 5, W*Bs StPSOt, l.aviar penouiklly
vlslud the Paris, Lyon*, and other foreign nurkoto, where they have
purchased largely in onticoation of the above event* of rare and
beautiful goods in Silks, EmbroLdcrio*. Muslins de Sole, 'tall nod
Evening Dream. Mantloa. Lscas, and other fancy article*, vvhl h
they will hav« ;dm*ure in aubmltting for the inspection of their
patron*.
Y^ RANT and GASK beg to announco that
*J1T the rmainltg portion of William* and Co.’* Stock (principally
Silk*), amounting to Xlt.500, will be sold on that part of their
premise*, fil and nS. Os ford-street. Great Rargalno.
G 1RANT and GASK respectfally invite
k attention to their Special MOURNING Detriment, aa tho
whola of the new premise*, K*. Oxfonl-ttrtct. with those in tin rear,
will be occupied for General Mounting. V.B. Order* forpaitem*
and matchirg, he., will nvalvo careful attention. Every artlclo
marked in plain figure* r.t ready-money prices.
M E ;
S COTT AD IE, LINSEY-WOOLSEY
MAKER ti» the COURT, he* now on view hi* fashlonablo
Heather Mixture* and new style* for D r e» * e> and Petticoat*.—115,
Regnxt-atreei (corner of Vlgn-itreet). Patterns forwarded (no.
T OCKE'S NEW LINDSEY WOOLSEYS,
X_i Striped aud Plain, for Drove* and Petticoats. Patterns for¬
warded on application.
SCOTCH TWEED AND CLAN TARTAN WAREHOUSES,
_119 >nti 127, BKGENT-STREET._
HE PRINCESS OPERA CLOAK.
“ Ekgun ami rim;die 'it should be tha teodlug charaeterUtics
In all article* it|>pertauiing to the crattnne ot ladle*. Tbert reqaire-
ructit* wore never more ftilljr devedo.ed then In a now ltegiatered
Of cm Cloak lately introduced, nnd not inaptly rtrlod the * frtnesn. 1
Th'a paragon u! rxcvlletx^* J* a combination of 'effort* rever bolero
attempted and reaching in one of tha mo*: rechercM and rconomlol
opera cloaks rrar p'odnrad. Tbo patentee*, Me*«r*. Farmer and
Bogert. of Begont-rt'oct, have urtdoulxodl? nuul« 'ahit.' Tlte
originality and gracefal «*« of the detigu must ensure a long «nd
* prrsparoo* rnn.’’— Morolng Post.
FARMER and ROGERS. i7l. 173,175. P«r*nt-*trce‘„ Sola Agenia
for tba real Thibet Goat*' Hair Cam anti Mu-f
TVTO MORE UOLD FEET.—Patent FELT
X\ XKBOLED BOOTS and SHOKL—80WLEY and CO, W.
Charing. crt>M, Prizo Modal Holder* at London and Pork Exhi-
hhkmo. '
rTlHE BEST HAIR PREPARATIONS.—
X. 1. UitltQtjaan-*trcet, High Holborn. ALEV. BOSS’S HAIR
DYE. tiro brat In thaworkl; Alex. Bora's Ha*r Paftrayer or Depila¬
tory does not affect tha akin; Alox. Bora * PantherUlc» Oil. a taro
ratorerof tho hair: Alex. Rom's Culling Fluid mv« tite trouble of
cslng Iron* or paper* Tbe sbova article* are 4a. 6d. per brttla. and
are *rxt free in blank wrapper* far e4 stamp* ihc aomo day oa
ord ere d ■ u«.i nf pv*..* 4 h■
ttatnpa.
Hail of Cheuti*:*. l 'How t> Arrange the Hair," twalvo
■VTEW YEAR'S GIFTS. — Tho new style
JL 1 of French Toito-bottle*. Fancy Boxes and Baakete of Per-
fumrry, Ac , from fid. to £5 Je- Bird» -ne*u. 8cen:-floware, and other
nov«l oroatrenu. containing pcrfrjmos for Chriatmoa-treoa. from 3d.
to 10 *. fid.—Wb>lce*ls and retail, at RIMMEL'S, 94. Strand.
A FINE HEAD of HAIR fpnranfeed in six
mooli, br U» oft of ELLIOTT'S GOl.DBN MKI.ANA. Thi.
celebrated preparation i« unfailing in It* rtimnlatiag effect* 00 the
Young and weak hair*, canning them to grow with vigour and
rapidity, and the colouring matter to ascend into the tube* where tho
hair I* grey. Price 3a fid, 4*. fid , 7*. &L, 10*. 6d., ?»*•-?.
Elliott. Heirgrovrer (fire: floor), 51, Fenchureb-strert. Forward**! on
receipt of peotsft-itamje.
40
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 9j 18o8
NEW BOOKS, frc.
A Sow rood y At all the Pookseltors,
WOMANS THOUGHTS about
WOMEN. By the Author of ** Johu Halifax, Gentleman."
1 rol., I0e fid.
**A booh of »oand eoansoL One of I be moet eenaiblo work* of lie
kind. vrt>'l writfoQ, true-hearted, and altogether practical."—Examiner.
MEMOIRS of BERAkGERT Written by Himeeif.
En.li.n Copyright Edition. I rol-. with Portrait.
ORPHANS. By the Author of ** Marcarot Mait-
«Bd." I wl, 10«. fid.
L ADELE, By JULIA KAVANAGH, Author of
Nathalie." 3 mi*.
CLARA LEICESTER. By Captain G. DE LA
POER BF.RE5PORD 3 mla.
burst and Blackett, Publisher*. 13, Great Marlborough-* treat.
ms* STRICKLAND S UVB9 OP THE ENGLISH QUEENS.
Complete in 8 vola., poet 8vo (each containing between 600 and 700
pa««e). with many Portrait*, price £3 cloth, lettered; or any voL
separately. price 7a. 6d-, to complete act*,
L IVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND,
I from the Norman Cenquret. Dr AGNES STRICKLAND,
loatod by express parmiosioa to her Majesty. A New Edition,
revised. corrected, and augmented ; and embellished with Portraits
Of every Queen.
“ These volume* hare the fas¬
cination of romance united to the
meenty of hforerv. The work
■ written by a la dr of emsider-
a‘'la learning indefatigable in
duvry. ano<n»eft»fjod*meat. All
that* qh* **•• -.< ions for a blo-
K phera nd an h atorian »ho liu*
ugut to bear upon tb« subject
of her volume *. and from them
ha* resulted a narrative interest¬
ing to all. It b a lnciil arrange¬
ment of he's, derived from au¬
thentic source*, exhibiting a com¬
bination of Industry, learning,
judgment, and Impartiality not
ofton me* with in biographios of
cr twned head*."—The rime*.
London: Longman Drown, and Co.
Joat published, In 1 rol., price 7* Ad.,
TTBIQUE. By J. W. CLAYTON, Esq.
(late Captain of the 13th Light Dragoon*), Author of “ Letter*
from the Nile."
M The language is forcible, the Incident* *plrit-*tlrring. the descrip¬
tion of men ana m inner* in the Camp, at country qoartars. and in
tba field, are extremely graphic; the work reflect* groat credit on the
author, and we can strongly recommend it to our readers at a very
good and clever literary production."—Sunday Time*.
C. J. ok a XT, King WUllam-rtrert, Buand.
NEW WORK ON INDIA.—Thle day, fop Bvo, 2 rol*.. 9s ,
B RITISH INDIA: its Races, and its History,
considered with reference to the Mutiniee of 1857: a eerie* of
Lecture*. By JOHN MALCOLM LUDLOW, iUrrtrter-at-Law.
Cambridge: Macmiuan and Co.
NKW STORY BY SHIRLET nnOOKK
Now ready, price Is., No. I (to he completed in Twelve Monthly
Number*), of
HE GORDIAN KNOT.
By SHIRLEY ItROOK*. Author of " Aspen Court."
with IUus’ration* by To ini el.
London: RlCUAUD llENTI.KT, New Burlington -it reel.
T
F
NEW ILLUSTRATED GIFT BOOK.
Now readv. with nnm-roui Illuitratloa* by Alfred CrownuQl.
AIRY FABLES.
By CLTHBERT BEDE.
London: RlCUAKl) BK.YTLKY, New HoxUngton-itrcoL
CHRtP EDITION OF TilE " rNGOLDS BY LEGENDS.'
Now re«dy, in crown fivo. witii lUa*irat«d TUlepage, handaomely
T
bound. Met Shillings,
HE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS; or. Mirth
and Marvels.
London: Richard Brxtlkt, New Durlington-street.
COMPANION TO THE •*INGOLDSBY LEGENDS"
Now reedy, crown 8vo. Illustrat'd 1itlc(iage, Five 81 til ling*,
T HE BENTLEY BALLADS:
Being s SdectUa from ibe choice S*ng«. Ballad*, kc., contri¬
buted to * Bentley's Miscellany;" including the production* of Fa¬
ther Proul. Dr. M»gtnn he
Edited by Dr. DoKAN, with Poor Ballad* contributed by tho Editor.
London: RlCUAUD BE.NTl.KY, Now Burlmgtoa-»troei.
Thi* day, Cheap Edl.ton. price Is. fid . limp cloth,
T HE SUCCESSFUL MERCHANT. By the
Rev. WILLIAM ARTHUR, A M.
London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co.
Is royal 8vo, In Illuminated cover, prioe I*, fid. each,
A NY of Sir WALTER SCOTT’S NOVELS.
WUh hi* latest Introdoetion* and Notes.
Edinburgh: A- and C Black ; and all Bookseller*.
New Edition, imp. folio, moroooo gtlt, price Me-
T> LACK’S GENERAL ATLAS of THE
J_> WORLD, containing all the latest discoveries.
Edinburgh: A. and C. BLACK; and all Booksellers.
fT\HE NATIONAL DRAWING-MASTER;
A peculiarly facilitating Drawing and Sketching, 6elf-Tuition.—
** We can safely rooommend It-"—Art Journal. Part I., with Rules,
Copies, Paper. *C.. prioe fid.; port-froo *evcn etamps.
KlCHOLLS. 31, Paternoster-row.
Tills dav. Cheaper Edition one volume. 7s. fid.,
T HE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE. By
COVENTRY PATMORE. Part I —The Betrothal. Part II.—
Tho Espousals.—London: JOHN W. Parker and 805, West Strand.
This day, two vola., foolscap 9vo, 8*.,
D AUNTLESS. By the Author of “ Hands
not Heart*," “ The Ravelin Ion* of a Commonplace Man," kc,
Loadon: John W. Parker and SON, West Strand.
A THUNDERBOLT for ROME, proving that
all the Errors and Idolatries of tho Raratah Church proceed
from one cauae, and that the whole 1* te be eradicated liy one simple
Remedy. By C. VINES Professor of Theology. Jut published,
prioe «*.—J. F Shaw, 36, Pstcrnofter-row, London.
D R. CORNWELL’S EDUCATIONAL
Wn»K«:—
GEOGRAPHY for BEGINNERS, 1«. (Jastpub-
’ A*SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY. Twenty-fourth Edi-
lion. 3a fid : with Mutx,**’* fid.
A SCHOOL ATLAS. Plain, 2s. 6d.; Coloured, «.
The YOUNG COMPOSER: Progressive Exercises
D Csnnno.it'oi!. T-—KSttlon. '■» <-l.
A KEY to the YOUNG COMPOSER. 3a.
ALLEN'S SELECT ENGLISH POETRY/\Nlnth
^ALLEN'S EUTROPICS. with Dictionary. 3a.
ALLEN and CORNWELL’S GI£ A31MAR.
Twentr-rixth Edition. Re*. 2*.: ctoth. I*. 9d.
GRAMMAR for BEGINNERS. Thirtieth Edition.
Cl T!ie'‘SCIENCE of ARITHMETIC. By JAMES
CORNWEU. I h. D. sod JOSHUA G PITCH, MlA. Third Edi¬
tion, corrected and enlarged. 4a. 6d. \
London: Himpktn. MARSHALL, and C 0.5 Hamilton, Adame, and
Co. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd; W. P. Konncdy,
W EBSTER’S ROYAL RED-BOOK
for JANUARY. 1868. i* now ready /\
WKB8TXB and Co., 60, Piccadilly. 7
HE IP MUSIC, frc.
D ’ALBERT’S ALBUM for 1858.—The most
splendid Musical Work ever produced, surpassing all this
popular Oomposer'a previous Album*. The cover ia in the moet elabo¬
rate and gorgeous *tyle; tho binding in watered silk; and the celourod
illustration* are in the greatest variety, by Mr. Brandard. M. D'Albert
ba» composed expressly for thi* Album a number of new Waltsea, new
Quadrille*, Polkas, Mazurkas, kc.; and the puhOaben feel confidence
in announcing it as tbo most attractive Musical Present ever pub¬
lished. Price 21s. Bent free.
Cuajtxll and Co., 49 and A0, New Bond-street.
Ju*t publish**'!. Fourteenth Ed Won, 8vo, bound, price ifi* . post-free,
TT 0 M CE O P A T H IC DOMESTIC
j I MEDICINE By J. LAURIE. M I). Devoid of all techni¬
cality. No medicine i* prescribed, without tho indica tor,* for its
selection, and the exact does to bo Admirurtered. An excellent work
for families, emigrant*, and n)i*rton*rie*. A Medicine Cheat for thi*
work pr c* 55*
An EPITOME of fhc ABOVE. Price 5s. AGuide
to those commencing thi* treatment in family practice A Case for
this Work, price 33s. Carriage- free on receipt of Port-office brier.
New Bdl’loo enlarged. JM'nojsbnand, price !*., free by po*t.
HOMOEOPATHIC FAMILY GUIDE: containing
8lmplo Dtree* Ion* for the Domestic Trent meat >f Urdinary Ailments.
A Cheat of Medicine for thi* Work, nrice 2U. /
Juit, published, price l«-dfroft‘'by post.
HOMEOPATHY: GENERAL COMPLAINTS:
plain Direction* tor tlicir Treatn:«mt With 12 Medicine*. A Case of
Medicine* for thi* work, price 12*.
8vo. bound, wwirnd Ed ttoo, trioe 6a., free liy no«t.
HOM<EOPATHIC TREATMENT of INDIGES¬
TION. Coiutlpation. ac<l Hemorrhoids (PU*a) Bv W MORGAN.
M-D Direction* tor the Treatment of three Common Dbordere. Rules
far Diet Receipt* for Delfcacto* which may be safely taken by per¬
sona suffer!up. from three corniiliunta.
LKATU and Kos3, 3, Bt. Pan!‘a Ch.-yard; and 9, Vere-et., Oxford-«t.
Now ready, Fifth Edition, with eases, tries 1*. fid.; by poet. 2*..
L ateral curvature of the spine-,
m ith a new method of treatment for securing It* removal. By
CUAHLEH VERBAL. Esq.. Burgeon to the Spinal Hospital. London.
London: J. Cm’RO»UU>. New Burlington-stiuct; and all Booksellers.
TV ALBERT’S NEW DANCE MUSIC.—
J-/ D’ALBERT’S SYBIL VAL8K, beonti fully 111 unrated by
BRANDARD, in Colour*. Prioe U. Solo or Duet. Post-froa.
Ctumu and Co„ 30, New Bond-street.
TV ALBERT’S QUEEN of the ALPS VALSE,
JL/ Illustrated by BRANDARD, In Colour*. Prioe 4a. Solo or Due*
Post-free. —CEUrrox and Co., 30, Now Bond-street.
TVALBERT’S ADELINE VALSE,
J X.J beautifully Tllustratod by BRANDARD. iu Colour*. Prioe ia.
Solo or Duet. Port-free.
CHAFF*LL and CO., 30, New Bond-street.
TJ’ALBERTS COURT of ST. JAMES
JL/ QUADRILLE on Pojmlar ENGLISH AIKS, beautifully Illu*-
tratod by BRANDARD. Price 4t.. Soli or Dnet. post-froa
CuarrKLL and (So., 30, New Bond-street.
TV ALBERT’S SOLDIER’S POLKA. With
-L/ a Portrait of hi* Royal Highneaa tho Dnko of Cambridge, by
BRANDARD, in Colour*. l4ioe fi*., port-free.
CaaPPKU. and Co., 30, New Bond-street.
TV ALBERT’S TROVATORE WALTZES.
JL/ Price is.. 8olo or Dnet, post-free.
CnarrKU. and Co., 50, New Boud-s reeL
T) RINLEY RICHARDS’ HUGUENOTS
_U FANTASIA on the moot admired Ain from this favourite
Opera far the Pianoforte. Price 4*. post-free
CtuniLL and Co., 50. Now Bond-street.
T> RINLEY RICHARDS’ PIANOFORTE
JJ TUTOR. Price 4s.
The beet, the newest, and cheapest of all Instruction Books, con¬
taining 60 pages of fuB-sixed music, ail neoesaarr elementary inatruo-
tlona, scale*, exnreUee, and a great variety of the’ most popular themes
a* prorroarive lessens.
Tne attention of oU t*rofoaaors is expressly reqneatod to thla most
useful work; also t*
BRINLEY RICHARDS’ NEW SET ot 8HORT
PRELUDES Price 3s Intended a* introductions to any pieces; ex¬
pressly written for amateurs: and to the
NEW OCTAVE STUDIE8, by the same popular
Composer. Prioe 4s.
Chatfkix, 30, New Bond-street.
XT’ E W SONG, THE BRAVE OLD
J.1 TEMERAIRE, Composed by J. W. UOBB8. Price 2s. ;
DIu*trat«d, 2a 6d. Thi* highly offoctlTO song waa sung hy Mr. Winn
at Mr. Distin’s farewell concert at tho Crystal Palooo to on audiosoo
of nearly 20,000 persons. It was enthusiastically onoored, and pro
no uncod to be worthy of ranking with our beat national airs.
London. Durr and HobOSON, 65, Oxford-street.
jVTEW SONG, THE BRIDGE of SIGHS,
J- 1 written and composed by SAMUEL LOVER, E*q., prico 2*. 6d.
Thi* elegant ballad may bo oonaidorod ono of Mr. Lover’s happiest
compositions. Word* and muaie ore equally pleasing, and ensure ita
becoming a general favourite. Postage- free.
London: Durr and Hodgson, 63, Ox ford-street.
QONGS OF THE SEASONS.--SPRING
O BLOSSOMS, BUMMER BOBER, AUTUMN FRUITS, and
WINTER EVERGREENS Composed by STEPHEN GLOVER.
Prioe 9t fid. each Those *oog* possess attractions seldom before
obtained The Word*, by Carpenter, are ox cowling!/ interesting, and
have suggested to Mr. Glover melodies of the most fascinating ch*.-
roctor, while the Illustration*, by Packer, ora superb.
Durr *nd Hodgson, 63. Oxford-street.
TYTEW SONG, DELHI. Composed by
X 1 JOHN L. HATTON. Prioe 2s., postage-free. This air is
composed in Hatton's best style; a* a national song it will rank with
’The Brave Okl Tememire." " The Death or Nelson," "ThoPiogeof
Ear*." kc. The recitative is very plea*lag.
Durr and Hodosok, 03, Oxford-street. ( (
rnHE CHRISTMAS-TREE POLKA. By
JL HENRY FARMER. Prioo 3a., postage-free. This lively and
animated Polka ha* become a groat favourite; thi* and “The
Break of Day Bahottlscbo " rank among the moot popular dances of¬
tho season.—Durr and Hoboson, 63, Oxford-street.
TESSEE’S DREAM: A Story of the ReUef
of Lucknow. Composed by JOHN BLOCK,LEY. 2*. 6d.,
Illustrated. " One of the most touching ballad* uf modern time'."/
Cr.AHin and Beau:, 201, Regcnt-streot.
rpHE HIGHLAND RESCUE. An Incident
A at Lucknow. Poetry by CARPENTER, Murtc by JOHN
BLOCKLBY. 2s. 6d., Illastratod. " Diou.a hear it? Dittna huar lt?
It's tho Slogan «* tho Highlander*. We’re saved J we-fe saved!"
ADDiaoK, 210, Regent-street.
Second Edition,, \ \
rTUIE HAVELOCK MARCH. By A M. C.,
JL Author of the “AUiod Anny iiarch," &o , kc. Performed In
tho presence of hor Majesty and by the Band* of the Grenadier. Cold¬
stream, and Scot* FagUler Guards. Price 2s. London: Addison,
210. Regent-street. Tha prooeeds for the Indian Relief Fund.
*• Remarkably pretty, and well worthy of a place In every musical
library."—Ladies’ Own Journal.
HULK SONG of the ROSE. Composed by
JL ALBERT 8NOW. 2*. fyi " Tho music and poetry appropriate."
CkAOHtK, BxAus, and CO., 201, Regent-street, London.
T ULLIEN’SX CELEBRATED INDIAN
t) QUADIHLLE. price <s . and HAVELOCK MARCH, prices*.,
both bcautifullr liiustrttod. aro now publuhed by Mktzlkr and Co.,
33. 37, and 38, Great Marlborough atreet, W. Also some of the moat
popular Dane* Music, by Jullion, Koenig, ko
TULLtEN’S VERDI QUADRILLE.—Quite
t; new. prioo 4*., post-free.
KKTZLXB and Co., 35, 37. and 38, Great Marlborough-rtreet, W.
rpHE BELL POLKA. By ELBEL. Bean-
JL tlfully Ulurtrated in Colour* by BRANDARD. Price 3*., poat-
free.—MXI2LEK and Co., 35,37, and 38, Great Marlborongh-rtroet, W.
TVTEW CHRISTMAS SONGS.—“OurFather’s
I Y days were happy day*," by F. Bhrivall, with a beautiful
Hlartration, in colonni, ef old English hospitality. Prioe 2a. fid.
»• Be merry to-night," by J. W. Chony. A pretty and taking melody.
Price «*., postage-freo. Both tbo above song* are suited for either
mala or female voice*, and, not being difficult, are likely to become
great favourite*.
Mktzlkr and Co., 35, 37, and 38, Great Marlborough-*treet, W.
TULLIEN’S NEW ENGLISH LANCERS.
pj IUartrated In Colours by BRANDARD. Ju»t publhhod. ’.Price
4».; septett porta, 3s. fid ; orchestral part*, 3*.
Joseph Williams, 123, Choapeide.
TULLIEN’S NEW FRENCH LANCERS.
t) Illustrated in Colours by BRANDARD. Jurt puklohod. Price
U. postage froo- —Joseph Williams, 123, Cbc*p*lde.
TTTM. HUTCHIN’S CALLCOTT’S NEW
V V WORK, " 8ACRF.D HALF-HOURS with the best Com¬
pose**," llondol, Mozart. Bootbovon, Haydn. Weber. Mendel**ohn,
for the piano; solo*, is.: duct*. 5e.; accompaniment* ad lib.. Is. each.
LEADER and COCK, 63, New Bond-street, corner or Brook-otroot.
Just published, price 2*. fid.,
'T'HE MISTLETOE WALTZES. By Mrs.
1 UGHTFOOT HALL, Authorofthe "Ddbutant* 8chottieche,"
kc. Free for ■ tamps from Mrs. Hall, Blgh-ttrect, Whitehaven.
Q AD BROWN LEAVES : delightful Ballad,
o 2*-: charming Dnet, 2*. 6d. Order immediately. Free for
•tamps.-Mr. T. CHANfKEY, Macclesfield.
rriHREE GUINEAS’ WORTH of MUSIC
JL given to all subscribers to JULLIEN and CO.'B MUSICAL
LIBRARY. Prospectuses sent free on application to 214. Regent-street-
A’A’lV MUSIC, frc.
B OOSEY and SONS’COMPLETE OPERAS
far PIANOFORTE SOLO, In strong cloth covers, with descrip¬
tive notices of the plot and music.
1. Bonnambula.4s. 0d.
2. Norma.. 0d.
3. Puritan! .6s. Od.
4. Lucrvzia Borgia .4*. Od.
5. Lucia di Lammermoor .3*. 0d.
fi Flllodu Regiment.4s 0d.
7. Fra Dlavolo.3s. Od.
A Don Juan ..3a. Od.
9. Lea Huguenot* .. .. 7s. 6d.
10 . llTrovstore.5s. 0 d.
11. La Travista.3*. Od.
12. LeaVfipres Blcllienne* .7*. fid.
13. KJgoletto .3*. 0 d.
__ . The complete 8et, prico £3.
Tho above may bo had, splendidly bound in green and gold (suitable
for presentation), prico "it. fid. (each volume) extra.
Any Opera post-free, from
BOOSEY and Sons' Musical Library, 24 and 28, Hol]es-*troot,
London.
T HE VERDI ALBUM.— Just published
prico fie., in a beautiful volume (containing 112 pages), em-
bOM<d cover, gilt edgea, THE VERDI ALBUM, a eholco collection of
2b popular Bongs from Verdi's Operas, with Italian and English
word*, and in key* suitable to nearly every description of voico. Thi*
Album include* all Vordi'smret favourite Songa, in addition to aovcral
bcautiiUl composition* hitherto unknown in thi* country, forming the
most attractive volume of Vocal Music ever published.
_ BOO&MX and Sons, Hollos-street, Loudon, W.
T AURENT’S MAUD VALSE. Performed at
LJ ail the Uupon’s Bta'e lta'ls, and repeated at her Majoaty’s ro-
quctL Second Edit too, pnee ts. Band i’arta, 3s. fid.
Boo SET and BONN' Musical Library, 28, IloHea-street.
ILfENDELSSOHN’S SONGS WITHOUT
ULL WORDS.—Just published, prioe 7*. 6d., splendidly bound la
crimson and gold (in imitation of morocoo), tho SIX BOOKS of
BONGS WITHOUT WORDS by Mendelaaohn ; with a now do-
•criptlve Preface by J. W. Davison, E*q.; and a Portrait of
Moodelaaoha (taken from the well-known bust by John Lynch).
Pi ice ?*. fid., post-free, from BOOSXY and SONS, 24 and 28, Holloa-
atreet, London.
B OOSEY’S MUSICAL LIBRARY.—An
annual lubacriber .of 2 guinea* ha* tho command of above
100,000 Engii«h and Foreign work*, and ia allowed the continual use
of 3 guineas' worth of music in the country, ot~2-g(uneaa' worth iu
L on don . Country parcel* dispatched with tho greatest promptitude.
Full particulars by poet.—24 and 28, Ho!1re-*tre*t. 7 ^
B RINLEY RICHA^DS , 3
AND ELEGANT WORKS for t
v J3POPUXxAR
__tho\PIANOFORTE/ /
A CHRISTMAS-PIECE, liluamitod by CrowquiU .. 3a 7 . Od.
LA MIA LETICIA .. ' --
ROBERT TOI yUE J AIME ..
SWEET LOVE, ARISE. Henrion'a
RECOLLECTIONS of PRINCE CHARI.
No. 1. Wha wadna Fecht fprCEorlle'?
No. 2. Charlie U My Darling,-—>./ ..
No. 3. Ov,r tho Wntor to Charlie .. ..
No. I. Bonnie Dundee .. .. \..\ .. ..
MADELEINE. VaUo • rlllanto .. \.
MADRAS FUSILIER GALOP
LA KEIKE DK MAI. Vabe Brillante ..
BRINLEY RICHARDS' COMPLETE TUTOR for the
PIANOFORTE.^— V. .. •• •• 4*. Od.
" Tho cheapen, the beat, and mosUmothlTO."
BRINLEY RICHARDS’ OCTAVE EXERCISES.. .. 3a. Od.
BRINLEY RICHARDS'NEW PRELUDES .. .. 3*. 0d.
All postage-froo for itampa.
Published by A.\W. HAMMOND (jJCLUKM'8), 214, Rogcnt-atroet,
and 45, Kiug-atreet.
3s - 0d.
:C _.. 3e. Od.
ted Serenado 3*. Od.
2a. fid.
2*. fid.
2* fid.
2s. frl.
3a. Od.
Third Edition, crown 8rc. doth Irttorcd, Sa.fid, or 44 penny atampa,
/CORPULENCY i its New Sell-Dietary Cure.
By A W. MOORE. M K C 8 Brief and latelllglhla. Sold al
Wm. Bolwkll i, 41, TachWh street. Punlice, B.W. M A uMfel
gadadaoti^c dl*co very •''“Morning Pml
G eo. LUFF and SON’S IMPROVED
HARMONIUMS for SALK or HIRE, with ceaytermsof pur¬
chase, from £12 to i'J). The only maker* of tho real Harmonium
Repeira. Tuning*.—103, Great RuB»cU-*treet, Bloomsbury.
P IANOFORTES.—GEO. LUFF und SON
have the largest stock in London, for 8ALE or HIRE, wttk
May term* of purebaaa. both tipw and aecoodhand. frnns £10 te 1100.
Tuners sent M au parts.—191, Ortat Botteli -street, D!oom*bury.
Just published,
excel In popularity tho celebrated Drum Polka.
J ULLIEN’o New KISS POLKA. 38.
Nightly eucortd.
Poatoge-lree for stamps.
A. W. Hammond (Jullibb’s), l*ubilsher,2l4, Regent-strccL
/ CHAPPELL’S FOREIGN MODEL PIANO-
V.' FORTE, price Fl/ty Guinea*.—This instrumant ha* (unliko the
ordinary LctUge PUuoforle) Three String* end the fuilret Grand
oompaaa of Seven Octave*. It 1* strengthened by every possible moans
to endure the greatest amount of wear, and to stand perfectly In any
elimat*. Tho workmanship ia of the best description; tho tone la
round, fall, and rich; ana tho power equal to that of a Biohord
Grant?. The case U of tkamosc elegant construction In rosewood,
the touch elastic, and the repetition very rapid. Every possible pre¬
caution ha* been taken to ensure it* standing well In tune. Chappell
and Co. especially Invite the attention of tho public, the profession,
and merchants to the Foreign Model, feeling assured that do Piano¬
forte, in all respect* comparable, has hitherto boon made in England
at the same price. Every instrument will be warranted, and (if de¬
sired) exchanged within twelve month* of tho purchase.—30, New
Bond-street, London.
P IANOFORTES (or Sale at CHAPPELL’S.
Ike best Instrument* by Broad wood, Collord, Erard, kc., for
SALE or HIRE.—49 and 30, New Broad-street; and IX, Oeorge-atreet,
Hanover-square.
rpHE ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM at Six
JL Guineas, perfect, for Class Binging, Private Use, or for the
School-room.—CHAPPELL and CO., 49 and 60, New Bond,
and 18, George-atroet, Hanoror-squaro.
ALEXANDRE HARMONIUMS, with
_ one stop and flvo octaves, 10 guineas; throe stops, 13 gulnoas;
five stops, 22 guinoas; and eight stops, 23 guineas. Full descriptive
“ - WCHAPPBLL and CO.; 49 and 30, Now
lists sent on application
Bond-»troet.
milE PATENT MODEL HARMONIUM,
I the boat that can be made, prioe 33 guineas. Hlnatrated Cata-
i of nanofortes and Harmoniums upon application to
PELL and CO., 49 and 30, New Bond-street; and 13, Georgo-
Hanover-squaro.
P IANOFORTES.—PUBLIC ATTENTION.
Soma splendid Rosewood and Walnut-tree Cottages and Pic¬
colos, fi| octavos, with all the latest improvement*, have only boon
used a few month*, from 19 guinea*.—At TOLKIEN’S Old-Estab¬
lished Pianoforte Warehouse. 27. 28, and 29, King William-stroet,
London-bridgo. Pianofortes for biro.
H TOLKIEN’S IRRESISTIBLE PIANO-
• FORTE, with Tru»§ Concavo Bracings, height 4 foot,
depth 23 inches, by her Malesty's Royal Letters Patent-—This
beautiful instrument Is superior In power to any other niano, for
quality of tone unequalled, and Ita durability unquestionable. For
extreme climates It ia Invaluable. Tbo price la low. Books with
drawings and description, poat-free. At H. Tolkien's old-established
Manufactory, 27. 28, and 29, King William-*treat, London-bridgo.
LT*TOLKIEN’S 25-Guinea Royal MINUTO
El . PIANOFORTES, 6| octavos, height 3 ft. 10 in.-H. tho
Original maker of a Tw»nty-flve Guinoa Planoforto, haa. by tho earo
bo lias dovotod to all branches of the manufacture, obtained the
highest reputation throughout the universe for his instruments, un¬
equalled in durability and delicacy of touch, more especially for thdr
excellence In standing In luuo in the various climatos of our colonies:
In elegant walnut, rosewood, and mnhogany cases, packed abroad
for £2 10a. extra.—H. TOLKIEN'S Manufactory. 27, 28, and 29,
King Wllliam-streot, London-bridgo.—PIANOFORTES for HIKE.
P IANOFORTES, Secondhand.—CRAMER,
BEALE, owl CO. hare a largo assortment, by Erard, Broad-
wood, and Couurd. cad all tbo most esteemed makers, at greatly
reduced prices.—201, Rcgent-atreet.
H ARMONIUMS.—Cramer, Beale, and Co.
are tho Agent* for ALEXANDRE'S HARMONIUMS, vary¬
ing in Prico from 6 to 33 Guineas.—201, Logout-street. Descriptive
Lists sent free on application.
0
ETZMANN and PLUMB’S NEW
_ PATENT STUDIO PIANOFORTE. 6| octave* (price* ranging
from considerably lea* than £20), t* the most suitable instrument
manufactured for the sluaio or school-room, being so constructed a*
to require but little tuning. To bo had of all the principal country
Mu*>c*eltors in England, Scotland, and Ireland: alio for Sole, Hire,
or Exchange, at 56, Great RumeH-street (opposite tbo Britbh
Museum).
P IANOFORTES. — OETZMANN and
PLUMB, in addition to their beautiful little Studio Piano¬
fortes, have all descriptions of Instruments for bile or Hire, with
option of purchase.—36, Great Russoll-sireet, Bloomsbury.
B oudoir grand pianofortes, 7
octave*. 3 a’ring*.—OETZMANN and PLUMB have a choice
selection of these elegant instruments, in Mahogany, Walnut, and
Rosewood, at prices from 35 Guineas, guaranteed equal (o any manu
factored.—56. Groat Kunscll-street, Bloomsbury.
X/TUSICAL BOX DEPOT, 54, ComhiU,
J. T* London, for the sale of Musical Boxes, made by tha celebrated
Meson. NICOLE (Frfa-es), of Geneva, containing operatic, tutionul,
favourite, and sacred air*. List o t lanes and prioee gratia.
QABL and SONS, Wholesale Manufacturing
kj ELECTRO and ARGENTINE SILVER PLATEK8, Noe. 17 am
18, CornhllL—In the eplendld Show Room* devoted to this dopnrtrnont
Of tha business will bo found every article usually manufactured.
^Corner Dishes and Cover*—Dish Covers—Soup and Banco Tureens—
Cruet From os—Tea and Coffee Service*—Mogoillccnt Eporgnos and
Candelabra—Balven and Tea Tray*
The Argentine Silver Spoon* and Fork*, aololy manufactured by
Bari and Son*, at one-sixth the cost of (olid Silver, are especially ro-
oommendod, having *tood tho test of Fifteen Year*' experience.
Book* of Drawing and Price* may bo obtoinod.
AR Ordure by post punctually attended to.
S AKL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manu-
factorera, Noe. 17 and 18, Corn hill, invite attention to their
now and iplendid Stock of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, each
Warranted, and twalvo month*’ trial allowed.
Silver Watches, of highly-finished conrtructian, and swelled, with
faahion&blo extonor, at 50*. to £10 10s.
Gold Watchoa, of all descriptions of movement*, from £6 6a.
to £30.
Books of Patterns and Price* can be obtained; and *11 order*, with
a remittance, promptly attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Goldsmiths and Jewellers,
No*. 17 and lfirCdruhill.—The ground flooraf tbo Now Building
Is more particularly dovotod to the display of Fine Gold Jowcilory and
Fin© Gold Chain*.
In the Jov, cilery Department "wp bo found a rich and endless
assortment of Ring* atul Brooches, set with magnificent gome, Brace¬
let* and Nock lot*. Pin* and Stud*, kc. All newly manufnetarod, and
In the moet recent style. The. quality of tho gold i* wurrontod.
Flno Gold Chain* are charged according to thuir respective weight*,
and tho quality of tbo gold Is certified by tho aUunp.
Book* of Pattern and Price* con be obtained.
Letter* promptly uttcudud to.
CARL and x S0NS, Silversmiths (the New
JO Building),\17 and 18, Corn hill, invite attention to theirnewand
magnificent Btock of London-mauufacturod SILVER PLATE, con-
Ltintnx every article roquinilo for the Table and Hidoboard.
Silver ftpooua and Fork* at 7*. 4d. per ounce.
Rich and Elcqout To* and Coffee Equipage*, commencing at £38
the full servieei
811 ver Salvor* of ail str.ea and patterns, from £5 10* to £100.
A largo and ooatly display of Silver Presentation Plate, ehorgod at
per ounce—Silvor department of the building.
Book* of Design* and Prico* may be obtained.
QARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manufac-
k_y turere, Noe. 17 and 18, Comhlll, havo a Bhow-room expressly
fitted up for the dl»play of Drawing and Dining Room CLOCKB,
manufactured in splendid Ormolu, aud oxqulrttelr-modclled antique
Bronze*, tbo movement* of first-class finish, striking tbo hour* and
half-fcour*. Each Clock la warranted. Staircase Clock* In faabion-
abty-mouhica umo* Dials for Countlna-housM. All ohargod at
manufacturing prioee.
The Now Building, Noa. 17 and 18, ComhiU.
WATCHES.-A B. SAVORY and SONS,
Tv Watchmakers (oppoalte the Bank of England), 1) and 12,
ComhUl. London, submit for selection a stock of flret-claaa PATENT'
DETACHED LEVER WATCHE8. which, being made by themselves,
can be reeommondod for accuracy and durability. A warranty is given.
PRICES OF SILVER WATCHES.
Patent Lever Watch, with tho improvement*, Lo., the de¬
tached escapement, jowdlod, hard enomal dial, noconds,
and maintaining power to continue going whilst being
wound .. •« .. £4 14 0
Ditto, jewelled in four bole*, and capped .. fi 0
Ditto, tho finest quality, with tho improved regulator,
jowolled in tlx hole*, usually in gold cases.. .. .. fi fi 0
Either of the 8Uver Watches, in hunting case*, 10*. fid. oxtr*.
GOLD WATCHES.—SIZE FOE LADIES.
Patent Lever Watch, with ornamoutod gold dial, the movo-
mont with latest improvement*, i.e., tbo detached escape¬
ment, maintaining power, and jewolled .. •• .. II 11 fi
Ditto, with richly-engraved case .. .. 12 11 0
Ditto, with very strong cft*e, and Jo wo llod In four holes .. 14 14 •
GOLD WATCHEB.-81ZE FOR GENTLEMEN.
Patent “Lever Watch, with tho latest improvements, I.e., the
detached escapement, Jewelled in four hole*, hard enamel
dial, sooond*, and maintaining power .10 10 •
Ditto, in stronger oaso. Improved regulator, and capped .. IS It 0
Ditto, Jewelled in six holes, and gold baianoe .. .. 17 17 0
Either of tho Gold Watches In hunting cases, £3 3s. extra.
Any Watch selected from tho 11*1 will bo safely packed and sent
free to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, upon receipt of a remit¬
tance of tho amount.
TRENT’S CHRONOMETERS, Watches, and
J J Clocks.—M. F. DENT, S3, Cocktpur-street, Charing-croo,
Watch, Clock, and Chronometer Maker by spoclal appointment to
Uor Majosty tho guoon, 33, Cockapur-street, Charlug-cros*.
O N BOARD H.M.S. “ NORTH STAR,” in
tho ARCTIC REGIONS, for Two Yean, tho Ship's Timo wm
kept by ono of JONEB’B Lovors, all other watches on board having
stopped. In Silver, £4 4s.; in Gold, £10 IQi.; at the Manufactory.
828, Btrand (opposite 8omorset House).—Read JONEB’B ** Sketch of
Watch Work." Bent froo for a 2d. stamp.
S ILVER PLATE, New and Secondhand—
A Pam phi ot of Prices, with Engraving*, may be had gratis; or
be sent, post-free, if applied for by letter —A. B. SAVORY and
BON8. Goldsmith* (opposite the Bank of England), 11 and 12, Corn-
hill, London.
D
ISH COVERS and HOT-WATER DISHES
_ in every material, In great variety, and of the nowe-t and most
recherchfi patterns. Tin dl-h-covers, fi*. 6d. tho set of six; block tin,
12s. 3d. to 28s. 9d. tho set of six; elegant modern pattern*, »4*. to
38s. 6d. tho set; Britannia metal, with or without silvor-platod handles,
7Gs. fid. to 110s. 6d. tho set; 8hoffluld-plated, £10 to £16 10a. tho set;
block tin hot-water dishes, with well* for gravy, 12s. to 30s.; Britannia
facial, 22s'. to 77s.; eloctro-ptatod on nickel, fuU size, £11 11s.
WILLIAM 8. BURTON’S GENERAL FURNISHING IRON¬
MONGERY CATALOGUE may bo had gratis, and iroo by pet. It
oontoin* upwards of 400 IUustretioni of hi* tllimltcd Btock of Electro
and Shoffied Plate, Nickel Silver, and Britannia Metal Goods, Dish
Covers and Hot-wator Dirties. Stoves, Fenders, Marble Mantelpiece*,
Kitchen Ranges, Lamps, GaaoUere, Tea Urn* and Kettles, Tea’Trays,
Clock*, Table Cutlery. Bath* and Toilet Ware, Turnery, Iron and Brass
Bedstead*. Bedding. Bed Hangings, Ac., kc.. with List* of Prico* and
Plan* of tho Sixteen large Bhow Room* at 39, Oxfovd-rtroot, W.
1, U, 2, and 3, Nowman-street; snd 4,5, and6,Perry's place, London
Established 1820.
/GARDNER’S LAMPS are the Best.—Mode-
Vj" rotor Table Lamps from 3s. 6d. each. AU who require a realty
good and cheap lamp should inspect Gardner's vast and rocherchd
collection, which for lownoss of price, quality of workmanahip. and
originality of design will be found to be unequalled throughout
London. Tho Show-rooms extend tho entire length of Trafaigar-
iqoare.—Gardner's (by appointment to hor Majesty), t53, Btrand,
CtHiri:sg-c.r:-»«; and 4 onu 5, Duncann on -stroet, adjoining. Estab¬
lished 105 years.
F amilies furnishing win find
8LACK'8 IRONMONGERY WAUBHOUdK the most econo¬
mical consistent with quality. Iron Fenders, 3s. fid.. Bronzed ditto,
R*. fid.; Drawing-room ditto. 14s. 6d.; Fire-irons, 3s. 6d.; Patent
Dish-cover*, with Handles to take off, 18*. the set of six. Books,
with 330 Drawings, gratis or post-free. Order* above £2 carrioge-
froe.—RICHARD and JOHN BLACK, 336, Btrand.
M essrs, john wells and co., 210 ,
Regent-street, London, havo purchased <owing to tho de-
pre'ftton In the manufacturing districts) a very large lot oftho ricboat
VELVET PIi.E and BRU88RL8 CAKPRTB design*d expressly for
the Wc-t-end trado at a great redaction in price A'so Lyons' Bilk
Brocades. Rroc*teUu«, Bilk Damasks, in all tho most fashionable
colourings aud richest makes. Alio, a largo lot of French Chlmaea of
the most beautiful and elaborate doaigus. Tho whole of these are
now offered at a cons'dnabla reduction trum tho (rime cost for cosh,
and are well worth the attention of intending purchasers Pattern*
will be sent Into the oountiy free of charge; also, their liluftra’od
catalogue of farmlturo, Ac.—210, Regent-street (opposito Conduit-
street).
f MAPLE and CO.’S NEW 1LLUS-
€/ • TRATED CATALOGUE, containing tho prico of every article
required for completely furnishing a house of any class, po*t-freo.
Thi. is tho largest and most convenient furnlrtdog establishment In
tho world.—J. Maple and Co., 145, kc., Tottouham-court-rond.
mEN THOUSAND PIECES magnificent
JL BRUSSELS CARPETS, at 2s. 4d , 2*. fid , and 2* lOd. per
yard. These goods a*e to bo sold for cosh only.—J. MAPLE aud
CO., 115, kc., Tottenham-oourt-road.
WYE THOUSAND PIECES RICH
JL* BRUSSELS CARPET at 2*. fid. and 2s. fid. per yard.—
MAPLE and CO., Tot ten ham -court- mad.
VI/ OLVERIIAMPTON, November 28, 1857.
i T Messrs. Chubb and Bon.—Gentlemen,—Wo cannot permit
any time to elapse without again addressing vou In expression of our
3 >lnlon of the great value or your PIREPK&OF SAFER. In addi-
on to the oae in which the merchants’ ledgers and other dooumont*
were preserved, we had another which stood in tho centre of our
warehouse. This safe was exposed to the moet Intense heat for three
days and nights; and whon the beams, in the first Instance, gave way,
It fell with ibe burning man through two stories, quito thirty feet, and
was burled in the consuming material. We wore unablo to got at It
till three days afterwards; and on opening it vesterday, although the
exterior body had been evidently red hot, the pa|wx* It contained
wore not even singed. Wo may odd that the locks were uninjured, a*
also tho Ufa. Severaljrsntjemea present on tho opening expressed
their surprise at thi* remarkable proof of tho security or your fire¬
proof safofi. Wa are, door Sin, your* most roapoctfalij-
Gfiirrur, Mobbis. and Onirnsf,
Ueesre. Chubb and Bon, 57, fit. Paul's Churchyard, London.
Supplement, Jan. 9, ISoS.j
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
41
raBartfBaC'Piiiw
buiuil
ALGIERS.
(From the Shdch-bool: of a recent Tourist.)
Tke rue Bab el 'Oued; going northwards,
passes through the old wall, the gate
having been pulled down, to which during
Charles V.’s attack upon the town his
vanguard advanced with no favourable
resiut. On the right is an old fort, and on
the left the old ditch, boyond which tire
Borne domed tombs and a fountain, shaded
by a palm and bella sombre trees. A
motley and incongruous mixture of omni¬
buses, negresses selling bread and fruit,
donkeys staggering under loads of wood,
Spaniards with mule-carts, squalid Arabs
with vegetables, and boys, native and
foreign, carrying on a guerrilla warfare
with each other, haunt this spot. Having
got through the crowd, we have on our
right the large open space of the Champ
dee Manoeuvres, formerly a cemetery,
which counted among its tombs those of
the five Beys who in one day. one after
another, were raised to the throne and
assassinated. The sixth who was pro¬
claimed managed to appease the tumult of
the Janissaries, and preserved his life and
his recent honours. The French levelled
the Bpace, and made it into a parade-
ground. From it we give a very charac¬
teristic View 'of the town. The old wall
with many towers climbs the steep hill •
crowned by the great fortress of the
Casbah, and the flat-roofed white houses
of the town ascend in. uneven steps
one above another. Outside the wall is
the great ditch, which is almost a ravine,
and on its opposite side are the mosque and
tomb of a great saint, Sidi Abderahmar,
from whose walls the Jardin Marengo ex¬
tends for a considerable distance to the
right It is a pretty garden, in terraces,
and is open to the public ; and on Sunday,
when a band plays there, is crowded with
the gayest toilets of the capital. . It was
made by convicts under the direction of a
Colonel Marengo, whence its name. Every
year as the trees grow larger it will im¬
prove, and many a beautiful peep of the
town, the sea, the mountains, and last, not
least, the minaret of Sidi Abderahman,
with its rival palace, charmed us as we
wandered along its terraces. Of tbs
mosque we give a nearer view from its
graveyard, with the old town wall in the
background. Tlireo tiers of arches upon
green columns run round the minaret,
above each of which is a band of coloured
tiles and a cornice painted red. Under a
dome is the tomb of the saint, covered with
Bhawls, and surrounded with banners. Its
guardian, old aDd bleareyed, and reported
to have been long ago Bey of Constantine,
would not allow us to sketch the interior.
On one day in the week women oome in
numbers to pray in the tomb, and groups
of veiled figures often sit among the graves
outside. A lofty palm, a ragged but very
ancient cypress, and u wide and spreading
caroub rise from the courts of the mosque
and shade the few beggars who haunt its
precinote, formerly crowded with the rich
and great.
The rue Bab el Oued, as wo have seen,
runs north from one side of the Place du
Gouvornement. It is continued on the oppo¬
site of the Place by the rue Bab Azoun run¬
ning south. Here again aro two rows of
lofty houses upon arcades, built as if
earthquakes were unknow a in this fa¬
voured province. The French build on
still, in precisely the same style, though
every town in Algeria has at 6ome period.
/-v-;
D TOMB OP SIDI ABDRKAIIMAST, ALGIERS.
more or less remote, been shaken or
prostrated. The catastrophes of the very
last year would have taught them a lesson
had they been capable of learning one.
Putting earthquakes out of the question,
these arcades aro a great luxury, al¬
most a necesfity, for without them a large
proportion of tho better-dressed inhabitants
would be unablo to venture outside their
doors for weeks at a time during the win¬
ter. Three or four consecutive months of
rain are by no means unusual; and Algerian
rains, driven by Algerian winds, laugh at
umbrellas and groat-coats. The natives
Ehow us the raiment beet suited to the
climate—the thick boumouses with their
large hoods, of which garments they wear
two or three at once. The army here have
the cabana with a large hood ; and every
variety of hooded droadnought, and water¬
proof, is seen on tho backs of civilians. No
whore else did we ever see so many india-
rubber goloshes and leggings in use.
The tall French houses and arcades
have not utterly destroyed all the Moorish
architecture in tho lower town, but
they mask some fine relics of the older
inhabitants. Three or four spacious courts,
surrounded with colonnades and galleries,
and with fountains in the centre, .have, by
a sort of dramatic retribution, been trans¬
formed from being the focus of all that
was disorderly, lawless, and licentious, into
the chief seat of 01 der, method, and regu¬
larity—the barracks of the unruly Janis¬
saries, being now occupied by the Post-
office, the Treasury, and College.
The rue Bab el Oued and the rue Bab
Azoun run along the whole base of the
town. Any one of the many streets that
branch from them on tho side away from
‘ the sea will take us at once into the old
part of the town, and, eventually, to the
Casbah. No matter in what direction one
wanders, as long os it is up hill, to the
Casbah one must come in tune, for to it
tho two lines of the old town wall and all
the streets inside them converge. The
Casbah was the Citadel and Palace of tho
Beys, but formerly they lived at the
Jenina, close to the present Placo du Gou-
vernement, where each Bey was at tho mercy
of the unruly Janissaries, until Ali,the pre¬
decessor of the unfortunate Hussein, sud¬
denly and secretly curried offhis treasures to
the Casbah, took up his abode there, and set
the Janissaries at defiance. Hussein also
resided there, and only went outside its
walls three times during his reign. For
many years tho French had carried on a
dispute with tho Dey about a large sum of
money (7,000,000 francs) owed by them to
a great firm of Jewish corn-merchants in
Algiers. The Dey himself wrote directly
to the Ministor ot Foreign Affairs on the
Bubjeot, instead of communicating with
him indirectly through the French repre¬
sentative at his Court. The Minister did
not reply to the Boy's letter; and when, on
the occasion of the Festival of Bairam, in
April, 1827, tho French Consul paid the
usual complimentary visit to tho Dey, tho
latter asked why he had received no
answer from France, and, receiving an
unsatisfactory reply in somewhat un-
courteous phraseology, he struck the
French Consul with the palm-leaf fan or
flyfiappor he held in his hand. The French
Government immediately withdrew their
representative, and, for upwards of two
years, blockaded the Algerian coast, until
m 1830 took place tho expedition that in a
few days after its landing ended tho
Turkish power in Algeria.
ALGIERS, FROM THE rABADE-OROCND.
42
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
who
OPITCAUY OF EMINENT PERSONS.
LAUY NELSON.
tfULwi?®! n< l?-. niI - A1!K Dowager Nklsojt,
£?? u: 1 ^‘"? "“A 0 sae,i “fo wa * th " third daughter of tho
L"“ "Wt AaminU Str fobat Barlow. ILC.B. 8ho vrL rmrri-d.
who'di'Jn i™nSf*** 1 j’ ll,to *5 c >utm. Captain George Ulrio Barlow.
!“& f e S?“ dl y- M» e 2Pth -March, lt>20, to the IIcv.
luro^rp^n" ® rs t V* * St ^ son - ddor brother and successor of the
!’"?? the Earl's tecoud wife. Her L.;dyship,
alter tho death of Earl Nelson, which occurred on the 28 th February,
JSJe, rcarnod, thirdly. the 7th Kehru-ry, 1337, George T. Knight,
JSaq., who ramvat bor.
LADY A. 0. FITZROY.
Lady- AtrpuSTTS Ohahi.es FitsRot, who died on the 23rd ult..
at her mo. her * house, 3, Gr.wreuur square, after having given birth
toe tirovwus l>th December, was tho your goat daughter of tho
tate Jumes l.-deur, Em, of Whittinghame Castle. N B , by his wife,
the Lady iEleanor Balfour, third daughter of James, eighth Earl of
Lauderdale, and was married, the 9th June, 1817. to Lord Augustus
Lharlea Lennox FttcBoy, soe nd sun o! Henry, present Duke of
liruTton. by whom D u much-lamented lady leaves a youthful family
of four sons nrfd u daughtor.
major bottom.
Me.IT. Cuari.es Eneas Burton, of the loth Bengal Native
1311, was the olds*: sou of the late Capttuu Burton,
^ w l ft griulMn «»f the iiue Dr. James Burton. Canon of
tfeu Oxford. Roc lor o; Over Warton, Oxon, and Vicar of
i.utl;' IierkhuTnpstcitd, Harts. Mojor Burton was of a most kiud aud
conciliatory disposition, ©XMnpmry in every elution of life, and
greatly beloved byaii who knew lam. Ho served as Interpreter to the
i J t ihr 9 » rJr >' m the Gwalior campaign—being pro«entat the hurtle
ot Mahii r>jp«rt) (bronco *’ar) Hu had been Political Agent for thirteen
years dt KotMi. tmu. with two of bin fens, was cruelly murdered there
on the j&ta of October by -omo mutinous troops of the Muhumj ih.
Al ».jor Burton win u i-cinn of tho ancient family of liurton, of Ilieh.im
and Lindloy LrticcsUrshire, on° of the oldest in the realm, to which
also belonged the famous author of the “ Anatmy of Melancholy/'
Major Burton b gr.iDdunole Wu» tho late eminent JrLh Judge, tho Hon.
V*S * “ B “ rton ;. Ma J° r l^rton manic.:. i« 1832. Elizabeth June. Joliet
H. Bradley. L*,q . and hod issue. Tho Major had an only brother,
Arthur Hobart. 1LN .: und an only abler, Cecilia Somerville, xnanied
to Gilchrist >\ ychor, Esq.
[Jan. 9. 1858
DR. FORBES "BOYLE.
Tins distinguished botanist died on tho 2nd instant, at his residence
ut Acton, after an illness of several w eeks. Dr. Hoyle's profound
knowledge of the material resources of India, especially in the vega-
table k in 6di>ni, and the warm interest which ho took in everything
calculated to increase the industrial prosperity of our Eastern Empire,
render his death a public loss He was a Fellow of the Royal {Society,
and in his own department of science had a European reputation.
MARSHAL RADETZKY.
t.
SIR F. G. FOSTER, BART.
Sm Flip 'dehick George Fostph, second Baronet,
of Su'Tiehouse, in tto county of Louth, was the
oldest tan of the first Baronet, the Right H«»n.
Augustus John Foster. British Envoy to Sardinia,
by his wife, tho Lady Albinia Jane, daughter of the
Hon. George Voro Hobart, and sister of Augustus
Edward, present Earl of Buckinghamshire. He
succeeded as stcond Baronet at the demise of his
father, on tho 1st August, 1848. lie never married.
His death occurred on tho 25th ult., at his seat.
Westcombe Villa, Putney Heath. He is succeeded
by his next brother, tho Rov. Cavetdiah Hervoy
Foster, Rot/or of Thoydon-Geinon, Essex, now tho
third Baronet, who married, in 1844, Isabella,
youngest daughter of tho late Rev. John Tidd, of
Halesowen.
SIR JAMES FELLOWES, F.RS
SOL James Ff.llowt.s, who died on tho 31st ult., in his eighty-
sixth yc^. at lus eon’s (Captain Fcllowes) residence at Havant, was
the third on of Dr. William Followes by liis wife, who was tho eldest
daughter of Peregrine Butler, Esq., of the county Waterford. Ho
adopted his father's profession—tout of medicine—after receiving his
education *t Rugby .School und the University of Cambridge where
Follow of Granville and Cuius College, lio grad-rated as
bo wa* F,
Bachelor of 11 cdtoine in 17ft7, aud Doctor of Medicmi) m 1803. Sir
James served with the .‘irmy on the Continent in 1794, and afterwards
in thi* Pcmnsula and rendered great medical assistance at Barossa, lor
which he received the war medal und one clasp Ho also was at the
siege of Cadiz, under Lord Lynodoch. In consideration, of his conduct
generally, but especially during the pestilential fever at Gibraltar in
1804und 1805, bo was kniglred by George III. in 1810. Sir James
•was elected a Fellow of tho Royal Society in February, 1810; was also
a Fellow of the Royal C liege of Physicians, and of the Royal Society
of Edinburgh. He tra* appointed hospital assistant in tho medical
dcrparrintjnt of tho annv in June, 1794; was made physician in October.
1795; Deputy Inspector-General in March, 1813; and Inspector-
General in April that. vo ir, ifo hod married, in 1816, Miss Jumes,
elde&t daugh er aud coheir of J. James, Esq. of Adbury House, Hunts.
CHARLES 00BBE, ESQ.
Charles Coude, Esq., of Newbridge House, county Dublin, died on
Wednesday, the 11th ult., in the TCth year
of h;3 uge. He was the great-grandson of
tho Most Rev. diaries Cobbe, who was suc¬
cessively Bishop ot Killala, Kiidaro, und Dro-
more, and. in 1742, Archbishop of Dubliu.'
and was descended from un ancient family
long seated at Swarraton, iu Hampshire, .awl
hod removed To Ireland in the early ps
the lust century, where he built Newb:
House, near ponabate, the present seat of
family. Mr. Charles Cobbe, the
just deceased, was tho eldest son
Cobbe. Esq., M-P-. of Newbridge'
his wife, Anne, youngest daughter oi
Trench. Esq , of G or bally, congtyOal
sister of William Power Tre
daucarty. Ho was born tho 27£
and married, tho 13th March, 1809, h'ninces^Apnly daughl
Conwuv, Esq., of Morgan Park. Surrey, by^who mT (wliQ die^l x iu 1847)
he has left issue four cons aud one daughter. IilK Cobbe_w^U€Gehded iu
his estates by his t-Idcet son, Charles Cobbe, Esq\n deputy-dieutfenan t
and magistrate of tho county of Dublih. who
county in 1821, and who is married to Lo
FiELD Mahshal Joseph Count Radetzky i>e Radetz was born
Bohemia, in 1766. He began his long and famous
military career ns a cadet in the Austrian service, in 1781; and ho rose
Wiring the first Austrian struggle with Napoleon t> the rank of Major*
Gendrttl, whioh ho uttained in 1301. lie fought with distinction in
18'J9, under tho Archduke Charles, at A gram and Erlingen; and he
was constantly engaged until the end of the war in 1815. displaying
a-ways great bravery and skill, and especially at Kulm, Leipsio, and
Bnenne. He became a Field Marshal, and was subsequently Governor
of various Austrian Provinces: and was, in 1822, Commander-General
of the Lombardo-Veuetian Kingdom. He held this charge when the
revolutionary insurrection broke out in Italy in 1848. Radetzky was
then more thin eighty years of age, yet he took tho field with his
usual indomitable porssverance and valour. He, with his valiant
coadjutor. Field Marshal Nugent, an Irishman, was opposed to the
gallant King of Sardinia. Charles Albert, whom, though at first suc¬
cessful, he ended by completely defeating at tho battle of Novara. He
followed up this victory with such stern und severe measures es com¬
pletely suppressed the Italian rebellion. Radetzky, desmte his great
age, continued until very recently to hold command ana dominion in
the service of the Austrian empire, which he had for nearly two-thirds
of a century bo faithfully and effectively served. Weight of years at .. ^
length compelled him to retire, and he died at Milan on the 5th inst., cautton for u
after a weeks illness, leaving behind him a military reputation
unequalled by but few contemporary commanders.
THE MUTINY AT BENARES.
(To the Editor of the Illustrated London News.)
Is thr biography or the late Brigadier-General Nell, in last week’s Tllus-
t rated London News, speaking of the mutiny at Benures. you say
“ At the head of 200 of his own KuAilientr linii » tV»W M-tillArvmivn CnlTtnot
F. Brooke, Esq., ofSomorton, county of Dt
Cobbe’s younger brothers have beeu distinc
Cobbe, Col. R.A.; Thomas .Alexander Cohl
died in 1836; and William Power Gobi
igh Sheriff of that
Coin ilinV daughter of G.
Three, of the lute Mr.
otficars—viz., George
E.I.CVsenrico, who
pt
EDWARD BULLOCK, ESQ.
This gentleman died at his rostd?acei-Tipfield^4bjir Stroud. 31ov.ces-
tershire, on Sunday, tho 27ch ult , The oa^cased/gentleman was die
eldest son of tho lat* Edward Bullock, the irland.of Jamaica,
nnd was educated at Eton, and at Chris: Churvh, Oxford, where bo
graduated second classin classics in 1822 tie wus called t • the bar by
the Hon. Society of the^
Circuit till ho
Lon d m and
■was rai=ed to th>
185<*. which last
cenib^r, 1855.
daughter of tho
children.
and want thi Home
•he Sheriffs’ Court uf
v Iiich he held till he
V the city of London iu
” health to resign in De-
!32, Catharine, youngest
P., by whom he had five
LACDONNELL, ESQ.
This gohtleihAn, once bo pw^nently connecTcd wuh pniitics and the
prees, died on the 3rd inst . at. Lara, county Kildare, she Beit of hie
son-in-law. NichplaaL Gonnon, Esq., J.P. Mr. Macdonncll from
an early period ot hia life conspicuous in Irish public matters, and
wae for some years the/n gout of the Irish Catholic body in England,
during the struggle for eroaiuipation. His subsequent mirim»ter-
atending with, and separation from, O'Cnnnail caused much aeusatim
at the time it occurred, lie, after :hat, was a constant writer of able
political letters on various subjects iu the Times, and was an energetic
and affective defender of the East India Company in the support or its
charter. Mr. Macdonnvll retained his faculties to the las r : he was a
man of great shrewdness and learning, and of a kind and agreeable
disposition. He wss a pleasant social companion, and was much
loved and esteomed bv a wide c:. !u uf relatives and friends, to whom
his death will be a subject of deep and sincere regret.
hi* gallant Fusiliers, but in justice To a distinguished corps That Had
eight men killed and wounded ou the occasion of the mutiny, fbeg tb^send
you the copy of a speech made by Major-General Sir H. Havelock, K.CU-.
on ms arrival at Benares, on the :29th June last, to a detachment of lv 150
men ” of her Majesty’s lOtli Regiment, under the command of Captain
Norman \
“ Detachment of the 10th—I am very glad to see you looking so well
after all your rough work. I have ever taken a great interest, in the IGth
Bcg iment I saw you for the first time under lire on an occasion you well
remember, on the banks of the Sutledj. I watelied you through * he battle
of Sobraon. Although I did not see you. 1 well know Hie deeds- vou
achieved at Moulton, and at the crowning victory at Goojerat. I did 'not
sec you at the outbreak at Benares, in the early purt of tills mouth ; but
from ail I can hear 1 mn convinced that the sanie/spirit Which led you
through your former battles is still dominant in (lift luth. To this detach¬
ment, nnd tO'the half battery of Artillery. BenaresVowes its gaiety; nnd
lives the Sariouts of the place, I will not
you may well consider vourseh
allow one day to elapse before I make til
to the Commander-in-Chief. '
test n.-poft oK our conduct
H. J.
was very
CLEMBNING.
{To the Editor of tkd 111ustrated I^ondon News.)
In the number of your Interesting Paper for December 26th f
^leased to tlud some notice of ‘' (Jlemening^/br, as in our villa^. __
t, •* Clemen t’a-in g,” one of the few remaining o!d customs of our county,
and which Is itself, I regret tq shy," htpidiybccoiniiig discontinued.
In the northern parrs oCStntloul? litre/ a ml the borders of Shropshire,
St. Clement’s nnd St Catherine’s pass unnoticed, and All Souls’ Day
(Nov. 2 nd) was formerly clnxM-n by the youthful rustics to be spent in
endeavours to arouse the/ benevolent feelings of the good dames aud
matrons favoured by their visits. Nor were these usually reluctant to
respond to their touching appeals. Cakes''were generally prepared, much
resembling penny buns b<Hh in size and the ingredients used in their
composition. My grandmothorfrequently had about 500 made for distri¬
bution on tills oci a^r>irnTa»^mUlo<?aiity. One of these soul-cakes were
given to each juvqnljft The following, with a few variations, was the
LITERATURE.
Photography. The Dry Collodion Process. By Charles
A. Long. Bland and Sons.
It is but a few years since when we heard with surprise, and some
incredulity, that light could be made to delineate images of external
objects upon chemically-prepared tablets, placed in the camera
obscura. Now photography stares us in the face at even- corner—
that which.was wonderful has become familiar, that which was mys¬
terious is singulai ly common.
In cities we see glass houses on at least one roof in even* street.
In villages caravans with Brown and Jones, photographers, are
regularly louud. On the hills wc discover the tent, and in the
valleys the camera. By the river side there is the mysterious head
hidden m the dark curtains of a dark box . and npon the seashore the
tripod stand is securely fixed in the sands, and a biped is evidently
focusing for the next fane ocean wave. The sketcher has fled to lrs
own especial solit udes, and t hectograph or has usurped liis place.'
It has been said ot the mbstrecent of photographic processes, as
was well said of the octo-sylldbic N v^ra6 K ithat it possesses “unfortu¬
nate facilities. This is Me (in many. kWcts of the positive collo¬
dion process, by which the myriads or sail reflections ou humanity are
perpetrated. Not so, faojvever, is'-it with the negative processes, by
dutiful things which the solar
which albne we can .
pencil traces with
photographic tour
amateur forward,
and with the (ftiit-c
Then there is
with the nicest
The labour attendant upon a
real enthusiasm alone carries the
•bscura and the stand are a burden,
heal box thev become a real load,
attendant upou the processes. We deal
fitments. The balance is arranged with
editions; alter but one of these and ull
goes wrong^We leayejiom'5 in the morning, wc work in the dark all
day, and we ret far-n jaded-dt night to find we have obtained—nothing.
Sensitive as the colTodioii process is, and charming as are tho results
when (aM goes oik successfully, it lias not hitherto been a process
which can be practised out of doors without many extraordinary, ex¬
pensive, and trouWe^ome appliances.
It is, tliurefore, with very much satisfaction that we have watch I
the progress oTThe so-called “ Dry Collodion Processes.” Nearly
nil tlie processes that have been published—tho "Gelatine,” the
(j V Vttl pi ^ / fllfl ^ t lifil-a ^ .i.i.l r. f It.. m.i 1 ... L .... .11 .
form sung. As
St, Clement's D
a portion is the same 03 that used on
Souls’ sake,
_ istress, a soul-cake ;
Ari apide. a pear, a plum, or a cherry.
Or any good thing to make us merry:
One for Peret two for Paul,
Three for Uiinwfao made us all.
Up with your kettle nnd down with your pan.
Give urootnc apples and we’ll begone.
o down into your cellar,
^ ud there you will find
A barrel Of good ale,
u another of good wine
(With which J hope you’ll prove kind);
With your wine and strong brer,
Aud we ll come no more a-souling
Till this time next year.
another version the above last eight lines arc omitted, and in their
’ substituted:—
Cold winter is coming,
Dag, dirty, and cold;
To fry your good nature
This night makes us bold.
With walking, and talking, we get very dry, *
So pray you. good mistress, you cannot deny.
This “soul-ing” is now. I believe Only a thing of the past, the above dog¬
gerel not having been heard or sung by rny informants for upwards of
forty years. One who repented it for my amusement remembers at a
period not far distant travelling some twenty miles in a deep snow one
All Souls’ Day. At one farmhouse they were regaled with a bowl of
furmety. M. G.
Lap Icy.
From ihe r.ew and very perfect edition o) “ Barkers Peerage and
Baronetage’’ we have made out the following list of Peers who have died
during the year that ban just »* T o=td Lord Milford, aged 56; Duke of
Rutland. 79: Viscount Downe. 45 ; Earl of Ellesmere, 5“ ; Earl of Ilare-
wood, 60; Kitrl of Caatlosfoart, 50; Lord Thurlow, 43; Earl of Fife, 81;
Earl Amherst, 85; Lord Douglas, 70 : I.ord Kadstock, 71; Viscount
Lismore. 32; Lord Alvunlcv. 66; Duke of Marlborough. 64 ; Earl of
H- ruington. 70; Marquis oi' Ely, 44; Earl of Buchan. 74; Earl Fitz-
willinm. 71; E irl Fiizliardinge, 71; A r iscountStrangford, 40 ; Earl Spencer,
59 During the fame period four new Petrs have beeu created, viz. :—
Viscount Ever8ley. I.ord Ebnry, Lord Macaulay, and Lord Skene (rhe
Earl of Fife); and LordCowlcy has lieen made an Earl. The new Baronets
are :—Sir Charles Locock, Sir Jiunsetjee Jejeebboy, Sir Arch da‘c Wilson,
arid Sir Henry Havelock.
Landor and Kossuth — Mr. Walter Savage Landor has the
following dedication in a new work with a quaint title, which he has just
published W. S Landor to L. Kossuth, President of Huugary— At
your gate I lay my iaggot of * Dry Sticks,* and go away. I offended you
by atttmpting to bring fortune thither, whom I never solicited to favour
me personally. My zeal was inconsiderate, but, perhaps, it ought to
have offended less that lofty pride to which alone 1 was ever obsequious.
Permit me to offer tlie only amends I can—permit me to show my respect
and revererce toward the man who has worthily occupied a higher station
than any one In this country can attain. The eloquence of Milton nnd
Demosthenes failed in the support of their cause—the same cause and the
same eloquence as yours. Supply me with your English, and I may be
able at last to express my veneration or your virtues.”
Is the Turin Parliament immense hilarity was caused by
the inquiry into an election' at which the clerical candidate was a Signor
Marrnnc. One curate had told liis very simple parishioners to remember
the name well, and by way of artificial memory he bid them vote for the
*• big chestnut,” which is the equivalent of the name. On opening the
ballot-box a number of votes were found in accordance to tlie clergy’s
order for Signor “ Grossa Castagnaa gross error, as it proved.
The National Debt.—T here being a surplus revenue of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland beyond the expenditure
thereof for the year ended the 30th duy of September, 1857, amounting to
the sum of £484,336 3s. 4d., the Commissioners for the Reduction of the
National Debt have given notice that the sum of £121.084 Os. 10d., being
one-fourth part of the said surplus of £484,336 3s. 4d., will be applied
towards tlie reduction of the national debt.
obtanveiy 111 Belgium, Upon plates prepared in England, and which
plates were brought to this country again before tlie pictures were
developed.
\ Any man may, previously to starting on his journey, prepare, or
purchase prepared, a stock, of glass plates. Armed with these and his
camera, he may proceed to
Whore the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread.
And force a churlish soil lor scanty bread.
Or to that
sea Cybele, fresh from ocean,
Rising with her tiara of proud towers.
And, resting on his way, lie may adjust his camera and his plate, and,
in the few minutes which, under any circumstances, he would spend
in observation, he secures a picture for future study—a photograph,
to give him pleasure in the quiet of his home.
Mr. Long lias published a little treatise with which we head this
urtiele, and, by following out the simple directions which he gives, all
may succeed in obtaining the important desideratum—a parcel of
highly sensitive plates, which can be packed in paper and stowed away
in a portmanteau, to he drawn out as occasion may require, to he
returned again to the same package (without haying any of the
annoyances attendant upon a box of liquid chemicals), and a plate which
can be kept with its dormant picture quite uniujured until the pho¬
tographer, on liis arrival home, at his perfect leisure, in liis own
1 operating-room, can develop the photograph which he has obtained.
.Such are the. facilities offered by this improvement that we may
expect almost every traveller will avail himself of it,, and thus secure
for his own portfolio, and the portfolios of his friends, views of scenes
hallowed by their historical associations—of ruins rendered sacred
from tho sacred memories which 6till wrap them in their shadows, us
the mantling ivy clothes their crumbling walls.
Things not Generally Known : Popular Errors Explained
and Illustrated. A Book for Old and Young. By John
Times, F.S.A. Kent and Co.
Taking the “ Vulgar Errors ” of Sir Thomas Browne, the amiable and
eccentric scholar of the seventeenth century, as his text-book, the
author of the book before us 1ms here attempted to bring his sub¬
ject—the exposition of every-day errors—dowm to our own time.
There is an abundance of quotation in the work : the eloquence and
poetry of excellent Sir. Thomas sparkle in many a page; and the
quaintness and obscurity of his language are brought into contrast
with the vivid illustrations of many a celebrity of the present day. Hence
the " Popular Errors Explained ” is not a collection of “curiosities
of literature,” or cut-and-dry rarities of a bygone age ; for the present
has its errors as well as the past. Sir Thomas Browne repudiated
the notion of the Mermaid, which might have been left embalmed in
Dryden’s witty fancy—“ a fine woman ending in a fish’s * tail had
pot the wonder-seekers of our day resolved to keep up the deceit or
illusion; for no longer ago than last June two fishermen declared
they saw a mermaid on the coast of Argyleshire! Neither was the
Sea-serpent allowed to rest among old Pontoppidan’s dry oddities; for
the belief in its existence is every now and then revived in the news¬
papers, notwithstanding Professor Owen’s scientific disproval. Besides
these ubiquitous errors there are a tyosfc of others shown in this volume
to belong to all time. Beginning with “nursery mistakes,” the
classification is under Natural Phenomena; Science, Art, and In¬
vention ^ Traditional History ; Fabulous Animals, dee. Lord Baton,
in his “ Advancement of Learning,” proposes a “ Kulendur of
Popular Errors,” of which, by the way, an abundant crop flourished
long past his age, as this little book proves. Superstition and
Credulity, of course, yield a multitude, bringing the belief in
Witchcraft down to the assize trial of yesterday ; and, alth< ugh
the De&tliwatch may have been scared by the satire of Sv.. t
and Gay, it was but the other day that thousands were terrified
by a clumsy forgery of an Earthquake prediction ; and the town was
flooded with the awful query—” Will the Comet strike the EarthF*
Again, wc may laugh at the Philosopher’s Stone, but may find asm n-
strous absurdities flourishing around 11 s. Laws and Customs con¬
tribute several pages of these Popular Errors; for only last Sc.-- . :i
the besom of Parliament swept away a bundle of “ D&ad Laws,” I •. .
unfortunately, left sufficient for the crafty to work upon i:
credulous for many a year to come. Such are the leading divi¬
sions of the book before us, in which the illustrative authorities; e
minutely quoted—so as to bespeak trustworthiness in a work oi':.
corrective aim like the present. Meanwhile, there is no straining
to be learned or recondite ; nor to meddle with grave and solemn sub ¬
jects such as are ill-fitted for family discussion; the object being rather
to show new objects, or old ones hi new lights, in the business of every¬
day life, and to instruct and amuse at the same moment. The work
was originally produced in 1841; but tho present is an entirely new
edition, nearly two-thirds having been rewritten, and the several
objects of inquiry brought down to the present day.
A Cyci.opjf.dia of Practical Receipts, and Collateral
Information, in the Arts, Professions, Manufactures, and
Trades, including Medicine, Pharmacy, and Domestic
Economy. By Arnold J. Cooley. Churchill.
We took up this ponderous octavo in the expectation of finding it
made up of the usual “ cut and dried ” extracts, indiscriminately col¬
lected Irom previous works and current periodicals,but were agreeably
surprised to find it of a character and value entirely the reverse. Its
design and general character, in the language of the author, “ is
briefly, but not completely, expressed in its titlepage.” Indeed, any
opinion of the comprehensiveness and usefulness of this work formed .
simply from such a source would fall far short of that which its in¬
trinsic merits justify. As a reliable authority, and a general work
of reference, in all matters connected with chemistry in its numerous
Jan. 9, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
applications to the “ arts of life au<l civilisation,” and in pharmacy,
domestic economy, hygiene, popular medicine, &c., it is elaborate and
rich in information.
Independently of the vast mass of formula; aud processes in con¬
nection with all the industrial, useful, and ornamental arts and trades,
given in language divested of artistic or scientific obscurity or “ dry¬
ness,” this (Jyclopoedia contains a description of the leading properties
and uses of the numerous substances converted to human use,
whether as food, clothing, fuel, or medicine; together with brief but
clear directions for detecting their adulteration, and determining their
commercial value; as well as ample directions, hints, data, and allied
information, calculated to render the work self-explanatory.
Tiie present edition, which is tho third, appears to have been care¬
fully rewritten, and to have been brought up to the time of publi¬
cation, so as to embrace the latest information resulting from the
progress of science and experience; aud is illustrated with numerous
engravings, aud with many valuable tables prepared exclusively for
this work.
The Lipe asd Adventures op Mebvtx Cutiiekoe. By Ws.
Harrison Ainsworth. Routledge and Co.
There have been many unfinished productions—plays, poems, his¬
tories, romances—which the world would gladly have seen completed,
but it rarely happens that the Miltonic appeal—
Call up him who left half told
The story of Cambuseon bold—
is more than a poetical aspiration. By tlie reappearance of the serial
before us it seems that Mr. Ainsworth is not one of those authors
who are content to weave the woof aud leave it broken. Circum¬
stances delayed the completion of tills story in the first instance, hut
here we have it in full progress again as fresli and vigorous as when
it first saw the light. we may say more —it is carried on now with still
greater spirit than before. Wo meet Mr. Ainsworth everywhere—in
the glades of Windsor Forest, liencath the battlements of the Tower of
London, in 1 lie courtly haunts of St. James’s, amid the desolation of the
Plague and Fire ot London—in the miser’s lonely cell—where the
highwayman bravely rides—where the boy prison-breaker gains an
undying name—in the revival of ancient customs—in the marshalling
of strange superstitions—in the perpetuation of liistorical traditions—
wherever life assumes a romantic or striking aspect—nnder all and
every condition, we meet with a master of fiction. As far as we can
judge by the manner in which “ Mervyn Clitheroe ” is written, aud arc
enabled to form an opinion of tlie story from the incidents which set
it in motion, Mr. Ainsworth will lose no reputation in this, his latest
production. In one sense, indeed, he will add, we think, to his well-
won fame ; for, while the poetic lire still burns as brightly as of yore -
while the cstro which sped him on with so much vigour in all Ids
former works remains in all its force—the faculty for illustrating
that quiet, social iutevest which has so great a charm for
English readers manifests itself in “Mervyn Clitheroe” in the
most attractive form. “Mervyn Clitheroe" is a domestic story of
modem date, and, ns far as it has yet gone, describes the position of a
fearless, impetuous young man wronged of his inheritance aud sup¬
planted in his love by an artful and unprincipled rival, on whom
fortune has uniformly smiled. There arc blemishes in Mcrvyn's
character which time and suffering must efface—there are heavy trials
which he must endure, and many obstacles in the way of his future
happiness; lint we hold with the gipsy who tells his fortune tliat his
strong courageous heart and upright nature will carry him safely to
the end. Meantime the reader, without looking to the future, may
content himself with the present: every page of “Mervyn Clitheroe”
is replete with interest. _
THE MEN OF THE NORTH.
BY CIIABLES MACKAY.
[The anniversary of Burns’s Birthday was celebrated in New York by
the St. Andrew's Society at the Metropolitan as usual. The chief feature
of the festivities was the reading of the following poem by Charles
Miiekay.]
Fieeck as its sunlight, tho East may be proud
Of its gay gaudy hues, aud its skies without cloud;
Mild as its breezes, the beautiful West
May smile like the valleys that dimple its breast;
The South muy rejoice in the vine and the palm.
In its groves where the midnight is sleepy with balm.
Fail- though they be,
There’s an isle in the sea,
The home of tlie brave and the boast of the free!
Hear itl ye lands 1 let our shont echo forth !
The lords of the world are the men of the North.
Cold though our season and dull though our skies,
There's a might in our arms and a fire in our eyes;
Dauntless and patient—to dare and to do—
Our watchword is “ Duty,” our maxim is “ Through. ’
Winter and storm only nerve us the more,
And chill not the heart if they creep through the door;
Strong shall we be,
In our isle of the sea,
Tlie borne of the brave aud the boast of the free:
Firm us the rock, when the storm flashes forth,
We stand in our courage, tlie men of tho North.
Sunbeams, that ripen the olive and vine,
In the luce of the slave and the coward may shine;
Hoses mav blossom where Freedom decays,
And wine be a growth of tlie sun’s brightest rays.
Scant though the harvest we reap from tho soil,
Yet Virtue and Health are the children of Toil.
Proud let us be
Of our isle of the sea,
Tlie home of the brave and tho boast of the ftee.
Men with trne hearts, let our fame echo forth :
Oli t these are the fruits that we grow in the Noi^Ii\
A Po 1- RIX’CE.— “The Royal Acadcniyof Stockholm,” says
a letter Bum that vliy, “ lias just awarded a prize 10 Prince Oscar, the
author m a po. ni on the Swciish licet the sitting was attended by the
Oucen Mother, Hie Prim-. Urgent, and u. the other members of the
Koval family. Prince < war received tlie prize Iron. the hands of the
Dresident who addressed Ins Uoy.il Highness as follows:—>bub!e Prince!
when the academy heard for the fir * .*.
wucu HI. .- - - f time the sounds wind, appear to Pe ot , 4 „ 3rdi ( T Kt , tI ,; q'k <t fi.
so well reflect the soul of the poet whom it at once recomnscd as a son ot White, playing first, mates in three moTea.
the ocean it did not foresee that the unknown poet, who had modestly
taken hi* plat* In the ranks with tho other competitors wore a princely
crown. lie . a century has etapi^r since a hum of feweden (Gmdavtej
III > acquired !•> this very place the-academic paint, i he academy will
with gratitude preserve these reminiscence.- unparalleledtin the annals oi
, vnele-v at. d it congratulates itsell on being able to add to the
names of drandfnavlan poets one who has been long alar to tlie lK-arts of
the Swedish people' On the following day the Priuee dined wit. Baron
dc Bestow tlie secretary of the ueadeniy. who proposed the health ot the
Prince, which was drunk with loud applause. ’
The Ikst India mad brought a
letter from the SVcretefies of fl^faicutu Relief Comrai«ec to Sir. F irnus,
giving a ..urrative of operations in tlie distribution of assts.ance to those
wl:o have suffered, ami dating that tlie sums thus spent have been dis¬
tributed irrespective or creed or colour, or of 1 roteetaut or Roman
Catholic diatm£t2oufev —S . „
A/^ut2.i'A3tf£S^A^KPA7£i: f giving a comparative estimate t)f
the vnriohik<w«*ment3 of the civil service for the years
lN'> 2 -l 8 ^h-Aviif} issued on TtieSclty. It shows an astonishing increase in
tin; latter over the former ol these years. The total sura voted in 1652 was
something upWarrhkof lour millions and a quiirter; in 1656 the votes
amounted to six^aHiiops six hundred thousand pounds
A Singula it Recovery of Sight is recorded by the Zurich
Gazette * l Madame de F'ltinmcru, an old lady blind for years past, and
who hud cone through a painful operation without benefit, was fondling
a Grandchild, two year® old, at the door of her cottage; the baby gave her
a 'violent thump in the eye, and she at once recovered perfect visua’
power.”
The Government have authorised the appointment of a perma¬
nent staff of matrons for their ships carrying single females to New South
Wales who ar*‘ ?o have an increasing remuneration from the first to third
Y0 Ya*e to bv. provided with free lodgings in Sydney, nnd a libera! allow-
uncelor a ret or a passage to this country.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
L G.—You will finJ a foil account of iho proceeding* in “The Book of the Tournament,"
publlfhcd by Bohn, of Covcnt-gardan.
R. W. Li.—Porta* desirous of jo-run* the St. Gecr*c * C.-.css Clab should ojiply to the
honorary secretary forthwith. Tho address la—Palace hew Chamber*, King-Street. be.
Jemes'ft-street.
K., Manchester.—'Thauks for the gsrow. which ihall hare doe attention.
Domfriw.—Received, and acknowledge! by letter.
S. W.—You CTO obtain M. ProTs raliuible book on End Gnniot throngh Mean. WOExiaw
and Norgate. tae foreign bookseller*. He has another work of the mm description—-of
whkh report s,-cults highly—almost ready for publicailon.
J- H L—From too following account of the final straggle at the American Tourney It
apposes that Ur. Morphy i« anything bat a ‘‘alow ooask ‘ The itj le and muuim of the
two players were very dUTeieut- Ur Morphy ia bold and Attacking, resembling ia thia par¬
ticular ths lamaatui M‘Donnell; Mr. Peahen is cautious and de»nsireto a fault. Mr.
Morphy alwaya met Pawn to King* foarb with Pawn to Ring's fourth; Mr. Paulsen,
when his adversary had Ihe move, invariably played Pawn to (peo n's Bishop’# fourth- Mr.
Murphy Is rapi* In his movta, and fjule* lu bis combinations, his time on any muve never
having retched a quarter of an h.mr; Mr Lanlsen ia excoedingly slew. ionic of Ids move,
having occupied more than un h mr, ami peroral in succcsrio’u bavin • exceeded thirty
minute*. At t'.c end of the eighth and concluding game tho score stood;—Morphy, five
gamea; Psuleea, one; and two drawn games."—(.’Acs* Jfwri/i/p. From th- eame
periodical vc a Iea>n that Mr. Mcrphy Is now only In his tw«m*y-flnt year, althoagn ho has
ployed chow since ha was ten years Jd.
Hauold.—T bu Arabic Shuh-mtit (*•TLo King Is dead") ia a well known and probable
derivation
Solution of Pboblem No. 724.
WHITE,
l. Q to K 6»I
BLACK.
K to K 3rd, or
w
Aer other move
2. KttoK B <th ,ch) B takes Kt
WHITE. BLACK.
2 . Ktto K B4th (ch) K mores
3. Q mates
3. q or B mate*.
PBOBLEM No. 725.
By J. B., of Bridport.
BLACK.
EPITOME OF NEWS—FOREIGN ANJJ DOMES IIC.
Prince Frederick William of Prussia lias received from ihe
Kin;? of Saxony the Insignia of the Order of the Green Crown.
A letter from Rome slates that the number of murders committed
at Ancona during the last month wan eighty-Jive. The secret society
from which ail those crimes originated has been discovered by the polios.
On Friday last (New Year’s-day) the Right Hon. Lord Haddo
JLP„ entertained the whole of the boys belonging to the West Kent
Shoeblack Society, at his residence, Blacklieatl.,—fne fare being roast
beef and plum pudding.
Jir. A. J. B. Beresford Hope, M.P., gave a lectnre at tlie National
Schoolroom at Hawkhurst. last week, on “ India." Sir John Ilerschel
was present, and moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Hope.
Viile:. Bourse, and Lemaire, the three leaders of a band of here¬
ditary assassins and robbers, which has been for years the terror of a
great part of Picardy, were executed at Amiens on Friday week.
The navigation on all the New York canals is closed by ice.
The Duke of Dalmatia, forpjeriv French Ambassador at Turin
and Berlin, and a member of the Carps^Legialatif, died in Paris on Dec
31, after a long illness. [ /
Ige in the room of Mr.
Court of Divorce aud Matrimonial
the new Judge of the Supreme
Mr. Sergeant Byles
Justice Cress well, appoint
Causes. Mr. Sergeant VVV
Court in India.
The earthquake w^caVkitely cahsed such devastation in the
kingdom of Naples was, it npj^Ys, also fe’t in Southern Germany,
Lavaria, S\ uriemberg, as-well'"aa iii Sweden.
'Ihe Koval jhkron of beet supplied for New Year's-day at
Windsor Cattle /weighed 320iK, and the process of roasting occupied
thirteen hours. Tin- noble joind was placed cold on tlie side table in the
omaig-room, wiui the boar's iieold, woodcock-pie, and Christmas-tree*.
The Carding,Archbishop ol Paris officiated on Saturday lust
poutifically ui Notre Dame at u grand mass performed for the ±oul of
his prtdeeessof, who wus uz-sustinaKtl on that day h.ht year.
1 he .Dean and Chapter oi Westminster, have presented the Kev*
^^itaLof CbUfciate Ediool, Eaton-square, to the Ineumbtmy
of 1 nnity Church, hnightsbridge.
The Court oPDireciors of Lhe East India Company have admitted
Lady Neill to flic benefit of the Compassionate Fund, consisting of mi
annuity of £120 to herself, and £lr per annum to each child under ib
years of age.
k The schooner Foam , w r hich sailed for the Azores on tho 30: h ul:.,
returned to Liverpool on Saturday having ’eu in collision with n
brig, in wucu she was cut down to the water a edge, had hermainma>t
carried away, and two of her crew killed.
WHITE.
White, moving first, to check
CHESS IN NEW
Skirmish between the chief V'ictor in the Tourney, and Mr. Perrin, of
the Ni w Yorlc Chess Ciub.
(SicUiati ppcium.y
WTIITE BLACK
(Mr. Morphy). (Mr. I’erriu),
1. P to lv 4th P to Q B 4th
2 . K Kt to K B 3rd P to K 3rd
3 .1* to Q 4th P lakes x
4. K Kt take? P Q Kt toDfB3T<L
5. Q B to K 3rd K Kt to K B 3rd
• 6. K B to Q 3rd KB to Q Kt 5 ichi
7 . P to Q B 3rd . ~
8 Castles
9. Q Kt to Q 2nd Q Kt to'K klh
to. Iv B to K 2 ml V .0 4th
U. P to K B 4th ! <i Kt to q B3rd
12 . P to It 5th / \ I It B takes Kt
IS. Q B P tnkeAB K Kt to 6 2nd
14. K B to Q Hrd Pto K B 4tU
15. P to It Kt 4th X/ - -
i Mr. Mr^iliz ap;«on n hiv. .
for ihls lutranl u» move. In th-> pre-ont
Insunco U may bo nuvfo wltbou: ilaui^cr. bui
WHITE BLACK
(Mr. Morphy). (Mr. Perrin).
h sh.'ul.! i:u Ugh i j bo vontaroJ ■while tho
yuptsiis ar« 05i tho board.)
15. P ta K Kt 3rd
!t; P takes P KP takes P
IT. It to K s«i K ltt to K B sq
-v-An , is. O R to Q B K Kt to K 3rd
}> B to Q R tth jj B B tks K B P K Kt takes Q P
- if - - flBo thoald ralhor have taken the BUhop;
then, wish a piece tnoro than his adversary,
ami his Kin* toUnhly well guarded, ho
might ,>erliAj>» have defended himsslf.)
20. K B takes Q B Q K takes B
21. PtoKB 5th K Kt takes P
22 . K R takes Kt P takes R
*23. Q to K R5th(ch) K to Q 2 nd
24. Qto KB7tli (ch) Q to K 2nd
25. P to K 6th (ch)
And Block resigned.
Another Game between the same Players, in which Mr. Morphy gitea the
odds of the Pawn and two moves.
(Remove }\ kite's A' R Pawn from the board.)
2 ! P to Q 1 th
3. K B to. Q 3rd
BLA^KtMr, P.) WHITE \Mr. M.)
1 . P to K 4 tfi
P to Q 3rd
Q B to K 3rd
(This mdde of defcncc (a rot conunoudahlo.
it Ices* a Pawn without obtaining «ny «ial*
rakait In iMtitloa.)
4 . Q to K R 5th(ch) Q B to K B 2 nd
toiler Kt5 (ch) Q Kt to Q 2nd
G. Q takes Q Kt P P to K 4th
7 /P to Q 6th K Kt to Iv B 3rd
\ 8. Q Kt to Q B3rd K B to K 2nd
t). (J Kt to Kt 5th Castles
Id. Q taki'S Q B P Q to K sq
11. Kt takes QP
(Black hvs now fair Pawn* wxperiority
and his adversary nothing, either hi attack
cr advantage In situation, to compensate for
the Ices.;
11 .
12 . Q takes B
B takes Kt
K to R sq
BLACK (Mr. P.)
13. Kt to K B 3rd
14. P takes B
15. Q to K 6th
l«. B takes K P
17. Q to her B 6th
18 . B to K 3rd
white (Mr. M.)
B lakes Q P
Pto K5th
Q to K It 4th
Q R to li sq
K Kt takes B
K Kt tks K B P
(Having oncc obtained the opening. Mr.
Morphy prosecutes his attack with unfalter¬
ing pc: severance.)
19. K takes Kt
20 Q takes Q R
21 . P to K R 3rd
22. K R to K sq
23. V takes Kt
24. K to Kt sq
25. K to R sq
* 26 . K to Kt sq
27. K to R sq
Kt to K 4th
Q takes Q
Q to K It 4th
Kt takes Kt
Q takes P (ch)
q to K Kt 6th
(ch)
Q takes K RP
(ch)
S to Kt 6th (ch)
to K B 4th
And Black surrenders.
CHESS ENIGMAS.
No. 1059.—By C. W.. of Sunbury.
White: K at Q Kt sq, R at K Kt sq, B at Q Kt 6th, Pa at Q B 2 nd and
Q Kt 3rd.
Black: K at Q Kt 5th. Q at Q B sq. B at KB 4th, Kt at K Kt 2nd;
No. 1060.—By J. B., of Bridport
White: K at his 2nd. R at K Kt sq. Bs at Q 6th and Q Kt 2nd, P at
Q B 4 th.
Black: K at K B 5th, Ps at K Kt 2nd. K B 2 nd, Q 3rd, and Q B 4th.
White, moving first, to mate in four moves.
No. 1061 .—Chess Monthly.
Jf hite: K at Q 5th. Rs at K B 8th and Q R sq. 1*8atK R 3rd and K2nd.
Black: Iv at Iv B 4th, B at K B 6tb. Ps at K B 3rd. K R 5th, and K 6th.
White to play and mate in five moves.
No. 1062 .—By G. 31.
White: K at Q Kt 8th. Kj at K U 2nd and K 2 nd, Bs at K K 4th and K
B sq. Kt at Q 4th. Ps at K R 5th and K B 3rd.
Black: K at Q 4th, P-** at K R 3rd and K 3rd.
White to play and mate in four moves.
The Fair-daired Swedish Girl.—A letter from Stockholm
of the 26 th ulL says:—*• Ihe Cathedral ot UpsaL as is well known, con¬
tains flic tombs of the Kings of Sweden. The coffin of King Gustavus L
(Gustavus Wasa, bom in 1490, Lieutenant of the Kingdom in 1521, elected
to the throne on the 6th June. 1523. and deceased on the 29th September.
1560) was lately opened, and the sceptre and the crown of Queen Guniila-
Bjelke, whieh’hua been buried with him, taken out, in order to verify, by
tlie quality of the gold, if they were really those which had been origin¬
ally placed there The examination proving satisfactory, they were
again replaced The coffins of King John III., who died in 1592, of
Queen Gunilla-Bjelke. and of the three wives of King Gustavus Wasa are
also in Uii8 cathedral. The coffins, which are of lead and covered with
velvet, are placed in sarcophagi of bronze. The inside of them now only
contain? pieces of stuffs, jewels, and bones. By the side of the remains of
Queen Gunilla were placed, in a stale of perfect preservation, and detached
from the head, her magnificent Imir, tlu? remembrance of which is handed
down In history and in the national poetry.
It is stated tliat the Lev. Mr. Spurgeon’s bazaur, which closed
on Friday week, realised, after paying all exjxmses, £9oo towards the
.erection of a suitable tabernacle lor Mr. Spurgeon and the members of
nia church and congregation.
Fifteen persons were killed by the burning of the steam-ship
Colonel Edwards, on the Red River, Ynited States, on the 19 th uit.
llie Bulletin dvs Lois publishes an Imperial decree enacting that
the copyright laws of France shall henceforth be applicable to the French
colonies.
Mr. Cardwell aud Mr. Langston, the members for Oxford, took
part in the Druids' Anniversary Festival held in tliat city on F riday
week.
The number of emigrant ships whicji sailed from Antwerp in the
year 1857 was sixty-seven, and they carried out 13,323 persons.
The Rescue Society's Reformatory Institution for Girls at Hamp¬
stead, has been certified by the Secretary of State us lit to be a re¬
formatory school
The number of patients relieved at the Royal Free Hospital,
Gray’a-inn -road, during last week, was 2067; of which 622 were new case?.
Bamum’s house at Bridgeport. Connecticut, Umicd States, was
totally destroyed by tire on the lTth ult ; the loss was one hundred
thousand dollars.
The Right Hon. Richard Moore, one of the Justices of the Court
of Queen's Bench. Ireland, died on Thursday week. The deceased Judge
filled successively the offices ot Solicitor and Attorney General, aud was
raised to the Bench during the Ministry ot Lord John Russell in 1847.
The Catherine Adamson was wrecked inside ihe North Head,
Sydney, on the 24th of Oetober, and twenty-five of the crew and pas¬
sengers were drowned.
A motion of Count Cavour in the Piedmontese Chamber for
an inquiry into the conduct of the clergy during the lato election was
carried by a majority of voles against 35.
Mr. Bright, M.P., has been staying doling the past week with
Mr. Cobden. at Dunlbrd House. We believe (say? the West Sutfut Gazette)
tliat llr. Bright is nearly restored to good health.
A shock of earthquake was felt on the 19th ult. at St. Denis-
du-Sig, in Algiers. The oscillation lasted about 15 second?, and the
direction was from the S.W.
It is announced in Paris that M. Viilemain is about to publish
Memoirs of Chateaubriand, Burke, Fox, Lord Canning, L^rd Grey,
Lait-ne, De F’erres, Royard Coilaid, &c.
At a meeting of the Surrey magistrates, held at the Sessions-
houM, Ncwington-camcway, on Tuesday. Mr. J. E. Johnson was elected
Chairman, and Mr. Thomas Bison, Deputy Chairman, of the isestflons
boldenat Newington.
A Ministerial crisis, it is said, is impending in the Sicilies, in
consequence of the retirement of tlie President ol ihe Council, on account
of his advanced age.
The deliveries of tea in London estimated for last week were
490,9.6 lb., which is a decrease of 28,716 lb. compared with the previous
statement.
The Lord Chancellor will receive flic Judges, Queen’s Counsel
&c , at his Lordship's residence in Upper Brook-street, on Monday next,
the first day of Hilary Term, at twelve o'clock.
Baron Budberg, the Russian Ambassador at Vienna, is nomi¬
nated to the Embassy at Berlin.
The elections in Coiiadu, so for as returns have been made, are
greatly in lavour of the Ministry.
The numbers of visitors to the South Kensington Museum during
the Christmas holidays were—morning, 14,343 ; evening, 9168: total,
23,511.
The large number of 22,000 men are required to complete the
establishment of the several embodied regiments of Militia.
Dunng the week of the earthquake at Naples the thieves plied
their trade, and the lottery-offices were as much frequented us if no public
calamity had occurred.
Venice is now a war harbour. The important works under¬
taken eeme years ago for the purpose of deepening the port of Mallomocco,
the principal port of that city, are now completed.
Strata of auriferous soil have been discovered on the slope of a
hill on the banka of the Rhine, near the village of Lingenfeld, and which,
it is hoped, will turn out to be productive.
The territory of Oregon in forming its Constitution has rejected
slavery, and will consequently come into the Union as a free State.
The marriage of Prince William of Hesse Philippsthal Barchftld
and the Prince*? Mary, third daughter of flic Elector of He*5C, was cele¬
brated in the palace at Caasel on the 27th ult.
The South Australian journals mention the discovery of the
remain? of a large antediluvian animal in a cliff on the River Murray.
The Government emigrant-ship Coldstream , 756 tons. Captain
M. Rogers, sailed from Plymouth on Thursday week, for Melbourne,
Victoria, with *295 emigrant*.
The wrecks on the British coasts amounted last year to 2002.
The mildest Christm&s-d&y ou record (tliat of 1837), preceded
the long and severe frost of Junuoryand February, 1S38.
The revenue of the railways of the United Kingdom in 1857
was X24.000.000 The capital ol these lines is about X300.» mo, ooo. The
railway profits for last year are estimated at about XI3,00U,000, or about
4 per cent of the total capital.
The vacancy in the Board of Education ib Ireland created by
the resignation of the Right Rev. Dr. Denvir has been filled by the
appointment of Thomas O'Hagan. Q.C-, Chai rma n of the county of
Dublin.
On the morning of Thusdnv. the 21st instant, the Lord Mayor
and the Lady Mayoress will give u -avenue ball at the Mansion •house-
The invitations will be extend.*! u» the children ol Aldermen and Com¬
mon C'ouncilmeu from five to fourteen years of age.
44
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 9, 1S58
ADVANCED GUARD AND RAGGAO'E OF THE KOVAL ARTILLERY
AT ALEXANDRIA, EN ROUTE FOR INDIA.
PASSAGE OF BRITISH TROOPS THROUGH EGYPT.
The arrivals at Alexandria have been very stirring of late. A letter,
dated December 14, says:—“ The different detachments brought here
by the steam-transports Sultan and Nemesis have arrived at Sues,
under the oommana of Colonel Mackirdy. These detachments formed
a total of about 1100 men, of whom only four were on the sick list, and
not with any serious illness. Tho transit from Southampton to Suez
was effected in the most satisfactory manner. It is stated that the
India Company have made arrangements for the passage of a thousand
men a month through Egypt to Calcutta or Bombay/*
A correspondent of the Daily New, in describing the scene at
Alexandria, says :— “ The Peninsular and Oriental Company’s agent
of this place, Mr. Holton, made such admirable use of his position to
render the transit of troops across the Desert efficient that he was said
to be ready to undertake to convey comfortably two thousand English
soldiers per month through tho Pacha's sand steppes.
“The Pacha did not at all object to English soldiers crossing
his territory in their uniforms and accoutrements; but Government
acted very wisely in providing our men with white clothing, allowing
them only to carry their great-coat, bread- bag, and replenished water-
bottles ; more than this would unfit men to stand sudden change of
climate. \ ^
“The first batch of soldiers traversed the Desert in 29$ hours; the
Royal Engineers will have accomplished their journey through the
Desert in little more than half the time.
“ At five o’clock on Sunday evening, the 18th of October, Colonel
Harness addressed the soldiers in a fow manly, heartfelt words as to
the nature of the service rendered by the Pacha to our gracious
Sovereign by allowing English troops to traverse his territory; and
expressed the confident hope that no complaint would be brought
against them for violation of hospitality. The men made mien to
cheer their Colonel and the good ship on board of which they had been
so well cared for; but so well disciplined were they that they con¬
trolled their feelings at first bidding; for the Colonel said, 'Whatever
you do, don’t cheer/
“ Though the men traversing the Desert stop every six hours for a
good repast, they were nevertheless provided with a day’s cooked fresh
meat ration, bread, and a bottle of good drinking water.”
The accompanying Illustration shows an arrival of late date—the
Landing of the Advanced Guard and Baggage Guard of the Royal
Artillery, under the command of Colonel Maberly, R.A., en route for
India. The main body (two companies) were to cross the Desert next
morning.
The second. Illustration shows a more pleasurablo scene of life—a
Party of Tourists procec ding to a Picnic at the Pyramids. This is one
of the delights of the country; and strange is it to see the helter-
skelter “progress” of the tourists mounted on donkeys, driven by
boys, who, the “Overland Bradshaw” tells us, are “arrant rogues,
and not to be trusted.” The Egyptians are great knaves, and are
always crying out for “backshish” (ormoney).
A RIDE TC A PICNIC AT THE PYRAMIDS.
Jan. 9, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
45
SKETCHES IN CHINA.
(From our Special Artist and Correspondent.)
Hox g-Kosg, Not. 11.
Sixes my last no movements have taken place, and General Ash.
burnbam has not gone to India. Really, there are so many changes
here that one can scarcely believe anything one hears. The American
Minister arrived here on the oth, and the American Commodore came
some days after. The firing of salutes has been almost inces.
sant. The second batch of Marines made their appearance a few days
ago, and the third are daily looked for. The gnn-boats are expected to
go up the river next week, and operations will commence, it is said>
at the end of the month. Two Chinamen left Canton a few days ago,
one of whom states that the town is full of Tartar ttoops; the other
states there is no one in Canton. This will give some idea of the
confidence to be placed in reports. In the mean time the troops are
practising tent-pitching on the Parade-ground in the evening i and a
corps of coolies, who are to go up to Canton, do the duty of horses—
draw the guns, carry them, &c. They number 700. They have just
received their uniforms—a small bamboo hat, with a crown upon it;
a white band diagonally across the chest; and the rest of the dress
Chinese. They seem highly amused with their pigeon. I wonder how
they’ll behave.
The weather still continues decidedly warm. Fans and umbrellas
are the order of the day, and working Chinamen merely wear their
trousers. The days arc generally magnificent: the blazing sun, green
trees, dusty roads, and butterflies, do not tend to impress one with
the idea of November, with concomitant fogs and damp, as we are
accustomed to. The soldiers are all in white, and well they look. I
believe this is the only station where they wear this dress. Two days
ago I took a view of this place, as I have not yet seen a compre¬
hensive one in your Journal. My hands got very much burnt in
the sun while sketching.
Nov. 12.—To-day has been grey and almost chilly, after heavy
rain all night. We now and then have one of these cold days, and
the effect it produces, on the skin especially, is very strange. After
seven months of constant open pores, it shrivels and chaps the hands.
Fruit just now is abundant, and good plantains, pumaloes, and
sugar-cane as good as at Manilla. I'm living at a Chinese house,
and have a snug little room: no glass windows, a gorgeously-
carved bedstead—a regular Chinese one, on which I lay my mat. I
order my breakfast in the dialect of Canion. It is a very Bimple one,
and consists merely of tea (no end), abundance of eggs, plantains, and
bread. I drink the tea native fashion, without milk or sugar. This
costs me somewhat more than a shilling. I have tiffin of sugar- cane
and plantains; and more tea. I sometimes dine with a party of China
girls. I don’t dislike their dinners at alL I eat and drink everything
as they do; but as yet have not had the Inck to taste a
puppy. Fish predominate; lots of rice. I ply the chopsticks
with vigour. Yon eat out of a small china bowl. In the middle of
the table (without a cloth) are the dishes containing the various in¬
gredients. Into these you plunge the chopsticks, and take out what
you like, and now and then present a titbit to your lady neighbour,
which compliment she returns. The bones you place on the table.
You then attack a bowl of rice, which it is very hard to convey to
your mouth by the mere aid of the said chopsticks; but, after spill¬
ing a quantity, you succeed in clearing the bowl to your satisfaction ;
you then send it round for some samshoo, a Chinese liquor—a
kind of Celestial whisky, and drink the water the rice has been
boiled in, when the dinner is at an end. A large brass basin
is brought; you wash your mouth and hands, and then smoke
a Chinese hubble-bubble. As the bowl is very small, and you
smoke through water, only three bona fide whiffs can be taken
at a time; hut to remedy this you hold a smouldering piece of rolled-
up paper in your band, and blow upon it when you want to make a
flame; in your pipe hand you clutch your screw of Celestial tobacco,
and en aeant!
I have not sent you a sketch of » small-foot woman : the fact is
the few there are here are so much past “ sweet seventeen ” and so un¬
prepossessing that I have too much love for the fair sex ever to put on
paper feet of features that would displease. The girls all want me to
take their likenesses : and I have just painted my favourite in oils.
She has been very kind to me, sends my clothes to the wash, gets me
sugar-cane, brings me cake, and otherwise treats me kindly. They
have great objection to appear in the Ix-lustbated Lox nox News;
GILLMAX'S BAZAAR. VICTORIA, HOSG-KOXG.
11 My no wantchee you puttee me dat lusee paper." Altogether, can
I do otherwise than like Hong-Kongr
I send yon a View of Gillman's Bazaar, which is a picturesque bit
of Hong-Kong. Observe the clothes hanging up to dry; and, above
all, do not overlook the string of sausages festooned across the street.
There are two or three little streets in the same style here. At
six p.m., the feeding hour, they are full of wood-smoke, which in¬
voluntarily makes you shed a tear. The Chinese houses have no
chimneys; therefore, the smoke has to escape ont of a window in the
side of the house, made for that purpose. At the end of the prospect,
Victoria Peak raises its lofty head. Shops occupy the lower portion
of the bouses; the upper is generally full of women, who sit with
their legs out of the window. The coolie looking at you carries
[.flattened ducks; what is the object of flattening them, except for
packing, 1 gan't make out. There are plenty of children about.
The accompanying View of Victoria embraces the whole of the
town. Jnrdine’s Point is the projecting pier with the flagstaff in the
front of the picture. Yon have a correct outline of the Vic toria Peak
The little spot with the coeoanut-tree is Kellct's Island ; bey ond it
are the mcn-of-war and other shipping: they are saluting nearly every
day.
To-day, 13th November, the Russian Plenipotentiary arrived,
saluting tremendously: they'll never havo enough powder for Canton
if they go on firing in this manner.
I think you’ll agree with me in thinking this a pretty place.
There is a great cricket match going on now on the Parade-ground
between the navy and army fellows. John Chinaman looks on in
great surprise at seeing the players running about like shot.
The Furious went over to Manilla the other day to fetch the re¬
maining gun-boats.
VICTORIA UAKEOIH, UOSG-KO-G.
40
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
T>OTAl. ASYLUMcf ST. ANN'S SOCIETY.
i* * .J* T . V ^T‘,' r7 affording Home, CkHHtex. 4nd
MJJLP Vk?lSv"Cf^5^:«■*•*■ r.rw^Htr. Orphan* or not -
£i"t., E :JBl . ri . > ^ «* ^kukUart NEXT. Hv»w
•ert-dlnesgrateiudj reocirol I/*”
°® c ** *• WuJhrook. r.ItTrn. Ftcni. LrRKS, Sscrctarr.
[Jan. 9, 1S5S
A Carried gentleman, inhabiting &
~~ . r ? < l m y ^ fcoei" t»'»h uwu irwttn ’» around It) la •
l * wlMi *r * • u<JtfUH# I ho entire
J^r r ’**£} of » rrw . i<w whom a comfortable
!u?SL5yft l -.* cp,l j ftt . ,IDci . , r w> » “"Y l * desired by ih.-ir fri-nd#
ZS.fthy rl S Md foa cUtn.rt* Ividoff, while the placr. at the
shrit ir«H from re«x win 1». U thu* rendered a
IHJ- i ** dollra.o ehiklrso, or for cLIHIreu Utah
15, i h, * bcvI and «M* aaiSainrscrr references c«-
r** P""** 2522**' 1”* ’• rau «JM***h’ *»0-. ear* of Moure. K’rcxnJ
aad aa, Bolhdlwa, ecofonudfon. Devon.
E ducation for young ladies a
VACANCIES oomr la an FaUbfeihnoat of lane s’andinr.
eraaccttn by a Lady o* t-ient, tuddnl hr able Oovrrn tro* nuA
gn-^ ^ aa a o r a. a Partienno la mb:tut. X. Y. z., Prot-cflice.
A CIVIL ENGINEER, in charge ofcxton
siva ptibrie work* roar in pcogn**. want* A PUPIL, who
at-iii h * we;i« Ibamfo J .cuwrt-mUU* of learning tba |im<Vt »|na.~
AditroM C. E , ’.nul-r cover to WcirtklngtnaEvAna, Esq., 72.CakroiiB-
st.col, L 'mlon, K.U.
S EA.—-,UOSniP'.:F>7 WANTED, *ml
M. I*iH I PM KN' A !v KEXTlCFo. (br Sliijia ullin* fortnightly,
lhviuluiii (hat £l«. . ti.iw'nmi. Minn.- of tho : bmiut-
bo/y luoney-en.rr etid IVal flfllca. I. Drond.* rant. London
C* HOOTIN'G.—-Wonted, for a term cf years
JO ftp® th* 1*1 March. front IP» co 20W Anro* of Partri*<u-* muJ
«..*«■ skewt ««g. HtthalldUN or Coctatf*. Aminat with fan mrtj-
IU Yt. A. U., CATO Oi Mc»T». (Jib-AMl*. Si!. Oxford -hires t.
London.
P ATENT SELF-LIGHTING CIGAR
COMPANY, W. Manrgate-etnut. Wholf*4!iiand R t . l,—,\li
ht;i>la of tvara •» uutr: by fob j.roc<»«. and . ra b-.iinv! by
ain-jj o frU--»Mi,. with tit tn«t«cr nie'L No extra price Itvahinhle
*? a „ to “' i •** *** twdhrr*. 1%. to iU. par lb. femule box.
« t flue lltvaauj^, posu«e-*tamp*. three, la stamp*. I'/lco
J-it* free.
E EDUCED PRICES.—Pending the revival of
attltly tn >b« WJn*» Market rf Eur 'jxt:— Rouniilun, t:-..;
IHi.n«r rlurry, -y**.* rj «iu!art! fhirrty. 40t flno-t ohl Enmdr, ^-a.
^ j( AiH»u, aiul vr.l.n payaldv to, >u8il*i; and
lStiLE. to, Chen;*«!ilc t K.C»
W ’DTES from the CAPE of GOOD IIOPE.-
PDia. MISiiUY. MAliRDlA. BUCBLLAS. and H A
BA'.A. nil tt. for vio-cn. rt-!lr Cne ^unllry, produce of Spvclfb :.:rf
JSnar-u*? «u». at thr- CAVE, of GOOD ilOPK wLdc- fct*.
M«cny a ‘VtrextinrdBUow* winca to b« in>;<orUKi for hall duty Ttve
•tt-ra for tt mM II AN1»Y esc* Urut M*. p*> eca*» >». cm!
A. 3-o->r.'., IVi jo :mporttn, ?W, Or ord-atnset, Vf
CHRISTENING ROBES, for PRESENTS,
V-/ *4 Golcoas.
ecu
Babies' Cioaka. 1 Guinea.
IS, Bakor-atrooc [near M^datno Tussaud'a Exhibition).
Mr».W. G. TAYLOit (late HaElday).
B
-
ABIES’ BERCEAUNETTES,
*4 Guinea*.
Baskets to match. One Guinea.
53. Bakor-atn^t,
Kn.Tr G. l'AYLOtt Uato UiUUday).
H
A li R I A G E OUTFITS, Complete
Cotton Hosiery, 2». od.
White Dnadur Gowns, One Gulaoa.
Heal Bsibriirgna Hosiery.
13. Baker-atrvot
Mr*. W. G. TAYLOR (.late Hallidayj.
r ABIES’ RIDING TROUSERS,
Chazacla Leather, with black (ett-
5S, Bakar-atntct tm-tu Modnme TaaaauU'a Et.liibltioa).
_W. G. TAYLOR llate Halllday).
| ensey-woolsey riding HA BI TS
-Li For Lltde Gbia, 2| Gulncia.
Ladloa* UKiiisg llablu, to 9 Guineas.
M. Bakcr-atreet.
_ W. G. T AYLOR: lute Haffiday).
S ILKS, Rich, Plaiu, Strij^d, ai.J Checked
l-Slr-ots, at ti a. Bd. per dn»a‘ of twelve yards- well »vort.*j thu
-ttetiXioa ,>l fandUea. Putter&a coat Iree by post. JOHN HAHYSY,
2 au 1 B udg ata-hin. Ksmblished upward* of liity year*
tmfupi iKod cp#n amounts above Cl
< -HE HALF GUINEA CLOTH JACKET
a very protty ahnpo, jnct from Vn^a.
»cr country orderx, aizu of waiat and round lh$ sbouMert la required.
Tbo same >hapa la a superdae cloth,
Price li*. M.
•as ".lE'.CH MUKLIN COMPACT, 18, Or/ord-iteM.
T he royal marriage:!!
THE PRINCESS'S OPERA CI.OAK.
In anticipation of a great dcm»rd for the above Novdtv upon the
occaalon of the P iacots Ro>al'a Mnrritge, Mssca. Hl MBKl.l. and
O'* EN have m-ulo prtiparationa accordingly, and have now ready a
splendid assortment of odoura la tbo notv Opera 31am.o.
Address: HUMilKLl, on.l OWEN,
PANTHEON HALL OF COMMKltCB,
77 and 7d, Oxford* street. London.
N.B. Tbo PRINCE8> 8 OPERA CLOAK is the most recbcrcM and
economical Opera aianiio of tbo season.
rnHE real alpine iod gloves;h
_L 700 Dozen of tho Parw-t White, la. 8(L,
the most BeautiAil Gloves to bo procured at
ANY PRIOR!!}
Add>esc: KOMB8LL and OWEN,
77 ami 78, Oxford-atreot, London.
N.H—Sample Pairs fontmrdotl for two astro alampt
Cn:olo,uo of the Coloura inclosod with bemplo, gratia.
B est alpine kid gloves, is. ec..: <
Black, Will to, and Coloured.
liOllt) Dozen best Paris Kid. BUolc, AVhlto and Coloured, 2a. 3d. per
pair, or 20*. the dozen; usual price, 2». 9A.
swede iuid Alpinn Galmtlats, 2a. and 2*. &i.
A cample pair of any sent for two extra stamps.
BAKE it and OKIiP, 221, Regnit-stree!.
AST YEAR’S MUSLINS
at half tbo original cost.
Pattern* tree.
BAKER an.l CRISP, *21, P.-.-freol-^treot.
R
F ^ „ F0K evening wear,
KLNCH MUSLIM JACKETS
P«U|r»t Wnlto Hualin Jacket aver producod: it 1 b n Imiued
.Lbbon. to be had in ev*Ty colour, and cxceedimriy bocomina
to tho figure Price S 2 a. l)d.
CHILDREN'S WHITE MU LIN JACKETS,
Tua aetne artlclr lu all »iro» for children.
For country order*. aJxe of ssnlat and roand tho ahouldera la required
bit.--. M M 51 Lai.IN COMPANY, lt>, Oxfonl-»tree‘..
Poat-offioe Union poyablo to James Reid, Oxford street
T
IHE BLACK VELVET JACKET
Chotcn by the T ’rir.co' i Koyal.
Tho chape la ohaato. altnplo, and - Wat t, without om menr.
The i*i C ' la 'a tlulneaa
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, Hi, Oxfcrd-itieet.
P UBLIC ATTENTION is drawn to an ex*
Dinner Sherry, at per dox ; well mu urad, firm
cm Hod i*ort, I8*.t an 1 a frriordry Oh ni;uRae. cllreet tt..«n F • eruaV.
5?* ca»Tln r-noe^- JADlZ WINE G*JM2 r ANY, fld, fcL J«iu«V
•tmet. Lomlao.
T.f i:-.’/.LAN’S LL WHISKY v COO’aC
Xa iilLCTDY. Thto cetebravd old Irish Wfclaky rivala Ifii flttat
Fr.-t Ch Br andy. It H pure, tnlltl, mallnw, OPd dt-Uon**.* uuri vrtr
w:.. l *nam‘ 0O*(t In Nittha.hi. 44. . aoh, at mot of tb*.
ra- -11 heu»«* - O'* i.-vu the rrd teal, pink label, and c*.rh l*r» d j .> d
‘‘Smaitca'a LL W.tlaky," t. Great WR^jcIU-*:>«.tit. Ua«-;n.iiiu.
CiTOGUMBBU MEDICINAL PALE ALE
ia Irtiwrd wVh 11^ water from *• Barry Iiill'a Well." It cures
dt--a*ea. and U mt ova ling. roROonalile. and ricllrl«u». Refrreorm *o
factutj. alid Monacal retun of local tojndail. n and bbth*.—II.
lit »• DUN. 44* t'W»r •■Vrnv nr-«trrot. IVnnim.aquarr. sn|* 1 cod n
AirvuL H.V.alt* Manager. Kj»vrotni.er f Taunton. Prutu trinkt und
trinket winder, d^aa cur* lobrttafrjha Wonge twig atruhle.
QtJTrK n r.w.
S OYER’S SULTANA SAUCE.—
A nvwi rnfmh’ng atlmulsut io tbo App*dltr, ^omocev!
principally of Ttirki-h Cvadimc-nta, Au exoulUic ,, iuh with * n»n*t
erwy d<«'rt|diou j( (MaL To !*•* hud o/ «ui «<,.rr** V* .lerai ».r t of
the s--la Wh n .Isouta, CIDSoKanj BLACKWELL, i u.v-.voi*
to Um V,’u*cn, 21. 8oh »«tjaar.r
OBIS’-ONV PATENT GROATS for m.;«t
Ihnn Thirty Tcwt havo bran huU in oonazant and fnrtrarir.g
**!la.ari aa Ibo ;-arr t -«rii..v of the oct, and «» tn« Im*
and moat vaituljo ;irrpuatirj for mailing a pur* and dedt>:e Uruil,
wU eb fbrtu* a U^htued eutridoua auppvr fer IheagtHl. ia a pojutai
pnalpa ferrlb an 1Jr.ll.i»a-u. la of rvn*-rit utc in Uui iLkw.li/nibc*
and. al'cr—U*lr with tho Patont liarloy, la an esoaDoBt food lb*
Infant and -.TiUdrcn.
Prcparwl only by tho PUeatM*, KOB1NSON, BELLVJLl.y, A CO.,
Purveyor* to the Quren. ftl. Kvd Llou-atrwn. HlUkhi, Lncnon
HoUl by all ro*{«ctabU> Oman. DragcLt*. ana o'hcra in Town nve.
Country, in raeh.ru of Sd. and la-; and Family Canlatura at Vj. , ,
10* each.
E
H
DRNIMAN’S PURE TEA. tuc leaf
. 8M 03ioar«!—RICH FL T M-PLAVoraKr»Trn cvr*j. »tfvi.f-!h
U t'tua ftocansl. a* importing h not oolourwi by tb« Chln>ue, ntrrcnta
» >e llavourlcse withered l«ar«« being pejMed anf ami »old •». the lamt.
tothw hut of tho canattmer. Tho '• Lanoad Report " (!>Muxni*na, ^
Sl^ioratrj;- u The Grc-cnTen no: being covered with Pruatlau bloc,
U a dull oCv*t tho Block L not httrtacly <J*rk.” 3«.*rc
4a. 44. por lb^ eorured In panJi-Hc Bold by lUpkiunoao, 227, Jicgoat-
Otrevt; Ponal’. 7*». fVrnhlU; Dodvm, ' i 4. Blark»rrr-*tr*^< Tt-rrr. w b*
Wolf, 7i, bt. PiuiP* Churchyard, ami la au ^arta of tba Klog--am by
Aarnia.
K ISS-ME-QUtCK.—PIESSE an.] LUBtN’S
new ftrrftrao <or th'a dLHUrd frotn '’rnyrnnl
Tn!h>a,Sa. Cd. iMir liottln Kmerod at Su.tloanni MalL—i aborotor
Of Flower*. 7, New Bund-vtrect
QS ASONABLE PRESENTS.
The mrnhcnince of tbo fooling* amid acanea of gaiety Imlncea
thi* fair and yomhful to ahlne to advantage under tbo kjizc -it many
fi taxla, an I therefore !o demote lncr«v«e»l ottentiun to tho dudeeof tlie
Toilet, it U at this Aetivo season that
ROW .an 11 -' AUXILIARIES of HEALTH and BEAUTY
are more than usually oasentia ; vis .
ROWLANDS’ HAi'ABSAR OIL.
f.w itnpr’vitjg and bcaaflfylng the lloir, imparting a trnnacendant
lustre, and nuriaiuing it In dneotattvo charm.
ROWLANDS* KALYDOTt
lr:«;iarta a radiant blo-m v> tbo •hook, aud a delicacy and softness to
thu Uuu and Arms ; and r» mov.'» cutaneous dcfecu.
ROW LAND** ODORTO.
or PKABL DENTIFRICE,
btr-'rtw* on the Teeth n P,..r:-.!k« wh t«mera, at res |
and teialtn the Bnctii -.weet aw! puts.
Thu Pa ronmre of Royalty #nd tho Aritt'^rracy
nnlverrady-known eftlcaiy of those article*, gt-
unpaialieie'l. and render thorn pocuiiarly
ELE AVI* AND HKAdONAB'K PEI
Sold by A- ROWLAND am! .H »a 8, 2\ Hatton.
Amt by ' hrmhuan-l Porta »>er-
BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS
J AMES LEWIS'S LIST for/ 1638..
Perfumery «Kp6i. 06 Oxf.-»ril-«trcct. u-jar’t'vy Pr nccsB’f TIi“
Manufarttry, 6. Bartlett's- 1 Validingi Holbo n.—'Tuo Bridal liouipm
dedicated to H K.IL th-* IVin.ew Royal. T»ce Jnunlne, fro n t!
flowers, pries 2 a 6d. Se.lnva Bmiju-t, prie*-li* 6*1.: K*s. lJounoet
Frnngli>anuL Wood VV»let, Jockey •.loV-Konilolctitt, MIHelli^iryAe.
Glycerin-Soap for softening th- akin. 64 and-U»: ee>tng« S«i*p, la;
Eau do Cologne ?oap, I*.; Otto of KawSbap, I*.; Hob«y .Ma'shiunl OW.
and patent LrilnoHoar b. MUk of Hos-B-lfo 1 thecmiipiston 1*., la. *4<l^
and 2*. 6d.; Bloom of Ro*va Vs 6d. I* inpe-'an Mar dve tliet wd'J not
*ta!n tbo •kin. 3*. Sd. and 5» 6(1. JAM :-'. >H hWln’S gehum*' Marrow
Oil for the hair. Fr«n#ri[Whu| I^mtr.adq, liKand 2,. 61.,; Medieote.1
Tonis Bairn. 2s. 64. nwt 13,. «W< j Ba sam of Kmc*; U; and X* 6d.
Every article for the T>llrtkt61, Gxfunl-‘trcet,
'PHE BLACK LACE JACKET,
-A. Jus; imporioJ, a perfectly new ahrpe. grncaful and ladyliko
.... Hut ••xtiotne, price 12 *. 0d.
k REN SB MLS .IX COMPANY, 16. Oxford-street.
£ EMBROIDERED CHRISTIAN NAMES^
• LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS, with Chriitlan Xarnoa crr.-
woeicttri by tba Nona of Pan. with the n-w dtetmeh needle. Price
la tvd.. by post 14 Btnmpr; 6*. !»d. thu lialf-d-.«m, >ty post 6n. 3d.
l ilB FRENCH COMPANY, 16, Ox/ord-rtreot.
N
MV FRENCH UNDERSLEEVES, verv
elegant, and agroal wmfort. The colour* are Cbeny, French
i.luo, Rosa, E "ir»Ul, Couary, -So rlut. Brown, «uby, Violet. French
<• ey. rink. Sky Drab and Black Price ». did.: post free :or 22
* tn Bearfk to match thu Mmo 1*. Ojjd each Too aamo klcvo
-lid nr.nrf, very warm, .nail the Clou Ttrtant, tto Rob Roy, Forty-
ivuoml, Argyle (Uiuptxdl, Ac., at thu samo price.
French muslin company io, osford-*tn«t.
rjPHE ROBE a la MILITAIRE and a
jL QDILLF, lu French Merino,
• Price 1 2s. 9d.
The Kklrt and Jacket D made ready for Ko extra «
Only a few l*ut- The Fr*nan Me Ino alone l* wor.h double the
FRENCH MUSLIN 0 MPANY, 1G. Oxford-street.
A BSRDEEN LINDSAY WOOLSEY
jOk TlCOATd.—rhe FRENCH MUSLIN COMPA - Y. w
Hie FRENCH
Aunma far vsriou* Pari* house* for tire purchase ofFrithth gbod* x
h-r . ".re cotnmOroned to bay 11.000 ARKKDEKXvLlNuSAY
WOOIdsFY PErriCOATS fer M.Utw. Rae de Klvall. Pi
1 ' ei'JCC *aU d. tho pellinoafa aro tncrefr.re tnro*.%-n on (h.
Nijf knowing what to oo with tbcin, they have dstonui
thriu to Um publlo at lC*.Kd. each. Theintcndw If rice ww
Tory are maria U]. according to tl.c latest faehiog tuoah'a
•ra-io With paton: etctl springs, am! douncmi' thry car
ir; «; -t fKii. and set meat graccluby.
FRENCH ML S XN COMPANY, 16. Oxfotd-street,
B LACK SILKS, 25 per cen
luu Year.—Messn. JAY have Just r 7
Ai-enf* ivNrgu oonrianmout c»r Ulatk SlUu,
m l at tovl’cr price* than they have e^cr
in buclticw.
M*o**a Jay tpeclally recnmnnmd these_
an 1 to all buyers of IUock Silks, as the opportunity hs^niakins'pur-
eh '*o* at price* *3 moderato D uot liUolv to occur after the c-qraibercial
ensis ban possod ov-r.
TUB LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE,
247, 2IU, 26L Jb-gont-struct,
S P OR TING S II IU T S.—100 Patterns to
(pfncVfrcm, post-iYco for two ■tninp>. together wlrh a book of 80
xUiusrrauojli. Every gcntlcm.in ordering Shlr r > should not sail to send
for the «Js» y « u oful book and pattern#.—RODGERS and CO., lui-
movedC;ora:-.7a Shimnakcra and Outfitters, 59, Saint Mar tin's-lane,
~ ----- - ^lu.cu -voiuufl -mrxmaacra anti uuiutie
MUSLIN OOMPANYfNwbo aot aa Charing-cron*, W.C. EaUbILhod GO year*,
tor tho purchiwo of Bntitib gbod^'' x —-----
.yon*
OUsS 1 r direct*
FRASCAIP.—Artld,
lMsotptoiH. gurnilurca dc rol
IKinr tol once do soirfe*, a-
dumcH portant to id and dot
dnl«-uj-.es.
Lr» Salons do !
gr.ui:« vaticto do
Lr«tni# d • ^rar.ri-.
fai «s lo bon gont«
Loi -alons oat
frarnjal o».
Lu plus gi
pHRISTM
\^J plrxian is jn
mmNLataJy. on l
lbhrd 101 years,
produce* atnlsa- lain*
moves freckles,
action, so tnr«s. i
I’crfcnntrs HaL' jiiu’s, S-. 9
ri S.-^A xlear Cqm-
II l ’3 i/»TION>-l.*dlre w01
P*luat«rt pretrarelinti (<-«tnb-
t^troo-dinary genial qualhi- *. It
“ |acy of cjjmpljiXlon. re-
. and promote* healthy
So’il by alt Druggists ami
i 64.
( \LDRIDGE'S BALM of COLUMBIA, ac
V_A koowMged .Sr 3* yncr- fe} M »h« most effectual rvtm dy pro-
daced for Restoring th« U«r an ( Prqmo'ing thr* Growth of Withkerl
and Mnrtachioe. In boob*, k*. Gd.. 6 f.. and 11a Wholesale and
retail, 13. WolLtigum-etreet Nonh <aeron door* from the Strand)
P HILIPPE’S TOOTH WATER cleans and
whitens the teeth, brace* the g-mw sw^trien# tho breath, pre¬
vents toothsoho. and rcnioTo* the odour of tohscco. > rice 2*. and 3s.
Agents:—Rlnitnol, 06, St ran.!; Samrer. U 0 , 4x ford-street.
B enzine coll as
CLEANS and REMOVES GEE ASK from
Gloves, I Cloth.
BUka, I Carnets, tee.. Ac
In Bottlce, Is. fid , of aK Chemist* and Perfhmers; and at the Ddp’t,
lit, Great BnsseU-itreet, Bloomsbury
d’un ARTISTE
deufl. Cniffurw ot
co oul ost r<fc«>-ssaire,
;ho do In ia!*on, pour
lull, ct visiles do con¬
curs M fonrols d’uno tr^s
t>o;ir solufes, mfi plas «juo
itit* cefce sttDon. pourioti*-
.It-ntolle tris dUtinguve.
it garnis dot plu* nouvo Jo i modes
. pour dealt riche tngln&al.
llo* ret-street,
N JAY.
UNO on CREDIT.
.London General Mourning Wurcho'isc. aro
x on a broad commercial basis, nunicly, to
_ and to charge the lowest poudblo prices to
, hi ecustqnvnce of tho lata aiepiorabln even;* in
mourning attire.
or otherw ise attended to In town or country.
GENERAL MOURN.NG WAHEHOUdK, Ncs. 2l7,
JAY’S.
THOUSAND POUNDS’ WORTH
of ELEGANT and USEFUL SILK8,
for ready cash under favourable circumstances, are now
offered by
BEECH and BERRALL,
Tho Beehive, 63 and *t, Edgware-road, London, W.,
n a reductiou of neatly one-half from former prices.
\ 1200 rich Floiutcod Silk Robe* (various). 39s. Cd. to five guineas.
New Striped Chocked Chtfm< and G.ao-i Silks,
\y 21*. 6d. to 37*. Cd. the dress.
Bl-ick and Half Mourning Ditto, at the tamo reduced prices.
Patterns forwarded postage free.
TirOIRL ANTIQUES.-SEWELL and'CO.
-LvJL have Just completed the purchnse o
fsvow lbs Dresses, now so much in request ____
t inertial ConrU. Ibcy aro of flic iichc»t qualitlc*. and will bii offeml
a: n £fo*t r_<luctlo>- frotn the original oast of manufacture.
COMPTON HOUSE, Frith-street, 8obo
piT Y~ JUVENILE DEPOT-
BABY-LINEN and LADIES’ UNDERCLOTHING WARE-
HOUSEi.— Ladto*' Night Drerscs, 3 for r, B . 6d.; Chemtocs, whh
bands, 3 ». r is. lid.; Drawer* 3 pair for Is. lid ; ffllje, tucire r, ^ Cm
Si. r*:L Clii drfn • Un lerclothlng equally as cheep AU work war¬
ranted and moilo of Hormek's Lougclotb, a lower quality Itent ox-
pn.sriy frr outfit* to India and the colonies. Ladle*’ Paris Wove
S o>», *»- lid. per pair; and tbenewly-inventOilelastleCo'set. to fasten
In front, 3*. lid., no*, obtainabloelsowhure. Infants' Rassinet*. haud-
sontoly trimmed either with white or chintz, one guinea each. An
IBastrutod PriedLUt »cnt fro* on application.—W. II TURNER, 68.
60, 70, and 89, RUboptgato-strect Without, London, E.C.
T HE ROYAL MARRIAGE. — Extraordinary
6xo a* SHEATH'S, 261, Regent-i*r«,t, D*tb K ui»hed
Fovp'tln* in Heal PruaB-ls, Hju<t n, and Briti.’* Point flounce#,
<lr d«l Sqnu'c*. Scarfs, Handkcrehiofs, Ac., iec. Real Soanish Lac-’
Jfwnti las, Block and White Guipure L-ce*. Ac- 50,000 Yards of
Rex' V« end-jane* Laces, Edgings, ac., from 3fc3. to 15s. per Yard.
St W W. She it T s, 2ri, Regent ar ot.
riJEEAT FAILURES in the CITY.—
v k £10.570 of Rich Silks, Velvets, Ac., at SHEATH’S, 261
Regent-s*re »• . at one-third less than tbo manufacturer*’ price?'
Ad r=*s W. W. 8304th, 261, Ecgcnt-strcet.
Q uilted eider-down petticoats
are strongly recommended to thoan who wish to com'iin*
elegance with comfort. To lie had onlv 0 f W. Ii. 'JATSON
and CO., f, Maddox-strect, Regent-street. Di-pCt for the Eider-Down
(tiUts and Patent Spring Pillows.
ICII BLACK DUCAPE APRONS,
with oolourcd Bayadere batin' Str po», 2». lid. each,
poit-f o* for 39 iWiiw.
BAKElt and CKJ-P 221, Deguaf-streeL
N Jl. 30fi Worked CoJ'ars, tbo remain# of the Bankrupt’s Stock, /
Is. each, post-free U »tani|», wonderfully cheap. /
A MERICAN ? A S I Cil!
A 1700 Dozen French C 'mSrio nnndkorcbiof*, \
HCix.d on board tbo abip “Stayloy," ,-,
Will bo sold by 8AK- R ond CRiSP, ».t nuheard-of prib«. /
Goods that were 15*„ 2 and 28s. the dr»t,.n,/
will be sold at D, fid.. 8s. fid. end ,2s fid. tho dorim.
IfOO odd hemmod, rtitebod lsoiledL at lx, Is. tid., and Is. l)d t oaoh.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Koaont-strcot. \ \
LINEN DRAPERS TO THE QUEEN, BY APPOINT!
Established in 1778.
D ABIES’ BASSINET
JLJ Trimmed and Furnished,
Ready for use, are sent homo froe of carriage. /v
BARDS’ BAoKBCS; / / >
Wninwd and fumLbed to Coryespand ",_^ >s/
CArrER, BON. and CO . 09, G R ACEO H V KC Il-STuLONDOX, E.C.
Do. crip two L »tn, with i>rlces|, st^ut frtcb '
Bent posj-fr
pOMPLETE
which
throughout tho K ,
UNDERCLOTHING POR HOME,
for Lsdie#,
LI.hENDRAPERS
L ADIES’
act
Descriptive
CAPPER, SON,
anffCEIltov^of
TNEN,
LL COLONIES,
£ .ppointment.
outfits
e by poet.
cn-strect, London, E.C.
gS RY SY SETT has to
•ion Half Price, several Thuu-ud
U,. Monti ©a, Dnase*. and Fatally
in
free by
Wool-dyed Fast Black
•. for KuHuly iTuurnuig. it i* very inaxponnivo, and i#
Ltl>e tnott prrft-ct texture yot introduced. Pcttorc*
r-HENl: l'/SyREIT, 23, liarbour-struot, Ranugat,o.
K T S. - RODGERS’S IMPROVED
. _ 'EA' ZA SHIRTS, Slu. fid and C.’a. tho half d.w.on. The best
s 4*Hng SWni extant- Book with W Ulustratlon* nod Oirectiom for
urement poet- free.— RODGERS anti CiO . Shlrtmnkor*, 59, Saint
‘-Vlanii, Chmtng-ctvss, W.C. EtitabU-heti y^an.
HAT’S UN A ExxTVIE ? Tiiis query can
bo answered by SAMUEL BROTHERS, if', Imdgntc-hlU
Inventors o* t io SYDENHAM TKOU-EKB, 17c. fid.; fnr, in tht
kshionabla world, than Is asaJdatod with tho Bydca.hara Tkoosers s
perfect lds«A tynoLpaont with t graocrul, ooey, tu-i waU-ftltinf
IKMOt.
'J’lH.ET SYDENHAM TOP-COAT is mad!
A. front the best m ate ri al, by workmen of taste, at Two Guineas
Ilia appreciation of the fashionable world of genuine and pwfool
articles of dre?-reader* ibo suectfg* oi tht BY DENHAM TriP-COAl
\ oerudnty.- EAMUEL BK0THE3S. », Ludgate-hUL
W INTER OVERCOATS and CAPES.
One of tho largest 8tocks In Ioradon of First-class Garment*,
on boot terms, rondorod thoroughly linuervlous to rain, without cH.
structing free vontilutlon. or extra charge.—WALTER BE.LDOE,
96, New Bosd-etre«, and 69, Cornhili CNB. north aldeL
YAPPS’ LADIES’ BALMORAL BOOTS,
JL in five dltTureu: tkickr.eivM. suitanla tor all saaaons — ?00.
Sloano^ttroAL KnUhUt»rtlgo. Tnotion
I MPORTANT to LADIES.-French Black
or White 8-'tin *lhooi«, 3s. fid.; Brenzo ditto, ?*. 9d., at HEATH’S
(lato foreman to Murehalit), 2fi, Hi.-h-fctrect, Maryb-bone, W. lono
door south of Weffxncoth-street). N.B. All tu-iic'es equally moderato.
qnHOMAS D. MARSHALL’S ELASTIC
fi. BOOTS.—Ladle*’ Flrst-olsas Elattio Boots at moderate pricoa.
All kinds kept reidjr for waar. Ehistio il<>u8e-Roots. 6s Gd. and
8s. fid.; Elastic Evening Boots. 8a. (»J : rich Satin Elastic Boots,
lis. fid.: Klost c double-soletl Boots, l.-a tkl ; Elastic Pori* Kid Boot*,
with mRitary hcob. lt«. firl.j ditto, with double soles, 15a. fid.; and
with treble *ofco. 17*. 'Id.—ilnmus D. Marshall, 192, Oxford-etreet
M ECHI’S DRESSING CASES and
TRAVELLING BAGS.—112, Regent-street, and 4, Loaden-
hoil—treel, London.—Bronzes, vase*, pearl and Ivory work, medlttvA'
manufacture*, dressing bags and drosring case*, toilet cases, work
box©* and work tables. Inkstands, fan#; tho largest stock In England
of paplcr-mach«? elegancies, writing desks, envelope cue*, d.-M ntcb
boxes, bagatelle, backgammon, and chess tables. Tho premises in
Kegent-streot extend fifty yards into Glasshou*e-8troet, and are
worthy of inspection ns a specimen of elegant outfit. Everything
for the work and dressing tables—best tooth brushes. 9d. each; brat
•tool scissor* and penknives. Is. each. Tho usuai supply of first-rate
cutlery, razors, razor strops, ntydlcs, Ac., for which Mr. Mochl'i
establishment* have been so long famed.
j of a large *tock of the*©
at at tho Brlllzb and Con-
F
ISHEB’S DRESSIN.G-CASES,
188, Strnnd.
Catalogue* post-free.
F ISHER’S NEW DRESSING-BAG,
the best portable Dressinr-caao ovar invented.
188, Strand.
Catalogues po-t-froo.
W ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES for
AUSTRALIA, In good ©r Inferior condition. Mr. and Mr*.
JOHN ISAACS, 319 and 320, STHaND (opposite Somerset-home',,
cotuinaoto givo tho highest prico lu Cash for Ladles', Gentlemen'*,
and Children's Clothes, Hoglmootal*. Uudorelothing, Boots, Book*,
JowoDory, and all Miscall tncou* Pr.vperty- Lottcre for any day ©t
dialnnco punctually sttmdri to. Barca!* sent from tho Country,
elthor larg*- or small, the utmost value returned by Poat-offlco order
:ho sameilay. Beforouoo, London and Wentminjitcr Bank. Eat. <9 jt*
TUT ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES.—Mr.
7? and Mr*. HART, 31. Newcastlc-ctrect, Ftrend. W.C., uro
giving tho highejt pricts for evorr kind of Ladiea’and Gentlemen’s
WEARING APPARKL. satin aiul velvet d res sS S , r gimentale, uni¬
forms, India »haw!s, point lacc, trinkets book*, far- iture, mbc*l-
I.inoous property, AC. Tj»dle* or Gentleman waited on, any time or
distance. A-ldrosa aa above. Parcels from the country, tho utmost
value remlttnl In nsah. Kstabliahinl lam.
VX, 'ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, Uni-
* V forms. Mlncollaneons Property. Ac. Tho highest price given.
Ladies or Gentlemen waited on hy addressing to Mr. and Mrs. G.
H YAM. 16. Tyler-strc t, Kegcnt-stroet. VV.; or pa-cols being soot, the
utmost value In cash immediately remitted.—Established 32 years.
\\T ANTED LADIES’ and GENTLEMEN’S
▼ 7 LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, Rcgl Denials, and Sliscrllancacs
Property. Tlie high' :-t .itico in C»sh. Ladle* and Gentlemen waited
on by addrevin.-a Infer to Mr. or Mr*. Levy, 251. Strand (opposite
Twtninff’s Bank). Parcel* from the country, a post-efflre order re-
mltted-— Established 65 yean.
T3EF0&B
JLJ TAK^Na
Locke:*. Y
by Appointmeiu
to touQueen,
32, Br.kor-sirvei. Porfman-squara
(nearly opiioaito the bazaar).
Antoni i orrer has no connection whateror with Ills late Establish
meat m Regent-.treat.
H AIR JEWELLERY. -Artist in Hair.—
DXJ. i bega to inform Ladlea or Geatiaureu ie»idcnt In
wwu ^nny port of ino king him that he beautifully make*, and
oJogr.nt]y moj; h ;a »u gold, HAIR BRACELETS. Chain*. Brooches,
rung*. PLryi. Slqii*, «c.; aui forward* tbo *aruo, can fully packed
nt «bimt one-bali tho tmuiU charge. A beautiful collection
or apeeuaau, haadsomoly m .amod, kept for in *poctioo. An illus¬
trated book scut free.—DowdftCjr, 172, Kenchureh-*troet.
(U HAYB YOUK LIKENESS
r DEvyuNfiV* PA TTERNS of BROOCHES
T-r**' sent free on receipt of two postage-'
stamp*. LiqAiijerf. Revolving 'tr ... -i • • Goid. to flow either
i/ x/ 1 wcutat. irum tbs. each. A Gold
. -■‘.©d Breach or L>ockot sent ;reo to uny port of thu kingdom for
iov y. Manufacturing Ooidwui'Jt acd Jowclkr, 172, Fon-
cr,oron^-»^r ',' itjv^Loodoix
EA Sold WEDDING-RING and
v. . KEEPER sent in a morocco box t j any part of
0 ‘. ot k Po*t*s»fllc4 uidur tiKuHGE
«t»bLtrihi, !?’, K rnoharr.a *rir.»-, 1 -,ndon.
\ JDR DE JONGH-B
r IGk-i-.BROWN COD LIVER OIL,
LJ emlrijy ftreo from aau*coue flavour and aftor-tarfe, f, oie-
rflnd wl !, ttio /rrcalval suveosa by tho Faculty as tho t.ft.t,
oooloBt, ond too.*, vfrootual rontcoly for
BrtOStHITIB, ASTHMA. OOCT, HHEVMA-
agUTICA, DIABETKS. DfttXAliElt OF THr. SKIN.
HALSIA, HICKETS. INFANTII.K WA8T1K0, GENEitAL
UEBlLlTV, AND AU, SCROFULOUS AFFECTIONS
merou* upontanoous tcstimooiala from Physicians of Eurooean
uiion it’.tuAt that. In itmumcrablo case* whore other kinds of
..tvcrO I had l>e«n long and copiously a-Jmlnlstared, with little or
lefit. Dr- do Jongh's Oil has produced immodiato relief, arrested
disease and restored health.
OPINION OF DR. LB 1BEBY,
Medical Omccr of Health .o tho City of London, ft©... *e.
’I have frciitor.tly hn<l*occasion t© analyze ibu Cod Liver Oil
which I*sold at your establishment—1 maim ihst vurb tv wh ch U
l.ropa cd lor meJxul u«o lu tho LoflToden Isles, Jforwuv, anil sent
l«:o commerce with tbo S'notion of l)r. do Jongh, of tho Hague. In
all cases 1 havo found it possessing the tunic set of proper¬
ties, among which t>o procure of cholaic compound* and of
iodine in a stare of organic combination are tho most remarkable;
in fart, the (>;I comtfpoiidB In all it* clioract* rs with that named
* Hullo bruoe,' autl described as the best v*ri-ty In the miutcrlv
ireatlii: of lu;. dc Jongh. It fc, J believe, nnlvcrua ly ocknowlsdged
foot litis desoeiptiou of Oil lias great tlicrupeutkn! power ; and, from
my investigations. I havo no doubt ot Hs being a pure and un¬
adulterated an loie."
Sold ojtl? in ISIPKIHAL Hnlf-nhit*, 2*. fid.: Pint*. Is. Od.t Quarts,
A*-! oapaulcd and lalwllcd with Dlt. de Jongh’s stamp and signature.
WITHOUT WHICH NONE CAN POSSIBLY BK GENUINE, by meet re-
spoctablo ChamlsU throughout the Province*.
W HU Lies ALE AND RETAIL DKI’OT,
ANSAR. HARFORD. AND CO., 77, STRAND, LONDON, W C.,
DR. DE JONGH'S SOLS BRITISH COXalOXXKs
(^JHAKLES PACKER (late Antoni Porrer')
^ AnUt in Hair to the QUEEN, by Appointment.
Halr Jowollery IL-partmart, 136. Kogent-airect.
r oroigu and Fancy ditto, 78 Roaent street.
Jet and Mourn ng ditto, 70, Regent-* treat ,
A
N
TONI FOR
Aitiit In Hair r.cd Jewolliay,
R E B,
C UKE of STAMM EKING.—Dr. JAMES
HUNT msy be consulted daily at Ids rerid-oce. 8 Now Ilur-
lin^ton-iitreot, un»ll the 9Ui of Mrux^, when ho will remove his
esiab'uhruonl to Exmouth Homo, HiutUng*.
P ADLESS TOOTH EXTRACTION by
CO 'GELATION.—Mr. EDWIN WILLIAM ! . Surgeon-DeotBt,
operate nt hi* residence, 2'. Pouihamptou- treot. BIoouwbmy-.t,unre
from 10 to i. A pamphlet bv port, fij . third edition.
T EET1I.—IS, New Burlington-si reet. — !’y
ROGER VS Improved method of fixing ARTIFICIAL TEETH,
the looee teeth and roots remaining are recontoUdatrd and. rendored
luefui tor umaticatlon. No spring* or wire* or any puinful opera¬
tion required; they re-cmble tho natural te-fo so completely oc to
defy detection, and for comfort mid durablti y Bland pre-crulncnt.
Charge* modetato.
m
STOPPING DECAYED TEETH.—
— Pturox-kcil by her Maj.aty ami JI.-t-H. tlie Prince »'ou*ort.—
ilr. BOWAWD'B FAIKVT WHITT. 3sUfY-*f7t»ANKL’M, for fllllag
decayed Troth, hnmvor large Ir.e cavity. It i* uwv' in n soft state
W ithout any pro.sure nr pain, arid In a short time becomes ee IimtU as
the euanuil. les; tig for ronuy year*, rendering extrnctlau tii-m-uviiary
and arresting all rurtber decay. Sold by all Modlcinc Vondcrt.—
Prico 2 b. tai.
w
HITE an-! SOUND TEETH.— JEW’S-
BURY and BRO'VN’B OKIE NT A L lOOTH PASTE, #st\b-
lisbetl by th-rty yours’ experience as thu most iifjrooublo. innocent, and
efflesulou* preparation ter cleaning. heautUying. and preserving the
Teeth and Gums. Sold throughout the Kir.gdom In pot* nt i». fid.
and 2- *m». f ch. Prepar tl soialy by Jewsburv and Brown, Chemists,
113, Mark* t- Atm r, M tnnhcslrr —GituUetirTtie ri.lu being adopted,
and th • exmn.nl iippou/.in.-- dosclv iniitatod, it is necessary carefuliv
lo observe that foe prop, r address is on th# pot* and tire signature of
i ha proprietors .on the wrapper. WnnJcsaJr Ax«ot*~lfarcla> *. Far-
riugdon-ntreot: Edwards, St. Paul's; Fn’<y arrd Co ,I^njhrtrn--troet,
Lonr.on; Raines and L‘o^ l.lvi-rforoi; and Uorm-jr und Sou*. Now York.
£10 000 U '.MAGES,—Condemnation of
' Mr. C. Mrinig for an I'l^iuniunti of tho
Inventor’ • Right*—Lt.-r Coanterfdfon tbo, afore be c-Ktitlous.—
PULV'KRMACll Elt’S MEDICAL .*? LEO TUO' < * ALVA v 1C CUA'NS,
for personal use ; nn uualihg rctncil, for Uhaamtttbm, Gout Epi-
repsy, Paraiyj i*. Liver Corar Lhits, As'lmm, ludfgvstion. Coughs,
Denfnm* und nil Nervmn and Maxculnr l)i«o-*i t <». Approve! bv the
Acrdrmlsde MdiUcine, P«ris, and rewarded ut th; Univarial Exhibi¬
tion. Their ex irjorulnary curative powe-s Is * >universally known and
culogirod In tho modical -.\orkt ana journal.* as to render it tiscleen to
dotal: the K'cut number of dl lueses tn widen they have proved infallible,
cr tho thou«undt of curt-* they have already effected. Mnv be tested
before purchasing. Price ft*, ami 10*. fid.; the l-S-.. 18s , and 22?. roost
useful, tree iht jior* —PuJvemiucher Hnd Co.. 73. Oxford-street tnd-
Joining the PriiK-css* Iheitro), London. Wcisi And Sons, 6 e Stroud;
Savory and M.Kiro, Butler und Harding, *, and Wood. 117. Chespstde;
Rew. 282, Regent-Street . W H ams, fit, Plu-cudily: Baillcv, Sfi. Lesden-
hall-street; RaJmcr, nt-a- the Aiigul Islington; Pburnncle Italian. 16,
Titchborne strcti; Freeman and Wright, H Vh-*treef, Kensington;
Gould, HIS. Oxford-street; Cobius, Poll technic *, l.ldwell, tfi, iiigh-
streu-t. Notti’g-hl l; Harper. 7. Tnrliuglon-pluec, Ei’gware-roud;
French and Co., 18, Notion Folgite: Rolf, Gruverend; and Parkas,
Woolwich.
UAFNESt-^Noises in the Head Turkish
Treatment by a retired Surgeon from the Crimea (who was
quite cured), Ju't published, a Book, Self-Cure, free by post for fix
stamp*.—Surpoon COLSTON. M.R.C.B., 6, loincrtcr-placo, Lcicoi-tor-
square. Tendon. At homo from cloven to four, to receive visit* from
patients.
X NFANTS’ NEW FEEDING-BOTTLES.—
From the “ L Aaoet ” M We hare seldom seen anyThlng so
beautiful as the Feeding-Bottles Introducod by Mr. ELAle. 188.
Oxford-itreet. Whether for weaning, roaring hr bond, nr ccoaiontJ
feeding, they are qutto unrivalled." 7*. fid. each.
jf ADIES NURSING.—NEW NIPPLE
#1 J BUIKLIK, for (tiring away all pain whilst nuraing: prev.ut-
Ing. and irnmndlatoly curie,: cracked or sorn nippies -i»-Is JAMiN
KLAM.llf’j.OxJord-stroj:. 4s. fid.; or by poit, fid. oxtra.
A PPROVED OF by every Medical Man who
x\_ has swm it.— 1 Tho BRITISH FEEiHNG-BOTTLK (registered)
is tho only bottle in which tho supply of food con bo regulated whllo
thu lufont is being fed. Prico 7s. fid.; or to any railway station,
8s. fid., of WILLIAM T COOPER. Pharmnccutical CbVmiat. 26.
Okforri-«:reet • f nlnU to M there and Nune« on Rearing infants by
Hand,” free by jK*-t.
H EALTH and COMFORT for tho WINTER.
YOUNG’S WHITE FELT CHEST PROTECTORS arc warm,
light, and an exceilMit proservRtlro against colds and all complaint* of
the chest. Pr.co Is. 6<1., 2s., 2*. fid., and "a. Young’s Corn and
Bunion riastets. Is. per box.-l. Shaftcbary. P !«r.,: Aldtrepstc-
streot, E.C. Be carefol to ask for Young s. Pcst-foeo by stamp*.
BjllNEST FRENCH COLZA OIL, 4p. Gd. per
JL 1 Gallon. cash.-Mcssn. LEMAIRE nrd CO. of Paris. Solo
Wpot in England, tho London Soap and Ctuidlo Company. 76. New
B icd-atro-M. iknir* is tho finest and purest CoIm OB imported, and
will bum In every kind of lamp now in uro. Also reduced nrlee* for
all CawRes, Soaps, Oils, ftc.
J^IOLZA OIL, 4s. 6d. pur Gallon; Dips, 7cL;
V-/ Stearine, Is. Id.; Belgreve, 1«. 3d.: Price’s Composite. 8Jd. end
JOjd.i; Boaps. 37s.. 42»., Rad 46*. per 112 lbs. Carriage free within
ton miles.—W. YOUNG. 51 , Park-street, Camden-town
G
WHEN YOU ASK FOR
LENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
SEE THAT YOU GET IT,
OS Inferior kinds aro often subasituted.
INDIA.
The situation of affairs in India has assumed a new character.
It is no longer an insurrectionary movement in the Bengal army
which wo have to face—it is a war in Oudc. The attraction
which that province seems to possess for the mutineers would
almost seem to indicate that within it lay the original seeds of the
revolt. It is evidently in that territory that the first act ol the rc-
assertion of our rale in the East is to be played out; and it is
probable that it will also be the scene of the last On the one
hand, all the dispersed and routed sepoy bands make for Oudc as
their point of concentration, having, as is well known, a force of
disciplined men amounting to 70,000 or 80,000, which formed the
army of the late Sovereign of that kingdom, around which they
can gather. On the other hand, all the preparations of the
British Commander-in-Chief seem to point to a strategy which
involves the overrunning of the province from different
points, and pressing the whole force of the enemy into
such a position as will place the issue of events on a great
battle, probably before the capital city, from before which Sir
Colin Campbell has recently retired, falling back on Cawnpore,
which station will probably be the western pivot of movements
hereafter. The order for the concentration of troops at Benares,
under Colonel Franks, an officer of repute, and well known in
India under the soubriquet of Tiger Franks, would seem to
indicate a movement upwards, on the north bank of the Ganges,
instead of the passage, as hitherto, of small bodies of troops by the
south side to Allahabad. On the south-east the Ghoorka force,
although said to have received a check from the rebels, would
advance from Azimghur, while the Nepaulcse contingent sent by
Jung Bahadoor would come down from the north-east. Supposing
such a scheme of a campaign to be in contemplation, it would
appear to be founded on some such plan as that adopted
in the great hunting expeditions of the country, in which the
game is driven in from every quarter to the centre of a circle,
there to be dealt with after the manner of hunters towards
beasts of prey. There is no fault to be found with such a concep¬
tion; the only question is, has the Commander- in-Chief the means
at his disposal for carrying it into execution ? In the imperfect
state of the information which has reached this country it is not
possible to come to any decided opinion on that head. We know
that long ere this the whole of the European troops dispatched from
this country in the summer and autumn must have reached the
shores of India—the shores, be it observed; for an arrival at Cal¬
cutta or Bombay gives no more assurance of the immediate avan
ability of our forces, than an arrival of stores and provisions at
Balaclava used to give of the immediate feeding and clothing of the
men before Sebastopol. In this latter instance our difficulty lay in the
last seven miles of transit. Now wc have distances like tkese-
from Calcutta to Benares is 428 miles ; to Allahabad 493 miles ;
to Cawnpore 628 miles. In these distances is involved the whole
matter in question. Men and “ materiel ” must come up slowly
in driblets, scarcely if at all sufficient to supply the drain caused
the losses which must constantly take place in our
Everything depends on reinforcement, and
the difficulty. That it will bs overcome of course no one
but that time, great energy, and unflinching activity will be necea-
to place our force in a condition to carry on the campaign
inevitable, is equally beyond a doubt. Nor should we
boldly and truthfully at the fact that the most
of which we have heard are calculated to give
to the enemy. In a European war a retreat ably
conducted from an untenable position does
PELJU AFTER THE SIEGE : I.00TED HOUSE WITOIU THE PALACE WALL*
DELHI AFTER THE SIEGE : GATE OF THE TALACE.—(SEE PAG E M.)
50
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 16, 1858
not necessarily create an unfavourable impression on the
part of the foe with which we are contending, indeed it
may often indicate a more effectual and decided course ot action
on the part of the retiring force. But when we have to deal with
Asiatics it is quite another thing. Who is to exnlain to their com¬
prehension the strategetical reasons which may influence a
General in a retrograde movement, or enable them to distin¬
guish between a military retreat and a dastardly flight. In this
respect it is impossible not to look with gravity on the circumstances
of the withdrawal of the Commander-in-Chie 1 of the British forces
in India from before Lucknow, and his falling back on Cawnpore,
although of course solely in reference to the effect of such a step on
the mind of the insurgent enemy. With still greater uneasiness
must we consider the effect of what was, afler all—call it by any
cther^ name yon will—a defeat of the Cawnpore division by
the Gwalior Contingent. The immediate and summary
etribufion which they received, no doubt, is entitled to every possi-
le weight that can be given to it. But the tidings of the success
of this body of mutineers, partial as it was, will spread rapidly and
widely, while the subsequent events, decisive as they were, will,
in the nature of things, be as much concealed and made as light of
as possible. Of the two facts the lesser will bo diffused among
the ranks of the insurgents with an assiduity only to be
equalled by the effort which will be made to modify and distort the
other. It is not too much to say that sttch an event is calculated
to add at least a month to the campaign. At the same time it
must not be understood that in treating the subject in this way, it
is intended to paint the state of affairs in gloomy colours, or to
hint a doubt of thcfuturc. Far from it. It is only by considering a
question from all its points of view that we can arrive at a due
appreciation of its requirements. It is not to be supposed that
this country has not by this rime arrived at a proper estimate of
the work which is before us in Illndostan. We no longer give
ear to pralings about triumphal inarches through India, and sudden
exterminations of the mutineers, but we know that we have got a
task to perform, the difficulty of which will be greater or less just in
proportion to the estimate which we form of it. One thing is clear,
if we have not to reconquer the whole of India, we have to conquer
Oudc; and we have, in effect, to found a new Empire in the East.
Neither of these tasks is in the least too much for ns ; but they
will require the energetic exerciso of the national will and the
judicious putting forth of the national resources for their effectua¬
tion; and to the consideration of the subject from that point of
view we must devote ourselves.
Happily a review of the intelligence by the last mail enables us,
while performing a simple duty, in calling attention to the gravity
ol the situation, and the requirements of the occasion, to express
some feelings of nnmixed satisfaction. While commenting above
on the withdrawal of our forces from before Lucknow, wo endea¬
voured to speak of it only with reference to its influence on the
ignorance and prejudice of the native insurgents ; and we carefully
guarded against one depreciatory reflection on that gallant and skil¬
ful soldier and excellent man who is at the head of our armies in
India.
It is scarcely possible to do justice to him ; and the word admi¬
ration but feebly describes the sense which every one of his
countrymen must entertain ol his conduct. Without doubt we
have a “General” in the broadest sense of the term, in chief
command of our troops in the critical and exciting campaign
which is going on in Oade. There is something of the
spirit of an older period of warfare, in the circumstance that the
personal presence of Sir Colin Campbell at once restores confidence
and order, retrieves disaster, and assures victory. We inevitably
think of the time when reeling battalions and wavering squadrons
at oneo became firm, and hurled themselves in serried masses on
the foe, merely because Marlborough had galloped along their
lines with that ineffable calmness of aspect which was the charac¬
teristic of his temperament and the result of his genius. We can
understand how Saxe, carried dying in his litter under tire, coold
retrieve the fortunes of a day -, how Snwarrow, rushing forward,
in his shirt-sleeves, could inspire a hundred thousand men to
victory ; how the arrival of Napoleon, at a critical moment, could
change the fate of a battle half lost; how the indomitable self-
possession of Wellington could make small armies, for years, do the
work ol great ones; and how, on another element the fact of
Nelson’s assuming the command of a fleet was worth ten line-of
battle ships. It is, indeed, no small comfort to be able to believe
that a man of some snch calibre holds the chances of an
empire in his hands ; % and that if he be only moderately pro¬
vided with the necessary means. Sir Colin Campbell will
do the work that is before him. Let hope-^oUhough we do
not grudge him the glory) that he will not be' compelled r to do it
alone, but that some able Lien tenants will be raiseduptosupply
the loss of that heroic band, the list df which is closed by the name
of the lamented Havelock 1 It is a perilous chance when every¬
thing hangs on the life of one man at a time when death is abroad
in every shape; and it must be onr Earnest wish that some of tire
labotir and some of the responsibility should be shared by others.
The exigencies of this Asiatic warfare have produced many men
equal to the occasion, who have done their duty not only as brave
men, but as able leaders, even to the death, and it is not un¬
reasonable to believe that there are iii the ranks of onr army
officers who will prove worthy successors to those who have gone.
In fact, we need only look to the defence of Lucknow by Brigadier
Inglis, in order to be sure that valour, endurance, skill, and
energy are not wanting; and, doubtless, the right men will be
forthcoming in the right time. One thing is unquestionable ♦ for
every report and every dispatch proves it; that every soldier in
every grade now-epgSged mthat arduous struggle, has done, and
will do, his dtny in the manner that his country expects of him ;
and in that household phrase is comprehended the whole
philosophy of tire incentives and the successes of Englishmen.
The I ord Chancellor’s Levee. —Monday being the first
iiy ci Hilary Term, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Cranworth. held his
general levee of the Bar, and entertained the Judges of the several Courts
of Common Law ard Equity to breakfast, at his mansion, in l.pper
Brock-street, Grosvenor-sqnare. At one o’clock the Lord Chancellor and
the Judges proceeded in state to Westminster Hall, rid Park-lane and
Ccnstitutjon-hill, and on their arrival at the hall,, which was crowded
with spectators, they took leave and proceeded to their respective courts, and
een.mer.ctd the business of the term by bear Ing.motiOES.
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS.
vgbee;
r demo
<y
! chnrch of St. Sulpice, by
some others wounded, be-
ition of the interior, lias
the cause of the accident
FRANCE.
(From our oten Correspondent.)
Paris, Thursday.
Ocr space, unfortunately, admits but the shortest notice of the event
that at present is the great and all-engrossing theme of Parisian
interest—the death of Millie. Rachel, at the age of thirty-seven.
There is no question that in losing her, tragedy lias lost the repre¬
sentative to which it has, in this onr own day,been the most indebted;
for, whatever may lie the differences of opinion relative to the re¬
spective merits of Rachel and Ristori, Rachel must claim that of
being the first to raise tragedy in action to its existing level, from that
into which it had fallen wanting a sufficient exponent of its sublimity
and attraction on the stage. Great, however, as were Rachel’s powers—
and their greatness none conld fail to admit—the really impartial art-
critic could find grave defects in the tragedienne—the pure moral
instinct—insurmountable imperfections in the woman. Wo sqy moral
instinct, or sympathy, setting aside the more positive question of
morality in life and act. The tragedienne was capable of expressing
to the utmost limit of perfection every ster ner and darker passion
bnt wholly incompetent to represent the softer ones; beside which
there was so much of mechanism in her performance that every cha¬
racter she once played became stereotyped; and at every succeeding
representation the same exact look, movement,tone,and gesture was re¬
peated in the same exuctmoment and place, thus rendering a second view
of any part played by her monotonous and uninteresting. The woman
was, to a refined sensibility, utterly unsympathetic—even repulsive;
and this to snch a degree as to render the sight of herself and her per-
fonuances, to some, rather terrible than pleasurable. It is a strange
fact that Rachel so utterly mistook her own vocation that she disliked
tragedy, and believed that all her talent, as did all her taste, lay in
low comedy. Though the report that Rachel embraced Christianity
previous to her death is unfounded, there is no doubt that at the time
of her Egyptian journey she studied the question seriously, and wi
strongly tempted to adopt Romanism. She leaves a splendid fortune
to be divided among the different members of her family. / (
The influenza has this year assumed most formidable proportions—
upwards of a 100,000 persons are supposed to be now suffering from it
in Paris alone. x
The Court ball had to be deferred from Wednesday to Saturday,
in consequence of the Empress being afflicted with tlie—common
malady; and even on its taking place her Majesty was only able tp
appear for a short time, and in a high dress. No less than eight liknl
dred excuses were sent to the Tuilerics for this single occasion.
The Bois de Boulogne during the continuance of the frost presented
a most brilliant spectacle. The water was covered with Skaters,
among whom appeared some ladies; the banks w ere lined with crowds
of spectators on foot, and above on the promenade appeared i compact
line of carriages, in which sat {he hiau nw.utc of Paris, enjoying the
view of the performance from these* T 1 1 :j i- .-i i ptu private boxes. Tho
Emperor took his place among the skaters, and displayed considerable
skill in the exercise. \x^ /
Lola Montes has returned^) Paris, and proposes'giving represen¬
tations at the theatre of Avranches, in Xormamly—rather a descent
for the Countess.
The bursting of a hi
which three persons hm
side some damage being
ennsed a painful sensati
remaining undiscovered- , ...
We are informed, by a letter "from General Orgoni, that the insur¬
rection in India may be considered as only commencing, and some of
onr friends of ttic French press coiidolc with ns on the change of
aspect General Witidham’sdisaster has given to the Indian campaign—
a change which, they tell nk, again renders the issue of the struggle
highly uncertain. These kind comforters cannot be by any means
consoled or encouraged on our behalf by the turn in the tide of affairs
our recent victories have brought about—indeed, they seem to ignore
them altogether, a. x./
A trial for defamation, brought against the JUonileur, raises a sin¬
gular qnestion. If a second trial of this kind resulted in a second
condemnation, the official journal must, according to the existing
state of the-law, be suppressed; what step the Government could
-take in snch an emergency is n curious subject of conjecture—proba-
bly a new authorisation would be immediately accorded, but this is not
certain.
Preparations are being made to render the Bois de Vincennes as
picturesque and attractive as the Bois de Boulogne, by giving it oma-
- mental water and a variety of other embellishments.
The balls at the Porte St. Martin are even wilder and more frantic
\wgies than those of the Opera were in former times; happily, we
-Believe, they are limited to a certain number.
It is wlflspercd that the hero of the piece Alexandre Dumas,JK*, is
about to bring ont at the Gymnase—“Le Fils Naturcl”—is an idealised
portrait of a certain extremely well-known personage, who has lately
added a dramatic reputation to a brilliant political one.
At the end of the month, the Theatre Franyais brings ont [a new
piece, “ Le Retonr dn Mari,” by M. Mario Achard, author of “ The
Fiammian,”|and husband of Madeleine Broliau. It is reported that
the site of the Opera is to he transported to that of tho Hotel
d’Osmond, on the Boulevard.
The small town of Honduyas, whioh was visited by the Em¬
press in August last, has received a splendid souvenir lroni her
Majesty. It is a magnificent white cauop 7 for the grand altar of tho
church, finished with exquisite taste. .... ...
The services at the newly-organised place of Anglican worship, m
the Rue de la Madeleine, were wellattonded on Sunday, and were cele¬
brated (says the Paris correspondent of the Guardian) • with a
simplicity, bnt decorous and reverential order, which were highly
ed Thetwo first sections of the grand gallery of the Louvre, the whole
of which has been for some time closed to the public, have just oeen
Teopened, exhibiting the pictures and frames newly cleaned and gilded,
and the gallery itself newly lighted. The waggon vaulting of.the
latter is now converted almost entirely into ground glass, set into
light gilded framework of very pleasing and elegant effect, and
springing from a rich bronze moulding down the sides of the vault,
tinder the subdued liglP of a winter's day the aspoet of the gallery is
hi “bly favourable, and the light falls admirably on :ha paintings.
The Qmrrier de Paris says that Mdlle. Eachel’s death was tele¬
graphed to Paris several hours before it took place. She fell into a
syncope, which deceived evervbody about her. But when in the even¬
ing the medical man employed to embalm the body came to the death¬
bed, he found the heart still beating, although a glass put to her
month exhibited no sign of any exhalation of breath. Her funoral
took place on Sunday morning. At eleven o’clock a largo crowd col ■
lected at ihe Pluco Royale, where the deceased resided. The remains
arrived in Paris on Saturday night, and were, in conformity with the
Hebrew ritual, watched by two women, who recited prayers by the
side of the coffin. At twelve o’clock the body was deposited in ft
heme drawn by six horses; tho coffin was covered with a white pail,
sprinkled ’with silver stars, and on it a crown of immortelles. The
Grand Rabbi of the Jewish Consistory of Paris, dressed in a black
gown or soutane, with a cincture of the same colour, walked imme¬
diately after the hearse. The chief mourners were the father the
brother, and the two sons of Mdlle. Rachel. The corners of
the pall were held by Alexandre Dumas, jh're, Baron Taylor
M. Muquet, President of the Society of Dramatic Authors*
and M. Geoffrey, of the Theatre Francois. The cortege, con¬
sisting of ten mourning and a considerable number of private car¬
riages, moved on to the Jewish burial-ground, which is at the extreme
end of POro la Chaise, by the Place Royale, the Rue Bas du Mule, and
the Chomin-Vert. An immense exowd, among whom wore all’ who
are most celebrated in art and letters, followed. All tho theatres in.
Paris were represented by deputations composed of the principal
artistes. On arriving at the gate of the cemetery the coffin was laid
on the ground, and the Rabbi reoited, in Hebrew and in French, the
Prayer of the Resurrection; after wliich it was home to the grave, the
Rabbi chanting the 91st Psalm. When the coffin was lowered into
the earth he repeated aloud and in Hebrew the prayer called
a M.’’and then a prayer in French. Speeches were made by
MM. Jules Janin, Batailio, and Maquet The family of the deceased
then threw hardfullsof eorthjon-tho coffin—the grave was filled up,
and all was over. The crowd was immense, and several detachments of
cavalry were on the spot to keep order.\
SPAIN.
The Cortes were oponed on Sunday. The Queen in person read the
Speech from the Throne. It announced a settlement of the questions
relating to tho clorgy, spoke of an augmentation of the navy, of reform
in the electoral laws, and of those relating to the press. It mentioned
tho redemption of State lands, and concluded by stating that the ex¬
penses of the budgetVvera balanced by the receipts.
Bravo Murilla has been elected President of the Chamber of De¬
puties.
Royal decrees in tho Madrid Gazette of the 9th remove Generals
Rivero and Geliano from the Directorshipa-General of Infantry and
Cavalry, jind appoint General Marquis do NovaUches and General
Jcaquim Armero their successors.
On the 5th inst,; when the Queen was passing tho Chamber of Depu¬
ties, on her way to the church of the Atocha, she opened the door of
her carriage and presented the Prince of the Asturias. This demon¬
stration was greeted with enthusiastic acclamations.
PORTUGAL.
Senhor Avila has presented the budget for the estimated financial
vear of 185SLto 1859. This document shews a deficit calculated at
J1386 contos of reie, about £22u,000, after deducting the allowances
generously made by the King and Royal family out of their own reve¬
nues, To meet this large deficiency feenhor Avila proposes to suspend.
during the next year^ the sinking fund devoted to the liquidation of
the English debt, to continue to make deductions in the salarios of the
Government employes and in the amounts paid to the State pensioners,
andother minor matters. By these means the Minister of Finance pro¬
poses to reduce the deficit to 519 contosof reis.
> On the night of Friday week small handbills were posted in several
prominent thoroughfares of the city, upon which were printed “ Long
live Pedro V., the absolute King of Portugal.’’ These wore sedu¬
lously removed by the city guards during the day.
PRUSSIA.
The Regency of the Prince of Prussia has been prolonged for three
months.
The King continues daily, as often as the weather permits, to take
walks of about an hour’s duration, besides driving out with the Queen.
The opening of tho Prussian Diet on Tuesday was preceded, as
usual, by Divine service in the Evangelical Dom and the Roman
Catholic Church for the members attached to the two different
Churches. The ceremony of opening the Session took place, as on
former occasions, in the White Saloon of the Schloss A little before
twelve o'clock the various Ministers entered tho saloon in a body, and,
after they had taken their piaces to the left of tho throne, Baron
Manteuffel read tho Opening Speech, in which occurs the following
passage:—“The approaching marriage of a Royal Prince closely
related to the Throne with a Princess of a ^owerlul Royal House of
kindred origin is hailed by every Prussian with joyful interest. May
God grant all tlio bright hopes that attach to this union may find
their fulfilment, and be a blessing to the Royal house and the country
at large 1 ” On the Session being declared to be opened, tho President
of the House of Notables gave the word and the time for three cheers
for the King, and the memoers separated, and set off for their respec¬
tive Chambers.
The Brussels Nord, under date of Berlin, tho 9th instant, contains
tho following communicationThe Prince of Prussia will be pre¬
sent at the marriage of his son in London. He will most probably be
accompanied by the President of the Council, VouMannteutfol.”
DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
Advices from Hamburg announce that the States of the Duchy of
Lauenburg have unanimously decided on abstaining from nominating
a Deputy to tho Supreme CounciL All the members have sent back
the ir letters of convocation, refusing to take part in the election.
Letters from Frederica, in Jutland, state that violent collisions had
taken place between the soldiers of that garrison, who, though natives
of Schleswick, are devoted to Denmark, and Germans; but they give no
details. In the sitting of the German Federal Diet on the Stninst.,
the special commission, appointed to report on the affairs of the Ger-
mun Duchies of Denmark, has delivered itself of the fruit of its labours.
Tho commission recommends that tho King of Denmark should be
invited to put the constitution of the Duchies as soon as possible in
hannony with the Federal laws, and with the obligations which the
King assumed in the treaties of 1851 and 1852. Caro is to be taken by
the Diet that no further delay may take place in the fulfilment of these
demands. _
SWEDEN.
A despatch from Stockholm, dated the 31st December, says that con¬
fidence was beginning to revive inconsequence of aloan of 15,000.000f.,
which the Bank is authorised to contract in France. A banker of
eminence at Hamburg had arrived in the Swedish capital, charged
with effecting, on the best possible terms, a liquidation of the out¬
standing engagements between the two cities. A new Customs tariff
• for Sweden was spoken of, which was to appear in the beginning of
January, and would very much facilitate tho commercial transactions
of France.
RUSSIA.
The Emperor has just promulgated new regulations for the Govern¬
ment of Mingrelia during the minority of the Prince Sovereign. They
enact that the province shall be under the authority of the Emperor's
Lieutenant in the Caucasus, and that the local administration snail be
confided to a Russian functionary, assisted by a council of live mem¬
bers—two nominated by tho Russian Government, two elected by the
native princes, and one elected by the class of the Aznaours.
The roadsteads at Taganrog and Marianpol are frozen over; so ifl
the mouth of the Don. The "Wolga is also frozen, and navigation
stopped at Astracan. The navigation of the Sea of Azoffis closed-
Ten vessels were obliged to leave Taganrog without taking in their full
cargoes.
A telegraphic line is now open between Revel and Riga.
The nobles of Pcdolia, Volliynia, Nijni-Novgorod, and the Ukraine
have followed the example of those of the governments of Wilna,
Kowno, Grodno, and St. Petersburg, and have addressed memorials to-
the Emperor praying for the enfranchisement of their serfs.
TURKEY.
In consequence of the death of Redschid Pacha the Turkish Cabinet
has been modified as follows:—Grand Vizier, Aali Pacha; Foreign
Affairs, Fuad Pacha; Tanrimat, Mehemet Kiprisli Pacha.
UNITED STATES.
The latest mails from America bring three important items o# intel¬
ligence. One of these is the capture of General Walker in Nicaragua
and the dispersion of his band by Commodore Paulding, of the United
States Na\y. General Walker surrendered with his entire force to a
detachment of United States marines, sent on shore by Commodore
Paulding, who permitted him to go at large, upon his promise, to
proceed to New York end place himself in custody of the authorities.
On £is arrival at New York he delivered himself up. The excitement
consequent on the arrest of General Walker is great throughout the
States. The enlistment of filibusters for Nicaragua is progressing
with much spirit in various places. Eight hundred men have left
Texas for Nicaragua, and there are about 1400 awaiting shipment.
A despatch from Washington says that Walker demands that Govern¬
ment shall convey him back to Nicaragua in a national vessel, ana
solute bis flag on arriving at the Isthmus. Walker is about to proceed.
Jan. 16, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
51
to New Orleans, where the excitement in his favour is intense. Com¬
modore Paulding, by whom Walker’s arrest was effected, has been
ordered home for trial by court-martial.
Another piece of news, claiming to be considered important, is from
Kansas. The Lecompton Constitution, which was to have been sub¬
mitted to a “ popular” vote on the 23rd ult., has been carried with the
slavery clause. The Free-soilers refused to vote. A telegraphic despatch
from St Louis, dated the 30th of December, say 8 that a civil war has
broken out in Kansas. Several serious conflicts had occurred. A fight
took place between the Government troops and a body of pro-slavery
men, in which several were killed and wounded, including the United
States’ Marshal for the district General Lane, the leader of the Free-
state troops, was entrenched, with a large number of followers, at
Sugar Mound, and was determined to engago with the Government
dragoons, if they made an attack. At the latest dates a battle was
considered inevitable.
The last item is concerning the Mormons. The House of Repre¬
sentatives, on the 23rd ult., after a free discussion of the Mormon
question, adopted a preamble declaring the territory of Utah in open
rebellion against the United States, and a resolution directing the
Committee on Territories to consider and report the facts and inquire
into the propriety of expelling Dr. Bernhisel, the delegate from Utah,
from his seat. Advices from the army of Utah to the 8th ult. state
that Colonel Johnston, the commander of the expedition, together with
the new territorial officers and their escort, had joined the main body
linder Colonel Alexander. The entire force, with the exception of
Colonel Cook’s command, had concentrated at Black's Fork, en route
for Demy's Fork, on Green River, where they would winter. All the
supply trains had joined the military, and the troops were abundantly
supplied. The weather, however, was intensely cold, the ground
covered with snow, and the animals were dying hourly. The place
selected for the winter quarters of the army is 100 miles from Salt
Lake City. It was the intention of Colonel Johnston to make a for¬
ward movement as soon as the weather permitted. The troops enjoyed
good health, and were in high spirits.
President Buchanan and the Secrotary of the Navy have acceded to
the application of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, for the steam-
frigate Niagara to assist in laying the submarine cable between Ire¬
land and Newfoundland, in June next.
CHINA.
The latest news from Hong-Kong states that the British Admiral,
with the chief part of the fleet, had advanced up the Canton river. No
operations had yet been commenced; but the Adelaide, with the last de¬
tachment of 500 marines on board, passed on from Singapore on the
2nd December, and an attack on Canton was expected to take place on
their arrival. Lord Elgin had gone to Macao, at which place the
French Plenipotentiary end the Russian Minister were. All was quiet
in the north of China. General Ashburnham and Colonels Pakenham
and Wetherall had left for India.
Canada.—T he Montreal Gazette of Dec. 8th says:—“The
elections have been the one exciting topic of discourse, hardly intermitted
even by the coming of the Christmas holidays. Air. Rose, the Solicitor-
General, and Messrs. Dorion and M‘Gee, Opposition, were re¬
turned for Montreal. Mr. M'Gec’s return will probably be con¬
tested. The polling was more quiet than was expected. There was a little
disturbance ofice or twice, but no serious affrays. Throughout the pro¬
vince the elections are either just closed or going on. So far the Ministry
have a decided majority. Winter has fairly set in, and the sleighing com¬
menced in earnest* The iee-bridge is not yet formed, but with the present
cold wc-ntbcr it must soon be so. But for the excitement of the elections
the city would be very dull, and the holidays much more quiet than usual.
The Grand Trunk ferry-boat made her last trip to Longueuil on Christ-
mas-day.*’ A despatch from Quebec says“There were serious riots at
the polls yesterday, during which three Irishmen were killed and many
others were injured. The military were called out. The Ministerialists
have over 2000 majority.”
Mexico.— There is important news from the city of Mexico to
the 17th of December, and from Vera Cruz to the 2ist. with corresponding
dates from other parts of the Republic. The constitution of the country
had been overthrown, the Federal Congress and Supreme Court broken
up and dispersed, and Comonfort declared absolute Dictator, with power
to call an extraordinary Congress. The whole capital was in arms, and
other municipalities, including Vera Cruz, had given in their prompt ad¬
hesion to the new order of things. The revolution in the city of Mexico
took place on the 17 th. The movement was a sudden, bold, and daring
one, and crowned with the most complete success. It was planned by
Comonfort, and then entrusted to General Paez. who carried it triumph¬
antly into execution, without any active resistance on the part of the
people. Indeed, the latter evinced tlicir joy in various ways, and un¬
hesitatingly hailed Comonfort as their supreme ruler. There were but
few arrests made, though among the few were several men of distinction.
A number of the military sent in their resignation the same day. The
latest advices from the city are contained in a letter dated 19th, which
represents •* everything as going on welL”
St. Domingo.— A Dominican vessel, from Porto Plata, was at
Turks Islands on the 14th November. The city of San Domingo was still
be sieged by Santana’s army, and was on the point of surrendering. There
were i500 men before Samana, and it was thought that General Palman-
tier. commanding for Baez, would soon yield to Santana’s forces. The
mail schooner Nineteenth of March . running between San Domingo and
St. Thomas, hoisted a Hag of truce, and gave up the mall bag containing
Baez’s correspondence. Several gentlemen who liad fled to Turks Islands
in order to escape the persecutions of Baez, were taken home by the
schooner Isabel .
Madagascar.— Tlie last mail brings tidings of another fearful
persecution of the Christians in Madagascar. This last persecution,
■which followed the expulsion of a number of Frenchmen from the capital
in July last, seems to be more severe than any by which it had been pre¬
ceded. Thirteen persons had been pnt to death; between fifty and sixty
had been subjected to the ordeal of the tangena, or poison water, under
which eight nad died; nearly sixty were bound in chains, of whom two
had died; while a number more had been reduced to slavery, 1 he
severity of the persecution rendering communication from the sufferers
exceedingly perilous, few particulars have as yet been received. The
French and oilier foreign traders have not been molested in their com¬
mercial pursuits on the coast.
The German Zou.yerein.— In the sitting of the Customs
Conference between Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, and Saxony, held at Vienna,
on the 6th inst.. the representatives of the Zollvercin adhered in principle
to ail the facilities which Austria proposed to introduce info-commercial
relations, hut declared that they had not power to treat for a customs
union, which she also proposed.
M. Mazzjki published in the Italia d>-l P“pnlo of Saturday
last an article in eight columns addressed to the men of action, lie
tells them to conspire is not a right, but a duty. It appears-tp him that
the dawn of victory is about to appear when he considers the rapid dil-
fusion of the national aspirations among the multitude.
Great Drought in Germany.—A ccounts from the Hart/,
mountains state that the district of Clausthal is suffering from an un¬
precedented dearth of water; the natives had left off washing their bauds
and faces more than once a week, the,authorities of the place having im¬
posed a fine of two thaiere on all laundresses who persist In pursuing
their trade. Great numbers of cattle wore dying from thirst. A few of
the community, who are unable to forego habits ol c-eunlineas, use beer
to perform their ablutions.
Extensive CoNFLAGRATioNTN^SorTn Australia.— A most
destructive fire occurred on the 9th of November at Port Adelaide. It
broke out in the shop of Mr. Scarfe. ironmonger, Nor^h I arade. The
buildings destroyed comprise three hotels, twelve shop3 (drapers, iron¬
mongers, and general dealers), one bank (branch of the Union). sixteen
€-ottage8, two stables, and various outbuildings. The total los3 is pti-
raatfd by the South AmtraUan Iiegister u-t £,lu 0 . 00 ii, and by the Adelaule
'limes at £250,00b^ the grater portion uniqsured.
The Bishop
all the Surrogates y)f his
30.1857.—Revi
the la 1
come<
Chanc
Lord Bis
following
Surrogate :
who has obtain'
vision of the
has sent the following letter to
■y Court:—*• Diocesan Registry. Dec.
Parliament of last session “ to amend
and matrimonial causes in England,” will
nth proximo; aud 1 am desired bv the
inform you that, after conference with the
_ . the Chancellor requests you will receive the
traction from him in the exercise of your office of
v do not grant a licence for marriage to any person
ree for a dissolution of mdrriage under the pro-
___- -* husband or wife (as the case may be> of such
divorced person be still alive—I have the honour to be. Reverend Sir,
your faithful servant, John M. Davenport.”
On Monday, Sir Cresswcll Cresswell, Kt, received his patent
as tlie Judge of the Mew Court of Trobate, and was fworn before the
Cord Chancellor. The sittings of the court will be in Doctors'-commons.
Oh Saturday last the doors of the Ecclesiastical Court through¬
out the kingdom olosed to open no more, after having existed for nearly
aoo years.
The deliveries of tea in London estimated for last week were
I49.&63 lb., which is an increase of 308,697 lb-, compared wish the
prerions statement
OBITUARY OE EMINENT PERSONS.
THE EARL OF WIN CHELSEA.
The Eight Hon. George William Finch Hatton, ninth Earl
of Winchilsea, Earl of
Nottingham. Viscount
Maidstone of Maidstone,
Baron Finch of Daven-
try, co. of Northampton,
and a Baronet, was the
elder son of George
Finch Hatton, Esq., of
Eastwdl Park, Kent, by
his wife, Elizabeth Mary,
r, eldost daughter of David,
i second Earl of Mans¬
field, and was great-
grandson of Daniel,
sixth Earl of Winchil-
S9a. He was horn the
22nd May, 1791, and
inherited, os ninth Earl, at the decease of his cousin, George, the
eighth Earl, on the 2nd of August, 182C. He was a high Tory
in politics, and was formerly remarkable for his violent oppo¬
sition to the Catholic Emancipation Bill, end for the famous
duel which ensued in consequence, and was fought between him
and the Duke of Wellington in Battersea-fields on the 21st of
March, 1829. The Earl received without injury the Duke’s fire,
and then discharged his own pistol in the air, and gave the Duke a
written apology. The Earl of Winchilsea married, first, the 28th July,
1814, Georeiana Charlotte, eldest daughter of James, third Duke of
Montrose, by whom (who died the 13th Feb., 1835) he had a son.
George James, and a daughter, now Lady Caroline Turner, of Stoke
Rochford, and Panton House, Iincolnstore. The Earl marriod, se¬
condly, the loth February, 1837, Emily Georgian a, daughter of the
Bight Hon Sir Charles Bagot, G.C.B., which lady died without issue;
and thirdly, in 1849, Fanny Margaretta, eldest daughter of Edward
Boyd Rice, Esq., of Dane Court, Kent, by whom he leaves three sons
and a daughter. His Lordship died at his seat, llaverholm Priory,
Lincolnshire, on the 8th inst., and is succeeded by his eldest son,
George James, so well known as Viscount Maidstone, now tenth Earl
of Winchilsea, who was bora in 1815, and married, in 1S40. Constance
Henrietta, second daughter of Henry, present Marquis of Anglesey^
and has a son and three daughters.
THE EARL OF ILCHESTER.
The Right Hon. Henry Stephen Fox Strangw
third Earl of Hchester,
Lord Hchester, county So ¬
merset, Baron Strangways
of Woodford Strangways,
county Dorset, Lord Hches-
ter and Stavordale, and),
Baron of liedlynch, county
Somerset, was the eldest
son of Henry Thomas, the
'•second Earl, and the only
son by that nobleman’s first
marriage with Maria The¬
resa, daughter of Standish
/Grady, Esq• He was born
the 21st February, 17S7,
aud succeeded to the family
honours, qn the demise of
his father, the 5th Sept., 1802. He married, in February, 1812, Caroline
Leonora, second .daughter of Loyd George Murray,BishOp of St. David’s,
niece of the fourth Duke of Atholl, by which lady, who died the 8 th Jan.,
1819, he bad two sons, who died unmarried before him, and two daugh¬
ters, who urethe present Lady Digby and LodyKerrison. Lord Hchester
wus appointed Licut.-Colonel Commandant of the Dorset Yeomanry
Cavalry in ISIG.and was foHcnne time Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
Asa politician Lord Hchester was steadily attached to the old Whig
party, and co-operated withrhis brother in Uiw, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, in all the leading measures of 'Whig policy. His Lonlship
seldom, if6ver, spoke in the House of Lords, but was studiously
watchful of the progress of public affairs, and was rarely absent from
his place in Parliament. Lord HchSster held a high, and a respected
and popular positiojxjifla "landlord'; and his kind and charitable dis¬
position caused tointo Bb much and generally loved and esteemed.
The Earl died qh the 3rd inst., at his seat, Melbury House, Dorset¬
shire. Ho is succeeded by his half-brother, tha Hon. William Thomas
Horner fitrangways, now fou rth Earl of Ilchestor, who was born the
7th May, 1795, and who, having held various distinguished appoint¬
ments since 1820, filled the post of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary at Frankfort from August, 1840, to January, 1849.
He married, the 21sc July, 1857, Sophia, second daughter of Sir Robert
SIR D. H. BLAIR, BART.
(inter Blair, third Bart, of Blairquhan, county of
Ayr, who was the second
son of .Sir James Hun¬
ter Blair, the first Bart.,
died, at his seat, Blair¬
quhan, on the 20th uit.,
in the eightieth year of
his age. He occupied a
leading position in that
county for a very long
period, having b«n ap¬
pointed Vi oe-Liou tenant
and Deputy-Lieutenant
in 1820. the duties of
which office he very ably
discharged until 1855, when, owing toadvancing years, he resigned. He
was greatly loved and respected in public and in private life Sir David—
who succeeded to the Baronetcy on the demise of his elder brother,
Sir John, the second Baronet—married, first, the 2nd July, 1S13, Doro¬
thea, second daughter of Edward Hay Mackenzie. Esq., of Cromarbo
(brother of George, seventh Marquis of Tweeddale). which lady died
the 22nd May, 1820, leaving two sons—James. M.P. for Ayrshire,
Lieutenant-Colonel, Fusilier Guards, killed at Inkernmn; and Ed¬
ward; and one daughter (now Mrs. Elliot, of Wolfloo). Sir David
married, secondly, the 15th January. 1825, Elizabeth, second daughter
of Sir John Hay. Bart, of Haystoune, county of Peebles, by which
lady, who survives him, ho leaves four sons and two daughters; the
elder of the latter ie Mrs. Vans Agnew, of Barabarroch. Sir David is
succeeded by his eldest surviving son. by bis first marriage, Edward
Hunter Blair of Dunskey, Wigt on store, now the fourth Baronet, who
was born the 24th March. 1818, and served in the 83rd Highlanders:
ho married in 1850. Elizabeth, daughter of George Waudype, Esq .
brother of Want-hope of Niddrie, by which lady he has throe sms
and two daughters. _
SIR JOHN KERLE HABERFIELD, KT.
This gentleman was born at Plymouth, m 1785, and was the son of
Andrew Hufcerfield, Esq., a leading wine-merchant them. Ho was
educated at the Plymouth Grammar-school, under Dr. Bidlake. lie
came to Bristol at the age of eighteen, and was articled to the eldor
Mr. Janr.cn, then a solicitor in very large practice, in that cuy, and
be himself became an eminent solicitor there. He practised honour¬
ably and extensively lor fifty years, and made much money. Ho
also derived property from his father, and through his marriage,
in 1828, with Sarah, only daughter of the late Major Dupont.
He exercised a considerable influence in Bristol and the adjoining
counties. Ho was knighted at St. James’s, in 1850, the distinction
being conferred during a Whig Administration, though he was himself
ever a prominent member of the Conservative party at Bristol, tor
John Haberfield died at his residence, Clifton, on the 27th ult., without
leaving issue. He had been elected by his fellow-citizens to the
Mayoralty of Bristol on no less than six different occasions—in 18 J7.
1838,1845,1848, 1849, and 1850. Tho remains of the deceased Knight
weT© interred on the 2nd inst in the Araos Valo Cemetery, near
Bristol, amid a great public demonstration of respect and regret.
redschid pacha.
Reds chip FaCua, Sadriazam or Grand Vizior of Turkey, and one
of the most eminent statesmen of that country, was born in 1802 .
After serving in various subordinate capacities, be rose to tbe rank of
Pacha in 1834, and was made special envoy to Paris and London. Ha
subsequently obtained high place under Sultan Mahmoud; but his
great career as a minister of progress was in the reign of Abdul
Medjid, who, on his accession, made Redschid his Minister of Foreign
Affairs, and, in fact, his Prime Minister. The great act of Redschid
Pacha’s life was the proclamation of the Tanzimat, otherwise known as
the statute of Gulhan* 5 , which overthrew the old despotic government
of the local Pachas, and gave protection to the life and property and
to the varied creeds, of all the subjects of the Ottoman Empire.
Sinco this important event, Redschid Pacha has, with brief intervals,
occupied important posts in the service of his Imperial master. He
has held several times the appointments of Grand Vizier and Minister
of Foreign Affairs. In 1841 he was again for a timo the Sultan’s
representative in England. His administrations have been directed
above all things to the maintenance of peacs. During the late war,
Redschid Pacha directed affairs until the spring of 1855, when ho
seceded, though still exercising an influence with the Government. He
returned to power last year, and has just died in office. Redschid
Pacha was a consistent and honest Minister and a true patriot.
The genius of Rachel Felix, liko tbatof the Keans, father and son, was
peculiarly national; and hence did she, as they have done, derive in
some measure her immense and lasting popularity. The name of Kean
ever recalls in England ' tho favourite exposition of Shakapeare’s true
spirit and meaning; and just so does tho name of Rachel appear in
France to be allied with the actual comprehension and exposition
Frenchmen would.4ike-to have given to Corneille, Racine, aud Vol¬
taire. Rachel Felix,the greatest French tragic actress of her time,
was of very humblo origin. She was the second daughter of a Jew
hawker, named Felix, and wa.3 born on the 24th March, 1820, at the
little .Swiss village of Hunt The industry and exertions of her
parents, after various wanderings, at length i-ooured them a settled
home at Lyons, where, for a time, M. Felix gave le3sons in German;
.Sarah, the eldest child, sting at the various cat«'s to the accompaniment
of an old guitar: and littie Rachel went from table to table collecting
donations. In 1839 the family removed to Paris, and there continued
fora time the tamo course of life, Rachel, by virtue of her increasing
age end stature, taking a more prominent part in the vocal entertain¬
ments, and sincing with her sister at places of public resort on the
Boulevards- Here they arrested the attention of M. Choron, the
founder of^the Royal Institution for the study of sacred music,
Ifrid he made arrangements for including them among tos pupils.
Afierashorc experiment, M. Choron discovered that the sonorous
voice of Each el was hotter suited for declamation than music, and he
transferred her as a scholar to M. St. Aulaire, who enjoyed a high
reputation as a dramatio instructor. She was admitted to tho Conser¬
vatoire, and in October, 1830, joined the class conducted by Michelot.
Hersludies were interrupted by an engagement at the Theatre du
Gymnase; and on tho 24th of April, 1837, eho acted there in a drama
w ritten expreesly for her, called ' La Vendeenne; ” but she did not
"produce any great sensation, and the engagement was dissolved by
mutual consent. She seems not to have again appeared prominently
before tho public until what may be called her grand ddbut, on
the 12th of June, 1838, when she performed Camille, in “ Los Horaces,”
at the chief dramatic temple of France, tho Theatre Francis.
Here her success was inetantaaeous and. unbounded. The Parisians
were startled into admiration by the brilliancy of her genius and the
originality of her concept'on, and, above all, by a certain concentrated
power of expression which thrilled to the very soul of the hearer. In
the winter of 1838 6he also performed before applauding crowds the
par's of Emilit in ” China,” Amenaide in “Tancrdde,” Eryphile in
“Iphig&rie,” and Monime in '* Mithrydate.” It was afterwards that
she added Itoxane in ,‘ Bajazet.” Pauline in “ Polyeucfce,” and the chief
part in “ Phedre.” Her popularity sprang to its highest point at once;
her income soon became very great, and she eventually realised a
princely fortune. Rachel also acted with equal success, in the modern
melodramatic plays of “ Mdlle. de Belle-Isle,” "Adrienne Leoouvrour,”
snd “ Louise de Lignerolics,” and the comedy of " Lady Tartutfo.” She
first performed in England, in 1840: her appearance was afterwards
annual, ami her popularity here was much the same us in Franee. She
plaved with similar Cclat in America. Rachel, after a long illness, died
at her residence, near Cannes, in Provence, on tho 3rd inst., and her
loss to the stage has been felt and regretted throughout Europe.
The Havelock Baronetcy.— The patent creating the late
lamented Sir Henry Havelock. K.C.B., a Baronet, hns not had the Great
Seal [attached to it, and consequently his Baronetcy hns really never
existed. The date—the 20th November, 1857—given In the Gazette was
the date of the Royal direction for the patent to be made, and not the
date of the patent itself. After such Roynl direction, the party honoured
is usually regarded as a Baronet, but strictly he is not one until
the letters patent be actually sealed. The Havelock pateut lies
unsealed, and, a9 it docs so, it can. at any moment, be cosily
amended, not. of course, by antedating, but by the substitution of
the eldest sou's name for that of the father. It might be further sug¬
gested that the limitation of the dignity should be now altered and ex¬
tended, so as to include in the chance of succession the four mole rela¬
tives of the departed hero, who (according to “Burke’s Peerage") are.
Captain Henry Marshman Havelock, now at Lucknow ; Joshua Have¬
lock, Assistant Commissary in the Puniaub; and George Broadfoot
Havelock, a youth in his eleventh year (Sir Henry’s three sons); and
General Charles Frederick Havelock, the only survivor of Sir Henry’s
three gallant brothers. The martial spirit of the family and the hazards
of war considered, one could not regard a limitation of this nature as too
extensive, or as more than sufficient to keep extant among the records of
our public honours the name and fame of Havelock.
Will Office. — New ArroiXTiCBHTS.— Mr. E. F. Jenner, son
of the late Judge, Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, is appointed a Registrar of
the new Court of Probate, upon the resignation of <J Dyneley, Esq. The
salary is £1500 a year. The three Registrars are now newly-elected officers,
each having a secretary. Mr. Coleman, Mr. Justice Crcsswcll’s clerk, is
appointed one of the Record Keepers—salary, £ 600 —in the room of Mr.
Joseph Todd, resigned. Mr. Shaw. Keeper of the Strong-room, is ap¬
pointed Examiner in the Reading-room—Mr. Light, resigned. The Prin¬
cipals of the Seats, where the wills are received and administrations
issued, have resigned; and instead of the business being placed under
counties, it is now alphabetically arranged. All fees are to be paid in
stamps, no money being received at the office, not even the shilling for the
search. This is a great inconvenience, and calls for the attention of the
Inland Revenue to provide in the office a distributor of stamps. Execu¬
tors themselves cannot prove the will; it must be done through a Proctor
or Solicitor admitted to act in the new Court. We hear the practice in
ordinary and preliminary proceedings is almost entirely new, aud Hint
the egregious mistakes made by new practitioners is truly lamentable,
though somewhat excusable; this however, we trust, will soon be ob-
viaUn; but at present it is so opposite to the systematic manner in which
tiie business has always been transacted that, unless practitioners duty ac¬
quaint themselves with the orders and rules published, it will lead to great
confusion and perplexity. Whether the Correspondence Department will
facilitate this object we cannot undertake to say; but we trust some ex¬
pedient will be introduced to remove this difficulty.
A New Property of Camomile.— ^Camomile (Anthcmis
pobitis > is described in all treatises of materia medicaas emolient, diges¬
tive. fortifying, &c.; but none points out a most precious virtue, just
announced as pertaining to it by M. Ozanam. whose paper on the subject
was presented to the French Academy of Sciences at its Ust sitting, by
31. ( icquet. This virtue consists in preventing suppuration when tne
local disease is not too far advanced, oua gradually stopping it when it has
existed for a long time. For this purpose it is administered in powerful
doses of 5. 10, and even 30 grammes laboui 15J grains troy) of the flower
in a litre .about 1J pint'of water, the infusion to be drunk in the course
of the day, and to be continued until the cure be effected. Compresses
moistened with Hie infusion may be locally applied/, they aid in the cure,
but are not necessary—the infusion alone, taken internally, being quite
sufficient. In support of his assertion JL Ozanam quotes several extra¬
ordinary cases in which cures have been effected. When the remedy
pro d uces an apparent aggravation it is a sign that the dose is too strong
lor the patient, and requires diminution.
Presentation at Dceley.—O n the last dav of the old year
a handsome testimonial, consisting of a gold watch and a purse of seventy
guineas, was presented by the magistrates and other gentlemen to Mr.
Isaac Prince, Assistant Clerk to the Bench of Magistrates of tho town oi
Dudley, llie gilt was presented by L. Cartwright, LfQ . J P., as Chair¬
man of the Bench of Magistrates, who spoke in the highest terms of the
zeal, efficiency, and ability with which lor many years Mr. Prince had
discharged the duties of his laborious and important office; nor was Mr.
Prince s influence confined to tho Court over which he had the honour to
preside, but was felt and acknowledged at the Quarter Ses-ions at ^?rce8-
tcr. The present was acknowledged in appropriate terms by Mr. Prince.
Tbooi s fob India.—T he 25th Regiment, numbering jj
flf ld officer?. K captains, 15 subalterns. 5 staff, and 80 » non-romn».ionea
oflier* and rmn.Ymbarkcd on Tuesday on
at Portsmouth for tho Mcdittminean. Colonel Atberley. of the a»o
embark*) to join his rrgdntnt at Gibraltar, now under uidera for Bombay.
to
1-The Jumna. 2 Offthoot of the Jamna. 3. Pontooa Bridge,
lb. Mora Gate. 10. Cabal Goto and Water Gate. 17. The Canal.
4 SoUmghur, an ancient fort. 5. Palaoo and Gordons. 6. Tlio Marble Hall, or Throne-room. 7. Main street of Delhi, Chandnl Chauk.
18. Lahore Gate. 19. Hindoo College. 20. Ajmcro Gate. 21. Turkoman Goto. 22. Delhi Gate. 23. Gaol. 21. Lunatic Aaylura
8. Canal-street. 9. The Banking-house. 10. The Jnmma Munjid. II. The Sadoola Khan. 17. Tho Mtwjid Fetlporo. 13. Ncigumbod Gate. 14. Caahmere Gate.
V>. English Church. 28. Magazine anti Store Houses. 27. Skinner's House. 28. Custom House. 29. Mortello Towers. 30. Kotub Minor. ?1. Bums of Ancient Delhi.
THE CITY OF DELHI BEFORE THE SIEGE
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS [Jan. ig, 1858
Jan. 16, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
53
DELHI AFTER THE SIEGE.-FROM THE SELIMGHUR, LOOKING DOWN THE JUMNA.
DELHI AFTER THE SIEGE.
"Wf. have to thank an offioer of H.M.’s 9 th lancers for the sketches
of the Views in the fallen city of Delhi, eugraved upon tho front page
of the present Number, as well as the View engraved above. Our
Correspondent was wounded by a round shot, and when our troops
got into the city he was soon after removed to the Selimghur, where a
general hospital was formed. Unable to hunt Pandies with the
regiment, he employed himself with sketching.
The first view upon the front page shows a house looted within the
walls of the palace,hearing evidenoe of the destructive effects of the siege.
“This," says our obliging Correspondent, “is a type of the whole of
the houses inside and outside of the Palace; the house 'turned out of
window,’ and the goods and chattels thrown in all directions.’’
Beneath the looted house is engraved the Delhi Gate of the Palace.
The street leading to it is now the bazaar of her Majesty’s 60 th Bifles.
At a short distance from the Gate, on the right, where the Goorkah
walks into the stroet, dwells his Majesty of Delhi. Ho is a close
prisoner, with a Rifle guard within, and a Goorkah guard without.
The View looking down the Jumna was sketched from the Selimghur.
Many episodal pictures have reached us of the destructive effects
of the siege in the city. One account states:—“The ruin and
desolation apparent all over the city are indescribable. Valuable
property of all kinds is lying about broken and uncared for. Our
crave troops will not want for prize-money, even if they should not
get a heap of it in the palace. The enemy's killed lie about in all
directions; and those who oppose us are losing what little organisation
and discipline they had left Still their obstinate defence is wonderful,
and can only be attributed to bhang.
“ Women are flying frantically about in all directions—unmolosted
by our troops ; property of great value lying about the streets
everywhere, and tile enemy in hundreds hurrying away from the
doomed city—some say to Gwalior, via Muttra. The slaughter of
the enemy has been very great; and in the smaller thoroughfares,
where our troops had to fight from house to house, the sepoys fell
where they they were found, entreating the Sahib lok, as they (Milled
our Europeans, not to give them tho cold steel, but to shoot them at
once. A good deal of skirmishing is going on in the streets, but Pandy
don’t stand so firmly as people expected; and although the city, which
many supposed was to fall at once into our possession, has taken so
long to recover, I think the worst for ua is over, and bad enough it is
as fur as loss of life is concerned.
“ Many will be glad to learn that women and children are Buffered to
go unmolested. This is stretch of mercy I should not have been pre¬
pared to make, had I a voice in the matter. It ought to be remem¬
bered that many of these very women (or fiends in fcmale_form)were
foremost in inflicting cruelty upon our own women and children; and
it must be fresh in your memory that when the mutineers came out of
the city for a grand attack upon our camp, while Nicholson’s force was
at Nufjugurh, they were followed by crowds of these very women,
whose sole object on venturing out was to loot our camp when the
mutineers took possession of it, which they calculated would be an
easy affair, as our troops were away. Tt must not be forgotten
either that these coolie women were with the men who looted all the
European houses in Delhi, and they are, therefore, to my think¬
ing, equally deserving of punishment. However, it is the
General’s hoovum that they should be spared; and I hope
he won't rue it. I wonder if one of these women wmld have
spared one of our women if she had the chance of murdering her?
Mercy to such wretches is a mistake; they are not hu man beings, or
at best wild beasts deserving oniy the death of dogs.
“ The city is completely deserted by all the mutineers, and, in fact,
there aro few natives of any sort to be found, excepting those of our
army. All the city people found within tho walls when our troops
entered were bayoneted on tho spot, and tho number was considerable,
as you may suppose when I tell you that in some houses forty and
fifty persons were hidings These were not mutineers, but residents of
tho city, who trusted to our well-known mild rule for pardon. 1 am
glad to say they wore disappointed."
French adventurer, named Claude Martin, who arrived in India a
private soldier, and died a Major- General, in possession of property to
the amount of eeveral hundred thousand pounds. His body is
deposited in a sarcophagus in one of the lower apartments. Martin
had been bred a Romanist, but appears to have retained little of his
early creed. A large share, however, of bis vast wealth was devoted
to charitable purposes, and a college, called after the founder * La
Martin^re,’ preserves his memory at the place where his fortune was
accumulated and his eccentricities indulged."
LUCKNOW—THE MARTINERE COLLEGE.
In tho recent accounts of the relief of Luoknow, we read that the
Martindre College, which the mutineers had fortified, was carried by
Sir Colin Campbell, after a running fight of two hours.
The edifice which has thus unexpectedly been brought into tho
scono of warfare is one of the modern curiosities of the neighbourhood
of Luoknow, and is thus described in the recent edition of Thornton’s
“ Gazetteer ” :-r
“Three or four miles south-east of the town, and near the right bank
of the river, is Constantin, * a strange, fantastical building, of every
species of architecture, and adorned with minute stuoco fretwork,
enormous lions, with lamps instead of eves, mandarins, and ladies
■with shaking heads, and all the gods and goddesses of the heathen
mythology.* It was built at an enormous expense by an ecccentric
CONSTANTLY THE MARTINERE COLLEGE, NEAR LUCKNOW.
COLUMN AT THE MARTINERE, NEAR LUCKNOW.
We engrave two views of this interesting place—one showing tha
great fortified house, and the other the canal in front of the
lege. In the centre is a lofty monumental column, beneath which ia
buried the heart of Claude Martin, the eccentrio benefactor to wmaa
India owes this benevolent foundation.
The Passage of English Troops though Egypt, as we
learn by a letter of the 25 tb ult from Alexandria, continues consecutively,
with the assistance of the Egyptian Government- The company has
taken the proper measures for ensuring the regularity of the service. Inc
railway stops at twenty-five miles on this side of Suez, and to enable the
troops to accomplish tne remaining distance the company has hired l loo
asseJ from an Armenian. The Viceroy has just authorised the purchase
of 1200 horses of the country for the cavalry in India.
A NewJUtlway in Ini>ia.— A prospectus has been issued of a
new line to be called the Great Southern of India Railway. It jjPJJJ **** 1
to run from the southern port of Tuticorin. in the Mpuira^Presidcnry,
via Madura and Trichinopoly. through Tanjore to thejiort oT £ agore, wjut
an ultimate extension from Trichinopoly to the Madra*
The total length is 300 miles, but the first section, for which a guarantee
is asked on a capital of 1,000,000/., is from Trichinopoly to Nagore, a dis¬
tance of 70 miles.
54
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
TJan. 16, 1858
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK.
Sunday, .lan. 17 .—2nd Sunday after Epiphany.
Monday. is.— Twilight ends at 6 h. 2)in.
Tuxsday, 19.—.lames Watt born, I7:ta.
Wednesday. 20.-Fabian. John Howard died. 1790 .
Thursday, ai.—Agnes. T.ouis XVI. beheaded, 1793.
Friday, 22.— Vincent. Moon s 1 st quarter, th. 57m., nan.
Saturday, 22.—Duke of Kent died, 1820.
TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT l.OXDOX-BRIDGE,
FOR THE WEEK ESDI NT. JANUARY 23, IMS.
h m
3 31
A
it tu
3 ««
h“n,
4 > 4
is
M I A
h in j h in
4 39 1 4 67
S M „.
6 14
h A m
6 31
6 63
a A m
6 13
.."n,
r» as
ss
a
it in
7 15
~ ~ Vjlf.KA hu hor intention of hnnorlut with hrr prasnnen a
6EU1E8 of FOUR FESTIVAL mSfOKMASCBS, iarencUd to ho E??3ol
oflhr npproochltir Noptiatoof bcr Hoy»l Hlt,-hn.-« the I'KINCEdS ROYAL with hi* Ryval
UtglUHJM the l*rlnro FREDERICK WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA.
Tho Projrnunnje will coinprlvs tho folio*rlu» Entarlalumantx.— •
On Tno^dar next, Jomtarv 19. MACRKTH. t.rwluwxl under tho elronlon of Mr. Pt»!i>«.
Macbeth, Mr Pholpt; Lodjr Macbeth. MU. Ilelon Faucit. With Locko* Inctdenui Music,
umlrr tho dim-tma of Mr. Benediet. And Mr. Oxenford'l Farco of TWiCS KILLED, in
teb‘ch Mr. and Mro Krcley will terfonn.
Ifcandny. Januatr 21, Patfe’a Now Oporx. THE ROBB of CA3TILLE: hr Min Prno,
Mr-Harrb.Tu. Mr. W#iu. nu<J theOcoratie Compaor of tbo Lrofara TUtsatro. Contactor.
Mr^A^Molloo. With a COMIC AFTERPIECE, by Mr. Rotwan and Mom box of tbo Olympio
•Seturdar. Jrqbai
a ■■■■■■■■■
Fan. Conductor, Mr. Arditl- With'a BALLET DIVKRTIS8RMkXT.
Fourth Performance, an EXGL IH COMEDY: by Mr. Huckatone’a Comotrir of the Har-
markot Thralre. And an AFT ERPIECE, in which Mr. Wright and members of tho Adoluhl
Company will perffirm.
1 he National Anthem will he sen* on Turadar, after ** Machath M : and on Thursday and
Saturday, alter thoOpara. No |^r»on admitted In tho Pit. oxcept In Sftofau Drew.
Ajiplicationi fur Boxea^Orcbortra Stall*. and Tfekata, to bo made at tho Sox-offlco of tho
Theatre; and at Mr. Mitchell s Royal Library, », Old Bood-Hroet.
lurdav. Januaiy n, an ITALIAN OPERA by Mdllo. Plcoolomlnl an*I Signor GlagUnl:
i FESTIVAL CAN TATA. o<-rnpcecd by Mr. Howard Gloror, th« Word* by T. OxemorJ*
Cf«o«Juctor, Mr. Arditl. With a BALLET DIYBRTIKS’ClfBKT.
fTUIEATKE ROYAL, HAYMABKET.—Mr. Buckstonc will
j* rTuh* 11 the WMk-cn Monday, 1M», and W*dne*dajr, in h 1 * Comoly of
jPrftlv and on Thursday. Friday, and Saturday, in
£. HKA J? T ^ CHK l wh-ch. tho brilliant Panto nl mo of THE
SLEEPING BEAL IT ; cr, HurVquta and Tlio Spiteful Fairy rhe Fourth Momlnr Por-
fonoarvea of the Pantomime on Thutaday next, Jan. 21, oommonoca at Two and conclude*
by a quaitar paat Four.
R O\ AL L\ CEUM THEATRE.—Sole Lessee and Manager,
Mr CHARLES DILLON —Every Evening. I.ALLA ROOKH-—Morning Perform-
anco on Saturdxr Next, Jan. 23, to comment* at Half-past Two Box-ofllroopcn from
r.irvcn to r nr* daily.
B OY AX, PRINCESS* THEATRE.—Under the management
r-r K , K *X-Hnod« r . W«lnml.v. «nd Frl.Ur, A MIDSUMMER
. T< T Ut TtiomUy, HAAI LET. S.lurJ.7, u,a CORSICAN
11/10IIIKKn. The iNmtotnime ovary evening.
mHEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHL—FESTIVAL WEEK.—
Fi “* ,A of • new original Drum, in wl.Wi Mr. B.
IU oorfonn MomUy unit donor II,e week. 11,0 new Dram., Mllnd tits PllOtt
STROLLERS. To ooacinde with tho Grand Comic Pantomime.
S URREY THEATRE.—On MONDAY, and daring the week,
PERILS by LAND and WAVE: Mr. Shepherd. Each evening. QUEEN MLB: or,
uarioqmn Romeo and Juliet. Queen Mab. Mix* E. Webatnr; Romeo. Mr. Belmoro: Har¬
lequin. Mr. Glover; Columbine. MUi Wlllmott; Clows, by tho Surrey favourite Buck; Pan-
Udoou, Mr. B radbury; Sprite. Bond.
A STLEY’S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. —Lessee and
Snvhrxr »«??**?!»* Evening tho Military Speetetia, of Tho
BTOIOIING ted CAPTlRk cf DF.LUI; succeeded bv the moat approved SCENES In tho
Oooke’a Grand Equratrian Coraio Pantomime, oatitlod
DON QLIXOTF. and hla 8TKEB R081NANTK. The Monster Car drawn by Twolvo milk-
white Bteeda abreast, and other splendid effects.
S TANDARD THEATRE, Shoreditch.—Every Evening, to
eoimuroee with the Pantomime of GEORGY PORGEY; or. Harlequin Daddr Long
», whh all U* Splendi d K rTncu, Magnifloant Scenery, Costly Drowei, and G^rgMm>
jranaformatioe Scene. Pronounood unequalled. To conclude with TILS WATTS. Dav
Performance or err Monday at half-past Twelve.
THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC.— CHRISTMAS
«^.-J?°^ II)AYS aro maintained l>®« with an extraordinary number of ENTBRTAIN-
MENTr\°f a novel, adimtlfle. and amusing character. Tbo GIANT OHRISTMAB TREE
will yield unusual quantities of knivrs and toys for tbo boys, and pretty things for tho girls,
at tb« feorth gratuitous dfatribut'on next Tbnradnv Mortrinc and Evoumg. the 2Ut Janutrv
Tho Forty Dissolving Views, illustrating tho JUEBKLUON IN INDIA, aid all tho Looturw
and Entertain m e n ts, as usual. Admission to tho whole, Is. Children under ton and schools
half-price.
"THE GREAT UNITED STATES CIRCUS—HOWES and
_L CUSHING'S.—This unequalled establishment—tho largest in tho world—Is NOW
OPEN for a abort Winter Season in BIRMINGHAM. In a splendid brick building erected ior
the purpose. Tbo Company—entirely American—comprises tbo grontmt amount of talent lu
every branch of tho Eqncatrian and Gymnastic) profession ever concentrated in one arena.
The feats of the Native Bedouin Arab* also stand alone and unrivalled. Tho Stud of Traiuod
Horse* and Mules will be brought forward from timo to time in all tho feats peculiar to tho
•qniao moo; and novelty will succeed novelty during tbo necawmrilv Ilmltod atav of tho
Company. There will be two performances every day, commencing at Two, and a Quarter
CACHED HARMONIC SOCIETY, Exeter Hall.-Conductor,
KJ Mr. COSTA.—FRIDAY next, January «. HA TON’S CREATION will bo REPEATED.
1 oealists—Madsntr Clara Novdlo, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Santley. Tickets, 3*., 3s., and
10s. 6d- at (i, Exeter Hall.
CT. MARTIN’S ILALL.— HANDEL’S JUDAS MACCA-
U BEUB, WEDNESDAY. JANI ARY 26th, under the direction of Mr. JOHN HULLAH.
Principal Vocalhts: Miss Kemble, Mbs Fanny Rowland, Mite Palmar. Mr. £im» Re«T**n. Mr.
Thomas. Tickets. Is., 2s. 6d.; Bulls, te. Commenro at Half-past Seven. Season Ticket y :
fitells. 30*.; Galleries, Ife.
S T. MARTIN’S HALL.—ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS,
nnder tbc direction of 5Jr. JOHN HULLAH, on six alternate Tuoedar evenings, begln-
teujrJAXUAKY 19. BtaQs, Sa.; GaUetics, 2>. Gd.; Arta, Is. Season tickets: Stalls, «*.;<
M R. ALBERT SMITH’S MONT BLANC, NAP'
POMPEII, and VESUVIUS Every Night (oxeopt Saturday), at Eight, andsTues-
ilays Thunder, and Saturday Afternoons, at Threo.—Places can bo secured at tho Box- ' '
office. EGYFITAN HALL, daily between Eleven and Four, without any extrs charge.
B OYAL GALLERY of ILLUSTRATION.—Mr. tod Sir*.
(IEHMAK HEED dale Mis p. Horton) will REAPPEAR In TOWS, Mt!> JAX., ISiH.
M ISS JULIA ST. GEORGE’S HOME and FOREIGN
LYRICS.—GLASGOW, 18th to tho 22nL - Ranist, F. Etullo Berger.—llarunana and
Co., 88, Albany-street, N.W
“SOPHIA AND ANNIE’S" FIFTH YEAR.
mHE BISTERS SOPHIA and ANNIE,
i Entertainment, entitled SKETCHES FROM NATURE, w
Jan IS; Brechin, 19; Cupar Angus, 20; Blairgowrie, 31; Mdntri*so,'2
F’S INSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall, King William-
and.—160th CONCERT. Commencing at 8. JULLIF.N'S BURLESQUE
pHRISTY’
\J street. Btrand. - --_ _ —^ -
Every Evening. On Saturday a Morning Performanoo. Commencing at 3. Prices, 3«. t 2s.,
EXTERTAINMENr
Miss Nowman will
Oxford-terrain,
P ROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIICELL, Physician to their
Rlsjrstlca the Emperor and Emprws of Russia.—ST. JAMES’d THEATRE —PHY¬
SICAL and NATURAL MAGIC, wfthourj the aid of anv apparatus. Two SSwof hluSoi
WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY AFTERNOONS a; 3; aod ovc^ EvoS^at 8. sSi
Balcony Stall*. 4, ; Bo«s. 3s.; fit, 2».; Gallory, Is.; Pirate Boxes Two Guineas, One
SbOW 5S 3 d a D ^?t ^ CD0 IIiCM *0 »«urcd at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library,
TIYUSEUM of SCIENCE, ANATOMY, and the WONDERS
Msrstcm. Be ok and Cu talngne gr^itls
H ERALDIC
Heralds' Visitations, Open E.
a Description of the hdenco, G>0 1
Lincoln's-ira.
Morning and Evening, by Dr.
LIBRARY, and Index of the
To, LrVCOLN'3-nTN MANUAL o/ HERALDRY :
, 3*n or stamps.—H. SALT, Groat Tarn-til*,
F Q.g EA MXLY ARMS, send to the LINCOLN’S-
_ * BRALD1C OFFICE, tho Established authority in England, which for
n.V'b/rnl? , Z n <!j 1811 Tkkrterad Anffl, wllh that aulhantioity known lltroa||h-
onl Kn ro p.. gknteln St. M„ nnmin-H. BALT, Tnrortila. Ijncoln'j-Snn. _
T HiTCOLN’S-INN HERALDIC OFFICE.—GENTLEMEN
4.777—2?—^^ ^RjcTCHESempIo. pOTon,who do not Emblu»n by th« Law, of Harnldry- For
tha prot«iiyn of th® Public 15. Heraldio Office now eiecnlas Kn^rarin^.Ac. Book-plate Arma,
91a Cnw on BeeiaorRlmn, St. &L-H. BALT, Tnmatile. Unooln'.4nn.
I MPORTANT NOTICE.—Noblemen and Others having Old
Btrrt, Dresden, and other China Plate, Diamonds, Jewels, Furniture, Bronze*, Marbles,
antique property of every kind, full value given in cash by ap-
plying *1 P. DAVIfl'B. 100, Now Bond-street. •
G LENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY,
*aa pronounced by her Majesty's Laundress to bs the Pinosi SUroh tbs ere* nd.
Sold by an Chandlers, Grocer*, ko., ko.
T3 ASTINGS.—S EASIDE EDUCATIO N.—Mrs. W
AX POPPLE WELL'S ESTABLISHMENT for YOUNG LADIES will OPEN fo- tha
reception of Pupda on thofad day of FEBRUARY. 1868. Tmu Inclusive (na oxtru' For
proopecuisre apply to Messri. Heino and Co., Educatloual Offico, t, Duke-ttrndt. Adolulil- or
to the Principal, at Hasting*. 1 *
1 EDUCATION.—1 l t BRUNSWICK-TERR ACE, WINDSOR
1A Miss DANGER FIELDS ESTABLISHMENT for YOUNG LADIES will ba
REOPENED on tho 2<Hh instant. Terms moderate. Refercncvn. Mr. C. E. Mndle. Bdoct
ybm7, N«w Oxford-street, London ; and Mr. H. DangordalJ, Architect and Borough
Surveyor, ChoUenham. 9
I pDUCATIONAL HOME on the SOUTH COAST of
J. DKYON.— A YOUNG LADY is required as ARTICLED PUPIL, for Three Yean, In
a nighly-rroptctable ichool. in winch rho would flod lb* comforts of a home and suocrior
educatioual advantage*. Tho O'tobliabmaut is attended by masters of talent, and pupils mav
remain one vacation yearly without extra charge.-Addros* F. 8.. I'ost-uffiae, Loam ngtonSpi
A GENTLEMAN, Graduate in Honours of Worcester Col-
, vrooldb. FtaJ t-wwlwDAY PUPILS, roqulrlnj oar.ftil nrouarmlon
tor the Public Schools, the Unlversl.ics, ortho Naval and Military Examination. Roto.
renrre to high University authorit‘o». Address A. W. J.. 78, LanjKiowao-place, Brighton.
A LADY and GENTLEMAN, with a small Family, resit
nearLondon, are desirous of TAKING CHARGE of TWO or THREE CHILDREN
from INDIA, or a Lady and her Children UnoxcoptionxMo roforencot «ivon and ronuirad —
Apply, tn tho first instance, to Mr. J. J. Kickoll, Solicitor, 16, Buck lore bury, Loudon. «s C
1?.DUCATION for YOUNG LADIES.—A few VACANCIES
AJ occur in an Esublishment of long standing, conducted by a Lady ot talent, fushtod
by able Governesses and euilnont Prof*- r **—" • -*■* * — —
office. Chiswick
ariaiuuuo U residout. X. Y. Z., Post-
A MARRIED GENTLEMAN, inhabiting a roomy and airy
honso (.with ample ground* around It) la a mo*: healthy part of North Devon, U
willing to uriderteko tho entire charge and education of a few little boy.. Tor whom a com-
fortabio home, with careful mpqrintendonae. mny bo desired by their friend*. Tho situation
“ “Mth. and the eiimate bracing, while tho place, at the tame time being woli thcltaroJ from
©Mt wmds, 1* thus rendered a very dwirablo rosidenoe for delicate children, or for children
lately conio from India. The highest and most satisfactory roforonco* can bo given, for
which, and for terms, apply to G., care of Meaare. Blccard anil Bon, Solicitor*, fiouthmolton,
pRAUFURD COLLEGE, Maidenhead, Berks.—The New
Oxford Examination Regulations will in future direct tho course of study which will
prepare Students under flfteou to take tho certificate, and under elghtoeu tho Utlo. of
AaiociBto of Arts of the Luivorxity. The College has a Principal of energy, experience,
aklll, and extenaivc learning; a complete stiff of Professor*, and a renown established by
tbo auccp«e of its scholars at competitive examinations, with overy arrangement for the
formation of moral character, tho oxvrolie of the physical power*, and the development of
robust health. Pupil* ora admitted from tbs age of seven yean. Tho terms from 199 to £A0
Detailed prospectuses and references on application.
RAUFURD COLLEGE, Maidenhead. — Students will h(T
V-/ carefully and rapidly prepaml for tbo Now Oxford Examinations. All information;
with reference*, may bo bad from tho Principal.
S YDENHAM COLLEGIATE SCHOOL—Principal,
TAYLOR JONES, M.A., Queen'* College, Cambridge; Follow, Examine
President of tbo College of Preceptor*. ^
Tito Pupils receive a sound education, adapted to the requirement* of tho age, and liavo frea
admission to tlio mngnifleeut Museum of Art, Scleooa, aad Uiitory collected lu the L'rvttar
Palace and Grounds; and els#***are formed, wharoby tho full educational adrentatrei of
this unrivalled coll(«ction are made available. ^ \
Sydunhara Hall is delightfully situated, midway bctwoc-j tho Forest HUl ftod*3vdpaham
Statioua. and is replete "rith every urrangomoat tor promoting the moral, idivsiutiL atnl iutuU
leetnal cduratlou of the Pupils. __ _ f J
u
Vtj^tihmi. 8.^. j
ITie Spring Tern* will conimenco Monday, Feb l.
For prospectuses apply to Rev. W. Taylor Joans, M A.. C >Ilegl*tc Scb >ol
/COLLEGIATE SCHOOL, DOUGLAS, ISLEOcO&IAN.
\J PBHCCPAL.-J. A. M'Mnllen, A.B., of London. First Honour Man oi Dublin
University, and First Scholar of tbo Queen'*. ^
ASSISTANT MASTERS.
H. W. Hemming*. LL.D.. Dublin University Scholar and first In Hiarmri
G. K. Cockorill. Esq.. 81d. Rutsex '.lambridgo Scholar, and first ia ilonnur*.
E. Kissack, K*q., Junior Sophlster, Dublin University. <*
Mon*. E. Lehlaln. A.B., University of Fran 1 '
Here P. Herehflold. of Leiptic, Profeaaor
Twanty-flvo University Honour*, among thorn a first open - bcbolarohip. and several Com-
mletrimA in tbo Army and Nary, have been obtained by tho pupils of this 8chooI within tho
paat four year*. Terms. £10, £46. and £50 per ahapaL
P RTVATE ESTABLISHMENT foiythe BLIND, Turnliam
green. London. W. Principals; Mr. and Mr*. William Wood, assisted by eminent
Profe**ora.—\oung Ladle* and Gentlemen irllicted with Blindness receive a suitable edu¬
cation. Full particulars, with refer - v - - ’ * 4
n, 8pontsh. and Italian.
Scholar ship, and sever.
"IV'AVIGATION.—Mrs. JANET TAYLOR’S NAUTICAL
J- ' ACADEM Y, 101, Minories, muter tko I'alnnsago of the Admiralty. Trinity House, East
India House, and the principal Ocean Steam Companies, otiert every facility to Young Mon
preparing for the Navy or Merchant Hcrvico for .tnjuiriag a thorough kii-.iwltvJgo of their
profession. Terin* moderate.
A CIVIL ENGINEER, in charge/of extensive Public Works
now in progress, wants A PUPIL, who will havo upon them good opportuuitlre of
learning tho profession.—AddrearC- K.. under cover to Worthington Evan*, Esq., Colo-
mon ttrec*, London. B.C_'~ —
S E A.—MIDSHIPMEN WANTED, and MIDSHIPMEN
APPRENTICES, tor Ship* sailing fortnightly. Premium from £10. Apply to J.
Da wham, Manager of tha BloonutbaryMhncy-ordcr and Post Office, 1, Broad-etreot, Londou.
TBUNDS arc GREATLY NEEDED for the MAINTENANCE
lb® CANCER HOSPITAL, London and Brompton.
TBHAiPItKR—WUUatn Loxhant Farrcr. Esq., 66, Uncolfl’e-inn-Q jlis.
BaNKKils—M et<t*. Coutta and Co.
Secretary'* Office, 167, Piccadilly, opposite Bond-street.
By ordc-, W. J. Cooksuill, Sec.
T3 0YAL SOCIETY for the PREVENTION of CRUELTY
to ANIMALS.—Patron—Her Mafesty tho Queen.
TH« rr.n i,illMost Hon. the Marqub of Westminster.
L 5 t ‘e "f** »^pon the attention of rhe public tha claims Of thU important
A ““ * wui ' «*
t-tiiLO, 1.. ? m—mall. January, I8-H. _ C.tOlic.t 5liui)i.n o.V, Secretary.
S ociety for the discharge and relief of persons
IMPRISONED for SMALL DEBTS throughout ENGLAND and WALES
Established 1772 .
President—T bo Karl of Romnev.
TiutASURKir—tfenjamin Bond CabbaB. Esq., F.R.S., F.8 .A.
a. . At’DlTons-Capel Core. E*q„and H. llorwooi Harwood. Esq.
U ? ot Governor*, held la Cravcn-street, on Wednesday, the 6th day of Junuarr.
fi^nadm"Y*n^° f 13 pclUu>Ilt ‘ r ‘ wsie eooaldered, of which 17 were approved, 3 rejected, aud
lho , tu<S of/Dccnhher. 1857. FIFTEEN DEBTORS, of whom IS
tkf y l ,vet ani i3 ffiUdren, have been d«charg,h.l trom tho Prlxoru ot England and Wala*;
V h .s-V’ cl . , V 5 ot VPv*#W* 8 !^ 00 !! ,n W u <*' CV ' TV chsrgo connected with tlio Society, waa
m* : h^s*f^
Es<|., tho Trcaaorer, No. I, Brick-
icks, DiumitiotuD. lloirea; and by
he Book* may bo soon by those who are
ity meet on the first Wednesday it. every
William A. B. Lunk, Secretary.
Benefactions arc received by
court Temple; also by t!
tho Secretary. No 7. Crte
inclined to support the
month.
TTNIVERSAL L
AJ 1834; enipowered hv
tin; Assurance of Hvos at lto
Naval Services. Sir if
d^pt^d STEWART. Esq., Deputv Cltnlaman.
iUKANCE SOCIETY, Established
*'arlinmaiit, 1, King WUUom-stn-ut, Loudon, for
Including gontlomcn engaged lu Military and
K, K.L.S., Chairman. y
ITtc pnnctrlo adopted by the UnlroiSsa! Life Asauranco Society of an annual valuation of
aareta and liabllitica, and a division of three-fourth* of the profit* among tho a aurod, I*
admitted to offer great Rdvantngen,'especially t* those partlo* who may wi>h to appranriate
th'dr proper tion of profit to Hietod option of future premium*.
’litis offittedomhot charge any addition to.the ordinary Indian rate* in coneoqueuoe of tho
utMurbotl statonf India. ^ MICHAEL F.I.UAJI IMPLY, Sacrotory.
A liberal Commission allowed.
Active Country Agent* wanted. A liberal Cor
OT1CE of DIVIDENI).—E
Mall F-sfit. Loptlop. Fstablishod A.D.
-BANK of DEPOSIT, 3, Pall-
y P . D tvW1-;v.^7 -/r - A - D - Th* WARRANTS for tha HALF-
) EARLY l.NTERLSPon Depo.-U Aocountt to 31*t December tre READY for Dolirory aal
Payable Dsihv^_
oan.9,1858. PKTKB MORRISON, Managing Dlreotor.
I ho rat* of intcrcat ut 6 per cent. Proapectusoi and forma free on application.
riEOLQGy.—KING’S COLLEGE, London.—Professor
^Jk-TENNANT. F.G.8., will give a coureo of LECTURES on Geology. To commence oa
WEDNESDAY Morning, January 37. at Nino o’clock, and will be continued on eaoh suc¬
ceeding Friday and Wednesday, at the saiuo hour. U. W. JELF, 1)0., Principal.
■WEDDING BREAKFASTS, DINNERS,BALL SUPPERS,
V » ceatty or elegantly supplied by Contract, on moderate forms, to any part of Town or
Country, including uso of Pla'e, China, Glue, and everything required.—G. WITHERS,
Confect ouor. Baker-street, Portman-squaro.
Tj^UKNISHED APARTMENTS, 23, Bcdford-street, Covent-
A‘ garden.-Gentlemen and Famllle* visiting London will mwt with every ooui.ori aul
attention at th* abovo Addnx*. cu moderate term*. Rooms large and airy.
EALTHY HOTEL RESIDENCE for FAMILIES and
GENTLEMEN -lho QUEEN’S FAMILY HOTEL, Qucen’s-road. Bavgwater. near
K« nsington-garden*. distingukhad for comfort and bod-room purity. Choice wiooa and
spirit*. Parties l>oarded by tho day or weuk, in private rooms or at tho table d'hote-
AYALL’S PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GALLERIES,
i-4 and 226, Kcgcnt-siroet.—Photographs, Daguorrootypc*, and Steroo*co|JO«, iu th*
highest stylo of art, taken daily. Specimen* on view.
MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL
OF ETfOtAHD WITH
PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA.
T AW.—There 13
or Gentleman, as AKTTC
8OLICITOR8, in oxtensivo^;
desired, might lot made for 1
bkf filngton. PublJflher. 163. I
JANCY for the Son of a Clergyman
CLERK, in tho Offlco of a LONDON FIRM of
jontary and General Buxine**. An arrangement. If
ritli tho family.—Address, N. aud E., to care of Hr.
T HE 'WATER GURE, Sadbrook Park, Richmond, Surrey.—
Thou*ai»d* upon thousand* or sufferers who have los*. all hope of benafii front medical
treatment might bo relieved or cored by thU perfectly safo and most cgnoabte system.
< \ ___ J. Ellis, m. D.
TUNEY ADVANCED to GENTLEMEN, from £100 to
£5<XkL on their notes of hand, at moderate rate* of interest. £80,000 readv to
; <■« ngvenion. Money In the Funds, Life Interest*, Ac.— Apply (In strict confidoucul
No. 8, Duke-street. St. Jam oa'e, London.
<G. DYEING, and SCOURING for London.—
Dirty Carpets. Bugs, Blanket*. Counterpanes. Muslin and Laco Curtains, and all
large orticlo*, scoured and finished In the best style. Moreen and Damask Curtains, Drosses,
Shawl*, Ac., dyed end finished extra well at moderate chttrgoa. The Comp my'8 vans
roOeiva and deliver free of charge, no matter how small the quantity. All goods returned
within a,week. Price LL-taforwarded en Replication. Country orders promptly attended
to. METROPOLITAN, STEAM BLEACHING and DYEING COMPANY, 17, Wharf-road,
City-road, N.
ER MAJESTY’S THEATRE.—State Visit OPERA-
GLASSES, in every variety of size and prico. Some superb specimens of Viennese
manufacture, euitablo for Wedding or Birthday Presents, at CALLAGHAN’S, Ooticlan.
23A, New Pond-street, Corner of Conduit-street. N.B. Solo Agaut to Voigtliin dor, Vienna.
T HE FROST.—SELF-REGISTERING THERMOMETERS
on an Improved construction,showing tho extremes of Cold or Heat, at CALLAGHAN'8,
Optician, 23 a, Now Bond-street, corner of Conduit-street. N.B. Sole Agent for tha small
and poworfn Opera and Field Glasses, invented and made by Voigtliiador, Vienna.
T4TUTINY IN INDIA.—Military Field Glasses of matchless
A tX quality, combining tho very latoat improvements, at CALLAGHAN'S, 23a, Now
Bond-etreet, corner of Coaduk-itreet. N.B. Sole Agent for the small and powerful Opera
ttd Bao* Glasses, invented and made by VoIgtlKnder, Vienna
QPORTSMEN and GENTLEMEN of the ARMY and
KD NAVY.—8. and B. BOLOMON3, Optician*. 39, Albcmarle-otreat, Piccadilly, W.
Observe, opposite the York Hotel.—Portability, combined with great power, In FIELD,
RACE-COURSE, OPERA, end general out-door day and night powerful Waistcoat-
pocket PERSPECTIVE GLASSES, weighing only four o an cos, each containing 12 and 18
lenses, constructed of German glass, will show distinctly a person’s countenance at 2$ and
S miles. They servo every purpose on the Race-course, and at the Opera-hotnc.
Country scenery and Ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are also invaluable for
Shooting, Door-*talking, and Yachting. Her Majesty’s Coast-Guards are now making
use of them as day and night glasses, in preference to all others; they have also booente
In general use by Gentlemen of the Army and Navy, and by Sportsmen, Gentlemen,
Ganiokoepera. and Tourists. Tho most powerful and brilliant Telescope*, poeaoasing
such extraordinary power that som e, 3$ inchoe, with on extra astronomical eyo-pieoo,
will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars; with the same
Telescope can be soon a person's countenance three-and-a-half miles distant, and an
object from fourteen to sixteen miles. All tho above oan be had of larger aad all sizes, with
I ncreasing power*, and are secured by hor Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. _
mHE ROYAL EXHIBITION, 1851.—A valuable, powerful,
A nowly-Invented, very small waldcoat-pocket Gloss, the size of a \v alnut, by which a
person can be soon and known 14 mile distant. They servo every purpose on th* Race-course,
and *t the Opera-house*. Country scencrr and fthi|w aro clearly soon at tour to six miles.
They are Invaluable for shooting, doer-*talking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlomsn, gamo-
keepera, and tourists. I*rioe 30s. MJorosoopes, Maglo Lanterns, and Slides. Every do-
-j. ^ *’■ Order* andall kind* of
Albemarlo-stroet, Pic-
E Y E SI G H T.—Optical Impro vements, to enable persons
at an Advanced ago to read with ease, and to discriminate obiocts with perfect dis¬
tinctness.—Messrs. SOLOMONS, Optiolaax, have invented and patented 81’ECTACLE
LENSES of the greatest transparent power. Th e valuable advantage derived from this
Invention is that vision becoming impaired Is preserved and strengthened; very aged
persons are onabiod to employ their sight at tho moBt minute occupation; can see with those
loose* of a much Iu*s mags! Tying power, and thoy do not require tho frequent change*
to tho dangerous effect* of further powerful assistance. Persons con be suited at the most
remote part* of tha world by sending a pair of spectacles, or one of the glasses out of
them, in a letter, and staling the distance from the eye* they can road small print with
it, and those who have not nuulo use of spectacles by stating their age.—19, Albotnarlo-
strect, Piccadilly, W. (opposite tha York Hotel). _
TVEAFNESS.—A newly invented Instrument for extreme
A/ esse* of Deafness, e&Hod tho Bound Magnifier, Organic Vibrator, and Invisible
Voice Conductor. It fits so into tho oar e* not to bo in the least perceptiblo: the unpleasant
sensation of singing noise* in the head 1a entirely removed. It affords Inmont roliof to
tho deafest persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at church and at public assom-
biies.—Messrs. SOLOMONS, Optician* gad AarisU, 19, Aibocovlo-itreot, Piccadilly, W.
lopw«it»U»Tl>rkHaW>, ■»«». rawf. 9.
On Saturday, January 30, the Illustrated London News wilt
contain a seines of Fine Engravings of the Ceremony of the Makriaoh
of the Princess Koval of England and Princk Frederick
William of Prussia ; the Processions, Festivities, and Demonstra¬
tions, &c.
With this Number will be given a Splendid Portrait of the
Princess Roval, Printed in Colours
Those who aro desirous of possessing these Beautiful Pictures are
recommended to subscribe regularly for the Illustrated London
News, which is supplied by all respectable Booksellers and Newsagents.
198, Strand, London.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
LONDON, iSATUUDAl', JANUARY IS, 1858.
For the present—and we hope for ever—the career of the famous
Filibustering General, William Walker, is at an end. In Sep¬
tember he succeeded in getting away from the United States, the
laws of which he had violated, and he landed, with a body of some
200 men, and several adventurers as officers, on the 2Gth of that
month, at Puenta Arenas, in Nicaragua. He invaded a friendly
State in defiance of the laws of nations. To reach his destination
he passed under the guns of the United States’ ship Saratoga,
lying at anchor off Puenta Arenas, though all the vessels of the
United States had been ordered to arrest him. He has a party
and supporters in the States who openly honour him even uow,
when he is denounced by President Buchanan, and 'arrested in the
name of the law, and his influence might be felt even on board the
Sarulaga. The captain of that ship showed his zeal, however, by
examining the Fashion, the vessel in which Walker had been em¬
barked, after he and his men had landed, and then, finding her
papers correct, allowed her to depart. Walker then took possession
of some stores as barracks, hoisted his flog, and supposed, possibly,
he was to conquer Nicaragua.
But on October 6th Commodore Paulding in the Wabash, com¬
manding the “ home squadron,” whose duty it was to stop
Walker, arrived ofi'the place. Acting vigorously up to the sense
of the President’s declaration in his Message against Filibustering,
the Commodore landed a sufficient force to capture W alker, who
with all his followers immediately surrendered, and were removed,
the beguiled mennot unwillingly, from the country. They were sent
home. Walker was allowed to go home on his parole, he under¬
taking to surrender himself to the authorities of New York. He
arrivedthere and surrendered himself on the 28th ult., andwassub-
scqnently transferred to Wasliington. At New Orleans before his de¬
parture he had been held to bail on a charge of violating the United
States’ laws, and will now be removed thither to be tried. But his
capture in a neutral territory by an officer of the United States,
and his presence at Washington, are said to embarrass President
Buchanan’s Government, He is to appeal to Congress because the
liberties of the citizen have been violated in his person. So many
petty and cross interests arc presumed to influence every President,
that Mr. Buchanan may be perplexed alike by the diligence or the
negligence of his subordinates. Commodore Paulding supposed
that the President was sincere in liis denunciations of Walker, and
zealously carried them into efiect. In rendering an account of his
conduct to the Secretary of the Navy, he admits that he had taken
a great responsibility on himself, and he hopes for a favourable
Jan. 16, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
consideration. The Administration seems not to adopt his view,
and he is ordered home to be tried by a Court-martial for patting
an end to an expedition which the President characterised as
“ robbery and murder.”
That Commodore Paulding was authorised to arrest Walker had
he met with him on the high seas there is no doubt; but Walker
had landed in a country beyond the jurisdiction of the States, and
then comes the knotty point whether he were illegally arrested.
If illegally arrested, must not the United States’ courts set him at
lilcrty, and refuse, though they have him in their power, to try
bin for violating the laws ? Must not the Government of the
Unted States, too, hasten to alone to the Nicaraguans for violating
thiir territory, and restore Walker and his companions-in-arms to
th< spot whence Commodore Paulding took them ? Such
questions—proper, perhaps, to the firm of Gammon, Snapp,
am Co.—when seriously debated in courts and Senates,
wl'i be likely to bring discredit on both. The very circumstance
tbit made Walker’s project heinous—that he had actually begun
the work of ‘‘robbery and murder”—that he had invaded a neutral
territory to effect this work—is supposed to vitiate Commodore
Piulding’s proceedings. Common sense revolts at the refinements
of principle and reasoning which leads to such a conclusion ; and,
shiuld it be confirmed by a Court-martial, the Prcsident’sMessage,
wlieli denounced Walker’s enterprise “to be lawless," will be
treited as a mockery, intended only to sound well and delude the
hcoest and believing multitude.
Commodore Paulding acted patriotically and honourably. He was
ofiired the co-operation 1 of her Majesty’s ships in those waters, bathe
declined it as he was dealing with his own countrymen and carrying
ink; effect a municipal rather than an international law. In fact,
he is blamed for violating an international law; and, if he deserve
bkme, her Majesty’s commanders are to blame for offering thei r
cooperation, and for not opposing him, and protecting the territory
of Nicaragua from his ontrage. As the holiest institution may be
perverted to the basest ends, Walker may find in the Habeas Corpus
A:t—which is adopted in the States, as here, for the protection of
imiyidual liberty against arbitrary power, and to which he is said
to Lave appealed—protection for his person, and a means of again
presecuting his nefarious schemes; but the whole civilised world will
supnort Commodore Paulding for arresting the robber and the mur-
derti, and condemn the Government and the laws whi,ch shall again
fro:n driving a principle too far, set him free. It will be time
enctigh for the Courts to inquire into the legality of the arrest in
Nicaragua after Walker shall have been condemned to expiate in
Sinj-Sing his acknowledged violation of the law, and his fleeing
fron his bail; and time enough for the President and his
Mhisters to censure the Commodore when the State of Nicaragua
shril reclaim at their hands the liberation of Walker, and his
retirn with his band of marauders to its neutral soil Commodore
Padding’s conduct seems to us eminently praiseworthy; and his
dejpatcb, modest and sensible—very unlike the general run of the
dcipatclies of American naval commanders—shows him to be de¬
serving of the confidence of his countrymen. By his spirited
conduct he has extinguished, we hope for ever, that spirit of
Filibustering which the President has designated as prompting to
“ robbery and murder."
THE COURT.
The Queen and the Prrnce Consort, with the Princess lloyal,
the Prince of Wales, and the other members of tile Royal family, arrived
at liuckingliam Palace yesterday (Friday), from Windsor Castle, tier
Majesty and theCourt will uow remain in London until after the marriage
of the Princess ltoyal. The illustrious visitors invited to be present at
’ that ceremonial are expected to arrive in town early in the ensuing week.
The Premier and Lady Palmerston have been staying on a visit with her
Majesty at Windsor Castle. On Tuesday Lord Palmerston went out
shooting with the Prince Consort. The Rev Or. Philpott (of Catherine
ilall) lias also been a guest of her Majesty, and preached before the Court
onJSunday.
Viscountess Jocelyn has succeeded the Countess of Gainsborough as
Lady in Waiting, and Lord Camoya has succeeded Lord Oufferln os Lord
iu Waiting to her Majesty.
THE ROYAL MARRIAGE.
A ronstAL notilication has appeared in the Oaxeltes of late—that the
solemnisation of the marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal
with liis Royal Highness Prince Frederic William Nicolas Charles of
1’tussia will take place on Monday, the 25th Inst
ST. JAMES’S PALACE AND CHAPEL.
The preparations for the Royal marriage are being pushed on rapidly.
1 Down tlieeentre of tlie Council Chamber. Throne-room, Presence Cham¬
ber, and Queen Anne's Drawing-room, a broad stripof crimson carpet has.
been laid, along which tlie procession will pass; but beyond this slight
■change nothing has been done. The principal staircase leading direct
from tlie Palace to the Colour Court lias been quite redecorate! The
t railings and balustrade are richly gilded, and on all th. landings of tlie
stairs immense draped mirrors have been fixed, so as to give a most bril¬
liant aspect to the whole place, especially during the passage of the
various processions, which will be multiplied by the mirrors to an appa¬
rently indefinite extent. The seats, whfcli have been erected so as to en¬
close the side of the corridor formerly open towards the Colour Court, are
3 uile finished. These seats, with the columns of the corridor, have all been
raped and finished so as to resemble iriallrespects ill, interior of the
Palace, and already their effect is rich and striking.
In the Chapel Royal itself all the preparations arc approaching their
■completion. The carved oak galleries on either side are quite finished, and
'their effect is such a decided improvement on the old high sleeping pews
which formerly disfigured the Chapel Royal, that it is. a matter of regret
with all they are not to remain there permanently. There is one change,
however, which is to be permanent, and which is m-rliaps the greatest
improvement of all; viz., the additional window. This is now finished,
and all the windows have been li'ted with St.-lined glass, so as to moderate
the light which might otherwise have proved too strong. It is intended
to relieve the carnal oak work of the galleries with gilding, which will
•ertalnly he a grout improvement, as the crown and shield, bearing the
Royal cipher, which have been fixed to the spandrils of the arches sup¬
porting the galleries sufficiently demonstrate. A very rich communion
tatde and rails are to be erected. Idle latter are already fixed, and are
sufficiently beautiful and in keeping with the rest of the decorations. Tile
communion table tvill be richly.draped with crimson velvet and gold, and
adorned with the plate of the Chapel Royal. Most of the pieces of tills
are of pure gold and of Queen Anne's time, but there arc some noble
salvers and flagons With tlie crest and cipher of Charles I. The Royal
Pew, over tlie entrance porch, lias been draped with curtains and fittings
fi ™—-- ^](i Kiiehthiais designed to accommodate the corps
Irty oTwhom will be present on tills oeeasion.
royal’s bridesmaids.
ladies who have been selected to attend upon the
uudesmaids not having been correctly enumerated
^ XB, our readers will no doubt feel an interest
ch we are privileged to make. The list is as
the body being trimmed to match. The veilwiUbe of Honiton guipure
lace, which will be worn in a style completely novel in this country for
bridal costume, and will be attached to the head with magnificent Moorish
or Spanish pins. The dress and veil are splendidly worked-thc emblem
being tlie ruse, shamrock, and thistle, file latter has employed fifty girls
for the last twelvemoDtha. This new style or veil was entirely her Ma-
G s,y r ‘“Station, and the carrying out of the idea has met tlie approba¬
tion of the Queen, ihe cost of this production will be about £m.
THE WEDDING CAKE.
Tlie bride-cake Is to lie of colossal proportions—five feet in height It is
made in three tiers ami in compartments, each one being surmountei
with a figure of a classical eliaractcr. more resembling a work of art than
a production of the confectionary department. It will be taken to Buck¬
ingham Palace in pieces, and finally put together there.
COHMEMOBATIVE MEDAL.
The medal which is to be struck to commemorate the Royal nuptials has
been intrusted to Mr. Leonard 0. Wyon. It will bestruckin gold, silver,
and bronze, and one will most likely be sent, after the marriage ceremony,
to each of the distinguished visitors. The medal is two and a half inches
m diameter, and of considerable thickness. Tlie obverse represents the
portraits cf the Princess Royal and Prince Frederick William, both re-
The fair
Princess
by any c
m the ann ounecmenl
follows :—
Susan Pelham Clinton,
f-ady Emma Stanley.
Endy Susan Murray.
-Lady Victoria Noc-L
Lady Cecilia Gordon Lennox.
Lady Catherine Hamilton.
Lady Constance Villiers.
Lady Cecilia Molyneux.
THE BRIDAL COSTUMES.
t*i 5 £ Court Journal thus describes tlie wedding dresses .—“The costnme
v. nicji her Majesty will wear will be of peach-colour moire antique, with
iiomton lace flounces and peach velvet train ; the lace flounces being the
Jj un ®2' Web the Queen wore at her own wedding. The bridAl costume of
JjJJ; i j 0 * 8 Loyal will, we understand, be of rich white moire antique;
<ne tace dress of exquisite liouiton guipure, consisting of three flounces;
- .... --.'he reverse contains a wreath
of lines, roses, myrt.c, and jasmine, with the inscription. “January 35 ,
1S68. 1 lie most prominent flower is the rose; the jasmine and myrtle
taper off at the ends with lightness and elegance. The wreath is bound
together with ribbon. The value of the medal in gold will be more
than £40.
THE ENTRY OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS COUPLE INTO BERLIN.
Tlie Tillies' Berlin correspondent gives particulars of the entry into
Benin, on the 8th of February. The ltoyal cavalcade will be met outside
t he town by a mounted assemblage composed of a certain class of trades¬
people, who. as well as the butchers, are privileged to figure on these occa¬
sions on horseback. The eommorcialcuvaliers, whoseprondprivilege it will
• iPu Lie first to receive the bridal couple, will present an address, which
wul be read by a municipal officer—a sort of common-councilman : at the
°\which the cavalcade will move forward, and the mounted purveyors
of food and various other necessaries of life will fall into the procession
behind. Outside the Brandenburg Gate, on the open ground, will be
stationed the Governor of Berlin, General Field-Marshal von Wrangel;
t ^w°, I . rmmndant of Bor ' ;in * General von Alvcnsleben: and the President
of Police. Baron von Zedlitz. The Governor will offer a few words of
welcome, &c. Immediately inside the gate the Obcr-burgmeister of the
city will deliver an address of welcome. The procession will then puss
along the centre of the well-known street Unter den Linden; the Trades’
Companies and everything and person that represent and characterise the
city of Berlin in its commercial and manufacturing capacity will be drawn
up m lines along the path. On arriving at the monument of Frederic the
Great, which stands at tlie end of the promenades, and iu front of the Prihcfe
of Prussia’s palace, the procession will bend to the right, pass close before the
Palace of the bridegroom's parents, past the opera-house, the statues of
Blueher, Gneiscnaa, and York, the Palace of the Princess Liegnit/. the
Palace which is being converted to the use of the voung couple, the ^esi-
dence of the Commandant of Berlin, across the Schloss-brUcke with its
eight groups of white marble, to the Schloss where the provisional and
temporary residence of tlie young couple is to be. After the newly-nur-
ntd couple have arrived at the .Schioss, the procession of the different
(I'cvcrkr, or Trades' Companies, will pass. The exact order of precedence
among the trades appears to have been too knotty and important a point
to be settled off-hand, but, as far as is already known, the brick¬
layers and carpenters are to open it, and the machinists (builders of
machinery and engineers) are to close it This “operative ” procession
will number between 20.000 and 30,000 so-culled “ hands.”
On tlie day after the public entry into the city, the “youth and beauty”
pf Berlin, without respect to “ rank, talent, aud fashion,” is to lie admitted
in tlie persons of thirty white-clad virgins, to present an address to the
Princess, accompanied on the occasion by three ladies,’ who will, for the
nonce, undertake the arduous duties of honorary maternity to the afore¬
said damsels. The honour of forming part of this youthful baud is
resen'ed for the favoured offspring of the various municipal officers, and
it will, doubtless, be difficult enough to restrict the number to thirty.
Prince Frederick William’s Christmas gift to the Princess Royal of
nrrloml tr.c a niiA.l nA/il-l.m,, a,. V. .. ..ri at..1... , /.
St. James's on tlie occasion of the marriage of the Princess Royal, or at
the concert to be* given on the same eveni ng at Buckingham Palace.
An ode hns been composed by Signor Costa, and, it is said, will be per¬
formed at Buckingham Palace on the eve of the Royal marriage, under
tlie direction of its author, by the private band of her Majesty. The vocal
solos will be intrusted to Mdme. Clara Novclio and Mr. Sim* Reeves, as
first-class specimens of English native vocal talent.
On Monday, the 25th instHlie day appointed for the Royal marriage,
the annuity of £8000 granted by'Aot df Parliament to the Princess Royul
will commence. ^
’Hie Cor porn tionofthcCit}’ of London have decided not to invite the
Royal couple to a b»jiquct, but will present an address on the occasion;
and it is expected that the Lord Mayor will call upon his fellow-citizens
to express their feelings in the form of a general illumination. The
Master. Wardens, and Court of Assistants of the Merchant Taylors’
Company have Issued art Tnyltat ion to the livery of their fraternity to
dine together at their hall, su Threadneedle-street. on Monday, the 25th
inst.. in celebration of the marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess
Royal and his Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia.
*1 he Princess Royal’s marriage will be celebrated at Balmoral with great
festivities. Her Majesty lias issued instructions that the whole of the
tenants on her estate, ns well as those on the Prince Consort's property at
Ati-Tge'die. shad dine ut the Castle ort the 25th insL, and a ball tor their
Wives and daughters will take place in the evening.
Preparations wre going forward at Windsor Ca>tje for the reception of
the Royal bride ana bridegroom, and the inhabitants of Windsor have
tie ter mined on giving the happy pair a joyous welcome on their arrival.
The worth}' Mayor, Mr. Cantnll, has already brought the subject before
a meeting of the corporation, and n public ball has been announced to
take place at the 1 own-hull on the 25th. In the course of the week a
general meeting of tlie inhabitants "will be heid at tlie ball to determine
upon fnrtlicr proceedings.
\In nearly all the large towns in the kingdom the mo3t extensive pre¬
parations are being made to celebrate the happy event with becoming
splendour. • _ •„:*
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the
Princess Mary arrived at St. Janice's Palace, on Thursday, from Cam¬
bridge Cottage, Kew, for the season.
His Excellency' the Russian Minister and the Countess Chrcp-
towitch have returned to Chesham House, from Paris. His Excellency,
it is understood, will remain in London until after the marriage of the
Princess Royal, wlum he will be succeeded by Baron Brnnnow.
The Duke of Portland is, we regret to say, contined to his bed
by severe sclntica. _
Preferments and Appointments in the CnrRcn.— Rev.
J. Ilmsman. of Clifton, to be Honorary Canon in Bristol Cathedral;
Rev. J. H. lies to be Senior in charge of "the Collegiate Church. Wolver¬
hampton, and Surrogate in tlie diocese of Lichfield: Kcv. S. Lee to be Pre¬
bendary of Exeter Cathedral. Jtcci"ricx: The Rev. B. Comptonlto Barford.
Warwick: Rev. A. Bene to Horwood; Rev. O. Bene to Newton Tracey.
Devon: Rev. W. B. Hcathcote to St. Peter and St. Paul. Marlborough;
Rev. W. A. O'Connor to SL Simon and St. Jude. Manchester; Rev. D.
Roberts to Llanelidnn; Rev. W. M. Wilkins to Killinagh. Kilmore.
Tkarayes : The Rev. J. C. Battersby to Toilcsbury, Essex; Rev. C. H.
Ford to Bishopton, Durham; Rev. W. H. Fremantle to Lewknor. Ox¬
fordshire; Rev. F. A. Iremonger to Wherwell, Hants; Rev. J. J. Manley
to Buckfastlcieh, Devon; Kcv. E B. Moeran to Taney, Dublin ; Rev. R.
U. Keate to Walden St. Paul. Herts ; Rev. W. Price to Llangwm, noar
Usk. /vcumltcncies: Tlie Rev. R. C. Gibson to Weston Lullingfield,
Salop; Rev. T. Howlctt to St Paul’s, Westminater-road. Southwark;
Kcv. C. D. Kebbcl to Christ Church. Smanncil. with Hatherdcn Chapel,
Andover. Hants. Chapfaiucirs: The Rev. M. Hathaway to Rough-Hay
Works, Darlastori, Staffordshire: Rev. R. Mont to County Gaol, Reading.
PcrpMual Curacies: Rev. J. Bannister to St. Day, Gwennap. Truro,
Cornwall; Rev. J. F. Bickerdike to Girley. diocese of Meath: Rev. E. P.
Blunt to Lvtchett 31 ins ter, Dorset; Rev. F. J. Bryant to Brent Torr,
Devon; Rev. H. C. Ifuxtable to Hendford, Yeovil; Rev. R. S. Law to
Coalisland: Rev. J. Prichard to Capel Garmon. Denbighshire; Kcv. W.
Wood to St- Paul’s, Warrington. Curacies: Rev. W. hi. Beresford to the
Cathedral, Bern-; Kcv. R. T. Branson. Rector of Tester-ton, Norfolk, to
St. Peter’s, Busliey. Herts; Rev. G. B. Butterfield to St. Matthew's,
Great Peter-strcet, MYst minster; Rev. H. IL Cole to St. Jude’s. Poyntz-
pool Bristol; Rev. .1. C. Gilling to Northflect, Kent; Rev. T. Greatorex
to Kircondiola; Rev. H. 31. Johnson to Llangewen. Merionethshire;
Rev. T. 3Iorgan to Hampton,near Evesham; Rev. J. A. Parke to Clon-
duff, diocese of Dromore; Rev. J. .J. Sargent to Ahbeystrewcy, diocese of
Ross; Rev. J. B. Sclwood to Combe-Rawleigh and Sheldon, Devon; Rev.
J. Seymour to St. Andrew's. Dublin; Rev. J. Stewart to St. Matthew,
Belfast; Rev. W. S. Vawdrey to Llandrinio, Montgomeryshire ; Rev.
J. H. Watson to Foxford. Kiilala; Rev A. West to Killyleagh. Down ;
Rev. R. W. Whitford to Applodore, Devon; Rev. J. I. W illi3 to Skerry,
Connor; Rev. .1 U. Wilson to St .Mary. Waterford; Rev. L. Wood¬
cock to Springfield. Essex ; Rev. J. Lea to be Stipendiary Curate of Chad,
Jtalpaa, Cheshire; Kcv. G. Focock to be Wednesday livening Lecturer at
St. Lawrence Jewry, London.
NOTES OF THE YYEEK.
Tns American mail brings a curious story. Walker, the Filibuster
(whom many English readers in their cursory view of Transatlantic
politic confound with Walker of Kansas), has been suddenly
seized by an energetic officer of the United States navy, who was ver¬
dant enougli to believe that Government denunciations of piracy were
intended as instructions to Government servants. Commodore
Paulding made short work with the Filibuster, who swaggered a
good deal, but submitted with extreme expedition, and sent him
prisoner to Washington, much to the embarrassment and dis¬
content- of the authorities. Walker, of course, comprehends the
polities of the Executive and perceives the difficulty into which
the Commodore's zeal has' led the Cabinet, and takes impu¬
dently high ground, actually demanding reparation. If Mr.
Buchanan's hands were free, probably he would have considerable
satisfaction in affixing the buccaneer to a gibbet; hut in the complexity
of American partisanships it is exceedingly likely that he will be per¬
mitted to set out on a new piracy, and that the gallant officer, who
imagined he did his duty iu capturing the Filibuster, will be severely
reprimanded. The other Mr. Walker, who was sent to force a slave-
constitution iu Kansas, aud found that the Republicans would not
stand it, though they have now admitted, or rather permitted, that
very constitution to be enacted, lias read tlie President a smart lecture,
and is told in reply, in a tone worthy of our own Barnacles, that such
a practice is highly inconvenient. It is to he feared that blood will
again be shed in the Kansas quarrel.
Mazzini has been aroused by tlie eulogies ou Radetsky, and writes a
long letter to prove thatthe man who beat liim and all the insurrec¬
tionists of Northern Italy, and re-established the sway of the House,
of Hapsbnrg, after every rod-bearded demagogue bad pronounced it
down for ever, was no such great General after all,and was, moreover,
a very ugly man. Tlie first plea may speak for itself, with illustra¬
tions from the present position of all those whom Mazziui sought to
nrgise to liberty. Tlie second is an instance of that puerility which
somehow infuses itself into most Italian demonstrations. Imagine
the leader of a Ked-republicau movement criticising the features of
his antagonists, at least before he bad their heads upon pikes for
easier contemplation. But the chief office of M. Mazzini is to vilify
the-late Charles Albert, and to show tlie Sardinians, who arc happy
in the possession of constitutional freedom, that the regenerators of
Italy hate them very heartily for Ming content with a King instead
of a triumvir.
A fraud—resembling in character, though not in magnitude, the
giguntic one which some years ago was sought to be perpetrated by
forged letters of credit, presented simultaneously at the hankers in
various cities of the Continent—has been practised upon an Australian
Bank. Regular advice was received at tlie bank from Messrs. Barings
to the effect that a certain SL Miraudo was to have £20,000 on account
of the great English house, and letters for that individual also came
out to the care of the unsuspecting Australians. M. Miranda duly
appeared, took the money, and departed from the colony, and the
course of post (which, by tlie way, sometimes runs smooth to Aus¬
tralia) disclosed the fact that the letter from Messrs. Baring's house
was n forgery.
Tlie Earl of Wincliilsea is dead. His name was for many years
associated with the idea of resistance to every kind of reform, but the
wave was too strong for him, and washed him on to the strand of
oblivion. It will bo remembered, however, that he had the honour of
being called out by the Duke of Wellington, at the time of Catholic
Emancipation, when Lord Winchilsea's zeal for Protestantism had
hurried him into writing an offensive article against the old hero.
Lord Winchilsea's magnanimous declaration, that if* the obnoxious
measure were earned he would never cuter the House of Lords again,
made some fun at the time. We recollect some lines that appeared
in Mr. Silk Buckingham’s jonmal the Sphgnx (which afterwards
became the Atftenaim), in which his Lordship's announcement was
satirised:—
Yes. Wincliilsea— 1 tremble while I pen it—
Winchelsea s Karl hath nit the British senate'.
Ilath said to England's peers. In accents gruff'.
“ That for you nil! " ana exit in a huff.
Aud the cliAstisement was likened to that administered by an indig¬
nant gentleman in the boxes of a theatre to the rabble who were
making a noise inthegalleiy:—“ Silence, fellows, or I'll leave the
house! ” It is something that a nobleman's absurdity should be
remembered nearly thirty yoors after its date : but it owes this dis¬
tinction to the poetry; greater follies “ liave lacked a poet aud have
died.”
An amiable little controversy is bring carried on in tlie broad page
of the Timex, upon the question whether a gentleman with £300'a
year can afford to marry. “A Happy Man ” strongly advises young
Jones to give up his Club and marry his pretty cousin, assuring
him that the above income will enable them to live Tery comfort¬
ably, to buy a Broadwood for her, to subscribe to a library, and to
purchase all sorts of pretty articles, of what dear Mrs. Itamsbottom
U6cd to call “ bigotry and virtue." To him respoudsja man of somewhat
less sanguine nature, who begs Jones to understand Out a club man,
with club tastes for the decencies aud luxuries of life, can by no
means marry on £300, even though he renounces his club, aud that he
will get hopelessly into debt, and he miserable, and Jenny will grow
sharp-featured and sharp-tongued, and he will get sulky : and alto¬
gether the menage will be Pandemonium. There is some truth on
both sides': but tlie English of tlie matter is that mon's marriages are
deferred so long, while men are gaining- a “ position," that they ac¬
quire fixed Mbits, of the class to which a club only can minister.
Why marriages are so deferred must Masked of M-tteriurailias, whose
superb old nose grows loftier titan ever at the thought of a man’s
proposing to her Julia or Isabella without being able to place the
young lady in an establishment like that in which he finds her.
A Leviathan ail oat
Lies, a bulwark on the brine,
will, we trust, M iu a few days a legitimate parody in Campbell's
undying lines, deducting the poetical figure tint introduces brine at
MillwalL' Sir. Brunei's determination has been too strong for the
tie inertia of the grand ship, and he has been forcing her steadily
down the slopes. Tlie spring tides at the end of the month are ex¬
pected to complete the work, and shew ns the Lmiathnn sleeping on
her shadow. It is satisfactory to M assured, as we hare been ou tho
most competent nntliority, Hint all the pushing, and ramming, and
wrenching which the ship lias undergone lias not done the slightest
particle of Mm to Mr. Scott Russell's work.
Equalisation of the Metkofolitan Poob-hate.—O n
Tuesday a meeting of the metropolitan clergy was held at Sion College.
London-wall. for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning
Parliament for a more equitable adjustment of the poor-mtes throughout
the metropolis: the Rev. C. Mackenzie, President of tlie College, in the
chair. Resolutions affirming the necessity for a more equal apportion¬
ment of tlie burden were carried. A petition embodying the vicnr3 set
forth iu the resolutions was also agreed to. and it was resolved that it
should be entrusted to the Archbishop for presentation, with a request t«
the Bishops of London aud Winchester to support its prayer.
56—Jan. 16, 1858.]
[Jan. 16, 1858-57
THE ILLUST RAfr LONDON NEWS
58
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 16, 1958
THE “LEVIATHAN.”
Success ia» at length crowned the efforts of Mr. "Brunei, the Lrria-
Man having placed on Thursday in so satisfactory a position that
her launch at the next spring tide (on the 29th or 39th mat) will not
he a matter of the slightest difficulty. We give in brief the daily pro-
8*25® of the ship to the water during the week.
The operations at Millwall wero resumed on Monday, and were
attended with unusual success, an average advance of twenty feet
•ktnm made in the course of the day. The monster seemed to
v ^ lu0 a comparatively low rate of pressure, the gauges on
the hydraulic presses seldom indicating more than 20 cwt. per circular
inch at each slip, and each time therefore the vibratory motion was
proportionately diminished. No slip was longer than three inches,
hut they took place eo constantly us to effect in the course of
the day the advance we have mentioned.
Mr. Brunei and his assistants were early upon the ground on Tues-
dav morning; and when the pressure was applied, a little before eight
o clock, the vessel began again to move, and continued to progress
j *° r1 ^ until a little alter three, when, having gone 10 ft. lu. in.
aft and 15 ft. 1 in. forward, it was thought desirable to suspend opera -
tions ^ hen the tide was at its height on Tuesday, the vessel was
feet in the water, which had the effect of diminishing the re-
e \ 8 a ? ce amomit ^000 tons. At one time the vessel was so com¬
pletely surrounded by water, that Mr. Brunei, jun., was rowed round her.
The Duchess d’Orleans, tho Comte do Paris, wi f li their attendants,
were in the yard daring a considerable portion of tho day; and Mr.
Bobert Stephenson. M.P., likewise remained for some time.
On Wednesday tho neighbourhood of the yard and river bank was
crowded with spectators, who evidently seemed to think that, as the
launch was nearly finished, iheir long patienco would bo rewarded by
soting tho monster get np steam and paddle down the river on her first
trip. The only distance, however, accomplished on Wednesday was
one solitary slip of two inches and a half. At high tide on Wednesday
there was ten fee*, s^vtn inches water round her, which, it was cil-
cuiated took off about &500 tons of her dead weight on the launching
ways. •
On Thursday afternoon the La iathan was pushed down the
ways to the full extent she will be required to go before the actual
launch, which is postponed for the spring tides of Friday, the 29th inst.
or Saturday, the 30th. Five or six feet remain at tho extremity of the
ways; but the power now required to move the vessel wili be so
email that there. will not bo the slightest difficulty in hauling her
off at the full tide. All the preliminary operations are therefore
complete, and no doubt is entertained by Mr. Brunei about his
being able to got the vessel into tho water on one of these days. She
will then bo fitted up with ull possiblo dispatch, and the public will bo
admitted on payment of a fee to be hereaiter regulated. Her Majesty
and Prince Albert have intimated their intention of inspecting the
vessscl when she is afloat. In the morning there were hundreds of
small boats on the river, and tho steamers took down thousands of
eager visitors. Owing to the quantity of water under the vessel at
high tide in the afternoon, she yielded easily to a pressure of 13 cwt.
to the square inch.
The new main paddle-shaft has arrived at the yard. It is, appa¬
rently, a wonderful piece of forging, being all in one piece, and weigh¬
ing upwards of thirty-two tons.
This wonderful vessel is tho work of Mr. I. K. Brunei and Mr.
Scott Bussell, and the opinion generally entertained of her by ship¬
builders and persons competent to form an opinion, is that she is
likely to bo just as much better as she is bigger than those that have
gone before her. Very much loss favourable, however, is the opinion
entertained as to the commercial results of tho undertaking by mer¬
chants and others who affect to understand the subject; but we should
bear in mind that equally unfavourable opinions were expressed in
TCgard to the traffic of the Birmingham Kail way.
When application wus made to Parliament for a bill for that work,
it was gravely stated by authorities apparently the most competent to
judge, that one train a day each way would do all tho business that
could possibly arise between London and Birmingham. And what is
now actually the result ? Why, that the trains are now so dan¬
gerously and inconveniently close upon the Heels of each other, that
tho line has to be widened to enable it to carry the constantly-
increasing traffic upon it. This enormous trade is caused by the
main line being fed by innumerable brunches and roads. May wo not.
therefore, reasonably expect that the increased facilities offered for
ocean navigation by the Ltrxaihan may in the same manner create a
trade for her; und, doul tlevs, there will be branch steamers running
in every direction to meet her, and supply her with passengers and
cargo. _
METROPOLITAN LEWS,
vorthy
THE TRAVELLERS LIVINGSTONE AND ATKINSON.
Last Monday’s meeting, the Royal Geographical Society was rendered
interesting by the presence of Dr. Livingstone, Mr. Atkin3on, and the
famous French Hon-hunter, 31. Jules Gerard, whose exploits in Northern
Africa have acquired such a notoriety. Mr. Montgomery Martin pro¬
posed that, as Dr. Livingstone’s projected expedition would pass through
territory the coast of which belonged to Portugal, it would be desirable to
associate some Portuguese scientific men with It But to this Dr.
Livingstone decidedly objected. Re said that an instance of the failure of
international co-operation was ftirnished in Egypt lately, on the occasion
of the mixed expedition wbich the Pacha of that country sent to discover
the sources of the Nile. When tho steamer had been got above the
cataracts, the dissensions were so great that it had to be brought down
again. He said that he did not want scientific men, who had a taste for
rare varieties of plants or insects, but practical botanists and geologists,
who could find out what minerals, dye-stuffs, gums, and medicines could
be made available, in the districts proposed to be traversed by the new ex
pcditicn. lor the practical purposes of commerce. Another considers
tiou was a barrier to co-operation—vix., that, although the King of
tugal and his Government are enlightened men, and make good
against slavery, the authorities in Africa have by no means the same
tipatby to slaves. Now, a British expedition ought, in flic cy— " r
natives, to stand free from all association with slavery, or *
tolerate it* These arguments appeared valid to the meeting,
dent congratulated 31 r. Montgomery 3Iartin on a question w.
*o lucid an explanation of the view's of Dr. Livingstone.
Doctor was repeatedly cheered.
A very interesting paper was read on
the vast district recently token posse;
under the supremacy of China. TbCH
of the Russian Navy, and was comi
Society of iSt Petersburg. It a.
river has barren and rocky banks ; but
there arc fertile fiats, and favourable
Uuence of large rivers. Other into
effect that the steamer Amour , which
transports passengers and merchandise between Mcpbuefsk and Oust
Zeisk, had arrived at the latter place, bringing 4350 sable,skin3, a great
proportion of them destined for a Fmsnojarsk merchant. Besides several
arrivals at Nicolaicfsk, we may mention three American whalers that
have visited the port of Alan. /\ \ \ _. .
From lrkoutsk. on the Baikal, which is/now a town of 17,000 inha¬
bitants. and the largest in Eastern SiberiaXwe learn that the nomadc and
Fagan-Bou rial tribes are in the course of adopting the Greek form of
Christianity.. Their chief, Taisha /angbe, has been baptised under the
name of Nicholas Alexandrov itch. No sooner was thr chief baptised than
the tribe wished also to embrace Christianity: on which his Eminence
Eueebiue. Archbishop of lrkoutsk and Mercnirsk, proceeded to the
district on the Lake Baikal, whereBcmriates wi re baptised and married by
hundreds. There had been a Budhist temple and propaganda there, but
according to these Busman accounts Budhism had not prospered; the
single temple erected there twenty years ngc. was scantily filled.
Mr. Atkinson declined to say anything extempore of the Amour, m
answer to a caU of the President, because he inumdr to read a paper on
it, as he has visited its upper basinMt appears that his present work is only
an instalment of his travelas he has Visited Kishto and many other places,
even as far as Kokan. We impaLk-ntlv await the farther publication of
bis prodigious tour. All the particulars of the life of Alexander the
<ireat are known to the learned, of these regions, and effigies of
Duccphalus, wild'andta^ned, arc still to be seen in the Budhist temples
of the Chinese bordere. _
Coinage and Currency.—T he following from a corres¬
pondent corrects an error which crept into the article on Currency,
published last week, from inadvertently using the word “pure for
•• standard,” as applied ito the gold coinage“ The sovereign contains
5 dwt. 31 gr. of standard (22 carat), and not fine gold: and. with regard
lo the shilling, it being the sixty-sixth of a pound troy, in the first place
Weigh* only 3 dwt. I6igr.. instead of 3 dwt 21 gr. ; ana this 3 dwt. ISftgT-
is standard silver (or ll oz. 2 dwt of fine silver in the troy pound).
At Woolwich, on Wednesday evening, a crowded meeting of
Ihe inhabitants of Woolwich, Flumstead, and Charlton, was held at the
hTownball, for the purpose of adopting measures to obtain the enfranchise¬
ment of Woolwich as a Parliamentary borough, and its separation from
ithe existing borough of Greenwich. The result was. however, the
{rejection of this proposal, and the adoption of a resolution in iavour
ol an extensive measure of Reform.
A Ball at St. Luke’s Hospital.—T he usual New Year’s ball
of all the unfortunate patients in this institution took place ou Friday
evening /last week), and passed off with the mirth and d&at which have
extinguished.all previous gatherings of the same kind. The ball W 3 a
eld in one of the principal wtirds of the hospital, which had been gaily
corated for this occasion with wreaths of evergreens and flowers, nil
made by the patients themselves, and which were hung iu pleasing
restoonil about every part of the room. A fetv friends of the officers of the
institution, to the number of about thirty, were present; the rest of the
Y» ? DC0 - co ® s,ate ff of about 120 of the ordinary male and female patients
of the institution. Dance followed dauee In rapid succession. There were
polkas, sctiottisches, waltzes, and quadrilles, when visitors and patients
as they chose stood up, and in which, but for an occasional evidence of
itspect and bashfulness on the part of the latter, it would have been im¬
possible to discern one from the other.
The Maim and Intercepting Drainage Question.—O n
Monday a rwcJ&l meeting °f the Metropolitan Board of Works was held
in the Council Chamber, Guildhall, to take into consideration the present
condition and position of the schemes for the main and intercepting
drainage of the metropolis, and to determine what, if any, steps the
board may deem it advisable to take in relation thereto, air. Woolroyd,
llie clerk of the Board, read a letter he had received from Mr. A. Austen,the
secretary to Sir B. Hall, and also a report ou the main drainage of the
metropolis, drawn up by Messrs. Galton and Simpson, the referee ca-
gincors appointed by the Chief Commissioners of Works, which the
right lion. Baronet had received from them, and directed it to be for¬
warded to the Metropolitan Board of Works. The report stated that the
cross sections which they liad sent in differed from those they sent in on
Nov. 21. The chief reason for which was, the former plans were estimated for
too large a storm flow. In consequence of the outfalls having becu closed
and deepened, it had been deemed advisable to deviate from the line 3 laid
down to a small extent It recommended that gates should be provided
at the outfall to keep out the flood tide; but that it would be found
advisable occasionally to admit the tide. They did not feel justified in
incurring the expense of obtaining a detailed valuation of the land*, &c ,
intended to be passed through, and they therefore ascertained the extent of
land required, and had put such a price upon it as would be sufficient to
cover the probable expenditure under this item. With regard to the in¬
formation required in detail by the Metropolitan Board of Works, they
had not framed such estimates as they wanted, but had come to au opinion
that the approximate cost would be £2,293,000. After considerable dis¬
cussion it was decided, by a majority of twenty to eight, that the plans
and sections should be referred to their own engineers, with instructions
to them to make their report thereon with all practicable speed
Tiie Council or the Society op Arts on Monday
evening met in conference the representatives of various literary and
scientific societies and mechanics’ institutes, to concert arrangements for
holding, in 1858, the examinations throughout the metropolitan district;
I he circular by which the conference was brought together intimated
that, if those institutions in the district which desired to co-operate with
the Council in carrying out the scheme of previous examinations by local
hoards, and of final examinations by the society’s Central Board of
Examiners, as explained in a programme accompanying the circulars,
would send representatives to the conference they could obtain from tbe
Council information upon all points which might appear to be doubtf ul
or difficult; and that an understanding could probably be come
to whereby the whole of the metropolitan district might be so
subdivided as to bring the examinations within reach of all the
institutions without any waste of their resources. Accordingly,/
in a conversation which occupied nearly three hours, it was stated
that the preliminary examination was of a somewhat elementary
character, and was merely intended to show the competency of the candi¬
dates for the honours conferred by the society to undergo the final test;
and that this final test was to be the result as regards provincial candi¬
dates, not of a viva voce examination in London, but an examination by
means of papers transmitted from the council into the country. It was
ultimately resolved with regard to the more immediate objector the meet¬
ing, the conduct of the examinations in the metropolitan-districts, “that
the Council invite the secretaries of the various institutions iu London to
meet at the society’s house, for the purpose of suggesting convenient
place's where local boards may be formed.’’ The meeting of the secretaries
is to be held on Thursday, nextweek. / )
Tiie Music-hall, Surrey Gardens, was densely crowded on
Sunday evening. The occasion was a sermon by the Bev. James Wells, of
the Surrey Tabernacle. The preacher hud undertaken to advocate the
claims of the “ Cliristiun/Blinu Belief Society,” which was instituted in
1813, and which, in the words of the sbeiety s appeal to the public, “asks
no questions as fo creed or j*af*y>age or Sex, kindred or tongue, tribe or
nation; but simply requiresannlfirmntiveto the three following ques¬
tions :—*Arc you blind? /Are you^ngedy? And do you belong to some
Protestant denomination ?/ (Such it receives with open arm*, and dis¬
penses its bounty as far as the funds ill permit." 3Ir. Wells preached
from the words of St PauR, “ If any mini have not the spirit of Christ, he
is none of his.” At the close of the service a liberal collection was made.
Public Tribute to Mr. Lilwall.—A rrangements are in
progress to carry into eflect a proposition, made early in la3t spring, to
present 31r. Lihvall/ hon. secretary of the early closing movement, with a
substantial tribute of respect mad gratitude on the part of those who have
witnessed, and fhqse who have profited by, his untiring devotion to the
early closing movement. 31 r. Lilwall commenced his career of gratuitous
service in this good cause inl£3s, and has been, for a long series of years,
its ^acknowledged leader.\lie was also one of the originators, and has
been the leader of all public effort^on behalf of the general half-holiday
movement\A public raeeting'Tjr support of this object will shortly be
held, at which the Earl ol Shaftesbury has consented to preside.
Commercial Travellers* Schools.—O n Monday evening
t lie anmial ball i ii behalf of the Commercial Travellers’ Schools took place
at thy ^ndotuTavern. The ball was under the immediate patronage of
the LorcEAfayor and Lady Mayoress and the Sheriffs. It was very fully
ended, and all the arrangements were exceedingly good. Dancing was
:eptnp ulitil au advanced hour of the morning.
Palace Poultry Show.— The “ Christmas Revels”
Crystal Palace, alter a successful run of a fortnight s duration, tcr-
’ on Saturday hist, when the third Poultry and Pigeon Show corn-
being continued ou the following Monday, Tuesday, and Wcd-
The show was most successful, alike in the quality of the birds
e number of the entries. There were 14GG pens of poultry—fowls
all Varietics. ducks, geese, and turkeys, and 118 pigeons sent in by
about 400 exhibitors, comprising nearly all the most eminent traders
and fanciers in the count!*'. Ihe number of pens of Spanish fowls was
I 43 /; of Dorkings. 150; Cochin China, 109; Brahma Pootra, 46; game,
KS2; Hamburg. 136 ; Polish, 5* ; Malays, 25 ; and miscellaneous (including
crcveccener, sultans, Andalusian, cookoos, rumpless Polish, Calcutta
juDglc, Indian, and Shanghai), 30. There were also 87 pens of bantams,
9 orgeese, go of ducks. 16 of turkeys, and a few others.
A Crinoline Life Preserver.—O n Saturda last a young
woman, fashionably attired, and who afterwards gave her name a3
Martha Shepperd. leaped from the top of the balustrade of the bridge
over tlie Serpentine in Hyde-jpark into the water. When falling, her
dress, which had a large hoopetf crinoline skirt underneath, expanded to
its lull dimensions, ana she came upon the water like a balloon, floating
there for several minutes. A buoy belonging to the Royal Humane
Society was thrown out to her. and seizing it as she began to sink, she
wus safely drawn to the side. Upon recovering the power of her tongue,
the first use she made of it was to abuse the constable soundly for having
rescued her. adding, that she wished she had been drowned before any
one saw her, as she had no desire to live.
Mr. May, the master of the Brewers’ Grammar School, who
was committed for trial by the Lord Mayor upon a cliarge of cruelly beat¬
ing a scholar of the name of Grossmith, was on Saturday last cleared from
all responsibility upon the charge, the Middlesex grand jury having
thrown out the bill.
A Pot Caught and Killed by a Carriage-wheel.—O n
Saturday afternoon last a boy of seven years old was running after a gen¬
tleman’s carriage which was passing along the Hackney-road, when his
head was caught between two of tnc spokes of the wheel, and so fright¬
fully crushed and lacerated that he died almost immediately after his ad¬
mission into the infirmary of the Bethnal-green workhouse.
Fire and Loss of Two Lives.—O n Monday morning, between
the hours of three and four o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of
3Ir. Smith, coffee-house-keeper, No. 49, Gray's Inn-lane. The house con¬
tained ten rooms, which were in the occupation of several families.
Smoke was discovered issuing from the lower part of the budding. An
alarm was instantly raised, when Mr. Logrena, the Wizard of the Crystal
Palace, jumped out of bed, and succeeded In rescuing his wife and four
children from the third floor front. The other inmates also escaped, with
the exception of Mr. and 3Irs. Odder, aged between seventy and eighty
yearB. who were in the tliird floor back. Henry Home, a fire-escape
conductor, arrived, and planted his fire- escape against the house, followed
by fire-escape conductor Artell from Hatton-garden. Horne passed through
the front room third floor, and got to the assistance of 3Ir. and Mrs. Odder,
the former of whom wa3 bedridden. This brave fellow seized Mrs. Odder,
who held to her husband with such tenacity that he was unable to remove
her; and soon the flames and smoke became so intense that Horne, as a
last expedient, jumped out of the window, and fell a distance of thirty
feet, but before leaving the house he was much burnt. He was so injured
that it was found necessary to remove liim to the Koyal Free Hospital,
w here he remains in a state of great suffering. As booh as the ruin8 were
sufficiently cooled search was made for the bodies of the two unfortuuate
persons known to have perished, and they were found clasped in each
other's arms, terribly burned
The East India Company.— A special meeting of the
1 ™P r,ctor a ?f ***«East India Company was held on Wednesday.
°S proprietors to consider thecom-
Pn r/. ,C 'lnHii^ C | C ^ VCd from to° intimating the intended changes
tasprf The Rotors, through the Chairman, rc-
8 “ bm]t t0 ihe meeting copies of the correspondence between them
nfHi^ n T ID1 i e i Ut ’ ,*• A rwolutlon was submitted affirming that the
transfer of the Indian Government from the Company to the Home Go-
? V10, ^ t l i0n ¥ the ri ? ,lts of the Company and of cou-
ThS^SSSiJSS’^ 1141 w ? U4l i. en(ldI ?ger the safety of our Indian empire.
!5K! u ! , ? n 'I? 8 UDd ^ r ^scussjon ior a long time, and its consideration
was ultimately adjourned to next Wednesday.
/\ 9 HlTRCI1 ^ ISSION ’ARY SodETY AND THE INDIAN CRISIS. —
in!iiM e £i 1 SL a £!S57i meeting of tins society in reference to the
luQian crisis, took place in Exeter-hull. The attendance was very
i Pirt0f U .“i hall being crowded. Ilia Grace tUe Arc£-
5' a iP„l i ! rl, ^ r v prided. Tiierc was a large platform of clergymen
and others, both ot London and from all parts of the kingdom. Among
IhcH.shoi.Kof J/jndon. Norwich. Winchester, and
Lichfield; Bishop Carr (bite of Bombay); Earl of Chichester, Lord Ilcnrv
Cholmondcjey; Dean of Carlisle, Dean of Wells, and D-au ofWest-
minster; Ecv. Canons Milled CEfmpncys. and Woodroofle; Itev. Ere-
bendary Burgess, Hon. A. Kimmircl, M.P.. General Alexander. Hon.
Captain Maude, It.N.; Hon. b. K, Curzon. Lieutenant-Colonel Caldwell.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hughes, General M'Inucs, Sir Harry Verncy. M.L’.
&c. Ihe Archbishop ot Canterbury, iu his short address, deplored our
neglected opportunities In India, and declared that the missionaries,
although they did not ask the aid of the Indian Government, expected its
countenance. The Earl of Chichester, the president of the society
moved That this meeting recognises with deep reverence the visita¬
tion of God in the recent calamities of India, os calling them to self-
abnsement under his niighty hantLtor past national sins, and to the more
laitbnu aiscliarge/in time to come of all national duties, especially in
respect to the many millions of our native unevangelised fellow-subjects
m British India.’’ The Hon, A. Kinnaird supported the resolution, which
was unanimously Carried. In reference to missionary exertion, the lion,
gentleman obserYeid that the society could point to 112,009 converts, and
to ioo.GOO children in its scliools. And Jit was worthy of remark, he
said that in the Government schools and colleges, where the Bible was
excluded, there were, at a recent date, only about * 25,000 scholars in about
400 schools, whereas, in the case of the missionary schools and colleges,
where the Bible was systematically employed, and where the main object
kept m view was^to instruct the pupils in the principles of the Bible, they
could speak of 100,000 scholars, and upwards of lG .000 schools. Thus the
result was fourth one in favour of the educational efforts of the Mission¬
ary Societies. Several resolutions in furtherance of the object of the
mteting were passed; and addresses were delivered by the Bishop of
Winchesterithe Rev. H. V. Elliott. Rev. C. Heather, Rev. J. Hobsoo,
Key, .u. Miller, and Messrs. Colquhon and Thomas (late member of Council
OtModraSj.
. I’arliamentary Reform I)lmon8tration.—O n Wednesday
night a meeting was held in the Freemasons’ Hall for the purpose of
promoting a union between the middle and working classes, so that the
rciorm of Parliament might be furthered by combining agitation. The
basis of this union, according to the resolution submitted to the meeting,
the principle of manhood suffrage. There was a numerous attendance
of middle and working classes, the hall and galleries beiug crowded to
excess, and the proceedings were of the most exciting description. Mr.
Herbert Ingram. M.P., who was called to the chair, amongother introductory
remarks, said that the experience of the last fifteen years must have con¬
vinced all men that the working classes could do nothing without the co-
°P e ration of the middle classes, and it was equally apparent that the
middle classes were powerless without the aid of the working classes.
A resolution to the effect that no Reform Bill would be complete or
satisfactory which did not include as its leading feature the principle of
manhood suffrage, was, after considerable discussion, carried amid genera!
cheering. 3Ir. Coningham. M.P., 3Ir. Townsend. M.P., Mr. Ernest
Jones, Mr. Bronterre O’Brien, and others, addressed the meeting. A vote
of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings.
Ragged-School Treats.—O n Wednesday upwards of 300 of
the children of the George-yard (Whitechapel) School sat down to a good
dinner of roast beef and plum-pudding, contributed by the Lord Mayor
and other supporters of the institution. His Lordsliip was present, and
assisted in carving for the children. In the evening a public meeting was
held, the Lord 3Iayor presiding. The secretary, Mr. F. Crossley, read the
report, which stated that the expenditure required was only some £130
a year, and called attention to the fact that, by ragged schools, 2000
children annually, in London alone, were placed in situations.-On
Friday week about 160 children of the St Saviour’s (Southwark) Bagged-
Schools were entertained in the School-room, Union-street, Borough. A
plentiful meal of roast beef, potatoes, plum-pudding, and beer, was par¬
taken of by them, os well as by the boys of the South London Shoe-black
Brigade, whose yellow uniforms, adorned in some cases by a good-conduct
medal, added liveliness to the scene. After the dinner the children sang
grace, and were then addressed by the Revs. W. Curling. J. Povah, and
other gentlemen. The behaviour of the children on tliia occasion was most
gratifying.
City of London Hospital for Diseases of tbe Chest,
Victoria Park.—T he annual general Court of the Governors of this
valuable institution was held on Tuesday last at the London Tavern. It
appeared from the report presented that the new eases relieved as out¬
patients during the last year had been 6228 ; and there hod been an average
attendance each week of 908. 308 cases had also been under treat¬
ment as in-patients. The receipts had amounted to £6278 165., and the
expenditure lor maintenance lmd been £-1720 17s. 3d., and for building and
furnishing, £1262 78. Legacies were reported to the amount of
£1113 log. 2 d. A friend of the charity had munificently offered to erect
a chapel for Divine worship at his sole expense, and the committee had
meet gratefully accepted bis generous and considerate proposal. His
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, it was announced, had graciously
consented to preside at the forthcoming festival, and it was hoped that
great endeavours would be used on that occasion to augment the funds so
urgently needed to maintain the increased operations of the hospital.
Merchant Taylors’ Hall.—T he master, wardens, and court
of assistants of the Merchant Taylors’ Company have issued au invita¬
tion to the livery of their fraternity to dine together at their hall, iu
Threadneedle-etrcet, on Monday, the 25th instant, in celebration of the
marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal and his Royal Ifigh-
UC88 Prince Frederick William of Prussia-citizen and Merchant Taylor.
New Church at West Ham. — On Wednesday morning the
Bishop of London opened a new church, which liaajteen erected on the
Plaietow Marshes, for, the accommodation of the swarming neighbourhood
which 1ms been called into existence chiefly through the erection of the
Victoria Docks.
Army Schoolmasters.— There is to be an increase of the
number of persons now under training at Chelsea for army schoolmasters.
Any unmarried non-commissioned officer may be recommended to com¬
pete, and at the end of two years are appointed tliird class schoolmasters,
with the pay of 4s. a day. The next examination for admission will be on
the 19th instant.
The Ceedit System at Oxford.—I n the Insolvent Debtors’
Court, on Monday, Edward deration appeared. The insolvent, a young
man who had been an undergraduate at^bxford, applied to be discharged
from prison. The case disclosed some exftaordinary circumstances. The
insolvent owed in the aggregate, from October, l«44, £96.4 4 h, of which
£49,676 were without consideration, and £12,255 more than once entered,
leaving the debts for value, £34,517. On the other side he had, bad and
doubttul debts due to him, £5800. He had become entitled, under the wili of
his father. Mr. John fckratton, of Rochford, Essex, to a considerable
property, and had spent large sums. The insolvency was attributed to
the amount he had paid for interest, discount, and bonuses, with the debts
incurred without consideration. There was one item in the proceedings
of “£30,000,” as having been paid between 1848 and 1853 for discount,
interest, and bonuses on money lent There were about 130 creditors on
the schedule, and six debtors. The insolvent had had transactions with
Joseph Joel, Leon Solomon, Alessandro Staple, and others ; some with
60 , 70. and so per cent They took £60 on a £100 bill, and it sometimes
happened that £40 was charged to renew such things, and the whole £100
went Mr. Commissioner Phillips said it was a dreadful exhibition of
extravagance, commenced at Oxlord University, and carried on till the
debts were nearly £ 100 , 000 . and a property gone which would have kept
the possessor in affluence all his life. He had never seen such a schedule
before, and he hoped he should never see such a one again. It was a
lamentable exhibition of reckless extravagance. There being no opposing
creditors the insolvent was discharged, with a caution to avoid getting
into debt, and to redeem his conduct.
The (Quarterly Returns of the Mortality in tub
3Ietropolis were published on Tuesday. The numberof deaths exceeded
those of the same quarter in 1856 by 1200 . Deaths from pulmonary com¬
plaints predominated. The mortality during the past year was rather
under than over the average rate during the first week in the last two
years.
BlitTHS AND DEATns.— Last week the births of 890 boys and
810 girls, m all 1100 children, were registered in London. In the ton cor¬
responding weeks of the years 1848-57 the average number w &3 1529.-
The number of deaths in London last week was 1327. In the ten years
1848-57 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with
last week was 1230. The deaths from bronchitis rose to isi, the cor¬
rected average being 142. Nine deaths wererefcrrcd to inflnenza. Measles
is on the increase, and carried off 00 children. Of 8 nonogonarians in¬
cluded in the return, one was 90 years of years, one 91, one 93. two 94.
one 95, one 97, one 88. Besides these, a silk-weaver died in the liethnat-
grecn Workhouse, who is reported to have reached the age of 1*1 year*.
Jan. 16, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
59
TOWN AND TABLE TALK ON LITERATURE, ART, &c.
Pedigbee lovers—there are such in Old England, and even in New
England—often find their inquiries end in results as strange as those
■which ensue from the bad fellowship of misery or the chances of the
gaming-table. An example in point is to be found in a recent number
of that matter-of-fact publication the London Ornette. Who has
not heard of the Gowiy Conspiracy ? who has not heard of Vandyck ?
and who that has read Dr. Johnson’s “ Lives of the Poets ” can have
forgotten George Stepney, Poet and Ambassador under Lord
Macaulay’s hero and heroine, King William and Queen Mary ? But
to our tale. It appears that a late Lieutenant-Colonel of the Cold¬
stream Guards having through his mother, a Stepney, come into the
estates of the old Pembrokeshire family of that name, is now per¬
mitted, in aecordance with wills, settlements, and other parchment
authorities, to take the name of Stepney in addition to
his patronymic of Cowell. Colonel Cowell then becomes the living
representative of those families:—1. Of Ruthven the last Earl of
Cowry, learned, chivalrous, and ambitious; an actor and sufferer in
the famous Gowry Conspiracy. 2. Of Vandyck, the Prince of por¬
trait painters in his time, who married Mary Ruthven, a beautiful
attendant upon Henrietta Maria, and sister of the Patrick Ruthven
who expiated his father’s sins—real or pretended—by a long and
jealous incarceration in the Tower. 3. Of Vandyck’s only child, who
married into the Stepney’s. So that Colonel Cowell, in his own
person, is the living representative of the Ruthvens, the Stepneys,
and Vaudycks—enough for one man.
It is said, and we think with truth, that the Indian war has pro¬
duced better despatches than the Crimean war. Generals Codrington
and Windham were certainly not even ordinary masters in English
composition. And as certain is it that Brigadier Inglis writes to the
point, and writes what he thinks and feels. His despatch in the
papers of this week reminds one of the famous Aliwal despatch of Sir
Harry Smith.
As promotion in the army is still a fertile subject of conversation,
our readers will thank us for showing in a few words what pro¬
motion was like in the English army just a century ago. The
following letter, written in 1757, is much to the point:—
TO TIIE EIGHT HONOURABLE THE SECBETARY-AT-WAK.
Sir,— 1 was a Lieutenant with General Stanhope when he took
Minorca, for whicli he was made a Lord. 1 was a Lieutenant with
General Biakeney when he lost Minorca, for which he was made a Lord.
I am a Lieutenant still. I have, Ac.
Mark the modesty of the appeal. Above all, mark the difference in
the years. Minorca was taken in 1708, and lost in 1758—forty-eight
years a Lieutenant! What must have been this man’s feelings?
We wonder what reply Fox—afterwards Lord Holland—who was then
Secretary-at-War, made to so pointed an appeal. Is Fox’s answer
among the records of the War Office ?
We are glad to learn from the American papers that our native
songster, Dr. Mackay, has been most cordially received in the United
States; and more especially by American songsters who carried their
wood-notes wild from the Thames, the Tweed, and the Shannon.
The Doctor lias been lecturing in New York, and most pleasantly
detaining the ears of all, and they were many, who heard him. He
has divided his subject, the “ National, Popular, and Historical Songs
of England, Scotland, and Ireland," under three heads, and was
warming as he went on. Our American brethren describes the per¬
sonal appearance of the poet we have lent them in these words :—
He is a gentleman of medium size, with quick, dark eyes, a frank smile,
and a pleasant, distinct voice. His style of elocution is admirably
adapted to tho lecture-room; and he was listened to throughout with that
appreciative silence which always establishes the best of magnetic links
between the speaker and the hearer.
“Medium size” is rather a stationer’s term. Here in England,
friend Jonathan, we should say “ middle size; ” but the rest of the
description is a photograph of the poet.
For the following interesting extract (lutherto unpublished) from a
letter written by Coleridge, the poet, to his acknowledged master in
poetry, the poet Bowles, we are indebted to an old friend of Mr.
Bowles’s, who was allowed, when on a visit at Bremhill, to make this
and other extracts from Coleridge’s letters:—
As you have mentioned what I had almost forgotten—my Fall of
Hobespicre’-I will give you the history of it.
At the time that villain was guillotined, Robert Southey, Robert
Lovell, and myself, were together, and, sadly wanting a little money. 1
proposed writing “ The Fall oi KoLespierc," each to write an act and tuen
sell it for two or three guineas. It was agreed to, and in the evening of
the same day each produced his act. I the first. Southey the second, and
Lovell a third act; but Lovell had crammed his act so very full of tht
Royal family's ghosts, that we agreed it would notdo, and Robert Southey
wrote a fresh third act while I corrected and retouched the first and
second. It was finished, as you see it, by twelve o'clock the next day.
R. Southey, who writes poetry more quickly than I can write prose, sate
with the newspaper before him and turned the conventional speeches ifito
blank verse with a laughable dexterity. It was to be printed immediat-’ly:
but as Southey was then about to publish his “ Joan of Arc, be desjrwl
first edition went off, and the bookseller would have bought the copyright
of me but I never would consent to its being reprinted. Hie only part I
claim is the first act , of which the stiltish style is not unnatural, because
it is DUt in the mouths of those WTetches whose taste in eloquence was
much on a par with their taste In virtue.—5. T. Coleridge to lV. S. Jioieles.
1th March. 1797. \.'\ /
If our Correspondent lias other extracts from Coleridge’s letters of a
like interest with this, we shall be greatly obliged to him for a further
communication.
In Fraser of this montli there is :i painstaking article on the life
of Henry Fielding, the novelist. The writer, Mr. Keightley (his name
is to the article), has brought some new facts of minor importance to
light, but has fallen at the same time into a strange error. Why
does he attribute the charming Introduction to Lord Whamclitie's
edition of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s works W Lord Wharncliife ?
The writer was not Lord WharacKfle, hut Lady Mary’s own grand¬
daughter, Lady Louisa Stuart , the correspondent of Sir Walter Scott,
and whose own letters \ve have heard Mr. Lockhart assert remind one
of Lady Mary herself.
There is a sale this month tit Richmond, in Surrey, at the late Miss
Colycar Dawkins’s, of English lustorieal portraits of old Chelsea, and
older china nick-nacks and queer things, that will cause many to dip
deep into their pockets. Thdreiare memorials from all the old houses
in the neighbourliood—from pope's villa and Strawberry-hill, from
Sudbrook and Marble-hill: things, too, that were once the property
of the grcat Duke of Argyil and liis daughters, old Lady Greenwich
tind Lady Alary Coke j with miscellaneous lots that once belonged to
the beautiful DuchestRofQueensberry, to Hothams, to Hobarts, to
Garrick/kt Jlaniptou; and to Kitty Clive, at Little Strawberry-liill.
Other lots, ftmaRy miscellaneous, carry us back to the Maids of
Honour aboutQueoh Anne, Queen Caroline, and Queen Charlotte.
It is a rich old maid’s sale of trinkets and lockets in nse a century
ago_no common sale. Now that discount is not at twelve per cent,
we shall look in and give a nod or two to Messrs. Christie and Man-
eon, who conduct the sale.
Our Shaksperean readers—and we have many—will rejoice to hear
that Mr. Moxon has this week published Mr. Dyce’s edition of Shak-
pere, in six volumes octavo. Mr. Dyce is a ripe scholar in English
literature, and every annotation will be scanued. More about this
long-looked for edition next week.
MUSIC.
Tiik cheap Italian Operas at Her Majesty’s Theatre have
come to a close for this season; but, doubtless, the pecuniary success
of the experiment will induce Mr. Lumley to repeat it. The attraction
of Piccolomini and Giuglini has continued without diminution. Lat¬
terly the performances have afforded little subject for remark, except
the appearance of a debutante, Mdlle. Saunier, in the part of Asucena,
in the “ Trovafcore." This lady has a good contralto voice, sings like
an accomplished musician, has considerable dramatic power, and
promises to be an acquisition to Mr. Lumley’s company. Signor
Lucchesi’s appearance in the character of Ton to, in the “ Figlia del
Beggimento," may also bo set down as a novelty ; for, though this
performer is advantageously known to the public as having been a
member of the Boyal Italian Opera company, he now performed the
above part for the first time, and performed it well, both in respect
to acting and singing.
The Festival pei formances at this theatre, commanded by the Queen,
commence on Tuesday next, when “ Macbeth ” is to be performed,
under the direction of Mr. Phelps, with Lock’s music, under the direc¬
tion of Mr. Benedict. On Thursday the English Opera company
lately at the Lyceum are to perform Balfe’s new opera, “ The Bose
of Castillo." And, on Saturday, an Italian opera is to be followed Dy
a "Festival Cantata," composed for theoocasionby Mr. Howard Glover.
The performance of The Creation, by the Sacred Har¬
monic Society, on Friday (last week), drew an overflowing audi¬
ence, and was even more excellent than usual, not withs t andi n g the
disappointment caused by tho absence of Mr. Sims Beeves in con¬
sequence of sudden and very serious indisposition. His place was
supplied by Mr.Lockey—mostefficiently,it is scarcely necessary to say.
Tho soprano part was sung by Miss Louisa Vinning, who appeared
for the. first time as an oratoria singer, and was highly successful.
Miss Vinning, though a young woman, may almost b8 called a veteran
performer, tike ceme before the public as an infant prodigy; and her
juvenile precocity has ripened into real talent—a thing which by no
means generally happens. She has a fine soprano voice, a cultivated style,
and much intelligence and feeling. Her singing, however, was ocoa-
sicnally too florid, particularlv in the beautiful “With verdure clad
the fields appear," in which she introduced various fioriturc aud other
deviations from Haydn’s text, very far from being improvements.
Mr Santley, the new bass singer, who lately made his debut at St.
Martin’s Hall under the auspices of Mr. Hullah, now appeared for the
first time at Exeter Hall, and made a most favourable impression. His
voice, though a genuine bass in compass and volume, is remarkably
sweet and mellow, having muoh of tho lightness and flexibility of a
tenor. He sings with feeling, and his Italian education has taught
him to apeak with great clearness and beauty. The chpruses were
admirably sung; and Haydn’s fresh and charming music gave evident
delight to the whole assemblage.
Bossini’s long talked-of new opern, “H Ilruschino,” has at
length been produced by the Bouffes Parisiens, and (according to the
Pons journals) with triumphant success. Of ooursethe public curiosity
was unbounded, and the little theatre was crowded with the notabilitei
of the day, political, fashionable, literary, and artistic. Rossini's
friends endeavoured to get him to be present the first night, but he
declined. The piece, after all, is a little musical farce rather than an
opera, of very elight construction; and the music is described as
being light, melodious, graceful, and by no means original—being full,
indeed, of reminiscences of the composer’s most popular works.
The People’s Concerts at Leeds—one of the most musical
towns in England—are carried on with much spirit aud success. At
the concert on Saturday, the vocalists were—Madame Enderssohn,
Miss Newbound, Mr. Millard, and Mr. Allan Irving, with an instru¬
mental orchestra led by Mr. Haddock. Madame Enderssohn produced
a great effect in the favourite song, "The Deserted Bride," composed
expressly for her by Balfe, and in a new and very pretty song, “ Tho
Stream beside the Mill,” composed by herself. Miss Newbound had
great success in Mrs. Norton’s ^Spanish ballad "Juanita." "The
Wanderer" of Schubert, and-"The Outlaw" of Loder were sung
with great force and feeling by Mr. Irving ; and Mr. Millard obtained
great applause in Moore's ballad, " Oft in the stilly Night.” Verdi’s
duet in " Bigoletto," "E il sol dell’ anima," sung by Madame
Enderssohn and Mr. Millard; was likewise warmly applaudod, and
enccred. The overture to " G uillaume TdR, " and several other instru¬
mental pieces, wore extremely well oxficuted by the orchestra.
Messrs. Oetzmann and Plumb, the eminent pianoforte manu¬
facturers of Great Buseoll-strect, have taken out a patent for a now
pianoforte, which promises te be a great acquisition to the musical
public; or, in other words, to the whole public ; for the whole public
is more or les? mfimeal new-a-days. In the general diffusion of a
taste for the ai t in its higher and more refined branches, the want
of the piano (the most necessary of all instruments), at snch prices as
may bring it within the means of tho middle classes of society, has
been more and morefeh^und we are convinced, from a careful exa¬
mination, that Messrs. Oetzmann and Plumb have succeeded in sup¬
plying the desideratum. In consequence of the extensive adoption of
steam machinery, and some ingenious methods of simplifying the
action of the instrument, they huvo been enabled to combine quality
and cheapness in a manner which, as far us our observation goes, is
unprecedented. Their "patent school-room pianoforte,” is a very
elegant instrument, of OJ octaves. It is of solid and durable
workmanship, with a full, brilliant tone throughout its whole
compos?; and its very modest denomination—a school-room piauo-
forte—really gives a very inadequate idea of its quality. Wo have
no hesitation in saying that wo nave hoard inferior instruments at
more than double the price.
THE THEATRES.
Princess*. —On Monday "The Midsummer Night’s Dream”
was performed, with those exquisite pictorial illustrations uud artistic
groupings, which add to the merits of tho poem the attractions of tho
spectacle. On Tuesday Mr. Kean appeared as Samlet, the performance
of which in the previous week had been prevented by his indisposition.
Mr. Kean's name is identified with this character, and he is publicly
accepted as its best representative. From the boginning of his career
he manifested a strong sympathy for the part, and lias, from time to
time, studied the text with an increasing appreciation of its varied
significance. It may be cheerfully conceded that he has risen
to tho poetic idea through the multitude of its conceptions,
and grasped the unity that comprehends tho whole. Hence
his performance strikes us with a sense of its completeness; it
is no partial revelation, but aims at symbolizing in its universality
one of the most catholic characters in the most catholic drama perhaps
ever composed. All this implies progross in tho actor, and the accom¬
plishment of a purpose. The same progress aud result is to be noted
in the author of this divine production.
An esteemed contemporary has traced the progress of the stage-
poem, such as wo now have it, from its rude beginnings in tiaxo-
Grammutieus. Crude and bizarre as are tho materials of the story
in the Danish chronicler, they had already acquired a polish
and "retouching" in the novel pages of Belleforest, and doubt¬
less received further modification in the scenes of Thomas Kyd.
whose play on tho subject has been unfortunately lost. What aid
Shakspeaie derived from its perusal, we havo now no opportunity of
judging—but probably the incidents of the play and tho ghost were
his suggestion, for we find from liis Spanish tragedy that they were
among bin most favourite expedients for eftect. The other incidents
are to be found in Belleforest, with the exoeption of the fencing scene
in the last act, and the substitution of Ophelia's funeral for liis own.
All the philosophy, no doubf, belongs to the Poet, and that perfect
ordonnance (so to call it) of all tho parts that renders the Shaksperian
tragedy of " Hamlet" one of tho most harmonious of dramatic com¬
positions. It is this excellence which makes the performance of this
gTeatwork always so popular; and therefore a fitting vehicle for
the trial, or the triumph, of an ambitious histrionic artist.
We might serviceably trace Mr. Kean through every scene of his
perfoimance, but the number of opportunities afforded by the cha¬
racter precludes tho possibility of a full criticism. *1 he whole art of
gesture might alone be learned from on elaborate exposition of the in¬
tricate and complex motives that influence tho Danish Prince. The
desire of Hamlet to discover the terrible secret of his family, combined
with the awo in which he stands of an unknown spiritual being, has
early to be expressed in the play, both in his first reception, and, in
spite of bis friends* admonitions, his subsequent following, of the
dreaded spectre that represented "the buried Mujosty" of his
country. Mr. Kean’s attitudes in this well-tried scene were ap¬
propriate and original. Shakspeare is fertile in expedients
to provide his principal actors with by-play, and cunningly
contrives for them some incidental helps. Such is the book which
Samlet enters reading in his interview with Poloniut, and which Mr.
Kean mokes the occasion of much graceful notion. Those are, indeed,
tho commonplaces of art ; but so much more is the difficulty of dis¬
tinguishing them by superior manner. In them we witness the
demeanour of the Prince and the gentleman, and cultivate that
intimate acquaintance with the individual which certifies to us
whether he is as great in tho little things as in the more important
business of life. Tho art shown by Shakspeare in the third act is
wonderful—there) are the Boliloquy on Death, tho interview with
Ophelia, the confidences with Horatio, the play, the scenes with
his pretended friends, and with liis mother, the erroneous slaying of
Tolcntus, the reappearance of the Ghost, and the repentanco of tho
Queen. And here we may remark that Mr. Kean is potent in soli¬
loquy. We never heard the great soliloquies of tbs first
three acts better delivered. There is nothing oold, meditative,
and merely moralistic (if we may coin a word) about them.
But they are full of fervour^ sentiment, passion; rapid yet ex¬
pressive; distinct and pointed even when the whirlwind of
emotion might appear to make the train reel with confusion.
With all this, the walk sad gesture were correspondent, slow or
brisk, irregular or measured, according teethe feeling of the soul and
the law of the 6ituatiqh. -^o actor has excelled Mr. Kean in the
proper portraiture of Harriet's behaviour to Ophelia, when reproaching
her with her complicity in her dotard father’s politic plottings, aud her
falsehood and wont of honesty in the replies she gives to his anxious
questionings. There is nothing harsh and discourteous in his manner;
but, throughout all, ibe utmost tenderness continually breaks in upou
the torrent of reproof and assumed eccentricity, and touches the soul
to its very depths. The heart of Hamlet is breaking while arming
itself against tho seductions of misplaced afleotion and the temptations
of a false position. But ho triumphs, to encounter new difficulties,
until his mind is satisfied by the result of tho play before the King.
Then cothm^nccs hia crowning trial, associated with unparalleled
obstacles and dangers; for ho feels that war has been declared on his
part, and that henceforth it is a life-and-death auarrel between him
and the wily Olamiius. Various considerations, however, induce him
to bide his time, and not seek justice or vengeance too hastily.
Mr. Kean, in the getting-up of this tragedy, has trusted entirely
to the merit of the acting. The ordinary scenes and costumes of the
theatre are held to be sufficient;—even in regard to the Ghost, soenio
illusion has been dispensed with:—tha sole reliance is upon the glorious
dialogue and poetry of Shakspeare. The characters were wall sup¬
ported. Miss Heath, as Ophelia , was especially competent; and Mr.
W. Lacey, as the paternal spirit, intoned tho text with due emphasis.
Mr. Graham was one of tho best Uoratios we have seen, andMr. Ryder,
as tho incestuous despot, personated the merely physical man with
individual advantages rarely, indeed, met with. We have no doubt
that the performance will continue to be popular, and will most ad¬
vantageously alternate with that of Shakspeare’s fairy drama for many
nights to come.
Hanover-square Booms. —Mr. Douglas Thompson delivered
what he called a sermon on Eelf-worship, taking for his text the grace
of Apemantus, who therein prayed for no man but himself. The
sermon was introduced by a dissertation on sermon-making, in which
the lecturer complained of popular preachers indulging in unseemly
jesting, with an evident allusion to recent exhibitions in the Surrey
Gardens. Ho then commenced his discourse in earnest, and painted
selfishness in various forms, and directed some well-written satire
against the lust of Princes and the ambition of aggressive monarchs.
Henry VHL and tho late Czar Nicholas were made to sit for their
]>ortraits. Ultimately, Mr. Thompson attacked Mr. Spurgeon by uarao,
and adduced instances of false taste from his discourses. An his¬
trionic display, in which ho mimicked the manner of two fops con¬
versing on Mr. tipurgeon, was much applauded and encored, out the
lecturer declined the invitation. Altogether Mr. Thompson lias made
a favourable impression, and.may achieve popularity.
The staff and officers employed in the various departments of
Her Majesty’s Theatre, to the number of nearly fifty, were entertained,
on Monday last, at the Freemasons' Tavern, through the liberality
of Lord Ward—a nobleman whose name is so intimately asso¬
ciated with art in all its branches, and whose munificent support
of Her Majesty’s Theatre is well known. The dinner was sumptuous.
The chair was occupied by Mr. Charles Nugent, one of the oldest and
moat respected officers of the theatre, supported by Mr. B. Barnett and
Mr. iinrgreave Jennings. Most ably was the gracious act of Lord
Ward, and the feeling which actuated all present towards their respected
director, interpreted by the chairman. Lord Ward's health was drunk
with acclamation._
TIIE WEATHER.
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE CAMBRIDGE
OBSEBVATOHY, FOR TOE WEEK ENDING JaN. 13,18VJ.
uy.
■ll|i
fsilf
tflil
it
3 £
£
j|
s .
1!
,U
1 JM
Dry
Bulb
at
9 A.M.
Wot 'jDry
Buib Bulb
at at
9 a.m. Jr.x
Wot
Bulb
at
3 r.ii.
Direc¬
tion of
Wind.
Amt.
of
Clotul.
(0-10)
R*la
In
lac hat
laches.
•
«
«
• 0
a
Jan.
30*277
34*0
21*9 29*4
28‘G
28-6 33-5
33 T
s.
0
o*on«
8
30*104
48*3
27*8
42-2
42-8
40 5 ; 47*4
46-3
8W.
10
0*124
9
30045
49*8
31*9 45-5
486
475 1 48*0
47*7
SW.
7
0 000
10
30197
50*1
31-
14*1
44*3
43’4 1 48*8
46-3
SW.
10
0 000
11
30*171
48*6
38-:
44*5
47 4
43-8 44 5
41*3
N\r.
5
0*061
Dee.
12
30*572
43-2
2S0 36*1
33*1
325 412
38-8
sw.
3
0*001
99
13
30*317
47*6
311
41*4
43*4
ton • ..
w.
2
0014
Means
30*240
45-9
20*0 40*5
4171
3M 1 440
4 11
0-203
The range of temperature during the week was 28.2 deg.
Tho ground was covered with thick hoar frost on the mornings of the 7th
and 12 th. and the cold was very severe on the former occasion. A very
sudden change took place in the weather shortly after midnight of the
the 7th. when it commenced to rain, and the wind was blowing very vio¬
lently during the night and bn the following morning. The wind was
again very high on the night ol the 10 th,and rum was failing, as likewise
on the early morning ol the 13th. The Sky has occasionally been briL
linntly clear, and the temperature generally high. J. Breen.
RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE
KEW OBSERVATORY OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
Lat. 61° 28 r 6'' N.; Long. 0* 18' 47" W.; Height above sea 34 feet
DAT
DA1LT MKAXi Of
rnanuoMirsa.
WIND.
axis
In 24
boon
Ke*J
ltiu*
41
If
|
fen
ill
r-
Dew
l*DUO.
| |
If
^ o
S a
"5 22
s s
1 *
ifs
m m ,
2 7
General 1 § 5
Direction.
*1
[ Inch?*.
«
A
(M0
6
0
iMUe*.
Incba*
Jan.
6 30*237
27T
23*4
*67
10
23-5
29-3
ESE. 8 SE. 184
•01)51
7 30-248
32-0
28*7
*89
8
22*0
38*2
83E. SW. 154
•03d
8 30-181
48-8
471)
10
30-9
50-6
Svr. 8SW. 333
•156
9 30-148
449
42*0
*90
5
17*9
60*5
SW. 8SW. 404
00 L
10 30-230
48-0
437
*86
9
35*6
50*1
SW. SSW. 364
03®
11 30*272
433
38-0
*e3
4
47*5
48*7
SW. WNW. 333
•115
••
12 30-528
36‘G
33*0
*89
6
27-9
44 0
SW. SSW. 192
•000
The daily means are obtained from observations made at 6 U. and lOh.
a.m., and 2 h., 6 lL, and 10b. r.M.,on each day. except Sunday, when the
first observation is omitted. The corrections for diurnal variations are
taken from the Tables of Mr. Glalahcr. The Dew-point *’ and “ Relative
Humidity" are calculated, from observations of the dry and wet balk
thermometers, by Dr. Apjohn’s Formula and Dalton’s Tables of the Ten¬
sion of Vapour. The movement of the wind is given by a self-recording
Robinson's Anemometer, the amount stated for each day being that
registered from midnight to midnight
Commercial Travellers* Society of Scotland.—T he
annual meeting of this society was held in the Stock Exchange, Glasgow,
on Friday week. Interesting and highly satisfactory report* were sub¬
mitted by the Secretary and the Actuary, from which it appeared that
eighty-three members were enrolled during the year, making the present
number $44 ; the aliment paid during the same period was £431 iss. Id. ;
and there were six funeral allowances of £10 each. The annual contribu¬
tions of the members amounted to £1374 lIS. Id.; and the ineome (includ¬
ing interest on investments! to about £1780. The amount of the society*
stock was stated at £8366 16s. 3d., of which £8000 is invested in heritable
securities. The report concluded by saying that everything betokened a
prosperous state of affairs.
60
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 16,1858
SKETCHES IN CHINA.
(From our Special Artist and Correspondent.)
Os the 1st of November I took a walk with a friend into tho interior
of Hong-Kong, and saw the process of rice-harvesting, beneath a
bright, hot sun, the entire village population hard at work getting in
the second crop of paddy. The principal part of the labourers are
women, owing probably to the fact of tho men being generally en-
gaged in fishing. The paddy rice grows to a height of about two feet
Six inches. The fields are little patches of about fifty paces, on ac¬
count of the unevenness of the ground. The rice is thrashed out of
dwrs: first, in a tub with a screen, by a man, who takes a bunch in
h ; s two hands to strike the ears against the edge of a tub, and then
gives the rice again to be threshed on a floor made hard with chunam,
CHINESE HAH VEST, HONG-KONG.
tlie Chinese asphalt. Ploughing is here done with a very primitive
plough and a wonderfully small bullock, as the ground is Boft and does
nst contain a single pebble. This is very well. After being harrowed
it may receive a crop of Sweet potatoes, or ground nuts. The women
work with children on their backs. No one appears too young
to take a part in the work. In the next fiehti are sugar-canes.
I send you also a sketch of the interior of a Chinese house. Every¬
thing in a native house is tho perfection of neatneBS; everything is
in its proper place, and beautifully dean. I do not know a nation
equal to the Chinese for their tidiness. The ornaments of the room
are quaint, but very pleasing. The native merchant is sitting down
smoking his cigar. Directly we entered the house he sent ns np beer,
cigars, water, and biscuits j and soon after joined us. The walls are
covered with writings and paintings. Thore is abundance of lamps
as you see.
We have occasionally “ a Liberty Day ashore,” when the tars drink
and dance incessantly. Many of them had not been ashore for a
year, so that thoir joy may be exensed, for the grog-shops here are
very numerous. The walls are generally decorated with pictures of
European life. There are plenty of visitors of both sexes; and out¬
side the door generally stand a crowd of gaping Chinamen. One day
I went into a shop and sat down to make a sketch, bnt was so com¬
pletely surrounded by Chinamen that it was a case of drawing under
difficulties. They are so fond of anything in the shape of a
picture that you run the risk of being suffocated if you attempt out-
door sketching.
INTERIOR OF A CHINESE HOUSE AT HONG-KONG.
Jan. 16, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
61
THE SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES IN THE NAVE OF WESTMINSTER ADUEV.
WATERSPOUTS IN THE STRAITS OF MALACCA*
I bend you the accompanying Sketch of three Waterspouts seen by
the Princess Charlotte on the morning of the 7th November, while
standing down the Straits of Malacca, on her voyage to the seat of war
in China. The phenomenon represented is of rare occurrence in this
part of the world. When it does happen, the number of distinct
columnB of water is usually restricted to one or two. In the present
instance the columns were remarkably well formed, and continued to
maintain their full volume for a very considerable time. The sky was
much overcast, and peals of thunder rolled among the clouds at the
time of their appearance. They swept slowly along before the wind,
gradually became attenuated, and at length vanished completely. Our
voyage thus far has been a most prosperous one, the old ship—the first
being compelled to stand and there wore probably in all upwards of
3000 people assembled. Divine service commenced at seven o’clock.
Prayers were read by tne Rev. Mr. Haydon; and the Scripture lessons
by the Right Hon. and Rev. Lord John Thynne, the Sub Dean,
with a voice of great power and clearness. At the conclusion
of the prayers the Hundredth Psalm, new version, was sung by
the choir and the congregation, the tune being the Old Hun¬
dredth. The sermon was preached by the Dean of Westminster.
He selected the account of the barren fig-tree in the Gospel of St.
Luke as a text, and proceeded for about forty minutes to preach an
exposition of that parable. The following were the concluding words
of the preacher“ One word in conclusion. Christ gives as a token of
His kingdom, that the Gospel was preached to the poor. There ore
some of the poor here to-night—would there were more. Let me say
in my own name, and in the name
of my brethren, a word to them.
Others wo cannot hinder coming
here ; but it was you we had
chiefly in our eyes when these ser¬
vices were designed. You may
be meanly clad, but on that ac¬
count you are all the more wel¬
come to us. Are your friends and
neighbours the same—bring them
with you here. We seek not to
bring those that are churchgoers
already; but we want the igno¬
rant, the careless, and the profane.
And you who are richer members
of this congregation justify your
presence by coming to bring others
who would not come unless they
were invited. You, the poor, com¬
plain sometimes that the rich shut
you out from the church. If you
would come here in such num¬
bers as to shut them out from the
services of the Abbey we should
be all the better pleased, and thank
God that the object for which these
services were commenced—namely,
nounced, and the congregation dispersed, after listening to the Halle¬
lujah Chorus.
The sermon next Sunday (tomorrow) evening will be preached
by Archdeacon Sinclair, and that on the following Sunday by the
Bishop of Oxford.
CHRIST CHURCH, LUTON, BEDS.
This manufacturing town having rapidly increased in slie within
the last few years, the want of proper church accommodation induced
some of the principal inhabitants, in conjunction with the Vicar, to
raise a fund for building a new church. The building committee in¬
vited six architects to prepare designs in a friendly competition; and,
upon the several plans being examined by the committee, the design
prepared by Mr. Elliott, wus unanimously selected as the best adapted
lor the purpose A contract was therefore entered into with Mr.
Robert Greig, builder, of Honover-street, Pimlico, to carry out the
works for the sum of £1700 The foundation-stone was laid by Mrs.
S. B. Crawley, of Stockwood House, near Luton, on the 12th day of
August, 1S5U, in the presence of a largo assemblage of the inhabitants.
The church stands due east and west, and is built in the style of
the transition from Early English to the Geometrical period, and con¬
sists of a nave, north and south transepts, north aisle, and chancel,
with small vestry attached. The church is built of red brick, with
bands and diaper-work of black vitrified bricks, and Bath stone dress¬
ings from the Corsham Down quarry; the quoins are formed with
white brick, and the roof is covered with Bangor Countess slates, laid
in courses of blue and green. The chancel windows have been filled
with very elegant stained glass, by Messrs. Heaton und Butler, of the
New-road, Marylebone. The chancel is divided from the nave by on
acutely-pointed arch, springing-from carved stone corbels, and under
the wall plate of the roof there is a course of Minton’s encaustic tiles.
The roof over the nave is composed of rafters and cross-braces, with
curved braced principals at intervals, and covered with diagonally-
laid boarding, stained and varnished. The chancel roof is plastered
between the rafters, and coloured a deep blue. The font oml pulpit
are executed in Caen stone. The stalls in the chancel are of a very
ornamental character; and the seats in the nave, which are low, open
benches of deal, are stained and varnished.
The church will seat 700 persons, inclusive of 100 children; and the
whole cost, including boundary wulls, warming, and lighting, <&c., has
WATERSPOUT IN THE STRAITS OF MALACCA.
three-decker that has ever been seen in those waters —carrying herself
in all weathers in the most creditable manner. We proceed on our
way to Hong-Kong, where we hope to participate in events of stirring
import. \/ Chabi.es A Lbes, M.D.
SUNDAY EVENING SERVICE AT WESTMINSTER
ABBEY.
The special service, for the working classes at Westminster Abbey
commenced on the evening of Sunday week. Seven o clock being the
hour fixed for commencing the sorvice, as early as six a large number
of persons had assembled at the entrance where the congregation were
to be admitted—namely, that adjacent tb Westminster School and the
end of Victoria-street—and at half-past six 2000 persons were waiting
for admission outside the iron gate. The Abbey bell comme n ced
tolling for the service at half-past six; hut the people were not ad¬
mitted till about ten minutes later, and the result was that many
persons, the females and a few children especially, experienced a very
inconvenient degree of pressure from the multitude in the roar. The
behaviour of all, however, was excellent, and the few policemen pre¬
having previously been witnessed within the Abbey walls.
Each row comprised eight branches, and each branch seven burners,
two of the branches having each a ring of burners in addition, and the
result was that the whole of the nave, from side to side, and from the
floor to the roof, was illuminated, the light being such as to exhibit in
hold relief the flue monumental sculptures.
The pulpit was placed in the centre of the nave, about twenty yards
from the choir, and the interval between these was partly occupied by
the choristers and the clergy in attendance. The seats provided for
the congregation consisted of chairs, which were all immediately oc¬
cupied. Every part of the nave was filled, several hundreds of persons
the preaching of the Gospel to the
poor—was in the act of being
fulfilled.
On Sunday evening last the
second of the services for the
working classes was celebrated in
the nave of the old building.
Although the police arrangements
for the admission of the public
were far better than on the pre¬
vious Sunday, there was still great
crowding The nave was densely
crowded by an attentive congrega¬
tion. Full choral service was cele¬
brated, the lessons being read by
the Very Rev. Richard Chencv.x
Trench, B.D., the Dean of West¬
minster. The preacher of the
evening was the Rev. Lord John
Thynne, one of the Canons of the
Abbey and Sub-Dean. He selected
for his text the second verse of the
second chapter of the prophet
HabakkukWrite tho vision,
and make it plain upon tables, that
he may run that readeth it.” The
clear voice of the preacher was
heard perfectly throughout the
building, and not a word was lost
upon the congregation. He con¬
cluded an eminently practical ser¬
mon with on earnest exhortation
to his hearers to abandon sin and
to lead a religious life.
Tho benediction was then pro-
CHRIST CHURCH, LUTON, BEDS.
62
THT . ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
been ebout £23l)0. The architect is Mr. Henry Elliott, of 29, Great
Janies street, Bedford-row, Loudon, andalso of Dunstable, Beds. The
lun-^ratwftpparatiu a “ l1 8fs- fit tings were executed by Mr. Scott, of
I, ““ *•» works wore personally suporintended by Mr.
r p S’ « °} luroh , WM opened by tho late Vicar of Luton,
rne nor. i. iiaitjott, M.A., a short time since, and is now used for
rrmno aemco; but owmg to want of funds, the oommitteo hare not
been able to endow rt at present.
[Jan 16,1858
NATIONAL SPORTS.
Tut: January entries—-turf and steeple chase—are on the* whole quite
«P to the average; and Lincoln, which opens the season on February 11
wears under its new regime a remarkable healthy look. Blood foals
are beginning to make their appearance in the paddocks, and we
trust that the Koyal stud may have more luck than they had last
year, when they numbered fifteen fillies to six colts. Gameboy has, we
near, been purchased by Mr. Groves, of Plompton, who has named one
of Ins Hohbie Noble yearlings, “Noble Hobbie.” Oakball fetched
SOTgs at Tattersall’s on Monday ; and he does not seem to he dear at
that figure. The brood mave L'ampbine was bought in at York last
week for 380 gs., while her Touciistone yearling made 250 gs.. thus
bringing np the average for her last three yearlings, all of them
[..Til’,,, nearl y ‘iOOgs. Yellow Jack, who ran second for six races (or
•re' 111 18S8 > ^ las gone to fbe stud, aud so has Vengeance.
The frost, after putting the “pinks" in rest for only throe days,
disappeared as fast as it came, and on Friday the packs were busy at
work cnce more. In fact, if this open weather continues, sportsmen
hopeful St " dS WiU 60011 &ld t “ eir E rooms ’ reports anything but
The fox-hunting world has been quite taken by surprise at the 1 -.
sudden announcement of Mr. Morell's determination to giro up the - ,, , , . .. __
mastership of the Old Berkshire. With the exception of a misundor- K montil8 imprisonment with hard labour.
■TOn/llWis ~ _;__ _ r . 1 • r . . . . I .1
—"^ 1C tw0 Judgeships are now filled. Mr.
Jonathan Christian, late Solicitor-General, has accepted the vacant scat
in the Common Pleas ; and Mr. Serjeant Brien, M.I*.. succeeds Mr Justice
Jloore in the Queen 's Bench. Mr. Hughes, Q.C., is to be the new Solicitor*
situation which he flllea a few years ago: and according
<’<**** Fitzgibbon. Q.O., will Be the neivSeS
behfa^fstro ? 1 *** ,IM appomU:tl Mr ‘ Francis K - Thomas, solicitor, to
?2‘ LEO ®» Windsor.—O n Saturday last his Koyal
s^saaasKsissf--
TliHMlNATION of THE WeA.R SbIPWRIGIITS’ STRIKE—At U
Siv S icrot h< i. Wrar ^bipbuiMera’ Association, held in Sunderland on
the m.n m0 “ l7 I esolvctl t0 comply with the demand of
me mtu, and pay the old wages of 5s. pt-r day. The strike (which wad
K idfie a for°fiv2 f & Sft,re fteTw^a?
JS U1C ope™u 0 oU e ^» y K ejl £^ruf^
Kewcastle-os-Tyke, on Monday night, a great Reform
iSf a^ i at w hi< i resolutions in favour of Manhood Suffrage
'° u by bbdlot, and a No-I>ropcrty Qualification were adopted *
Conviction of a Lady for Outainino Money under Fai.se
I retences. An extraordinary trial for obtaining money under r-ilsc
?? th Quarter iSSToJTslSrtS
THE MARKETS.
MraCj-ta.,. from I,. ■„ a., ltl Wh«g*b7,EiT' iU>
all spring corn was firm, at fullprloes.
toSIs.
Acuity supported. ' 1JoiU1 * at “i
Flour was, likewise, dull
ditto, whiro, 45*. to Ml.;
bat
Norfolk
M.rv W® ,P rls *? I n ‘'r.'! vus * highly respectable connrotioilaTnamcd
rom, y t, Z, -r 1 & i h,c i " sed V u f'/„ Mrs. M-’ghle was fndictel under two
EE? , , ri :t- tej having unlawfully and by false and fraudulent pre-
tences obtained tYom George Charles Wlgcns the sum of T ; j. w i lit intent
to cheat oiiddefraud him of the same, at Bath, on the 3 rd November.
‘57 : And MKlAndlv with lmviiwr nn ...:tu.it.. .■ i. . . •
standing with one coursing owner of coverts, his career there has been
a n J°, s * prosperous one. He succeeded Mr. Morland in tho country,
and has held it for some nine or ten seasons. At present his working
non lids number sixty couple, of wliich eighteen couple (a third of them
- Urrculfsi were entered this year; and his whole establishment,
under Tom Clarke’s care, had become one of the most perfect in the
kingdom. The North Staffordshire hounds had a capital run on
rnday, but were stopped late in the day, only four miles from the
Hoar-cross kennels, and had thirty miles to travel home. The
Tvndale have had eight blank days this season; hut in Cumberland
Mr. l.-nvson's have shown uninterrupted and excellent sport. They met
last week at Hutton, and killed their first fox after a good hunting rim
ewer difficult country. The second fox was one of their hill-bred
Greystoke flyers, “ as wild as a tiger and as long as a tether
rope; bnt the scent across the park and over Carrock was
breast high, and the pack split him np after a very fast thing
of rather more than an hour. The Cheshire are making
a very fair season of it, and the master has had the whole of his sutf-
senption np to New Year's-day paid up to him, with intercut. When
the next half-year’s payment is made, the “ difficulty ” will come to a
natural end, and we may hope to hear
Once more a view halloa from old Oultou Lowe,
and to see a field of Tarporlcy « green-collars ” gathering np their
reins, as of yore, for action. The North Hants Hunt Club have marked
their sense of Captain Mainwaring’s treatment of the Masters of Fox¬
hounds Committee by requesting him to resign his membership. The
Duke of llutland's bounds had a rare thing about a fortnight since,
from Sproxton Thoms to Bourn, in Lincolnshire. His Grace will,
it is said, take the active management of them almost immediately.
Melton Mowbray is not so full as it ought to be at this season of the
year; lmt several visitors, including some foreigners who have come
oxer for the Royal marriage, arc among the guests at The Lodge
and elsewhere this week. Earl Stamford’s Leicestershire tenantry
have presented an address of confidence to him. and the childish effort
which was made to induce farmers to warn his Lordship off their lands
roost signally failed. The sport has been so good this season
that there is every prospect of his keeping on the hounds.
On Monday they found a brace of foxes at Billesdon Coplow,
one of which, after making his point for Billssdon village,
went straight (or Rollestone, and then, leaving it on the
left, away to Norton Plantations, where he got to ground. Time
twenty-four minutes, racing pace, over one of the finest parts of
Leicestershire. Treadwell’s riding was magnificent. On Tuesday
Mr. Tauby’s found at Owston Wood, and brought their fox well away
after a ring, leaving the Park Wood to the left, and on toColdOverton
village, and so through Leesthorpe to Little Dalby, where oar informant
was beaten oil', at the end of thirty-five minutes, over a lure country.
Jack Goddard had a heavy fall, and we hear from Ireland that the
lieath huntsman, Cody, has broken Ills collar-bone. Fidls have every¬
where been most plenteous. A Louth Hunt man put out his shoulder
one day, and after a very brief interval came out again and dislocated
his hip.
Riot, whom many consider to be the best greyhound of modem days,
has bad ten whelps to Black Cloud; and we believe that Bingo will re¬
present Mr. Bowles’s kennel in the Waterloo Cup. The meetings for:
next, week are Walshford Bridge and Amicable Club (Hampton), on
Wednesday and Thursday; Holt, on Thursday; Altcar Club, on
Thursday and Friday; Chartley (O), on Friday and Saturday: and
Burton -on-Trcnt Club, on Saturday.
-jEale, who murdered Charlotte Pugsley, near Bristol, last
2!E*‘??b er > was hanged on Tuesday morning in front of the County Gaol.
i,*?,” 1 ' ™:Z ~: A " extraordinary application was made by a person from
h<v!v'nf U fh CriI1S f T om a wc f ne °Jc. f° r permission to touch the dead
hr < romnJ!!rt murderer, under the impression ihat the wen would thereby
be removed. The application was, of course, refused. 3
COUNTRY NEWS.
Bibminoham Reformers’ Union.— A meeting
porters of the uew .Reform movement was held at Birmingham
Public-office on Tuesday evening—Mr. George Edmonds, the ___ „„
the Peace, presiding—at which the following resolution was carried by
an overwhelming majority “That this meeting, havjng heard the bas-i 3
upon which the Reformers’ Union is established, pledge themselves to
give it their earnest support.”
.Abbotsford Festival. —On New VcaL’s-(li
usual, entertained the workpeople employed upon his’estate
stantial dinner in the large hall of the Mansidn-house. Dinner was
served up at half-past four; Mr. JefTney, head butler^presidini:, having on
his right hand Sir Walter Stott’s old and trusty henchman, John Swau-
«ton, the successor of the well-known Tom Purdy. Swanston is the only
relic left of Sir Walter’s old servants, and has how x been Upon the estate
for upwards of forty years. Twenty-flvaaat down X? the repast. After
doing ample justice to good roast and boiled beef, as also to plum-pudding
and other delicacies, the bowls were produced, aud flowing bumpers were
separately proposed to the health of Mr. and Mrs. Hope Scott and family,
which were drunk with great applause^A bah took place in the evening
at eight 0 clock, which was also held in the large hew servants’ hall, when
torty couples took their places on the floor. Mr. and Mrs. Scott appeared
and opened the dance, being accompanied by their eldest daughter, Mias
M. Hope Scott. As is usual on each New \ear’e-day, Mrs. H. Scott pre¬
sented each of the married workpeople with a pound of tea.
Marvellous Power over the Horse.— On Wednesday Mr.
John S. Kaney, from the United States, Sad the honour of exhibiting
before her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the Royal family and
smte. in tbe ridlngdionse at WindBOr Castle, his wonderful
power over the horse, on various subjects selected for the occasion.
He commenced witli a wild colt, eighteen month? old, belonging to the
Rnnce Consort, which was brought from Shaw Farm, and which had
never been nandlpd except by halter. After being alone with the animal
about an hour arid_al»a3l tbe Royal party entered, and found Mr. Raney
sitting/Obits hack without holding the rein the horse standing perfectly
quiet. A oruin was afterward* * handed to Mr. Raney, which he beat with
lury whilst.sittingon the horse's back, without the colt exhibiting any
si^ns of fear. The Royal party afterwards withdrew for a few
minute:?, and, on their return, found the animal lying down, and
Mr. Raney knocking its hind lee? together, one of which he put against
ms face. Afterwards a festive horse, from Mr. Anderson’s stables in
-London, which Mr. Raney had before handled, was brough in ; this horse
was pineal at one end or the riding-house alone. Mr. Raney went to Jhe
other end, and at his command the horse walked quietly up to him. He
then made the horse lie down, when Mr. Raney crawled between his hind
legs and over him in various ways. Mr. Raney then rolled the horse on
its back. The horse afterwards -was placed in various positions, in which
it stood without holding and without a bridle. A third horse, selected by
Mr. Meyers, the riding-master, as a very nervous animal, was then brought
in, and in a few minutes afterwards it was made by Mr. Raney to do all
which had been done by the other horses. At the eonclnsion of this ex¬
hibition of Mr. Raney’s astonishing power over thehorse. his Royal High¬
ness the Prince Consort expressed to Mr. Raney his gratification and thanks.
tinued firm.
l.»nhS?2 h .ff e » mo S c t6 *reo*nnl«ttojf with great rapidity. Die stock Af
iff;,!JI^ ank jj f England is now about thirteen millions, and nearly
£ 800^00 has been added to it within the last few days. In Lombard-
street good commercial paper is nought after at from Ah to 5 per cent, and
loans upon Government Securities have been granted in the Stock Ex-
am ™?,?#* 11 t 3 . l ,° ce ! lfc 11,e bankers now hold an unusually large
““Jand, unless commercial matters take a favourable
ii' vl re, ? am unemployed for some time. Owing to the
difficulty of findingemploymciit for money, an unusually large propor-
t 5 e dividends has been rctninedintho Bank, under the head of
consequently, the reserve'will receive support, until
employment can be found for surplus means.
ve *°f * £4 3,16 ’ 800 shipped to ttie Continent, vi& Folkestone and
Ho\er. the total amount of bullion forwarded ft-om London during the
^ 1857 ’ waa ^28,477,590, agidnst £17,8U(;,940 in the cor¬
responding period in 1856. /% —
Tlironghout the Continent>pnev continues to fall in value. At Ham-
burgh discounts may be had at u per cent, and the Rank of Frankfort has
reduced its quotations from 5 to 4 pcr cerifc. The stock of gold in the
rcdueti ° a in its rate
*Wj>ortsof bullion have been abhut £ 460 . 000 . chiefly from Australia
and the l nited State s. Included in that amount is .£ 50,000 in silver from
Continent. Ihenext steamer for tfie Eastwill take out about £ 200 . 000 ,
V}!, U r, C shipments are expected to be rf mull, as the exchanges in China
are still declining. Bales 01 bar silver have t>een effected at 53. i$d.; of
dollars, at 5s. 0 ^d.; being a decline of Jd. to Id. per ounce compared with
previous transactions.
°n Monday Consol? woro rather flat, and prices ruled a shade lower.
Tlic Reduced varied' from Consols for Money. 9 G i 96 ; Ditto for
Account, 95 to 95.J: acw I hroe per Cents, 95j 95 ; Exchequer Bills, 1 .T 3 . to
J58. prem.; Ditto Bonds, 1W8,\99|. Bank Stock was 222 and 220 ; India
Stock. 220. Numerous fluctuations took place w prices on the following
day, when the Reduced were done as low as 944; Consols for Transfer,
94^; New Three per Cents. 91$; and Consols for Account, 94 A. Five
per Cent Annuities realised 1114 ; India Stock was 224. Exchequer Bills
marked 13s. to 178. prem.; Ditto Bonds. 1858, 99} Ditto, 1859 , 98 *.
1 ho market was a shade firmer on Wednesday-.—Bank Stock was quoted
^Ll the deduced Three nor Onts marked 94 * 6 ; Consols, 946 3;
New Ihreeper Cents, 94$ * #; New Two-and-a-Hali per Cents, 78 ; Long
Annuities, I860. 2l>ld; Ditto, I860, 1 13-16; India Bonds, par; Ex>
chequer Bills,^4s. to 22s prem. India Stock was 221 , and Exchequer
Bonds realised 99. On Thursday the Directors of the Bank of England
reduced the minimum rate of discount to five per cent, but this reduction
had very little influence upon the public funds. Consols for Money were
done at 9*2 £; for the Accounts 95 to 95$ 94J l ; the new Three per Cents,
95 io-9.5i’-; aud the Reduced, 95 to 95i; Exchequer Bills were 193 . to 24s.
Ditto Bonds, 99; and India Bonds, 5s. to 10 s. prem. India Stock,
\221 to 224i
\The Foreign House has been wholly Jree from excitement; never-
Iieles?. a steady business has been transacted in most of the favourite
' 'ties, at somewhat reduced quotations Brazilian Five per Cents
realised 101 ; Mexican Three per Cents. 20|; Portuguese Three per
its, 45; Russian Five per Cents, 110 ; Russian Four-and a-Half per
Cents, 99^ ex div.; Ditto. Small, 100; Sardinian Five per Cents, 89 $;
Spanish New Deferred, 26J ; Spanish Passive. 62-; Spanish Three per
Cents, *U; Turkish Six per Cents, 99; Turkish Four per Cents, 1032;
F>ntch rwo-and-a-IIalf jier Cents. 65i ; Dutch Four per Cents. 99 A ;
Austrian Five per Cents, 92; Danisli Five per Cents. 100; Peruvian Fonr-
and-a-Half percents. 78; Peruvian Three percents, 53: and Belgian
Two-and-a-IIalf per Cents, 54| ex div.
Most Joint-Stock Bank Shares have ruled steady in price, but the
deaungs in them have been far from numerous Bank of Egvpt, I5i ;
City, 61 ; Colonial, 27 ; Commercial of London, 21 ; Oriental, 32; Otto¬
man, 18 §; South Australia, New, 17f ; Union of Australia, 51 ; Ditto,
New, 18 * ; Union of London, 213 ; Australasia, 88; and English, Scot¬
tish, and Australian Chartered, lsj.
Miscellaneous Securities have sold slowly, as follows :—London Docks,
99$ ex div.; Australian Agricultural, 25$; Crystal Palace. 1 $; Eastern
5§; Electric Telegraph, 105; National Discount Company, 3$;
Peel River Land and Mineral. 2 j|; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 74 ;
Ditto, New, 16 $ ; English and Australian Copper Smelting Company, 1$;
Netherlands Land Eight per Cent Preference, 3$; North British
Australasian, l\ South AustraUan Land, 33$; and Van Diemen's
Land, 11 $.
The Railway Share Market has been much less active; nevertheless,
the decline in the quotations has been trilling. The settlement of the
Account has passed ofi’ well, and, in some instances, the rates of “con¬
tinuation ” have been as low as one-half per cent. The following are the
official closing 0 notations on Thursday
Ordinary Shares and Stocks.— Arabergate, Nottingham, and
Boston Junction. 6$; Caledonian, 89$; Eastern Counties. 62 $ ^Edinburgh
and Glasgow. 63$; Great Northern. 100 $; Great Western, 62; Lanca¬
shire and Yorkshire, 94: London and Blackwall. 6§ ; Ixmdon and North-
Western, 99$; Ditto, Eighths, 4f; London and South-Western, 98$;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 40j ; Midland, 95$; North British,
543 ; North-Eastern (Berwick), 99$ ; Ditto (Leeds), 64 ; Ditto, York, 80$;
North Staffordshire. 14$; Oxford. Worcester, and Wolverhampton. 33 :
Portsmouth. 12; Shropshire Union, 49; South-Eastern, 70; Vale of
Neath, 20; West-end of London and Crystal Palace, 6$.
Line Leased at a Fixed Rental.— Buckinghamshire, 93$; Man¬
chester. Buxton, and Matlock, 2$; 3Iidland—(Bradford). 92$.
Preference Shares.— Caledonian, 96$; Great Northern. Five per
Tent, redeemable at 10 per cent prem., 108; Ditto at Five per Cent, 62 ;
Ditto. Four-and-a-llalf per Cent Bonds, 101 ; Great Western. Four-and-
a-Half-per Cent, 92; Ditto, Chester Shares, 16 ; Ditto, Birmingham
Stock, 70; London and Brighton. New Six per Cent, 140; Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, £6. 5; Midland Consolidated, Leicester and
Hitchin, 89$ ; No rth - K as tern’ (Berwi ck), 97 $; South-Eastern Four-and-a-
Half per Cent, 95.
British Pos s e ssio ns.—A tlantic and St. Lawrence, 85: Buffalo,
. per
white, W*. 1
white. IP*, t
hoiutfholdn, 4
per barrel.
£3.^aSlidSS? 1 P-h» 'ilv.ncod 2,. to3,.,
firegg SS 65 SlSFS—ssra sw
2.read, llio j.nce* of whetlea bread In tho motrojwlL. wo from “df to 8d.; of household
I0d.j barley, 26a. 3d.; oaU, 22a. 8d.; rye,
;yfearley,3da. 3d.; oats, 22j. I0d ; ryo, 33s. 3d.;
beans, 40s. 2 d.: j^a*. 40».
Etujlixh Grain Hold Iasi
beans, 34X3; 845 quarters.
Trtx .—Our n
l«. Sd. per lb.
Su(rur .—On
week’s quotdtl
lo 47s.; ami Uai
on former terms
C' jfl'rc . - A fevk loti of good na
advanced Itdlyjs. per cwt. Ja c
J! «Vr.-rTTiU wtIn i<- li*q rlecrm
stock hotc tii upwiir h
J'l'tii ir/on x .—F or
are wiU supported,
doinpl \
TaUptr.e— The dumi
percwF Iftnurh fal
0,7.0-Ll
oilier oil* liiU an upwi
tolls td. forron^m^
^ini«' _ n ,0r0 . h ror ™ m ' V varr ftl!1 Prices. Proof Dornorara. 2s. 4d. to 2s. W*
- d f ara, i ,w ! 1 ' vw '' k ' but grain «»)lrli 1. It slow inquiry.
_ 7£\ y ’ £4; clovcraiito * ™ w ^6; and Straw,
i I3s „ : W, . ,, 1 kor Primro’o, 12s ; Bjlmont. 18a. fd.; II its well. 23s.;
1J **’ Hnrtk 'P°° " l, ‘ W ‘ : KeU °C' 8,i * » ionStWgo'4 West Hartley, lij. fid.
tendeitp 410,1 klad * ImvCn, * vod off “fcaddv. and, In some instances, pricea have an upward
Wheat, 83,674; barley, 86,653; oats, 9514; ryo, 29;
common sound congou has realised Is. lid. to
i-nno very m xlurate.
busbies* has Imtm transaetod in raw sugars, at last
at »7s. to 60s. 64.; Hi rural, 40.. to 4/.,.; Madr^ST
6d iHtr cw». RedBed Koods are in moderate rniucst,
0 Cc, vl ? a b ilV0 Ml ’l at 64v oor avet. Plantation kinds have
;r kinds of ootleo vary little is doing-,
a value 3d. i>or cwt., anil tbe demand it very inactive- Tho
4 kind, of butter them is anly a moderate Inquiry. Prices, however.
; A U “ du *‘* ratijcr cheaper, in other provisions, very little is
iu.’ 1 '*' aowatosl *-“-
■m at .£») ; bpenn U held at £“<> to £72 psr tun, and the value of
1 tendency. Turpentine Is steady, at 33s, ao 3U. for spirlu, and 9s.
MOSETARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK.//'
(From our City CorrespotulenL) / (
TuE ammmt of monoy busiucss doing in tho Consol Maria-Vthis wc-k,
banka liavjTXmHheir ?atc”roH^gments'on'throe?&^Sf /a^^to^ dcmmdh “* U » hBi r to,prove ' ,; b, “ ’ v « h * r0 v “> r “■"» “ ”«>«• m
fluctuatroi. and, o^Tthe whffiftfiey h“^i uSpZT™* ‘“ re,lM * re “ . .. “ *»■««.
howm i crh a a improved to. some eitont. andthop^um SSto ----- *” ..
fimiPd a m Bondji ^ ave nsen to 103> prem., and other securitiesTtayc con-
Jfetropolitan Cattle Market.—All kinds of stock have mot a dull inquiry, and prices
-"v have frlvcu wav ftxUy 2d. |>er 81b
to ... IM. * - 04., port ... 104.
Actt^/ate and LeadcnhaU.—’l'ha trade hu ruled heavy, at drooping currencies:—
2 i* 1 mmton * 3 ‘- **• to M.; veal, 3s, 6d. to is. «d.; pork,
3*. 6d. to 4s. lOd. per b lb. by the carcase. Roc BUT llHUBKBT
THE LONDON GAZETTE.
3rd Dragoon Guards:
Comet.
8th Light Dragoon-: R. W. Pallisor to bo
Cornet.
10th: Cornet R. Lomax to bo Lieutenant; F.
O. Pit/.Gerald to bo Cornet.
llih: Tbe Hon. J. I). Drummond and II.
II. Duett to bo Cornets.
12th: Brevet Col. C. W. M. Balden to bo
Lieutenant-Colonel.
14U>: Cornet It. P. Ridloy to be Lieutenant;
F. B. E.'iglo to be Comet
16th: P.Bnry to bo Comet.
Military Train: C. 8. Thomas to bo Pay¬
master.
Royal Artillery: Lieut.-Col. W. R. Nedham
lo be Colonel; Cnpt. G. B. fthnkespoar to bo
Lieutenaut-Colouol; Brevet Major E. .1. Car-
thew to bo Captain; Lieut. E. P. B. Turner to-
be Second Captoin.
1st Foot: Ensign A. J. Badglev to bo Lioa-
tenant.
2nd: 8. II. WIddrington to bo En«ign.
4th: Lieut. C. P. Slokes to l e Captain; En¬
sign G. II Kittoo to be Lieutenant; G. Stud-
dert to be Ensign.
6th: Major uod Brevet Lieut.-Col. J. K. V.
Kirkland to be Lieutenant-Colonel : Ccpts.
G B. MUmnn and F. W. L’Estrange to be
Majors: Lieut- J. W. D. Adair to be Captain;
Friday, January, 8.
WAR OFFICE.
H. G. Smith to bo F. 8. B. Holt, G. Hor.-ick, J. Hartley, F. R.
Bradford, W. C. 8n_»olbred. J. C. Wndling, J.
C. 8. Fremantle, T. D'Alrntino Miicicinliiv.
K. E. Wilson, uni John Laslia, to bo Ensigas.
13th: As*Ut. Sarg. C. J. Kir wan to be As¬
sistant Surgeon.
*l»t: L'eut. T. H Shcrtvood to be Adjutant.
2btb: Cnpt. It. W. Clorko to tw Mqjor;
LI rut J. Coiling to ba Captain; Ensign M.
Robinson to bo Lieutenant.
27th: MuJorT. P. Touzel to bo Llout.-CoL;
Capt. O. Lang toy to be Major; Lieut. H. C.
Chester to bo Captain; Ensign L. W. Uea-
borough to bo Lieutenant.
33rd: A wist. Borg. A. R. Kilroy to bo
Assistant Burgeon.
4kth: Capt. and Adjutant G. P. Drought to
bo Can tain.
hind: Ensign G. C. Sidobotwm to bo Lieu¬
tenant; 8. J. NicholU to bo Ensign.
6.3th: Ensign O. W. Hill to ha Lieutenant;
J. V. He*»o to bo Ensign.
"1st: A. E. Morgan to bo Ensign: Assist.
8urg. E. Wilson’to bo Assistant Surgeon.
83th: Assist. Burg. W. U. Price u t>e Ai-
§i«taat fiurgoon.
92nd: Assist. Surg. J. Landale, M.D., to be
Assistant Surgeon.
96th: J. H. Prior to bo Ensign; Assist.
Surg. R. A. Elliott to bo Assistant burgeon.
W. BARRALD, Bury Rt. Edmunds. butcher—G. WILKIN4, Porlson, Hants, baker,
gT 'r%\ ‘*“1t Groat Castlo-stroot, Cavondtah-S'juaro, obmuenanger.
7 T TtmM^nv" a i l ^Vv^! 0r ’ lul , t '' ;r - ,l,ul glover. —W. HANCOCK, Muoohwter, bulldar.-
Mtr,.it' £. • ian ; Dudley, plumber, glazier, painter, uod papor hanger.—J. and C.
METCALF, Richmond, tailor—J. PARKER and J. RONALD, Bread-street, City, com-
miMion agenuand wurohousemcn.-T. BUTLER, Wandsworth-road, licensed vlctnaUer.-
UAV1ES - Broad-streot-tiiil, City, whofawUo
gothlen—T, and A. OLIVRR, Nottingham Uco mnnufacturorj.—E. and J. COCKdHOTT,
Bradford, Forksh.ro. worsted manufacturew.-J. MOOEHOU3E, Howgill. noar Gisbarn’
Forkslure, cotton spinner and manufacturer.—J. BULIBN", LeuUior-lanaJ Holborn, butchor.
aTiiiMitr W| Liverpool, lusuranco broker.—W. OXLADK, York, co*l-morch«nt.-J.
iy ^m>wv^ OUW ' k, xJ- >or ':^- r .- 11 ’ DALEIKL. Liverpool, wine and spirit mer-
chant.-J. M. BROWN. Kineton, Yi arwiekshiro, apothecary,—,1. CHAMBERS, Choi tsnham and
Prestbury. grocer and baker —T. SMITH and W FLETCHER. Bradford, Yorkshire, fancy
manufacturer, and eaamMoa agento.—W. HU3TW1LL, WHson-s.-root, Finsbury, Jincn-
draper.—W. M. IX)OKLP, Stalndrop, Durham, banker.—E. R. aud G. B. DAUGT, Liverpool,
motal brokers and commission agents.
_ 8C0TCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. MOFFAT, Annan, tanner and carrlor.-CHAPPJSLL and ANDERSON, Glasgow, brick-
makers.-VV. RllhhELL, UlaiMow, grocer—CAY, OGILV1E, and O ‘M PAN' Y, Leiltt. mer¬
chant*.—D. M GLAfiHAN, Kdlnburgh. wine merchant-—A. Ml rCHELL, GU*gow. manu¬
facturer.—J, MORRISON, Port Blphlnstoiic, Absrdoenshlro, innkee;>tr.—R. PUILP, Glasgow,
builder.
Tuesday, January 12 .
WAR-OFFICE.
2nd Foot: Lieut. R. H. Lowe to bo Cap¬
tain.
10th: Major ami Brevet Lieut.-Col. W. Fen¬
wick to ba Lieutenant-Colonel; Ca|Jt. and
Brevet Licut.-Col. M G. Sparks, Cajit. and
Brevet Major R. M. Beet, anti Brevet Major
T. By me, to be Majors: Lieut*. C. Barlow,
J. M. Smyth, C. Nedham. P. B. Lucas, J. 1*. H.
Crowe, G. F Cory ton; Capta. W. S. Milner,
Hon. A. Bur}-, C. Hurt, K. D. Fenton, to be
Captains; Licnta. II. R. Vigors, C. 1*. Fitz-
glbbon, O. D. W. Hunter. R. T. F Stammers.
8. E. Orr. R. Anneslcy. W. Hedger. W. J. B.
Martin, U. N. Satis, to be Lieutenant*.
11th: Capts. ami Brevet Majors E. Moore
and K. Blcase to be Mejors; Llcuts. J. T. T.
Boyd. R. Mansell, J. S. Travers, K. W. Car-
dlff, J. Boarke; Cspt* J. W. Tibbota, T. B.
Tnfte, W. H. Crompton, L. E. Knox, to bn
Captains; Ensign 8. J. Shortt ; Limit*. J. W.
Poole, T. L. Suck. H. S. btewart, F. W. Os¬
borne, R.F. Burr owe*, M. Guard, A. P. Do B.
Dixon, J. R. Kelaall, K. J. B. Donehui, to bo
Lieutenant*.
12th: Majornnd Brevet Lieut -Col. H M. Ha¬
milton, Ca;*t. and Btoret Major F. G. Hamley,
and Capt. W. J. Hutchins, to he Major*; Licuts.
U. Cclc, F. Bugnell, G. L. htuddert, Capt*. C.
prem.
Foreign.— Antwerp and Rotterdam, 7; Dutch Rhenish, 9$; Great
Luxembourg, 8; Namur and Liege, 8|; Recife and San Francisco, 10 $;
Ri$ra and Daneburg, 1$ ; Sambre and Meuse, 8$.
Mining Shares have ruled quiet. North Frano38 have marked 11; Par
Consols, 18 ; West JSwaet, 25$; Wbeai Edward, 7$; and Wheal Tre-
lawDey, 27.
R. Colo, C. J C SIHcry, B. Ramiay, ami G
R. J. Manhall. I iout*. R. D. Knight and H.
N. ICippen, to bo Captains; Knsigm C. M.
Hanvnrd, H. NeaMtt, nod W. I). Jnrvls,
Lleuts. J. F. N. Hewitt, K. Hall, G. Morland,
J. 8. R ichor Ison. \V. T. Fraser, F. Alban, O.
do L. Lacy, and A. F. B. Wither, to bo Lieu¬
tenants.
13th: Major and Brovot I.lcut.-Col. A.
Homo to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Majors and
Brevet Licuts.-Col. T. Fnauco and iho Hon.
A. M. Catheart to be Mi\jon; Capts. N. II. B.
Varden. W. H. GHmtton, H. E. Bayly, nmJ
R. M. Hal!, to bo Captains; Lieut*. G.S. Twy-
nam, J. C. Clr.rko. and J. R. Turnbull, to bo
Captains; Ensigns F. W. Ruck and W. Cox
to bo Lleutenaur*.
14th: Major and Brevet Lieat--CoJ. E. W.
D. Boll to be Liautcnaiit-Colooel; M^ior J.
Dwyor and Cnpt and Brevet Major W.
Douglas to be Majors; Capt*. W. IJ. Bower,
K. H. Vivian, W. It. C. Spenoer. O. Latonohc,
and R. 8. Bond; Licuts. E. D’H. Falrtloagh,
P. F. Do Quinccy, and A. Smyth, to he Cap¬
tains; Ensigns J. Ginnoy and J. O Machell,
Lieut*. K. Hill, G. H. Cope, J. Anderson. W.
Coxon, aud G. B. Morgan; Ensign J. S.
Phelps, to bo Lieutenant*.
BANKRU1T8.
T. BUCKNSLL, Salmon’s-place, Limohouso, currier.—G. VII.E, Grevd-Iauo, Honmlsditcb
Hocccid victualler.—W. LLuYD, Bexlejr Now Town, Kent, victualler.-J. READ, Lowur
Whltecrots-sirent, Crir r’egaio carpomor.—G. EADE, Bonnondsoy-wall, Bermoadsov. marine
stern dealer.—W. 'OsKM. pentonvUle-road, Penwsvlilo. and Beak-stroot. Regen ^street,
gasfitfer —J. COITF.RELL, Lowimoft, SuflToIk, soapboiler.—J. R. CATTLOW, Choadalo
dtnffonishire, scrivener—.1. .TOIINSTOX. Lomoosley Mill, near Lichfield. Staffordshire!
vrorsici-spinacr.—J. FLETCHER. Smethwick. Staffordshire, cOalmaster.—J BUKFORD.
J. THOMPSON, and J. HADLEY, BUsmn. H.iLffordsbiro. lro?maitcSI--£ BRYal* Lower
Mowley, Hn-efierdahire !rnkcopcr-T. PORTER, Frome Sohvood, Sotnarsatshir^ wool-
sfapbr.—J. RO>*E < i S. Taunton, Somerwtehlre, tailor.—R. GREGORY. Halifax, Yorkshire,
groccr.-MARTocdJ.WtGI A, fihelfisld. builders.-?. HEARNS HAW. ShsflBokl, coai¬
mer chant.- J. RADCLIFFK, Liverpool, wluo and l*oer msrchsnt.—J. M 3LLOH, Aibton-
under-Lyne, Lancashire, money scrlrem r.-J. C. PAYNE, Manchostor, Ironmonger.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
T. AITKEN. Dundee, currier.—P. M l. ROBERTbON, Glasgow, saddler.—R. CHRISTIE,
PS!*!* GIm « <w * fnc or —G- Pill BIT, Coatbridge, smith.-f.
LAUKm, (denser o. Kirkcudbright, farmcr.-G. MAIN, Kelso, writer.—8. and P. ANDER¬
SON, Inverness, iolioltots.
BIRTH8.
On Use 7th Inst., at Ofiloy, tfco wife of Henry Grimston Hale, Eta., of a son.
On the 25th December last, at Toronto, Canada, the wife of William Dixon, Esq. (seconi T"
daughter cf L. W. BowseU, Esq., London), of a son, b th doing wcU.
On I he 11th tost., at the Pentrc, near Abergavenny, the wife of F. C. Hanbury Williams,
Esq., lute 16th Lone eta, of a son and heir.
MARRIAGES.
At St. George'*, Hnnovcr-squnre, on the 9th Inst., bv tho Rev. Hugh Wdghtmaii, _
Edward Hancock Buck Esq., late commanding H.MlS Myrmidon, and who commut
the Wet Indian Mission Western Africa, son of James A Buck, Esq., of Holt, Norfolk,
Maria EliraUth Roberts, only daughter of Charles Robarto, Esq., Surgeon, M.R.C.S.L. and
L.8 A-E.. Portena-viUa. Alblon-road, Hammersmith.
On tho 7th Inst., at th* cathedral of Annuh. by tho Rev. George Robinson, Rector of
Ta’nregbau, li-other of tho bride, assisted by tbo Rev. James Hogan. Vicar Choral, Chork*
John Calvert, Esq.. berBr.tanuic Majesty’s Consol at Salonica, to Martha, eldest daughter
Cccrge Rctinsen, Esq., J.f. and Deputy-Lieutenant, Armagh.
MA,
idea
Jan. 16, 1658.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
63
NEW BOOKS, Sfc.
_ Tbi« day, in coat ftvo, price 7a. fid., cloth gilt,
fTTHE YEAR NINE : A Tale of the Tyrol.
JL By the Author of “ Mary Powell.” With Frontispiece.
" 8w<*t * Mary Powoll' exchangee her Into for a cymbal, clanging
•with her white fingers upon the Bounding brass. The subject is well
cbo'On, and the the mo nrpiritlng. Uofcr 1 b the hero of her Into.”—
Art-Joornal.
“ A highly interesting volume, in whinh the noble stand mado by
ana rmy of peasant* for independence U old with great power and
pathoe.”—Morning Herald.
*‘I a full of talent and hl-torical knowh-dgo, and haa the peculiar
jrraco of * Mary Powell's’ itylo. A better book for a young lady la not
to be found umong the now Christmas books."—Globe.
“Wo givo tbo warmest praise to thU noble book; it is of thrilling
interest, and one of tho very host of its popular author’s productions."
—Noncou for mis t.
“A sertea of finished sketches of ife, character, anil manners
among the mountains.”— Leader.
Ait thub Haix, Virtue, und CO., to, Paternoster-row.
WORKS by tho Late Rev. J. J. BLUNT
7 v Thl* day (660 pp.V 8vo, IBs.
LECTURES on the PEARLY FATHERS. Delivered
nt he University of Cambridge, lly Kev. J. J. BLUNT, B.D., lata
Lady Margaret’s Professor of Divinity.
Also, by tho sen:* Author.
BLUNT’S HULSEAN LECTURES on the MOSAIC
WRITINGS. Post 8vo. 6*. 6d.
BLUNT’S UNDESIGNED SCRIPTURAL COIN¬
CIDENCES A TEST OF THEIR VERACITY. Fifth edition.
8to. Ps.
ID.
BLUNTS HISTORY of the CHRISTIAN C HU RCH
in tho FIRST THREE CENTURIES. Second Edition. 8vo. 9*. 6i.
BLUNT’S PARISH PRIEST; Ilis Duties. Acquire¬
ments, and Obligations. Second Edition. Post Svo. 7a 6d.
BLUNT'S PLAIN SERMONS, Preached to a
Country Congregation. Second Edition. Post 8vo. 7 j. 6d.
John Murray, Albomarlo-streot.
NEW WORK BY SAMUEL LOVER.
On Fob. 1, Illurtrntod by Phir., Hs-foy, Blrkct Foster, Harrison
W«r, and Engraved by the Brother* Dubtlel. Crown 8vo, superbly
£ nt«d on cream paper, pric-* 5 j., extra cloth, full gilt,
YRICS of IRELAND. By SAMUEL
tOVEIt, Author of" Legends of Ireland,” “Rory O’Morc,"
“ Handy Andy,” &c. Ac.
London: HOULSTOX and WRiOHT, 65, Paternorter-row.
B URKE’S (SIR BERNARD) PEERAGE
and BARONETAGE for 1858 is tow ready. May ho had of
nil Booksellers. Price 38 b.
London: IlARRisox, 59, Pall-mall.
Now ready. No. 1, illustrated with Twenty-onohew Enjcravings, prico
2d., to bo completed in 'Twelve Monthly Nambors.
HE FAMILY DOCTOR.
Houlstox and Wrioht, and all Booksellers.
T
|^EW ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.
On Feb. I, with Twelve Hluitralions, by Anelay and Watts Philiitu,
boards, fcp. Svo. iwloe 2s..
NIGHT and DAY; or. Better Late than Never.
By JOHN BENNETT, Author of “ Family Mysteries,” &c.
On Feb 1. price 2*.. Illustrated with 3IM Eneravlngi.
HOW to MAKE a HOME, and FEED a FAMILY.
This work 3a thoroughly practical, and will save its coot daily.
On Feb. 1, Illustrated with 250 Engravings, from Designs by Leech,
Crowquill, 9tc- cloth, gilt, pp. 480. price S*. (id.,
PAUL PRENDERGAST; or. the Comic School¬
master. A hook that will amuse, delight, and instruct old aud
young.
WAR WITH THE MORMONS.
Prico 2s., Forty Illustrations cundMing of Room! Views, Authentic
Portraits, Otc .
THE MORMONS. By CHARLES MACIvAY,
LL D. Ready Jan. 20.
Second Editirn, just out. with Twelve Tllu*trati'’na, nriao 2a.,
THE GAME of LIFE. By WATERS (late of the
Detectlvo Force), Author of “ Becollectious of a Detective Police
Officer,” Ac.
r Ward and Lock, 158, Flcot-st*eet; nod all Bookseller*.
Illnstratod with 250 Descriptive Engravings, 3s fid.,
■fXTIFE’S OWN BOOK of COOKERY.—
V 7 Agreeable Dinner*, inexpensive, and easily cooked. Also,
N ?0o Dinner* forovery day.—W ard and LOCK; and all Bookseller*.
T HE FAMILY F BIEND,
Monthly. <d.. Illustrated.
“ It is tbo very thing we want when tha curtains are drawn and
the candles lit, for a long, pleasant evening.
Ward and LOCK, 158, Fleet-street; and all Booksellers.
WORTH NOTICE—What has alwayi been wanted is just pub¬
lished. price ts., free by post (the 18th Thousand is now enliing),
T he dictionary appendix,
with upwards of 7000 words not found In the Dictionary, com¬
prising the Participles of tho Verba, which perplex all writers. No
person who write* a letter should bo without this work: all school
pupils should have it. “This book la Invaluable.”—Wookly Tlmoa.
“This book la aa necessary as ‘Walker’s Dictionary' itaelf.”—Tho
Critie. J. F. 8HAW, 36, Paternoster-row.
TO YOUNG AUTHORS AND INEXPERIENCED WRITERS.
Now ready, for 12 stamp**, post-free,
H OW to PRINT and WHEN to PUBLISH.
Advice to Authors. Condensed information on all sutyecra
connected with Publishing and bringing out a Book with most ad¬
vantage to its Author is tho characteristic of this useful little
FampM.
8AUXPKBS and OTirr, Pub’Ubere, Conduit-atroef, Hanover-square.
TO YOUNG AUTHORS AND INEXPERIENCED WRITERS.
Now ready, prico 2s. Gd., post- free,
T HE AUTHOR’S PRINTING and Pub¬
lishing ASSISTANT. A Guide to the Printing, Correcting,
and Publishing New Works. “ Everyone who has written or who
mny write for the press should possess this book.”-Metropolitan.
BAUXDKRN aod O LEY. Publishers, Conduit-striet, Hanover-square.
THE BEST WEDDING GIFr.
IlyfcPHUN’S PRESENTATION BIBLE.—
lv l Tills magnificent volume, so suitable fbr a Marriage Present o
.Birthday Gift, may be bad bound in the moat rechcrchd styles, cj
prices varying from £2 10s. to XC 6s. “ Without exception, themost
splendid Family Bible ever produced." Inspection Invited. Speci¬
mens post-free —W. R. McpHUJf, 41, LadgatOrhlll, London; and
Glasgow.
Just ready, price 6d ; by post for seven stamps,
R IMMEL’S' PERFUMED ALMANACK for
1858 imparts a delightful acont to pocket-books, -card-cas**,
desks, Ac., and forms a neut present. Sold by all Perfumer*, Book¬
sellers, and Chemists; and at tbo Manufactory, ^Strand.
M arriage of the princess royal.—
COLLINS'S Illustrated Programme of tbo Wedding four of
the Princes* Royal and Prince of Pruisia, with exact Portrait* of tha
niuktricma Pair and 8ox; masnlfl crady- engraved .Views Of tho
principal placp* of interest virited, nefompaniod by a Map printed In
tints, and folded in a beauti mllr-IIlamina ted Wrapper. OT mounted
to hang up, la.: or. hy t ost for 13 stamps,
Collins, B^QTni:!t8,Paterno»tcr-r^w., j
Price la.; postage-free, la. 2J., , ...
P APER FLOWERS • the Art of Modelling
and M»lingl,y CHAULE8 PKI’fEft, JllnatriUod.
London ; J. Barnard. 33». Oxford-rreet, W.
QTAINED WINDOWS and ORNAMENTAL
GLASS by tho Now and Beautiful Pro’CiS DIAPHANIB—
f«i y *eco:——*— TL -*'- >s ’ ” L - *" —*■“ , ‘ t *
J'«-*irn» Ac
street, XpDdo
DUphanle,”
ermrus roc y
Ladles and Q&tiemea. All materials,
ad RetalL^rj BARNARD,339, ©xfotd-
ia published “Plain I rut ructions In
poatcgc-lrco, and whore 8po-
-- jublbbcd. prico 6d.. pert-free.
H OW CURE CONSUMPTION,
Bronchitis, Artbrna^Ccugbs, Colds, and Nervous Affections.
An East Indian prcnaraiiwj/bf the extract of Cannabia Indica. By
11. JAMF.8, 14. C«il-street. Strand.
nnHE EAR in HEALTH and DISEASE, and
JL oa the Prevention of Dcafhoss. By WM. HARVEY. F.R.C.S .
BuTgeen to tho Royal Dispensary for Disease* of tho Ear. Second
Edition, prico 2s. fid.: post,2a. 8tL— London: Rknshaw, 356, Strand.
B rick-making machines, adapted for
the Clays they are to work, and every information on Pottery,
Machine:?, and Work*. The Society of Arts Prira Essay “on
Brick-making,” post-free, la- id.-Mr. HUMPHREY CHAMBER¬
LAIN, Etmpsey, own
NEW MUSIC, frc.
TVTARRIAGE of the PRINCESS ROYAL.—
MX “The Rose of Castillo,” Balfo’s new nad popular Opera,
will be per for mod by command aWler Majesty'a Thoatro, on oceation
of the Royal Wedding: also, the Quadrilles and Walt** from “Tho
Roce of CaatUIe, amingod by J. G. Callcott, wiU be performed at rhe
Graml State Bad. All the music of this successful oner a aod the ar¬
rangements of tha samo bv W. U. Callcott, Osborn, Rummcll. Oury,
and ruvarger, are published by Cramer, Beale, and Co., 201,
Regent-street.
The Opera complete for Voice anil Piano, 21*.
rnilE ROYAL MARRIAGE.*-RING OUT
X OLD ENGLAND’S BELLS.—National song on tho occasion of
the Marrimro of tho Prince** Royal, embellished with « boautiful
Portatt of the Royal Brido. Written by DOUGLAS THOMPSON,
composed by WALTER MAYNARD. Price 2s. Gd.
Crahek, Beaus, and Co., 201, I’^gent-strcet.
fTUIE SONG of the ROSE. Composed by
J. ALBERT SNOW. 2s.fid. “Tho muiic and otetry apprr-
priato "—CiiAMBR, .Beale, and Co., 231, Berent-itree*..
J ULLIEN’S new POLKA MAZURKA, as
performed at his Concert*, prioe Sa. Also all tbeir popular
publications, by Schnltbea, Concono, ite.. po« f -frcs for stamin.—
Dover: SUTTOX and POTTER, 3, New Bridgo.
/ \ PER AS as Piano Solo in the PIANISTA,
v_/ 2 b. each, enlarged series.—Sonaambuln, Norma, Puritanl,
La l-'ig.ia. Trovatoro, Trariau, KuroleUo Nino. Lombardi. Don
Giovanni, Robert le Liable. L'Etoile du Nord. and fifty other Operas,
2a. each, or post-freo, twenty-four stomps.— Oat and Co., 67, Pa'.er-
nostcr-row. Catalogues gratis.
TVTEWEST MUSIC.—ROBERT COCKS
-L* ,.-n co.
OUR ENGLISH ROSE. Son". Poetry by —
LONSDALE. E«].: Mo,'o by W. T. WKIOIITON. With beautiful
Portrait of II. li. H. the Priu rowt Koval, o. tki.
BRIDAL QUADRILLES (HENRI D'ORSAY). <!.
PRUSSIAN QUADRILLES (S. GLOVER)—The
EKCU8H HOSE OEADK1LI.ES (T. BKOWSEl. t..
ROYA r. PRUSSIAN MARCH (S. GLOVER). 2s. OA
ECHOS tie la LOIRE QUADRILLE (LEDUC). 3s.
The YOUNG RECRUIT—Sana by .letty Treft’r. 2 s.
q YOUNG RECRUIT QUADRILLES (S. GLOVEKi.
'LOVERS’ LETTER-BOX. Song by BRIGHTON.
It. 6d,
170th Edition of HAMILTON’S PIANO METHOD.
4>.
fi. New Burlingtou-street, Lendm (W.); and of all MuBlcscllcri.
TX/'ESTROP’S 100 SELECTED CHANTS,
T Y by the lust Ooinpo**r*, with tho Canticles, complttj ^Mlter
and tho Fleming and Evening Pravcr. uccurrttely pain‘aid for Con¬
gregational Woreh'p snd Fsmliy Dcvotbn ; and to on »b!e tho Choir
and all who Join In tho Service to ting correctly tjgetbor. la noat
wrapper, ptlce Is.; by pa*t, 14 stamps, or bound In doth, 1*. fid.; by
p'*t, 20 «*r.»np».
MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 193, High Holboro.
W n. MONTGOMERY’S NEW QUAD-
• RILLE8 —Jack tho Giant-killer. Arabian Nighti. Bog-
gar’s Opera, Puse in BoGt*, I»ou Ctfsar <U* Uazan, Masketcers, tkl-
phegor. Bonnie Dundee, Eillnburgh, Bobbing Aronud, My Mary
Anne, Royal Lancer*, Bt. Patrick's, and PiotY>lonilni: all fid. each;
K t-free, 7d. each —MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 192, High
lboin.
TV/TUSIC for the YIOLIN and CONCERTINA.
JjX Westrop’s 150 Molodlos for tho Violin, or any Treble Instrument,
containing all the Popular Music of tho Day, price Is.; post-tree, U
damps 200 Mclodle* (Regondi’a) for tho German Concortinr.. 1*.;
SCO Melodies (Sedgwick'■( for tho Kngl'sh Concertina, 1». F.ithar
book by poet 14 stamps.—MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 192, High
Holborn.
M usical box repository, 32 ,
I cdgato-itrect (near St. Paul'sl—WALES and M‘OULf/OCH
are direct IniDorter* of NICOLE FBERKS' Colebratod MUSICAL
BOXES, playing brilliantly tho beet Popular. Operatic, and Bjvcrtyj
Mtuic. Largo Slr.tr*, Four Aire, £4; Six. £6 6*.; Eight, CH; Twvra
Air*. JE12 12s. Snuff-boxe*, Two Tnnei, 11*, fid. and ifi*.; Throe, 391.;
Four, 40s. CaUIoguos of Tuno* grati* and port-free, oa application
TlYUSICat REDUCED PRICES.—Catalogues
JjJL of 50(10 riano Piece*. .VXW Bong*, and 2000 MlacelUnoouvl
Works, ancient and modern, at low prices, forward 1 *! anywhere for
. . ‘ M||£s[r*ir "
three stamp*. All Muric postage- froo. Pro*pectu*osof Musi
on*Reduced Terms, gratis.—*”** •*“
.,.. v _Library
W31. ROBINSON, .Inn., 3$^ 8trand.
P IANOFORTES.—OETZMANN and
PLUMB’S NEW PATENT STUDIO PIANOFORTE, 6$ ootarot
(price* ranging from considerably loss that* £20), is tho most suit¬
able instrument manufactured for the studio or school-room, being
so constructed ns to require but little tuning. To be had of nil the
principal country Mosioficllerai n England, Scotland, and Ireland!; also
fbr Sale, Hire, or Exchange, at 56, Groat RaaseH-stre<rt/(opposite
the British Museum).
P IANOFORTES.—PUBLIC ATTENTION.
Bomo splendid Rosewood and Wnlnut-treo Cottage* and Pic-
oolo*. 8| octaVos, with all the latest improvement*, bavo only beion
U6ed a few month*, from 19 guineas.—At TOLKIEN'S Old-Ertab-
li&bed Pianoforte Warehouse. 27.28, add 29, King Wililim-street,
Locdon-bridge. Pianofortes for hire.
H.
TOLKIEN’S IRRESISTIBLE PIANO-
• FORTE, with Tru«e Concave Bracing*, height 4 feet,
depth 25 inches, by her Majesty's Royal Letter* Patent.—This
beautiful instramcht Is superior in power to any other piano, for
quality of tono unequalled, and its durability unquestionable. For
extreme climate* it Is Invaluable. -The price U low. Books with
drawing* and description, post-free. At H. Telklen’s old-«Ntabllibod
Manufactory, 27. 28. and 29, King William-street, London-bridgo.
H 1 TOLKIEN’S 25*Guinea Royal MINUTO
• PIANOFORTES, 6? octave*, bright 3 ft. 10 ln.-H. T., tho
original maker of a Thventy-fivo Guinea Pianoforte, haa. by the care
he has devoted to *11 hranchea of tho manufacture, obtained tha
higheBi reputation throughout the universe for hi* mitrcmenta, un¬
equalled In durability anu delicacy of touch, more especially for their
excellence in standing hi tuno in tho various climate* of our roienios:
in elegant walnut, rosewood, and mnhogany rases, packed abroad
for £2 J0». cxtra.-H. TOLKIEN'S Manufactory. 27. 28, sod 29,
King WlDiam-atroet, Load on-bridge.—PIANOFORTES for HIRE.
IATTERNS of the NEW SILKS,
and other fabric*, tot
Walking,
Evening, and
Wedding Dreaac*.
Family Mourning,
India Outfits, Ac.,
rent
post-free
10 any part of tho
world.
Address to KING and 00., Regent-street, London.
N EW SPRING SILKS, at KING’S,
243, Beg»:nt-‘*.rcc».
Checked,
Olacfi.
Bitin Btr,
Jasper,
Brocaded,
Flounced,
Double °k ! rt»,
Pol--* 4 Quill/, and
MoW Antique Silks.
From XI 2s. Gd. to £5 the full Dress. Patters* sent post-free.
EW BLACK SILKS, at KING’S,
243, Regent-street.
Utari,
Satin Bar,
Groe Royals,
Bwdafmereo,
Moire Antiques,
Robe* a Quille, end
Silk Velvet Flounced 6>Ika.
From £l 5s. to £5 IQs. tho Full Dress. Pattern* rent post-free.
N
J^EW
EVENING DRESSES at KING’S*
213, Rogvnt-atroct.
Flounced Tarla'ans, /
IQs. 6d. the robe,
Flounced Barvgos, \
I8«. 6d. \
Light Glacd Silk*, ^^ x
£\ la. 6.1. ^ 7
light Flouxeed Silk*, —
£2 10*. f
And Irish Poplin*, j j
18*. Gd. tho Pull Dree*.
Patterns sent post-freo. Address to King and Co., RcgontVst., London
■VALENCIENNES LACE and INSEK-
T T20K8, 2d.. «d., and fid. per Yard, mide of Thrcad by
Machinery, and undlieernlble from real. Patterns rent free by port.
—A. HISCOCK, 54, Bcgent-ttreet, Qaadram.
B LACK LACE FLOUNCING^ elegant
patterns, necdlo run, 12 inches vrido, 2*. fid.; 18 inch as
4s. fid. Pattern* of there truly elegant lace* rent free by po*t.—A.
HISCOCK, 51, Kcgent'StreoC, Quadrant.
_
B LACK SILKS cheaper than they were ever
known. PaBorns of all the new makes free pur post. Alio,
Moird Antique* in Black and shades of Grey.
Addre *. PETER ROBINSON,
General Mourning Warehouse, P'3, Oxford-street, Loudon.
T N DI A.—FAM LLY MOURNING.—Skirts,
X trimmed dco*ly with crape, from HH.. upwards to the richest
quality, with Mantles and Bounc-ts to match. Family orders supplied
on the most reasonable t. nn». Kir*t-clu»* Dressmaking at modern:a
charges.—AdOres., PETER ROBINSON., General Mourning Ware¬
house, 103, Oxford-street, London,
T OCKE’S NEW LINDSEY WOOLSEYS,
XJ Striped [and Plain, ft>r Dresce* and Petticoata. Patterns for-
> AKD CLAN TARTAN WAREHOUSES,
9 and127,REG ENT-STRRET.
g COTT ADIE, LINSEY-WOOLSEY
MAKER to tb<B COURT, has now on view his fashionable
ttaer 5! Ixturos and new styles for Drosses and Petticoats.—115,
Regent-street (corner cf Vigo-stroet). Patterns forwarded free.
npHE MARRIAGE of the PRINCESS
X KOVAL.-GRANT and GA5K (late Williams and CoA, 59, CO,
fil,‘ 62. Ox fort-street, ana 3, 4, snd A, Wrils-streot, having personally
visited the Par's, Lyons, nod otbrr foreign markets, where they havo
E urrbased largely in antictMiion of Ujb nb,jvo events of rare and
i ituiifnl goods In fllks, Emhroiderire. Muslins da 8oi«. Ball and
Evening Drenres. Mantles. Ijico*, ana other fancy articles, which
they wilt have pleasure In submitting for the inspection of t heir
patron*./
t ' RANT and GASK beg to announce that
VX the remaining portion of Williams and Co.'s Stock (principally
SiDu). amounting to XU.5Q0, will be sold on that part of their
premise*. 61 and 62, Os ford-meal. Great Bargains.
G < RANT and GASK respectfully invite
r attention to their Special MOURNING Ihipartment, us tho
whole of tho new premises 59. Oxford-street, with those in tho roar,
will bo oocupitd for General Mourning. N.B. Orders for patterns
and matching, Ac., wi l receive careful attention. Every article
marked in plifln figures at rcadv-monoy prices.
rjMIE PRINCESS OPERA CLOAK.—This
X admired and elegant novelty is distinguished by the noma
of the Princes*. A sort of epaulet descending from each shouldaris
ornamented with embroidery, in the style of the Indian Perhawur
Braiding. The open spaces In the lxtttem are filled up with satin of
various hues, thus producing a rich and brilliant effect. This new
Opera Cloak is registered, and can bo purchased only of
FARMER snd ROOEhS. 171. 173, 175, KcgcnUtrcot,
6ee “ Tho Fashion*," Illustrated London Nows.
Sole Agents for tho teal Thibet Goats' Hair Cano and Muff.
TYISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.—
X_x The Successors of R. Willey and Co., Messrs. SHETrLE-
WORTH, ABBOTT, and WILLEY. Jun., 15 and 16, Ludgate-etiwt,
respectfully inform tfcelr Friends and the Public that they are now
•SELLING OFP the extensive stock of this old and colobrated estab¬
lishment. It is a remarkable stock, amounting in value to £57,102,
anti consists of a rich assortment of Silks of the bust (manufacture,
India, French, and Paisley Shawls, Monties, Dresses of lnOnite
variety: aod excwsivriy cheap Damask Cloths. Sheetings, and general
Licon Drapery, Ribbons. Laces, Hosiery, snd Paris Gloves. The
st or lit g quality of all goods kept at It. WlBsy snd Co.'* must com¬
mand a j rt nipt clearance of the stock at the very Urge and surpri¬
sing reduction of price* at which they are now marked. An early
Inspection Is recommended.—15 and 16, Ludgalc-strcet, London.
Jan. lfth, 1858.
7 E 5UROIR FACE ET NUQUE.—This
J A new Patent Toilet Gloss refiecta the back of the head as per-
fectly as It docs the face, and both in one glass st the same time, en¬
abling a lady to arrange her back hair with the greatest case and pre¬
cision; it la the most unique and complete article over Introduced into
the dressing-room. Prioe* 24i». and onwards. The patent can also be
affixed to sny good toilet-glass. Drawings and price* sen: free
by poet. To oe seen only at the Patentees’, Messrs. HEAL and SON,
whose Warerooms also contain every variety of Toilet Glass that 1*
manufactured, os well as & general assortment of BEDSTEADS,
BEDDING, and BED-ROOM FURNITURE. Heal and Son'*
Illustrated Catalogue tent free by poet.—Eoal and Son, 194, Totten-
kam-court-road, W.
J^ONDON
CARPET WAREHOUSE,
WAUGH *o.l 80S,
3 snd 4, Goodge-street, W.
ftRNAMENTS for the DRAWING-ROOM,
V/ LIBRARY, Ac.—An extejvive aasortment of ALABASTER,
MARBLE. BRONZE, and DERBYSHIRE SPAR ORNAMENTS.
Manufactured and Imported by J. TENNANT, 149, Strand, London.
SECONDHAND GOLD WATCHES, by
eminent makers, warranted genuine, accurate, perfect In con¬
dition. and at half tbo original cost. A choice stock at VVALE8 and
M‘CULLOCH’8, 32, Ludgatc-street (near St. Paul's).
F DENT, sole Successor to E. J. Dent in all
• bis patent rights and btainct.*, at 81, Stroud, and 31 and 35,
Koval Exchange, and the Clock ami Compass Factory, at Somerset
Wharf, CHRONOMETER, WATCH, and CLOCK MAKER to the
Queen and Prince Albert, and Maker of tho Great Clock for the
Hour re of Parliament. Ladies' Gold Watches, eight guineas; Gentle¬
men's, ten guineas; strong Silver Lever Watches, six guineas; Church
Clocks, with compenaatisn pendulum*, £85. No connection with 33,
Cock* pur-street. _
G eology and mineralogy.—
Elementary COLLECTIONS, to facilitate tho study of this
Interesting Science, can bo had from Two Guineas to Ono Hundred,
also Single Specimens, of J. TENNANT, 149, Strand. London.
Mr. Tennant give* Private Instruction in Mineralogy snd Geology.
TMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT in
JL SPECTACLE" -KEYZOR .nil BENDOT (.uraemor, 10 H«rri.
and 800*), Opticians, beg to call attention to their SPECTACLE i,
which will a«i»t the root: aged, weak, or defective vision; being
grsurd on on entirely new principle they do not require tbo frequent
1 bang ng to stronger power, which la so iiOorious to tbo eyes, os those
In general use. Duchess opera glasses, portable and powerful, con¬
structed with 12 kroot; raco-cocrtv glares* and telescope* with Oil
the Lntt jmprcvtnunt*. 50, High Uoibcra AWbiisfccti I7?0.
rjlHE BOYAL MARRIAGE.—Extraordinary
X Sale at SHEATH'S, tot, Regem-rrert, of D-stlogulshed
Nove*ti«s in Real Brurerla, Honiton, and Brititb Point Flounces,
Bridal Squares, Scarfs, Handkerchiefs, Ac.. Ac. Real Spanish Lace
Manti'las, Black and White Guipure L*cos. Ac. 50.000 Yards of
Real Valenciennes Lacea. Edgings, Ac., from 3fcL to 15a. per Yard,
at W. W. Sheath's, Vk, Regent-*;net.
S ilks for the million i—stagg
and MANTLE are now showing a large Stock of Silk pur¬
chased do lug th • commercial p « sore. They solicit an early inspec¬
tion, tha prices being cheaper than they sver were.—Stagg and Mantle,
1, 2. 3, t, Leicester-square, and 8, L«ce*ter-street.
S END for a PRICE LIST.—HOUSEHOLD
and FAMILY LINEN.—NATIONAL LINEN COMPANY'S
WAREHOUSES. 108, Fleet-street, London.—In giving publicity to
the Prlc<* st which ;be Compjny are nows-J’ing TABLE L NEN,
LINEN SHEETING, UU3H LINENS, TOWBUNGB, ami »very de¬
scription of Hem.'hold and Family Linen, the Director* of tbo National
Linan Company invite the Public to send for Patterns for comp«rises,
which will be forwarded pott-rrre. payment not being required for
good* ordered from patterns until raedved and approved of.—Natkmftl
Company, lto. Fleet-4tTe«t. fbot of Ludgste-hilL London.
Calaisgues, containing particular* and pries*, post-free.
Lit
T able-linen, sheeting. &c.—
FAULD1NO. STRATTON, and CO., Linen Manufacturers tn
the Qneen, rfspcctfnUy invite attcullon tw t'mir extensive stock, com¬
piling every kind of HOUSEHOLD snd TABLE LINEN. Families
snd large ertablirbrnents charred whoksoJ* prices. Arms ami Crest
inserted in Table-linen.— n, i oventry-rre^R.
A SINGLE stay
Carriage-free to any port of the Country
On receipt of a Post-office Order,
Waist measure only required.
The ELASTIC BODICE. 12%.fid.
i Recommended by tho Faculty).
The SELF-ADJUSTING COSSET, 12*. fid.
The Super-Coutille Cctsot, 10*. fid.
• Eustrated Books sent on receipt of a Postage-stamp.
Every article marked in plain figure^.
CARTER and HOULSTON, 88. H<g?nt-«:rret; 6, Blockfriara-roadj
5, Stockwell-itrret. Greenwich: and Crystal Palace.
/CORSETS PLASTIQUES.—These Corsets,
\^J after several yean’ trial, are approved and recommended by
thousands, as combining the great requisite* o' ease, elegance, and
economy, with a guaranteed fit- Rapport* k 1'AcadfmUs Imperial*
de Mfidccinc do Psri* ct la BotSM Itope'rUlo do Mcdocine do Lyon,
Exhlbitisn cf London. 1851. Exposition do Paris, 1855.—IMpOt of the
i Inventor, F. FONTAINE, 88, Jermvn-tXreei, 8t. Janos'*.
S HIRTS.—Flannel Shirts of every Description,
Dress .Shirt*, ami DreMing Gowr.s- Moasnre papers will bo
rent on appUcsticn.—CAPPER and WATERS, to, Segont-street,
Leaden, B.VT.
“OUSTS of the PRINCESS ROYAL and
XX PRINCE of PRUSSIA.
D. BRUCC1AN1, Morlttiler and PJo.*tor Figure Manufacturer, hoe
ju«t completed Two Life-sized Bu ts of those Illustrious Persons,
which are now on mJo at bis Show-room*,
5,6,7, and 8, Little Kusscli-s'reet, Covent-G.mlou
C APTAIN HEDLEY VICARS.—
A CABINET BUST of this noble, young Christian soldier, in
iiHilary Costume, modelled from the original e-erooscopi: mluiatsro,
under the kind suggestions of Captain VI rare' Irion's, by whom it I*
rronounocti tbc meet characteristio liken -ms yet prodaoexl. wilt shortly
bo published. Size of cast 9 in. by B In. Price One Guinea each.
Sib cribets' names motived only by Mr. W. T. HALE, 65, Edgwaro-
road, London. W.
T he royal wedding.—french
RC05IS BAZAAR. Soho-souaro. Patronised by tbo Prinoau
Royal. MADAME RAMAZZOT 17 has Just rrccived aoino elegant
Bpec:mens f Art in Fancy Articles for Wedding Presents, ka., Ac.
A musement for evenings.—M r.
BTATUAi! 'rvlll oitm! od Pros poet us of Sclentilic, Instructive,
and A mnsirg Article*, Ednoatlooal Tors, «c. (including hhi Popular
Chemical Cabinets, Portable Laboratories. Microscopes, Stsrco«copes,
Magic Lantprns. Pb^bgraphic, Optical aud Electrics! Instrumental,
forwarded free for 2 ttam pr — WrixiAM StatilYM, 302, Regent-at., W.
■aflCROSCOPES.—J.JAMADIO’S BOTANI-
JJtX C.VL MICROSCOPES, packed In mahogany ease, with three
Powtr*, Cot:d-r.scr. Pincers, and two Slides, will show tha Anirati-
calx la Water. Prico lfi*. 61.—Tho Field newspaper, under tho
gardening department, give* th* following valuable testimony :-"It
& marvellously'ahoap, and will do everything which tho lovor of
'trothrenan vriih 1140 soconipllsh, cither at home or In th* open air.’*
—"■ -*-- A largo assortment of Achro-
Jujic6, 1857.— 7,T hrbgmortoa-atmct.
raatic Microscope*.
CTEHEOSCOPIC VIEWS of Egypt. Nubia,
kj and,tho Nile, by F. FRITH, E*q., Illustrating tho mo«l remark-
sblo leatnres of Auoicnt Eryptiau Arch lecture *nd History—IDO
Views. T he Pyramids, fiphynxo*. Tempi* of Luxor, Karnac, ITiebes.
&c. VklO Review in tha Tim©*, 1st Jon., 1858. To bo hod of all
d«-nkr*. Wholesale only of tha Publishers. 21, Lawrence-lano.
QTEREOSCOPIC SALE at STEVENS’S, 38,
K-J King-street, Covt n fc g ard e n , FRIDAY, 2Snd Inst. Stock of a
Wholesale dealer, choico quality. On view the day before tho sale*
und catalogues hod.
E LA RUE and CO.’S ROYAL
VICTORIA PLAYING CAR DA—These Cards are thinner nod
trnsller than tho onlinory riaying Cards, and havo been manufac¬
tured to meet the wishes of persons accustom**! to tho use of Conti¬
nental Cards. They may be had, either double or single heads, and
with gold or fancy hacks, of all Stetlone-*.
pARDS for the MILLION.—A NAME-
PLATE Engraved and 50 Beat Cords printed for 2*.; sent post-
free. Bailees* Cards equally cheap.—ARTHUR GRANGER, Cncop
Stationer, kc., 308, High Holborn, London.
A RTISTS’ and AMATEURS’ JAPAN
XX TIN SKETCHING-BOXES (Water-Colour).—A quantity of
various sires, both empty and filled, are now offered at half-prise*,
J. BARNARD, Artist Coloununo, 339, Oxford-sir*London, W.
EFOBM vour TAILORS* BILLS!—
EDWARD DOUDNEY and SONS, TaUora and llnbii Maker*
to rho IlovoJ Family. Biding Uuhita, £4 4s.; Ladies’ Irish Poplin
Cloaks and Guin.-a Tweed Clonks, all water, not air. proof; Foot¬
man's Suits, £3 3s.—Edwitrd Doudnev and Soot, Tailors, 17, Old
Bond-nrr*u. to, Burlington Arcade, aud 49, Lombard-street. Ks-
tablhhcd »7»t._
TVTO MORE OOLD FEET.—Patent FELT
1.y INBOLKD BOOTS and 8HOBS.-BOWLEY atvd CO, 53,
Charing-croes. Prim Mvdal Holder* at London and Pari* Exhi¬
bitions.
rpHOMAS D. MARSHALL’S ELASTIC
X BOOTS.—Ladio#' First-class Elastic Boots at modnrate prico*.
All kinds kept ready for wear. Elastic House-Boot*. 6*. fid. and
8*. 6d.; Elastic Evening Boots, 8*. fid.; rich Satin Elastic Boots,
14s. fid.; Elastic double-soled Boots, l£*. 6d.; Elastic Paris Kid Boots,
with military hochu 14*. 6d.; ditto, with doohlo solos, 15s. fid.; and
with treble sole*. 17s. 6d.—Thomas D. Marsh all, 192, Oxford-street-
fjTRENCH GREEN SILK UMBRELLAS,
JL. Napoleon Blue and Browns also Improved Alpacas, superior to
ordinary al’k. Mr. CHEEK respecrfull- ca’is atremion to the best
stock in Loudon. 132c, Oubni-streot, W N.B. Catalngnos of prices
grotU.
A LLEN’S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
JTjL of Patent Portmanteaus, Despatch Boxes, Dressing Cases, and
Travelling Bag*, with square opening, by ;>o«t, for two stamp*.—
J. W. and T. ALLEN. Manufacturer*. 18 and 22, fitrand, W.O.
P URE BRANDY, 16s. per GALLON.—
Pa!e or Browu FAU-DE-VIE, of etquldte flavour and great
purity, identical indeed in every respect with those choice productions
of the Cognac Dbtricti which are now difficult to procure at any
price. 3i*. per dozen. French bottle* ami com (no’uded: or 16.. per
galkw.—HKSHY BRETT and CO., Old Furulval's Distillery, Holbom.
T70NEST FRENCH COLZA OIL, 43. 6cL per
X 1 Gallon, eaah.—Messrs. LEMAIRE snd CO., of Paris. Solo
DrfpPt in Englanti, the London Soap and Csndlo Company, 76, Now
Bond-»treet. Their* la the finest and purest CjIxa Oil imported, and
will burn In every kind of lamp now its use- Also reduced prico* far
all Cand'os, Soaps, Oils, Ac.
Z^IOLZA OIL, 4s, 6(L per Gallon; Dips, 7d*5 *
V-f Stoarino. ls. Id.; Belgraro, 1». 3d.: Price’s Compoaitos, 9*1. and
lOtf.; Boaps. 37a, CSa, and 46*. per ll2 lb*. Carriage free wtthia
tan mile*.—W. YOUNG, 51, Park-*treat, Camdcn-town.
TAMES LEWIS’S 1’ATENT IODINE
SOAP is recommended as the only soap possessing any st>edfio
sanitary properties benafldol to the skin, aod generally approved and
recommended by tho faculty.—Sole* at 66. Oxford-street, W.
TRIED. LEWIS’S ELECTRIC OIL is an
X infallible Remedy for Restoring, Strengthening, and Beautify¬
ing tbc Hair. It Is tho greatest wonder of the age Whoa all other*
fall, try this. Sold by all respectable vendor* of perfumery in tho
kingdom. In bottles, price 2*. fid. and 3*. fid. Wbolewlc agent for
England, W. C. Groasmith, Short -street, Finsbury-pavement; for
Scotland, Larrlmcr and Moyea, Buchanan-stroet, Glasgow.—Fred.
Lewis, Inventor and 1‘roprlctor, Dublin.
OOFT and DELICATE 8KIN immediately
jkjl produced, by the uMofVJZKR’S HONEY PASTE. Is M. and
6d. a IV»U Vitar, CltemUt. S3, Lupus-street, Belgravia Soutli. 3. *V
G REY HAIR Restored to its Natural Colour,
Neuralgia Cured by tho Patent Magnetic Comb*, Hair and
Fltsh Brushes. Pamphlets. “ 'Vhy Hair became* Grey, and Its
Remedy,” bv post for four stamps.—F. HERRING, 32, BaainghaU-
street. Sold by all Cbemht* and Perfttmm of repute.
ptEAFNESS, Noises in the Head. Turkish
_!_/ Treatment by a retired Surgeon from the Crimea (who was
quite cured 1 ). Just pubU.hod, a Book, Self-Cure, free by port for *Uc
stamps.—-Surgeon COLSTON, M.il.C.S., 6, latiocrtcr-ploce, Loicester-
•qur.ro. London. At home from elovon to four, to receive visit* from
patient*.
TYR. LOCOCK’S PULMONIC WAFERS
J-/ give Instant relief and a rapid cure of Asthma, Consumption,
Coughs, and all disorders of tbo Breath and Lungs. They havo a
most pleasant taste. Price »*. !*L, 2a ShL, and lla. per box. Sold by
all Medicine V endors.
£ 10,000
DAMAGES.—Condemnation of
Mr. C. MriNiG f« an Infringetnant of th®
'nventer’s Right*.—Let Counterfeiter* therefore bo cautious.—
PULVF.RMACHER'8 MEDICAL ELBCTBO-GALVANIC CHAINS,
for personal me ; an unrailing and often instant remedy for Rheuma¬
tism. Gout, EpPrpoy, Paralysis, Liter Comolaint*. Asthma, Indiges¬
tion. Cooghn, Deafecj* and all Nervous and MatcuUr Diaesse*. Ap¬
proved by the Act Mode de We'dfdne, Pori*, and rewarded at th®
Universal Exhibition. Their extraordinary curative power* is so unl-
vcreallv known and rologi—d in the medical work* and journals aa to
reader it useless to detail the greet numbrrof disjoin in which they
have proved Infallible, cr tbs thousand* of cure* they have already
effected. May be W*ted before porch using. Prioe 5s. and IQs. fid.;
the U*„ 18*., and M*. most useful, froo por post —IV.vonnacher and
Co., TS, Oxford-etrcet (adioining the PrinooM’ Theatre), Loodon.
TMPORTANT. —YOUNG’S CORN and
X BUNION PLASTERS are U:*’ beet over invented. Observe th®
Nemo and Address printed on tho label, without which noon are
genuine. ^Iny bo had of all chon tits; Is. per box. or thirteen
itrmp». Address H. Young, 1, Shtfleihury-place, Aldengute-ativet,
E.C.-Beware of Imitations.
XU ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES for
T T AUSTRALIA, In (rood or Ir.frrtor oondilloo. Mr. Mrv
JOHN ISAACS, 319 anil 3S0, STRAND (op(K«tto 8omo™«-hooi.)T
DCnl-EO. to ffir. tho highoM prico la C—h for I-adic'. GootlcmaUa,
and Children *a Cloibrj, RoalinonUD, Undorclothla*. Boota. Boohfc
JcwaUcry, and ail Wrodlanrona I-niporty. Lotlm tor anr dajr «
" • toco punctually attended to. Parcels tent from the Country,
dlotsoco eunctnaUr attenderl - __ _
rithtr lari, or mai th. nam ratot nKnn-l b7P»l-*» ;
Kefsreoco, London and Wosuniaiter Beak. ]
WjT*.
64
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 16, 1858
AEW BOOKS, j-c.
NEW 8T0RT DT SHIRLEY BROOKS.
Row ready, price One ShUllo*. No. I (to bo oomplclod la Twelve
__ Monthly Number*) of
rrUIE GORDIAN KNOT. By SHIRLEY
mw.bi OOK 8, Aulhor ®f “Aipcn Court.” With Illustrations by
•* This story, which initiate* the year with a promise of oontinnous
pj*a*ure throughout, hu all the rood qualities of the writer, and ex-
mbUt apower of sketching character, and a happy style of humorous
illustration of ewjy-dny manners, which ab orb the attcotioa of the
leader."—Morning Chrooiolo
Londou; Richard B xstlxt, New Burlington-street.
ENGLISH LADIES IN INDIA.
JuH ready, in two vol* poet 8vo, 21a., with numerous Engravings,
A T I M E L Y KETKEAT;
Or, a Year in Bengal in 185A-7.
By MADELINE A. WALLACE DUNLOP.
London i Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary te her Majesty-
ILLUSTRATED PRESENT BOOK.
Now ready, with numerous Illustrations by Alfred Crownuill, 7s. fid .
f HAIRY FABLfeS.
. By CUTHBERT BEDE.
Loudon : Richard Bent let, New Burling ton-street.
Now ready, fcp. Bro, cloth, price 4*..
TDOEMS ot OISIN. or OSSIAN, the BAHD
JL of ERIN. Tran, la tod from the Irish by JOHN HAWKINS
SIMPSON. ** In lha west and south-west of Ireland these bodes of
the blind Bard are to this day recitod by the Peasantry."
Loodon: Bomyoktu and Uakkiso*. Regent-street.
A MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF LOUD RAGLAN.
Now ready, price Sixpence,
E ARL FOKTEsCUES SPEECH in the
HOUSE of LORDS on asking a Question respecting a
Memorial to Hcid-Marshal Lo«d Raglan. Friday. July 24th, 1857,
with an extract f ora Lord Haglan • private correspondence.
James RukiwaT, HecadUly, and all Booksellers.
Just published, In 1 Tol., prtoo 7s fid.,
U BIQUE. By J. W. CLAYTON, Esq.
Hate Captain of tha 18th Light Dragoons), Author of " Letters
from the NUe.' r
'* The language is foreiblo, the incident* spirit-stirring; tbo descrip¬
tion of urn and manners in the Camp, at country quarters, and la
the field, are extremely graphic ; the work reflects great credit on the
author, and we can strongly recommend It to our readers as a Tory
good and dor or literary production."—Sunday Times.
C. J. SUET, King William-street, Strand.
In royal Bro, In Dlnmlnated oover, prioe Is. fid. each,
A NY of Sir WALTER SCOTT’S NOVELS.
JLJl. With his latest Introduction* and Note*.
Edinburgh; A. and C. Black; and all Bookseller*.
New Edition, Imp. folio, moroooo rilt, prioe 56*.,
T> LACK’S GENERAL ATLAS of THE
J—F WORLD, containing all the latest discoveries.
Edinburgh: A.
Bookseller*.
Just published. In thro, pries 8a. Cd.,
/'tN BEAUTY: Three Discourses delivered
V/ In the University of Edinburgh. With an Exposition of the
Hocfrine of the Beautiful according to Pla»o. By PROFESSOR
BLAC&IK. Edinburgh: bUTUXJtLAND and KNOX. London: Bimpkin,
Marshall, and Co.
fJIHE
QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CCV.,
is published This Day.
Content*:—
I. Difficulties of Railway Engineering.
II. The Peerage of England.
III. Tobias Smollett
IV. Wiltshire.
V. Church Extension.
VI. Sense of Pain in Men and Animal*.
VII. Woolwich Arsenal.
VIII. Tho Future Management of India.
Jons Murray, Albemarlc-stroet.
This day, Second Edition, prioe la., or by poet. Is. Id.,
A CATECHISM ot MUSIC for the use of
Young Children. By GKRTRUDK PLACE.
"A clear, simple little Catechism on the oar Her portion of the
Grammar of Music.* It will bo found really useful."—GJobo.
"One of the simplest and best books for beginners we have ever
Men."—Illustrated limes.
_Loodon: Hon worth and Hareison, Regent-street._
Crown 8vo, price 2s. fid.; post-free 2s. lOd., with Map fid. extra,
L ONDON as it is TO-DAY ; Where to Go
and What to See. With 200 Engraving*.
London: H. G. Clauk* and Co., 252, Strand, W.O.
A THUNDERBOLT for ROME, proving that
all tho Errors and Idolatries of the Romish Church proceed
from one oauae. and that the whole D te be eradica t ed by one simple
Remedy. By C. VINKS. Profeasor of Theology. Just published,
pale* is.—J. F- Shaw, 96, Patarooster-row, Loodon.
SUPERIOR SCHOOL BOOKS.
B UTTER’S ETYMOLOGICAL SPELLING
BOOK and EXPOSITOR. W9th Edition. Price «s- «d . bound.
BUTTER'S GRADATIONS In READING and
SPELLING, upon au entirely row and original Plan, by which
Dliayliable* are rendered as easy as Monosyllables. 46th Edition.
Prioe '* 04 bound
BUTTER'S GRADUAL PRIMER. 36th Edition.
Price fid. HMi’KiN a-d CO.. Whittaker and Co., Lon* man and Co.,
Hamilton and Co.. Loadoo; O Ivor and Boyd, Edinburgh.
Just published. Fifth Edition, price 21s.; freoby post,
T HE AKT of BREWING, Fermenting, and
Making of Matt; containing correct Tables of Mashing Heals,
full direction* for Prerenting Acotous Fermentation, and overy other
necessary information lo make iuooom in this important art certain;
tho rosu'l of 50 years' practice. By JOHN LF.VF.fiQUE, late of the
Anchor Brewery.- Jam** LkATlI. 5, 8t. Paul’s Churchyard.
o
Just published, price 2s- 6d.,
N THE THERAPEUTIC ACTION of
OXYGEN, with Recent Cases, proving its singular efficacy In
is Intractable Diseases. By 8. B. BIRCH, M.D.
London: H. Bailliekk, 219, Regent-stroot.
A NEW SYSTEM of MEDICINE.—The
Antiseptic Treatment for long-standing Disorders. A Treadle
in Acacia Charcoal, post-froe. Is. By W. WASHINGTON EVANS,
d.D., 12, Bernard-sireet, Primrose-hill, London.
Just published, Fourteenth Edition, *vo, bound, prioe 16s , post-free*
TT OMGEOPATHIC DOMESTIC
XI MEDICINE By J. LAURIE, M.D. Devoid of all techni¬
cality. No modicine is proscribed without the Indies lions tor Us
selection, and the exact doee to be administered. An exeeilen! work
for families, emigrant*, and missionaries. A Medicine Chon for this
"An EPITOME of the ABOVE. Price M. A Guide
to those commencing this treatment in family practice. ▲ Case for
this Work, price 35s. Carriage-free on receipt of Post-office order.
New Edition, enlarged, 3 Jmo. bound, price U . free by port.
HOMCEOPATHIC FAMILY GUIDE : containing
Blmple Direct ions for tho Domestic Treatment of Ordinary Ailments.
A Ghost of Medicine for thi* Work, price 24s.
Just published, price la..free by post.
HOMCEQPATHY: GENERAL COMPLAINTS:
plain Directions for their Treatment with 12 Medicines. A Case of
Medicine* for thla work, prioe 12a.
8vo. bound. Second Ed'tion, price 5a,. free by post.
HOMCEOPATHIC TREATMENT of INDIGES¬
TION Constipation, and Hemorrhoid* (Pile*) By W. MORGAN.
M.D Dirrctions for the Treatment of those Common Disorders. Rule*
for Diet. Receipts for Delicacies which may be safely taken by per¬
sons sufTeriu* from these complaint*.
Lkath and Koss, 5, 8t. Paul's Ch.-yard; and 9, Vere-st., Oxford-st,
Third Edition, crown 8vo, cloth lottcrod, 8s. Cd, or 44 penny stamps,
J CORPULENCY ; its New Self-Dietary Cure.
J By A. W. MOOR'K. M.R.C.8. Brief and intelligible. Sold at
m. Bolwell's, 41, Tachbrook-street, PlmlkiO, 8.W. '* A useful
andadentifledLoovery "-Morning Post.
Yy EDDING CARDS, Enamelled Envelopes,
Y V (tamped ‘.n dqr, with arms, CresL or flower*. *' At Homes,"
and break.fart tovitot on*, >n the latest fashion- Card-plate elegantly
engraved and 100 superfine card* printed for 4a 6d.—Observo. at
HEflittY RODRIGUES, 42, Piccadilly (2 door* from SackvlUe-street).
D
NEW MUSIC, frc.
’ALBERT’S ALBUM for 1858.—Tho moot
splendid Musical Work ever produced, surpassing all this
popular Co m poser's previous Albums. The cover Is in the most elabo¬
rate and gorgeous style; the binding la watered silk; and the coloured
Hi mirations are in the greatest variety, by Mr. Brandard. M. D'Albert
has composed expressly for thi* Album a number of now Wallses, now
Quadrilles, Polkas, Mazurkas, he .; and the publisher* feel confidence
in announcing it as the most attractive Musical Present ever pub¬
lished. Prioe 21a Bent free.
Chaffkll and Co., 49 and ftp. Row Bond-street
D
-ALBERT’S TROVATORE WALTZES.
Price 4s., Solo or Duet, post-free.
Chaff iill and CO., 50, New Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S PICTORIAL QUADRILLES,
Price 4s. each, Solo or Duot.
1 Cinderella
2. Cock Robin.
8. Whittington.
Tho above hare six beautiful il‘mirations In colours by Brandard to
each Quadrille, specially adapted for presents.
CUATFKLL and Co., 50, Now Bond-street.
mEIOS for THREE SISTERS on one PIANO-
J- PORTE, arranged in an ea»y and brilliant ityio. Price 4a.
each, post-free.
D'Albert'a Mountain Daisy Walts.
D’Albert's Bonnie Dundoe Quadrille.
D'Albort's Bo-Peep Quadrille.
D'Albert's Como Quadrille.
Cuaffkll and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
T»RINLEY RICHARDS’ HUGUENOTS
J—F FANTASIA on the moot admired Ain from this favourite
Opera for the Pianoforte. Prioe 4s.. ;>o*t-free
Cuaitxll and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
N ew song, the brave old
TKMERAIRE. Composed by J. W. HOBBB. Price 9*.;
Ulmtrated, 2s. 6d. Thi* highly offoctive song was sung by Mr. Winn
at Mr. Dfcstln’* farewell concert at the Crystal Palace to an audieaee
of nearly 20,000 persons. It was enthusiastically encored, and pro¬
nounced te be worthy of ranking with our best national airs.
London; Durr and Hodgson. 65, Oxford-street.
N EW SONG, THE BRIDGE of SIGHS,
written and composed by 8AMUEL LOVER, Esq. Prios 2a. 6d.
This elegant ballad may be considered one of Mr. Lover’s happiest
composition*. Words and music are oqaally pleasing, and ensure its
beco m i ng a gonoral favourite. Postage- free.
London: Durr and Hodgson, 65. Oxford-street.
QONGS OF THE SEASONS.—SPRING
kj BLOSSOMS, BUMMER ROBES, AUTUMN FRUITS, and
WINTER EVERGREENS. Composed by STEPHEN GLOVER.
Prioe 9s. fid. each. Thee* songs possess attractions seldom before
obtained. The Words, by Carpenter, are exceedingly interesting, and
have suggested to Mr. Glover melodies of the most fascinating cha¬
racter, while the Illustrations, by Packer, are superb.
Durr and Hodosox, 66. Oxford-street.
N EW SONG, DELHL Composed by
JOHN L. HATTON. Price 9*., postage-free. This air is
composed in Hatton’s best style; as a national song it will rank with
“The Brave Old Temerxiro," **The Death of Nelson," “The Btcge of
Kart," Ac. The recitative is vary pleasing.
Durr and Hodosox, 65, Oxford-street.
CHARGE for STAMPING PAPER and
_ . FNVELOPES, w f th Arms, Coronet, Crest, or Initials.—
RODRIGUE*’ Cream-laid Adhesive Envelopes, td. per 100; Cream-
laid Note, full size, five quires for 6d.; thick ditto, five quiree for
Is.; Foolscap, 9a. per ream. Sermon Paper, is. 6d. All kinds of
Stationery equally cheap.it H. Rodrigues'. 42, Piccadilly, London, W.
B inding the illustrated London
NEWS.—Subscribers and Purchasers ean have their
VOLUMES BOUND in the appropriate Covers, with GUt Edges, at 5k
per Volume, by sending them, carriage-paid, with Post-office Order,
a rable to LElGHTON. SON. and HODGE, It, Shoe-lane, London.
ia only Binders authorised by the Proprietors.
B EEVES’ WATER COLOURS in Cakes,
gnd Moist Water Colour* In Tubes and Pans.
US, Cheapslde, Loodon, E.C.
rrtHE CHRISTMAS-TREE POLKA. By
X HENRY PARMER. Prioe 3s., postage-free. This livoty and
animated Polka baa booome a great favourite ; this and '* The
Break of Day Mchottische " rank among the most popular dances of
the season.—Durr and Hodosox. 6ft, Oxford-street.
J ULLIEN’S CELEBRATED INDIAN
QUADRILLE, price 4a., and HAVELOCK MARCS, price 3*.,
both beautifully Ill ns tr tied. are now published by Mktzuck and Co.,
3ft, 37, and 38, Great Marlborough-street, W. Also somo of the most
popular Danoe Music, by J allien, Koenig, Ac *
TULLIEN'S VERDI QUADRILLE.—Quite
V now, price 4i., post-free.
Mktzuck and CO., 85, 37, and 38, Great Marlborough-*treot, W.
milE BELL POLKA. By ELBEL, Beau-
X tifully Jlluitratod In Colours by BRANDARD. I*rici> 3*., peat-
free.—M xtzlxk and Co., Sft, 87, and 38, Great Marlborough-street, W.
B RINLEY RICHARDS’ MOST POPULAR
AND ELEGANT WORKS for tho PIANOFORTE.
A CHRISTMAS PIECE. Illustrated by Crowquill .. 3s. Od.
LA MIA LKTIG1A .3d. Od.
ROBERT TOI QUR J’AIME. : .. 3*. Od. _
8WEET LOVE, ARISE. Henrion's celebrated Bersaade Ss, Od.
RECOLLECTIONS of PRINCE CH ARI.IKj-
No. 1. Wha wadna Fecht for Charlie ? ..
No. 2. Charlie is My Darling
No. 3. Over the Water to Charlie .* *4
No. 4. Bonnie Dundee ..
MADELEINE. Val*e Hrillante ..
MADRAS FUSILIER GALOP
LA RHINE D*C MAI. Valae Brillante .. 'V.
BRINLEY RICHARDS’ COMPLETE TUTOR for the
PIANOFORTE. 4s. Od.
“ The cheapest, the beet, and most modem."
BKINLKY RICHARDS'OCTAVE V.XERCI8R8.<\ .. 9s. 0d.
BRINLEY RICHARDS* NEW PXKl.UDES *•- Od.
All postage-freo for stamps. \/
Published by A. W. HabmoKU (JUIAIKX’8), 214, Regent-street,
and 45, Klng-etreet.
Ju»t publiihsd,
J ULLIEN’S New FIFE POLKA, price 3s.
Performed at Us Concerts with the greatest success, and will
excol in popularity the celebrated Drum Folk a.
JULLIEN S New KISS POLKA. 3a.
Nightly encored.
Postage-freo for stamps.
A. W. Hammond (Jullikn’s), Publiiher, 214, Regent-street.
ELEGANT NEW YEAR’S PRESENT.
1TENRY FAKMEH’S BIJOU of DANCE
XX MUSIC for 1858. With beautiful Illustrations, by BRANDARD.
Price 10a. Cd.—J. Williams, 123, Cheapslde, London.
H enry farmer’s “Ada” valse.—
Illustrated in colours, by Brandard. 8o!o, 4s.; Duet, 4s.
\ London: Joszfu WILLIAMS, 123, Choaptide.
H enry farmer’s “wild briar”
VALSE —Illustrated In Colours. 8o!o, 4a.; Duet, 4a.
London: JOSKFM WILIAMS, 123, Cheapslde.
1JENRY FARMER’S FHtST-KISS POLKA
1 i. Beautifully illustrated. Solos, 3s.; Duets, 3a., poetage-free.
J. Williams, 123, Cheapslde, London.
I HAVE ALWAYS A WELCOME FOR
THEE.—Now Ballad, by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Just pub¬
lished. “One of the sweetest ballads of the day."—Review. Price
2a.; free for stamp*.—W. WILLIAMS, 211, Tottenham-court-road.
npHE LION - HUNTER GALOP. By
X LANGTON WILLIAMS. Just published. “A sparkling and
•ffectiv# Galop."— Harlow Price 2s. Gd.; free for stamps.
W. Williams and Co.. 221, Tottenham-oourt-road
T ANGTON WILLIAMS’ NEW REDOWA
XJ “The Milage Queen.’’—“This is the gem of the season, both
in music and illustration —Review.—W Wn UAMH and CO., 221,
Tottenham -court- road. Price 2s. 6d.; free for stamps.
qpHE ROYAL WEDDING QUADRILLE.
X Compoeed by LANGTON WILLIAMS, In Honour of the
auspicious Marriago of our boloved Princess Royal Splendidly
Illustrated with Portraits of the Royal pair, by BRANDARD. Price
4s. Free for stamps.
W. Williams and CO., 22, Tottenham-eourt-road.
mHE BEAUTEOUS BRIDE. Music by
X JOS. F. HARRIS. Beautifully Illustrated in Colours, with a
Portrait of the Princess RoyaL n bridal attire, by Vincent Brooks.
Price 2s. 6d—J. Harris, 33, Rath bon o-place, Oxford-* treot.
s
AD BROWN LEAVES : delightful Ballad,
2*.; charming Duet, 2s. fid. Order immediately. Free for
*• “ ..MfREY, “
•tamp*. —Mr T CHAHfR
. HacclMfiald.
Just published, price 2*. fid.,
rpHE MISTLETOE WALTZES. By Mrs.
I LIGHTFOOT HALL, Author of the “Dtfbutante 8chottischo,"
Ac. Free for stamps from Mrs. Hall, High-*treet, Whitehaven.
TULLIEN’S NEW ENGLISH LANCERS.
U lllustratod in Colours by BRANDARD. Just published. 1 Price
4s.; septett parts, 3*. 6d ; orchestral pans, 5s.
Josepu Williams, 123, Cheapslde.
J ULLIEN’S NEW FRENCH LANCERS.
Illustrated in Colours by BRANDARD. Just published. Prioe
4s. pottage froe.—J osef ii Wiluama, 123, Cbeapsldo.
NEW MUSIC, frc.
riRAND MARTIAL FANTAISIE on
VX PRUSSIAN NATIONAL AI fi8.—Composed lor tbo occation
of the Marriage of thoPrincres Royal, by MADAME OURY. Prico
4s. BOO SKY and 80X3' Musical Library, Holloa-street.
pHE AP COLLECTION of DANCE MUSIC.
v By LAURENT.—Just ready, price 5s., in Hluttrated cover (75
pages), Henri Laurent's Album of Dance Music, containing the fol¬
lowing *lxtoon popular Quadnlle*, Vaises, Polkas, Galons, and Var-
soviona. as performed by the author's band at tho Queen’s btate Ball,
and at all tho theatres and place* of atuusemout in Lendon and the
provinces. Contents : La Travlata Quadrille. Lea Huguenots Qua¬
drille, St. Patrick Quadrille, highlander's Quadrille, Fartani pour la
Sjrrio Quadrille, Now Lancers Quadrille, Valse du Cantaval, Vaises
trom Le* Vfipres Sidliennea, Ethel Newcome Valse, VUikins Valse,
KomanolT Waltz, Marguerite Polka, Egyptian Polka. Malakoff Galop,
Argyll Galop, aud original Varsoviana. Price 5a., post-free.
BODSET and Sons' Musical Library, Uollos-street.
B OOSEY’S MUSICAL LIBRARY.—An
Annual Subscriber of Two Guineas has command of above
IOTCOO Kngllih and Foreign Works, and is allowed the continual uso
of Three Gu'-neai' worth of Music in tho Country, or Two Guineas'
werth in London. Country Parcels disjmtched with the greatest
protnptitudt. Full particulars by post.—UoUes-sueet, W.
XTENDELSSOIIN’S SONGS WITHOUT
XYX WORDS. Just published, price 7s. fid., splendidly bound in
crimson and gold, the SIX BOOKS OF SONGS WiTHOUT WORD •,
by MENDELSSOHN, with Descriptive Preface by J. W. DAVISON,
Esq., and a Portrait of Mcndelwohn by John Lynch. Prico 7a. fid ,
post-free, trom Boossr and dOHs, Holle*-street, Loudon.
fTIHE VERDI ALBUM.—Just published,
A price fia., in a beautiful volume (120 pages), embossed ooTer/
gilt odges, THE VERDI ALBUM, a choice collection of Twenty-
five popular Songs from Vonli’* Operas, with Italian and EugiUh
wonls, and in key* suitable to nearly ovary description of voice. Thi*
AJbnm include* all Verdi’* most favourite *ong*. In addition to several
beautiful compositions hitherto unknown in this country. Price 6s.,
post-free, from Booakt and 8ox», *8, Uollo*-«troet, London, W.
ASE’S 100 MELODIES for CONCERTINA,
I*. Case's Concertina Instruction!, third edition, 5*. Case'*
Concertina Miscellany, published evory mouth, 2a. 6d. (36 Numbers
are readv). Case's Popular Recreation*, for Concertina and Piano,
13 Numbers, la. each.—BoosEr and Soxt>, sole manufacturer* of
Caso’a Patent Coucertiuas, HoUss-atreet, W.
C OMPLETE OPERAS for the VIOLIN, Is.
tach—Boosey and 8on»' Now Berios—1! Trovatoro, the Bohe¬
mian Girl, La Trarlata, Bigoletto, Mari tana, Lo ProphMe, La 8on-
nambula, Luerexia Borgia, Norma, Lucia di Lkmmermoor, EUairo
d'Amore, Ernanl, Maaaniallo, Don Pasquala; I Puriianl, Lea Hugue¬
nots, II Barbara, Don Juan. Alio 100 Dancea for the Violin, !*.—
Boosey and 80X8, Hollss-sucet, W.
mHREE GUINEAS’ WORTH of MUSIC
X given to all subeeribers to JULLEEN and CO.'B MUSICAL
LIBRARY. Proapestuaee sent free on application to 214, Regent-street.
C HEAPEST MUSIC REPOSITORY in
KKOLAND. All KKW MU61C 1IAI.K-P1UCE; Hollod Mu.io
at One Fourth and a Third. Country Ordcro execuiod. Catalogue*,
ono stamp.—D’ALCORN, 18, Rathbouc-placo, Oxford-street
P IANOFORTES tor Sale at CHAPPELL’S.
The best Instruments by Broadwood, Collard, Erard, Ac., for
SALS or HIRE.—19 and 50, New Brood-*treot; and 18, George-*treet,
HllWW UMII. \ X
rpHE AiEXANDRF, HARMONIUM at Six
X Guineas, porfset, for Claim Singing, Private Use, or for the
8<dt?>ol-rcom.—CHJ^PPKLL and CO., 49 and 50, New Bond-etreet;
and IS, George-*:treet, Hanover-square.
rriHE ALEXANDRE HARMONIUMS, with
X one stop and five octave*, 10 guineas; three stop*, 16 guineas;
five stops, 22 guineas ; and eight atope, 25 guinea*. Full dascriptiv*
lists tent os appiioatica to CHAPPELL and 00. f 49 and 50, New
Bond-*te«eL
fTIHE PATENT MODEL HARMONIUM,
X the best that ean be made, prioe 65 guinea*. Illustrated Cata¬
logues of Pianofortes and Harmoniums upon application to
CHAPPELL and CO., 49 and 60, New Bond-etreet; and IS, George-
street, ilanover-equere.
/Teg. LUFF and SON’S IMPROVED
VX HARMONIUMS for BALK or HIRE, with easy terms of pur¬
chase, from £12 to £50. The only makers of the real Harmonium.
Repair*. Tuning*.—103, Great Raise 11-street, Bloomsbury.
P IANOFORTES.—GEO. LUFF *nd SON
have the largest stock In London, for SALE or HIRE, with
easy terms of purchase, both new and soooodhand, from £10 to £100.
Tuner* rent to all part*.—103, Great RuaaeU-etreet. Bloomabury.
P IANOFORTES. — OETZMANN and
PLUMB, In addition to their beautiful little 8tud(o Piano¬
forte*, have all doaeription* of Instruments for bale or Hire, with
option of purchase.—66, Great Ruaaell-etreot, Bloomabury.
B ~ OUDOIR GRAND PIANOFORTES, 7
octavos, 3 string*.—OETZMANN and PLUMB havo a choice
selection of these elegant instruments, In Mahogany, Walnut, and
Rosewood, at prices from 5ft Guineas, guaranteed equal to any manu-
fkoturod.—56, Great RuaseU-streot, Bloomsbury.
\fUSICAL BOX DEPOT, 54, Comhill,
LtA Londou, for the sale of Musical Boxes, made by the oelobrated
Messrs. NICOLE (Friars*), of Geneva, containing operatic, national,
favourite, and sacred airs. List of tunes and prices gratia.
PIANOFORTES, Secondhand.—CRAMER,
X BEALE, and CO. have a large assortment, by Erard, Broad-
wood, and Collard. and all the most estoomod makers, at greatly
reduced prioea.—*01, Regent-street.
I_J ARMONIUMS.—Cramer, Beale,
XX are the Agents for ALEXANDRE’S HARMONI
and Co.
—— — — ««-- — » HARMONIUMS, vary¬
ing In Price from 6 to 55 Guinea*.—201, Regent-street. Descriptive
Lists sent free on application.
LANOFORTES.—RICHARD COOK ~and
OO., 4, King-street, Cheapakle, respectfully Inform their
Friends and the Public that they always have a selection of first-rate
Plano*, in Walnut, Rosewood, he., from £25, carefully finished, and
warranted to «tand In any climate Plano* for hire at Ifts. per month.
P IANOFORTE for immediate sale, cost up-
ward* of 40 guineas a few months since, to be sold for the low
sum of 20 guineas. A 6| Cottage, in fine walnut case, fittod with me¬
tallic plate, aud all the latest improvement*. A great bargain.
Apply to R. GREEN and CO., Upholsterers, 204, Ox ford-street, W.
w
ALNUT DRAWING-ROOM SUITE of
FURNITURE, In first-rate oondltion, only used a few
months, oonsisting of six superb cabriole-chair* and spring-
stuffed settee, and two eaay-ehalrs, en suite, covered In rich silk
and chintz, loo** coven, * fine walnut-wood loo-table on carved
pillar and claws, occasional table, a five-feet chiffonier, with marble
■lab* and silvered plate-glass back and door*, and a large-size
ehlmney-glao* In rilt frame, for the low sum of 42 guinea*. To be
•eon at R. GREEN and CO'B^ Upbolaterera, 204, Oxmrd-atreet, W.
TOHN WELLS and CO., 210, Regent-street,
London.—CABINET FURNITURE, of superior design and
manufacture, at moderate prices. Designs and lists of prices gratis
by post.
L ooking-glasses and furniture
of every description, at strictly modorato prices. The most ex¬
tensive assortment in the kingdom: good taste and quality guaranteed.
Established 1822. * -*-~*-^*---
chaser*.—C
1822. A visit to thi* establiahment will well repay pur-
I. NOBOTTTB Manufactory and Show-room. 398. Oxford-st.
C HANDELIERS in CUT CRYSTAL, tor
G&s or Candles. A large aDck: pattern* uncommon and beau-
tiful; quality Irreproachable. All designed and manufactured by
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23. Ludgato-hill, E.C.
TITODERATOR LAMPS.—Simple, Strong,
JLYX and weU-flnLhed, the lamp* of Pearce and Hon continue to
maintain their great luperiority ovor every other kind, whJlo for
orialnality, beauty, and good Unto, tho patterns are allowed tc be the
best In tho Trade.—THOMAS PEARCE and RON, 23, Ludgate-ldll,
E.C., Direct Importer* of Colza Oil ouly of the first quality.
L amps, chandeliers, baths.—^T he
PANKLIBANON BAZAAR, 56 and 58, Baker-street. The
largest Showroom* in London, containing the best and most varied
Mock of splendid Electro-Silver Plate; auperior Cutlery, warranted;
Btovea, Fender* and Fire-iron*; elegant Ga* Cbandohers, Lamp*, Tea-
urn*, paper Tea-tray*, Bath*, Hall Lantern* and Stove*, Kitchen
Range*. Garden Beau, and Wire-work. Purchaser* are invited to
view thla vast collection of useful and ornmenul furnishing requisite*,
all of the best manufacture, which is unequalled elsewhere.
The beat Colza Oil, 4s. 3d. per gallon.
Moderator Lamp*, 4a. Cd. each.
Purdonlan Coal Boxes, 4*. 6d. each.
Ivory balanced-handlo Table Knives, I Is. per dozen.
N-B.—The prices marked in plain figure*.
Illustrated Catalogues free.
mHE HALF- GUINEA CLOTH JACKET,
I ._. a very pretty shape. Just frem Paris.
For oo on try order*, sixe of waist and round the should on Is required.
The same shape, in a superfine cloth,
Prioe 16*. W.
THB FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 18, Oxford-*treet
FOR EVENING WEAR,
TJIRENCH muslin jackets.
JL 1 The prettiest White Muslin Jacket ever produced: it is trimmed
with Ribbon. To bo had in ovary colour, and exceedingly beoo min-
to the figure. Prioe 12e. 9d.
CHILDREN'S WHITE MUdLIN JACKETS,
The umo article in all sire* for children.
For country orders, alzo of waist and round tho shoulder* is required
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-Mreet.
Foet-offloo Order* payable to Janie* Reid, Oxford-streo
BLACK VELVET JACKET
Chosen by tho Prince** RoyaL
Tho shape Is chaste, timplo, and elegant, without ornament
The price is Guineas.
FRENCH MUSLIN CO MPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
T he black lace jacket,
just imported, a perfectly now shape, graceful and ladylike
L 111 lh ® ostremc, price IS*. 9d.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-atreet.
rjuiE
XpMBROIDERED CHRISTIAN NAMES.—
A-4 RADIKS' HANDKERCHIEFS, with Christian Name* em-
broh-wed by the Nun* of Pau, with the new dietotoh needle. Prioe
la. 04d., by post 14 (tornpa; 5*. 9d. the half-dozen, by po*t 6*. 3d.
THE FKRNCU COMPANY, 16, Oxfora-stroet.
TVTEW FRENCH UNDERSLEEVES, very
JL Y elegant, and a greet comfort. Tho colour* are Cherry, French
blue, Roeo, K-narahl, Cauerv, 8e«rlet, Brown, Ruby, Violet, Freuch
Grey, I’luk, Sky Drab and Black. Prico I*. 6ld.; post free for 22
tumps. Scarf* to match the tun* ll. 0|d. each The same Sleovo
*cd ticarf, very warm, in al» tho Clan Tartans, tho Rob Roy, Forty-
•oconu, Argylo, Campbell, Ac., at the ontno price.
\—-French muslin company, ie, Oxford-*treot
A BERDEEN LINDSAY WOOLSEY PET-
TICOAT8.-The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, who acta*
Agent* for varioua Paria bouse* for tho purchase of British good*
bora, were commissioned to buy 11,000 ABERDEEN LINDSAY
WO0L8KY PETTICOATS for M. Basse. Rue do RlvoU, Paris. He
ha* slnoe failed; tho petticoat* are therefore thrown on their hands.
Not knowiug what to do with them, thoy havo determined to offer
them 40 tbo publio at 10*. Od. each. Tho intended prico wo* ono guinea.
They are made up according to the latest fashion auitablo for tbo Paria
trade. With patent stool aprings, aud flounced, thoy cause the dre*a
to atand out, and set moot gracefully.
FRENCH MU8LIN COMPANY, 16, Oxfotd-atreet, London.
T ADIES' DRESSING-GOWNS.—The
J J FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY have parchasod the Stock of
rich Cashmere Dressing Gowns of tho assignee* of M. Delimiter,
bankrupt, of Kuo 8t. Honors, Pari*. Tho designs are moat magni¬
ficent, and of the flue*t quality, made by flrst-claa* French Artmtm
in a very superior stylo. Tho price i* 2 la. Od. Noyer before aold
under tlirco guinea*-
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY,
16, Oxford-atroct.
X ADIES’ DRESSING-GOWNS.—The
±J FRENCH MU8LIN COMPANY have al«> purchased the Plaid
Wool und French Merino Droning-Down* lately belonging to tho
■sine parties. They are made of tho parcel wool, and woven very
line. The make U Htrlkingly new. Price 21*. 6d —reduced from 65a
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY,
16, Oxford-street.
M uslins of the past season.
Iho Enure of Last Yoor’a Stock Selling Off at ridiculous
price* for such good*.
Pattern* free.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 18, Oxford-atreet.
mHE ROBE a la MLLITAIRE and 4 QUILLE,
X lb French Merino, made up, and ready for wear,
Tho French Merino alone i* worth double tho money
Prico 17a. 9d.
FRENCH MU8LIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-atreet.
T he royal marriageim
THE PRINCESS'S OPERA CLOAK.
Now rwuly,
A splendid a*serimont of colour* in the above Novelty,
richly triimnod and waddod.
Prico I) Guineas.
Address: RUMBBLL and OWEN,
Pan’hoon Hall of Commerce,
77 and 78, Oxford-street, London,
N.B. The Princess'* Opera Cloak ia the most rechcrchd and
economical Opera Mantle of the season.
T HE REAL ALPINE KID GLOVES, la. 6d.
Black, White, and Coloured, In every aizo, are tho moat
Beautiful Glove* to be procured at
ANY PRICE 11 I
Address: RUMBELL and OWEN, i7 and 78. Oxford-atreet, London.
N.B.—8ample Pair* forwardod for two extra *tamp*.
LOVES! GLOVES! ! GLOVES! ! !
PARIS and GRENOBLE.
Messrs. DE LA F088E and CO , of Paris, have consigned to us tho
remaining portion of their Autumn and Winter KID GLOVES. Wo
are now selling them at such prices as will onsure a speedy clearance
of thorn.
Ladles'Alpine .. Is. Od. pair; 10a.9d.doz.; wore ls.6d.pslr.
„ Grenoble .. It. fid. ,, 16*. 9d. ,, „ 2 *. Od. „
„ Pari* .. 2i. Od. „ 21s. Od. „ „ 2s. 6d. ,,
„ Best Pari*.. 2*. 3d. 25*. Gd. „ „ 3*. Od. „
7000 dozen Gentlemen'*, Is. 6d., 2a., 2a. 6d. per pair.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Regent-street.
A Sample Pau sent for two extra stamp*.
L ast year’s muslins,
At Half the Original Cost.
Pattern* Pott-free.
BAKER and C1UBP, 221, Regent-street.
OME, INDIA, and the COLONIES.
Bareges, Balztrines,
Printed Cambrics, Brilianta, half-nrice.
Patterns free—BAKER and CRISP, 221, Regent-street.
RICHLY EMBROIDERED FRENCH
CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS,
4*. l : d. etch, post-free. Were 10s. 9d.
--* crisp, r*
H
250
BAKER and (
, 221, Regent-street.
R
ICH BLACK DUCAPE APRONS,
With ooloured Bayadere Satin Stripes, 2s. lid. each,
post-free for 39 stamps.
BAKER and CRISP. 221, Rogent-atreet.
N.B. 300 Worked Collars, the remains of tho Bankrupt’s Stock,
Is. each, post-free 14 stamps, wonderfully cheap.
M E B I C A N P A N I CM!
1700 Dozen French Cambria Handkerchief*,
seized on board the *hlp “Btayloy,"
Will be sold by BAKER and CRISP, at unheard-of prioe*.
Good* that wore I6s„ 21*., and 2&a. the dozen, -
will be sold at 4a 6d., 8*. 6d.. and 12s. 6d. tho dozen.
1800 odd hemmed, atltched (soiled), at la^ la. fid., and Ia. 0d. «..-v
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Kegent-itreet.
B LACK SILICS, 25 per cent Cheaper than
last Year.—Meawa. JAY have just received rom iheir Lyon*
Agent* a Urge comdgomcnt of Block Silks, which thev are en-bled to
sell at lower prices than they have erer known since thoy havo boon
in business.
M.ur.-Joy ipicMf reommond the,. Silk, lo Ib.ir Cu.loniOT,
uid to ill buyer, of Black bilk,, u tho opportunity for mckluir r.ur-
ch,«e, >t pr.ee, ,o moderate i. not likely to oocur efter Utecomtuorelni
crisL* boa passed over.
THE LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE,
247, 249, 261, Regont-strect,
_JAY’8.
QOUS la DIRECTION d’un AliTISTE
^RANCAIB.—Articles do famaisio et do deuU. Coiffure* ot
lar f* do ro0< *' en an mot ‘out ce qul ost nficcssaire,
peur toilettes do *oirtc9, sent disposrSs & 1'sppr cho de la ftitison, pour
dames portent le grand deoil, uinsi quo demi duuii, et vUltea do con-
ooteances
Le* talons de Meura. JAY ont toujour* 4ti fournls d’uno trie
grnnae varidti? de plus tfUgante* modes pour solrtfes, mal* plus quo
jamais do grand* aHsortimenU ont s’lf fait* cotte aaison, pour satle-
faire le bon gout et la demaude de leur clicntelle irU distingudo.
Les Salons ont dtd rdeemment garni* de* pin* nouveilc- mode*
franoare*.
Le plus grands Magaaics do Londres, pourdeuil richo engdndra
247, 249, 251. Reg- nt-strcct,
_ MAI SON JAY.
T N DI A—M O UKNING on CREDIT.
Momt*. JAY, of the London General Mourning Warehouse, are
prepared to place all order* on a broad commercial basis, namely, to
give tho faculties of credit, and to charge the lowest possible prices to
thoso families who, in consequence of tho late deplorable event* in
India, may require mourning attire.
Order* by post, or otherwfso, attended to in town or country.
Tho LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE, No* 247
249, and 251, j^'B
Supplement, Jak. 16, 1858 ]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
65
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
SUMMARY OF EVENTS.
The Commander-iii-Chief, having relieved the Lucknow garrison,
returned to Cawnpore with the women and children, th9 wounded,
and the State prisoners, twenty-three lacs of rupees, and the King's
jewels ; also, all the guns worth taking away. Sir James Outram had
been left with a strong division at Alumbagh, in the vicinity of Luck¬
now. All the women and children from Lucknow, and moat of the
wounded, have sifely reached Allahabad.
On the 2Gth Goneral Windham attacked and routed the first division
of the Gwalior Contingent, 3000 in number, which had arrived near
Cawnpore, after crossing the Jumna at Cal pee, taking all their guns
except one light field-piece.
On the 27th November, the main body of the Gwalior Contingent
entered the civil station of Cawnpore and burnt down the tents of
three of our regiments. They were repulsed with severe loss in an
attack they made on our entrenchments on the 28th November. The
Rifles captured two of their 18-pounders. The 04th Regiment suf¬
fered severely. Brigadier Wilson was killed.
Sir Colin Campbell reached Cawnpore on the evening of the 28th of
November. Ho dispatched the womon and wounded towards Allahabad
on the 3rd of December; and on the 0th he attacked and completely
routed the Gwalior Contingent, pursuing them for fourteen miles along
the Calpee road, and capturing their camp, sixteen guns, and an im¬
mense quantity of ammunition, park stores, grain, bullocks, &c. Our
loss was insignificant.
General Hope Grant pursued the fugitives of the Gwalior Contin
gent, and came up with them as they were beginning to cross their
guns over the Ganges at Sera Ghaut. He attacked and totally routed
them, capturing fifteen guns, and all their remaining stores and am¬
munition, without himself losing a man. The General was slightly
wounded.
Sir Henry Havelock, worn out with fatigue and anxiety, died at
Alumbagh on the 25th of November.
The Jaunpore frontier having been threatened by a large body of
rebels, Colonel Longden fell back on Jaunpore. He was immediately
reinforced by European troops. This had a great effect; and, up to
the Sth of December, all was quiet on the frontier. Colonel Franks
haw been appointed to command the troops there.
The Rewah troops have twice defeuted the Myhere rebels, capturing
the forts of Kunchynpore and Zorah.
Mehidpore was attacked by rebels on the 8th of November. The
Contingent behaved badly, and their officers were forced to escape.
The rebels captured all the gun9, and plundered tho cantonment
They were, however, pursued by a portion of tho Hyderabad Contin
gent Cavalry, under Major Orr; and, on the 12th of November, were
cut up, after an obstinate fight, leaving a hundred dead on the field.
All the guns and plunder were retaken.
Colonel Durand, with the column from Mhow, advanced on Munde-
sore on the 23rd of November. The rebels were attacked and defeated
with heavy loss. Five of their guns were captured. Neemuch, which
was threatened by these men, bos thus been relieved, and the remnant
of the insurgents, who still hold the fort of Mundesore, are much dis¬
pirited. Killed: Lieut. Redmayne, H.M. 14th Dragoons. Wounded ;
Lieuts. James, Martin, and Prendorgast.
At Chittagong the detachment of the 34th N.I. mutinied on the 18th
of November, released the prisoners, and plundered the Treasury.
They have fled towards Sylhet. No lives have been lost. On hearing
of the Chittagong mutiny, it was determined to disarm the three com¬
panies of the 3rd Native Infantry, stationed at Dacca. They resisted,
but were overpowered, and fled towards Jelpigorie, the head-quarters
of their regiment, leaving sixty killed. There sailors were killed. A
detachment of tho 73rd Nativo Infantry, with fifty Goorkhas and
eighty Irregular Cavalry, have marched to intercept the mutineers
from Dacca. The troopers fled during the night, but were fired upon
by the rest of the party. The Europeans from Baijeelhing (?), with
three guns, have been sent to Jelpigorie. Europeans have also been
sent from Calcutta to Chittagong and Dacca.
Calcutta, Rohilcund, around Agra, and Delhi, seem tolerably quiet.
A petty insurrection at Kolapoor, on the Gth of December, was
suppressed in three hours by the promptitude and deoision of tho
Commissioner, Colonel Legrand Jacob.
A rising to resist the enforcement of the Disarming Act having
taken place in the Southern Mahratta country, tho insurgents, about
1000 strong, were attacked and defeated by Colonel Kerr, of the
Southern Mahratta Horse, near Kullidgee, on the 30th of November,
and the country has 6inco been tranquil.
Two regiments of Holkar’s Regular Infantry were disarmed at
Indore on the arrival of the Mhow column; they, like the Regular
Cavalry, having been conspicuous in the attack on the Residoney, on
the 1st of Jnly.
Sir John Lawrence reports tho Punjaub quiet enough to permit the
railway survey to be proceeded with.
Two thousand sovon hundred and four men from England have
arrived since the last mail. \\
THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW-
PROM HIS EXCELLENCY THE COMMANDER-tN-CHIEF TO THE RIGHT
HONOURABLE THE GCjt^RXOR-G ENERAL.
Head-quarters, Shah Nujjbet,
Lucknow, Nov. 18,1857.
My Lord,—I have the honour to apprise your Lordship that I left
Cawnpore on the 9th November, and joined the troops under the com¬
mand of Brigadier-General Hope Grant, O.B., the same day, at Camp
Buntara, about six miles from Alumbagh.
There being a few detachments on the road, I deemed it expedient
to wait till the 12th before commencing my advance.
On that day I marched early for Alumbagh. ,
The advanced guard was att acked by two guns and a body of about
2000 infantry. After a smart skirmish the guns were token; Lieut
Gough, commanding Hodson's Irregular Horso, having distinguished
himself very much in a brilliant charge by which this object was
effected.
Tha camp was^itoiied on tlat evening at Alumbagh This place 1
found to be annoyed to a certain extent by guns placed in dinerent
positions in the neighbourhood.
I caused the post to be cloared of lumber and cattle, and placed all
my tents in it. . , _
I made my arrangements for marching without baggage when 1
should reach thepark of Dilkoosha, and the men were directed to have
three days' food in their haversacks. I changed the garrison a.
Alumbagh, taking fresh men from it, and leaving her Majesty’s 75th
Regiment there, which had been so much harassed Dy its late exertions.
On the 14th, I expected a further reinforcement of 600 or 700 men,
who joined my rear guard after my march had commenced in the
morning of that day.\/
As I approached the park of Dilkoosha, the leading troops were met
by a long line of musketry fire..
The advance guard was quickly, reinforced by a field battery and
more infantry, composed of companies of h*r Majesty’s 5th, 64th, and
78th Foot, under the command of Lieut.-CoL Hamilton, her Majesty's
78th Highlanders, supported by the Sth Foot. After a running fight
of about two hours, in which our loss was very inconsiderable, the
enemy was driven down the hill to the Martin^re, across the garden
and park of the Martin ere, and far beyond the canal His loes wes
trifling, owing to the suddenness of the retreat.
The Dilkoosha and Martini-re were both oeoupied. Brigadier Hope's
brigade being then brought up and arranged in position in the wood
of the Marti at-re at the end and opposite the canal, being flanked to
the left By Gap tain Bonrchior’s field battery and two of Captain Peel's
heavy guns.
Shortly after these arrangements had been made the enemy drew out a
good many people and attacked our.position in front. He was quickly
driven off, some of our troops crossing tbe canal in pursuit. On this
occasion the 5-3rd, 93rd, and a body of the 4th Punjaub Sikhs, dis¬
tinguished themselves.
V With the exception of my tents, all my heavy baggage, including
provisions for fourteen days for my own force and that in Lucknow,
accompanied me on my march across country to Dilkoosha, covered by
a strong rearguard under Lieutenant-Colonel Ewart, of her Majesty’s
93rd Highlanders. This officer distinguished himself very much in
this difficult command, his artillery, under Captain Blunt, Bengal
Horse Artillery, assisted by the Royal Artillery, under Colonel Craw¬
ford, R.A.. having been in action for the greater part of the day. The
rearguard did not close up to the column until late next day, the
enemy having hung on it until dark on the 14th. Every description
of baggage having been left at Dilkoosha, which was occupied by her
Majesty's 8th Regiment, I advanced direct on Secunderbagh early on
the 16tn. This place is a bigh-wallod inclosure of strong masonry of
120 yards square, and was carefully loopholed all round. It was hold
very strongly by the enemy. Opposite to it was a village at a distance
of a hundred yards, which was also loopholed and filled with men.
On the head of the column advancing up the lane to the left of the
Secunderbagh, fire was opened on us. Tho infantry of the advance
guard was quickly thrown in skirmishing order, to line a bank to the
right. The guns were pushed rapidly onwards, viz., Captain Blunt’s
troop, Bengal Horse Artillery, and Captain Travers’s, Royal Artillery,
heavy field battery. Tho troo? pa-sed at a gallop through a cross¬
fire from the village and Secunderbagh. and opened fire within easy
musketry range in a most daring manner. As soon as they could be
THE RESIDENCY AT LUCKNOW.
66
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 16, 1858
pushed up a stiff bank, two 18-pounder guns, under Captain Travers,
were ul*o brought to bear on the building. Whilst this was being
effected, the leading brigade of infantry, under Brigadier the Hon.
Adrian Hope, coming rapidly into action, caused the loopholed
Tillage to be abandoned; the whole fire of the brigade being then
directed on the Secunderbagh. After a time a large body of the
enemy, who were holding ground on the left of our advance, wore
dnyen in by parties of the 53rd and 93rd, two of Captain Blunt's guns
aiding the movement. The Highlanders pursued their advantage and
seized the barracks, and immediately converted them into a military
post, the 5-3rd stretching in a long line of skirmishers in the open
plain, and driving the enemy before them.
The attack on Secunderbagh had now been proceeding for about an
hour and a half, when it was determined to take tbe place by storm
through a small opening which had been made. This was done in tho
most brilliant manner by the remainder of the Highlanders and the
53rd and the 4th Punjanh Infantry, supported by a battalion of detach¬
ments under Major Barnston. There never was a bolder feat of arms,
and tbe loss inflicted on the enemy, after the entrance of the Secuuder-
bagh was effected, was immense—more than 2000 of the enemy were
afterwards carried out. The officers who led these regiments wore
Lieutenant-Colonel Leith Hay, her Majesty’s 93rd Highlanders;
Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon, her Majesty’s 93rd Highlanders; Captain
Walton, her Majesty’s 53rd Foot; lieutenant Paul, 1th Punjaub
Infantry (since dead); and Major Barnston. her Majesty's 90th Foot.
Captain Peel’s Loyal Naval £iege Train then wont to the front and
advanced towards tho Shah Nujjeef. together with the field battery and
seme mortars, the village to tho left having been cleared by Brigadier
Hope and Lieutan ant-Colonel Gordon.
Tho Shah Nujjeef is a domed mosque with a garden, of which the
most had been made by the enemy. The wall of the inclosure of
the mosque was loopholed with £roat care. The entrance to it had
been covered by a regular work in masonry, and tho top of the build¬
ing was crowned with u parapet. From this, and from tho defences in
tho gir :en, an unceasing fire of musketry was kept up from the com¬
mencement of the attack. This position was defended with great
resolution against a heavy cannonade of throe hoars. It was then
stormed in the boldest manner by tbe 93rd Highlanders, under
Brigadior Hope, supported by a battalion of dotachments upder Major
Barnston, who was, I regret to say, severely wounded; Captain Peel
leading up his heavy guns with extraordinary gallantry within a few
yards of tho building, to batter the massive stone walls. Tho wither¬
ing fire of tho Highlanders effectually covered the Naval Brigade from
great loss, but it was an action almost unexampled in war. Captain
Pool behaved very muoh ;is if he had been laying the Shannon along¬
side on onomy’s frigate. This brought the day's operations to a close.
On tho next day communications were opened, to the loft rear of the
birrauks, to the canal, after overcoming considerable difficulty. Capt.
Peel kept up a steady cannonade on the building called the mess-
bouso. This building, of considerablo size, was defended by a ditch
about twelve feet broad and scarped with masonry, aad beyond that a
loopholed mud wall. I determined to use the guns as much as pos¬
sible io taking it About three p.m., when it was considered that men
might be sent to storm it without much risk, it was taken by a c
. picket of
com¬
pany of the 90th Foot, under Captain Wolseley, and a picket of her
Majesty's 53rd, under Captain Hopkins, supported by Major Barn- •
ston’s battalion of detachments under Captain Guise, her Majesty’s
•0th Foot, and some of the Punjaub Inf in try under Lieutenant
Powlett. Tho nitss-houso was carried immediately with a rush. The
troops then pressed forward with great vigour, and lined the wall
separating the moss- house from the Motee Mahal, whioh consists of
a wide incloRure and many buildings. The enemy here made a last
stand, which was overctma after uu hour, openings having been
brokon in tho wall, through which tho troops poured, with a body of
Sappers, and acc mnlished our communications with the Residency. I
had th*» inexpressible satisfaction, shortly afterwards, of greeting Sir
James Outnun and bir Henry Havolock, who came out to meet mo before
the action was at an end. The rolief of tbe besieged garrison had been
aocomplishod. The troops, including all ranks of officers and men,
had workod strenuously and persevered boldly in following up the ad¬
vantages gained iu the various attacks. Every nun in the force had
exerted himself to the utmost, and now met with his reward.
It should not bo forgotten that these exertions did not date merely
frem the day that I joined the camp; the various bodies of which tho
relieving force was composed having made the longest forced marches
from various directions to enable tho Government of India to save the
garrison of Lucknow. Some fron Agra, some from Allahabad—all
had oliko undergone the same fatigues in pressing forward fir the at¬
tainment of thi8 great object. Of their conduct in tho field of battle
the facts narrated in this despatch ore sufficient evidence, which I will
not weaken by any eulogy of mine.
[His Excellency’s despatch concludes with a long list of officers and
others who had particularly distinguished themselves, and a return of
casualties.]
In a subsequent report, dated “ Alumbagh, Nov. 25,” Sir Colin
Campbell records the incidents connected with the evacuation of the
Lucknow Residency. After giving an account of three days’ skir¬
mishes with the enemy, he proceeds thus:—
Having led the enemy to believe that immediate assault was con¬
templated, orders were issued for the retreat of the garrison through
tbs lines of our pickets at midnight on the 22nd.
The ladies and families, tho wounded, the treasure, the guns it was
thought worth while to keep, the ordnance stores, the grain still pos¬
sessed by the commissariat of the garrison, and the state prisoners,
had all been previously removed
Sir James Outram had received orders to burst tbe guns, which i
was thought undesirable to take away; and he was finally directs
silently to evacuate the Residency of Lucknow at the hour indicated.
The dispositions to cover their retreat and to resist the enemy, thould
he pursue, were ably carried out by Brigadier the Hon Adrian Ho
but I am happy to say the en«my was completely deceived, end he
not attempt to follow. On the contrary, he began firing on our
positions many hours after we had left them. The moyenaent
retreat was admirably executed, and was a perfect lesson i
binations.
Each exterior line came gradually retiring through its si
at length nothing remained but the last line of inf in try
with which I was myself to crush the enemy if ho —
up the pickets.
The only lino of retreat lay through a long and toi
all these precautions were absolutely necessary to insure th<
.'Brit
the rear-:
toathed’s
a as wo
the force.
During all these operations, from tbe 16th
brigade closed in the rear, and now ag&n. fo
retired to Dilkooaha.
Dilkoosba was reached at 4 am. on the 23rd instv by the whole force.
On the 22nd the enemy attacked at BukooBha/spht was speedily
driven off. under Brigadier Little's orders.
I moved with General Grant’s division to Alumbagh on tho afternoon
of the 2ith, leaving Sir Janies Outram’s division in position at Dil-
koosho, to prevent molestation of the immense convoy of the women
and wounded, which it was necessary to transport Vith us. Sir James
Outram closed up this day without annoyance from, the enemy.
I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship’s most obedient
humble servant, C. Campbell, General, Commander-in-Chief.
/AA\ v
CKNOW.
itte Extraordinary was
-r—j — hier Inglis has written of
m the time of the death of Sir H. Law-
»tive is proceded by a General Order in
ior-General commends the defence in
The narrativo of Brigadior Inglis, which is
dated Lucknow, 26th September, is as follows:—
• In consequence of the vGyJiecply-to-be-lamented death of Brigadier-
General Sir H. M. Lawrence, K.C.B., late in eomtnnnd of the Oude Field
Force, the duty of narrating the military events which have occurred at
Lucknow since 29th June lust, has devolved upon myself.
On the evening of that day several reports reached Sir Henry Lawrence
that the rebel army, in no very considerable force, would march from
Chinhut (a small village about eight miles distant on the road to Fyzabad)
on Lucknow on the following morning; and the late Brigadier-General
therefore determined to make & strong reconnaissance in that direction,
with the view, if possible, of meeting the force at a disadvantage, either
at its entrance into the suburbs of the city, or at the bridge across the
Gokral, which is a small stream intersecting the Fyzabad-road, about
half way between Lucknow and Chinhut.
The force destined ior tliis service moved out at six a,m. on the morning
of the 30th June.
The troops, misled by the reports of wayfarers, who stated there were
few or no men between Lucknow and Chinhut, proceeded somewhat far¬
ther than had been originally intended, and suddenly fell in with the
enemy, who had up to that time eluded the vigilance of the iulv&nced
guard by concealing themselves behind a long line of trees in over¬
whelming numbers. The European force and howitzer, with the Native
Infantry, held the foe In check for some time, and had the six guns of the
Oude Artillery been faithful. and the Sikh Cavalry shown a better front,
the day would have been won in spite of an immense disparity in num¬
bers. But the Oude artillerymen and drivers were traitors. They over¬
turned the guns into ditches, cut the traces of their horses, and aban¬
doned them, regardless of the remonstrances and exertions of their own
officers, of those of Sir Henry Liwreuce’s staff, headed by the Brigadier-
General in person, who himself drew his sword upon these rebels. Every
effort to induce them to stand having proved ineffectual, the force exposed
to a vastly superior lire o! artillery, and completely out-flanked on both
sides by an overwhelming body of .infantry and cavalry, which actually
got into our rear, was compelled to retire with the loss of three pieces of
artillery, which fell iuto the bauds of the enemy in consequence of the
rank treachery of the Oude gunners, and with a very grievous list of
killed and wounded. The heat was dreadful, the gun ammunition was ex¬
pended, and the almost total waut of cavalry to protect our rear made our
retreat most disastrous. All the officers behaved well, aud the exertions
of the small body of volunteer cavalry—only forty in number—under
Captain Radcliffe, Tth Light Cavalry, were most praiseworthy.
It remains to report the siege operations.
It will be iu the recollection of his Lordship in Council that it was the
original intention of Sir Henry Lawrence to occupy not only the Residency
bmt also the fort called Muchhce Bhowun, an old dilapidated edifice, which
had bceu hastily repaired for the occasion, though the defences were even
at the last moment very tar from complete, and were moreover commanded
by many houses iu the city. The situation ol‘ the Muchhce Bhowun with
regard to the Residency has already been described to the Government of
India.
The untoward event to the 30th June so far diminished the whole avail¬
able force, that we had not a sufficient number of men remaining to occupy
both positions. The Briadicr-General, therefore, on the evening of the
1st ol July, signalled to the garrison of the Muchhce Bhowun to evacuate
und blow up that fortress in tlie course of the night. The orders were
ably carried out. aud at twelve p.in. the force marched into the Residency
With their guns and treasure, without the loss oi a man; and shortly
afterwards the explosion of 240 barrels of gundowder and 6,000,000 ball
cartridges, which were lying in the magazine, announced to Sir Henry
Lawrence and hip officers who were anxiously waiting the report, the com¬
plete destruction of that post and all that it contained, if it hod not
been for this wise and strategic measure, no member of the Lucknow gar¬
rison, in all probability, would have survived ta tell the tale; lor, as has
been already stated, the Muchhee Bhowun was commanded from other
parts ol" the town, and was moreover indifferently provided with lieavjr
artillery ammunition, while the difficulty, suffering, aud loss which the
Residency garrison, even with the reinforcement thus obtained from tin
Muchhce Bhowun, has undergone in holding the position, is sufficient
show that, if the Original intention of holding both posts had been
hered to, both would have inevitably fallen.
It is now my very painful duty to relate the calamity which
the commencement of the siege. Un the 1st July an 8*ini
in the room in the Residency in which Sir H. Lawrence was
missile burst between him and Mr. Couper, close to both;
injury to either. The whole of his Stan iniplorwl Sir Hour;
other quarters, as the Residency had then become the speoii'
the round shot and shell of the enemy. This, however, he 7 *
dined to do, observing that another shell would certainly ti
into that small room. Bui Providence had ordained other|
very next duy he was mortally wounded by the fragment
which burst in the same room, exactly at the same spot <
Deputaut Assistant Adjutant-General, received a contusiol
time. .~.\ I_i
The late lamented Sir II. Lawrence, knowing Unit his laH hour was
rapidly approaching, directed mo to assume command of the troops, and
appointed Major Banka to succeed him in the office of chief commissioner.
He lingered in great agony till Hie morning of the 4th July, when he ex¬
pired. and the Government was thereby deprived, if i may venture to say
so. of the services of a distinguished statesiaHuandu mbsfgklhrat soldier.
The garrison had scarcely recovered thoahockwhieInit liJitLsustained in
the loss of its revered and beloved Gem
death of that able aud respected officer,
commissioner, who received a bullet through liis
critical outpost on the 2lat
When the blockade was co
pletod; part of the defences
buildings in the immediate |
only very partially clear*
caused by the fire from t! x
joining mosques and hous
stroking which hud becu r
by the staff of engineers,
places, aud private properl
fluently suflered severely '
dices, and respect to the
soon as the enemy had tlioi
deucy they occupied these ’
shot of our barricat’
those sides which/
and incessant
ns there couli
time into oi
whole of our
of the sick and w
liad been turned into a ,
building, and the widow
' ’' shot dead in
had to mourn the
dating chief
examining a
>t our batteries were com-
.i si led condition, and the
„ ive cover to the enemy, were
our heaviest losses have been
looters, stationed in the ad-
' lility, the necessity of de-
the attention of Sir Henry
The day before the
issued, with the offici
the defence of Luckn<
reace. This important
Council, in which the
appropriate
was—* 1 Spare the holy
issible.” And we have conse-
iderness to the religious preju-
ous citizens aud soldiery. As
ted the investment of the Resl-
»f which were within easy pistol-
j, and rapidly made loopholes on
ost, from which they kept up a terrific
lit, which caused many daily casualties,
less than 8000 men firing at one
treover, there was no place in the
rauld be considered safe, for several
were lying in the banquetiug-liall, which
. were killed in the very centre of the
utenant Dorin and other women and
^ into which it had not been previously
that /a bultet could penetrate. Neither were the enemy
batterie^. They soon had from twenty to twenty-five
, some of them oi* very large calibre. These were planted
allround our post at small distances, some being actually within fifty
yards of our defences, but in places where our own heavy guns could not
rcply x to\theitt^symle the perseverance and ingenuity ol the enemy in
Acting barricades in front of and around their guns iu a very short time,
Aen^ereU^ail attempts to silence them by muske‘.ry entirely unavailing.
Neither could they be effectually silenced by shells, by reason of their
extreme proaamity to our position, and because, moreover, the enemy had
recourse to digging very narrow trenches, about eight feet in depth, in
v -~r of each gun, in which the men lay while our shells were fiyiug. and
ich so effectually concealed them, even while working the gun, that our
iharpshooters could only see their heads while in the act of loading,
^emy contented themselves with keeping up this incessant fire of
cannon aud musketry until the 20th of July, on which day, at ten am.,
‘ ey assembled iu very great force all around our position, aud exploded a
li^avy mine inside our outer line of defences at the Water Gate. The
_ ne, however, which was close to the Redan, and apparently sprung with
the intention of destroying that battery, did no harm. But as soon a3
the smoke had cleared away, the enemy boldly advanced under cover of
a tremendous fire of cannon and musketry, with the object of storming
the Redan. But they were received with such a heavy lire, that alter a
short struggle they fell back with much loss. A strong column advanced
at the same time to attack 1 lines’ post, aud came on to within ten yards of
the palllsades, affording to Lieut Loughnan, 13th N.I., who commanded
the position, and his brave garrison, composed of gentlemen of the uu-
eovenanted service, a few of her Majesty’s 32nd Foot, and of the 13th
N.I., an opportunity of distinguishing themselves, which they were not
slow to avail themselves ol, aud the enemy were driven back with great
slaughter. The insurgents made minor attacks at almost every
outpost, but were invariably defeated, and at two p.m they ceased their
attempts to storm the pJice, although their musketry lire and cannonading
continued to harass us unceasingly as usual.
Matters proceeded in this manner until the 10th August, when the
enemy made another assault, having previously sprung a mine close to the
brigade mess, which entirely destroyed our defences for the space of
twenty feet, and blew in a great portion of the outside wall of the house
occupied by Mr. Schilling’s garrison. On the dust clearing away, a breach
appeared, through which a regiment could have advanced In perfect order,
and a few of the enemy came on with the utmost determination, but were
met with such a withering flank lire of musketry from the officers and
men holding the top of the brigade mess, that they beat a speedy retreat,
leaving the more adventurous of their numbers lying on the crest of the
breach. While this operation was going on, another large body advanced
on the Cawnpore batiery, and succeeded in locating themselves for a few
minutes in the ditch. They were, however, dislodged by hand grenades.
At Captain Anderson's post they also came boldly forward with scaling
ladders, which they planted against the wall; but here, as else¬
where, they were met with the most indomitable resolution, and
the leaders being slain, the rest fled, leaving the ladders, and re¬
treated to their batteries and loopholed defences, from whence
they kept up for the rest of the day an unusually heavy cannonade and
musketry lire On the 18 th of August the enemy sprung another mine
in from of the Sikh line3 with very fatal effect Captain Orr (unattached),
Lieutenants Mecham and Soppitt, who commanded the small body of
drummers composing the garrison, were blown into the air; but pro¬
videntially returned to earth with no further injury than a severe shaking.
The garrison, however, were not so fortunate. No less than eleven men
were buried alive under the ruins, from whence it was impossible to ex¬
tricate them, owing to the tremendous fire kept up by the enemy from
houses situated not ten yards in lront of the breach. The explosion was
followed by a general assault of a less determined nature than the two
former efforts, and the enemy were consequently repulsed without much
difficulty. But they succeeded, under cover of the breach, in establishing
themselves in one of the houses in our position, from which they weie
driven in the evening by the bayonets of her Majesty’s 32nd and 84th Foot.
On the 5th September the enemy made their last serious assault Hav¬
ing exploded a large mine, a lew feet short of the bastion of the 18 -
pounder gun in Major Apthorp’s post, they advanced with lar»o heavy
scaling Udders, which they planted agaiust the wail, and mounted,
thereto gaining for an Instant the embrasure of a gun. They were how¬
ever. driven back with Joss by baud grenades and musketry. A few
minutes subsequently they sprung another mine close to the bri-nde
mess, and advanced boldly ; but soon the corpses strewed in the garden in
froutot the post bore testimony to the fatal accuracy of the rifle and mus¬
ketry tire ot the gallaut members of tlrnt garrison, and the enemy
ignominious!};, leaving their leader-a fine-looking old uutive orfuar-
among the slain. At other posts they made similar attacks, but with loss
resolution, and everywhere with the same want of success. Their 0*3
upon this day must have been very heavy, as they came on with much
determination, and at night they were seen bearing large numbers of
n'« r A ? < * wounded over the bridges in the direction of cantonments,
llie above is a taint attempt at a description of the four great struggles
which have occurred during this protracted season of exertion, exposure,
and sulleriug. His Lcrdship in Council will perceive that the euemy
invariably commenced lus attacks by the explosion of amine- a species
of oflensive warlare for the exercise of which our position was uuloriu-
nate'y peculiarly situated; and, had it not been for llie most untiring
vigilance on oiu* part in wa ehing and blowing up their mines before
they were completed, the assaults would probably have been much more
numerous, anu might, perhaps, have ended in the capture of the place.
But, by countermining iu all directions, we succeeded iu detecting and
destroying no less than four ot the enemy^subterraneous advances towards
important pc si turns, two of which opera tic
as on one occasion not less thai
and twenty suffered a siinll
however, which devolved
absence ol a body of skil
the Governor-General his.
croivd within the limitso
more the individual acts ol
struggle. But I
troops have ever
been, to
have also
and of intense
either, and in
having hud to rej
to the hard,
stantly
soundecUhb advance
man coil Id be seen,
ex haus ted/force,
strong eh
the event
, were eminently successiul,
;ighty of them, were blown into 1 he air,
on the second explosion. The labour,
making these countermines, iu the
niincrs. wiia very heavy. The Right Hon.
uncil will feel that it would be impossible to
despatch even the principal events, much
ilaiitry, wliich have marked this protracted
can_cousclentiOu^ly declare my conviction that few
hardships, exposed, as they have
musketry tire and cannonade. They
alternate vicissitudes of extreme wet
t.jtoo, with very insufficient shelter from
dihout auy shelter at all. In addition to
V, they have been exposed night aud day
!se ulurms which the enemy luive been con¬
sents have frequently fired very heavily,
d shouted for several hours together, though not a
• the view, of course, of harassing our small and
lich object they succeeded, for no pan Lus been
of a portion only of the garrison being prepared iu
ick being turned Into a real one. All therelore had
to stand to theirarmi and to remain at their posts until the demonstration
had ceased; aud such attacks were of almost nightly occurrence. The
whole of the officers and men have been on duty night and day during the
'Cighty-sevendays which the siege had lasted, up to the arrival of Sir J.
nr ,a (V|$/ j n addition to this incessant military duty, the force
fitly employed in repairing defences, in moving guns, iu
— animals, in conveying ammunition aud commissariat stores
acc to another, aud in other futigue duties too numerous and too
umerate here. 1 feel, however, that any word of mine will lail to
adequate idea of what our fatigueand labours have been—labours
-J1 ranks aud all classes, civilians, officers, aud soldiers, have all
an equally noble part. All have together descended into the mine;
.ve together handled the shovel for the interment of the putrid bul-
; and all, accoutred with musket and bayonet, have relieved each
r on sentry, without regard to the distinctions of rank, civil or mili¬
tary. Notwithstanding all these hardships, the garrison lias made no less
than five sorties, in which they spiked two of the enemy’s heaviest guns,
aud blew up several of the houses from wliich they had Kept up their most
harassing tire. Owing to the extreme paucity ofour numbers, each man
was taugtit to feel that on his own individual efforts alone depended in
no small measure the salety of the entire position. This consciousness
incited every officer, soldier, and man to defend the post assigned him
with such desperate tenacity, and to fight lor the lives w hich Frovidence
had intrusted to his care with such dauntless determination, that the
enemy, despite their constant attacks, their heavy mines, their over¬
whelming numbers, and their incessant lire, could never succeed in gain¬
ing one single inch of ground_ within the bounds of the straggling posi¬
tion, which W'jis so feebly lortilied, that had they once obtained a looting
in any of the outposts, the whole place must inevitably have fallen.
It further proof be wanting of the desperate nature of the struggle
which we have, under God’s blessing, so long and so successfully waged,
1 would point to the rootless and ruined houses, to the crumbled walls, to
the exploded mines, to the open breaches, to the shattered and disabled
guns aud defences, and, lastly, to the long and melancholy list of the
brave and devoted officers and men who have fallen. These silent wit¬
nesses bear sad aud solemn testimony to the way in wliich this feeble
position has been defended. During the early part of these vicissitudes
we were left without any Information whatever regarding the positiou of
affairs outside. An occasional spy did indeed come in, with the object of
inducing our sepoys and servants to desert; but the intelligence derived
from such sources was, of course, entirely untrustworthy. We sent our
messengers daily, calling for aid and asking for information, none of
whom ever returned until the twenty-sixth day of the siege, when a pen¬
sioner named Ungud came back with a letter from General Havelock’s
camp, informing ua that they were advancing with a force sufficient to
bear down all opposition, aud would be with us in five or six days. A
messengei* was immediately dispatched, requesting that on the evening of
their arrival on the outskirts of the city two rockets might be sent up. in
order that we might take the necessary measures for assisting them while
forcing their way in. The sixth day, however, expired, and they came
not; but for many evenings after officers and men watched for the ascen¬
sion of the expected rockets with hopes such as make the heart sick We
knew not then, nor did we learn until the 29th August-or some thirty
day8 later—that the relieving force, after having louglit most nobly to
Gleet our deliverance, had been obliged to fall back lor reinforcements;
and this was the last communication we received until two days before the
arrival of Sir James Outram, on the 25th September.
Besides heavy visitations of cholera and small-pox, we have also had to
contend against a sickness which has almost universally pervaded the
garrison. Commencing with a very painful eruption, it has merged into
a low fever, combined with diarrhoea ; aud although few or no men have
actually died from its Gleets, it leaves behind a weakness and lassitude
which, in the absenceof all material sustenance, save coarse beef and still
coarser Hour, none have been able entirely to get over. The mortality
among the women and children, and especially among the laltcr, from
these diseases and from other causes, has been perhaps the mostpainlul
Characteristic of the siege. The want of native servants has also been a
source of much privation. Owing to the suddenness with which we were
besieged, many of these people, who might perhaps have otherwise proved
faitluui to their employers, but who were outside the ddeuccs at the time,
were altogether excluded. Very many more deserted, aud several families
were consequently left without the services of a single domestic. Several
ladies have had to tend their children, and even to wash their own clothes,
as well as to cook their own scanty meals, entirely unaided. Combined
with the absence Ol’ servants, tile waut of proper accommodation has pro¬
bably been the cause of much of the disease with which we have been
atllicted. I cannot refrain from bringing to the prominent notice of his
Lordship in Council the patient endurance and the Christian resignation
which have been evinced b> the women of this garrison. They have ani¬
mated us by their example Many, alas t have been made widows, and
their children fatherless. In this cruel struggle. But all such seemed re¬
signed to the will of Frovidence, and many, among whom may be men
tioned the honoured names of Birch ot Polehampton, of Barbor. and of
Gall, have, after the example of Miss Nightingale, constituted lliemselves
tlie tender and solicitous nurses of the wounded and dying soldiers in the
hospitaL
It only remains for me to bring to the favourable notice of his Lord-
ship in Council the names of those officers who luive most distinguished
themselves and afiorded me the most valuable assistance in these ope¬
rations.
Here follows a long account of those who, whether among tho living
or tho dead, have rendered most eminent services.
Brigadier Inglis concludes his interesting narrative as follows ;—
With respect to the native troops, I am of opinion that their loyalty has
never been surpassed. They were indifferently fed and worse housed. They
were exposed, especially the I3th Regimeut, under the gallaut Lieutenant
Ailken, to a moat galling fire of round-shot and musketry, which
materially decreased their numbers. They were so near the enemy that
conversation could be carried on between them; and every effort, per-
suusion, promise, and threat was alternately resorted to in vain to seduce
them from their allegiance to the handful of Europeans, who, iu ail pro¬
bability, would have been sacrificed by their desertion. All the troops
behaved nobly, and the names of those men of the native force who have
particularly distinguished tnemselves have been laid before Major-General
Sir James Outram, G.C B., who lias promised to promote them. Those
of the European force will be transmitted in due eourse for the orders of
his Royal Highness the General Commnnding-in-Chief.
In conclusion, I beg leave to express, on the part of myself and the
members of this garrison, our deep and grateful sense of the conduct of
Major-General Sir J. Outram, G.C.B., of Brigadier General Havelock,
C.B., and of the troops under those officers who so devotedly came to our
relief at so heavy a sacrifice of life. We are also repaid for much suffer¬
ing and privation by the sympathy which our brave deliverers say our
perilous aud unfortunate positiou has excited for us in the hearts of our
countrymen throughout the length and breadth of her Majesty’s do¬
minions.
I 11 reference to the above despatch of Colonel Inglis, a divisional
order of Major-General Outram says:—
The Major- General believes that the annals of warfare contain no
brighter page than that which will record the bravery, fortitude, vigilance,
anu patient endurance of hardships, privation, aud fatigue displayed by
Jan. 16, 1858]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
67
the garrison at Lucknow, and he is very conscious that his unskilled pen
must needs fail adaquately to convey to the Right Hon. the Gorernor-
General of India, ana his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, the pro¬
found sense of the merits of that garrison, which has been forced on his
mind by a careful consideration of the almost incredible difficulties with
which they have had to contend.
Sir Colin Campbell has also produced a general order, dated 21st
November, in which we read:—
The persevering constancy of this small garrison, under the watchful
command of the Brigadier, has, under Providence, been the means of
adding to the prestige of the British army and of preserving thefronour
and lives of our countrywomen.
There can be no greater reward than such a reflection ; and the Com-
inander-in-Chief heartily congratulates Brigadier Inglis and his devoted
garrison on that reflection belonging to them.
A general order of the Governor-General in Council announces the
following recognition of the services of the Lucknow garrison:—
1. Every officer and soldier, European and native, who has formed part
of the garrison of the Residency b tweeu the 29th of June and the 25th of
September last, shall receive six months’ batta.
2 . Every civilian in the covenanted service of the East India Company,
who has taken part in the defence of the Residency, within the above-
named dates, shall receive six months’ batta, at a rate calculated according
to the military rank with which his standing corresponds.
3. Every uncovenanted civil officer or volunteer who has taken a like
part, shall receive six montlis’ batta, at a rate to be fixed according to the
lunctions and position which may have been assigned to him.
4. Every native commissioned and non-commissioned officer and soldier
who 1ms formed part of the garrison, shall receive the order of merit,
with the increase of pay attached thereto, and shall be permitted to count
three years' additional service.
5. The soldiers of the 13th, 48tli, and 71st Regiments Native Infantry,
who have been part of the garrison, shall be formed Into a regiment of
the line, to be called the Regiment of Lucknow, the further constitution
of which, as regards officers and men, will be notified hereafter.
(We have been favoured by a Correspondent with the plan of Luck¬
now engraved upon the preceding page, carefully copied from one
made by the Surveyor-General, and sont to England because none
wai known previously to exist in India.)
ALUMBAGH.
The following description, with the accompanying plan, of the defence
of this important position, has been furnished by a Correspondent:—
Alumbagh, Ootober 14th, 1857.
My dear-Half an hour after posting my last letter to you in
Cawnpore, I got orders to march with a foTce going to I.ucknow with
supplies for the army. We met with little or no opposition on the
>-
S
Ul
2
LJ
9 INCH
HOSITZER
ENEMY
PLAN OF ALUMBAGH, NEAR LUCKNOW.
read, only two slight skirmishes, in which we lost no mon. To o;
disappointment, on arriving at this place (the Alumbagh, a count
residence of the lato King of Oude) we found about four hundred of
our men in charge of the sick, wounded, and baggage, and heard
that we could proceed no further. Here we are, then, within tnree
mile 9 of Luoknow, all communication with General Out ram and
Havelock’s force cut off. Our spies can only bring us news from the
force about every third day. Officers and men are on half rations,
i.e., £lb. of biscuit, |lb. of meat, and 2oz. of rice, and two drams of
rum daily. The native followers in a state of starvation. We aro
surrounded by the enemy, who just keep out of the range of our
guns, and cut up the followers if they go out to get forage, Tho
Alumbagh is a square walled-in garden, tho sides about 400 yards
long; at each corner there is an octagonal summor-LouseTwmcb is
occupied by a picket. There is a house over the gatewayT^Ufai is
the main guard. In front of the giito are a 24-pounder and u 9-
poundor, an 1 the other guns are placed all round. In the centre of
the garden is the palace, whichjis used. 05 hospital and officers’ quarters.
Insiae the wills are tents, carts, and baggage of all descriptions,
camels and elephants, and 5000 natives, x our followers. On tho right
front of the gateway, outside, there is a temple, which is used as a
p cket. I write from it now. I have been bn duty now for six nights
and days, and do not see any chance of being relieved frPm this picket.
Wo can see the enemy mounting guard, relieving sentries, &c., and
every now and then have to fire upon their cavalry when they come too
close. Daily three or four of the camp followers are cut up. I have
said that we aro on half rations.and very hufigry.. But what must be
• - ' " hey left, this fifteen days ago,
ot a particle of clothes but what
ot more food in Lucknow than
k y; but they have no rum or
\) their clothes are nearly
[ion is, however, tho want
here to-morrow, and soon
•will enable us to get into
* out. It is said that thero are 20,090
ve taken nearly all their guns from
heavy fire kept up in the city, which
•n our force, as, after our heavy guns
Nb suppUe^cbme in as yet. About 1000 cavalry have just
passed round towards our rear—supposed to be going to try and inter¬
cept theCommissariat we expect in here to-day. On the look-out for
the explosiou ^a mine in Lucknow, which, wo hear from our spies,
has been prep&reofrv our people. Out of the 500 of the 32nd. and 100
of the 84th, who wprp shut up in Lucknow, only 200 are said to have
survived. Women and children all safe. Sick and wounded of the
force which went to relieve them, 450. Heavy firing all the morning.
lGth.—An attack made on our people in Lucknow. The enemy
• opened two guns on us from our right front and left rear, and captured
thirty of our bullocks out grazing. Some camp followers only killed.
No news of supplies. .
17th.—The enemy firing on us again from our nght front. Silenced
their guns, I saw a grasscutter cut to pieces, hut beyond the range
of our rifles, so we could not help him. Vegetables all done. No news
of supplies, and fear entertained that they have been intercepted.
the state of the force in
withjnothing but two days’
they had on their backs,
we have, and are very j<
liquor of any
worn out now.
of tobacco,
afeer a reinfi
Lucknow, am
sepoys in Lu<
them. Every w
we supose to bekttacl
have fired tWicj * V J
18th.—Numbers of cavalry seen passing round towards our rear. No
supplies in.
19th.—Same as yesterday. All our rice is done. Natives starving.
No supplies as yet arrived.
20th.—I fired from my picket at tho cavalry with a 9-pounder, and
knocked over two men and horses.
21st.—The enemy mustered in great numbers, and fired on our grass-
cutters for about half an hour. The Sikhs were sent out, who drove
them back. Not much damage done.
22nd.—No supplies. The enemy opened a 12-pounder on us: one
shot came into the enclosure, passing through a tent, and rolling into
the centre of the place, but fortunately hurting no one. Wo expect to
bo attacked to night. Our foragers being attacked by a strong force and
two guns, I was sent out, and we drove them back; but we lost eight
elephants which were frightened by the shot fulling near them.
23rd —No supplies. The issue of rations to the natives stopped.
Yesterday two troopers (natives) deserted, carrying two artillery
horses with them.
24th.-^-Out on a foraging party. Drovo off a number of natives who
were firing on us. Supplies expected to-day or to-morrow. A great
many cases of fever in the last two days.
24th.—The supplies have arrived, with 500 men. There was a slight
skirmish outside the walls, in which the enemy were driven back. I
had to fire from my picket on the enemy.
25th.—Large bodies of men aro going into Lucknow. It is said the
whole road is lined by sepoys; t o when we go on we shall have a good
fight. We are now waiting for the Delhi force, which is expected
about the 10th. To-morrow we go to attack tho fort of Jellalabad, where
the enemy have about 3000 men and some guns, and a powder manu¬
factory. The day after a body returns to Cawnpore, and this letter
will be taken by them. If I have time 1 will add a few lines I have
not seen Francis yet, and have no chance of doing eo till wo get into
Lucknow. In tho meantime, my dear-, good-bye. From your
affectionate cousin.
P.S.—20th. The attack on Jellalabad Eos been put off. The enemy
are throwing up fresh batteries all reund. Tho detachment just
arrived is to remain here, eo there is no opportunity of sending this
letter.
27th.—The enemy throwing up more batteries, and firing on us. Two
natives killed.
28th.—Forced to leave my tent, as the round-shot pitch close to it.
One native killed.
29th.—The enemy firing as usual. Their shot como right in
amongst us.
30 th—Ditto. _ /
31st.—News of a force of 3500 men coming up to help us. / /
1st Nov—Enemy have now got twelve batteries up, and have opened
guns from three of them* \
2nd.—Two natives a horse
killed. I am on the sick list, with
dysentery. # \ |
3rd.—Firing all night Not
much damage done. x -
4th.—Ditto. N<y newiPbf the
force coming in. / / \ \
5th.—I am much better, and hope
to be off the sick list to-morrow.
A large convoy has just eome in.
A force of 35u0 men ara withi n
twelve miles of this, waiting for
Sir Colin Campbell, when they will
join us, and relieve Lucknow. Sir
' sacked at /F^ttehpore,
his escort killed. A
.t to be dispatched
’ must finish this
write, the nig-
__our roar-guard,
:y has gone to drive thorn
Alter all is quiet tho S4th
lurn to England, and with
•pc, your humble servant
haste, from your offec
cousin,
Ax Officer of
1LM. 84th Regt.
How THE PdNJAUB WAS
xed.— Blackwood's Magazine for
this month has an interesting let¬
ter from the 1’unjaub describing the
measures taken by air. Montgomery
and others (in the absence of Sir
.John Lawrence) for the disarming of
the sepoys in the Pui\jaub. Alter
stating that the first tidings of the
mutiny of the troops at Meerut and
their advance on Delhi reached La¬
hore on the morning of the nth of
May, und w;t9 confirmed the next
day by a telegram detailing the
fiendish massacre at Delhi; and that
information had also been received of
a deep-laid conspiracy formed by the
native troops at Meean-Meer (about
, from Lahore) involving the safety of the Lahore fort and
the lives of all the European residents, tho letter proceeds as follows:—
M It so-happened that the gay world of Meean-Meer. in the enjoyment of
a fancied ‘security, had selected that evening (12th May) for a large bail,
which was to be given by the station to the officers of her Majesty's 8lst
Regiment, in acknowledgment of their proverbial hospitality. The dis¬
covery of this conspiracy made some of the authorities suggest the post¬
ponement of the bail; but it was wisely overruled, os any such change
might have led the sepoys to infer the detection of their plot. So the ball
took place : but it could scarcely be said of it, as of the far-famed ball at
Brussels which preceded the battle of Waterloo, that
All vrent merry u a marria^e-t© J.
for, not to mention an air of anxiety and gloom which the most devoted
and lightest-hearted of the votaries of Terpsichore couid not altogether
shake off, the room itself betrayed signs of preparation, and every olfieer
knew where to lindhis weapon in case of an attack, 'i hcevening, however,
passed over undisturbed, and dancing was kept up till two o'clock in the
morning. The scene then changed, with very short interval, from the ball¬
room to the parade-ground Here the whole brigade. European and native,
were according to the orders of the previous day, assembled, avowedly tohear
the general order read disbanding a portion of the 34th Native Infantry at
Barrackpore, but really to enact a drama which for originality and bold¬
ness of design is without precedent in the annals of Indian history. To
witness it Anarkullec sent all her lending civilians, whose anxious faces
betokened the momentous importance which was attached to its success.
The general order was duly read at the heads of the several native regi¬
ments, when, as if to form a part of the brigade manoeuvres of the day.
the whole of the troops were countermarched, so as to face inwards, on
one side the native regiments at quarter-column distance, and in front of
them the 8lst Queen’s (only five’.companies) in line, with the guns along
their rear. Then came the critical moment. Lieutenant Mocatta, Adju¬
tant of the 26 th Native Infantry, advanced and read an address explain¬
ing to the sepoys that the mutinous spirit which pervaded so many regi¬
ments down country had rendered it necessary to adopt measures, not
so much for the peace of the country, which the British could
maintain, as for the sake of preserving untarnished the names
of regiments whose colours told of so many glorious battlefields; and
that ft had been therefore determined by the Brigadier to take from them
the opportunity of ruining their own character should designing malcon¬
tents attempt to involve them in mutiny and its ruinous consequences.
The order was then given to •• pile anns.' ! A alight hesitation and delay
were perceptible among the 16th Grenadiers, to whom the order was first
given ; bui, it having been prearranged that while the address was being
read to the sepoys the 81st should form into subdivisions and fall back be¬
tween the guns, the 16 th found themselves confronted, not by a thin line
of European soldiers, but by twelve guns loaded with grape and portfires
burning : and heard the clear voice of Colonel Renny ordering his men to
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
B. T. W., Suffolk.—Tliare Is a Cbcn Club ot Ip*wich called tbe " Ijwwloh and Suffolk Cheat
Club." Apply for particulars to Mr. Jolm Cocher. Mechanics' Institution, Ipawich.
W. H., Nottingham.—I. The collection of Knd-ramm by Mr. Horwitz has not yet bem
publi-hcd. X. Tho second work by M. Fnli we believe is now ready, and may bo pot
through any foreign bookseller.
Vf. S. I.., fell, o.—Your problem t hall be duly examined and reported. Tbe solution ot So. 714
is incorrect.
F. Healey, A. W. H., Evcrton;G. M., cf Aberdeen: Adolphus, Tonbridge Wells—Now in tho
trxiuniaar s hands
D. W.—The •*American Chets Monthly " fbrtheyetr 1856, is ansooncedte bo nnder the
Joint editorial supervision of Mr. Paul Morphy and Mr. Daniel Fisxt. Subocr.pt.eaa far V.
arc received in London by Trtltmer and Co.. I'a'.crtioxter-row.
A MKMiutK, &c —1. Mr. Morphy's challenge to the European players haa not yet born rood rod
in tills country. 2. Mr. Stanley was for many years tho acknowledged Chets champion of
America; but for a long period he lias abandoned the practice of the inune, and his play
ha* p;rally fallen off.
8or.cn OHS of Pko ulkh No. “24 by Simon. I. J 8., Felix, W. C., I. P. G., O P. Q., Delta,
Monk bams, H- T. P., N. C. G. W„ Gypsy, Wilfred. Bumble, Box aud Cox, Dorothy,
True Bine, Milo*. B.8..LB. H., W.G, U. T. »., D. I)., Adolphus, Doreron. Medians,
T. J. of IJ an worth, C*ar. F. N. C , W. C. T., A. Z., Omlcron, Waltham le Wold, W. B. of
Worsley, J. Gilbert, Litehfleltl. C. H. H.. Barnstable; “Original Northern Girl,” A OUrk.
8. P. E., I. T. A., 8. P. q. R., E. M.. A. G. 8.. l'eicrkin. are correct; all ethers ore wrong.
**• The juniority of the answers to Cb^s-€«<re»pondeuu are deferred from want of space
PROBLEM No. -ByG. 1L
(blackN^
WHITE.
White to play, and mate In four moves.
burning ; and nearo tne clear voice ui vamuuu ncuuj
load, followed by the ominous ring of each ramrod as it drove home its
ball cartridge. Conviction was carried to the hearts of the waverers; they
suddenly piled anns-as also did tbe ,3th Native Infantry and the por¬
tion of the 26 th Light Infantry, while the 8th Cavalry unbuckled and
dropped their sabres. Thus were some 2500 native soldiers disarmed in
the presence of scarcely 600 Europeans, and were marched offto their lines
comparatively harmless
Superb Cutetab.—A richly-chased silver-gilt cimetar has
Ins been completed by Messrs. Wilkinson, of Pall-mall, for his Majesty
the first King of Siam. The ornamentation is very elaborate in design,
and highly finished. In the centre of the cross is a rosette of diamonds,
surrounded by a circlet of rubies, and the remainder of the mountings
are set with white enamel, diamonds, and turquoise, in silver irilt. It is
one of the richest specimens of this class of workmanship which has ever
been made.
CHESS IN ST. PETERSBURG.
The following games form part of a Match played betw <>n Prince
Sergius OuBocsorr and Mr. SniMorr at the St. Petersburg Chess
Club; of whichMutcli PrinceOuBOiisorF was the winner by two games
(Centre Gambit.)
WHITE (Prince O.) black (5lr.S.)
1. PtoK ith P to K ath
2 . P to Q 4th P takes P
3. K B to t! B 4th Q Kt to Q B 3rd
4. K lit to K B 3rd Iv B to Q Kt 6th
5. P to Q B 3rd
6. P takes P
7. Castles
(cb)
P takes P
K 1! to Q R 4th
P to K R 3rd
<.Q to K IJ 3rd I* a better move than this )
S.rtoK 5th K Kt to K 2nd
l». Q B to Q B 3rd Castles.
10. Q to her 3rd
(J Hack 1 * game, it tr ill be. *n-n, i« non?
terribly hampered. He has hardly a
J’icrf or /*<!ich which can It moved
without disadvantage.)
10. K to R sq
11. Q Kt to Q 2 nd P to KB 3rd
12 . P takes P K R takes I*
13. Q Kt to K 4th K R to K II 5<1
14. Q Kt to K Kt 6th
(The right plav. White's at lark is now
too imeerjni to be lory withitotxl. i
wn ite (Prince O.) black (Mr. S.)
14. P to K Kt 3rd
15. QKttoBHh(ch) R takes Kt
16. KB takes K KtoKt 2 nd
17. Q B takes Kt Kt takes B
18. l\t to K 5th P to Q 3rd
19. Kt takes KtP Q B to K ii 4th
20. Q to Q 4th (eh) K takes B
21. Kt takes Kt Q B to K 3rd
(ft mattered little whether he took the Kt
at once with his Quern or not: White-
must, at least, hare come vff" the winner
qf the exchange.)
V to K 4th
P takes P
Q Kt to Q B 3rd
KBtoQB
4th
WHITE (Mr. S.)
1. P to K 4th
2. P to Q 4th
3. K B to Q B4th
4. K Kt to KB 3rd
6. Castles P to Q 3rd
6. P to Q B 3rd P takes P
7. Q Kt takes P 1\ Kt to K 2 nd
8. K R to K sq Castles
9. Q B to K Kt 5tll Q to Iv sq
10 . P to K 5th Q B to K Kt 5th
11. P takes Q P KB takes Q P
12. K B to Q Kt 6th P to K B 3rd
13. Q B to K R4th Q to K R 4th
H. Q to Q Kt 3d (ch) K to R sq
15. O B to K Kt3rd Q B takes Kt
16. P takes B Q Kt to Q 5th
17. Q to Q R 4th Kt tks KB P.eh)
18. K to Kt 2 nd Kt take* R (cb)
19. R takes Kt B takes B
20 . K R P takes B
21 . B to Q 3rd
22 . B to K 4th
23. B takes Q Kt P Q R to K sq
24. R to K R sq Q to K Kt 3rd
22 . Kt to Q 6th Q to K Kt 4th
23. Kt to K B 4th R to K Kt sq
24. P to Iv Kt 3rd Iv B to Q Kt 3rd
25. Kt takes Q B K takes Kt
26. Q to K 4th (ch) K to Q 2 nd
27. K R to K sq P to It R 4th
2 A Q to 6 R 4th (ch) P to Q B 3rd
29. Q to K 4th BtoQB ith
30. Q R to Q Kt sq p to Q Kt 3rd
31. Q to K 6th (ch) K to Q sq
32. Q R to Q sq It to K Kt 2nd
33. R takes Q P (ch) B takes R
34. Q takes P ich)
And in a few moves Black resigned.
(Centre Gambit.)
black ^ Prince O.) white (Mr. S.) black (Prince O.)
Kt to K Kt 3rd
Kt to Iv 4th
rtoKB 4th
25. Q to K R 4th
26. Kt to Iv 2nd
27. Kt takes P
28 . K to B sq
P to Q B 3rd
P to K B 6th
Q to K 5th (ch)
K R takes Kt
{This more ought to hare tcent the oamr>
as we shall show; but. as Black had hot
calculated all its ulterior evnseauences, he
would have acted more prudently in play¬
ing P to KKt Uh, which would hare gained
tU Kt.)
29. P takes K
30. Q to K R 5th
Kt to K B 6th
R to Q sq
{Black could now hare, drawn the game
neatly enough, by playing Q to K 7th (rA),
followeel by Kt to K %th i ch), for H’Ai'ff
must then hare moved hi* Kin// backward*
and forward* on Kt sq and hi incL If he
went to Kt 3rd Black »could play H to K
6lh tch), and win, whether White took the-
Book or not.)
31. B takes P R to Q sth (eh)
{If he had played Q to Q II 6th <eA\ and
afterwards Kt to A 11 4<A (eAi, White
would ha vc captured the Kt, not with the:
Queen, which would hare lost Ou gmme.
but with the Book,
won it.)
32. K to Kt 2nd
which would listss
Kt to K R 4th
(double ch)
(Instead of playing thus hr shsuhi have
taken the Book. Suppose —
33. B takes B
33 . B takes Q
( An v other move would cost White a
clear Piece).
33. B takes Q
(A nd Black should win.)
33. K to Kt 3rd Kt to K B 4th
(eh)
(Keen here Prince Sergius might have
drawn the game; ex.gr :—
38. BfQ 4M (eA)
%i. r to K B Zrd
t Indispensable , fo rare the game).
St. Kt to K B itA (eh)
31. K to Kt 4 th (best) Kt to Ktth (eh)
36. K to Kt 3rd l best) Kt to K * Uh (oh)
(.4n</ the. game is drawn .1
34 . K to Kt 4th
35. B takes Q
36. K to Kt 6th
37. K takes R
38. P to Q Kt 4th
39. B to Q 6th
40. B takes Kt
41. P to Q R 4 th
42. K to Kt 5th
43. P to K B 5th
44. P to K B 6th
45. K takes P
4A F to K B 4th
47. K to Kt 6th
R takes R
KttoKRsd(eh)
R takes Q
K to Kt sq
Kt to K B 2nd
K to B sq
K takes B
K to K 3rd
K to Q 4th
K to Q B 5th
P takes P
K takes P
K takes P
And White wins.
MATCH AT NEW YORK BETWEEN MESSRS. MOBPHT AND
8TANLET.
TnE contest between these champions has come to an unexpected and
very unsatisfactory termination. Tbe match was for lOOdols. a-sidc. Morphy
to give the odds of the Pawn and move, and whoever first won sevtn
games to be the victor. The first game, it appears, was drawn ; the next
four were won by Mr. Morphy; after which, air. Stanley failing to appear,
although waited for above a week, Mr. Morphy was declared the winner.
Tho young hero, pour passer U temps, during the absence of Mr. Stanley,
played a number of games with Mr. Schnlten, a German amateur, whoso
name is familiar in Chess circles from his contests with Der Laza. Kiese-
riUky, Stanley, and other celebrities. The result being os follows: —
Morphy.. games.
Schulten .. •• •• 1 ..
Removal of the St. George’s Chess Cr.ro.—This old
established elub changed its habitation on New Te»rt-d». Tto new
residence ia in Talace Chambers, at the corner of King-street, U »t.
James's-street. Here, with every-facility for 1)111 , cr .|°^ <:nt ^ mL'^Tn
which quiet rooms, skilful opponents, and capital hoards and men .an
afford combined with the essential concomitants ol a well-appointed
clubhouse and. above all. with an efficient honorary secretary, it will he
stranec if the St. George s. before- six months are over, docs not become
in numbers, a? it already is in influence, the leading chess elub In Europe
68—Jan. 16, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTjJ LONDON NEWS
r Jan. 1C, 1858—09
.-IS-TWiKrAT’
—T—^
....
ljlSljO
mmmm
>! mi.'i'Mii! ninimiiJI immmi! mmim
I '- i i
EVIAT II AN-
STEAM - SHI P. — (see page 58.)
the
THE “ LEVIATHAN”'STEAM-5
•6 above a lonsntudin'i] sectional view
\ \
We ena-ravo above a longitudinal cpctinnoi view of this stupendous
steam-ship. As our readers must be ,already familiar with the ex¬
ternal and internal details of the ship, vro shall, at present, confine
ourselves to the references explanatory of the above Engraving;;— V—
From C aft contains the aperture for the screw, with cast-iron
strengthening frame supporting the ocrev? shaft Above are the
capstans, worked by a shaft from auxiliary engine*. Ait of cap¬
stans are the cast-iron bits'for the chain cable k/x. !
From C to H contemn tjie screw- shait and its peaesta’.s, and auxiliary
engines for working capstans and for turning screw-shaft at a
moderate velocity, should it be necessary to disconnect screw-
engines from shaft if the vessel is under canvas. Above is cargo-
room, ship's stores, &c.
From H to K oontains the screw-engines of Messrs.'/Watt and Co.;
above which are cabins and berths for engineers, &c. ’
JVomKto S oontains six pairs of boilers for screw-engines, with the
steam-pipes leading thoreoq^above and on either side are the coal-
bunkers, between each set of boilers; above are somo of the
principal saloons, with berths on each side of ship; and on deck is
the captain's cabin.
From S to U contains the paddle-engines, and above are the engineers'
and stokers’ berths, Ac.
From U to V contains auxiliary engines and boilers for working cap¬
stans forward, with a shaft, as represented, and gear to wont the
capstans at any required velocity. These engines are also for
pumping water from double sides of vessel when necessary. Above
is the gas-work as at present intended to be placed.
From V to A are four pairs of boilers, belonging to the paddle-exgines
of 8cott Russell and Co., and their steam-pipes leading thereto.
Above and around are coal-bunkers. On the second deck, and in
front of the funnel, is the ladies' cabin; and from that to the paddle-
engine-room is the drawing-room on deck, under which are some of
the principal saloons and berths on the other side.
are decks for cargo, ehainloekers, and capstans worked by
er similarly to the after-ones; the berths for crew,
jital, Ac.
From G forward contains bits for chain-cable, stoppers, and hawse-
pipes. The inward stern is the termination of inner skin of ship
forward, between which and outer stem are strong wrought-iron
vertical and horizontal strengthening plates.
"We are indebted to Mr. Mars ton, C.E.. of Messrs. Scott Russell and
Co.’s establishment, for the drawing whence the above has been en¬
graved.
THE PROGRESS OF STEAM NAVIGATION.
{See the Large Engraving at pages 56-57.)
In the spring of the year 1802 a small party of gentlemen, among
whom was LordDundaa, the Honourable George Dun das, R.N., ana
Archibald Spiers, Esq., of Elderstee, met together at Lock No. 20 on
the Forth and Clyde Canal, to witness some experiments to be made
by a small vessel, which was to be propelled by means of a steam-
engine. This vessel had been constructed at the cost of Lord Dundas,
of Kerse, and had been fitted with a steam-engine designed and con¬
structed by an ingenious young mechanican named William Syming¬
ton, who was now ready with his vessel and novel machinery to show
his patron what great things he could accomplish by the aid of the
recently-introduced power of steam.
The day was rough and boistrous, a violent March wind blew in
direct opposition to the vessel’s course, and many and grave were the
doubts expressed as to the possibility of Mr. Symington’s little vessel
making head against the gale, when all other vessels were quietly laid
by windbound. But such was the confidence Mr. Symington had in
his machinery, that not only could he make a passage to Glasgow in his
own vessel, but (to the surprise of the lookers on) he attached two
vessels of seventy tons burden to the stern of his own, and all being
ready started his machinery. Away dashed the little steamer tugging I
after her the two heavy barges, and in spite of a gale of wind dead
ahead and all sorts of unfavourable prognostications she reached Port
Dundas, Glasgow, in six hours from the time of starting, the distance
being nineteen miles and a half, her speed being at the rate of three
miles and a quarter per hour.
The little vessel that mode this splendid trip was named by Syming¬
ton the Charlotte Dundas, in honour of his patron’s daughter, after¬
wards Lady Milton. This vessel was the first practical steamer in the
world, and made this first useful voyage only fifty-five years ago.
Lord Dundas was indueed, from the success of this trial, to propose
to the Duke of Bridgewater the adoption of steam-vessels to tow the
barges on his canals. The Duke saw at a glance the advantages this
system offered, and at once commissioned Symington to construct
eight vessels for him, on the same plan as the Charlotte Dundas.
Symington returned to Scotland elated with the splendid prospect
before him; but, on arriving there, ho met with bitter disappointment
—the committee for managing the canal had decided not to employ
steam-vessels, and the Duke of Bridgewater was dead.
Unable to struggle against his misfortunes, Symington laid up his
boat in a creek of the canal; and for some years after, as people passed to
and fro over Brainsford drawbridge, they stopped to look at the Charlotte
Dundas, and admire her as an interesting and ingenious contrivance
which had turned out to be of no real use—this, the first practical
steam-boat, and the parent of all those splendid vessels that now con¬
tinually navigate every river, lake, and ocean in the world.
Steam had been applied as a propelling power to vessels before this
trial of the Charlotte Dundas, but not in suoh a manner as to give hopes
of its eventually coming into use.
A Mr. Miller, of Dalswinton, had made a variety of experiments
with a double boat to be propelled by a paddle wheel kept in motion
by the revolutions of a capstan worked in the ordinary manner. Mr.
James Taylor, who resided with Mr. Miller, observing the difficulty of
maintaining the velocity of the paddle-wheel when worked by manual
labour, proposed to Mr. Miller to employ a steam-engine for this pur¬
pose. Mr. Miller agreed, and young Mr. Symington, who was engaged
at s'.me mines in the neighbourhood, was desired to make an engine
for Mr. Miller’s boat on a plan which he had recently devised, and
which gave a rotary motion to the engine, which feature was then a
novelty.
When Mr. Symington had completed his engine, an experiment was
tried on the lake at Dalswinton, which was considered satisfactory; but
it was not until Symington’s ingenuity had got together all the most
recent improvements in steam-machinery, and properly applied them,
that a practical steam-boat conld be said to exist. u
In the Charlotte Dundas there was an engine with the steam acting
on both sides of the piston (which was Watt’s patented invention),
working a connecting rod and crank (Pickard’s invention), and the
union of the crank to the axis of Miller’s improved paddle-wheel
(Symington’s patented inventicn). .
The names of Miller and Taylor are usually associated with that of
Symington, and claims have been set up by the friends of both the
former gentlemen as each being entitled to the honour of being the
inventor of steam navigation. While Mr. Symington was engaged
upon his experiments, there came one day a stranger, who said that he
was about to return to America, but having heard of Mr. Symington's
steamboat, he could not leave Scotland without seeing it; he moreover
stated that he was much interested in steam navigation and could be
of service to Symington by furthering his views in America. Steam
was accordingly got up, and the stranger was carried up and down the
canal in Symington's steam-vessel, and allowed to make sketches of
the vessel and her machinery. This gentleman was Robert Fulton;
he returned to America, and Symington never heard of him after¬
wards.
Fulton, immediately on his arrival in America, commenced (in con¬
junction with Chancellor Livingstone) the building of a steam-vessel,
which was launched, with engines, by Baulton and Watt, and made a
most successful trip from New York to Albany, at an average speed
of five miles an hour; this was in August, 1807. The vessel was called
the Clerinumt, and to Robert Fulton the Americans owe the introduc¬
tion of steam navigation, although Fitch, Rumsey, and Stevens had all
made experiments in it before the building of the Clerimont, but
none of them were of a practical character; Fulton had himself
previously constructed a vessel in Franco to be worked by steam
P °The 18th of January, 1812, was a most important day for ttie in¬
terests of steam navigation, for on that day Mr. Henry Bell, of
Hellensburgh, launched a vessel called the Comet, propelled by paddle-
wheels, driven by a steam engine of three-horse power, the vessel
being forty feet long and of thirty tons burden. Mr. Bell issued a cir¬
cular, dated 5th August, 1812, stating that his vessel, called the Comet,
was elegant, commodious, and safe. The Comet was thoroughly success¬
ful. and continued to ply between Glasgow and Greenock for some time.
The fear of an explosion having entirely passed away, the traffic in¬
creased rapidly. When the Comet started the number of passengers up
and down did not exceed eighty. Four years afterwards five or six
hundred daily passed up and down the Clyde, either for business or plea¬
sure. From this time steam navigation made rapid advances both in
England and America; and steam navigation with paddle-wheels soon
became general, not only for river passages, but long voyages.
As early as 1819, a vessel, called the Saranna/i. made a passage from
New York to Liverpool, using steam only occasionally. From Liver¬
pool she proceeded to St. Petersburg, and afterwards recrossed the
Atlantic. .
In 1826 a vessel was built in London, called the Enterprise. She was
fitted with engines by Maudaley, had a copper boiler of most ex¬
pensive character, was made most complete in every respect, and,
commanded by Captain Johnson, she started from Falmouth on a voyage
to Calcutta, which place she reached in 113 days. Considering the
early date at which this voyage was made, it may be ranked as one of
the most successful and interesting of any ever made.
In 1838 the Great Western , the first large, powerful ocean steamer,
made a most successful passage across the Atlantic, and at once set¬
tled the question as to the capabilities of steam-vessels for making
long ocean voyages. In 1842 her Majesty's steam-sloop Driver left
England, and afterwards circumnavigated the globe* —
For some years previous to this time experiments hod boon occa¬
sionally made with iron as a material for constructing ships, but it
was not until the establishment of a regular iron ship-building work
at Blackwall that iron came generally into use for ahip-buildlng.
Mr. Ditchburn had been largely engaged in the construction of
wooden vessels for many years, and, observing the rapid growth of
steam navigation, saw at once that iron was a much better material
for steam-vessels than wood. He determined, therefore, to start a
ship-building establishment especially devoted to that material. Mr.
C. More became a partner with him in this concern, and it met with
the utmost success. In the course of the next ten years some hun¬
dreds of the fastest steam-ships, vessels, yachts, and boats, wore
launched from this establishment.
Iron ehip building soon became a regular business at most of the
north oountry ports, many of which offered greater facilities than the
London river. . ,, , ... ,
In 1846 Mr. Ditchburn retired from tho Blackwall establishment,
and his late partner carried It on until a recent period ships cf pro¬
digious size being oonBtantly launched, intended to navigate every
part of the world. . , , .. , .... . ,
The introduction of iron as material for ship building immensely
advanced the interests of steam navigation, as it enabled tho builders
to construct vessels of enormous size with the finest water lines,
which enabled them to reach the high speeds now attained. It re¬
quired much scientific knowledge, labour, and ingenuity to first pro¬
perly unite the wood and iron parts in the construction of iron ship*;
and alterations had to be made throughout the whole of tho details.
It is to Mr. Ditchburn that tho merit ol this is chiefly due.
In the year 1785 Joseph Bramah, the inventor of the hydraulic
press, a lock, Ac., took out a patent for an engine, and a Impeller
for vessels, whioh he described as being like a smoke-jack, and which
he called a •‘screw-propeller/’ This is the first mention
of this excellent contrivance. Mr. Bramah never tried it, but to him
is certainly duo tho merit of having firstinventediL .
Other patents were taken out after this by Littleton, bhorte., ana
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
Broxm; and an American named Stevens worked a boat with a con¬
trivance of rimilnr ohoracter
On the 13th of July, 1830, Captain Ericsson, of the Swedish Navy,
patented an arrangement of screw-propellers; and after making a
variety of experiments on the Thames of a most satisfactory chu*
racter before some of the Lords of tho Admiralty, from whom ho ro¬
om ved no encouragement, he left England for America where he has
successfully applied the screw-propeller to numbers of vessels.
On the 1st of May, 1S36, Francis Petit Smith obtained letters patent
for improvements in a screw-propellor.
In 1839 a company was formed carrying out Smith's improvements,
ana a vessel called the Archimedes built and fitted with the screw.
T ho trials of this vessel were very satisfactory, but the screw did not
for a time make much way.
In 1815 tho large6t vessel that had been oonatructed made her first
voyage across the Atlantic: she was fitted with the screw-propeller,
and was built of iron; this was the Great Britain. 1
Pr evi ous to this a yacht, called the Fairy, had been designed and
constructed for her Majesty by Mr. Ditchburn. This vessel was pro¬
pelled by a screw, and was tho first screw-vessel in her Majesty's
service, and although it was one of the early applications of the screw,
it has turned out one of the best, as the vessel rrmintnins u high cha¬
racter at this timo.
Screw-pro;
tho largest
lust application is peculiar: it is that of applyi__,_
polling power in conjunction with the paddle-wheel. This is being
done in tho last and most wonderful specimen of naval architecture
the Leviathan.
LITERATURE .
[Jan. 16, 1858
Tins Gorptxx Knot. By Shirley Bkooks. Illustrated by John
Tennicl. Bentley. No. I.
The serial form of publication, as regards fiction, has several disad¬
vantages : but writers who have succeeded with fictions so presented
consider those disadvantages more than counterbalanced by its bene¬
fits. ^ There is the temptation to make each number brilliant or
exciting, at the expense of the artistic conduct of tho story; and there
is the interruption, which the monthly interval allows, and perhaps
encourages, in the author's labours, and which sometimes induces him
to depart from, without improving, his early design. On the other
hautl, there are the wide publicity given to the publication; the con¬
tinuous selections from its pages, which are. during the whole time of
issue, a subject for remark by the critical press; and, consequently,
there is the public’s familiar acquaintance with its characters,
so constantly re-appearing before the reader of periodical literature
and the journals. On the whole the arena is a very fair one, but it
demands sustained strength and wariness on the part of the literary
athlete who euters it.
Mr. Shirley Brooks, who engages for the first time in this form of
tion. The author has introduced some of them at a fate given by the
manager of the Opera-house, and the most interesting is the young
gentleman, Mr. Philip Arundel, who is at once stricken by the
fascinations of Margaret, and who imparts his admiration to n tidies
Arhatds, his partner in Temple chambers. But it is in the home of
the London aunt, wife of a bankrupt speculator who seems to have
rallied kis fortunes, that Margaret’s nature has to be tried; and we
presume, from the exceedingly scrambling and foolish character of her
aunt, that her patience will be tried at no very distant date.
Mr. Brooks is certainly one of the most graceful writers of the
period. We would strongly recommeud him as a model to many of
the literary aspirants of the day who are either infected with Carlyle
or Huskimsm. It is something to meet with a pure, healthful style
in these degenerate days, when French and German idiom threaten
to inundate our noble language. We should also notice that a vein of
pL'tyful humour pervades all Mr. Brooks’s sketches, either of society
or individual character. It is more akin to wit tlian sarcasm, and
often possesses the highest elements of both. The author has
evidently too much genuine bon homme to be a scoffer; but then his
exquisite sense of the ludicrous impels him to indulge a certain sly
merriment, which we must confess we relish exceedingly.
We must congratulate Mr. Brooks upon his having obtained the co¬
operation of Mr. Tenniel. The illustrations which that admirable
artist has contributed are of the highest kind—thoughtful, con¬
scientious, and finished. Mr. Tenniel’s reputation stands too liigh to
need eulogy, and the noble engraving which he supplied to Punch a
few mouths ago, depicting the “ British Lion’s Vengeance,” is in
every household. For liis friend and collaborateur, Mr. Brooks, lie
has put forth his best energies ; and we think so higlilv of the art
displayed in the illustrations to the “ Gordian Knot,” that we pay it
with much pleasure the recognition of re-engraving one of them 'for
these columns. The scene shall be described by the author. It is
laid in the docks, on board the Indiaman vessel, which has brought
home little Margaret and her ayah.
On the third day from the departure of the kind-hearted Lady M‘Cul-
lombieh there was a disembarkation which greatly interested Margaret.
This was the landing from the vessel of a tiger of considerable size and
much beauty. He had been imported by an enthusiastic Fellow of the
Zoological Society, who designed a worthy present to his associate beast-
fanciers. He, more mindful of Ids expected guest than the Spencers
had been of theirs, hurried up from the north as soon as the ship was
telegraphed, and hastened to the docks to welcome his growling bargain.
Mr. Mungie (he has since twice changed his name, and each time. I ai
happy to say, for an estate, so lie will hardly be recognised) came on be
to sujjerintend the trausfcr of his property from the ship to the
Margaret and the delighted old gentleman were friends in a minute.
« • • •
“And who is Boosey? ”
" That is.” said the child, pointing to the ayah, who was watclih
tiger's cage, as it was forced along the deck. She was watchimr it,^
its occupant, with no friendly eye; the native—and especially
women—regards the beast oi the jungle as an enemy to wb
EPITOME OF NEWS-FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
The Alfieri Theatre, at Turin, was totally burnt on the night of
the fith inst. 6
Messrs. Messenger and Son, of Birmingham, have made a pre¬
sent of a bronze statuette of the Queen and the Prince of Wales to the
The following gentlemen have been unanimously chosen to fill
K in the Council of the Society of Arls:-Thomas Dyke
'^hornas ^ lmmt>er8 ' Thonm3 Sopwith, F.R.S., and Sir
The “ act for the navigation of the Danube, drawn up by the
Riverain Commission, is in 47 articles. The hard of Brussels complains
that undue advantage is given by it to the vessels of Austria. V
. have taken the fort of
arrison of 1200 troops was
he Koyal Free Hospital,
of which 598 were new cases.
AriGuthe cultivation of vines have
tit departinerits of France to go to Australia,
'ncs of Burgundy and Bordeaux lias per-
77 777 1
his own damage
Mr. Brooks *
tion that the ai
clearly comprehl
town in which
with elaborated st'
which she has
of character
of
India v
the most
most genuiui
country doctor 7
are carefully
we imagine, sat.
ven, and Boosey was intolerant of the system of making a
a prisoner.
A fine tiger.” said Mr. Mungie, crossfng to where she stood.
A fine devil.” returned the Hindoo, in a low voice. “ Shoot him. and
rn his head.”
“ You cruel woman.” exclaimed the indignant Mr. Mungie. “ I don’t
believe that you nre lit to be intrusted with the care of a child.”
“ What Miss Maggie think?” said the ayah, looking affectionately at
her charge, who, in reply, clasped one dark hand fondly in two little
white ones.
“ Well,” said Mr. Mungie. who could not help being appeased by this
loving demonstration. “ but you ought to love all God’s creatures, and not
talk of destroying them.”
•* Much love for tiger—locking him up in a small cage,” said the nurse.
“He is thankful!”
“Ah!” said the naturalist, “but you don’t understand, my good
woman. We wish to admire the wonderful works of Providence, and-
steady there!” he exclaimed, aa the men who were bringing the cage
on let it strike rather violently against the bulwark. He was, perhaps,
not. altogether sorry at finding an excuse for not finishing the argument.
“ Devil well out of the ship,” muttered the ayah.
“ Qut see, how splendid his eyes are, Boosey.” said Margaret. "And
there was a growl for you! Is not he in a rage with the men for carrying
him about? “ And she ran forward, in perfect fearlessness, to obtain a
better view of the savage. His furious stare fell on her, and the ayah
rushed up to drag her out ot the influence of what the Hindoo believed to
be an evil eye. Boosey had drawn back Margaret a few paces, when one
of the rollers on which the cage was moved slipped from its place, the
cage received another violent shock, and the next moment there was a
wild cry among the men as they retreated in terror. The woodwork had
partially given way, and the tiger's paws were forcing an opening.
The maddened ayah saw. or fancied she saw, that the savage's eyes were
still fixed on her child, and it was with a cry scarcely less wild than tie
yell with which the beast, the next instant, writhed himself into freedom,
that she clutched Margaret, and thrust her to the head of the cabin stairs.
The tiger made his bound at the same instant, and had the ayah been an
English servant, with all the same devotion, she could not have interposed
. in time to save the fair little head. But her earnest love inspired a sin-
Margaret Spencer (on her coming from gular effort, and the lithe frame of the Jlindoo seemed to curl, as it were,
«. —i.\ i-v* — a —arouud the body of the child, and the brute’s paw descended as he passed.
publication, appears well aware that it demands the l>est effort
pen. He has laid with evident forethought the foundat^n^
story. In doing so he lias broken fresh ground.
Knot,” a title by which we presume lie intends to indical
matrkncmial,” opens with scenery and dr a mates persona
from those of the ordinary run of writers, anu equally so
themes sclented by the emeritissimi. As far as the structure
opening permits ns to judge, we may conjecture (and
admirable medallions on the cover aid us to supposej tbat the staple
interest of tho work will arise from the trirds and temptndions, liut we
trust not the errors, of a beautiful girl, M^^^pehcCr^~whoyl iav ‘ n ff
been educated in a religious family; Ys irankferyed, at theinoment
when ber attractions are most charmin^^te a hhqs*eJiold where she is
surrounded by a much less wholesome atmosphere. \She has already
lovers of various kinds around her, through \whose'trifling or hope¬
less pretensions the fierce passion of a couriii, AUxan Cheriton,
rushes—to her discomfiture, but, we apprehend, not to liis own
advantage. For there has risen 4ne elegant figure of a care¬
less young man of good family, an Etonian and Templar,
who seems destined to win in Ahen^ce ngqinst the more earnest
man. We only hope that, if Me. Arundel carries off the
prize, he will be more wortl/y^of it than\certain indications in the
aforesaid medallions would induce as to surmise, for the pains which
tho author has takep to endear the heroine to his readers will react to
’ ^ f' ~ ncs be unworthy of her graces.
i^raictjv, and with the determina-
Iiohc who are to work it out sliall be
died the calm little Shropshire
reroine is passed, and has dwelt,
quillity, and that of the society in
? forti
ranquillity, and that ol the society in
er, aonbtless, to account for phases
brought into view. The family
ithful ayah) is brought up, is depicted in
the religion of this household is of the
There is the father, Mr. Cheriton, a model
relations with his neighbours, high and low,
„ ^1 for some of whose features an original has,
There is liis amiable and briglit-natored wife; and
then there are three cousins, the eldest of whom is the Alban of
whom we have spoken. All these are distinctly• drawn characters,
The Jerusalem Artichoke .—{From a Correspondent at
Torbnto) - In Canada the Jerusalem artichoke flowers invariably—». e.,
as invariably as any wild or domesticated plant flowers in England or
Canada. The flower is the sunflower in miniature, and it usually con¬
tinues till cut off by the frost in October, sooner or later, according to
theseason. As a vegetable the artichoke is invaluable, as the roots (in
Court of the Colony of INatal.
The Circassians, under
Adekorr, after a stout resist
massacred.
The number of patie
Gray’s-inn-road, during 1,
A number of men i
Just been engaged in i
where the cultivation of
fectly Buoceeded.
Her M ajes tyftas appoin tCci Will iani Hepburn Bennie. Esq., to
be Auditor-General for liong-Kong ; Thomas Manners, Esq., to be Sur¬
geon to the Penal Settlement in British Gniaua; and George James
Evelyn, Esq., to he Sub-Treasurer for St. Christopher.
The University of St. Andrew has conferred its degree of
LL.D.^ori^^ri; Ja?n^~Swtt Bowerbauk, the founder of the FaUcon-
Sir John C Thbrold, Bart., of Syston Park, Grantham, at his
audit a|t Gainsboro’ \ori tho 5th inst., returned lu per cent, to his North
Lincolnshire tenantry.
On Sunday evening the second of the new series of Noncon
formist scmceg-deslgncd for the benefit of the working classes was held
at Exeter-hall, the preacher being the Rev. Newman Hall, minister of
Surrey Chape] (Rowland Hill’s). The hall wus crowded to overflowing.
Colonel Bertrand, the nephew of the celebrated general of that
m?r ^ tw ho was with Napoleon at St. Helena, has been appointed director
-enal of La Ffcre.
ne/of the first notices in the order-book of the House of Com-
mons^on/the re-opening of Parliament, is the proposed annuity of £1009
al Havelock.
-espatch from Toronto states that on the 24th ult. a fight took
place at Fergus during the election, and that one man was shot dead and
K^qOther stabbed.
Lord Stratford dc Redcliffe, on passing
through Brussels, was received by the King of the
Belgians at a private audience.
The galleries, libraries, and reading-room of
the British Museum are open after the usual vaca¬
tion.
Her Majesty has granted a pension of £150
S er annum to the daughters of the Into Dr. Paris.
[r. Paris, the eldest son of the family, has re¬
ceived an appointment in the new Court of Pro¬
bate.
At the Great Northern Hospital, King's
Cross, the number of registered attendances of pa¬
tients last year was more than 70,000.
Professor Rogers, the author of the “Eclipse
of Faith,” has become principal of Lancashire In¬
dependent College, a post vacant by tho resignation
Of Dr. Vaughan.
The lion. W. George Jcrningham, secretary
of legation at Rio Janeiro, is appointed Charge
d’Affulres and Consul-Gerer.d for Peru, in the
room of Mr. Stephen Henry Sullivan, deceased.
The Queen has been pleased to approve
Mr. Hugo van dor Nuhmer as Consul at .Melbourne
for his Majesty the King of the Netherlands.
Lord Palmerston, says the Dundee Adver¬
tiser. has handsomely intimated to 3Irs. Dick his
intention to continue to hrr (he pension of £50 a
year granted to Mr. Dick from the Literary Fund
On Monday, according to annual custom,
tho Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress enter¬
tained at dinner. at the Mansion House, the mem¬
bers of the household.
The Bishop of Carlisle has just revived the
ancient order of Rural Dean in liis diocese.
The Philadelphia . which arrived at Liver¬
pool on Sunday from Philadelphia, was struck
with lightning 'during a heavy squall, in lat. 42.
long. 25, by which two men vrere killed, and three
badly wounded.
The Hon. Charles Compton Cavendish has
been gazetted by the title of Boron Chesham, of
Chesham. in the county of Buckingham.
The Church of All Saints, Stamford, was
reopened on Tuesday week, after e-ompJete restora¬
tion. achieved chiefly by the exertion of the Rev.
N. Walters, the incumbent
The first volume of M. Guizot’s Memoirs, announced for the 15th
inst. (yesterday), includes the period which intervened between .the
retirement, of Louis XVIII. to Ghent, on the return of Napoleon from
Elbe., and the ministry of M. Decazes.
The Duke of Devonshire, on Wednesday week, gave a ball at
Hardwicke for his household, neighbouring tenantry, &c., which proved
a very agreeable gathering. The fine old entrance-hall, was tastefully
decorated with holly, evergreens, &c., and formed an excellent ball-room
In a country graveyard in New Jersey (U.S.) there is a plain
stone erected over the grave of a young lady, with only this inscription
upon itJulia Adams, died of thin shoes. April 17,1839, aged 19.
It is reported that a maiden lady lately deceased, in the Ease
Riding, had in her possession at the time of her decease 350 dresses—
principally silks and satins of the best qualities, 300 of which were made
up, and tiie remaining so in the piece.
A Supplement to the London Gazette was published on Saturday
night last, containing tables of the fees to be taken by the olkccrs of the
Court of Probate, and by the proctors, solicitors, and attorneys practising
therein, as well as in the district registries.
The Rev. G. C. Glendon, of St. Barnabas, I’imlico, was found
dead in his bed-room on Saturday morning last, with liis face in a shallow
bath. He was subject to epileptic fits, and it is supposed he was suffocated
by the water during an attack of that complaint.
It is estimated that there are four millions of female snail takers
ia the United States, using on an average two pounds each per annum, or
eight million pounds, at an expense of two million dollars !
ThcConncilof the Surrey Archmoiogical Society have fixed that
I the summer congress of its members shall he hold at Fornham. and hare
resolved to invite the Bishop of Winchester to preside on the occasion.
Last week the visitors at the South Kensington Museum were :—
On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday (free days), 3139: on Monday and Tues¬
day (free evenings!. 252*. On the three students' days (admission to the
public ed.i, 635; one students'evening, (Wednesday;, 85. Total, 66S7.
At the Christmas quarter sessions for tho North Riding of York¬
shire, held at Northallerton on Tuesday week. Lord Greenock was
appointed chairman of the sessions for that division of the county, In
tile place of the Eight Hon. J. C. Hundas, resigned.
It is proposed to erect a suitablemonnment to General Havelock-
Communications to bo addressed to W. F. Morris, Esq., 13. Beaafort-
buildings. Strand. W.C. ; and contributions to Messrs. Coutts. Strand, to
tiie credit of the Committee for General Havelock’s Memorial Fund.
Mr. Bazalgctte, Mr. Shapter, Mr. Green, Mr. Toller, Mr. Gold-
- ™ , - - — — vegetable the artichoke is m\aiuaDic, as tne roots (in qmid. (who has got a patent of precedence), Mr Amphletfc. and Mr. Green,
and will probably figure in some part of the after-story. Tho love of the ground) bear the frost nearly as well as the parsnip; while the potato, havlnfr been ra ifed to the rank and dignity of Queen’s Counsel, were on
the high-minded parents for their accomplished son may have to sus- “ 18 well known. h[ verv perishable under similar circumstances, lhe Mon( j" v> at the Court of Queen's Bench, called within the bar.
tain a severe trial in his rejection by Margaret, and it may be the “JSftJjMjPjgTSf light taS* In^ds At the Court of Queen’s Bench, on Monday, Mrs Cobbett
author's intention to test tiie validity of their religion by their con- {££nky (ifanadu \ve fire subject occasionally, in the summer, to dry again moved, and again without avail, for writ of habeas. “P°"
duct hereafter; but it is scarcely fair to forestall. •• spells,'' and this is almost the only circumstance which interferes with the keeper ol the Queen s Bench Prison to bring up the body oi ner nus
In London, again, we have a different set of characters in prepara- its productiveness. band.
Jan. 16, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
71
,V£ W BOOKS , frc.
A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING GIFT.
Elegantly board, price 1 guinea,
milE BRIDAL SOU VhN IK. Containing the
JL Choicest Thoughts of th*» bent /. uthor*. Each page richly illu¬
minated in gold and colours from design* l>y Mr. 8. Btanetky. and
forming a Gilt Book, of the most appropriate characor and permanent
value.
** A splendid rpecimen of decorative art."—T.iwary Gazette.
Griffith oud Faukan, Corner of 8t. Puul’a-churchyard.
With High* Pltutr tV>tu. 2s. M. plain: fid. coloured,
rmis MElttiY WEDDING. Dedicated,
JL without |» rmi**ion, ts tho Brides o: England. By M. «. L.
GfiirrtTU a ml FaKKaX, Comer of 5t. Paul’s ihutchy*id.
FOR JUVENILE PARTIES -Price 3s. 6d . post-fro*,
TXISTORICAL ACTING CHAKADES.
JlJL By the Author of ’* Cat and Dog, 1 ' kc.
•* Tbo very book w have felt the need of."—Illustrated Timet.
Griffith and Fakrah, Coruor of 8t Paul’s Churchyard.
Now ready, price 5s. complete, with tho Cards and Bank of Instructions
H OME PASTIME; or, The Child’s Own Toy-
maker. By E. LAN DELLS.
A delightful exercise of Ingenuity and a most smuiblo mode of
passing a winter’s evening.’’—Illustrated London Nows.
Grittitu and Pars AX, Corner of Bs. Paul's Churchyard.
Just published, price 5*.. cloth, with IE mirations,
TjlRED MARKHAM in RUSSIA; or. the Boy
L? Traveller in tho Laud of the Czar. By W. U. G. KINGSTON,
Author of “Salt Water.'' Ac
“ Mr. Kingston U as great a favourite with boys almost as Captain
Marrynt himself. '—Boll's Messenger.
Griffith and FakkoR, Comer of Rt. Paul's Churchyard.
o
Now readv, with 90 Engravings, 3a. 6d. plaia; «a. coloured,
LD NURSES’ BOOK of RHYMES,
_ JINGLES, and DITTIES. Edited and niostratod by C. H
BENNETT, Author of " Shudows." Ac.
“ No less than ninety Illustrations, all replete with fun and imagi¬
nation.”—Not^s and Queries.
Griffith and FaRRAX, Corner of St. Paul's Churchyard.
Gr
This Dsv. Second Edition, poet 8vo, 0*.,
UT LIVINGSTONE: or, THOROUGH.
Loudon: JOHX W. Pakk.ru and SOX, Wo»t Strand
NEW AND IMPROVED EDITIONS OP
D R. WILLIAM SMITHS CiuASSICAL
and LATIN DICTIONARIES,
For tb > IliglrT Form' in Schools.
Just ready, revised ami ciuargod Edition, with "Ml Illustrative
WoodcutH one volume, medium 8vo. 18a . strongly honml.
A CLAS3ICAL DICLIONARY of BIOGRAPHY,
MYTHOLOGY, aud GEOGRAPHY' based on the larger Dictionor ice.
By WM. SMITH. LL,U, Editor of t u Dictionaries of Greek a nd
Homan Antiquities, Biography, Ac., aud Classical Examiner in the
l/uivcraity of Lo-don.
NOTICE.
In tbo pre*»nt edition «f this work Illustrations have been intro¬
duced for the dr*’. time. Theso lilts* tratlons which are vory nume¬
rous, and which render the description* In the articles moro Intelli¬
gible and interesting, consist of r®pre*eniatlrms of tho cla-slcal
divinities and her -*s. of coins, of persons and places, drawn from
origioa s in th9 Britl.h Museum, and of tho principal buildings and
oilier monument* of antiquity.
Also, uniform with the abave, 5th Thousind. One Volume (1250 pp.),
Medium 8vo. * *., strongly biund.
DR. WM. SMITH S NEW LATIN-ENGLISH
DICTIONARY. Based on the Work* of Forcclliui and Freund.
THE EXAM'XKR
•* Dr. Smith's • Lnlln-Englirii Dictionary’ Is lifted by its Indo-
peuiont merit, aud its incomparably greater fU‘ne>s, far uhove com¬
parison with any school or coilrge d : cilouary commonly In use.”
TIIK ENGLISH CHURCHMAN.
“ A dictionary which, it is very limited praise to Bay, is very much
superior to any wo before possessed.
John MlrraT, Albmnarlc-street.
BRITISH INI) FOREIGN PATENTS.
Now ready, price 7s-t5d., Second Edition, greatly enlarged and cor¬
rected to the latest period,
rPHE PATENTEES’ MAN GAL: being a
Treatise on the Law and Practice of Letters Patent. Especially
In'ended for tho use of Patentees and Inventors. By JAMES
JOHNSON. E«q., of tho Middle Temple and JOHN HENRY JOHN¬
SON, solicitor nnd Patent Agent, 47, Llncoln's-inn-fields, and
Glasgow CONTENTS :
The Sutyect-Matter or Nature o' a PutootaVo Invention—Classes of
Inventions—The Incidents of Utility am! Novelty which mmt by law
accompany PatealaMo Inventions—Who msv be a Patentee—Tho
’Utlo—Tho Specification—'Thu Letters Patent, their diwntHn ami
Fxient—DfsclainiKS—Confirmation of Letter* Patent—Exten*<on or
Prolongation of l etters Patent, A••ignmeuts of letters Patent, and
Llcenrds—Infringements— Tho Action of Scire Facias—Tho Commis¬
sioners of Patents and their Office, with au Appendix, containing
•-t-fuu-s, Rules, and Forms, aud tho Patent Laws of British Colonics
aud Foreign countries.
TO INVENTORS and patentees.
All business relating to British and Foreign Patents and th« Regis¬
tration of Designs, may ba transacted at Messrs. Johnson's Offices, 47,
Lincoln's-imi-fio!d , London: and 166, Buchunan-atreet. Glasgow.
Messrs. W. and J. H. Johnson tar* proprietors of the
PRACTICAL MECHANICS’ .JOURNAL; an
Ttluatntied Record of Engineering end Mechanical Inventions,
Monthly, is .containing 24quarto double-columned pages of lcttor-
t.ross. 'illustrated by two pUto Fngravlnga. and from 40 to 50
Woodcuts Edited tar W. JOHNSON, C.E. First Scries, with Index
complete, Vols. I. to VIII., and Vol. L, Now Berios, 1Is. each, bound
in cloth.
The PRACTICAL DRAUGHTSMAN S BOOK of
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN: a complete Court® of Mechanical. Engineer¬
ing. nnd Architectural Drawirg. This volume coutain* 105 quarto
pages of plate Engravings, uboat Co Woodcuts, nnd 200 pages of
Letterpress. Prico £1 8s. Cd.— LoxgmaX aud Co., Paternostcr-rOW.
CHEAP EDITION OF MR. HOWITFS NEW BOOK FOIt BOYS.
This dav. price ««.. U'O nag«, Ulurt-at* d,
A BOY'S ADVENTURES in the WILDS
o/ AUSTRALIA. By WILLIAM HOWITT. Author of "A
Boy’s Country Book," ’‘Visit!, to Remarkable Places,” etc. With
Harvey’s Deslzns. Third Edition.
ARTHUR IIAt L, ViRTL'K, and CO., 25, Paternoster-row.
Now ready, the Second Edi’ion of
TJERTRAM HOED. A Story by E. J.
■3 MAY. Author of “ Louis' School Days,” "Sunshine of Groy-
stone." ttcc.. price 5e.. beautifully Illustrated and handsomely Bound,
and may be had of al! Booksellers.
London: E Marlborough aud CO., Are Mnrls-lane. Bath: Binos
and Goodwin.
GREIG'S YOUNG LADIES’ ARITHMETIC.
New Edition, Reviled and Enlarged.
T he young ladies’ guide to
ARITI! tIETIC: containing tho Application of each Knlo. bv a<
variety of Practical QuwtionH, chiefly cu Domestio Affairs; with a
Method of making out Bills of Parcels. Book Debts, Receipts, fcc.
Bv JOHN GltElU. New Edition, tfoviiodond Enlarged, by JOHN
REYNOLDS. L.K.C P. 12mo. 4* . cloth.
"A good elementary manual f«r young ladloa.”— Papers fortbe
Schoolmaster. \ \
London: RlMNCIX, MARSHALL, anjl Co.
D
Price 2a. fid. each, \ \ \ \
E POEQUET’S MUST FRENCH READ-
__ ING-BOOK. or Lives of Extraordinary Children, with Foot\
Notes: ParDlan Spcling-Book, Parisian inirascology, lVcmicrs Psa,
In French; Foreign Rcady-Keckoncr of Coins, Weights.nnd'Mckmres;
Vocibuialre and French {lenders, in two eolotuvfed and bint. \
Lordon: SlMPKl.v. MAUSItALL, and CO ; maybe had ortho
Author, at his Scholastic Agency, 14, Tavbtook-sireet, Covent-gurdoa
Djdicatcd by Pcrmlnion to the
_ With Coloured i > l*-te«. 10«.;pJa'
TJtERGUSON’S PRIZE
Emboliished with 22 splendid P
to nature—" forming the most
work ever writ’en on the subject 1
Press.—London: Buffos and WtixsO
Preservers, 391, Stiaod.
IL of DER3Y/\
5o.i>t>?t-frte. / _/
;dtry work.
drawn and coloured true
interesting, and valuable
Ir.ion* of the Agricultural
xalisU, Bird and Animal
Now ready, price Hnlf-a-Crmvn. will: Coloured Plato.
rpEE EH Xu BIOLOGIST'S ANNUAL for
The “Annuals ” for ’55, ‘5A and ’57 may stIHba had, price Sf.Cd.
each. London: Jortx ^YAXxVoORST. I iV crnostcr-row.
Tho Cheapo it Gift-Book of t ho 6oa*on.—F k-gan tlr h Dund, price 7s. fid.,
O UK F AV () URITJE\3 v AUi Y TALES.
Told for tho Hundredth Time, by HY. W. DULCKPN. Illos-
tmtod Svith Thrio Hundredri^ctufes by It. K. Browne, Absolon, Har¬
rison Weir, lir.nvy, M'Connoil..Pos-jidor. and DolzieL
\ WARD and LocKvJ58, Fleet-stroet.
ET the TABLE in a ROAR by qnoting from
a BUNDLE of FUN, 64.: and Four Handred Conundrums and
Kiddles, Gd; and prove yourself the Pink of Politeness bv studying
Blunders in Behaviour Cwrectod, 6d.
Gkoombridoe, 5, Patcmoster-row, London.
Price 3d.,
T HE SCINDE RAILWAY and INDUS
FLOTILLA COMPANIES; their FaHWyand Hollowness De-
mon*tr.ted; also an Exposure of the Delusion which o»i*r« respecting
'he Five per Cent Guarantee, which Insure* no dlvMood whatever to
the rajpccrivo »hor> ho'drrs. By S. H. CLARKE, Fa«t India Mer¬
chant, IV hawur, Korm Hills. Rowol Pindce, and Lahore.
London: Kicuardsox, Brothers, 23, ComhUi.
g ARL and SONS, Wholesale Manufacturing
ELECTRO and ARGENTINE SILVER PLATERS, No*. 17 and
Jornhill.—In tho splendid Show Rooms devoid to thla department
Of tho business wlU bo found evory article usually manufactured.
Corner Dishea and Covers—Dish Covers—Soup ar.d Sauce Tureens—
Cruet Framot—Tea and Coffee Service*—Magnificent Eporgna* and
Candelabra—Solvers and Tea Trays.
Tho Argvntluo Silver Spoons and Forks, solely manufactured by
flari and Sous, at ooe-«lxtb the cost of solid Silver, are especially ro-
ootnmandod. having stood the te*t of Fifteon Years* experience.
Books of Drawing and Prices may be obtained.
All Orders by poet punctually attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Watcli and Clock Mann-
facturers, Noe. 17 and 18, Cornhlll, Invite attention to their
now and *phmdJd Stock of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, osch
warranted, and twelve months' trial allowed.
Silver Watches, of highly-finished construction, and Jewelled, with
fashionable exterior, at 50s. to £ 10 10s.
Gold Watohoa, of all descriptions of movements, from £6 C-t.
to £50.
Books of Patterns and Prices can be obtained, and all orders, with
a remittance, promptly atiemlod to.
S ARL and SONS, Goldsmiths and Jewellers,
Noe. 17 and 18, Corn hill.—Tho ground floor of tho ’• ew Building
Is moro particularly devoted to tho display of Fine Gold Jewellery and
Fine Gold Chains.
In tho Jewellery Department will be found a rich and end!as
assortment of Rings and Brooches, sot with magnificent gams. Brace¬
lets and Necklets, Plus and Stud*, tec. All newly raanulnctunxL, and
in tho most recent style- The quality of the gold Is warranted.
Fine Gold Chain* ore charged according to their respective weights,
and tho quality of the gold is certified by the stamp.
Books of Pattern and i’necs can bo tbuunod.
Letters promptly attended to.
S AHL and SONS, Silversmiths (the New
Building), 17 and 18, Cornhlll, invito attention to thuirnowand
magnificent Stock of London-manufRCtured SILVER PLATE, con¬
taining every article roqaisho for tho Table and Sideboard.
Silver Spoons and Forks at 7s..4d. per ounce.
Rich and Elegant Tea and Co'tYee Equipages, commencing at T36
the fuH service.
Silver Salvers of all sixe* and patterns, from T5 10s to £100.
A largo and ooetly display of Oliver Presentation Plato, charged at
per ounce—Sliver department of the building.
Books of Designs and Price* may be obtained.
S ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manulac-
tururs, No*. 17 and 18, Cornhlll, havo a 8how-room expressly
fitted up for the display of Drawing and Dining Room CLOCKS,
manufactured in splendid Ormolu, nnd oxqubdielr-modetlod antique
Bronzes, tho movements of fint-closs fluiah, striking tho hour* and
half-hours. Each Clock Is warranted. Li&iroaso Clocks in fashion¬
ably-moulded cases. Dials for Counting-housoe. All charged at
mannfffcmrlng prices.
The Now Building, Nos. 17 and 18, Cornhlll.
VAf ATCHES.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS,
V v Watchmakers (opposite tho Bonk of England), 11 and IS.
r<mihlIL Loudon, submit for selection a stock of first-cltn* PATENT
DETACHED LEVER WATCHER, which, being modo by themselvea
can bo recommended for accuracy aud durability. A warranty Is given.
PRICES OF SILVER WATCHES.
Potent Lever Watch, with the improvement*, !.«., the do-
Sachod oacapemont. Jewelled, hard enamel dial, seconds,
and maintaining power to continue going whilst being
wound .. .. *• .. «• •» •• •• £4 14 0
Ditto, lewellod in four hole*, aud oappod .. .. .. C 8 0
Ditto, tho finest quality, with tho improved regulator,
jewelled in six bolos, usually in gold ca*oa.• 8 0
Either of tbo Silver Watches, in bunting ease*. 10*. Gd. extra.
GOLD WATCHE3-—SIZE FOIt LADIES.
Potent Lever Watch, with ornamontod gold dial, the move¬
ment with latest improvements, i.o.. tho detached escape¬
ment, maintaining power, and lowelled .. •» .. U ll t
Ditto, with richly-engraved caso ..15 13 0
Ditto, with v«rv strong case, and jewelled In four holes .. 14 It •
GOLD WATCHES.—SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN.
Patent Lever Watch, with the latest improve menu, Le., the
detachod e*caporaent,Jew«.*llod In fourholos. Lard caaxaol
dial, seconds, and maintaining power .. .. .. 10 10 •
Ditto, In stronger case, Improved regulator, and capped .. IS U 0
Ditto, jo welled iu six hole*, and goM balance .. •• 17 17 •
Either of the Gold Waiohce in hunting cases, £3 3a. crxtra.
Any Watch seluctod from tho list will bo safely pocked and *onl
free to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, npos receipt of a remit¬
tance of tho amount.
O N BOARD H.M.S. “ NORTH STAR,’’ in
the ARCTIC REGION*, for Two Years, tho Ship's Time was
koptbyonoof JONES’S Lever*, aB other watcho* ou board having
«oppod. In Silver, £4 4s.; in Gold, £10 10*.; at tho Manufactory.
42S, Strand (opposite 8omor*ct House).—Read JONEfl'E.*' Sketchcf
Watch W’ork.” Sent free for a‘AL stamp.
TTLOCKS for ROOMS.—Designs orlginnli
tosto. Work* tho very best (with the
ices extreme^-moderate. AsOortmcnt the
I urges: in London. General style and finish *11 that can! be! desired.—
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, Lutlgow-hlll, E.C. \ \
for
elegant, and In pare I
latest ImprovemeuUl. Prices
D inner, dessert, and teasekvices.
A large variety of new oud good Put tern*. B^st quality
superior taste, unusually low prices. Also e^ory doicjiiilloii of Cut
Table GIa*s. equally advantageous.
TUOilAS PEARCE and BON, 23, Lmlgate-hlll. E.C.
S ILVER PLATE, New and Secondhand,—
A Pamphlet of Prfoe*, with Engraving#, may behad rraiUj oi
will be Mint, post-free. If applied for by letter —A. B. SAVORY end
SONS, Goldsmiths (opposite the Bonk of England), U and 13, Ccrn-
U|i Loodon. a
D
ISH COVERS and HOT-WATER DISHES
« ^ in evory material, In groat variety, and of the nowo t end moirt
rechorchrf pattorus. Tin dl-h-covea, 6a. 6d, tho set of eix, block tin.
12*. Sd. to 2£a. 9d. the lot of ilx; elegant modern patterns, Sta. to
58*. fid. the act; Britannia metal, with or without ailver-platod bondlee,
76*. Gd. to ll«*. 6d the set; 8hcffl*M-pl*ted, £10 to £1« 10*. tho set ;
block Un hot-water dishes, with wells forjfravy, 12*. to 30t.; BiUanni*
me'al. 22a to 77s.; eloclro-plated onnickol,fall rite. £11 IU.
WILLIAM 8. BUHTON’3 GENERAL FURNISHING IRON¬
MONGERY CATALOGUF. may be had gratis, and :reo by ro»t- It
oonulm upward* of 400 IUustrktioni of hi* Illlmltctl Block o Elrctvc
and Shefllcd Plate, Nickel Silver, and Britannia Metal Goods, Dlsb
Cover* and Hot-water- Dbhc*, Stove*. Pender*, Marble Munteltdecfri,
Kitchen Ranges. Lamp4, Gaselier*. Tea Urns and Kettle*. To* Ti*y»,
Clocks, Table Cutlery. Bath* and Toilet Waro, Turnery, Iron anil Braai
Bod*toad*. Boddipg. Bed Hanging*, Jtc.. kc.. with Li*U of Pricss and
Plan* of tho Sixteen largo Show Rooms rt 39. Oxford-rtroot, W.,
1, U. 2, and 3, Nevnaan-street; tod 4,5, and fi, Perry’s place, Londor.
■ —• • 1880. \ \
RNAMENTS for the MANTELPIECE, &c.
8tatuetl«,Grottp*/Vascs, Ac., In Parian, decorated Bfonue and
other China: Clocks (gilt, mar: le, and .bronze). Alabaster, Bohemian
Glasa, first-cilia* Bronze*, CandeloBra. and many other art manufac¬
ture*, all i-i tho i>e*t taste and at very moderate price*.
-- ^ pEAKCE aud go ix, Ludgate-hiU. E.C.
TjtURNITURE for a DRAWING-ROOM-oi
JD Chaste and elegant design, a bargain, fine walnut, warrant sd
mannfac'urtJ, to be sold for half Its value, nearly now—consisting of
~aJargn-*i*e, brilliant plato Chimney Glass, In eo#tly nnlquo frame; a
magnificent Chiffonier, with richly-earvwl back, and door* fitted
with boit tllvercd plate glass, and marble top; superior Centre Table,
on handsomely-carved pillar and claw* ; occasional, or Ladies'
Writing and Fancy Tables; *ix solid, elegatitly-shapod Choir*, In rich
allk; a superior, spring-*tui!ed. Settee; Easy and Victoria Chair*, en
suite, with extra lined loose car os, two fancy occasional Chain; and
a handsomo Whatnot, rrico for tho whole suite 16 guinea*. N.B.—
Also, a very superior, complete, modern, fine Spanish mahogany
Dining Room Set, In boat moroeco, 40 guinea*. To be eocn at LK WIN
CKAWCOUK and CO '8. Upholsterer*. 7. ^ueen'i building*, Knlghta-
bridge, seven door* west of Sloane-stxoet.
riABINET~IFURNITURE, CARPED, and
BEDDING.—An Filtrated Book of EatimaU* and Ftnxiture
Catalogue, containing 160 Designs and Prices of Fa»hlc.nable end Su¬
perior Upholstery, Furniture, fcc.. gratis on appUrotlon. Persons ,a r*
nlahing. who study eaonomy. combined with elegance and durability,
should apply for thla.—LEWIS CRAWCOUR and CO., Cabinet
Manufacturers. 7, Quocn’s-buUding, Knightahridge (seven doo a west
of Sloane-stroat). N.B. Country order* carriage-free.
P IANOFORTE and MUSIC-STOOL (cot¬
tage) for 21 guineas (half tho vahp). in elegant walnut case,
dX. metallic plate, and all the recent improvement*: a moat brilliant,
full, and sweet tone. Very little used. Apolv to LEWIN CRAW¬
COUR and CO., Upholsterer*, 7, yuoea**- building*, Knightahridge
(seven dooi* west of Sloane-atreet).
C HUBB'S LOCKS, with ail the recent im-
provementa; Strong Firreiroof Safes, Cash and Doed Boxc*.
Complete Lists of Sizes and Prices may be had on application.—
CHUBB and SON, 57, fit. Paul's Churchyard, London.
P APERHANGINGS. — The cheapest and
largest assortment In London Is at CROSS’S, 22. Great Pori-
land-strect, MaryJebone. House Painting and Decorating in every
style. Estimates free.
REMOVING FURNITURE, &c., by
_ rood or railway, without tho oxpense of psoking, oddreea J
TAYLOR, Carman to her Mgjwty, 41, Upper Berkeley-street, Port-
man-*qnare. Goods warehoused and purchased.
TBOR
X/ road
TXTILDFOWL SHOOTING—Double and
V V Single DUCK -GUNS, large bores and lo«g barrels, to kill
with loose shot 100 yards. Price*: Singles, from £7 10*.; Doubles,
12 guineas and upward*.—REILLY, Gun maker, New Oxford-street.
PHRISTENING ROBES, for PRESENTS*
VJ 2i Guineas.
Babies' Cloaks. 1 Guinea.
53, Baker-«treot t near Madame Tussaud's Exhibition).
Mrs. W. G.TAYLOR (lain Holliday).
B
ABIES’ BERCEAUNETTES,
24 Guinea*.
Baskets to mntch, One Guinea.
53. Boker-rireet.
lire. W G. TAYLOR (Sate Halilday).
M
A HR 1 AGE OUTFITS, Complete
Cotton Hosiery, 2s. fid.
Woke Drawing Gowns, One Guinea.
Real Baibriggaa Hwtery.
53, Pokcr-ftrovt-
Mrx. W. G. TAYLOR (lota Halilday).
L ADIES’ RIDING TROUSERS.
Chamois Leather, with black fee*..
53, Bakerntroet (near Msilamo Tctoaud's Exiiihiticn).
W. G. TAYLOR (Ute Huiliday).
T INSEY-tYOOLSEY RIDING HABITS
XJ Ter Ut’Je Girls, Guineas.
Ladles’ Riding Habits, 54 to 8 Guineas.
53, Baker-street.
W. G. TAYLOR (late HalHday).
P ATENT SELF-LIGHTING CIGAR
COMPANY, 56, Moorgate-t-trc.-l Wholesale and Retail.—AB
kinds of Cigar* «ro tctatol by thb prooeaa, and are ignited ky
Simple friction, without taste or rme'l. No extra prloe- In valuable
to out-doo- smokers and traveller*, ft*, to 42s. per lb. Senitrle box,
six fine Uavatnahs, free, 2t poatoge-r.amp* . three, 12 atampa. Price
Lists free.
W INES from the CAPE of GOOD HOPE. —
PORT, SHERRY, MADEIRA, BUCELLA8, and MAh-
3ALA.aU SA. per dozes, really fine quality, produce of Spanish ani
Portngucso vines, at the CAPE ot GOOD HOPE. «wince be.*
H^jraty's Gcvarumunt adowa wine* to bo Imported for half duty. Tvk
• ample* for 12 sumne. BRANDY, excellent, 3G*. par doror. W. wd
A. GILBSY, Wine Lmporiere, 357, Oxfoni-street, W.
P UBLIC ATTENTION is drawn to an ex-
ccllcnt Dinner Sherry, at 36*. per dox-; w*»U maiured, firm
crusted l’ort, ixs • and superior cry Cbompagns. direct from Kpernoy,
50s. t carriago-£reo.—CADIZ WINE COMPANY, C6, ou Jamts'*-
|gtreet, London.
R EDUCED PRICED—Pending the revival of
activity In tbo V.'loe Markets of Earnpe:—RoanaOItm, 30*.;
Dinner then/, 30a^Bt«ndard L-hcrry, 40u. flso-t old Brauily, c"~
p.;r dozen, caifa. AdtlriM, and orUcr* ptiyuiilu to, i Ufil'ER i
ANGLE, 45. (
S ILKS, Rich, Plain, Striped, and Checked
Glecd, at 22a. fid. per dre*» of twolvo yards- won worth the
attention of families. Patterns cent free by post. JOHN HARVEY",
HOK, and CO., 9, Ludgato-hiil. established upwards of fifty year*.
Carriage paid upon amount* above £5.
M oire ant(Ques.-seavell and co.
have just completed tbo pnrch-ieo of a largo *tock of the*e
favourite Dresses, now K) much in request at tbo orttbh nnd Con¬
tinental Ccuju. They are of the richest qualities, and will be otf*
at a great reduction from tho original c--*t o moimfootuxe.
COMPTON HOUSE, Frith-rireut, Soho.
B
LIN EXDR A PLUS TO THE QUEEN, BY APPOINTMENT.-^
KsTohUahedlu >778- , /
ABIES’ BASSIN E 7 T^
Trimmed and Furnished. j (
Ready for u\e, are »eut heme fiee of carriage. ( \
BABIES’ BASKETS. \ \
Trimmed and furnished to correspond.
CAPPER, PON. and CO . fi». GRACECHUKCH-ST., LON
Descriptive L uts, with prices, icut free by post.
OX, E.C. P
Pent poat-free, De»criptlve Litt* of
pOMPLETE SETS of BABY LINEN
which are sent home
“ * * ’ i free of, csriiuge.—
<D1A. AND ALL COLONIES,
ten,of/all
QTOGUM
IKY v. COGNAC
. _ old Irish Wr-Lky nrols the finest
mild, mnBuvr, and driictoas, and very
Cd. each, ct moat of tho reapectatie
mwJ. pink label- and cork bnutdsd
ircct Windmill-meet, liny market.
MEDICINAL PALE ALE
water from “ Earrr Hill’a Well.” ll cures
rcui-Vaiing, rcaeouable, and dellcku*. Reference* to
/tho fncuhri *utt\*tatii-ticiil return of local population and bbth*.—B.
HOLDEN. 55,v, \L'|>|h.« Seymour-street, Portnian-equnra. * ile l-ondco
Manager, SuiguniUT, Tuomon. L’lom trlnkt nnd
Jaiitutt Jebenairuhu Wunge rosig atrahle.
QUITE NEW.
R’S SULTANA SAUCE.—
mo6t refreshing stimulant to tho Appotite,
ly of TcrkLh Contiuuents. Au exqciiiw rali*h with Almost
|dc»riptian of food. To bo had of nit Sauce Veotiara: and of
k le >Ybol*eale Ageuta, CROSSE and BLACKWELL, Purvoyoi*
o Queen. SI, Sohu-*quarv.
throughout tho Kingdom I'rec of csrti
UNDERCLOTHING FOR HOME, INDIA. AND
for Ladles, end Children of all age*.
>UEEN\ BY APPC
in 177B:—^
LINEN DRAPERS TO 1
c
IT Y
_ BABY-LINEN ar.d
.HOUSES.- Ladies' Night
band*, 3 for 4a. 1 Id.: I'ruv
8 j. t«d. Children • t'nderc
ranted and marie of Hi
prcaaly for outfit* to
Slav a, 3a. 1 Id. par pair
to front, 3a. lid., not obi
aomely trimn/ed /either With vvhil
IU oat rated Price lJ*t aent free —
69, 70, and bft. Blkhopsgi
BEST FOOD FOR CHILDREN, INVALIDS, AND OTHEI.6.
OOBINSON’S PATENT BARLEY, tor
JL4. making auper.or Baricy 'Voter In fifteen minute*, hns not only
obtained the patronage*)! har Ma.itnty an«i the Royal Family, bet ha*
become of general u«« to everr olus of tire c-nsmanlty, end L ac-
XnoH'Ledgod to stand amivallcu as an cminenUy pure, nutritions, and
light food for infanta and invalid*; much approved for making n
delicious custard pudding, and oxoelLunt for thickening broths Oi’
soup*. ROBINSON’S PATENT GROATS for more than thirty year a
have been held lu constant and lucrraslng public estimation r.s the
purest farina; ol tho oat, and n* tho bt»t and most valuable prepara¬
tion for making a pure and delicate Gruel, which forma a light and
nutritious supper for the aged, la a popular redpo for colds one
Influenza, u of geoeral use in the rick-chamber, aud. alternately with
tho Patent Barley, it an excellent food for infant* and children.
_ - . _ Prejkarod only by the Patentee*, ROBINSON, BELLVILLK, and CO.,
ri>xr tp nri P n rn PcrvcyorB to tho Queen, 64, Red-lion-atreet, Holborn, London. SoW
l’ 1 i ' iS\ D A i U A by all respoctahlo Grocers, Druggist i, and other* in town and country,
1E8* UNDERCLOTHING WARE- in packet* of fid. and la.; and Family Coaiale ra, at 2a., 5*., and 10*.
ca, 3 for\6ai fid.; Chcmixea, wPh each.
3 pair for 3a. l id.; Slip*, tcckod, 3 for---
equally as Cheap. All work war- WHEN TOU ASK FOR
‘“ _i w u3E??ari?w^i P LENFIELI) PATENT STANCE,
i no wl v-laven t ed elastic Corset, tqffastcu \JT SEE THAT YOU GET IT,
f else where. Infants' BaxbinctcTnand- a* Inferior kinds are often suhstltutea
or chintz, o»o rnln<*a each. An
' ' .-W. H 1
.AD IE S’ WEDDING OUT
*ent home, free of x carfiagc.
Descriptive Lift*, with price*,'sent free by port.
CAPPER, SON, and CO., (SSrwsee^huruh-street, London. E.C.
application.—W. H. TURNER, 68,
VUhout, London, E.C.
JSAND POUNDS’
of KLEGANT aud USEFUL SILKS,
tght fur ready cash under favourable circumstances, are now
I offered liy
x BEECH and BERRALL,
e Beehive, 63 and 64, Edgware-rosd, London, W.,
r.-iuctiaa of nearly oue-holf from former prices.
Flounced Silk Robes (various), 3i»a. fid. to five guineas.
Now Striped Checkod Cbcue ni:J Gtocc Silk",
XI*. fid. to 57*. fid. the dree*.
: and Half blouruiog Ditto, at the same reduced price*.
Patterns forwarded postago free.
rnilli REDUCTION of 50 PER CENT on
JL ' raw Sdk enables Lid re to f.mcbas* a ateful and fashionable
.Silk Bretts' a very modexa « pr cb. The lato panic in the tom-
moralnl wtrld. and reducoJ st»te of the Silk Market, hr.vo induced
Jamt* Spence and Co. to parchara Icrgily, at eric • which will even
comparison with t^ose of that ■•nemorahlu pcrlo:—the French
Rov'c.luU.n of 1848. Inspection Invited.
/ JAMBS BFENCB am tX>., 77 and 78. St. Paul * Cha'chyard.
F ields patent paraffine
CANDLES from IRISH PKAT-
ttrnD'rn Superior in Appearance and Illuminating power U> any Cam.ire
VV VJii i. M hitherto m inufoctarod, at tiie same time but nir.g much linger.
J. C. nnd J. Field beg to intimate that threw elegant Candice ma*
be obtamed from them at 12, Wlgroore-street, L aveudish-aquaro; and
In Dcbtin of Jamu* Lambert, 64, Grafton-*treat.
C LARKE’S PATENT PYRAMID NIGHT
LAMPS, Tin at 1*.; Laoouered or Bronzed. 1*. Cd. each,
for burning the now Patent i’ynuuld Night Lights—the mini
convenient,safe, and economical yet introduced Sola by all Grocers
and Lamp Dealer* ; by 8. Clarke. 55, Albany, street, Pegcnf*-park,
N.W. ; and wholesale by Palmer and Co., ClcrkcuwcU, Lunduu, E.C.
B
Q uilted eider-down petticoats
are strongly reoommended to those who wlrii to combine
akgance with comfort- To be had only of W. H. BATSON
and CO., 1, Maddox-street. Regent-street. D6p£t for the Eider-Down
Quilts arid Patent Spring Pillows.
TTAPPS’ LADIES’ BALMORAL BOOTS,
JL In five dldereat talekneawa, rultable for aQ aeoaosa.—ICO.
Sloane-atreet, Knightsbridgo. London.
S porting shirts.— looPattcmsto
select from, post-free for two sumps, together with a book of 80
Illustrations. Every gentleman ordering Shirts should not foil to send
for tho above nicful book and pattern*.—RODGERS nnd CO., Im¬
proved Corozxa Shlrtmakcr* and Outfitter*, 59, Saint MarUn i-lano,
Choring-croM, W.C. Established 60 years.
S HIRTS.— RODGERS’S IMPROVED
CO RAZZ A SHIRTS, 31*. fid. and 42*. tho half dozen. The be*t
fitting Shirts extant. Book with 80 Illariration* and direction* for
meaimrenxmt post-free.— ROlkiERS and CO., Shlrnnnkera, 50, Saint
Martin’s-tane, Charing-croaa, W.C. Established 60 yean.
T HE YOUNG and HYAM and CO.—
Winter Dm*c«, 8olta, and Slng'o Garments of the moat
superior quality and fashion, may now l*e purchased at advan¬
tageously moderate price*. It I* a reputed fact, that those mag¬
nificent samples of juvenile and youths' attire are nowhere to be
equalled-—Hyom and CO., 86, Oxford-itrtet, W.
TS7TNTER OVER COATS and CAPES.
y V One of tha lorgeii Stock* iu London of Flnt-eloas Garments,
on beat teem*; rendered thoroughly impervious to ram, without ob¬
structing free ventilation, or extra charge.—WALTER BEKDOE,
96, New Bood-aticct, and CO, Cornhlll (SJ. north aide).
ATESSRS. NICOLL’S ESTABLISHMENTS
ItJL are thus divided .—Number 111, REGENT-STREET, Is their
D^pot for Pah-tots, Uniforms. Gentlemen's Evening and Morning
Pros*. No. 1 16 for the manufacture of the Guinea Trowicra. No. 118,
for Half Guinea Waistcoat*. No. ISO, for Waterproofed Guinea
Capes, Servants' Liveries. Number 143 Is their new establishment
forLadles'khling Habits and Mantles In Fur and Cloth. And No.
144 contains their other new department for Clothing Young Gentle¬
men with the una, excellence, and esonomv whereby Mrears. Kicoll
bare secured wide-*pr**d creiflfleoce. Tlie Wholesale Wareroom* tuo
at the rear of tho Rogsnt-atreet premises, vIjl, 29,30, 31, and 41,
Warwick-U»«C The City ilfpot it at 21 and 22, Cornhlll; and the
Mtilret^re ot the various agent* are duly Advertised in thv journals of
Lto United Kingdom and tha Colon!oa.
F
ISH EB’S DRESSING-CASES,
163, Strand.
Catalogues post-free.
TjUSHER’S NEW DRESSING-BAG,
P the bast portable Dressing-case ever Invented.
1S8, Strand.
Catalogui* pod-free.
M ECHTS DRESSING CASES and
TRAVELLING BAG3.—U2, Regent-afreet, and 4. Leadan-
holl-»trret, London.—Bronze*, vases, prari and Ivory work, medLarval
mannt&csurea. dressing bags and dressing cases. tcBet cases, work
boxes and vrerk table*. Inkstands. faa«: the largest aloek in England
of papiar-maebri clegancks. writing desks, envelop* case*, dwpatch
boxes, bagotella. backgammon, and chess tables. Tbo premise* in
Regent-atreet extend fifty yard* into Gta%thoa*o-*trer:, and are
worihr of Inapection as a ipechnen of slegant outfit. Everything
for the work and dressing tab ter—beat tooth brash o* 9-1. each; bert
steel scisscr* and penknives, la. each. The usual supply of first-rate
cutlery, razor*, razor ftropa, needle*. Ac., for whiah Mr. Mochi'i
eatablDhmenta have been so long famed.
C HARLES PACKER (late Antoni Forrer),
Artist In Hair to the QUEEN, by Appointment.
Hair Jewellery Department, 136, Regent-street.
Foreign and Fancy ditto, 7«, Recent-street.
Jot and Mourning ditto, 76, Rcgont-atreet.
A ntoni forrer,
Artist in Hair and Jewellery,
by Appointment
to tho Queen,
*2, Baker-street. Portmxn-equare
(nearly opposite the Bazaar).
Antoni Forrer baa no connoction wkAtavtt with his lato Establish-
meat In Regent-street.
ENZINE COLLAS
CLEANS and REMOVES GREASE from
Gloves, { Cloth,
Silks, Carpets. Ac.. Ico
In Battles. Is. 6d , of all Chemist* and Porftunera: and at tho Ddp&,
114, Great Russell-ttreet, Bkximabury. ^
TTISS-ME-QUiCK.—PIESSE and LUBIN’S
i\_ new pcrlnmt for thla festive season, distilled from fragrant
TuLijs. Sa. Cd. por bottle. Entciad at Stationer*' Hall—Laboratory
of Klowen, 2, New Boad-atroot
DK. DE JON(rH’8
T IGHT-BROWN COD LIVER OIL,
I J entirely free from nauieoua flavour and after-taste. Is pre¬
scribed with the greatest success by tho Faculty as tho tOfott,
speediest. And moot effectual remedy for
CONSUMPTION, BKONCHITIB, AVIUM A, GOUT, RHEUMA¬
TISM. SCIATICA. DLVBEThS, DIBEAHR8 OF THE HK1N,
NEURALGIA. RICKETS, INFANTILE WASTING, GENERAL
DEBILITY, AND ALL BCROKULOUB AFFECTIONS.
Xnmcroas spontaneous teatimonlal* from PhT*lclans of European
reputation attest that. In innumerable can- where other kind* al
Cod Liver O 1 ha t been long and copiously a-imiuislrrwl, with little or
no bouoflt, Dr. oo Jnagb’s Oil bos produced Lzxuuodiato relief, arrvttvd
disease, aud rvatured health.
OPINION OF DR. T^THETF.
Mrdieal Officer of Health to the City of London, fee., Ac.
*' I have tra.aiR.tly had occasion to analyze iho Cod Liver OU
which Is sold at your estaliirimient—1 moan that variety which Is
prepa-ed for medical use In the LaffoOen l»kv, Norway, and sent
into cemmcree with the aanctim of Dr. do Jongh, of tho Hague. In
all cases 1 have found It poeaearirg tho same set of prater-
ties, among which the pre-.cace of cbolalc compounds and of
iodine in a sta’e of organic combination ore tho moat remarkable;
tn fact, the OU corresponds in oil it* character* with that named
'Hullo brumV and described as the U»t variety In tho masterly
treatise of DJL da JOXGU. It b, I believe, universally veknow lorlged
that this description of OU lias great therapr uikal power ; and, from
my invc*tu..Hi,,us. I have no doubt of La being u pur* and un-
adalterated arthfle."
Sold OXLT In IxrxRlAl. Half-pint*, ta. fld.; Plat*. 4a. 9d.t Quart*,
St.; capsuled and labelled with Db. HE JoNOH'b stomp and signature,
wrruuur which rrojcg cos rosaiur ux oxxuisk, by most re¬
spectable Chemists throughout the Provinces.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEPOT.
ANSAR, HARFORD, AND CO., 77, STRAND, LCNDOlf, W.C.,
DR. DE JOXOH'3 SOLE BRITISH CONSIGNERS.
TNFANTS’ NEW FEEDING-BOTTLES.—
JL From the '* Loncwt —'* Wo have seldom seen anything k>
beastifal as tho Feeding-Bottles Introduced by Mr. ELAM, lft>.
Oxford-*trt*«. Whether for weaning, rearing br hand, ot occasicnal
faiding, they are quite anrirallod.” 7s. fid. each.
ADIES NURSING.—NEW NIPPLE
SHIELDS, for tskiag away all pain whiio: nursing: provent-
inr, and irrun&rl lately caring, cracked or sore nlfploc — BLN JAM J 5
ELAM, 1SS, Ox ford-atreet. 4s. 0d.; or by poat, Od. extra.
A PPROVED OF by every Medical Man who
has seen IL-Tho BRITISH FEEDING-BOTTLE (rrg'xtored)
U the only bottle In which the supply of food can bo regulated while
the infant Is being fed. Price 7*. 6d.; or to any railway station,
H. fid-, of WILLIAM T. COOPER. PharmacoatioaJ Chemist. ES,
Oxford-street ** Hints to Mothers and Xurxea on Rearing Infanta by
Hand,” free by poat.
OR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH.—
Fntroolaed bv her Majrety and II.TH. tho Prioco Consort.—
Mr. HOWARD'S PATENT WHITE 8LTCKDANKUM, for flllixg
decayed Teeth, however Dirge the cavity. It is nwl In a soft stale
without any pressure crpoiu, and in a abort lima bcecme* as hard as
tho enamel, lasting for many yrara, rendering «tree!ton nrm o ec —ary
and arresting all fttrther docay. Bold by all Modldoe Vaader*.—
Ihlra 2». fid. ____
mEETR—18, New Burlington-street.—By
JL ROGERS’S improved method of firing All! IFICLAL TEETH,
tho loco* teeth and roots remaining or* reconavililated and rendered
as-'ful for rcoatication. No spring* or wire* or any painful opera¬
tion required; thev nwrmWe the natnral teeth *o completely as te
defy detection, and for comfort .and durability stood pre-emiaant.
Charges moderate.
TY/"ANTED LADIES’ and GENTLEMEN’S
YY LEFT-OFF CLOTHES. Regimentals, nnd MisceQaooecs
Property. The highest price in Cash. Ladles and Gentlemen waked
on W aid rinsing a letter to Ur. or Mr*. Lavy, 251. Strand i opposite
Twining’* Bank): or 3ll, near Watcrloo-bridg*. Parcels from the
country, a po*:-oAoe order remitted.—EstabHahed 65 years.
TT/'ANTED LEFT-OFE CLOTRES, Uni-
Y Y form*. Mivcsllsneoai Troporty. kc. The highest price givnu.
Ladles or Gentlemen waited cn by addressing to Mr. and Un O
K\aM. 16. Tyler -street, Regont-atre*'. W.; or parcels betas Mui.Ut
utmest value la cash hamedUuy rum :t«d.—Established 3X ycaio.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. IS, 1858
SCENE OF THE LATE EARTHQUAKE AT DOLL A.-FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.
-- z~r .-o , . . uuv vruro f«uu to nave eaten a
portion of their own flesh in the agony of their hunger. It would
easy to fill tout Jeurnal with a history of tho horrora narrated
of this neighbourhood; but for the present I refrain. Bv the
next post I hope to send you fresh details and fresh sketches
of even greater interest. Tho dead aro so numerous, and so much
time has been lost in disinterring ihem, that by some of the autho-
ntees it was proposed, on the ground of publii health, to leave the
(Ubru as they were, simply smoothing over the surface, and creatine
“ It wore a vast square yard. A few people havebeen sent down from
•Naples to put in force some sanitary regulations, to disinfeot certain
spots, and to superintend the burial of the dead.
Thousands of people within a hundred miles" of Naples are cryine
even for bread-are living, in the depth of the winter, in tents or
wooden huts, almoat without clothing or food ; and humanity ahuddera
almost as much at the recollection of the sufferings which might have
been prevented, as at the narrative of those which have been endured
Meanwhile official reports from Sala and Potenzi spoak of the con¬
tinuance of vertical ahooke, and of some strong undulating shocks on
the nights of the 28th and 29ifr tUt, without doing bTm Ct
frightening the inhabitants, and compelling them to fly to open spkoes.
Naples too, has been visited by eighty-four shocks, say some
authorities, since December lCth> Most were, of course very slight •
bat some have been very marked, shaking ou* doors and'windows and
in a few instances ringing ihe bolls.
\ Jan. 5th,
The following report of the scene of the earthquake in the province
of Basilicata is token almost verbatim from a gentleman who re¬
turned from thence on Saturday last:—“ The first point of interest we
arrived at was Auletti, which is thirteen hours distant from Naples
but as it lies out of tho road we went on to Pertosa, a commune
which contains 1200 souls. On eaoh side of tho road we saw
tho ruins of houses, and at the entrance of the town we
found one which had been a tavern, but was abandoned
by the owner, who sprung out of bed and saved him ^ f
and his wife, but his child and the nurse were killed. Not more
than sir houses remain standing in Pertosa, and all are cracked and
uninhabi table. On the 1st of January they had dug out 143 bodies
and 200 more were known to be missing, while the number of strangers
was unknown. "The whole population seemed panic-struck, and too
depressed even to beg. Government had sent grain, and ordered
wooden tents and a hospital for the wounded to be erected. {Several
person b had been dug out alive.
V The city of Polla is about two hours distant from Pertosa; and
§1 / about two miles from the town 200 palms of the road had been
ii ( literally carried away, while a hill opposite had been deft asunder so
LI that we could look into it and see the caverns within it: in many
=1 -plaoes were fissures largo enough to admit my aim up to the shoulder.
I’olltt contained 7300 people: 567 had already been dug up and buried
oAoTn '' n All tho roofs of the houses had fallen, and the
THE EARTHQUAKE AT NAPLES.
(From our oion Correspondent.)
Naples, Jan. 2, 1858.
I send you in haste three Sketches taken on the site of the late hor¬
rible disaster in the province of Basilioata. Two represent the Btato
of Polla; tho third represents a spot in tho neighbourhood* Beau
imfully situated in tho extreme angle of tho valley is the town of
La Polla, with a population of 7000 souls. So says "Murray’s Guide
for Southern Italy.’ That town is now a ruin, and much of it bsg
entirely disappeared. "When I approached the melancholy scene,”
said a gentleman who had just arrived from the spot, "I found the
earth soamod with fissures; at first they had been much wider, but they
were gradually closing. In some districts they bad opened sufficiently
to swallow up entire buildings; and in thin way Tito, Briarza, Marsioa-
nuovo, and Lamarzana are said to have nearly disappeared During
the whole period of my visit the earth was quaking, like flour under
the action of leaven. Few people were to be met with in tho outskirts
of the town—it was a scene of desolation and abandonment; but
amidst the ruins people eat in a state of grief and consteration. ‘We have
1 our friends.* The
were none to dig
December, sax days
_r having_
buried eight days. Whilst I was wandering about, two of the natives
approached and worked amongst the ruins of a house. They turned up
a dead body. 4 That,’ said one, ‘ is a relation of yours, perhaps,’ throw¬
ing a stone in the direction of the face, but an examination proved
the oontrary. I passed by a Tratioria, almost the only house etanding,
at the comer of a street, and asked food of a man who was standing in
the interior. * There is no food,’ said the man, ‘ and if there were.
1 could not go into the house; the moon has just entered her first
quarter, and we shall have another earthquake.” These details I have
given you on account of their connection with the Sketches which I
send you; but I must enlarge tho picture, and deal more in generals.
■\yiiut has been said of Falla may be said of many other places, and
much worse.
The official journal has published the names of upwards of 100
townships and communes who have suffered from this awful scourge.
We may safely assert that more than 15,000 persons have fallen
victims. Some assert even 40,000; but it is not improbable that
30,000 lives have been lost; and how many have been maimed and
wounded it would be vain to say. Correct statistics have not yet
been obtained; but it is evident, from the admissions of the official
journal, that the number of dead and wounded may be much greater
than any one imagines.
For some days after the earthquake, says an eye-witness, the _
of those under the ruins were to be heard, and there was no oj
aa
VIEW OF POLLA AFTER THE LATE EARTHQUAKE.-FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.
VIEW NEAR POLLA. AFTER THE LATE EARTHQUAKE.—FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.
walls not fallen were tottering. A severe shock had been fait early on
the morning of the 1st; and while we there, at twelve o’clock on the
same day we heard subterranean thunder and felt the,ground
tremble ’under our foet; all the terrified people rushed away,
crying ‘Earthquake, earthquake!’ and a house which was leaning
before fell to the ground close to us, and a beltry fell almost upon our
heads. When the shook was over the priests formed a procession,
carrying a crucifix and a statue of the Madonna round the ruins; all
the people joined, and scourged thembelves with ropo9.
"From Polla we returned to Auletta, which is situated on the top of
a hill. The population is 3000. Forty lives had been lost; walls and
houses had fallen, and at least half the latcer were uninhabitable. A
large palazzo belonging to the Marches^ was prostrate. A priest
ana his brother had time to escape from it in their shirts; a gendarme
saved himself by jumping out of the window. A few tents were
erected outside tho town. At Caggiano thirty people had been dug
up. Everywhere prostrate houses could be seen, and in every one
some lives had been lost. I should mention that at Pertosa we found
pictures of the Madonna and saints in some ruined houses. One
I brought away as a curiosity, as it records the visitation of
Polla bv earthquakes three times ; it is an engraving of a statue of
the Madonna placed in the very church, in the ruins or which we were
standing when we felt the shock. We slept at a place called Zimperno,
both the first and last night of our journey, in a house abandoned by
the owners. We heard of various freaks played by the earthquake.
In one case a house was literally turned upside down, and a tree was
seen with its roots in the air. In some cases tho earth had entirely
closed over the houses. Sasso, a village of one long street, which had
been muoh shaken by tho shock on the 16th of December, experienced
another on the 26th, which opened the earth in the centre of the street,
dividing the houees by a wide interval, yet leaving them all standing.
"Tho official journal of Saturday night reports damage done at
Canoa, Cavello, Bioneso, Muro, St. Fado. Castlegrancio, andBovo.
“As early as tho 7th of December a subterranean noise was heard
in that district, like the explosion in a mine.
" On the evening of the 16th some remarkable occurrences took place
in the commune of Bella. A light was seen half an hour before the
first shock, resembling the light of the moon, accompanied by a strong
smell of sulphur. The next morning a deep trench, from ten to thirty
palms in depth and breadth, was found encircling a piece of ground
600 maggia in extent; while hills were levelled and deep valleys
appeared where there had previously been level ground.
The official journal of last night declines saying anything more,
observing that every word in the reports " draws tears.” The official
statements—which are not published, by-the-byo— make the number
of dead 30,000 and upwards, and of houseless 250.000.
London: Printed and Published at the Office. 198. Strand, in the Parish
of St Clement Danes, in the County of Middlesex, by William
Little, m, Strand, aforesaid. -Saturday, January 16, 1858.
THE ROYAL MARRIAGE.
Ok a gloomy February day, just eighteen years ago, England
made holiday on the occasion of a Boyal marriage. After an
interval of a quarter of a century a Queen Begnant had ascended
the throne of these realms, and Europe beheld with surprise aid
interest the sceptres of Great Britain, Spain, and Portugal held by
youthful female hands, and, consequently, not amongst the least of
the considerations which must have been present to the minds of
the statesmen of those countries were those which had relation to
the disposition of these exalted ladies in marriage. In this country
things were so wisely ordered that the personal choice of the
Sovereign setttled the question; and settled it to the satisfaction
of all parties. In all respects the peculiar circumstances of the case
were duly met and reconciled ; politicians and diplomatists could
find no objection ; romance was satisfied by a marriage of affection;
and last, though by no means least, in every personal grace the
illustrious bridegroom stood pre-eminent The auspices of that day
have not proved deceptive ; and, amidst all the fortunes which have
marked her reign, those connected with the marriage of her
Majesty have been the most decided. The duties of that relation
which each succeeding year has evolved have been performed to
the approval, not to say to the admiration, of the country ; and
now that they have reached a culminating point on that
most delicate and anxious question, the selection of a hus¬
band for the eldest daughter of the Queen of Great
Britain, it would bo difficult for any one to assert that every
possible fitness had not been attained. A great deal of antiqua¬
rian and historical lore on the subject of the marriages of our
Princesses has very naturally been displayed on this occasion; and
it is curious as well as pleasant to mark the contrast which the
simplicity and straightforwardness of the disposal of the hand of a
daughter ot England now affords to the turbulent and eccentric
proceedings which characterised most of the betrothals and mar¬
riages ot the female branches of our Boyal family in times gone
by. If the chroniclers of the circumstances which accompanied
those marriages have writ their annals true, it would
seem that, from the time of the Conquest down, they
were scarcely ever very creditablo affairs. We hear of be¬
trothals at seven years of age; of the abduction of Boyal nuns;
of the bribing, by the payment of their expenses, t>f~poor Princes
to induce them to come to England to fetch their brides ; of the
refusal of foreign potentates to accept the betrothed Princesses who
had condescended to leave their own country and go to the terri¬
tory of their affianced husbands; and that it was a very ordinary
circumstance for most of these Boyal brides to have many succes¬
sive lovers before they could secure a man honest or prudent
enough to keep his word. In later times, many incom¬
patibilities of person, age, and disposition, have been made to
give way before political considerations, which nowadays would
be viewed as trifling and contemptible ; and when, at last, the tram¬
mels of precedent were shaken offi and in the instance of the Prin¬
cess Charlotte a Boyal wedding was the legitimate termination of
romantic affection, the premature close of that union prevented
the full testing of that which grave diplomatists and stiff courtiers
deemed at best but an experiment, and certainly as an innovation.
In the present case we have changed all that The Queen of Eng¬
land has acted, with reference to the settlement in life of her
daughter, just in the manner that prudent and honest mothers in all
ranks of life in this country dcom it their duty to act; and tbs
result is before us in a shape which meets with universal appro¬
bation. The influence of the Court upon the country is especially
marked on this occasion by the unanimous determination to make
Monday next a national holiday. Every one feels just as if there
was to be a wedding in his own family and means to make it a
festivity. This oneness of feeling and opinion in all matters which
concern the Sovereign is a special sign of our times ; no political
differences interfere with the meeting of men of all parties on this
common ground; and there is a curious significancy in the fact
that, at the first State banquet which the Queen gave to her foreign
guests assembled to grace the ceremony of Monday next, the chief
of the Opposition, the Earl of Derby, sat in a place of honour equal
to that accorded to the Prime Minister; while, in a matter which
might, perhaps, be thought only of interest to the softer sex—
namely, the selection of bridemaids to the Princess Boyal—some
deference has been paid to the smoothing down of political an¬
gularities by a division of those offices amongst the daughters of
noblemen of all parties. Could this have occurred at the Court of
any of the Georges ? Perhaps, in the whole of this matter, the
only drawback which is felt and expressed is, that so little is to be
done to give popular eclat to an event in which the people gene-
TUE EGYPTIAN RAILWAY TERMINUS AT ALEXANDRIA,—(SEE NEXT PAGE.)
74
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 23, 1858
rally evince so deep an interest. If the popular voice was fol¬
lowed, the ceremonial would have been next only to a coronation
i» splendour and extent No doubt the country would not at this
moment think anything of a large expenditure for'such a purpose;
and perhaps the Government might have ventured to run the risk
•f the inevitable grumbling in and out of Parliament which paying
the bill next April would have educed; but, us we have before hinted,
something should be granted to considerations connected with the
time of the year. By no possibility could any of the in-door part
of any ceremony, however comprehensive, be witnessed by more
than two or three thousand persons; and there is incident to an
ant-door pageant in the depth of winter, however mild, so many
present discomforts and future risks, that really the general public
most be content with the pleasures of imagination, enlarged and
abundantly ministered to by the copious descriptions which will
flood the columns of the daily papers, and the truthful and elaborate
Illustrations which will cover the pages of this Journal.
It ought not to be forgotten, moreover, that there is an evident
reciprocity of feeling on the subject of this matrimonial alliance oa
the part of Prussia. At the time of the birth of the Princess
Royal nothing could be more cordial than the relations between
the two Governments, or more friendly than the intercourse between
the two Courts; and it is probable that, when the King of Prussia
was chosen to act as sponsor to a child of the Queen of England-
something of an eventuality like an intermarriage between the
two families was foreshadowed, if not decided upon. Since then
the intimacy of those relations has somewhat abated, and estrange¬
ment has taken the place of that exchange of friendly offices which
was so promising when the Royal bride of to-day was in her
cradle. The crisis through which Europe has passed within the
last ten years not only shook Monarchs on their thrones, but it
severed a long chain of sympathies which connected this country
and some of her allies which had been forged amidst the glowing
heat of the Peninsular War. The part which England, by the nature
of her institutions, was compelled to take in what was at least on the
face of it a struggle for liberty and a crusade against despotism
was not understood by the Continental Powers. In their view
neutrality was enmity to their dynastic traditions, and they could
not 6ce why Great Britain should not once more lend her
assistance to the restoration of deposed Monarchs, as she did in the
first quarter of the present century-. The difference between the two
contests was not apparent to Kings and Emperors whose battles
we fought with our arms in Spain and Portugal, and who by the
aid of our material resources—we will not use so coarse a term as
our money—we enabled to fight for their crowns on their own
sod. The distrust and jealousy of our Continental policy, which was
aroused in 1848, reached its climax when an offensive and defensive
alliance between France and England was presented to the world
in the war with Russia. If, then, the prospect of a marriage
between a daughter of our Queen and the heir in prospect of the
throne of Prussia whs's long-chcrished and intended project, there was
a period when its success was at least doubtful. However, there exists
inEurope a personage, the very arch arch-politician of his time, whose
silent influence is felt, not seen, in most, if not all, of its Courts and
Governments, and which, most assuredly, is not the least powerfa!
in the councils and diplomacy of this country; who may well be
supposed to be desirous that such a means of doing something
towards reuniting ancient adhesions should not be lost; and it is
not unreasonable to imagine that the good offices of that
penonage would not be wanting to bring about such an
end. Be that as it may, we have every cause to believe
that Prussia accepts the union of the Royal family of
England with her own, not merely cheerfully, but with a
proud satisfaction. All the national and governmental acts of
that country in reference to the nuptials of Prince Frederick
William and the Princess Royal evince a desire to meet the
occasion in a manner worthy of both nations. We have above
spoken of the betrothed of some of the female scions of our Royal
house coming to claim their brides in a fashion which was not only
less than princely, but which in many cases approached to a suit
in forma pavperis for the hand of a well-dowered wife. But'
here we find no niggard lover and no portionless bridegroom. Thd\
affianced husband of our Princess comes this time with thepri
possessions of a son of a great kingdom, and with the reve
the crown of that kingdom in his hand to lay at the feet ol
intended. Indeed some clue may, perhaps, be found to titereasoos :
which induced the Government of this country to propose an
annuity for the Princess Royal double in amount to that which * -
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS.
FRANCE.
The Paris journals have been of late filled with details of the
atrocious attempt upon the lives of the Emperor and Empress on tho
evening of Thursday week—somo particulars of which were given in
this journal last week.
The details of the event, cleared of the mystery which obscured them
at the first moment of alarm, are briefly these:— It being known that
their Majesties intended visiting the Grand Opera on Thursday even¬
ing, the 14th inst., to be present at the farewell benofit of Masaol and
tho first appearanoa for tho season of Butori,'ia "Maria Stuaria,”
the crowd was mors than usually largo at tho oorner of the Boulevard
and the Rue Lepelletier. On came the Royal cavalcade, with its guard
of Lancers, made vitdblo as in midday by tho brilliant gas illumination
displayed on such occasions at tho entranoe to the street; when within
a few yards of the facade of tho theatre a tremendous explosion was
heard, which seemed to scatter destruction amongst the men and
horses of the escort in advance, followed immediately by a
second, of which the instrument, better directed, wounded one of
the horses of the Emperor's carriage, struok the coachman upon
the box, and damaged the vehicle itself in such a manner as to render
the door difficult to open. In spite of the wounded horse and the
stricken driver, the impetus of tha previous motion appears to have
been sufficient to carry tho party up to the usual point of entrance; for
tho director of tho Opera was there at hia post, ready to receive the
Imperial visitors. At this alarming instant, attar the report of the
two previous explosions, Hebert, the police- officer in charge of tho
station at tho Op- ru, rushed up to tho portal of tho carriage, aud, as it
appears, was in the act of struggling with the damaged door, in order
to force it open, when a third bomb, more accurately aimed, burst
under the very feet of tho Emperor und Empress and General Koguet,
the Aide-de Camp in Waiting who accompanied them. Tho earlier
accounts represented their Mujesties as having qui.-.ed their damage
before the third explosion beneath it took place; but this seems not to
have been tho case; and, indeed, the risk and exposure to the scattered
fragments of the infernal machines mode use of appear to have been
far greater outside, and at a littiedietance, than close at hand und in the
interior of the carriage. Hebert himself received his wounds—two of
a very severe description, in the leg and tho shoulder, the missile
causing the latter not being yet extracted—while standing whore the
Emjeror would probably have found himself had he just quitted the
vehicle.
What tho above scene must have been at tho moment of its occur-
rencemay bo best conjectured from that which it presented even tho
morning after. All around bore only too evident marks of the fright-/
ful convulsion caused by, and of the terrific nature of, tho materials
made use of. The windows of the rntrcsol immediately opposite the
spot where tho explosion took place looked as though they had beau
smashed in, frames and all, by its violence, and the glass of too
others was shattered up to tho fourth story. Through the shop win •
dows of two houses considerably in advance of the Opera holes Were
drillod as clearly as though made by a n flo ball. It may eu-'-ily, tlicry-
fore, be conjectured what misohiel was capable of being effected
mitraille so deadly and powerful flying longitudinalij
elevation down a crowded thoroughfare. The worn
stunt deaths have not been far more numerous,
wounds inflioted have been on the lower parts of the bo
than one curious female spectator is cited os havingresei
tion by tho strength other crinoline and the redundancy o't tier Jupont;
The ground was thickly strewn with £ra*:nontsof/glass, or ra ther with
powdered gloss, from the windows of the adjoining houses and those of
the carriages
The Patrie gives the following des:
terrible instruments of destruction ussi
They are hollow, of polished steel, filled fid
determined, but inoBt jirobably fulminate of mi
at so Iowan
’ is that ill- j
general the,
, and mere
“ i dust- -
i of the
them. It is necessary to imugin
in diameter, terminated by ti
videdwiih twenty-five orein;
with caps, the blow on which,
destined to explode the inter!
being penr-slmped) is slightly bj
explain wby iprobabiy to di "
catching to the eye). The '
attached, is sbont half
that the superior weight ol
to strike first upon the gn
cylinder al
plierical end
l-nip
wing
the »■'
Of all tho epieodes of
seizure of Pierii by poll
he -was to play hie part j
Pierri was instau
jeclile, six
in no doubt asitA tjhe part
as lightning MTIobcrt was
riage-door “ era\thb x third
guess the light
the noise of tho
still at liberty to throw
take advantage of the.evor-
1 and c
terrible i
.muy
•dcr not yet absolutely
.^vJTdTorm an idea of
iut ten inches long and six
OneOfthese ends is pro-
crewed in and furnished
mtact with the ground, is
dcr (generally represented as
the exterior, we ean scarcely
h and render the object less
” der, when the nipples are
much thinner, in order
ion the detonating-caps
the machine.
that of the recognition and
a few momenta only before
drama, 13 tho most important.
L as speedily searched. A pro •
and poniard, found upon him, leave us
ou the very point of playing. Quick
it his post again, and his hand on the car*
/tonation resoundedthough we may
m him. after what ho hud just aeon, when
josions fell upon his car. Had Pierri been
:th bomb, and, armed as he was, to
dug dismay and confusion, it seems
of possibility that the iutended victims should
precedent would sanction ; in the supposition
fixed with a view to its taking some prop
appanage which has been l>estowcd by his
uncle on Prince Frederick William.\
for the reception of the rince an
arrival in their future dominions incfcchte a
mark the event as one of prime importance and sig¬
nificance; and, as far as we can learn, however royally all
things connected with the ceremony of next week may be ordered
in this country, in every respect tiiere will be a friendly rivalry on
the part of the land of her Royal Highness’s adoption. If we
make holiday in London on Monday, a week hence there will be
equal holiday in Berlin ; and/ if the united good wishes and cordial
aspirations for her happiness (of two great peoples arc to be an
augury of the future fortunes of the youthful Princess who is about
to enter on the sterner duties of life, there can be no doubt of
their entire assurance?
THE RAILWAY TERMINUS, ALEXANDRIA.
In a previous numker ofourJournal we engraved a view of tho
Upper or Cairo Terminus of the Egyptian Railway, now in a state of
completion to the Egyptian metropolis, and in u nearly completed
state up to Suez. \
Wo this wetk give a View of the Terminus at Alexandria: it is
by far the most substantially constructed edifice inthatcitv, partaking
more of a European or Anglican character than most civil structures
in Alexandria. It stands about a mile and a quarter from the great
square, near the entrance to the Mahmoudieh Canal, and tho Pulaco
of the present Viceroy, Said Pacha, called Garbarrie. The building,
which contains internally a spacious central hall, is fitted up with
every modern appliance for the comfort of the railway traveller. The.
entire line of railway is now in a most efficient state for the increasing*
traffic., under the control of his Highness's engineer, Mr. Henry Rouse;
and the terminus itself haB been erected from the designs and under
the superintendence of the resident architect, Mr. Edwin C. Baines,
appointed -by the engineer-in-chief, Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P.
n the vcq
rial
the MoniUur the number of wounded is 102, thus
civilians, twelve Lancera of the Imperial Guard,
cipal Guard of Paris, twenty-eight police agents
ranks, and four belonging to the household of their
Of the twelve men of the Lancers seven received serious
five others were only slightly injured. Of the oloven of
e Municipal Guard one was wounded mortally, four seriously, und
slightly. Three of the footmen who were behind the carriage or their
issues wore stiuck by soveral projectiles; their injuries, though
s, do not inspire any uneasiness. The Emperor's coachman,
Miy wounded, displayed much presence of mind. Of the civilians
» several were wounded seriously. One of them died on reaching the
Hospital de la Riboisriero. A littlo girl, fourteen years of age, had
her knee cut open. The persons belonging to the Prefecture of Police
ure exceedingly numerous, and among them a commissary, a divisional
inspector, and fifteen police agents have received serious wounds.
Twenty horses belonging to the Lancers were struck. Two were
killed on the spot, and five were mortally wouuded.
Two of the victims of tho explosions, an omploy»5 in the household
of Prince Jerome, and a fine young man of twenty-six in the Paris
Guard, were buried on Sunday in tho Montmartre Cemetery.
Tlio escape of M. Hebert, a police-officer, appears to bo miraoulons:
hie cloak, coat, and hut were literally torn to pieces by the fragments
of the third bomb, which oxplodcd within a few feet of where he stood.
The number of persons arrested on suspicion is variously estimated.
Tho principal individuals aro Count Orsiui, Captain Pierri, Gomez,
and fcilva, niias Rubbio. Orsini was wounded over the head by his
own bomb Tho examinations are going ou with much secrecy.
All voices agree in the sang-froid displayed by tho Emperor, and
even by the Empress, as well as in the instant und porsonal interest
and attention paid by the former on the spot to those whom ho saw
suffering around him. Tho whole bearing, indeed, of tho Imperial
party, both ut the time of, and subsequent to, tho incident, has won
for them the most ‘favourable construction ; und there cannot be a
doubt that a vast- augmentation of popularity, und even, of stability,
will bo the result of wh&t was intended to prove so different. On tho
day following its occurrence the Emperor and Empress drove iu au
open carriage, without escort, throughout the greater portion of the
city, end were received with unmistakable marks of good-will, not to
«av enthusiasm. On the succeeding Saturday the Emperor was seen
on foot in the Champs ElysC-es. walking deliberately amidst tho crowd,
and on Eunday ho drove out iu his usual phaeton und pair, with no
other attendant save a servant in livery behind him.
On the night of the attempted assassination a vast number of per¬
sonages of distinction, including the British Ambassador, wore in
waiting to receive tho Emperor and Empress at the Tuileries, on their
return from the Opera about twelve o'clock, the performances having
been continued as usual. It is u singular coincidence that two years
ago she was playing the same part of Maria btnarda at tho Italian
Opera House when a similar but less terrible uttempt was mode against
the life of the Emperor.
The Emperor has addressed an autograph letter of thanks to Queen
Victoria, her Majesty having at once written a congratulatory letter to
him cn hearing of the attempt on hia life.
The British residents met on Wednesday to adopt an address to the
Emperor cn his escape from the hands of assassins.
A thanksgiving service was performed on Friday week at noon in
the chapel of the Tuilerios by tho Bishop of Nancy, first Chaplain to
their Majesties. After having received in their apartments the con¬
gratulations of the grand officers and tho officers and ladies of their
Household, the Ministers and the Presidents of the great bodies of the
State, the Emperor and Empress proceeded to the chapel, accompanied
by Prince Jerome, Princo Napoleon, the Princess Mathilde, and the
Princes and Princess Murat, and followed by the persons who had been
admitted to present their congratulations to their Majesties.
The whole of the diplomatic body went on Friday week to the Minister
of Foreign -Affairs, to express to him the sentiments with which they
have been inspired by the odious attempt of which their Majesties had
been the object. In consequence of the request mado by them, they
were received on Saturday by the Emperor. All the Ambassadors and
Ministers had been charged by their respective Courts to offer to their
Majesties the congratulations of their Sovereigns.
-Municipal Council of Paris on Friday week voted an address of
felicitation to the Emperor. The address bears the signatures of M.
Delanglo, president, MM. Dumas and Pcrier, vice-presidents, and
twenty members.
At the sitting of the Court of Cassation, on Friday week, the First Pre¬
sident, Troplcng, expressed, in the name of the Court, the profound
emotion which they felt at the attempt on tho Emperor's life, and their
gratitude to Providence for the protection which had preserved an
existence so necessary to the country. At the sitting of the Court of
Assizes, the President, M/ Hatbrv addressing the jury, expressed
similar sentiments. The Ministor of Public Worship addressed a
telegraphic despatch to the Archbishops and Bishops, desiring that a
solemn “Te Deum” should bo sung on Sunday in all tho ohurches of
France, as a thanksgiving / to God for this striking protection.
On Saturday last the Senate, the Cbrps Legislatif, the Council of
State, and the Municipal Council of the Seme, waitodupon the Emperor
at the Tuileries to congratulate him upon his escape.
A Te Deum was chanted at three o’clock on Sunday afternoon, iu
the Cathedral of Notre Dame, fot the Emperor’s safety. The great
bodies of State und the Princes of tho Imperial family were present.
The Cardinal Archbishop of Paris officiated. The church was crowded
to the utmost. In all they other churches of Paris the same religious
thanksgiving was repeated.
The Emperor had a reception on Sunday at the Tuileries. All the
Generals and superior officers of bo th land and sea services at present;
in Paris hastened to present themselveB spontaneously, and as the
Emperor and Empress come out from the chapel the cries of “Viva
rEmperenr l’' “ Vivo lTmperatrice! ” were universal.
A service of thanksgiving was celebrated on Monday morning in the
Jewish synagogues of the Rue Notre Dame de Nazareth and the Rue
Lamartine. Prayers were also offered up for the viotima of the late
-attempt.
/ The journals continue to be filled with addresses of congratulation
fronitdl parts of France, particularly from Prefects and Municipal
/Councils;
/The ) Parisian Dames de la Halle have not suffered their ancient
privilege of communicating directly with the head of the State to fill
in abeyance. They likewise have sent in their congratulatory addresses.
JCaecree appears in the J/omYeur of Wednesday declaring the sup•
press ion of tho lie nee do Paris and the Spectateur (formerly the Assen-
NationaU).
BELGIUM.
The Chamber of Representatives on Tuesday resumed its labours,
which were interrupted by the vacation that began on the 2-lth of last
month. This first sitting has been a very short one, but was marked
by a most important incident. M. Tesch, the Minister of Justice, laid
on the table a project of law for regulating tho supervision of
foreigners in Belgium. This bill does not contemplate any modifica¬
tion of the existing law on account of the recent attempt at Paris
against the life of tho Emperor and Empress. It is more than pro •
bable that it is merely a renewal of tho Act passed in 1855, which re¬
quires to he re- enacted every three years; still it is evident that in the
discussion of this bill the Government will be induced to explain what
measures it may feel disposed to take in case tho French Govern¬
ment, following up the judicial investigations now pending in Paris,
shall demend the expulsion from the territory of certain political
refugees with whom the man named Pierri associated during his stay
in Brussels.
SPAIN.
A new Ministry was formed on Friday (last week) as follows:—
M. Isturitz, President of the Council and Foreign Affairs; General
Espelatu, War; Sanchez Ocana, Finances; Fernandez do la Hoz,
Justice; Ventura Diaz, Interior; General Zuosada, Governor-General
of Madrid.
M. Isturitz has declared to the Congress that he takes for his pro¬
gramme the Constitution of 1845.
The names most spoken of for the Presidency of the Senate are those
of the Marquis de Miraflores and the Count de Viluma. Ieturitz's
Cabinet is universally regarded as a Ministry of transition, and it is
not doubted that, barring some new military revolt, such us would be
in complete harmony with tho “glorious traditions” of the Spanish
uimy, relerred to in the Queen's Speech, u Government will shortly be
formed on pure Absolutist principles.
PRUSSIA.
Tho Tima corroipondent at Berlin writes as follows on matters re¬
lating to tho marriage of Prince Frederick William and our Princess
Koyaj, and to their reception in Berlin
The wedding rings that are to be used at tho approaohing nuptials
are of Silesian gold, and have been made in Breslau.
There are five carriages being built here for tho use of the princely
couple and their household- On the sides are the combined arms of
Prussia aud England, hound together by the ribbon of the cross of the
Hobenzollem Order. The English arms, being those of the Princess
Royal, bear the Saxon esecclicon cn a shield of pretension.
Among other peculiarities that will be presented by the procession
of tho Trades’ Societies on the day of the entry will be to be noticed the
costume of the journeymen bakers, who will, according to prescriptive
custom, appear with three- cornered hats and 3 words. In tho position
they will occupy on the ground at the moment when the bridal couple
enters the town the journeymen will form the seoond rank, while their
masters, as becomes their dignity, will occupy the front. On this
occasion the master bakers will all wear black dress-coats, white
cravate, and the colours of the Bakers' Company on their arms.
It has been decided that all points of historical interest, more par¬
ticularly the historical works oi art, visible from the Palace, shall be
brilliantly illuminated on the night of tho entry into Berlin. Thus
not only the statues of the Generals distinguished in tho War of
J .iberation whom 1 have already mentioned on a former occasion—
Blucher, York, Gneisenau,.Bulow, und Scharnhorst—but also the noble
monument oi Frederick the Grcut, and that of the equally great, if not
greater; Elector of Brandenburg, Friedrich Wilhelm, are to be lit up
by tall candelabra ten feet high, burning fifty jets of gas each. Round
the monument of Frederick the Great there will be no loss than four¬
teen of these candelabra, or, to speak less magnificently, tall wooden
posts, appropriately shaped and coloured so as to favour the illusion
of their being bronze candelabra, aud not spoil the effeot of the illu¬
mination.
Among the other grand doings that will ensue on and after tho arri¬
val of tho bridal couple there will not only bo balls given by the dif¬
ferent members of the Royal family in their several palaces here, but
there will also be some subscription balls, as was tho case last year and.
the year before. At these balls, which are generally given at the
Optra House, and very olegantly got up, it is usual for the Royal
family and Court to bo present; the King and Queen, or, as it will be
on the coming occasion, tho Prince and Princess of Prussia, lead a
polonaise through the crowd of assembled guests, intersecting the mass
m every possible and least to be expected direction, after which the
younger Princes generally join in the dancing, which commences as
soon as the Royal party returns to its box.
The students of the University of Berlin have elected a committee
to negotiate with the Universities about a torchlight procession to be
arranged for ihe evening of the day of entry A students' torchlight
procession in Germany is a very picturesque spectacle, particularly
the final act, when a <*ircle is formed, and when all the torchlights are
thrown together, thus producing au enormous bonfire, around which
the Gaudiionv.s igitur is sung—that old students' anthem, which, in the
character of its music, seems the twin brother of our National Anthem,
cheerful and solomn at the same time.
DENMARK.
On the 14th inst. tho King of Denmark opened in porson the
Session of the Supreme Council of the Kingdom. His Majesty Bpok»
as follows respecting the Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg:—
We have pi*n with extreme regret that there exists in the duchies o;
Holstein and Lauenburg, as regards our constitutional relations, an ap¬
preciation which could not fail to cause anxiety and excitement. The
relations of those duchies with the German Confederation necessarily
Jan. 23, 1858-1
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
75
brought our Government into negotiations with Prussia and Austria,
after which the matter was relerrtd to the Frankfort Diet. In these
negotiations-all documents relating to which will be laid before the
Supreme Council—it will be shown that, to come to an amicable arrange¬
ment, we were willing to make every concession compatible with our
solicitude for the weJinre ot the Monarchy, and especially for the main¬
tenance of its constitutional relations, established after great efforts.
His Majesty was loudly cheered.
Professor M'advig is named President of the Council by the King,
and Baron Buckdorff, Danish Ambassador at Barlin, Vice-President.
RUSSIA.
The boyards in the two Government districts of Moscow and
Cbarkow have declared to the Emperor their willingness to liberate
♦heir serfs on the conditions laid down for Lithuania and Ingermann-
land. Thus the spirit of reform has seized on the heart of Old or Great
Russia itself, and little doubt now can remain that tho Imperial Go¬
vernment will soon have succeeded in establishing over tho whole
surface of tho empire the beginning of a social enfranchisement of the
great bulk of the Russian people, which was impossible as long as the
serfowners themselves did uot concur.
THE UNITED STATES.
There is nothing fresh either from Kansas, the Mormons, or respect¬
ing the Filibusters of Nicaragua. The former territory appears to be
preparing for civil war. General Walker has been the subject of dis¬
cussion in both Houses, but without any vote being taken. He re¬
mains at Washington, preparing a statement of his case for the Pre¬
sident. His men have been landed at Norfolk Island, and released. A
reprimand appears to be the outside of any punishment likely to be
inflicted on Commodore Paulding for violating; Nicaraguan territory
in pursuit of his prisoner—a violation the Nioaraguans, at least, are
not likely to objeot to.
A Railway Train Stopped by Brigands.— The passengers
by the short railroad from Rome to Frascati have been stopped and
robbed. The line is about ten miles in length, and the passengers were
known to be about to join som cfcuta, with money in their pockets. The
thieTes seized the solitary guard, midway, at the only hulting-phiee. and
showed the red flag as a sign of danger. This, of course, brought the train
to a stop in the midst of the lonely campagna, and the fellows robbed the
travellers unmolested.
The Firman for the dissolution of the Divans of Moldavia and
Wallacbia has been forwarded from Constantinople to Jassy and
Bucharest.
OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS.
COUNTRY NEWS.
THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, KG.
His Grace William Spencer, sixtii Duke op Devonshire,
Marquis of Harrington, Earl
of Devonshire, Baron Caven¬
dish of Hordwicke, Baron
Clifford of Laneabo *ough,
K.G., K.S.A-, and K.A.N., was
the only son of William, the
fifth Duke, by his first wife,
Ladv Mary Spencor, daughter
of John, the first Earl Spen¬
cer. He was born in Paris,
the 21st May, 1790, and suc¬
ceeded to the honours and
princely estates of his family
on the death of his father, 29th
July, 1811. In politics the Duke was a stanch Whig, and ever assisted
his party by his influence and his votes, but he rarely spoke in the House
of Lords. In 182G his Grace was sent on a special mission to Russia,
on the occasion of the coronation of the late Emperor Nicholas. This
mission is said to have cost the Duke ^50,000 beyond the allowance
mado to him by Government; tho Emperor, in acknowledgment of his
liberality, conferred upon him the most distinguished Russian orders,
and subsequently, when in England in 1844, paid the Duke a special
visit. The princely bounty which has ever marked his Grace’s career
is everywhere known. While Chatsworth exists his memory will re¬
quire no more enduring monument, end yet this was but one of the
many estates upon which he lavished his abundant fortunes with un¬
sparing hand. In the year following his mission to St. Petersburg bis
Grace was made a Knight of the Garter, of which illustrious order he
was the senior member. Ho became a Privy Councillor in 1827, and in
the May of the sumo year was appointed Lord Chamberlain of George
lV.’a household, which office ho held un to February, 1828. He was
again appointed Lord Chamberlain of William IV.'s household in No¬
vember, 1830, and held that office up to December, 1834. The Duke
died from the effects of a paralytic seizure, at Hardwicke Hall, Iris seat
in Derby!hire, on the 17th instant. His Grace was Lord Lieutenant
and ICustos Rotulorum of Derbyshire, and High Steward of Derby,
a D.C.L., and President of the Horticultural Society. He loaves two
surviving pistere—the Countess of Carlisle (among whose issue are the
present Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and the Duchess of Sutherland),
and the Countess Dowager Granville (whose eldest son is Earl Gran¬
ville, K.G., Loxd President of the Counoil). Tbo Duke, who never
married, is succeeded by bis kinsman, William, seoond Earl of Bur¬
lington, now seventh Duko of Devonshire, grandson of the Lord George
Cavendieh who was youngest son of William, fourth Duko of Devon¬
shire, and was created in 1831 Earl of Burlington.
SIR WILLIAM MAULE. \
The Right Hon. Sir William Mae lb, P.C., Sorjeant-at-Law, and
formerly a Justice of the Court of Common Plena, died on tho 16th
in the seventy-third year of his age. at his residence, 22. Hyde
gardens, from the effects of bronchitis. This eminent lawyer and
Judge was the son of o surgeon in good pructico at RichmoiyL~Sin
and was bom there in 1785: he went in 1804 to Trinity
bridge, of which he became a Fellow; he was Senior
first Smith’s prizeman in 1810. Being called a few years
English bar by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn, he went tho'Oxford
circuit for many years, and enjoyed a large practice, ^'eeinUyiii rner-
cantile and other weighty cases, in the Common Law'
minster. He was M.P. for Carlow from 1837
eilk gown, and was Counsel to the Bank of<En. ^
in 1839, a Baron of the Exchequer, and knighted. ire.miHiOybocaTnt*
a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, ahd\w lieh^omdhebepi.h his
great legal and general learning and profotrnd judgment rendered his
decisions of the highest authority in the profession. Mr. Justice
Manic was also a splendid classical scholar.\uid equally well versed in
the modern languages and literature of Kuhqpe. SoiH© of the Litiu
and French epigrams written by him displayed reniarhable wit and
talent. Though rather abrupt in manner, ho was a man of a kind and
amiable disposition, and was very g§n6rally esteemed and respited
his social qualities will long be romeinbered by lii.- friends and inti¬
mates, He resigned bis office of Ju dge in I860. but has since boon
constantly one of tho so pr esi diffgin"wje Judicial Committee of the
Privy Council. Sir William Maula never held the post of Attorney
or Solicitor General. In poetics he was a Whig.
Mr. Herbert Ingram, M.P. for Boston (Lincolnshire), on
Friday evening, last week, delivered a lecture in the Athenrcum of that
town. Tlie subje-t was “The House of Commons, its History, Usages, &c.”
The spacious hall of the literary institution was crowded to excess by a
highly respectable audience of both ladies and gentlemen. The chair was
taken by Mr. T. Garfitt. banker. Upon the platform was seated Mr. Adams,
the Conservative member for Boston; Mr. Brady, M.P., Mr. Mark Lemon,
Mr. John Thomas, the eminent sculptor to the Houses of Parliament (to
whom Mr. Ingram alluded in the course of his address, as having executed
by bis own hand 3000 drawings, and modelled 500 statuca). &c., &c. In order
to render his facts more intelligible, and to impress them better on the
minds ol his hewers, Mr. Ingram had procured a beautiful model of the
House of Commons, taken by Mr. May bee, the celebrated modeller to the
Houses of Parliament, which was placed on a table in the centre of the
room. 3Ir. Maybee himself was in attendance for the purpose of afford¬
ing every information regarding the details of the building. There were
also in the room the model of the Clock-tower, kindly lent to Mr. Ingram
by Sir Charles Barry. Several beautiful prints were exhibited on the
walls, which served further to illustrate some of the facts connected with
the past history of Parliament. Alter some prelatory observations, in the
course of which the hon. member expressed the pride he felt at being the
representative of Boston, a town with which he was connected by birth
as well as by other ties of the strongest character, Mr. Ingram proceeded
with his lecture, which occupied about an hour and a half in its delivery.
The lecture was both historical and descriptive, containing a vast amount
of information as to the working of the popular branch of the Legislature.
It was listened to throughout with the most marked attention, and called
forth repeated cheers from the large auditory. The efforts of the hon.
lecturer to please as well as to instruct were eminently successful. At
the close of the lecture a vote of thanks was proposed to Mr. Ingram by
Mr. Adams, his colleague in the representation of Boston, which was
heartily responded to.
Manchester Ccwsiercial Association.— 1 The annual gene¬
ral meeting of this association took place at Manchester on Monday, for
the transaction of the ordinary business, and for the purpose of agreeing
to an amalgamation with the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. Mr.
Fleming, the secretary, read a report detailing the husiness transacted by
the board during the year. 31r. J. A. Turner, M.P., the president, then
addressed the meeting, explaining tin* arrangement which had been made.
He was followed by Mr. Malcolm Ross, the vice-president, who stated that
the Manchester Commercial Association, which separated from the
Chamber of Commerce in 1845, would now cease to exist in name, and the
Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures would drop the
latter part of its title, the two bodies forming in future the Manchester
Chamber of Commerce. The constitution and new rules of the united
association wire also explained. It has been agreed that Mr. Turner
shall be president for the first three years, but at the end of every three
years the preside!t and vice-president will retire.
Scottish Universitt Reform.—T ho Marquis of Brcadalbanc
and the Earl of Eglinton and Wmton have joined the Association for the
Improvement and Extension of the Scottish Universities. \ vL_
Froiosed Monument to the Memory of the late Mr.
C. B ix D lev, M.P.—A meeting of gentlemen, called by circular Issu^dby tiie
Mayor of Ash ton-under-Lyne, was held in the council chamber of the
borough, on Monday evening. “ to consider the measures desirable to be
adept* d for pen^etuatmg public regard to the memory of the late Charles
Hind ley. Esq., M.P.” The ilayor, on taking the chair, said that to his mind
the most suitable monument would be a colossal statue in bronze, ten feet
high, with a pedestal seven feet high, to cost 1000 guineas. Mr. Henry
Lees moved, “That some public memorial should be crock'd to Mr.
Hindky.” Considerable discussion took place, when ultimately, on the
motion of the town clerk, it was agreed to form a committee to canvass for
subscriptions, to be applied as afterwards determined.
At Warningcamp, within about n mile from South Stoke, a
canoe has been discovered by a man in widening a ditch which empties
itself into the river Arun. and is locally calteiffa “ rife,” or a small river.
It consisted of nothing but the hollowed trunk of an oak-tree, but bear¬
ing evidence of design, from having insertions cut onThe^dge, in which
it is evident three seats had been secured for the boatmen. It has,
says the local account, in all probability been embedded In the morass for
upwards of two thousand yearp. x When discovered, it was upside down,
as if it had accidentally overturned. A large quantity of wood was also
found ; and a bone, supposed to lie the wrist or kneebone of a man. It
might be surmised that it was filled with wood when it overturned. A
curious piece of a tree was alsbdljscovered With the canoe, resembling in
shape an anchor. It haekeyiden(lybeen, fashioned for some purpose, pro¬
bably for fastening the bwit to the banks of the river.
Fatal Colliery Accident.— At tbo Clay Cross collieries,
Derbyshire, on Monday morning, as four mrii, named Edward Johnson,
.lames Green. Joseph Ynrdy, and Ed ward Stones, were In process of being
lowered by the eage, the wire-rope broke, and the four persons fell to the
bottom, a distance of seventy' voids, aild\ were killed.-Another accident
occurred at the same worksto a num named Robert Kane, who was
employed in an Ironstone piK, Hie man was cutting out some bind, when
about 10 cwt. i'eil upOn hiin and kiRed hiin.
The South /NValeS Strike.—T lio colliers of the Aberdare
district still hold out on strike in large num>»ers, although some have
come in. The^Moninouthfihire ifoliicra have followed the example of the
Glamorganshire men. and are on strike in large numbers. The Aberdare
colliers continue to meet- together and talk Very largely. The strike has
caused disturbance of the coal shipping trade from the ports of Cardiff
and Swansea. x \
Distressing Accideni^at/Dovk n Heights.— On the occasion
of the landing of the Princess of Prussia at Dover on Friday two gunners
of the Royal, Artillery engaged in firing the salute had their arms
LADY BOOTHSY.
Louisa Crahstopn. D<6jagkk Last Bootiiry, who died on the
16th lust., at her residence, Lose Mount, St. Leonards, was_ the
daughter of F rederick Hayes Macminumo, Ken , formerly oi' the -V2nd
Regiment of Foot. Sho was horn in 1809, and adopted tho stage as a
profession when very young. After a provincial success she first ap¬
peared, tho ltith October, 1829/h$ Drury Lane, in the character of the
Widow Chcerbj, end she subsequently became a highly-distinguished
comic actTess. She was married twice—the first timo, when about
nineteen years of oge, to Captain John Alexander Kisbett, of tho Life
Guards, who'shortly after died from the effeots of an accidont; and
secondly, the 19th October, 1814, when she became tho second wife of
Sir 'William Boothby. Bart, eighth Baronet, of Broadlow Ashe, Derby¬
shire, who died the 2b*t April, 184tl, thus leaving her a seoond timo a
widow.
Official Appointments.—T he Queen has appointed the lion.
W. G. S. Jerningham to be Charge d'Affuircs and Consul-General in the
Republic of Peru; Mr E. A. Grattan to be her Majesty's Consul at
Antwerp; and Mr. F. Lousada to be her Majesty's Consul at Boston* The
Omen has approved of Mr. Antonio Plsani as Consul at -Malta for tho
Free Hanseatic city of Lubcck.
At the Court of Bankruptcy on Tuesday Colonel William Petrie
Waugh again failed to surrender to pass his examination, and he was
proclaimed us an outlaw.
shocking iy mutilated, 'they were taken to the General Uo.ptUI, where
tfuli mnn sntfejcd amputation of both Ids arms. Both men arc lying in a
' us state.
OKCESTKIISIURK INCENDIARY Fires.—F or the last two
.ptits acme most mysterious fires have occurred in the agri-
tr jrt of Inhberrow.'on the northern boundary of the county of
\»t urcesu rrby which ranch terror lias been excited In tun neighbourhood.
Eleven tires, which there rouid be no doubt were wilfully erased, have
iken pl»ce, and at length several parties have been r.ppreh- ad?d on sus-
irien ot being the incendiaries. T«o of these arc the sons of farmers
in the parish of Inkberrew. The magistrates of the district, after
...^ -ays sitting, have jest concluded the examination of the accused,
bicli has codal in the committal of one of them, and the binding over
„1 a second to appear to answer any charge when called upon. The name
of the party committed is William Davis, son of a farmer, who was
-dhareid with setting lire to a rick of barley, the property of Mr. I’nrkcs,
on the 4th December last, and nlso with setting fire to a barn belonging to
Mr. Ganderton, on the doth September.
Parricide.— A horrid crime has been perpetrated at Over
Dsrwcn- an aped faiher murdered by his son, wilh the connivance, it is
suspected, of the mother. The family ronsisb^l of tile father and mother,
two sons. anti three daughters; they had formerly been farmers, but now
they worked at a mill. On the night of Wednesday week, after the two
sens had gone to la d, Thomas, the eider, twenty-two years of age. said
to his brother Robert that when he came home he found his father devd
on flu- floor, and that lie dragged him down into the cellar and covered
him up with teals. Robert, on hearing this, wait for the police, and
shortly afterwards the body oi the poor old man was dragged oat from
the real cellar. The mother, on being questioned, stated that Thomas had
been scullling witli his fattier in the atternoou, and flint while so scnllling
he requested her to leave the house fora time. She did so, anti was absent
about twenty minutes or half an hour, and when she returned they were
neither Of them in the kitchen, but she heard something going on in the
cellar. When she laid said tills much she added, “ And that is all I am
soin" to tell you. 1 ' At the inquest it was clearly shown that the, female
prisoner had always been considered not exactly in her right mind, and
some points in the evidence would show that the prisoner Thomas laid
Ion" bun very restless in mind. On the morning of the murder he had
find a pistol in his bedroom, as he said, to frighten his rather; his brother
“smuggled'’ the pistol away “to prevent any mischief." Whentheother
numbers of the family came home on Wednesday evening they found the
hearth had been washed, and two shirts of the male prisoner were haug-
irg lo arv. These were produced, and appeared to have been stained with
bleed. Drops of blend were traced by file police from the hearth to the
reliar and Oil one part oi the hearthstone there was a circular stain as of
a pool of blood. A poker was found which seemed to have been used in
the murder, but had been cleaned with sand. The surgeon's account of
the state oi the body WHS horrible in the extreme. Towards t lie close of
the inquiry before tile coroner s jury, the accused had, the reporters state,
to be aroused from shop. The jury retired to consult at nearly midnight,
and were absent an hour. In the interim the male prisoner again fell
into a deep slumber, from which he was aroused by the entry of the
jury. The old woman kept rambling, and talking incoherently. The
iury returned a verdict ot “Wilfnl murder" against Thomas Kershaw,
who was committed for trial at the forthcoming Lancaster Assizes. The
female was discharged.
Another Brutal Murder lias its scene at Wadsworth Moor,
near Halifax. The body of a young cattle-dealer, named Bethel Parkin¬
son was found on Thursdav week, in n field adjoining the moor, weltering
in blood and frightfully mutilated. There were thirty different cuts in the
coat ; a large atone arid the broken blade of a carving-knife were found
near the body. On Saturday night the person upon whom suspicion had
fallen, Joseph Shepherd, presented himself at the police office, Halifax,
saying lie had heard the police were looking for him. and he wished to
know what for. lie was taken into custody, and there seems to be little
doabt of his being the murderer, and that Uis tuotiye woe robbery.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
For different reasons the two leading subjects of the day scarcely
belong to this portion of our columns. The gravity of the incident
which has stirred all Europe to indignation renders it a topic for
treatment elsewhere, and the multifarious de tails of the happier drama
that is being performed in the Palace equally exclude it from our
Notes. Suffice it to say here that there is matter for thankfulness in
the failure of the hideous attempt by the Italian assassins; and for
unmixed gratification in the auspicious celebration of the Royal
marriage festival.
Tuesday’s Gazette announced that the son of the late heroic leader
of our Indian force is to receive the Baronetcy which his gallant
father did not live to know had been bestowed, and that Lady Have¬
lock is to have the same precedency which she would have enjoyed
had her husband survived to receive his title. Lady Havelock is,
therefore, according to Mr. Dod's invaluable manual of honours, in
the forty-seventh department of female rank, and with thirty-four
kinds of ladies below her. We trust that as soon as Parliament opens
we shall hear of a more substantial recognition of her claims to the
gratitude of England.
Death has been busy. The amiable Duke of Devonshire lias died
somewhat suddenly, though his health had long been in a precarious
condition. Sir William Manle, the singularly able and eccentric man,
lately on the Bench, is also geme* His tenure of life had also been
for many years known, at least to himself, to lie doubtful, and the
calmness with which he was accustomed to survey its dose was
illustrated in the mode in which he once passed sentence of death
on a criminal. The latter indulged in unmanly bowlings, and prayers
for a “ long day,’/^o which the Judge responded by a passionless
utterance of the fat ol words (Manle was not given to be “ deeply
affected ” on sudt occasions) with the remark that the prisoner wa*
about to appear before the bar of Heaven, “where, in all human
likelihood, if I myself do not go before you, I shall not be long after
you.” Judge Maule's sagacity was extraordinary, so, it may be said,
was his contempt for those who were less able. It is needless to
remind any lawyer of the process by which be was once found, as he
declared, bringing himself “ down to the lcvd ” of two other Judge 8
with whom he was about to sit.
And, though that light and ringing laugh had not been heard in
public for a long time, who that has had an evening gladdened by “ the
Kisbett laugh,” as Laman Blanchard called it, will not feel regret at
hearing that Lady Boothby is no more ? Never did an actress in our
time so thoroughly deserve the epithet “ charmingthough in these
days of unbridled puffing, when every laudatory adjective is poured out
upon every debutante, such a phrase would appear cold; for the
elacijue in criticism dulls the ear for honest plaudits. She was,
indeed, charming, and the memory of those bright eyes and that cheery
voice lives in many a middle-aged gentleman’s recollection, and at
times makes him tolerant of younger people who will not let him
finish his wine in peace, but will he off to the theatre in time to see
the curtain rise. He did the same (exciting the same Bort of annoy¬
ance in the minds of his seniors who knew Mrs. Jordan) in the
day when to go early was to hear and see the more of Louisa
Kisbett.
The Divorce Conrt is now fairly established, with Sir C. Cresswel!
ns its head, and already is it supplied with business, a lady having
made the first application to be severed from an unworthy spouse.
And tl;e other wholesome creation of the Act—the jurisdiction given
to the police magistrate for the protection of women whose husbands
refuse to allow them to possess their own earnings in peace and quiet¬
ness—has also come into action, and a magistrate has made an order
in the case of an ill-treated wife who only asked to be let alone. Per
contra, certain Bishops liave done their utmost to show their contempt
for the law, by issuing or ers to their registrars to grant no licences for
marriage to divorced persons, although the law empowers such persons
to marry. The inconvenience caused by this bit of priestly petulance
will he hut small; but we should certainly suggest—if Ministers had
anybody in the Lords who could make a decent speech—that such a
person should be instructed to administer a “jobation” to these
recnlcitrnnt hierarchs. One would give money to hear Sir Alexander
Cockbnrn do it—wbich reminds ns to ask why the Cabinet does not
give a peerage to a man who could be of so much use in debate. Is
lord Shaftesbury afraid lest Lord Cockbnrn’s free-and-easy utterances
should demoralise the Privy Seal ?
There is another Garter vacant; but, difficult though the Premier
found it to get rid of the last ribbon he laid to spare, it is hardly likely
that he will bestow this upon the Marquis of Clanricarde. Still, there
is no knowing; and Lord Palmerston is a kind-hearted man, who
docs not like to do things by halves,
To hear an attorney well scolded by the head of the profession is a
treat which the public does not enjoy so often as it might do; but it
was afforded a few days ago, when Lord C'ranworth deemed it proper
to be very wrath, indeed, with a member of the craft, who, being
incensed with the conduct of a Master, wrote that functionary a
rather insulting letter. The Chancellor’s harangue was, however,
somewhat feminine in its character; for, while his Lordship gave the
erring solicitor a severe lecture, ho let him off punishment, although
his exculpatory affidavit had not been witat theChancelior expected,
and because the Master was placable. We do not habitually look
for displays of much dignity from the woolsack; but surely,
if the offender were so wrong as Lord Crnnworth made him out, and
offered such an unsatisfactory excuse, the Lord Chancellor should
have supported his officer. Perhaps his Lordship imitates Lord Col-
lingwood. who used privately to urge a midshipman's begging off any.
sailor of whom he had complained, and then, when the intercession
was made, the Captain would seem to yield reluctantly, and assure
the man that he ought to have had a sound (logging, “hut this
young gentleman lias pleaded so humanely for yon that this time,”
Ac—and the culprit was taken down.
The Militia Rioters at Ashton.— Ten of the ruffians who
were committed for riotous conduct at Ashton-under-Lyne on New
Vcar's-day were found guilty on Saturday last at the Salford Sessions,
and sentenced to terras ot imprisonment, with hard labour, varying from
seven days to three months.
The Service Tree— A fine specimen of the root of the
Serv ice-tree has just been found in a well In the grounds of William
Scorer. Esq., at ( hnttipion-hill, Surrey. The tree stands ten or twelve fret
from tlic welt Tlie root was much mangled and torn in removing it,
or the length would have been about twenty ft**, with 1 0.000 spongclte*.
or mouths. Bv its growth into the well it had much injured tfic purity
of the water.—J ames Ccthill, Camberwell.
An Impracticable Bankruptcy.— At the last sitting ejf the
Hull Bankruptcy Court, William Anflcld. millwright, of Driffield,
aoncared before Mr. Commissioner Ayrton, to undergo an adjourned
examination into his affairs, when ills honour's attention was drawn to
the lartthat the asset sof the bankrupt t£S9i were not sufficient to rover
the cost of tire ease, and if It were proceeded with the official assignee
would be feft responsible for the rest of the expenses of working it His
honour ssid, as tueircditors could not get anything, and M bewasdis¬
satisfied with the bankrupt, and having regard to the liabilities of the
official assignee, be sbquid order the bankruptcy w be annulled. Bank-
ruptcy annulkii accordingly*
[Jan. 23, 1858
76
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
RUNIC STONE DISCOVERED IN SCHLESWIG, DENMARK.
POTENZA,—FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.
EFFECTS OF THE EARTHQUAKE AT
THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE AT NAPLES.
(From our own Correspondent.)
Potenza, the capital of Basilicata, is finely situated on the crost
of a hill surrounded by the great chain of the Apennines. The
Basalto, which has its rise in the mountains of Ariasa and Murti-
Forte, near Viguela, flows beneath the city. In the middle ages
it was a place of considerable importance: it was besieged and
destroyed by Frederick IL and by Charles of Anjou in revenge for
its allegiance to Conradin. The site of the ancient city of Potentia
was in the plain below. Such is a description of the city which ap¬
pears to have been in the centre of the destruction lately occasioned by
the earthquake. The early reports we heard from it were that every
house had been opened with fissures, that no one could oross his
threshold in safety.
The official journal of the 26th tilt, adds “ that the two Bhocks on that
fearful night in Potenza were of equal duration, that the first was ac¬
companied by an awful subterraneous thunder, whilst the sky was
serene and the air tranquil. The first shock was undulatory
and perpendicular, but that which followed after three minutes
(as far us time can be measured when every second appears
a century), with more violent undulations and upheavings, was
marked also by vertical and violent movements. The walls*
therefore, were thrust one over the other, and heavy furniture
was moved out of its place, and as it were whirled round, whilst glass
and lighter articles were thrown to a distance.” On the 29th ult.
another small shock was felt in Potenza, at three quarters past six-
p.m., and the effect of this was to throw down many of the houses
already in a falling state. The Views which I send you are from this
spot, and, though in a small compass, will serve to give you some general
idea of the ruin which has befallen thigand many other towns and
villages in the two unhappy provinces of the Basilicata and Principato
Litenore. A letter from the Intondant of Basilicata describes his visit
to the prison of Potenza immediately after the first shock:—“Inde¬
scribable is the confusion which reigned there. Terror, desperate
cries, violent efforts to get out, prayers, tears, curses.^ There was the
Tower of Babel. Some innocuous shots were fired by the sentinels
to maintain order. In the course of the night a gallery fell, killing
three persons who were confined, and wounding severely forty-seven,
of whom twenty-ong"'dmd been arrested ‘ per prevonzione. I
used every effort to trauautilise those unhappy men, assuring
them that I would do all I could to procure their removal
from a place that was threatened with ruin, as all the walls were
fissured. I gave this assuranco in the name of his Majesty. Another
room fell yesterday without doing any harm (This was on the 17th
Dec.) My principal object has been to secure the prison with a double
vigilance of guards and soldiers, ih order to prevent the escape^ of
prisoners. I humbly submit to your Excellency an opinion which
I trust ths Sovereign clemency will adopt. The prison m falling;
and the lives off hundreds of men are in the hands of Providence. I
propose, therefore, that those unfortunate men be distributed amongst
the prisons of Salerno, AveUino, and S. Maria, feeling assured that,
as in a moment of extreme clanger I had_ used the name of the
King to keep order, his Majest y, i n his inexhaustible clemency,
will respond to my suggestion. Wherefore I pray your Excellency
fervently to urge that there bo no delay in the Sovereign resolution.
To this letter, written on the 18th December, an answer was returned
on the 23rd, containing the Sovereign approbation of what hod been
done, and adding, as regards the proposition of the Intendant, that
his Majesty would take it into consideration.
On the night of the 29th came another shock, and a great part of the
prison fell, with the death of many of the prisoners,, and wounds and
contusions to the greater part. Imagine a repetition of the scene
described above—the howlings, and the prayers, and the entreaties,
mingled with the rumblings of the subterraneous thunder and the
crash of the walls. In that prison were confined 800 hu m an beings.
A most interesting stone, with Runic inscription, has been lately dis¬
covered on the classic ground south of the city of Schleswig, uear “ Danne-
virke " (the work of the Danes), the old frontier wall that was erected by the
Danes against their southern neighbours. This is a country where, from
the earliest historical date, battles have been fought, cities besieged, and
inroads attempted and repulsed. Even in the late war. to quench the
rebellion of the German party of the Dukedoms, this frontier wall offered
a most favourable position to the Danish army; and here, also, the first
battle was fought After so many centuries of neglect, these remains will
still strike the spectator with surprise by their strength ani extent.
In this country, renowned for the nationality ot its monuments, the
Ruuic Stone, of whose form and inscription the annexed Illustration will
give a just idea, was found between two earthen mounds, near the little
village of Buatorf. One of these mounds was levelled forty years ngo,
on which occasion antiquities of bronze and gold were found. The
other still bears the name of "The Two Hills.”
EFFECTS QF THE EARTHQUAKE AT POTENZA.—FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.
RUNIC STONE FOUND IN SCHLESWIG.
This RunlclStone will be welcome to the English readers, not only on
account of its general historical importance, but also because it is the
first Runic stone on which mention Is made of England, or rather of tho
expeditions of the Danes against this country.
The Runic characters in the ancient Danish tongue, as represented may
be easily read
./ ) J 8olo * kunungr * natt •
/ / Biln ' aflir xkartha *
/"—^ »*n * hlmthiffn • inn ua»
C _ . farin * ue*tr • Ion • nu *
rarth • dauthr • at * hltha • bu
I’hc inscription says literally, in English : " Sweyn King set (erected this)
stone after) in memory of) Skartha, his attendant (warrior or peer who lived
constantly with him), who had gone westward*, and now was killed at
Hithabu. * The King that is mentioned here is. without doubt. Sweyn,
who ascended the throne of Denmark in 985, made several invasions into
England, and died in Gainsborough, in 1013, after having subdued tho
whole country. Our stone then, undoubtedly, must have been erected
between 983 and 1013. The warrior whose name has come down to posterity
on our stone had attended the King on one of his English expeditions,
an honour that was considered worthy of being remembered on his
sepulchral stone. To go westward is the usual expression of the Islandio
Sagas for going to England.
The monumental stone says, farther, that our hero had been killed “ at
Hithabu.’* The preposition "at,” in the Islandio Sagas, has often the sig¬
nification of "in the immediate vicinity of.” Now, it may be supposed
that King Sweyn lay siege to Hithabu (Schleswig), where his enemies
had taken refuge. Hithabu means the town on the heaths; "bu” or
" by ” being an ending of frequent occurrence in the names of towns and
villages of such districts, where the Danes settled of old, as a great part
of the names of towns in Lincolnshire will testify. The conjecture that
the King besieged Schleswig gains in strength on considering another
Runic stone that was found towards the end of the eighteenth century,
not far from where our stone was discovered. On the former we are
told that "Thorleif, one ot the attendants of King Sweyn, raised this
stone after his comrade, who hod been killed when the champions laid
siege to Hithabu.” Now, the Runic characters are so like on the two
stones that there can be no doubt that it is the same King that is men¬
tioned on both of them.
RUNIC STONE FOUND IN SCHLESWIG.
The stone measures in length above six feet; in breadth, at the broadest
part, three feet and a half.
Besides the interest this remarkable monument may have to philologists,
and its historical importance, it proves to us that the Danes were masters
of the southern part of Schleswig as far back as the last Pagan era.
And it is further worthy of remark, that no monuments with Runic cha¬
racters have been discovered in Holstein or Germany, while their number
is considerable in the Scandinavian countries; and even in England some
have been found.
The stone has been set up on the top ot the earthen mound at the
foot of which it was found, to remain there as a silent witness to the
above-mentioned fact
(To the Editor of the Illustrated London News.)
I itave read with much interest m your Illustrated London
News of Saturday, November 21 , 1857, an article giving a description of
the " Forres Stone,” commonly called “ Sucno’s Stone,’ accompanied with
two excellent woodcuts of the same. All the writers, with the exception
of the author of the article in question, who have noticed this interest¬
ing monument of antiquity, have fallen into the same error as their pre¬
decessors, and who for the most part were strangers to the country, or
RUNIC KNOTTING ON THE FORRES STONE.
at least not aboriginals, and knew nothing of its language and customs
or its traditions, and generally resolved any question of local antiquity
through the medium of their own limited resources and ideas—like
Oldbuck, in "The Antiquary,” and his Roman Camp, till the startling
truth sounded in his ears, "I mind the biggin o’t.” This egotism has
described the " Forres Stone” as having been erected as a monument to
Sueno, and the victory of the Danes over' the? Cdlts near Forf£s. How¬
ever, as is justly remarked in the article on the stone given in your pub¬
lication, " the cross clearly denotes its erection to have been at a period
subsequent to the Christian era; ” and this as clearly proves that it was
not of Danish origin, as that nation was not Christiguised till long after
they had been driven out of Scotland. There are also various other reasons
which indicate that this precious monument had ft more simplo though
Jan. 23, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
77
■
not leas interesting origin than has been ascribed to it. It was un¬
doubtedly the western boundary-atone of the rich and once beautiful
• or Kinlose, founded by David L, sixth son of Malcolm III. and
. ' y, and marked the line bet ween the
Abbey o'f Kinlose, founded by .......
Queen Margaret, in the twelfth century, and marked the line fc
lands of the abbey and those of the Royal burgh of Torres. A similar
stone also, in shape, and one of nearly equal dimensions, marked the
eastern boundary towards Elgin, and which stood on a rising ground to
the north of the house of Coutfleld (Colt field) belonging to the then Sir
Alexander Gumming, of Gordonston and Altyre, and which was removed
by his directions (grandfather of the present Baronet) some fifty or sixty
vears since, and translated to a field north of the mansion-house
of Altyre. two miles from Forres, but which stone unfortunately, in the
progress of moving, or rather when it was dug out of its original founda¬
tion. fell, for want of. proper management in lowering it to a horizontal
cross upon one side only. .
the Forres Stone; the reverse has no ornament whatever.
With regard to the figures on the Forres Stone -warriors, decapitated
trunks, heaps of heads, monsters, &c.—it is probable that the whole design
was a “ caprice ” (common to the carvers of all countries and ages) of the
Celtic artist, at a time when the grotesque and the horrible were so mixed
with the beautiful and the serious in the ornaments of all buildings, ex¬
hibiting devils and apes, which sat “ minting and moing ’’ out of “ n^uks
and niches at or near the figures of saints and angels, mixed with
dragons, “ wodeworms,” and “other such animals " which enriched the
edifice from the porch to the roof, where the grinning, snarling, wide-
mouthed monsters, which formed the gables, gaped upon you as you
walked below. These grotesque ornaments are not
buildings; on the contrary, those expressly dedicated to reJi^ion were the
most profusely “ornamented” by them, for the reason that the most
“ cunning hands " and fertile imagination were employed in the construc¬
tion of the latter. . , .. j,_
It is not at all unlikely, therefore, thatthe warriors, and headless bodies,
and heaps of heads, may have been introduced by the m com¬
memoration of the great and final overthrow of the Danes at Mortlock,
not many miles from Forres, by the army of Malcolm II.. and which ex¬
pelled them for ever from Scotland; for. after that battle, there were so
many heads of the invaders collected, that they were “piled in heaps
near the church," and many heads arc still seen in that portion of the
wall of the present building which was added to its original^length
order of the King, who, during the battle, made a vow that, should he be
victorious, he would add two lengths of hia lance to the church, the
foundations of which are said to be the same as those which existed at
that early period; and a perpendicular line on the outside of the wall, cut
the addition commenced. Thus, while the Forres Stone marked the boun-
deep into its surface, and always preserved, marks the point whence
dary of the abbey lands of Kinloss, similar to the boundary-stones of
other church lauds and lordships, a custom still retained, in Scotland at
least, down to the present day;* it may. also, by
«caprice ’’ of the artist, commemorate, through the medium of those
extra figures which are sculptured on the back of the stone and at the
foot of the cross, that celebrated victory, which rid the kingdom of its
savage heathen invaders, and which event was not farther removed from
the erection of the abbey than the middle of the preceding century-about
n The^ itunfc, or mysterious knotting, as the term signifies in the Celtic
age. is, as the article justly remarks, “singularly be&utmu, and is
^ • - ■ - -- : --a, on comparatively few
language.
the latter country, not accompanied by the cross. . . T „n
The inclosed Sketch is of that peculiar Runic knotting to which I allude,
and is from the Correa Stone: it was taken upwards ot thirty years since.
The mathematical accuracy of the original is very beautiful, and I regret
that my time does not permit me to do it more justice. Since the period
in which I drew the Btone, which stands quite iunprotected by the side of
the road leading from Kinloss to the town of Forres, in a field belonging
to the Earl of Moray. I fear It must have sustained much injury, as,
even at that time, it had suffered, by being made the target for all the
idle boys, who used the field as their playground and amuswl them¬
selves by trying with stones who would prove the most dexterous marks¬
man in hitting such and such figures relieved upon its surface: and I
have myself been obliged to chastise some of them who were engaged in
this work of destruction while 1 was in the act of drawing it I have had
several times to lament a fresh piece chipped off the figures or the beau¬
tiful tracing, an inch in length. . „ , . __.. __
Should there be found any inaccuracies in the dates or events men¬
tioned in tile above. 1 beg it may be considered that I write entire y from
memory, and far from any notes or books of reference : while it is more
than thirty years since I visited the localities alluded to. or heard their
traditions Comte Charles-Edwaed Stuaet.
Estcrhazy Haus, Presburg, Hungary._
A SHOOTING PARTY LANDING AT HAM SING, UNDER THE KELLENHORN MOUNTAIN.
The original drawing is coloured. The marines are in red coats and
blue trousers, the sailora in blue coats and red trousers, the officers in
green coats. The lower one on the right hundjsideissupposedto be
the then Commodore Keppel, taken prisoner The left-bund steamer
is supposed to be Commodore Keppel’s, the right-hand one a gun¬
boat.
The drawing was obtained by an officer of the Cruiser when away
on service in tho gun-boats employed up the Money penny Creek, not
fur from Fatsham.
• Between the lordships of Sutherland and Bev there is a stone pillar,
fifteen to twenty feet high, with the arms of the Lords of
on its face and an inscription, in three languages—if I remember right
9“i“ v”„ii„h to tlie traveller “The entrance to
i roads, one leading
on its lacc, ana an uucnuuuu, wmuot ,** * -r
Latin. Gaelic, and English, notifying to the traveller 1
Lord Key’s Country;” it stands in the fork of two roa
north, the other west a ^._ .. - *, r
Q T Malcolm II. was murdered soon after the battle of Mortloek, in 1034;
and David L, who founded the abbey, began hia reign in 1124.
CHINESE DRAWING OF THE FATSHAM CREEK
AFFAIR.
We have to thank a Correspondent for the accompanying Chinese
drawing of the lata Battle of Fatsham, fought on the 1st of Juno last.
A SPORTING TOUR IN GOVERNOR TEP’S LAND.
(From a Correspondent .)
I WAS asked to join a shooting party going abotirthirty miles up the
coast of China. Croakers said; “ Don’t go; you will bo sure to be
taken by Mandarins.” They looked bndhously, and, passing their hands
across their necks, showed us what we might expect. However, at
two p.m. on the 2nd November, 1S57, wo embarked on board a steamer,
and away vte went for the Lymoon passage. There taking in tow an
armed schooner that was to protect us, and two arge sampans (China
boats) full of coolies to beat the bush, off we went. The tide was
against us, and wo made but little way.
When night came on we wore just getting outside the past ago.
The steamer and schooner were lashed together, and a heavy swell
made them knock each other about; and, although the sea and wind
did all they could to keep us off a large rock, the obstinacy of the
crews very nearly made a wreck of us. The steamer was rolling about
too much to be pleasant, so jumping on board the schooner we were
soon fast asleep, and the next morning found us running up Mint
Bay. We caught up the steamer and boats, and by noon were com-
* ■ *’ at anchor in a beautiful cove, the steamer inside, and the
schooner close with her guns ready to protect us from the numerous
pirates that are to bo found here.
We landed that evening, and had a small beat for game. The vil¬
lagers were civil, bringing us tea to drink, and selling anything they
hod—the farms, prettily situated under some sheltering hill, with
large expanse of rice-fields, before them, whoso ripening brown tints,
shining like gold, invited to peace and security, and entirely removed
any fears we entertained.
The next morning we jumped into the sampans, and by daylight were
sailing away to Borne good place our leader had pointed out. He
had shot in China for years, and knew every nook where a pheasant
might be found. Landing in chairs, and carried to the place where the
sport began, to save our strength MSnager vot forces, Messieurs,” as
tho guides say when you are going up Mont Blanc), wo arrive at a
likely hill , take a cheering cup, form our line, and away we go. Each
sportsman has a China coolie to support him oyer the difficult slopes.
Tho dogs are hunting ahead, wildly, the coolies beating about the
buah, occasionally a pheasant rising, a running fire, and sometimes a
bag would cheer us on until about ten, when the sun began to tell, and
one fell off and then another; until our leador would almost give in,
and, taking pity upon us, would point to some cool, shady place,
where our breakfast was.
The Chinese villagers brought out tables and stools, and seemed de¬
lighted with us. The breakfast spread, we tried to appease our appe¬
tites ; no easy work after such exercise. Some take their beer and
some champagne, and some smoke a cigar, and then lay down to rest,
until the coolness of the afternoon invited us again to sport. At dark
we returned to the steamer, and after a slight meal were soon fast asleep.
We shot for several days, landing at different places in our sam¬
pans, breakfasting in nice shady places, returning late on board. All
pleasure here must end, and Saturday we bad to return. Tho steamer
was sent round by sea, and the party crossing the isthmus, after a de¬
lightful trip, returned to Hong-Kong, their heads all ri§ht, and much
pleased with the civilities they had received from the Chinese villagers.
THE EATSIIAM CBEEK ENGAGEMENT TO THE CANTON JilVEB.—FROM A CHISESE BHAWSO.
n
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
CALENDAR YOU THE WEEK.
Suxdat, Jan 21 — 3rd Sunday altor Epiphany.
Monpat. 25. —Throne ol Poland declared vacant, 183 !.
n f-SDAY, 26. — Sunday Schools established, 17M.
J* kdsfsdat, 27 — Independence of Greece proclaimed, 1822,
1 nunsDAV. 2 v — Bat lie of Aliwal, 1846.
fniDAT. 20 . — Full Moon ah. lim.. a.ut.
SATt UPAY. 30.—Charles I. beheaded. 164».
[Jan. 23, 1853
TIMES OF men WATER AT LONIXIN-HRIDGE.
_ Kilt THE WEEK KNMVT. JAXl Jm 3D. IAW.
| Mou.l.v | ToMt^r. | Wrindv. | IMi)..
Friday. | ifit u nlar.
, W 1 A
>1 | A
M | A
M
\
h m | Ii in
•i in h 111
h m J Ii m
h m
ll T1|
ft Vfi i 1(1 «
|HW> 113il
- to 15
0 t*
i r»
1 51
2 17
2 4i
B EH MAJESTY’S THEATRE.—Her MAJESTY the
Qf'ETN tiM grscfriMly *fgnSfl«*l bur Intention of ^nnourlug with h-r presence u
of FOpt FtHnYAC PauFOiiMaKCKS iateiutad to bo ,*~cnfrt nt STVciot
of the apptiarhi’jr Nuptials of bar Buys! Hlghtiet tho I'KINOKn* ilOTAL with his Koval
Iilfbtir-t tb« Iri. re FKKDKttlOa. W!l. 1 AM OK I'JLSMA. Fourth Porformww
Fneay, January 29, an K M1L 1-H (OMfcDT by Mr. ouckttouo'a Cdmutnr of tho Hay-
Bi«ii.t7l.f»ir« A ci u, AFTKt>FlKCia. In which Mr. Wright -nt monitor, o'tho Adel obi
Cuui>«nT wlU pertorpi. The Kuioul Antbrtu will N* s«rg after iRn Oomewlv. \r> t,„-# m
•otnlued inUtlu Ht. except in Evening Dress. Admiislnn tu ilm Gn.ory, St. TftoI> tors
will bf-oirrud at Ualf-puRt Fix. and each representation onununca punctual!' at Half.
paM revea .cam*. AppUctiocs for Haim, t» bo m«do at tbo Bux-otlLo of tlu> lhi.tre:
and »l »lr MllcbtJI • llc^aj UPrarv, M, Old tfood-slr«l.
B EK MAJESTY’S THEATRE—Extra Performances on
roealar. Jan 38. IToraday, Jan. 2*-. Bat unlay. Jan. 30 —OnTti.wday, Jan. '35. will bo
rcpcRtt-d IkUnJ « t )irra J.A etON.VAMIll 1.A Amino. Piv domlol: Ur*, Amito'; II tkmto
Rodolfo, »«* bill; and I Ivlno. G:u< llol. Cwniactor. Signor Anliil. Tho «*t<* Festival D*nv.
ratlotm wH l*< reuum J.— I'ricts:- Pit stall. 12a. fid.; boxes (to bold four pn-som), pit and
/. r<a - d !! OT « 3* t »WO pair, XISs.j thi^o pair. 15e. ; gallery boxes, 10 *.;
SeVimalrs*’ ******** ** U * rjr ' ** • P 1 *, Application* to bo nntJo at tbs Box-oOaa at
E OYAL PRINCESS’ THEATRE.—Under the management
_KKAX --Monday. Wodifudsy. and Friday. A MIDoUHMP.lt
MIGHT* I>1(1.am iucedsy snd Tburvlay, LiA.VJL.FT.
BROTHERS 1 ho I’nn'nmituo even errulo;.
Friday. A MIDSUMMER
Saturday, tbo CORSICAN
a UIEATKE ROYAL, HAYMARBLET.—On Monday Morn ini',
. J *» -HORNING PKHFOKMAKCB of tho IAXroMlMK. to celebrate tbo happy
atiwnip of tbo IMocni K'waL Poor* open at half-post unit, r uimuac« at T<o. and ooa-
V '?*' £5“*. M ? Dd "- v lo«day Evening*. taxi two nlvhta of
SfKED T1IK FIOLGU . after which, the l'antonin'o »,f <H8 *.l.E-PIN* OKAOTY. On
Widuevdsy ar>d ILur-day Fveninm. A CUaE FOR THE HE vdTACUK; and tbil’au-
trmimr On Tbttrsdsy tlta Fifth Morning Krrformatica of *h« * uutontma. bolur thn 1 st but
Oor_ On Friday, tha flnr uvunllo Night of tho roosoii; wheu tho I’aatuuiims will oousludo
at Ten o clock. On Satuulsy. a Comed y, and the PanUnn ma.
K OY’AL LY’CEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. CHARLES
1>1L1A)N.—I tvjrb Ilont’a 6ucr<*nfhl Play of LOVEltS' AMAZEMENTS: and the
Btjrlrwjuc and Pantomime, LALLA KOOKH. Evary Evenlug. Morning Porformaiico crerr
Bat today .
rrill ATRB ROYAL, ADELPHL—Glorious Success.—Great
Hit.—Tha hlgh’y succoeaful, now, and ori^iaal Drama of Tbs POOR
ril.O.l.. 1. -lu which Mr B Wei. ur. Mr Wright. Mr. 1*. Deiford. and Maiama
Cewo Will ■p.var—K* et' Mrht. To c otidaqa «Uh the Grand Comk **aatomlme.
OLRlthY THEATRE—C'n MONDAY, and during the week,
L' PHE1L8 by LAKD rod WAVE: Mr. Fbapberd. Enc-ii ovoulng, OUn.ES U\B: or,
Hsilwpira lioni.-o arwi Ju.Tct. t^u<xn Kab Mi- E. Webster; Itoiuoo. Mr. llolmoro; Uar-
Icouu , Mr. Oliver j Cohiti b uc. Miss WillmoU; Clown, by tLe fturroy favourite Buck; Kon-
talooti. Mr. 11mlbury; ei^iie. Bond.
G reat northern railway.—London (iongv
crcas Station I and MAKCHE4TEU.
Ttsdns from Ixmd.'u
I Wilis’s-cron* Station
•7 »» „
9 IS
1« 0
10 IS .,
t 45 p n
I
* 26 p.ta
3 0,.
8 «S
Id 30 ..
10 9 „
Train* from Manchrater.
Loudon-road Station.
»yb Arrival
•» a.m I IS p.m.
Sl r XDAYS.
. ****• Arrival. j Leave Arrival.
5 0 p. m. 10 0 p.m. *7 0 a.tn. 7 4A u m.
_ I 5 0 p tn. Ii) i) „
FARE*-35s. First Clsss; 25s. Second Class, by all Trains; and 15s. M. Third Chur, b% Trains
marked * .
f sra must ha taken at Winchester to s*k for Tickets via the Great v 0 rtbern route.
! Inuns. until further notinv, will leave Ktng’s-cros* hutlon every Wiytncsday and Satar-
dey. at Ib.O a.m., for Mnochaster; aud Mancliester on tile same dtiv*, at a.m.. for
Kii g’s 1 roas, by which Tlckow will bo issued at 2ls. First Class,’snd l«i. tid. C'Ij*u 1
Carris;ces. available for return by tho samo Trains on the Wednesday or Baturduv next
lollowiug the day <>:'Issue: and Tickets, available for 2* da a, wQl be Issued bv the 10*0 a m
at d 5.0 p.m Trains from KlagWroxs tiaUy, and by the 9J» a ui anil 5.0 p rii. Trains from
Manchvatcr daily; rvfcnilng by the same Trains Wi'hin tS days af tho date of l*«u«.
Farrs: 37s. Hrri-class; and 17a. Closed Carrisge.%.
Tickets are I sued by the same *lialn», and m tbi- aamu conditions, to and from Ashton
StaU-y liridgv. Guide tiridgc. and King's Crow
Day Tkkct*. avaMabks for seven days, are issued t*y any Train from King’s-cro« Station
to Manchester, at 52s. tid, First Claw, and 37s. fid. Second Class.
Itckds at tbo nbovo faiea can bo obtained at the Klng's-cros* Station, and (for Mnu-diastor
only) at tho Great Not (bom llocairing Otllooo, Bull and Mouth, bt. Manlu's-k-tbaad; 16
Fuh-sirtut-Lill; tti, Bolborn; 32. Urgent-circus. Piccadilly; 62 and W, Urli1go-r<>iul. Lxm-
l-fltb; 269. Suand: 38, Cbsnug -cross: 27. Kiug-strvct, CbcarMldc; 351. Oxford-street; Guor-o
inn. BorougO; <3 and 41, Crutched-friar*.
For fnnber particulars see ths Time Tablet of tho Company anl tho Exsursion HiadbllU.
King's-cross Station, Janukry 1, 1858. By order.
U NIVERSAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Established
1834; empowored by special Act of Parliamout, 1, King Williun-str-sat. Loudou,fjr
the Assurance of Lives at Homo and Abroad, including gentlemen cmracud lu Military unit
Xaval services. sir 1IKKUY WIl.lx>CK, K.L.S., Chairmau.
JOHN STEWART, Esq., Dejnitv Cliairman.
Tho principle adopted hr tbo Universal Life Assurance Soclsty of an annual valuation of
assets aud Ualnlitins, ami a division of threo-fburtha of tho profit* among tho a .vurod, is
admlttrd to offer great advantages, especially to those partial wha may wl h to aupr.mriJU«
their proportion ot profit to the reduction of fumra premium*.
Tills offics does not charge any addition to.tho ordinary Indian rates in conso-iuenoa of tho
disturbed state of India. MicHAKl. KlUJAU IuS’ey, BocreUry.
Active Country Agents wanted. A liberal Commission allowed.
0
ITY of LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
18, New Bridge-street, BLtckfriars.
E. P. Item, Becretary.
CURRLY THEATRE—The only MORNING Performance
kj cfrhe Lrilllaot and mirthful Hurray I'ANrOMIM K win take plaoa, In hmonr of tho
Msrrl*F*of the I'rtnrws Foyol, on MONDAY, JANUARY 25th. Doors open at Hal.’-pa*t
Cos o'clock. cotnmciKO at Two.
TV ATIONAL STANDAliD THEATRE, Shoreditch.—
JLx Glcrious roe:eat of the Prntomimo. Gr«nd Tmn.fannati n. Ac., pronocuiced un-
«<jualiod. Psntcoiinia plsyeil Cist every Kvenl-g audan Mondsr, Jsn.% Throe, perform
at>ct». Mom cv Aitenuon, and L remug. In honour of the Marriage of the Princess RovaL
irsst li.in-ua. jto7.
A STLEY r S KijYAO AMPiHTHEATKE. — Lessce~a^d
Msusgrr. Mr. WILLIAM COOKK —Especial V<*ti**n—Two mors Grand Mid-day
I’erfumtsncra of thr Patilcmlnie artitle, 4 DON VfUIXOTE: ar, IJarlequin Honcho I'auu.
fwc new Annie Fwn by Klnd-olaa* Kquastrisn Art'sts, and Mia K-te Cmkornt hormsg-
nfierru tlnrvrr Bnowdrop. This ar«m!ng (BatnrOay, 23rd), and Monday, 35th. Com-
mcm log each day at Two o'clock.
T HE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC.—Patron. H.RH. th^
Prince CdiSi Xt—A Grand Jnveeile F ; tc will lie given. In hoivHir of the Marristre of the
rtlnccss Koval, On TUESDAY MOKXIXG aud EVENING next tho 2JUi inst.. when thwo
will be an K»u* and 1 asi Gratuitous iJistributim of I'rstty Gi'»* from ths Giant Ooristtnu
Tree to all the Juveni.’o Visitant and the samo i’onular Lectu re F. tettaUiniont and Di .solving
Vu-w that were given at the Mansion House on tho oacaalon tf the Lady Msvorroa'* Juvenile
Ball all be related, AdmUskm to the whole, is ClUhlren under ten onl shoots. haF-pnce.
M ADAME TUSSAUD t S EXHIBITION, at the Bazaar,
Bsksr-Slrecl. I! RII. the rilncm Royal, H RII. the Prtnoo Frederick of Prussia,
rurtralt Models Of the above iUu trii-us (irnionagoi, to whom the wbo'c nation w.sh health
and hai^Jinu. are now added. Open from Eleven till dusk, aud from Seven till Ten. Ad¬
mittance Is-; rstia roam, fid.
M R. ALBERT SMITH’S MONT BLANC, NAPLES,
rOMPEil, and VESUVIUS F.rcry Night (except Saturday), at F.lghf, and Toes •
day, Ihnrtday, BaUmlay arid Monday (25th) Afternoons, at Three-—Plaoes can be
secured at ihn Eox-oUlcv, EGYPTIAN HALL, daily, botwoen Elovou and Four, without
any extra charge.
P ROFESSOR W1LJALBA FRIK £LL.—S T. JAMES’S
UIKATKE— WEDX181>AY and SATURDAY AFTERNOONS a 3. and ovary
hvndrg at 6. 'tails, 5s.; Balcony Stall*, ts ; Boxes, Xs.; Pit 2s.; (;alh»ry. Is.; Private
Boxes ‘l wo Guineas. On* Gaines and a Half, and ono Guinea- Places to be secured at Mr.
Mltcbed's Rcysl Library. $3, Old Bsoil-stroct.
/CHRISTY’S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall, King William/^
itrret, B^fnd.—l'»Jth CONCERT. C mmoncing at 8. On RatunUv a Morning\
Pcrformanc'. Extra Performance cn Monday, Jan. 25th, in honour of tho Koval marriage. x
Prices. Is.. ?«.. and 3s.
M ISS JULIA ST. GEORGES HOME and FORE
LYB1C8.-DUMFRIES and Nclgbourhood. 25th to 30|h —Pbtubt, F. Emile 1
liaritreno and Co.. 8S, Albany-street. fl.W
_ _*' SOPHIA AND ANNIE'S •• FIFTH TEAK.
fTVHE SISTERS SOPHIA and ANNIE, in theF
JLJ Entertuinment. cntlUsd SKETCHES FROM MATURE, will appear at
25 and 1*; Falkirk. 28 and 29: Glasgow, 30. _
TTENTRILOQUISM. — EXETER HALL. ^
Y and SON. thn UNRIVALLED VENTRILOQUISTS, will give tlioir Eh
on TUESDAY EVENING, JAN. 2Stb. Private partiee aUendsd. Apj
torrscc. Omdon-tow-n. / \
TITUSI CAL UNION SOIREES bofoi
JLtJL Feb. fith and 52rd.March <Jt x and 23rd, at HANO
tii'u uc« Guinea. For the nnriBintng neerred seats
lnstnunrntnl. ond Concerted Vrcal Muric will be
and fipepcctu', ajiply to Crow aad Co., Chappell an
Lays,
HO^MS^Bub*:rip-
ro)u.'* , .od. Clnmbs*,
‘ Artists. For plan*
Ella. Director.
:ra, lia^ tho honour
B ALL.—Miss JAMES, of the Royal
(o nc doc ncr that her FULL-DRESS BALL^ylll TABLE PLACE in the mrealfloent
Ha l of the FREEMASONS' TAVERN, Groat Quo*n-sm»t. od THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
Uih. Adams' i'aml The Ball under the directlod-Of Mr. J Hlaiitl. Dancing to commonco
at 10 o'clock. 1 lekets, 10s. fid. each; Double illtto. to admit a ladv and gamleman, 15*. To
be ohtafeed at JulHen ., Regent-stmt; at Duff nnd Hodgson'a/Ox'ord-street; at tho Froo-
msicus'Tavern. Great Q ucen-a:rcet{ andofMto Jaaie*. at. Gx6tX ^uwmuw:, Llocola's-iuji
M useum of scienc:
of NATURE. 47. Bcmcn
Irani T*n till Ten. Lectures, Moral;
GEOLOGY.—;
TENNANT, F.G.
WEDNESDAY Met
ceeding Friday and
Y, and the WONDERS
f . nl-«trect}\0?EN DAI LY, for Gentleman only,
gening, by l^r. Jfiarstoo. Admissloo, One fihUllng.
S OCIETY of
have to announce
lhe EGYPTIAN HALL, 1
of March, and tho
amateur, isoei
Every
Coivlsij
ns, Fci
London.—Professor
REfi on Geology. To commence on
will bo continued no eaoh suc-
_ R . W. JELP, DD., Principal.
iE XlvTlbTS, 1858.—The Committee
>n secured for the EXHIBITION of tills yo:u- at
-_.a yi
■kt> of Art will bo received on Tunday, tho 16th
ro-opcratlon of ArtivU, whether profinsional or
len will open on Monday, tho 7th of April.
Itious ait nhod to tho Exhibition of l'aintinvs, Statuary,
be aii- wcrod by the Secretary, Mn. Alprkd J. Buss,
F IPORTANT NOTICE.—Noblemen and Others having Old
of ° Ter> ' fu " Y " i “ Kiv “ *" * ,p -
■DLEACHING, DYEING, and SCOURING for London^-
J_F IHrty Carpels. Bops, BlankoU, Coxmur panra Muslin and Laco Curtains, aod all
*1**’ lu lh0 tr ‘ “> 1« Moreen and Dome* Curtains, Drosses,
SfivTaSd-lEi CXtI)t v ' ,Jl ^‘tn derate charges. The Comp toy's van.
*?« f / , eba *^: JS° «*“»••«■ h-w small tho quantity. All good* returned
within svreek-ftioo LI-ts forwanlrd on » ullcailon. Country orders promptly attend ad
City ro^ II X^ P< ^ IJTA1 ' HLEACIllNG and DYEING COMPANY, 17, Wharf-road,
TVTon PERSONAL SECURITY promptly advanced to
t” ;. Koblemen w Gcntlomun. Hsin* to Entailtd Estates, or by wav of Murtrar* on IVo-
,_. . ._, - - --- —-o Entail id Estates, or by way or Mortgars on Pre-
prrtr dsriynd nodar Wais or Ecttlamen's. »r. Crinfldentlol appHo^Iun* nAJ bj Quid or
4 Mr Mr. UVHhb, II, BcAU/or,-bui4lBA», BlnuO. ' " w ‘ “' U3 w
M arriage law reform association.-T h
Committed of tin' hlsrr age Law Reform Association, instituted for tho excltbiy*
object of p on.o hip the passing os tn act to reaver lanful marriage with a collated wiWi
Ulster, stilt cl u* timing *0 receive numcrou* appHcitloe* from parsons fbliyassured ofther
Scriptural lawfulness of soch mart (ages, and iutending to contract them, Lnioutica th*tria_
Bill for lega isngsuob marriages will he brought before ParUamvat at tho oirjlost pj&uble
period oltirtheiccess. \
Fmlhcr Information may be obtained on application at the Oftires of the AiM icla ion. 28,
Par dam ent-st soft, Westminster, where the various public a Jons of ths Assoctadou niuybd
prucered.
Coutilbulioos for effect'ng the object of ths Astoclatlon may bi forward
Bccrctaiy, or pall to tliu account of tho Tiu^narur. at Oldiug.
Backers, tlcme^t's-lanv, Lombard -stunt.
JO*Xl'U BTAifiJRl'cri
SB, Psrlinmen - -street, Ixmdoo. B.W. I4:h January. 1859.
QYDENHAM COLLEGIATE SCHOOL.—l’rinci
IO TAYLOR JONES, M A.. Quocn’s College, CsnibrWgo;
l*r«idcnt of tho College of Ureeeptor*.
The i’uplls locclve a sound education, adapted to tho re-iui;
admiaalcna to tlic magnlficcut Muietim of Art, rideuco, and
I'nlneeand Grounds; nml clsssts are formed, whereby tho
this unri* ailed collection are made available.
fcjdenham Hall U delightfully sitoutud, mftlwa]
Btailous. snd Is ruplcto wl’h every atrangoment
let-tea! educa’ion of tho Pupils.
Tho h]>riog Term w»ll commeneo Monday, Fob.
For prospectuses o|>ply to Rov. W. Taylor Joaos, M
E
WELL COLL
TAT
The Lord Bishop of Oxford.
The Lad Bishop of Lichfield.
The Her. olr lirnry Lukin field,
The Lev. J. G. Maovlcar. Bar:
l'UIKCil'
In Ewell College tho sy»t«.m
meuts in the art.
| |The probable fu:are Is In every
too Universities, some for the Na
for tho Civil scrvico. Terms:—f
70 to ICO. No extras. Address,
Sydenham
and iutol-
!e School, Sydmham, 8.E .
near.
SURREY.
tow, Esq.. Glasgow.
•lqnhoun, Eaq.
Ivon Holland, Esq., M.D.
A.S., 8k.
Combines ail tho modern improve-
of L'i* pupils being prepared for
^ i, some for Commercial il r c, some
t, 40 to fin Guineas; College Depaitmen:.
he^ollege. Ewoll, Burrey.
C tltAUEURD COLLEGE, Maidenhead, Berks.—The New
J Oxford Examination Regulationswill In future direct tho course of study which will
prepare Students under fifteen to take iho ccrtificate, and under eighteen tho lUlo, of
Associate of Arts of tae-Unrver*Uy. The College has a Principal of energy, exporionco,
skill, and exteueiro learning; a complete »t*U of l*n>reseor*, and a renown established by
the success of its scholar al cotapctitivo examinaU'’us, with overy ainingunncnt fhr Uio
fotmatiou of moral char actor, tbooxi*rciae of the physical powers, and the development of
robust health, l'ujnls arc admitted from tho ago of sevan years. The terms from to £50.
Detailed pruspectuiiqe and refensneos oh application.
A MARRIED
house (with amplo
waling toovdenako tho enure
for tabic home, with careful
is high, aud tbo clIiDAto bri
east winds;
lately oomt
[MAN, inhabiung a roomy and airy
— il It) In a most hualthy port of North Devon, is
' educittUm of a fow Utilo boy., for whom a com-
), may ho aoairod by their frijnds. fho situation
placo, at tbo samo time being wod shcltwod from
rendered a very desirable roaidnuco for dollcato cliildron, or for chlltlron
India. Tho highest and most satisfactory roforoucoe can bo given, for
“ apply to Q., Caro of Siuasrx. Rioe&rd and boa, Bo Heitors, BouUnnollon,
iHIPMEN WANTED, and MIDSHIPMEN
niCLB. lor Ships sailing fortnightly. Premium from i 10. Apply to J.
,ger of the Bloomsbury Mouoy-order and Dost Office, I, Broad-Direct, London.
EDUCATION FREE.—TWO NOMINATIONS, in the gift
1 f a Ncblonisn. will be placed at the disposal of Qontleoion, for their Sous. Address,
age and acquirements, to J. 11., 47, 6t. Faul's Churchyard, London
NICHED APARTMENTS.—Visitors arc respectfully
_ . cimmciided to HUNT'S PRIVATE and FAMILY BOAUUlNG-UOUeK, 113, Alders-
. gnic-sfict-t. City, ne&r the General Boat-office, where the a. ran cement) aie lu every rospeol
w>clal acd comfortable.
ER MAJESTY’S THEATRE.—State Visit OPERA-
__ GLA66F.B. in every variety ofslxo and priee. Son» i superb specimens of Viennese
manufacture, suitable for Wedding or Birthday Presents, at CaLLAGHAN'S, Optician,
Now Bond-sUcot, Corner of Conduit-street. N.B. 8olo Agent to VolgtlUnder, Vienna.
T HE FROST.—SELF-REGISTERING THERMOMETERS
cn an improved construction, showing the extremes of Cold or Heat, at CALLAGHAN'S,
Optician, 23a. Now Boml-etr»ct, comer of Conduit-street. N.B Sole Agent for tho small
and powsriu Opera and Field Glasses, Invented snd made by VoigtlKuder, Vienna.
M UTINY IN INDIA.—Military Field Glasses of matchless
quality, combining «ho rtry latest improvements, at CALLAGHAN'S, 23 a, New
Bond-street, corner of Conduit-street N.B. Sole Agent for tho small aud powerful 0,-or*
aim Race Glasses invented and ni«tdo by VoigtUinder, Vienna.
S FOKTSMEN and GENTLEMEN of the ARMY and
NAVY.—8. and 11. SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-itreet, Piccadilly. W.
Obicrve. opjWBhc tho York Hotel. Portability, eombinod with great power, in FIELD,
BACK-COUJt&E, OPERA, aud general out-door day and nigfat powerful Waistcoat-
pocket PERSI'KCl'lVB GLAbbES, weighing only four ounces, each containing 12 and 18
teLsce, coustrucud of German glass, wiil show dUtiuctly a person's countenance at 2 ) and
Smiles. 'I hey terns every purpose on the Itace-oourxc, aud at the OperH-houaei. Country
icenery and ships ate clearly seen at 8 to 10 ntilos. They are also Invaluable for Shooting,
Deer-stalking, and Yachting. Her Majesty’s Coast-Guards are now making use of them as
day and night glasses. In i(reference to all others; they havu also bccomo in general use by
Gentkmtn of the Ainiy and Navy, and by Sportsimu, Gentlemen, Gamekeepers, and Tourists
Tbo most {(owcrinl and brilliant 'tele*copes, possessing such extraordinary powo- that some.
3} Inches, with an extra astronomical cj e-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter'* moouB,
Saturn's rieg, and the double stars; with the satno Telescope can be seen a pereou'a counte¬
nance three-snd a- half milts distant, and rii object from fourteen to sixteen mile*. All the
above can be had of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers, aud are secured by her
Majesty s Royal Letters Patent.
T HE ROYAL EXHIBITION, 1851.—A valuable, powerful,
newly-invented, very small waistcoat-pocket Glass, tho size of a walnut, by which a
person can bo seen and known 14 ui le distant. They (erve overy purpose on the lUco-courie,
and at tho Opern-bouMS. Count iv scenery'and ships aro clearly seen at four to six mile*.
They me inva.uablo for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sport*men, gentlemen, game-
keepers. and tourists. I'rico iOs. Microscopes, Magic Lanterns, and Slides, Every de-
■criplion of Optical, Mathematical, aud Philosophical inttrumeuts. Orders and all kinds of
repairs executed with punctuality.—Messrs, ttuLOMOXS, Opticians, 39, AJbeuiario-slroot,
Piccadilly (opposite the lork Hotel). _
Y E SI G II T.—Optical Improvements, to enable persons
_at an advanced nga to read with esse, aud to dhcriminato object's with perfect d*s-
tnictn c 4 . — M curs. SOLOMONB, Opticians, have InvoaUU and p* ten led Bi'ECTACLK
LEKSE8 Of ’he greatert tran parent power. Tho valuable advantage dorived from this
invention iH that vision becoming impaired is preserved acd strengthen'd; vary aged
reifcou* arc enabled to employ thdr sight at tho most minute occupation; oau sea witu those
leijsos of a much less magnifying power, and they do net require the frequtnt changes
to tho.dsnrerous effects o. luither powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most
remeto parts of the world by tending a pair of spectacles, or ono of the glasses out of
than, in a letter, and stating the distance from tbo eyes th«v can read ainall print with
it, and those who havu not nude use of spoclaclcs by stating their age.—39, Aibomuio*street,
Piccadilly, W. (opposite the York Hotel).
D EAFNESS.—A newly-invented Instrument for extreme cases
of Deafness, called (he Bound Magiufirr, Organic Vibrator, and invisible Voice
Conductor. M fl'e so into the car not to bo in ibe least perceptible: ths unpleasant sensa¬
tion o singing noire* in tbo head is entire’)- removed. H affords instant relief to tba deafost
pertoni, slid cusbUe thorn to boar diatinody at church and at pablio a'semh'iei.—
Mutre 80L0M02iB» 0cU(<|B| Wi ^MXiSW, 3J), ?lQM4W9 r i W*
Mm T*k Ho4M>.
E :
TJOYAL SOOIF.TY for the BREVE VHON of CRUELTY
ANIMALS —Patrco—Her M ijeaty tbs Qaos'v
Tha CemmiKu 51o«t Uco. tho Mxrenls of Wretmi • ter.
snd redf u 8 r upon the attention o 'hopobl'o the ninu of this itnpor >nt
T- *““■ wST «u
Cffiics, 13. I ail-tnall, January, 1858.
By order of tho Commiitoo.
GBORGK Middlktox, focretary.
ROYAL ASYLUM of ST. ANN’S SOCIErY.—By Voluii-
UdSraioP'lsSril^'hTS.r'SSftt V"""' Mi'nuu.nc.,, aud Kdu;.tioa t»
itAI I A i °n>bai »or not, of any naUni.
wi.l take ^laco ou the 12th of FEBRUARY next.
oinJli T'SuZl T b7 phkmiuck Lrb;c,
Bocmtary.
N°J';, C , K , °, f V 1VJJjEND -— BANK of DEPOSIT, 3, Pall-
Tk»!• i A -"- 18I1.-TS, WABHANTS for IS, HALP-
r*j7ll,I>Sy ^BSSTdaUWOiU Arxxnuit, Ui :ilu J)«cui[,or rro BElUY for IloUrorj .-d
0AA.9. 18 W, I'ETKII Moiimso»,»Luui: t injmreo:«r.
iti spcctutai and firas free ou application.
H ealthy hotel
GENn KMEN —Tho vUKB
Kt nslrglon-gaidviis, dtst ngui lied
spirits, peitii s boindcd by tho '
j’CE for FAMILIES aud
(Jt.ocn'8-road, Bays wator. near
rooju purity. Choi eg w.ues nud
“i* or et tlio table d'howj.
Q.LENF’IEL
and pronounced by
P RICE’S
coll nitcntti
|.>.aite Candk-j. £< _... 0 _
the chcaptr lowci criciipiloti* of
nspaetable doakts and tbo pub
future distinctly nUikWh qunlif;
Prico’s lytcnVUimdlo :
STARCH,
EN T
IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY,
Hi city’s Lauutirewi to bo the Kinost Starch cho ovor twod.
Dottl by aiKQbandieni. Grtxwvri, Jrc.. fto.
COMPANY (Limited) beg to
'RINtlNG on tho WRAPPERS of their Fatoat Com-
lucd cuttomeis have complained of othor dcole.-s sailing
L'onii.duy 1 * Compoaite Candles aa tho best. Tn protect
gg<iiu£t tlio continuance of this, the Company will ia
First, fiocond. Third, or Fourth,
rpnny (Uiniiod), Belmont. Vauxhall. London.
'IO, LIBRARY, and Index of tho
Open Daily. Tho LINCOLN'S- INN MANUAL of HERALDRY i
iOt. Engravings, 3*^ or suuajia.—H. SALT, Qroa: itirmiula,
Y ARMS, send to the LINCOLN'S-
IKN HKSaLDjC OFFICE, tho KcUhlishid autliority in England, whtoh foe
many years hua cinbLzoned tutd quartonxl Arms, with that auUiouticity anown thiomrh-
out Europe, ctiotclu 8». 6d., or atacips —H. fiA.LT, TuruatUa, Lincoln’a-tnn.
incoUPs-inn heraldic office—gentlemen
• having SKETCHES employ persons who do not EmffAi»n by the Laws of Heraldry. For
m o. thoftbilc tho Heraldic Offioe uow oxocuic* Engraving,fcc. Book-plato.Vrau.
I Saul* or Kings, do. 6d.—H. SALT, Tunutiie, LL.coin’s-Inn.
E )R FAMILY ARMS.—Persons anxious to ascertain a true
ahd accurate account of their Armorial Hearings aro requested to send Name and
y to the ho/al Heraldic Office. 'Uio only place lor authum.c Information. No fo® for
scutch, sketch, 2s. fid; in colours, 6i. Family Pedigrees traced, IUj. ALo, Book l'iato,
WRh Araia, RV.; Crest on teal or ring, 7s. “ Tho Manual of HaraUry," 400 Kugravtngs, 3*.
\ hi.ndio and Lihiniy open daL’y, whh Index to tho Herald's VUltarion*.—T. CULkSTON,
GL'iieatagltt, Ac., I and 2 , Luog-acre (one do.-r from 8t. Moitiu’s-laue), W.C. Aruu painted
aud quart*red. ‘
A KMOR1AL BEARINGS.—No charge for search.—Sketch
.AA. and description, 2 » fid.; In colour, 6s. Crests on seals or rings, 8s j on die, 7«. Solid
gold. 18carat, HaU-msrkiai. inrd or bloodstone ring, engraved with crest, two guinut*.
I. ui OKING (Who lisa received tho Gold Modal for eng/avujg), «l, High Holtwra, W.C. Prioo-
slt post-free.
M R. HAWKINS, of the GltOSVENOR RIDING SCHOOL,
22, bouth-i.trttit, Park-lar.o, bi g» to inform the Mobility and Gentry that ho continues
to give INSTRUCTION in tho ART of RIDING, Daily. - •
Gentlemen; hmull Ponies for Juv ntlo Pupils.
Woll-tralnod Horeea for Ladlus «n<*
c
LARENCE HOTEL. LIVERPOOL.
Commercial aud Family Temperance Hotel.
Tlio meat superior ac oxsinolation, wuh economy.
Ko. 19, lioughtou-siroe’., two miuuku from Llmo-»troet tttatlon.
H YDhOEATHIC ESTABLISHMENT, Sudbrook Park.
Petersham, H.W.—The treatment is perfectly safo for infancy aud ago, aud abaolu.oly
agreeable. I*rosf«ctusoa on appticaUoii.—J. ELLIS, M.D.
Now ready,
XXXI. of the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEVYS,
JANUARY to DECEMBER, 1857. Cloth gilt, 18s.; sewed, 13s.
Amo. now ready. Cases for Binding the Volume, price vis. od.
THE ROYAL MARRIAGE.
On Satubdav next, Jan. 30, will be published
A DOUBLE EXTRA NUMBER
OP TIIE
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS,
CONTAINING
TWO COLOURED SUPPLEMENTS,
WITH A SERIES OF MAGNIFICENT BNGHAVIN08 OP TUB
MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL
OF ENGLAND WITH
PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM
OF PRUSSIA.
This Grand Extra Number will contain:—
Illustrations of the Royal Pro¬
cessions.
Portrait of the Royal Bridegroom.
The Bridemaids.
The Wedding Jewels.
The Commemoratiou Gold Medal.
The Wedding Cake.
The Ceremony in the Chapel Royal.
The Throne Room, St. James’*
Palace.
The State Staircase and Corridor.
Equestrian Portraits of the Trias©
and Princess.
Views in Berlin.
A Bridal Song (with Original
Music). &c., &c.
A SPLENDID PORTRAIT OP THE PRINCESS ROYAL,
PRINTED IN COLOURS.
Price of the Double Extra Number and Coloured Supplements, lOd.
Stamped, Is.
Office, 198, Strand.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
LONDON, SATCRDAJ, JANUARY 23, 1858.
Bt the attempt to assassinate the Emperor of tho French, and bj
his speech on opening the Session of the Legislative Body, he
dirides public attention with the affairs of India, the reform of
Parliament, and the marriage of the Princess Royal. A few
months ago we were all lulled into a fond reliance on the perma¬
nent continuance of general peace and prosperity, and now he and
his Government have suddenly become objects of anxious solieituda
to all Europe, and add to the many important subjects which have
latterly begun to agitate and perplex the public mind. Closely
connected as he is with tho political order established in Europe,
if not regarded, according to M. de Moray, as the crowning arch of
the whole, it was hoped that even the most desperate anarchists
would be awed by the general sentiment, and respect society, what -
cycr might be their animosity to the individual. It was with equal
surprise and alarm, therefore, that the most diabolical attempt yet
made on his life was heard of. In assailinglumdcstruction and death
were dealt on a peaceful, innocent mnltitudc. In tho sacred names
of liberty turd patriolum aa aboar i aabla crisrc wo: cv m i n itds l .
Jan. 23, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
79
and the Imperialism assailed was invested with the attri¬
butes of martyrdom in the cause of order and humanity. Such
a deplorable cutrago excited against it all the best affections of
mankind, and in them the man and the power assailed became at
once enshrined and protected. With an excess of folly, as well as
guilt, not to be surpassed, it placed the immense advantages of
humnn sympathy on the wrong side, and increased the despair
which all, but the few whose confidence in the fate of immunity
no adverse events can shake, begin to feel for liberty in
Europe. “ A cleverer scheme, or a more efficacious means, for
slrengthcning the Imperial throne and establishing the dynasty,”
says a contemporary, “ can hardly be imagined.”
Very adroitly, too, is it used by the Emperor to this end. While
he again affirms his faith in the future, aud his power while living
to nphold the Empire, he declares that by “ his fall it would be
more firmly established.” “ The indignation of the people and the
army would form a new support for the throne of my son.” And
he points this indignation now, in his speech to the Legislative Body,
against all the parties who struggle against the progress of his new
power, who “disown the fundamental basis” of his Government.
“I do not shrink,” he says, “ from declaring to you to-day, in
spite of contradiction, that danger does not exist so much in the
excessive prerogatives of power as in the absence of repressive
laws.” B e then refers to the late elections, and to the people being
deceived by “ the false promises ” of “ the enemies to our
national institutionsand he requires a law to “ compel every
eligible [ person to swear to the Constitution before he be¬
comes a candidate ” What other repressive laws he
may demand arc not yet shadowed forth; but, on the de¬
mand of If. Billanlt, the Minister of the Interior, two
journals, the Spectatew —which was the Assembled Nationale, re¬
cently revived under the former name from a partial suppression—
and the Revue tie Paris , are, by virtue of the law of Eeb. 17,
1852, finally suppressed. As no proof is supplied of the least
connection between these journals and this atrocious crime, tire
Minister, a kind of rival litterateur , seems to take advantage of
the public feeling to gratify a piece of adininistratrvc spite. The
measure will probably increase the power of the journalists over
the public mind, and the Government may find itself unable to
stifle every means of exercising it. Whatever motives may die •
tale this suppression, and whatever its effects, the French, in their
present 'temper, will be ready to applaud everything which the
Government does, and grant everything which it may demand.
By their apprehensions all liberty may for a time be suppressed till
some other convulsion shall pnt an end to the wrongful restraint.
The Emperor says nothing of asking co-operation from other
Governments in repressing attacks on his person; but some men in
high places, such as M. de Morny, who arc supposed to be in his
confidence, have referred to other countries as the refuge of
those who conspire against him. It is supposed, therefore,
that the Emperor will call on some European Powers, in¬
cluding England, to make an alteration in their practice
of giving a refuge to the expatriated of all nations—though
this practice has enabled England equally to serve and save
the Bourbons and the Bonapsrtes. as well as the Hugos and the
Mazzinis. It is even said that “ M. de Persigny has already re¬
mitted to Loid Clarendon a diplomatic note calling for an altera¬
tion [of the English system." To all such applications we trust
the answer will be, “ Look at England, and imitate her; plots and
conspiracies are here unknown. Her Majesty is equally protected
by the affections of her people of all parties; and, while police,
and passports, and endless restrictive laws, do not and cannot
save foreign Governments from alarm and danger, every
man. woman, and child in England constitutes a police,
to shield our Government from plots and machinations. Here
such conspiracies as continually occur in France and Italy are
aimless and impossible. Instead of asking us to imitate you,
imitate us. Permit freedom, put confidence in the people who
desire order and are proud of government, and you will be re--
spcctcd and honoured.” Our Ministers may not use the language
of retort; but they would never be forgiven if, at this critical
period of political history, they were to renounce one atom bf the '
power England has always claimed to give the protection of her
own laws to all, even to the slave who seeks her shores. At
present we give ample protection to foreign Sovcreigns as
well as native subjects against conspiracies to rob and murder;
aud by an appeal to the laws they can obtain the same protection
as our own people. \ \
In these remarks we have adverted to the most ini-
portant points of the Emperor's speech, ^If^UL^fcmarkable
document, conspicuous on the whole for moderation, good sense,
and the expicssion of a strong wiiL It refers succinctly to the
conduct of the Government in the past year, tolls what it has done
for agriculture, public credit, railways, docks, religion, education,
tolerance, and the improvement of the officials and of the
whole people. The revenue will be in excess, borrowing at
an end, and the redemption of the (loafing debt assured.
The small taxpayers are io be relievedby a reduction of
the taxes on patents (licences), and works are to be completed
for protecting towns ngains( inundations. T'lie foreign relations
of France w
and believes
display is ni
prosperity he
interruption, 1
the natural causes
improve tin
cat;
contra
nperor lias much to boast of,
Ce of the country, theatrical
sufficient Though the
veil ns its late temporary
sdue to his Government than to
at work, stimulating men to
i presses it into his service; and the
Government has done, and expects to do,
(with the deeds of Governments which
have less ]»wcr, but under which the people have more freedom.
If they do less than the Government of the Emperor, the people, of
their own impul5C, do more than his subjects; and tbe progress and
prosperity of other people far surpass the progress and prosperity of
the French. To the great talents and serene courage of the Emperor
wo pay a willing homage. In his Government, as contrasted with
that of the Bourbons, we recognise great skill; but we much prefer
the system under which Government counts for much less and the
people for much more. Abroad, between the crimes of pseudo
patriotism and the excessive care of selfish despotism, generous
sympathy is perverted sad idl healthy growth repressed.
THE COURT.
The illustrious guests invited to be present at the approaching
ceremonial of the marriage of the Princess Royal with Prince Frederick
William cf Prussia are now all assembled at Buckingham Palace the
arrivals having followed each othtc in rapid succession since .SiturJay
last, on which day the Princess of Prussia arrived direct from Berlin.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, and their Royal
Hiphncs-e? Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia. Prince Frederick Albert
of Prussia. Prince Adalbert of Prussia, and hi9 Highness the Prince of
HohenzoUcni. reached Buckingham Palace on the previous night via
Paris. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg Gotha arrived
at ten o'clock on Saturday night from Germany.
On Monday afternoon his Majesty the King of the Belgians and their
Royal Highnesses the Duke of Brabant and the Count of* Flanders
arrived. His Majesty was met at the Bricklayers’ Arms station by the
Prince Consort and' the Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, who accom¬
panied their illustrious relative to Buckingham Palace, where her
Majesty received her august uncle at the principal entrance. On
the same dry enme their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert of
Prussia and Prince William of Baden, the latter representing the
Grand Duke of Baden, who was unable to make the journey. On the
evening of the same day the Queen pave a dinner party, at which then?
were present the King of the Belgians, the Princess of Prussia, the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Duke of Brabant, the Count of
Flanders, the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Mary, the Duke of
Cnmbridce. Prince Albert of Prussia, Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia.,
Prince Frederick Albert of Prussia. Prince Adalbert of Prussia, the
Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Prince William of Baden, his
Highness the Prince of Holienzollorn-Sigmaringen, his Serene Highness
the Prince of Lein in gen. the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer,
the Prussian Minister and Countess Bernsiorff. Earl of St. Germans,
Marquis of Breadalbane, the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the
Marquis of Abcreorn. his Serene Highness Prince Henry VII. of Reuss,
the Marquis of Lansdowne, Karl and Counttss of Derby. Earl of Claren¬
don. Lora and Lady John Russell, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney,
vjgccunt Palmerston, and the ladies and gentlemen of the suites of the
illustrious guests at present on a visit to her 3Iajesty.
On Tuesday the Prince of Prussia arrived, direct from Berlin. Ilis
Royal Highness was met at the railway station by the Prince Consort,
and escorted to Buckingham Palace by a detachment of Idle Guards. In
the evening her Majesty and her illustrious visitors honoured the
theatrical representation at Her Majesty’s Theatre with her presence.
The illustrious party left the palace at a quarter before nine o’clock in
sixteen ol her Majesty's state carriages, escorted by a detachment of Life
Guards.
On Wcdnesdav the Queen gave a State ball, to which a party of about
11 C 0 had tiie honour of being invited. The guests comprised the
foreign Princes aud Princesses on a visit to the Queen, the Royal
family, Die diplomatic corps, the Ministers and officers of state 'with
their’ wives and daughters, Die ledie9 and gentlemen of Die RbyaT
household, and a large party of the nobility and gentry. The bittb
and concert room, the promenade-gallery, the approach gallery, the
dinner-room, yellow drawing-room, saloon, white drawing-room, picture-
gallery. and preen drawing-room were opened for this reoeptiou. The «**•« wu.« i™buBLb».miwv««v ”y , “ uu v ' v "?* v r-
Royai family upon their arrival were ushered to the white drawing-room, The Princess, who is the daughter of a late African King, was brought to
where the Queen received her illustrious visitors. Her Majesty and his this country a few years since by Captain Forbes. of her Majesty' • np
Royal Highness the Prince Consort were accompanied by the Princes*
BoynL Bis Majesty the King of tbe Belgians, their Royal Highnesses thd
Frluce and Princess of Prussia, tbe Duke of Brabant, the Count of
F'landers, Prince F'rpderick Charles. Prince Albert, Prince Frederick
Albert, and Prince Adalbert of Prussia, Prince William of Baden, and
the Duke and Duchess of Saxc-Coburg, his Sc rone II i ghnes s the Prince
of Lciningen, and his Highness the Princeof Hoheiizollern-Sigmaringeu
were amongst i he distinguished gue»ts. /
Their Koval Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary,
and the Dti*e of Cambridge arrived at twenty minutes before tea o’clock.
Soon after tbe arrival of their Royal High nesses, her Majesty the Queen,
his Majesty the King of the Belgians, nnd the w hole of the Royal party
left the white drawing-room, and were conducted by the Marquis of
Brenda’bane. Lord Chamberlain, to the ball ami coueertroom.
Ihe Ladies in Waiting and the general company followed her Majesty
and th*- illustrious circle. /\
Her Majesty the Queen wore a dress of white tulle over white glace
silk thetipnc-r skirt figured tulle trimmed with blonde. Thedress trimmed
with large heartsease, ornamented with diamonds.
The Queen’s head-dress was formed of a wreath of heartsease, and orna¬
mented with diamonds Rkcorrespond with the dress.
The IYinrcss Royal wore a dress of India muslin, white, spotted with
go’d, looped up with bouquets of white roses and variegated leaves- The
Princess wore round her head a w reath of DR; same flowers aud leaves.
The ori amenta w e re diamonds.
The Princess of Prussia wore a dress of white satin, trimmed with puff¬
ings of tulle and silver lace, and bouquets of bright-coloured flowers. Her
Royal Highness’s head-dressi was composed of velvet, with diamonds aud
flower? to match the dress. A diamond and emerald necklace.
The Duchess of Cambridge wore a white silk dress, richly trimmed with
while lace aiid bouilloucocs of tuller Her Royal Highness’s head dress
was formed of a fa iamondUma nnd lilac leathers. A diamond and emerald
Df-rklnce and stomacher to match.
The Princess Mary of Cambridge wore a dress with bouffants of tulle
over white silk; irhMpcd with plondo nnd white satin ribbon, ornamented
with Lurches of lilies-of tbe valley nnd grass, with rich fringe of
lilies of the vallcv and grass on the upper skirt. The stomacher,
diamonds and emeralds: Tlie Princess w ore a rosette of green velvet, with
diamond ornaments, on one side of her head, aud lilies of the valley on the
other side. An emerald ncclcWc.
The Duchess of Saxe*Coburg wore a dress of white tulle, trimmed with
silver fringF .and ornamented with bouquets of blue flowers. Her Royal
Highness Wore round her head a wreath of blue flowers studded with
l?SrTnoes of Prussia appeared in uniforms of dark blue, with silver ap¬
pointments.aiRVVore the ensigns of the Order of the Black Eagle of
rnis 3 i*. 'flic Duke of Saxe-Coburg was habited in the uniform of the
FHJBFlkfMtdr ass Icrs.
\TFippi Tl> quadrille band, consisting of 36 artistes, was stationed in
Dm orchestra cf the ball and concert room, and after the entrance of the
v Queen, and the formation of a quadrille, commenced playing “ The Rose
\fv«rtil!e” (C&llcott). ,
ball was opened at nine o’clock with aqnadrllle. in which the Queen
-durnMl with the King oi the Belgians. Her Majesty afterwards danded
wifhthe Prince of Prussia.
On Thursday the Prince Consort accompanied his illustrious guests to
\Vco!wieh. to inspect the arptn.nl. and afterwards to witness u grand re-
/k w on the common in the evening the Queen and her guests honoured
I f r Majesty** Theatre with their presence, to witness the performance of
Balk’s ** Rose of Castille.”
Yesterday (Friday) there was a grand dinner party at the Palace.
HUE MARRIAGE OF THE TKIN'CESS ROYAL.
The preparations in St .Tames’? Pnlaceand in the Chapel Royal arc now
finally completed. Viewed us a whole, it is impossible to deny that the
orraLctn ent? have been carried out in the most satisfactory manner, and
there can be uo doubt the pageant nnd ceremony of Monday next will be
ore of the most imposing winch has taken place in connection with our
Roval familv during the preseut century.
But Ft. James’s Pained is rot tne onlv Royal residence where great
alterations and improvements have been effected consequent on tbe Royal
marriage. The suite of apartments destined for the Prince and Princess
at Wind* or Castle present n perfect, specimen of palatial luxury, without
sacrificing the ease and comfort which are more highly prized than a mere
exec?? of adornment by all persons of good taste. The rooms, six in
number, are situate in the Lauraster Tower and its immediate vicinity.
The principal apartment is over St George’s Gateway, and commands
that most charming of all rural prospects-the ** Long Walk.” Ail the
suite have been rewly furnished in the most exquisite taste, the style
being an adaptation of the period of Louis XVI. to the more substantial
furniture appropriate to a caslellafid residence. The prevailing colour o:
the decorations is crimson and white upon a gold ground. The walk or
the principal apartment? urc decorated with bridal festoons, composed of
a combination of Die blue cornflower of Prussia with the red rose of
ccei _
The pictorial
of the George?, nnd largely increased by her present Majesty and the
Prince Consort; and immediately opposite to the door of the sitting-room
hangs the celebrated engraved picture of the marriage of the present
Queen.
The Princess Royal’s trousseau is now completed. It is composed of
every kind of article required for the wardrobe of a Princess—silks,
velvets, satins, lace, India shawls, India stuffs. &c. In order to extend
as widely ap possible the orders for material? given upon this occasion,
purchases of the different articles required have been made at various
establishments. Feme of the most distinguished dressmakers and mil¬
liners in London and Paris have prepared the dresses, bounets, and other
articles of millinery. Ihe simpler and less artistic work has been given
to several sempstresses, and tli® children in the Royal schools at Yjnndsor
have been largely employed. A society lormed during the Crimean war
lor the employment of the wive? of Die soldiers of the Guards also re¬
ceived a considerable order for plain work from her Majesty. The bridal
dr< sb is of Honitou late, and lias been manufactured by Mrs. David, from
a design cf Mis? Janet F’ife. a pupil of the Government Department
of Science and Art.
Tbe following Bishops and Clergy will officiate at tbe Royal marriage on
Monday.— ,— w
The A rehbiFhop of Cante rbury ns Primate, Bishop of London a? Dean
of the Chapel Royal. Bishop of CTxfon} hs Ixird High Almoner, Bishop of
Cheater£? Clerk of the Closet; (the De&nof Windsor, Domestic Chaplain;
Rev. Dr. Wesley, sub-Dean ot the Chapel Royal.
Ilie following gentlemen in ordinary of the Chapel Royal will officiate
in the choir Messrs. 1 Francis, W. Lockcy, J. 6o?g, G. W. Martin,
Benson, R. Barnby, Smith! Foster*; W.Macliin, Lawler, Bennett, Wliite-
hcuEe, aud Thomas. \
SirG. Smart will preside at the organ, assisted by Mr. Cooper. The
ceremony will open with the following chorale:—
This day. with gladsome voice and heart.
We praise Thy name. O Lord, who art
Of all good things the giver.
For England's find-bom Hope we pray!
Be near her now ar.d ever!
_King of Kings, Lord of Lords.
Feather, Spn. and Holy Spirit,
Hear ua, while we kneel before Thee
The " Deus Miseireatns ” will be sung during the service, and the
Hallelujah Chorus at Die close.
The official programme of Die Royal Marriage will be found at page »•
of lie Suppkinent.
Bis Royal Highness Trince Frederick William (the bridegroom
-elect) will arriye at the Bricklayers’ Arms station this day at noon, direct
^/rom Berlin^/
/^T^qrnmand has been received from her Majesty for Sarah
Uonctta Forbes, the young African Princess who has been placed by her
Majesty under the care of Mr?. Schiin, at Chatham, for the purpose of
'being educated, to be present to witness the marriage ceremony of the
Princess Royal. Her Majesty has manifested her Dioughtfu! care
toward? the Princess bv forwarding her within the lost lew day? a
supply of dresses and other ri-quisites suitable to be worn on the occasion.
JicmeUa, nnd ever Fiuce her stay In England the Queen baa mani/eeted t!m
most lively interest toward? her. The Princess is about eighteen years
of agc, nnd i? stated to be highly accomplished.
Great preparations have been made for the illuminations in Lon¬
don and Westminster. It ha? been announced by the presiding Judges that
both Die equity and law courts will be closed on the day of the marriage.
At Windsor arrangements have been made to welcome the
auspicious event with becoming splendour. A triumphal aroli will be
erected in Casllc-?tre« t, and thehouEes of the inhabitants, together with
the Townhall, will be brilliantly illuminated and decorated with banners
exhibiting the arms of England and Prussia.
The favourite way of celebrating the event in the provincia
towns appears to be by a public holiday, and a ball in the evening. Edin¬
burgh has resolvtd to present an address of congratulation ; at Sheffield
the fame is proposed, with the addition of a subscription for the purpose
of supplying e\ery necessitous family in the town with the means of
rejoicing on t he auspicious occasion. The Mayor of Southampton has
ipfiitd cards for a banquet to the members of the Corporation, aud for a
bull to the chief inhabitants of that town, on the 25th Inst.
The Governors of King Edward the Sixth’s Grammar School,
Chelmsford, have grunted on extra week's holiday to the scholars in con¬
sequence of the marriage of the Princess Royal.
GRAND REVIEW AT WOOLWICH.
On Thursday Inst a grand review—as it was called, but which was, in fact,
only an inspection, upon an extended scale, of a body of our troops—toek
place at Woolwich, in the presence of the Prince (?onsort, the King of
the Belgians, the Prince of Prussia, the Prince of Wales, Princes Albert,
Frederick Charlts. Frederick Albert., aud Adalbert of Prussia, the Count
oi F landers, and the other distinguished foreign personages now on &
visit to her Majesty.
The Royal party left Buckingham rtilucc in eight open carriages, and
reached Wooiwicn about eleven o’clock, when a Royal salute was fired.
Ibcy proceeded immediately to the Royal Arsenal;.where they were re¬
ceived by the Duke of Cambridge, as Commander-in-Chief. and by Major-
General Sir William Fenwick Williams, the Commandant of Woolwich,
and the entire staff of field officer* of the Royal Artillery. Thcgua-
fHClory and boring-mills were inspected in the first instance. Thedis-
tiugubiud visitors then passed on to the Royal Carriage Department and
the Laboratories—the heads of these several departments, Colonel
Tullocb. Lieutenant-Colonel Eardky Wilmot, Captain Boxer, Ac.,
explaining in detail the way in which the complicated ma¬
chinery in connection with these departments was worked. After
partaking of refrwbraenUt in the Royal Artillery mess-room, the Royal
partv mounted saddle-horses and proceeded to the Common, where were
drawn up a regiment of the Life Guards and three battalion? of the Foot
Guards, the lltb Hussars, the 15th Foot, the East Kent Militia, and tko
Royal Murine?. These troop? were formed into two lines. The Royal
A rtillcry. were stationed on the right, and at right angles with the first
line, and the two field batteries on the left.nt right angles with the second
line. The whole force was commanded by Llcuu-Gcneral Sir J. G. Lore:
Major-General Lawrinson commanded thecav.dir brigade; Major-General
J.ord Krkeby. the brigade of Guards; and Major-General Sir Yf. F.
Williams the infantry. The Royal Horse Artillery aod the field batteries
were under the command of their respective officers. Tlie troops were in
full marching order.
I he Prince Consort and the distinguished visitor? having taken np their
position on the souDi-castern side ot the Common, the troops formed into
lire. They Dun broke into columns, and in that form passed before the
Royal party Having again formed into line, they marched towards the
Royal party, with their bands playing and colours flying. The Prince
Consort ami the distinguished members then rode off, and the inspection
tin; innfcdffihortly be!ore three o'clock.
The Common was crowded by a vast multitude of persons, who seemed
rather difnppointed at the quiet nature of Die inspection
The Prince Consort and the other members of the Royal party, after
partaking of the hospitality of General Sir W.F. Williams, left Woolwich
lor Buckingham Palace.
Preferments and Appointments in the Church.—T he
Re v. J. M Wilkin?, M A., Rector of Southwell, Notts, to be Diocesan
InFpcctor of Schools for the Deanery of SouthwelL Jlcctorics: The Rev.
J. U. Franklin to Ullard, diocese of Lelglilin; Rev. J. S. Hickey to Cloa-
ntukk. diocese ot Ossory: Rev. J. C. Sammons to Kilvington. Noiting-
hanu-lilre- Viwrafr *. The Rev. W. Lyde to Wigton. Cumberland : Rev.
G. J. Ridsdale to South Creuke. Norfolk ; Rev. if. Woollcombe to He%ri-
troc, Devon ; Rev. J. C. Wright to Barton. Norfolk. /tiCHvfirncusj The
Rev. J. B Ans.cd to Stouey Stratford; Bov. H. Jamc* to High Harro¬
gate. Yorkshire. Cnrf.ru*: The Rev. A. J. Buss to St- Olavc’s. Ilnrt-
btreef; Rev. J. S. Fletcher to StradbaJly. dtoccfe of Leichlin; Rev. I>.
Mooney to Kirkinriola (or Ballymena). dloce?c of Connor ; Rev J H
Ueibtvto Don bury. D» von; Rev. A C- Saundersto WtaWngborou^h, La-
coin shire; Rev. if A Westhorpe to Willingale Doc with 8fidtow BoweHs,
Essex: Rev. J. 1*. Wicker den to Horfield. near Bristol Ctwpiatncy:
The Rev. J. Biisset to the Wells Union.
ciuuN'VUJCii) p W uv W ,. c «. ...h— ..----- - --= j The Emperor of Austria has just presented his fan-length
are di? plavcd n few of the superb presents offered to the Princess Royal portrait to tlie Earl of Westmoreland. I he letter of Count Appyonc, the
by various members of our aristocracy, nnd among them some wonderful Austrian Envoy, accompanying the presentation, expresses in most
siiccimcns of embroidery and ornamental work. A charming effect is « flattering terms his Imperial Majesty s high esteem auu[private regard
produced in one of the rooms in the Lancaster Tower by the ingenious f 0r the English AmWsader who had resided live yews in the Austrian
adaptation of an oaken bookcase to nn angle of the apartment overlooking wltal . yf 0 understand that Count Bnol lutt also address I from Vicima
... K - a — ic HWirol «n hv the hnnkc.ise: hut in ~vrmi!m»i nt irv Mter to the Earl of Westmoreland on the occasion
' TbeportrUt «« exptwsly painted by thr «.*•
«rd to i work of art. The Kmperor to u,
full uniform, decorated with Ins orders.
A Grove ok Mammoth Trees.— From tlie Californian
Farmer we learn D*ftt a grove of mammoth tree* bos been discovered in
Yofcraite Valley- The first tree that was measured was eighty feet in cir-
curof rcnce tfcny feet and n half from the ground ; another tree wwnintty
fit t in circumference at the same distance from the ground, ^hile dose to
the roots jt was one hundred and forty-two feet round, ami it
hundred feet high The number of trees measured wm one hnodred imd
fiity-fivt. ai d they are about half the group ; none were less Dun K*r f
f.d ia wcuaJcitacc, aui tfcicrc wvre csic huadwl over fea
the town of Windsor. Tlie window is blocked tip by the bookcase; but in
the centre of the latter is a email glazed aperture, through which is ob¬
tained a beautiful pet-p of the buhtie aud excitement always prevailing in
the Royal borough, while from the opposite window the eye rests on the
unbroken expanse of sylvan scenery formed by Windsor Great Park.
The contrast of the busy hum of town life, seen as it were through a
kaleidoscope with tbe quietude and calm of the forest scenery on the
other side, is exceedingly novel and interesting- The ornamental ceilings
of all the rooms have been retouched, and rich carpets laid dowiu Hie
orange blossom upon green leaves lias been adapted to some of the rooms,
and in the principal saloon the pattern is composed of the English ro3e
for the centre, with a Gothic border from tlie design of the late Mr. I ugin.
The whole suite of rooms open into the great corridor of the Castle, worJd-
foioQUA for its asfiunjjlpgc of Tvwks cf wtj cvUwtvd DjcusUout the
80
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 23, 1858
war drove them from it they would return as soon as peace was re¬
stored. The cottages in many parts are rudely constructed of bamboo,
and thatched with the broad leaves of the palm; sometimes they are
built of clay, with flat tiled roofs, and have neat pardons for the
growth of vegetables. The simple habits of the people require so little
furniture that the house of a farmer seldom contains more than two
or three mats, a hand-mill, some cooking utensils, an iron plate used
for baking cakes, and a few dishes. Our first Sketch of a Mill of
A MILL OF THE UPPER COUNTRY.
Wb are indebted to the sketch-book of Mr. Marshall Claxton, the well-
known painter, who has resided several years in India, for the accom¬
panying series of characteristic sketches of a few of the manners,
habits, and customs of the natives of India.
Notwithstanding the many revolutions that have token place in
India, the Hindoos preserve intact their native customs. All tra¬
vellers agree in describing the villagers as a simple people, living hap¬
pily among themselves, us attached to the place of their birth, and if
ELEPHANTS’ STABLE AT BARRACKPORE.
the Upper Country will explain the native mode of grinding their
corn. The great mass of the people are cultivators of the soil,
but the mode of apiculture has not been much improved, and all |
the implements used are of a very primitive construction. Neverthe¬
less, owing to the fertility of the soil, the spontaneous productions of
the country are most numerous, and two oropa are yielded yearly— j
one in September and October, the other in Maroh and April. The I
husbandmen arise at daybreak, take their breakfasts with them, set
off with their cattle to their respective fields, and do not return until
the evening. Mr. Claxton’s sketch represents a very picturesque
sig’ht of a Group of Strolling Players, natives of the Upper Country,
going from station to station in rude carriages drawn by a couple of
bullocks, and meroly protected from the heat of the sun by one of the
rich carpets of the country. In the centre of tho group may be
noticed one of the nautch-girls so frequently alluded to in descrip¬
tions of India. Until the time of tho mutiny, each presidency had its
separate army, and the main body was composed of native troops or
Most of these were men of high caste, principally Hajpoots
and Brahmins. They were mostly chosen for their fine martial
appearance; and Mr. Claxton’s Portrait represents a Captain of the
Rajah of Nepaul’sGuard—a fine- looking fellow, seven feot high. Under¬
neath may be noticed tho Hindoo characters representing his name.
CAPTAIN OF THE QUARD OF THE RAJAH OF NEPAUL.
To strangers visiting Barrackpore, one of the “lions” (if we
maybe allowed the shocking pun) is the “Barrackpore Elephants”
used for military purposes. We engrave Mr. Claxton’s Sketch
of them, as seen in their laTgo shed. Our readers are quite
aware that the elephant is, par excellence, the animal for use
in India: they are caught in their wild state by being bunted in
an inolosure prepared for that purpose, then taned Dy degrees
and fitted for service. Most of the great men of India keep elephants,
and they are almost as common in an Indian city as horses in London.
In a former number of the Illustrated London News we have
given a Sketch of the Thugs and Poisoners in general; we are now
enabled to present our readers with a special portrait of a notorious
member of that fearful association, who is reported, on the auth irity
of Dr. Allan Webb, to have murdered 400 people in forty years. When
Lord William Bentinok was Governor of India he did much to destroy
the power of this fraternity. During his government, although every
body had heard of Thugs, few persons gave credit to the rumours that
were spread about from time to time of the numerous murders com¬
mitted by them. From time immemorial it hod been customary for
men to make long pilgrimages on foot, and, of the thousands who left
STROLLING PLAYERS OF THE UPPER COUNTRY.
A NOTORIOUS THUG POISONER.
Notwithstanding the many .
the non*return of 60 many who had left their homes, it was not until
the attention of the British authorities was called to the fact of many
bodies being found in the wells of Doab and Bundelcund that the truth
was brought to light. A murder was traced to a party of persons in the
ordinary guise of travellers; they were apprehended, and one of them
(on promise of pardon) mode such disclosures aa enabled the Govern¬
ment to take immediate steps for the suppression of the fraternity.
To be continued.)
Jan. 23.1858.] THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
OO
1JTH OF OCTOBER. 1<H2
ON HIS WAY TO MARRY THE FRINCESS ELIZABETH, DAUGHTER OF JAMES I
IEOM A PICICEE BY A. ’1TILLAEETT3, TIIE PEOPEETY OP BEE MAJESTY. (SEE HEX! PAGE.)
{
<
82
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
f Jan. 23, 1858
‘“THE LANDING OF FREDERICK ELECTOR PALATINE
AT GRAVESEND," OCTOBER, 1612. BY WILLAKUTT8.
The mama ft© of tho Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King James I,
^ri th Fr ederick V , tho Elector Palatine, is one of the most important
matrimonial events in our history, us fr-un it proceeded the dynasty,
selected and functioned by Parliamentary authority, which now
occupies tLo throne. Tho Princess Sophia of Brunswick, mother of
George I., to whom tho crown was limited on failure of issuo sir riving
Queen .Vote, was tho youngest issue of the marriage in question. In
our next, on the occasion of the marriage of the Princes Royal, we
intend to go more fully into the details of this and other auspicious
events of tho kind which have occurred to tho Princesses of England.
In tho meantime our purpose is with a very interesting picture of
" The landing of the Elector Palatine/' Oct, 1612, whon on his way
to claim his botrothed bride, and of which wo givo an Engrariug.
This picture, which is of considerable size, measuring about sovon feat
in length, was painted by Adam Willuortts, un artist of considerable
repute, who was born at Antwerp in 1377, and died at Utrecht in
3640. llis favourite subjects were sea pieces, views of ports and
havens, shipping, and occasionally fish markets and processions. II -3
hud a free pencil, and a good knowledge of perspective; and his de¬
tails of shipping were always acourute, being studied after originals.
He appears to have come ovar with the fleet which convoyed the
Elector Palatine to this country, probably for tho express purpose of
painting tho work before us; ana in after life he was much patron¬
ised by the Princess, aftorwurds Queen of Bohemia, during her resi¬
dence at tho Hague. This interesting work, which appears to hivo
lain by for some timo in seclusion, its very existence almost forgotten,
was recently discovered in Holland, whence it was imported to this
country by .Messrs. H. Graves and Co., of Pall-mall, from whom itwas
nurebuted by her Majesty; and it now forms one of the most curious
historical pictorial records iu tho Royal collection ; its interest in this
sente leingenhanced by the probable embarkation of tho future Prin¬
cess of Prussia from the very spot represented.
The picture most accurately represents the incidents on tho occa¬
sion it refers to; many of tho figures being portraits. Tho Prince
Palatine, with a goodly escort of ships, English, Dutch, and others,
arrived ut Gravesend, where he landed on tho Kith October, 1612. Tho
•tately vessel which he himsolf occupied was the Prince Royal, re¬
cently built by Phineas Pett, the master builder at the dookyard at
Chatham, upon u favourite model, and under the personal inspection
sf Henry Prince of 'Wales, who took great interest iu those matters.
This vessel is seen in the centre of the picture, with the English jock
floating at tho fore, and the colours of the Palatine at the main. Tho
King sent down J tunes Hay, Earl of Carlisle, to greet his future bou-
ln*luw on his arrival, and conduot him to Loudon. This nobleman is
represented saluting the Prince, who cordially shakes hands with him.
Standing a short distance behind the Eurl are Philip Lord Mont¬
gomery, afterwords Earl of Pembroke, and Sir John Kinott, Knight,
au'l.i r of the celebrated work on the "Ceremonial of the Reoeption of
And j'FSKdors.'’ The tall prominent figure raoreon the left, with ruff.and
wearing his hat. wo are not so certain about; but think it probable
it may !•© that of Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham, the L)rd High
Admiral (tho hero of tho anti Armada expedition), and who, being in
ofl^inl coMume befitting the occasion, nnd having discharged his trust
In luuding the Prince, may be considered justified in remaining
oovered. The randier figure, who, bowing, advances, with hia hat in
Iris bund. to snlute the Lord High Admiral, is that of tho Dutch Ad¬
miral, who wears the chain, with whistle attached, appropriate to his
office. In the immediate neighbourhood are Yeomen of tho Guard and
Iierulds-ut-Anns, on whose coats are worked the letters “ J. R./’ one
<rt whom is blowing a salute. On the opposite aide are various ladies
and gentlemen of tho neighbourhood who have come to eoe the
sight. The point where all this takes place is a litfclo above Graves¬
end—namely. at Northileet, where there are limoworks still, al¬
though the kilu at the edge of the river, represented in the picture,
stands there no longer The jotty, however, at which the landing
took pluco is still in being. Windmill-hill was then, as now, a
prominent f* ature, but all the rest has been completely changed—a
gay, bustling watering-place having ^rown up upon that peaceful
and picturesque shore. At the period in question tho town wai not
long founded. It may be interesting to add a few dates in its history.
The parish of Gravesend was incorporated with that of Milton in the
tenth year of Queen Elizabeth, and was governed by a Mayor. Henry
Till raised a platform here, and another at Milton, for the defence of
the river, for which purpose, also, the present town was erected in
1313. Tho Abbot of St. Mary-le-Graoe obtainod for Gravesend and
AlOton from Richard II. the exclusive privilege of conveying pas¬
sengers to London, for which they were to provide boats.
To pursue tho story of the Palatine's journey. 11s arrived at
Gravesend on the 16th of Ootober, 1612, and on the 18th he embark ;d
in a Royal barge with u truin of gay cavuliers, and was rowed up the
Thames amidst the acclamations of crowds of spectators. Oa passing
the Tower ho was greeted with a Royal solute. At length ho reachel
'Whitehall, where he was received at the landing-place by Trinco
Chories, thsn cloven years of age, and conducted through rows of
courtiers to a superb hall in the Palace, where the King and Queen,
Princes and Priucess u s, were assembled. Being established in the
apartments in the I\duco of St. James’s, Frederick had many oppor¬
tunities of daily visiting the Royal family, and of becoming per¬
sonally acquainted with the Princess. The marriage, however, did not
tube place till the 14th of February following, on account of the death
•tf Henry Prince of "Wales, the Princess's brother, which occurred itv '
Kovember.
TIIE WEATHER.
RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT
KKW OBSERVATORY OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
TOWN AND TABLE TALK ON LITERATURE, ART, &c.
Tub sudden death of the Duke of Devonshire, the patron of Conors,
of Chantrey, and of Paxton, is a fertile subject of conversation iu
literary and artistic circles. The Duke was fond of art and under¬
stood art. He was fond of literature, and knew our old dramatists
with a precision not often found among editors of old dramatists;
for the Duke not only purchased the Kemble collection of old plays,
but annotated them laboriously and knowingly with his own hand.
He liked a good library. He not only bought, at a very large price,
the then unique first edition of “ Hamlet,” but bought Caxtous at the
insane prices of the Roxburgh side; and purchased the entire library,
and it was a fine one, of Dumpier, Bishop of Ely. He was a friend
to the English stage: a deserving actor nover asked iu vain for the
Duke a assistance on his benefit night; aud that he loved theatricals
at home, the performance before the Queen at Devonshire House,
a few years ago, of a new play by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton
for the benefit of the Guild of Literature aud Art, is
ample evidence. Nay, he would forget (with all his pride)
Chatsworth and Chiswick, Hardwicke Hall and Bolton Abbey, Lis¬
in ore Castle, Devonshire House, and his mariuc villa at Brighton,
nnd dine at an author’s table ns joyously and unaffectedly as if he
lrnd bat one decent house, a few unprofitable acres, and a doubtful
right with Heralds to append Esquire to plain William Speucer
Cavendish.
We liave said that the Duke’s death was sudden. On Monday
last the writer of this brief notice received from Ids Grace a most
kind invitation to Hardwicke, to assist him, on Thursday and Friday
in this week, in identifying and arranging the series of old portraits
in Bess of Hardwicke’s Hall. He who was invited was, from illness,
tumble to accept the invitation; he who invited was removed by
death on the very day his invitation was received.
It is not very generally known that the Duke was an author—ay,
and a very good one—for his privately-printed “ Handbook of Chfttsv'
worth nnd Hardwicke,” designed for the U9e of Lady Granville/ ife
written with a true knowledge of the art of handbooking not surpassed
by the great handbooker Mr. Murray hi self. The volume was
printed in 1846, and there are few who will not join with the Duke
in the regret he expresses that inquisitive sisters had not
fathers and grandmotheis for descriptions of old Englisl
as the mansions stood wheu they had the good fortune to possess them
Tho “ Sculpture Gallery ” at Chatsworth is a noble monument
of the Duke’s liberality and taste. He left Flaxman, it is true, to
Lord Egrcmont and the affliction of families a^d-friends.^Bu|jiis
purse was open to Canova, Thorwaldsefl, C1 i an trey, Gibson, both
Westmacotts, Campbell, Scbadovv, Kessel, Wyatt , Rinaldi, and Gotfc.
His favourite statue was Canova's “ Endymion ’\His “ first Required
treasure,” he tell us, and, after the “ Endymioii/’ ‘‘Use nibitvalued,”
was Canova’s statue of the mother of Nhpoleon. "Tlie old lady,”
he writes, “used to receive meat Rome, and rather complained of
my possessing her statue, though my belief is it was sold for
>le bust by Canova of Napoleon he
it of Napoleon iu liis bed-room till
theCs;tudy of tin? colossal statue
Wellington. Lady Abercorn,
t it immediately after his death of the
li< 2 r will to me. I know of
. Canova; and I believe that
none exists, though everybody calls rbeir own so.” Of his Venus by
Tlionvaldsen he says, and truly, that iHs a perfectly beautiful woman,
but not at nil a goddess. xThcL/iDay” and “Night” by the same
great artist, he teUfuiPtvc/e^nade^br Agar Ellis, who transferred his
her advantage.” Of the
says:—“ Canova kept the li
his dying day. He finished
now in the possession o(Hhe
who was a great friend.bou;
Abbate Canova, bis brother/nw
no other authentic bust of
purchase to the Di
His Grace
status Looks,"
worth, by Sir Thol
that it was the sccom
first, vyfis given to the
ded in anecdotes connected with liis pictures,
curiosities. Of the fine full-length, at Chats-
ftence, of George IV., he was wont to relate
5 by Sir Thomas of the King; that the
•Lioness Conyngham; and the second,
1
DAILT HXAHfl OF
TUXRMOMKTIK.
DAT.
l
ctS
114 Dew
Sat Yota*.
ti¬
ll
E-S
?!
**
E X
Hi
£ «
1 *
111
a s
Jnclioa.
• 1 •
0-10
•
\* /
13
30-322
396 35-9
*88
2
329
\4T3C
14
30 396
33 6 32 5
•96
1
28-4
42-7
15
30 370
36-6 3V1
fi
46s() N
18
30-469
40 9 1 35-7
•83
9
48-k
.7
30-690
-.5 « , 26 fi
•72
7
391
:ia
30-467
3S-3 1 30 0
•90
7
3o4\
\46-2
r ,\9
30*289
43 0'37*9
•84
8
34*8
kV
The daily means are obtained from observaHohs mode at 6U. and lOh.
a.m., and ah., 6li., and inh. p.m. on etch day, e^efept Sunday, wheu the
first observation Is omitted. The corrections foK diurnal variation are
taken from the Tables of Mr. Glaishcr. Tho “ Dew-p^rnt" and “ Relative
Humidity" are calculated, from observations afkthc dry and wet bulb
thermometers, by Dr. Apjohn/a^Forinula and Dalton s Tables of the
Tension of Vapour. The moybrntmir-of the wiiYd is given bv a self-
recording Robinson's Anemonietcr. the amount stated for each day being
that registered from midnight^mhlnlghf
Death of a Ba
of Monday Inch
to their father •
an average cf fcdv
S> 0 . Three of the
£ 2 ; one, 80 ; one.
Memorial
brass, by H«
been
ex:.
subs I .
designed li 13
The
ans.—T he Times obituary
arsons, recently “ gathered
* to 1005 years, thus giving
„ je was 80 . and the highest
liersdbsjyere 84 years of age; three, 83; two.
e was 00 .
John Britton. —An admirable
___large slab of bluck marble, has lately
Cathedral to the memory of Mr. Britton, at the
oyal Institute of British Architects, whose
;one guinea each. The memorial ha 1 * been
iry Wyntt, architect to the diocese of Sat urn.
Asylum.— At the half-yearly meeting
cf this cbarity.^whleKwas held on Monday, it was stated, that " the
thoughts and sympathies of the benevolent being at this time naturally
turned to India, the directors felt that they were only anticipating the
w ishes of the subscribers by offering to receive, on the nomination of the
Indian Mutiny Relief Committee, at very reduced terms, twenty boys and
ten girls, the children of those who had fallen during the late mutiny.”
3 lie funds of tlie society were stated to be in an improved condition.
Alfred Feist, late master of SL Mary’s, Newington, Work¬
house. again surrendered on his ball at Lambeth Police Court, on Wednes-
dey, for further examination, on the charge of disposing of the bodies of
inmates who died in the workhouse, for anatomical purposes. The
prieoner was fully committed to take his trial. The prisoner was. how¬
ever. nomltted to'bail in two sureties in jC 49, xml himself in JE 80 , to appear
OR the cay Ql Uju.
actual# sent byihc King to Rome as a present to Car-
The Tving, said the deceased Duke, gave it to me
cteristic manner. “ Hart, will you do me a favour ?”
“I wish you to be on the commission for re*
fr Castle.” Hart respectfully declined ; and, being in
his Majesty’s Ministers, said he had better not. “ Well,
the King, “ you have refused me that, will you do me
x Another favour ? Will you accept my picture by Lawrence ? ”
He was not all praise. Of Landseer’s “ Bolton Abbe}’ in tho
Olden Time”—a picture painted expressly for him—he says, “ Land-
^sfcerV* Bolton Abbey’ might bo any other abbey; its immense suc¬
cess as a painting reconciled me to his not having made it what I
ve him a commission for—namely, a representation of the place; he
ent there and saw, and admired, and everybody was satisfied, except
old Reverend Carr, who thought it a take in. 'j Landseer got Sir
Augustus Cnllcott to sit for the Abbot’s head.” Of Hayter’s “Mrs-
Norton,” also at Chatsworth, and engraved, the Duke observes:—
“ Hayter has failed in catching anything at all like the beauty and
brilliant charm of Mrs. Norton’s features and countenance.”
Two events of the week relate entirely to the stage. Mrs. Nisbett
(Lady Boothbv), in her way inimitable, has (young in years) joined
the Mrs. Oldfields and Mrs. Bracegirdles of past generations; and
Mr. Leigh Hunt, a veteran, in his seventy-fifth year, has just given a
sparkling aud successful comedy to the stage, smacking of Congreve,
Vanbrugh, and Sir George Etherege. More exquisite eyes than Mrs.
Nisbett’s were never seen upon the stage.
The be6t historical portrait at Mis3 Colyear Dawkins’s sale, the Laly
of De Grammont’s “ Countess of Chesterfield,” was “ withdrawn
the second best, the half-length of “ Moll Davis,” the actress—one
of the many mistresses of King Charles II.—sold for sixty-one
guineas. Was this portrait of Moll Davis the half-length, by Lely, “ of
Mrs. Davis with a gold pot,” which Mrs. Beale, the painter, saw in
Bap May’s lodgings at Whitehall ? We ask Mr. Scliarf ? It answers
the description. A third good picture at the same sale was a half-
length of Mrs. Garrick, in a light blue dress, trimmed with
lace, holding a fan. and with a band of velvet about her neck. It
was clever, and by Miss Readc, and sold for the insignificant sum of
ten pounds five shillings.
These references to Moll Davis and fhe Violetta remind U3 of a
enrious discovery just made by a Correspondent of J Votes and Queries.
In the old Church of St. Martin’s-iu-the-Fields was a tablet with this
inscription:—
IJcrcIycs interred the body of Helena Gwynn, born in tins parish,
who departed this life yo 20th of July, mdclxxlx, in the Ivi yeareof
her age.
To Hub we liave to add, for tie information of our contemporary,
that the baptismal register of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fiolds unhappily
throws no light on the subject of the maiden name of Nelly’s mother.
Helena, it appears, was a very common name in the parish of St.
Martin-m-the Fields in tho years 1622, 1623, 162-4, and 1626. Can
any Cvnespoudtnt assist oa m this udficulty <
METROPOLITAN NEWS.
Tf. PW'II OF T 1 IANK. 8 GIYING FOR THE ESCAPE OF Tim
Emperor and Emiuiess or the French.—O n Sunday a solemn service
of tliajjkMgiving took place, In the presence of the French Ambassador, at
the French Chape] King-street, i’ortman-square. After the vespers had
eonclumd in the afternoon. Cardinal Wiseman was conducted in proces-
e !? n j ^ Presbytery, to the high altar, which wus magnificently
aaoniLd and furnished with innumerable lights for the occasion. The
Cardinal, who was uccompauied by Ids coadjutor (Archbishop Errington),
J!S£ r VS H,<!d by . rJ - c ™^-bt«rer, Mr. G. Bmvyer, M I*., aud was attended
U) the tion. and Rev. L. Stonor, son of Lord Camoys.oneof theCardinal s
domestic chaplains, and also by a number of other ecclesiastics, chiefly
£5^4 0 / whom wore the habit of a French canon. The
Cardinal was vested in a gorgeous rjipe of silver cloth, and wore a jewelled
mitre the crosier being carried by one of Hk* attendants. Two of the
officiating priests wore costly dalmatics, likewise of silver cloth. Having
nmved at the altar. Ins Kmiuence-tkfivered a striking discourse in the
J rcnch Iniiflunge, denouncing ftie por^ctratcr* of the crime, which had.
battered the peace of Europe.
ty x thanksgiving to Almighty
inanity. At the conclusion of
by the choir and congregation,
lconem ! inperatorem nostrum."
* \ PTttts were offered up. and the
acrament temdhated the service. The chapel
t, »e principal French families now iu London.
lie gftid, well-nigh prostrated .
lie called upon ail present to
God. who lmd mercifully av<
the discourse the Te Dei
and also the "Domine. 8;
Other prayers for tlu? Eulperur am
Benediction of the Ho!
was cron ded to excess
iec.'And !
in b&
greatc
chanted *
iu uddilion to his Excellency tlti*-French Ambassador and suite. There
were also a number 01 the English kyistocracy present.
CoNC It AT U Y AWJRKSSTiS TO TIIE I'llENCH Emi'EKOH ur
TI1E £} TY AiiTiiuniTiKS.AAt\the Court of Aldermen, on Tuesday, Aider-
imui W iIson moved that the subject of the attempted assassination of the
Emperor of ihc French should be referred to a committee, for thorn to
draw up a resofutjoirqr adurcss upon it. This motion was supported by
Sir Francis MOon, Sir James Duke, aud other Aldermen, who indignantly
declnimtci agaiiist tho atrocious crime which luid been attempted. The
met ion whs put and parried unanimously, amid acclamations; and the
Kcconkr. the Common Serjeant, the Remembrancer, and the committee,
retired \lor the turpose of framing the address for presentation to their
Majesties. ^Thc addfess wua presented on Wednesday to the French Am¬
bassador at Albert House. At the Court of Common Connell held on
ihurfcdav atoogratulatory address totiieir Imperial Mtyesties the!Em¬
peror and Empress of tin*. French upon their providential escape from the
recent diabolical attempt at assassination was also carried by acclamation.
7 Sebmonjn Commemoration of Sir Henry Havelock.—
^Bloomsbury Chnpel was on Sunday morning crowded to excess, in conse-
oucnceoFan announcement having been made by the minister, the Rev.
\lr; UriK’k, that lie would take that opportunity of paying a tribute of
Nfspect/ to tlie mernorj’ of the laiuentcd Sir Henry llavcioc.k, who was
forinprJy/a member of tbeChristian community assembling in that place of
\yorthij). t he sermon, which occupied about uu hour 111 the delivery,
waeTlBtened to with the most profound attention.
\^Tbe East India Company on its Defence.— The Special
Geufral Cmirtcil I‘roprictoi>. adjourned from VVeOncsday, the I 3 tli inst.,
was mud on Wedncf-day. at theludiu House, for the purpose of continuing
the discut-gion of the following resolution, moved ut the previous meet-
ing That the proposed transfer of the governing power of the Eaat
Indlu Company to the Crown Is opposed to the rights and privileges of
the Fast India Company, is fraught with danger to the constitutional in¬
terests of England, Is perilous to the safety of our Indian empire, and
calls for the resistance of the corporation by ail constitutional means."
Mr Mangles. M.l\, presided. The llrst business proceeded with was the
reading 01 the correspondence between the Court of Directors and toe
l*iime Minister. The Directors ixpressed surprise that the resolution to
deprive the Company of its powers Bhouid have beeu taken before the
mutiny was quelled, and beiore inquiry liad been made, and they aa-
iiouneid their instructions to the Government of India to appoint
a Commission of Inquiry, and they invited the Minister to
extiud the investigation to the Home Government. The reply
ol Lord Falmerstoii to this merely stated that the observations
ot the Directors would receive due attention, and he deiVrrcd explanations
until the bill should be brought into Foriiament. The feeling of the
meeting seemed to be 011 c of dissatisfaction at this curt reply. A petition
01 the East India Company was also read against the Cabinet proposal to
annihilate the double Government. This petition is to be presented to
both Homo ol I’ariiainent It is a long and remarkable document,
founded upon the assumption that India has been well governed by the
Coiupafly. At the same time it olaims for itself u greater measure of
independent action than that which it has already possessed. The peti¬
tion goes on to speak of “ that happy independence of Parliamentary and
parly influence which hus hitherto distinguished the administration of
India.’ 1 Aner these documents had been read, the discussion on Mr.
Cruwshay’g resolution was resumed by Mr. Jones, who at great length
supported the motion in favour of the maintenance of the Company. Sir
Lawrence l*t-el and Captain East wick, directors, also supported the reso¬
lution. The meeting was adjourned to Wednesday next.
Hospital for Consumption, Bkompton.—T his valuable in¬
stitution, which was established sixteen years ago for the treatment of
pulmonary complaints, has been lately enlarged to twice its former size
by the completion of the original design of the architect. The hospital
is now one of the largest in London. Its wards contain 230 beds, and
the out-door department is capable of affording medicine and mclical
attendance to any number of ^ufterers who may need the treatment of
the institution. At the present time about one hundred are prescribed
lor daily. Although this hospital is adapted to meet the wants of a very
numerous class 01 sufferers, only about 90 of the 230 beds can be occupied
w ith the* present income. I'he charity is dependent upon voluntary con¬
tributions, and there are seldom less than an average o; 20(1 patients oh.
the books waiting their turn of admission.
The Opium Traffic.—O n Tuesday ni^ht a public meeting was
held at the Vestry-hall. St. Pancras, for‘the purpose of‘.‘exposing the
oppressive, demoralising, and destructive effects' of the opium traffic
upon the population of India; ita effects on the physical, social, and re¬
ligious condition of the Chinese, and upon the revenue of the East India
Company and the commercial interests of Great Britain." The chair was
taken by Mr. K. Fowler, who explained the nature of the traffic and the
opposition of the Chinese authorities to it. The meeting was also ad¬
dressed by Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Rnffllres, Rev. Mr. Tucker. Dr. Hodgkin,
nnd other gentlemen; aud resolutions were agreed to—to the effect that
the meeting, convinced that, the remedy for the evils arising to India from
the cultivation of opium there had hitherto been inefficient, approved of tho
effort- now being made to awaken public intcreston the subject; calling on the
Government to suppress the traffic, and condemning it as a source of revenue,
bo Hi unjust in principle, oppressive iu practice, and unsound iE policy.
The New Divorce Act.—S everal applications m connection
with this Act have come before the police courts during the week An
♦ xaggerated impression of the power ol the magistrates under the Act
gcxms to prevail, and moat of tlie applicants were referred to the new
Matrimonial Court.
W holesale Desertion.— Tho .authorities of the parishes of
St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, and the East London Union hare offered
rewards for the apprehension of seventy persons (chiefly men) lor tlie
desertion 01 their families, which have been left chargeable to the rale-
pa j ere.
At the Insoltent Court, on Monday, Henry John Qaartley,
described as a clerk in holy orders, without employment, applied to be
discharged from prison. It appeared that some years ago the insolvent
went to Dover to be arrested, aud was discharged under the Act. His
debts were then £ 39 . 000 . they were now £23,826, principally on renewals
under the former insolvency, and the actual consideration debt* wereoaly
d£l89. He had formerly been connected with turf transactions, but
denied that he had lately betted on horse-raciog. Two creditors, who
appeared to oppose, haying withdrawn their opposition, the reverend
insolvent was discharged, the commissioner advising him not to make a
thud appearance.
Gin-dklnkikg to Death.—A n inquostwasheldon Monday on
the body of a labouring man named Michael Fitzgibbon, aged twenty-five,
whose death resulted from gin-driukingin the street, under the following
circumstances:—On Friday weektbedeceasod,incompany with two fellow-
labourers, was passing through Coleman-street, in the City, when a pun¬
cheon of gin that was being lowered from a waggon was stove in against
the kerbstone, and the liquor began to "run like water” down the gut¬
ters. feucli a chance of getting drunk for nothing was too precious to be
lost by a man of the deceased s habits, and, seizing a piut pewter pot
Irani the barrow of nn adjacent costermonger, he cowered dowu and com-
mcneed ladling the spirit into his stomach at a'rapid rate. Having got
what he could by means of the pint pot, he went down on all fours and
ec-t to upping up the fluid in dog fashion. One of his comrades tried to
fltasuade him from taking any more, but without avail. Having drunk
until he could take no more, he rose from his devotions, but in a minute
or so became unable to stand. lie was accordingly pi.-ioed on the coster-
monger 8 barrow aud wheeled home to his lodgings at No. li, Ku&seil-
|iluce, Great Corani-ptrcet. On bringing a surgeon, which was done
immediately, life was found to ba quite extinct.
Births an d Deaths.—-L ast week the births of 902 boys and
861 girls—in all 1763 children—^were registered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years lws-67 the average number was
1571.-the total nnmber of deaths registered iu London last week
was 1289—of which 687 were deaths of males, 652 those of females. I n
the ten years 1848-57 the average number of deaths in tlie weeks corre¬
sponding with last with last week were 1232. Last week bronchitis
carried off 197 persons; pneumonia, lot; laryngeal affections, apa?m of
the glottis, &r . 11 . Seven nonagenarions (of whom six were women) died
tast weU; the three eidtfit were *god reepeotirely w, $0, sad 96 yew*.
Jan. 23, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
83
MUSIC.
Wf. welcome with much satisfaction the resumption of Mr.
Bulla ii’s Orchestral Concerts at St. Martin's Hall. Tho first of the
gorice lor this season was j;iven on Tuesday evening; and its highly-
favourable reception promises a continuance of tho success which has
already attended these entertainments. Indeed, they well desorve
every encouragement, for they ore of a sound and substantial cha¬
racter. calculated to cherish good taste, by bringing befuro the general
public the most refined and classical productions of tho art, and thus
counteracting tho influence of the vulgar and frivolous music with
which we are inundated. The purpose of these concerts, a3
indicated by their designation, is chiefly to perform tho orchastral
w.orks—tho symphonies and overtures—of tho groat masters;
but these are largely mingled with vocal music, and instru¬
mental pieces by eminent perforators. In regulating the strength
of his orchestra, Mr. Hullah _ has been guiaed by tho highest
authority—that of Beethoven himself, who has given it as his express
opinion that “hie own instrumental works required an orchestra of
about sixty performers only; for (as he said) ha was convincod that it
was by such an orchestra alone that the rapidly-changing shades of
expression could be adequately given, and the character and poetio
subject of each movement duly preserved.” From tho judgment of
Beethoven on such a question there can be no appeal; but we regret
to observe that it has not met with tho doforence to which it is
entitled. Our principal orchestras—thoso of the two Italian Opera
Houtcs, the Sacred Harmonic Society, and the Philharmonic Sooioty—
are all of them too large, and their numerical reduction would not
only greatly diminish their cost, but would actually increase their
real strength and efficiency. A Vo should then havo pure musical tone,
and clear, distinct execution, nothing being taken away but noise and
confusion Mr Hullali’s band, them, is of the strength prescribed by
Beethoven’s. There are twenty violins, six violas, and ton violoncellos
and double basses; with the usual number of wind-instruments,
drums, &c. Air. Blugrove is the principal violin, or chef d ’attaque ;
and the list includes the most distinguished performers on every instru¬
ment. The whole, of course, are under the direction of Mr. Hullah
himself.
Tho orchestral pieces performed on Tuesday evening wero Beet¬
hoven's eighth symphony in F, Mendelssohn’s overture to “ Buy Bias/’
and Mozart’s overture to “ Cosi fan Tutte.” Beethoven’s magnificont
symphony was u grand performance; and the two overtures (both master¬
pieces in vc-ry different styles) were given with groat spirit and effect.
The solo instrumentalist was Miss Arabella Goddard, our most accom¬
plished and charming young pianist, to whose merits no language of
ours can do justice, &he never played moro beautifully than on this
occasion, fche gave us, in tho first place, two preludes and fugues of
Sebastian Bach; one of them the famous jeu d'esprit, the fugue on rhe
letters of the composer's name. AVo may explain that all the letters in
the name of Bach are German names of notes; the letter B standing for
B flat; while the B natural is indicated by the letter H; so that the
letters in the word Bach make a musical phrase-^B flat, A. C. and B
natural. This dry and seemingly barron theme is made the subject
ol the fugue, and is treated with an ingenuity truly marvellous, being
expanded into a movement full of grac9 and variety, in which the four
notes are constantly heard in the midst of the most brilliant flights
and complicated harmonies. Few pianists are able to bring out the
full effects of this curious composition; but Miss Goddard did so com¬
pletely. A subsequent performance showed the versatility of her
talent: it was Hummel's “Hondo brillant” on a Russian theme, ac¬
companied by the orchestra—a charming piece, in which tho fair per¬
former’s liquid, vocal touch, and graceful phrasing of cantabilo pas¬
sages, were displayed to the greatest advuntago.
The vocal portion of the entertainment consisted of the fine air,
<( A Te. fra tanti aflauni,” from Mozart’s “ Davidde Penitente,” sung
by Mr. Thorpe Peed, a debutant of considerable promise; Handel’s
air, “ Vieni, torna,” from “ Teseo,” sung by Mis3 Messent with much
grace and feeling; the aria, “ Agitato da smania fuuosta,” from Paer’s
Fuorisciti;" a bravura more difficult than beautiful, whioh,
however, served to show Mr. Santley’s fine Italian method
of vocal articulation; and, lastly, the finale to tho first act
of Mozart's “ Cosi fan Tutte,extremely well sung by tho above
vocalists, together with Mrs Street, Miss Fanny Howland, and Mr.
Thomas, and full of delightful effects, though its comic humour, so
amusing cn tho stage, was, of course, lost in the concert-room.
The next of these udmirable concerts will take place on tho 2nd of
February, and the rest on alternate Tuesday evenings, till the senes (of
six) is completed.
Handei/s “ Judas Maccab.eus” was given at St Martin’s
Hall on Wednesday evening. Tho performance was satisfactory, wi f .h
the exception of the principal part, which was marred by the absence
of Mr. Sima lloevee, still disabled by indisposition from singing. The
debutant, Mr. Peed, did his best; but in “Judas Macoabieus Mr,
Beeves’s place cannot be filled by any one else.
The third vocal rehearsal by the London Amateur Division of
the Great Handel Festival Choir took place at Exeter Hall on
Friday evening (last week), under the direction of Costa. The selec¬
tion of pieces was divided into two parts: the first consisted of sacred
choruses, anthems, and chorales, by Graun, Durante, AVeldon, and
Handel; the second was made up of secular pieces, chiefly from the
operas of Purcell, Handel, Mozart., and Aubcr, together with some old
madrigals., ITie ball whs completely filled by the choir and th6 sub¬
scribers and friends of the Sacrea Harmonic Society; and the re¬
hearsal was highly satisfactory. A
Clara Kovello in Boston. —This distinguished vocalist, wh^
is recalled from Nice by “ Boyal command ” to sing in the Qneon’s
Concert, at Buckingham Palace, in the evening of the 25th iast- Cths
Princess Boyol’s wedding-day), will sing in “ The Messiah,” in this
spirited town, on tho 2Sth. The occasion is patronised by the borougo
and county members, and most of the clergy and gentry of tho neigh¬
bourhood. The other artiste are Miss Stabbach, Miss Palmer. Mr. G.
Perren, Mr. Atkinson; and the very complete band and chorus his
been for some time under the able training of Mr. IL Farmer, of Not-'
tingham. It is exactly fifty years tinoe an oratorio was attempted in
Boston. \
Our favourite violoncellist Piatti has been producing a great sensa¬
tion at Vienna, where he has given several concerts, and delighted the
public by the exquisite beauty of his tone; his brilliant execution, and
tho Italian gTace of his Btyle. He was especially Bucjessfiil in soma
morccaux dc salon of his own composition, particularlya little ciprica
called “Les Fianc&s,” and the “Diiriza Bergampsca, which createi
a furore. Another of our violoncellists, Hausmann, is likewise m
high favour in Germany at present. A few days ago he made his
dmit at tho concerts of the Museum at Frankfort, where, among other
things, ho performed his own “Swiss Fantasia’ with immense ap-
plaure. Ho afterwards gave a concerikyrith complete success, and then
proceeded to Vienna. Ho had previously appeared with great Salat at
a grand concert at Mannheim. M. Hausmann well deserves his
success; for he is not only a masterly performor, btit a sound and ac¬
complished musician. {y
Her Majestt
performances in
Boyal; on v'
front of tho
festoon of art
the Shaksj
Thane being
by members
that Mr.
fid.
and
but
request,
affair, i
Court, not entitle >
appears to have thou;
. the first of the festival
nuptials of the Prinooss
tastefully adorned, the
wuu; lace, overhung with a
selected for the occasion was
tho part of the usurping
Phelps, and other rtiles, also,
AVolls Company. It appears
whom the arrangements had been con*
first instance, to Mr. Charles Kean,
acceptance the character of Hamlet,
_ Princess’ declined to comply with the
that Mr. Mitchell was a speculator in the
in the absence of any authority from the
demand his assistance. Mr. Kean, moreover,
t that his services in relation to the Windsor
theatricals entitled him to some espocial consideration. Mr. Mitchell
■then applied to Mr. Phelps, whose perseverance in behalf ot the
Shaksperean drama made him stand out as the next actor of celebrity
to whom this portion of tho marriage festivities could bo fitly oonfided,
and by him the oifor was accepted. And thus it happened that so
large ’ a proportion of the play was supported by the Isling¬
ton troupe. Thus Duncan was represented by Mr. T. C.
Harris, Malcolm by Mr. F. Robinson, Banquo by Mr. A.
Raynor. lloi.e by Mr. Belford, two of tho Witches by Messrs. Bay and
Lewis Bail, and smother email port or two by loartc uwjuu'W of the J
same establishment. The superior characters were appropriated to
Mies Helen Faucil and Mr. Howe—tho former appearing as Lady Mac¬
beth, and the latter as Macduff. Nor must we omit to add that the
principal TV itch was presented by Mr. Emory. It was not until the
middle of the second act tint tho Royal party arrived, and entered
into a spacious box prepared for their reception on the ground tier,
and handsomely adorned for the occasion—the concert-room, into
w hich it opened, being fitted up aDd decorated 03 a banquet-hall. The
party consisted of her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by hi3 Majesty
the King of the Belgians, his Bojal Highness tho Prince Consort, his
Bojel Highness the Crown Prince of Prussia, and her Boyal Highness
the Princess of PrusbU (attended by their respective suites). Their
Boyal Highnesses tho Luke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, his
Boyal Highness the Duke of Brabant, hi? Boyal Highness the Count
of Flanders, his Boyal Highness Prince Albert of Prussia, his Boyal
Highness Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia, his Boyal Highness
Prince Adalbert of ^Prussia, his Boyal llighresa Prinoe Frederick
Albert of Pi up si a, hi3 Serene Highness the Prince of Hohenzollorn
Sigmoringcu, his Serene Highness the Prince of Lein in gen, his Serene
Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and the Princess of Soxa
Weimar, his Serene Highness the Priuco Henry VII. of Bsuss.
her Boyal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Boyal Highness the
Duchess of Cambridge, her Boyal Highness tho Princess Mary, and
his Boyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge (attended by their re¬
spective suites) also accompanied her Majesty tho Queen, his Boyal
liigbncE? tho Prince Consort, and his Majesty the King of the Belgians.
The performance ofthe tragedy in _ao large a house, and before so
distinguished on audience, was an interesting experiment, and tho
actors showed their sense of its importance by tho carefulness of their
acting. Mr. Phelps was mure than usually elaborate; aud Miss
Faucitwos especially emphatic, and in some instances remarkably
effective. Her soliloquies wore finely delivered; and her apostrophes
to her husband wore unexpectedly powerful. In all respects, this
eminent actress, whose absence from Hie London stage is a subject of
public regret, far surpassed our expectations. Mr. Howe abo came
up to the mark, as Macduff, in the fourth aot, though a mishap that he
suffered from his mantle towards the end somewhat impaired his exit,
and excited somo merriment in the Boyal party. Locke’s incidental
music was played, and Mr. AA r eiss supported tho character of Hecate,
while Madame AVciss, Mdlle. Sedlatzek, Mr. Montam. Smith, Mr.
Winn, and Mr. Baitlemau appeared as the singing witches. At the
end of tho play the National Anthem was sung by Madame Weiss,
Mdlle. Sediatzek, Mr. Weiss, Mr. M. Smith, Mr. Winn, and Mr. Bar-
tleman, assisted bv a vocal association of three hundred voices, under
tho direction of M. Benedict, who acted us tho conductor of the music.
After the tragedy, Mr. Oxenford’s force of “Twice Killed” was
performed; Mr. and Mr?. Kecley supporting their original characterise
Mr. Euclid Facile and Fanny Pepper; Mr. Ktnloch, Mr. Ralph llukless ;
Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Holdfast; Mrs Leigh Murray. Mrs. Factl-. and
Miss Oliver, Mm Julia Flighty. Mr. Glindon, Mr. Templeton, -ad
Mr. Clark appeared as Robert , Fergus Fable, aud servant Turn. All
strove hard to make their eccentricities agreeable, aad the fesCal
evening concluded right merrily.
Lyceum —Mr. Leigh Hunt achieved a triumph at this theatre
on Wednesday. A new drama, in three acts, by him, announced last
season, was then produced with decided favour. “Lovers' Amaze*
mints; or. How Will It End?” is the title of this exquisite produc¬
tion. it is a brilliant versified play, in three acts, written with French
elegance, and sparkling with the most charming dialogue imaginable.
De la Rousse (Mr. C. Dillon) is a Captain in the army of the Fronde,
who cannot help boasting of a former correspondence with the
Countess dc Montelais (Miss Woolgar), a ad has therefore to en¬
counter a duel with the Chevalier (it Torsey (Mr. J- G. Shore),
her present lover, in whioh he gets wounded. The Chevalier
proceeds to the lady with her letters and his reproaches; when,
unexpectedly, the Countess {produces a counter-packet of letters
written by himself to ono Louise dc la .Matte (Mrs. C. Dillon). A
lively, interesting debate then takes place as to the relative rights of
tho sexes, and whether a second love is iiot as permissible to a lady
ns to a gentleman. The lovers part in mutual high disdain. Dc la
Rousse, good-hearted, though foppish, then takes measures to heal the
breach. He begins by drinking too much champagne, and under its
influence tells the ladies some astounding falsehoods as to tho danger
into which ho feigns tho Chevalier has fallen. They are induced to
follow his directions, and are brought, into th e presence of Dt Toney, sit¬
ting in his chair inditing a conciliatory opistle to the Countess. At first
theladies are indignant, and tho gentium a n tempestuous; but ultimately
all parties are reconciled—moreover, Jje la Motto, whom the Captain
had all along really-"loved, consents to become the “ Captain's Cap¬
tain.” The play is groady indebted for its prosperity to Mr. Dillon’s
admirable acting. He threw,\indeed, uncommon animation into the
self conceit and^c<:entricity N of the character. Mr. Leigh Hnnt had
the honours of an ovation, and was led across the stauo amid the
unanimous plaudits of a ihriiionuble audience, by whom every point
in the delicate production they had just witnessed hud been uniformly
appreciated. No theatrical event has of late deserved more attention
thun does this most Witimktp success.
Princes^-—I t haying been felt in the theatrical world that
My; Kean’s feelings bud been somewhat wounded by the preference
shown to Mr. Mitchell in the dramatic arrangements at tho Opera
House, a large audience assembled to witness his performance of
IJamkt on Tuesday; anil a demonstration in his favour was made, by
his being called out at the end of the secoud und third acts, and twice
moreetimmoncd at the conclusion of the tragedy. When the applauso
had subsided, Mr. Kean addressed the audience in the following
manner:—
\BadIes and Gentlemen.—It is not my custom ever to address an
audience except on the concluding night of a season, but I fear on the
present occasion, were 1 not to respond to so remarkable an ebullition
of your___ 0 ,_, —.
affectation in me to pretend not to understand the motives which have
frifluenccd this particular excitement; and it is another instance, in addi¬
tion to the many I liave already received, that, when a public man acts in a
ccnscicntious and upright manner, the public will always afford him their
sympathy and support. Throughout my life I have coveted the verdict of
public opinion, professionally and socially, and this evening impresses on
me a most gratifyiug conviction that my wishes are realised.
This brief speech was received with renewed cheering.
Adelphi.—T he author ot “Joseph de Chavigny” Mr. Watts
Phillips, gave on Monday another melodrama to this theatre, with
more succets than belonged to his first vonture. Tho title of tho
present is “ The Poor Strollers.” It is in three ucte, and each aot re¬
presents a different country—the first passing in France, the soc md in
England, and the third in Ireland. The strollers are Pierre Lerout
(Mr. B. Webster) aud his daughter Marie (Mdmo.lCeleste). They visit
a cabaret near Strasbourg, and earn five sous by dancing there, in
addition to a like sum earned elsewhere on tho same day—a poor
pittance, thinks Pierre Leroux, for persons of their talents. Liter the
cabaret is visited by a crusty old Irish gentleman, Michael Cassidy (Mr.
Garden), and his friend and attorney, William Laxcson (Mr. Charles
Selby), ixurson has enough to put up with from his client, who
threatens to substitute a will made in his behalf by another made in
favour of his nephew Walter. Laxcson, a fawning parasite, likes not
this and evidently broods on revenge; but Cassidy, deluded by his
own fcabit of grumbling, does not perceive that he has annoyed his
companion beyond toleration. The second will and about 1000 francs
in money arc contained in a portmanteau; and Pierre heroin unfor¬
tunately overhears them conversing on the subject. The poor stroller
is strongly tempted to possess himself of tho money, and, cutting
open the volluis, abstracts a pocket-book containing the cash. Catsidy
and J/ixcson proceed on their journey, and the former is shot by his
fulse friend with tho gun of a poacher named Samson, whom he after¬
wards kills with his own pistol. Pierre Leroux and his daughter pass
the back of the forest at the same time. And so concludes act the
first with a melodramatic tabloau that excites much applause.
The next section of the story brings all the survivors to London—
Laicson, Iatouz, Marie. The first named, acting as a lawyer, has a clerk
one Bob Kitts (Mr. Wright), who throws a comic relief into tho melan¬
choly business, and conduces much to the amusement ofthe audience.
Iserouz is haunted with remorse, and has taken to dnnk; Marie is
courted at once by Walter, Cassidy's nephew, and the humorous Kitts.
Walter supports himself as an artist, but keeps a sharp eye on Uicton,
and warns him that ho has intimation of a second will. But neither
knows where it exists; for Urou* unconsciously has it sewn up in
the breast of his waistcoat in tho pocket-book which he has never had
courage to open. But this fact is not disclosed till the next act.
which commences with Marie mending tho waiatooat and discovering
the mysteriow sutou, pkwe us.
Ireland, where ell parties assemble, and where Kitts gets punished by
the native tenants lor levying distresses at the direction of Lamm.
The loves of Waiter and Mane induco Jjtroux to a confession, which is
precipitated by Marie finding the pocket-book, and Leroux hastens to
letum the trith-ure untouched to Laicson, as Cassidy's heir. He seeks
8n interview, but, recognising Laicson as Cassidys companion at
Strasbourg, kt conceives suspicion of his guilt and refuses to surrender
possession ofthe packet. They struggle, when Marie rushea forward
fjcm concealment end snatches the will from the murdorer’s hand.
Walter and others rush in; and Laicson, who is publicly accused, in
enceavouriny to make his escape is arrested by two officers on sus¬
picion. Leroux pleads for pardon, which h : s contrition has pre-
cfsuied; and thus the melodrama ends triumphantly. The extraor¬
dinary success of the piece is greatly dependent on the admirable
acting cl Mr. Webster, who gavo more than his usuil artistic effect to
the different phases of the character, and on Madame Celeste’s pathetic
impersonation of tho distressed daughter. It owes nothing to tlia
nure scenic getting up, the management having wisely trusted all to
the histrionic tolcut en gaged in lHe re^rcseata tioa.
‘IKE TRUST’S.
We take the Allowing e^trkcta^frmfr^n able “leader" on the 6ubjiiafc
in the Guardian, regretting thut the prOssure of matters of immediate
interest upon our columns prevents us from giving the ontire article:—
Formerly there were few things of which Englishmen were more proud
than of their turn pike-roads and Btagc-coarhe^. and they hid certainly
considerable advantage over the cumbrous vehicles and dreary paved high¬
ways of our Continental neighbours. The aeit behind a fast-trotting
team bowling noiselessly along might well seem the perfection of loco¬
motion, especially to yonng truv* lk-rs who have uow to collect their ideas
of it from description as completely as of auything belonging to some
bygODe ero of triumj h.-. tournaments, or pilgrimage!. But with all the
tinge ol roniance Which many receut descriptive writers have thrown
round itetffc manifakf discomforts of the stage-coach must not be for¬
gotten ;/not the lecAt of which was the constant worrying draiu on the
pocket from the incessant demands of attendants ot alt grades, which
made a serious addition to the nominal cost of the journey. This annoy¬
ance could onlyJmve' been suffered to spring up at a time when travelling
was an event of such rare occurrence that lew felt a personal interest iu
the improvement of the system. Turnpike tolls were established much
on the same principle that every one should be charged directly for what
-be uses, and Were tolerated probably from much the same causes.
In this state of circumstances ensued the great revolution which has
tranciemd nearly olithe through traffic of the country from the road to
the rail, having the already embarrassed turnpike-trusts with aimuilly
diminishing receipts to meet not only the charges for maintenance of the
road which abated somewhat in proportion, but also the fixed outgoings
on incmnhranccs. ....
This is a state of things which seems necessarily to call for legislative
interposition, even if the inconvenience and anomalies of the turnpike
'system were not in this age of incessant locomotion beginning to attract
general attention. The great arterial roads have become mostly almost
useless; and every railway-station lias become the centre ol a little
system of its own, often consisting chiefly of old parish cross-roads ; so
that the incidence of the turnpike-tolls, always exceedingly unequal, is
now sometimes most unfair and oppressive. ....
A feeling originating in Scotland seems to be gaining ground In favour
of the total abolition rather than the reform of turnpikes, and there are
not wanting strong arguments iu favour of this position. Turupike-roiula
are merely parish roads aided by tolls, and, though this aid might be very
important in a parish through which passed the traffic of two great
teimini, it is ol’ little value when paid only by'the immediate neighbour¬
hood, and is in itself a most objectionable mode of raising a revenue.
Not to speak of the inconvenience of obstructing thoroughfares, probably
no tax is collected at so heavy u proportionate expense. The cost of col¬
lection has even been estimated at lorty per cent. . . . .
In the yoirlSM twotrusts were dissolved, the entire toll receipts of which
were £16 13s. and £15 19s. lid. respectively. All such trusts must clearly
be a burden to their immediate neighbourhood, out of all proportion to
the benefit derived from them.The scheme which finds most
apparent favour, and is said to be tried with general satisfaction in
Argyllshire, is the maintenance of the turnpike-roads by a county rate.
It is a patent objection to county management that local interests and
influences are apt to lead to the perpetration of Jobs, and to bad work
dearly paid for. .Possibly the better plan may be a county rate-in-aid. to
be allotte d to the parishes toward the support of their reads in proportion
to any through traffic proved to exist on them, under Government in¬
spection. The addition to be thus made to the burdens on land would
probably be rather nominal than real, having regard to the saving in the
expense of collection and the cheapening ol the access to markets. The
case of person? who Ufe the highways without being anywhere assessed to
the support of them might, it has been suggested, be met by a general horse
and carrlnge rate, either collected along with the present assessed taxes,
or appropriated ior the purpose out of the existing Government-tax. . . .
Ihe whole subject wiU probably be brought under consideration iu the
next Session of Parliament; and it is greatly to be hoped that the oppor-
nity will not pass without a strenuous effort at tliu final settlement of a
S ucstion which has hitherto either repelled attention by its dryness, or
clayed decision by its complicity.
Superstition in France.—A n example of the extraordinary
credulity of the French peasantry was presented a few days ago before
the Tribunal of Correctional Police of Lisieux (Eure) in the trial of a
married woman, named Marguerin, for swindling. This woman, who
lived in the town, professed to be a sorceress, and to have the power of
curing maladies by incantations. The wife of a man named Boutrin
having fallen 111, he called the woman in, and she demanded for her
services I00f., which were at once paid. The woman, prodneing a pack
of cards, arranged them in a peculiar manner ; then she called for a pound
of nails, and placed them in the cover of a saucepan on the fire until they
were red hot; then, with.a variety of strange gestures, and muttering
incomprehensible words, she cast water on the nails ; and then, lastly,
removing the sick woman from the bed. she made her plunge a fork into
the bubbles created by the water. This done, she declared that the patient
would be cured next day. as the fork Jiad stabbed the spirits that
bewitched her; but the next day the patient, to her own astonishineat
and that of her husband, was considerably worse. On this the pretended
sorceress tried a new plan, which she represented to be infallible. She
took a wreath of ivy and attached to each leaf a piece of pa{>er. on which
was written “Our Lady of Deliverance,” “Our Lady of Grace,” or
the name of some saint. Over each leaf she said an Avc and a Pater, and
then plunged the wreath into water, and made sundry incantations over
it. After a while she withdrew it, and. seeing that some of the leaves had
become dark, declared that it was the saints whose names they bore who
afflicted the woman, and that she must go on & pilgrimage to their ehapela.
That operation, however, though it cost some money, did not cure the
woman. Several other persons were cheated out of different sums by the
same or similar means, aud one of them out of as much as 300t Some¬
times her dupes, on seeing that her incantations failed, talked of calling in
a doctor, but she declared solemnly that if they did so the sick person
would instantly die. The consequence of this was that her dupes were
sometimes in serious danger, and one of them actually died In her hands.
The tribunal sentenced her to thirteen months’ imprisonment and cuf. fine.
Collisions at Sea and Shipwrecks.—T ho iron-built ship
Warerlev, commandrd by Captain Rose, had been chartered at
bhanghai to carry about four hundred soldiers of the Chinese Contingent,
recently rnised at that port, to Swatow. She had been imperfectly bal¬
ias te-d. aiid In a heavy gale of wind, on the 19th of November, in lat. 2$ N.,
distant about 45 miles from the coast, she was thrown ou her beam-ends,
and her ballast (mud) shifting rendered it impossible for Captain Rose
and his crew to right her. In this condition she remained for many hours,
when the English schooner A T oro. Captain Foster, bore down to her aid,
and contrived to get dose alongside the ship, and rescue Captain Rose,
Ilia officer and crew, and about 300 of the soldiers, being all they could get
onboard, hi consequence of the continued severity of the gale, and they
were obliged to leave her to her fate, with 100 souls clinging to the rigging.
The A’cro Immediately made for Foo Choo Foo, and the authorities at
once dispatched a steamer in search of the wreck; but before she could
come up with it the wreck was fallen in with by the JntrcpuL Captais.
Gardener, who succeeded in saving the remainder of tin* helpless crea¬
tures.-The brig Catherines, Captain Grandison, master, of London,
when off Flam borough Head, between three and four o clock on the morn¬
ing of Ihursdny week, came in collision with the if cstmorrland, bound to
the Tyne Light. The Cathcrina immediately began to fill, and in a short
time foundered. With the exception of the master, the ere- w got on bo.ini
the Westmoreland. Captain Gnindison. while in the water, managed to
secure himself to the bowsprit of the Ihstrnorcland. which had, bceu car¬
ried away, and he was eventually picked up by a boat from the fl estmara*
land, which put into Whitby.-On the night or Thurjday week n Hne
schooner, enlhd the Janes, ot Wick, bound to Euncorn. from Ayr. when
some ten miles off roint Lyuas, mis m contact with the Majeslas from
Liverpool to Wo; und the James had shortly alh rwards to be abandoned.
The crew, however, got on board the Majesta, und were )<uidcdat Liver¬
pool by a steum-tug.-The DuU of Argyll,!, iasgow and Stornow.v
stiamir, was lost lust week She wu on a passage to the IsMa port, with
her usual eompUsment of passengers and cargo. In the course of tVcdma-
dav evenfngriu consequence of the weather becoming bad. she came to
anchor In the buy of Sulcn. Sound of Jlull. off Kinttne. During the night
the wind shifted', and the Ul-fatcd ship swung nt her anchors and strut*
cn a sunken r.e£ then' was Just time to get out the boftt^ uud resatte
tie iiu«ui 0 ej. usi Riffi 11 ha :t« siif lUiit apfl-p,
84
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 23, 1868
Tho subjoined!? Inn shows Sir H. "Wheeler’s position at Cawn-
pore, and the points occupied by, and lines of fire of, the rebels. Held
by the British from the 5th to the 27th June. The intrenchmont (so called)
was a shallow trench, scarcely 4i feet high from the bottom of the
ditch; the guns (aa) were without any cover, b. A thatched barrack,
burnt the second day by a shell: in it all the medical stores were de*
stroyed. c. Well, exposed to fire from several sides, d. Well, into which
our dead were cast at night.
I/VTG IVDEQ RAILWAY
OfTlCC*:
z imnzzx
■ sci &t
* u 5 ^' r V“'
“is?
N£K QfiP.flACHS
.1 CUN jh. ^
Moot* OCCUFICO BY CNEMt XX BRITISH PICQLETS OF 1C A»EA/
Z r oo‘rT AL r ‘ w “ « c uuHBt.ar.mnnr _
left. But it only adds one more to the long catalogue of proofs that it
is infatuation to trust a Mahratta. Nana Sahib well knew how to
keep the word of promise to the ear, but break it to the hope. He let
the whole party embark and depart, and mockod them by permitting
them also to take the treasure from their intrenchments. Then came
the moment for successful treachery. Suddenly his guns opened on
the helpless fugitives. 8ome of them attempted to escape to the oppo¬
site side, but there they were met by cavalry, who waded into the
water to hasten the work of destruction. One boat, which escaped
some miles, was brought baok, and doubtless completed the Satanic joy
of the assassin.”
The remembrance of the deeds of horror perpetrated upon our
unhappy countrywomen at Cawnpore is too deeply engraven upon the
hearts of the British people ever to be effaced. Suffice it to say that,
when General Havelock and his victorious little army entered Cawn¬
pore, they found it a heap of blackened ruins. Not a single European
—man, woman, or child—was spared. There were about two hundred
and forty women and ohildren in the city, officers’ and soldiers’ wives,
and Nana Sahib ordered all to be slain.
The accompanying is a Sketch of the House in Cawnpore in which
upwards of 200 men, women, and childron, were murdered by order
or the Rajah of Bithoor (the Nana Sahib). The house is built in the
form of a square, three sides o(f which are composed of rooms, and the
fourth side is a high wall, with a door iiHVand a oourt in the centre.
The greater portion of the unfortunate sufferers were those whom the
Nana had induced by o. treaty to quit the intrenchments, and were
the survivors of his breach of that treaty when they were fired
upon in the boats which were to take them to Allahabad. From the
boats they were brought back and placed in this house, with bread,
water, and salt to live upon. In addition to these there wore tho
officers, with tbeir wives and families, who had fled from Futtyguhr
(about forty-seven altogether in number) who were seized whilst
coming down the river in boats, and brought into Cawnpore. About
fifty or sixty yardB from the house is a deep well, into which
were thrown, the mangled remains of tho unfortunate victims.
When General Havelock’s force entered Cawnpore, and drove
the rebels out of it; after an action of nearly three hours’ duration,
the limbs of the murdered people were seen floating in the well, and
some were strewed about on the ground near it. These latter were
collected, and properly buried, and the well has been filled up. The
floors of thehduse and court inside were covered with mats, ladies’
and children s dreaseB, shoes, bonnets, &c.; long tresses of hair, books,
&o., all saturated with blood; and the walls and pillws were daubed
and sprinkled with blood, which must have flowed in rivulets. When
the Nana heard that General Havelock’s force was only one day’s
match from Cawnpore, he ordered butchers and others, with swords,
co go and murder his victims. They rushed into the house, and
HOUSE AT CAWNPOHK, THE SCENE OP THE MASSACRE.
CAWNPORE.
Tint murder of tho garrison of Cawnpore, and of the wives and
childron of the English who had the misfortune to rely upon the word
of that miscreant Nana Sahib, is the most melancholy episode in a
rebellion abounding with horrors. Tho account of the defence of
Uuwmpore by Sir Hugh Wheeler is thus described in the Fntnd of
India :—
M When the news of tho mutiny at Meerut reached Sir nugb, he was
in a town of 100,000 people, many of them armed and many of them
Mussulmans: he had no fort; and his troops were disaffected sepoys.
Nevertheless, by the mere force of character and tlie display of un¬
shaken courage and confidence, he overawed the mindj of all around
him, and held his position till the 5th of Juno. All that time he had
with him a few Europeans who had been hastened up by the dak
carriages from Benares ; but the whole force, consisting of soldiers of
the Queen's 84th and the Madras Fusiliers, and some artillerymen,
did not exceed 150 men. The sepoys mutinied, and then he had only
this force of 150 men to rely on, with about forty officers of various
regiments. With this small body of troops be had to protect the
d£p6t of the Queen’s 32nd. consisting of 120 women and children, and
the whole Christian population of tho place, which included civilians,
merchants, shopkeepers, engineers, clerks, pensioners, and their families,
to the number of nearly 400 souls. He had very short supplies of food
and ammunition, and he was separated from the Ganges bya road, and by
a line of houses with their compounds. Against him were assembled
a body of men probably exceeding four thousand in number, animate^
with fanatical rage, well supplied with ammunition, assisted by artil¬
lery, and led by a miscreant capable of any atrocity and mod with dis¬
appointed ambition. Lucknow was not fifty miles off, but no help
could bo expected from that quarter; and relief from Allahabad was
soon rendered doubtful by the tidings that there had been a mutiny
there, and that a largo body of insurgents had assembled in the city.
From the first it was doubtful if the intrenchments could be held for
two weeks, but, when the enemy obtained mortars and ,66'nt sbeUs
among tho crowded garrison, every day's resistance was protracted in
despair. Many officers fell; the supplies were exhausted ; all hope of
relief seemed gone; the news of upproucliing helpfrom tho Delhi
force which once reached them proved f.ilsa; find it wus resolved to
make a sally, and, if possible, drive off the assailants. It may be sup¬
posed that everything which human daring could do was done that
aai
lay. but the forces'of the enemy were overwhelming, they were
enabled to use their artillery, and the dauntless leader of our
countrymen fell mortally wounded. He was carried back to
die, and then, reduoed to the last extremity, the small remnant
of’the troops made terms, securing a safe passage down the
nvor for the womon and children,^ and all their other
companions. This was on tbo 27th June. It was the only resource
Brigadier James Hope Grant, C.B., ot the 9th Lancers,
who defeated tlie Gwalior mutineers at Serai Ghaut, on the Ganges, is
in the prime of life, having been in the army just over thirty years, and
well accustomed to Indian warfare, having been in that country since
1842 , when he accompanied his regiment there. He served during the
war in China, as brigade-major to General Lord Saltoun. and was present
at the assault and capture of Chin Kiang Foo, and at the landing belore
Nankin. As Major of his regiment he served with distinction at bobraon
in 1846; and in the second war, in 1848 and 1849, he commanded his regi¬
ment in those campaigns, including the passage of the Chenib at Kam-
nuggur, where the gallant Havelock, brother of the brave hero whom
the nation now deplores, fell. He also took part at Chilhanwallah, and
was also present at the battle of Goojerat At the outbreak of the mutiny
Colonel Grunt was stationed at the head-quarters of the 9 th Lancers, at
Umballah, and when the focus of the revolt appeared at Delhi, he was
ordered down with his regiment. At the assault on that city w com¬
manded the cavalry brigade in the column selected by General bir. a.
Wilson to attack Kissengunge. After the assault and capture of the city
Brigadier Grant removed to the scene of active duty at Cawnpore.
N
C
flax or sm nuaii wheeled's rosmox at cawxpore.
Jan. 23, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
87
NEW BOOKS, ffe.
reedy. the Library Edition* <e. fwl. each, extra cl (free by post).
mHtBANKER’S WIFE. By Mrs. GORE.
I Revised by the Author. Post 8vo, with two Illustrations by
Gilhrrt. Dedicated in 1843 to 81r John Dean Paul, Burt, Alio, nni tortn,
FATHER EUSTACE. A Tale of the Jusuits. By Mm. TROLLOPE.
(Alter colyton. a Talc or i&w. By Horace ssotb.
London: KXIGHT and SON, Clerkenwe!l-clo«i>.
Now ready, New Edition for 1858,
with all the Indian and Crimean Officer*
M B. DOB’S PEERAGE. BARONETAGE,
KNIGHTAGE, Ac , for 1858 (Eighteenth Yearl, include* tho
■ew Peer*. Baronet* and Kn'ghte, with all the latfjst change*.
Price 10* 6d.—W1UTTAKEK and 00., Ave Maria-lane, London; and
•11 BcckJcliera.
URKE’S (SIR BERNARD) PEERAGE
and BARONETAGE for 1858 ia now ready. May bo had of
all Booluoilers. Price 38a.
London: Hakbison, 59, Pall-mall.
TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR.
Now rea’iy.
M b. dod’s parliamentary com-
PANION for 1858, contains ad the New Members of the
House of Commons, the reau'U of Election Petitions. &c.
WllTTAKKR and CO., Are Muria-lano; and ail Booksellers.
NEW WORK BY 8AMUEL LOVER.
On Feb. 1, llloftrated by Phi/.. Hir*ey, Birkel Fester, Harrison
W«yr, and Engraved by the Brothers DnWeL Crown 8vo, superbly
print'd on crc&m paper, prie* 5s., extra cloth, fultgiit,
T YRICS of IRELAND. By SAMUEL
JLJ LOVER, Author of "Legends of Ireland," " Rory O’Moro."
•• Handy Andy," *o.—H oulston and Wright, 6S Patcruoater-row.
H E FA MILY FRIEND,
_ Monthly. td.. TRuztratod.
"It lathe very thing wc want when the curtains are drawn and
Ike candles lit, for a long, pleasant evening.
WARD and Lock. 118, Fleot-streot; and all BoekseRers.
ATEW ILLUSTRATED BOOKS'
XN On Feb. 1. with Twelve Hlu trutlons, by Anolay and
Watts Phillips, boards, fcp 8vo. price 2-..
NTGHT and DAY; or. Better Late than Never.
By JOBN BENNETT, Author of “Family Mysteries," &c.
On Feb 1, price 2a., Illustrated with 300 Engraving*._
HOW to MAKE a HOME, and FEED a FAMILY.
This work Is thoroughly jnuctical, and will savo Its coat daily.
Ob Feb. 1, Illustrated with 250 Engraving* from Designs by Leech,
Crow-quill, Jtc.. cl' tb, gilt, pp. 480 price 3s. 6d.,
PAUL PB.ENDERGA8T; or. the Comic School¬
master. A book that will amuse, delight, and Instruct old and
young.— Ward and LOCK, 158, Fleet-et-eet; nrd all Booksellers.
T
Eleventh Edition, cmrfblly revised. 12mo, 3s., doth._
T HE FRENCH SCHOLAR’S FIRST BOOK;
comprising a Conc'so View of French Grammar, a copious
Vocabulary, and a Collection of Familiar Phrases; designed to afford
Exercise in Translating, Reading, aud Rotating. By PHILIP LE
BRETON, M.A., of Exeter College, Oxfnnl.
London: BlMPKilf, Marshall, and Co.; and Whittaker and Co.
MISS ALLISON'S ELEMENTARY ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
F irst lessons in English gram-
MAR. for ibo Leo of the Nursery and tha Junior Claofoe io
Schools; with Quo-sions for I* xsmiuation At the end of cash leMon.
By M. A. ALLIeON, author of “The Child’s French Friend," “ ? a
Petite Fran calm*.’’&c. llth Edition, 18mo. 9d sewed; or Is cloth.
London: BisirKiN. MARSHALL, and CO ; Longman aud Co.; and
A. Hail and Co.
FRENCH FOR THE YOUNGER CHILDREN.
New ready. New and Cheaper Edition, much improved* and embel¬
lished, with entirely now Cuts, 18mo., prioe ia. fid., found and
T 1,er A BAGATELLE;
I 1 In'endod to TntTodnco
Children cf Five or Six Yean Old to some Knowledge of tho
FRENCH LANGUAGE.
Rorired bv Madame N. L.
This well-known little work has umlergonoa must, carof cl revision.
The orthrgraphv has been mo 'ernlsod. and entirely now woodcut*
■ubs ituted for the old ones It is now submitted to parents aod others
enraged In the education of young children, at well adapted for
f• miliari*ing their pupils with the coistructlon and sounds of the
French language, con voting at tho same time excellent moral lessons.
Stui'K in. Marshall, and Co.
WANOSTROCllT’d FRENCH GRAM MAR AND EXERCISES.
Revised by Tarver. _ _
A GRAMMAR of the FRENCH LAN-
Gl'AGR; with Practical Fxercis»». By N. WANOSTROCHT.
LL.D. Revised und er.largod by J. C. Tarver. M.A. Eton. 23rd
id A°KEY U to 4 the > *EXERCISES in ditto. 12mo. 3s.
C *London: Longman and Co.; Bimpktn, Marshall, and Co. t Hamll-
tsn and Co.; Whittaker and Go.. Dolan and Co. j T. I dlowe* and
Co.; HouUtcn ami Co : Barton and Co ; D. Nutt; C. H. Uv: aud
Hall and Co.; G. end J. Robinson, Liverpool; aud McrJey and Sons,
Derby. _
TNDIAN FUND LADIES’ COMMITTEE
A AI.MAVAC for 186-1. lrtco >. M , of er n (lr.urtnr by Udy
AUGUSTA CAJDOGAK. IMmorl in Colour, by 6 incent Srookf.
Kent and CO., Floet-atroct.
T HE RED PAMPHLET. PART II.—
This day is pubUnbed. 8vo. 2* Gd.; by post. 2* 8d . tho Secmd
Part of the MUTINY of the BEVGAI. ARMY. An Historical Jur-
rative- By " One who ha* 8ervod under Sir Charos Napier.
Part I. may still be hud. prlen Is.; by I**, Is. Id.
London: BOSWORTH and Harrison, 315, Regent-street.
HtnxtraUd with 250 Do'criptlve Engraviairs, .
[TTTFE’S OWN BOOK of COOKERY.—
r V Agreeable Dinner*, Inexpensive, and e/ully OMtod. Also,
c0 Dinner* for every day.—WARD and LOCK; anil aU Bookseller*
low ready. No. 1. Illustrated with Twenty-one new Knrra vines, prioe
2d., to be completed In Twotve Monthly Number*.
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.
HOVLSTON and WRIGHT, and all Bookseller*.
Jolt published. Third Edition, post-free, fid.,
1PECTACLES. When to wear and how to
D use them. Addressed to these who value their Bight. By
Bland 8 end Long. Opticians to her Majesty. 16.1. Fleet-street.
.lint puMlibe*!, Sitood EdWrni, iirkeU.; (MferMtf. to. > ••
the dry collodion process. By
ciiam.es a. long.
This process is simple and certain."
I land and long. Photographic Instrument Makers top
. Fleet'll «t, London.
irMgletty,
THE BP.6T BRIDAL OFFERING. \ \
ffcPHUN’S PRESENTATION BIBLE-
I This magnificent Volume, so suitable for a Morriag*Frr.^
s Birthday Gift, may bo bad bound in tho mist rroh««-iM5 swi
■rices varj leg from X2 K*. to £0 lOs.
The most splendid Family Bib o ever produced.
Inflection invited. Bp'clmena post-free. _
W. R. MePliUN. 4'. I.n-gitp-ldll, London ; —•* '•
New Book.—Just ready, price la.; pon-fri», ? ls. Id.,
TTALENTINES, New and Original, bei
y and Bidlcu'ous. Sublime and Satirical, with an Intriducl
Treatino on the CcmjwslUon of a Valentine. By a Master of
Fcap8vo, boards. Illurtratod Wrapper. -/„>
•Ibis book, containing an entirely nyV to ^origfa *! wJjgPg"
V.IfntlDM.bolh comic .181 *r»Giy
• f model, for those wishing to owlebrate St, V alentlne s-du. with the
usual epistolary honon-a. / A \ _ . ,
London: Ward and Lock, lfk, Fleet-atreet.J_
mnE ILLUSTRATED FIELD of Saturday
X will contain No. 2 of
8 a. men
Anglii
Price,
atitel _
milE TIMES posted free, evening of publica-
X t on. at 26s. pet-quarter, or £5 tho year. Tho Kvrnlng hlfd’, at
If*. p«r qturtcr. or X3 tho year. Paidrimadvinco to W. BERKS, 22,
Market street. MarfSB^W* 'AD other towsrapers, books, roa;* or
mosie poated ftfe./** nqu&ad, *t their publislted price. Acivurtrie-
meoD irserted. Lstnblhttad U-I<l. ___
"\X7EDDING CARDS, Enamelled Envelopes.
y V ttamped in silver, with arm*, crest, or flowers. " At Honrea."
and breakfast Invitation* lu H>e Mtast fashion. Card-plate elegantly
engraved and 100 supcrflno cards printed for 4s. fid.—Observe, at
HENRY BBDRIG UBo. tJ. Piccadilly (2 doors from 8ackviIlo-*trMit).
1V0 CHARGE for STAMPING PAPER and
XI ENVELOPES, with Arms, Coronet, Crest, or Initials.—
RODRIGUES' Cream-laid Adheeivo Envelopes, id. per 100; Cream-
laid Note, fun sue, five quire* for 6d.; thick ditto, five qulret for
la.: Fooltcan. 9a. per ream. Sermon Paper. 4a. 6d. AH kinds of
H.BoJrtire-'.41. ne^diar, Lontlon, W.
B EEVES’ DRAWING PENCILS,
NEW MUSIC, $r.
B RINLEY RICHARDS’ MOST POPULAR
AND ELEGANT WORK8 for Die PIANOFORTE.
A CHRIS'lMAH-PIECE. Illustrated by Crowquill .. 3a. fid.
LA MIA LETICIA .3* Od.
ROBERT TOI yUR J'AIME. : .. 3a. Od.
8WKKTIX1VF. ARISE. Henrion’s celebrated Serenade 3a. Od.
BECOLLECTION8 of PRINCF. CIIAKUE:—
No. 1. WTia wsdna F*^:ht for Charlie ?.*». 6d.
No. 2. Charlie Ls My Darling .Sa. fd.
No. 3 Orrr the Water to Charlie .. .. .. 2s Gd.
No. 4. Bonnie Dundee .2». Od.
MADELEINE Vabo l ’ri’Iar.te .2a. M.
MADRAS FI SIUEK GALOP . U. M.
LA HEINE DR MAI. Valve Brillante .3a Od.
BRINLEY RICHARDS* COMPLETE TUTOR for the
PIANOFORTE.4a. Od.
“ The cheapest, the beat, and most modem."
BRINLEY RICHARDS’ OCTAVR KXRRCISE8.. .. 3a. Od.
BRINLEY RICHARDS’NEW PRELUDES .. .. 3a. Od.
Ail poiiago-free for stamp*
Published by A W. Hammond (JuLLua'S), 214, Regent-street,
and 45, Kiug-ctreet.
K ING and CO., SILKMERCERS, &c , 243,
Kegvnt-sfeet, lx>g to announce that they have purcbasoil,
during tho late commercial criria, ninny thousand pound*'worth of
NEW FRENCH SILK* MUSLINS, BAREGES, IRISH POPLINS,
Ac., which they In.end selling during the ensuing season at half the
usual prices.
P ATTERNS of tho NEW SILKS,
and cither fabrics, for
Walking.
Evening, nnd
Wedding Dreoaea.
Family Rooming,
India Outfit* fee.,
sent peat-free
to any part of tho
world.
N.B. Bv this system lodk* ard merehantircriding in the country and
abroad will save 50pe* cent In their pure hues.
Addreae to KING and CO., Regent-street, London.
A
W
EW
Just published,
J ULLIEN’S New FIFE POLKA, price 3s.
Performed at his Concerts with the greatest succe-a, and WEI
excel In popularity the celebrated Drum Polka.
JULLLEN’S New KISS POLKA. 3a.
Nightly encored.
Postage-free for cturap*
A. w. HAMMOND (JuLLunr's), Pablisher, 214, Regent-street.
S AD BROWN LEAVES : delightful Ballad,
2a.; charming Duet, S». fid. Order Immediately. Free for
stamp*—Mr. T. CHAN TREY. Maocleofleld.
Jaat published, price 2* fid.,
mHE mSTLETOE WALTZES. By Mrs.
X LIGBTFOOT HALL. Author of the “ Debutante SchotUsch*"
lie. Free for stantpo from Mi*. Hall, Higb-atreet, Whltahavan.
J TOO,
AM SEVENTEEN, MAMMA!
Wort. Wu.iO 1,T XEGTAHIVi; 8USSV3IDE, Ek). “A
genuine Voting Lady’s song, arch and sprightly, with a pleasant !n-
fus'on of the vis comic* Tho melody ia sparkling and lively. —
Fliotogiapliic Art-Journal.
Cramer, Beale, and Co., 201, Regent-street.
O UR ENGLISH ROSE, beautifully Illus¬
trated with n Portrait of H Tt-H. tho Princess Royal. A New
Hong. Poetry by J. J. LONSDALE Esq. Music by W. T.
WIUGHTON. ts. fid. " The Bridal Quadrilles." By Henri D'Orsay.
is “Pretty Pollv ard Puaajr" By Leduc. 3s. each. “Too
English Rose Quadril'e*" By T. Browne. 4§. Ditto, for a band, fis.
Lon don: ROBERT COCKS and Co., Now Buriingt on-street, W.
T INENDRAPEUS’ GALLOP, for the Piano-
J forte Bv AUGUSTUS HERZOG The nust spirited Gallop
latelv published Pent froe on receipt of 12 stamps.
Ewer and Co., 390. Oxford-itreet.
E WER and CO.’S ALBUM dc PIANO for
1818, containing twonty-six new compo*itlons by the best
modern nuthors. “ By far the best work of its kind ever published.”
—Clitic. “May be fably recommended as a handsome glft."-Mu-
Slcal World. “ As good a gift- book of it* kind a* we have mot "—
Athenn um. ‘‘Ot'o of tho prettiest musical annual*."—Daily News.
Price 15* »ent flree. List of oontent* tent free on application.—
BWSR nnd Co., 390. Oxford-street. Sole publishers of tho complete
works of Mondebsobn.
W ESTROP’S ISO MELODIKS for the
VIOLIN, in a ls. Book; by post It stamps, selected fr.vm all
the popular Opcrns and all the favourite VoccI and Dareo Musio of
the day RegrndP* V'>0 Melodies to- tho German Concert in* is.; and
Sedgwick's 200 Melodies for tho English Concertina, Is.: pori-frw
1« stamps each Book. Twenty other Books, Vocal and Instrumental
(100 Compositions in each\ at 1* each.
MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 192,High Holbora-
M ENDELSSOHN’S SONGS WITHOUT
WORD 0 , th»- (iBooks in 1 Volume, elegantly bound, cloth,
S ilt edges. 7s. fid., with Portraltof Mendelssohn on Stool. Beethoven’s
onata* fi Books in 1 Volume, uniform with “Songs Without Word*.'
7*. Gd. Full music-sire, from engraved ptate*. To prevent disapnomt-
ment. order tbe elegant ard accurnt*- editions pabiuhcd ,at ^hi
MUSICAL BOl'QUKT OFFICE. 192, High Holborn.
Kifcer Volume by poet for 81 etamps.
TVT ONTG OSIER Y’S E
1YX QUADRILLES. Price 5d., post-free 7d. Also h!§ eluant
Quadrilles—tho BelpbCgar, Arabian Nights. Edinburgh, tt. rat rick-'*,
Don Ci: for do Ba-^an. Mnskotccm. Beggars’ Opera Royal Laae n,
Pu*a in Boots, plccolominl. My Mary Alms, and B ilihinnr Atom^
fid each, by po«t 7d. Piano ducts, fid.—MUSICAL yoC^liQUE
OFFICE. 192. High Holborn.
SPRING SILKS, at KING’S,
243, Begent-street.
St>ip«(l and Crocked Silks,
XI 2e. fid. the Pul! Dresa.
XI lte.fid.
Jsopet l’oalt do Boies,
XI 17* M.
Ftrunced f ilks,
X* it. Od.
French Flounced Silk*
£3 13s 6*1.
Velvet 2 launoed 511k*
£5 lOs.Od.;
and Moir^ Antiques, a* worn by the Queen, £3 3s. the Full Drew,
usually fald at Xfi fi*.
Patterns scut post-free.
Address to King and Co , Kcg.nt-street. 1
N ew black silks, at king’s,
213, Regent-street.
Glace, Striped. Brocaded, Grw» Royal*. Flounced. Robe h Quille,
Moire Antique* and Widuws'Slks,
From XI 1* to £5 the Full Dn*s. Patterns sent post-fre*
Address to King and Co.. IleK«nt-«;reet. London
N
EW FRENCH MUSLINS,
243, Rcgent-slreef.
Finest Orvandio Muslins,
fe. tki. the Full I>re*s.
Finest Flounced Mo*<in*,
19s. 6d. the Rob* usually sold at 21s.
Patterns rent post-free.
E EAL IRISH POPLINS, at KING’
213. Regent-street.
Btriped.
Checked,
Brocaded, and
Watered,
XI 17* fid. tho 7uU Dre*a. uraally sold at X5
Patterns seat post-free- ,
Address to King and Cb . Kcgcnt*.*treef, London. / J
■ ■ ■ -^ /
B LACK SILKS cheaper than they were ever
known. Pattern* of all the new makes frwi^wr'post. Also,
Moirfi Antiques in Black and shade* of Grey.
Addre * PETEK ROBINSON,
General Mourning Warehouse, i'W, Oxiord-street, London.
N DI A—FAMILY MOURNING.—Skirts,
trimmed deeply with er^p* from 30*. upwards to tho richest
qonlhy. with Mantle* and Bounds to match. FamUv order* sumdled
on the mo*t reasonable term*. Hr^t-c’n.:* Dn.«mikiug at moderate
charges. Orders attniileiLto iit town Of Rountrv.—Adores*. PETER
ROBINSON, General Mourmng Warehouse, 103. Oxford-st.. Loudon.
GHOST in the STEREOSCOPE
AFFRIGHTING the RUSTICS,
kindlv flugkted l*y Fir D. Brewster.
Sent free by peat, coloured. 21 stamps.
London Stereoscopic Company. 51, Cheapslde: and 313, Ox'ord-street
T HE PATENT ENAMELLED GLASS
PRISMATIC 81ERBOSCOPE.—SPENCEC. BROWNING, and
CO. beg to offer this elegant novelty to tbe public. Tho Improved
Prismatic Stereoscope in Mahogany. ”s. 61. Rolithed Mahognov
StcTco*eore wi lt bra»sadjustingoioplcces.2*.fid. French view* 4s.6d.
dox. Now views Iu Wale* Ireland, Constantinople, Athens, an l Egypt,
gpsorer, Browning, and Co., Ill, Minoriei. The Trade suppled.
S TEREOSCOPIC \TEWS of Egypt, Nubia,
and the Nil* by F. FRITH, Esq., Uluitratlng the moet remark-
*b’< matures of And wit E<ypiiau Arch lecture nnd History'—100
View*. 1 he PvnUBld* ephynxc* Tomato of Luxor, Kinrnc, Tneba*
Sic. Vide Review in tho liratw, 1st Jon., 1858. To bo had of all
dealer*. Whotesalo only of the Publisher* 21, Lnwreuoe-lane.
B inding the illustrated London
NEW8.-Subscribers and Purchaser* can hare their
VOLUME# BOUND lu tbo appropriate Cover* with GUt Fxtgs* at 5*
per Volume, by sending them, carringo-pald, with Post-office Order,
payable to LEIGHTON, 8 >N. and HODGE, 13, Sboe-lan* London.
I be only Binder* aut h orised by tho Proprietor*
EULOGY and MINERALOGY.—
ElcmcnlAiy COLLECTIONS, to facilitate tho stody of this
Interesting Science, can fie hud from Two Guinea* to Odu Hundred,
also Single bpectmen* of J. TENNANT, 149, Strand. London.
Mr. Tennant gives l*rivjue Inrtruction In Mineralogy and Geology.
X\7 ILDFOWL SHOOTING—Doable and
y y anglii DUCK GUNS, Urge bore* and bug barret* to kill
with loose shot 100 yard*. Prices: Single* from £7 10*; Double#,
12 guinea* and upwards.—REILLY. Gunmaker, New Oxford-stroot.
P ATENT SELF-LIGHTING CIGAR
COMPANY’, 50, Moorgato-street Wholesale and Retail.—All
kinds of Cigars iare treated by thU process, and are United by
sirop’o friction., witlioat taste or ?molL No extra price. Invaluoblo
to cut-door smokers and traveller* 9a. to 42a. per lb. Sample box,
six fine Havmmah* free, 21 poatago-atampa. thro* 12 stamps. Price
Lfaaqfree. ____
REDUCED PRICES for WINES.—
Komsilloo, 30s.; Dinner Sherry, 30s.; Standard Sherry, 49«.;
Okl hranily, fiO* iierdosen, cosh.—Address, and orders pay-
I, FOSTER and INGLE, 45, Cheapaide, K.C.
“ TJUBLIC ATTENTION is drawn to an ex-
I edtont Dinner Sherry, at 36*. per dox.; woll ma*urod, flna
crusted Port, 48* • and sor-artor dry Champagne, direct from Epcrnay.
fide., carriage- free.—CAD Ed WINE COMPANY, 6«, St. Jamm’a-
O flOe., curriag
street, Londc
T OCKE’S NEW LVNDSEY WOOLSEYS,
I i Ettipwl [an^ rialn, for L>rc» es end TotticoiU. Pattern* for-
H> AND CLAN TARTAN WAREHOUSES,
127; BEGUN I-STREET.
OPERA CLOAK.—This
^ | ^ ndnilHiil and elegant novelty is distinguished by the name
of tho Prince**- A »Qrt of epaulet deaccnd.ng from each shoulder is
ornamentedsyr R IroxjUptucry, in the «t>lc ot the luillsn I oshatvur
Braid in r/ The open tpnees ia tho are filled up with satin of
various hue*, thus producing a rich an! brilliant effect. This new
>ncru Closk is registered, and c-nn be pu'cha-ed only of
FARMER aiui ROGEKP, 171, !73, 175, Kegmt-ifrcet,
---Bee "Tho Fashion*,” niuifra’edLondou News.
BONNIE DUNDE E \floto Agei u for ’lie real Thibet Goats’ Hair Caoc and Muff.
M USIC at REDUCED PRICES.—Cal
of 5000 Sorg* 5000 Piece* nnd 2003 ancient at
Miscellaneous Works, sent to nny part of th*-< *“
stamp each. Prorpectos of Mnsical library bn
gratia.—WM. ROBINSON. Jon.. 3-58. Strand C
and SON'S
_ HABM0NIW8 for SALE or HIRE, with
chose, from £12 to XML Tho only maker* of the roaj h
Ropalr* Tuning*—103, Great Pmnw'.l-sfroct, Bloomsbury.
Q.*EO. LUFF
ND EXHIBITION of INDIA
«....1VT8 — FAB5IF.R nnd ROGERS nre now exhibiting la
their spacious Irdla bh»wrooms a m«at superb collection of oh-tea
\CAM1MEFE SHAWLS. «mor»R*t which nre several of very rare
leslgn^anfl quality, similar to those supplied for the Wedding
A Wcau of the Princess RoyaL
fiOREAr SHAWL ANDCLOAK KYIPOTUUM. 171. 173, 1.5,
REGENT-STREET. W.
India Shawls Bought and Exchanged.
P IANOFORTES.—GKO. LUFF add.
hare tho Jurreri flock In Iord^o, for SALE or HIRE,
esay term* of pnrebae* both now tad twxradhand, fro^XlO to .
- --- xt RnaaeU-atree’-. fHoomsborr.
Tuners soot to all oort*—10*. Great F
P IANO!
PLUMB’S
(prices ranging
able Instrt ment
so constructed as
principal country
for Sale. EPr* <
thoRritUb Museum
f
MANN and
lypFOKTE, fij oertre*
I), is the mo it suit-
.. rchool-roora. being
nnlag. To bo hod of aU tho
* Scotland, and Ireland: also
Uussdl-stnwt topposite
S. — OETZMANN and
their boautiful little Studio PUco-
Instrumeuts for h*lo or Hire, with
reet. Bloomsbury.
B oudoir grand pianofortes, t
octaves, 3 strings:—OETZMANN and PLUMB have a cho’co
selrctioh of threS-ckgany iDStnunent* ia Mahogany. Walnut, and
Rosewood, at price* fronYM Guineas, guaranteed equal lo any manu-
fatturedv—fcl. Great Buwcll-strcst, Bloomsbury.
OKTE aud MUSIC-STOOL (col¬
s’) for h gcinciu (half tho value). In elegant walnut ease,
metallic plate. *nd aU the recent taMNNht ****
fhll, and sweet tone. Very Uttto used.
lUH and CO-. Uphnlsteren. 7, Queen’s balldiug* Knlghtibriivga
loot* wait of Snanr-street).
O RNAMENTS for tha DRAWING-ROOM,
T.TRHAKY. Jcc.—An .it-n.irt umnw of ALABASTER.
HARBLK, BROKAK, .n.1 DRRBY8BIKE SPAR ORSA11ES13
a£mfActtUd and Import*! by J. TESSAWT. UP.Hrtaml. LonJon .
TpURNITURE for a DRAWING-ROOM—of
X chaste and elegant design, a bargain, flno walnut, warrant ,*d
manufacture, to bo sold for btlf ita min* nearly nwff—ounsutiu* of
• large-size, brilliant Plato Chimney Glass, in costly unique WW[ *
mspuiflcesit Chiffonier, ulth richly-carved back, ■ad df^rs fltted
with beat silvered plate glass, and marble top; saparior Centre Tahi*
on handsomely-carved pillar aod claw* ; cocadonaL or L*Uos
Writing and Fancy Table*; six solid, elejr*ntl.r-«hai»d Ou t* m rich
silk; a superior, spring-stuffod. Setue; Easy and
■ulte, with extra lined looae cases. two fancy occasion.^ Chairs; aud
a handsome Whatnot. Price for the whale suite 46 guinea* *»-»•—
Also, a Tery superior, complete, modern, fine Spanish
Dining Boom Sot. in best morocco. 40 guinea* Tobe reen •* LEWIS
CI4AWCOUB end CO '8, Upholsterers, 7. Queen’s building* KmghA-
bridge. seven doom west of Sloane-etreet. _
C ABINET FURNITURE, CARPETS, and
BEDDING.—An Elu-tratod Book of Estimates awlI Farm:are
Catalogue,containing lfiO Designs and Prinaof’ FashJonaolOAml :-a-
norior Upholstery,Furniture. *tc.. grath on application.
nlsblng, who study economy, corab;nrfwlthifcfrUMi and dursWht^
should apply for thl*—LBWIH CKAWCOUR and OO^. Ca Mnto
Manufacturers, 7, Queen’s-bull ding, Knlghtsbridg* (sewn dw s wait
of Bloona-street). N-B. Cotnttry orders carriago-fre * , __
L ooking-glasses end furniture
of e,ary dcscrtmloo. «t rtricUy modortfo pricor. Th« mo.: «r-
fomlni wartioiit lo tho kloydom: KOOd MKO rnrt qu«BtT pimzUei.
Fortblithod lew. A »l«lt to Ibis ™ubllshmonl will wml TO »T P y
thaaor*.—C. NOSOTTI’R Manufecto ryaud Soow-room. 3a A. Oxiord-et.
H _ EAL and SON’S NEW ILLUSTRATED
CATALOGUE contains do ign* and prices of 150
of BED-ROOM FURNITURE, as wcU as of 109 Bedctead* *od
price* of every description of Bedding. Se nt fre e by “f
Son, Bedstead, Bedding, and Bed-room Furniture Manufraiurcri.
196, Tottmham-co urt-read. W. __
TOHN WELLS and CO., 210, Regent-street,
tf U»d00.-CAmNF.T FliXNn uvx, ‘“P""'
manufacture, at SHtloxaio price* De»gn* and iuta of pneo*
by post.
C LEARANCE of the KPONSALIA STOCK.
The remaining portion of the aN.vo Elegant owl Costly Ptock
uf fllLKA ..r 5tesaT». Jay nnd Smith, 216. Krgent-s’roet. is N’JW
BELLING OFF, rvgardl.-a of c*«t. aud mutt bv cleared provloui to
■lock-taking. SOWEnBY TATTOJf. awl CO..
572 and 274. Roffcnt-oinms: III and 1’2, Oxford-street.
D issolution of partnership.—
Tho 5?wxc#’rr< of R. Wil’ey and Co., Mbstt*. 6HBTrLB-
WOBTH. ABBOTT, nnd WILLEY, Jon., 15 aud 16, I«dgate-»treet,
rrsprctfullv Inform their Friends nnd tbe Public that they are now
8RL1.1NG OFF tho e-xtenslva stock of this old ond cdebratetl ortn^-
llahmeut. It is a remarkable stock, emountlng io value to X&r.l'W.
and conflicts of a rich assortmont of Silks of tho belt smannfactnre,
India, French, and Paisley Shawl*. Mantle* Brest*# of influitn
vartstvandoxcosstvciycheap; Damask Cloths, hhecting*. and general
I-ireu* lfraptry, Ribbons, Lot** Hoslenr. and Parli GIovo* Tno
stcrihg quaihyof all goods kept at U. WlHay and Co’s mutt com¬
mand a prempt clcaranco of the stock at the vary lw* *nd aurpri-
siug reduction of prices at which th v are now markod. An early
Instiecilou is rocftm m oufloil.—15 and 16. Luilgntc-atroet, London.
Jan. Mth, Hi&8L _
0 LADIF,'.—Dissolution of Parmersliip.—
Important Sae of Lirumdrapcrr,—w. and V. STUART
El WARDS beg to inform thflr« bic ,l1 ** in consrquonew ct the re¬
tirement c£ Mr. C. Jfiuail Edaarde from the firm thotr la m and
\ aloable «tock will bo so’d off % It bout re erv* at a groat radtirtlou
f n m tbo c-.il pike. £Uks Mastic* Ribbon* Uoras, Urosves. Lores,
tie On Monday, Jammry 21th. and ftilowtaff day*.
.>24 and 325. High Holborn.
T
B ridal costume.—a. blacicborne
b.CT molt tmtwtt.'ony w In farm th. Nob: Tit. .nj Ikmtyv Ihu
Le h»» just received a great novelty In a SPANISH BRIDAL
i RCXKI.LES LACK VEIL, rnd bvitS uirecctioa of the same.—
S panlsh BtnSCllea 56*. South Au-tl*»T->trc"t. Grmvenot-a >uaro.
lyEAl, SPANISH
Ll BLACK BORNE twr»toin
bu has rrocivrd a targe
11my so requisite for ov< nl
pilcce.
MANTILLAS. —A.
inform the NobiMtv aud O-ntry that
-^Urmrvut ol the above MANTILLAS,
ecstumo. considerably und-.i their utual
SPANISH I*KI*OT
^A, South Ani’ley-itrret, tiro-vrt»or-V|U\m._
T HE REDUCTION of 50 PER CENT on
taw Bilk rcahlM Lid'ceto pnrAree a useful ant fashionable
Rlk Yrars a* a very m idtrate pr.ca. The late panic la 'he com-
ssrebd wcrlff aid tecrcol state of the Silk Merkat, have irdaetd
Jasts Bperce a=d Co. to parch*vo largely, at mci* which w« l ov^a
bearectnpariKn with ttcen cf that asamoraWo periol—the French
Bareli*kn of 1818- Iasp^nlon iurUed.
JAME? 8PRNC“ anu LO.. 77 aud 78, Su Paul’s Churchyard.
M arriage «f iiiui. the princess
E«*TA1. 5EWFI.L na^ 00. hare ths honour to anmuare
that, la sntJcipatlonof *h- ahvrr lutemting and bri-Haut ooon-dou.
Vbty att cow prepared to t ubmlt o Superb Collection of BIriDAL
antt lOUHT COSIUME Ike richret bUka nacu*adar«d, In now
acil spi repriatc cokure. Mauve, Aroif, tevre*, iu.. Ac^wtOt white*
of tbo meet d* licet« tints in Moirf Anilqu* plain Cihurfs. and
brock* SUhs of every deecription at a groat reduettoo from the usual
prices.—COM FI <»N H OUSE, t rith-stroet. Soho. _
L ADIES’ WATERPROOF TWEED
CLOAKS mil EIDIKO JACKTTS, OmjUirran’l Orrrt».u .ml
InbrtHSin.. I'utlcm. of niof-rUl Rnd prin. wRpolt-ffM.-
J. !. nd w. r BILUl'S. 57. Hlib-«lme«.Stmimbicy. __
S COTT AD IE, LINSEY-WOOLSEY
VAKKU to tbo t orilT, bu turt» on rto. hh f.,Uoo>ble
Heather Slixturw cud new *tylrs for Dreams ana Tetticoat*. 115,
Jtepeiit- ettoot leorortOf VUtQrttmoO. PtUOrtrt forwortrt frt.
M u
S L I N
EMBROIDERY.
“The Qa«a,"
A cew and braulifuUy-fle^pfrd Consr. price 1*
S'rove* to Match. ’.L*. 6«L rcr pair.
The “ F nee era Hoy al ” Colter. 91; Sleeve*, 2»„
Drawn on the beat Muslin,
a« Mr*. WII.C OTKFON’S, 44, Go dg tr-sL, To t rnham- gourt- roa«. ** -
P ETERS ar.tl UNDERWOOD respectfully
Invite the attention of Ladi« tD Lheir estetsive ttock of
Bkck French GSaw5. BUck Grew do Naplrt, Fancy Silks, Flo*mc«l,
kt.. which ttoy can now offer. In ceareqcenco of tbe recent allure
of »cv«ral maonfartum* at nric-e lower than at any tonne? yaM-
Felicrut i«ot po»t-f»e*-33, 6l««re-f|utr* Lvuvlcn, .
tre at, L o ndo n. ___
TT/INES from the CAPE of GOOD HOPE.—
yy PORT. SHERRY, MADEIRA, BUCELLA9, nnd MAR¬
SALA, all ?0e. per dozen, really fine quality, produce of Spaalah and
Pcrtuguese rinse, at the CATE of GOOD HOPE, whence hor
Ma)csty's Goverment allows v inos to bo imported lor half dutv. Tho
samples for 12 stamps. Brandy, emocllont, 30*. per doiam. W. end
A. Glt-BtY, Wine Ini;»orters, 307,Oxford-street, W.
S PARKLING CHAMPAGNE, 42s. per
Dozen Quarts; 23* Pint*; will bear a favourable comparison
with fro finest. 1st quality, 72s.; 2nd, tiOs ; 3n, 5Us. par Dosnu
and in P.r.ts 5* par two Dozens extra —FKLTOE and CO., 5 and 6,
Built, r-street. London, E.C,
K INAIIAN’S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC
BKANDY.—This celebrated o'd Irish Whisky rivals the finest
French Brandy. It is pure, mild, mellow, and del cious, and very
w olesome bold in bottle* 3s. fid. each, at most of tho re*j*«ctabla
retail houses.—Observe tbe red seal, uluk label, and cork braudod
’’ Klnahsn’s LL Whisk y," 8, Great WtodmilFstreet, Haymarkot.
QTOGUMBER MEDICINAL PALE ALE
O la brewed with the water from “ Harry Hill's Woll." It cure*
diseases, and is renovating, reasonable, and delicious. References to
the faculty, ana statistical return of local population aud births.—B.
HOLDEN, 55a, Upper Scymour-street, Portmnu-equare, sole l-ondoa
Agent. H. Watts, Manager, 6togurober, Taunton. Drum trinkt ana
trinket wleder. dan en re iebensfrobe Wange roslg sfrahl* _
T ^HE NE\V~ MINERAL ENAMEL for
ARTIFICIAL TEETH and GUMS,
one of tho most important inventions In Den i*try for appsarance,
comfort, and durability.
Address. 95, Chartctto-s reet. Fitaroy-squarc ic'.ow to Percy Chapel).
Professional hour*, 10 till A o'clock.
CLOSE OF HOLIDAYS.
T HE RETURN of YOUTH to ihcir Respective
Boarding Schools inducoe a solidiudo from Parents and
Guardians for their Personal Comfrrt and Attraction, and
HO WLAN DA’ MACASSAR OIL,
for the Growth and for Improving ami Beautifying tho Hair;
ROWLANDS’ KAI.YDOK,
for Improving tha Skin and Complexion, and Removing Cutaneous
E " >U ““ i “ ll BOWLANIH' ODbKTO. _ ,
ot l’rerl Dentifrice, for Kemkring tho Teeth Beautifully W’hite. and
1’reserving tho Gutn* are oonnldcrcd indbpeovabio accom>animenta
to tbe attainment of tho.o i’cr.onol Advantages to unlvarsally sought
for nnd nr ni'ted. .. . .. .
fiotd by A. Rowland and Bon* 20, Halton-gurden, London; unu by
Chemists and I’atfront!*
new aius or mwoitt imitat io»b.
rpUE BEST II AIK PRE PAR ATI ONS.—1,
1 Little Queen-Street. High Ho'born.—ALEX BOSS’S HAIR
DYE. the best «n t».e W> rid. Alox. Rom s Hair Doiuoycr or
Dopi’ato y doe* not affert tho Skin; Alex. Uoa.'s Cautliuiles Oil, a
sure restorer ot tha Hair; Alex. Ross a Curling Fluid wre ibo
trouble o.' using irons or pap.re Tho ab ve an cle* aro Ss. 6J. par
bottle, end are sent free In blank wrappers for 51 stamps tbo some
day as cnlcred; or can bo had of all Chemists. “ bow to Arrange tae
Hair." 12 stamps. ____
K IM MEL’S ROYAL BRIDAL BOUQUET,
nrotmrrd by comxnard. price 2* fid. and 5i. iiiinmol’s Royal
Bridal 8achat, a nest and lined acont-hog. price Is ; poet for
stamp*, nitumrl s U yal Brii’ai Souvenir, a UanoeoJte t»OX containing
two ootttes of bouquet and a sachet, price 7s. fid. __
E. H : mn et, Porramer to the Queen. 9o, Btrsno._
T HE ROYAL NUPIIAL GARLAND, a
new rirfrtuo. crttipoesd In honour of the p-oscat au»pJciomi
occMlcu. by K. HfSDBlH, Fe-'um*r to her Msjrifr, l* *fid 11.
T.chuorn* »:re»*. And al«o the BRIDE SMAI DS BClOQtJBT. an •>•
<onM«anylac tritmte—H« mir e • pcrfrnnsry, h nonrtd by the patrm-
are of the int efre’o for nesrly s comury, maintains ita reputation for
eenulite purlt.i and oxceDeace.
A BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION and a
WHITE HAND.—DEL’S P.r.NADO is proved by upward* of
3P.t*0 trotiiD'ioiaU In ita favour to be tho most delight td ana superior
j leparatiun extent* for It* remarkable oivi un fk i im g su^o-M in reu-
lUrmr the skin soft, smooth, and del irate, and ths complex ion pev-
icetv-rlrsr and beautiful, removing ail redness, spots, fiecxlro. ar:J
otfci-r dhfiguremeuts. 2s. ot sent free (Mth directions for use)
for Unity stamp*: double packet, 3* M n or fifty tump*. Sold only
tv H. Del. 7*i. Lower Huu sM CTp et , Loudon. Packed and sentia
ai] part* «f the wot Id on rec eipt of a remittance.
S OFT aud DELICATE SKIN immediately
ntclucrt-brlbcui. of VIZKB’S HOHhY PASTE. U M. uj
29. fid. a Put. Vizor. Chemist. 83.1.ppus-atrect. Belgravia BnuU. 8. fir
P HILIPPE’S TOOTH WATER eleaus and
whitens tbe teeth, braces tho gums, sweetens the breath, pro-
T , -t* tootboebe. and remove* the oilour of tobaoco. Prioe 2s. and
Agent* ?—Klmrn el. 96. Rtrandt Bananr, 150, Ox ford-street. _
HOMAS D. MARSHALL’S ELASTIC
BOOTS.—Ladle*' First-das# Elastic Boots at modwat* prices.
A/l kind* kept ready for wear. Elastic House-Boot* 6* 6d. and
8a. td.; Elastic Evontog Booa, fl* IBd.; Irich a f^“
ll* €d.; Rustic double-sold Boou, Iss- fid.; Elastic FarisKWl Boot*,
with null i ary heel* 14* fid.; ditto, with double
with trot* eok* 17* fid.— Thomas D. MarshalL 122. Oxfiard-atreeC.
N O MORE COLD FEET.—Patent FELT
INSOLBD ROOT3 and 8HOE8.—BOWLXY andCO , M.
Charing.crus* IMzc Modal Holder* at Loodoa and Pans Kxhi-
hllieo*
IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT iu
t.ioc«p«jrtu, rti
?^^ to^.SST?Mi»haS^. r.u*^£ im.
T EETH—18. New Burlington- street.— By
rOti'-'KS'S Irarrtrtri mrthrt of fixlnr AltrlFlCIALTEEri
Ibo \<xt .Icrtbuiii roourtiortolnx uo rooon.oIM.ttd .nd rmdorol
ureful for mastication. No ronngs or wire* or any
.... remind* they twcmblo tho natural tooth so compkxaiy aa to
defy dot action, and for comfort and durability sund pro-cmlaanL
Cbargr* moderate. _—--
P ainless tooth extraction by
CONGELATION.—Mr. EDWIN WILLIAM^ 8wKrao-
lk-niift. Operates at 21, 8outhamptoo-Str«rt,
Artificial Tt«b on the most approud Itiodptoi. A pam?h]et by pot
fCI fid-
88
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 23, 1858
NEW BOOKS, $c.
Now ready, price 5a.,
ODE on the MARRIAGE of
L H R H.
THE PRINCESS ROYAL
* BT
. OCTAVIUS HOOKE. Em.
_L. Booth, .207. Rsgent-street, w.
*>«uu«aoQ, m I TOI., pnoo 7* * 0 .,
QUK. By J. W. CLAYTON, Esq.
• C.puto of Uw 13th Light Dragoon.), Author of “ Utun
TTBIQUK i “ ta,Ki -‘'^ 7 *^-
U I late C«
from the Nile.'
•* Tlj. language la forcible, tbe incident* spirit-adxrtog, the dmcrip-
. t K^e° f v.i nmi “** in ,h * Camp, at country quart era. and 1n
— «*tmncly graphic. too work reflect* great credit on the
aatao r, and we can strongly recommend It to oar reader* aa a rwy
p>od and clever literary production."-Sunday Tima*
C. J. otutn, King William-street. Suand.
A _ * n rr *T»l »tro |o Ulaalnated cover. price 1». 6d each,
NY or Sir WALTER SCOTT’S NOVELS.
With hl» lateai Introduction* and Notre.
Edinburgh : A and C. Slack , and aU Boeksellora.
A pew ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vole ,
DELE. By JULIA KAVANAGH,
Author of " Nathslio." Ac.
Alto, now radar, In one ml.. 10 ,. «d., bound.
A WOMAN'S THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN.
Br tbe Author of “John Halim*. Gentleman *
liL'KST and SLACKKTT, Fublishrt* 13. Oreat Mar.borsugh-etreet.
Now ready. X7ih Edition, la 1 eel , royal lire, with the Arm* beauti¬
fully engraved, bandaotndy b.*«nd, with gilt edge*.
T ODGK’S PEERAGE and BAKONSTAGE
for 1639, under tbe repecial patronage of her Malrety and
U.R.B. the Prince Contort. Corrected throughout by tbe Nob Uty.
“ Lodge'* Peerage and llarontlsge Is the moat elegant and accurate,
and tbe beet, of Itselaae."—Me eenger.
liraaT and BLACKETT, Publisher*. 13, Great Marlborough-atraet.
mHE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CCV.,
JL ke published This Day.
OONTKNT*:—
I. Difficulties of liaiiwar Knginoarlag.
II. The Peerage of England.
Ill. Toblaa Hmollett
IV. W Utah ire.
V. Church Li tension.
VI. Banee of Pain In Hen and mala.
VII. Woolwich Ar.anal.
VIII. The Ku'ure Management of India.
JOUR Hurra r. Albemarle-* treat.
GENERAL JACOB ON THE INDIAN AUMT.
Joel pabliaUahod, lu damv H*n. witli Notre by the Author,
price 2a. (d. sewed,
rpitACTS on the NATIVE ARMY of
1 INDIA: ita Organisation and Discipline. By Brigadier-General
JOHN JACOB C.B . Ac
Louden: Huiru. ELDER, and Co., 65, Cornhlll.
IOiIi Edition, handaotnelr beand, pp. 640, price ta. 6d.,
TYE PARQUET'S FRENCH and ENGLISH
J J and KNGt.l • H and FRENCH POCKET DICTIONARY, with
Id »o«n». Pi over bo, Tab ire of Foreign Coin*. Walgbtr, and Meaaorre,
hr. Largo dear typo.
I e-doo BiurKN, M 4R» ha LX, and CO.; and may be had of the
Anther, at bia Scholastic Agency, It, Taristock-auuot, Corent,
garden._ _
BY W. PINNOCK.
gCQOOL BOOKS B
A COMPREHENSIVE GRAMMAR of the
ENGLISH LANGUAGE with E*erel*a* written in a FaralHar Style:
see-an panted wl'h t^ueaitona ft hxamlasMon. an<l Notra, Critical and
KtpUuaPwy. lntcndd tor the Ura ef Schools. and for Private
Tuimn. By W. PINNOCK Eighth Edition, enlarged, now roady.
IXmo. la. bd., roan.
Ain. by the same Author.
GRAMMAR of MODERN GEOGRAPHY. With
Vara, Vlewa. a ret ’return-* |4mo lm M. nwa.
GRAMMAR of ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY. With
Mae% Views. and Coatnmae 18mn li fid.. man
GRAMMAR of SACKED GEOGRAPHY itnd
Hmo .Y. With Map*. View* Costumes. Re. lame U. 6d., roan.
London: SiMPKi*. Marshal and Co.
CSCHOOL BOOKS br WILLIAM BUTLER.
fj Mlrad brTliOMAfl lirtUBSC.
CHRONOLOGICAL. BIOGRAPHICAL, HI8-
TOKU'-AU .1,3 MlaCELLAJtKOlTd SXRHCUEH. 13th Edition.
“exercises on the GLOBES »nd MAPS. With
UUEhTIONH for EXAMINATION l«th K-lillm. llmo, At M
A KEY to the EXERCISES on the GLOBES.
3*. Ad. sowed
MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS in ENGLISH
HISTORY and IIIOflRapIlY. «rt> Edition. llmo. 4a. bd.
GEOGRAPHICAL EXERCISES on the NEW
TE-VTAdKNr 6th Edition, lime. 5*. 6d bd.
ARITHMETICAL QUESTIONS. 14th Edition.
llmo. 6a. bd.
ARITHMETICAL TABLES. Ac. 36th Edition. 4d.
London: BlMfKur, MARSHALL, and CO.
IL CORNWELL’S EDUCATIONAL
WtiKKA;—
GEOGRAPHY for BEGINNERS. Prlee 16.
A SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY. Twenty-fourth Edl-
Hon. 3a M ; with Ma»», 5a 6d.
A SCHOOL ATLAS. Pl»ln, M 6d.; Coloured. 46.
The YOUNG COMPOSER. Twentieth Edition.
" a'KEY to the YOUNG COMPOSER. 3s.
ALLEN'S SELECT ENGLISH POETRY. Ninth
Etlltlaa I,
ALLEN'S EUTROPIUS. with Dictionary. 38.
ALLEN and CORNWELL'S GRAMMAR.
Twwttr-fItth F4nlt>n. R^. : cloth. IM._
GRAMMAR for BEGINNERS. Thirtieth Edition.
Cloth, la: aewed. 9d.
The Science of arithmetic. Third e<u-
tion 4a. 6d.
London: flutnav, Ma*»HAX 1 ., and Co.; Hamilton, Adam*, and
Co. Edinburgh: Olivcrand Boydt W. P. Kennedy.
A THUNDERBOLT for ROME, proving that
all the Emm and Idolatrire of the Romiah Church proceed
from one ceoae. and that the whole D U be eradicated by one (tmplo
Remedy By C. VINKS. Professor of Theology. Just published,
prloe ta.—J. V Hhaw, M, Paternos te r -row, l<oodoo.
B iabliahnd, Fourteenth Bd tion, 8ro. bound, prlee 16a . post-free,
OMCEOPATHIO irOMESTIC
. MEDICINE By J. LAUKrE. M.D. Devoid of all technl-
ealtty. No umdlcitie is proscribed without tbe Indtea ions for Ita
•election, and tbe exact dose to be administered. An excellent work
for families, emigrants, and missionaries. A Medietas Chest for this
WC /uq 'EPITOME of the ABOVE. Price Bs. A Guide
to those commencing this treatment in family practice. A Case for
this Work, prlee 35a. Carriage-free on receipt of Post-office order.
New Kdl Ion. enlarged, St-no. bound, prlee Is . free by po»t.
HOMOEOPATHIC FAMILY GUIDE: containing
Simple Direct Iona for tbe Domestic Treatment of Ordinary Ailment*.
A Chert of Medicine for this Work, price SU.
Just published, prlre Is..free by poet.
HOMOEOPATHY: GENERAL COMPLAINTS:
Plain Directions for their Treatment with it Medicines A Case of
Medicines for this work, prtee IS*.
8vo, bound. Second Bd tion. price 5a., free by poet.
HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT of iN DIGES¬
TION Constipation, and Hemorrhoids i. Piles) Bv W. MORGAN.
M D Dirvctiona for the treatment of those Gemmon Disorders. Rules
for Diet. Keoeipu for Delicacies which may bs safely taken by per¬
sona suffering from three complaints.
Lxath and Roas, 6, 8t. Paul's Ch.-yarC; and 9, Vere-at., Oxford-et.
A new system of
Antlseptie Treatment for !ong-«
on Aeacia Charcoal, post-iree, is. By W
M Ura II. Bernard-atroet. Primreae-huL. L
MEDICINE.—The
lag Disorders. A Treatise
WASHINGTON EVANS,
Now Edition. thi« day, pnea 3a. 6<1 : by poet 6a. In stamps,
C OW-SUMPTION, BRONCHITIS,
ASTHMA., etc., tureesefully TREATED bv IXHALATION,
or RemMlts Brea hod into the Lung*. By ALFRED B. MADDOCK,
M-D. Ultstntted whh about 90 -as-s of rrooverv.
SUil'KUr, MAkhsaix. and Co., 6tationers '-hall-court.
Price 3d.,
T HE SCINDE RAILWAY and INDUS
Ff/VTILLA COMP ANTE -; their Futility and H^llo wares De-
monatrrted; also an Exposare o' the l>«hulou which etD>> respecting
the Fire per Cent Onaran»re which Inmru no dividend whatever to
the respective ahanhed-r* By 8. H. C‘ AKKE, East India Mer-
ehant. Pa hawur, Murree Hills. Rnwal Ptndee, and Lahore.
London: Richardson, Beothkrb,* 3 , Conthill.
D
A£IK MUSIC, frc.
’ALBERTS ALBUM tor 185S.—The most
splendid Musical Work ever prtxtnoed, surpassing all this
popular Composer's previoua Aibcma. The ©over la in the nioet elabo¬
rate and gomvoB* «yle; the binding in watered silk: and tbe coloured
Ulnarrations u« in tho rrretret variety, by Mr. Brandard. M. D’Albert
hsa composed expressly for this Album a tsomuer of new Wallses, new
yuadriliss, Polkas, Maturkaa, kc.; sad the poKhahars feci oonfldeooe
to annou nc ing it aa the moat attreolre Mutoal Present aver pub-
U*bed. Prloe tie. Sent free
_Cmatpkix and Co., 49 and 50, New Bond-street
D ’ALBERTS TROVATORE WALTZES.
Price 4a., Solo or Duet, post-free.
CHAfPtU and CO., 50, Now Bond-street.
A r £IV MUSIC, frc.
H enry farmer’s bijou of dance
. *Ui' lc ,? r IW "ill> tcmlilil lllmtraUon. by BKAX.
uaku. 1 nee lo». bd.; forming one of the cbeaiiret and moat oicg&nt
presen’.a of tho season.
Josxru Williams, 1X3, Choapaide, E.C.
D ’ALBERT’S PICTORIAL QUADRILLES,
Prloe 4a. each. Solo or Duet.
1 Cinderotlv
S. Cook Robin,
t. Whittington.
Th V ,U b ** wlfo1 lliu.tratloo. In colour, by Branded to
MOb qoMlrUl^ .puci.lly »dm.[od for l,rra.nl.
CUdlTOL ud Co., 30, N.w bom3-.trrat.
D ’ALBERT’S SOLDIER’S POLKA, com
panlon and rival to tbe celebrated Bohan's Polka, the most
popular Polka of all Polka*. Prloe 3a. each, post-free.
Ciiaitki.l and Co., 60, Now Bond-street.
TA'ALBERT’S PRINCESS ROYAL POLKA,
, ’ om * u of ">« IWuora. to Co'.oura, by
BRANDARD. Prloe 3s„ b«ln or Duet, post - tree.
Chaupsll and Co., 50, Now Bond-street.
ALBERT'S PRINCE of PRUSSIA’S
WALTZ, with a Companion Portrait, by BRANDARD. to tho
*■ Koyal. Price »s., Solo or Duel. |>oat-fn».
CUAl’PbLL aud CO., 50, Now Bond-street.
D
rriRIOS for THREE SISTERS on one PIANO-
A PORTE, arrangwl n an #a«y and brilliant style. Prloe is.
each, poll-free.
D’Albert’s MonnUln Daisy Walt*.
D'Altwrt’a Bonnie Dundee quadrille.
D’Albert's Bo-Peep Quadrille-
D'AJbsrf# Como vjuadrille.
_ CuarpKLL and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
TTRINLEY RICHARDS’ HUGUENOTS
r*-' FANTASIA on the most aiimlred Aire from this favourite
Opera for the Ilanofort*. Price 4*.. poet-free.
_ CUari'KLL and Co., 50. New Bond-street.
T HE RELIEF of LUCKNOW; a Chnrac-
teriatic Fantasia for the Pianoforte. By C. M. R OLIVER.
Krice It post-free Dreoriptive of that interesting episode to tho
bL.t«y of its gallant defence, wherein a Hcottish woman ohe-rwd
the hearts of tba ani'mn bosiogeai, by dcclariug that, amidst the *«lu
or war, her ear* c ukl discern ha "It gan of tho far-distant but ad¬
vancing d Ighlsmler*.—CllAi-ftt.L and Co , 50, New Bond-street
N EW SONG, THE BRAVE OLD
TEMBRA1BE. Corapottod bv J. W. HOBB-*. Prloe X* s
Jilusrrated, la 6d. Thla highly effect!ro song was sung bv Mr. Winn
at Mr Distto a farewell ooncert at the Crystal Palace to an audience
of nearly 90.000 person*, it was enthu iaitirally encored, and pro¬
nounced to bo worthy ef ranking with our bad national airs.
London: Durr and Bodosok, *6, Ox ford-street.
"YTEW SONG, THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS,
X 1 written and composed by SAMUEL LOVKR. Esq. lTloe Xa.6d.
This elegant ballad may be considered one of Mr. Lover’s happiest
rotiiposRLius. Words and mua*e are equally pleasing, and ensure its
bocoxnlng a general favourite. Footage-free.
London: Durr ami Hodosox, 65, Oxford-street.
QONG^ OF THE SEASONS—SPRING
kJ BLOatOMd. BUMMER ROBKd. AUTUMN FRUIfR, and
WINTER EVERORBF.Nd Composed by BTKPIIEN GLOVER.
Wo* U. 6d. each. These songs pjaaes a attraction* tolil-m before
obtetood. T v a Words ' y Carpenter are rice* 1 togl; interesting, and
havo surgMCed tc Mr Glover melodies of tbe mist fascinating cha¬
racter, while tbe Ilttulrations, by Pscker. are superb.
Derr aud uouosov, 65, Oxfonl-stroot.
N EW SONG, DELHL Composed br
JOHN L HATTON Prloe Za . peatuge-free. Thii air ia
oomposed in Ha'ton’a tost style; aa a national song it will rank with
“The Bravo Old Temeratre ’• “The Death of NaJaoo," "The tdege of
Kara," kc- The reciuilve la very phasing. / /
Durr and HoiXJ&or, 65, Oxford-etreet.
T HE CHRISTMAS-TREE POLKA. By
HENRY PARMER Price 3a., posUge-freo. Thla lively and
animated Polka has become a great favourite; this and ’* !ho
Break of Day 8chottl*eho ” rank among the moat popular dances of
the reason —Durr and HoiXJsox, 66, Ox ford-street.
T HAVE ALWAYS A WELCOME FOR
JL TOEB. —Now IUIU6, by LANOTON YflLUAMS. JoK pob-
Us bod “One of the swe«t<rst ballads of (he day.”—Review. Price
>*.} freo for stamps.—W. WILLIAMS, XXI, Tottenham-court-rcad.
rpHE LION - HUNTER GAL0lC x By
X LANOTON W1LLIAMH. Just noblUhed. “A sparkling ahd
effoctir# Qak>p.”- Ktview Price U »xi.: free for tiamre.
W. WILLIAMS and Co.. XXI, Tottenham-oourt- roed
L ANGTON WILLIAMS’ NEW REDOWA,
** The Village g-m of tho season, both
|r> nmil' and illustratiun''—Review—W Wl' LIAMS and CO., Xil,
Tottenham-court-road. Price Xs. 6d.; free for atampa.
T he royal wedding quadrille.
Composed by LANOTON WILLIAMS, in Honour of tho
auspicious Marriage of onr beloved princess Royal Hpiend'dly
Ulcutrated with Portrait* of the Royal paii, by BRANDARD. Price
4*. Free for stamps.
W. Williams and Co., XX, Tottenham-court-road.
T HE ROSE of ENGLAND, OUR BONNY
BN0LHH RO^E, price 3s., with a beautlfully-Ulaatrated Por¬
trait of iko PRINCESS ROYAL, by BRANDARD. price Xs Tha
celebrated English nstiana) song sung at tbe great City festivals
given at the city of London In houour of tho nuptial* of ho Princess
Royal with enthusiastic bnoores. By thelAuthorof “Fear not, but
trust in i*roridfluee.” Tha PILOT, price Xs.—l.KONi LkB, Uettopo-
11 tan Musics| Repository, 48, Al.emarlo-street.
N EW PATRIOTIC SONG.—The
BRAVEST of the BRAVE. Bung by Sims Hoove*. Composed,
and most respocifullr dedloated to tho Gommander-in-Chief, by ED¬
WARD^. CARD Mn»lclun to Ordinary to her Majesty. Price Xs.
Yb's is a roost delightful aud cheering song, will be sung by every¬
body. and li a most appropriate tribute to our bravo army, who have
so nobly and gallantly gained the laurels of victory as tha braveat of
tho hrave.
The CHURCH at CAWNPORE. Written by
FANNY E. LACY; compoaed by KDWAhD J. CARD. Musician In
Ordinary to her Majesty. Beautifully iltoitrattd to ooloura.b, JOHN
BRANDARD, with tho New Church of Cawnpi-re. Prior ‘U. This
bwuri‘'ul off ring will bo found replete with foe tog'and expression
—a tonaoiation for the Iota of d>'ar (H- nd* at Cawno -re.
The BRAVEST of the BRAVE QUADRILLES
(Militaire). By ALF«P.D ARCHER. Superbly U'ustrated b> JOHN
BRANDARD. 3a. With Portrait, of O neral- Havelock Wilson.
Outnm. Mcholson, Neill, and 81r C-lln Camnbcil. A spirited set of
military quadrille*, fall of Ufa, and worthy the deed* of th* brave t of
tbe f»r*v#.
The BATrLE MARCH, descriptive of the triumph¬
ant Entry into Delhi, moat boautifhily illustrated by JOHN
BRANDARD, price U 6d. The music arranged by JOHN PK1DH AM,
AuPicrof the celebrated" In barman March "
•’Thi* 1* a March descriptive of the triumphant re-entry of tho
British force* into Delhi Aa a piece of descriptive music, it I* en¬
titled to stand nett to tha'Battle of Prague.' It la exceedingly
effective throughout The * Indian A'r,' introduced aa proceeding
from the matto'ers within the wall* of Delhi, la a novelty—and a
charming novelty, too; whilst the * Flight of the Mutineers ‘ ia emi-
ncn>l» suggest s* of the h"t haste with wh cb it was a tended. Tho
March apuropriattly wind* up wi’h a pi asing arrang* roent of tha
wall-known air. ‘ Tho Cam hell* are coming ’ Court Circular
The UNION WALTZES. By JOHN P RID HAM,
Author of the celebrated ** La Bel e Brunette Polka." 3e.; Duets, 4a.
There charming waltzes have become universally popular Tboie is a
freshness and originality in Mr Pridham's danoo-muaio that is quite
an chan < log, and give* ihiu a welcome to the EngHsh ball-room.
London: Lkoni L*k. Metropolitan Musical Repository, 41, Albe-
marlo-street. W.: where may also be had.
A New Edition of THE DAYS of QUEEN VIC¬
TORIA, for the Pianoforte. Price X*. 6d.
HTHE HIGHLAND”RESCUE: An Incident
JL at Lucknow Poetry by CARPENTER, Music by J.iHN
BLOCK LEY*. Xs. 6d., Illustrated. " Diana ye hear it? Dinna ye hear
h? It’s the Slsgsn o' the Highlanders. We're saved! we're saved I"
Adulson. X10. Regent-street
T> RICK-MAKING MACHINES, adapted for
J.) the CUya they are to work, and every information on Pottery,
Machinery, and Works. The Society of Arte Prise Essay “on
Brick-making," post-free, la. fcL-Kt. HUMPHREY CHAMBER¬
LAIN, Kempaey, uu Worcester.
T HE HIDE AND-SEEK POLKA. By
P. A. BLOCKLEY. Illustrated to Colours. Price Xs. 6d. A
charming Polka, with a very pleasing and elegant frontispiece ”
AIUUKOX, Uollikk, aud LUCAN, 210, Reguot stroot.
n lEB GUINEAS’ WORTH of MU8IC
wl. |U nbMrib«n *6 JULLIBV tad CO.'B MUSICAL
T. FrMMMoM. rani fra. Ml .pjUratwn to m, R.,sra-nra< 4 .
XTENRY FARMER’S WILD BRIAR
^A._' Val JZ, Just published, beautifully Ululated to Colour*
trice. Solo or Duet, is., po»l-fioo.
JoaiTM hiLUua, 1X3, CheapeUe, E.C.
T.TENRY FARMER’S IL TROVATORE
I- QUADRILLEB. Just published, beautifully Illustrated to
Colour* by BRANDARD. Price,Solo, ita ; Duet, 4* ; post-free.
Jossru Williams, 1X3 Cheapaide, E.C.
TTENRY FARMER’S PIANOFORTE
TUTOR. Price U. “This i* decidedly tho moat useful and
boat, nsUactioo book for the pianoforte we havo seen."—Musical
Review. Jo&Ei’ii Williams, 123, CbaantUe, E C.
TTENRY FARMER’S FANTASIA on AIRS
jAA *»■ rSKDl'8 Ops. TKOVilOliE. Euy ut effectiv..
l ricc Xs. 6d., pott-free.
Joseph William*, 1X3, Cheapaide, E.C.
TTENRY FARMER’S “ADA" VALSE.—
-LA Illustrated lu colour*, by Brandard. Solo, 4a ; Duot, 4s.
London: Joseph Williams, 123, Cheapaide.
TJOW, ROW, HOMEWARD WE GO I
J-t/_Klrar tag. By CAHI'EJfTKR.ml hl'OKLK. Prlo. J.., ,x«I-
tree. A composition of muoh beauty, and becoming Immcuaclr
popalar, the melody being charmingly simple and graceiui.
• Joseph William*, 12 a, Cheapdde.
TULLIEITS NEW ENGLISH LANCERS.
fj Illustrated in Colour* by BRANDARD. Just published llTica
4*-i aeptett ports, 3s. 6d ; orchcatral parts, 6s.
Joseph Williams, 123, Choapeide. 1 V
TULLIEN’S NEW FRENCH LANCERS.
fj Illustrated In Colours by BRANDARD. Just published. Prloe
4a. postage free.—J oseph William*, 123, Cheapaide
A SECOND EDITION of - the VERDI
AA ALBUM Ia pubdabed thi* day, splendidly bound in crimre.n
and gold. iVice 7s. 6d. The original edition, at fi*.. m«T»tlll lx) had.
TVTENDELSSSOHN’S SONGS WITHOUT
W ^5 D3 ', “ ilr<1 b r '■ w. haVbos; wiih !v,r.,c. ni
P.rtrait. Tl,o Hix limit, cotnjifala in on« Tulump, .uieultdlr bouiiil
la enmion nud .old. r,ira'«.,,l. y,,..
Boos.r ud Boas' Munc.1 Lllir.ry. BoUo-itrral.
riRAND MARTIAL FANTAISIE on
vA PRUSSIAN WATIONAI. AIKS—Cont^ud lor iho occioa
o, U. M.rri w Of lb. Hrlnora. Boy.l, by MAUAMB OUBV. Prlco
**• Boossr ud Bobs' Build Llurary, Mullra-ilrocl.
PI HEAP COLLECTION ofDANCE MUSIC.
Vx By LAL'URNT—Jn*t ready,_prico £>* , in illu>trated cover (75
pages), Ilonri l.aureht's Album of Danco Music, contnl ing sixteon
pojmlar Lfuadr Ire*. Valso*. Polkas, Oslo s, and Var*ovinna. a* per-
formod by the author s band at tiro (jueeu'* fcUW Ball, and at all tho
theatres and |-lares of ainuarmom in l^mdon aud the provincia.
Booskr and Bolts’ M.i*ical Ubrary, Hollea-sueot.
TJOOiEY’S MUSICAL LIBRARY.—An
Ji# Annual 8ub*criWr of. Two (< ulnae* has command of above
Kk'.'-On English and Foreign-Works, and ia allowed the continual u*o
of Throe Gutoea*' worth of Music In tho Country, or Two Gulnoa*'
wtrth in London. Country Parcels db|i«itchcd with tho greatest
promptitude. Fall particular* by po*t.—Holies-street, W.
mHE HOYAL BRIDE VARSOVIANA.
s-A. Bv P. A. BLOCKLEY'. Hlu*trntod in Colour*. Price 2a. '*7ho
best dancing Varvovlaua wo havo yet seen.
\/ Ckamek, Beale, and Co., 201, Regent-street.
TESSIE’S DREAM: A Story of the Relief
U of Lucknow. Composed by JOHN BLOCKLEY. Xs. fid.,
Illustrated. “One of the moatlouching ballads of modern times.''
Ckamek and Beale. Ml. Regent-street.
■VTARRIAGE of the PRINCESS ROYAL —
i.*JL Tha ROSE of CABTILt.E, Balfo's new and pnonlar opera,
vrill be performed, by command, at one of the State Performance*
at Her Majesty's Theatre, on the occasion of the Royal Wedding.
Also tho Lftiadrillea and Waltsea from “The Ro*e of CusUHe,"
arranged by J. G. Calleott, will lio per form od at Her M*Jo*ty'» Grand
Mate ball at Buckingtiam Palace. Tha whole of tho Vocal Music of
“Tbe Ko«e of • sstllie," and all the arrangements for tee Pianoforte,
by Calleott, Fav&rger. Osborne, Mmo. Oury. hummcll, kc., are pub¬
lished by CRAMER, Hkalk, and Co., 201, Regent-street. The Opera
complete, for voioe snd piano, Xla
TtHF, ROYAL MARRIAGE.—RING OUT
JL OLD ENGLAND'S BELLS !—National Song, on tbe occasion
of the marriage of the lYioceu Koyal, embellished with a beautiful
Portrait of tee Royal Bride. Written by DOUGLAS THOMPSONt
Compoeod by WALTER MAYNARD. Price 2*. bd.
Ckamek, Beale, and Co., till. Rogent-atreeL
I \PERAS as Piano Solo in the PIANJSTA,
V_/ 2 *. e*ch, enlarged series.—Bonnambula, Norms, Purltani,
La Flgtia, Trovatoro, Traviats, Ripolo to Nino. Lombardi Don
Giovanni, Robert m thabio, L'Etoile du Nord. Fidello. lharitana, and
fifty other Oper&a. 2*. each; or post-free, twenty-tour stamp*.—G at
and Co.. 67. Paternoster-row.—Catalogue* gratia.
TULLIEN and CO.’s CORNET-a-PISTONS,
O Approved and tried by Horr KOENIG.
Manufactured by ANTOINE COURTOI8.
No. 1.—The Drawing-room Cornet- k -Platons (by Antoine
Cnurtois). used by Horr Koenig. IB 8 0
X.—ThoConoert-room Corno:-h-Pi*iona(by AntoinoCour-
toia), used by Herr Koenig at M. Jullion's Concerts 8 8 0
3. —The Military Comet-k-Pinion*.6 6 0
4. —The Amateur Cornot-k-Pistons „ „ .. *.650
b .—Tbe Navy Cornet-k-Pistons .. .. *.440
6. —The Ordinary Comot-k-Pistona (First quality) ..ISO
7. — 1 Tho Ordinary Comct-it-Pistons (Bocond quality) .. X 2 0
List of Prioes, with Drawings of tho Instrument*, may be bad on
application.—JULXJKN and Co., XU, Regent-*tree*.. IV.
(1 HAPPELL’S FOREIGN MODEL PIANO
FORTE, price Fifty Guinea*.—Thi* instrument has (unlike
tho ordinary Cottage Pianoforte) Three Strings and tho fullest Grand
compass of Seven Octavos. It is strengthened by every possible
means to endure the greatest amount of wear, and to stand perfectly
in any climate. The workmanship Is of the best description, the tone
Is round, frill, and rich, and the power equal to that of a Bichord
Grand. The case is of the most elegant construction. In rosewood,
the touch elastic, and tho repetition very rapid. Every possible pre¬
caution has been taken to ensure its standing well to tuno. Chappell
and Co. especially Invito the attention of tee public, tho profession,
and merchants to tho Foreign Model, feeling assured that no Piano¬
forte, to all respects comparable, has hitherto been made to England
at tee same price. Every instrument will be warranted, and (if de¬
sired ) exchanged within twolve month* of the purchase.—50, New
Bond-street, London.
ATUSICAL BOX DEPOT, 54, Cornhill,
1.T JL London, for the Sale of Musical Koxes. made by the celebrated
Messrs. N1COLR (Frkresj, of Geneva, containing operatic, national,
favourite, and sacred airs. List of tunes and pnees gratis.
ItyTUSICAL BOX REPOSITORY, 32,
UK! T udgato-strect (near BL Paul's).- WALF.H and M'Cl'LLOCfl
are direct Importers of NICoLE FRRRE8' Celebrated MUSICAL
BOXES, playing brilliantly the best Popular, Operatic, and Sacred
Music Large nizra. Four Airs, £4; Six, £6 6*.; Eight, £8; Twelve
Aira, £IX 12a. Snuff-boxes, Two Tun* , lts 6d and t8s.: Threo, 30s.;
Four, 40s Catalogues of Tunes gratis and post-free, on application
T HE ROYAL MARRIAGE!!!
THE PRINCESS'S OPERA CLOAK.
N *w ready,
A s? endd amornnent o colour* in tbe above *oto11t.
richly trimmed and wa ldtd. *
Prae '4 Guineas.
Address: RUM BELL and OWEN,
Panihoon H* 1 of Commerce,
x . „ __ 77 and 78. Oxford-street, London.
wJltLP? Opora Cloak is the mat recharchd *«d
economical Opera Mantle of tho season.
OIHE REAL ALPINE KID GLOVES, la. 6d.
White, and Coloured, in every stoo, are thj moat
Beautiful Gloves to be procured*!
ANY PRICE!!
Aild/ow: RUMBBLL tad OWES, ,7 iU 78. Oiford-WraM, London.
__N.B. Bample Pair* forwardtxl for two extra atampa.
P IANOFORTES.—PUBLIC ATTENTION.
Borne splendid Rosewood and Walnut-tree Cottages and Pio-
oolos, 6| octaves, with all the latest improvement-, bare only been
used a few months, from 19 guineas.—At TOLKIEN'S OM-Estab-
llxhod nanoforte Warehouse. 27, 28, and X9, King William-street,
London-bridgo. Pianofortes for hire.
H
TOLKIEN’S IRRESISTIBLE PLANO-
_FORTE, with Truss Concavo Bracings, height 4 feet,
depth 25 inches, br her M^ieety'* Royal Letter* Patent.—This
bountiful Instrument is superior in power to any other piano, for
quality of tone unequalled, and its durability unquestionable. For
fcxtremo climates It is invaluable. The price is low. Books with
drawings and description, post-free. At H. Talklen’s old-e*tab!l*hed
Manufactory, 27, 28, and 29, King William-street, London-bridgo.
TOLKIEN’S 25-Guinea Hoyal M1NUTO
• PlANoFOR rE9, 6i octaves, height 3 O- 10 ln.-H. T„ the
original maker of a Twvnty-flvo Guinea Pianoforte, ha*, by tbe care
he ha* devoted to all branches of tho manufacture, obtained the
highest reputation throughout the unjvorte for his Instruments, un¬
equalled to durability and delicacy of tooch, nforcr especially for their
exoeMonoe to standing to tuns to the various climates of our colonies)
In elegant walnut, rosewood, and mahogany mim, packed abroad
for if IP*, extra.—H. TOLKIEN'S Manufactory, ti\ 28, and Jo.
WlIHam-Mreet, Londou-brldgu—PIANOFORTES tot HIRE.
Sin*,
mHE HALF-GUINEA CLOTH JACKET.
v?T r , * yet ? shape just from Pari*.
-*-* TV tv w-r W ww F0R EVENING WEAR.
TflRENCH MUSLIN JACKETS.
mth Ribbon“ tuau Jacket over produced: it U Dimmed
Z ^ob, “ to K5 r ,s!r.’ “ d
For <»»Wy oi^ore. rize drwalst ami round the shoulders la required
18, Oxford-street.
1 oat-offico Urtlor* payable to James Hold, Oxford-stree
- -\-— —-
rraE BLACK VELVET JACKET
X by tho Prince** KoyaL
The shape is chaste, simple, and elegant, without ornament
Tho price is *k Guineas.
FRENCH MU8U.N COMPANY', 16, Oifrad-.trral.
mHE BLACK LACE JACKET,
iu*t Imported, a perfectly now shape, graceful and ladylike
J n 1,10 oxtremo, pffico IX* 9d.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
IJIMBROIDERED CHRISTIAN NAMES^
7~T HANDKBRC1I1EK8, with Christian Namos ora-
DrOlUflnMl hv tnn .tim ft i* P.n u>!• t. ._ ___.. .
HrnM „ i i—.V,T ' W1U * t-nnsuan Ramos ora-
i. i|y^ b7 Ulo ,* ,uu,or l with tho new diototch needle. Price
I*. Oid., by poet 14 aumpa; 5*. 9d. tho half-doaasi, by post 6a. Sd.
THE FKkNGH COMPANY, 16, Oxford-at
N
EW FRENCH UNDERSLEEVES, very
elegant, and a K rmm * —.r— -n... - - - - «u «* .
Blue, F ~
Grey, __ _
Bcnrfa to match tho same ia.' Md. each."'Btoeve
and dcarf, very warm. In all tho Clan Tartans, tbe Rob Roy, For tv-
aeoond, Argyle- Campbell, &c., at the aamo n-*—
MU!.—.
elegant, and a great comfort. The colour* are Cherry, Frenoh
, Rose Emerald, Canary, 8csriot, Brown, Ruby, VJolot, French
• and Black. Prlco la. tttd.; post-iroo for XX
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY,
io prii
. 16.
Oxford-street
A BERDEEN LINDSAY WOOLSEY PET-
AA TICOATB.—Tho FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, who set aa
Agonu for various Paris bouses for tho purchas© of British goods
here, wore coinmisa oned to buy 11,000 ABERDEEN LIN DBA Y
WOOLSP.Y PETTICOATS for M Haase. Kuo do Kiroli, Pari. Ua
ha* since faded, the potticoala are thoreforo thrown on their hands.
Not knowing what to co with them, they bavo determined to nffoc
them to tho public at 10a. 9d. each. Tho intended price was one gulnoa.
They are made np according to the latest fashion suitable for tho Paris
trade With patent steel spring*, and (lounoed, they cause the dross
to stand out, and set moat gracefully.
FRENCH MUBLIN COMPANY, 18, Oxford-*treat, London.
L ADIES’ DRESSING-GOWNS.—The
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY have purchared the Btook of
rich Lashtnore Dressing (towns of the aaalgnem of M. Demnltro,
bankruiit. Paris. The designs are most magnincant, and of the
flnait quality, msilt by Urat-cla** French Art-sie* in a very superior
atylo. The price la Via. 6 d. Never sold under three gtiiuoas.
FRENCH ML’BLIN COMPANY, 16 , Oxford-atroot.
L ADIES’ DRESSING-GOWNS.—Tha
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY' have also purchased the Plaid
Y% ool and French Merino Dro<stog-Gowna lately belonging to tee
•amo pnrtios. They are made of tea purest wool, and woven very
fine. The make is strikingly new. Prlco 24s. 6d -reduced from
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
M
J-JOME,
250
USLINS of the PAST SEASON.
Last Year's 8oillng Off at ridioulotu prlco* for such goods.
Patterns post- roe.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 18, Oxford-streei.
I^LOVES! GLOVES! ! GLOVES! ! !
VIA PAR18 and GRENOBLE.
Messrs. DE LA FOSSE and CO., of Paris, have consigned to us tha
remaining portion of tbolr Autumn and Winter KID GLOVE8. We
are now selling them at such prices as will ensure a speedy clearance
of thorn.
Ladies'Alpine .. la. Od. pair; 10s. 9d. do*.; were la. 6d. pair.
„ Grenoble .. Is. 6d. „ 16e. 9d. „ „ Xs. Od. „
„ ParU .. X*. Od. „ 21s. 0d. „ X*. 6d. „
„ Rost Paris.. 2s. 3d. „ 25e. 6d. „ „ 3s. Od.
7000 dozen Gentlemen’s. Is. fld^ 2s., Xa. 6d. por pair.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Regent-street.
A Sample Pair sent for two extra stamps.
L ast yea r^s muslins,
At Half tho Original Cast.
Patterns Post-free.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Regent-street.
INDIA, and the COLONIES.
Bareges, Ba zsrincs.
Printed Cambrics. BnlianU, half-roioe.
Pattern* tree —BAKER and CRISP, XXI. Regent-rtreet.
RICHLY-EMBROIDERED FRENCH
CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS,
4s. Fd. o<*ch, poai-frou Wore 10s. 9d.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Regent-street.
RICH BLACK DUCAPE APRONS,
X tl with ooloured Bayadere Satin Stripes, 2s. 1 Id. oach,
post-fi 00 for 39 stamps.
BAKER and CRIHP. 221, B«gent-*«reet.
N.B. 300 Worked Collars, the remains of tbe Bankrupt'* Stock*
la. each, post-froo It stamps, wonderfully cheap.
M E R I C A N P A N I C 11 I
1700 Dozen French Cambric Handkerchiefs,
*dzod on board tlie ship “Steyley,"
Will be told by BAJO.R *nd CRiSP, at unheard-of priooe.
Good* that were 15s„ 21*., and 25s. the dozen,
will be sold at 4* 6d., 8s. 6d.. and Its fid. tbe dozen.
1600 odd bemmod, stitched (soiled), at Is., la. 6d., and It. 9d. each.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Regent-street.
VE THOUSAND POUNDS’ WORTH
of ELEGANT and USEFUL BILKS,
Just bought for ready cash under favourable ciroumriancea, are now
offered by
BEECH and BERRALL,
The Beehive, 63 and 64, Edgware-road, London, W.,
at a reduction of nearly one-half from former prices.
1X00 rich Flounced 8ilk Robe* (various), 39*. 6d. to five guinea*.
New Striped Checked Chtfutf and Giac6 Bilks,
21*. 6d. to 37*. tki. tho drees.
Black and Half Mourning Ditto, at the same reduced prices.
Patterns forwarded postage free.
B LACK SILKS, 25 per cent Cheaper than
last Year.—Messrs. JAY have Just received rom ihelr Lyons
Agent* a large consignment of Black Silks, whicn they are en-bl«d to
•oil at lower prices than they have ever known since they have boon
in business.
M. sar* Jay specially recommend these Bilks to their Customers,
and to all buyers of Black Silk*, aa the opportunity fo» making pur¬
chase* at price# so moderate is not likely to occur after the commeroial
crisis has poaaed over.
THE LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE.
X47, 249, 261, Itegent-atreet,
JAY’S.
S OUS la DIRECTION d’un ARTISTE
PKANCA18.—Articles do fantaixle et do deufl. Coiffure* et
bouquets, garnIturos de robes, en un mot tout ce qui eat nc'cesunlre.
pour toilette* de soirfee, sent disposes k 1'appr cho de la salson, pour
dames portent le grand deuU, atosl quo Hirmi deulL et visltes de con¬
dole an co*
Lc * , d ® M f** r *-ont toujour* M foomla d’une trfta
pande variety do plus jH^gante* mode* pour solrrfas, mi'i plus quo
lamais de grand* aasortimenU out M falU cette saison, pour satl*-
, * lo Q , 8001 ® t . 1 ® demande do leur cllcnteBe trie di*ttogu<fe.
Los Salons ont cte foe eminent garnis dea plus nouveila- mods*
franc a > ft*.
Le plus grand* Magaalr.s de Londree, pour deoil riche an g&tdrsl.
247, 249, 261, Ro (rent-street,
_ MAISON JAY.
TNDIA.—MOURNING on CREDIT.
JL MeasTS- JAY, of the London General Mourning Worehonao, are
prepared to place all order* on a broad commeroial basis, namely, to
give the facilities of credit, and to charge the lowest poatiblo prices to
those families who, in consequence of tho late deplorable evonta in
India, mar require mourning 1 attire.
Order* bypoat, or otherwise, attended to to town or country.
The LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE, Noi Wf
HP, end 351, Regent-street.
JAY'S.
SppfLEMKXT, Jan-. 23 , i^s.] _ T I IE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
T
ci
GO
PROPOSED TUNNEL BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
i projects Imve at different times been brought before the public for the
01 the railivay systems of France and England by means of a submarine tun-
lie twft rniinf immu • lmf. nil thoan eelmmae i..._n e\ .1
Various ,
nel' C beH»»f,r'5 T’” w ’"S'" "l ‘j'T,":? IUU1 '‘'"Siena by means ot a submarine tun-
a ions ’ £*“ i tw0 < -'°“ nt " ea , th ^e schemes, proposed by spoetdators of both
° t Cn lmt l° rth T'.“ril 118 necessary scientinc information as to the
virion 0 rat her t'lmn l,, “ t of 11 c,limOTi ™ 1
in‘\'rem„ l i.°i!"i P ! et0 pl $ eot . th j» purpose, however, has recently been propounded
n neer ,V o I mbl 'sl'ed by M. Thomd de Gamond, a French civil e„.
fmrHenll v ff™ upwards Of twelve years to the study of the subject, and more
examination of the strata of the subsoil of the channel across
hivesHMt?oE?S22?« 0 u' th S ^“"""C tunnel. It appears, as the result of these
I" 6 of t I“. s tunnd '™ uk } traverse a soil consisting of Jurassic
whiVh k^S™i?' t l i i'‘ y ? r,of ‘"'Permeable clay, constituting a condition of things
«Inch is considered highly favourable for engineering works.
Fmnh nTi .iff, I 0 l i d j Sl ' heme wns in the course of last year submitted to the
nr!d aimni?Tf? mt * ”■ "? h a * oneo s,nIck with its great importance and utility,
is milL,, i comm, s 9 'on for the purpose of examining into it. This commission
world of' P'nrn.m 1 " 6 ? " n 030 OP'"' 0 " 9 deservedly carry great weight in the scientific
M fii« : Po . r department of Mining Engineering, the celebrated geologist,
anjsw and ComI ; e! ‘' Professor of Mining ;Operations, and In-
iKL-,,, f C, V e *i °£, Mine » V? lrnncQ » ^ or " n 8toeering Works of Construction,M. Mallet,
° r the General Council of ltoads and Bridges, and M. Rdnaud, the celebated
n h i^Vk 80 !! i tnow , n . great works executed by him in the port of Havre;
f ® e “^“ r( ^ ra P^ lc Atopartment, M. Keller, the celebrated hydrographic engineer
• C ^ ovcrnm ® nt » nnd author of a work on the currents of the Straits of Dover and
in^tue Goriimn Ocean, which is highly esteemed by naval men.
Jo I • • commission, viewing the consideration of M. Thoml de Gamond’s pro-
jccc in the important light it deserves, have concluded upon the desirableness of the
lurtuor investigation of the subject being pursued jointly by the two Governments
airectly interested in it. The works proposed by the commissioners in furtherance of
this end consist in the formation of two wells, or shafts, of ten feet diameter each,
ana lined with cast iron at the two extreme points of the proposed submarine-way, ns
indicated on the plan—the one at Point Eastwarc, between Dover and Folkestone;
tlie other below Capo Grincz, near Boulogne, in France The commissioners con¬
sider that these works are necessary, in order to establish the fundamental conditions in
these important particulars :—
1. To take the vertical hearings of the strata of the soil on the axis of the channel;
w verity the exact level.and general inclination of the prolongations of the Jurassic
layers beneath the English coast; and to pierce experimental galleries beneath the
o’ l m tl,e direct . ion of the projected tunnel.
D J To ascertain, by means of a pumping apparatus, the relative force of the land
pnngs which exist, or might exist, in the interstices of the strata, which all incline
trom east to xvest beneath the solid bulk of the English land.
o. lo establish a competitive trial of the various machines, to be worked by steam
power, destined for the expeditious cutting of the subterranean galleries, to be effected by
a direct application of steel, without the intervention of powder, against the solid rock
or stone and clay, and thus to establish summarily the question as to the time likely to
l»e occupied in piercing the tunnel.
The commissioners estimate the necessary cost of these experimental works in the
two countries at 4220,000 sterling, and have concluded upon the‘desirableness of in¬
curring it, expressing at the same time their wish that the English Goveniment should
be consulted, in order to ascertain to what extent it would be disposed to co-operate in
a definite scheme of experimental works which may eventually lead to results of such
considerable importance to the two nations.
1 lie report of the Special Commission for the investigation of the proposed sub¬
marine tunnel has been submitted, by M. Roulier, Minister of Public Works, to the
General Council of .Roads and Bridges, and to the General Council of Mines, who have
adopted m every point the conclusions of the commission, and have officially enforced
SSwSJv*? of the outlay proposed by the commissioners, which is fixed at the stun of
.£*20,000 sterling (500,000 francs). \
Hie Special Commission and the Governmental Councils above referred to have been
very deeply impressed by the general bearing of the documents accumulated before
E W ©- ]L A S’ ©
DOVER CASTIX CURVE OF CX
m jn © h, a m Sr
them in the courae of their invcrilgations, And which indicate A Verv peraevaring fidrtt
of research onJ:he P*rt of the projector. M. Rouher, the Minister of Public Works
has transmitted the thanks of the above Councils to M. Thome de Gamond, in an
official letter, of which the following U a copy* in an
TuTne7L h tw£nT«
mnd C o^Slentiou» U raSarchM^^^^^ C| '?? 0 ^J’'’ C 'the 0 persevering
Govc^cnt Stlfy °\ y<mr part ' wh, " h u > 8 *o*» ""bmlttcd by ySJ lo th?
.hi {PSt W/vW Attentively considered .11 the details or this nutter, in
the result of which 1 fed it to be my duty to concur m«t 0 . 11 J 1 . 11 ,. ‘,
noSSSltai tovou for “I? UrM^'/.idof Jhlvejra-
looking at the question an it stands, it appearMo^me, and such^your^Dlnon also that
the only point for consideration is as to the execution of the work 5™? hiwaS?*
reived the idea. Tocarry this Into effect would, neces^rny* Ynmefl^
Boil which would have to be traversed.
- geologic*! f—
I am aware that y
petrological conditions ofthc
you have already devoted your
belna undertaken, whetlurin 'Frihee'or irngiandT T shah! Uke°“ livdy lntenat & their
results. • (Signed.) Rouher,
Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public 'Works.
The projected undertaking consists of a tunnel twenty miles in length, with a double
roadway, to be constructed through the midst of the soil beneath the bed of the sea,
and the character of which has formed the especial subject of the investigations of the
projector. This tunnel would be connected with the railways of England and France
by means of gently-inclined ways of inferior gradation to those of ordinary inclines
on railways. By means of thin subterranean communication the Channel would be
crossed in twenty-five minutes, and the journey from London to Paris accomplished in
su hours.
The boring of tt.e tunnel wonld be commenced simultaneously on both sides of the
Channel, and at an intermediate point, situated on the Bummit of a hill beneath the
sea, called Banc do Varne.; upon the top of which would bo constructed an island,
with a small port, to facilitate tho works, and which might afterwards be preserved if
they were considered itBefnl to navigation. The author of tho project proposes further,
with a view to expediting the works, to construct in the line across the Channel
several other small islands, through which would be driven shafts, and thus to carry on
the boring of the tunnel from a great nmnlier of points at once; by which means this
great work of international communication might he completed in the course of n few
years. But it is very certain that the number of these intermediate shafts might be
iMl 1 * 0.1 l.fin/l If ...-.J.._!_ .1 ’ll 1.11 1 . .
u.uum mux-cm in x'leumoni ior me ooring or the grejit tunnel throuj
which will be eight miles in length, without any intermediate shaft.
Ihe realisation of this project would be attended by a double result of very great
advantage to England. It wonld still preserve to this country for the future that mari¬
time isolation which formed its strength throughout the past; for the situation of the
tunnel beneath the bed of the sea would enable tho Government on cither coast, in case
of war, as a means of defence, to inundate it immediately, by letting the sea into the
building itself by means of valves prepared for the purpose. According tothecalcu.
lat ions of tl.e engineer the tunnel might lie completely filled with water in the course
or an hour, and altexwnrds three days would he required, with the mutual consent of
the two Governments, to draw off the water, and re-establish the traffic. But, indeed
as a case of war has not occurred between the two countries during a period of forte
ycarB, it may be reasonably hoped, and upon still stronger grounds, that future genera¬
tions may be preserved from this scourge. K
The creation of this grand junction way would, also, on the other hand, prevent that
commercial isolation of which England would otherwise lie threatened by the comple-
tion of the great railway systems which connect the centre of Europe, without braak
or interruption, with the ports of the east and west of the Continent The subnnSne
tunnel, by putting the ports of England in direct connection with the commercial
centres ot Europe, in a situation of contiguity identical with that of the ports of the
F f JL ^ A 1 S' C E
io.au*
GEOLOGICAL SECTION, SHOWING THE PROPOSED SUBMARINE TUNNEL BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE, BT M. A. THOMF. DE GAMOND.'
00
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jax. 23, 185s
Coat;n*nt, woulj enable England to sustain with advantage the com-
li- utian which c-inmit fail to be opened bj the junction of the ports of
the \\ est with the centre of Europe by means or the railways which
urc in course of construction.
1 * u} interest, therefore, which attaches to this great project war¬
rants the hope that the two Governments will cause the investigations
ulruudy so happily commenced to be continued to the end. We are
assunxl, indeed, that u specific agreement is in course of nrrangtment
between the two Governments lor the formation of an International
nip i Commission composed in part of the eminent men who assisted
m thdirection of \lie Great Exhibitions of London and Paris. This
commission would direct, by a scheme of general instructions, the
rengliah and r reuch engineers engaged in the experimental works,
which would be carried on by each country according to its own
re.'ultor practice und traditions. It is calculated that these works
muy occupy a couple of years, after which only would it be possible
j • pronounce with certainty as to the difficulties, the cost, and the
length of time required for the execution of the projected work itself.
It the execution of this work should be accomplished at an early
period, an extraordinary development of traffic between the two
countries may be confidently expected, for already a very remarkable
increase of this traffic is seen to take place as additional means of
transport are completed. Down to the year 1830, when sailing-vessels
were used, the number of travellers between the two countries was
i>),Out) annually. In 1840, under the rtyinie of steam-packets, the
numbers increased to 350,000 a year. Now tliat steam-packets are
brought iuto combination with railways, the number of t raveliers has
increased to 1, 010,000 a year. It may fairly be calculated upon,
therefore, that, when railways shall Imj united and combined in a
continuous system, the increased rapidity and comfort resulting from
such an arrangement will again induce a prodigious increase of
traffic. It is certain, also, that the frequency of communication be¬
tween the two nations lias contributed in a high degree to augmqnt
their reciprocal esteem, and that the best means of cementing a
lasting concord between them would l»e to facilitate by all available
means peucelul intercommunication between their inhabit in ts.
OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS.
THE EMPEROR S SPEECH.
The Emperor openei the Chambors on Monday with tho following
auureas to the Senators and Deputies:—
At the annual meeting of the Chambers I render you an account of
vrtia*. lias ta«ccn place during your absence, and 1 ask voar support lor
the measures to be taken.
Since la-t year the Government has followed its reguhir and progressive
march, exempt from all vain ostentation. It luw often been pretended
m*t to gim-rn France it was necessary continually to keep the public
inud alive with iwme gnat theatrical display. 1 think, ou the contrary,
that it i*uiueca to endeavour exclusively to do good to deserve the cou¬
ndeuce of the country. The action of the Goveruinent has consequently
been confined to doing what was mor^t necessary in the diilereut brandies
of the Administration.
In the interests of agriculture, tl»c exportation of and the distillation
front grain have again been authorised; and the support of the bank has
given support to the landed interest. The cultivation of the Lands has
commenced.
t lu public works the most important results are 13.10 kilometres of rail¬
way thrown open in 1*57 to traffic, and 2000 kilometres of newlines
rotated lor construction ; the limitiiig-dock ol St. Naxaire, and the canal
1101 a Loeti to too sea thrown open to navigation; careful surveys made to
prevent the scourge of inundations; improvement of our ports, and
among other* of Havre, Marseilles. Toulon, and Bayonne; In the north
uul In the cost of France the working of new coal-mines ; at Paris the
juaugurauon of the Louvre and of a wing at Ymccuues ; finally. In the
capital, as at Lyons, quartern tlyown open for the first time since centuries
to tho light of day, und throughout France religious edifices arc being
caii«tnjct'd or restored.
Public Instruction, protected by the State, is beiug developed by the side
of Irw education honourably protected. The number of colleges has been
inrreaocd by l&ou. Education has become more moral and religious, with
a u-nd* m:y toward* sound Immunities and useful sciences. The College of
btnnoc luis been reorganised ; dementary instruction is spreading far.
It is the wish of the Government that the principle of freedom of wor-
suip shall be sincerely admitted, without forgetting that the Roman
t^tholtcreligi 00 is tlut of the great majority of Frenchmen. Therefore,
this religion has never been mere respected nor more unshackled.
* he Municipal Councils meet without hindrance, and tin Bishops enjoy
the full plenitude of their sacred office. The Lutheran, Protestant, and
Jewl-h confessions pay tlieir just proportion of taxes to the State, and
are equally protected.
the uiiTc;.ke in the price of all necessaries has compelled us since last
yrar to augment the ealaries of tlie lesser functionaries; the rations of
the soldiera have been improved and the pay of subalterns increased.
lhe budget of l85t» provides for better payment lor teachers and pro-
fes-ore, and for lutigisirahs. I may point out an increase of charitable
soc.etiea—In the country those of the medical corporations, and in the
towns the establishment of soup-kitchens. One million has been dis¬
tributed iu relief of the populations which have suffered most from want
o: work.
The budget of 1859 which will be laid before you will show n balance in
favour of receipts, and the action of the sinking-fund can be renewed.
On the close of accounts a reduction of the floating debt was assured.
Gorainereo recently suffered a check, but the firm position it took up in
tlie midst of what may be termed a universal crisis is, in the eyes of all,
iui honour for France, and Justifies the economical principles udvised by
the Government in matters of commerce, finances, and credit.
The increase of direct and indirect revenue during the past year was,
300,000,000 francs. (
Among t lie various Ml’s which will be submitted to you of general inte¬
rest 1 may mention <1 law on patents, a new military and uaval code, a
proposal to employ the 20 . 00 u,od 0 f. remaining from the loans ou workSHo^
guard the towns against inundations. \
Algeria, connec'ed with Franco by electric wire, has afforded new glory
t • uur troops by the snbrnbr ion or Kabyiia. That expedition, fckiiih'ly
jdanned and vigorously executed, has completed our dominaUdin-^Xhe x
uruiy, which lias no more enemies to overcome, will have tdrstrtJ|
against newffi diculties in constructing railways, so necessary for the
\f!opmient of the prosperity of our colouy. \ \
Iu Irntico the army will find iu the cutup of Chalons a graiid School
which Will keep up the military spirit and standard at the high level it
ha* attained. \
The Emperor Napoleon bequeathed to his ancient companions in gloi
hie private and other property. Under the Restoration it w.isubs orbed by
the State. It is to carry out in some measure that pious legacy that you.
on the one hand, voted an aununl sum of 8 , 0 Cd, 06 ol.for o 1 ds old i er sb u t
nevertheless I wished that a medal should remind all who Imd curved in
our armies of their former leaders. More than 300,000 men In France and
abroad have applied for this medal in remembrance of the Imperial epoch,
and ou receiving itthey might exclaim with pride, ‘Xlolso belonged to
the Grand Army,”—words which, at AusterlitzUthe Emperor had reason
to point out to them as the advent of a title of nobility.
Our navy is occupied in ifs arsenals with those necessary changes which
will enable it to maintain the honour of our flag on every sea. in China it
Is acting in concert with the English fleet to obtain redress for common
grievances, and to avenge the blood of our missionaries who have been
cruel'y massacred.
The relations of France with foreign Powcre Were never on a better
footing. Our ancient allies, trae/to the scutiincnts ^wliich sprung from a
common cause, give us the flame confidence as usual and our new allies,
by then* straightforward and loyal conduct in all great questions, make us
almost regret that we ever were their foes.
I was enabled to be feonvineed at^Osborne/a^ well as at Stuttgart, that
my desire to keep up the intimacy Of old relations, as well as to form new
ones, was equally shared by the chiefs of two great empires.
I I the policy oi France is appreciated as it deserves to be in Europe, it is
because we huve the common sebseohly to deal with questions whichconcern
r>ureelves directly, Oither as a nation or as a great European Power. This
is why I avoided in terfcnOg in the question of tlie Duchies which now
agiTates Germany; for tliat question, which is exclusively a German one,
will remain ao lougos the integrity of Denmark is not threatened.
If* on the other nand, i look up the Neufchatel question, it is because
the King of Prussia i^keu for my dons offices, and I was happy ou this
occasion^ to contribute to tlie final settlement of a difference winch might
have bfcoome dangerous for tirepeace of Europe.
As regards the Principalities, astonishment has been expressed at our
dis-igreemeut with many of our allies. 'Hie fact is that t rance, in her
disinterested policy, has always advocated, in go much as treaties allowed
her, the wishes of the populations which appealed to her. Nevertheless,
the conferences which will shortly open at Paris will show iu wbat con¬
ciliating spirit we work to attenuate the difficulties which are inseparable
lrom a difference of opinion.
Such, gentlemen, is the resume of our position. 1 might end my ad¬
dress here; but I think it useful, at the commencement of a new Legis¬
lature. to examine with you what we are and what we desire. It is ouly
well delmed causes distinctly formulated that create profound convictions.
^ standards l>oldly unfurled which Inspire sincere devotion,
w bat is the Empire / la it a retrograde Govern men V- an enemy of
progress, desirous of -uppressing generous impulses and of impeding the
papule extension of Uie great ai;d civilising principles of 1729?
No; the Empire inscribes these principles as the motto of its Constitu¬
tion. It frankly adopts everything of a uature to euuobo the heart or
exalt the mind tor what is good; but it is also the enemy of every abstract
theory. It seeks a stroug power, capable of overcoming tho obstacles
which might stop Its advance, for—let us not forget it—die advance o!
every new Power is a long struggle.
Moreover, there is a truth Inscribed upon every page of the history of
France and of England—namely, that liberty without obstacles is im¬
possible as long as there exists In a country a faction which obstinately
disowns the fundamental bases of the Government; for then liberty,
instead of enlightening, controlling, ameliorating, is nothing else in the
hands of faction but a weapon of destruction.
Therefore, as 1 did not accept the pmver of the natiou with a view to
acquire that ephemeral popularity, the paltry prize of concessions exacted
from weakness, but with a view one day to deserve the approbation of
posterity by founding something lasting in France I do not fear to
declare to you to-day that the danger, no matter what is said to the con¬
trary. docs not exist in the excessive prerogatives of power, but rather
in the absence of repressive law's. Thus, the last elections, despite their
satisfactory result, offered in many localities a sad spectacle. Hostile
parties took advantage of it to create agitation in the country, and some
nu n had the boldness openly to declare* themselves the enemies of the
national Institutions, deceived the electors by false promises, and, having
gained their votes, then spurned them with contempt
You will not allow a renewal of such a scandal, and you will compel
iollujcr) every elector to take an oatli to the Constitution before presenting
himself as a candidate.
As the quiet of the public mind ought to be the constant object of our
efforts, you will assist me in finding the means to silence extreme and
annoying oppositions.
In fact, is It not too sad to behold in a quiet, prosperous country, which
is respected in Europe, one the one hand, men crying down a Government
to which they are indebted for the security which they enjoy, while others
only take advantage of the free exercise of their political rights to under¬
mine the existing institutions?
I welcome heartily, without inquiring into their antecedents, all those
who recognise the national wi!L
As regards the originators of disturbances and conspiracies, let them
understand that their day is gone by.
I caunot conclude without alluding to the criminal attempt which has
jtut taken place. I thunk Heaven for the visible protection with which
it shielded tho Empress and myself, and I deplore that so many victims
should be made when only one life was aimed at.
Yet these plots bring tneir lessons with them. Firstly, they prove the
weakness nnd impotence of the parties who have recourse to assassination
and such desperate means; secondly, that no assassination, even if suc¬
cessful, cvenserved the cause of those who hired the assassin. Neither
those who slew Ctesar nor those who assassinated Henry IV. derived any
advantage from tlieir crime.
God sometimes allows the just to fall, but he never allows the cause of
crime to triumph. These attempts, therefore, neither shake my security^
in the present nor my faith in the future. If I live the Empire will m b
with me, and if I should fall my very death would only tend tp sfrongthen-
the Empire, for the indignation of the people and of the army would be
additional support to the throne of my son. \ \
Let us. then, look confidently towards the future; let us attcncf'e^l:
to our daily work for the welfare and greatness of our country. God
toot France J
CEREMONIAL OF THE PRINCESS BO}
MARRIAGE.
Tup. following is tho ceremonial to bo observed at tho_m
Royal Highness Victoria Adelaide Mary Luc’
Groat Britain and Ireland, eldett daughter of hi
toria and of his lloyal Highness Albert, Pri
Saxony nnd Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, (•
ness Prince Frederic William Nicholas Charles,
Highness Frederic William Louis, Pip
Majesty the King of Prussia, which cel
Chupel Royal of St. James, upon Monday,
past twelve o’clock.
Tho illustrious individuals mid others comp*
except those who go to Buckingham Pi * ^
throne-room at St. James's,
o’clock.
The foreign Prinoesnot fo;
ducted to their seats upq; ~
Master of tho Ceremonit
ahown to seats assigned
The bridegroom, on his
ducted to tho presence c
Highness will do formed,
which will first enter tho
Upon arrival ut St. Jumi
conducted to the "
Consort, and his
to the Queen's 1
Her Mujefety’rfjr
by Garter, Princif
apartments, down * L
lowing order;—
HE1
v ueon Vic-
tADuko of
High-
Royal
of his
at the
nary, at half-
than half-post eleven
.0 procession will be con-
the Chapel Royal, by the
Their attendants will be
*’s Palace, will bo con-
Hiq procession of his Royal
:udiness^t^ )follow that of her Majesty,
ir Majesty tho Queen will be
_ _ide, with her father, the Pricco
ihg of the Belgians, will be conducted
ng been marshalled in the throne-room
Am s, will move through the stato
ease to the Chapel Royal, in tho iol-
S PROCESSION.
C Druihs and Trumpets.
Sergean t-Trumpetcr.
Knight Marshal.
Heralds and Pursuivants of Arms,
lug to the Queen. Clerk Marshal,
te Household. Treasurer of the Household.
Keeper of the Privy Purse.
/^ 6 rpoi^\id<Waiting to the Queen. Loid in Waiting to the Queen.
.. . " -As. \ The Lold Steward.
' '- Lord Privy Seal. Lord President of the Council.
\yo Sergeants- at - a r n 13 . Lord High Chancellor '1 wo Sergeants-at-Arms.
\ \ Senior Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter.
\ GenMeman Usher Garter, Principal Gentleman Usher
‘ •ally Walter KingofArihs, of the
and to the carrying his Black Bed.
ord of State. Sceptre. bearing his Rod.
The Earl Marshal, bearing his baton.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge,
er train borne by Lady Arabella Suckville West, and attended by
Major Home Curves.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
attended by Colonel Charles Tyrwhitt
Her Royal Highuess the Duchess of Cambridge,
Her train borne by Lady Geraldine Somerset, and attended by
Laron Knesebook.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
Her train borne by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and attended by
Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart.
The Vice-Chamberlain. The Sword of State, The Lord Chamberlain,
borne by
Viscount Palmerston. K.G., First Lord of the Treasury.
His Royal Highness His Royal Highness
the Prince Alfred. the Prince of Wales.
THE QUEEN.
His Royal Highness ... j,- nrr His Royal nighness
Prince Leopold, leading Prince Arthur.
Her Majesty’s train borne by
The Groom of the Robes and two Pages of Honour.
Her Royal Highness Her Royal Highness Her Royal Highness
Princess Louisa. Princess Alice. Princess Helena.
The Master of the Horse. The Mistress of the Robes.
The Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting.
Two Maids of Honour in Waiting.
Bedchamber Woman iu Waiting.
The Lady Superintendent.
Captain of the Y’eomen Captain of the
of the Guard. uo a aucfa " Gentlemen-at- Arms.
Master of the .Buckhounda.
Master of the Household.
Silver Stick in Waiting. Field Officer in Brigade Waiting.
Tutors to their Royal Highnesses the Prince of M ales and Prince Allred.
Six Gentlemen at-Arms.
Six Y’eomen of the Guard to close the Procession.
Upon arriving at the entrance to the chapel the drums and trumpets
will file otf. The Gentlemen-at-Arms will remain outside tho chapel
door, in the ante-chapel, during the coremony.
The Y'eomen of the Guard will remain at the foot of the staircase, in
the ante-chapel.
Her Majesty will be conducted to her chair of state, and the Royal
family to the seats prepared for them on the bout paa _ The Lord
who bears the Sword of Stato will stand on the Queen’s right hand;
the Mistress of the Robes near her Majesty; and the several persons
composing the procession will be conducted to the places appointed for
them in the choir.
The Lord Chamberlain and the Vice-Chamberlain, preceded by the
drums and trumpets, will then return to the presence chamber; and
the bridegroom’s procession, having been there formed, will move to
the Chapel Royal in the following order:—
THE PEOCESStON OP TUE BEIDEUEOOIL
Drums and Trumpets.
Sergeant-Trumpeter.
_ Master of the Ceremonies,
the Bridegroom's Gentlemen ot Honour,
between Heralds.
With tlie Members of his Legation.
' , of , ,cr Lord Chamberlain of her
JlAjcty 8 Household. Majesty's Household.
THE BEIDEGKOOM.
Supported by his Father, his Koyal Highness the Prince of Prussia.
and by Ins Koyal Highness the tiraud Duke »f iiaden,
... . ... . „ lolloped by the
A.tcndauts of their Koyal Highnesses the Prince and Grand Duke.
°n reaching tho chapel tho drums and trumpets will file off. outside
tho door, and, the proeossion advancing, the bridegroom will bo con¬
ducted to tho seat prepared lor him on tho haut pm> loading to tho
» tar 'i w *a ocoupy seats upon tho haut pas near his
Koyal Highness. Iho officers of tho bridegroom will stand iu the
nave of tnu chapel. Tho olher genUemon iu attendance will bo con¬
ducted to seats. ' ^
The Lord Chamberlain .
by tho drums and trumpet*
to attend tho bride, wlu z
closet will movo to tho <
THE
Officers of
;laia, preceded, us before,
- — to the state apartments
•iving bceu formed in the Royal
llowiug order;—
:ssion"W tiie bride.
uud Trumpets.
-Trumpeter.
„x 2 Officers of Arms,
of Abercorn, K.G.,
10 m of the Stoic
jghness theBrince Consort.
Lord Chamberlain of her
■HEKKIDE. MAieSt/8H “ ,d -
\ liia Koval Highness tlie Triucc Consort,
and by
’ajesty tlie King of the Belgians.
J Lli^lines* borne by eight unmarried daughters
Dukes, Marquises, and Earls.
The Lady .Susan Pelham Clinton. The Lady Cecilia Gordon Lennox.
1 he Eniy f.tnma Stanley. The Lady Katharine Hamilton.
1e T hc• Lady £usnn Murray. The Lady Constance Villitra.
he Lady Victoria Noel. The Lady Cecilia Molyneux.
■ A / Followed by
mk* Bedchamber, Groom of tho Bedchamber, and Equerry
ag l th( L ? rival ® Secretary, and Gentleman Usher to bis Koyal
Highness the Prince Consort, the Treasurer and Private Secretary to
her lioyal Highness the Princess Koyal, and the Gentlemen in attend¬
ance on his Majesty the King of the Belgians.
arriving at tho chapel the bride will be conduoted to her seat in
the chapel, on the left tide of the haut pas leading to the altar, near
vhe* Majesty's chair of state; and his Royal Highness the Prince Cvn-
sbrt und his Majesty the King of the Belgians will be conducted to
their seats on tho haut pas near the bride. The Lord Chamberlain
and Vico-Chamberluin will 6 tand near her Majesty.
As each procession enters the chapel a march will be played.
When tho bride has taken her place near the altar, a hymn will be
sung and the service will commence.
The service will be porformea by his Grace the Archbishop of
Canterbury; the Lord Bishop of London, Deun of her Majesty's
Chupols Royal; the Bishop of Oxford, Lord High Almoner; the
Bishop of Cheater, Clerk of the Closet; the Hon. uud Very Rev. the
Dean of Windsor, Domestic Chaplain to tho Queen; and the Rev. Dr.
Wesley, Sub-Dean of her Maju.siy’s Chapels Koyal.
The brido will be given away by her luther, the Prince Consort.
At the conclusion of the servico Handel’s “Hallelujah Choi-us”
will be eung, and Mendelssohn’s “ Wedding March ” will he played
as the procession is leaving the chapel
The procession of »be brido and bridegroom will return to the fctuto
apartments in the undermentioned order:—
Officers of Arms.
Gentlemen of Honour to the Bride and Bridegroom.
The Master of the Ceremonies.
The Prussian Minister,
accompanied by the Members of his Legation.
Groom of the Stole
to his Royal Highness tlie Prince Consort.
THE BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM.
The Supporters of tlieir Royal Highnesses ou either side.
The train of the Bride borne as belore.
The remainder of the Suite of his Koyal Higkncss the Prince
Consort.
The Gentlemen in attendance on his Majesty the King of the Belgians,
his Koyal Highness the Prince of Prussia, and liis Royal
Uigimes 9 the Grand Duke oi Baden.
Her Majesty’s procession will then follow to tho presence chamber
in tho same order in which it entered tho. chapel.
Her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the
bride and bridegroom, with tho re&t of the Royal family, tho Royal
guests, and the Great Officers of State, will pass ou to the throne-room.
Tho foreign Princes and guests who do not take part in the pro¬
cession will be conducted to the throne-room by the Master of the
Ceremonies.
Finally, the dignitaries of the Church having entered the throne-
room, tho registry of the marriage will bo attested with the usual for¬
malities.
The remainder of tho procession will proceed no further ♦ban the
presence chamber.
The Knights of the several orders present at the solemnity will wear
their respective collars with white rosettes.
The Ambassadors, Foreign Ministers, Cabinet Ministers, and other
visitors invited to be present in the chapel, will appear in lull-dress
uniform. Tho ladies in full dress.
(FROM TIIE COURT CIRCULAR.)
Notice is hereby given that ladies who are invited to be present -in the
Chapel Koyal, St .latnea's, at the approaching ceremony of the marriage
of her Koyal Highness the Princess Koyal, will wear full dress with
plumes, but without trains.
Full dress will also be worn by those who have tickets to view the pro¬
cession in the state rooms, but without trains or plumes.
Gentlemen will wear uniform or Court dress.
All who have tickets of admission to the colonnade will be in morning
dress.
It is expected that no person will appear in mourning.
Lord Chambcrialn’s-ollice, Jan. 18 ,1858.
The Marriage of the Princess Royal.— The house com¬
mittee of the Orphan Working School, of which her Majesty is the patron,
have agreed to give their 2«0 children a whole holiday on Monday next in
honour of that event; and have ordered for their dinner on that day
roast beef and plum pudding—an example worthy of imitation.
The Greatest Marriage (says the Court Journal) which, iu
point of fortune, can take place in Europe, is about to be contra5t<-d afc
Paris. A Princess Troubetzkoi is about to marry her cousin, and each of
the parties is entitled to a fortune of a huudred thousand pounds per
annum The bridegroom—a young officer wounded in the Crimea, being
left for dead upon the field—lias come to Paris for medical advice. He is
fast recovering from an almost hopeless condition, with the loss, however,
of the left eye and the amputation of the left arm just above the elbow.
The mutilation has in nowise affected the sentiments of the fair intended,
who insisted upon accompanying her /ianed to Paris, in order to contort
and attend him during his convalescence.
The Portrait of Peter the Great is thus drawn in the
“ Memoirs of St. Simon ” :—” He was a very tall man, exceedingly well
made, rather thin, his face somewhat round, a high forehead, good eye¬
brows, a rather short nose, but not too short, and large at tlie end. rattwr
thick lips, complexion reddish brown, good black eyes, large, light,
piercing, and well open. His looks majestic and gracious when he liked ;
but when otherwise severe and stern, with a twitching of the face not
often occurring, but which appeared to control his eves and all his physi¬
ognomy, and was frightful to see it—it lasted a moment, gave him a wild
and terrible air, and passed away. All his bearing showed his intellect,
his reflectiveness, and his greatness, and was not devoid ct’a certain grace.
He wore a linen collar, a round brown wig. as though without powder, and
which did not reach to liis shoulders ; a brown cout, tight to the body,
even, and with gold buttons ; vest, breeches, stockings, no gloves or
ruffies. the star of his order over his coat, and the cordon under it, the coit
itself beiDg frequently quite unbuttoned, his hat upon the table, but never
upon his head, even out of doors. With this simplicity, ill-aceomnanii d
or ill-mounted as he infght be, tlie afr of greatness natural io him cou’.d
not be mistaken.’’
Jan. 23, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
THE BOMBAY MAIL.
Oa Tuesday morning the first Bombay Mail under the new system
arrived in London, bringing intelligence up to Dec. 24.
The following is chiofly from the summary of the Bombay Telegraph
and Courier of Dec. 24:—
THE GWALIOR REBELS.
As scarcely a week has elapsed since the departure of tho last mail,
our intelligence by this opportunity is, necessarily, rather meagre!
Wo have no very stirring news to relate, except that Sir Colin Camp¬
bell has completely broken and nearly destroyed tho Gwalior rebels.
Before his arrival at Cawnpore the camp had been attacked, and our
little force driven from it with loss.
On the approach of the Commander-in*Chief, tho enemy, numbering
15,000 men, resolved to give him battle. At Mogul Serai, near Cawn¬
pore. wo had a battery, and hero the battle commenced. The rebels
fought very bravely, but they had a military genius to contend with.
Sir Colin Campbell, seeingthe obstinacy of the attack, had recourse to
a feint, which secured the total destruction of the enemy. He ordered
a retreat. Flushed with—what they imagined to bo—victory, the
rebels followed our retreating army until they were more than four
miles from their own camp, which they had left in charge of some fifty
or sixty men. Five hundred of our men, with two guns, which had
been Btationed on the Allahabad-road at this juncture, marched into
the rebel encampment; captured it in a moment; and, after leaving it
in charge of a guard, marched rapidly after the pursuing enemy,
in a short time their guns opened upon the rear of the mutineers ; and
at the same moment Sir Colin Campbell halted his army, fronted, and
scattered the rebels in all directions. The slaughter was immonse; the
artillery made fearful havoc in the enemy’s ranks, having been served
with great rapidity and precision. This victory may bo considered
decisive as regards Oude. The rebels have now no rallying point;
and, although some may escape by directing their flight towards
Eajpootana, yet they will just do running into the trap which has
been prepared for them. Sir Colin Campbell has, in less than a week,
captured thirty-two guns; and, by a brilliant coup-de-main, destroyed
an army of 15,000 men. He has also secured the safety of all the
wounded at Lucknow, and placed in security tho women and children,
the whole of whom were, on the 8th December, at Allahabad, on their
way to Calcutta. This is exceedingly cheering news, and dissipates
all anxiety regarding their safety. The Lucknow despatches have
been published. The rebels aro being cut up wherever they are
encountered. Brigadier Grant’s column is said to have scarcely
allowed a man of tho Gwalior rebels to escape.
Intelligence has beon received, through the Gwalior news-writer
at Calpee, that a most decisive action took place on the 5th or 7th Dec.,
which ended in the entire discomfiture of tho Contingent and other
insurgents, in the capture of all their artillery, baggage, &e., and in
driving them back towards Calpee, in the fort of which place the Balia
Sahib (brother of the Nana), who was himself wounded, has taken
refuce. The villagers are said to have refused shelter to any of the
fugitives.
This grateful intelligence may bo received os authentic; for the
Gwalior news has always been, in tho main, trustworthy.
The following is the statement of tho Gwalior news-writer:—
Letter from Maharajah Scindiah’s news-writer at Calpee, to an
officer of the Maharajah’s service, dated Tuesday, December 8:—
Three liurkarus came straight from Cawnpore to-day, and reported
this:—That the Gwalior Contingent rebels, having collected all their
force and stores at Bhoti, advanced thence to a place two coss nearer to
Cawnpore, and left there, with fifty or sixty men, their camp and bazaar.
The whole force, including sepoys and chieft, with their followers of all
sorts, amounted to 15,000 men. Their plan was to fight with their guns
up to twelve p.m, and then to assault and carry the lntrenchments. At
Mogul Serai, near Cawnpore, the English had a battery, and there the
first light began. The rebels fought very bravely up to twelve p.m., when
the Euglish began to retire, ana the rebels followed them until they were
two coss from the rebel camp. Then 500 English, witli two guns, ad¬
vancing on the Allahabad road, attacked the rebel camp, and captured it,
with all that was in it, leaving a guard there ; they then attacked the
rear of the rebels, when the retiring English turned and attacked them in
front. The rebels could not endure this double attack and tied; and the
English chased them to Sachendee, and took on the road their guns,
baggage, magazine, and everything. Meanwhile, the two great guns
which the rebels had sent for with ammunition from Calpee having
reached ltenniah, the English marched thither also and captured them
The three hurkarus who report this were in the action, ana with great
difficulty saved their lives, but none of their property. Of the flying
sepoys no village would admit a man within its walls, not even if it were
fiis own home. The hurkarus put up iu the village of Muttabelpore, and
then, at twelve o'clock at night, came JCooer Dowlut Singh, but the people
would not let him halt there. I cannot tell how many were slain, but
will hear to-morrow. The English fought in this battle as Koostum and
Is fend lar alone fought before. The Sahibs dismounted amid the fire of
the guns, and slew the gunners with their swords, and rushing upon the
gunners stopped them ns they applied the match; while the English so
manned their guns that winking is a slow operation compared to the
rapidity of their fire. They fired after the fugitives as their noise directed,
and, if they but saw a head, that head was crushed. Hie blood of the dead
and wounded flowed in streams.
Whoever shall hear this news will rejoice, for these men who injured
and trampled on high and low have received punishment from God pro¬
portioned to their cruelty ; and great as was their bravery, as signal has
been their flight and destruction. The dead are doomed to “ dozukh.”
GENERAL WlNDHAJt’8 OPERATIONS AT CAWNPORE. A~
A letter has been received from an officer of the 64th, dated the 3rd
of December, giving the following accouufc of the operations of this
regiment on the occasion in question:— *
On the 27th of November the regiment, or rather that portion of It their
at Cawnpore, was dispatched to a spot about six miles along the Delhi
road, with a view to intercept some of the enemy, but no engagement took
place. On the following day it was ordered to take up a position upon
some heights, adjoining the canal of which we have ad read ;^and,
•it occupied that position throughout the day under a heavy fire
Horn the enemy’s artillery, but without much loss. After some skir^
miihing with the enemy along the canal, the regiment was ordered
to retire to the fort and guard the iutrenchmenfrT and this order
was safely accomplished, the regiment striking Us tents, and
getting all the baggage within the lntrenchments, where it passed
the night. At four o'clock in the morning of the 2?th a portion of
the regiment was ordered to take possession of a"'bungalow used as a
I5apt 1st chapel, whe re it continued under heavy fire until Oneo'clock. At
that hour it was directed to join the main body of the regiment, and the
whole, consisting only of 160 rank ai(d file, formed into four divisions,
and is officers, were ordered to charge a battery of six guns, distant about
three-quarters of a mile. This duty was gallantly performed, and the
battery was taken, and four of the guns had already been seized, when,
upon a report that the enemy’s cavalry was advancing, the small band,
alter half-an-hour’s severe fighting and much reduced in numbers, was
ordered to retire within the trenches, which was effected—not, however,
it would appear, without mucli difficulty, as It Was found necessary to
abandon tne captured guns, and. it is to be feared, tjhe bodies of some of
the officers who had fallen. The loss appears to have been Brigadier
Wilson (commanding the regiment). Major Stirling; Captains Morphy and
M Crae, Lieutenants Macklnnon and Gibbons, of the 52nd Regiment
(temporarily attached to the! G4th). thirty-three rank and tile killed or
missing, and fifteen wounded, some Of whom have since died.
[\/\ J
In our last we mentioned that Neemueh had been relieved; but we
were unaVle to give the particulars of the siege. Since then thoy have
been supplied tc us. Before the attack the garrison had been for
months threatened with tho approach of the Mundisore rebels, and so
frequently was the very duy fixed that they began to think that these
reports wore only a ruse of the rebels to keep them where they were,
and prevent their combining with the Mhow column to attack Mundi¬
sore. The very day, therefore, before the attack they would not credit
the information they received of the arrival of the rebels at Mulagurh,
halfway between Neemuch and Mundisore; and when the next day
(the 8th) a party of the enemy's horsemen came upon their picket,
about two miles from Neemuch, they believed there was no stronger
force than a party of horsemen who had come to reconnoitre, and who
might be followed by some of the rest of the force to plunder the
village of old. Neemuch, and the neighbouring villages in the dis¬
trict. Captain Bannister was, therelore, sent ont with the cavalry
to observe this force of horsemen, and, if possible, to cut
them up; but on entering the plain he saw a large body
of about 4000 or 5000 infantry and three guns drawn up in line
behind a ridge. Our force of cavalry was saluted with a few round-
shot, one of which struck tho horse of Lieutenant Stapleton, 1st
Bengal Cavalry, of which wound the horse has rince died. To have
charged this large body with 150 cavalry would nave been madness.
Captain Bannister, therefore, kept his position and sent to beg tho
assistance of the guns from the fort. With this request Captain
91
Simpson, seeing from the fort walls the extent of the enemy's force,
very wisety refused to comply, and gave orders tint the cavalry should
waten the movements of the enemy and retire slowly towards evening.
cavalry did os was directed, and kept videttes during the night in
the direction of the enemy, who encamped in the same position they
had at first taken up.
^henext morning all preparations to stand a siege wore made in tho
fort; for it was evident that we were too weak and too 6hort of
ammunition to attack the rebels in the plain. The cavalry, being
useless except to harass the enemy, drew up outside tho in trench-
ments, sending parties to watch the movements of the enemy. Tho
enemy were not to be caught straggling; but in full force marched into
the bazaar and. cantonments, plundering and burning as they went,
ihey then boldly marched up towards the fort, but a round-shot from
the 24-pounder, directed by Lieutenant Ritchie, Bombay Artillery,
speedily gent them back again, and they commenced placing their
£uns at a more convenient distance, and playing steadily against the
*Pv.\ J’ or «?ya the rebels continued at this practice, and managod to
build batteries for their guns in such positions that, from the foliage
and other obstacles, they were unobservable from the walls of tho fort.
The lntrenchments, which ore most unscientifically made at such a
distance from the fort as to be quite useless to the littlo garrison, and
form most effective works for the enemy, were filled daily with rebels,
and from them tho fire was so hot that the 24-pounder, which was on
an intrenched mound outside, could not be worked, and was after
some days withdrawn into the fort. These lntrenchments could be
only useful to a garrison of about four thousand men. For the rebels
they have been grand intronchments ; not so for the garriion.
The audacity of the rebels increased as days went by, und at last
they attempted an escalade, bhouting, they came with huge ladders
calculated to carry four men abreast, with a guard for musket-shots
on the top to defend the carriers, and drawn along upon wheels. Every
man of the brave garrison stood to his post, and reserved his fire until
tho ladders had come within about fifty yards of the walls, when such
a volley of musketry, and two such well-directed charges of grape,
assailed them thut they dropped their ladders and went buck faster
than they came, leaving a splendid Mussulman green flag on the
ground. A bravo Beloochee Mussulman, f the 12th N.L, requested
to be allowed to capture this flag; und, under cover of u tremendous
fire of musketry, he and a havildar were lot down by a rope from one
of the embrasures, and quick us lightning the flag wus secured and
waved upon the walls of Neemuch. The havildar received intima¬
tion that ho should be made a Jemedar; and the private was made,
as he deserved, a havildar on the spot Nothing could exceed the-
gallantry and general good conduct of these brave loyal men of the
12th N.L during this trying siege.
On the fifteenth day of the siege (Sunday, the 22nd) the rebels, hearing
of the approach of the Mhow force, moved off for Mundisore, and thiis
the garrison of Neemuch was relieved. Meantime tho cavalry hud
been hovering about, and going from village to village, to encamp for
the night. On one occasion a troop, under Lieutenant Farquharroc,
surprised a number of the enemy, and cut them to pieced, in~a village
close to the walls of Neemuch; but, staying rather linger than wus
advisable in the vicinity of so largo aforce, they were obliged to retreat,
being surrounded by overpowering numbers.
In this siege officers and men took their tour of sentry-duty alike/;
oven the medical men did not excuse themselves from this duty; The
shelling of Lieutenant Couchman, who never left his post at the
mortar, was admirable, and did great execution. Lieutenant Ritchie's
services were also most invaluable; some of his shots appear to have
been most extraordinary, and must have astonished the rebels not
a little. \ 7
On tho 25th the Neemuch garrison had news from Mundisore that
the Mhow force had completely defeated a large body of rebels who
advanced from Mundisore to meet them ; and that they had also met
the rebel force returning from Neemuch, and signally defeated them,
taking their guns and killing upwards of 1260 mhn.
* SKIRMISHING AT FUTTT.AUAD.
The following letters describe the proceedings a f orce ae nt from
Agra to Futteabad:— \ / \
Camp, Futteab^u>, Dec^—^Wc marched from Agra on the morning
of the 2nd to this place, which is distant twenty-three miles. Our road
lay past the Taj. Next morning, at three o'clock, we marched out of Fut¬
teabad about five miles, and reached the enemy just at daybreak. They
soon opened fire on us with their matchlocks and jingals (which latter
carry 8 or 10 ounce balls) from behind rock? and bushes. We then stood
watching them until our trims came up. when our artillery opened tire.
The Sikhs went right and left in skirmishing order, and we advanced
straight to the front. Through the village we went—regular deerstalking
—such a chase yob never saw. Alter we had driven them out of the vil¬
lage we had to traverse ravines, climb rocks, and scramble over small
mountains. The runaways burled themselves in bushes, with the women
and children on top of them. We hauled them out. and killed between
thirty and forty men. Horsemen were of no use in these rocky jungles.
We burned three villages., and hunted the rebel ryots clean and dear out
of the place. We took two prisoners, one of whom we shot and the other
we hanged. On our side oneSikh infantry man was wounded, and one man
belonging to the 3rd Europeans. The latter was one of a guard of three men
and a corporal, who were in charge of theammunition. and were attacked
by four sowars. Alter we had done this job we got our dram, and marched
quietly home to breakfast, when some more work was cut out for us. The
enemy numbered, as well as we could guess, about -too. including a few
sowars. Our party consisted of 200 Sikh Cavalry, 200 ditto Infantry, 100
Europeans, two 9-pounders, and two mortars.
December marched from Futteabad in the direction of Gwalior.
We went down by the side of the Kbaree, the same river to the banks of
which Colonel Cotton chased the rebels on the 10th. Every time we have
had a hunt these rebels always doar across the water. They arc very shy
In showing fight-firing a few shots and then off like deer. Leaving
Futteabad, we marched through jungles and ploughed fields, having
natives to pioneer the way for us. That morning we inarched ten
miles. Alter pitching our camp, there was a rumour that there
were between 700 and flOO rebels, with six guns, in a vil'age not
sev^n miles from us Twenty cavalrymen, with two officers, went
out to reconnoitre, who on their appearance cot a salute or bullets
from out the jungle-grass; and an artillery officer got one
/goollee ” through the skirt of his coat, the bullet taking a piece out
of the horse’s back. This morning we marched out to see what we could
do with the rebels. They soon opened fire on us witli their jingals. but
hit nobody ; our artillery treated them in return to a shell or two, and a
few rouna-ahot Then they made off. While the artillery were firing we
refreshed ourselves with a tot. and then went off in skirmishing order,
driving them over the river. Cavalry are of no use in these rocky
jungles, so our horsemen dismounted and chased the fugitives on foot
with the carbine. We followed in the hunt two or three miles. Return¬
ing. we set tire to the villages that had fired on us. In this chase we killed
about fifty. We hod one Sikh wounded, and one man of the 3rd shot
through the arm. Our men behaved admirably, no unnecessary slaughter
taking place; but only those who really deserved it being punished, while
neither woman nor child was molested.
CHITTAGONG AND DACCA.
The Hurkaru lias intelligence from Chittagong that the mutineers of
the 34th have joined a number of vagabonds, and have taken the route
to Monypore, not by tho main road, but by the jangles They intend,
it is supposed, to ask for assistance from the Rajah of Monypore, and
subsequently to join the Kookces, who are generally known to be a
turbulent and barbarous race of men. People ore crying for European
troops in thoso disturbed districts, to arrest further mischief.
A letter from Chittagong of tho 24th December, says that they are
busy at work throwing up lntrenchments, expecting the return of tho
mutineers, joined by a party from Tipperah, the Mahratta's hood man
being supposed to be in league with Nana Sahib, who is said to be a
relation of his.
A letter from Kissengunge, Nudoa, states that a body of more than
GOO men passed through that place into tho interior, and some of the
stragglers reported that 1000 more were en route for Dacca. Some of
them appear to have been hard up for cash, as a pair of silver bangles,
weighing twelve rupees, were sold for five.
The officer who was made prisoner by the 34th fellows at Chitta¬
gong was Devaal, not Duval. A letter says that Denial begged of the
sepoys not to loot the Treasury, and went down to them, when they
rose, and tho scoundrels made a prisoner of him, and ho has not since
been hoard of. Devaal is a Captain.
Mai/wa.— From Fort Mhow, under date December 16, the
Bombay limes has the followingA salute of thirteen guns was fired
in front ot the flagstaff at 12.30 p.m. on the arrival in camp of Sir
Robert Hamilton, llarL, agent to the Governor-General for Central
India; and another salute of the same number was fired ten minutes
after on arrival of General Sir Hugh Rose. K.C.B. Sir H. Rose had in¬
spected the fort and the detail hospital. The Malwa field force arrived at
Indore yesterday, and disarmed the cavalry portion of Ho'kar s troops.
They are to halt there until further orders. We expect to disarm the
remainder of the troops, and also to find out the chiet instigators of the
rebellion.”
I Indore, Dec. 2 2 .— The column under Colonel Seaton, from
pc hi. moved on Gungree, near Khygun. The insurgents came out, and
a light ensued on the San*cs of the Newm Nuddy. The rebels were' routed,
losing three out of four guns and 150 killed Our loss, three officers killed
°?ln 0Un ? e 4«s , come8 Irom Mr. Muir. dated Dee 15 .-
B^ah. Ins Minister, and three officials were tried this
morning, and sentenced to be hanged Eight mutineers have been blown
from guns this evening; one hung. All quiet here.
ICTTEHPORE and BSHARES —The garrison at Futtehpore, be¬
tween Allahabad and Cawnpore, have been obliged to leave their in-
trenchmenta. and take up another position. Benares is also threatened by
* “J*® from Jounpore. and a brigade was to leave on the 2nd December
to reinforce the Jounpore one. it is said the insurgents in the ndgh-
r < ?nn5°^L J0U,1 ^ 0r i ^ 20 000 80,1 fyrt V 6“^ »teSng, while the force
round Futtehpore is about sooo to 10 , 000 .
Large Convoys of Elefiiasts. 'Camels, Carts, &c.—As
the great want of Sir Colin hitherto has been carriage, great efforts have
been made to assist him with camels, elephants, and carts from Agra
Meerut, and Delhi. On the 7th December a convoy left Delhi, accom¬
panied by the 7th Funjaub Infautry. Blunts troop of Horse Artillery, a
squadron of the 6th Carabineers und suu of llodson’a Horae; from
Meerut and Agra other convoys were sent at the same time; and the
whole met at Aljyghur, on tho ilth oC December, Colonel Seaton taking
tiie command. 3
Bewah.—T he Emjtirftman has been informed that the small
force at Itewah, consisting of about sixty men, has been besieged by the
'S 0 rct , r< ' a,<<1 when tfe Jtadras column advanced. They
Unally threw themselves on the mercy of the Government, giving up their
prisoners ; and their torts were in progress of reduction. ^
Delhi.— The trial of the King of Delhi was to take place on
the 14thi or 15th. Generally courts-martial liad been very bury, and six or
eight rebels were executed every morning. On the 9;h December com-
menced the trial of the Nawub of Jhuggur.
Tire GovkBXQR of BciJuur.—Lord Elphinstone left Parel e
on Saturday, the 19 th December, for Iris rural retreat at Matherun. wher
he is Iikely to retnain for some time.
In the Southern Mahratta Country n good deal of excite*
mem prevails, owing to the carrying out of the conditions of tho Disarm-
sbftancV ' Ut 8 * UC€tle r at Hulguilee we have had no serious re-
At Kola pore all is quiet, and everywhere throughout the
length and breadth of Western India order reigns supreme The Govern-
meut is prepared for every emergency, and the disaffected are aware of It.
Tbe Trial of the Prisoners charged with the murder of the
late' GeneralKennett, at Coonoor, terminated on the 6th December in
their conviction; but judgment whs postponed until the report ahali have
been laid before the Judges of the Sudder Adawlut.
, SuMRtLPORE.— The Phoenix mentions, on the authority' of a
letter from Sumbulpore. dated the 26tli November, that there was a battle
fought there on the previous day. in which two of our sepoys were killed
and eleven wounded. The enemy were posted in a strong position and
reinforcements were urgently wanted to disperse them.
\ Pioneers in the Indian Army.—U nder instructions from
Government, the Commander*in-Chief in India has directed the forma¬
tion of a body oi pioneers in each European Iniuntry regiment of the
Honourable (. oxnpany s service.
Brigadier Graves, in a letter to us from Simla, dated the 4th
of December, corrects a statement in our number for August 8th from a
Correspondent before Delhi. The gallant officer states that “ the strictures
made therein on his conduct, relating to certain arrangements tor a
night attack on that city, are false and unfounded." We cladlv elve
insertion to the correction. K K
A Member of tho Punjaub Uncovenanted Service, writing to us
from tho Banks of tho Chenab, under date 16th November last,
relative to an extract from an Indian paper which appeared in this
journal, makes the following remarks in defence of tho uncovenanted
body :—
In your account of the Fort at Agra, which appeared in the iLLrs-
occurs* D LoNDON i * EWS ol ' t,le fitil September last, the following passage
“The arsenal and armoury in the fort contain enormous stores or
ordnance, firelocks, and ammunition; but they arc nt present of little
avail, as the Lieutenant-Governor, tho Hon. John Colvin, was, according
to the last accounts, holding the fort with only a handful of men. the
half-caste Chnstinu fruranees (writers) being worse than useless.”
I trust you will permit me, through the medium of your widely-circulated
Journal, tocontradict the above statement, so far ns It relates to a supposed
waut ol chivalry and patriotism on the part of an honest, zealous and
hardworking class of Government servants. Let me, then, assure
vou that you are ip error in stating that the East Indian community have
been of no use to the Mate; on the contrary, the employees in the public
offices have acted their port nobly and well during the disturbances in
India. At Lahore, at lntteghur, at Sabnrutipoor, at Meerut, and at
Agra, one and the same spirit has animated them. At the laat-
mentjoned place iu particular, they have rendered excellent service. This
station, as you must be aware, is one of great importance, not only on
account of its vast arsenal, but also as being the scat of the Government
of the North-Western Provinces. The military cantonments and the
civil lines are some few miles apart, each covering j^n immense
area. For the protection of these places there was only one European
regiment available. But the uncovenanted body readily transformed
themselves into soldiers. Forming themselves into a militia, consisting
of cavalry aiid infantry, they undertook the performance of out¬
lying and other duties with an alacrity highly creditable to them, aud
they still continue to discharge these duties.
At the battle which took place between the British troops and the muti¬
neer force, near the civil lines, on the 6th of July last, the gallantry of
the militia horse was most conspicuous. No soldiers could have behaved
better; no men could have been more determined and resolute. Charging
the enemy's cavalry , who were ten times stronger than themselves In
number, they scattered their foes in all directions. Tills charge, in which
eight brave men feU, contributed in no small measure to lessen the
disasters of the day.
Tho late Colonel .Skinner, whose name and distinguished services
are doubtless familiar to the British public, was on Fast Indian.
General Van Cortlandt, who has been employed in re-establishing
tranquillity and order in the Bhuttee territory, containing a notoriously
hostile population, is also an East Indian. Mr. Jackson, serving under
him as a volunteer, is an East Indian. This gentleman’s intrepidity and
daring have elicited the warmest admiration. 1
Mr. Berkeley, who was killed in an cncouuter with a party of the rebels
in the Punjaub, was an East Indian. Although deserted by his men he
scorned to save himself by fight, and fell bravely, killing six of his
assailants.
Lord Dalhousie. the late Governor-General of India, did much to
improve the condition .of the uncovenanted body. In its ranks will be
found persons of general ability, good education, and high moral cha¬
racter. Lord Dalhousie removed the barrier which prevented members
of the uncovenanted body from filling situations which had been hitherto
exclusively held by the covenanted servants of Government The rule
has continued to be acted up to, but not to such on extent as I think it
might be with advantage to the public service. You must not how¬
ever. suppose that 1 mean any disparagement of the members of the
covenanted service by the opinion which I have ventured to offer; for. as
a body, they are- distinguished for high attainment and administrative
capacity of no mean oroer. At the same time I. nevertheless, hold that
merit should be duly rewarded, in whatever class it may be lound.
The Havelock Baronetcy.—T uesday’s Gazette announces
that the Queen has directed letters patent to be p'assed under the Great Seal
granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great
Britton and Ireland unto Henry Marehman Havelock. Captain in the
Army (eldest son of the late Major-General Henry Havelock of Lucknow.
K.C.B.), and to his heirs male, with remainder, in default of such issue,
to the heirs male of his father, the said Major-General Henry Have¬
lock.-The Queen has also ordained that Hannah Shepherd Havelock.
the widow of the Ute Major-General Henry Havelock. Knight Com¬
mander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, shall have, hold, and
enjoy the same style, title, place, and precedence, to which she would
have been entitled had her said husband survived and been created a
Baronet, and for which creation her Majesty had given instructions, as
notified in the London Oazette of the 27tu NovemU r last And also to
command that the said Royal order and declaration be registered in her
Majesty’s College of Arms.
The Late General Neill.— The following particulars
respecting the death of General Neill were received on Friday test A
letter from a brother officer, who writes in deep grief, states that lie
crossed the river at Cawnpore on the I9tli of October, in command of the
1st Brigade. The enemy, who were in position near the river, were a»
once,driven back. On the 21st and 22nd they again fell in with the enemy,
wheii his brigade was again led by him to victory. On the 25th they
advanced on Lucknow—the 1 st Brigade leading through a constant raking
blaze of fire from 9 am. to 7 pm., when, just at the last, a fatal shot
from a loophole struck hi? head. lie thus died a soldier s death without
pain, his noMcftpWt passing away from the feariui conflict at the moment
of success. His body was placed on a gun-carriage, and taken within the
intrenclu-d camp, and was next day buried by ills own regiment, one
and all of them showing how deeply they felt the loss they had sus¬
tained.
92
[Jan. 23, 1858
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES-AMERICAN
firemen.
New Yoke, Dec. 21, 1857.
W ith this you will receive a Sketch of one of
the most picturesque sights which New York
offers to the eyes of the stranger—a Torchlight
Procession of the Fire Brigadesof the City. These
processions are frequently organised, as I men¬
tioned in a previous letter, and are preceded
and followed by banners and bands of music;
and draw into the streets large crowds of
spectators, so large as to suggest fears for the
public safety, and which certainly could not be
permitted in any city in Europe without im¬
minent risk to life and property, but which
here pass over without the slightest attempt
at riot or disturbance. Whatever the Americans
are proud of—whatever they consider to be
peculiarly good, useful, brilliant, or characteris¬
tic of themselves or their climate—they desig¬
nate. half in jest, though scarcely half in earnest,
as an "institution.’" Thus the memory of
General Washington—or “Saint” Washington,
as he might be called, considering the homage
paid to him—is an institution; the Falls of
Niagara are an institution; the Plymouth Rock,
on which the Pilgrim Fathers first set foot, is an
nstitution, as much so as the Blarney Stone in
Ireland, to which an eloquent Irish orator, at
a public dinner, compared it amid great ap¬
plause, by aflirming that the Plymouth'Rock
was the " Blarney Stone of New England.”
“ Sweet potatoes ” are an institution, and pump •
kin (or punkin-pic) is an institution; canvas-
back ducks are an institution; Bunker’s Hill is
tut institution; and the firemen of New York, a
great institution.
The fire system, in nearly all the principal
cities of the Union, is a peculiarity of American
life. Nothing like it exists in any other civilised
community. As far as I can ascertain, the city
of Boston is the only one that has had tire sense
and the courage combined to organise the fire .
brigades on a healthier plan, and bring them 4
under the direct guidance and control of j
the municipality. Everywhere else the firemen
are a power in the State, wielding very
considerable political influence, and uncontrolled
by any authority but such as they set over
themselves by their own free voles. They are
formidable by their numbers, dangerous by
(heir organisation, and principally composed of
young men at the most reckless and excitable age of life, who glory
in a fire as soldiers do in a battle, and who arc quite as ready to fight
wiLh their fellow-creatures as with the fire which it is more par¬
ticularly their province to subdue. In New York, Philadelphia,
and other large cities, the fire service is entirely voluntary, and is
rendered for “the love of the thing,” or for “the fun of the
thing,” whichever it may be. The motto of one fire company, at
New York, inscribed on their banner, is
r __
HEM AN NO
5, NEWPORT,
RICHARD JACKSON NEWTON, 7J TEARS OLD,
PBOM
Firemen
Soldiers
by a law either of the municipality or of the
State—from jury and militia duty. The fire¬
men elect their own superintendents and other
officers, by ballot, as they were themselves
elected; and are divided into engine companies,
hook and ladder companies, and hose com¬
panies. The engines and accessories are pro¬
vided by the municipality; but the firemen are
seldom contented with them in the useful but
unadorned state in which they receive them, but
lavish upon them an amount of ornament, in
the shape of painted panels, silver plating, and
other finery, more than sufficient to prove their
liberality, and the pnde they take in their busi¬
ness, The service is entirely voluntary and
gratuitous, having no advantages to recommend
it but those of exception from the jury and
the militia, and leads those who devote them-
selves to it, not only into great hardship and
imminent danger, but into an amount of ex¬
penditure] which is not the least surprising part
of thp. “institution.” The men—or “ boys,” as
they are more commonly called—not only buy
their own costume and accoutrements, but
'Pend large sums in the ornamentation of their
lavourite engines, or hydrants, and in the fur¬
nishing of their bunk-rooms and parlours at
the fire stations. The hunk or Sleeping rooms,
iu which the unmarried, and sometimes the
married, members pass the night, to be ready
for duty on the first alarm of fire, are plainly
and comfortably furnished; but the parlours
are fitted up with more elegance, and with a
degree of luxury equal to that of the public
rooms of the most celebrated hotels. At one
of the central stations, of which I send you
a sketch, the walls are hung with excellent
portraits of Washington, Franklin, Jefferson,
Adams, and other founders of the Republic; the
floor is covered with velvet-pile carpeting, a
noble chandelier hangs from the centre, the
curtains are rich and heavy, and the sideboard
is spread with silver claret-jugs and pieces of
plate, presented by citizens whose houses and
property have been preserved from fire by the
exertions of the brigade; or by the fire com¬
panies of other cities, in testimony of their
admiration for some particular act of gallantry
or heroism which the newspapers have recorded.
If the firemen bean institution, fire itself is an
institution in American cities. Whether it be carelessness or the
RHODE ISLAND.
habitual overheating of all houses, public and private, by the system
of flues, furnaces, and stoves which are in ordinary use; or the com¬
bustibility of the materials of which houses are built; or a com¬
bination of all these causes, and perhaps many others, it is
certain that fires are much more common in America than
VV r- V-V - - they a™ in Europe. The streets of New York, Boston,
elected, he has to sen e for five years, during which he is exempt— Philadelphia, and other cities arc traversed in aU directions
a couplet which
organisation. The firerne'
day in various handicrafts i
of clerks and shopmer
force must be balloted for, I
spirit of this singular
y youths engaged during the
deal trades, with a sprinkling
Lidate for admissiou into the
! a member of the London clubs. If
PARLOUR BELONGINQ TO TILE NEW TORE FIREMEN.
Jan. 23,1853.] THE ILLUSTRATED"LONDON NEWS
94
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
£Jan. 23, 1858
by telegraphic wires, which centra invariably at the City Hall, and
convey instantaneously to head quarters, day or night, the slightest
alarm of tire. By an ingenions system, due to the scientific
sagacity of Sir. Moses G. Banner, and Dr. IV. F. Cbanniiig, of
Boston, and brought to its present perfection in 1832, the alarm is
rapidly transmitted from any part of the circumference to the
centre, and from the centre back again, through an almost countless
number of radii, to the whole circumference of the city. In a lecture
delivered before the Smithsonian Institution, Dr. Channing ex¬
plained the fire organisation of a city by stating that “from the
central station, at the City Hall, go out wires over the honse-tops.
visiting every part of the city and returning again. These are the
signal circuits, by which the existence of a fire is signalized from
any part of the surface of the city to the centre. Strung on these
circuits, or connected with them, are numerous signal hores, or
signalizing points, of which there may be one at the corner of
every square. These are cast-iron, cottage-shaped boxes, attached
to the sides of the houses, communicating, by means of wires in
closed in a wrought-iron gas-pipe, with the signal circuit overhead.
On the door of each signal box the number of the fire district,
and also tire number of the box or station itself, in its district
are marked; and the place in the neighbourhood where the key
holder may be found is also prominently notified. On opening the
door of the signal box a crank is seen. When this is turned it
communicates to the centre the number of the fire district and of
the box, and nothing else. Repeated turns give a repetition of the
same signal By this means any chdd or ignorant person who can
turn a coffee- mill can signalize an alarm from his own neighbour¬
hood with unerring certainty. Connected with the signal circuits
at the central office, where they all converge, are a little alarm-
bell and a register, which notifies and records the alarm received
from the signal box. The galvanic battery which supplies all the
signal circuits is also placed at the central station. If a fire oc¬
curs tie ir signal box or stations, in district 3, and the crank of
that box is turned, the watchman or operator at the central station
will immediately be notified by the little bell, and will read at once
on his register the telegraphic characters which signify district 3,
station 5. Having traced the alarm of a fire from a signal box into
the central station, the next question is. how shall the alarm be
given from that centre to the public? From the central station
proceed also several circuits of wires, called alarm circuits, which
go to the various fire-bells tliroughout the city, and which are con¬
nected with striking machines similar in character to the striking
machinery of a clock, but liberated bg telegraph, ffho operator
at the central station is enabled, by the mere touch of his finger
upon a key. to throw all the striking machines into simultaneous
action, and thus give instantaneous public alarm.
It Is certainly a triumph of science to be enabled by me ms of
one instrument to ring simultaneously all the alarm-belis in every
steeple and tower of a great and populous city, and call out the
fire companies with their engines. ladders ropes, hook3, and hose,
and designate to each of them at the same moment the particular
spot in the city which is threatened with devastation; jfithough
the very completeness of the arrangement, and the neces¬
sities which called it into existence, are sufficient to prove that
there is something wrong either in the town building or the house
heating of America, or in the absence of the careful attention
which in other parts of the world renders tires less frequent.
There is a statement which I have frequently heard repeated by
Americans—whenever the subject of tires has been moutioned—
that many fires are purposely caused by the “boys" for the sake of
a frolic, or in a spirit of rivalry between two or more companies^
tha* desire to compete with each other in the performance
of deeds of daring ; or that pant, as they sometimes do. for a street
fight with one another to wipe out some ancient grudge that had
its origin at a fire. The statement is repeated on American autho¬
rity, and must go for what it is worth—as something which may
be false, but which is believed by many estimable citizens of New
York and Philadelphia. In the latter city alarms of tire are regu¬
larly expected on Saturday nights, when the “boys” have
received their week’s wages, and are rife for a spree. In Boston^
where the firemen are paid by the city, and where they are entirely
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
ARCH'S.—J. B.’a problem. No- Tib, ninnot pooslbly- bo •olved in iho wtiy rour friend* propose.
It ijouoof Iho moat difficult mntot b» three mov g which we huvo #©un for some lime.
Try It A{ga‘n without consulting tho publiihod eolation.
K B. W.—No. I is neat, but easy; ho. 2, very preuy; No. 3, decidedV below B. B. W.’a
hltrh-water mark.
F. Hkalbv.—B ah worthy of tho composer. Tho f»mo by conialtation we have not yet had
timo to«xamlne.
U M , Hyde, ielo of Wight.—Look at tho position a^ain, nnd you will eoo tbo mate l* not to
bo avoided, play as Black tnav afur Wliito’a first move of 6 to Ksq. 0- course, If It were,
tho problem would bo vitiated.
E. M., Calcutta, la tlmnkol for his in.’cresting budget of gntnet, which we shall take an cirlv
oppurtunity of criticising.
•a* The ma|ority of our Notices to Correspondents are unavoidably deferred.
Solution of Pboblem No. 725.
WHITE. BLACK. , WHITE. BLACK.
l. Kt to K 4th Kt takes Kt, or 12. Kt toQ 3rd (dla. ch) Anything
R takes R («) 13. R or Kt mates.
la) 1. K: te K B 4th I 3. a or Kt
2. Kt takes R Any move | Hates.
Solution of Problem No. 726.
WHITE. BLACK. I WHITE.
1. Kt tks P (di». ch) Ktohis3rrDbesti 3. Kt to Q 6th
2. Kt to Q B 5th (ch) K tkd Kt (beat'
| 4. K B or R mates.
BLACK.
P to Q 3rd, or
any move.
PROBLEM No.
By G. M.
BLACK.
727.
under the control of the municipality, fires are less frequent than in £ k Q KttoQ Li 3 rd
New York, and fights among the firemen are entirely unknown. 6. F to i| B 3rd .
The firemen throughout the Union have a newspapey pf their f caatJes ^
own, devoted exclusively to their interests, and to the promulgation
of facts and opinions relating to the fraternity. The accompany¬
ing extract, from a song entitled “The Fireman's IJojy x may
serve as a specimen of the literature of the brigade:—
“ Mother, look out and see that
light—
How red it makes the sky ;
O. ’tls a grand thon^h fearful signt I
See how the bright sparks fly ! ”
*’ It is a hou^e on fire, my son —
An agonising sight;
It serves to make more deep the
gloom
That haunts my soul to-night.”
Mother, what dreadful noise is
tbf' henvy'engine 5 , son, that
iiening nqiSe you hear;
gallant men With pretty Iiats
" brave, toy dear."
There are eighteen additional stanzasi but these f<?ur must suffice.
As likely to interest the readers of the Illustrated London
News, I send yon a photograpliic^pbr^riiit oi/a veritable “boy,*
seven years and a half old, in /the costume of the brigade of New¬
port, Rhode Island. He iaTheVronngest)member of the fraternity,
e leading article of the
C. M.
and has been horn
Newport newspaper
Sites for
acc ommodation, tin
o r their estate?, b
lew to promote church
ative Land Society, in the allotment of some
let apart portioni- of the land as free Fites for
the erection of new churcheJMiy/ subscriptions or otherwise. The
localities In which tlnSe gilts Tmyedieen bestowed are - Devonahi r<* - square,
Reading; the Brock h'}’-hill estate. Forest-hill, Maidstone; St. Margaret’s,
opposite Richmond: and the Woodbury-park estate, Tunbridge Wells.
Principally through the exertions of the Rev. Mr. Hoare, the Incumbent
of Trinity'Church", and a local committee, the church on the Woodbury-
park estate ha* been tbe first completed, although it was not the first in
rotation given by the society. The foundation-stone of St. James’s Church,
on the L< w. was laid on the 1st of Juno last, and the church was conse¬
crated on the 6th inst. The ground Is of sufficient extent for the erection
of a parsonage. Mr. A Gough is tbe architect The roof is open in the
interior, the timbers being stained in oak colour. The entire length of
the church is *2 feet, the width of nave 23 feet C inches, and-across the
transept 48 feet. The height of the spire above the tower is 86 feet to
the top of the vane. There is room for about 500 persons; but galleries
can ^>e buiit. if necessary, at the west end of the transepts. The church
is warned and lighted with gas. The building is cruciform, consisting
of nave, north and south transepts, and clianceh The facing is of Kentish
ragstone, with Bath dressings. The ornamental ironwork is throughout
in the Decorated'styie of the fourteenth century.
WHITE. I V
White to play, and mate m t^e moves.
ESS IN GERMANY,
fine old “Piano” G
^/played
white (Mr. M. black (Dr. S.)
IT. Q B ink'll R K t»*k«M B
ytS. Q take* K R P—and wins.)
12. P takes P K Kt to K sq
5. P to Q Kt 4th
(Thin convert* tho opening Into ari Evans’
Gambit.)
5. KBt
6 . PtoQB3rd KBt of
7. P to VI 4th P take
8 . P takes P K B to C
9 Q BtoQKt 2 nd KKttol
10. Q to Q B 2nd
(An urnumal but a vcij
10 .
11. P to K 5th
(Mr. Lango ..
on thl* move, played
Falk boy and azen, whlc
U.
12. Q Kt to Q
13. P take*'I*
11. Q B tb Q R ’rd
15. Kt takes Kt
!fi. Q K to Q sq i
y B to K 3
m8&
K Ninkas K P
—o-<—Kt to 4th; null, however, bis
adversary wBJhave thoadvantage of position.,
13. Q ii to Q R 3rd Q Kt to K 2nd
K It to il sq Q B to Q 2nd
a situation U Black’a 1 Every piece
oaediopc!e*«!y tbut up.)
16.) R Kt to Kt 5th P to K Kt 3rd
16V P to K 6th K Kt to Q 3rd
takes Kt p takes R
Kt Lakes K B P B takes KBP
(ch)
(Tbe prolongation of such a game wa* futile
Black should have surrendered grace:ully
after the 10th move, j
19. Q takes B Q to Q Kt 3rd
20 . Q takes Q GRP takes Q
21 . Q B to Q Kt 2nd Kt to K B 4th
22 . Q Kt to Q 2nd Q B to Q B 3rd
23. KtoKB sq P to G 4th
24. R takes Kt P takes K
25. K Kt gives mate.
white (Mr. -
2. P to Kith
2. P to KB 4th
CHESS IN THE METROPOLIS,
aifie p:ayed at the St George’s between Mr. Barnes and
the Rev. J. O.
(Sicilia)) Opening )
black (Mr. B.)
P to Q B 4th
P to K 3rd
P to K B 4th
K B to K 2nd
P to Q R 3rd
i\ o. P to Q 4tli P to Q Kt 4th
^ 9.)K B to Q Kt 3rd Q to Q Kt 3rd
Q B to K 3rd
(Much bettor to have retired tha King to
Rag. 1 hit move enables Black to bring his
K Kt into action.)
10. K Kt to Kt 5th
11 . Q B to K B 2 nd Q B to Q Kt 2nd
12 . P to Q 5th
(Tho coup juste. Black’• position la now too
much n»trtc;ed to be comfortable.)
12. Kt takes B
13. K R takes Kt Kt to Q R 4th
14. P to Q 6th K B to Q iq
15. Q Kt to Q 2nd P to Q B 5th
1C. B to Q B 2nd Q to Q R 2nd
(With thoobvibui purposo of playing hi* Im-
p loosed Biohop to Kt 3rd.)
And Black resigned.
WHITE (Mr. 0.) BLACK (Mr. B.)
17. K Kt to Q ith K B to Q Kt 3rd
18. Q to K R 6th (ch P to K Kt 3rd
19. Q to K Kt 5lh Castles
20 . P to K R 4th K to R sq
21. ORtoQeq KB takes Kt
22. P tAkes B Q takes P
l.An ovenlght hardly to bo expected from
fo fine a player.1
23. Kt to IC 4th Q to K 6th
21 Kt to K B 6th K R to B 2 nd
25. K to B sq
(Quaint, but uot objection.)
26. Kt to Q B 3rd
26 . PtoKR 5th P takes P
(Had he ventured on Iho tempting move.
Kt takes K P. White, of oocrue. could not
take the Kt at once, hat ho vroniu have won
it by xn jving Q It to K *q )
27. K R to K B 3rd Q to Q Kt 3rd
28. K K to K E 3rd Kt takes I*
39. Q takes KSP B takes P (ch)
(A clavor device, but of no avail. I
30. K takes B K R checks
31. K to K sq
CHESS ENIGMAS.
No. 1063 .—By C. Leventhobpe, of North Carolina.
While : K at Q R 2 nd. R at K R 2 nd, Bs at K 2nd and 5th, Kt at K sq,
P at Q B 4th.
Black: K at K 6th; Ps at K R 6th, K 5th, and Q R 5th and 6th.
White to play, and mate in four moves.
No. 1064—By the same.
While: K at Q R sq. Q at K B 8th, Ra at K R 2nd and 6th, Bs at K B
sq and K B 2 nd, Kts at G B sq and Q Kt 7th; I* at Q B 3rd.
Black : K at Q R 5th, (2 at Iv R 5th, Rs at K R sq and O R sq, B at K
Kt 3rd, Kt at Q B sq ; Ps at K B 5th, K 2 nd and 6th, and Q Kt 5th.
White to play, and mate in lour moves.
No. 1065.—By A. Lutman, of Melbourne.
Jf hit*: K at Q B 6th, Q at K R 6th, R at K R 7th, B at K Kt 7th, Ps
at K 4 th and Q B 3rd.
Black: K at Q R 3rd, Ks at K B 7th and Q R 8th. Kts at K R 6th and
K B 5tta, Ps at K Kt 5th, Q B 2nd and 5th. Q R 2 nd and 7th.
"White, playing first, to mate In three moves.
The East India Company—I n the London Tavern, on
Tuesday night, a meeting was held, announced to be the first of a national
movement “to consider the proposed usurpation by an irresponsible
Cabinet of the functions and patronage of the East India Company.”
The chair was occupied by Mr. Crnwshay, the Mayor of Gateshead, llr.
Malcome Lewin moved a resolution condemning the East India Court
Upon this an amendment followed, moved by I
Mean and seconded by Mr. Ernest Jones, for the abrogation of the
double Government and the reform of Parliament. The amendment was
voted by uji overwhelming majority.
EPITOME OF NEWS—FOREIGN AW1) DOMESTIC.
The Victoria Cross has been conferred upon Lieut. J. p jr
Er'i’rf',l■ Havelock (the late General Havelock's eldest son)
tla-m hi'ln Ha ' Hancoc,t a "d Purcell, for acts of bravery performed by
On Sunday the Westminster Abbey and Exeter Hall services for
tne working classes were attended by overwhelming congregations.
The President of th« United States lias presented a silver
♦SC'-Au a commentary letter, to Captain Wallace Lennon, ot
i ? JI ? acknowledgment of services rendered by him to
thesh ip wrecked crew ol the American BChooner Northern Light.
RiJonH 9» l rf n » keen pleased to appoint the Rev. Stephen Jordan
r K ‘£ :; Ji’Pp*?, he ordained and consecrated Bishop of Antigua, in the
room ol the Right Rev. Darnel Gate ward Davie. D.D, deceased
From lists published by the Sport it appears that there are T 9
part of bo£hare r EDgl?sh. f moehor8e ‘ I10w 1,1 Uiat the greater
Brigattier Inglis has been,,faised to the rank of Major-General
Buekuovv" 1 f ° f lu * hero!c defence of the itesidency of
John Thomson, convicted oKthe murder of a girl named Agnes
Montgomery, a mil worker, m Eaglesham. was execated at Paisley, on
1 hursday week, lhomson confessed his guilt, and also stated that when
nine years of age he drowned a boy in a quarry-hole at Tarbert.
Six Russian guns, captured at Sebastopol iu 1855, having been
snppbtd with gan-carriagcs.havFtecn dispatched from Woolwich Arsenal
to Salisbury, Hells, ocuruorough, Lveshiun, Jtipou.and Cardiff.
Count d'Argout. the late Governor of the Bank of Fran
in Paris on Thursday week.
I -I—' France, died
The Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's are making preparations to
open that cathedral very shortly for Sunday evening services to the work¬
ing classes.
The Government emigrant ship Switzerland, 6-10 tons, sailed
from Liverpool on Wednesday, the mil inst., for Sydney. New South
Wales, with 238 emigrants—147 of whom were English, 70 Irish and 21
Scotch.
J J
between
CUES
A lively Specimen of the fine old "Piano" Op
Mr. JIax Laxo.e nnd Dr.
WHITE (Mr. 31. t.) nt.ACK iDr/SJ
1. P to K -Ith P to K 4th/
2 . Iv Kt to K B3rd Q Kt to (J B
3. It B to Q B 4th K B to Q lii
4. f.astles X’ to 6 3rd / J I !ll«ck mar now obtain . freer prnmo l>v
/ / ptayia-- v* •- 7-v-*—- —-
Miss Hales, the owner of the lilies estate. Canterbury, took
the veil as a uuvice-of the order of the Carmelite Nuns at Paris, on tbe
btu ol January. Miss Ua’ca intends making over the whole of her
estates—roughly valued at £i50,000-to the Church of Rome ; excepting
'ivwnall annuity m tavour ol her mother. * h
A middle-aged womau, one of the inmates of a house at Hali-
fhx, \V43 qn Tuesday morning suffocated by the escape of gas from
„tf»e mams in the street. A man and a boy who slept In the same
Jiouse were also rendered insensible, but have recovered.
The Toukmnais says intelligence has been received at Toulon
th«_nn expeditionary corps, composed of marines, is to be shortly
dispatchod to China. These forees will be sent off simultaneously from
that port and from Brest.
T he Society of Arts committee are about to bring out a report
on the defective state of the law with regard to copyright in pictures!
Lord Palmerston has given a pension ot £40 a year on the
Litcrnry Civil List to Dr. John Armstrong.the author of the “ Dictionary
ol the Gaedc Language and Gaelic Grammar.”
Mr. John Hcmy Foley, the well-known sculptor, has been electel
a Royal Academician In the room of Mr. T. Uwius.
Count Aurelia Safii has returned to Oxford, and will resume his
lectures as teacher of Italian in the Taylorian Inftitution. on Thursday
week. 1 he lectures are free of admission, and open to afi members of
the l niversity of Oxford.
The number of patients relieved at the Roval Free Hospital,
Gray’s-inn-road,Jast week, was 2230, of which $49 were new cases.
An electric telegraph is expected to be completed shortly between
Adelaide and Melbourne A great project has also been mooted at the
latter place tor securing telegraphic communication with London.
Las: week the visitors to the South Kensington Muscnm were :—
On Monday, Tuesday, nnd Saturday (free days). 3289; on Mondav andTues*
day (tree evening*). 3t39 ; on the three students’ days (admission to tin* ^
public 6(L), 771; one students’ evening iWednesduy), 4*s3 : total, 7662.
It is said that Mr. WVkehom Martin is to be raised to the
Peerage, under the title of Lord Fairfax.
On Saturday last M. Cadorna, the Ministerial candidate was
elected President of the Chamber of Deputies at Turin, by 8 s vote* to
44, against M. Arnulfo, the candidate of the Right.
By the new Probate Act, Jr-ir John Dodson, tho Judge of the late
Prerogative Court, is allowed au annual sum of £ 20 no. to commence from
the Ilth January instant, the day when the Act came into operation.
The deliveries of tea in London estimated tor last week were
887,905 lb„ which is an increase of I38,342lb. compared with the previous
statement.
There is now residing in Brest a deaf and dumb man named
3!oser, h native of Katiebon, in Bavaria, wbo has taught himself Latin,
and fourteen uf the living languages of Europe, ail of which lie writ.-s
with extraordinary facility ; and who. besides, makes the most difficult
arithmetical calculations with astonishing correctness and rapidity.
A memorial window is about to be placed in Raglan Church,
bearing the following inscription Five and forty sergeants, promoted
in the Land Transport Corp < from all branches of the service for distin¬
guished conduct under Field Marshal Lord Kaglun, have, aided bytheir
. brother officers, placed this window to his memoryout ofgratltudeandiove.’-
Tuesday’s Gazette contains a long list of casualties in the 75th
Regiment, the cist Regiment, and the 2 nd European Bengal Fusiliers, iu
The new-born infant of the hereditary Archduchess of Tuscany
was christened on the I2th inst, by the Archbishop of Florence. The
names given tho littie Trineess are Maria Antonic-lta Leopolda Annun-
ziata Anna Amalia Giuscppa Giovanna Imiuacolata Tecla.
His lioyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has appointed the
Rev. Mr. Slarzials. of St. Martin’s-le-Graud French Church, examiner iu
the French language and literature, under the direction of the Council or
Military Education.
Advices from Adelaide, South Australia, state that railway
wotks are contemplated in that colony to tile extent of £7,000,000.
Sir William Ross, the eminent miniature-painter, is so seriously
ill that It is not expected he will be ever able to resume his pencil.
Hartlepool, for two nights last week, was in total darkness, on
account of a dispute between the Gas and Water Company and the Board
of Health.
Commodore Paulding, who captured General Walker, is a son
of the Mr. Paulding by whom Andre was arrested during the war of the
Revolution, and whose sad fate excited such sympathy at the time
tliroughout England.
James Spollen. the man accused of the murder of Mr. Little,
at Dublin, has at length, with his son, left Liverpool "for a foreign land. ’
The Frankfort Diet has postponed for one month its vote upon
the dispute relative te the German Duchies.
The practice of vaccinating dogs has been introduced among
veterinary surgeons as a preventive of " the distemper."
Signor Rataxzi, Sardinian Minister of the Interior, has resigned
office—a step, it is stated, that will rather strengthen Count Cavour's
Ministry than otherwise.
Two prizes of £5 each were presented, at a meeting of the sub¬
scribers to the Architectural Museum last week, to workmen for the two
best panels of stone carving. Mr Ruskin was the donor, and before
giving the prizes he lucidly pointed out the defects and merits of each of
the specimens.
There was less coal brought into London last year than in 1856
by 38,628 tons. More was brought by canal and less'by railway tlinu in
the previous year. •
A lecture on the approaching Roval marriage will be preached
on Thursday morning next, the 28 th inst, at St. Peter's Church, Corn-
hill, by the Rev. Henry Christmas,' M.A.. Professor of History and
Archeology in the Royal Sooiety of Literature.
The law appointments in Ireland, after a delay altogether un¬
precedented in the records of place-filling, are finally settled. Mr.
Serjeant O'Brien is to be the successor of the late Judge Moore in the
Queen's Bench ; and Mr. Henry George Hughes succeeds to the Solicitor-
Generalship in the room of ”r. Christian, the new J udge in the Common
Pleas.
The shareholders of the Surrey Gardens Company held a
meeting on Tuesday, at which it was unanimously resolved that the
company should be wound up under the powers of the Bankruptcy
Court. 'The distribution ol the assets among the sharehodcra wn. not
now long be delayed.
Jan. 23, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
95
R
NEW BOOKS, 4'c.
Cheap rditlOhl, 3«. CJ. t»'h,
IADISGS in POETRY.
READINGS in BIOGRAPHY.
HEADINGS in ENGLISH 1'liOSE.
HEADINGS in SCIENCE.
London: Jons W. PARKER and SON, West Strred.
Cheer* Edition* 'o. each,
CSTUDENT’S MANUAL of ANCIENT
L_7 HI-TORY. By W COOKF. TAYLOR. LL D
STUDENT’ S MANUAL of MODERN HISTORY.
By W. CoOKE TAYt-Ort. I L.D.
L.ndoi:: John W. PARKER and Sow, West Strand.
Fcap 8 vo. ?*■ ouch.
A NALYSIS of ENGLISH and of FRENCH
HISTORY.
ANALYSIS of ROMAN HISTORY.
ANALYSIS of GRECIAN HISTORY.
By DAWSON W. TURNER, M_A.. Head Mast-r of the Royal Insti¬
tution School Liverpool.
London: Jo UK W. 1 ‘ahkur and Son, West Strand.
Cheap Edition, with Copious Index. 2s.,
T HE EAKTH and MAN; or, Physical Geo¬
graphy lu It* Relation to the Uidory of Mankind allghtl?
abridged from the Work of Professor UUYOT. with Corrections and
Noios. London: JOHN W. PARKER and Son, West Btrnnd.
Eighth Edition, -with Wooicuta, 2 s. 6 d.,
T HE HOUSE 1 LIVE iri ; or. Popular
Dluatr nioos of the Structure end Function* of the Human
Body. London: JOHN W. I'ARKEt: &n<l SON, West Strand.
Fifth Edition, strongly bound, 6 b.,
S CHOOL HIST6kY OF ENGLAND:
abridg’d fr<*m Glotg'* Family Hiriary; with Chronology, List
of Contemporary Sovereigns iuid «,u**d>i»a
London: JOHN W. PARKKIt and box. West Strand.
QTASDARD SCHOOL BOOKS.—
The Wlwlnr are Now H s adv -—
DR WM. SMITH S LATIN ENGLISH DIC¬
TIONARY. D«md on the Works of Forcelllni and Freund. 5th
Thousand Medium 8vo. 21s.
*• H is the udvan*utre of nl! othrr T-atl« DfotittUtries."—Athenrcnm.
DR. NVM. SMITH’S SMALLER LATIN-ENG-
LT8H DICTIONARY. Abridgid from the above, i2th Thousand,
bquaro l2mo. 7*. 6d.
•The best school <Mstton«rv ext tut."—Pres*.
DR. WM. SMITH’S CLASSICAL DICTIONARY
vf MYTHOLOGY, BlOGXAI Hi. and GEOGRAPHY, complied from
the larger work* for the Higher Form-. 8th Thou-uad With 750
Woodcuts Medium Hyo 18*.
DK. WM. .SMITH S SMALLER CLASSICAL
LIC nONAKY. A bridged from the above. 12th Thousand. With
200 Woodcut*. Crown 8vo. 7*. fi d
DE. WM. SMITH'S SMALLER DICTIONARY of
AM’KidLI-78. Abridged from the larger Work. 12th Thousund.
Wbh 2l)0 Woodcut* Crown 8.-o. ?* fid
DR. WM. SMITH’S HISTORY of GREECE. From
the Earliest. Timas to the R-muin Conquer t, with the Ul tory of
LLerature and Art. >Vtli Thousand With Rtf* Woodcuts. Poet 8vo.
7o. ^d. Oaestiona on the Fame. 1 two. 2*.
DR. LIDDELL'S HISTORY of ROME. From the
Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Em.ire, with the History
of Literature and Art. 8th Thousand. With 100 Woo'cuts lost
8r«. 7s- «d
The STUDENT’S GIBBON- Being the Hiatory of
tho Decline and Full. Abridged. Hy DR. WM. fcMl IH. Gth Hpu-
nund. Witli 100 Woodcuts Port 8vo. 7i 61.
COLERIDGE’S INTRODUCTIONS to the STUDY
of tho GREEK CLASSIC POST8. Designoi principally for FcliuoA
and Cp'lture. 3H Edition- 1 *mo 5v «d.
MATTIII.ES' GREEK. GRAMMAR. Abridged
i> *u tlvflarger Grammar. By B’OMFIhLD. 8di Edition, lio-
vn.lM'KIHVAHH, l2mo 3s. Gd.
KlS’O KDWARD VI. s FIRST LATIN BOOK.
T-»o Latin AiicLtcnce, iuo udlttg a short Fynux and Proiody, with an
l.ng i*li rraiialmiOH. 2nd Etii ion. 12mo. 2*.
KING EDWARD VI.*S LATIN GRAMMAR ;
I utlna* Giammatlcai l(u* imenta: or, an Introduction to the Latin
Tonga'!. >2t!t Edition. 12mo. 3s. 6d.
OXEN HAMS ENGLISH NOTES for LATIN
h LBGIAC8: dc-ignod for Early Proficients in tho Ar: of Latin Vtrrsl-
ti • tion, with Rule* of Composition in Elegiac Metre. 3rd Edition.
t2:no. -Is.
Joiur Mu nit AY, Albcmarle-streot.
POPULAR WORKS of INSTRUCTION
X for YOUNG PERSONS.
The following are Now Ready:—
MRS. MARKHAM S HISTORY of ENGLAND.
from the FU»i Invasion by the Roman* to tho Reign of Queen Vlc-
t- ri*. 08th Edition. Wooden**. lVtno. 6 i.
MARKHAM’S HISTORY ef FRANCE, from the
r onque t by the Gauls to tho Death of Loul* Philippe. 18th Edition.
Woodcut*. lVmo. Gs.
MARKHAM’S HISTORY of GERMANY, from
tho Invadon of the Kingdom bv the Roman* under Marius to the
Pre-ent Time. 12th Edition. Woodcut*. i2mo. G«.
BERTHA’S JOURNAL, during a visit to her Uncle
in Euglaud, coatain'ng a variety of interesting and imtruc.ivo in r or-
n.n ion. 7th Edition. )2mn. T*. (id.
LITTLE ARTHUR’S HISTORY of ENGLAND.
By T. cJv CALLCOn*. 18th Edition. Woodcut*. 18mo. 2 * fid.
CROKER S STORIES for CHILDREN. Selected
from 'ho Hi tor? of England 15th Edition. Woodcuts. Ifimo. 2s 6 d.
CHOKER’S PROGRESSIVE GEOGRAPHY for
CHI DKEN. 4th Edition. *lmo. | B cd.
DR. PARIS’S PHILOSOPHY in SrORT made
XCIKnCE in EARNEST* or, tlio First Principles of Natural Phi¬
lo-ophy Explained by tho Toy* and Sport* of Youth. 8 th Edition.
Woodcut*. Po*t 8 vo. 9*
JiSOP’S FABLES. A New Version, chiefly from
original sources, In puro English. By Rev. THO3. JAMES, 51.A.
2Jth Thousand. With lOO Woodcut*. Post 8 vo. 2*- fid
Mrs. PORTER’S RATIONAL ARITHMETIC.
For Young Person*. School*, and lor Private Instruction. 2nd
Edition Umo. 3*. 6 d.
F1SHEKS ELEMENTS of GEOMETRY, as used
at t *a Koval Hoiwital Bchoi' 8 , Greenwich. Nth Edition. l2mo. la. fid.
FISHER’S FIRST PRINCIPLES of ALGEBRA.
5tli Edition. IScnn. Is fid.
JESSE'S GLEANINGS in NATURAL HISTORY.
with Anocdotcs of the Sagacity and Instinct of Animals. A Heading-
book fo* YoutR. 9th Edition 'Vino fi«.
PRECEPTS for the CONDUCT of LIFE. Extracted
from thi tcripturefl. By a LADY'. IGiuo. Is. fid.
John Murray, Aibcnurlo street
on 000 —NOTICE.—DR. LIVING-
C/UmJVv/. 8 TONE’S TRAVELS. This work Is bring raphJJy
reprinted, nnd a Fresh Delivery will bo readv Next Week, when
Copici may bu obtained of every Bookseller in town or coraior.^-—
John Mciuiay. Albemarle-ttreet
This dav, iMwatlfully bound in oxtm cloth, gilt edges, price 2s. fiU,\
A N ANECDOTAL MEMOIR ot H.R.H. the
PRINCE88 UOY'AL of E.N0LAND. With bmutifulIy-migT.rcft
Par ra t* on SiOrl, from the Court Photogiacha, of the,' Princes* and
Prince Vj-edor.ck William of Prussia.
Hof 1.3 ton and Wmairr, fi ; , Patomostcr-row, Lomlon. \
S ET the TABLE in a ROAR by quoting from
a BUNDLE of FUN, 6J.; and Four Hundred Conundrum* and
Kiddles, fil: and prove youmdf tho Piajt of Politene** by studying
Blunder* In Behaviour Corrected, fid.
GuooiLuimioK, 6, P»vtc,rnostcr-row, London.
Ju*tpublished, Fifth Edition. rrico,2!a-j free by poet,
T HE AKT of BREWING, Fermenting, and
Making of Malt; containing correct Table* of Masblng Heat*,
full directions for Preventing Acetous Fcminataiion, and every other
neccsaary information to mako sucoot!* in thi* !nr,x>rtant art ceraln:
tho rom t of 50 year*’practioe. By JOHN LEVK 8 (JL'E, Into of the
Anchor Brewery.- JAKES LxaTH, 5, St. Paul’* Churchyard.
Just puhlbhcd, price fid., poet-frea,
H OW to- CUKE CONSUMPTION,
Bronchitis, Asthma, Cough*, Cold*, and Ncn*ou* AtToclions
An Hast Indian preparation of tho extract of ConnabU Indicu. By
H. JAMES, 14, Cecil-street, Strand. \
S WAN'S HEADED COPY BOOKS, with
rngr i a\nKrh('H(l line*, are published in series, from the child'*
first lea ton t-Hfui pcifccWd writing ;^hey*re supplied al«o in different
qu.ilitJci of par^ri to aplt all classes, from the national or parish
achool. to thr coIlfgtK
Specimen- c n be obtained of any stationer or hookrellcr. and by
them of MiU i noton and UCTTON, WholeaaJe Stationer*, Budge-
row, London, the Wholesale AgitnU.
T71REE TRADE in all BOOKS, MUSIC, &c.
X 2d. Discount In tho Shilling Off all Bonks, Magazines, Periodi¬
cals, V/utrterlv Kcvujws. M-»p*. Prin s, &c. Tlio rate of postage is 2d.
for each half-pound. 4 d direnunt In Uio shuUng off music. poit-fh>e.
Buyers of the abovo will find it a *aving in the coet, oven after paying
tho po-tuge or carrbuo. A C5 order sent carrli.Ke-nc-j to all p*rta of
tho United Kiuy'.om. Towu orders of b«. and upwards rout free.
Exporters nnd private buyer* arc reapoctfuBy informed that detailed
rroapeetr.jtch will fce sent po»:-freo to ol applicants.—S. and T.
HILBERT, t; Co/.haU-buIIdlngs (ba=k ol U>e Bank of England),
London.
WATCHES.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS.
V ▼ Watchmakers (opporite the Bank of Engla-d). 11 and 12.
Grahm. 1 ondon »ubmit for tel'Ctioa a stock o' tritt-c’ass PA1 ENT
DE ( ACRED L*-VEK WATCHED, which, being made by themselves,
cm be recommended foraccuracv andcurab litv. A warranty Isgiven.
PRICES OF SILVER WATCHES.
Patent Lever Watch, with the improvement*, i o , tho do¬
uched escatxnnent, JowclloJ, hnrd ocwmcl dial, seconds,
and maintaining power to continue) g.icg whilst being
wound .. .. X4 14 0
Ditto, jewelled in four holes, and capped .(» fi 0
Ditto, the finest quality, with the Improved regulator.
Jewelled in *5x holes, usually In gold caaoa.8 8 0
Either of the fillvcr Watches in hunting cnot, 10 ». Gd. extra.
COLD WATCHfcS.-BlZ-; FOR LADIES
Patent Lever Watch, with ornamental gold dial, the move¬
ment with latest improvement*, t e.■ the detacnedescape-
men t. maintaining power, an-" jewelled ., .. .. U 11 0
Dlttn. with tlehly-cngraved caso . 12 12 0
D.t: j, with very strong ca^e. and Jewelled in four hole* - UMO
GO I D WATCHES—S/.E FOR GENTLEMEN.
Patent Lever Watch, with the latest imorovciuont*. l.e., tho
detached escapement, jewelled in four holes, hard enamel
dial, s^coLds, and maintaining power . 10 10 0
Ditto, in *trongcr *«*<•. improved regulator, and capped .. 13 13
Ditto, jewelled in »ix hole*, and gold balnnoa .. .. 17 17
Either of the Gold Watches In huutlng coses, £3 3*. extra.
Any Watch 'elected from the list will bo safely racked and sent froo
to any part of Groat Britain or Ireland, upon a receipt of a remittance
of tho amount.
O N BOABD H.M.S. “NOETH STAB,” in
the AKTIC R^IOXS, for Two Y'eara, the Ship's Time waa
kept by one of JuNES'3 Levers, all other watches on board having
stopped. In bilvrr, £1 <*.; in Gold, £.0 10*.; at the Manufactory.
328, fiirand (opposite Somerset House)— Read JONES'S * 4 Sketch ol
Watch Work. ' Sent free for a 2d. stamp.
D ENT’S CHRONOMETERS, Watches, and
Clock*.—M. F. DENT, 33, Cookspor-street, Charing-crow,
Watch, Clock, and Chronometer Maker by special appointment to
fie*- Majesty tho lessen, 33, Cockspur-streot, Choring-crcas,
F DENT, sole Successor to E. J. Dent in all
• hi* patent rights ami burine**, at 61, 6 tr*ni, and 31 and 35,
Royal Exchange, and the Clo 'k and Co nposs Factory, at Somerset
Wharf, CHnONOMETER, WATCH, and CLOCK MAKER to tho
Queen and Prince Consort, and Maker of the Groat Clock for tho
Houses of Parhaiuent. Ladle.’ Gold Wutche*. eight guineas; Gentle-
m-jti's, ten guineas; strong Silver Lever Watches, six guinoss; Cliurch
Clocks, with compensation pendulum*, £85. No conncctiun with 33,
Cookr par-itreei,
QECONDHAND GOLD WATCHES, by
kj eminent maker*, warranted genuine, accurate, perfect in con¬
dition. and at half 'he original cost. A choice stock at WALES and
M CULLOCH'S, 32. Ludgato- street (near fit. Paul's).
T ADIES’ FINE GOLD EARRINGS, all
JJL the newest dcrigns. sot with Pearl*. Turquoise, Carbuncles,
Diamonds, &e . I2i. to fiti. per pair.—FREDERIC HaWLI™ ““
Oxford-street, W.
C LOCKS for BOOHS.—Designs original,
olcg*nt. and in pure taa’e. Work* tho very best (with tho
latest imorovomcntsl. Price* oxtromo’r moderate. Assortment the
largest in London. General style and finish all that can be desired.—
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, Ludgato-hUl, E.C.
S ILVER PLATE, Neiv and Secondhand.—
A Parunhtet of Price*, with Engravings, may be hud Krntls; or
v ill bo sent post-free, if applied for by letter—A. 1>. SAVORY and
SONS, Goldsmiths (opposite the Bank of England), il aud t2, Corn-
bill, London.
TpLECTRO PLATE.—Purchasers before
.8 li orderiog should send for one of SLACK'.* CATALOGUES
with 253 drawings and price* of electro Plate. Furn'ahtng Iron¬
mongery, « utlc-y, *c , of he»t quality, m*y be hud grntU, or free by
post. Order* above £2 sent carriage-free.—RICHARD and JOHN
SLACK. 33fi, Strand, Dmdox
D inner, dessert, and tea services.
A large variety of new mid good Pattern*. Best quality,
superior taste, unusually low prices. Also every description of Cut
Table G1 a«b, equally advnntfureons.
THOMAS PEARCE and 80N, 23, Ludgate-hlU. E.C. / /
O rnaments for the mantelpiece, &e
StutueUes, Groups. Vases, Ac., in Parian, decorated Risque end
other China; Clocks 'gilt, murolo, and bronze). A la ha* ter, Bohemian
Glass, fint-class BromiiMi, Candolabra. aud many other art mannl'uc-
ture*, all In tho best tiute and at very moderate prices.
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, Ludgate-hlU, E.C.
T\ISH COVERS and HOT-WATER DISHEs
" / in every material, in great variety, and of Uio cowe t and moat
recherche patterns. Tin dL-h-c ivers, fi*. fid. the let of slxi, black tin,
12*. 3d. to 28*. 9*1. the *et of six; elegant modem pattema,\34a to
18s. 6 d. tho set; Britannia metal, with or without siivor-plntcri handle*,
7fi». fid. to 110a. fid the set; Shofflel-*-plated. £10 to £i>» lOi.xtheset;
block tin hot-water dishe*,with wolls for gravy, 12*. to 30s. , Britanni*
metal. 22a to 77*.; electro-plated on nickel, lull »lzc. £11 11».
WILLIAM 8 . BUKTON ’8 GENERAL FUKN18HINQ IRON-
MONGEIIY CATALOGUE may bo had gratia arid tree by root It
contain* upwards of 400 llluitratlons of his illlmUod Stock o f Eloctrc
and Shaffled Plato, Nickel Sliver, and Britannia Metal Goods, PUb
Covers and Hot-wntar Dishes. Stove*, Fonder*, Marble Mantclntow*,
Kitchen Ranges, Lamp*, Gaseliers, Tea Urn* and Kettles, TesTiay*,
Clocks, Table Cutlery, Bath* and Toilet Ware, Turnery, iron and t Jruw
Bedstead* Bodding, Boi Hanging*, Ac.. Ac., with List* of Price* and
Plans of the Sixteen largo Show Rooms rl 39, Oxford-street, W.,
I, lA, 2, and 3, Nowmon-stroot: sod 4. 5. and 6 . Perry's place, London.
rilHE BEST SBOW of IKON BED-
X STEADS In the KINGDOM is WILLIAM 8 . BURTON'S-Ho
hu* Four Large Room* dev ted to tho exclusive show rf Iron and
Brass Bedstones and Cliililrcu's Cotf, with appropriats Bedding and
Bedbcuigiog*. Portablu Folding ilc-lsread* from 12*. 6 d.: Patent
Iron Bedstead*, fltt d with dovetail Joint* apd patent sacking, from
I7» fid ; and Cota, froqvVSO*. each; bipiDome Ornamental Iron nnd
Bt'ditcad*, iu g’est vmawfop f? 13a, fid. to £20. WllhsmS. Bur-
ton'a General Furaisliiig !romnung-'ry Catalognn may bo had gratis,
and free by post. It eonului upward* of 'CO Illustration* of his
1 limited fl'ock of Electro and Sheffield Plato, Nickel Silver, and
Britan' im Metal Good*» Dish Cover*, aud Hot-water Dishes, Stoves,
Fender*, Mai bio Mantmpic***, K’tshen Ranges. Lamp*. Gasoil re,
Tea Urn* and KetUea, Tea Trays. Clock*, Tablo Cu'.lcry. Baths, and
To Dot Ware/ Turnery, Iron and Brass Bedsteads, Bedding. Bed
Hangings. icc., Sc&^ with List* of Price* and Plana of the rix*e*n
lorg. 8 how It oms, at 39.0xfont street, W.; I. I A, 2, and 3, Now-
n:an-strcct, and 4 , 5, and fi, Perry's place, London.
OTOVEO^ENDERS, and FIRE-IRONS.—
O The PANKLIBANON BAZAAR. 5fi and 58, Bsker-stroct. The
largest Showroom* in London, containing the best and most varied
flock of splendid Ele tro-Sdvcr Plato; superior Cutlary, warrantod;
Stoves, Fenders, and Fire-Iron*: elegant Go* Chundebrr*. Lamp*, Tea-
urn*, paper Tcx-trays, Ba'h-., H*U Lanterns and Stoves, Kitchen
Faoges. Uafdon Peat*, and Wirework. Purchaser* ore invited to
view this van', collection of useful and ornamental fumidiingrequisites,
all of tho best mftnufrtcturo. which Is unequalled ol*cv.horc.
The beat Colza Oil, 4*. 3d. per gallon.
. Moderator Lamps, 4s. fid. each.
Purdonmn Coal Boxes. 4*. 6 d. each.
Ivory balanced-handlo Table Knives. 11*. per dozen.
N.B.—The prices marked in plain figure*.
Illustrated Catalogue* froo.
pHANDELIERS in CUT CRYSTAL, for
Gns or Candle*. A large *t-ck: patterns uncommon and bean-
tlfut; quality irreproachable. All designed and manufactured by
THOMAS PEARCE and riON, 23, Ludgato-hill, E.C.
MODERATOR LAMPS.—Simple, Strong,
IV1 and woU-flnished, the Iounp* of Pearce and Sod continue to
maintain their great *up«rioriiy over every other kind, while for
originality, beauty, and good taste, the pattern* ore allowed tc be the
best In tho Trade.—THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23. Ludgate-hlU,
E.C., Direct Importer* of Colza OU only of tho first quality.
J MAPLE and CO.'S NEW 1LLUS-
• TKATED CATALOGUE oentoining the price of every article
required for completely furnishing a homo of any daw, jKSt-free.
Tubs i* the large*! and "most convenient furnishing establishment in
the world.—J. Maple and Co., 116, Ac., Tottenham-court-road.
mEN THOUSAND PIECES munificent
X BRUSSELS CARPETS, a* 5a 4d., 2a. 6 d , and 2 * lOd. prr
yard. These g'XKls are to be sold for cash only.—J MAPLE and
CO., 145, 4ic., Tottenham-court-roatl.
P APERHANGINGS. — The cheapest and
largest assortment in London is at CROSS’S. 22. Great Port-
lnnd-strect, Marylobone. Houao Painting and Decorating in every
stylo. Estimates free.
T he decorative marble taper
for the Staircase, fcc , RL James’- Palace, on the occasion of
the Nuptial* of the Princess Royal, supplied by CHAS. MAR#' E 8 ,
manufacturer and patentee, K'ngiland-read (near the Bridge).
Wholesale only.
/THUBB’S LOCKS, with all the recent im-
provoraonta; Strong Fireproof Safes, Cash nnd Deed Box**.
Complete List* of Sires and I*r;c<» may bo had on apjdlcatian.—
CHUBB and SON, 67, St. Paul's Churchyard, London.
T710R REMOVING FURNITURE, &c., by
X' road or railway, without the expense of packing, adorer* J.
TAYLOR, Camion to bar Maieaty. 41, Upjcr Berkeley, street, I'Oft-
man-sqoaro. Good* warehoused and purchased.
LDiENDRATERS TO THE QUEEN, BY APPOINTOR.NT.
Established in 1778.
B ABIES’ BASSINETS,
Trimmed and Furnished,
Beady for use, ore sent home free of carriage.
BABIES' BArKEW.
Trimmed and furnished to correspond.
CAPPER, BON, and CO , 69, GKACECHURCH-sT., LONDON, E.C.
Descriptive Lists, with prices, sent free by post.
8 ent port-free. Descriptive Liita of
pOMPLETE fcETS of BABY LINEN
which are sent home
throughout tho Kingdom free of carriage.
UNDERCLOTHING FOR HOME, INDIA, AND ALL C0L0NIE8,
for Ladles, aud Children of all age*.
UNENDRAPERS TO THE QUEEN, BY APPOINTMENT.
Established in 1778.
T ADIES’ WEDDING OUTFITS
-I -J sent home, free of carriage.
_Deicrintivc Usu, with prices, sent free by post.
CAPPER, SON, and CO., 69, Gracecharch-strect, London. E.C.
CHRISTENING ROBES, for PRESENTS,
V—^ 24 Guinea*.
Babies' Cloaks, 1 Guinea.
62, Baker-street (near Madame Tossaud's FxhJbtttca).
Mrs. W. G TAYLOR (late HaEiday).
TJABIES’ BERCEAUNETTES,
U 24 Guineas.
Basket* to mr.tch, One Guinea.
53. Bakcr-stroct,
Mrs. W a TAYLOR (late HaDIdty).
TVf A BKIAGE OUTFITS, Complex.
HI Cotton Hosiery, 2s. 6d-
White Drcaoing Gown*, On© Guinea.
Real Balhriggon Hosiery. ,
53, Be ker-stroet. 1
Mrs. W. G. TAYLOR (late HaBIdayk
T ADIES’ RIDING TROUSERS,.
J-i Chomoi* Leather, with black feet.
58, Bakcs-ttroet incar Madame Tussaud's Exhibition).
W. G. TAYLOR 0*1© Holliday). f f
T 1NSEY-W OOLSEY RIDING HABITS
XJ For Llt'lo Girls, 24 Guinea*.
Ladles' Riding Habits, 54 to 8 Guinea*.
53, Baker street.
W. O. TAYLOR (late HalMday).
Q ILKS, Rich, Plain, Striped, and Checked
k_y Glac^, at 22*. 6d. per dress of twolva yards; woll worth the
attention of families. Pattern* sent froo by poet. JOHN HARVEY,
SON, and CO., 9, Ludgate-hlU. Establishod upward* of fifty yean.
Carriage paid upon amounts above £5. / \ ]
p I T Y JUVE N 11« E BEPOT
VJ BABY-LINEN and LADIES' UNDERCLOTHING WARE¬
HOUSES.—Ladies' Night Dresses, 3 for 6a. 6d.; chemises, with
bands, 3 for 4s. 1 Id. : Drawers, 3 pair for 3s.Tld.; Slija, tucked, 3 for
8*. 6d. Children a Unierclothirg equally as cheap. All work war¬
ranted aud made of Horrock’S Lqnroioth, a loww quality kept ex¬
pressly for outfits to India and tire colonics. Ladies' Paris Wove
Stays, 3a. lid. per pair: and t ha no wly-in vented elastic Cortot, to fasten
in front, 3s. lid., not obtainable elsewhere. Infant* 1 Bassinets, hand¬
somely trimmed either wlttt white or chintr., c'no guinea each. An
Illustrated Price List lent free on application.—W. H TURNER, 68,
69,70, and 69, Biflhopagatc-sireet Without, London, E.C.
THE MARRIAGE or the PRINCESS
Jl ROYAL. -GRANT and CASK Onto Wiliams and Co.), 69, 60,
61. 62. Ox fort-: trcet, and 3, 4, ami 5, Wcils-strect, having personally
vis'-ted tho l'aris, Lyons, and oth.r foreign rn*rko!s, where they have
purchased largely in antiepatiuu of the above events of rare and
beautiful .good* in Sljks, Embroidurioa. Muslins do Soio, Ball and
Lvcnloie Itrewes. Mahtl&s. Lacw, ana other fancy articles, wnleh
they sv.U have pleasure in submitting for tho inspection of tbolr
patrons- ..
fr RANT and GASK beg to announce that
VT tho retnalnlrg portion ef William* and Co.'s Stock (principally
Sltks). athouuin>g to £ll.500. wilt be sold cn that part of their
prcmiix<s. ol and 62, Ox ford-street, Great Bargains.
KANT and GASK respectfully invite
X-JT attention to their 8pocia] MOURNING Department, os tho
whole qf the new premise" 59 Oxford-street, wlih those in the rear,
will be occupied tor Genera! Mourning. V.B. Orders for pa*tom*
and matchirg, fee., wlT receive careful attention. Every article
mnrkcd in plain figures* at roady-motioy prices.
'VTQTICE.—In consequence of a Dissolution
X \ Of Partnership of the old ami well-known Firm «f 110DGR
and LOWM^VN. the whole of their dock of Silk*, bhswls, Mantles,
Carpels, Damasks, Linens, Dresses, Lace, fio*e. Ribbon*, fee., fee.,
' arc being offered to the Puh’io at a ver» great sacrifice.
^ ARGYLL HOUSE.
256,258, 260, and 262, Hegcnt-s'.rcoL
mABLE LINEN, SHEETING, &c —
X PAULDING. STRATTON, and CO., Linen Manufacturers to
the Queen, respectfully invite attention to their ex ten rivo stock, com¬
prising ©very kind of HOUSEHOLD *nd TABLE LINEN. Families
and large establishment* charged wholesale prices. Arms and Crest
Inserted In Table-liuun.—.3, Coventry-street.
Q PORTING SHIRTS.—100 Patterns to
O select from, post-free for two stamps, together with a book of 80
illustration*. Every guntlotnan ordering Shirt* should not fall to tend
for the above useful book and patterns.—RODGERS and CO., Im¬
proved Corozxa Shlrtmaken and Outfitters, 59, Rolnt Martin's-lone,
Charing-cross, W.C. Established 60 years.
CHIBTS.-RODGERS’S IMPROVED
CO RAZZ A 8HIRT8, 31s. 6d. and 42s. the half dozen. Tho bort
fitting Shirts extant. Book with 80 Ulantrotlons and directions for
measurement post-free.- RODGERS and CO.. Shlrtmakcra, 59, Saint
Martin's-lano, Charing-cross, W.C. Established 60 yesra.
■REFORM your TAILORS’ BILLS!—
J i ) EDWARD DOUDNET and SONS. Tailors sod llahH Makers
to the Royal Family. Riding Habit*, £« 4s.; Ladles' Irish I'oplln
CloatiB and Guinea Tweed Cloaks, all water, not air. proof : Foot¬
man's baits, £3 3*.—Edward Doudnev and Sons, Tailors, 17, Old
Bond-street, 25, Burlington Arcade, aud 19, Lombard-street. Es¬
tablished 17*4.
IVfESSRS. NICOLL’S ESTABLISHMENTS
1VX are thus divided:—Number 114, REGENT-STREET, i* thrir
Depot for Paletots, Uniform*. Gentlemen'* Evening and Morning
Dress No. 116 for the manufacture of the Guinea Trowaers. No 11£
for Half Guinea Waistcoat*. No. 120, for Waterproofed Guinea
Capes, Servants' Livortes. Number 142 is their now establishment
for Ladies' kidiog Habits and Monties in Fur and Cloth. And No.
144 contains their other new department tor Clothing Young GcniTc-
mm with the ta*t*, excellence, and economy whereby Me»e». Nicoll
have secured wide-spread confidence. The Wholesale Warcroom* aro
at tho rear of tho Regvnt-stro&t premise*, via, 29, 30, 31, and It,
Warwick-street. Tho City d^pot U at 21 and 22, Comhill; ami tho
addresse* ot tho various agents are duly advertised In the Journals of
the United Kingdom and the Colonist.
WINTER OVERCOATS and CAPES.
T T One of the largest Stocks in London of Fim-clasa Garments,
on beat terms; rendered thoroughly impervious to rain, without ob-
•trcctfug free vcntBatinn. or extra charge.—WALTER BERDOE,
>j, New Bond-eacet. and 69, CotnhUl (N.B. north aide).
T HE YODNG and IIYAM and CO.—
Winter Dresaes, Suita, and Slng’e Garments of the most
superior quality and f ashion, may now be purchased at ad van-
uroously moderate prices. It Is a reputed fact, that these mag¬
nificent samples of juvenile and youths' attire are nowhere to be
' '" Oxford-
oquolied.—Hymn and Co., 86 , (
d-street, W.
W ANTED LADIES’ and GENTLEMEN’S
LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, Regimentals, and Miscellaneoas
Property. Tho highest price rn Cash. Ladles and Gentlemen waited
on bv addressing a letter to Mr. or Mrs. Lsry, 261.6trand (opposite
Twining'* Bank); or 3ft, near Wsteriro-bridge. Parcel* from tho
country, a post-office order remitted.—Established 65 yean.
W ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES for
AUSTRALIA, in gtx>d cr tnferier condition. Mr. and Mn.
JOHN ISAACS, 319 ami 320. 8 TKANU (oppoatle Somerret-house),
continue to giro the highest price in Cs>h for Ijtdire', Gentlemen’s,
and Children's Clothes, Regimentals. Underclothing, Boots, Books,
Jrrwelkry, and all MiseelUneaus Property. letters for any day «
diitance punctuallv artonded to. Parent* sent from the Country,
cither large or small, tka ctmoet value returned by Poet-office order
the tame day. IUfarcnce. Land on and Weatmlrator Bank. Est.49yre
TTfANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, Uni-
V V form*, Misoelleneou* Property, fee. The hlgbmt price given
Ladle* or Gi*nGemen waltsd on by addressing to Mr. and Mr* G.
HYAM. 16. Tvier-itreet, Regent-street. W.J or parcels being sent the
utmost value !n cash immediately remitted.—E*t*hti*hod 32 years.
W ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES.—Mr.
and Mrs. HART, 31, Newcastle-rum. Strand, W.C., are
giving tho highrrt price* for every kind of Ladies' tnd Gentlemen's
WEARING APPAKhL. satin and velvet dreeres, refimontals, unl-
fertas, India shawls, point lace, trinkets, books, lurcituro. tnbcrl-
Isnocca ptoperiy, fee. Lodlcs cr Gentlemen wtltad on, any time cr
distance. Address as abovs. Parcwls from tho ccantry, the utmost
value rot titled it cash. Established 180).
A
C HARLES PACKER (late Antoni Forrer)
Artist In Hair to the QUEEN, by AppoistxneoL
Hair Jewellery Department, !3»i. Regent-street.
Foreign and Fancy ditto, 78, Regent-street.
Jet and Moora.ng ditto, 76, Regent-street.
NTONI FORBEB,
Artist in Hair and Jfi-woBsry.
by Appointment
to tho Queen,
XX, Bokcr-jtreet, Portmaa-aqnare
(noarly oprRxlle the Basosr).
Antoni Forrer boa no oouuecttoa whatever with his late Establish¬
ment in Regent-street.
M ilne and co., hair jewellers,
f/cm Sweden, 70. GeoTJC-strect, Edinburgh, rend their Books
wiih 100 Illuitrxttons and Prices for m a k i n g Hair Brace eU, Rings,
Broochc*, fee, free by post.
M ECHI’S DRESSING CASES and
TRAVELLING BAGS.—112, Regent-street, and t. Laadsi*-
ball-street, Ixindon.—Bronzes, vases, pearl and ivory work, medieval
manufacture*, dressing-bog* and droning cases, toilet cusm. work
boxes and work tables, lakelands, fans; tho largest stock In England
of papier-mac/elegancies, Writing desks, envelope eases, dr«patch
boxes. bagatdiCi bickgtuuinoD, and chess tables. The premia* iu
Rcgcnt-etrect ei-.t/md fifty yiurds into Glas*hcuso*strcet, and are
wonhy of inspect lea os a specimen/of decant outfit. Everything
for tho work and dressing tables—bast tooth brushes, 9d. each; best
*toel scissor* and penknives, I*, each. The usual supply of first-rato
cutlery, razors, razor stroj*, needles, Jeo-, for which Mr. Mcchi’l
estsbUahtsenta hare boen so long famed.
TjlISHE irS DRESSING-CA SES,
X‘ 168, Strand.
168, 1
'Catalogues post-free.
r HER’S NEW DRESSING-BAG,
the bo»: portable Drossing-ca.* .- -iver invented.
188, Strand.
\ / J Cataioguss port-free.
A LLES’S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
jLA. ot Patent Portmanteaus, Despatch liaxoo. Dressing Cores, and
g Bag*, with square opening, by iiost, for two stamps —
i T. ALLEN, Manufacturers, Id ami 17, Strand, W.O
PEN SUl'ERSEDED.—Marking Linen,
Silk. Cotton, Books, fee., with CULLETOJC 8 PATliNl
-ELECTRO-SILVER rLAl BS, prevents the ink Spreading ant n.-ver
washes out. By means of till* Invention a thousand piece* of fleet)
can bo matk*-<l in ou« hour, with alre:tiors for uso, sent post-fioo fn
•tamps. Initial Plato, Is.; Name Piste, 2*. fid.; Sot or Move,U.|«
Numbers, 2‘.6d.; Creut, 5*. Also, Patent Lever Embcv ut g Pro a,
with Crest-die for sUroplug paper, 15*.—T. Cullcton. Patenteo. 1 ar.d
2, Luog-acre tone door from fit. Martin’s-tone;, W.C. Bo ware ol
imitations.
QUITE NEW
a OYER’S SULTANA SAUCE.—
A most refreshing stimulant to tho Appetite, composed
principally of Turkish Condiment*. An exquUU® reh»h with aancst
every description of food. To be had of ail Sauce Venders; on t of
tho Solo Wholflsalo Agents, CROSSE and BLACKWELL, Puiveyora
to tho Queen, 21, Sobo-aquare.
p OBINSON’S PATENT GROATS lor mors
XX than Thirty Years have been hold In constant ana increasing
pnhlic estimation as tho jrarest farina- of the oat, and a* tho lest
anil most valcablo preparation for making a pure and delicate Gruel,
which forms a light and nutritions sapper for the aged, is a pO|iuhir
recipe for colds and Influenza, is of general uio in the slck-ehiunhec,
and, al'ernotely with the Patent Barloy, la sin excellent toed for
Infants and Children.
Prepared only by the Patentees, ROBINSON, BELLVTLLK, k CO..
Purveyors to tho Queen, 64 , Red Llon-Ktrcct, HiAborn, Lcnflon
Sold by all respectable Grocers, Drugttfrts, nnd others in Town aw*
Country, in PackoU of Cd. and It.; and Family Canisters, kt to.,
10 s. each.
C LARKE’S PATENT FYKAMID NIGHT
LAMPS, Tin at 1*.; Lacquered or Bronzed. Is. 6 d. each,
for burning the new Patent Pyramid Right Lights—fhe mo.t
convouiunt, safe, aud economical yet introduced. Sold by alt Grocers
and Lamp Dealer* ; by 8 . Clarke, 55, Albany-street. Kegeut e-psik,
N. W.; and wholesale by Pnlrncr and Co., Clerkouwoll, London, E.C.
I jMNFST FRENCH COLZA OIL. 4s. Gil. pTr
Gallon caah.—Mcssre. LCMAIBE and CO., of Porl«. Solo
Wp 6 t in England, tbo London Soap acd Caodte Cotnpimy, JO. New
Boml-street. Thcire J* the finest and pares! Cohn* Ou imported, axwi
will burn in every kind of lamp now in use. Also reduoeu price* for
all Candies, Soap-, Oils, fee.
S OLZA OIL, 4s. Gd. per Gallon; Dips, ?d, ;
Btearlne, l*. Id.; Botgravc, Is. 3d.; Price's Com peril e*, 9jd. aad
Sosps, 37*., 42s., and 46s. per 112 lbs. Carriage Ixtoi within
ten tmios.—W. YOUNG, 51, Park-stroet, Camdea-town
F IELD’S PATENT PARAFFINE
CANDLES from IRISH PEAT.
Superior In appearance and Illuminating powsr to toy Canities
hitherto manufactured, at the same time burning much longer.
J. C. and J. Field beg to intimate that thtoe elegant Candles lhay
bo obtained from them at 12, Wigmore-stxvet. Caveodiih-aquaro; and
In Dublin of James Lambert, 64, Grafton-street.
E N Z I N E C O L L A S
CLEANS and REMOVES GREASE from
Glove*, I Cloth,
Silks, Carpets, fee., fee
In Bottle*. Is. fil, of an Chemists and Perfumers; and at tho B«p3t,
114, Groat RnsseU-stroet, Bloomsbury.
T7IRED. LEWIS’S ELECTRIC OIL is an
X* infallible Remedy for Restoring, Strengthening, aud Beautify,
ing the Hair. It Is tiro grnatert woudor of tbo ago When all other*
fail, try this. Sold by all respectable vendors of perftuuery in the
kingdom, in bottle*, price 2s. 6 d. and 3s fid. Wholesale agent fm
England, W. C. Groesmilb. Short-street, Flnsbary-pavcuiunt: for
Scotland, Lorrimer and Moves, Burhanan-street, Glasgow —iieu-
Lewis, inventor and Proprietor, Dublin.
B
A FINE HEAD of HAIR guaranteed ia six
months by tho use of ELLIOTT’S GOLDEN ME LAN A. This
celebrated preparation la unfailing in its itlmolatisg effects on the
young and weak hairs, causing them to grow with vigour nnd
rapidity, and the colouring mat'er to ascend Into the tube* where tho
hair Is grey. Price 3s. 3d., is. 6 d., 6 s.. 7* 64., 10*. 6 d.. Jls.—T.
Elliott. Halrgrower (first floor), hi, Fenchuxch-street. Forwarder! ou
rocvlnt of poatoge-itamp*
VTISS-ME-QUICK.—PIESSE ami LUBIR’S
X\_ new perfuruo for tliis fotflra seuon. dLtiliod from frcgrsnt
Tulips,**. 6 d. per bottle. Entered at SUtbuore' Hall.—Labor.-Joiy
of Flowrri, 1 , New Bond-street.
WOOD VIOLET SCENT.-H. BRE1DEX-
Y T BACH reetmmend* his Wood Violet us the finest uatmsl
Perfume distilled. A single 2s. 6 d. Bottle will vcKy the l«n Aik
for H. Druid* nbach's Wood Vloel.—157 a. New Boad-itreet, W.
( tLDRIDGE’S BALM of COLUMBIA, *c-
V/ know lodged for 30 yean to bo the most effect n&l remedy w>-
ducod for Restoring tho Hair and Promoting tho Growth ef Whl kor*
and Murtachlua. In bottles. 3s. 6 d^ «*.. and 11a. WboUsoIe and
retail. 13, Wanington-stroei North (seven doors from tho Strand)
Pin nnn DAMAGES.—Condemnation of
Mr. C. MEttca for an Infringement of tfia
Inventor’* Rights.—Let Counterf»4ters tbrrcfore be rauticn*.—
PULVERMACUER'S MEDICAL ELECTRO-GALVANIC CHAINS
for perrons! aso ; an un allirg and often Instan: remedy for Rbrunm-
tlmj. Gout. Epi’epsy, Poraly*!*, Uvbt Ccmrlaiots. Asthma, Indgv*-
tiou, Corghs, Doefa v • and all Nervous and Muscular Diseases. Ap¬
proved by the Ac«d£mi* de MriEtcine, Paris, and rowsnlcul atioe
Universal Exhibition. Tlieir extraorolnar;. curoUve powore la so BitL
▼ereally known and culoglted in the mrdu ol works and joarnals M to
render it useless to detail the great number of diseases in which tt«y
have proved infallible, cr the thousand* o< cares they bare already
cffcctoJ. May be tested before purchasing. Prioe 5s. and 10*. fil ;
tho !!•„ 16s , and it*, most uaefhl. free per post —Pulrennacher aud
Co., 73, Qgfiatd-st re et udlotntng the PrinocM' Th&arre), London.
. Feeding-!-———— . ^-. -
Whether for woanhqysigag^h^r hand, or uvensicaal
Oxford-ctreat. —..... .
feeding, they are qolto unrivalled."
T ADIES NURSING—NEW NIPPLE
A PPROVED OF by cverv Medical Sian who
A has soon IL-Tbo BRITISH FEEDING-BOTTLE frevraW-j'
I* the only bottle in which the supplr of f<xid can bo reguiatai while
the Infant h being fod. Driee fid.; or u> any rrJlwty *taliua,
8s. 6d , of WILLIAM T. COOPER. Phormatentlcal Cbrenlst, r,
Oxford-ttrMt " HioU to Mothers and Nareea on Rearing l a ftnt s by
Hand." fete by P«t.
JMPORTANT.—YOUNG’S CORN and
£ BUNION PLASTERS are thr beat over lnranfsd- Olerrve the
Name and Addrre* j-rinted on the label, without which noec sr»
ctmaine. May be had of all Chemists: la pit box. « Uurtcau
itamns. Addres* II. Young, I, 8hart*»'rtry-place. An<jrvg»!*-*troct,
K.C.—Bcvrire of InJ’aitlona. Young's CwK Protectors, to. irt.
96
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 23, 1858
ALG1EKS.
(From the Sketch-book of o recent Tourist )
Three days in the week the tourist may leave
Paris in the mornipg. may embark at Marseilles
the next day at noon, and in forty-eight or fifty
bourn set foot in that old nest of pirates
Algiers. .
He will be favoured as few are if, in autumn.
■winter, or spring, he succeeds in starting from
Marseilles at the appoiuted hour, and in timvrag
at Algiers at the proper time, without deten *
tion, mischance, or discomfort; for all the Winns
of heaven seem to make that particular region of
the Mediterranean their battle-field, and rage
from shore to shore, and all along the Algerian
coast, with untiring fury. Steamer alter steam*. i
is driven for shelter and security into the
ports of Spain or the Balearic Isles, far one
of their course; and passages of a week an -1
upwards between Marseilles and Algiers, aim
vvu versa, are by no means of uncommon occin -
rence. A principal reason for this state u
things is that, to face tho stormy sea whicii
divides the shores of France from those id
her chief colonv, the Government, the Mes-
sageries Imperiiles, and the mercantile com¬
pany, with common consent, place on that sta¬
tion their oldest vessels, or those that have the
weakest engines, or machinery likely soon to
want repair. Scarcely a creature makes the
passage except from compulsion, and the
passengers consist almost exclusively of mili¬
tary men, or civilians in Government employ,
going to and from their posts, who must take
any means of conveyance provided for them,
good or bad, fast or slow, without murmuring
too loudly. The decks of the steamers also are
crowded with troops, among whom, on rare
occasions, may bo seen a s m a l l knot of thote
few emigrants whom Government promises, und
Government premiums on particular produce,
con induce to desert their native land. All
things considered, there oto many more agree¬
able passages than those to Algiers. When,
however, the tourist enters the. great bay, and
sees the town standing like a white pyramid
against the richly-adorned hills of tho Sahel,
hacked by the lofty tnow-clad range of Atlas,
he must confess that the prospect is a fair one.
Tho aspect of the town, from a distance, is quite
Moorish.
We land in Maltese boats, fall into the hands
of Bishri porters and hotel commissioners, then
ascend a long flight of steps from the quay, and
enter a “Place” thoroughly French, excepting
at the angle to which we ascended, where
stands tho large mosque Djami el Djedid.
Three sides of this " Place du Gouvemement,
or “Place Eoyale,” by both of which names it
is called, are occupied by houses four stories
high, with arcades under their front. Along the
remaining side”runs a stone balustrade, open to
the port; and nearly in the centre of the square
is a atatuo of the Duke of Orleans on horseback,
by Marochetti, made out of cannon taken at
Algiers. The inhabitants seem to pass most
of their time in this place, dawdling up ana
down, or leaning over the balustrades, where,
undeterred by driving gale and drenching rain,
they congregate, and stand three or four deep,
to watch the advent or exit of each steamer, and
see the latter pitch her bows under as she turns
round the end of the mole, and speculate whether
she will continue her voyage or be forced to
return after an hour or two’s cruise. In this
“Place” a military band plays thrice a week
for an hour each day in line weather. In the
provincial town8 the music-loving population is
trailed more liberally, and bands play every
xeated more liberally, and bands play e T e * y |? the PlaceRovale
lay, weather permitting, and for a longer penodl* romtoeimce^W
■un the three French streete-the R ' de la Marine, the Kue Bab el
houses: and under these arcades French wares
are sold, in French shops, by French people.
In tho Rue de la Marine everything is French,
except the great mosque, the Djami el Kebir,
halfway down it. The French have restored
its facade, which consists of u long line of
lofty Moorish arches, supported upon marble
columns, with a fountain in the oeutre, of which
we give a view.
In the Djami el Djedid, at the corner of the
square, is the Court of the Hanefi Cadi, who
dispenses justice to the members of his own
sect. We give a View of the Interior of his
Court. He himself is seated in the centre, and
on the left a dwarf is pleading a cause, with
violent gesticulations and loud and acrid tones.
His witnesses are behind him. The defendant
and his witnesses are seated on the floor, wait¬
ing their turn for screaming and gesticulating.
On each side of the room sit two or three inferior
Judges. /From the courts of each of tho Cadis
there i9 an appeal to a court which sits each
Thursday in the Great Mosque, and is composed
of both the Cadis and two principal members
of the Ulema.
All the French shopkeepers in Algiers put
their best feet foremost about Christmas time,
and display their wares in most tempting array
preparatory to New Year’s-day, when every¬
body is expected to give something or other to
everybody else. Every kind of useless trumpery
is exhibited for sale, and, what is more, is sold,
at an it sane price. Where the money comes
from that clears the numerous confectioners’
shops of the masses of expensive bonbons, and
the piles of still more ruinous sachets, caskets,
baskets and boxes, and bags, made of tortoise¬
shell and ormoulu, sandal-wood, velvet, satin,
find embroidery, to contain the said “ goodies,”
is a question it might interest the members of
the Statistical Society to investigate. Under
the arcades of the Huo Bab Azoun are two
curiosity-dealers, one of whom, Mons. Coulan-
jean, resides and trades in Algiers because, his
political views being of the most sanguine hue,
and his proceedings in France having implicated
him in some of tho traitorous attempts of the
“ Reds,” he was exported, and set at liberty in
the colony, without a chance of obtaining per¬
mission to return. Nothing can be imagined
more violent or more impotent than his de¬
nunciations of all constituted authorities.
Finding himself a prisoner at large, he
took to collecting curiosities, and all fancy
productions of tho country that might be made
to boar a fancy price, and shows a good
deal of taste in the fabrication and selection of
his wares. For New Year’s-day he had arranged
a trophy of the productions of the country,
which he obligingly allowed us to transfer to
paper,[at some inconvenience to himself. Lions’
skins and heads, mounted for mgs; boars’tusks,
set in silver, in the form of a crescent; ostrich
skins and feathers, from the desert; fans made
here ; Morocco jars of oil kinds, of glaring co¬
lours ; ancient ivabyle pottery; rude, but ipro-
fusely gilt, crockery of the Arabs; shawls and
burnouses, striped with all colours, from Tunis
and Morocco, and French imitations of the
same; Janissaries’ weapons; Arab jewellery;
painted ostrich-egg cups; necklaces of white
shells and beads; .palm-leaf fly-flappers, em¬
broidered in patterns of tinfoil, and edged with
tufts of floss silk; and many other things, are
most tastefully mingled in one bright mass.
As far as tho smaller ornamental articles are
concerned, Monsieur Coulanjean has a large
choice, and his prices vary little from those of
his competitors; but when the matter of bar¬
gain is somewhat rare, such as the skins of
FOUNTAIN IN THE MOSQUE OF THE DJAMI EL KEDIR, AT ALGIERS.
, | Quod and the Rue Bab Azoun—each of them to one of the three i Hons or panthers, or moufflons, or antique arms, then his imagination
[ . gates'of the lower town. They have arcades on each side, under lofty | runs riot, and his ideas of the price are quite poetic.
COURT OF THE HANEFI CADI, AT ALGIERS, DURING THE TRIAL OF A CAUSE.
London : Printed snd Published at the Office, 198, Strand, in the Parish of St Clement Danes, in the County of Middlesex, by William Little, 198, Strand, aforesaid-SATtniDAY, January », 18S8.
THE ROYAL NUPTIALS.
In this country we have few, if any, public pageants; and the
materials of their composition are as invariably the same as they
are sparse and ineffective. A few well-appointed Royal carriages,
and a few equally well-appointed Life Guardsmen, once or twice a
year in St. James's Park, or as far as Westminster, do for the
summer, and the civic procession through the City in November
satisfies the sight-seeing exigencies of the winter. It was not,
therefore, to be supposed that any expectation of a superb proccs-
tion or a gallant show drew together, on a cold January day, like
Monday last, the myriads of persons, of all ranks and classes, that
squeezed and pressed against each other from nine o’clock till five
in the confined area between Buckingham Palace and that
Palace of St. James’s which so many of the gazers were unable
to discover in the low brick building that scarcely overtopped
the ordinary garden wall by which it is inclosed. Every warning
had been given that there would be less than usual to see out of
doors, if that could possibly be; and no one expected to receive
much more of that gratification which sighthunters imagine
themselves to experience than the dim outline of a face through
a closed carriage window, or the sort of uncertain hue which gold
lace, jewels, and glittering sheen throw over the interior of
vehicles occupied by persons dressed in the conventional costume
of regal festivities. And yet for many a long hour did that en¬
thusiastic crowd stand unwearied, good- humoured, and downright
rejoicing, with more of reality and fervour, though perhaps with
less of demonstration than usual, to bear their part, and that
the not least effective, in the marriage ceremony of the
eldest-born daughter of their Sovereign. It was not because
Kings, and Princes, and Nobles were congregated in no common
abundance around the Queen of England that the people fully
represented in every class, were assembled in numbers which were
marvellous for the space into which they had packed themselves,
with an order wholly self-preserved and a conduct unguided but by
their own sense of what was due to the occasion. It was simply
the genial feeling which is inspired in every family circle by a
wedding which animated them, expanded as was that feeling to the
dimensions of that of a nation. The family of England was cele ¬
brating the marriage of its eldest daughter. ‘If, amidst the different
regulations and directions issued by the officials of the Court, there
had been contained such an one as was put into the mouth
of a Monarch in a burlesque of former days—namely, that
no face within his realm but should wear a smile that day—it
would have been literally obeyed. Even the blocked-up stftnders
in the fifth or sixth row, who could only take for granted the
passage of each section of the cortege, were not put out of
humour, and, since they could see nothing, were yet content to
acknowledge the spirit of the moment. An intimation,'rather than
a command, had been given that mourning should not be worn by
any of the privileged few who were admitted within the precincts
of the Palace, and the country took up the desire, and obeyed it, by
patting away for the period of that day the thought of any national
anxieties which might have occupied it the day before, and returned
to oppress it on that which was to follow. Every one seemed resolved
to take their fill of rejoicing, and to evince their good wishes towards
those who were entering on that phase of existence which is the turn¬
ing-point of the life of every man and woman, just as if the marriage
was going from their own households. The home influence was
busily at work in the suggestive observations which were made in
that representative English crowd. There was onegeneral sense of
the interest which must attach to the fortunes of a bride younger
than is ordinarily consonant with our customs -, who was about
to depart from the home of her childhood, and the country of
her birth, to pass her life from the earliest moment at which
she can have arrived at a consciousness of its duties and its
cares, in another nation and among another people. Some¬
thing of regret seemed to mingle with the favourable
opinions expressed a:s to the relative fitness of the parties to
such a marriage ; that the bride was still so little of what our
northern islanders consider to be a woman; and this feeling was
most manifest at the time when glimpses were caught of her
singularly girlish and ingenuous features and slight form.
Nevertheless, a little reflection would show that, all things
considered, looking to the entirety of the change in the associa¬
tions and the duties which await the Princess Royal, there is a
great advantage in a very early marriage in circumstances so
peculiar as those which surround her. Bom and educated in one
country, and bred of necessity in its habits and its tendencies, she
is about to become naturalised in another, not merely in
the character of the wife of a private citizen, but as the con¬
sort of its future Sovereign. A cynical King of that very king¬
dom was wont to refer the origin, with more or less remoteness
of every occurrence in his dominions, from the breaking of a tea-
cup to the revolt of a province, to the influence of a woman.
Without following out in its integrity an idea probably eaught by
the great Frederick from association with Voltaire, it is not.un-
reasonable to admit that much power, for good or for evil, may be
exercised by a Queen Consort; and history affords too numerous
instances in which to the indirect action of their wives On the minds
and counsels of Monarchs may be traced the impulses and the
springs of their fortunes. In the instance of the Princess Royal
let ns hope that the circumstance of her early marriage will enable
her, without forgetting that she was bom in England, to accommodate
her mind and feelings more thoroughly to those of her adopted
country than, perhaps, they could had she been wooed and won at
a later age.\In her case some years of freedom from the cares of
State will probably yet be aforded to her husband and herself;
and, if all we hear of him be true, and judging from all we know
of her and the mental training she has received, that period will
he well employed in fitting themselves for the arduous and weighty
duties which will be imposed on them when they become re¬
sponsible for the good government and the well-being of a
nation. No one doubts that, in contemplating their future
married life, such considerations have impressed themselves on their
minds; and they are are probably as well aware as any one
who undertakes to speculate on their hereafter that, for the
discharge of the high duties which will be imposed upon them,
MARBLE BUST OF HER ROTAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS ROYAL.'—BY MRs! THORNYCROFT.—FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY FENTON.
(SEB NEXT PAGE.)
98
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
TJan. 30, 1858
much wisdom, much experience, much firmness of purpose, and
much enlargement of view and disinterestedness of spirit will be
necessary for the adeqnftte performance of the duty of ruling a
kingdom; In this country the Sovereign is not so much a
ruling power as a political and social influence: it is
otherwise in Prussia. The Monarch of that nation is essentially
its governor, and on him mainly, if not altogether, it depends
whether his sway lie a curse or a blessing. To its becoming a
blessing, the co-operation of a Queen Consort may largely con¬
tribute; and happy for her, and for her future subjects, if in
the next few years the wife of Frederick William acquires the
judgment and the tact (that she has the will, the disposition, and
heart no one doubts) which will enable her to add her perhaps
unseen aid to the elevation, the amelioration, and the welfare of
her adopted subjects.
Turning, however, to the more immediate topic of the hour, we
would say that, however time and distance may separate this
scion of onr Royal honsefrom the home and the conntry of herchild-
hoed, could she have looked deeper into the feeling which per¬
vaded the hearts of thousands who lined the way by which sh°
passed on Monday, and which was exhibited to her eye and to her
ear only by shouts and waving of handkerchiefs, she would have
received an impression which never could be effaced from her mind.
Amidst the stately ceremonial of a Court, at the moment
when she had formally taken upon herself the respon¬
sibility of her life from that time forth, nature had
her way, and the members of the Royal family forgot
the t they were just then component parts of a State pageant, and
rtmembered only the mutual feelings of mother, father, and
daOghter. Just such a feeling, modified, of course, by the absence
of propinquity, ran through the outside crowd which had assembled
to bid God speed to one towards whom, for the moment, they felt as
townids their own child. This is no exaggerated or imaginary
notion, but a simple fact; it was a sensation wh'ch found audible
utterance from the lips of English women, and, In many cases, from
the lips of English men also. What prouder, what loftier, epitha-
laniium could be desired than a national tribute like this ?
MARBLE BUST OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL.—BY
MRS. THORNTCItOFr.
Mns. Thouxtcboft, whose mimorous sculptured representations of
the various members of the Royal family, more particularly the
younger branohes, are so well known, and who has had so many
favourable opportunities of studying her subjects, hus just completed
a very fine bust of the Princess Royal, at the command of her Ma¬
jesty, ol which wo havo great pleasure in giving an Engraving. Like
all Mrs. Thornyeroft's works of this class, the peculiar merit of this
work ii its obvious truthfulness; the genuine character of the original
being thrown into it without attempt' at idealisation or qualifi¬
cation of any sort. But. at tho same time, whilst this great
essential of truthfulness is adhered to, tlio refined sentiment
and dignity of character appropriate to the subject are admirably
preserved. A alight smile plays upou the artless features of the
amiable Princess; hut it is a smile not altogether unhinged with sad¬
ness. What more touohing memento could the young Priueoss Royal
of England leave behind her on hor departure' The hair is simply
dressed, plaited and tied ina knot behind, after tho usual custom of tins
Princess. Over the forehead is a wreath of orongo-blossooss—appro¬
priate adornment in what might be termed a “bridal bust." The
drapery whioh covers the shouldorB is slight iu texture, and treated
with great ebasteness and delicate finish. This interesting bust, of
which several casts have been already taken for members of tho ttryal
family, will shortly be on viow at Messrs. Colnaghi's, in Pall-aaU East
THE COLOURED
-THE ROYAL
SUPPLEMENT.
MARRIAGE.
In addition to the Equestrian Portraits of the Ph.inuf.ss Royal
end Prince Frederick William, and ;n Original Bridal
Song, with Music, tho above Supplomont con turns (beneath the
appropriate heading of roses and orange-blossoms) Eour Views of
Berlin, tho future homo of the Royal pair.
Beilin is fumed as one of the finest cities in Europe, though dis-
advantagoously situated. The general view of the city’ in the eoutro
of (he page, is taken from a low sandhill called tho Kreutzeborg. almost
theonly eminence near Berlin, and commanding a tolerable prospect of it.
It is named from tho Gothic cross on tho left of its summit. This
structure is of cast iror, 100 feet high, and is called Volks Drnkmal
(Poople’s Monument): it was erected by the late King, as a memorial
of Prussia's recovery of independence from the Frorch, and thus in¬
scribed :—" The King to his people, who, at his call, nobly ofTired life
and property to their country; a monument to tho fallen; an ao-<
knowledgment to tho living; an example to posterity." Tho momi-
meut was designed by h'cbinkol. iu the lower part are niches filled
with statue? of Prussian warriors, and bas-reliefs representing the-
principal victories gainod by the Prussians—as Grors-Garsohen^.
Leipzig, Katzhacb, Paris, Belle Alliance: these statues and reliefs
were executed by Rauch and Treok. The whole monument was cast in
tho Royal Berlin Iron Foundry.
Tho city has a great number of palaces, one of which—the SoElos
of the King—is engraved at the lower coraor of tho page. Tt is, more
remarkable for its vast size than its architectural bounty.
•tuonsly furnished, and enriched with choice works of art
sculpture, and curiosities.
The upper Illustration shows one end of the celebrated Ui
Linden, a double avenue of lime-trees, with a promenade in the centre
and a carriage-road on each side. It is the noblete avenue of til-! city,
and is terminated by the magnificent Brandenburg Gate. /
The lower Illustration, leftwards, shows tho 1 loyal Schloss.'Tn the
village of Charlottenberg, about three miles distant from Berlin. This
g ulace was built by Frederick I., who married an English Princess,
e phia Charlotte, daughter of George I., which will account for the
English aspect of the interior of the palace. Tho gardens are the
great Sunday resort cf the strollers from Berlin. Tho centre of tho
palace is surmounted by a lofty domei\/ \\
apropos we may state that the
Dumas, at the Gymnase, has so enormotes'hGmi
impossible to get places, and that the orehest;
to give the utmost possible room.
A magnificent dinner was given last week to the corps diplomatique
by M. dc Kisselcff, the Russian Ambassador. Eacli of the guests had
a servant specially appointed to attend upon him, and to every lady
was offered a splendid bouquet in a neh pOrte-bouquet.
At M. de Girardin's totilrjilace last week a magical soiree with Mr.
Hume, attended by many notabilities.^ A supper ended the evening-
M. dc Girard in is occupied in arranging and correcting MSS. for a
complete edition of all his published/productions between the years
1836 and 1856.
Mon Temps,”
into four parts,
Questions E»
ruppose that
be entitled “ Ires Questions de
thick volnmes, and will be divided
Philosophiques, Questions Politique.;,
Financicres. It is impossible to
parts of tills work, especially the
second part, can appear precisely as they did in the times of their
first publication; nevertheless, it cannot fail to be one of great value
and interest, /\
It is reported as possible that the Presto, after its reappearance
on the 1st of February, will contain a novel of Victor Hugo in tho
feu:!Utrm. The Iqte attempt on the person of th8 Emperor is sup¬
posed to havoAceided the question that the site of the Opera will bo
transferred to that now occupied by tho Hotel d’Osmond, and that it
X s computedthattwo years will suffice to complete the theatre.
At Lyons is to be established on institution entitled the Tattersall’s
Lyonnais, not only for the sale, but also for the encouragement and
improvement, of the breed of horses. Agricultural implements will
also be introduced into tills establishment.
A myriad !airp» urn lit; a myrl»d voire# /
Swell in a grand omltnnt choml »onjr,
And Engined with her irnth/ul heart rtj
The crowded im«!n among.
Jn maty n town wash'd by the ocean.brineFx
In many a town, girdled by bowery h*u,—
6ttib.nr« are woven, plondoma shino,
And t*nnen flatmtr i' the breeze.
Why blare load trnmpwn? >Vliy do banner!
v uicV
it it fr r victory won
Or cf inet »omo hero wi
Lihe the tree men
Why plow, tho lain;
ndgbty vtraiDf' /
It it for blcKKllt ss Irit
Ho sttrcly winneth, Vi
brain.
From ipe*r-sarrca:ui
Lamp* plow, awl clarions flay,
twine.
Fcr Enpland's tUcpbter, “ r&e of thin fair
state.' 1
Who knrit this morning at tho bridal thrlne,
In levelled* elute'
And Yonth and Love knelt with her! and tho
heai t
Of Britain threbVd with fondeutsympathy;
And many a tbouph:ful mother wept apart,
And grave men bent tho knee;
And many a manly rcnl resolv'd. If e'er
Storm-ck*c« upon hex joyous dawn should
close-.
JANUARY 25 , 1858 .X?
^Thecrntoof geatla Womanhood to dory.
And sbuier England’s Bose.
O Danght'er of on ancient Hno ! O sprue
From Ei gloat*'« noblest blood! For
Will po, a nut Ion’s prayers. . . . Aroaod
\ flung
An iUnjiiro’i love will be !
garlands
If fV Victoria’s sake -theMolhcr-yaecn—
And for thy lather's sake—the nun of
Though t—
Tlura h'lphtocs round thee now tha feual
theevi.
And each great gifts are brought. ....
Tho gifta of love, end loyul’v. and praise . . .
If thus an Empire thmr rtjokiog share.
To that nad nights and loo*, lub.irloai days
They’ve given to Englind’* corn 1
Tnkf> i s ru example by them! In tho land
Vi hlch eoon will welcome tbeo. O »ujk to
rind
All souls to thloa by evcr-liberol hand.
Warm heart, and Haxon mind!
And thon, young Prince ! O guard tha gift
wo give ;
This fair pure maiden-heart, great England'a
pride I
In her high hnopinw?, wo charge thee, Bra :
C ling ever to her ddo.
Lot tby true heart bv os a holy ehrino,
Wburo, in unshaken trot, •h* may roposa ;
And take from mighty England's arms to
thine
Its deareft. foirfet Ro*e I
W. B. Dayckpobt Adams.
FOREIGN AND COL ONIAL NEWS .
FRANCE.
(From our own Corresponds ni .)
Paths, Thursdiy.
A variety of fresh details, and especially of reports, concerning the
lute attempt to assassinate the Emperor, are going the rounds; but
few of these are of much interest, and many of them are worthy of
hut little credit. M. de Moray continues to nector and talk
nonsense occasionally, hut that is nothing new nor deserving of much
attention; though, when it comes in an official form, it is well to sig¬
nalise the extent of the bombast. Mdrac. de Moray has presented her
lord with a daughter ; and lie has further added to his acquisitions, or
so it is said, the Courricr dc Paris. It is reported that the late
affair is likely to produce a very marked effect on the condition of the
public press, which will be yet further to cramp its liberty, and sab-
jugate it still more entirely to Governmental authority. The on dit
is that the non-political journals will be required to produce a cau-
tionnement, or security of 30,000 francs, and to have a five-centime
stamp, literary discussion having been found sometimes to serve
as a covert means of expressing the ideas of parties hostile to
Government. Furthermore, according to the same authority, measures
will be adopted to limit the freedom of controversy (!) of the leading
journals, and especially to prevent their making comparisons between
the institutions of the Imperial and other Governments, if un¬
favourable to the former. Take note that these reports are sach as
are considered the best fonr.ded.
At the last ball at the Tuileries the attendance was peculiarly bril¬
liant, and the Empress in great beauty. She wore a dress of white
tulle bouillomie, with tunic of white and gold looped op at either side
with blue velvet ribbons: in her hair a diadem of diamonds and
rubies, and blue velvet knots. Her parare was also of diamonds and
rubies.
The ladies of Sardinia have opened a subscription to present to
the Empress a magnificent monster bouquet of flowers from G 2110 a,
with a congratulatory address on her escape. /,
The Emperor passes most of his leisure hours in shooting, as/ the
time draws near for the closing of the cliassA In the fo^st^of Marly,
and in the private preserve at Trian, there has been sbrne^rilliarit
sport.
At the English Embassy took place, on Monday, a maguifici
honour of the marriage of the Princess Royal, at which/tl
and Empress took part. The Emperor at supper g.we/1
health and happiness to the Queen of England’s dime!
Empress was in high spirits. At the Tuileries there are c
the course of the winter several grand fiites. but
ones. M. de Niemverkerke has opened his
artistic receptions. Everywhere private theal
the day. Alexander Dumas lias promised to
for Mdme. de Girardin, who is to tak|c
^j)riyate
his usual
order of
expressly
a double
younger
iss ^Jiat it is almost
hks peen suppressed
Addresses of congratulation and letters from foreign Sovereigns
0?l3 have continued to pour in from tho capital and provinces, and from all
parts of Europe. Their Majesties ure continually before tho public
on foot, on horseback, or in carriages, and in all parts of tho
town. They havo also visited the wounded at tho hospitals, and
distributed alms, donations, and crosses with a liberal hand;
moreover, notice has been given that tho Legislature will bo aoplied
to for pensions for tho sufferers where right and necessary.* The
wounded are numerous; hut fortunately in goneral tho wounds are
rather of an irritating and troublesome than of a dangerous nature.
The best account on this subject is from tho pen of M. Larry, of
the military hospitals, from which we make a few extracts, as throw¬
ing light on the nature of tho explosion :—“ The wounds in general,”
he writes, " ure mall, and of little depth. Some stop evou imme¬
diately under the skin, others penetrate tho muscles, but ordinarily go
no farther than the surface. Tho holos made aro uneven and jagged,
end tho projectiles extracted from the wounds, and also in great
numbers frem the clothing, are extremely small. It is a sort of
mitraille produced by the breakage of the shells, very small and Yory
angular.”
The Budget of 1850 lias been laid before the Chamber. It oxcoads
that of the present year by two millions sterling, but leaves a surplus
of nearly the fame amount at the end of 1850. Tho Government pro¬
poses to appropriate at once tho greater portion of this excess of
income over expenditure to tho reduction of the national debt.
The Emperor has caused to bo notified to the French noblesse his
intention of creating a corps of pages, who ure to havo the honour of
attending on the Imperial person. None but scions of nobility will ba
eligible for this distinguished honour.
Tho Army of the Line ib to be divided under five great commands,
confided to Marshals, and having their general quarters at Park/
Nancy, Lyons, Toulouse, and Tours.
PRUSSIA.
Tho series of festivities with which tho marriageof Prince Frederick
Williem with the Princess Royal will bo celebrated iu Berlin was
opened on Monday evening by a brilliant ball, given by Lord Bloom¬
field, at the hotel of the English Mission, to between 400 and 500 guests.
One of the most distinguished guests and one of tho latest arrivals
was Baron von Humboldt, now in his ninetieth year, but still fresh iu
intellectual and conversational powers, and in his relish for the
pleasures of society.
The official programme of the ceremonial to be observed on the
arrival of tho Royal couple in Berlin is as follows:—On Saturday,
February 0, their Royal Highnesses will be received at the Potsdam
station of the railroad, at half-past two o’clock, by the Royal Princes,
Generals von Groben and von Willisen; the Commandant of Potsdam!
von Bonin; hia Majesty's Chamberlains, the -Burgermeister, and
Director of the Police of Potsdam. The procession will bo opened by
a picket of Hussars of the Guard, followed by the Marshal of tho-
Household, Major von Heinz, and tho Princess's Chambsrlain, Count
Perponcher, in a carriage and pair; his Maj.sty’s Chamberlains, Couat
Kcdtru, Generals von Sohreckenstein and vou Moltko, in a carriage
And pair; a company of the Gardes du Corps, with their band; a
Royal carriupe and six, containing the newly-married couple, and the
Mistress of the Household, Countess Perponoher; a eompauy of the
Garde du Corps ; a carriage and pair, with the Princess’s ladies iu
waiting; a similar carriage wiih tho Prinoe’s adjutants ; and beclosod
by a picket of Lancers of the Guard. Tho Commandant of Potsdam,
will ride on tho right side of the carriage containing tho bridal couple,
and the officer in command of the squadron of Gaido du Corps on duty
will ride on the left. As soon as the procession bogius to move twenty-
four guns will bo fired. At tho marble steps leading into the Stadt-
schloss the newly-mumed couple will be received by tho high officers
of the Court, and led into tho Marble Saloon, whore the Royal family
will be waiting to receive them. The officers of the garrison and the
various municipal authorities of Potsdam will be presented in tho
Marble Saloon, but tho ladies entitled to claim this privilege will be
presented in the Bronze Chu^ttber. At four o'clock the Royal family
will dine in private / \
On the following day, being Sunday, tho Court will remain at Pots¬
dam, and uttend Divine service in the Garrison Kirche. Dinner in
private.
On Monday morning, FebisS, the newly-married oouple will arrive
nt Bellevue Palace, inlhe ncighboiiHipod of this place, after paying a
visit tn the King and Queen at Chiirlottenberg. The procession thence
will be opened abouVxmib^o’clook by a picket of dragoons of the
Guards, the MarshaLqf the Household and the Chamberlain, in a car¬
riage and six; the,King’s Chamberlains in a carriage and six; Count
Redeni, Generals voiT ^chreckefistein and von Moltko, in a carnage
and six ; a company of the Gudes du Corps with their bond; the
state carriage and eight horses, with the young couple and tho Mis¬
tress of the Household; a company of Gardes du Corps; the Princess’s
ladies, in-ficarringo andsi^; tho Prince’s Adjutants, also in a carriage
and six, with a picket of dragoons of the Guard bringing up the rear.
Outride/of the Brahdenburger Thor the Pfinoe and Princesses will bo
welcomed by tho Governor and Commander of the city of Berlin and
the President of Police; on their passing through tho gato twenty-
four guns ^illJje nred; when once inside the gate they will receive an
address of-welcome from the Oberburgenneister and the municipal
authorities of the city. After passing along the Untor den
Linden an4 arriving at the Royal Sohkss the nouveaux marics
~^vill be received Dy the Royul Princes at the foot of
the grand staircase, and conducted into the White Siloons,
which has latuly been beautifully redecorate!, and here they will be
received^ by tho Royal Princesses. They will then proceed through
the apartments of King Frederick I. to the Brandenburgh Chamber,
receiving the welcome and congratulations of the Knights of tho Order
^©LThe Black Eagle, the Generals of the Army, the Ministers of State,
the Presidents of tho two Houses of the Diet, and the Cabinets•raethc
^>f his Majesty the King. At four o’clock there is to bo a state dinner
"rib the White Saloon; the remainder of the evening to be passed in
private.
On Tuesday there will be a d£j inner-dinstoire in tho apartments of
the young couple at one o'clock. At seven o'clock a cour will be held
in the Ritter Saal and in tho Picture Gallery. (Cour signifies here &
reception of all persons who are entitled, by thoir birth or station, to ba
present at Court festivities.) At eight o'clock there is to be a Pulonais©
ball in tho White Saloon.
On Wednesday the Prin:e and Princess of Prussia will give a grind,
dinner, after which there will be a gala performance at the Oporu
House.
On Thursday Prince Curl is to receive tho members of the Royal
family at dinner and in the evening there will oe a rout given by idle
Prince and Princess of Piussia.
UNITED STATES.
Tho Commander of tho Utah expedition, it is said, has written home
to say that he has provisions till June, and that there are such un¬
mistakable evidences of the intention of Brigham Young, with the
whole body of Mormonites, to seek another home elsewhere in the
spring, that it is needless to send further reinforcements. Other accounts,
however, justify tho belief that the Mormons will not abandon their
settlements upon the udvance of the United Scutes' troops into the
territory; but, on the contrary, that they are preparing to oppose the
progress of the militury forces of tho Government, and that with tho
opening of spring a bloody war is anticipated. The War Department
lies, therefore, determined upon reinforcing the army of Utah as soon
us practicable.
The chief news from Washington was an important message from
tho President (of which wo gave an abstract in tho late edition of this-
Journal last week) sent down with papers relating to Walker and tho
Nicaraguan expedition. Ho begins by saying thut in entering upon
the soil of Nicaragua to capture tho Filibuster the United States’
Commodore "committed a gravo error;” but, inasmuch as it was
done from the most pure and patriotic motives, and as Nicaragua
hus sustained no injustice, aud as the act will, in the language
of lawyers, enuro to her benefit, and as she makes no complaint,
the President contents himself with rebuking the Commodore
for his excess of zeaL Yet this rebuke, he adds, is not to ba
taken as evidence of any falling away from tho faith as promulgated
by the message. He is nono the less determined than before to execute
the neutrality laws of the United States. He is none the less convinced
of the justice and importance of those laws. “ The criino of setting on
foot or providing the means lor military expeditions within the United
States to make war against a foreign State with which we aro at peace
is one of an aggravated and dangerous character.” " Tho great object of
tho law was to save foreign States with whom we were at peace from
tho ravages of these lawless expeditions proceeding from our shores.”
"For those reasons,” the President continue!—
Had Commodore Paulding intercepted the steamer ifos Wan with General
Walker and his command on board at any period before they entered the
port of San Juan de Nicaragua, and conducted them back to Mobile,
this would have prevented them from carrying on the expedition,
and have been not only a justifiable, but a praiseworthy, act. This
well deserves the severe punishment inflicted upon it by our laws.
It violates the principles of Christianity, morality, and humanity,
held sacred by all civilished nations, and by uouo more than by
the people of the United States. Disguise it as we may, such
a military expedition is an invitation to reckless and lawless men
to enlist under the banner of any adventurer to rob, plunder, and murder
the unoffending citizens of neighbouring States who have never done
them harm. It is usurpation of the war-making power, which belongs
alone to Congress. The Government itself, at least in the estimation of
the world, becomes an accomplice in the commission of this crime, unless
it adopts all the means necessary to prevent and to punish it. It would
be fair better, and more in accordance with the bold and manly spirit 01
our countrymen, for the Government itself to get up such expeditions
than to allow them to proceed under the command of irresponsible ad¬
venturers. We could then at least exercise some control over our own
agents, and prevent them from burning down cities and committing other
acts of enormity of which we have read. The avowed principle which
lies at the foundation of the law of nations is the Divine command that
“ all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you. do ye even so
unto them.” Tried by this unerring rule, we should be severely condemned
if we shall not use our best exertions to arrest such expeditions against
our feeble sister Republic of Nicaragua. One thing is very certain, that a
people never existed who would sooner call any other nation to a stricter
uccouut than we should ourselves lor tolerating lawless expeditions from
their shores to make war upon any portion or our territories. By tole¬
rating such expeditions we shall soon lose the high character which we
have enjoyed ever since the days of Washington for a faithful performance
of our international obligations and duties; and inspire distrust against
us among the members of the great family of civilised nations. But, if
motives of duty were not sufficient to restrain us from engaging in sueh
lawless enterprises, our evident interest ought to dictate this policy.
Ibe8e expeditions are the most effectual mode of retarding American pro¬
gress. although to promote this is the avowed object of the leaders and
contributors in such undertakings. It is. beyond question, the destiny of
our race to spread themselves over the continent of North America, and
this at no distant day, should events be permitted to take their own
natural course.
The message is described as having fallen like a bombshell in the
Democratic camp; but after a little discussion, in which the Southern
Democracy were against the President, and Senator Seward, of New
York, took the load in his sup port, parties have rolled back again into
their ordinary positions.
General Walker has gone south, where a large force has concentrated
for Nicaragua.
Latest despatches from Kans as leave the result of the elections there-
still in doubt. Muoh excitement exi sted in regard to the matter
throughout Western Missouri,
Jan. 30, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
99
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
THE CALCUTTA MAIL.
We have received files of papers from Calcutta to tho 24th of De¬
cember, from Bombay to the 29th of December, and from Hong-Kong
to the ICth of December. The Bombay papers do not contain any
additional news.
The following is from the Calcutta Enylidiman of the 24th of
December:—
The last fortnight has not been fruitful in important news, but
official reports from various parts of the country show that our forces
are taking the ascendant, and that the only formidable resistance now
to be expected ft in Oude. For the present the subjugation of that
little kingdom is postponed. The Commander-in-Chief, it is under¬
stood, proceeds to Futtyghur to put down the revolted Nawab and bin
adherents, open tho communication with the upper provinces, and
trample out the smouldering fires of insurrection in Rohiicund.
The country will then be clear for operations against Lucknow,
in which he will be aided by Jung Bahadoor, at tho head
of 10,000 Nepaulese soldiers. The mutineers and rebels have
concentrated at Lucknow; they are preparing for a resolute defence;
and, having no favour to expect from their enemy, will probably hold
out as long as possaible. It is not anticipated by those who know the
country that any serious resistance will be made in any other part of
Oude; but tho forts in which tho chiefs and chuokledurs have been ac¬
customed to ensconse themselves, to resist their own King, must bo
destroyed; and the possession of cannon or any arms, except for
sporting, must l>e strictly prohibited. Whether this cum be accom¬
plished during the present cold weather is very doubtful, and it will
not be safe or prudent to keep tho British soldiers in tho field during
another hot and rainy season; and it is therefore by no means impro¬
bable that another year will elapse before the British flag flies tri¬
umphant over every town and oity in our Indian territories.
At present, though not, as some of the English papera suppose, be-
rieged in Calcutta, wo are cut off from all regular communication with
the western provinces. Occasionally a stray letter or newspaper
reaches ns, but no more; and until the post is restored to its normal
condition the natives will not recover their confidence in the stability
of British rule.
The following is from the summary of the Calcutta Fhccnu of De¬
cember 24:—
On November 20 Sir Colin attacked the Gwalior Contingent -with as
much of his anny us had crossed the rivor, and succeeded in gaining
ground. The tight was renewed on tho following day, and from thut
date, tbe 29th, up to the morning of the 7th December, when the
enemy fled. It wus continued daily, and on some occasions through
the night, with all the fierceness of a war in which no quarter is given
on either side. Tho loss upon both sides must havo ln?en great, but
that of the enemy is stated to be mauy timeB greater than that of the
Britiih forces. The day before'ho rebel army ilod had been occupied
by tho British artillery up to two p.m. in bombarding them with a firo
frem all the heavy guns. On this day alone the loss of the rebels must
have been tremendous.
The load taken by the fugitives was that by which they hadadvanced,
the Calpec road. They could not attempt to cross tho Ganges in tho
vicinity of an army which had so signally defeated them, an i, more¬
over, the bridge of boats at Cawnpore was in the possession of the
British, end exposed to tho fire of tho retrenchment. They worn
pursued by €ir Colin Campbell for sixteen miles, and lost sixteen iruns,
besides all their baggage. Tho remnant appears to have made uddtour
towards the Ganges, where, at a place called Suruya Ghat, near t:ho
email town of Ruddun k* Gurhee, they were come up with by another
division under Brigadier Hope Grant, as they were preparing to cros3.
Here, after a miserable resistance, they lost a considerable number of
killed, besides fifteen guns. They were, in fact, surprised, aud thus,
os the despatches have it, "happily terminated this particular cam¬
paign.”
■When Sir Colin Campbell fell back from Lucknow, with the relieved
Residency garrison and tho women and children, lie left Sir James
Outram with a division at the Alumbagh. This division is still,
according to the latest accounts, the only British force in Oude. It is
a strong division.
It is, therefore, evident that, no matter how long Sir Colin Campbell
may be forced to remain at- Cawnpore, tho British force at tho Alum*
bogh is capable of holding its own.
The arrival of Jung Bahadoor with a large force of Goorkahs to our
aid hue been officially announced in the Qovrrimeut Oazcttt. Brigadier-
General Macgregor has been appointed Military Commissioner to the
force, and British commissariat officers have been attached to it.
Another force, composed of Goorkahs and European treops, under the
command of Brigadier Franks, is also pushing forward for Oude from
the East.
Rohiicund still remains in the hands of tho pensioned Mahometan
official, who has set himself up as Nawab of the province. This man,
Khan Bahadoor, once a principal Sudder Amcen in the Company’s
courts, ha6 regularly assumed the governorship of the province, col¬
lects revenue, and hus appointed os his Ministers a number of Maho¬
metans, nearly oil of whom, it may bo remarked, were officials in the
East India Company’s service. Ilia rule is, however, said to be so
distasteful to the Hindoos that a small force of F.uropeana would suf¬
fice to restore the province to a state of order and quiet.
In the meantime Brigadier Grant's force, which, ufter the fight at
Suruya Ghat, advanced to Bithoor, is likely to huve been ordered':-
northwards to Fnttygurh, wheuco it will movo into Rohiicund, and,
after settling the Bareilly and Morauabad districts, proceed to
Meerut.
Koor SiDg was said at the time of the attack on Cawnpore to have
been with the Gwalior troops. Another account now has it that he is^
pushing towards Mirzapore, with a view of threatening that station.
In Bengal all as quiet as could be expected. The Dacca mutineer3
have received seme punishment at the hands of a small force of the
fith Fusiliers snd somo seamen, under Mr. Yule, C.jS., Captain
Burbank, <fec. The Julpigorie sowars are still rouming hbroud, and
some anxiety is felt relative to tho 73rd Native Infuntryut that station.
At Barruckpore, the 70th Native Infantry have again expressed their
readiness to proceed to China, and their wish is on this occasion to be
gratified. To tho south-east of the Bengal Presidency, iff thosedistricts
which belong rather to the southern presidency tban to this, some dis¬
turbances have broken out. ■ ,
The country south of Cawnpore—it may also he said to tho northern
boundary of the Nagpore province and west, as fur us the eastern limits
of the Bombav presidency—is in a dist urbed and disaffected state. The
rrinces of Gwalior, Indore, and some few others, have remained, as
far as we can learn, faithful to British interests; but,a good many
small Rajahs to the south have almost declured war ugainst us, while
some few have unmistakably done so... The country' about Saugor,
Jubbulporo, and generally in tho vicinity of those places, is infos cel
with Bondeelas, and bandits of every possible description. It is, how¬
ever, said that the advent of a sic all European force would paciiy
those districts. _.. " s v . \/
Nagpore still continues quiet: there ifi>, however, a pretty strong
force ot‘ Madras troops in the province, which cannot Safely bo spared
out of it. \ .
The peace of the Madras presidency is undisturbed, and its army
faithful. x . . .
On the whole, the present aspect of the country is one well calcu¬
lated to impress the natives with a salutary idea of the great power of
England.
The following telegrams from Indore, addressed by Sir Robert
Hamilton to Lord Elphinstone, have been placed at the disposal ot tho
press:— X" \ x_/
“Dec.52^1.35 am.—The column under Colonel Seaton, from Delhi,
moved on Gungcree near Rhasgun. The insurgents came out. aud a tight
euBued on the banks of the Keen Nuddy. The rebels were routed, losing
three out of four guns, and tso killed. Our loss was three officers killed
and one wounded. This news comes from Mr. Muir, dated Dec. 15.”
*• Dec, 22 , ll.&O a m.—The ADjecra Raja, his Minister, and three officials,
were tried by me this morning, and sentenced to be hung. Eight mutineers
blown from guns this evening, and one hung. All is quiet here.”
The Mcfmsilite states that the officers killed on the field at Gungercc are
Captain Wardlaw and Lieut Hudson, of the Carbineers. Lieuts. Vysc and
Head were severely wounded, and one of them (which not stated) after¬
wards died. Our other losses were comparatively small Amongst the
killed were several sepoys and Ghazees. The charge of our cavalry is
described as splendid.
The following is from the Lahore Chronicle of the 13th instant:—
•'There occurred a smart shock of an earthquake yesterday, about half¬
past six o’clock a.m. The motion appeared to be east and west The
♦arthquake lasted only about ten seconds, but was Yery severe; buildings
erenked and quaked under its influence, and, in fact it was the most
stvere shock Iclt in Lahore for many years."
fhc following telegram is from Colonel Seaton, dated December 17,
near l uttygurh:- "Pound the enemy strongly posted, with the town
in rear. Jhey opened at first with two guns, but afterwards with
several. Advanced Horse Artillery, flanked by cavalry. The infantry in
rear charged, and took eleven guns, camp, aud park. The enemy were
pursued seven miles. Their loss was 600, including many chiefs. Our
loss was trifling, one officer being killed."
CHINA.—THE ATTACK ON CANTON
We take tho following from tho Ovtrland China Mail of Doc. 16 :—
" The two squadrons are to act in concert, and, in token of tho alliance
the British, on tho 13th, hoisted tho French, and tho French tho
British, flags at tho main on board the men-of-war. Diplomacy con¬
tinues remarkably silent; we gather, however, that Yeh has been ad-
dreeted by Lord Elgin and Baron Grog separately, and that, failing his
acceptance of their conditions, the combined force will, in few words,
knock Canton about his ears. A notification in the name of the two
Plenipotentiaries isin circulation along the river, warningthe inhabitants
of the impending contingency, and urging them to look to themselves;
and some copies, we understand, huve been sent into the suburbs for
distribution. As nothing is tun her from probability than that Yeh
will not surrender unconditionally, the assault on the city, it is pretty
evidt nt, will take place in the course of a few days. All tho marinos
are in the river, and a portion were to land on the Honan side. The
artillery ere on board the troop-ship Moor effort, ready to start. Tlie
party of Engineers arrived by the mail steamer, with, it is said, four
cimpunies of tbe 59th Regiment, ure under orders to embark on board
the Lancashire Witch; and about 300 of the Chinese Coolie Corps go up
in the Indexible.'*
The Times correspondent at Ifong-Kong, writing on Dec. 16, gives
the following incident:—
On the aftenioon of Monday. Lieutenant Pym, of Arctic celebrity, who
now commands the Jiautirer, landed for exercise in the neighbourhood
of a Mandarin village some way down the river. He was accompanied
by Mr. 'VVirgman, the artist who is here sketching for the Illustrated
London News. Allured by the friendly appearance of the inhabitants,
they entered the village, and they appear also to have entered the house
of the Slandarin there. As the party returned to the boat the population
of the village encompassed theip and poured in a volley from gingals and
other firearms. Five men were killed. Lieutenant Pym wus snot through
both legs. Hie interpreter then jumped overboard, and waa followed by
several of the men, who retreated acn^s i e paddy-fields. They were
followed by the Chinese multitude, aud t-ix ** mnded. All this took place
within i jgnt of the JS'ankin, whence assista ce was. of course, dispatched
at the find sound o* firearms. The Nankin >nen arrived just in time to
rescue Lieutenant Pym. who was keeping me Chinese at bay with his
fwerd and revolver. Of the whole party every one was either killed or
wounded, except Mr. Wirgmon aud two seamen.
The Last Days of General Havelock.—Wc ha>e tlie
following account of Havelock’s death He first suffered from an at¬
tack of indigestion, which was speedily got under, and no apprehensions
w ere entertained before midnight on Nov. 20 , when unmistakable signs of
dysentery made their appearance. On the day following the General,
however, felt so furbettu* ns to be removed to the Dilkoosha, where the
change of air seemed to have produced some farther improvement. Early
on the morning of the 22 ud unhappily a change for Die worse
set in, and symptoms of a malignant description appeared in rapid suc¬
cession. It is some consolation to know that the attack throughout con¬
tinued free from bodily suffering. In full possession of his faculties,
about nine o'clock in the morning of the 24th November, the good, the
illustrious Havelock closed, in his sixty-third year] his career at the very
goal which, once attained, was destined to become .his mausoleum by the
side ot a Lawrence, and of so many otlfers of the best and bravest ol our
countrymen.” /
Naples— A letter from Naples dated the 19th iflst. says it is
nearly certain about 40,000 victims is the result pf the earthquakes. In
Basilicata hundreds have perished from hunger and by lockjaw. Two
other shocks—rather severe opes—happened in (>laln*Ia, and one near
fierniano, announced by rumbling noises, but causing no damage. The
Pope has given 3000 ducats for the Unfortunates of the earthquake; and
the chib ot tlie horse-races, at the head of which is the Conte d’Aquilu,
gave the sum of 2000 ducats that was to have been spent for the next spring
meeting. The sum subscribed by trie English here is about £ 1000 .
The Foreign Refugees in Geneva—T he Genevese Govern¬
ment has replied to the Federal Council that the result of the Investiga¬
tion made on the subject cf the refugees lias not led to the discovery of any
charge that can be brought to bear upon the attempted assassination oa
the 14th. The Government of Geneva adds that it will exercise a strict
surveillance over the conduct of the refugees.
Rumoured Political Conspiracy in Rosie. — The poliee m
this city have been excecdingly actiye Bince tlie news of the attempt of
tbe 14th in Paris. They have, or pretend to have, seized a number ot let¬
ters indicating that a political movement was projected to take place on
the loth of Jan war)*, and that the conspirators only awaited the signal of
insurrection. A number of persons have been arrested at Ascoh. They
confess, it is said, to having committed fifty political assassinations since
the year 1850.
OBITUABY
1Y OF
EMINENT PERSONS.
THE MARCHIONESS OF WESTMEATH.
Tin Most Nob!o Emily Ann Bennet Elizabeth, Marchioness of
■Westmeath, was the second daughter of James, seventh Earl and first
Marquis of Salisbury, and was bdrn the 13th July, 1789. Her Lady-
ehip^ was married, the 29th May, 1812, to George Thomas John
Nugeni, prc£cnt Marquis and Earl of Westmeath, then Lord Delvin.
Tho sole issue of this marriage has been a son. who was born in 1818
find died in the following year; and a daughter, the Lady Rosa Emly
Mary Anne, who was married, the 28th April, 1840, to Colonel Fulke
Southwell Grenville, of North Myrnma -place, Herts, M.P. for the
county of Longford, a cousin of the present Earl of Warwick, and has
Issue. The unhappy differences which have for so long a period sub-
fitted between the Marquis and Muxehioness of Westmeath have bo°n
frequently, unci even recently, brought before the public. It would,
therefore,* boas unnecessary as unpleasant to further allude to them
here. Tho Marchioness died on tho 21st inst., at her residence in the
flag-court, St. James's Palace. _
SIR H. R. DUKINFIELD, BART.
Thf. Rev. Sir Henry Robert Dukinfield, eoventh Baronet, of Dukinfietd
Hall, Cheshire, nnd the third son of Sir
Nathaniel, the fifth Baronet, was born the
1st June, 1791. lie was educated at Rugby,
and at Christ Church, Oxford, of which ho
was a M.A. Ho wont into holy orders, aud
became a Prebendary of Salisbury, and
Vicar of St Mar tin's-in-the-Fields. West¬
minster. This vicarage he resigned from ill
health in 1848. Ho succeeded to tbe old
baronetcy of his family at tho demise, unmar¬
ried, of his eldest surviving brother, Sir John
Lloyd, the sixth Baronet, on the 7th Decem¬
ber, 1836. Sir Henry died on the 24th
inst., at his house, 33, Eaton-place, lie
married. 7th December, 1836, Jane, daughter
of Sir James Crawford, Bart, and widow
of General Chowne, but hod no issue: ho
was the survivor of all his brothers.
The only one of them who married was the Rev. Charles Eger-
ton Dukinfitld, Vicar of Eden Hall, who died in 1840. leaving
daughters only. The first Baronet, .Sir Robert Dukinfield, who was so
created in 1665, was father of twenty-four children, and yet it is now
doubtful whether thero beany descendants in the male lino existing
to inherit the baronetcy.
The Church Building Society has this month made grauls
of money in aid of the following objects:— Building a church at Kllnhurst,
a new district near Rotherham. Yorkshire; Cowpen, in the parish of
Horton, near Blyth, Northumberland; rebuilding the churches at Boyn¬
ton, near Stockport; Swan age, Dorset; and Maltby, near Rotherham;
cnlargingor otherwise increasing the accommodation in the churches at
Spettisbury, near Blandford ; Bovey Tracey, near Newton Abbott; Bed-
dmeham. near Lewes; Eyke, near Woodbridge; Walsoken, near Wis-
beach; Beccles. Suffolk; Great Oakley, near Kettering; and Brocken-
borough, near Malmesbury. The grants formerly made towards building
the church at Penn, and reseating the churches at Great baling near
Braintree, and Beckingham, near Newark, have been increased under the
urgent circumstances represented.
Edward McEvoy, Bsq., M.P. for the county Meath, wc are
happy to say, is recovering from the accident he met with recently while
out shooting.
EPITOME OF NEWS—FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
It is rumoured that Admiral Lord Lyons will succeed Lord
Stratford de Rcdcliffe as Ambassador at Constantinople, and that Vice-
Admiral Fanf'liawe will have the command of the Mediterranean
squadron.
The British Museum was closed on Monday, on account of the
Princess Royal’s marriage; whilst, for thi- same reason, special pafhs
was taken to inform the public that the South Kensington Museum were
open free on that day.
Lord Palmerston has granted a pension on the Literary Citff
List of £100 a year to the widow of Douglas Jerrold.
Tlie Queen Mother of Oude died in Paris at one o’clock on
Sunday. Her Majesty only arrived on the previous Thursday in Pari*,
whither she had gone for the benefit of her health. Tbe funeral took pace
on Wednesday.
Tlie King of the Belgians has bestowed upon Mr. Henry Brad¬
bury tlie Belgian gold medal of merit, for nature-printing.
The number of patients relieved at the Royal Free Hospital*
Gray’s-inn-road, last week was 216l7df which 651 were new cases.
It is said to be the intention of the Government to send out
troops for India overland by the steamer Leva, sailing on the 4th proodfoo
for Alexandria. x" \y
The ceremony of turaihgvthe first turf of the Dartmouth and
Torbay I tail way was accompanied by a holiday at Torquay on Thursday
week.
The Chambers of Commerce in Austria have almost unaiA-
mousiy declared themselves in favour of the abolition ef the usury laws
and of free trade; they have also demanded a new code of commerce.
u Never within the memory of man,” says the Sa/ut Public of
Lyons, “ have the waters of the Rhone and of the Saone been so low as M
the present moment. Navigation hag become completely impossible,
except by boats of the lightest draught."
The number ol patients relieved at the City of London Hospital
for Diseases of the Chest, Victoria Park, last week was 1043, of which 14G
were new cases.
'Ihe Siccle makes an announcement of considerable importance—
the discovery of very valuable gold deposits in the He Bourbon, a French
possession, near the Mauritius.
In the year 4856 the mails conveyed by contract packets between
tlie United Kingdom and the Australian colonies (to nnd from) 1,467^34
letters, and between tlie United Kingdom aud the East Indies aud Clima,
lto and from) 1.532,267 letters.
A good -service pension of £50 per annum has been bestowed on
Brevet Colonel M Byrne, unattached, by II.R H. the Commander-in-
Chicf. He is an officer of thirty-four years’ service, aud was wounded at
Sebastopol
The Wnllnchian Government on Sunday promulgated the firman
dissolving the Divans.
General de Constant dc Rcbecque, a near relative of the cele¬
brated Benjamin Constant, has just died at Amsterdam.
Tlie Government emigrant ship NuijgcU 1128 tons, sailed from
Southampton on Wednesday week, for Adielaide, South Australia, with
3S4 emigrants.
Preparations arc making for the intended distribution of proceeds
arising from the brig Annina captured on tlie 24th of May, 1855, by her
Majesty’8 ship Spitfire.
The deliveries of tea in London estimated for last week were
P57,»S5lb.. which is a decrease of 30,0201b. compared with the previous
statement. ;
Miss Hogg, the eldest daughter of the Ettrick Shepherd, has had
conferred upon her a civil list pension of £40 a year. Mrs. Hogg, the
poet s widow, enjoys a pension of £ao.
A public meeting will be held this day (Saturday) week in
Wilifs’s Rooms—Lord Panmurcin the chair-for the purpose of promoting
a tribute to the memory of Sir-Henry Montgomery Lawrence, K.C.B.,
who fell in the defence of Lucknow.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Edmund
Aruout Grattan, Esq., to be her Majesty’s Consul at Antwerp.
A race came off* on Monday at the Hippodrome of Longchamps.
the prize run for beluga masterpiece of Paul delu Roche, value 10,000
francs.
The trustees of the British Museum have purchased the Bliss
Correspondence, from the executors of the Oxford Doctor.
On Christmas Day the congregation at Forfar was summoned to
Divine service, for the first time since tho Revolution of 1GS8, by the ring¬
ing of a bell.
The Moniteur publishes a decree raising the salaries of the
French Bishops from I2,000f. a year to 15.000/. a year, from the 1st inst.
Joachim liaspingcr, the renowned clerical leader of the Tyrolese
in 1809, has just died at the I raperinl castle of Mirabel, near Salzburg, at
the ripe age ot eighty-three. The French invaders nicknamed him
•‘Capuchin Redbearii."
On Thursday week the Lord Bishop of Chester, entertained a
party of seventy poor o'd men and women to a bountiful dinner of English
fare, nt the palace. I Tie Misses Graham waited on the party, and the
worthy prelate and his family did all in their power to render tlie recipi¬
ents of tlieir bounty happy and cheerful.
Mr. Maskelyne, Reader in Mineralogy in the University of
Oxford, has bceu appointed Curator of the Minerological Collection in tlie
British Museum.
The olive crop of the south of France has just been gathered*
It is plentiful, and the oil is of superior quality.
Mr. Richard Deasv, Q.C., and M.l\ for the county of Cork, has
been appointed Third .Sergeant in the room of Sergeant O’Brien, promoted
to the vacant scat on the bench in the Court of Queen’s Bench.
Three steamers are being built in Dutch dockyards for the
Enperor of .lupan. One, called the Jeddo, Is about to noddle away from
Rotterdam, under Captain Gerkens : it bag a scientific library on board.
Dr. Cronin, a medical gentleman living in Bruton* street,
recovered last week £250 damages from Viscount Bowers court, who had
knocked him down with his cab and greatly injured him.
A preparer of musical instrument strings—in other words, a
catgut manufacturer—has been fined £10 at Chorlton-on-Medlock, for th?
nuisance of carrying on his business.
The Havre and Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce arc agitating
for a total reduction of the sugar duties, both home made and colonial.
In the case of parricide at Over Darwin (of which we last week
gave an account) Catherine Kernshaw, wife of Hie deceased and mother of
the prisoner, lias been again taken into custody, and tlie magistrates have
committed her lor trial.
Six hundred marines have embarked this week at Cherbourg on
hoard the screw Soane, for the Chinese waters. Half a brigade is the
amount of troops on their wny to join Admiral Gcnouilly.
A bankruptcy was annulled last week at Hull, owing to the
assets. £39, not being sufficient to pay the expenses.
The Benchers of the Middle Temple arc preparing to erect a
new library, tbe site of whirli is to be the garden adjoining the river—the t
proposal to erect the bailding ou the site of the fountain having been
abandoned.
Photographic pictures of the Queen, Prince Allvcrt, aud the
Frincfss Royal. In their magnificent bridal robes, were taken by Mr. T.
R. Williams, on Monday morning, at Buckingham Palace, immediately
previous to the celebration of tho Royal nuptials.
The Worcester Herald says :— “Wc regret to find that a hitch is
likely to eccur at Hereford this year in the arrangements for continuing
the Triennial Festivals. It is understood that the Dean of Hereford luv«
set his face against the perja-luat'Oti of this custom, and expressed his
wish that the funds of the Clergy Charity should be maintained from
some other source."
Le Pags states that u the religious of Notre Dime de Sion have
bought at* Jerusalem the ruins of the Prctorinra, in which was pronounced
the condemnation of Christ. The Ottoman Governraent has Authorised
this pious community to construct a convent at Jerusalem, in the interior
of which these precious ruins will be preserved.
At the recent examination of about eighty lads, between the age
of thirteen and sixteen, for admission as apprentices into her Majesty's
dockyard at Devonport, more tlian half wore unable to say tho Lord’s
Prayer, and as many or more were unable to say perfectly any of the Ten
Commandments.
Several orders for the protection of married women’s property,
under the New Divorce Act have been made during the past week in tflfe
metropolis and in the provinces. In one case the husband, a farmer, had
gene abroad, greatly in debt, leaving his wife to meet the creditors: she
paid ofl’ All the debts, and restocked the farm. In another case the Wife
had acquired eleven houses since her husband’s degertioh in 1848,
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
THE raOCF8«ION OF THE ROYAL PARTY IN THE T«JKONE-UOOM. NT JAMES S PAU.CE.-(SEE COLOURED SUPPLEMENT.)
THE PROCESSION IN THE COLONNADE, ST. JAMES’S PALACE.—(SEE COLOURED SUPPLEMENT.)
i.'WV
v.
MOT
WPlL-U. .
30,1858 ’J _ THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
THE ROYAL MARRIAGE: THE BRIDEM AIDS. — (see coloured supplement.)
102
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 30, 1858
CALENDAR FOR TI1K WEEK.
Slnday, Jan. 31.—8eptnageslma Sunday.
Mwday. Feb. 1 .—Hilary Term ends.
Tuesday. 2 .—Purification. Candlemas Day.
Wednesday, 3.—Blaise.
Thursday, 4.— Twilight begins at 5h. 40m. I9h. 10m . p.ra.
Frida v. 6 .— Agatha. Victoria Cross founded, 1S56. Moon 0 last quarter,
Saturday, 6 — Insurrection at Milan, 1S53.
TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT LONDOX-BRIDGE,
FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 0. ISM.
Fumliiv. | Mmulny. I Tut-wlar- Tw<*lne.vlay. I Thursday. | FrkUy. ) Suturtluy
w
M
A | 51
A | M | A
51 | A
h in
li m I li m
li ut 1 h m i h m
h in h m
3 K
3 47
4 0
4 2fil 4 43
5 3 ’ 5 21 5 37
B EK MAJESTY’S THEATRE.—Extra Performances,
TucftdaT. Feb. 2, TburvJav. Feb. 4, Poterday, Feb. 6—On Ttto«Uy. Fab. 2. LA
WAYIATA. Piceolomini *nd Giuglim. On Thursday, Feb 4, LA 80NNAMBULA. IMcco-
Icmlnl, Sannirr. Bellctti. Giug;linl. On Saturday. Feb 6. will be produced. for the flr»t tinia
hi Era.'aml, LA ZINGAKA, being the Italian venJun of Balfe’s opera of the ** Bohutman Girl.'
by Tlocolomlni, Bennicr, BelfertL Vialettl, and GlugUnl. To conclude each arenlmr writ* th »
succutful dlrotlltnnoot, br M. Muiol. entitled l/HYMEXEB.—PriCM:-Rt stalls. DU. 6d.;
boxes (to hold four person*), pit and ono pair. £12*.; grand tier, £3 3* ; two pair, £15*.;
three pair, IS*.; gallery fcoxre, 10*.; gallery stalls, 3*. 6d.; gallery, 2a; pit, 3*. Gd.
fTVHEATRE ROYAL, IIAYMAKKET.—On Monday, Feb 1,
I and during the Week, tho Comedy of TUS RIVALS, ns performed by the Himnarkot
Ccmpanv. bv command of her Majesty, nt Her Majesty's Theatre, by Mr. Buckstono, Mr.
Clilppt'udalf’ Mr. Hudson, Mr. Kooky. Mr. Howe. Mr. W. Forren, Mis* Uovii>ld.«, Mrj.
Pqynti-r, and Mr*. K. Fittw llliaro; after which, every Evening, the Panto-nlmo of THE
8LEFFJNG BKAUTY IN' TUE WOOD: or. Harlequin and tho Sp'tafuJ Fairy. The lad
S ORNING PEllFOKMANCE of the PANTOMIME on Thursday next, Feb. 4; oommonco
Twq, conclude by Four.
E OYAL PRINCESS’ THEATRE.—Under tho management
of Mr. CHARLES KEAN—On Monday and during the Week will bo presetted
ipeare'a Play of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. And tho Pantomime every evening.
DELPHI THEATRE.—Genuine Snccess of THE POOR
STROLLERS. Mr Borjamin Webstor, Mr. Wright, Madsmc Ccl**ate. THE 8PITAL-
FIKLDS WEAVER, a* corrmandrd by her Majesty, And THE LOVES of CUPID and
PSYCHE. On the 15th of February Mr. and Mr* BARNEY WIuLIAMS will Appear for a
few?N'ighl*.
R
UTV]
OVAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee and Manager, Mr.
_ CHARLES DILLON.—On MONDAY and during the Week Leigh Hunt’* New Play,
. _ f*KRS’ AMAZE MENT8. After which. firet rime, a new and original Domestic Dram*, br
Weatlag^Mttnton. Em-. entitled A HARD STRUGGLE. To ooncit.lu with LALLA BOOKH.
S URREY THEATRE.—On MONDAY, and during the
week. WILLIAM TELL: Mr. Crrewick, &c. Each evening QUEEN MAS: or,
H«4fquin Romeo and Joliet. Queen Ma*>, Mia* E. Wel*t«r; Romeo, Mr. Bolmoro; Har-
leqifln, Mr. Glover: Columb’n©, Mlsi Wlllmott; Clown, by the Surrey favourite Back; Pan¬
taloon. Mr. Bradbury: Sprite. Bond
A STLEY’S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — Lessee and
IA Manager. Mr. WILLIAM COOKE.—On MONDAY, FEB. I, the Military SrMctuuto
of THE SIORMING and CAPTURE of DELHI. Succeeded by novel and elegant SCENES
in;die ARENA. Concluding with Mr Wm. Cooke’s Grand Equestrian Comic Pantonrm* of
D®.' QUIXOTE and hi* SI ICED BOSlNANTK. Tho Monitro Car drawn by Twelvo Mllk-
wuite Hrwf-oa abreast: and other magnificent effect*.
M
S TANPABD THEATRE, Shoreditch.—Every Evening, to
commence with the Pantomimo of GEORGY PORGEY; or, Harlequin Daddy Long
Leg*, with all l!» Splendid EfToct*. Magnificent Hcinery. Costly Dreaao*. and Gorgowt
Ttan*formation Scene. Prcnounrcd unequalled. To conclude with THE WAITS. Day
Performance every Monday at half-past Twelve.
R. ALBERT SMITH’S MONT BLANC, NAPLES,
POMPKU, and VESUVIUS Erery Night (except Saturday ), at Eight, and Tues-
Thuraday. and Saturday Afternoona, at Three.—Places caji- be secured at *he Box-
ofiice, EGYPTIAN HALL, daily between Eleven and Four, without any extra chargo.
ROFKSSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL.—ST. JAMES’S
THEATRE.—WEDN 1 8DAY and SATURDAY AFTERNOON3 at 3. and every
Evening at 8. Stall*, &F‘\ Balcony Pulls. 4s ; Bono, 3a.; Pit. *• ; Gallery. Is.: Private
Boxes Two Guineas, One Guinea and a Half, and ono Guinea. Places to be secured at Mr.
AUicLcH's Royal Library, 33, Old Bend-street.
M ADAME TUSSAUD’S EXHIBITION, at the Bazaar,
Baker-street. D lt H- tbc Princore Royal, H R.II. Iho Prince Frederick of Prussia.
1‘wtralt Models of tho above illn'triouf personages, to whom the whole nation wish health
and happiness, are now added. Open ..‘out Eleven till duak, and from Seven till Ten. Ad¬
mittance Is.; extra room, fid.
OYAL GALLERY of ILLUSTRATION, 14, Rc^rent-str eet.
Mr aud Mrs. GERMAN REED (late Misa P. Horton) this Afternoon, at Threo o'Ciock.
Adrohsion. Is aud St.; stalls. 3*
T7RNTRILOQUIBM.—EXETER HALL—NEWMAN and
f FAMILY (UNRIVALLED) will give their extraordinary ENTERTAINMENT A on
TUESDAY EVENING. February 2nd. To commence at Eight Front seats, 2s.; back. Is.;
Children half prior*. Private nartiwi attended.
C HRISTY’S MIX STEELS, Polygraphic Hall, King William-
street, Strand.—l?9th CONCERT. Commocclne nt 8 On Saturday a Maru'ng Per¬
formance, commencing ax 3. •* Hoop-dee-Doodem-doo ” Sightly. Prices Is., 2a., and 3a.
S ~¥. MARTIN’S HALL—ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS,
under the direction of Mr JOHN RULLAH.—Season 1858.—Second Concert (of tbc
bt Hcs of six' TUESDAY EVENING, FEB. 2, to commence at Eight o’clock precisely. Pro¬
gramme:—Part I. Overture, “Leonora” (Beethoven); Recitative. “Me. when tho sun ”
(Ilacdcl). Air. “Hidemo from day'#garish eyo ’* (Handel), Miss Bunks; Aria. “O d-1 mlo
dolce ardor " (Stnuiella), Mbs Dolby; Symphony In C minor. No. 1 (Mendelssohn). Part II.
Grand Heptot. for tho pianoforte, flute, oboe. horn, viola, vloloncell >, and double baas (Hum¬
mel). Mins Howell (her first appearance). Mfwrs. Rocks tro, Nicholson. Mann. Webb. Chipo,
and Howell. Air. “Return, return, revolting rebels:" (Purcell). Mr. Thomas Finale
(second act), Axor and Zemlra (Spoilt', Mis* Banks. Miss Fanny Rowland. Miss Dolby, Mr.
Thorje Peed, and Mr.Thomas; Ballad. “Bonnie George Campbell ” (Hullah), first time of
performance. Mias Dolby; Overture, “Obcron " (Wobor). Ticket*, 5a , 2*. tkl., and la. For
the series—Stalls, £1 la. : GaBerics. 10* fid.
_son arc Rooms. TUESDAY*, FEB. 9 and S3. MARCH 9 and #3. Subscription Ono
Guinea. Early application is requested for tho rimalnlnr reserved place*. The Ixnt pro¬
curable talent will bo engaged for Chamber Instrumental Masio, with ocoisloiuU Glees, Sc.
Plans, prospectus, Ac., to bo had of Cnuncr and Co., Chappell and Co ; and farther pxrtluplari
by idler Redressed to * J. ELLA, Director.
S ACKED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL.—
Conductor, Mr. COSTA—FRIDAY’ next, 5th February, Mcndotssnhn’«. ^LIJAH.
Vo<eli*t»: Mndamo Clara Novello, Mr*. Temple, Mias Dolby, MU* Palmer, Mr. Hims lleayo*,
nnd Mr Santlev. with Orchestra of nearly 700 performers. Tickots, 3j., la, ,/audIOi. 6d.
each, at tho Society's Cfflcc, No. 6, in Exoter Hall. < \
M I^S JULIA ST. GEORGE’S HOME and FOREIGN
LYRICS—EDINBURGH, Feb. Island tho fith —Pianist, F. Emllb Berger.—A-hL-os*.
llarttvann and Co., 88, Albany*street, N.W.
_ _“SOPHIA AND ANNIE'S" FIFTH YEAR.
rrtHE BISTERS SOPHIA and ANNIE, in their Original
A Entertainment, entitled SKETCHES FROM NATURE, will appear al Dumfrie*, Feb.
2»d and 3rd: Wlgtou. 4th; UlveretoPO. 5tti.
F OR FAMILY ARMS, send to the LINCOLN’S-
INN HERALDIC OFFICE, the Establlsbed authority In England, which for
many year* has emblazoned and quartered Arms, with that authenticity known through¬
out Europe. Sketch. 3a. fid., or stamofl.—H. BALT. Tnrnltile, Lincolninn.
L incoln’s-inn heraldic office —g entle m en
having SKETCHE8 employ pencni who do not Emblaxan by tho I^awa of Heraldry. For
tho protrciion of the Pablio the Hcraidie Office now executes Engraving Ac- Bo 3k-plate Anns.
21* Crest on Seals or Kings. 8*. 6d.—H. HALT. Turnstfio, Lincoln’s-inn.
H eraldic studio, Library, and index of the
Heralds’ Visitation*, Open Daily. TOe LINCOLN'S-MS MANUAL of HERALDRY:
a Description of the Bdenoe. 4i» Engwtving*, 8a* or Romps.—H. BALT, Groat fore a hie.
Lincoln’c-lnr.
F OR FAMILY ARMS.—Persons anxious to ascertain a tree
»<l ««»•• yzMBM-jfJWr Snmbl BauHw, an awM to tend baiul
Cousty to the Royal Heraldic Office. The only place for authentic Information. No fee for
* * ** “ * inra. . p it.\Pnniilr PmII^taaS la. 11 ... n..u TM_._
mRlBUTE to the MEMOBY of SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY
LAWRENCE, K.C.B., who fell In the Dofonco of Lucknow.
A PUBLIC MEETING will »w held on 8A1URDAY, PKB. 6. at Ono o’clock, in
WILLIS « BOOMS. ^ K . ghlHoo panMURE, G.C B., in Ihe Chiir.
Office pro fcm.. \ Old-square. Lincoln’s Inn. W.C. ...
Contributions v> iU be received by the Hon. Secretary, a* above; anl by Meests. Hoare,
37, Fleet-atreet; Messrs. Rsnsom, Bonvorie, and Co, I, Pail-mall Eait; and Messrs. Wil¬
liams, Deacon, aud Co., 20, Blrchln-iano-
uaoia, w * SDH’. P. HATUAWAV, Hon. Soe.
0.11EAT
Train* from London.
King's-cross Station.
NORTHERN RAILWAY.—LONDON (King’s-
cross Station' and MANOUEHTER.
Trains from Manchester.
Loudon-road Station.
Leave
6 f n a. m. )
•7 30 „ >
15 .. )
10 0 „
10 15 „
1 45 p m.
5 0 „
Arrival.
( 26 p.m.
10 20
10 0
•fi
Leave
5 am.
I 45 p.m.
Arrival
4 15 p.m.
4 0 „
t 55 „
fi 0 „
'J 30 „
10 0 „
3 30 a-in.
SUNDAYS.
Lears Arrival. | Leave Arrival.
5 0 p. m. 10 0 p.m. *7 0 a m. 7 45 p m.
| 6 0pm. 19 0 „
Fauna— 36*. First Class; 26*. Second Class, by all Trains; and 15a. 8d. Third Claai, by Trains
marked *.
Care most be taken at Manchester to ask for Ticket* rift the Great Northorn route.
Trains, until further noiice. will leave King's-cross Station every Wednesday and Satur¬
day. nt 10.0 a.m., for Manchester; imd Manchester on tho same days, at 9.56 a.tn., for
King’s Cross, by which Tickots will be istued at 21s. First Class, and 12*. fid. Cloeel
Carriages, available for return by the aamo Trains on tho Wodneiday or Saturday next
following tho dsto of issue: and Tickets, available for 2d days, will be Issuod by the 10.0 a.m.
and 6.0 p.m Trains from King’s-cross daily, and by th* 9.65 a.m and 5.0 p.m. Trains from
Manchester daily; returning by the same Trains within 28 days of tho date of Usuo.
Fares: 37s. First-class, ami 17*. Closed Carriages.
Tickets are 1-sued by tho some Trains, and on the same conditions, to and from Ashton,
Staley Bridge, Guide riridge, and King's Crcas- _ . .
Day Tickou, available for seven days, are fawned by any Tram from King a-croui Station
to Manchester, at 52*. fid. Flret Class, and 37s. Gd. Second Class. „ v
Ticket* at tho above fares can be obtained at tho King's-cross Station, and (for Manchester
only) at tho Great Northern Receiving Offices. Bull and Mouth, St. Martla's-le-Grnml; 16.
FisWreet-biil; *64. Holboni; 32. Hogent-ciroua, Piccadilly; 62 and 63, Brldgo-mod. Lam¬
beth; 269. Strand; 38. Charing-cruas; 27, King-atrect, Chcapsido; 351, Oxford-street; George
Inn, Borough; 43 and 44, Crutchcd-friaes. ..... ,
For further particular* see tho Time Tnhloi of tho Company and tho Excursion Handbills.
King's-cross Station, January 1,1858. By onlor.
mHE WESTMINSTER PALACE HOTEL COMPANY
(Limited).
NOTICE IB HEREBY GIVEN, That, in pnrauanee of tho Artic’o* of Asaxiatiou of the
■aid Company, the FIRST ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of tho Company will l»o
hold*n a;tho Company's Offices. No 6, Parliament-street, Westminster, on MONDAY, the
1st fay of FEBRUARY next, at Three o’clock m tha Afto uoon, for the purpose of elec log
Directors and Auditors, receiving the report and accoun s, and for tranisctlog tha ordinary
busulwa of th* Company.
At this meeting the whole body of Director* must retire from office, but they are ro-
cligiblo, and will offer themselves for re-riectlsn.
Any Shareholder wishing to appoint a proxy must forward Iho appointment to the
Pocrelorv, so that bo may havo the same at or bofore threo o'Ciock in thu afternoon of
'.Saturday, January 30, and any Pharehoklsr intending to anbalt any resolution to, the Mooting
beroM the matxers contained In ibis notice must glvi not leas l -ran ten days’ prevlou^
■ottee of th* same, by having a copy of tho resolut on at tko roris***®' offio® of ibo Company,
a* above.—By order, H- WtxriELD OkAOS, docrota ry.
No. 5, Parhamont-s'reet, Westminster. Jan. 20, 1858.
TjINGINEERS’ and AGE UNITED ASSURANCE
Pi POCTETlEa. 315, flirand. London. W.C.
W. F. DOBSON*. E*rj., M A . Woodvillo. Gruvesend, Chairman and
C ITY of LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIE'I
. 18, New Bridge-street, HUckfriars.
S PECIAL APPEAL.—FUNDS are greai
CANCER HOSPITAL. London and Hr
TREASURER —Wm. Loxham Famr, Esq., fit, Lit
Bankers -Messrs. Coutts and '
Secretary’s Office and Out-Putient*' Dopartme
N.B. Tbc Public is invited to visit both the lmd'
OYAL SOCIETY for the FREY:
to ANIMALS.
Patron*—H er MAJESTY tho QUTi’
President-T ho Most Hon. tho Marquis of-WB
Tho Committee l»og to urge upon tlio/attentiju of tho publio tha cl.
and self-recoinmeoding Fockty.
Annual Subscriptions, Donations,
R
Offices, 12. Pall-mall, Janusn - , jffiJ
E OYAL ASYLUM
tary Contributions, affoi
Children or those once In prosper!
Tho HALF-YEARLY Ki.KCTI
Subscription- gratefully rccch
Office. 2, Watbrook.
N of CRUELTY
ER.
of this important
11 be most Uunkfaily received,
'ommlttoe.
Gkoror Miudlktox, Sec.
SOCIETY.—By Volun-
Blalntouance, and Education to
arv7/n*tlm.
the 12th of FEBRUARY noxt.
Edward Frkiikkiuk Lekks,
Socn-tarv.
WIDOWS.
rraie^r I* yv ola n •. a ry contribotlons.
A\vum iurrtolillcrs' Widows, atfordlug not temporary
id support
ved by the Commit? .*o; Messrs. Cou'.U, Strmd;
,UM for' j SOLDIERS’
0AMBRIDGE
Thb Institution is theoi
relief only but a pennant:
Subscriptions ladvertj»ed) prntoi ........
the Collector, Mr. Charles Turner, 81, Pork-street. Grosvcunr-square; or
' \ \ J. Rr.vHUt.t. Ci.nvkKTON. Acting Secretary.
Office, 19. Parliament-street. B.W., Jijn^try. 1858._
S YDENHAM COLLEGIATE SCHOOL.—Principal, Rev. W.
TAYLOR JOKES, M.A.. Queou'a Collego, Cambridge; Follow, Examinor, aud Vico-
lYesMont of the Collvgoof l*recopt'ir:.. ...
’Die Pupils receive a sound education, adapted to tho roqnircmont^ of tho age, an t havo froo
admiislou to tbe magnitlccnt-Museum of Art, Scloace, and HUtory collected in the Crystal
Palace aud Ground*; and tin we* arc formed, whereby tho lull oduoutional advantage* of
this unrivalled -collection nroihftdo available.
Sydenham Hall is rielightfully situated, midway between tho Forest HID and Sydenham
Slatimis. and i - replete with every arrangement tor promoting the moral, phyaical, aud intel¬
lectual crfoca' loiTofDioPupUs.
The Spring Term will Commence Monday, Feb. 1.
For prospectuseshpply to Rev. W. Taylor Jnaes, M.A., Collegiate School, Sydsnham, S.E .
M USICAL UNION SOIREES. Sixth Season. Hanover- fllHE VICAR of a small Parish on the Hanks of the Tees,
square Rooms, TUESDAY, FEB. 9 and S3, MARCH 9 and 13. Subscription Ono \ 1 eddrated at Rugby, under Dr. Arnold, and aflcrwmls n* Cambridge, RECEIVES TNVO
search. Sketch, 2*. 6d: in colours, x Family Pedigrees traced, 10s. ALo, Book Plate,
with Arms, 10*.; Cres} on seal er ring. 7*. - The Manual of Heraldry,*' 400 Engravings. 3*.
”, with Index to tho Herald’s Visitation*.—T. CULLETON.
Studio and Library «
Genealogist, Ac., It
and quartered.
o (one door from 8t. Martin’s-buiej, W.C. Arms paiaieii
A RMORLAL BEARINGS.—No charge for search .—Sketch
5(-|“ a dMcrtption. 2e.(kl.vfa coloaf,.-k. Crest* on seals or rings. 8s ; on die, 7*. Solid
* ,Bj '* !,inrh< f*‘ ?H f' J ® r , 1 b '?°^' 0 , nc rinB. engraved with ereat, two guineas
1 • moling (who has received tho Gold Medal for engraving), «4, High Holborn, W.C. Prlco-
ilt post-ires,
P RICE’S PATENT CANDLE COJUPANY (Limited) beg to
MU ■IMnflon to tho NEtV PEWTING on tho WBAPPXRS of tholr P.tont Com-
t ' J CT *l lnn ^ valaod costomers have cor-’p.alnod of oUiur dealers selling
<1< * c, l pU v oai of tho Company's Com plaits Candies as the best. To protect
22£?5brH Jn- 81 * P ul>Uo *«aln«t the continuance or this, the Company will is
folnro dlotlnctlr inork tub nn.lltr-Hm, hooood. Thlnl, ot Fourth.
__ Price s I stent Co ndi* Company (Llmitod). Bcdmont, Vauxhall, London.
TMPORTANT NOTICE.—Noblemen and Others having Old
JSFUSrtSTw 0t ^f r plato - Diamonds, Jewel*. Furniture. Bronses, Marbles,
SSSSfea 0f ^ ery ** faU by ap-
nn™ highest Price pven in Cash for Diamonds. Pearls, Plate.
8 , Dror ’ Go,d an^SUver Lace, at SELIM, DEAN, and CO.’S, 9,
’ L * tB Wt * r "P*”* K B * ^ «>®apwt House for JowoUery of every
\ I edarated at Rugby, under Dr. Arnold, and aflcrwmls n* Cambridge, RECEIVES TWO
PUPILS for Public School* or I ho Universities. Charming And healthy situation, with every
hortip comfort—Address, tbc Rev. ». X , 5. Uarowooil-pUce, Haro wood-square. Loudon.
TXEAF and DUMB CHILDREN are received as FIRVATE
1/ PUPII.S into tho Family of Mr. DAVID BUXTON, Principal of tho Liverpool Schml
furriho I'oaf Rnd Dumb. For terms, references, and other particular*, apply to Mr. Buxton,
52, Oxfoni-streot East, Li verpool. _
Y'VPER A GLASSES, in ever)' variety of size and prico. Some
-Ajf superior sp^’mem of Vlsnnoso manutucture, suitablo for Woddlng or BirtbdAy Pre¬
sents, at CALLAGHAN'S, Optician, 23A, Now Boud-stroot, Corner of 'Coaduit-street. N.B.
Bole Agent to VoigtlKndar, Vienna. _
mHE FROST—SELF-REGISTERING THERMOMETERS
■ on an Improved construction,shewing tho extremes of Cold or Heat, at CALLAGHAN'S,
Optician, 23A. Now Bond-street, corner of Conduit-street. N.B Bole Agent for the small
and powerful 0(*ra and Field Glasses, invented and mado by VolgtlVnder, Vienna.
"R/f UTINY IN INDIA.—Military Field Glasses of matchless
iy i quality, combining Iho very latest improvements, at CALLAOHAV8, 23a, Now
Bond-street, corner of Condulf-slroot. N-B. Solo Agent for tho small and powerful Opora
and Raco Glsssiw invented and mado by Voigtliioder. Vienna.
S PORTSMEN and GENTLEMEN of the ARMY” and
NAVY.—8. and B. SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albemorle-itroct, Piccadilly. W.
Obrerve, opposite tho York HotcL Portability, combined with groat power, in FIELD,
HACE-COUK8E, OPERA, and general out-door day and nlghi powerful Waistoont-
pockct PERSPECTIVE GLASSES, weighing ouly four ounce*, each containing 12 and 18
tenses, constructed of German glaas, will show dUtluctly a person'■ countenance at *§ and
3 mile*. They serve every purpose on tho Kaco-couree, and at the Opera-house*. Country
scenery and ships arc clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They an; also invaluable for Shooting,
Dc-er-stalking, and Yachting. Her Majesty's Coast-Guard* are mak ug use of them as
day and night glasses, in preference to nil others; they have also become In genoral use by
Gentlemen of tho Army and N&yy, and by Sportsmen, Gentlemen, Gamokoepern, and Tourists.
The roost powerful and brilliant Telescopes, possessing aueh ostraordinarv power that some,
3J inches, with an extra astronomical oyc-piocc, will show distinctly Jupiter'* moon*,
Sa(um'*riDg, and tho double store; with tho snme Teleicope can bo *oen a person’s counte¬
nance three-and a-half miles distant, and an o»joct from fourteen .to sixteen mile*. They
are in cndlcw variety, of larger and all sizes, with Increasing powers, and are secured by
her Majesty s Royal Utters Patent. A mo it liberal allowance, wholesale, tnihlppma
mHE ROYAL EXHIBITION, 1851.—A valuable, powerful,
I newly-invented, very email waistcoat-pocket Glass, tho size of a walnut, by which a
person can be seen and known 1ft mile distant. They servo every purpose on tho ltaco-course,
and at tho 0)K-rn-houses. Country scenory and ships ore clearly seen at four to six miloi.
They are hiraluablo for shooting, door-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamo-
keepere, and tourists. Price Mo. Microscopes, Magic LHnterns, and Slides. Every de-
•cription of Optical, Mathematical, and Philosophical Instruments. Order* and alt kinds of
repair* executed with punctuality.—Messrs. SOLO HONS, Opticians, 39, Alberaarle-street,
Piccadilly (opposite the York Hotel). _ ___
B YE SIGHT.—Optical Improvements, to enable persons
at an advanced ege to read with ease, and to discriminate objects with perfect dis¬
tinctness.— Mossrs. SOLOMONS, Opticians, havo invented and patented 8PECTACLE
LENSES of tho greatest tramparont power. The valuable advantage derived from this
Invention is that vision becoming impaired ii presorvod and strength snod; very aged
poisons are enabled to employ tbrir sight at tho most minute occupation; can see witn these
lenses of a much leas magnifying power, and they do not require the frequent change*
to tholdangcrous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most
remote parts of tho world by sending a pair of spectacle*, or one of tho glasses out of
them, in a letter, and stating tho distance from tho eyes they can read small print with
it, and those who havo not made use of spectacles by stating their ago.—39, Albem trie-it root,
Iriocadllly. W. (opp osite the York Hotel). __
D EAFNESS.—A newly-invented Instrument for extreme cases
of Deafhets, called Ihe Sound Magnifier, Organic Vibrator, aud invisible Voice
Conductor. It fir* so into the ear as not to bo in tho least perceptible: the unpleasant sensa¬
tion of Binging noise* In the head la ontiro’y removed. It affords instint relief to the deafest
E rsons, and enable* them to hear distinctly at church and at pnblic auomblioi.—
esars BOl.OMwfiri, Opticians and Aurista, 39, Aibem&rle-Mreot, Ptocaddiy, W. (opposite
the York Hotel).
M R. HAWKINS, of the GBOSVENOR RIDING SCHOOL,
22, South-street, Park-lane, begs to inform tho Nobility and Gon'ry that bn co ttlntes
to give INbTHUCTlON in tho ART of RIDING, Daily. Weil-trained Uoreea for Lad as and
Gout 1 omen; Small Ponies for Juveaiie Pupils.
Y1EALTHY HOTEL RESIDENCE for FAMILIES and
JLI GBNTLE MEN—1 he (jUEKN'S FAMILY HOTEL, (juoeu’s-road. Bays water, near
K*uslogton-gardens, distinguished for oorafort and bod-room purity. Choi* wiooa aud
spirits. Parties boardod by tho day or week, hr private room* or at tho table d'hfits-
H ydropathic establishment, sudbrook rark,
Pt*tor*bam,8.W.—Tho treatment is perfectly safe for infancy and ago, and abulu.clfr
agtueabie. Proe^ectuso* on application—J. KLLld, M.D.
P ASSAGES to INDIA, AUSTRALIA, &c., engaged free
of Commission. Outfits rrov dod. Avency for offi <e«s and civil ads of the E. I.
Company’s Service By O. tt. THOMrSON, LU AS, sudCO London: Winchester Houie,
Ola Bicad-rtrect; Southampton: l, Queen's-arroco. Baggagr aid Parrel* Shipp ad and tor-
worded. Insurances effect-d.
XX7 OOD ENGRAVING.—Mr. GILKS respectfully announces
J T that he continues to oxocu o ovary «ranch of tho Art ia the best style, an l at ra>«:
rcofouabl* chargA. Label , fihow-cariis, und iriule Catalogues Djsigsjd ou 1 Prm’.oil.
Londeu: 21, kasof-Atrect. 8trand, W C. \
GHOST i^/"lhe STEREOSCOPE
AFFRIGHTING tho BU8T3C8,
klndlv /Kuggniitod D. Urn water.
Sent free^by post-, coloured. 24 stamps.
London Stereo acopic/Conipany .ht.Chva tiaido: and 313, Oxford -street.
A
TAOR the PORTRAIT of the PRINCESS ROYAL,
J} rrico 3a. 9d.,
/ prico 4s. 9d. f
' MOULDING FRAME.
PRINCESS ROYAI*
lniOK the PORTRAIT'
\ \^Ajana--—
z' ■ \ Glare iind Backboard complete.
T. GARB AN ATl/Ctoverand Glider. 14, M si v lob inA-«t rest, P-rgrnt Qandront
JjlOR the PORTRAIT ^of jhe PRINCESS ROYAL,
A/HAND'OM^omT*OVAL F1AME.
\. Surmounud w.th Coronet, Ov«| Mouti:, snd Glare
P. GARBANAT1, Picture Frame Maker, 14, Marylebme-street, Regent Qaadreut.
_ /s. Now ready,
ZirOL. XXXL of the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS,
T JULY to DECEMBER, 1S57. Cloth gilt. 188.; sewed, 13s.
Airo, now ready. Cases for Binding the Volume, price 2 s. oi
MABRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL
OF ENGLAND.
^The ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS for next and following
weeks will contain further Illustrations of this most magnificent
National Event. These additional Engravings will include the fol¬
lowing .—
The Three Bridal Processions.
Queen Anne’s Room and the State
Staircase, St James’s Palace.
Tbe Investiture of Prince Frederick
William of Prussia with the
Order of the Garter.
The State Visit to her Majesty’s
Theatre: the Royal Box.
The Wedding Cake.
Suite of Jewels, and Commemo¬
rative Gold Medal.
The Royal Yacht Interior.
The Embarkation of the Prince and
Princess at Gravesend.
The Presents from Birmingham.
Sec., See.
Arrangements have been made to illustrate the reception of tha
Prince and Princess at various places cn route, &c., &c.
Price fid. Office, 108, Strand.
The demand for this week’s Illustrvted London
News fur exceeds that of. any previous Number. Notwith¬
standing, all regular Subscribers ought to receive their copies
without delay. In order to ensure the receipt of future Extra
Numbers of the Illustrated London News, wc recommend
the Public generally to subscribe regularly for this Journal at
some respectable News Agent’s or Bookseller’s, or at the Office,
198, Strand.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
LONDON, SA'JU/lDAr, JAKUAllY 30, 1858.
WiiENEVEn a moral evil suddenly affrights or atllicts mankind they
hasten to remove it by legislation. Quite in accordance with this
general disposition, the people of the Continent, who regard the
continued supremacy of Louis Napoleon as synonymous with the
absence of revolution and the suppression of anarchy, seem to
unite in requiring some new laws from England to secure his
safety. A similar opinion is expressei in Paris, Berlin, and
Vienna. Bnt before wc enact a new law it ought to be dis¬
tinctly proved that our existing law has been appealed to
and found inefficient, Neither M. Persigny nor any other
person or authority, however, can say that this lias happened.
He speaks loosely in his reply to the City address of
men sufficiently infamous to recommend in clubs aud associations
the assassination of a foreign Sovereign, and actually to prepare
Us execution; but, if he can prove the existence of such
atrocities amongst us, he has carefully kept the proofs to himself,
and never directed the attention of the Administration or the
Attorney-General to them. Had ho done so, the law, which takes
especial cognisance of all kinds of conspiracies, making them
misdemeanours, and liable to indictment, might have been effec¬
tually directed against the offences he indicates. In tho
early part of the century the law was found sufficient to protect the
first Napoleon from libel, and it has not since fallen into
debility. His libeller, Peltier, only escaped punishment by the
war between the two countries, which made Napoleon a pnblic
enemy, before the offender conld be brought up for judgment.
Against conspiracies our law is comprehensive and energetic ; and
;t will be time enough to enact a new law when any persons,
whether foreigners or natives, whether sovereigns or subjects, can
bring proof that conspiracies known to be hatched here, and
pointed out to the proper authorities, have not been suppressed
and punished. Foreigners ought to learn what our law is, and
appeal to it for redress before asking for a new law. If
the means of ascertaining the existence of conspiracies be said to
be deficient here, and we are required to establish a system
of police like that of France and Austria, the reply is obvious.
This is one of the many interferences with the people which have
never been tolerated here. The system of police abroad, too, neither
prevents such conspiracies from being formed nor stays their ruth¬
less consequences till they end in crimes and convulsions unknown
to England.
M. Persigny, we are glad to see, places the subject before us
rather as it concerns the people of the two countries than
merely their respective Governments. He says ‘‘France is
Jan. 30, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
103
shocked at a frightful crime,” and at “a series of attempts
made by foreigners living in England.” She is “filled with
anxiety; that danger approaches her from' a country with
whose soldiers she has just shed her blood on the battle-fields of
the Crimea.” He well understands, therefore, that the pre¬
sent alliance is between the two nations which shed their blood
together for the repression of wrong, not merely between the two
Governments. The appeal is made to us from France and othe r
countries, not in a diplomatic, but in a popular, a national, or even
a cosmopolitan spirit. It is for the high moral purpose of pro¬
moting the security and welfare of all the nations of Europe. We
have to consider it, therefore, in a like spirit; and iqust accordingly
remember that the liberties of Europe, including those of France,
which, in the interests of all we are required to pjanect. are a
more precious trust than the preservation of its thrSies. Here,
happily, the liberties of tlic people are now identified*, with the
power of the Government; and, were a similar identity established
abroad, there would be no conspiracies against it either there or
here.
THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.
Lord Palmerston has issued the following circular to the usual
supporters of the Government in the House of Commons:—
Downing-8treet, / Iau. 2 C, 185*.
Sir.— As matters of considerable importance will come under discussion
in the House Of Commons when Parliament meets again on the 4 th of
next month I shall feel greatly obliged by your early attendance in the
House.—I have the honour to be, Sir, yours faithfully, Palmerston.
THE COURT .
Tlic illustrious young bridegroom, Prince Frederick William of
Prussia, arrived at Buckingham Palace at half-past 011 c o’clock on Satur¬
day afternoon. The Prince, on landing ar. Dover in the forenoop. was
received by his Excellency the Prussian Minister, and by Sir Frederick
Stovin. Groom-in- Waiting to the Queen, by whom Ids Koyal Highness
was arcompRnicd to London, where at the Bricklayers’ Arms Station he
was met by the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred.
At the Palace the Crown Prince of Prussia met his son in the grand had,
and accompanied him to her Majesty. In the evening the Queen and her
august visitors went to her Majesty s Theatre, to honour the representa¬
tion of “La Sonnanibula ” with their presence.
On Sunday the Queen, the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princesses Alice and He’ena, the King of
the Belgians, tlic Prince and Princess of Prussia, the Princes Frederick
S illiaui, Albert. Frederick Charles, Frederick Albert, and Adalbert of
ussia, and the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, attended Divine service in the
chapel cf the palace. The Bishop of Oxford preached the sermon.
On Monday took place the imposing ceremonial of the Royal marriage,
reported at full length in our special Supplement this week. A State
concert at Bnckinglinm Palace brought the day to a cloae.
On Tuesday the King of the Belgians, the Duke of Brabant, and the
Count of Flanders, and the Prince of Hohenzollem-Slgmaringea took
leave of the Queen, upon their return to the Continent. The King and the
.Belgian Princes were accompanied to the principal entrance of the Palace
by the Queen and the Prince Consort, the Royal family, and the- ladles
and gentlemen of the Court. II is Majesty, with the Duke of Brabant, the
Count of Flanders, and the Prince of Holienzolleru, after taking leave of
her Majesty, quitted Buckingham Palace with their suite in three of the
Queen's carriages, escorted by a detachment of Life Guards and proceeded
to the Bricklayers’ Arms station of the South-Eastern railway, whence
they travelled to Dover, where the King and the Princes embarked for
Ostend. The Crown Prince and Pi incests of Prussia, Prince William of
Baden, and the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, took leave of her Majesty the
same evening, on their return to the Continent. The Queen, accompanied
by the Prince of Wales and the other members of the Royal family, took
leave of her illustrious guests at the entrance of the Grand Hall. The
Prince Consort and the Duke of Saxc-Coburg, attended by Lord Alfred
Paget, went with thiir Royal Highnesses to the Bricklayers'Arms station
oi the South-Eastern Railway, where Count Herns torfi was in attendance,
and accompanied their Koyal Highnesses to Dover.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert of Prussia. Prince Frederick
Charles ol Prussia, Prince Frederick Albert of Prussia, and Prince
Adalbert of Prussia, left Buckingham Palace at an early hour on
Tuesday morning. Their Royal Highnesses have proceeded to visit
several of tlic principal ports and towns in England.
The Queen held a Court on Tuesday, at which the Earl ofMulgrave had
an Audience of her Majesty, and resigned his wand of office as Treasurer
of the Queen’s Household; and the Hon. Spencer Pons on by kissed hands
on being appointed Comptroller of Accounts in the Lord Chamberlain’s
Department, and Gentleman Usher to the Queen.
On "Wednesday the Queen left town for W indsor Castle. Her Majesty
and Use Prince Consort were accompanied by the Prince of Wales. Prince
Arthur, Prince Leopold, the Princesses Alice, Helena, Louisa, and Bea¬
trice. and the Duke of Saxe-Coburg. The illustrious party on their ar¬
rival al the Castic immediately joined tl.eir Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princess Frederick William of Prussia,
On Thursday the Queen In Id a Chapter of the Order of the Garter, at
which Prince Frederick William was admitted a Knight of that dis¬
tinguished bedv. In the evening her Majesty gave a grand banquet to a
large party of illustrious and noble guests in the Waterloo Chamber.
Yesterday (Friday) the Court returned to Buckingham Palace, and in/
the evening -her Majesty and her illustrious guests honoured a tilate^
representation of the comedy of “The Rivals,” at her Majesty’s Theatre.N
with their presence. , ,\
Tills duy (Saturday) the Queen will bold a Drawingroom, at St James s
Palace, to receive congratulations upon the happy occasion ot'4he
Princess Royal’s n;arriage. _
His Rovnl Highness the Prince of Prussia. after the departure
of their Koval Highnesses the Prince and Prinees* Kr.iderick^VWhua tax
Windsor on Monday, honoured the Countess of Jersey with/"
Ladyship’s residence in Berkeley-squnre.
Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and
Prussia honoured the Count and Counters Becnstor*' ~"
.Saturday evening, at Prussia House.
His Fercne Highness Prince Julius of Holstein
left Farrance’s Hotel, Belgravia, for the
'be houqttet for the
Harding, 29. Maddox*
luquota for the bride*
Boy:QUET 8 at TtlE ROYAL WADING,
bride was supplied, by order of the bndGv by
street. Regent-street, who likewise fominhc-d the
maids. ,
PREFERMENTS AND ANOINTMENTS IX THE ClIURCIl.—TllC
Rev. M CowJe, M.A.. Rector of St Lawrence Jewry. Gresham-street, and
Minor Canon of St. PaulV. to l>e Inspector of Training Institutions;
'Rev. G. Do parti to be Association Secretary to the Church Pastoral Aid
Society for tlic London and Stmtli-Eastern Distnetfdtev. A- J. Nicholson
to bo Clerical Sicretary to the ReUgioua Tract/Swiety. Sectc wrto. Tno
Rev. C. .1. R. Ccoke to Orton-LongueVule wWBotolph Bridge, near
Peterborough ; Rev. G. Fitzpatrickto May no, diocese of Meathi; Rev. L.
P. Phinn to St. Pancras, Chichester ; Rev. h. C. Pollard to South Wal-
sham, Norfolk ; Rev. L. Staler to Stokc- jpon-Trent; Rev. G. Webster
to St Nicholas. Cork. I’/riD-o^es/ Tlie/My. J. L Co^on to Long
Preston, Yorkshire I KeV. E. Dcvey to iwcsham: Rev. btohes to Sc.
Man- Magdalene,Taunton,vRev. B. Turkey to Rilbonane.dtoco>e 9 ! Cork.
Junrmbnfcks: The Rev. E V C: K- BearSJrftTo
cum-Stanton, Si. Gabriel, near liridport; Lev. F. Howling to the Epis¬
copal Church. Kingstown Dublin reSev- I. G- {? JvSnSw
Wolverhampton, perpetual Curatitij: The Rev. L howler to CotmMb^r,
Derbyshire. Rev. W: W. Kendull to Birch-in-Middleton. Lancashire;
Bev. Sv r . Malpas to St Paul, in the Forest of Dean ; Rev. E J. buntli to
St. John’s. Bury; Rev A. H. Synge to St. Peter, Ipswich. Curacies:
The Rev. G. Baccks to Findou. Worthing; Rev. W. smith toCastle-
townreehe, diocese of Cork : Rev. W r . T. Turpin to Templeharry, diocese
of Kilhi’oe r Rev. M. M W oo'sey to Anne Shandon, diocese ot Cork.
Chaplain'rtea: The Kev. W. L. Fames to the E.I.C.S.; Rev. ;G. 31 Neil to
the Lock HcSpitah Dublin.
Meeting of Convocation. —We learn on good authority, says
the Guardian, thatrijc Archbishop of Canterbury lias intimated his in¬
tention, at the meeting of Convocation, now fixed for Friday, Feb 5, at
once to adjourn to the following Wednesday. Feb. 10 , then to meet for the
dispatch of business ; an alteration in which the Primate, with his usual
courtesy, would appear to have considered the convenience of the members
of the- Lower House.
Testimonial.— The Kev. William Burdett, M.A., was on
Monday last (being his birthday) presented with a testimonial from his
parishioners of North Molron and Twitchen, Devonshire, consisting of a
splendid silver tea aud coffee service, a pocket Communion Service, and a
purse of fifty guineas.
THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL.
8UXG BY AN OLD SOLDIER.
Air: “The Fine Old English Gentleman.”*
Stand back ! the path is sacred where our Royal lady passed.
And let the British cheer ring out like bells upon the bl ist.
Through another home shall gladden ’neatli the joy upon her Lice,
Though her bright form passing from us leaves a shadow in its place,
Yet, to-day, the wreath that crowns her by her island breeze is fanned,
The daughter of our England—the child of the old, old land !
Not garlanded for sacrifice, not mated to a crown,
But pledged l>efore an altar where the light of love streams down,
Wherever falls her fairy foot it falls on holy ground,
And hallowed is the gimmal-ring that clasps her finger round;
And loyal are the hearts that- pray—a good aud gallant band—
For the daughter of our England—the child of the old, old land!
What heedeth she, what carelli she,—so young, and 0, so fair!—
What soil her love shall sanctify, so he she loves be there.
Clasped to his side she’d meet the tide that swept her state apart,
She seeks no other meaner throne, whose throne is on his heart;
Should a regal circlet crown her, ’twill be lifted by his hand
O'er the daughter of our England—the child of the old, old laud!
Like summer suns through British skies, for her tlic years shall roll,
Who bears her mother’s woman-heart, her father's princely soul;
Like tendrils from the vineyards where the old Rhine river flows,
The love of high and low shall twine around our English rose ;
While rolls the welcome, swelling through their anthems old aud
grand,
For the daughter of our England—the child of the old, old land!
The trusty swords she counted hers, that watch about her yet,
The spell that is upon her shall not charm her to forget;
When her joy is at its fullest there shall mingle with her mirth.
All sweet and glorious memories of the land that gave her birth!
In thought she still shall tread the soil whose thousand heroes stand
Round the daughter of our England—the child of the old, old land
Gcd bless her in her English home!—God bless her evermore
In the new home that awaits her by the fine old German shore.
Like loyal arrow's flying from our good old English bows,
Cur loyal thoughts shall follow' towards the clime to which she gdes;
For our love can cleave the waters, and our love can bridge the strand,
For the daughter of our England—the child of the old, old land!
E. L Heryey.
* Those verses will be found well adapted to the beautifuT melody
indicated if the air of the burden be taken up at the fifth line and rv-
ptnUd at tlse sixth. In the five* line verse of the old soug the last line is
generally repeated.
-MvVJ/
METROPOLITAN NEWS.
THE FUENCH AMBASSADOR AND THE REFUGEE
QUESTION.
On Saturday lost (he Lord Mayor, accompanied by the Sheriffs and
several nu mbers of both courts ol the Corporation, and attended by the
Remembrancer, the Solicitor, and the Deputy Town Clerk, waited upon
the French Ambaawidor.Jor thb purpose of communicating to hi* Excel¬
lency the resolution to which the Court of Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and
Commons, in CommonGquirrcil astendnoii, hud agreed on the previous
Tuesday— to the effect that^corgnilulatory odd rets be presented to the
Emperor of the French ouliiaJiappy esCapc lVum the recent dastardly
attempt upon hie life. / / \ \
at I'trelgny replied to the dcputation,in English, In the following
terms:— l \ j W
■•My Lord Mayor and'Gentlemen,—1 thank you in the name of my
Sovereign. Amongst aU the rimgratUiatious which pour in daily upon
the Emperor, I wish to ekplaurAvhyT utbich so high an importance to
' know the great and legitimate influence
Sues in England, as naturally representing
Dent of your country You were the first
a which require the alliance of the two
iroud—and justly proud—of that marl-
power for which IVuvidence seems
id her, can only desire the eon-
landing with France. Franco, lor
pilit, is boumlxby ansjutcrcst equal y Important, tor. after
ig founded u grent/Govermncnt, strong In the sympathy of a whole
h, there is but one tiling she cau desire, and that is peace, to assure
your ltddre&s. if is
which the city of London
the immense commercial:
to understand the great inter
nation:* England, indeed,
lime, colonial, and cc
from of old to bav
tinuntioii ol’ the
her pni t, is
having founded
I n alien, jfrarasfe
thOtrongest foundations for her dynasty. France is at this moment
fiKocl^toMLagilatcd by the frightful crime which foreigners have just
attcmpfcdaganifitjthc person of her Sovereign. And, seeing the series of
uttcrHpisataSjaAtflnatien which arc periodically made by foreigners living
in Lngfiiffd, eke is filled with anxiety aud alarm that such dangers can
4ipi rhaeiUter Dorn a country side by side with whose soldiers she has just
Hied her blood on tlic battle-fields of the Crimea. 1, who live amongst
wcu, thoroughly comprehend the sincerity of the friendship which
Buglaud bears to France, for 1 daily see the most convincing proofs of it.
I dip aware also of the noble mid lofty principle* which ore the foundation
ohyour legislation. I especially admire and reverence in your country
-That right of asylum which is the honour mid the boast of England. The
tdi&tiT whic h y ou yield to ail the victims of the political passions of the
Continent is your glory, nnd it is not France who would wish
to tee it diminish to. Far from complaining, we are glad that
here illustrious Princes, fallen from the throne, should find the
respect due to great misfortunes; and we honour you for the
protection aud asylum which you give to all the sufferers of our political
struggles, to whatsoever party they may belong. Let them live, then, in
England, I 11 peace, in security, in independence, and with every freedom
of action. My country too well understands what is honourable feeiing
ever to demand Horn the friendship of England anything which could
touch her honour. Permit me, then, to tell you what is the true question;
it uus not lie iii the attempts at assassination in themselves, nor even in
the crime ot the 14th January, which your Government would have
hastened to have warned us against, if it could have known it beforehand:
the whole question is iu the moral situation of France, which has become
nnxicuriy doubtful of the real sentiments of England- Rcasonlngin effect
by analogy, popular opinion declares that were there in Franco mea
sufficiently infamous to recommend in their clubs, in their papers,
in their writings of every kind, the asssesimitlon of a foreign
Sovereign, and actually to prepare its execution, a French Ad¬
ministration would not wait to receive the demands of a foreign Go¬
vernment, nor to pee the e nterprise set on loot. To act against aucu can-
ppirucus, to anticipate such crimes, public notoriety would be sufficient
to set our law in motion, and measures of security would be takcu imme¬
diately. Well, then, France is astonished that nothing of a like nature
should have takcu place in England, and Frenchmen say, • Either the
Kuglhh law is sulhuent, us certain lawyers declare ; and why then is It
Eoi applied? or it is insufficient, which is the opinion of other
lawyers; and in tills case why docs not u free country, which makes ;
its own laws, remedy this omission?’ In one word, Prance does not
understand, and cannot understand, this state of things, and in that re¬
sides the harm, for she may mistake the true sentiments of her ally, and uo ,
longer believe in her sincerity. Now. gentlemen, if ever that mutual con- ,
fidcoce between nation and nation which is the true foundation of a stable
alliance should be impaired, it would be a deplorable inisiortune for both ;
countries, and for the whole of civilisation; but. thank God, between two
nations interested in preserving their cordial relations—between two Go- j
vein mints w ho esteem one another, and who continually display towards 1
each other the most friendly sentiment*—the occurrence of such an evil is. j
1 am persuaded, almost impossible."
At a Court of Common Council, held on Tuesday, it was
unanimously agreed to present addresses of congratulation, consequent
upon the marriage of the Princess Royal with Prince Frederick William
of Prussia, to the following illustrious personages—viz., to her Maicsty
the Queen, to the Prince Consort, to tin Duchess of Kent, and to their
Royal Highnesses the bride and bridegroom.
The Westminster Abbey Services. —The following is a
correct list ol the preachers at the Sunday evening services at the West¬
minster Abbey till the erd of the ensuing month .--Jan. 3lst (to morrow),
the Rev C J P Eyre; Feb. 7th. the Rev. Dr. Moberley, Head Master of
the Winchester School; 14th. the Bishop of Lincoln ; 2 tst. the Bishop of
Lincoln ; 21st, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol; ttth, the Rev. Dr,
Thomson, Provost of Queen’s College, Oxford.
The East India Company on its Defence.—T he adjourned
meeting of the East India proprietors was held on Wednesday, and the
debate on the resolution condemnatory of the proposed extinction of the
Company was resumed by Mr. Helps, who urged at great length his ob¬
jections to the proposed change. Mr. Mills followed iu the same strain,
and concluded oy asking upon what grounds it could be deemed ad¬
visable to destroy a co rporation which had been the wonder and admira¬
tion of the civilised world? Sir II. Ruwiinson said the question was.
Did the welfare of India require the proposed change of government ?
If it appeared that the welfare of India would be promoted by a change
of government, then away, he said, with consideration of the East India
Company! The honour and safety of England were the objects
he bad in view. The old Raj would expire, having completed
its mission; and from its ashes. phmnix-Uke, would arise a new
Government to carry on the work of regeneration in Indio, Dr. Burns
expressed liis admiration of the petition of the Company—a Company
which had raised an empire more magnificent and enduring than that of
Alexander. If India was to be saved, it must be by the East India Cora-
E any—men eminently dequointed wJth all the affairs of India—men who
ad been tried in the balance and not found wanting. Captain Shepherd
complained that Sir H. Rawlinson had given no reason tor his condem¬
nation of the double government of India. What, he asked, would be
the effect on the Indian mind of the abolition of the Company ? Why. a
notion would prevail that their mutiny bud been successful. Let tile
mutiny be put down, and then would be the time to consider whether any
such change as that now projected should be taken into consideration.
Other gentlemen having stated their views on the question, the further
consideration of the subject was deferred to the following day.-On
J hursdny Dr. Beattie Opt rod the dt bate. He stated that he had had con-
thut the Company hud done all they could to develop the resources of
India The Chnirman addressed the meeting at some length, in
tin* course of winch he asked for a searching inquiry ou the
part of the Government before making the proposed change.
He felt certain that, iu tin* words of Mr. *1111. the Indian historian,
"no Government hud ever murdicstod more disinterested bene¬
volence, or a more earnest desire to improve the condition of its subjects
than lud the East India Government.” He directed attention to memorials
received from several Rajahs In India in favour of the present Government,
and expressed his opinion that the proposed change was most ill-timed-
The hon. gentleman concluded by asking for the proprietors’ support and
concurrence in the Directors’ petition. Mr. J. P. Willoughby. M.P.. con-
ruired*m tile prayer oi the petition. He approved of the policy that had
been pursued in ’India, especially with regard to religion. lie thought
they had done right in giving religious toleration instead of forcing
Christianity upon the natives. After some remarks by Mr. Crawshay
nnd others, that gentleman’s resolution, strongly censuring the proposed
change in tlic government ol India, was carried. The petition to Parlia¬
ment was algo adopted.
ANN1VLR8ARY OF TIIE FOUNDATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN
Colonies. —Tuesday being the 70 th anniversary or the settlement of
the Australian colonics, a dinner took place at the Albion Tavern to cele¬
brate the event. The chair was occupied by Sir Ciiar.es Nicholson.
DUE, late Speaker of the Legislative Council, New South Wales, who
made the following remarks on the past and present condition of Austra¬
lia:—“It was in 17H8 that the first party ol* emigrants reached the
eastern const of Australia. Comparing its condition then with its con¬
dition now, there was In the history of the world nothing like its growth.
The extent of the acquisitions of the first settlers ou its snores was a few
square miles, and now- the inhabitants occupied a line of coast extending
from 2 ftt )0 to 3000 miles There were persons yet living who remembered
the oldest towns of the settlement when they consisted of a few miserable
bark huts, and now they had four great cities, the capitals of the pro¬
vinces, of which Melbourne contained a population ol LOO.OOO, and Sydney
of * 0 , 000 ; while UobarJ Town aud Adelaide were fust following iu the
lootstepsof the others. In those cities there wore buildings which
would be ornaments to any of the capita.® of Europe. There were
churches, colleges, schools, theatres, shops, and warehouses which might
vie with many in the Old World. The period was not far distaut when
the population of those colonies would come to be numbered by millions.
In the early ages, men who acquired empires by conquest were considered
to be dtmigods. and surely the founding of modern communities had
about it something of the heroic, and was worthy of the ambition of
every man.” ihe hon. gentleman then at some length and with great
energy enlarged on die capabilities, the productive powers, ana the
natural resources of Australia, urging that she held the »amc position
towards England as the Indies and South America did to Old Spain, but
urging a difliitnt policy as nccessury towards her, with a view to the
union of the two countries. Addresses were also given by Mr. Lubou-
chete, die Speaker Of the ftoosd oi Commons. Lord Audley, Mr. Glad¬
stone, Sir J Fakington, and others. Iu the course of the evening so me
specimens of Australian wine, of good flavour and body, were handed round.
An Anti-Church-Rate Deputation, consisting of twelve
members of I’arllamcut, and nearly a hundred other gentlemen, represent¬
ing the metropolis and a large number of important towns in various
parts of the country, had an interview with Lord Palmerston on Wed¬
nesday. His Lordship, having listeued attentively to the statements
made by the deputation, replied to this effect:—He said it was his duty to
attend to what the deputation urged; that they did not. of course, expect
tlic- Government would make them acquainted with arrangements for the
settlement of the question ; that they were aware Government had pledged
themselves two or three rimes to bring forward a measure; and that, what-
be&rd the unsatisfactory reply ot Lord Palmerston to the statement this
day laid before him, cannot return to their respective homes without
declaring tin ir determination to press forward without delay, and on their
own responsibility, a bill for the total and unconditional abolition of
church-rates "—" That this deputation would especially recomraead to all
lilends of religious liberty throughout the kingdom to contest the making
of church-rates in all parishes, even where they may be in a minority, it
being a matter of common experience, that even the opposition of a
minority may practically prevent the levying of a church-rate.”
National Columbarian Club.—T his young club held their
first grand annual show on Tuesday, the 28th instant There were some
first-class pigeons; amongst them wc may especially mention thoie
shown by G. O. Adkins. Esq., of Birmingham; also n pea of toys,
belonging to J. Pervlvnl, Esq. Messrs. 'Dowse aud Griffith Imd a good
show ofiorcign varieties, viz — hyacinths, tuscans. moons, swallows. &c.
Some carriers shown by Mr. J. U. Holmes, Esq., were good birds. F. O.
Eequilant,. Esq., Showed some good toys and a pair of ulmond tumblers.
A pair of block magpies, belonging to the Hon. YV. W. Vernon, also
excited curiosity, i here was a very good attendance of visitors.
Royal Free Hospital.—O n Tuesday afternoon the annual
meeting of the governors of this institution was held at the hospital In
G ray ’s*inn-road—General Walker in the chair. The Rev. J. B. Gwen read
the thirtieth annuni report, which stated tliat 608.C83 persons had receive!
relief since the foundation of the charity. The gpport went on to describe
the origin of the institution, congratulating its supporters ou the success
which H li&dmet with; and. after referring to the loss sustained by the
death of the late secretary, Mr. Feun, ami the services rendered by Dr.
MarMkn, concluded by appealing lor increased support.
Tile Leviathan, in the early part of the week, under the com¬
pulsion of hydraulic pressure, made a progress of several feet daily, until
she arrived at the extremity of her launching ways. Au accident oc¬
curred on Monday. One of the beams connected with an hydraulic ram
was shattered, and the fragmtuts struck two of the men, one 0 ;' whom
lies in a precarious state. Every day there was a Urge attendance of
Royal and distinguished persons in the yard, who examined the huge
vessel with deep interest, and patiently watched her slow but certain pro¬
gress down the ways.
Miss Madden, of Galway, took the veil on Sunday evening at
the Convent of St. Mary of the Angels, Holloway. The ceremony was
witncsEcd by a larjjpp assemblage of persons, aud the discommon tbe occa¬
sion was delivered by the Rev. Dr Manning. The convent is presided
overby the daughter of the Hon. Mrs. Law, of Hare Hatch, Berk-hire,
n idow of the former Recorder of Loudon.
Bills for New Railways and Public Imurovements.—
On Tuesday the Examiners of Bills on Standing Orders of the Houses of
Lords and Commons < Messrs. Smith and Frere) sat for the first time to
examine the different bills which will have to be disposed by. Parliament
in the present Session. The list contains 208 bills, amongst which are
several for metropolitan improvements, new railways, consolidation of
gas companies, 11ampstead-heath Bark. Mersey Docks, the London
Omnibus Tramway, the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph, and many others
of considerable importance.
The Park 3 have for some days this week exhibited a very
animated appearance, in consequence of the waters being frozen over, and
a vuet number of skaters and others assembled thereon. Several immer¬
sions took place, but unaccompanied with serious results.
Births and Deaths,—L ast week the births of 941 boys and
£57 girls, in all 1798 children, were registered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 1848-57 the average number was
The total number of deaths in Loudon last week, was 1344. In the
ten years 1848-57 the average number of deaths in the weeks corre¬
sponding with last week was 1207. Measles is now more fatal than any
other disease in the miasmatic order; it was fatal last week in 68 cases.
hooping-cough carried off 54 children -. 35 persons died from typhus, aud
33 from scarlatina. Diseases in the respiratory organa proved fatal in 361
cases; of these 213 were attributed to bronchitis and 1 16 to pneumonia.
Only seven fatal cases were returned under the designation of Influenaa.
w 104—J ax. 20. 85 .]
TIIIC ILLtTSTliATKD LONDON NT.W.S
I Ja>. 30. 1858_105
■u&i'Wm'
0 i.,U . i ■•■ ■■■-'-< -- ■
i -Vvcty
MARRIAGE 0? HER It OVA 1 . Hionsi
UITL’ilENTJ
fe
K
Lpk
106
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jam. 30, 1838
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
Thb liappy event of the week, with the ancillary festivities, absorbs
all other considerations, and will continue to do so until the last
salute has been fired from Tilbnry Fort. We shall then remember
that Parliament is reassembling, and that, before another week is
over, we shall hear something abont an India Bill, and a Reform Bill,
and other important matters now to be taken in hand in earnest.
The Premier’s circular has gone forth, calling upon the senators to
41 come up to time,” as he might say in his “ bottleholding Avater*
Nesmvhilc the doomed East India Company gives proof that it means
to make a very good fight for life, and has thrown down its defiance
in the form of an exceedingly well-written petition to Parliament,
wherein the history and merits of the Company are compactly and
effectively set out. It is also holding meetings, at which the argu¬
ments to be used are being furbished up and made ready for the use
of the Leadenhall-street Contingent.
Commissioner Yell would come to no terms, and long before this
British and French shot and shell have poured into Canton, and, in
all probability, the flags of the two nations wave over the city. It is
to be hoped that the commanders have been content to let bombard¬
ment do the work, and not throum away many valuable lives in the
attack. The clever artist who is engaged in sketching in China for
tills Journal lias been in imminent peril of his life through the
treachery of some natives, and the narrative forms part of one of Mr.
Wingrovc Cooke’s exceedingly ablo letters to the Times. We are
glad to say that the gentleman in question escaped unscathed, though
many of his companions suffered. The British fleet will have avenged
this outrage among a good many others ere this.
The French Ambassador, in receiving an address from the Cor¬
poration of London (which, however tardy it may be in recognising
the merit of heroes, is always in hot haste with its homage to great
folks), read England a sort of lecture in reply to the congratulations
on the escape of the Emperor. Count Persiguy begged to point out
that France had no wish to limit our doctrine of free soil, but
thought that when we have among us notorious plotters, who recom¬
mend in their clubs, in their papers, and in their writings, the
a sassination of Sovereigns, the English law eithor ought to deal with
them, or ought to be mado available to deal with them. A\ e shall
he 3 r what Lord Palmerston says to this. Meanwhile the French
police, who ',were warned of the designs of Felice Orsini and
bis gang, and yet allowed them to slij) through their fingers and
perpetrate their villany, have, it is said, been stigmatised by the
Emperor as “the worst police in the world.” Thus, down goes
another myth—a fortnight ago any one would have instantly named
the French system, on being asked what was the perfection of
•espionage and social omniscience. When shall we Slid something that
can be believed in, without fear of iconoclasm ?
A domiciliary visit lias been paid, it seems, by some policemen to
the house where Pierri resided in Birmingham; and, as they had to
get in by a stratagem, there has been a cry raised about the infringe¬
ment of English rights. But, while sedulously guarding those rights,
it is idle to talk cant. A wolf lias sprung from his lair, and, surely,
it may be permitted, without ceremony, to examine the lair, and see
what evidence of his ferocious habits is left. We perceive that a
person signing himself Bernard, and professing himself a friend and
an admirer of Orsini, has the effrontery to write and announce to all
whom it may concern that he has destroyed the ruffian s papers, so
that tbero is no danger of liis correspondents being compromised.
This Bei nard does not deny his “ friend’s " guilt; but merelyasserts that
nothing has been proved. But why does not this friend in England de¬
nounce assassination, and express indignation that Orsini can be sus¬
pected of seeking to murder an innocent and beautiful woman for a
political purpose? It is to bo understood that the refugees in London
approve this means of establishing a red republic. If so, we should
•certainly not grudge these gentlemen to the police of Paris, however
they may get hold of such patriots.
All has gone well with the Leviathan, and she may now be con¬
sidered as launched, though not actually afloat while we write. The
high tides now expected will take her off, and Mr. Brunei s victory
will be complete. Wo hope thut an accident which happened to two
of the workmen on Monday will bo accepted by the Record in full
-satisfaction of the wickedness that gave her the name belonging, as
that journal imagines, to the arch-enemy. The writer in the Uncord
is not, however, the only person of perturbed intellect who has en-|
tertained that view; for, hi looking into the first volume of Mr. Cun¬
ningham's “ Walpole," we find an anecdote told by Horace at the
time Sir Robert was in disfavour “ The other day a madman iir the
Park accosted a sentinel— Did you ever see Leviathan ? ’ The soldier
replied that be never did. ‘ Well, he is as like Sir Robert Walpole as
two demons can be like one another.’ ” ^
At the meeting of Parliament it is to be hoped that a direct and
explicit promise wUl be obtained from Lord Palmerston that the
English engineers now in King Bomba's clutch shall, after the
mockery of.o trial is over, and fraud, perjury, and brow-heating have
•done their work, be demanded of the Neapolitan Government. There
is not the slightest moral doubt of their perfect innocence, even
■without the exculpatory statement which that foolish and meddling
woman, tie Miss White, has put forth in their favour; nor is there
-the slightest moral doubt that the King of Naples, bold because ho
perceives that our Government has been faint-hearted, will order
that they he fonnd guilty. But the country will not endure that the
lives and happiness of English subjeets honestly plyiiig their voca¬
tion should he thus tampered with yand, though Lord Palmerston
is inclined to defy public opinion just now, lie will/we hope, be wise
enough not to let his couragg ^arfylijm so far as to permit him to
leave these men to Bomba's ijn^fciesi^
TELl-GRAnniC .CoMUl'.NK'ATIGN WITH I KM A.—The Court of
Directors have had' tips subject Under under their consideration, and
Lave again expressed their WiUingncsjKq grant to the lted Sea Telegraph
Company such fihpport ami as.^fet^nce ai x vyou4 enable them to raise the
necessary capital loriheimdertakibg. We believe (says the Daily News)
Hint the amount estimated lor a telegraph lrom Suez to Kurrachee
is £700,000: and the Court, we understand, are prepared to join with her
Majesty's Government in guaranteeing a revenue equivalent to five per
cent upen that ^triUMSO sooffos the work is finished and as long as it is
kept in good order, Ilieproposition now only awaits the ratification of
her Majtsty'ai Treasury, to whom, by the by. a similar plan whs sub-
inittcd lourmonths ago^vfthqut eliciting any expression.of approval or
support.
TV ills. —ThewiU of Sir John Kerle Haberfield, of the Royal
Cresceut. Clifton. Glotu tstcrghire. and of Bristol, has been proved in
Loudon by his wi^oWy the sole executrix, to whom he has bequeathed the
Esq , of Leominster, £ 20 , 000 ; John Jones, Esq., of Brecon, £ 25 , 000 .
The area of Utah is 269,170 square miles. It is as large as
the whole of the New- England States, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl¬
vania. Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Tennessee. Or, to compare it
with European countries, it is equal in extent to Great Britain aud Ire¬
land. Switzerland, Prussiu. ar.d Denmark, with the Islands of Guernsey,
Jersey, and Man, and the Ionian Islands added-
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
J F. E.. Boulogne.—Toar Problem shall be reported on next woek. The tug-coition* which
accoinnenr if have but one fault—they are impractUab’o. A HtUe °.^°
limited ini'iee apiwrtiooed to Cbm in thii Journal would teach correspondent* that, turn¬
over dotirable it may be to print Solution, of tbo
d:S "^lcm.iubmi»^ f^eiamiuution. .uch a rourro. without racrificlnK half the
JKSV B.h.., of CorcoMruta. prtc.
Ji"lM^ h liw«G!wnJre < ^-A , pplr to '■>' nooorary Swrol.ry of tho St. Ooorso'.
Mr. Hampton. SO, King-street, St. J&moo-street, and he will put you and yoar frmnd Into
B. ^K.^una'ihrd 11 —Wo cnn only ■nnw.w, It to a fundamental law of the game functioned
by the practice of player* in evory utuioo for a scoro of oonturioa. and do* uoc require, 0 (
If it did, dots not admit of, alteration, etnee no on* would for a momout toloruto a change
he'/merictin ‘ICbcas Monthly " for tho preaont month aav* nothing mn*o about tho
proposed challenge from Mr. .Morphy to play any Kuropoan player for ftvo thousand doltoM,
wei.reaume, therefore, tho Intonlioa of publtohing *o daring a tlifi, if it wore aver wriouilv
entertained, to now abandoned. If this to tho cane, wo are sorry for it, boeiuivo tho-o can
bo no dorbt tho challenge would have been acooptud readily, and the consequent ranch
mun have excited unusual interest.
C. if. pk J.. of Si. Petersburg.—We havo alwaj-B a more than ordinary plon-i'ino In acknow¬
ledging the communication* of our old and valand correspondent. 1‘ho now torsion of tin
lean ea treatise on tho Cheat Code, ho may be aseured, shall rocoivo alt the consideration
which, enicnating from *o <1 totingutohed an au.hor. it U entitled to demand; and tho several
very elegant specimens of Uu'tl-n Cfta« strategy that with hi* wontod courtesy ho ha*
placed »t our disposal nhsll •powllly he rendered public.
J. 1). L.—Mr. Stanley’* alwwrco from tho aroua after too fifth game In hi* oonteat wxth Mr.
Morphy was owing io indisposition, tho effect of which, and long want of practice, were
paintuuy evident Indeed, In all hto game* *t tho late toumoy.
J. L.. Dublin.- We hare load with uttcu ion(no easy task) Mr C utoy’* pretentious brock urc,
and are not sorry to ba ajuued, through tho exigencies of our Chess colum >, tho ungracious
dutv of expowtvr at length the erudo and impracticable theorist which constitute hi*
«• ihnoMtbv of Chess " Mr. tlulcy talks of Chess as being in an “011101110111 post Ion,*
of the ncccss'ty of in loing elevated above tho status of a “more amusement; “and,
nftcr whole chapters of crundlcxe verbosity, apropos to noth ng, complains that his vlowi,
1 laving before l««n subjected to privets a* well as pttbUa tribunal*, have fa led to
attract the roUce bo had imagined th-y dcsoivod. “Ii Uiera 1 * ovor to be admi t**! Into
the rirch of (he sciences, it mu&t r .ceivo at tho hands of its follower* a v* y different
treatment w any it ha* yot been subjected to. If truth—the great oWec* of at' scientific
turtaita—to tJ l>o made a paramount oon'Ideration. thru must there be that union Jt>r
a common cause which will forbid any course, of conduct prejudicial to suc¬
cess and supersede the necessity for any special regulations ayauist practices. &>'.
In the i:aino of ccmmun *en*e weal floes ail this ra.&nV Who, exc-ipt a row viii inary on-
thusiasts, ever dreamed of Chesa bdng admitted Into tha dicto of the science*, or desired to
icelt elevated into anjthirg above en anra*em-4it? A* a game u healUre. intdire nil
pltdiatorshlp, It to pre-eminent and delightful, dally winning popularity, a* the difficultly
of ha attainment are listened by the many ablo work* it ton col.ed into beiar, and hj far
oaJruIaud to pioduco a beneficial influence upon society by muxraod'ng ohledlonabio
Sports. A* a “•cieuc**. 1 ' a* a profound phUooophisal ixcrcitation it would 1 j*o nil tho
interest it cow awatuii*. and would rupi *.y ilok lu'o neglccl uudo jUvion.
Son TiONS CFPHOBUM No. 7t6, by The Original Northern Girl. lhno-on, W. B.of Worsicy,
A.B. C., Delta, M. P , Cttr, Augustus. W. D., Miranda. 8. V .Q. K.. A. B. A., tautwbury,
Guelph. Iodine, Mllta, Oinlcrer, K. It. 8.. Bttmblo, Walthatu-lo-Wrild, It Fmton, R. K.,
P.U.N., J B.,bimplocimon, H. W. D., Semper Idem, Adolphus, Anna, Ueoncus, B. lb. Anon.
F go met, J.M. of Mierlnirii. F I.o P. o' Parir, W. L . Windsor Castle, budiingtOO, 0. T.
MiulLoreugh, C. J. l'toher, W. Boston,G. R. 8.. Spalding, Omega, G. Roger*.
Solution of 1’roblem No. 727.
WHITE.
1. Q to K B 2nd
BLACK.
Iv B r takes P
or (a)
UD l.
y. Q to Q 1 th (chi
3. P to K. Itli (dLcor. ch.)—Mate.
Q P take* P
K to B 5th
WHITE.
(
BLACK. V
(If Black play 1. P to K Kt .;th. White
ch»ck* with (jucen at q 4th, and matc^ next
move). x.
2 . P to K Kt 4th. Any move
3. Q B Kt or Dawn matef.— \
PROBLEM No. 728.
By Mr. F. Healey,
black.
COUNTRY NEWS.
/\ WHITE.
WUite to ptiy, and mate in four moves.
CUESS IN NEW TORE.
Skirmish between Mr. P. Morphy and Mr. Schulten.
( Kinff's Bishop's Gambit )
W HITE (JXr. S.) BRACK (Mr. M.)
i. )• to Kt 4th E to K ith
\ 2 . P to K B 4th 1* takes P
A K II io Q U tth r to Q 4th
4.1' takes V
CJ * to better ptoytotska tho Pawn-with
^Btonop.Y
K Kt to K B 3rd
5. Q Kt to Q B 3rd K B to Q3rd
a. P to Q4tli
/(White never recovered tho effect of thto
move Ho should have played Kt to K 113rd,
aid i hen ha\o cuitled with all couvculcm
spoed .1
6 . Cast lea
7. K Kt to K 2 nd P to K B 6tli
(By the sacrifice of this Pawn Hbtcl: cffcc-
tuu'ly pnvtia hto tdvorsary'ftcaatbiig.)
8. P takes P KKtto K It 4th
9. P to lv It 4th R to K sq
10. Q Kt to K 4th BtoKKt6th(cb)
11 . Ii to Q 2nd
(If K to B sq, Black takes tho QKt with Ids
Book, and wins eimilj.)
1L B to Q 3rd
WHITE (Mr. S.) BLACK (Mr. M.)
12. K to Q B 3rd
(An inJudic ; ous klip induod By playing
1* to q H :«rd. and thon K to q 8 J d, ho
might havo given his adversary a great dual
of trouble,)
12. P tO Q Kt 4 til
13. K B taken P P to Q B 3rd
14. Kt takes B Q takes Kt
15. K B to Q R 4th B to Q R 3rd
16 K K to K sq Q Kt to Q 2 nd
1 7. P to Q Kt 3rd Q Kt to Q Kt 3rd
18. K B takes Q B P Q it to Q B sq
19. K to Q 2nd
(Ho dare not go to q Kt 2nd. as Black
would first toko me fciUiop Witli Urok, than
tho Kt witn Btoliop. anil afterward* chuck
w ith id* Kt at q K bdi,«c.)
19.
20 . P takes U
21. It takes B
22 . K to K sq
23. K to Q 2nd
24. K to Q B 3rd
25. K to Kt 2 nd
And White resigns.
It takes B
B takes Kt
Q takes K l* (eh)
Q to K Kt 8th
(oh)
Tt to Q sq (ch)
QtoQBUh (eh)
Ktto(iit5th(ch)
SPRING CIRCUITS OP THE JUDGES FOR 1858.
The Home Circuit.— Judges: Sir W. Erie and Sir E. V. Williams-
The assizes to be holden at Hertford, Chelmsford, Lewes, Maidstone, and
Kingston.
Midland Circuit.— Judges: Lord Campbell and Sir J. T. Coleridge.
Aesizts to be holden at Oakham, Northampton, Lincoln, Nottingham,
Derby, Leicester, aud Warwick.
Norfolk Cincu it.— Judges : Sir A. Cockburn and Sir W. Wightman.
Assizes to be holden at Aylesbury, Bedford, Huntingdon, Cambridge, and
Norwich, for the county and city.
Northern Circuit.— Judges: Sir S. Martin and Mr. Justice Byles.
Assizes to be holden at City, Durham, Newcastle, for town and county of
Northumberland; Carlisle, Appleby, Lancaster, for the Northern Division,
including Lonsdale. Amoundeuees, Ley land, and Blackburn Hundreds;
at Liverpool, lor South Lancashire, including West Derby and Salford
Hundreds.
Western Circuit.— Judge: Sir R. R. Crowder and Sir James Shaw
Willes. Assizes to be holden at Winchester, Salisbury, Dorchester,
Exeter, for the county and city. Bodmin, and Taunton.
Oxford Circuit.— Judges : Mr. Baron Watson and Mr. Baron Chan¬
nel! Assizes to be holden at Reading. Oxford, Worcester, for the county
and city, Stafford, Shrewsbury, Hereford, Monmouth, Gloucester, in and
lor the county and city.
North Wales Circuit.—J udge: Sir Chares Crompton, who, after
proceeding through the circuit, will join Air. Baron Brnmwell at Chester,
and hold the assize lor that city and county. The assizes to be holden for
North Wales are to be at Welshpool, Bala, Carnarvon, Beaumaris, Ruthin,
and Mold.
South Wales and Chester Circuit.— Judge: Mr. Baron Bram-
well, who jams Mr. Justice Crompton at Chester. Assizes to be holden at
Cardigan, Haverfordwest, Carmarthen, Swansea, Brecon, Preateign, and
Chester.
Vacation Judge: Sir Frederick Pollock will remain in town &3 Vacation
Judge, to dispose of interlocutory matters.
Celebration of the Princess Royal’s Wedding at Bir¬
mingham.—T he festivities in this town on Monday in honour of the Royal
marriage were on an extensive scale, and were carried out with great
spirit and success. A dinner was given by the Mayor, John Ratcliff,
Esq , to 1200 aged persons of both sexes at Bingley Hall: and in tho
evening a banquet was provided by the same gentleman for as many of
his townsmen as the large room of the Royal Hotel could accommodate.
A free concert was given at the Town hall, which was crowded to excess :
and there was a ball at the Music Hall, reported as having been a decided
success. The children of the different free schools, the shoeblacks, and
others, were feasted on roast beef and plum-pudding. In foot, all classes
were included in the holiday-making. We intend to illustrate these
festivities.
Visit of Prince Adalbert to Chatham Dockyard.—O n.
Tuesday afternoon Prince Adalbert of Prussia arrived at Chatham for the
S se of inspecting the dockyard and garrison. The Prince and at-
nts were received by Major-General W. H. Eden, commanding the
tioops at thifl garrison. Captain G. Goldsmith, Superintendent of the
Dockyard, and the other field officers and heads of departments. His
Royal Highness inspected the various establishments in the dockyaihl
and the numerous ships now building, which occupied him about three
hours, until nearly dart; the Prince on the following day resuming hia
inspection of the garrison and fortification^.
Visit of Prince Albert of Prussia to Portsmouth.—
His Royal Highness Prince Albert of Prussia visited Portsmouth on
Tuesday, accompanied by k small staff of attendants. His Royal High-
dcsb, in company with Admiral Sir George Seymour and Captain Sey¬
mour, inspected the principal objects of iuterest in the dockyard, and
spent considerable time in the steam factory. They also went on board
the Victory and Marlborouyh, in dock, and visited the ships now in
course of construction on the new ground. They then went on board the
Excellent, gunnery ship, to witness some live-shell practice. His Royal
Highness stayed but a few hours in Portsmouth, and his visit was of a
stnctly private nature, not even & salute being tired from the Blenheim,
fiag-ship.
Restoration^oe-^Wobcester Cathedral.—A sura of
£6060 pr £7000 has been expended out of the resources of the present
Dean ancl Chapter, but we have reason to believe (says the Worcester
Herald ) that the work of restoration will not be allowed to stop here,
and that the entire edifice is intended to be put under substantial reoair.
The subscription list to promote this work has been headed by Lord Ward
with the donation of £1600.
Tee Educational Movement for the Middle Classes.—
-On Saturday last a numerously-attended and influential meeting was held
-At the Guildhall, Bath, under the presidency of the Mayor, for the pur¬
pose of considering the statute recently passed by the University of Ox-
iord for promoting lliecducation of the middle classes by examination for
eeitihcuks and tin* title of Associate in Arts. The following resolution
was agreed to unauiraously:—“ That this meeting halls with satisfaction
the recent proposal of the university of Oxford to extend a measure of
iiaprivileges to those who are not amongst its resident members, a* a
measure eminently calculated to raise the standard of education amougst
the middle classes throughout the country; and, with the view of cordially
co-operating with and forwarding the design of the University in this city
and neighbourhood, the following gentlemen be requested to constitute a
committee, to be called the Bath Committee, for aiding to carry into effect
the Oxford examinations of the middle classes, with power to add to
their number.” Tlic names of upwards of twenty clergy men and influen¬
tial gentlemen, all of whom consented to act upon the committee, were
appended to the resolution.
The Funeral of the Late Duke of Devonshire took plaoe
011 Tuesday, at Euensor, near Chatsworth, and was of a private aud unos¬
tentatious character. The hearse was drawu by six Hanoverian horses.
Mourning-coaches contained the following chief mournersThe present
JUtikc of Devonshire, the Marquis of Hartiugton, Lady Louisa Cavendish.
Lord Cavendish, Hon. Frederick Cavendish, lion. Edward Cavendish,
Earl Granville, Marquis of Stafford, Admiral lion. Edward Howard, Uou.
F. L. Gower, Hon. Charles Howard, Lady Mary Labouchere, Hon. James
Ellis, Mr. Edwin Lascelles, General Hon. U. F. C Cavendish, Mr. Frauds
Cavendish, Mr. Charles Cavendish, Hon. G. U. Cavendish. M.P., Mr.
Arthur Cavendish, Mr. Walter Cavendish, Lord dies ham, Hon. William
Cavendish, Lord Charles Fitzroy. Mr. F. G. Howard, Earl Spencer,
Admiral Sir Augustus Clifford, Miss Clifford, Colonel Clifford and Mr.
Charles Clifford, Sir Joseph Fax ton, M.F.; Mr. Cot tins ham, Mr. Currie,
and Mr Wiimot, agents to the late Duke. A great number of the tenantry
followed on foot and horseback. The procession extended upwards of a
mile. 'J he service was performed by the lion, and Rev. 11. Grey, assisted
by the Rev. Mr Hall, Chaplain to the late Duke. The body was deposited
in a plain brick vault in Edensor churchyard. The shops in Derby,
Chesterfield, and Bakewell were closed during the hours of the interment.
Several thousand persons were In the park.
Five Men Drowned in the Mersey.—O n Tuesday evening
four riggers got into a small boat at the landing-stage for the purpose of
proceeding with stores to the ship Castilian, lying at anchor between New
Brighton and Egremont. A moderate gale was blowing at the time from
the south-east; and, as the wind and tide were meeting each other, a heavy
swell was rolling up the river. Upon getting into the middle of the
stream the boat was suddenly upset, and her crew were seen for a short
time endeavouring to maintain a hold of the small craft, whioh was
floating bottom upwards. Life-buoys were thrown to the drowning men ;
but, owing to the roughness of the river, the poor fellows were unable to
seize hold of the preservers, and in a short time they disappeared. Whilst
the crew of the Indian were lowering a boat for the purpose of saving, if
possible, the drowning riggers, the buatswain's mate fell overboard and
was drowned.
At Holyhead the destruction of the staging lately erected for
the construction of a round head on the North Breakwater, during the
late gale, was fearftxL The formidable mass of piles gave way to the
terrific fierceness of the gale, and about 79.060 feet of timber were carried
away, and are now strewn along the coast below Penrhos.
Belfast has been disgraced by another riot The cause is not
clearly stated, but the occasion w»s some fireworks in honour of the
Princess Royal. The crowd collected to see them commenced fighting
with one another. Tfic police had to be culled in, and the not act was
read.
THE WEATHER.
RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE
KKW OBSERVATORY OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
Lat. 51° 28 ' 6" N.; Long. 0° 18' 47" W.; Height above sea 34 feet.
• DAT.
DAILY MKAK3 07
TUKRMOMKTKR.
WUfU.
o]|
E §
|6
ttO
hi
Pi
Dew
Point.
© >,
s|
cc
11
go
■** o
0 si
m
Si 73
1 *
cl? 6 -
ggs
SI «
Gencrn!
Direction,
E 2
o *
a .2
in 21
hour*.
li'Ml
at
10a. M
Inches.
a
a
0-10
a
tt
Milo*.
.Jan. 20
29-937
43-4
33‘5
•71
6
40-1
49-7
WSW. WNW.
611
•009
„ 21
30*366
35-7
26-2
•69
2‘
34-0
33-8
NW. N.
472
•000
.. 22
30-505
34-6
27-0
*76
8
30-9
40 3
NW. W.
230
•ouo
„ 23
30-Cl 3
35*1
30-2
•84
1
31-6
43*5
SW. W.
109
•ooo
„ 21
30 593
30-2
28-5
•94
0
2T8
40-0
83W. SW,
52
•ouo
„ 26
30-394
32*2
28-8
*89
G
23*6
41-5
8. E.
156
•ouo
„ 26
30-162
29-8
24-4
•82
4
27-G
329
ESE.
301
•ooo
The daily means are obtained from observations made at 6 I 1 . and lOh
a.m., and 2 h., fih., aud lull, p.m., on each day, except Sunday, when the
first observation is omitted. The corrections for diurnal variation are
taken from the Tables of Mr. Glaishcr. The “ Dew-point ” aud “ Relative
Humidity” arc calculated, from observations of the dry aud wet bulb
thermometers, by Dr. Apjohn'8 Formula and Dalton’s Tables of the
Tension of Vapour. The movement of the wind is given by a self-
recording Robinson’s Anemometer, the amount stated for each day being
that registered from midnight to midnight
Hew Comet.— A telescopic comet was discovered on Jan. 11
at Berlin, by M. Brulius, the pith of which round the sun appears to
bear a remarkable resemblance with that of the first comet of 1785 ; aud
there can scarcely be any doubt but that it is a reappearance of that body,
and probably belongs to the group of comets whoso period 01 revolution is
about seventy years. The new comet will be seen most advantageously
during the month of February, arriving at perihelion on the l!»th of that
month. On Jan. 30 (when the R.A. is 111 . 26m., and the N.P.D. 7Cq it is
situated rearly between Gamma Arietis and Eia Piscium, and nearly iu
the same line as Alpha and Beta Arietis. On Feb. G it will be situated
between Beta Arietis and Alpha Plscium. On the night of Feb. 8 it will
be situated near the star 54 Ceti, and on the night of the 9 th about four
degrees south of ai Ueti. The comet of 1785 was discovered on the same
night (Jan. 7, 1785) by Messier and Mecliain independently, aud is de¬
scribed as appearing m a telescope as a white spot, pretty large, aud with
a centre more luminous than the rest of the nebulosity. There was uo ap¬
pearance oi a tad, and it was invisible to the naked eye.
The Lord Bishop of London has presented the Rev. Dr. Goul-
burn, late Head Master of Rugby School, and now minister of Quebec
Chapel, to the Prebcndal Stall in St. Paul s Cathedral, vacated by the
resignation of the Rev. K. Harvey, Canon of Gloucester.
Jan. 30, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
107
TOWN AND TABLE TALK ON LITERATURE, ART, &c.
Is a week chiefly remarkable for a wedding, and that the wedding-
no yearly occurrence—of a Princess Royal, we may be excused for
ooming to the aid of the commentators respecting a spousal song by
no less a poet that Ben Jonson. In the works of the great dramatist
is an epitlmlamion, or song, celebrating the nuptials of Lord Treasurer
Weston’s son with a daughter of Esme, Duke of Lenox. Gifford fixes
the date of the nuptials, and of the poem as well, in 1633 ; and Mr.
Robert Bell, in his welcome pocket volume of Ben's poems, says that
the marriage “probably took place about 1628.” Now, young
■Weston’s marriage with the Lady Frances Stuart was solemnised at
Lord Weston's chapel at Roehampton, in Surrey. The chapel was
consecrated by Laud on the 26th of May, 1632, and the marriage
service read by Laud himself, in June, 1632. Laud (but this the
commentators do not tell us) is the Bishop of Ben’s poem :—
See! now the chapel opens, where the King
And Bishop stay to consummate the rites ;
The holy prelate prays, then takes the ring,
Asks first, “who gives her? ’’ “ I, Charlesthen he plights
One io the other's hand.
Whilst they both stand
Hearing their charge, and then
The solemn choir cries Joy : and they return, Amen.
And here is a charming verse most appropriate to this week :—
Dark how the bells upon the waters play
Their sister-tunes from Thames his either side,
As they had learned new changes for the day.
And all did riDg the approache) of the bride;
The Lady Frances dressed.
Above the rest
Of all the maidens fair.
In graceful ornament of garland, gems, and hair.
When King Charles I. said “ I, Charles,” the garland was an indis¬
pensable part of the marriage ceremony. Mr. J. G. Nichols will like
to be reminded of this reference to its use.
Two of our literary contemporaries are disputing, amicably enough,
touching the site of the celebrated Mermaid Tavern, wherein was held
n kind of club (tot the word was then unknown), said to have been
founded by Sir Walter Raleigh, and to have had Skakspeare for a
member. Was it in Friday-street, Cheapside ? or was it in Broad-
street, Cheapside? Till some nine years ago, it was universally said
to have stood in Friday street; but its locality was then removed, on
the authority of Ben Jonson, to Bread-street—the street in which
Milton was born. If we are not mistaken, the earliest authority for
what the Yankees would call its Friday-street fixing was old John
Aubrey, who wrote in the reign of Charles II., and whose means of
information were unusually good. For our own parts, we incline to
the Bread-street fixing.
The following letter from Mr. Frank Graves, of Pall-mall, tolls its
own story:—
Will you permit me to add a brief no*c to one passage in your interest¬
ing Town and Table Talk of last week ?
The writer informs us that the late Duke of Devonshire was under the
impression that the Clmtsworth bust of Napoleon by Canova was the
only authentic one by that artist; at least, that “ he knew ot no other."
1 believe, however, that the most celebrated bust of the late Kmperar
Napoleon by Canova was that, which was formerly in the possession of
<)ueen Iiortensc, and afterwards in that of her son, the present F.mperor;
and this bust was sold at Messrs. Christie and Manson’s rooms, with other
effects of the then Prince Louis Napoleon, during the detention of the
latter in the Castle of Dam This interesting historical monument was
purchased by Mr. Dennys, who afterwards parted with it, and it is now
one of the chief ornaments of Stoke Park, the seat of the Right Hoa. D.
Laboticliere. I am, Sir, your obedient and humble Servant,
6. Poll-mall, July 21, 1858. PaAxots Graves.
We have seen the bust to which Mr. Graves refers: it is a very fine
one.
In Lord Whamcliffe’s edition of the “ Works of Lady Mary
Wortley Montague ” (the only good editor of Lady Mary’s works)
is a poem entitled “ Lines written under the Picture of Colonel
Charles Churchill,” commencing—
Still hovering round thefairat fifty-four.
Unfit to love, unable to give o'er,—
printed by his Lordship as the genuine effusion of Lady Mary’s
muse. It is not, however, by Lady Mary Wortley; and, as Mr. Bohn
is about to reprint Lord Wkarneliffe’s edition, he may like to be told
that Lady Mary’s lines are part of a poent by David Mallet, printed
by Mallet among his poems in 1713, and in Lady Mary's lifetime.
As Lord Elcho takes the chair at the annual dinner of that well-
managed charity, “ The Artists' General Benevoleut Fund,” his
Lordship will probably avail himself of the opportunity of telling his
audience wliat has been, or is being, done respecting a new National
Gallery. It was Lord Elcho, our readers will remember, who headed
the successful onslaught on the Kensington site.
The last art commission given by the late Duke of Devonshire was
to Sir George Haytcr for a marble bust of his Grace for Chatsworth,
Sir George lmd completed his model only two days before the Duke
died.
“ Peg Woffington ” and “ Christie Johnstone ” have boen this week
in Chancery; at least their author, Mr. Kcade, has taken Mr.
Bentley, his publisher, there, and has gained his day. Mr. Reads,
it appears, was particularly anxious to terminate his connection with
Mr. Bentley ns a publisher; and Mr. Bentley, as a publisher. Was as
anxious not to lose Mr. Reade, as representing “ Peg Waffingtan ”
and “ Christie Johnstone.” The point in dispute was whether or not
an author can bring to a close a half-profit agreement with a publisher.
Mr. Reade contended that lie could, in all cases of editions where
the publisher had been at no previous expense. Mr. Bentley argued
that, having launched “ Peg Woffington” and “Christie'Johnstone,”
it were unjust that he should not be allowed to proceed with all sub¬
sequent editions, and urged that he bore all the risk and expense.
The Court went with the author, against the publisher. Mr. Reade,
the Court so ruled, is now at liberty to determine the agreements
entered into between Mr. Bentley and himself with respect to both
“Peg Woffington " mid “Christie Johnstone”) thnt Mr. Bentley is
not entitled to publish any future editions of either books; and that
Mr. Reade may march from New Bnrlington-etreet with “ Woffing¬
ton ” on one arm mid “ Christie Johnstone ” on the other, when he
likes to and where he likes—to the Row or to Albemarle-strcot. When
we first heard of this cause we had no doubt whatever of the result.
Here is another letter, setting ourselves and our readers right, ou a
matter of genealogy f-r x , .
t / 20, GroSvenor-sqttare, January 25, lS3s.
Sir,—There appears in a late Number noth January IMS) of your Paper
a statement that my cousin, Cohmel Cowell, late of the Coldstream Guards,
is the representative of the last Lord Gowrieof Sir Anthony Vandyke,
and of the poet and Ambassador, George Stepney, and has inherited the
family estates of the Stepneys. , . . ,
Permit me to correct the mistakes which have been made, doubtless
inadvertently, in the statement to which I refer, us, unless a descendant of
a younger daughter can. to the exclusion and ignoring of the issue of an
elder, he regarded as “the living representative" of the last Lord Gowrie,
of Sir Anthony Vandyke, and of the Stepneys, Colonel Cowell cannot be
stated correctly to be "the living representative.”
That gentleman is the descendant of Justina Maria, the youngest
•daughter of Sir Thomas Stepney. Bart., who died in 1772. and f am the
descendant of Elizabeth^ Bridgetta, an elder daughter—detur seniorl.
In reference to the possession of the old family estates, Colonel Cowell,
under the will of Sir John Stepney, who died in 1811, is now in pi¬
nion of the Llanelly estate; but I am the owner of the old Stepney estates
of Tygwyim and Dcrwydd. in the county of Carmarthen, and also of the
original portraits of Sir A. Vandyke, of Mary Button, of Justina Lady
Stepney, &o., all by Vandyke.
These paintings have never been out of the family, and have always
Jx?cn in the possession of the individual deemed to be the representative.
I am, Sir,-your very obedient servant.
Alan Jajhjss Gulston.
To this we have to add that the portrait of Justina Lady Stepney
cannot be by Vandyke.
MUSIC.
The bridal festivities which have so much engrossed the public
attention during the last and this week have interrupted the usual
course of musical performances. Excepting the “ festival entertain¬
ments” at her Majesty’s Theatre, there have been none. Of theso
two were musical—the performances on Thursday and Saturday last.
The first (which wo mentioned last week) consisted of Balfe's new and
favourite opera, “ The Bose of Castille,” performed by the late
Lyceum company with the greatest success. The second was “ La
Sonnamhula,’'whioh derived special interest from the debuts both of
Piccolomini and Giuglini in the principal parts. Piccolomini’s
Amina wa8 a charming piece of acting, not surpassed, per¬
haps. by any of her precursors. She looked the little coun¬
try girl beautifully, ana sustained the character with delight¬
ful simplicity and tenderness. ^ Her singing, too, was excellent
in stylo and expression, but deficient in vo-ial power and artistic finiah
of execution—defects especially apparent in the brilliant and bravura
air, “ Ah, non giunge,” which concludes the opera. Her performance,
nevertheless, was very attractive a3 a whole, and was applauded
accordingly. Giuglini's Elvina was, we are inclined to think, ths best
we have ever had. He sang like Bubiui, and looked and acted as
Rubini never was able to do; and it is worthy of notice that
he is almost the only performer since Bubini who has sung the
music of the part exactly as the composer wrote it, without
the transposition or alteration of a single noto. After the opera
a nuptial cantata, written by Mr. Oxenford, and composed by
Mr. Howard Glover, was performed, or rather murderod, for a more
discreditable exhibition never was heard. It was impossible to. judge
of the quality of the music, but, had it been angelic, it must have
failed. The singing of “ God Savo the Queen ” was followed by a
burst of enthusiastic loyalty, which was renewed with even increased
ardour when the youthful Princess Royal modestly presented hersjlf
and made her obeisance to the audience.
We grieve to announce the death of Lahlaciie, which took
place on Saturday last, at Naples, whore the illustrious urtist had
been redding a considerable time, in order to enjoy roposa and breathe
his native air. He was in his sixty-second year, having boen born in
17.%-^this being the account of his age given by his own family, und
not sixty-four, as stated by some of our contemporaries. And his
debut in London took place in 1830, not 1834, as it is likewise
erroneously stated. The first character which he performed at our
Italian Opera was Geronimo, in the “ Matrimonio Sogreto; ” and the
n»xt Assur, in "Semiramide;” and in both he at once established
hie reputation in England, not only as the greatest bass singer, but as
one of the greatest actors (both in comedy and tragedy) on the
musical stage. His subsequent splendid career is woll known to every
amateur.
The Alarm Galop. By Tnos. Browne. Duff and Hodgson.
This is a very spirited galop, by one of the most successful com¬
posers of danco music of the day. “ The Alarm ” is consequent upon
a fire; and the bustling incidents attendant upon such n sceno are
graphically illustrated in a stirring melody. This galop was honoured
by being selected for performance at the state ball given at Bucking¬
ham Palace last week.
THE THEATRES , frc.
Lyceum. —Mr. Leigh Hunt’s play of “Lovers' Amazements ”
seems destined for popularity. It is nightly received with applause.
On Monday it was succeeded by the following address, written by Mr.
Westland Marston and delivered by Mr. Charles Dillon, in reference to
the marriage of the Royal Princess:—
And mo’har, withering round the lujawhold
fire. /
Count chiKfitn'a eye-, Jtod, in love’s ojmejt
too a* /
Cite Tirtuo‘6 elilo' ernmp’o from the Throne*.
Joy to ihmo i’aruU*! 'ueatli whose fou’ring
cars,
Religion, Science, Art— tho f?ood, the fulr,—
VV!m over cnwom'M or
On thin, tb« erenlrp of no common day.
Awfcilo forget ho Actor and tho Play;
Iio who has striven to move jour .mfi&s or
tear* / /
By fabled miith and sorrow. disappear* 4 -
t cck* not to sway your fco'inp* by bus own,/
But aims lo utter your*. The man ulou >
W»iih on ihoscoco. Hnd a*k> to h» the »o<co
Of hundreds boro, who, llkchlmaeif. rrjuico/
Itrjoleo! this day the daughter of 6'vr lam!
Wed* rnw*Jn - * *cn: and at tho altar stand.
Linked in one chop of love—two realms-Uint
boro / / \
Thoiro ual *tai»UmU In tho field l>«fore:
'Him gallant friends wlu o. ped with gallant
(.Those foot now friend*); and *1111 each
banner shows.
Streaming to timo, (ho no over in wmch/ hoy
The names of B'uchcrand our Wellington!
•Toy to the No*ly Wet! .' The dew* of youth
bull nourish life's Mt growth, IU love and
truth: \ J J
And Fate thine on than with that gcufal ray.
That brirga TlmoV ripenortL.but not 'Time's
dicay!
Bright flow, their you*! like Jlw'ewuMDjilo
BhlneX \ /
By many rtu ancient fortress, clot,bed with vino,
©r crownirg slopes that bear the land's lu¬
cre ote.
Tb* double type of chivalry and peace!
Hauli rumptlgn offtrso for ever post,
K*ch vMe Mnd hSHXI)e *Jgn of jojs that !aat.
Bright flow their ytars! as into *t>mo brave
res.
Uko that which gird* her Islands of lb? freo:
A hiippyhlylt\vr.\ for unnumbered friend*.
A berritr, iVb) when wrong or grief luipeuds-
JXseems Irut yeslcrday since England strewed
lilting* for flowers along the nuptla' road.
Of thote Revered Ones who, to-day, rc* 5 g»
-^o^niahrou's hopes, the first-born of their Hue.
Jot- to the Koyal Parents! first in place.
'Tint giving station from themselves a $ race.
Nobler than uJl they take, to whom each sire
the far distance the three principal streets of the city, above tho ruined
walla of which rise iu unsullied bri>i htness the marble domes and
minarets of the moBques with which the city is crowded, the most
conspicuous of which is tho Jumma Munjid, tho largest and most
gorgeous of the Mahometan temples in Indiu. All these features have
been carefully represented, and with a correct appreciation of tha
atmospheric influence of the climate.
Her Majesty’s Theatre.—“ La Zingara”— Balfe’s “B?-
hemien Girl”—will be produced on Saturday next. The cast is
etrong:— Piccolomini, Alin?; Giuglini. Thadcus . Sonnier, the Gipsy
Queen ; Vi alette, Dexihhoof; and Bolletti, the Count.
A nation*» lira, otpsuufl! Who hade arire.
Hri jitter than lie ion’s dream tho Crista I pile.
Which imuR: n J hind* tho gucuM of our fair
IsLfc-
Pcnoath whxo naino a hundred banueri
\ swayed;
r.n-igns o kingdoms onat for s'rlfe array mi;
Yc. hero tuts amed thy blood, unplaced by
I j bill,
lloafod eilm!v In the sacred halt
smi Ing Pcbco while ovory garb and hno
if via*go tho aan (trine* on. me' tho v ow.
Each d florcnco merged, each hoitdc memory
d : m.
Tho wur.d, one family, (li>ri honour’d Him,
Who. ar’ltft of varying climes, complmiojs,
birth,
Mado o! oao blood ell dwollor* oa the aarth!
And wlton, too tooa, thou happy omens
ceued,
An! Britain’* (bunder shook the stirtlod Earl,
Vtlitn noble b!«ol was poured, nor pourol in
vain,
Wo know vhase tears dep’orol our gulbmt
sialn
Who deck'd wlt!ihoriou s our rrturabgIrnivo,
Whore smile w»i d-arer tiian the boon she
gsvo.
V. ho-o o«r was be’t to ea ch lh*mMicr’s trio,
Whose vo'ca w« tint looltr, ch cr. or hail.
And show t> a'l who wall ha l Uvnc tb»lr part,
Iicnoath n Monarch * robes—a YV.man's
heart!
They made thei'owm OUr public joys and carat;
8h*U rrc not find our pr.vela Joy in lhs*rsf
U ore, Inon* piayor.'-o su n our heart'silotircs,
That a* tii«> MUgntt Mother’s, »«the eiro’a,
Msy be (he Children s f aU> ! la every aeon*
livaren savo tliem! save the I'arvnu! save
tho queen!
Cbi the conclusion of the address the National Anthem was sung.
Princess’. —Owing to Mr. Kean’s indisposition, tho tragedy of
"liamlct ” could not bo repeated until Tuesday. Oa that occasion
Mis. Keaa performed Ocrinute. und gave to it a laboured significance
which actieesos iu goneral think too little of the part to attempt. No
character in Shakspcare, however, is unworthy of the highest efforts;
uhd we much question whether Mrs. Koan will not achieve a decided
reputation as the representative of the guilty and repontant Queeu.
The gradations of sentiment between tho two moral utates thus in¬
timated wero most artistically and impressively marked.
Mr. Burfobd’s Panorama of DEi.ni.—Mr. Burford has
just mado an addition to his series of panoramas, whioh will bo viewed
with great and mixed interest by the public at the present moment.
It is that of the city of Delhi, tho ancient capital of the Mogul
Empire of India—Delhi, late the scene of treason, murder, und
nameless atrocities, taken at some point of timo in the course of tha
few cays' strugglo whioh ensued after the successful assault of ths
Government treops under General Wilson, and during which tho
insurgents defended every street with tho reikless determination of
men without hepe, and with only tha choioo between the bayonot and
the halter. A more painfully exciting tcone, but at the same
time cne more consolatory, from the glory it redounds to tho
valour and kyalty of British troops, could scarcely ha seloatel
from the whole volume of tho history of war ; snd Mr. Burford and
Mr. Selous have most ably trsatod it. assisted by sketches famished by
Captsin Robert Smith, of tho Royal Engineers, an officer who has
served for many years with credit in India, and now holds a place
in the Heralds’ Office, at Dublin. At one point we perceive
the ferocious sepoy bund rushing headlong upon the resistless line
of the British; at another, a cool detormiued ohargo by tho latter;
at aoolher, the imootuous Sikhs, carryiog all before tfiem; at anothea:
the hardy little Goorkafcs, with their knives, suffering no rebel pandy
to a capo them. Mingled with these are groups of cistractod woman
and children, whom, however, though of tho race of tho assassin
sepoy, the British bayonet spares. Beyond the immediate scone of
action are seen fugitives escaping, with their camels and elephants
heavily laden. .... , . . • .
Forthepicturoitself—that is, the site represented—it is, perhaps, not
so full of abstract pictorial beauty as many which have boon selected
with that end in view for ropresentatio n in tho well-known gallery in
iAdcester-square. Still, however, it is not without points of interest,
and even of grandeur. Tho spectator is supposed to stand on the
esplanade on the south-west of the palace looking towards the city, in
tho noTth-east corner of which it is situated, with the Cashmere Gate,
by which the entrance of the British was forced, in sight. On ono
side stands the lofty curtain and towers of the palace wall, partly
obscured by smoke, the prevailing dusky hue being agreeably rehoved
by foliage. In the opposite direction are seen stretching away into
NATIONAL SPORTS.
A smart frost has at last given the hunting studs that “ halfway-
house pull ” of wllicit many stood so sadly in need; hence our
clironicfe of sport in this respect has become nil, and the chances of
Oundle’s well-filled steeplechase list being run off on Wednesday and
Thursday seem rather small. It is somewhat melancholy to look at
the imposing array of fixtures—“ Piper Hole,” u Widmerpool,”
*• Barkhy,” to wit—which now seem printed only to mock the hunting
man. Racing men are more happy, and are rapidly shaking off their
dormouse trance with the /welcome appearance of the weights for the
spring handicaps. Taking them as a whole, they are liked; though,
perhaps, Saunterer has caught it too heavily in the Chester Cup, espe¬
cially as his Cesarewitch place was only got by liis being persevered with
fora betting purpose.wheii theot her jockeys were all stopping their
horses. Cock-a-doodle-doo seems to be much fancied by certain parties;
and Palmister (4 st. 5lb)/whq was “ nowhere ” iu lus only two year-
old race last year, a Nursery Plate at Heading, where he carried 21b.
mere than anything else, lms been elevated in a trice to the premier¬
ship for the Chester Cup. For {he Derby the public seem as much
puzzled betv. cen Scott’s horses as they were in Acrobat’s year; but
at present our fancy would veer towards Lon grange, a remarkably
nice mover. Nearly all the Chanticleers are fan* average horses; but
Ccck-a-doodle has always struck us as having too much u daylight ”
under him, hnd^as a soft style of animal who will never stay a Derby
course -_
We believe that Mr. Pishey Snaith, of Boston, the owner of Tlieon.
Js in treaty for Gamebov, and that he will now not go to be the stable-
mate of Orestes at Plompton Hall. The young Augurs are turning
out as muscular as their sire, and will be heard of under high weights
in the huutiug-field, if they have not a sufficient dash of the Bird-
catcher speed to suit the present short race mania. A very fine
two-year-old by him out of a Hetman Platoff mare has just gone to
William Oates's stable, where some “ terribly high bred cattle”—
West Stanley, Ticket of Leavs, and Gladiolus, to wit—are located
already.
/The American liorsc4amer lias been busy during the week at the
Iloyal mews, and ou Tuesday he completely mastered a wicked little
mare of Lord Derby, to the great delight of her noble owner, who
had hardly a quarter of an hour to wait before she was brought
out by the magician as docile as a lamb. He is an active¬
looking man, of somewhat about list., and seems to ride and turn
bis pupils rather by an unification with his hand than by touching
the rein. It remains to be seen whether tho secret can be applied
impromptu in the hunting-field to incorrigible “pullers” and
“ ruebers.” The secret which Mr. Barey thought out for himself is
now, we believe, in the possession of four, if not five, English gentle¬
men ; and it is his intention, as shortly as possible, to form a class,
at a fee which, cm dit, will not be under ten guineas.
The accounts of the battues from ^radgate are even in advance of
those from Envile, and show an average of more than 1100 head for
six consecutive days. On one day alone 1030 pheasants were shot.
The mildness of the weather nt the beginning of the year seems to
have quite deluded game as well as common birds, as a moorhen’s
nest, with seven eggs in it, was found a fortnight ago on Sir James
Graham’s preserves, at the foot of the picturesquo Christeubury
Crags. Writers have been disputing during the whole autumn as to
the cause cf the recent disease in grouse, without being at all able to
agree upon the terms of a special verdict in the matter.
This reminds us that the owners of dogs in general, and Skye ter¬
riers in particular, should mark and digest the verdict which was
given in an action last Tuesday. Four of the latter tribe barked
and snapped at a surgeon's mare in a phaeton, and made ber run
away and severely injure herself. The defence was that the dogs
were perfectly mild and harmless, one being totally blind, whilst in
another the senses of seeing and hearing were much impaired; but
even the testimony of a policeman who had known one of the dogs
to be a mild-mannered dog for thirteen (?) years availed nothing. The
allegation in the declaration that the defendant kept them, knowing
them to be “ ferocious and mischievous,” was considered by the stern
jury to be proved, and they gave .£53 10s. as damages. This
decision—following hard upon the “Pepper and Mustard” case at
Warwick, in 1850, when a clergyman had to pay -£70 for the freaks of
his favourites—is calculated to create a panic in the Skye market
The coursing fixtures of the forthcoming week are Ashdown
Champion on Monday, &c.; Longhorsley and Ombersley on Tuesday;
Kyle Club and Baldock Club on Wednesday and Thursday; Crosby
(0) on Thursday; aud Eidgway Club (Lvtham), and Nitlisdale and
Galloway, on Thursday aud Friday. Sackcloth reappeared in the
Vctcian Stakes at Altcar last week, Imt went down in his first course.
The eldest of the eight veterans which ran in it was pupped in 1850.
Mr. Borron has two nominations among tho sixty-four for the
Waterloo Cup; and Bit of Fancy (who was not brought to Aldridge’s),
to judge from her recent brilliant running with Seagull, will be one of
his selections. _____
The Wedding-ring. —The ring is no longer an essential part
of thr mnrrisge ceremony, as generally supposed,^ the Act of Parliament
parsed in 1837 having instituted marriage to be a civil contract, though it
dees not forbid the use of the ring, which holds its accustomed place, to
distinguish the maiden from the wife. It is the right of womYn, hallowed
too long by custom and an obvious utility to fail Into disuse through
the Eilencc of an Act of Parliament Its continued use furnishes another
of the many proofs that customs snd habits spontaneously resulting from
the exigencies and natural circumstances of mankind are stronger and
more permanent than written laws. The whole marriages before the
superinUndent-regietrars do not exceed a fifty-Beventh part of all the
marriage? in England and Wales. The editor of the HL<lorical Jtegister,
liaving inquired extensively throughout the country into theu9eof the
wedding-ring in such marriages, found, out of thirty-five cases, only two
where the wedding-ring was not observed to have been used.— Popular
Errors E-xj/lained.
Marshal Kadetzky’s WiLLhns been opened by the officer who
was appointed after liis death to superintend the settlement of hli affairs.
The body of the document was written throughout in 1855 by the de¬
ceased; but a codicil, added on the 2Gth ol' December, 1857, Is merely
signed by him. It constitutes his only son. General Theodore Radetzky.
his biir; leaving, however, a considerable amount of property to his only
daughter, the w ife of Count de Wenklcira, of Presburg. Among other
tilings, he bequeaths to her two of his Marshal's batons— both of great
value; all his orders, seven of lliem in diamonds, and the sword,
set with diamonds, presented to him for military brarery;
also a magnificent service in silver for sixty persons, ani a
large sum of ready money. Dr. Wtirxim. his medical attendant,
received a quantity or valuable books. His swords, pistols, and other
military objects, are divided amongst his aides-de-camp and orderly
officers. IBs valet is bequeathed moo florins; his two principal se vAnts,
2609 each ; and all the others, 1600 each. All are, in addition, allowed to
draw a year s wages. In a certain leather purse, 600 florins, the will
declares, will be fourd. 2uo of which arc to be employed in masses for his
soul, and 300 to be distributed among the poor of Milan.
A Cnuors Trial is aliout to come on at Vienna. The person
who gained the prize of 40,000 florins in the last drawing of the loan
lottery of Prince E3terhazy came to Vienna to receive his money. It was
then found, on examining the ticket closely, that by a tj*pographiea! error
tin? number in words did not agree with that m figures. It was not
thought that any falsification had token place, and a considerable sum
■was offered to the holder of the ticket to induce him to arrange the matter
by a compromise. But he has refused any arrangement except the pay¬
ment of the whole sum. and prefers liaving the affair settled by a court of
la#.
A good-service pension of £100 per annum lias been conferred
by BKE the General Coromanding-in-Chief on Brevet Colonel Walter
Hamilton, of the 78th Highlanders, whose conduct in leading his regiment
in all the actions under Sir H. Havelock aud Sir Cofin Cimpbi’ll has been
the theme ol praise.
108
[Jan. 30, 1858
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
II ; 3 ROT AL nTOHNEflS
PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA
Jan. 30 , 1858 .]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
109
DRESSING-CASE FOR HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS ROYAL.
tortoiseshell, mounted in gold; tho bottles are of opal glass'; and all
the other articles are of silver, gilded, and studded with coral berries,
a contrast at once novel and excellent in effect. Upon all those the
letter “V” and the Royal crown are exquisitely chased. As. a
specimen of English manufacture this dressing-base is one of which
the British artisan may be justly proud. As the designer and manu
facturer, Mr. West bos already received every possible testimony of
the appreciation of his labour by the Royal and illustrious foreign
personages who have visited his boutique daring the past week. among
whom ought to be specially mentioned the Crown Princess ot Prussia.
in the riding-house attached to the Royal mews at Buckingham Palace
before the Queen, the Prince Consort, the Princess Royal, the Prince
of Wales, Prince Alfred, and other members of the Royal family, with
the ladies of the Court, and most of the foreign Princes and distin¬
guished visitors then in London, including Prince Frederick Williom
of Prussia, the Prince of Prussia, Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia,
Prince Albert of Prussia, Prince Frederick Albert of Prussia, Prince
Adalbert of Prussia Prince Hohenzollem SigmariDgen, tho Duke of
Saxe Cobun? and Gotha, the Duke of Brabant, the Count of Flanders
Prince William of Baden. Prince Edward of Saxe- Wpimar, and Prince
Julius of Holstein GlUckburg. The Duke of Wellington, Major-
General Sir Richard Airey; Lord Alfred Paget, Clerk Marshal;
Colonel Hood, CleTk Marshal to the Prince Consort; and Major Groves
Crown Equerry, were also present.
On the previous occasion the subjects on which Mr. Rarey operated
wero three in number. One was a fine spiritod black horse, of high
nervous temperament, which hud been returned to Mr. Anderson, of
Piccadilly, of whom ho had been bought for a large sum of money, on
the ground of his being restive and all but unmanageable. This animal,
it is but right to say, had been seen and handled by Mr. Rarey, at Mr.
DRESSING-CASE FOR THE PRINCESS ROYAL.
In foremost rank among the many tasteful objects of virth and art-
manufactuTO commemorative of the Royal marriage is a Dressing-
case for the Royal bride, which for some days attracted the aris¬
tocracy in large numbers to the establishment of Mr. West, in St.
Jumes's-stTeet. This gorgeous dressing-case was a wedding present
for the Princess by her Royal Highness the Duohess of Kent. Apart
from the interest attending the occasion, the manufacture of an article
at once so tasteful and so sumptuous might well exoite attfntion : The
dressing-case itself partakes rather more of those elaborate jewel-
chests wherein Venetian artificers of old were wont to display their
ounning device than an ordinary box or case in which the reauiwites
of the dressing table are usually contained. The material is of
ebony, with silver-gilt mountings, the ornaments consisting of an
elegant “V,” surmounted by the Royal crown of England. The
interior fittings are of crimson velvet, forming a rich contrast with the
various requisites and elegancies the jewels of the toilet—which
they encase. All of these are so designed as to be exquisitely orna¬
mental. ..The brushes are of the purest ivory; the combs of the finest
THE AMERICAN HORSE-TAMER.
Ix onr Journal of last week we recorded tho skill of Mr. Rarey, an
American, in training the horses as exhibited at tho Royal stables at
Windsor Castle before her Majesty and the Court. Upon this occa¬
sion Mr. Rarey clearly proyed his skill in taming the horse, and com¬
pletely subjecting him, however wild, vicious, or intractable, to bis
will and master^. On Saturday Mr. Rarey repeated his feats of skill
iHiiriiii'lfifiW
ill
! ;i
pimm
1! ' -
, J
J it
1 mifc-
'"ill::
mmmi $r : ~-
HWh i -1K w\~
EXHIBITION BY THE AMERICAN HORSE-TAMER IN THE
PRESENCE Of HER MAJESTY AND THE COURT, AT BUCKINGHAM fAI.ACE.
110
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 30 , 1858
Anderson's stables, previous to his being taken to Windsor. At the
first interview with the horse in Piccadilly he was placed m a loose*
box, which Mr Rarey entered, cracking a whip, when the animal
struck cut his hind logs, and uttered u kind of savage yell. The
ccmpany who had assembled to witness the experiment were then
asked to withdraw, and Mr. Burey was left alono with the horse. On
being called in again, in less than a quarter of an hour, they wore
amesed to find the horse prostrate on his side among the straw in the
stall, with his head slightly raised, and Mr. Rarey, whom he was
eyeing without the least symptom of alarm, lying .beside him. Mr.
Rarey remained with him in this position for some time, during which
he knocked the horse’s fore and hind koofs together, made a pillow of
his thighs, and finally got up and ran a heavy wheelbarrow up to and
around the still prostrate creature, without producing in him the
slightest sensation of fear.
On a subsequent day, in the presence of. another company, tne
mastery of Mr. Rarey over this same horse, which hq had seen in tho
interval, bad become so complete that when laid on his sido in a loose-
box a plaiik was placed against his shoulder in 6ight of the horsa, and
a barrow run up it. He never moved. A drum was also boa.en on
his back end an umbrella opened in his very face; but ho remained
stock-still, and evinced no sign of apprehension. The same horse was
afterwards put through a course of similar treatment at »Y mdsor
before the Queen. . ,. ,, ~
TLe next subject on which Mr. Rarey experimented before tho Court
on that occasion was a young unbroken oolt, brought from a farm ot
Prince Albert in the vicinity, which had never been handled m any¬
way, end which Mr. Rarey had never before seen. This colt was led
into the riding-school at "VTindsor in a halter, and left alono with tho
iorse-tamer, who intimated a -wish that the company should retire for
a few minutes to tho further end of the building. This re iuest, it
ought to be stated, was dictated simply because, for the present, aud
for purpofes of bis own, Mr. Rarey wishes to preserve bis own secret.
After tho lapse of about ft quarter of an hour, the Royal party re¬
turned, and then they saw, as in the former cose, this wild colt lying
on the ground, and the horse-tamer by his side, who sat upon him and
bandied his legs und feet—a process during which the creature re¬
mained wholly passive* Afrer Mr. R-irey had parted with tho colt,
a handsome boy charger, belonging to the Princo Consort, was brought
to him in the riding school. This horse, ono of high spirit, has
always shown great restlessness while being mounted, and a constant
tendency to take fright. In a short lime tho horse-tamer had him
di.wn also, as submissive os all the rest, and was seen crawling among
his lege, sitting upon his shoulders and hips, and knocking
his hoofs together. Then, bidding the horse riso, which he did in*
stantly, Mr. Rarey jumped upon his back aud held by.turns an um¬
brella over his head and beat a' tattoo on a drum, the hitherto proud,
restless animal, now remaining almost as motionless as a status. A
question now arose among tho spectators whether Mr. Rarey’a treat¬
ment was capable of being communicated to others and practised by
them with equal success, or whether it was a thing peculiar to himself,
r* Snllfimt tbo “]\nr«n.wli?finprAr ” ns ho was (lesiirnafced
A Sleepy Bride.—T he Journal dcs Debuts tells of a young
couple who went to church at Lyons to be married. Burin? the time the
ecclesiastic who presided at the ceremony was addressing them the bride
fell into a most profound sleep, which fasted till the moment came at
which the young husband was putting tho nuptial ring on the finger or
his drowsy partner; but, ou perceiving her state of unconsciousness ho
was, as may readily be believed, shocked and irritated at such a lUgrant
disregard of all decency. After the conclusion of the ceremony he informed
his bride’B friends that he would not. live with her; and, givln? them
2000 francs for her, as stipulated in the contract, left her.
from the extruordinary power be acquired over tho animal, either could
not or would not impart his secret to any one, and tho inference among
horsemen has long been that it was incommunicable.
To show that Mr. Rarey’s power is not a thing personal to himself,
he has, since his exhibition of it at Windsor, communicated the secret
of it to Mejor-GecoTal Sir Richard Aircy, Lord Alfrod Paget, and
Colonel Hood, under the most stringent obligations, of course, that
they will not disclose it to others; and Lord Alfred Paget, who is now as
much a horse-tamer as Mr. Rarey, on Saturday gave a successful ex¬
emplification of his skill bc'oTG her Majesty, tho Prince Consort, aud
their august visitors, taking for his subject a beautiful dapple grey
pony belonging to the Prince of Wales. Lord Alfred was left alone
with the pony for a few minutes in the riding*school, and on the ad¬
mission of the R^yal party it was prostrate on the ground, with his
Lordship sitting, caressing it, handling its feet and legs, resting on its
haunches, and in all respects treating ic in a manner proving its com¬
plete subjection to him. That over, Mr. Rarey appeared with the black
corse from Anderson’s, in Piccadilly (already referral to), and his
mestery over which he showed in a variety of ways. Placing himself
at one end of the riding-school, ho called to the animal, which he
Led left at the other, and it immediately cantered towards him
in a playful manner. It lay down at his bidding, or followed him like
a dog round the building. When down, a plank was laid upon hri
shoulder, up which Lord Alfred Paget ran a wheelbarrow. Finally,
when the horse had regained his legs, he was mounted by Mr. Rirey, woo
sat on the animal’s crupper with his back to the head, beating a drum
and cracking a whip over him, this treatment resulting in neither
motion nor fcaT on the part of the horse.. One of tho fine stud of
CTcam-coloured horses belonging to her Majesty was next subjected to
the manipulation of Mr. Rarey, with an equally successful and sur¬
prising result, so far as laying the animal down was concerned. This
animal of late has never permitted any one to ride him; but he
allowed Mr. Rarey to mount him without offering tho least resistance.
With this the exhibition terminated, and the Queen and her illustrious,
visitors, by whom it was witnessed with tho moat evident tokens of
interest and wonder, took their departure.
The principle on which Mr. Rarey goes is one of extreme
kindness and tenderness towards the animal, the object being
to convince him that man is his natural master and friend, and to
elicit his confidence and kindly regard. Mr. Rarey appeals to what he
calls *' the intellect and affections of the horse,” and states that this is
the secret of all his success. He is a slightly-made man about thirty
years of age, the son of a stock farmer and breeder of horses, who lived
in Franklin county in the State of Ohio, and is himself engaged in a
similar occupation at a place called Grovepirt, about ten miles from
Colombo, the capital of that State. From boyhood ho is stated to have
exhibited an intense fondness for horses and a remarkable aptitude for
breaking and training them after the old fashion, until he discovered _^_
this more humane system of treatment, which ho has since practised £ 373 , 290 . The
with the greatest success in his native State; in many cases hordes
having been reclaimed in a perfectly wild condition from the American
prairies. He is accompanied to this country by Mr. Goodanough, a
gentleman of long standing and respectability as a merchant add
amateur breeder of horses in tho city of Toronto, who brings lotters of
recommendation to the Government, from Sir Edmund Hoad. G overnor-
General of Canada, and Lieutenant-General Sir W i l liam Eyre, Com¬
mander in-Chief of the Forces in Canada. _ _ / - \ \
Mr. Earey has determined to open a subscription-list at ton guineas
each for persons desirous of learning tho new method of subjugating
and educating tho horse, and when the subscribers amount to five
hundred, classes will be formed to receive the necessary instructions
(under certain conditions to be agreed to at tho tune of subscribing)
at tho ridir.g-school of the Luke of Wellington, who has kindly placed
the building at the disposal of Mr. Rarey.
We have ourselves seen sufficient to be convinced of the humanity
and efficaciousness of this mode of subjugating one of our most useful
animals, and believe that very soon tho plague of a restive and unablo
horse will be unknown.
Mr. Rarey has received permission to publish the following cer¬
tificate:—
We. the undersigned, have groat plcasurein being able to state that wc
have been instructed by Mr. John S. Rarey in his art of subduing that
noble animal, the horse, which enablemaho say that there is nothing in
Mr. Rarey’s treatment other that what all horsemen will approve— no me¬
dicines, mesmeric or other Influence, than sound practical common sense,
and what any one of ordinary ability may effect with certain success; in
fact, it is perhaps the only humnne system^ in which the animal cau be
subdued without any risk of injury to “ man” or “horse,” and is invaluable
to the treatment of young anti unbroken hdr.^es, 11 s it cannot fail to tame
the wildest colt. A S/ s v \ ^ Richard Airey.
Alfred Paget.
II. W. Hood.
The New Bridge, Westminster.—T he Building News states
that the whole of the piers will soon be completed above high-water level.
The superstructure will consist of seven nobic eliptical iron arches, which,
in cotubication. will give a total epan of 748 feet of clear water way. In
addition to this, there are three land arches on the Surrey side of the
river of 19 feet than each, constructed of brick set in hydraulic cement,
and faced with Itramlcy-fall stone bedded in the same material. The piers
on which the iron arches will rest are 100 feet in length, and vary in
width from lofectto 10 feet 6 inches, and will be faced with Cheescwiug
granite as a preparation for the foundations for the piers to. rest upon.
233 piles have been used for each, and, as there are six of these piers,
there are, consequently, in all, for the piers alone, 1398 piles; and, in ad¬
dition to these, 1362 piles have been useu for the foundations of the abut¬
ments at each side of the river, givinc a total of 2760 piles for the whole
structure.
At the South Kensington Museum the visitors last week were :—
On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday (free days), 3788; on Monday and
Tees day ( free evenings), 3821. On the three students’ days (admission to
he public Cd), 776 j one students’ evening Wednesday), 67. Total, 8441.
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK.
(From our City Correspondent)
In all quarters money continues to accumulate with great rapidity, and
profitable employment for it is dow a matter of extreme difficulty.
Throughout the week the bankers and discount houses have been in active
competition for good paper, which has been readily discounted at 3$ per
cent, and the highest quotation for the best bills—the supply of which is
unusually small—is now three per cent. In the Stock Exchange money
is worth only 2 to 2 $ per cent, and even at those figures there are very few
applications for temporary accommodation. Notwithstanding the diffi¬
culty in finding an outlet for capital, some large sales of Coneois for Money
were effected on Tuesday, and which reduced the quotations fully g per
cent. On the following day, however, the bulls took advantage of the fall,
and purchased extensively, thereby giving a steady upward impetus to
prices. On the whole, therefore, an extensive business has been done.
The forthcoming loan for the East India Company—staled at £s 000 , 000 —
has been the topic of much discussion ; but, in the present state ot the
money market the amount will scarcely have much influence upon prices ;
besides, it must be understood that in May next two millions of Exchequer
Ronds will have to be paid off, consequently the drain will be scarcely
felt, fuller loans, it is true, may make their appearance; indeed it is
asserted that the Swedish Government will shortly be a borrower of
£l 200,000 for railway purposes; but they cannot exert any great influence
here
The London and Westminster Bank has retraced the allowance upon
deposits to two per cent for sums of £500 and upwards, and one per cent
for suras below £500. Most of the other banks have, likewise, determined
to reduce their quotations, as they now hold more money than they can
dispose of. < >n Thursday the Directors of the Bank of England lowered
their minimum quotation to four per cent. This decline shows a reduc¬
tion of six per cent from the highest period of the market.
The amount of gold sold to the Bank of England tills week is about
£350.000. Very few withdrawals have taken place, and, from the fact that
the foreign exchanges, almost generally, show no profit on exports, there
is no immediate prospect of the stock of gold in the Bank being reduced
below its present amount during the coming month ; indeed, the chances
are that it will have some important additions made to it,as over £900.000
in gold is on passage from Australia. The week’s imports have amounted
to £84.000 from New York, £20.000 from the Peninsula. £5500 from
Australia, and £7000 from the Brazils. The shipments have been trifling (
in the extreme. # /s.
The following return shows the state of the note circulation
United Kingdom during the four weeks ending Dec. 19:—
B«nk o' England •• »• •• .. ••
Piivi*t bunks.. .. .. •• •• •• 3,171,644
Joint-stock hanks .. .. .. •• .. 2,6^2 280
‘cotland .. .. .. •• .. •» 1,305.251-''
Ireland .. .. .. .. .. •• —
Total..'ti.rri.ieT
Comport’d with the corresponding period in 1856, the alipve return
shows a decrease in the circulation of £660,053. \ /
Owing to (he Royal marriage, Monday was observed os a close holiday
in the Stock-Exchange. On Tuesday sales ot Stock wqrenumerous, aim/
prices, consequently, gave way:—The Three per Cents I^dueed wore
done at 95# 4; Consols, for Transfer. 95| to 95; New fhree per Cents,
95 J J Long Annuities, 1860 , 2 $; Ditto, 1859. } 13-16; Coa«uls, for
Account, 95A$: Ir.dia Bonds, 173., 12s prem.: Exchequer Bills, 19s. to
22 s. prem.; Ditto Bonds. 1858, 100 ; Ditto. 1859, iqo$v Bank Stock was
222 and 226; Bank Stock, ft r Account. 226. /the purchases ot Stock, ou
’Wednesday, were numerous, and the Three per Cents advanced to 95$ $.
The Reduced were done at 95$ #; the New Three per Ceuts, 95f |; Long
Annuities, 1800 . 2 1-16; Consols, for Account, 95$ ; Exchequer Bills, 20s.
to 24s. prem.; Ditto Bonds. 100}. Bank Stock was 2*1; and 7 India Stock,
220 and 219. The funds were firm on Thursday/owingToThe reduction of
the Bank rate of interest .—The Three per Cents were done at 85£, both
for Money and Time; but they lefioffifiatly, at 9,s$. The Reduced realised
95f$; the New Three per Cents, 95A Exchequer Bills, 208. to 238.
prem.; Ditto Bonds, 99$ to 100 $; India Bofids, 15s. to 17s. prem; Bank
Stock. 226; and India StoekC2l8 tO/222,
The amount of business doing in the Foreign House has been very
moderate; prices, however, have, bntlie whole, ruled steady .‘—Brazilian
Five per Cents have been done at T02$j Cuba Seven per Cents, 103;
Chilian Six per Cents. 103^;/Mexican Three per Cents, 20 j ; Peruvian
Four-und-a- Half per Cents, 79 ; Portuguese Three per Cents, 41$; Russian
Four-and-a-Half per Cents,( lbo ; Sardinian Five per Cents, 90 ; Spanish
New Deferred, 25J; Turkish Six per Cents, 98.J ; Turkish Four per Cents,
104J -, Venezuela Four-and-Three-Quarters net Cents. 31 J; Spanish Three
per Cents, -n J; and Dutch Two-and-a^IIalf per Cents, 65}.
Joint-Stock Bank Shares have been very firm, and the quotations have
an upward tendencyAustralasia have realised *6$; City, 63); Colonial,
27 ex div.; English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered, 19#; London
Chartered of Australia, 19}; London and County, 30; London Joint-
Stock, 31$; London and Westminster, 46J; New South Wales, 44 J ex div.;
Oriental, 32J; Ottoman. 20 ; Cnion of Australia, 48 ex div.; Ditto New,
lOAex div.; and Union of London, 24$.
Miscellaneous Securities have been much less active. The leading quo¬
tations for the week are:—London Docks, 105 ex div.; St. Catharine, 93
ex div.; Australian Agricultural,^; Australian Royal Mail, 2}; Crystal
Palace, 1# ; Ditto, Preference, 4§; Eastern Steam. ; European and
American Steam, 45; London Omnibus. 3}; National Discount Company,
3g; Netherlands' Land Eight per Cent Preference, 3* ex ink: North
British Australasian, 5 ; Peel River Land and Mineral, 2$; Peninsular
end Oriental Steam, 79; Ditto, New. 18 A; Rhymney Iron, 23 : Scottish
Australian Investment, 1 $; Hungerford-bridge, 6$; Vauxhall, 17.4.
The Railway Market has not Bhown any signs of bcmyancy, and price?
have fluctuated with Consols. Bankers have recommenced making
advances upop/failway securities, and tills circumstance lias rendered the
settlement an easy matter; the rules for “continuation” having been
only from J to fi per cent The •* calls ” for the present month are only
"373.280. The following are the official closing quotations on Thursday
“Ordinary Shares and Stocks.—C aledonian, 92$; Eastern Coun¬
ties, 4»2| j Eastern Union, B Stock. 334 ; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee,
30|; Great Northern. 106; Great Western, 60; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
93$; London and Brighton, 111; London and North-Western. 101 $;
Loudon and South-Western. 99; Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincoln¬
shire, 41$; Midland. 94$; North-Eastern—Berwick, 97$; Ditto. Leeds,
5l|: Ditto, York, 84#; North London. 94; North Staffordshire, 14$;
South-Eastern, 75$; Stockton and Darlington, 37$.
Lines Leased at Fixed Rentals.— Gloucester and Dein Forest,
2fi; Hull and Selby, 109$; 31 idlund—Bradford, 95.
Preference Shares.— East Anglian, Class C. Seven per Cent. 113;
Great Western, Convertible and Redeemable Four per Cent, 34 ; Ditto.
Irredeemable Four per Cent, 84; Ditto, Birmingham Stock. 731; Man¬
chester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 121 ; Midland, Four-and-a-Half per
Cent Stock, 100 $.
British Possession?.— East Indian. 108; Ditto, C Shares. 16 $: Ditto,
E SliareB Extension, 6$; Grand Trunk of Canada, 47; Ditto, Six per
Cent Debentures. 85 ; Ditto, proportion issued of tiie Two .Million Loan,
40; Great Indian Peninsula, 2l|; Ditto, New, 4$; Ditto, 2 $; Great
Western of Canada, 20 $.
Foreign.— Norwegian Trunk Preference, 82-
In Mining Shares very few transactions have taken place. Alfred
Consols have been done at 14$; Vale of Towey, $; Linares, 8$; Mari-
qoita, j; Santiago de Cuba, 2; and United Mexican, 4$.
THE MARKETS.
COK.v-E.vcbaxok, Jam 25.—'To-day's market wm scantily suppHtvI with all k-’nds of
English wheat, in which, however, only a limited business was transacted, at barely sta¬
tionary prices. Foreign wheat- tho *ho\v of whlA was seasonably extenslvo—ruled heavy,
and the quota Hone were with difficulty supported. Floating cargo's of foreign grain ruled
very inactive. Flu* malting barley supportwl former terms, bat aU other destriptloos were
hrtvy. The malt trade wna In a sluggish state, and Inferior malt was rather lower. OatB
were dull at bareiv previous rates. Roans and peas were about stationary. Flour met a
dull innuiry. and town-made qualities declined 4«. per 200 lb.
Jan. 27.—Tho demand for all kinds of produce hero to-day was limited, but wo have no
chnnpo to nctlee In pricca compared with Monday.
JZui/Ufh. —Wheat, Essex and Kent, red, 43s. to 51s.; ditto, white, 45a. to 54s.; Norfolk
and Suffolk, red, 48a. to 55s.; rye, 30s. to 3»s.; grinding barloy, 2Ss. to 39s.; distilling
ditto, 32s. to 35s.; malting ditto, 34s. to 42s.; Lincoln and Norfolk malt. 60s. to 66«. ; brown
ditto, S5e. to 56s.; Kingston and Waro, 60s. to 66s.; Chevalier, 67s. to 69s.; Yorkshire and
Lincolnshire feed oata, 20s. to 25s.; potato ditto, 26a. to 33s.; Youghnl and Cork, black. 19s. to
24s.; ditto white, 2Cs. to 31s.; tick beans, 33s. to 35s.; grey peas, 39s. to 41s.; maple, 41s.
to 43s.; white, 40s. to 42s.; boilers, 42s. to 41s. per quarter. Town-made flour, 40a. to
43s.; town households, 38s. to —t country marks, 31s. to 34s. per 280 lbs. American flour,
20s. to 27s. per barrel.
Sutds— Linseed and raocsoed have sold steadily, at very fall prices. Cakes aro tolerably
(lrm, but other articles are a alow inquiry.
Linseed English, crushing, 50s. to 52s.; Mediterranean, 52s. to 5is.; hcmpscod, 44s. to 46s.
per quarter; coriander, 30s. to 32*. per cwt.; brown mustard-^ecd, 14s. to 16s.; ditto white,
17». to Ht.; tares, 5s. to t*. 6d. per bushel. English rapeeeed, 66s. to 70s. per quarter;
linseed cakes, English, £10 10s. to £11 0s.; ditto, foreign, £10 I0s.to £11 Os.; rapo cakes,
£6 0s. to £6 10s. per ton. Canary, 80s. to 64s. per quarter.
Bread .—'The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7d. to 8d.; of house¬
hold ditto, fcjd. to ejd. per 41b. loaf.
Imperial Wttkly AvtraQts.— Wheat, 48«. 9d.; barley, 37s. 6d.{ oats, 22s. 4d.t rye,
32s. 0d.; beans, 39s. 4d.; peas. 39s. 5d.
The SixWeek*' A v< raves.— Wheat, 48s. 3d.; barley, 36s. 7d.; oats, 22*,6d.; rye, 33s.Od.:
bear.a, 30s. fd.; peas, 40s. Id.
Englifh Oram sold last Week.— Wheat, 113,521; barley, 107,432; oats, 13,198; rye, 126;
beans, 5697; peas, 1002 quarters.
Tt About aa Average business has been transacted in ou market, both at public sale
sod W private contract, st full quotations. The cumut value of common sound c-jngou£»
Ir. Jd per lb —usual trrmi.
Stajar.— Iliac i« much lr« activity in the demand for nearly all kinds of raw sngar, and
ptice* Imve given wsy 6d. per cwt. Rnrbodoo* has sold at 30*. to 15*. 6d.; Domcr-wa, «0». to
50 b. fid,; Ittugiil. 33s to 45*.6d.; Native Madras, 82r. m ,ili» per cwt. ltctlnod good-i tix.ro
off slow 1\, at u alight reduction on last week's nttca. Brown to good litters, 59s. to tXt). od.
per cwt.
Coffee .—Tho demand is still moderately active, yet, in somo cases, price* have rather
favoured Lovers.
Bice. —7bU nr I He—the stork of which l • uow 70,000 tons—continues stow in sale; prices,
however are moailr supported.
J‘rovi/>ionx.— 1 he tx*n,»ction* in ino»t kinds of butter ure only to a moderate extent, ©a
foiniur Urm*. Prime bacon Is rather dearer. In other kinds of provisions very little is
^ Taftow —The demand has fallen off, and prices ort» somewhat easier. P. Y C., oa the spot*
53s. 9d. to 54s.; fvr March. 53i SKI. per cwt
Oils .—Linseed oil is n slow Inquiry, at £28 10». per ton on the spot. Foreign refined rapo,
£45; brown, £40 10s. Olivo sunpor a Iho late advance. Turpentine Is firm, aud spirits ar»
quoted st 3ts. Cd to 35s 6d por cwt.
Spirits. —Very few trnns’ctlons hsvo taken placo In run. at the late decline. Proof Leo—
wsru», 2s to 2c. Id.: Ea»t India, Is. 10J. to Is. lid. per gillou. Brandy is dtul and aroopta#.
In malt f jrfrit very little doing
Hay and Stl'aw .—Meadow hay, £2 10s. to £4 0e.; clovar ditto, £3 10s. to £5 0s ; and
straw. £1 .'•s. to £1 10s. per load.
totth .—llolywelL 15s.; Tunfleld Moor Bute*, 12s. 3d ; Gosforth. 16s. GJ.; Horton, 16s. Rd-j
Brsdd«U’s Hotton, 19s.; Haxwed, 20s. 31.; Russell's Hot ton, lUt.; Trindon Hartlepool, 19*.
po* ton.
4/ojv> —A full average badness Is doing in goxl and flue hops, ns full quotations In all
other kinds very little Is passing. --
Wool —The inquiries for this article Increase, bu! a* yet only a limited basinets is doing.
Potatoes —The supplies have fallen offyond-^the trsd - is steady, at from 65*. to loOfc
ptr ton.
Metropolitan Cattle Market— The cqpplios of fat stock on offer this woek have bosa.
onlv mod*rate, yet tbe trsde has ruled Jxouvy, ns follow*;—
Bcof from 3s. 2d. to 4s. 6d.; mutton, 3s. 4d. to 5s. Id.; vdiil, *S. 2d. to fw. 2d. J pork. 3s. 'Ah
to <*- fld. per 8 lb. to sink the tffol. /
Arte gate and Leudrnhfdl .—Each kind of ruoa !>ns continued In good snpply and honvy
rtquint, at our quotations. / x\ \ 'y
Beef from 2*. l«d. to 4s. 24.; mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 6-J.j voal, 3a. Cd. to I*. f>d.: poik fc
■ per 8 lb. by the carcase.
3r. 2d. to 4s. tkl. p
ROBBHT UttKBBKT.
THE LON DOS GAZETTE.
Friday. Jan. 22.
war office. January 21.
The <^cen hasjgsen gtac.In'uislrxilcassd to glvo orders for tho following appointments to
the Most Hnimufuhln.OitlfiT.af tho Bath:— , , ...
To bo Ordtntjy'MeinherB of tho Miiimry Division of tho Scc-uid Claas. or Knights Com¬
manders of the “said Most Honourable Order, viz:—Major-'i-noral J. E. \Y. lug.is; Ca^tala
W. 1'oel, R.N., C.B.; ColooouE. l-ugur. C.B., J. H. Grunt, C.B.
To be »n Ordinary Mon>b* r hf the Civil Division of the Socmd Class, or Knights Com-
znanden of tbe said Moat Honourable Order, vir..—Colonel tho Hon. C. 8. Phipps, ti.B.
To lie Ontuutry Members of/lbn Military Division of tint Third Claw, or Companions of tho
said Most Honourable Order/viz :—tf oar-Admiral Sir H. J. 1^-,-ko, Kr.; Colonel* J. Longlleid,
w. llsmlltr-n, 11. W. Htlate-i. C. Strusrt, O. JH. Ellice, »i. Campbell, tbs Uon.R. W. P. Carzart,
E. II. Great bed, J. Jonuj; Liout.-Colonels C. Herbert, C. C. Deaoon, W. N. Cuntanco, F.
English. H. A. Ouvrv.
Her Ms|e»;y has alsobeen Rraolously pleased to make and ordain a Spedal Statitto of tho
MiiffMost Hom>uriab»dOnler <cr appointing the following Otllcors tn the sorvico ol tho East
Indi« Company tb lid Extra Member* of >ho Military Division of lift Third <!•»», or Com-
pflninns orihe raid Order, viz : Colonel* A. M. Koch or, R. vyr. Uounor, ht. G D Showers,
J. Wolehman.\H. Cotton. J. M. 15. F. Tytler ; Lieut -Cal nt’s H. W. Trovelyau, T. Tapp, F.
Ckitikell. iXBjeid, It. B. Hmlfh, J.Coko. J. L. 8tephocscn, II. Tombs; Cummambr J.Hcnais^
Mn l or« J. Forbo*, A. B. Kotnbul!, H. Daly.
Her Majesty bus further Ixten graciously pleas*Hl to give onlcrs for tho appointment of
Superintending Surgeon Kdmind Tritton, Bengal Medical Staff, to bo an Ordinary Member of
tlic Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of tho
\llltltnBAJnwtM.—Colonel Nlchola* Wilson and Major Tltotna* Stirling, 64th Regiment,
would huvo been recommended fur tho dignity of Companion of tho Order of Iho Belli, hut
they survived.
WAR OFFICE. Jax. 22.
Roval ArtllJory: Second Captains G. H. A. Focbss and it. J. Usv to bo Contains; Ltoats. V
N. CremorUft, L. 8. Joyed. K. Goto. C C. Toosdals, C.B, to bo 3 coua Captains; Stafik-
fergiaut G. W. Taylor to bo quartermaster.
ADMIRALTY, J.4X. 21.
Vice-Admiral of tho UImo A. Fans ha WO, C.B, to l>o Vice-Admiral of thl White: Rear-
Admiral Sir O. P. B. Focholl. Bart., on the Reserved Half-jiay List, to t-e a Vico-Ailraimt ots
the same Ust; Rear-Admiral of tho Pod tho Hon. II. J. non* to bo Vice-Admiral of th»
Blue; Hoar-Admiral of tho White the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, K.O.B., to bo Konr-Admiral of
tne Rod; Hrar-Adsi.ir.1 of tho Bluo tha Hon. G. Gray to be Pear-Admiral of toe Ahit-'i
Cflpf. E. Stanley »o be a Rear-Admiral on the Reserved Half-puy List, Capt. olr B. W.
Walker, Bart., K.C.B., to bo llcar-Admiral of tha Blue.
BANKRUPTS.
J. 8ALTER, otherwise 8HARMAN, Vforlhiun. Suffolk, blfickttnlth.-R. TRKD1NNICK,
Old Broad-sticct, Ci.y, sburabrokcr.—T W OdU'Jl^E, Uirmlncborn, curriate-manu-
fncturer —T. TAYLOR, Birmingham, pnpor-dcnlor.—W. J. KLWIN, Hartford, groce-.—G.
SEAKBY, Great queen-street. Wettmlnstor. *hij>owitcr.--J. ROTHSCHILD. Br stol, silver*
ntiith and Jowoller, dealer in cigars and i-nuiftf, factor.—W. PARKIvS'N, Bradford, York¬
shire. worsied-Rpinner —G. M. RICHARDS, Northampton, grocer.—8.HUitCOMB, Littledrnn,
Gloucestershire, grocer.—F. ELLIS. Hntherlt-igh, Dovoudiiro, chemist, druggist, and spirit-
merchant.—L. KIKKUP, Xcwcastto-uuon-Tyne, iron sldp-buildor and uollor-uukor.—
T A. B. BROUGHTON. Welsh Bsck, Bri-tol. com morohnnt.—H. H. WoODFALI. «nd L.
GOIBER. AMsrmanbury, Cl y, sta'ionori —T. E. BA I BS. Ko-nington. llcensod victuallor.—
H. JBBETfeON. Leeds, wooilen doth merchant—W. M WATKI.vSON and H. F. D1CKJNS*
Kidderminster, woolstnphm.—'T. LAMB, Manchatter, grocer.—C and E. DAVIES. Whitby,
Cheshire. Oswestry. Wolchpool. and Newtown, soap m.nufkclurcrs and coal-sliUemcrchuns.
—L F. BROWN, Manchester, Lancashire, chemist and druggUt. -.1 N‘>K I'oV, MiUToietflod,
rilk drer.—R. BUCKLEY, Lttxley Brook, ltoyton. Lonmsbire, cottonaplnner aud waato dealer,
—J. oHARI'LES, Mauclsestor. lioonmd vj, tualler.— H. B. PALMER. Pilgrim-strea', Ken-
ninrton. and Gun-alley, Bormondsey, patent Arc light manufacturer and wood dealer.—
J. WAITE, Ycadou. Yorkshire, woollen rnanufacturcr.— f. and W. FROGGATT, Oid-
ham, 1 ancashir-, c't*on spinner*.—A. MoGUBSOR, Liverpool, co-n and ship broker — J. and
W. bMlTU and 1. NICIIOLB, Bradford, Yorkshire, worsted spinners and stuff manufacturers.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
A H. FINLAY, Glrvgow. commission motehnnt.—G. MILLER, FerryroadhonJ. Yoker,
contractor.—W. bU HI LULA Ml, Lathcron, Caithuo a-shire, Inn»c<-|>«r.—\V. MiL'.ER. jun.»
Gla«gr-w, P'lnt tranu^actorer.—G. R- FERGUS »N Glasgow, hoot-mtker —W. KIRK¬
PATRICK. Rothesay tl -sher—W. M. HILL, Glasgow, commission agent.—J. LUCK and J.
POLLOCK, Glasgow, plasterers.
Tuesday, Jan. 26.
WAS OFFICE, JAR. 23.
3rd Foot; Major-Gen. B. Drummood to be pendall to be Major; Lieut. A. Goran tn it©
* * Captain; Ensign A. B. Morgan to t>o Lieu¬
tenant.
21 st; G. A. Grant to bo Ensign.
23fd: Ca?L K. G. Bulwortobj Major; Lieut.
T. II. Hacktttt to bo Captain
31st; Assist, burg. T. D. Giraud,M.D., to ba
ArsUtiuit durgeoa.
32nd: llrevot Lleat.-Col. .7. D. Carmiohnrl
to bo Lloutenant-Colon: 1; Cait. F. Y’ard to !>•»
Major; AsaU:. burg. G. ti. Lumsdou to bo
Assistant 8urgeon.
67th: Staff Surgoon of tho Socond C asa T.
Parr to he So'gooti.
73th: E. Le Breton Butler to bo Ensign.
Bird: Ensign N. Pennefathor to be LIcu-
tonaut.
99th: A*8l*t. 8urg. J. W. C. Allen to bo
i Assistant Surgeon
Hills BrigA'ie: Brevet Major H Walker to
be Major; Lieut. G. K. baundoni to bo
Cuptaiu; Ensign J. H. Allaire to be Lieu¬
tenant.
1st West India Regiment: A. J. Plunkett
to be Ensign.
3rd: Lieut. A Dunlop to be Captain; En¬
sign F. W. J. Dugmoio to bo Ueatenunt; W.
f-nvin to ho Knsign.
Ceylon Killo Regiment: Entign W. Guy to
be Lieutenant; R. T. Tugnrt to be Ensign.
Cn|>o Mounted Rifle Regiment: T. II. V. D.
Hay to bo Ensign.
Colonel.
37th: Major-Gen. J. Frazer to lie Colonel.
67th: Major-Gen. V. J. Davies to bo Cotonol.
93rd: Gen. Sir C. Caninball to bo Colouel.
6th Dragoon Guards: Ueut- J. Stillman to
bo Captain; Corn ft and Adjutant W. W.
Graham to have tbo rank of Ll-ntouant;
Cornet U. J. Grainger to be Lieutenaut.
9th Light Dragoon*: Assist. Surg. G. Evans
to bo Assistant Surgeon.
3rd Foot: Ensign 8. Greaves to bo In¬
structor of Mcskc'ry.
6tb: Ens ; gn W. Wostle to bo I.icatcnnnt.
7th: Copt- E. Eutherlaud and Lieut E.’J.
Disney to bo Captains; En-Ign F. Beau¬
champ to lie Litatennnt; J. G. Smith to bo
Inslgn; Assist. Burg. M. Qainisn to ba
Assistant Surgeon
10th: Enslgu and Adjutant J Crate to be
Lieutenant and Adjutant; Staff-Snrg. F.
Dcuglss to bo Surgeon of tiie Second Cla-e.
11 tb: Staff Surg. of tho Second Class W. T.
Black to be Ku'geon.
12th: T. G. D. Latoucho to bo Ensign;
Stall-Surg. of tbe Second Clasas E. M.Mac-
phenon to be Surgeon.
13th: Stsff-Surg. of tho Second Class W. J.
Fvfe to be Surgeon.
14th: Surgeon J. E. Carte to be Surgeon.
19th: Brevet Lieut-Col. R f». Bright to bo
Lieutenant-Colonel; Brevet Major E. Chlp-
DKPOX BatTAMOX.—C spt. H. Falrtlough to bo Instructor of Musketry.
UK ATTACH K i*.—Lkut, A. McLeod to bo CapUn.
HOSPITAL STAKi-.—Assist. Surg*. A. Macrae, H. W. Voss, J. Carroll, T. J. Atkinson, C. W.
Woodroffo, to bo Staff Surgeon# o< the Second Class.
Bu* VET.—Major-Gen. J. E. W. Inglls, K.C.8., being Supernumerary to the Establishment
of Major-Generals, to he placed upon the Flxea Establishment of that rank, in succetiiou to
Major-Gen. Havelock, K.C.B.. deceased. Brevet Lieut. C. C. Barry to be Colouel; Major C.
L. Nugent to be Lieut .-Colonel; Copt. IL M. Smyth to Ire Major; Brevet Lieut-Col. J.
M'Qoerih to be Colonel: Major E. Wodchousc to bo Lieut.-Colonel; Copt. F. G. Christie to bo
Major; Malor-Gcn N. Hamilton to be Lieutenant-General- Brevet Col.T. Wood to be Major-
General; Brevet Lieut -Col. 8. Waymouth to be Colonel; Major E. Knollys to ba Llontnnant-
Colonel; Capt. A. Knight to be Major; Major Gen. C. A F. Bontiuck to bo Lioatontnt-Gcneral;
Brevet Col. W. H. Eden to bo Major-General; Brevet LieuL-Coh C. Smith to bo Colonel;
Brevet Major It. Jenkins to be Lieutenant; C«tpL W. T. PftTsttt to bo Major; Lieut.-Col- tt.
T. Barren tv be Colonel In the Army; Capt. E. Sutherland to bo Major in "the Array; Lieu:.
H. Price, to have local rank of Lieutenant.
BANKRUPTS.
If. H. WOODFULL nnd L. GQftBER, AMennmburjr, City, stationers.—A. J. AYTO.V,
Stefonl. Wilt-hire, cattle dealer —E. BABEL, Coleman-trees, City, merchant.—W. B.
GORDON, Regent-street, hosier.—M. FERNANDES. Dovonsliirc-squnro. Buhopogate, im-
poitcr of foreign sand.—F. FINN IS und A. MACNAB, John-stroet, Minor!e*. provlaiun
merchants.—ANN HUGHES. Vorthumb-rland-ntreot. Strand, and Cannon-row, Westminster,
lodgiog-lmuto- kee|KT.— .7. YOUNG. BBston. KtafVordshiro, roll turner.—W. 8ANSOME,.
Coventry, ribbon manufacturer.—H. W1GMOBK, Knvilio. Staffordshire, hotel-koupcr.—
W. GERHARD, Bunriem. 8talfordsbira. grocer.—G. LANCASHIRE, Castle Donnington,
I-oicoxterahirc, silk manufacturer.—M. LIEI-MANN, Nottingham, lace manufacturer.—.7. and-
H. BEAVEN, Bristol, builders.—J. MORRIS, Khymn.-y. notr Tredegar. Montnoathshiro,
draper.—W. WHITE.TinUnhuH, Somersetshire, farmer.—H. and J. NiTTAbL, Kochdaio,
flannel manufacturers.—S. ARON, Manchester, general msrehant.—J. BROADBBNT, Man-
chcstrr, nmlwcl’n manufacturer.—W. H.ABR1BON, North Hhioldu, Northnmborlnnil, ship-
chandler.—W. TUOMlffiON, Birmingham, coal dealer.
SCOTCH 8E(JUEST3ATIDNS.
A. ALEXANDER. Bonthmuir of Korricmuir, cattle den’or.-J. MHNDOE, Drtimbrack.
Renfrow^hbc, gardener.— P. GIB3. Glasgow, wright.-A. ELLIOT, Glivgow, commUsion
agent.—C. HENDERSON and T. DIXON. Glasgow, eommludm merchants.—1. K1NI,AY-
SOW. Kincardine. Perth-hire, and Glasgow, wine merchant.—J. D. BENTON, Ghugovri,
wool merchant.—J. FULTON, Airdrie, spirit dealer.
BIRTHS.
On the 19th Inst., at Middle-terrace, Falmouth, Cornwall, the wife of Mr. William Denton,,
of a daughter.
On Tuesday, the 2Gtb Inst., at 25, Priory-road, Kilburo, tho wife of John 8. Rivolta, of a
dargbter.
On the 27th jnst »st Warwick-crescent, Mrs. James Purdoy,of n son.
MARRIAGE.
On the 23rd lost., ftt 6t. John's Church, Notting-hlll. by the Rev. Francis Addtms, M.A.,
Alderman Rose, of queenhithe, London, and Blfrons Cranford. MiddlcscT, to Charlotte Grace,
eldest daughter of the late Captain Edward Winterton Snow, Madras Army.
DEATHS.
On the 24th init., at his residence, tho Woodbine*, Engston-upon-Thamcs, William Miller
Christy, Esq., aged 80 Tears.
On tbe 29th ulL, in Fit/.wiiiiitm-square, Dublin, Richard Sharp, Esq., late of App« Coart, fik
the county of Surrey, and magistrate of that county.
Jan. 30, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
111
NEW JiOOK S, (fc.
NEW STORY BY SHIRLEY BROOKS.
With tho Mairr./inta at tho cod of the month, price la.. No. 2 Iti bo
completed in Twelve Monthly Numbera). of
T HL GORDIAN KNOT.
By SHIRLEY BROOKS, Author of “ Anpen Court,'*
With Ulus' ration# by Tennlel.
" Thli »tory ha* all tho good quail’io» of the write*, and exhibit!
• power cf ike'ching character, and a h*»ppy B'ylu of humorous
lllortretion which ab.orb the attention of the reader.”—Morning
Chronicle.
“Mr. Shirley Brook* is well known to the reader* of periodical
literature. Be is a prr.ceiui, graphic. picluremue write . every one
know*. 7 his new- serial tale is distinguished by all those qualities
which have rendered hi*** cce of tho mo»t popular vmt«n *f tho
day. Tho r e who read tie first will 1»« also found reading tho twelfth
part. Ji i- capitally Illustrated by Tenuirl.”—Morning Herald.
London: KlciialtD BKNTLKT. New Burlington-s’reet.
GREAT MEN AT HCHOOL.-On March l*f, with 15 Engraving.,
S CHOOL DAYS of EMINENT MEN;
with Sketches of the Progr.f* of Education in Enabled, and
Memoir* of the School and College Dav* of British Worthies. Bv
JOHN TIMBS, F.B.A., Author of “ Curiosities of 1 ondon,” Mo.
Knr and Co. .late Boguo), Fleet-street.
B AD MASQUE, being No. 4 of the COMIC
LIBRARY. Now ready. Price 6d. complete, with 70 Illustra¬
tion* by Henning, fre — Kknt and CO. (late Bogael, 8G, Fleet-street.
No 3, •« kv auing Parti**.” by ALBERT BMITH. fid.
In royal 8vo. in illuminated cover, price 1*. fij. each,
A ny of sir Walter scotts novels.
With hi* latest Introductions end Note*.
Edinburgh : A. and C. BLACK; and a-l Book«o)lcra.
Now r>ady. New Edit-on for 185$,
with all tho Indian and ttiimonn OiTiccr#
M r. dod's tekkage. bakonetage,
KNIGHTAGE, Ac , for 1858 (Eighteenth Year - ), inc’ude* tho
new Peer*. Baronets, and Kn'gbta, with all tbo latwt nhango*-
Pike 10* 6d.—fVlUTTAKtu and CO., Ave Maria-loue, London, and
all Booksellers.
E QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CCV.,
I* published This Day.
Contents:—
I. Dlfflcu’tie* of Railway Engineering.
II. The Peerage of England.
HI. Tobias Smollett
IV. Wiltshire.
V. Church Extension.
VI. Sense of Pain in Men and Animal*.
YU. Woolwich Arsenal.
YLU. The Fnturo Management of India.
John Murray, Albemarie-atreot.
ijm
NEW WORK BY 8AUU5L LOVER.
Just out, lllurtiatcd by Phi*, H*r»©y, Birket Foster, Harrison
Weir, end Engraved by tho Brothers D-1/1 el. Crown 8vo, superbly
£ nted on cretin* paper, iirie** 5s., ex*ra cloth, full gilt,
YRICS of IRELAND. By SAMUEL
IOVER, Author of “ Legends of Irolaed.” “ Rory O'Moro.”
•• Handy Andy.” Ac.—H oulston and WntoiiT.65, Paternoster-row.
Now ready. Nos. 1 and 2. illustrated with Twenty-one new Bngrnvings,
price 2d. each, to be completed in 'Pweive Monthly Numbers,
mHE FAMILY DOCTOR.
A Hortvroy aud Wrioht. and oil Booksollora
BY THE 8EV. JOHN STEVENSON* OF PATHIXBOURNE.
In pest Rvo, Twenty-second Thousand, 7*. <1..
HEIST on the CROSS : Fsulra XXII. Ex-
position.
Frki.hy, Jackson, and Hat/ ioav. Fleet-street.
BY THE REV. JOHN STEVENSON OF PATRIXBOURNE.
In portbvo. Twenty-second Thousand, 5*,
•HE LOUD OUR SHEPHERD : Psalm
XXUI F.xporitfon.
PirKtltr, J*«kson, and Hallihat, Fleet-afreet.
T
BY THE REV. JOHN STEVENSON OF PATiUXBOUltNE.
Jn post 8vo, Sixth Thousand. 6#.,
( GRATITUDE: Psalm Gill. Exposition.
~?T Fef.lkt, Jai ksoic. and Hallidw. Flret-street.
Third Edition, cloth lettered, Bal'-a-Crown, post-free,
G OVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS ami
EXAMINATIONS, A COMPLETE GUIDE to. By JAMES
C. HURST, H.M.C.8— Kfii.rs (Brothare), 150, Aldcragate-strett.
T71 QUEST RIAN PORTRAITS
Jjj PRINCE and PRINCESS FREDERICK WI
T Il^ CALL of tho MASTER, Addressed to
British Workmen, The substance of n Sermon do ivered in
Exeter H-ll. By NEWMAN H* I.L. T.L B. Prlc*Sd.
WARNING CRY FROM NIAGARA. Ropub-
lithcd, with cuts rrlce 2d. •
James NIf it XT and Co.: and nil Bxksoller*.
of the
WILLIAM of
PRU88TA.— On FEBRUARY’ Iftt will bn publish bd, price tkl., No. L,
Vqlutnell., of the LADIES’ TREASURY, contain log a hlghlr-ttnUhe.1
Engraving, printed on plate paper, of the Prince nod Princess
Frederick William oi PtubbIo, on lioraeback. This Number, which is
magnificently i) tuttrafed. will.lUoconQiluthe fallowing Engraving*:—
Winter, an occmdonnl 111ns'ration; The Poultry Girl: Thb Lataular;
Tho Gipsy Foraucr#; European Caetles on the Uoephoru*: Mount
Tabor; Fancy Work, and Paper Flower Diagrams. The Library
Content* comprise:—Conduct and Carriage, or Kales to Guido a Young
T.ndy; French and German Lesions; Autobiography of a Pin; Poetry,
Ac. Vol. 1., beautifully boon*! In cloth, price 8s.; gilt edges, 8s. 6J.,
is now ready.—London. WAKDaud LOOK,
T HE FAMILY FRIEND
"It I* the very thing we want when tho curtain* are drawn
oj d »Ho candle* lit, for a long, pleasant ovonlog.” Monthly, td..lllii*-
rated—W ahu and Lock. 158 Fleet-street; and all BoekceUora
N ew illustkated books.
Just out. with Twolvo Illustration*, by Anelay and
Wntta Phillips, board*, fcp Rvo, price 2*..
NIGHT and DAY; or. Better Late than Never.
By JOHN BENNETT, Author of “ Family Mysteries,” Ac.
Just out, price 2a.. Illustrated with 3«» Knjrravipg*,
HOW to MAKE n HOME, and FEED a FAMILY.
Thi* work is thoroughly practical, and will save its co*t dally.
Just out, I Lustra tod with 250 Engravings, from Design* by Leech,
Crowqaill. frc.. cloth, gilt, pp. 480 price 3s. lid.,
PAUL PRENDEUGAST; or. the Comic School-
isaytcr. A book that will anineo, delight, and instruct old and
young.—Vf/KD and Lock, 158, Fleet-rt-eet; ord all Bookseller*.
Illustrated with 250 Descriptive Rngrovtags, 3*. 6d.,
W IFE'S OWN BOOK of COOKERY.—
Agreeable Ifinnor*, Inexpensive, and eerily cooked. Also,
Nice Dinner* forovexv d*v.—W ard aud LOCK; and all Bpoksollors
T RY.- A beautiful Book for Boys. By OLD
JONATHAN. 2 *.. pwt-IYw*. LOinnstrntlnni.
t'Ol. 11 X 0 nil'<;K. City non, l anr-lanc. London; and everywhere.
Jn«t published. Fourteenth Edition, 8vo. bound, prioo 16s , post-free.
TT OMCEOBATHIC domestic
Jl MEDICINE By J. LAURIE, M.D. Devoid of nil techni¬
cality. No medicino is proscribed without the indica ion* for its
selection, and the exact deas to be administered. An excellent work
for families, emigrant*, and missionaries. A Modi sine Chest for this
An "EPITOME of the ABOVE. Price ts. A Guide
to those commencing tht* treatment in family practieo. A Caso for
this Work. pr!co35«. Carri ago-free on receipt of Post-offlco order.
New P.ili'lon. enlarged, 3»mo. boand, rrice 1*.. free by port.
HOMCEOPATHIC FAMILY GUIDE: containing
Simple Directions for the Domestic Treatment of Ordinary Ailment*.
A Chest of Medicino for this Work, price 24s.
homceopaVuy t'eSNEiiAL Complaints :
P’sln Lirection* for their Treatment with 12 Medicine*. A Case of
Medicine* fer thi* work, price 12*.
- ----’loefi^Vreal
nun. lurid inns ion, ktiu uuuuiiuviuo . . . .- .. ,
M.D. Direction* for the Treatment of those Common Disorder*. Rnlea
for Diet. Kecelpta lor Delicacies which may be frofoly taken by P«-
Kms * Hireling lrom thteo com plaints^\
Lkath and RoSS, 5, Bt. Fanl’* Ch. -ynrd; and 9, Ycro-s.-.
Oxford-at.
Now ready, Fifth^ Edi^n.JwJth^aa^Twloo 1*. fid ; ; by #
Now ready, FIfttt rAlitlon, wltn caso5, pneo is. t>a., u
L A'i'EKAL CUItVATURE of the
w ith a new method of treatment for securing it* removal. By
CUARL18 VERBAL, Esq., Surgeon to the Spinal Hospital, London.
London: J. CHUECHin^ Now Burlington-*treet; and all Booksolleis.
C HEAP BOOKS. — Surplus Copies of
Macaulay's History' of England, Anderson's Lake Hgarni. Th®
Heir of Rtdclyffe, Carlisle’*L.ite of Bchlllor, Albert Smlih’a Mon 1
Blanc, Dynevor Terraco, Uavdon’* Life, and nuiny other Book*, are
now on BALE at BULL’S LIBRARY, at greatly reduced prices.
C'atnlcguea sent post-free on application, also Prospectuses of the
Library .-Bull’* Library, 19, Hollr stm * - »• *
lies-street, Cavendish-square, Lon-
rraiE TIMES Newspaper Posted Free to all
p*rta of the United Kingdom tor 23a. and ?6«. fid. per Quarter ;
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, C*. 6d. Orders to be sddreaued
(prepaid) to ROBERT HENEY, 12, Weymouth-terrace, LUckney-
r ond, Lornlcn. _
F SllER’S PACKETS of NOTE PAPER.
fct NicboiM’-*qoire, New«itle*cn-'rroe,
QARL and SONS, Wholesale Manufacturing
O ELECTRO and ARGENTINE SILVER PLA I EiUJ, No*. 17ood
18, ComhUL—In tho splendid bhow Rooms tievo od to this deportment
of the bail nee# will be found every article usually manufactured.
Corrcr DiBhtrt and Cc-veis—Dish Covora—Soup and Sauce Tureen*—
Cruet Framoa—Tea and Oodoe Servicoa—Megnifloout Epergnea and
Condoiabra— Salver* and Tea Troy*.
The Argentina Silver Spoon* and Fork*, solely manofactured by
Sari and Sana, at one-eixtb the coat of solid Silver, are osneJclly ro>
commccdod, having stood the teat of Piftnen Year*’ experieuca.
Books of Drawing and Price* may bo obtained.
Ail Order* by post punctually attended to.
S AKL and SONS, Watch and Clock Mann-
factor*r*. No*. 17 and 18, CernhOl, Invito attention to tbelr
new and splendid Stock of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, each
warranted, and twelve month*' trial allowed.
Silver Wntchca, of hlghly-Bniahwl construction, and (cweilei, with
fkflhiouablo exterior, at ‘9*. to £10 Ida.
Gold Wntche*, of all description* of movement*, from X6 6*.
to £50.
Books of Patterns and Prices con be obtained; and all order*, with
a romittiince, promptly attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Goldsmiths and Jewellers,
Nos. 17 and 18, Corah III.—Tho ground floor of tho New Building
1 * more particularly devoted to the display of Fine Gold Jewellery and
Fine Gold Chains.
In tho Jewellery Department will bo found a rich end endicoa
assortment of King* and Brooches, set with magnificent gem#. Brace¬
let* and Nocklete, Pin* and Studs, Ac. All newly munui'uc'.ttred, and
In the most recent style. The quality of the gold C* warranted.
Fine Gold Chain* are charyod according to thtrir respective weight*,
and the quality of the Mid is certified by tho * tamp.
Book* of Pattern and Prices can be obtained.
Letter* promptly attended to
S ARD and SONS, Silversmiths (tho New
Building). 17 and 18. CorahIU, invite attention to choir new and
magnificent Stock of London-manufactured SILVER PLATE, con¬
taining every article reouirite for the Table and Sideboard.
Silver Bpoons and Fork* at 7*. id. per ounce.
Rich and Elegant Tea and Coffee Equipages, commencing at X56
tbo full service.
SUvor Salver* of all dree and pattern*, from £b 10« to £100.
A large and ooatly display of Sliver Presentation Date, charged at
per ounce—Silver dojuirtmont of tho building.
Book# of Design# and Prices may be obtai-od.
S ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manafac-
tnrera, Noa. 17 and 18, Comhlll. havo a Show-room erpresriy
fitted up for tho display cf Drawing cud Dining Room CLOCKS,
manufactured in op!ondid Ormoln, aud exqulsitel*-mod riled antique
Bronres, the movement* of flnt^bu finish, itrlklng the hiur* and
half-hour#. Each Clock to warrantod. Staircase Clocks In fashion¬
ably-moulded ca.’X’s Dial* for Countlng-boute*. All charged at
nu nnf.C! tirrnfi- priOQS.
3 he Now BniWing. No*. 17 and 18. CorahUI
IJ>H
W ATCHES.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS,
Watchmakers (opi»slto tha Bank of Engla-d). 11 and 12.
rornblTI, I ondon rubmit for »cl« cilon a stock o? firnt-ciaa# PATENT
DEt ACHED LEVER WATCHER, which, bring mad a by thorasrive*,
can be recommocdwl foraccuracv*nddurab ! llty. A warranty is given.
PRICES OK SILVER WATCHES.
Patent Lover Watch, with the Improvement*, 1 e., the do¬
ts* bed c#c«peniout, jewelled, bard enamel dial, second*,
anil maintaining power to continue geing whilst bring
wound .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £4 It 0
Ditto, jewelled in four holes, and capped .fi 6 0
Ditto, tho finest quality, with tho Improved regulator,
fewelled in six lio’ca, usually,In gold chaos.8 8 0
Either of the Silver Watches in hunting cane#, 10#. Gd. extra.
GOLD WATCHES.—SIZE FOR LAUiES
Patent Lover Watch, with ornamental gold dial, themove-
RMDtwlth latest improvements, i o- tho deuenedescape¬
ment, maintaining power, and jowcllcd #• •• ,, II 11 0
Ditto, with richly-engraved caso .. .. " .. .. 12 12 0
Ditto, with very «treng ca»o. and jewelled in four holes .. li H 0
GOI D WATCHES.—8.ZB FOR GENTLEMEN.
Patent I^'erWatoh. with the latest Imnrovoinenta, !.e.,tho
detached escapement, jewelled in four hole*, hard enamel
dial. Nccocds, cud maintaining power .. .. •• 10 10 0
Ditto, in stronger case, improved regulator, and capped .. 13 13 n
Ditto. Jewellediu six holes, and gold halanco .. .. 17 17 0
Either of the Gold Watches in hunting case*. £3 3a. extra.
Any Watch selected from tho list will bo safely packed and #ent free
to any part of Groat Britain or Ireland, upon a receipt of a remittance
ofthoamount. _
F DENT, sole Successor to E. J. Dent in all
• bis patent rights and business, at 61, Strand, and 34 and 35,
Royal Exchange, and the Clock and Compass Factory, at Somerset
Wharf, CHRONOMETER, WATCH, and CLOCK MAKER to the
Queen and Prince Consort, and Maker of tho Groat Clock for tho
Houies of Parliament. Ladies’ Gold Watche*, right guineas; Gentle¬
men's, ton guinea#: strong Bilvor Lover Watches. *ix guinea*; Church
Clocks, wltn compensation pendulum, £85. No connection with 33,
Cock • p ur-iUocl. _ '' X x \
ENT’S CHRONOMETERS, Watches, and
Clock*.—M. F. DENT, S3. Cockspur-street, Charing-eross,
Walch. Clock, and Chronometer Mnkar by spoclal appointment to
Her Mejestv the Om en. 33. Cockspar-rireol, Charing-oroy-
QN BOARD H.M.S. “NORTH STAR,” in
_ the AKTIC REGIONS, for Two Year*, tha^hlph# Time was
kept by one of JONES’S Lever*, all oibor watches nts Loan] nnving
stopped. In BUvrr, £1 is.; In Gold. £i0 l»s/j et tbo Maoafaouny,
328, 8«rnnd (opposite Somcrnat Houte).—Head JONES'3 ” Sketch ul
Watch Work-" Bent tree for a 2d. stamp. /M \\ |
PLOCKS for ROOMS.—Designs original,
V_^ elegant, and in pure taste. Works tho vory bert (with tho
lalcet Improvements). Prices extrmnoiy moderate. Awortmout tho
largest In London. General stylo and finish all tba» can be desired.—
Tflc MAS PEARCE and SON. 23. Lttdgate-hill. E.C. X >
S ILVER PLATE. New and Secondhand.—
A Pamphlet of Prices, with Engraving*, may ho had cratia; or
will bo sent post-free, if applied for by loiter.—A. li. SAVORY and
SONS, Goldsmiths (opposite the Bunk of ..England), 11 and 12, Corn-
hill, London. \
TYINNER, DESSERT, and TEA SERVICES.
JL/ A large variriy of new and good Patterns. Best quality,
superior taste, unusually low pijpea. Ab> ) every description of Cut
Table G)a**, equally advantageous.
1 HOMAS 1’EAJICE and 80N. 23, Ludgnto-hlll. E.C.
/\ENAMENTS for the MANTELPIECE, &c.
V_/ Statuettes. Groun*. Vases, &c.. In Parian, decorated Bisouo and
other China; Clock# 1 gilt^msrbio, and bronze). AlHbaster, Bohemian
Glass, first-chiss Breurci. Canddabra, and many other art manufac¬
tures, all fiuhe best taste and at very moderate price#.
TH0MA8 PEARCK and SON. 23. Ludgate-hilL E.C.
M oderator lamps, also the patent
INDICATOR LAMP, with Argand Wicks, are tho easiest
trimmed of oil lamp*, a #turenpil Argnud wick briu* mOmantarily
sd. Wicks, of 11 and 15 line afro#. In boxes, 8d. (port, rd. extra).
R. BRIGHT (Into Argand and Co.). 37. llrnton street, Bond-street. W.
TV/fQDEEATOR LAMIAS.—Simple, Strong,
_LtX end wc!l-fltu*hod, the Lamp* of Pearce and 8on oontlnao to
maintain their great superiority over every other kind, whtio for
originality, beauty, and good taste, the pattern# are allowed to bo tho
beat In tho Trade—’I H0MA8 PEARCE and BOH* 23, Ludgrio-falU,
E.C., Direct Importer* of Colza Oil only of the first oon’lty.
C HANDELIERS in CUT CRYSTAL, for
Go* or Candles. A large stock; pattern* uncommon and bssn-
Mfklt quflUtv Irreproachable. All designed and manufactured by
THOMAB PEARCE and SON, 23. Ludgatc-hltl, R.C.
TT^URNISH YOUR HOUSE with the BEST
JL? ARTICLES, at DEANE’S Ironmongery and Furnishing
Warehouses. Established a.d. 1700. A Priced Furnishing List, froo
by post.—D«H >c and Co. (opening to tb>» Mouamcnt), London-bridge.
T he best show of iron bed-
STEADS In tlw KINODOM U WILLIAM S. SL'KTO.VS -Ho
ha* Four Large Ro<»m* dev -tod to the exclusive show of Iron and
Brass Bodatcan* and Chlklren’s Cots, with apirroprlatt Bedding and
Pcdbaugings. Portable Folding Bedstead* 1’roni 12*. fid.; Patent
Iron Bcastcods, fltt d with dovetail joint* and patent sacking, from
17# 6d ; and Cot*, from 20s. each; banthome Ornamental Iron Bed¬
stead#. in great variety, from £2 13s. 6d. to tM. _ A
WIT LIAM 8. BURTON’S GENERAL FURNISHING IRON¬
MONGERY CATALOGUE may be had gratis, and tree by coat. It
contains upward* of 400 Hlusfratlons cf hi* illimited Ktock o' Elorire
and Sbeffled Plate, Nickel btlver. and Britannia Metal Goods,-l>»h
Coven and Hot-water DWtc*. Stovw, Fcndexc, Martilo Manmlrioeei,
Kitchen Ranges. Lamp#, Gosellars, Tea Urn* and Kettle*. Tea Trxjs,
Clock*, Table Cutlery. Bath* and ToQot Ware, Turnery, Iron and Bras*
Bedstead*. Bedding. Bed Hanging*, Ae., Ac., with Liri# of Price* and
Plane of tbo Sixteen largo 8how Room* rt 30. Oxford-street, w. ;
1.1 A, 2, end 3. Newman-stro et; *nd 4. 5. and A Perr y'* plo^a. London.
C IHUBB’S LOCKS, with all the recent im-
) mramai Six-nit Fireproof SofM. CMh toil Drorf Boxm.
Coropleto U.I. of Sixre «id IVce, m.y b. h«l on nppllo.Uon.-
CHUBB and tiON. 57. St. Panl'* Churchyard, London._
W ALNUT DRAWING-ROOM SUITE of
FUHNITUBB, to nm-rsto condition, only tuwl • few
month., comljtting of Si <up«rb cobrio'.twto.^, uto «ronft-
rtnBM rotloo, md two o»
,nd chinti. Ioom oorcre, a One wainnt-wood oo-taMo <m
pillar and daw., occaaional table, a five-foot chiffonier, will, marble
■Into and illvorod pUte-Rlasa back and iom, ini a tors«“J
chimnev-glasa to tolt flame, for tho tow ,,a ” T A ^
aron at R. GREEN and CO'R, Upbolrtarora, W. OrfordwtrooL W.
P IANOFORTE for immediate sale, cost np-
warda of (0 gninoae a few montha etoco, to be eold for the low
nun of 20 guineas. AM Cottage, in lino walnut com, fiood wdbine-
♦ ni lin plate, and all the latest Improvements. A groat bargain.
Apply io B. GREEN tuxl CO., Upholsterer*, JIM, Oxfcni-etreet, n-
T HE 1IALF-GUINEA CLOTH JACKET.
a very pretty shnpo just from Paris.
For country ordurn. sixo of waist and rotted the sbou’dors Is required.
TUB FhBhCH MUBLiS COMPANY. 16. 0*foM-*tre«t.
FOR EVENING WEAR,
"C1RENCH MUSLIN JACKETS.
JL 1 The pr*tti» Bt White Mstlin Jacket ever prodcced; it i* trimmed
with Ribbon. To bo hiul in every oolcar, and exceedingly becoming
to »fce figure. Price lSo. 9d-
f cr country orders, size of waist and round the shoulder* b required
FRENCH MUSLIM COMPANY, 16, OxfoM-sireei.
Poet-««ft)ce « rtifitr# navable *o Tamo* HoQI. Oxford #rx*w
E BLACK VELVET JACKET
< hescu by the Princos* RoyaL
The *hapo I* chaste, simple, and el-Ncant, without ornament.
The uric^ la ll Guioea*.
FRENCH MUHL1N COMPANY. If*. Oxfrrd-«treet.
HE BLACK LACE JACKET,
just imported, a perfectly new shape, grecoful and ladyuko
iu ibe extretno, fxlce 12* 9d
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16. Oxfcrd-rireet.
|j'DjR ivOlDii.R£D CHRISTIAN NAME^.—
JCai LADIES' HANDKERCH H*iPS, whh Christian Name* «m-
bre Idtred by tho Nan* of Pau, with tho new diotetch needlo. Price
la 0<d., by DOM, 14 stomps; t*t. 9d. the liaif-doxen, hy pert 6a. 3d.
THB FRENCH COMPANY. 16, Oxford-street.
TYfEW FRENCH UNDERSLEEVES, very
ok-gant, and a great comfort. The colour* are Cherry, French
blue. Rose. Emerald, Gauary, Scarlet, Brown, Ruby, Yiolot, French
Grey, Pink, Sky Drab and Block. Price la 6.d.; post-tree for 22
stamps. Scarf* to match the tamo 1«. 0(d, each The *ame Sleeve
and ricarf, Very wann, in all tho Clan Tartans, the Bob Roy, Forty-
cecind, Argr.'o. Campta>U. Ac., at tho aamoprica.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY. 16. O* ford-street.
A BERDEEN LINDSAY WOOLSBY PEl'- ;
jtx TICOAT8.-Tfce FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, wbo act is
A>.ect* fer varloua Pari* house# tor the purchase of RriUth good.?
hcie, were con.niis* - on«i to buy 11,000 ABERDEEN LIN'OHAY
WO0LBKY PETTICOATB for M. Basse, Due do Kivaii, Paris. Ho
he* *icco failed, tho petticoat* era thorefi-re thrown on tbrir hanli.
Not knowing what to no with thorn, they have doiormihod to nff-cr
them to tho publio at 10*. 9d. each. Tnelasooded price vnu one ealnww
They are made up according to tbo latest fanbian mutable for tho Pori*
trade With patent »tocl *prlng*, and floanced, they cauae the drusi
to afrnd oat. and *ct most grocufuliy.
FRENCH MU8MN COMPANY, 16. Oxfoid-«tre«t, London.
ADIES* DRESSING-GOWNS—Tho
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY havo purchase 1 the ft’oek of
rich Casthmoxo Dressing (4owr.» of the Mlgnefrl of M. Demiutru,
bankrupt, Paris. Tho designs are most magnificent, and df tho
flncvt quality, made by first-clane French Art sioj in a very superior
■tyle. The nrioo 1* 2*0. 6d. Never sold ander three guinea*. .
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, t.6. Oxford-street.
T AD IE S’ DRES SI NO.-GOWNS.—Tho
_L J FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY have nl*o purcha-cd tho Plaid
Wool and French Merino Dressing-Gowns lately bolonglng to tbo
ramo nartiee. They are mado of tho purest wool, and woven very
fine. The make I* strlkingly now. Price 24*. *ki —rodneed from 65*
MUSLIN^- * ‘
FRENCH 1
I COMPANY, 16, Gxfoni-streot.
M uslims oi the rast season.
Loot Year's Selling Off at ridiculoaj price* for such good*.
Pattern* post- • rao. /
FRENCH MUSLIM COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
rtPHE BEST AL.FINE K.U) GLOVES, ls.Cd.!
JL llhick. White, and Coloured.
A sample pair *ont for 2 extra stamp*.
I BAKER amt CRISP, HI, Rcgent-itreet.
t jaa French ficcolomini linen
A JlUU COLLARS od Bp.l*:e Haliit Shirta, l*.9i. oach. I’cnt-
freo for 2J stamp*. Tbeso irood* are usually sold at 4*. Od.
BAKER and CRISP, Hi, Regcm-street.
or\(\ FREKCH PICCOLOMINI LINEN
UUU RI UlMrSEta, SLEEVE?, and COLLARS, with beautiful
Coloured Studu to fasten them with, all at 3*. fid. tho net; post-free for
48wji^:p*/U-ually*o:dat7s. BAKU Rand CRISP, 221, Regent-street
Y E A K ’ S MUSLINS,
At Half the Original Co*t.
Pattern* Po»t-froe.
BAKER and CRISP. 221, Rcgent-rtrcot.
w
OME, INDIA, and the COLONIES.
Barege*, Ba'zarinc*,
Printed Cambrics, Briiiant*, bolf-nrioo.
rattera# tree.—BAKER and CRISP, 221, Rcgimt-street.
A M
ERICAN P A N I cut
1700 Dozen French Cambric HnndXorchids,
seized on board the *hlp ‘‘ Stayloy,”
Will bo *o!d by BAKUtt tad CRUiP, at onh-ard-of prioo*.
Good# that woro IS*.. 21*., and iS*. the down,
will be sold at 4* Cd.. 8*. 6d.. anil 12s. Cd. tito doxen.
16 W odd hammed, stitched (antled), at l*^ 1*. €d., and 1*. 9d. each.
BAKER and CKLSP. 221. Regent-street.
F ive thousand pounds’ worth
of ELEGANT end USEFUL BILKS,
Jut bought for ready cash under favourable circuinnaccctt, ore now
offered by
BEECH and BERRALL,
The Beehive, 63 and 64, Edgwaro-road, London, W.,
et a reduction of nearly ono-hulf from former price*.
1200 rich Flounced Bilk Robe* (Tarioua), 3fia. 6d. to five guinea*.
NiW Striped Checked Cbdod and Gia cj Silk*,
*ls. Cd. to 37*. 6d. the drc**.
Black and Half Mourn tug Ditto, at the same reduced prices.
Pattern* forwarded postage free.
D issolution of partnership.—
The SoccMSOrn of R- Willey aud Co., Meoarx. SlIETfLE-
WOBTH. ABBOT!’, and WILLEY. Jan., 15 and 16, I.adgauj-atroct,
respectfully inform their Friends and tbo Public that they are uovr
BELLING OFF the extensive stock of this old and celebrated estab¬
lishment. Itis a remarkable itock, amounting In value to £57,102,
and com 1st* of a rich assortment of Silk* of the best manufacture,
India. French, and Paisley Fhawls, Mantle*, firtutt of Inflnito
variety and excessively cheap; Damask Cloths. 8ho#tlog#. and gauerni
LIr.cn Drapery, Ribbon#, Laea#, IIemery, and Pari* Glove*. Tho
•terling quality of all good* kept at R. Wtttay and Co.’« must com¬
mand a pjrropt clearance of tho atock at the very large and *ur|*ri-
slng reduction of price# at which th y ore now marked. An eany
inspection Is recommended.—li and 16, Ludgalc-street, London.
J*n. Uth, 1858.
TT'ROMABBEY.and CASTLE,andTOWER—
from Rectory. ITiory. % ic»raxe, and Panonago—from hLu\se
and Grange—from Ihilaco* and Park*, aud Cottages and Halls, and
borne* of every c-'aas tbrongbout Ilia land. Note* of Approval are
from fl*7 to day rereived by Mradamos MARION and MAITLAND,
expre'iing *dmlrat.on of the style, quality, fit, and comfo t of tho.
HK9ILIENT BOD1CK and CORRALEtTO Dl UBDIOI. There note*
their own ovidtnre of veracity, are in volumes, open to the inspection
of visiters. Enlarged IJoitratod prcspcctut, price RsU, *«lf-moa-
l urement paper*. Ac , to any lady, po :-frre. All country order* sent
carriage-paid, or ro»t-fr»-e Mewlaxnes Mauiok and Maitl.\SI>,
FdttMO, 238* Ox(oni-»tre*t (opposite the Alarblo Arch).
T A
Li ii
PRIMA DONNA CORSET.—This
_ splendidly-fitting Corset sdap's tho style of the col.brsred
CorBaicttodl Medici to the use of Ladle* who desire their accustomed
mode of lacing at tee back, with front fattening at the pteatore cf
tho wrortir. Fro*p< c!u* |>o»t-frec.—Mcsdamee Marion and Mait-
lafd, 239, Oxfofid-*tioet (oppokte Park-ianeL
M oire antiques.-sewell ami co.
hareJu*t oompleted the purchase of a large #tock of there
lavouritc Ihtrees, now *o much bi request at tho Britisft and Con-
tInratal Courts. They are of the richest qualities, and will be offered
at a great reduce!"* from the original ccs; *f manufacture.
COMF1 ON HOUSE, Frith-street, 8oho.
B lock, block, block, blocs.—
Mr*. STONE’S STAY'S and ELASTIC BODICES havo boon
before tho Public twentv-flvo year*, and are unrivaled for cirndnsa
of fit and durability, to be k#d with or without her Patent Fastenings,
at pricr# varying from 5a. 6d. to 19a.; or mod* to measure, of it*
be*t quality, end in the very flm style, for 2i*.
Mr* btono’s is tho Largest retail e* ablkhmont in England, and the
length of time she hr.s carried cm bsc busiw* mast bo a guarantee of
fair dealing with all Ladies who send tfaedr order# to b*r. if the rise
in inches round tho waist, acros* the bosom, round tho him, *oJ
length of stay at the busk, bo sent, she can in all coses, send a stay
to lit correctly, *uch unlcr# to contain a Fcot-«fflca order payable
to Edward Stone.
ladle* viriting either of the following housre wifl find a vctt Urge
aieortmcnt of Corsets, well made, and of tire most approved shaper.
33, Crew tord-»; reel. YV.; 1. Han way-street, W.; 9. Middle-row,
Hoibcrn, E.C.; 30, Uigh-«treet, Islington, N, London:
or.
15, North-street. Brighton.
Ladles’ Ekirtu in great variety.
ARRIA6E of the PRINCESS ROYAL.
lTA EDWARD DOUDNEY awl FONS—having famished tho
Wardrobe of the Princess Royal with Waterproof Cloak* in varion*
materials, as announced In the ** Court Circular,” Jan. 16 -invite an
hispccticn of their block of these useful and elegant garment* In
Poplins, Alpaca*, York Tweed*. Ire., at their Eaubiiihtaent*, 17, Old
Bcnd-itree:; 25, Burlingtoo-arcade; 49, Lombard-succt.
LINENDRAPERS TO THE QUEEN, BY APPOINTMENT.
Established in 1778.
B ABIES’ BASSINETS,
Trimmed and Fnrnlshud,
Kcudv for u>e. are sunt home free of carriage.
BABIES’ BA-Kerb.
Trimmed and furnished to correspond.
CAPPER, BON, aud CO . 09. 0RACB08URCa-8T^ LONDON, E.C,
Descriptive LUis. with priews. sent five by post.
QOMPLETE
Bent po&t-free. Descriptive Lfrts of
SETS of BABY LINEN
which are sect homo
UNDERCLOTHING
throughout the Kingdom free of carriage.
rUING FOR HOME, INDIA, AND ALL COLONIES,
for Ladles, and Children of alt age*.
LINENDRAPERS TO THE QUEEN, BY APPOINTMENT.
Established in 1778.
L ADIES’ WEDDING OUTFITS
sent homo free of carriage.
Descriptive Lbt*, with prices, sent free by post.
CAPPER, hON. and CO., 69. Gracochureh-strect. London, E.C.
1 VHE PRINCESS’S OPERA CLOAK ! 1 l
. A splendid assortment of colours in tho sboro Novelty,
richly trimmed and waddod.
/ ,—Price 14 Guineas.
( Addrea: KUMDELL and OYTEN,
\ I I'on’hion Hall of Commerce,
_77 and 78, Oxford-sueet, London.
ices-’s Opera Cloak is tho most recherchd end*
a Mantis of the season.
REAL ALPINE KID GLOVES, Is. 6d.
.White and Colonial, in every sire, are tbo mo#*
be procured at
v ANY PRIC2!
UMBELL and OWEN, >7 and 78 Oxford-atrtvtt, Loodan.
Bampio Poire forwarded for two extra stamp*.
riMIE REDUCTION of 50 I’ER CENT oa
JL raw S Ik rnablcs Ltd 13 to ynrekaac n o*eful anl fssbioaabl»
_ f/Blk raablev Ltd es to purebasc s
SUk Trees’ a*/a very model a o pr ce. The late paaia in the «on>-
mCTriaittsirld ard teouccd stile of tha Silk M*rkei havo Indacid
Ja? r«# B ptk ce auu to porcbv-c hrg» Jy, at rric-* which wl’i «vca
bt ar remraris-'n with ttree of that •nomcr.blc perio t—tho French-
Fcrcluu.ncf 1818. lojpcctior' Invitoi.
‘ MEo PPtNCE ana oO.. 77 ansi Ti. St. Paul’* Charehysrd.
NNUAL SALE at REGENT HOUSE, 238,
_ 149,212, Regvm-strcet.—Al.LlSUN and O'), have great pleasuro-
occ« more In calling the attention of Lad es to thwir Annual *<nle t
feeling confident the preeent oevorrauity will prove aau«ualiy advan¬
tage), ns. 1h# great tidgnatiun of trade during»iu> months Novemlwr
nud r eccmher carsed Ly tbs Ihe-i exining fanic nod Gem-rnl Mi«-
t-ust, compel «xl many of tbo nmnu itc.u ere *o lorce thn sale of their
etfi-ck* at *och rricus a* ental od « n them very striuua lo ■ Having
taken advantage of the Teducrii n bjr j&dlcitma y purcharing many of
the lota, they :ntend offering them, teg-*«h*.r w.th the remaining
poiti n of their own Fancy stock, nt very reduced prices, lhu sole
commence* on Monday, Fctiruarr l#t.
S ILKS, Rich, Plain, Striped, and Checked
Gl«o4, at 22s. 6d. per drees of twolvy yard**, well worth th^
attention of families. Patterns sent free by post. JOHN HARVEY,
BON, and CO., 9, Linlgoto-hill. EM -bliihwl upwards of fifty yean.
Carriage paid open amoucu above £5.
P ETERS and UNDERWOOD respectfully
invit# tho attention of Lauie* t) their extocsivo stock of
Black Trench Glacis, Black Groaiie Fancy .■dtk*, FuV'ncoJ,
he., which they con now olfor, in o,.n>cquenoo of tho recent tVtlnro
of icvrntl nmnufHc'urers, at jirio** lower than at any former |tcriod.
Pattern* sent po«t-froc.—33, Bio tne-squarc. Ixindan, ft. IV.
~\J ~ALENCIENNES LACE.—The latest imita-
V tion. made with genuine linen thread, wsntljr to b* dist-n-
guishwl from Uic real Frcnob. will wash and wear equally well, and
can be sold at oue-wnth of tiro prioo. Mample* po*t'free.—BAKER.
and DOWDEN, 17 and 18, Upper Eatan-#treet. Euton-aqanns, 8.W.
T able linen, sheeting, &c.—
PAULDING, STRATTON, ami CO , Lluen Manufacturer* to-
tha Queen, respectfuJlv Invito fiitrcuiion to tin lr exienttvo stock, tsom-
prbirg even- kind of HOU8FHOLD ^nd TaIU.R LLNKN. Famllire
and large estahli bmeots charged whoksale prices. Arm* and Crest
iiuiortod iu Tablo-Unon.—)3, Coventry -street.
T ADIES’ WATERFUOOF TWEED
J J CLOAKS ard RIDING JACS.BT8, Gviulomoa't OroreonU and
Inverness Cupp# Put tern# cf material tmd price* s Jut post-free-—
J. K. ar«l W. PHILLIPS, 27, UIgh-«trert. Bhr.vvrebury.
Q UILTED ELDER-DOWN PETTICOATS
are strenglv recomrncnded to tho** who wish to com bln &
clecacce with comfort. To ho hutl only of W. H. BAlffOR
•nd CO., 1, Maddox-street. Regent-street. IKpdt for the Ridw-Down
Qnllta and Patent Spting Pillows.
s
w
g COTT ADIE, LINSEY-WOOLSEY
MAKER to tho COURT, ha* now on view ilia foshtoaab!*
thcr Mixtures and new styles for Drosf.es aud Petticoats.—11
Regent-street (corner af Vtgo-streat). Pattern* forwardod free.
S PORTING SHIRTS.—100 Patterns to
select from, post-freo for two stump*. Together with a book of 80
illustrations. Every gentleman ordering Bataeshould: not lull to send
for tha above useful book and patterns.—HODG&H3 nud CO., Im¬
proved Corarxa Bhirtmaker* and Outfitters, U), Saint Martm'e-lano,
Chariug-crca*, W.C. Established <H» years.
HIRT8.-KODGERS’S IMPROVED
. _ CORAZZA SHIRTS, 31*. 6d. orwl *2 s. tho half doxen. l oo best
fitting hhlrta extant. Book with t>d Illustrations uttd airection* for
n.esmrenu-nt post-free.—KODGKRB and CO., Shlrttnakore, M», Saint
Martin'a-lano, Chorine-cross, W.C. Es'ahlishod 60 yean.
INTER OVER-COATS and CAPES.
One of tbe htrgeat Stocks In Lond< n of Firet-clus* tlurmanxty.
on boat toima; rendered thoroughly mipervtout to nun without ob¬
structing fno ventilation, or extra chargo.—WALTER llEitDOB,
96, New Bond-Struct, and 69, Comhlll (N.B. north rido).
T HE YOUNG and HYAM and 00.—
Winter Dressoa, Suita, and Slng'e Garment* of the most
Buj-er-or quality and fashion, may now be jrarchfued at advaa-
taetously moderate price*. It li a reputed fact, that there mag¬
nificent sample* of Juvenile and youth*' attire are nowhere to bo
equalled.—liyum and Co., 86, Oxford-street, W.
EChFs DRESSING CASES and
TRAVELLING BAGS.—112, Bcgvnt-etraat, an I «. Lecdon-
haU-rtreet, Lcndou.—Brenus, vase*, paid and Ivory work, m*du*val
manufacture*. drr**ing bags and dr eating cases, toilet cure*, work
boxes and w«rk table*, inkstand*, fan*: the largest stock in England
of papier-much^ elcgondd*, writing desk*, envelope core*, dispatch
boxes. bagatfUe, backgammon, and chcas table*. The premise* la
Regent-si rest extend fitly yanli Into GUu*houee-*treec, and aro
worthy of lD*pectlon os a specimen of elegant outfit. Everything
for tho work and drearieg tabio»—beet tooth brashe#, 9d. each; bass
steel sctscor* and penknivto, I*, each. Tbo usual supply of first-rare
cutlery, raiors, rarer atrope, no- die*, fro., for which Mr. Mochi’a
establishment# have Item »' long famed. _
ISHER’S dressing-cases,
188, fitrand.
Catalotrrfiw tx'«-fr*e.
F
P SHEK’S NEW DRESSING-BAG,
the best porubl* Drraidng-caao over Invented.
188, Mr*ml.
CalatngB' • D*vt-free.
A LLEN’S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
of Patent Portmanteau*, Despatch Box a*, Dreaalng Cure*, and
Travelling Bags, wtth »quare opening, by post, for two stamps.—
J. tV. and T. ALT.FN, Mannfacturers, 18 sad 35, Ptracd, W.C
BENCH GREEN SILK UMBRELLAS,
Napoleon Bluo and Brown; alro Improved Alpao**, *B|>er> 0 T to
ordinary dlk. Mr. CHEEK rrapoctfnlly eaJa at font loo to Use bmt
stock In Loudc n. 132c, Ox.onl-rtrtc!, W N.B. O ttito goim of prices
gratia. ___
■TXV ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES for
\ V ALBTnAU*. to irood TO tofrtor mailliM. Ur. .off Hn.
JOBS I8A.\CS, >UI ud J», 8TKASI1 (oppouai finmijiml,
conltono 10 riro lb, htobTOt priro In C.-h tor Uiiie.', bonUtonon-a,
■tod CbiUna-l d01iM«, lu-tomoauli. tlnffortooshto*, Boou, Bookv
.nd MBcnUOMon Broprot j. Itotla, for raj or
dteUnoo pcoctsaUr .MonJod to. imrotH Oto Oomffro,
oi-bor torn or rr^U. tbo otn>o« rtffco rotarood by Poot^mc. ocior
toe .onto oor. Kofimtooo. Lnodos uiff Wootrata.troB.nk. Kw.«rro-
ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, Uni-
T V forma, SUuceUanecu* Property, fro. The hlgbost price riven.
Ladire or tientlctncn waited on by addraaing to Mr. and Mrs. G.
H Y » M. 16, Tyler-atrect, Rcgcnt-streoJ, W.; or parcel* being rent, tho
utmost vain* In cash immediately remitted.—E*ubli«hod « year*.
w
ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES. —Mr.
and Mrs. HART. 31, Nowc»#tie-street, fitrand. W.C^ Ort>
giving th* highest price* for every kind of Ladlo*' and GoaUetnon 1 *
WEARING APPAKhL. satin ana velvet drestea, rogimenUla, uni¬
form*. India shawls, point lace, trinket*, books, furniture, rnlresl-
laoeoua property, frc. Ladle* or Gcnttrmeo waited oa, any rime or
distance. Addres* u above. Parcels from the cooclry, the aUDOrt
value rcmlUod in caih. KctahHshed 1001.
112
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 30, 1858
NEW MUSIC, tfc.
D ’ALBERT’S ALBUM for 1858.— The most
splendid Musical Work ever produced, surging all tU«
normUr Composer's previous Albums. The oomr Is In the most elabo-
■■iWth, binding law.gnrf -ikl
lilo.lr.tIom »m in itegre*lo« T«.i»ty, by M
hss composed expressly for this Album & number of ne1 * Mff
^SrinS.Tolks.,Maxurk*s. kc.; and the
lnsnuouncln* it m tbo most attractive Musioal Present erer pub¬
lished. Price 31s. Sent free. _ „ , ,
Chatpxll and Co., 49 and 50, New Bond-street.
JQ’ALBERT’S WEDDING^ QUADRILLE,
just published. Price 3s. Post free.
Chappell end Co., 50, New Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S PRINCESS ROYAL POLKA,
with an exquisite Portrait of the Princess in Colours, by
BRANDARD. Price 3s., Solo or Duet, post-freo.
CHAPPELL and CO., 50, New Bond-street.
D ' ’ALBERT’S PRINCE of PRUSSIA’S
WALTZ, with a Companion Portrait, by BRANDARD, to the
Princess Royal. Price is., Solo or Duet, post-free.
Chappell and CO., 50, New Bond-street.
’ALBERT’S VENICE QUADRILLE.
Just published, beautifully Illustrated in Colours, by BRAN¬
DARD. Price 4i., po-t-frec. . __
Chappell «ml CO., 60, New Bono-street.
D 'ALBERT'S FRENCH POLKA. Just
published. Illustrated In Colours by BRANDARD. Price 3s.,
post-free. CHAPPELL and Co., 50, New Bond-street. _
-ALBERT'S LEVIATHAN GALOP.
Just published. Price 3a, post-freet.
Chappell and CO., 50, New Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S HOOP DE DOODEN DO
GALOP Just published. Price S»., poet-freo.
Chappell snd CO., 50, Now Bond-street.
L ’ADIEU de la PRINCESSE. New Noo-
iurne br BRINLEY RICHARDS; * BlMBoaTnJr forth.
Pt» noforte, splendidly lllus'rsted in Colours by BRANDARD. Dedi¬
cated to hor iluit’stv the Queen. Price 3s. 6d-, post-free.
Chappell and co., 50, New Bond-street
-BYE to the BRIDE. New Song.
i"IOOD
V_A Corn
Composed by FRANK MORI. Price 2s., post-free.
CHAPPEL L and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
T HE RELIEF of LUCKNOW; a Charac-
teristlc Fantasia for the Pianoforte. By C. M. E. OLIVER.
Prloe 4s post-free Descriptive of that interesting episode In the
hL-torv of its gallsnt defence, wherein a Scottish woman cheered
the hearts of the anxious besieged, by declaring that, amidst the din
of war, her ears could discern the Slogan of the far-distant but ad¬
vancing Highlanders.—C happell and CO., 50, New Bond-street.
TVTEW SONG, THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS,
jL\ writtwi and compowd by SAMUEL LOVER, Emj. Price a. 6d.
This elegant bollnd may be considered one of Mr. Lover s happiest
compositions. Words snd music are equally pleasing, and ensure Ha
becoming a general favourite. Postage-free.
• n: Duff aDd Hodgson, 66, Oxford-street.
S ongs of the seasons.—spring
RLOH90M8. BUMMER ROSE9, AUTUMN FRinTO. and
WINTER EVERGREENS. Composed by STEPHEN GLOVER,
price 2s. 6d. osch. These songs possess attractions seldom before
obtained. The Words, by Carpenter, aro exceedingly Interesting, and
have suggested tc Mr. Glover melodics of the most fascinating cha¬
racter, while the Illustrations, by Packer, are superb.
DUFF and Ho DO SON, 65, Oxford-street.
N :
KW SONG, DELHL Composed by
_ , JOHN L. HATTON. Pile. U. p<.tt*WT.o. Thu air i.
composed in Hatton's best style; as a nntlonal song U will rank with
41 The Brave Old Temereire." ‘-The Death of Nelson," “The Siege of
Kars." kc. Tbo redtarive is very pleasing.
duff and HODOSON, 65, Oxford-street.
T HE CHRISTMAS-TREE POLKA. By
HENRY PARMER Price a#., portage-free. This lively and
animated Polka hss become a groat favourite; this and "Tho
Break of Day Bchottlscho " rank among the most popular danoos of
the reason.—DUFF and HODOSON, 65, Oxford-street.
TVTEW GALOP — the ALARM GALOP.
J. 1 Tompoeed by T. BROWNE. Price 3a. (postage-free).-This
Galop was pe-formed by Wrippert's Band at her Majfsty'a Grand
State Ball at Buckingham Palace, January 20th. It was umvoreally
admired.—DUFF ana HODOS ON, 6>, Oxford-street.
I HAVE ALWAYS A WELCOME FOR
THEE.—New Ballad, by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Just pub¬
lished. “One of the sweetest ballads of the day."—Review. Price
2a.; free for W. WILLIAMS, Ml, Tottenham-oourt-road.
mHE LION-HUNTER GALOP. By
JL LANGTON WILLIAMS. Just published. “A sparkling and
effective Galop."-Ksvicw. Price 2s. 6d.; free for stamps.
W. Williams and Co., 221, Tottenham-court-road
L ANGTON WILLIAMS’ NEW RED0WA,
" Tbo TlBu. Quoan.'*—'"Ihi* ia lh« of tho nuoa, both
to nmole and Uiu.tt.Utin Emit..-W. VVUUAUS and Co., 221,
Tottenham-oourt-road. Price 2s. 6d.; free for stamps.
mHE ROYAL WEDDING QUADRILLE.
X Composed by LANGTON WILLIAMS, in Honour of the
auspicious Marriage of our beloved Princess Royal ^ Splendidly
Illustrated with Portraits of the Royal pair, by BRANDARD. Price
4s. Froe for stamps. _. _
W. Williams and Co., 221, Totten h am -court - road.
R OW, ROW, HOMEWARD WE GO!
River 8©ng. By CARPENTER and 8PORLE. Price 2s., post-
free. A composition of much beauty, and becoming immensely
popular, the melody being eharmingly simple and grace!ul.
Joszru Williams. 123, Chespslde.
H enry farmer’s -ada” valse.—
Illustrated In oolours, by Brandard. Solo, 4s.; Duot, 4s.
Loudon: Joseph Williams, 123. Choapslde.
H enry farmer’s wild briar
WALTZ, Just published, beautifully Illustrated in Colours.
Price, Solo or Duet, 4a., post-free.! _ _
Jouph Williams, 1*3, Chaapside, E.C.
rnHE ROSE of ENGLAND, OUR BONNY
_L ENGLISH ROSE, price *s., with a beautifully-illustrated Por¬
trait of the PRINCESS ROYAL, by BRANDARD, price 2s. The
celebrated English natienal song sung at the great City festivals
given at tho city of London In honour of tho nuptials of • he Princess
Royal with enthusiastic encores. By tho Author of “Fear not, but
srust In Providenoe." Tho PILOT, price 2s.—LEOKI Lee, Metropo¬
litan Musical Repository, 48, Alounurlo-street.
NEW MUSIC, frc.
B LOCKLEY’S ROYAL BRIDAL MARCH.
Draoriptir, Piece, 3..; Duct, U.-RojolI B^ute-P»J
Drum) end TYumpMo-Chooro—DLiunt MordtofOuord cY Honour—
Cuvoicotio of thoftoyil BHdepoom-Oruid Notional
Hymn—ArriTu] at the Ch»pel Rojal-Fkrarioh of Ttompete-^ooM
-Cuter KIn<t-M-Anno form, tho Prooe-tou. in thoTteo»M** , >T
Bridal Prooeetlone entor tbo Cb.p.J-Oritaii
the Ceremony—Bridal Hymn and Choral Anthem—Flourish of
Trumpets-Return of Bridal Procession—Grand March._
Addison, Hollis, and Lucas, *lo, Re gent-street.
mHE ROYAL BRIDAL VARSOVIANA.
X By P. A. BLOCK LEY. Illustrated in Colour*. Nkh
“The best dancing Vsr.-oviana wo baveyet seen.”—CRAMER, Beale,
and CO., 201, Bog on’.-street._
TVTEW SONG.—STIR THE FIRE. By the
1 \ Composer of “The Old Chimney Comer." Words by CAR¬
PENTER- 2s. 6d. A melody ropleto with everything that is charm -
ing and characteristic; full of life, gaiety, and h-mour. The poetry
b y our most popular song-writer.—CRAMER. 201, Regent-street.
TESSEE’S DREAM: A Story of the Relief
fj of Lucknow. Composed by JOHN BLOCKLEY. 2 b. 6d.,
Illustrated. " One of the moet touching ballads of modern times.
Cramer and BEALE, 201, Regent-street.
rpHE HIGHLAND RESCUE: An Incident
X at Lucknow. Poetry by CARPENTER, Music by JOHN
BLOCKLEY. 2s. 6d., Illustrated. “Dinnayo hear it? Duma yo hear
It? It's the Slogan o’ tho Highlander*. We’re saved! we ro aavedl
Addison, 210, Regent-street.
N EW PATRIOTIC SONG.—The
BRAVEST of tho BRAVE. Song by 81ms Reeve*. Composed,
and most rwpectfally dedicated to tho Commsudor-in-Chief, by ED¬
WARD J- CARD Musician In Ordinary to her Majesty. I Vico 2s.
This is a most delightful snd cheering song, wll! bo sang by every¬
body and Is a most appropriate tribute to our bravo army, win have
•o nobly and gallantly gained the laurels of victory at the bravest of
the bravo.
The CHURCH at CAWNPORE. Written by
FANNY E. LACY; composed by EDWARD J. CARD, Musician In
Ordinarv to her Merely. Beautifully illustrated In colours, bj JOHN
BRANDARD, with tho Now Church of Cawnpote. Prioe 2*. This
beautiful off-ring will be found replete with fee ing fancl expression
—a consolation for the loss of dear friend* at Cawnnore.
The BRAVEST of the BRAVE QUADRILLES
(Militaire). By ALFRED ARCHF.R. SapeiMv illustrated by JOHN
BRANDARD. 3s. WKb Portraits of bvnerah H*v«lock, Wilson.
Ontrrra, Nicholson, NdU, and Sir Colin Campbell. A Sfiirited set of
military quadrilles, full of life, and worthy the dc«ds of iho bravest of
^The^ATTLE MARCH, descriptive <>f the triumph¬
ant Entry into Delhi, moet beautifully illustrated by JOHN
BRANDARD. price 2* fid. Tho music arranged by JOHN PRIDHAM,
Author of the celebrated "Inkennan March ” _ #
••This is a March descriptive of the triumphant re-entry of the
British forces into Delhi. As a piece of descriptive music, it is en¬
titled to stand r.oit to the • Battle of Prague.’ It is exceedingly
effective throughout. Tho ‘ Indian A!r,' Introduced as proceeding
from the msttnrer* within the walls of Delhi. Is a novelty—and a
charming novelty. too; whilst the ’Flight of the Mutineers u eral-
mu'l ■sggKSttv* of the hot haste with wh'ch it was a'tended. The
March appropriately winds up with a pleasing arrangement of the
well kn >wn sir.' The Csmobolh are coming.* Circular.
The UNION WALTZES. By JOHN FRIDHAM,
Author of the celebrated “ La Belle Brunette Polka." 3s.; Ducts, 4s.
These charming waltzes have become universally popular. There is a
freshoess-'and originality in Mr. Pridham's dance-music that is quite
enchanting, and gives them a welcome to the English ball-room.
London: LXOHI Lee. Metropolitan Musical Repository, 41, Albe-
roarle-etreet, W.: where may also be had. __
A New Edition of THE DAYS of QUEEN VIC-
TO KIA, for the Pianoforte. Prioe 2s. 6d. mmm
O PERAS as Piano Solo in the PIANISTA,
2s. each, enlarged series:—Sonnambula, Norma, Puritan!,
La Figiia, Trovatore, Iraviata, Rlgoletto, Nino. Lombardi. Don
Giovanni, Robert ie Diablo, L'Etoile du Nord, FideHo, Puritans, and
fifty other Operas, 2s. each; or post-free, twenty-four etamt».—v
and Co., 67, Paternoeter-row.—Catalogues gratis.
mHE HIDE-AND-SEEK POLKA. By
X P. A. BLOCKLEY. Illustrated in Colours. Prioe 2s. M. A
charming Polka, with a very pleasing and elegant frontiapieco.
Addison, Holliek, and Lucas. *10, Begant- street.
I hWER and CO.’S ALBUM de PIANO for
U 1858. containing twenty-six new compositions by the best
modern authors. " By far tho best work of its kind ever Published.
—Critic. "May be fairly recommended as a handsome gift. — Mu¬
sical World. “ As good a gift- book of Its kind as wo have; met "—
Athenffium. “Ono of the prettiest musical annuals.' —Dally News.
Price 16s. sent free. List of contents sent free on appllcaUom-
Ewbk and Co.. 390, Oxford-streeL 8ole publisher* of the complete
works of Mendelssohn. _ __
L INENDRAPERS’ GALLOP, for the Piano-
forte By AUGUSTUS HERZOG. The mart spirited Gallop
lately published. Sent free on receipt of 12 stamps.
Bum and CO., 390. Oxford-street.__
B RINLEY RICHARDS’ MOST POPULAR
AND ELEGANT WORKS for the PIANOFORTE.
A CHRI8TMAB-PIECE. Illustrated by Crowqulll .. 3s. Od.
LA MIA LETIGIA . ;• •• *•
ROBERT TOI CiUB J'AIME .. .. .. S •• Ss- «•
8WEET LOVE, ARISE. Hendon’s celebrated Serenade la. Od.
RECOLLECTIONS of PRiNCETHARLlE.—
No. 1. Wha wadna Fecht for Clflfrlio ? .. •• •• *■• ®d.
No. 2. Charlie is My Darling .*»• «!•
No. 3. Ovtr the Water to Charlie .• •• •• •• *•-
No. 4. Bonnie Dundee . •• •• **' LT
MADELEINE. Valse Rrillante .. •• •• •• »• M*
MADRAS FUSILIER GALOP .“•
LA REIKE DE Mil. V.1,6 BriltoW ■■■■ ” U 0i '
BRINLEY RICHARDS' COMPLETE .TDT0B for tb,
PIANOFORTE.. 04.
*' Tha ohcapMt, lh« b«t, uid mint modern."
BRINLEY RICHARDS'OCTAVE EXERCISES.. .. Si. Od.
BRINLEY RICHARDS'NEW PRELUDES .. .. Si. Od.
Publlihed bj A. w!* EoSoniTlJcijjS^, Sl», Re*enHtreet,
and 45, King-street.__
J rut published,
TULLIEN’S New FIFE POLKA, price 3s.
tl Performed at his Concerts with the greatest success, and will
excel In popularity tho celebrated Drum Polka.
JULLIEN’S New KISS POLKA. 38.
Nightly encored.
Poetago-free for stamp*.
A. W. Hammond (Jullibh’s), Publisher, 2 H^Rcgent-strfai .
mHREE GUINEAS’ WORTH of MUSIC
I givon to all subscribers to JULLIEN and CO.’S MUSICAL
LIBRARY. Prospectuses sent free on application to *14. Regent-street.
B OOSEY’S MUSICAL LIBRARY.—An
Annual Subscriber of Two Guineas has tho command of above
100.000 English and Foreign Works, and is allowed the continual use
of Three Guineas' worth of Mtuic in the Country, or Two Guineas’
werth in London. Country Psrools dispatched with tho greatest
promptitude. Full particulars by post.—24 and 28, Holl ee-atr ae t. ^
TVTENDELSSOHlSrS SONGS WITHOUT
1V1 WORDS, New and Complete Edition of tho 8ix Book* In One
Volume, Edited, snd with a Preface, by J. W. DAVISON, Esq., and
Portrait by John Lynch. Price 7a. 6d., sp'endldly bound in crimson
xKe VERDI ALBUM, a collection of twenty-five
favourite aoegs from Verdi’s Operas, In Italian and English. Price
6*. in faney cover, or 7«. 6d. in crimson cloth and gold.
LAURENT'S ALBUM of DANCE MUSIC, con¬
taining sixteen popular gusdriliei, Vaises, Polkas, Galops, anti V or-
sovians, as performed at tho queen's btate bells and all tho principal
theatre* and places of amusement. Price 5s. In coloured wrapper.
IL TFOVATORE and LA TRAVlATA complete
for Pianofor.e Solo, with long and interesting descriptions of the plot
and music. Prioe 5*. each In strong cloth covers, or 6*. fid. each splen¬
didly bonnd In green cloth and gold.
ONE-SHILLING SERIES. —ONE HUNDRED
DANCES for the VIOLIN, Is. ONE HUNDRED MELODIES for
CONCERTINA, Is. And EIGHTEEN COMPLETE OPERAS for the
VIOLIN, Is. each
Any one of the above wil! bo sent, post-free,, from the Pnbllshere.
BOOSBT and Sons' Musioal Library, 24 anJ 28, Holles-street
C IHAPPELL’S FOREIGN MODEL PLANO
J FORTE, prioo Fifty Guinea*.—This instrument has (unlike
the ordinary Cottagy Pianoforte) Three String* and the fullest Grand
compass of 8«vcn Octaves. It is strengthened by every possible
means to enduro tho ,rreateet amount of wear, and to stand perfectly
in any climate. The workmanship is of the best description, the tone
la round, full, and rich, and the power equal to that of a Blchsrd
Grand. Tho case Is of tho most elegant construction, In rosewood,
tho touch elastic, and the repetition very rapid. Every poaalble pre¬
caution has been taken to ensure its standing well in tune. Chappell
and Co. especially Invite the attention of the public, tho profession,
and merchants to the Foreign Modol, feeling assured that no Piano¬
forte, in all respects comparable, has hitherto been made in England
at tho same prioe. E'- 0 ry instrument will be warranted, and (1/ de¬
sired) exchanged within twelve months of the purchase.— 60 , New
Bond-street, London.
rpiIE NEW ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM
X for the DRAWING-ROOM.
ALEXANDRE and BON have Just taken out a new patent for the
Drawing-room Harmonium, which effects tho greatest improvement
they have ever made In tbo instrument. Tho drawing-room models
will bo found of a softer, purer, and in all respect* more agreeable
tone than any other instruments They have a perfect and easy
means of preducing a diminuendo or crescendo on any one note or
more; the baas can be perfectly subdued, without even tho use of the
expression stop, the great difficulty in other Harmoniums. To each
of the new models an additional blower ia attached at the bock, so
that the wind can be supplied (If preferred) by a second person,
and still, under the new patent, the performer can play with perfect
.'x: • r ^ s s i -- n.
THE DRAWING-ROOM MODEL.
VNo. Is made in three varieties. Guineas.
1. Three Slops, Percussion Action, additional Blower, and
in Rosewood Case ..25
2. Eight Stops ditto ditto ditto 35
3 Sixteen Stops ditto ditto, Voix Cdleste, kc.
(the best Harmonium that can be made) .. .. 66
Messrs. Chappell have an mormon < stock of the
SIX-GUINEA HARMONIUMS,
And of all Varieties of the ordinary kind, which are perfect for the
Church, School, Bail, or Concert-room.
No. Guinea*.
1. One Stop, oak case ..
2. „ mahogany case . ..13
3. Threo Slope, oak, 16 guinea*; rosewood .16
4. Five Stops (two row* vibrator*), oak case.22
„ ditto roeowood case..
5. Eight Stope, ditto, oak, 25 guineas; rosewood .. .. 26
6. Twelve Stope (four rows vibrators), oak or rosewood esse 35
7. One Stop (with percussion action), oak caso, 16 guineas;
rosewood caso..
8. Three Stops, ditto, rosewood case .20
9. Eight Stops, ditto, oak or rosewood cue.31
10. Twelve Stops, ditto, oak caie.*0
11. „ ditto, rosewood caso.45
12. Patent model, ditto, polished oak or rosewood case .. 55
Messrs. Chanpell beg also to call attention to their
NEW AND UNIQUE CABINET PIANOFORTES.
No. Guineas,
1. In mahogany case, f>5 octavos .. .. .. .. .. 25
2. In ruaewood, with circular fall. 6{ octave*.50
3. In rosewood, elegant case, frets, kc. 35
4. In very elegant walnut. Ivory-fronted key*, kc.(0
6. The Unique Pianoforte, with perfect check action, elegant
rosewood rase, 62 octaves .. .40
6 The Foreign Model, extremely elegant, obliquo strings, 7
ocuves, best check action, kc., tho meat powerful of
sill upright pianofortes .50
Also to their immense assort meat of new and secondhand instru¬
ments, by Broad wood, Collard, and Erard, for sale, or hire.
Full descriptive lists of harmoniums and of pianofortes sent upon
application to CHAPPELL and CO., 49 and b), New Bond-street,
and 13, George-atreet, Hanover-squsre.
I M usical box depot, 54 , corahm,
London, for tho Sale of Musioal Boxes made by the celebrated
Measre. NICOLE (Frire*), of Geneva. oootalnu>c operatic, national,
favourite, and sacred alia. List of tunes and price* «rrati».
FORTY-FIRST REPORT OF
mHE LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK.
X At a GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS, held
at the Banking House of the Company, In Prinoes-etreet, Mansion
House,^ w THURSDAY, the xlst of JANUARY, 1858,
WUUam Bird, Esq., Chairman,
George Meek, Esq., Deputy C h ai rm a n .
nUUCCTOKS.
Henry Grace, Eeq.
William J. Lancaster. Eaq.
Sir John M‘Taggart, Bart.
George Meek, Eea.
Ambrose Moore, Eeq.
John Timothy Oxley, Eaq.
John Joseph Silva, Esq.
George Tayler, E*q.
William Bird, Esq.
William Blount, Esq.
Alderman Sir George CarrolL
•William Miller Christy. Esq.
Aid. Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P.
Philip William Flower, Esq.
George Holgate Foster, Esq,
Francis Bennett Goldney, Eeq.
William Onnsby Gore. Esq.
TH* ManaOER—G eorge Pollard. Esq.
Solicitors—M essrs. Clarke and Mario©.
Directors have appropriated a* follows, viz.:—
£ 37.500 to a divtdend at tbe rate of 12| per cent per annum.
30,000 to a bonus of 10*. per share.
16,066 to the credit to the guarantee fund. ..
By tbo above addition, and the accruing interest, the guarantee rand
Uraised to 4187,014 9s. Id., and the Directors frol very confident that
(his augmentation of their reserve will be sstisfiictory to the ahare-
holders, when viewed in coanection with the enlarged scale of the
Bank’s operations. _
The dividend and bonus, free from Income-tax, will bo payable on
and after Friday, the 29th inst. . .. .
The following gentleman, who retire in the ordor of rotatlon-viz.,
Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., Ambrose Moore, K»q., William Bird,
Esq., and John Tim:, thy Oxloy, E*q.-offer themselves for re-election;
and the lamented death of Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P., having nosed
another vacanoy at tho Board, Donald Larnach. Esq- a duly qualified
ahareholdor, who hai given the noceaaary notice, presents himself a*
a candidate for the vacant seat.
Tho Directors cannot allow this opportunity to pas* without some
expression of their high sense of tho honourable character of tlieu-
deceased friend and colleague, whose zealous exertions were never
wanting when required to ptomot© the intvrcit of tho Bank; and they
feel ss-ured that the proprietors will participate in their regret for
^hoShareholder* havo already been apprlaed by advertisement of
the reeent retirement from tbe direction of Thomas Tilson, Esq., who,
having undertaken important public dutiot, has. considered It neces¬
sary, much to the regret of his brother Directors, to resign his seat »t
th An extraordinary meeting of proprietors will be called to r ‘iho lit
April next, to elect bis successor.
TOe preceding Report having been read to the Meeting by the
Secretary, a Dividend for the half-year, ending 3lat Deo cm bar lost,
after the rate of 12 * per centum per annum, and a further division of
10a. Od. per share oat of tbe not profits of the year ending a* aoovo,
were declared by tbe Chairman.
Resolved unanlmoislv—
That the Report now read be received, and that tt be printed for the
use of the Shareholder*. . ,
The following Directors, having retired by rotation, were unani¬
mously re-elected—viz., _ _ X
Sir James Duke, Bart, M.P. / \
Ambroie Moore, E*q.| { / A )
William Bird, Esq. V ^ / j
John Timothy Oxley, 8*q,|,
x apd ' -/ /
Donald Lama tie, Eaq. j
was <|>ft unanimously elected a Director iu the place Of Archibald
Hastie, Kaq., M.P., deceased.
It Was «h*n -
Resolved unanimously—That tbo best thanks of this meeting be
tendered to the Directors for their excellent general management,
and especially for having made an addition to the guarantee fund.
Resolved unanimously—That it* thanks bo also offered to Mr.
Pollard for his valuable service* in connection 'frith this Bank.
(Signed) Wm. Biri>,
Chairman.
BsteMUdfkopLftwJKbM^— yjxo. Wakdrofx,
Secretary.
LIABILITIES AND ASSETS, THURSDAY. 318T DECEMBER, 1867.
TH* LONDON JOiNT-STOC* BANK.
Dr. ^ *.d.
To Capitol paid op. viz., 60,000 Share* at £10 each .. 600,000 0 0
To amount duo by the Bank. j, •• •• •• •• 10,737,580 19 4
To Amount of “The Guarantee Fund,"
30th June*. 1857 ... ..£168,421 13 7
To Six Month*!.Interest en^ ditto, at £3
per seat peruujum .. *■*” 08 |70,94$ o I
Tb undivided Profit tin the last Half-
T^Amouut carried to Profit and Lots
9,246 19 3
157,107 14 4
166,354 IS 7
£11,674,883 13 0
Ct. ^ *• d.
By Exchequer BUD, India'Bonils, and Government
Stock .. .. .. .. •• •• •• •• 1,199,644 1 1
Br CMh. Loom, BUI. (lilooontai, mid otter 8«niri- .
tla, . 10,431,664 11 11
By Building, Furniture,kc., in Prineee-
atrect .. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• £35,700 0 0
By ditto, ditto, ditto. In Pall-mall ». 7,876 0 0 ^ q q
£11,674,883.13 0
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
OF TH* LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK FOR TH* HALF-TZAK
XNDINO 31ST DKCZMBEB.
Dr. £ •• d.
To current Expenses, Proportion of Building Expenses,
Directors' Remuneration, Bad Debts, lncomo
Tax, kc. •« .... ,, «• .. .. •• •. .. 40,959 1 6
To Amount carried to Profit and Loos, New Account,
being rebate of Interest on Bills discounted not yet
duo^. 41,829 1 1
To Dividend Account for ths Payment of half a year’s
Dividend at the rate of 124 I >cr centum per annum,
upon £ 600 , 000 , amount of paid-up Capitol upon 60,000
fehoro* . 37,500 0 0
To ditto, for the Payment of a Bonus of 10s. per Share 30,C00 0 0
To Axuouut guaranteed u> the Guarantee Fund ., .. 16,066 9 0
£166,364 13 7
Cr. £ •• d.
By Balance brought down. 167,107 14 4
By undivided Profit brought forward from tbe last
half-year.. •• 9,246 19 3
£166,354 13 7
fJlHB
LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK.
EstabHshod in 1836.
Head Office—Princea-street, Mansion House.
Western Branch—69, Pall-mall.
Subscribed Capital.£3,000 000
Paid-up Capitol .. •• •• 600,000
Guarantee Fund. 187,014
Accounts of parties aro kept agreeably to the custom of London
Parties keening banking account* with the bank can at all time*
transfer to a deposit account such portion of their balance as thoy
may not immediately require, upon which interest at the current rate
of tho day will be allowed.
Deposits are also received from parties not customers, either at call
or for fixed periods, on Interest at tho market rates.
Tho Agency of Joint-stock and other Country and Foreign Banks
undertaken on such terms as may be agreed upon.
Investments in, and Bales of, all descriptions of British and Foreign
Securities, BulHon, Specie, fcc., effected.
Dividends on English and Foreign Funds, on Railway and other
Shares, Debentures, and Coupons, received without charge to cus¬
tomers. Every other description of Banking Business and Money
Agency transacted ; and Letters of Credit granted on the Continent,
and on tbe chief commercial towns of the world.
H
AVELOCK MEMORIAL FUND.—
VIC*-F**8IDBNTS.
Field Marshal Viscount COMtEKMERE, K C.B.
The Right Hon. R. VKKN<»N SMITH, M.P.,
President of the India Board.
COSUUTTU. «
H. B. Sheridan, Eeq., M.P.
LicuL-General De-la-Motto, C.B.
Major-General Maclean
Lioutcnant-Coloncl W. Frederick
Cavendish.
Captain Adair.
Captain Moorsom, C.E.
Captain Morrison, R.A.C.
B. Bond CabboU, Esq., F.R.B.
John Loft, F.sq.
Alexander Wilson, Esq., F.R.8.
The Right Hon. H. U. Addington
Sir J. Grant, Bart., C.B., I.G.H.
Sir Edward Huhe, Bart.
8lr William F. Williams of Kara,
Bart.. K.C.B.
Admiral Sir Baldwin W. Walker,
Bart., K.C.B.
Sir Macdonald Stephen son.
R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P.
Q. Moffatt, Esq., M.P.
P.F Robertson, Esq., M.P.
Roapoll, Esq., M.P.
BAXKXBil.
The Bank of England, and Messrs. Drummond and Co.
Hon. SXCJUCTakiks—M ajor J. Adair, and W. F. Morris, Esq.
Extract from Bib Hknkt Hatilock’s gbnkral Obd*b atom
TH* ACTION AT BlTHOOB, AUGUST J7, 1857.
“ England shall sweep through the land 1 . . . . Soldiers ! in
that moment your labours, your privations, your sufferings, and your
valour, will not be forgotten by a grateful country. .... You
will be acknowledged to be tbe stay and prop of British India In tho
time of her severest trial."
At a Meeting of the Committee, held at No. 3, Pall-mall East, on
Wednesday, January 20th, 1858,
Sir MACDONALD 8TEPHEN80N In tho Chair,
Resolved,—Tost the otyect of tho Committee is tbo erection of a
suitable Monument in commemoration of tho eminent services of the
late Sir Henry Havelock and hU brave companions in arms.
That tbo Mayors and Corporations of tho principal Cities and Towns
of Great Britain and Ireland bo Invited to co-operate with tho Com¬
mittee in carrying out tho above otyect; and that they be requested to
receive subscriptions.
That, in order to afford to all classes the opportunity of contribntlng
towards this truly national undertaking, tbo amouutof Individual sub¬
scription is left open, and tbo smallest will bo cheerful!* received.
Subscriptions received at tbe Bank of England; by Messrs. Drum¬
mond, Charing-cross; Messrs. Barclay, Bcvan, and Co., Lombard-
etreet; Messrs. Perries, Karquhar, andCo.,Bt. James's-strcot; Messrs.
Hosre and Co.. Fleet-street; Messrs Williams, Detoona, and Co.,
Blrchin laae; Messrs. Cox and Co., C'barlng-crot*.
All Post-oOioo Orders roust be made payablo to tho “ Cashiers of
the Bank of England."
Committee Room, 3, Pall-mall East, London, 8.W.
T HE PEOPLE’S PROVIDENT
ASSURAN CE S OCIETY.—Chief Office, 2, Waterloo-place,
Pall-mall, Londota^BY.
nPKal. Half-a-Miffion Sterling.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
George Alexander Hamilton, Esq., M.P. for Dublin University, Chair¬
man.
John Cheeth&m, Esq., M.P. for South Lancashire.
James Davidson, P.sq„ Angel-court, Thr.-gmorton-street.
John Field, Eaq., Dorndoa, Tunbridge Wells.
ChArles Forster, Esq., M.P. for Walsall.
Richard Francis George, Eso., Bath.
Thomas O. Hayward, Esq., Minories, and Highbury.
J. Hedgins, Esq., Thayer-street, Mancheater-squaro.
T. Y. M'Christie. Eiq., Great Jame>-«treec.
James Edward M'Cennoll, Esq., Wolverton.
John Moss. Esq., Reform Club, and Derby.
Charles William Re*nolda. Esq., 2, Eaton-place, Pimlico.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. for North Warwickshire.
H. Wickham Wickham. Esq, M.P. for Bradford.
Thomas Winkworth. Ksq., Gresham Club, and Canorbury.
Tn« Trustees and Directors are all Shareholder* in the boc'e'y.
This Society possesses a revonue from Premiums exceeding Seventy
Thousand Pounds per Annnm.
Immediate Annuities, payablo during tbe whole of life, may be
purchased on tbe following scale :—
Annuities granted at the undermentioned Age* for every £100 of
Parchaso-money.
Age*.
I
50
I
70
. | £8 5 7
£10 11 7 | £15 4 11
Annuit y ..
Lists of Shareholders, Prospectuses, and Agency appointments,
m*y be obtained, on application to
t' T Clxland, Manager and Secretary.
D OUCEUR —A Gentleman, by birth and
edneation, who ha* a thorough knowledge of burinets, and
acted as Correspondent and Accountant, v% >1' give a Bonus, according
to the emolument, to any penon who can pr, '•ore him a permanent,
legally obtoinau..' engagement, either at bom«. w abroad. Security
and good reference* can be given.—Address, A- Z., Post-office,
Hackney
ritHE SOUTHAMPTON LADIES’ COL-
i LEGR, for tbe Edneation of tho Daughters of Gentlemen Prin¬
cipal, Mr*. Davies, widow of the late Professor Davies, of the Royal
Military Academy, Woolwich.
Governesses and masurs of the highest reputation are connected
with the eetablishment, the more es(i©cial objoct of which is to provide
a solid and useful as well as ornamental education.
The Easter Term will commence February l*t.
Particular* may be obtained of Mrs. Davies.
S MART’S WRITING INSTITUTION, 5,
Piccadilly, between tbe Haymarket and Regent-circus.—Open
from Ten till Nine dally. Peraona of all ages received (privately) and
taught at any time salting their own convenience. lessons ono hour
each. Improvement guaranteed In eight or twelve easy loanons. Sepa¬
rate rooms for Ladies, to which department (If preferred) Mrs. Smart
will attend.—For terms, kc., apply to Mr. Smart, as above.
C HARING-CROSS HOSPITAL, West
Ptrand.—The AID of the AFFLUENT is earnestly solicited
for this Hospital. Besides an unlimited number of sick and Hi abled
poor, between 2000 and 3000 cases of accident, many of them very
appalling, are annunlly brought for relief, and upwards of 100 beds
are constantly provided for in- patients. Tbe Charity Is almost entirely
dependant upon voluntary contributions and the legacies of deceased
benefactor*.
Subscriptions are 1 hank fully received by the Secretary, at the
Hospital; and by Messrs. Drummond, Merer*. Cout»a, and Meair*.
Hoar*; by the Bov. tbe Rector of Covsnt-gardon; and through all the
principal bankers. John ROBERTSON, Hon Sec.
OME for GENTLEWOMEN in Re¬
duced CIRCUMSTANCES, 25 and 26, Queen-square, Blooms-
bunr.— Iho SUPPORT of tho BENEVOLENT is earnestly SOLICI¬
TED for this useful Institution, which is arranged to accommodate
67 inmates. ARTHUR Kinnaikd, M.P., Treasurer.
H
IVfONEY ADVANCED to GENTLEMEN.
JLfX from £100 to £5000, at moderate rates of Interest. £80,000
ready to advance on Reversionary Property f t any period of time;
also, on Money In tbo Funds, Legacies, kc. Apply to Mr. GRAHAM,
No. 8, Duke-street, 8t. James’s, London.
/CONSTANT EMPLOYMENT GIVEN to
\J PUPILS at the most liberal prices.—WANTED directly a
limited number of LADIES or GENTLEMEN, to execute, at their
own residence#, the now, easy, aad artistic work now in great de¬
mand. A small premium required. The art taught personally or
by oorreapondonce. A letter of frill particular* sent for four stamp*.
Apply early to LAWRENCE’S Show-rooms. 24. Char lotto-street,
Fitoroy-square (near Rathbone-plaoe). Established 1840.
P ROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT.—
WANTED directly a number of LADIES and GENTLEMEN
to assist In a highly Artistic Pursuit, in connection with tho Crystal
Palace, where specimens oan bo seen in the Court of Inventions.
The Art taught (terms moderato) personally or by lotter; and con¬
tinuous employment given to pupils in town or country, to realise a
handsome income. No knowledge of drawing noceseary. A Pro¬
spectus forwarded for four stamp#. Arrangemon’s male daily at
LAURENT DE LARA’8 Gallery of Fine Arts, 3, Torrington «quare,
RussoU-sqoare. Just ready, De Lara’s Book on Illuminating, price 6e.
P hotography. —gilbert Fle¬
ming’s APPARATUS, at £3, £5 5s., £11 11*., Is complete,
with Chemicals, Book of Instructions, kc. Also, teaching free to
purchasers. For full particulars a list will bo sent pra'-free. "First
Steps in Photography," by poet, seven stomps, at 498, New Oxford-
street, London.
TVYICROSCOPES.—J. AMADIO’S Improved
XvX COMPOUND MICROSCOPE, £2 2a.; Students’, £3 13*. 6d.
“Both these are from Amadio, of Throgmorton-street, and are
excellent of their kind, tho more expensive ono especially."—House¬
hold Words, No. 345. A large assortment of Achromatic Microscopes.
AGIO and PHANTASMAGORIA
LANTERNS.—A Magic Lantern snd twelve instructive
Slides. 8c. 6d. Thirty-three Secondhand Slide* for solo.—Address
JOSEPH AMADIO, 7, Throgmorton-street.
M
mHE NEW GAME of CANNONADE; or,
JL Castle Bagatelle. This capital Round Game for If or a leas
number of players, affording Inexhauatiblo amusement, may be had
at all the leading Fancy Repositories, price 21*.; superior, 31s. 6<L;
large size, £3 3s. Wholesale, JAQUE8, Patenteo, Hatton-garden.
C ARDS for the MILLION.—A Card Plate
Engraved and 50 Enamelled or Ivory Card* Printed and sent
post-freo for 2a. A Trado Card Plate and |000 Cards, 20s. A Hill-
bead Engraved and 1000 Bill-heads, ruled, for 25«. A Crest Plato
and 1000 Book Labels, for 25e , and every description of printing
equally cheap. Perforated 8ilvcr Plates for merking llnon and books.
Initials, Is. Namo Plate, 2s. Crests, a. Tbe above prloes Includo
engraving, printing, and carriage. Address, ARTHUR GRANGER.
Cheap btatloner, kc., 308, H'gh Holborn, London. Bpeclmen* sent
free. Postage stamps token as cash
DR. DE JONGH’8
L ight-brown cod liver oil,
entirely free from nauseous flavour and after-taste, I* prescribed
with tbe greatest success by the Faculty as the safest, speediest, and
most effectual remedy for
CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA. GOUT, RHEUMATI8M,
SCIATICA, DIABETES, DISEASES OF THE SKIN, NEURALGIA,
RICKETS, INFANTILE WASTING, GENERAL DEBILITY, AND
ALL SCROFULOUS AFFECTIONS.
Numerous spontaneous testimonials from Physician* of European
reputation attest that, In innumerable cases where otlier kinds of Cod
Liver Oil had been ioog and copiously administered, with little or no
benefit, Dr. De Jongh’s Oil has produced immediato relief, arrested
disease, and restored health.
OPiinoff of A. B. GRANVILLE, Esq., M D., F.R.B.,
Author of •* The Spas of Germany." “The Sp M 0 f England," "On
Sudden Death," Ac., kc.
“ Dr. GranvlDo has used Dr. de Jongh’s Light-Brown Cod Liver OH
extensively in his practice, and has found it not only efficacious, but
uniform in iu qnjllti™. H« teliere, it in te pmfnr.bl, in m.ny
rc#peels to Oils sold without tho guarantee of such an authority its
Do Jongh. Dx. Granville has foukd that this particular
KIND PRODUCES THE DESIRED EFFECT IN A SHORTER TIME THAN
OTHERS, AND THAT IT DOES XOT CAUSE THE NAUSEA AND INDI¬
GESTION TOO OFTEN CONSEQUENT ON TH* ADMINISTRATION OF
tb* pal* Newfoundland Oils. The Oil being moreover much
more palatablejDr. Grenville’* patisnto have themselves expressed ■
preference for Dr. do Jongh’# Light Brown Cod Uver OIL"
Sold ONLY in IMPKRAL Half-pints, 2i.Gd.; Pint*, 4* 9d.; Quarts,
9s.; capsuled snd labelled with Dr. DE JONOU'S stamp and signature,
WITHOUT WHICH NONE CAN POSSIBLY BK GENUINE, by most ro-
ipoctobie Chemists throughout the 1 rovlncce.
n.JT H0L,t8 * LE AND RETAIL DEPOT,
ANSAR, HARFORD. AND CO., 77, STRAND, LONDON, W.C.
__ DR. D* JONOH’S S OLE BRITISH CONSIGNEES._
ASTHMAS, COUGHS, COLDS.—One of
-AJL Dr. LOCJCK’8 PULMONIC WAFERS, allowed to dissolve
m the mouth, immediately r lievee the most violent fit of coughing,
and protects weak lungs from all the irritation of Fog* and Frosts.
Sold by all Chemists, at la. I Id., 2s. 9d., and Us. per box
London : Printed and Published at th* Office, 198, Strand, in the Parish
of 8t. Clement Danes, in tho Countv of Middle***, by William
Littl*, 1*8, strand, aforesaid.—S aturday, January 36,1868.
No. 901 .— Supplement, Jan. 30, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
113
118
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 30, 1858
THE WEDDING OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL.
BETROTHAL OF THE ROYAL BRIDE.
It was in the antumn of 1855, and in the midst of the public re¬
joicing at the news of the. full of Sebastopol, that Prince Frederick
William of Prussia, nephew of the reigning King, and heir presump¬
tive, once removed, to the crown, without much previous public
announcement, came to pay a visit to her Majesty, who, with the
Royal family, was at Balmoral, where the Court had arrived from the
south the week before. His Royal Highness entered Aberdeen on
Friday, September 11, and proceeded by the Dundee Railway towards
the Royal residence, being met at Banchory by Ins Royal Highness
Ponce Albert, who, accompanied by General Sir George Grey, had
posted thirty miles to greet his arrival. The Prussian Prince, who
was attended b 7 Colonel Heintzc, was received by the Queen, attended
by the ladies and gentlemen of the household, on liis arrival at
Balmoral. On the following day, Saturday, the Queen, with her
Royal guest and the Court, visited the camp of the Forbes High
landers, on the Dee, where they were received by Sir Charles Forbes,
and were afterwards entertained by an exhibition of Highland games
liv the men of the clan. Prince Albert and the Prince of Prussia
were afterwards driven to Abergeldie Woods, where they enjoyed the
sport of deer-stalking. This amusement proved so gratifying to the
Prince of Prussia tluit lie indulged in it daily daring his short sojonrn
in the north, and several line stags were the trophies which fell to
his unerring aim. .
On the 2Sth of September the ordinary calm routine of rural enjoy¬
ment which marked the sojourn of the Court in her Majesty s
favourite highland home was diversified by a dance to tlio tenantry on
the Bahnoial property, at which-were present some nou-cominisioned
officers and soldiers of the 79tli and 03rd Regiments who had served
in the Crimea, and who happened to l>e quartered at Ballater. At this
joyous and interesting gathering the Prince of Prussia was present.
On the Monday following (Oct. 1) his Royal Highness took his de-
parturefor London, accompanied as far as Braemar by the Queen and
Prince Albert. He uriived in London on the following day, putting
up at Clnridge's (late Mivart’s) Hotel, at which a suite of apartments
had been prepared for his reception. On the Tuesday following liis
Royal Highness took his departure from London for Berlin, viA the
South--Eastern Railway and Dover.
A few weeks .after Prince Frederick William’s return home,
the Cross, a Berlin newspaper, announced, apparently on authority,
that the lietrothal would take place in May, and the marriage on the
21st November, 1857, or as soon after as possible; and that the young
conple would pass their Christmas holidays in England, and make
their entry into Berlin immediately alter the new year, by which
time the palace fitting up for their residence would be ready for their
reception. The happy event, however, was not destined to take place
so soon as was anticipated. Meantime the bridegroom elect made
frequent visits, from time to time, to Eugland, and took part with the
Court in many interesting ceremonials.
On June 6, 1856, her Majesty ami the Prince Consort went to a
grand fancy dress ball at Hanover-squarc Rooms, given in aid of the
funds of the Rnyil Academy of Music. The Princess Royal and
Prince Frederick of Prussia were also of the august party—the
former simply attired in a white robe and a wreath of flowers.
Prince Frederick of Prussia paid a visit to England in May. 1S57,
and was present, with the Princess Koyal and others of the Royal
family, ut the christening of her Majesty** youngest child, the
Princess Beatrieo. Meantime the official announcement of the be¬
trothal of Prince Frederick Wi’diiut with the Princess Royal of
England was published m the Stoats Ati-citfer.
On the 18th of May her Majesty communicated the gratif ing intel¬
ligence to the House of Commons, in a gracious message, which was
brought up by Lord Palmerston, asking for the concurrence and
assistance of this House in enabling her to make such provision for
her eldest daughter, with a view to the said marriage, as may he suit¬
able to the dignity of the Crown and the honour of the country.
It were needless to recapitulate the discussions which ensued upon
this subject, in the end of which a provision was made for her Royal
Highness of i’10,000 os an outfit, and an annuity of .1*8000 a year for
life irom the date of her intended m-ii'ri ige.
The marriage was now fixed feotake place on the 25th January, 1858,
and the necessary preparations to give it due eclat were shortly set
on foot—the Prince Frederick resuming meantime to Berlin.
THE ROYAL MARRIAGE.
Wh hove, from time to time, recorded the preparations for thi
Marriage; and now proceed to detail the ceremonial and festivifcii
Monday last.
The most remarkable and delightful feature in Monday*i
was the good humour which everywhere prevailed The whole metro^
polis wore an aspect of joy and festivity ; flags and banners were
waving in the air; bells were tinging and guns firinj^atjreqtient
intervals throughout the day ; the streets were crowded Vith light-
hcelcd and merry-hearted pedestrians, alFwendingJu the same direc¬
tion ; and every one seemed resolved to partake as heartily ns possible
of the free and effluent spirit of holiday enjoyment. Tlimigh many of
the shops were open, there was a general cessat ion from business in all
the great thoroughfares.
Notwithstanding that the dawn was ushered in with peals of wed-
ding-bells from almost every steeple in London, flic day broke dis¬
mally enough, for it had been freezing during the night, and, when
morning came, “ in russet mantle cum,** the frost-fog hung close to
the earth, the ground was cold, edgm and slippery, and a keen breeze
from the north swept eage;iy throngh tlie streets. But as the day
wore on the air acquired a goffer quality; the sky brightened; and
the Princess Royal had plaint experience of an old English proverb
(nothing the worse for \vear)x V pv the bride that the son shines
on.” \ ' ‘C x \
S IV JAM AR K.
St James’s Parle was, oT course, thereat centre of attraction.
Long before the day had dawned;" streams of pedestrians had set in
the direction of the park. A cold frosty fog enveloped the West-
end, and a keen, biting atmosphere rendered it far from pleasant to the
knots of loiterers who hovered about the neighbourhood of Bucking¬
ham Palace. As the sun rose the crowds thickened, but for two or
three hours the mist still hung over the park, anil it was as yet im¬
possible to distinguish objects at any distance. The hum of voices,
however, betokened that the multitude weic rapidly augmenting, at
every footstep parties were encountered, bent either upon securing
front places, or upon turning the occasion to profit by letting out frail
stands. All the dilapidated hand-barrows, trucks, and stalls of
Clerkenwell and Whitechapel appeared to be in requisition: they
came looming through the mist like spectral monsters, and, under
cover of the temporary darkness, their enterprising owners succeeded
in planting some of them right against the Palace walls. As the
morning advanced the inerpasing jkjwct of the sun drew up the
damp curtain that hung over head, and disclosed to view as fine a
day as the most sanguine could desire at this period of the year.
By this time the park was literally thronged ; not a foot of space be¬
tween the gates of the Palace and Chapel Royal was without its
tenant, while our industrious friends from the East-end had taken
care to flank both sides of the route with their rickety platforms
before the police could warn them off. Not a ta.de, how¬
ever, of them could he dislodged, for they had erected
their scaffoldings in such numbers that they formed effec¬
tual barricades against all the efforts of the police force.
Those who recollect the Peace demonstrations in 1814, the
Jubilee, and some other of the most prominent celebrations of which
St. James’s Park was the scene during the earlier part of the
present century, may form some idea of the numbers congregated.
Up to about an hour before the time named for the event, and again
after the Royal party liad entered the gates of St. James’s Palace, all
the features of an ordinary fair were observable. There were venders
of spice nuts, oranges, and sweets in abundance; itinerant ballad-
singers chanting odes complimentary upon the happy event whether
the veritable elfusions of the poet-laureate we are unable to say,
but they evidently accorded with the public taste, and excited a
large sliare of patronage. There were huge particoloured umbrellas,
bedecked with bright yellow tassels, under which the jockey-club
weighing-machine would give you your exact weight for the small fee
of a halfpenny. Illustrated penny programmes of the procession and
ceremony, in the more remote quarters of the Park, carpeted the
ground.
The old barrows and rickety tables and benches which had
been improvised into platforms were speedily occupied, aud their pro •
prietors, who took care to be paid beforehand, must have reaped a rich
harvest. They did not, however in many coses, seem to be deeply
impressed with the axiom “property has its duties as well as its
rights,” for many of these standing-places were so fragile that long before
the procession arrived -they had broken down, landing their occupants
in the midst of a dense crowd, Irom which, except the backs and heads
of those in close proximity and the tops of the trees, it was impossil
to see anything. It is almost needless to add that the applicatl
for the return of the “ rent ” paid for these deceptive »1
not responded to. Those who doubted the stability of these
of amateur architecture, or who desired to economise and
sessed of sufficient courage, mounted the trees, the branch, 1
along the whole of the Mall and in the inclosure were thi
In the immediate neighbourhood of St. James's the
police, though tt>scmbled in great force, were all \\
ugain.it the enormous mass with which they had to
when the advance of the leading troopers of the pa^ort
ing a pair of folding doors thrown open disclosed the suite of state
apartments, the council chamber, the throne room, Queen An tie's
room, the tapestry chamber, the armoury, and then the great stair¬
case leading through the colonr-court to the Clmpel Royal, the en¬
trance to which was in the centre of n rather gloomy passage running
at right angles through the last-named apartments.
The floral decorations require especial notice. Commencing with
the state entrance from the Palace gardens, on the right and left of
the covered way, beneath which the Queen and her illustrious guests
alighted, there had been erected a screen, composed of branches of
laurel and bay-tree, which stood out in tine relief against the purple
and scarlet draperies with wliicli the archway was adorned. The
whole length of this entrance was covered with evergreens, aud in the
centre of the highest point a boss of flowers and evergreens, orna¬
mented with a knot, composed of the united colours of England aud
Prussia, formed an appropriate ffnreb.
fliia rtnvf.r.wl ttrnv
approach of the Royal party, the pressure becnr
with the utmost difficulty that the crowd cm|
ciently to allow a passage for the RoyaLcarriagl
done by the aid of the Life Guards and Ui*
At one moment the screams of women apd^chi
several ladies were rescued in a fainting stat«
Sutherland House n haiultume stage wa^rec 1
canopy. Upon this, which /eo^nmanded
the procession, a consideni!
their friends were seated.
PROGRESS
Abonfc a quarter to twel;
Palace was slowly open'
immediate vicinity coul<
personages who were to take
carnage. These w
it was
jk suffi-
4is only
police,
irrific, aud
7 the garden of
ivernl with a
of the whole route of
Sutherland family and
CORTEGE.
re gate of Buckingham
unute few who were in Us
•ortion of the distinguished
tlhe august ccreuiouy enter their
principal guests from abroad,
who were coiivc^e'l iu Lalf-a- dozen carriages drawn each by two
horses: an eighty ^aniage contained the bride, who was attended by
her great-uucl^^thc King ojf the Belgians. She was, however, not
recognised by tliepcoj^'l^armprobnbly would have passed on without
exciting a cheer had nbtthc^ound of trumpets at the end of the alley
;r carriage bowe some one of distinction, and thus
Highness a feeble cheer as her carriage disappeared
te Of the Chapel Royal. The foreign Priuces
appeared to enjoy the scene amazingly: they
tted us their carriages rolled along, and
icr’s attention to the striking incidents of the
udmps not the least subject of their notice, if not their ad-
was the utter absence of anything like military display. A
I Life Guardsmen stationed at long intervals were ail that they
could see, and yet the line was clearly kept, while there was nothing
it to Imtoken anything but order, decorum, and regularity.
About n quarter of an hour afterwards some dozen other carriages
drove along : these conveyed the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and
the other members of the Royal family, the lust being occupied by
lie Prince Consort. His Royal Highness was, no doubt, better
known in the multitude, and therefore more easily recognisable, aud
as his carriage passed along he was honoured with a cheer that cen-
tinued from the beginning to the end of the Mall. Another quarter
of an hour elapsed, and again the signal was given that other carriages
were leaving Buckingham Palace. These were devoted to the great
officers awl ladies of the Royal household, the Duke of Cambridge, the
Duchess of Cambridge, und the Princess Mary of Cambridge. Then
came the only carriage of the day drawn by cream-coloured horses f
nrnl at once a cry was heard of “ The Queen—the Queen ! ” Iler
Majesty was accompanied by the Duchess of Kent. The cheering
then became general.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE.
To enable our readers the more clearly to understand the cere¬
monial, the details of which we are now about to give, we must take
them a preliminary journey through the Palace. At the garden en¬
trance a temporary colonnade, or covered way, hud been constructed,
under which the carnages drove, and from which the Royal party
entered the Palace. This erection, covered with crimson and yellow
drapery, decorated with holly, and well and cheerily lighted, formed
a very suitable point at which to commence a bridal gathering.
Within doors all was new, und rich, und appropriate. Waiting-rooms
lay invitingly open to the right and left in which such of the Court
attendants as were not to take part in the procession could remain,
while the more important functionaries followed onward in the train
of the Sovereign. In front rose the staircase, niwly carpeted in
Beneath this covered way garlamls^of luxuriant evergreens, with
handsome pendants formed of tendrils of ivy, were hung from pillar
to pillar throughout its whole length. The garlands were formed
with a double twist of limriistibqs^in flower, alternated with golden
furze, the centre coil being composed of holly studded with berries. Over
each column the garlands were united by knota with streamers ol* the
colours of Eugland and Prussia. A second row of garlands of the
same deqcription/brnamepfed tmNJiiposite side, and the door by wliich
her Majesty entered appeared to be set in a frame of the most exqui¬
site combination of flowers, leaves, and berries. The windows on both
sides had a simi 1 ar fraineiydrk, as well as the new doors for the Royal
suite on each syle c>f4ierjyL»jesty’s entrance, although less gorgeously
decorated than the/doorway through which the Queen passed, over
wliich was an arch formed of real palm branches. The baluster of
the Royal staircase by which the Queen ascended to her retiring-
room was intertwined with the delicate foliage of a creeping plant,
into wliich were interwoven roses and camellias.
In the thrpiie-room ami in Queen Anne’s room miniature parterres
of/ flowers flourishing on the mantelpieces, while delicate
ants in diminutive festoons fringed the edge of the marble.
|ow throughout the whole length of the state apartments
th flowers set in beds of moss. At '.lie top of the state
coup'd'veil was both striking und beautiful. The first
^bjeef that met the eye was the initials V. A. and F.W., formed of red
and white camellias, upou a background of evergreens, plaited in so
omul a manner as to compose a rich natural tapestry, the deep
emerald tint of which admirably threw out in alto-relievo the initials
of the Royal bride and bridegroom. This entablature was
supported" and ornamented bv palm branches, united by the
colours of England and Prussia. In the corners of the
landings below, and right and left of these Royal ciphers,
stood gigantic leaves of the celebrated fan-palm, each leaf of
which measures sixteen feet in height. The rail of the grand stair¬
case was entwined with the stephano^us, interspersed by white
flowers. On entering the colonnade, garlunds of the same description
as those at the Queen’s entrance were formed in double lines between
the columns on one side, and against the wall on the other. And the
effect of the suitable nrraugeinent of colours was hero peculiarly
apparent, the garlands being united with tho colours of Prussia aud
England between the grey marble columns; but on the wall opposite,
which is scarlet, they were united by the bridal favours of white Katin
and silver. Under the centre of each garland a knot of various
flowers was attached to the wall with another bridal favour of the
same materials; and these gurlands, knots of flowers, aud favours
contmucd throughout the w'hole length of ilia passage leading to the
chupel.
From an early hour in the morning all these Royal apartments and
their intervening galleries were the scene of continuous bustle and
excitement. Groups of magnificently-dressed ladies might be seen
rushing about everywhere ticket in hand, arid appealing to impassive
masters of the ceremonies, who seemed most reluctant to leave the
posts in which they had originally been stationed. The colour court,
which admitted morning costume, was soon packed with human heads;
and Queen Anne’s room, as well as the tapestry-chamber, were rapidly
filled with its more elaborately costumed occupants. The magnificent
gallery in the first-named chamber looked exceedingly gay and
brilliant, being exclusively devoted to young ladies, who suffered, with
the patience of martyrs, the chill of a January morning, as they sat
in their gossamer robes anxiously waiting the arrival of the Royal
procession. The occupants of the armoury and tapcstry-chamber
seemed more comfortable, being located in a smaller space ; and here
also it appeared ns if more care had been taken to raise the tempera¬
ture by artificial means. Officers of state and of ceremony, great aud
small, hurried about full of importance; and there was everywhere
that sort of pleasurable confusion wliich is generally the harbinger of
a great state spectacle.
THE COLONNADE.
The greatest portion of the spectators who were admitted by
tickets within the Palace were accommodated in the colonnade,
along which the three processions passed from the state rooms to the
chapel. The entrance to these seats was from che lower end of St.
Janies’s-street, and before the hour of opening the doors a crowd,
chiefly of ladies, had gathered round them. The arrangements were
carried out very punctually. At teu precisely the ticket-holders were
admitted, and, though there was something of a rush, yet, as access to
the top tier of seats that rose from the pillar side of the colonnade up¬
ward was given by three separate stairways, there was n<5 confusion.
The first comers chose the best seats, and the lower tiers were speedily
occupied. Theseats were covered with scarlet cloth, crossed by blue
lines marking the space for each person. But, as the majority were
ladies, it required some polite interference on the part of the attend¬
ants, and much compression of voluminous skirts, before the seats
could be made to hold tho appointed number. In half an hour the
whole space was filled. Then began the period of waiting, incident
to all such occasions: it was enlivened by the frequent passftig of
uniforms up and down the colonnade, the heralds aud pursuivants
being especially active; now and then a Minister, a Gold Stick, or
some well-known military name was noted. There were some errors
of course: Clarence, King at Arms, was mistaken for a Yeoman of
the Guard, aud a party of diplomatists were generally supposed
to be Prussian footmen. Random speculations of this kind, and criti¬
cisms of each other's toilettes by the ladies, filled up the time very
crimson, its balustrades painted in royal blue and richly gilded, the 1 agreeably. The prevailing style of dress was befitting a bridal: there
handrail throughout being covered in crimson velvet. At the top, on were so many white bonnets and gou 7 v veils that it might have
the right, was the bride's boudoir, sparkling in white and gold; its l been supposed a largo number of brides* had been dispersed among
walls furnished with costly mirrors, and its toilette-table draped in the spectators. There were few gentlemen; parties had evidently
Honiton la:c, and finished withregal magnificence. On oneof the toilette been made up with the only indispensable amount of male escort,
appointments the gaze of such ladies as were admitted to a transitory ' The scene, therefore, was all colour, tier on tier, like a bril-
peep was fixed with immense admiration and curiosity. This was a limit slope of flowers. The spaces between the pillars of the colonnade
irirMintin niiimicliiAn tlin A C ....... .,£* _- 1 ■ . 1 1 , 1 *n I. ... . -
gigantic pincushion, the frame of which was of wood richly carved
mid gilt, and the top covered with the richest Honiton lace, on which
the Royal monogram was lmiutifully embroidered. Across the l.iad-
ivere hung with wreaths of ivy, holly, and other e> ergreens, fastened
with rosettes and streamers of white satin: the opposite w'all was
similarly decorated, with the addition of bouquet- of palm leaves and
Jan. 30, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
119
flowers. Beneath every rosette were the plume and helmet of a tall
guardsman, also his cuirass, and, finally, his hoots: the red coat being
all hut merged into the scarlet drapery behind him.
Shortly before twelve an order to these statue-lilie warriors to
“ carry swords ” produced a clash and glancing of steel for a salute,
and tho Princess of Prussia and her attendants passed into the cliapcl.
Immediately afterwards the sound of trumpets from the inner
apartments gave notieeof tho approach of her Majesty. As the head
of the procession entered the colonnade the spectators rose, and the
line passed to the chapel in the following order:—
HER MAJESTY'S PROCESSION.
Drums and Trumpets.
Sergeant-Trumpeter.
Knight Marshal.
Heralds and Pursuivants ot Arms.
Equerry In Waiting to the Queen. clerk Marshal.
Comptroller of the Household. Treasurer of the Household.
Keeper of the Privy Purse.
Groom In Waiting to the Queen, Lord in Waiting to the Queen,
the Lord Steward.
Lord Privy Seal. laird President of the Council.
Two Sergeaats-at-Anns. laird High Chancellor Two Sergeants-at-Armr.
Senior Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter.
Gentleman Usher Garter, Geutleman Usher
and Daily Waiter Principal Kingof Arms. of the
tothe carrying Lis BlaekKod.
Sword of State. Sceptre bearing his Kod.
The Earl Marshal, bearing his baton.
Her Royal Highness the Princess -Mary of Cambridge,
Her train borne by Lady Arabella Sackvlllo West, and attended by
Major Home Pnrves
His Roya! Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
attended by Colonel Charles Tyrwiiltt.
Her Itoyal Highness tire Duchess of Cambridge,
Her train borne by Lady Geraldine Somerset, and attended by
Karon Knesubeck.
Her Royal Highness the Dwhess of Kent,
Her train borne by lardy Anna Maria Dawson.and attended by
Sir George Couper, Dart.
The Vice-Chnmberlain. The Sword of Stale. The Lord Chamberlain,
borne by
Viscount Palmerston, K.G., First Lord of tile Treasury.
HU Royal Highness IBs Royal Highness
Prince Airrcd. the Prince of Wales.
THE QUEEN,
His Royal Highness His Royal Highness
Prince Leopold, leadtn, prince Arthur.
Her Majesty's train borne by
The Groom ot tho Robes and two Pages of Honour.
Her Royal Highness Her Itoyal Highness Uer Royal Highness
Princess Louisa. Princess Altec. Princess Helena.
The Master of the Horse. The Mistress of the Robes.
The Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting.
Two itaidsof Honour In Waiting.
Bedchamber Woman in Waiting.
The Lady Superintendent.
Captain of the Yeomen n.u.t stick. Captain of the
y of the Guard. Gold stUK. Gentlemen-at-Arras.
Master of the P.uckhounds.
Master of the Household.
Silver Stick in Waiting. Kidd Officer in Brigade Waiting.
Tutors to their Royal Highnesses tile Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred.
Six Gentlemen- at-Arma.
Six Yeomen of the Guard to close the Procession.
The Lord Chamberlain and Vice-Chamberlain then returned, with
tbe trumpeters, to form the procession which escorted the bride¬
groom. Prince Frederick William. It proceeded to the chapel in the
following order:—
THE PROCESSION. OP THE BRIDEGROOM.
Drums and Trumpets.
Sergeant-Trumpeter.
Master of the Ceremonies.
The Bridegroom’s Gentlemen of Honour, between Heralds.
The Prussian Minister, with the Members of his Legation.
Vice- Chamberlain of her Lord Chamberlain of her
Majesty's Household. Majesty's Household.
THE BRIDEGROOM,
Supported by his Father, his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia,
and by his Itoyal Highness the Grand Duke of Baden,
followed by tlie
Attendants of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prince WUlii
After another short interval followed
THE PROCESSION OP THE BRIDE.
Drums and Trumpets.
Serjeant-l'ruinpeter.
Officers ot Arms. Officers o! Anns.
Marquis of Abercorn, K.G.
Groom of the Stole
to Ids Royal Highness tile Prince Consortb
Vice-Chamberlain of her Lord Chamberli
Maiesly's Household. Majest;
THE BRIDE.
Supported by her lather, ids Royal IBghnoss the Pi
and by \ ~
His Majesty tile King of the Belgiauit,''''-. \
The train of tier Itoyal Highness borne by bight unmarried daughters
of Dukes, 3Iun;uists,aml EiiyiV;—
The Lady Susan Pelham Clinton. The Lady Cecilia Gordon Lennox.
The Laly Emma Stanley. The Lady Katharine Hamilton.
The Lady Susan Murray. 'file L'dy Constance Yilllcrs.
The Lady Victoria Nod. /NIhe laidy Cecilia Moiyneux.
Her Royal Highness looked palib hut returned the greeting with
which she was welcomed very- gracefully, aiid with perfect self-
possession. A more lieimtifuleielit can scarcely be imagined than
that presented by these groujw while pksjsing: but, though beautiful
even as a spectacle, the general feeling Jt awakened was sometliinc
her ter than admir^fieti/L The^kmgerest /ivishes Tor the happiness of
the young and Royal bride accompanied her on her way.
THE CHAft?i?4bYAtMARRIAGE CEREMONY.
The Ctiapel Royal in whiarLho marriage of the Princess was
solemnised ls a smalt apartment, suited only in dimensions for the
private wocslnp of tliC Court 7 ; but altogether unworthy in its ap-
peariftee afid'mtfre character of its ornament of the name it hears
of ‘^he^hai>el IteyuL^/lt is almost the only existing relic of the
work of thut Holhein who combined in himself the profession of an
architect andxWnortnufc-painter to the Conrt of the Tudors. Her
Majesty has ceask^lnce 1 $ 12 to attend the building for Divine wor¬
ship, a private chapel being provided in Buckingham Palace. It was
while going to the Chapel Itoyal that her Majesty was fired at by the
insane youth, Francis. The Royal pew, or ** closet,” as it is termed,
is usually occupied during Divine service by the Princess of Cambridge,
the Princess Mary, and the Duke of Cambridge, and other relatives of
her Majesty.
In order to afford increased accommodation for the illustrious visitors
who were to take part in the ceremony of Monday, as well as to
provide more room for the processions, the whole of the unsightly
high*hacked pews were removed from the body of the chapel. Seats
rising one above the other on each side of the chapel were reserved
for the accommodation of visitors. A dais, or liaufc pas, as it was
termed, raised a few inches above the level of the floor, and extending
to the communion-rails, was provided for her Majesty, the Prince
Consort, the bride and bridegroom, and their immediate attendants.
Two light galleries, running north and south, on each side of the
chapel, were also erected, which provided sitting accommodation for
about 150 peers and peeresses. Some recesses at the back
of the galleries, and by the side of the organ, were also fitted up
with seats for tho accommodation of persons whom it would he a
perfect misnomer to call “ spectators ” if the ceremony of the
marriave or the gorgeous processions were the objects desired to he
witnessed. The window of the chapel over the altar had been greatly
increased in size, by being lowered to a short distance above the com¬
munion-table, and was tilled with neat stained glass. The walls
around the east end of the chapel were hung with dark crimson
velvet, with a heavy bullion fringe. On the communion-table was
placed a mass of gold and silver-gilt church plate, with most of which
some interesting historic associations were connected. There was a
famous flagon which the first of the Stuarts gave to the chapel,
and which l>y some almost miraculous influence somehow or
other escaped the iconoclasra of the saints of the Common¬
wealth. A magnificent salver of repousse work of the Lord's
Supper was of the workmanship of the time of Anne, heavy
and gorgeous, as was the style which prevailed iu the early part
of the Georgian era. Tile whole of the church service of gold of
Queen Anne's reign was also placed on the table.
In the general arrangement of the seats in the body of the chapel,
those in the front, on the right-hand side, were reserved for the ladies
of the suite of the bride, of the Princess of Prussia, and the gentlemen
of the suite of the Prince of Prussia. On the opposite side were the
ladies and gentlemen of the suites ofher Majesty, the Prince Consort,
aud the Duke and Duchess of Saxc-Coburg. On the second bench on
the right were the scats of other tnemliers of the Prussian suites amP
Legation, and officers of the Queen's household; the corresponding
seats on the left side were for the suites of the King of the Belgians,
Ills son the Duke of Brabant, and officers of her Majesty’s liouselioTd.
The third bench on the right was reserved for Cabinet Ministers
and their wives, and on the opposite side for the Indies and sn|>erior
officers of the Queen's household. Governesses and the lAady^uperin-
tendeut, surgeons and physicians, grooms and pages, occupied two
rows of seats on the right hand, and on a bench corresponding on the
opposite side were the wives of the officers of the household. Behind
them were the representatives of nn estate which, ahv ay sup¬
posed, by the fiction of Court and PurlUmei it* to be al way s abs e n t,
and consequently invisible. No reasoiiable complahit could possibly
he made by the members of the press respecting the accommodation
afforded; and, if he will receive so hi tangible a gift as the thanks of
tlie gentlemen of the press, we, for our own payt, tender to tlie Lord
Chamberlain, and to the Hon. Mr. Spencer Poiisonhy in particular,
our acknowledgments of the courteous^hnd ^uCnti^emianner in which,
as far as possible, our convenience was studiciL /
The earliest of the arrivals was Lord Chief Justice Campbell, in
Ills suit of black velvet his gold chain and collar, and wearing
white bridal favours. He was accompanied by Lady Stratheden.
Next, in gorgeous habiliments and blazoned with heraldic emblems,
appeared Garter King at Arms, bringing with him a train of heralds, in
their embroidered tahards.and-appeuringftuly alive to the importanceand
dignity of the high functions whienthey were about to perform. The
next personage who Ultqwed in the Cliapet Royal was Alderman
Wilson : he was yiresent hy^y trfcne pi liis office, as Queen's Harbinger,
and wore the uuiforin of^i fill 1 Colonel and his chain of office. His
early arrival wa^ wc presume, in accordance with the duties of his
office; for, .like the “ feathered harbinger of spring,” he made his
solitary appearance long before the advent of majesty. Colonel Wilson
had not retired inhny- niiuiites before peers and peeresses, Cabinet
Ministers and their wives, began to arrive in quick succession.
Amofig the earliest wasWjsbpuntess Combermere, who wore a mag-
nificeht white saHn>dress, trimmed with point lace. Lady Ernest
Bruce. wPe of tho V T icc-Chamherlain, came next, dressed in white
^loirA'^urciqhc, with trimmings aud scarf of cherry colour. The
CahTijCt^Vliiiiaters now began to arrive, Mr. Baines beiug the first,
follbwe^hyW Charles and Lady Alary Wood, Lord and Lady Stanley
oTAldcrtcy, tho Duke of Argyll, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord
Pai^nucei/and Mr. Labouchcre. The gentlemen for the most part
wore the Ministerial uniform; but Mr. Labouchcre wore the intensely
ugly uniform of an Elder Brother of the Trinity House—a curious
combination of the garb of a twopenny-postman and a naval
^iedtenant’s dress, and which caused Lord Paiunure to exclaim
aloud, in jocularity, “ Turn out that horse marine! ” All the gentle-
nieu entitled to wear the collars of knights wore them, and with
them white rosettes upon their shoulders and breasts; those who
were no; knights wore no bridal favours. Conspicuous among
the peers by his dress and noble appearance was the Duke ot Athoib
who wore tlie full costume of his clan, tartan aud phdibeg, claymore,
and herou’s plume. It is almoht needless to say that his Grace at.
traded considerable notice, especially among the foreign visitors, to
whom the sight of the Highland costume is always an event. Lord
Derby next appeared in a magnificent uniform, looking as fresh
and ns ready to be the Ilupert of debate as in the palmiest
times of Parliamentary warfare. Then came another group of
Cabinet Ministers. laird Clarendon seemed for tlie moment to have
forgotten the cares of diplomacy, aud the Chancellor of the Ex¬
chequer also looked a shade less serious than usual; Prince Edward of
Saxe-Weimar, wearing a Crimean medal; Lord and l>ady Westmore¬
land, and the veucrable Marquis of Lansdowne. The appearance of
Lady Palmerston created a buzz of excitement. The wife of the Pre¬
mier wore a magnificent dress of rich blue velour epingle, trimmed
with costly point lace aud pearls; corsage, with stomacher of diamonds.
Coiffure of ostrich feathers; and a profusion of diamonds.
The galleries at this time had become well filled, the front row of
seats being occupied exclusively by ladies, whose rich aud varied-
coloured dresses formed ii picture of surpassing beauty. Among the
peeresses who were seated iu front we noticed the Duchess o! Atholl,
who wore a rich dress of white satin and pink, trimmed with luce ;
the Duchess of Koxburgh, in a dress of light blue silk: the
Countess of Derby, in a dress of magnificent geranium-coloured satin,
with a tunic of Brussels lace. There, too, sat in that line of beauty,
rank, and fashion, the Duchess of Iticliinond, the Princess Edward of
Saxe-Weimar, the Duchess of Buecleuch, the Duchess of Atholl, the
Countess of Gainsborough, the Countess of Jersey, the Marchioness
of Westminster, Lady Waterpark, Viscountess Forbes, the Counter
of Fife, the Countess of Sefton, the Countess of Ilardwicke, Lady
Ebury, Lady Camoys, Viscountess Monck, the Countess of Desart,
Viscountess Torrington, the Countess of Westmoreland, the Countess
Delawarr, Lady De Tabley, the Countess of Caithness, Lady Byron,
he Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, and, nearly over the altar, the
Duchess of Inverness. The sun broke through the dull fog which
had overhung the Palace during the early part of tho morning, and
several times its rays of light darted along the front of the gallery, and
producing, with the sheen of silks and satins of every hue, and the
flashing of gems and waving of courtly plumes, a picture of matchless
beauty, painted with the softest harmonics of colour. The arrival of
the procession of the Princess of Prussia was the next point of in¬
terest. Her Sorene Highness the Princess of Prussia entered the
chapel magnificently attired in a robe of white satin, and with her
train borne by the youthful Countess Hackc. With her Koval High¬
ness came their Highnesses Prince Adalbert und Prince Frederick
Charles, and a most brilliant snite of Prussian officers. The whole
brilliant audience of the chapel rose rn tiiasso, and bowed as the
Princess Royal's mother-in-law elect passed on to the altar. The
Princess was accompanied by the Countess Hohenthall, the Countess
Zu Lvnar, the Countess Perponclior, the ladies appointed for the
bride, and the Countess Bernstorfl*, wife of the Prussian Minister.
The Princess was conducted by Sir^Mward Cust to her position on the
on the right of the altar. /
Far oil', now dying ittdbdance, now pealing louder, now softly
echoing through the chapel,was heard the sound of silver trumpets,
aud tlie beat of the kettle-drums, heralding tlie approach of tlie
Sovereign. Now the Lord Steward^ with his wund of office, Garter
King-at-Anns, the President of the Council, the Earl Marshal—a
perfect blaze of^mbrdi4eri^-tlie Lord High Chancellor, in his state
robe and Court wig, entei^hecliapel; drums and trumpets, and minor
heralds, have (gone to the] right-aliout; and then, debonching from
under the ttoohray, couuis/ the noble-looking Priuccss Mary of Cam- j
bridge, aud^murniur^ifjidiniriition from even those longnceustomed to
Court eerernoniaisTrisingfroin many,swells into an audible greeting as
wit 1* elegant strtteiiness, the Princess walks up the centre of the chapel.
Next, with affable) and soldierly Injuring; comes the Duke of Cam-j
bridge, in lnascarlet uniform, attended by Col. Tyrwrhitt. The venerable
DuchessCambridge, and tlie mother of her Majesty, upon w hose
fine features there played a graeelul smile, and in the expression of
whose face one could read something of a feeling of woman’s pride at
the marriage of a grand-daughter, received the silent homage of the
visitors. Then came Lord Palmerston, bearing the massive sword 0 |
state, in its gold and crimson scabbard, with a ponderous dignity
defiant as the British lion, and carries* that more than seventy sum¬
mers had passed over his brow. The Prince of Wales and Princi
Alfred follow in Highland costume. Now, the observed of al
observers, the centre on which all eyes are riveted, the object o
a nation’s loyal allegiance and of her people’s adoration, therJ
comes, with Koval dignity and in all the conscious pride of womanhood
her Majesty tlie Queen. She leads iu either hand her youngest sons.
Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold, and she is followed by the Princes
Alice and the youthful Princesses Louisa and Helena, who wor!
simple hut elegant dresses of pink tulle. Every heart feels in
voluntarily something like private devotion to one who, thong
their Queen, was still a woman and a mother. Her Miyest
wears u magnificent tiara of diamonds and other jewels, an
we feel proud that our Judges learned in the law have n
awardod every jewel we possess to the Hanoverian Monarchs H
Majesty is conducted to her Jauteit on the left of the altar, b>
remains standing; while a march from Handel’s “Occasion
Oratorio ” is performed: Lord Palmerston, still grasping the sVo
of state, stands by her side; and near her, in noble and quern
bearing, tho Duchess of Sutherland, who, with the great LorenJ
deserves to be styled the “ magnificent.” Around her Majesty
grouped live of her younger children, the two elder Princes stand:
on the right of the altar.
There is a short pause and a profound silence. It is broken agi
by the blare of distant trumpets, and all eyes are directed towaj
the door. Heralds stand aside, and the decorative parts of
pageant disappear. It is the bridegroom. He wears the dark h
uniform of the Prussian service, and over liis breast the orange ribl
of the Order of the Black Eagle; his helmet, of polished silver, t
its plume of feathers is carried in hi* hand ; and, with stat
though somewhat hurried step, he walks up the centre of the chn]
his father, the Prince of Prussia, and his brother, Prince Albert,
each side. Arrived at the dais, to which lie is conducted by
Yice-Chambcriain, he hows with stately dignity to his mother;
then, turning to the left, makes a low and profound obeisance to
Koyal mother of his bride. Kneeling at the altar, the Prince remi
a few seconds in his devotions. Then, rising from his knee*
stands alone in the centre, and every eye directs towards hint
most searching glance, mid Peeresses look nr. him through t
lorgnettes, to discover w hether in his deep-set giey eye, or liis swel
broad and expansive chest, they can discover aught of the pleusurll
agonies which, soldierly as may be liis outward hearing, if h*|
a man, he must feel while waiting the approach of his bride-.’ ||
organ peals forth u march from Handel's “Joseph.," Juit little 'Ll
he the charming music or the skill of the organist. Tlie swell dt*|
organ is hushed. There is a pause, and a silence heavy, oppre
and intense. Tlie Prince seeks iu vain a resting-place .or his gl
he droops his manly head; and we lancy that, when he raises)
handkerchief, it is to wipe nwny a manly tear.
Once more there is the distant clungour of the silver trum
We fancy the music is softer, and that the clarions have l
gotten to ring out their ordinary defiant blasts that — brazen-moi
trumpets are " breathing flutes,” awakening the long slumT
echoes of state rooms by the gentle cadences of love. The first!
1 borne on the air to the expectant bridegroom is heard, whei
head of tlie Prince is quickly raise J, and liis searching eye seal
entrance-door of the chapel, nor moves his glance until the youlj
1 blushing Princess appears. Then there is a slight twit
of the nerves of the lace, a slightly nervous and li restless mov.
which seeks to suppress all appearance of imvard emotion. Am:
imposing silence we turn from our scrutiny of the bridegroom,
in all the fervour of yonth, the innocence of childhood, the hit
virgin modesty, tlie guileless innocence of confiding love, the
enters the chapel. The vision ot youthful beauty passes
j bndemaids of noble lineage, in whose veins there flows
drops of kingly blood, of peerless beauty, supimrt the bridal
stainless aud pure as the fir«t affections of the bride. How an:
the look, how riveted the gaze, which all eyes direct to that p]
the procession! The father of the bride passes unheeded; he
: as well have been a Court herald and the King of the Bel;
trumpeter, for what cored that brilliant company for any
spectacle than that of the bride und her bridemaids ? So inf
the gaze that not a rustle of silk is heard, and not a flash o!
moves from the brilliant “sparks," nor a feather moves in the
of eager Peeresses: a pin could not have fallen to the ground u
There is no smile on the face of the bride, the excitement and
of the pageant has sustained her up to this point, and she
tremulous aud agitated. She reaches the altar, and the
bending his knee before her, imprints a kiss on her
The bride is reassured by this act of noble gallantry, and olreai
120
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jak. 30, 1858
^- 7 -7—r _
Fair-hair’dCu - pids wrought the gold *Wliichher fin - get doth en - fold;
Each with dia - mond pure and bright
On a per-fectchry-80
-N—\-
--
“N -
\-
-%--r ^*-1
1
-4 -g-P-
—&—l- * * »
ri
— rt 1 -
f—
— -*l
Hammer’d, hammer’d merri - ly,
When the dew was new-ly shed. Ere its E - den-scent had fled,
u. cres.
f-Jt -J-
k dim.
\
. dim.
^ JS 1
r--« * Z —L
/
dim. e raM.
&
1
Fai - ry hands
tizccato.
from fai - ry bowers
All her wreath of bri - dal flowers
-fc
Gather’d,.gather’d lov-ing - ly,
P~z - •-
Ga - ther’d.
Jan. 30, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
121
P=
az
Ring - ing, ring - ing joy-ful - ly.
In the cot and lord - ly tower Love thus mak - eth up her dower—
a
'■V /T\ jL. ' \
/T\
--- ■ ~1E
rU-S ^ jL-A
ter’d
—~—a * t—« » a—a
-*-« —E.—
r -- 1 — n -
Iot - ing - ly I
* iff *
- rr
- j-
1
=*=^-=-=- —fr
w—i
i '‘V If "If—
. r -m=.
1 .. r ifn: . k. ik
-4 =£=— in
t t ^ :
PP
. -.):J -j= .] ■ =T
i^~r=
U - -P- n C ‘ ■-4QH J 1 -1
r*» * 3 — <-v ■- n-
122
the ILLUSTRATED LONDON N EWS
[Jan. 30. 1858
support in tils presence of the Prince. She pu.-elu.ly ^
mother of the bridegroom, anti to her 3J ^'^Videgroom no.r
fondness is noxiously gazing upon her. Bride . „ ran(l
stand together before the altar, the organ >>•'« top n^s of the
march from Jmlas Maccabeus, nnd we perceive that the lw <
bride is composed of a rich robe of moire antique, oniamen ...
flounces of Hutton lace, the pattern of which * formed ot bouquet,
of the rose, shamrock, and thistle. Hie train is « simi • •
TIte briilcmaids have each a dress of white tflace pet icoj , c .
Bix deep tulle flounces, looped up with bouquets ot roscs and wh te
heather—the lattorsaid to have been modelled from a-«Png of heaU.er
Which tho Princess gathered during her last « ldk > n the
near her Highland home. The Archbishop of Canterhup.th P
of London, Oxford, and Chester, and Or. Wesley hem;, assembled,
an old chorale of the sixteenth century was snag by tiie c ‘ 10 *'
Precisely at half-past twelve the marriage ceremony was commenced
by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the most reverend predate wearing
Ilia lawn robes and liis episcopal wig—the Archbis top an'
High Chancellor being the only personages present entrant e 2 •
The simple but effective notes of the grand chorale had scarcely (lit i
into silence when the most reverend prelate, in a %ei> «w onz o
voice, read the opening prayer of the marriage service.
The Archbishop, addressing the bride and bridegroom, the Prince
standing on the right, and the Princess on the le.t, m front ol
the altar, said in a tone of great solemnity: —
1 require and charge you both, as ye will answer at the dreadful day of
lodgment, when the secret, of nil hearts stub be disclosed, that If either
or you know nay impediment why ye may not be lawfully join,
gctlier in matrimony, ye do now confess It. For lie ye we 1 II assuri >■
bo auny as are coupled together otherwise than Clod's Mord doth allow,
me not joined together by God. neither is their matrimony lawful.
To this r.ppeal, of course, no response was given by the Royal
couple, and, no officious friends or relatives coming forward “ to forbid
the bans," the Archbishop proceeded at once in that curt and buai-
npfl-i-likc manner ordained by the marriage service, and inquire o
the Prince—the Church ou these occasions knowing no distinction of
rank, aud regarding Prince and peasant, the noble and the humble, as
equal in the sight of their Maker, aud addressing all as " man and
“ woman "—
"Wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife, to hve together after
(iod*a ordinance in the holy state of matrimony ? Wilt thou love her,
comfort,her, honour her. and keep her, in sfckneM and in health; an l,
foraakiiig uR other, keep thee only uuto her. so long as >e both ahall Jive /
The Prince replied, in a firm and distinct voice, “ I will then,
dilresting the bride, the Archbishop said
•>Vi'• - thou have this man to thy wedded husband, to live together after
Goil's ordinance In the holy estate of matrimony • V.'ilt thou obey him
and serve him, love, honour, and keep him in sickness ami in health;
ami, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto him so long as ye both shad
live'
The Princess replied in a silvery, childlike, and tremulous voice,
but no faintly as to lie almost inaudible at the larlher end of the
chapel, the irrevocable “ I will.”
The Archbishop next inquired “ Who giveth this woman to lie
married to tins man f " Whereupon the Prince Consort, taking the
baud of the bride, led her towards the Archbishop. The Princess
Royal, with downcast eyes aud blushing beauty, then turned towards
the Prince Frederick, who cast upon her a look in which his manly
features were flushed with an expression of tho most perfect tender¬
ness. Then, directed by the Archbishop, the Prince, taking with
hi 1 right hand the ungloved hand of the bride, and repeating after
the Archbishop, in a firm and audible voice, plighted Ins troth in the
USuil manner.
Once more tho voice of the Archbishop was heard reading, and.
like the faintest of the echoes of softest music, the repeated words
of the agitated bride floated over the chapel, and, although a silence
so drop as that a fallen pin or almost the dropping of a feather might
have been heard, the sounds could not be distinguished in the part of
the chapel allotted to the representatives of the press. Now there
was an interruption in the sweet, soft music, and then it was slightly
intensified, as though a struggle were going on between the powers of
utterance and the emotion iwltich the bride sought to restrain. The
bride and bridegroom, having thus mutually pledged their troth,
leOMHied their hands, ai.d the Prince, turning to Prince Albert of
Prussia, liis principal groomsman, received from him the ring which
was to lie the symbol of their plighted love. The ring was laid
tho book in accordance with the requirements o! the ceren
Having received back the ring, the Prince placed it on the uii;
finger of the bride, and, “ taught ” by the Archbishop, said i—
With tills ling t thee wed. with my body 1 tiieo worship. 3.)
my wor dy goods I theeemlo.v. In tlie iianteol the Slav:
Sou. ncil-i tnc He y Ghost Amen.
Tins, a: well ns the other portions c tho setwise, tin
repeated in a voice which was per cetly amlibie tnionghqjit.
The Archbishop ottered up a prayer; and then, staiHe
the ahar, said:—
Those whom God hath joined together let no 'rnau pal asuiirter, For¬
asmuch as Frederick William and Victoria Ak'Uldc liavSroonscnieu
to !„■ joined together in liiily wedlock, shutmvc v. iljiCssid the same before
God axil this Company, ami thereto have gi ven uncT rdydgi-d their troth
i-iilior to ilie other, and have declared tin* SJunph/ givivig r.ntl receiving of
a ring and by Joining of bands. I pronounce
together. J n the name of the Fatir.T. uud <
Ghost A men. ^ V\
The Rishoftof Oxford, the Lord High Al^Swjr, then gave out the
psalm of tile day, tiie “ Dcu-i MiscrcntUr," which was chanted by the
choir with full orchestral acftcfmpunimi
The bride and bridegroi
lien knelt.while , ..
thcQmarricd couple and npon their future oil'.
n;iy love his wife according to his word,” and
lig and amiable, faithful and obedient
iss, sobriety, and pence, be a follower
xt followed the archiepiscopal bene-
London, advancing to the front of
homily appointed to ho used on occasions
sermon/’declaring tiie duties of man and wife, en-
dier.ee, humility, and other Christian virtues, and
tV^outward adorning or plaiting the hair, and
grid'C/all of which was listened t > with dignified
silence, and will be no donbt duly remembered in niter years. It
sounded strange, indeed, m the midst of that blare of splendour, and
the gorgeous enrichment of gold and silver aud jewels, and the ins
head-dresses of the illustrious company
The bride and bridegroom having risen from their knee*. ^ " r:UI 1
Hallelujah Chorus was sung with admirable effect by the choir.
Halleluiah! for tin* Lord God Omnipotent reignetb. _ , ,
The kingdom of tills world is become tiie kingdom o. our L
His Christ i and He shall reign for ever and ever.
King of Kin/p. anil Lord of Lords. Hallelujah.
As soon as the Hallelujah Chorus had ceased, the bride fell upon
the bosom of her lloyul mother, and for a short time
child embraced and kissed eaclt oilier with all the ardour of mater .
love and filial affection. Tits bridegroom meanwhile advanced to
mother and saluted her in the most affectionate manner Bride
and bridegroom then exchanged their first kiss o marrn. '■
bride crossed over to the father and mother of the bridegroom, and
with them kisses were exchanged. Prince Frederick embraced h.s
father-in-law, the Prince Consort; then the King of the Belgian! ,
and received from her Majesty a kiss which none but those
who have felt as a mother feels when she lias seen a much¬
loved daughter enter upon so important a career can judge
of its intensity and ardour. The Prince repeatedly embraced the
father of his bride, and twice the Prince Consort clasped his sou in¬
law to his heart, who parted from him at length as lie kissed ins
hand. Tiie Queen hurried across to the Prince and I rmcess oi
Prussia, aud they, too, mutually embraced each other, bucii a
demonstration of hearty affection, we need hardly say, was regarded
with intense emotion; and on the cheek of many a lady there glittered
a sympathetic tear, while adown some nunly lace, the same expres¬
sion of the pent -up feelings of human nature eoursed their silent aud
unbidden way. , ., , . .
The sisters and brothers of the bride pressed around her to Like
their childlike farewell of their sister; while heralds and high officers
of state marshalled the procession which was to convey the newly,
married couple to the -rout world of the future winch by beyond
them. -it
The bride and bridegroom left the chapel accompanied by tiie
britlemaid* and ladies and gentlemen of their suites. for/tlu.
The bride, as she went from the chapel, appeared to have recovered to The,
a great extent her natural self-possession. Bride and bpidegiooiii -rimple W(
seemed happy in each other, and gratified that the ceremony, painful j ^ te . lt
and fatiguing as it must have been to them, had been coricluded^ail
if courtly etiquette had not enforced its chilling regulations over
company, there was not one present who would not have
prayer which they silently offered up of “ God bless them
The procession of her Majesty then passed to the
in the same order in which it entered the chapel, a
assembled in that chamber. Here, in front of the massi ve
which have sat in state so many of our Monarch*. j^spbudbLdabre
bride and bridegroom entered the station from the Koyal waiting-
room, preceded by Captain Labalmondi^re, Assistant-Commissioner of
Police; the Hon. F. Ponsonby, Chairman of the Great Western Rail¬
way Company; aud Mr. Slanders, the Secretary. The Princess, who
looked pale, leant upon the arm of the Koyal bridegroom, and was
followed by her lady’s-maid and several male attendants. The
appearance of the Priuce and Princess was the signal for an outburst
of hearty cheering. The band struck up tho Royal Anthem, the
guard presented arms, and the hearty hurrah* were continued during
the progress of the Royal pair to the railway carriage, and were
gracefully acknowledged by both. The Princess wore a dress of
white moire antique, with a mantle aud bonnet of the same hue. The
Prince wore a plain dark frock-coat. Little time was permitted to
elapse, aud in two minutes after entering the station the happy couple
were seated in the first Royal carriage; Mr. Ponsonby and Mr.
Saunders entered another, Mr. Gooch ascended tho engine, the steam
was set out, ou which by the register. As tl
Church returned to the throne-room this was
form.
An immense number of illustrious
honour of signing this document, i
arrangement in which the members of tin
did so affixed their signaturedafter those/of
groom
** Victoria.
“ AJ.n eR u Prill- t^orri
of the
'usual
To each person p:
fully printed in red an<
Duchess of Saxony, a
was shut off, and the train mov^ed
and hearty gratulations,
lost in the evening mist.
THE Aft
It would have been^tl
specially favoured as the
of the country i
versally elicited
accordingly ma<
a fitting rece
Windsor to
ti fully fino^Hthe^V il
Hags anc^ banners,
windows land
in their be^t a)
thronged
forth amid prolonged cheers
up until the train was
delivered the marriage serv;
ind bound in white and gold
ce, beauti-
Diviue blessing
spring, that
that '* this vr&
to her husband
of holy a:id god|
diction
th/
when
joining lo 1
prohibiting
of wearing
ing bevy of bridemuids.
other prayers, invoking the
to hear such •‘vanities”
ful rhetoric of his apostolic
office of Dcau of the Chapel Royal
UCKINGHAM PALACE. .
The garde negates ot4t. James’s were again opened, and the pro-
iirHedvto Buckingham Palace in the same order as it had
arri^eiL>Ti^>riib and bridegroom being now together in one car-
iage^Ahitre^vn^im difficulty in recognising them, and from end to
ure they were welcomed with enthusiastic cheering.
Sfibrtly^ift/h* two o'clock, and not long after tiie acclamation* of
dense body of people on the arrival of tho Royal cavalcade at the
had died away, Prince Frederick and the Princess R’\val came
oit^oINpne of the windows ou the first floor, immediately in the centre
pabce. The Queen aud the Prince Consort also entered the
?. The acclamations were loud nnd general, and wore most
jipnsly acknowledged. The Royal party were summoned the
soconu time to the balcony, and were n.-crived as •mtliu-'i^ticaliy as
be :re. Nevei was such a cr- wu seen in tire rout o Buckingham
Pa bee.
DEPARTURE OF THE BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM Flf.lM
LONDON.
It liad liean generally understood, tin to almost tiie very las!
moment, tliat the Royal couple would proceed to Windsor by tiie
lughroad,and arrangements to tiiat cud wore duly mode: but at a
late hour on Saturday evening it was intimated to tiie an! Iiorities nf llte
Great Western Railway tint it was probable liieir line would be
selected lor the conveyance ol' the illustrious travellers. Preparations
were immediate'.:-' made at the Paddington station, and a considerable
portion of tiie depart ure platform was set apart for the convenience of
tiie Rival pair. Tho special train was to start upon the outer line of
rail; niid upon the platform from which that line was approached rows
of himc'us were erected, which were occupied on Monday'afternoon
by hundreds of ladies aud gentlemen who were admitted to take
farewell of the young Princess in whose welfare and happiness all felt
a lively interest. The chasm between the two platforms was bridged
over and covered with crimson carpet; while upon each side of the
door of the Royal waiting-room, through which tiie distinguished
couple were to enter the station, other rows of scats had been erected
and were fully occupied. The special train consisted ol four car¬
riages—vi/... a composite carriage, one first-class, and two Royal
saloon carriages —and was ordered to be in readiness at a quarter
to five o'clock. Long before that time arrived tiie station was
crowded with visitors who had tiie privilege of the tirtrii, hut
the general ignorance of the fact that the mode of travel¬
ling had been changed prevented a very large attendance of the
public Out of doors until shortly before the hour ot departures by
which time a dense crowd was assembled. About tour o'clock a guard
of honour of the Scots Fusilier Guards, headed by their hand, and
under the command of the Hon. O-apt. Astley, entered tiie station, and
took post facing the Koyal train, hut it was not until several minutes
after five tiiat the cheering of the crowd outside proslaitned the
arrival of the newly-married pair. Immediately after-varls the Uoval
WINDSOR.
f the town of Windsor, so
Royalty, had been behind the rest
as of affectionate loyalty so uni-
iciOds event. Arrangements were
potation and townspeople to • give
Royal pair on their arrival at
honeymoon. Tiie day was beau■
ining out brilliantly, and tiie display of
d-wreaths and evergreens, from innumerable
, together with the constant stream of people,
wearing white rosettes on their breasts, who
thoroughfares from an early hour, gave to the
old town a very gay and animated aspect. Indeed, it seemed as though
qOTWiudsor—excepting those who were busy trimming their lamps
imingsiUumiuation—had turned out to make genera! holiday,
irminus of the Great Western Railway, where tiie illustrious
to arrive ou their first wedding trip, was, however, the
of interest, and eager crowds docxe.l to tiie station long
bef ore t iie preparations goingou there for t-lieir reception were halt
completed. On the arrival-platform two large woo len stages, capable
ot containiiig upwards of 1000 persons, were erected on either side of
her M ijesty's waiting-room, in front of which the Royal travellers
were to alight. To prevent the assemblage front encroaching beyond
tiie prescribed hounds, silken cords were placed at the extromity of each
stand, and the intermediate space kept open for tiie l’rince and
Princess was covered with a handsome crimson carpet. A fine col¬
lection of red and white camellias in fall blossom was arranged on tiie
platform in front of tho Royal reception-room, nnd over tiie door blazed
a luminous gas star. One of the stages intended for spectators was -
appropriated to tho Eton hoys, who mastered upwards of 700 strong
and above their heads appeared a tasteful display ol banners and
laurel-wreaths, together with a splendid device in gold lamps,
on which, in large and brilliant characters, “ Congrntulatnr Ktona."
shone ont conspicuously. The second stage was occupiod by hundreds
of tile most distinguished ladies and gentlemen of the neighbourhood.
A place within the more privileged inclosure was assigned to tiie
Mayor and his colleagues in tho magistracy; and in their immediate
vicinity were Colonel tho Hon. Cecil Forrester, of the Royal Horse
Guards (Blue), and several of his brother officers. A dense concourse
was collected outside the station, anxious to calch the most transient
glimpse of the Royal cortege.
Shortly after half-past four o’clock a detachment of Scots Fusilier
Guards, under the command of Colonel Paget, marched into the
station-yard to form a guard of honour for the Royal party. At ten
minutes past five o'clock the tidings wore circulated that the Royal ^
pair had just left Paddington, and the general expectancy momentarily
increased. The telegraph next announced Unit the train had passed
Slough ot 5.30, and the excitement or the assemblage had reached its
climax, when in six brief minutes later tiie shrill sound ol the
engine-driver's whistle broke upon the ear. This was the signal for a
spontaneous outburst of enthusiastic cheers, tiie shouts being caught
up and renewed again and again along a lengthened line of spectators.
Amid this tumultuous din, during the whole of which the tremen¬
dous hurrahs of the Eton hoys rang out loud and clear, the special
train drove slowly up tiie platform. The youthful bridegroom in¬
stantly alighted nnd gave his hand to his bride. The appearance of
tiie Royal pair on tiie platform elicited redouble:! manifestations of
lm-alty, and tho whole scone was Indescribably heart stirring and
affecting. Tiie youthful aud illustrious objects of all this enthusiasm
appeared deeply moved at the thorough heartiness of tho welcome
accorded them, and testified their gratitude by repeatedly bowing to
xlie assemblage. Having shaken hands mid exchanged a few words o!,
recognition with one or two ol tiie principal personages on tiie p’»l-
•orm. Prince Frederick William led his joutlimt bride into tk. Qi.ee. s
reception-room, through which they had to pass ii: order lo’eaci- tne
carriage which stood in waiting to convey them to iho Castle. Toe
horses which brought this vehicle to the station—two handsome
|r r evs—had been removed TO make way for the Eton hoys,
whose enthusiasm had impelled them to solicit tiie honour
of drawing tiie Royal cirri ige through tiie town to its
destination—an offer which was graciously accepted by its
illustrious occupants. Same twenty or thirty of those fervid youths
having yoked themselves in front of the chariot, aud a greater num¬
ber lending their assistance to propel it from behind, the cortdgo
moved off under the escort of the Fusilier Guards, whose line hand
struck up the National Anthem. Its route, which hiy through the
High-street nnd up Castle-hill, was brilliantly illuiniiutcd, and along
the entire course it was accompanied by a v.ist multitude, who rent
the air with their vehement vociferations. Arrived at the Castle, the
Royal pair took up their abode iu the Lancaster Tower, where an
elegant suite of apartments had hem specially fitted up for their
reception. .
Tiie townspeople celebrated the auspicious event by a hall held in
the Townhall which was gorgeously illuminated for the occasion.
The poorer inhabitants, to the number of 1A», were also regaled wit
substantial fare, nnd vocal and instrumental music, in a tent spcciall}
erected for tho purpose; aud 2000 p»r children of tiie town were
gratified with a similar entertainment on the following day (Tuesday).
A liberal subscription liad been raised to defray the expense of the;®
festivities.
THE STATE CONCERT. fl
Her Majesty gave a State concert in the evening in the new hall
and concert room. A spacious orchestra was erected for tiie occasion,
upwards offiftv feet wide, rising in successive stages up totlie level oft ir
organ-gallery. The band, nearly eighty in number, consisted of he
Majesty's private hand, aided by the principal instrumentalists of t 1
Philharmonic Society, her Majesty s Theatre, and the Koyal Ita
The chorus comprised nearly 100 voices selected from tn
Opera.
Jan. 30, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
123
Operas and the Sacred Harmonic Society, K:etcr-hall. The principal
solo performers were Madame Clara Novella, Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss
Lascelles, Signor Ginglim, Mr. Sims Reeve* and Mr. Weiss. Piano¬
forte, Mrs. Anderson. Mr. W. G. Cnsins, the organist of her Ma¬
jesty's private chapel, presided at the organ, which embellishes the
east end of tlic ball and concert room.
The entire orchestra consisted of upwards of 200 performers.
The following was the programme:—
TART riRST.
Coronation Anthem .. .. .. .. .. Handel.
Quartetto—” PIncidO i* il mar ” (•* Idomeneo”) .. .. Mozart.
Madame Clara Noveilo. Miss Lascelles. Signor GiugUni. and Mr. Weiss.
Chorus— "The heavens are telling” (‘‘Creation ’) .. Haydn.
Aria—" Dallagua Pace ” (“ 15 Don Giovanni ”) .. .. Mozart
Signor Giuglini.
Choral Fantasia—Pianoforte .. .. .. .. Beethoven*
Mrs. Anderson
PART SECOND.
Selection from 44 Lohengrin ” (the words partly altered
and adapted for the present occasion by Thomas
Oliphant, E»q.). “ Bridal Procession,” 41 Wedding
March," and ** Epithalnmiura ” .. .. .. R. Wagner.
Aria—” Robert, toi que j’aime ” (•• Robert le Liable) Meyerbeer.
Madame Clara Noveilo.
Finale (” Loreley ").Mendelssohn.
The solo part by Miss Louisa Pyne.
Sercnnta—“The Dream ” .. .. .. •• M. Costa.
'Composed expressly for the occasion of the marriage of her Royal
Highness Victoria. Princess Royal of England, and Frederick William,
Prince of Prussia.)
• Conducted by the Composer.
The words by Mr. W. Bartholomew.
Principal singers—Madame Clara Noveilo, Miss Lascelles, Mr. Sims
Reeves, and Mr. Weiss.
Finale—” God save the Queen,”
Conductor—Mr. Anderson.
The fallowing new verses, written for the occasion by Mr. Tennyson,
poet laureate, were sung by all the principal performers suid chorus:—
God Mess our Prince and Bride 1
God keep their lauds allied,
God save the Queen !
Clothe them with righteousness,
Crown them with happiness,,
Them with all b’essfngs bless,
God save the Queen I
Order of the Garter, from which was suspended a figure of the patron
saint in diamonds; also the collars of the Block Eagle and the Bath,
with the ensign of the Golden Fleece in diamonds.
The King of the Belgians appeared in the uniform of a British
Fiel l Marshal, and carried Ins baton. Ilis Majesty wore the collars
of the Garter and the Bath, with the star of the Order of the Garter
set in'diamonds.
Prince Frederick Charles and Prince Frederick Albert of Prussia
and the Prince of Hohenzollern were habited in the Prussian military
uniform. Prince Adalbert of Prussia wore the uniform of the Prussian
Royal Navy. .All four Princes wore the insignia of the Order of the
Black Eagle.
The Duke of Brabant and the Count of Flanders appeared in the
uniform of Belgian military officers, and the Duke wore the collars of
an Austrian and of a Portuguese Order of Knighthood.
The Duke of Saxe-Coburg was habited in the uniform of an officer
of the Prussian Cuirassiers, and wore the collars of the Orders of the
Garter and the Black Eagle.
V All the Cabinet Ministers and great Officers of State and of the
Household wore their full gala costume. The Marquis of Lanedowne,
the Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Palmerston, the Marquis of Abercorn,
and Earl Granville wore the garter and the collar of the order; Vis-
count Combermere, Sir George Grey, the Earl of St. Germans, and Sir
Charles Wood wore the collar of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of
the Bath. The Marquis of Breadalbane. Lord Pamnure, and the Duke
of Argyll appeared in the insignia of the Order of the Thistle.
REJOICINGS IN THE COUNTRY.
Various demonstrations of rejoicing and loyalty occurred on Mon
day in different parts of the country. In most places the day seem*
to have been observed as a holiday. At Manchester and the vicin ty
dinners were given to the poor; and there was a concert at the Frees
trade Ilall in the evening, at which an ode, composed for the occasion
by Mr. Albany Fonblanque, was recited. At Liverpool flags were
exhibited, the shipping was gaily dressed, and the church hello were
rung. At Portsmouth the day was observed by the naval and mili
tary authorities in the garrison with official importance. The troops
were paraded on Southsea-comrnon, and Royal salutes were fired.
'. There were illuminations at the shops and hotels at night. At Leeds
the Town Council met, and voted mi appropriate address to her
Majesty. We have received detailed accounts of festivities and re¬
joicings at Birmingham, Southampton, Sheflield, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, Gateshead, North and Sonth Shields, Sunderland, Alnwick
Stockton, Morpeth, Shrewsbaryp^lee^ter, Worcester, Gloucester
Dudley, Evesham, Noltingham( Doncast^Yprk, Bristol, Bath, Wells,
Taunton, Cardiff, Swansea, Wofengbam, Reading, and other places.
The rejoicings in lionou^ ofUie oci^asiou were, however, so similar in
character, and there whs\ such general enthusiasm, that it is not
necessary to give a detailed aecoimt of the proceedings.
PRESENTS.
Fair fall this hallow'd hour.
Farewell, our England’s llower,
God save the Queen 1
Farewell, first rose of May!
Let. both the peoples say,
God bless thy marriage day,
God bless the Queen !
The Princess of Prussia wore a dress of cloth of gold, trimmed
with gold luce and flowers of bright colour, with diamonds; a wreath
of flowers and diamonds to match the dress; a necklace of emeralds
and diamonds.
The Prince of Prussia appeared in a very handsome uniform of the
Prussian llnssr.is.
The invitations amounted to about 800
THE COSTUMES.
The following account of the dresses worn by the Royal and illus¬
trious personages who took part in the marriage ceremony is from the
Court newsman:—
The Princess Royal’s bridal dress was of white moird antique, the
body trimmed with. Honiton lace, and a bouquet of orange flowers
and myrtle; the petticoat trimmed with three flounces of Honiton
lace, wreathed with orange and myrtle, and the train of white moird
antique, lined with satin, bordered with a ruclie of white satin rib¬
bons, Honiton luce, and a wreath of orange flowers mid myrtlo to
correspond with the dress: diamond necklace, earrings, and brooch,
the Prussian Order of Louisa, and a Portuguese order. The head¬
dress a wreath of orange flowers and myrtle; the veil of Honiton lace,
to correspond witli the dress. The design of the lace is alternate
medallions of tbo rose, shamrock, and thistle, with a rich ground of
the leaves of the rose, shamrock, and tlihtlc.
The Princess of Prussia wore a white silk dress with silver worked
flounces, a diadem of diamonds, feathers, and a lace veil ; the train
of blue moird antique, shot with silver, nnd embroidered in silver:
necklace, pink topaz and diamonds.
The train and body of her Majesty’s dress was composed of rich
mauve (lilac) velvet, trimmed with three rows of lace; the corsage
ornamented with diamonds and the celebrnted Koh-i-noor as a brooch ;
the petticoat, mauve and silver moire antique, trimmed with a dcejF
flounce of Honiton lace; the head-dress, a Royal diadem of diamonds
anil pearls.
ILLUMINATIONS.
An illumination in mid-winter is not generally the most successful
of demonstrations. A cold north wind, snow uuder foot, and a
London fog everywhere are not the most agreeable incentives to plea¬
sure. But Monday appeared to be an exception to the general rule.
A clear bright morning gave place to a beautiful night, ami, were it not
that now and then the wind blew a somewhat boisterous breath, there
was nothing to dim the ebullition of loyalty which her Majesty’s sub¬
jects west of Temple-bar laid prepared for the gratification of thi
fellow-citizens. The leading thoroughfares were illuminated at di
with more than usual brilliancy ; hut, in consequence of theuprofoi
gloom\in which the Government offices were enveloped, w
streets were not so effulgent ns on the occasion when the natkm^Kt-
pressed its joy upon the restoration of peace. The concourse of spec¬
tators, however, was very great. From north, south, iuid"*cistwLtm-
liroken throng in one continuous current swept along t he /tree l^lLTie
multitude, intent upon amusement, displayed the utmost good humour)
during their perambulations; and although in squae^quartjirs i
especially in the vicinity of Temple-bar, St. James’s street/^nidjthe
Quadrant, the crowd became packed in one dense innsj?, noUiuig
approaching to riot or confusion occurred, and the night parsed away
without any serious accidents being nqjortcd.
Regent-street, Piccadilly, St. Jaiues's-street. Bond-street, Oxford-
street, the Strand, and Fleet-street were tbe thorougllfarCs in which
the best displays were made. The clubbonscs vyere illuminated with
devices in gas, and those connected with the Inihtai^yand naval ser¬
vices were especially remarkatde for the rieti>nd elaborate nature of
their decorations. The “(Aihny/ and Navy/’ at the comer of St.
James s-squnre, in PaB-mall, nniintainca its superiority by exhibiting
a magnificent device, itKyvliiclpllic arms of the two services were
blended in a lozenge wit h 11 1 e motto ” yilitate Fortior.” At the sides
were the flags of Enghunt auiP Priisamp^id beneath a wreath of
laurel, with the letters ■nVYT’Ynyoach side. The ” United Service,”
the “Junior United Service,” the ‘'^Ath^hicnm, 5 ' the “ Travellers,” the
*' Carlton,” the ” Oxford and Cambridge,” and the ‘'Guards,” all
presented a h rillKni ^ appcarimre mHl attracted a large share of
public atteiUiony^^e^LyctulflionBes in St. James’s-streetexhibited
stars and crow ;ts/and th^‘Wellington” vied with its more aristocratic
neighbours itepivsenting a brilliant and elaborate device.
The private the nobility, with the exception of those
belonging to foreigi^I musters or members of the Government, were
not generally ilIuminate > d v Xv Cambri«lge House, the mansion of Lord
1'Miners ton. in Piccadilly, was.illuminated with a crown and the letters
” V. F.” The mnnMoii of Lord Portman was also illuminated with a
hrillhmt’star in 'gas. At the residency‘of his Excellency the Prussian
Minister, iii fetrlton House-terrace, a superb crown was displayed with
the initials bLthe Prince and Princess.
UThptbeatres were all more or less illuminated. The Opera House
^liad a-Jimliiint crown with stars and wreaths, and the initials 44 V.F.”
The upper part of the facade of the Iluymarket was covered with the
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent wore a petticoat of white motto, in coloured lumps, "Health and happiness to the Princess
moird antique, brocaded with violet, and trimmed witli pointlnce ; Royal,” At the Princess’s there was a superb crown of cut glass, the
the train, violet velvet, trimmed with ermine; the stomacher, violet Colours white and ruby, with a wreath underneath. Drury Lane pre
velvet, with ornaments of diamonds and amethysts. The head-dress
was formed of white ostrich feathers, diamonds, amethysts, and point
lace. The materials of the dress and train were of Spitalfields manu¬
facture.
The Duchess of Cambridge wore a lilac silk dress, with donble skirt,
both skirts trimmed with bouillonnds of tulle and Honiton laceyfche
train, lilac moird antique, trimmed with ermine; a stomacher of
diamonds and pearls ; a necklace of diamonds. Her Royal High¬
ness’s head-dress was composed of a tiara of large pearls and white
feathers, with a veil of Honiton lace pendent from the back of the
head.
The Princess Mary of Cambridge wore a double skirt of blue erdpe
over a glace silk petticoat, ornamented with blush roses and ruches of
crepe and blue satin ribbon, with two Very deep flounces of Brussels
lace; the train, bine moird trimmed with Mechlin lace, blush roses,
and ruches of tulle to match tbcdreSs; the hotly trimmed to corre¬
spond with, the train ; diamohcl and pearl stomacher, a diamond neck¬
lace. The Princess's head-dw»ks was formed of a diadem of diamonds,
white feathers, lappets of Brussels lace, and diamond ornaments.
The Princess Alice wore a dress of white lace over ricli pink satin,
trimmed with corn-flowers and daisies. The Princess wore a wreath
of the same flowers round the lteadru
The PrincessesHelena and Louisa wore dresses similar to tliat of
the Princess Alice, with corn-flowers and daisies in the lmir. _
The Prince of Wules, Prinee Alfred, Prince Arthur, and Priuce
Leopold, wore the llighlriiid dress.
Prince Frederick \Villiam wore a Prussian General’s uniform, a
dark bluertunie, with gukNimbroidery on the collar and cuffs, a gold
aiguillette oiL tlie^right shoulder, a silver sash, and white kerseymere
trousers. Ilis lfin al iiighiuss wore the collars of the Orders of the
Black Eagle and Holidnzollern, and the star of the Order of the ducal
houses of Saxony of the Ernestine branch.
The* Prince of Prussia appeared in the uniform of a Prussian
General, and were the collars of the Bath and the Black Eagle, and
the ensigns of the Hohenzollern Order.
Prince Albert of Prussia wore a Prussian military uniform, and the
insignia of the Order of the Black Eagle.
The Prince Consort appeared in the nniform of a Field Marshal,
and carried Ills baton. His Royal IliglinetsS wore the collar of the
z^THRSMUI
By the kind permission of the Lord Chamberlain we wore permitted
to examine the bridal presents given to the Princess Royal on the
occasion of her piarriage. They were laid out for our inspection—and
that of a levy privileged persons—in one of the state rooms m
Buckingham Palace. They form a collection of the value of many
thousapdk of pounds. Conspicuous among them in its light
blue velvet casket was the magnificent pearl necklace pre¬
sented by the bridegroom, consisting of thirty-three mag¬
nificent peArhn^aud of the value cf about dL'oOJO. Her
Majesty gave a magnificent brilliant necklace with eardrops,
c by Messrs. Garrard; also three magnificent studs, formed
df/brilliants, surrounding an immense pearl set in the centre of
uu»*v cac k stud. There were also three magnificent silver can-
dehibrn, /ornamented with subjects of the chose, which were the
ie gift of tier Majesty. The present of the Priuce Consort consists
x. , of n charming bracelet, with brooch and pendant, manufactured, by
ic concou) m <» spe^ Xnrner, of diamonds and large emeralds. The Prince of Wales pre-
i.i.v ..nun- big sister with a licautiful opal and diamond necklace, brooch,
and earrings, the whole forming a complete suit of jewels. F out her
sister the Princess Alice the bride received a charming brooch, formed
of diamonds and pearls, tastefully set upon a ground of light blue
enamel. Her three younger sisters, the Princesses Helena
Ixmisa, and Beatrice, presented her with three large studs—
one formed of a pearl surrounded by rubies; a second, a pearl sur¬
rounded by emeralds; and a third a pearl surrounded with amethysts.
The present of the King nud Queen of Prussia consists of ,t magni¬
ficent tiara of brilliants; from the Prince of Prussia a necklace
formed of diamonds and turquoise. Tlic King of the Belgians
presented some most exquisite specimens of Brussels lace.
The Duke of Saxe-Coburg a gold bracelet, with an enamel
miniature portrait of his Serene Highness, and the 1 hichess
of Saxe-Coburg a similar bracelet, witli portrait of the donor
From the Duchess of Sarc Weimar the Princess received a beaatifal
gold bracelet, adcnied with emeralds and rubies. The bride s aunt,
tlie Duchess of Cambridge, presents a magnificent gold bracelet,
ornamented with diamonds and rubies. Her cousin tlic* Princess
Mary presents a portrait of herself, beautifully enamelled,
an excellent portrait. The Duke of Cambridge lma given a
beautiful gold bracelet, ornamented with opal and diamonds, on a
ground of dark blue enamel. Frora her grandmother, the Duchess of
Kent, the bride receives a magnificent writing-case, and u dressing-
case, by West, is from the Duchess of Buccleucli. Vh*couute.xs Pal¬
merston presents a gold bracelet adorned with emeralds and rubies;
the Marquis of Breadalbane, an inkstand formed of cairngorm and
polished Scotch pebbles; Lord Shaftesbury contributes a magmficently-
bmiml bibb in red morocco and gold ornaments; the Marchioness of
Breadalbane an oval hand-minor, set in gold, with haudle of cairn-
conn. and bordered with Scotch pearls. The various geutlcrueu of
tlic Queen’s household have contributed an elegant bracelet orna¬
mented with diamonds and emeralds; and from the Maharajah
Dhuleep Sing the hride receives a beautifully-mounted opera-glass,
tastefully gilt, and engraved with the eagle and crown of Prussia.
The various presents from the towns and manufacturing districts
tyerc not shown, many of them not having yet arrived in London.
senteda magnificent star, somewhat similar to that- used in the Guild¬
hall on the Oth of November. Tlic Lyceum exhibited an imperial
Crown in gas, and the Adelphi a star, with the word " Adelphi.’*
The design, however, which appeared to attract, and which un¬
doubtedly deserved the largest share of attention, was that exhibited
by Mr. Albert Smith, at the Egyptian Hall. Instead of the ordinary
gas and oil stars and crowns, and Vs and Fs, the entire facade of
the building was a mass of flowers, in wreaths, luiskcts, and festoons,
varied by long silken banners, bearing mottoes, and the flags of
England and Prussia, floating from every available point. 'Die
recesses usually occupied by the large Mont Blanc placards were filled
up with two charming views—one of Windsor Castle, typical of the
Thames, and the other of the Dracbenfels, signify ing the Rhine, the
two being united by wreaths of orange flowers, which also surrounded
the centre window occupied by an inscription in large glittering letters.
•'God bless them both!” From the centre of the building au
enormous banner depended, with the motto, 14 May all happiness attend
them! ” Large and elegant wire baskets, apparently borne by flying
cupids, and filled with real flowers, were suspended over the pavement
and between the lamps. The entire breadth of the building, and the
whole elaborate arrangement, were illuminated by coloured French
lampions.
Wc particularly noticed the novel and beautiful effect produced by
the illumination of the Quadrant, Regent street, namely, by means of
a brilliant flood of light being carried in one unbroken line (with one
or two exceptions) throughout the whole length of tlfe balustrade,
bringing out the architectural details of this really handsome street.
The old designs for illumination have been so well worn, and produce
so little effect in comparison with the quantity of gas consumed, that
we trust Messrs. Rickets, the gas engineers, who carried out this novel*
idea, will turn their attention still further in the same direction.
The crystal devices—the new registered invention of Messrs De¬
fines and Sons, of Houndsditcli—contributed much to the brilliancy
and novelty of the illuminations at the following establishments :—
Drury-lane Theatre, Haymarket Theatre, in lamps, 41 Health and
Happiness to the Princess Royal:” Campbell's, Regent-street; Cap.
persand Waters, Regent-street; Carter. Regent street; Med win, Re¬
gent-street; Melton. Regent-street; Wallace’s new Hotel. Knights-
biidgc; Fenton’s Hotel, St. James’s-strect.
The whole of the refurnishing and fittings of the chapel and state
apartments nud boudoir of St. James’s Palace were designed aud
executed by Messrs. Johnston and Jeaucs, upholsterers and deco¬
rators to the Queen, New Bond-street, under the superinteu.der.ee of
the Office of Works.
Among the literary and artistic elegances which have been pub¬
lished upon this very interesting occasion is The JBruhl Souvenir
(Griffith and Farran), a square quarto, every page of which is splen¬
didly illuminated by Samuel Stanesby. The borders are formed of
flowers, which are selected in accordance with their signification in
44 the language of flowersand, for the benefit of the uninitiated few,
a sort of glossary is given of the flowers introduced, with their senti¬
ments. Every page is resplendent witli gold and colour; the borders
inclosing a tasteful selection M illustrations in verse aud prose, from
our best writers. Thus, line are illustrated Wedding Gifts, an Epi-
thalamium, a Marriage Hymn (by Bishop Hcber), Bridai Wishes,
Wedded Love, the Wife of Youth, Present Relations and Future
Destiny, For Better for Woise, True Love, Advantages o: Union,
Love in Marriage, 1-ovo cannot Change, Domestic Happiness, a
Wedding Wish, the 1«ovc of Married Life, Sonnet to a Bride, A Good
Wife, Marvels of Wisdom, Ac. As a literary cento the b-xik must l>e
a most welcome accessory to the drawing-room table; while it is a
lieautiful specimen of illumination and painting in colours. The
binding, in gold nud whito, with moresque ornamentation, is very
appropriate. A copy of The Bruial Souvenir has been mote elabo¬
rately bound for presentation to the Princess Royal. The facings are
of white moire antique silk, the edges arc tooled, aud the taatefid gift
is inclosed in a purple morocco case, which bears the monogram of
the Princess Koval nml the Prince.
Very opportunely, Mr* s Routlcdge and Co. have published a
small volume under the title of The Royal Princessc- of Eng¬
land.” by Mrs. Matthew ITaB, ubich gives an interesting account ot
the Royal Princesses of England from the reign of George i. down to
the present time; loginning with Sophia Dorothea of Hanover,
daughter of George I., and ending with the Princess Royal of our
day The work seems to be ably compiled from the best sources,
and mingles the public affairs of the day in which the several
Princesses were mixed up with the occurrences of then- domestic life
very agreeably. ~
128
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jan. 30, 1858
THEIB ROYAL HIGHN ESSES • P R IK C E FEEDEEICK
WILLIAM AND
THE PRINCESS EOYAL.
Igi
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1858
['With a Supplement, Fivepence
THE SESSION OP’ PARLIAMENT.
One of the least safe subjects of prediction is a Session of Parlia¬
ment In February the Legislature is like an inflated balloon,
buoyant, impatient of restraint, and with such a go-a-head air
about it that year after year we are tempted to forget its inevitable
collapse at the end of July. The stereotyped circular of the Prime
Minister, which never fails to inform his supporters that measures
of the utmost importance will be brought forward at a very
early moment endures the test of three months or so, when patient
members begin to discover that a single bill of the first class ac¬
tually carried through both Houses and culminated into an Act of
Parliament is a very good, as it is undoubtedly an average, work
of a Session, No doubt around the magnum opus cluster, like bar*
nacles on a ship's keel, a host of minor measures, the very
nibblings of legislation—Acts to amend Acts; continuation
Acts; and all the thousand and one bills, with out-of-the-
way, incomprehensible titles, which figure night after night in
the orders, and are always passed through their several stages, by
the conjoint efforts of the Speaker and the Secretary to the Trea¬
sury, when every one else has gone to bed. As these things count
for very little when they arc in process of incubation, though they
often turn out to be very effective little tveapons in the hands of
lawyers, we repeat that a single well-considered, well-digested,
fully-discussed bill, which deals with a main and really important
question, is the ordinary product of a Session. When the Minis¬
terial programme is delivered by the subordinate functionary who
acts as the herald of the Cabinet on the first evening of the meet¬
ing of the Legislature, the list is, of course, always imposing
enough; but every one knows that, like the Homeric prayers, a
dispersion into empty air is the fate which awaits the very largest
proportion of them.
What, then, is to be predicated of the Session which is now about
to commence? We have before us reform in a multiplicity of aspects.
There are reform in India, reform in Parliament, reform in banking,
reform in church-rates, reform of criminals, military reform, medical
reform, law reform—at home; and abroad we have a war in India
»
a war in China, the refugee question (which is certain to be
brought forward in some shape or other), a probable difficulty with
Naples, and all the little squabbles that are for ever bubbling up on
the surface of European affairs. Here, then, are half-a-dozen
first-class subjects demanding immediate attention, and just time
enough to deal with one and a fraction of them. And yet, what
an opportunity for a young and vigorous Parliament to acquire legis¬
lative distinction 1 There is a glorious mass of business before them,
and the only question is, what will they do with it? Will they cut
out for themselves a marked course, or pursue the old method
of drifting through a sitting of five months with spasmodic bursts
of debating, interchanged with languid conversation in listless Com¬
mittees ? The genius and traditions of our legislative body up till
now have clung to every Parliament w ith a tenacity which no in¬
fusion of new membership has been able to shake off'; and it needs
little prophetic capability to enable one to sketch in three lines the
history of the coming Session. An inundation of Government bills
getting as far as first readings, an avalanche of notices by private
members of more or less noie, three or four immense debates and
abstract propositions leading to nothing, one great measure driven
into a corner, and forced by mere force of Ministerial gravitation
to consummation just on the appronch of autumn, and all the rest
hurled recklessly into the limbo of next Session. As we set this
down, we experience the somewhat curious hope that we are
guilty of a gross libel on our Legislature, and that we
shall be duly convicted of it-some six months hence. Never
would prophet be more pleased by the fulfilment of his sooth¬
saying than we shall be if our predictions are utterly and
completely falsified by the facte and occurrences of the legislative
year. It is, indeed, no time for dreamers, but the very critical
moment for the ardent and steady intervention of workers. The
House of Commons has a long debt of neglect towards India to
repay. The time has come when the destinies of 150,000,000 of
]>eoplc are no longer to be dealt with by a third-rate official in a
House composed of twenty-five members. In earnest, and with
the utmost fulness of consideration and debate, an administrative
revolution in our Eastern empire must be carriedout. The question
of our national self government as typified in our representative
system is no dilettante subject to be drawled and dawdled over on
the one hand, or hurried over in heat and contention on the
other. Turn which way you will, look attlie various questions which
are ripe even to rottenness for settlement at this very moment,
and it is impossible to look forward to the year which is before us
without the certainty that, for good or for evil, it will form a
political and national epoch, and must leave a deep imprint upon
history. It will be ajyear either of great national advance, or of
the most ruinous shortcomings, Since the struggle between tbit
—pfflS
<TTK?X
MABRIAQE OK TBK PRINCESS ROYAL AND PRINCE FREDERICK WlgUAM OF rRVSSlA ; THE WEDDING CAKE,—(8EB NEXT PAGB.1
«
s. TTiAa.iBjV'ilm
1 • *?*!
4 ■ —,
BB'3 1 lr
:«■ iHExifeUftba Ufl
1 ! | V
'J 3 J* ! 1
• 0ySmlj ■ n
.a. i -J 5 \ w £ a*!•
n ? 8
f L
i '■s , r
rr— j. j'!
H :
SSg
-"' rafts |
>80
THE. ILLUSTRATED LONDON;)NEWS
[Feb. 6, 1858
country and her rcvoltid American dependencies, its situation has
never been so critical; and tve have to learn now, os wo had to
learn then, whether we hive a Government and a Parliament
equal to the occasion. At least both these bodies start with the
advantage that the people show no indication of interrupting their
labours or agitating their deliberations,
1 here is not the least evidence of a desire on the pirt of any
section of the population to d ? other wife th an leave the conduct of
allairs uninterruptedly in the hands of ourconstitubonal authorities.
All that is required and expected seems to he that Ministers should
propose and Parliament dispose. There is no agitation, no fierce
pressure from without; but yet a calm and dignified public opinion
is palpable enough. The country expects work to be done, and, it
it is not, it will know the reason why. If a spirit of earnest energy
be thrown into the work hv those who have taken it upon them
selves, the country will be content to confine its energies to its
infill .trial pursuits and its domestic requirements. As things are
constituted now, no sensible citizen among us desires political
turmoil, or tliat be should be taken from Ins own private and
peculiar avocations in order to do the duty to the country at large,
cn the platform and in the market-place, which ought to be per¬
formed diligently and effectively in the Cabinet and tho Bcnata
House. Yi'hat is expected now is that we shall have some as¬
surance that fhe orderii g of the afi'airs of this realm is to be con-
dtcled on an intelligible system and on sound constitutional prin¬
ciples; and we are beginning to feel that we must not be content
wiih hoping that Uic appointed servants of the public will at times
blunder into some measure for the public advantage. Still, in the
best Of all possible spirits, the country awaits the legislation of Uts
year. •
The Government does not appear inclined just yet to take the
country very deeply in its confidence with regard to the number of
its great measures, or the order in which they propose to take them.
It is not a litUe curious, although there may be very adequate
reasons for such a course, that the Refugee question, which is rather
a foreign than a domestic subject, thould lead the van of the new
legislation of the Session. No doubt, something may be said in
favour of having a clear stage in Europe before we enter upon the
consideration of our own immediate affairs ; and, if there it a pres¬
sure on the Government on the part of France, it may not be injudi¬
cious to obtain a decisive expression of opinion from Parliament with
reference to a matter which involves very delicate handling. A
power to the Fast India Company to raise a loan in this country
has long been foreseen to he inevitable, and it is, perhaps, only an
orant courier to the larger measure of amalgamation of the Go
vernment of our Eastern dependencies with the Imperial system
Af any rate, the career of a reforming Parliament has been clearly
inaugurated by another attempt to mould the Corporation of Lon¬
don into something like accordance with the general municipal
system of the country. In short, as we have already staled, this
Cession must be either signalised ns one of the greatest reforming
periods in which the I egislatttrc ever sat, or else be one of the
most delusive on record.
TIIS ROYAL WEDDING-CAKE.
This magnificent cake (engraved upon the preceding page) wav eervod
»t ike di/jcdncr at Euctirgbam l’alaco after the ceremony of the Royal
marriage.
The wedding-cake wan placed in the middle of the table. It wa3
bti ween si* ar.d eeven feet in height, und was divided from tho base to
the top into three compartment?, all in white.
The upper part was formed of a dome of open work, nn which rests 1
n crowD. Eight columns on a circular plinth supported tho dime, and
inclosed an altar, upon which stood two Cupids holding a medallion,
laving the profile of tho Princess Royal on one side, and that of Prince
Frederick William of Prussia on the other. Festoons of jasmine were
suspended from the capitul. of the oolumns; and busts of tho Queen,
the I'linco Consort, tho Prince of Prussia, and the Princess of Prussia,
were placed on four equidistant bases projecting from the plinth.
The middle portion contained niches, in which wore a number of
statues, including those cf Innocence and Wisdom. These statues
were separated by broad buttresses of an ornamental character, the
upper parts decorated with festoons of orauga-blossoms an! silver
leaves.
The sidoof tho cake itself displayed the arms of Great Britain and
Prussia, placed ultcrta; oly on panels of white satin, and between o-ieh
ee-at of arms vva- a medallion of tho Princess Royal and Prince
Frederick William, encircled by orange-blossoms, and surmounted by
an Imperial crown. _
Bows of pearls bordered each division of the cake, which was divided
into a certain number of portions, or slices, and eaoh portion was dooo-
rated with a medallion of the Royal bride and bridegroom.
The plateau continued fourteen gilt baskets. and vases of silver iiiit,
the foimer elevated on golden tripods, and all filled with artificial
flowers. *
The cake was designed by JI Julos Lo Blond, and oxerutod by him,
with the assistance of il. Constant Pagnisr, her Majesty’s second
confectioner. \ \ \
There was also a second wtdding-cako made for the occasion: this
was designed and executed by Mr. Hankinsop, English conSootioner ta
her Majesty.
Change in hie Fuexch Passport System.—A notice from
the Foreign Office on Wednesday states that •• the Ambassador of liis
Majesty the Empercr of the French having notified td the Earl of Clnrcn-
doD. her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affaire, that the Consul-
Gircral ar.d ether consular officers of his Imperial Majesty iu the United
Kingdran will no longer grant passports to other than subjects of his
Imperial Majesty, notice is hereby given that, hi order to facilitate the
obtaining cf passports by British subject? desiring to proceed to the Con¬
tinent, ti e condition? of the fiTih regulation under which such passports
have hitherto been issued at the Foreign Office will be extended." The
thief points of the general icgukUlonn for passports as now amended arc
as follows'• Applications for Foreign Office passports must be made iu
willing, and adureetid upon the cover to • Her Majesty's Secretary or
State ior Foreign Affair-, Passport Office, Downlng-strcet, London.'
The charge on the issue of a passport, whatever number of per¬
sons may he named in it, is Os, which sum Includes 59 . stamp
duty. Paseports are granted to persons who are cither known
to the Secretary of State, or recommended to him by some person
wlio is known to trim ; or upon the application ot any banking firm
established in London Or iu any other part of tho United Kingdom, or
upon the recommendation of tbit mayor or chief msgistnteofaDy corporate
town in the United Kingdom, or pinny magistrate or justice of the peace.
I’a»«port« are- issued between tire hours of eleven and t )ur oa the day fol¬
lowing tha. on uhich ti,. application for the passport has been received
at the Foreign tjffice.” ,y
French Porcelain.— At the icccnt sale at tho Russian
Embassy, in Chcsham-place, one of the most magnificent item? was a
re<al surlcut-de-tublc, or state dessert service, executed by the first
living French artists, and exhibited ot the Paris Exposition, where it
obtained a first class medal Its most attractive ornamentation consists
of finely-pencilled portraits of the following beauties of the Courts of
Louie XJ V and XV Marie Adelaide, Duchesse de Bourgogne; Fse. de
&vigne Duchesse de Grignon i Louise de Bourbon. Jiuihesscde Maine;
Madame de Maille Ncsle. Dur.btese de Chaten-iroux Madame de l’ompa-
Hour, Mati-iae de SavJgnc, Madame de I’araltere, Madame^ des Houli&res,
Madame de Mcatessou, Madame Darhatclet, 3IdJIe dc Fontagae, Ninon
d*'f‘KneIr.4. Tb?« exou!?!te work of French art was parehased by- Mr.
Jiicfcard (TtaU'r of Motecmb-street, fer the snm of <00 guineas.
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS.
FRANCE.
[From our own Correspondent.)
Paris, Thursday.
Of course the great points of interest of the day are the introduction
of the two new edicts—that for the law of security; and that for ap¬
pointing a Regency, and naming those who are lo form the Council.
The first-named law is, os it stands, considerably less severe and.
stringent tbau tho prqject debated before the Council of State. The
Emperor (to whom, it is reported, a member of that august body
made the reproach, “ Sire, I regret to he obliged to say so to you in
the present circumstances, hut your Majesty is loo fond of liberty” !)
has himself effected these alterations. As the lnw at first was pro¬
jected it exposed any person speaking, even iu private circles, against
the Emperor to an imprisonment of from n month to two years, and
a fine of from 100 to 2000 francs. It appears that the most severe
articles of the new law were vigorously combated by MM. dc Parieu,
Eoinvilliers, cud Chaix-d’Eat-Ange.
The Prase reappears after its two months* suppression, but it i*
refuted the permission of an evening sale; and report states that a
similar measure will be introduced respecting all the journals.
There are a variety of marringes taking place, or expected to do so,
before the conclusion of the season. Among others projected is that
of Lord Enston, son of the Duke of Grafton, with Miss Baring,
niece of the Duke de Bassano ; and M. de Cmnay marries Mis3
Ridgeway, whose mother, an American, has shone for many years
in Parisian society .ns a beauty and a fortune: the dowry of the
bride amounts to 180.C00 francs, and her expectations are enormous.
At M. Mignet’s, jeweller, in the Passage Joufftoy, are now being
exhibited the articles made to order for the Sultan. Among these
are a head-dress of roses and lilies in diamonds ; four bouquets of
pinks and narcissi, the natural size, in rubies and brilliants: twelve
cups in massive gold set with diamond flowers ; a magnificent gold
service of plate, a full-length mirror, with a solid silver frame; and au
infinity of other objects equally costly and splendid.
M. Yron having decided not to bring out his projected paper, M.
de Girardiu has sold liis piece, “ La Fille du Millionaire^* to the
“ Monde Illustrd ” for 7000 francs.
M. de Lamartine is now occupied in preparing an article wliteh will
fill the numbers of his periodical, the “ Cours dc Littcrature, andi
\\ hich consists in a personal defence of himself as poet, historian,
and statesman, and a reply to all the attacks made/upoii kinL
especially by the belligerent saint of the XT nicer s, M. Louis Veaillot.
No doubt, 31. de Lamartine will present his readers and ^he public
with a very fine piece of eloquence; hut what such a. work has to do
with the “ Cours de Lit (oral me” we are rather at aloss to conjecture.
A report prevailed a few days since that the /Princess Belgiojoso,
finding herself compromised by the late conspiracy, had committed
suicide. It is haidly necessary to statethafcn<fl; the smallest founda¬
tion for any such report ever existed.
M. Grnnier dc Cassagnac has published an article in the Const i-
tutionnel , replying to the Dtbals, which has excited /much surprise
and reprobation. The tendency of this production may be judged
from the following passage:—“ Whoever defames the Empire urges
towards the assassination of the Emperor/*
The entrance of 31. Emile Augicr into tiie Academy lias been hailed
in the warmest manner. The admission of MM. Luprade and Jules
San dean, on tlso 11th inst., seems assured.
On the 8th or the 10th inst. Is to appear, at the Italian Opera, th*3
“ Martha ” of M. Flotovv. Two novel tie? are to be introduced into
the work—“ La Romance de la Rose,” founded on an old Irish air, and
“ Un Pas do Gigue,” danced by Madame Nautier Didier. The TU&itre
Lyrique is preparing the “ Perlir de Brcsil ” of Ffiliden David, to be
sung by Madame Miriau-Carvalho.
Tlio Monitcjir of Tuesday publishes the following message from tho
Emperor, which was laid before tho Senate oa Monday by AT. Fould,
tho Minister of State, and ordered to be deposited in tho archives:—
Messieurs les Senateurs,—The Senates Consultum of July 17,1856, leaves
an uncertainty, which I find ft useful fo put an end to from this day forth.
In fact, it confers the Regency on the F.roprcss, or. In default of her, on
the French Princes, only in case the Emperor should not otherwise have
disposed thereof by a public or secret document,
X believe I am satisfying thcpublic wish, at thesame time that I am obey¬
ing my 8cnt : raeut8of high confidence in the Empress, by designating her us
Regent, Moved by the same sendinents, I designate, ia default, of her,
to succeed her in the Regency, the French Princes according to their order
succession to the Crown.
I have aiso wished to obviate the hesitations that might be occasioned,
so far ns concerns the Council of Regency, by the alternatives which are
left by the I8tli article of the Senatus Consultum of July 17 . In conse¬
quence, I huve instituted a Privy Council, which, together with the two
French Priners nearest in the line of succession. will become a Council of
Rtgerov by the simple fact of the accession of the Emperor whilst a
minor; li at that moment I have not created auother by a public docu¬
ment. This Privy Council, consisting of men who are in my confidence,
will he consulted on high matters of State, and will prepare itself, by the
study of fhe duties and necessities of the Government, tor the important
part which the future may have Iu reserve for it.
Whereupon, I pray God that lie may have you in TTis holy keepin?.
At the Palace of the Tuilories, this 1 st of Feb , 1858.
Napoleon.
Tho message is accompanied by lotterB patent, which are couched in
these terms:—
Napoleon, by the grace of God and the national will, Emperor of the
French,
To all those who see these presents, greeting:
Washing to put au cud from this day forth to the uncertainties resulting
from the Senntfis ConEultum of July 17, 1856, and to give to our well-
beloved wife, the Empress Eugenie, tokens of the high confidence we have
in l.er, we have resolved to confer on her, and uo eoufer on her by these
presents, the title of Regent, to assume the said title and exercise its
functions on and from the day of the accession of the Emperor whilst a
minor, the whole in conformity with the regulations of the Senatilj
Ccnsultum on the Regency.
We command cur Minister of State to make the communication of these
present letters to our Keeper of the Seals, that, they may be inserted in
the fiu/Ulin ilea Lois, and also to the Presidents of the Senate, of the
Legislative Corps, and of the Council of State.
Given at our Palace of the Tuilerics, Feb. 1.1*59.
« „ Napoleon.
By the Emperor 9 command.
The Minister of State, Acuillb Fould.
Tho Imperial decree appoints to be tho Council of Regency, in con¬
junction with “tlio two French Princes nourast in tho hereditary
order," tho following persons, who are in the meantime to compose a
Privy Covncil, under tho presidency of the Empor >r himself:—
Cardinal Morlot, Archbishop of Paris; Marshal Pelisskr, Due de
Malakoll; 31. Achilla Foula, Minister of State; 3f. Troplong, Pre¬
sident of the Council of State; the Count de Mbrny, President of tho
Corps Legialatif; M. Baroche, President of the Senate; and tho CJouat
de Ptrsigny, Ambassador in London.
The MoniUur of Wednesday contains the following Imperial
decree :—“ Willing to give our well-beloved uncle, the Prin 3 e Jerome
.Napoleon, tokens of our high confidence, we have resolvod to invest
him, as we do invest him by these presents, with the right of taking
part in the ordinary and extraordinary meetings of our counoils,
doejnng him to preside over them during our absences, and this in
conformity with our instructions and our orders.— Napoleon.”
A now repressive law has been proposod to the Corps Legislatif. It
consists of certain additions to several of the articles of the Penal Code.
Article 2 punishes with imprisonment of from one month to two
years every individual who, with the object of disturbing the public
peace, ox of exciting hatred and contempt against the Government of
tho Emperor, shall have practised any intrigues or cariisd on any cor¬
respondence cither within thi3 c juntry or abroad.
Article 3 punishes the sale of murderous engines without a proper
authorisation.
Article 7 declares as follows: " Any individual may bo interne in
France or Algeria, or expelled, who was condemned, expelled, interne
or Iran sported, [in 3Iuy or Juno, 18-18, in Juno, 1810, or iu December
1801, and who may again have been pointed out by important circum¬
stances as dangerous to the public safety.”
PRUSSIA.
liis hrajesty the King of Prussia appears to bo improving daily i n
health. During tho luBt few days he has been Liking a great «leal of
exerciso in tho open air, despite tho unusual severity of the weather.
Bis Royel Highness the Prince of Prussia and suite arrived in
Palin on Saturday from Frankfort-on-the-Maine. His Royal High¬
ness paid a visit to their 3Iajestics at Charlottenburg shortly after his
urrhuL An address was presented to tho Prince, on liis arrival, by
the municipality of Berlin, apropos of his return from wkueaiag
his son’s marriage.
The accounts from the various provinces show that in almost every
lerge town the authorities have celebrated the Royal marriage in one
way or another: in s^me oases by dinners of tho upper classes; i-*
others by treats to tho poor, the inmates of hospitals, or of prisons
&c., with the accompaniments hereund there of illuminations, &o. ]j£
Cologne. GlogeD, Friettudt, Buckow, Kosisberg, lilbing, Mesorifz,
Bergen, Hallo, ifcc., the Prussian authorities have been tho festal
origin atom; in Dontzie, our Consul-General, Mr. Flaw — in Oolngae,
our noting Consul, Mr. Crossthwaito— have boon the hosts. Tho ofli iera
of the 1st Regimen tv)f Infantry, stationed at Kbnisborg, telegraphed
to the Adjutant,©! Prince Frederick William, in London, the fa.tj of
the healths of ;he newly-married couple having just been drunk u: the
dmner they had held there ui\ honour of the marriage.
The Publicist ttales that of all the trades' companies which will
take part in the festal procession of February 8, the chimnnyssveopors
will he themost numerous; they are to consist of twenty-four masters
and forty-two journtymeb. Tho masters will appear in black boily-
coat,block cravat, wuistcoat, und trousers: the journeymen in new
suits of woi king clothes, with the hoo they use in cleaning the chim-
nojs on their ehouldcis ; twelve apprentices in now working cloth 39 ,
and provided wlth bj ush und ladder, will also bo of the party; and the
whole procession will bo preceded by a bund of orphan boys, which
has been engaged at the expense of seventy thalers. Tho furriers tfill
all appear fur-clad, tho marshals of the trod© company distinguished
by Inppels and wristbands of ermine. Tho turners wiU oarry un . lor-
mous chotsboard, manufactured with unusual skill, as the embluin cf
their trade. The joiners have got up a banner, made entirely of wood,
but which is described us very ingeniously put together ; the weight,
however./ is very considerable, and will require special contrivances Lr
earning it.
THE UNITED STATES.
In the Senate Mr. Gwin has introduced a bill authorising tfye con¬
struction of a railroud to the Pacific. It proposes to locate tnc road at
ajjointon the Missouri River, between the Big Sioux and the Kxnsas
Rmr», thence running to Sun Francisco on the most eligible route.
I 11 aid of tho construction of the work, alternate sections of land oa
each side of the road mo to be granted, and 12,500 dollars advanced oa
tho completion of every twenty-five miles of the track, until 25..00 O/j 0!>
dollars are expended; the amount to bo reimbursed in mail service
and tho transportation of troops and munitions of war. Tho President
is to receive the bids and muke the contract ior twenty years. Five
per cent of the stock is to be issued.
In the House of Representatives the proceedings had been but of
flight importance. The Judiciary Committee had been indruotoi to
inquire iuto the expediency of u law restraining tho introduction >>f
foreign paupers and criminals into the United Stater. A bill had
been intioducod for an international copyright. The House refused
to comider a resolution proposing an amendment to tho Cjnstitatioa
by providing that only native-born citizens aud those naturalised
under the gtneral naturalbalion laws ehull be deemed qualified as
doctors.
There is freth news from the army of Utah; this tini3 with full
details of tho condition und prospects of tho troops. The letters como
down in dato to the 1st of December, and represent a state of things
anything but agreeable. Tho main army had taken possession of Fort
Bridger, 113 miles from Great Salt Lake City, and was preparing
busily to resist the inclemency of a winter umnng tho moun:iins.
The Mormons had burnt down the old buildings; but the soldiers
wt re at work with picks, shovels, ax os, end hammers repairing tho
mitchief. The thermometer had ulready indicated very cold weather.
T he correspondent of tho Tribune speaks of the moroury 03 having
been at 1C deg. below zero. Cold, hunger, exposure, und hardships
had told with fearful force upon the stock.
In regard to the affairs of Utah, the St. Louis Republican had re¬
ceived information from Fort Lawrence through au indiau trader,
who leports meeting, on tho 23rd of December, between GOO cud 700
Cheyenne end Camoncho Indians, returning from Salt Lake to their
villages on the Black Walnut Hills, about eighty miles south-east of
Ft rt Lawrence. They were accompanied by about twenty Mormon
leaders. It was Uieir intention to remain in tho camp which was
erected there until spring, and then employ themselves, under Mormoa
influence in harassing and cutting ofi the supply trains sent to tho
reliof of Colonel Johnson. Tho Indians had been led to bolieve that
the 3£ormonB had 80,000 fighting men, well equipped Cor 6ervije.
They also spoke of numerous fortifications, and u large number of
Indian allies, and declare that tho Mormons have no idea of ruiming
away from Utah.
The last accounts from Utah represent Brigham Young as being re¬
installed with much formality in liis office of leader, aii-i vowing liie
direst vengeance against every invader of Mormon territory. A re¬
port—needing confimaticn, however — was current that a civil wr-r had
broken out among the Mormons upon the question of opposing the
entry of the United States’ troops. Brigham Voung, and about half
of the Mormons, were, it is said, in favour of giving immediate battle
to the Federal troops. This proposal was opposed by the other half,
and hence arose the split.
Nothing definite was known os to the rocent election in Kansas.
A despatch from St. Louis says : —
Gentlemen from Kansas state that General Calhoun was to commence
counting the returns of the election of 2 lst December on Tuesday hist,
in the presence of the presiding officers of the Legislature and Governor
Denver. As soon as this was done a messenger would be dispatched to
Washington with the vote and State Constitution. General Calhoun
would not leave the territory till after the returns were made of the election
fur State officers.
The Legislature of Alabama, by an unanimous vote, have adopted
resolutions authorising the Governor of that State to call a Scute con¬
vention in the event of Congress refusing to admit Kansas into tho
Union under tho Lecompton Constitution.
The New York House of Assembly was still without a Speaker,
although the balloting had continued for more than u for;oight.
A public school at Brooklyn was destroyed by fire on the 10th ult.
There were nearly 00G pupils present at the time the tiro broke out,
and, in the excitement attending their exit from tho buildin 1 ?. eovon
boys, between the ages of six and ten years, were crushed and suffixutod
by their companions on tho middle landing of tho lower stairway.
AUSTRALIA.
Sydney papcis to the 12th December announce tbe withdrawal by
the Government of tho Land Bill under the following circumstances:—
After much discutsion on the bill, as its clauses were brought soriitm*
before the House, it was moved that the Chairman “ask loave to sit
again that day six pionths,” when tho House was equally divided. The
chairman gave bis casting vote in favour of tho Government, but tho
Premier accepted the division as decisive of tho fate of tha bill, and
next day obtained leave to withdraw it.
The Overland Moil brings papers from Melbourne to Dec. 15. Tho
following are the chief points of interest: —
The first Session of the Victoria Parliament was terminated by pro¬
rogation on the 24tli November; and, after a fow days’ reoess, a new
Session opened, for tho purpose chiefly of voting supplies for tho
ensuing year. The financial statement of the Treasurer exhibits the
revenues in a satisfactory state, and a considerable reduction in tho
etependituro.
Jhree Reform Bills were promised by the Ministry, comprising ft
more equal distribution of representation, triennial parliaments, tho
payment of members, and a law to suppress bribery and intimidation.
Government have called for tenders lor tho execution of upwards of
200 miles of railway.
An Act has been passed to oblige the Chinese in Victoria to take
out a license, renewable every two months, to reside in the colony*
Fi;b. 6 , 1858 .]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
131
Tie license fo€t? wUl cost £0 per annum The penalty for not payin?
tbie *ft> is that theso who have no liconfo are not entitled to buo in
^yhe'jUdl'Ounrc A tjc reports the social and industrial condition of the
eckmy oe cheerless.
Austria and Nailtss.—A Vienna letUr states that the Duke
nf Calabria, eldest son and heir of the King of Naples, is expected in that
citv -na few »hijs on his way to Munich, to demand the hand of the
Princess of Uavoria, Bister of the impress of Austria.
Advices from Mexico indicate tho league against Comon r ort,
and the Plan of Tncubaya has readied formidable dimemiona; and a
central civil war seems inevitable, with a very fair chance of the ultimate
defeat and expulsion of the Dictator.
• Execution in California.— Three men. Edward M Caidey,
Robert Poor, and C. C Lyons, were hanged for murder In Sonora on the
llth December. They wore all intoxicated at the time, the Sheriff having
furnished than w jth gin at their own request. One was too drank to
eland. They all confessed their gui't.
Fortifications of Stockholm. — The Committee of Slate
have voted 100,000 rixdalers for the preparatory works of the fortifica¬
tions of that capital. The probable cost of the whole of the works is
estimated at 9,260 OOO rixdalers.
Japan.—A ccounts from the TTngue state that, accord-ng to in*
telHgence receivedfrom Japan, the ratifications oF the treaty between the
Government of tluit country and Holland were exchanged at Nagasaki on
the 16thOctober last The port of Nagasaki was thrown open to Dat^h
commerce on tlio above date, and that of Hukodull is to be opened la ten
months alter. The same intelligence adds that the Japanese Government
js ready to conclude similar treaties with all civilised nations, and that
the custom of treading under foot the image of Christ has been abolished.
The Shah of Persia, according to a communication re¬
ceived from the Hon. C. A .Murray, her Majesty's Minister at rcheran,
hr.p dee'a red his intention to contribute to the Fund for the Relief of the
Sufferers by the Indian Mutiny.
OBITUARY OP EMIN ENT PERSONS.
THE BISHOP OF CALCUTTA.
The Bight Rev. Dan ill Wilson, D.D., Loan BTdiiox* or Cal¬
cutta, whose death has boon annumced by a rennt telegram fr.im
India, was the sen of ftliigbly-re*pectable silk-manufa‘.turorof the ci‘y
of Lench n, and he was born in Church-street, SpitolfiaMs, in 17J8.
He received Lis curly education at St. Edmund s Hull, Oxfird, which
he exuered in 1797, having tukon bis Bachelor's degree. Uo wa3 a
tuctfcfslul competitor for the Chancellor's prir,e for an English essay
in 1803; the subject of his 3 ear wai “Common Seuss/’ Ho w .13
ordained in the year 1801, when he became Curate of Chobhira and
Bielcy, Surrey. From 1803 to 181*2 he held tho post of Vice
Principal or Tutor of Lis Dull, at the same time undertaking the
itinisteiial charge of the small parish of Worton. Osfjrdshiro.
In igi 8 l.e was licensed ns Assistant Curate of St. John's Chapel, Bed¬
ford row, Bloomsbury. In lbl2 he resigned his college offices on ba¬
re Jiiin g Eole minister of that chupcl, whi^h, during the twelve years of
i-.is family. In 1S?2 Mr. Wilson was nominated to the important
episcopal tee of Calcutta, with a diocese extending over the entire Pre¬
sidency tf Bengal, and exercising a quasi metropolitan jurisdiction
over the other sots of Bombay and Madras. This post he hold with
credit and ability for just a Quarter af a century, llis Lordship was
Visitor of Bishop's College, Calcutta, and enjoyed an annual allo wance
of A'oUK) a 3 car. Bishop Wilson was the author of several volumos ol
‘'Discourses" and “ Sermons," and of a very popular ‘‘Tract oa Cm-
firm alien." In 1803 he married a daughter of William Wilson. Esq.,
of WoitoTi House, Oxfordshire, and was loft a widower in 1827. llis
son. the Bov. Daniel Wilson, M.A.. of Wadham College, Oxford, still
holds tl:e valuable living of Islington, to which ho succeeded at the
elevation of his father to tho episcopate.
Wills.— The will of the Rev. George Townsend, D.D., of the
College in the city and University of Durham, a Prebendary of the
Caihcdrr \ was proved in London under £13,000 within the province or
Canterbury, by the widow and the Rev J. E. Cox, M A , F.A S . Vicar of
£f. Helen s, JJiehopsgate. the executors.! The whole of the estate, real
and personal, is left to the widow.-The Late Mr. Morrison's will has
been administered to in Doctors* Commons: it is amongst the longed upon
record. Upon its production were engaged conveyance.-a and barrister * or
cm.noire, and during its progress to completion the testator evinced
much anxiely. The estate exceeding four millions is in such oases
sworn to as of upper value. Bnsilton Park cost £ 126.000 ; the furniture
there alone has been valued at £90.000. This mansion is to be the
residence of his widow, with an annuity of £10,000 a year. The estate of
Bari)ton is left to his son, Charles, as well as the Islay estate, in ScotUnu,
•which latter cost £462.000, and, from its extent and vaatnetf* may be
termed a principality, the owner being there styled a laird Luis is let
to numerous tenants.’ Mr. Charles is a so bequcithed a round sum ol one
million under the will. Mr. Morrison was possessed of Foil thill Abbey;
Hove Park, .Sussex; a town residence. Upper Harley-streetshares
amounting to £> 0,000 in the Victoria Docks; aud vast a -quisitions in
America. *__
THE WEATHER.
BEEULTS OF BtBTEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE
K:.'W O39EliV aTORY OF THE BUtrPlI AidOCLlPION.
Lat. 6l e 28 ' 6" N ; Long. 0* la/ 47/' W.; Height above sea 3t feet.
DA1LT
MEAXft OF
nitRMOMJCTBK.
WIND.
OAIH
r»r-
If
II
i .
"■s-*
let
Dew
Point.
If
I!
li
s *
Il<
= 23
3 a
I *
!!=
a •
General
Direction.
.if
oS
3S
In Si
houre
Kciul
at
10 *. v.
Jim. 27
Inch e*.
30 152
0
36*2
30 0
•80
0-10
2
29 7
43(1
ESE SE.
Milofl
239
(ache*
uoo
» 28
30*278
37 2
33-7
•88
1
25 9
40-4
3W. SSV.
135
•ooo
i. 29
30-277
152
41*4
•91
10
29 3
49-6
SW. 8SW.
258
-900
„ 30
29980
49'7
47 7
92
10
44 7
61*5
SW.
489
•226
.. 31
29-941
37'7
30 3
•77
f»
384
421
NNE. WSW
216
336
Feb. l
29 912
33 2
24’2
•72
i
32-2
36 6
W.NW. NW.
353
080
„ 2
29 81G
3 04
28 8
95
10
261
32-3
B. ESE.
205
000
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE CAMBRIDGE
OBSERVATORY, FROM JAN. 24 TO FEB. 3, 1357.
Day
Jan. 90
„ 27
Feb.
sill
j si S 51
fclfl
Inqhet.
30-248
30168
30-262
3U-261
29861
29 926
29 828
29 873
29 862
A .?
s .
Dry
Wet
Dry
Wot
Dlreo-
Anil
Ruin
li !i
•9 f.
Bulb
Bull)
Balb
Balb
Hon of
of
in
is.
ii
at
<U
Cloud.
=i
s s
JA.M-
9 A-11-
t F.U.
Wind.
(0-10)
Inchon.
a O
c
a
o
«
0
37.6 26.3
31.3
30.5
25.4
s:;-i
32 4
SB.
0
0 000
40.2 28.1
34.8 1
32.7
31.8
391
30-4
3E.
0
0*000
40.2 24.8
33.4
29.8
29.5
39-5
37 4
s.
0
o-ooo
48.1 29.4
41.8
41.0
(0.8
47*3
15-5
8W.
10
0-113
50.8 39-C
47.6
48.8
48.2
50*6
49-9
sw.
10
0 033
39.4 30.2
30.6
36.6
35.3
37*6
35-8
SW. N.
4
0*000
35 5 29.3
31.0
31.4
2D.6
34 3
31.4
sw.
0
0-090
83J 2i.c
V7.9
27.8
27 3
32 3
31.8
w. s.
10
u oil
41. 6 23 .1
35.1
34.8
34.8
40.4
37.8
s
10
0*000
40,7 1 29,8
35.6
31.8
34.1
39-4
37 8
0157
Mea ns 30050 ___
The range of temperature from Jon. 26 to Feb. 3 was 29-3 deg.
A halo was noticed round the moon on the night of the 25th. The
Srcond wag covered with hear frost on the mornings of the 26th. 27th,
28th, and 29th of Jam and Feb. 1 and 2 . Ruin fell ou tho night of Jan.
29th aLd dray of the 30th. A little snow fclLon the afternoon and evening
ol' the 2nd of Feb., which, however, had disappeared on the following
morning. Mist lay about the horison on the afternoon of Jan. 28. and a
fog prevailed on the forenoon of Feb. 3. The sky was brilliantly clear on
Jan. 25. 26 , 27, and 28 . and on Feb. 1; but lias otherwise been much over-
east. The wind was blowing with great violence throughout the day and
•vening of the 30th Jah', aua again on Feb. 2. J. Breen.
The new Bishop of Antigua (Dr. Rigaad) was consecrated on
Tuesday by the Archbishop ol Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace.
The Fresidcnt of the Board of Control has presented a Bengal
•adetahip to the brother of Captain Osborne, of Re wall, in consideration
•f the distinguished services of the latter during the recent occurrence*
m India.
Lord W. Itennox has sold his cutter, the Loadstar, forty-eight
tow, to the Beard of Admiralty, a surveying veweL
METROPOLITAN NEWS.
Monument to Havelock.—A highly-influential deputation
from the Committee of the Havelock Memorial Fund had an Interview
with Viscount Palmerston on Monday morning. The deputation requested
permission to have a site in Trafalgar-squaieaet apart for the purposes
of the committee, with a view to the erection of a monument to the
gallant hero, Sir Henry Havelock ; the monument to be supported by a
base broad enough to record the names of the officers who accompanied
the deceased General along that “ path of fire ” which ended in the relief
of Cawnpore and Lucknow, together with a fall reference to the regiments
so honourably associated with these events. Lord Palmerston replied to
the deputation by expressing hia warm sympathy with the object of the
committee, and said that, although there were certain conventionalities
that prevented a definite reply to the request of the committee at once,
still lie would confer with the proper persons, and communicate with the
drputation in two or three days.
Jn the Court of Queen’s Bench, on Wednesday, a working
man. nnnnd Collins obtained a verdict of £730 damages against the
South Eastern Company for injuries sustained by himself an J hit wife
in the fatal collision last year at Lewisham station,
Tnn Lord Mayor, accompanied by a numerous body of the
Commissioners of the Lieutenancy of the city of Loudon, presented to
Count do Persigny on Wednesday the resolution which tliat Court lud
adopted congratulatory of the recent escape from assassination of the
Emperor ana Empress of the French. Ilia Excellency made a gracious
reply.
Siamese Embassy.—T heir Highnesses the Siamese Ambas¬
sadors and suite were entertained at a dt-jedner. on Wednesday last, by
Mr. W. Parker Hammond. F.R.A.8., at his residence in the Camd.m-
road-vlllas. Mr. Hammond, who has had a considerable share in bring¬
ing about the present cordial relations between this country and Siam,
took occasion to remark, on proposing hia Siamese Majesty's health, that
the King of Siam is far in advance of any contemporary Asiatic Sove¬
reigns, both in enlightened and liberal ideas of government, and in
literary and scientificattainments. As a practical evidence, also, of the
commercial value of the Siamese alliance, it was mentioned that since the
conclusion ot the treaty so satisfactorily negotiated in 1856-57. by his
Excellency Sir John Covering, no leas than boo square-rigged vessels have
entered the port of Hong-Kong alone, from Bangkok, the' Siamese capita!
Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.—O n Thursday
a meeting of the Royal National Life-boat Institution was held at its
house, John-rinet, Adelphi—'Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.ltS., in the
choir. A reward of £33 was voted to the crew of the Caistor life-boat,
which has recently been brought under the management ot the institu¬
tion, in consideration ef their laudable conduct in putting off in her oa a
stormy night with the view of rendering assistance to the crew of a vessel
which had a signal of distress burning on the Barber Banda. The men
had, however, been previously taken off by a yawl. Re wards amount¬
ing to £17 10s. were also voted to the crew of the life-boats of the
society at Aberdovcy and Barmouth, in testimony of their laudable ser¬
vices in pulling off three times on recent occasions to wrecks. Various,
other rewards for saving life were also voted. During the post month the
institution had replaced its old boat at Holyhead with a new first class
lifeboat, Jt had also sent a new life-boat to Groomsoort, near Belfast.
Life-1oats and transporting-carriages were ordered to be built for
31und*alcy and Palling, and new boat-houses for Yarmouth and Win-
tcrtOD, on the Norfolk coast. A sincere vote of condoleuee was passed to
the family of the late Edward Hurry, Esq , who for thirty-four years lul
been an active member of the committee of management of the institu¬
tion. A communication was read from a gentleman named William
M'Kerrell. in which he madea munificent offer of £180 to the institution,
to station a first-class life-boat on some dangerous point on the north-
cast coast of Scotland, near some of the flailing stations, where :rreit 103?
of life has taken place. Last year Mr. M Kerrell presented a similar sum.
to build a life-boat for an English station.
Testimonial to Dr. McWilliam.—O n Saturday last a com¬
mittee of gentlemen, headed by Sir John Forbe-, M D„ Dr Anderson
Clarke Dr. Brown, and others, waited upon Dr. McvYUHam, U N , Medical
Inspector of II.M. Customs, In behalf of the medical officers of the Royal
Navy, for the purpose of presenting him withe magnificent service of
plate as a token ol respect for h‘s distinguished character and services,
and as an expression of gratitude for li a long, disinterested, and tin tlly-
BUCCCHBful advocacy of the claims of naval Assistant Burgeons to ward¬
room rank.
The Electric and International Telegraph Company.—
The half-yearly meeting of" this company was held on Thursday last, at
the London Tavern—J. L. Ricardo. M. P., In the chair. A report of a
satisfactory character was presented to the meeting. The receipts of the
half-year ending in December, 1857, were £98,764 103 . fid.: being an
increase of upwards of £19^00 over the receipts of the same period or the
year i860, 'lxie report, which recommended a dividend at the rate of 8 per
cent per nnnum, was then adopted, and the meeting separated.
All tiik .Judges, with the exception ol Mr. Baron B ram well,
sat on Monday to take into consideration the point raised respecting
Aaron |Mellor, convicted of murder at Liverpool, ami sentenced to
dtalli. The day after the conviction it WM Intimated fo the Judge
that a person named William Thorulcy had answered to the name of
Jan.es Henry il.orne, and had been sworn as Thorne, and hail sat
upon the jury aud joined in the verdict. Mr. Justice Wightmau upon
ibis respited the sentence, reserving the point for the consideration of
the. full Court which sits for the purpose. There was a remarkable
difference of opinion amongst the Judges. Lord Campbell was for
annulling the tyial and ordering a venire de novo ; Lord Chid Justice
Cockburn was of the same opinion ; the Chief Baron thought there hid
been a mis-trial, but the proper course now was a writ of error; Mr.
Justice Coleridge was of opinion that the prisoner should be tried again ;
Mr. Justice Eric and Mr. Justice Williams held that the judgment should
be affirmed. A Jtbgether six of the Judges were of opinion tiut judgment
should be given for the prisoner, and eight were ol a contrary opinion.
*i he conviction was therefore affirmed.
Trial of inn Koval British Bash Directors.—T he aficr-
tfr it. sitting* for London commence At GultdliAtt on Sttardny, 1SU*
February, when the trial of the Royal British [Link D,rectors will talce
place before Lord Campbell, Lord Chief Justice of Euglaud. Between
ilie conclusion of the present in-term sittings aud the above day, the
Court of Queen's Bench at Guildhall will be altered to give increased
facilities for these trials. It is rumoured tint the number of gentlemen
of the •• long robe ” eugiged for the prosecution aud the defence is suffi¬
cient to till three of the rows of scats allotted to counsel.
At the Central Criminal Court, on Tuesday, three of the
Holywell-street printsellers were dealt with. A woman, named Mary
Elliott was sentenced to twelve mouths', and two men, 1 homos iixorn-
hill and Thomas Blackater, to six months’ Imprisonment, with hard
labour in each case. The punishment was mitigated in the I‘tier
because the men had previously closed their shops.-On Wednesday Mr.
Young and Mr. I’ipcr, who were indicted on a charge of desecrating the
dead in lloorfie'ds burial-ground, were acquitted, no evidence being
offered in support of the charge.
Births and Deaths.—L ast week the births of SS0 boys and
870 girls-in all nso children—were registered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 1843-57 the average number was 16SI.
-The total number of deaths registered in London last week was 1363,
showing a small increase on the rather high'mortality of jbe previous
wetk. The number of persons who died last week exceeded by 75 t ie
number who would have died if only the average rate of mortality had
prevailed.
The number of patients relieved at the Metropolitan Free Hos¬
pital, Devonriiirc-8quare, City, during last week, was— He li c al, 607;
srrgcal, 3*8: total, 9s5. __
THE NEW SHERIFFS.
The following Sheriffs for the present year were appointed by her
Majesty in Council on Wednesday
K. dlo t’thue • J- 8 Crawley, of Htcckwoo*.
Bukfthhe : D. H. Ft*. . tut. r Kofftmry.
EufMnj lisn.fb re : M Krapp. of i iitlo Lic-
forv.
Conibr (l^eMCrfl rml Hunllrgi?oo*h'ro : C. «-
I'eBiberUo. cf Newtoa.
CcmbaR&d: A n. Htwird of Chapel Hoo*«.
; hfctlilre ; 9. F. Wi.bmluun ucnr Norihwtcb
Dfibjihbo: (i : u bu t 1.1 iJcatoo fl»IL
ro.omhlrc: tirE. M Etou, oi Widworthy
Cci.rl.
DotMUb're : CJ F. W. Mil*» rf Font Abbe».
, urbnni : T. Hot b’D*« ’. «) Kft* «*ton Hal-.
FtffT : O Dntbufy. of llall
CJoucurt^hin*: 1. B. Purn, ne.r Cbiltcn-
Ecrefrlviro: R Cox. rf TerolwUIno and
Ealon Bishop, ci «1 of Brcxwocd.
Htrtfwdiblie : W. WUobtio, of tboKtjtbo n
VVrlwjn.
Kent : E.L Boll* of AyU*forL
J elcaitenhirc : C- T. Freer, of D Ilesdon Cop-
L'nrolnsbirc : G. Fevl e, of Fteb'on Tark.
Momcouihshtre : O. C Mo:g«ta, cf lredcrw
Pork.
WALE8.
NW- Ik: 8. L. S'opbwn. ofTyaf-w-l
Xor.biunptoaiKto: J. C. of Cj*~
JfcrUsaenbarlan'l . L. J. H. A of Naa-
wick-
ro: J fladcwL’r. of BlU-
worth DaIo. _ ......
OsfcnUlrro; li. L. G» k(U, of Kllilnitoa
iun.
Rsitlocdihlni: W. R. Mor.l*. of H«rib LuTjc-
hnm-
ihroptUre: B. W f f n«l*:oa.
gt mrr rt«hire: rt r A A Hood, of 9*- Anlrie*.
Smflard LIto: f. Wrilfiun*, of riplwi.
Cooney of Southampton: T. Stailb. near
HLsliop* Waittuim
Suffolk: V. F. Burrell, rflptwleb.
turr y : The Hon. G. C. Cavendirh, of Chert-
Suw/ Edvrard 8 Bipp of 8Uu?hain.
War«d«k lilr*: Owrn ftl', nearLoimlo? on.
W ctmoi eland: U. AJdkon. of Appleby.
WUl»Jd e: F. A. 8. I.oc^c, of Rowdeford
Worcertomhlro: 8 Fa8«r, near W rc»w.
Yorkahlro: J. W. Child- r», near D3U3«tcr.
TOWN AND TABLE TALK ON LITERATURE, ART, fo\
ScoiLAAn lies just shown, in the pornon of that every iac'i a S:3f,
3Ir. David Laing, that tlie transfer so graciously made by her Majesty,
from Hampton Court to Iiolyrood, of tho t.vo very interesting por¬
traits of King James III. of Scotland and his Qneen, was in every
respect wise. Dr. Waagen and 3tr. Sciiarf Iiave, with ail their learn¬
ing, sadly blundered about this double diptych, or four pictures in
one. Critics had shown before that the third Stuart, an 1 not the
fourth (Ute Hodden James), was the person represented on one of tho
Hampton Court panels; bat no one, till t’other day, h..l told us
whence the portraits camo—for what particular place they were
painted. This, Sir. David Laing (who deserves knighthao 1 fur his
discovery) has most conclusively settled in a little pamphlet, alike
remarkable for its novelty and interest. David (Sir Devi l, we big
liis pardon) states nnd proves Unit tho too-mnch-talked-about Ken¬
sington pictures—the recent transfer from Hampton Court to Holy-
rood—were painted as the nltarpieoc, and served as such, of the
beautiful Chapel of the Iloly Trinity in Edinburgh—
EdlhfiScotia’sditrling scat— »
pnlled down in 1S-18, by (shame to say) Edinburgh vandals. He
proves further (beyond any donbt Dirleton even coul 1 have raised)
that Jlobuse could not Iiave painted the Holyrood ac pus'.tie ns, and
that Dr. AVaagen and Mr. Scharf were alike in error in assigning
them to Mabuse: nay, more, that Mr. Scharf (not often wrong) wus
“ c.nt ” in hanging them at Manchester as wings (o the far-famed
Orleans aud Castle Howard Mabuse. Now that Scotian 1 is recover¬
ing her “ rights” in her pictures, we shall not be surprised to hear that
an application has been made to the Dean aud Chapter of West-
minstei- fr>r tlie restoration of the Scottish stone on which all oar
Queens and Kings Iiave been crowned since Edward l.j thut the
applicationhns been pleasingly complied with; and that twelve v . 1-
to-do Scots Iiave, with the Scottish stone, recrossed tlie T.vce 1—,:e ict
to return.
Lord Macaulay—witness the tluird volume of the new edition of his
Ilistoryv-lias no “ doubts ”: Dirleton must be a marvel to the great
historian. His Lordship repillorics poor William Pern; pooh pooh,
.oil tlie defenders of the drab-dressed Pcnusylvanim; and never con¬
descends to notice an opponent by name. This, perlnps, is kind.
Bavins and Micvins live, like Davies of Oiford, who attacked Clibbon.
One new note in the issue of the first of this month will ercite .; smile
with many. Lord Macaulay repronounces jadgmout on tlie value of
the printed memoirs of King James II. Ho views them, he says, a,
part history, part romance; and that he can distinguish one from the
other. “ Is not this description of King James’s Memoirs (a<ked a
scholar not given to be sarcastic) a true description of his Lordship’s
‘ History of England ’ ? It is easy to see where, in Lord Ellen-
borovgh’s language, wc leave the bulwarks of history aud enter the
regions of romance.”
Mr. Keightley (sec EVim cr of this month) has completed his paper,
on Henry Fielding; but his second paper is not e.yial to his first. We
wish we could have been by his side when he was writln ? so much
at random; nay, we could have wished to have shown him what
Walpole .'cally wrote to his friend Montagu respecting that memo¬
rable Fielding and Higby visit to which Sir Waiter Scot tins given
perils undue importance. Wc could have aided at the same ti ne
the writer in tho last Qnarferly on tlie subject of “ Tobias Smollett.”
Yes, we could have given him (thanks to many kind friends) letters—
unpublished—that show to what low circumstances poor Smollett was
reduced, and liow in nil his difficulties he was still Tobias Smollett
cud Matthew Bramble.
“Were the trustees of the Museum wise (we hear asked frequently)
in purchasing Dr. Bliss's correspondence for ftfl J guineas, or, indeed,
for any sum r ” Yes, is the reply wc often hear; hut this is a’ ways
added—“ Take lesson from tho purchase, and do not be too cv.i.n a-
nicativc through the poEt to any correspondent.” Selling, as illiss is
understood to have done, his private correspondence to tlie ten,tew
of the British Museum is adding a new terror to death, bey md the
contemplation of Axbuthnot or tlie ingenuity of Curll.
Mr. Franks has been unanimously elected Director of the Society
of Antiquaries. The selection was in every respect wise; bat we mast
not he too fond of pots and pans, and silver pennies. A paper of new
facts touching Sir Walter Raleigh, or on the Dowry Conspiracy, Is
worth all the papers and prints on pots and pans, brooches aud brads,
that have appeared in the “Arch.wlogia ” since the society nit in
Chancery-lone, or grew now learned, now dnlL in Somerset Hons* oa
King Charles’s martyrdom, or the fabulous Whittington, or the Etui
more fabnlous Cat.
We have gone through Mr. Carruthers' first volume of the
“ Poetical Works of Alexander Pope,” and ask, in the name of a cor¬
respondent who knows more about Pope than many who profess tj
know a great deal, why so careful an editor does not tell his par-
chasers that a famous line in Pope, as it now stands—
And other beauties envy Worslcy's eyes,
wes at first, and for many years, and in print—
And other beauties envy Worfloy’s eyes—
meaning Lady Mary Wortley ? When Alexis quarrelled with Sappho
the compliment was erased by a single letter, aud a new beauty made
a toast in undying verse by so slight a change—s for t.
Ar*kf*y:R.rav;cf,of Ewlch-j-fen.
Brecon*hire: T.T\cid, tk« younger, of tt«
ConurTonfiliTo: A V••nnojr. of Y.$* ymtoodd.
Malonethrhff!?.
Canau* hem hire: W - Ko»r!». Of Coomb.
Cardiff«a»him; T. Hcaboa, •( Ngraddfawr.
r«ib*ih*!iirt: J.J TIb Of IirtTfclV
lUaUhirei P. B D, Cooke, of Giryikney
Ball.
Glamor no* hire: H. Lew**, of Green Meadow.
Mon»fomerj*h ie: R. P. Long, of Delforgin.
hfe>>oa»lkeblie: K. BtckWy, of Heejodinu.
r«nibrjhe*khe: N. J. Dunn, of Wee m w.
Bed culture; R. G. EcnfO.. of
GrEniN's Sei.f-actiso Raii.wav Bre vh.—A first trial at »h'«*
important invention was made this walk, at Arl.toial, by the Saa b'
Hailway Company, and was attended with cO np e.e 8
Guerin's “CentiVugal Rrpniator ’* was fitted, at a veiy tridlng outlay,
tooncOf the above rempany's ordinary luggage- vans with siidmgbrc u <•,
in order to show that the new apparatus can bo easily odaptpl to t .e r 1-
Ire .teak row in U'C. Next week, we are informed, (linirm ' a,.. .
Ivfttm will be applied to one or more llr»t-«!a« earr igmt andrajoat
vVb 1 experiments will be continued on a more extensive sc sir. so i..r
the results have been highly satisfactory, and merit the ntbu-ja ...C
railway world.—JfisM* Journol, Jem. 29.
PE 3 SJIATIC MjKBOBS TOR TRB SotTAW.— M«SSr». DefricS '.c l
Sens, the eminent glass-manufacture ra, of IIo ' ln d ! d 1( e , '' ^''' e | '
_ ’ ..r «tr.vT. lnli* r.rUmnt r mirrOM. which anjIOtCMWl I0r l
novel construction, alter a woicunm *»**•/ »• V
»I Driries! > member of the Him. .^ecy areeeeh comnos.drf ioc>
f nr thr room tlie pa’ace at CoDBtaathiop'cln aturiitKy .ir. loycp. .a^L,
*SRi5iaSt&& SV5S5
S i™ t e«toi,it?hfv eon'all ^c taken to pieces. Dim will be done, nd --ha
elructcd tliat tmy can Mcssra. Dofries intend dispatching the-r
e ™, t , .VvVorkmc^to Constantinople to put tiro mirrors together
Srd&thm ffthdSiSC The price of the set is £9009, and they have
been nearly nine: months in hand. ^ ,
The whole of the estates belonging to the National Free. I
r ,rd Sorie-v originated by the late Mr. Feargus O Connor, are .oon ra
L d?efo»ed of e!n))eT an order of the Court of Chancery, tuber by pr.fut*
contract w under the hammer.
132
THE HjLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Feb. 6. 1858
THE WEDDING MEDAL.
\Ve engrave the Medal by Mr. Wyon, of her Majesty’s Mint. The
obverse bears the busts of the Bridegroom and Bride; and the reverse
the date of the marriage, within a wreath of roses and orange blossoms.
THE WEDDING JEWELS.
i’RQM tho numerous costly presents we engrave the magnificent Opal
hnd Diamond Suite (forming part of the trousseau of the Princess
Boyal), composed of jewels of the very finest quality procurable, and
set in the slightest possible mcnner, to show the beauties of this
splendid gem. Tho suite consists of neckla.e, earrings, and a brooch,
forming also a bracelet centre. Tho pendants on iach side of the
centre opal are five large diamonds.
Above the opal and diamond suite is engraved a very elegant
bracelet in emeralds and diamonds, with neck ornament to match. The
gems are of unusually fine quality and large size. The two suites form
part of the jewellery manufactured for the Princess Royal by Mr. J.
Turner, 5$ and 09, New Bond-street. The opals aro stated in tho
Momxn'j Post to have been tho present of his Boyal Highness the
Princo of Wales, and tho emeralds of his Boyal Highness tho Prince
Consort.
MEDAL TO COJftlEMORATE
CHAPTER OF THE ORDER OF
AT WINDSOR.
Prince Frederick William of Prussia was invested with the
Order of the Garter at Windsor Castle on Thursday. Tho Prince.89
Frederick William wore a dress of white silk, brocaded with
gold, trimmed with gold lace, and a whito satin skirt, trimmed
with gold laoe. Her Royal Highness’s head-dress was formed of
bolly, gold leaves, white feathers, and diamond ornaments. Her
Majesty wore the mantle of the Garter. Tho Prince, having bet-n
declared duly elected a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter,
was conducted into the Chapter* room. The Prince then knelt near
the Queen; Garter King of Arms on. his knee presented the “ Garter
and her Majesty, assisted by the Prince Consort and the Duke of Cam¬
bridge, buckled it on his R >yal Highness’s left leg, the Chuncellor pro¬
nouncing the usual admonition Garter King of Arms presented in like
manner tho Ribbon and “ Georgeand her Majesty, assisted as before,
put tho same over his Boyal Highness’ left shoulder, the Chancellor pro¬
nouncing the usual admonition- Prince Frederick William kissed her
Majesty’s hand, and, having received the congratulations of each of
the Knights Companions, retired. His Royal Highness appeared in a
Prussian uniform. The Queen gave a grand dinner in the evening, in
the Waterloo Gallery. All the Knights of the Garter assisting at the
Chapter were honoured with invitations. Tho guests amounted to
Tho magnificent sorvice of silver gilt was used upon this
the plateau was brilliantly lit by numerous golden
with wax lights, tho candelabrum of “St. George
centre ornament of the Royal table.
DRESSES OF TIIE BRIDEMAIDS.
In our Journal of last week we engraved the Bridemaids jn their ele¬
gant costumes. These dresses we re from a design furoished by the
illustrious bride herself They consisted ot a white gl*c<5 petticoat,
entirely covered by six deep tulle flounces, over which a tunic of tulle,
trimmed with ruches of tulle, fell, looped up on one side with a bou¬
quet of pink roses and whito Scotch heather. The body was trimmed
with draperies of tulle, with hanging sleeves of the same material,
trimmed with ruches. A bouquet of the same flowers was worn in the
girdle and upon each shoulder. This dress was an exquisite artistic com¬
bination, and curious readers will be interested to know that the
heather was modelled from a sprig gathered by her Royal High¬
ness in her parting wulk on the mounla ns of Balmoral. The
modiste of these beautiful dresses was Mrs. Murray, of Portman-streot.
The tasteful head-dress, or wreath, was composed of the same flowers
as those on the dress, and was prepared by M. Nestor Tirard, of
Down-street, Piccadilly. They were sketched for our artists by per¬
mission of her Majesty.
JvMKHAIJ) AND DIAMOND JMACELKT, AND OPAL AND DIAMOND SUITE, PRESENTED TO THE PRINCESS ROYAL.
Feb/6, 1858.3 THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
|k^VVp
INVESTITURE OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PEINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA WITH THE ORDER OF THE GARTER
136—Feb. 6,1858.]
TUB ll.u ST Uv
LONDON NtiWS
[I'eb. 6, 1858.-137
J
138
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
|Fkb. 6, 18-53
FLOATING OF THE “LEVIATHAN."
TThk completion of the launch of this stupendous und beautiful vessel
took place on Sunday last, under the most favourable circumstances,
unattended with a single aocident; and the Leviathan nov riles safely
at her moorings off Deptford, the much-desired end having bsen
achievkd amidst the hearty congratulations of many thousands of
persons on the river, and a considerable number of distinguished in¬
dividuals and others interested in the success of the undertaking on
board the ship itself.
Saturday was fixed for the floating of the vessel, and everything was
accomplished that human ingenuity and foresight could suggest in
order to secure success; but an adverse wind interfered with the sot
arrangements, and it waa deemed advisable to postpono the launch
until a more favourul '.e opportunity should occur, Captain Iiamsin
confidently believing ..hat it would do next to insanity to proo&ed with
the task during the continuance of the wind that then prevailed, and
tLe attempt was most judiciously abandoned till the following day,
when, between twelve and one p.m., as the flood relieved the weight
upon the launching-ways, some of the hydraulic machines were set to
work for the last time to push the vessel aa far as possible into the
river. .She moved eos ly, and with such a low rate of pressure that a
ebort time gave her on advance of 80 inches, which showed that more
ibtitt Lalf the cradles were quite pushed off tho ways and rested on the
river bottom. At half-past one the men in the row-boats stationed
alongside observed tfcat sbo no longer rested on the cradles—that she
wos. in fact, afloat; but tho transition was so gradual that few were
a wore of it until the tugs began steaming ahoai, and showed that at
lust she wos fairly under way. Then tbo cheers which arose from the
yurd and from tho decks, from the boats in the river, and the orews of
the ships at anchor up and down tho stream, spread tho news far and
wide; end thus, under the most favourable circumstances, the
Lniathan cqgunenced her first voyage on the Thames.
Two powerful tug boats were at her bows and two were fastened
a* tern * Other steamers also were in attendance, and rendered their
aid. The pi ogress of the vessel continued most satisfactorily for
asvcrul minutes, when, unfortunately, the outward piddle cirao into
contact with some lighters which had been employed in tho earlier
stages of tbo launch, and its further progress wns impeded until they
weru removed, on operation of considerable difficulty, and one of the
barges had to be scuttled and sunk before a proper passage could be
secured, and the tugs again Fet in motion. The mighty ship, now
gliding smoothly as a swan, stood across tho river, and, upon reaching
bt-r preper position, she was secured to the Government moorings
which had been destined to receive her. Mutual congratulations took
pluQVlipon tho deck of the vessel, where, amongst many others, Mr.
Brunei Mr. Hope, Mr. Yates, the Murquis of Stafford* l*ord Duffer in,
end Mr. ltentinck. hi P. bad assembled, end the completion of tho
launch was hailed with another moBt enthusiastic cheer.
During the progress of the vessel an extraordinary sceno took place.
When her stern cradle had been relieved from the great weight which
Lad rcpcced upon it, the immense timbers parted and darted above the
am face of the wa 4 er, point upwards^ l : ko shoals of springing porpoises.
Another incident attracted considerable attention, and. at first
caueed icme amount of unnecessary alarm. The immense chains whioh
led held ihe vessel on land woro one by one released, uni as
they glided through the huw&e-holes they created a sound like heavy
pec's of thundcf, which, until tho cause wa9 ascertained, iadaoed
people to believe that some accident had occurred or gome part of the
talkie given way. During the afternoon the vox-ions river ateumora
came down crowded to excess; the numerous oocupants of which
joined in tho congratulations which everywhere awaited Mr. Brunei,
livery point of land. too. where a view oi' the proceedings of the ship
could be obtained waa densely crowded; and a feeling of the liveliest
satisfaction seemed to be expressed in tho countenances of all prssent.
Thrutunds of persons continued to flock down to Miilwall and Dapt-
ferd up to on advanced hour, and the church bells of the lucter place
rung out a merry peal in honour of the occasion.
W hui the vessel first moved there were only 1! foot of water at the
bows; and when moored she registered IG$ feet aft, and 14 feet 11
in< lies forward, within six inches of the amount calculated.
It will be very gratifying to those who take an iuterest in the suc¬
cess c«f Mr. Scott Bussell's noble t>hip to know that sLe has not sus¬
tained the slightest blemish, and that her “shear" is as free from
-defect as tofuro the launch was attempted.
In concluing our report, and adding our congratulations on the suc¬
cess of the undertaking, we cannot omit to no'.ice the unwearied oxur-
tk ns of Mr. Yutos, tbe secretary, who has on all oooaiione evinced the
greatfet courtesy and kindness to avaiy person who had any business
with him; and to that gentleman, Mr. YTiUmm JacoraS, and Captain
ilairieon. we tender our acknowledgments for the assistance afforded us.
The vetsd will remain in hor present position, opposite Deptford,
until »bo hes teen fitted—a process which will.occupy from four to five
months.
THE THEATRES ,
Dbitpy Lane. —A new drama was produced on Monday. It
is probably derived from the French, if wo may jud.^e from the
tone of sentiment. The materials, however, are slight, and the
action is confined to ono act. That action has been a stage
.properly for many a day, and relates to tho bravery and im¬
pudence of a Gascon hero, who thinks himself tho favoured
lover of a Baroness, and becomes tho confidant of a King,
and ultimately xi-ee into favour and happiness. Mr. Roxby is tho
daring and andcoiou* youth, who retains* tho bouquet of the lady ia
question, though net intended for hitn; and tho Barones* is Mrs.
Leigh Murray, vrhogo affections are at first set on the Due d'Anjou, tho
raid Due bein g gracefully personated by Miss M. Oliver. Then there is
tk * Ra » ! (?<• (iUcry (Mr. W. Templeton), who fights u duel with the
Due in behalf of hi3 cousin, tho Boronees. The Gascon acts as second
to the Due, and thus acquires an intimacy with him which turns up to
hi? ndYon'axre when the latter becomes King ot Spain. Of this
fact, however, the hero is conveniently kept ignorant for a. time,
in order that he may amtifo the audience by an overfumilidrity
with the new-mede monarch, .while the courtiers about him are pay¬
ing their homa^o and soliciting favours. Tho King rewards his
cervices by promoting the Bare nett's father, und permittmg tho
Gueton's marriage with herself. All this is common enough; bat the
piece bustling, and Mr. B c. a c.ay swaggers through the character with
\igehr. HcUcteAtB succves.
iTCT.UM.— A new and original drama* in one ant, of great
delicacy and beauty, and eatiilfid " A Hard Struggle,” by Mr. \Yevt-
hirid M\;.ften, wtc produced on Monday. Ko mode of telling the
stc.xy asn intimate to tbe xoodtr the intoiost created by the acting, the
materials being so flight und the effect so disproportionate. Rtubtn
2!clt (Mr. Charles Dillon) is a x-ough-ixit kindly nature, who has
formed a boyhood’s love for a fair piuymato, to whom he is affianced.
But Lilian (Mrs. 0. Dillon) requires a change of climate for the sake
of Lor health, and at Madeira makes another attachment She returns,
a- d cue Fert/m Graham (Mr. Shore) appears, to ItcubsWa surprise, iu
tbe character of her lover. An orphan grandchild, named Amy (Miss
Audit Conquest), is the witness ot their interview, and communicates
the particulars to her grandfather (Mr Barrett) and Ruthsn. Tho
la tier. I bilking that Lilian bad been insulted, follows Fergus, from
wLotn he receive* such an explanation u» induces him to question
Dili on < n the point. Here follows the hard struggle—the raeatal
conflict—for tbeludy ‘3 conduct leaves no doubt of the altered state of
her affection? Unifon is at last morally victorious, making his rival
Loppy. But he finds a refuge in the love of Amy. who. though a child,
shews btr^eli strongly and passionately enamoured of tho rude, un¬
educated, but noble II r.tbcn, who in hor sees his futuro wife. With
this announcement the curtain fulls upon a graceful and a touching
drama, mett pathetically acted by Mr. C, Dilfoa und Miss A. Con¬
quest, a young lady who made her ddbuton tlie occasion.
OLTSii»ia-v a You Cant Murry your Grandmother” was revived
cn Honda?. with mark'd suocesp. It will be recoilectod that the play
v.as tbo prut notion of Mr. T, H. Bay ley, tho song-writer, and originally
j :cdm id ut lhis theatre under Yastris’ management. The present
eost differs tbionwhcut from the former, and is very effoc'ivo. Miss
Wyidhsm, who is taroming rapidly a groat favourite at this theatre,
cried v ill* much spirit, aud a rare naturalness of manner. She was
chmisfly dressed, and mafic a mo.-t enchanting grandmother in her
hi id si robes. The e m and grandfather for the nonce were well sup-
petted by Mr. "W. Gordon and Mr. Addison ; while tbs three domestics
wore defied through with much liveliness by Messrs. Loslie and II.
"Wigan atm Mrs. Kmdcn. Tho reproduction of this petite comedy
will in: servicrable to the management, a* a full house testified tbo ut¬
most F'ticflction throughout the performance. and tho curtain was
xsised in obedience to tbo heartiest applause at the terminal u of the
idtcc.
MUSIC .
Miss Arabella Goddard, out young pianist, has begun al
her own residence a series of Concerts of Clusrical Pianoforte Music.
They are similar in plan to those of last season, with this difference,
that they correspond more strictly with their designation ; being no
longer interspersed with vocal musio, but consisting wholly of piano¬
forte pioces performed by Miss Gcddard herself. They aro of extra¬
ordinary interest, and of great importance, as tending to the progress
of music in this country; for Miss Goddard, in addition to po vers as
a performer not surpa*sed by any pianist of tho day, possesses a
thorough knowledge of every school of tho instrument, and employs
this knowledge in reriving the most beautiful compositions of thooldor
it. art era, in bringing again to light many of those gems of art which
the mutability of fashion would otherwise have consigned to oblivion.
Ibis tendency of her efforts wjs strikingly exemplified on Tuesday
evening, when she gave her first concert of tho present season. That
such wes the case, will be apparent from her programme: —
rA"i i.
Sonnta In F. ivti'nsaial vltfln, Mi*. Gocltlanl «utl M. Sainton .. .. Hav.Iu.
Gisnd Dmisnlto Stiirata in Q minor .. .. .. .. •• Clioneml.
Prcluilo on, Fugue (k In Tarmiltllji) .. .. .. >• •• Bach.
PART U.
Grnod Kon.ln 111 C. Op. ... .
Grnnd’irlo In B ft.*,lilflno, violin null rloUajod’o. Op. 97 .. .. .. Boolnovau.
Tfco two Bonalas of Haydn and Clemonti aro so old that they have
boc.me novelties to tho present musical public. They are beautiful
compositions, snd their freshness seas felt by the whole audience to be
delightful. Haydn did not profecB to bo a porfirmer on the piano¬
forte, but he thoroughly understood the moobanisnr and powers of the
instrument; wrote much music expressly for it; and his pianoforte
senates. &c . fifty years ago, were in the hands of oyory amateur. Miss
Goddard has shown us that they are as charming as ever; and we trust
that our young pianists will profit by tho discovery, dementi was one
of tire greatest pianists of his time. In his youth he was the rival of
Morart. and in bis maturity he was without a rival. Throughout
Europe, snd particularly in England, where he chiefly resided, his
superb sonatas wero the delight of every performer, professional or
amateur, who deserved tho nanio. Thoy possess tho highost qualities
of musio: beautiful strains of melody, rich and varied harmonies,
poetical fsniy, end deep feeling. The sonata played by Miss Goddard
is ono of the finest among them. It is founded on the tale of Dido,
aid the wild passions of the forsaken Queen are painted with a force
end truth of expression which Beethoven himself could hardly havd
exefeded. tVeher, more modern than either of Uie above masters, is
yet little known among us as a composer for tlie pianoforte. We think
ot him only as the author ot the “ Der EreischUtz," "Euryanthe,’and
“ Oberon ’ But his pianoforte works—excessively difficult to oxonatv
are treasures of beauty, and ought to he studied by every lover of
music. Beethoven’s trio in B flat—tho grandest of all his concerted
pieces for the piano—in which Miss Goddard was ably accompanied
by M. Sainton and Herr Lidol, was a worthy conclusion to this remark¬
able concert. Tbe rooms wore crowded to tho doors, and many of the
most eminent musical artists and amateurs wero presont.
We lately r.otictd the commencement for this season of Mr,
Hvix.ui's OnciIEBTKAh Concerts at St Hartin'sHaU. Tho social
■was given on Tuesday evening, and was not less excellent and suu-
ccisful then tbe first. Its most interesting feature wos the debut
of o young English pianist. Miss Fanny Howell, the daughter of our
eminent performer on tho c mtrahasso. She played Hummel's well-
dr. ow n septuor, for (ho piano and wind instruments, with a grice,
delicacy, and neatness •' execution which gained her warm and
unanimous applause, the has yet to acquire greater strength of hand
tnd moro decision and confidence of manner; hut she gives every
premise of futuio excellence. Tho great orchestral pieces of the
cvenirg wero Beethoven’s overture to “ Leonora." and Mendelssohn's
first symphony in C minor, both admirably performed by Mr. nullah's
excellent band. Tho beautiful finale to the second not of Spohr’s
"Zemire end Avar” was sung with great offeot—the loading part
heizg taken by Miss Banks, a young singer, who is making great pro¬
gress in her profession.
Boston Mrsioai. I’estitai..— On Thursday, the 28th utt„
for the first time since 1807 a perfect oratorio (" Tho Messiah ’’) wan
represented iu Linoolueh.-ro; the principal music bring sung by
Mucame Clara Novello, Mi-s TOfthhaoh, Miss Palmer, Mr, George
Perren, ar.d Mr. J. Atkinson (Norwich’. The great English priori
churn novor sang moro exquisitely. Miss Stabbneh (who divided
with Madame Novello thaeopiuno music) sang very finely. Mr. George
Per Ten's beautiful tenor vhioe was heard to remarkable effect in the
cluirmirg invocation, “Comfort yo," and tho subsequent song, " Every
valley.” The hand ard chorus, under the able conductorship of
lien y Firmer, of Nottingham, acquitted themselves most creditably.
The audience, which inihidod most of tho clergy and gentry of
the town and. neighbonihped, wns very numerous. The mis-
ceranecus concert in the evening was supported by Madame Novello,
Miss Stuhbach, the ClTphcus Gleo Union, Mr, Fielding (the eminoat
a'to singer’, and the Festienl Band. It was onosoonoof uninterrupted
enthusiasm- Madame Novello sing "Dime o hollo” ("Iiucrezii
Bcrgia "j, "Tlio News,” and “'Xv.-.s within a mile of Edinburgh
town,” in a stylo that defies description; and in the National
Anthem (Costa's araangemont, as sung at tho Crystal Palaco), iu
which she was admirably supported by the Orpheus Gleo Union.
Tl.o whole amingotncnts were admirable; and wo congratulate the
j re,motors not only on the manner in which the festival h.is been
c'orduite-d, hut also oh the success which has crowned their labours.
Hansel's “Messiah” is toe Provinces.—T he Bernini
Cestle fiacred Tfanronio .Seoiety performed the complete oratorio^of
'• Tt. . hie. stall" on tLe 20th ult, arqiropria'ip j the not protoeis to the
redid of tho poor of the town. Tho committee having seo'ired the
unices of Mr. Brandon, the eelabrutod noith of Englani basso, the
cute i tailme-nt was a decided suoco»a. Tho choruses wore sung by
na'.iio taler [ and wero given with a closeness and precision vary
creditable to the fingers. The soloists wore Mrs, Godley, Miss Ingram,
and Miss Allen, ard Mte. a. Brandon and Rapcr, who perf,,ruled thuir
poits well; but ihe.'itur of tho evoning was, of course, Mr. Brandon.
The Festival of the Three Choirs ought to bo hold at
Tle-joi’ord this year; hat wo observe with re; 'TP*, from the local pa pars
that the arrangements aro delayed by on impediment whioh sgomu to be
bccPT' irg serious. The difiioulty lies in the choice of B‘p. varF ail
in ohtpinirg the usual pecuniary guarantee. "We sincerely hope tint
tl is difilculty may bn got over; f -r it would bs,u sad thing if thuo
t'me-hououred meetings, which huve g -no on without interruption
fir considejably nic*ro thuu a contury, and have bc-eu the mcaas of
dcing so much good, Bhotild now ha brought to a stand for want of
sufficient suppeot.
Baler's Opera, “Tlie Bohemian Girl,” is to be prodn-ei!
this evening at Her Majesty's Theatre, under the title of ‘ La
Ziogera.” Tfco cast embraces tho principal membors of the company
•—Piccoloniini, Sanuier, Bcllotti, and Giugliui. \ portion of the
music, we understand, baa been rewritten-by the comp isor.
We lecrn wiUi much regret that the illustrious veteran Spohr
has mot with a very serious accident, his arm having been broken by
a fall. Ernst, tho great violinist, too, is said to ho dangerously ill at
Binrn.
“ Faiehatr’u CupEDS,” A Bridal Song. Words by Mark
Lemon. Musio by Frank Eomku. (DilT and Hodgson, Oxford-
street This song first appeared in the iloyal Bridal Number of
the ILLrSTBATKH London News; but is now published in the
regular muiio foim. whioh renders it moro convenient for tho musio-
dcsk.ond ulsoenuhks tho vocalist and acoompanyist to road with moro
facility. Many of our loaning singers have taken up this bridal sang,
and we kuvo no doubt but that it will become ono of our standard
national melodics.
I, too, aji Seventeen, Mamma! Words and Music by
Nectarine Svnnvsuje, Esq. (Cramer, Beale, and Co.)—A good
diawing-ioom song, of a class too raro in musical litoraturo —quiat, and
ladylike in its fnn, und felicitous ia its ulluaians. Tho IMucas3
UcysTs muniugo enables the fair singer to quote with groat eToit tho
authority of the Queen in fuvonr of early vows. Tho soci it impedi¬
ments to early marriages, which have recantiy attracted so large a
uharo of attention, are also lightly touched upon. We hava only to
add tl at the song, whioh has already reached a secaad oiitioa, may ba
sung by ladica of any ago. _
Acccrtlirg to a general survey lately made ot all tlie old castles
snl country scats now existing lti France, there are 20.312 : of which
Here of tie l*tli and lstli centuries; Mi of tlie mil andtsth; and
J 1 H of the ICIh. 1 he others are of a later date. More than 2500 of them
have drawbridecs, turrets, and dreailatcU battlements.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
Thanks to “ wire under the water,” Wednesday night brought the
news that the bride of the islands was again safe on dry land. The
perpetually shifting weather justified some anxiety about her comfort,
though there could be none about the safety of tho powerful and
splendid ark that bore ber away. The Prince bad literally to taka his
wife, in the words of Barry Cornwall's exquisite ly ric,
Over the sea, and over the snow;
and, if not exactly “ to the land where the sweet, sweet violets blow,”
to one where slie will meet, we trust and believe, all the kind senti-
incuts that can he symholled out in tlie whole floral language. The
details of the Royal bride's reception will be read with the utmost
interest by the thousnuds who braved the snowstorms of Tuesday iu
order to line her road and give her a parting cheer, though, be her
welcome to Berlin never so hearty, its cordiality can hardly equal that
u ith which her own people proved their good wishes for the happiness
of the eldest child of their Queen.
Parliament met on Thursday, and the duties of tlie most important
Session of the last quarter of a century have commenced. It is, in¬
deed, impossible to overrate the importance of one of tho subjects
which will occupy the Legislature—we mean, of course, Lidia; wlffle
our relations with other countries, hot to mention the Reform Bill
(about which people do not speak with much enthusiasm), demand the
gravest attention and the absence of faction.
It may be well at this crisiB simply to record what is going oa
iu France, abstaining ns far as possible from comment. A Regency
Bill, for providing for the Government, in the event of the trans¬
mission of the crown while Napoleon IV. is a minor, is a measure
which has been adgpted with prudent precaution. The amiable Em¬
press is in such case to be tlie Regent, and her Majesty will have a
Privy Council, of which Pelissier, Dc Momy, and other notabilities
will be the membors. The event of the I ttli of January lins induced
the French Government to think it necessary to euact a new penal
law against tlie disaffected, and the Emperor himself lias been
obliged to restrain the excessive zeal of some of the Ministers, who
were for placing the most enormous powers not only in the hands of
central authoi ity, but in those of all the petty nmnicip lls of the
provinces. This project has been modified, but even as tlie measure
is tOMaud it presents ft formidable engine. We prefer to add little
or no remark upon the subject of the addresses wliich certain
roldiers, either iu folly or in tlie misplaced hope of pleasing far t>o
tliruvd a master to be deceived by barrack-room diplomacy, have
presented to the Emperor. Conld we identify the addressing regi¬
ments with some that by no means covered themselves with
glory in the Crimea (to the disgust of the gallant Z-nnves and
others), we might even praise them for asking an opportunity of
redeeming tlieir renown.
A change in the passport system is announced. Henceforth any
British subject may obtain a Foreign Office passport on the recom¬
mendation of a mayor, magistrate, or justice of the pence, and each
foreigu authority here will grant such document to its own snhjcct
only. This may he regarded as an improvement on a foolish system,
whose abolition would he preferable.
The friends of Lord Canning are busily at work to defend him from
ti c charges of the Anglo-Indian and English press, and in their ex¬
treme zeal they are imitating the special pleader of the old Temple
stoiy, now so obsolete from certain reforms in practice that it may
almost be revived. A 11 nrtiou having been brought for the value of a
punch-bow), alleged to have been lent and destroyed, answer was made
in three pitas: 1st. It was broken when we borrowed it. 2nd. It was
ivholo when we returned it. 3rd. We never had it at all. Lord
Canning and Mb friends plead that his Lordship acted most wisely in
not being ixlracrdinarily severe upon the natives: that his Lordship
was, indeed, most extraordinarily severe upon tho natives, letting
them be barged at any European's suggestion; and that the natives
did net eon mit the atrocities laid io their charge. We shall see what
sort of a verdict is got. Meantime we mnst protest ngaiust the
wickedness of trying to blur over ihe horrors of the rebellion for the
sake of improving the poli'ical posh Ion of an individual; and the
nntion will] sympathise with Lord Shaftesbury, who loudly proclaimed
the duty of England to make a fearful example of the monsters who
murdered her women and children. Not all the special pleading of
Loid Canning’s hosts can efface these terrible words, branded to all
time upon tbe door of tlie Cawnpore prison- room, the words in which
a (1; ing outraged woman appealed to God and man for vengeance npou
(he demons who surrounded her.
There is n rumour, with some apparent foundation, tlut the'mis-
crcnit Nana .Sahib lias been captured. It La rather to he desired
than believed; but there is no reason for absolutely refusing to credit
it. Should this fiend be iu tho hands of the English, it will be some¬
what difficult to adjust his doom so as to reconcile the dignity of Ills
exccntioncTs with the desire nil niu.-t feel to award him a terrible
death. Were not Englishmen hound to look to higher objects than
tho mere gratification of feeling, there would be little difficulty iu
giving tin’s ferocious and treacherous murderer of the helpless an end
which should be appropriate to his deeds— the ln*t scene of “La
Juive ” would afford a hint for the apparatus ; and even that sentence
would bo less appalling than what he and liis accomplices have done
with little English children. Hut there is nothing worse for him
than the gallows, which will he disgraced by hearing him.
Tlie Indian mail brings us nows of the death of a very remarkable
man—Daniel TVilson, late Bishop of Calcutta, lie was for many
years the great popular champion of Evangelicalism in tho metro¬
polis, and when he went from the dark old Bedford-row Chapel, which
Ins ministrations used to crowd with au intellectual audience (re¬
sembling in nothing tho mobs Hint gather round Spurgeons and the
like), to St. Mary’s, Hie parish church at Islington, Mr. Wilson at
once became a species of Bishop, and his influence extended itself over
the whole see to which he win appointed, lie instantly sot himself
to develop its rcsoniccs: new* churches sprang tip in s district pre¬
viously given over to decorous quietude, and the spiritual cam¬
paign, led by so dauntless a chief, became a complete victory. His
principles have been followed out, end Islington may now be regarded
as the great stronghold of the party in the Chnrch to which Mr.
Wilson belonged. He was next offered, through Uie inilueuocof Lord
Glcnelg, the bishopric of Calcutta, and he accepted it—no ordinary
effort of courage or ot self-sacrifice, for his going involved the ex¬
change of a position w here he was almost idolised for a distant see,
whose Bishops, as Holier and Jatnos, lmd been dying off with alarm¬
ing rapidity. But Daniel Wilsou went out " a missionary Bishop,”
and his life was spared for a quarter of 11 century. A cathedral at
Calcutta rose uuder his band as district chinches had done, and lii*
exertions during his episcopc.tc were marked by tlie same energy and
fidelity which had characterised his ministry at home. He was be¬
loved by hundreds at home and in the East; and no one who cam'
within the sphere oflns labours could fail to he struck by tlie power
of his ir.ii.d, and by his courageous temperament, or would deny
that (doctrinal differences aside) Daniel Wilson was tho model of a
Christum priest.
Flu G, I808.3
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
130
EMBARKATION OE THE' XCE AND PRINCESS
FREDERICK WILLIAM C GRAYE3ESD.
Tuesday last was a great and memorable day for the town of Graves-
and for then its inhabitants witnessed with, feelings of melancholy
gratification the departure from among them of the Princess Royal of
England for her future homo at Berlin. The municipal authorities of
tie town, most cordially supported by the ratepayers and inhabitants,
resolved that an event of so interesting a character should be celebrated
in a manner worthy of Gravesend, and gratifying to tho feelings of the
Royal lady, her husband, and her august parents. Right well was this
resolution carried out, and the festivities and public rejoicings of th e
town sflbrd u fitting and worthy sequel to the Court pageants and gorgeous
■colobrations which for the past fortnight hud occupied the attention of
the Court and tho public at large. There has not been witnessed in this
country for years past so complete a scene of general rejoicing, such
exuberance of pleasing and tasteful decoration, and such a general and
hearty manifestation of loyal and affectionate devotion to theSoveroigu
and lur august family as the departure of the Princess Frederick
■William haa called forth at Gravesend. So ploasing was the reoeption
and so gratifying to the feelings of the Prince Consort, who accompanied
hie daughter, that it is understood her Majesty has caused it to he
intimated that on the occasion of her visiting her daughter at Berlin,
she will make Gravesend tho point of her departure.
The Prince and Princess Frederii k William, accompanied by tho
Frineo Consort, tho Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and tho Bake of
Cambridge, were attended by the Countess Porponoher, Lady Church-
hill, Countess Walle von llohenthall. Countoss Marie Xu Lyurr,
Viscount Sydney, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel Seymour, and other
members of the respective suites. The Royal party left Bucking¬
ham Puluce at a quuiter to twelve, the Princess having taken a must
affectionate adieu of her Royal mother, who, with the other members
of her family, accompanied her on leaving to tho grand entrance of
thePalaco. The Royal party were convojod in five opon carriages to
tho Bricklayeis' Arms station, accompanied by a detachment of Life
Guards. The route selected was along Pall-mall, Trafalgar-square,
tho Strand, passing under Temple-bar, along Fleat-streot, Lutlgato •
hill, Cannon-street—the first occasion in which a Royal procession has
passed through the now street—ovor London-bridgo. through the
Borough, and along tho Bover-road to tho Btatiou. At Temple-
bar the Lord Major and Lady Mayoress and the Sheriffs of London
met tho Royal party, and a force of the Artillery Company
kept tho ground, and thence proceeded to the station. _ Temple-
bar had been hastily decorated for the occasion with Rigs
and banners of national and civic charaotcr, and with ap¬
propriate valedictory mottoes, such as "God speed you!" “Fare¬
well I” aud others. The line of thoroughfares was profusely decorated
with flags and banners, and the streets were crowded with densomasses
of people, whose frie idly voices sent forth a hearty greeting, and in¬
voked numberless blessings on the Princess, who, with her husband,
gracefully acknowledged the salutations which reached them from all
tides, despite the thickly falling snow.
The elation at the Bricklayers’ Arms was very gracefully doooratei,
and a guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards gave the usual salute
as the Royal parly, at a quarter to one o'clock, entered tho station.
Here we: e assembled several hundreds of elegantly-attired spectators,
who had teen admitted by tickets to view the departure; and. amid
the well known strains of the National Anthem, loud and continuous
cheering, the waving of handkerchiefs, and othor demonstrations of
loyulty, the brido uhd bridegroom enta;ed the state oarriage. The
Pi incese was attired in a suitable travelling dress ; and her husband,
the Trince Consort, and others who accompanied her, were olad in a
manner suited to tho requirements of tho inclement weathor. As the
Princess passed along the platform, Miss EboraR, a pretty little maiden,
the daughter of the general manager, presented a charming bouquet,
which was received with gontle thanks by tho youthfiU bnda. Tho
train arrived at the station at Gravesend about twenty minutes to two
° AUhis point commenced tho decorations which had bosa prepared
w ith £0 much good taste, and with such profusonoss, for the recep¬
tion of tho Prince ond Princess. There were flags over head, aad scar¬
in'cloth under tho feet, and flowering plants and a cheering pooplo on
all sides. The Hon. James Byng, Mr. Gilpin, M.P., Mr. Rich, M.P.,
Mr Smiles iheicorotury, aud tho directors of the company, accompa¬
nied the Royal train. Same Royal carriages had been sent down on
the previous evening for conveying the party from the station to ths
Terrace l’ior. where they wore to ombark on board the llayal yacht, the
Victoria ami Albert. As the ocoupants of thoso carnages passed
through Windmill street, King street, aed Harmor-streot, to the Ter¬
race Pier. they could not have failed to have been highly gratified by
the reception which was givon to them, and the floral aad other deco¬
rations which abounded. There was not a house along the wholo route
which was not gay with flugs. not a stateet across which wreaths oi
flowers were not suspended, and along tho sides of which streamers
waving from tall masts did not enliven and render more festive their
appearance. At tho intersection of streets wreaths of pink unit white
roses crossed each other, hearing at their centre wreaths and crowns of
the same colours. Mottoos everywhere abounded— May ye ba
lmppy 1" “ May tho sea only divide us I ’ vVRh confidence we trust
cur treasure to thee!” and others to a similar eftjet. Not aloao in tue
TLuin streets wore these outward manifestations of feeling displayed,
but the narrow by-streets flaunted their bunting with a m-irvello^
profuseness, exciting wondor where iu tho world ul- the flags eoula
have come from. Some of them, itmust be confessed, appeared rather
out of place, and had evidently braved “tho battle and the brosse^^f
many a local ooutest aud party squabble, else why shou.d acute®
Frederick bo requested “ to vote for Stirling,” or be informed of tho
virtue of “vote by baUot,” tho men's of "Briggs and Reform, or bs
told that "we will stand up for our corporate rights t Tna airmg o.
tke 30 flags only proved, however, bow sinoore and general was the
detiie to make as great a display as passible on this oocasion. The
appearance of Harmor-streot, leading to the pier was remarkably
pieusing, and tho decorations had boon arranged with a view to their
general effect: wreaths of different colours were suspended from the
houses of the opposite side across the street, mid along i's enure leng.h
every house was decorated with flags and evergreens, and eveiy
wixnfow was occupied by ladies—the iris hues of wnosi drecses nud
sparkling animation of their features, gave life and beau.y to the
scene.'" Thick and fa=t fell the snow ea Rio Royal cortege passed along,
lmt it neither cooled nor damped the ardour of woman s graceful salu¬
tations, nor of the bolstering cheers of stout-hearted fa.hors aud vigorous
£ Tj', e Terrace Pior, at the entrance of which the Royal party alighted,
presented & charming fairy-like aspect, Tho decorations were ligh.,
tasteful, aud elegant, and were arranged with a view to sooaic eff-oo..
Ranged on seats on either side of the covered way were eoatodabout
1«UU of the fair maidens of Kent, whose toilets grouped together
appeared as though a portion of this famous
bud been transplanted to the spot: while near it there floated
fh <r 8 ond banners of nil nations—those of England and Prossia
wefe EractiuUv combined, and bound by lovers’ knits and floral
tie J suc-hw might adorn the homes of fairy -land.in tome
s <,.„ a ceene Rang“d in lines on each side of the pathway were fitly
eiglt solected young maidens, tho budding flowers of Rout, who wo.c
to scatter roses 'before tho foot of the bndo us she P c bine
native laud. These pretty maidens wore ^Uite dre.ate, U„ht bine
mantles trimmed with swansdown, and wreaths Phillis helI
mine and pendulous white lily on their heads. . Each fair PMlite hebl
in her hand a fancy haaket-such as Watteau miuh t have given to some
of tie charming eSepherdesses-which contained the:
to bo strewn before their married sister. There ™ r ®
looking civil functionaries in all the glory of nrhvr para-
scarlet gowns, wands of office, cocked hats, and all the 0 . P .
phernalm of beadledom, to receive the Royal lady h ?. r
Mr. Troughton, the Mayor, with bis brothers ot Mnds ma and
Rochester, stood at the entranco to tho pier; and Mr. Sharlau. 1 , tlie
Town clerk of Gravesend, handed to Prince 1 redenok an a doross, m
which the Corporation congratulated themselves on the wot that tne
ancient town of Gravesend had been selected as the point of embarka¬
tion andinvokedthehlessingof Heaven upon tho newly -mimed couple.
Tho address was taken as read, and an appropriate auswerwui no
■douht he returned from Berlin some day when his Royal liigiineas
shall have recovered from the surfeit of similar documents iron
which he has been sufficing for some days past. Misa Troighton, tne
pret ty danahtec of the Mayor, who was the doyen of tho fur ba/y 01
flower-etroweiF. rAesented the Princess with a beautiful bouquo . for
wliioh the Princess replied, 1 Thank you, my dear. After some Blight
mistakes, arising from the civic outhoritioe not recognisiug tho Duke of
Cambridge, Lord Alfred Paget, and some others who accompanied the
Bojalparty, the Princes®, with Ler husband, father, und two elder
brothei s. passed along the pier, amid the most onthusiaitic cheering,
crossed the temporary gsngjvuy, and. agitated with emotion, b tapped
on the deck of the Royal yacht which was to bear her away from tho
scenes of her childhoods happy hours.
The Koval party descended into (ho saloon and pirtook of luncheon.
About half dd hour elapsed bofore father and daughter, brothers and
sister, ported from each other. No zealous representative of the public
press, and no prying eye of eager spectators, saw what transpired;
and tho public will never know, and has no right to inquire, ho or
in what manner, or how often, parent and child, or brother and sister,
cmbiactd each other at this parting. It needed not tho dull statistics
of the number of kisses to tell that the pang of separation had bean a
severe one; tho irrepressible sobs and tears of her younger broffier,
Alfred, the swollen eyes of tho Trince of Wale* the mute and
sad expression of the Prince Consort, the thoughtful and pensive g^ze
of the Luke of Cambrige, never for an instant directed from the
yacht—the non-appearance of tho bride, who remained all the time
below deck—were evidences of tho exquisite pain of parting which all
had felt. The heart-broken look of the young Princs Alfred was
something beyond power to describe. There wa* an honest hearted
old gentleman who stood near tho spot where tho young Prince was
sobbing, who, unable to repress his emotions of sympathy, aud regard¬
less of all Court etiquette or distinction of rank, grasped the hand of
the angtish-stricken Prince, and, shaking it heartily, exclaimed aloud,
whilo tsars filled his own fine expressive eye, “ God bless you, my
boy ! ” Where is the stickler for the cold forms of courtly etiquette
w ho would blame the man of impulse—himself a father—for such an
ungoverned burst of sympathy ,J Prince Frederick romainod standing
on the deck whilo preparations were being made for getting the yacht
under way. When the order was given to go ahead the Prince Con¬
tort advanced some steps nearer the yacht took off his hat, and waved
a last adieu to his son-in-law, who returned tho salute in the same
way, and remained uncovered amid the falling snow till the yacht hud
passed some distance from tho pier.
The appearance which the river presented, although marred some¬
what by the dull haze of the falling snow, was still animated and pic¬
turesque. Every ship of tho Royal flotilla, as every description of
craft upon the river, was dressed in its gayest bunting. The crow of
the Royal yacht marned tho paddles and the gunwales, and give suoh
cheers as none but British tars can give; thousands on the shores sent
back the enlivening cheer; the guns from Tilbury Fort thundered
(heir Royal salute; and amid tho roar of guns, and cheers, and Kentish
fire, there were beard exclamations from honest hearts—“ God bless
her ! ” ond " Heaven bless you both! ”—and adjurations to the bride¬
groom. which all felt were needles?, but which came forth from the
fulness of many a heart—“ Use her woil! ” and “ Treat Lor kindly! ”
Seme trifling casualties, caused by the lubberly conduct of one or
two of the vessels of the flotilla, took place, but they wore productive
of neither Inconvenience nor alarm; and some milss down the river
the Royal yacht fouled a collier, but the crew were more frightsned
than hurt, the only damage sustained being ths carrying awuv of a
part of the toffrail. _ \
Tho Prince Consort, the young Princes, and the Duke of Cambridge
left for London immediately after the sailing of tho Royal yacht. A
dejeuner was afterwards given to tho officers of tho West Kent Militia
and the Engineers, who acted os tho guards of honour in the town, at tho
Assembly-rooms. A grand ball, extensive fireworks, general illumina¬
tion, and an immerse bonfire on Windmill-hill brought the festivities
ol“ this long-to-be remembered day to a happy and satisfactory ter¬
mination.
From the Continent we begin to receive intelligence of the progress
of the Prince and Princess Frederick William.
Thu Royal squadron arrived in tho Scheldt on Wednesday morning
at eleven, and reached Antwerp at four.
The Prince and Princess were received on landing by tho King of
tbe Belgians, the English and Prussian Ambassadors, the Consuls, and
tho civil and military authorities of Antwerp.
The Royal party drove at oice to the railway station, and loft by
special train at five for Brussels.
Immense crowds lined the quays and the streets tr.iyorsad by the
procession, and the Royalcouple were everywhere received with en¬
thusiastic cheering.
Somo particulars of tlie arrangements made to receive the illustrious
couple on their route are given in u letter, dated Tuesday, from tho
Times correspondent at Berlin :—
Our Minister here, Lord Bloomfield, and Lord Augustus Lofttu, Secre¬
tary of Legation. accompanied by an attache of the mission, set ofl to¬
day to meet the Prince and Princess Frederick William at the Prussian
frontier, that is to say, at Alx-ia-Clwpelle, which ia the first frontier
town of any consequence, and where thc-y are expected to arrive at noon
on Thursday. Here there ia to be a stay of four hours, during which the
military and civil authorities and various addresses are to be presented,
in addition to the jxmmnet of her Majesty's Mission iu BerUn, a do-
it finer to be token, and the sights of the town to be seen. It will be
nearly six o’clock before the train arrives in Cologne, where the mili¬
tary and civil authorities arc to be received at the terminus, after which
the Dom is to bevisded nrnl viewed, the day closing with a hte dinner.
On Friday morning the cortege is to leave Deutz at h ilf-past eight
o’clock a m by aB extra train, and not make any lengthened stop till it
arrives at Heme Bochum, at which station, as being the frontier of the
province of Westphalia, the General in command of the troops there will
pnv hi* rej ects. In Hanover, where the train is to arrive before flVc
o'clock, a short visit ot a couple of hours will be mnde to the Hanoverian
I’ourtrn Oscherskben. which stands on the confines or the province 01
Saxony, there will be another greeting offered flic young couple by the
military and civil authorities of tliat province- It will be nearly eleven
o’clock before tlie train can arrive at Magdeburg, where halt will be mod*
for the night; but there will fir?t he a reception at the station of the
chief officers of the various municipal authorities of that towju
On the next morning .Saturday) there will be a reception of the cut;re
bodies of tbc various municipal corporations, ns well ns of the military
authorities, so that the bridal party will not leave Magdeburg until noon.
At Brandenburg, where the train enters (his province, the Commander-
in-Cbiof of the troops here, General Field-Marshal von \Vrangel, and the
Ober-President of the province, will pay (heir respects, so that the trim
will hardly arrive at Potsdam until three o’clock.
Tlie day before yesterday the Royal fouryon. containing the necessary
services of plate, was sent off from here to Cologne, to be ready for the
dinner to be got up there : yesterday some 01 the private carriages of the
young couple were sent off to meet them at Aix-!n-ChMx?lle, and to-mor¬
row the Royal states railway carriage will be dispatched.
Monday next is definitively fixed for tho grand oeramony of ths
°bringing in" of his Royal Highness Prince Frederick and tho Royal
brido to tho Prussian capital, Tho preparations for that day and f r
the onsuing f»’tes are on a 6cale of unprecedented ma,-nifi:er,o •
Crowds of provincials and foreigners are arriving hourly, and the prices
demanded for lodgings and places to viow the grand procession are
fabulously high.
Tue Princess’ Bocdoir Carpet.—T lie carpets for Ihc bridil
apartments in Windsor fustic were designed und nunuTaotured by Messrs.
iVnworth and Co of Old Bond-street. The earpe: tor the boudoir is
iio vaiwi I ton velvet; and the desip orange-blossom h. treJIU pattern, on
a ertinmn ground ; the border being formed by bouquets of orange-
blossom Red with white ribbon. It is a remarkably beautiful and elegant
work. . .
“A Piece op Wedding Cake’ is a quaint literary com¬
memoration of the Royal It °
poetic spirit is agreeably mingled with the realities of lUe.
The Debats describes the bridal presents given by the Emperor
nr..! trmnrese to the rrinccnnd Princess Frederick William of Prussia.
The presents comprise portraits of the Quren and the Prince Consort,
nnirtrd Sovres Dorcdiin, ft corln illr dc iftftrw.fi* made of Sevres portc-
-\nd Hik'd witli the choicest gems of Bari* workmanship. The
Princes also reedved a beautiful robe of point d'Alencon, and another of
rn.iiit dc Bruxelles; also, two albums containing tho tape*try designs
which are lic ; ug exeent-d at Gobelins for the Princess irederiok/WlUtains
tkZ a? Berlin t-uecn Victoria, highly gratitied with thosciilts, tent a
message of thanks immediately by telegraph.
Sir John Soane’s Mnsenm will be open this season, as usual,
„„ .{.« Tnentav in each week, from the 2nd of February (last Tuesday)
to the 3 ^sl ofVuLst. and likewise on Thursdays and b ridays In April.
Vnvnndliuic Cm As of admission to view tlie same ara to be obtained
on written ^plication to the Curator at the Museum, or to cither of Uie
<rU ffim Senate of the Tnitcd Stales have passed a bill allowing the
officers and men engaged in the Arctic searching expedition to receive
me dais from the British G ovenunent. _
RATIONAL SPORTS.
TnE frost nnd 6now have been so fitful and partial that we can hardly
say what countries have been “ open ” and what not. The Old Berk¬
shire had three capital rails on Friday, Saturday, and Monday; and
the Quoru had a tremendonsly fast thirty-five minutes on the latter
day, from Billesdon Coplow, and ending with a kill. He first made
his point for Tilton, then, turning short to the right, bore for Rol-
Ieston, and by the brook side to Norteu-by-Gaulby, where he was run
into. Tlie whole ran was over a splendid country, and Treadwell and
some of the foremost riders met with heavy falls. A hard-riding
farmer was also well placed throughout. Up to lste in December tlie
Duke’s and tlie Quorn had unusually good sport, and counted more
than their average of “ noses;” while Mr. Tailby (who had a good
day on Thursday week from John Bull) lias been short of fores. The
same may be observed of tlie Duke’s aud the Quoru throughout
January, and cover after cover has been drawn blank, as the foxes,
owing to tho dry weather, liave lain about in drains and hedgerows.
In fact, such a bad month for scent has rarely been known. The
ITon. W. Craven and Lady Craven have been among the visitors at the
palace at Melton ; but the town is not so full as it ought to be, and
the ancient spirit is lnckmg. The Duke has, we hear, purchased a
hunter for a very long sum from a Lincolnshire farmer—apractice too
little resorted to by hunting men in general, who never stop to con¬
sider that, really and truly, they are trespassers every day they go out.
aud that not one farmer in a hundred ever grumbles at it. The new
hunt in the Cheltenham country is to be called tho “ Cotswold Hunt,”
and we believe that the Duke of lieanfort will give back a portion of
his country to Sir Maurice Berkeley. His Grare’s sport has much re¬
sembled Lord Stamford’s this year—short smart tilings. WiUStansby,
who is at present his Lordship’s first whip, and once hunted the
Worcestershire, leaves, we Ivar, at the end of the season.
Mr. Frith, It.A., is, it is said, engaged on a large picture of the
Derby Day, among whose cabinet of bring curiosities, from “Lanky
Jack’’ to “ Donkey Jemmy,” his pencil will find great scope. If the
entries were not so numerous, tlie spring acceptances are at least well
up to the mark. Die Chester Cup has 91; among which both
Adamss and Blink Bonny figure: and it does indeed seem hard to
understand why Blink Bonny, 8st. 4 lb., should be a favourite, when,
with all tlie advantages of a good start, whilo lie was virtually left at
the post, she could barely beat him, at 15 lb. better terms tliau they
will meet on now. One Act, 8 st. 10 lb., nnd Dulcamara, 0 st. 12 lb., are
also among the “ contents,” and it wiU be strange if one of them doea
not become a good Woodyeates favourite, now that Palmister has been
handsomely “milked.” Saunterer does not shirk his 9st. 71b. is
the City and Suburban, where lie gives 21 st. to his coeval, Madame
de Chantilly, who is said to be the speediest marc the French have
ever had. These acceptances number 66; while the Great Metro¬
politan has 11, or one more than the Great Northern, where Vedette,
S st. 7 lb., docs not scruple to receive only Gib. from Fisherman; while,
according to Admiral Rous’s dainty weight-for-nge scale, there ought
to be 8.J lb. between them. The Great Nortlunnptonshiro has 52,
the Newmarket Handicap 29, and the Liverpool Steeplechase 41;
Bonrton says “ nay ” in the lutter; and Emigrant and Weathercock,
the winner and second horse of last year, head tho list with list. 7 lb.
Lincoln Races and Steeplechases are fixed for Thursday and Friday
next (frost and snow permitting) ; and Carmarthenshire Steeple¬
chases for Tuesday and Wednesday.
King Lear, the winner of the last Waterloo Cup, is, we believe, in
training for it again; and we hear that £200 was lately refused for
Dangerous Dick, whose sire, Bedlam Tom, is on sale for 25 guineas.
Dangerous Dick lias won about £140 in stakes during the last six
weeks, and is the property of a Leicestershire farmer near Clawson
Thoms.
Tne meetings for next week are Malton, oil Tuesday, &c.;
Whitehaven, on Tuesday and Wednesday; Hordley, on Wednesday;
Eveiley (Amesbury), on Wednesday, Ac.; Knipesccr and Ardros-
fnn Club, on Thursday; Pilling (0), on Thursday nnd Friday; an!
Aston Champion (Sapling), at Combermerc, on Friday.
DARTMOUTH AND TORBAY RAILWAY.
Tbf. ceremony of turning tho first turf of the line of railway which is
intended to connect tho port of Dartmouth with Torquay, and with ths
network of railways opened out by the South Devon Company, was
pirformed on tho 21st ult., amid great rejoicings, by I.iw.-oace V.
Talk Esq .M.P., oneof tbe members for South Devon. A uroceraioa
•eras foimed at noon from the Tor Riilway station to the Bold adjoin¬
ing the scene of notion, where a commodious tent had been erected.
Among tho spectators present wore tho Dowager Countess Browa-
low, Ladv llesketh, tho Dowager Lady Soale, Mrs. Lawrence Palk,
Mrs. Janies Bailer, Mra. Delfleld. aud a large gathering of tha leading
fsthionafclo visiters sojourning at Torquay, whose elegant equipages,
drawn np in line around tho field, had a very gay offoet.
Mr. Henry Sealo-liayne, os chairman of tho Torbay and Dartmouth
Railway Company, before tho oeramony, explained tho objects, of tha
, (Hi puny, commencing by stating tho capabilities of tho harbour of
Dartmouth, as the best port of departure for tha Cape and India stoim-
pockets. for these reasons —First, it had ample accommodation fur
stoem-veisels of tho largest class, and tho mails could roach London
iu a ninth shorter time thau from oithor of tha other ports. It was.
therefore, or.o of the first objects to offer the accommodation of direct
railwuy communication to this magnificent harbour. Secondly, to
develop tho important commercial uraflio of Brixham. Thirdly, to
consider how far they could attract fashionable visitors to tha part;
ond lastly, how far tniB line could ba made with a moderate chance ot
a fair return for tho capital invested.
Mr. Margary, tho assistant engineer of tho line, then handed tv Mr,
Talk a rlan of tho lino, ond introduced Mr. Knight (tho contractor),
who presented the lion, member with a handsome mahogany wheol-
tarrow and a polished stool spade, armed with which tho hon. mem¬
ber for 8oulh Devon turned the first turf, and hiving wheeled it to tho
•• tip,” nnd there deposited it, the Riflo Brigade, under the command
of Captain end Adjutant Denis Moore, fired n f.o< rf- joir. the
“names” shouted, tho Brixham hoatmon cheered, and, oftor similar
moDift.-tatlona of suilsli.ctlon by tho large concourse of persvns present,
Mr. Polk, M I’., Mr. Woolcombo (chairman of the Svuth Devon
Company), and Sir Henry Seale (tho Major of Dartmouth),
briefly addressed tbe assembly. The oompany than retired to tha
tent, where “ Succetsto the Railway" was folly pledged in bumpers
r.f chomragre. which was supplied in profusion, with suitable edibles,
by Messrs. Smith end Knight, tho contractors. Tho procession thon ra-
fuimcd. ond proceeded to Torquay, where tho event was colebratod by
a public dinner, nt the Union Hull Hotel, to more than 290 of the prin¬
cipal inhabitants of Torquay, l'oignton. Brixham, and Dartmouth.
C. Scnlo-Ilayne. Esq., presided on tho occasion, supported by L. \.
Pidk, Esq , M.r.; H. n'oolcombe. F.sq., chairman of no South Devon
Railway Company: Governor Holiiss-orth, of Dirtmouth; Sir H.
Seale, llart.. Mayor of Dartmouth; and other influential gentlemen.
A tier dinner a variety of toast* were drank and spoeohe.- made
explanation of tho views ond prospects of tho Dartmouth and Torquay
Railway Company, and collateral interests.
Tbe proposed lino i* to be single, and on the bread gauge. It com¬
mences at the South Devon station ut Tor, passing tbonce on by Livor-
mesd to Paignton; then on to Galmpton (about two miles from I!rea¬
lism); then down the banks of the Dart to the fluting bridge a.
Dartmouth, a diitunco of nine miles and a quarter.
NOTTINGHAM POULTRY, PIGEON, RABBIT, AND
CANARY SHOW.
ns, tho record show held recently nt Nottingham, proved a great
ranee over tho former, both as regards quality aad management, the
re heid in the Mechanics’ Hall being truly bountiful, consists* as it
1 of rabbits, v.igoons, bantams, and oananos, tho latter b-jing ranger
a p’atfoim along tho centre. The fowls daoks. geese, and nrkeya.
dinopaiat* building erected purposely for them in the open space
tact cd to the institution. 1 ho number of entires amounted to 822 .
which 501 were fowls, 202 pi goons, 05 canaries, and 50 rabbin. Ihe
uluv were V01T good as regards quality; tho game fowl being re-
irkablv fine. Bieo the Hamburg desses. Tue geeta were of cx.ra-
Oinarv weight, the gander in Mr. John Brown s pnzo pen weighing
stir 28lb 8 But tho most attractive part of ths show, u wo judge by
,, way (he public Ungored round the peas, was tho pigeons, the judg-
nt of whilh seemed to give entire satisfaction, with tha ex-
140
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Feb. 6, 1858
I. ri »t TM*fi Barr Belgian (748). Mr. T Follow*. fllrmlnabam.
2 tu.l frizj Butf iklgnn {. 726 ?. Mr. J. WUiUowton, Nottingham.
8. Fli»t PriM GoMan-iranglcJ Lizard <773). Mr. T. Fallow*. Birmingham .
4. Pint Mealy Umlm Fancy (768) Mr. C.'Moore, Nottingham.
. l int Prize Yellow Belgian (.742). Mr. T. Follow*, BWngharo.
0. 1 irat Prize Mealy Goldfinch Mulo. Mr. Llnganl, Ailiton-under-Lino, Lonca-hlre
rRIZE CANARIES AT THE NOTCINGIIAM POULTRY, PIGEON, RABBIT, AND CANARY SHOW.
exception of tho toy cup, and the first prize trumpeter; Mr.
Muddiford's bighly-cmmended birds in the forme: being
considered by the public to be decidedly the beet, as was also thought
of the sooond prize trumpeters. We now come to the canaries, of
which we give an illustration, as being one of our household pets; no
peculiar tonus wm prove interesting. Wo give the long,
thin, and decidedly not beautiful Belgian; the old and favourite
yellow-tongue, the beautiful variety called the London fancy, tho rioh-
oolourod and delicately-formed lizard, and the goldfinch mule, all of
whioh are first- prize birds; but refrain from giving our opinion which
possesses the most beauty, as it is entirely a matter of taste. Suffice it
to my that the show was highly oreditable, and had a largo share of
admiration, especially from the fairer sex, who guzed long and un ■
tiringly at the sweet little children of song. The rabbits were of the
usual quality, and exhibited no particular feature worthy of notice.
COMMENCEMENT Of TIIE DARTMOUTH AND TORBAY RAILWAY, AT TORQUAY.—(SEE PRECEDING PAGE,)
Feb. 6, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
141
TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES.
PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia, Dec. 19, 1857.
Fkom New York, the capital of the “ Empire State,” to Phila¬
delphia, the capital of Pennsylvania, the ‘ Keystone State,” is a
distance by rail, of eighty-seven miles. Pennsylvania is called
the “ Keystone Stale” as being the keystone of American liberty,
and the scene of the ever-memorable Declaration of Independence.
The point o( departure from New York is at Jersey city, over the
North River Perry ; and the point of arrival is at Camden, on the
River Delaware, exactly opposite to the city of the Quakers, to which
the passengers are convey ed by one of the monster steam ferry
boats common in all the rivers and cities of the Union. The road
passes the whole way through the flat alluvial districts of New
Jersey—a State which the New Yorkers declare to stand in the
same anomalous relation to the Union as that occupied by the town
of Berwick-upon-Twced to the kingdoms of Great Britain and
Ireland. But New Jersey can afford to despise the joke—if joke it
be; for, though one of the smallest, it is one of the most prosperous
States in the country.
Philadelphia, the second city of the Union, with a population of
600,000 souls, is neither attractive nor imposing. It stands upon a
level with the waters of the Delaware, and does not contain within
its whole boundaries an eminence one-third of the height of Lud-
gatc-hill. It contains a very large number of churches and chapels,
but none of them is distinguished for architectural beauty of dome,
tower, or spire. The whole place is formal, mean, precise, and
unattractive, leaving no impression upon the mind of the traveller
but that of a weary sameness and provoking rectangularity.
Except in Chestnut-street (the centre of business) and Walnut-
street (the fashionable quarter), all the streets of the city arc built
on the same model. The same third -rate houses—of the kind which
the Englishman secs in Birmingham and Manchester—seem to
rise on every side, all of one colour, and of one shape; all
with green Venetian blinds on the upper, and with white
blinds on the lower, stories;-all equally prim, dull, and re¬
spectable. The foot-pavements arc of the same colour as tire houses,
neither drab nor red, but a mixture of both—suggestive of the
story of the English Quaker of the old school to whom, as he sat
behind his desk at his warehouse in Manchester, was delivered a
packet, with a bill requesting payment. The old Quaker opened
the packet and found a coat - a hunting-coat, red as red could be.
“ What is this? ” he said to the messenger. “ There is a mistake
here, friend.” “No,” said the messenger; “’tis a coat for Mr.
Thomas.” “Thomas,” said his father to the young Quaker who
had become smitten with an unquakerly passion for hunting, “is
this for thee?” “ Yea, father,” replied the son. “ And what is it?”
rejoined the sire. “A coat,” replied the son. “Yea, Thomas;
but what colour is it?” “Why,” said Thomas, somewhat be¬
wildered, and scratching his head to expedite the delivery
of the tardy answer, “ it’s a kind of a fiety-drab.” Such
is the colour of Philadelphia—the Quaker city, the city
of brotherly love, or, according to the disparaging assertion
of New Yorkers, the city of “ brotherly love and riots.” It is
fiery-drab wherever you turn—fiery-drab houses, fiery-drab pave¬
ments, fiery-drab chapels, and fiery-drab churches. One pecu¬
liarity of Philadelphia, in addition to the unvarying rectangularity
of its streets, is, that the carriage-ways are always dirty and the foot¬
ways always clean. Nobody purifies, or cares to purify, the car-
riage-road; but everybody seems to be bent upon cleaning the fiery-
drab pavements. Morning, noon, and night the work of ablution
goes on. Negro men and women, with a fair admixture of Irish
female “helps,’ are continually squirting water over the pave¬
ments from gutta-percha tubes, and twirling the moisture from
their ever-busy mops over the lower garments of the wayfarers,
till the streets run with water, 'lhe passing vehicles continually
churn up the mud, and the road is never allowed to dry, unless
under the irresistible compulsion of the thermometer at zero.
The population of Philadelphia is not so largely imbued with
the Quaker element as might be supposed from its history and
origin. Though William Penn was its founder, and is to some
extent its patron saint, the coreligionists of William Penn, so far
from being in the majority, do not number above 30,000 out of
600,000 inhabitants. Scotchmen and descendants of Scotchmen are
numerous; Irish and descendants of Irish arc also numerous; and
Germans and descendants of Germans the more numerous stilL
To the Germans Philadelphia owes the establishment within the
last five years of several extensive breweries, and the introduction
to every part of the Union of a taste for “Lager bier”-an ex¬
cellent beverage, well suited to the climate, and resembling the
Bavarian beer of Europe, though by no means so strong or so
aromatic as the Lager bier of Vienna, from which it derives its
name Prior to the introduction oi this novelty beer was very little
known in America. English porter, stout, and ale, besides
being exorbitantly dear, were not well suited to the climate,
but Lager bier supplied the very article required. It was exactly
to the taste of the Germans and from them a love of it has
gradually extended to all sections and races of the people. The
rich consume oysters and champagne ; the poorer classes consume
oysters and Lager bier, and that is one of the principal social
differences between the two sections of the community. It Messrs-
Bass or Allsopp ever had a chance of extending their trade into
this country, the Lager bier breweries of Philadelphia have
seriously diminished or taken it away thorn them, li hat American
will give thirty seven cents (eighteenpence English) for a pint of
pale ale or porter, when he can procure a pint of Lager for five
cents?
There are some fine stores, banks, and warehouses in Chestnut-
street, and some- showy buildings ot granite and white marble in
course of construction. There are also some superior private
houses of marble and granite in Walnut-street. It is one of the
peculiarities of 1 hiladelphia that the door-steps ol every house that
has any pretensions to style are of white maiblc. At this season,
however, the white marble of the door- steps is covered up with
wood, and workmen are busily employed in thopiincipal thorough¬
fares in encasing the steps in planks of deal in preparation for
the frost; they would otherwise be so slippery as to be dangerous
to life and limb.
There are but two public buildings lit the city which will repay
the visit of any traveller who is pressed for time ; and these sue
the State House, or Independence Hall, in Chestnut-street—the most
venerable and the most venerated building in America—and the
Girard College, at the ouskirts of the town. No stranger should omit
visitiDg them both. The Slate House is illustrious as the place where
the first American Congress held its sittings, and where, on the ever-
memorable 4th ol July, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was
adopted and read to the assembled people, and publicly proclaimed
from the steps fronting the street. The building has been jealously
preserved as it stood in that day; and the room in which the
solemn conclave was held—now called the Hall of Independence—
is adorned with the same internal fittings and decorations as on the
day that made America a free and a great nation. Cold is the
heart and stagnant the fancy and imagination of any man, what¬
ever his nation or habits of thought, who can stand unmoved in
this simple chamber, or be unimpressed by the noble thoughts
and generous aspirations which its history excites. On every
side are relics of the great departed—portraits of the high-
souled and fearless men who affixed their signatures to the
document which severed their connection with the country of
their birth and that of their ancestors, with the country which
they loved, as a true son loves the unjust and hard-hearted father in
spite of his injustice and obstinacy, and with the yearning hope,
strong as nature itself, that the father will relent, or,—if he do not
relent, acknowledge that age has its faults as well as youth, and
that the duty of age is to be tolerant and forgiving. Among other
relics are the walking stick of Washington and the writing-table
of Benjamin Franklin. The table has a ticket upon it announcing
it for sale, upon condition that the purchaser do not remove the relic
from Philadelphia, and that he allow the public to have access
to it at stated times. The price is only 120 dollars, about £24
sterling ; but the city of Philadelphia, according to the janitor of
the hall, is too poor to purchase it—being deeply involved in debt,
without a cent which it can fairly call its own. Another relic, still
more interesting than either of these, is the great bell which, on
the 4th of July, 1776, rang to the people the joyous tidings of the
Declaration of Independence; and which now bears, and bore
long be r orc its sonorous voice was called into requisition on that
august occasion, the prophetic inscription “ Proclaim liberty
throuyhout the land , and to all the people thereof." This bell, a
sacred one to all Americans, is now past sendee; and having been,
accidentally cracked some years ago — like Big Ben of Westminster—
w'as removed from the belfry to the ball, where it now stands sur¬
mounted by a slutted eagle. Either the eagle is too small for the
bell, or the bell is too large for the eagle—a disparity which strikes
all visitors. On mentioning my impression to the janitor, he ad
mitted the fact, and staled that Iasi year an American gentleman,
who entertained the same idea, 6ent hi m a splendid eagle, nearly
three times as large as the actual occupant of the place of honour.
Unfortunately, however, the big eagle had but one wing; and, as
a disabled eagle upon a cracked belt would have afforded but too
many opportunities to the jihers of jibes and the jokers of ma¬
licious jokes, the gift was respectfully declined, and the little eagle,
strong, compact, and without a flaw, holds his seat upon the relic,
until some more ponderous and unexceptionable bird shall bo per¬
mitted to dethrone him. \ k
The Girard College is a noble building of the purest white
marble— beyond all comparison the finest public monument on the
American continent. It is built on the model of a Grecian temple
of the Corinthian order; is 218 feet long, 160broad, and 97 high;
and closely resembles the beautiful Townhall ot Birmingham, the
great difference between the two being the dazzling whiicness and
more costly material of the Philadelphian edifice. The grounds of
the main building and its four contiguous hails cover forty-five
acres. Stephen Girard, the founder, originally a poor French
emigrant, came to Philadelphia at ten years of age, without a penny
or a triend, and, as a merchant and banker in the city of bis adop¬
tion, accumtiiated a fortune of upwards ot six millions of dollars,
the greater portion of which he bequeathed to the foundation ot the
college which bears his name. The college and grounds cost two
millions of dollars, or £400,000 sterling, and their endowment about
as much more. The institution is for the support and education of
orphan boys, such as Girard himself was when he first came to
Philadelphia. The peculiarity of the institution is that no religious
doctrine whatever is permitted to be taught within its walls. The
Bible, without comment, is read night and morning to the boys ;
but such a dislike had the founder to priests and clergymen of all
denominations that no minister of religion is permitted even to
enter within the walls of the college. T he question is put to all
visitors whether they are clergymen? and, il the reply be in the
affirmative, they arc refused admittance. Upon these, as well as
upon the personal grounds of their own disinheritance, the will
was contested by the numerous relations of Girard : he had no
relations when he came to Philadelphia, but France produced a
whole colony of them before and after his death—and in all
countries rich men have more cousins than they are aware of.
After a long course of litigation the sanity of the testator, as weil
as the morality of the will, was established by the Courts, and
upwards of three hundred boys are now receiving within the walls
of the college a plain educaiion to fit them for the duties of life,
in the entrauce hall is a line marble statue of Stephen Guard
surmounting a sarcophagus containing his remains for it was
another command in bis will that he should not be
buried in consecrated ground. In an upper chamber of
the building are preserved his household furniture, h s
day-books and ledgers, his china, his pictures, and Ins wearing
appareL Among the latter is a pair of blue velvet knee-breeches
which he wore at the time of his death, very threadbare ana
shabby, and adorned with several patches far more substantial
than the garment whose deficiencies they attempted to hide, but
must have made more glaring. C. M.
Mn J P. Gbast, in a letter from Benares on the 21st of
December,' concerning an idle story of his having released 150 mutineers
and interfered with the late General Neill, writes as follows rhcrc is
not the slightest conceivable foundation for auy part of the story. 1 have
not released or pardoned a sing e person. No case about European sol¬
diers assaulting mulincers, or rebels being released, or ordered to be re¬
leased. ever occurred at all either at Cawupore nr any where else. I never
saw General NelU, nor had auy relations with him ot any sort, public or
private, or any concern witli any of his measures, and beyond thinkinE
him a very fine fellow, and expressing my opinion ol him fr.quently. I
have never taken a part in anything relating to Win, or hud an oppor¬
tunity of doing SO.
THE WAR IN CHINA.
( From our Special Artist and Correspondent.)
Castox Kites.
Sixcb the arrival of the gun-boats nothing has been talked
of but the long-projected ascent of the river to Canton, which
at length seems upon the point of receiving its well-merited punish¬
ment. Directly the last instalment of “ jollies ” (marines) arrive
operations will commence. At present, the most curious feature in
Hong-Koug is the number of Chinese coolies assisting our seamen to
embark shot, shell, and ammunition for the purpose of destroying one
of the principal cities of their empire. These coolies will do any¬
thing for money; in fact, that is the characteristic of their countrymen.
As the period approaches when IIong-Kong wifi be left with but
few defenders, either naval or military, the residents appear to enter¬
tain grave doubts of their safety: tills is not to be wondered at,
considering they are surrounded by a population of 80,1X10 souls of
the same race and religion as tiioso with wli om we are at war. If,
however, disturbances do commence, they will have only to thank
their own ignorance, wait of energy, and mismanagement.
A little firm administration of the law is greatly wanted out here:
for instance, a petty officer of one of the gun-boats landed the other
day to buy provisions for bis commander; be was inveigled into
a by-lane by a shopkeeper of the main street, and there fallen upon
by about twenty Chinamen, who lieat him shamefully, took his money,
and ran away—this in the middle of the day. The whole aflair was
treated as a matter of course by police officials. There does not
appear to be the least restriction to the entrance of any number of
Chinamen into Hong-Kong; and, doubtless, there arc many
Mandarins at this moinent in Victoria.
How easy it would be for them to incite the population to the de¬
struction of Hong-Koug whilst we are taking Canton 1 leave you to
judge. Our legislators out here have taken care not Anglicise the
native population in the least: every native is essentially a Chinaman
in spirit and feeling as much as if he were a resident of Canton ; in
short, Hong-Koug is not in truth a British possession; it is still held
by the Chinese, who tolerate a handful of English settlers! How
differently nffiiirs are conducted at Manilla and Batavia 1
In contradistinction to the unpopularity of the shore administration
is the respect and admiration everywhere evinced for the Admiral
Commander-in-Chief, who has earned for himself the affection of every
one out here. Cocked-hats and epaulets are quite out of fashion;
routine and red tape are on the wane; yet somehow the efficiency of
the fleet does not seem less than of yore, and, if ever there was a popu¬
lar Admiral, Sir Michael Seymour is the man.
This morning (Tuesday, November 17) the first instalment of the
fleet left Hong-Kong to go up the river The Admiral does not leave
till the 19th. his presence being necessary at a diplomatic dinner at
Government House. You see “ y« habits and customs of j' c Englyshc”
are fondly adhered to even in this distant colony. The Chinese have
a similar custom, which they call Chin-chin Jos, and the only didor-
ence is that the latter put victuals and drink before their God, the
former put it inside theirs!
We left Hong-Kong at Bunrise; the rain of the preceding night
had somewhat cooled the air. but the clouds were fast dispersing,
giving promise of a beautiful day. Steaming through the Cum-sing-
moon passage, near the entrauce of the river, the French fleet came
in sight, lying at anchor, and making a very imposing appearance.
Even at this early hour the crews were exercising on the opposite
shore in all sorts of manamvres likely to be uselul hi the coming struggle
with the Chinese. Indeed, they are indefatigable in training both
officers and men—an example which might be followed with advan¬
tage in our navy.
Near its mouth the Canton Hiver is wide and imposing, gradually
narrowing as the stream is ascended. It is thickly studded with
islands, and has many shallow bays and indentations, the beau-ideal
of a lurking-place for pirates; and we can easily account for the pre¬
caution wisely practised by the early navigators while ascending this
river. Various fishing-stakes are met with, extending some distance
across the stream, from which the fishermen draw a good aupply of
various sorts of fish. Close to the beach large nets are suspended,
which are raised and lowered at pleasure by means ot a large wheel.
In these nets are caught shrimps, prawns, and other Crustacea. In
fact, the population of China is so enormous that il becomes au abso¬
lute necessity to resort to every possible means to obtain the requisite
supply of food.
As the points are passed, villages peep out and have a most pic¬
turesque appearance. Trees are always planted near the houses, and
the invariable josshouse is sure to be in a conspicuous position. Turn¬
ing from the land, we had a tine opportunity of comparing the naval
architecture of the Chinese with that of our own country. Junks
were passed in great numbers, and, doubtless, they are admirably con¬
structed for the work they have to do, yet the superiority of our own
craft could not but be apparent. Instead, however, of inducing a
feeling of pride, it makes one rather admire the pluck and endurance
which have so long withstood such evident superiority.
Having a strong tide in our favour, the run from Hong-Koug to the
Bocca Tigris was made in about five hours. The distance is forty-
five miles. We anchored near the far-lamed Bogue Forts, which I
had an opportunity of closely inspecting.
The position is one of immense natural strength, and a moderate
application of science would render it impregnable; but the Celestials,
wrapped in conceit, have not availed themselves of modern improve¬
ments; consequently, the place fell an easy prey to the first attack
and the high loud to the city of Canton was open to the invaders. A
ground plan of these forts will bo lound in your Jonrnal of last year,
At present the South Wnutong Forts are in ruins: as are also the
batteries on the east and west sides of the river.
But the North Wantong Fort remains entire, and is garrisoned by
the marines lately arrived. All the guns are destroyed, by being
cither spiked or the trunnions knocked off. There are lull guns in the
North Fort. Many of them were spiked in the former war; hut
the Chinese have turned them over and bored a trash vent underneath,
where they have been spiked again. The embrasures ore open just the
reverse way to ours—namely, with the base of the triangle inside ,
consequently, the gun can only be tired in one direction. One English
gun only was found, which is strange, as doubtless the English mer¬
chants at the factories would have been proud and happy to have
supplied the Brother of the Sun with any amount of the munitions of
" in continuation ot my last (Nov. 29), which concluded rather
hastily, 1 shall, in the first place, finish my account of the Bogue Forts,
t he number of guns in the various fortifications amounts to upwards
of 400, of different calibre, from 10 7-10th inches to the 0-ineh
Strange to say, no magazines could be found; merely small square
niches capable ot holding about twenty charges. In each fort there
i* accommodation for 400 men, with au abundant supply of good
water, The North Wantong is the only fort which has net been do-
142
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Fee. 6, 185$
etr oyefi. The work of destruction was not completed by shot and shell;
fop, although the construction of the forts is most faulty, the materials
are not easily displaced, and it requires time and labour to undermiuc
and blow them up. Some of the peace-disturbers at home will doubt¬
less raise a cry at the demolition of these forts, and eall it wanton.
In point of fact, we are doing the Chinese a good turn, as the fortifi¬
cations were useless before, and wc have merely heaped up materials
ready for constructing batteries of some utility.
North Wantong is occupied by two or three companies of marines,
relieved every fourth day by fresh men. The place resembles a well-
ordered barrack. There is a capital hospital, and all the arrange¬
ments are admirable; in fact, no soldiers equal the marines in the
difficult art of adapting themselves to circumstances, and converting
chaos into order. Witness the officers’ mess-rooms—improvised from
a brokendown josshouse, a sketch of which I sent you in my last.
South Wantong is occupied solely by the Chinese compradors, who
have converted it into shambles, and thus the unpleasant effluvia of
slaughtered animals do not intrude on the olfactory nerves of the
Fanqui. These compradors obtain for the fleet a good supply of beef
end vegetables, from what source no ouo troubles his hc ul to inquire ;
it is quite sufficient to know that the favourite “ ros hif ” will be forth¬
coming when wanted. The price paid is about 8 or 10 cents per lb.
The coolies employed in slaughtering tlie beasts are odd-looking
customers.
The Iwperadartmd the Imperalriz are lying close to Wantong Island,
find have at last been joined by the Adelaide. These vessels brought
out marines. The force now collected amounts to 1 Colonel, 3
Lieutenant-Colonels, 24 Captains, 70 subalterns, and 3000 rank and
file—a noble body of men, acknowledged to be the finest corps in the
world. They are all in excellent health and spirits; at the time I
write, net a man in the hospital. Both officers and men speak in the
highest terms of the maimer of their transport from England, aud
the arrangements, accommodation, victuals, Ac. The respective
Captains of the Imperadnr and the Imperalriz —Cox and Atkins—
have acted in the most liberal manner, giving general satisfaction.
Marines ought to be good judges ! Both the above vessels have made
excellent passages, and are admirably adapted for the service on
which they arc employed. The Lvperador is just re-chartered for a
fni ther term of three months, and so will be the Xmporafriz. The
artillery company are 100 in number, with a battery of 18-pound
howitzers, and a Kocket Brigade of 21-pounders—a most formidable
force.
The scenery in the vicinity of the Bocca Tigris is pleasing; some of
the villages are very picturesque, with every available bit of ground
under cultivation. Orange-trees, loaded with fruit, are dotted over the
landscape, and occasionally the tea-plant is seen; but its cultivation
is little attended to in this part of the province of Kwaimr-tong. We
often have trips on shore, and I enjoy them very much; one espe¬
cially pleased me, being my first visit to a real Chinese village. It was
near Auanunghoy. Of course the officers and men of the party
were armed to the teeth; but no one molested us ; on the contrary,
just as we arrived at the josshouse, a wedding procession was starting,
and a prettier sight I have rarely seen. The elfect of the bine, the
red, the yellow, and other colours of the clothes worn by the persons,
as they wound their way through the fields, with a bright-green back¬
ground of trees, was beautiful. They liad a roasted pig and other
arrangements, with no end of flags. We stopped about an hour in the
yilage, surrounded by the admiring multitude, whom we gladdened
l>y the distribution of sundry cigars. The number of children in a
Chinese village is quite a legion. On our return we mTide a long
detour and visited several graveyards, which I examined. The
Celestials carefully preserve the bones of their ancestors in earthen¬
ware jars, w hich are placed in graves most elaborately built of stone
and brick.
Captain Stewart, of the Nankin, has posted up several copies of an
address ordered to be distributed by the Admiral. I have endeavoured
to depict the Celestials reading the same. Nine-tenths of the Chinese
sre able to read: even the fellow without a shirt can master the
contents of the paper. Now for the on diis.
At lei-^th the Ac a, Lord Elgin’s yacht, has been restored to its
proper duty, doubtless to the disgust of its owners, who thus lose 43200
per day. II M.S .Furious is fitting for the reception of his Lordship,
w ho in the meantime lias taken up his residence at Government House,
Hcng-Kcng. The Furious will hardly be ready before the 20th of
this month—a delay, it is supposed, caused by the debate on the ex¬
pense of fitting tlie ship for the reception of our Ambassador and
suite. ( Tlie estimate is actually as much as 43250, rather more than
the daily expense lately incurred. You see we have a ‘‘circumlocution
office ” and lots of red tape out here. I see by a le'.tcr of the
Tunes 1 correspondent, dated July, that he expected October to close
without an advance. October, 1858, 1 suppose he means.
Tlie commencement of December was ushered in by a pleasant trip
up the river; indeed, I had the gratification of going as far as any
cue has lieen since the evacuation of the city. We first visited
Macao, which is onr advanced post, and a very strong oue too. It
was captured last October twelvemonth, l>y one boat, the Mandarin
and bis braves going out on one side as our tars entered at the other.
At present the place is garrisoned by a party of seamen and marines,
the former under Lieutenant Johnson, late of the RaUU/li; the
latter by Captain -MGinn, K.M. As usual, every part of the fort
wears an air oi neatness and order. There is inside the walls a pond
of fresh water, out of which, by-the-by, the gallant occupants are
constantly digging something appertaining to the Chinese; and,
strange to say, the goods arc in excellent preservation.
The occupants of Macao Fort appear to live well, if one may judge
by the amount of live stock nea< ly cooped np; and, what is more, they
delight in dispensing their good cheer, as the motto over tlie door of
their mess-room, “Ccad raille failtha” (“a hundred thousand wel¬
comes”) sufficiently testifies.
liaeao Fort, al>out five miles from Canton, is built on an island
aitnated iu the middle of the river, which at this part is not *2Q3yards
across. On each bank batteries ^replaced, flanking the fort { and,
had the defenders been moderately resolute, the position might have
been held ar.y length of time. From the top of the pagoda a good
view of the suburbs of Canton is obtained, besides Gough’s Fort and
the surrounding country.
Leaving Macao Fort, wc steamed np Fat-sham Creek, and visited the
scene of action of the 1st of June last. The fort taken by the marines
was in luins, aud no attempt had been made to restore it. Numbers
of junks were seen, because this branch is the most direct route from
Canton to Macao, and the blockade had not been enforced—an over¬
sight which has now been remedied. Some junks were examined by
our boats; one w ns armed with twelve gnus, and loaded with stinkpots,
powder, and other munitions of war, but was not molested; in
short all were allowed to escape—much to my surprise; but I
was informed that the orders were so strict against looting that it
would not do to touch them. 1 should think, however, there was
seme distinct ion between looting a poor trailing junk and taking pos¬
session of a vessel loaded with warlike implements. In the evening
I witnessed a most exciting chase: a Mandarin boat, pulled by 150
men, shot past us; instantly five boats were in hot pursuit, firing
away, guns and muskets. The faster we want the quicker they
pulled, and John Chinaman stud: to his work, nnd, proving too fast
for us, escaped. She would have been a prize worth taking, being
full of dollars, the contribution of the surrounding towns.
December 12.
Hurrah! at last there is some appearance of a move. An
English and French gun-boat went off Canton to*dny with a Hag
ti truce, and delivered the ultimatum of the allies for the considera¬
tion of Mr. Yeh. Of course the people in the gnn-boafc had their
ejec open, and look a good look around. Everything remains n
exactly the same state as when last visited, a year ago. None of the
forts had been repaired, and no “ braves ” could be seen. In the
evening a Chinaman was loaded with proclamations, a translation of
uhieb I send jou. The unfortunate fellow displayed much un¬
willingness to proceed on his errand, rightly conjecturing that his
load was in jeopardy. However, after auudry attempts to escape, lie
was escorted past Macao Fort, and “the shades of night were falliog
fast,” &e. He di*appeated on the high road to Cmiton.
No one knows the contents of the ultimatum, but the proclamation
will give your readers a good idea of what is going on. Doubtless,
in my next, you'll have news of something decisive. In the meantime
I must bring this to a finish, as the mail-bags are closing.
Six a.rn., Dec. 19, 1857, about ten miles from Canton.
PROCLAMATION.
Tbr population of the city and suburbs of Canton are hereby inform-I
that the forces of France and Great Britain are about to occupy the island
of Honan and the water approaches of the city, pending the receipt of a
reply to a letter addressed by the representatives of the above Bowers to the
Imperial Commissioner Yeh. Should the terra prescribed expire without
the Imperial Commissioner’s acceptance of the simply just condition laid
down by their Excellencies, the city of Canton will be attacked by the
united forces of the two Bowers. The inhabitants are therefore earnestly
recommended at once to take such step* as may seem to them be$t cal¬
culated to secure their lives aud properties. In the meantime the force
now advancing to surround the city is strictly prohibited frorn molesting
any but such persons as may themselves attempt molestation of the
Investing force. % . -
Printed in Chinese, on board her Majesty’s ship AAa&n, for distribu¬
tion. 12 th December, l$57._
The King of Wurlemberg is slowly bat steadily recovering from
Ills violent aitack of influenza.
A correspondent of the Daily News states that his Royal High¬
ness the Duke of Cambridge Is to be raised to the rank of Field Marshal.
This will give him an increase of £0 19s. 3d. per day to his piy, an
allowance of forage for twenty horses, and other considerable additional
advantages.
The steamer Fashion, which conveyed Walker to Nicaragua,
had arrived at New Orleans and been seized by the authorities.
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK.
(From our City Correspondent)
The amount of business doing in the Consol Market, this week, both for
Money and Time, ha? been very moderate, and the fluctuations in prices
have been comparatively trilling. The settlement of the account has
passed of extremely well, and the charge for carrying over acc rants till
March has not exceeded 2} percent. Jhia low quotation Is certainly in
favour of prices ; but some anxiety has been iSiown in reference to the
expected Alien Bill, and to the general aspect of affairs in Paris. Con iota
have been rendered Arm by an announcement to the effect that the forth¬
coming loan for the East India Company will not exceed £5.000,000. an!
tha»- it will he raised by an additional issue of bonds, bearing interest at
4} per cent, but without an Imperial guarantee.
In the Discount Market the supply of money continues unusually abun¬
dant. und the best paper has been readily taken at 2J to 3 per cent; whilst
in the Stock Exchange loans have been granted on Government security
at 1} to 2 per cent The joint-stock banks. ai well as the leading discount
houses, now hold much larger amounts of capital than they can find a
market for, and the question generally asked fs, ** Wh it measure or in¬
fluence is likely to rid U3 of a plethora of capital ? ’* Certainly the
Indian war will not do that, aud it is equally clear that nothing
short of a revival in the commercial industry of the country
can make any important change in the state of our money market. At
present tlie Bank ol England is doing very little business, and largo
amounts in bullion continue to flow into its coffers. The changes in the
position of that institution since the isth of November last year arfrwy
remarkable. The increase in the stock of bullion since that date is over
£9,COO 000, and in the reserve of about £8,500.000. According to the last
accounts, ••other securities” had declined £10 303,237 in the period Indi¬
cated ; and a further reduction iu that item may reasonably be anticipate!.
The total imports ol'bullion this week have amounted to about £100,000.
the bulk of which hns been sold to the Bank of England. H ither large
quantities of gold art; on their way from St. Petersburg, and the amount
on passage from Australian little short of £900,090. The principal ship¬
ment is £219,461 to India, China, &e.
The new Swedish Loan of £ 1 , 200,000 has been taken by some of the
German banks, at about 90} in a 4$ per cent Stock.
It is stattd that the city of Paris is abont to raise a loan of £t 090.000.
On Monday Home Securities were devoid of animation yet prices ruled
firm and higherThe Three percent Consol.-? were done at 95} g } for
Money, and 95$ } for the Aceouut The Reduce! were 95} § § f: and the
NewThree percents, 95! up to 95j; Long Annuities, 1365, 13£; India
Bonds. 2 Cs. iss. prem.; Exchequer Bute, 259. 22 *. prem.; Ditto, Bonds.
I 860 , 100 } : Bank Stock was 226*. Consols were a shale lower on Tues¬
day—the quotations for Money fluctuating between 95$ and 95}; for Time
the price was 95{j $ } f. The Reduced realised 93$ A; the New Three
per Cents, 95} J; Five per Cents, 112 }; Long Annuities,
i 860 , 2 l-ic; Exchequer Bills, 22 s. to 25s. 6d. prem. Bank
Stock was 227 and 225 .} In the early part of Wednesday the funds were
flat, but an improvement took place iu them towards the close of bail-
nofs. Tlie closing price of the Three per Cents, for Money, wa3 95} }; and
for the 4th of March, 95.1 3 ; the Reduced were 93} |; New Three per
Cents, 953 3; India Bonds, 163 to 29s ; and Exchequer Bills, 23s, to
27s. prem.; Bank Stock was firm at 226 to 227 ; Exchequer Bonds, 1859,
marked 100 }; Ditto, 1869,100}. On Thursday the Directors of the Biufc
of England reduced their minimum rate of discount to 3lpzr cent. As
the reduction had been generally anticipated, the funds experience!
very little movement, the advance in them being only } percent. The
Three per Cents, for Money, were done at 95} } to 95} }; for the Account
05}}}; the New Threes were 95} | and the Reduced, 95}$ ; Bank
Stock, 227 ; Exchequer Bills. 363. to 303. prem.; Ditto Bonds, 100‘ } ;
India Stock, 219 ; Ditto Bonds. 21 s. prem.
For nearly all Foreign Securities there has been a steady, bat by no
means active, market, and prices have continued tolerably firm. Brazilian
Five per Cents have realised 103}: Ditto, Four-and-a-Half perCents, 99};
Danish Three per Cents, 84}; Mexican Three per Cents, 20 }; Peruvian
Four-and-a-Half per Cents, so}; Ditto, Three per Cents, 55}; Portuguese
Three per Cents, 44 }; Russian Five per Cents, 112 ; Ditto, Four-and-n-
Hftlf-per Cents, 100 }; Sardinian Five per Cents, 90}; Spanish New De¬
ferred. 26 ; Ditto, Passive, 5}; Ditto, Committee’s Certificates of Coupon,
5; Turkish Six per Cents, 99}; Turkish Four per Cents, 101exai7.;
Belgian Four-and-aHalf per Cents 97; Dutch Two-and a-llalf per Cents,
65}; Dutch Four per Cents, 100 }; Buenos Ayres Six per Cents, 97 and 93 },
cx div.; and Venezuela Two per Cents, 12 |.
Joint-Stock Bank Shares nave changed hands to a fair extent, at full
prices. Bank of Egypt have marked 17}; English, Scottish, and Aus¬
tralian Chartered, 19 ; London and County. 30}; London Joint-Stock,
30}'c*x div.; Oriental, 35; Ottoman. 20; Provincial of Ireland, so};
Union of London, 24 ex div.: London and Westminster, 46} ex div.;
and Union of Australia, New, 19}.
The market for Miscellaneous Securities has been tolerably active, as
followsEast and west India Dock, 125; St, Katharine, 93; Australian
Royal Mail, 2 } ex return ; Berlin Waterworks, 4§ ; Crystal Palace, 1|;
Ditto, Preference, 4$; Eastern Steam, 6} ; Electric Telegraph, 105 ; Eng¬
lish and Australian Cupper Smelting Company, l}; European and
American Steam, 4}; London Discount, 3} ; London General Omnibus,
3}; Netherland Land. Eight per Cent Preference, 3}; Ditto. 2 ft; Penin¬
sular and Oriental Steam, 80 ; Ditto, New, 17}; Royal Mail Steam, 63 ;
Scottish, Australian Investment, i|; South Australian Land, 37; and
Rhymney Iron, 23.
Ihe dealings in the Railway Share Market have been far from
numerous, and, on the whole, prices have not been quite so firm as in the
previous week. Tlie total calls ” for the present month have increase!!
to £693,280. The following are the official closing quotations on Thurs¬
day
Ordinary Shares and Stocks.— Caledonian, 9if; Chester and
Holyhead, 37 ; Eastern Counties, 61 }; Eastern Uqion, B Stock, it; East
Lancashire. 91 }; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 67}; Edinburgh, Perth, and
Dundee, 31}; Great Northern. 106; Ditto, A Stock, 92} ; Great Southern
and Western (Ireland), 105 ; Great Western, 61 }; Lancaster and Carlisle,
New Thirds. 26 } ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 93}; London and Biaek-
wall, 6}; Loudon and Brighton, 106 cx (Bv.; London and North-
Western. 101 1; London and South-Western. 99; Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, 40 ex div.; Midland. 95J; Norfolk. 63 ; North British,
54}; Is 01 th-Eastern—Berwick, 97 $: Ditto, York, 83}; North Stafford¬
shire. 14§ ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 33; Scottish North-
Eastern. Aberdeen Stock. 26 } ; South Devon, 36} ; South-Eastern, 76 ;
South Wales, 83}; Stockton and Darlington. 37}.
Lines Leased at Fixed Rentals.— Buckinghamshire, 97}: Glo’ster
nnd Dean Forest, 26 ; London and Greenwich, 12 }; South Staffordshire.
10#; Wear Valley, 34}; Wilts and Somerset.. 92.
Preference Shares—E dinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, Four per Gent,
75; Great Northern, Five per Cent, redeemable at 6 per cent premium,
644; Great Western, Five per Cent, redeemable, 99}; Manchester, Shef¬
field. and Lincolnshire. £6, 5} ex div.; Midland Consolidated, Four-and-
a-Half per Cent Stock, 103; Ditto. Leicester Hitchin Stock, 92: Newport,
Abergavenny, and Hereford, Perpetual Six per Ccat. 11 } ; Oxford, Wor¬
cester, and Wolverhampton, 1st guarantee, 122 ; South-Eastern-Re ading
Annuities, 26 ; South Wales, Four-and- Half per Cent, 101 .
British Possessions.- Calcutta and South-Eastern, } prem.; Eastern
Bengal, f prem.; East Indian, 109.}; Ditto, E Shares Extension, 6};
Geelong and Melbourne, lsf; Grand Trunk of Canada, 48 ; Ditto, Six per
Cent Debenture. 86; Great Indian Peninsula, New. 2 J; Great Western of
Canada, 21 }; Ditto, New, 13}; Ditto, 1873, without option, 106; Madras.
Five per Cent. 21 }; Ditto, Fourth Extension, 6}; Punjaub, } prem
T onEJCN.—Parfflj Lyons, and Mediterranean Fusion Shares, 3i|; Recife
and San Francisco, 10 ; Royal Swedish, *.
. AB^ough Mining Shares have ruled rather quiet, prices generally have
tolerably steady. South Wheal Francis have been done at 220 ; Vale
of Towey.i}; West Basset, ex div.; Wheal Edward, 7«; Wheal
JreJawney, 23} ex div.; General, 16 } ; and M&riqulta,}.
1IIE MARKETS.
is 9ox>|ilioR 0 * roost Ulnut oi ptoattco nara to-nxy trara on'y mjjcriJefc
»do gencmll* ruto I brovy. at agenttey’s eurrejey.
it, F.**ox and Kent. red. 10 *. to 47*. I ditto, whlt«, I?*. to *■'>i ; \* rfo’.k *.nd
to 47*.; ryo, 30*. (o »»*.; rrlodJnK lur'"y, 2^9. to 3.**.; tlifttflfln? (Hilo,
uf ditto. 31*. to 40*.J Liii^ilu uu-1 Norfolk ntitl?, >S*. to*io.; »r> va • no.
COKS-E-X^UANOr, ToVumry 1.—Only a mcxl'jrat** •upi>‘v o' En; iih n < ■ i‘. ‘i.n on \ /.* j n ,
to dflj'o irinrkor, ©or. H wise aud by land earring*. I* r all kliuli, h 'W»var *•■» t *1 •••» m I r..Vj.
liMvy, at • 'U.f tl itetUvn In the qaouitixni of from Zi. >o J*. prr qinrtnr. T.mj
fui 4 ijfn wheat wai »ea*nnnbty uxtcnAvn, anti tUa t.-iLi wish) a il I ?s. t-o-
Qunter les* n.oncv. About roventy wssbU wor> o:i o:Fir I *#f.»n wl»n ©nro tn»n w.; i.
want. Fine ninjiius bnW told at I *t week’* « irr.-ncy; h i er.ml a ul iilul'? a* mrt*,
pave way la to 2 * per<juorlrf H*!t m»! a doll toija ry, ouJ inferior uxrc.iU .v rs r utiar
cheaper. There wa* only a lirnUeJ lurjul y for oi*, tb* qu'nttlon* hit a- <1 >.v w.ml
tender cy Ikana wer. 1 *. p r quarter low ir. l\u*, liow-*vo.*, iuoportc-l pror om ru cn.
Count, v nnd foreign (lour gravo way l*. per 2S0 lb.
Ftphritary S.— Tl;o sunplian of ruwt klndt of produce n^ra to-diywsro only m.>}rr
Uftrtxtbrieta thetr»d«g “ ** ’ "* % * “
/■jTUjiish. —Wheat, E
RulTyik, ro.1, 40a. to I
3Z«. to3is.; m.iltinff dilty. 3li>. to iOs.j Liu^olu uu-1 Mr. »1K mni!, >«. to tin.; rr, vj 1 no,
5t*. to 5r\.; KlngMoo and Ware, ifta. to Gla.; Cbevallrrr. tWa. la 0-U.; Vork»hlro and ldu-
coltihbiro fciU »«!#, it** to 21*.; potato ditto, 26*. to 32i. j You. -al and Cork, bU :k, »0«.
to 24?. ; ditto, whit©, 2-7*. U> 30*.; tlok bom*, 33*. to 3l«.; grey p-«8, ;lhi. «•» II* ; (u;i>1©,
41* to 4.1*.; white. 10*. to 12s.; boiler*, 40a. to lla.pcr quinw. Town-ax.ido rlo^r, 10*. to
«3*.; towu hoa*rh Ma, &9w. to40s.; ooualry marks, 31*. to pc.- HI lb*. V ..••' iai Oour,
80 *. to 2c*. jxr barrel. ... .
jfrttlg.— LliuMd move* off tlow'y, at barely aiaton iry iirico'. Clorer *oo l 'u r.ttiily, at
AilI fiomatlois*. Mo>t other aeod* aoppart previous ratoa
Lliuwd, EnrfWi crnshi» 8 r, 60*. to Mf».; UctxllivrauooQ, •>'». to Mi.{ l! :uini rd, 4 1 #.
to 42*. per quarter. Coriandar, lia. to per cwt. llroarn mwunl «n -1 it*, to tjj. ;
ditto white, 15a. to 17*.; tore*, fta. <KI. to 6 a. W. per bath .1. Kn^iUli rapewni. >-* to 73».
rwr ouartcr. Llnaccd cakwi, EurUaU, (JLVi 0s. to XIO J'X.; ditto, fo-eign, ill k*a. to -110 l 1 # -
lapa cuke*, *5 6 *- to £6 «s. J*r ton. Canary,HO*; to RX.uer <)u.v:or.
J},tad.—Thn priooa of wheaten broad in the mutryDcfi* eso (torn 7«1. to 7J1.; of hou#©-
hold dlt’ 0 ,6Jd. to «}d. per lib. loaf.
Imperial J|’c »kty Aecrag&f.—yt heat, 47s. Ct!.; b.;rljy, 3.H. U-; oata, 21j. Id.; rye,
54*. I0d., hem"*. 6tl.; pc:u 1[ l |, ii. 4d.
7 ?,e six Weeks 1 AvtrQ'jr#.— t Wheat, 48*. (id.;, barley 31*. 7d.; oata, 22a. 7d ; ryo,
22 « lid.; 1-ti.m*, '3!*s. Id.; ptms, 40a. til.
Ewptsh Grain Sold last scccL-rWheal, 92.511; barley, 91,138; o«t«, 15,^31; ryo, 57;
bean*. 5478; peas, 101I5 quartera.
Tva —Cur market b fairly « applied w th scroplo*. .iia uhiu• an average bn dam .i do’.i,-;
in meat kinds at fell price*. Common toaad c rngou, I*. !}1 p«’r lb.
Sttnar.—Wt hive Mi reparHtn lwpiwm > 4 demand for mo»t n v a*, an i v.nji la
th<*uu*ti ti. u*of «hI fwrewt. ilurbari'.tm hue aokl w. 3 *». ts Id* id.; Bmfil,47^t, »i ;
M.uritius, 55*. to lla.; and tfadras, »i. to 3d* »'.J. par Hull i d jjjri* atj*•;.•,; ly, a.
47 f. tjd. to 8» Cd. for brown lump*. , Pleoea nwi worth <>$•. to I 45 ' ivjr «wt.
r„p,r —Vo Chungo ha* taken ptaco in the i;uo(M on », aid thu dom\ad gen 'rally h v»
been contlned to imraedlate vr'la
Ilia 1 — Lnnte tjUfiiUdc* ourtlruo or. offer, and the »*o-k In wn*©inua» I* ov sr , ;n*.
Tlio tr.uwwtlona aro sery moderate, at dioopinj prtucj. Fiuo b>M Whlti hi*
dtniped handa it TI*. to 11*. 6d.; Bad m 7a. Od to 6t. jior cm.
I’iuvi.-i“U*. * la tho r<ki6 of Irirli butter tra bar© v-er UUs clmi^e t> mile*.
•nd fore I },-1 |ii\lH*» rail chout atat'Omtry, on forms l ter m. lluioit h** slv:n .v-y •». uor
cw*. In the jrovlalon* very llitio U dolux*
/Yi/.Wr-W© have to report a very alow- iorjalry forth’* artfol©,oa lOWif to.-ni. C.Y.r.o-l
the siwt, has xoki a| 530 , and for tiinle dedvor-. 52*. 6d. prut.
0il4 . — lh© market for tlmord clIU ready, at2Ei.Ho.an! 24*. M pore vt an Jho
Rapo 1* quo ei a* £41 to £4’. Other oi'* aupport last week * cu.-nuxoy. Aa-riooj ap'rlu uf
ter jer.tli o are worth 88 \ 6«l. ; and Engl!*\ 57*. 0!. par c * \
Sui.-ils.— Ihe di-mand for mm U » «mdjr. ar.d prlcoi a/r. well aipoo-tel. l‘»o)f '.envA-di,
2f, to if. 2d.; Raft India, I*, lid. to Is. per gallon. Thera 1* very llit'o luqalry fit b rm ly
and erraio aiilrit. n barely til# late dec’ino in vn'ue.
7/f. v »t*.—Meadow hay. £2 10*. to £1; clJvcrd'UJ, £3 10*. to £5 da.; and straw,
£1 2*. to £1 10*. per lead. Trade »tea«ly.
CW..—Huddle * West Uart «y. 14 *. Sd.; HoIyw?H. 15*.; Tinl I I ll wr. I * <>?.; \V<*;
H*r;:c3*, 11 . fib: KdrllWm* crlmd. It*. 3d.; SMncJi'Vi, IJj, d.; and A Id able, I "a '< J. par
Oood aod llto h )|ra are In fair request, at fall quo ati jn*. In all otlnr k'.nl*, oaly
a limped bu»lc«qi Is pn«»iuK- on fnnrr term*. *
RVfP/ —The next public aalca nf oolonlnl w.vd will be .-inimimc*} on the 2Vh Ini*., w i:n
22 ,iLtu bake will be oiTorod. By private contract very Hill* U Joint, 00 form r (eras..
Futulors .—llio LUppliea of both Imme-grown aud fjrei^a poutsoa are .inly in -Icrv.e,
and I he trade g.-nemlly Is inuctlm, at from 7ae- to 183*. o«r ton
MctropolUan Cattle Market.—Vary llmi'rd suopHei of fa* s'.o-.k have b>*3 on o ‘Ur
this week. The ir-do generally ha* ruled atesdy, aud p.h’o* luvu had an npwarl
tendency :—
Heuf from 3*. 4d to4*. l(Vl.; mutton, 3*. Id. to5e 2JL; vos*, I* »d to 6a. td.; pork, 3*. 3d.
to 4a. (Id. per 5 lb. to aiuk the offal.
JfcwQate and L<adnihaU.—Un\y a moderate btwluc** baa b’on »#»a*a^‘3d In then©'
markets et about iwcflou* quotation* r—
Bo«f from 2*. IJd. to t*. 4d.; mutton, 3©- 2L 10 4#. 81.; tm?. 3j. ftl. to -t*. *.J.; r-rk,
3 b . 2d. to 4a. M. pet S lb. by the corcuae. Kousur iitucKitr.
THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Friday, January 29.
ADMIRALTY. JaX. 88.
Admiral of tho ^luo Sir. E. Tucker, K.C.B., having peon eppohim f to rraVo *i po ul >n of
£:5!) a year. hW name 1m* boon removed to the Kwirvc I Bah-poy LUt, aud. In u >t«e.)U 0 UCA
of this removal tho fallowing promotion* have taken p! ten—Mae- Admiral d. Gorl .u, •; 13 .
to bo Admiral; Vic 9-Ad mini t of the Rod II. Hone, to bo Vdrniral of the Hlnc; Vice- \diniral
of the WhitsSlrG. It. Hoitorluato ba Vjco-AdniIr.il of thy Rod; Vimt-A-Imfc* 1 of UwUlu*
£lr. H. Slew-rt, to be Vice-Admiral of tho White: Hear- Admiral of thi Re l (1. K Rich to bo
Vice-Admiral of the Blue; Rear-Admiral of the White H. L davatti U be Reir AJmiril of
tho Ihrl; llear-Admiral of ib« Blue ^lr J O. lto»a to bo R.tar-Ldudrol of tho Wal: j; *.,itaia
tho Hon. E. Ilnwanl to bo Hear-Admiral; Cardniu A. Milne to b© Rear-Admiral of tha Ulua;
Captain* E. Chappell aud J. Mondty to be Hoar-Admiral).
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
J VIGTTA88. Wallsall. Staffordshire, timber m-rebant—T. M. PRITCHARD anl
B1G51NBDN, I/wiDOOl jrlce merchants, and coco*, chocolate, aud chicory uiauu'tQ.aron.—
T. PRANC18, LamVa-placo, Klrpitar.d-rond, builder.
BAKKULTT8.
.? COOK, Birmingham, aplrit merchant.—H. SCOTT, Rlawartb, Cambridge, d.*apor r
orrectr. end baker. —J. DALES, I*lmlico, Middl’-so"; and Ixiuth. Llucoinahire, bisU Ier.— C J.
Will I NALL. Canterbury, tailor oed draper—H. 114KER, Nofiu^ham. loco nnuttfactarer.—
R COOKS Liverpool, Iomcathlre. hotter.—8. II. BRIGGS, Into oi X .'.UaRham, inc • muta-
fa':tmcr.—D W AMR.' ER, Tun .fail, Stoffordfhlre dr-trm.—II. TO^KU, Dean-*? o *4, Soho,
tin i late woiker end Japannor, and Cranbouroo- »tr:ot, lolcoitor-square. tnillmer.— T.
BERRIS, Ro-dter- licensed victualler.—'T. a^d J. HORSFALL Shipley. Y rk-h ; r\ mathtoo
mnker* — J. FItESIIWATER, I’oalTr, tea dealer an ! grocer —SI. and f. BROW S, Bradford,
Y rkshire, woo’*tailors • E. J. WILLLAM1, Upper East SaiUhtlold, ah’p owner —J.
FRANCE, BrowahtU, Cart worth. Yorkshire woollen c'oth manufao*urar.—C. HITCHM4N,
War** ick. licensed v’ctunUor. —B. T. PSSCHMASW, Livorjijul, ui^rahout— W. aud iY. T,
RILKY. B Is ton, Fmlg’.oy, and Wolaall, Stoffordablro, ironma tore end provision dcal-r*.—\Y.
WOOD, ildlcn-next-Gravoeeud, builder and u d > taker.
Tuesday, Feil 2.
WAR-OFFICE.
Ro^al BorMhuudi; Lieut. Sir E. B Hon-
niker to be Cupluin; Comet aud Id jut. G.
Bull to lmve tbo tank of Lieutenant; Cornet
Y Bonnet to be Lieutenant.
lat Dragoon*: Cept. T. W. 8t»B to be
Captain.
e h; T. M. Tcm*r to bo Cornet; Ccmot W.
H. Bonier to bj LleuH-tmnt,
3rd Light U-a&oons: Cotnot n. II. I'nettto
he Cornet; R. Titfard to b* Cornet; J. Phlbbs
to be Comet.
4i h: Comet W H- I>avia to bo Lieutenant
Itlh: ConietJ-G Anueiiey N> bo Cornet.
13th: W. N. Corteton to l»o Cornet.
Military Train: Ensigna V. Ap’.in, — Bod¬
kin. to be Lirutentnt*.
Royal Artillery: Assist. Surga. W. Tanner,
W. J Camming, to bo Atsia'ant Surgeon*.
Foota Fnailicra. Brerc? Col. F. II Tumor,
Lieut and Capt. aud Brovot Major tk* Hon.
E. Fragor, Lieut, and Capt. tuul Bromt Major
GIp,«, to be Captain* end Lieut-(Menu's;
Ena'gn and IJcut the lion. W. K. Trefuai* to
be Lieutenant and Captain ; A. Spier* to bo
Ena'cn and Lleutecont.
Jnd Foot: Ueut. A. M. A. Pago to be In¬
al ructor of Musketry.
3rd: Enr'gn J. II Le Cocq to bo Lkutonant;
D. fi.C Elwea ti bo En*lgn.
5th: Llouts. E. L. Green, T. C. B. 8t
George, J. T. N O'Brim, 8. B. Kekowtch, to
bo Ccptnins; LJcuti C. F. Houfthton, «. F.
Sewell, R. Cook, to be Lieutenants; J. Wray
to be Pajmaster.
7th: P. G. II. Somerset to Imj Linutonant-
Coloncl; Ikait. G. Weddarburo, Lieut, und
Adjutant R. Uurbonf, to bo Captnius; Llouts.
J.Aruott, A. Gardner, H. 8. HArrivm W,
Hart rick, to bo Lieutenants; E. W. Griffiths,
V. U. Lanrwonhr, E. II. L>varidr*. G.
HoJyoako. W. LOstllsr, K. L lata r® \
Ashton, C. G. BeUnt, il. F. Bailer, to ho
Ensign*
12th: Ensign M. Coke to l*e Lieutenant.
2'at: E. E. D. Boycott to be Ensign.
Sd.h: E. D. Nn.vbjlt to bo Ensign.
flSth: Capt. J. Kenip to bo Captain.
7dth: Endgj J. B. 9a.wyor te iva Ll«:n-
tonant; Llout. I,. E. O'Conner to lx) Adju¬
tant; Sergeant- Major CoghUu to bo 'ialrt.v-
mkstor.
7Slh: J CrrklnQ to be Ennirn.
81st: Ensign J. F. JelUcoo to be Lion touting
QnartermsLstor-SoigaiuJt M. Curry to 17>
Smun.
Hull: Lieur*. W. M G. Keats, F. Hanly, 19
be Captuiua; Ensigns K. C. 8. Holy, XI. \T'-
liams, to bb Lieukman'aj Kusigu* s. R. For<-
lor, Q. W Coventry, F Corim'l, C. P. Od.:-
aall. Sergeant-MajirG. Lsmbart.tobe Ensign t.
67th: A-d.t. durg. P. B. Smith M. J., vo b>
AssUtint Surgeon
89’h: Lieut. J. A. Burstow to bo AdiutapL
93rd: Major aud Bre/ct Llout -'Jol. R. L.
Row to bo Major.
With; Rxu'gn J. H. Thompson to bo Lient.;
Lieat. J. H , I3iompsou to bo Adjutant} R.
Thorp to bo Ensign
Kiflo Brigade: Lieut. J. S. Knox to ho
fn’tractdr or Mtnketry; W. Grant to be En-
aign.
Depot Battalioxb.—'VT aJcw and Brevet
Lloni.-Col C. H. Gordin to be Wijor; Capt*.
R. O. Cole©, Rowland, to be InsiruclorB of
Maiketry.
Hoshtal Statp.—A s'lst. 8arg. P. David-
*on, M.D., to bo AeaUtaut Surgeon.
BREYKT. — The wndermontioned nfflrers, having complete! three yurn' artna! »c-vf:e, t
be promoted to bo Colonol* In tho Army, under tbo Royal >VarraH of 6th Oot . 1851:—Ueuc
Cols. It. Wardlaw, A. C. Bcntlnck, D. Kelly, Quartermait-r U. Tyler, to have the hxi. rink
of Captain. Tbo undormentiontd promotton bat taken place lr. tbs Boat India Comi«a* s
Army.*—Col. II Pilor to bo M.Jor-Gcuerirl. Tho uu'ermoution d Offiaers of the Ea t India
Con-pany'a Satvico to have a step of lion tank Co's P. J. Bog'du. C. P. Jioks-.n, to bu
(Ionorals Jlajnra F. Mluc^en. P. Knyvett, R Meckenr-jc, il. Holland, T.dmytho, J.
Hill, to bo Licutonm.t-Coloncl*. Capt J. Mungavln to be Sfajar.
A WtXRAi.TY.—W1 h reference to 81r Colin CampboO’s despatch of tho 10th of Oeirmhir,
1857, pnhlishod in the 1 1 union Cazrlte of the 29ut Inat.. tho Lord* Cnmmlstfouerj of i ':9
Athniraky have promoted Lieut. J. W. Vaughan to tho rank of Com mauler.
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
8. MENBE L, Ftnchtucb-alreet, City, commiuion ngo-t,
BANKRUPTS.
J. W. LITTLEH. Lower Kdinonlon, 11 hit!leeai. apotlivary.-T. E DEFCON. Hcintf
Ilempatesd, Uertfordahire,tanner. -F. 8TRVKN8, Kar'a Barton, K trtlmmotonih.ro, nurwir.
— T. BiLEY, Wolverhampton, Btaffordahlro, wins and apirit merohsiie.—VV NRSVirf,
Wolvarbampton, Btaffordr hiro.grecer.—J BURGESS,Tipton,Staffordshire, Mcoiuod victualler.
DRASSFlELDi Lecd*, ropomukcr.—W. WADSWORTH and J. HARRli>M. 8sl#ord,
Iuincs*hlrr. cotton wa«t« dealers —W. BOWES, Keswick, Cumberland, tnada aud elgo-to >i
roanufticturer.—H. BROWN, North Shield*, Northumberland, ahlpotvnar.—J. KN123, Dua-
chuich, WarwUkihire, baker. _
BIRTHS.
On the 31st ult., at tho Rectory, Becd!eaham, 8uffolk, the wife of tho Bov. B. W. Bucko,
of a daughter.
On the 39th January, at Canterbury, the wife of tho Rev. Frrvnci* J. Holland, Vicar of St.
Bunatan’s, of a duugliter
On the 28 th January', at the Roctory, St. Fagan’*, Glamorganshire, the wife of fbo Rev. W.
David, of a son.
At Lisbon, on the 17th ult., the wife of Mr. Hoyses Bnzaglo, of a son.
MARRIAGE.
On Jan. 26. ah Roobdale pailah church, by tho Rov. J. E. N. Uoleaworth, n.P , Wm. H«n ry
Glover, second ion of the Venerable Archdeacon Glover, to Francis Caroline, second daughter
of tho late J. T. Bridges, Ex;., of Wnlmer, Kent-
DEATH.
On the lSihjnat., atCorfti, deeply regrotted, at an advanced age, Alexander RcKi,
senior of tb© firm of RMH and Mavreuani, of that aland and ©IsbwW©, formerly for many
years resident la London.
Flb 6, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
143
.V£ir HOOK S , $-e,
TBK rfiOTKoTANT TALK.
at I G II T SHADE.
I \ Ey war. JOHNSTON M.A.
l'ri Hhiiliags.
•"TliC incidsnt* are exiting ard highly wrought op. It is aupsriov
to thr gerrral run of suck works of fiction " Atheu-rum.
“A Ilcrirm iu which, with .-'^mordtntTr nilnut <»• .ml mrvrvulloai
powers rf d«uU, the Intrigue* nml tortuous potty of too Joiu'ts re¬
ceive a toil and slannlng iiliutniion."—Ditpfttcb.
•'Since reading *N<>Yrr '<n live to Mend' wo Ji~.v« r.ot mob with
»r.y I ook no thrilling in hr, dotfll's."—BeUtot Nows Letter.
“Cre of the very uti'urt of tho data—a writer of niilro
ci r yh alky I'urnfiirs Unruld
“ V e t refer it to 1 Undo Tom's Cabin ' Llverp-iol Herald.
"Awcrk of dedd*d ability, and of the most eochufuing ta'ftred.
Wo bopo the Protestant public will not fail torsad this deveriy-
T»?Irt«n Jtml thoroughly Protcsta-t hook "—Bri'lth Messenger.
London: KD.BEXTi.KV, NewBnvlhigton-ttreet.
AXCIKST AND 5 O'JEltX POITKRY.
Now- refidy. with coloured P atos, SOO Woodcut*, uudau Index, 2 vo**,
moilintu 8ro t?a ,
F I? TOBY of ANCLE '■T POTTERY:
Egvpri.tn, A'sjrian, Greek, Et-uscun, and Homan. By
t AKl’EL lliHCil, 1.8 A.
Also. oviform with the above.
HISTORY of MEDOSVAL and MODERN POT¬
TER v Py JOSEPH M AH it Y AT. Second Fdl'Joo, with coloured
Plate* and 240 Woodcuts Medium 8vo. 31*. Cd.
[KLOWKSTIJTK OOSSM’.}
* • The *ce end edition of ‘Mr. Marryat’s History of Fdrejth and
J’cfrry 1 has ful'cn like* bomb among both the buyers and sailor* of
• ai d.»n antiquities' in Florena*. One (Treat ‘'ebrew mUUotntlro, as
retc word for bis collect on of crorkcry as fir hi* rommand of cab,
Las at oner c mi'ermanded all enter* for further iiursture* of majo¬
lica. Curiosity, deales who, a couple of mouth* ngo. were asking
ilfO for a cracked plifi*. nre tmw witling to taken hundred pen no.
In ro thcroughlv export. g, In bis elasa'o* 1 work, the man .firctnni of
spur ion* mnjoPca long carried on here Mr. Marryat has per format a
signal tet co to the rJmi on of ficiilc art."—The Morning Post
Correspondent, December 1867.
John Murray, AlUrmnrle-»treot.
SCROPE’3 VOLCANOS OP CENTRAL FRANCE
NfcJt Week, hew Edliioo rcvtsid and enlarged, with largo coloured
Maps, and «rnnv Illustrations mediant Bro,
ffTHE GEOLOGY and EXTINCT VOL-
Jl CANOS of CENTRAL FRANCK. By G. POULETT 8CUOPE.
MP.
•• None of the pmbTleatforw, wmthcr of FrmMt or Fngl(eh writer*,
wlkb have yet appeared c»n ho coM’de cd to afford that g-w-ral
view or dt fai cd <1 >«criptU>a of the very rv.« ivk»bi t »«wios of gao-
k>giea!fee'spre*m> Vd hr th's eoun'ry which tboy undoubtedly men',
or which any vi.it v <1 jtiruus of exftmi ting It* jncu meni would
wish to have lab's hand its a guMo. I have therefore been 1«1 to
lupporo thnt a now edition of my Monvdr. with such emomUM.n*
nnd additions «* tiino ami 'he fail bar rbvrva'ion*. whotlior of myself
or others, might suggest, would be acceptable at the present time."—
Extract fn.ro Author * P<cf; ice.
Joiin Mubbat. Albemsrta street.
THE NEW WELIINGTON BPSPATJUE?.
TMadoyr,\oL I, Bvo, 20* ,
I NDIA. Ftipplementftl Despatches and
Memoranda rf F-ed-M/r*hgl ARTHUR DUKE of WSL-
LINGTuN, K G., ’TfiMShS. Editod by the PRESENT DUKE.
Jotix Mphvay Al' cmarie-stmt.
Few mul", with a Bev.nue Map. 8vo,
I > DIA IN 1858. A Simmiar/ of the existing
AfminiMiatlnn—PolFfral,Pl*"al and Jndclal ; with MatisUoa
of Cotton Culture. Kdueutlon, and Pnbl'c '* orks; Truatie* with Native
Elates; Imperial and l.ocul Acta and Rcgulat : ous, Onlc* in ' ounoil,
and ParlUnnentPiy UocomeHts. chro*o' steady nrra-iged frjra thu
e&rlUkt to ihc presont time By ARTUUK MILLS, M.P.
John Mlbkay. Alboioarlo-street.
V> ody on th» 19th of Jacnsry, prlca
W INCu£sTER - “ The White
IT A Svmho'ic d Ess^y.
Ey AUGI-TA K A i it AKIN "■ RBBKC3A ROBINSON.
I'd lii.hrd by Jamk.s Pamp in, Winchester.
City.”
Jpp« readv. at all Iho Librariwi-, In 3 vo’b .
T HE STAGE ami the COMPANY.
By the Author?** of 14 The WltV* Sister."
Ci:a*li > J. SKvKT, Publiahor, 10, K'ug Wltltam-rt, Charfoff-crou
This dav I* cub'i-hi-d, ono vol. 8*0. price 12*.,
T HE PRI*CJPLES and PRACTICAL
OPFRATION oi SIR ROBERT PfiEL'S ACT or 811 Ex-
r'niptd and Do-ended
Third Edition. RpvUad ar.J Eulnryed.
Compri‘IoB Critical Fxr.mtna.Icns O* tho Report of the Turds'
Committee of lPtl upon National T>V ew; of the Novel lYlnal .1«
of Currency p r opoi m dril by Mr. T«K'k-* and Mr. W lim; und of the
Chapter on Hie Rrgulu'icm of Cuvrincy In Mr. J. G. Mill** " Prlnti-
rJi» of Political Economy "
By K. T OH P.7,NS. R*q., F.B.S.
" Tho object of this t nlanod edl ion Is to pte-nt 1o the pubPe, at
cue view, aflinniitiifil rojiiy to nil tho wvemt objections to tho Htnk
Cliarttr Act. cf 1S4I v.hiuh have heeti adva'cod b* 1h> t-’a^s of
r? truer* who p‘of«s* adherence to a uictoLlc standard."--Proftoo to
the Third Edhi n.
I.oidtn: LON(ni*Nand Co.: and Ridgway, Flcoadllly
JoM out Illustrated by nil*. Ilarvov, Han-Non W«!r. kc., {»«..
I YHtCS of IRELAND. By SAMUEL
J LOVER, Author of ‘ Tx'go-di of Ireland.” "RorvO'More '
" Handy Andy." Ac.—IIOIM.SXON and Wi:;t;HT, 85, Patcmo»tcr-row.
TVTEW ILLUSTRATED BOOKS.
J.1 Tw.lvc intubation*, by Analay and W .fa Phillip*, prlco, 2i.
NIGHT anil DAY;'or. Bettor Late than Never.
FRUGAL MAKKiAGKS. 2a. ll'uatrated with 300
' llOWMo M AKF, a HOME, and FEED a FAMILY.
JiO Fnprnvinp*. from Design* by I-oeob. Ac., rt> *80. price 3s Cl.
PAUL PRENDEKGAST; or, tho Comic School-
aa»tcr.—W ard and Look, IftS. Floot-rtroets and all Ba>ksoU*r*.
KEW SYSTFM of MEDICINE.—The
ANTlfiEPT C TREATMENT.- Graat result* by harmTou
mem*. The mo t extraordinaiy Cu e* have been mtda In lotw*
rtauding Cctnp’nlnt*. Cant er tr-uted without pain, Lupus, Scrofula,
Comuraptlon Throat and Bkin Ulseasc#, Ulceration and Irri ntionof
the Mucous Membrane, frdilution, with N^rvottsne**, Htarrhict,
other Chroole DUoidrm S-e Trcnibo on "Aca-Ha Charcoal.*’ oost-
f,ce 1*. By W. WASHINGTON EVANS, U D., 12, Bernard-*troot.
Trio row-hill. I ondoo-
P ARKINS and GOTTO, Paper and Envelope
Maher*. 21, and 25, Oxford-street, thn ebatpest boiue In tho
kingdom. No charge for ata-vpl-ig. No ohargo for ccmcatlmj cn-
velopr* No cba'gtr for carriage to the enuutry on order* over 20*.
Cream-1«Id Note, 5 t^uirs for Od.
Thick Ditto. 9 *Jnlrr* for la.
Commercial Note.6 Quito* for 1*.
Bordered Note i Qnlrce for 1*.
India Note. 5 Quires for 1*.
Letter Paper, t*. per Hcem.
F«tr.cr. Parer, t*. ?d. m
S traw Writing Paper. *«. „
Outside Foo’scap, 0s. 6d „
Wedding StaMoncry.
..Iry
Sup«ri*r Envolopcr. 4d. per 100.
Black bordered, 6J. per 10O
QuouuS-hend ditto, la, per dozon.
Gfllco Envelopes, H. per 10i0, or
10.0CD for IS*. \ \. - '
JtW Car la printed fir 1*. 6d-
Gc-d Copj-booka. 2». per dor.en.
Pe*.t Wort, 3*. ltd. |H*r lb.
Goorv Quilt Tons, ‘i». 6J. p*r «(w»
lYiceUs*, wnt post-free.
Copy addrcea—rarkfoL and Got to, 21 and 2S Oxfbrd-atroaL
OK AAfi BIBLES, Prayer-Books, and Ckureh
vi/lUUv 8or*lc<y, In every description of binding and typo,
bc'ng the flu i larged, and Loot-bound Storis In tho lllc gLq, al
PARKINS and GOTTO'S, 21 and 2u, Oxfard- »tr*tt-
TY INDING the ILLUSTRATED LONDON
JL> NEWS.- Bubwrnxr* and Puvchae-w M have their
VOT.UMEd HO USD lathe atmroprlato Covers, with Gilt rdjpis, a: 5*.
P« Volume, by Mnding * ’ * r, ' , ~
payable to^LlllGHTOlf.
_ . _ _ J.TTiS, VUIU V... •'a.
•hero. CAmaKO-paid, with Pcat-nfHco Order,
uour-- ‘ “
HMMi SON* and HOUCK, 13, feboo-Una, London
« onlf Binder* aoUmrlrod by the Proprktcr*.
P ERPECTION.—I’accnt PERFECTION
PENCIL-CASES, novel end supsrior lo all otiter*, oawtructod
to vreer kv. ytdr*. V»«ry icitoblo for fiosent*.
Ladle*’ fixe, tn Silver, is. $±t in lie Gold, 2a.
Gent*.' „ ,7C l^a|.M. > 4s.3» m < 1 •
This m<4c]«eH wear a# gold Exchanged within * woik. To aTl par a
t t Gnat I>T:»u!n and Iro und, fn c. Poat-oiiico order* payable to
•I and A. FOU.IN50N, 7K Pc.m-anoet, Uirmlngb un.
T HE STAUNTON CHESSMEN, adopted by
aH difttlni-ulahod playort t>f the game. Mice Loin IS*, to flO I9i.
per set At all fancy repositories. Wno'etsln, JAQUE8. Sale Mtna-
factCK?*, Hntcn-gf rdcrj Cuutlcn—To guard again* Inferior imlta-
tlcna, esch set fcetiiVr. ftnuntcnVsigna’Lre.
P HOTCGEAI'IIY is now applicable to tho
Wtcrereopo, m Uhi-tnitiGu of which wo tnay mention a very
bea-tifni object, prepared by Mr. AMADIO, the LORD’S PRATER,
tho v holer (-ft CXI Cr Which i*Vcnrce!y v'dtlo to th.y naked eye, and
yet, when placed ui.dci tho Mlcrjeoop', every letter oppoan In a gaod
fc xt hand.— I iedeil Jou rial, July 22nd, 1857.
A great variety of Mkawoopio Pgoto^ra^iha. Addrcn, 7, Throg-
morton-atreet.
TlyfICROSCOPES.—J. AMADIO’S BOTANI-
XtX. CAL 1I1CROSCOPE3, packed fit mahogany ca*o. with tbroo
Xt> war*, Condenser. Pincers, and two Slide*, will ahowtha Aairaal-
otilfB in Water. Prico 8a. od.—The Field newspaper, under the
gardening department, give* the following volaable tMtimonv It
» mamflously cheap, and wUI do everything which tho lover of
(•mure can whih tt w occ unpUib, ei-.bw at home or in tho open air."
June 6,1857 —A-Mr*#*—7, TtrcgmoTlOK-Jtveet. A largo tauimen
of AckroDfctk Kxrwoye*.
NEW MUSIC, frc.
N ew song, the bridge of sighs,
written and compoaed by SAMUEL LOVER Ewj. Pdcftfa.fx1.
1 his elegant ballad may be considered one of >!r Lover* tiapplest
crmposltlf u*. Wopf* and mualo ore equally pleasing, tad ousuro it*
becoming « general Ikvowite. FoAtago-froo.
London: Durr cod Uodoson, 65, Orford-streat.
S ongs of the seasons.—spring
M.ossnwa mrausit nosas. aurrav FRiars. «na
V7I.NTEH KVFhGaTESS. CompoM., br 81EPTEH OLOVSB.
Prico 2*. Gd. Oieh Ibofe song* pa«es* uUroctiou* seldom Safer®
obtainod. Tbo Word*, >y Carpat'tcr Hr* exceedingly lntarottlog. and
liavo tuggesUd tc Mr Glover inohxlio* of the most fascinating cha¬
racter, while tho IMuxtratioua, by P-ickcr ere cuperb.
Vurr and Uouosort, 05, Oxford -str^st
N EW SONG, DELUL Composed by
JOHN L. HATTON. Prico 2», postage- frea. Thi* * T r 1*
competed in ITa'ton** best stylo, u a national song 'o wDl rank with
"The Bravo Old TemenUro " '•Tlw Death of Ne'soa," "Tho Si^pj of
Kar»," &c- The recltailva I* very pleading.
Durr and HauOfOH, 05. Ox ford-street.
miJE CHRISTMAS-TREE POLKA. By
JL HENRY FARMER Prloo 3*., postage-free. Tliis Uvely ami
animated Tolka has become a great favouriio i this and " fbo
Break of Day Bchottuwho " rank among tho most popular dances of
the season.— Durr aiid HOdosojt, 65, Oxford-street.
IVTEW GALOP.—The ALARM. Composed
J.1 by T. BROWNE. Price 3»,, poitage froe. Anum^ tho spark¬
ling novelties performed by WcippurP* Band at the Urand State Ball
at Buckingham Palace nauo thoao more cjnapleaously tkaa tho
** Alarm " Galop, which was admired hr nil
Durr and Uodgsow 65. Oxford-street.
T HE ROYAL BRIDAL POLKA. By J.
Von JOEL. Embellished with Hfoliko Fortmlt* in Colour*
f the liluatrioa* Pair. Price 2s. 6d.; free for stamps.
_ l. Ditou - Z.T. Pun PAY, High Holl>or n.
ARRIAGE of the PRINCESSROYAL.—
Tho ''Bose of Castillo," Balfe'a Now and Popular Opera, u*
performed, by command, at ono of the Stoic. PinfiVinaacea at hor
atnje.'!y’D Tlieiitto, on the Pension of the Royal Wedding: a!*», the
Quadrilles ar.d WaPzes from the “ Rose of Castillo, 1 ’ arrang <1 by J.
G. CALLCOT1’, na performed at h«r Sfijeatv’s Grand 8tt!o Ball, at
Brckhghsm Palroo. The whole of tbo Vocal Music o ; tho 4 R se
of Castillo 4 and nil tho Ar'angorarni* for »he Plan forte by (Lilcott,
Kavarger. Oafeorne, lldme. Omy. RuramcU, &c , aro puuliahod by
Cramer, Bkalk. and Co.. 201, Regent-street.
"THE ROYAL MARRIAGE.—RING OUT
.1 OLD ENGLAND'S BELLS !-National Song on the oscaaisn
f f the manrlngo of tho fTlnces* Royal, crab-Uiahed with a beautiful
I ortratt or me Boyai Dildo. WHttun hy DOUGLAi THOMPdON;
Compcwdby WALTER UAYNAIID. I'.lco M.
CkAKKic. IU:alk, iunl Co.. 1W1. Regent-st'cet.
R ose of England, our bonny
ENGLISH ROSE, botatiful'y Illnwrated wdh a Portrait of
tho PRINCESS ROYAL, by BKANDA.RD, price 2a. The celebrated
Fngli h National S ng, rung at tho City of London Dinner* given In
honour of the Nuptials »f the Princess Royal, with ncct.»ma; ! ons of
*pplau*e. and most cuthushuUca’ly encored, the whole company
j iiilrg In the chorus By tho Autt'or of ‘•Fear not, but trust in
PruvWin o." Tho riLOT. p'loo 2 b.—L soxt UK, Mct-oportan
Musical Repooito.-y, <8, Album trio-street.
rnilE BRAVEST of tho BRAVE. Written
J exon **!y for felm* Rocvo* by FANNY LACY. Composed by
EDWATt!) J. CARD. Musician in Ordinary to her Majesty, price 2'.
"* J his is cuo of tho most •ptrllod and oxcellcm tonga wh'oh tho
h'r’ic dto s of our so dler* In lodia have called fbrth. Mr. Cani has
given mm’cal t xrrft Ion to *be nat-onal foaling in a manner that will
heighten Ida reputation ar a Court muaiciao, awl under him popular
alio wl h the who’e of bis countrymen. Hr* w>ng shiuld be heard
In every arsemblngfl of EmrlUhincn. and wo oro not surprise 1 to find
that it is adojticd by Sima Kcoves. It D Indeed <ha tenor toug of the
day."-—Muricsl Review.
The CHURCH at CAWOTOUE. Wortls by
FANNY E LA-Y. Mu*ie by EDWARD J. CARD, rrieo 2s. "Tho
march nltghuFO with which thl» b sutlfnl song i* In roduced I* a
graceful oniMptfou happily applied to tho subject. The erect ion of a
church ever the well at L'awuporo is a wortoy atwl becoming sug¬
gestion, end Mr Card’s plalntlra melody will s-*rve M rcconrnoml It
to the adoption of errry hearer. Tho composition Is altogether trxxl,
and will be listened to v>ith sad*'«o9onand delight.' 4 —Musical Review.
The BRAVEST of the BRAVE QUADRILLES
(UUKeire). By ALFRED ARCHER. Buperbly Illustrated by JOHN
BRANCARD. 3». With Poriraita of G ncr.xl« Uavolock Wilson.
Ontr m.Nicboliou, Neill, and i’lr Culln Cuiujiboll. A Bpiritod *«t of
milit*ry quudriUea, full of ilfo, and worthy iho deed* of Ui i brave e of
tho hn.ve.
The BATIXE MARCH, descriptive of the triumph-
ant Fnt>y Into Delhi, moot boautlfully Hlcst'atod by JOHN
BRAN Da HD, price 2* 6d. The mcsic arranged by JOHN PHlDltAM,
Author of the cclehretod 44 Iukermnn March."
"This I* a March deecrlotivo of tbo trium hont re-entry of the
British force* Into Delhi A* a piece of descriptive squbIc, it U on-
titied to f trttd neit to tbo ‘Batxleof Pragua.' It la exceodingiy
MIVtivo thiongbout. Tho ‘Indian A'r,’ introduced o» oro-j^ading
fr, m tho mutin:cra withlo tho wnlli of Delhi is a novelty—and a
charming novelty, ino: whilst tho 4 FH.jht of lho MtaUnoen ’ is omi-
ntn'ly iuggeetivo of tho hot haste with wfc'ch U wa* a' tondjd. Tl»o
March appropriately wind* up with a p!-string arrang mout of tbo
well-known nir. 4 The CjmnboH* aro cf.mlng.* "—Court Circular;
LKON t Lkk, M* tropolltan Kob'fsI Rm>o>iiory, 18, Albomarie sTooI, Mf
OW, ROW, HOMEWARD WE GO!
_ , River Song. By CARPENTER *nd 8PORLK Price 2s., post-
free. A com potman * of much bnanty, and booomteg iirunonocly
popular, tbo melody bring charmingly simplo an! srrocdiul.
JokEt'it Williams i n. Chorprido.
E
Just published, price ?s. dd.,
rpiIE MISTLETOE WALTZES. By Mra.
LIGHTFOOT HALL. Author of tho "D.ibutanto Schotriacba,"
fto. Free for sUroo* from Mr*. Hall H!gh-str*ot, Wtiltebaveo.
rpHREE GUINEAS’ WORTH of MUSIC
JL givea to all Tubi^fbsrt' to JULLIEN and CO.’S MU3IOAL
LIBRARY PrrwiorntnBOB mmt frost on andkiarton to 11C Bo mut-Bt*»et
HE NEW ALEXANDRE IIAllMONIUM
for ti.e DRAWING-ROOM.
ALEXANDRE and 6L*N br.veju*t teken out a now patent for tbo
Drawing-room Hnmmnhtin, which effects thometto^t Improromont
that have ever mode In tho icitromnol. Tho drawing-room m xbds
will ho found of ? softer, purer, and In all rc pccU more »pn»sble
toon then any other Instrument* They have a perfect onl o-uy
meant of producing » diminuendo cr crrtcendo on any one note or
more; tbs. baw can bo perfectly aubdu’d, without oven the u*o of the
express on stop. th« great diflloaliy in other Harm'•nluraa Toeaah
O' the new mouols an additional Mower b atfachod at tho buck, bo
that the wind can bo supplied (if preferred) by a ■eoond person,
and ttlll, under the new patent, the performer eon pity with perfect
«pr«»i«!, Tnf . drawiNG-BOOM MODEL.
No. 1* made in three varieties. Guinea*.
1. Three Stop*, Forccusloa Action, additional Blower, and
In Hoc-wood Case .. .. .. .. •• •• **
3. Eight Stops ditto ditto ditto 35
3 Blxt on htor* ditto ditto, Volx C<f.o*:u, Ac.
Ghebtat Harmonium that can bo made) .. .. 60
Mokt*. Chappell have an enortnou stock of the
* SIX-GUINEA HARMONIUMS,
And of all Yerietie* of the ordinary kind, which aro perfect for the
Church, School, Hail, or Coucer -room.
No. y Guinea*.
1. One flop, oak case .J®
2. „ mahogany cepo .. •• •• J*
3. Tinto 9top*.oak, iftgcincai; roeewood .1«
4. Fire Sioj.s vtvro row* tibrator*), oak ..23
„ ditto rowwood ..23
5. Eight Stop*, ditto, oak, 25 guinea'-: redwood .. .. 2»
6. Twelve Ftopa IfOxr row* vibxaton). oak or roaowood cane 3 j
7. One Flop (irith poicumljn aclioa), oak case, 16 guinaa*;
rorowood .. ..
8. Three Stop*, ditto, roeowood oaio .
9. Klffbt Stop*, ditto, otk or rosewood ..31
10. Twelve tkoee. ditto, enk ..
11. „ dlt’o, rcnewood case.*3
12. Patent model, ditto, pol'abod oak orroiowood cave .. 55
Mciara. Cbappell beg uRo to call attention te thrir_
NEW AND UNIQUE COTTAGE PIANOFORTES.
No. Game**.
1. Tn mahogany case, fi| o Uv« .. .**
2. lurcsowcod. with circular fall ft| octaves.
3 In rosewood, oiexant eeso, fret*. Re,.3*
4. In very elegant walnut, Ivory-front® 1 ! key*. Ac. .. •• *0
5 The Unique rianoforte, with perfect chock, action, elugxnt
rev wood case, 6J cctavoa .. .. .. •• ••
6 The Foreign iiedri. extremely elegant, obllpjo a.rmgfl. 7
Outav. j, b«9t check ac’ion, Ac., the mo*i powerful or
all uprightplat.of.irU* •• •• •• -• w
AJro lo tbetr Immense *«B=itT^nt of bow ard *c-oadbtnd Inst ta¬
mer's. by Broad wood, CoUud, and Erard. fat uce, whji.
Full deacriptlve lUts of haimsnlum* tnd of pianwortee *ent upon
application to CHAPPELL and CO , 19 and 5% New Bond-*t«ct,
8td 13 . 0*.orgc-»treet, ll.tnover-tgnsre. _ _
M usical box depot, 54 , Cornhm,
London, for the Sale of Murical Boxes made by the co'ebratod
Meisn*. NICOLE (Friree), of Geneva, conuinlug operatic, national,
favouriio. and Mured a ir*. List of tunes ami prlcas graUt. __
EO. LUFF and SON’S IMPROVED
HARMONIUMS for SALE or HIRE, with cat? temu of pnr-
chrto, from £12 to £50. The only maker* of the real ‘Tarmonlara.
Bernini, Tuning* —103, Great Ruavcll-rtreet, Bloim’ua'V-l _
1AKOFORTES.—GEO. LUFF and SON
tim itM !wjcu -I->ck to London, for HII.E or HIRS. "»Ji
msy lurni of purchi se. both new and Becondhand, from £10 to £100.
Tuner* sent to all part*.—ICS, Great BcateU-iUeet, Blooniiiury.
LLN END RATERS TO THE QUEEN, BY APPOINfMENT.
EatahLshed in '778.
BABIES’ BASSINETS,
XJ Trimmed aud Furnished,
Ready for are tte *ait h :cna free of car.iuge.
BABH.A’ BAsKEre,
'frlurred and burnished to corrrepocd-
CAPPEB, SON. and CO . iO, GllACBCaUKCH-bT^ LONDON, E.C.
Daciipt.ve List*, with prices, scat free by post.
Bent poet-free, Descriptive lilt* of
COMPLETE PETS of BABY LINEN,
which aro ae.-t homo
throngbent tho SujglotU «‘rre of carriage.
UNDERCLOTHIXG FOR HOW fi, INDIA. AND ALL COLONIES,
for l^dlos. »>id CJiiltlreo of all ago*.
U5ENDRAPER8 TO TI18 QUEEN. HY APPOINTMENT.
Fstabllriiod In I7H*.
T ADIES* WEDDING OUTFITS
1 J sent homo free of carriage.
Df ncriptive Lists, with prices, sent free by poet.
CAPrElt, SON. nad CO,, S3, Gracc^hureh-itred, l.oiulon, E-C.
"IJETER ROBINSON has daring the past
JL wrek mail b ter- ral iitm:!ia*ea In
RICH FLOUNCED 61 K HJBP.B.
200 of these, being cf last year'* pattern*, will be ebkl oT
very cheap.
rp HE NEW BAYADERE BAR GLACE
X BILKS,
at £1 10s. !KL ?ho Full Dm**,
ic sown different colour a.
fHECK GLACE SILiCS,
\J In ail th« new e->!oa*, at
£! IN. «d. the Full Drew,
raiubla for either plain or fl juncod ilirls.
CELLING 0 F F,
O the remaining Stock of
RICH RAISED BATIN BAYADERE BASS,
£1 9s fkl. Ibo Fui! Dress;
a meat gen!*--! and effee ivo W Inter Dress.
MOHS ANTIQUES.
JLlA P. R.. giving thl* departmem bU psrtlcular attenx'on, is
alvra^* preiiSitu to offer tho richest gwls at Uie lowest p 6».b‘t> pri*«fc-
Nri. 1 uille* iuppl'id with put did of Block tuel Colon:cJ il .irre,
post-fico, by adilaiilng
So. 108, ONFORD-STREET.
ALL LAST YEAR’S SILKS,
of both Biriag and Bommor G ^d?. will now bd sold off at
VERY LOW FitlCEa.
•PATTERNS for INSPECTION forwarded,
JL post-free, tn anr part. Address
PE 1 KR EOBIS80N. MIKS1ERCER,
103, 105, 1(K, 107, Oxfonl-street.
IMPOBTART TO LADIES.
TAIBSOLUTION of PARTNERSHIP of the
XJ Old SnaMhhed J^Irtn of HODGE «j;d LOWMAN, in cun-e-
qucncc < ( which tiny aro offering lo tha Public tho wholo of* thrir
v»I able Stock of silks, f-i-avrls, Mantlet, C/.*polf, Damak-, IJ turns,
I'rc.ics of everj- dcicriplion. Lace. Hof, 1 , Mbbons, Ac., kc., at ve-y
low prices « > s*ro nvnre a *T«edy cdasrapfec.
AhOYLL HOldiB,YM. m, 2d'- 4 . Regnot-Bt^ot.
Q ILK S, Rich, Plain. Striped, and Cheeked
Lly Gifted, at 3?*. 6d. par drett* of twolvo yards: well worth the
attention of famiiiM. Pattorra sent fro© by poaL JOHN HARVEY,
VON, and CO., 9, Ludgato-hllL EstabiUhcd upwards of fifty yoirv.
Carrisgo paid upan amounts above £5.
mHE INDUCTION of 50 PER CENT on
JL raw S Ik L d'e* »o puroheso a useful and fjubicaabla
SHk Prw*a« r very mftdtraA p» co. Tha lato panic In 'he corn-
mortlfll v.crld and re need iU*o of the Fi'k Murket havo lodaocd
Jam** Space nodf-A t« parclwgc la’griy, *» rtic.a which wi’I eves
b- ar corny arisen with thceo of d al. mamorabio perio.1—the French
Ecroiuti.n rf!$Q8. Inspection Invired.
JJ AILS BPFNCF cod CO., 77 and 78, St Paul’* Ch-trebrard.
A.fOURNlNG ORDERS.—NEW MOURN-
J.yJ_ IMG FABUC —Fa'terns of a’l tho v o-v Materiala frejnar
roahT* Address PETER RObIRSON, GENERAL MOURNING
WAREHOUSE, 10j. Oxford-atreet
TyrOURNING MANTLES and BONNETS.
JjX PETER ROBINSON i« row showing nrns great eovritL**,
'x’lh for Mrtirrhjg and out of kfonrnlng, at hi* GE >£RAL MOUilN-
iNG WAREUOUhB, 104 Oxfyrd-fctrecst.
X)LACK SILKS, cheaper thau they were ever
J_g krewn.—Paittm* of oil tbo now marks, tno per post: also,
Mi W /nllqucs, in bl?ck rntl hhadei r f gvey. Address PKTSR
ROBINSON. G NEUAL MOURNING WARE110U8B, 103, Otfj d-
tficct, London.
TNDIA. — Family Mourning. — SKIRTS,
JL trio wed d-eplr wl h Orape, from JOb. upward* to tho riohoat
quality, with ilan-I m and Bonn* ta to nmieh. Family onl ♦•* euppliud
on tl o most r asonabln terms. Fir*t-cl*>* Drea’inaklag at. moderate
charge*. Order* attended 'o in two or oonnlry. Add er* • E1*E l
ROBINSON, GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE, IW, Oxford-
street.
Q TONE’S HYGIENIC STAYS.
kJ Vra. STONE’S BTAYB and Ei.ASTIC BODICES havo been
before the PuMlc twenty-five years, and are unrivalled for correctness
of fit nud durabilltv, to bo bad with or without her Patent Fastenings,
at prices varying from 5a. fid. to 18*. ; or made to measure, of u>o
best quality, and In the very firm styla. for 21*.
Mr* htcan's is the lar/cet retail ra abilshment in England, and tho
Icns’.h of thno »hc ha* carried on tier busiue-s mart bo a gunraatoo of
fair dcn bjg with all Ladle* who *on<l their orders to her If tha *!«
In inches round tho waist, acres* tbo bosom, round tho hips, an t
length of stav at th« bu#k. bo oout, eho con In all e**w. send a itay
to fit correctly, such on-css to contain a Post-oflic* order payable
to Edward Stone.
Ladle* visiting either of Iho following housoa will fin ! a vtry largo
ifivrTracnt of Corsolo, well marie, and of th» mtwt approrivl shspos.
33, Crawford-Btreet, W.; 1. Ilnnway ftrecl. W.: 9. Illdlterow,
Haiborn, K.C.; 30, High-street, laiingtos, V., London:
or.
15, North-«trent, Brighton.
Ladles' Skirts In gnat variety.
IT'D WARD DOUDNEY&SONS, TAILORS,
l i • Five special Appointment*—
Tbo tjtucn.
The Prince C>’u*o-t.
The Dtrchra* of R**3t,
The late Queen Adelaide, and King I.onh Philippe.
A so Cloak end Jacket Msk'"*
tc the Prince of mire. Princes Boyai. Prhrcet* All c.
Prince Alfred. Prlnoem Helena. Princess Louisa,
and the Prince Arthur.
Riding Habit*, £1. i»
Lxdiva 4 Tweed Cloaks-Sls., water, not air, moot
Footman 1 * Suit, £3 3s.,
Edward Doudrey and Son*, Tagore, 17, Old Bond-street: 2i, Bar-
Urgtr.n-aicado; 19. Lombard-street. Established 17dl.
QYDENHAM is the GRAND GALLERY of
O rRACTICAT, 1LL1 STRATTON -Art. Pcinucc and Mannfar-
iurc arc It* tributaries. Tiie Sr 'ouhsm Top-coat ■ f bent Watcrn.^ of
Prevrr, IT* ; the Sydmham Trot’an* of net t of Kcgl.n l T>ooiklns,
17 a 6d.: ard Vest i* mutch. R». 6J., are the mvt |«rfcot contr'bitls »
of t).»t tranch of mochsiiical *ktll. Hole Maker*, SAMUEL
FBOTHTRS. 59, I udgate-U ll. Pn’.i.raa. kc , seat free.
TI/TESSRS. NICOLL'8 ESTABLISHMENTS
1V1 »-elfu,dl,«rf:-Soml»r II1, RROKTr-3P>U:FT, 1, Ihclr
Depot for P*l« tols, Unii'orms GouUcsncn's Evening and Horning
Drae*. No. 116 far the manufacture of Gio Guinea Trcwsera. No 118,
fer Half Guinea Walsltoata. No. 150, far Waterproofed Guinea
Copco, Servants’ IJrcric* Number US i# ihtir new establishment
fer Ladles’ riding Habit* end Mantle* in Fur «nd Cloth. And No.
1 <4 contains thetr other now department for Clothing Young Gent <v
mm with 'he Ufte, excellence, and economy whereby Mcsera. Mooli
havo Bocurtd wide-spread c-.nfidsuca. Tba Whoie**k» VTarsfOoms ore
alike rear of the Rogent-rreot premise*, rlx, 79. 30, 31, and 41,
Wiuwkk-iUcct. Tim City drfpot 1* at 21 and «, CvrihlU; and tho
addresHM ot the various agent* ore doiy advertised In the ,oarnola of
the United Kingdom ami the Colonies.
Tl/IKTER OVER COATS and CAPES.
T V One of the largo** Stocks In Lond- n of Flrrt-riase Garmcnla,
on best terms; rendered thoroogblyteqwerioo*to ralft,witSou|10b-
struoriog free vemUation. or eitr* chKrga.-WAt.TBR BBRDOB,
96, New Bond-street, and 69. Cornhitl (N.B. north ride).
lVTO MORE COLD FEET.—Patent FELT
XN ISFOriED BOOTS and &HOE3—BOWLBT and CO . 53,
Charing-cree*. Prize Modal Holder* at London and Fail* Exhi¬
bition*.
rPHOMAS D. MARSHALL’S ELASTIC
JL BOOTS.—Indies’ FlrfS-da** Elastic Boot* at moderate pricte
All kinds kept ready for wear. Elastic Iloaec-Boote 6e- M. and
e*. fd.; Elastic Evening Boot*, 8*. &].; rich fixfln Flabile Boole,
14a 6d.; EloBtic dcuble-ooled Boot*, 13*. Eiiwtlc Pari*
with military beeb. It*. Cd.j ditto, wkh rVcblo.oka, !
with kefclo idea, .7*. 60.— fhciaa* D. M a n h all. 19J, Oi f&A-Htf.
T t nE ROYAL WEDDING.—FRENCH
ROOMS BAZAAR, coho-equoro. TatroaUed by tbo P.incits
Boyai. MADAMfc RAMAZZOITT has u»t received aoma ele^au*
Specimen* of An In Paoey Artidee for Wedding Present*, kc., k c.
( 'IBARLES PACKER (late Antoni Forrer),
J Arxigt In Hair to the Q-
I! air Jowcliflj
Foreign and! J| _ k
Jot and Mourning ditto, 76, Kegeut-stroet-
K T O N I For li E R.
Artlit in Hair *ud Jovrelluy,
by Api»‘.'nu*iient
to the Queen,
I?, Bakcr-ot m>:, roitmaa-eqcara
<nearly optxalte the b/xuar).
Acteni Frrrer bos no connection whvleror with hi* Utd ErtabKib-
tntint In Rcgcnt-stroet.
M ilne ar.a co., hair jesveclers,
f cm Sweden, 70, Georgc-street. Eil-nhnrgh, »cn«I their Book*
wiih ICO iiiuatrsulon* and i’ricu* for uia&ing Hair Broccou,
Brocrbrs, Ac , froe by post.
H AIR JEWELLERY.—Artis: ia Hair.—
L*KYV D>EY beg* to inform Ladle* or G entl e m en r^klent In
town or any part of tho klc'gtldm that ho heuttlfollr make*, and
elegantly mounts,Tn gold, IlAl.t BRACT.fJdTS, Cham*, Broou-hea-
BihiP>./P ipM, Studs, Ac.i and fonvards ihn aaraa, coroin'ly packed
fntoxcr. nt about"onc-balf the usoil charge- A bijautlful -.oltoctian
of rp&hnuu, ban tumriy iuountod. kepi fo r inspection. Aa illas-
tra.ed bookauni free.— DeWduoy, 172, ranciiurch-ttroet.
B efore you iiaye your likeness
TAKEN «cnd for DEWDNEY 3 PATfE tN3 of BilTGCUES*
Xockehk Bn,C4let». kc.. wtlca are rout Do on ieyrpt of ;«v**p vtaxe-
0lRi9i«. Ihgt+tircl Itcvulrlng lit i la 3^211 G Id. to»hxefeither
l^ken^B cr Kitr at plcaturv o r w»ar cr, from tla oath A <1 Id
Fkt«l Brorb brlodut Mrut free ti any part of tha kio^.lorn for
10* Cn — D-.’w.J -oy, Manufiotuxirg GthlnnLnan'l Jo well tr, i72. Fen-
chuicli-i tro.t. City, 1 ondon.
GUINEA GOLD WEDDING-RING an,T
Hall-mukoJ KEEPER sect n amor jeer box t* oar pm of
roeript rf 21*. or a Pc»‘-nfTi>io oakr.-SBOSSfi
A
tbekingdim cn_ __ _
l)EWDN1i5’, Gold rulth sml .Towellcr, Iff, F jnchurch-s'roet, L itdon.
T7ALENTINES will be rendered doubly sweet
\ by tbti addition of RIMMEL 4 3 R *YAL BRIDAL SACHET,
an cVg.mt astin bijou, ornamented w!rii flower*, and crniUinv a de¬
lightful odvur. trite I* ; wnt t>y post for 13 * tamps. Sold by oil
1-trfamera and Chemist*^-Rimmei, W, dtr^nd.
B IJOU NEEDLE-CASE, containing 100 of
DRAKE'S KSEDLE5 for 1. TWi Mil. ck/oL
and •‘legwnt apr-.-udjgo to a lady'* Y.'ork-.aWu wiU be forwardea
lKHty.tr/ut os rooupt of l* nofli* ro-*-*~nn9. addrseced lo T/EA2HS,
and 00.. Ixmdcm-nridge, R.C. ratahUahot A )> ITud.
rPBE PEN SUPERSEDED.—Marking Linen,
Jl Piik, Cotto n, Book*, Ac., with CU» LKT0.V8 PATENT
ELECTRO-SILVER l LA * EB, prevrut# tha ink a^aaing and njvcr
wa be* out. Jiy moen* of tliia !nrrn?iou a tbrsnud piece* or liren
con be marked in me hour, with dlrenlur * for ute, v*ut po«*-frtM for
tump*. Inl.L’l Plate. 1?.; Netna Plate. 2*. 6d.; Set of StoveaSe
Funiber*. 2«. fld.; Croat, it. Abo, Pntont Lever Knjbo’riug Pre-*,
wiin Crot-dio for »tamping paper, 15a.— T. Cullctoo, Patents ,, 1 a-.d
£, IxMlg-acre (.one door from St. Martiu'n-lano), W.C. Uoer.tro of
iicltaiiona.
F
ISEER’S DRESSING-CA3E«,
188, Strand.
Catalogues post-free.
TrtlSHER’B
1' thebe*
NEW DRESSING-BAG,
belt portable Drewilng-caao ever invonlod
!«, Btrand.
Catalngn* ■ po-t-froa
IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT in
X 81 ECTACI.E'*^-KEVZOR nnd BE^DOS* (»uc;e»*or. t) HatiS
and Bona), Optician*, beg to call attention 10 thuir SPKCl'AuLE Q
which will cnd..t tho tnost aged, weak, or dsfestive vliioti; b i::g
graund on an entirely new prlrclplo they do not require the frequent
«.Laog ug to stiouccr power, which U »o to tha eyes ua tho.o
In guncnil ueo. Iluche;* opera ri»a*c* portable and powerful, con-
ttructed will* 12 lcnrei; raoo-counio gloou* and toleicopaa wiih all
Iho laust iiurrovcnionto. 30, Hiab 0o’.born Established 1789.
INFANTS’ NEW FEEDING-BOTTLES.-
X From Ute ** T ancet,"— 41 Wo have a el Jon scot anything ro
b, dutiful as ih» Feoding-Booles introduced by Mr, ELAM. UGy
Cxftird- street. Whether for wa ming, rcaiiug by h tn l. o r 03CAflenal
fetdJi g, they ore quite unrivaTcd." 7*. 6tL each. - —
T AD1E8 NURSING.-NEW NIPPLE
J. J Bill F.LBF, for t iking away all pain whilst minting : pro r eat'oif
ana ia mediite’y curing cracked or b jronlpplc*.—BF.NJA-XiN E1-AM»
1J6, Oxford-Btt.c*. 4i.Cl ; or by pott.iki extra.
A PPROYED OF by every Medical Man. who
XJl has soon it.-Tho BPJT1HH FBEDIM0-BOTTL8 Oarist.-rod!
in the only bottli In which tho «aiii»ly of food can be regulate whllo
the infant 1 e being fed. Price ?». 6d.; cr to any railway itation*
»*. Cd, of WILLIAM T. COOPER. Pharmaceutical Che nbrt. «,
Oxford-street 44 Hint* to Mother* and Nursu on Keariag Znfaua by
Hand," freobypoiL
£10,000
DAMAGES.—Condemnation of
Sir. C. MUixio fer an lafHogetnent of tho
Inventor'** Klahta.—Let Counlorfoiter* therefore l>a oaaUotts.—
rULVEHMACBKRS MEDICAL F.LKCTRO-O ALVA VIC CHAINS,
for personal uio ; an un'oiilrg and oitea instant remedy for K'toumn-
thui. Gout Epi’cpsv, rorulysis, Llvur Comulslots, Asthma, In'Fae*-
tlen. Corgbt, Dtsdbess. and *11 Nervous and Muscular Disease*. Ap¬
proved by the Acoddmlo do Mc'd/ciue, Paris, and rewarded at mo
Uuivctial Exhibition. Their extraordinary oura 1 tra powc-a ia *q cnl-
▼ersall* known and eulogised In tho medical work* and Journal* as to
render "it uselets to detal the great nnmberof dboase* In which thry
haw proved infallible, cr the thousands of cure* they have already
effected. May bo toctod before purchasing. Tile* and IQ*. 6d 1
tbo !>., 18* , and 22*- most useful, free per po*t —Pulvermnclier and
Co., 73, Oxford-street ^adjoining the Frlnoeaa’ Thoatro), London.
P AINLESS TOOTH EXTRACTION, by
CO GELATION.—Mr. EDWIN WILLIAM*.Surgeon-Dentist,
eperatraat hla rethfenco, 21, Southampton etxeeL Blooms Vary--rjnaro
frt m lOTo 4. A pamphlet br post, Qd . third edition.
T EETH.—18, New BurUngton-strcct—By
KOGF.RF’S Improved method of fixing ARTIFICIAL TKBTlL
the Ioom leeth and root* remaining aro roconsollilat-’d nud r- nderca
useful for mastication. No seringa or wires or any painful opera¬
tion required; thrrr r.-cmblc tho natural teeth so oomfiMely a* to
dofy detection, aiid for comfort ami durability stand pro—unlnont.
Charge* mederato.
T’EETIL— Messts. GABRIEL, Patentees of an
JL on iroly New Syrttm Of Fiting ARTIFICIAL TBETII and
GUH9, without sprlrgm or wire* of any desrriptitm. No attraction vf
roett or sny r aluful operatloD. Lo:-*o Tcakb are rendu red lound smi
uteful In Butlesilro. This Important lurmtlon It fjlly cxplalnod ia
*• Gabriel's Treatise on tlio Tealb;" free 00 app^lcotioo, ot Btomped
envelope. f-uj-pTied at charges In prjp r=lon :o quality, lower than
any adver'.bcl. F.*UbB*hol l»ri. IkinLil Esubliihmejit (obwrve
Number). 33, Ludgalo-hUl 1.231; ard at Liverpool. 131. Duk--«Jr* i *.
A MINERAL TOOTH, ihc best that can be
made, fbr 6*.: a Complete **et, £5; fl’llng, 2s 6d.i *=aluig. 5i *
Mr. B. P-ALBERT*?. L.C E. (1831», Meehanleal DeniUt, 13. lireat
ltaKtli-Blrett, Bloomabury. EatabUshedWyenr*. Dally, fre-n 0 tod.
ASTHMA.—DR. LOCOCKS PULMONIC
_OL WAFERS give lnoUnt relief and a rapid core of Anli*na f
Coughs, and all Dacnlrrs of the lliee'h and Lnmrs. J nay have a
moat pleasant taste. Price 1*. 2*.Vd. and I 'a l^r b?x. Bsli
>y ail Mwlicino Venders.
H EALTH and COMFORT for the WINTER,
YOUNG'8 WHITE FELT CHE8T PROTECTORS are warm.
Ugh:, and an excellent preservative again*? cold* and *U complaint* . f
tho chr*L FrlteIt. fid., 2a, 2*. W., and U. Inung'a Q arn yd
Burden Iloslrr*. la p«v bca.-l. Bhxf1«*bary-nlacA AWcragrte-
*m»t,E.C. Be careful to ask for Young'a Pam free by Kanjp*.
W ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES.-Mr.
Kill K.1L HART, 31, XeircMUo-tttM. Swtl 1Y.O., «ro
twine ti. htrl.ret pi** IK mir .livl of LkIIm ’ MlBr lUaMn 1 .
WRAHIKO AYl'AR>L. ttUo rttyWAh, Mj-
fora., Itdl. >b..k, potnl UC trfakMi. book., famUore, cJHd.
lunu property, kc. Uato or O«ul.rooi wijiol oo, «t.y Uttu o»
r> tk.oaoo.3
r.ln. omltofl lo r**' 1 KjUIMwI 1__
TS, ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES for
V V AUSTRALIA. In good or Infrriot erudition. Mr and Mrs.
JOHN ISAACS, 312 and 380, BTRAND (opposite 8om*reot-boa»),
eontit na to give the highest price la Ca*h for Ladiea 4 , Gaotlemint'a,
Ld Children 4 * OoihoB. Regimen tala, Uodercfcthing, Boot*, Book*,
Jcwellerr, and all Miscellaneous Property. l«ettea for any day or
distance Bunaually attendod to. Parcel* sent from tha Country,
*nhitr lsnrc or cna'll. the utmost value retureod by Fo*t-cfHoo erdar
th« ssmecay- Hofermre, I^ndon and WastnunsUr Bank. Ret. (« yn-
TV/AN TED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, Uni-
T f form*, MiseeDaneou* Property, kc. Tha hlghret price givaa.
Ladio* or Oomlemcn watted cn by addressing
^sttsisesgs^^
144
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Feb. 6, 1858
NEW BOOKS, S(c.
IS, Great Marlborongh-atrect.
H urst and blackett’s
NW WORKS
ATKDfSONS TRAVELS in ORIENTAL and
WESTERN 'IBERIA, MONGOLIA, tho KIRGHIZ 8TEFPB3, and
CENTRAL A 6 'A. Royal 8 vo. with 6 » Illuitr tiioas, toclndimr nu¬
merous beautifully coloured Plate* from the Author'* Original Draw-
I °1bEBAn3eR'S 1IEMOIUS. Written by Himself.
English Cop* riebt Editlou. 8 vo.
"This volume will be found aa valuable as U to interesting. —
Blackwo -d’a Magazine. __
LODGE’S PEERAGE and BARONETAGE for
1858. Under the especial Patronage of he.* Mafraty and H.K.B. tho
Prin e consort Corrected th oughout by he Nobility- Royal Bvo,
wi h the Anna boautifUby engraved: handsome y bound, with gilt
"T WOMAN’S THOCGUTS ABOUT WOMEN.
By the Au’hor of ‘ John Halifax, G-ntlfman " 1 voL l rt »- 8 '-
** A hook of sound etunsel; wed-wri ten trus-hoarted, and
altor't rr pr ,cti al." Exvm'ner. „ _ . ., .
ADELE. By JULIA K A VAN AG H, Author ol
• Nathalie " Ac. 3 vols.
Mr. TUBPEBS NEW WORK —BIDES and
BKVF.MElof X-ur -KITH Br MiKm P TUP K . Ifc.M.
ORPHANS. By the Author of “Margaret Malt-
and.” ; 0 a 6 t
The MORALS of MAY FAIR. 3 vole.
COUSIN HARRY. By Mrs. GREY. Author of
•* The Gambler's Wife ,’ 1 Ac (Juit ready.)
Now tt adr, demi Bvo, cloth, price 5* 6 d., _
HE SPIRIT of HOME. A Poem.
By SYLVAN.
SaUXTOUM and Otl*T, CondoH-etoett.
URKE’S (SIR BERNARD) PEERAGE
and BARONETAGE for 1868 is now ready. May be had of
all Bookseller*. Price 39*.
London: Hjuuusox, 39, Pall-mall.
T
A BEAUTIFUL WBDOING GIFT.—Elegantly bound, price I guinea,
r|!Hr, BRIDAL SOUVENIR. Each page
JL richly illuminated In gold sad colour*, from design* by Mr. S.
8 tano*by. and forming a Gilt Book of the moat appropriate character.
"A splendid specimen of decorative art."—Literary Gazette.
Gkjjtitm and FaHKa.v. Corner of St. Paul'a Churchyard.
Juit puWtohed. poatBvo, e'oth, fla. 6 d.,
A THREE WEEKS SOAMBKR THROUGH
. the SPAS of GERMANY and BELGIUM; with an Appen¬
dix on the Nature and Use* of Mineral Water*. By ERASMUS
WILSON F R. 8 .
London: JOHN CHURCHILL, New Burlington-*tree'..
Jnat published, fsan Rve, with Portrait. 5a-,
P ILGRIMAGES IN PARIS. By Miss
PAR DOE, Author of “ The CHy of the Saltan.'' «c.
•‘The book is one of realty pleasant page*. The sketches are ani¬
mated, varied and informing."—Leader
William Lav, Kirg TVliliam-street, Strand.
New Edition, price 3. 6 d., with Map, Plan* of Battle*, and Portrait,
compiled »xore »ly for Brltlah Youth, |lvltg a conclK History of
Eurrej for the last Fifty Year*, _
H lsTO RE de NAPOLEON PREMIER.
Rediaee par F. I>R PORQUET With T r an*Iailou* at end of
e ch page of the most difficult Words and Pbrasea-
London: KIurKiX, MAKV'AtL, and Co ; and mtr be had of the
Amhsr, at hi* Uckolaatie Agency, 14, TarUtock-etroet, Covent-
gardtm.
HE NEW QUARTERLY REVIEW,No. 25,
for FEBRUARY, price ?a. 6 d., contains:—
TheTwo Reforms.
The Double Government.
Army Reform.
With Review* of Croker'* Essays on the French Revolution—
Alexander Sml-h's CUy Pcema— Montaigne the Es*aytot—Herbert
8 p»n*er’> Etsavs; and all the Now Novel* of the Quarter.
London :*Boswobth and HaJUUSOX, 313, Regent-street.
Now ready, with 60 Illustrations,
M RS.STOWE’S GEOGRAPHYiorYOUNG
CHILDREN. Edited, with the Author'* perml*»lon, by an
English Lady. (a. 6 d.
*• An excellent lotto book."—A then warn.
" Wntten in an eaay colloquial style, with energetic lively good sense,
worthy of the auih rt**."—Glebe.
"IRapIay* Mr*, rttowe’- naual ikili, and achiove* a more than ordi¬
nary success"—Britannia.
Sampson lowk. sox, and Go., (7, Lndgate-hUI
T\K. CORNWELL’S EDUCATIONAL
I f WORKS:—
GEOGRAPHY fop BEGINNERS. Price 18. Just
published.
A SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY. Twenty-fourth Edi-
Uon. 3s. 6 d ; with Mao#, 5s fid._
A SCHOOL ATLAS. Plain, 2s. 6d.; Coloured. 4s.
The YOUNG COMPOSER. Twentieth Edition.
’’ a'KEY to the YOUNG COMPOSER. 3s.
ALLEN’S SELECT ENGLISH POETRY. Ninth
Idlttoa 4a.
ALLEN'S EUTROPIUS. with Dictionary. 3s.
ALLEN and CORNWELL’S GRAMMAR.
Tw—uv-, i*th Fdwion. Ito-*. cloth It- 9d-
GRAMMAR for BEGINNERS. Thirtieth Edition.
CI The' , ScTENCE of ARITHMETIC. Third Edl-
Uon 4 *. 6 d-
London: filWKlx Marshall, and CO.; Hamilton, Adam*, and
Co. Edlubu'gh: t diver and Boyd; W. P. Kcnnody.
WORTH HOfRfc What has always been wanted i* Jnat pnb-
ltoned, price la-, fra* by post (tho 18th Thousand is now selling!.
T he dictiunakY appendix,
with upward* of 7000 word* not found in the Dictionary, com¬
prising iha Participles of the Verba which perplex all writer*. No
person who writ** a letter shoul'l be without thl* work) all ecboo'
pupil* should have IL "Thia book to invaluable."-Weekly Time*
"This book la neceaaa-y aa Walker’* Dictionary' itool/.’’- The
Critic. J. F. Shaw, 38, Paternoeter-row.
Ninth Thom and. price 1*. 6 d , doth, froo by poto,
TNDISPE N b a Bi JE.—LIVE and LkABN: a
X Guide for all who wish to Speak and Write Correctly " * 14ve
and Learn' ta an exec'lent hook We look upon It as really Indto-
pcLtsbliu Wo advise our reader* to Imitate our example—procure the
book, and sell H not at any price."—Educational Gazette
READ AND RKFLECT—Complete, 3* fid.. doth, free bv poet.
The NEWSPAPER and GENERAL READER S
POCKET COMPANION being a familiar explanation oi hearty <"00
classical ami f -reign words, phrase*. a> d quotation* By the Author
jf *• live and Learn." Ninth l houaand.
THE PUBLIC SPEAKER'S VADR MF.CUM.
ELOCUTION : its Principles Reduced to Practice
Every one who aspire* to addreaa a public assembly ought to possoce
thia volnaWe book. Priee 6 d.; by post. 'd.
A BO"R FOR KVRkYBODY.-P riceM.: bypoat. 7d„
The RIGHT WORD in the RIGHT PLACE. A
Cheap and Complete Dictionaiv of Synonym*
KEVISK TO* i LATE TO LEaRN.-P rice 8 d.; or by poat. 7d.,
it intakes of daily occurrences spe*k-
ng Writing, and Pronunciation CORRECTED
London: J. F. Snaw, SoothampUn-row, and 36, Patornoeter-row.
THE BEST GIFT-BOOK*.
TV/T cPHHN’S PREbLNTATION B’BI.E.
Il l • jilmdidly b'-nnd in tho nvst rrxDvrche *t>'V«, r.rintod on the
flDfat i an r. wi h a clear, d alinct type. frc«n W** to *«» 10 *.
HcPHUN’8 PORTABLE FOLIO FAMILY
BTBLK. with Common ari>* f om - oott and Henry. Loti* and
Refer.ucuv Priv * irom lie- 'o 38<*-
3 ,000 'roptfca i*o'*J |»» *|x yea*a.
McPHUN’S COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY
B1BLK, with t>00 Note* b the b«- • uihort. Very aulisblo alto a* a
pulpit b b e. ri^a* ifVnm 3 «. t*j 12 It.
McPHUN’S PKACHCAL EXPOSITORY BIBLE.
With Note# by Dr. CAMPBKI.L. of London, ftefercnce, Bn j
Kn«rrnvl g». Bound in a great v/irietv ofauir* ir.im Ss. Cd.»o 3t»».
McPHUN’S PICrOKlAl, POCKET BIBLE.
30.00Q K*fnet»eei and numorous Engraving*. "Quite a gem."
Priooa from A*. Gd So 33a
McPHUN S PEARL REFERENCE BIBLE.
Tho cheapest ever i*«uod. 2 a. to 10 a.
Wfteclmeaa of all tiiese Bible* free by post.
W. R. McPMrit.il, Lodgute-biU.. London , and Glasgow
NEW BOOKS , §-c.
Jo*t pnblished, with lllnatrasion* prioe 5«., doth,
[TIRED MAKK.HAM in KUSSIA, or. the Boy
Traveller in the Land of the C*ar By W H G. KINGSTON,
Am hoc of ’ Salt Water ' *c. .
GtimTU and FxfULtit, Corner of 8 ». Paul'* Churchyard
Now ready, with 90 Engraving*, 3*. 6 d. plain;
O LD NURSE’S BOOK of RHYMES,
JINGLES, and DITTIES Edltod and Illustrated by C. H.
BENNETT, Au’horof " Shadow*." Ac.
Thl* book will be hailed with ddight in every nursery.
GiumTH and FaBBAK, Comer of St. Paul’* Churchyard.
Ko» re^lv. lUuilratwl by GUbwt. 3.. M. pl^u; U. 6 d. Mlourod.
M IGHT NUT NIGHT; or, Stories of the
Discovery and Conquest of Amcrioa.
By the same Author,
OUR EASTERN EMPIRE; or, 8torics from the
QUtory of Britiih India 3*. 6 d. plain; <*• 6 d. oolourcd.
"An oxoeUcsntjavenUo book. 1 '—Illustrated Loudon Now*.
GBtnriTU and FaBBAX, Corner of St. Paul'* Churchyard.
Now ready, illustrated by Weir, 2*. 6 d. plain; 3*. 6 d. coloured,
J ACK FROST and BETTY SNOW; with
other i'ale* for Wintry Night* and Rainy Day*.
GfiirriTH and FabraX, Comtsr of 84- Paul'* Churchyard.
Now ready, Illustrated by Abeolon, 3s. 6 d. plain, 4s. &1. coloured,
M aud summers the sightless •. a
Narrative for the Y mog.
*‘ Wo recommend IhU book * or its pi -aaantnees, its variety, and
Us tendency to elevate and purify tho heart.’’—Me nlng Herald.
Griffith and Farbax, Corner of 8 L Paul’s Churchyard.
B
Now ready, lllualrafe-l by Weir. 2s. 6.1. plain. 3s. 6 d. coloured,
nDbY DORKING’S ADVENTURES and
EXPERIENCES; to which Is added, Tho Story of the Fat
Frog. Edited by Mr*. 8 . C. HALL.
Griffith and Fakbax, Corner of 3t Paul’s Churchyard.
Now ready, prioe 3a. 6 d., or to. 6 d., cloth elegant, gilt edges.
C LARA HOPE; or, The Blade ana the Ear.
By ELIZABETH MILNER.
" A soluble book for girls—intoreati-'g and Initructive,"
Griffith and Pare ax Comer of St. Paul's Churchyard
Thl« day ispubtUhod, 6 vo, 3a. 6 d., lowed,
T HE GROUND BENEATH US: its Geo-
loglccl Pha-es and Changes B ing Three Lecture* 'n the
Geology nf Clapham and the neighbourhood cf London generally. By
JOaRrU PRi Srwif.H, F K 8 , F U S , Be.
Joax Vax Voorst, 1. P*trrno*ter-row.
Now ready, In l vol.. price 7* «d..
U B I Q IT tt. By J. W. CLAYTON, Eoq.
(.lata Captain of the 13th Light Dragoons), Author of " Letter*
from the Nile.*
"The author ho* an amusing manner, and write* with spirit."—
Athoncum.
” Pleasant, gossiping, and amusing, the production of a klnd'y
mind."—Globe.
*‘ * Ublquo' is a britk and florid narrative, of every-day incidonls
In a soldier’s life."—Leader.
C. J. sic ret, King Wmiam-streot, Strand.
Now ready, p*ice 4*., or free by rost, I'.fd , Second Edition,
enlarged «nd Unproved,
A G R A M M A R of .he WELSH
LANGUAGE, based on th« most approved systems, with copious
examples from *ome of tho moa' correct Wel.h writers, hv Uie Itov.
THOMAS iif>WLAND, Uco'orof St. Thomas’*, Pinuant-Molangell,
Montgomei) *hire.
Lo.dou: HUGHES and BtTTLKR, 15. Bt. Marlin’s-le-Grand
Third Edition, poet-free, 6 d.,
QPECTACLkS. When to wear and how to
K3 n*e them. Addressed to th-'sa wko value their Sight. By
CUALLES A. I ONG.
BLAXD and Loxg, Opticians to her Majesty, 153. Fleet-street, Loudon.
Just published, Second Edition, price 1*.; free by post, Is. Id ,
T HE DRY CuLLODION TKOCESS. By
CHARLES A. LONG.
" This process Is simple and certain."
Bland and loxo. Photographic Instrameat Makers to her Majesty,
133, FIoet-sLoet, London.
Jnttpublished, Fifth Edition, prico Sis.; froo by post,
T HE ART of BREWING, Fermenting, and
Making of Malt; oontrining oorrcct Tables of Maabiug Heats,
full direction* for Preventing Acetous Fennentai Ion, and every othor
oecesaary information to make snoeeae In thl* important iu» ccr.aln;
tho roau't of 30 year*’ practice. My JOHN LEVESQUE, It to of tba
Anchor Brewery.- James LBATH, 5, St. Paul'* Churchy aid.
r|YHE BE&T FAMILY B BLE.-COBBIN’S
A DOMESTIC BIBLE.—New and Superior Edition. Tho Holy
Bible, with 70J Illustrative E*g*avlng*, a loden of coloured M \p»,
copious Notes, practical Retlec’ kins, improved l eadings, 140,000 Re¬
ferences, Ac. Clo h, 30s ; calf extra, 3 a ; morocco, 43a Specimen
pages and Catalogues post-free ’or ot o stamp
Loudon: PaktridgB and Co., Patemoater-row.
T HE PRETTIEST GIFT-BOOK EVER
PUBLISHED.—The PICTORIAL POCKF.T BIBLE, witii ooarij
100 beautiful Wood-Engraving* of oil the great evonfa recordod in tiu
Scriptures. Good clear type, and M.000 reference', bound In besi
morooco, for 14a., tent post-free Only to be bad at JOHN Fimld’i
Great Bible Warehouse, 63, Regent’s-qaadrant, London.
People's EtIHior.. By post. 3a. 6 d.»
T^ALLACIES of the FACULTY. By Dr
J? D.CKSON. THE DE«THl! TIVE ART of HEALING. A
Sequel to tbu above. By post, 9*. 6 d. Fourth Edition
PlMTiOX: MaB.*sU.'LL and Co.
Just published. the Second Editi n, post 8 vo, cloth, 6 *.,
N Nature and ART in the CURR of
DlrtRAS . By Hhr JOHN FOKBES, M D., F .8 8 ., D.CL
’ * * “*»f« ‘ " * **
o
Physician to her Mairsiy'- H>>u-ehold.
Leodoo: John CuUKCHi.LL, New Bur lit gton-st
mHE RED PAMPHLKT. PART IL—
JL Thl*day fepnbHshed, 8 vo, 3a 6 d.: by poat. 2* SI . rheSecmd
Part of the MIT1NY of the BENGAL ARMY An Historical Nar¬
rative. By *' On# who has fierved und . r Sir Char 1 ** Napier "
"BcWom has pamphlet created »o great «en«»tir>n a* ‘The Red
PamphleL' But ir the first pail of this ktarthng narrative made a
oe"p lmprea*lon on the publ'c mind, the sexmd part, Ju*t rccelr. d is
no toes calculated toexehe iha *ame iuterwt Tl»e Hed Pamphlet •
wm become a text book lor th» faml'ics of England." aiorulng
Poat.
Part I. may still be had, price la.; by po«t, 1* Id.
London: BofcWotiTH awl Harrison, 115 , Regent-strcot.
mHE FLORAL WORLD and GAHDEN
A GUHf*. A practical mlKeTany of fact* and IntalUreuce In
os ary itop»-tm«nt cf Horticulture Now ready, with *um*reus iiiua-
tretioas. Numbers laud 1, prioe id.swU, post-free. Annual mbsorip*
ftwi, ti.-UhdMU URGOKkklhOK MtdBpxa, t, PstoftototoFrow.
\\/ O R K S on CHEMISTRY.
Y Y By EDWARD GALLOWAY, F.C
Prafewor of Practical ChemUtr* In the Museum of Irish Industry.
The FIRST STEP in CHEMISTRY'. Second Edi-
dlt'on. F«p Sro, cloth, fie.
n.
GHESIICAL DIAGRAMS, on Four Large Sheets,
for schoo * and Le.turo Ilocmi, Price fia. 6 d. the set
ML
A MANUAL of QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS.
Second EdHto’ . p~*t 8 »o, cloth, •• 6 d
London) Jonx CHUhClHLL, New Burlington-street.
Ju»t published, Svo, cloth 7*. 6 J.,
TJHEUMATISm. : its Mature, Causes, and
-Lli Cure.
GOUT : U* Nature Cause*. Cure, and Prevention.
By JAMBS ALEXANDElt, M D. UtniNir of the Royal College 0 '
Ph-sl ian. F .C <
London: JOUX Chuhchill. New BnrUngton-street.
Jntt published, prico la.; by post la Id.,
OTAMMEKING; the Cause and Cure. By the
Bov. W. W. AZALET A.II., Cantab A * 0 , by the >*mo
Author, "On the Right Management of the Voice In Streaking aud
Reading ” ftrite la ; by post la. Id.
London: Boswobth and Habbisox, 315, Regent-itreet.
New Edition, this day. price fie. fid ; by post 6 a- In stamps,
C ONSUM FT ION, BRONCHITIS,
ASTHMA, etc., sorceaafolly TRKAiED b> INUALATIOS.
or Remediea Bros hrd Into the Lung* By ALFRkDB. MADLXJCK,
M.D. Ubiatretcd with about 90 ta*. a of recovery.
SUU'KIX, MakmiaI.L, and CO M 8 tatiouer* ’ - hall -court.
Tolrd Edition, crown 8 vo, doth lettered, la. 6 d, or 44 >«euny suunpt
( CORPULENCY ; its New Self-Dietary (Jure
U BJ A IV. MOORE, M.K.C .8 Brief and Intelllgihle. Sold at
NM. Boi.wxll’B, il, Taohbrook-etreet. Plmlioo, B.W “ A tuefn
uid aelentiflo dlacovary."—Morning Poet.
Price 3d.,_
T HE SCINDE RAILWAY and INDUS
FT/)TILLA COMPANIES ; their Futility and Hollowness De-
monrirtted; alio an Fxpoanre d tho Illusion erhich exlal. impeding
the Five per Cent Guarantee, which Imnre* no dividend whatever to
the respective ahanhod-r*. By 8 . H. C> AKKE, Ea*t India Mer¬
chant, Po hawur, Murreo Hill*, Rowal Plndim, and Lahore.
London: KiCHABDSOX, BBOTUBKS. 23, Corn hill.
Trice 1#.; pos age-free, • JL,
P APER FLUVVEkS : the Art of Modelling
and Making, by C«» ARLKS FBPi'EH, ll u»trate4.
1 oed.n : J. BaUXaicd, 339 Oxford -1 re t, W.
QTAINED WINDOWS and ORNAMENTAL
P GLASS by tho New and Beautiful fro res D1APH LNIE -
ea»l!y ac ompllah^d by Ladiea aon Ge t-’emen. All material*
irei-'ua Ac. WhoW*to and R»»taU, of J BA • N *RD. 33 1 . Otu^Sl
streoT, Lordon. W.; by whom is pubUiho-l. "Tla n 4n*fruotion* in
D
NEW MUSIC, frc.
D ’ALBERT’S ALBUM for 1858.—The most
splendid Musical Work ever produced, surpaaslng nil this
popular Composer’* previous Album*. Tho cov. r fat in the meat elabo¬
rate and gurgeon* style; tho b udlng In watered silk; and the coloured
Illustrations are In thegreateM va iety, by Mr. Hr.ndard M D’Alburt
baa composed ex «e»alr for thl* Album a number of now Waite**, new
Quadrille*, folkas, Marurka*. Ac.; and the publisher* feel orafldeuce
in announcing it as the most attractive Musical Present over pub¬
lished. Price 21s. Sent free
GllAlTJUX «nd CO-, 49 and 50, New Band-street.
D ’ALBERT’S WEDDING QUADRILLE,
per orrntd by Welppm’s Baud at htr Mnlaaty’s Sfato Ball,
Buukingtmxu Pal toe. Ju»t publbhcd, price 3s., Solo or Duct, post-
fros. CH.MTKLI. and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
’ALBERT’S PRINCESS ROYAL POLKA,
_ with an exqnisile Portrait of tho Prlnceas in Colour*, by
BRANDARD. Price 3a., Solo or Duet, post-free.
CuaI’PII.L and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S PRINCE of PRUSSIA’S
WALTZ, with a Companion Portrait, by BRANDARD, to the
Prince** Royal. Price 4a., Solo or Daot, post-free.
Chappell and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S VENICE QUADRILLE.
Jnat published, beautifully Illustrated in Colours by BRAN¬
DARD. Prico 4*., |io-t-fre«.
Chappell and Co., 60, New Bond-etreot
’ALBERT’S FRENCH POLKA. J^Tt
pobluhi-d, niaitroted to Colom, bj- BKANDARD. fticc 14.,
post-free. cHAI I'KI.I. anil Co., M, Now Bond-street.
’ALBERT’S LEVIATHAN GALOP.
Just published. Price 3a , post-free!.
Chappell and Co., 50, Now Bund-street.
’ALBERT’S HOOP DE DOODE.N DO
GALOP Just pnbliihod. Pi Ice 3i., post-free.
Chappell and CO., 30, New Band-atreof.
T ’ADIEU dc la PRLNCESSE. BRINLEY
I 1 RICHARDS’ New Nocturne for the Pianoforte, apleudlJly
lliusir .t*.d in Co'our* by BRANDARD. dedicated to her Majeaty tho
Queen. Prico 3*. 6 d., pos I-fro* 5 .
Chappell and Co., 30, New Bond-street.
OOD-BYE to the BRIDE. New Song.
Compoeod by FHANK MOK1. Price 2s., post-free.
CHAPPELL and CO,, 30. Nw u*»d-«w«®t.
G (
T HE RELIEF of LUCKNOW; a Charac-
teriatie Fantasia for the Pianoforte. By C. M. E OLIVER.
Price to. poet-freo De«criptivo of that interesting episode in tho
hbtory of iu gallant defence, wherein a Scottish womun cheered
the hearts of tho anxious besieged, by declaring that, amidst tho din
of war, her oars could dlsoern the Slogan of the far-distant hot ad¬
vancing Highlanders.—CHAPPELL and Co., 50, New Bond-streot.
['HE LAY of the SEA-SIIELL. New Song.
L Composed by C. M. K. OLIVER. Priee J*. Also, by tho sarno
Composer, SLEEP, MY PRETTY ONE, BLEEP. Words by Tcnny-
«ou. Prico 3a., post-free.
Chappell aud Co., 60, Now Bond-street.
TYRINLEY RICHARDS’ HUGUENOTS
1 J FANTA 8 Ui on the most admired Air* from thia favourite
Opera for the Pianoforte. Prioe to., poet-free.
Chappell and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
T>I.OCKLEY’S ROYAL BRIDAL MARCH.
JL> Deirrlntire Pieoe. 3s.; Duet, to.—Royal solute—Peal of Bolls—
Utuins and .rumj»rta— Cheers—Distant March oi Guard of Uuiiour—
Cavalcade of tha Royal Bridegroom — Grand National March and
Hymn—Arrival at the Chapel Royal—Flourish of Trumpets—Shout*
—Garter King - at- Arms lorms the Proccsaions in tho Throno-room —
Bridal [^.oce^aions rmor the Chapel-Organ Manic — Celebration of
:ho Ceremony—Bridal Hymn and Choral Anthem—Flourish of
Trumpet* xetum of Bridal Proctsaion—Grand March.
AHUl^x, UoLLiB, and Lucas, 210, Regent-street.
H enry smart’s choral book.
Cou**inlng a letoctlon of tunaa rinplnyed in tho Knrlbh
Church, newly haimorisod aud adapted for tour vohei and organ
bv Henry mart. Sovcral of the tanoi are adapted in two or mree
styles, in oraer to sui: a variety of words. Price tot., in a strong
cover.- Boosxy and Soxs, 38, Hollea-e’reet, W.
IS'
,’ EW MUSIC for HARP and PIANO.—
_ . Six duel* on favourite air* from Verdi's Ooeras. Arranged
fur Harp and PIulo. By JOHN THOMAS. Price ta. each.
BOOSEY and OSS' Musical Udr«ry, 28, Uollee street, W.
B OOSEY’S MUSICAL LIBRARY.—An
annual subscriber of 3 guineas has tho command of above
100,000 English aud Foreign work*, and ia allowed the continual use
of ■> guineas' worth of music in the country, or 2 guineas' worth in
London. Countiy parcel* dispatched with tho greatest promptitude.
Full particulars by post.—Holtoa-sireet, W.
\f ETHODS forlhc MILLION.—Balfe’s New
1YJL Singing Method, with sixteen ballads (.50 pages), 5*. Rooscy’s
New Pnscop'ors for tho Comet, Flute, and Concertina, by Jones,
Clinton, and Case; price fis each- Also Bovsey’s New Clarionet Pre¬
ceptor, 16a. Uoosey ana Soxs, 34 and 28, Houcs-strcel, W.
' 1111E PLOT ol the OPERA is verj- fully de
JL »crlbtd In oach volume of BOOSF.Y and -tONS' SERIES of
Complotul>Pe.RA3, for Piano Solo, enabling the pianist to appreciate
the »entlu.ent and cbarocrer of every morveauin the work. Thirioen
operas are ow published, u sbong cloth covna, prices f.om 4s. to
7s 6 d. each, vis.: 11 'i'rovatore. 5 La Travist«, 5*. Lei Vepics
SL i eiines 7a. fid ; Kigoict o, 5a.; Sonnambuia, 4s.: Norma, .a.; Ccs
Huguunoti. 7* ed.; Lon Juan. 5a.; Fra Diavo.o, fis.. Puritani* 6 a ,
FUtodu Rrgim> nt, 4a.; Lucia, 5s ; Lucrczia Borgia, 4s.
Bouhky and 80X4’ 24 and 28, Holtoa-suoet, W.
/ '10EAP EDITION of LAURENT’S DANCE
31 SIC - Pnw fis. in a Coloured Wrapper <75 Pagwi). HENRI
LaUrKNT S AlHI'M of Dance MUelC. containing mxleeu i opu-
lar Vaises, Quadrilles, Ko>kas t Galop* aud taraovtonos, forming a
Complete Prugtammo for a BhIi, post-free.
Roosby aud Sons, Musical Library, 28, Halle*-street, W.
fYPERAS for CORNE1-a-PISTONS and
Vy PIANO.- La Tra» iala, Higoloito, ll Trovalere, Favorita, Don
P K;uale, Fra l’lavolo, ac. Selec<k>- a flora these (*[M-rua for Cornet
and rinno will bo fouud la the :OU >KT MldJEt.I.A - Y, 24numlK ra
of which are publlshe *, 8 a each.-B oosey and S 4 ix$ 28. Moilos-
street, iiianutuciurer* of ihc new Mo .el Carnct-k-PistOkS, flvo gui-
ne«s and seven guinea* each
POLKA. Rcautifully llltutiated in Colours
Cornet aecompauhncnt hi «d., port-free.
Metzler and CO., ”5, 3 ) and 38. Great Marlborough-itreet, W.
ARTIN SCHNEIDER’S
bPRHE
Price, with
M AR LIN SCHU EIDER’S SYREN POLKA.
Ueaoilfull' I .unrated ia Colour*. Price, with Cornet accom-
pan mant, 2 s. fid. post tree.
Metzler and Co., 35, 37, and 38, Great Marlboreugh-strcet, W
M ARTIN SCHNEIDEK’S ROYAl7\VED-
D1NO TOLEtA MAZURKA, llluitratcd Title. Prico 2*. 6 d.
po*t-ge free.
Mktzlkk and Co., 35 37, and 3S, Great Mariborougb-rirou-, W.
P rINGF FREDERICK WILLIAM’S
MAKO'*. By 1 LLEN L. GLASC f >CK. Composed lu li inour
ot Che Ko* a! Wedding. Whb s, len hu l*urtr,iit 5’xlc*- 3s. pjst-free.
Mettzlex and Co., &5, 37, and 38, Great Maributough-strtci, W.
P RINCE of PRUSSIA POLKA. By II.
FR00M8. The bert Polka ot tiie Season Second thotnnud.
With Portrait, price t>. fid. postage free.
Metzler and Co , 35, 37, and 38, Great Marlborough-street, W.
I 'M a SPIRIT YOUNG aud FAIR. New
Bong by F. HUKIVALL. Beautifully lllu-tratod In Colour*.
A plnariug and gracetul soi g for tho Drawing-room. Prico 2 s. fid.
pottage ’ree - BlKTZUin aud u., 35, 37. and 38, Great Marlborough*
street, W.
T ANGTON WILLIAMS’ NEW REDOWA,
Ji_J "The V Uage Queen."— *Thfc» is tho tom of the seaacn, b«th
in music end llluatra Ion "—Bevlew.—W. Williams and Co., 221,
Tottenham cor rt reed. Price 2« fid.; fr e for stamps-
T HAVE ALWAYS A WELCOME FOR
X THEE. New B-llad by LANGTON WILLI AM 8 . Ju*t »ul»-
bahed. •‘One of the sweet st ballads of th • day."—Review Prxe
2s.; free fo» i tan pa.—W. Williams, 221 , Tottoi-ham-court-roticL
rpHE ROYAL WFDDING QUADRILLES,
X by LANGTON WILLIAMS Illcetreted with Portrai», in
Colour*, of their Royal Highness'* the P iaoes> Royal o Pi u*»U and
her Onsirt, bv BRANDARD. after Drawing* by Winterhalter,
l’riro ta. I re# for itaupa.—W. Wiluars grid Co., 1121 , Tv|<enUiua-
♦curt-road.
NEW MUSIC, $c.
rTlHEPRINCESS ROYAL’S MARRIAGE.—
X *’ Whrn t*>o la-t now comer* On tho Col nna e, ?t, Jiunnj'a
Palace) b«*l been duly critlched, tho brillla-Ji a somblago braudod
the time by dlscnadog t^o tto^al br.ti«’* trousseau, the festival p,.r,
form a nee* si Ho. Mnj**y’- ’Ihcatre: and the last No v t-oug, I, TOO,
AHSLVKNTthN. MAMMaI whl.h It waiWULptred *onioo ’ the fair
;roa-.g bri csuutidssing with much archno* , tuii which U txchiag a
i’aroro iu tashionablo circ.ea.'' - London C'orrespond-mt ot klauchester
Guntdian. Words or.<l Music by NECTAIUnR BLNNYolDE, Itq.
Price 2a. fid.—C ilvmkk, BfAl.c, and Co., Regcnt-eucet.
M ISS POOLE ami Mr. GEORGE PERKEN’S
NEW BONGS: Woman * Love, or Beauty Claim* tho Field, a
Martial Air. by Newman aud Balfe; also Sweet WUUo oerthe I^a,
Now .-on* for tho Ladies, by Newman and C. Glover, 2s. fid each;
I’ll Wandor whoa the Twilight Breaks, Ballad: The Tomb of tho
Islaudur'a Daughter. Songs written by Newman and Bnlfo, 2a.
CKAMKi: llEALK. and Co., 201, Hegeut-strool.
J ESSIE’S DREAM: A Story ol the Relief
of Lucknow. Ccnipoeud by JOHN ULOCKLF.Y. 2s. 6 d.,
Ulus tea tod. ** One of tue moot touching ballads of modem tlmoi."
Cm amsK and Kkaijc, 201 , Kcgoni-streat.
fTUlE ROYAL BRIDAL VARSOVIANA.
I lty P. A. ID ,i>CKLhY. llluitratcd In Colour*. Price 2».
“ The best dano'iig Var oviana we have yet seen."—CRAMER, Beale,
and CO., r01, Regent-.-street-
N EW SONG.—STIR THE FIRE. By tlie
Composer of “Tho Old Chimney Comer.” Words by CAR.
PKNTER. U- ti«l. A tnulody roplolo with everything that is charm¬
ing and characteristic; full o» life, gaiety, and humour. lhe poetry
by our moat popular soug-writer.—CHAMKK, 281, Regcnt-itrcot.
T HE HIGHLAND RESCUE. An Incident
at Lucknow. Poetry by CARPENTER, Muaic by JOHN
BLOCKLKY. 2a. 6 d^ Illustrated. “ Dianayo hear it? Diuna ve hear
it? H’« th© Slogan o' tho Highlanders. We’re saved! we’re saved!"
ADDISON, 210, Regent-Street.
B LOCKLEY’S HIDE-AND-SEEK POLKA.
Uluitraiod in Colour*. Price 3* fid. A charming Polka,
With a very pleasing and elegant frontiipieco "
Addison, Holukb, aud LUCAS, 210, Regent street.
L OUIS D’EGVILLE’S NEW DANCE
MIT 81C.
SuDsh'no Walt* (Plustratod) .. •* ..4*.
Spring Bloonin QuadrlLo .. •• •• .. 3».
Green Lcive* Waltz lliu*’rated .. .. •• <»•
Tho Piiiiu of the Ball Quadrille uDitto) .. .. 3«.
A. W. HAMMOXD (Jalllen’s), 214, Regent-street.
2 *.
.. 3j.
O NLY TO THEE. Ballad. By CLAY-
WORTH HALL. **A most charming ballad."—Court Cir¬
cular. Price 3a.
BRIDAL 8CHOTTISCHE and the DELHI
POLKA. By the same Composer. Prico 2a. each.
lUHOF and Mi’KLK. 317, Oxford-street.
IVTOBODY PASSES THAT WAY. Sung
1 \ by Mtis B. Isaacs. Compoeed by ISABELLA WARNS Price
2* , post-free. Every tody sboul 1 po &e s thia charming anil favourite
ballad. London: G. WaUNE, 48, Uolborn-liill, t U.
O UR ENGLISH ROSE.—BeauiifuUy illus-
tratod with a Portrait of II.R.H. the Princu-s Royal. A Now
Sung. Poetry by J. J. 1.0N8DALB. Esq ; Mu 1c by W. T.
WrtlGHroN. 2a. fid. The Bridal Quadrilles, by Henri d’Oriay, 4* ;
Tho Koyal Prussian Quadrilloi, I y b ephen Glover, 4s.; Irctiy Polly
ltd Pussy ditto, by Louuc. 3*. each; Tho Engltoli HO»e Quadnlleo, by
’. Bro* ne, as perform* d at bur Mitju ty's State Boll, by Mr. Weippert’s
and, January 20th, «t. lib to, for a Bond, fis.
London: UOBKXTCocks and Co., Now Burlington-street, W.
T nE BEAUTEOUS BRIDE. New Song.
by JOS. F. HARRIS, with elegant Portrait of tho Prinooa#
Royal iu Bridsl Attiro. tost- rco lOstarntw.
J. Haxbin, 33, Rsthbone-pla e W. All new Muric ha’f-pilo
C HEAPEST MUSIC REPOSITORY in
ENGLAND. All NEW MUSIC HALF-PRICE; Soiled Music
at Ono Fourth and a Third. Country Orders ©xoouiod. Catalogues,
one stamp.—D’ALCORN, 18, Rathbono-place, Oxford-stroot
a EORGE CASE’S CONCERTINAS are
preferred to all other*, on account of their remuinlng so lung
In tune and in good repair “Uperior workmen and patent machinery
lire employed in their manufacture, which is superintended by Mr.
George Case. Prices frviu four te twelve guinea* each, with full
compass of 48 key*. Also, Case’s Concertina Instructions, thltd edi¬
tion, prico 5a. ; and Dean’s Concertina MUc«ll*ny, publish'd every
month, price 2 b. fid. (36 Nuns her* ore published). Full particulars
frum BOOSKY and SONS, 24 and 28, Holloa-street, Loudon.
E S.PRATTEN’S PERFECTED FLUTES,
’• on the old system of Angering with largo or small hide*, are
now inude with German Silver Koysat four guinea*, and with sterling
Silver Koya from eight to seventeen guineas each, complete In Cases,
sc. Every Imtiuni'int is tested by Mr. Prattcn, ami accompanied
with a certificate from that unrivalled artist. BOOSKV and SONS,
Manufacturer*, 21, Holien-atrrat, London, W.
C IHAPPELL’S FOREIGN MODEL PLANO
J FORTE, prioe Fifty Guineas. This instrument has I unlike
tho ordinary Cottage Pianoforte) Three String* and the fullest Grand
compass Or Seven Ootavos. It to strengthened by every possible
means to endure tho greatest amount of wear, and to stand perfectly
in any climate- Tho workmansh.p to of tho beat description, the tono
to round, full, and rich, and the power equal to that of a Bichord
Grand. The case is of tba most elegant construction, in rosewood,
the touch elastic, and the repetition very rapid. Every possible pre-
caul ion has boon taken to ensure its standing well In tune. Chappell
and Co- especially invite the attention of tho public, tho profession,
and merchant* to tho Foreign Model, fooling assured that no Piano¬
forte. In all respects comparable, bos hitherto been made In England
at the umo prico. Every instrument will be warranted, and (if de¬
sired) oxchangod within twolve months of the purchase.—50, Now
Bond-etreot, London.
TULLIEN and CO.’s CORNET-a-PTSTONS,
approved ard tried by Herr KfENIG; inanufactiired by
antoinp. control*.
No. 1.—Tho I)iawing-room Conns*- k-Ptotous (by Antoine
Coartoto), used by Ilerr Kuuilg .£8 8 0
2.—The Concurt-ru in ditto (by Antoine C’eurtoto), used
by Ilerr Keen g at M. J till lens Concerts .. ..880
8-— 1 The Military Caruot-c-Pistons.. .6 6 0
4.—'flic Am* uur Cor».ct- -Pi ions .. .. •• ..350
6—lhe Navy Co net-Pis tons .14 0
6,—The Oidinnry <'or et-ft-Ptotoo* (fir t quality) ..330
7. The Ordinary ditto iseoood nualhy .2 8 0
List of Prices, with drawing* of the twtramenU, may be hod on
application.- Julliun and Co., 214, Kcgeut-steeet W.
/"loLLARD'S SEMI-COTTAGE PIANO-
\J POHTEi. -To to> SOLD, .1 low i-rlct. for C«,h. or for Hire,
with the option of purchase, a number of three beautiful Instruments,
with every improvement In Rosewood and Walnut Cases- Also,
upwards of Twenty superior Secondhand ditto, by vane us ea-
tecniod makers, from £10 ; or for Hire-—At HOLDERS K8B’*, 444,
N ow Ox ford-street.
PIANOFORTES, Secondhand.- CRAMER,
X BEALE, and i O have a largo assortment, by Erard. Broad-
wood aud ' ollard, and all the most esteemed maker,, at greatly
reduced prices. 201. Kegout-street-
H ARMONIUMS. — Cramer. Beale, and Co
are the Agent* for ALP.XANDKK’8 HARMONIUM . varying
in Price from 6 to &5 Guinea*.—201, Regent-street. Descriptive Lists
sent fire-t on application.
PIANOFORTES.—RICHARD COOK and
X CO., 4, King-etre-t, Choap Ide, rrapectf-Tly i'form tbolr
i riend* and tho Pa'ni: that th- : y always bavo a selociion of flrat-rato
1’atos, in Walnut, Roatwo- d, He., from £ 25 . carefully linhhed and
warranted to stand in any climate. Plano for hire at 15*. per month.
P ianofortes!—oetzmann and
PLUMB’S NEW PATENT STUDIO PIANOFORTE. G| octaves
(□rice* ranging from considerably Ires than £20), ia the m »»t ault-
ablo Instrument manufactured for the atuulo or »cbool-room bang
eoooQ-teucted ss to require bat little tuning. To be had of all tho
principal country Mu*lc»dl*ni ia England, Scotland, and Ireland; also
for Sato, Hire or Exchange, at 3fi, Great Kuseeil-streat (opposite
tho British Museum).
P IANOFORTES. OETZMANN and
PLUMB. In addition to thoir beautiful little Studio Piano¬
fortes, have all descriptions of Insteumonu for h to or Hire, with
option of purchase. M, Great IiosseP-street. Bloomsbury
TFOUDuIR GRAND PIANOFORTES, 7
octavee, 3 •tetug*.—OET21MANN and PLUMB have a choice
»' 'action of lb etc elegant Instruments, in Mr.h'-gany, Walnut and
Rote wood, at priocs from 55 Guinea*, guaranteed equal tq any tUfifiC*
No. 903. —vol. xxxh.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1858.
[With a Supplement, Fivepence
THE REFUGEE QUESTION.
Perhaps at no time since his accession to power has Lord Pal¬
merston been called upon more distinctly to vindicate the character
which was given to him by Lord John Russell in 1850, that he was
not the Minister of any foreign Power, but essentially the Minister of
England, than at the present moment The foremost question
with which he has chosen to deal in this Session has become the
practical touchstone of the truth of that great eulogium. The
recent attempt to assassinate the Emperor of the French has
brought what is popularly called the Refugee Question to a point
from which its settlement—its final settlement—must follow. A
great constitutional principle of this conntry may perhaps be in¬
volved, so far as it needs definition to other nations, but we need
no explanation of it ourselves. The issue is simply whether
diplomatic considerations are to indueo our Government to
modify our criminal law, whether we are to alter our insti¬
tutions at the request, we will not say at the dictation, of a
foreign Power. The despatch of the French Minister
for Foreign Affairs to M. de Persigny is no doubt moderate
in its language, and does not assume any arrogance of demand.
But at least it is a request for an alteration of our exist¬
ing system with regard to the “ status ” we allow to foreign
refugees: it is cither that or nothing. Put the matter in any shape
you choose, that is the question with which we have to deal. Dis¬
guise it as you will, what is asked, we will not say expected, is,
that as regards certain exiles we are to watch over them, to divine
their secret thoughts to penetrate their intentions, and to alter our
fundamental laws, in order that we may afford greater security to
the power with which they may be in antagonism. No man has
shown that he better understands the principle on which oar
Constitution deals with foreigners residing in this country than the
present First Minister. He has laid it down, broadly and distinctly,
that the British Government has never undertaken to provide for
the internal security of other countries by means of its treatment
of foreigners, with reference to considerations connected with the
internal safety of foreign countries. His opinion has been
recorded in the often disagreeable but unimpeachable pages of
Hansard. And now he says, as broadly and distinctly, that no
Government could propose, nor would any Parliament sanction, an
Alien Bill. But pressure on the part of an ally, an expectation,
general all over Europe, of some signal act of the British
THE ROT At MARRIAGE: THEIR ROYAL
HIGHNESSES THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS FREDERICK WILUAM LANDING AT ANTWERP.-«KE PAGE
154
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
Government and the Parliament of England which shall mark
their detestation of oonspiracics to murder, arc confessedly not
without their inflnencc on the Minister of England. Something
must be done to satisfy requirements which are only understood, in
their full effect in Downing-street; and Lord Palmerston proposes
a Law Reform. Most constitutional, most legitimate, of courses ; but,
eYcn in that scrambling hand-to-mouth way in which we are
accustomed to amend our laws, we are expected to be a little, it it
be ever so little, logical We usually start with a premise, in the
shape of an assertion, that existing law is inadequate, that it has
been tried and found wanting. But here we have an admission,
on the very threshold of the argument, that the capability of onr
common law to meet cases of conspiracy to murder has never been
tried ; that the offence is so rare as almost to be unknown in this
country ; and that clearly, therefore, so far as British subjects are
concerned, any aggravation of the law, in the form of additional
pains and penalties, is not called for by any occasion. In its
very inception, then, the Act which the Government proposes
is applicable to foreigners alone, and therefore we como
to the conclusion which we have again and again
stated, and out of which the most adroit diplomatist, or the
most slippery of Parliamentary tacticians, cannot hope to wriggle—
namely, that we are called upon to legislate at the instance ami for
the advantage of a foreign Power; and that what is called a
refoim and an improvement in our law is neither more nor
less than a political concession made on the requisition of a foreign
Potentate. In considering this question in all its bearings,
although it is not, perhaps, very dignified to raise into factitious
importance the violence and menace and the unmannered abuse
of England with which this requisition has been accompanied, it
is hardly possible to overlook it entirely. No doubt we can
afford to despise the bluster of belligerent Colonels speak¬
ing more or less in the name of their men; and
perhaps enongh has been done in debate and in
journals to pay them back in their own coin. But it should
not be forgotten that these men will look hereafter only to effects,
for they will know nothing of causes, in reference to this question.
All they will know, or are likely to understand, is, that on the heels
of the addresses in the Monitcvr comes an alteration in the law of
England—no matter what—relating to refugees, proposed by
the Government and conceded by Parliament; and perhaps the
French army will then condescend to moderate its ardour for
the invasion of these islands. This point, no doubt, hardly de¬
serves to assume the weight of an argument; but it is at least an
element in the consideration ol this question, and its bearing on our
position in opinion abroad. At any rate, the House of Commons,
faithful to its instincts as the immemorial preserver of freedom and
constitutional rights, did its duty from the beginning by meeting the
proposal of the Government by prolonged and elaborate discussion,
characterised by that outspoken tone which the occasion demands.
Such a course on the simple motion for leave to introduce a bill is
unusual, and bore with it a marked signiSeancy.
"Whatever were the results when the question became one of
votes, the thinking people of England will at least be able to
understand that the arguments and the force of reasoning were all
on one side. The very originators of the bill admitted that for all
practical purposes it must be a dead letter ; and that it was simply
a sop to those portions nf the French nation who would not com¬
prehend its nature or effect The Emperor of the French could
understand exactly what a mere pretence it was, and
M. Walewski and Count Persigny would know that it would
help them very little, if at all. in detecting a single conspirator;
but they will no doubt he satisfied with it — probably were
known beforehand to be likeJv to be satisfied with it—inasmuch
as they are aware that the bulk of the French nation are not
allowed to see our newspapers ; that if they could see them they
could not read them, and if they could read them they could not
understand them ; and therefore that all they will ever know
about the matter is that the Government and Parliament of
England have made an alteration in the law to meet too
case of conspiracies by refugees on the requisition of the
Government of France. Even if the bill was to be stopped
short at the point at which it now stands, the result and the effect
in France and among the French people would be the same. No
penitential course gnrsued by the House of Commons with refer¬
ence to the future stages of the bill can prevent the French
Colonels from believing that they have fluttered the Parliament of
England, and menaced it into doing their bidding. Into the question
of degree—into the sort of concession which has been made of the
simple irrelevancy of the bill to amend the law of conspiracy to
the matter which was to be dealt with—they cannot be expected to
enter; and, let what will happen hereafter, they will regard the
decision to which the House of Commons has just come as a sur¬
render of the whole point in dispute. Into the intricacies of that
strange and heterogeneous division list they cannot be supposed to
dive ; they cannot understand that the first reading of the bill was
carried by the support, with a few exceptions, of the Opposition,
whose chiefs, nevertheless, accompanied their aid given to Ministers
agaiDst the great hulk of their own adherents, real or supposed, with
the most contemptuous criticism on the bill itself, while they did
not disguise that their support of it was only provisional. It is
not unreasonable to expect, then, that hereafter we may find gen¬
tlemen who spoke vrith such vigour and so unreservedly against
the measure for which they immediately voted making attempts to
reverse a dccisicn which, technically and in the House or Com¬
mons’ sense, binds them to nothing with ro r erencc to the future
stages of a bill. If that be the case, it seems very probable that —
however it may be with French people—as regards the French
Government, the difficulties of the question will oDly then have
begnn, end that M. de Fcrsigny may have to demeud his pass¬
ports after all
The late Attempt to Assassinate toe Emferou of
. ir!/,. CI V/? lc P° li,; v authorities of 8 cotIa.iul-y.ml have issued a pis
<200 reivird for the apprehension of Mr. Thomas Alison,
OKmi*. hfmT \ h , c Exchange, supposed to tie an accompli.
Drum t in the late attempt to assassinate the I-.mperor of the BTenai,
.The Victims of the Mctixt in India.—A supplemen
01 Tuesday gives lists of the European", :
wounded" Thrifts'lift “ 1110 rtbCl! ’ 0r haVC
'Feb. 13, 1953
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS.
FRANCE.
A considerable number of foreign Trincos and Ministers Extra-
ordinary are at present in Paris, sent from their diflorent Courts to
congratulate the Emperor, and to deliver autograph letters from their
Sovereigns A ball on an unusually grand scale was given at tho
Tuikries for the reception uod entertainment of these numerous
guests. Reviews, grand dinners, and Ministerial fetes are also to be
called intorequisition. „ . ...
Count do Moray has been elected President and Reporter of the
Committee of tho’ Corps J^gielatif, appointed to examine the new
measure of “Publio .Safety.” . , T , ,
The Legislative Assembly. of Fran:© has rejected all the amend¬
ments of the new law of public safety. # . .
Thoro has been an official notification by tbe Minister of Marina
and Colonies, and:he Admiral, Bigault do Genouilly, commanding tho
Imperial naval forces of Franco in the Chinn seas, of the blockade of
the River and Port of Canton. .
M. Billault has resigned the office of Minister of tho Interior and of
Public Safety, and has been succeeded by General Espinasse, Aide-
de-Camp to the Emperor. M. Corauau, Prefect of the Landes, is ap¬
pointed General Secretary to the Minister, in place of M. Mancoanx.
The Senate has adopted unanimously, 129 members voting, tho
Sen atiis Consul turn having for object to require tho oalh of allegiance
from persons announcing themselves as cam^idates for a Beat in tho
Legislative Chamber.
SPAIN'.
The Cabinet have e-motioned the project for erecting a Btatuo to the
late M. de MendiaabaL
On the 3rd inst. tho Cortes voted tho bill relative to tho land-t3x, by
200 votes to 14, and the address in reply to the speech from the throne,
by 200 votes to 14.
A Eoyal decree in the Madrid Gazette of the 5th promulgates tho
treaty between Spain and Sardinia for tho mutual extradition of
criminals.
The railway from Madrid to Alicanto has been opened to the public.
ITALY.
The Piedmontese elections, in tho place of those which have been
annulled by the Chambers, have taken place, and the result in the
cases cf six already known is that Liberal representatives have been
returned.
A Turin paper affirms that Count Cavour has had an interview with
the French Minister in that city, on the refugee question, and that the
latter was perfectly satisfied with the assurances he received. The
result of the conversation was, that the Sardinian Government under¬
took to exercise a stricter surveillance over its passport system.
The trial of the persons implicated in the insurrectionary movement
of Genoa on the 29th of June last commenced in that city on the 4th.
The number of prisoners present was forty one; the list of tha-o
absent by default comprised twenty-two names, headed by that of
Giuseppe Muzzini.
The trial of the Neapolitan prisoners is proceeding at Salerno. Baron
Nicotera acknowledged his share in the conspiracy—which, however,
he declared was directed against Muratism. and in joining it iio believed
ho was doing good service to hi a country. lie energetically denied tho
truth of some of the depositions put forth against him, and handed in
a document, tho reading of which was, however, overruled by the Court.
It is supposed that it contxined revelations whi«J*h it was not thought
convenient to be allowod to transpire. Among other things Nicoteru
declared that this paper fully exculpated tl^n crew of tho (Jayliari of all
eojxq licity in tho plot. From state-meats intuleiu open court it appears
that eoh. 6 oi the unfortunate persons who landed with Pisacane wore
butchered in cold blood, after being wounded, and that those who were
retained prisoners have been over since—now six or seven months—
treated with so much cruelty and neglect that many ol* them are re¬
duced to mere shreds and skeletons of men. Watts, one of tho English
engineers, who is among the prisoners, is reported to be seriously ill,
ana nearly insane, by what ho has been subjected to.
SWEDEN.
The two Swedish Chambers of tho Nobles and Clergy have thrown
out the Eecond bill on. religious liberty.
The two Chambers of Burgesses un i Peasants hive refused to grant
funds for tho fortification of Stockholm.
RUSSIA.
The Russian Government has just recognissd tho Republic of
Uxuguay. TLe negotiations on this au&ir have bo an carvicd on between
Count de K-isseleff, the Russian Ambassador, and the Chevalier Gavreile,
1 he Consul-General for Uruguay, in France. A treaty of commerce
between the two States will soon be concluded and ratify their relati ms.
TURKEY.
Letters state that, through the good offices of the British Consul at
Sarajcco, on armistice between tho Turks and tho Montenegrins has
been concluded. The insurgents in tho Herzegovina arc iu want of
munitions, and have therefore boon compelled to disperse. Etliem
Pacha had been ohargsd by the Porte with an extraordinary mission
to the Prince of Servia.
UNITED STATES.
The death oi‘ General Havelock has drawn forth tho warmest ex¬
pressions of sympathy from the press of the United States; and in the
principal ports, New York and Boston, flags were displayed at half-
mast as & mark of respect to tho memory of the departed hero.
In the Senate of Washington a report has boon received from the
Committee on Central American affairs. The Committee state that the
place where Walker was sarested was beyond the jurisdiction of tho
l nued States; but that, in view of all the circumataucos attending
the arrest, it did not call for any further censure than as it might
lic^after be drawn into precedent.
v Adc,patch from Mobile reports the arrival there of Walker the
Filibuster, and his arrest, but subsequent discharge, by the authorities.
u ? tendered tho hospitalities of the city. Another telegram of
the 2C!h ult. save:—“ An enthusiastic meeting was held here oa Mou-
day night. V. alker, in a speech, asserted that the secret of the Go*
verament opposition to bis Nicaragua scheme was a rejection of their
proposition that he should go to Mexico and incite a war there, with a
view of the l mted Stales acquiring that territory J‘
The Kansas difficulties have moved on one step further towards
solution, it now appears by the proclamation of Governor Dennia
(the successor of Governor Walker, appointed by the President) that
the Free-Statesmen have elected all their officers by small majorities
mid that they nave large working majorities in each House. As Mr!
Buchanan still adheres to tho Lecompton Constitution, with its pro-
elavery clauses ho now in effect asks the South to admit Kansas as a
bhivo Mnte, with a Free-State Government that will certainly mako it
a Iroe State in & few weeks.
Tho latest account from Kansas states that tho territorial Legislature
has expressed its doteiinination not to give way to the Topeka Go¬
vernment. and will proceed to enact a code of laws supersodiuir those
passed prior to the special session.
The latest intelligence from C*uh indicates that the Mormons
would assuredly resrst the United States’ troops, and that a guerrilla
waifnie had been determined upon. The Government is preparing to
make vigorous demonstrations in the spring. General Sm't Com.
mander-in Chief, will probably bo dispatched to California, to arrange
for an expedition thence to attack tho Mormons in the rear while tho
l.ttlo army under Colonel Johnson is to be materially rSoreod and
is to take cate of :hem in front. ’
MEXICO.
The New (Means Pweyimo Las advices from Mexico oity to the ISth
ot January, nnuounung the bombardment of tho capita! by opponents
of Comonlort, and a desperate conflict, which continued t"? P ^vmil
days, resulting in the loss of over loo lives, and the woundiug of a
'r ( fc"n«nts of s'm t?® Pisans who were in possession of the It/ld
of wT LI, ' / Dorou >e° ban Augustine were tho partisaus
'-•m.a Annu, whoso recall to the Presidency was loudly dommidod.
m the 17th a truce for twenty-four hours between the cJSS
ties had been agreed to. At :he last moment intelligence was received
thfrly te^n. 1 " 0 ” We ™ mftrcM,1 S on the cit y- and^hat civil war had
JAPAN.
Accounts have been received from Japan to the 11th November
They confirm tho fact already announced of the aoproachin" visit to
Luropeof rrrnce Tm-Kuacn, the nephew of the EmpeHe 4as to
embark about the end of Decembor at Simoda, with a numerous suite
on board the Dutch vessel the Samara,u,. chartered for thepureore bv
tmSBSS^J^SUStF-*
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
The following are the cliief points of tbe intelligence brought by tkJ
last Overland Mail, bearing dates from Bombay to the 13th ult. .„ •
Dates from Cawnpore are to tho *4th of January. Sir Colin Camn*
bell occupied Furruckabnd on the 3rd, and was iu commimicaR?Ti
with Colonel Seaton’s column.
On the 2nd the rebels had attacked the troops under the CW
mender-in-Chief j but they were repulsed after a severe skinmshju]
which the enemy lost all their guns, seven or eight in number. * ^I
In the evening of tluit day they evacuated Furnickabad, abandon,
ing all their heavy artillery.
Goruckpore was taken on the 6th of January by theGoorkalis under
Maharajah Jung Bahadoor. The enemy, though strongly intrench®! i
made a feeble resistance. Seven guns were taken and 200 men kill®!
Our loss was only two Goorkalis killed and seven wounded.
Gencrnl Outram’s forces, 4000 strong, continued safely posted attha
Alumbagh.
The peasantry were beginning to bring supplies into the camp.'
Brigadier Walpole occupied Efcawah on the 29th of December. R e
proceeds to Minpooree, and thence will join the Commander-in-chief
The intelligence from India is generally of a cheering character,
The direct roads between Delhi and Calcutta are uow open.
The Chittagong mutineers wi re attacked by the Sylliet Battalion
near the frontier of Tipperah. The mutineers fled, but were pursued,
and many overtaken and tout to death.
A bill has been introduced for uniting the Meerut and Delhi
divisions to the Punjaub. The Lieutenant-Governorsliip is to bo
given to Sir John Lawrence.
COUNTRY NEWS.
A Silver Cradle.— On Monday, in accordance wiih an an¬
cient custom In Liverpool, a silver cradle of beautiful design and cxjiiiaito
workmanship was presented .o Mrs. Francis Siiand, wife of its Ute
Mayor—that lady having given birth to a child during her husband's
term of office as cliief magistrate ol the borough.
The Princess Rotal and the Poor op Windsor.—B aron
Ernest Stockmar has transmitted to the Mayor of Windsor £100 for hi*
distribution privately amongst the necessitous poor of the borough, as %
token of the deep sympathy her Royal Highness had ever felt for that
large class of her neighbours, and in remembrance of the kindly tod
respectful maimer in which she had always been treated by them.
The Irish Viceroy.— A meeting, convened by the Lord
Mayor, was held on Monday in Dublin, to inaugurate a movement a^ahit
the abolition of the office of Irish Viceroy. It was adjourned to MoaiUy
next, when a great demonstration is expected. All the leading citizen*oi
Dublin are favouiable to the agitation.
Testimonial to Mr. Baines.—T his gentleman, who is nrtlit
to Dr. Livingstone's expedition, had presented to him, on Monday, to
the Corporation of King s Lynn (of which town he is a native) a hip 1 ®
complimentary address, i’luminatcd on vellum, sealed with the anc
seal of that borough, and inclosed in a handsome oaken case. In _
evening lie was invited to a soiree, when more complimentary mldraaij]
were made to him, and he was presented with a gold chain and ring—
former subscribed tor by gentlemen, and the latter by ladies. Mr. min®
is a seif-tfiught artist, and has, by liis energy, perseverance, aud skill,
raised himself from a bumble position to one ol some eminence.
Gallant Rescue of a Shipwrecked Crew.—O n Mondiy
morning a Norwegian barque, called the Galatia, from Swedestown, to
standing in for Youghal, in mistake for Queenstown, went on shore 00
the bar during a heavy gale from S.S.E. The perilous position of her
crew having been observed, the life-boat which the National Life-U*t
Institution bad recently stationed here, manned by her gallant coxswain
and crew, was soon launched - and uobly did she pursue her way throaaj
the heavy surf to the stranded vessel, aud brought her exhausted crew,
consisting of fourteen persons, on shore, amidst the ncolimntions of (Ml
people. Two pilot-boats attempted to reach the ship, but were compel!#
to return to tbe shore from the force of the wind and heavy sea.
beliuviourof the life-boat ©11 this her first trip elicited the uuboi
admiration of her crew and of all who witnessed her valuable service.
Consecration of Chcrciies.—T he new church of Saint
Cross, Knntsford. iu the county of Chester, erected at the sole expeuseii
the into Peter Legh, Lsq , of Norbury Booths Hall, on land belonging to
him, was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester on Tuesday. Thoehur
contains sittings ibr 432 persons, of which 101 will be let for the bent
of the minister, nnd the remainder arc either appropriated for the usej
the tenants of thcNorbury Bootlie Hall estate, or entirely free.—TI,
new parish church of Braiseworth has just been consecrated by the L 01
Bishop of Norwich. The church, which is dedicated to St, Mary, anL .
constructed with rough hint, and Caen stone quoins and dressings, la gj)
llicNorman style of architecture, the cast end beiug a semicircle. Ty
edifice was erftted by voluntary contributions, tbe largest of thcconta»‘|
tutors being Hemy Jiinglcy, Lsq.
Chaf.ge against a Clergyman and iiis Wife.—A n ex*
troordinury ease of assault has occurred at Yate, near Bristol, in whlcUi
clergyman is the assailant—the Rev. Samuel Smith, Master of M
Collegiate School, Clifton. It seems that his wife, before her marrlas
received the addresses of Mr. Leach, contractor, of Croydon, Surrey. S
bad latterly written to Mr. LeaclL stating that her husband was den
and expressing her willingness, if he still entertained the same feclin
towards her. to give him a meeting. Mr. Leach accordingly went
Bristol on Wednesday week. When he arrived at the station it was da'
To his surprise he snw r in tuc waiting-room a man w’onderfully like
Mr. Smith said to be in his grave. But he also saw Mrs. Smith dres-^
in widow's weeds, and he hastened to meet her. However, the sight o
the beloved form of tho Sarah of old days did not drive away the stranff
apparition in the waiting-room, lie mentioned it, and Mrs. Smith asJJ
how he could think it was Mr. Smith : he had been dead six weeks. lhflF
took tickets for Ynte station. They reached that place. From Yatc W
the place of 3Ira. Smith's alleged abode there were two roads, oneit8*
usual route, the other leading over a common. Mrs. Smith insisted dp
proceeding by the latter, in spite of the advice of the station-muster:
Mr. Isnacs was coming with a lantern to meet them, and they mu»
go by the common. They were lighted out of the station; they
into thick darkness on the common, and they lost their way. Airs. Smi
soon called out, •• We are lost!” A man’s vof'c answered, ** J am lost too,
Mr. Leach was instantly struck on the back of the head, and turujf
round saw a man with a bludgeon. The blows fell thick and heaw
until Leach grappled with Ids assailant and threw him. Leach’s cr*
for assistance brought some labourers to the spot. They pulled otnj
victim of the os?*ult. I'nable to stand, he held on to one of the mem J*
the meantime Mrs. Smith had assisted iic-r hudmnd to rise, and the hdt»H
declaring that he wonld blow out the brains of the first man who 1 **®
tempted to follow him, made oil’, and was soon loH in the gloom oftg
common. Air.. Leach was carried to the Railway Hotel, and b* 3 ,
were attended to. The story La not completed without some facts eUcn
before the magistrates at Lawford's gate, on Thursday. A six-barrel*
revolver, loaded and capped, was picked up on the common. ,k0D L <
Neville, a gunsmith’s assistant, deposed that lie sold the rr
voiver to Mr. Smith, and loaded it for him, 011 the 2 nd ol February
the day before tbe assault Gclltrd Lock, a pupil at the Clifton ColIegwJJ
School, proved that Mr. Smith sent him to a liou-:e nt Bristol »
fetch any letters addressed to “S M." He obtained one and gave it
Mrs. Smith. Serpeaut Russell, of the Gloucester police, found in
house a parcel which Leach identified as his property. Mr. Smith, vvfi'j
arrested, directed his wife to “make no reply to any questions that J
be put to her/’ The housemaid of the rev gentleman deposed that on taj
terms as ivlira Ihev left. Som - aRioici of widow r 8 »pp*rd were
near the srene of the assault. Mr. ami Sirs. Smith are now in custody
a charge of felonious maiming—bail having been refused. • ‘
Fatal Coi.usiox.— On Thursday morning, between Ttiswjl
were drown id 5 the captain and eleven seamen were saved.
The Belfast Biots. — T he report of the commissioners w>‘
..L”! 0 thc - ' h »«'-te r ana origin of tlic dangerous riots
I?" n °*1 'T 1 - 131 iu duly and September last was issuw g
1,8 ooajlnalona are complimentary to thc Belfast authority
fiw.I;.! r . c 'f rsc of complimentary to the. Rev. Mr. Hanna, to whofe J1
am , I’huis to excite “ a public conflict ’’ the commissi 00 1
Impute tlic disorders that took place. J
The nomination for thc city of Umerick took place on T!iurf“ 8 &j
the polling takes place to-day (Saturday). On Sunday night the w
city was m an uproar, large mobs were demolishing windows, 00tt
Dragoons were out.
Feb. 13, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
155
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
m (Continued from page 170.)
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Wednesday.
U amfstead- heath Park.— On the motion of Mr. Foster, leave was
riven to bring in a bill for the formation of a park on Dampslead-heath.
The Havelock Annuities Bill was passed through Committee.
OATHS BILL.
Lord J. Russell having moved the second reading of this bill.
Sir. F. Thesiger intimated his intention of offering no opposition to
\ 1 i measure at that stage. He concurred in believing the proposed altera¬
tion of the Parliamentary oaths highly expedient, excepting so fur as
regarded the admission of Jews to the House of Commons. In Committee
he should move an amendment retaining the words which preserved the
Christian character of the Legislature.
Air. 11 ass a rd, approving generally of the bill, wished to remove the
clause from the abjuration oath by which it was declared that “no foreign
prince, person, prelate, or potentate hath, or ought to have, jurisdiction
or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within these realms.”
Air. Napier coincided in the view taken by Sir F. Thesiger, and intended
to vote for his proposed amendment in Committee.
Air. Ayrton objected to the retention of the form of words specially
designed to apply to Roman Catholic members, abnegating Papal jurisdic¬
tion in this country.
Air. Collins, Mr. M'Mahon, and Mr. Bagwell concurred in this objection
Lord J. Russell feared that the time was not come when Parliament
could be persuaded to sanction an oath applicable alike to Protestants and
Catholics. He insisted, also, on the necessity of retaining the clause by
which the authority of the Crown was declared supreme, as sole head both
of Church and State.
Air. Walpole confessed that the existing oaths were to a great extent
obsolete: but in remodelling the form great care should, lie said, be taken
to maintain the principles on which the oaths had been originally framed,
and which were the Protestant succession and undivided allegiance to the
Crown as by law established.
Air. Roebuck approved of the measure, partly because it effaced many
unmeaning and absurd passages from the Parliamentary oaths, but prin¬
cipally ns removing one ©f the remaining fragments of the old system of
religious exclusion as applied to the Jews.
S:r G. Grey believed that the measure before them promised the most
attainable solution of a question which had been so many years almost
constantly before Parliament.
Air. Newdegate opposed the bill, criticising at much length the speech
of Air. Roebuck, drawing from it .meanings which the hon. and learned
nu mber repeatedly repudiated.
Air. Bland supported the bilL
Air. Kowyer wished to remove all disabilities from the Jews. He
would not, however, support a measure which rciraposed the oath
appointed for Roman Catnolieai n the Emancipation Act, and whose
expressions were, he maintained, absurd in themselves and insulting to
the members of that faith.
Alter a few words fioin Air. Miller and Mr. Spooner.
Air. Maguire, in the name of the Roman Catholic body, repudiated
toleration and demanded equality.
The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on
that day fortnight.
HOUSE OF LORDS.— Thursday.
Parliamentary Reform.-— The Earl of Carnarvon inquired
whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce
any measure of Parliamentary Reform, and complained of the delay
which had taken place in making a statement of Ministerial intentions in
that respect ?—Earl Granville replied that every subject referred to in
her Majesty’s Speech from the throne would be carried out by her
Majesty's Government.—The Karl of Derby said the same answer had
been given on three or four former occasions ; and. if it was really the
intention of Ministers to lullil the promise contained in her Majesty’s
Speech, they ought to lose no time in making the House acquainted with
the propositions which they intended to make.
Government of India.— Earl Grey, in presenting a petition from
the East India Company praying that no alteration might be made
in the present form of government In India, called particular atten¬
tion to the allegations of the petition, which, from the masterly manner
in which it was drawu up, might, he said, almost be considered as a State
paper. lie complained that a letter sent by the Court of Directors to the
Government, requesting information, and intimating their willingness to
concur in any measures calculated to promote tlie happiness and well¬
being of the people of India, had met with a contemptuous reply, all in¬
formation being refused; and, expressing his opinion that no alteration
could at present be made for the better, he urged the Government to
pause before they proposed a mcasureforthe purpose of introducing altera¬
tions in India which might be productive ot the most lamentable results.—
The Duke of Argyll at great length, and with some warmth, defended
the course taken by the Government, and asserted the necessity ofira-
mediate legislation upon the Government of India. With reference to the
petition itself, it was presented prematurely, as it should have followed,
instead of having preceded, the introduction of the Government
measure. That measure would to-morrow night be brought into
the House of Commons by the noble Lord at the head of the
Government, and until that had been done it was obviously out
ot the question to reply to the allegations of the petition.—The
Earl of Ellenborocgh repeated his previously-expressed opinion
that all the recent calamities in India had arisen out of the appointments
made by the Court of Proprietors, who had given their patronage to
canvass instead of to merit, and so sent out persons not lilted
for the rests they were destined to fill. He believed the substitution
of a direct Government, in the name of the Crown, would be beneficial;
but at the same time lie thought there ought to be an independent Council
to check and control the executive power.—The Bari of Derby tauuted the
Government with their silence upon the subject before the Home, and said
that if, as seemed likely, they intended to propose changes more of form
than reality they were lit objects for a lunatic asylum.—After some further
discussion the subject dropped.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Thursday.
Crowded Barracks —In reply to Mr. Laurie, Lord Palmerston
said the Government had under consideration the recommendations con¬
tained in the report of the Commissioners, proving that two-thirds of the
deaths among the Foot Guards arc from consumption and other diseases,
in consequence of the crowded state of the barracks of the metropolis, and
that the subject was too important to be suffered to drop without result.
Limited Liability.— Air. Headlam asked leave to bring inis bill to
abolish the distinction b« tween joint-stock banks and other joint-stoei
companies with reference to the liability of their partners. In support
©this motion the honourable and learned member referred to the recent
experience of jolnt-Stouk bints, aa proving thal tlie present system on-
couraged recklessness of management upon the part of directors, and, while
it brought ruin upon the shareholders, did not after all prevent failure.
He contended that no grounds existed for refusing to joint-
stock banks the application of a principle extended by law to otuer joint-
stock undertakings, and culled upon the House to improve tnur .egisu-
tion on the subject. As a measure of precauiioo he wornd make it a
provision of his bill that joint-stock banks should be required to give the
fullest information to tlie public by advertisement as to the amount ot their
capital, the portion paid up, and other important points upon which
information might be necessary.—Air. Slanev seconded the motion.—
The Chancellor of the Exchequer was quite wllliug to acquiesce in
the introduction of the bill. It was & grave qnollqn wuethcr the de¬
positor ought to be deprived of the protection of the unlimited ItaoUity
of the shareholders; but at the same time ho thought the depositor might
be left to exercise his own discretion In that respect. The point, however,
upon which tlie House required to be satisfied was whether the protection
o! unlimited liability should be withdrawn from those persons who, in
their business transactions, were almost compelled to take the no.es ot
country banks, and who could hardly exercise the discretion winch was
open to depositors ; and this point, with others, would require to be well
discussed bdore the bill went to a second reading.--Air. Laxter was gli:l
to find the Government assenting to the introduction of the bill: because
tlie discussion, which would doubtless take place on the second reading,
would remove a misapprehension existing extensively throughout the
country.—Air. T. HankeY strongly supported the bill.—After some
further discussion, leave was given to bring in the bill.
National Education.— Sir J. Fakington moved that an humble
address be presented to her Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased to
issue a commission to inquire into the present state of popular education
in England: and whether the system is or is not sufficient for its object;
and to consider and report what changes (if any ) are required for the exten¬
sion of sound and ( heap elementary instruction to all classes of the people.
The proposal Wes totally distinct f rom any which he hid previously made
to tlie House on the same subject, and did not require him to eater upon
those detailed stafrmouts which he had gone into on former occasions.
The annual reports ofthe inspectors made it abundantly evident tlwt
greater facilities of education were required by the people, bat he
considered an inquiry by commission necessary, in order that
the House might be placed in possession of full and reliable
information upon which they might., if they pleased, found future legis¬
lation upon so important a subject, although he feared there was little
prospect of immediate legislation ; for, notwithstanding the palpable in-
(flidem y of the present system ot grants from the Committee of Privy
Council, her Majesty's Ministers seemed to be entirely indisposed to deal
with the question.—Mr. Hardy opposed the motion, believing that the
present system worked well, and that, if left to itself, its gradual but
necessary development would accomplish the desired object.—Mr. Dad-
held, as an amendment, moved that the inquiry of the commission, if
appointed, should embrace the secular system of education.—Mr. Gilpin,
a matter of form, seconded the amendment.—Mr. Ackroyd argued
that, as education had been crammed upon the manufacturers, and ex¬
tended by law to pauper children and criminals, it would be a premium
on crime unless the same advantages were given to the children
of honest labourers. He, therefore, gave his support to the motion.—
Mr. B. Hope thought the appointment of a Royal Commission was by no
means the beet way of attafning the end desired, and was well satisfied
with the existing system of Government grants, which had done so much
good by stimulating voluntary effort—Ur. Fox supported the motion, re¬
marking that the number of scholars had of course increased within the
last twenty years or bo ; that increase was not commensurate with the in¬
crease of the population, since the number of children neither at school
r.or at werk was greater now than at any former period.—Mr. Addgrley
thought a Royal Commission altogether unnecessary, since all the infor¬
mation required might be furnished by the existing machinery of inspection.
Mr. CoirPER admitted that an inquiry into the beat means of attracting
more children to the schools might be advantageous; but asserted that it
would be a mere waste of time and money to refer to a commission ques
tiens of policy which ought only to be decided by that House, and for that
reason he felt it difficult to assent to the terms of the motion, unless they
wire modified so as to narrow the scope of the inquiry.—After some
further discussion, the motion was adopted in a modified form, and tlie
House adjourned, after going through the other orders of the day.
HOUSE OF LORDS.- Friday.
Tlie Lord Chancellor took his scat on the woolsack at five o’clock.
The Defence of Arraii.— The Earl of Derby took that opportunity
of repairing an involuntary act of injustice which he had done in a late
debate to a gentleman to whose gallantry and perseverance the country
was indebted for the successful defence of Arran. He had attributed the
chief merit of that defence to Mr. Boyle, to whose science and engineering
skill the garrison was much indebted for its success. The omission of
another name lmd caused some pain to the friends of the gentleman to
whom he alluded, and who, he was informed, took upon himself the re¬
sponsibility of defending tlie place after it had been abandoned as un¬
tenable by nis superior officer. That gentleman was tlie resident magistrate
of the district,Mr. Wade, and it W'as but fair that he should receive all
the praise to which his galluntry was so well entitled.—Earl Granville
remarked that;the number of civilians who had distinguished themselves
In the recent affairs in India was so large chat it was almost impossible
to mention names without exciting personal annoyance and disappoint¬
ment.
Imprisonment for Debt—L ord Brougham, in calling the attention
ot their Lordships to the subject of imprisonment for debt, alluded to the
various alterations that had been made in the law during the last thirty
years, and referred to the opinions of distinguished lawyers on the ques¬
tion. In his own opinion a debtor should ne punished with imprison¬
ment. should he either reftise to come up for examination, or on appear¬
ing should he refuse particulars concerning the property lie possessed,
in like manner if, when the property was discovered, the debtor refased
to give it up. or if it was found that his debts had been fraudu¬
lently incurred, he should be punished with imprisonment. In
short, for every tangible offence committed by the debtor to
the prejudice of his creditors, and in which guilt, not misfor¬
tune, was apparent, he would have the delinquent imprisoned. It
whs misfortune only that he wished to shield from still greater suffering
— let the penalty still attach to fraud. It appeared from Parliamentary
returns that out of 3905 persons imprisoned by law for two months as
insolvent petitioners, 2768 were discharged without opposition or exami¬
nation whatsoever, and of the remainder 786 were discharged after being
opposed In conclusion, he moved for returns of the numbers of insol¬
vent debtors and bankrupts for tlie last five years.—After a brief conver¬
sation the motion was agreed to, and the House rose at six o’clock.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Friday.
The Speaker took the chair at four o’clock.
The Foot Guards.—C aptain Annesley asked whether the Govern¬
ment had received any report from the regiments of Foot Guards which
{ irovad that the mortality, instead of being 22 per lOOu, was little more than
lalftliat amount in those regiments?-hir J. Kamsden said the report
had just been sent in, and he thought, from a hasty glance, that the
retur n was much more favourable than that of the commission.
The late Conspiracy to Murder the Emperor of the French.
Mr. Warren asked whether. Count Walewaki having stated in the
second paragraph of his despatch to the British Government of the 20 th
of January, Ifc5», that •• it was m England that Pianarl formed tUe plan
ol striking the Emperor; it was from London that, in an affair the re¬
collection of which is still recent, Marzlni. Lcdru Roilin, and Cauipanella
directed the assassins, whom they had furnished with arm*; it was
there also that the authors of the Inst plot had leisurely prepared
their means of action, had studied and constructed the instruments
of destruction which they lmd employed, and it was from thence
that they had set out to carry their plans into execution”—
any application had been made by the Government of the Emperor of the
French to her Majesty’s Government to prosecute the above-mentioned
or any oilier parties, m respect of such conspiracies, and whether auy and
what answer was returned; and whether any steps had been taken to
ascertain whether any evidence could be obtained to support any such pro¬
secution : and, in particular, whether tlie opinion oi the law officers of
the Crown had been taken on the subject, and whether there was any ob¬
jection to lay it on the table ofthe House? - Sir G. Grey said that no per¬
sonal application bad been made ; but last year a report of a commission
appointed in France ”.vus transmitted to the English Government with a
view to ascertain whether there was sufficient evidence against, certain
persons, and tlie EagiuiU Government came to the conclusion that there
was not sufficient evidence to justify proceedings- With regard to the
last part of the question, he had to say that, if there was sufficient evi¬
dence to iustlfy a man being arrested, and placed before a magistrate, they
would lulve no hesitation in adopting that course.
The Hudson’s Bay Company.—M r. Labouuhere. in answer to Mr.
Roebuck, said ihe Government had given notice to the Hudson’s Bay
Company that it was their intention to lake the territory under their own
direction.
Gantjllon and the Di ke or Wellington.— Mr. Stirling asked
the First Lord of tlie Treasury if it was true that the legacy of 10.000ft*.
btquiftthcU to the sub-officer CantiDon, who attempted to assassinate the
late Duke of Wellington, by the late Napoleon Bonaparte, in a codicil of
bis will, approving and justifying the attempt, had. since December 2 ,
j*6i. been paid, with interest up to the date of payment, by the Emperor
oi tj,e French-—Lord Palmerston said it was true that a legacy had
been lift by Napoleon tlie First to this man Cantillon ; but wlfot the
pitsc ni Eiuperor came to the throne he appointed a commission to in¬
quire into the circumstances, and the commissioners reported that
JNapolton roust have granted the legacy when in a state or mental aber-
m lion, and Hint it was not, therefore, their duty to pay it. In no case had
the Government anything to do with it
London Corporation Regulation Bill.— This bill was read a
second tune, and reierred to a Select Committee.
ABOLITION OT TUB BAST INDIA COMPANY.
Lord I’almebston, iu asking leave to bring in a bill to alter the
Government of India, said it was merely intended to simpliiy the homo
Government by bringing It into one department, responsible to the Crown
and to Parliament, without disturbing local administration. By its pro¬
visions it was proposed to abolish the Court of Directors and the Boar J of
Control, substituting in their place a President, asBistedby a council con¬
sisting of eight members, nominated by the Crown, from among persons
who lmd either been directors or resident for some year? in India, and
who would go cut every two years by rotation, lo this Ires, neat twno
woud have a seat in Parliament) And Council the powers of tue present
Court of Directors and tfacg Board of Control, with Its Secret Com¬
mittee, would be transferred; and the power of the President would be full,
except in certain cases, for which the consent oi four of his Councillors
would be ncccssarv; and in other cases, where the Councillors differed in
opinion fr om the*President, they would have the right ot placing their
dissent uporf record on the minutes The President would be placed ou
a ftaotine with a Secretary of State, and the Councillors would have a
salary ot £1000 a year. The President would also have the power of
nominating a Secretary to assist him in the discharge ofthe duties of hi*
office The local Council would be continued In India, but the members
wou’dbe nominated by the Governor-Genera!. With regard to patron¬
age. all writerehins, aft at present, would .be put to open compe¬
tition; «nd cadetships would be distributed as at present, with
tlie exception that, in the first distribution, a portion would
be reserved for the sons of officers and civilians who had fallen
in service in Indio. The English troop* in the service of the
Company would be transferred to tlift Crown, and If any of them objected
to llils change they would be entitled to their discharge. \\ ith regard to
the troops raised locally, they would be continued in Asm so long as they
were r aid from the revenues of India; but there would be a power to
employ tliem elsewhere, aud then, by the sanction ot Parliament, they
would be paid from the Imperial finances, and audit ors would bo appointed
to nrenare statements of Indian accounts, to be laid before Parliament
Th,,sa were the main provisions of the bill, the details of which would
Smc l^Torc the Houseat a later period But the great teuton to be
settled then was whether the Government ot India should be transferred
to responsible .Ministers, or whether the cumbrous machinery 01 the
double Government should be continued. The general opinion of the
. . . r __innrwir Ii.i rli inti rrl>i nor* wfflnri
of India” would be regarded with much more> respect than an unknown
Company: and it would be Idle to 4»v that the foot ol mutiny not yot
beiiiB suppressed could cflcet the working oi that home (government,
which the kill was intended to improve. ^ . .
Mr. T. Baring, as an amendment, moved That it .s at present inex-
Dedicnt to legislate tor the Government ot India. In doing this. ne
argued at great length that any legislation upon the subject was un¬
necessary, and especially uncalled for at the present time; when its
effects upon the natives of India would be to arouse distrust in their
minds, and lead them to the conclusion that an interference both with
their political and religious liberties was intended. Sufficient time had
not elapsed since the last change in the Government of Tndia was mode to
enable the House to judge as to what new changes might be require:!, ami
he besought the House to pause beforcdeallng wi th so important a measure
upon deficient information.
Mr. Crawford seconded tlie amendment.
Sir E. Perry, in support ofthe motion, contended that the present time
was peculiarly fitted tor Indian legislation, and that Mr. Baring, while
dealing largely in eulogies upon the East India Company, had advanced
no arguments against the principle of the bill.
Mr. M. -Milnes objected not only to the time as inappropriate for legis¬
lation, but also to the entire principle of the measure; no great evils had
been shown to have arisen from the action of the double government;
but he feared great evils would be likely to result from tlie despotism of
tlie Council which it was proposed to establish.
Mr. W. Vansittart could not vote for the introduction of the bill,
lx cause he.thought the Government, before proceeding to legislate ought
to inquire into tlie allegations contained in the petition of the East
India Company.
Mr. Ayrton, having gone to India with every prejudice in favour of
the government of the Company, arrived at the conclusion, after some
years’ residence, that the continuance of that government was altogether
incompatible with the welfare of our Indian Empire.
Sir J. Elphinstone objected to the bill, partly because the time was
unsuitable for Indian legislation; and partly because he believed the
proposed new government, although a! first responsible, would ultimately
degenerate into irresponsibility and political partisanship.
The Chancellor ofthe Exchequer disputed the accuracy of the two
vague assumptions upon which the petition of the Company ivaa based—
viz., that their policy had acquired our Indian Empire, and that their
form of government was the oest the world had ever seen. Clive and
Warren Hastings had laid the foundation of our Indian Empire by acting in
opposition to the instruction.! forwarded to them by the Court of Directors,
whose earlier servants were r* plundering and mutinous race. Every ex¬
tension of territory since hud been acquired in opposition to their policy,
and the country, therefore, owed them no gratitude for acquisitions of
Indian territory: and with regard to their character of the government
which they described in their petition aa tho “puren in intention, and
the most benevolent iu action known to mankind,” their represenUt-ons
_the present systen— — —.,- ~ . . .
would, however, be secured by tlie bill, to the introduction of which the
House W8S now asked to assent.
Mr. Mangles (Chairman of the Court of Directors) spoke at some
length in support of the amendment aud iu opposition to the view! ex¬
pressed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in connection wiffi the ad¬
ministration of the Company.
Mr. Roebuck moved tlie adjournment of the debate, which was at once
agreed to. and the House rose.
TIIE WEATHER.
RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE
KEW 0B8EKVAT0RY OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
Lat. 51° 28 ' 6" N.; Long. 0 n 18 ' 47" W.; Height above sea 34 feet.
DAT
DAILY MEANS OT
5 *j
if
li
li!
Pew
Foist
If
II
££
o
Inches.
a
0
0-!0
Feb. 3
29.787
40-7
38*5
93
10
7> 4
29*663
42*8
410
■94
5
6
30*036
44*5
41*0
*89
6
,. 6
30*082
404
37*0
*89
5
7
30041
36 7
32 0
*84
4
„ 8
30 092
32*2
25-7
*79
2
*. *>
30*123
33 0
27 6
*83
5
TUEBlfOMETEft.l
30-3
36-4
343
40-2
30-9
28*3
27*8
General
Diretiloa.
ssw. ssr..
sw\ wsw.
ssw. s.
S3E. ESE.
EXE.
39 6 I ENE. E.
384 ENE. E.
49*8
46-4
521
45 7
44*4 |
_ 1 a*!*
- . I in 24
S § booty.
H J Kwl
it
10A.M.
23 a
Mika. Incb«»
282 ♦ -(100
151 ‘518
211 *000
8)3 '215
259 *000
3! 3 *000
308 000
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE CAMBRIDGE
OBSERVATORY, FOR TBS WEEK KSDIXa FER, 10, 1SW.
ziifi-
Dux. S-JSSf
@cv a r -
Fib. 4
Mean*
Incho*.
29 528
29'9D1
30*098
30006
30*115
30*140
30*211
30*021
46*8 39 1
49*8 32*1
42*8 34*8
42*3 31*6
37*4 I 23*4
36*4 28*5
35*8 28*2
41-6 314
41*1
41*4
400
37*1
33*1
32*6
31*3
37*1
1*5-
Bulb
at
0 am.
Wei
Bulb
At
9 A.Si.
Do¬
ll ulb
St
3 r.si.
Wet
Bulb
At
i r.u.
Direc¬
tion of
Wind.
Ami.
Cf
Cloud.
(0-Kfi
Hfdtt
ill
:ncna».
c
0
Q
a
468
46*3
46*4
45*2
SW. S.
8
0213
36*8
360
49 6
47*0
s.
9
0 003
416
40*8
42*8
11.2
8SE.
6
0 000
3t>-3
35-3
41*3
38*8
SE.
0
0 000
320
31*3
37*4
356
SE.
0
0*000
33*0
33 0
362
33-8
9E.
5
0 000
32*5
32*1
32*8
31*5
E.
10
0-000
37 1
37-0 ) 40-9
39*0
0*213
ruin was falling heavily throughout the day and afwrnoon of tlic.th
and the wind wos blowing violently lrom the S. aud 3 W. a*, the same,
time. The sky became quite clear, however, during tuei evening, and
remained so throughout tlie night. How-frost covered the ground on
the mornings of tlie 6th, ;th, 8th, 9th, and loth. Meteors were yen on the
nights of the 7th and 9th. The zodiacal light wa, very bright on tho
evening or Feb. 1.4, Land 9. The tky hay been mnc.'i overcast durhig
the mornings, but the nights have generally been clear. J he horizon was
very misty on tlie days of the ?th aud loth. “■ Bbees.
-Vvvv- ii
->• »I; bo
» S’r cTsKbs"" 1 *; : >’ C:
Comet I. of 1858.—The comet discovered at Berlin on the
11th of January appears to have been detected Beven days earlier by Mr.
ruttie in North America. Inc supposition of its
COMET I. OF If'iS, identity with tiic tirst comet of 17 S3 lias not been
confirmed by farther observation; but its reseat*
blanec to the second comet of 1790 is so striKinn tvit
it may be concluded to be a reappearance of that
body. The period of its revolution about the son
has been calculated at between sixteen and seventeen
■w'.? buu»;-'- if years, so that it must have appeared, if sach be the
“ case, in the years 1807, 1814, and 1841. None of the
' comets discovered in those years bear any resem¬
blance, however, with the present one: and M.
Ilruhns surmises that, as it must have appeared in
' . the months of Jauuary and February of those years,
on teb. 1. it paused away unnoticed on account ol the ofa¬
vourable weather. Tberoraet still continues favourably situated for ob¬
servation. and may be seen by the help of a moderately-powerful telescope.
It lias altered but little iu appearance since cGTiTFT I OF 1868.
the beginning of February; but has become **
Slightly brighter and larger, although the -V--
nucleus is not so well defined us at first. -
The comet of 1790 is described by Messier : j:„•;» *:*sV£c
as small and faint, and remained visible for
only thirteen days. The nucleus was not •/_'**.‘;;
always visible. On February 13, at six p m., :,,U
Right Ascension, and 97 deg. 12 min. of
3orth Polar Distance. It is at its shortest
distance from the sun at the latter time.
Thr Despatch from Count Walewski to Count Per-
tlie insertion iu tlie Juoniteur of certain addresses from the army has
escaped my attention, anil i have made a report of it to the Srnpcro*.
You are awurc oi the sentiments by which wc have been influenced in
ti e ettps we hnve adopted with her Britannic Majesty e Govern:nont o.i
!. -i, fit*.funnst rv. and tin* care we live
rio?auU;,Tnd ourdeftrem*e for the
initiativebein^taken by it; and if. in the enthusiastic manifesMtioasof
Ulie ji.ijcmj *v »v ... r- ’ _
i inadvertence caused by the cum
enjoins you to say to Lord Lureo-
to anything else than i
h<>r of those addresses. The Emperor cnjc._ . .
dcn hcw murh he regrets it. 1 authorise you to jpve a
dispatch to the principal Secretary of State for b oraga AU* n. R«. • »
ir. fgigmd), A. WALEWgKl.”
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS_ [?**• 13,1858
Feb. 13,1858.3
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
157
TEA N S ATLANTIC SKETCHES. — INTERVIEW OF INDIANS
WITH THE “ GREAT FATHER.”
THE PAWNEE CHIEF, 8CALLA-LA-NA-SHABO, OR “ ONLY CEDE]
PROM A PHOTOGRAPH.
Washington, Jan. H.
I was present a few days ago at a great ceremonial interview
between the President of the United States and delegations from
three tribes of Indians—the Poncas, the Pawnees, and the Pot-
towattamies. Each delegation was totally unconnected with the
other; and the Pawnees and Poncas were ancient imd hereditary
foes; but being in the presence of their “Great Father,” as they
term the President, they looked upon each other with as much
polite unconcern as the same number of civilised “swells,” not
formally introduced, might have displayed at a fashionable assembly
in London or Paris. They did not appear to t hink of each other,
but of their “Great Father,” the splendour of his mansion, and
the business which had brought some of them two thousand miles
from their wildernesses to the head-quarters of American civilisa¬
tion. The interview was highly picturesque; and, although in
some respects it might seem to the careless observer to partake of
the ludicrous, its predominant character was that
of pathos, if not of solemnity. On one side was
Civilisation, represented by the venerable and
urbane President, “ with his head as white as
snow,” and surrounded by his Secretaries and
chiefs of departments, by the beauty and fashion
ot Washington, by senators and members of the
House of Representatives, and by the Ministers
of Foreign Powers. On the other side was Bar¬
barism, represented by the hostile tribes, in their
wild and striking costume—their red and blue
blankets wrapped closely around them; their long,
straight, black locks stuck full of eagle plumes,
bound together by uncouth head-gear of all
shapes and colours and modes ot manufacture;
their ears overladen with ponderous rings;
their necks adorned with necklaces of bears’
claws, artistically wrought together ; their
breasts and shoulders with the scalps which they
had taken from their enemies; their hands
grasping the spear, the tomahawk, and the war-
club ; and their faces, and sometimes their hair,
daubed over with masses of red, blue, green, and
yellow paint, disposed in fantastic forms and pat¬
terns, in accordance with the rules of the only
heraldry—for such it is—to which they are accus •
tomed, and as much subject to law and ordinance
of hereditary descent as the heraldry of the griffins,
boars' beads, lions rampant and couchant, bloody
hands, and other insignia of the Heralds’ Colleges
of Europe.
The interview took place by appointment in the
great or east room ot the presidential mansion.
By eleven o'clock a considerable number of spec¬
tators had assembled, and at half past eleven the
Indians made their appearance, each delegation
being accompanied by its interpreter. The Paw¬
nees, sixteen in number, were first in the order
of entrance,—a fine body of men, some of them
naked to the waist, and some wearing boffiilo
robes or blankets, and all of them adorned with
the full paraphernalia of paint and feathers which the red men
like to display on great and solemn occasions. They were
preceded by a little white lady ot twelve or thirteen years of
age, the daughter of an American gentleman, who had charge
of the delegation on behalf of the Government The Indians
had adopted this little girl as the daughter of their tribe. A
sort of fille du regiment, she Seemed quite proud of her posi¬
tion as the pet of the savages, and accompanied them as part
of the show in all their public appearances. Many remarks
were made by the white spectators on the theatrical nature or
bad taste of this display—not on the part of the Indians, but
on that of the living parents of tins child. Had she been a
foundling ot the forest, the case would have had its noble and
touching aspects ; but at her age, with a living father able to take
care of her, the propriety of this companionship was held to lie
more than questionable. Next to the Pawnees followed the
.THE PAWNEE WARRIOR, QU-U-AEK, OR “ BUFFALO BULL.”
FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.
Poncas, six in number, similarly accoutred and bedizened,—fine,
stalwart, but melancholy men, with a dignity impressed on their
features and gleaming from their eyes, which even the grotesque
eccentricities of red and bine paint were unable to impair. These,
also, were accompanied by an interpreter—n border trader, of
European blood, who had picked up their language in a Jong
career ot commercial intercourse, perhaps in the exchange of fire¬
water for the spoils of the chase, or in other bargains as little to the
advantage of the simple red men. Last of all came the Potto-
wattamies, nine in number, dressed in shabby European costume.
This tribe claims to be wholly or half civilised; but they seem to
have received nothing from civilisation but its vices and defects,
and to have lost the manly bearing, the stoical dignity, and the
serene self-possession, as well as the costume and habits, of other
Indian tribes. They afforded a very marked contrast with the
Pawnees and Poncas. They had an air of cunning, senility, and
PRESENTATION OF PAWNEES. PONCAS, ANT) POTTOWATTAMIEfi TO THE PRESIDENT 0 T THE UNITED STATES, AT THE WHITE nOUSE, WASHINGTON.
158
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NF.vVS
meanness on every lineament of their countenances and motion of
their bodies, as well defined and unmistakable as the seedy
shabbiness and awkwardness of their costume. A little red and
bice paint would have added a positive grace to their sallow,
baboon-like faces; would have made them look real instead of
unreal; and shown them to be the savages which they actually were.
These poor Pottowattamies were somewhat out of favour. They
had a special grievance and wrong to detail to the President; but,
having chosen to come to Washington without the permission of
the official agent charged with the administration of Indian affairs,
they were there at their own cost and risk. Not so the Pawnees
and Poncas, who had been specially invited by the proper autho¬
rities, and whose expenses were paid by the Government from the.
day they had left their own hunting-grounds, and would be paid
back to their own homes in the same way, after they had seen all
the sights and partaken of all the gaieties of the capital.
At twelve o’clock precisely the President entered the east room,
and took his position in the centre of a square, of which the
Indians formed three sides and the spectators the fourth. The
Indians, who till this time had been silent and wondering spec¬
tators of the rich carpet, the curtained windows, and gilded cornices
of the reception- room—no donbt the most magnificent specimens
of the white man’s wealth, power, and ingenuity which their eyes
had till that moment beheld—turned their looks to the President,
but made no motion or gesture, and uttered no sound, expressive
either of their curiosity or the respect which they evidently felt
The President’s head leans slightly on his shoulder, and this little
defect, added to his kindliness of expression and his venerablewhitc
hair, gives him the appearance of still greater benignity,—and as if
he were bending his head purposely to listen to the complaints, the
requests, or the felicitations of those who have occasion to address
him. The four chiefs of the Pawnees and the twelve men of the
tribe were severally introduced to the President, who cordially
shook hands with them, looking all the time as if lie really felt that
paternal interest in their character which his position commanded,
but which he was not able to express to them in their own language.'
On one Indian of this tribe, a short but well-formed man, about
fifty years of age, and deeply pitted with the smallpox, and who
wore human scalps after the fashion of epaulets, besides a whole
breastplate of snch ghastly adornments, and held in his hand a
war-club thickly studded with brass nails, and who was introduced
by die interpreter as the bravest of his people—‘'le plus brave
dcs braves,” the Marshal Ney of his race—who had taken more
scalps than any living Indian whom he knew, the President seemed
to look with more than common interest. The eyes of all present
were directed towards this redoubtable chief; but there was nothing
fotbidding, nothing ferocious, in his appearance. His face and
bearing expressed stoical endurance and resolute self-reliance, but
neither cruelty nor conning. The Poncas and their chief went
through the same ceremony, and met with the same reception; and-
even the unbidden Pottowattamies were welcomed by their “ Great
Father ” as kindly as if they had been regnlarly invited to his
presence, Mr. Buchanan all the while wearing that good-
humoured 9mile which seems natural to him. It was obvious that
he was quite as much interested in his red children as they were in
their white father;—as none could help being who was a witness of
the scene.
The presentations over, the President made a short speech,
welcoming the Indians to Washington, expressing his readiness to
hear whatever they might have to say, and to redress any real
grievances of which they might have to complain, if they came
within the scope of the Government to redress, and were not solely
due to their own faults and mismanagement. This being three
times translated by the three several interpreters—for no one of the
tribes understood the language of the other—each tribe signified
its approval: the Poncas by an emphatic guttural sound, not unlike
the peculiar “ Oich ! oieli! ” of the Highlanders of Scotland; the
Pawnees by the exclamation of “ Lowar! ” and the Pottowattamies
by a short “ Ugh ! ngh ! ”
And now began the speech-making in reply to the President’s
invifation. The four chiefs of the Pawnees, one chief of the
Poncas, and one of the Pottowattamies expressed, one after the
other, the object of their journey to Washington, The Pawnees had
come to ratify a treaty already made with the Government, to see
their “Great Father,” to learn from him how to grow rich like white
men, and no longer to be “poor; ” the Poncas had come to make
a treaty for the sale of their lands in Nebraska, to look with their
own eyes upon their “Great Father,” whom they judged by the
splendour around him to be rich, and to be visibly favoured by
the “Great Spirit;” and the Pottowattamies to request that an
allowance, paid to them semi-annnally by treaty, should be paid
annually, to save trouble. All the spokesmen dwelt upon their
poverty and wretchedness. Some of them held up their arms
and exposed their bosoms, to show that they were naked. They
wanted to be taught how to be rich; to earn, like the white man,
the favour of the Great Spirit, and no longer to be poor. Poverty-
extreme poverty—was the key note of their lamentations, the
mournful burden of their whole song. “We are,” said one of them,
looking right into the eye of the President, and approaching so near
that his breath must have felt warn, en Mr. Buchanan’s cheek
as he spoke. “ the children of the Great Spirit as much as you are.
We have travelled a long distance to sec yon. At first we tra¬
velled slowly. At every place we stopped we expected to fiad
you. We inquired of the people, and they told us you were a long
way off. We have found you at last, and we are glad. We see by
these things (pointing to the gilded walls, to the carpets, and the
curtains) that you arc rich. We were rich in the days that are
past. We were once the favourites of the Great Spirit. The
very ground on which we now stand (and he stamped significantly
with his feet upon the carpet as he spoke) once belonged to our
fathers. Now we are poor—we are very poor. We have nothing
to shelter us from the cold. We are driven from our possessions;
and wc are hungry. We have come to you to help us. The Great
Spirit, through the mouth of the ' Great Father,’ will speak to us,
and tell us what we are to do. Let us be rich, like the white men,
and be poor no longer.”
Such was their melancholy, and invariable supplication. At
every repetition of the word “poor”—when translated in the
hardest, coldest, baldest manner by the interpreters—there was a
la.gh among a portion of tin Wh-ta spectators, who should havs
known better—a laugh that to me seemed grievously out
of place, and which somewhat perplexed the poor Indians, as was
evident by the surprise expressed upon their faces. To them their
poverty was no laughing matter. They had come to Washington
purposely to speak of it. In their simplicity of heart, they believed
that the President had it in his power to remove it, and they had
lost faith in their own customs, manners, and mode of life, to keep
them on a level with the white men ; and why should they be
laughed at? The President gave them excellent advice. He told
them that they always would be poor as long as they subsisted by
the chase; that the way to bo wealthy was to imitate the industry
of the white men—to plough the land, to learn the arts of the
blacksmith, the carpenter, the builder, and the miller; and,
aboveall things, to cease their constant wars upon each other. “I
learn,” he added, “ that the Pawnees and Poncas now present are
deadly enemies. It is my wish, and that of the Great Spirit who
implanted it in my breast, that they should be enemies no more;
that, in my presence, they should shake hands in token of peace
and friendship.” This was explained to them by the interpreters.
The enemies made no sign of assent or dissent, beyond the usual
guttural expression of their satisfaction. “I wish,”said the Presi¬
dent, “to join your hands together, and that the peace between you
should be perpetual.” The chiefs of the hostile tribes advanced,
and shook hands, first with the President, and then with each
oilier One man only gave the left hand to his former enemy,
but this was explained by the interpreter, who stated that the
right hand was withheld by the Pawnee because it had
slain the brother of the Ponca; but that the new
friendship between the two would be equally as sacred
as if the tight had affirmed it. “Will they keep the peace?"
inquired a gentleman of the President. “I firmly believe they
will," replied Mr. Buchanan. “A peace ratified in the presence
of the ‘Great Father' is more than usually sacred.” And in
this opinion he was corroborated by each of the three inter¬
preters.
And so ended the ceremony. I have seen much of tliei Indians
during my stay in Washington—seen them at the theatre, looking
intently and inquiringly at the pirouettes of Signora Teresa Rolla,
a celebrated danseuse, now here—seen them at their home in the
hotel where they are now staying, where they pass their time in
card-playing and smoking—and seen them at the Arsenal, re¬
ceiving from the hands of General Floyd, tho Secretary at War, the
rifles and the muskets which are given to them as presents by the
Government before they return to the wilderness, and boon on
each occasion very much impressed with the native dignity and in¬
telligence of these poor people. But their doom is fixed. Between
them and the whites there Is no possible fraternisation. The white
men, who act as the pioneers of civilisation and push their way into
the far wilderness, are ruder, rougher, and more ferocious than the
Indians. Between them there is constant animosity ; and the rod
men, being the txeaker of the two, stand no chance with their
white assailants, who shoot them rutldessly down for small offences,
punish slight robbery with death, and bring whisky and rum to
the sen-ice of destruction When readier means are found to be un¬
attainable. Only 314,622 red men, about half the number of the
population of Philadelphia, remain in the territories of the United
States; and these are rapidly diminishing from smallpox, in¬
ternecine war, and the rifles and the whisky-bottles of the
whites;— / —\
Slowly ahd sadly tliey climb the western mountains,
And read their doom in the departing sun.
In Mexico and in South America they still thrive, or increase, and
amalgamate and intermarry with the European races; but in he
United States and Canada, where the Anglo-Saxon race predomi¬
nates, they will in a few years disappear altogether from the land
which was once their own, and leave no trace behind them but the
names of a few rivers and mountains, and here and tlitra of n
Slate that takes an Indian appellation in default of an Anglo-Saxon
one—such as Minnesota, now claiming admission in the Union, and
Wisconsin and Michigan, already admitted. Their fate is inevitable,
but is none tlie less sad. The ancient Britons survive in their
progeny ; bat the aborigines of North America are dying out, and
their blood will form no portion of that great Republic which is so
rapidly rising to overshadow the world C. M.
THE MEETING OF CONVOCATION.
{From a Cemsponitni.)
Thf. Church Parliament has reassembled at the Jerusalem Chamber,
for the transaction of business. There has been the usual rustling of
silk and stuff gowns and cassocks, with here and there tho pleasing
variety of a pair of lawn sleeves. Here they meet in solemn conclave;
the press ready to record their transactions; not a word they speak
suffered to fall to the ground; the eyes of many thousands of the clergy,
both at home and in the colonies, intent on their procen-liugs, and looking
to them in ansioushope for some undefined relief from the various gravi-
tnina under which the Church is said to groan. This is the fifth or sixth
year. I l-clicve, of the renewed actio it, as it is called, of Convocation.
Have those anxious spectators waited so long in vain? Has the hope
deferred made the hearts of any sick ? or has there really appeared
any sensible, tangible proof that this conclave of reverend and right
everted divines is anything else than a corpus mortuum —the shadow
of the shade of a departed body. What mean the cries that are hoard ia
all directions of Liturgical Reform, Revise the Liturgy, Abbreviate the
Services, give Greater Latitude, Greater Liberty, tethaOlfioiatmgClorgy?
Have any of these subjects engaged the serious attention of Convocation
during this almost Trojan siege ? Or, if not, what has it been eugoged
about all those yoarj? I haveheard, indeed, of certain Reports of certain
Committees; but more real,effective work might have been produced
by one persevering and intelligent man, steadily employing lu3 brains
and his pen, in a third part of the time, in agitating these questions
through the medium of newspapers and the other periodicals of the
day. Enough of these Reports. They are like the Reports of
Committees on the Bank Charter, and other blue-books of ths
House of Commons ; a mare sop to Cerberus—a something to lull
the three-headed monster, Pubho Opinion, to a temporary sleep.
This eopoiifio experiment may bo tried too long and too often. I tell
the members of that august body that they are on their trial; they
have provoked the public inquiry, and the public begin to ask for
what, and why ? and after much patience, and much .looking for
fruit, and finding only leaves, the next cry of tho said public
will be, “ Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground ? ” A Royal
Commission, which her Majesty could issue at pleasure, would
have done all the work really required in half the time
that has been spent by Convocation in meeting and talking, and
at half the cost. I wait a few weeks longer, and I hope fey that time
Lord Ebury, in his plac3 in tho House of Lords, will have renewed
his motion for such Royal Commission ; and I confidently trust her
Majesty’s Premier will accede to such a reasonable prayer. The report
of suoh a body would be worth attending to; ana legislation might,
and probably would, follow as the legitimate fruit of it. At any rate,
it would serve effectually to allay the preseat excitement and imna-
tience of the publio on the subject.
[Feb. 13, 1858
CALENDAR FOR TILE WEEK.
Sunday, Feb. 14 —Quinqua^eaima. St V
Monday. 15.— Suu rlaca 7l». inn., sets 5h. l
. Valontine.
. 13m.
Tuesday, ig.— Slirovc Tuesday. Earthquake in California msn
Wednesday. 17.—Ash Wednesday. ' 5 *
Thursday, 1 8 .— Cambridge Lent Term divides.
Friday, 10 .—Explosion at Lundhill Colliery, 1857.
Saturday, 20.—Joseph Hume died, 1855.
TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE.
FOR THF. WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY W, IS54.
Sunday. | Monday. | Tuesday. | Wednesday. I Thursday. | Friday. | Satn^T^
m r~i 1 • ■■ -* 1 ” * -- ■ ' ~
b m h 1
9 ua 1 <» v
MAM
A
u
A 1 V.
A
„ .
h m 1 h mo m
b m
h ra
h m h in
h m
3 13 1 3 30 1 3 lb
t 1
1 lrt
4 IM « as
a »
a an
a 43
o t j
*? «*
« ll
H ER MAJESTY’S THEATRE.—BOHEMIAN GIRT
On Tuesday, Fab. 16, Thursday. Fob. IH, Saturday, Feb. 20, will b- rmur!
LA Z1NGAHA. bailiff the IUUau version of Balfo’i- Opera of “Tho Bahamian 61 )??!!!^
Arllne. Molle. Piceolomlnl; yueoa of tho Glpaloa, Mdll\ Bonnier; Count Aruhoin. of
Delicti!; Devilahoof, Big. Vialdti; Florin tan. Big. Uerouriall; Captain of ‘S'?**
Hlfftior Ca*lel<i i Thadooa, Big. Giuglhii. In tho teooad act will ba introdu^i*
NEW MVkRTTS3F.llF.NT, by M. Mtuuot (‘.ho Music entirely new
M-Balfru by Mdiure. Clavelle, Moriaechi. trad Paitxtall. To conclude with tho
Divert ireerceat by M. MumH, entitled LTITMEKEE. Price*:-Pit stall*. l£
Ito hold feur port ana), pit and. ora pair, £t 2*.; grant! tier. £3 3i ; two p<ir. £1 v, - ’.
pair, 15a.; gallery boxta. 10 m gallery stalls, 3«. «d.; gallery. 2* ; pit. 3s. tid. Too door* Won
Lo opened at Half-past Seven and tho Opo-n rommenoo at Eight o'clock. Airj’iaati'wSr
Boat*, *a., to bo made at tho Box-olllco of the Theatre.
rpiIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. —Monday and Tuesday
JL Fob. 15 aud 16, Last Two Night* of THE RIVALS, «u performed by command of in!
Majesty, In honour of the Nuptials of tho Princess Royal with I’rlnco Frederick. William
Prussia, by Mews. Buckstono, Chlppfmdalo. Keuley, Hudson. Howe. W. Farron. and Olirk^
Bllsa Reynolds, Km. Poynter, Mm. K. Fitz will !<un, &o. ; after which, tho Paata mima *}
THE 6LEEM6 B&AlTY. Wednesday, 17 (Arii-Wedocsdav). no performance. On Thu™
dar. Flit Joy. and Saturday, THE IRISH AMBASSADOR, in w> loll Mr. Hudson will a mesr'
lie tug the list tbret xiightnof Ids rrigagoinont; after which, for three nights ou'y. ihoVnrra
of TWICE KILLED, as performed by command of her Majesty, and hi which Mr. and U n
Keel-y will appear; Concluding with tho Pantomime—On Monday, Fob. 22, ML, Amr
Eedgwick will rea|i;<ear.. 1
T3 QY.AL PRINCESS' THEATRE.-—Under the management
Al of Mr. CITABLE3 KEAN.-O’i Monday anil Friday, HAMLET. Tuosdav ml
Saturday. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. Wadn-eday (bole* Ab h Wednesday!
p^formarcri, Thursday. The CORSICAN BROTHERS. And tho Pantomime evoryovonlng.
A DELPHI THEATRE.—Great Attraction!—Mr. aud Mrs.
BARNEY WILLIAMS, tho cclubratod Irish Boy and YunkeoGal, la popular oil, anl
origin*I new dremua Monday aud duriug the Weok. THE FAIRY CIRCLE 'first tim-v
YANKEE COURTtHIP; or. Away Down East; and LATEST FROM NRW YORK, In'
which Mr ana Mr*. Barney William* will perform. Monday, tho 2Jnd, ROItY 0 MORE
THE POOR STROLLERS wU tc repeated at Easter.
QURRF.Y THEATRE.—On MONDAY, and during the
week. RIGHT and WRONG; or. a Tale of the Old and N-:w Year. Messrs. Croiwick.
She ph frd, B. Potter. WWdicomb. and Min M. Eburno, To oonclado with HAULCOBlil
v’UEIiS MAR Harlequin, Mr. Glover; Columbine, MUa WUmoH; Clown, by tho Stirrer
Back; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury; Sprite, by tho Young Bond.
A STLEY’S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — Lessee aui
XjL Manager. Mr. WILLIAM COOKE. TltL Evening Ilia Entertainment! will commeao*
wilh (Flm Time) an entirely New Romantic Equeet Ln Spoctnulo, entitled THE
.IIBBF.i AIN03AY • or, the Whi^i Sana of Nick of the Wooda; succeeded by mlmUabL
SCI-NFS in tho ARENA. Concluding with tho Groat Pantomime ol DON QUIXOTB
end hl« STEED ROSJNANTK. Commence at Seven,
a REAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE, Shore-
ditch.—Great success of the Pantomime, with the Gorgeous Transformation Seem,
Every evening tho ISLAND of SILVER STORE, concluding wito the Patomima of GEORGY
PORGEY. On Ash Wednesday, Haydn’s Oratorio of the ‘‘Croatian," b> 200 Performers.
QGCIETY of FEMALE ARTISTS, 1853.—Tho Committee
have to announce that a Room has been secured for tho EXHIBITION of this yoar at
lh«* EGYPTIAN HALL. Piccadilly, wheia Works of Art wi‘1 be received on Tueiday, th*
16th of March, and tho two following day*. Tho co-operation of Arti-f*, whether professional
or amateur, L earnestly Invited. The Exhibition will ODEN on MONDAY, the 5th of April
Every inouiry respecting the condition* attached to tho exhibition of Paintings. Statu try.
Carving* in Wood and Ivory, Ac-, will bo answered by tho Secretary, Mrs. ALEHKU J. RUai,
142, Fenchurch-street, E.C.
S'
T. MARTIN’S HALL.—ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS under
. _ the direction of Mr JOHN HULLAH: Eeiwon 1358 —THIRD CONCERT, on TUB3DAY
Evening mat, Feb. 16, to commence at eight o’clock precisely. Part 1. Ovorlure, Moloi’aa,
M*mlol**ehn; Aria. In dissen holl' yen Halloa (Dio ZaubertlUre). Moxart—Horr Deck: Con¬
certino (No- i Kalilwoda—violin Mr. H. Blagrovo; Aria, Otnbm udoniia (Romeo), Z.nga-
rtltt—Mire Palmar; Symphony In C (Jupiter), Mozart. Part 2 Trio E»pagnole, for pianoforte,
oboe, and bassoon Brod— Mr. Georgti Russell, Mr. Nlcho’ain, and Mr. iiAUSscr; Dust,
Cantamlo uu dl. Llari—Miaa Bank* and ML* Fanny Roland; Air, SriUo noch dim Wuthvai-
tangon (Fan*t\ Bpohr—Harr Dock; Trio, Le Hnagnila, Phmul—Miw B ink*. Mist Finay
Rowland, and Mita Pslmor; Overture. Choval do Bronze, Auber. StaL’a, 6s.; gallerias, 2a.6d.;
area, la. For tho scries—stalls, ono guinea; gallerias, ha f-a guinea.
M ISS ARABELLA GODDARD’S SECOND Per¬
formance of CLASSICAL PIANOFORTE MUSIC, 47, Wolbook-itroot, Cavca-
disn-squure at Half-past Eight, cn TUESDAY. February 16. Programtno:—Sonata (In F).
pianoforte and violin—Mozart; Sona'a in A flat (’‘Pina Ultra”)—Dtusekt Toccata and
Fugue (D minor), Prelude and FcguotD major)—T. 8. Bach, Sonata (.C minor), Op 3-the
l*at of Beetbovon; Trio (No. 1>—Mendelssohn. Pianoforte, Miss Ar.bo'Ja Goddard; Violin,
M. Sainton; Vfaloncollo, M. Pa^uo.—Tickote (10a. 6d ) of Mua Goddard, 47, Wolbock-etroot-
T\TR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, NAPLEsi
AjA POMPEII, and VESUVIUS Every Night (except Saturday), at Eight, and Tuaa-
dav, Thursday, and Saturday Afternoons, at Three.—Place* can bo secured at iho Box-
odice, EGYPTIAN HALL, daily, between Eleven and Four, without any extra charge.
P ROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL.—ST. JAMES’S
THEATRE -WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY AFTERNOONS at 3. and every
Evening at 6. Ftalla, 6*.; Balcony RtnlU, 4a ; Boxi*. Sa.; Pit. 2s.; Gallery, la.; Private
Bcxo8, Two Guineas. One Guinea and a Half, and one Guinea Places te be secured at Mr
Mitchell's Royal Library. 33, Old Bond-street. Oa Monday Pcifestor FrlkoU will perform
several Now Tricks, being the 100th Performance.
ITS
M R. and Mrs. GERMAN REED (late Miss P. HORTON)
will repeat their Entertainment every evening (except Saturday) at Eight, 8*tnr-
doy Afternoon at Three. Admission, l*. aud 2s.; stall*. 3« ; secured, without oxtr.t charg-J.
at tee Royal Gallery of lUustniticu, 11, Regent street, and Cramer, Bealo, and Co.’<, Wl,
Regent-street.
JULIA ST. GEORGE’S HOME aud FOREIGN
--LYRI'-ft, consisting of Songs. Characters, aud (upwards of thirty) Costumes of Many
Land*. EDINBURGH till tho end of February.
FIFTH YEAR OF THE PRESENT ENTERTAINMENT.
rrriE SISTERS SOPHIA and ANNIE, ia their Original
JL Entertainment, entitled SKETCHES FROM NATURE, will uppear at St. Holous, Fob.
15; Warrington, 16; Crewe, 17; Chester, 13; Wrexham, W.
riBRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Polvgraphic Hall, King William^
V,^ street, tftrend.—203rd CONCERT. Commencing at 8 Oa Saturday a Miru’ng Per-
fhnuacco commencing at 3. •* Hoop-dw-Doodcm-dco " Nightly.
I Saturday a
Price* la , i'a , and -la.
TIT ADAME TUSSAUD’S EXHIBITION, at the Bazaar,
X“J. Baker-street. Tho Nuptial Group. H.R.H. the Princess Royal ia her beautiful
Prldal Dress of Uoulton Late, trimmed with orange ftowo’a—the admiration of ovary ouo;
airo, H R.H. Prince Frederick of Prussia. A-lm'j iou, la.: extra room, 6d. Open from
Eleven till dusk, and from Seven till Ton.
1 ?OB FAMILY ARMS, send to tho LINCOLN^
155 HERALDIC OFFICE, the Established authority in England, which for
many years baa emblazoned and quartered Arms, wtth that authenticity known through¬
out Europe. Sketch. 3e 6d., or ■ tamps.—H. SALT, TurnsUJe, Linjoln’a-ica.
T INCOLN’S-INN HERALDIC OFFICE—GENTLEMEN
JLi having 8SLETCHES omnlor persons who do no4 Emolazea by the Law* of Heraldry. For
tho protection of tho PabUc the Heraldic Office now oxeentes Eogravlng.Aa. Book-phrie Anna,
SI*. Croat on Seals or Ring*, *ki. Sd.—Q- SALT, Turnstile, Linooln'*-lan.
TJERALDIC STUDIO, LIBRARY, and Index of the
JLA Eornlda' Visitations, Open Daily. The LINCOLN'S- INN MANUAL of HERALDRY :
a Description of Uu Science, 4K Engraving*, or rtamya.—H. HALT, Groat Tumstd*
Lincoln'f-lnu.
Tj^OR FAMILY ARMS,—Persons anxious to ascertain a true
A' oud accurate account of their Armorial Bearing* are requested to sanl Name w»J
Cocsty to tho Royal Heraldic Offico. Tho only place for authentic Information. No f-M for
search, Sketch, ?s. «d; la col.-mrc, 6*. Family Pedigrees traced 10s Also. Book
with Anns, 10*.; Crest on >eai or ring, 7»- “ Tho Manual of Heraldry," 40) Eograringj. 3*
Studio and library Open daL'y, with Imlor to tho Herald’s Visitation*.—T. CULLETON.
Genealogist, fco., 1 and 2, Long-acre (.on* door from 8t. Martia'a-lAn'*}. W.C. Anna psintod
and quartered.
A RMORIAL BEARINGS.—No charge for search.— Sketch
and description, U. 6d.; In colour, SaJCrosta on seals or Hag*. 8* ; on dio, 7«-
or bloodatonu ring, engraved with crest, two gubr* 4 *
T MOR1NG (who baa rocoived the Gold Moiol for engraving), 44, High Holborn. W.C. Pno 8
ait post-Creo-
A MARRIED CLERGYMAN residing at a fashionable
watering-place in the North of Englaud, can accommodate at tho Yicar.tgo either *
LAuraetkirff n comfortable homo or TWO LITTLE GIRLS, who*o education wjuM b«
carefully *U[iuruiteodod.—Addrea* A J.. care of Rov. F. 8Utham, St. Peter s, Walworth.
TTIRST-CIASS BUSINESS PREMISES, Torquay, Devon.—
A To be SOLD or LET, from Lady-day -next, a most desirable and convenient BurinM*
I remises, situate in tho centre of the Strand.— For particulars apply to T
agent, Torquay.
TUf ONF.Y on PERSONAL SECURITY promptly advanced w
JJX. Noblomon or Gentlemen, Hm'rt to Entailed B*tate». or bv wav of Mortgoir* on Pr' 1 '
r '* r ’Tvr'vr.v f'd’j qr 3c~«mAaia, «c. Cvuildinuiau appLcouirtu mat ire m+l* +■
addsOMfA W Mr. HOWSC. 11, Boator.-btaliag*, 8trani, W-C.
Feb. 13, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
159
UTR. OTTLEY’S LECTUBES on ART.—At the FRENCH
lVI OALLFKY. 12l.P*U-maII, onpoiito the Opera Colonnade. Mr. H. Ottloy will deliver,
Fv.nh.Ka cf THURSDAY. FEB. ISth And 25tb. two Lecture* i n PAlNTIXQ and
^1VTKR3 ANCIENT nnd MODERN; and ou MONDAY. PEB. 22, a Lcctaro, Historical
<! Descriptive on ENGRAVING. Tlie-o Lecture* will bo illustra'od by numirotu ox-
r,, V», c various School* and Masters. To common ;c At ebcht o'clock. Ailmifsiots 2*.t
scats. 4*. Ticket* and aybnbus to bo bad of Mestrs. Coinoglti and Co., PaU-ma'l
5^. H- Graves and Co., 6, Pall-mall; and at the Gallo y.
jrjjBt; ITeasrt-!
he AMERICAN HOIiSE-TAMER.—Mr. J. S. RARE*
boa discovered tfco »rt of TAMING tho WIUJEST and MOST VICIOUS HORSES.
.•Lcr old or unbroken colts. and i6 ablo to COMMUNICATE thl* SECRET (which larolvoj
« ti titer d«cger to mun nor injury to tbo animal) In One Loucu. He haa arrivoi In till*
Gantry from Canada, with tlte highest teatlmoul&'s to hls succew and akill frtnn tbo
Governor-General end Comraondcr-ln-Cblof of that colony. Major-General Sir Kiohirl
Alrer. K.C.D-i Qnartermastex-Geneml of H.M. Forces; Lord Alfred Parol, Clork-Marshal
to her Majesty: and the Hon. Colonel Hood, have teatlflod to the value of the art and to the
facility with which it may be apnlkd and communicated.
Utur*- Talt* trail bavo kindly consented to toko charge of a Subscription List. This
list will be confined to noblcmou and gentlemen.
Tho Fee la Ten Guineas, which must bo paid in advanco by chock or c**h lo Messrs.
Taltersall, who w ill rote in tho subscription until the secret art ha* burn couununitatod to the
6U ]^ch*reaiittance must be accompanied by a reference, nnd each subscriber, bofora h!» name
can bo positively iocelvtd. most sign a oomimot not to dndcwo Mr. Karov’* art to others.
Mr. Fumy reset ros to hlrosolf the right of refusing to receive any nuna.
Mr. It*rey will c rmnence teecblng in elaree*, la the ordrr of regiitrUian. at the private
Hiding-school of hls Groca the Duko of Wellington, which has bow kindly placed by hi*
Grace at hi* s-rvice from oloven to one one o'clock daily.
-''When dvo hundred sahioriber*' unraos havo boon reccivod tho II *. will bo cloved, an 1 'In
< d»v for opening tho instruction c’clmoi at once announced. Further information may be
obtained from Mct*n. Tuttoreall, Grobveuat-pUco, to whoso ordox all chock* mast ba made
paj able._
ESIGNS for the ELLESMERE MEMORIAL.—The Com-
mittee for tho F.roctlon of a Monumental MEMORIAL to th* lato Eari of ELLES-
BJI.RE on the high land near W KENS WOOD, to t>.i wort word of VYorstoy Hall, in La u-
cashiro. are now prepared to receive from Artist* ond othor* do irous of oorapsimg MODELS
or DESIGNS of n suitable Monument not being a Statuo. Tho anihunt at tho disposal of the
Committee is Eighteen Hundred Pounds; and tho Party whusj design is solected will 1>0
extieettd to supply, erect, snd complete tho Monument fur that sum
Prcm um* of Forty ar.d Twenty Gulnoa* will be respectively awarded, o the partlos who
Abnll, iu tho opinion of tho Committee, submit tho second and third best Designer Models.
It is the >vi*h of tbo Couimittoo that tho Monument »haQ he suUMaqUhI a nl durable rather
than fl'ubornto nnd crnamontal, and that It should be w*fiy ttoeu from u distance.
Mod< la or Design* must bo forwarded to the Bridgewater Offices, Hulrn * Manchester,
addressed to the car© of Mr. Fereday Smith, and doUvored there noc later than the 25th
March. i85 3.
USEUM of SCIENCE, ANATOMY, and the WONDERS
. Of NATURE 47. Borncra-street, Oxford-street. OPEN DAILY, for Gcntlomen only,
from Ton till Ten. Lectures, Morning and Evening, by Dr. Maretoa. Admission, One Shilling.
OYAL ASYLUM of ST. ANN’S SOCIETY.—By Volnn-
Urv Contri!)utiona, affording Homo, Clothing, Ma'ntonoaeo, and Education to
Children of those once in prosperity, orphans or not, of any nation.
Tho HALF-1EARLY ELECTION will take place ou tho 12th of FE8RUAP.Y next. •
Subscriptions groteftiUy received by EHWABI» FREDERICS LEHK3,
Office, 2, Walbrook. _ Secretary. _
C AMBRIDGE ASYLUM for SOLDIERS’ WIDOWS,
Kingston-on-Thamo». By voluntary contributions.
This Institution is tho only existing Asy’um for Soldiers* Widows, affording not temporary
relief only but a jxjrmaueitt home and support.
Bubflcrlptiou* •, advertised) graleftilly received by the CommUtee; Mo-sra. Coutts, Strand;
tho Collector, Mr. Charles Turner, St, Park-street., Grotvoiior-sjuHre: or
J. RtissKLL CnU'PfiRXoa, Acting Soorctary.
Office, IP, Parliament-street, 8.W , January, 1958.
R OYAL SOCIETY for the PREVENTION of CRUELTY
to ANIMALS.
PATRON—Her MAJESTY the QUEEN.
PEESinsrtT—Thu Moit Hon. the Maraul* of WF.uTHINSTER.
The Committee beg to urgo upon the uttccluu of the Pnblis tho clsim* of tills important
find Bolf-recommendlag Society. , , _ „ . .
Annual Subscription*, Donations, and Legacies by wffl will bo most thankfully received.
By order of the Commit toe,
Office*, 12, Pall-inall, January, 1858. Obosgb Middleton. Bee.
HEAT NORTHERS RAILWAY.—LONDON (King's-
erc„ StaUon), WANCHK3TF.lt. WABBINUTOX, 01E3I0N. .ni UVEUPGOL.
TEA INS FBOU LONDON. - KING'3 CH033 STATIOS.
M
G
Lcavo
dng'a Cross.
6 to a.ra. ;
•7 30 „
» 15 „ !
10 0 „
Leave
Liverpool.
8 20 a.m.
•a 0 „
Lcavo
'Sirg'* Cross.
. 5 Ojun.
Arrival
Mancha: tor.
Arrival
Liverpool.
4 26 p.m. 6 50 pmt.
Leave
King'* Crou.
10 15 a.m
1 45 p.m.
6 0 „
Arrival
Manchester.
8 45 p.m.
10 „
10 0 „
Arrival
LirarpooL
11 30 p.m.
3 0 „ 4 SO ,
TRAINS FROM MANCITE3TEIL-LONDON ROAD STATION.
Leave
Manchester,
•ti 5 a.m.
9 15 „
9 55 „
*11 30 „
Arrival
Manchester.
10 0 p.m.
Arrival
King's Cross.
4
2 55
i p.m.
Leave
Liverpool.
U 15 dura.
3 25 p.m.
7 0 >
SUNDAYS.
Arrival
Liverpool.
11 30 p.m.
Leave
Liverpool.
3 25 p.m.
Loan*
ManchiStor.
1 45 p.m.
L«tvs
Mauchootor.
•7 0 a.m
5 0 p.m.
Arrival
King * Grow.
0 30 run.
11 0 „
3 3) a.m.
Arrival
K'us‘» CiO
7 45 p.m.
II) o ..
Flret.
Seootul.
By Trolas nurk-sj
0. it.
s. d.
*. d.
) 37 0
.. 27 0
.. 15 9
. a) o
.. 25 0
.. 15 8
. 33 6
.. 21 0
.. t5 lj
. 35 0
.. 25 0
.. 15 8
Kina’* Cross n-
Llvorpool (Johi
Canton ..
Warrington
Mane beat or
Dey Tickets, available for throe days (Including the day «PU»ue>, are granted btlwron
King>-crcM or-d Garston, Warrington and Liverpool, at 50 j. First Ula^. aaa 4>a i»eo3iid
Claa*.
Day Tickets, available for seven days, are leaned by any Train from Klng'o-cros* Station
to Manchester, at 52*. ikI. Flr*t Class, aod 37s. 6d. Second Class.
Expro** Orunil.urea run between 12. Norsk John-jtreet, l.iverpx*l. and Garston, la connoadoa
With Through Trains between Garston and London, King’a-crosa Station. . __
Care must bo taken at Londoa-road Station, M&nchcotor, to. ask for Tisko.s va» uia Groat
Northorn route. . , -..
Trains, until further notice, will leave King's-cr-.s* Station overy Wednesday and aatar-
d*y, nt 10.0 a.m., for Manchoster; and Mnnchater on the «tmo days, at J.5> a.m.. for
Klng's-cros*, by which Tickets will bo ls«uod at 25*. First Ulasa, aod '• b Closed
Carriages, available for return by the same Trains on the Wednesday ot Saturday next
following tho date ofissue; and Tickets, available for 28 days, will bo issued by tbo 10 0 a m.
nnd 5.0 p.m. Trains from liing's-crow dui.r. and hr the 9.55 a.m ntid 5.0 pm- Trains from
hi irncb otter daily; returning by the same Trains within 28 days of the date of Usae.
Forts: 37a. First Class; and 17*. Closed Carriages.
Ticket* nro i sued by tho same Train*, and on tho same conditions, to and from Ashton,
Staicy Bridge. Guide Bridge, and King's Cross. ,
Ticket* at the above fares can be obtained at the King's-crass Station, and nr Mnnohcslw
Only) ot the Great Northern Receiving Office*. Boll and Mouth, St Mari!a**-Uj-Gf a<d: 16.
Ftab-atrcet-hill; 2M, Holbcmi 32, Evgcnt-clrcu*, Plccadihy; 62 and 63, Brhlgo-ruad. L4m-
l>*ih; 269, StTand; 38, Charicg-cros*; 27. King-street, Cheapeide; 351, Oxfotd-strootj Gcorga
Idu, Borough; 43 and 44, Crutched-frlors. ^
For farther particular* too the Time Table* of tho Company and tho Etounbn aaadbtUa.
Klng’s-crcas Station, February 1,1858. By ardof
M IDLAND RAILWAY. — TIic rublic are informed that on
end after FEBRUARY 1st, 1854, * Service of THROUGH TRAINS will rua between
LONDON (Klng a-eroM fetation) and the MIDLAND SYSTEM, and Passengers wul ba con¬
veyed throughout without Change of Carriage. ■■ ,
For TUnr* of Departure of Train*, -ee the Company’* Time Table*: and any further imrr-
tnstlou may lo ebtained ftoiu tho Midland Company * Agcut.at King s-cros* hutiou.
Derby. January 27,1858. W. L. NtWCOVSk, Geuerod iLtuager.
P ASSAGES to INDIA, AUSTRALIA, &c„ engaged free
of Commission. Outfits provided. Agonty for officers snd civilian* of tho E L
Coropanv's Service By C. tt THOMPSON, LU .AS, and CO. Loudon: Wtnoheitor Him*,
Old Bread street; Southampton: 1, Qcoeu's-Urraco. Baggago aid Parcels aluppod and ior-
VranUd. Icsuronccs effecte d.
B EVOLUTION IN STEAM-ENGINES.— Any vessel can by
PARKER’8 PATENT RECOIL ENGINE, which acU without peddle or screw, have
•teom-powur supplied In a few minutes. The UUj-putiau of fir* Inch ;* (engine Improved
•luce advertisement) la laoaclird inppiied with atoaru-CDglne. and actnaUj tmvellia| rapidly
on lake ‘ Tea-tray ” In one minute. Sent post-free for 3* -Jam»s Parker. Inraator. 4, Groye-
terrscs, Fore, t Vale, 8vd.-nh*m. 3 ft Lost will beat a good swiinmor. Pocket engine
Upirits for fuel) to prowl a small b>at In a calm wLUi ooa poteen, canlogj-froo. xS.M.
Engine of one cwt. expected to propel a coal-barge. Although this is the true plsn for
Hvmg aniLUry power to •aUlng-Tevel* in calms, yet rail wry speed It obtalnsb-e with a
Pejnillar veasol. This is the only angina shat can he practically used to drir* a baboon or
aobmarine vewul. By combining the latent forco of tho discharge (ducoymd by luroatoi)
*Yhh tho recoil force, a light, simple,keci Inaxpeuaiva engine i* obtained, we.l adapted for pro-
pcl leg carriages on common road*, inventor is open to an offer. latjuirert to send a stamped
envelope for reply.
fpHE highest Price given hi Cash for Diamonds, Pearls, Plate,
•*- Old Gold and Silver, Gold and Silver Loco, a? SFLIM, DEAN, .and CO 'S. 9,
dc*criDti' Hltre6i ‘ LtfC€6Ujr * ft< i ,iuw - Yho Cbeftpett House foe Jewellery of overy
P RICE’S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY (Limited) beg to
Call attention to tbo NEW PRINTING on tho WRAPPERS of their Patent COjn-
Dosrte Candies. Several largo and valued customers have cortpialnod of othor doalep Mllmg
the cheaper lower descriptions of tho Company*# Composite Candles as the best. To protect
fwpt'ctftolfl (Juniors and the publlo against tho continuance of this, the Company wLl la
*U.uro distinctly mark each quality —First. Second, Third, or Fourth.
Price's Patent Candle Company (Limited), Belmont. VauxhaU. London.
IVT AY ALL’S PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GALLERIES,
"J- 224 and 2 l»; Regent-street. - Photographs, Daguorreotypea, and Stereosoopo*, in tha
e%h.it «(, le of art, Aim dAtr- Bf -
Spocimens on view.
C larence hotel, Liverpool.
Commercial and Family Temperance ITotol.
The moat superior aoconnnodation, with economy.
No. 19, Houghton-street, two minutes from Lime-street fitailoa.
T) LEACHING, DYEING, and SCOURING for London.—
Dirty Carpets, Bugs, Blankets, Counterpane*. Muslin and I.ace Curtains, and all
j~£e articles, cleaned and finished In the best style. Moroon and Damask Curtains, Drosses,
at, i . ”, UBftn * a •»* DDifnrn uuuueiiHju- aim j/uu» vuraum, :srao*os,
&c 1 d Jod and finished extra well at moderate charge*. Tho Company** vans
•vpeiye and deliver free of charge, no matter how small tho quantity. AH good* returned
to imSyy*’ ^ce Li t* forwarded on application, (fonntry order* promptly atto ’ *
8IE4S mi PIEffiJ KX?±ia, V, ntarf-i
a'.tandod
THE BRIDAL TOUR OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS
FREDERICK WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA.
ON SATURDAY NEXT. FEBRUARY THE 20rn.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
WILL COrTAlX
SPLENDID ENGRAVINGS
or
THE WEDDING TOUR;
Dfcwimso
The Grand Reception at Antwerp.
The Arrival at Brussels.
The Reception and Festivities at Berlin.
The Palace of the Prince and Princess.
ALSO,
Sketches from China and India, &c. &c.
Office, 198, Strand.
*** In consequence of the great demand for the Coloured Engravings
illustrative of the Iloval Marriage, and the time required for their
production, the further indulgence of the public is requested for a
few days, when the whole number of the Coloured Supplement will
be ready for publication.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1853.
Uee Royal Highness Princess Frederick William of Prussia has
been most enthusiastically received in her new home. After visiting
Cologne, Hanover, Magdeburg, and Potsdam, and being every¬
where welcomed by the most joyous and hearty feelings, the Royal
couple made their public entrance into Berlin on Monday. Enor¬
mous masses of persons crowded the noble avenue which leads
from the gate of the city to the Royal palace. They were favoured
by the weather; and her Royal Highness, dressed in white, with
a comfortable ermine mantle, as she eat at the open window
of the State carriage, gracefully bowing her acknowledgement for
the hearty welcome she received, was the cynosure of ail eyes.
“ No similar CTent in Prussian history,” we are told, “ not the
solemn entry of the present Queen, as the bride of the Crown
Prince, nor even rite homage paid to the Monarch in Berlin after
he had been crowned at Konigsberg, was celebrated with such an
enthusiasm as the festive reception of the Princess Frederick
William.” No expense was spared, either by tho Sovereign or the
people, to make the reception magnificent. The whole nation
seems to have delighted to do her honour, and in doing her honour
to do honour to the nation from tvliich she springs.
The Prussians, no donbt, remember the isng and friendly rela¬
tions, scarcely ever interrupted, which have existed between the
Courts of Berlin and St James and between themselves and us ;
and they were delighted at the new Bonds which bind more
firmly Ilian ever the two Courts and the two peoples. Just
now, too, when freedom is still further assailed in France —
when new restrictions on the press there, and new excep¬
tional laws to reach (ill who might formerly have opposed the
Imperial power, and may now utter a word against it., with a
new military organisation of the country, and a General placed at
the head of the Home Office, cannot fail to spread some degree of
alarm over the Continent-- tlte Prussians and ourselves may find
additional reasons for rejoicing that the old alliance is cemented
anew. Politically, the event of the marriage is as important as it is
personally; and, both ot; political and personal grounds, the public
will be delighted with the enthusiastic reception her Royal Highness
has received in the capital of Prussia.
Such alliances have considerable influence over the march of
political! events and the fate of nations. They are not ordinary
circumstances. 1 he policy of Prussia has been for a considerable
period swayed by the alliance which the Emperor of Russia,
Nicholas, bad formed with the house of Hohenzollern. His
Empress, the mother of the reigning Emperor, was a Prus¬
sian Princess. In our late contest with Russia these family con¬
nections impeded the Court of Berlin from joining the AVestern
alliance. At present there seems happily no probability of such
an alliance being again formed against Russia, and henceforward we
may find, through the new connection, a more peaceable means of ob¬
taining our just ends than we were lately obliged to employ. Over
the north of Germany the influence of Prussia is paramount, aud
through Prussia w e may now modify the influence which Russia is
said to have exercised over the smaller Slaies of Germany, to their
disadvantage and the disadvantage of Europe. There is no longer
any good reason for reviving and continuing the old rivalry and
enmity between Austria and Prussia; and it is quite probable
that the influence of her Royal Highness, sharing tho sentiments
that unite England to Austria as well as Prussia, miy serve to
increase the friendship between those two Powers, while it tends
to strengthen the alliance of England with both. So far as such
events can effect the interest of nations, no marriage was ever
formed under more .favourable auspices tlian that which on Monday
filled Beilin with festivity and joy.
A yep.y sad exposure has recently teen made respecting the health
and longevity of our soldiers. Selected from men in the prime of
life—no person being taken for a soldier who has any per¬
ceptible defect in his structure or constitution, provided, as is
generally supposed, with comfortable quarters in costiy barracks—
it might he expected that in peace, at least, the soldier living in
England should enjoy a long life. A report recently published of
a Royal Commission to inquire into this subject informs us tha!
the very reverse is the fact. "While in Manchester, one of the un-
healthiest towns in the kingdom, the annual mortality of effective
men of aU ages is only 12 4 in 1000, in the whole army at home
it is 17-5 ; ill the Household cavalry it is 11 ; in the Dragoon
Guards, 13'3 ; in the infantry of the line 18‘7 ; and in the Foot
Guards, 204. The most healthy portion of the army
is, therefore, nearly as unhealthy as the people of the most
unhealthy of our ’towns, and the least healthy portion of
our troop’s, is almost twice as unhealthy. The annual mortality
of tho town and country population together is 9'2 per 1000 ; and
die mortality of tha ioo> e-muds, therefore, is ij times us great
as the annual average mortality of the general population, and
almost three times as great as the mortality of tho rural
population alone, 7'7 in 1000. This extraordinary mortality,
which, be it remembered, puts the nation to an enormous expense
to recruit the anny, is supposed to he caused by the barracks being
overcrowded and badly ventilated. The military hospitals, too, are
described as crowded, ill-ventilated, and destructive to life. Then
the food of the soldier— fyoiied beef, no other mcatthan boiled beef
for the whole period of twenty-one years’ service, is ill adapted to
preserve health and strength, and becomes actually nauseous to the
boiled-beef fed men. They are sometimes exposed to j night
watching in wet clothes; they are always without a healthy stimu¬
lus to exertion; their minds prey on their Indies, and their bodies
are insufficiently nourished. A dragoon has a cheerful occupation
in looking after his horse, and so he escapes soma of the killing
ennui, ond some of the destructive effects of .close rooms, and
worse than woikhouse food, which aid the general lot of the
soldier. This information of the great mortality of our troops
coming suddenly upon us after the public health has excited
attention for years, is calculated to cause much indignation against
the medical authorities of the army and the chiefs of regiments who
could allow valuable lives to bo so wastefully destroyed. We
can imagine no excuse for the Inspectors of Hospitals and the
Medical Staff of the Army, and the Colonels of regiments, who
have not discovered the causes of tills extraordinary mortality, and
have taken no means to prerent it.
ME COVET.
The Queen received on Saturday last, at Buckingham Palace,
addresses on the throne from the nouse of Peers and the House of Com¬
mons. congratulating her Majesty on the nuptials of the Princess
Roviil with Prince Frederick William of Prussia.
On Sunday the Queen and the Prince Consort, with the Prince ot
Waies, the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, and the DurheS9 of Kent,
attended Divine service in the chapel of the Palace. The Hon. and Very
Rev. the Dean of Windsor preached the sermon.
On Monday the Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied by llie
Duke of Saxe-Coburg, visited the South Kensington Muieum. In the
evening her Majesty and his Royal Highness, with their illustrious guest,
honoured Hie Adelphi Theatre with their presence.
On Tuesday the Queen held a Court at Buckingham Palace for Hie re¬
ception of addresses of congratulation on the nuptials of the Princess
Royal with Prince Frederick William of Prussia.
On Wednesday the Queen gave a dinner party, at which there were pre¬
sent the Duchess of Kent, the Prince ol Wale*, Hie Duclices and Priueeu
Mary of Cambridge, Hie Duke ot Saxe-Coburg, the Duke of Cambridge.
Priotc Victor of liolitnlohe, the Ductless of Sutherland, and the Duke of
ArgylL After dinner Dr. Murk and his juvenile corps, forty-five in
number, liad the honour of performing before her Majesty In the X’icture
Gallery.
THE LATE EOTAL MARRIAGE.
The Queen held a Court on Tuesday, at Buckingham Palace, for the
reception of addresses of congratulation on the nuptials of her Royal
Highness the Princess Royal with hls Royal Highness Prince Fre¬
derick William of Prussia. The address from the University of Oxford
was first received. The Earl of Derby, wearing his gold robe, and fol¬
lowed by the deputation and members, advanced, and read the address of
congratulation from tile University of Oxford. The Queen returned a
most gracious answer, ‘flic Rev. Dr. Williams, Vice-Chancellor, aud the
Rev. Edward Tuffiiell. Senior Proctor, had the honour of kissing lauds,
and llie deputation withdrew.
The University of C'nmbiidge. having been ushered into tho gallery,
were met by bis Royal Highness the Prince Consort, wearing his robe as
Chancellor of the University.
His Royal Highness Hie Prince Consort entered the Tlirone-room at
the head of his University, and read the address of congratulation to the
Queen. Her Majesty reiurned a most gracious answer. Dr. Ph'ilpott,
Vice-Chancellor, anti Mr. C. J. Selwyn, Commissary of the University,
had Hie honour of kissing hands.
The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the city of London were
next admitted to the Royal presence, when the Recorder read an address,
to which Hie Queen returned a most gracious answer.
The Commissioners of Lieutenancy for Hie eity of London were then
admitted, with Hie Lord Mayor at tlicir head, llis Lordship read tho
address of tlte Lieutenancy, to which her Majesty replied in a most gra¬
cious answer.
The general body of Protestant Dissenting Ministers of the three deno¬
minations residing in amt near llie cities of London and Westminster were
next received by tier Stajesty. Their address was read by the Rev. Dr.
Steane. and her Majesty returned a most gracious answer; after which
the Rev. Dr. Steane and the Rev. J. Houghton, the mover and seconder,
end the Rev. Thomas James, as chairman of the meeting, had the honour
of being presented to her Majesty. .
The 6ody of English Tresby terian Ministers m and near the cities of
London and Westminster then presented a loyal and dutiful address, tu
which her Majesty made a very gracious reply. .
After presenting addresses to the Queen, the Corporation ot the city or
London, the Commissioners of Lieutenancy, and the English Presbyte¬
rians, presented addresses of congratulation to the Prince Consort, who
acknow ledged each in very gracious terms.
Her Roval Highness the Duchess of Kent received on Tuesday,
at her residence, t'iiircnce House. St. James's, an address of congra¬
tulation on the late Royal nuptials from the Corporation of the city of
London.
His Royal Highness tho Prince of "Wales was present on Mon¬
day evening at the debates in the House of Lords.
Princess Frederick William of Prussia, immediately before her
departure, presented to Mrs. Anderson, her musical instructress from her
ehudhood, a beautiful bracelet containing a lock of the Princess's hair.
The Speaker will give his first Parliamentary dinner this evening
at his mansion on Carlton House-terrace. Vlacouut Palmerston ana
the lending members cf tile Government laving scats in the House of
Commons will dine wtih the right hon. gentleman
Lord Palmerston has appointed the Hou. Evelyn Ashley to be
one of his private secretaries.
Marriages ix High Life. —The marriage of Lady Maria
Coventry, sister of the Ear! of Coventry, with the Hon. Gerald Ponsonby.
son of the fourth Earl of Bessborough. was solemnised on Tuesday, at SL
George's Church, Hanover-square. in the presence of a uumcrous circle of
relatives of both families-The muriage of the Earl of Easton. 51P.,
with Miss Baring, daughtcrof tho Hon. Francis Baring, was solemnised
cn Wednesday, at St." George’s. Hanover-square, in the presence- of a
large circle of "the aristocracy.
rnETEBltEKTS AXD APPOIKTMENTS IN TUE (HPSOB.—
ISrr.cr Cationrfei. The Rev. A. Dueanc to Wells Cathedral; Rev. R E.
Wallis to Wells Cathedral. Rectories: The Rev. a G. Barton to btrlilng-
ham, Eumcx ; Rev J Hardy to Moylary wit’.i Monasterjoicc, diocese of
Armagh: Rev, C. T. lUieiiina toClipsham. Rutland; Her. O. Harden to
Gieat F.irndon. Esee-x j ltev. TV. Stone to St. George the Martyr, Canter¬
bury. I'toiwt: The Rev. TV. Burnett to Boxgrove, Sussex; Rev. u
Lyre to West Mersca. Essex; Rev. TV. B. UenUicote to Starnunster
Marshall, Doise-t; Rev. K. R. Stephens to Adderbury., Oxfordshire
Incwnlmeies: The Rev. J Dueker to St. James a. TJaraie. Hochdate;
Rev. W. G. TVilkimou to Lyford, Berks. Perpetual Cbroctct: The If'v
A. It. Clarke to Lmbleton, Cumberland: Rev. J. K- Greer »o Kildarton,
diocese of Armagh; Rev. TV. Hamilton to Nani, diocese of Duotin ; Kev
G. S Pmlioni to Eskdale. Cumberland. Qgada: The Ret. H. J.
Betncr to St. James's, l'entonville. London: Rev. R C. l. i l.ie to v..
Peter's. Colchester; Rev. J. Brunsklll to A «V I l T - in.Tfn?J
T. A. Hooper to Great Easton, Essex; Rev-H. Kmrsford to Heutaud
and Little Dewehurch, Herefordshire; Rev. J. O Reilly to Diubury,
Devon.
Wills —The wiU o! Sir Francis Beaufort C.B. was proved
under £lt.W peraouaity. The *5P!£*5L*S£ *°5»^*mdS5S
Rev D A Itcauforti tlie son; ami the Rev. W. I Miner. By a codicil
he bequeaths his library to his children, recommending them to assemble
and Jivide the Mime each to select a work of one or more volumes,
bec'n inc with the eldest, and then the next in ago. and so on in rotation,
toue youngest continuing the same course UU the whole is disposed ot
Ui^ MrtfX of Charts, manuscripts of surrey, and suiweying notes.
m*,v Ih- disnosed of or divided In like manner.-The will ofTYilliA-n
ifworder FvQOf Polham, Herts, was proved unier ES0.0W; that or
AM?M Rytw?:>‘1.. or NMWJ-U.reot, £.<0,00? -DiyiJiLeivi-s, Esq, of
ji&achefitvr, JCW.OW-
THE ROYAL MARRIAGE
THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS LEAVING BUCKINGHAM PALACE FOR WIN D8 0 R.— (SEE page 163.)
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS C Feb - 13 « 1858
Feb. 13, 1858.] _THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS 161 •]
THE KOVAL DEPARTURE: THE PRINCE AND PKTNCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM PASSING THE STRAND (SEE page 16.1)
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Feb 13, 1853
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
Royal has arrived safely, and in excellent health, iu her
Berlin gave her the cordial reception which was ex-
that loyal and hospitable city, and her Royal Highness,
els by this time that she is surrounded by a host of
were only waiting to know her to manifest their regard,
the bridal may now be considered as having been brought
:satisfactory denouement.
entary Session, which opened on the 4th, promises to
| of interest. There is, at all events, no lack of interesting
cussion. The expected vote of thanks to the Indian
unanimously given, and with it a vote which it was
would have been asked quite so confidently namely, one
s to officials, at whose head stands Lord Canning. . On this
:dgment a debate was raised, but on its being explained that
[iks were only for what Lord Canning had done in his wili-
•acter, and not for anything that he had done, or neglected,
igher function and it being furthermore! expressly stipu-
Ijat nny one migh$4ereafter attack any part of Lord Canning a
vithout being charged with in consistency, the vote was
to pass; and perhaps Lord Canning will be disposed to say’
nnia as Mr. Keelcy, in some farce, remarked of a lady who
r uothing in his favour except that he looked clean enough,
cels in limited compliment.”
lie battle has been upon Lord Palmerston’s act against con-
, A spirited debate has arisen, on three nights, upon this
first, when notice was given of the bill; and then on the two
f the discussion on the preliminary stage. On one side it is
jat our law against conspiracies is insufficient, and that it is
n so severe in England as in Ireland; and also that our
ally having made representations to us that he was injured
[defective law should be a reason for our endeuvouring to meet
a, so far as this could be done without infringing on our own
ntion and hurting the feelings of our people. On the other
vas contended that the present law was quite efficient to re-
inspiracies; that we were not to create a new system of “ con¬
ed offences tb* the insults of certain persons in France,
itly countenanced by the Court (though subsequently apologised
, and the demand made by the French Foreign M i n ister for legis-
gave the proceeding the air of menace, and therefore, that it
possible to take tin subject into consideration at such a timo.
alt has been that 299 to 99 gave Lord Palmerston leave to bring
|billj but there will be a renewal of conflict on its details, some
lEticli appear to create a fresh order of offences hitherto unre-
d by British law.
celebrated petition of the India Company lias also been pre-
4 seated, and notice has been given that when the India Bill is brought
a 'M Pjp it will he met by a motion to the effect that it is not expedient at
^Kfscnt to legislate on the subject of India. Apropos of which topic,
ftKmny be mentioned that the electors of Rcigate have contemptuously
cSftrganied the manoeuvres by which certain parties were endeavour*
i*S to alter the present mode of election, and have openly chosen the
1**4 man who offered himself—Sir Henry Kawlinson, the learned
' erer of Oriental inscriptions, and one of the ablest public
ts possessed by the country. He is one of the East India Corn-
Directors who are nominated by the Crown. In the approaching
dons his great practical knowledge of Eastern affairs will be
valuable.
The intention to seat the Hebrew in Parliament by a resolution has
a abandoned, in consequence of a menace by Lord John llussell
it he would oppose such a course, and a more constitutional attack
t -upon the excluding oath has been made by means of the Oaths Bill.
( 1 This the unswerving opponent of the Jews, Sir F. Thesiger, has per-
miitci: to he read a second time without a division, on the under-
■a famding that he gives battle in Committee. The debate was more
afthan ordinarily jejune.
L Indian news is exceedingly good. Sir Colin Campbell, having re-
B covered his equanimity—said to have been a good deal disturbed by
Y the useless waste of life in tire Windham affair—had gained another
v victory, had beaten the traitors atFunucknbad, taken their guns, and
i lad subsequently occupied that place. It is also satisfactory to know
Jy. that the forebodings of certain Cassandras in regard to Jung Baha-
ft kioor .has proved idle, for that determined personage had assailed his
Bienemy in a strong position at Goruckporo, and had defeated them with
■ slaughter. The roads from Delhi to Calcutta are again open. We
E *lso hear from China that Canton had been attacked on the 23th of
HDecembcr,
And now our banner floats on each bombarded height.
( Government lias allotted a position in Trafalgar-square for the
{' statue to be erected to Sir Henry Havelock. It will have a place
«. ■corresponding to that occnpied by the Napier memorial. Three
a valiant men of more distinct characters than Nelson, Havelock, and
V Napier have seldom been associated. Napier’s fire, Havelock's cahu-
[l ness, and Nelson’s union of the two, will occur to all. Shall we add
« that it seems earner to erect monuments to new heroes than to finish
i those of old ones ? Where are the lions for the Nelson column P It is
| not too much to soy that London is disgraced by the state hi which
!" this memorial is loft, It is more than fifty years since the
" hero died, crushing at one tremendous blow the united enemies of the
country, and the country has not completed his trophy, even with the
aid of the Emperor of Russia! It will be necessary, when the iiat
goes round again, to explain where and what Trafalgar was.
Dr. Livingstone’s departure for Africa is now very near, and a fare-
■ well banquet is to be held in liis honour—a festivity from which few
vrLo can attend would willingly l>e absent. Tins time the illustrious
traveller goes forth accredited by iris Sovereign, and in possession of
considerable funds, and he will, moreover, have with him a skilfully-
constructed vessel, of very light draught, for enabling him to explore
the Zambesi Liver. His routes, prosecuted with such heroic courage
and perseverance from 1S-19 to 1850, extended from Loando, on the
west eoast, to Quillcmnirc, on the east, and southward to Kruman;
and his labours will now be devoted, we imagine, to working out the
views thus opened m the interest of Christian civilisation. Who will
not bid him God speed ?
Convocation lias met, perhaps to no great purpose; but two things
may be noted. The Bishops declare against nny revision of the
Liturgy, but suggest that the Lord's Prayer should be omitted before
tlie sermon; and in the nether house a democratic clergyman intimated
• bis belief that Convocation would be a mockery until the Bishops left
the House of Peers.
Black Swanb — Mr. Samuel Gurney, M.P., has at his seat at
Carslulton u'pair of black swans which hatched off a brood of eight
young ones on Inday, Jan. 29, all strong and healthy. They made their
nest In a situation entirely exposed to the weather. This is the tif'ch brood
they have batched at tiffs season of trie year, and the most intense cold
bus nevi r affected them. They have generally laid the first egg about the
1 st or January, and hatched the midlle of February, but this year they
have hatched a fortnight earlier. They arc Australian birds ; and, as
to. ctomged t'hrir , 3Maoa. UIl!rir 5MK?P9a41 * i1tl Wriltcr, they have
MUSIC.
Balfe’s “Bohemian Girl” is) as far as our information goes,
tho first English opera that has ever bean brought on the Italian stage.
There is an instance of an English opera being produoed on the
German stage—"Bonediot’e excellent piece, "TheGipsys Wurmng”—
which has had considerable success in Germany. But then its author
is a German; and we may safely sav that ” The Bohemian Girl ” is the
first English opera, by an Enylitnman, that ha3 gainod popularity,
not only in England but in Italy and Germany, admitted to bo tho
most musical countries in Europe. This fact may be considered .as
having fixed the seal on Balfe’s reputation, and established liis claim
to a high place among the musicians of the age. In England, he has
for a quarter of a century enjoyed a degree of popularity not exceeded
by that of aDy native composer, except, perhaps, the late lamented
Bishop, to whom alone the author of “ The Siege of Rochelle,” “ The
Maid of Artois,” “ Tho Bohemian Girl,” and “ The Rose of Castilla”
can be regarded us standing second. In offe respect, indeed, .Balfe’s
popularity has been greater than Bishop’s;—tho one was English, the
other is European, ft is worthy of remark that while Balie has been for
many years in unbounded favour with the British jiublio; "while his
operas have been given numberless times in every musical theatre; while
his sougshave been thodelightof every social anddomestic circle, andsuug
and played in every street—asoonty dole of praise has been meted to him
by our aristarchi ot criticism, who, whilo admitting his popularity,
havo done so in a condescending and patronising way, as if it was
something to which he hud no legitimate claim. This they oan hardly
continue to do, now that our countryman’s claims havo been fully
acknowledged all over Europo, not only by tha applause of the pub¬
lic, but by the suffrages of the most enfightoasd oritios and judges of
art.
“The Bohemian Girl,” in its Italian dress, and under its Italian
title, “ La Zingara, was produced at Her Majesty's Theatre last Satur¬
day, and has since been repeated every opera night. Its suoceS3 has
been complete, and it will probably have a considerable run. This
says much for the beauty of the music and the exoellence of the per¬
formance ; for it is evident that the production of an English opera in
a foreign dress, before an English audience, is anything but advau-
tageons. We miss tha fa miliar sounds of our own vernacular speech,
and onr favourite songs lose something of their oharm when we no
longer hear the words with which they have always been associated.
“ 1 dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls ” sounds strange and outlandish
when the singer begins, “ In uua reggia splendida.” The transforma¬
tion, too, of tho lively English talk into formal It al ia n reoitativo,
accompanied by the orchestra—a thing which, indeed, cannot be
helped, becauso there is no dialogue spoken without music on tha
Italian stage—has a bad effect on the dramatic effectof the perform a ace.
It retards the action, and impairs its warm-.li and interest. And,
therefore, though we can perfectly understand how this fine opera, iu
Italian and Gorman vorsions. should have delighted Italian and German
audiences, yet we, English people, greatly prefer it on our own stage
ana in our own language.
Bo this ss it may, Mr. Lumloy deserves credit for the manner in
which “La Zingara” is got up and performed. The cast is very
strong. Fiocolcimini personates the heroine Arlint, a part woll suited
to her. She looks and aots the gipsy girl to admiration, and warbles
very prettily. The famous air of the "Marble Halls,“ notwith¬
standing its foreign guise, has captivated the public, not so much
by any remarkable finish in its execution as by the playful
tenderness which she throws into its expression. In the pare
of Thaddcus, Giuglini sings the musio better, probably, than it
has ever been sung before. In the principal airs, “Theu you’ll re¬
member me,” and “ When the fair land of Boland ” (no matter for
their Italian names), he excites the audience to absolute eutnusiasm.
The first night the former air had a double, and, had he chosen to
accept it, might have had a triple, encore. Belletti's Count Arnhcim is
a fine performance, remarkable not less for tha dignity and feeling of
his representation than for tho artislio finish of his singing. The two
subordinate parts, the Queen of flu Gipsies and hevilshoof, are invested
with importance by Mdlle. Sonnier and Vialetti. In tho second act
there is a divorrissomont, with new music by Balfe. It is appropriate
to the subject, and very pretty, but it is too long und too groat an in¬
terruption to the dramatic action of the piece. '
The Musical Union - Soirees of this season, under the
direction of Mr. Ella, began on Tuesday evening at the Hanover square
Rooms, end were attended by a large and fashionable assemblage. The
concert, as usual, consisted chiefly of concerted instrumental music of
the highest order. The principal pieces wore Mozart's quiutet in G
minor, for stringed instruments; Schumann's quintet for the
piano, &c.; and Mayseaer's quartet brillaut, in G; and to these wets
added some little pianoforte solos and part-songs. The performers
were—violins, Sainton and Goffrie; violas, tho two Mossrs. Blagrove;
violcneelle, Paquo; and pianoforte, Pauer. The pieces were exoeuted
in the most finished and masterly manner, and received with the
warmest demonstrations of pleasure.
Mb. Sims Beeves is entirely recovered from liis late severe
illness Ho sang in “Elijah” at the Sacrod Harmonic Society's last
concert, ana displayed even more than his usual vocal power.
The Birmingham Triennial Festival will take place in
September next The principal novelty will be Mr. Henry Leslie's
oratorio, “ Judith," which he has just completed. Itis to be po:funned
on tho fourth morning of the festivaL
The Bradford Triennial Festival will likewise take place
next autumn. It is to be for the benefit of the Bradford Infirmary—a
highly useful institution.
EL and Madame Otto Goldschmidt (Jenny Lind) are
expectedinLondonduringtheapproaching season; audintend.wehave
been informed, to reside permanently in England. The stories in ths
German papers about Madame Goldschmidt having lost a great part of
her fortune by the commercial disasters at Hamburg ara without
foundation.
The Bose of England Quadrille. By T. Browne.
(Robert Cooks and Co.)—A very pretty quadrille, composed in honour
of the nuptials of the Princes* Royal; and as such selected for per-
foimance at the State ball given at the Palace on the occasion. The
airs have a national uharacter, and are sparkling and graceful.
THE THEATRES, frc.
Princess’.— The admirers of Mr. Kean will be pleased to hear
that this eminent actor had so far recovered from hia indisposition as
to be able to reappear in Hamlet lost Monday. Tha house was
immensely orowdea, and tho applause bestowed on tho triumphant
tragedian was frequent, universal, and hearty-
Standard,— The indefatigable manager of this theatre has laid
under contribution Mr C. Dickens’ excellent Christmas tale to furnish
the substance and materiel for au effective two aot drama, entitled “ The
Island of Silver Store,” whiob was produced en Monday. The story
is one rather difficult of arrangement for the boards, but ths skilful
p.aywright has managed to master the main point* of interest, and the
result was that tho audience were fairly carried on from scene to
scene until a more than ordinary degree o’f enthusiasm and excitement
was created. Iu tha manipulation of the incidents, much of the peculiar
sentiment of the original has been sacrificed, and more than an over¬
weight of comic.business has been substituted; but it cannot be fairly
said that these changes havo not been judioiousiy invented. Some new
and beautifully picturesque scenery has boen painted for the pieos, aud
the costumes are also appropriate and costly. Mr. James Johnstone
as the pirate captain, Pedro Men da. gave a fantastic expression to the
character which was highly amusing, and also significantly suggestive.
Nor were the other numerous dramatiipmonir. carelessly impersonated,
but all were, in fact, most conscientiously represented; and it is
seldom that we see anew drama better appointed or belter acted.
Surrey.— A new three-act drama was produced on Monday,
entitled “Right and Wrong; or, Smiles and Tears." The taste for
spiritualism, and other forms of the dream-world, appears to have
dictated the selection of the subject and mode of treatment. The
argument is briefly this. A merchant on the eve of bankrnptoy wishes
to marry his son to the daughter of a barouet, whou ho dissevers that
his son has formed another attachment with one Nelly Mayfield (Miss
M. Eburne), au honest farmer’s child. He writes, therefore, to the
fanner (Mr. CJreswiok) to effect an accommodation; and remonstrates
with bis son (Mr. Shepherd), who yields only when convinced that
bis father’s safety depends on his compliance. This exciting scone over,
the old gentleman sinks into his arm -chair and fallsasleep. A visi >nary
tableau is then presented of Farmer Mayfjid, with‘his wife and
daughter, the latter evidently on the point of being expelled from bar
home. The rcBt of the play is supposed to be a continuation of tha
dream thus commenced. In this the Baronet's daughter is represented
as being married to the banker's son—the deserted Nelly as a second
lime banished from her father's house with the bitterest curses, and os
securing her father's gun in order to shoot her rival when returning
from the ohurch; after which she wanders with a new-born
child in the winter’s suowa. Meanwhile the banker's distresses
accumulate; the Baronet's daugbtor runs away from her husband
with B foppish admirer, and tho husband follows for tho eaka
of vengeance. All parties meet on the heath of snow: poor Nelly
and her child perish; old Mayfield, in rags, seeks forgiveness lor his
severity; the banker's eon is killed by a fuliiug rift; and the spirits
of him, of Nelly, and of her child, appear—nearly as represented iu a
similar drama of tho late Mr. Wilkins posthumously presented at ths
City of London Theatre two or three seasons ago. There or e a number
of these East-end pieces still iu manuscript, which pass from thoatro to
theatre under different titles and in various modified forms, but which,
under all disguises, retain the same leading incidents and stage efforts.
Sometimes they even travel to ths Parisian stage, and then West-end
theatres take them as translated and adapted dramas, ant the Frenoh
play wright is accredited with inveutiou3 which originated iu Norton Fol-
gute or Shoreditch. Tho present piece is very effective, and much of the
dialogue is carefully rewritten. A brilliant passage or two in Mr.
Creswiok’s part produce 1 a strong imprescion. Tho actor availed him¬
self of all opportunities, and indeed acted very fiuoly. Mr. Shepherd,
also, displayed a very laudable painstaking, and Miss Eburne was at
any rate omphatio. A comic character, named Jem Muddle, was iu-
e cried for the sake of Mr. Widdicombe, who brought to bear on it
his extraordinary humoristic talent. The play has a happy
ending. Ths banker wakes, is glad to find that it is all u
dream, and, like a true penitent, consonts to the marriage of his sou
with the humble girl whom, be has wronged. The house was crowded,
and the piece was decidedly successful. It may bo accepted, though
wanting in novelty, as a fair example of what is meant by “a Surrey
melodrama,” and, wo should think, may retaiu possessiou of tho
boards for a considerable period.
The Botal Polytechnic. —A new and important lecture has
been added to the instructive amusements of this valuable institution.
The total eclipse of the sun which will take place this year has served
as a motivo for Mr. J. H. Pepper to discourse on the subject of “ The
Great Solar Eclipses of the Year 1858." Mr. Pepper eaters fully into
the argument, aud illustrates its different points by a series of
dissolving views, which in this case are of extraordinary interest aad
beauty. The exordium of tho lecture obquently described tho un¬
paralleled solemnity of a total solar eclipse; after which the lecturer
explained by practical examples the nature of conic sections, and the
theory of ellipses. He also daecrihed tha corona aud rose-coloured
prominences which show themselves during a total eclipse of the sun.
The latter have been thought by some to bo a mere mirage, by others
to be actual mountains. A gorgeous picture uided the description aud
illustration. With such attractions, this ustrouomical lecture must
prove especially popular.
Mr. Ottley announces two lectures on “Painting and
Painters,” at the French Gallery, 121, Pull-mall— tho first on Thurs¬
day next; and on the following Monday a leotuxe on “ Engraving.”
NATIONAL SPURTS.
Very great caution has marked “ The Corner” operations of the week
upon the Derby and Spring Handicaps. Adanias has assumed a
strong position in the front of the betting- for the Chester Cup, iu
which no one expected to see him with less than 8 st.; Cock-a-
doodle-do is beginning to tread pretty closely upon Clydesdale's heels
for the Derby; whDe Brother to Marchioness has many supporters,
both for the Two Thousand and the Chester event. It seems to be
generally assumed by the public that this colt owed his defeat at
Doncaster to “a fluke,” and ins conqueror, Ditto, is hardly ever
mentioned. The hitter's joints, however, are said to he sadly under
suspicion. Montmore is the hope of Newmarket for tho Two Thousand,
ana is a great slashing horse, rattier light in middle, and anytliing hut a
stayer to look at. Charles the Second is now little heard o’, ana John
Day seems to have nothing, not even Grand Secret, that the world
cures to hack. William Day is very quiet; hut Wilton will be
“ coming ” before the day. Biink Bonny's Chester supporters are by
no means “ fond,” from the fear of Adamas, which we hinted at last
week. Her dam, Queen Mary (who, like her, has a very prominent
pectoral muscle), bus been tbc making of Mr. I’Ansoa’s fortunes. Ou
Mr. Ramsay's decease she and her third foal, Braxey, were sold for
£'20; and, in 1850, she came into Mr. I'Auson’s hands, with her then
foal Bulrownie (whom lie sold as a tlirce-ycar-old for, it was said,
£ 2000 ), and Braxey, for £'115 the lot. It is somewhat remarkable
that four of her stock got placed in the three great events in 1853-57.
Sir Tatton Syke's stud, a very interesting account of which lias just
appeared in the leading sporting paper, contains no less than throe
sires, ninety-one mates, and forty-seven yearlings, exclusive of foals,
two-year-olds, Ac. Baron deMuitzhan lias, or had, however, a much
larger establishment at Yollrallisrah, in Mecklenburg. The list of
horses in training at John Osborne's numbers sixty-six, aud includes
not a few of Lord Glasgow’s, who, after all his efforts to woo luck nt
Newmarket and Fyfield, still reverts to Middleham, whero James
Croft and Harry Edwards, more than a third of a century ago, made
Ids “ wLite body and red sleeves ” so dangerons to all comers.
Nottingham bolds its Spt ing meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday
and those of “ The Ring” who care to leave their sung metropolitan
quarters for the “midland circuit” will move ou next day to Derby,
where steeplechases aud hurdle-races, &o., await them.
11 is said that Lord Hopetoun has finally decided not to take the
Cottesmore, mid that next year we may not improbably see him once
more at the head of the Pytcheioy. Lord Southampton is, we are glad
to hear, nearly well again, and able to take to his hounds once more,
after an abseuce of upwards of two months from the field. The old
Berkshire had a wonderfully good day on Saturday, with a kill, after
bringing liim from the hills into the vale. It is said that an offer for
these hounds from Ireland has been declined. The sale will be one of
the greatest on record, as so many kennels are anxious to have a taste
of tbe Hercules and Sunderland blood; the latter, in fact, along with
the Foremans, may he said to be the specialty of the kennel. The
stud of hunters—thirty in all—will aiso attract a host of bidders.
Among them, Marlborough, Fisherman, Chesterfield, and England’s
Glory, are np to an enormous weight. Charles Turner, Sir Maurice
Berkeley's first whip, is appointed huntsman to the Cotswold pack;
mid we are heartily glad that so good a man is to stay in the country.
Puttings-olf of coursing meetings have been the order of tha
day, aud the judges must hardly know, when a thaw comes,
whither they are first to bend their steps. Very few more crack
dogs will appear before tho Waterloo meeting. At present the meat
ings for next week rank thus:—Four Crones (Baschurch) aud
Home Park (O) on Monday; Newmarket (0) on Monday, &c. ;
Stone ou Tuesday; Baron Hill (Bcanmaris) on Tuesday and Wed¬
nesday; the Border and Hainton ou Wednesday and Thursday;
Speltliotne Club or. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday ; Kuipe
Scar on Thursday ; and Bnrtou-on-Trent Club on Friday aud Satur¬
day.
LINCOLN RACES.— Thursday.
The Trial Stakes.—Commotion, I. Odd Trick, 2.
Brockleaby Stakes.—Arminlus, 1. Joyouse, 2 .
Selling 6takes.—Terpsichore £, l. Boxhlll, 2.
Quct-u a Guineas — Uoneytree, 1 . Commotion. 2 .
Grand Steeplechase.—Old Dog Tray, 1 . Magnet ;
FRIDAY.
Hurdle Race —Muss Harkaway. 1 . Chester, 2
Spring Handicap.—Vandcrmeuliu, 1 . Honeytrcc, 2 .
g. *•
Pudlic School Matches.—A t a meeting' of Old Wyke¬
hamists,.held Oil theMil lust., at Feudally Hotel, to consider the best
means of re-establishing the public school matches at Lord's Crieket-
erounii, It was resolved that Sir Claude do Crespiguy, Bart., tli: Uou. W.
Fiennes, and K. J Bateman, W.P. Dickens. 6. Toller, J. Lewis, aud C.
Tyndall, Esquires, be appointed a committee to carry out the objects of
the meeting; and that Frederick Gale. Esq., of 32 , burton-street. Eatou-
square. be requested to act as lion, secretary.
We understand (says the Globe) that Viscount Mcmcli is about
to resign his office o. sac of the Lords of the Treasury.
Feb. 13, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
163
TOWN AND TABLE TALK ON LITERATURE, ART, 4c.
The obituaries of the week announce the death of Mrs. Fletcher, a
lady woll known in Edinburgh circles of fashion and beauty when
Jeffrey and Sydney Smith started the Edinburgh Review. She was
a lady of many accomplishments and of great beauty, fond of litera¬
ture, and not unskilled herself in song. Mrs. Siddons is said to have
declined accepting any' invitation to which Mrs. Fletcher was in¬
vited—so jealous was she, it is said, of Mrs. Fletcher’s beauty. Nor
wan tliis Edinburgh talk or Edinburgh vanity: the talk ex¬
tended beyond Edinburgh circles, and the vanity was not
Scottish, inasmuch- as Mrs. Fletcher wa 3 born of English
parents, and in the largest English county. We remember to have
heard more than one Englishman assert that they would rather
have seen Mrs. Fletcher in a box at a theatre than have seen Mrs.
Siddons on the stage of the same theatre. She was a Wing, and
long a widow. She married for love of what marriage is said seldom
to give—liberty. Her husband, Archibald Fletcher, an ndvocate in
Edinburgh, was Home-Tooke-and-Hardy mad; and she, a young
girl—as beautiful S 3 a Gunning, and something more—mar¬
ried the old advocate for liis lovo of liberty and Parson
Ilorne. She was a Wliig of the Edinburgh Review school to
the last moment of her life; and she was old when she
died, in her eighty-ninth year. Her delight at seeing Kossuth when
past eighty, and travelling far to see him, was something wonderful.
One of her daughters is the Mrs. Davy of Lockhart's “Life of Scotr,”
and one of her sons Angus Fletcher, the sculptor, favourably known
by bis bust in marble of Mrs. Hemans. Oddly enough, warm Whig
as she was, she lived next door, in Castle-street, Edinburgh, to Sir
Walter Scott; and disliked Scott' so much for his Toryism that she
would never meet him. She refused to accept—no common offer—the
first cast of Chantrey’s exquisite bust of Sir Walter Scott—a compli¬
ment paid her by Allan Cunningham when the features of Scott were
warm from the hand of Chantrey; but glorified in the poet of
Kosciusko and “ the Pleasures of Hope.” Campbell gloried in her.
Mr. Whitworth, the far-famed machinist, is engaged in constructing
a monster printing-machine for the Times. Wonders unknown be¬
fore in the rapidity of rolling off impressions will now be performed in
the daily newspaper world. It is said that between twenty and
twenty-five thousand an hour will bo turned off from this leviathan of
the press. While Mr. Whitworth is doing all this for Mr. Walter,
he is making, we are glad to learn, a similar machine for the Man¬
chester Examiner and Times, another daily paper, cxceediug, we
observe (from an independent accountant’s statement), the circulation
of all the other newspapers put together, including the Manchester
Guardian.
We are sorry to observe the death of Thomas Campbell, tho
sculptor, better known at Rome than in London. His only public
statue in London is the bronze statue of Lord George Bentinck in
Cavendish-square—not, to our thinking, the best example of his art-
He found more favour with Scottish noblemen than with the Royal
Academy. The best female bnsts are those of Lady Douro and the
late Mrs. Labouchere. But the work by which he will be remembered
hereafter is the marble statne at Chatsworth of the Princess Pauline
Borghese. We have heard the late Duke of Devonshire say that the
Princess sat repeatedly to him for the bust, and gave him casts of her
hand, foot, and nose. Campbell was altogether fourteen years over
this fine statue.
The only wonder in literature is the completion, by Mr. John
Bowyer Nichols, of the concluding volume of his not entertaining but
most useftil literary anecdotes. Mr. Nichols is past eighty-, lie is
the son of Nichols who called Johnson friend, and the father of the
Mr. John Gough Nichols whose research and learning have done so
much towards the true understanding of English history.
The able author of the “Lives of the Judges " has been this week
before the Judges as a mortgagee to a large amount (£7000) on a
bankrupt property. Another mortgagee of a later date steps hi,
and living Judges are to decide the claim (a most honourable claim)
of the author of the “Lives of the (dead) Judges.” Should the living
Judges give judgment against the biographer of the dead Judges
they need not fear the terrors of death. Mr. Foss, should he out¬
live them, will pronounce judgment with a kindred impartiality.
The Master of the Rolls (a Romilly)—intrusted with the selection
and publication, at the public expense, of works hitherto not in print
illustrative of medkeval English history—has just put forth two very
handsome octavo volumes—the first issue from the Rolls—and, as they
are done well, has, we are happy to think, in addition, put a remark¬
ably low price nptfn them—a price from which the public can gain so
much, and the public exchequer what it asks for—nothing. What
the Row would ask a guinea for the Rolls house asks eight shillings
and sixpence.
A so-called portrait of a King of Sweden sold t'other day at Mis 3
Dawkins’s sale, at Richmond, has turned out to be neither Gustavos
Adolphus nor King Charles XII., but a most curious portrait, and a
good one, of King James II. By the way, we may here record tho
very general satisfaction that is felt at the recovery (only this week)
of Lord Suffolk's pictufes. The robbery took place more than a
year ogo.
An original autograph MS. of a play by Middle-ton—the contem¬
porary of Shakspeare—has just turned up ; but « Shakspeare MS. still
eludes all research. Still we have hope.
The National Gallery question has not sunk for ever. The Chan¬
cellor of the Exchequer is to take up the question with an open purse.
The enlargement of the British Museum is also, we are glad to ob¬
serve, a Government undertaking, and one that is not to end in
a job. _
Dod’s Peerage for 1858.— Mr. Dod ha? just produced his new
“Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage.” The Indian rautinie? ami the
close of the War with Russia have been attended by so large an addition
to the Order or the Bath, so many creations of other titles, and such ex-
tensive promotions in the Array and Navy, that a thorough revision lirw
been necessary, and the edition for l=i58 is consequently almost a new work
from beginning to end. The casualties and deatlis by disease have led to
many minute changes : the alterations bv the dissolution of Parliament,
the civil service and political changes, and the various new creations, are
here duly noted. The work is remarkable for particulars of individuals
hitherto but briefly noticed, and records of the latest facts to the close of
the year 1857.
The Death ok General Neill is thus described in a letter
to the papers“ He was riding through a narrow street urging on the
troops, when he halted for a moment under a portico to listen to the
shout of the 78th Highlanders, as they gained the Residency. At this
moment an officer passed by, faint with his exertions. Neill pulled out a
flask and banded it to him. While he was thus engaged a eunuch leaning
over from the portico discharged his matchlock into the gallant hero’s
Bkull; befell dead at once—the most daring, dashing, spirit in the army.”
A Monster Cafe.— The Paris correspondent of the Globe
gives some details of the monster eaffi on the Temple Boulevard, capable
of accommodating 12.000 frequenters :—>*There are. on the ground floor,
twenty-four bre-ad billiard-tables. I was asked to be eyewitness of the
fact, and the performances thereon, and I mu.d confess that l saw nothing
that gives a better idea of the immensity of the locale and the din of
ivory balls so much as at the great quadrangular hall at Saltern*. Brad¬
ford, where Titus Salt keeps 1000 powerlooms at work, all weaving
alpaca stuffs by steam, and all going os by clockwork under one glass
roof. The difference was, they worked without clamour, while tho uvdfi
of ‘carcmbole ’ and its jargon formed a wild uproar."
THE ROYAL PROGRESS.
WE gave last week such intelligence of the progress of the Prince and
Princess Frederick of Prussia on their line of route to Berlin a3 had
reached us from tho Continent. In order, however, to give a con¬
nected narrative of the movements of the Royal couple, we resume the
d ascription from the point of their leaving the British shore.
Tho Royal squadron proceeded no further than the Nora on the
night of Tuesday week. On the following morning it started for
Antwerp. ^ At half-past two o'clock a telegraphic message announced
to the onxiously-expeoting people of Antwerp that the Royal squadron
lad arrived at Flushing at eleven, and would probably outer the port
of Antwerp between three and four. Tho news quickly spread through
the town. Crowds gathered upon tho streets, and the quays wore
filled from end to end with people. Tho Cuirassiers appeared on their
stout Flemish steeds, and a regiment of Chasseurs and soldiers of the
line marched on the quaye. By a few simple manoeuvres, executed
with precision, they soon succeeded in clearing an open space on the
landing-wharf, and covering it with carpets brilliant in colour aud
elegant in design. The Ministers, Consuls, and civil and military
functionaries, all wearing their richest uniforms, now began to as¬
semble, and, as each when he arrived was admitted to tho carpeted
space, that little oasis ere long, presented a splendid appearanoe. The
effect of the rpectacle was still further heightened by the arrival of
the Kinj» cf the Belgians, the Princes, and a brilliant staff of officers.
His Majesty wore a military uniform, with the insignia of the Order
of the Black Eagle of Prussia.
The Victoria and Albert, with the Prussian flag at the main and the
union-jack at the fore, and decorated in the most tasteful manner,
moved slowly up amidst the shouts of the spectators. Shortly after¬
wards the King of the Belgians proceeded on board tho Victoria and
AIM, and, after exchanging affectionate greetings with the young
Prince aud Princess, gave them a hearty welcome to his dominions. A
f6w minutes were spent in receiving the parting homage of the officers
of the ship, and, the last word having been spoken, the Princess Royal
was conducted by the King down the ladder to an elegant twelve-oared
boat, painted white and gold. Prince Frederick William followed, aud
tho ladies and gentlemen in attendance were landed in the boats be¬
longing to the Royal yacht. The moment that the Princess left the
side of the Victoria and Albert, tho crew, officers aud men, mounted the
paddle-boxes, and gave three such cheers aa probably the good people
of Antwerp never heard before,
The Princess Royal was handed on shore and conducted to the car¬
riage by the King, her august husband following between tho two
Belgian Princes. She conversed with the King in a cheerful, lively
manner. All the Royal party, with the exception of the Comte do
Flandre, entered one carriage, drawn by four beautiful bays. # The
Prince and Princess simply drove through the Btreet3 to the railway
station: flags, crowds of spectators, and hearty cheers marked their
progress, and at tho station they were received by a regiment of
Rifles, their band playing u God Save tho Queen." In a row more
minutes they were rolling along in a special train to Brussels, In the
evening the Fairy treated tho townspeople to a display of fireworks,
which had a very brilliant effect, and gave great delight to the crowds
assembled on tho quays.
The arrival at Brussels, intended to have been about noon, was. of
course, later; it was six when the train got in. King Leopold at once
took his guests to the palace, where there was shortly after a dinner,
confined to the chief Minister and the Royal personages, and later a
state ball.
The Royal pair set off again on their journey at eight o’clock on
Thursday morning, and the first ceremony of tins dav’s progress was
the presentation of an address of welcome at Heroeathal, which is the
first town of Prussia through which the Royal pair passed.
Goins on, the train, at half-past twelve, reached Aix-la-Chapelle,
where the welcome was most enthusiastic. The public buildings were
gaily dressed in evergreens, flags were suspended in the streets, and,
where flags were too expensive, the inhabitants, according to a Conti¬
nental custom, hung out hearth-rugs, or a piece of gay carpodng.
The British Ambassador, Lord Bloomfield, hero met the bride aud
bridegroom, having left Berlin for the purpose. Immediately upon
arrival tho Prince and Princess partook of luncheon at tho Presidential
Offices, and afterwards visited tho lions of Aix-la-Chapalle, among
which, of course, the Cathedral of Charlemagne occupies tho foremost
place.
Train was then again, taken, and at six o’clock in the evening the
Royal pair were at Cologne. Here they were received at tho railway
terminus by Prussian officials specially deputed for the purpose, and
also by a brilliant throng. The cheers were vigorous, aud addresses
wore presented and responded to. The cathedral was splendidly
illuminated—red outside and white in; and the effect ia described aa
magical. A ba tch of handsome bridal gifts hero awaited the Royal
poir. Bent from the various guilds of the town.
From the iei minus the Royal cortege passed through the illuminated
streets, first, to the Cathedral. The exterior of tho Cathedral—this
gigantic forest of buttresses and arches, adorned with th * most
exquisite carvings in stone—had boon illu nina:ed all round with red
fixe?, and it is only he who has seen ibis uncompleted but incomparable
edifice that can form even a faint idea of the picturesque effo rt Imagine
this greater’, and finest work of Gothic architecture to consist, instead
of stone, of red-hot iron. Even the brilliant sparks which isiue from
iron in that state were not wonting here, fire-wheels and fountains
having been placed at different appropriate points of the building. At
the some time, the interior had likewise been lighted by the rea fires,
which gleamed in through the painted windows, and thus produced an
effect altogether beyond description. From this scene of magnificence
lie bride aud bridegroom had to return to liston to more addresses and
speeches. The evening was wound up by a grand concert and boll. At
the former the performers were the famous Cologne Choir Union, most
properly assisted, however, on this occasion by a reinforcement of
ladief. The ball was opened by their Royal Highnesses.
Journeying was resumed again at an early hour on Friday, and no
lengthened stop made till the train arrived at Homo Bochum, at which
etation. a3 being the frontier of the province of Westphalia tha
General in command of the troops presented himself to pay his respects.
In Hanover a short visit of a couple of hours was mode to the
Hanoverian Court; in Oschorslebsn, which stands on the confines of
the province of Saxony, another greeting was offered the young couple
by the military and civil authorities of that i>rovince, and it wai
nearly eleven o’clock before the train arrived at Magdeburg, whore
halt was made for the night. Magdeburg was brilliantly illuminated,
and on the following morning (Saturday) a weddiug present was
offered by tho town. This consisted of a silver model of (he market¬
place equestrian statue cf the Emperor Otto L, the founder of Magda-
burg, and who marriod an English Princess, Edithu. Tho model
weighs about half a hundredweight, and cost about 5000 thalers fXriO).
Madgeburg was left about noon on Saturday, and tho Royal train
arrived at Potsdam, “the town of many palaces," at twenty-five
minutes past three, the locomotive highly adorned with wreaths of
evergreens, aud the boiler bearing tho word3, " Willkommen in
rrcuseen." Another minute aud tho Princess was handed out of the
State carriage by Prince Frederick William, and received bp the Prince
of Prussia most affectionately. Prince Albrecht and hu son were
present, and hastened, with the other Royal Princes, to express their
welcome to their young relative; and tho Royal party then retired into
tho waiting saloon to receive addresses and presentations. The pre¬
parations made here to welcome the illustrious guests were of the most
extensive kind. In addition to the thousands of human, beings that
were awaiting tha arrival of the long-expected tritin were CQJ indi¬
viduals of a species that seldom figures in a Koval pageant—and these
were the Royal swans, that usually disport on the waters of the Havel,
and on this occasion had been bribed by plentiful handfuls of groin to
remain in the neighbourhood of the bridge over which the procession
passed. At night tho town was illuminated, and there was a gala per¬
formance at tho theatre. nr—mi m ■■ ■
The Prince and Princess rested at Sans Sorooi on Sunday.
THE STATE ENTRY INTO BSELIN.
The public entry of the Prince and Princess into Berlin on Monday
took place under the best auspice*. The weather was excellent, aud
the reception most enthusiastic The euormous mass oT the people
from an early hour flocked to the line of procession, and filled the
whole space from the Brandenburg-gate up to tho State Palace—a
length of one mile end a half, and nearly 20i) feet wide. To describe
the ornamental display which the houses on this road prasentel during
the passage of the cortege is impossible, from the unwieldy moss of
objects ox interest, and tnoir almost inexhaustible variety. The fes¬
tival arrangements began at what is called " The Little Star “ in the
Park, called Tltiergarten,’’ about half a mile outside the Brandon-
burg'cate. TIL octagonal £?ace was brilliantly decorated wi:h
wreaths and garlands of hothouse fie wars, making a strange im¬
pression in the midst of tho wintry landscape, and with English
and Prussian flags. The next point of interest, tho colossal and
classic gate of Brandenburg, likewise decorated with English and
Prussian arms and flags, and other emblems of the international
alliance, presented in gigantic letters tho words " Welcome to the Royal
Couple." The entrance to the street Unter den Linden was decorated
with twelve Venetian masts, united to a kind of triumphal arch, the
top of which was formed by an enormous crown, surmounted by on
eagle. On the masts woro fixed the arms and colours of the different
districts of the metropolis, which is, in fact, a conglomeration of what
were originally five different cities. Each crossing of tho Unter den
Linden was similarly decorated, one with m^st3, tho other with obo-
lisks; a third with niches on pedestals, inscribed with the names of
victories; a fourih with groups of statuary, and so on. But the most
splendid part of the line of entry began at the equestrian statue of
Frederick the Great, at the eastern end of Unter don Linden,
where the quadruple row of trees ceases, and where a series
of open squares, surrounded by public buildings, begins. A
doublo row of Vonetian masts, containing about forty on
either side, each distant fifty feet from tho other, formed a broad
avenue leading up to one of cho portals of the State Palace by whioh
the perspective of Unter den Unden is terminated. These masta wore
all joined to each other by festoons, and it is difficult to give an idea of
the imposing ospect of the whole. Most of tho houses on tho road were
splendidly decorated with flags, carpets, pictures, and whatever the
cost aud taste of the Berliners had been able to invent. The procession
was headed by the postillions of the city, all mounted, and in their
uniform, with orange collars, laeguorea hats, and top-boots, lustily-
blowing away on their horns, amidst great cheering of the people.
Then came the various trades, guilds, public and official corporations
and bodies of Berlin, each with its distinguished emblems. The passage
of this body of about 60,000 men occupied a space of time of nearly
three hours.
The reception of the Royal couple by tho people was everything
they could wish for; and when the National Anthem of Great Britain
wss struck up by tho numerous bands of the Guilds, as the Royal
cortege passed along the people behind joined in it, singing a German
hymn, composed to this tune, and hurraing and waving of hats and
handkerchiefs—which homage our little Princess gracefully, and
without any seeming fatigue, continued to acknowledge by bowing
right and left
At the White Saloon a State banquet was given on the occasion.
At the dinner the Prince of Prussia rose and gave the toast. " Their
Majesties the King and Queen, her Majesty the Queen of England,
and his Serene Highness the Prince Consort;” and again, after some
little time, “The auspicious matrimonial alliance of Prussia and Groat
Britian, and tho illustrious newly-married couple." After the banquet
was over and the guests had retired, tho Royal family, together with
their numerous relations present, drove about the town in a cortege of
twenty carriages, to view tho extensive and brilliant illuminations,
and were everywhere received by tho people with the mo9t hearty and
vociferous exhibitions of gratification; after which the whole party
took tea enfcmillc at the Prince of Prussia's palace.
The Mabbiace Treaty of the Princess Royal.— The
treaty, signed ou the 18th December, 1857, between her Majesty and the
King of Prussia, for the marriage of the Princess Royal with Prince
Frederick William, has just been printed for Parliament. It provides that
the expenses of their joint establishment shall be defrayed out of the
appanage of the Prince, which ia fixed by the King at 92,000 thaiera
a year; the Queen gives her daughter a marriage portion ot £i0,000,
the interest of which is to be paid to their Royal Higlmessei
jointly, and. in the event of the decease of either, to the survivor for life,
and to their children or next of kin. The annual sum of £3000 is to bo
paid In quarterly instalments by her Britannic Majesty for the sole aud
separate use of the Princess, who cannot alienate, mortgage, or receive It
by anticipation. On the other hand, the King of Prussia secures her a
Jointure of 30.000 thalers in case of widowhood, or of 40,000 thalers If the
Prince should die when immediate successor to the throne.
THE ROYAL MARRIAGE
Wf. resumo our Illustrations of this magnificent event with tho scene
of the illustrious bride and bridegroom leaving Buckingham Palaoe,
escorted by a equadion of Life Guards, at a quarter to five, for the
Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway. Just previous
to tho Royal carriage passing through the Palace gate, his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge took leave of tha Prince and Prin¬
cess at the carriage window. The route from the Palace to tho station
was densely tbrengod with spectators, who everywhere received the
illustrious pair with loyal enthusiasm.
The Illustration upon page 101 shows the Departure of tha Royal
pair on Tuesday week, with the cavalcade just about to pass through
Temple-bar: it consisted of a detachment of Life Guards, then an
open carriage and four, containing the Frince and Princess Frederick
William, the Prince Consort and the Prince of Wales; a second car¬
riage, in which rode tho Duke of Cambridge and Prince Alfred ; and
four other carriages, containing the suites of the Royal party.. A de¬
tachment of tho Rife Guards brought up the rear. The display of
flags, especially on each side of tha Bar, was very numerous; and tha
enthusiasm ot the exowd was only saddened with tho thought of
parting.
For once Temple-bar appeared to advantage. Up tho sides ran
dusters of the national fla^R of tho two countries, flanked by shield*
on which were emblazoned the arms of the Royal houses of England
and Prussia. Over the gate woro modallions of the Prince and Princess
surmounting the legends ** God speed you," and "Farewell." Wreaths
of laurel ran about these, and round tho upper semicircle of the arch
was arranged a trophy of national flags. Over all floated “ tit. George's
banner, broad and gay."
The pair of Engravings upon page 1G1 show the Arrival of the
Piince and Princess at Gravesend; and the scene upon tho pier im¬
mediately preceding their embarkation. The pier was all that could
be wished, and the officials of Gravesend, with most loyal zsol and
admirable taste, had dono their utmost to adorn it. It was carpeted
with red cloth ulou* tho path uctualiv reserved for tho procession, and
had sloping row* of seats on each siuo. Tho walls were hung with
white banners, having alternately the initials of tho bride and bride¬
groom in gold and black and long garlands of evergreen?, intermixed
with artificial flowers, which varied the effect in the most light and grace¬
ful manner. Every point of the roof from which bunting oonld be hung
or draped was charged with parti-coloured banners ot all peopled and
nations, the effect of which, in contrast with tho red and white
groundwork, was very brilliant. At the end a broad banner, in whioh
was worked the.simple word "Adieu” in variegated flowers,stretched
quite ucross the pier—tho opening towards the $ver being dosed in
with scarlet draperies. Tho whole of tho street docoruu >ns of the
town, os well as of the pier, wore tastefully carried out by Mi. A.
Dflhto, of No. 408, Strand, London.
The reception at Gravesend, and tho ombarkatlon of tho Royal pair,
were folly described in our Journal of last weak. Tho Mayor of
Gravesend has since issued the following notification, which he has
received in approbation of the entire arrangements :—
The Mayor has great satisfaction in communicating to his fellow-towns¬
men the following letters from the Right lion. Sir George Grey. Bari..
MJ?.. her Mujeaty'a Secretary of State for the Home Department, and
Viscount Sydney, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Kent
•• Whitehall. 3rd Feb., isss
“Sir,—I have much satisfaction in Informing you that I have received
the Queen’s commands to convey to you the expression of her Majesty »
entire satisfaction with the arrangements w htohjBgg u iL, tliC
slon of the embarkation of their JRojaj ffighnesae* the Prince and
Princopa Frederick William <>« Prmiafa, at cfmwend. jwhffcy. The
ciat'iiitg proof* of affectionate loyalty.and the bmutuoi decoration of
the tom* • have been brought especially unfit / her Majesty’s notice
<* I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
“The Mayor Of viriracui." **« ®«*v ’*
“ On Board the Royal Yacht Victoria arvf AIM. at Sea,
Feb. 3rd. 135*.
“Sir —I have received their Royal Highnesses the Trince aud Princess
Frederick William of Prussia’* commands to express their regret that the
limited time their Royal Highnesses were enabled to stay at Gravesend
yesterday (on account of the tide prevented the reading the address which
the Town and Corporation of Gravesend were good enough to prepare;
and the same cause prevented my having au opportunity of presenting
you to their Itojnd Highnesses. The great demonstration of loyalty *«
the town of Gravesend was gratifying to their Royal Highnesses. I shall
be obliged to you, Mr. Mayor, to be good enough to communicate tho
above to the Corporation and Town of Gravisond.
•'Ih--.ro til* her.c-g.- tj yOiC 9Sel.il
■ The Mayor of Qrareecal ” - Sro. - * 6t * -
164
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Feb. 13, 1858
THE ROYAL DEPARTURE.
ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM AT THE TERRACE PIER, GRAVE8END.
The scene here represented was the most beautiful feature in the day’s
proceedings—the most charming that we had hitherto seen in any
pageant of the kiod waa yet to oome. Upwards of fifty young
ladies, of ages varying from twelve to seventeen years, were speedily
ranged upon the platform in two extending rows to the landing place.
They were all olad in white, with light blue mantillas, the head of
each being docorated with a pretty wreath of jasmine, and each holding
a basket of flowers. It would be impossible to speak too highly of the
simple beauty of this novel procession. It was a most graceful
parting compliment to the young bride thus to assemble the youth
and grace of the district to strew her path with flowers snd bid her
an anectionate farewell. The fair commander of this juvenile baud
was Miss Troughton, daughter of the Mayor; and this;
held a splendid bouquet, which she was to present to
Royal.
DEPARTURE or THE BRIDAL PAIR FROM GRAVESEND.—THE PROCESSION ON THE PIER : GIRLS STREWING FLOWERS.
Feb. 13, 1858.J
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
m
PRESENTS FOR THE PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM
Some of the presents, which we this week engrave, are of bo poouliar
a beauty that they were conspicuous amongst many. One, a pre¬
sent from the Marchioness of Breadalbane, is a hand-glass, the frame
of which is of pure gold, set with Scotch pearls of great beauty, and
bearing the reversed cipher and coronet or the Princes*. The handle
is of a single cairagoram; and, as a reminiscence of Scotland, the
taste which dictated such a present is unquestionably good. The
Marquis the Lord Chamberlain, gave the bride a very handsome
taper-stand, of varioun rare stones found upon his estate; two figures,
in massive gold, of Hymen and Cupid, on each side of an altar in the
centre, forming the receptacle for the taper.
A third consists of that which was described truly by the Tima
as “ the most fairy-like opera-glass that was ever seen. ,r It is of white
enamel upon pure gold, with festoons of brilliants upon the unper and
lower rims. In the centre of the tubes the cipher of the Princess
Mr. L. C. Wyon, who executed the dies: the excellence of the portrait
is due to the numerous sittings with which he was honoured by the
Princess. For the production of this medal we are entirely indebted
to Messrs. Hunt and Roekell, of 160, New Bond-street, who have had
it struck in gold, silver, and bronze. We understand that her Majesty
has commanded a large number of these medals to be struck in the
precious metals. Messrs. Hunt and Roskell have also produced
miniature medals of the work (with the portraits separate) of equal
merit, and by the same artist
CANDELABRA AND ALTAR PLATE OF THE
CHAPEL ROYAL, ST. JAMES'S.
The Palace of St. James and the Chapel Royal, as fitted for the
Royal marriage, are now open to the public by ticketB, so that a very
OPERA-GLASS PRESENTED TO THE PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM
BY THE MAHARAJAH DHULEEP BINGIT.
with her coronet, is enamelled upon one side, whilst the reverse bears
the eagle of Prussia, surrounded by very elaborate and chaste orna¬
ment. This was the present of his Highness the Maharajah Dhuleep
Singh. The opera-glass, taper-stand, and hand glass have been manu¬
factured by Messrs Hunt and Roskell, of 150, New Bond-street, and
are very high- class specimens of English work, especially the opera-
glass.
A superb pincushion for the bridal toilet was one of the articles pre¬
sented to the Princess Frederick William by the Mayor and members
of the Corporation of Birmingham.
This toilet-pincushion—manufactured by Kirby, Beard, and Co.,
pin and needle manufacturers, London and Birmingham—is ef nove
design, consisting of an elliptical cushion covered with green velvet,
trimmed with gold oord, and mounted upon a gilt spindle, which
revolves in an elaborately-carved and polished brown English oak
frame. The latter consists of two standards, each bearing a vase of
fiowers on the top: the oval wreath, within which the cushion re¬
volves, is composed of oak leaves and acorns, surmounted by a Royal
HAND-GLASS PRESENTED TO THE PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM
BT THE MARCHIONESS OP BREADALBANE.
crown. Silver plate bearing the anna of Prussia is inserted under the
centre of the wreath. The cushion was well supplied with pins of
various sizes.
THE NUPTIAL MEDAL.
The medal in commemoration of the nuptials of her Royal Highness
the Princess Royal with his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, which
we engraved in our last impression, is a work of art highly creditable to
ORNAMENTAL TOILET-PINCUSHION PRESENTED TO TIIE PRINCESS
FREDERICK WILLIAM.
large number of persons will have the opportunity of bearing testimony
to the taste displayed in the de:orative preparations for the reoenfc
ceremony. The upper end of the chapel, round the haul pas and
altar, and all the walls are hung with the»ichest crimson silk velvet, with
a deep and massive bullion fringe, the effect of which was shown by the
window which bad been added. The altar is draped in the same style,
and a semicircular communion-rail runs round the whole. The*
communion-table was heightened to bear the gold plate, which
shows gorgeously upon the crimson velvet. The plate hero is most
massive, though not, as generally supposed, of tbo gervice presented
by Charles I : one noble flagon of this set, however, still remains. The
rest of the service, including the noble and lofty cundelabra and the
large ealver of the Last Supper, is mostly of the time of Anne and the
first George. It includes a massive gold service of Anne's reign—the
only one of the kind in the possession of the Crown. By-the way, on
referring to the accounts of the expenses of the fitinge of the Chapel
and Palace for the marriage of her Majesty in 1840 we find that they
amounted to £9220.
THE COMMUNION PLATE IN Till: CHAPEL ROYAL, ST. JAMES'8.
106
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
,'[Feb. 13, 1858
THE EARL OF SUFFOLK’S PICTURES.
The Btory of 'Jose pictures, as told this w«k at the Westminster Police
Court, is scarcely outdone by any of the recent pieces of bold theft. In
October, 1856, the Earl of Suffolk r s mansion nt Cnorlton Park was robbed
j™ estimated to be worth £io,ooo. Detectives were
had down, tviTy acarvh made, and a large reward advertised, but all
without effect -, a few weeks ba~k. howcver.lt was determined again to
advertise the reward, and the thief is now in the hands of justice, John
Farbon. a messenger in the War Office, and a former valet of the Earl, is
tkeenlprit.
One day in October of 1F56, after leaving the War Office, this
Farbon seems to have taken train, broken into Charlton Park House,
stolen the pictures, and then returned to town in time to be at his post
again in the morning. The result of diligent inquiry in the neighbour¬
hood by the detective police at the time showed that a man answering
the dticription of the prisoner had arrived at Swindon station at nine
o clock on the night previons to the burglary, and. being then fifteen
mile* from Charlton Park, hired a guide to show him the way to Mlnety.
They travelled on foot, and arrived there at twelve at night, when the
man dismissed his guide, and went in the direction of Lord Suffolk's
mansion, which ra n few miles distant The same man was seen at
about *ix on the following morning on foot, carrying two large parcels,
loosely wrapped in brown paper, coming from the direction of
Charlton rare, and, after proceeding some distance, he gave a lad
who was going the same way 6d. to allow him to put the bundles
across a horse. In which way he arrived at Crickladc, where
lie went to an Inn, and, having breakfasted, hired a gig to convey him to
Swindon, which he reached in time for the quarter past nine up-train, and
came to London with the parcels, where he was lost sight of.
The result of advertising this second time was, that a pawnbroker
in Pimlico, named Luff, discovered that he had in his possession two
of the picture*, the “ Virgin and Child ” by i*eonardo da Vinci,
and a landpcrpe. By an arrangement entered into between Mr.
Luff and the police, the prisoner was sent for by the former, the latter
kcepiDg watch for him in Ebury-strect, and capturing him when he loft
hie home. Being then asked how he became possessed of the two pic¬
ture*. he replied that he had purchased them in Petticoat*lane for 25s. In
the prisoner's house thepolice discovered a third paint ing concealed between
the roof and ceiling. I*risoncr then admitted his guilt, expressed his regret,
and said he would make every reparation in his power by disclosing where
the rest of the paintings were, lie then said that, if they searched a box
in a cupboard at the foot of the stairs In his house, they would find four
pawnbrokers’ duplicates relating to paintings, and there were two more of
the pictures at the War Office, concealed behind u large press, and attached
to a string, the end of which he gave directions how to find. These, with
a pawnbroker s ticket in prisoner s pocket, accounted for the whole of the
stolen property.
The prisoner has been sent in custody to Wiltshire, the scene of
his crime, as required by law. His appointment as messenger at
the War Office is said to liave been obtained lor him by the Earl whose
collection he has plundered. The pictures were all cut out of their frames,
and thereby seriously injured.
It will be recollected that two ol the stolen pictures—viz., “The
Babottur," and a sea-piece by Vandevelde— were engraved from
prints, in the Illustrated London News, Immediately after the
robbety, with the view of leading to the recovery of the pictures:
they had not been offered for sale, but doubtless, on account of the
above publicity, were kept closely packed up in paper. The man had
made no arrangement whatever for disposing or his prizes. He had them
in various places, even in the office of her Majesty’s Secretary
for War, And then, when the tempest, a? he thought, had somewhat
tul'Bidid. he put forth a feeler in the picture of a •• Virgin and Child ”
by Leonardo da Vinci. Now here begins a somewhat diverting
portion of the narrative. Mr. Luff, a picture-dealer in Pim4co,
becomes the purchaser of this painting, at a cost of £G. He shows
his purchase openly to the various persons ol known celebrity—great,
and by fome supposed unerring, judges of art They differ, not so
much among themselves, as it afterwards appears, but from them¬
selves. An illustrious artist, and n well-known connoisseur both
dtny it to be a Leonardo; one, we believe, declares it to be a Solari.
Another judge, on this emergency, is called in. He pronounces it a
Luini. A third, but a much more obscure individual, alone adheres
to the belief that it is a Leonardo. To continue, It was seen
also by many others.* No one of these acute and sceptlcjilcritics hazarded
the notion that he had ever seen it before. Yet it so happens that they
had. probably, one and all; ?or in June. 1651, nt the British Guliery, this
ithntical painting stands thus recorded in the catalogue“2. ‘virgin
and Child, L da Vinci, Earl of Suffolk." It wa* only by means of the
Times advert!foment, and the homely process of a three-foot measure,
that this wciLhty point was determine), aud the knowledge of it car¬
ried to Scotland-yard. Lord Suffolk’s great picture by Leonardo da
Vinci, the “Vicrgcaux Rocbera," appears to have been confounded
with this much smaller painting. It was on the former that
the value of £4000 was nominally put; yet, judging from the
sum obtained for Marshal Soult’s Murillo, we may fairly estimate
the great and undoubted work of Leonnrdo at a tar higher figure
than even £4000. Besides the great critics to whose acumen the Leonardo
was submitted, wchear that it has made other journeys, and one to the house
of one of our Foreign Ministers for inspection. We are farther informed
that the “ Ecce Homo " by Guido was also in a neighbooring picture-
shep, and for a considerable time suspended in the bar of u public-house,
but that the customers considered it an inferior production, and it did
not sell. _
METROPOLITAN NEWS.
Corporation Address to hie Queen.— On Tuesday after¬
noon the Lord Mayor, accompanied by the Aidcrmeu. the Sheriffs of
London and Middlesex, the Under Sheriffs, several members of the Com¬
mon Council, and the City officers, with a deputation from the Court of
Lieutenancy of the city of London, Guildhall, proceeded to Bucking¬
ham Palace, when the addresses of the Corporation of London and the
Court of Lieutenancy on the marriage of the Princess Koyal with his
Koval Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia were presented to
her Majesty and his Koval Highness the Prince Consort. Tue addres3«s
having been presented, her Majesty was pleased to return a gracious reply.
The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress entertained at
dinner, on Tuesday, the members of the Court of AMermeu and lhdr
ladhs; the Chairman, Deputy-Chairman, and several members of the
Stock Exchange; the Directors el'the City Bank, the Directors of the
Cor. ad a Company, and a number of distinguished aud private friends.
Dinner wna terved in the Egyptian UalL
The Two Houses of Convocation for the Province of Can¬
terbury assembled on Wednesday for the dispatch of business—the
members of the Upper House in ijuecn Anne’s Bounty Office, Dean’s-
yard, Westminster, under the presidency of his Grace the Primate; and
the members of the Lower House in the Jerusalem Chamber, under
the presidency the Dean of Bristol, the Piolocutor.
The National Gallery.— The decision of the Koyai Coin-
missioned against the removal of the National Gallery from Trafalgar-
square is already known to the public. The Lords ot the Treasury there¬
upon requested the Commissioners of Works to provide an estimate of
the txpensc of enlarging the present gallery, as proposed by the majority
cf the Commission. Sir. Hunt, the surveyor, estimates the total expense
at 500,000.—which includes the reinstatement of the barracks aud the work-
house buildings (to be removed for the enlargement of the gallery), the
reinstatement of the baths and lavatories, the erection of a suitable build¬
ing for the Royal Academy, and the construction of a building for the
National Gallery upon an enlarged site,
Socieie Francaise dr Bienfaisance.— The seventeenth
annual ball of this society—for the benefit of the destitute French iu Lon¬
don—took place on Monday evening, at the Hanover-square Rooms. It
was numerously attended, and this meritorious institution was largely
benefited by its receipts. According to invariable custom, a lottery was
drawn during the evening, the principal prizes in which were presented
by the Orleans family. The room was filled by an elegant company, aud
the ball was kept up with great spirit to the music of Jullien's excellent
orchestra.
Shoeblacks’ Winter Treat.— On Tuesday evening the boys
of various thotbiiirk societies in the metropolis were regaled at St. Mar¬
tin's Hall. Long-aere. wftli tea. provided tor them by the friends of the
Institution* to which they are attached. The compauy included the Earl
of Shaftesbury, tire Marquis of Westminster, Lord Kadstock. Sir John
Pnkington. M.P.. Sir John K. Shuttleworth, Alderman Klnnis, Mr. R.
Ilanbury. M.I*.. Mr. (J. L. Bevau, Mr. Joseph Payne. Mr. Wilbrabam
Tay'rr. Mr. Bodkin. Mr 31 *Gregor, See. Lord Shaftesbury (who
presided) and other influential gen tie men addressed the meeting, and a
statement was Presented which showed that an aggregate number of boys,
belonging in all to nine societies, had earned by their daily labours during
the past year upwards of £ 3000 . The speakers congratulated the pro¬
moters of the societies on the benefits accruing to the public and ihfi boys
from their exertions. The boys who had gained medal* during the year
were then presented to the uhnirnian. In the course of the evening the
beys sang several pieces, the last of which was the National Antliem,
with the additional stanza by the Poet Laureate. After this the benedic¬
tion was pronounced, and the meeting separated.
Six Liver Saved by the Royal Society's Fire-escapes.—
On Monday morning, about half*past three o’clock, a fire broke out iu
the premise* of Mr.iiunt, 40 , Exeter-street, LLiSon-grovc. In the course
cl a fe w minutes after the discovery of the fire the Royal Society 8 escape
from the Edgwarc-road station arrived. The conductor at once placed his
escape in front of the burning pile, and he happily succeeded in bringing
down in the canvas bag the whole of the residents, six in number, from the
roof, where they w ere completely enveloped in smoke. The building aud all
H CcntAJLtd were destroyed.
Memorial to Sir H. Lawrence.—A very influential meet
ing. presided over by Lord Panmure, was held on Saturday last at Willis's
Rooms, to take measures for honouring the memory of Sir H. Lawrence.
The plan proposed is to endow permanently the schools founded by the
deceased hero at the India hiii stations of Kassowlce and Aboo, for chil¬
dren of British soldiers.
The London and Middlesex Arch.eological Society.—
r> -i ” --.- .wv-T, *. Hugo read a paper on “The
Bell lower of the Tower of London." Mr. G. Nichols contributed one. “ On
the Bsttlemcnts of the Tower." Mr. Cooper, taking the same building
,Lr 3 sll f , A ev ' t \ rc; ‘ d ft P a Pcr on “The Tower of London in the Early Days
of Queen Elizabeth and Mr. William Taylor delivered a most graphic
description of “ A Walk from Westminster to the Tower of London in the
Days of Elizabeth." The papers contained valuable contributions to the
society e transactions, and were exceedingly well received.
The Palestine Model Farm and Industrial Institution
row Jewish Converts.—O n Friday last the first anuual meeting of this
institution took place at Willis’s Rooms, King-street, St James’s -the
Lari of Bodcn in the chair. The object of tills society ia toprovideem-
plGyment for Jewish converts; and with this view land has been pur¬
chased at Jaffa, on which premises are being erected, and the members of
the settlement are employed aa day labourers, receiving the ordinary rate
ol wages of the country; and, if they are found faithfuland diligent, por¬
tion of land arc allotted to them to be cultivated for their own benefit.
Ine products of the farm are employed in supporting the iusittutlon.
There is a religious superintendent to instruct the inmates in Scriptural
and evangelical principles. From the report it appeared that the institu¬
tion bad answered the end contemplated, and tliat many Christian
Israelites were located on the farm. A letter was read from Mr. Flynn,
our Consul in Palestine, who extolled the institution, than which, he
said, nothing could be better. The report waa agreed to. and after
speeches from the Rev, Mr. Myers, a converted Jew, and other gentle¬
men, resolutions in favour of the institution were adopted, and the
meeting separated.
Protestant Dissenting Deputies.—O n Tuesday a meeting
of the Protestant Dissenting Deputies waa held at the Milton Club. Lud-
t. ,, L,lu wcn P rc parea Dy tne committeetor uieir sanction. 3lr. Ap«l«y
I ellatt took the chair. Mr. Tyrrell, the secretary, read the report, which
wns adopted. A petition against Church-rates was then read, aud agreed
to without opposition. A petition waa also adopted which deprecated the
obstacles tliat had been thrown in the way of the progress of Christianity
in India, and urged that the heathen population should not be
taxed for the maintenance of the Christian Church, and contended
that if free scope were given to all sects of religious missionary the
Christian religion would be more widely disseminated in that country,
more strenuously supported by its followers, and would be more attractive
to the natives to embrace its faith. It also prayed for an alteration in the
practice which systematically excluded Christian converts from holding
civil and military appointments under the administration of public affairs.
Births and Deaths.—L ast week the births of 910 boys and
P32 giris, in all 1842 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor¬
responding weeks of the years 1648-57 the average number waa 1593.——
Hit total number of deaths in London, which in the previous week was
13C3, was last week 1314. The mortality of last week thus approximated
very closely to tliat which former experience leads to expect in the first
week of February.
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS <» THE WEEK,
{From our CUy Correspondent.)
Notwithstanding that there has been an improved demand for accom¬
modation this week, the value of niouey continues very low. and the supply
ot unemployed capital is still increasing in Lombard-street as well as in
the Bank of England, the quantity ol' first-class paper coming forward
being wholly inadequate to the wants of the bankers. -That description
has been done aa low as from 2 \ to 2| per cent; aud in the Stock Exchange
loans have been granted on Government Securities nta to 2 ^ per cent.
The official announcement to the effect that the East Jnuia Company
will shortly become a borrowr of £10,000,000 has produced little or
no eflect upon the value of tho public funds, even though the
amount is larger than had been generally anticipated. But the
loan in question, though; no doubt, it will be easily raised, ia regarded
in tn Anomalous light, for the nll-iroportant reason that Government
proposes, or, at least, will shortly propose, to abolish the Etwt India
Company as a corporate body, and yet it allows the Company to borrow
in our market the large sum of ten millions, without any positive
{ ;u»rantee either as regards interest or principal. From what we cun
earn the Company will issue bonds, bearing interest at lj per cent, to bo
repaid eventually out of the revenues of Indio. The only conclusion that
we can arrive at is that, in the event of the Company being abolished, the
debt will form a portion of the indebtedness of England though dependent
upon the revenue drawn from the East.
Owing to the want Of commercial paper, and to the rapidity with
which -other securities " have lately run off, together with the con¬
tinuous increase in the stock of bullion, the Directors of the Bank of
England reduced their minimum rate of discount on Thursday to three per
cent- The Bank of France has also lowered its quotation from five to
four and a hall'per cent, and the supply of gold inlts coffers is now about
£11.000,080.
Since the last Bank return Was made up nearly £500,000 haa been added
to the etOck of gold, and there are still several parcels in the market for
sale. The total imports have been nearly £600.000, and the shipments to
the East have been uiider £200,000. Aa the exchanges by the present
mail come lower, both from Bombay and Hong-Kong, ft is tolerably
evident that future shipments of silver to the East will be chiefly regu¬
lated by the Wants of the East India Company. On the Continent the
exchanges have become less favourable; hence a demand has sprung up
for gold for shipment both to France and Germany. The quantity taken
as yet, however, is trifling.
Ihe Silver Market continues steady, at 6lg per ounce for bar qualities.
The BUpply of dollars on offer is rather extensive.
The Consol Market has continued firm, and, allowing for fluctuations,
prices have been freely supported. The Unfunded Debt has, likewise,
exhibited considerable buoyuncy, and Indian Securities have continued
firm. On Monday, the fluctuations in prices were very moderate,
and the Three per Cents Reduced marked 96| aud 90j; Consols,
for Money, 96$ aud 65j; Ditto, for Account, 96fc j. The New
Three per Cento were done at 96$ I Long Annuities, I860, 3 1-16;
Ditto, 1659, 1 13-16; Ditto. 1665, ie£; India Bonds, 20 s. to 258. prem.;
Exchequer Bills, 2 ss. to 32s. prem.; Ditto, Bonds, lOOJ. Bank Stock
was 227 to 226; India Stock, 218. 'flic transactions ou Tuesday were
rather less numerous. The Reduced Three per Cento were 96$; Oonsola
for Monty, 95$ 06; Ditto, for Time, 96and95jj New Three per Cents*
9<5$ k 96; Long Annuities, 1885, 18} |; India Bonds, 20s. prem.;
Exchequer Bills, 3ua. to 328. prem.; Ditto, Bonds, 100 J |. Bank Stock
marked 227 and 225$; and India Stock, 218. There was a firmer market
on Wednesday, arising, in some measure, from the large Government
majority on the Alien Bill. Consols were done at 93| and 96$ for
Transfer* and for Time. The Reduced were ooi j; the New Three per
Cents, oei i ft India Bonds. 208. to 2la. prem.; Exchequer Bills, 30s. to
33s. prem.; Bank Stock, 227 aud 225
On Thursday, the funds were very firm in price, but the transactions in
them were not extensive. The Three per Cents, for transfer, were done
^ ^—. . ,, * - —i A --“*i- 't the New Three per
were3is. to
Thcre*ha/tcen *no new feature* in the Foreign Market. The business
doing has not been extensive, yet prices generally have ruled very firm.
Transactions have been officially quoted as follows :—Brazilian Five per
Cents. "«-.□ IVKU) Kiv nr.r i Vnls «lfi5 In IflOfiV. div : Sfi’itil'Jin
Three
vian
per «
FlVe UUI V. If. (fu . jgil a , ,x »-v jaw. ^ w.—/, ■ ■ i —*•-- — —
»A: Spanish Committee s Certificates of Coupon, 54 ; Turkish Six per
Cents, 99A to 100; Tuikish Four per Cents. 103| to 104* ex div.; Dutch
Two-and-j-Hulfpcr Cents, 654 to 66 ; Dutch Four per Cents, I00i; aud
Chilian Six per Cents 104j. , „
Nearly all Joint-stock Bank Shares have continued very firm in price,
with full average transactions generally. Australasia have marked 85;
British North America. 60 j; City, 60 ex div.; London Chartered of
Australia, i*}; London and County, iOA; London and Westminster, 45|
ex div.; Oriental, 39 ; Ottoman, tPf ; Provincial of Ireland, 61; Ditto,
New. 22i; South Australia, 334 ; Union of Australia, 46; and Union of
London, 234 ex div.
31 isceilaueous Securities have been in Improved reque-sf, at very full to
advanced currencies. London Dock Shares have marked lufl; St. Katha¬
rine, 93; Australian Agricultural. 27$; Australian Royal Mail, 24 ex
return; Crystal Palace, if; Ditto, Preference, 4; Eastern Steam, 4;
Electric Telegraph. 105 ; < itucral Steam Company. 254 ; London General
Omnibus, 3$; National Discount 3J ; Peel River Land aud Mineral, 2\ ;
Peninsular ami Oriental Steam, SO; Ditto, New, IS ; Royal Mail Steam,
t5; South Australian Land, 39; Submarine Telegraph Scrip, 1; Van
Diemeu's Land, 10 J; Ilungerford Bridge, 6f : and YaoxliaU, 174 .
Nearly ail Railway Securities have beeu tolerably firm, at very full to
slightly-enhanced quotations. The *• continuations " for the present
account have been as low as 4 per cent. Die dividend upon the London
and North-Western will be at the rate of 5 per cent per annum. Upon
the Eastern Counties, it is announced at £l 128 . td. per share; and upon
the Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 5 per cent The following are
Ihe official closing quotations on Thursday
Ordinary Shares and Stocks. -Chester and Holyhead, 35};
Eastern Counties, di; Edinburgh, Toth, and Dundee, 30$; Great
Northern, A Stock, 91; Great Western, 59|; Lancashire nnd Yorkshire
93i; London and North-Western, iuol ; Midland. 97A; North-Easter^
uitto ' Yorki 83 * - NorUi t&od&toZ mi T sSStu
I.iNE Leased at a Fixed Rental.— Clydesdale Junction, mi.
I reterence Shares.— Great Northern Five per Cent, 121 ; Ditto
Redeemable at Five per Cent prem., Gi ; Lancashire and Yorkshire 139 -
North British. 108 J ; North-Eastern—Berwick, 98 . * *
British Possessions.— East Indian. 108 * ; Grand Trunk of Canada
Six per Cent IXbcnture, 84i; Great Western of Canada, 21 ; Madras Ex¬
tension, 9j ; Ditto. Third Extension, 5fi ; Punjaub, 8 prem.
Foreign.— Eastern ol France. 27*; Great Luxembourg. 8 ; Namur aud
L, £fi e ’« 8 * ; cP ltt0 ’» S5x per C f nt Terence. 21 ; Northern of France. 38» 3
p^fiM^feahave continued quiet, us follows:-East Basset, A-
ttJ ' 134; Uun Mountain UopiK ' r Miui “K
„ Friday Evening.
. I, 1 , 10 rc ' un > from tip Bonk of France shows an iucrcase In the stock of
bullion of upwards oi £ 1 , 000 , 000 . TIUs increase has imparted firmness ti
the Consol Market, and prices generally are well supported. The Three
percents, for Money and Time, are B6j }; the Reduced, 98 t 1 : aud the
New Three per Cents, 960 1* oreign iionds and Ilailway Shares continue
very firm In price. “
THE MARKETS.
COES-E«'HASOE tFrjJayt.—During the praent wwk, a, wol] u frMh up to-tlsr, tbo
•n rat, ot Eusli.1. wheat, coaitaiw auj by Upil.-rrUgc, h»v» b™ ou a m^irato
.cal,. For Rood ,od flue stipplr, wo bad a tair dumuiid, at Uond.y'8 eurrenev. but low out!
P ,rcel » tnovod riff 1 lowly, at taroly bit. rates Tbo tmtiorts of fjreign wti.nl aro
4520 quartets. TLere ; wmod4t •. Uolttd Inquiry Itr all kind.- ncrerth* prioei
Fine rnoltinp barley wrae In fair r«|ue«t, at full quotations. Grinding and
diitiljln* torts met U doil inquiry. lucre w«t only a Hmitol solo for malt, at bnroly
Monday * ouftnilor.*. No change look place in tbo value of oat*. Boans, peas, and flour
wero dull, Lnt net cheaper. K u r
i^ rr ‘r r “(? 2X0; barley. ’670; malt. 5210; oaM. 3i20; flour,
,3 Sl : Fore fej : wheat, 4420; borJov, 7210; onU, 2630: flour. 1240 sacks,
c and *&•» 10 4 7».; ditto white, 42*. to 60*. ; Norfolk and
Suffolk, red. 40b. to 47s.; rye, 30*. to 34*.; grinding barley, 21*. to 30s. ; diMlIliug ditto,
tc , ***•' n’Hltliig ditto, 31a. to <0 b. ; Lincoln and Norfolk molt, Ms, to 6 ! t.; brown
ditto, Mk. to 5b«. ; Mnttston and War©, toa. to GCs.; ChcvnUor. 65*. to 69*.; Vorkshiro and
LlneolnhWra fact! oata, W». to 23» ; potato ditto, 2ha to 32s ; Yoojrhol and Cork. bl»7ok. 1!>9.
#n 2 :v dU V , |'» Wb ilf' Sri? 30s.; tick beans, 33». to 34».; grey peas. 3t>s. to 4ls.; raapio. (Is.
to t3s.; white, 4P«. to 42*.; boilers, 40s. to 4is. per quarter. Town-made flour, 40 s. to
43s.; town honseho ds, 39a. to 40*; cooutry ra/irks, Sli. to 39«. per 280 lb. American flour,
—. lo .'oi. per ter;!.
Setd *.-Our nuuket Rtmerally ia devoid of animation; but, compared vrfih last weak*
tcaicely any rhsi re Las taken place In price*.
Ltnaced, EnglUb, crushing, (W«. to 62*.; Mediterranean, Ms. U) 53*,; hempseed, 40*. to
coriander, 15s. to 30*. per cwt.; brown mustard seed, 13*. to 15*.;
di,, V rblt ® , lae * 10 17s ' ; ,are "* to h*- M* P« bushel; Eugllab rapeaoed, 68s.
o 70s. per quarter. Linseed cakes, English, £10 0s. to £10 1C*.; ditto, foreign, £*J ICa.
lo £10 10*,; rnpo cakes, £5 5*. to £6 0s. per ton. Canary, 80s. to 86*. per quarter.
Ajmi,7.—17i* prices of whoaten breadinlhomotropolUr.ro from 7d. to 7id.; ofbouaohoU
auto. fki. to 6J<1. per 4 lb. loaf.
Imperial Wttkly Averages —Wheat, iCs. 9d.; barley, 36s. 8d.; oaU. 23*. Od.; rye,
3U. fcl.; beans, S8s- lid.; pen*, 41*. Od.
U'etk*' Averages. —Whcwt, 47s. 10d.; barley, Ms. 9d ; oau, 22s. 7d.j ryo,
a!fs. lOd ; bean*, 39*. 3d.: peas, 40s. Id.
hnalish Grain Hold Last Week.— Wheat, 103,379; barley, 92,518; oata, 13,»»t rye,
1.15: beans G935; pess, 1752 quarters.
Teat —Advices having comu to hand from China to tli e effect that ■ considerable dscliae hoo
taken place Uiero in thcvalue of tea, oor msrk-'t I» heavy, aud nsiw-cs are rathsr lower Uian
last week. It is difficult to soil common soood cragon atid. per lb. Tho stock in the
Kingdom is «»8,69i,W0 lbs., against 87,500,000 lbs. in 1857; and 72,817 000 lbs.
JSu0ar.—Far good am! flue raw sugar thors lias been a fair Inquiry, at list week's oun*.
tlons. Low and damp parcels have sold heavily, at barely Stationary p- lots. Barb i-toc* haa
ilccUned 40s. to4(s. tkl.; Jamaica. i3i. to SUorltlns, 38«. to 41*.; Bongal, 3^. to'5ls.6d.s
Madras, 32s. to 16s.; Siam, 26s. 6d. per cwt Wo havo to report a dull inquiry for roanod
goods, yet no sale* of low qualities have taken place under 57a per cwt. The iupnly in tho
market 1* br no means extensive.
( 'uffcc.—Tlic few parcels Offir.-d at public sales this week havo mosL’y found buyers on
former terms Native, of lower quality is quoted at 44s. 6d. to 45s. fd p?r cwt.
litre.—A further decline of fid. pv cwt has taken place ia the quotations, with a heavy
market. Thcsleck Is • ill over 70 000 ton*.
. &dtptlrc.—Thl$ article is heavy, and quite It. per cwt. lower. English refine 1, 47s.
lo ih, od.
l*rorisi<yiis . —Nearly all kind* of butter—tho stoeks of which arc only moderate—move off
slowly, at barely pravioss ra’es. In bacon very littlo Is doing, at Is. to 2s. per cwt. Jeso
money. All other prov-sions are n dull Inquiry.
Ituiiyo .— The quarterly Mileu nro p*ogreeUog heavily, a 1 , a decline of front Id. to Is. per
lb compared with the previous auction*
Tallow .—The demand has somewhat improved, nrd P.Y.C. on the spot has *a’d at 52s. 6d.
per cwt. For forward delivery verj- liU’o is paaiing. Tim quota - ion for Decombcr is5Cs.Cd,
per cwt.
Oils .— Llnicod oil *olls slowly, nt 2S*. per cwt. on tho spot. No change In tho value of
ra;c. Cocoanut is hravr, at £41 to *43. In other oils very little U doing. Spirits of tur*
pecti'-e. SO*. 6d. to 37*. Gd.: rongb. It's, to lot. 3d. per cwt.
Spirit !*. — The damsnd for rum ;i* restricted to small parcels, at about stationary prices.
Proof Icowcnlj, 2*. to 2 m. Id.: East India, Is. 10d. to I*. I Id. nor gallo n In brandy very
Utile i* ;>aj*ltiB, and tho quotations continue lo decline. Groin spirit is heavy.
Hay and it raw .— Meadow hay, £2 10a. to £4 0s.; clover ditto, £3 10s. to £5 0*.; and
Straw. £1 4s. to £1 9s. per load.
IVo’jI — Am tho neat public saloe of colonial wool will eommenre on tho 25th Inti., our
market is heavy, but we havo no farther change to notice in prices.
Totatucs.— The supplies arc modernto, and the demand is steady, at from 65a. to 180.*. per
ton.
Jltps < Friday).—The doinrnd for good and Boo new hips Is tolerably Arm, and p ices nro
well supported. All other klm*s, however, move off slowly, nt barely late Tries Somo
porco's or foreign hops are pressed for rale, at lew currencies Now Mid and E*«t Kent
pockets, 70*. to 120*.; Would of Kent ditto, 56*. to 70s.; Su‘mjx ditto, 52a. to 02s ; Yearling*
and Olds, si*, to 50r. per cwt. <"
Coals (Friday h— Holywell, 15s.; Tanflold Moor, I3« 3d.; Belmont, Its. 6il.; Cassop*
I"*.; HeiigU Hal), 16*. ; Toce, 18s.; Eden, 10* ; Eden Main, 1th ; Hiis.veb, l9s.t Tram wollgito.
If*, per ton.
Metropolitan Cattle JTqrkst (Friday).—The skow of Imaats in 1 5- day’s market was very
modernto; nevertheless, tho demand for all breeds rul'd very Inocilvi, at Mon 'ny’s eurrenev.
tit ecji were In limited supply and s’uqgi‘h request, at unaltorod quotifion*. Thera was oniy
a limited demand for cjiIvc*. ut a decline of rtrom 2d. to 4d. por 8 lb. The top price was As. por
H lb. Figs and milch cow* moved off beavllr, at late rates
J’er bio*, to rink the offal.—-Coarse and Inferior beast*, 3s. 4d. to 3s. 6d.; second quality
ditto, 2s. hd.to 4*. 0d.: prime L.rg© oxen. 4s. rd. to 4s. 4d.; prime Scots, Ac., ts. fid. to
t*. fd.j coarse and luferlor sheep, 3s. 4d. to3«. 8d.; second quality ditto, 3a. lfKl. to 4». 0d.;
prime ooorse-wooled sheep, 4* al. to is. ikl. ; prime Boutlulowns, t*. I Od. to 5s. 2d.; large
coarse c«ives,3e. lOd. to 4s. Id.; prime small ditto, 4s. 6d. to 5s. Od.; large hogs, :t». 2d. to
4s. Od.; nout smnll porkers, 4s. 2d. to 4*. 6d.; suckling calves, 19 b. to 26s.; and quarter-
old store pigs, 19s. to 26*. each. Total supply: Henste, 6W; cows, 120; sheep. 1690: calves.
250: pigs. 190. Foreign: Boost*, 40; *ht-ep, 60; calves, 160.
Act egatt and Leadenhall (Friday).— The trade generally ruled Inactive, a* follow* r—
For 6 lb*, by the carcase: — Inferior, beef, 2». 10*1. to 3s. 2d. ; middling ditto, 3s. 4d. to 3s. fid. j
prime large ditto, 3*. 8d. to 3s. i 0*1. ; ditto small ditto, 4s. Od. to ts. 4d.;t argo pork, 3*. 2d,
to 3s. JOd.; inferior mutton, 3s. 2d. to 3«. Gd.; middling ditto, 3*. tkl. to 4s. 2d.; prime ditto,
4s 4d. to 4s. Md.; veal, 3*. Gd. to is. Cd.; small pork, is. od. to 1*. ftl.
Robert Herbert.
THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Tuesday, Feb. 9 .
BANKRUPTS.
T. KENT, Brighton-pbicc, Erixton-road, grocer.—C. TURNER, Walthamstow, Esseaq.
Ironmonger.- W. ANGEL, Compton-*treet, Urimawlck*square, poultorcr.—U. WEAtNE,
Plccttiilly, woollen wurrhourinian.—J. and T. C. M’CLEAN, Turnogaln-lane, City, wlno
merchant.—J I!. MORTON. Maidstone, grocer.—J. FELLS, Elmswcli, .Suffolk, com mer¬
chant.—!). TUHNEB, Crawford-sticet, Foitniem-squan*, *traw hat maker.—II. WHALE,
Xoblo-Mrcc‘, City, coromi*Ricn merchant.—F. WARB, Mount I’leajtnt, Btaflbrdahlre,
vIctuallB'.—M. JaMKS. Jiuddingtoir. Noitinghamsbre ho*lor.—G. COCK. Plymouth, grooer.
- R. CAT LIN, Leicester, plumber— J. MORGAN, Garnaob, Momnouthanlre, ironmonger.—
J. GREENWOOD. Dtwriicry, Yorkshire, chemht,—P. F. ABREl, Huddersfield, wooden
manufactnrcr.—SAKAB DAV1P, Halifax, Yorkshire, innkeeper.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
A. FRANCE. Stirling, smith.—J. ALLARDY'CE, StoneyfleM, Aberdeen*hire, farmer.—
T. R. PEACOCK, Dundee, contractor.—J. DUNN, Ga iwacor, Ayrshire, cent act-w.—J-
FERRAIT, Port Glnrgcw, leather merchant.—.1. MARSHALL, Wcllfrce, Pertbshire, farmer.
W. II. FYFE Greenock. Ironmonger—J. D. MARSHALL, Boston and Bowtree*, Stlr.ing-
alilre, m«*ter in tho Hoy el Navy.—J. ALLAN, New Kirkpatrick, Dumhnrtcnshlrc, farms--.—
L. E. OPRv/WER, Glasgow, picture-frame mNnufacturcr.—^W. ORB, Glasgow, calcndcrar.
Friday, February 12 .
BANKRUPTS.
O. LONG, King WlUiant-itroct, mnnufacrurcr and dollar In patented articles.—W.
WILLIAMS, l . l a nd l le , Caimarth«i:*hlre T ituvud>airer.—J. TABS, Upper Bdgr&vc-place,
Pimlico, licantcd fictuaJlcr end grocer.—J. LEVY, Jewry-strcct, Aldgtte, City, merchant.—
W. 1 C.VRNK, Msrh-lane, and Ltmcr Tuhe -hill. me-cht»t.—W. L. JOLL1FFE, Sallabuiv,
WllUltlro, tea-dealer aid gToear.-- R. H. PRICE, junj, Wolverhampton, scrivener.—R. F.
BINGHAM, Nottingham, confect'oncr.—S. GRIFFITHS, Wolverhampton, merohaut.—W. II.
LAET, C*nncn-*trc‘,t west, and Almora-terrace, Oloneest«r-road, Islington, comm-nion-
agent.—A. SOUTH AM, Maacticst er Gate of Pralsham, dgUthe), manufacturer.—M. FBR-
NANOIE, Dr vonshlre-v|U.re, Buh<‘p*grt‘o-sJroct, tmporter of fonfigu sand and dealer in
foreign merchandise.—A. H JaMK 8 and T. tiOBKRTS, Newport, Moumouthahire, buddera.
—J. eMtTII, Lowestoft, brlckiOaker.—R- JLI'FKEYR, Liverpool, ontfttter—J KNIGHT,
Ileoicy, Worcestershire, IjHckrnnkcr. coal-dealer, farm v, and grower.—J. ELLI-t, Liverpool,
s ulncr nr.d Vuildcr.—D. ’i'HOMPSON. Uiltskelf, Yorkshire, Innkeeper and cornfactor.—J. S.
IVILSON, Leeds, commUsloii-ngc.u and wool Ian merchant —J. MOORlv. Pudsey, Y’orkthlro,
doth maiufaciurcr.—T. G. SHAW, Great Saint Helen's, City, wluo merchant.
SCOTCH SKGUE3TRATIONS.
J. RUSSELL, Kirkintilloch, rtetber.—J. JACKSON. Leslie Paper 5fl ! !j, paporimikcr.—W.
HUTTON. Edlnbutgh, wood inerchraiL—W. FINLAY’, Glasgow, cattle saUsman.—5IARV
hYVlFTI Fihices-ftrcet, Helensburgh -R. BLACKWOOD, Kilmarnock, wor tod spinner.—
'. tSA'lr<A’, Cicenuck, Ironmongor.—J. HOOD aud SON, Glasgow, manufacturers.
BIRTHS.
On 1 bo J3nl September last, at Bockw. od, N.Z.. the wifeof T. II. Pott*. E?q., of a daughter
On tba 4th inet-, at C5, Cyowu-Jtretr, Finsbury-wjuarp, the wife of William Robert SmUy,
of a ton.
MARRIAGES.
On Ihe 3rd in?t.. at fit. John Ihe Divine. Fairfield, by the Rev. William Caldor, 51 A., Incum¬
bent, Thomas Heal d. Ksq., solicitor, Wigan, to Helen, youngest daughter of tho lato Joho
Claypole. Kaq., merchant, of Liverpool
On tbo 6th Inst., at All balm*' Church, Southampton, by the Rev. Arthur Braafay. M. A.,
Incumbent of Hale, Surrey, Iffotlrtr-in-Uw Cf tho brtdo, assarted by the Rev. Henry Carey,
M.A-. Incumbent of All bcict*’, Southampton, TliomDs Belt Faltor, M.D., F.L.B., of Ry«*>,
Isle of Wight, to Mary Ann, second daughtor of John Ciark, Biq., formerly H.B M. Con*ui
at Bilbao.
DEATHS.
At Vemfl'M, on tho lath January, Henrietta Maria, eldest _ daughter of the late 8ir
Alexander Grant, Bait., of Dalvcy, and relict of John Vdtch, M.D., of tho charterhouse.
At htutt^srt, on January, 25, Gecrglana, wifoof George Stracbey, Esq., Attach^ to her
11 On*FtctmU Vi *? 1 W7, at Gungeree, about thirty miles from Allyghur, *hot through thft
heart » btist r»Jl**utly Itadl* g a lrt<r ot which he was in temporary command. Leutcnan*
Jckc H sdsop, of the Carr b.nta*, itccnd kd of George Hudson, Esq , M i agod At years.
Feb. 13, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
1G7
NEW BOOKS, $c.
Uow ready-, at all tbo Llbrort'fc
A DELE. By JULIA KAVANAGH, Author
of ” Nathalie,” Ac 3 vol*.
•• • A<1« lc ’ 1* the heft work we have read by Miss Kavan.tgh. It 2*
n ehnrrninir novel."—Athonmum
COUSIN HARRY. By Mrs. GREY, Author of
*' Tbo Gambler'* Wife,” fto. 3 vo!s._
A WOMAN'S THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN.
By tbo Author of “ John Halifax.” I Os. 03.
” A book of sound counsol.”— Examiner.
The MORALS o i MAYFAIR. 3 vela.
" A verv capitAl novel."—Spectator.
ORPHANS. By the Author of “ Margaret Matt-
lftr.cS." 1 vol. 10«. 6d.
*• An cxqultitely beautiful etory."—National Magazine.
Hi’lit ntul lil.ACKETT, Publiiliert, 13, Great Mirlboroogb-street.
Now ready, with Map and M Illustrations, Including beautifully-
coloured Platts from the Author's Original Drawings,
O RIENTAL and WESTERN SIBERIA. A
Narrativo of Seven Yetrs' Travel In Siberia, Mongolia, the
Klrgh'o Steppes, and Central Asia. By T. W. ATKINSON.
*' A book of travel* which la valne and sterling interest must take
rank a* a landmark in geographical 1'teratuco. Ita coloured il’uitra-
tion# aro of a high order, and add a great charm to tho narrativo.”—
Dally New*.
Huhst and Blackett, rublhher*, 13, Great M*ribcrou«h-tiraeL
In royal 8vo, in illauslnated cover, price la. Gd. each,
A NY of Sir WALTER SCOTT’S NOVELS.
With hi* latest Introduction* and Note*.
Edinburgh : A and C. Black; and nllJJookacllera.
Price 3a. Gd. each,
D E PORQUET’S LE TRE30E, for taming
English into French at Sight, Parisian Grammar, CompWniont
du iMor. Exercises for Conversation, Trnductour, Soer&nlrc Pari-
iuen, Hhrtolre d'Augktorre. aleo History of England to translate Into
Trench. Conversation* PorUicnnw, Voyage cn Franco, Italian TrtSwr,
Italian Conversmioc*. , . , . .
London: SuiPKiK, Marshall, and Co.; and may ha had oi tho
Author, at hi* Scholastic Agency, 14, Tavl»toca-»treet, Ccvout-ipir.lcn.
Now roadr, in extra cloth, gilt edge*, price 2a. 6d.,
A N ANECDOTAL MEMOIR of the
ritlNCESS KOVAL, froat her Birth to her Marriage. With
beautifnlly-cngravcd Portra't* on Steel, from tlie Court Pi Mures, of
the Princess and Prince Frederick William of Prussia.
HOULSTON and WnlOUT, 6', 1 a torn osier-row, London.
Now ready, price 39s.,
B URKE’S (SIR BERNARD) PEERAGE
and BARONETAGE for 1858. in one vol., royal 8vo.
London: Harkisox, 65*. Pall-mall.
Now ready, price 15s.,
URKE’S (SIR BERNARD) HISTORY of
the LANDED GEVTBY. Tart IV*. (concluding tho work).
Lmtdou: HARRISON, «•, Pall-mall.
B
Now ready, price £2 7*. *UL,
B URKE’S (SIR BERNARD) HISTORY of
the LANDED GENTRY, in one vol., royal =»vi>.
. 11-maU-
London: UAliBlSf.v, fc9, Pall-i
Oblong folio. Second Edition, 7«. 6d.,
L essons from the natural history
of ANIMALS. By ADAM WliirE. With Coloured lHuttratlons.
Oblcng foil*. 10».fld..
LESSONS from the VEGETABLE WORLD. By
the Author 1 1 "The Heir of Rednlyffe." With Coloured Illustrations.
Edinburgh: Edmokstok and Dol'olas. LjuiIjo: Hamilton,
Adam*, and To.
fpiIE ENGLISHWOMAN’S JOURNAL.
|_ Price Ono Fldlllng —March >*»t will Le iotued tne Firm Number
of thi* NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Tbo prcEont mrtuitrlsl em-
J iloyments cf women, birth manual and intellectual, lito beat m «iuoi
bUlciouriv extending the sphere of such tmxploj meats, and the laws
affecting tho property nnd condition of the vex wUt form prominent
euMects for dltcveticn in U* piges, combined wi h tbo usual feature*
of u Literary and Domestic Magazine. Pcblishcd at tae Otlico of the
Englishwoman's Journal Company (Limited), ItA, Prinoea-Streot,
Cftveadbh-Equare. W t and Bold for the Company by Piper, Stcphen-
■on, and Syvnce, Pctornoeier-row.
QAA BIBLE STORIES, with nearly 300
OUU BIBLE PICTURES, a Pictorial Puntlay Book for the
Young, handsomely hound price 4*. 6d.. on jti nally published at 12*.
Hen* post-free from FIELD’S great Elide vvnrehou**, 65, Regent »-
iluadract. Evrry famil) shotda have thi* pretty book.
Just published, Fourteenth Fd ticn, fvo. bound, prico 16# , post-ftroe,
TV OMCEOPATHJC DOMESTIC
XJ- MEDICINE By J. LAUBIE, M.D. Devoid of all tftohnl-
oaiity. No raedlcino is prescribed without tho Indlca inns for Ita
*clection, nnd tho exact dote to bo administered. An excellent work
for families, emigrant*, and mlaaioiutrie*. A Medicine Chnst for thi*
"ad'epitome oi the ABOVE. Price 6s. A Guide
to those ccrr.numctn* this trentmont in family practice A Case for
thi* Work, price 35*. Carriage-froe on receipt of Poat-omce oniar.
New Edition. enlarged. 32rro. bound, prieo la^rea by do*u
HOMCEOPATIlfc FAMILY GEI1>E: rentainin*
Simple Direct Iona for the Domestic Treatment of Ordinary AUmcuta.
A Chest of Medicine for thi* Work, price 24*.
nOMCF,0PifiS YM)In JE BAL 7 (5oslPLAiriT3:
Plain Directions for their Treatment wish IS Medicine*. A C**c of
Medicine* for thia work, price IS*. ,
8vn. bound. Second Edition, price by P«t.
HOMCEOPATHIG TRKATMKN1 of INDIGE8-
TIGN, Constipation, nnd Hamon-hoida CPIka). By W. MOtt *AS,
M.D Direction* for tho Treatment of thoao Comnvm Disorder*. Ualca
for Diet. Receipt* fOT Delicacies which may be safely tekan by \m-
•cn* sufferiug from theee comnlalnta. - -
LxftTB and P^sa, 5. St- Paul * Cb.-yardj and 9, Vftra-«t., Oxford-at.
T he prettiest gift-book ever
FUBLiBHr.D.—The PICTORIAL POGKRT BIBLE, with
nearly 300 beautiful Wood Engraving* of all tbo exeat evmU re¬
corded m tho Scripture*. Good clear type, and 50,009 roferanoc*. Bound
in the bc*t morocco, for Ua.. seut post- free. Only to bo had at JO UX
Field's Great Bibla Wnrahou*#, di, Ktgent’«-qu*dra m. London.
Kf\ nrV” 1 BIBLE S, PRAYER-BOOKS,
UU)UuU CHURCH SERVICES, and JUVENILE BOOX6.-
The Larr«f. Cheapest, and Boat-bound Stock In the Kingdom, at
Field's Great Biblo Warahouno, 65, Becont'a-quadrant, London-
T HE PRINCESS ROYAL in BERLIN.—
MAP of BERLIN, with VIEWS of tin principal ED!KITES,
(hewing "Do* Konhrlich Schloaa" (Tho Royal Ca*tlo). the nru
rwidrnceof thoPrinceia. overlcokiog the ‘ Sch'oaa B:uko vCCa«g»
Bridge', and the fkmow Promenade •* Unter den Lhnhm. rrice (id.
plain, or 9d. coloured; also, folded In ft cov*f, ta.
* Thi* Map form* one of the wrle# designed by the U r Knowifty*
Socle tv, aril nubllthcd bv EDHftia) 8TA* TOItD, ft. Channg-ftraj*.
Tli* scries contain* 221 kfapt nod Hana wld ae^r.-toiy at thai*cm«
price aa the Plan of B*r>in-. or eomp ein, iu one vortnno. half-botuid
niiBia. price if lOe ; or In vanou* se'ocrida*. hxlf-bouml, at £1 Ik, ot
X3 3a., or £7 7*. A complete Cntaloguo to ba hud grain. _
milE MARRIAGE of ERR. the PRINCESS
JL ROYAL. Dedicated, by pemiiwian. to her M.»Jr*ty — M*WJ.
CAT.DE-1 and MONTEt.’CHI. 38 I*oreheitor-teir«ce. nnd at B«tr*.
<*lLi.hi.“ c, v rnltVinnll Fut.h.,, pmn>tlrt t. Uk«.
fBOTOORAPU of th-HKIOfBAlO* ta Ih.ir rfrl l. Iiw-Jj
l» uimirill.t.l, l.y M Colitabl «d0».. Pgl-ruiU
or mounted with gla»*, 21a. \ _
TV/TR. SALTER'S FEBRUARY LIST of
ill PAr.TXERSIIIPS, S3.. .rA Si’MS !jt ISVESWEHT.h
Now Ready. *ud may be lmd grttUa uniippilcAj longer by A
atAmp Tho amounts rangu from £300 io i,-»,000.—u, Axhurch-
lane, City. E.C. ' __
ISSEN and DARKER. 43, M.uis-lane,
Lender. EXPORTING STATIONERS, ACCOUNT-BOOK
MAKERS. PRINTERS, and ENGRAVERS of Bankora’ >«»»•
Chen nee, Share riatc*, B.Lb of Exchange, Wedding and McMSgfl
Card*. Account Book: always In stock for Bankara, Merchant, in-
anrance cud Blrippiuk Companies, Ac., &e- Stationery oi ^nll ktnor,
end Miseell*neou* Arttclr-: of private oonnumptiftn, collected ana «x-
|>t>rte«l to India, China, and Anatra’la.
P ARKINS and GOTTO have opened Four
large Show-room* for the display of cheap, useful, and etogaot
Article* for Birtbda^W’edding. and Cli htma* Prawuta, from h. Gd. to
90 guinea* (alaving o/ €«. ui tte pound).
ARKINS and CjOTTO’S GUINEA BOX
ct STATIONEHY rent carriage paid to any railway atttlon in
England epen receipt of P. O. orV<rr. I« eonulna t-venty quire*'of
•urprurir.e thick (full *lr.e> cream-laid Note Paper; t*u quire* of
Cueen'r rite, ditto, ditto, and - w thick cr*am-laid Envelopes (trampld
end eementedl of two t‘/ea; twenty qulce* e-eond quali'y fDll-fbt©
e?e*m-l*id Note Paper: and -*00 Envelope*. *t,mocd and cere rated;
an octaTo Blotting Book, and *1* dnreu of P. and G.'* e!Mtiepo*t-
efBce iseca, with fl* hokler* A *nviog of full 6*. In tho pouniL—
Parkin* an* Gotto, P*>er and Envelop* Maker*, U and 25, Oxibrd-
•trect. T ondon._
ISHER’S PACKETS of NOTE PAPER.
Cl SiebolM’-moi. ^CTTOiite-OH-TyM.
NEW MUSIC, i‘C.
n.OD SAVE OUR PRTNCE and BRIDE.—
\.7 National Anthem, vrrUtcoexorruly by ALFRED T2NNY-
fcO.V. Eaq., Poet Laurcato, In horoor of the Slurriagc of tho Prince**
Ro}*«l, and »ong nt the State Concert at Bockinghaxn Palace. Ar¬
range 1 by John Block ley. 7s., IU;*uated with Ponniu.
_ CRJUtgE. EEALg. 901. Ucyent-'rtrcoL _
ANDEL’S THREE GRAND MARCHES.
by JOPN BLOCKLLY, as nerformed at tbo Wedding of tho
Prince** "Royal, are lust published together, prize 3*.; duett, 3k;
»li;*trattd._ADDIWN. 810. Pegent-strcct._
B LOClvLEY’S royal bridal march.
Drtciiptire Pleeo, 3«.; Doet, «».—Royal Snlulo—Peal of Bella—
Drum* and Trtmap«8— Cheer*—Dhtant March of Guard of Honour—
Cavalcade of thi* Royal Bridegroom—Grand National March and
Hymn—Arrival at tho Chapel Royal—FlourUh of Trumpew—Shout*
—Garter King-at-Anu* form* the Prcce»*lon* in tho Tlrrono-rootn—
Bridal ProctMlcn* cater tbo Charel-Organ M«wic—Celobrarion of
tho Ceremony—Bridal Hymn ami Choral Anthem—Flourish of
Trumpet* -Feiurn of Brkial Prcwcaricn—Gror;d March.
Addison. Hollis, and Lucas, 210, Rcgeot-atroet-
J ESSIE’S DREAM: A Story of the Relief
of Lucknow. Cempe-ied by JOHN BLOCKLEY. Sa. 6d.,
Illustrated. '* Ono of tho m»t touching LaTInda of mo dura t'moi."
CitAVSft and Bkalx. 20t, Uegcnt-atroet.
rrHE HIGHLAND RESCUE: An Incident
JL at Lucknow. Poetry by CARPENTER, Marie by JOHN
BLOCKLEY. 2a. 6d« lll&ctrate<l. ” Diana ye bear it? Pinna vg hear
It? It'a tho Slogan o’ the Highlander*. Wo’re saved! we're saved l”
_ Addison, a ip, Rcgent-nreet. _
T HE ROYAL BRIDAL VARSOVIANA.
By P. A- BLOCKLEY. JIluatrated Ln Colour*. Prto* 2a.
"Tbo beat dar.clng Varovlana we have yet Been.”—CitAMEE, Leals,
and CO.. 901, Rcgvnx-itrect.
rnHE ROSE of CASTILLE . BALFE’S
JL NEW OPERA.—Tho fimrga. Ballad*, Duets, and tho whole of
tho VocaI Munir. Alia various Arrangement- of tho same for rho
Pirnt'fcrte.- C-RAUEit, BTALE, and Co., 90'. KcrenMtreet. _
T TOO, AM SEVENTEEN. MAMMA!
JL» The hfe^ud Editfon. now ready. Frloc 2a. 6d- Words and
Music by NECTARINE 8DNKY8IDK, Eaq.
Chameu, Beals, and Co.. 2Q1. Regant-rirrct. _
ROYAL MARRIAGE.—RING OUT
JL OLD ENGLAND’S BELL8 ’-Notional Song, on tho occasion
cf the muiriege of tho Princes* Royal, embellished with a beautittl
Portrait of tbo Royal Bride. Written by DOUGLAS THOMPSON;
Composod by WALTER MAYNARD. Price >.6d.
CBAKTI:. BEALE, and Co., 201. Regent-street.
7\TEW SONG, THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS,
JL 1 written and ccropo*ed bv SAMUEL LOVER. Evj. rrice 9*.fid.
Thia elegant ballad may b* conridered ono of Mi. Lover'* happiest
compositions. Words and music are equally pleasing, and enaure its
becoming a general favourite. Postage-free.
London: Durr and Honour)*, 65. Oxford-rtreet. _
QONG8 OF THE SEASONS.—SPRING
O Tn.OEEOMS. BUMMER HOSES, AUTUMN FRUITS, and
WINTER EVERGREENS. Composed by STEPHEN GLOVER-
Price 2*. Gd. each. Those song* poet*** attraction* seldom before
obtained. The Won!*, by Carpenter are exceedingly lotereeting, and
have suggested to Mr. Glover nsolodici of tha moat fascinating cha¬
racter, while the Illustrations, by Packer, are roperb.
Durr and Hodgson, 05. Oxford-itrcoi. _
EW SONG, DELHL Composed by
JOHN L. Hatton. Price 2* , postage-froe. This a*r ia
compeaed in Fa*ton'* belt *ryle; as a natioout »oog B wlH rank with
“The Drive Old Ti-nerairo.. De*rb of Neiaon,” “Tho Siege Of
Kars,” Ac. The recitative Is very pit asinr.
Deyr and Hnnr.so y, G5, Oxford-street. _
T HE CHRISTMAS-TREE POLKA. By
UF.NT1Y F*i:S!KR rrice 3,., po.l«*c-fr«. TliU Il'-cly .ml
Mitotttcd Polka haa bocoma a sreat favourite; this oil':' '* ifio
Break of Day fichotibehe ” rank among ti« moot pr;i*lar dances of
tbc rcaron —Dvsr and HOPGSOk, W>, Oxford-»lreei.
\TEW GALOP.—The ALARM. Composed
_L 1 by T. BROWNK. Price 3*., pcuagi* free. Among the spark¬
ling novelties performed by Walppcrt. Band *t the Oraad State had
at Ducklnghnm Pulitoe none thnne more coosplcaouriy truru the
'•Alarm ” Gelop. which wn* admirel by i»U.
Dt’ir and Uonosox, 64. OxibrJ-atrcet.
ORTRAIT oi tlic PRINCESS ROYAL.
Bv JOHN BRANDARD. “ Row of EncUnd.” pr'-cc 9a. The
celebraltd BtigUsb Nntkmel Sniff, lunr at the City ot London dtener,
given in boocu- of tho nuptial* of tho Prince** Royal, with accia'ita-
tiiBrions cf app’imae, ami moat cnthuilaitioftlly eosantd. tho whole
company Joining in the chorus. By the Author of " Foar pot, bat
tru»* in Vrovldmee,” ** rhe WI 4." 2*. _v f .
HIGHLAND JESS IK: the Dream of the SoNKer n
Wife. Written by Fanny B. Lftey. Compo*cd and arr*hg<d by
Georg* P«TTr. price St. Tni- incident of the relief of Luokno-V ha*
bflen meet b.-avtifully and gMphlesUy l lo*trfc.’ed by Braadonli Ihe
dream in tho lower scene deacrilK* ths soldier « wi**» In t.:e atti.uJe
or Uetecing to the distant march ef tho Highlander*. The nopor
secte deicritc* Sir Cohn Campbell and hi* tuff un thrir march to
the relief or Lucknow. A* a w -rk of urt. It la a mMterpio-e of
iavcutlOD, and fc-nnft an imerestinff picture of the grtwioua rescue of
'■"hr'BRAVEST ol 1 the BRAVE. Written expressly
for him* Reeves by FANNY LACY. Compowd by KUVVARD J.
CARD, Musician iu Ordinary to her kfa-.wty prlco 9«.
••Thi* iaoneof lh" moit spirited and cteaUeot *onjr« wfrch the
hrrclc deeds of ocr *o’tli«* iu India ba»e culled forth. Mr. Card ha*
given tnuriCAl «xpr« ion to the nationi.! feeling in a mtnnsr that will
heighten hi* rvputatltnj as a Court miulclan. and render him p«>paiar
i>i»o with the whole of bi* rountriTneo. Thi* song should be lirxrd
In even* aweniblagn of Rndtthnwm, and we are not •urprisoa to find
that it i* adoptedIn him* R»hi. It l* lodtod the toaor aong of the
day.”—Mcalcal Review. . , „ , 4 . a ...
London: Ltoxt Li.k, MatropolHan Mu*leal Rws tory, 4*, Alba-
mar'e-ttnwt W., where- mcr also bo hadlaNmv EdlU'in of
The DATS of QUEEN VICTORIA, for the Piano-
forte. Price 5ja. Gd. __
I English ballads anj songs.—T he
U Mesw* ROBERT C\»CKS anil CO . Publisben to her Most
Oradetra MajMir Queen Victoria and to hi* ImjwrW MiW» Npc^u
HI , are Publishers of tho following Popular Vocal Moa c.by the
reiehrmted W. T. WRIOHTOS-— . ..
Our Enalkh Pom .. .£•
The Mother'* La*tF*r*wM1. •• **-
Her B ight i?mllo Hsan’a Me Still.*• j~*
The I overt' Letter-box .* I*' XT
Yon Netdua '’omi Courting O' Me .. .. •• •• ** T* Si*
Ft. Ya’enDoe * Morning .**’
On the Bank* ot a Beautiful River.“*■ T,
My Mother'* Gentle Word.**• "f
V.’inter’* Warm VlreaMe .'•*
Tho AHiroanb of 6|irinc .
Btrilka nnd Tear* .“• S*
The Faded Ro*o .5,* 24*
A* Ono by One our Friend* Depart .. .."• rr
...
Look Up! ., .. .. •• .. •• •• •• —*■ vu.
lit Heart ilwuld’hava ootno I'cceful Strir.ga.?*-
Oh. learnt, c»te Rcptniag .. r,
Trayrr Sacred i . ..i ivT'
IbeOrrbau'* Lam»ut . .
Hke a Flower.^
recce, Peace, .* . 2 sJ*
Sweat during ... ..5*2*
Th.r " '
LoniJcn: KoltEkT CtX.KS ted CO., New BnrllsghJa-atroct. W.-, «nu
all MuricteT.ci*. ___
H amilton nnd czerny.-h amilton’s
KOIlKIt'l ISSTBfCTIOXS forlhtPIiXOFOXTB.
brCmnv the nod dkthrgulabed mmtar of the day. *7^ JSgj*
tli cud hi* Dictionary of 34(1” Ma*Ic«lT«m». la.
COCKS and CO- New EurHngton-sfreer, W.; and of a.1 M-Jkivj lere.
/"lOLLARD’S SEMI-COTTAGE PIANO-
G FORTES.-T«h.BOLI>.st low prica f« /“'J. 1 **;
with the option of purchase, a number of Uiew
with «v«y ImnrovemeTit, In Rote wood and Widnirt J *******
upward* of Twenty aeperior Seeocilhand ggw&LnSlSE El
teemed makan, from £10 i or fur Hlro.-A» H0LDEKNE8S a, 44*
KewOxford-rirjet. ____
I ANOFORTES.-OKT7.MANN and
PLUMB’S NEW PATENT STUDIO PIANOFORTE, ft* Ocftv«
rrkrt* r*n».iinr frem cocatdarably laaa than a 90), nihtnx^tt ***}'
.o ii.it rum vet manufactured for the atadJo or *j***~J?°*}' \?o!L
Io eon«irMted a* «o wiftira but littl* luniog. _ To b« had of all tha
principal otmntry Mc*ic rikra la SfljM.
for F-hI*. Hire, or Exchange, fti 36. Great Ru**<ll-«rae4 .cpp«.ta
the BritLb Muaeum). ____
P IANOFORTES.— OETZMANN and
PJ.UBB. in bldttion to Ibrir bo.itUfnl iUlte
fc-o. 1UT. VI dteoTiiiticn, of Io.trtun.au for 8ilj ot Huo, wtta
opVteo ofpor chu^—50. Groat iuuMn-«trwt. Dteom.boty. _
IANOFOBTE and MUSIC-STOOL for 20
cr.lt barcato. A Walnut Cottaw
uitb mw>l:;r l-totn. an, all tha roc«t t," fo^b!
TTtnkce t n’r u»rd n few month*, and cost double the amo.nl. *o
»«cn il k GREEN and Cc-’»» I’rhohtwtT*, K*t, OlfFMrHt W<*t.
T HE HALF-GUINEA CLOTH JACKET,
a very pretty ihftpaJust from Paris.
Fur country orders, tin* of waiBi r.ud round the ihculderi I* reno’jod.
TUB FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, .6, Oxfvrd-«tr«t.
FOR EVENING WEAR,
F rench muslin jackets.
Tha prettiest White Muslin Jacket ever produced: it i* trimmed
with Ribbon. To be hud in every coKur. and oxceodiirgly bocaming
to the figure. Price 12*. &d.
For cowutrv orders, size of watat and reund the •honlder* Is required.
FRENCH MlaLlK COMPANY 16, Oxford-*treet-
Poat-ofilcc Orders payable to James Reid, Oxford-street.
T
HE BLACK VELVET JACKET
Chosen by tbo Princess E^yaL
The shape k chaate. *inr,-!e, and elegant, wbhtul ernwnent.
The r.ri>i Is 21 Guinea*.
MUSLIN C..
FRENCH 3
i COM PANT, 16, Oxfonl-s tract.
T HE BLACK LACE JACKET,
iuri Irrperted. a ptrfee'-’y now shape, gtBos'nl and ladylike
In the extreme, prlre 19a. !>d.
FRENCH MUSUHOWaHY. IS, Oxfoid-atroct.
TpMBROIDERED CHRISTIAN NAMES.—
Xli LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS, with Christian Name* cn-
kercidored by tho Nun* of Pan, with tho uw dietetcb nerdie. Price
la Old., by po*t 14 it>mt»; 5a. fd. the half-dozen, by poet 6a- M.
THE FRENCH COMPANY, 16, Orford-iira*.
N EW FRENCH UNHER3LEEVES, very
elegant, end a great comfort- Lha colour* are Cheny, French
Blue, Ron. Emerald, Canary, Scarlet, Brown, Ruby, Violet, French
Gray, Pink, Sky Drab and Black. Price la 6$d i_po»t-free for 22
tump*. Scarfs to match the unw I*. (Id|. each. The same 8!eavo
end Scarf, very warm, in all the Can Tartans, tbc Rob Koy, Forty-
Kcond, Argvle, Campbell, kc.. at the same price.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 1ft, OxforJ-atreet.
rj\HE
A BERDEEN LINDSAY WOOLSEY PET-
J\. T1COAT*.—The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, who act a*
Agcuta fbr rorion* Paris housra for the puehsae of UrihiD goad*
here. Wire commirsioned to buy 11,000 ABERDEEN LINDSAY
WOOLSEY PETTICOATS for M. Basra, Rue de Rlvoli, Pari*. Ha
h*a since failed ; the petticoats are therefore thrown on th ’ir hand*.
Not knowing what to do w ith them, they have ileicrra'o«! to offer
them to the public at 10*. M. each. Tho intended price was one
guinea. They or* made up according to tho Ifttatt fashion ruitabla for
the Part* trod*. With pstent *u*d springs, a ad flounced, they caura
the dress to stand oat. acd *et mou gracefully.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, Id, Oxford-atreit, London.
TIME to BUY MUSLINS CHEAP.
Muallna of the Last Btaeon
NOW
ftll ng off at riilicalons pric« for such tpxxl*.
Pattern poll-free.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16 Oxford-street
LINENDRAPKR8 TO THE QUEEN. BY APPOINTMENT.
EaUbikbod in I7<8.
B ABIES’ BASSINETS,
Trimmed ftud Fnrnish«d,
Ready for nsa. are rent homo free cf carriage.
BABIES' BASKETS,
Trimmed and fomlthed to cvToapond. _
CAFPEBi BON. and CO . 69, GKACECHURCQ-GT n LONDON, E.C.
_Doecrlctive lrri». with price*, »*ut floe by port._
Bout port- free. Descriptive I4»t» of
rtOMTLETE SETS of BABY LINEN,
which are ioht bfime
:out the Khigdom freo of
CSEESCLOrmSO FOK HOMf:, INDIA, AND
for LsdJe*. acd Children of all »r
COLONIES,
UaNENDRAPUKH TO THE QUEEN. BY APPOINTMENT.
Estaldlahed ln 177“
L ADIES’ WEDDING OUTFITS
sent home free cf carriage.
Ue»cr5ptivc Usts, with price*, *Pttt free by poot-
CArreR, i<ON. and CO., SB, Gracccharrh-itreet, Lundon. B.O.
S COTCH SEQUESTRATION !! !
Failure of T> am! J kf.edonftkl. EmbroMeroJ Mantift-turera,
of Glasgow, aud 8t. Paul'* Church.'ard, Loniou. Liahllitiw,
Xltf.oSA.
BAKER and CBI^P have been the ortcuate purchaa^f of a very
tare‘I portion cf tho Hook of t*-e afortaaJd Uankrotits; the wh le of
which they wLfi offer to I aif.ee a*, a reduc ion of tixty oer coat under
the rto'iurea' price*. Conm-ired in the fcllowiag lots.—
Lot E, Lot K, Lot B. Lot T, Lot V-
(Lot E) — r ook and Camhri. Piccolominl Collar* thxl were 4*- fti.
will • old at l*.9d.: Ergfnic Callars, and Bwla* Jacoooet CoUar*,
U 6d,. were 6a 9d.; Banded Collar*. I*. 6d.; Guipure CuUari, 3».6d.
W (LotV r-L^ren Collar* and filecrre .Sc 6d. the set: were 7*. Pireo
Liucn Collar* on bfttkte Habit Shirt*, 1ft. ftd.j were .1*. «d- Eugenie,
Rachel, and Picco'oracni Embioid.rwl Book aud Cambria tiets,
3a. €d., fe. 6d . and 7*. 6d. iBleevre and Collar*).
llgit a)-Cambric Klccucinr*. Mull Flouncing^, Book end Bwisa
Flcunclrg*, the work rhrae-elKhth of a yard deep. Torn 3*. 6d. jwr
yard. 7W» yar’a of Fine Woika, at 1*. fid. per yard.
(let T.l-Frubroldrm! Hzn kwuW fn, 9*. 6d.; Lace Htmlker-
clilef*. 4* Cd ; ware 19*. French. Wain, and Hominod tJdlchai
Hecdhtrcblsf*, (rom 4a 6d. half dozen.
(Lot V >—Breldiid Uuen I>re**ei. with JaoceUej, 19»- ftd.: worth
3fh. Ladies' Combing Jacket*, kc., kc. Lxvra Br*UI*4 Jackau,
3a-fd.toft* CL; were 15*. ...
B.B.—Sample* tent to any eddreu an receipt of atarnpe or a Poet-
offlcc order.
BAKER aud CRISr, «l, Regent-riraei, m
Corner of Maddox-street, W.
NR.—Fw our regular food* are last week * Number. Glove*,
Muslin*, Harf-gt*. Cambric*, kc.
ijm
LE BEST ALPINE KID GLOVES, ls.C<l.!
Hie brat Grenoble. *fk. 6d bU f-do«m.
The vary bwt Pari*. 3*. 74d , or !i* «d. h*lf-d«/on.
Gentlemen's, 2* , 2* 6d . end 3*. 3d.
Block. Whites rnd Coloured.
A tamp'd palrfbr * extra stamp*.'
BAKER and CRISP, 221, R<g«mt-*trreL
MEBICAN PANIC.
1700 Dcaen French Cambric Eandkerchiefi,
•alncd on board tha ship "feUyley,'*
will be told by BAKER and CBiSP, at «mh*ard-cf prioee.
Good* that were iie., Jia., and Ik. per dooeo,
will bo sold at 4* ftd.. ha. ftd. and :2a. ftd per dacen.
1COO odd hemmed. stltchM iaollcd), at 1*., I* 6d.,
and I*. W. each.
B AKER and CRISP, 1*1. Ragimt-rireat.
T ADIES requiring cheap and elegant SILKS
M i ora recnretnl to apply ImmedtaUly to BEECH and BF.RKALL,
'IK*bre Hive, 63 arid «4, Ed^ware-road, l.'mdon, W.
I ICO Now Flour red SUk KAbe* Itmriru*), SP*. 6d. to b ralc?£*.
Rich Striped. Checked, fhenf, and Plain UUcft
dilk*, 2ts. fi.1 to 3w*. fti. the Drcx*.
Elaek and Hari-Moiirnirr Ditto, In irreat variety, at the »ftmo
Kednoed Prices,
•, * Palterra for iwyoctlon preinga-frco.
UTOUANIKG ORDERS.—NEW MOURN-
L 1NG FAB <IC 3 .—Pattern* of all tbo Now Matorial* free fv
pcat.-Adtlre** It'iTR ROBINSON, GENERAL MO0KN1MO
WAREHOl^K. 101 OrlrrJ-ttreet. __
fOURNING MANTLES and BONNETS.
1V1 PETEK ROBINSON la now rtowiujr seme great oovoltire,
bc'lh or Me ora lot and out of Mourcin^,^! hi* GENERAL MOURN¬
ING WARtHOLoK. 103 Oxford-atreet.
TDLACK SILKS, cheaper than they were ever
I) krown.—PottariM of all the new make*, frre net port|Ah%
M* Ut Actir,una. In black and ahada* rf jr*v- Addre« PdlRU
ROBINSON. G.'NEOAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE, 103, Ot/erd-
a* n:«*.. Ix mdon ____
I KDI A. — Family Mourning. — SKIKTS,
Uhrmrf at^tlj wi I. Cn»e, ft™ **. »t"™-Jl M »>« rioltel
nuKU. with Mtatiu «iul Boni»te I, miUia. J'.mOy on!«>. .tt^lJIttl
cn ll i nnt.t r itcc.bte tone. FiM-clu. Iltnwntutin, <1
ohete—. Onle-i «’tot.J«.1 to In t.«n or c-tentn.. Xtld.oM -ETF.,
ROB1XTON, OiXERAL M3UES1XO WAStUOLSE. 10J, Olfonl-
Itlttt _
S hirts.—rodgers’3 improved
cobazta simrrs. ,ii. oa. tmd ih tt« mof iu™. im-
por nc: Itr-.n'enjen** hating breo mado In theta celebrated Shirts,
rendemen fti* rttvorttollT anadted to aafpend their order* tr»U' tbty
have wen them. For care, elegance, and dmMtty, they hava no
»Iv*». Btz* of » ———«— aad dotoBed particular* frfttls and
pee*, free.—RODGERS and CO., Imrrevcd ShJrimakere, ft amt
Martin** Drv*. Charirg-r-on, W-C. ErtabKahed 60 year*.
S PORTING SHIRTS, by RODGERS.
New and eTtratriinarr design*, hi all c lour*.ineluilterHor**.
Dc**. Fox**. Pird*. kr. A'oo a ehek# of more titan 100 n*w and
fethfDcr.l lc Coloured fthirtiugs, ir. next and gentlemanly petlfma.
RODGERS and C0-, Impri ved fihhtmokev*. 69. ftalnt Martui’t-lan*,
Charirgwcrce*. W.C, Pattern* and Book ef SO lltnatratioas po*»-
frre for two *t»mp*- _ _
S YDENHAM is the GRAND GALLERY of
PltACTICAt. ILLl-STRAnoS-Art. miI ».nth^-
Itr, ir It. ntbotertR. Tte S,V«nh»m Tw-coIV jf WiUnrpROf
Braver, 42* ; tl.a Sydraham Trcetett, of West of LcgliM PjflM ft
17* and V ret te march. Pa. Gd.. are tbc mret |vfre» coitMMii
cf that branch of mechanlrel *hOt> Makan, hAMUhL
BROTHERS, 2^. Lt>dg«tc-bdL Petunia, *c.. real free.
T HE PATENT ENAMELLED GLASS
PRISMATIC STEREOSCOPE-SPENCER. BROWNING, and
CO beg to offer thia d-gant novelty to tbo public. Tbo Improrad
lritmavic 64errc*cop« In Mahogany, "a 61- i'olkbcd MnS'^wxy
Stereoscope, wl-hbra#*adjumintrartpieceo.2*.Gd. French view*. 4».6d.
«loz- New view* In Wain*. Ireland, Conatanllsople, Athen*, and Egypt.
Spencer, Br-wnlrg, and Oo„ 111. Minorioo. Tho Trade rapploi.
G eology and mineralogy.—
Elauentarr COI.LECJION8, to ffccll'tate the study of thlft
inttnftlag rderce, can to had from Two Guineas to Ono Hundred,
aHo Stnff’e ftpecimcnr. of J. TENNANT, 149. «tr*nd. London.
Mr. 1'cnnant girei Private lnitnirtton hi Mineralogy aad Goology.
I1EMICAL MAGIC, &c.-Mr. STA-
HUM'S Uluiirated Prorrrctuaof Chemical C*btneta, Portaldo-
Labcrtucrk*. Jlieroax'p®!. Magic LonUrru, fttereoicjpes, Photo-
grsphk. Optical, El>«4ncai. and i'hikaophkMti Toy*, forwarded free
tor two itati.—William li. Stalhuni, 301 , ltajrnt-atroot, W.
TVEW GAMES.—CANNONADE, or Castlo
J. 9 Bagn cl'r, 21*.; tuperior, 31*.6d-j largo tlx*. £3 3j. BQUAIL8,
plarcd on an cnllmiry table, ft* CiLs ivory. .'iOi. RING OLE 1TE, or
Parlor Onoita, £3 IS*- fid : ivory Lb be. TAKGRTTA GAME. Ita.ftd.g
large rizc, 'll*. iMPERlAL CO>TEST. »«. 6d. and *0*. Cd. RO¬
TA RYG AMMON, fo- L,jxr play a*. 16a. To be had at theprinelp*!
Fancy Rrpt*it<riea^-Published atd Sold Whokaale by JaQUES,
Hatton-gardcn.
A MUSE ME NTS, with PHYSICAL EDU-
j\. CATION-Mr. CHEEK ropectfnlly call* a tentim to hb
inperier and extanrira *:ock of Arcbaxy, Rsckota, Cricket Bat* tod
Balls, Boxlnff Glove*. Fencing Foils Basket*, and Sticks, Fl hlng
Rod* aud Tackle. The now Catalogue or Price*, ** Young Archer'*
Guide,” "Briibb Angler's lestrueter,” anil “ Ru’e* or Cricket,”
gratia, couu Ins more u*o r al information than any othar work, let tb»
cost be evar eo greet.—132<, Oxford-*treat W.
T\7 JLDFOY/Ti SHOOTING.—Doable and
Y V fitngie DL’CK GUNS, largo bore# and lour barrels, to kin
with loose shot 100 yards Price#: Single*, from 17 10*.; Doubles,
12 guinea* and upvreit!*.— RF.ILi.Y. Cunn:ake>-. Now Oxford-atreei.
T O ANGLER S.—CHARLES FAR COW,
191, 6tr*sd, Manafieturcr of mperior FISHING RODS and
TACKLE, at moderate |’ticca. Catalogues gratis.
S isal cigarsi—ai goodricr’S
CIGAR STORES, 407. Oxford-afreet, London, near Bobo-
aijr.ara. Best*, coatolnittg 14. for I*. BJ.; poet-free, six sunup* extra.
1 ib. box*-, c* mailing ti 3, It*, fid. Nrne are genuine aulas* signed
11. N. Goodrich.” A large stock of tiie moat ajiproved Brand*.
Order* amounting to one tovcrelgn ecut carriage free within tbo
London Parcel* Itellrcnr circuit; amoantlng io t*-o »';sereigns,
carriage free to any railway station In the Lulled Kingdom- Tbo
trade supplied.
C LARKE’S PATENT PYRAMID NIGHT
LAMPS, Tin at It.; Lacquered or Bronzed, la. «d. each,
for burning tbo sew Patent Pyramid Night Light#—the moat
convanl«nt.*afo, and economical yet introduced. 8old by all Grocers
and Lamp Dealera ; by S. Clarke, i*5, Alhany-strcot, Rogtmt'e-park,
N.W. ; and wholesale by Palmer and Co., Clcrkeowoll, London, E.O.
WITEN YOU A8K FOR
G LENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
BEK THAT YOU GET IT,
a* inferior kinds are often substituted.
G LENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY.
The I-atlies arc rrepictfnliy informed riiot thi* Slarch is exdus.vely
used In the Royal laundry,
and Utr Mairaty'* laundrefB eay*, that although lbs lia* tried
>Yh«a*en, Kim, acd other Fowder Btarohes.
she baa fccud conn o' them enool o tbo GLKSFIKLD, which is
THF FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED.
WOTHERS POOR anil CO , tilaagow and London.
ADIES of DELICATE COJIPLEXION,
J who suffer from expoiure to cold wind* and dsmp utroo-
siihrre. will find immediate acd soothing rtii-f ia tire appllcaUoa of
ROWLANDS’ KALYDOR.
Thi* ouir,ne Botanical Preparation allays all irritation acd ten¬
derer* of the Skin, removes cctsnoms dUfigurcnraut*, frecklea,
and ton, nrul imixirU a healthy and blooming appovranco to thu
cC'Riplcxtdn. and a drUascy end aoftnre* to the hand* and arm*.
Per rrrranc# in it* apyil-.a »nn promotes a freo and cnir.terniptoa
exerc'ae of those important functions of tbo skin an es«mRl r or tho
preservation ot hcclth, and tha aituliimont and ocntiauxuco of ft
be- utifiti complex leiu
Da perff. ing and refreshing proper tie* hava obtamsd its KMClOT
by Royalty n^d tho Aristocracy throcf.hout Etucpo.
P.ict <#. fid. and ft*, tld. |>er bottle.
Caution —The words. " Kowlaadft' Kalydcr" are on the wrapper*
ami there signature, " A. Huwlaml and Buna.” in rel Ink, at tho
fo;t Fold a; 20, Uation-gardea, London; and by chemist* and
;t< rfume «
W OOD VIOLET SCENT.—H. BREIDEN-
BA* II roc- mmenda hi* Wood Violet at the flnwt nalxnd
Perfume dUlilhd. A aluglc 2s. ftd. Bottle will ral’y tho Ucl. Ask
for H. BreM» nbocb't Wood Vtc et-lffA, New Bond-«tro*t. W.
ac-
dscnl fer Kcstoriug !h* Hair and Ihumoting tho Growth of Whl Ews
and Mn-UcM.->*. In tovit-s, ?■». fid,, ft*-, aud 11s. Wbolsaale aud
retail. 1ft. Wolltr.irtow-*trart North (seven doors from the fltnuid).
A FINE HEAD of HAIR guaranteed in six
month# by the tx*c of ELLIOTTS GOLDF.N MF.LANA- Thia
celebrated prepsrati'jn Is unfailing In It* stiraulatlag effect* on tho
ycnr.gr and weak hairs, causing them to grow with vigour and
rncWTiy, and tha colouring mortcr to ascend into tbo tubas where tha
buir U rn-v. Price 3*. lid., 4s. ft!., 6s., 7*. 6*1., 10s. fid., 2li. — T.
Elliott. Hsfrgrower (first floor), tl, h cnch arch -erect- Forwarded on
reprint of postage-»ttmipa. _
F RED. LEWIS'S ELECTRIC OIL is an
infallible Remedy for Restoring. Strengthening, and Rcsntify-
tog the Half. D 1» the greatest wondsr of tho ago Whoa oil others
fr.il trv this. Bold by all respectable vendor* of perfumery ln tha
kingdom iu bcttlre. pries 2a. fid. and 3s. 6d. Wholoaalo agent for
F.nglaud, W. C. Gro««mith, fthort-street. Finshury-pavooosnt: for
ficctlacd. iKinlmer and Moya*. Il -.^hnnac-strcot, Glasgow.—Fred.
Lewi*. Inventor an*! Proprietor. Dublla.
/■■VLDRIDGE'S BALM of COLUMBIA,
V/ knowledgret for 30 jean to ko the moat effectual remody
G
KEY IIAER Restored to its Natural Colour,
_ Netoralgia
Flush Brcshea
Remody," by pc»t for <ccr ttamjs.—r. HERRING, 3
street Bold by all Chcmbta tud tierfumm ofrei uto-
LLEN'S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
of Patent Portmanteau*, Despatch Boro*, Droaalng Osset, and
Travelling Bag*, with square rjenlug, try prat, for two stamps.—
J.VF. and T. ALLKN. Mauotacturor*. Ifi and S3. ^tread. W.C.
A 5 '
iTHMA.—DR. LOCOCK’S PULMONIC
_ _ WAFERS give Instant reil-f and a rapid cure of Asthma,
Coughs, and all Disorders of the llreath acd Lung*. They hare a.
sott plfoaant t *tc. I Vies ia, lid., 9a. !M , and Da. psr box. Sold
by ah Medic i ni; Vender*. __
DR. DE JONGH'8
T IGHT-BROWN COD LIVES OIL,
JL J enifrelv free froni nattsetiu* flavour and aftar-tarte. U prescribed
ynih the grratret •aceei* by the Faculty a* tho (ftfaat, t;-codl«t, %ad
meat effectual remedy for
CONSUMPTION. RKONCHITIP. ASTHMA. GOUT, RHEUMATISM,
SCIATICA. DIAHKIES. DI5R49K8 0F THE SKIV. NEURALGIA,
RICKETS, INFANTILE WASTING. GESEWAL DEBILITY, AND
ALL GCROFCLOUS A FFECTlreNd.
Ncmarotu apontancoca tcstimouiala from Psyuxian* of European
raputatkm attest that, in Innuroarab'scaae* whore other kind* ef Cod
liver Oil had been long and ccplainly adininStared. with littl* or no
benefit. Dr. Do Jongh'aOti ha* produced UnmoduAe relief, arrested
discare, and restored health.
Ornnox OF A. B. G RANYiLLB. Ere,.. WD.PR&j
Author of - The Spa* of tirrmaay. n *'Tbe bpsa of Eng and/' "On
Sudden Death." Ate-, kc, ^ ..._
•• Dr. Granville ha* used Dr. de Jongh** Light-Brewn Cod Llmr Od
extecslre !v in his practice, and has found It not ottiy efficacious, bat
uniform tn ia nuoiltlea. II# believe* It to be preferable in many
netted* to Oiit #o?d without tha guarantee of such aa authority as
Da Jongfa. D*. onAxvn im nas ftocun teat this raaricrLAE
KTXIl FBOUrCCS THE DEflKXD KFITtCT IX A MIORTXB TIME TO OT
OTHEE-*, AJfU THAT IT ttOCS XOT CAUSE TUB XAt?»ftA AEI> IM*
oE>Tioy TOO nmur con--eoeext ox thi almixistestiox of
tub tale jrmrrwarotA*© Oils. Ib# GO bring, monerrr much
more palatable. Dr UranvtiV* jo*iaru hive •kemtetvM exprexsad ft
pl£t cue* fer Dr. 4* Jecgh** Light Erewu Cod Litre OU."
SoMoxi.Y In iKTEEAt.Hal/-p'rita, 2‘.6d.; Pints. 4a 9J.J Qsarts,
*%.. cxrsthd cod labelled with I'M. tiE Joxna'e stamp and s-gmtar#,
* liuotr eruica >ox« exjs roftfttstr rn oexcixi, by mosi ra-
•rectabi* CbemUts thraughoct the t rovlnees.
WWH-XSSLft -VXD rWTAll. PKTOT,
ANSAR. HARKOKD. AND CO., 77, fcTRAN').LONDON, WjO*
fE- PE JOXGU’ft SOLE PRITIHH COKSIOXKEE.__
I NFANTS’ NEW FEEDING-BOTTLES.—
From the *' Lancet."—^'* Wa have sridrai tfcu anythtn/ oo
b«aBtifkI os tb* F»ed.ng-Bottles ln*rc!ue«J ty Mr. F.I.ftM. l»4.
Oxford-street. Whrther for waning, reatiog by h tad, or occndonol
feedlrg. ti>»y ora tjull* enrivared." 7*. fid- a*ch.
I MPORTANT—YOUNG'S CORN and
BUM OS BLA&TKRf 1 t-« llte UM rra tavimtei t Ol-rrr. Ik.
K.m. .kit Mill, jirteml i» Uft W-l »*»«« ■*
H.t.clu.. M.J b. l».r oi -1 rbcmi.l.i te p« fcw. orihUte^Y^P-.
A^.i.te. H Trane. 1 , sh-ftrai.i 7 -ktec,, AMcmnin-rttMi,
Ecvrsrr of Imitottor*.
168
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Fku. 13, 185b
NEW BOOKS, frc.
__ Now ready, la 1 vel.. price 7*. fid.,
TTBIQUE. By J. \V. CLACTON, Esq.
<U UwCwUl.of to. Uto Ucht Drofoon.), Aotoor of •*Louwl
from the Nile.*
'*Th« author ha* an t rail i n g manner, and wrilea with spirit."—
A th.ii mm
n—fpio*. «1K1 umutojr, U» protection of a kind!,
mind.' — Globe-
•"DWoo. • to .«od Oorid nanaUro, of orotr-dar tacMonu
n a soldier's Ufa. — 1 —
C. J. dJemrt. King WUlUm-strest, Strand.
THE NEW WELLINGTON HRs PATCHES.
I „ _ Tbit day, vol . 1, »vo. 20a,
NDI A. b upplemental Despatches and
Mamoranda of F-e d-M*re k >al ARTHUR DUKE of WEL-
L1NGDJN, K.O., 1797-1803. Edited by tba PMEREST DUKE.
John Murray. Alb«m*r)»-*tr#«t
I * ow raodv, with a Revenue Map, 9ro,
I^D[A IN 1858. A Summary of the existing
Administration Political, Fiscal and Judicial ; with Statistic*
or Cotton Culture, Education, and Public * orks; Treaties wllb Native
Btatas-, Itnporial sad Local Acts and Ragulatiom, Orders In Council,
and Parliamentary Document*, chro*mog>cally arraoxod from tha
•trUaat to tho presant time. By ARTHUR MILLS, M.P.
John MURRAY, Albemarle-atreet.
Just out, in Sro, tinted Illuitrations, price 7a 6d , doth,
mHE STABS and the ANGELS; or, the
JL Natural History of tlio Universe and ita Inhabitants.
London: Hamilton. AuaHS, and Co.
DK.CROMBIE B ETYMOLOGY and 8VNTAX.
fT\HE ETYMOLOGY and SYNTAX of the
X ENGLISH LANGUAGE Explained and llluatratcl. By the
Bar- A CKOMRIR. LUO.. P K &, kc fth Edition, five. 7s.tkLclo*h.
CLAVIS GYMNASII. 6th Edition. 8vo, 6s. cloth.
London: Bimtkjx. Marshall, and Co.
D
fuat out, writh Map and Portrait. Now Edition, prtoa 3*. M.,
B FOKQUKT S HISTOIRE de FRANCE;
with the moet Difficult Word* and Idiom* tranalated at end of
teh page. Written pnrposahr for Youth of both sexee.
Abo. FRENCH FOBTRY for Young People. 3a. 6<L
Lot don: giMUKi*, MaUIIau., and Co ; and maybe had of tha
Author, at hi* Sc holasti c Agency, 14, Tavistock-street, Ccvent-gaxden.
In 6 Tola., tto, price 17a.. or In 3 vol*., price 25,. fid.,
/CASSELL'S POPULAR EDUCATOR,
Vj Edited by Professor WALLACE A.M-. of the Universltr of
Olaigcw, and Ualirglate Tutor of tha Univ, riity of London la a com-
plate BacyckxMdla of usefel knowledge, (uitaole for all daaaau
Tba Popular Educator U in ion rod to meet a want deeply felt—
namely a ir*tsm of Universal Education, bated upon sound nrtn-
cip.e* and cbulndil* by an rape' itk>u* method It has been found
aecef* ble no* only to th* humhl •» cIum . but to all rank* and enn-
dit on* of persona Tha “Dublin U ivaraliy Magaalne" »ays that
“the *en* itlon excUal amongst the working claatca w*« Immtiue.
We have gone ore* tha peas* of this groat work with sentiments of
real wander. The McruUso of every pwtion of It 1* a utterly. Tlie
euccMS ha* .been rooruvou*. it baa occupied and Ailed up a field of
•dnoat on vast and most Important to tbs ootiunnnhy "
Abo in number*. I Id. i part a. 7d. anil fid.; and divhlons. la; caaee
* )a&‘ M., Voto- 1, •. and 3, Common Paper Edition, are
atUl to be had la number*, 1r». j parte, ftd. and 6d.; and vola , 3s. fid.
each; or oonu l*** in I rol . P« bd.
London: W. Kent and Co., 31 and S3. I'atorno*tcr>row; aad aU
Book sailor a.
Crown fivo. price 3s. fid.i post-free 9a. l«d. t with Map fid. extra,
T ONDON as it u TO-DAY ; Whcro to Go
XJ and What to Baa. With 900 Engravings.
ad CO., 933, 8
London: H. G. Clash* and C
Strand, W.O.
Joslpubllabed, Fifth Edition, price flat free by poet,
fTUlE ART of BREWING, Fermenting, and
X Making of Halit containing oorrect Tab lea of Hashing UeaU,
frill direction* for Preventing Acotoua Fermuutat ion, and wary other
ne e mar ry Information to make sucome in thia Important art oenaln;
the retail of 30 yoere' practice. By JOHN LEVEttQUR, lata of tha
Anchor Brewery.- JAMES LkaTH, 3, 8i. Paul's Churchyard.
In one thick ret., the Eleventh Edition, pries 10*.,
T\ TODEKN DOMESTIC MEDICINE : a
J3X etnn;*ehan*iva Medical Golds for the Clergy, Families, and
Emigrant*. My T. J GUAR AM, Ml)., Member of tha Koyal Col¬
lage of tturg*on* (,f England
- l ndnubtadly the beet nt.dicai work for private famiiiaa In tba
Soglbb language It la Invaluable."—Literary Time*
“Of all i he med'caJ guldoa that have coma to our hand thla la by
far tba best—f<.r fulnrea an 4 completeness they all yield tha palm to
Dr. Graham's.**— Renner. Augu*t, 1*33.
Publlabed by BlMTKig and Co., Pataroostor-raw; lfatcharrl*, 167,
Piccadilly. Sold by all Booksellers.
A new system of medicine,—T he
AMTBEPriC TREATMENT.-Great results br harmless
means. Tba mo t extract din ary Cures have been m«A* In long¬
standing Complaints. Cancer treatad without pain, Lnuus, Hcrofttla,
Coftaumottan Throat and Bktn Daaaaes Lloaratlou ana Irritation of
the Mooou* Mmnlir.D*, Indigestion, with Karroaraaea, Diarrheas,
other C-ranle Dl*order* 8c* Treaties on “ Acacia Cbaicoai," port-
free la. Iiy W. WASHINGTON EVANS, M.D., 19, Barnard-street,
Frlareas-bill, ‘
Joit pnbllthed, price is.; by past Is. Id.,
S TAMMERING: the Cause and Cure. By the
Ear. W. W. AZALET. A.M., Cantab. A so, by the tame
Author, “On the Right Management of tba Volos in Speaking and
Heading " price la ; by poet la. Id.
London: Boswokth and Hahkisoh, 913, Regent-itreet.
People’* Edition. By poet, X*. 6d.,
E ALLACIES of the FACULTY. By Dr.
DICKSON. THE DB*T.»U~nVE ART of HEALING. A
*1 to the above- Br poet. U. «d. Fourth EdUlon.
8 IMVK 1 K, Marshall, and Co.
Pife>3d..
T HE SCINDE RAILWAY and INDUS
PT.OT1LLA COMPANIE c : their Futility and Hnllownaae Da-
mon*trited: alao an Exposure of the Delusion which exist* respecting
tha Five per Cant Ouaranree which iniuree no dividend whatever to
the respective ahareho’dre* By 8. H. CTAKKK, East India Mer¬
chant, Pa-hawur, Murree Hill*. Kowal Pindee, and Lahore.
London : RICHARDSON, BKOTUXRS. 23. Core hill.
HE PRETTIEST GIFT-BOOK EVEB
PUBLISHED —The PICTORIAL POCKET BIBLE, with nearly
100 boaotlful Wood-Engravings of all tha great event* recorded In th*
Scriptures. Good dear type, and 30.000 reference*, bound In beat
moroooo. for lie., eont po»t-fra# Only to be bad at JOHN PtXLD'l
Great Bible Warehouse, 64. Regtmt's-quadrant, London.
% AAi \ BIBLES, Prayer-Books, and Chnrah
Bervioc*, In every description of binding and type,
being the oboepeat, largost, and beat-bound Stock In the Kingdom, si
PARKINS and GOTTO'S, 21 and 93. Oxford-atreet.
P ARKINS and GOTTO, Paper and Envelope
Makers. 2*. and 23. Oxford-atreet, tho cheapest hou*o In the
kingdom. No charge for »tapping. No charge for comentlug ot-
velope* No charge for carriage to the country on order* over 9Ua.
f '' " - '- 1 * baperier Envelope*, td. per 100.
Black bordered, fid- per »00
NEW MUSIC, 4-c.
Crofttn-l«Id Note, 3 Quire* for fid.
Thick Ditto, 3 Quires for It.
Commercial Note. 3 Quite* for Is.
Bordered Note. 3 Quire* for Is.
India Note, 3 Quire* fur I*.
Letter Parer, <s. per Ream.
Keren on Payer, *. *»d- „
Straw Writing Paper, to. „
Ootaida Foolscap, fi*. 6d „
Wedding Stationery.
D ’ALBERTS ALBUM for 1858.—Tho most
■plaodld Musical Work aver produced, lorpaaalng all thla
popular Composer'* previous Albums. Tba eovar b In the most elabo¬
rate and gorgeous style; the binding In watered ailk; and tho coloured
Ill u stration* era In thegreatret variety, by Mr. Breadard. M D’Albert
has composed expressly for t hi* Album a number of new Waltzes, new
Quadrilles, Polka*, Mazurkas, Me.; and tha puhliobera fool confidence
In announcing It a* the most attractive Mu a io a l Present ever pub-
“ *“* price 21*. hem free
Cu ait'eli. and CO., <9 aad 30, New Bond-street.
D | ’ALBERTS WEDDING QUADRILLE,
pertormed by Wdppret'a Band at hrr M*)eaty'i State Ball,
Buckingham Palace. Just published, price 3a., Solo or Duet, post-
free. Chat PILL and Co., 30, New Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S PRINCESS ROYAL POLKA,
with an exquisite Portrait of the Princess in Colours, by
BRANDARD. Prioo 3s., Solo or Duet, poat-f
CitAri'ii.t. and Co., 30, New E
D ’ALBERT’S PRINCE of PRUSSIA’S
WALTZ, with a Companion Portrait, by BRANDARD, to tha
Pr i nce— Koyal. Prise to., 8olo or Dual, post-free.
Chajtxll and CO., 30, New Bond street.
D
’ALBERTS HOOP DE DOODEN DO
GALOP Just published- Price S*^ post-free.
CttA.Frxu. and Co., 30, Now tfood-atreet.
T ’ADIEU de la PRINCESSK BRINLEY
J_i RICHARDS' New Nocturne for tha Pianoforte, splendidly
Illustrated In Colours by BRANDARD. Bodies led to bar MgJ-ty the
Quean. Prim 3*. 6d., post-free.
CiiAi’rxLL and Co^ 30, New Bond-street.
/^J.00D-BYE to the BRIDE. Ntw Song.
VJ Composed by FRANK MORI. Prim 9k, port-free.
CUATFXLL and CO., 6D, New Bond-*Creel.
rr\HE RELIEF of LUCKNOW; a Charac-
X tori*tk Fantasia for th* Pianoforte. By C. M. K OLIVF.K.
Prim to. post-free Descriptive of that Interesting cplaodo In tha
hbtory of its gallant defence, wherein a Bcotttob woman cheered
the heart* of the anxious besieged, by declaring that, amidst the din
of war, her ears could dtooom tha Slogan *f the far-distant but ad¬
vancing Highlanders.—C Mar pull and Co., 30, New Bond-street.
f PHE LAY of the SEA-SHELL New Sooe.
L Competed by C. M. R. OLIVER. Price 1*. Also, by the same
Composer, SlEKP, MY PARITY ONE, BLEEP. Word* by Tenny¬
son. Prim 2a-, peel-free.
CUA1TKLL and Co., 80, New Bond-street.
T3RINLEY RICHARDS’ HUGUENOTS
LI FANTASIA on tha moM admired Airs from this favourite
Opera for the Pianoforte. Prim to., post-free
CMArrsu. and Co., 30, New Bond-street
C HEAP COLLECTION of DANCE MUSIC.
By LAURENT.- Just ready, price 5* , in Uhi treUed cover (7ft
pages), Henri Laurent's Album of Dance Music, containing tha fol¬
lowing art teen popular Quadrille*. Vetoes, Polka*, GaJo.a, and Va»-
eovlnna, aa per formed by the author's hand at the Queon's nuta Ball,
and at all the theatres and place* of amusement In Leodon and tha
provinots Content*:—T-e TravlaU Quadiillo, lea Huguenots Quad¬
rille, 8t. Patrick Quad rill*, ilighiander'* Quart rille, Parian t pour la
Syria Quadrille, New Lancers Quadrille, Vale# du Caruaval. Vatoe*
from Lea Vftprea BiclUannca, Ethel Newcome Vatoe, VUlkloa Vatoe,
Romanoff Waltz, Marguarit* Polka, Egyptian Polka, Malakotf Galop,
Argyll Galop, and original Varecviona. Prim ft*., port-free.
Boo&XT and Box8, Musical Library, HolJaa-etreet.
■ppatRY SMART’S CHORAL BOOK.
XX Contelning a selection of tune* employed in the English
Church, newly harmonised and adapted fer four voice* and organ,
by Henry -mart. Beveral of th* tuna* are adapted In two or thro*
styles. In order to *ult a variety of words. Prim 3e., In a strong
©over.—Boosxr and 80X8, tt. Holloa-street, W.
TVTEW MUSIC lor HARP and PLANO.—
J. 1 Six dost* on favourite airs from Verdi'* Ooera*. Arranged
for Harp and Plano. By JOHN THO MAh. Price to. aaoh.
BOoan and BOXl' Muaicai Ubrary, 28, Hollo* -street, W.
B OOSEY’S MUSICAL LIBRARY.— Ail
annual suhacriber of 9 guineas ha* th* command of above
100 000 English and Foreign works, and l* allowed tho continual u*s
of i guineft*' worth of xnualo In the country, or 9 guineas' worth In
London. Country parcels dtopalchod with the greatest promptitude.
Full particular* by po*t.—Hollat-eueet, W.
ri^HE PLOT of the OPERA is very folly de-
X scribed in each volume Of BOOHEY and SONS' bKKlilR of
Complete OPERAS, for Plano Solo, enabling the pianist to appreciate
the sentiment and character of every morceau lo the work. Thirteen
operas are row published, In st-ong doth oovws. prkes ficnsi 4s to
7*. 6d. each, vtx.i—11 Trovatore. ft*.; La TravlaU, 6a. Lre V*yrt«#
Hlcl:>«nnra, 7*. fid ; Klgolet'o, 3s.; Sonnambubt, la.; Norms, s.; Lea
Hoguenoto, 7*. fid.; Don Juan, 3s.; Fra IHavolo, 3s.. I’uriinal, 5* ;
FlOadu Regiment, 4a.; Lada, A* ; Lucrexia Borgia, to.
Boosxr and Sons' 34 and 28, Uolics-stioot, W.
Af ETHODS for the MILLION —Batfe’s New
lfi Singing Method, with sixteen bailed* (30 pages), 3s. Booscy's
New Preceptors fer tho Cornet, Plate, and Conoertlua, by Jones,
Clinton, and Case; price 3* each. Alai Booeey's Now Clarionet Pre¬
ceptor, 16*. Boobky and BOXS, 24 and 28, Holies-rtrer/t, W.
Queen's- head ditto, la. per dozen.
Office Envelops*, ft*, par 1000, or
•0.000 for Ida-
100 Cards printed for 18 . fid.
Go d Cop> -hooka, 9*. per dozen.
Bret Wax. 3s. ^d. per lb.
Goose QuO* Pens U. fid. per 100.
I*rice list sent post-free.
Copy addraM—Parkins and Gotto, 7.4 and 23, Oxford-street.
VER^PuTNTFD TUBULAR DRAwTng
PENCILS.— w IN>-rtIt ana NEWTON B Naw Patent, 1838 —
A new ard perfect Draerinr Pencil. A1 way a and ins -mly
vaadyforuM. Th* point renewable ny number of lime* without
tolling he finger*. Mannfactored without the a<d oi glue or any
cement wha aver PwfecUy arm when in use and free from the
vib-atlnn of the ordinary ev r-; muted porclU. ITse point ever In
one rel«ttve *ltuat on. Mode of tho parrel Cumberland leid of every
gradation and depth of colour, of batdnsre and roftrea* af texture,
and of thicknere and suharaoce Alike fined for tha most delioate
or the boldret hand. Costing, after the fir t expnu* of holder*, but
3d. each. Msnuf.eUired of he foMowiogJetter*, embracing those
required for ckrchlng ar d guncre. i encil Drawing, vlx., F-, M., B ,
Mouxad In Ebony Haedlre, w ih silvered Point*, i*. 6d. each.
Beta of four, oompiete In K rood* Ca**, 7s- Ibe set.
Cases of Six L.jads, for re/eotohing the Four Holder*, la. fid. Ih*
Pencil °crap*sre (for Architects, Me., requiring floe points), la. each
WINSOR and NHWTOV. Marufacfuring Arttota' Colourroen,
By Appclntmont to her Majesty and H R.H. tba Pritoe Consort,
38. Krthbo o-place, London, W.
Bold by all Statlnaeta and Artists' Colourman.
EEVtS’ DRAWING^ PENCILS.
In every degree of shade.
113, Che amide, London. B.O.
INDING the ILLUSTRATED LONDON
NEWB.—Subscriber* and Purchaser* tan have their
VOLUMES BOUND la the appropriate Cover*, with GCt Edges, at 3*.
U - ‘ -- ‘ ■ 1, with Post-omm Order,
A DELE j or. I Miss thy Kind and Gentle
xX Voice. The Second Edition of this beautiful Ballad, by
LANOTON WILLlAMn, is now readv. u sung by Mias Lfctlle*.
Price 2s.; free for stamp* —'W. Willumb, *»i,Tott*nhain-eourt-roed
E FFIE SUNSHINE- New Ballad. By
LANGTON WII.L1AMX. sung by MUs Poole, with the greatest
success. Beautifully Illustrated. Prtc* 2*. fid., fro* fo>- lump*.
W. WILLIAMS, 221 Toti snh am-court-road.
T ANGTON WILLIAMS’ NEW REDOWA,
I -i “ The V.lJage Queen."— 'Thla la the gem of the season, both
In music snd U'ust,-a ion."—Review.—W. Williams and CO., 291,
Tottonbsm-coart-road. Prim in. 6d.: firee for stamps.
I HAVE ALWAYS A WELCOME FOR
THKB. New Bzllaii by LANGTON WILI.IAMB. Just rub-
lishad. “On* of tbasweet-st ballads of ih" day."—Review Prim
2a.; free foe rtamp*.—W. Williams, 921, Totteoham-court-road.
fT\HE ROYAL WEDDING QUADRILLES,
L by LANGTON WILLIAMS. lUostretad with Portrai.s, In
Colour*, of their Royal Hlghoaasre tha P-incest Koyal 0 ' Pruaita and
bor Ccusert, bv BRANDARD, after Drawioga by Winterhalter.
Price to. Free for stamps.—W. WlLUAMl and Co., 291, Tottenham-
imrt-Ntd.
TATESTROFS 100 SELECTED CHANTS,
T T by the beat Composer*, with the Canticles all tba Psalm* of
David, and tho order for Morolog an* Evening Prefer th* whole
accurately polnb-d. In strong wrapper, price Is.; preterm, '4
stamp*. In cloth. '• 6d.; by po*'- 20 s'amp*. Tba most unique and
do.Irabb* book of its kind ever primed.—Published at tho MUSICAL
BOUQUET OFFICE. >92, High Holborn.
XfUSICAL PRESENTS—Full music size.
{.▼JL slsgantly bound In rich doth, gilt adgs*. Mendslssobn's
Bong* without Words, tha six hooks complete. In one vol , 7s. fid.s
Beeth''veu's Sonatas, six b>ok*lnone vol-. 7s. 6d.; Grebe's Sacred
Melodies, with variation* (twelve In each), in tws ml* , 7s. fid each ;
the Sacred Harmonl-*, ♦ vol*., 7s. fid each; to* Standard Glee Book,
in frur roll, 7*. 6d sach.-MUSICAL BOUQUET OPF1CE, 129,
High Holborn.
F ifty selected polkas for the
PIANOFORTE, In a I* Book: pret-lroa U stamps. Ed red
b* WE TROP. The mot t popular Polk*.* of the day <*re In thia ln-
eatimable Work. Atoo Wofttr.j*'* 130 Melodies for the Volin. Is.;
Regondl s 200 Melodies fo the German Concertina, is ; Sedgwick's
200 Melodies for the English < onrertina. Is. R it her book by post
14 stamp* —MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 199, High Holborn
TVTEW *ONGS SUNG by CHRISTY’S
it ft*!N8TRELS 3d each: Hoop do daodsn do. Eire ms Qulok
and Go, Ring do Banjo, Toll th* Bell Old Folks are Gone. Oh Boys
Carry me *Lonr, Gertie Jenny Grey. Hard Time* come again no
more, and We are coming, sto'er Mary, cy pi.t 4 stamps; or the
9 rocg* for 31 stamps. Come where my Lore lies Dreaming, solo and
quaitetta. 6d ; py post 7d
MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE 192, High Holborn.
TTfOOP DE DOODEN DO QUADRILLES,
1 1 by MONTO -MERV, arranged on the popular Melodies *ung
bv CHRISTY'8 MINSTRELS price ; by post 7 *Ump*. Also,
MONTGOMERY S QUADRILLE*:— Bonnie Dundee. Royal lutncer*.
Edinburgh. Bobbing Amunid, My Miry An* e Bolpheeor Musketeers,
Don Ctcaar de Bazar. Ptcoo’ominl, St. Patrick’s. Beggar'* Opera, Pubs
hi Boots, Arabian Nights, and Jack tha Giant Killsr; aU fid. aaoh; by
poet, 7d.
MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 199, High Holborn
mHE DEPARTURE and RETURN: a New
X Descriptive Fcbottisha, in Two Parts (original and expressive
airs). Port-free. 2s fid., from th* Author, C. COULDERY, Peon
Houso, Lewisham-road, Greenwich.
NEW MUSIC, Ifc.
JULLIEN AND CO.’S
"VjUSICAL PRESENTATION LIBRARY.
-LvX Three Guineas par Annum.
Three Guinea*’ worth of Music presented Gratia to every Annual
Subscriber to the above Library.
_ Subscriber* are liberally supplied on Loan with every description of
Haw V oca land Instrumental Mask, and have alao at their disposal
upwards of Three Thousand Volume*, including tho Standard Oporaa,
Italian, German, French, and Kngll.h Song*, and aU kinds of Instru¬
mental Music.
At the expiration of the Term of Subscription, each Subscriber has
th* purling* of selection—fbr hi* own property—from 100,000 different
..XI 3 0
.. 0 10 6
THREE GUINEAS' WORTH OF MUSIC.
„ ^ „ TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION.
For foe Year .. ..a 3 0 1 For Threw Month*
lor Biz Month* .. 2 0 | For One Month ..
314, Begett'-street, W.
S WEET LOVE, ARISE! Serenade, by PAUL
UKNft!ON. lsth Kdltioti, elOK.ilt’, iil'.ntr.!.! I.y Br.inl.nl,
(J.. 6d. Sun, with Ih, grmtttt inoneu by Mm. How.rf
A. W. luuuonn IJulltau'.), JU, Begmt-unu, ,nd ii, Klntt-ttroot.
mHE BUND MAN and SUMMER. Ballad,
^by UF.iM.KV KICUARDa. nb Edition. Baog by M1 m Dolby.
A. IV. HUMMOirp (JnlUon'il. lift K^unt-ilrwl, trnd lb. Klny-ttron.
mHE SPIRIT of the DELL. The latest Ballad,
-I by BRINLEY RICHARDS, and equal In beaaty to any of hi*
celebrated songs. Prise to.
.A. W. Hammond (Julllon's), 314, Regent-street, and tft, King-atroot.
C OME WITH ME TO FAIRY-LAND !—
Song, by CHERRY, composer of “Shell* of Oooan." Bung
*7 Mta Raufovdland MU* Rebecca lasaca, and Invariably encored.
Taoth Edition. PrioaTa. AUo as a Vocal Duet, price 2a. fid-
A. w Hammond (Julllen'*), 2U, Kegout-street, and 43, Klng-itreat.
rnHE HARP of WALES. Ballad, by
X BIUNLKY RICHARDS. Pris* It Sung by Mr. Wetos. Thla
ualtona! sougcreated much seosatkm at Uto leaf Welsh Faotival.
A. W. Hammond tJullien's), 214, Hsgcnt-streot, and 43' Klug-atreet.
TVTTMPH8 of the OCEAN. Trio for three
Xl equal voices. By BRINLEY RICHARDS. Price 3*. “Avery
spirited, charming composition, and from Its simplicity generally
available."
A. W. Hammond (Julllon's), 214, Regant-street, and 43, King-street.
PIANOFORTE MUSIC.
B RINLEY RICHARDS’ SWEET LOVE.
ARISE ! Paul Henrion's celebrated Serenade, arranged for
the II*uoforte Price 3*. /v
A. W HSMMONP (Julllen'*), 314. Regent-streot, and 46, King-street.
RINLEY RICHARDS' CHRISTMAS
PIECE. Illustrated by Crowquill Prise 3*. An Arrangement
of his favourite song, Christmas Chimes—*• WuAt balls ate those so
soft and clear?"
Alao. aa * Pianoforte Duet. Price 4*.
A. W. Hammond (Jum*a'*),3i4, Regcut-sireet. and 43, King-street.
B R IN LE Y - !* I CHARD S’ LA MIA
LETI7.IA—Ur In “ I Lomb.idi, 1 ' Price a,.
Also, aa a Pianoforte Du ft. Price to.
A. W. Hammond (JuiUea'a), 214, Regent-street, and 43, King-street,
B RINLEY RICHARDS’ ROBERT TOI
QUE JAIME. The air do grace in " Robert la Diabla," trans-
acribcd for tho Plano. Price 3>t.
A. W. Hammond (JulUen's), 914, Regent-atreet, and 45, King -street.
SBOhNE’S DAL TOO STELLATO
BOGLIO. Pray-r In “ ftfosrf in Egitto," Rossini. Transcribed
for tba F!*no. Price S*.
A. W. Hammond (JulUeo’*), 214, Rcgontnitreet, and 43, King-street.
S ALLE’S SUJUS ANIMAM, from Rossini's
“ Btabai Mater," brilliantly arranged for the Piano, and per-
fbnned by tho Composer with the greatest mcccss
A. W. Hammond (Julllen’s), 214, Hsgcnt-street, and 43, Kiog-atreeD
J ULLIEN’S NEW FIFE POLKA.
Price 3s.
A. W. Hammond (Julllen'a), 214, Regent-Street, and 13, King-street.
J ULLIEN’S NEW KISS POLKA.
Price 3a.
A. W HAMMOND (JolUen's), 214, Hegent-atreet, and 45, Klng-atreet.
All tha above postage-freo for ■ lamps.
TTENRY FARMER’8 BIJOU of DANCE
XL MUtilC for I 8 M. with six beautiful Illuatratlona by BRAN-
DAKD. Prioo 10s. fid.; forming one of the cheapest and most elegant
of tbs season.
JosxrH Williams, its, Cbeapside, E.C.
ENRY FARMER’S WILD BRIAR
WALTZ, just published, boautifully Illustrated In Colours.
Price, 80 I 0 or Duet, to., port-frao.
Josz ph Williams, 123, Chaapslde, E.C.
ENRY FARMER’S IL TROVATORE
QUADKILLF. 8 . Just published, beautifully Illustrated In
Colour* by BRANDARD. Price. 80 I 0 , 3s ; Duel, to ; post-free.
Joseph Williams. 123, Cheepside. E.C.
H enry farmer's pianoforte
TUTOR. Price to. “Thl* l« decidedly the moet useful and
best Instruction book for the pianoforte we have seen."—Musical
Review. Jofigpo Williams, 123. Cheamlde, E.C.
H
H enry farmer’s fantasia on airs
from VERDI'S Opera TROVATORE. Easy and effective.
Price 2s. fid., post-free.
Joseph Williams. 1*3, Choapalde, E.C.
ENRY FARMER’S “ADA” VALSE.—
Illustrated In Colours br BRANDARD. Solo 4s.; Duet, to.
London: JOSEPH William.*, 13), Choapside.
R OW, ROW, HOMEWARD WE GO!
River Song. By CARPENTER and 8PORLE. Price 2s , post-
free A composition of much beantv, and becoming Immensely
popular, the melody b«’ing charmingly simple and graceful.
Joseph Williams, 123, Cos*p*Wo.
TULLIEN’S NEW ENGLISH LANCERS.
t J Illustrated) n Colours by BRANDARD. Just publlabed. Price
4a.; **pte<t parts, 3s fid.; orchestral parts, 3*.
Joseph Williams, 123, Cbaapsid*.
TULLIEN'S NEW FRENCH LANCERS.
tf Illustrated In Colour* by BRANDARD. Juit nubltobsd. Prioo
4a., postaga-froa.—J oseph Williams. 123, Choapsld*.
A NNIE VALSE. Illustrated in Colours.
Composed by C. H MARRIOTT. Price to.; Beptett, 3s. 6d ;
Orchestra, 6«.
_London 1 Joseph Wiujamb. 123, n»eap>ido._
G A. MACFARREN’S little
• C LA RINA'S LR980N-B0OK for th* PIANOFORTE,
Porto I., II, III, and IV. Prloe 2*. fid each part, postage- free
Completo In on* vol., price 8s. bound. “Wlthou’ exception, tha
Flmpl**t, c'aareat of any elementary treatise for your children."—
Musical World.
_ Joseph Williams. 193, Cheap* tde. _
M artin Schneider’S sprite
POLKA. Boautifully illustrated In Colours Price, with
Coreat arcompanlmast J*. 6d„ post-free.
Metzler and Co., 33, 37 ana 38. Great Marl borough-itroot, W.
ARTIN 8CHNEIDER’8 SYREN POLKA.
Beautifully Illustratod In Colours. Price, with Cornet accotn-
pan'ment, 2>. 6d.. post free.
Metzlek and Co., 33, 37, and 38, Great Marlborough-street, W.
TV!ARTIN SCHNEIDER’S ROYAL WBD-
Lfl DING POLKA MAZURKA. Illustrated Title. Prloe2».6<L,
postage-free.
Metzlek and Co., 36. 37, and 38, Great Marlborougfa-atreet, W.
RINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM’S
MARCH. By ELLEN L. GLASCOCK. Composed In honour
of the Royal Wedding. With splendid Portrait Price 3*. post-free.
MzTTZLEK and CO., 36, 37, and 38, Groat Marlborough-street, W.
P RINCE of PRUSSIA POLKA. By H.
FROOM8. The bsst Polka o' the Season Second thousand.
With Portrait, price »s^ fid^poatiye freo.
Metzlek and CO., 33, 3
38, Great Marlborough-street, W.
Joat pnbltohed, price 2a. 8d.,
mHE MISTLETOE WALTZE8. By Mrs.
1 UGHTFOOT BALL. Author ol tho “Debutante Bchotdsche,"
fcc. Free for itamps from Mrs. Ball, Uigh-strooi, Whltahavaa.
NEW MUSIC, i-c.
T?WER and CO.’B ALBUM de PIANO for
i860, oontalnlng twenty-six new oompositiona by the hM.«
bo fairly rooomroendod aa a handsome rift."-bln
ricai World. “A* good a gift- book of Its kind a* vTharo m.t "1*
SSrr
wSEo“5 ( SsiS^ ,, ° rl ' rt ~ t ’ Bo "’ “»
T INENDRAPERS’ GALOP, for llnTpiau^
-Li fojrto By AUGUSTUS HERZOG Tha nuet spirited Ortrm
lately publtobod. Sent freo on receipt of 12 stamps. °*lop
_ Ewek a nd CO., 390. Oxfbrd-street
S AD BROWN LEAVES ; Ballad, US.-
Duet, 2s.6d. "Oaly to bo known to be oalvenally app el
o.iod ' Atoo. by the ssmo Comnoscr, •• 1 wish he would make up
hi* mind, Ma |W%.| “Oh! brighUr the sunbeams ar. Sr ' ?
2*. 6d. and, Still 111 wait a Uttle lona-er," 2a. Sent freely
return of poet, for stamp*, by Mr. T. CHAM fREY, Macclesfield. 7
T’M a SPIRIT YOUNG and FAIR. Now
A br P. gHKVALL. Bwollfolly ilte.rn.wd to Coloun.
A [.IculD, ud piMfU 1C- Urn Drawing-room. l-Hco 2 a 6d.
andEo„ 54, 37, and 3S, Groat Marllm “igh-
P IANOFORTES, Secondhand.—CRAMER,
CO- bsve a largo aaaortroont, by Eranl, Broad-
wooo. and «.ollard, and all tho most eiteemed maker*, at greatly
reduced price*. 201 , Regent-street. ^ T
fjARMONIUMS.—Cramer, Beale, and Co.
"• tho Afi®** 1 * tor ALEXANDRE’S HARMONIUM 4, varying
In Price from 6 to 33 Guinea*.—201, Regent-street. DcscripUvo Ltot*
sent free on application.
riOLLARD’S 8EMI-C0TTAGE PIANO - -
P0RTE8.—To be SOLD at low price* for Cash, or for niRE
with the option of purchase, a number of there beautirul Planofcrtss,
wltb every improvement, In rosewood and walnut cores. Also 20
. r or *' flrom £l °- or for Un Mi. per month,
si HOLllEUNESS R, 444, New Ox ford-at rout.
G EO. LUFF and SON’S IMPROVED
UARMONlL r M8 for HALE or HIRE, with can term* of nur-
ohsse, from £12 to £50. Tha only rookoreof tho raid tarmonium.
Repairs, To ulngs —103, Great Rmroll-stroot, Bloom*bu.y.
PIANOFORTES.—GEO. LUFF~ and SON
X have the largest stock in London, for 8\LE or HIRE, with
eo*y term* of purchase, both now and secondhand, from £10 to £100.
Tuner* scat to all porta.—103, Groat fiuasell-btreet, Bloomsbury.
P IANOFORTES—PUBLIC ATTENTION.
Home splendid Rosewood and Walnut-tree Cottage* and PIc-
oolr*. flf o-dav s, with all tho latest Improvements have only b-«a
used a few month-, from 19 gulnoav.-AtTOLKlfc.N rtOld-F.stab-
llshed Pintioforte Warehouse, *7. 28, and 28. King William-street,
Loud on-bridge. 1*1* no forte* for hlte.
H TOLKIEN’S IRRESISTIBLE PIANO-
• FORCE, with fruss Concave Braciagt, height four fret,
depth twenty-fire inches, by her Majesty’s hoyal Letter* Patent.—
This beantlfbl instrument Is snpsrtor In power to any o her piano, for
qual ty of tono unooualled. and iu durability unquestionable. For
oxtrsmo climates U la Invaluablo. The price is low Books with
drawings and d.reripiion, post-free. At H. lolkion's old-established
Manufactory, 27, 28, and 29, King WilUain-atreot, London-brldge.
TOLKIEN’S 25-Guinea Royal MLNUTO
• PIANOFORTES, 6| octaves, height 3 ft. 10 ln.-H. T., tho
original maker of a Twenty-Ova Guinea Pianoforte, ha*, by tho care
ho ha* devoted to all branches of tho manufacture, obtained tha
highest reputation throughout tho universe for his instruments, un¬
equalled In durability ana delicacy of touch, more cipocially for thair
excoliooce In standing In tuno in the various climates of our c donles;
Inelegant walnut, rosewood, and mahogany case*, packed abroad
for £2 10s. extra.—H. T olklen'a Manufactory, 27, 28. and 29. Ktog
William-street, London-brldge.—PIANOFORTES for HIKE _
riEORGE CASE’S CONCERTINAS are
VX preferred to all others, on account of their remaining *© long
In tuno and in good repair. 4 u peri or workmen and patent rauchlnory
are employed In their manufacture, which is superiutended by Mr.
George Case. Price* frem four to twelvo guineas each, with full
compass of 48 keys. Also, Case's Concertina Instruction*, third edi¬
tion, price 3a. ; and f'ase's Concertina Miscellany, published every
month, price 2s. fid. (36 Number* are published). Full particular*
from BOOSKT and SONS, 24 and 28, Holloa-street. London
S. PRATTEN’S PERFECTED FLUTES,
• on tho old syitcm of fingering with largo or small holoa, are
now made with German Silver Key* at four guineas.and with sterling
Silver Key* from right to seventeen guinea* each, complete in Cases,
ke- Every !n*lt ament Is tested by Mr. Prat ton, and accompanied
with a certificate from that unrivalled artist. BOOSKT and HONS,
Manufacturers, 24, Holles-atreet, London, W.
IANOFORTES EXTRAORDINARY, at
MOORE and MOORE'S, 104, Bi h#p#g*t«-»trrot WUhln.
These are first-class Pianos, of rare excellence, p-Msesaing exquisite
Improvements, recently uppl'od, whi*-h effoct a grand, » pure, and
beautiful quality of tone that stand* unrivalled. Price from 18
guinea*. First-clar* Pianos for biro, with easy terns of purchase.
ATUSICAL BOX DEPOT, 54, Con. hill,
UJL London, for the Sale of Musical Boxes, mode by tho celebratod
Messrs. NICOLE tFrlros), of Genova, containing operatic, national,
favourite, and sacred air*. Lint of tunes and price* grotto.
fiyfUSICAL BOX REPOSITORY, 32 f
lu Ludgate-atreei (near St. Paul a).-WALF .8 and M'GULLOCH
are direct importers of NICOLE PRBKF.S' Celebrated MUSICAL
BOXES, playing brilliantly the beat Popular. Operatic, and Bacred
Music Large Hlxoa, Four Aire, £4; Six, £6 6 a.; Right, £ 8 . Twelve
Aim, £12 12s. Snuff-boxes, TwoTunei, Its 6 d and 18 *.: Three.30s.;
F our, 40s. Catalogues of Tunes gratis and po»t-froo, on application.
T HE NEW ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM
for the DRAWING-ROOM.
ALEXANDRE and HON baro Just taken out a now patent for tha
Drawing-room Harmonium, which effects tha groaton improvement
they liavo ever made In tho instrument. The arawlog-room model*
will b* found of a softer, purer, and In all re-pect* more agreeable
tone than any otbor instrument* They have a perfect and oa*y
means of producing a diminuendo or ervseondo on any ono not* or
mors ; the bass c«n be p rfocUy subdu-d, without oven tho use of tha
expression Hop, thn great difficulty In other Harmoniums. To each
of tbo new models an additional blower to attacked at the back, so
that the wind can bo supplied (if preferred) by a second person,
and still, under tha new patent, the performer can play with parfoct
expression.
THE DRAWING-ROOM MODEL.
No. I* made In three varieties. Guinea*.
1. Three Stop*, Percussion Action, additional Blower, and
in Rosewood Case .23
2. Eight Stop* ditto ditto ditto 33
3 fiixt-en Store ditto ditto, Volx Celeste, ke.
(.the best Harmonium that can be made) .. .. 60
Moasra. Chappell have an enonnou stock of tha
81X-GUINKA HARMONIUMS,
And of all Varieties of tho ordinary kind, which are perfect for tha
Church, School, Hall, or Concert-room.
No. Guinea*.
1. Ono 8top, oak case . •• •• •• 10
2. ,, mahogany core .. •• 12
3. Throo 8top*, oak, 13 guinea*; rosewood .. •• .. 16
4. Fire Stop# ttwo row* vlbratore), oak oaso .. .. ..23
„ ditto rosewood case .. •• •• 33
. Eight 8tope, ditto, oak. 23 guineas; ros*wood .. .. 96
6. Twelve Stop# (four row* vibrator*), oak or rosewood case 33
7. Ono Stop (with porcussion action), oak eass, 16 guineas;
rosewood case .. „ •• •• •• •• •# 18
ft. Three Stops, ditto, rosewood care .. .. .. .. 20
9. Eight Store, ditto, oak or rosewood case.31
10. Twelve Btop*. ditto oak .40
II. „ ditto, rosewood oaao .if
12. Patent model, ditto. pol'sbeO oak or rosewood case .. 33
Mo*in. Chappell bog alao to call attention to their
NEW ANDUNIQUE COTTAGE PIANO FORTE 8.
No. Guinea*
1. In mahogany case, 6| octave# .. .83
2. In rosewood with circular fall. 6} octave*.90
3. In rosowood. elegant case, frets, ke..33
4. In vary elegant walnut ivory-fronted key*, kc.40
6. Tbs Unique Pianoforte, with parfoct check action, elegant
rosewood ease, 6| octaves .. . .40
6 Tho Foreign Modal, extremely elegant, oblique strings, 7
orisves, best check ao'ion, ke., tha moat poworful of
all upright pianofortes .60
Also to their Immense ssaortnent of now and secondhand instru¬
ments, by Broadwood, Collard, and Eranl, for sole, or hire.
Full descriptive lists o' haimoniums snd of pianofortes s*nt upon
application to CHAPPELL and CD., 49 and New Bond-street,
and 13, George-*treet, Hanoror-square. ___
C IHAPPELL’S FOREIGN MODEL PIANO-
J FORTE, price Fifty Guineas.—This Instrument baa (unlike
the ordinary Cottage Pianoforte) Three Strings ami the fullost Grand
compos* or Boron Octaves. It to strengthened by every possible
moans to endure tho greatest amount of woor, and to stADd perfectly
In any climate The workman,h p is of the bast description, the tone
la round, full, and rich, and tho powur equal to that of a Blcbatd
Grand. The case la of the most elegant construction, In rosowood,
the touch clastic, and the repetition very rapid. Every possible pre¬
caution has been taken to ensure lu standing well In tune. Chappell
and Co. especially invite the attention of the public, the profession,
and merchants to tbo Foreign Modol, fooling assured that no Plsno-
forte, In all respecu oomparable, ho* hitherto boeo made In England
at the same price. Every instrument will bo warranted, and (If de¬
sired) exchanged within twelve month* of tho purchase.—50, New
Bond-street, London.
Si Wt.EMKN'T, I'Vli. 6; 18,58,]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
145
THE ROYAL MARRIAGE: THE BRIDAL PROCESSION IN QUEEN ANNE’S ROOM, ST. JAMES’S PALACE
■
111 111
i: 5
- .•'j
THE PROCESSION, QUEEN ANNE’S ROOM. AND
GRAND STAIRCASE, ST. JAMES'S PALACE.
These Illustrations cannot be better described than as follows:—
The passage of the processions through Queen’s Anne Room, the
Tapestry Room, and the Armoury was a scene equally splendid and
impressive. The ladies who occupied the seats prepared for the occa¬
sion, and the greater part of whom were in the bloom of youth, were
all in full Court dress; and the dazzling effeot of their jewels and
feathers, their silks and laces, but, above all, their natural charms,
may easily be imagined. They rose as each procession oassed
before them, and did homage to it by a deep obeisance,
which was graciously acknowledged by her Majesty and the
other principal personages. Most of the gentlemen present
wore a military or a naval uniform, and the dashing of swords and
the glitter of gold lace added yet another feature of brilliancy to the
scene. Attho top of the great staircase leading to the Colour Court
were the initials of the bride and bridegroom, formed of white flowers
upon a background of overgreens, plaited so as to compose a rich
natural tapestry, the whole supported by t -lm-branches displaying
the colours of England and Prussia. The railings and balustrades
were richly gilded and decorated with flowers, and on the landings of
the stairs were immense draped mirrors, which reflected and multiplied
the processions as’they passed, still farther increasing the magnificence
of the spectacle. _ o'
BIBLE PRESENTED TO H.R.H. THE FRiN6£SS>
FREDERICK TTOJJAM, sX
BY THE MAIDENS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Among the parting tokens of loyalty and attachment received by her
Royal Highness the Princess Frederick 'William of Prussia is a Bible
(of which we give an Engraving)' presented by upwards of six
thousand of the maidens of the United Kingdom. This elegant
memento is a special large-paper copy of Bagster’s facsimile octavo
Polyglot, forming a perfectly convenient volume for constant use;
neither trouble nor erpenso has been spared in its preparation,
which was intrusted to Samuel Bugster and Sons, the publishers.
. It is bound in the riohest dark purple morocco, mounted with beau¬
tifully-chased clasps and corner pieces of the purest gold, bearing the
national rose, shamrock, and thistle, and the arms of her Royal High¬
ness us Princess Royal of England. At the beginning and end there
is a double flyleaf of vellum, illumine tsd in the first style, these de-
rigus being composed aLo of the rose, shamrock, and thistle, with her
Royal Highness- arms. At the beginning is brilliantly illuminated
“To her Royal Highness Victovia Adelaide Mary Louisa, Princess
Royal; with the loyal, loving, end prayerful wishes of the maiders of
tne United Kingdom, on the ooccnon of her Royal Highness’s mar-
nage, *,5th January, hlDGCCLVIII." And on a scroll below the date
the words tLe blessing—“ The Lord bless thee and keep thoe; the
Lord make his face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto tboe; the
Lord lift up His countenance upon theo and give thee peace.” The
edges of the loaves jare brilliantly illuminated, the ornamentation
being relieved by the introduction of the following sentences:—On the
ton—‘‘Thy wordos truth;” and " Seek tho Lord;" on the side, ” God
&Dd ‘‘ God pslight;” and on the lower edges, "‘Pray always/'
and ‘ Watch andprtiy” Several of these texts were also engTr.roI
on the clasp. The Bible is contaired in a casket of British oak, which
is elegantly carved, the dovices being principally roses and their
teaves. On the top a large “V.” is richly gilt, and the words, “ Search
me Scriptures,” painted in enamel; and on the sides and ends are
escutcheons, bearing the initial “V.” and the arms of the Princess
Royal.
The feelings which prompted the maidens cf her native land to offer
sonic expression of their loyalty and affection to the Princess have
t>e ? n fully appreciated by her Royal Highness, who graciously ap¬
pointed an interview with three young laaies, as the representatives
of the many who were privileged to share in the gift. They were re¬
ceived (in a private manner) at Buckingham Palace by her Royal
Highness with marked condescension and affability; and, on present¬
ing their offering, they read the folio wing address:—
Madam,—On boliaif of the Maidens of the United Kinedom we beg
leave liurnuiy to approach your Royal Highness, and to offer very respect¬
fully the heartfelt expression of our dutiful attachment and affectionate
homnge. It has hitherto been our privilege and our pleasure to look up
to your Royal Highness with pride as the beloved and illustrious head
of the maidens of England, and to find our glory in the loyal devotion
with which you hare been regarded. Our sincere desire and prayer will
nowj)e that your Royal Highness may enjoy a bright and happy ftiture
'WM XV in that which is to come. Since
in this life, and a blessed' etemity ...___ ___
(although the welfare of your Royal Highness must always be dear to the
heart of every English maiden) we cannot longer claim that exclusive
interest in your Royal person of which we have been so proud, wc ven¬
ture, in all humility, to beg that you will be graciously pleased to allow
us to present to your Royal Highness a copy of the Iioly Scriptures in
remembrance of the joyful allegiance which it has been our
owe to you. and ot the noble principles ot truth and righteousness which
have so long been the ornament anil i-afeguard of our Fatherland.
Wishing to give the pleasure of joining in this tribute ot respect and
admiration to many hearts, we have each of us diminished our individual
contributions; and, in the hope that your Royal Highness will deign to
accept our humble offering, wc have been so bold os to prepare a statement
of the number of those who have aspired to share in the honour of pre¬
senting it and of the districts in which they live, which wc are willing to
hope your Royal Highness will not look upon os presumptuous.
With every sentiment of respeet and devotion, we have .the hononr to
be. Madam, oar Roy&l flighnes '
servants, &c
ness's most humble and most faithful
n reply to'the address, tho Princess Frederick William assured the
young ladies that both tho Queen and herself wore much pleased with,
their offering, and that it should always bo preserved in remembrance
of the donors, graciously expressing a hope that they would not
forget her. If any thing were required to endear tho Princess to
English and maidenly hearts, her Royal Highness’ reception of the
happiness to i representatives of the Maidens of England would assuredly do so.
BIBLE FRESENTED TO n RH. THE PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM, BY THE MAIDENS OT ENGLAND.
14(5
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Feb, 6, 1R58
THE MUTINY IN’ INDIA.
ECAIMAEY OK NEWS.
Thu following despatch hat been received at the India Hou?e:—
Sir J. Outram defeated the rebel* near the Alambogh on December
thi ZluA and .ook four guns, li ls OWU lose was »nfluig
Sir 0. Cumphell, on December tho 12th, advanced towards Furruck-
»kii. and intended to proceed thence to Agra.
Coh-nel Seaton'b column re ccupitd M v npoorie on the 27th Decem¬
ber, after defeating the rebels und taking six guns.
Brigadier-Gtnerul Chamberluin proceeds with a column into Rohil-
ouod, and afterwards joins Sir C. Campbell at Agia
lht Duo.a m it inters have entered the Ateam country. Her
Mnjo.-'ty * 54 h Foot are in pursuit
The conduct of the 31st Regiment of Native Infantry has excited
suspicion
Bur Hugh Tt se proceeds immediately with a force to the relief of the
garria* n Tiie population of Indore luive b.cn disarmed, and tran¬
quillity has been re loied.
Punjaub and. cinde all quiet, but strong suspicions are entertained
of th Kholapoor 1: .juh » movemen s All quint n »w.
Now depredatioua by the Khundoish Bbems have been reported, and
thi Hastitk and F- inh rebels have been severely bundled.
A grand entertainment has been given by the native gentlemen of
Bombay to ah he Eurcq-eau troops tu the gar: is >n.
li. L. A-NDlUiSOS,
Bombay Castle, Jua. 9. Becretary to the Government.
We take the foil wing summary from tho Bombay Time*, Jan. 9 : —
Our latest advices from the North-West ure dated Agra, the 26 th Dec ,
fhnu widen we learn that Colonel Seaton » column whmu march* d Irom
Ai.yghur on the 13’ . cn route for litaii o>:d M y n poorie, fell in with a
fbmsot the rebels, 3uuo strung, at Gu»ge*cr, on the morning ot th* Hih
The : snrpriav c.mpiti and allot a brilliant charge of the Cara-
bme. -ta, th* eren y ihd u» di-order along the Fattygnrli road leaving
stver gun* belli.id them They were hotly pursued lor some distance
b> th core* and LI d-on's Sikh Hor*c their loss amounting to 350 or
4uu to- a. The casualties on our side were 48 kited and wounded. Our
loss .arose from the unfavourable nature of the ground, covered with thick
stxl high uhrur. in w ich the murderer* ensconced thtmrelves, and irom
tin it hiding- pJa«.cs potted at our offiet rs mid men. N* xr day the column
xnareiu-d to iiliu|uiige but the enemy had fhd, and. It was said, were
punted at S-hawur. a village ten miles distant, on tlie road to Futty-
gurh On tlie 1 6t' the column reached Sohawur. only, however,to find
that the enemy had continued hi- fight Some seventy insurgent*,
whu w re r;ot quick e..ough in their flight, were cut uj» by Hudson's Horse
Col'juel St a to u then determined to loliow them to TutUealee, ten miles
farther Although his intormntion of tin* inovcine: ts of the enemy was
m-vtT to be relied on. still he kucw they Lad a number of guns, and the
heavy, sandy nature of t!«e roads led him to conclude that they could not
march ao rapid > Cn the morning of the 17th the advanced guard came
np'iu the enemy, drawn up in positiou iu front of tlie village of Put Utah's,
liieir po**i. ion, whii h wu-we.l choscu, w.m reconnoitred personally by
Captain Hudson, ar.d Ueut Grrathcd.of the kugtacciB. Ihtir centre and
k-M w« re posted b. bind >» mc very ugly ravines, and theJr right rested in
a tope of tress in fruiit of the tillage Colonel Etaton made hts dtapooi-
lnmudiatc'y. baiting the mam body in order to give the men a abort
tilut- for mt aud reres-huient 1 he light artillery went to the front, and
Uu u-tiou commenced w’Jtb a pretty sharp fire on ln>tli side*, which dis¬
cin' <\) Utter the position of the. enemy. and the number of his guns.
Colonel Seaton then ordend the cavalry to the right to avoid the ravines
uu take the t. »m.. it fl iuk. Whl »t !l»i>c operations were being carried
iru'.ouruinn body advancing iu battle array, deployed Into line from
quarter- Uskuire c. uuur. A* the lufantiy. under Major Eld, came In
§f r ii o: the enemy, the artillery firing ou both sides had reached its hottest
point
At the first flash of tii» advancing bsyocetfl, gleaming in the morning
Bun tL« a-eni) thd im •**«■. while the rapid and previse lire of our
artillery tod with Unite* C fleet uj»ou b:» ranks. The cavalry had now
Ci: U n-d the ravine? in front uf the position, and went off in cVe pursuit
o ike ujJtives for sivcn milea. '1 heir tamp equipage, guns (thirteen in
number), burgage, ammunition and stoics fell into cur hands, while it is
*ui jiOAcd that not uwer than 600of them were kiii*d upon the field, or in
the pursuit. Not th> Icut gntitying feulure of tbii tncieia is the small
amount ol coel at which it was purcimstd not a rfng’e European having
fhJicu on ou* side, and but three or lour being wounded, and that only
Ahgtitly. One of Hodsd&*8 Horse ifcaa killed.
The Friend if India supplies us with some interesting details of the
fftaie of mature in Bengal, from which we quote the following:—
The Chittagong mutineer* Inive killed the women who followed them
fyom Chittagong They remained in iudipendent ITpperah for about u
forUiighi. and then Attempt'd to make for Lhc north- west through the
Hy mens lag district That road was, however, in the possession o: a dc-
Uahiuent ot li M s tith, so they struck oil »o tlie north-cast On the
ftb uf De*xmbtr they entered the bylhet district, aud inarched in a north-
coiterly dirtct.ou They suffer great y Irom want of provisions, and some
an- said to havi. killed themselves. They state that they arc going to the
Mwhneepofe RjJth. The SylUet batUhou have beeu sent to intercept
tiiuu iu th»ir road, and tokens have been sent to ail tlie wild tribes, calliug
« 4 *o:i them to rtc and slay the robbers who arc seeking to enter their
t© i ttory. The Dacca mutineers, alter looting a lew considerable villages,
b.-ve crossed tiie leeotnh. and are now in Bhootau. They have been Joined
by -ome three hundred up-country men In the service of tlie Rajah of
Kuoch Bciiar-a district lying to the south of BhooUn. On the 11th of-
Dteember a detachment, composed of fifty Europeans and forty Goorkash,
all picked men. left Juipigoree to attack the mutineers. They hoped to
tbiic them by turprlfte. lliey had a lot>g harassing march of twenty-
flvt mi!e». They airived at the encampment of the rebels at duybrtak, and
found them posted i u a most ormidabie pOrtitiou. To the rear Of the rebels
there was a dense June e, their left was protected by small nullahs, and
tf. .i right by a thick field of long gnu*. Iu lrout U.cy had threo large
ravitna d ied w.th water. TLc bottom of all the ravines was composed
o f shifticL sands The ravine upon which the front ot tin* enemy inuue-
iliaieJy rwtid w»a unlorduhie. and Uicbaiik no lets than twenty feet high.
The detachment unhesitatingly plunged Into the first ravrne, mijdr
VoJrtwdon to the second. There they were terribly cmburr.isscd. I be
s.'uid was Up to their knees, und to advance t-tvmtd almost impossible.
The enemy tired a few shots, but they pasted hium’cssly over -Uk heads
oi liicse advancing. Directly, however, they had emerged Iron, the Second
nullah, they were received by a well-directed tire. 1 hey took ahe : Ur be¬
hind a sandbank, and returned the flic as well a* tlicy were able.
Some soldiers then reconnoitred the third nullah, and on its being found
JAnuasukhie the werd was given to retire. The mut inteis. directly they
saw the English and GoorkahS in full retreat, laughed, dkneed.and hooted.
Ha* English and Goorkulia were under lire lor about half an hour: none
of them were, however killed, and only two were wounded Thy reached
their camp that sum- evening, after accomplishing a march ol tiny miles
it twenty - three hours. Tlie Dacca mutineers ore said to have decamped.
8inco writing tho above we oro in poaseetion of the following
Mvjiu,ilit4i extra, bringing our nows from the north-west down to the
2tLh December.— \ "\ \\
- (Jawnpoiie.— A strong column, under Brigadier W I’nole, left Cawnpore
on the 18th inst, and readied Akbarpoor, hali vyay to f.alpe'e, on the lutli.
Jt remained there for two or three days, engaged in settling the surronnd-
Snc country, which has been so long disorganised by the insurgent troops.
With this column are the. Rifle Brigade, two battalions; 38th Foot;
Bourchier‘8 buttery, and Blunt’s troop Horse Artillery; 1st Funjaub
Cavalry, and three squadrons 01 the 9th Dancers. /It will proceed towards
Ifilawuh . . ,
AVith the Commander-In-Chief, when his Excellency moves westward,
will he the following regimentsBrmiiugton’s troop Horse Artillery,
Binith baUery. Ec-yai ArUilery. the Naval Brigade, with six 24-pounders,
two 8-inch howiUrs, and eight mortars, two companies Sappers and
kf inert*, Bengal ditto, and two companies Funjaub ditu»; tlie Cavalry
which went down with Grant’s oeluinn. the bth Foot, 23rd Fusiliers,
4 /nd Highlanders, 53rd, oilh. 82nd Foot. 93rd Highianders. with a rej,n-
mt.nl of Funjaub Infitntry. The 32nd. 34lh. and 88th Foot remain at
present at Cawnpore, with the remnanta of the iaitlnui Lucknow con>«.
Who Uhavtd with great gHilantry and fidelity.
*SV ith Sir Jiuues Oufrnui at AJumbagh arc one Royal battery’ two Ben-
aril field batteries, u heavy Bengal battery, a company of Mudms Sappera,
tiie military train, two squadrons of dragoons, some Irregular Cavalry,
Bil 6ta Funlitrs. 78th Highlanders, 84lh Foot. 90th Light lulantry,
klaurar. Fuslilerf*. and Fe-rozr j»ore Regiment There was a detachment of
horse ortilkry and trocp-at a station midway between Cawnpore and
Lucknow. \ \ . . ,
Hie 7th Hussiu? are about to be formed at Allahabad, where horses are
being collected for them , . .
A strong brigade, under Colonel Franks, has been organised at Benares,
for service on the eastern frontiers of Oudi. The 2<ith and 97th loot,
with a wing of the loth, and a Royal troop and battery, will form part oi
this force with Madras troops and Goorkahs
The followiui; message, announcing the reoccnpation ol Mynpooric by
Colonel Se&tou 3 column, has just been received by teL graph, via Ally -
ghui— ,
’* Mtnpoorie, Deo 27, 3 p.m. —Found the enemy this morning posted
behind some high trees a rniie weet of the city. He opened with four guna
a* I advanced. The Horse Artillery guus made a detour to the right, sup¬
ported by cavalry. the heavy guns and infantry folio .ving. The enemy
suoii began to retreat. TVe took ail his guns, and cut up 250. As ye.
none reported k aed on our side.”
MAJOR-GENERAL. WINDHAM’S ENGAGEMENTS BEF3RE
CAWNFORE.
Several dospa^obe* were published in *he Gnz-'tt' of Friday week,
one ol which, own mining the otiicial de»uils *>t - ,ho operations before
Cawnpore on the 26th, 27ih, 28ih, and 29th November, we reproduce,
on account of the conflicting statements which huve appeared xelating
thereto
W.VJOa-GENERAL C. A. WIN CHAM TO TIIE COMM ANDER- rX-miTX
Ca w n rou*;. Nov 3o • 85;
Sir.—In giving an account of the proceedings oi the lore* mohr my
command before Gawnpore during tlie operalioua of the 26th, 2 Ttt». 28th,
and 29th instant, 1 trust your Excellency will excuse the hasty manner in
which it is necessarily drawn up. owing to tlie constant demands upou me
at tlie present moment
Having received, through Captain H Bruce, of the 5th Punjanb Cavalry,
information of the movements of the Gwalior Contingent, but having
received none whatever Ir >m your Excellency tor several days 'rom Luck¬
now. In answer to my letters to the chief of the staff, I was obliged to act
for myaeif.
I therefore reso’vcd to encamp my force on the canal, ready to strike at
any portion of the advancing enemy that came within my reach, keeping,
at the same time my communication safe with Cawnpore
Finding that the Contingent was determined to advance. I resolved to
meet their first division on the Pandoo Nudilce. My force consisted of
about 120# bayonets and 8 guns, and loo mounted sowars Having sent
m\ camp equipage and ba^ga^e to the rear, 1 advanced to the Attack iu the
following order:—
Four companies of the Rifle Brigade, under Colonel R Walpole, fol¬
lowed by lour companies or the 8«ik Connaught Rangers, under Lieu¬
tenant-Colonel E U Maxwell, and four light 6-pounder Madras guns,
under Lieutenant Chamfer; the whole under the command of Brigadier
Carthew, of the Madras Nat've Infant iy
Following this force was the 3lt?» Regiment, under Lieutenant-Colonel
It Ke>ly, with *our 9-pounder guns; the 82nd Regiment in reserve, with
spare uni munition. &c.
1 hao giren directions, in the event of the enemy being found directly
in our front, aud if tlie ground permitted, that Brigadier Carthew should
occupy the ground to the left of the road, and that Lieutenant-Colonel
Kelly, with the34th. divided into wings, and supported by his artillery,
should take tlie right It so happened, however, that this order, on our
coming Into action, became exactly inverted by my directions in conse¬
quence of a sudden turn in the roaa No confusion, however, was cau.-ed.
The advance was made with a complete line of skirmishers along tlie whole
front, with supports ou either side and a reserve in the centre.
The enemy, strongly posted on the other tide of the dry bed of the
Pandoo Nuddee, opened u heavy fire of artillery from siege and field guns;
but such was the eagerness und courage of the troops, and so well were
they led by their officers, that we carried the position with a rush, the
men cheering as they went, and the village, more than half a mile in its
rear, was rapidly cleared The mutineers nastily took to flight, leaving in
our possession two 8-inch iron howitzers ami one 6-pounder gun
In this fight my loss wus not severe; but I regret very much tflat a very'
promising young officer. Cuptaiu II II Day. 88th Regiment.'"was'^ kHltdN—
Observing, from a height on the other aide of the village, that ..the
enemy’s main body was at hand, and that the one just defeated wis tlteir
leading division, 1 at once decided on retiring to protect Cawnpore my
intrenchmcots, and the bridge over the Gauges We accordingly felk
back, followed, however, by the enemy up to the bridge over the canal.
On the morning of the 27 th the enemy commenced their attack, with an
overwhelming force of heavy artillery. My position was in front of the
city I was threatened *»n all sides, and very' seriously attacked on my
front aud right flank The heavy fighting in front, at the point of junc¬
tion ot the Caljiee and Delhi roads, fell more especially on the Rifle Bri¬
gade. ably commanded by Colonel Walpole, who was supported by the
88tli Regiment and four guns (two 9-potindcrs and two 24-pounder howit¬
zers), under Cuptaiu D. b Greene, Royal Artillery, and two 24-pounder
guns, manned by seamen of the Shannon, uuder Lieutenant Ilay, K N.,
who was twice wounded. Lieutenant-Colonel John Ady r c, Royal Artil¬
lery. a'so afforded me marked asbistance with these guns.
Hi spite of the heavy bombardment of the enemy, my troops resisted
the attack for five hours, and still held the ground, until, on my proceed¬
ing personally to make sure of the safety ol the lort, I found, from the
number of men bayoneted by th© 88th Regiment; that the mutineers had
fully penetrated »he town ; and; having been told that /they were then
attacking the fort, I directed Major-General Dupuis, R A. (who whs my
second in command, l had left with ihe main body), to tall back the whole
force into the fort, with all our stores and guns, shortly before dark.
Owing to the flight of tlie camp followers at tlie commencement of the
action, notwltstriiidiug the long time we held the ground. I regret to
state that, in making this retrograde movement. I was unable to carry off
all my camp equipage and some of ihe baggage. Hud not an error
occurred in the conveyance of an order issued by me, 1 am of opinion that
l could have held my ground, at all events until dark.
1 must not omit, in this stage of the proceedings, to report that the
flank attack was well met. rind restated tor a considerable time, by the
34th Regiment, under Lieutenant-Colonel Kelly, and the Madras Battery,
under Lieutenant Chamicr. together with that part of tlie P 2 nd Regiment
which was detached inrthta direction uuder Lieut.-Col D. \\ atson.
In retiring within tlie intrenclitflents I followed the general Instruc¬
tions issued to me by your Excellency, conveyed through the Chief of the
Staff, namely to pi^-serve tlie safety of the bridge over the Ganges, and
my communications with your force, so severely engaged in the important
operation ol th^ relief of Lucknow, os far as possible. I strictly adhered
to tlie defensive. ■■
After falling back to tho fort. I assembled the superior officers on the
evenin'' of the 27 th, and proposed a night attack should I be able to
receive”reliable information as to where the enemy had assembled his
artillery- /> ^
As, however. I could obtain none (or, at all events, none that was satis¬
factory), 1 decided—
1. Hint on the following day Colonel Walpole, Rifle Brigade. 3houid
have the defence of the advanced portion of the town on tlie Iclt side 01 the
canal, $ianuin<r with your back to the Ganges. The details ot tiie toree
upon this point were as follows : -Five companies Rifle Brigade, under
Lieutenant-Colonel C. Woodford ; two companies of the 82nd Regiment,
'under.Lieutenant-Colonel Watson ; four guns (two 9-pounders, and two
24-pounder^howitzers), under Captain Greene, R. A. (twooi these guns
were manned by Madras gunners, and two by Sikhs). ......
2 . That Brigadier N. Wilson, with the 64th Regiment, was to no.d the
fort and establish a strong picket at the Baptist Chapel on the extreme
Brigadier Carthew, with the 31th Bcgiment, under Lieutenant-
Colonel Kelly, and four Madras guns, should hold tho Bithoor road in
advance of tile Baptist Chapel, receiving support from the picket there, if
wanted.
4. That, with the 88th Regiment, under Lieutenant-Colonel Maxwell, I
should defend the portion ol the town nearest the Gauges ou the left ot
the canal, and support Colonel Walpole il required .
The fighting on the 28th was very severe. On the left advance. Colonel
Walpole. witTi the Riifea, suppported by Captain Greene s battery and
part of the 82nd Regiment, achieved a complete victory over the enemy,
and captured two 18 -pounder guns. ... ,. , , .. ._
The glory of tliia we 11 -contested fight belongs entirely to the abo\c-
named companies and artillery. _ , ..
It was owing to the gallantry of the men and officers, under the able
leading of Colonel Walpole, and of my lamented relation, Lieutenant-
Colonel Woodford, of the Rifle Brigade (who, I deeply regret to say. was
killed), and of Lieutenant-Colonel Wat.™, sand, aud oi Captain (.rccne,
Koval Artillery, that this hard-contcatcd light waa won and brought to so
profitable an end. 1 had nothing to do wltn it, beyond sending them sup-
‘T^'tiime^
^Brigadier Wilson thought proper, prompted by zeal for the Ecrvicc, to
lead his regiment against tour guns placed in fto nt of Brigadier Carthew.
Iii this cknmr exoloit, I regret to saj> he lost hi. Uf®, together with
several*valuable ar able officers. Major T. Stirling. Mth Regiment, was
killed in spiking one of the guns, as was also that line gailau' young
man? Captain K C. M Crea, Wth Regiment who acted as Deputy-As¬
sistant yuartermaster-GcmTal to the force here. Captain M. Morphy,
tilth Regiment (the Brigade-Major), also fell at the same time. Our num¬
bers were not sufficient to enable us to carry off the pus.
Captain A. P. Bowlby. now tiie senior officer of the Will Regiment dis¬
tinguished himself, as did also Captain 11. b. Saunders, ol the ,0th Re¬
giment. who was attached to the 6lth, and is senior to Captain Bowlby.
whose conduct, he describes as moat devoted and gallant; as was also that
of the men of the regiment. . , ,
Brigadier Carthew, of tlie Madras Native Infantry, had a most severe
and strong contest with the enemy from morning till night; but I regTet
to add that he felt himself obUged to retire at d irk.
During tiie night of the 28th distant tlie enemy occupied tiie town, and
on tlie morning of the 29th commenced bombarding my retrenchments
with a tew guns, and struck the bridge ef boats several times.
The guns mounted in the fort were superior in number to those of the
enemy, and were well manned throughout tho day by the officers, non¬
commissioned officers, and men ol the Royal Artillery, seamen of the
Shannon. Madras and Bengal gunners, and Sikhs.
The chief outwork was occupied by tlie ltifle Brigade, and in the courac
of the afternoon, by your Excellency’s instructions, they were advanced,
and gallantly drove the mutineers out of that portion ol the city nearest
to our works, under the command of Lieutenant*Coiouel Ijers, who was
supported by Colonel Walpole. . ,
Throughout the short period I have had the temporary command of thj
division. 1 have received, both in the field and elsewhere, thi most im¬
portant asr-talance from Captain H. Bruce. 6th 1 “DJaubCavalry- ^J Rl:lout
him 1 aben d have been at a great loss for reliable uiXormabom and
ai‘.U~.:gh 1 am Aware that your Fj^celicncy i£ no* lgatraut t*. U-:
COMPLIMENT TO DR. CHARLES MACKAY
(From the Washington National Intelligencer, Jan. 15.)
A number of gentlemen in Washington, admirers of Dr. Mackay’s
genius and grafted listeners to his recent lectures here, desirous - of
paying him a quiet and unostentatious compliment before his de¬
parture, as a mark of their respect for the man aud tlie author, invited
him to a private banquet at Gautier’s saloon last evening. The com-
pany, tjough limited, embraced a number of the most distinguished
gentlemen, amongst whom we may be permitted to mention General
Judies Shields, Governor Price, Hon. !\Ir. Seward, General Quitman.
Hon. Mr. Boyce, Hon. Mr. Sherman, Hon. Mr. Burlingame, Hon. Mr.
Morse,andtheHon. Mr Parrott. LordNapier and Sir Wm.Ouseley were
among the invited guests, both of whom wrote handsome letters of regret,
declining on account of prior engagements. General Shields, by invita¬
tion, presided at the entertainment; and, after the cloth had been
removed, he made a few appropriate remarks, concluding with a sen
timent, in response to which the distinguished guest delighted the
company by delivering the annexed beautiful poem
JOHN AND JONATHAN.
And here’s my hand, ’tta freely
given,—
f stretch it o’er the brine.
abilities, courage, and assiduity, I think it my duty to make this
ot his service io the country ua
Pressed as 1 am by ike operations now going forward, I am not able to
specify (he services of every individual who has assisted me, where all
have behaved so welL I have no utaff of my own, except Captain Roger
Swire, of the 17th Foot, my Aide-de-Camp, who lias behaved with
usual zeal and courage.
I therefore hope I may be allowed to thank, through your Excellency
the undenueutioued officers, tor the great services they have voluntarily
rendered me during this trying time. [Here follows a list of the officer*
whom Major-General WLudhum deems worthy of special mention.)
C. A. W indham, Major-GeneroL
The Times correspondent at Bombuy writes thus :—
“ The ten days that have elapsed «lnce the date of my last letter hare
brought us but lew items of intelligence, but those are all of a favourable
character No fresh disturbance has taken place iu either of the three
Presidencies; no check has been sustained by any one of the several
columns that are engaged io sweeping the rebels Irom the North-West
Provinces and Central Indio. Such opposition as luis offered itself has
been instantly broken down. More than one native leader of note has
expiated his treason on the gallows. The loyalty of Scindia, the most
powerful Hindoo Prince iu the ..whole--peninsula, appears to be established
beyond further question. Thu* with Delhi recovered und Lucknow fiiiMliy
relieved with every considerable body of mutineers severely handled
and for tbe most part dtaorgiinfsed at iea-t, If not rendered permanently
innocuous—the year 1857 lias closed upon the British Empire in India.” *
The following is the letter of th o Tima Calcutta correspondent
_ T „ Calcutta, Dec. 26
Tlie Victoria, with an extra mail, leaves to-morrow to catch the Aus¬
tralian packet at Galle Nothing has occurred in the two days which have
elapsed since the lust,mail left except this. Heavy tiring luis been heard
iu Lucknow itee’tf, and it is known that the rebels are fighting among
themselves. They are clamorous about their arrears of pay. which the
rebel lenders refuse, alleging that the Queen Mother ordered them not to
pay until the sepoys had drived the English beyond the Ganges. I give
reus statement tu 1 received it in a letter irom the Alumbagli, on the 17 th
December.
Said brother Jonathan to John,
“ You are the elder born,
And I can bear another’s hate.
But not your slightest scorn.
You’ve lived a life of noble strife,
You've made a world your own;
Why, when 1 follow in your
steps.
Receive me with a groan ?
**1 feel the promptings of ;my
youth.
That urge me evermore
To spread my fame, my race, my
name
From shore to furthest shore.
I feel the lightnings in my blood,
The thunders in my hand -.
And I must work my destiny
Whoever may withstand.
••And if you’d give me^brother
John,
The sympathy I crave.
And stretch your warm fraternal
hand
Across the Atlantic wave.
I’d give it such a cordial grasp
That earth should start to see.
And ancient crowns and sceptres
shake
That fear both you aud me.”
Said brother John to Jonathan.
“You do my nature wrong;
I never bated, never scorned,
But loved you well and long.
If, children of the self-same sire,
We’ve quorrel’d now and then,
'Twas only in our early youth.
Ana not since we were men.
“And if with cautious, cooler
blood.
Result of sufferings keen,
I sometimes think you move too
fust.
Mistake not what I mean.
I've felt the follies of my youth.
The errors of my prime.
And dreamed for you—my father’s
son—
A future more sublime.
Washington, Jon. 14,1858.
And wish you from my heart
hearts
A higher life than mine.
Together let us rule the world.
Together work und thrive;
For, if you’re only twenty-one,
I’m scarcely thirty-five.
“And I have strength for nobler
work
Than ere my hand lias done.
Aud realms to rule and truths to
plant
Beyond the rising snn.
Take you the West aud I the East.
We’ll spread ourselves abroad.
With trade and spade, and whole¬
some laws,
And faith in Man and God.
*• Take you the West and I the East l
We speak the self-same tongue
That Milton wrote und Chatham
spoke
And Bums and Sluikspearc sung :
And from our tongue, our hand, our
heart,
Shall countless blessings flow.
To light two darkened hemispheres
That know not where they go.
“ Our Anglo-Saxon name and fame.
Our Anglo-Saxon speech.
Received their mission straight from
Heaven
To civilise and teach.
So here’s my hand, 1 at retch it forth;
Ye meaner lands look on !
From this day hence there’s friend¬
ship Arm
Twixt Jonathan and John I ”
TheyBhook their hands, this noble
pair.
And o’er the “ electric chain ”
Came daily messages of Peace
And Love betwixt tliemtwain-
When other nations, sore oppressed.
Lie dark in Sorrow’s night.
They look to Jonathan and John.
And hope for coming light
C’HAS. MaCXAT.
Templars at Home.- “This London” (as certain accurate
D'tsoip. very properly rail It, in order to diatincniBh our capital from ltr
namcrake in Caiwd? West) contains manyrarfutfc* Jrf O um b atfor 1W
„ 1 " 1.1 TI ; 1 v , winters arc often lound uuder the same slater.
e ident "it? at? Kim-ure.I? philosopher, improving his mind until th
s lv,-r?v'oi«d nemluk- shall hid him dross lor dinner. Ou another iroor
?s a chamber ^aroifhed with a thin, old. faded drugget, four chairs ol
unMeastoudiueiness, and a table on which are law pap* rs fresh aud fresh
mo nwd of dummies nowi ; and here, with glasses upon ins early-
w™t?n?ievm sits-sifling facts from attorucy-cliaff, and savage with
L vet satisfied iu that lie lias it to deal with—a Stoic philosopher.
nren^rinc Ms Snd ior a consultation. Each in his own fashion is
po-odbly making his way to different departments of her Majesty s »cnc^
Aerordto? to appearances. K is working towards the Borough said
rintain Hudson; lunl S. towards ermiue aud my Lord Campbell. But ‘
h notniwnys so. Hie elegant swell mny. in five minutes, HmgawayfU-.
Dumas the Dirty, witli a slight and contemptuous curse, and may plung*
totoagrratbria. now in hi! outer and soberly-furnished room, and Irmn
the pages of that document (lettered on the back with richer g ““
than ever adorned printed book* may match some po*int oi r tl “tSSS»iJ
harangue of the morrow. And perhaps, despite all. hia toil, the otter mou
may break down in the race—perhaps from trying to make too g
running—and, with a wasted constitution and broken hopes, rnay re
to his native town to die what the world will call ignomiulonsly- Xh«
profound moral cf our youth comes back “ ^/sJZSiineof' °por
Who has not had his juvenile kuuek.es rapped f o r defraudin?
enriching by an uncalled-for e. the golden rule Juv a e not v*
ances ” ?—Isrwbfs '• Gordian Knot,' No. a.
Fee. 6 , 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
147
LITERATURE.
Ateiksoh’s Teatels in Oriental asd Westers Siberia.
Hurst and Blackett, 1858.
Scarcely was Dr. Livingstone's travels offered to the public in a com¬
plete shape when another book of adventure and observation appeared,
on countries not so absolutely unknown as those of the African tra¬
veller, yet demanding so notch enterprise, and presenting the attrac¬
tion of much novelty and variety; having also the interest enhanced
by the narrative relating to the little-known dominions of our great
rival in Asia, Russia, and to the borders of that vast Chinese Empire
with which, in the most anomalous manner, we are and are not at
war. It may be pretty safely predicated that the conquests of Russia
in Europe have reached their utmost limit, and under no circum¬
stances could be extended without a gigantic struggle; but on the
side of Chiua it is very different. We there find Russia annexing a
vast territory, and opening up a way for herself to the Pacific, and
extending her power over its shores almost without the notice of
Europe.
Mr. Atkinson lias made a large addition to our knowledge of the
Gobi. He does not go eastward to the Amoor; but we find him tra¬
versing the Oural: then visiting the most romantic parts of the
Altai; afterwards throwing himself into the Kirgliisian Steppe, where
nemade Sultans live under tents. Atkinson subsequently penetrates
southwards to the Chinese mountains of Syan Shun, and then east¬
wards to the Lake of Baikal, that large inland sea close to the
Chinese frontier town of Kialita. So far as we ean make out on the
map, Mr. Atkinson, on liis return, must have visited more northerly
parts of Siberia than wo have alluded to. We therefore look for¬
ward to another volume; but, in the meantime, the one before us is
very beautifully illustrated by the products of Mr. Atkinson's own
pencil, rendered both in wood and coloured lithography; and be says,
in a manner worthy of belief, that they arc faithful representations
of the scenery without taking any artistic liberties, preferring nature
in her own attractions.
“ Mine (says he) lias been in a tolerably wide field,” and he describes
the western part of the “ Gobi ’’ as a territory over which Genghis
Khan marched his wild hordes towards the west—scenes on which no
pencil has previously been employed—“ comprisingadistance traversed
of about 32.00.1 versts in carriages, 7100 in boats, and 20,300 on
horseback—in all 59,100 versts (abont 39,500 miles) in the course of
seven years. .Neither the oldVenetiannortheJesuitpricstscouldhave
visited" these regions, their travels having been far to the south; nor
am I aware that they brought back any pictorial representations of the
scenes through which they wandered. Even the recent travellers,
Hue and Gubet, who visited ‘the land of grass’ (the plains to the
south of the great desert of Gobi), did not penetrate into tile country
of the Kalkus; and the illustrations to their works were evidently
fabricated in Paris. Mine is a simple narrative of facts taken from
journals kept with scrupulous care during the whole journey, often
under the influence of great fatigue, and amid the pressure of nu¬
merous difficulties. I suffered much both from hunger and thirst,
have run many risks, and on several occasions have been placed in
most critical situations with the tribes of Central Asia: more par¬
ticularly when among the convicts escaped from the Chinese penal
settlements, desperate characters who hold the lives of men cheap.”
Alter passing the Oural, Mr. Atkinson spent some time at
Ekaterinehurg, which is the capital of the district, beautifully
situated on a lake overhung by wooded mountains. It has many
habitations of great elegance, built by privato individuals out of the
gains of the milling districts. Here is the Granilnoi fabric, the
building on which the jaspers, porphyries, aventurine, and other
stones found in the Oural are made into columns, pedestals, vases,
and tables, unrivalled in workmanship either in ancient or modern
times; the lathes, saws, and polishing machines used are turned by
water power. The wholo establishment belongs to the Crown, and is
worked by peasants.
Barnaoul is the capital of the gold and silver mining districts cf
the Altai. The board for the administration of the mines is here, and
all the officers connected with it inside in the town. Here Mr.
Atkinson passed the winter, the climate being dreadfully severe. He
says, “ it requires no small effort to dose a man’s jaws when a bourau
lias caught him in the teeth. I speak from experience, having more
than once lieen nearly choked with the wind and snow before I could
turn my head for shelter." The town is built on a river that falls
into the Ob; and until the lest few years all its buildings were of
wood, but now of brick. The silver smelting works arc on a great
scale, under the care of intelligent officers. Mr. Atkinson, indeed,
says that no class of men in the empire can approach the Russian
milling engineers in scientific knowledge and intelligence. In Eastern
Siberia the gold wushing begins the first week in May ami ends on the
10th of September, when all the workmen must be paid off mid seat
to their homes, sonic having to walk as many as 2000 versts. Six
cararans leave Barnaon] with the smelted metal every year, accom¬
panied by a guard of soldiers, and taken to the Mint of St. Petersburg.
The most interesting parts of Mr. Atkinson's book are his descrip¬
tions of Mongolian life in the Steppe and amid the mountain sccnsry
of Eastern Siberia. All those nomade Sultans travel about and
live ill tents, as the Roman writers describe the Scythians and other
Asiatics. They do not exactly live in waggons, hut in other respect*
the resemblance is considerable. They are of Ugrian race, and
speak a dialect of Turkish. In fact, they are just what the Turks
were before the conquest of the Greek Empire. Their favourite
amusement is a sort of falconry, if we may lie pardoned the hull, in.
which an eagle of great size is trained to strike down deer. The
scenery in Eastern Siberia must be of awful sublimity, according to
Sir. Atkinson
The next morning I started with five of my companions to explore the
gorge of the White Krkout. a river rolling down the side of a mountain in
n deep rent In the rocks. To ride here was impossible, for in front of our
tent the bed of this torrent was about one hundred and fifty yanis wide,
with huge musses of rock mid small stones brought down by the water
heaped up into great confusion. These divided the channel; the one por-
lion near to ns was dry, but the water wns thundering down on the other
side of the gorge. Having ascended about three hundred yards, we came
to a part where the stream was bridged over with ice. which in some
places was broken through, and 1 found it twenty feet thick. It was not
agreeable to hear the rushing water under our feet; but in a little time we
reached a scene that filled ns with woilder. The chasm was herenorrowed
to fifty feet wide, and the rocks were overhanging, suggesting the idea of
a portal leading to the Halts of Eblis. The rock rose seven or eight hun¬
dred feet, casting a deep gloom over the green icy floor. This and the
thundering of the water beneath created a feeling oi dread I had never
felt before, which I could perceive was shared by my companions. When
we had passed through into a gleam of sunlight I fell a relief It is im¬
possible to describe We ascended by this gorge far up into Monko-
aeran-Xardlch to the great glacier which supplies tills fearful torrent
The locality afforded me many subjects for luy pencil, and I spent five
days exploring and sketching its extraordinary scenes.
It is impossible not to see that the fntnrity of Rnssia is in these
splendid regions. What did she want with Turkey? She had only
to develop her own resources to become a Power colossal in wealth,
production, and population, as well as in extent. When we think of
the hundreds of millions of acres of the richest corn, pasture, and
minerid districts still dormant, the proceedings of the bite Emperor
Nicholas at the close of his career are like those of a man who begins
his game with aco, king, queen, and knave in his hands, and after all
ends with a slam i
The present Russian Government seems aware of this,—hence the
railway scheme, the steam navigation of the Baikal and the Amoor;
and, lastly, the beginning of serf emancipation. Russia is our in¬
evitably rival; but provided the rivalry do not degenerate into
intrigue, or explode in a desolating wnr, it will bring ont the healthy,
intellectual, and physical energies of both nations, to their reciprocal
benefit. And we presume that any further annexation by Russia of
territory under Chinese supremacy would be disliked by Great Britain.
Mr. Atkinson, travelling on those unsettled border lands, may
truly be classed with those men who have no protection hut their
courage and their wits; and, considering the great attention which
Russia has been paying to her Chinese frontiers since the cessation of
the Turkish war, we cannot but consider his book as well-timed and
interesting. _
Rachel has bequeathed to Napoleon ni. her beautiful marble
bust of the First Consul, and io Prince Napoleon her own bust;
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
A. C. Srsscr.lBvn —Xo. The Whlu King ti llatemMttd-* llu.t la IT bo hsvo no Olhee piece
or Pawn bo cam move.
W 8. U. SliTO. ■ No. 1 li Impossible oeeorllns to the eolollon tent. No. I. Much too ebrleos.
JOUAsMiM W. - Mmum wo being taken tu revive the C«u«aiutlan Game* a: the St.
^ *** fcfcpwpoee wo bhooJd recommend that p'ayera like Mr. ikd-m.
Mr FalkUor, and Mr. Bird, bo Indooed to take part. Such on tufu.lou of freak blood
wrnld Impart a wonderful drgreoof spirit and vigour to the ooutcau. A tooroer *njonjr
«Kh;. mt-mbora of the Club la «i*o talked of, and, it ia to be hoped, will not bo to
end In talk.
G. H b.—A* a pen end role it fa not adri-able to cnltirate a habit of plavlnp quickly. Our
Rdvico to a jounphawd ia:—Learn to play tlovrly. und lively prunes will follow In their flttiop
place*- Itwtdlnatc alownes# u un.Uimriedly an alloy of excellence, but it will generally be
fvu ci 1 th»t ptime* playoi without Mndy are perused without pmflu
J. MLKNARt>. 7he IVuMem amt a< ea orif/iuaJ la uno.c tlona >ly beautiful, abounding In
instructive variations ami faultksa In coni petition; but it waa invented by tho her. ii. Bolton
flve-tisd-fwcuty years **oJ
Ojieoa, SKCRirrART.—The beat and -heaprat blank dirpv*®* are thme lithographed by
Mcm». Aahbee and l>«n/erfleJd, cf Bedi’ord-*tie*'t, t*uv«i t-pardrn. A >upp)y ofUtMH
nidiapensali e, not UMirdr to the nmhb'Tn maker and *olver. but to every Chess amateur
who lies'rr* n ruprovo his piajr by recording ln<trnc'ive notlti.ms.
-• FtNTON.—1. The book of the American tournament la not r rjxxilnd to be roady before
April, V. Wo have not yet Been audlcient i^odmcni of fcU play to docldo.
A *»• A., •Vtitga'.e, Canterbury.—Apply to James Turner, £»<;., 20, Regency-rquare,
Brighton.
15.—The find game forwarded, a mi>te*p!ece both of attack and defence, waa played
about fllteen yoara alnue. between Me* ni Pnpert and iVriaol. o ;be Loodon Cbern Crab.
We remernber »t well. The othw game, without names, wu believe to have boon bstwoen
Kteaerirrky and 1 a Roche.
F. G. L.-Apply to the manufacturers of tho "Staunton" men, Menu*. Janoet, irory-
tDiners. Hauon-ganb'n.
or Fttoei.ru Xo 7*7 by Anna. Miranda, J. T. W., Jorer.hu*. Prince L.. Omrgn,
R, fc . UaniinjctoD, ogberey. *. M . J. D., (i. W. P., Mi'c*. W. 8. Li tie. Bligo, B S ,
I U D !»., Cisr, ilctiry T., Wilfrid. Per.grlne. A. Z . » I*. q. R-, Auruatus.G.B L-,
M'dlcii., A FbUlp, fP-mper Id m. Lex, K. P . W. W B.. Pa lino, Max. T IL,
"■ Wahhtm-ie-Wold, J. H. T.. Orcguriu*. A- I.n«ru«hire Witch, B. of Btomserove,
An’ony, Oiuknra, F. P.de «.,Si. Qiwntin, Noel, B. T. W„ Bumble, J. F. £., Boulogne,
rmst, sre correct
Solutions or Pkoblem No. T& W Czar P W., G. T. S.. Fell*. M. P , Grtrx, Omlcron.
.f ia. Vrdlcua, A Boy. Clerkus, T. P .. W. M. U , Henry B. X., Wlif.ed, Miranda, Peter,
R F*n‘on, P. M. V.. Margaret G F.. A cboTlniistivas. rt. W. B., Oxoaiemis, B. 4i. 8..
Alfred. W. T.Georjte, F. H. 8., E. W., D. i>., Pox seta, Bonbon. QJd Nunc, AdreJ B. A.,
are comet. All others oro wrong.
PROBLEM No. 729.
By Mr. F. He ally.
BLACK.
WRITE, sy
White to play, and mate in four moves.
Solution or Troblem No. 728 .
WHITE.
1. Q to Q lit eq
BLACK.
Xt to R r*th. or
R To Kt 3rd or
5th, or (*)
K to K VJ»
If 1. R to P 7th, than fallows 2. R toE-SrA
(cl.). 3- Cl to K: <tb, Ac. ^Airaln. Ifl. Bt •
Q 7«h. then follow* 2./Q takes P (eh), a£d
3. q to U ard (eh /, &cC) Y ..
WHITE. BLACK.
2. B to B drd(ch) R takes B
3. Q to Kt stli (ch) X moves
4 ^ to K B 4th—Mute.
'i.h to <4 3rd Kt to Q 5th
.1. (j to <4 H Oh Any thing
i Matos accordingly.
CHESS m THE METROPOLIS.
The return to Ixmdon of Mr. Worrall. the leading chess amateur of
Mexico, has Imparted ao agreeable impulse to the reunion* oi the St.
George's Club. Although not a player of It premier rank, Mr. Worrall
is <iuirJc in his conceptions,and rapid lu their execution ; and, as his games
have always a salt and piquancy which render them pleasant to witness,
he usually commands a gallery of spectators which players of much
higher standing may covet In vain. The following part it. played by him
ac&ins* Mr. Staunton, who gave him the odds of a Knight, is a favour¬
able example of his style.
\ (ilanovc Binek'a Queen's Kt from the hoard.)
BLACK < Mr. Sj WHITE (Mr. W.)
T. P to K 4th P to Q Kt 3rd
'-aLP 4th Q B toQ Kt 2nd
3. ICB U» Q 3rd K Kt to K B 3rd
4. Q to K 2nd P to K 3rd
5- Kt to K R 3rd P to K R 3rd
6. Castles K B to K 2 nd
7. P to K 5th KKttoIvR2nd
*>. P to K B 4th P to Q 3rd
9. ti B to K 3rd (l Kt to Q B 3rd
10. P to Q B 3rd Q to her 2nd
ii p to Q Kt 4th
(Of fXMinp, to tlrter Whitn from rattling on
tho vfaridej.
XL P to Q R 3itl
12 . P to Q R 4th Castles on K s 8.
13 P to Q Kt 5til.
It mar b* qno.ti-tio-l whether th'« more,
which involvf* UiQTemcval of Black King'a
BUhop from ihu focua of attack, wu not an
error ot judgment).
WHITE (Mr. S.)
26. Q to K R 3rd
28. P takes Q P
27. P to K Kt 4tli
BLACK (Mr. W.)
OHtoKBsq
Q takes P
P takes Q KtP
r to K It 4th
Q R to Q sq
P takes* K KtP
K R to K £ i'll
13.
14 K £ takes P
15. Q K to Q sq
18. Pto K Kt 4th
17. Q takes P
18. P to Q B 4th
vFLtck j i referred till* to'winning the ex¬
ohang e.)
18 . r to Q 4th
19. Tit to K B trad Q R to K B sq
20. O to K Kt alii R to R sq
2 t. Kt to K R sq Ii B to K K 5th
22. Kt to K Kt 3rd KB takw Kt
23.1* takes B l; E to Ii B 2nd
' InfitUess*. bwrnw. If Bl«lt ll*4 b«m [ . .
tanpk <1 1 ;> play P tu R Kt 4tl», he would have j 42- k lake* B
teen obH^ed to iuciiflcc hk \mocn tor a Kook 43 K to K 2nd
“Xt Knijrai.) I ,1. K to K B 3rd
46. P takes Kt
(If lllnrk bni |.Iaro4 hU K'i Ithbiip to Q
3»-d he would have loal tho game, ex gr
27. K B to <J .3rd Kt take* <J I*
28 B lake* Ki • takea U (ch)
29 . K K to K B 2nd
Of K to K 9nd. then follow* y to Q Kt 7tb
(ch , ana K K to JC H Uh. Ac.)
XJ. Kt to K Kt 4th (ch)
And Black ha* no resource.
• 28. TI take* R Kt to l! 6th (eh)
29. K to 11 2nd y to <4 H 7*b (ch)
30. B to ** 2nd h taka K B,
ar Kt Uke* Q B, whining a piece, and having
an trrcuinihlo attack.)
27. KKto E 2nd
28 . P to K Kt 5th K R P hikes P
29. P lakes P O Kt to K 2 nd
30. K k to Q 3rd P to K Kt 3rd
31. K R to KB 6th O Kt to KB 4th
32. B takes Kt K P takes B
33. K Ktka K Kt P P to K II .ith
31. B to KB 2nd ICRtoKBlth
(Hirreteiunr retake the K Pawn)
35. Q R to Q B f q Q to K 5th
38. C R »^kes QBPQtoQKtKth(ch)
37. OtoKU sq Q takQ (ch)
38. K takes Q B toQ U3rd(ch)
39. K to K sq Kt takes P
40. K It takes Q KtP
< Block hx* now on opportunity of drawing
the gaui by porpetuul check, but trust* to
win U by hu rtrength » Pa vita.)
4a
4L K to Q 2nd
B to Q Cth
Kt to K 6th (ch)
Kt takes B <ch)
Kt to K Kt 4th
Kt takes P (ch)
24. Q to K Kt 4th Q to her sq ' 46. P takes Kt K R takes P
The game was protracted for some time, and finally terminated as a
drawn battle.
TT..UTE Couplet, TnnonrnorB rr Platjqci etc le3 Fixs »b Pa exits xv Jxa
vr.s Ecnxcv.
A gome of Ctw*. like nn rpU* pretn. nor be «a»d to he divided Ini* three part*—tha opening,
the middle, htui tbo end itja open 1 nr, from tho limit.u n of moving poorer, uud the rad,
from the t audty of tb« men. edmi: or •aalyrt* and. to a curtain r» tent, cf danoaeorarion.
Throe portion* of 1 V« gume are. lhanfrre ca,*blo o: iaing laugh:, and excellence In play
can in no way be attaimri to <;uick.y and to rorely aa by an rarnetl course of *:udy of the
chlel matter* wra> have writtec upon tra-ir t* oory. Or jhc two. tho theory of oad gamee l*,
pethapt. the mo t mcnllaL as h It cerialuly the moit (Ulficult. A kaowlcdgo of thaopaitng*
rau»t ceccatorily, 1 hough *5r>wly. b» gamed by practise in ordinary play, for every game
b«* an “ opining not * 0 , bawavtr, with ecolng*. for few gamoa coraparatlvidr, nalcw* in
mate hen, areever prolong* d to that oiage when they oan to Irgiumatcly called rntlpomex. Hrnco
the orpoctunKk* for attaining prodclcrcy In rtui-gitmc play are *o rare, lhat, w thoat special
atady of it* niootiee. hardly one player in a hundred over reache* It. Among thrae author*
who have devoted their attention peculiarly to thl* branch of the game, Mr. Brctl ha* nm-
derod hirmelf honourably conrpJcaoaa. Ill* farmer collection, on titled '• Rccoell d Etude*
pcrtgmelvr* *br lea fin* do cnrtlo*," Ac-, which U limited to praitiona of King* and Pawn*
cnly. wu mo*t favoura'dy nveived, both here an! on the Continent. Tlie prevent compila¬
tion. which take* a more unibitiou* range, oompriting no le*« thou three hueored and frr.j
dltffrci.t termination*- ret forth on diagram*- including the famoc* Hook and BUhcp agnirwt
Hook problem, tho Hook against Knight, and Kloooa agalrat two Hook*, 1* *!retln«l to warapr
a »tUI more dniiltrfrnlahn! place in the literature of Chew, for the iltuaUvns »re skilfully
ulected and methodically arranged, and tba whole together form* one of tbo meat entertaining
u w*B m liatioctivr pocket-companion* we here for many a day.
EPITOME OF NE WS—FOREIGN AND D OMES TI C
At the funeral of the Queen of Oude in Pans, last week, a
diadem was placed on ber brow a necklace oi lapis laxuiJ round her un;k t
and circiets of amber round her arms und U-gs. A huedIkt ol amu « »s
were also attached to the covering in which rhe body was envelt-^-toL
The collln was made to receive the bixly in a oittiug posture.
On Saturday last Karl Granville gave tke usual banquet to
the Cabinet Ministers.
Prince Adalbert of Prussia protracted his star at Portsmouth
last week, and spent coniidcrab.e tune on board the JCzccllenl during hit
shell practice, lie also made an in-pu tion of the dock) ard, tjcruimii’n;;
minutely the most ordinary arrangetneuta, even to the make and leKturu
ol the seamen's clothing.
There was on the morning of the 11th of January an agreeable
little episode at the White House in Washington. The sou o t Mr. Henry
Stevens, of Vermont House, C&mdeu-square, London, wa< bapti 2 tii by
the Rev. Dr. Tyne, his Excellency the President ol the United Ktales,
and Mrs. Holbrook, of New York, acting as sponsors.
The friends of the lute Mr/SudTord have determined to erect a
memorial window, and to restore a portion of the cathedral church of
St. Mary's. Limerick, in commemoration uf their respect lor Ida memory
and their regret at liis untimely death.
The Government has conierr d a pension of £200 per annum
upon Norman William Mhodocald, 10r services na Governor of fcicxra
Leone. The office of Queen 'a Advocate .in that colony is utill vacant.
The President and Fellow? of Magdalen College, Os.'ord, have
presented the Rev. Henry flarri^to *Jic living or Winter bourne Bassett,
ne.tr Swindon, Wilts. T he rectory. l="of the value ot per annum, wiUt
a population of 289. \ V
The Government emigrant ship Arabian, 1058 tons, sailed from
Liverpool on Wednesday week (or Melbourne, Victoria, with 3c5 emi¬
grants.
An engineer belonging io the screw steamer Oannet, lying m
the Victoria Docks, lost lus lift ia*»t w« ek through suffocAtion, liuviru
taken a bucket of burning coal* into liis berth am gone to sleep. AnolLcr
engineer, who slejit in the same berth, nearly met a similar late.
A meeting, numbering more than 4000 persons, was held in .* r.
George’s Hall, Bradford, on Thursday wiuk, lor the purpose oi promo'. i ^
Parliamentary Re orm.
The following morsel of routine absurdity appeared in mo
Calcutta Gazette of December I2fl» Second Lieut, li- A. Sm.:; .
deceased, to be First Lieutenant; Second Ltcut. Jbdward r .vlwey, deceustd«
First ditto: Assist. Surgeon J. M. Huy, kuled. to be Surgeon.
/An eailier dispatch of the day mails lor Ipswich, Norwich, ar il
Yarmouth, and also for all iowne on U.e ljrawich line ol the L4j.au
Counties ltadway, commenced on Monday.
A eoramiitee hia been formed in Calcutta for a Lawrence
memorial, which is to lukc tlio shape of an endowment flind for t ie
Military Asylum founded by Sir II. J^iwrence. Lord vanning hc-ui ;lw
list of subscribers with a donation of AiuuO.
The Earl of Derby gave a grand dinner on WcdiK day, til iiii»
mansion in St. J lumas-square, to fJs political iriendu in the House or
Lords.
A new governor of Whilccross-street Prison is about io bo
appointed, when some new rtgu ations as to peruana practising .'or
insolvents will be udopicd. with the v ew of confining the husineot? to
bona tide attorneys ana their clerks.
The value ol the guld which left the Australian shores last year
was upwards oi ten millions and a quarter sterling.
h?r. Henry Mills, of die Norfolk ciicuit, lias been appointed :«
the Recordcrship of Buckingham, rendered vacant by the tiovation uf
Mr. Justice Bytes to the judicial bench.
M. Baffin, keeper oi an hotel In the Hue de la I'/ichodierc. one
of the persons wounded in the attempt to assassinate Urn Emperor, Una
Just died of the injuries which he received.
Mr. Wyld, of Charing-cress, has issued a map of the probate
districts in’England, as ordained by the new Act of F&rliament, ’one the
lex t of the Act itaell is given in « separate sheet. Ar i map ol Engtfcnd
itself, it is perfect, and coloured (or more easy reference.
The trial of the Kev. Mr. Conway is fixed for the 16th Februnry.
The jury list contains a fair proportion of Roman Catholic names.
From the 17th until the 19th of December a fearful tempest reged
at Constautinop'e, so that oil communication was interrupted In the
streets and on the Bosphorus.
The deliveries of tea in London estimated for last week were
770,856 lb., which is a decree ol 80,920 lb., compared with the
previous statement
A large and convenient building to be used as a female
reformatory and refuge tor discharged prisoners has been cmtfcd »kt
Exeter, and will be opened shortly for the reception of in unites.
A telescopic comet wns discovered at the Ifavard College
Observatory, on the evening o: the 4lb January, by Mr. ii- P. Tuttle. It
is rather faint
General Changamier, in a letter to the papers, states that as tho
decree which exiled several Trench Generals has nut been repealed, tt la
not at present Ids intention to return to France.
A letter from a Mr. Ftannouh announces that he has been com¬
missioned by the Turkish Cabinet to provide materuUs ior laying «
telegraph from Constantinople to the Persian Gull
M. Gabriel Delcssert, Prefect of Police during the reign of Louis
Philippe, died on Sunday at his residence at Passy.
The number of patients relieved at the Boyal Free Hospital,
Grayroad, last week was 2507. of which 610 were new cases.
In 1856 the value of goods duty free imported into ldverpool
amounted to ^37.1505,443; white in 1857 the value amounted to £44,708.313.
showing an Increase in 1867 over i*6t$ol £7.024,400.
At the opening of the Central Criminal Court, on Mondny, a
number of grand jurors were fined £10 each for non-attendance.
Lieu tenant-General Thom«is Athbumham, who was originally
appointed to the command ol the cxptdition to China, and them >. ;num-
femd to India, arrived In London on Friday (uB»t week.* Iroui Calcutta,
The Stick says that the novel spectacle of camel and dromedary
racing will be provided for the Parisians in the coining spring.
It is rumoured that the new « ollins monster steamer Adriatic
has been sold ;o tile Russian Goverrunnt. The price is sold to D-. about
£ 200 , 000 .
At Elsecar, near Rotherham, an intelligent working miner,
named; Maxfieid, has fitted up * Turkish’bath, which is exm.ar • y
patronised, nearly 200 persons, chiefly eohJers, having the E-tU.ru
luxury during the last thre* weeks.
Messrs. Solomon Heine and Co. and the Forth German Bank
have Liken a new six per cent Swedish loan to the amount of nine mil¬
lions marcs banco, which if repayable in 1866 .
The number of registered attendances of patients last week at
the Great Northern Hospital, King’--crors, was i 2 ix The total, :^m
January 1st, ls57, was 74,5*9.
The Princes of Oude seem inclined to make Paris their per¬
manent sojourn, for they arc ne w negotiating the purchase of a large
mansion in the Champs Elysees.
The number of wrecks ascertained to have taken place on the
British shores daring January w.-ts 164.
The United States’ Senate hiw ratified a treaty with the Ketber*
lands for the mutual delivery of criminals, fugitives from justice, aud
deserting sailors.
The Queen has appointed the Kev. W. Berry, late Fecter of
Stanwell. Sorrey, to be Ib.-ctcr ol W’adlngham. county of Lincoln, uid
the Rev. R. Morey, mxny,yt>.:« Curate therein, to be Rector of 8m:;crby
county of Lincoln.
last, l. _
and suite, who proceed i
w is recently appointed Governor.
The Boyal Society has granted a of money to Mr. Hebert
Mallet, from the Govcrnm-n: Grant Fond, to enable that gentleman to
make researches into the phenomena cf the recent earthquake in lu!y.
Last week the visitors ro ;he Fouth Kensington hTu enm were
on Monday, Tuesday, and 8a!anlay frtc days), 24eO; on M -ml-y and
Tuesday (tree evening?2247; on the three students’ days tadini??:on to
the public fid.), 630; one students’ cv< nir.g t»Vedne*dayi, 243; total, 5586.
The inquest on the body of Bethel ’ ’arkinsoTi, farmer, who wva
murdered on Wadaworth*moor, rear Halite, on the i»th ult., w to-
«umcd before Mr. Dyson, ai the W’ttite Horae Inn. Hebdcm-bridge,
on Wednesday, when, after further tv'dence, a )*urdit: ol " Wilful mard%x ”
waf returned sgafnst ShepbenL
vnj^iV
t^vm
"XW EWi
- r \
riiL KOVAL FAIR DRAWN THROUGH WINDSOR JJ Y THE ETON SCHOLARS
(8EE PAGE 152.)
Sag /' 1
M|/--oj
Feb. 6 , 1858.J
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
149
marriage
BETROTHAL
AND
OTHER
BRITISH
HAND - RINGS
27 2B
^sag
9
11
llMARirweil!
iwm
)) XBHIIIIB BHXffBBlfl-UffX (il
Jr rvttBQRygii- nrsR'dtr
* M-R tfHU' & 1
f?i r L*nRi* R *
rtm s-tn-u
REFERENCES.
1 and 2. Front and back ot a very ancient gold ring Oewelled)- found in
Ireland.
3, 4 , 5 . Chased and inscribed gold rings ol Anglo-Saxon workmanship.
5A. Inscription on the circuit of ring No. 5.
6 . Silver ring (Saxon).
7. Inscription ou a Dano-Saxon ring—worn as a charm against the plague
—which may be translated as follows
RftiflO ua from dost, w« jjr.iy to tb® 0 ,
From pcstilooco O! wrt us tree.
Although the 5 rn.r 0 uowilling bo.
7 a. Sketch of the above ring, wliich la oi silver.
8 . 9, 10 ,11. Old wedding-rings.
12, 13, 14. Rings worn as charms against different complaints.—No. 14, ol
brass, has been used as a cure for the cramp.
15, 1 C. New-Year's gifts.
17, 18 . Rings in memory of the execution of King Charles I. Inscription
on No. 17—“Behold the End; ” on 18. inscription “January 31, C.R.,”
with emblems of mortality in the centre.
19. Old mourning-ring of silver, jet. and gold ; the inscription inside—
“ When this you see remember me.”
20a aud b Gold ring with inscription and device.
21. Poison-ring.
22 , 23, 24. Merchants’ signet rings and devices.
25, 26, 2", 28. Mottoes on wedding-rings.
29. Betrothal-ring.
30.31, 32, 33,34. Engraved devices on wedding-rings.
35a and u. A giinmal-ring.
The old-fashioned rings which are here figured are ourious, not only
as marks of certain phases of the progress of manufactured art, but
also in consequence of their illustrating peculiar customs. In very
remote times, when the working of metals, or even digging them from
the bowels of the earth, were rare arts—when flints and other stones
were used as weapons of war—a quaintly-devised personal ornament
worn round the finger was looked upon as a matter of choice interest
which Kings might feel added to their dignity. At a very early date of
the world's history rings were placed upon the fingers of rulers as a
badge of authority. To go back no further than the Egyptian times,
the Pharaohs of Egypt delegated their power by the giving of a ring to
those to whom they wished to perform important acts. As an instance,
it may be mentioned that, after the interpretation of the King of
Egypt’s dream by Joseph, “ Pharaoh took on his ring from his hand
and put it on Joseph’s hand, remarking that * only on the throne will
I be greater than thou.'”
In those past days, when books of history, (fee., were •carved on stone
of frequently unwieldy weight, and of such proportions as would,
have bothered even the famous Secretary of the'English Post Jfifice of
Queen Victoria’s reign to convey by the post, when the art of writing
was rare, and when conveyance from place to place was found to be
nearly as difficult, rings of peculiar form, on which men cut certain
inscriptions, were sent by trusty messengers when it was necessary to
inquire after the well-being of friends, or to transact business at some
distance. These ’ posts,” noted for their swiftness, are often referred
to in the sacred writings.
It would require a larger amount of space than we can. at present
spare to enter particularly into the history of rings—their uses amongst
the Egyptians, Chaldeans, Greeks, Romans, Ac.; but it is worth
while to mention that, in glancing at the marriage customs of the
nations of antiquity, it appears that the people of Rome were the
first to adopt the ring as a portion of female adornment and to mark
the marriage state; and it should also be noticed that this great people,
during the best part of their history, respected the sanctity ol mar¬
riage, and that the Roman matrons were as famous for their constancy
us are the chief number of the wives of Britain now.
On the introduction of Christianity, that endless circular form so
emblematio of eternal constancy became recognised in connection
with the marriage vows, and in part of the Saxon period was in general
use; but it was no doubt elaborately ornamented in the same man¬
ner as the jewels, &c, then worn. Most of these were of native
workmanship; and it is remarkable to what an extent the art manu¬
factures of both gold and silver, and also ornamented fabrics, Ac., were
carried forward in those (so-called) barbarous states of our civilisation.
During the middle ages, and long before, rings had been made use
of as charms and talismans by different nations; their potency was
directed against fascinations of every kind; but more particularly
that of the “evil eye” and the influence of demons, against the
powers of the flumes and sea, wounds in battle, and indeed against
dangers of every kind. The woe drous charms which wore supposed
to be effected by this meani were not altogether to be caused by th8
form and materials oi the rings, but by certain magical letters
engraved within the circumference of them—such as the Runic in¬
scription (No. 7). \
Amongst the medical professors of the middle and lower Roman
empires, the use of amulet rings, for the purpose of curing various
complaints, was strongly recommended. One physician, who lived-in
the reign of Marcus Aurolius, directs the patient who is afflicted with
a pain in the side to wear a ring of pure gold, inscribed with certain
Greek letters, on a Thursday, at the decrease of the moon. It is to be
worn on the right hand if the pain is on the left side, and on the other
when required. Another physician, living in the fourth century,
professed to cure the colic and all bilious complaints by means of an
octangular ring of iron, on which eight words had to be engraved.
Mirny wonderful cures axe said to have been effected by rings on
which were er graved various devices such as the figures of a lien,
il
an
borne maimer.
MichaeKs, a physician of Leipsic, had a ring made of the tooth of a
seahorse with which he pretended to cure all diseases. Rings of load
mixed with quicksilver were used against headaches, Ac.: and even
the chains of criminals, and irons which had formed part of the con¬
struction of gibbets, were considered beneficial, for many complaints;
and, strange as such remedies seem to ua now, there are means still in
use for the cure of diseases amongst the ignorant classes of the com¬
munity which are quite as ridiculous and much more dangerous
Rings in whioh oertain stones were inserted or hung to were sup¬
posed to have the power of preserving constancy; and those composed of
jasper were regarded as particularly useful for this purpose.
Both silver and gold rings, with suitable mottoes and devices,
richly ohased and ornamented (but without jewels), were long used as
wedding and betrothal rings,, and many will regret that the practice
has gone into disuse; for it seems to be a pity that this important link,
which is so binding for life—on tlio poesy of the poet, the ekill of the
goldsmith, or the good feeling of those concerned, if even roughly
expressed—should not be used on rings on marriage occasions the
employment of plain rings for this purpose only was introduced when
taste for the old art had become extinct, and no othoi right feeling in
this direction brought to supply its place. .
The practice of breaking rings or small corns by lovers as a pledge
of faith has for some centuries been, and stiff is to a oertain extent, in
use and has often been referred to by both poets and novelists. Sir Walter
Scott, in his “Bride of Lammermoor,” has beautifully alluded to this
custom; and many a brave heart which has ceased to beat during the
last wars wore dose to it some such significant memorial of affection
as that which was parted between the fair maiden and the Master of
Rave ns wood. . . . . , .
Th« gimmal-ring, winch is shown :n different forms at the head of
the Engravings, was most probably invented in the first instance
as a betrothal pledge by an ingenious lover three centuries or so ago;
and it is just fifty-seven years since that patient and learned antiquary,
the Rev John Brand (the Secretary of the Antiquarian Society), read
a purer, which is published in the “ Archaeologia,” in which it is re¬
marked that the “ gimmal-ring " now engraved was dug up some months
before at Horselydown, in Surrey, at a depth of eight or nine feet below
the surface of the earth in ground which many years before had been
removed from some neighbouring place. Other rings and coins, both
Anglo-Reman and English, and human bones, were found in the same
Pl Tk:s ring constructed, as the name imports, of twin hoops, which
play one wiiain unotner line .no links ol a oaain. Each hoop has one
of its rides flat, and the other convex; each is twisted onoe round*;
and each surmounted by a bund, issuing from embossed fancy' work at
the wris* or sleeve—the hand rising somewhat above the circle and ex¬
tending in the same direction. The course of the twist in each hoop
is made to correspond with its counterpart, io that, in bringing to¬
gether the flat surfaces of the hoops, the latter immediately unite in
one ling. On the lower hand, or that on which the palm is upper¬
most. is represented a heart, and, as the hoops close, the hands slide
into contact, forming, with their ornamental wrists, a head to the
whole. The device thus presents a triple emblem of love, fidelity, and
union. On the flat side of the hoops are engraved " Ufo de Vertu,” in
Roman capitals ; and on the inside of the lower wrist the figures 900,
which probably mark the number of rings of this description which
had been produced by one manufacturer. The whole of this par¬
ticular ring illustrated is of pure gold, and weighs two pennyweights
four grains.
It is thought that this ring is of French workmanship, of the dale
of our own Queen Elizabeth ; and it must be allowed that the do»’%7e
hoops—each apparently free and yet in separable-—formed for utity
and complete only in their union, afford an apt imago of the mur-
ried state.
Amongst the numerous love-tokens which lovers havo presented to
their mistresses, in all ages, it is likely that none have been so much
in use us the ring, which, like the triangle and the square, is con¬
sidered an emblem of lasting truth; and, amongst the various descrip¬
tions of betrothal rings, none are more likely than the gimmal-ring to
"steal the impression of a mistress’s fantasy,” as none so clearly ex¬
presses its errand.
In Shakspearo’s “ Midsummer Night’s Dream ” tho presentation of a
ring is alluded to when Egcnia accuses Lysandcr, before the Duke, of
h-v n*r inveigled his daughter’s affections; or. as the old man expresses
it, the bosom” of his child; exclaiming—
Thou hast given her rliimcs,
And interchanged love tokens with my child;
Thou ha*>t. at moonlight, at her window, sung.
With feigning voice, verses offeigDing love ;
And storn the impression of her Jantasie
With bracelets ot thy hair, rings, gaudy conceits.
From a simple lovo-token Mr. Smith informs us that the ‘’gimmoJ
ring was at length converted into the more serious " sponsalium
annulus,” or ring of affiance. The lover putting his finger through
one of the hoops, and his mistress through the other, were symbolically
yoked together -a yoke which neither could be said wholly to wear,
a hitlf being allotted to the other. Other authorities on this subject
say that it requires a solid ring to bind a mariiage coromony. for that
the ring is given to the wife as a delegation of authority, and to mark
the pledge, “with all my worldly good* I thee endow," in the tame
manner as kingly ring9 of old.
We must pass over without notice the numerous Royal rings whioh
are still in existence; the rings of stone, of silver, gold, and iron,
found in excavating ancient graves, Ac.
Numerous passages might be quoted from the writings of Shakspeuro,
and others, to show the great use of rings as emblems of truth and
affection.—
I keep this remembrance for thy Julia’s sake.
Tiro Gentlemen or Vcrotuk
I give yon this ring, which, when you part from, lose, or give away,
let it presage the ruin of your love.
When this ring parts from this finger the life parts from hence.
Merchant of Verna.
We might quote many other passages from Shakspeare’a plays which
express tho affectionate interest attached to rings
Look how this ring encompasseth this finger ; even so thy breast
encioseth my poor heart.
“ A Death’s face in a ring,” similar to the memorial of Charles L, is
alluded to in “ Love’s Labour’s Lost.”
We must, however, conclude by remarking that the mottoes on
some wedding-rings were of a facetious description, similar to that
which a Bishop who lived a few reigns since had engraved on a ring
when about to lead his fourth wife to the altar. The engraver, in
asking what inscription should be put on the ring, was told to cut
If I survive
I’ll make them five.
The Wedding-ring Finger.—T his is the fourth finger on the
left hand. Why this particular digit should have received such a token of
honour and trust beyond all its congeners, both in Pagan and Christian
times has been variously Inferprettd. The most common explanation is.
according to Sir Thomas Browne, “presuming therein that a particular
vessel, nerve, vein, or artery, is conferred thereto from the heart which
direct vascular communication Browne shows to be anatomically incorrect
Mocrobius gives another reason,which may iMTharx* sat i.«fy those anatomists
who are not satisfied withtbeabove. “ rolfex.” fiesavs, “ or thumb iwhcw**
offices and general usefulness are sufficiently indicated from its Latin deri¬
vative polleo, and from iteGreek equivalent, autichtir, which means • as good
as a hand \ is too busy to be set apart for any such special employment;
the next finger to the thumb being but limit protected on that ride, be¬
sides having other work to do. is also Ineligible ; the opprobrium attach¬
ing to the middle finger, called medieus, pats it entirely out of the
question; and as the little finder stands exposed. and is moreover too
pnny to enter the lists in such a coutest, the spousal honours devolve
natarally on pronubus , the wedding-finger.” In the British Apollo, 1788.
it is urged that the fourth finger was chosen from its being not only !es*
used than either of the rest, but more capable o* preserving a ring from
bruises ; having this one qiia'ity peculiar to •tae’J. that it cinnot bo ex¬
tended but In co.r.j any with some other fin rer whereas the rest raa* tie
stretched out o their mu .er.gth and straightness Vwiar Errors j
Exv.amctL
150
THE ILLUSTKATED LONDON NEWS
Feb. 6 , 1558
FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY.
Baxi dresses uro almost without exception made of tulle-fflusion
taiielane, or gauze. Of the List-mentioned material sevarul beautiful
nowluca have made their appearance—cs, gauze, white aud coloured,
spotted or velvet, with gold or silver, or embroidered in variegated
talks. For our Illustrations we have selected a few of die most approved
models lor Dull and evening dre*s; every variety in that stjle of
costume having at the present so 15011 an especial attraction for the
votaries of fashion. In addition to the dresses shown in our Hlustru-
tiona, we will describe a lew others which have just issued from the
mngusins of several of the principal milliners of Ijondon and Paris.
hirst in order appears a robe of white satin, covered with two jupes
of tulle, gathered up at intervals in festoons, and fastened by strings
of pearl*. Over tho festoons, on each jupe, fails a flounce of rich black
Chantilly laco, and eaoh flounco is headed by rows of pearls. The
corsage has draperies of tullo, fastened with pearls, over which
descends a deep bertho of Chantilly lace. Tha sleeves are formed of
bouillonnea of tulle and pearls, and attached to them are sabots of tulle
edged with black Chantilly. '
A dress remarkable for richness and simplicity is mode of cerulean-
blue monj antique. It has three flounces of Brussels luce, each sur¬
mounted by a trimming of blue marabouts.
A beautiful dress for a young lady consists of a slip of pink glacd,
covered by two jupes of pink gauze. These jupes oro edged with
Dowllonn6s, intermingled with bows of pink ribbon.
On a previous oooceion we noticed the revival of satin as a favourite
material for evening drones. The fashionable colour called the
bouton d or is peculiarly rich and brilliant in satin. A dress re •
cently made of satin of this beautiful hue has been trimmed with
bouillonnf‘3 of gauze of the same colour, and bouquets of Parma
violate are tastefully disposed among the bouillon ned.
A dress of mauve-colour mcirg antique bus quilles, or ride trim¬
mings. composed of rows of Brussels lace set on spirally. Between
the rows of lace there are bows of mauve-colour riboon.
A white silk robe is covered by a double skirt of white tarlefcane
gathered up at each ride, in tho Pompadour stylo, by bows of "very.,
broad Dlue nbbon. The low corsage has a fichu of tarletane with
runnings and bows of blue ribbon.
A muoh-admired evening dress intended for half-mourning has
been made of steel-colour satin. Tho corsage has a double bertho—
one of white blonde, and over it one of black blou '. 0 . The rieevea uTo
trimmed, in corresponding style, with rowaof black and white blonde.
The tkirt is m the tunic form, and consists of a skirt"of steel-colour
satin over a jupe of white satin. The steel-dolour skirt is open in
front, and 10 trimmed with rows of black and white blonde. The
head-dreas oonusts of lappets of black and white Monde, with pearls
and white marabouts. Tho ornaments to be worn with this dress are
ail of pearls.
Broodies mounted in tie stomacher style are highly fashionable
a* onmments for the corsages of evening dresses. They must how¬
ever, be in stnot harmony with the character of the costume-that is
to say, oostly or ermplo. according to the materials of which the dress
is oamposed. Kidi jewelsworn with a simple dre-sf, or plain and value¬
less ornaments :n combination with' a dross of costly material are in¬
congruities atr.-aust which good taste decidedly protests.
In aplainstyleofcostumenobrnamentsuiomoreappropriate orindeed
more fashionable, than thos-. composed of hair. Hjiirjewellciymay bseaid
to have now arrived at perfection. .Some of the liairwork lately
produced u truly exquisite, und tho mountings are admirable
•peumens of the jeweller's art W»Kave just seen a bracelet, the
band of which is formed ol a plait of light siiky hair, and the clasp
which is of blue enamel, is set with fine pearls ia a most tasiefui
and elaborate ensign. Another clasp, destined for a bracelet
of dark hair, is ot ruby enamel, set with small diamonds. A
bracelet, intended for .mourning, ie composed of silver medal¬
lions. with beautiful designs in, black enamel. Tho hair is sot in tho
centra of each medallion. On the claim the eiphor is wrought in black
0f *%*• A teautiful rdiquain has
5??—/’ 1 f'® “ad® for the impress Engenie. It is a locket, in tho
“ “ 'KfA.snd « contains the cair of tho Emperor and of Queen
m0tier - Tt ° !uCkUt S richly sot with
nf tblddf “f black or dark-oolonred velvet, trimmed with broad bands
f* ptoS® 1 ° r °* .Mack Maltese luce, continue to be tho
ZSEZZtTTR for a s***™ ftyl* Of out door costume. For the
for plain walking drees, the brumous,
cloth is a general favourite, and is found to be at
onoe warm and commodious.
Seme of the Parisian opera cloaks, or. as they are frequently
hr''-* * l ' A ' “ B cow Sh 16 rf velvet of light cdoure, as ce
■ % rose, or mauve, He effset if very rich end beautiful. These
EASinOSS FOJt FERRUAB ..
t cloaks are lined with white satin, and trimmed with bands of
ermine or swanedown. But tho most tasteful and splendid,
though not the very newest, are those opera cloiks made of black
or scarlet cashmere, and ornamented with rich embroidery in elaborate
arabesque designs, executed in gold, intermingled with coloured silks.
Tint illustrations.
Fig. 1.—Dress of white tulle illusion,,with three double flounces,
each headed by a triple ftoncl of blue gauze. Opera cloaks of whim
cashmere, lined with blue satin, and trimmed with a broad band of
wlute plush spotted with blue —Ike hood i 3 lined with blue satin
and ornamented with blue tassels. The hair is in twists at the back
of the head, and ur long ringlets at each side. A small wreath of
blue convolvulus onoircles the twists, and pendent sprays of tho earns
flowers are disposed Among $he ringlets.
.*?*• SM>*5{X Bk „ “*W with two skirts—the upper one edged
with a broad bouillon of eatm. Over the upper skirt there is a tunio
which may be of white tulip, or of lace, or of black Chantilly laco, as
tho tasto of tho wearer may determine. The corsage is of pink satin,
and has it berdie of the same material as tho tunic. Ccintura of broad
pink sa,in nbbon, fastened in front of the waist in two small bows
with long flowing ends. Head-dress of pink velvet. On the right
side a bow, with long ends finished with tassels, and on tho left side a
plume or wlute feathers.
^ ‘1-—Ball Costume. Dress of white gauss, spotted with silver.
2 IT „ 1^*? ' nl*' two n PP eronM being guthoredup at
aich ado, and fastened by bouquets of roses. The corsage is painted,
both m front and at the book ol the waist. Tho raperios of tha oorsaged
ana the s.eqyes are ornament.d with bouquets of rosea The head¬
dress is cemnosed of very full bouquets of roses, myosotis, and jasmine,
plated at each side ef the head. ’
FINE ARTS.
'} PORTRAITS or THE PEIKCESS EOTAX.
Now tint the young Princess Royal has left onr shores, before the
public lias hardly had an opportunity even of becoming familiar with her
features, we naturally look to the various portraits which have, from
time to time, been produced of her, whether in the single figure or in
group pictures, as mementos for the future. Of the simply portrait
treatment, particularly since the Princess has been of mature age,
there have been few evnmnlpa rot. ia«mod nfc. though
ammuie <wu uuuuigem. iaay. we nave just seen, however, the
<»py of a very fine portrait, by Winterhalter, painted in the course of
last year, winch may perhaps be accepted as the last authentic likeness of
the Princess Royal previous te her marriage; and of this picture
an engraving is preparing for publication by S. Cousins, who has
already engraved so many works in which her Royal Highness is
presented. This portrait, which is happy and florid in treatment,
represents the Princess in an almost bridal attire—in a dress of
*™te Honiton lace, with a wreath of flowers in the hair.
. ” e now proceed to pass in review the principal portraits and group
pictures, comprising the portrait of the Princess, with which the eyes
of print-collectors and print-shop explorers have boon more or less
a T 111 * . course of the last fifteen or sixteen years.
The first pnnt, as we believe, which appeared of the Princess Rova]
was from a de.tcate engraving by Ryall, after a miniatnre by Sir W,
r n r 11' ^ represented the Princess—quite an infant—looking
^7 aia • c a * JCJ'® 11 * smile, at the spectator ; and the arms
extended in infantile glee. Next in order, perhaps, comes the fine
chalk sketch by Sir (.. Ifayter, admirably facsimiled l.v F. C. Lewis,
tl>c h»by Princess, likewise in full face, rn'td with a rattle
L n ( T^L h d T, Aftcr U ‘ 1S a ncw candidate appears to divide onr
suffrages m the person of an infant Prince of Wales. A most in-
St?jsri ,p miniatnre was produced, by Sir W. C. Ross, of her
cmw J n m r4 :Uld be - Pruice °‘' ,' VaJes - lI >c former with head un-
co\ ered the latter wearing a negbgd straw hat, which was charac-
teristically rendered by Robinson, and published in 1842. Another
2,1 “T- prctc 5 SI ?S that, in a circle, of her Majesty
nursing the lnnce of Wales in her lap, whilst the Princess
Royal climbs np her shoulder, looking on—a charming work by Land-
ni^e “BreveAVy s. Consms, and published in 18-14, A still
Tom! ™P ortaBt; picture by the same painter, and reproduced by the
Z D %!ZT- T Lhat "Windsor Castle,” representing
Li,l I rented, just returned from the sports of the
ff:, Bp “ a displayed^upon the floor of the apartment Her
Majesty is standing by- his side, and the Princess Royal, a genuine
little trot of some three years of age, with her bonnet hanging
off her head, is intently occupied with tlie gorgeous plumage of e
dead bird, ^ which she holds in her hands, this engraving was
published in 1851; the labour bestowed upon it accounting lot
si.® delay. We next come to the Royal family picture by
inter halter, representing the Queen and Prince Aluert seaUd, in
full evening dress, on a sort of terrace, and surrounded by the members
of their family—the Prince of Wales siimding by bis Royal mother;
1 riuce Alfred further off ta the left, and on the right a prottv group
° . he Ih-incess Royal and the Pi-hieess Alice watcliing over the
infant 1 rincess Helena, who is asleep. This picture was engraved by
S Cousins. The group picture in which the Princess Royal is most
prominently represented is that of the four Princesses, by Winter-
balter (oval), engraved by Richardson Jackson. The group consists
of the Princess Royal, who is in the centre, looking out full face from
a P 10 *j' ir . e > "ith a bonnet gracefully placed on her head;
and the 1 rincesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa; in a rural sequestered
Bpot, tinder trees. Shortly after the announcement of the intended
marriage of tiic Princess Royal, a very spirited portrait of her by
Winterhalter was produced, in an oval, the figure standing, slightly
turned to the right, in a lively uttitude, as if moving in the dance.
This was lithographed by Lane, and published in 1855. Two
years later Mr. Ward, R.A., produced a portrait sketch of her
Royal Highness, with a close bonnet round the head, and a most
pleasing and intelligent expression, which was well lithographed by
llesmaisons, and has been generally accepted as the most agreeable
presentment of her Royal Highness which hns yet been oflered to the
public, awaiting the appearance of Winterhalter's more impomnt
work, mentioned at the outset.
Eaeeee’s Picttee oe Gexerai Williams Leaving Kaes.
Mr. T. Jones Barker, the distinguished historical-painter, lias just
produced a companion picture to his celebrated “Allied Generals
before Sebastopol''-namely, of “General Williams Leaving Kars
with the Officers of his Stall,” on the memorable surrender of that
place to the Kussians, soon after the fall of Sebastopol. There have
been few incidents in modern warfare more exciting in its details,
more glorious in its whole conduct, than that of the protracted
defence of the mountain city of Kars; and the surrender itself, after
such a defence, was a triumph. Hie artist has seized the moment
when the gallant General Williams, seeing further resistance im¬
possible, has capitulated to General Mouravicff; upon conditions,
however, of being allowed to march out with music and with colours
flying. But even these terms are insufficient to soothe tho anguish
and disappointment of the devoted and famished garrison. Sounds
of grief and indignation are heard on all sides from each turbaued
warrior and from the citizens themselves; and even the women
mingle then* cries with the rest. Iii the midst of these lamentationa
General Williams rode through the camp, when the citizens crowded
hissing his stirrups, and praying for blessings on his head.
Where are you going, Pacha ? * they asked. * I am a prisoner/
he replied. ‘Let us go with you! We will follow you! Williams
is no end of a man! * was the universal cry.” Such is the account
given by Dr. Sand with, whose portrait figures in the effective and
touching group which tills the centre of the picture. Amongst other
portraits are those of the General himself—an admirable likeness with
a notable expression; Col. Teesdale, Col. Lake, and the gallant Lieut.
Thompson. The grey, snow-clad mountain fills in the distance, witli
the crumbling walls of the city intervening. Altogether a most
effective picture; an engraving of which is about to be produced by
G. C. Lewis, who did such ample justice to the “ Sebastopol Generals*
already alluded to. In this latter picture, by tlie way, are included
several portraits of olncers who have since distinguished themselves
m the Indian Campaign: Sir Cohn Campbell, General Windham,
General Barnard (deceased), Colonel Adye, and Captain Peel, R.N.
Both pictures are now on view at the Gallery of the French Exhibi¬
tion, 124, Pall-mall.
Dr LrmiGSTOin!.-— The Gazette of Friday (last week) nn-
nOUBces t !iat the Queen has appointed David Livingstone. Era . to be her
Majesty s Con.ul in the district of Quillimane, Senna, and Tetc, on the
eastern coast of Africa.-— It is understood that Dr. Livingtone intend*
to take his departure for the east coast of Africa about the middle of this
month, in a steamer bound lor Ceylon, which will touch at the mouth
t 2? ^ am .^ es l River, and tliereleave the expedition, which win ascend
the Zambesi in a small steamer taken on: o parts on board the vessel
bound for Ceylon,
Feb. 6 , 1858.]
THE ILLUSTKATED LONDON NEWS
151
NEW BOOKS, $v.
K<rw ready. Now Edition for 1858.
With all tho Indian anil Crimean OlDcpr*
TITR DOD’S PEERAGE, BARONETAGE,
JXL KNIGHTAGE, ko-, for 1858 (Eighteenth Year). Include* tho
now Poor*, Baronets, and Kughts, with all the latoat change*
Price 10s 6 d.—W hittaKRK and Co., Are Maria-lane, London, and
oil Booksellers.
In royal 8 vo, in Ulu ninated cover, prico Is. fid. each,
NY of Sir WALTER SCOTT’S NOVELS.
L With his latest Introductions and Notes.
Edinburgh : A. and C. BLACK, and all bookaollm.
Now ready, Part 22, price 7d.,
K EISSUE of CASSELLS POPULAR
EDUCATOR: R complete Encye’opurdU of Ure nl Knowledge,
invaluable for FamlU-.s and School*. Tho POPULAR EDUCATOR is
intondol to moot a want deeply foil - viz., a sysi-m of universal
od oral ion based upon sound principles, sml obtainable by an expe¬
dition- mmhoU. Also ready. Noe. 1 to 88 . Jd, each; Parts I to 21 ,
7d. end Hid.each; Divisions 1 to 13, is. each; and Voir. 1 to 3, bland In
cloth, juice 4». 6<1. each; oases for bimtinr. Is. 3d.
Volt. I 8 . and 3, common paper edition, are atlll to be had—in Nos.,
Id.. Parts, 5d. and 6 d.j and Vote,, 3*. fid. oach; or complete in ouo roL,
9s. 6d
London: W. Kest and Co., Paternoster-row; and an Bookseller*.
E questrian portraits of the
PRINCE and PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM of
PRI'HSfA.—On FEBRUARY let whs published, price (kl.. No. *I.«
Vo'urne II., of tho IADIE 8 ' 1'ltEAS L'RY, contain! ug a highly -finished
Engraving, printed on plale paper, of tho Prince and Princes*
Frederick William pf Prussia, on horseback. This Number, which is
m.iyuiflc idly il tntxutal, also contains tbe following Engravings.—
Winter, so occasional Ulus'ration; The Poultry Girl; The Latauler;
The Glpsv Foraaers; turojw.in Castles on tho Bosjihortw; Mount
Tabor; Fancy Work, and Paper Flower Diagrams. The Literary
Con an's comprise:—Conduct and Cirriage. or Rules to Guide a Young
Lady: French and Gorimiu I .canons; Autobiography of a Pin; Poetry,
Ac. VoL I., beuutifcil* bound in cloth, price 8 a.: gilt edges, 8 s. fid.,
te now ready.—Loudon. WaH 1 » and LOCK, 158, Ficot-atrect.
TO YOUNG AUTHORS AND INEXPERIENCED WRITERS.
Now ready, for 12 stamps, post-free.
H OW to PRINT and WHEN to PUBLISH.
Advice to Autbo’s. Condensed Information on all subject*
councctc-I with Publishing and bringing ont a Book with most ad¬
vantage to it* Author is the characteristic of this useful littlo
Pamphlet.
BaUNDl.'h and Otiey, Pub tehers. Conduit-street,Hanovcr-squore.
Just pubtlahorl, Fourteenth Ed lion. 8 vo. bound, price Ifis , poct-froe,
XX OMCEOPATHIC DOMESTIC
XX MEDICINE By J. LAURIE, M.D. Devoid of all techni¬
cality. No medicine is prescribed without the indica Sons for ita
select! an. and tbo exact doto to be atlm'mate rod. An excellent work
for families, .'migrant*, and missionaries. A Medicine Chest for this
work, pr c- 55s
An EPITOME of the ABOVE. Price 5b. A Guide
efor
HOMCEOPATHIC FAMILY GUIDE: containing
Blmple Directions for the Domestic Treatment of Ordinary Ailment*.
A Chest of Modkinc for this Work, price 2U.
Just pubiUhod. prire l*..fret> by post.
HOMOEOPATHY: GENERAL COMPLAINTS:
Plain Directions for ihoir Treatment with 13 Medicines. A C**o of
Medicines for this work, prico I2r.
5 ve. bound. 8*0004 Ed ikm, prlro 5«,. free by post,
HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT of INDIGES¬
TION, Constipation, an t Hemorrhoids (Pile*). By W. MORGAN,
W U Dlnotlous for tho Treatment of those Common Dlsonlsrs. Rules
for Diet. Receipts for DeScacIm which may bo safely taken by per¬
sons auffuriug from throe complaint*.
Lxath and ,'.o 33 .5, rit. Paul'* Cb.-yard; and 9. Vern-st., Oxford-st.
Now ready. Filth Edition. with owes, price la.fid.; by poet. So.,
L ATERAL CURVATURE of the SPINE;
e Rh a now raotbod of tratmeot for securing Its removal. By
CHARLES* VKURAL, Esq.. Surge*-n to tb* Spinal Hospital, London.
Loudon; J. CUUUCUII.I., Now Eurlixigton-etreel; and all Bookaellera.
rrEE'i'II anil LONGEVITY, &c. 2s. By
i F. MILES and SON, Surgeon-Drnfsts. Or extracts there¬
from ffratla, explaining cost of truly-formed sets of teeth. *' Core of
Tooth-ac hi w ithout Extraction," Ac. Bv tho Authors, 15, Livcrpool-
o tract (behind Lishojagote Church), London, E.C.
E KICK-MAKING MACHINES, adapted for
► tho Clay* they are to work, and every Information on Pottery,
hlnery, and Works. The Society of Art* PHxo Essay "on
* “I.—Mr. HUMPHREY CHAitBEII-
Brick-maklng," post-free, 1*. 3d.
LAIN. Kwnpooy, near Worcester.
C HEAP BOOKS.—Surplus Copies of
Macaulny'n History of England, Anderson's take Mgami. Tho
Hot* of itedclyffe, Carlisle s I.I o of PcbiHcr, Albert Smi h's Mont
Blanc, Dysovnr Terrace. Hayden's Uf», and many other Books, are
now on SALE at BULL'S LIBRARY, at gieatly reduced prices.
Catalogue* sent post-free on application, also Prospectuses of tho
Llbrnrv.—Bull's Library, 19, Halles-street, Cavendish-square, Lon¬
don, W.
2 d. DISCOUNT in the SHILLING
elloRod off ult Now Books for cosh.
WM DAWSON and808B,
Bookselli'is, Ac.,
74, Csnnr-n-ftree*, City, E.C.
Established le09.
T he illustrated London news
and all tbo other London Sewtpape:* supplied In Town, and
punottuPy dtspatobed hy tae MoreIng, Evening, and Foreign Malls
to ail ptrts of tho UniUd Kingdom. India, A us l rail a,, and Foreign
Countries
Ltet>, with politic*, Ac ,na arpllciitlon.
Admrtlwmioul* inserted in i-11 the Newspapers.
WM. DAWSON aud BON 8 ,
Newsreaders, Books lists, and Htatloucrt,
74,-Cannon-* tree , Citv, E.C.
Eaubitehod loh'J.
Y ALE STINES of the newest and most beau-
tlful Designs, from Bbtpenco to Five Guinea?, may bo selected
from tho Inrg.ai and I**! Stock In Loudon, at J. BOVVLUfi'B, *34,
High Ho Shorn A neat and pretty Yahutme post-ino for seven, four¬
teen, twenty-six. or thirty-two stamp#—N.B. Tho new tteierjscopic
Valentines are to be had only at the above utldrets.
V ALENTINES.—Send Five Shillings (and six
extra «t>tm'S for postage) to BOWLES'M, 221, High Ho I born,
for out* of their uo«v Valentinre. containing a beau tlful Painting on
Ivory, equal a any sold at other houses for one guinea. Tho above,
and ibo new hturoo-copiu Vulcntlms, are tobohadon’-y at J, Bow lea's,
324, UighHoloorn. /
TA7EDUING CARDS, Enamelled Envelopes,
▼ r stamped In silver, with arms, crest, or flowers. " At Homes,"
and break ct ittvtuU on, In the latret fashion. Card-plate elegantly
ongravi^d and |tk» superflno cards printed for 4s. fid.—Observe, at
BEAKY lOtDRIGUEd, 42, ncc«dlRy (2 doors from Sackrilifi-streei).
CHARGE for STxYMPING PAPER and
_ . KNVELOPEti, with Anns, Coronet, Cr.-»t, or Initials.—
RODRlGUF.«’ Cream-laid Adhesive Enrehipes, 4d. per 100; Cre.nu-
lald Note, full sire, five quire* for fid.; thick ditto, five quire* for
Is.; Foolscap, 9*. por ream. Sermon Paper. 4s. 6 tL All kinds of
Stationery equally cheap, at H. Rodrigues’, 42, Piccadilly, London, W.
P ARKINS and GOTTO have opened Four
Jaw Show-room* for tho'display of obeap. useful, and elegant
A Hole* *or Rlrthda,, Wedding, and Ch istmas Freaent*, from 2*.6d.to
So guinea* (a taxing of 6 s. tn the pound).
P ARKINS and GOTTO’S~ GUINEA BOX
ef STATIONERY sent carriage |«aid to any railway stMioa In
England upon rrocirk of P. O. pfdcr I> contains twenty quire* of
turpentine thick (full «!*o) cream-laid No;o Psotv; tnt quire* of
<juoott'» lixo, ditto. tHttq. and :. 0 O thick cream- laid F.r.va',ope* (stamped
and o<uuciit*'it.i of two sixes: tvnouty quire* second qurdl'y tUll-slxo
ercaiu-laid Not* Paper: and -’Or- Br.valopes, st.m;cd and oamented;
an octavo Blotting Hook, and tlx demon of P. and G.'* clsstln po»t-
offloo Pens, w till si* fcokirrs- A siviug of full fia. In tho itoutid.—
Parkin* an-» Ootto, Paper and Euvdoi>o Makars, 24 and 25, OxforU-
•trect, London.
■pnSUER’S PACKETS oT sote paper.
X. 8 t. Nlcholas'-sqtjore ,Nawcastlo-oa-Tjne.
RTISTS’ JAPAN TIN SKETCHING-
BOXKS/ (water-crloaf), a quantity of various sizes, both
empty and jBHcd, are nov^ offered at half prlot*. With coloors
<ca mine, French bhty, cobalt; Arc.\ at &*., ?»., «*.. 10 * fid., 12 *. 6 d.,
14*., and 1 fit., packed and sent to any port of town or country on
r*c«lpt of roit-office Ord -' or Btampa.—J. BARNARD, ArUst Coiour-
Dt tn. 33?, Oxford^xtrcc^Tfmd'n, W.
N°,
■REEVES’ #AtER COLOURS in Cakes,
II ...j Tir..._ t- .. ■ n
XX
and Mote*. Water Colours in Tube* aud Pan*.
I IS. Choanal*!*. London. E.C.
S tereoscopic views of Egypt. Nubia,
and tho Nilo, by F. FRITH, Esq.. Diustrating tho mod rumork-
ahltt ’eaiur-* of Ancient Egyptian Arehltocture and History—100
A’lew l he Pyramid*, sphynxes, TtimpUi of Luxor, Kamoc. 3h«b<».
Sc. Vfdo Renew in tbe liir.<w, 1st Jan., 1858. To bo had of all
dcaia.t. Wholes*:* only of tbo Publteberi, 24, Lr wrcacc-l*uo.
^RNAMENTS for the MANTELPIECE, &c.
Statuettes, Group*. Vases, itc.. In Parian, decorated Bisque and
other China; Clocks (gQt, marble, and bronze). Alabaster. BaMadn
Glass, first-class Bronzes, Candelabra, and many othnr art monnfac-
turee, ail In the best taste and at very moderate prices.
THOMA 8 PEAKCL anri BOX. 23. Lndgate-hil). E.C.
D inner, dessert, and tea services.
A largo variety of new atul good Patterns. Btst quality,
superior taate, unusually low pricos. Also every description of Cut
Table GIa*», equally advantageous.
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, Ludgate-blU, E.C.
/BLOCKS for ROOMS.—Designs original,
\y elegant, and in pare taste. Works the very best (with the
latest lmorovomcnts). Pricos extremely moderate. Assortment the
largc-t In Loudon. General stylo and finish all tfui* bo desired.—
TBOMAB PEARCE and BON, 23, Ludgato-hfll, E.C.
J MAPLE and CO. S NEW 1LLUS-
• TRATED CATALOGUE. ocnUinlng the price of every article
required for completely furnbhinc a hou»o of any class, post-free.
ThL- is tho largest end most convenlunt Aimiahtug osubltehmont la
the world.—J. Maple and Co., 145, *c., Tottcnham-court-road.
T EN THOUSAND PIECES magnificent
BRUSSELS CARPETS, at 2 s. 4d-. 2*. 6 d , and 2* lOd. per
y«ird. There goods a-eto be sold for cash only.—J, MAPLE and
CO., 145, Ac., Tottcnham-court-road.
M essrs, john wells and co., 210,
Kvgont-stract. London, have purchase! -'owing to tho da
prvvslan In the manufacturing districts) a verv lorgu lot of the riche*
VELVET PILE nnd BKl'SsELB CA *sl'r. 18, deiigood expressly for
tho West-end trade, at a great reduction la price. Also Lyon* fillk
Brocades, Brocatolles, 811k Damask*. in all the meat teshlonablo
colourings and richest makes. Also, a large lot of French Chintzes
of tho most beautiful and elaborate design*. The whole of three are
now offered at a considerable reduction from the prime c >*t for cosh,
and are well worth tho attoutiju or tntondiug purchasers- Patterns
will tw seat into tho country free of charge; ateo their Illustrated
catnlogae of fhrnilura, Ac.—2t0, Regent-street, opposite Conduit*
street).
T ONDON CARPET WAREHOUSE,
Xi WAUGH and SON,
3 and 4 , Goodgu-strect, W.
F urniture for a DRAWiNG-ROOM-of
chdS'.e and oleganl design, a bargain, fins walnut, ware anted
manufacture, to bj told f w half Its value, nearly -uan—cciuteting of
a large-sizo bclliant plato Chimney Glass, ia costly unique frame; a
magnificent Chiffonier, with richly-csnrei ba;k and doors utted
with best silvered plato g are, and msrble top; su erlor Centre Table,
on hnndsoinoly-carved pi lar and claws; occasion**! or Ladle*’
Writing and Fancy Tables; six solid, deganDy-rhaped Chairs, in rum
silk; a »u"erior. spring stuffol, Pettcc; easy and Victoria Chalis, cn
suit-), wlib cxtrA lined loose case* : two fancy occasional Chons; nnd
a ban sotr.w WhatuuL Price for the whole suite 4 fi gu’neas N.14. •
Also, a very superior, complete, modern, line Spanish mahogany
Dining Romj get. in beat morocco. 40 guineas To be soon at LKWlft
CRAWCOUR and CO.’S, Dp'oteierers, 7, Queen's-bullding *, Knight*-
hriege, seven doers west of Sldace-street.
C ABINET FURNITURE, CARPETS, and
BEDDING —An Il'ustrstcd Book of Eiti^-atos and Furniture
Catalogue, containing IfiO Designs and Prices cf Fashionable end Su¬
perior Upholstery, Furniture. «c , gratis on ap dtcatlon. Persons fur-
ntehlng, who study economy, combined with c'.rgance and durability,
should apply for this—LEWIS CRAWCOUR and C'O.. Cabinet
Manufacturers, 7, Queen's-buildings, Knivhtsbrhlge (seroa doors trust
of Sloono-street). ft' D. Country orders carrlagu-fteo.
IANOFORTE and MUSIC-STOOL (cot-
tage) for 21 guinoar (half ths value), in elegant walnut com.
fij, metallic plato, and all tho recent ImhrovciacuU: a most bn'liant,
full, »nd sweet tone. Vary little used. Apply to LEWIS* OKAW-
COUR and CO., Uph~l*tcrcrs, 7, Quoen'*-buildings, Knighlsbridgv
(seven doors west of Sloune-wtreat).
T OOKING GLASSES and FURNITURE
M-J of every description, at strictly moderate prices. The most ex¬
tensive assortment iu the kingdom: good taste aud quality guarnntoed.
Established 1822. A visit to this establishment Will well repay puf-
ebaaera.—C.NOSOTTI'B Manufactory and Show-room,398. Oxiord-ei.
M APPIN’S CUTLERY and ELECTRO-
8 ILVER PLATE—Messrs. UAPfZK (Brothers). Mahu-
f icturora by Special Appolutmont to the t^ncen, ere tho orlr Jhi.fhtM
Makers who supply tnoccrascmer diroc’ in London. Their London
Show Rooms, C7 ami fid, KING WILLIAM-3TRBKT, London--iridge.
contain by far tho largest Stock of CUTLERY and ELECTltO-SlLV’SR
PLATE in the Worhl. which Is transmitted direct from tbrir Manu¬
factory, Qucoo’a Cutlery Works, Sheffield.
Eioctr•‘-Silver 8000 ns and Forks,
Fiddle Pattern, full size.
Per Dm
Table Spoon* .. .. 3 fi*. Od.
Table Forks .. .. 36 0
IkMsert Bpoon* .. .. 27 0
Dotsorl Forks •• „ 27 0
Toa Spoons .. .. 16 0
8 *It „(GUt Bowls)
Mustard „ ^ 6 *. per uox. J 14 0
Egg «(. &*tra._ J
Ivory Table Knives, Full Size.
Balance Handles, which cannot
possibly become loose. Per Dos.
Table Knive* .. 25s. Od.
D=aiert Kiilvoo .. 18 0
Carvers (per pair) ..SO
As above, with Starling Silver
Tsbla Knives .. M 0
Dessert Knives—.* .. 24 0
Canrors fnor pair) .. IF
Metsrs Mapple (Brothers) NBMctftxlhr invito buyer* to inspect
their anprecoilcntcd dtepley, which for Doau'y of dmign. cxqol-
s’.bo workcian'hip, and novelty, stands unrivalled. Their llla*t*aud
Catalogue, which U continually receiving additions of new dcslgr.s.
free on application. _ _ I [
Mappiu Bmthors), 6 T ar.dCS King Wmiam-itraot, London-bridge.
Manufactory, Queen’s Cutlery Works, ahethi-ld. .
TT* LECTRO -SILVER PL ATE. — PANIC LI*
Pi BANON BAZAAR, 56 snd 58, Bakcr-streot. Tbo largod
8 bowTOoms In London, containing tho best and nu*t variod slock
of splnndid Eltrtro-Sdvcr Plata; superior Cutlery, warranted Stove*,
Feadare, and Fire-irons; elegant Gas Chandeliers, Lamps, Tea-urns,
paper Toa-travs, Baths. Hail Lanterns and Stoves, Kitchen Han got.
Garden Seats, and Wire work. Purchaser* ore invites) to view this
vzst eoOeetion of useful and orraunental famUhiugreqnkltes, *11 of the
best manufacture, which is acequallod eteawh-iTc.
Tho best Colza Oil, 4*. 3d. par gallon.
Moderator Lamp", 4 s. fid. each.
Purdoniau Coal Boxes. 4$. fid. each.
Ivory balanced-handle Table Knives. Us. per dozen.
N.B. The prices morkr-d in plain figure* —niustr*xed Catalogues free.
C \HANDELIERS in CUT CRYSTAL, for
Gas err Candles. A large stock: patterns uncommon and bc*u-
Wr' -Aj All dasigntd and manufactured by
tiz'ial; quality Irreproachable. All dtaigntd and n
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23. Ludgata-hill. E.C.
1\XODERATOR LAMPS.—Simple, Strong,
1>X »nd well-Subbed, the Lamps of Pearce and Bon continue to
maiuitln their great superiority over every other kind, while for
originality, beauty, end good taste, the patterns are allowed to be the
btst in tho Trade.—THOMAS PEARCE and BON. ». Ludgato-hill,
E-C m Direct importers of Colza Oil only of the first quality.
O ARI.OW’S POTATO-STEAMER.—By
all means see its admirable and perfect action explained Prfas
C*, ?*.. and 85 . each.—Jarnos Bartow, inventor, 14, King Wliilaa*
street, Mansion House. Engravings grails, or ssat pest-free.
C HUBB'S LOCKS, with all the recent im-
provements; Strong Fireproof Bofes. Cash and Deed Boxes.
Complete LUu of Sixes and Pnc« may be had on ajqilicatiun.—
CHUBB and BON, 57. 5t- Paul’s Churchyard, ’
L AMBERT’S PATENT VALVE COCKS
for resisting continuous h'gli-prrasure are unequalled.—T.
Iambcrt and Bon. Fhori.-street. Nrw-cut, Lam'.rth. H . Plumtws,
Bra-a Founders, Patcutcos and Manufacturer* of tho Flexible Dia¬
phragm and Equilibrium Water Valve Cocks, Wrought-iron Wuldiu
Tube. Yfalir, Gas, aifll Steam Fittings, Ac.
P APERHANG1NGS. — Tho cheapest and
largest assortment In London Is at CROSS'S, 22, Great Fort-
land-street, MaryJebone. House Painting and Decorating In svery
style- Estimate* free.
!0R REMOVING FURNITURE, &c-, br
_ road or railway, without tbo oipcoo of packing, adirrera J.
TAYLOR, Carman to her Majesty, 41. Upper Berkeley-stro*4, Po«t-
mon-«quare. Goods warehoused and purchased.
F
mHE IMPROVED LADY’S SADDLE,
X Registered, h*U tbe following mlTantagwi over lha old-
fashioned saddle,—a much more secure and eealcr seat, several pound*
tighter, and will fit any horse without hurting the back. No *x:ra
expense. May be hired, with option of purchase.—Moan. LANG DON,
Snddlrn, Dukc-itreot. Manchcstcr-^iuare.
P HYSICAL EDUCATION.—Mr. CHEEK
(not JOWL, as our facetious friend ••Punch" observed) re-
1 poet fully calls tlie attention of Parenu and Tcachets to his sopericr
Stock of Boxing glove*. Fencing-foil*. Ma*ks, Slij^rs. and Gaunt¬
lets, Baskets and Stick* for Singlestick play; Kuck«U and BoDs;
Cricket Rats, Boils, Ac. Catalogues of prices gralte.—13*0. Uxtord-
I trod, W.
T O ANGLERS.—CHARLES FARLOW,
191, Slrtnd, Monufkcturvr of superior FISHING HODS and
TACKLE, at moderate price*. Cotalogus* gratis.
S UPERB FLOWER SEEDS for EARLY
BOWING, post free at lha annexed rricci.*—100 fino hatdy
annuals, 5s.; 50 dUo, 3s.; 36 ditto, Ss. *<L; ti Uitia »•- 2d. Drectl^ -
tive CatalofiTMS, with sau»i>l« packet, tor *L—Frca WILLaAa
KNIGHT, 7Wri*l, 07, Higfeftmt* MW. BSJHA.
rpHE iDVLF-GUINEA CLOTH JACKET,
JL a very pretty shape Jan from Pari*.
For ocuntry orde.-v sise of waif, and round the should“rs Is required.
THE S'EEXCH MU 8 UN COMPANY, 16,
_ _ POP. EVENING WEAS,
plEENCH MUSLIN JACKETS.
A T&sprottMit WWiaKiulin Jacket ererprwiuMd: It b :rlaim«i
with Ribbon. To bo bad in every colour, amt exceedingly beoomlng
to tb* figure. Price 12*. Sd-
For ooentry orders, fixe of waist and round tbe •boulders is required
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-strret.
Post-offloe Urderx payable to James Raid, Oxford-street.
rpHE
BLACK VELVET JACKET
Cbaura by tbe Princes* Royal.
Tho shape Is chaste, simple, and elegant, without ornaasnL
The price Is -‘4 Gaincu.
FEENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 18, Oxford-stroet.
mHE BLACK LACE JACKET,
X Jus: imparted, a perfectly new shape, graoefal and ladylike
In the extreme, price 12*. Sd.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-«iro#4.
1HMBROIDERED CHRISTIAN NAMES.—
JlU LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS, with Christian Nxniu* no-
broldored by the Xnns of Pan, with tho new dietatch noodlu. Prim
la 0*d-, by port 14 stomps: 5t. 9d. the half -dozen, by poet fis. 3*L
THE FRENCH COMPANY, 18, Ox ford-street.
IV'EW FRENCH UNDEKSLEEVES, very
It slagnnt. and a great comfort. The colours ore Cherry, French
blue. Rose, E nentld, C»mtry, Scsriot, Brown, Ruby, Violet, French
Grey, Pink, Sky Drab aud Blaok. Price is. 0<d. jpost-ftwe for 22
stamp*. Scarfs :o match the samo la. OVL each The same Hoove
an-1 Scarf, very warm, in all the Ulan Tartans, tbs Rob Roy, Forty-
seoood, Argyls ComptKdl, Ac., at tbs earn* price.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, fb, Oxford -Street.
A BERDEEN LINDSAY WOOLSEY PET-
£X TIC0AT8.—The PKENCH MU 8 UB COMPANY, who act as
Agents for varictst Paris houses tor tho purchase of British atfodi
bare, too ccnnuisi-onei to buy 11,000 ABERDEEN LINDSAY
WOOLSEY PETJiCOArS for M. Basse, Kuo do Rivoli, Paris. Hs
tuu since (ofiod, the petticoat« are therefore thrown on their homla
Not knowing what to cn with them, they have determimxi to offer
thorn to the public at 10*. 9d. each. Tuclmendoo price was one guinea
Thoy are made up accenting to the latest fashion suitable for the Paris
credo. With { atom stud springs, and flounced, they cause tho dress
to stand ou:. and sot mort gracefully.
FRENCH MUdUIH COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street, London.
T ADIES’ DRESSING-GOWNS.—The
XJ FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY have purchased tho Stock of
n:h Cavhtncre Dressing Gowns of the assignees of M. Denultre’,
bankrupt, Paris. The designs are cox*, magnificent, and of the
flnci qua«ity, mads by fim-cla«« French Art's:© In a very superior
Style. Tbn orloe is 2ts. 6 d. Never sold under three gulueas.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, tfi, Oxfcnl-etreet.
L ADIES’ DRESSXNG*GOWNS.—The
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY have ai:o purchased tho Plaid
Wool and French Merino Dr«v*slug-Gowns lately belonging to the
some portico. They are cado of the purest wool, end iv&ven very
fins. The make ij strikingly new. Price Ita fid —reduced from 65s
FRENCH MUSLIN COM PA?. Y, 16. Oxford-, tract.
M
USLINS of the PAST SEASON.
LaM Year’s Selling Off at rluku'.oa'/ prices for scch goods.
Patterns post- rae.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, !fi, Oxford-stweL
A nnual sale.—regent house,
(ALLISON* and CO.). 238, *40, and 542. Bpgvut-.»trc*t.-
AMsan and Cb- HAvo great p'casuro once more tu exiling the attenti' n
of Ladies f> Iheu- Annual ttaia, fee Ing confident tho pretest <»por-
tunltv will prove no usually adyhotageoaa Tt»o great stagnation of
trade during th*ro* «iW©f NoY«uba. aud Dccemier caused by the
thsft exteUugpani nud irincroi mbtrurt compelled many of the
manufacta»era lo force tlte sale ot thslr .locks such j«Ico« as cn-
tailed on them vsry *cri--iu* leas. Having loh. n adrnutage of th*
miuotion, by -Jutltpuudy purchnolng many of tho lots, they intend
offering them, to^rihrr witn lha louoi&ing portion of thuir ownttney
■lock, tt rtey reduced prices.
S COTCH SEQUESTRATION!!!
Failure of D. and J Mauduunld. Embrol*croi Manufacturers,
Of Glasgow, and hi. Paul's Churchward, Lou ton. Liabilltiw,
X137.05S.
HaKUH an-4 CFI^P have been the'ortunate pnrrhasera of a very
lanrc portion of lha stock of tro aforrvald itankrupt*; tne whole of
which they .wiU offer to !mlii«&t a rcduc Ion of sixty per caul under
the producers’ price*. Catnp-lsed in tlie (ollovring lot*:—
Lot E, Lot K, Lot s. Lot T, l-ot V.
(L<R E) —)»ook xml Cam 1 rU Plocolomlnt Collars that were 4a 6d.
will '«arold at Is. fid.: Evgluts Collar*, and KwU* Jeccocet Collars,
?s.V8dL were fit Vd.; Bonded Collars, 1*. 6»L; Guipure Codaxs, 3s.fid.
were 3s- fid.
(Lot K t—L uon Collars and Sleovw.3i 6d. tho sell were 7*. Piceo
LIneu Collars on hatkle Habit Shirts, Is. 6d.; wete 3*. bd. Eugenie.
Racho!, and Pkcoiomoul Embiutd,red Book and Cambric Bets,
3i. fid.. 5». fid . and 7«- fid. (‘lcovea and Collars).
(Lot 9.)—Cambric FlvuucLnt's, Mull Flouncing*, Book nnd 8 w*m
F louncirgs, tho Wirk throo -eighth of a ra:d deep, front 3a. fid. p«r
yard. 7 *».‘ yaw's of Fine Work*, at 1*. &d- per yard.
llot T.‘*—kmbtoidcred Han^kcrrhi f*. V*. fid.; Lacn Hsudkcr-
chiets, 41 fid ; were Its. French, main, and Hemmed Stitcbod
Handkerchief), from 4s 6rt. half dozen.
(Lot V.)—Brrided Linen Dreesc*, with Jsqocttcs, IS*. 6-i.; worth
Ladu-s’ Combing .lockota, Ac , Ac. Lawn Braided Jackets,
3>. 6d. to 6s 61.: wore 15s.
N.B.—Samples sent to any address on receipt of stamp* or a Pcit-
officj ord-jt.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Begin.t-street.
Corner o. Meddox-rtrort, W.
KB,—For oar regular goods aeo hut week s Number. Ufovcs,
Musiins, Borcgta, Cambilss, Ac.
M uslin embroidery.
“Ths Queen.'*
A nsw and bcsntifullj'-d.sipnrd Collar, price Is.
Sieevos lo Match, So. (kl. per pair.
The “Princes# Royal" Collar. 9(1.; Sleeves, 2s.,
Drawn on the beet Miuliu.
at Mrs. YTILCOCKSO-.'S, 44, Go-dge-sL, Tottcnham-court-road, W.
G RANT and GASIC (late Williams and Co.),
59. Ml, fit. C2. Ox ford-afreet, and 3, 4, and 5, Wclls-rt/eet, bavins
purchiucJ largely in the Palis, Lyon*, and other foreign matkets (at
vary rvcucfd price*, in cocueqoeaco of the late commercial panic J of
raw and boautifui ttoods. in Silks, EmcroMrrire. Muslins co Bote. Rail
aud Evening L*rtesoe. Mactire, Loccs, aud other distinguished No-
%eltk», which th«y will have p'oaiure in submit due tor tn« inspection
of tt*ir Pairoos. being enabled to oiler the riche t pradttc’ious of the
foreign looms at the prices of tits ordinary B.lttoh manufacture.
Any .->n!nn of the lato WiUiuus and Co.'* Stock r em a i n i ng on hand
will be sold great bargain*.
GRANT and GA?K hegto amounro that their new Premises. »,
Oxford-strict, with thotc in the rear, are appropriated vxclnitvcly os
a special MOURNING DF.PAKTMENT.
N II.—Orders for part crus and matcalng, Ac , will receive careful
attention. Every article marked in plain figures at ready-money
price#
T71IVE THOUSAND POUNDS* WORTH
X of ELEGANT and USEFUL BILKS,
lull bought for ready cash under favourable circumstances, ore now
offtred by
BEECH and HKRRALL,
The Beehive, 63 aud 64 . Edgwaro-road. London, W.,
at a redoctiae of nearly one-half from former prices.
1SOO rich Flounced Silk Robes (vorioasr, Sts. UL to fire gulnso o.
Now Striped Checked Chei> and Giood Silk*,
Sis. 8 d. to 37s. fid. the dress.
Block tad Half Mourning Ditto, at the lame reduced prices.
Patterns forwarded postage free.
L ADIES’ FLANNEL DRESSING ROBES,
SR, In F.nk, Sky. Claret, China-Flue. Scarlet, Otct, Cherry,
Myrtle. Ctlavm. tu . elegantly trimmed with Cashmere shawl bot-
dcriac. silk ginlla included, ivuteres of flannels and trimming*.
wRn direction* fur rocaroremrnt. scot free-—Mr*. HIdCOCK, Ladies'
Outfitu*. it. Regent-street, yuadrant.
M
RS. HISCOCK’S REDUCED PRICE-
LIST of LADIES' UNDERCLOTHlN<« rent free by post.
Ladios' Nlghtdresies of Horrocks's Lon^cloCh, 4s. 6 d.
Chemises, very superior, t*. fid.
54. Keganmreet, ijuadrant.
VERY PRETTY FRENCH NIGHT-CAPS,
1 of fins Naiiwrok Murlin. with pink reu»« and treble Ur*
borders. U. ‘.*0. each: three for 8 *. or portage stamps. Scot free by
pn*U Mrs HldCOCK, M. Regnnt-strast.
I ADIES* WATERPROOF TWEED
J CLOAKS sad RIDING JACKETS, flontienien'a Orerecata and
Invorness Capra. Patterns of material *nd pri«s sent prat-free.—
J. E. and W. PDILUFfi. 37, Ulxb-etroot, Shrewabury.
"'TT/'REATHS and HEAD-DRESSES in choice
V \ and extensive variety, sellable to every og* and ooeoafae.
oomHning an ease and elegance reJdcnn attained. N B —JONES’S
Artiflcial Flower Warchouac, 101,Oxford-*UW)Uc«raejof John---
S HIRTS.—Flannel Shins of eTcrv description.
ifirst Shirt*, and Drewlng-gowx*. MMSute-papcrs will h* rest
on agrariangad lYATLi-b, >, J-JK/F.,
s.yr
P ATENT SELF-LIGHTING CIGAR
COMPANY, 50, Moorgato-etroet Wholesale and RetoIL-AD
kinds of Cigars are treated by this process, aud aro ignited by
slmplo friction, without tasto or moll- No extra price invaluable •
to out-dour smokers and traveller.. Se. to 42* por lb. Sample box, |
six fine Ilavannohs, free, St postage-stamp*, throe, IS stamps. Price ,
Lists free.
QFARKLING CHAMPAGNE, 42s. perdoz.!
qnarts; 23), pints, much appiored of as bearing a tavoproble '
campsrteun wilh the fluert. First quality. 7/*.;second, 6 C#.; third.50s , -
and tn pluts 5*. per two dozens extra.—FELTOE and CO-, 5 and fi,
BlUltat-street. London, EC. f
R EDUCED PRICES for WINES.—
RuussiMon, 30*; Dinner Sherry. 30s.; fttandant Sherry, «1R.;
Finest Old Brandy. 60*. por dozen, cash. - Address, and orders par¬
able to. FOSTER and INGLE, 45 , CUcnptid*, E.C.
P UBLIC ATTENTION is drawn to an ex-
cellunt Dinner Sherry, at 36s. per dox.; woD manured, firm
crustal Port. 48*.; and s-iporior drr Chsmuagne, direct from Epernay,
Wr.. carri*h'o-frm. —CADIZ WINK COMPANY, 66 , St. Jarnc*'*-
stroet. Lomion.
K inahan’s ll whisky v. cognac
BRANDY.—-This celebrated o'd Irish WbWqrrtval# thartwsrt
French Brandy. Jt {« pur®, mikl. nuUtow. and dot-'cioos, and very
wholesome. Sold in boolre, 3*. od. each. at moat of the respectable
retail house*.—Ob»>ene. the rod seal, pink label, and eerk branded
*• Kinahan’s LL Whisky," ft. Groat Windmill-rtreet, Haymorlut.
QTOG UMBER SIEDICINAL PALE ALE
JO 1* browed vrtth tho water from " Harry HID'a Wen .' 1 It cures
dl»«a«*. and isrenovntiny. reasonable, and delicious. SetVrence# to
thafacnlty, and atailsUraf return of local populailon and births.—B.
HOLDEN. 55 a, Upper Sq>njour-atreot, Portman-srpiare. sobil/ondon
Agont. H. Wntta. Mnnagrr, et&ganuicr, Taunton. Dmnr tiinkt and
trinket wledor. dara core telauisfrolt" Wang* rosig strahl *
S QUITE NEW
OYER’S SULTANA SAUCE.—
A mo*t rofreahlng stimnlant to tho Appotito, compoeed
principally of Turkhh Condiments. An uiqnldte rellth with almost
every description of food. To be bad of alt Sauce Vender*) and of
tho Sola Wholesale Agent*, CROSSE and BLACKWELL, Purveyor*
to tbe (lucca, 21,Soho-*quara.
XJ~0 R NIM AN'S PURE TEA, the leaf
X 1 not coloured.—RICH FULTr-FLAVOURED To* of ran* strength
Is thu* secured, aa importing It not col- nred by the Chinee* prevents
tbo flavourless withered leaves being passed off and sold aa the beet,
tn the lots of the consumer. Tho ‘•lancet Report " t Longmans, p.
316) state*: " Thu Green Tea not being covered with Prottian blue
U a dull Ollro; the lllack is rot lotontely dark.’' 3s. Ckl., <• , find
«a. 4d. por lb., secured In pack*’* Bold by Elpbinstoae, 737. Brgont-
erret; l’ui«u«U, 78, Cornhitt; Wolf, 75, Bt. Pauls Churchyard;
(hastier, 1 ottcnliam-oourt-io *d! Cook, Cornu try-street; Ifodvon, 93.
Itiscaman-strurt, Borough; anil la alt part* of the kingdom by
Agents.
X7IBY and SONS’ CHOCOLATES and
X 1 COCOAB.—Victoria Chocolate, Bon-bons, ffotuble Coco**, fcc.,
bi great variety. Economical Housekeeper* will avail themsclvo* of
tbrea article*. To Ir.vaii !* they are invaluable
•."Be suro to ask for Fry'* celebrated Chocolate* and Cocoas,
Manufacturer* to ths Queen,
THE BEST FOOD FOR CHILDREN. INVALIDS. AND OTHERS
jJOBINSUN’S PATENT BARLEY, for
1.1.' makiog superior Bnricy Wafer In flfroen minutes, ha* not only
obtanud the patrouage of har Majesty and the Rryal Family, but lfa*
bncumeof genera) u» to ovary class of the cotnmualty, and u ac-
kuonledued to ‘fond unrivalled as an eminent'y pn o xot* fcion*. and
light fool for infanta *nd invalids; much approved for making a
dclldout cuitarl pi tliUrg, nnd oxc«l mt for tbloseulng broth* or
sou;* UOUl.V'ON'h PATENT OSOAT-* for mure than thiity years
have been held in ccsrtsut and >M!re-.tlng totbllr ethuatlun as tho
pui cit fsnna* at tne oat, and as tho lx-*: *cd most va’uabl. prepara¬
tion n,- (unking a pore stul dclicntu 3rncl. which forms sight and
nutritious nipper for tho a tori, te n pnpuar recipe for col.*# and
Inf luon su, it of general i seln the s'ck-.-luuober. and alttmiatclv with
th* Patent Barley, i* an excollcnt food for intants and chiidran.
Prepared only by the IVteufora ROBINSON, UKI.VILLE, aud cA.
Purvoyort to the Qiucn, fit. Rud Lhtn-alrcrt. llolbora, Loudon. Sold
by all respectable Grocvra, Druggi‘t*, and others ia town and conntiy,
in packets of fid. and Is.; and Family Canisters, at £»., Se. t aud 10*
each.
F IELD’S PATENT PARAFFINE
CANDLES from IRISH PEAT.
.Superior In appenranco and illuminating jawer to any Candloa
hitherto menufartared, at th* sontfi time butnl^g much loegrr.
J. C. and J. Fiold bog to Intimnto that thrao alegaot Candlts may
be obtained from them at 12, Wlgmera-etreot, Ccvcndkh-eq&ar*; and
In Duhdn of Janui* Lambert, 64. Oraftonrauvci.
B enzine collas
CLEANS sad REMOVES GRF.ABR frem
Gloves, I Cloth,
Blias, | Cau.'Ots, Ac., fro rTW '
In Bottlos. 1*. fid , of all Chemist* and Perfumer*; and at the DfpOt,
114, Grort Ruucl!-.-tract, lUcotitsbury.
C LARKE’S PATENT PYRAMID NIGHT
LAM Pi, Tin at I*.; Lacquered or Bronxed, I*. 6 d. each,
for burning tlw new Patent lSinmid Night Light*—the m»l
oonvcnivnt. safe, and economical yrt Inrrodnccd Sold by ail Grooere
and Lamp Dealers ; by 8 . dark*, 55, Albany, street, Regent's-park,
N. W.: and wholesale by Palmer and Co.. Cterkcmvcll, London, E.C.
POLZA OIL, 4s. 6d. por Gallon; Dips, 7d.;
KJ Utotriao, Is. Id.; Belgrav*. I*.3d.; Price's Compraitak. Hd. and
1-Hd.j Boap*. 37*.. 42*.. and tfi», per 11S lb* CiXT-.SRe frw wltbla
tie mile*.—W. YOUNG, 61, P*rk-*treot, Comdcn-town.
( 4 LYCEKINF.—An impure Glycerine is now
IT being —’il on lb. ..(it-rm-n; |hnt U1. .. I'Uro ,« th, I'ATKKT
DIsrlLtHO OM’CEltlNK ot I'HIt K S I'ATK.sr CANDLC. COM-
PANT. Tho Company beg U»© application of tho followiug silnp'o
teste; For aoplea**nt smefl, tub a fow drops over thu bock of your
bom), when the Itrlld n»cu»r *tnell will. If prtacni. at oooe come out.
For triad and other metallic impuritic . test by a enrront of snl-
phr.rettrd hvdrcgtn. For lime ar.d other earti y irrpurities. tc*t by
oxalate of ammonia, nr chloride of barium, 'ths Company are not
rrepouklblr fur any Glycerine except that sold in boillc* haring cap¬
sule* Irtturat ‘* Price’* Patent " „
Pries’# PktoDt Caxidle.Compony, Bvlmont, Vamhai*. London.
T7UNEST FRENCH COLZA OIL, 4s. 6d. per
X Gal on. fuh.-Mam LEMAIUE and CO., of Pari*. Soto
Ifi-’pAt In England. Iho London Soap and Candle Cam|jonj, 74. Now
Bond-strec:. Their* U Uw finest and purest CotxaOii imported, and
will non: lu every kind of lamp now .a uac. Also reduood price* for
Off Candle*. Soap-. Oil*. Ac.
CLOSE OF HOLIDAYS
mHE RETURN of YOUTH to their Respective
X Boarding Behind* induce* a solicitude from Panola and
Guardians for their IVr»rm«l Cumfcrt and Attraction, and
ROWLANDS’ MACAB8AU OIU
for the Growth and far lmiroving srd beautifying the Hair;
ROWLAND? KALYD0R,
for Improving th* Skin and Ccmptoxkm, aud Removing CutanMUi
Eruutiuu*; »ad
ROWLANDS' OD**NTO.
or IVar! Dentifrice, for Itendvring th# Teeth BcaetifoRy Whho. and
Prracrrir .• lb* Gum*, are conaltfi-rid Imliapaocalda acoomtwnimenta
to tbe attainment of tho.e renoual Advantages so universally sought
for and a- iu‘r«d-
Soid by A. Rowland and Bros, 20, HaUou-gxnleu, London; and by
Chemist* and ltoifumera.
bxwabe or artnttOL’s imitations.
R IMMEL’H ROYAL BRIDAL BOUQUET,
prepared by comititid. price 2a. M. and 6 i RimuMU's Royal
Bridal Barnet, a neat an.*, lined »c> tn-tag price Is i pee*, tor 13
•:ati|M. Rimmol't Royal Bridal Souvenir, a Uuiitoawbox conta ini ng
two Dottle* of bouquet and a sachet, price '*. ed.
E. K mitrt, 1‘cRumer to the Qacea. * 6 . Strand.
T hs royal nuptial garland, a
n« w Perfume ccmroaed in bonunr of th* piatAt aa*p.c^-ua
occasion by K. Hi HDBIE. Pc um.r ta k«e Votate;.. Ml and »J
T.chfiorne street. And oho thalHUDKtMAID* HOl^LkT, an«o-
companyug tribate^-H-ndr « # perfumtry. h aomd by it« tx.tr.n-
are of the xrst tirc e for cexrly aoenuay, n * :r .:aiaa ita repotaiioa tor
canuine parity and exccltonco.
■\Y700D VIOLET SCENT.—H. BREIDEN-
▼ V BACH reoennnaoda his Weed Violet as th* flnasi natural
rvrihms distilled. A rierta U. 6 d. Ho 1 tl« will val'y tha tact. AU
for U. Breidcnbech** Wood Violet.—WA, New Mood-rtrect, *.
Ilf ARRIAGE of ths PRINCESS ROYAL.-
□Ll The BRIDAL Bfff'Wt'GT has been prenoreil expreeriy t
ernravzneeata the amptrion* event, by JAMES LEWifi. PazA.nirr t*
th, Rryei frmSfy *fit Ox/ord-etroet, W. M o nafneto ry, t, wiwt'fr-
btdklbig*. Boibosu.
G REY HAIR Besiond lo its Naiurjd Coloar,
NeuralrU Cared bv the Patent Magnetic Costa, Bair and
Thwb Braohev Pataphku, ** Why Hair W- rtoee Oscr. *»d t»*
Berea,!*." by post for Vow ■tam,w.-F. HERRING, 33, U**to#ta-,-
strrrt. ‘ Sokl tjr ail Cbcmiin and fwtumor* of rejrate.
E 0UGU or CHAPPED SKIN.—'VOZEB’S
HONEY PASTE imparts delirious w<0»o«»cdpfiahD»y m tae
■ i — .. l.. , m k * a from rhihA. —hot I In Is*. -*■. iUM ok Mi
152
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Feb. 6, 1858
! J» am HrLF* "l IIIIJM/VWSIIK
tael, are as follow
le Oracle consulted.
rativo character of the celebration, and hence their tasteful efforts are
invariably successful. On Monday week, at the entrances to Bur¬
lington-arcade, tho interior of which was hung throughout with flags,
were displayed the Prussian and English standards, ornamented with
wreaths; while the monograms of the Royal bride and bridegroom
wore emblazoned on other flags hanging from the windows.
The principal streets leading into Piccadilly wore also illuminated.
Among the most conspicuous wo observed that of Mr._Hancock, in
Bond-street, which consisted of the letters "F. V./' which were sur¬
mounted by a large Brunswick star, and above that the Royal or own
in magnificent style.
Last wook we omitted to notice a novel and very beautiful device
upon the house front of Mr. F. Dent, watchmaker, in Oockspur-street,
displaying a Maltese cross, in red, white, and blue, with " V ” and “ F ”
in yellow and white, encircled by a laurel wreath, in green, tied with
a true-lovers’ knot in red; the whole composed of crystals, lighted
from behind with gas, the invention of the Messrs. Defries, and cer¬
tainly one of the most tasteful illuminations of the occasion; more¬
over, it bere no reference to the trade or profession of the occupier of
the premises, which mode of advertising is in very questionable taste.
Knot; the frame and mouldings being richly deco¬
rated in mother-o'-pearl by Jennens and Bettridee’*
patented process. 8
RECEPTION OF THE ROYAL PAIR AT
WINDSOR.
(Engraved at page 148.)
This was a truly joyous scene. After enthusiastic
welcome at the railway station, amidst which the
tremendous hurrahs of the Eton boys rang out loud
and clear, the Royal pair alighted, and, having grace¬
fully acknowledged the hearty welcome, passed
through the Queen's reception-room to reach the
carriage which stood in waiting to convey them to
tho Castlo. The horses whioh brought thiB vehiole
to the station—two handsome greys—had been re¬
moved to make way for tho Eton boys, whose en¬
thusiasm had impellod them to solicit the honour of
drawing tho Royal carriage through the town to its
destination—pm offer which was graciously accepted
by its illustrious occupants. Some twenty or thirty of
these fervid youths having yoked themselves in front of
the chariot, and a greater number lending their
assistance to propel it from behind, the cortege
moved off under the escort of the Fusilier Guards
whoso fine band struck up the National Antheml
Its route, which lay through the High-street and up
Castle-hill, .vriis brilliantly illuminated, and along
the entire course it was accompanied by a vast multi¬
tude, who rent the air with their vehement vocifera¬
tions. Arrived at the Castle, the Royal pair took up
their abode in the Lancaster Tower, where an elegant
suite of apartments had been specially fitted up for
their reception.
The townspeople celebrated the auspicious event
by a ball held in the Townhall, which was gor¬
geously illuminated for the occasion. The poorer
inhabitants, to the number of 1800, were also re¬
galed with substantial fore; and 2000 poor children
-of the town were feasted the next day.
The Worcestershire Bridal Plateau.—
This fine specimen of native art-manufacture, by
Blessrs. Kerr and Binns, and designated “ The Raphael
Plateau.” was presented to the Princess on Saturday,
the 31st ult., at Buckingham Palace The plateau being
intended as an ornament for a bridal buffet, the de¬
signer has endeavoured to render it interesting by
selecting for its decoration both appropriate story and
emblematic ornament. The former is supplied by the
fable of Cupid and Psyche; the latter suggesting the use
of flowers according to their sentiments, and tne usual
Psyche borne away by Zephyrs.
The Toilet. Psyche sees Cupid for the first time. Psyche
inconsolable for t he loss of Cupid. Venus on the water.
Venus repairs to Jupiter. Venus orders Psyche to
bring the Golden Fleece. Psyche kneels to Proserpine.
Cupid restores the Box to Psyche. The Nuptial Ban¬
quet. (Centre.) The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche.
The sentiment expressed in the ornament is as fol¬
lows :—The outer rim. being the bond of the whole, is
formed by a wreath of ivy (marriage). The inner rim
is formed by orange-blossoms. Around the centre is a
wreath of jessamine (amiability, or, as the Italian sen¬
timent expresses it, “The bride is a fortune in her¬
self”). From the wreath radiate glowing torches of
Hymen, inextinguishable when emanating from such
a source. The plateau was designed by Mr. It W.
Binns, and painted by Mr. T. Bot't. The plateau has
been presented by subscription among the inhabitants
of Worcester, as a specimen of their beautiful staple
manufacture.
Prince Frederick William's Gift to the
City Chamberlain.— Prince Frederick William,
before leaving this country', presented Sir J. Key, by
the hands of Count Bernstori!, the Prussian Minister,
a splendid gold snuff-box, with his Royal Highness’s
cipher set in diamonds, of the value of 200 guineas, as
a souvenir of his personal friendship, and in testimony
of his entire satisfaction at the manner in which Sir
John carried out the wishes of the Corporation of
London in presenting his Royal Highness with the
freedom of the City.
THE ROYAI. MARRIAGE : THE BRIDAL PROCESSION, STAIRCASE, ST. JAMES’S PALACE.
SERVICE-BOOKS FOR THE ROYAL MARRIAGE.
Two rory elegant specimens of British bookbinding, which, as works
of artistic taste, we do not remember to have seen surpassed, were pro
pared for the Royal marriage ceremony. The two books are unit
formly printed, and contain the matrimonial service, and the service
of the Holy Communion. One bo)k is bound in Prussian blue kid,
the other in white kid; the mountings consist of gold, with
a light and elegant silver overlay, out ia tho form of a con¬
tinuous wreath of orangs-blossom and laurel; the reverse has
ciphers cut in silver likewise. Tho interiors ore elaborately illuminated
by ° Luke Limnertho names of the Royal bride and bridegroom
being finely illuminated in tho proper places in the service. The
register pendants are orange-blossom and grapes, with wheat, formed
of gold and silver. The two books are contained in an oak case, lined
with white velvet, and having silver mountings, and an inlaid centre,
consisting of the Royal arms. The whole was ably executed by
Robert Downes, Oxford Bible Dcpbt, 53, Paternoster-row.
THE ILLUMINATIONS.—PURLINGTON-ARCADE.
The inhabitants of Burlington-areade have long been noted for
their unanimity in festal commemorations. They agree as to the deco-
\*V
ELEGANT SERVICE-BOOK FOR THE ROYAL MARRIAGE.
Carriage for the Princess.— Messrs. Hooper and Co., of
the Haymarkct, coachbuilders to the
Royal family, have completed a very
beautiful carriage, intended to be
presented to her Royal Highness by
the city of Konigsberg on her ar¬
rival at Berlin. The carriage is a C
and under-spring landau; the body
ia painted a dark cobalt blue; the
wheels and under carriage are of
the same colour, picked out with
red. On the panels of the doors are
two shields, bearing the arms of the
Prince and Princess, surmounted by
a crown, and encircled with the rib¬
bon of the Hohenzollern Order. The
Interior of the carriage is lined with
figured brocatelle silk of a silvered
drab colour; and, at the suggestion
ol the Prince, the curtains are of a
delicate rose colour, which produces
a very pleasing effect. 'Hie hammer-
cloth is dark blue, with red and
white fringe, and bullion tassels and
cords. At each side are silver shields,
with the arms. The lamps and fit¬
tings are also silver. This carriage,
which is chastely elegant, was built
in the short spaceof ten days. About
ninety men nave been engaged in
its construction.
A Papier Mache Writing-
desk (Jennens and Bettridge’s
Patent Gem Enamelled) was pre¬
sented, by permission, to the
Princess Royal. In the centre of
the desk is “ V. F.” in enamelled
brilianta, entwined, encircled by an
DECORATION OF BURLINGTON-ARCADE, PICCADILLY.
London: Printed and Published at the Office, l?5, Strand, in the Pariah of St Clement Danes, in the County of Middlesex, by William Little, 188, Strand, aforesaid.—S atowdat. Ferre art «, 1858.
Supplement, Feb. 13, 185S. |
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
169
t n e
WAR IN CHINA.
CANTO*
POSTS
HONAN I.
A ZT&OfJ
"*e*o retrl
tunnel
BANTPER
fAIICNCHOY
'CMtFCAACOR
CMPEM7RIS
FRENCH FLEET
caicuttT^Cl
SAVSPAPRC1L
SAMPSON
'COFQMANOCL,
INFLtXItLt t
CMSIER
am ppm
T1GERJSLAND
FRENCH GUNBOATS
'CHUENFEEV
THE RIVER tycOCKTON
SWI VAL CUNBOAll
PLAN OF CANTON BITER, SHOWING POSITIONS OF GUN-BOATS.
(Prom our Special Artist and Correspondent.)
Cantos River.
Os the 18th ult. the flag-ship arrived and anchored off Tiger
Island, and every day other vessels drop in. I send yon a small Plan
of the River, with the stations occupied by H.M.’s ships. Captain
Rate, in the Acteemi, has the honour of holding the advanced pest,
abreast of Macao Port, distant about five miles from Canton Strange
to say, since the evacuation of the Dutch Polly, no reconnaissance has
been made, and we are therefore in total ignorance of the move
menta of friend Yeh and his braves. The present state of inactivity
is most monotonous, and not at all beneficial to our tars we may not
be able to prosecute the war with vigour, but we certainly conld
obtain a thorough knowledge of every creek and canal in this won¬
derful river: s uch neglect will be regretted when it is too late, as so good
an opportunity is not likely to occur again. Besides, in a political
point of view, the sight of our gun-boats moving about everywhere
must have a good effect.
meai u
CUN BO/ITS H
CONSTANT!. V '
MOVING UP AND
oom THE RIVEN
, ESN
COMMISSIONER TEH.-FROM A PAINTING BY A CHINESE ARTIST.
Shortly after the departure of the last mail some of the vessels began
to move up the river The Nankin and the Banterer are anchored
close to High Island; the Sybille, Racehorse, and Surprise, at
Whampoa; but the inclosed Sketch of the River
will perhaps be more useful lo your readers than a
description, as it shows the position of each ship.
The Bittern has brought up three mortars, whiih
are to he placed on Honan Island, within easy
shelling distance of the city.
As yon may imagine, every one is eager to be up and doing; and
goodness knows, what with wasting more than a year in an unhealthy
climate, and the same unvarying monotony, it is enough to try the
patience of any one. The present proceedings forcibly remind me of
a well-known old doggerel—
The Earl of Chatham, with his sword drawn.
Is waiting for Sir Bichard Strachan—
Sir Richard, longing to be at 'an,
Is waiting for the Earl ot Chatham.
(Continued on page 176.)
CANTON RIVER ,
SCALE OF 10 MILES
TIIE CREVT OF A OT\ v -BOAT IN CANTON RIVER AT IT?AYERS.
170
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Feb. 13, 1858 i
BOMBARDMENT OF CANTON.
By telegraphic despatches we learn tliat—
“The bombardment of Catuou commenced at daylight on the 28fch
of December, and was continued during the whole of the day aud night.
“The assault, in three divisions, two English and one Fr«neh, was
given at mx o'clock on the morning of the 29th. The British forces
amounted to -kVOO; the French to 900.
“The height within the town were in our possession by nine a.m.
“ Gough s Fort was t*kuii at two o'clock, and blown np.
“The advance within the city was but feebly contested, and the
damage done to ill* town was very small.
“Captain Bate, of H.M. ship Act/ton, was killed.
“ flie Chinese continued their fire from the houses, bnt the troops
were restrained from entering the city.”
IMPERIAL PA R LI AMENT.
HOUSE OF LOKD&—Mondat.
Message fbomthb Queen —Her Majesty's reply to the congratulatory
address ui the llou.-e ou the marriage o the Princess Ro> al was read by
the Lord (’hanckllob
Relations between France and England.— Lord Lyndiicr9t
exiled attention to tl»e addresses which nave appeared »u the Alonitvur re¬
lative to the recent attempt on the life of the Emperor Napoleon. The
noble and learned Lord wished to know if any correspondence between
the Government of this country aud that ol France had takeu place ou
the subject. — Earl Granville said that communication* on the subject
had taken place, and the Emperor had expressed his regret that those
address*-? should have b*cu considered offensive in their tone. Thu com-
muuicAtiuu.- referred to would be laid ou the tabie
VOTB OV THANKS TO THE ARMY, NAVT, AND CIVIL SEKVICB
IN INDIA.
Lord Panmure moved on address of thunks to the army in India, and
passed a glowing culogium on i*s bravery and bril'iant exploits. The
noble I Ami also proposed that the thanks* of their Lordships should be
given to Lord C&uuing. the Governor-General ; to Lord Harris. Governor
of Madras; to I«ord Etphinstone Governor of Bombay , to Sir J. Uw.
mice. Chief (‘onwnissiower of the Punjaub; and to Mr Krere. Chief Com¬
missioner of cJciude. lor the various efforts made by them to put down the
mutiny. Tin* noble Lord then came Litlu* names in the second category,
the first of which was that of the Commander-in-chief. Sir C. Campbell,
whose deeds in iudm. In* said, were equal to the most daring aud skilful
of his explotis in o'her parts of the world. After mentioning a number
of other names entitled to special honour, he said that the thanks of their
Lordships were, however, not to be connot'd to the parties he had men¬
tioned, but were to be extended to every officer, non-commissioned office!,
and private who had Liken part in the operations.
The Earl ot Derby took exception to so much of the resolution as
related to the • energy aud ability " attributed to the Governor-General;
and said that such a vote, as far as that nob e Viscount was concerned,
was premature while the Calcutta memorial remained unanswered. The
mode in which Lord CAuning hau first rejected and afterwards accepted
the services of the troops of Jung Baliadoor, of the 84Hi Regiment, aud of
the inhabitants of Calcutta, was an example rather of vacillation and un¬
certainty of purpose than of the energy and ability which the House were
coiled upon to applaud. With other portions of the resolutions he had
little or no Tan It to find ; while especially as regarded the services of the
troops generally, and of some lew civilians wno had distinguished them¬
selves by their cervices, it was impossible to extol their conduct too
highly With these remarks, forming to some extent a protest to these
resolution*, which he was obliged unwillingly to moke, he cordially con¬
curred in their terms.
The Duke of Argyll, vindicating the conduct of Lord Canning, said that
he had been the victim of charges brought against him by the Calcutta
press, w hich he hud completely answered ; and to have omitted his name
in these resolutions would have been to pass a censure upon him of which
he was undeserving
The Duke of Cambridge briefly expressed the grounds of his cordial
concurrence in the votes .of thanks, which were then put and agreed to
non. con.
Religious Worship —The Earl of 8 haftf.sbdrv, on the order of the
tUy for the second reading of the Religious Worship Act Amendment Bill,
Shortly explained the situation In which lie was placed with regard to it,
and withdrew the bill —The Archbishop of CANTERBURY then moved the
second reading of a Dill having the same object am Lord Shaftesbury a,
which.lie coid had secured the sanction of the entire episcopal bench.—
Alter a few words from the Bishop of Ixmdon. the Bishop of Exeter, and
Viscount Dungannon, the bill was read a second time.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Monday.
Sir H. Raw’inson took the oaths and his seat for Reig&te ; and Lord
J. Browne took the oaths and his seat for Mayo.
The Koval Nuptials. The Speaker read to the House her Ma
lesty s reply to the uddress of the Commons on Saturday, congratulating
her Majesty on the mnrriage of the Princess Royal
General AsnnuRNti am — In answer to a question from Mr. Warren,
Lord Palmerston explained that General Ashburnham, uot being able
to obtain active employment iu the livid m Iudia. had deemed it right to
return to England ana place himself under the orders of the Commander-
m-Ghief.
THANKS TO THB CIVIL, MILITARY, AND NAVAL 8BRVICB8 IN INDIA.
Lord Palmerston then proposed the thanks oi the House to Lord
Canning. Governor-General of India, Loid Harris Governor of the
Presidency of Madras; Lord E?phio*tone Governor of Bombay: Sir
John Lawrence. K C B.. Chief Commissioner of the Puujaub ; and Henry
Barto: l' lure, chief Com mission er o: bcindo. for the energy and ability with
which they employed the resource* at their command to suppress the
Indian mutiny; and to Sir Colin Campbell and the officers ol the army
and navy lor tue intrepidity, courage, uud patient endurance displayed in
the performance oi their arduous unties
Mr. Disraeli entirely concurred in the remark? of the noble Lord re¬
specting those gallant men of the army and navy ol England and of the
East India Company's Service, who were not only successful in uobly and
bravp’y defending themselves when assailed, out who had also "dis¬
tinguished themselves by their indomitable courage when they, in their
turn, became the assailants. The deeds of those- men were unsurpassed
in lrislory, and they had well and Justly entitled themselves to the
warmest thanks of their country, tie objected. however* Until the several
charges ra ode against Lord Canning? administrative conduct Were fully
investigated, and his triumphant vindication established, that the thanks
of Parliament should be voted to his Excellency, and with that view he
suggested the postponement of the iirstresolution ; but, Lord Palmerston
not assenting, Mr. Disraeli moved the previous question
Mr La norGiir.RE defended the vote on the ground that it was in ac¬
cordance with precedent to include the civilians who had been concerned
in the superintendence of military operations At another time he would
be prepared to justify l*ortl Canning s civil policy if it were assailed, but
in the meantime the House was only ca led upon to thank him tor hia
military oolicy.
Sir J. Pakington said, while the accusation* against I*ord Canning’s
policy contained in the CalcutLi memoriHi were unanswered, it was im¬
possible fur the House to say that he should be thanked tor energy aud
ability ; on the coufrary, his whoit career appeared to have been marked
by vacillation aud infirmity of purpose.
Mr. Mangles defended Lord Canning's conduct, and offered borne ex¬
planations tending to remove impressions created by fa'ee rumours, and
urged the Bouse to agree to a unanimous vote ef approbation of the
parties named in the motion M \
Colonel Sykes supported the motion of tlie Government, and contended
that there were other men who were equally entitled with those who were
named in the vote to the thanks of the House.
Mr. Walpole was of opinion that l*oni Canning had exhibited great
ability and firmness, considering the difficulties by which he was sur¬
rounded. As it had been aUtea that by the proposed vote they were not
to be prevented f rom considering the memorial which had been sent from
Calcutta against Lord Canning, ne would suggest to his right hon. friend
<Mr. Ltferai li) to withdraw his opposition. Ifhedidnot. he (Mr. Walpole)
would teel bound to vote for the motion.
Admiral W alcott supported the motion.
Lord J. Rlsseij* believed that much ol the censure that hud been
passed nn -Lord Canning was based upon wrong and imperfect informa¬
tion. He considered that many of the measures of the Governor-General,
especially wifli regard to his attempt? at restraining violent acta of ven¬
geance against the native*, were highly to be admired.
After a few words from Lord Jon.v Stuart.
Mr. Sidney Herbert defended the conduct of the Governor-General,
whose conduct, in the manner in which he supplied the troops with
transport when they arrived in Ca’cutta, was beyond all praise.
Sir Charles Napier regretted that the name of Captain Peel, who
bad performed such distinguished services, was not inserted in the reso¬
lution.
Sir De Lacy Evans hoped the amendment would be withdrawn, as it
would have the effect, if passed, of weakening the hands of the Governor-
General. The gallant General concluded by saying that, for his part, he
had no gloomy forebodings with regard to the result of the war in India,
as he thought the neck of the revolution was broken when Delhi felL He
intimated his disapprobation of the course taken by the Government in
omitting from the vote of thanks the names of many distinguished officers.
| and stated that, should the Government not lake a different course in
relation to the matter, he himself would bring the subject under the con¬
sideration u( the House.
Atier some brief remarks from Mr Kinnaird. Lord C. Hamilton, Sir
Harry Vane, Mr. Drummond. Mr. Ilemey, Mr. Vanslttart, Genera
Thompson and 51 r. Townsend.
Mr Disraeli withdrew The amendment. Lord Pa’merstnn havingstated
that it was not intended by the vote of thanks to Lord Canning to pre¬
cede the House from discussing his policy as Governor General of India,
and pronouncing an opinion thereon
The resolutions were then sgrted to.
The Havelock Annuity —The report on the Havelock annuity was
brought up agreed to and a bid ordered to be brought in.
East Indian Loan Ball—'T his bill was read a second time, and ordered
to be commuted ou Monday next.
CONSPIRING TO COMMIT MURDER.
Lord Palmerston then rose to move for leave to bring in a bill to
amend the law relating to conspiring to murder. It was not the intention
o*' the Government to introduce any measure to remove* a iens. Whatever
might be the occasional advantage of such a power it would be liable to
abuse—it wou’d Infringe the principle which made our shores free to all
nation*, and i* was, therefore, not a measure likely to be proposed by any
Government, or assented to by any Parliament But though this was the
case, and though objections had been raided to taking up the subject at all,
because of addresses from military bodies which had appeared in the
Aloniiettr . that was no reason why we should not remedy defects in ourowu
legislation, and a recent atrocious crime had induced the Goverment to
gee what improvement cou’d be made upon our law in this respect The
French 5fini»ter had handsomely apologised for the indiscreet language of
military men in their addresses to the Emperor; and he thought that, so
far as the British people could, consistency with their Constitution, revise
a law ?o as to satisfy the people of France, it would be their duty to do so.
Hie bill proposed to diminish the punishment for conspiracy to murder
in Ireiaud. ami to increase it lu England, and to make ft a felony to con¬
spire or incite to murder in any part of the United Kingdom, Guernsey.
Jenny, the Die of Man. Alderney, or Sark, any person within or without
the kingdom ; and that the word “murder ” shall mean what it at pre¬
sent signifies in the English law.
Mr Kinglake moved, as an amendment, that it waa inexpedient to
legislate on the subject until the correspondence between the British aud
French Government* was before the House.
5Ir. Horsman seconded the amendment
Mr. Hadpield supported the amendmeut
Mr. Bowyer supported the bill
5Ir. VV. J. Fox denounced the bill as a disgrace to the oountry. because
it was brought forward iu consequence of the pressure of a foreign Power,
and was totally opposed to the constitution and habits of the English
people
Mr C Gilpin would oppose It in every stage, believing that It would
Strengthen the hands of despot? on the Contiueut, and be a blot on tlie
English name iu all parts ol Europe.
Sir J. Walsii supported the bill, because, while it did not interfere
with the rights of an asylum, it would check conspirators against foreign
Sovereigns from carry lug on their plow in this country.
Lord Elcho opposed the bi*l.
Mr Roebuck deprecated the course proposed to be pursued. They
were going to make a law stringent, when the whole policy of this country
was lo ameliorate the law The lion, and learned gentleman referred to
the antecedents of the Emperor Napoleon, whom he wished not unneces¬
sarily to offend ; but who. through his official organ, tlie Monitvnr, had
Crossly offended the people of England, in saying their country was ** a
den or assassins,” and indicating that the French army, as manifested by
their addresses, were anxious to be let loose to revenge the attempt upon
their.Emperor’s life. Hie people of England were not assassins. They
had not so degenerated as to assassinate either friend or foe ; and sucu
insults came with a bad grace from the lips of tlu* man Who had actually
paid the man his wage? who waa hired by the great Napoleon to assassinate
the great Duke of Wellington. The people of England made the noble
Lord at the head of their Government their Prime Minister because they
regarded him as the enemy of despots ; but/the noble Lord was now
about to play the game of despots, aud to pass a law formic Introduction
into tiiis country of a French system of ponce. He would tell tlie noble
Lord tliat the people of England wou d ndt stand it; that the law which
he proposed was not necessary ; and he trusted the House would indicate
that to the noble Lord by rejecting his bill with all thuindiguity which it
deserved
Mr. Warren moved the adjournment of the debate.
Lord Palmerston did uot Oppose the adjournment; and the debate,
upon his suggestion, was adjourned tothe following day.
The other orders of the day were then'disposed oL
HOUSE OF LORDS,— Tuesday.
A bill for reforming the law of debtor and creditor waa introduced by
Lord St. Leonards, and ruad a first time, after a brief conversation, in
which Laird Campbell, the Lord Chancellor, I*ord Brougham, and Lord
Wensleydale participated.
The Trustees Relief Bill and the Transfer of Estates Simplification Bill
were read a second time. \ ^^ J
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Tuesday.
Mr. Bright took: the oaths and his seat a? member for Birmingham-
The hon. gentleman, on appearing at the table, was welcomed with much
cheering
East India CdwPANT^Mr.T. Baring presented a petition from the
East Iudia Company deprecating all change in the organisation of the
Indian Government “ aiiring the continuance of the present unhappy
disturbances and without a full previous inquiry into the operation of the
present System.” The- bn. member announced that when the India
Reform Bill was brought forward he should propose an amendment
enunciating the opinion that it was inexpedient to legislate on the subject
under present circumstances.
Jewish Disabilities After an appeal from Lord Palmerston, and
in spite of some remonstrances from Mr.'Ncwdegate, Mr T. Duncombe
consented to postpone his motion relative to the non-admission of Baron
Rothschild to his seat In the House.
\ CON8PIRING TO COMMIT MURDER.
Tlie adjourned debate on this bill was resumed by
Mr. T. Duncombe, who corrected some popular errors regarding the
incidents attending the attempt made many years age by Louis Napoleon
atTioulogne.
Mr. Warren opposed the bill, explaining in detail the reason on which
lie founded the conclusion that the measure was unnecessary, would
prove ineffectual, and was Introduced under circumstances derogatory to
the dignity of England
Sir (t. Grey declare! that the English Government had never intended
to concede, nor the French Government ventured to ask. the slightest in¬
fringement ou the right of asylum hitherto offered by England to politi¬
cal refugees from all countries The recent attempt at assassination
had, lie said, attracted tlie attention of her Majesty * Ministers to the
imperfect state of tlie law relating to conspiracy before the subject waa
brought under their notice by the French 51inist.ry. He examined the
qnestion. as presented by Mr. Roebuck, in its double aspects, involving
respectively tlie necessity of change aud the opportunity of time. Ou
both points he combated the argument of that hon. and learned member.
The judicial authorities whose opinions had been quoted were, he con¬
tended. competent to interpret the law. but not entitled to dictate to Par¬
liament as to it? sufficiency. Under the present law the definition of con¬
spiracy to murder was confessedly uncertain, and the penalty imposed al¬
together Inadequate to the offence. He thought the statute Should be invigo¬
rated; and there was nothing in the events that had just transpired, or the
language used in another country, which ought to induce the British Legis¬
lature to postpone the accomplishment of so obvious a measure of legal
reform. The apologetic despatch from Count Walewski, which the
Home Secretary read to the House, had been, as stated, not elicited by
any representation from the British Government, but was prompted alto¬
gether by the accounts received from tlie French Ambassador in Loudon
respecting the effect produced on public opinion in tills country by cer¬
tain expressions Introduced in addresses to the Emperor, and promulgated
in theAfonitcnr.
Mr. Hovill op nosed the bill, ns did Mr. B. Hope, on the ground equally
of necessity, expediency, and dignity.
Mr. Collier supported the Ministerial measure, which he considered
well-devised and hot ill-timed.
Alter some remarks in opposition to the bill from Mr. Hunt and Mr.
Dent, and Ln its favour from Mr Whitbread aud Mr. Bentinck.
Mr. Monckton Milnes opposed tlie measure. Assassination was a
crime of which Englishmen, in all times and of every class, felt the utmost
abhorrence. In the recent, attempt England had no complicity, nor any
but the most accidental connection of any sort He thought that the
charges brought forward In the despatch ol Count Walewski, and adopted
in the addresses published in the Afoul tear, were altogether unfounded.
We eave no hospitality, as was alleged, to assassins. The bill would prove
totally Inoperative, if passed, it could be of no avail either to suppress
conspiracy or detect conspirators. It had been recommended as giving a
demonstration to the Sovereign and people ot France of English detesta¬
tion at the crime that had been attempted; but, as he believed, the only
demonstration it could thrnish would be that of our own weakness and
the inefficiency of our legal machinery.
Mr. Napier believed that the bill effected a wise amendment of the law,
introduced at a very fitting moment He commented upon the inconsis¬
tencies between the law in England and Ireland with regard to con¬
spiracies to murder, and rejoiced to find that the existing anomalies were
to be removed.
Lord J. Russell regretted that, at a time when national feelings of
horror and condemnation had been excited by the late attempt to murder
the French Emperor, the Government should have challenged discussion
on a measure curtain to bring Into question the conduct and policy of that
Sovereign He wished to speak with all respect of the present ruler of
France, who had deserved well of England and of Europe The Mu u
been (leiuiidt'd ns comprising an Indisputable ami areent lmnrovemJnTS
the law I hi* assertion he considered viry questionable uil
question of urgency, inquired how it happened that, tile imuartaniL.
the subject was never before discovered V .Uauy reforms iu the °i
been proposed, yet the enactments relating to conspiracy were allows
overlooked until just alter the reception ot Count Walewski s
Laws had two object* to prevent criminals aud prevent criine—^,*
neither of these, as lie apprehended, would be attained by the measure heml;
the liuuse. Conspiracies in these days were concocted iu a
wild tanaticlsm, aud were not likely to be suppressed by merely eultanere»
the penalty consequent upon discovery. Not punishment but deteetmS
was wanted ; and this purpose the bill did not touch The measure h
was persuaded, would neither amend the law unr satisfy the !. 1 ?
Government. The position In which her Majesty's Ministers had uhu-ali
the country excited much alarm for the tuture Jn their bill Ihey hall
trive! to please neither the people of England nor the limbaror nr
Trance, they had conceded a change in the law, and. when that elianoi
was proved to be incITectual, they could not consistently retu.se to adont
more stringent means The Government had brought themselves into n
false position, exhibiting weakness towards France, and disappointing
the just expectations of the people of England. He called upon thf
House of Commons to avoid partieipatiug in their error and humiliation
The Solicitor-GexeraL plgim that the prescut state of tlie law
relating to conspiracy was att&etbrr unssitlsfactory The bill would
accomplish a uselul relorm, and he justified |hc mode and period of it.
introduction. ' \ V
.Mr. Disraeli remarked that discussions on the details of a bill not vet
be!ore the House were Somewhat premature. It was. he observed not
unusual to frame measures to meet individual eases, or iu consequence of
the commission of particular crimes. The late attempt to assassinate tlie
Emperor Napoleon belonged to this, and there would luve been little cin
broilment In the question but for circumstances that had subsequently
occurred. He thought the Walewski despatch unfortunate, but sub¬
mitted that all grievances had' been atoned by a frank apology
and ought to bef forgotteft. \Strongcr expressions than had been used
against England were directed ouiy live years ago against France by
Cabinet Ministers, who had aflerwanls duly apolugised in tlie presence of
the House of Commdna The Emperor Napoleon waa sincerely anxious
to preserve the alliance between France and England, but the task wag
Bometimcg diiikuilt. at mxuheiits of excitement among hia subjects, and we
should do everything iu our power to assist his endeavours The inode in
which tlie Government had met tlie present occasion was, however, ex¬
tremely unsatisfactory - and the right lion, member proceeded to indicate
the measures which, in hia opinion, they ought to have adopti-d, but had
failed to initiate. But. though considering tlie bill a clumsy aud inefficient
device, he intended to vote for its introduction, fearing that a rejection of
tile measure might lead to mischievous misconception in other countries.
5Ir. ,S Herbert repudiated the charge that England had become a den
of conspiracy, or had afforded aid ami connivance to conspirators. The
^J'grch'Ctoverament seemed to have advanced uutouudcd allegations and
uruedJinppssible demands. He deprecated precipitate legislation, wishing
to have information on several points before conceding a change iu the
law, and asked especially whether it was Intended to extend the iuquial-
toriaI power of the police? The Ministerial bill ought, however, not to
be rejected unseen. He should consent to its introduction, but judge it
afterwards strictly upon its merits, without fear or favour.
Lord Palmer ston, in the course of a geueral reply, noticed the
criticism which lind been offered in various quarters during the debate
upon the tenor of the bill and tlie conduct of tlie Government. The
measure wa? founded on a too notorious fact—the concoction In England
of a conspiracy to assassinate the ruler of France. The Ministry had
begun to consider the means of preventing similar attempts in future,
even before receiving the despatch from Count Walewski be explained
and defended the principles on which the bill wa? framed It waa, he
muintaiued. no valid objection to a law that it did not invariably succeed
in repressing crime The bill, he contended, efl’ected an improvement ln
the law, and was calculated to prevent crimes that were disgraceful to tlie
character ol the country, and whose consequences might be most disas¬
trous to the civilised world.
Mr. Cox moved the adjournment of the debate; but after some conver¬
sation the motion was withdrawn, and. Mr. Kinglake having also with¬
drawn his amendment, the House divided ou the direct question, “ay or
no," lor leave to bring in the bill. There appeared for tlie motion, 399;
against it. 99. Leave was then given, aud foe bill was subsequently in¬
troduced and read a first time.
The Havelock annuities Bill was read a second time; and the
other orders of the day were disposed of.
PRESENTATION OF ADDRESSES BY BOTH HOUSES OF
PARLIAMENT TO THE QUEEN.
The House of Lords and the House of Commons both met on Saturday
last, for the purpose of presenting loyal addresses to her Majesty on the
auspicious marriage of tlie Princess Royal with Prince Frederick William
ol Prussia.
The Peers, after a brief sitting, proceeded en grande tenue to Buckingham
Palace with their address. The Lord Chancellor wore his gold robe, and
was atteuded by his principal Secretary (the Hon. W. Spring Rice), the
Pursebearer. Deputy Serjcant-at-Arms. and Train bearer. The Peers
were introduced to the green drawing-room. The Queen was conducted by
the 51arquis of Breadalbane, I*ord Chamberlain, to ber throne. The Prince
Consort and the Prince of Wales were on the Queen s left The Duchess
of Sutherland. Mistress of the Robes, the Countess of Desart Lady in
Waiting, and the Viscountess Chewton, Woman of the Bedchamber in
Waiting, were on her Majesty’s right. The Earl of St Germans. G.C.B.,
Lord Steward ; the Marquis of Breadalbane, K.T.. Lord Chamberlain;
the Duke of Wellington, Master of the Horse; the Marquis of Aber-
corn, K.G., Groom of the Stole to the Prince Consort; Lord Ernest
Bruce. Vice Chamberlain ; and Viscount Castlerospe, Comptroller of the
Household, occupied their usual stations near the Queen Her Majesty
was attended by tbe following Ministers Of State, viz.Earl Granville,
tlie Marquis oi Clanricarde, foe Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Pal¬
merston, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon. Mr. Secretary
Labouehere, SirG. C. Lewis, the Right lion. R. Vernon Smith, Lord
Stanley of Aldcrley, and the Duke of Argyll Her Majesty’s Body Guard
ot the Lion. Corjps of Gentlemen-at-Arms lined the throne-room, under
the command of the Lieutenant. The Queen being seated the Peers were
Introduced, and the Lord Chancellor, followed by the other Lords, ad¬
vanced until near the Sovereign, when the noble and learned Lord read
the address of congratulation from the House of Peers. Her Majesty
returned a most gracious answer, and the deputation withdrew.
In the House of Coramous the Speaker took hi? seal, in Btate costume,
at two o'clock, and shortly afterwards quitted the Chamber, accompanied
by nearly two hundred members, for the Palace. The deputation was con¬
ducted up the grand staircase into tlie promenade gallery After the re¬
ception of the Peers the House of Commons was ushered to the presence
of the Queen on the throne, l’he Speaker advanced, supported on one side
by. the Right Hon B. Disraeli and on the other by Lord John Russell.
The Speaker read the address ol' congratulation from the House of
Commons. The Queen returned a most gracious answer The members
then withdrew from the Royal presence.
Conspiring to Commit Murder.—T he following are the
clauses of tlie bill to amend the law on tills subject brought before the
House of Commons on Monday, by Lord Palmerston “ 1 Any person
who shall, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or
the islands of Jersey, Guernsey. Alderney, Sark, and Man, conspire with
any other person or persons, being either within or without the said
United Kingdom and said islands, to commit murder either within or
without the dominions of her Majesty, shall be guilty Of felony, and upon
being convicted shall be liable to be sentenced to penal servitude
for life, or for any term not less than five years, or to imprisonment, with
or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three years. 2. That
any person within the said United Kingdom, or said islands of Jersey,
Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and Man, who shall persuade, instigate,
or solicit any other person, bein^ either within or without foe
said United Kingdom or the said islands, to commit murder,
either within or without her Majesty’s dominions, shall be guilty
of felony, aud shall be liable upon conviction to be sentenced to penal
servitude for life, or for any term not less t han five years, or to imprison¬
ment. with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three
years. 3. Any person charged with felony under the provisions of this
Act may be apprehended or punished, or otherwise dealt with, in all
respects, in any county or place within the United Kingdom in which be
may found, in the same manner as if the felony with which he is chargtd
had beeu committed in such county or place. 4. In any proceeding under
this Act in which foe murder shall be alleged to have been intended to 1'®
committed in any foreign country or countries, murder shall be construed
to mean the killing of any person, whether a subject of her Majesty or
not, under such circumstances as would, if the person were so killed in
the United Kingdom, make such killing murder by the laws of the said
United Kingdom.” The fifth clause repeal? the Irish Act of George IIL,
entitled “An Act for Consolidating ana Amending the Statutes relating
to Conspiracies.”
Question of Privilege.—A carious question respecting the
definition of privileged communications came before the Dublin Court of
Bankruptcy last week, in the case of Michael Tobyn, a bankrupt. Coun¬
sel for the assignees proposed to examine Mr. Kudcll, manager of tnc
International Telegraph Company, as to certain messages which haa
passed between Liverpool and Dublin. Mr. Ruddl, on behalf of the com¬
pany, stated that he had brought down the messages pursuant to tiie
subpoena, but that the company considered the documents were privilegea,
and that he was not bound to disclose them, except by order of the Court.
Judge Plunket ruled that it was the privilege of the sender, and not ol
company, to w ithhold the messages. The messages were then producer,
and the examination was proceeded with.
Feb. 13, 1SS8
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
171
SKETCHES IV PARLIAMENT.
Xitb young Parliament seems inclined to vindicate its pretensions to
youth by linns fast. As much animated discussion, and as much
interest, have been comprehended in the short week since its re¬
assembling as, judiciously spread out, would have lasted till Easter.
First'impressions are invariably deceitful, and for a brief space one
had an idea that there was once more an Opposition ; that is, an
Opposition which divides regularly against the Minister, and is ready
to be sent for to Windsor. The leaders of that counter-irritant to the
stagnation of the Treasury bench were so brisk and so buoyant that
really there was a supposition that they had a policy; but after all,
as usual, they appear to be only pregnant of speeches. That being
go, it was not a little hard on Mr. Disraeli that he was manoeuvred
out of that oration which was to have been discharged simultaneously
with that of Lord Derby on the first evening of the renewed sitting.
A gentleman who has been defrauded of the delivery of a set speech
is generally as little in that frame of mind which tends to sympathy
with his fellow-creatures as can well be conceived; and it may be
supposed tliat Mr. Disraeli exhibited no signs of exemption from that
infirmity of the devotees of organised talk. He bounced al>ont>
emitting sparks and explosions like a cracker, and frisked through five
bitter and cutting speech-lings like an oratorical will-o’-the-wisp en¬
acting the character so thoroughly as absolutely to mislead himself
into a monsoon in the desert, and nearly into a sandstorm in the
Indian Ocean. As far as one can judge, a good deal of his Parlia¬
mentary tactics are directed to the conservation of the orders and rules
of the House, probably because, at present, he has not made up his
mind what else there is to conserve. Nevertheless, he obtained some¬
thing like a triu nph by excluding Lord Canning from the vote of
thanks of the nouse, except in so far as the services of the Governor-
General were recognised in connection with a due supply of bullock-
carts for the troops at Calcutta. Perhaps, however, bullock-carts
were, and still are, a good deal more ad rem in the arrange¬
ment of Indian affairs than the most magnificent abstract policy
that ever was conceived by Warren Hastings or Wellesley. It de¬
pends a good deal on bullock-carts whether we shall ever have any
occasion to legislate for India; or to sacrifice Mr. Mangles and Colonel
Sykes. Talking of sacrifices, one ought to notice the reappearance of
Mr. Bright and Mr. Milner Gibson : with them all the notable
members of the last Parliament who were sacrificed because they
could not see much difference between Sir John Bowring and Com¬
missioner Yeh, with the exception of Mr. Cobden, have now been re¬
instated by peiutential constituencies.
In the somewhat feverish debates which have characterised the
early days of this Session we have missed the eager intervention
of Mr. Gladstone’s voice: he has not been seen in his accus¬
tomed seat; and up to the present time Sir James Graham's place
also knows him not. Criticism has, once in a way, proved a mortal
weapon in the hands of a reviewer; and if, by parity of effect, speeches
could kill, the Emperor of the French might reasonably be expected
to succumb to the withering eloquence of the member for Sheffield.
There is sometliing of the inspiration of the Pythoness about Mr.
Roebuck when he is delivering those trenchant denunciations which
ring so clearly on the ears, and go so direc 1 to the sensations of his
listeners. Saving that there is here and there a failure in taste by
the introduction of some phrase which might be spared, and an occa¬
sional lowering of tone for the sake of antithesis, the speeches of the
member for Sheffield on the refugee question are masterpieces in their
way. Every word is a dagger, hut a dagger used with skill, and
pointed at the very heart of the argument. And yet, with all their
power, and all their directness of appeal to the feeling of the moment,
when those speeches have ceased to tingle in our ears and to stir our
blood, the impression most abiding which they leave is a wish that
they had never been spoken.
A very singular, not to say instructive, illustration of the present
condition of the House of Commons has been this debate on the
refugee question. In the first place, like misery, it has brought into
collocation of opinion and neighbourhood of sentiment the most dis¬
cordant personages. Conceive Mr. Warren, in the first really good
speech he lias made since he obtained a seat in Parliament, being
cheered for his liberal arguments and his assertion of the free spirit of
our Constitution by the lusty voices of the gentlemen who congregate
about the bench which custom has devoted to the Manchester party; and
whore, in truth, may now be seen some of the finest specimens of well-
grown, well-fed British freemen as could be found anywhere in her
Majesty’s dominions. Then imagine the few—the very few—debaters on
theGovernmentsidebeingtakenupheartilyby Mr. Bentinck; andcheered
mildly, as his manner is, but earnestly and affectionately, by Mr.
Napier. Imagine Lord John Russell standing, with his arms folded,
within a yard of the back of Lord Palmerston’s head, declaring in
measured toneB, which would be solemn if it were possible, that his
ancient friend has nothing left of that spirit of the old Barons within
him which caused those mythical persons to stand fast in the old
W3.vs of that English law which Lord John's friends and
associates are every day doing their best—but. that's not
much—to knock down, grind to powder, and dissipate to their
primeval dost; and, moreover, that he will not ccmscnt to
be humiliated in the face of Europe by voting for changing a mis¬
demeanour into a felony. But Lord John made a most telling speeeh
nevertheless, and in a style somewhat new to him, for all but the
peroration was gone through with the tact and skill of an accom¬
plished “ raconteur ” telling a story of great and sustained interest.
Then what an odd idea it gives one to see Mr. Disraeli eagerly jump up
to supply the deficiencies of Lord Palmerston’s Solicitor-General’s
attempt to reply to Lord John, and argue the question from four dis¬
tinct points of view, two of them giving the most crushing answer to
the speeches of the opponents of the bill, and the other two consisting
of the most rasping and caustic condemnation of the whole course taken
by the Government in the matter, and ending with a promise to vote
for the first reading of the hill; and a threat that he would very pro¬
bably do his best to smash it on the second reading. In short, the
whole business was a gome of Parliamentary blindman’s-buff, in which
everybody was forever gyrating in darkness over a very uncertain area,
and constantly finding himself the victim of thcoddest combinations and
of the most extraordinary contact. It was a genuine specimen of that
curious political art to the promotion of which Lord Palmerston has
of late contributed more than any man who ever lived—namely, the
art of having all the arguments on one side, and all the votes on
the other. But wfhat is to be expected of a Ministry which, in the
House of Commons,/possesses in the shape of talking power exactly
one debater and a lialf? __
Cardinal Wiseman, in a pastoral letter, announces the
appointment of a Jubilee by the Pope. The Cardinal refers in feeling
terms to the tragical events which have taken place in India—especially
to the massacre of Catholic priests. lie denounces the attempts to pro¬
mote Protestant missions in India by legislative aid. In allusion to the
attack on the Emperor, he strongly reprobates what he designates
* the murderous attempts and reckless conspiracies of the foes to all social
oedoc Jsd religious principles.”
BRITISH INS i ITUTION.
EXHIBITION OP THE WORKS OF BRITISH ARTISTS.
Taken as a whole, the Exhibition of Works of British Artists at the
British Institution, which opened on Monday, is a decided improve¬
ment upon the average which have preceded it. If there are fewer
works startling us with extraordinary ami ambitious effects, there
are also fewer ranging below the level of mediocrity; there are, on the
other hand, more in which purpose is honestly displayed, and that
purpose industriously and legitimately carried out. One remarkable
circumstance is the comparative paucity of attempts of avewed pre-
Raphael itism ; indeed, we only recollect two which struck us as coming
within that denomination, and these, having referred to them, we
will dismiss before proceeding further with our survey. No. 52, “The
Voice of Mercy,” by Mr. G. D. Leslie, is a small, solemn-looking com.
position, which we do not pretey.d to understand the rights of, com¬
prising two female figures, the one carrying aleft a long pointed
sword, whilst the other holds a greyhound in leash. No. 373, “ The
Lady of Shalott,” by Mr. W. Maw Egley, illustrates a passage in Ten¬
nyson’s poem, in which the vision of her knight-lover appears to the
recluse lady, “ flashed into the crystal mirror ” which hangs in her
apartment. The opportunities for brilliant colouring, and minute
realisation of detail, which the subject so evidently affords, have been
turned to advantage by the artist.
Turning now to more ordinary matter, we will notice some of the
works which most struck us on our first visit to the gallery. Mr.
Niemann occupies the post of honour over the chimneypiece in the
north room with his finely-coloured picture (No. i2), “ The Leviathan,”
at Mill wall. The once unwieldy monster of the deep is represented
under a pitch-dark sky, pierced only by the glow’ of the distant fires
in the building-yard, and a solitary, fitful, sidelong ray from the
moon, which itself is hidden behind an impenetrable cloud. A poetic
treatment is thus attempted of purely matter-of-fact materials, and
with considerable sncce«. Equally poetic, hut in a different vein of
poetry, is another fine scene on Father Thames, by Mr. H. Dawson
which hangs in the south room “The New Houses of Parlia¬
ment, Westminster,” inay be assumed to represent the legislative wis¬
dom and the art-talent of the country, »b “ The Leviathan ” does its
engineering skill and commercial enterprise. But Mr. Dawson’s
picture is of a brighter complexion than Mr. Niemann’s. He has
chosen the after part of a fine day in early spring, when the sun,
whose golden panoply still triumphs through a slight seasonable
fog, is ou the decline towards setting, its broad rays reflected
on the broad surface of the busy river. In the selection
of his point of view, from the Lambeth side, a little south of
Westminster-bridge, Mr. Dawson evinces a happy eye for the
picturesque; and never has Sir diaries Barry’s vast and gorgeous
structure been exhibited on paper or canvas to more advantage
than in this picture—looming through the mist, in proud
supremacy over the straggling old bridge, but harmonising in archi¬
tectural fraternity with the towers of the venerable Abbey. The
barges and country craft moored to the shore, and the steamers
scudding up the stream, sufficiently illustrate the active, industrial
character of river life, without being overdone. The whole is very
carefully painted, with a free brush, in a cool tone, the truth of which
every denizen of the great metropolis will recognise at a glance
Sir E. Landseer delights us with two charming specimens of his
genial and genuine pencil. No. 4, a 6ceue in the study of the great
novelist and poet at Abbotsford—a reminiscence of a visit paid by
the artist, as recorded in his journal; and No. 28, “ The Twa Doga,”
after Burns’ well-known lines. The latter is a small canvas, of
which not an inch has been wasted. The heads of the patrician
Newfoundland, and the “ploughman's collie,” are given in propor¬
tions as large as life, paid are brimful of character—the former suave
in temperament as lie is smooth and soft in coat; the latter eager,
anxious, snappish, as farm-bred dogs will be. But, being both of a colour
(black), this distinctiveness of character is not so striking at first, and
the picture would, perhaps, be improved by giving the collie a dash of
iron-grey or tan. Near at hand Air. Armfield exhibits “ A Corner
of the Market, Leadenhall ” (46), a clever animal piece, including
dogs of various breeds, pigeons. &c., and a few odds and ends of
vegetable produce.
Mr. Pyne’s large picture (47), “ Carnarvon Castle—Approaching
Storm,” is delicately finished ; but the prevailing tone too pale and
glary, to which the patches of pink and blue in the centre serve ques¬
tionably as a focus.
Mr. D. Roberts’s two grand landscaj/es (62), “ Tyre ” and (76)
“ Sidon,” if a little sketchy in execution in parts, exhibit an appre¬
ciative das sic character, and a glorious Oriental atmosphere, which no
living artist in his line can surpass.
Mr. L. Haghe has two of his ingenious set pieces, in which all the
materials, being of the artist’s own selection and disposition, are
elaborated and finished as a labour of love. The one (66) represents
“Peter Boei arranging his Modi 1”—a fine vase of flowers; the other
(83) “ The Visit to the Studio an elderly cognoscenti, with his
daughter, scrutinising the merits of a picture on the easel, which the
artist, with the usual professional volubility, descants upon for their
advantage.
Mr E. Goodall paints so little, and so well, that we could have
wished he had on the present occasion a more worthy subject tor his
pencil than the penny-a-lining myth of “ Highland Jessie,” which
went the round of the papers some months ago, and has since turned
the heads of, and been turned to account by, half the professional
poets and composers of the day. Nevertheless, there is some fine
feeling and admirable study in the picture entitled (70) “ The
Campbells are Coming: Lucknow, September, 1867.” The
figure of the imaginary Jessie eagerly stretching over the rained
embrasure, as she listens to the distant notes of the bagpipes, is grandly
conceived, und, pictorially, a worthy pendant to the famed “ Maid of
Saraogssathe other figures, though showing less action, are in good
keeping with the monotonous and anxious duties of a beleaguered
post. Immediately opposite Mr. Goodall’s picture is a large his¬
torical work by Mr. J. Gilbert (167), perhaps the most important
that he has yet produced. It represents an incident in the youth
of Teniers, the artist, when one day the great Rubens dropped
in upon him in bis studio, and, taking his pencil, gave some
master touches to the picture he had just commenced, instructing
him, as lie went on, in the principles on which he wrought. The
quiet dignity and air of superiority of the prince of colourists; the
eager admiration of the young aspirant, who stands behind
his chair; and the calmer pride and aati&faction displayed in
tke features of the other members of the household, constitute a
justly-graduated train of interest. We need hardly add that the
colouring is rich, solid, and well composed; and that the finish of
the various accessories—fruit, glass, and quaint ornamental
furniture—leaves nothing to be desired. Indeed, so sub¬
stantial and unquestionable is the success of the picture in
the last-named respects, that it is by no means imperilled by its close
proximity to one of the most gorgeous canvases that ever came from
the hand of Mr. Lance. Here the “Peacock at Home” (162), with
liis bright-spangled tail half developed in easv nonchalant style
across the picture, is almost eclipsed by the wealth of colour bestowed
upon the gold antique flagon, the nautilus enp, and the luscious fruit
which tempt the eye and almost sate the palate—the mind's palatfc—
in the foreground. ,
Mr. Ansdell produces a landscape and cattle piece which shows
that he has not passed unobservantly through the Spanish peninsula,
and that the suggestive talent of Rosa Bonheur has not been alto¬
gether thrown away upon him. “ The Road to Seville (183) shows
us a party of market-people—some in a bullock-cart, some riding on
mules—the nationality and character of bipeds and quadrupeds being
alike admirably preserved ; and the colour warm and more generouB
than marked the artist’s earlier works. .
To show how the example of remarkable success is never lost, and
how much, therefore, art is beholden to patronage and the taste of the
day for the form and favour it assumes, we point to two rather in¬
genious and undoubtedly amnsing works by Mr. Ritchie,* comparatively
new artist, in which the inspiration of Frith is too apparent to be mis¬
taken. No. 281 represents “ A Winter Day in St. James s Park,
with all the miscellaneous assemblage of skaters aud sliders >vii eh
frequent that favoured pool, separating the aristocracy of St. James's
from the back slums of Westminster—a butcher's boy, a coster¬
monger, a black page, a youth ol the very “ gent" breed, taking part
in the general scramble;—on the right a too venturesome “party,”
who ha* just been “ immersed ” and “ providentially ” rescued by the
Humane Society’s man A 1; and on the opposite side a demure
middle-aged gentleman shoving his elderly wne about on a sledge-
cliair. There is a good deal of life and character displayed in
many passages of this picture, but there ris also (no obvious a
straining to be fnnny, added to which the colouring is soire vhat
crude and cold. Where, may we ask, did the artist study the
foreshortening and surface treatment of the chair so artftilly
disposed, lying on its back, on the right? The companion picture
(449), “ A Summer’s Day in Hyde Park,” is upon the whole, a more
agreeable one, though open to many of the objections last mentioned.
Tke characters of tlie various groups are more quiet and less ex¬
aggerated A happy family basking in the shade on the shore of the
Serpentine ; a flirtation ; and patience and mental abstraction, em¬
bodied in the person of a sad, pale, old man, in dismal threadbare
mourning, angling in ten-inch water—are the principal features.
Around are all the usual assemblage of carriages, horsemen, peram¬
bulators, &c.; and behind, a fine sweep of green sward to the extreme
background, whiih is bounded by Hyde Park-gardens and Park-lane.
And here we will close our first day’s review of the eollectioa.
HIKING OF SERVANTS.
(7b thr Ed tor Vie Illustrated London News.
I AM glad to find that the evil attending the custom of hiring servants at
statutes, or “ statute sessions." as they are called, has at length aroused
the attention of the men of Lincolnshire. An important and influential
meeting on the subject has lately been held in the city of Lincoln—a
meeting which, if followed up by vigilance and decision on the part of
those who have embarked in a good cause, will, I doubt not, lead, under
God’s b'essiDg, to results which will have a tdling and lastingly bene¬
ficial effect upon the relation between master and servant, and eventually
upon the community at large
An attachment to bum ra Institutions merely because they exist and
have existed for centuries betrays a blind infatuation or a callous
indifference. Now, although it does not appear that, at this meeting at
Lincoln, one speaker was bold enough to declare that these statutes were
right, a disposition was manifested by one or two Individuals to gloss over
and palliate on acknowledged evil on the score of convenience, "expe¬
diency," and necessity. 1 wouldnot fora momententeitain thethought that
such men vou’d say tliat the wrong thing was the right o^e. still 1 affim
that, to all intents and purposes, they are paying that deference to a
crooked policy which is aue only to a straight one. Ideas of richt and
wrong may be well und clearly defined iu the minds of men ; but they are
of little use there unless developed in lile and action. 1 am not so far a
believer in the doctrine of "expediency ” as to admit that it is a sound
plea for the maintenance of a bad rustoxn, thus allowing it to serve as a
haragainst the introduction of a better state of things. But it may be said
that lam not a " practical ” man, and therefore not iu a position to enter the
lists with the gentlemen who at the meeting at Lincoln, threw down the
gauntlet, and avowed themselves the diampions of "expediency,” as If
upon that ground, and that ground only, they were prepared to combat
all the arguments and all the facts furnished by. and drawn from, the
scenes o! rank confusion and wild revelry which characterise the
promiscuous and uncontrolled intercourse of all ages and both sexes on.
the annual hiring-day. Be tliat as it may, I sec no necessity for multi¬
plying opportunities of evil by inducing, or rather comikiliug, the
exposure of men and women in the public market-place, in order that
employers may meet them there, and after due personal inspection, bat
with little regard to character, proceed to strike a bargain. I cot tend
tluit a sound principle will, if worked out with judgment and determina-
tion, put to shame all superficial notions of" expediency " necessity, and.
impracticability—that in this instance the opposition to a change resolves
itself into a matter of convenience; and that a vast amount of degradation
and sorrow might be prevented, were masters content to give
themselves a little more trouble in this important business of hiring.
Under a well-organised sjstera this additional trouble would be only
temporary, the beneficial results enduring. But why should I confine
myself to the objections raised by one or two individuals, "practical”
men as they consider themselves and are justly considered, when I find
that tiie meeting was called in consequence of a • declaration " signed by
about one hundred leading agriculturists and others, men of high stand¬
ing in the county, a declaration which sets forth in strong and energetio
terms the desirability of a change ?
In this case "impracticability," as applied to any experiment yet to be
tried, can only be imaginary; and "convenience” is, at the beat, but a
sorry set-off against the disgraceful, degrading realities of these " statute
sessions." The very fact of the General Servants’ Amelioration
Society being established a society composed of men of the highest
rank and character in their several Bpherea-wUl, of Itself, exercise a
salutary influence over the men who arc the backbone and sinews of oar
country the men who form an all-important link in the chain of being,
aud in whose skill, and strength, and toil, is laid the foundation, under
the Divine blessing, of a nation's welfare. The consciousness that they
are cared for by others will hive a tendency to make them care for them¬
selves. The conviction tliat the society's purpose is to do them good will
go far towards securing theii co-operation. The interest manifested Ut
their behalt will nurture self-respect.
The society, as a society, avowedly recognises the Jaw of mutual de¬
pendence. Let that recognition be reciprocal in the house and on the
farm , and mutual confluence, banding together master and servant by
closer, stronger ties, will be the happy result
Why cannot agricultural servant* be engaged on the same term? as
domestic servants ? The limit of a year's " servitude ” (vile term, by-the-
by> prompts the desire of change. Kindness and justice on the one band
will awaken fidelity on the other, not to be shaken even in harvest-time,
I may. indeed, well entertain the hope that tile registration system, it
generally adopted and acted upon, would directly tend to check loose habits
on the part of servants, and place the masters upon a more equal footing
as to the supply of labour. At any rate, the evil inherent in these statute*
is a palpable., giuring fact Masters themselves acknowledge it ; parents
mourn over it year by year; the victims themselves will admit and deplore
it sooner or later.
I recommend my Lincolnshire friends to bring the matter to a fair issue
Before the next meeting takes plain: let the practical men of the county be
invited to communicate their sentiments in writing to the chairman or
secretary, Weston Crarroft Ameotts, Esq., aud the Rev. Andrew Yeitch
Tetney, Great Grimsby. Let a generous spirit, an unmistakable philan¬
thropy. prevail, and may God deiend the right!
Dr. Livingstone.—A dinner is to be given to-day (Saturday)
to the great African traveller on the occasion of bis departure from this
country tor a fresh expedition Into tiie Interior of Africa. He is fur¬
nished isays the Times) with ail requisite assistance from the Government
of this country to push his dis^ovencs to a still more successful conclusion
than heretofore A sum of £5000 has been assigned to him for tiie prose¬
cution of his enterprise He is to be accompanied by competent
assistants, and, in short, everything appears to have bceu done which can
help him on his way Dr. Livingstone is to proceed in the first instance
to the Cape of Good Hope From that point he and his companions will
be conveyed in a Government vessel to the mouth of the River Zambezi;
aud even there the watchfulness of the British Government over tiie
travellers is not withdrawn. Dr. Livingstone and ha companions are to
be conveyed 300 miles up the river in a steam-launch and not until they
have been landed in safety at a point so tar onward in the vast continent
which they are about to explore will they be left to themselves. The ad¬
venturous spirit which inspires such an enterprise as this will surely
meet with the heartiest sympathy in England. May Livingstone in due
course re turn among us again to receive, in the admiration and respect of
his countr) men. a due reward :
The Navigation of the Danube,—A German paper state*
that the Cabinet of Vienna, before it published the Act for the Aavigatiua
ot the Danube had come to an agreement on the bases of an arrange¬
ment The same paper speaks hopefully of a satisfactory conclusion to
tills question.
The Monte Christo Novels. Judgment was given last week
in this case, which has excited unusual interest in the literary world, and m
which M. M.iquet claimed not only to be declare! co author and co¬
proprietor with M. Aiexandre Dumas in the production of the work*
produced in the name of this latter gentleman, but also to be adjudged a
very considerable sum of money which be affirmed due to him for Ida
literary aid. The Judgment of the Court after recapitulating the cir¬
cumstances of the esse, declares that Maquet cannot be considered ai
anything but the paid assistant of Dumas, and that as such lie baa
no claim whatever to the authorship or proprietorship of the works pub-
lishedby the latter, and likewise cannot call on him to pay anyth rag
beyond what had been originally agreed on. In consequence. It declare*
Maquet nonsuited, and condemns him to pay the costs.
Ditchbr v. Drkison.— This case is at length at an end. The
Coart of Arches, it will be remembered, decided In Mr. Denison’s ftvonr
against the hostile judgment of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Mr
Ditcher then appealed to the Judicial Committee of 1 rlvy CouoclJ. who.
oil Saturday Uet, confirmed Sir John Dodson's decision, and disnussed the
appeal, bat without costs.
THE ILLUSTR.
LONDON NEWS
f Ker. 13. 1358—173
' v s£E stxr r.voE.)
AND PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM OF rB US 8.1 A
THE DEPARTURE
FROM GRAVESEND OF THE -VICTORIA AND ALBERT" ROYAL
174
TIIE ILLUSTKATED LONDON NEWS
[Feb. 13, 1S58
DEPARTURE OF THE ••VICTORIA AND ALBERT.”
Tins interesting and concluding scene connected with the presence of
the Princess R .yal and her august husband in England was at once
most heart-stirring and exciting, in spite of tho falling snow, which
was spreading a haze and gloom over all surroundingobjects, and, with
the mist, smoko, and steam from the numerous croft, entirely
obscuring the opposite shoro. The river in the neighbourhood of the
pier presented a grand and singular scene The Royal yacht, with
the standard of Prussia at the main, her gans ornamented
with garlands of evergreen and flowers, und dressed from truck
to rail wi:h signal-flags of all shapes and colours, swung slowly
from tho jetty, whore tho Prince Consort and the Prince of
Wales and Prince Alfred were waving and weeping their adieux
to a beloved daughter und sister, while from the numerous vessels
which, flag-bedecked, had assembled with thousands of enthusiustio
well-wishers to do honour to the departure of the gentle daughter of
our amiable and beloved Queen, tho cheers and blessings rose lustily,
tho guns of the old fort at Tilbury flushed und rang through the gloom,
andthebeuutifuland majestic vessel, with her welt-loved freight, stood
gently and slowly towards the future home of the illustrious couple.
MARRIAGE OP ELIZABETH, DAUGHTER OF JAMES I.,
WITH THE ELECTOR PALATINE.
Thb departure of the Princess Royal of England, on her wedding
tour, from Gravesend, calls to mind another Royal marriage, accom¬
panied by a Royal visit to this town, wliich was interesting in more
respects than one.
The marriage of the Princess Elizabeth, daughter of James I.,
with Frederick V., Prince Palatine, and afterwards, for a brief space,
King of Bohemia, was an alliance which led to important consequences
of by no means a satisfactory nature. The part the Elector subse¬
quently took in the political events of Europe, as leader of the Pro¬
testant party in the early period of the Thirty Years' War, was
undoubtedly, in the words of Home, “an enterprise beyond his
strength and the few vain attempts of James and his successor,
Charles L, to lend him support, led to discontents which hastened
the advances of the revolution in this country. On the other hand,
it is to the fruits of this union that wc owe our present Royal
family, as limited by the Act of Settlement of 1701.
In our Journal for the 23rd nit. we gave an Engraving after a
curious picture by Willacrtts. now the property of her Majesty, repre
senting the arrival of the Elector Palatine at Gravesend. The follow -
ing additional particulars of the Prince’s journey are translated fr#m a
rare and carious account in German of the festivities on the occasion of
the marriage of Frederick Elector Palatine, and afterwards King of
Bohemia, with the Princess Elizabeth, daughter of James I. of
England, in 1613, and published at Heidelberg, in the same year
But, the wind being favourable, they embarked immediately, and about
four o'clock in the afternoon the sails were set, to get oat ol the Mae Be.
The wind, at first contrary, became by and by so favourable that the
boatmen and sailors were greatly surprised, and said it was impossible
bnt that there must be many pious hearts praying for his Electoral
Highness the Palsgrave, God having given him such a favourable, ready,
and yet soft wind for his intended journey, which was not without
reason ; since, from the moment of the departure of his Electoral High¬
ness. the Com mvn Prayer was offered up. not only at Heidelberg, but
throughout the whole of the Palatinate; and tile 121 st Psalm was
expounded in theclmrchcs (that Almighty God would mercifully protect
his Electoral Highness’s going out and coming in; bless his Christian
important affairs, and give them all prosperity).
“And so his Electoral Highness happily arrived with the same steady
wind the following day. at ten o'clock in the evening, at Gravesend, in
England, and was received in state with sweet sounds of trumpets and
mighty shooting from the castles situated on the shore- Upon the sea
his Electoral Highness experienced somewhat of the usual nausea or aca-
uneasiness las din almost all the rest! But such uneasiness was so slight
that his Electoral Highness gut a good appetite again on the sea. His
Electoral Highness went that same evening on shore witli a few others.
The remainder of the suite remained in the ships till the morning.
“After (Praised be God) the happy arrival at Gravesend, in England,
his Electoral Highness was first received by the Master of the Ceremonies,
Monsieur Lcuckenar. and lodged in a principal inn called the Ship.*
where splendid beds and stately apartments, hung with tapestry, were
prepared, with the apo ogy that his Majesty had not ordered other accom¬
modation for sueli reception, because the time of the arrival of his Elec¬
toral Highness had not been exactly known. On the nth of October the
rest of the suite landed, and from the ships and castles sounded again a
great /ea-ife-joie. Whereupon his Electoral Highness restud himself that
same day at Gravesend, where Lord Hay also arrived by order of the
King to welcome Ins Electoral Highness, and assn re him of his Majesty's
affection with the same apology as was made before."
The marriage, having been delayed in consequence of tho death of
Prince Henry, which occarred in November, was eventually fixed for tho
14th of February, 1014. A certain John Chamberlain, Esq., a gentleman
about Court at the time, a well-informed and a lively writer, gives
particulars of the progress of events in this case which will be read with
interest at the present time.f Under date Febuary 4th, 1612-13, he
tells ns:—“ The Prince Palatine feasted all the Council the last week,
and earned himself with great commendation; bat specially he respected
the Archbishop and his followers above all the rest, as having received
only at his hands entertainment and kind nsage since his coming into
England. On Snnday last and on Candlemas-day he and his lady were
solemnly aAed openly in the Chapel by the Bishop of Bath and Wells,
and the next Snnday is the last time of asking.” He goes on to
say:—“There is extraordinary preparation for fireworks and fights
upon the water, with three castles built upon eight western
barges, and one great castle upon the land, over against the Court.”
Some six and thirty vessels were to take part in these figlita—“some
like galleys, some galleasses, some like corvacks, and other ships of
war,” for the manning of which sea and land defences 500 watermen
were already pressed, and 1000 mnsqueteers of the Trained Bands in
the neighbouring shires made ready for this service.”
This grand military and naval display, though got np regardless of
expense, proved a failnre. The fireworks on the Thnrsdav night went
off tolerably; but “ the fight upon the water came 6hort of that (how
and brags had been made of it,” insomuch that the land attack in¬
tended for a future day was entirely given np. “ Indeed, the King and
all the company took so little delight to see no other activity but
shooting and putting of guns that it was quite given over, and the
navy unrigged, and the castle pulled down, the rather for that there
were divers hurt in the former fight, as one lost both his eyes,
another both his hands, another one nand, with divers others maimed
and hnrt, so that to avoid further harm it was thought best'-, to let it
alone. ’ Such was the unsatisfactory conclusion of “ ail the prepara¬
tion, with so much expense of powder and money, wliich amounted
to no less than £9000."
The ceremony took place the next day (Sunday) at the Royal
Chapel. Mr. Chamberlain describes the scene, though “the excess
of bravery and the continual succession of new company did so dazzle
me,” he says, “ that I could not observe the tenth part of that I
wished. ” To take a fetvof the most prominent features;—“ The bride¬
groom and bride were both in a suit of cloth of silver, richly em¬
broidered with silver, her tram carried up by thirteen young ladies,
or lords’ daughters, at least, besides tivo or six more that could not
come near it. These were ail in the same livery with tho bride, though
not so rich. The bride was married in her hair, that hung down
long, with an exceeding rich coronet on her head, which the King
valued the next day at a million of crowns. His two briilemen
were the young Prince (Charles, afterwards King) and the Earl of
Northampton. The King and Queen both followed, the Queen all in
white, but not very rich, saving in jewels. The King, methought,
was somewhat strangely attired in a cap and feather, with a Spanish
cape and a long stocking. The chapel was very straitly kept, none
suffered to enter under the degree of a Baron but the three Lords
Chief Justices. In the midst there was a handsome stage, or scaffold¬
ing, made on the one side, whereon sat the King, Prince, Count
Palatine, and Count Henry of Nassau. On the other side the Queen,
with the bride and one or two more. Upon this stage they were mar¬
ried by the Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Bishop of
Bath and Mens, who made the sermnn. It was done all in English,
and the Prince Palatine had learned as much as concerned his part
reasonably perfectly.”
The city of London,, by their Mayor and Aldermen, in their for¬
t)«mrisho? muSIT f0nM * W ° hOU8< ‘ 8 ' NoS ’ IS and 16 ' High-street, in
t Pri ted in “ The Coart and Times of James the First," 2 vols., Svo.
malities, presented the fair bride with a chain of Oriental pearl, of such
a value as was fit for them to give and her to receive; and the people
showed their affection in bountifully contributing to the payment of
her marriage portion.
After a variety of masques and other entertainments in honour of
their marriage, the Prince Palatine and his wife embarked for the
Continent at Margate.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
ADOUmt’S.—SOLUTIOXS Of obts CHESS Emokas.—I n compliance with thn wwhet of ver y
numerous contributors, it U our intention not to publish tho hill solutions of tho Chess
Enigmas, which would require more space than wo can spare, but to yivc the kty wove
oj cach-
Wo uro compelled through want of spsco to postpono numerous answers to cho cor¬
respondents until next week.
Solution of Problem No. 729.
white.
1. R to K 4th
2. Kt to K 6th
(a) I.
2. R tskofl Kt
3- R to U 6ih (cb)
4.Qf*
BLACK.
QtoQ4tb, or (a)
Q to B 3rd. or to
It 8q (6)
Kt to K 3rd
q to q 4th
q tikes li
WHITE.
3. R takes P (ch)
4. P mates.
l&) s.
3 R takes F (ch)
4. Kt mates
BLACK.
K moves
Any other more,
q takes K
PROBLEM No. 730.
ByG. M.
BLACK.
WHITE. X
White to play, and mate in 0.
CHESS IN THE METROPOLIS.
Second Game of a Match now playing at the St. George's Club between
Mr. Boden and the Rev. John 0-.
BLACK (Mr. B.)
1. P to K 4th
2. P to Q 4 tii
3. K B to Q 3rd
4. P to Q B 4th
5. Q B to Q and
(Tbl* was far from being well played.)
6. P to Q 6th B takes B (ch)
7. Q take* B Q Kt to K 4th
[Irregular Opening.)
white (Mr. O.)
P to Q Kt 3rd
Q B to Q Kt 2nd
P to K 3rd — I
KBtoQ Kf,5(ch)
Q Kt to Q B 3rd
8. u Kt to Q B3rd K. Kt to K it 3rd •» .fwr>v»r<ia na>u*ia u betior w
9. P to KB4th Kt takes B (ch) '
10. Q takes Kt . P to K B 1 th
11 . P to K 5th P to K Kt 4th
(White's game is sorely hampered, but this
tempt to relieve It by a coup dt main was
more bold than wise )
12 . K Kt to K 2 nd Q to K 2 nd
14. Kt to Q Kt 5th F takes QP
16 . Q BP takes!' QtoQB4tli(ch)
16. KtoQKtsq B to u it 3rd
17. Q KttoG 6thfck)P takes Kt
18. Q takes B (chi K to Q Kt sq
19. Kt to Q B 3rd ^
(Block was strongly tempted to moro hero
q■ B to q 3 sq, and on the q taking the Qs
Fawn to play q B to q B 7th, following that
BLACK (Mr. B.) WHITE. (Mr. 0.)
with q takes Q BP (ch) and B toq Bsq;
but ho reflected that White might perhao* by
giving up his qaoea escape. Ax with ordinary
rare he must win by plain soiling, and this
was a match game, It was judicious, we think,
not to run any risk.)
19. j Q to Q B sq
20 Q toQ R3rd
(With the intention of playing P to Q Kt 4th,
chango his plan.)
20 .
21. Q to Q R 6th
22. Q to Q R 4th
23. Q to Q R 3rd
24 P to K 6th
Q to Q B 4th
Q to Q B sq
P to Q R 3rd
Kt to £ B 2nd
(Very good; bat Black has the ball at his
foot, and plays on velvet.)
24.
25. Q P takes P
26 . Q takes QRP
27. K R to K sq
28. K K to Iv 7th
Q P takes K P
Q takes P
P to Q 4th
Q to Q B 3rd
Kt to Q 3rd
29. Q to Q R 7th (ch) K to Q B sq
30. Kt takes Q P
And White resigns.
CHESS IN CALCUTTA.
A lively Affair played by Messrs. Mackey and Mitchell, against Messrs.
Hardcastlc and WyviJIe. consulting.
(AUgaier Gambit.)
wniTE
(M. and M.)
TP to K 4th
2 . P to K B 4th
3. K Kt to B 3rd
4. P to K R 4th
5. K Kt to K 5th
BLACK
(H. and W.)
P to K 4th
P takes P
P to K Kt 4th
P to IC Kt 5th
P to K R 4th
6. K B to Q B 4th K Kt to K R3rd
7 . P to Q 4th P to Q 3rd
8. K Kt to Q 3rd P to K B 6th
9. P takes P K B to K 2 nd
10. QB to K B 4tli KB takes P (ch)
11. K to Q 2nd P takes P
12 . Q takes P Q B to K Kt 5th
13. Q to K 3rd K B to his 3rd
14. Q Kt to Q B 3rd Q Kt to Q 2nd
15. Q Kt to Q 5th
(Q It to K Kt sq U a good move at this
point.)
15. Q Kt to his 3rd
WHITE BLACK
(M. and M.) (H. and W.)
16. K B to Q Kt 3rd Kt takes Kt
17. B checks P to Q B 3rd
18 . P tks Kt (dis ch) K to Q 2 nd
19. Kt to Q Kt 4th QRtoQBsq
(This Rook would be more strongly posted
at q &t sq. Perhaps Kt to K B 4th might be
ventured, though It looks hazardous.)
20. P takes P (eh) P takes P
21 . P to Q 5th Q to her R 4th
22. B takes P (ch) K to Q B 2nd
23. P to Q B 3rd Q K to Q Kt sq
24. P to Q R 3rd
i White b*vo too flns . mtne to rtik *ny-
thing by capturing tho otTore. Knight.)
24- Q R to K Kt Bq
25. Q R to K B sq Q R to K Kt3rd
26. B takes Kt K R takes B
27. R takes B R takes R
And White mated their opponents in Tour moves.
CHESS ENIGMAS.
No 1066 .
The following End Game occarred in actual play at the St Petersburg
Chess Club
While: K at K Kt sq. Q at IC B 6th, R at K sq. Kt at K B 5th ; Ps at
Q R 3rd. Q Kt 4th, Q B 4th, K B 2nd, and K Kt 2 nd.
Black: K at Q B 2 nd, Q at Q R 5th, Rs at Q sq and K Kt sq; Pa at K
R 2 nd, K Kt 3rd, Q Kt 2 nd, and Q R 3rd.
At this stage of the contest Dr Rosenbcrger (White), having to play
announced that he would give checkmate in seven moves.
No. 1067.
A curious “ suicidal " Problem, the composition of Mr. N -, of Kainsk.
in Siberia
mile :K at Q Kt 2nd, Q at K B 6th. R at Q 3rd and Q R 3 rd ; B at Q
Kt ,«h. Kt at K Kt 3rd and Q Kt 7th; Ps at K 2nd and 3 rd, and Q R 2nd.
Black: K at Q 4th, K at K R 5th, Kt at« 6th, Ps at K R 4th and 6th.
White, playing first, engages to compel Black to checkmate him in ten
moves.
., — No. 1068.—By R. B. Wormald.
n ?, at ? R at K B 2 nd. B at K Kt sq and K Kt 4 th; Kt at
Q R 2 nd; Ps at K B 4 th. Q 3rd and Q Kt 6th.
K „ Rt 9 5 4 * h - R at K R 6th, IS at y B 5th and Q R 4th; Kt at
K Kt 4th; Ps at K R 2nd and Q B 6th.
White to play, and mate in four moves,
n No. 1669.—By A. W. Hendrik.
Q BMh.QKtW.and'Q'Reth “ ^ Kt at ^ “h and Q R 3rd ; F S at
4thK R V.l 5$* >«’ B «B
White, playing first, to mate in four moves.
EPITOME Of iVEtVS—fUSEieiH A.W DOMESTIC,
The state apartments of Windsor Castle were reopened to tho
public on Monday.
The Queen has appointed Mr. George Marion, of Capemwray
Hall, to be .Sheriff of the county of Lancaster for the year ensuing.
Ferouk Khan, tho Persian Ambassador, has ordered lrom a Paris
.nunulUclurer the apparatus necessary for LUe establishment of an electrio
telegraph in Persia c
The Princess Frederick William, before leaving the Roval yacht
at Antwerp, drew lrom her pocket two commissions, giving promoiion to
two officers of the yacht, ana presented them herself. B
The decimal system, as tar as weights, has just been adopted by
Mecklenburg, most of the German States, and Denmark.
A terrific explosion took place at a firework manufactory in
Sheffield on Friday week, by which three lives were lost.
The first meeting of the Fox Club this season took place on
Saturday evening at Brooks’s.
A letter from Andeux, in the department of the Doubs, states
that the wolves, which are numerous In the woods of that canton hare
since the late frost devoured aii the dogs in tin- neighbourhood.
The number of patients relieved at the City o London Hospital
for Diseases of the Chest, Victoria Park, last week, was 976, of which 113
were new cases. f \
Colonel Neal, her Majesty’s Consul at Varna, is appointed
Coaaul at Patras; and Mr. Horatio Sutcris appointed British Consul at
The Rev. Dr. Rigaud, the newly-consecrated Bishop of Antigua,
will leave England for thesrene or his future labours early in April. ’
M. Vincent Guillemin, V French refugee, who took part in the
Revolution ol 18*8, was buried iu the Paddingtou Cemetery on Sunday.
Letters from Cuba state that the yellow fever has been raging
therewith, som" violence._^ ° °
A cadetship in the Bengal Infantry has been conferred on Mr.
OdbIow, in consideration ot the distinguished services ol’ his uncle.
Colonel V lucent Eyre, at Arrah and Lucknow.
The Horse Guards have decided on raising the bounty for all
recruits to £3, and a free kit of necessaries on joining their respective
regiments or depfiia. •
-—A special orgy er was put up in all the churches last Sunday for
a blessing on the marriage of the Prince and Princess Frederick WUliam.
Lieutenant-Colonel Vincent Eyre, of the Bengal Artillery, has’
beenappointedtobc an Extra Member of the Military Division of tho
Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Urder of the Bath.
Among the presents to Prmce Frederick William on the occasion
of his marriage is a collection of 150 letters written by King Frederick
William III. to the Archbishop Neander.
O&hocks of earthquake, in some cases of considerable violence,
have been felt in 11 angary. At Sillcin thirty-one shocks were felt
between the 16 th and 24th of December.
A new line of electric telegraph has been put np between Cal¬
cutta and Madras.
On Saturday last a man named Turner shot himself in the street
at Portsmouth.
The number of patients relieved at the Royal Free Hospital,
Gray s-inn-road, last week, was 2248, of which 567 were new oa 3 es.
The Queen has approved of Mr. Olofi’ John Friiter as Consul
at Cape l'own for his Miyesty the King of the Netherlands.
On Saturday last tho Polish refugees in London presented to
Count Persigny an address of congratulation at the recent escape from
assassiuation of the Emperor of the French. 1
Mellor, who was sentenced to death for the murder of his wife,
at Bolton, has been respited foramonth, by order of the Home Secretary.
The Queen ha3 approved of Mr. Carl Julius Muller to be Con ■
sul at Sydney for the King sf Saxony, and for the Grand Duke of Olden¬
burg.
There were 77,658 persons married in Ihe three months of July,
August, and September. The number is less by 646 than the number of
persons who married in the corresponding quarter of 1856.
The polling at Reigate took place on Saturday. The result was
the election ot Sir H. Rawlinson by a majority of 86. The election is
likely to be disputed upon a question of formality.
Nothing has yet been elicited to account for the catastrophe at
the coalpit at Barnsley. The bodies of some additional victims have been
recovered, and one or two of those rescued alive have since died.
The deliveries of tea in London estimated for last week were
788,3821b., which is an increase of 17.3761b., compared with the previous
statement.
It is said that the Prussian Government is about to send a frigate
to the Chinese Seas. The Austrian Government lias dispatched a frigate,
which has probably arrived at Canton by tills time.
On Tuesday John Burnc, a coachman, was thrown from the
carriage-box in Belgrave-square, and received two severe scalp wounds
and concussion of the brain. The poor fellow died soon after.
The Director-General of the Royal theatres at Berlin has just
come to a decision that the ballet-dancers shall for the future wear
trousers and lengthen their dresses four inches.
A letter from Mr. Murray, British Minister at Teheran,
announces that the Shall of I’ersia has subscribed £aoo, and his Prime
Minister £250, towards the India Belief Fund.
Lord Bury’s motion in favour of legalising marriage with a
deceased wife's sister is fixed for Tuesday, Feb. 23.
The Monkwearmouth Burial Board, in order to discourage
Sunday interments, have come to the resolution to charge double fees lor
all burials on that day.
John Francis Buller, of Morval, in the county of Cornwall, Esq,
has been appointed Sheriff of the county of Cornwall.
The Pope has addressed an eloquent letter to the Emperor of
the French, in which, after congratulating him on his escape from the
assassins, he gives his benediction to the Emperor and Empress.
The East Kent and the Oxfordshire Militia having been on
Friday week drawn upon parade, and invited to volunteer into the regular
army, 300 men stepped ouL
The Rev. B. M. Cowie has been
Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools.
The Hungerford Hall Dining Company, one of the recent
limited-liability projects, was last week ordered to be wound up. The
proposed capital was £25,000; the amount actually subscribed for, £300.
A vestry at Dover last week passed a resolution in favour of
voluntary subscriptions in lieu of Church-rates.
The 5th Irish Dragoon Regiment, which was struck off the
Army List iu 1799 for disaffeetion, is again to be organised.
Mr. Franks, of the British Museum, has been elected director
of the Society of Antiquaries, in the place of Sir Henry Ellis, resigned.
A very rich altar-carpet has just been presented te the church
of East Brent (Archdeacon Denison's) by Lady Gcorgiana Wolff.
Government has determined that a scientific exploration shall
be made in Vancouver’s Island, and with tills view the Royal and Geo¬
graphical Societies have been requested to fUnush suggestions lor the
efficient carrying out of the expedition.
The Qncen has appointed Etienne Anguste Manget, M.D. to be
Surgeon-General for the colony of British Guiana. ’’
The Count and Countess do Chambord set out from Modena on
the 28th alt for Parma, where they intend staying some time
The Lord Bishop of Capetown arrived in London on Mondav
apparently in good health. ' 1
The Queen has approved of Don Enrique Sandoval as Vice-
Consul in London for the Queen of Spain.
A new barley from Abyssinia is succeeding at Rouen. Each
grain stalks, and it ripens a month sooner than the common
b?oadly alio 8 ut n ii * I ry < ; U6C “° n ° my ° f ^ * ^owu
Christian Sattler, the Bavarian, who was convicted at the
of Charle8 Tliain, the detective officer, on
Newrato CakAmm steam-ship, was executed on Monday morning at
r Xt , I s (he National Land Company (not the National Freehold
83 hy mistake last week; which was originated by
“/„^ onnor ’ J snd estates belonging to which are soon to be disposed
of under an order of Chancery.
gazetted as one of her
Feb. 13, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
175
T he recent creation of kc.b.s.—
Maura. PAUL ami DOMINIC COLNiGHI and CO. beg to
announce that tho only PORTRAIT * of Capfitlt WILLIAM PEEL,
R.N., V.C., K.C B.. wnd or Genml BARNARD, v ho. after fighting
nine battles against tbn Bepoya, nied of cholera boforo 1J< Ihl, are 1 j-
trooncod In Mr- Harkor'* Pictures of the Alli.d Cenrr&la and tho
Ofllmre of tholr Stuffs fco’oro fcebastnpol, All jmlnteo from tho Ilfo
This deeply liiD-resti >g picture o mt-itne faithful portrait* of Sir Colin
Campbell together wtfh 100 of tho celebrities o: tho lato and of the
present wars. Also tho nitioniti Picture of General Wi liams and
his Officers leaving Kan; giv.ng an accurate representation of that
picturesque city, its people, it* celebrated forts. and aorno of its dia-
tingnished citizens, pointed tronj nature by Thomas Jon«s Barker.
Both pictures are now on view for u abort time at the French Gallery,
12', Pall-mall from ten till five. Admission. Is. each {Mason.
D ANSE.—Miss LENNOX (grandniece to
Madame Mi-htm and tho late Mons. D’Egvillo) beg* to an¬
nounce that sue has resumed her Clast cm in Dancing, Deportment,
and huHpaniih Exorcises for the Mrnoa. Mis Uurox attend* a
dss* at the l^ul mt’UoUego. 16 , Ddamore-crescoat. Upper We*tboumo-
lorr-ce; also tho 8t. John's Wo d College, and th* Weat Loudon
College tor Ladies. Urumptcra. Privau on. Court Lessons also given.
— 13, Upper Berkeley-street West, Hyde Park, W.
C OUNTY FIKE OFFICE, 50, REGENT.
STREET, ud U. CORN8U.U London. K,tabltood 1806.
TRUSTEE* ANU DIRECTORS,
Uunry B. Chnrchill, Esq.
The Key. James Sherman#
Tho Rev, Isaac Spencer.
Frederick Squire, Esq.
The Right Hon. Lord N .rihwlck.
8tr liiehnrd D. King, Bart
sir lilyune K Wclby, Bart.
The Horn Arthur Kinmtlrd, M.P. _ ... _
Managing Diuectok.—J ohn A. Beaumont, Eaq
SECRETARY.—Charles Stevens, Ksq.
ITie Rates et Premium charged by the County Firo-office are upon
tho h.wwi acalo causisicnt with tho Security to tho fawned
tVliea a Policy has existed 8cvon Veer*, a return of ttt per'cent,
or one-lourth of the amount of the premium* paid, U declared upon
ouch policies.
Pr.-spectusc* and full particulars may be obtained upon applica¬
tion to too Agents of the Office lu all the principal towns of the United
Kingdom; and at tho GJlletrs In Loudon.
U NIVERSAL LIFE ASSURANCE SO
CIETY. Established 1831; empowered by spocial Act of Parlia¬
ment, 1, King William-street, London, for the Assurance of Lives at
Home and Abroad. Including gentleman engaged in military atd
naval cervices.
Sir HENRY WTLI.OCK, K.L.8., Chairman.
JOHN 8TEWART, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Tho principle adopted by tho Universal Life Assurance Society of an
annual valuation of assets and liabilities, and a division of three-
fourths of the profits among tho assured, is admitted to offer great
advantages, especially to those parties who may wixh ;o appropriate
tboir nronortfon o r nrnflf 'o tho reduction of future premiums.
Tids office docs not charge any addition to tho ordinary Indian rates
In consequence of tho disturbed state of India.
Michael Elijah Impkt. Secretary.
Active Country Agents wanted. A liberal Commission allowed.
HE PEOPLE’S PROVIDENT
ASSURAN< E -tOClETY.—Chief Office, 2, Waterloo-place,
"all-mall, Lonoon, S W
Capital Half-*-Million Ptcrllng.
BOARD OK DIRECTORS.
George Alexander Hamilton, Esq., M.P. for Dublin University, Chair¬
man.
John Oheethom, Em., M.P. for South Lancashire.
James Davidaon, Esq., Angel-court, Ihr gmortoo-street.
John Field. Esq.. Dorndon, Tunbridge Wells.
Charles Forster, Esq.. M P. for Walsall.
Richard Francis George, Kao , Bath
Thomas 0. Hayward. Ksq., Minoru*, and Hlghhuiy.
J. He .‘gins, Esq , Thayt r-» treat- Mnnrheater-square.
T. Y. M'Chrsiie. iUq Great .lame?-strait.
Fames Edward MVonneil. Esq , Wolverton.
Jolm Moos. K*q , Reform Club, and Derby.
Charles WilJlum Re nold* hsq.. 2. Eut n-plaeo, Pimlico.
Richard dpoorirr, Ksq.. M.P. for North Warwickshire,
H. Wickham Wickham Esq M.P. tor Bradford.
Tbornns Wfnkworrh t-.sq . (Do*ham Club and Canorbury.
fa- Trustee* aud Di »ctore «n> ad Shareholders In the Foelriy.
This Society paam-. es u revenue from Premium* exceeding Seventy
Thousand 1 omuls per Annum.
Immediate A.nuni *, pa-nbln during tho wholo of life, may be
purchased on the following soola .—
Annuities grantod at tho undermentioned Age* for every £100 of
PurchiwBo-nionay.
I
50
I
60
70
-I £8 5 7 | £10 11 7 | £16 4 11
Annuity ..
Lists of Shareholders, Prospoctuaes, and Agency appointments,
may bo obtained, on application to
W. Ci.ei.anp, Manager and Secretary.
S OCIETY for the DISCHARGE and RELIEF
of PERSON IMPRISONED for SMALL DEBTS throughout
4 LAND and WALES. F^taljlBhcd 1772.
President—T he Earl of Romney.
nutASURtlt—rtenjatnlD Bond Cabbell, Ksq., F.R.8., F.8.A.
ArntTORB- Cafwl Cure, Esq- and H. Harwood Iiarwood. Esq.
At » Mooting of Governors, Held In Craven-uroot, on Wednesday,
tho 3rd day of February, iSWt. the caaos of 16 petitioner* were consi¬
dered, of which 10 were approved, 5 rejected, and I Inadmissible.
Hiuec- the Meeting Cold on the 6th of Jannary, 'I IIIRTY DEBTORS,
of whom 21 bad wires and 58 children, have been discharged from
tho Prisons of England and Wales; the expense of whoso liberation,
Including every charge connected with the Hocloty, wa* £138 16s. 5d.;
ami tho following bonofnetions receivod since tho lust report:—
H. Harwood Harwood. Ewj. . .. (a) £2 2 0
Fred. Chatficld. Esq., per London and Westminster Bank (a) 2 2 0
Anonymous, por M-Jwr#. if..(*) 5 5 0
Bir James Musffrev*, Bart., por ditto .. .. .. <a> 10 0 0
Mrs. C.M.Gwyn, pur Mfe*r». Gosling and Blinrpo (a) 2 0 e
Benefactions arc received by Benjamin Bond Cnbbell, Esq., tho
Treasurer, No. I, Brink-court Temple; also by tho following Bankets:—
Messrs. Locks, Djnttmonds, Uoares; and by the Secretary. N> 7,
Craven-street. Strand, where tho Books may bo seen by tho6o who
are inclined to FUpjwrt tho charity, and wtioro tho Society moot on
the first Wednesday in every month.
William A. B. Lux*, Secretary.
FECIAL APPEAL.—FUNDS are greatly
needed for the CANCER HOSPITAL. London and Brempton.
TREASURES—Wm. Loxluun Farrer, Esq., 68, Lincoln’s-luu-lloJila.
Bankers —Messrt Coutts nnd Co.
Secretary's Office. 167. Piocndilly (opposite Bond-street), where
every information can be obtained
_By ordor, W. J. Cockekill, Pec.
H OME for GENTLEWOMEN in RE-
DUCED CIRCUMSTANCES, 25 nnd76, (Jneen-square, Blooins-
burv.-The SUPPORT of tho BEVEVOLBNT is camostly SOLICI¬
TED for this useful Institution which Is arranged to accommodate
57 Inmates. ARTHUR Kibnalro, M.P., Treasurer.
GENTLEWOMEN DURING ILLNESS
VA may. for a tms l wreklv payment, receive the comforts of a
Homo, combined witli the lies* Medical and Surgical Trcatrannt, at
tho F.a!abH»bm»uit, Nu. I Upper Harb?y- troet. This Fatahlishment,
which wa* ononed in 1850, Is patronised by her Mcjesty, tho bishop
of London is Visitor, nnd It is managed personally by
Daily Kurd Icy, /\
Mrs. Henry Gibbs, \
Mrs. William Gibba,
Mrs. Gilbert,
Hon. Mrs. Sidney Herbert, a. \ \
and other Ladies. \
All Information respecting it may b« obtained on written nr personal
application to toe Lady Superintendent. Solaciption* received by tho
Treasurer, E. Moijoribonks, Jun., Ftq , 59. SfrancL
W. C. Hi*JUNO Kick, Honorary Secretary.
A LADY, filly years of age. otters her sen-ices
a* HOUSEKEEPER to a Jjuly or Gentleman living in tbe
country. Any young gentleman Just beginning bousckeop.ng, wanting
the attentive care of a pArout, to sotih the mDeniacr would he a mf*t
desirable person. No e«lary required, suitable employment being
th* only wish of A. B. This advertisement wiii be available for threo
weeks from this time.—Address A- B. t Port- offlcc. Blch mond, Surrey
I MPORTANT SLATE QUARRY,
FESTIXIOG, NORTH WALKS.
TO BE BOLD, by Private Contract, a vvoll-e*tnbHf.hed 8LATR
QUARBY. with tho Plant and other apparatus for working it. Also,
tho Freehold Farm and !.ands vnercon tho yoarry D worked, free of
all royalty, consisting of aboat 140 acres.
The Qnnrry has bceu worked with groat profit to the origins! pro¬
prietors. and is sold only on account of il;«ir deaths. Tho pistes can
Do pronounced as nnsirpox»d<l !n (lualltyand material, and the Quarry
is conveniently vituated for »h> Doing and country purposes.
For further jiar.iculars apply io Meoara. JONEB and ULAXLAND,
B ollcitom, Crosby- aquare, Londo n.
pONSTANT EMPLOYMENT GIVEN to
PUPILS ar UtB most liberal prtoes.—WANTED directly a
limited nember of LADIES or GENTLEMEN, to oxccute, at their
own residences, tho new, oa*y, aad artistic work now In great do-
mand. A onail premium required. The art taught personally or
by oorresponu**nee. Alrtter of full particulars sent for four stamp*
Apply oarly to LAMHiiRNCE 8 Show- rooms, 2«, Charlotte-atreet,
Pifaa-oy-square (noar Rathbone-plaoe), EsUblished 18 40.
P ROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT.—
WANTED fUreeOyi, number of LADIES >nd ORNTLEMEN
to assist in a higftly Artistic Pursuit, in connection with the Crystal
Palace, where specimens can be seen in tbe Court of Inventions.
The Art taught (term- moderate) personally or by letter; and con¬
tinuous employment given to pupil* In town or country, to realise a
handsome income. No knowledge of drawing necxwuiry. A Pro-
• 'xsetos forwarded for four stamps. Arrangements miulo dailv at
LAURENT DE LARA’S Gallery 7f Fine Artt/VTorrington SLS
KusseJi-square. Just ready, l>o lira’s Book on Illuminating, price 6s
HE ROYAL WEDDING—FRENCH
ROOMS BAZAAR, Soho-sqttare. Patronised by tba Prince**
Royal. MADAMk RAMAZZOTII has just received some elegant
b;, ctmens of Art in Fancy Articles for Wedding Presents, Ac., Ac.
TtTESSRS. HUNT and ROSKBLL beg re-
,tat ® that tho MEDALS (by jtcnnisBlcH) in
COMMLMORAflON of tlio MARRIAGE, f H.R.H. tho PUINJES8
wi,b HRU ™*NCR FREitEftlCK WILLIAM of
ur « D0W for »*le-ln gold, £40; In silver, £3 3s ; in brornte,
MtUngt| T,M *** bT Mf ' L ' C ‘ " y0H wbo wn * honoured with
Mes-’ii. Hunt and KoskeU have also prepared Miniature Modals with
tho Port nuts separate, by the tamo Artist—in gold, £3 10*. tbe nalr;
and In diver les tho pair
166, New Bond-street, London, W.
4th Feb.. 1858.
'PO FRKF.MASONS at Home and Abroad —
* BRO JOHN MOTT THEABLR, Manufacturer *t Jewels,
Clothing, Furni nro Bsnncre, Ac., for tho Croft. Mark Royal
Arch. K.T.. and higher degrees No 198. Fleet-street London.
whoJcsalt and retail. Mwchanto, Lcdgfs, Tflert, and the IVado
supjflieil on most advantageous terms. A choice collection of Ma¬
sonic Jewels, Pina, Rings, and Btuds always on band. Copy tho
address.
S ARL and SONS, ^Y^loIesaIc Manufacturing
KLEcTRO and ARGENTINE SILVER PLATERS, No*. 17 and
18, Conihill. -In the sphmdid 8bow Room devoted to this department
of tho business wlli found every article txauaUv manufactured.
Corner Dinho* and Covers—Duh t’orers—Sean and Pa nee rureens—
Crutt Frame*—Tea tud Coffee Hervlcea—Msgulfiosa: Epergms and
Candelabra—Salvers and Ten Trays.
Tho Argentine Silver fcpoons and Forks, solelv manufactured by
Bari and Sous, at one-sixth the cost of solid Silver, are especially re¬
commended having stoort tho test of Fifteen Years' experience.
Rook* of Drawings and Pric« may be obtained.
All ordnn by post punctually attended to.
S AKL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manu¬
facturers, Nos. 17 and 18, Corah!!!. Invito attention to their now
and splendid 'took of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, c*ch war¬
ranted. and twelve months' trial allowed.
riilvor W*tcbcs, of highly-finished construction, end Jewelled, with
fsuhCnnahle cxtnrior, at 60s. to £10 109.
Gold Watchitt, of all descriptions of movements, from £6 6a.
to £ 60 .
Books of Patterns and Prices can be obtained; and all orders, with
a remutnneo. promptly attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Goldsmiths and Jewellers,
Nos. 17 and 18, CorahHL—The ground floor of the Now Building
it mors particularly devoted to the display of Fine Gold Jewellery and
Pine Gold Chains.
In the Jewellery Deportment will ho found a rich and endleit
assortment of Kings and Brooches, set with magnificent genu. Brace¬
let* nnd Necklet*, Pins and 8tuda, Ac. All newiv manufactured, axel
In the moat recent style. 'Iho Quality of the gold’is warranted.
Fino Goid Chains nro chargeo according to their respective weights,
and the qua ity of the gold i* certified by ;bc stamp.
Books of Patterns and Prices con be obtained.
Letters promptly attended to.
^ARL and SONS, Silversmiths (the New
Building). 17 and 18. Cornhlll, Invite attention to their new and
imignifieont Stock of London-manmactured SILVER PLATE, con-
taing overy article reguistto for the Table and Sideboard.
Silver Spoons and Forks at 7». id. per ounce.
Rich and Elegant Tea nnd CoiToo Equipages, commencing at £36
the ftill service
Silver Salvers of all tizee and patterns, from £6 10s. to £100.
A largo nod costly dLplay of hllver Pic*notation Plate, charged at
per ounce—Silver department of the building.
BookB of Designs and Prices may bo obtained.
S ARL and SUNS, Watch and Clock Mannfac-
tar cm, Nos. 17 and 18. Cornhlll, havo a P how-room expressly
fitted up for the dlaplav of Drawing nnd Dining Room Ci.OCKd,
manufactured in splendid Ortno'u. and exquisitely-modelled antique
Bronze*, tbe movements of fint-cla s finish, striking tbo hours and
halt-houm. Each t lock It warranted Ftaircose Clocks in fa>hlon-
ably-moulded cases. Dials for Cocn'ing-housos. All charged at
manufacturing prices.
The New Buildings, No. 17 and 18, Cornhlll.
W ATCHES.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS,
Watchmaker* (opposite tho Bank of Engla-d). 11 and 12,
CorehllL London rubmlt for sePction a stock of first-chun PA TENT
DE) ACHED LVVEK WATCHE*. which, being made by themsrive*,
can be recommended for accuracy nnddumb : lity. A warranty is given.
PRICES Or 8ILVfc.il WATCHES.
Patent Lever Watch, with the Improvements, l c., tho de¬
tached escapement, jewelled, hard enamel dial, s'-comls,
and maintaining power to continue gtlng whilst being
wound . . £i 14 0
Ditto. Jt wellod in four holes, and capped .6 6 0
Ditto, tho finest quality, with the improved regulator,
Jewelled In six boles, usually in gold cases.8 8 0
Either of the Silver Watche* in hunting oases, 10*. 6d. extra.
GOLD WATCHES.-SIZE FOR LADIES
Patent Lever Watch, with ornamental gold dial, tbe move¬
ment with latest Improvements. I o. the detached escape- -—...
maut. maintaining power. an>1 jewelled./ 11 11 0 .
Ditto, with richly -engraved case . 12 12 0
Ditto, with very strong ca*e and Jewelled In four hole* - 14 14 0
GOI D WATCHEn.—SIZE FOR GEJfl LEMEN.
Patent Lover Watch, wkh tho latest Improvemonta, ijs., tho
detached escapement, jewelled in four boles, hard enamel
dial, second#, and maintaining power .. ...-.^1010 0
Ditto, In stronger raso. Improved regulator, uml capped .. 13 13 il
Ditto. Jewelled in six holes, and gold balance / .. 17 17 0
Either of tho Gold Watcho* in hunting cases. £3 3s. extra.
Any Watch selected from the Ust will be softly racked aud sent free
to any part of Groat Britain or Ireland, upon a reedpt of a romAtunc*
of the amount. /
F DENT, sole Successor to E. J. Dent In all
■ his patent rights and business, at 61, Strand, and 3< and 36.
Royal Exchange, and the Clock and Compass Factary. at v «omeffel
Wharf, CHRONOMETER, WATCH, and CLOCK MAKER to the
Vueen nnd Princo Consort- and Maker of tho Great Clock far tho
Houiet of Parliament Ladle*' Gold Watches, eight guineas, Gentle¬
men's, ton guineas; strong Silver Lever Watches, six guineas; Church
Clocks, with compensation pendulum, £86. No connection with 33,
Cock-pur-street. '. \
0
N BOARD H.M.S. “NORTH STAR,” in
KJ tho ARTIC REGIONS, for Two Yosts, the Rhlp’s Time was
kept by one of JONES’S I.over«, all other watches on board having
stopped. In Silver, £4 4s.; in Gold. £10 Ids.; at tho Manufactory,
328. Strand (opposite Somerset House) — Read JONES’S "Skoichof
Watch Work.” Bent free for a 2d. stamp.
SECONDHAND GOLD WATCHES, by
JO eminent maker*, warrontod genuine, anenrate, perfect in con¬
dition, and at half Uio original cost. A choloo stock at WALES and
M CULLOCH'S. 32. Ludgato-sucet i noor St- Panl’s).
Her Majesty tha Queen, 33, Cor.kvpur-street, Charing-croea
I? LEG ANT GOLD WATCHES, Jewelled
J..J In ?^>Dr Holft, Maintaining Pmver, Blchly F.ugravod Cas<s
nnd Dials. £3 10s. Od. Sliver Wstcbes tame movements £1 17s. fid.
Supe»i-tr flnL-tied Duplex and Lever Watches lu gold and silver cast*,
at nioUr-rntn prices. A beautiful stock of Gold Chains. 26a to 16
mteestt—FREDERIC HAWLEY, Watchmaker, 120, Oxford-street,
W„ son nnd successor to the late Thomas Hawley, of 76, Strand,
watchmaker to his Mqlosty Georg* the Fourth.
C LOCKS for ROOMS.—Designs original,
alogont, and In pure taste- Work* tbs very best (with tho
latest lmprov.imoatsl. Prices extremely moderate. Assort moat the
largest in Loudon. General stylo and finish ail that can be desired.—
THOMAS PEARCE and 80N, S3, Ladgate-hin, K.C.1
( \$NAMENTS for the MANTELPIECE, &c.
V_* Mtstusttns, Groups, Vase*, Jto.. in Parian, dooorated Bisque and
other China; Clocks (gflt, marble, and bronze). Alabaster, Bohemian
Glass, first-class Bronzeo, Candelabra, and many other art manufac¬
tures, all in tho be« taste end at very moderate price*.
THOMAS TEARCE and SON. 23. Lodgato-hi!l. E C.
O RNAMENTS for the DRAWING-ROOM,
1JBRAKY, Ac.—An extonsive assortment of ALABASTER,
MARBLE. BRONZE, and DERBYSHIRE 8PAR ORNAMENTB
Manufactured and Impcrtud by J. TENNANT, 14S. Strand. London.
TXINNER, DESSERT, and TEA SERVICES.
A largo variety of new and good Patterns. Best quality,
i, unusually low prices. Also every description of Cut
suf-tt!
Table
lias*, equally Advantageous.
THOMAS PEARCE and W
SON, 23, Ladgnte-bUL F..C.
M apping cutlery and electro-
8ILVER PLATE -M«sr*. MAPPIN (Brother*). Mann-
fdcturera by 8peciol Appointment to tbe Wuocm, are tbe ouly Sheffield
Makers who supply the consumer direci In London. Tbelr London
dhow Rooms. 67 and 86, KING WILLIAM-STREET. Loodon-bridge,
contain by for tho large**. Stock of CUTLERY and ELECTRO-SILVER
PLATE In tho World which is transmitted direct from their Manu¬
factory, yucon’s Cutlery Works, 8hefflu'i.
Electro-Silvar 8noon* and Forks,
Fiddle Pattern, fall size.
Per Dot
Table 8poons •• .. 36a 0d.
Table Forka •• ..36 0
Dcseert Spoons .. .. 27 0
Dessert Forks .. .. 27 0
Toa Spoons .. .. 16 0
Balt „ iQflt Bowls)
Mustard „ { 6e. per do*. > 14 0
Ivory Table Knlvea, Full 8ise,
Bslaroc Handlm. which cannot
possibly become Iocte Per Doc
Table Knives .. .. 26s. Od.
Dessert Knives .. .. 18 0
Carvers < per pair) ..9 0
As above, with Sterling Silver
Ferules.
Table Knives .. .. *4 0
Dessert Knives .. .. 24 0
Carrera (per pair) .. 11 0
'Messrs. Manpin (Brothers) respectfully Invite buyers to inspect
their unprecedented display, which for beauty of design, exqui¬
site workmanship, and novelty, stands nnrivstlod. Their lUustntted
Catalogue, which is continually rooelviag additions of now designs,
free on application.
Moppin (Brother*), 67 and 66, King William-street, Louden-bridge.
Moaunictotw, Queen's CuUory Works, Sheffield.
XpLEOTRO PLATE.—Parchascrs will find i‘
to their advantage to rend for vne of BLACK 8 Catalogue*,
contamieg 360 Drawings and Price*, and more Information taan toe
limits of an sdvcrtitexnmt will admit. May be had gratis, ot post-
free Orders abovo £2 carriage-free -Richard ana John Slack, 338
Strand, London. (Eitabliahed 60 »ears).
QILVER PLATE, New nnd Secondhand. —
A Pamphlet of Pricos, with Engravings, may bo had am tis; or
will be sent post-free, If applied for by letter—A. B. SAVORY and
SONS, Goldsmiths (opposite tho Bank of England), 11 and 12, Corn-
hill. London.
TflURNiSH YOUR HOUSE with the BEST
AKTICLBS, at DKARK'8 Ironmongery and Furn kiting
Warehouses. Established a.d. 1700. A Iriced Furnishing Lkt, free
by DO*t. Deane and Go. (opening to tho Monument), London-bridge.
(CHANDELIERS in CUT CRYSTAL, ior
Oas or Caudles. A large stock; patterns uncommon and bean-
^ quality Irreproachable. All diwbmod and manaftiotami by
THOMAB PEARCE and HON, 23. Ludgote-hill, K.C.
IV/T ODEKATOR LAMPS.—Simple, Strong,
DLL and well-finished, the lounps of Pearce and Son ooutinue to
maintain tboir groat superiority over every other kind, while for
originality, beauty, and good Ust*, tho patterns are allowed tc bo the
bret in the Trade-—THOMAB PEARCE and BON. 23. I.udgate-hill.
Direct imperlen of Colza OQ only of the first q^mllty.
I\TATTRESSES, WARRANTED NOT to
DA WFJUl HOLLOW In the MIDDLE. - HEAL and BON have
patented on Improvement in the manafacturo of Mattresses, which
preveau tbo material foiling into a mam, aa it doea In all Mattresses
mado in tho ordinary wav. The Patent Mattreme* are mode of ths
very beat wool and horwehair only, are rather thicker than usual, wnd
the prices ore but a triflo higher than other good M atlresses- Their
Illustrated Catalogue of Bedsteads, Bedding, and Bed-room Furniture
oomain# also the prices of their Patent Mattresses, and is sent free by
past.—Heal and ban. 199, Tottenham-court-road, W.
LI EM, and SON’S NEW ILLUSTRATED
AA CATALOGUE contains design* and price* of 160 articles
of BED-KOOM FURNITURE, as well as of 100 Bedsteads, and
prices of every description of Bedding. Sent free by po»t-—Heal and
8 u. Bedstead, Bedding, and Bed-room Furniture Manufacturerx,
196. ToUenham-oourt-rooiL W
I E MIROHi FACE ET NUQUE.—This
Li new Patent Toilet Glass reflects the back of tho hood as per¬
fectly as it docs tbe free, and both In one glass at the same time, en¬
abling a lady to arrange her back hair with the greatest ease and pre~
rialnn ; It la tho most unique and comploto article ever introduced into
the dressing-room. Prices 24s. and upwards. The patent can also he
affixed to any good toilot-glaaa Drawing* sad price* sent free
by post. To be soon only at the Patentees', Messrs. 13HAL and SON,
whose Warerooms also contain every virl. ; ty of Toilet Glass that is
manufactured, as well os a general araortmant of BED8TEAD8,
BEDDING, and BED-ROOM FURNITURE. Heal and bon’s
Illustrated Catalogue seat free by post.-Heal and Son. 108, Totten¬
ham-court-mail. W.
VSEiSRS. JOHN WELLS and CO., 210,
DA Regent-street, London, havo purchased 'owing to tho de¬
pression in the manufacturing dbiricts) a wrr large lot of tbo riches
VELVET PILE aud BBI-88SL8 CARPfcflW, designed expressly for
the West-end trade, at a great reduction in price. Also Lyons Silk
Brocadna, Brocarelies, Slut Damask*. t& all the most fashionable
colourings and richest rruiKr-j. Also, a huge lot of Frenoh Chintzes
of tbo most beautiful and elaborate design*. The whole of these arc
now offered at a considerable reduction from the prime c3rt for cash,
and are well worth tho uttenti m of intending purchaser*. Patterns
will bo sent into tho country free of charge; also their illustrated
catalogue of furniture. Ike.—2iC. Kogont-street, opposite Conduit-
street). /. y ^ \
WAIKCT DRAWING-Rl-iOM SUITE of
f Y FURNITURE, In first-rate condition, only used a few
months, consisting of six superb cabriole-chair* and spriug-
stuffed Mttee, and two easy-efcair*. on suite, covered in rich silk
and chintx, loooe cover*, a fine walnut-wood loo-table on carved
pillar and claw*, occariona) table, a five-feet chiffonier, with marble
slabs and aDvered plute-glasa bock and doom, and a lmrge-ibtt
ohlmney-glaxs in rilt tramc. for tbe low sum of 42 guinea* To be
♦son at B. GREEN and CO’8^ Upholsterers, 204, Oxford-street, W.
f MAPLE and CO. S NEW ILLUS-
fj m TRATKD CATAIX)GUE. ocntalning the prico of every article
required for completely fUrnlfcbinsr a honen of any class, post-free.
This u tho largest nnd most convenient furnishing establishment in
the world.—J. Maple and Co., 146, Ac., Tottenham-court-rood.
nriEN THOUSAND PIECES magnificent
A BRUSSELS CARPF.T8, et 2*. 4d-, 2s. fid, and 2s lOd. per
yard. Those goods ore lo be sold for cash only,—J MAPLE and
CO., 146, Ac., Tottenham-court- read.
OARLOW’S POTATO-STEAMER.—By
l.r all aioenx sec Its admirable and perfect action explained. Price
■fie,; 7s., and 8s. each.—James Barlow Inventor, 14. Ring William-
street, Mansion House. Engraving* gratis, or sent pest-froo.
Y'fHUBB’S LOCKS, with all the recent hn-
YJ provemunts; Strong Fireproof Bafos. Coah and Deed Boxes.
Complete Lilts of 81zra and Pnoes may be had an application.—
CHUBB and 80S, 67, fit. Paul’s Churchyard. London.
T) APERHAN GIN G S. — The cheapest and
A largest assortment tn London is at CROSS’S, 22, Great Port-
lund-stroct. Murylebona. House Painting and Decorating in ovary
style. Estimates free.
QOUTH AFRICAN PORT and SHERRY,
20s. per dozen.—Titce* Wiam (from a British colony) are im¬
ported at half tho asnal duty, aud arc strongly rocommeni’ed for tho
use of private families. Pmt aomplre for 12 slant pa. Excellent Pole
ami Brown Brandy. 16e. tww gallon
WOOD and WATSON, 16. Clrawnt’s-tane, City.
TT/TNES from the CAPE of GOOD HOPE.—
Y Y PORT, SHERRY. MADEIRA. BUCELLAS, and MAR¬
SALA. ell iOs. per dozen, really fine quality, produoe of BpanUh and
Portuguese rlnes, at tbe CAPE of GOOD HOPE, wheuco her
Majesty’* Oovermcnt allow* wln» to be imported for half duty. Tha
Samples for 12 stamps. Brandy, excellent, 3fl* per dozen W. and
A. GILBEY, Winelmportrn, 367,Oxfonl-strerL. W.
T> EDUCED PRICES for WINES.—
AV> K<ra»dlloo. 30a.; Dinucr Sherry. 30*.; Standard Sherry, 40s.;
Finest Old Brandy, 60s. per dozen, cash.—Address, and orders pay¬
able to, FOSTER and INGLE, 46. Cbtrapaide, K.C.
QTOGUMBER MEDICINAL PALE ALE
l* brewed with the water (rum ” Harry HRl’a Well.” It cures
disease*, and is renovating, reasonable, and deliAms. Referenct* tc
the fncultv, and atstisdeaf return of local population and births.—B
HOLDEN. 66a, Upper Beymuur-strect, Portman-stgiani. sole lender
Agent. H. Watts, ManagvT, Slogumber. Taunton. Drum trinkt und
trinket winder, doss euro lobcnsuvh* Wange rosig strahle.
QUITE NEW
□ OYEH’S SULTANA SAUCE.—
iO A mart refreshing stimulant to the Appotito, eorapo*e<
principally of Turkish Condiments. An exnuiilto relish with almost
every description of food- To be hod of all Sauce Vendor*; and Oi
the Hole Wholesale Agent*, CR088H and BLACKWELL, Purveyors
to the Vfnoca. 21,8oho-sqaara.
OUBINKON’S PATENT GROATS for more
It than Thirty Year* have been held in constant and inercaatay
pubiio ootlmation u the purest farina of the o«t, and aa the ban
and most valuabla preparation far making a pare and delicate Gruel
which forms a light and nutritious supjicr for Lbe aged, it a pep nisi
recipe for colds oml influenza, la of gem-ral use in the tick-chamber,
and, aheruatclT with tha Talent Barley, is as excellent food for
infant* and Children.
Trepared only by the Patentees, ROBINSON, BELLY1LLK, A CO n
Purvevor* to the Queen, 64. Red Lion-street. Hoi born, London
Bold by all respectable Grocer*, Druggets, and others in Town and
Country, in Packets of 6d. and ls-j and Family Canisters, at 2*., i*^
19*. each.
/"'I LENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
VjT U6KO IN Tint ROYAL LAUNDRY,
And pronouocefl by her MaJraty's Laubtlres* to be
TUB FINE8T 8TARCH SHE EVER USED.
Bold by all Chandlers, Grocer*. Ac., Ac
f't LYCERINK. — An impure Glycerine is now
\ X bring sold ou tba state moot that it is aa pure os tbe PATEN*!
DISTILLED GLYCERINE of PRICE’S PATENT CANDLE COM¬
PANY. The Company beg the oppllcstlon of the following simps
tc*la : For unpleasant smell, rub a few drops over the back of year
sand, whuu tho frntid mant« smell win, if pretent, at oooe cotoe ccl
For load aud other motalllB impuririe-. test by a current of sul¬
phuretted hydrogen. For llmo and other earthy impurities, ties by
oxalate of ammonia, or chloride of barium. I ho Canrsany are not
responsible for any Glycerin* except that sold In bottles having cop-
solo* lettered ** Trice’s Patent."
Price's Patent Candle Company, Belmont, VsnxhaJl. London.
OENZINE GOLLA8
JLI CLEANS and REMOVES GREASE from
Olovea, 1 Cloth,
Bilks, | C-arpst*. Ac., Ac.
In Bottles, 1*. cd-, Of oil Chemists and Perfumsr*; and al the Dfpot,
114, Great Rassaft—treat. Bloomsbury .
TBLOWEBS’ PLATE POWDER, as supplied
J? for cleaning the Plate at, the Refreshment Room*. Huu*e of
Lard*. Ac-. *c., may be obtained through all chtanista, or direct from
Flowers, .Chemist, Mstlock. \ D Boxes, at I*., t*. 6<L> and 4a. each.
TTING and CO. f SILICMEi^(^ERS, 243,
Jl\. Regent- si rort, beg to announce that during the lato com¬
mercial Citab they have purchased many thousand pounds' worth
of NEW SILKS, MUSLINS, BaKKGE.S IIU-'H POPLINS, Ac.,
which they intend selling during tho ensuing season at Half Price.
P ATTERNS of the NEW SILKS,
and other fabrics, for
Walking
Evening, and
Wedding Drwses,
Family Mourning
lndu Outfit*, etc.,
sent pest-froo
to any part of the world.
R
EAL IRISH PorLINS at KINGS,
243, Regent-street.
;stripod, Cheeked and Br»x;a c-d, 17a. fid. the Foil Drets,
uausll) sold at £6
I'at tern* sunt post-free.
Address to King and Co., Regvnt-street, London.
N EW SPRING PABRICS at KING’S,
.—243, Regcnt-ztreot.
French BriBlants \ .. .. fie. fid. the Full Drees.
Norwich Wove Cheeks .. .. 8* M. „
Di-eked Ctw'lis .. \ .X .. 12a. fid. „
Ftrijiorl Mohstr* .. ,, .. 15*. Od. „
8Uk and mohair Danblo bkirts .. 10s. fid. „
Flounced Robes a Outlie.. .. £1 N. ltd. „
/ / Titierns sent post-free.
Address to King sad Co H Regeot-sire-'t, London.
N
EW 1TIENCH MUSLINS at KING’S,
243, Kcgant-stroet.
Tlnsfinest Organdie Muillns, 6s 6d. the Full Dress.
Tho tlnu: Houncotl Muslins, lO# fid., uiuaRy sold at £1 Is.
\ X Pattern* sent post- 1 roe
Addtees to King andCo., Ho* rat-street. London.
IVIEW BAliEGtS, &c., at KING’S,
213, Regent-ttrcct.
Flounced Ful/arino* .. du fid. tho Full Dross.
Flounced llar^gea .. 18*. 6d. ,. ,.
Ftmtnetd Gronodiure .. £1 6s. cd.. usually sold at £2 10s.
PoUenti rent post free
Address to King and Co , Regent— I root, London.
W
EW BLACK MLKS at KING’S,
243, Regent-street.
Glfic«r 8llks .. .. £1 6 0 the Full Drees.
Widows’bilks .. .. I 16 0 „
Fionncrtl Bilks .. 2 6 u ,,
Molnf Antiques .. .. 3 3 0 n
Velvet Flounced Robes .. 6 10 0 „
Pa tents tent post-free.
Address to King and Go., Regent-street, London.
N
EW SPRING
243, Krgent-streot.
Striped and Checked BLks.. £1 2
Batin Checks aud Buipee .. 1 10
Ja»]>ar Bilks .. .. 1 *7
Flounced Bilks ..
Kobo \ Quillu
French F'louncotl Bilks
Velvet Flouncrel bilks
SILKS at KING’S,
6 the Foil Dress.
0
2 10
3 13
6 10
And Moirr Antiques, as worn by the Vueeu and Princess Royal,
£3 3a. tha Full Dreoe; usually -old at £6 tis.
Patterns run post- tree
Address to King and Co., Regont-street, London.
3ETEB ROBIKSON has during the past
. week made several purchase* in
RICH FLOUNCED 81 K KDBr.8
2C0 of these, being of last year's patterns, will be told off
very cheap.
rpHE NEW BAYADERE BAR GLACE
X 81LK8,
at £1 10s. 9d. the Fall Dreaa,
In seven different colour*.
c
HECK GLACE SILKS,
In all the new coloars, at
£1 9s. td. the Full Drees,
suitable lor either plain or (Iouuc««J shirts.
s
ELLIN ij OFF,
the remaining Stock of
RICH BAlfcED BA l IN BA1ADERR BaR8,
£1 9*. fid. the Full Dtcmi;
_a moat genteel aud effective Wluier Dress,
M oire antiques.
P. K., giving this dapartroout hi- particular nttention, is
alwuys [tropared to offtr the ruiftrat gtxj i* at the lowest p mblo price*.
X B. Ladies supplied with jisiuuis oi Black and Coloured M. ires,
post-free, by stldiawing
No. lfW, OXFORD-ffTHECT.
A
LL LAST YEAR’S SILKS,
of both Spring and 8utnmcr Good*, win now be soU off at
VERY LOW PRICES.
P AT1ERNS for INSPECTION forwarded,
port-frec, to any part. Address
FKTEK KOB1N60N. ' L KMKKCER,
103, 106. KM, 107. Oxford-stroeL
L ADIES’ WATERPROOF TWEED
CLOAKS and HIDING JACKETS, Gentlemen's Ovarooats and
invernra* Capes. Pattorna of material and prices rent port-fro*.-
J. t. and W. PHILLIPS, 37, High-oirooL tthrewnbury
A nnual sale.—regent Houre,
(ALLISON and CO.). x38. 240, an.! 242, Kegrut-rtroet. -
Aliioun and Co. hare great pleasure once more in calling too aUastirm
of Ladies to tboir Annual Ban, fee tag confident thu protcut oppor¬
tunity will prove unusually advantageous. The great vtagaation of
trade daring the mnnths ot Nov,rube. «ud Deccrater caused by the
then existing panic and general ini* trust compellrd many of the
manufacturer* to force the ntUe ot their stocks at such ptteas sa en¬
tailed on them very serious loss. Having tak. n advantage of tho
reduction, by Judiciously purchasing many of the iota, they intend
offering them, together with the remaining portion of their own fancy
stock, at very reduced prices.
L OCKE’S NEW LINDSEY WOOLSEY8,
Striped and Plain, for Drearca and Pott koala Patterns for¬
warded on application.
SCOTCH TWEED AND CLAN TARTAN WAREHOUSES,
119 and 127, RF.GENT-8TREK 1.
G rand exhibition of india
6HAWL8.—FARMF.R and ROGERS are now exhibiting In
tiic.r apacinns India Bhowrooms a most superb collection of choice
CASHMERE 8UAWLS, amongst which ore several of very rare
design and quality, similar to those supplied for tho WexUllag
Trousseau of tho Princess Koval.
THE GREAT BUAWL AND CLOAK EMPORIUM, 171, 173, 176,
REGENT-STREET, W.
India SUawb Bought nnd Exchanged.
Q uilted eider-down petticoats
are strongly recommend*d to those who wish to combine
elegance with comfort. To be had only of W. B. BATSON
and CO., i, Maddux -street. Regent-street. DfipAl for tbe Rldw-Down
ytulu and Patent Spring Pillow*.
rriABLE LINEN, SHEETING. &c.—
«L FAULDJNG, STRATTON, and CO., Lixen Manufacturers to
the Qutwn, rc*[iectlaUv invite attention to their «xisn*ive slack, com-
pricing every kindef HOUHFUOLD and TABLE LINEN. Families
and large e*iaLU>bm«iriB charged wholtsak firiac*. Arms and Crest
inserted in Tabio-linen.—13, Lcrexitry-street.
fPHE REAL ALPINE KID GLOVES, Is. 6d.
A Black, White, and Coloured, In every sis*, mao the moet
Beautliul Gloves to hr procured st
ANT PRICE f
Address: RUM BELL and OWhH, 7T aud Oxford-sow*. London
N.B. Aoajsle Pair* forwarded for two rutra *t*
A SINGLE STAY
Cwrtogr-free to any port * the Country
On receipt of a Port-**** Order.
W*j»i measure only required.
The ElABTJC BODICE, Its fid.
(Rtcameoraded bj the Faculty).
Tho Hupcr-CoetHl* Comet, lf»a fisL
ITl’jKntri I3o*k» sent on receipt of a i otoge-etomp.
Every arttclo ntsrkvd la plain figure*
CARTER and HOUiJSTf'N. Rs«vnt-*treet. 6, Bl*ckiriii*.r<mi4
_6 , tkookwomsswet. dramwich: and Crystal l’alaco. _
TONE'S HYGIENIC STAYS.
Mr*. STONE’S 8TAYS and ELASTIC B0PICB8 have been
before the Public twerity-fiv* year*, and are unrivalled for ccrtMetnss*
of fit and durability to be had with or wubeni her Patent FaMrslags,
at price* varying frv m 6a. Cd. to Die ; or mode to meauura, of tho
best quality, and in the very ftret atylo. for tla.
Mr* Stone’s htl,« largest retail os'shikhmant In England, and tto>
V-.gth of Btae ah# has carried on her bualtuw* moat be a guarantee of
Lor doming with all I-adlas who send thGrordfts to her If the tu*
i* inch ns rour d the waist, across ths boeotn, round the hlna, sad
hogth of stay thn busk bo sent, she can. tn all ca s es sand a stay
lo fit ccrrccf ix, such order* to contain a Port-ofllo* order pay*h>e
to Edward ? one.
Ladies v> .itin,, either ot ths following houas* will find a very Mnr*
ossortmsn'. of Corsets, well mads and of the moat approved shapm
3S* Cty* a~trml-street, W.; L Haaway -rtroeL W.; f Mlduie-rov .
Uoftom, E.C.: ». Uitaroifc B.. 1
or,
16, North-etrert, Brighton.
Ladles' Bklrts is great variety.
176
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Feb. 13, 1858
THE WAR IN CHINA.
engagement of the day was the capture of sundry geese, but they
were duly paid for. The trumpet sounds, the men spring to their
legs, and the aborigines take to their heels, leaving the ground clear
for the homeward march.
I send you a portrait from the river—a Sampan Girl. I took this
from nature a few days ago. It will give you an idea of how the
women row: they always sit sideways. She wears her hair “ d la
" teapot,” as we call it here: it is very becoming, but takes some time
to fix.
Next is a Jossbouse—Tae Ping Shan—the finest one here, and into
which I went the other day. I never shall forget the sight. Two women
were paying their devotions; but in such a manner! Directly we came
in they began laughing with us; then they bowed their foreheads on the
floor; then they played tricks with each other, such as breaking little
bits off the mat they were kneeling on, and putting them into one
SAMPAN GIRL ON CANTON RIVER.
[Continued from page 169.)
In the meantime Teh remains stubborn, and we cannot help admiring
his pluck and endurance. The Portrait I send you may be relied upon,
being copied from the painting of a native artist of great merit. It is
generally believed that the Chinese have removed their goods and
chattels from the city, and have undermined it considerably, with a
•view to the blowing up as many Fanqui as possible, Yeh himself
superintending in proprid persona. I hope in my next to give you
an account of our successful destruction of all its defences and the
occupation of the city. The principal, indeed the only, amusement is
a walk on shore—every one armed, of course. The other day the
Nankin sent a walking party on a grand scale—nearly 300 men.
Haiing arrived at a suitable spot, we proceeded, Fanqui fashion, to
restore the inner man: the never-faihng tribe of rags and tatters
crowded round as usual. The band struck up, “ In the days when
we went gipsying," “ Polly won’t you try me, oh ? ” and other airs of
an exhilarating tendency. The Celestials formed a complete hedge, the
small boys in front, and others bringing up the rear. Our “ brave
army,” stretched on the grass, enjoyed itself freely. As far as the eye
could reach, turnips met our view, and refreshed our men. The only
ORDER OF MERIT OR VALOUR, JUST INSTITUTED BY YEH.
another’s hair: one actually got upand lit her cigarette at the tapertbat
was burning for joss. As for devotion, there was not an attempt made.
’ Tile cigarette-woman went ahead, smoking, playing, and praying. A
priest in a yellow gown was chanting at bis litany, but was not un¬
mindful of what was going on. Persons were walking about talking,
and one man was tossing np a baby. Then the hideous gods—enough
to give one the nightmare! We left the Ladies and went to a shop op¬
posite, where I sat down to make a sketch, but was so completely
surrounded by Chinamen that it was a case of drawing under diffi¬
culties. The fellows are so fond of anything in the shape of a picture
that one runs a risk of suffocation if he attempts out-door sketching.
They don’t mean to get in your way, but then they will imagine they
are transparent. However, I made the sketch. On the steps are coolies,
and immediately in front of each joss lion are peripatetic venders of
yak fan edibles.
I have sketched also “ The Crew of a Gun-boat at Prayers.” This
is Sunday morning in Canton River. The Captain is reading the
service, and the tars, sitting on liandspikcs, are listening. In the
background is part of North Wantong Fort. The canary-bird in the
cage makes the scene appear quite domestic.
I send, also, a sketch of the Order of Valour just issued by Teh
it is of silver, and larger than the Bketoh.
JOSSHOUSE (TAE TING SHAN) AT CANTON.
London: Printed and Published at the Office. 198, Strand, in the Parish of SL Clement Danes, In the Connty of Middlesex, by William Little, 198, Strand, aforesaid.—S aturday, February 13. 'ess
No. 904. —vol. sxxii.]
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1858. [With a Supplement, Fivepence
THE INDIA BILL.
If there was any real, solid, and determinate public opinion on the
subject of the Government of India, it might be worthy of obser¬
vation that a very great change has taken place in the public mind
with reference to that question within the last few days. It is
more than probable that the majority of persons who thought
about India in a politico-economic sense were in a great state of
alarm, on Wednesday and Thursday last, at the prospect of the
Ministerial measure, which it was supposed was threatened rather
than promised. The incertitude of affairs in Central Hindostan ;
the imperfect information with regard to the present; the half-
formed opinions with regard to the future, which amounted almost
to a belief that we had scarcely the right to legislate for a country
in which we might be only iust holding our own, were
mingled with vague and undefined notions ot radical and
sweeping changes in the administration of India, not only at home,
but in the East itselt. This shadowy dread of something which
was to annihilate our already shaken empire had succeeded to on
almost universal feeling which prevailed, not long since, of the
necessity of immediate action on the cumbrous and complicated
system which is comprised in the condemnatory phrase of the
double government. So far had this reaction gone that it was a
common saying in men's mouths that this was essentially and
indubitably not the time to legislate for a province which was
still in the throes of a revolt; and most people did not hesitate to
express a preference for the most inefficient status quo over a
change which might involve us in ills that we knew not or. How¬
ever, the announcement ot the bill of the Government has
acted like an opiate upon our excited; body politic'; and,
as far as can yet be gathered, not only have alarm and anxiety been
allayed, but a feeling, on the whole satisfactory with regard to the
principle of the measure, has taken their places in the somewhat
confused and crude conceptions of the worthy but, on Indian sub¬
jects, very slightly-informed people of England. Except to mere
speech making political critics of the Government, who can safely
talk selected and accumulated Hansard from the cold regions of
Opposition, it seems obvious that, if onc-half that we know of the
system which has prevailed in the administration of Indian affairs
at home is true, the only wonder is that there has been any admi¬
nistration at all. The advocates of the Board of Directors have
much to say, and justly, of the progress which India has made
of late years. They can assert, and without much fear of con¬
tradiction, that the culture of sugar, cotton, indigo, opium, tea, and
rice has been greatly promoted ; the production of coal and iron
5TAL BRIDAL TOUR.—THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM AT THE WINDOW OF THE KINO'S PALACE, POTSDAM.-(SEE PAGE 1M.)
178
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Feb. 20, 1858
developed, shipbniMing increased, steam navigation adopted on the
coasts and rivers, the telegraph system brought into operation,
roads constructed, and railway communication at least inaugurated.
We hear that the civil and financial administrations have been im¬
proved, legislation humanised, and educational institutions founded.
No one denies it; but the argument is capable of the answer that
all this has happened, not because, but in spite, of the home Ad¬
ministration. Although much remains to be accomplished, and
much more might have been done, it is hardly possible to shut oae’s
eyes to the fact that, bnt for the existence of a series of able and
capable men who have had the conduct of affairs in Hindostan
itself, much of this improvement would have stagnated between Can •
non-row and Leadenhall street. It must strike any careful observer of
the relative bearings of this question that a test of the incapability
of the system of home government is, that it has done nothing to
bring India, so to speak, cn rapport with England. In the
lapse of a hundred years India has done little for England beyond
endowing her with the political possession of the country. That
possession brings no virtual accession to the Imperial revenue; and
if it affords to a few individual Englishmen some prizes of ambi ¬
tion, and affords employment to a comparatively limited number of
our adventurons and fortune-seeking population, it tends to the
increase of cur wealth only through those commercial relations
which we possess with India in common with the rest of the trading
world. Again, what a remarkable evidence of the absence of
the incorporation of India into our governmental and political
system is afforded by tlie profound ignorance of everything bnt the
very outside knowledge of its existence which prevails in this country!
Nine out of ten educated persons will not venture to speak on the
subject of India in the presence of any one who has been a year in
the East: and an ex-editor of a journal at Calcntta or Bombay,
far less one who has absolutely migrated in the exercise of that
■vocation into Central India, is entitled to treat the master-spirits
of European experience with the contempt which helpless ignorance
is snre to receive from slight and shallow knowledge. But to leave
abstract disputation, and to come to the consideration of the Govern-
mentbill. The main point that strikes one is its essentially practical
character. It is true that it does away with the Board of Directors,
bnt it carefully guards against the loss of the services of the kind
of men of whom that Board was supposed to consist. The pro¬
posed Council is to have the benefit of the experience of the very class
of persons who have hitherto sought the suffrages of the holders
of East India Stock for admission into their governing body.
There is no alternative; the enactment as it stands is precise. It
is true that the nomination of the Councillors is placed in the
hands of fhe Crown—that is, in the power of the Ministry of the
day; but the area of selection is so narrowed that little room is left
for the exercise of that jobbery and one-sidednoss of choice on
which gentlemen out of office, and who, in their position, can
afford to be so violently pure and patriotic, have dwelt so elo¬
quently. In point of fact, the President of the Board_of Control
and a number of gentlemen who either have been or in due coarse
would have been East India Directors are brought together in a
compact department, where they may talk “affectionate and free,”
or squabble themselves into unity and promptitude of action, as the
casemay be. in as many hoars as it formerly used to take weeks to
bandy responsibility from one end of London to the other. As the
matter now stands, tliis is really all which has to be considered. Into
the details of the bill it is not necessary either for Parliament or the
country to go deeply just at present In many respects those details
are open to objection and Tcry capable of amendment, which in
the progress of the measure they would,no doubt, receive. It should
not be forgotten that in point of fact the bill does not touch the
vast abstract question of Indian policy. For the consideration of
that momentous subject most persons, we imagine, would be in¬
clined to t hink that this is not the exact time. But surely it can¬
not be urged with any real cogency that there is any danger
in the amalgamation of an inefficient and cumbrous administration
into something like a concentrated working machine. This argu¬
ment of the danger of touching the East India Direction daring
the continuance of the native revolt has followed very closely, but
very inconsequenlly, on a notion that the best thing to he done at
this crisis would be to place the Government of India under a
Dictator ; and the only difficulty of the advocates of that plan
seemed to have been the absence of any man fit for the discharge
of 6uch a function. We have heard some declamation and a good
deal of prese about the probable effect on the minds of the natives
of India when they learn that that terrible myth “Company
Bahadoor" has been quietly deposed and its rule transferred to
other hands. That an event which must appear so mighty to the
native idea would cause a sensation in Hindostan is indubitable, but
it is by no means certain that the effect woulff je'mjurious or
have a tendency to stimulate the spirit of discontent which
we no longer disguise from ourselves as existing in the East. If the
native population, or the sepoy, nre under the belief that they are
aggrieved by the Government, of course that Government is the
Company, and they cannot be supposed to be otherwise than
pleased if they learn that their oppressors, real or imaginary, have
lost the power which they have hitherto wielded; and it is by no
means improbable that the proclamation of the direct rule of the
Queen of England may be associated in their minds with hopes of
a new order of things of which they may feel the advantage, and
to which, at least, they may be disposed to give a trial. It would
not, then, be very surprising if, v.iiile for all practical purposes the
change proposed in the bill of the Government docs not touch the
actual administration of affairs in India itself, its moral effect were
to be the termination oi the revolt.
Upon the whole, then, it would seem that a case has been made
out for the introduction of the bill by the Government, and such
an opinion has been ratified by an overwhelming majority of the
House of Commons.
Passpobts for J'.sasci:. — The following notice was issued on
Thursday from tile Foreign Office :— “ Iler Majesty's Ambassador at
ln .P urs “ a 5, c * of Instructions from the Earl of Clarendon,
uiquired of the.trench Government whether British subjects will he per-
, ln , r !? nc , e without passports when they have no intention
2sJ?™ceeding 'uto the interior; and also whether her Majesty's Consuls
J’w po j v P r ,t-° S r ,f nt passports to such persons to proceed to Paris or
v^r?f™ rC A an" 8 Ejtoriluney has been informed by the French Minister for
*hat no person whatever will be perm'tted to land In
r ranee without a passport, nor will a Consol’s passport given to any one
* ho may have landed without one be rccognieed. ’’ g 7
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NE \VS.
FINANCE.
(From our own Correspondent.)
Paris, Thursday.
Thk publication in ihe Monileur of the explanation of the nature and
extent of the law of general security, and the report read by M. de
Moray at the sitting of the Legislative Body on the same subject, have
had a generally reassuring effect.
It is reported that one of the consequences of the attempt of the
3 4 th of January will lie the maintenance in their present condition of
the French and Austrian forces in the Roman States, the number of
which it was the intention of the two Emperors to diminish. It
appears that- some of the speeches in the debates on the
subject of the English bill have so wounded the sensi¬
tive feelings of the fighting Colonels and their snbalterns
that some of the officers of the Imperial Guard have avenged them¬
selves upon la perfule Albion by sending their decorations of the
Order of the Bath to the Minister of War. It is decided that in future,
as a general rule, no military addresses shall appear in the Monitour-
General Espinasse goes every morning to see the Emperor and
receive personal instructions from him previous to liis proceeding to
bis bureau. The report that the Comte de Persigny was to return to
Paris to execute other functions seems groundless.
As was expected, MM. Laprade and Jules Sandcan have been
elected to the fauteuils of the Academy left vacant by the deaths
of MM. Brifiant and Alfred de Musset. A dinner has been given to
the members of the Institute by Prince Napoleon, at which the
two new confreres took their places. The celebrated and popular
preacher, the Pere de Ravignan, is at present in a state of health that
causcB the greatest apprehension to his numerous admirers. The last
days of the Carnival have been fast and furious.
Augustine Brohan gave a masked and costnmS ball recently
at her house in the Quartier Beanfon, at which twenty English
ladies of fasliion made their appearance. At the Tuileries one of the
finest halls of the season took place on Sunday night. In con^
sequence of the choice of the day, Lord and Lady Cowley,
and most of the English invited, abstained from present¬
ing themselves. M. Fould, Mirts, the Prince de Chesnay, Princess
Czartoriska, Ac., Ac., have also opened their houses for mag¬
nificent entertainments. The bouquet presented by the ladies of
Sardinia to the Empress has arrived. It is composed of natural
flowers, mounted at Genoa, which has a specialty for the art, and is
upwards of a yard and a quarter in circumference. Accompanying
it is a list of tho names of the donors, and a copy of verses,
congratulating her Majesty on her late escape, written by the
Piedmontese poet, PratU. The presentation was made by the ltar-
quise de Villamarina, wife of the Sardinian Envoy.
At the Hotel Drouat is about to take place a most important sale,
consisting of a splendid collection of Works of art, porcelain, Venetian
glass, Ac., forming the collection of the late M. Human, formerly
Minister of Finance under Louis Ptulippe, Among other precious
objects are works executed by Benvenuto Cellini, Albert Dnrer, Ghi¬
berti, Ac.; a portrait of Charles V., and one of the Buc de Montfort,
admirably carved; and a number of exquisite enamels.
There is a question of adopting ,die English rifle for the French
infantry.
Monsieur de Lamartine has had so violent an attack of inflaeuza
at his retreat at Macon that an inflammation of the lungs was ex¬
pected to ensue, and some of his most intimate friends proceeded to
visit him, fearing dangerous consequences. He has, however, now
recovered, and is occupied with the reply to the various attacks made
upon him to which we lately alluded. A propos of this subject, a most
vehement article has appeared in the Paine (which is a semi¬
official journal) entitled “ Les Pampldetaires Catlioliqnes,” evidently
intended for the address of M. Louis VeuiUofc. This production,
signed E. de Bremoml, is confidently supposed to have been written
by M. de la Gu<-ironic-re, whose position in the world of journalism,
and as Counsellor of State, gives immense significance to the attack.
Great things are expected of the comedy of Mario Uehard, husband
of Madeleine Brohan, which is about to appear at the Theatre
Francis. \ \
On Saturday last the Emperor and Empress gave a private audience
to J.ord Cowiey, who presented a letter from Queen Victoria notifying
Prii,caf ' 5 Knyui ° f En ^ d *
Tho Hl'ko do Montebello has been appointed Ambassador of France
at St. PetersDurg.
In the sitting of the Legislative Corps a bill has been presentod
demanding a supplementary credit of 3,2y0,000fr. (£48,000) for seorot
expenses of public safety.
Tho Cliambre des Mises en Acoueation received the report of M.
calie, substitute of the Procureur-General, on tho a tempt to ass is-
smate tho Emperor and Empress on tho 14th January last; and it
afterwards decided that Joseph Pierri, Charles do Radio, Antoine
Gomez, Foux Orsini, and Simon Francois Bernard (the latter absent),
shall be tried before the Court of Assizes. These five persons are
accu^gd of having formed a plot having for its object to kill their
Imperial Majesties. De Rudio, Gomez, and Orsini are, moroovor
accused of having attempted to commit tho said crime; and they are
also accused of having committed the-crime of assassination on dif¬
ferent persons in Uio evening of the 14th of January. The number or
persons wounded on that evening was, as already stated. 150, of whom
eight have died. The 25tb of this month is fixed for the trial of
Ursini iiem, Radio, and Gomez. The prisoners have boon romoved
from Muzas prison to the Conciergerie, to await their trial. Forty wit¬
nesses have been subpamaed.
Committee of the Legislative CorpB charged with examining
the proposed law of public safety has, after much hesitation and delay
expressed itself favourable to an amendment, according to which ex-
. r r f>a f; lrc - 3 6bal i ” ot bs taken against a suspected indivi
dual nntes the Minister of the Interior, the General commanding in
the department, and the Procureur-General agree with regard to it
ofS'llr 50568 tlle law remain in force until the 31st
A now census is to bo taken of all foreigners residing in Paris or
fum’iiwi’Td ? nd , ,belr professions; and tho police surveillance of
turoiehed lodging-houses and their inmates is to be rendored more
S£ d toTv be ' m0T9 e t re - ctiv9 ,' ThoPrefeote have also addressed
Vf® requiring the strictest care in the delivory of
A fl i* mt ? rior I the two signatures must be carefully exacted
and the mnakmmt. or description of the person, carefully writfoa
or"fimnW P ^f!f rt “jf 1 ^ daliT<Jred to » “'nor, or married woman
o»or^hlm^ domestic, without the conssnt cf those in authority
0Te I n? m .’i eV8 K owner must present his Herd signed by h’s master •
and all hotel and lodging-house keepers must insist onsrolng tSw
porfo of persona who spend a night at their houses. S P
exhibition of the Ihrttf Oras has been favoured by fine
^Taenia? The c^wdf and the tomperature being soft
. , - Ln © crowds in the streets were so groat as to be of them-
selves quite a spectacle, and the stream of carriages of every kind
Champs Elysf.es and the BoulevaXLmod
ttoseMthi'nHth 0081 ' 1 ? 108 ° f 111080 forming tho cortege, imitating
brilliant p e ? tur y' were entirely new, and the mixture of
b Hiresentod a very pleasing coup d'ail.
dav afSrooo| raS T^? ld h V, asual armual visit to the Tuileries on Tues-
lho I,ub i 10 were allowed to enter tho court of the
fill a aa .‘i as 80 °? as ,bo RUtos were thrown open the whole area
was fLM with a rush The Emperor, the EmpreS and the Imt>3
Pnnco appeared in the balcony of the Pavilion de l’Horloge. P Tiio
Emperor, remarking in tho crowd the children (enfant detronpA of the
1st Regiment of tho Guards, mide them come up stairs, and gave them
places in the Salle dea Mm^ehaux to see the procession. The little
girl of three years old representing Cupid, according to tradition, and.
carried by a nymph in a triumphal cur, was, as usual, taken up stair*
and caressed by the Empress. The Emperor held up the Imperial
Prince in bis arms to show him to the crowd.
PRU8SIA.
THE PRINCE AND TRINCES8 FREDERICK. WILLIAM AT BERLIN.
We resume our brief account of some of the grand ceremonial fetes
in Berlin to do honour to the Royal couple, takiug up tho narrative
from the triumphal entry on Monday week: space fails to give in
detail all tho ceremonies.
On Tuesday morning sixty young ladies, dressed iu bridal array
presented a poem; and after the I'rince had thanked tho young ladies*
and shaken the two spokeswomen by tho hand, the semicircle opened
and displayed to view the noble presont—a magnificent vase and two
splendid candelabra—which the city of Berliu had prepared for the
young couple, and which was mounted on a table, backed by a depu¬
tation of the municipality,
After a few hours in private came on Tuesday evening a State re¬
ception by the newly-married couple, and then a ball.
On Thursday evening the Prince and Princess of Prussia gave a very
brilliant soiree to about 2000 guests, among whom wore ull the most
notable and distinguished persona that Prussia boasts of. Tho whole-
of the reception-rooms of the Palace wero entirely occupied by this
festal assembly.
Colonel Von WeymasY an Adjutant of tho Emperor of Russia, has
arrived at Berhn from St. Petersburg, commissioned by the Emperor
to present to the Prussian Royal family his congratulations and, tho 3 Q
of the Russian Court on occasion of tho public entry of the newly-
married couplet he was the bearer of an autograph letter from the
Emperor and Empress and of the Grand Cross of tho Order of J$t.
Catherine for the Princess Frederick William. This was the cross her
Ro\al Highness wore on her bosom on Wednesday evening at tho
Polonaise call Prince Frederick William has received tho Order of
St Gtcroe from the King of Hanover. The Prince of Prussia has
ordered that a el reet lately completed and opened hero, containing very
elegant houses, shall be named Victoria Sfcrasse.
On Saturday evening the students of the University of Berlin and
other educational establishments of the city got up a I'ackelxug (torch¬
light procession) in honour of tho Prince and Princess Frederick Wil¬
liam The place of rendezvous was tho Puriser Plata, at tho entrance
^>f the city from the Braudenburger Thor. On this open grouud large
fires were kept burning for the torches to be lit at when the moment
forpho procession moving forward should come. Hero tho Btudents of
the University assembled to the number of 000; and tho students from
tho oth^r establishments swelled tho number to 1O00 torchbearera. The
process ion—which was most picturesque, peculiar, and striking—got
into motion shortly after six in tho evening, and proceeded dowu the
promenade Unter den Linden to the 8chlos9, whero they took up their
position full in sight of the apartments occupied by the Prince and
Princess Frederick William. Tho long line of torchbearera was drawn
up in the Lustgarten, the mounted marshals and the standard--
bearers in full prominence, and hero various appropriate songs were
sung in full chorus, while the managing committee ontered the Schloss,
and nroceedcd to deliver their address. At its conclusion, and after
the 1 rince had returned thanks in a few well-chosen-warm expressions,
the whole assembly outside cheered their Royal Highnesses in one
long-continued volloy, at a signal given from ono of tho windows of tha
Palace. Tho entire body then moved off to the Viiahofs Plate, a large
open plot of ground in front of the House of Deputies, whore the
torches were thrown upon the ground in a heap aud burned out in tho
form of a bon fir o.
The forenoons of every day since the public entry into tho city have
been devoted by the Pnnce aud Princess Frederick William to tho
reception of addresses from “all sorts and conditions of men ” in tho
Prussian dominions. Amongst other bodies, the clorgy of Berlin
came, with one pf the King’s Chaplains at their head, to congratulate
the newly-married couple, and to prosent them with a Bible, which it
has of late been customary for every bridal couple to receive at tho
hands of tho clergyman on occasion of their marriage being celebrated.
There was a deputation also from nil the Universities in Prussia, that
from the Berlin University being the moat numerous, which delivered
a Latin oration to their Royal Highnesses,
On Monduy last the Prince and Priueess Frederick William hono ired
Lord and Lady Bloomfield with their presence at a ball. Asiiteof
seven or eight rooms, besides the^ ball-room, was thrown opej, and
received 420 guests. There were thirty-four Royal personages present
at this most brilliant bull. In the first quadrille Prince Frederick
"W illiam danced with Lady Bloomfield, and Princo Frederick Charles
with the Piincess Royal. The Royal family retired shortly after one
o'clock.
SWITZERLAND.
A despatch from Berne, of Tuesday's date, annoimces that tho
Federal Council has decreed that tho refugees in tho Cantons de Vaud,
*n Valais, de NeufcbMel, du Tessin, de Soleure, and de Bale-Jura,
shall be located in tho interior. The Government of Berne will under¬
take the execution of this decree, together with M. Dubs, President of
the Government of Zurich, aud M. Bischolf, Chief of tho Polioe of Bale.
UNITED STATES.
The Kansas question is once more uppermost in American politics.
On the 2nd inst. the Lecompton Constitution was sent by the President
Congress, accompanied by a message, which had created consider¬
able sensation. The President takes the most utter Pro-slavery viovr
ol u Fairs in Kansas. He characterises the city of Lawrence as the
hotbed of Abolitionism, denounces in unmeasured terms tho per¬
sistency with which tho Topeka movement is insisted upon by the
Free State men, and asserts that the dividing line in Kansas is not
between political parties, as in other places,“but between those who
pe loyal to Government and those who are endeavouring to destroy
it by the force of usurpation. He eays in effect that Kansas is now,
by the wul of the people, as much a Slave State os Georgia or South
Carolina, and insists that an admission into the Union under the Le¬
compton Constitution is tho only means of restoring tranquillity, the
people having tho power to amend it hereafter as they think proper.
The message gave rise to animated proceedings in both Houses.
It is reported that Mr. Bernhisel, tho Mormon delegate, bna madfl
P r< ^^*tion8 to the President for the purchase of the Mormon property
An animated debate has taken place in the Senato on the bill for the
admission of Minnesota into the Union.
Ihe House of Representatives have been mainly engaged on local
matters.
A despatch from New Orleans says: —“ Mr. William Walker has
appeared bofore the United States’ District Court, when Judge
McCaleb said there was nothing against him, the grand jury having
refused to find a bill against him. Walker then asked to bo put oa
tnal tor yiolatoon of the neutrality laws, which tho Judge refused, as
the district attorney said there was nothing against him, unless newi
instructions were received from "Washington.* ’
Russia in the Caucasus.— The Nord of Brussels reduces the
report of Schamyl’s submission to Russia to its proper proportions,
mat chieftain Is still unconqucred, although a considerable portion of
the plain of Tchclchnia has been cleared by the Russians of the
mountaineers, and Is occupied by Russian columns. Schamyl, a^com-
8 rmied by the mountaineers who still cling to his fortunes, has retired to
ae mountain retreats beyond the above plain.
Venice. All the canals of this sea Cybele have become streets,
and as cabs are not forthcoming, and the gondolas are ail stuck fast the
result is inconvenient for the higher clasles, Sift SSte HiVi^trous to tlie
T^™^ 0Ul ^c and Sondohers. Tlie fishermen at Burano are worse oil* than
ttwa^Mri^tlupply'. “ d pr0vWon8 0,0 not * bc had {rom
byTd«-r« E of the*oTl^rch ncxti T bC6a adj0Urnetl
t i,„ A 0 L^ E -vL a £\ I1 i d (C : te was ¥ d 011 thc Gth inst. to celebrate
the anniversary of his Majesty s completing thc twontv-fifth vear of his
reign. Preparations are also being made thwe to relebrate ti^ 1 st of
A¥i™ e „ da L°t l i K “““Sion of King Otho) by a representation of
by°that tfrn™wlU < lfe completely'dug'up? 1 * 0011 0f UcTode3 wt**.
Danube.—^T he Porte has sent a circular
Frnneeam? abroad in which it supports the demand of
Dannbe^mVst fie Ul.V 1 iL- thC r .? en 4 trcat ,y on the navigation of the River
frrenre wmVirf hH i the raris Conference, saying that the Con-
tha?treatv Uld Th» i u * tl ? cd in enforcing alterations of the stipulations of
that treaty. The note bears the date of the Z6th of January,
Fee. 20, 1858.]
SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT.
Jt is often a faculty of qniet men to be successful generators of rows.
If one was to choose out of the whole House of Commons a member
more remarkable than another for a placid and equable expression of
countenance, for mild and gentlemanly demeanour, a pleasant voice,
and easy style of speaking, it would be Mr. Stirling. And yet it is very
seldom indeed that the mostfiery spirits, the most bitter dcclaimers, and
the most noisy and demonstrative sponters in that assembly have been
the cause of such a tumultuous scene as that honourable gentleman
contrived to excite when he wanted to know all about Cantillon’s
legacy. It is not a little remarkable that, in all the vindications of
the Emperor of the French which have been evoked from Lord Pal¬
merston, and which arc characterised by a defiant, not to say insolent,
tone, as nnusual as it is unpleasant, the most prevailing cheers,
all the loudest shouts of applause, which break his contemptuous
language into jerked sentences, which sound and read still
more contemptuous, come from the side of the House which,
by conrtesy and habit, is still railed the Opposition. And let justice
be done;—if the Conservative party has conserved nothing else,
they have retained all their traditionary power of cheering it is as
impulsive, as much in nnison, and as uproarious as ever it could have
been in the days of which Wraxall wrote. To he sure, the country
party has an advantage over the mixed population of the Liberal
benches in having their ears rendered acute and their voices attnned
by their habit of listening to what is called the music of the chase.
Any way, their unanimity in putting down mild and astonished Mr.
Stirling, and assisting the Premier in demolishing that curiously
inconsequent gentleman, Mr. Griffiths, is something to be noted.
Although something late, one does not like to lose an opportunity of
dwelling en a great Parliamentary fact—namely, the speech
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the India Bll. It was
simply astonishing. It is quite true that Sir Cornewall Lewis
has been gradually but effectually gaining ground in the estimation
of the Honse as a speaker—as one who tells a plain tale plainly—and
that he has even improved so much as at times to stand almost on
the verge of a reputation as a debater; but no one could hav e expected
to hear him deliver an animated address, full of point, and abso¬
lutely at rimes approaching to wit, but certainly sevoral times attain¬
ing to that criterion of senatorial jocoseness which is designated by
the journals as “ a laugh,” and on one occasion mounting so high as
to entitle his remarks to have appended to them the newspaper mode
of describing a burst of hilarity, and which is comprehended in the
phrase “ laughter.” The public is requested to note the distinction,
and to become duly imbued with a consciousness of the question of
degree involved. To he sure, it was slightly odd to hear this, the
second speaker on the Ministerial side, taking a very different and
very decided line to that of the First Minister, and abusing and de¬
preciating that East India Company of which his leader said ho
hod no complaint to make; hut, in his new-born capacity of
a strong talker, the Chancellor of the Exchequer seemed to have
caught that vituperative tone which characterises all the speaking
in the Lower House this Session. There can be no doubt that
a good deal of the language wliich has been flying about in the last
fortnight has been trembling on the very confines of those forms
of expression w hich Sterne tells ns it is the duty of the recording
angel to write down in Heaven’s registry. One would like to know
whether Lord Palmerston and Sir Cornewall Lewis have combined of
malice aforethought to flout Mr. Vernon Smith; but it is certainly
enriens that the one should have mentioned that there were some
people who were so ignorant of what Delhi was like that they thought
it was an open town which could he surrounded by troops and walked
into by them at pleasure; and the other that it was an accusation
against Presidents of the Board of Control that they never gave
clear answers to questions. The collapse of Mr. Vernon Smith’s
countenance on both these occasions was a study. But, in
truth, if it was not for these personal episodes—which
come in like the few plums in a heavy, doughy, school-
cake—the Honse of Commons would he in a per pet ail state of ad¬
journment into the library and smoking-room. Ibe flavour which
personality gives to debates, and to those ante-debates which usually
occur hetweeu half-past four and six, are to members what the dear
delight of giving pain is to rival beauties. It is surprising what they
will endure in order to listen to a well-arranged senes of Honsardian
recriminations, interspersed with ludicrous deductions and' catting
taunts under which the chosen victim writhes without a touch of
sympathy from his nearest associates and colleagues; for no man will
interpof e to prevent another from being shown up. W by, no* so very
long ago, one of the fullest of Houses sat for two hours, and those the
hours bringing them up to a quarter past seven, to listen to a speech
wliich, if it had been written and read over by such professors of elocu¬
tion as the clerks at the table, would havelieen a powerful and masterly
production; hut which, as it was spoken, was simply terrible to the ear
and revolting to the taste, comprising as it did the coarsejocoseness
and the audacious bluster of Irish Nisi Prins (where, if reports he
true, the sort of thing is beginning to be found a little too much even
for tlmt atmosphere), delivered in tones alternately rancid and
shrieking, and accompanied by gesture so preposterous ns to make up
a combination suggestive only of the efforis of a principal tragedian
at Astley’s, who, having been deprived of his horse, thinks it ne¬
cessary to do all the acting himself which, in other circumstances, he
would have had to share with the more interesting animal of the two.
Such was the effect of the oration in question that it tamed down
another 'spirit, which is as insolent and pverbearipg in another
way as is the beforementioned professor of that rhetoric
which makes one always long for the repeal of the
Union with Ireland; and it happened that a subordinate member
of the Government—who has been perforce kept as silent as possible,
because he has a knack of never opening his mouth without offend,
ing, if not insulting, every one whom he addresses, and especially
the supporters of the Ministry—opened his reply in so gentle and
insinuating a tone that people began to ask what had happened tliat
so eminent a master of the science of retort could not give his friends
a sneer. But, notwithstanding this infusion of spice, as the Indian
debate—or rather the two Indian debates, one within the other, typical
of the position of the double Government, “ imperinm in imperio ”
went on, the discussion seemed to lapse into the normal condition of
all Eastern questions—viz., a thin House, a listless audience, mere
surface disquisitions, weary quotations from blue-books, want of
understanding of the subject, want of correctness in approaching it,
and want Of tact in its management, owing perhaps to the irregular
distribution of opinion among the different sections of the House.
No one ever knows wliich way any one is about to speak or to vote.
Adherents of the East India Company are dotted over all parts of thi
House, and advocates of a change of Government spring up in all
sorts of unexpected places. One night we hear a leader of the
Opposition denouncing the calumniators of that beneficent rule which
has produced employment for some member of almost every family—of
respectability, cf course—in England, civil or military, as the case
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
179
may be,—though this is not a patent part of the argument,—and the
next up gets a gentleman who has been the colleague of the other in
a Tory Government, and interposes a motion and a speech, which is
only Bur lie against Warren Hastings diluted down to the capacity
of a dull and solemn Scotch member. A Conservative coun'y
member, getting an opportunity io the languishing debate,
proses for three quarters of an hour on the merits and ser¬
vices and capabilities of the Board of Directors, and is followed
by a gentleman of the same politics, actually sitting beside him, in
a short and more or less vigorous demand for the abolition of that
piece of cumbrous machinery. The Chairman of the Court of
Directors, fresh from a confidential interview with her Majesty’s
Government, has to stand, of all places in the world, exactly behind
the Secretary to the Board of Control, while he is replying to the
commonplaces of that official, improvised for a sufficient time to pre¬
vent the forcing on of a division at half-past eleven, at a moment
when Lord Palmerston, for once, is caught in the act of being out of
the House, and when no preparations have been made for any sacli
final operation until, at least, the next night. Altogether, the whole
business got into such a tangle of (lulness that General Thompson’s
quaint inconsequence and out-of-1lie-way phrase was appreciated as a
stimulus, wliich, if not exactly of the flavour that one wants, yet
has the merit of being rousing, than which there could be no
better proof than the effect produced on the lymphatic sensibilities of
Mr. Palfc, when the eccentric old soldier ventured to assert that it
was just possible tliat the path of the natives of India had not been
uniformly strewn with roses by the hands of their European masters.
In short, the yawning strangers must have come to the conclusion
that an Indian debate was the very acme of tedium; while the
initiated could only wish for one hour of Mr. Bright (he would
be sure to have the early period between five and half-
past six accorded to him, if he thinks it not prudent to
speak late: such a concession was made to Macaulay once), or tliat
Sir James Graham and Mr. Gladstone — who have returned to
their Parliamentary duties—would intervene to give point and ani¬
mation to a discussion which, without them, seemed likely to expire
of simple inanition. But what can be expected when the telegraphs
from India are getting so commonplace ?
THE WEATHER.
RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE
KEW OBSERVATORY OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
Lftt. 51° 28’ 6" N.; Long. 0° 18 ' 47" W .; Height above sea 34 feet
OAT.
OAILT MBAIffS OB
THE HMOMltTER.
WISB.
BAIN
in M
hour*.*
Read
at
10 XH.
S3
P
111
| 2 5
Dew
ToUiL
11
S3
- =
if : Jil
<'o I %
I *
Ji-o
3 ‘5
a «
(rlVDti *1
Direction.
e ~
|g
2 c
Tuche#.
c
e
0-10 1
B
y
Milos.
Ftb. H
30-m
32 1
27-0
•83
8 30’8
3V1
E. ENE.
466
•ooo
„ 11
30 058
31-9
24-8
•?8
lit 1 30 9
33'9
NE FNE
151
•ooo
.. 12
30 220
38 7
37 0
84
10 1 31-7
12 5
NNE. EVE.
192
*048
„ 13
30125
411
401
•97
10 . 37 0
43 9
£SE, ENE.
164
•027
.. 14
29 844
36 6
361
88
10 39’7
424
NE ENE.
309
670
„ 15
29 862
42 6
311
•67
7 33-9
40 1
N.VE.ENE.
240
285
„ 16
30-034
38 2
30 1
•75
7 34’7
43 6
NVT. N.
176
004
-, yy -
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE CAMBRIDGE
OBSERVATORY. FOB THE WEEK ENDING FEB. 17, 1»7.
P»7.
e t- v
Isjgf
.
C ex a ib e
C
m 2
It
= J
ii
I
o S
3S
Dry
Bulb
it
9 A.M.
wm
Bulb
at
0 A.M.
Dry
Bulb
at
3 r.u
Wet 1 Diroo-
At
sr.u.j 'Had.
Amt.
of
Cloud.
(0-10 >
RaIo
in
inches.
•
a
«
a
0
a 1
Feb.
n
29-961
34 2
29 4
31-4
324
32-3
33-4
3V8 1 ,ESE.
10
0*068
12
30-225
40 9
30-7
35 9
345
34-5
40-8
404 NE.
10
0000
13
30-210
42-8
320
38-9
39-9
396
424
41"8 NE.
in
0-000
14
29 994
39-6
35-4
300
36-4
36-4
39’2
38-8 NE.
10
0-853
15
29 983
3P‘7
308
35-3
34’6
34 4
39 3
37 1 N.
8
0‘008
26
29 973
414
33 0
3'7’S
36-8
35’2
404
37‘9 V.
0
0014
„
17
30177
X
29 2
34 6
33-3
••
10
o-ooo
Means
30 076
398
31*8
35.9
35-6
35 1
39-3
3ft'0
0913
The range of temperatnre during the week was 136 degrees.
A little snow fell shortly before midnight of the tlth. which remained
on the greir d for some time: rain was falling during the night it was
raining w ithout intermission during the night of the 13th and day of the
14th. A few slight showers occurred on the days of the 15th and IGth.
The sky 1ms been greatly overcast, but wa3 partly clear on the nights of
the 15 th and 16th. and on the latter occasion a few meteors were noticed.
Ike wind has been blowing freshly at times. The Zodiacal light was seen
on the evening of the 15th. Auroral light was noticed in the N. W. on the
evening of the )6th. and at lh. 30m a ra. of the 17th a bright beam was
visible. Hoar frost covered the ground on the morning of the 17th.
J. Breen.
The Diicitfes of Brabant.—Birth of a Princess.— The
Duchess de Bralmnt gave birth to a daughter at three o'clock on Thursday
afternoon. Ike mother and child are doing well
Ottawa, tiie New Capital of Canada.—T he rival claims
to the position of colonial capital of the five Canadian towns, Quebec,
Montreal. Kingston. Ottawa, and Toronto, having been left by tlm colony
to the decision of her Majesty, those of Ottawa have been considered the
gtrongi.-t. It will be therefore the future capital of Canada. The Toronto
correspondent of the Canadian Xctat make? the following remarks on the
subjert“ The position of Ottawa, one portion of which is in Upp r and
Die other in Lower Canada, renders that city the only compromise,
geographically speaking, that could have been made; and. when this is
said, there remnins of those questions nothing but that local selfish¬
ness which rerdered it impossible for the Canadian Parliament
to sett-e it Montreal, Quebec, and Toronto would each have pre¬
ferred that it had been selected ; but even in these cities there is a
general disposition to admit that, after them, Ottawa is the nest be?t
place. More than this could not be expected. Ottawa is ap¬
proachable by railroad, and is, besides, situated on the finest river,
after the St Lawrence, in Canada. Between the river and the
Georgian Bay there is available for settlement 24,000.000 acres of land.
There may be. and undoubtedly bq some waste; but. making all due
allownnce forthis.lt is evident that Ottawa must be the centre of the
future population of the country.
Wili. 8.—The will of James Morrison, Fsq., of Upper Harlcy-
street, London, and of Basildon Park. Berks, dated 30th Jnly, 1852, with
three codicils.—respectively dated 16 th Nov., 1*54; 19th July, 1856; and
29 th Sept., 1S56- though of immense length, may l>e comprised in a few
words, the bequests bang entirely confined to his Widow, nis six sons,
and three daughters. To his widow an annuity of £10.000; a iraiu-y ol
£E000: the residences in Upper Harley-street and Basildon ; to hi* eldest
son Charles £1.000.000, including the estates in Berkshire. Middlesex.
I-ondon. and at Gorin*, as well as Islay. Scotland; to his sou Alfred
£150,000. including estates in Wiltshire. Hampshire, and filamorran-
shlre, and all articles of virth and art and other effects at Ionthill; to
his son Frank £ 300 . 000 . including estates in Kent. Surrey, and
Sussex ; to ills son Walter £300.000. including estates in the West
Hiding. Yorkshire ; to his son George £300.000. including estates
in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire; to his son Allan £.moao
including estates in Suffolk and Essex: to hi* three daughters £50,<X>0
each. Appoints his sons Charles and Alfred residuary legatees■ equally,
as also executors, together with Mrs. Morrison and John Dillon. Esq. The
second codicil <185C) states that his business in Fore-street had been
transferred to Mr. Chnries Morrison for £350,000.
Tiie Siamese Ambassador.—Y esterday week his Excellency
the S'amesc Ambassador and suite honoured Messrs. Defrit's and Sons’
manufactory, in Houndsditeh. with a visit, and expressed themselves
highly pleased with the prismatic mirrors for the Sultan of Turkey. IIis
Exeel’ency and suite frequently expressed their interest during their pro¬
gress through the manufactory, especially with the glass chandelier and
cotton-weaving departments They seemed, indeed, astonished tliat such
a place should*xi«t in the heart of the City. Wc believe it is the In¬
tention or his Excellency to purchase two oi these mirrors as a present to
the King of Siam.
MARRIAGE WITn A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER.
(From a Correspondent.)
Amid the many important questions before Parliament in t'ac pre¬
sent Session, there is one social grievance of many years’ standing
which ought not longer to be neglected. The state of our laws as
affecting the marriage of a widower with the sister of a former wife
demands the prompt interposition of the Legislature.
I do not propose to enter into any argument as to the propriety of
these marriages, either on scriptural or on social grounds. Few
questions have been more thoroughly examined or more earnestly
agitated, and no one need be at a loss for materials for forming a
sound conclusion. Those who habitually resist any change in our
institutions are most resolute defenders of the existing law, and seem
to fancy tliat the great charm of an English home would be destroyed
were such marriages to be allowed. On the other hand, the greater
paid of onr divines and statesmen have satisfied themselves that
Revelation does not condemn such alliau ees, and tliat, therefore, they
ought not to be void. There is no express prohibition of them in
Leviticus, and tiie inferential reasoning wliich appears to some conclusive
against them carries no such demonstration to tiie majority. And if
these marriages, even when contracted illegally (I speak exclusively
of marriages celebrated in England, those contracted lawfully abroad
being by every principle of law and justice valid in this country), are
not proved to be iujurious.it is difficult to contend that they will be¬
come mischievous by receiving the sanction of the law. I deeply
respect tiie motives of those who, in tlieir anxiety not to infringe a
Divine precept, or endanger tiie purity of domestic life, deprecate any
relaxation of the law; but, on the other land, I cannot slint my eyes
to the fact that very many sncli marriages do exist among ns, con¬
tracted; not liy the unreflecting and the dissolute, bat by persons in
every rank of life, and of all religious denominations,whose morality and
piety are unquestioned; and, what is of more significance still, society,
with rare exceptions, accepts such invalid anions as being, under tiie
circumstances, worthy of respect, and demands tlieir legalisation.
A law can hardly be a good law wliich a nation like this deliberately
condemns, and the infraction of wliffch is daily countenanced and
encouraged. And the example of persons constrained to set at
nought a law of their country on such a sacred point as marriage,
and yet living among their neighbours without a shadow of
reproach, must he fraught with tiie gravest evils. A statute
of this description cannot possibly be enforced without the
sanction of the public conscience—a sanction wliich all must
admit the existing prohibition docs not possess. I confess I
see no solntion of the difficulty bat by making all past mar¬
riages of the kind valid, and declaring lawfnl snob as shall here¬
after be contracted; and I trust that the present Session will not lie
allowed to pass without effecting this amendment of the law. Many
a home and neighbourhood would rejoice; and we may confidently
hope that the anticipated evil consequences would prove to bo merely
imaginary. _ ?• P-
THE TRIAL OF THE ENGLISH ENGINEERS AT
SALEBNO.
(From our own Correspondent.)
Thw Prison of Salerno assumes an especial interest from the fact of
its being the place where two of our countrymen have been confined.
It stands on the side of a hill, was formerly a monastery, and the
road up to it is through a number of narrow, ilirty lanes, which we
will not trend along. So let ns wait outside the Courthouse, where
the Irial of 2S6 prisoners is now going on, on a charge of attempting
to revolutionise the kingdom.
The business of the day is over, and the English and Sardinian
prisoners are taken away in carriages: there arc six loads of them. They
are not manacled, and they look tolerably tranqnil. No sooner arc these
removed than a bugle sounds; the sentinels, who stand nt the opening
of every street and alley, arc on the alert; mounted gensdarmes and
rfficcrs’tly through the streets: another bugle sounds, and then come
two files of soldiers abreast, followed by 250 prisoners, bound hand to
bond, and tied all together by a long rope, which runs through the
whole line. Soldiers guard them on either side, and a large body
of soldiers brings up the rear. In this way they return to tlieir prison.
We panse a few minutes, and then follow. Our great object was to
visit Parke and Watt, and in making this request the doors were m-
mediately thrown open to us. We passed' through a room appro¬
priated to the sailors of the Cagliari, and then entered another where
Captain Sitzia, Dauen, Parke, Watt, and the two mates, were confined.
The room is sufficiently large, though not remarkably clean. Each
man lias his separate bed, for wliich he pays his prison allowance of
four grains a dav; and the Sardinian Commissioner gives them and the
rest of the crew united 120d. a month for food. They have little to
do with the custody, for the cook of the Cagliari prepares their food;
and, indeed, in moat respects they seem to be as well off as could be
expected, though no thanks to the Neapolitan Government. “We
have nothing to complain of,” said both the engineers, *’ but our long
confinement." Both appeared to bo in good health, and to be full of
hope. Parke had had no fit since the night of the earthquake. Watt
appeared to have a singularity in his manner which it would be diffi¬
cult to describe, and on the following morning appeared to have lost
his head : wonld not come down to the Courthouse, saying that they
must bind him and drag him by force if they wanted him-in fact, ho
was reported ill, and the cause went on without him. All seemed to
labour under a strong impression of the injustice and illegality of tlieir
seizure; and their manner was that of men who were entirely
ignorant of the conspiracy with a participation in which they were
charged. After leaving these men wo went to visit some of the
real conspirators in another room, amongst whom were a few
Sardinians. They showed us their sleeping-places—some straw,
half composed cf dust, no mattresses, no coverlets. A custodian had,
as a paititular act of mercy, lent a dirty old blanket to two men who
were ill. Another man had received-a blanket, which was his
property, lint tlic others were sleeping on the wretched straw we saw
spread on the ground. These men have some allowance from the
Sardinian Steam Company; but those in the prison who have no
friends to help them live on (lid. a day, or what that will buy,
and sleep on such straw ns we have described. On descending we
visited the room were Parke and Watt had been originally con¬
fined, and which was represented as comfortable. It is a small closet,
and, with beds and table in it, affords scarcely room enough for one
person to walk six steps. Still this was an improvement upon tho
prisons oi Vicarin in Naples. .
The trial came on on Friday, January 29th. Whether we consider
the magnitude of the enterprise aimed at by the accused, tho dispro¬
portionate means employed, or the number of the prisoners now
brought into conrt, it is impossible not to regard with unusual atten¬
tion the progress and termination of such a trial. On approaching
tiie C'oiirthonse, which is an entirely new room, erected for the pur¬
pose in tiie suppressed Monastery of San Domenico, crowds of curious
people were hanging aliout, and a host of soldiers tilled up the en¬
trance. Through a double file of soldiers we passed under a long
cloister, np stairs, out on an open court, and then through a window
into the judges' room. Everywhere we received the greatest attention
and courtesy. We take our scats and glance aronnd us; the sceue is
as follows. It is a very, very long, low Lull ; so long fcha-, on *o<Vcm«r
down it, yon can scarcely distinguish faces at the bottom. At th»
top, close against the wall, on a raised platform, sits tho President of
the Court; above bim is a cross by which all swear in this immaeii-
late Conrt • and inst below the cross is a likeness of tho adored
Sovereign of the Two Sicilies Ferdinand IL On either side
of the President sit five Judges—ten ra all—of whom two
are supernumeraries, to act in case of the illness of any
others. The Attorney-General sits on the extreme right of the
180
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
l Feb. 20, 1858
President, wliilst in the centre is a large table covered with some 120
folio volumes recording the facts of the case. A little behind tliis
table is another, round which are seated nineteen barristers who
are charged with the defence of the prisoners. Surrounding these
learned judges and advocates stand sixteen soldiers and several gens-
darmes; and right and left, close against the wall, are elevated seats
of honour ; and on that on the right are seated the British Acting
Consnl, the Sardinian Consul, and another foreigner, all of them in¬
terested in the- proceedings. Outside this space are elevated seats
right and left, on which are seated 286 prisoners, now on their trial,
accused of an attempt to upset the Neapolitan Government. There
are our countrymen, Parke and Watt, the engineers of the Cagliari ,
who have been in confinement seven entire months, and a portion of
two other months. There is a small boy, too, of thirteen years of age,
Domenico Costa, cabin-boy of the Cagliari , of whom the President
related, in terns of great horror, that he shouted “ Viva la Italia ! ”
“Viva la Liberia!” and waved his tricoloured flag with all his
heart. The small boy would probably have liked a game of prisoners'
base, or any other spree, quite as well. Just opposite is the Baron
Nicotera, a handsome-looking young man, of twenty-nine years
THE PRISON OK SALERNO.
of age, and who, in spite of all his errors and follies, lias shown
a courage and generosity which would do honour to any man.
Forming a not inconsiderable portion of the crowd of pri¬
soners are some wretched-looking beings who seem to have lost
all signs of humanityy\ Pale and emaciated, and shrinking into
nothing, ns if from the united effects of cold and hunger, they look more
like spectres than living cr human beings. One shudders as one
looks on them and thinks to what a low degree Jof physical and
mental degradation misfortune and suffering can reduce one’s fellow-
man. They have four grains, or three-halfpence, a day to supply
all their wants; a whisp of straw to lie on; and a prison uniform
given expressly for the occasion, to save them in appearance from
sinking yet lower in the scale of creation. Between these pri¬
soners is a passage, guarded by a doable line of soldiers, down
to the bottom of the room; behind them is standing room for some
spectators; and the lower end is occupied completely with the mili¬
tary. Down the stairs, and through the court again, arc files of
soldiers; and the court of justice lias the appearance of a fortress.
The President is a mild, moderate man; old age lias calmed him down,
and rendered him indifferent to the aims of ambition. He is simple
and truthful in his narrative, considerate and gentle to the prisoners.
Heaven blesa him for it! The Procurenr-General is a very different
kind of person. He has a career before him, a future to make, and the
present is a grand opportunity. He is full of zeal for the most paternal
of Sovereigns and adored of Kings, and has laboured for full seven
months to establish the guilt of even a small boy of thirteen, and two
English engineers amongst others. But on the second day of the
trial their fellow-prisoner, Baron Nicotera, one of the chiefs of the
conspiracy, like a man as he is, came forward, and asserted tliat not
one of the crew of the Cagliari had any knowledge of the circum¬
stances, and that they were perfectly inuocent. Let Englishmen now
watch over the fate of their countrymen. The evidence which exists
in their favour is not new; it has long since been presented to the
Neapolitan authorities. Why have they, then, been detained for up¬
wards of half a year ? Is it merely to show how easily the British
lion may be bearded ? If acquitted—as they probably will be, or
ought to be—will no indemnity be demanded ? or, shall we say, “You
spat upon me yesterday, treat me yet worse to-morrow ” ? It is for
the British nation to resent any indignity to itself in the persons of
the two engineers now on trial in Salerno.
TRIAL OF THE PRISONERS IN THE COURTHOUSE AT SALERNO.
Fkb. 20, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
181
EFFECTS OF THE LATE EARTHQUAKE IN NAPLES.’
(From our own Correspondent.)
The Views which I now send, you have just arrived in Naples,
and represent places in the afflicted district which have suffered
from the recent earthquake. They will derive an additional interest
(FROM PHOTOGRAPHS.)
Polls, where 2000 lives were lost, after a burial of twenty-one days.
Questioned as to how she had lived, she answered that a woman
dressed in black came daily to her, and supplied her with bread and
water. Of course another miracle will be recorded as wrought by
the Madonna.
No. 2 represents a Street in Padula in utter ruin.
No. 3 is a View of the East Part of Viguela. Very many houses
fell here, and a great number of persons were killed. Two-thirds of
the place were reduced to ruins.
No. 4. Tito. Almost fabulous reports of the destruction occasioned
are related of Tito. Even the cautious official journal Bays—“It is
almost entirely destroyed.”
In Atena (No. 5.). half the {houses had fallen in, and many persons
killed.
to leave the contemplation of actual suffering to dwell upon the yot
greater misery which is in reserve for a siok and an impoverished
population.
THE MONASTERY OF 8T. FRANCIS.
from the fact of their having been taken at the risk of artistic life,
amidst the agitation of continual shocks of earthquake, and the conse¬
quent ruin of falling houses. Their visit was not limited to the
frontiers of the scene of desolation, but was extended to its very
centre, and protracted over an interval of many dayB. “ No pon,”
gays the report which I have received, “ can describe the ruin which
has been occasioned by the disaster. In most places the efforts at
present made are not to rebuild, but destroy. The houses which
have not fallen are unsafe; and yet with remarkable tenacity the
people still cling to their former habitations, and in many instances
pass the day at least in them. There are, indeed, townships in which
not more than four or five ruined houses remain standing. The
greater part of the population, however, are either in tents or in open
country, waiting for the wooden houses whioh are in the course of con¬
struction.”
RUINS OF TITO.
Another View, No. 6, represents the Cemetery of Auletta, in which
the Bepulchres are opened, and the bones of the dead exposed to view.
In the corn or on the right hand is a human skeleton >
No. 7 gives the Entrance of Auletta, which suffered moBt severely in
its habitations and its population.
No. 8 represents the Exterior of the Cathedral.
No. 9 gives a portion of the City of Potenza, the capital of Basili¬
cata, and a city containing 20,000 people. It is now a ruin, for the
few houses that remain standing are being levelled with the ground,
either by continual shocks of earthquake or by workmen employed for
that purpose. The city will be rebuilt in another spot. The two
shocks of that fearful night were of equal duration in Potenza—the
The following is a resumS of the results of this lamentable cataa.
trophe. It is calculated that more than 30,000 persons—some reckon
43,000—have lost their lives by the reoent earthquake in the kingdom
of Naples. In some towns—Montemurro and Saponaro, for example—
the whole of the inhabitants have perished; in others, Brienza and
Trammuttola, the greater part of the living beings were destroyed. In
some places the earth opened, swallowing every creature on the face
of it. The details of this grand natural phenomenon are altogether
frightful; we must go back to times long past to parallel them.
Exactly one thousand years ago, at the end of December, 857, a similar
catastrophe happened through Europe. At that time, however, the
ravages of the earthquake extended much farther north than at pre •
sent; even towns on the Rhine, Mayence among them, suffered
severely. This proves that, after all, these commotions are losing in
EXTERIOR OF THE CATHEDRAL.
intensity, extent, and frequency; for whereas in former times the
whole of Europe was frequently disturbed by them, and millions lost
their lives, they are at present more rare, they do not extend beyond a
single kingdom, and the losses may be counted by thousands. In that
long interval there have been many other visitations, hut none, per¬
haps, so extensively felt as that of 1755, in which the town of Catania
was destroyed, a quay at Lisbon was submerged, and the oommotion
was felt even in this oountry, the water in Stonehouse Pool, near Ply¬
mouth, with the boats upon it, being swayed to and fro like water in
RUINS AT POTENZA.
CEMETERY OF AULETTA.
sin that ia violantly shaken. On the whole, however, observation
He past appears to prove a decline, if not in the horrors of the
otion, still in the extensiveness and in the frequency. Something
laps, may bo due to the hyperbole with whioh ancient writers
to ■ but about some of the greatest fact* which happened in public.
, aa the destruction of the quay, thore can soarcely be any doubt
if wo trust to the experiences of so short a time as a thousand
re, we might accept the foots as evidence of a standing supposition
RUINS OF A STREET IN TADULA.
As yet nothing like regular business is restored. The poor people
seek among tho ruins for whatever articles of food or furniture they
can find; and—more melancholy ta3k—dig for their lost friends. And
of the dead there must be many hundreds still buned beneath ihe
fallen houses. Shocks of earthquake wore felt continually to the
number of five or six a day; and these were always followed by tho
fall of ruined buildings, threatening danger to the adventurous tra¬
veller. In many parts of the country the earth yet gaped to thewidth
of five or six feet; and when the fissures wore closing it not unfre-
quently happened that one side was much higher than the other. Won-
EAST PORTION OF VIGUELA.
derful incidents are related of the several spots which were visited, and
which I will recount in connection with the views now sant.
A monk of the Monastery of S. Francis (No. 1) described the shocks
on the 16th of December as being so strong that he was thrown out of
his bed through the window, and into the garden. Of this city the
official journal relates that more than a hundred houses were thrown
down, and the number of killed not known. A monk of this monastery
spoke-.of a girl whom they had rescued from beneath the ruins of
FALLEN HOUSES AT ATENA.
first was preceded and accompanied by a tremendous subterranean
thunder, whilst the sky was serene and the air tranquil: that which
followed was marked by violent undulations, leaps, and vertical
movements. Walls were thrown violently down. Much furniture
was thrown out of its place as if by an earthquake, and lighter
articles, such as glass, were dashed to a considerable distance. A vast
number fell victims in this city; and the Intendant, Signor Rosica,
escaped with great difficulty. The traveller through the Basilicata
will now find only a few ruined houses, or masses of stones which
cover in tho bodies of hundreds of the dead; and the imagination fears
182
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDO N NEW S
[Feb 20, 18SS
CALENDAR FOE THE WEEK.
Bund A?. Feb. 21 .—Quadragesima. 1st Sunday in Lent. Moon s first
Monday, 23.— Close of the Kaffir War, 1853. [quarter, Oh. 3m., a.m.
Tuesday, 23.— Sir Joshua Reynolds died, 1792.
■Wednesday, 24.—Revolution, in Paris, 1848.
Thursday, 25.—St. Matthias. r _ #
Friday, 26.—French Republic proclaimed, 1851. [Lon ion.
Saturday, 27.—Full moon, ion. 5m., p m. Moon eclipsed, visible at
TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE,
FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 27, 1858.
Sumiuy. | II outlay. | Tuesday. | Wednesday- | Thunday. | Frnlay. | flattinUy.
U
A
SI
A
M
A
M
h m
It ra
It m
h m
h m
h ra
h in
!i m
1 7 14
7 42
ft 17
9 2
0 51
10 12
n 35
—
mHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.—Monday, Feb. 22,
JL During tho W»rk. Ml* Amy Sedgwick will reappear, aa Beatrice, lo Bhak*p<
H ER MAJESTY’S THEATRE.—LAST NIGHTS.—
Piccolomini. Powder. and Spea'a; G ug'.iu', Vlaletll, AUlghlerl, Lneliwl, and
Belle U. last Night bat Two, Tuesdur, Fob. *3. LA FIGL1A DEL KB WlMBliro; Last
Act of LA FAVORITA. Last Night but Oue. Thursday, Feb. 1», LA ZING AKA, be ng th_9
Italian Tnnlcrn of Balfo's Opera of "Tho Bohemiin Girl." Last Night, Fatanlav, Feb 2<,
1L TRAY AT ORE and L’HYMBNKS.—Prices:-Fit stalls. 12e. Gd.j box* (.to hold four
persons), pit, and odd pair, £1 2s.; grand tier. £3 3s ; two pair, £1 5s.; three par, IS*-:
gallery boxes, 10*.; golfer stalls, lojd.; plu 3i.6d.; gcJlcry. 2*. Bash Kpreeaa'aittti will
commence at Eight o'Ciock. Applications to be made at the Box-office of tho Thuatro.
22, and
_ _____ D _ i Shaksposre's
MLTH'adS ABoirT N'OlillNG,' being her flrat aopearniico la that character la London.
After whkh, ercry evoniag. tiiu Pantomime of THE SLEEPING BEAUTY.
"DOTAL PRINCESS’ THEATRE.—Monday and Friday,
IT HAMLET. Tuesday (.being for tho Benefit of Mr. Ha'ina, Clown), Thursday, and
Saturday, A M1U8UMMER MOOT'S DREAM. Wednesday v.flrat time these twe yours),
LOU18XI. And the Pantomime every evening. _
A DELPHI THEATRE.—Great Attraction!—Mr. and Mrs.
BARNEY WILLIAMS, the celebrated Irish Boy and Yankee Gal, la popular ol». an 1
origin*! now dramas Monday and during tho Week, THE FAillY CI'tCLE ; YANKEE
COL'KThlilP; or, Away Down East; and LATEST FROM NEW YORK, in wh’c’i Mr
and Alis. Harney Williams will perform. Monday, tho '22nd, KORY O’MOKE. THE POOS
STROLLERS vrlil bo repeated at F.tatcr.
S URREY THEATRE.—Lessees, Messrs. SHEPHERD and
CSESWtCK.—On lIOXUAY, »nd diuis* th . wc«lt, Itir.aT «o 1 WKOXG; or, 8m!lo.
and Tears. Creawick, bhej-ltcrd. Potts r. VYiddlcomb, Voltaire, Miss 51. bbuino. To
conch do with PERILS by LAND and WAVE. Merars. Shepherd, Wlddlcoinb, Potior,
Mi a M. F.Lurne, and Miss Johnstone. Doors open at Bix, commence at Ha'f.past.
T STLEY’S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — Lessee and
Manager. Mr. WILLIAM COOKE. This Evening tbs Entertainment* will commence
with (Sixth Time) tho successful and entirely Now Romantic Spectacle, entitled THE
J1BBBNA1NOSAY; or, tho Whi.e ttorsa of Nick of the Woods ; succeed#! by Incom¬
parable SCENES In the A RENA, supported by British and Foreign Equestrian Artistes.
Commence at 8cven.
TANDARD THEATRE.—On MONDAY, and daring the
Woek, to commence with tho Now Drama of the ISLAND of SILVER STOKE; to
conclude with the FaatambM of GKORUY PORGEY, PUDDING and PIK. On Saturday Mr.
G. K. Dickenson tho Tiugvdiau. will make hU first appearance as HAMLET.
ROFESSOR WIUALBA FRIKELL.—ST. JAMES’S
THEATRE.— 1 WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY AFTERNOONS a* 3. and every
Evening (except Fatnrdny) at 8. hulls, 5s.; Balcony Stalls, 4s ; Bores, 3*.; Pit, 2s.; GaUery,
Is.; Private Soxos. Two Gainoas, One Guinea and a Half, and one Guinea. Places to be
eecnred at Mr. Mitchofi's Royal Library, S3, Old Bond-street.
T\f li. and Mrs. GERMAN REED (late Miss P. HORTON)
1VX will repeat thoir F.ntcrtainmcnt every evening (except Saturday) a' E'ght, Satur¬
day Afternoon at Three. Admission, la. and 2s.; stall*, 3s ; secured, with rut extra charge,
at the Royal Gallery of Illustration, It, Regent street, and tramcr, Boalo, and Co.'*, Ml,
Ragoct-s lrcet. _
R. ALBERT SMITH’S MONT BLANC, NAPLES,
POMPEII, and VF.8UV1U8 Every Night (except Saturday), at Eight, and Tues¬
day, Thursday, and Saturday Afternoon*, at Throe.—Places can be secure! at tho Box-
office, EGYPTIAN HALL, daily, between Eleven and Foot, without any ortra charge.
FIFTH YEAR OF THE PRESENT ENTERTAINMENT.
T HE SISTERS SOPHIA and ANNIE, in their Original
Entertainment, entitled SKETCHES FROM NATURE, will appear at Wellington, Feb.
2V; I.udlow, 23; Le minster , 21; Hereford, 25. _
C HRISTY’S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall, King William-
street. Strand.—210th CONCERT. Commencing at 8 On Satu dsy a Mjm'ag Per**
formaccc. commencing at 3. Hoop deo-Doodeni-doo " Nightly. Prices la., *»., and 3s.
[ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, at the Bazaar,
_L Baker-street. I ha Nuptial Group. H.K-H- the Prince* Royal In her bMattfdl
Bridal Dress of Honiton Lace, trimmed with oraugo fiowais—tho sdamtlo# of ovary one ;
aim, H R.H. Prince Frederick of Prussia. Adniieriou, Is.; extra room, fid. Open from
F-lovcn tilt dusk, ond from Seven till Tea.
TV/IUSICAL UNION.—SECOND SOIREE, TUESDAY,
ill Fob. 23rd. HANOVER-SQUAPE ROOMS.-Quartet, No. 71 J-fltU, Stunts; Varia¬
tions, Pianoforte, Op.M,Mendelssohn} Quintet lie G,Op. 33 Spntu Iclcftfor Violin and Vio¬
loncello; and Vocru Wtnic by tlio Orpheus Glee Union. Arti-ts: Moliquo, GofFrlo. Bchrour*.
K. Bbgrove, Paque, aud Mdlle. Anna Mollqtio. Vuiton'i'Ickol*. 7s. each, for the Royal box,
to be bad at Clamor and Co.'s, Chappell and Co.'s, aud Olllvlcr's. For other particulars
ap ply by U-tter to J. Ella. Director.
T. MARTIN’S HALL.—MENDELSSOHN'S ELIJAH will
‘ be performed on WEDNESDAY, F2B. 2t unlar tho direc ion of Mr. JOHN HULL A U.
ran ipal Vocal Perform or*:—Mrs. Street, Mbs Fanny Rowland, Mia* ■'aimer, MIm Ciirrodui,
Mr. f Ini', Be***.*, Mr. William Evans, Mr. Bantluy, Mr. Henry Butnby. TlikcU, Is., 2*. t*l.;
Bt*Ur. tit. Commonce at faaK-pa t Fovea.
USEUM of SCIENCE, ANATOMY, and Hie WONDERS
of NATURE, 47, Bijrncrc-stroot, Oxfcrd-sfreet. OPEN DAILY, 'or Gentlamoa only,
from Ton till Ton. Lectures, MornUg and g ran l ag, by Dr. Man ton. Admlaaio j, One Shilling.
TXTOOD ENGRAVING.—Mr. GILKS respectfully announces
V Y thst be continue.:, to oxtwuto evary branch of tho Art ia the best #ry!o, and at most
re&aonab'.e charge. La'»el , Show-cxrJs, an A Trade Catalogues Designed an! Printed.
London: 21, F.eHix-ctreet Strand, W C.
TVTR. OTTLEY’S LECTURES on ART.—At tbo FRENCH
1VI GALLERY. 121. Pall-mall, opposite tho Opera Colonnado.—On MONDAY E) ENIN<»
Mjfr, U*l£l tai. Mr. D. OTrr.BV w;!l d.livo: . LEOrOsB oo Ixaa* v IOT,r.v .-lw
ill th. V.t ou. prreouo. Aud on TliUltSDAV, th. ditli, wllb 1 ooneludta? 1.K0 rURK ou
PAINTIKGuiil rAl NTEI13 (Iho German, Spanish, fnicb *nlEnj;ll^iHo-iou!.l,
wrr.don. on (he r™«it 81.10 of d’-ironaK-J and Art-Culture in fcn,;l«nd. h.J. Loclrro
.111 bo IUo.trMoil by numeral. E.nm to.— lo commenso ul U sb. o Clock- AdouiiUn, «...
Ilcrved gout., «. Ilckeu nnd 8 \ Ua.ui lo bo luwl of Mjaw,. Cotunghl onil Co., l ull-mrll
Reserved Boat*, «. 1 ickoia and Syllabus
East; and at the Gallary. ____
Q AMBRIDGE ASYLUM for SOLDIERS’ WIDOWS,
Kingston-on-Thames. By voluntary contributions,
is, the first and only exUring Asylum for tho Soldiers’ Widow (affording not temporary
relief only but a permanent home), appeals to tho public for sympathy and support.
^Subscriptions JSdDonatlons (adVortlBod) gratelWly receive/ by the ■0»««lKoo t R. F.
Leeks, Ksq, Hon. Secretary; Mo.srs, Goutts and Lo , Mronl; tho Collector, Mr. Charles
Turner, 81. Pnrk^lmot, Orcvenor^mmi or ^ CUJ , praT0![i
Office. 19, Parliament -street, 8.W., February !0tb, 1818. _
mHE WESTMINSTER GENERAL DISPENSARY, ia
L Gerrnrd-ttrcet. est»Wished upwards of eighty yoar*. must now clue Its doors, anJ
hundreds of sick poor deprived of relief, ualeja timely aid is folded by tho opa^nL^^
Donation* thsnkfuBy received by Mossre. Ransoms. Banker*, PoU-nixU; at the DU-
pentury, GcrTard shoot, Soho; or by the Kor. N. Wate, 8t. Ann » Il'ctory, D*ui-strea~
TT^UNDS are greatly REQUIRED for the support of the
HOSPITAL for CON8U5iPTION, Brompton. 130 patient* are waiting for admUnon,
and 80 bods are empty for want of funds. H^HY^uBliLBeaf*
I NVESTMENT for CAPITAL and SAVINGS.—For Pro-
apecturm .only at tha Office, oftbo COSSEKVATIVK LAND SOCIETF, No. 3d. Kurfult-
ftreet. htrand, W.C.. or write to tha Bcrrotary. who wifi fora nrd them free o. charge to any
nortof tbo world. Five per cent intorcit, payable half-yearly, allowed on investment* of £4
aud upward*._CHARLES Lewis GK’jyEiSBX, bocrotary.
S'
rUAKENCE TEMPERANCE HOTEL, Liverpool, for
V-V Excellence tnd Chtuiunoa. is unofjuoliwl. Ma^ulilennt Pub l: and Private Bo.tms, aniF
the ckaucst Bed*.—So. 19, lluogli'.on-strcci, off C aytcn-stpuire. I1ca»o noto tho a
O PERA GLASSES, in every variety of she and price. Some
»u;ierb apeo'mon* of Vlumo e mauuTacturo, suitable for Woddlng or Birthday Pre¬
sents, at CALLAGHAN'S. Optician, 23 a, New Roud-stroot, Conner of Coaduti-street. lf;!). '
Bole Agent to VoIgtUieder, Vienna. \ \
a WE FROST.—SELF-REGISTERING THERMOMETERS
. on an improvrd constrncdon.sh .wing tho extiemos of Cold or Hoat, ai CALLAGHAN'S,
Optician, 23a. New Bond-street, corner of Conduit-street. N.B Sole Ajrent for tha small
and powerful Opens and Fi«dd Ghuuves, InvcnUsI and made by Voigtllhnlor, Vienna.
M UTINY IN INDIA—Military Field Glasses of matchless
quality, oombmhig tha very laical Improvements, at CALLAGHAN'S, 23a. Now
B cnd-etrrct corner of Conduit-street. N.B. Solo Agent for !ho small and powerful Opera
and Haco Glasses invented and mado by VolgtlKndor, Vienna. \
QPORTSMEN and GENTLEMEN of the ARMY and
Jk_y NAVY.—8. and B. SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albcmcrlo-atroot, Ptooeddly. V/.
Ob’crve- ojvpr*! e tho York HoloL Portability, combined with great power, in FIELD,
RACK-COURSE. OPERA, ami general out-door day and night powerfttl Woistcont-
pockct PEfifiPECTIVK G L A S S E S, weighing only four otmees, oach containing 12 and 13
lenv*, coiumir.Ud of German gloss, will shew di*:mctly a poreon'i countenance at 2J and
3xnlio*. Tbcv rervo every purpoeo on the Rac'-course, aid at tlja Ojasra-housoi. Country
ccvnery and shifi arc clearly seen at 8 to 10 m ice. They are alto Invaluable for Shmtiug,
Dvcr-stnlbing, and Yachting. liar Males 4 .} ’* Coast-Guard* are raakmg use of thorn a*
day *nd n'ght glniwe*. In inoforenco to all other*; they have also bocomo in general a so by
Gentlemen of the Aimv aud N«vy, and by Bputumen, Gonl’omon, Ga nokeepor»,&nJ TourUti
Tho moat powctfld and brilliant releicopo*, n..v.«-jsing *u«b ftvtraonllnary powe* that soma.
inci.es, with an extra astronomi.-al o>o-pie.*o, will show distinctly Jupiter’s m<»ns,
Se'urn 1 * ring, and tho doublartar*; with, tho sarao Teleicopo can bo seen a poreon'a couutc-
nauc- Three-end- a-half r.j'Ua lifetanb and an ohjoot from fourteen !to sixteen mllos. They
are Id endless variety, of larger and all fire*, with Increasing powers, and are secured by
her Majesty ’* Royal Letter* Pa’cnt . A must lllxval allowanco, wholesale, tosh'ppors
a AHE BOYAL EXHIBITION, 1851.—A valuable, powerful,
newly-invented, very small waistcoat-pocket film, tho sire of a walnut, by which a
perron can be seen aud knew;; 1 j rn le distant. They ,«erte evary purpose on tho Itaco-ccmrso,
awl at tho Opcm-housc*. Country scotitry jju» lUjti »ro oloirly seen at four to six mils*.
They are Invaluable for shooting, rlecr-stalking. yachting, to iporUmra. geudemen, guus-
kcepm, and tourist*. Price ’Os. Microscopes, >tagio Lu:torus, and Slides Krory de¬
scription of Optical, Slalhoznaticat, and Fhilofiotihical Inatrumeuu. Orders and al! kinds of
repairs executed with puiicloahty.—Mssors. SOLOMONB, Optician*, 39, Aibcimirlj-.trojt,
IriccadillT (opp osite the York Oot«>!).
I ? Y E SIG H T.—Optical Improvements, to enable persons
-d at an advanced «ge to read with oiw, and to di«r!mln*t« objocts w (h perfect di*-
80LOMONB, Opticlinu, have Invented and ptton ed BPE3TACLE
LfcNfiLH of <ba greatert tramotront power. Tho valuable advxnugo derived from this
Invention is that vision becoming impaired Is proaervod and strongthaoed; Tory cg.al
C *o«aare enables! to employ th- ir s’ght at the most mimito occupation; can see witii times
a mu ch h*s nt^snlfjhig power, and they do not require tho froqa nt changes
lo tha.flansorous effect* o. ftuthar powerful a •.sir. tan ce. Persnu can be suited at tha most
remote purl* of tho world by sendbig a pair of spectarha, or ona of tha g!a**cj out of
them, in a letter, and stating tho dbianco from the oyc* tlmy con read small print with
tt . and there who luvo not nurd a us*, of apoctaclua by stating tiicir ago—39, Aibomule-*.r»ot,
Rlccafflliy, W (o pposite t bo York Uote»)7
T^FAFNESS.—A newly-invented Instrument for extreme cased
. ol ■ caRad tho Sound Magnlfire. Oigiuiic Vibrator, and Invisibla Voloo
GOoCnctcr. It flti to Into tho oar not to bo in tba loa*t parcc’jUblo: tho unploas&jt boum-
ttoi of waging no.K« In tho head 1* mtlre’v removed. It afford*iiutint reUaf to tho doafosl
py^nrreif^y 1 .! Uk T hcat ^‘inctly at church and at public awambilou—
tU?o kBcS/f 0 ^ 8 ’ 0p,ttU “ 6aJ Aurists. 39. AIbonurle-*trej:, Piccadilly, W. (appnit«
M AYALL’S PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GALLERIES,
22t and 223, Regent-street.-Photographs, Daguarrootypoe, and Storeo*copca, In tba
highr.it stylo of art, taken daily. Bpec’meaa on view.
T HE highest Price given in Cash for Diamonds, Pearls, Plate,
Old Gold and Silver, Gold aud SUvsr Laeo, at BELTM, DEAN, and CO.’S. 9,
Coventry-street, Lcloostor-oquitre. N.B. Ike Cheapest House for Jewellery of every
d**c»i prion __
A RMOR1AL BEARINGS.—No charge for search.—Sketch
A and description, 2*. fid.; in colour, 5s. Crest* on seals or ring*, fis.; on die, 7a. BoUd
f old, 18ccrnt, Hall-marked, sand or bloodstone ring, engraved with eroat, two gufoai*
. MOR1KO (who ha* received tbo Gold Modal fur ongreviug), 44, High Holborn, W.C. Price-
sit post-free. _____
C l IYIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.—MEDICAL
J STUDENTS.—Mr. THOMAS 6HAKPK, of the City of London °«hool, prepare* Gjn-
tl-mcn for tlio Mvll Soivlco Examinations, and renders assistance to Medic d Btu-Jont* In tao
Clastic*! and MaUiematlcal iwitlon* of their work.—22, Broad-stroet-buUdmgs, Fiiubary-
ciicu*, E.C.
H ydropathic establishment, Sudbrook Pari
rotersham, 8.W.—The treatment is perfectly **fe for Infancy aud ago. aud absolutaiy
agreeable. Proepcctuse* on application.— J. ELLIS. M.D.
M IDLAND RAILWAY. —The Public are informed that on
and after FEBRUARY 1st, 1853, a Service of THROUGH TRA!N8wiR rua boiwonj
LONDON (King *-cto«s Station) and Uio MIDLAND SYS TEH, and Passenger* will be can-
▼exod thioufiliont witlioat CSianRO of Carriage. , , . ,
For 'lime* of Departure of Train*. *eo tho Company’s Time Table*: ard any further infor¬
mation may be obtained from the Midland Company * Agent, at King's-crors Button.
Derby, January 27,1868. W. L. NawcoMBK, General Manager n
P RICE’S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY (Limited) beg to
call attention to the NEW PRINTING on tho WRAPPERS of choir Psfon.t Com¬
posite Cud die*. Several largo and valued customer* have coi plained of other dealers soiling
the cheaper lower descriptions of tha Company’* Coinpoaita Candles a* tho bast. To protect
rapectablo dealer* aud tho public against tbo outniuanoo of thi*, tho Company will Id
future di»tiuctly mark each quality—First, Second. Third, or Fourth.
Price’s Patent Candle Company (Limlicd), Holmont, Vauxhall, London.
"I JLEACHING. DYEING, ami SCOURING for Loudon.—
Ml Dirty Carpet*, Run*, Blanket*, Counts panes Mnslin and Loco Cumins, and all
large artlcleo, cleaned and finbhed In tha bo*t stylo. Moreen and Diuna k Curtain*, Droise*,
Shawl*, &o, dyo3 and finished extra well at moderate ohargoq. Tho Comp my'■ vans
receive and deliver free of charge, no matter how small tho ouanlity. Ail goods returned
within a week. Price LLl* forwarded'on application. Country order* promptly attended
tx METROPOUXAN STEAM BLEAUiUNG and DYEING COMPANY, 17, Wharf-road,
City-rood. N. f V /s. / /
1YESIGNS for the ELLESMERE MEMORI AL.—The Com-
M 9 nilltce for tho Erection Of a Monantonta!- MEMORIAL to the late Enrl of ELLE3-
MF RE on the bigli land near WR^SS WOOD, to th* wmtwanl of Woreley Hall, in Lau-
cashlro, are now prepared «o receive from Arthts scd olhcr* do Irous of comprtiug MODELS
or DEeIGNS of a rultablo Manniucut net being a Biatuo. The amount at tho disposal of the
Coir mil' we is Eighteen Hundred Pound*; auu the Party whar dedgn b selected will bo
expected to supply, rrecr, and complete li-a Mouniiient for that *uni
Kfm.ums of Forty ai d Tu oaty Gu'nwtB wUl be respectlvt: y awarded to the parbea who
Shalt. In tho oriuion of tho Comhiiriee, submit tha *vc;)nd aud third best Designs or Mo le'*.
It Is the wi ll of tho Ct mmiitoj that tho Monument shall lie eubstestlU and dunb o rather
than tjtaborate and ornamental, and that it should be cuslly seen from a diituico.
Model* or Designs, marked with a motto, mt»t bo fornardad lo tho B Idgnwater Odioe*.
Huhne, Manchoclor. adurevr.d to the care of Mr. Fcroday Smith, accompanied byasealci
envrioj>e, enclosing the sirtLt’* ennm andjsiddrcis.
llio lime for roceh liig tho models or dosigns will bo extended to tha Jfith April, 18 >3.
FRSB EXHIBITION.
T\ESIGNS for the MEMORIAL of the GREAT EXHIBt
I J TICN.—Ibo I-R A WINGS ».nd MODELS submittod in oompo’Jtlon may now bo *ceu
at the ARCHITItfTUiRAL MUiSUM, South Kensington Museum. Preo. on Mania *. Tuos-
days, and Eatutda s, from Ten to Four o'Ctock; and on Monday and Tom day fiveoin;*
freon Seven lo Ten. On the Students' days, Thuradiy and Friday, and on Wednesday
Evealnga, tho charge for admission to die Museum I* Mxpenoe.
Subscriptions In aid of the Fond ore iuvil.'d.
GiOT< S >t B a”“r. s .} «’>”
G
BEAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—LONDON (King’s-
crou sattioo), MA8’CaE8TER, WAKB1NGTON, G1RSION. ml LTVE3TOOL.
TRAINS FROM LONDON.- KING'8 CR038 STATION.
Arrival
Arrival
Leave
Arrival
Arrival
King's Cross.
6 :<>
ktaoebe ter.
Liverpool.
Kin#’* Cross.
Manchester.
Liverpool.
10 15 n m
8 45 p.ra.
11 30 p.ra.
*7 20 „
4 23 p m.
6 50 p.ra.
1 45 p.m.
10 20 „
—
9 16 „
5 0.,
10 0 „
11 30 w
10 0 „
3 0 „
4 30 „
TIiAINn FROM MANCHESTER.—LONDON HOAD STATION.
I*?ave
Leave
Arrival
leave
Leave
Arrival
Liverpool.
Manchester.
•o 5 a.m.
Kin*'* t'raaa.
4 "15 p.iu.
Liv.trpoaL
11 15 a.r.i.
Manihtrtor.
1 |’i p.m.
Kia-’S OlOM.
9 30 p.m.
y If*
4 0 „
3 25 p.ra.
o „
10 0 „
8 20 a.m.
9 55 „
2 55 „
7 o „
9 30 „
3 SO a.m.
•a o , t
•11 30 „
8 0 „
SUNDAYS
Arrival
Arrival
I«earo
Loire
Arrival
Kl'g's Croft*.
M n ochtrator.
Liverpool.
Liverpool.
Manoheator.
Kin*'* CrO
6 9 pau.
10 0 p.m.
11 30pxa.
*7 0 n.m
7 (5 p.m.
3 25 p.m.
0 0 p.m.
10 0 „
FAKES.
Th'nI.
First.
Second.
By Trains morkod *
Kjfo’5 Ccof? fc-
a. <1.
*- d.
s.
a.
IJverpoc l (Jolm-alrce!
37 0
27 0
.. 10
9
Gar* ton.
35 0
25 0
.. 15
9
WRrrtnjrtort
35 S
21 0
.. 15
14
Manchester
35 0
25 0
.. 1&
»
THE ROYAL MARRIAGE FESTIVITIES IN BERLIN.
The Illustrated London Ne\V 3 for Saturday next, February 21
will contain several Illustrations of tlie splendid Royal Mabkiaos
Festivities in Berlin, from Sketches by the Artists of this Journal,
and consisting of Grand Receptions and State Ceremonies, Public
Processions, and other commemorations of this grand national event.
Notice.—S ubscribers and the Public are respectfully informed that,
in order to enable them to obtain clean copies to perfect their
Volumes for Binding, back Numbers will in future be charged at
their original prices until six months after the date of publication j
at the same time the proprietor does not undertake to reprint, in
the event of their being all sold, before the expiration of that time.
198, Strand, Feb. 20,1858.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
Day Tickets, available for tbroo days (Including the day of issue), are granted butwdsn
King’s-croo* and Gmnlou, Worrlugfro “J Liverpool, at OOt. First Claw, and ills. Second
C B*«.
Day Tirtot*, available for seven day*, ore batted by any Train from Kind's-crow Station
to Manchester, nt 62t. 6d. First Class, and 37*. 6-J. Second ClasA.
BxpTO’S On’tuLujf* ran between 12, North Jclm-strcct, Liverpool, and Garston, in oonooodoa
with Through Train* between Oilmen and Loudon, KuigVcreas Station.
< a re most lie taken at Loodox>-road Station, Msnahmer, to a«k for Ticket* vifi tho Great
Northern route.
Trains, until further notice, will leave Kfng'*-erosi Bfatlon every Wednesday and Satur¬
day, at 10.0 nan., for Manchester: aud Manchester on the tame days, at ')j>5 a.in., for
Kicg’s-croiW, by which Ticket* will bo i*vued at 21a. First CIojw, and 12*. fid. Closod
Caniugoj, itvflliable fur return by tho aamo Trait:* on tha Wcdnaidny or Sotardny nuxt
following the date of issue: and Tkkott, avallabla for (!*}•*, will bo Issued by tho 10.0 a.m.
and fi.O p.m Trains from Klng's-cior* dolly, and by the 9.55 a.m and 5.0 pm. Drain* from
M anchestor daily; returning by tbo eame Traiiu wiihln 28 days of tha data of Usua.
Fares: 37*. Find Claw; and 17s. Cloiad Carriage*.
Ticket* are I-mwhI by tho same Tralm, and on tha same condition*, to and from Ashton,
Statey Bridgo, Guido Bridge, and King s Croa».
lichcta at tho a'»ovo fores can bo obtained at the King's-cross Station, and (for Mauehmer
only) at Uio Great Northern RocolvingOflico*. Bait and Month, Bt. Martia's-le-Graadi IC,
Fiah-itniot-Ida; 2B4, Halbcnr, 32. Hog< > rit-cIrcus. Piccadilly; 62 and C3, Bridgb-road, l.*m-
birih: SCSI, Strand; 38, Charing-cross; 27, Klng-jtreet, Cheap* ido; 35’, Oxford-street; Goorgo
Inn, Borough; 43 and 44, Cratchod-fri >r*.
For further particular* aoo tho Time Tabloi of the Company and tha Excursion Handbills.
Klng'r-croat Station, Fobrokry 1,1853. By ardor
npH£ AMERICAN HORSE-TAMER.—Mr. J. 8. RARE?
has diKovorc-1 the »rt of TAMING :hc WIT,DEW and M03T VICIOUS HOR3EB,
w bother old or uubrokon Colts, and 3* able to COMMUNICATE tbl* SECRET (which iovo’.vre
neither dsngti to Hum nor injury to the animal) In Ono Lerson. Ho has arrived in this
country from Canada, with the highest teatlmonia'6 lo Ids success anil skill from the
Governor-General and Cotuirandur-lu-Chlnf of that colory. Major-General Sir Hichxri
Alrey. K.C.B., Outirtcrmnater.Gmcrnl of H.M. Forces; Ia>rd Alfred Paget, CJerk-Mitrsbal
to bor Majesty; nnd th* Hon. Colonel Hood, havotestidod to tho value of tho art and to tho
facility with which it may bo applied and communicated.
Mcb :j. ’Iatt<r»Bll have kindly cc.osouted to take charge of a Subscription Lht. Tills
list will be cor fined to nobletncn and gen demon.
The Foa 1* Ten Guinea*, which must l»o paid in advance to Messrs. TatteruR, who will
retain the subscription ur^l' the Eecret art hu btett c^mraanleatod to the subsiribsr.
Each ro*>htatuo must 1* accompanied by a reference, and each subscribe, before his name
can be positively loocivrd. must si^m a compact not to discl<«a Mr. Rarey’s art to others.
Mr. Farey rewt vo* to himself the right of refusing to rccrivo onv n »mo.
fclr. Eerty wij c mmeace teaching in clmci, in tbo order of registration, at the privato
Riillng-tchool of h!s Greco tho Dttko of Wellington, which baa bom kindly placed by hi*
Greco at hU a reito ftom eleven to ono o'clock daily.
When five hundred subwribers’ names hare boon received the list will be eltwod. and a
week'* notice will ho given before opening the iustnrolion Further information,
with important tcsrimonials, may be obtained from Mwsrs.Tattoo.aU, Grosronor-piice, to
wbo?c order all chock* mtut U, mado poyablo.
LOUDON, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1858.
C v
Tile life of nations, as of individuals, is a tangled yirn of good
and evil. We read in the same journals of the atrocious murders
by the sepoys—events as horrid as any recorded in history—and
of the joyous festivities a ttending the marriage of a daughter o£
England. We mean to write a lew words exclusively of the latter;
but tlie connection in our national life of good and evil is at this
time too distinctly marked not to remind tlio public that tho com¬
mon lot; of humanity cannot he averted even by national power,
however great. j
The last ceremony to welcome her Royal Highness Princess
Frederick Wiifiam to her new home—the wild Fackelzug, or
torchlight dance, of the students, who constitute almost a separate
people in Germany—has taken place, the grand state balls have
been all danced, tlie splendid illuminations have displayed the good
taste anil loyalty of the multitude, the addresses of the corporations
or guilds, redolent of affection and patriotism for fatherland and
respect for England, have been all spoken, the last hymns of con¬
gratulation have been snng, and the inauguration of her Royal
Highness into her new life and her new home is complete. Not a
single accident has marred the public rejoicings. The frozen ground
compelled much unexpected additional labour. For every flagstaff
that was sunk, and every gaspipe that was laid, it had to be thawed by
fires before the pickaxe could penetrate it: and classes not naturally
alert displayed zeal and activity that testified to the heartfelt and
universal gratification. Her Royal Highness has been received in
Prussia as she was sent forth from England, by the hearty cheers
of a great people proclaiming their respect, their loyalty, and their
love. Such an event has a national, moral, and social significancy.
which must not be suffered to pass wholly unnoticed. It was well
expressed in the address of the Oberburgmeistcr, or Lord Mayor
and Common Council, of Berlin, in terms which we bog leave to
iptotc. After adverting with pride to tho “ home life of the Royal
family of Prussia,” to the “ parents’ blessing which builds up the
cliildren’s house,” and to the benefits “which radiate over a whole
people from the domestic happiness which sits on the throne,” tha
address proceeded:—
Most Illustrious Princess,—Out or the depth and fulness of their hearts
the municipality and other authorities of Berlin call to you, •' Blessed be
your entrance into this our city I" England's great and powerful people,
that stands a pattern to other nations not only In its firmness, per¬
sistence, and perseverance even in danger and difficulties, but also iu
steady and pious morality and respect for law. and in deep devotion to the
throne of its monarchs. accompanies your Royal Iliglincss with its best
wishes; the jewel that it has hitherto treasured up with faithful lore it
confides henceforth to our loyalty and allection ; to the respect, tlie appre¬
ciation, nnd the devotion of the Prussian nation. England expect* that
crenj Prussian will do Ms duty Well, then, most gracious Prlucess, I
firmly declare (and I know what I am saying), the English nation shill. •
iu this expectation, be as little disappointed by Prussia's people as it was
in that day when once the two nations faithfully stood by eaoh other b
side in tlie grave conjuncture of war. May God for ever aud ever bless
your Royal Highness.
The fluty of promoling domestic morality in conjunction with
national freedom, which can only be preserved by the former, and
in conjunction with national unity and peace, is the lesson ol this
great event. Oue and all, we say that the field of the sluggard
might be as well kept as the field of the industrious man ; that the
vast products obtained by British agriculture might be equally well
obtained by agriculture all over tbe world; and from examples
like these wc are taught that there is no end to progress
and improvement but the sluggishness, the ignorance, aud the
folly of individuals. We may expect, therefore, that tlie
example of domestic virtue enthroned amidst the enjoyment of
personal gratification and universal respect should excite all to
aim ul the possession of similar blessings. We cannot all have
public processions, State ceremonials, and national congratulations,
to celebrate our entrance on our principal duties; but these are
only the outward marks and signs of virtues set on high that all
may sec them, and all may without these incidents imitate. There
is no man, wc believe, who can read so brutish a9 not to feel, from
this example of the respect shown by great nations to her
Royal Highness, increasing respect for all her sex, and feel shame
at indulging contrary feelings, such as are still much nourished here
amongst certain classes, to the disgrace of manhood. All men and all
women can cherish the feelings which are respected and honoured in
their Royal Higlmesses, and can thus share in the blessings such
feelings confer on all. So, when the Oberbargmcister refers to tho
firmness, peisistencc and perseverance in difficulty and daHgcr of
England's great aud powerful people, in conjunction with their
respect (or the domestic virtues, hoping for a great benefit to
Prussia from having transplanted a daughter of England to
the throne of Prussia, can it be otherwise than that the example
should strengthen both in the Prussians and their rulers a love for
liberty aud morality? We hope at least that the effects of the
union may be extremely beneficial both to private morality
and national freedom. In tho order of nature there is nothing
superfluous and nothing wrong; and the obvious utility of some
individuals placed higher than others is to lead all to strive after,
if all cannot reach, the enjoyments, the respect, aud the dignity
which all honour, and almost'worship. The gorgeous ceremonies
which accompanied the entrance of the Prince and Princess
Frederick William into the capital of Prussia, and tlie ceremonies
which accompanied their marriage here and their departure from
this country, have this important consequence. They emblaann
to the whole world the blessings of private morality, national liberty,
and general peace, and help to form a high standard of
lence by w liich rulers and people will alike be tested and improved.
Feb. 20, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
183
IMP Eli IA L PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS.— Monday.
Tiif, Indian Mutineers —The Earl of Ellenborqugii called atten¬
tion to the announcement, received by the last telegram, that ICO sepoy
mutineers had been executed In a single day. Since the taking of Delhi
it was computed that similar executions had taken place, on the average,
at a rate ot five or six per diem. He inquired whether any instructions
on this point had been sent out by the home Government: and sug¬
gested that some penalty short of death might be enacted equally effectual
to suppress or punish the mutiny in Bengal.—Earl Granville stated
that no instructions on this point had beeu transmitted from this coun¬
try. the entire discretion being left to Lord Canning and the Council of
Calcutta.
nOUSE OF COMMONS. —Monday.
Educational Commission.— Mr. Cowper brought her Majesty’s
gracious reply to the address of that House requesting the appointment of
a Commission to inquire into the subject of popular educatiou, and an¬
nouncing that orders to that effect should be forthwith issued.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BILL.
The adjourned debnte on the India Government Rill was resumed by Mr.
Boebi'ck, who observed that the question before them presented a two¬
fold aspect; first, as to the best system that could be devise l for the
government of India; and secondly, whether the present time was oppor¬
tune for attempting to legislate on this subject. India, he remarked,
could not be governed on the same principles as other colonies, since the
elements of n representative system were utterly wanting. Looking at
the renditions to be fulfilled, ne concurred in the conclusion that the
double government must be abolished, inasmuch as it rendered all re¬
sponsibility to Parliament altogether fallacious, but at the same time
pointed out several imperfections in the details of the measure introduced
by Lord Palmerston. On the question of time, he saw no objection to the
present moment, believing that, while such interest was attached to the
subject in this country, there was no excitement calculated to Interfere
with a deliberate discussion and settlement of the measure.
Mr. Durr supported the bill.
Mr. Whiteside referred to the debate that had taken place in 1853 on
the Last India Company’s Charter, citing at considerable length opinions
highly favourable to the existing system from various members of the
present Cabinet, and further testimony to the same effect from Lord
Macaulay. Mr. Mill, and other authorities of the highest eminence. He
defended the Company from the censures of Sir G. C. Lewis
Mr. Lowe controverted some of the authorities adduced by Mr. White-
side; and. on the .general question, denied that any serious or funda¬
mental change was contemplated in the governmental system of India.
Mr. Liddell opposed the measure on the ground that it transferred
the government of India to commissioners, destroying the only Inde¬
pendent element In the exist ing aystem of administration.
Mr Slaney believed that the East India Company was incompetent to
develop properly the vast opportunities afforded in our Eastern Empire.
He supported the bill.
Mr Crawford supported the amendment Inquiry, he argued, ought
to precede legislation.
Sir II. Rawlinson illustrated the delays and complication of the
■ double-government system by describing some of the curabrons processes
through which, lie stated, every despatch or transaction had to pass
before reaching its destination or being put in train for completion. So
far from considering the measure ill-timed, It would, in his opinion, be
received with satisfaction by the Europeans in India, and produce a useful
effect among the natives.
SirJ.WAi.su maintained that the double government system, with
all its complications, whs better than a single and autocratic authority.
Mr. A Mills consented to the introduction of the bill, which was also
approved by Mr. Wyld.
Mr I). Seymour made some comments upon the cumbrous machinery
of the present system.
Mr. Adams remarked that the opponents of the bill had remained
silent, waiting to hear what reason could be assigned in its support.
None su<*li, lie submitted, had vet been advanced, nor any just grounds
shown for destroying the East India Company.
Mr. Elliot also opposed the bill.
The debate was then adjourned to the following evening.
The Clerks of Petty Session (Ireland) Bill was read a second time.
Tnr. Public Health Act Amendment Bill.—M r. Cowfer moved
the second reading of this bill, proposing to take the debate on some
future day, on the motion for going into Committee.—Mr. Palk refused
to concur In this arrangement, his objections striking at the principle of
the bill —Mr. Locke also expressed his intention to oppose the measure.
Alter some farther discussion the motion was adjourned until Friday.
HOUSE OF LORDS. —Tuesday.
The dimcri of England Special Services Bill went through
Committee after some discussion, in which the Earl of Wicklow, the
Archbishop of Canterbury, several of the Bishops, Lord Derby, Lord
Dungannon, and other Peers participated. It was ordered to be com¬
mitted on Monday next.
The Trustees’ Relief Bill also passed through Committee;
nOUSE OF COMMONS— 1 Tuesday.
The Latf. Despatches from the French Government.— Mr.
Griffith inquired whether any communication had passed, or was In¬
tended to pass, between her Majesty’s Ministers and the French Govern¬
ment relative to the non appearance of the apologetic letter from Couut
Walewskl to Lord Clarendon in the official Moniteur, where the dictatorial
despatch transmitted through M. Persiguy, and the minatory addresses
from flic French army, had been so carefully i userted?—Lord Palmerston
replied by another query—namely, whether the House wished to maintain
the relationship between England and France on an amicable basis, or to
infuse into both nations a feeling of irritation and bitterness ? Expressing
his own determination to resist, if possible, the latter course of proceeding,
he answered the immediate question before him by stating that the Go¬
vernment hud no intention of doing anything so offensive and absurd as
seemed to be suggested by the propounder. w w
The English Prisoners in Naples.— In reply to Mr. Monckton
Milues. Lord Palmerston stated that. Mr. Watt, the engineer of the
Cagliari . whose trial had been interrupted by an attack ol* insanity, was
at present in the English Infirmary at Naples, carefully tended by
"k r. ] 'I?u b lin^Metropolitan Police—M r. Ghoban. refusing to
yield precedence to the Indian debate, brought forward the motion of
which he had given notice for a Select Committee to inquire into the
system and management of the Dublin metropolitan police force. Alter a
reply from Sir. 11. Hekbekt, whoopposed the motion, the House divided—
Ayes, ics; noes, 200.
Tint REDEELTOX IS ISDU.
Mr. H. Baillie, who also refused compliance with another appeal from
Ierd I’aimerston, proceeded to call the attention of the Douse to the causes
which have led to the rebellion in her Majesty's dominions in the East
'Jhcse causes, he insisted, were still unknown, or misunderstood ; and it
was, above all things, necessary that this question should he thoroughly in¬
vestigated before they ventured to legislate upon the government of India.
The Son. member went on to trace the Bengal mutiny to the recent policy
of annexation, and especially the annexation of Onde. He eonclnded by
moving for certain correspondence relating to that transaction.
Mr. V. Smith submitted that the cause assigned was only one out of
many inlluences respecting which little was yet known by any one, either
ill England or India. He denied the existence, at any time, of what
•could he called a policy of annexation. So far as the censures pronounced
upon the Court cf Directors and Board of Control were well founded, they
strengthened the ease for the bill which the Government had prepared
to remodel ihe Indian svstem of administration. Theright lion, m-tuber
proceeded to vindicate the net of I-ord Dalhousle in annexing Oudo. The
abuses of the nat ive Government in that province had become insupport¬
able. The correspondence moved for contained, lie believed, nothing ob¬
jectionable, nor anything mysterious, and he was perfectly willing to pro¬
duce it.
Lord J. Rcssni.r. defended Lord Dalhousle, assorting that the aceusa-
lions fo incessantly urged again:-t the lute Governor-General in Ins
absence were unworthy in character and founded on total ignorance of
the facts. Lord Dalhousie’s conduct throughout the transaction had been
characterised by groat w-pdom and moderation, _ , , _
lord ,J. Manners confer ded-that the usurpation of Oudc by the East
India Company was wholly unjustifiable. The alleged infraction of treaty
Ly the King deprived him of any claim on English protection, but gave
Lord Dalhousie no Tight to annex his territories. , ...
Mr. R, Mangles conceived that the late Government of Oude; was lite¬
rally the worst ar.d racst atrocious in the world. He described the efforts
made by various Governors-General and British Residents in the province
to neisuade or alarm the King in to ft better course of administration. These
endeavours being fruitless, there remained no resource but to extinguish
a 8y9lem whose abominations had become unspeakable.
Aft<r some explanation from Colonel Sykes respecting his personal
participation in the annexation ot Oude.
Mr. KiNNAiRD maiiitnined that the transaction, it not altogether un¬
warrantable, was iliman/iged. and led to heavy disasters.
Sird. Pakington observed that the Treaty of 1837 with the King of
Oude had been altogether iguored. The infraction of that treaty was
to the last degree unjust and unrighteous.
General Thompson deprecated the commencement of a war of races in
India. He denounced the insoient spirit manifested by the Europeans
towards the natives before the mutiny, to which he believed the revolt was
solely attributable, and declared that the conduct of the English officers
during the subsequent operations was characterised by barbarities dis-
CTacclul to themselves onu the ration to which they belonged.
Mr. Palk energetically protested against this slander upon gallant men.
atrocities C * |1CCtc ' 110 ll3Te bc4rd 111 Umt Uouae a vindication, of the sep oy
Mr. P. O’Brien having briefly spoken,
Hie motion was agreed to.
Vacating Seats.—M r. Wrigiitson moved for leave to bring in a bill
amending an Act passed in the reign of Queen Anne, so far as it related
to the vacating of scats in Parliament upon accepting oflit'e.-On a divi-
eion there appearcd-I'or leave to bring in the bill, 91 ; against, 108 .
Tenant Right.-—M r. Maguire obtained leave to introduce a bill to
provide compensation to tenuut-farmers in Ireland for improvements
they may have effected on the land in their occupation
Mortality in the Foot GuARDS.-Captnin Anncslcy having moved
an address for returns relating to the mortality among the soldiers in the
(’ ua, ‘ds. Mr. S. Herbert moved an amendment enlnrging the scope
of the proposed return.—Alter sonic remarks by Colonel North, Sir J.
Rnmsden, and Sir W. Codrington, the motion as amended was agreed to.
Tiif. Debate on the India Government Bill was further ad¬
journed until Thursday.
HOUSE OF COMMONS. —Wednesday.
On the motion cf Mr. Napier, the Ecclesiastical Residences (Ireland)
Bill and the Churches (Ireland) Bill were respectively read a second time.
Pater Duty.— Sir J. Duke presented petitions from the printers ot
various printing establishments in the city of Loudon, praying for the
repeal of the duty on paper.
church-rates.
Sir J. Trf.lawny moved the second reading of the Church-rate Aboli¬
tion Bill. Remarking upon the unsatisfactory state of the existing law,
and the incessant quarrels and heartburnings which it occasioned, he ex¬
pressed his conviction that all parties were now anxious to have further
dissensions stayed by a final settlement of the question. For this pur¬
pose he saw no alternative but an abolition of the rate as a compulsory
tax. Purely voluntary contributions would, he was persuaded, always
be found to suffice for maintaining the fabric of churches in due repair.
The motion was briefly seconded by General Thompson.
Lord R. Cecil moved, as an amendment, that the bill shonld be-read a
second time that day six months. Out cf nearly 7000 parishes in which a
Church-rate contest had taken place, the vote had, he observed, been
granted in all but 357 instances.
Mr. Packf. seconded the amendment..
Sir A. Elton supported the bill, but thought that, if the Church-rate
was abolished, some substitute should be provided out of the national ex¬
chequer.
Mr. E. Ball believed that the compulsory rate exercised a most per¬
nicious influence in perpetuating strife and bittenies3 between Church¬
men and Dissenters, and cordially supported the motion.
Mr. H. Drummond characterised the measure as an attempt to commit
petty larceny. To abolish Church-rates was, he maintained, equivalent
to abolhliirg the Church.
Lord Stanley corrected the computation presented by Lord It Cecil,
by remarking that lie had omitted the large number of parishes where
the Church-rate had not been refused, simply because it had never been
asked for. With this addendum the majority would turn the other way.
Convinced that the present system was untenable, he wished to see it
abrogated without further conflicts.
Sir G. Gbey could not consent to aboiish Church-rates without pro¬
viding some equivalent He repeated the suggestion he had offered in
a previous Session, by way of compromise, that, instead of super-
seeling the system altogether, they should extinguish the rate
only in parishes where it had been non-existent for a certain number
of years, and in every case relieving Dissenters from the compulsory con¬
tribution to the (ax Intending to oppose the present bill, the Home
Secretary intimated that if it were rejected he Bhould bring in another,
embodying his own compromise.
Mr. Hope oppoFed the measure, which was supported by Mr. Garnett.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer advised the House to adopt the
suggestion of Sir G. Grey.
After a few words from Mr. Si.anev, and from. Sir J. Trf.lawny in
rop’y, the House divided— For the motion, 213; for the amendment, 160 .
Ihe bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on
that day fortnight.
Prescription (Ireland) Bill.—O n the motion of Mr. Bland, leave
was given to bring in a bill limiting the time of prescription in certain
cases in Ireland.
HOUSE OF LORDS.— Thursday.
New Pef.r.— The Earl of Fife took the oatlis and his seat as Baron
Skene, having been created a Peer of the United Kingdom. He was
introduced by the Earl of Bessborough and Lord Panmure.
The India Loan Bill.— Lord Monteaglf. moved for several returns
in connection witli the raising of money by the East Indian Company,
and its expenditure in the various Presidencies. The returns, he said,
would be exceedingly useful preliminary to the debates on the India Loan
Bill, which would soon take place In that House.—After a few words from
the Earl of ELLr.NnoROircii the motion was agreed to.
The Militla.—T he Earl of Carnarvon moved for a return of the
establishment of militia regimeuts m»w embodied, and their actual
strength on the 1st of January.—Lord Panmure had no objection to
f .reduce the return moved for. The Government had carefully considered
his subject, and hnd submitted estimates which would, iii their opinion,
provide for about 130,000 land forces, a number which they thought
quite adequate to (he demands upon them both at home and abroad,
lie hnd only sought for £ 160 , 000 , because be hnd reason to
believe that 'that sura would cover the expenses of 10.000 men
for six months- Recruiting whs going on in the most satisfactory
manner. Since Jannnrv 12 th they had enlisted 8500 men. aud during the
last week 2050, ar.d if they went on at the same rate for two months they
should have replaced the ent ire force which would have been sent to India.
In the opiniou of very eminent men. aflhira in that country were now in
such a state that there would be no longer a necessity for sending troops
to India. If, however, there should be a necessity for it. he did not think
that iess than 15J.00 men would be dispatched, which lie should propose
to send to Ceylon, to wait there till the rainy and unhealthy season should
have passed over.—After a few words from the Earl of Hard wick e aud
Earl Grey the motion was agreed to.
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law.— Lord Brougham, in laying
upon the fable a bill to amend the law of bankruptcy and insolvency,
said he had framed it in consequence of tlic way in which the subject had
been brought under Ills notice by the proceedings of the Congress of
Brussels, over which he presided last year; and he expressed his convic¬
tion that it would remove all the substantial objections of those who now
Suffered from the effects of the present system. He did not propose to
abolish the existing Bankruptcy Courts, but to extend the powers which
they now possessed to County Courts, leaving it optioual with bankrupts
to go to one or tlic other, as they might think fit. He also proposed to
give to the Judges the power of Imprisoning fraudulent bankrupts—a
power which was now possessed by the insolvent Commissioners,
although it' was often improperly exercised, since he found by returns
that, or the'whole number of insolvent debtors, two-thirds were dis¬
charged without opposition; and lie bad received statements from
gaolors. in various parts of the country, ns to the irreparable injury that
was often done to debtors by their undeserved imprisonment.—Lord
Stanley of Alderi.ey. upon the part of the Government, did not
oppose the introduction of the bill; although he thought It ought not to
go through Its subsequent stages at present, inasmuch ns there was to be
a bill brought before the other House to consolidate and amend the whole
law of bankruptcy and Insolvency. . . ,
After n few remarks from Lord Campbell, Loro Wenslcydxle, ana
others, the bill was read a first time, and the House adjourned.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Thursday.
New Member.—M ajor Gavin took the oaths and his scat, for
Limerick, in the room of Mr. Serjeant O’Brien, promoted to a Judgeship
in the Court of Queen’s Bench in Ireland. .......
The Charity Commission - Mr. IIopwoop Asked whether it was the
intention of Government to take any steps for e» argmg the powers of
the Charity Commissioners, with the view of simplify mg the proceedings
between them and the Court of Chancery ?—Mr. Baines said that such
measures were in progress. __ , , ,
Army Medical Department.-M r. Grogan asked when the war¬
rant in reference to the medical department of the army, iu accordance
v iili the recommendation of tlic Committee, would be issued Sir J.
Bamsden said it would be produced in a day or two.
General Windham at CAWNPOHE.-jn answer to Genera! Cod-
rinetou. Lord Falmehstos sold he thought a communication had been
received by the Kart India Company, but there vims no direct communiea-
isam oi an omme. ad inquuj imv —*
progTws. but he believed It would be found that General Vi mdham had
dlspjajcd that braver)’ which on other occasions he trad exhibited.
THE GOVERNMENT OP INDIA UTLt.
At the request of Lord Palmerston, all the members who had notices
on the paper postponed or withdrew them, in order that the adjourned
debate cn tlic Government of India BUI might be resumed.
Colonel Sykes resumed the discussion, lie said that for some years
he hnd hern a director of the East India Company, and had been 30 onct,
opposed to his colleagues that he was supposed _to belong tsthn Opposi-
t ion benches lie did not. therefore, come forward as the apologist ot the
East India Company, whose administration, however, lie thought had
bin productive of most beneficial results. After renewing the speeches
delivered by various members of the Government, he contended tnat the
vast’increase of imports with India, and the consequent increase of
labour" were striking facts in ftvour of the beneficial administration of
thcConoiany. tic concluded a speech of more than two hours duration
by calling upon the House to rcject.a, measure which was unjust to the
East India Company, dangerous to the constitutional liberties of the
country, and fraught with peril to the continuance of our Indian Empire.
Sir C. Wood repudiated the notion that danger would follow from the
proposed change; which, on the contrary, he maintained, would work
most beneficially, since the substitution of direct government in the name
of the Crown must necessarily command more respect in India than the
nominal sovereignty of the East India Company ; and the abolition of tiie
double form of government would prevent the recurrence of many of those
delays which had hitherto been so often found prejudicial when dealing
with important matters. Another great advantage would result from the
change in a military point of view. It would be necessary to maintain a
far larger European force than hitherto; and as that force would, under
the bill, be composed entirely of Queen's troop?, all those rivalries and
jealousies which had bo long prevailed between the officers of the Queen
and those of the Company would be put an end to. As to the amend¬
ment, it was only n plea for time; and, as the same plea had been urged
against legislation in 1863, it was not entitled to weigh much with the
House.
Mr. Willoughby opposed the motion, and was followed by Mr.
Campbell in its support.
Sir E. L. B. Lytton deuounced the bill as audacious, incomplete, and
unconsidered. 1 1 would abolish the preaeut responsible system of govern¬
ment, to substitute a government by irresponsible nominees of the
Ministers. It would confide the functions of government to a council
absurdly deficient in the number Of its members; and, despite all the
declarations made by Ministers to the contrary, it would enormously
Increase the amount of Ministerial patronage, lie energetically defended
the administration of the Company, denied that it had failed at any one
point in connection with the mutinies, and censured the Ministry for
igiominiously dismissing t hem without cause or trial. India had been
won by the valour and intellect of the middle classes; and it was for that
House to say that it should not be lost by official imbecility and mili¬
tary corruption.
Lord J. Bussell argued that the adoption of the amendment would
only hang up the whole--..question in suspense for another year, and he
therefore supported the motion, as the question, having beeu fairly raised,
ought to be settled as soon as possible. He thought, moreover, tliat there
were grave defects in the constitution of the Company, aad that the exer¬
cise of authority in the name off the Queen would be a change of great and
permanent advantage.
Mr. Disraeli, although he hnd long been of opinion that the direct
use of the name of the Crown In the government of India would be pro¬
ductive of great benefit, was fully convinced that the measure now pro¬
duced would have a precisely contrary effect, for it would completely dis¬
turb the financial relations between England and India, where there waa
now a chronic deficit of two millions and a half, which in
future would mort likely bn increased to four millions, and
he w ould not take seven millions for the deficit which the Chancellor of
the Exchequer would announce in the finances of the country within a
month if the bill were passed.
Lord Palmerston having replied, and Mr. Newdegate said a few
words, the House divided—
For the motion .. .. .318
For the amendment. ..173
Majority.145
Leave was therefore given to bring in the bill, and the House adjourned.
HOUSE OF LORDS.— Friday.
Sepoy Education.—T lic Earl of Ellen borough moved for the pro¬
duction of a rc]>ort which had been presented to Government uooii the
subject of the education of the sepoys, contending that, from what lie had
seen of it, the mutiny seemed to nave been caused by the religious educa¬
tion given to those troops.—After a brief conversation the motion was
agreed to.
The Havelock Annuities Bill was read a second time.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Friday.
Mr. Koebuck gave notice that he should on Monday next present a
petition charging Mr. I. Butt, a member of that House, with a breach of
its privileges, and move for a Committee to examine its allegations.
CONSPIRACY TO MURDER BILL.
Lord Palmerston, in moving the second reading of this bill, sail that
gn at pains had been taken to diffuse the notion that this was an alien
bill; but that impression was totally unfounded, and utterly opposed to
the nature of the bill. It. gave to the Government no arbitrary power, and
it contained no enactments applicable to aliens which were not equally
applicable to nil her Majesty’s subjects. They could not deny that that
which led her Majesty’s Government to look into the condition of the law
relating to conspiracies to murder was the calamitous event which re¬
cently happened in France. They found that in England conspiracy for
the commission of murder was almost unknown, and that, therefore, no
special law had Locn framed to meet that ofl'eace. The erimo of con¬
spiracy to commit murder was only punishable in the same manner an
conspiring lo do any other wrong net. No doubt a conspiracy was hatched
in this country to murder, nud the Government thought that the English
law affixed too light a punishment to such a serious crime. The bill now
proposed was of general application—not pointing anything particular
agrunst aliens, but placing them on the same footing as her Majesty’s
subjects. It gave no powers of expulsion, and there was nothing in it
which would interfere with that hospitality with which England had
always been guided with regard to the hospitality It had shown to
foreigners.
Mr. M. Gibson moved the following by way of amendment to the
motion for the second reading—“That this House hears with much
concern that it is alleged that recent attempts upon the life of the Em¬
peror of the French have been devised iu England, and expresses its de¬
testation of such guilty enterprises; that this House is ready at all times
to assist in remedying any defects in the criminal law which, after due
investigation, are* proved to exist; yet it cannot hut regret that her
Majesty's Government, previously to inviting the House to amend the
law of conspiracy at the present time, had not felt it to be their duty to
make some reply to the important despatch received from the French Go¬
vernment, dated Paris, January 20tn, 1858, and which had been laid
before Parliament.’’ His object was not to provoke any angry contro¬
versy betw een the Parliament of this country and the French nation. He
highly valued the French alliance, and thought tliat nothing would com¬
pensate for the loss of a permanent and friendly understanding between
the two countries. The law of conspiracy, as it stood, was sufficient to
meet all cases.
Mr. Baines defended the provisions of the bill as being not only
necessary for the amendment of a defective law, but also of a strictly con¬
stitutional character, and called upon the House to reject the amendment.
Mr. Walpole had supported the introduction of the bill, and was pre¬
pared to vote for its sreond reading, but he insisted that the Executive
Government had neglected its duty in not vindicating the honour of the
country. While, therefore, he concurred in the principle of the bill, he
must also concur in supporting a resolution which asserted that national
honour which the Executive Government had neglected to vindicate, for.
until some vindication of the national honour was put upon record, he
believed It to be the general demand of the country tliat no ftirther steps
should be taken with the bill. .,
>ir G. Grey supported the original motion, and said that a most ex¬
plicit declaration had been made to the French Ambassador tliat no inter-
jerc-nce would be made with the right of asylum or the residence of
refugees, and that, therefore, the House ought fo be satisfied and negative
the amendment. „ 4 . , ....
Sir. M Maiion contended for the sufficiency of tiie law as it stood
Mr. Bang supported the amendment, and Hr. Spooner the motion.
Lord H. Vane regretted that her 3Iojcsty’s Ministers, wide intimating
their willingness to consider the demand made in Count A\ alcwauri'a
despatch, did not place on record a proper protest against the charger
which it contained. 4 . „ , . ...
Mr. Bintjnck said the object of the amendment was to throw the
House on n wrong scent, and he urged that the bill should be eanakkrea
cn its own merits, without reference to Fount Walewski’s despatch or
oilier extraneous matters.
Sir II. Peel orguedithat the law wonid now meet all proper require¬
ments, and 11ml no change coal 1 be made which would prevent the abuse
by individuals of that right ol’ asylum which there was no intention of
' Mi^Henley abo supported the amendment, lxrause he found it im¬
possible to say that an answer ought not to have beeu given U> Count
Walewfki’ft despatch. „ .._.
The Lord Advocate contended that the resolution was no amendment
to the hill, and ought to have been considered separately.
Mr. Gladstone, in a most able speech, protested ngaunt being ca-jed
upon to Icgi-late upon the re-form of the English crirnmal Law under
menace and threats from a foreign potentate; and supported the amend¬
ment as a means of righting the House and retrieving the honour of the
country. With regard to the bill itself, lie entertAlnra iusupcmblc objec-
' Tktf’Arrons ey-Gexi:bai. s.,id bo find blnucir iwKnmended Hi.' bill to
the Government, in pure British ft cling, to n “ ie
before lie either saw or heard of Count Wik-wski s ucijiatrn.
Hr. Uisbaei I held t)Hi conduct of thet.overnmcnt in not yet answering
tlic despatch to la: inexcusable, and there.ore supported the amendment.
Jx rd r a t :i phi-ton, in reply, asked the llouse to rqicot the amendment
which rested (lone upon the miserable ground ot an unanswered deepat li
which urtthe* was, nor was intended lo be an insult to tb s roue,try.
Ihe llouse then divided, when the numheTS were—
I-'or the amendment.* »• •• '•
Against it . 215
Matority against (Jovermnent .. .. .. >9
The announcement ,.as rcceircd with loud chEefi'ig, and toe House
then adjourned.
184—Feb. 20, 1358. 1
fFim. 20,1858.-185
T HE ILL UStdL LONDON NEWS
186
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Feb. 20, 1858
TOE BOYAL BBIDAL TOUR.—THE ARRIVAL AT
ANTWERP.
"Wr. have already described this very interesting: scone of tlio Boyal
progress. The following: aro somewhat fuller details
Tbo fixing of the irons at Fort Lillo, nine miles below Antwerp,
precisely at three o'clock on Wednesday, the 3rd, was. the first signal
of tho approach of the lloyal squadron. After passing that station,
which marks the frontier lme between. Belgium, and Holland,
the Boyal travellers behold on either side nothing but a flat
expanse of land, brown, hare, and marshy, and .intersected
in ell directions by muddy and stagnant canals. Plantations border
the horizon in the distance, but nearer the river one solitary oak
stands, the sole representative of his tribe over a large tract of country.
At length tho tower of the Cathedral of Antwerp was seen lifting its
beautiful and delicate form into tho sky, and, as the flotilla rounded
bend after bend of the river, the spires of the magnificent churches
which embellish the city came one by one into view. The
squadron was Eolnted by Fort du Nord, the. guns of which
were just visible above the earthworks, and, amid tho noise and
smoke thus occasioned, the Boyal yachts passed the heavily-armed
batteries on the south bank of the Scheldt, the entrance to tho new
docks, and the double lino of fortifications. A few more turns of tho
paddle-wheels, and they glide majestically into a scene of singular
beauty. A 3 far as the eye can reach, the^nver, hero as broad and as
deep as tho Thames at Greenwich, fliws in a straight line, its bosom
nnvexed by tho stroke of a single oar. Along tho left bank ie .agreon
dike, eo high that it almost conceals the landscape, behind it, ter¬
minating in tho fortified point known as tho Tote da Flan dr e. But on
the right hank me seen a beries of magnificent quays, more thau ft mile
in length, planted with a double row of trees, and lined by handsome
edifices. (Seethe large Illustration at pages 1ST, 18-3.1 They are crowded
with people, some of them wearing costumes of tho moat quaint da-
sci iption, and from the windows ol many of the houses are flying th 8 flags
of England, Prussia, and Belgium. Only a few vessels, chiefly small
river steamers, are lying alongside the quays, hut the basins at the
bottom of the town are well filled with shipping, gaily dressed in the
brightest colours. Tho Victoria and Albert, with the Prussian flag at
the main and the union-jock at the fore, and decorated in the most
tasteful manner, mo; cd slowly up amid the shouts of the spectators.
She anchored in the centre of the river, nearly opposite the Porte do
l'Eseout, and wub saluted by the guns of tho citadel and by those of
tho Tv*co de Flandre. The Fairy passed between the Victoria and
Albert and the quay, and dropped her anchor a little further up the
river. Her example was followed by tho Osbirne and the Vivid. The
Curc^ca also rtearetd up in the same direction, but before taking up
lier position bv the side of her tiny consorts she returned the salute
of the oitadci with, two broadsides, which seemed almost to Bhake
tho earth.
THE ARRIVAL AT POTSDAM.
. Berlin, February 6.
Thf. weather was cold, with a cloudy sky, and a slight thaw added
nothing to tho pleasure of walking; but nothing could chill tho warm
hearts of these who gathered in many thousands to welcome Prince
Frederick "William and his hrido.
The railwuy station, gay with evergreens, flowers, and flags, was
but the entrance to a vista, half a mile in length, leading ovor the bridge
to the Palace, on either side of which were arches of evergreens,
flowers, and flags, with occasional wreaths and arches across tho road.
Hundieds of swans were congregated on the river, their graceful forms
and white plumage adding considerably to tho ensemble. Every house
was tastefully and gaily decorated, every available spot from which tho
procession could he seen—even to the dome and upper gallery of St.
Nicolai—occupied, and the streets were thronged with anxious crowds.
The various trades, with banners and finely-executed models and
emblems, from an early hour paraded tho streets—their bands playing
enlivening airs, and, as the time of expected arrival approached, took
•up their petitions on either side of the route from the station to the
ralacc-gate. At about half-past three o’clock the booming of cannon
announced that the Boyal train was in eight, and thon commenced
that indescribable hum and motion in the crowd so expressive of
anxious expectation. Soon after an oido-de-camp gallops along the
line, and military music, and cheers—at first indistinct, but gradually
swelling into mighty 6 houts of joy—herald the cortege.
The procession, after passing over the bridge and through tho prin¬
cipal streets, wound round the oj>en epaoa Between St. Nicolai and
the Palace, and at this moment formed an imposing spectacle.
The Hussars, in bright scarlet uniform, headed the long lino, escort¬
ing three Bojnl carriages. Then—fit escort for a bridal—came the
Boyal Guard, their white uniform and gold helmets crowned with
silver eagles, harmonising with the blue and silver of tho state livorios
attached to tho carriage containing the Prince and Princess, another
squadron bringing up the rear. Nothing could exceed the enthu¬
siasm of the people, or tho heartiness of the welcome, and every
Englishman present must have felt his heart thrill with delight and
satisfaction.
The cortege had scarcely entered the courtyard of tho Palace when
the crowd escerly made its way round to that Bide of tho building
containing the state apartments. Very soon tho whole space was
covered with a mass of human beings, and cheer after cheer ascended,
till the Trince, opening a window, led tho Princess Boyal forward, and
the Boyal pair how ed their acknowledgments. (See the Engraving upon
the front page.) _
BIBD’S-EYE VIEW OF BERLIN.
The largo Illustration at page 180 is a general view of the city of
Berlin, which has jnst been the scene of the festivities in honour of
the marriage of the Prince and Princess Frederick William. The
situation of the capital of Prussia, in the midBt of a dreary plain of
tend, is uninteresting; bnt, where nature has done so little, art has
succeeded in producing one of the finest oitiea in Europe. In the
front of tho view is the winding River Sjiree, and'its principal bridges.
On the left is the Royal Schloss, or Ring's Palace; and the large
eolonneded end domed building on the right is the Arsenal: it is
one cf the fiicst buildings in the city, a distinction highly cha-
recterietio of to military a people as the Prussians. The buildings,
it will be perceived, are not laid out entirely in long continuous
streets, but are also broken up into squares and blocks; and the
monotony of their architecture is effectively relieved by treos. But
the glory of the city in this way is the street named "Unfcer den
linden,” from u double avenue of lime-tiees whioh form a shady walk
in its centre, while on each side of it runs a carriage road. This is
the principal promenade in the oity. Tho view’ along it is
terminated by the Brandenburg Gate, copied from tho Propybeum
at Athene. The passing of the procession of the Prince and Princess
Frederick William through this noble street had a remarkably fine
effect. _
Repeal of the Paper-doty.—O u Wednesday evening a
densely-crowded meeting was held in the Free-trade Hall. Manchester, to
hear addresses from Mr. Gibson, M.P., the president, and Dr. John Watts,
sub-treasurer; of the Society for Promoting the Repeal of the Taxes upon
Knowledge. Nr. George Wilson was in tnc chair. 3tr. Milner Gibson,
in the course ol his address, said, what the society desired to do waa to
repeal the Paper-duty wholly and entirely, and to take the exciseman’s
band altogether from tho press of the country. The right hon. gentle¬
man, having gone fully into the subject, said, in conclusion I must
say that I snail not rest until I have exerted all the means that in me lie
to bring about the final accomplishment of what I believe will be a great
public boon—tlie totAl and unconditional repeal of the Paper-duty.” Dr.
Watts thon addressed the meeting at length, going into all the proofs of
the injurious and abfurd operations cf the tax. A petition to Parliament
praying for the abolition or tho Paper-duty waa unanimously carried.
The iBisn Vice royalty. —Tho Dublin Corporation met on
Saturday to take action against Mr. Roebuck's proposed measure to
abolish the Irish Yiceroyalty. They passed a resolution strongly con¬
demning the proposal, and adopted a petition to Parliament.-A public
meeting was helu on Monday m Dublin to oppose the abolition of the
office cf Viceroy. Lord Howth proposed the first resolution, to the effect
that Mr. Roebuck’s motion, coupled with Mr. Uorsmau's attack on the
office of Viceroy, made it a duty on the part of the meeting to resist by
all constitutional means a proposal to insult the Irish people, and to com¬
promise the interests of the Crown itself Colonel Taylor seconded the
resolution, which, with others of a similar tenor, was adopted.
At the Lancaster Assizf.s. on Thursday, Thomas Monk, a
Burgeon of Preston who had been made a councillor, an alderman, mayor,
and magistrate for hlk native town, and deputy lieutenant of the county',
was found guilty of forging a will, purporting to be that of one of Ills
patients, a Mr. Turner, ana was sentenced to penal servitude for life.
South Northamptonshire Election.—T he nomination took
place on Monday. Lord ITcnley (Liberal) and Colonel Cartwiight (Conserva¬
tive) being the rival candidates. So noisy were the proceedings that neither
candidate could obtain a satisfactory hearing; the show of hands, how¬
ever, was in favour of Lord Henley. The pulling took place ou Thursday
▼hen Colonel Cartwright was returned by a majority of 85.
TEE COURT.
His Roval Highness the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha took leave
of hit? illustrious relatives on the llthinst.. and returned to the Continent
On 8unday the Queen, the Prince Consort, the Prince of W ales, the
Princess Alice, the Princcas Helena, the Duchess of Kent, the ladies aud
gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine
service in the chapel ol Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and \ cry Her.
the Dean of Windsor officiated. „ , , _ . .
O 11 Monday the Queen received a visit from the Duchess or Kent, who
dined with licr Maieaty in the evening. The Prince of Wales, the
Hanoverian Minister, the Danish Minister, the Karl and Countess bUu-
Jiope, Lord and Lady Colchester. Lon! and Lady Stanley of Ajdcrioy,
Lord and Lady Ov erst on e. and Colonel Sir Henry Storks had the honour
of joining the Boyal dinner circle. fit „ „ . _
On Tuesday the Queen ami the Prince Consort, with the Prince of
Wales and the Princess Alice inspected Battersea Park and the new
bridge. In the evening her Majesty and his Royal Highness, with the
Princess Alice, honoured the performance at her Majesty's Theatre with
their presence. . . , . .
On Wednesday the Qncen had a dinner party. The company included
the Duchess or Kent, Prince Victor of Hoheulohe, viscount and
Viscountess Palmerston, and Colonel the Don. R, Bruce ami Mrs. Bruce.
On Friday her Majesty received the address of the two Houses of
Convocation.
The Court is expected to leave town for Osborne early in the ensuing
week. _
TI1IS LEVEE.
The Queen held a Levee—the first this season—on Thursday afternoon in
St. James’s Palace. «
Ilcr Majesty and the Prince Consort, nttended by the Ladies and Gen¬
tlemen in'Waiting, arrived from Buckiuelmni Palace at St. James's, and
were received by the gTOat officers of Stale.
Previously <0 the Levee Enrl Spencer lmd an audience or the Queen,
and delivered to her Majesty the ensigns of the Order of the Garter worn
by his father, the late Karl. Captain C. Cod ring ton Forsyth. R N . had
also an audience, and delivered to her Majesty a Chinese flag from Fat¬
shan, on his promotion and return from Chino.
Hie Queen wore a train of maroon velvet, trimmed with grebe; a petti¬
coat or white satin, trimmed with lace and white satin ribbon. Her
Majesty wore a circlet cf diamonds on her bead.
The foreign Ambassadors and Ministers were first introduced, and then
followed the general circle, in which a great many presentations took place.
The Queen and the Prince Consort returned to Buckingham Palace ufter
the Levee.
Her Majesty will hold levees at St James’s Palace on
Wednesday, March 10 , and on Wednesday. March 17, at two o’clock.
His Excellency Rear-Admiral Van Dockuni, the newly-appointed
Danish Minister at this Court, has taken a mansion in Lowndes-squ&re,
where the business of the Legation Will in future be conducted.
His Excellency the Brazilian Minister has left town lor the
Continent, and will remain absent during the next two months for the
benefit of his health.
The marriage of Miss Amon and tho Hon. Colonel Ctsrzon,
younger son of Earl Howe, took place on Monday last at Repton, in
Derbyshire.
FAREWELL DINNER TO DB. LIVINGSTONE.
A grand banquet was given on Saturday last to Dr. Livingstone by the
members and friends of the Geographical Society, previous to the de¬
parture of the missionary traveller to occupy his post of British Consul
to the Portuguese settlements in Southern Africa, to which he has recently
been appointed by her Majesty.
The banquet was presided over by Sir Roderick Murchison, the Pre¬
sident of tlie Geographical Society, who was supported on the right by
Dr. Livingstone, and on the left by the Duke of Argyll.
Sir Roderick Murchison announced to the meeting the gratifying fact
that on that day Dr. Livingstone bad been honoured with an interview
by the Queen, who bad heartily wished him •* God speed.” Sir Roderick,
in proposing “ Success to the expedition,” expressed his confident belief
that it would realise the great and beneficent objects for which it was
undertaken. /
Dr. Livingstone, who, in responding to the toast, was deeply affected by
the hearty welcome lie received* spoke with modesty of his exertions in
Afrira, saying that any Success which might have nttended his efforts to
open up that country rested upon his entering into tho feelings and the
wishes of the people of the interior. He expressed his gratification
that Captain Bedingficld, and many gentlemen experienced in geology, in
botany, m art. and in photography, were to be associated with him in his
expedition; and said that, though he did not hope for any speedy result
from the expedition, he was sanguine as to its ultimate result. In con¬
clusion he thus referred to Mrs. Livingstone:—“ My wife will accompany
me in this expedition, and I believe will be most useful to me. She is
familinr with the languages of South Africa, she is able to work, she is
willing to endure, and she well knows that in that country one must put
one's hard to even thing. In the country to which I am about to proceed
flie knows that the wife must be the maid-of-all-work within while the
husband must be the jark-of-all-tradca without, and glad am I indeed tliat
I am to be accompanied by ray guardian angel”
The Doctor’s speech was received with frequent bursts of applause, and
at its close the company gave “Throe times three for Mrs. Livingstone;”
and that lady bowed fromthe gallery in acknowledgment of the compliment.
Many addresses were delivered, and the Duke of Argyll (referring to
sinister rumours to the effect that the Government was prepared to ac¬
quiesce in the slave-trading policy of France), speaking, ns fie said, “on
authority,” denied that on the question of the slave trade the view' of the
Cabinet bad undergone* any change.
Preferments and Appointments in the Church.— Arch-
di'aecvty: The Bev. J. Evans, Rural Dean, Vicar of Llanboldy, ami
Rector of Llanglwydwcn. Carmarthenshire, to Carmarthen. Camnry:
The Rev. J. H. Marsden, Rector of Great Oakley, Essex, to Manchester.
Rectory : The Rev. P. V. M. Filleul to Biddisham, Somerset. Vicarages:
The Rev. P. Freeman to Tliorverton, Devon ; Rev. J. H. Hext to King-
steignton, with Highweck, Devon. Chaplaincy: The Rev. J. St. John
Blunt to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Ranger of Windsor
Park. Perpetual Curacies: The Rev. A. Braddell to Leny, diocese of
Meath; Bev. H. R. Hughes to Penrhos-Lligwy, Anglesey. Curacies:
The Rev. P. H. Boisrier to Great Marlow, Bucks ; Rev. C. S. Guille to
Vc-ntror, Isle of Wight; Rev. J. E. C Husband to Chideock. Dorset;
Bev. F. Jourdain to St. Peter. Manchester ; Rev. S. W. Morton to Christ
Church. Nailpea, Somerset; Rev. W. Stone to Marshwood, Dorset; Rev.
F. N. Wethereli to Kiliuoon, diocese of Meath.
The Rev. Henry Christmas,M.A., Thursday evening lecturer
at St Peter’s, Comhill, 1 »»b commenced his usual course of Lent lectures.
Subject. “ Scenes in the Life of Christ being the third scries from that
inexhaustible source.
Sir James Melvill, having on the 3rd instant completed a
service of tiftv years, has, in fulfilment of an intention long sin'c
announced, retired from the office of Secretary to the East India Company.
Ellis’s Patent Eltjtbiator for Decanting Wine, &c.—
By means of this instrument a boltlcof wine is conveyed, unshaken, from
the bin, at once secured for uncorking, and, without further adjustment,
poured off bright. The mechanical appliance employed to support the
bottle as it is raised is the contact of an eccentric cam with a
sextant which is a true portion of a circle; the deviation In
diameter of the eccentric fs geometrically computed to offer just
so much resistance as is required to sustain tho bottle at any angle;
thus, in the act of tilting, the motion is rendered perfectly steady
and smooth, is under control, and as expeditious as possible. Friction
in this simple mechanism being scarcely any. or, if any. always compen¬
sated, there is no liability of Its disarrangement. T he sextant may be
depressed in the least degree (to stop the flow), or released when the
operation of decanting is completed, by pressing back the cam from the
surface of the sextant.
Manchester has just held a meeting on the Oxford Middle Class
Examination scheme. Eighty-one candidates arc already prepared -to
come forward in that city, and a resolution was passed inviting the Uni¬
versity to send dow n examiners.
"Death of Womb well’s Elephant “Chubby.”—A bout
three months ago a large tumour weighing 4 lb. waa removed from
“Chubby s ” right side. The wound appears to have been healed pre¬
maturely, far since that time the animal was never well, nnd continued to
lore fieri) almost daily. On Wednesday week the collection travelled from
Esrington -lane to Hartlepool, a distance of about fifteen miles. “Chubby ”
and his ft)iow-companion travelled under u covered van, nnd as they were
entering the town •• Chubby” fell to the ground from exhaustion. Great
efforts were made to raise him, nnd large quantities of stimulants were
given hint. But all was of no avail, and after about two hours poor
“Chubby” breathed his last. His companion was taken out of the van,
and walked through the streets to the market-place. He was then rawed
from the ground on to the talse floor of the van, and dragged into the
town. He was about twenty years old, and weighed nearly live tons.
A Novel Idea.—M r. Howard Paul has made application to
give his musical entertainment “Patchwork” on board tue Leviathan
steamer during her trial trip, which, it Is hoped, will take place about the
latter part of August.
METROPOLITAN TOLL REFORM.
A petition on this important mibjoct from tho “ traders aud resi¬
dents ” of tho northern districts of the metropolis has been presented
to tho House of Commons by Mr. Buncombe. The petition gives a
full detail of tho evils of the system; and, after pointing out tho in¬
convenience resulting to the public genorully from this method of
raising the money necessary for repairing tho roads (“ the tell-ga:eB
round London being fixed in situations tho most inconvenient and
vexatious to travellers”), aud showing, among tho many gross ano¬
malies of tho present scheme, how especially burdensome it is to the
northern suburbs, concludes by praying for “ the abolition of all turn¬
pike gates, tolls, and bars, within a six-milo radius of Charing-cross,
and that in future U 10 sums requisite for road ropairs may bo raised
by ft lees offensive mode than turnpikes near tho metropolis.” As one
proof, among many, ot tho unequal incidence of these taxes on transit,
it may be slated that in tho parish of Islington there are twelve toll-
S .tos, twenty toll burs, and niue different tariffs of toll; whilst in
elprravia and some other districts there is scarcely a toll to be found.
The Morning Advertiser, commenting on this petition, has the fol¬
lowing judicious remarks:—
Tlie Toll Reform Association is pursuing its labours in a manner which
entitles it to the confidence nnd support of the public. As the subject i*
again to be submitted to the notice of the House of Commons, we beg to
bespeak in its favour the consideration offronoiimble members, as it is ono
cfviry great practical irai)ortance. GentlciiK:n who, not sail tiled with a
canter along Rotten-row. ride or drive into the environs of the metropolis,
have some practical aeqiiaiutanee With the annoyauee arising from the
interruption of egress from London in /every direction they may wish
to travel, and they may easily imagine the greater inconvenience expe¬
rienced by the trading and humbler classes, who cannot pass through
our hecatompolis without being victimised by the inexorable toll-l'ariner
or his deputy. ./Y^—i
Let it be'noticed that the gates of London amount to 117, and that,
Ike mileage being 123 miles, there is an obstruction to nearly every mile
of tin's vari area; and that within four miles of C haring-oroes the gates
and bars ore now being 16 more than the whole trust in 1830. The
only plea for our being thus pent up, and hedged about in every direction,
is the pha oLnecesrity, which, however, cannot be applied in this case.
It is not necessary to extract from the pockets of the travelling public
the large sums of which they arc mulcted. Tho petition states that the
Commissioners have for many years been in the habit of raising, at least
in ono Of our districts, more tolls than are necessary for the repair of the
reads in that district We refer to the district of Islington ana Camden-
town, the traders and residents in which make out a grievance that ought
to be heard nnd redressed. For this district the petitioners state that
the Commissioners have done nothing in the way of removal of toll-bars
until last year, when the tariff was reduced one-third, although the tolls
collected amount to two thousand a year more thau is required for keeping
the roads in repair.
\Yc hope that the Government will not give the Toll Reform Associa¬
tion any opposition, or cause any lengthened delay in securiug an object
which,/b^ing recommended by its justice and practical utility, cannot fail
to receive all the popular support necessary to Its final triumph.
DR. CHARLES MACKAY IN AMERICA.
This distinguished song-writer is now giving a course of lectures in
the chief towns of the United States. We have recorded his success
at Boston, at New York, and elsewhere. The Cincinnati Daily Com¬
mercial of January 20 lias the following account of the reception of
the poet-lecturer at Cincinnati on the previous evening:—
Dr. Mackay gave his lecture on “Poetry and Song”—being the first
lecture of the second series of wiuter lectures of the Young Men's Mer¬
cantile Library Association—last evening (Tuesday, Jan. I0i. before one of
the most numerous and one of the most distinguished audiences that ever
convened in Smith and Nixon’s Hail. The spacious room was absolutely
full, ard the spectacle presented by the mass of eager auditors of both
sexes was good to behold. The stage was occupied by numerous eminent
citizens, consisting ol venerable pioneers, the three distinguished Judges
of the Superior Court, two Judges of Common Pleas, and some dozen
ex-Preridcnts of the Young Men’s Mercantile Library Association.
Mr. Mackey was presented at half-past seven o’clock, and his lecture
occupied about an hour. It was a great success. The composition gave
universal pleasure, nnd vindicated the title of the lecturer to the distinc¬
tion of an accomplished judge of lyric poetry. His manner of treating
his topic displayed the supremacy of true poetry, and it was beautifully
suggested by him, in treating of Song, that “ It came to men like the
cheering voice of a friend, gladdening them in their daily toils, and, like
the wayside flower, sheds its grateful fragrance upon the heart of the
humblest, as well as the mightiest, in its sweet sympathies.”
After giving some of the most striking points of Dr. Mackay’a
lecture on ‘ Poetry and Song” (a summary of which has appeared in
the Illustrated London News), the Cincinnati Daily Commercial
thus concludes:—
At tlie dose of the lecture, which was frequently and warmly applauded.
Dr. Mackay charmed the audience with *a perfect little gem of poesy,
“The Primrose,” which he prefaced by relating the following beautiful
incident which was the inspirator of hu musicThere are no primroses
in Australia. One was carefully inclosed in n glass case and taken from
tlie mother country to Melbourne, its arrival was announced by a single
paragraph in a newspaper. The people thronged to sec it in the harbour
In such multitudes that it became necessary to call the police to preserve
order. It was afterwards conveyed to the shore, where it was followed in
gay procession by the people It was then deposited in a store, fresh,
thrifty, and luxuriant, where it was visited by thousands upon
thousands.” “I read it,” said the lecturer, “in New England, where
they have no primroses. I don’t know whether you have any in Ohio.”
He also read an exquisite little song, “The Seasons.” Both poem and
song were applauded to the echo.
Dod’s Parliamentary Companion for 1858.—This very useful
manual, in Its twenty-sixth year, has just appeared. The requisite changes
have been made with the editor's usual vigilance: and they are important,
as the following resume* showsThe result of election petitions has been
to displace several members who were returned at tlie general election :
this, with other causes, has ejected more than thirty members from the
House of Commons since tlie dissolution of Parliament The population
and registered electors of every county and borough have been
inserted from the last returns for 1857. Members’ votes in favour of
the admission of Jews to Parliament, and their votes against the
Chinese war, have also been recorded against each title; as have also the
votes given against church rates, together with the votes of Conservatives
in favour of Lord Palmerston's policy in China, aud those of Liberals
against the Government. The cloee balance of parties has rendered in¬
creased vigilance necessary in recording the polities of each member. Ia
all possible cases the exact words of the member himself have been pre¬
ferred to any other statement of hie political opinions, and the entire work
has been revised from the first article to the last.
Something Historical.— The Rtvue de Pans being now sup¬
pressed, the Government publication, the Revue Contemporaine, has it all
its own way. The Moniteur of Tuesday quotes an article fr om its last
number, which culls from the decrees of the Star Chamber and other
judicial decisions in the worst times of English history instances of per¬
secution of tlie press which it holds up ns fit precedents to be followed in
France at. the present day. This official review tells the French public
that nt the end of the lost century English journalists were so habitually
in prison tliat they were commonly called inhabitants of Grub-street,
where the gaol was in which they were confined! A greAt deal has been
written at various times about Grab-Street, its poor authors, or its
journals, and its literary fame, but we have yet to learn that it had ever
been a prison-house I
Breaking up “Big Ben.’*—T he last scene ia the brief his¬
tory of this great bell of Westminster has just been enacted. The first
blow was given at half-past eleven on Wednesday morning, Mr. Taylor
nnd Mr. E. B. Denison, Q.C., attending in a kind of chief-mourner capa¬
city to see the deathblow given to tlie bell on which the latter gentleman
has bestowed so much patient care and time. A ball of iron 21 cwt was
hoisted to a height of about thirty feet, aud then suffered to fall on the
inside of “Ben's ” sound-bow, aud incontinently, with a crazy bellow, he
yielded up the ghost—two pieces, one of about a ton, and one of some 10
cwt. or 12 cwt., being knocked clean out of his side. A 11 inspection of
“ Ben’s ” metal showed thut what is technically termed speokiness pre¬
vailed almost throughout his entire Bub9tance to a considerable extent.
Western Dispensary for Diseases of the Skin.— The
sixth annual Court of Governors of this charity was held at the Dis¬
pensary, Charlotte-streel, Fitzroy-square, on Monday—the Rev. Canon
Dale in the choir. The report ol the committee stated tlmt there had been
8317 applications for relief during the past year—an excess of 1177 on
those of the previous year, and tliat the subscriptions had also increased,
but not in the same ratio. The practice of the dispensary had been open
to medical men, and several gentlemen of high professional standing, a
well as students, had occasionally attended. Thanks were accorded to the
committee of management, ana to Mr. Hunt, the surgeon to the dispen¬
sary, by whose skill aud industry it had been raised to its present useful
and promising position.
Surrey Archaeological Society.—S ir Henry Bawlinson,
the newly-elec ted member for Keigate, has accepted the office of Vicc-
lTesident of the Surrey Archaeological Society; and the Bishop of Win¬
chester has finally arranged that the summer congress of the society Shall
be held on Tuesday, the 13 th ol Juy, at FaroUam Falaoe.
Feb. 20, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
187
NOTES OE THE WEEK.
Details of the long-deferred attack upon Canton happily lack the
painful interest derivable from the fact that even success in a military
operation involves the loss of valuable lives, but the account will be
eagerly read, and the skill of our commander will be appreciated, by
those who nro capable of forming, from reading, a trutliful conception
of the scene described. Shot and shell have been expended with
scientific profusion, und Christian lives have been proportionately
saved. The attack was also made with as much humanity as was
compatible with the desired result, and the city itself was injured as
little as possible, the object, of coarse, being to reduce its defences.
Whether the street of Perpetual Joy altogether realises its
name just now, or the street of Love and Benevolence be
entirely the happy valley which its title imports, may be
questionable, but it is certain that the inhabitants were
exposed to no unnecessary destruction. Our own losses were
slight, and the heights commanding Canton were in the hands
of the victors before the old year closed. The narrative breaks off
provokingly short, but the next mail will probably tell of an uncon¬
ditional surrender of a place no longer tenable; and, should the obsti¬
nate Yeh continue to hold out, he will be in at least as much peril
from his own people as from ourselves. A post of honour was given
to the Trench, in consideration of their bringing but a small force into
the affair; and we doubt not that by this time letters have been
received in France nnnonnciug that the French took Canton, but ad¬
mitting that some English who were also engaged proved themselves
not unworthy imitators of the valour of them allies—at least, this
was the style of the Crimean Complete Letter-writer for France;
and we suppose that it may be said of the Gallic heroes that coelum,
non animani, mutant. And, ns Uncle Foozle remarks in the play,
“ After all, what docs it matter ? ”
The introduction of the bill for abolishing the double Government
in India has been the Parliamentary event since we last wrote, and
long discussions on that all-important topic have been the natural
consequences. Those who study the subject in earnest (and who
should not ?) will be satisfied with no cursory reference to the mea¬
sure ; but it may be well to say here that the grand features of the
bill are tho abolition of the Courts of Directors and Proprietors, and
the substitution of a Council of eight to govern India, under a Minister
of the Crown. The Council is to be named by the Sovereign, but must
be ohosen from Directors or from persons quolifiod by residence or
service in India to advise the President. The Indian army is trails •
ferred to the Queen of England. The arrangements in India itself
are left undisturbed. This, all detail omitted, is the Government bill,
and the Company oppose it, on the ground that no legislation is
necessary, and that such legislation is inexpedient. The contest is
narrowed to these issues.
It seems necessary, in the conflict of authority, to suspend our
judgment on General Windham. Sir Colin Campbell, who was re¬
ported to liave been incensed into noble wrath at the disaster
connected with Windham’s name, has mollified sufficiently to
write a special despatch, in which, in guarded fashion, certain
acknowledgments are mado to the General, and he is recommended to
a “protection” wliicli an officer who had done his duty would hardly
seem to need. The Duke of Cambridge, in the Lords, made a
eulogistic speech in reference to General Windham, but appeared to
travel out of any record that is before the public. Private corre¬
spondence alleges that the General lias not conducted himself with
modesty and discretion; and ono gathers that a certain part of the
officers from home are encouraged to set themselves up against tho
Indian service, and to give Sir Colin unnecessary trouble, because
they do not find tilings exactly to their tastes, or because he has no
leisure to instruct their ignorance, and employs men who are ready
made to his hand.
Much excitement prevails upon the subject of tho Conspiracy BUI,
and the supposed readiness of our Government to conform to Conti¬
nental practice in regard to the detection and conviction of persons
actively disaffected towavda foreign Sovereigns. Meetings on the
question have taken place, and though the spokesmen have not
included men of any particular weight with the country (rabid
contributors to a qolcmouclie newspaper, and lecturers who apper¬
tain to Piccadilly exhibitions, not being exactly the natural
leaders of tho people), they have coUected so many audi¬
tors, and received so much approbation, that it is evident how
much the public mind has been stirred. A great assemblage is
invited to Hyde Park to-morrow (Sunday), and, one way and another,
the Conspiracy BiU will be more widely discussed than its origin¬
ators calculated. The arrest of a refugee, called Barnard, wh6 Was
a friend of Orsini, and against whom as yet there is little legal
proof, whatever moral conviction we may liave of his approval of the
recent attempt, has given fresh stimulus to the agitation, though
Bernard is apprehended under no now law, and wiU be dealt wi!h
by a police magistrate in the ordinary manner.
Headers who are old enough to remember the name of Krudener
in connection with that of the late Emperor Alexander of Russia
may care to notice that the son of the lady whose prophetic ravings
and follies produced a vory indescribable effect upon the mi of the
Monarch has just died at an advanced age. A poet's rhyme often
preserves for ages a name that otherwise would pass away. Moore
concludes one of iris exquisite little political squibs—a narrative of a
dream—with the words:—
And Madame Krudener, the sho-proidict,
May make just what she pleases of it.
The banquet to which we adverted last week has been given to Dr.
Livingstone, who addressed the brilliant audience with his usual calm
good sense and earnestness, and depicted, in lively colours, tho real
practical benefits which he hoped to be the means of causing both to
Africa and to England, by aiding in opening up the River Zambesi.
The gallant traveller will soon be on his way, and a nobler crusade
ncainst slavery, cruelty, and ignorance, was never undertaken by a
•« vthier champion.
T’ ials of various hinds attract some interest. The directors of tiie
3 ■ i. rib Back are now arraigned before Lord Campbell; hut the army
< 1 counsel retained for the defendants renders it impossible that any
i * Iculation can be made as to tho endurance of the investigation. The
Chief Justice has requested that the journals will abstain from
comment until the case is over. The unfortunate jury of merchants
selected to try tho accused made n piteous appeal to have some
compensation for their great sacrifice of time; but from the
Judge’s intimation it would appear that, if they are kept from
their business for a fortnight, they must he content with
a guinea and the thought that they have served their country.
It is difficult to say how such cases can be dealt with.
It would he most objectionable to pay a juryman in such a
way that the office should he regarded as one to he songht for,
and it is equally objectionable to make it so onerous that the class
w hence jurors should be eclected evade that duty, and leave it to idle
folks. Theoretically, every man is concerned in promoting the duo
execution of justice; but practically the best men would rather per¬
mit justice to be administered by rough hands than be taken from
their own avocations for days and days together. Another trial of
interest is that of Conway and Ryan, the Irish priests, who so
flagrantly misconducted themselves in the Carlow election; and as we
have not the list of jurors, with their politics annexed, it is impassible
to say whether they will regard the conduct of the priests as that of
patriots or ruffians.
There is actually a fear lest the Mormon difficulty should cease to
he an American one, and be transferred to England. Elder “ Bigamy
Young” has, it is said, proposed to Mr. Buchanan that, if he will
take the Mormon improvements in Utah at a valuation, the flock,
50,000 strong, will evacuate the Union and settle in Canada. The
President, not unnaturally, is inclined to listen to this characteristic
and business-like proposal, for the Mormons are an enemy whom it
will he difficult and inglorious to conquer. But we imagine that
Canada will protest against being made a Paradise of fools and knaves.
MUSIC.
The success of “La Zingara” (“The Bohemian Girl”) at
Him Majesty’s Theatre has been sufficient to satisfy the most
eanguino expectations of the lessee and the composer. It has besu
given ovc-ry opera night since its production down to Tuesday night
inclusive, when the tlueen and the Prince Consort, with somo of the
younger members of the Royal family, honoured the theatre with their
presence. This, in addition to tho ohoioe of " The Rose of Oastilla ”
for one of the marriage festival entertainments, was a high compliment
to Mr. Bal/e and a just appreciation of the merits of a gifted English
musician. The house was os crowded, and the applause as warm, as
on tho night of the first performance.
Mr. Lumley is bringing his cheap season to a close. It is to
terminate on Saturday next, after a repetition of tho operas in which
Piccolomini and Giuglini have their most favourite parts—namely.
La 7'raiiata, Lucia di Lammcrmoor, LaFigliadelRiggimento, II Tromtore,
and La Zingara. Tho great success and profitable results of these choap
i ierformauces appear to have induced tho lessee to continue them much
onger than he had originally intended. It is natural to make hay
while the sun shines; and yet this course, in the present instance, is
not unattended with some degree of risk. By giving cheap per¬
formances during so large a portion of the season (for last season, too,
was terminated with a series of suoh performances) tho public
may bo induced to consider cheapness as the normal
state of things at Her Majesty’s Theatre, and may be little
disposed to submit to the old aristocratic prices for tho same en¬
tertainment. The only wav to avoid this consoquonco must bo. whan
tho scr son (properly eo called) begins, to improve very greatly the
quality of the performances. Not only must the company be
strengthened—for, though it is sufficient for the small round of operas
which have been given lately, vet it is inadequate to the exigences of
an extensive repertoire—but the orchestra, the chorus, and the mise
cu tecLc mutt be materially Improved. This, we trust. Mr. Lumley
is about to do; und, indeed, it is outrantly reported that we are to
have a new soprano and tenor, both of them stars of the first magni¬
tude ; though, it is added, difficulties stand in the way, in consequonoo
of” vested interests” in certain favourite characters claiiaed by the
present members of the company. We give this, however, as we have
it ourselves, only as one of the on dits of the hoar.
The new Covent- Garden Theatre makes rapid progress,
both externally and internally, towards completion; and the most
strenuous exertions, it is understood, are making to have it roadv to
be openod before tho end of May. Beyond this not a word is said as
to tho Royal Italian Opera arrangements on whioh any reliance oau be
placed.
Miss Arabella Goddard’s second performance of pianoforte
music, on Tuesday evening, gave a signal proof of the fact that the
Eoglieh puhiio fully appreciate excellence in the highest walks of art.
Her rooms were crowded to the very doors—many porsans, indeed,
being unable to get within them ; and this assemblage listened with
rapt attention to a series of pieces by the greatest masters—Bach,
Mozart, Dtissek, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn—all of tho most sovere
8nd classical kind, and received every movement with the warmest
expressions of delight Miss Goddavd does not employ the ordinary
means of attraction; she has no Bongs, no light and popular pieces;
she relies wholly on herself and on the lofty charuiter of the music
she performs, and the result chows how woll she is entitled to do se.
We have more than once 1 noticed the fact that the “ Elijah”
of Mendelssohn has become belter known to all classes of tho British
public, and taken a faster hold of their taste and sympathies, than any
oratorio whatever, with the singlo exception of " Tho Messiah.”
From a statement given by our contemporary, the Musical World, of
the dates of tiie performances of "Elijah” by the Sacred Harmonio
Society, from the firit production of the oratorio in 1S3T to the 12th of
the pre sent month of February, it appears that out of 190 concerts,
the number given by the society within that poriod, one half of the
whole were devoted to “ The Messiah ” and " Elijah”—“ Elijah ”
having been performed fifty, and “ The Messiah ” forty-dight, times.
At every performance of the ono oratorio, as well as of the other, the
hall is uniformly crowded to the doors.
The programme of General Reid’s Commemoration Con¬
cert at Edinburgh on Saturday last was of an attractive character.
It comprised solo and concerted pieces by tho Misses Pyno, Mr. Har¬
rison, Mr. St. Albyn, Mr. IL Brahum, and Mr. Wallworth; a con¬
certo of Beethoven and a fantasia of Thalberg by Miss Arabella God¬
dard; solos on the violin by Mr. C'arrodus, a young pet former of
rising reputation ; and orchestral pieces by an excellent band, under
tho direction of Mr. Allred Mellon. Many of our musical readers
ore nworo that General Reid was an old fanatic per la mo.dea, a
composer and flute-player, who bequeathed between iOO.OOO and
£70,090 to the University of Edinburgh; the object of the bequest
being (os the will expresely declares) the foundation of ft profossor-
eLip of music in the University. The fund became’ available twenty
years ago, and the choir was i-JUTi‘led; the professor’s salary, out of
the revenue of about ihreo thousand a year whioh accrued to the
University, having been fixod at three hundred; some. ullowauce
hting also made for the expenses of the annual concert which, by tho
terms of the will, must ho given in memory of tho testator.
Jut .lien bos returned to London, after a very successful tour in
the provinces. Ho had Grisi for his nrima donna. The illustrious
songstress has betaken herself to ballad-singing, and delighted the
pullio wherever sho went with the beauty, simplicity, and national
character with which she warbled our English, Scotch, and Irish f ajv.
During the last week of hc-r tour she was prevented by indisposition
from singing, and her place was supplied by Mudumo Kmiorssohn in
a manner which everywhere gave entire satisfaction.
Madame Clara Novello left London on Saturday last for
Italy, where she is to remain till the hoginning of our 1.rndon season.
THE THEATRES, frc.
Lyceum.— On Monday Mr. Roberts, the American tragedian,
made his first appearance at this theatre, in ” Othello.” iYo have
already described this actor's qualifications and disqualifitgitions. A
feeble physique, linked wiili un ambitious mind, must result in a com¬
parative failure, though numerous proofs^ wore giveu of intellectual
aptitude; and Mr. Roberts deserves credit as a very sensible aator.
Mr. Dillon, on the occasion, performed the character of and
prospered in it beyond expectation. He certainly contrived to present
un original portrait, which in coetume and bearing was more
thoroughly \ enetian then any previous layo we have witnessed.
There was a buoyancy in its mguory, and a soldier like &onfcoi».nic,
that were exceedingly fresh and vigorous. Altogether, we may place
this as decidedly oeo of the parts in Mr. Dillon’s repertoire whioh the
puhiio will occasionally desire to witness. On Thursday Miss Helen
Faucit appeared in the character of ImH;/ Macbith.
St. James’s. —Professor AViljalba Frikell still continues to sur¬
prise the fashionable public with his legerdemain, tho wouder of which
is increased by its not being assisted with any apparent machinery.
Frofeesor Frikell brings back tho old days of conjuring when tho best
feats were produced Dy manipulative skill. His adroitness is mar*
vellnus. Many distinguished visitors have recently honoured his
performances. Among those may bo mentioned the Siamese
Ambassadors and a numerous suite, the Persian Ambassador
and suite, the Duchess of Sutherland and family, the Duchess
of Argyll, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, the Duchess
of Manchester, the Marchioness of Stafford, the Marquis of Ailsa,
the Countess of Shaftesbury, the Earl asd Countess Spencer, the
Enrl of Lincoln, the Earl of Strathmoro, Countess Porsigny, Lord
Blantyro and family, Lady Jocelyn, Lord and Lady Ovemone
end party, Lady Chewton, Lord Godolphin, I^rd Burgherah, Lady
Eastlako, Lord Mothuen. Ladv Peel, Lord Chelsea, Lady Ann Bsokefct,
Lord Elcho, Lady Cfcarles Wellesley, Lady C. Egerton, Lady Boyne,
Lady Trelawny, tbe Countess Waldegrave, Lord Sefton, Lady
Shilley, Lord Do la Warr, Lady Raglan, Lord G. Lennox, Lora
Exmoulh. Lady Monerieflo, Lady Chan trey, Lady Hislop, Sir Archi¬
bald and Lady M'LeaD, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Baron Meyer do
Rothschild, Miss Burdett Coutts, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress
and family, and the Marquis of Aiiosbury.
Princess’. —On Wednesday next Mr. Charles Kean will revive
his higbly-succesaful impersonation of Louis XI.
Adelpih. —Gu Monday Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams renewed
tlieir engagement at this theatre. Two old pieces were acted—namely.
“The Fairy Cirole,” and “Latest from Now York;" with a new drama
entitled “ Yankee Courtship.” in which Mrs. Williams is exceedingly
omuting. This last piece is an eccentric farce, and provokes immense
merriment. Mrs. Williams, as Our Jemima, personates her aunt, ia
order to make a mercenary English ad von turer, named Mr. Auyustui
Go*, believe that Miss Jemima (so is aunty called) has not the property
of which ho is in pursuit. This is the scene in which all the items of
Yankee courtship are given—how to fill the pockets with gingerbread;
how to “munch apples togetherhow to be distantly shy; und how
to be gradually “ hitching onwith other whimsies of the same kind,
surpassingly ridiculous, as they are rendered by the inimitable
American actress, whose humour in such situations is irresistible.
Her song of “Kemo Kimo” was unboundedly applauded.
Mn. Ottley’s Lecture on Painting. —Mr. Ottley’s lecture
on painting at the French Gallery, 121, Pall-mall, on Thursday even¬
ing, was listened to with great interest by a numerous auditory, which
comprised several distinguished artists and cognoscenti. The dis¬
course comprised a complete review of Italian art. The illustrations
on the walls were sufficiently numerous and woll selected, so as to
afford on insight into the more important features of the various schools.
Mr, Ottley gives a lecture on engraving on Monday next, and a second
lecture ou painting, including all the remaining European schools, on
Thursday.
To-day llic remains of Larlache arc consigued to the tomb.
The funeral takes place at Paris, whither the body, after having been
embalm ed, has been brought, in order to be laid in the family vault at
Maieons sur-Seine, which he had built for his wife. The interment is
to be preceded by a great funeral service in tho Church of tho
Madeleine, attended by the chief literary and artistie celebrities in
Paris. His eldest son, Frederic Lablache, who has been for some time
in Paris, returns immediately after the funeral. Her Majesty has
shown her regard for the memory of her old vocal instructor by tho
kind expressions of regret and condolence addressed to his family.
NATIONAL SPOUTS.
The meetings at Lincoln and Nottingham have been principally
marked by the success of Wiudhound’s stock in both the two-year-
old races. Arminius had not, however, the double luck of Greenwich
Fair last year, as Snap, a filly from the Alvediston stud, who was
nowhere at Lincoln, and Dutchman’s Daughter, who persevered into
n sixth place, after a wretched start, both beat him cleverly with his
5lb. penalty. The form is, wo should fancy, rather moderate. Van-
dermculin. of whom his owner was so proud by anticipation in his
two-year old season, has come to something at last, although Gam¬
mon," who received 291b. for liis two years, and beat him a head, was
the veriest plater last year. Voltigeur’s chestnut half-sister
Martha, who was purchased for 360 guineas at the Royal sab of
1856, showed at Nottingham the speed which lias latterly so dis¬
tinguished this family, and never gave Odd Trick a chance at a mile;
but it must he remembered that the spring scale of weights is most
fearfully against the four-year-olds, who had here to give 31 lb.
in a mile. None of the celebrated brood mares have foaled yet,
with the exception of Blue Bonnet; and Pliryuc, who bus had no foal
these two seasons, is said to be at Lord of the Isles’ paddocks. The
cross is a most unusnal one, on account of the double strain of Touch¬
stone. William Day has, it is rumoured, purchased Itatan, who will
leave some rare young hunters behind him in Yorkshire; and Mr.
Koliert Johnson announces the sale of the RawcliiTe yearlings
(twenty-two colt6 and fifteen fillies) for April 13th. As yet there ure
no Newminsters in the lot.
Wigan (the sire of last year’s winner), and Hopmarket, almost the
only one of the triple-wTeathed Cerito's produce which has ever
shown any running, are to he sold ut Aldridge’s to-day (Saturday),
with some two dozen others.
The dinner to Mr. Fnrquharson was a most remnrkable demonstra¬
in Dorsetshire. In fact, gentlemen and fanners to araau resent the
annoyance which has been given him, heightened as it was by Lord
Portman’s strange attack on his huntsman, Treadwell, and the very
inopportune time, so shortly after a general election, which Mr. Digby
made choice of, to warn him off his covers. During the last niuetceu
seasons Mr. Furqubarson has hunted 2787 days, and killed 2638
foxes, besides accounting for 624 more. In one season the noses
numbered b7 brace, hut of late they have been much fewer, and even
Crnnbourae Chase has not held its own. Mi*. Morell is undergoing
constant annoyance by earths being wilfully left open, though this
plan is preferable to the South Berkshire custom of fox-killing. Ifc
is onlv a wonder how the latter hunt gets on at all.
And now for Leicestershire. Mr. Tailby’s hounds (who had their
run of the season on Feb. 4) met at Wiihcote on Tuesday; found at
Owston Wood, and had a good twenty minutes to ground: this was
followed by u good hour from Launde Wood, but with “no nose ” at
the end of it. However, on the Saturday previous they had two
splendid runs, and killed twice. The Duke’s had a rare forty
minutes’ on Fob. 11th. On Wednesday they found at Coston Court,
and had a pretty burst of fifteen minutes to Garthorpe, where the for
was coursed by some Eheep-dogs; and a second fox, from Stoke
Pasture, went to ground at the end of a mile. On the Saturday
previous these hounds found at IIolwcll Mouth, and drove him to
ground after a run in cover. They then found at the Old Mills, tlieir
fox making his point to Goodricke’s Gorse, and so on toward*
Mellon, and thou, turning short back to Goodricke’s Gorse, ran a
ring by Plymouth and Newport Lodges, and eventually went to ground
in theculvert in Lord AVilton’s park at Melton ; time, forty minutes.
A ring, steeplechase pace, for fifteen minutes, from Scalford^ Gorso
brought the next fox to hand, nnd after chopping ft fox in Clawson
Thorns they found another, which made its point by Whrtnaby Stone
Pits to Griinston Gorse, and was run into some miles beyond, lhree
notes went home to Belvoir. On Monday they had also three runs;
the last of them a remarkably good one from Sproxton Thorns.
The latest account we have of Lord Stamford's is up to r riday week,
when they had a second run of thirty-five minutes, clipping pace,
from Shoby Sclioles. With such a brilliant leash of liunksmen a*
Leicestershire now possesses Melton Mowbray ought to be fuller than
NOTTINGHAM SPRING MEETING.—Tuesday.
Trial Stakes.—Martha, 1. Odd Trick. %
Grand Stand Handicap.—'Terpsichore. 1. Pmm3tone,2
1 ,itt!c John Stakes.—Snap, I. The Dutchman 8 Daugter,
Nottingham Spring Handicap.— 1 Gammon, I. A aadun n ulin, 2.
Fnrk Slakes.—VToodmite, L FifTPafl. 2 .
WEDNESDAY.
Innkeepers’ Plate-Brartha. 1. Prince s Mixture, 3.
Forest Plate.—Yallcr Gal, 1. Silica, 2 .
Selling Stakes for All Ages.—Steeple, 1. Urisette, 2
Great Animal Hurdle Race.-Misa Harkaway, t. Border Chief. 2.
Hunt Cup--Little Wouder, 1. The Miller, a.
DERBY RACES— Thursday.
Harrington Rate.—Florence, \. Marauder. 2.
SMuSbSc Stakes-Snap. 1. Dutchman a Daughter. 2.
Hurdle Race.—Chester. l Lady Hercules. 2.
Midland Steeplechase.—OUlDoglrsy, l* Iow&t Quecib 2-
188
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Feb. 20, 1858
THE BERLIN MUNICI¬
PAL PRESENT TO THE
PRINCE AND PRINCESS
FREDERICK WILLIAM.
Tub Municipal Corporation of
Berlin has displayed as much
taste as liberality in the design
of their magnificent present to
the Royal pair. The gift con¬
sists of two silver candelabra
and & silver vase, 'he latter
mounted on a pediment sup¬
ported on three feet, and rest¬
ing on a silvor plate. The two
candelabra and the slab carry¬
ing the vase are arranged sym¬
metrically on a 6tand of ebony,
in such a manner that the vase
and the candelabra can be re¬
moved separately, and be used
as ornaments for the table.
The two candelabra contain a
dustrc of eight or ten lights
each, the central stem of each
consisting of figures omble*
mutio of art, industry, com¬
merce, &o., while the highest
pinnacles exhibit the figures
of Britannia and Borussia.
The entire height of these very
handsome branch candlesticks
is between seven and eight
feet.
The silver vase is about
four feet high: on the body is
represented in relief the festal
entry of tho Prince and
Princess into Berlin, some¬
what idealised, but containing
about seventy portraits, not
only of tho prominent mem¬
bers of the municipality, but
also of the present notabilities
of art and science in Berlin.
The vase stands on a silver
slab four inches thick and
thirty inches in diameter, on
which a plan of Berlin, as it
now is, is engraved, the outer
border surrounding it bearing
the emblazonries peculiar to
each district of the town, and
the inner containing the
names of the municipal autho¬
rities of the time being. The
oovor to the vase is sur¬
mounted by a figure of Boro-
lina, the allegorical personifi¬
cation of the city of Berlin.
Tho silver plate stands on a
pedestal thirty-four inches
high; so that, in the whole,
thus centre-piece is full seven
feet in height, to which also
the height of the branch can¬
delabra corresponds. Tho
weight of the whole four
pieces amounts to about five
cwt.; the entire oost has been
30.000 thalers; and the in¬
trinsic value of the silver
contained in it about 14,000
thalers.
The presentation of this
splendid gift took place on
toe morning of the Oth inst.
in the apartments of the
Prince and Princes b Frederick
William, after a dfjeuntr dina-
toire. Their Royal Highnesses
first reoeived the congratu¬
lations of sixty young ladies-
unmarried daughters of the
various municipal officers of
the city—dressed in bridal
array. Thoyoung ladies being
drawn up in asemioirclo. the
Prince led in the Princess on
his arm; on which the
daughter of the Oberbiirger-
meister stepped forward, and,
with a few suitable words,
presented to the Princess a
poem in the name of the city.
After which the daughter of
the BUrgermeister addressed
the Prince in a short poem
written for the occasion.
After the Prince had thanked
the young ladies, and shaken
the two spokeswomen by the
hand, the semioircle opened
and displayed to view the
noble present which the city
of Berlin had prepared for the
oung couple, and which was
ore mounted on a table,
backed by a deputation of the
municipality. The Obor-
bfirgermeiBter begged their
Royal Highnesses' acceptance
of this offering in the name of
the city of Berlin, and ex¬
plained the intention of tho
artist in the allegorical forms
introduced, on which the
Prince answered:—
r lam extremely glad, gentle¬
men, that I have an opportu¬
nity to-day to express to you in
my own and the Princess's
name the thanks which we feel
towards the city of Berlin for
the great gratification it has
caused us at our entry yester¬
day. It was impossible for us
then to give utterance to our
thanks. We were then ren¬
dered incapable of doing so by
that which moved us both so
deeply—by the extent of tho
lively interest and sympathy
which manifested itself Jor us
so uninterruptedly. Our entire
journey has afforded ua most
touching proofs of attachment,
and the festal reception in Ber j
lin has formed a worthy key-
Btone and finishing stroke to the
whole, and will for ever remain
unforgotten by myself and my
wife. And this splendid pre¬
sent, for which we have farther
to present to you our most
hearty thanks, shall remain as
a pledge that the feelings that
now exist between us shall re¬
main unchanged.
The Princess added a few
words of acknowledgment,
and, after some cordial inter¬
changes of kind expression on
all sides, the deputation with¬
drew, to make room for the
members of the two Houses of
the Diet, who came up m cor -
pore to present addresses to
their Royal Highnesses. In
consequence of this presenta¬
tion of addresses, which the
Houses had resolved on only
at the eleventh hour, the va¬
rious other deputations and
presentations were obliged to
be put off till another day.
The hour or two of leisure
thus acquired were devoted
by the Prince and Frincesa to
paying visits to their Royal
relatives and the illustrious
visitors here.
THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM LEA VINO THE RAILWAY STATION FOR THE KINO S PALACE AT BRUSSELS.—(SEE PAGE 15SJ
'■ 20 , 1858 .] THE HiLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF BERLIN
i i i i r
Fi liHiT 1 * * *
., ,y;~-
190
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON - NEWS
i Fer. 20, 1858
METROPOLITAN NEWS.
TRIAL OF THE BRITISH BANK DIRECTORS.
The trial commenced on Saturday Inst at the Court of Queen’s
Bench. Guildhall, before Lord Campbell ancl a special jury, The Prince
of Wales, with his tutor, sat on tne bench. There are several indict¬
ments to be tried; each indictment contains several counts, and each
count recites a number of “overt acts.” The first indictment charged
Humphrey Brown, Edward Esdalle, II. D. M&cleod, Lornn de Wolfe
i'ochran, Alderman R. H. Kennedy, W. D. Owen. James Stapleton, and
Hugh Inncs Cameron with a conspiracy to defraud. There were in this
Indictment six counts—the first charged a conspiracy to defraud the
shareholders of the bank, by inducing them through false representations
to continue to hold shares in it, and otherwise have dealings with it; the
second alleged a similar conspiracy against its creditors and customers;
the third a similar conspiracy against tne Queen’s subjects generally; the
fourth a conspiracy to defraud by inducing shareholders, through false
representations, to take additional shares; the fifth a similar conspiracy
'against the Queen’s subjects generally; and the sixth count charged a
general conspiracy to cheat and defraud John Arundel, and several other
persons named, of their money. The various “overt acts ” alleged were
as follows;—
1st— Publishing a false report for the year to December 31, 1855, de¬
claring a dividend, and that new shares would be Issued at a premium.
2nd—Issuing new shares knowing the bank to be In a failing condition.
3rd—Publishing a balance-sheet for the bank false in the amount of
assets, in the provision for bad debts, and in the profit and loss account.
4th—Paying a dividend when no profits were made.
5th—Buying the bank’s shares with the bank's money to keep up the
price.
eth—Publishing a circular, September 10,1855. to the shareholders, to
induce them to buy new shares, when the bank was in a failing condition.
7 th—Publishing an advertisement inviting persons to open accounts
When the bank was approaching insolvency.
tt h—Publishing an issue of 2000 more shares when the bank was failing.
Sir F. Thesiger. 3fr. Atherton, Q.C., Mr. Serjeant Ballantine, Mr.
Welsby, and Mr. Joseph Brown appeared on the part of the Crown.
Sir F. Thesiger’s opening speech on Saturday lasted nearly five hours.
The learned gentleman concluded in these wordsGentlemen, you can
now appreciate the truth of the balance-sheet presented on the 1 st of
February, 1856, in which the defendants represented their affairs to be in
a most tiourishing condition. Wide-spread ruin has been scattered over
the whole of the country, houses have been brought to destruction,
families have been plunged from affluence into poverty, the hard earnings
of industry* collected by long labour, have been entirely lost, and every
•newhohns had connection with this hank has had to rue the day in
which he trusted to the assumed fidelity and truthfulness of its directors."
Fir F. Thesiger called on the jury to Keep the leading marks of the case
steadily In view; and then to ask themselves— 1 st, What was the con¬
dition of the bank? 2nd, Could the defendants have been ignorant of it?
and 3rdly. Had not the defendants, by false, fraudulent, and deceitful acts
and contrivances, induced the public and the shareholders to believe that
the institution was solvent, when in fact it was not so?
Our space will not allow of our giving the details day by day of this
huge trial, which is expected to •* drug its slow length along ’’ for a fort¬
night The examination of one witness (Mr. Paddison) occupied three days.
Arrest of a French Refugee.— At half-past ten o’clock on
Sunday morning M. Simon Barnard, a French refugee, was arrested by
the London police, at hf« lodgings, 30, Park-street. Day-water, charged
with being concerned in the Jafe conspiracy against the life of the Emperor
of the French. Upon the police entering and showing their warrant from
the Home Office, Barnard treated the matter in a good natured way, and
offered no serious resistance, simply asking permission to go up stairs to
hie bedroom for the purpose of changing part of his dress, whiah was
refused. On going afterwards to the room In which he had slept on the
previous night, the officers found a nvolvtr. not loaded, and an instrument
called a “ knuckle-duster,” a formidable article,.snpposed to be of Yankee
origin, and made of brass, which slips easily on to the four fingers of a
man’s hand, and having a projecting surface across the knuckles is cal¬
culated in a pugilistic encounter to inflict serious injury on the person
against whom it is directed. In a subsequent conversation which the
prisoner had with his captors heutated that had they been French i ;stead
of English officer? he would have shot them. M. Barnard was conveyed
in a cab direct to Scotland-yard, where he was kept in dose confinement
during Sunday night. M. Barnard is about forty-live or fifty years of age
and has for several years past employed himself as a teacher of languages,
Whi n Orsini was in this country M. Barnard was in the habit of accom¬
panying him to the various places at which he delivered lecture*. The
prisoner was brought Up at Bow-sfreet on Monday. The witnesses were
two French police-agents, and a clerk at the receiving-office of the South-
Eastern Railway, 4d. Regent-cl reus. One of the French police, the
Chevalier Francois Etienne, produced the grenade found upon Pierri. It
was a pear-shaped vessel composed of two parts, which screw together,
and when separated form two cups or bowls. On one of these bowls were
twenty-five nipples, which the witness explained were charged with
piftcuseion-caps at the time it was taken from Pierri. He also believed
that the grenade was filled with fulminating powder, but he did not see it
opened. The powder and caps had been since removed, so that the instru¬
ment was perfectly innocuous. The clerk, George Stephen Thomas King,
gave the following evidence “ I have known the prisoner about seven
years. He came to me at the company's office on the 2nd of January,
bringing a package like a square box. with a projection on the top. and
covered by a rough material like canvas. The parcel was addressed to ‘M.
Outrequin, 277, Hue St. Denis. Paris.’ I had asked him to declare Its
contents and value, and he said it contained two revolvers, value £ 12 ,
and some samples of pitch, of no value. When I asked him to put his
declaration into writing lie replied, as nearly as I remember. * I think I
had better not do that; my name is known in France as a proscrit, and
if might cause the detention of the packet ;* adding that, as I knew him
very well and knew the money was safe, there could be no occasion for it.
I did not Insist because the declaration is rather a money matter with us.
He then made some inquiries as to passenger-trains and packets, and I
f ive him the hours of departure. I then said, 1 M. Barnard, can you go to
ranee again ?’ and he said, ‘Xo, but I wiil go to France when that other
one comes back here.’ iWitness here made a gesture, pointing over his
shoulder, in imitation of the prisoner’s manner.) I said that would be a
Jong while, and lie said, 4 Wait a little, you shall soon see.’ He also said
he alluded to ‘your good Ally.’ When I heard of the murders, I com¬
municated with the French Embassy the same day." Mr. JardmeYO-
mauded the prisoner, declining to accept bail. An application to deliver
up some papers and an order for money found on the prisoner was
refused. \ \
The Conspiracy Bill.—O n Monday evening a meeting was
held at the Freemasons’ Tavern “to protest against the surrender of
English liberties at the dictation of a foreign Power." Letters ftrfl-
of encouragement were read from several members of Parliament whose
attendance wns prevented by an important debate in the House. Mr.
John Bright said:—“I am not able to attend any public meeting, but
I go heartily with the opposition to the Conspiracy Bills>^I am very
anxious, however, that any opposition to it should be conducted so
as not needlessly to cause any irritation between this country Rud the
people or Government of France.” Mr. Lawrence moved the first resolu¬
tion—"That any alteration of the laws of England under the menacing
dictation of a foreign Power is calculated to endanger the national cha¬
racter and independence." He condemned the measure as most un-
Fngl sh, and the fact of its being introduced by a so-CAlled English
Minister made it more condemnatory and likely to tarnish the honour of
this ci tmtrv. The resolution was seconded by Dr. Sexton, and supported
by Mr. Ernest Jones. Mr. Beard rose to propose an amendment, but the
meeting refused to hear him, and the resolution was agreed to with accla¬
mation. Alter some similar resolutions had been passed the meeting
separated.-An enthusiastic meeting to denounce the bill was held in
the borcugh of Lambeth on Wednesday night. A resolution strongly
denouncing the measure was unanimously adopted.-At other places in
the metropolis meetings on the same subject have been held, and among
the meetings advertised to be held is a monster meeting In Hyde-park on
Sunday (to-morrow'.
Vote of Thanks to the Officers of the Indian Service,
A special general meeting of the Court of Proprietors was held at the
India House on Wednesday. Votes of thanks were passed, but not
without opposition, to Lord Canning, and the lending civil and military
official in India, for the services they liad rendered in suppressing the
mutinies.
Sale of Maryleboxe Theatre.—O n Tuesday the Maryle-
bonc Theatre, situated in New Church-Rtrect, Marylebone. capable of
accommodating 2000 persons, together with the scenery, fittings, &c,
came under the hammer of Mr. Robins, ut his rooms. Coveut-gardeu.
Let at £970 per annum, and held for au unexpired terra of 63 years, at an
annual ground-rent of £169 per annum. The biddings reached £6750,
when ft waa bought in at the reserve price of £7000.
Indian Missionary Operations.— A crowded meeting of the
friends of missionary enterprise was held on Thursday in Exeter Hall.
The object of the meeting was to devise means to extend the missionary
field in India, which it was thought was peculiarly desirable at the pre¬
sent time. The platform was crowded, and amongst those present were
the Earl of Shaftesbury. Sir Culling Eardley, Bart., lion. A. Kinnaird,
M.P.; Mr. Thomas Chambers, Common Serjeant; Mr. W. E. Baxter,
M.P.; and others. Resolutions in conformity with the object of the
meeting were unanimously passed, one of whieli was to the effect that
twenty new missionaries should be sent to India within the next two
years.
Holloway Free School.—A handsome building in the Horn-
H»y-road<‘ formerly the Holloway Ragged School, has been reopened for
the education of the poor and neglected children of the neighbourhood,
endij the patronage if the Vicar and the local Incumbent*.
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK*.
(From our City Correspondent.)
The continued rapid accumulation of unemployed capital, both in the
Bank of England and in the open market, lias had the effect of further
reducing the rates of discount “ out of doors.” Such is the abundance of
money m the Stock Exchange that it is with difficulty loans can be
effected on Government Securities at nominal rates.. In Lombard-iftreet
the current quotation for the best paper is only 24 per cent; and, in some
instances, lurge sums have been lent at from if to 2 per cent per annum.
The?e rates have, as a matter of course, drawn considerable business from
the Bank of England, and rendered it certain that the Bank must further
reduce its minimum. On Thursday, however, the Directors made no
further change in it.
Throughout the Continent, too, money is falling in value. At Ham¬
burg the quotation is only 14 per cent, and the French Government have
reduced the interest on Treasury Bonds half per cent.
The amount now allowed on depoaits by the joint-stock banks is only
two per cent The London and WcstminBler, as an exception, allows only
one per cent on sums below £500.
Although the Board of Dade returns show an increase of £6,328,287 in
the shipments of British and Irish produce and manufactures last
year, compared with 1856, wc find a decrease in them in De¬
cember, compared with the same month in 1856, of no less
than £2,897,185. Since the returns were made up the ex¬
ports have not increased, and whilst our outward trade continues
in its present depressed state, wc shall look in vain for any great activity
in the money market The Indian loan of £ 10 . 000,000 will, it is true,
shortly make its appearance, and we learn that Russia is about to come
forward for a large amount, or about £5,000,000; but these amounts will
have very little influence, as they will not take off one tithe of the amount
now waiting investment We must bear in mind that nearly £ 1 , 000.000
in gold is now on passage from Australia; that large supplies of bullion
will, in all probability, continue to arrive from New York for some time;
that the Eastern exchanges are gradually becoming more favourable to
this country; und that the Bank of Frunce is not a buyer of gold in our
market. These features point to a low range in the value of money for
some considerable time, and. consequently, to great firmness In the
market for all National Securities.
The imports of bullion have been liberal—viz., £111,100 from the West
Indies, and £444.596 from New York; a portion of the latter, or £41.886,
being on French account. A few parcels of gold have been forwarded to
the Continent, chiefly as exchange operations ; and £20,000 has been sent
to the West Indies, chiefly in silver, flic amount of gold sent into the
Bank of England since trie last return was made lip is about £500,000;
consequently, the stock of bullion is now about £ 17 , 000 , 000 .
Throughout the week there has been considerable activity in the Con3ol
Market, notwithstanding that some large sales of stock have been effected
lor money, and an advance of about onc-lialf per cent has taken place In
the quotations. In the Unfunded Debt a further rise has been main¬
tained. On Monday the Three per Cents Reduced were done at 9«A $ $ ;
Consols, for Transfer, 86§ A | $; Ditto, for Account, S I ; New Three
“ i Bonds, ““
per Cents, 9t;f $ ; India
,25s. j>rem.; and Exchequer Bills 363.,
to 38s. prem.; flank Stock was 224. iTiglier quotations were realised on
Tuef day. the Reduced having touched 97$; Consols, 97; New Three per
Cents. 974; Long Annuities, 1859, 1 13-16; Ditto, 1885, 18J f: India
Bonds, 29s. premium ; Exchequer Bills, 36s. to 40s. premium;
Ditto Bonds, looj; Bank Stock was firm, at 224 and 226 ;
India Stock. 219 and 222 . A ftirther rise took place on the following day.
The Reduced were at one time 97$; Consols, for Money. 97$v New t hree
per Cents, 97$; New Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 82 ; Exchequer Bills, 36s,
to 40s. prem.; Ditto, Bonds. 1004; Bank Stock realised 224 to 226; and
India Stock. 219 to 222 . On Thursday very little change took place in
prices, but the market was much less active. Consols, both for Money
and Time, were done at 974 As the New Three per Cents. 97f and the
Reduced, 974 4. Exchequer Bills declined to 34s. and 38s. prem. • India
Bonds sold at 27s. to 30s.; Exchequer Bonds, 1034 . Bank Stock was 226
to 227; and India Stock, 221 to 222.
The Foreign House has been very active during nearly the whole of the
week. And prices generally have had an upward tendency. The leading
quotations are as follows Brazilian Five per Cents, 1852, 101 ; Buenos
Ayres Six per Cents, 85 ex div.; Ditto Three per CenteTSOf; Chilian Six
per Cents, 106 ; Ditto Three per Cents, 77 ; Mexican Three per Cents, 20 $;
Teruvian Four-nnd-a-Half percents, 84 ; Ditto Three per Cents, 57$;
e Three per Ceuta. 46$ ; Russian Five per Cents, 1124 ; Ditto
Portuguese
Turkish Four per Ceuta. 104| 105$ ;/Venezuela Four-and-Three-Quarters
per Cents, 33$ 35; French Four-and-a-llalf |>cr Cents, 95 fr. 75 c.; French
Three per Cents, 69 fr. C2jc.; Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents, 99;
Greek Bonds. 6$; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 68$; and Dutch Four
per Cents, 101 $.
For Joint-stock Bank Shares the market has been very firm, and the
Quotations nave shown a tendency to advance. Australasia have realised 86;
British North America, 61; Colonial. 27$; English, Scottish, and Australian
Chartered, 18 ex div.; General Bank of Switzerland, 6; London and
County, 29$ ex div.; London Joint Stock, 304; London and Westminster,
45 $ 'Oriental, 38$; Ottoman. 20$ ; Union of Australia, 45 ; Ditto, New,
261; and Union of London, 23$.
Rather a large business has been transacted in Miscellaneous Securities,
at extreme rates, to a steady advance. Anglo-Mexican Mint Shares have
marked. 16*; London Dock, 100; Australian Agricultural. 234 ex div.;
Berlin Waterworks, 44; Canada Company's Bonds, 135 to 176 ; Crystal
Palace, 1$: Eastern Steam, 5$: English and Australian Copper, 1$;
London Discount. 3$: National Discount, 4 : Netherlands Land Eight per
Cent Preference, 3$: Ditto, 2$; Oriental Gas, 1$ ; Peninsular and Oriental
Steam, 794? Ditto, New, 174 ; Royal Mail Steam, 65; and Scottish Austra¬
lian Investment, if ex div.
There has been a steady upward movement in the value of Railway
8hares in which a full average business has been transacted. The fol¬
lowing are the official closing quotations on Thursday:—
Ordinary Shares and Stocks.— Bristol and Exeter, 96; Caledonian,
97$; Chester and Holyhead,38; Eastern Counties, 63$; Eastern Union
A Stockr SQ4l Edinburgh and Glasgow, 09; Edinburgh. Perth, and
Dundee, 294 ; Great Northern, 107$; Ditto, A Stoek, 93$; Ditto, B
Stock. 132$: Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 104; Great Western,
62$i Lancaster and Carlisle, 86$; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 964;
London and Blackwall. of ; Ditto, New, 2}; London and Brighton, 107$ ;
London and North-Western, 102$; London and South-Western, 991;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 41; Midland, 100$; Norfolk,
66$; North British. 54: North-Eastern—Berwick, 99$; Ditto, Leeds.
534; Ditto, York. 84§; North Staffordshire, 144; Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton, 33$; Scottish North-Eastern — Aberdeen Stock. 27$;
South-Eastern, 76$ ; Stockton and Darlington, 38$; Vale of Neath, 101$;
WestEnd of London and Crystal Palace, B, 6$.
Lines Leased at Fixed Rentals —London and Greenwich, 13;
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 2 $ ex. div ; Wear Valley, 33$ ex. div;
Wilts andSomerset, 91.
Preference Shares— Caledonian, IN : Great Western Four percent,
88; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, £G, 6$; Midland—Bristol
and Birmingham, 137$; Ditto Four-aud-a-Half per Cent. Stock, 103;
Oxford. Worcester, and Wolverhampton, first Guarantee, 122 ex div.;
Ditto. Four-and-a-Dalf per Cent Debenture Stock, 97 J ; Scottish North-
Eastern. Seven per Cent Stock, 119.
British Possessions.— Bombay, Baroda, and Central India, ?$;
Ditto, 18 ft; Ditto. Additional Capital A. 6f; Ceylon, 2 $; Eastern Bengal,
1 rrn.; East Indian, 112 $ ; Ditto, E Shares, Extension, 7; Geelong and
Melbourne, 20; Grand Trunk of Canada, 62; Ditto, Six per Cents De¬
benture. 84$ ; Great Indian Peninsular. 22 ; Ditto. New, 5; Ditto, 3;
Great Western ol Canada, 21; DitV>, New, 13; Madras Four-and-Tliree-
Ouarters per Cent Extension, 10$; Scinde, Ilf; Ditto, Indus Steam Flo¬
tilla, 2$; Trinidad Scrip, $ prem.
Foreign.— Antwerp and Rotterdam. 64; Great Luxembourg, 8$;
Namur and Liege, 9 $; Ditto, Six per Cent Preference, 21; Recife aod
San Frnndreo, 9f ex int.; Royal Danish, 18 ; Sarabre and Metric, 8$;
West Flanders, 44 ; Ditto, Five-and-a- Half per Cent Preference, 9}.
Mining Shares have been in steady request, at fall quotations. Par
Consols have sold at 21 $; Sortridge Consols, 14; Tamar Silver and Lead,
1 $; Tin Croft, 4f: West Basset. 25 ; St. John del Hey, 13|; Cobre Cop¬
per, 40$ ; General, 16$; and United Mexican. 4.
Friday Evening.
The Fr.uk of France having reduced the rate of discount to four per cent,
ar.d it being stated that the Interest on the March Exchequer Bills will be
only l$d. per diem, the Consol Market is active to-day, at farther advanced
rates. The Three per Cents, for Money and the Account, have bc°n done
r.t 974 §; the Reduced. 97$ $. Exchequer Bills are less active, but Foreign
Bonds and Railway Shares exhibit great firmness.
THE MARKETS.
COBJf.EXCHANGE (Friday').—Fresh ap to-day, coastwise and by Inod-corriago, tbo
arrivals of English wheat were* very moderate, and the show of ramoio* w AM consequently
limited. Moat kinds w<ra In fair, but not to-ay active, request, anil Monday’* prlc<S6 were
well supported. Cver 7000 quarters of foreign wheat have come In thin week. Fi -e red and
whit® qualilto* «o!d a' full quotations; but inferior kinds wans a al»w inquiry. Barley
mevod off steadily, nt fully Monday’s currency. Wo had a mo derat o Inquiry for milt, on
former terns. Good found oats sold at full quotations; but low samples mot a dull inquiry,
lion*, pens, and flour moved off slowly, at Monday's currency.
Arrivals Mis Week.— English: -wheat, 1 * 20 ; barley, 1130; malt, 8110} oat». 4*20; flour,
19(10. Irish; ®ats,f60 Foreign: wheat, 7060; barley, 2410; oats, 13 070; flour, 710sacks.
EnaUsK— Wheat, Essex and Kent, red, 40s. to tes.; ditto, white. t3». to 5*1.; Norfolk
snd Suffolk, red, 40s. to 48s.; rye, 30*. to 34s.; grinding burley, 27s. to 30s.; distilling
ditto, 3*s. to 35s.; malting ditto, tt*. to 4Is.; Lincoln and Norfolk malt, 58s. to 66s.; brown
ditto. 54*. to 56*; Kingston and Ware, t8*. to 06s.; Chevalier, 66s. to 68*.; Yorkshire and
UsoobiUls feed oats, 20s. to 2Is.; potato ditto, 25*. to 32*.; Youghal and Cork, black,
It's, to 24s.; ditto, white, 20s. to 30s.; tick beans, 33s. to 35s.; grey pcoa, 39s. to 41s.;
maple, 4is. to t»*.: white, 4rs. to 4?*.; boilers, 4"*. to <4*. per quarter. Town-mod*
flour, 40*. to 4S*.; Town households, 38». to —: Country marks. 3’*. to 36*. per 280 lbs.
American floor, 2C'S, to Wfl. pir barrel. French, 36*. lo 39a per sack.
St (ds.- Clover seed is a doll inquiry, and rather lower to parchsso. Canary la ral her higher
In the volac of other so,ds, very little change It ts taken pU-.'e.
Linseed. English crushing, 60s. to 51*.i Mediterranean and Odessa, 40*. to 51*.; bompseed.
Hf to ttis. per quarter; coriander, r ( ! s. to 32s. per cwt.; lirowu mustard-seed, its. to It;* •
ditto, white, 17s. to Ui.t tares. 5*. Od. to 5s. tkl. per buthal; English nitxweed, 64 *. to 70 ^
per quarter; linseed cakes, English, £10 10s. to £11 Os.; ditto, foreign, £10 10s. to £11 o& •
rape cokes, £5 |0*. to £6 Os per ton. Canary, 8l2s. to lk»s. per quarter.
Er.-atf .—'The price* of wbe*t«n brood In ttoo metropolis arc from 7d. to 7Jd ; of house¬
hold ditto. 5d. to did. per lib. loaf.
Imperial Wtckly Averttf/fs.— Wheat, 4**. 8 d.; barley, 3i*. 3d.; oats, 22s. M ; rye.
3P*. lid.-, beaus. 39-. 3d.; peat, ils. Id.
The Six Wet to' A verixges. —Wheat, 47s. 7d.; barley, 3Js. 10d. 5 oats, 22s. W.; rv«.
32*. bd.; been*. 39*. 3d.; pans, ICs. 4d.
1'. width Grain sold la ft UXtk .—Wheat, 91,399; bar I ay, 82,258; oats, I4,6l9; ryo.
189$ bean*. 7739; peas, 16-1 quarters.
Tea.— Advices from Chinn suite that tin oxprrts of tea from tho 1st of July to tho 17th
of December wero 28 224,000 lb . agtinat 36,08d,000 lb. in tho corresponding period In tho
I irevton* year ; yet, *• a couriderablo fall lias taken place In price* at Shanghai, our market
1 very inective.at Is. liL per lb. for common sound Congou.
StiQ-ar —Good and flro raw srgara have moved ofl' steadily. **. full prices; but low and
d»mp qualities have met a slaw Inquiry ut barely late rate*. Kail odg.ods are In fair roqaott.
Ordinary to £nu grocery, 56*. to 60*. tid. ; wet lumps, 59s- 6d, to 5ts. 6d.; good end cno
pieces, <3* Cd. to 47s. 6J.; ard very flue, 484 . 6d. per cwt. Tho total stock of sugar U 50,861
tous, against *0.983 tens liut rear.
Cojh c .—We have no change to notlco In the vain* of any kind, and tho demmdls
who ly confined to (minedUto went*. The stock li 82:9tou*, against 6^4 tons In 18*i7.
Ku}( —An advene* of 3d per cw t hi* taken place in tho quota'Lins, with a good specu¬
lative inqu'ry. Block, 71, 4 62 ton*. agfcinsl 55 71* tons last year.
Provisions —Wc have to report a *i*,w inquiry for all kinds of Irl h buttor. at about last
week’B quotation*. F iue fcrtdgn parcels are rather deoro-, nod tho boot Dorset U worth 130a.
per cwt. Baocn is drooping In uric*', Viith a heavy market.
TaVoxr .—Tbc demand 1* steady, and P.Y.C., outlie spot, has sold at 53*. to 13a. Cd.; up to
the rnd of Jure, at 52s 6<L per cw t- \7
Oi/.w—Llucrd oil Isa slow* 2«s per owt. on lh* spot. All ether oHs arc a dull
inquiry, and re th* r cV.taper. Tuip« ullno U act ii c. at 38*. to Ids. per cwt. for spirits.
Spirits. —There Is a slight Improvcmenltq the demand for nun, at fuU rm>r«tluna. Proof
Lee word*. 2s to 2 s. Id.; and Eait India, Is U*d. to Is. I'd. per gallon. Tho brandy market
is heavy,at b«»ely Into rates.
Ilii'i ami Straw .—Meadow hay,. £2 10s. to £3 18s.; clover ditto, £3 1 0e. to £4 18s.;
and straw, £1 J s. to £1 9s. per load.
Wool — English qu^MesTr* firm, snd qnilo ss door as !i*t week. In foreign and colonial,
owing to the aptirosf hiugpubl , c 5s!ci', * cry 1 tile is d ihi '•
Potatoes^- *lbo supplies creonly moderate, and tbo dun and b steady, at from 75s. to 180s.
per >rn. / '
Bops (Friday).!-The show of nil kinds of hops continues seasonably evtanshr* Tho
tlcuumri generaUy\ts rests active but wio have no change to uo'ice In prion*. Now MM mid
Eni.t Kent |M>ckct*, 7*'*. to 120s.; Now Weald of Kent, 55s. to 70s.; Now Sussex, 52s. to
62s.; Yearling* nr it 4*ld*. 2’s. U. 50a/ jnir cwt.
C' 0 als { FritJa t).—K> lloe 17Ct Wnitworlh, 15s.: Riddell. Ur. Gd ; Eden 16*,; Htuuh Hall,
13*.; Cassnp,.4-ra.; FraddH^dfs. 3d.; Hot od, 18a. 6d.; South Holton, 18s. 3d.; Lnmbfoa,
18s-. llr.fcw. p, 8e Gd per ton.
Metropolitan Cattle. Starket (Friday).—The supply of beasts on offer in to-day's
ma'kttW* only moderate,!«u:l all breed# sold slowly, at about Monday’s enrreaoy. With
sheep Wo we*o scantily »pmilled, yet tho mutton trade ruled heavy, ut bar ly late rates.
Prime small calves Bcld stead ly, ut full quotation* ; hut inferior veal was dull and drooping.
Pigs and milch cowt^old slow ly, at about previ us rate*.
I’«r 81tm. to *ink tbo dflal.—Coarwj and inferior beasts. 3*. Id. to 3s. 8(1.; second qn/ility
ditto. 3s. SU. to tsriM. , prime large oxcu, ts. 2d. to 4 #. 4d.; primo Scots, &e., 4 #. 6 d. to
4s. fnX. ; coarse and inferior sheep, 3a. 4d. to 3*. 8 d.; secoud mwlity ditto, 3*. lOd. to is. Od. ;
prime coarsc-woollcd shocp, 4a. *d. to 4s. 8(1.; prime Southdown#, 4s. 10J. to 5s. 2i. 5 largo
CORrvo calves, 3S;10d. to 4«- Id. ; prime small ditto, ts. Gd. to 5s. Od. ; largo bogs, 3s. 2d. to
j4s. fid.': IKNit small porkern, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 6 d.j suckling advee, 19s. to 28*. ; and Spiorter-old
store pig*. Mb. to 20*. each. Total supply: b«a*ts, 712; cows, 103; sheep, 1800; calves,
SPh; frigs, 200. Foreign: beasts. 40: sheep, 79; calves, 2 V).
SargatC; and LeadenhaU (Friday).—The supplie* of meat wore tolerably good, and tho
trade generally ruled heavy, as follows:—
Per alw. by the carcase :—Inferior beef, 2s. lOd. to 2s. 2d. t middling ditto, 3s. 4d. to 3*.6d.;
nrinyjlaree ditto, 3s. fid. to 2s. lOd. 5 ditto, small ditto, 4s. Od to 4s. Id.; large pork, 3s. 2d.
(o$». Uhl.; Inferior mutton, 3s. 2 d to 3«. flu.; middling ditto. 3a. 8 d. to Is. 2d.; primo ditto,
4fcr44. to Ib. 84.; veal, 3«. 8 d. to 4*. fld.; small pork, ts. Od. ta 4s. 8 d. Kouebt Ukudeut.
THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Tuesday, Feb. 16.
BANKP.U r TCIE8 ANNULLED.
W. WADSWORTH and ,T. HARRISON, Salford, Lancashire, cotton wasto dealen.-J.
JACKSON, Halltax, Ycrkshire, merchant,
BA77KRUFTA.
W. E. PAINTER, Strand, printer.—J. IfADDON. F.Hng, Hampshire. mnier.-J. ROBSON.
Feck bam. Surrey, slupbroker.—MAH1A lAWBENOE, Lsmhath-walk, fiuiroy, tailor.—E.
SMITH. KuiseP-itrcct, Bermondsoy. woolitupler.-T. W.flUKERMAN.Brighton. npUoVerer,
—J. COATKw, Sh(cmt**, Kent, hanlwareman.—II. HAitlUDANCE and J. JiUTLEIt, Maidon,
Emx.com merchants.— 1 . BARBER. Chichester, 8ussex, upholatMtsr—T. HOWARDS, Bir-
mimrham. irrufcucdc. .—T. 1U-VEHS, Worcester, grocer.—J. PAUL, Wndnbridge. Corn wail*
Imikeopei.—J. PEA RD. Bridestowo, Devonshire, draper—J. end E. 8YK.123, Uulcar, York-
sLifc,6ilLdresters —J. KELSON, Oldh-m, Lane shire, cotton spinner.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
T. LENNOX, KlctUlo, Fertb*bl e sgrnt.-J. WILLIAMS, S'ralhoden Farina Workc,
Curftr.—D- OK*NT. Wa'-krelll, Invomfsc-shire, innkeeper.—C. STEWART. Oli«giw, dyer.—
P. PEV, (iliifgcw, flrh merebart — kf. RITCHIE, Dundee, clothier.—J. JOHN<TJN, sen.,
J. JOHNSTON, jun , and W. JOHNSTON, Stirling, •hlpbollder* —A. B. WHISHT and W.
KEN WICK. Edinburgh, nurse: ytt!en.—C. &i‘FA DZKAN. Cra*eldll, Ayrehire, millwright.—M.
H. WILSON, Kilmarnock, profcstor of music.—W. EUKN'SLDiS, Cutlo Douglas, draper.
Friday, February 19.
WAR OFFICE, YXII. 19.
nan!-Colone!; Cants, and Brevet Majors W.
Fulton, G. I*. Ilume, J C. Hauaergh, tr ha
Majors.
ICth: Lieut.-Col H .1. Baumg»rtn«r. CB,
to bo Lieutcuar.t-Cokrael; Brov«t Majors J.
Hinder sen F Lucas, to bo Mu I :n.
Siith: Ensign L. B. Town to bo Lieutenant;
Lieut. W. T. 8'uiri to bo Adjutant; 1\ B.
MUcbolI lo bo Ensign.
45th: Ensigns F. W. S. Webber, C. F.
Beamish. «o De Lieuicrants.
47th: Lieut. G. Wad More to bo Captain.
10th: Assist, fe'urg. Seth Sam to be ^s.lstant
Purgoon.
Clth: II 8. Janvria to bo Ensign.
05th: Capt. J. Barton to be Contain: Enrlgsm
A. B. Tokcr. A. H. Lewis, ti hi LinuteniiaUj
Lieut. A. H. Lewis to bo Adjutant.
73rJ: Assist. Surg. U. T. Scott to bs
Asslgtuot Surgeon.
78th: Ec«Ign A. Murray to he En*i?a.
8ist: Lieut. M. Hanley to bj Captain; Ea-
ligna G. F. Jollicoo, F. K. Fitzroy to bo Lieu¬
tenants.
82nd: Brevet Col tbs Hon. P. F.. Herbert to
be Lloutcmant-Colonol.
Riflo Frivnde: Capt. R. T. Gilpin, TJout. C.
B. Dnshwocd, to bo .Captains; Ene ; gn L. V.
Williams So bo Lieutenant; LonlE. Cavcu-
di,h, K. J Armytage, Fits Soy Wilson, L. F.
B. Cary, to be Knsians
1st Wc*t India Reglmont: Eotlgn J F.
Trottur to be Lieutenant; G. F. Ciavla to bo
Ensign.
3rd: M jor W. J. Chamborlayne to bo Lieu-
tCJ^all^-Coloue^.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment: Brevet
Major FitzWilliam Walker to be Major;
Licuta. J. Way land, F,. B. Wilson, TV. A. M.
Cunynahama, G. M. Innia, W. H. Herrick,
Capts. J. R. Taylor, J. H. Archor, to ho Cap¬
tains; Ensdgn* H. Perepc, W. P. Butts, 1*. C.C.
Savage, J. 8. Onion, to bs Lieutenants.
6il: Drsgccn Guards. Lieut. W. T. Butty to
be Captain: Cornet W. 11. Border to be Lieu¬
tenant; A. G. Smith to be Cornet.
1st Dragoons: Lieut. J. G Graham to bo
Captain; CornetW. Bfilfoto ho Lieu enunt.
fill) Li-m-Col F D. Lister «o be Lleu-
tcnaut-CohuJcl: Breve; Ltent.-Col. C.O flhule
to bo Lliiuttu»»'t-Co!onoJ; Capt. F. W. J. F.
Wjgrum to !:e Major; Lieut. Sf. D. J. Lovell
lo be Captain.
3rd Light Dragoons: Lieut. A. E. E-awi
to bs Captain; Cornet R. Biundell to bo Lieu-
iertnt
.'rib: Mfjrr and Brevet Licut.-Col. G. A. F
Falivari to be Lieutenant-Colonel: Capt. and
Brevet Major R. Portal to be Mu‘or.
fltu: Cornet W. N. CArleton to l« Comet.
I t<h: Lieut. C. E. Wyatt to be Captain.
18th: Major R. Knox Jo bo Llcutennnt-
Colomd ; Capt. and Brevet MnjorS. G. Jrn;-u*
to he Major.
Military Train: Cornet* J. Taylor and A.
MtDonald to bo Fusions.
G enadirr Guards: Battalion Punr <! F..
RIcnkins to he Bureeon-Major: W. II. Pick-
fcid. M.B . to bo Assistant Surgeon.
2nd Foot: Lieut. A. H. llaldeuc to be In¬
structor of Muskstrr; J. 51. Laurent. H. A.
Crawford. T. D. Fosfcreke, T. Kelly, F.
Blake, to be Ensigns.
6th: Capt. W. I yens to l>o Major; Lieut*. E.
R. t inimons, H. J. M- Chapman, CtpL R. B.
T. Thclwall. to bo Captains; Ensign E.
lie lire to be Lieutenant.
8th: B. V. Lavard to bo F.nslgn.
10th; Ensign U. L. W. PhiUlps to bo
Ensign.
llthr qunrtonnaster-Strgcant A. M. Arthur
to be Ensign.
12th: Cspt. T. Davenport, Lieut. T. E.
Miller, to be Captain*.
]4ih : Lieut. C. L. G.-lflin to be C*plain.
15tb: Major J. H. Wingfiud to bo Licnts-
DKrf-T BATTAtlON^-Captain L. IL Parry to be Adjutant.
Cava i KY I‘wot —Captain J. Kemp to be Riding Master.
UNATTAfiruP-—Mojor and Brevet l.leut.-Col. C. H. T. Hecker to bo Lieutcnnn‘-Colonel;
Brevet Mulor F F Hunter to have FulrttanUre Rank.
JtBEv ei’— Lieut.-Col. G Talbot to be Colonel In the Army; Captain* T. Dcvonport, R T.
Gilpin, to be Majors in the Arniy; Brevet Major R. T. Gilpin.to bo Lieutenant-Colonel in tho
Army.
ADMIR VTTV, Ftcn. 19.
Admiral of the Blco Sir G. F. Seymour, K C.B., G.CRH., to ho Admiral of tho Whim; Vico-
Adm'ral of tho Red thu Hon- S'r F. B. K. l’ellow. (VB„ K.C.H-, to bo Admiral of the Bluo;
Vlce-Admliol of the White SIt J. G. Sinclair, B-^rt.. to bo Vico-Admiral of tho Rail; Vice-
Admiral of the Bluo P. W. P. Wallis to bo Vice-Admiral of tho White; Rear- Admiral J. K.
Burton, K H.. to be Vice- Admiral on thoReurved List: Rear-Admiral of tho Red W. K.
Martin to be Vico Admiral of the Blue; Rear-Admiral of tho White H. Smith, C.B., to bo
Rear-Admiral of tbo Red; Rear-Admiral of tho Blue 11. .1 Co 1rngtan, C.B.. t * ba Roar-
Admiral of tbo White; Captain R. H. King to be Roar-Admiral ou the Reserved LLit; Captain
R. L. Warren to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
bankruptcies annulled.
J. PACK WOOD. Woolnston, Northamptonshire, draper and tailor.—H. H. WOODFULL
snd L. GiMBBR, Aldensanbury, etationcr*.
HANKRUPT8.
J. SMITH, Bow Churrhyard, worchoirtnian —W. FIELD, Bexley Heath, Kent, grocer
ard checsermrtor.-J. SMITH, Morion Mills, near Bingloy, Yorkshire, paper manu'actmor.
— W DARNTON, Upr-er-ttreat IsHngtr.n, pianoforte mvnafacturer — .T. E GRIFPIN, Col-
eberior. Bane*, auctioneer and valuer.-T. M INTYRE, Leeds, tnlln and woollen draper.—J.
II. CLARKE, Burr New- o*i). Manchester, grocer.—W. HLMPIIREYS, Uverpojl, coro
merchant, corn broker, ard oomross'on agent.—A. ACKERMAN, Boanfort-bulldlngn. Strand,
prlntseller.—E. GEARING, PortJand-place. St. John’s Wood, jowollor nnd rlresdng-caso
maker—C. BACON. Manchester, bone grinder and button n’unufacturor —R. BROOK8,
Tilohbome-f trout, Hn> market, auctioucer and ploture dealer.—J. MOSES, Nemihein-strect,
Goodman's-fleds. mar nfactnrer and clothier—G. W. RKN')Err. E''Btboa r na, buster,
dnper—W. GARDNER. Knnlngluun. miller nnd wm de.«ler—9. BENNETT Manchester,
cornn ist-ior -aren*.— W. II. BROOKES, Wolverhampton, mineral-merchant—L KILBY.
PaUhall. gtatTordshire,.loircr and builder -H. TOMLINSON, Nowc^tle-oprm-Tync licensed
victualler.—J S. STANLEY, Ashton-nndcr-T.yue, cottnn-fpmncr. fc. DAVIES, Liverpool,
I nncaGdre Imof end shoo make-.—A. G. GREY. Gatetimad, Durham, alkall-nixaufacfuror.
-ISHAW, HuddersflrId. Yorkshire. doth-mcrelunt.-J. and J. WATEBSON. Low Elmil-
witk, Nev.cnttlo-upon-Tync, smiths, boiler-btlldfrs, end torge®on.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J PA TON Gljnrow. caMrctmekcr.— Y /. H. HAND, sometime* lo F.dlnbnrgh. now tn
pceblwi—Dl'NN rnd STEVEN, Glasgow, braasfoumlora—C. GRANT. Delmora. SanflBshlre*
fainter —J CLARK. ”olytowr>. Iai nnrkshira, hotel-kaeper —J. GLOVER, Greenock, db-
fcctioner.— J. 6HE1 HERD, Abetdcen, merchant.—J. YOUNG, Kilwinning, Ayrohiro, farmer.
BIRTHS.
On the Ifith Imdant. at 4. York Villa, Twickenham, tho wife of Clinton Francis Borens
Dawkins, E*q., of a daughter.
On the 8th January, at Chittor, Madras Presidency, tho wife of W. 8. Whitesiao, E*q.*
Mstirs* Civil Service of a son.
On Ash Y,’educ«lay, Fob. 17ib, at Blploy, Surrey, tho wife of tho Rov. Charles Hichmona
Tate, of t daughter ___ .
MARRIAGES. *
At St. Jamo* Chapel, Ppari-h-p’sco, London, on the J5th February, Alexander Pront.'cd,
Esq., civil engineer, Greenock, to Rosa Riera, daughter of Thomas Whoelock. Esq., Of Uma.
Sn tbo 26fh January, in Brooklyn, Now York, at-the Church of the Holy Trinity, by t no
Rev W. H. Lew is, D.D . John Hcgbcn. fourth son of the lato Commissary-General Cocwedge*
of Sommer HilJ. near Birmingham, to Mary Anne, youngest daughter of B. H. Downing*
Esq., of Brooklyn, and nleeo of George Downing, E*q., of Belly Oak Houso, Worcostesahlre.
DEATH.
On tic i7th insf, aged 52, Ferdinand Charles, eldest »on of the late Thoma* Wlrgman*
Esq., of Jlmberbom Lodge, 8umry.
Fi:e. 20, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
131
w
NEW BOOKS, §c.
This «!ay, pest Bvo,
HAT YOU WILD. An IrrccnilarRomance.
Unden: JOHN W. Parker and Son, West Strand.
This day, fesp bvo, cloth, it. fid.; or by part,, 2i. 8d.,
A HANDBOOK of POLITICAL ECO-
2 * 0 M Y. Containing the First. Prlnclplesof th'j Science, fonndod
cn the wotki of Adam Smith, iUc-irdo, Mu1.hu*, Mil), Chalmers, Ac.
London: BoSWOlCTH itnd HARRISON, 2.5. Regant-so-eau
THE RED PAMPHLET, PART II.
This day ie nub'tolled. lu Bvo. it. txl., or by post it. M.,
T HB SECOND PART of the MUTUTY of
the PEN SAL ARMY. An Historical Narrative. By •* One
who has Served under Sir Charles Nilp'ur.”
♦‘8eIdomhA3 pamphlet crested so peat excitement as • Tho Red
Pamphlet.' But, if the lint part or this Marling unrratlvo midi) a
deep impression on the public mind, the second part, Jus*, received, is
no Iras calculated to excite the same interest. It will become a text-
bock for the families of England."—Morning Post.
Part I. may still be hod, plica Is., by post Is. Id.
Loudon: BOSWOUTH aud ffAWtr-OX, 215, Ho^ent-etreot, W.
H
Post-free to order inclosin'? two Biamos,
INTS to BOOKBUYEliS, by which a
__saving of about ono-half nny bo effected In the purchase of
modern forks. Addressed to Literary Institutions, Re idinjj Societies,
Book Clubs, Lending Libraries, Mechanics’ im itations, and New-
Book buvers in general.
B a under.-. ami Ocutr, Publishers. Conduit-street, nauover-square.
This ay, crown Bvo, la ; cloth. Is- 6d.,
A NEW YEAR’S PRESENT for our
YOUNG MEN. DICK HA3T.UCK, the Merchant's Clerk: a
Narrative of cor own Times. By W J. SMITH, Esq.
London: Partuiihik aiul Co., Patemostsr-row.
Just published, price 1#., with Coloxred Map.
,N the RABID TRANSPORT of TROOP*
_ to INDIA, ami the Necessity of Navigating the ’ndlan Rivera
ns tlie Only Reliable and Speedily Availubld Moans of Tntnrnal Trans¬
port. Dedicated to Lieutenant-General Sir Da Lacy Evans. G.C.8.
andM.P. Hr JOHN COCHRANE H03EA30N, Commander R-N-,
Author of " Remarks on the late War with Russia."
E. Stafford, fl, Charing-crosi.
o
the
Tills dov. Fourth Edition, revised, -is.,
TiiNGLISH SYNONYMS. Edited by
JJJ Archbishop of DUBLIN.
London : JoilK W. Pabkkr and Sox, West Strand.
Price it. tVl. each,
D E PORQUET’S FIRST FRENCH READ-
ING-BOOK ; or. Live! of Extraordinary Children. With
Foot-Notes ; Parisian Spelling-Book. Parisian Phraseology, Premier*
Pan. in French : Foreign IiCA'iy-Roekener of Coins, Weights, and
Urn*urea ; Vorabuliilre and Fionch Genders, in two ooloura, red
and blue.
London; HiMTJGN, HitltsntLL, and CO.; and may be had of Iho
Author, at Ids dcholostic Agency, II, Tavtatoek-street, Covcut-
fardon-
E legant winter evenings’
AMUSEMENT.—Tho ART cf ORNAMENTAL HAIRWORK,
containing aimp'.e directions for making Hair Chains, Bracelets,
Brooches, Rings, &e., may bo h.td, ^rico 2a. Bd., of all Books ill or*, or
by remitting 30 postage-stamps to
BOSWOKTU and Harrison, *15 Regent-street, London.
Just published. Bvo cloth. 2a.,
O N PAINLESS EXTIRPATION of
CANCERS: invading n Rooort o' the recent U« of Prolonged
Congelation io the Cancer Ward* of the Middlesex Hospital. By
JAMES ARNOTT, M.D., Into SuperinNmdon* of the KttUoal Estab¬
lishment at St Helena.—CutrecniLL, 13, Burlingtan-streot.
Recently published. 8vo. cloth, price Os., _
A PRACTICAL TREATISE on DIS-
ORDERS of the STOMACH with FERMENTATION, end
the Causes and Treatment of Indigestion. By J. TURNBULL, M.D.,
Physician to the Liverpool Royal infirmary.
“Dr. Turnbull's work Is a highly prartiral one. "—' ancet.
Loudon: JOHN CnuRcmu., Now Burl’ngUn-stroct.
Third Edition, crown five, cloth loiter'd. 3a 6d , or It pinny stamps,
/CORPULENCY; its New Self-Dietary Cure.
Bv A. w. MOORE. M.R.C S. Brief and inte’llgible. Sold at
WM. Bolwell' 5, it, Tucbbrook-street, IHinlico, S.W. *'A usu'ul
and ecir-nt'fic discovery.'’—Morning Post.
Just published, price 2a. 6d., in 1 vol ,
C ONSUMPTION : A New View ofits Nature
and Cans©, with a iticcetsAtl Man of Trestmeut.
Bv JOHN GARDNER. M.D . Ac . fcc-
Louden: Johx cauccuux, Now Burlington-»tmt. W.
Just pa bill hod In l vol. Bvo, fis.. _ _
JOHN SCOTT on the TREATMENT of
f J DISEASES of the JOINTS and Ul.fF.K3 A now Edition, wbh
IutrtKluoticn. and Chapter on tho ConititutlonalOrigin and Ire^uncnt
tf Dboiura of tho Joints. , ,
By WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, P.R.C.S., &s, Ac.
London: LOKOMAX and CO., Pall ruoster-row E.C.
Now ready. Fifth Edition, with earn, rrioo la. 6d ; ; by post, 2s.,
T ATERAL CURVATURE of the SPINE;
I A sc itb a new method of treatment for wearing Its removal. By
CHARLES VERBAL. Eoq-, Surgeon to tbodptnal Ucapita.’. London.
London: J. OHOPCHlU, Now Butilngton-streot; and all Boohsousr*.
Sent Free by Post for Eight Penny _ __
TJENNINGS' EVERY MOTHER’S BOOK;
J? which o n‘o'to’i evorvthing that every Mother ought to know.
Direct to Alfrkd Fe'nkisgs, West Cowes, Isle of Wight.
T HE MARRIAGE of H.R.1L the PRINCESS
ROYAL. Dedicated, by permission, to her Mojraty -Mem
CALDErl and MONTRCOHT. 3B. Porcheater-tcrrnce. autl at Hours.
Cdnashi and Co.’«, Pall-mall East, have been nemiUted to tako a
PHOTOGRAPH of tho BRIDKM AIDS in their Bridal Dtw. It will
bo immediately published by M**flrx. Colangbi and Co.. Pall-mall
East, and Mra^r*. Thomas Agncw and Bona, Mancbrater. P.lco 12s.;
«r mounted with gla/.a. 21a.
QWAN’S HEADED COPY-BOOKS, with
O engravod headlines, are pabllshoJ In sorira. from Urrchlld’a
first Icisou to tho parfeotod writing: they are s-ritplioi alio in tlifforent
•nali«ies of paper, to suit all classes, /Kim tho national or |iamh
school to the college. . . ,, , . „ ..
Bpocimena can bo obtained of any stationor or bookseller, and by
them of MlLUITG rox un-i Hurrnx, Whol^a’o Scaiioocrs, Badge-
row. London, tho Wbokaola Agents.
P ARKINS and GOTTO have opened Four
largo Rhow-rooraa for tho display of cheap, useful, and elegant
Articloa for Birthday, Wedding, and Christmas Proscuts, from U. w». to
30 guineas (a saving of 6a. in tho pound).
P ARKINS and GOTTO’S GUINEA BOX
of STATIONERY sent carriage paid to any railway suUoii In
England upon receipt of P. O. order. It contains twenty quires of
anrpotiino thick (fell »txo) croam-laid Nolo Paper; l«n quires ot
<*o. on e use, ditto, ditto, and :00 thick cream-laid EnvaiopoBCstampsl
and cement'd) of two aizos; twenty quire* s cond quality full-ateo
cream-laid No!o Paper : and fOO Envelopes, stamped autl cemented;
an octavo Blotting Book, and six deren of P. and G.’s elastic post-
e ffice Pens, with »lx holders. A saving of foil us. In tho pound
Parkins nnd Gctto, Paper and Envelope Makers, 3» and ti, Orxoru-
atreet, London.___;
"DINDING the ILLUSTRATED LONDON
IJ NEWS. Subscriber* and purchcwr* eon lmve ibcir VOLUMES
BOUND In the appropriate Cover*, with Gilt Edges.at 5s. per Volnmo,
by sending them, carriage-paid, with Post-otfico Order, payable to
LEIGHTON, SON. and HODGE, \ \ Shoo-lane, Loudon. Tho only
Binder* authorised by the Proprietor.
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.-To be
i BOLD, the whole of the above Publication, con-iitiug of Thlrfy-
ene Volumra. uni/onuly b^und and in good coudlticii, contamtng
every Engraving icokured and plain) limed therewith .—Apply to
Mr KERREY. .N>w»;iap*r Agent. No. ilh, Whitochapel-TOad.
C ARDS for the MILLION-!! Wedding,
Visiting, and Httmos‘.^-A Copporplato Eogravnd. in any stylo,
t Cards (Ivory or EnamoUad) Printed, for 2s , post-free.
and f/0 KitL_ .. . . _ v .
Tho price irclodre plate, engravhi.T. printing, cards, sad piatage.
flpeclrr ens frec.—By ARl HUR QRANOKU, Che ‘ "
kc„ 3C<*. High Holanrn. London.
GER, Cheap dtatijner, Printer,
flAUTION.~To TRADESMEN, MER-
VJ CHANTS, PHIPPFKS, OUTFITTERS, Ac.-Whoreas it has
lately come to niy kndwlcdgo that some unprincipled poreon or por-
acn* have, for lomc Mmo pas-, been impoainr upon the pnhlie, by
t^lingtothetradosml othi»rt.asputif U9 article, under tho name of
BOWfi’S PERMANENT MAftKING-INK. this U to give notice that
1 am the origins) and solo Ptoprirtor and Marufae'u*er of the said
Ar: Iclo, nnd do not employ any traveller. *t autoo/iso *ny person to
repr««oat himsrlf ss contmg irom my Mtahliahment for the purpose
fit rolling h« said ink. Tins caul Ion is rcb'lshed by mo to prevent
fonhrr imp/^it'on ppen tho puhilc. nnd serious Injury to tny?olf —E.
R- BOND, &ote Kxecmix and Widow cf ’he lute John Bond, a**, Long-
Ifitw, W e t Safhfleld, Ixndoo. To avoid dl.'pjo'ntment from the
• sUtitntlon of coeferfritt. bo careful to e»k for the genuine bond's
Ferttfuirnt Marking Ink : and fnrtbrr to dhtlnguish i% observe that
*o ijxFiprxY siYk la, cf bis a; ruj time teeu, prepared by him the
JfcVvElW MUl frrpripwy.
NEW MUSIC, $ c .
TVTEW SONG, THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS,
JL l written and composed by SAMUEL LOVKR, Esq. Price 2s. Gd.
Thia elegant ballad may be considered ono of Mr. Lover’s happiest
compositions. Words and music are eqnuily pleasing, and ensnro i!a
becoming a general favourite. Postage-free.
London: Dutr and HODtiaox, 65, Ox ford-street.
JG8 OF THE SEASONS.—SPRING
L0890M& BUMMER ROSES, AUTUMN FRiniU and
R EVERGREENS. Campoaod by STEPHEN GLOVER.
Frice 2a. Gd. each. Thoso songs possess attractions seldom before
obtained. The Words, by Carpenter, are exceedingly Interesting, and
have aoggcs:cd to Mr. Glover melodies of tho moot fascinating cha¬
racter, while tho Illustrations, by Packer, aro *uporb.
Dcnr and Hoi>O80N,65, Oxford-street.
m
T
iW SONG, DELHI. Composed by
_ . JOHN L. HATTON. Price 2s, postage-free. This a«r to
composed in Hn’ton’s best stylo; as a national tong It win rank with
“Tho Brave Obi Tcmcralre.’’ *• The Death of Nelson," “Tho Siege of
Kars," Ac. Tho recitative is very pleasing.
Durr and HOPOSOX, 65, Oxford-street.
(VTEW GALOP.—The ALARAL Composed
Jl. 1 by T. BROWNE. Price 3s., postage free. Among the spark¬
ling novelties performed by Welppcrt’s Band at tho Graml Stato Ball
xt Buckingham Palace none shone mors conspicuously than tho
“Alarm" Galop, which was admired by all.
DUFF and HODOSOX, 65, Ox ford-street.
"jV'EW SONG, “Wc had hoped to have him
1 \ with us," Tribute to Havelock. Composed bv E. L. HIME.
Price 2s. This eflactivo and boautlfol composition will create a sen-
> Alien. No i veu’ or the Indian War has boon described in more touch¬
ing or Appropriate v ords and music.
Dckk and Hodosox, 65, Oxford-street.
1HE RIGHTEOUS SWORD.—A new and
popular Song. Sung by Sims Reovoe. Dedicated, by pnrrn’s-
Flon, to his Koval Highness the Dnkeof Camhrulge, Commantler-ln-
Chlcf. Mu Ic by EDWARD HERBERT, of St. Margurofi CoUege,
Crieff. Price 3*., illustrated.
Admsox. Hulukr, and Lucas, 210, RAgeat-itrect.
miJE ZORA WALTZES. By G. MAlT-
X RIOTT. BeautifuBy Illustrated. Prico *b . post-free. These
waltzes, during the short time they have been pnhIDhod, have boen
so much admired tlutt there to every reason to bcllevo tboy will be¬
come very popular.
Admsox, Hollief., and LUOAB, 110, Hegcnt-strest, W.
HE WEDDING-DAY BELL
QUADRILLES. Composed by HENRY KYTGHT. Soio,
price 3s.; dart, price <*., post-free.
Anuisox, Hou-ikr, and Lucas, 210, Begent-»trect. W.
EDDTNG BELLS POLKA. By HENRY
W. GOODBAN Solo, price 2s. fid.; Duct, 3s. 6d , pait-freo.
Admsox, IIoulikr, and Luua*, 210, Regent-street. W.
OSSINI QUADRILLES, by E. PROUT,
on lome celebrated aim extracted from Roaslui’s Operas.
Price 3»., po*t free. _ . . . ...
ADDiitox, IIOIJ.IER, and Lucas, 210, Regent-street, W.
^lOURT CARD QUADRILLE. Jllustnited.
Bv E. J. CARD. A lively set on Scotch Airs. Prioe Is., post-
free.— Ai'DUOX, Holui:«, and Luca*, 210, Regent-street, W.
ONNIE GEORGE CAMPBELL^ New
Pong, hy JOHN HULL AH, the eompotor of *’Tli-o: Ftoho-s
went tslll'g *' both sung l»r MUe Dulhy. Friso of each, 2j. 6A n post-
froe.—ADDI5PX. HOLLiKR, and LUCAS, 210, Regon--street, W.
OBERT COCKS end CO/S NEW
MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS
1. Muck of 10th Century (Dr. Marx). Part L, 6a; part IT. P«.
2. Universal School of Music (Dr. Slarx). 15*.
3. School of Composition, vol-1. (Dr. Marx) ♦
4 Clacfical Plonbt (Brinloy Blehsids), i voto.,each
5. Ptudunt'a Practice (BHnley Richards).
6. Mozart’s Agnu» Dei (G. V. West).. .. ••
7. Haydn’s 3rd Mas* (Edited by John Bishop) .. .
8 Jophthoh. T)t« Seison*. each MssSbUi, 2*. and .
9. Our EnRliih Kcse(W.T. )Vrici>ton) .. ••
10. Fantasia on Roy to Wife iMr. Vincent Wallace)..
11.173rd ntitlon HomQton's Tutor for Pionof.>rto ..
U. llili editim Homlltoito Tutor for Sln«rh»K .. .. M-
London: HOEKUT COCKS and Co. _
VINCENT WALLACE’S 'NEWEST
• PIANOFORTE PIECES.—Fantasia on “ Roy's W a." and
" WsVea* nnddtn." 3a.; Galop brtllant de Baloa, 3a; " L Ab^ncs,
Romanoe.Xs.; “loRo-onr." Polka hriliftnia," 3s.; * Klnloch ot Kln-
Icch," and *• I’m o’er yor.ng to marry yet," 3« : * Tne gloomy night
Is gathering «a«," and “Tbt» Ta*« o f Gowrio, 3a; AnUl Robin
Gntv," and "The beetle rows." 3* ; “Home, sweet borne, 3s.
21s.
219.
Sts,
2s. fid.
2s.
I* Id.
2S. fid.
3t.
London: RonnnT CoCKHond CO.
S AD BROWN LEAVES:/ Ballad, 2s.;
Boot, 2«. Gd. “Only to bo known to bo nair*really up e-
ciatcd." A’ao. by the souo Composer, “I wish he would nnixo up
bis mind, Mari’*.; ' Oh! brightly the vunbavms ore sainlrg."
2a. fid.: and, ‘BUM 1'U wait a Httfs lonw," 2s. Beit ir* by
return of post, for utomp?, by Mr. T. C-'lLAN PREY, Maootosdaid.
'HE WsfiSfifitlfiSfe* By Mrs.
X LIGHTFOOT HALL. Anther of tho “Dfibntanto Sebotttocuo,”
kc- Free tor stamp* from Mr*. Hall. IIl*h-«treat. Whitaharon
rr
/BOLLARD’S SEMI-COTTAGE PIANO-
FORTES.—To he SOLD at low price*, for cash, or for HIRE.,
with the option of purchase, a number of there beautiful Itutru-
mr.ni*. with every imprjrenu'Dt, in Hose wool and WiUsut ea»c«;
al-o upward* cf 20 others, s. cjodua*. d. by '^oju otteeruod makers,
from jfio. or for hire from lO* per memth, at HOLDERNa 8;E 3,44t,
New Ox ford-street. \ . -.\
P IANOFORTES.—OETZMANN and
PLUMB’S NEW PATENT STUDIO PIANOFORTE, ft| octaves
prices ranging from considerably lrea D*an £20), to the moit *uit-
nt»lo Inatrnmcnt manuitoctarod for the studio or *choo!-room. being
so corn true ted as to require but Utile timing. To bo had of all the
principal oonntry Mu*le*dler* in England, Scotland, and Ireland; alao
far Sale, Hire, or Exchange, at M, Great RusscU-street (oppoaito
tho Brittoh Museum},
P I A NOFO R T E S. — OETZM ANN and
Pi UMB, In addition to thair boantlful little Studio Pian<>-
fortes, have all descriptlotMi cf Instrument* for Silo ot Hire, with
option of purebsre.—56, Groat KuswU-street, Bloomsbury.
M usical box repository, 32 ,
LuO(ta»c-»trect (near St. Pnnl's).—WALF.B and M l CULLOGH
are direct Importers of NICOLE FKERE3’ Celebrated MUSICAL
BOXES, playing brilliantly tho best Popular. Operatic, and Sacred
MuMo. Large 8fof*. Four Airs, £1; Six, £G ds.; Eight, C8, Twelve
Ain, * 12 12*. Snuff-boxes, Two Tune*. l«s- 6d. and ifla.; Three,Jkto.;
Four. <(■*. Catatogucs of Tunes gratis and poit-froo. on apudciiion.
P IANOFORTE and MUSIC-STOOL for 20
C.tineas; a great bargain. A Walnut Cottage, 6| octavo,
with metallic plate, and all tho recent Improveoumto, by a first-rate
maker, on’v u*ed a few months, and cost double the amount. To be
seen at B. GHEES and CO.'s. Uphototrrera. 204. Oxford-street West.
w
ALNUT SUITE of DRAWING-ROOM
. . FURNITURE, for .*jlr. ilnllnj qu^ltr- Bid trxA nut. Ml 10
bc'*urr*Mcd. conft'stlngofa five-(cot Walnut Chiffonier.withpUM-gtsai
doors and turck. and uiarbleidab: ala-ge-tire r hlmt»»y-claM. In gdt
frame: a fine Wnbmt Loo Table, on carved pillar and daws:.a duto
Oecokional Tsb’e: a lnxnriou* Scttre. covered In rich *Bkj tlx ditto
Clmira, and two Kssy ditto, cn suite, with chinta looee covers, luwd;
also an inlaid Whatnot. Tho whole to tie sold for 13 Golnaaa.—To bo
seen etH. GREEN and CO.'S, Uphohterws. 204, Oxford-street West.
F URNITURE for a DRAWING-ROOM—of
chore and elegant dosign, a bargain, fljic walnut, warranted
manufacture, to bj «old f-'r half Us value, nearly new-c~nstotlug of
a torge-Bke brilliant plate Chimney Glass, in costly antoae frim«; a
megtlilcent CuUfoutor. with richly-carvel bask, and doorsJluod
with best ilivered plate g'ow, and marble top; aujericr Cenire Table,
on handaomely-carved pillar end clows; Oceanianri or La:^»
Writing and Fancy Tnblte; Six solid, olcgantlr-fthaptri Choirs, n rich
silk; a surerior, spring staffed. Settee; Easy and Victor a Chain, so
suite, with extra lined loose cases : two fancy occasional Chair*; aod
a ban som« Whatnot. Prioe for the whoto suite 4S gn’nets N.B.—
Also, a very superior, complete, modern, flno Boantoh
IMnla* Ko-m Set. in brat morooo). 40 gulneaa To be seen ttLEWU
C ABINET FURNITURE, CARPETS, aud
BEDDING -An ll'nstralod Book of Ertimates and Fornltcro
Catalogue, containing 160 Designs ar.d Prioefi of'Fashionableand 8u-
p.‘rior ujiiolstwy, Furniture, he . gratis oc ap. llfotlon. |*«reimfnr-
ntohlng, whostniy economr, combined with otogonco and durability,
shoo Id apply for thto.-T.KWIN CBAWCOUR and CO.. Cabinet
Manufacturers, 7, yuranto-buildings. Knightobridgo (seven door* west
of BJoano-street). N B. Country orders earriage-freo.__
L ondon carpet warehouse,
WAUGH and BON,
tnd 4 Goodge-street, W.
J MAPLE and CO.S NEW 1LLUS-
• TKATED CATALOGUE, containing the price of every article
reemired for completely furnishing a hou*o of any class, post-free.
This to the largest and most convenient furnishing establishment in
the world-—J. Maple and Co., 145, fco., Tottenham-oourt-roxd.
T EN THOUSAND PIECES magnificent
EHUBSELS CASPETS, nt !a. 5». M.. *nd a. 10d. pet
yard These goods are to be sold for cash only.—J. MAPLE and
CO., U5, ftc., Tottenham-coart-road.
ASESSRS. JOHN WELLS and CO., 210,
JJfX Regent-street, London, havo purchased 'owing to tin de-
Dmsion in uic mannfartnring dirtricta) a very Urge lot of the riches
VELVET PILE and BRUSSELS CARPETS, designed expressly for
tho West-end trade, at a great redaction in price. Alio Lyons Silk
Brocade*, Brocctelios, Bilk Da mask s, in all tho most ftuhlonablo
colouring* and riches; makes. Also, a largo lot of French Chlntxos
of tho moat txxiutiful end elaborate designs. The whole of these are
now offered at a considerable reduction from the prime ext for cash,
and are well worth the attention of intending purchasers. Patterns
will be sent into the country free of charge; also their illustrated
catalogue of furniture, Ac.—210, Regent-street, oppooito Conduit-
afreet).
YARN AMENTS for the MANTELPIECE, &c.
\7 Statuettes, Groups, Ynaoe, Ac., in Parian, docoreted Btoqus aid
other China; Clocks (gilt, marble, and bronze). Alabaster, Bohemian
0lose, first-class Bronzes, Candelabra, and many other art manufac¬
tures, all In tho best taste and at very moderate price*.
- . S0Sf jg L'jrfgtfe.un, E.C.
THOMAB PEARCE and l
TkT ODERATOB LAMPS.—Simple, Strong,
Xfi and well-flnUhed, tho Lamps of Pearce and Son continue to
maintain their great superiority over every other kind, whiis for
OriginmlUy, beauty, and rood taste, the patterns are allowed to betha
best in the Trade.—'1 HUM AS PEARCE and SON, S3, I.udg lie-hill,
E.C., Direct Impertera of Colza Oil oniy of the firet quality.
C HANDELIERS in CUT CRYSTAL, for
Gas or Candles. A Ir.rgo stock: pafrerns uncommon and baan-
tiftil; quality irreproeebabte. All deelgncd and manufactured by
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, LudgatrahlB, E.C.
I
OOKING-GLASSES and FURNITURE of
J the best quality, at moderate pricce.—NOSOTO’S, 88B and 9,
Est*bil*hcd 1 RT 2 . w.
■jlyf'APPINS CUTLERY and ELECTRO-
LYX SILVER PLATE.—Messrs. MAPPIN (Brothers), Maoafai-
tumra by Bpeclol Appointment to the tjeren. are tho only Sheffield
Makers who lucply the consumer direct In Irondon. Their London
Fhow Room*, t!7 and 6«, KING-WILLIAM STREET, London-bri go,
oontuin by far tho largest Stock of GlJTLERY aud ELECTRO- 8l‘.V«R
t'LAiE iu tho World, which to transmltt.d direct from their Manu¬
factory. Queen's Cutlery Wr»k*, 8he<Bald.
Electro- Silvor Spoons «*nd Forks,
Fiddle Patlem, full «5zo-
For Dor.
Table Spurns .. .. Jfis. OJL
Table Forks .. .. 3* 0
Dwrert Spoons .. .. S7 «
Perrert Voiks .. .. 27 0
TeaSpoous .. .. 16 0
Salt „ ( Gilt Bowls t
Mustard „<fis.perdor.. ?• it 0
Egg „ l extra. )
Messrs. Mappin <F
their unprecedented____ ... __ . w
warkninUfthip, and coveity, stands unrivalled Toetr lllasaa ed
Cutaio^ua which It comisuully ro.’Civing adcUUens of new designs,
free on application.
Mar pin (Brothers), 67 and 6S, King Will'sm-etroet, Lendon-bridge.
Mountiicrorr. Queen's Cutlery Work*. Bheflic'd.
ivory Table Knives. Full Size,
Balance Handles, which cannot
poeiiibiv become loose. Fer Doz.
Table Knives .. .. 2to.0d.
Lessen Knives .. ..18 0
Car>-cr«t par pair) ./ 9 0
As alxrvo, with Bterllag Silver
Fcrslfl®.
Table Knives .. .. 34 6
Desert Knives .. .. 24 0
Carvers 1 per pair) ..II 0
' ' invite buyer* to inxpect
i (Brothers) respectfully ii
cd display, which for beauty of design, exquisite
rp&E BEST SHOW of IRON BED-
X STEADS «n thcKl.N'GDOSI to WILLIAM S. BURTON’d -Ho
bss Four Large Rooms dev ltd to tho exclusive show < f Iron and
Brass Ih-dftteacs and Children's Oft*, tvilh spproprint* Bedding and
Bedhungiogs. Portable Folding Bedsteada from J2a. 6d.; Patent
Iron Bediteads, fitted with dovetail joint and patent sacking, from
17* Gd ; and Cota, from 2fto. e«cii: handtomc Ornamental Iron ilod-
itcads, in grant varie’y. from £2 13s. fid. to £20.
WILLIAM B. BURTON'S GENERAL FUP.NT8HTNG IRON¬
MONGERY CATALOGUE may bo had gratis, and tree by rost. II
contnios upvranls of 409 lilus:radons of bis illlmircd bto-ak of Electro
and 9betBcd Plato. Nlchol Biirar, and Br itannia Maul Good*. Utah
Cover* and Hot-water Dtohoa, 8tovea, Fen dora, Marble Mantolpicoos,
Kltehan Hacgre, Lamp*. Goxetiers. Tea Urn* and Kettlaa, Too Traya,
Clock* Titbit Cntlury, Bath* end Toilet Wore, Turnery, Iron and Bras*
BodAtead*. Bedding, Bod Uonging*, *0., Ae.. with Ltots of Prices and
Ptons of tho Siitoon large Show Room* nt 39, Oxford-streat, W.;
f, 1a, 2, and 3, Newman-street; ind 4, 6. and fi. Ferry to piece, Loudon.
GENERAL FURNISHING IRON-
O" MO?;Q£RY.—The TANK LIB ANON, 56. 56, and BAZAAR,
Baker-*:;vet. Tho largest Showrooms in London, containing tho
best and most varied stock of splendid Hioctro-SJver Plate; saptsrlor
Cutlery, warranted; 8:ovca, Fenders, and Fire-irons; elegant Go*
Ohandolirrs, Lamps, Tcft-nrnt, paper Tea-trays, Baths, Hall Lan¬
tern* and Stoves, Kitchen Ranges. Gordon Seat*, and W (rework.
Purchasers are Invltod to view this vast collection of useful aud orna¬
mental furnishing requisite*, sJl of tho bast manufacture, which to un¬
equalled cbewbere.
Tho l»a*t Colza Oil, <t. 3d. oar guiles.
Mod oral or Lamp*, 4s. fid. each.
Purdoniim Coal Boxes, to- 6d. each.
Registered Brara Gaslight.•«, 9d. each-
I very Balanced handle TaWo Knlvra, 11*. per dozen.
N.B.—The |trices nmrted in plain figures.
Illustra.od Catalogues free.
S ILVER PLATE, New aud Secondhand.—
A Pamphlet of Prices, with Engravings, may bo had crtiU; or
will bo sent post-freo, If applied for by letter-—A. B. SAVORY and
BONK Goldsmiths (opposite the Bank of England), 11 and IS, Cam-
hill, Loudon.
C HUBB’S LOCKS, with all the recent im¬
provements; Btrong Fireproof Safes. Cash and Desd Boxes.
Complete LL»u of Hke* and Prices may bo had on application.—
CHUBB sad BON, 57, 6t. Foal’s Churchyard, London.
B ARLOW’S POTATO-STEAMER.—By
all xncsnt see Its admirable tad perfect action explained. Prico
€a , 7s., sxul 8s. each.—James Barlow, inventor, 14, King Wlllbua-
•treet. Mansion Hauso. Engravings gratis, or sont ps*t-fro«.
nrRELOAR’S COCOA-NUT FIBRE
. 1 . MATTING IB TUB BEST.—Prize Medals awarded, London,
New York, and Paris. Catalogues conta'ning prices aud ovary
panlcu'ar free by post Warehouse. 42, Ludgnta-hill, l-on*!on.
mHE BEST BED for a CHILD is one of
X TRELOAR’3 METALUC COT3, 4 ft. kmg by 2 ft. wide, with
mov**W«s r d». pi’tors. eastots. and tmusvsass, prieo 21s.. lnclull»g
a Cccoa-nut Flint; Motirew. Packed sod delivnod at any Railway
Station in the Kingdom for Sts —THOMAS TEELOAR, Iran Bed¬
sit ad Manufacturer, 42, LudgaU-hlll, E.C.
£10,000 Mr. C. Minna fer an Infringement of the
nventorto Rights.—Let Counterfeiters therefore bo cautious.—
ItJlVEKMACUER’S MEDICAL ELECTRO-GALVANIC CHAINS,
for per*onal use ; an un'alUng and often Instant remedy for Rheums-
ttonl Gout, Epfapay. Paraly*to, Liver Complaint*, Asthma. fndig»-
uon Coogbs. DliefttoW sod all Nervous and Muscular Dtoeaaoa. Ap-
rroved by the Ac«Wmie do M.'dfclne, Porto, and rewaniod at the
. nivcnal ExhiWUco. Their extraordln ary corauvo powers is so uni -
Toraallr known and snlaglwd In the nwUul works tnd J^amato as to
tender'll useless to dotois the great number of dtoaasee in which U»«y
kav* proved Infallibto, er the thousands ot curra they havo greedy
effected May be tested before purchasing. Price 5s. and 10s. fid.;
the 15s . 18 s , and Tit. most nssftil. free o«r post — Palverraacher and
Co., 73, Oxford-street (ftdjohilrg tho Princnts’ Theatre), London.
TNFANTS’ new feeding-bottles^-
X From tho “ Lsmosi."—" We have seldom s«m mnihfaig »0
baauriful so th* Fcoding-BotUra lnfrodurad by Mr. F.LAM, 195.
Oxford-street- Wbriber for watr.ing, roaring by bond, or ooca t ioaa l
fevdirg. they are quite cnrivai’td.’’ Ts. fid each.
T O MOTHERS.—NfcW NIPPLE SHIELDS,
Oxford-street- 4s.od.;or by poat.'Jd sxua.
T EETH.—Bv her Stajestv’s Royal Letters
Tstent. Mr EPHRAIM UOfiEl-Y, Sargsop-Donttot 9, Low-w
Grrawnor-strevt, Original Inventor Cb®?xxi e *I.y-pwc|i«rv*2
WHITE and GUM-COLOURED 15D1AUUB8BR os alining to the
ordinary gold or bone franra AU ihsrp edges tit avoided, «odno
rprings, wires, ot fastenings sre require d; a gre-atiy-locrwwdfroe-
dom of suet*on to repplhd and a p-rfeot fit secured; white, fmm tbs
*cfm»*ft snd flf-XibiUty of tho agents employed, the g refOMm ippWt
to given to the adjoining teeth wh« loose, or raxtda«l»snd«r by tho
absorption of the gum*.—9, Lower Oxcsvcner-street, London, and 14,
Cay-street, Bath.
P AINLESS TOOTH EXTRACTION by
CONGELATION.-Mr. EDWIN WILLIAMS, Snrgrm-
Denttot, Operates at 2', Southampton-rirest. B!o5m*faury-*qttftrs,
ftrem Ten to Four. A pamphlet by past fid-, third odltloo.
TM PORT AST.-YOUNG’S CORN and
_L BUNION FLA8TERB are tbs best ever Invented. Observe the
Nemo ant! Address printid <n tho label, without wbioh nmre or s
gee ulna. Mar bo bad of all chemist*; la. P«f box. »thlrtom •reapfc
Address H. Yonng, I, Shaftosbury-plBcO, AWaragato-rirwt, E.C.—
Beware of ladtatiora
P ATENT SELF-LIGHTING CIGAR
COMPACT, SO, Moors,to-rt.-trt. Wholesale and Itetoll -40
hinds of Cigar* are tre*tod by this prccots, and are igultod by limpio
friction, whhout t>d« cr smell. No extra prico. Iuvoln ib!o to ou’-
tloor smokcrB and traveR< rs. S*. to 42». per lb. Sample box, six flno
Hnvanmiha, free 21 postage-stamps; three, 12 stamp!.
IN AH AN’S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC
BRANDY.—This colobrated o'd Irish Whisky rival! th© finest
French Brandy. It to pure, mild, mrilow, and delicious, and v«ry
wholesome. Bold in bottles, 3s. fid- each, at moat of the rexpectabla
retail houses — Observe the red seal, pink label, and cork branded
“Kinahxn’s LL Whisky," 8, Groat WLn-lmlll-stroet. llayniarkot.
W INES from the CAPE of GOOD IIOPR—
POUT. SHERRY, MADEIRA, BUCEI.LAB, and MAR-
SAT.A. all 20s. per dozen, really flno quality, produce of Spanish and
Portuguese vines, nt the CAPE of GOOD HOPE, whonco her
Majesty to Govctment allow* wines to be import**! for half dutr. Tbe
sample* for 12 stamps. Brandy, excellent, per dozen. W. and
A- 6II.BE Y, Wh o Importers, 357,OxfordHtre«t, W.
■REDUCED PRICES for WINES.—
X|| Honcsillon, 30a.; Dinner Bhcrry, 30a. : Btand&rd Bherry, 40s. |
Finest Old Brandy. 60a. per dozen, cash—Address, and orders pay*
able to. FOSTER and INGLE. 45, Chaapeido, E.C.
T7"AL DE PENAS.—Connoisseurs are informed
\ that our Home po*s?« a limited <ponUty of this rare old
WINE, and offer It at a very moderate price-viz , 48* per dozen.—
CADIZ WINE COMPANY. 65. St- James’s-street, London
N-B. C*yr!*g*-free. EfttaLilkned 1817.
Q TOG UMBEIt MEDICINAL PALE ALB
lO i« brewed with tbe water from “ Harry Hill’s Well." It cured
dtoearcs. and is renovating, reasonable, and delicious. References to
the facility *no ytatlaticai rotarn of local population and births.—B.
HOLDEN. 55A. Upper Eojmiour-street, Portman-square, solo I ondon
Agent. H. Watts, Manager, Stogumbw, Taunton. Drum frinkt and
trinket wloder, ilass euro iebensfrobo Wange rosig strahi*.
S^ ^TE NEW
LTANA SAUCE.-
A most refreshing stimulant to the Appetite, eompoxd
principally of Turkish Condiments. An exquisite relish with alm'it
ev-;ry ’description of food. To bo had of all Sauoo Vecdsrs; and of
the Bole Wholesale Agents, CB088B and BLACKWELL, Purroyora
to tho Qsoeu, 21, Echo-square.
H OBNIMAN’S PURE TEA, tho leaf not
cclotxrod -RICH FULL-FI.AVOUUED of great strtmrdi is
lhn» secured, as Importing it not covered with powdered colour pre¬
sents .the Chinese raining off tho low-priced brown autumn leave#
as the best. Tho “J uncot" (Longman, r- >18) rtoiea of Horniman't
tras: “ The grren not being covered with Prn’.alu blue, Ire , to a dull
olive; the Black to r.ot intcaioly dark." Wholesome and good taa Is
thu9 secured. Price* 3a. 8d-, 4s., and 4s. 4d. per lb. London Agents:
Pumcll, 78, CornhiU; Elphlnstono, 227. Uo^onbstreet, 33ft, Oxford-
street. and 21, Throgmotton->treet, Bank; Wolf, 75. Bt- Paul's
Churchfard Dodren. 98 Hackumn-streot -Borough. Sold In packets
by Horrlmnn's AgccU in all pans of the kingdom,
THE BEST FOOD FOR CHH.DJIEN. INVALIDS, AND OTHERS.
R OBINSON’S PATENT BARLEY, for
' making superior Barley Water in fifteen minutes, hoa not only
obtained the patron ago of her Majesty and the Kcyol Family, bat has
become of general uso to every class of the community, and to oe-
bnowiedfod to itsnd unrivalled as an eminently pure, nutritious, and
Ugbt foci for infants *nd invalids; much r-pproved for making •
delicious custard rnddirg, and excel ent for thickening broths or
-CTENTC- *. -
soups ROBINPON’B PA‘
* G SCATS for more than thirty yeare
tion for making a pure end dnitoate Gruel, which fotius a I’ght and
ntstritious rupper for tho aged, to a popu'ar recipe for colds and
inilo/maa, to o' general use In the s'ck-cfcanibcr.aua.nlternutoly with
tho Patent Barley, ts fin excellent food for In'ton is and children.
Prepared only by tho Pntcn'ee* ROBINSON, BELV1LLE, and CO^
Purvey* re to thn Qnecn, 64, Red Lien-strum. HoJbant, London. Sold
byall respectable Grocers, Drundita, and o bers In town and oountnr.
In packets of fid. and Is.; and Family Cantotors, at U., U-, and 10*.
ouch.
G LENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
U5EP IN TUX ROYAL LAUIVIiET,
And pronounced by her Mnksty’s I-aun>lro*s to bo
THE FINEST BTARCH SHE EVER USHD.
8o!d by all Chomllara, Grocers, Jkc., fro
WHEN YOU ASK FOR
G LENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
HEE THAT YOU GET IT,
m inferior kinds ore often iubstituted.
TTCNEST FRENCH COLZA OIL, 4s. 6d per
X Gal’on. rash.—Messrs. LEMAIRE and CO., of Porto. BolO
IYpfit in England, fh* Loudon Hoop and Candle Company, 78, Now
Bond-street. Theirs to th6 finest and purest Colza Oil lm;wrte<i. end
will burn in rvory kind of lamp cow in uso. Also reduced pile os for
all Candlca, Boep«, Oils, fro.
TTIAU PHILIPPE.—PHILIPPE’S DENTI-
X!i FRICE WATER clean* and whitens tbe teeth, braces tho
cums, sweetens tho breath, anil proveuta toothache. Price 2s. and
:ii.—Hlmmel ,96,Strand; and Sc n yor, i:»0 O xford- street. _
•CTRENCH GREEN SILK UMBRELLAS.
I * Napolocn Blue and Brown; also improved Alpacas, superior ’.o-
ordlnarr silk. Mr. CHEEK respectfully calls at ten don to tbe be.6
itock in London. 132c, Oxfcrd-stroct, W N.B. Cotologuss of prioea
gratto.___
T ADIES* FIRST-CLASS ELASTIC
Xi BOOTS, at MODERATE PRICPS-—Paris Kid Elartic Boots,
military hce’s. its. fd. Illustrated twiced Catalogues amt post-free.—
TH OMAB D. MARBHALL, 192. OXF*)RD-STRRKT. W __
TVTO MORE COLD FEET.—Patent FELT
XI ESBOLKD BOOTS and FIIOE3—BOWLET and CO, 53,
Charing-cross, Prize Medal Holder* at London and Porto Exhi¬
bitions._
ESSRS. NICOLL’S ESTABLISHMENTS
are thus divided:—
No. lit, REGENT-STREET, to their Dtfpdt for Pal stole, Uniform*,
Genllomen’s Evening and Morning Drew.
No. 116, for the manufacture of tbe Goioea Trouser*.
No 118. for Half Guinea WeUtconU. .
No- IW. for Waterproofed Guinea Cane* and Servants' Uvrlfl8.
No. 142 Is their new establishment for Ladles' Killing Habits and
Mantles in Fur snd Cloth. . . . _ lU _ _
No. 144 contains their othor new department for Clothing Yourg
Genfemoa with the tssto, excellence, and economy whereby Mcnn.
Nio.il] have secured wldo-*pread confidence. ._.
The Vt'holeeale Warorooras are at tho rear of tho Regcnt-KTocl
premises, ft-iz- 29, 30, 31, and 41, Warwtok-stioet.
Tlio City D/pfi4 to at 21 and 22, CornhlO. _„ . ..
Tho addrosro# of tho varaur agents are duly advurttoel in th#
Jou rasto rf the United Kingdom and th* Colonist. _
TpIRST-CLASS CLOTHING, on Economical
X Principle*-—D«« Conti, £3, ftc.t Boy’s Balt, IU. per Inch,
recording to hrifht.-WALTER BEKDOE, 96, Sew Boud-itreet, and
69, CorabtlL N.B North ride ___
S YDENHAM i» the GRAND GALLERY of
PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION.—Art, Sclenco, and ManufttC-
ture are iu tributaries. Tbs Sydenham Top-coat, if tont W*UJrprrot
Bearer, 42s ; the 8ydrnb*m Tionaer*, uf West or Englmd Ddesklu*,
17* fid.; and Vest to match. *.Cd., are lha mrat perf«t coBfrlbuUona
of that branch of mechanical skill. Bote MAksXt, SAMLEIr
morHK KB. 29. Ludguto-tun. Parurns, A c., seat froo. _
ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES.—Mr.
and Mr* HART, *1, Newcastle-rtreet, Strand. W.O., sre
gtrine the highest price* for ct,- ry kirvl of Ladlos' and OenUsmcnH
WEARING APPAREL, fatln and vetvot dresses, rvhnoctato, uni¬
forms, LaDft shawls, point luce, trinkets, hooks, furaiture, tntoe*!-
laneona property, fra. Ladle* or Gentlemen wal’.od on, any
distanoe. Address as above. Parcels from tbs ooaatr/. ntmosl
valor remlttad In cosh. R atahlishod iAOl ____
ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES for
EXPORTATION.—Mr. «r.d Mf«. HCTCHINSON tr. Dwn-
nml. !I‘rh Kolbrro. W.C., oral lime *ivto« lh. bh MS mjg tacj*
fo, Lulbn'. G-mlimw*., ud CMUr«n'. Ctotlm. bn.l^-
Lwlir, w Gentlemen punctual, w^lod o» ***^l i 11
conntrv, the utmost vsluo lmmodla Ulv ramlttol hr Po*--ofllce order.
TS/'ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, Uni-
V V tom. Kimauww tm w.»
Iadll. w G«i'1bmii wU i» t T »<*■— l “f f
.... .. ifi. Tykr-s.-—.
utmost value In eaab torn
TT/ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES for
YV AUBTRAUA. to w-BB to. Mr.
i/itnj ira A CH. 319 and -ISO, BT it AN D (opposite Somerset-house>,
SSfnittaB the htohrat price In Cash for lilies’, GeutXsmen^
and Children's Clochsa, Regimentals, l.'ndwclothlng. Boots, Books,
Joweiiarr. and all Mbcsilaneous Property. Lettres for any day o*
distance sunntsaliy sttendsxl to. Paroela sent from the Countsjr,
rfthartorre or small, the utmost value returned by Pest-offlee onto*
fj ^LWsr Referee, and W ratmlmur B*nk. go* 49 yra.
ANTED LADIES’ and GENTLEMEN’S
LEFT-OEF CI.OTHE8, R^rl-ent^., .Cd MlKtllUUyfo;
PnT’«TTv The highcat urice in Cash. Ladles snd Gentlemen waited
Mr. or lta-Ucr. tM.toml <W«Uo
Twining * Bank); or Stl, near Watcrloo-bHdre. Parcels frea th*
country, s pc*V-cfflco onlex rcmlUod. —F^rab’dihod to ycox* *
192
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Feb. 20, 1858
NE W MUSIC , $ c.
TV ALBERT’S ALBUM for 1858.—The most
1 / splendid Musical Work ever produced, surpassing all this
popular Composer's previous Albums. The cover is In tho most elabo¬
rate gorgeous style; the binding In watered silk; and tho coloured
illustrations are in the greatest variety, by Mr. Brandard. M. D’Albert
has composed oxoressly for this Album a number of new Waltzes, new
Quadrilles, Polkas, Mazurkas, Ac.; and tho publishers feel confidence
In announcing It as the most attractive Musical Present ever pub¬
lished. Prioe 21s. Sent free.
Cu.vitkll and Co., 49 and 30, Now Bond-street.
TV ALBERT'S WEDDING QUADRILLE,
JlJ performed by Wclppert's Band at hrr Majesty’s State Ball,
Buckingham Palace. Just published, price 3a., Solo or Duet, post-
free. CBAITIU. end Co., 30, New Bond-ctrool.
TV ALBERT’S PRINCESS ROYAL POLKA,
Lf with an exquisite Portrait of the Princess In Colours, by
BRANDARD. Price 3s., Solo or Duet, post-free.
Chappxll and Co , 30, Now Bcmd-street.
TV ALBERT’S HOOP DE DOODEN DO
JL/ GALOP Just publlshod. Price 3#., post-free.
Chappell and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
TV ALBERT’S ENGLISH POLKA Just
JL/ published, illustrated In colours, with a Bridal Portrait of tho
Princess Royal, by UKaNBAHD. Pncc A*., post-free.
Chappell and Co., 60, Now Bond-sueot.
T ’ADIEU de la PRINCESSE. BRINLEY
JU RICHARDS’ New Noctnrae for Uio Pianoforte, splendidly
Illustrated in Colour* by BRANDARD. Dedicated to her Majoaty tho
Queen. Prico 3*. fid., post-froo.
Chappell and Co., 30, Now Bond-stroot.
POOD-BYE to the BRIDE. New Song.
VJ Composed by FRANK MORI. Prico 2 *., post-free.
Chappell and CO., 60, New Bond-street.
rrtHE RELIEF of LUCKNOW; a Charac-
JL teristic Fantasia for the Pianoforte. Bv C. M. E. OLIVER.
Price 4 a poat-froe- Descriptive of that interesting eplsodo in the
hutory of iu gallant defence, wherein a Scottish woman cheered
the hearts of tho anxious beslegod, by deolariug that, amidst the din
of war, her ears could discern th* Hlogan of the far-distant but ad¬
vancing Highlander*.—C happell and CO., 50, New Bond-street.
rnHE LAY of the SEA-SHELL. New Song.
JL Composed by C. M. E. OLIVER. Price 2*. Also, by the same
Composer, SLEEP, MY PRETTY ONE, BLEEP. WordsLy Tenny¬
son. Prico 2a., post-free.
Chappxll and Co., 30, New Bond-street.
T> RINLEY RICHARDS’ HUGUENOTS
JJ FANTASIA on the most admired Airs from this favourite
Opera for tho Pianoforte. Prico 4s.. poet-free
Chappxll and CO., 60, New Bond-street.
T HAVE ALWAYS A WELCOME FOR
i. THEE. New Ballad by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Just oub-
lishod. “One of the sweetest ballads of thw day."—Review Price
2s.; free for stamps.—W. Williams, 221, Tottenham-court-road.
A DELE ; or, I Miss thy Kind and Gentle
£JL Voice. Tho 8 econd Edition of ihis beautiful Ballad, by
LANGTON WILLIAMp, is now ready, os sung by Mis* Lm cello*.
Prico 2k-; free for stAiupe—W. WILLIAMS, 221, Tottenham-court-road.
TTIFFIE SUNSHINE; New Ballad. By
I LANGTON WILLIAMS; sung by Mis* Poole, with thegreatoat
success. Beautifully Illustrated. Price 2*. 6 d., free for stamps.
W. WILLIAMS, 231. Totten ham-court-road.
T ANGTON WILLIAMS’ NEW REDOWA,
1 J "Tho Village Quocn."—“This Is tho sent of tho season, both
In nmslo and Illustration . 1 ’ —Review.—W. Williams and CO^ 221,
Tottenham-cocxt- road. Prioe 2a. 6 d.; free for stamps.
rnHE ROYAL WEDDING QUADRILLES,
A by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Illustrated with Portraits, hi
Colours, of their Royal Highnesses tbo P Incest Royal of Premia aod
her Ccnanrt, bv BRANDARD. after Drawings by Winterhalter.
Price ts > reo for stamps.—W. Williams and Co., 221, Tottenham-
court-road
IVfARTIN SCHNEIDER’S SPRITE
If 1 POLKA. Beautifully illustrated In Colours. Prioo, with
Cornet accompaniment is fid., pott-frea.
Mktzlxr end Co., 36, 37 and 38. Great Marlborough -1 treat, W.
1LTARTIN SCHNEIDER’S SYREN POLKA.
LYA Beautifully Illustrated In Colour*. Prico, with Cornet acoom-
pan mont, 2 s. fid. post free.
Mxtzler and Co., 36, 37, and 38, Great Tdarlborough-street, W.
IVT ARTIN SCHNEIDER’S ROYAL WED-
JJA DING POI.KA MAZURKA. Illustrated Title. PrtcoS* Gd.,
postage- free. x -l‘ •
Mktzlbh and Co^ 36, 37, and 38, Great Marlborough-street, W.
PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM’S
JL MARen. By ELLEN L. GLASCOCK. Composed In honour
of tho Royal Wedding. With S|.!andid Portrait- Prico 3a. post-free.
Mxttzlxr and Co., 36, 37, and 38, Great Marlborough-*treet, W.
PRINCE of PRUSSIA POLKA. By H.
JL FROOM 8 . The best Polka, ot the Season- Second thousand.
With Portrait, price 'is fid. postage free.
Mktzlxr and CO., 36, Si, and 38, Great Marlborough-street, W.
T’M a SPIRIT YOUNG and FAIR. New
A Song by F. BIIR1VALL. Beantifully iiluitrated in Colours.
A pleasing and graceful song for the Drawing-room. Price 2s. fid-
postage free.—M xtzler and CO., 36, 37, and 38, Groat Marlborough-
street, W.
QIXTEEN QUADRILLES, VALSES,
O POLKAS. GALOPS, and VAIWOVIANA, are contained In
Laurent’* Album of Danoo Music (seventy-five pages, full size),
price 5i., in Illustrated cover, post-free
Boo Bier and Sons, Musical Library, Holies-street, W.
TWENTY - FIVE SONGS from Verdi’s
JL Operas (In English and Italian) are contained in tho VEttDI
ALBUM, price 6 *. in faucy cover, gilt edges; or 7s. 6 d. In crimson
cloth at d gold, poit-froe.
Eoosur and Sons, Musical Library, Hoilos-strest, W.
TJOOSEY’S MUSICAL LIBRARY.—An
AJ Annual Subscriber of Two Guineas has tho command of above
100.000 English and Foreign Works, and Is allowed the oontinunl u*e
of Three Guineas' worth of Music lo the Country, or Two Guinea*’
werth In Loudon. Country Parcels dispatched with the greatest
promptitude. Full particulars by post.—HoUes-stroet, W.
■ r pHE PLOT of the OPERA is very folly de-
A scribed in each volume ofBOOBF.k and SONS’ SERIES of
complete OPEKA 8 , for pl«no solo, enabling tho pianist to appreciate
the sentimoi.t *wl character of every rno^tnu in tho work. Thirto*-n
Operas are now published is strong cloth covers, prices from <* to
7s. fid. each, viz.:—Il Trovatore, !s. ; La Trnviato, 5* ; Let Vfcpres
SldUr-nnes, 7*- 6 d. ; Rigolctto, Cm.; Sonnambula, 4 s.; Noima, 4 s.;
Les Huguenots, 7s. 6 d.; Dun Juan, 6 *.: Fra Diavolo, 6 *.; Paritanl,
fis.;FUlo du Regiment, 4s.; Lucia, 6 *.; Lucrezla Borgia, 4 *.
Booskt and 80X3, Stand 28, Holies-stroet, W.
TjVWER and CO.’S ALBUM de PIANO for
l\l 1868, containing twenty-six new compositions by the best
modern authors. “ By far the best work of It# kind evor published.'
-Critic. “May be fairly recommended as a handsome gift.” Mu¬
sical World. “ As good a gift- book of its kind a> we havo met
AthenflEum. “One of the prettiest musical annual*."—Dally Nows
Price 15a- »cnt free. List of contents sent free on application.—
Bwkh and Co.. 390. Oxford-street- Bole publisher* of tho complete
works of Mendotssohn.
T INENDRAPERS’ GALOP, for the Piano-
JLJ forte By AUGUSTUS HERZOG The most spirited Galop
lately published. Bent free on receipt of 12 stamps.
Ewxr and CO., 3W. Oxford-*treet.
/CRYSTAL PALACE, Sydenham.—Just pub-
\J lisbod, price 4s , splendidly llln»tr-tod, tho ERIN O HRAGH
Qt’ADRlLLnK Composed and arranged on national airs by
RUDOLPH ZABKL. and dedicated to Col C. A Edwards, CJB an i
C.H L, and tb<* officer* of the > 8 th R I Ke*lm>nt. on tbdr de¬
parture for service in India Performed at the Crystal Palace, ‘ j den-
ham, and by Mr. Wiippert’a celebrated Quudriuo Band, with im¬
mense i noccs*
Dunlin: . WiskhxaBT and SON, 23, tittffolk-eercet London: C.
Jeffery*. 21, Soho-square.
/CHEAPEST MUSIC REPOSITORY in
VJ ENGLAND. All NEW MUSIC HALF-PRICE; 8 oUed Muslo
at One Fourth and a Third. Country Orders executed Catalogue*,
one stamp.—D'ALCORN, 18, Rath bone place, Oxford-street
NEW BOOKS, frc.
IS, Groat Marlborough-street
TTURST AND BLACKETT’S
A A NEW wonKS:-
BERANGEK'S MEMOIRS. Written by Himself.
Enpliih Copyright Trai ilatton Second Edition, with numerous
additional Anecdote* and Notes, hitherto unpublished. 1 voL, With
Portrait. 14a.
ATKENSON’8 TRAVELS in ORIENTAL and
WESTERN SIBERIA, MONGOLIA, the KIhGUIS STEPPER, and
CEN' RAL ASIA Boyal 8 vo, with 80 Illustrations, including
numerous beentlTally-coloured Plate* from the Author’s Original
Dravrinw and a Map £ 22 *, bound.
A WOMAN’S THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN.
By the Author of * John Halifax, Gentleman. M 1 voL 10*. fid.
A book of sound counsel—wall written, true-hearted, and prac¬
tical "—Examiner.
RIDKS and REVERIES of AESOP SMITH. By
MARTIN P. TOPPER. I voL 10*. 6 d.
“Mr. Tumor's now work combine# with acutenosa of judgment
freshness of fancy and elegance of sentiment-"—Poat.
RECOLLECTIONS of WEST-END LIFE By
Major CHAMBER, late of the 17th Lancer*. 2 vols. With Portrait
of George IV. 21*.
A
In royal 8 ro, In Ulutnlnated ©over, price Is. M. each,
NY of Sir WALTER SCOTT’S novels.
With h a latest Introductions and Note*.
Edinburgh : A. and 0- BLACK, aod ail Boeksellar*.
T RY. A beautiful Book for Boys. By OLD
JONATHAN, la- p >.t-fre«, 40 Illuatratinn*.
CollingB iDCE, City Press, Leng-lano, London; and everywhere.
J EEMS PIPES of PIPESVILLE
Is Coming.
Crown 8 to, prioe ta. 6 d.: poet-free 2a. 10d., with Map 6 d. extra.
L ONDON as it is TO-DAY : Where to Go
aod What to 8 ee. With 200 Eng-raring*.
London; U. G. Clark* and Co., * 62 . Strand, W.C.
w
Uluatrated with 250 Descriptive Engravings, . 8 *. <kl.,
IFKS OWN BOOK of COOKERY.—
Agreeable Dinners. Inex]
Nice Dinners for every
noers. Inexpensive, and easily cooked. Also,
day.—W ard and Lock; and all Booksellers.
Now ready. No*. 1,1, and 3 , Illustrated with Seventy new Engraving*,
price 2d. each, to be completed In Twelve Monthly Number*,
T HE FAMILY DOCTOR.
Houlstox and Wright, and all Booksellers.
Just published.
Seoond Edition, price U.; free per post, 1*. Id ,
T HE DRY CuLLOOION PROCESS. By
CHA.IILES A. LONG.
“This process Is simple and oertain .' 1
Bland and long. Photographic Instrument Maker* to hor Majesty,
133, Fleet-at eat, Loudon. K C.
Ju«t publi-bed.
Third Edition, poat-free, fid.,
QPECTACLKS. When to wear and how to
use them Addressed to th^so who value tholr Sight- By
CHARLES A. LONG.
BlaxiP and LORO, Opticians to her Majoaty, 133, Fleet-street,
London, E.C.
/CATECHISM of SHORT HAND. The fullest
VJ Insight Into this valuablo art, with half the usual labour. The
only system on the viva-voce plan By an cxporiuaccd Reporter. Ac.
“Clever and valuablo book.”—Weston Garotte. Post-free for 18
stamps. Addrtaa. Author of 8 .-II. Catechism, Victoria-park, Bristol.
Just published. Fifth Edition, price Sis.; free by post,
FTU1E ART of BREWING, Fermenting, and
A. Making of Malt; conuinlog correct Tablet of Mashing Heats,
full directions for Preventing Aootoua Fermentation, and every other
nec e s s a ry Information to make success in this Important art certain;
the result of 30 years' practice. Uy JOHN LEVESQUE, late of the
Anchor Brewery.- JAKES Leath, 3, St. Paul's Churchyard.
S i RICK-MAKING MACHINES, adapted for
* the Clays they are to work, and every information on Pottery,
binary, and Works. The Society of Arts Prize Essay “ oo
Brick .making," post-free. Is. 2d. Mr HUMPHREY CHAMBER.
LAIN. Kemnesy. n
People's Edition i»y |k«*i, *». etf..
T71ALLACIES of the FACULTY. By Dr
J? DICKSON. THE DESTRUCTIVE ART of HEALING. A
Sequel to the above. l)v post, 2s- fid. Fourth Edition
# SumnN. Markham. and co
In one thick vot., the Kiovemh Edition, price It*.,
•jtrODERN DOMESTIC MEDICINE: a
_LT.I_ comprehensive Medical Guide for the Clergy, Families, and
Emigrants. By T. J GKAKAM, M.D., Mom her of the Royal Col¬
lege of Burgeons of England
** Undoubtedly the best m* dical work for private families in ths
English language. It is inraiuaole."— Llte'sry Times
“Of all the mod'eal guides that havoeomo to our hand this (a by
far the best—tur fnlare* an* completeness they all yield the palm to
Dr. Graham’s."- Banner, August, 1853.
Published by SlUTKiK and CO., Paternoster-r«w; Hatchardi, 187,
Piccadilly. Bold by all Booksellers.
H INTS to MOTHERS and NURSES on
REARING INFANTS by HAND. Post-free, on application
to Williak F. Coopeb, Pharmaceutical Chemist, 20, Oxford-moot,
W., Loudon.
A NEW StSTEM ot MEDICINE.—The
ANTISEPTIC TREATMVNP.-Great results by harmless
moons- Tbs mo t extraordinary Cures have been mide In long¬
standing Complaints. Cancer trusted without pain, Lupus. Scrofula.
Cjnsumotioo Throat and Skin Diseases Ulceration and Irritation of
the Mucous Membrane, Inciigretion. with Nervousness, Dbirrhcea,
othor Chronic Disorders. 8 eo Treatise on “ Acacia Charcoal." post-
free. la. Bv W. WASHINGTON EVANS, M.D., 12, Barnard-stroet,
Primrose-lull, London.
Price lk; postage-free, is. 2d.,
P APER FLOWERS ; the Art of Modelling
and Making. By CHARLES PEPPER. Diutreted.
Lend m : J. Barnard, 339, Oxford-»'iwi, W.
S TAINED WINDOWS and ORNAMENTAL
44 l ASS by the now and Beautiful Pro'oas DLAPHAN1E-
eas.ly ac-ompllshed by Ladies and Go tlemon. All material*.
Deaim*. «tc. Wholesale and R«»aJl. of J BA'-N ‘RD, 33». 0*f"*d-
streot. W.; by whom Is published, “ Plain Instructions 'n IHaphanlo."
ri-o fid.; seven stamps postage-free, and where Specimens may be
prl -0 6 d.;
Inspected
T he prettiest gift-book ever
PUBLISHED.—The PICTORIAL POCKET BIBLE, with
nearly 300 beautifkl Wood Engravings of all the great events re¬
corded in ths Scriptures. Good clear typo, and 50,000 rcfriruncr*. Bound
In the boat mojoe-o, for Its , seat post- free. Only to be had at Joan
Field's Great Blblo Warehouse, 65, Regent's-* uadrant, London.
KH non BIBLES, prayer-books,
t/Ui VUKJ CHURCH 8 ERV r CBS, and JUVENILE BOOKS.—
The 1 urges*. Cheapest, end Best-bound Stock in tbo Kingdom, at
FIELD'S Great Bible Warehouse, 63, Regent‘s-qnadrant, London.
OK f)A< i BIBLES, Prayer-Books, and Chursh
Services, In every description of binding and type,
being ths cheapest. largest, and best-bound Stock in the Kingdom, at
PARKINS and GOTTO’S, 2t and 25 Ox/ord-street
P ARKINS and GOTTO, Paper and Envelope
Makers, 21, and 25, Oxford-street, the cheapest bouse In the
kingdom. No charge for sUror-ing. No chargo for cementing
vaiope*. No charge for carriage to the country on orders over 20s.
Crmm. 1 «iit Norn. 5 Oalrvs far bit. f’unoriar Knvalone*. 4<1. nor 10
Croam-l«kl Soto, 5 Quirts for fid.
Thick Ditto, 5 Qufrrt for Is.
Commercial Note, ft Quire* for la
Bordered Note, 5 Quim for is.
India Note, 5 Quires for Is.
Letter Paper, ts. p« Ream.
Sermon Paper, ts. 6 d. „
Straw Writing Paper, 3s. ,,
Outside Foolscap, 6 *. fid. „
Wedding Stationery.
fiuperisr Envelope*, 4d. per 100.
Black bordered, fid. per (00
Queen's-head ditto. Is. per dozen.
Office Envelopes, 5a. per 1000, ot
10,000 for 48s.
100 Cards printed for Is. fid.
Good Copy-books, 2s. per dozen.
Best Wax, 3s. fid. per lb.
Qqoik> Quill Pans. 2*. Gd. per 100,
Price list sent post-free.
Copy address—Parkins and 'lotto, 24 and 25, Oxfonl-atrooC
N
0 CHARGE for STAMPING PAPER and
— ENVELOPES. w T th Arms, Coronet- Crest, or Initials.—
CT<! * ,n -hdd Adhosivo Envelope*. id. per 100; Cream-
laid Note, fell size. 3v* .<u're» for 6 d.; thick <-!tto, five quires for
l*.t Foolscap, fi* per fam Sermon Paper, is *d. All kinds of
• cheap, at H....
Stationery equal!'
a H- Rodrigues', 42, Piocadillv, Loudon, W
YV EDDING CARDS, Enamelled Envelopes,
V.T W«°P«a 1° ■P-w, with mu, rat, „ flora •' At Home,"
tad brtiLkfMt mviui-on,. In the Uuwt fubion, Cud-plate eletrenU.
engraved and 100 superfine cards printed for 4s. 6<L—Obsorvo. at
SSnkY K6DR1GPES, 41, Piccadilly (2 doorsfrom SackrllWroet).
TjtlSHEB’S PACKETS of NOTE PAPER.
JL B*. Nkhnlu'^qun, NottomUmo-Ttm.
NEW MUSIC , Ifc.
JULLIEN AND CO.'S
TV/TUSICAL PRESENTATION LIBRARY,
XlL Three Guineas per Annum.
Three Guineas’ worth of Music presoutod Gratia to every Annual
But*briber to th» above Library.
Subscribers are liberally suppllod on Loan with every description of
Now Vocal and Instrumental Music, and have also at their disposal
upwards of Throe Ihousand Volume*, including the 8tand*rd Operas,
Italian, Gorman, French, and English Songs, and all kinds of Instru¬
mental Music.
At the expiration of the Term of Subscription, oach Subscriber has
ths privilege of selection—for his own property—from 100,000 different
THREE GUINEAS' WORTH OF MUSIC.
TREKS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
For One Tear .. ..£3 3 0 I For Throe Montha ..£1 5 0
For Six Months .. .. '2 0 | For One Month .. .. 0 10 6
214, Rogem-street, W.
S WEET LOVE, ARISE! Serenade, by PAUL
HENRION. 12th Edition, elegantly Illustrated by Brandard,
prioe. 2s. 6d. Sung with tho greatest tuccoss by Mrs. Howard Paul.
A. W. Hammond tJuilion’s), 21«, Rogont-street, and 45, King-street.
rnHE BLIND MAN and SUMMER. Ballad,
A by BRiNLEY RICHARDS. 4tb Edition. Sung by Miss Dolby.
Price 2s.
A. W. Hammond (JailIan's), 214, Regent-street, and 45, King-street.
T HE SPIRIT of the DELL. The latestBaUad,
by BKINLKY RICHARDS, and equal in beauty to any of his
celebrated song* Price 9 s.
.A. W. Hammond lJullion's),214, Kogent-street, and 43, King-street.
C OME WITH ME TO FAIRY-LAND!—
Bong, by CHERRY, composer of '* Shells of Ocoan." 8uni*
by Miss Rnns'ord and Mias Rebecca Issues, and Invariably oncorod.
Tooth Edition. Price 2s. Also as a Vocal Duot, price 2s. fid.
A. W. Hammond iJulhen’s), 214, Regent-street, and 45, King-street.
mHE HARP of WALES. Ballad, by
A BRINLEY RICHARDS. Price 2* Hung by Mr. Weiss. This
national song created much sensation at tho last Welsh Festival.
A. W. Hammond iJuUIau’s), 214, Regont-stroot, and 43, King-street*
N YMPHS of the OCEAN. Trio for three
equal voices. By BRINLEY RICHARDS. Pries 3s. “Avery
spirited, charming composition, and from Its simplicity generally
available."
A. W. Hammond (Jullien’s), 214, Regent-street, and 45, King-ttreet.
PIANOFORTE MUSIC. ___
TtRINLEY RICHARDS’ SWEET LOVE,
_U ARISE ! Paul Ilenrion's celebrated eerrundo, arranged for
the Pianoforte p rice 3 .
A. W Hammond (Ju)Uen’s),21l. Reg act-street, and 45, King-street.
B RTNLEY RICHARDS’ CHRISTMAS
PIECE. Illustrated by Crowquill. Prim 3s. An Arrangement
Of his favourite song, Christmas Chimes—" What bells ate those so
soft and clear?"
Also, aa a Pianoforte Duet. Price 4s.
A. W. Hammond (Jullien’s), 214, Regent-idrcet, and 43, King-street.
B RINLEY RICHARDS’ LA MIA
LETIZIA—Marie's afr In " I LmnbardL" Prico 3*.
Also, as a Ihnr.oforto Duet. Prico to.
A. W. Hammond XJulllon's), 2i t. Regent-street, and 45, King-street.
B RINLEY RICHARDS’ ROBERT TOI
QUE J'AIME. The air de grace In “ Ronort lo Dlable," trans-
Scribod for the Piano. Price 3a.
A. W. Hammond sjulllen's), zS4, Uogcnt-strect, and (3, King-street.
nSBORNE’S DAL TUO STBLLATO
U SOGLIO. Prayer !n " Mosd In Egitto," Rossini. Transcribed
for the Pis no. Prico 3s.
A. W. Hammond (JulUen's), 21«, Regent-street, and 43, KJng-street.
S ELLE’S CUJUS ANIMAM, from Rossini’s
"Stabat Mater,” brilliantly arranged for tho Piano, and per¬
formed by the Composer with the greatest success.
A. W. Hammond (Jullien'sj, 214, Regent-street, and 45, King-street
TULLIEN’S NEW FIFE POLKA-
U Prico 3a.
A. W. Hammond (Jullita's), 214, Regent-street, and t4, King-street
J ^ULLIEN’S NEW - KISS POLKA-
Price 3s.
A. W. Hammond (Jullien's), 2lt, K«g«mt-*troct. and 45, King-street
AH tho above postage-froo for stamps.
trENRY FARMER’S BIJOU of DANCE
JLJL MUbIC for 1858. with six beautlfhl Illustrations by BKAN-
DAKD. Prico 10a. fid.; forming one of tho cheapest and most elegant
presents of tho season.
JofiKrn Williams, 123, Choapside, E.C.
H enry farmer’s wild briar
WALTZ, just published, beautifully Uluntrated in Colours.
Price, Solo or Duot, 4s., post-free.
Joseph Williams, 123, Choapalde, E.C.
H enry farmer’s il trovatore
QUADRILLES, just published, beautifully Illustrated in
Colours by BRANDARD. Prico. Solo. 3s ; Duet, ts ; poat-free.
Joseph Williams, m cheapaUto, E.C.
TTENRY FARMER’S PIANOFORTE
JL JL TUTOR. Price 4s. “This i* decidedly tbo most usofut and
best instruetioa book for the pianoforte we have soon."—Musical
Review. JOSEPH Williams, 123. Cbeaodde, E.O.
H enry farmer’s fantasia on airs
from VERDI'S Opera TROVATORE. Easy and effective.
Price 2s. fid., post-free.
Joseph Williams, 123, Cheapslde, E.C.
H enry farmer’s ,i ada” valse.—
Illustrated in Colours by BRANDARD. Solo 4a.; Duet 4a.
London. JOSEPH WILLIAMS, 123, Cheapslde.
R OW, ROW, HOMEWARD WE GO!
River Song. By CARPENTER and 8PORLE. Price2a , post-
free A composition of much beauty, and becoming immensely
popular, the melody being charmingly simple and graceful.
Joseph Williams. 1/3. Cneap*ido.
TULLIEN’S NEW ENGLISH LANCERS.
M Illustrated) n Colours by BRANDARD. Just published. Price
4s.; septett parts. 3s fid.; orchestral parts, 5s.
JOSEPH Williams, 123, Cheapslde.
TULLIEN’S NEW FRENCH LANCERS.
fj Illustrated In Colours by BRANDARD. Just publlshod. Price
4s., postage-free.— Joseph Williams, 123, Cheapsido.
A NNIE VALSE. Illustrated in Colours.
Composed by C. H. MARRIOTT. Price 4*.; Septett, 3s. fid ;
Orchestra, 5s.
London: JOSEPH WILLIAMS, 123, Cheapsido.
G.
A. MACFARREN’S LITTLE
_ • CLARINA'S LESSON-BOOK for the PIANOFORTE,
Parts I., II, III, and IV. Prioo 2a. Gd. each part, postage-froo
Complete in one vol., price 8s. bound. “Without exception, the
tlmjiloH, clearest of any elementary treatise for your children."—
Musical World.
Joseph Williams, 123, Cheapslde.
IV'EW SONGS, sung by Christy’s Minstrels.—
ll Hoop de dooden do; Tho other side of Jordan; Beautiful Star;
Goo-1 news from homo; Kiss mo q* Ick. and go; We are coming.
Bister Mary; Old Folks are gone; Ob. Bovs! curry me along; Ton
tho Bell. Good old Jeff; Ring do Banjo; Gentlo Jfetiny Gray; and
Hn»d time* come again no more. All 3d. each, by post 4d. Come
where my lore Hus dreaming, solo and quartette,fid.; bv [>o«t 7J-, in
stamps.—MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 192, High Holborn.
S ACRED MUSIC in Is. BOOKS, arranged
by WF.STROP; 100 Ps*!ma and Hvmns for one or threo voices:
100 “acred Song* all solos. 1001'sslmsand Sacred Po*g* (tho 8abbath
rch»ol ch hr), vrt 'hiee yoicos; 100 italics And Hymns (tha ha dwtth
B.»UL for four voices; and DO Chant* double a- d Blnglo with the
Canticles, the wholn o' the Psalm* of David, and the ,v rd«r for Morn¬
ing and Evening Pra* er accuratelr pointed Either b ok post-free
for 14 stamp*; hound edition* l*. fid.; b£ po*t. 20 stamps.
MUSICAL BOUqUETC
. 192, High Holborn.
T HE SILVER LAKE and GOLDEN
8TREAM VARSO v lANA B , by MONTGOMERY ; price fid.
each, or both by post f-r 13 stamps. Most enchanting comp-s dona,
and the gems of ©very ballroom. Also, Montgomery's RippliDg
Kill and Midnight Varsovisns, fid. each; by post, 7a.; and his elegant
Schottischta — 1 ’1 he Lady Fair, My Favourite, Pic Kin, and My
Daughters, fid. each: by post. 7d.
MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 192, High Holborn.
NE W MUSIC, $c.
j ESSIE’S DREAM: A Story of the Relief
fj of Lucknow. Composed by JOHN BLOCKLEY. 2s. (kl
Illustrated. “ One of the most touching ballads of modern Union " ’
Crakes and BEAUt, 201, Regent-street.
r |\UE HIGHLAND RESCUE. New Ediiion.
A An Incident at Lucknow. Poetry, CARPENTER ; Music
JOHN BLOCKLEY. 2s. 6d„ Illustrated. ’ l Dtuna ye hear It? Dinna
yo hear It? It's the Slogan o' tho Highlanders. W 0 T 0 saved! we’re
saved!” Addiaok, 210, Regent-streeC
B LOCKLEY’S ROYAL BRIDAL MARCH.
Doscriptive Pieee, 3s.; Duot, ts.—Royal Salute—Peal of Bells—
Drums and Trumpot*— Cboers—Distant March of Guard of Honour-
Cavalcade of the Royal Bridegroom—Grand National March and
Hymn—Arrival at the Chapel Royal—Flourish of Trumpets—Shouts
—Garter King-at-Arms forms tho Processions in tho Throno-room—
Bridal Processions enter tho Chanel—Organ Music—Celebration of the
Ceremony—Bridal Hymn and Choral Anthem—aetum of Bridal Pro-
oesalon—Grand March. •' BrillUnt, not difficult, and very affective.”
Addison, 210, Rogcnt-atreei.
B LOCKLET’S royal BRIDAL VAR-
feOVIANA. New Edition. Illustrated in Colours. 2s. 6d.
* Blockley's ‘ Bridal Vorsoviaua' Is rapidly becoming the most
popular of the day, having already reached a new edition."
j addison, 210, Regent-street.
H ANDEL’S THREE GRAND MARCHES,
arranged by JOHN BLOCKLEY, as per'ormed at tb«
Wedding of. the Princes* Royal No. I, Her Majesty'* Procns%ion
March: No. 2, Royal Bridegroom's Msr.h. No. 3. Royal Brldo's
March, together 2s.; duett 3s.—C raMKK, 201, B«gent-str*ot.
rntlE ROSE of CASTILLE.—CALLCOTT’S
X. New L'uots from Balfe’a admired Opera, In Two Books, with
Flute Accompniiimont ad lib , containing all the Favourite Aus; also,
the Planotorte Solos.
CK.tMKR, Beale, and CO., 201 , Rcgcnt-streot.
J TOO, AM SEVENTEEN, MAMMA!
JL» Fourth Edition. Enlarged issue. Prico 2fl. 6d. Words and
Music by NnCTARINB SUNNYSIDE, F.*q.
Ckamsk, Beale, and Co., 201, Regent-strcot.
TI I FOR A HUSBAND. Ballad. Com-
posed by FRANK MOKL Bung with grest success by Mrs.
Sims Reeves.—C eamer, Beale, and Co., *01, Regant-street. "
IIF. ANGLO-PRUSSIAN POLKA, just
publlshod, 2s., dedicated to her Royal Highness tho Princess
Royal of England. By KLEIN REIN. Tills much-admired Polka to
bo had of J. A. Turner, 19, Poultry, Cheapsido, E.C.
mHE NEW ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM
JL for the DRAWING-ROOM.
ALEXANDRE and SON bavojust taken out a now patent for the
Drawing-room Harmonium, which effects the greatest improvement
the* have ever made in the instrument. The drawing-room models
will b" found of n softer, purer, and In all ro-poets more agreeablo
tono than any other Instruments They have a per foot and easy
means of producing a diminuendo or crescendo on any one note or
more; the bass can bo perfectly subdu-d, without oven the use of tho
expression stop, tb* groat difficulty In othor Harmoniums. To oach
of tbo now models an additional blower is attached at tho back, so
that the wind can be supplied (if preferred) by a ticcond person,
and still, under tho new patont, the performer can play with perfect
expression.
THE DRAWING-ROOM MODEL.
No. Is made in three varieties. Guinea
1. Three Stops, Percussion Action, additional Blower, and
in Rosewood Case .23
2. Eight Stops ditto ditto ditto 33
3 8lxt*en Stoii# ditto ditto, Volx Celeste, Ac.
(the best Harmonium that can bo made) •, ..60
Messrs- Chappell have an cnormou • stock of tho
SIX-GUINKA HARMONIUMS,
And of all Varieties of the ordinary kind, which are porfoct for th
Church, School, Hall, or Concert-room.
No. Guinea
1. One Stop, oak caao . •• .. .. 10
2. „ mahogany caso .. .. ,. .. .. 11
t. Threo Stops, oak, 15 guineas; rosowood .IS
4. Flvo Stopa (two rows vibrators), oak case .. .. .. 23
„ ditto roiswood com •• •• .. 23
*. Eight 8top«, ditto, oak, 26 guineas;rosewood .. .. 26
0. Twolvo Stops (four rows vibrators), oak or rosewood case 35
7. Ouo Stop (with percussion action), oak ease, 16 guinea#;
rosewood case.
8. Three Stops, ditto, rosewood case .
9. Eight Stops, ditto, oak or rosowood caao •• •• •• 3V
10. Twolvo 8tops, ditto oak case.40
11. ,, ditto, rosewood caso.. ..if
12. Patent modal, ditto, pol short oak or rosowood caao .. 33
Messrs. Cbappoll beg also to call attention to their
NEW AND UNIQUE COTTAGE PIANOFORTE
No. Guineas
1. In mahogany ease, 6| octaves. .. .. 25
2. In rosewood, with circular fall. fi| ootaves .. •• ., 50
3. In rosewood, elegant case, frets, Ac.33
4. In very elegant walnut, ivory-frontod keys, Ac.40
5. Tho Unique Pianoforte, with perfect chock action, elegant
rosewood rasa, 6{ octaves.40
6 The Foreign Model, extremoly elegant, oblique strings, 7
Ojtavrt, oast chock scion, Ac, tho most powerful of
all upright pianoforte* .30
Alio to their Immense sssortnent of now and secondhand instru¬
ments, by Broadwood, Collard, and Erard, for sale, or hire.
Full descriptive lists of harmoniums and of pianofortes s«nt upon
application to CHAPPELL and CD., 49 and 50, Now Bond-street,
and 13, Qeorgo-stroet, Uanover-square.__
C 'lHAPPELL’S FOREIGN MODEL PIANO-
J FORTE, prioo Fifty Guineas.—This Instrument has (unlike
tho ordinary Cottago Pianoforte) Throe Strings and tho fullest Grand
compass of Sevan Ootaves. It is strongthonod by avoir possible
moans to endure tho greatest amount of woar, and to stand perfectly
In any climate. Tbo workmanship is of tho boat description, tho tone
is round, full, end rich, and tho powor equal to that of a Bichard
Grand. The case is of tho moot elegant ooustruodon, In rosewood,
tho touch elastic, and the repetition very rapid. Every posslblo pre¬
caution has boon taken to ensure Us standing well In tune. Chappell
and Co. especially Invite the attention of tho public, the profession,
and merchants to tho Foreign Modal, fooling assured that no Piano¬
forte, In all roe poets comptirablo, has hitherto boon made In England
at tho same prioe. F.vory instrument will be warranted, and (If de¬
al roil ) exchanged within twelve months of tho purchase.—60, Now
Bond-street, London.
EO. LUFF and SON’S IMPROVED
HARMONIUMS for SALE 01 HIRE, with eas> terms of pur¬
chase, from £12 to £50. Tho only makortof tho real Harmonium.
Repairs, Tu nlng* —103, Groat Russell-*trout, Bioomsbuiy.
P IANOFORTES.—GEO. LUFF and SON
have ths largest stock In London, for SALE or HIRE, with
8asy term* of purchase, both now and secondhand, from £10 to £100
Tun or* sent to all parts.—103, Great a ussell-struct, Bloomsbury.
IANOFORTE and MUSIC-STOOL (cot-
tage) for 21 guinea* (half tho value). In elegant walnnt caso.
6J.'metallic plate, and all the recent imorovomcnU: a most brilliant,
full, <*nd sweet tone. Very Uttlo used. Apply to LEWIS CKAW-
COUR and CO., UptnUtcrers, 7. Queen'e-buildings, KnlghtabridgO
(seven doom west of Slonnu-atrett).
P IANOFORTES EXTRAORDINARY, at
MOORE and MOORE’S, 104, BLsbopBgate-street Within.
These are first-class Pianos, of rare excellence. p-**#os*iDg exquisite
Impr Temants, recently tippled, which offect a grand, a pure, and
beautiful quality of tono that siands unrivalled. Prico from 18
gabions. Firs t-class Pianos for hire, with easy terms of pureha»e.
P IANOFORTES, Secondhand.-CRAMER,
BEALE, and CO. havo a large assortment, by Erard. Broad-
wood. and Collard. and all tho most estoemed makers, at greatly
reduced price*. 201, Regent-street. _
H ARMONIUMS.—Cramer, Beale, and Co.
ore tho Agculs for ALEXANDRE'S HARMONIUM \ varying
In Price from 6 to 55 Guinea#.—201, Regant-street. Descriptive L»U
sent free on application.
P IANOFORTES—PUBLIC ATTENTION.
Some splendid Rosewood and Walnut-tree Cottages and Pl«-
coI |% s, 6| octaves, with all the latest Improvement*, have only Leon
used a few month*, from 19 guineas.— At TOLKIEN'S Old-Ertnlj-
ll»hod Pianoforte Warehouse, §7, 28, and 29, King WUIUun-strew*
London-bridgo. PlanoforU* for hire.
H TOLKIEN’S IRRESISTIBLE TIANO-
• FORTE, with rrosa Concave Bracings, height four feet*
depth twenty-fire Inches, by her Majesty’s Royal Letters patent.
This beau’liul instrument is superior in powor to any o her piano. :o
quaj ty of tono unequalled, and itt durability unquestionable. PJ"
extreme climate* it is Invaluable Tho price i* low BooM
drawings and d- script ton post free. At H. lolkii>n’* old-ostahtwnca
Manufactocy, 27. 28 and 2^, King William-street, Loodon-bnd go.
H TOLKIEN’S 25-Guinea Roval MINUTO
• PIANOFORTES. 6} octaves height 3 ft 10
original maker of a Tw,ntv-fivo Guinea IHanoforte, bis. by Hio c _
he has devoted to all branches of tho manufactures obiainwi
highest reputation throughout the universe for bis Instrument ,
equallod in durability and delicacy of touch, more oip^tu'y 10 _ £
excellence In standing in tunc In tho various climates of . hroa 4
In elegant walnut, rosewood, and mahogany c**® 8 ^*^*.*,* xr\ n *
lor a 10,. extra.—H. Tolkta’. ManufactOT". p, ».“ d _
William-meet, Iamion-ljrtfca.—PUliOFOBTBS for MB*.
Supplement, Feb. 20, 1858.J
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
193
THE WAR
I N
C
H
I
N A .
(From our Special Artist and Correspondent.)
X bbsd semi you from among my Elver Sketches
our Bumboat Man and Child. This antiquated
specimen of Celestial humanity keeps us con-
stantly supplied with eggs and fruit, for which he
deserves credit. Upon liis head he wears the
winter hat, from which I rather suspect that our
wide-awake was taken; the colour and material
are the same. Perhaps you will smile at the
peculiar costume of the child; but when you see
that it is tied by the leg you will doubtless be
puzzled j but this precaution is necessary to pre¬
vent the odd little chip falling overboard. Its
cap is stylish, and, talk of collars, here is an “ all
round ” 1 It has two dominoes and a Btring of
“cash” (called in the vernacular “chin”) sus¬
pended from its neck. The Bmall creature has
plenty of clothing round its chest; but, goodness
knows, it is very hot, though this is the cold
weather. The gentleman’s wife is in the stern of
the boat, getting his dinner ready, as it is near
Sve. Miss Amoy is helping her maternal parent.
The two sons are on board, teaching in Chinese,
and studying our guns and warlike arrange¬
ments : by next war they'll be complete, I expect.
I next send you a Sketch of the Calcutta being
towed up by the Sampson on Friday, the 20th
November. The marines are cheering on the
wall of North Wantong Fort. Below, in the left
of the Sketch, is the baking-house, kept by Celes¬
tials ; next to it is the washing-house, kept by
ditto. These fellows tear your clothes to pieces,
beating them against a stone. Opposite is
Ananunghoy, with its forts. The hills are bare
of trees, and only produce grass.
tract from a Letter of an Officer in Canton River.)
The last detachment of the Marines by the
Adelaide has arrived, which makes that force 1800,
independent of auother 1000 from the ships in the
naval force. Three hundred of the Artillery, and
as many of the 69th, may bo placed at the Ad¬
miral's disposal; but it is not thought the latter
will take any part, and there are rumours of
troops being sent on from India, now the head of
the rebellion is broken.
The difficulty is not in taking but in holding
the city, for there is a vast population, nearly a
million, and we have but a handful, and it is
oomposed of a labyrinth of narrow streets (about
156), twenty feet wide, of low houses. The city
lies on a plain, compassed on two sideB by the
river, and at the foot of a mountain of consider¬
able elevation, called the 'White Cloud Moun¬
tain. Immediately at the baok, and forming a
termination to a ridge of mountains, are three or four hills of small
elevation, but sufficiently high to command the city. On these
are forts and encamped troops (Mantchous, i.e., Tartars). These
were taken in the last war, when the city was ransomed. It is sur¬
rounded by a wall front twenty-five feet thiok at the base, and lies
four-square, surrounded by suburbs, or nearly so. The vessels are
mooring up fast; another and another gun-boat daily arrives and
takes a more advanced position, drawing the lines oloser round what
we call prophetically " the doomed city.” Seoure there in their pre¬
judiced and ignorant contempt of our power, Yeh and his
advisers, we deem, will not see their impoteney to cope with
the Lord of Nations, whom still, in spite of the wonders of
civilisation whioh have been before their eyes these seventeen years,
since Hong-Kong was ceded—especially shown in the munitions of
war, our ships, our steam-power—so beyond their utmost conceptions;
CHINESE BUMBOAT MAN AND CHILD, IN CANTON IUYEB.
• \ \ / ft
our arms, so beyond their mechanical skill ; our enterprise, our trade,
our shipping, our self-sustaining power. Although, for the most part,
their laws For the administration of justioe are based on wise and
just foundations, the corruption of the administrators themselves is
complete and universal; but they are now to be taught that their ex¬
clusiveness is to belong to a past generation, and that now they must
become part and parcel of the community of nations.
To the brief telegraphic announcement of the taking of Canton
contained in our last week's Journal, we are now enabled to add some
details of the bombardment and successful assault.
The annexed particulars are from the Overland Mail, Deo. 80:—■
We have been looking most anxiously for news from Canton, and
by the OpoMttm learn briefly that on the 28th, at six a.m., the bom¬
bardment commenced; and at noon, when fchs,
gun-boat left, the Tting P‘aut‘oi, or Eastern Fort,
was being assaulted by the allied forces.
Between the French and Dutch Folly Forts ^
were anchored twenty-five gun-boats, besides
ships’ boats; and Dutch Folly had been turned
into a mortar-battery. French Folly was in- <
tended for a similar purpose, but the project was
abandoned. Vory shortly after the firing com- |
menced tho whole of the suburbs, from French
Folly upwards, was in flames, and fires were 1
bursting out in all directions within the city |
itself. Xt was generally understood, up till the
moment tho order for the advance was given, that
the firing would be continued during the day, •
and that the assault would take place on the
morrow; but the naval and military leaders had
kept their- own counsel, and the frightful havoo
that must have been made, and fear instilled into
the Chinese, by the incessant discharge of shot
and shell from guns and mortars of immense
calibre, may weiX have justified an immediate
attack. Consequently, early in the forenoon the
land forces, consisting of the 59Lh, the Artillery, .
French marines and seamen, and, it is said, some
sepoys, numbering in all about 2000 men, landed
and advanced by the eastward against the Tdng
P’dut'oi, while the Naval Brigade was to pass
round by the westward and assault the Pau-kik
and Kdngkik Forts. These tasks, it was believed,
would be accomplished on the 28th, and on the
29th (yesterday) the Square Fort would be assailed,
and the whole of the heights commanding the city
would then be in our possession.
Teh’s reply to the demand of the Plenipos was
Simply to the effect that Lord Elgin had better
settle the matter amicably, as Sir George Bonham
did on a former occasion, and for which he (Sir
George) was made a K.C.B . in proof of which he
(Teh) begged to inolcee a Hong-Kong newspaper
containing an announcement of that interesting
fact As for the Americans, he knew very little
about them ; and scarcely was aware of the ex¬
istence even of such a nation as the French.
The delay in the bombardment of the city has
been solely attributable to the Admiral's humane
desire that all the women and children might be
enabled to escape before the assault was .begun;
and, to that end, placards, drawn up by Consul
Parkes, were distributed far and wide.
The Opossum left last evening for Canton, with
Captain Fisher and the forty-five Sappers and
Miners arrived by the Aden.
The Mail, referring to the unfortunate incident
of the 13th December, when Lieutenant Pym, of
the BanUrer, who had gone on shore with thirteen
of hia men, was attached by a strong body of
''braves” that had been lying in ambush (as
previously recorded in this Journal), thus con¬
firms the foot of the imminent danger run on that
occasion by the gentleman whoso life-like sketches
from China and Manilla frequently adorn the
pages of this Journal, and records also the sub¬
sequent chastisement of the natives:—" The Cor¬
respondent of the Illustrated London News,
who was with the party, was at first supposed to
have been captured, tint cast up afterwards, having
swam over several creeks, and fortunately escaped with a good duck¬
ing. The body of men that landed the following day to bum the vil¬
lage had a bruah with the 'braves,' who manfully stood the first dis¬
charge of musketry, but gave way before the bayonet. The slaughter
is reported to have been very great"
The proceedings of Tuesday, Decomber 29, are thus sketohed by the
Times correspondent:—
I mark the change of days, but they are not divided by repose. All
night the city was girt by a line ol flame. The approach of morning was
indicated by a suspension of the rocket practice, and by the reopening of
the mortar battery with redoubled energy. As the day broke the flames
sank down and the sun rose upon a perfect 1 ? smokeless city. It is
necessary to describe the conformation of a Chinese city more accurately
than I now have time to do, to account for the rapidity with which the
wallside houses periBhed. For police purposes every city is divided into
THE ARRIVAL OF THE BRiTlhH FLAG-SHIP “ CAlCUTfA AT THE BOGCE FORTS.
194
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Feb. 20, 18oS
vailed dcjourtmecifs of Ifty yard* *qimrr with g*te* Hut o»n be
« c^ed. Toe houses that lean upon the inner wall? arc in moat cities that
J have sreu. divid-ed from the re.«t by a mound or a ditch ; they arc en-
cioa^hmente—hovels made by squatters wood aud thatch., that blaze and
v-uiiah
Hie «’harc«i of powd* r mu*t have been lnerea*ed in the mortar batteries,
1 * r the stael e now flew high up to the hill orts Oue of them at daybreak
Lar*t upon an embrasure of For 1 Gough and another wen! right over it.
1 he ships that had tnen cnflladmg the *»aateni wall now reaped firing
} , wa- the moment for the assault In the ne<ghbourln>od of the east
fort the three divi-ooug formed and the rush was made For two hours
l athing la visible ■ ut smoke nottdug is heard but the rattle of musketry
aad loud eh«r ig Wh t deeds are done among this broken ground -
tmong these trees and brushwood on fhu tops and in the Interstices
«-f these grave-:3Vered hi Iocks how fare th>>e forces. spread over more
tfcau a mile of attack what dlvi-lous are first, who fill and who sur¬
vive, I must tell hereafvr. At eight o’clock the wall is gained and I see
lie blue-jfc kets English and French, racing along >t nort» w .rda
« Rough’s Fort glvo out its fire, let us hope without effect, but. well
rifved, its guns might sweep the wall There is a check and silence
j >r hal' an hour. 1 can recognise the h ue trousers of one of the divisions
of our Naval Brigade The leader- are probab y teaching them how to
Tike that five-storied pagoda upon the north-western wa!L A ong
ih»- city wall, and protv ted by Ite battlements, they pns«. 1 think,
unscathed , the fire from Gough Fort asvay *o the r rigot. and come
ia front of a gleaming-white battery, newly built, and lull of guns,
erected upon a ledge or the rock noon which the wall and the tive-
b toned pagoda here stand If the assailants would only go to
a proper distance, how these puns would rddle them! But with a
runh and a eheiT a detachment strikes from the cover of the wall which
the guns do not command, and houses itsed'safely at the foot of the very
nx*k which bears the battery. Not a shot ran it fire The riflemen from the
walls now ply this halfmoon for fO?ne minutes, and in a quarter of an
hour the detachment at the foot of the rock his gone round and taken
the position from !x?hiad. Believed from these guns, which might have
swept them down by hundreds our men In serried masses are now swarm¬
ing along the wall The tlvu-storh-d pxgoda which Is no more a pagoda,
according to our notion of a pagod t. Mian it is a bumboat, but an old
square red build : i>g divided Into stories) Is earrfed by the bayonet, and
the French and English colours are hoisted simultaneously. Now Gough’s
Fort opens out sulkily upon its late ally; but the assailants, not waiting
to reply, hurry along’ the intervening wall westward. I can follow them
for some time from my position, and 1 bear them cheering, when 1 lose
them in the hollow A few minutes of sharp fusilade. and blue-jsckcts
eiiufge from the tree- and buildings upon Muguzine Hill. A moment
after and up go the two bits of bunting which tell that this key of Canton
ia-our own.
li is now twenty minutes after ten. In four hours therefore, the hill
d<i« noes of tills city h*ve been captured Gough's Fort yet holds out but
this is a mere question of a few hours or minutes more or less the Maga¬
zine Bill commands it, aud it ia within point blank range
A supplement to the Friend of China, dated the 30th of December,
haa the following:—
The gun-boat Firm, Lieutenant Commanding Nicholas, arrived
about four this momi ig, bringing despatches from he Earl of Elgin.
(The A latrine, with :he despatches on board, hud got on shore, and
•wa^ high and dry a short distance below the barrier, when the Firm
paetodher about five last evening ) The Firm reports as follows
“ About a dozen of the gun boats were busy all Monday forenoon
landing the 59th and Englbh und Freu *h Nuval Brigades ana Artillery,
in all about 25*J0 men. abreast Kupers Island. On landing, possession
ut once taken of the round fort which crowns a small height about
10UO yards below the French Folly, and there they remained all Mon¬
day, und up to ten o'clock yestert?ay morning. At the hour mentioned
tfcw bombardment which <:ommen<*ed before daylight on Monday
morning, and was continued ‘hroughout both day and night up to that
Lour—oeafod, and the assault of rhe hill forts took place shortly after¬
wards. These, it wu* understood (only Gough’s Fort oan be seen from
the landing-p’a •e), were in our hands, as well us the lower section of
the eastern wall, at the time the Firm passed down.
* ’Captain Bate, with Lieutenant Viscount Gilford and party, was
eagtigud in making an inspection of the ground over which 'he assault¬
ing party would have to pu»s, and the best point for eseuloding. when a
shot frem the walls struck him in the abdomen, ani he died almost
immediately. Viscount Gilford was also shot through the arm, but
not seriously. Thunk? to the gal Ian* boat’s crew who wero with the
officers, the body was brought off. Lieutenant Elackett was bearing a
d^ateh from an on* lying pi ket, and taking a short cut, was
BtulIUnly assailed by u man in umbujeade, and killed in a moment. The
wrotch who did the deed, however, was ciu^ht by our Jacks, and hung
on a tree with short shrift. His body still dangles to the breeze.
After iho6e painful occurrences our men became so excited that they
destroyed the village near which the last mentioned death occurred,
and, with large sections of the suburbs, it was in a fierce blaze when
the Firm left The Chinese return fire appears to have been confined
to 'heir small arms, uolar*8 guns were aimed at the squadron.
P.5>.—A letter received from a friend since the above was printed
supplies the following additional particulars“ Captain Bute, when
killed, was choosing the spot to pla;e the scaling-ladders at the Five-
storied Pagoda. Lin’s Fort, Five-storied Ptgodu, and Eastern Wall are
in our possession."
Tuesday’s QautU oontains official despatches from General Van
Struubenzee and Admiral Seymour relative to the capture of Canton.
Tho following is the despatch address >d to the Secretary of State for
War by Major General C. T. Van Slraubenzee, C.B., commanding her
Majesty’s land forces in China:—
Canto*. December 29,1857.
My Lord.—I have great satisfaction In reporting that Canton city was
encjjfadcd and captured this day, at nine o’clock with a more trilling loss
than cou’d ha.'c been expected. Great emulation was displayed by the
whole allied lore*, amongst whom the greatest cordiality and good feeling
extete. _
We have to deplore the loes of Captain Bates, of the Royal Navy; also
of Lieutenant Haskett, of the 5»tb Regiment Lieutenant Bowen, of the
same regiment, lias been seriously wounded. ^
• AU is still in confusion, and the mall leaving. I must, therefore, defer
farther details till the next opportunity.—I have, fre . \ \1
C. T. Van Straubfn/.f.k. Major-General,
Commanding Troops in China.
Fort Gough is now being occupied
Frem a Supplement to the Hong-K'-ng Overland Register we glean
that Gough Fort was tale a between two and throe in tho afternoon
<4 the 29tb December.
THE FRENCH ACCOUNT
(From Saturday’s Monitor ;Yl
\V Feb. 13.
The Government of the Emperor has received a despatch from Rear-
Admiral Rigault de Genouilly, which gives a few details respecting the
taking of Canton.
The landing of the allied forces took place on the 28th of Decem¬
ber.
On uooount of the small number of men that Rear-Admiral Rigault
de Genouilly could place in line (about 900 men), a post of honour, that
is to say. the head of one of tbe columns of attack, had been reserved
lor the French landing corps, by Rear-Admiral Seymour, who com¬
manded tho English forces. This testimony of sympathy deeply
affected our seamen *and soldiers. English and French mar died with
the same ardour against the walls of Canton.
On the 28th, after some engagements with the Chinese troops, the
Fort Lyn was taken. M. Martin doeMiutt, sergeant-major of the
marines, had the honour of being the first to plant on it the flag of
ikanoe.
Ou the 29th the columns of attack were led against the city wails.
pGlisricr, Second Master of the Capricieuse, having first reached the
breach, planted our colours on a carps de garde of the wall, lie was
dowdy followed and valiantly supported by the captain of a gun of
the same corvette, a seaman named Luurier. Every one, adds Rear-
Admiral Rigault dt Genouilly, rivalling in zeal our intrepid allies, has
gloriously done his duty to sustain the honour of tho Emperor’s arms,
which hftj* been maintained in all ite splendour. The General officer
mak'is men‘ion of Vest Captain Collier and the naval Lieutenants De
VautTv and Vfcriot, ue haring displayed great spirit. The despatch
ends with these words —
‘ Canton ia at the feet of the allied forces. The northern forts appear
to be abandoned. The fiigs of England and France wave en the five-
Btoried pagoda. Our lose is inconsiderable for an attack by assault.
I .mi taking steps, in oonoert with Admiral Seymour and General
tifraabenaee, Wseoure the results of the victory obtained by the arms
England and Franoe. The fire from the allied ships has boon excel¬
lent. and has not a little contributed to our success."
The President o r the Indian Mutiny Relief Fund has received
a Kpiitl-nce oJ £150 IS*, from U.B.kL Consul at Charles ton. South
OirOxLua.
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
Since onr l» 3 t publication the following official despatches have been
reoeived
THE CALCUTTA MAIL.
Mtt. E. flIMHON, UNDER SECHETAEY TO THE OOVP.RSMEVT OP INDIA,
TO THE HON. THE SECHKT COMMITTEE, EAST INDIA HOUSE.
Calcutta, Jan. 9.
Tho Commandor-in-Chief, having marcbel towards l-uttygorji, was
opposed by the rebels at the bridge over the Kaloe Nuddee; ho at¬
tacked and de'eated them on tho 2nd of January with heavy loss, cap¬
turing seven guns, two of them 18-pounders.
Futtygurh was occupied without opposition on the 4th of January;
the enemy having now evaeuo'ed it, after their defeat on tho 2nd,
taking with them three guns The heavy guns were found in position.
Much property belonging to the gun and clothing agencies has beon
BU A quantity of gold and silver plate and other property belonging to
the Nana has been oaptnred near Bitho -r.
The insurgents at Puttiu were attacked and dispersed by Colonol
Seaton's column on the 17th of December Twelve guns wero cap¬
tured, and 300 rebels killed. We lost one man only.
Tho enemy were also defeated at Mynporee by Colonel beaton s
column on the 27th of December; all their guns (six) taken, and 250
killed; none reported killed on our side.
Sir James Outturn on the 22nd of Docomber attacked and dispersed
the rebels, who hud appmaohed his camp in force. The loss on our
side was trifling; we captured four gums and several ammunition-
wagrons. This defeat has dispirited the enemy and given confidence
to the villagers, who are beginning to bring supplies into our camp.
Brigadier Campbell crossed the Ganges at Allahabad, and on the
5th of January attacked and defeated a rebel Nazim, near Secundra,
killing 350 men. Our loes was one man killed, and one (gun P).
The frontier Tuliseels were attaoked and some buildings burnt.
The defeat of the rebels at Secundra will restore tranquillity in this
quarter.
Nothing new from Azimgnur.
The Goruckpore rebels were attacked and defoated by Roworoft’s
oolumn on the 28th of December at Sohumpore, losing three guns and
ull their ammunition baggage, and ono casualty on oar side.
Brigadier-General M’Grogor writes that Maharajah Jung Bahadoor'a
force was at Pudruvna.
On the 1st of Junuary the rebels ro‘.ired to Captau Gunge.
The Goorkah army lias been most orderly and well conducted, and the
villagers flock to tho camp in numbers with supplies. The force was
expected to reach Goruckpore on the 6th of January.
Goruckpore was taken on the 6th by the forces under Maharajah
Jung liabadoor. The enemy had intrenched themselves strongly,
but made a feeble resistance. Seven guns were taken, and 2QCk> men
killed. Our loss was only two Goorkalis killed and seven wounded.
The country is very friendly, and supplies abundant.
Captain Osborne, with the troops of the Rewuh Rajah, took the city
of Myhere by storm on the 28th of December, capturing two guns.
The fort of Myhoro was also taken on the 3rd of January.
The direct route to Bombay has been reopened.
Nothing now from Indore. . . \ V
Tho Maharajah of Gwalior has come to Agra on a visit.
The Dacca mutineers crossed tho Teesta River and made way through
dense jungles into NepauL F —
A Goorkah regiment has boen sent against them by Jung Bahadoor,
and it is supposed they will fall back again to the eastwards \
Abryulo is keeping a sharp look out for them.
The Chittagong mutineers are wandering about in the Eachar
jungles; many have been killed and captured by the Sylhet Light
Infantry and the Rookies.
All quiet at Jnlpigoree. ' Xy/x
A portion of the ladies and wounded of the Lucknow garrison
arrived in Calcutta on the 9th of January. /\ F
THE BOMBAY MALL.
Despatch received at tho India House from Mr. H. Anderson, Secre¬
tary to Government
Bombay Castlb- Jan. 23.
Sir J. Outram’s force was attacked by the Lucknow insurgents on
January 12th; the enemy ware repulsed with a Iobs of 400 men. On
January 16th the attack was renewed, and again repulsed. On both
occasions the British loss was trifling.
8ir Hugi Rose is at Schore, and is expected to arrive at Saugor on
the 28th of January. He will afterwards advance again to Jhanei
On January 13 Sir Hugh Rose, after disarming the Bhowar (f Bhoura)
contingent, tried and executed 149 mutineers.
General Whitelock’s force was at Nagpore. The village of the
rebellious Thukur of Rowa was attacked, and, after an obstinate re¬
sistance, taken und burnt on the Gth of January.
Tho Punjaub and all quiet, wi th the exception of Kndeah (? Kandeieh).
The Bheels assembled in force near tho Nizam's frontier, and were
attacked on Jan. 20 by Captain Montgomery in the Mindar Junmle-
Aroum. An indecisive contest ensued, in which Captain Montgomery
and three other officers were severely wounded, one of whom, Lieut.
Stewart, of the Nizam's Infantry, has since died of his wounds. Our
total loss is stated to be fifty rank and file.
Tho intelligence was receivod by telegraph in Bombay, on tho 22nd
of JannaryF^d Toinforcoments are on their way.
No further excesses are reported on tho part of tho Shorapoor Rajah,
and the Nizam’s country is tranquiL
The following despatch, also from Bombay, to tho 23rd ult., has
been received at the Foreign Office:—
The force undor Sir James Outram at Alumbogh, 4000 strong, was
attacked by the enemy on tho 22nd December, on the 12th January,
^and again on the 16th January, when, on each occasion, the insurgents
wore defeated with heavy loss of men and guns, and almost without a
casualty on our side.
Sir Colin Campbell, with a force of about P000 men, left Cawnporeon
24th December, and secured a largo quantity of treasure at Bithoor.
On the 27th he attacked and defeated the enemy on the KhoreeNudee.
On the 11th January ho took possession of Futisoheim (?), the enemy
leaving their guns, baggage, and ammunition behind them.
Troops are naw being pushed through Scinde into the Punjaub. In
tbe course of next fortnight Sir J. Lawrence will have obtained a re¬
inforcement of 3000 to 4000 men; he has already provided horses at
Lahore to mount the cavalry on their arrival.
A strong column, under Brigadier Roberts, is moving from Deesa
into Rajpootana. The first detachment, under Major Rains, captured
an insurgent stronghold near Mount Aboo, subsequently proceeding
to Nussoerabad. Other forces are advancing to join them.
The Malwa mutineers at Indore having been disposed of, Sir H.
Rose proceeded en the 10th to Lechoa, and was follo wed next day by
Sir R. Hamilton. A Madras column, about to be joined by Six W.
Grant, is advancing.
The papers state that the country all over is being tranquilliscd by
degrees; but a vast amount of work has still to bo performed.
THE CAWNPORE AFFAIR.
Sir Colin Campbell has transmitted the following supplementary
deapatch to Caloutta:—
TO THE RIGHT HON. TOE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.
Head-quartern, Camp near Cawnpore, Dec. 20,1857.
My Ixird,—I have the honour to bring to your Lordship's notice an
omission, which I have to regret, in my despatch of the 2nd December,
and I beg to be allowed now to repair it.
I desire to moke my acknowledgment of the great difficulties in which
Major-General Windham, C.B., was placed during the operations he de¬
scribes in his despatch, and to recommend him, aud the officers whom he
notices as having rendered him assistance, to your Lordship’s protection
and good offices.
I may mention, in conclusion, that Mnjor-Gcneral Windham is ignorant
of the contents of my despatch of the 2nd of December, and that I am
prompted to take this stop solely as a matter of justice to the Major-
General and the other officers concerned.
I have the honour to be, my Lord, with the greatest respect, your Lord-
ship’s most obedient humb e servant,
C. Campbell, General, Commander-in-chief.
Tho Governor-General has followed this up by tho general order
here given
The Right Hon. the Governor-General in Council has received the ac¬
companying despatch from his Excellency the Commander*in-Chief, and
hastens to give publicity to it.
It supplies an omission in a previous despatch from his Excellency,
which was printed in the Gazette Rxtraordhuiry of the 24th inst.
Major-General Windham's reputation aa a leader of conspicuous bravery
and ooolaeas, and the reputation of the gallant force which lie coauaunded,
win have Jo*t nolhing from an occidental omission such aa General Sir
Colin Campbell hus occasion to regret.
But the Governor-General in Council will not fail to bring to the notice
of the Government in England the opinion formed by his Excellency ot
the difficulties against which Major-General Windham, with the officer*
aud men under hia orders, had to contend.
ARRIVAL OP LUCKNOW FUGITIVES AT CALCUTTA.
In anticipation of the arrival of the Europeans who were so long
pent up in Lucknow, the following notification was published in a
Calcutta, Gazette Extraordinary :—
Four William, Home Department, Jan. 6 .1858.
Notification. -Within the next tew days the river steamer Madras,
conveying the first of ttie Indies and children, and of thesickand wounded
officers, of the Lucknow garrison, wdll reach Calcutta.
No out* will wish to obtrude upon those who are under bereavement or
sickness any show of ceremony which shall impose fatigue or pain. The
best welcome which can bo tendered upon such nn occasion is one which
shall break in as little as possible upon privacy and rest.
But the rescue of these sufferers is a victory beyond all price; and in
testimony of the public joy with which it is hailed, and of the admiration
with which their heroic endurance and courage have been viewed, the
Right Hon. the Governor-General in Council directs that upon the
approach of the Madras to Prin-ep's Lhuut a Royal salute shall be fired
from the ramparts of Fort William. \ " x - x
The Governor-General in Council further directs that all ships of war
in the river shall be dressed in honour of the day.
Officers will be appointed to cOnduci tlie passengers on shore, and the
State barges of the Governor-General will be iu attendance
As soon as the telegraph shall announce that the Madras has passed
Atcbeepore, two signal guns will be fired from the tort.
By order Of the Right Hoa. the Governor-General of India in Council,
' Cecil Beadon,
Secretary to the Government of India.
The Lucknow fugitives accordingly landed from tile Madras steamer
on the morning of iSaturduy,\ Jkn. 9, under a Royal salute, and amid
the cheering of some hundreds of the European co mmuni ty of Cal¬
cutta.
A complete roll of the officers, members of the uncovenanted ser¬
vice, and Women and children of the garrison of Lucknow has been
published by oreer of the Governor-Oeneral of India: we regret that
we cunnot afford sptiee for the interesting document.
BURIAL-PLACE OF OFFICERS OF THE 64th AT
/ / CAWNPORE.
ike Editor of the Illustrated London News.)
I am anxious to correct the statement which has been published and
circulated in different journals relative to the treatment of our brave
fellows who fell before Cawnpore in our recent encounter with the
Gwalior Contingent; and I have to request your insertion of the fol¬
lowing, with a view of formally denying that the brave officers of our
regiment were so dastardly treated as mentioned ty sundry camp
scribblers in tho Hurkaru and other papers. It is not true that Lieut.
Mackinnon, of her Majesty’s 64tli, and Lieut. Gibbons, of her Majesty’s
32nd (who was attached to us), wore made prisoners by the Gwaliors,
and hung on the public gallows erected to hang mutineers in July
last. And I herewith sond you a Sketch of their last Resting-place,
which will afford some consolation to their relatives and friends.
1 remain, &c., F. Du Bo is Lukib,
H.M.’s 64th Rogt.
BURIAL-PLACE Or BRITISH OFFICERS AT CAWNPORE,
The snot selected for the interment of our brave companions was
insido the truly interesting church at Cawnpore. The site is well
chosen, and the appearance of tho structure, in ite present ruined state,
suggests many a painful reflection; whilst the eventful history of the
last few months fully accords with the melancholy scene around it.
Major Stirling, Captain Morphy, Captain R. M’Crea, Lieut. Mac¬
kinnon, and Lieut. Gibbons, of her Majesty’s 52nd Regiment, were
deposited in the same grave. Their remains lie inside the church,
in the south aisle, somewhat nearer the east than tho western end of it.
Poor M’Crea was a bravo soldier, and knew not what fear was. I
visited the spot a few days ago, and was painfully affected. His body
was found on the spot where the guns of the enemy had been plaoed,
and Captain Bawlby, who was on ono flank of the seotiou, told mo ho
saw him cut down at the very guns whilst ho was spiking them.
LieutB. Mackinnon and Gibbons both foil nobly in that fatal ad -
vanco on those guns : their bodies wore brought into Cawnpore, and
laid in tho same resting-place with their brother officers.
Cawnpore, Dec. 1C, 1807.
OUT-DOOR AMUSEMENTS.
FEBRUARY.
February, according to the almanacks, is a variable month. It may
either be severely cold, extremely mild, very wet, or unusually
dry. Generally speaking, it is good for hunting; and were a
friend to offer us a mount in Leicestershire for any fixed period
during the season, we should select the Sol Monatb, as the
Saxons termed the second month, from the sun’s meridian altitude
increasing visibly. To judge from the derivation of the word
February from Februo, to purify or cleanse, we should naturally look
upon it as a good scenting month, aud so we shall find it if the snow
and frost that generally attend January shall have melted away.
Shakspeare, who seldom errs as a delineator of nature, clothes it with
a wintry aspect when he makes tho Prince of Aragon address
Benedick as having
a February face
So full of frost, ol storm, and cloadiuoas;
but, cold or mild, ono day out of the eight and twenty (or nine and
twenty as the case may be) can be devoted to pheasant-shooting. The
thought is, however, sad that seven months must elapse before the
well-poised weapon can again briug down one of these splendid im¬
portations from the banks of the Phasis. What a contrast to the
welcome feu de joie which on the 1st of October ushered in ’this ex¬
hilarating sport, is the mournful volley the minute gun now fired over
its departure!
Although there is a cessation of hostilities against the pheasants
for eight months, the lover of the trigger can still enjoy woodcock¬
shooting, especially in ould Ireland, a sport which lias been most
felicitously called the foxhunting of the tngger; and, certainly, there
are few more exciting amusements. The eagerness of your pursuit after
this migratory bird, the exhilarating cry or “Mark a cock! ” the hope
that if you chance to miss he may be marked down again, the bab¬
bling of the spaniels when again upon his haunt, the care with which
you take your second shot, and your triumph in bagging your trophy,
are moat gratifying to the heart of a true sportsman, and remind him
not a little of a good day with the hounds. There iB a similarilf
of feeling in the anxiety with which you lwteu for A find, the joyona
Feb. 20 , 1858 .]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
crv of “Gone away! ” the hope that when you come to a check the
hounds will shortly again get on the scent, the tuneful cry of
u Xnlly ho! ” and last, not lca-t,your triumph at being in at the death.
In an open February, then, give me a stud of twelve good hunters in
Warwickshire; and, when " icicles hung by the wall,” lot me migrate
to Beaudesert, Staffordshire, where can be had the first woodcock-
shooting in England.
Tlie woodcock usually visits this country about the latter end of
October. The time, however, is more or less advanced or retarded
according to the wind and weather at the beginning of the autumn.
East and north-east winds, especially when accompanied by fogs, bring
these birds of passage over in thegreatest numbers. At their arrival,on
the first flight, they drop anywhere, as well nnderhigh trees aa in hedge¬
rows, heath, and brambles; afterwards they take up their abode iu
coppices of uiue or ten years’ growth, and sometimes in those little
slrnws which, having been cut, are left to grow for timber. It is
seldom that a woodcock is found in a young plantation. By taking
up their abode, 1 do not mean to say that they remain in the same
wood during winter, for they seldom continue more than twelve or four¬
teen days iu one place. Woodcoeksstay heregcnerallyuntil themiddle
of March, although their departure, like their arrival, depends much
upon the state of the weather. This bird rises heavily from the
ground, and makes a considerable noise with his wings. When he is
found in a hedgerow, or at the skirts of a wood, he frequently only
skims the ground, and then Ilia flight being slow he is easily shot;
but when sprung in a large wood, where lie mnst clear the tops of the
trees before he can take a horizontal flight, ho sometimes rises very
high, and with great rapidity In this case he is a difficult bird to
get at, from the turnings and twistings which he is obliged to make
in order to pass between the trees There is a species of spaniel
which is used in this sport which gives tongue when the cock sprmgs,
or when he gets upon his haunt. These dogs are of a middling size,
with short legs, nnd very strong. They must be hardy, able
to hear severe work, disposed to go into covort freely, hunt
briskiv, and yet go very slow when upon scent. Two or three brace,
well broken, may he used together, and they will find ample
work in a large wood or thick gorse. In this sport it is essential to
have good markers; with their assistance, if the wood is small, it will
be difficult for a cock to escape, for it is a well-known fact that he will
frequently allow himself to bo sprung, and even shot at, fonr at five
times before be will have the mood to go to on adjoining one or hedge¬
row. Daring the daytime the woodcock remains in those parts of
the wood where ttiere are void spaces or glades, pickingnp earthworms
and grubs from the fallen leaves; in the evening ho goes to drink and
wash his bill at the pools and springs, returning at break of day to his
sylvan retreat. In the narrow pnsses and openings that lead from
the wood to the water nets are often spread to take the woodcocks in
their morning and evening flight: this, toonr m ud, is a most un¬
sportsmanlike proceeding. The best time for making a bag is early
in the morning, after a bright moonlight night. .
Snipes visit this country in the autumn, and remain until the
spring It is generally believed that they return to Germany and
Switzerland to breed ; a great many, however, remain in old England
during the summer, and breed in the marshes. Snipes always fly
against the wind, and, to the inexperienced sportsman, are difficult to
kill on account of their swift movements; hut, if the “ gunner ” does
not’eet flurried, and takes his time, he will find no difficulty in bag¬
ging a considerable number, as they will fall if hit with the slightest
portion of shot. When the frost sets in snipes arc to be found in
great plenty in those places where the water lies open, i rom the
nature of their bills they cannot feed in hard and strong ground, and
therefore always select soft and mnddy spots. .
Perhaps, after woodcock and snipe shooting, there is no gun¬
ning ” as our transatlantic friends call it, to be compared with tliat
of wi’ld-fowl. The great difficulty of getting at the buds constituted
the pleasure to the true English sportsman of the olden time, so un¬
like the modern one, who, since the introduction of the battue sys¬
tem, has his game driven up to him, and destroys it very much
after the fashion of shooting tamo ham-door fowl. Give me the
walk through the stnbblo after the partridge, or through the gorse and
closelv-woodcd covert after the pheasant, or ankle-deep m the marshes
after the snipe and wild-duck. A few hours of such labour sweetens
the pleasure; and I leave the idle, pampered sportsman to enjoy the
gratification of shooting for book, often blowing to pieces every hare
and pheasant that comes within a tew yards of one of his nu¬
merous murderous weapons, regardless of everything, so long as
the game-book, an extract of which is afterwards sent to the
London newspapers, records the quantity, not the quality, of his
day’s prowess. Bat, to the wild-duck, windy weather—a north¬
easter—is always most favourable for shooting them, os the noise
made by the mstling of the trees and movement of tho reeds and
rushes prevents your approach being heard. Your dog should be a
first-rate water-spaniel, one who takes well to the element, whether in
a liquid or congealed state, as winged wild-fowl, owing to then: diving
propensities, are diflicult to retrieve. , .. ,, , _..
These birds of passage arrive here in great flights from the
northern countries early in the winter. Many of them, however, re¬
main in our marshes and fens during the whole year, and breed
there Thev pair in spring, and lay from ten to fifteen eggs. The
dock usually constructs her nest at the edge of the water, upon an
elevated tnft of rushes, and begins to lay in March and April; her
incubation is about a month, so that the - v0 “ B " h ^ c ?
hatched in May. Their wmgs grow so slowly that Mtow
months before they can use them with proper effect. In the bcgmnmg
of autumn the pools are frequented by teams of wdd-fowl, and the
best method of shooting them is from a boat The sportsman must
be careful to make as little noise as possibdc, for the ducks wdl often,
having flown up, merely make an aerial circle, return in a little time,
and again alight upon the pool. In winter, during the frosty weather
vou may watch them, in the dusk of the evening, at the margins of
the water where they cotne to feed; and when the pools are frozen
over by selecting a spot where the ice is broken, you will be certain to
full in with no inconsiderable number of this web-footed race.
Although the shooting season is now nearly over In England, there
are many duties which the thorough sportsman msgut to attend to.
His first periiaps, is to take care that his guns are well loosed over;
they ought to be intrusted to the maker, with instructions to have
the inside of the barrels dressed with emery, ihe outages browned
and the locks cleaned; and, having satisfied himself that not
an atom of lead remains in the fatal tubes, and that the
machinery is in perfect order, the ordnance ought to be safely
locked up, out of the reach of curious striplings or mqmsitive
maiibservants; the next is to see that his dogs, the faithful
Zp^Tons of tnany a joyous hour, are. well l«>ked after properly
exercised, and kept in health. The spaniels may be sent to walk, if
the kennels are not sufficiently large to contain them; but the setters,
pointers and retrievers ought to be kept at home. If it is intended
that Jilt or Topsy should litter, every attention must bepaid to the
improvement of Hie breed, and trie owner will find plenty of occupa-
tion in the selection, rearing, naming, “l^Zreto-
To choose four, which are as much as any mother can do justice to
the rest being sent, as is the fashion ofbipeds toaramnewetnurM-
reqtures but little consideration, ns at that early age it is fluiU a lot
tery as to which will thrive the best in maturcr years; st^eiy one
Las a fancy , and it is of so harmless a naiuro that it may well be in¬
dulged in. As the rearing is generally left to the keepers, all the
sportsman has to do is to see that the puppies are not f frw n t h e
same mistaken notion that induces nurses to stud children) o er fed.
should such be the case when the distemper attacks them, the res t
will generally be fatal. The naming is also an amusement, and great
care must he taken that every dog has a different-sounding one. It
was the fashion of our “flint and steel” ancestors to caU iheir
pointers, setters, and retrievers, Ponto, Mungo, Nero, Presto, banclio,
Pedro, Juno, Ino, Vnno, Erato, Bio, all of which ending m o sounded
so ranch like “toho!” that general confusion prevailed, tor our
parts, instead of following the old or modern commonplace nomen¬
clature, we should adopt a new one of our own, selecting them from
Greek and Latin proper names, varying as much as possible the first
letter of the alphabet. We take a few at random —ArguB, Attica,
Baucis, Brysea, Cepbalns, Cythera, Damon, Dirce, Ephesus, Eva,
Fides Flavia, Glaucus, Galata, Hesperus, Hero, Ac.
We’must reserve the mention of salmon-fishing, which commences
on the 1st of February in Scotland and Ireland, until next month.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
I. L. t MAKTIX.-T!i« score in tho much between Me .urn Bodeu and Owen otcmle:—
Bvxicn .. 4 Owun .. 0 Drawn .. 0
C. F. do J.,Bt ■ etertbu'j?. Tho ooples in quest! >n of your ravhed > er-loo of the Oka*
law* hiro aot been delivered. In future wo would recommend that all each co n u uu m ca -
tlou-. bo forwarded to direct and not through tho iwency of a third party.
T. M. MoKKis, Nova Scotia.—It to now in tho examiner'* bunds.
II. 8. L., Bunores —A vary f>*vttv dole urau^- m; but hsa It not boon published?
A. do ft., Paris. —A second Jcttor was dUqwteat-d above a month hack.
D. W F , Now York, E. B 0., Hoboken: M., WnEhiofton; Civea. Cincinnati; Profewor A.,
Philadelphia —a reply shall bo forwarded to each of oar tranwtlantia coire-pon'dana by
the next mail.
C. It. and C. W —Yon wont a thorocurh grounding In *ho Cbeaa “ Accidence " before yon could
make any stand with even a rajriorato pUyor who garu you the odds of a Book. Get a
copy of iho Handbook, or same other elementary treatise, and fag at that for six months;
at the *od of that po.iod send ns a few mare specimens.
I. II. K., Barrubnry.—Neat, but tooobvions.
Q. I. L.—Wo know of no other of any magnitude.
I- T.—A player who teaches or takes tip ooo of his pfoc***, errio* " Cheek," to not bound to
chock the adverse King, but be must move th i touched piece
B- D. B.—The second movo In *bo solution of Mr. Healoy’s Lt»t Problem b Kt to Q fl?h. not
Kt to K 6th. Tho author npficers to have overlooked tho conunoophtco mode of giving the
mate in four move*, borinuing with P to K 4'h.
Problem Mr.Lloyd, tbs oompoioraf the problem.reqae-ts us testate that It was origin¬
ally mla^rinto’* In tho American •*Chou Monthly." whence w* nhtainod it, and admits of a
tocoud vera a roplo goltlou Tho remedy is onsy: the Black Bithop on K It *rd and
the Black 1‘awn on Kit Uth should bv trampo.ud. By makiug them change places, tho
Integrity of the position i* reslo «d.
D. V., Edinburgh.— It is oppo»ed to our rule to examine Problems which are sent umocom-
p'nted with isolations.
Vox i« thanket fn r tho opening moral in the Concqpondouco Game betwwn Alx-'a-
Chapollo and CreMd. Whan further advanced, wo shall probably print this par-tie, with a
few comments on tho play.
J. P B., Boulogne, will iicrceNsj thnt his sagg-rtlan has not been disregarded.
F. H., Boyle. 1 eland.—In n Chau prohUm, Brack, of oenrte, is at liberty to mere la iny
way he possibly can to avoid the male. Tne condition % are that White shall mate in the
stlpu’sted number of movo*, play as Black may. Tho solution print'd givos only the be ft
Btfc.net which Black can adopt. Your impression that yea could often improve th.it co.ence
is a de c-ion very common to young pl«yHr=, and one which to only gut over by acquiring
more knowledge of tho game.
W. W . L. W. U —Slalomsto counts as a draws iramo.
Waltiiam-ll-Wold. 1. You ar* right with rt*«d to G. M.*s Problem 727 : there is «ri.
dently a flaw in the variation. It must bo mbnutied for amendment to the author, i. In
No. 79, if Black pbtv 1. Kt to K sq., White may reply with 2. Kt W K 4th.
Tbimo.vtaix, Boston, U-8.—They shall bo examined.
T. T. CUCKlcc*, Jersey.—Vo-y n marly player] on ilia part of White; bat the defence to feeblo
Let ni see a few more specimen* from future contests.
J. M. 8.—Tbo subscription for country members to the 8i. George's Chess Club la only a
guinea per annum, au* it la surprising Unit more piovmc ; al oma onr» do not avail thoro-
eclvosof the opportunity of joining this the chief Chest society rn the kingdom. Candi¬
dates have only to apply by letter to tho honorary secretary, 20, King-street, 8L Jama's,
Any gentlemen, residing In Maidstone or Its neighbourhood, wtohiog for a gnrao at
Chess, will And aa opponent by addressing Ur. Kogix Ibbctaoo, Post-office, Xaidstot*).
PROBLEM No *31.
For tills Ingenious little Stratagem we are indebted to Mr. S Loyd, ol
New York, the victor in the Prize Problem Tourney.
(American Chess Monthly )
BLACK.
wsm, n 1
Hi
- i
m
YTHITK.
White to play, and mate in four mores.
L Q takes B
Solution or Problem No. T30.
BLACK. I WniTE.
Kt takes K (ch) 3. P to K R 4th
2 . Q takes Kt
• t.
8. P to K B 3rd
(beat)
Kt P takes Q, or •
Q to K sq
Any move.
to K H Sth (ch)
4. Kt to Q Kt5th
5. B Kt or P mates
And males in two more moves, play M
Block can.
Key Moves of tiie Enigmas last Published.
No. 1060 White plays 1 . Q to K sth (ch). (Of No. 1067 we ahull give
the full Boluuon in n week or two.) No. 106 -).—White begins with l. R to
Q Kt 2nd (ch!. No. 1069,-White plays l. Kt from Q K 3rd to Q fit Sth
(oh). ^
CHESS IN THE METROPOLIS,
An entertaining rartie. In which Sir. Staunton gives his Q s Kt to the
Amateur from Mexico, Mr. T. H. Work ill.
(Remove Black's Q Kt from the hoard.)
Irregular Opening.)
BI.ACK (Sir. S.) wmTE (Mr. W.)
1 . P to Q Kt 3rd P to K Kt 3rd
2 . Q B to Q Kt 2nd KKttoKB3rd
3 . P to K 3rd £toQ3to
4 . Kt to KB 3rd PtoKtth
6 . K B to Q B 4th QBtoKKtOth
6 . P to K K 3rd B tokes Kt
7 O takes B B to K Kt 2nd
8. Q takes Q KtP Q Kt to Q 2nd
9 . o to Q B 6th Castles
10. Castles Q Kt to Q Kt 3rd
11. B to K 2 nd Q Kt to t) 4th
12 . K B to K B 3rd P to K 6th
13 . K B to K 2nd
(Buck cootd h»TC wen another Tawn. bnt
only nt tho ooM of enelungln* two ofh»
plooos, by playing ihn.
13. KB taker Kt'jko.B
U BUke. B K uka* B (best)
15. <4 lake. Kt. *c.)
13.
14. Q to Q R 4th
15. Q R to Q sq
16. P to Q 3rd
17. B takes Kt
18. P takes P
19. Q takes K P
20. Q to Q It 4 th
21. B to K Kt 4th
22 . P to Q B 4th
23. R takes R
24. Q takes Q R P
25. B takes Kt
(almost eompnlatry- "* White woold other¬
wise bare ployed B 10 K K* llh.)
25. P take* B
26 . P to Q R 4th B to K 2nd
27 P to Q R 5th B to Q 3rd
2 s! F to K Kt 3rd QtoKSth
(Ttieewningtbo fotol more noil Ikne of
qtoKBStb.l
29. QtoQKtSthich) K to Kt tod
30 . Q to Q 8th
The only atop o uvo the gimn.)
Q Kt to K 2nd
PtoQ4th
Q Kt to K B4th
Q to Q B »q
B takes B
P takes P
K R to K sq
Qto K3rd
y to K 4th
y R to Q sq
R takes R
RtoQ 7th
black (Mr. S.) white (Mr. W.)
30. P to K B 3rd
31. Q to Q 7th (ch) K to R 3rd
32. P to y B sth y to K tod
33. y takes K B P
(.Tills is preferable to exchanging Queens.]
33. B take* Q B P
34. R to Q B aq B Uked K P
35. R to K aq
(Tbo sitostlon here is noticeable, bccans©, if
Black had taken the BUhop -a move upon
which hk opponent rock on od—he would have
lost the gam?, cxgr.:—
35. r tokos B Q takes P (ch)
K to R *q K to K 11 7th
And Block la without resource.
It to remarkable, also, ** affording Black
another TOfnie of winning. ;>olnted oat by a
•[■ectntTr. Mr. Bare«. which to more Imerest-
log than thu one adopted, namely
35. B take* QBP
If White take the Rock be is mated imme¬
diately by Q takes SEP (ch) and P to tw K:
4th; therefore—
35 . B takes P (eh)
Sk Q takes B KtoQ^thcb)
37. K to U 2nd
And, aa White dare not capture the Rook on
account of the before- mrntlanodnmo.he mast
lote the game.)
35 . R takes K B P
36. R tekes B R takes Q
37. R takes Q R takes y R P
39. RtakcsyBP RtoQKtJth
39. R to Q B 3rd K to Kt 4th
40. K to B tod P to K B 4th
41 . K to B 3rd P to K R 4th
42 . PtoK R4th(ch)K to B3rd
43. R to K 3rd RtoQKtSth
44 . K to K 2nd Pto K B 5th
45 . RtoKB3rd K toK 4th
46 . P takes p (ch) K to K 5th
47. Pto KB sth K to K4th
48. P to K B 6th
And White resigned.
EPITOME OF NE WS—FORK ICS AND DOMES CIO.
The confirmation of his Hnyal Highness the Prince of Wales
will, it te said, take place in April!
It is rumoured that the Fmperor Francis Joseph intends visiting
the Court of Berlin, in order [wownally to congratulate the Prince and
Princes, Frederick William on their happy union.
The Speaker of the IT on«e if Commons gave his first full dree*
Parliamentary banquet on Saturday last, at his mansion on Cariton Hoc--.—
terrace.
Baron dc Krudencr, the Fossian Minister in Switzerland, hue
just died of an attack of apoplexy.
Mr. Murray, the English Minister at Teheran, has recovered from
hie serious illness.
lord Canning h3s subscribed a thousand rupees to a fund being
raised at Madras to do honour to General Neill, who belonged to thus
Presidency.
The Queen has appointed the Eight TTon Charles Viscount
Everaley to be Sreond Church Estates Commissioner, in the room of
Sir John George Shaw befevre, reigned,
Fuad Pacha will be the Turkish Plenipotentiary at the Paris
Conferences. ( ( \
A report is rnrrcnt of the early resumption of diplomatic rela¬
tions between Austria and Sardinia.
Mr. H. Craven, Bible Clerk of Pembroke College, has been
elected to the vacant scholarship on the found ition of John Lord Craven.
Dils ft is understood will Oe the last election where a preference la given
to the name or kindred of tiie flumder.
The receipts of the Commissioners of Lunacy during 1857 were
£14,137, of which £12.971 were expended for the purposes of the com¬
mission. Tiie salaries of the Commissioners amount to £->970, and of
the Secretary to .Csoo per annum.
The Iinssian Government have granted permission to Russian
vessels going to foreign ports to sail under foreign captains and piloui,
and lo Be manned to the extent of two-thirds foreign crew, for aturth r
period of six years.
The number of paftents relieved at the Royal Free Hospital,
Gray'e-inn-ro-id. during last work was 2368. of which 609 were new case*.
The 15ih and I6tb Regiments are to have a second battalion
added to their present strength immediately.
Opals may be had at this moment in Paris st less than half the
nsnafvalue, owing to an impression which has got ubrmui. and wbteh
came from Banda, that it is the plerrt de malhcin ! carrying misfortune
to those who wear it
M. Chilly has been appointed director ot the Theatre of the
Ambigu Ccmique in Paris, Iu the place of the late M Deanoyers.
In the Court ol Bankruptcy on Friday week proof of claims ol
the Great Northern Company against the , -t.itc of lc-opold Redpath were
admitted to the extent of £60 208 , the amount sworn to as that of tho
bankrupt's frauds and forgeries.
Mr Thomas Allsop, for whom a reward of £200 has been offered,
in connection with the recent atrocious crime perpetrated iu Paris, fail'd
in the Stock Exchange in 1851. when all connection between him and the
Stock Exchange ceased.
Charles Hawkins, Esq, has been appointed to be an Inspectin'
of Anatimy in England and Wales, in tho room of John Bacot, Esq ,
resigned.
The estimate for the packet service of the Post Office for Ine
ensuing financial year has been printed. The total sum required is
£986.000, being au Increase of £23.000 on last year, when £965.000 was
expended.
The celebrated T.ombaid sculptor, Marehcai. has just died -J
Milan. The death of the Marquis Becrarla, the sou of the ee’i't,rated
author of •• Crimes and Punishments," is a so announced from Milan:
he was eighty years old.
Thomas Kershaw, who was committed to Trcston gaol on me
charge of having murdered his father attempted on Friday last to kill
one of the prison oi-derlies-saying, " He might as well be hanged for two
murders as for one."
It is announced tliat Prince Napoleon has abandoned the idea cJ
visiting Egypt and Syria, and tliat the rachaol - Egypt has been offlrialljr
informed ol £la changed intentions. \
The number of factory children in the connties of Tork and
Lancaster between the ages of eight and thirteen attending school under
inspection is, in the former county, 9541 ; iu the latter, 11,295.
Mr. Frith has sold his Epsom Race picture for £3000. including
sketch and copyright
The deliveries of tea in louden estimated for last week were
793,34G lb., which is an increase of 5014 lb. compared with the previous
statmneut
A monument, consist ine mainly of a plain but massive aqnaro
block, has jnst been erected In the Western Cemetery. Dundee, to mark
the grave of William Thom, the luverury poet
An illustrated newspaper in the Syriaco-Arabic dialect now
publishing at Beyrout
The Limerick election on Saturday resulted in the return of
Major Gavin the independent Opposition candidate, by a majority of 49
over Mr. Ball, the Ministerial candidate.
The Apollo Gallery in the Louvre has received a new ornament
iu the portraits of all the renowned French artists of the 16th, 17th, lath,
and 19 th centuries. They are the produce of the manufactory of tbo
Gobelins in Paris.
The sum subscribed fir a monument at Montrose to the late hit.
Joeoph Hume is about £500 It was resolved that Mr. tVder Marshal!
should be employed to execute a freestone statue and pedestal, the figure
to be nine feet in height.
The inquest respecting the deaths caused, by the late explosion
at Barnsley was brought to a close on Monday, the jury finding that the
explosion was the result of a "short," or blast, and that It was cons*-
qnently accidcntaL The dmths to the present tune are fifty-two -n num-
ber.
On Friday last the Rev. Dr. Barclay, of Currie, was formally
installed as Principal of G'asgow University. The ceremony was per-
formed in presence of the ftenatus of the college and the students.
Viscount Ingcstre, M.F., will deliver a lecture entitled “ A Glance
at the Reformatory Movement,” at the St Bartholomew’s Working
Men's Literary Institute, Gray’s-lmi-road, on Thursday evening next
The Rev. John Howard Marsdcn. Rector of Great Oakley.
Essex, was or. Monday clerlcd Canon of Manchester, in the place of tho
Rev. Richard Parkinson, D D , deceased.
The Queen has approved of Mr. Alfred Lewton Hodges as t ice-
Consnl for the ports of Dover, Margate, Ramsgate, —' •» ,h *
Mexican Republic.
There are two female reporters employed in the congress.
Washington—one for the Charleston Courier, and the other for the A—*
Post.
The AOicmmm says Mad ime Goldschmidt is expected to arrive
In England early in Juno, it is said with the intention of taking ap krr
permanent residence here, and, porsibly, of singing in pubJo.
An anonymous donor has contributed £5000 to the Sncaul
Indian Fund of tho Church Missionary Society.
Monck, resigned.” w __
A public meeting was held a’ live Guildhall. Rochester. on Tte
dav at which a local association wav formed, m connection wilBJ
«n y tr.l associatiomfbr amoving U,'. londiOoa Of the Wives an:l Du
lies of soldkrs and sailor*. , i n i
John Hammond, Esq., has bcen r.ppo^
of tlic Island of Jersey, in the room of Sir Thomas Lc Breton, dcreas-L
The Queen has appointed Hr \V. Hodges to be Chief . t
of fh„ r.ke of Good llopo; A Fitzjames, Esq., to be Queen s Aoi
and Police Magistrate for tiierrx Leone; and E Jaquva, E»q. '
Superintendent of Quarantine at Flat Is-and, a dependency of M»
The visitors to llraSouih Kcnring'AmMuscum last week *
Copeland has cxwulrd in status
miniature bust of hearr been much approVcd by i
in the posswsionofthcf^il^and^^nejm^vn^^ I
those members ot it te w have seen the bust, pronounce It to be a
knew the late GcueraL »nd w^ themselves oi
S&MSSSaaSiiOr-
e public6cL), v -- .
The Danish Government have presented to the LibJioi
Roy ale at Brussels a collection of tho to idols given
Christian YIl!f Christian VIII., Frederick VI »» d , l
litorarv and scientific men. manufacturers, and simple work-..*
have distinguished themselves by merit or services.
vrbv
[Feb. 20, 1858
196_ the illustrated London news
'/////!!
DAWK WALAS
DAWK WALAS OF BENGAL.
Thb manner of oonveying letters by dawk between the different sta¬
tions o: the Bengal Presidency is spiritedly represented in the above
Illustration. The petarjahs, or boxes, contain mimll packages, sent
through the putt, whilst the bags contain letters.
The dawk wains, who usually belong to the coolie caste, carry their
. - Vrdcui at k smart trot, a distunce of tror eight ' ten miles, t> '
being tho length of road between each dawk station. i
completed this run, whioh is accomplished in about an hour and
a quarter, the bags, Ac., are handed to a relay, who are waiting in
expectation of their arrival af the next, dawk-house, or shed—for
it is, in most cases, little better than four mud walls and a thatched
roof. The dawk ia then transferred to the shoulders of the expectant
relief with as tittle delay as possible, often without halting. The
men relieved then take their 6eata in the shed, and untie from their
girdle* a small bundle of parched rice, which, with a lota of water
forms their frugal repast. These restoratives are followed by a
smoko from the never-absent goorgooty; and after a rest of an hour or
so tho down dawk arrives, and the hard-working fellows are ready to
convey it to the Btation from which they started in the morning. Thus
the same party of dawk walaa are kept running on the same ten miles
of road, and are almost sure to havowivee and families at one ex¬
tremity of this distance.
- .. showing ..... . vu „
dark night, and, by waving about his torch, scaring away any tigers
OBI fl At Vl OV V rf 1 1 ,? II we rn nln ♦ V. „S V. — — -- - if . _ V «
- - ---arghautly, this portion
the grand trunk road being much infested with tigers, and it ia by no
means a rare inoident for the peon sent out in search of missing letter-
bags to find them in the road, and the poor runner no one knows where.
In the late disturbances the dawks have been frequently stopped br
the mutineers, and the letters looted. This serious annoyance hai
S ven rise to many ingenious plans for concealing the communication!
tween beleaguered parties of English—one method being to inclow
the missive, written in Greek, in a-quill: it will be remembered thai
this plan was employed by the besieged party at Lucknow to commu¬
nicate with ihe late lamented General Havelock.
kTERlNC
EE^S
WATERING THE STRKKfS OF CALCUTTA.
TirosE who Lave visited a tropical country can readily understand
that in a large city like Calcutta, where there is much street traffic,
the dust is an intolerable nuisance. During the prevalence of hot
wrndsin the months of July and August clouds of dust may be seen
careering high into the air, and quite obstructing by their density
the view of surrounding objects, covering every article of furniture in
-7:
MODE 0? WATERING THE STREETS OF CALCUTTA.
Feb. 20 , 1858 .]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
197
J7ATTVE EXTEETAEJMENT TO EUROPEAN? TROOPS AT BOM3UT.-(SEE KETT PAOEJ
the houses, to which it has free ingress through the open Venetians,
and finding its way into drawers, boxes, pianos; indeed, nothing
escapes from the unwelcome intrusion, and it requires the utmost vigi¬
lance of your sirdar-bearer to keep the place even tolerably free from it.
Early in the morning a large concourse of bhisties, or water-earners,
may be seen, at the large reservoir in Tank-square, busily engaged knee-
deep in the water filling their mussocks, or water-bags. The mussock
is a porfect sheepskin, tanned and sewn water-tight, the portions
which covered the legs serving as straps to suspend it hy, and the nock
forming the mouth or spout. Our Engraving represents a company of
these bhisties, with their mussocks, watering the streets and roads in
the European part of the town. Under the orders of their sirdar,
they march in rows, as seen in the Engraving, and for a time con¬
siderably lessen the evil referred to. W ere it not, however, for un¬
ceasing application of the water, during the day the immense evapo¬
rating power of the sun and wind would soon render these efforts in¬
effectual.
UNSHIPPING ELEPHANTS AT CALCUTTA.
DEBARKATION OF ELEPHANTS AT CALCUTTA.
The disembarkation of horses for troops is an operation with which
many of our readers are familiar, bat comparatively few are so well
acquainted with the more laborious process of unshipping a cargo of
elephants. Such a strange sight has been recently witnessed at Cal¬
cutta, has been sketched by an obliging Correspondent, and is ad¬
mirably described in a recent Calcutta letter in the Daily Newt.
Two cargoes had beer, landed since the previous mail loft. One
arrivod in the Bhip Tubal Cain, consisting of twenty elephants; the
other in the Belgravia, and numbered fifty elephants. The process of
hoisting these most gigantic of existing quadrupeds from their berths
on board ship, and getting them on shore, was a novel and cunous
sight. The Governor-General and Lady Canning were among the
spectators, and many of the Government officials, officers of the gar¬
rison, and others, attended while the landing was in progress. It took
plaoe at the Government dockyard, about half a mile below hort
■William. 8trange to say, there is no wharf at this'dookyard along¬
side of which the vessels oould be brought, so that they had to M
moored about fifty yards from the shore. They were, however,
brought near a jetty, at the extremity of which' is a large crane, ana
by means of this crane, and the tackle on board ship, all tne elephant*
were safely landed. The first party in the Tubal Cain were landed
in a somewhat different manner from the other in the Belgravia.
When the animals were hoisted up from between decks, the hoisting
tackle was connected with the cranec-hains, and the crane being
then turned slowly round, each elephant in succession was lowered
and deposited on the hank of th • river. ThiB plan gave too much
liberty to the elephants after reaching terra firnrn; for, as Bomeof them
choBe to indulge in a roll and bath in the shallow water after their
voyage, time was lost before the drivers could manage to lead them
away. It was, therefore, found more convenient and expeditious to
lower each elephant into a barge alongside the ship, and to land him
afterwards by drawing the boat the short distance to the shore.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Fe*. 20,1858
Hie fifty elephant* in the Belgravia were all breast between decks,
part on the main-deck, and the remainder in the wrlop-deck below.
Not many vessels would have the necessary height between decks—
from eight to ten feet; and there was only just space enough in the
Belgravia for the larger animals to stand upright without touching the
timbers of the deck above. The elephants were ranged on each sido of
the ship, strong beams being placed so as to confine them from rolling
towards the centre while the ship was in motion. Everything was
left as open as possible for purposes of ventilation, but yet the con¬
gregation of so many largo animals caused the atmosphere to be very
not and oppressive. Some of the more mischievous were tethered by
a chain on one or two of their legs, to prevent them annoying their
neighbours. When, about to be removed from the ship, each animal
was brought under the main hatchway, the opening of which bad of
course been lengthened and widened so as to admit of their descent
when they were embarked at Moulmein. Each elephant on board had
a mahout, or driver, and a coolie, or servant, for feeding and cl eanin g
him. To these men they had become accustomed, and were greatly
subjected to their influence. The elephant’s mahout, assisted by the
sailors, arranged a strong canvas sling, or girth, edged with strong
rope, round the animal's carcase, and, the tackle being adjusted, the
huge fellow was slowly rai.-ed off his feet, and the ascent was com¬
menced. One of the largest was said to weigh 3 tons 24 cwt. There
was no opposition to the process of hoisting on the part of the
animals, with one or two exceptions; indeed, for the most part they
appeared anxious each to have his turn as so on os possible, for they
had sagucity enough to understand it was tho moans of quitting the
ship, as it had been the moons of bringing them into it. There was
great excitement among the oTowd on snore when the boatswain's
whistle was heard directing the sailors at the capstan to hoist away, and
as the fulls or hoisting ropes, which were connected with the main and
mizen masts of the ship, became strained and tightened, presently the
rough, inort-looking mass of the animal’s spine and back was seen
above the deck; thon part of tho head, with which the animal from
time to time prevented himself from being struck against tho sides of
the hatchway as ho swung round on either side; the small sluggish
eye, which seemed to bo calmly surveying the surrounding scene; tho
active proboscis, forming by its constant movements a remarkable
contrast with the rest of tho passivo frumo; and, finally, after the
crane tackle had been connected, the whole creature came into view,
dangling in the air, and suspended by a couple of ropes which seemed
Eke mere threads compared with the size of the animal which depended
from them. He was then swung over the bulwarks, and lowered into
the barge alongside. It was amusing to observe the quiet way in
which the animal avoided the blow when his feet or legs were likely
to strike against the side of the ship, and the way in which he
assisted in taking off the strain of the ropes and raising himself
when being passed over the bulwarks to make his descent
into the lighter. As soon as tho elephant wus in the lighter,
the mahout, who had got down before him, at onoe jumped on his
neck, and the an im al immediately yielded himself to tho direction of
his accustomed master. Sometimes he would appear a little nervous,
putting his trunk into the water to try its depth, with a view, per¬
haps, to ascertain if it wore possible to walk ashore; but generally
he began turning over some of tho fresh grass placed in the bottom of
the boat to divert his attention, and remained quiet until the boat was
brought as near the ground of tho dockyard as possible. Thon, at a
signal from the mahout, after again leaning over and carefully testing
the depth of water with his proboscis, ho slowly raised one huge foot
over tho boat’s side, then tho other, and in a few minutes he was on
his way to the plaoe whore the rust of his companions were picketed.
No accident occurred during the disembarkation, but two elephants
were drowned at Moulmein iu embarking them.
All the elephants wero of large size, and landed in excellent con¬
dition. "While on board ship they were fed on rations of rice, with an
allowance of green fodder, a largo proportion of which consisted of
the stems and leaves of an immense species of pineapple found wild
at Burmnh. After landing, the flics in the dockyard annoyed them
greatly. Looking at theur tough hides, it was not easy to understand
how such a suriace could be so sensitive. The plan they adopted to
rid themselves of tho annoyance consisted in the gathering up in the
hollow extremity of tho proboscis a quantity of dust and small gravel,
which was cither thrown over tho head so us to fall in a shower along
the back, or projected with force between tho fore legs, so as to sweep
away the intruders from the skin beneath. The captain of tho Bel-
gratia brought a young elephant, between lour and five years old, and
about the size of a pony, as a private speculation. It lived on tho
upper deck, near the captain's cabin, and was remarkably tame.
Four hundred rupees, or forty pounds sterling, was the price of this
animal.
Tho Government elephants were marched up to Bamickpore at
night, leaving Calcutta at ten p.ra., utter the traffic of the day wus
over. These elophunts are especially wanted for carrying commis¬
sariat Btorcs. They can carry an enormous weight, and can go in
places where a cart cannot move. One elephant takes with ease on
his back two large soldiers’ tents complete, ouch mado of double cloth,
and capable of accommodating sixteen men, and ^an march at the rate
of four miles on hour with his load. The driver, sitting on his neck,
guides and urges him on by means of a snort iron instrument,
pointed at the end, with which he pricks him about the head, and.
having a small sickle-like projection ut the silo, which is inserted into
the pendulous flap of the oar, and serves to turn him to either side as
occasion requires. The ears, und certain parts of tho head, are a^one
sensitive to the goad of the muhout: musket bullets glance off the
thick hide of tho body, and even the conical nilo bullet frequently fails
to penetrate its subetance.
NATIVE ENTERTAINMENT TO EUROPEAN TROOPS
AT BOMBAY.
Dr. Buist, in his new journal, informs us that anything so splendid
as the above foie has not been witnessed in Bombay for the lost
twenty years; although those who study antithesis may perhaps
ponder over the fact that less than three months ago two sepoys were
blown away from guns ten yards from the spot whore tho feast and
dance took plaoe.
This superb entertainment was given on tho Cth ult, The details
are thus given in the Bombay Standard :—
A space of about three acres of ground on the Esplanade, halfway
betwixt the native town and the church gate, was inclosed by a high
canvas camp wall, the sea-front of which wus about half a mile in
length, it was entered under a triumphal arch, brilliantly illuminated,
with the Roy&l initials over each ot the side entrances. Over the
middle arch outside was *• Welcome to India;” inside, ‘‘God save
the Queem,” The camp within was divided into two portions-tliat
On the right consisted of twelve lines of fouls, of five tents each
line, at right angles across the longer axis. The roots of all were
elevated and united, so that each set presented a magnificent hall about
120 feet in length and thirty-five across. Each hall was occupied
oyn dinner party ot from so to loo-excellently provided with the best
of cheer. The men were marched at about five oVltek, and settled down
to dinner almost immediately afterwards. The other end of tin* camp
was occupied by a single long line ot Durbar tents, in the direction of
its axis, and at right angles to the others. The first two of these
formed receptions-rooms; the next si magnificent ball-room; at the
extreme end a dining room, still more wngnilkcUt. where covers were
laid for 500 guest*. At half-past six the company assembled, almost
simultaneously. Lord Elpldnstone was present as Commander of the
Garrison, with the Comniauder-in-Chief of the Army, the Com¬
mander-in-Chicf ot the Indian Navy, the members of Council,
the Judges, nearly all tfce military, and a host of the principal
members of our society, both in and out of the services. The whole space
around, from five ojefock till long after dark, continued crowded with
carriages At ten o'clock the oa&cero and .supper party began to assemble,
and this portion ot the festivities of the occasion proceeded with still
greater brilliancy than that which preceded them. The evening was not
favourable for the illumination. Nothing could exceed the excellence of
the arrangements, or the entire success of the whole festival.
JWe nave to thank Mr. G. W. Terry, drawing-master in the School
of Art at Bun bay, for the accompanying Sketch of tho entertainment-
MEMORIAL PLATE OF THE 97th REGIMENT.
The public, we believe, are not oven yet thoroughly aware of the con-
tinuod danger, hard work, and peril gone through by those English
regim ents who, without being present at tho throe great battles of the
Jnmea. yet sustained the long trials of tho siege. We, therefore, take
wie opportunity of engraving a centre-piece, subscribed for by the
mfaoera of tho 97th Regiment, and by them intended as a memorial of
their fellowofSoera and gmn who fell or died during the Russian
campaign.
The 97th Regiment (which many of our readers will more easily
uish as the corps to which Captain Headley Vicars belonged;
occupied, with a French force, the Piraeus from June to November,
1854. It was the first Britiih rogimunt which served in Greece; it
suffered severely from cholera, losing there 120 men. From the 20th
November, 1854, till the end of the war it served in the trenchos and
before Sebastopol. It was engaged in one of the heaviest sorties (of
the 22nd November) ever encountered ; and with great coolness, firm¬
ness, and gallantry repulsed, with the point of tho bayonet, an a’tack
both in flank and rear made by the enemy. Captain Vicars led the
detachment, and fell mortally wounded at tho head of hie men, his
last words being those of encouragement to his Lieutenant. Lord
Raglan felt it his duty to notice the distinguished gallantry of the
corps in his despatch on the occasion. On the 30th of the ensuing
August another sortie was made by the Russians, the 97th again bear¬
ing the brunt of tho repulse, and losing three officers and twenty-four
men.
In the attack on the Great Redan the 97th and the 90th Regiments
formed the ladder and storming parties. The brave Mujor Weis ford
led the former, and the head of that gallant officer was blown off as
he entered an embrasure. Lieutenant-Colonel tho Hon. H. R Hand-
cock led the ladder party, and was shot through tho head on tho breast
of the Redan.
The 97th had on that day, out of thirteon officers engaged, five killed
and six wounded. Of 360 non-commissioned officers and men who
went into action 201 were killed or wounded. The total loss of the
regiment during the war was ten officers, seventeen sergeants, and
about 550 rank and file.
The centre-piece, of which our Engraving will give the render a
bettor idea than any description, is of burnished silver, the figures
being frosted. On the summit is a kneeling figure of Victory, with
droopod win^s, and holding immortolies. Around the base are bas-
reliefs; that in the centre representing the death of Headley Vicars.
It has been produced by Messrs. Hunt and Roskoll, of Now Bond-
street, to whom it does groat credit.
OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS.
VICE-ADMIRAL CCODE.
Vice-Admiral Sir John Coode, K.C B., was the eldest surviving
son of Edward Coodo, Esq , of Penryn, and brother
of Mr. Coode, late Clerk of the Peace for Cornwall.
He was born on the 11th of February, 1779, at Penryn,
and entered the Royal Navy the 16th of June, 1793,
and, as a Midshipman, soon saw much service. In
t 1802 Mr. Coode was promoted to tho command of the
Stork sloop, and advanced to post rank in 1810; and
in that year he captured, on the Cork station, Le
Htiiyalode privateer, of two guns and fifty four men.
Assuming command, in January, 1814, of the Porcu¬
pine, 22. as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral Charles
Vinioombe Penrose, Coode took part in many of the
operations then in progress on tho north coast of
Spain, and was stationed at the mouth of the Ad our
when tho postage of the bar across it was so memorably
effected by the flotilla under Penrose. He also accompanied the arma¬
ment that soon after forced its entrance into the Gironde ; and, when .in
command of the advanced squadron at Pauillac, originated the instruc¬
tions which led to the capture and destruction, on April 2nd, of a
largo flotilla by a detachment of boats under the ordora of Lieutenant
Robert Graham Dunlop. From September, 18 Li, until paid off. May
21st, 1819, Captain Coodo further served with Sir C. Ponioso, in the
Queen, 74, and Albion, 74, on the Mediterranean station, where, how¬
ever, ho commanded tho latter, as a private ship, at the bombardment
of Algiers, August 27th, 1816; on which occasion he was very severely
wounded. Ho was appointed, in 1838, Captain Superintendent of the
Royal William Victualling Yard and of "the Royal Naval Hospital at
Plymouth, but retired in 1843. For Ids gallantryht Algiers he was
nominated a C.B. September 19th, 2816; a K.F.M., by the King of
the Two Sicilies, November 6th, 1818; and also a K W.N. by tho Ring
of the Netherlands. He married, the 8th February, 1819, Elizabeth,
eldest daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir C. Vi Penrose. Captain Coodo
was in the receipt of a good-service pension until he obtained his flag
rank the 26th June, 1847; he became a Vice- Admiral the 27th May, 1854;
was awurded a good-service pension tho lUth December, 1855; and sub¬
sequently obtained tho honour of knighthood. Tho gallant Admiral died
on the l!Jth ult., at his residence, St. Andrew’s-terrace, Plymouth. He
leaves throe sons—Charles Penrose, Captain Royal Marines; John
Penrose, Major 35th Regiment, Madras Army; and Tiovenen Penrose,
Commander Royal Navy; and one daughter, Elizabeth Pear 030 , tho
wife of W. H. Pruuco, Esq., of Plymouth.
THE HON. MAJOR BYNG.
Major the Hon, Robert Barlow Palmer Byng, oftheSylhet
Light Infantry Battalion, who was killed near Alumbngh on the 18 th
of Deoember last, whilst gallantly leading his men against the muti¬
neers of the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, was tho second
son of George, sixth Viscount Torrington, by his second wife. Frances
Harriot, daughter of Admiral Sir Robert Barlow, Bart., G.C.B.; and
he was tho brother cf George, present Viscount Torrington, and of the
Hon. James Master Owen Byng, Chairman of the South-Eastern Rail¬
way Company. He was born the 30th November, 1816. Ho passed
his examination at the Company’s Military College at Addisoombe,
and entered the Bengal army as Ensign in June, 1834; he became
Lieutenant in 1836, and Captain in 1844. His commissions as Brevet
Major and Major date from 1854 and 1856 respectively. At the time
of his decease he was Major of the 02nd Regiment of Native Infantry
(late 1st battalion 31st Regiment Bengal Native Infantry). He had
seen active service with the army in Gwalior, and had received the
medal and bronze stars for his conduct at Mahar&poro. He married,
the 11th February, 1839, Elizabeth Maria Lowther, eldest daughter of
Colonel Gwatkin, of the Bengal army, by whom he leaves five sons
and a daughter. His eldest son, George Stanley Byng, born the 29th
April, 1841, is now heir presumptive to the viscounty of Torrington.
COLONEL WOODFORD.
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles John Woodford, of the Rifle
Brigade, whose death took place on the 28th November last, in the en¬
gagement General Windham had with the Gwalior mutineers, was son
of General Sir Alexander Woodford, Lieutenant-Governor of Chelsea
Hospital. He entered the Ilifle Brigade as Sooond Lieutenant in
February, 1840, and shortly afterwards was Aide-de-Camp to his
father, then Governor of Gibraltar. During the seventeen years he
hud been in the Army ho had seen much active service, having taken
part in the Kaffir war of 1846-47. At the outbreak of hostilities in
the East he was ordered to the seat of war with his battalion; and
during the Eastern campaign acted as Deputy-Assistant Quarter
master-General at he ad-quarters, and was wounded at the attack on
the Redan. He received a medal for his conduct during the Kaffir
war, and a medal and two clasps for his conduct in tho Crimea. He
became a Major the 9th February, 1855; and a Brevet Lieutenant-
Colonel the 2nd November of the same year.
COLONEL FOORD.
Brevet Colonel Henry Stillbs Foord, of the Madras Artillery,
born 29th May, 1798, wus the second son of the late Captain Edward
Foord, H.E.I.C.S. Colonel Foord, having completed his education at
the Military College at Addisoombe, proceeded to Madras, as an Ar¬
tillery Cadet, in the year 1816. He shortly became Quartermaster and
Interpreter of the corps to which he was appointed. Colonel Foord
served in various parts of India; was for some time Commissary of
Ordnance at Masulipatam; was in command at Ryepoor with a brigade
of guns, under the command of Liout.-Col Agaew, C.B., from Deo.,
1818, to April, 182L He also served in the seoond expedition to Bur¬
undi from 31st March, 1852, to 3Uth June, 1853, and was present at
the attack and capture of Rangoon in April, and oocupition of Prome
in November and December, 1852. Colonel Foord commanded the
Artillery of the Army of Ava from the 8th April, 1852 (with the rank
of Brigadier from 27th August, 1852) to 30th Juno, 1853. On re¬
turning from Burmah he was appointed to the command of the Ar¬
tillery at Secunderabad; his list public work being the raising of com •
plete fortifications round that station. Colonel Foord died, prema¬
turely, at Secunderabad, on the 4th November last, from concussion of
the brain, producod by a fall from his horse, after an uninterrupted
service of forty-two years, daring which leogthened period ho never
once visited his native country, and may be said emphatically to have
devoted his lile to his duties. He married Myra, daughter of the late
Colonel Taynton, of the Madras Artillery, by whom he leaves (with
one daughter) fwe sons, of whom four are now in the army attached
to the Madras Presidency,
CAPTAIN FAGAN.
Captain Robert Fagan, of the Bengal Artillery, was one of tho
earliest of those who hastened down from the Punjaub to comm once
the siege of Delhi, and is said to have fired the first shot into the devoted
city. He was wounded eight times in the course of the siege, but was
Bpared till within two days of the final assault. Major GaitskeU, the
officer commanding the Artillery Brigade, thus speaks of him in his
final report, addressed to General Sir A. Wilson:—“ Captain R. Fagan
was killed in No. 4 Battery on the evening of the 12th. This officer,
whose career during the whole period that the forco has been at Delhi
was marked by unceasing energy and conspicuous devotion to his
prolesaion, had gained for himself the re3peot of officers and men in
oyery branch. The army has suffered a severe loss in his death.” He
died in his thirty-fourth year, leaving a widow and six children.
Captain Fagan was a first cousin of Lady Wila >n. Another member
of the same family, which, in the last generation, gave two Adjutant-
Generals to the Bengal Army—the late Lioutenant-Coionol G. 1L Fagan,
and Major-General C. Fagan—was Captain James Fagan, of the 23rd
Native Infantry. This offioer fell at Mhow in the early days of the
mutiny. Lieutenant Hornby Fagan, also of the same family, another
young officer of great talent and promise, is believed to have been
cruelly murdered at the close of the Cawnpore massacre, after several
weeks of suffering from a wound received while under Sir Hugh
Wheeler’s command.
LIEUTENANT CHARLES HENRY LYCETT WARREN.
Charles Henry Lycf.tt Warren, of the 8th Bengal Native In¬
fantry, and Adjutant of tho 12th Bengal Irre¬
gular Cavalry (born in 1833), was second sur¬
viving son of Joseph Loxaale Warren, Esq.,
-of The Towors, Market Drayton. Shropshire,
by his wife, Mary Ann, sole heiress of her
ikihar, Richard Warren, Esq., of Ardwick,
near Manchester, and of her uncle, Joseph
Lycott, Esq., of Summerhill, near Birming¬
ham. Caarles Henry Lycott Warren, having
gono through his military studios at Addis-
corabe, sailed for India in 1852. On tho break¬
ing out of the mutiny and tho occurrence of the
massacres, Warren, as Adjutant of the 12th
Bengal lrregulur Cavalry, displayed great gal¬
lantry and ability in pursuing and bringing
back numbers of tho mutinous Eepoye. At Luck¬
now, on the 25th of September,. 1857, the 12th irregulars had
to protect and bring in the baggage, which was sorely pressed.
Warren, in the uisenarge of this most arduous duty, fell about
two o’clock in the day, shot through the heart, and died appa¬
rently without a pang. He lies buried by the side of the gallant
Neill. A brother officer, in a letter to the Times, thus sketches hia
character:—”A finer follow, or one more beloved by his brother
officers, both in and out of camp, never breathed.” Lieutenant Warren
was a scion of that auoient family the Warrens, of Pom ton,. in
Cheshire, and through them descended from the illustrious William
Earl de Warrenne, who hold an important command at tho battle of
Hastings, who was cousin by blood to the Conqueror, and married hia
youngest daughter, Gundreda.
SIR C. L. FALKINER, BART.
Sir Charles Leslie Falkiner, fourth Baronet, of Anne Mount.
co. Cork, was the second son of Sir Stim'iel
Falkiuer, tho second Buronet, by his wife, Sarah,
daughter of Sir C. Leslie, M U. ne was bore in
1791, and entered the Royal Navy iu 1803. He
was an active and distinguished seaman, and
was promoted to the rank of Commander in
1813 for his conduct at the capture of the
Chesapeake by the Shatuion. lie s.uxeadod to
the Baronetcy on tho demiso, unmarried, of his
elder brother, Sir Riggs Falkiner. the third
Baronet, the 25th January, 1850. Sir Charles
died at Brighton on the 7th instant; and, as he
never married, he is succeeded by his next
brother, now Sir Samuel Edmund Falkiner, the
__ fifth Baronet, who married Mary, daughter of J.
Bowens, E8q..andhas a son and three daughters: the eldest oftne latter is
Mrs. Joseph Wood, of Marden Park, Surrey. This family of Falkiner
aro of Yorkshire origin: their immediate ancestor, Michael Falkiner,
a Cavalier, came over to Ireland with Ormond's array during the Civil
Wars. He settled in Dublin, and his descendants became eminent aa
merchants. Tho first Baronet, Riggs Falkiner, was so created in 1777.
SIR JOHN HAMILTON.
Sir John Hamilton, the senior Knight Bachelor, died ut Dover on
the 1st inst., at the residence of his son-in-law, Captain Luke Smithett.
8ir John Hamilton was a native of Dover, and wus born in 1765. He
married, just seventy years ago, a Sliss Hedgeock, daughter of Michael
Hedgcock, Esq., and ho and his wife lived together tor no lees than
sixty-four years. Lady Hamilton died in 1852. Sir John Hamilton
was a Captain in her Majesty’s Packet Service, and a Chevalier of the
Belgian Order of Leopold. He wus knighted in 1845, when he had just
completed his eightieth year. It was this late Sir John Hamilton who
communicated to Admiral Lord Duncan the intelligence of the Dut-ch
fleet being under Admiral Do Winter at sea which led to the glorious
victory of Camper down.
THE REV. HUGH TOTTY, D D.,
This venerable and worthy clergyman who died at Bath, on the 21st
December last, at tho great age of 101 years, was a native of Holywell.
He was of the family of Totty, which camo originally from Ireland,
and whioh has held land in Flintshire and in the adjacent counties for
many generations. He was the youngest of twenty-two children; and
twin-born. His mother, whose maiden name was Lloyd, was a co¬
heiress of the family of Cornist, in Flintshire Having been educated at
Christ Church, Oxford, lie entered into lloiy orders, and in early life was
Curate of Maidenhead, where he bechmelinown to tho Prince Regent,
afterwards George IV., and was appointed one of his Majesty's
Chaplains. He was subsequently presented to the valuable living of
Etchingham, in Sussex—a preferment which he held for sixty-four
years. This church, one of the oldest edifices in England, has been
very recently rebuilt and restored, almost entirely at the expense of
Dr. Totty. He was also Vicar of Fairlight, in the same county. He
married the eldest daughter of Col. Edwards, which lady, now herself
of a very advanced age, survives h im: she is sistoi of the Dowager
Lady Meredyth. Dr. Totty was a clever and agreeable man, most
hospitable, and remarkably fond of society, which, at Bath, he con¬
tinue d, with constant lively spirits to frequent up to nearly the period
of his death. One peculiarity of his was that he never would travel on
a railway; he always went the long journey from London to Bath by
road in his own carriage. He retained his faculties to the last.
The Hermit Crab: its History and Adventures. Ward
and Lock.—“ The Hermit Crab ” is the title of a little book written in an
agreeable style, and introducing to our notice the history and adventures
of one of nature's curious anomalies—a species of the order Crustacea,
the hermit crab {Pagurus Benihardus ). This remarkable crab is without
a body, or. at the moat, with one so small that it bears a striking resem¬
blance to Master Tom Noddy of our school days, being literally all legs
and no body: this subsides into a tail of small dimensions, for which it
has no other use than that of enabling it to take and to hold possession
of the first uninhabited shell the singular-looking animal may chance to
meet with. The history and adventures ol' this *• hermit,” as here
written, will alike instruct the young naturalist, and serve to wile away
half an hour pleasantly enough for the general reader.
The Army Estimates for 185S-9, recently issued, show that
a sum of £11,838,387 will be required for the effective and non-effective
services, being an increase on the preceding year of nearly £ 100 , 000 .
The number ofland forces to be provided amounts to 130,155, or 3339 more
than in 1857-8.
Fatal Fire.—Eight Lives Lost.—T he CarUno Post give*?
an account of a fire which broke out at Athy Workhouse, on Thursday
evening, and destroyed a great portion of that building. In the midst of
the exertions being made to extinguish the flames a loud cry arose that
several persons were yet in the building. A rush was immediately made
round to the place indicated, and several men, following the directions
given, ascended the staircase, down which rolled dense volumes of smoke,
and succeeded in bringing down, one alter another, eight bodies, all
dead—five grown-up persons, who were suffocated by the smoke, and
three little children, charred to cinders. The scene which ensued as each
body was ex ricated Irom the flames and brought Into the workhouse
yard was heartrending in the extreme.
Feb. 20,1858-3
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
199
OOVC3HAKKR
HI APPOINTMENT TO THE IMPERIAL FAMILY
OP FRANCE. .
T B, STAREY begs with confidence to submit
■ hta runout lltPROTXMeKTS la MOUERX CAJtr.lAOtA t«u
■ho^a at tho Crystal Pslae*, and bis Msnu M‘or?. Bottt gbsmi %o
i'crria *."0 (jU'cba ore Ev-ry stylo from too fuj-Ouln'-a Ba ket to
b-,. juindtome ana lux Mow r<to-bor»o Carriage, made on p ana com-
hinUi* the taste and mechanical adrantago* of the Bti.tah, French,
American Carriages, with substantial workmautUlp and beat
® 0 f'VS*'twofirat-elRM Prize Medals award'd by the internal!--nal
tars-of tbp Iti'o PARIS EXHIBITION, Mr. » had the high honour of
Ibo leading hjuae in ‘-ondwn o'Mning the oiner.
* H» win hava much pi am re In showing visitor* to Nottingham over
hl» Mfiita'actory. and oxrl-ln io ibom his inn-roved m>»cbncry and
Bumr c«ut franco. U n&slut »k lied labour, which con-iderably liu-
nroras tho workmanship while It teiHNU Ue oosi of prodnclton.
Traveler* to th- Kor h or Booth, either by the Graa* Northern,
Korth-Wert rn, or Midland Rail ray. ran stay at Nottingham by tho
dtlrr of about two hoars’ difference o train".
Mr. Sterey hsviog u ooveiu:t> VAX of hi* own on the railways
«rii] engage t* do l'<tr »ny new Corrugc of upwards of XS0 value, at
half tuu regular Kail way Chair e.
T. R. bTAREY, Coachmekcr, Nottingham.
A NY ONE capable of giving Information
rosrx’ctirg JOHN T'OCOCK HOLMK8. burgeon, formerly of
Ajh.ferael City aleoof JOHN 8YMMS VILLA1U*. w«JI "bilge by com-
enunictring with W. Bartlett, Ivy Cottage, Kedditch, Worcestershire.
F RANCE—EDUCATION.—A Lady Member
of the Church of England, residing near Paris, having the cure
and education of two Yo-'ng Gen.bunco (*go II), wishes to
RRCSIVB TWO MORE, who would enjoy iquid odrsnUgos. R—
frrmcea to the pa'or.ts of her pupils. Purposing to visit London in
Ma'cu. would be happy to take charge of pnpl's —Addr u, Beta,
care of Brown and Standfast, 4, Little George-atrect, West¬
minster. 8.W.
T O PARENTS and GUARDIANS.—
WANTED, by enn oftho first house* »u the trade a respectable
YOUTH as Out door APFKEN TICE tothu P1ANOFOK TE-M AKING.
Premium. iM- Apply, by lutfcr, to A. B., 4, Ravils-place, Regent-
■treet, London, W.
ADVANCED to GENTLEMEN,
_from £100 to £ 6000 , at modemh) rotes of InUmt. £80,000
ready to advance on Roveralonary Property f r any period of time}
also, on Money in the Fund*, Lovsdco, &e. Apply to Mr. GRAHAM,
No. 8, iftiho-ftrcci, St James's, London.
ONEY on PERSONAL SECURITY
promptly advanced to Noblemen or Gentlemon. Heirs to En¬
tail'd Estates, or by way of Mortgage oo Property derived under
Wills or Battlements, Ac. Confidential application* mar ha made
or addressed to Ur. HOW&E, 11. Boaufart-building*. Strand. W.C.
/CONSTANT EMPLOYMENT
PUPILS at tho most liberal prices.—WA1
n..mK-i. ni i.inivu crwTi.vwv
GIVEN to
„ _____-WANTED directly a
limited number of LAD IBB or GENTLEMEN, to execute, at their
own resitlonce*, tho now, easy, and artistic work now in great do-
tnand. A small premium required. The art taught personally or
by correspondence. A totter of full particulars scat for four stamps.
Apply early to LAWRENCE’S Show-room*. »l, Charlotte-street,
Pittroy-sqaaro (near Rathbono-ploco). Established 1840.
P ROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT.—
WANTED directly a number of LADIES and GENTLEMEN
to aerial in a highly Artistlo Pursuit, in connection with the Crystal
Palace, where specimens can bo soon In tho Court of Inventions.
Tho Art taught (term-* mod or* to) pcreonullv or by letter; and con¬
tinuous employment given to puplti In town or country, to realise a
handsome Income No knowledge of drawing acca»tary. A Pro-
spoctus forwarded for four stumps. Arrangement* made doily at
LAURENT DB LARA'S Gallery of Fine Art*, 3, Torrington- square,
BuoaeU-square. Just ready. Do Lora’* Book on Ill umin ati n g, price 6a.
F
IS HER’S DRESSING-CASES,
188. Brawl.
Catalogues post-free.
F ISHER’S NEW DRESSING-BAG,
tho host portable Dretf ng-ca»e ever invented.
188. Strand.
Catalogues post-free.
ECHI’S DRESSING CASES and
TRAVfeujSG UAG8.—lli, Rogcnt-ftrwt, ul «, Lwdoii-
hall-street, London.—Bronzes, vnacs, pearl and ivory work, modl®v*J
manufacture*, dressing bag* and drerelng eases, to Dot cases, work
boxes and work tables. Inkstand*, fans; th* largest stock In England
of papior-machd eloganoics, writing desk*, envelope coses, despatch
bozos, bag*telle, backgammon, and chess tables. Tho promises in
Regent-street extend fifty yards Into Glasshouse-street, and art
■worihy of Inspection as • specimen of elegant outfit. Everything
for the work and dressing tablet—bast tooth brushes, 9d. each; best
steel scissors and penknives, la. each. Tho asaal supply of first-rate
cutlery, r07.0re, razor strops, noodles, Ac., for which Mr. Meuhil
establishments hava bean so long famed.
A ELEN’S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
JL2 L of PftUmt Portmanteaus, Despatch Boxes, Dressing C&sas, and
Trovclltojg^B ap*, w lth^ ftqaxro opcnln^,^ by ^past^for two^ stamp*.—
J.W. anuT..
;, Manufacturer*, 18 and 22, Strand, W.C.
P ERFECTION.—Patent PERFECTION
PF.NCTL-OASE9, novel and superior to all other*, constructed
to wear ten year*. Very mitnblo for Present*.
Ladies' Size, in Silver, 4». fid.; in Berlin Gold, 'is.
Gents.* „ „ 3s. 6d. t is. „ as., S*.6d., 4a.
This mettU will wear as gold. Exchanged within a wrr«k. To all parts
of Great Britain and Ire and, free. Post-office orders peyablo to
J. and A. ROLUNBON, 71, Dcan-strcct, Birmlnglinm.
TpVER-POINTED TUBULAR DRAWING
XLi PENCIL8.—W1N80R and NEWTON 8 New Patent, 1868 —
A new and perfect Drawing Pencil. Always and instantly
ready for use. Tho point renewable any number of timet without
soiling iho fiogun. Manufactured without the aid of gloe or any
oemtnt whatever. Perfectly firm when in ub« and free from tho
vibration of tho ordinary ev«r-po!ntcd pencils. The point error In
on® reUtivo sltutttfou. Made of tbo purest Cumberland lo »d of every
gradation and dc|»h of colour, of hardneos and softnea# of texture,
and of thickness and snbstoncc. Alike fitted for tbo moat delictto
or tbo boUld-t band. Coating, after tbo fir;t expens* of bolder*, but
3d. each. Mancfkctured of tho following letters, embracing thoso
rz«jur .<1 for fikotehiuj,- and general Pencil Drawing, viz., F., M., B.,
Mounted In Ebony Handles, with silvered Points, Is. fid. each.
Bet* of four, complete iu Morocco Caso, 7*. the set.
Casos of Six Loads, for replenishing tho .Four Holden, Is. 6cL tho
Panel! Semper* (for Architects, fee., requiring fine points), is. each.
W1K80R and NK WfON. Manufacturing Artists' Coiourmen,
By App&ument to her Majesty and H K.ll. tbc Pricco Consort,
38. Itathbo-o-placc, London, W.
Bold by all Stationers and Artists' Colourmsn.
T3EEVES” WATER COLOURS in Cakes,
JlV and Moist Water Colcart In Tubo* and Pav-
113, Cheapcide, London, S.C. \
ARTISTS’ JAPAN TIN SKETCHING-
BOXES (water-colour), a quont’Cr of various alzas, bo lb
osapty and filled, are now offered at htuf price. With colours
(eatmine, French bln-j, totria, eohdt, Ac.', at 6*., 6*., 8*.. I 0 n 6d.,
12 s. fid.. 14a., and 16*.. packed and sent to 007 part of the otm'rv
«o receipt of Post-office Order or Stamps,—J. BARNARD, Artisu*
Cotearmsn. 339, Oxford-stree:. Land: n
TVTICROSCOPES.—J. AMADIO’S Improved
-IJJL COMPOUND MICROSCOPE, £2 2*.: Btndanla', £3 13*. «d.
Both the*e are from Amodio, of Thrograortoc-riroet, ana arc
of their kind, tho more expensive one eapedaly."—Hooa>-
ho d Worda, No. 346. A large asaortment of Achromatic Micro*copes
riHOICE FLOWER SEEDS.—Sent post-
V/ paid. The following packet*, Is. eachSplendid Double
wnaan Stocks, mrw Large Flowing, Dwarf iO-Wook. now Intirr-
wnllato, Hmjysror or Perpetual Flowering, and Brompwa. Sapcrb
S 0 ®** AatOta. Porony (TrafTant;, the largts.: and hxr.dacmmt variety.
Iww Globe Quilled and Dwarf Bouquet Pyramid. Buperlor Double
Larkspur*, Dwarf Rocket, Br»nchlng. and now Hyaclnthlfi^rum.
RptotaUdSani/t, and Doubio German Wallflower Choice Colceo-
wrio. Cineraria, Prininlo, and Chalet's ehokest liable Hollyhock,
apleodid new Putuuias, from Italy; alw, Double CarrutRon.
and uooblu Xlcoles. Lirum Grandifiornm Coceinetnn. WhHlavla
wtndlfloro. AerocUnlinn Tloiauru. Lupins* Pilosua Albus. Alonaoa
Wa- newtcKX, Driphlnvm Pormosam. Thirty aorta of the hxrdicet and
moat showy Annuals for 6e.. twmly-one fori*#, fid., and fifteen for
». 6d., In labels, giving cultural dlrec- Iona. BUTLFR and M'< UL-
LOCQ'fi Beed Catalogue -a tm:fu! gnido to the Vegetable and Flower
Cartk» Mat free by poet on apolicatlon. Opposite Southampton-
•trtet, uwcnt-gardtm Market, London.
QUPERB FLOWER SEEDS for EARLY
SOWING, pot-freo at tho an acted priors 100 fine hardy
Anns ala, frt.; 6C dttte,3a ; AS ditto, is. 6d.; 13 ditto, la. 2d. De-
Ca alogue*. wl h •ample packet, for 2d.—From WILLIAM
yncmT, Florist, 67.H^h-Str<.c4, Battle. Busses.
T O test the superiority of the IMPROVED
LADY'8 SADDLES, they may be n'ml No eharge for hire If
P“fcii*srsd within one month —Mos-rs. LANGDON, Saddlers, Dcke-
Manch ester-square
~W ILDFOWL SHOOTING.
-L*, Single DUOK-OUNS, largo bores and long__ _ _
VzJ 4090 d>o4 i«0 yard* Price*: StagKaa. tnm £7 10a; Duchies,
* «d ■pwarda,—REILu.1, Guaaukar, Sear Oxfarth«tro«L
-Doable and
P borrols, to k!I
A
NTONI FOBREB,
Artist In Hair and Jewellery,
by Ap<>atatm<iiit
to thoQuceu,
M, Eak«-*treot, Portumn-aqaar*
(nearly opposite tho Haxxsr).
Antoni Farrer has no oennectlon whatever with his late Establish¬
ment in Begaat-strMt.
C HARLES PACKER (late Antoni Forrer),
Artist In HrIt to tho QUEEN, by Appointment.
Htdr Jewel lory Department, 136, Rrgant-street-
Porcfgn and Fancy ditto, 78. Rexvnl atreot.
Jot and Mourning ditto, 76, Regentnitroet.
wiib
Brooches, Ac., firuo by post.
H AIR JEWELLI-RY.—Artist in Hair.—
DEWDNEY begs to inform Ladles or Gentlemen resident In
town or any part of tho kingdom that he beautifully make*, and
elegantly monut*, In gold, I1A1>( BitACK’ETS, Chains, Krvocba.
Kings, Pins, btads, *c , ard forwartls the same, carcfu'ly pa»ked
In boxes, at about ouo-balf tho usual charge. A beautiful collection
of specimens, ban *onn*!y mminted, kept for Inspection. Aa illus¬
trated book sent free.—Dcwdney, 172, Funchurch-save;.
B efore you have your likeness
TAKEN send for DK'VDNKY’3 PATTERNS of BROOCHES,
Lockets Bracelew, &*».. wHkth are tent free vn t*y»pt of two p-vtage-
Btamiis. Bcgisurod Rerclvlng Br 'Ocbcs In Solid GMd, to whoweither
Llkcno-s or Hair at pleasure of worn-, from 46s each A G.ld
Plated Br*och or T ocket sent free t> any part of the kingdom for
10s. 6d.—Dowdt-cy. Monnficturlag Ooldimiih and Jowdlcr, 172, Fen-
church-atrcet, City, London.
A GUINEA GOLD WEDDING-RING and
HoII-muked KEEPER sort in a morocco box t* any pnrt of
tho kingdom on receipt of 21s. or a Post-offioe order.-GEORGE
DEWDNEY, Gold until and Jeweller, 17*, Fencharch-xtreet, Loudon.
Vfl’ESSRS. HUNT and ROSKELL beg re-
JLvjL sp^ctfully to state that tho MF.DAT.3 (by perwiisslun'l In
COMMEMORATION of tho MARrIAOB of H.R.H. the PKIN.E8S
R^YAL with O.R H. PRINCE FREDERICK WILLUM of
PRUSSIA arc now for aale—in gold, £40; In s 5 lvw, £3 3s ; In bronze.
£1 U. Tho Dies ore by Mr. L. C. Wyoa, who was honoured with
Bitting*.
Mosers. Hunt and Roskcll have also prepared Miniature Medals with
the Portraits so pc rate, by the same Artist—in gold, £3 10s. tho pair;
and in silver, lfcs tho pair.
166, New Bond-street, London, W.
_4th Feb . 1868._
FREEMASONS at Horae and A broad.-
I BRO JOHN MOTT THE ABLE, Manufacturer rf Jewels.
Clothing, Fund uio. Banners, Ac., for the Craft. Mark, Royal
Arch, K.T., and higher degrees No 198, Fleet-street London,
wholooali and retail. Merchants. Ledges. Tilers, and too Trade
supplied on most advantageous tarnu. A cholco collection of Ma¬
sonic Jewels, Pins, Kings, and Studs always on hand. Copy the
address.
S ARL and SONS, Wholesale Mannfacturing
ELECTRO and ARGENTINE SILVER PLATERS, Nov. 17 and
18, Cornhlll.—In the splendid Show Room - devoted to tbb department
of toe business will b-> found every article usually manufactured.
Corner Dlrbes and Covers—Dish r lover*—Soup and t?auoe rumen*—
Cruot Frames—Tea and u'otfee Scrvlo**—Mxgniliasnt Kpexgnts and
Candelabra-Salvers and Tea Tray*.
The Argentine Silver Hpoon* and Forks, solely manufactured by
Bari and Sons, at ons-slxth the cost of solid Silver, ore especially re-
oommeadnd. haring Stood tho tost of Fifteen Year*’ experience.
Book* of Drawing* and Prices may be obtained.
All order* by poat punctually attended to.
ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manu-
factorsrs, Nos. 17 and 18, Cornhlll. Invite attention to their new
and splendid clock of GOLD and tsD.VRK WATCHES, each war¬
ranted. and twelve menths’ trial allowed.
Silver Watches, of hlghly -flnliitiod construction, and Jewelled, with
fashionable exterior, at 60s. to £10 10s.
Gold Watches, of all descriptions of movements, from £6 Ga.
to £ 60 .
Books of Patterns and Prices can bo obtained; and all orders, with
a remittance, promptly attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Goldsmiths and Jcwcilsrs,
Noe. 17 and 18, Cornhlll.—The ground floor of tho Now Building
is mon particularly devoted to the display of Fine Gold Jewellery and
Fine Gold Chains.
In tho Jewellery Department will l*r frxrad a rich and endless
assortment of Ring* and Brooches, set with magnificent gem*, Brace¬
lets and Necklets, Pins and Stud*. Ac. All newly manufectur.*d, &r>d
in the moot recent etylo- Tbo quality of tho gold U warren tod.
Fine Gold Chains are charged according to tholr raapeclive weights,
and the qua sty of the gold U certified by the stamp.
Books of Patterns and Prices con bo obtained.
Letters promptly attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Silversmiths (the New
BuUtlleg). t7 and 18. Cornhlll, Invite attcntljn to tholr new and
magnificent Stock of London-manuractured SILVER PLATE, con-
taing every article requisite for tbo Table and Sideboard.
Silver Spoons and Forks at 7s. 4d. per oauce.
Rich and Elegant Tea and Coffee Bqalpagef, commencing at £3G
tho full service
Silver Salver* of all sizes and patterns, from £5 10s. to £10C.
A large and coetly display of Silver Presentation Plato, charged at
per ounce—Silver department of tho building.
Books of Dodgns and Prices may bo obtained.
S ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Mantifac-
turer*. Nos. 17 and 18, Cornhlll, have a Show-room expressly
fitted up for tbo display cf Drawing and Dining Room CLOCKS,
manufactured in splendid Ormolu, and exquiaitcly-modf Ik'd antique
Bronzes, tho more moats of first-da « flnLih, sulking tho hour* and
holi-hour*. Each Clock is wurriurod. Siairca^e Clocks in fathion-
obly-mouldcd cobra. Dials for Ccuniing-tmaso*. All charged at
manufacturing prior*. \
The New Building*, No. 17 and 18, ComhilL
ATCHES.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS,
Wotchmokers (opposite tho Bank of England). II and 12,
ComhGL London, rubmit for Mdcetlou a nock of first-cl oau PATENT
DETACHED LK.VKE WATCHES, which, being mode by themsrives,
can bo reoommet'dpd foraccurncv sod durability. A warranty ii given.
PRICES OP SILVER WATCHES.
Patent Ivrver Watch, with tie Improvemnnt*, I e., the de¬
tached escapement, Jewelled, hard enamel dial, seconds,
and maintain:og power to ocnUauc going whilst being
wound .. .. «. •• .. •• £4 14 0
Ditto, welled In four bold*, and capped . 6 6 0
Ditto, tho finest quality, with the Improved regulator,
juwoUed in six boles, usuallr^in gold cases.8 8 0
Either ot the Silver Watches in hunting essoe, IO 9 . fid. extra.
GOLD WATCHES.-8121E FOR LADIES.
Patent Lt-rar Watch, with ornamental gold dial, tho mo re~
mentwith latest improvametits. (e. tbedotacbedcscape-
ment, maintaining power, and JfivroUnd.11 11 0
Ditto, with tichly-ongraved case . 12 12 0
Ditto, with very strong cx«e. and Jewtlled In four holes .. 14 14 0
GO! D WATCHES.—SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN.
Fatvnt Lever Watch, with tho latest improvements. Le.tho
detached escapement, tewollvd In four holes, hard enamel
dUL seooeds, and maintaining power .1® Ifl 0
Ditto, In stronger rose, Improved regulator, and copped .. 13 13 0
Ditto, jewelled in six holes, and gold balance .. .. 17 17 0
Either of the Gold Watches in hunting casra, £3 3s. extra-
Any Watch releotod from the list will b* safely racked and sent free
to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, upon a recadp* of a remittance
of the amount.
IJILEGANT GOLD WATCHES, Jewcllod
IU In Four Holes, Maintaining Power, Richly Engraved C*»ra
and Dials. £3 10a. Od. Silver Watch-w same raov f raont* £» 17s.fiiL
Superior flnl hod Duplex and Lever Watches lo gold and silver cases,
at moderate price*. A beautiful stock of Gold Chains, 26a. to 16
guinea*-KRBDP.RIC HAWLEY, Watchmaker, 120. Oxford-street,
W^ «ou and Buocvtaor to the late Thomas Hawley, Of ?6, Strand,
watchmaker to his Majesty dcorgo the Fourth.
O N BOARD H.M.S. ‘‘NORTH STAR,” in
the ART1C REGIONS, for TwO Y'oar*. the Ship's Thus we*
kept by one of JONES'S lever*, all other wniche* on boanl having
Htopped. In Silver, £4 Is; In Gold, £10 10*.; at the Mannmctory,
338, Strand (opposite 8omrr*e£ Houac).—Road JONES’S “Skrichof
Watch Work. 1 ' San: iree for a 2d. stamp.
ENT’S CHRONOMETERS, Watches, and
Clocks.—M. F. DENT, 33, Cockspur-rtrect, Chivriay-crc-t,
Watch, Clock, and Chronotuctar Maker b> special appointment to
Her MfJoity tho Quean, 33, Cockxpur-street, Charing-crtos.
C LOCKS for ROOMS.—Designs original,
olorant, and In pure tost*. Works the very beat (with the
latest improvement*). Price# extremely moderate. Assortment th*
!surest in London General stylo and nuiih all tha' can bo desired-—
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, Lcdgata-ttlB, E.C.
THINNER, DESSERT, and TEA SERVICES.
1/ A large varieta of new and good Pattern*. Beet quxlhy.
Bupericr taste, unusually low price*. Also every drecriptioo of Cat
TahleGlare, ecuallyadvsntagoops. _ _ _
THOMAS PEARCE and BON, 23, Ladgoto-hBl. 8-C*
T O BE SOLD for £37 (cost 60 guineas) a
handsome SILVER TEA and COP FEE 88 RTF'S, wdgblog
9»*uaem. Bcstpemible wwkmauddp. and oondlilun rqual ta now.
Maj be mm Ml WAULS and Lodgat^retteri.
K ING and CO, SILKMEKCERS, 243,
Regent- sreeet. beg to annouoco Umt during the letc com¬
mercial criai* they have purcbotctl many tbouanna ponade' worth
of NEW SILKS, wUSLlNS, BARkGES IKIriH POPLINS, Ac..
wh>ch they Iritaud soiling durlag the eiuoing •easoaoi Half Price.
Patterns sect po» -free to any port of tho World. Address to King
find Co., Regcnt-succt Loudon.
P ATTERNS POST-FREE.—F K ENCH
BRILLIANTS, for Morning Wrapper*,
6*. the Ful l»r-**
At KING’S, *13, Regent-otreet.
ATTERNS POST-FREE.—SILKarid
MOHAIR Doub'e-skirt **priug Drcaea,
IQs. fid •ach.
At KING’S, 243, Regent-street.
PATTERNS POST-FREE.—FRENCH
JL Ml’iL.N of he finottquality,
5*. 6d. tho Full Lire^s,
At KING’S, 213, Regent-street.
P ATTERNS POST-FREE.—CHINTZ
MUSLINS of tbc fiat** quality,
7*. dd. tha Full Dress,
_At KING'S. 243, Regent-street.
P ATTERNS POST FREE.—FLOUNCED
MUdLINS of tbc flno»t quality,
10s. 6d. the lb.be.
At KING'S, *43, Regent-street.
P ATTERNS P' >ST FREE.-—FLOUNCED
BALE ARISES, l‘>. fid. the Robe.
At KlAG'S, *43, Regent-street.
ATTERNS POST-FREE.-FLOUNCED
GRANADLNRS, stroeg^r nml more elegant than Barjgre,
£1 5a. Ul. tbo It-*be.
At KING’S, *43, Regent-street.
ATTERNS POST-FREE. — IRISH
PUPLINB, Striped. Checked, and Brocaded, / ^—-v
£1 17*. 6d. ita> Full Dn-»«,
at KING'S, 243, Regent-street.
P ATTERNS POST-FREE.—BLACK
81LK8, of every description, -
£1 la. to £5 tbo Robe,
At KING’S, 243, Regent-street.^
1VTEW SPRING SILKS at KING’S,
X 1 *13. Regent street.
S ripcd Silks. -
XI 9*.‘id tho Full Dress.
Ticckot (ilai» ! SiL'u,
XI is. 6d. I
Bayadere Glace Silks,
XI 7*.fid.
Jat Mr Silks, /-—^ /
XI 16a. \ 4 X
Flounced Silks,
X* *».
French Flounced Silks,
X3 13s. fid.
Vslyflt FloanocdBlIk*, ^
£:> 10a.
And MolriJ Antiqccs, as worn by tho Quc-m and Princow Royal.
£3 3a. the Full Dress, usually sold tit £6 6s.
Patterns sent post-free. Address to King and Co., flegent-et., London.
P ETER ROBINSON has daring the past
Wtok made aorrra! purchases In
RICH FLOUNCED Sl'.K ROBES.
200 Of theea, Ixuug Of last year's jmttcrna, will bo sold off
voty cboap.
t
r jjlHE
NEW BAYADERE BAR GLACE
BILKS,
at fUMl tho Full Drees,
in seven different colour*.
c
HECK GLACE SILKS,
/V \Jba4n tbo new oolonr*. at
£1 8 a, fed. tho Full Dross,
soitablo for either plain or flounced akirt*.
s
ELLING OFF,
the remaining Stock of
RICH HA78KD BATIN BAYADERE BARS.
XI 9a. fid. the Full Dtcm;
a most gentooi and effective Wiuter Dree*.
M oire antiqher
P. R., giving this department hi- particular attention. Is
*lw riys prepared to offer the richest goo la at the lowest possible jiri'es.
N il. Ladles wippiled with pottou* of Black and Coloured Mclrdt,
;<or’i-froe, by oddraning
No. 10(1, OXFOltD-STREKT.
LL LAST YEAR’S SILKS,
_ of both Spring tend Bummer Goods, will now bo sold off at
VERY LOW FR1CE8.
P ATTERNS for INSPECTION forwarded,
pout-free, to any part. Address
PETER ROBLN80N, fill K MERCER,
103, 105, 106,107. Oxforf-etrect.
f OCKE’S NEW LINDSEY WOOLSEYS,
Striped and I Tain, for Dro*ra and retticoata. r*Ucrus for¬
warded on application.
SCOTCH TWEED AND CLAN TARTAN WAREHOC3E3,
119 and 127, REGENT-STREET.
G rand exhibition of india
6HAWLK—FARMER and ROGERS are now exhibiting (d
their specious India Showrooms u mo^t superb fiaDectkm of choice
CASHMERE SHAWLS, amongst which ora several of very rare
design and quality, ihulLtr to those supplied for the Wedding
Trousseau of tho Prince** Royal.
THE GREAT SHAWL AND CLOAK EMPORIUM, 171, 173, 175,
REGBNT-HTBBKT, W.
India Shawls Bought and Exchanged.
rriHE REDUCTION of 50 PER CENT on
J. raw Silk enables Lnd'o* to purehas* a useful and fashionable
Bilk Dress at a very moderate pr.ee. The late panic In the com¬
mercial world, and reduced state of the 811k Market, have Induced
James Bpmce aod Co to purchase largely, at price* which will even
hour comparison with those of that moaorahla period—tho French
devolution of 1848. In*pe«ijn Invited.
JAMES fiPRHGB and CO., 77 and 78, St. Paul's Churchyard.
R ich foreign silks.—this day.—
BEWELL and CO. will rhow a large case of Rich New
FRENCH BILK8, mode expretoly for the coming season, and bought
at a discount of 50 per cent from thr pricco. Tho whole of the Wlmer
'-lock of tTIoalu will also be submitted at a discount of 45 per ccct
from tho u*uol price*. Tbc nuali portion rcmalntnc of Mr*. Moon's
Stock will bo cleared out nt nominal priew.
OOMrrOH HOUSE, Frith-street, Sobo.
N
0. IS-16, Ludgale-street, London, RC.—
i DlXMlutiou of Partncnihljx—The snccesiors of R. WILLEY
and CO., Meem. HUfilTLEWORfH, ABBOTT. end WILLEY, lum,
beg to announce that the BALK of the remarkable STOCK or the
late Ann is > tUl continuing, and they reepoctfully invite a visit from
laditfi and famlUc* requiring BILKS, fancy dresecs, cloaks, French
and Pai-Irv shawls, “uptrictr table linen, sheeting*, and general
drapery, blankets and flannels, lace and muslin grxxis, hosiery, fails
gloves. bobcnLuharv. He. An opportunity like the present seldom
offers for purchasing.
niTY JUVENILE DEPOT.-
I ; BABY-LINEN and LADLES' UNDERCLOTHING WARE¬
HOUSES-— Ladies' Night Drossra, 3 for fie. 6<L; Chemises, wi h
bauds. 3 (<jt 4*. lid.; Drawer*, 8pair for 3s. 1 Id.; Slips, tucked, 3 fer
fid. Children * L'ujfrvttlothing aqaaRr aa cheap. AO work war¬
ranted and made of HoiToek’s Longcloth; a lower tpialitv kvpt ex¬
pressly fbr outfits to India and the eolcult*. Ledt(a' ran* Wove
Stays, 3k. lid. par pair i *rdthouowly-inv6otedolastieCor»e«,to£**tm»
tn front, 3» lid., not obtalnihle elsewhere. Infante' Bassinet*, haad-
somoly trimmed either with whit* or chhttx. one niasa, •*«- An
Illustrate*! Prieo Lbt sunt ftree oa application.—W. a TURNER, C*.
fi$, 70. and S9, Bahopsgxte-stroet Without. Loadon, E.C.
T^ALENCIENNES LACES and INSER-
V TIONH. *d . 4d., and 6d. per yard. m*dc of itaoad by
mschlnory. Tbtse laces are now produced so pvmct that they arc
utidiKingoUhablo from the re%l. Patterns sent free by post-
A- U1BCOCK. 34, Bcgtnt-etrost Quadrant.
L ACE BREAKFAST CAPS, prettily trimmed
wCb Pr, ue:, ,ni inci riblKIM, to IT or «>loor. Trim tow Imm,
Sa. fid. osuh, or sixty six stamp*. a ^ .
A. HlaCUCK 44, Begeot-rirwi Quadrant
T>LACK LACE FLOUNCINGS, Eifihteen
Iff lacbe wide, «*. 10tl. per yard; Twelve inches wide, A. fid per
yard. These b«s sie all slla. rich patVnw, ntyjdWun. Falteras
sent froo. A. BIBCOCK. M, Rugcuo-sitrect.
VALENCIENNES LACK.—The latest imita-
1 Ho u. made with genuine Uacn ffnreod, scarcely to be dlstta-
guistMd from the real French, will wrf, usd wear eqaaTy
c n be sold at ooo-tanth of the price. Runpies post -frw —
ami DOVJJIKN, 17 Md 18,Upp4f Sgfca-iqa*r*.8.W.
rpiiE
HALF-GUIi\EA CLOTH JACKET
a Very pretty nhnpe hut rran Paris.
For country ordcra, sfr>i of wain and raooti too .twulilerfi la rwralsed-
T11K FRENCli MI -LIN COM; ANY, .G, Oxfi>id-etic»a-
F BENCH MUSLIN JACKETS.
'J be preUle*: White Muilln Jacket ever tircduocd: it Is tnremsd
with Mbbou. To buhadi'nsvny coLur. and mmto if kocvuiiire
to tho figura. Price Its. 9d.
Fur country orders, «ixe of wal-t and rr^oud the shouldcn U wnulrod-
F RhNCH M1J8LLN COMPANY tfi, Ox fool-strew*.
Post-office Order* payable to James Rein, Oxmrd-strect.
^JTHE
BLACK VELVET JACKET
Chosen l*y tho Princes* Roy*l.
The shape Is chnsu*. *im,- le. and ef>g*nt wabout cruanuaL
The price is 2< Guinea*.
FRENCH MUtfLlX COMPANY. 10. Oxford-etrset.
fltHE BLACK LACE JACKET,
JL lust Imported, a perfectly now slispe. graeofUl and ladylike
in th: extreme, prlrc 12s. IW.
FRENCH MUSLIN CMHPANY, lb, Uifonl-street.
fTMBKOLDEKED CHRISTIAN NAMES.—
JJi LADIES’ HA-SBKKIlCHIEI'a, with Oirl. I.n N«mn to-
brcMlorcd by tho Nuns of Pau, with the nv*r dietcleh needle. Price
Is. 0FL, by post 14 ifropi; ha. !‘d. toe hatf-doxcu. by post 6s. 3d.
THE FllRNCH COMPANY, 16, Oxford-*uoet.
]\TEW FRENCH UNDERSLEEVES, veiy
JL x elegant, and a grtert comfort. The ooJooi* ore Cherry, French
Blue, Bow, Emerald, Canary. Hcarkt, Brown, Ruby, Violet, French
Gioy, Pink, bky unb aed Black. Price Is . post-free tpr 2f
itsnq n. bcxrfr to match the some Is. fl)d. each. Tho tamo aoSv*
ami bcarf, very warm, iu till the L’lsn Tartans, at Ibe aniue i/rico
FRENCH MibUN COMr’ANY, 16 Qxftrra—tract. *
flTHE TIME to BUY MUSLINS CHEAP.
Muslins of tbo Last Season
NOW
IBcUing off at ridiculous prices for snch good*.
Pattern posi-iroe.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16 Oxfonl-stree
ABERDEEN LINDSEY WOOLSEY
ll PETTICOATS.
1 be remainder of M. Raaeo’ii fctaek of l'et tcaatanow selling at 10s. M.
Tito price was On« Guinea
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16. Oiford^tnet
L ADIES’ DRESSING-GOWNS.—The
FKBN'CH MUSLIN COMPANY have porebtsed the Block of
rich Caahnu’ro I>rearing Gowns of tbo Aaaigncra of M. Deinnitxd.
bankrujiL Pari* The designs arc mo*t ms^uiflcct*, and at the
finest quality, mode by flrtt-class Frenth ArtDtts In sve yKiunta
stylo. Tbo ptlco i« Sts. Cd Nett* told under thieo /ulncaa
FRKN'CH MI'Sl.lN COMPANY. Ui, Oxtonl-atrccU
USENDRAPEBS TO THE qHEBB, BY APPOINTMENT.
Established in 1773-
B ABIES’ BASSINETS,
Trimmed and Purulshed.
Ready for cse, arc scut homo Crco of carriage,
BABIES' BArKEfS,
Trimmed and furnished to correspond-
CAPPER, BON, and CO-, 69, GRACECHUKCU--fr., LONDON, £.0.
Descriptive Lute, with prices, seut free by post.
8oat iKwt-freo, Dctcriptiro Lists of
/COMPLETE SETS of BABY LINEN
\oJ which are sent home
throughout, too Kingdom free of earrtogn.
UNDERCLOT11J.N:. FOR HOME, INDIA, AND ALL
for Ladle*, and Children of all
L COLONIES,
LINENDRAPEK3 TO THE QUEEN, BY APPOINTMENT.
Established in 1778.
L ADIES’ WEDDING OUTFITS
sunt homo free of carriage.
„. Desoriptivo Lists, with prices, sent free by port.
CAPPER, BON, and CO., 63, Graooehureb-etrooi, Loudon, ILC.
F
RENO U BAREGES, 8 L
Balxuince, fij; Swiss Cambric*, Brilllanta,
Plain and Printed Llamas, kc , Half Pri o.
Patterns free.—B aKEB atul CRISP, 221, Rrggnt-riraqL
1 1HE NEW ELODNCED MUSLINS ! II
. ftonneed Barfigea ; Balrarlnes; Bordered Camlrrkx, Ac. *
The nnwe-t Patterns, cheaprat in too Kingdom.
Pattern post-freo.—BAKER and CUIrii'. £*i, rbgcm-strori.
iqnn black silk aprons,
JLUk'U with raiounvi Bayadere Satin i-trfpcs, all ai3c. 3d. tuch;
worth a*. 6d; po« fre oa, for four extra «Uunf».
BAKER and CRLffi*, 221, iiegvnbrireet.
ME RICAN PANIC.
»70o Dozen Freneli Cambric Hondkrralicfii,
seized on board the ship ‘ Stayksy,"
will be sold by BAKER and CRt8P,*t nnheoid-of prices.
(lords that wore 15s., 21*^ .vt! 25*.- jierdoreu
will be *okl at 4s. fid., H». (kl , and 12*. fid. per dozen.
10o0 odd hemmed, stifrhod («r<Uod) f at In., Is. fid.,
and la fid. each.
BAKER and CRWP, 221, Regent* street.
S EWED MUSLINS.—
The mnalnlnr portion of MacdoruOdV stock < Bankrupts u
Collar* sod Blcevea, in tote, 3s. Ul.. 4s. fid., 6a. Nt; Linen seta, 2*. 9d
Back aud Cantoric Collars, Is. 6d., 3s., 4a fi«L; Hlecvea, Is. fid., 3*. fid.,
la fid-, pair. Flouncing*, lOjd. |>ctr yard. All one third the former
prises, fcatu;ile» for ‘4 extra stump*.
BAKER and CR1HP. 221, Pegent-rtreet.
TIHE BEST ALPINE KID GLOVES,Is. 6d.!!!
JL The best Grenoble, SU.; 1(R fid. the half dozen.
The very beet Delafoeso's Paris, 2s. 7M.i or 15a fid. ld« half dozen;
Black, White, and Coloured.
500 dozen Gentlemen'a Paris Kid, I runoa tho dozen; anal price.
3a per pair.
A sample nolr seal for twe extra stamps.
BAKER and CRIBP, 221, Regeni-street, corner of Maddox-street.
S EW ELL an J CO. are now selling off Mm
Morris's Stock, of fir oca-street, Groovcnor-square, bouglit by
ibeaf of toe official assignees In Bankruptcy «£ a dlreoant ot 57i per
cent from too cot price. Laces, Children’* Dtooma, Baby ion mb.
Hosiery, Ribbons, a&d Cloaks.—COMPTON HOUSE, OU tiomptoa-
ntreet, aud Frith-street, 8oha
S EVENTY-EIGHT SHILLINGS aod SEX-
PKh'CK for tho richest FRENCH MOXItK ASTI OURS, In
Black, White, and c II Colour*, the extra leugth of muo yards So each
Robe ; im, a large lot of Fancy fillka, bocgkt in tha sime stock, at
31a fid. for twelve yards, wide wbitli. Moor.. GRANT and (iA.SK
re*p»cifal y recommend tho above to to* notire ot .hear patrons and
the public, hsvtrg b«m purclsascJ unwually cheap. During the
preecnt m^sth, previous to stock-taking, tto whole of .heir very rich
Silk Bobo, Evenisg Dressra, Msntlra. kc-, will bo sold *t greatly
reduced [.rices. Thslr now ;womls«», W, Ox fare-street, wish tiora fas
the rear, are devoted exckisivdy to general monretng. Ladies !* the
country oan have paittxnt forwarded. Every article marked tn slain
il-nrra at ready-me 2 cy prices. Comma oe House, 39, *0, 61 , (22,
Oxtord-slrcet; and 3, 4, and a, Wello-streta.
MOURNING ORDERS.—NEW MOURN-
lYJL ING FAB 4IC3-—Patterns of all tho Now Materials free pm
post. — Addrese PETER KOU1N30N', GENERAL MULILSJSiO
WAHE MGUhE, 1C3, Oifonl-otrect. _
AfOURNING MANTLES aa<l BONNETS.
IyX PETER ROBIHSON i» cow showing sm» great sevolllos,
both .or Mcurclng and out of Mocrolm,*, at kb uR.-.RRAL SSGUBK-
1NO WABEHOUaK, UW Otford-streoc
B LACK SILKS, cheaper than they it are ever
known.—Pattern! of all ‘.if arn makes, free per pest; aka,
K M Antiqura, is black atul thadra of rcr. AusL-ws PBTRR
BOBENSON. GENERAL MOURNIKG WAAEliOUSK, 103, Oxiord-
TNDIA.—Family Monming. — SKIBTS,
A trimmed droply *ri:h Crape, frerm k'v uowxjffs to Ibe riebtra
quality, with Mureka and Bosnctn to match. FamCy arae** *
on Ibe inoit re ruonahlo term*. Flnt-clsss Dre**maxtag •» “
•bargo*. OreSra alkjndod :o la town or Qfnfry. AAOram I
ROBINSON, UEN7J1AL U0UBMX6 WAKKHOUBfi, Id, (
street
M
DSLIN EMBBOIDSH.
Tb, -rnn«- Bbjie " toU". «| *
Dnn a. l ?° b* _
^Mn.vriu yicK-WT'.'rf. ti. Ooair^a. T»'itMn<toVwa,W
AO’iES’ WATEKPROOF TWEZI>
CIto AK;S oA BtolSO JACKETS, Otortlcnj.O.tnaeu Mi
Cvo tl »uUi *4 pn. ■ to.v.
j. r. u i rni'.i ira. -v. vj.
NICELY-FITTING CORSET i* »ne » r
I. CABWETi '6 PAT*MT
or vn, to tento. lo .oil tl. ».a.e tow >*«»»>'
to.*^Sowltoto««niO!r .rf to«I. *o tow Wtotor r_M» j
(wr.i
8W. Welfc-streot, O*fc»d-ttrret, W. PirrepereM, JW-
irmiii nirnT Ha^ \rat
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Feb. 20, 1858
THE EA-RT, OE MULGRAVE.
The Eight Honourable George Augusta* Constantine Phipps, Etui of
Mulgrave, has in his time played, if not prominently before tnepuono,
yetxn foot, and in reality, no insignificant part in the Government 01
rtii« country. As the ruling power of England is actually vestei in
the Ministerial majority of the House of Commons, a matter
no praotical person acquainted with the subjeo 'will he disposea to
deny, Barely a person who largely contributes to . tte
bilities and availability of that instrument of guiding the State g
to be considered a noteworthy personage. Into the ““■“J ,
mysterious Parliamentary science which is technically denominated
" whipping in " this is not the place to enter. It may suffice to say
that the nobleman whose portrait is here presented has for ma ny ysan
been a notable professor of that science. Attaohol to s „
Liberal Governments by means of an offioe “ the EoyM ,
and occupying, with the exception of a short interval, mjray
quiet and pleasant seat in Parliament, Lord Mulgrave has _
himself with great success to the onerous and trying 4uty° f
in hand, on all occasions and at all hours, a sufficient number of mom^
hers of the House of Commons to assist and support the Ministry at
reouisite is admirably provided for in the relative idiosynorasies of
Mr. Hayter and Lord Mulgrave. The former wins his way by a light,
airy conversational manner; and, while he is tactical to a degree, his
demeanour is essentially mercurial. On the other hand, I^rd Mulgrave
inmressea by gravity and taciturnity; he attempts no graces or blan-
Sments; Yut h2 a solid business- like aspect that is equally
tnanmenw: dul nitq a duuu ■/ _—\ ,, 1 *
irresistible’in its way. Although a comparatively young man (he was
Kr»m in 1819) he rives you the idea of one who has grown old in
comcil. The eldest son of the Marquifl of Normanby, he has notone
personal and, as far as one can judge, none ofthe peciihar mratiU
qualities of his father. The Marquis is, or has been tail dark, of a
graceful figure, with a profusion of curling hair, and with a tone of
dSdyism about him which is not inconsistent with ^
novelist and amateur actor, however it might seem to clash with his
qualifications of statesman and diplomatist. On the contrary, Lord
Mulsrava is scarcely above the middle stature, heavy in build, fair-
haired"* and with a decided tendency to baldness: while his dress is
nmdeUed more on the plan of that of a country gentleman than of one
Moved of the tailors of Bond street; and if ever one gave you a notion
of a plain, praotical man, it is he- . „ , _ .
The appointment of a member of the "whippers-in staff to an
office not connected with Parliament is quite in the natural course of
official events. At this moment, for mstanoe, the Chairmanship and
a^Ccunmissionership of Customs are filled by 8« n . tl °”«“ S™*
their reward by their labours for Ministries in the lobby of the House
3 Commons. Undoubtedly, the work attached to the function is hard
enough, and often thankless enough; and it is no small ment m a man,
and speaks wall for his taot, temper, discretion, and good feeling, to
have gone through such an ordeal with so much respect and esteem
from members of all classes and opinions as it has been the good for¬
tune of Lord Mulgrave to secure. Of the nature of the reword whioh
he has obtained, and of his fitness for the duties he has undertaken
we give no opinion. The Secretary for the Colonies has recently laid
it down that in order to govern our colonial dependencies well we must
govern very little. Having regard to that principle, tiie government
of Nova Sootia probably presents no difficulties to its holder. One
qualification for such a post Lord Mulgrave must possess—he must
know men well, or he has thrown away a great opportunity for that
wisest study of mankind.”
the KAttT, of mulgrave, the new governor OF NOVA SCOTIA.
FROM A PHOTOGBA.FH BY MAY ALL.
the critical moment of a division. This function is divided among
three of the subordinate members of the Government, under the im¬
mediate direction and command .of one who is called, with eminent
Buggestiveness, the Patronage Secretary to the Treasury. That de¬
partment, as every one knows, has long been filled with distinguished
ability and success by Mr. Hayter, who has been most ably and
effectively supported by Lord Mulgrave, as his immediate lieutenant
The third place is usually occupied by a Lord of tho Treasury, and it
grave has until now been a permanency. In such a micro¬
cosm as the House of Commons, the management of men,
their temperSj and their peculiarities, must of necessity re<nnre
some variety in the agents who undertake to deal with them. This
NEW GRAVING DOCK, GLASGOW.
Thb Eiver Trustees of Glasgow have contributed largely to the com¬
mercial success of that port by the costly works undertaken by them,
from time to time, for enabling vessels of large burden to come up
easily and safely to Glasgow-bridge, in the very heart of the city.
One glaring want, however, remained for private enterprise to supply
namely, a magnificent graving dock, which was opened with great
4clat on the 28Ui ult. This noble dock has been designed by Messrs.
Tod and M‘Gregor, who. with characteristic enterprise, purchased a
piece of ground adjoining their building-yard, at the junction of, the
Clyde and Kelvin. Plans were immediately prepared for a graving
dock of the largest dimensions by Messrs. Bell and Miller, and in the
month of June, 1856, the tender of Messrs. York tmd Cooper was
accepted to construct the dock with its basin and quays. The
style in which the contractors have performed ^ their work, vs
worthy of every praise. The magnitude of tne undertaking
may be gathered from the following facts -.—About 320,000 cart¬
loads of material were dug out to form the monster cavity for the
dock ; upwards of 7000 cartloads of concrete were laid for a founda¬
tion; and not less thafi 500,000 cubio feet of solid freestone work and
5000 feet of granite have been built in in enormous blocks, and adjusted
with mathematical nicety, to form the walls, which at the foundations
are no leas than twenty-three feet in thickness of solid masonry,
which gradually diminishes to the surface. lu the mortar department
there have been consumed upwards of 2000 tons of lime-shell; and,
besides this, upwards of 30,000 oubio feet of timber-piling and plat¬
forming have been driven in and out in to shape for the formation of
quays for the berthage. Tho malleable iron gates are seventy tons
weight, the sockets for whioh are formed in immense blocks of
granite. The basin contains nearly an acre of surface space,
and, along with the wharves at the sides of the Clyde and
Kelvin, affords about 1200 lineal feet of fluey surface for the
accommodation of vessels. Two large jib-cranes have been
Bet upon tho wharves of the basin, each capable of lifting 17 tons, and
a steam-crane capable of lifting 60 tons of dead weight. The dock is
500 feet in length inside of the gates. The width on the sole of the
dock or floor is 50 feet; at the summit of the walls it is 80 feet; and
the entrance will permit the passage of a vessel of 56 feet beam, and
MEMORIAL PLATE OF THE -07T1I REGIMENT.— (flKB PAGE 198J
drawing 17 feet water. The pumping machinery for removing the
water from the dook is of the most massive description. The engine
and pumps are in one piece, seated on the-top of the masonry of the
well, tho bottom of whioh is six feet under the lowest part of the dock;
the engine is 150 horse-power, working two pumps, each 50 inohee
diameter and five feet stroke. These pumps are capable of emptying
the dock in two hours’ time. Besides this large engine there is a
smaller engine for driving the machinery connected with the dook,
and pumping the leakage and surface water. We believe the expense
of this most useful undertaking will be over rather than under
£ 100 , 000 .
London: Frinud and Published at the Office. 198, Strand, in
of St Clement Danes, in the County of Middlesex, by William Little, 198, Strand, aforesaid.— Saturday, February 20 , 185*. t
TflE RESIGNATION OF THE MINISTRY.
It will be a question, probably universally asked, Why did Lord
Palmerston tail, apparently, in the very plenitude of his power ?
To that question the simple answer may be given, that he had
grown giddy. Strange to say, some fifty years of official life, and
nearly thirty of diplomatic training, have not exempted Lord Pal¬
merston from tint infirmity which is usually supposed to charac¬
terise only small minds—namely, the incapability to stand firm
on a topmost height without being overbalanced. The noble Lord,
from the time that he assumed anything like a recognised position
in the House of Commons and the councils of the nation, has been
subject to periodical fits of giddiness. Without inquiring too
curiously, or in too antiquarian a spirit, into the earlier part of his
career, the symptoms of this failing may be dated decidedly from
the year 1850. In that year the noble Lord, then Foreign
Secretary in Lord John Russell’s Government, took ad¬
vantage of the formal impeachment of his policy to establish a
reputation in Parliament and in politics which the most partial
estimate of his talents and acquirements—and the estimate, whether
friendly or hostile, was not low previously—hardly overrated, and
which gradually swelled into a received notion that ho was the fore¬
most of English statesmen—English in a certain sense, bo it under¬
stood— ofhis time, and, with oueexception, the man who best under¬
stood the House of Commons. On that memorable occasion every class
of persons, within and without the walls of Parliament, combined
in one tribute of admiration. The most eloquent and impassioned
orator in that assembly earnestly declared that from the eve of
one day to the dawn of the next the House hung upon the lips of
the noble Lord, enchained by the fascinations of that gigantic
mental and physical display. The greatest member of Parliament
that ever lived, Sir Robert Peel, in the last words which he ad¬
dressed to that Honse, which he loved so well and so long
adorned, affirmed, in reference to Lord Palmerston’s speech,
that the House and the country were proud of the man who
could produce it. These words seemed almost a testamentary
disposition to the noble Lord of that wonderful influence which Sir
Robert had so long successfully exercised upon the House; and
when, in a few days afterwards, his laudator passed away. Lord
Palmerston stood confessed as the direct inheritor of that influence
and that power of management which seemed, as by a sort of pro¬
phetic inspiration, to have been bequeathed to him.
Not so very long after that he got giddy. Then followed the
haughty revolt against his chief, which the proud spirit of Lord
John Russell was unable to brook, and dismissal, which was
oalled a resignation, was the result. Not an unnecessary moment
was, as we all know, lost by Lord Palmerston in testing his power
in the House of Commons, and the fall of Lord John Russell’s
Ministry by his interposition was brought about as suddenly
and as effectually as the disarming of an adversary by the
turn of a fencer's wrist. From that moment he assumed
the attitude, real or supposed, of the arbiter of the destinies
or Ministries; and to such an extent did that notion prevail that
it is understood that the attempt to form a coalition Government by
Lord Aberdeen would have come to nothing if Lord Palmerston
had declined to join it Twice, while a member of that Govern¬
ment, did he again grow giddy, and nearly contrive to upset it,
although, as it happened, he merely spoiled the only two Christmas
dinners which Lord Aberdeen ate as Prime Minister, by his threats
of resignation. Well, at length his time arrived, and Chatham or
Pitt never rode into power on a higher tide of popularity and con¬
fidence, both in Parliament and in the country. From that time
those who have marked his Parliamentary career with attention
must have observed a change—faint and colourless at first, but
gradually deepening into a more decided tone—in his treatment
and management of the House of Commons. Those curt
and pointed answers to questions for which he was so
famous, and which used to offend no one, not even the disap¬
pointed interrogator himself, because of the good humour with
which words in themselves scant courteous were nttcrcd, began to
assume a reality of rudeness ; his speeches becamo defiant in tbeir
style; and for that gennine repartee for which he was once so noted
BTiiEBr AND HAVA An in pESHAWUK.—1'KOit A MtAWtKU BY MB. W. CAKFENTEB, JCU.—SEXT PAGE.)
202
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
(.Feb. 27, 1858
he gradually substituted taunt, and, if not invective, something which
was rather more irritating even than invective. This disregard of
the management, and, so to speak, of the manipulation, of that
most sensitive and touchy body, the House of Commons, reached
its climax during the debates on the Chinese question last year.
Those who remember the overbearing, nay, offensive and dicta¬
torial, tone assumed by Lord Palmerston on that occasion do not fail
to remember now that a hostile majority then was the result much
more of the want of tact displayed in the strategy of debate than
in the actuality of the question involved. The crowning point of
a career of success was reached by the noble Lord at the last dis¬
solution, and his fortunes culminated in the triumphant return of ama-
jority which was pledged to no policy, or no political creed, butsmiply
bound to the support of Palmerston—the man. Let justice be done to
him. During the short Session that followed the clcctioa of last year
he demeaned himself towards the Parliament, which was wholly
his own, in a manner worthy of the confidence they placed in him;
and if he did, with regard to the passing of certain measures,show
that he was prepared to wield the power they had given him with
a strong hand, it was with so obvious a sincerity, and so much of
conviction that he was conscientiously performing a public duty,
that no one was disposed to turn restive ; and the prorogation left
him, notwithstanding the critical state of affairs in India, in a
situation of undiminished strength, so far as Parliament was con¬
cerned.
But in the course of the recess matters occurred, in thenjselves
probably of little moment, but which had their significance, because
they gave the public the first notion that Lord Palmerston was in¬
clined to abuse the power he possessed. Certain appointments
were made. The chief of these was the substitution in
the Cabinet of one nobleman for another,—a circumstance
which, looking to the general composition of Lord Palmerston’s
Ministry, might have been regarded as a matter of no
consequence whalever, but for the fact of certain personal dis-
qnalifications in the nobleman selected. The people of England
do not lake very bread views of political questions; but they have
some peculiar notions abont the public men to whom the Govern¬
ment is intrusted, and they yield themselves very unresistingly to
the influence of names and peisonal reputation. Just at time
moment arose ihe idea that the whole of the patronage of India
was abont to be transferred to the Government; and with it came
a rumour that the disposition of that patronage would be placed
practically in the hands of that member of the Cabinet whose
appointment was being everywhere discussed in a disparaging
6cnse. The idea that a certain looseness of action and disregard
of public opinion was showing itself in the Premier gathered
strength. With singular fatality the course which he adopted with
regard to the refugee question was just that of all others cal¬
culated to wound the sensitiveness of the English people; and in a
moment it was seen that that course was not straightforward, and
that Lord Palmerston was presuming on the power ho believed
fcc possessed in Parliament to play a double game —to effect
that by ingenuity and by device which he could have got without
difficulty by open dealing. If he had in the first instance come
down to Parliament and proposed an address to the Crown ex¬
pressing the feelings of the Legislature with regard to the attempted
assassination of the Fmperor of the French, mid its determination
to put onr law and, if need be, our legislation into operation, in
order to deal with any complicity in such designs in this country,
he would have carried such a motion with a unanimity amounting
to enthusiasm, and he might have proceeded afterwards to render
more stringent the statutes applicable to such offences with little
or no opposition. But people began to believe that something like
a compact, actual or implied, had been entered into with the
French Government, the terms of which were that a measure
should be presented to Parliament which, dealing with the matter
in question by a side-wind, would be forced tlirough the Legisla¬
ture by the mere will of Lord Palmerston, and which might bo so
represented to the French people as to lead them to believe that at
their demand we had altered the law of this country in
reference to refugees. The first reading of the Conspiracy(
to Murder Bill did. in fact, produce that belief in France. In
short, the essentially English Minister was proceeding
todeal wi(h Englishmen in an un-English manner, and one of
those revulsions of opinion which destroy Governments, and have
destroyed ihroncs in thiseountTy.cameabont, and the most popular
of Ministers found himself opposed by the people, and by his own
chosen Parliament, on a question which of ull others ho might
have supposed would have been left unhesitatingly in his hands.
In this critical moment all the tact, and coolness, arid S^UVjyhicti
we will not say alone raised him, but which eminently contributed
to raise him, to power forsook him. Seeing the temper of the
House of Commons, reflecting as it did opinion out of doors, he would
not condescend to lmmour or to yield to it; he stood at bay ; he
flung angry defiance in the face of the powerful organisation which
was so artfully arrayed against him, and, forgetting or disregarding
ibe plain fact that he was what he was, not because he was a great
Minister or a profonnd politician, but because he was believed to be
a hearty, honest, good-humoured Englishman, with English
interests, nearest to his wishes and'his hopes, he did his bes! in
that short angry discussion of one night to belie the acquired
character of a long political life. And so he fell—a special proof of
the impossibility of opposing the strong will of Parliament and
the omnipotence of public opinion.
The question which naturally arose -after him, what ? has been
answered by the fact that Lord Derby has been, without let or
hindrance, without even the mentioning of an alternative states¬
man, permitted to perform the task of forming an Administration.
Pei haps Ihe person the most surprised at finding himself suddenly
the mo6ter cf the situation was the noble Earl himselC In strict¬
ness, rciihcr he nor his parly were the motive causes of Lord Pal¬
merston's defeat; they merely followed in the wake of those who are
designated as the type and essence of the Liberal party; and
they went into the lobby with a large number of members
who called themselves followers of Lord Palmerston. In such a
ease the new Ministry may be said not to have sought greatness,
but to bare had it thrust upon them ; and they have a just
claim for so much of forbearance as may be included in the
absence of factious opposition and the preservation intact
ef abstract Libera] principles. Beyond that, of course, reticence
on the part of the stronger section of the House of Commons
ought not to go; but to that extent, on every ground of justice
and fair play, they are entitled to demand a trial.
STREET AND BAZAAR IN PESI1AWUE.
Thougb Peshawar has lone been a town of importance as the princi¬
pal channel of intercourse between Atfghamstau and the Punjaub,
iuch have been the vicissitudes ;o which it has beou subject that it
con’oins hardly any building of interest, and its strejts ireitorully pre¬
sent a dilapidated aspect. The Governor's Palace, which couttius
within its walls barracks for a considerable body of troops, and the
Jumma Muejid, wbich appears in tho Illustration, are the only ones of
any ’size. It was from tho minaret of this mosquo that Avitabi'o,
while Governor under Runjeet Sing, ordered a man to be thrown;
huf he lodged on the parapet underneath, and. clinging to it, resisted
ail efforts of bis executioners to approach him, and was only induced
to give himself up by a pardon reached to him from beneath, signed by
the Governor; but on quitting his asylum he wus instantly seized
and hurled ovor. __
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
Despatches have been received by Government from Bombay to the
28th of January, and from Calcutta to the 23rd, to the following
effect:—
Tile Commander-in-Chief moved <ln the 14th of January with the
head-quarters of his army to a position (Kaiiowj) occupied up to that
time by Walpole's Brigade
That corps bad been previously thrown forward to the Ganges, for
the purpose of constructing a bridge at a point opposite the confluence
of that river with llnmgnlir.
Brigadier Walpole completed the required bridge, and crossed the
Ganges by it into Rohilcnnd.
The Commander-in-Chief reviewed and inspected the brigade
previously to ita departure for Bareilly, whither it was to inarch for
the purpose of clearing the city of the rebels under Khan Bahadoor
Khan.
Sir Colin Campbell had defeated the rebels at Futtygnrh, and was
waiting for a heavy siege train from Agra, oil arrival of which he
would move with his wholo foreo, in concert with Jung Bahadoor, on
Oude. / /
The rebels who passed from Rohilcund into the Moiv/.ufenmgieur
district on the 30th January were beaten by Captain Boisragen, and.
driven back across tho river.
The Cnlpee rebels arc- still in force, it is said, under the leadership
of Nana Sahib, and that this chief is threatening us in tfle diree-
tion of Nagotee. If this be the gradual concentration of calamus
from Jubbulporc, Newa, and Mehore, there will soon bo an end to
this resistance.
An engagement took place between Captain Montgomery, the
Superintendent of Police at Ahmednuggur, and a gang of Bhccls in
the district of C'hanclore, on the road to ilallagamur. Captain Monts-
gointry, three other officers, and fifty men were wounded
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS.
—\>
SBANGHts ^
(From our own C,a rrcspondeni.)
Paris, Thursday.
Prince Napoleon has been confined to the hoirSe by a severe
sprain, but is now very much better, / /
The conclusion of the Carnival seems in'have produced very little
effect on the gaieties of Paris, for this last week has lmd nearly as
many receptions as the preceding one, only people don’t give halls;
that is wicked; they have pferely »oir. On,it which people dance;
that, of course, is not wicked, aud quite a dilfereut tiling. Musical
parties and roncerts greatly abound. uMfcu *aisofa A ib'-v evenings
ago a sufficiently-interesting one was giveu by 1L I’igcory, editor of
the Rente tics Heatup Arts, ionsisting chiefly of the music of the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, executed on the instruments of the
time—the clavecin, the viole d'amour, the viola di gnmba, &c.—by
well-known artists; Sotneprisic of the same period was also snug
by Madme. Workerlin (daughter of M. Ciuti Damoreau, and wife of
the popular composer) and Hermann Leon. To go back to the
fetes of the Carnival, we may state that at tho bal masque of the
Minister of State two of the- most active mystijicrs came from tho
Tuileries.\ One of the personages in question was, after a time, re¬
cognised by his wilk; the other utmost wholly escaped detection by
taking tlie precaution to change her domino five or six times iu tho
course of the evening, and always having a lady of honour, whose
height and figure closely resembled her own, to act as double in each
change. -- \
The ball of Madame Lehnn was interrupted by a most alarming
accident. The carriage of Prince aud Princess Joachim Murat,
who were returning home, was upset by the running away of a vicious
-horse, and the Princess, bleeding aud insensible, was brought back to
the house. The accident, however, we are happy to say, is not likely
to prove serious.
On Saturday took place, at the Madeleine, the funeral of Labbiche.
It was attended by a crowd of sommiUs of all descriptions, among
others by Rossini, to whom Lablache had sent a ease of Neapolitan
maccaroni a few days previous to his death. Tho pall was held
by Prince Poniatowsky, Prince de San Giacomo, M. Carafa, and
Baron Taylor, and the Requiem of Mozart was indifferently sung by
the artists of the Italiau Opera. The body is interred at Matsons, near
St. Germain.
It seems that a new pianist, Litolf, is to he the star of the musical
season.
Great curiosity is excited by the annonncom erit of the approaching
publication of three volumes of philosophy by Proudhon, in which
M. Louis Vcuillot is hardly used.
It is not expected that the examination of the conspirators, Picri'i,
Orsini, &c., will occupy more than two days. Orsini lias drawn, in his
prison, a view of the scene in the Rue Lepelletier at the moment of
the explosion. It is said that this will be produced on the trial.
Marfchal Bosquet, who, when passing on horseback by' the
Arc de Triomphc de l’Etoile, was, last Friday, seized with au attack
of apoplexy, is now better, but not yet out of danger.
Victor Hugo is abont to publish a new volume of poems, under the
title of “ Lcs Petites Epopees.” Alexandre Dumas, pore, has received
an ovation at Marseilles, where he is at present staying. On tho occa¬
sion of a public fete, being recognised by the crowd, the podmtat
colled upon him to present himself, and crowned him with a laurel
wreath, amid the applause of the assembled multitude.
Ou the 3rd of March is to take place the first representation at the
Opera of the long-expected “ Magicienne.”
Jn Paris the sensation produoed by the news of the success of Mr.
M.lucr Gibson's amendment in tho House ol Commons an Friday week
and Iho consequent resignation of laird Palmerston's Administer ion!
is described as being very great, and to have thrown all other matters
mto the shade. The question is certainly one of much nicety and
delicacy between the two oountries, and it is o irnestly to bo hoped
that it will meet with a happy solu-ion. The organs of the Frenoh
Government are still under orders to exhibit the attitude of France as
straightforward and temperate. Tho Pays defends the ’‘justice and
necessity of Count ^Vnlowskis despatch. According to that papor,
French patriotism and the emotion of Europe a waited such a demon*
stratum irom the Imperial Government. The Pays, moreover, asserts 1
that the document was written in u spirit of moderation and propriety
which did not justify any 6how of susceptibility, in conclusion, the
Pays prophesies that Count Walewski’s despatch will remain, with its
importance and equity, a guiding-stur for the Cabinet or Lord Derby ;
and that the principles it establishes, as well as the great duties it
recall a, will not be lorgotten by the now Cabinet.
The acts d’accusation, or indictment, of the prisoners concerned in
the aitxntdt of the 14 th ult lius been published. ^ We give elsowhere
some extracts from this remarkable document, which rivals in interest
the most exciting romance or melodrama. The trial of Orsini, Kudio,
Gomez, Piorri, and Barnard, was appointed to commence on Thurs¬
day last.
Tfco Emperor went on Tuesday, at thr*e o'clock, to visit hi* uncle,
Prince Jerome Napoleon, at the Palais Royal, his Imperial Highness
being slightly indisposed.
The Senate sat on Monday. After the usual monthly renewal of the
bureau, the bill relative to measures of public sufety, und four other
bills of merely local interest, woro brou^ht up, and ordered to bo re¬
ferred to the examination of two committees.
It is announced that the Paiape of the Elys^o is to b9 fitted up for
the reception of the Emperor when he comes to Paris from tho country
during the summer months.
The works for repairing the chateau of Saint-Germain, and restoring
it to the state in which it was during the reign of James II. of Eng¬
land, are to be commenced next spring, A military museum is like¬
wise to be established toferp.
Tho details res peeling the formation of the camp at ChSlons next
spring are said to be arranged. The lorco will bo 60,000 mea.
On the receipt of tho newkof the vote of the House of Commons on
Mr. Milner Gibson's amendment, M. le Comte de Perrigny, who was
absent cn leave, received a command to return immediately to
England.
It is announced that the Duke of Montebello is to leave Paris for
St. Ptteieburg forthwith^
The Fronbh lawffeJative to measures of general S9 mrifcy passed in
the Legislative Corps on. Friday by a majority oi 227 to 2L Sevoral
deputies abstained fr<?m voting.
The Month m’ publishes in. its official column a Scnatus Consultum,
signed by M. Troplong. President of the Senate, and bv tho‘Secretaries,
and approvedby the Emperor, whose signature is ulso affixed, to the
effect that no cundidute f'or tho Legislative Hody can come forward
-unless ho has, at least eight days before the voting commences, made
-a/ionnid declaration to the proper authorities that "he swears
obedience to ihe Constitution and fidelity to the Emparor." Any
candidate coming forward without haring fulfilled such obligation is
liable to the penalties prescribed by Article (i of tho law of July, 1819.
ThodqRowiug •* communicated note " has boon seat to tho French
journals :—“Tiie public aro informed that travellers coming from
abicad will not bo allowed to enter tho territory of tho empire unless
they axe bearers of passports delivered by the authorities of the
Country to which they belong, and bearing the visa of a French diplo¬
matic or consular agent. The French vim must be renewed for every
journey into France.’’
SPAIN.
A Royal decree lias been published appointing a special commission
to examine into the existing system of taxes, in order to ascortiin if
they cannot Li made to produce more without overburdening tho
people. The Budget of tho present year proposes to fix the floating
debt at a maximum of dO.Ol'D.UUO reels. It proposes to pay for the
execution of extraordinary public works by tho issue of railway shares
and ihe sale of national property, and it announces that reforms in the
tariff aro about to be c-fiboted.
The Madrid Cazftte of the 10th inst. publishes a Royal decree ap¬
pointing Gonerul Alcala Galiaco, who was dismissed by the Armero
Ministry, to bo Director ol Cavalry. Tho Minister of the Interior is
about to preeen t a new law on the press to the Cortes. It is somewhat
different Irom that proposed by Bermudez de Castro. A T.ulway bill
is shout to bo pre^nicd to tho Cortes which will decide the Question,
of iho pmpoeed line of ibe Aldudes, which is to connect Spain with
France, through Navarre.
A private Jotter from Madrid of the lG’.h contradicts a statement
which appeared in Ihe papors to the effect that tho Spanish squadron
which was at Cuba hod commenced hostilities on the coast of Mexico,
and that. Santa Annu hud been cunvcyud to Mexico on board a Spanish,
ship. Tbo truth ia that the Spanish squudrm auiled from the
Huvunnah in contoquence of tho sickness which prevailed there.
ITALY.
The Piedmmtese Government has presented to the Chambers a bill
on couhj iracios against the life of the heads of foreign Governments.
It proposes to punish the crime with hard labour, which may amount
to ten years, and in cet tain cases to inflict tho severer punishments
imposed by ihe Penal Code. # It also proposes t» punish the defence of
political assassination by imprisonment of from three to twelve
months. Tho bill, iu addition, effects certain modifications in the law
relative to the jury.
The Mu/zinian journal of Genoa, tho Italin c Po}>olo, was again
seized ou tho 17th, for an article relating to foreign affairs.
A number of arrests of Italian refugoes have been made at Genoa.
Abo that of an Englishman, who wuc taken at the inn called the
Hotel de la Yille. A repoit was spread that it was Allsop who had
been arrested ; but tho prisoner ia a younger man—his namo ia Darrell
Undoes, an Englishman. It is said that, some at least of them arrests
me in ccnetquenc9 of tho persons being implicated in tho Paris
attempt.
A letter from Naples says:—“As soon 88 the attempt of the 1-lth
ult. bocuino known at Palermo, tho police made a considerable number
of arrests, but none of the prisoners underwent, any examination, and
no political trial has as yet taken place, Some time ago General
1 ilangieri luid caused nearly all tho heavy artillery to bo removed
from Palermo, leaving only fifteen mortars and a low 24-poundors.
Hut now all tho guns ere Luing brought back again, and vast quantities
ol ammunition aud provisions are being sent to Moscina aud Syracuse,
while sll the points of minor importance ate be ng disarmed-'’ It
appears that the Neapolitan Government, in case of an insurrection,
will occupy tho line from Medina to Syracuse, and make it the base of
action uginmt tho rest of the island.
"We lead in tho Jfonitort Toscano of the 16th that two young stu-
iLutH have leeu arreted at Rome for carrying on a political corro-
fpondemo with some inhabitants of the province of Aseoli.
PRUSSIA.
THEIR ItOYAI. HIGHNESSES TUB PRINCE AND PRINCESS
FREDERICK WILLIAM.
The city of Berlin, late tho scene of suoh brilliant festivities, has re¬
turned to it* normal state of repose.
Resinning the narrative of t he 6tutc ceremonials from last week, we
proceed to give some account of the British Ambassador's balL This
necessary item in the wedding programme took place on the evening of
Monday week, and was in every wuy a great success. Thirty-four Royal
pej sonages honoured Lord anti Lady Bloomfield with their presence, in¬
cluding their; Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia,
Prince Frederick William of Prussia and the Princess Royal, Princess
Fail, tho Princes Frederick Carl, Albrecht, his son Frederick Albrecht.
Frederick, and his two sons Alexander and Georgo, und Prince
Adalbert ol Prussia, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess »f
Mecklenburg Mitlitz, Prince and Princess Frederick of Hesse Cassol,
Prince Augustus of 'WurtcmLerg, the Hereditary Prince of fiuxo-
Mcinirgon, Prince and Princess of Hoberz/jllern-Sigmariugen and
their daughter -Princess Stephanie (the bride-elect of the King of
lYrtugt.1), tho Hereditary Prince of Hohcnzollorn, &a. In addition to
these Royal per Eonuges, or the near relatives of reigning Monarchs.
were the suites attached to each snu all of thorn, amounting to ubottC
140 persons; tbo whole eorps diplomatique, about 110 in all; uil the
Ministers und the highest officers «.f State, mukifcg up full another
ltjO; military and naval officers, including all the Field Marshals
and Oenerols; odd to which Chamberlains, Knights of the Order
of_ i*;t- John, mtmbeis of the Provincial Estates (tho two latter in
crimson and gold), and a minority of plain black dress* coats. A suite
of seven or eight roc-ms, beside tho ball-room, was thrown open, and
received some 420 guests: tho staircase, corridors, and galleries had
been made to resemble greenhouses in the ample and gracefill fohoj?®
that clad them, while the ball-room itself seemed rather a hothouse tor
the pioduction of Flora's choicest favourites, and for enhancing by tno
choice of its hues and the skill of its decorations tho natural chants o
its fair orenpants.
"W ith Tuesday evening, tho eve of Lent, all the festivities of
came to an er.d. The close of this short but bright period m to®
hiftory of Berlin was this year made by the second of the two sut>"
Feb 27, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
203
script ion bolls at the Opera Uouso, and by a numerously attended and
brilliant soiree at the Hotel of the Minister President, Baron von
>fflntenffel.
A letter from Berlin of the 20th says:—“The Princess Frederick
"Willium was ono of the august party at a concert of sacred music
given by the Prince and Princess of Prussia on the evening of Ash-
Wednesdny ; but on the following day (Thursday) she was obliged to
excuse hertelf from the dinner given by the Prince and Princess of
Prufsia, and also from the concert at the riing-Akadomia performed
that ovening. On that day her Royal Highness was obliged to take to
her bed in conseautnce of u severe cold. She is quite tecovered.
The Prince and Princess Frederick William have published the fol¬
lowing lines addressed to the whole population of Prussia:—
From the very first moment of our setting foot on the soil of our
country, after our marriage, there have been so many valuable proofs of
sincere interest in our happineps, shown ua unremittingly, that the re¬
membrance of it will remain indelible in onr hearts for our whole lives.
It has only been to very lew that we could in person express our feelings,
and sufficiently thank fi r all the manifestations and presents. In speak¬
ing thus our thanks to-dav to the whole country, we do go with the
ardent prayer to God that He will conler on our dear country His most
ample blessings now and ever.
Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia.
Berlin, February 19. Victoria, Princess of Prussia.
The Prince of Prussia, on Saturday evening, slipped and sprained
hie left ankle: the accident, though painful, is not likely to have serious
consequences.
BELGIUM.
In the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, on Saturday last, M-
Charles de Brouckere called tho attention of the Government to the
conduct of the Belgian Consul in Londou, who, ho Baid, had carried
on a "disgraceful traffic in passports." The Minister of Foreign
Affairs said that measures had been adopted to prevent the Belgian
Consuls from delivering passports to foreigners.
The Duchess de Brabant guvo birth to a daughter at three o'clock
•n Thursday afternoon. The mother and chili are doing well. The
Belgian MoniUur publishes a Royal decree remitting, on tne occasion,
the penalties inflicted and the correctional condemnations for different
contraventions of police regulations.
SWITZERLAND.
The Federal authorities have sent to their representatives abroad a
despatch in which they givo the reasons for their harsh measures
against the refugees. The document declares that the Helvetic Con¬
federation, faithful to its international obligations, has always taken
care to prevent any refugees likely to be dangerous to neighbouring
States from sojourning in the frontier canton; that for some timo
Italian and French refugees have been assembled at Geneva in jon-
sidtTable numbers: and, lastly, that there is reason to believe that a
great many ol them, and especially the members of the Italian Mutual
Benefit Society, aru occupying themselves with projects whioh greatly
ex«ito the fears of the neighbouring Governments, and which might
tad to differences between Switzerland and the neigh bo uring States.
GREECE.
The President of the Greek Chambers delivered an address to Kiag
Otlio on the oooasion of the ftte, hold on the 25 th January, in honour
of the twenty fifth anniversary of his Hellenio Majesty’s reign. The
addrcsB contains some interesting statements regarding the social und
political i regress which Greece has # happily made during that long
and eventful period, and hopeful anticipations of the future.
His Majesty returned the following reply:—
In joyfnlly accepting the good wishes you address to me on this day, l
desire, first of all. to express the pleasure l feel by the refereucey.ou make
to my father’s Philhellenic sentiments.
I snare your sorrow at not seeing around me all those fathers of yours
whom I found on my arrival. Let the recollection of their heroism
encourage ui to labour incessantly for the regeneration of our dear couutry.
I this day enjoy that which is dearest to my heart, by seeing a pros¬
perous and happy people demonstrating their love to their King.
I cannot more clearly prove my affection for this people thau by con¬
tinuing to protect its religion and its liberties, and by devoting ail my
energies to its development and progress.
UNITED STATES.
Official information is said to havo been received showing beyond a
doubt that a Free-State Legislature and Free-State officers hod bion
elected in Kansas.
The uffairs of Kansas claimed undivided attention at Washington.
Protracted and exoiting debates had taken place in the House of Repre¬
sentatives upon the proposition to refer the question of the Leconoptoa
Constitution to a special committee of fifteen, instead of to the territorial
committee, as usual. The opponents of the Administration worein favour
of the former plan; and finally, on the Sth instant, iu the midst of
intense excitement, they carried their point by a majority of three;
the vote being 114 to 111. Tho Administration party was thus defeated
upon tho first test question whioh has arisen in the present Congress.
The molution adopted prorides that tho President’s message, the
Leeompton Constitution, and tho accompanying papors, shall be sub¬
mitted to a special committee of fifteen; that this committee shall
inquire into all the facts connected with the formation of the satd
Constitution, and nil tho laws under which it originated, and into all
the Kanssas elections and oLlegod oleotion frauds that have trauspirod
since its formation, with a view to ascertaining whether the same is
aci eptablo and satisfactory to a majority of the legal voters of Kansas.
This close vote is not considered as absolutely decisive of the final
result, though it must go very far towards ensuring the defeat of the
Leeompton Constitution.
A disgraceful fight occurred in the House during a night session on
this bill bet ween Messrs. Keitt. of South Carolina, und Grow, of Penn¬
sylvania. Both gentlemen afterwards apologised for their misconduct.
Debates on Kansas also occupied tho attention of the Senate, ami
a Washington telegram says that it was supposed Kansas would be
admitted as a new State into the Union by that body by a majority ot‘
six or eight votes. . - v ...
An imposing "muss meeting” had been bold in Philadelphia in op*
position to tho Leeompton Constitution for Kansas.
Resolutions had been introduced in the .Senate of Louisiana de¬
nouncing the acts of Comnodore Paulding, and requesting the sena¬
tors and representatives in Congress of that State to cause the views
expressed to be carried into effect.
The Navy Department bad appointed tho officefiKtoJhe steam-ship
Niagara. Captain W. L. Hudson is again iu comman u
Thero is a rumour to the effect that it is proposed to make an effort
for a territorial organisation of the upper peninsula of Michigan,
under the nume of Superior, or Mackinaw. The country embraces
some sixteen thousand square miles, abouneb in mineral resources, and
has an estimated population of ton thousand. At present it is a part
of the fctate of Micnigan, from tho main portion of which, however,
it is separated by the Straits of Mackinaw, and with which it has no
•ommon interests.
Mexico. —Defeat anc Flight op Comoxfort.—A. letter
from New Orleans, Feb. in, gives the fallowing intelligence. The steam¬
ship Tennessee Ina arrived here tram V era Cruz. Among her passengers
was ex-Presidcnt Comonfort of Mexico, together with General Garzta,
and other supporters of the late Admiuistrntam. It nppeara that, alter
eleven days’ lighting before the city of Mexico, the troop3 of /ulo.xga
triumphed over the Government forces, and on the 2 lst ol .January
Comonfort, being abandoned by his troops, quitted the city, ami /uloaga
wns proclaimed provisional President, und was acknowledged as such
within a considerable radius of the capital. Zuloaga had nominated his
Ministers, and issued a pronundanu-nto in whioh he stated that he relied
upon the clergy to support him. Be had decreed the restoration ot eccle¬
siastical and military jurisdiction. and had repealed the laws for the sale
of the Church property, and annulled the sales. Juarez, Parode, and
others oppose the new Government, aud were expected to march against
flic city, where preparation? wore being made to oppose them. Juarez, as
President of the Supreme Court, was President of the Republic uuder the
Constitution, and had called a meeting of Congress at Guanaxuato. Alfaro
had pronounced at San Luis in favour of Santa Anua. Civil war was
raging in Sonora. The States of New Leon, TamauUpas, and Cohahuila
had united against the Government.
The United States and Denmark have at length come to
an agreement as to the amount payable bv the former to the latter on
account of tie light and buoy dues in the Sound. This amount has been
fixed at 393,011 dols., and is to be paid to the hands of a Danish agent in
London.
The King of Denmark, who had just recovered from a serious
illness, is now labouring under erysipelas. Monday’s bulletin say9 that,
although the erj’Bipe'as has somewhat extend ed, neither fever nor any
other indisposition lias supervened.
The Dutch Ministry haa been debated in ihe Second
Chamfer of the States General. Its financial propositions have been
weeded by a majority of 38 against 23.
TIIE ASSASSINATION PLOT.
THE INDICTMENT AGAINST THE PRISONERS.
The trial of the prisoners charged with the attempt to assassinate
the Emperor of the French, on the 14th of lost month, was fixed to com •
menee on Thursday, before tho Assize Court of the Seine. The indiot •
ment is very voluminous. The wit* d'acamtion begin thus
The Procureur-General to the Imperial Court of Paris shows that, by a
decree of I eb. 12 , 1858, the chamber of accusatiou of the said court sent
before the Assize Court of the Seine, to be there judged according to law—
l. Felix orrini, a literary man. aged 29, bom at AleldolatRomm States!,
residing usually at iamdon (KngJond), having lodged in Paris, in Uue
MohtJiabor, No. 10; 2 Charles de Rudio, aged 25, professor of languages,
born at Belluno (Venetian States?, raiding 0811011/ at Nottingham (Eng¬
land), having lodged in Paris, Rue Montmartre, No. 132, Hotel de France
and Champagne; 3. Anthony Gomez, aged 29, servant, born at Naples,
(Italy), residing usually in England, having lodged in Paris, Kue St.
Jlonore, Hotel de Suxc-Coburg; 4. Joseph Andrew Picrri, professor of
languages, bom at Lucca (Tuscany), residing usually it Birmingham
(England), having lodged in Paris, Rue Montmartre, No. 132, Hotel de
France and Champagne; 5. Simon Francis Bernard, formerly a surgeon
in the navy, born at Carcassonne (Andc), and now absconded \aufuitc>.
The Procureur-Gcneral then proceeds to narrate the well-known
events of the 14th of January. The circumstances connected with
the arrest of tho prisoneis are then described, and their personal hi j-
tories sketched.
The origin and development of the plot are thus disclosed:—
Tlie latest declarations made by the accused who are present in France
enables us to irace their origin, and follow the development of the plot
which ended in the attempt of January 14. Orsini himself says that lie
and Pierri talked of assassinating the Emperor as long ago as the com¬
mencement of 18G7. The project was communicated to Bernard and to the
Englishman Allsop; some overtures are said to have been made to nu
Italian named Car Jot fi. In October, 1857, Gomez having met Orsini aud
Bernard in a street in London, the former asked him to call upon him at
No. 2 . Grai ton-street During tills visit, says Gomez, Orsini told
him that the Prophet (meaning Mazzltti) was losing his power, and that all
his efforts only ended in getting men shot to no purpose; and he then pro¬
posed to hint to join in a plan which he (Orsini) had invented, to
get up arising in Italy. From this period they began to consider how
to get some shells manufactured with which to kill the Emperor. Orrini
had got a model made in wood by a turner, but being a foreigner it was
feared that lie would not easily find a manufacturer in England who
would make the real shells, and consequently this task was confided to the
Englishman Allsop. Allsop applied to Mr. Taylor, an engineer at Bir¬
mingham. At the dictation of Orsini, Bernard wrote a note containing
instructions for Mr. Taylor. This note, dated October 16,1857, is aanoxe-i
to the proceedings, and the details, contained in it correspond exactly with
the description already given of the shells tliat were used on January u.
Four letters written by Allsop were addressed to Taylor to lew ten the
manufacture of the “ models, ’ as they were called. These letters arc
dated from Ginger’s Hotel, where Allsop was staying in London, and
bear date tile 17th, 19th, 2lst* and 23rd of November, ixf»7. In a .subse¬
quent letter. dated November 28, Allsop sent to Mr. Taylor a Post-office
order for £2 6s. cd. In payment of the work he had done.
The method adopted to introduce the shells into France is given :is
follows:—
Orsini. under the false name of Allsop, had already left England for
Paris. He had.obtained In Loudon it Belgian visa for Thomas AUsop's
passport on November 24. and a French visa on the 28 th. On the 29 th
we find him at Brussels, at the Hotel dc rEurorie, Place RGyal.No. 1 . A
few days later Bernard arrived at Brussels with a purport for Belgium,
delivered on December :th by the French Consul in London. He it was
who had undertaken to get the shells manufactured by .Mr. Taylor
brought to Brussels. For this purpose he bad recourse to M. Joseph
George, whole brother keeps the Cafe Suisse on the Place de la Monti lie,
at Brussels. Joseph George came to Brussels, by way of Osteud, on Dec.
6,1857. When he left London Bernard had handed to him ten half shells
in cast metal—that is to say, five shells divided hi to ten piece#, teJlng
him at the some time that they were part of a ncwly-inventcd gai appa¬
ratus. and that an Knglisbmun who lived at Lii-ge would come to fetch
ihe m at the Cuid Suisse. George did. in fact.- declare these things at the
Os tend Custom-house as gas apparatus; be paid tile duty which was
asked for; be expected in vain the Englishman who was to come
to the Cafe Suisse; but one day Bernard presented himself there
and took them away. Orsiui (passing as Allsop) had tod the people of
the Hotel de l’Eurone that he was going to Paris, but that he wa« waiting
for a friend. This friend was no other than Bernard, and the moment he
arrived in Brussels Allsop prepared to depart. He liad bought a horse of
an officer of the Guides, and he sent the shells to Paris by the man who
took the horse. At the request of Bernard and Orsini, George mentioned
the name of Zcguero, one Of the waiters at the Cafe Suisse. On December
1). the horse having been placed in a box on the railway. Zcguero was,
lust as he was starting, told by George to take a bag containing the ten
naif shells in question, and to give, the bag to the owner of the itorse in
Paris. It is thus that thegnoha, of which auch a criminal use was to be
made, were introduced into France. Zcguero (following the instructions he
had received) declared them at the Custom-house as a new kind of gas
apparatus; and they were thought to bo of such small value that no duty
was asked for them at llie French frontier.
The assembling of the four principal accu3act in runs is stated in a
fewwolds:— \ ^
Pierri soon appears upon the scene, calling himself a German ; then
Orsini. passing for nn Englishman; then Gomez, who was brought
by Pierri to be UrsinTs servant; and. Lastly, De Rudio. who represented
himself as a traveller for a brewer. The time at which these three last-
named persons left England to join Orsini in Paris is most distinctly
proved, as well as the route they took, aud the circumstances attending
their journey. Thus the four principal accused parties were assembled in
Paris’, and ready to execute the crime which they had long before medi¬
tated and prepared. On the day of, or the day after, the arrival of Pierri
and Gomez ar Paris, Orsini bought a revolver pistol at Dcvisrae’s. This
is the pistol which was picked up after the attempt in Rue Rossini. The
three other revolvers bud been previously purchased in England at
MeBFrB. Gales and Sheath, at Birmingham, as the Instruction fully proves.
Pierri, aecompaniid by another Individual, bought two ot them on
October 29,1857; they were numbered 5561 and 5C09, and am those which
were seiztd, one on Pierri aud the other in his room in the Hotel de
France and Champagne. Pierri also bought the third pistol. No 5841, oil
llie23rd November following. This is the one which was hidden by
Gomez in Broggi's restaurant. Of tl:ev«e three pistols, the two numbered
5561 and 6841. were sent from Kug'aud by Bernard to Orsini. through 31.
Outrcquin, an agent in the Kue £>t. Denis. No. 277.
The dreadfully-hazardous plan of drying the fulminating powder
before the fire, and the loading of tho shells, are thus told :—
The only thingnow remaining to be done was to load the shells—the prin¬
cipal inplrumcnts of the crime to be executed. The fulmlnaring powder
emploved for this purpose appears to have been mode by Orsiui himself,
or. at least, witli liis assistance. He placed this dangerous substance iu
his carpet bag, after having wrapped it up in linen aud paper which he
damped from time to time. Ihe package thus wetted weighed abrnt
2 lb. English. While in the Rue Monthabor he dried his fulminating
powder, first by exposing it to the air. and then, as it did not dry JhVt
enough, by placing it near the fire. Tlie Utter operation was very
dangerous. Orsini stood before the fire with his watch in one hand and
a thermometer in the other, iu order to measure exactly the conditions
as to duration cf time and degrees of heat under which the powder might
remain near the fire. “ I ran the risk." he said, in his last examination,
•* of blowing myself up and the house too." The shells having been filled
nearly half full, Orsini closed them by means of a screw adapted to some
holes bored in the upper part of each projectile. He declared that he was
aided in this work by Gomez, who, having a stronger wrist than his,
turned tlie screw' better.
The details of tho atrocious attempt on the 14th .Tanuaiy. here state!
in lull, are most of them too weli known to require being dooariDttd
anew. Some confessions by Gomez and Rudio, and admissions by
Orsini, are given, and the document closes by speeitying the articles of
accusation against each prisoner.
Belgil-31 and thk Netherlands.—T he treaty of CDmmcrce
between Belgium and the Netherlands has been discussal by the Second
Chamber of the States General in private committee. At the resumption
of the public sitting the treaty was rejected by sixty-two votes against one
The “Inyalide Etsse,” in a long article, calls for the expul¬
sion from England of refugees convicted or suspected of being mixed up
with conspiracies. The article does not reproach England with main¬
taining the right of asylum in general, but only with giving refuge to
individuals who arc notoriously the authors of conspiracies and criminul
agitations.
The Constitutional Committee of Sweden, reversing the
decision of several of t he Estat es, has voted a credit of luO.OOd dola for th«
first works at tlie fortification of Stockholm. At the next session of tlie
Estates the Government will renew its demand for a larger sum for that
purpose.
Growth of Cotton in Natal. — On the settlement of this
colony Mr. Bcrghteil located several hundred German emigrants on one
of his extensive estates, on the coast with the object of pro noting the
cultivation of cotton. Of the suitability of the soil and climate of Natal
for the growth of cotton Mr. Bcrghteil entertains no doobt; nnd he is
sanguine that ere long Natal will be one of the most valuable sources of
that important material in the manufactures of Great Britain*
TIIE NEW MINISTRY.
Thk following list of the new Cabinet is derived from semi-official
sources, and will, we believe, be fuuud to be correct as regards the dis¬
tribution <f the principal offices, though there may he some slight
modification in the other arrangements:—
First Loud of the Treasury.— The Earl of Derby.
Cjiabckllor of the Exchequer.—T he Right H n. Eenjamin
Disraeli.
Lo rd Chancellor.— Sir Frederic Tbesiger.
President of the Council. —The Marquis of Salisbury,
Lord Privy Seal. —The Earl of Hardwire.
The Home Department. —Tlie Right Hou. Spencer II. Walpo’e.
The Foreign Depart ment.—T he Earl of Malmesbury.
The Colonial Department.— The Right Hon. Sir E. B. LyttoD.
Tint War Department— General Peel.
First Lord of the Admiralty. —The Right Hon. Sir John
Pakington.
Postmabtek Genera l.—L rird Colchester.
President of the BoARD^oXtitADE.—The Right Hon. J. W.
Henley.
President of tiff. Board op Control.—T he Earl of Elleuborougb.
First C’om.missionkk of Public Works.— The Right lion. Lord
John Maimers
Attobney-Gkneeal.— Sir Fi tardy Kelly.
Solicitor-General.— Mr. Cairns.
Under Secretary tor t hk Homb Department.—M r. Gathorne
Hardy. ^ \
Joint Secretaries of the Treasury.— Mr. G. A Hamiltois,
Sir W. Jolliite.
IRELAND.
Lord Lieutenant,— The Karl of Eglinton.
Lord Ch axcello r.—T he Right Hon. F. Blnckbumc.
Chief Skc ret ary. —Lord Naas.
The following appointments also are stated to have been made:—
Mr. Sctheron Estcourt, President of the Poor Law B.uml.
Colonel Taylor and Mr. Whitmore, Lords of the Treasury.
Jt is said that the Earl of Dalkeith is to be the other Lord of the
Treasury, and Mr. Edward Egerton Judge Advocate.
The Bari of Carnarvon is to be in the Government, probably as
Under Secretary for the Colonies.
Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald, Under Secretary at the Foreign Office.
The Duchess of Manchester, Mistress of the Robes.
The title by which the new Lord Chancellor will take his seat in.
the Home of Peers is oaid to be thnt of Lord Woodstock. Sir F.
Thesiger has chosen this title because he was first returuei to Parlia¬
ment for that place.
Rumours are abroad that Sir John Pakington is to return to lib
old office in the Colonial Department, and that Sir Edward Hulwer
Lytton would lie Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Another
rumour gives the Dnehy of Lancaster to Lord St. Leonard ; aud
another asserts that the Duke of Northumberland, should lib health
permit it, will be the First Lord of the Admiralty.
Opinions or the Daily Press on tiib Resignation or
the Palmerston Administration. —The 'limes makes some effort? to
whilst, on the oilier hand, the Post cordially sympathises not only with
the ousted Ministry, but with the nation whk-h’bas lost the services or
Lcrd Palmrnfion. The Chronicle sneers at the greater number of the
Ministers who “go out" with Lord Pa’merston. nicknames many *of
them, and thinks that their loss is the nation’s gain. Tlie Advertiser b
loud in its rejoicing, on behalf of tlie refugees, in the fail of the “track-
ling Ministerand the cheap press all glory in the result. Of the
cvuiiu? papers the Express follows, of* course, in the wake of the News.
Tlie CU br speaks of the vote on Milner Gibson’s amendment as ouc ‘carried
Under false colours, and on false pretences—a vote which not less violated
the lorn»8 of the House than it transgressed its constitutional and appro¬
priate functions ; ” the Suit, while “ lamenting that Lord Palmerston
should be the man to lie dismissed for attempting to lower the dignity of
England." rejoices in the vote coine to by the House of Commons on
Friday mek, and promises to “give the new Premier fair play.”
Thk Right Hon. W. G. Haythr has accepted the offer of
a Baronetcy which Lord Palmerston expressed his desire to recommend
her Majesty' to bestow on him.— Globe.
COUNT WALEWSKI’S DESPATCH.
file following important document was communicated on Monday night
to both Houses of Parliament.
KARL COWLEY TO TIIE RARL OF CLARENDON.
(Received Feb 21 .)
Taris, Feb 20 , 1868 .
My ford,—Having learnt by telegraph that certain resolutions im¬
puting bituue to her Majesty's Government for not having made any reply
to Count Wnlcwskl's despatch to Count Pcrslgny dated tlie 20 th of
January had been affirmed by a majority of Ihe House of Commons, I
think it a duty to your Lordship to jpiaee on record that, although I have
not been charged to make any official communieatiun to tho French
Government in answer to that despatch. I have been enabled by your
I.Oidship's private Instructions to pmee before the French Government
the sentiments, views, and intentions ot her Ma : esty*s Government, far
more fuby, and I cannot but believe more satisfactorily, than wouffi haver
been the case hud my language been clothed in a more official garb.
When Count AYalewski's de.-p.itch was written the irritation against
the supposed apathy of England in a matter so important to France as
spirators No counter-assertions on tlie part of her Majesty's Government
would have had any effect at that moment, und any official notice on the
wirt of your Lordship of Count Walewski’s despatch would, probably,
have involved the two Governments iu a controvert nl discussion more
likely to lmve increased than to have calmed the excitement which pre¬
vailed. li the object was to soothe, it was important to let time exert its
usual inlluence. and to reserve the official answer t>> Count Wa’ewski’s
dispatch until it wns known whether Parliament would answer the appeal
which was to be mude to ii by her Mi\jesty's Government.
But it onght not to be ignored that, while taking this prudent course,
yonr Lordship lost no opportunity of informing the French Government,
confidential!}. of the true bearings of tlie question which had been raised.
Your Lordship's language lias been, from the beginning of this unfor¬
tunate affair, char and straightforward, i have now your Lordship’s
letter? before me. in whioh. while vindicating. In language worthy of your
Lordship s name, the right of asylum which Great Britain has ever
afforded to strangers of nil rank? nnd nations, ami while declaring, in
terms :.s explicit ns they are determined, the impossibility of
inlringing on that great principle of our Constitution, you show
how utteriy insufficient must any enactment be to prevent men
of desperate minds irom entering upon desperate undertakings A 5 your
Lordship s true but very inadequate organ, I have faithfully represented
yonr feelings and your principles, and, could 1 call upon the Eraper <r or
upon C’ouut AYalcwski us witnesses, neither, I fed certain, c jald belie my
words.
I know not what may be the result of lust niuht's vote; but. at all
events, 1 lose no time iu staling my conviction that to your Lordship's
judicious and prudent conduct at a very critical moment it is owiug that,
without the shadow of the sacrifice of a single principle, our relation* with
tills Govennmnt have not received a shock which might haveb^en fatal
to tin* lriend?bip which yet happily prevails between the two nations.
1 have, &c., Cowley.
An Admiralty < )rder received at Woolwich on Wednesday,
directing a gradual icdtu tion in the factory department of tho dockyards—
in accordance v 1th the navy estimates lost Issued—to roe extent of £vooo
per am.urn, forty men have, then fore, received the usual notice to leave.
HreSooit, the American Historian, is, wc regret to learn,
by n litter «*ated “ Boston, United States, February 5," suffering flrorn an
attack of paralyris
Tiie Crown Jewels Restored to Hanover.—O n ihelSth
inst.. the wedding day of the King nnd Queen of Hanover, tlie recovered
Crown jewels were i-xliibltcd to public view at the Sehloss in the f>fin-
Stm?eat Hanover. As they are at present arranged they lie an ter a
glass case on a table covered with scarlet velvet, and profusely ornaui nted
with gold, the surface of the table rising concentrically to an derated
point iu the centre.
'ihe Income and Property Tax was discussed at a meeting
held on Monday at the London Tavern, and a resolution was passe 1 cou¬
th inning the system of charging one uniform rate on all classy of in¬
come without reference to incomes being permanent or precarious.
[Feb. 27, 1858
204
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
THE ROYAL BRIDAL
TOUR.-THE
illuminations
jVT BERLIN.
igpgp;
isiCgSS
Thb ill animation of the Prussian capital is allowed to have been one
of the most tasteful displays in commemoration of the Royal marriage.
The display was as general as it was tasteful. A correspondent of a
morning journal says:—“ I really believe that the number of windows
not showing candles did not amount to one per cent of the whole, at
least in those parts of tho town that I was able to visit. The prize
for taste and elegance is to be awarded to an upholsterer in the "Wil-
helm-strasse, who had erected a perfect illuminated stage in front of
his house, showing tho steam squadron which carried the Royal couple
to the Continent riding at anchor, while two colossal figures of
Britannia and Borussia, with trident and spear, joined hands over
this scene. What I consider the most striking feature of the whole
display was the unspeakable variety of tasteful designs. There was
not that repetition of stars and crowns whioh we call an illumination.
Sometimes you would see large wreaths of gilded leaves with coloured
lamps to represent fruit and flowers. At another place structures re*
eemoting the gigantic cactus-trees of the tropics had been erected,
with torchlights instead of tropic flowers. A very pleasing effect was
THE FRENCH LEGATION AT BERLIN ILLUMINATED.
, produced by the brilliant lighting up, by means ot gas-stars, of the
I eight marble groups on the Schloss-bricke. A similar attempt to light
up the dark bronze of the equestrian statues of Frederick II. and
Frederick William, the great Elector, produced no other effoct than
something like that of the ghost of ITamlet’* father on the stage. As
the weather, though bitterly cold, was extremely fine, the illumination
by the stars of heaven emulating that in the streets, a really enor¬
mous crowd filled the broad avenues of Berlin up to a late hour.”
Another Correspondent s&yB :-^*^^
“ About ten p.m. the Prince and Princess Frederick William, to¬
gether with several of the Royal family, rode out in close carriages to
see the illuminations, which certainly were tasteful and brilliant, no
less than general. Not a house, so far as my observations extended,
was to bo seon without its rows of candles in every window, from
parlour to garret, and some of the pyrotechnic displays in the public
places were original as they were beautiful. We were particularly
struck with a fire-fountain opposite the Museum, the arrangement of
the gas-jets around the equestrian statue of Frederick the Great, the
softly-brilliant effulgence of the great electric light which, descending
from the Brandenburg Gate, bathed the whole of the vast Panser
Platz in artificial moonlight. I was also much pleased with the ar¬
rangements on tho Linden promenade, where myriads of lamp were
closely strung togethor and festooned from side to side of the road.
They looked like so many chains of gold.”
The following is from our Artist’s letter:
“ The illuminations at night were general throughout the city, the
prevailing style being candles and flowers in each window. If not so
brilliant as other methods, it gives a far more cheerful, rejoicing
appearance to the houses. In almost every house one window was
devoted to buBts of the Royal pair, surrounded with flowers and ever¬
greens. Some exhibited not only much taste, but feeling. One I
noticed in the Old Town consisted of flowers and shrubs well amtnged
round the busts, each of which had a wreath and a small celestial star
in gas above; in the background knelt a winded angel with clasped
hands, as if praying for their welfare and happiness.
“Flags, evergreens, and lamps formed the majority of what may be
TilE BltlTUUI LEGATION AT BERLIN ILLUMINATED.
Feb. 27, 1858. |
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
205
THE EOTAL BRIDAL TOUR.-THE ILLUMINATIONS AT BERLIN.
ii-i i. i 1 .
TIIE STATUE OF FREDERICK THE GREAT, UNTER DEN LINDEN, BERLIN, ILLUMINATED.
burned so dazzlingly only a week before, oould with difficulty be made
to bum on this occcaeion, snow having lodged in the perforated pipes.
Among the gas illuminations the most novel was the fountain of
flames in the Lustgarten, which, however, could not be kept
alight for many minutes at a time. On the lighting up of
historical monuments of the city by the exhibition of gus devices, the
best instances were those statues of marble which did not stand very
high. In the colossal monument of Frederick the Great the light did
not reach halfway up the pedestal, the immense cones of flaming jets
and down the other. No crushing at particular points; at least none
came under my observation."
Our Artist has illustrated four of the Berlin scenes.
In the use of coloured bell-shaped glasses, the only thing that de¬
serves particular notice was the illumination of the Hotel of tho
French Embassy, the whole front of which was covered with coloured
lamps in a tasteful, pattern, and not so closely set together as to be
heavy.
The splendid illuminations of the British Embassy, which had
callod external illuminations; but there were many elegant devices in
tris Amongst the most striking were the fountain in the Lustgarten,
the statue of Frederick the Great, tho English and French Embassies,
the two Townhalls, and Gerson’s Mugasin do Nouveautes ; many
transparencies and words of welcome—such as ‘Welcome, fair Eose
of England! ’ and * Health and Happiness to Frederick William, our
pride and Victoria, the fairest flower of Albion/
“ The cold was intense, and the crowd very great, hut characterised by
good temper and order, a stream passing up one side of each street
. -■ VyaB
wR'li
ip MBk : *1
Hfil J ipS
'■?§!
THE FOUNTAIN IN THE LU8TOARTEN, BERLIN, II.T.t MIXATKD.
206
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Feb. 27, 1858
displayed around its base having very little illuminating power over
the bronze statue iD the absence of any reflectors to concentrate the
light, and the long festoons of gas jets that hung in curves from coae
to cone were deprived of their radiating power by being inclosed in
bell-shaped glasses, red, white, and blue (English colours).
The experiment of illuminating the Victoria over the Hraidonburgar-
Thor with electric light was scircely more successful. The stream of
light was thrown from the centre of the Pariser Piatz up to tho statuo
on the top of the gate, a distance of about 100 feat, and could be traced
©hooting far into the darkness above and beyond it; but, as this light
■was produced by, and emanated from, two incandescent masses, it fol¬
lowed that there was always a central portion of the stream of light, cor¬
responding to the most important parts of the statue, that was more feobly
lighted up than the rest. Again, the light coming from below threw the
shadows of the chariot horses’ heads back on the main figure; nor could
the stream of light be maintained sufficiently steady to admit of the
monument being seen in that state of repose which is essential to tho
enjoyment of classic art. The electric light was most successful whan
fro thrown as to illuminate the whole of the gate and tho two Grecian
gatehouses at tho side, which stood out very imposingly in thsir ele¬
gant stonework, thrown out in strong relief by the blaok leafless tress
of the Thitrparten. and the darkness of a moonless night. It was,
however, quite evident that the electric light oould bo very effectively
applied to the illumination of monumental sculpture, if it emanated
from a single centre on a level with or raised above the monument
itself, and the stream of li^ht were kept steady.
Tho view of tho Illuminations ut the Brandenburg Gate is from a
Sketch by Mr. Schaal; those of the Fountain in the Lustgarteu, the
Statue of Fiedorick the Great, the French and English Embassies from
Sketches by Mr. T. H. Wilson.
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK.
Sunday, Peb. 28 .—2nd Sunday in Lent.
Monday, March 1.—St. David. Parliamentary Reform introduced, 1831
Tuesday. 2 St. Chad. Wesley died. 1791.
\Y EDNK8DAY, 3.—Sun rises at 6h 44ra. The Poet Otway born. 1651.
Thursday, 4 — Kansas Free-State Legislature Constituted, 1856 .
F riday, 5.—Covent Garden Theatre burnt down, 1856.
^Saturday. 6 —Siege of Acre commenced. 1779.
TIMES OF niGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE,
FOR THR WEEK ENDING MARCU 6, 1858.
Banday. | Monday. | Tuesday. | Wednesday | Thursday. | Friday. | Saturday.
1. A
A
M
A
U
▲
M
▲
h m
h nt
h rn
h m
h m
h m
h m
h m
h m
1 * 4W
3 R
3 23
3 42
3 59
t 15
4 32
< 47
5 0
5 lt»
3 2
5 4S
mHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.—Monday, March 1,
J 'nil fluring theW-vk, to commence at Seven, with the plnv of TUB HUNCHBACK;
in which Mix* * my Sedgwick will appear (for the fi st time lu London) ia the char>u.ier of
Jolla; Muter Walter, Mr Howe, Sir 'Ihomaa Clifford. Mr. W. Farreu: Modi* (first time),
Mr. Bucks tone; Hath m, Mr Compton; Hi loo, Mil* Syranborough. After wh ch tho Pauto-
mimoof THE SLEEPING BKALTT.
OY AL PRINCESS* THEATRE.—Under the Management
R
--Mr, Char Ira Kean.—Monday and Friday, HAMLET. Tq--*lw and Thursday, A
M1DSTMMFK WIGHT’S DREAM. Wednesday and Saturday, LOUIS XI. Aad the Pan¬
tomime every evening.
T HEAThE ROYAL, ADELPHI.—Proprietor and Manager,
'• Mr. B. WEBSTER: Directrea*. Madame CKLE8TR,— lu coataranc* of tho err at
aaccov, lte-> utra. emrnt of Mr and Mn*. BARNEY WI .(JAK9, toe real lri*h Bor and
Monday and during tho Week, RORY O'MORK, YANKEE COURTSHIP, and
LATE-T PROM NEW YORK *
B UYaL SURREY THEATRE.—First Appearance of the
celehr trd Aunrallan Tragedian. Mise GODDARD-On MONDAY ami clurinr the
^, e4 Hh , »®’ 0W or LUC9ETIA BOROIa. Mr Ci re wick, Mr Shepherd. Mis* Goddard,
Mtaa w • b ier. After which a Favourite Force. To conclude with an Admired Dram*. ‘no-
ported by Msirs. B. Potter. H. Widdioomh, VoHairo, ii. tburao. Mtia E. Wo tutor, nnl M ji
U Johnstone.
S TANDARD THEATRE, Shoreditch.—Important Engage¬
ment of Mr. CHARLES DILLON. Lresce of tho Theatre Bora] Lrwnm. tvao wll
ap pear on Wednesday and Saturday a* Belphegor nnd Othello. Mr. U. K. Dickinson. Mr. T.
moa t, and Mr*. Weston will also appear during tho week.
A STXJEY S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — Lessee aad
Manjurrr Mr. WILLIAM CCX)KK. Thia Evening the Entortainmen'a will commoner
W***™ Bud « u,,ro, 7 Now Horaant'o F.<jae*trian Spectacle. entitled THE
.IIBBRHAlhOHAY o- tho Whl« Hon* of Mok of the Wood*; follow d hr nittchl***
® l/>th* ARENA t and concluding wnh tho risible Farce of TUB RAILWAY
ST ATION<—Commence at Seven-
M
ONT BLANC MDCCCLVIH. TIME on MONDAY,
ht. *
P KOFhSSOB WILJALBA FRIKBLL.—SC. JAMES’S
TORATkE —WEDNESDAY end SATURDAY AFTERNOONS n* 3. aud every
krcrtriR 'except atu'day) at 8. St*n* 5a.; Balcony Stall*, t* ; Box,*. T«.; Pit 2a.- •'hillerv
la. Private 3 p»ox. Tw. Guinoa*. One Gains* and a Half, and one Guinea. Plaoee to bo
eecorrd *• V. MHehrll't Royal Library. S3, Old Bond-street.
M R and Mrs GERMAN REED (late Miss P. HORTON)
wll repeat their Entertainment every evening (except Saturday) at E^trht, Satur-
day AfloniooD at Threta Admission. I*, and 2*.; stalls, 2* ; aecwetl, without extra chanre.
at the ttoyabOallory of IDuatratiou, ll, hegvnt street. and . roarer, Beale, and Co.'.,, Ml,
ileKn't-ila ct
C HRISTY’S MlNSTRELb, Polygraphic Hall, King William-
ttreet ‘■trend.—2l?th CONCERT. Commencing at 8 On Saturday a 5(ym-nr Per-
nii«r.cc, oomnirnHog at 3. * 4 Hoop dee-Doodetn-doo " Rightly. Price* la., 2*., and 3a.
FIFTH YEAR OF THE PRESENT ENTERTAINMENT.
nE PIETERS feOPHIA and ANNIE, in their Original
1 - 3 i ) l !"y 'i n, ™r^ ra 'B Tt ? K ', ETCIIE ' i FI10U KATUItE . *' m *PMl«r at BfUtol. Much
M ADAME TUSSAITD’S EXHIBITION, at the Bazaar
, ,!'* k,T /Ir W ; tf* N ;!; 11 * 1 2™|P- H.*.B tb. Prtarau IIoj.l In her hmotlfal
of IJJ.Wi"”” 1 wllh OraOKO admir-ttln. or ovrrr .
i.- 1 '. ; 1 ] *'hH» Frederick of AdmJ..ion, )•., Mini room, 6d t ..Opoa'from
Eleven til* (lu*l and from Soven till Ton.
S ACKED HABMONIC SOCIETY, Exeter Hall-Cendnctor,
, {Jr MA acn ■'.• n.-.W', SAMSON VocalUt*. Mul.mr kiT'I-r*.
yorrf Mir, ISilbj Mr. SJm. tterrefl. Mr. T. Wlhhuiu, Mr. SuUlor, and Ki-. W.-i.., W.Ui
K?o'to , Ex f kT“niU W# 1 ” rrorn * OT ' nck0U 3*-. 6, . «ad H». Cl, al iha Offlvo,
S T. MARTIN’S HALL. — FOURTH ORCHESTRAL
° r . P i': ”, d< T “r Utis HLir.r.AH, on TUESDAY
” *: ■* 8 procUttly. Fart 1. O tenure, • Ktirran-ha " Woher; aria.
Gibketm in Thaht Fory*nthe), Weber—Mb* Kemble, Krand rcaai, " WodTra.*’— 0 m-
posed cxpmtdy for Mlat Dolbv—H Smart lflr*t t ine of perf rinii me ; ■vninli'nr in R Hit
(No 4), Pe t-thovfti). P*rt 2. doneerto, molaneello, ?x.val*-Mr. Goo.-sre Colin*; imr ”1
an.e from dr^en.. of thee ” Hollxh. Mr. Santb.y time of per'ormvree) ; an-td’anto
<11 hleumn'Cr Night * Drenm), Mecdcluobn; duetto. *^qnl*-}tolcro‘' (ARno*e), P.ur— Hi«t
Kemble etui M r. an lev; overture, ‘Die Zanbo-•flew/' Mozart. 8t*KmBcricafi
6d. ; ana, l* For th tetk* »Ulli, X I l*.; grallerie*, IQ,. 6d. \ > ’ * **
T B GOUGH will deliver an ORATION ia EXETER HALL
SteSBS. '£X‘^£2££F° , ““ 2^
P HOTO* RAPHIC SOO ETir.-The BXHIBfTfON of
PHOTOG: APRS Know Open, at tho «OUTN KEN^IN 1TON MUSEUM evarr 2n-n
in?, from 10 till 5 A-minlon 1. K»«nltt^. every Mo-.l,«v. m«day. and WedJI3?e
7 till 0 AmutM O 6d The Brompt .n Sd utn^. 0-aibdS fi* Ign'g'ShSS?
Srtoal^StS* " hkl un ff^ ail,lWo l5r th0 SoS ^ !C3 * Can bo obtained at the .Uuioum,’
D
|LR1NG MARCHfhe SOL TH KENSINGTON MUSEUM
will beO|«n Dally uatl! FIVE pm.: mS4r Ut APRILuoUl SIX pro.
_ By >rtler of ih««Fojnip.t.^ 0 f Coon*lt on Education.
ABT-UNION of LONDON.-SUBSCRIPTION LIST is
-Ai NOW ( | Fb.-PilrehoWer* wire, freta the Pnblio ExhlbUloru Rverr
SmrSSSSS b T 1 ’rwnV beCh :T* 0f 1 P lr l aa taumSoaS.l^JSTSSSil
J. M fflg££ WnS*' A * ‘ r ° ra orjaSn »lrt .tore by th* So
“mcr it .A., \cmco. (Stl'tUGS Godwijt, \ il~ntrary
4M. W«l BlTMid. UWO POCOOK. JSKntuhl,.
M l “ 0f .« ANATOMY, and the WONDERS
P Mar ’ °r Taacla.n.n »n>.
Mo ml:> g « nd Kve mg. hr Dr Mnrst. t. AdtiibaSoa, One ShllUni.
M « S PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GALLERIES.
B Y rLr:r^l H ^,Jt 8 TA[lr ' 1 ^M E NT, Sndbrook Park,
\Y “i.h respectfully announces
ra«0««b . Ch. R... USU fa7Si).|»ri7 ’ud < Tnd. U &ul^“riS' *!l l0 ' * ,ld “ "w*t
Xoadou: 21, in ox.street, Slraa.l, W C. * Lataloguu Doa^aod aal Printed.
D ESIGNS for the ELLESMERE MEMORIAL,——Intjuirica
having been mode by *oma partita aa towh«ther the £1800 l* Intended to inolude tbo
ArtUt'* or Archiiecfa cotnmUtiou acd oipeusea, the Committee, iu roply, beg to explain that
theae Item* are to he covered by the abovo Burn. The Committee will, however, provide thdr
two Clerk of the Wmka
Tie Committee intend that the final selection of the dwign to l»e admitted, end the award
for recood tnd third beat deeigna, hh .11 be made by tome profewlonal gen tinman o! undoubted
celebrity and character, to whom otx d- *lgu* or model*, clioiou by the Commiltoo taemsdro*
from the whole number tent In. will bo referred. *uem».tro*
Print’d particulars may bo had on application to Mr. Fereday 8mith, Dildgowater Odices,
Mancheater.
February 23. 18 r a.
rpHE AMERICAN HORSE-TAMKR.—Mr. J. S. RAREY
JL haa dlaooveretl the art of TAMING the WILDEST nod MOST VICIOUS HOB8E8,
whether old or unbroken colU. anil ia able to COMMUNICATE thl* 8KCRET (which involroe
neither danger to man nor hyury to tho animal | In One Lesson. He ho* arrived in this
country from Canada, with tho highest teatlraoniae to hi* mcco*a and eklll from tho
Governor-General and Commandor-in-Chiof of that colony. Mtyor-Oenaral Sir Richard
Airoy. K.C.B., Quur term aster-General of U.M. Force*: Lord Alfred Pa^ct, Clurk-Marshal
to her Majoaty; and the Hoc. Colonel Hood, hare taatifled to the value of tho art and to the
facility with which It may be applied and communicated
Mt'sm. Tattersall have kindly consented to taka charge of a Subscription LUL This
list will be confined to noblemen and gen’lumen.
The Fee la Ten Guinea*, which muit bo paid in adrnnoo to Moeara. TattemU, who will
ret*in the iub*cript(on until the secret art hat Iweu coromuniaatod to tho subscriber.
Bach remittance must be accompanied by a rotcrec.ee, and each subscriber, boforv hi* name
can be poBltivoly received, must sign a compact not to aucloso 51 r. ttarey'a art to ethers.
Mr. Farcy nseervm to hlmnelf the right of refuting to receive any t» uno.
Mr. Barey will c’-nnnence teaching in olvtitca, in the order of registration, at the private
Riding-school of hi* Grace tho Duke of Wellington, which hai been kindly placed by his
Grace ut his service from eleven to ono o'clock daily.
When five hundred subscriber?.' names have bean received tho Ust will be closed, and a
week’s notice will bo given before opooing tho instruction clas-oa. Further information,
with Important testimonials, iu*y bo obtained from Messrs. Tattoraall, Grosvenor-plsco, to
whovo order all chock it most bo made payable.
G
BEAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—LONDON (King’s-
croas SUtion), MANCHESTER, WARRINGTON, GARS TON, and LIVERPOOL.
TRAINS FROM LONDON.- KING’S CROSS STATION.
Lear©
Arrival
Arrival
Lears
Arrival
Arrival
King's Croat.
Manchester.
Liverpool.
King's Cross.
Manchester.
LivorpooL
6 .‘u e.m.
10 15 a.m
8 45 p.m.
ll 30p.m.
7 SO „
4 38 p.m.
6 50 pjn.
1 45 p.m.
10 20 „
—
9 15 H
5 0,.
10 0 „
ll 30 „
10 0 „
3 0 „
4 30 „
TRAINS FROM
MANCHESTER-LONDON ROAD STATION.
Leara
Leave
Arrival
'■ears
Learo
Arrival
Liverpool.
Manchester.
King’s Cross.
Liverpool
Manohcster.
King s iroaa.
6 5 a.m.
4 15 p.m.
11 15&ju.
1 45 p.m.
9 30 p.m.
9 15
4 0 „
3 25 p.m.
5 0 „
10 0 „
6 20 a.m.
9 55 „
3 55 „
7 0 „
1 90 H
3 30 m
VO,,
11 30
6 0,,
SUNDAYS
Learn
Arrival
Arrival
Leave
Leave
Arrival ^
King's Croat.
Manchester.
Liverpool.
Liverpool.
Manchester.
Kin*’* Ohm
5 0 p.iiL
10 0 p.m.
11 30 pm.
7 Oa.ta.
7 45p.ra.
3 25 p.m.
& 0 p.m.
10 0 „
Express Omnibuses run bet worn 12, North John-atreet. Liverpool, and Garstoa, in connoctian
with Through Trains between Canton and London, King’s-cross Htution.
Kxrrt'KX TICKETS at 2la. First Class and 12*. 6d. 8ocend Clasa, availahlo for srves days,
nnd at 37*. First ( lass and 17*. hecond Clava, Available f r twenty-ofght dav.s, aro Isiued by
nil Trains bet ween • ondon (King's-cro** -tation) and Staley bridge, Aahtou, Guide Bridge.
Manchosler, 5V erring ton, Garsteu, and l.irerp'K>'.
C are must be taken at Londou-read Station, Manchester, to ask for Tickets riS the Great
Northoin route.
Tickets at tho obovo fares can be obtained at the King's-cross Station, and (for Manchester
only) at tha Great Northern Receiving Offlcea, Bull and Mouth. 8t. Martin's-la-Gtaad; 16,
Fish-fl'rect-hill; 26t. Hollrorn; 33. Kcgent-clrcus, Piccadilly; 62 and 63, Bridgo-road. Lam¬
beth: 269, Strand; 38, Charing-cross; 27, King-street, Choapsido; 351, Oxford-street; George
Inn, Borough; (3 and 44, Crutchc'l-frlars.
For further particulars see tho Time Tablet of tho Company and the Handbills,
King's-erosi Station. February ’9. 1858. By ardor
G reat northern and Manchester; Sheffield,
and LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAYS.—CHEAP EXCURSION TRAINS between
LONDON ‘.King's-cross Stationt aud MANCHESTER, coramonciug THURSDAY. 15th
FEBRUARY, until fonber notice, as under:— “ “ ^ ' *
Et KitT WEDNESDAt AJCP SATL'UDAT.
Mora.
KlngWrno*.dep. 10. 0
Guide Bridge .. 4.40
Ashton .. „ 6.31
Staley Bridge . „ 6.35
Munohcstcr. ,, 5. 0
MIJXDAr AIt tl TliuRSDAr.
Morn,
dep. 10 25
.. „ 9.10
.. 9.15
,. .. Id. 16
- arr. 5.40
Manebeetor
Staley Bridge
Ashtu
Guide Bridge
King's-croa* ..
FARE, fis ? v CLOSED CARRIAGES,
For the Double.Tourney to or from the abnre-namal Station* and Kfug's-crois.
Tickets issued from K«rg's-cross on Wednesdays and Saturday* are available for return
either on the Monday or Thar* »ay In tho following weak.
Tickets breed from Manchester, Sfklmr Bridge Ashton, or Guide Bridge, on Mondavi
are avni nldo for mum either ontho WcJnss<la> or Saturday fo.lowlng; . nd t!io*o buutid on
ThorsCay* nro available for return eitherb-t the ■Mitur.luy or Wedn-sday following.
'i bo ’/Sckcis art not trav»fer<ifi!e, nnd arc only ayuilablo by tho above Tr ains
Ixtudon. King’s-cro s Stutien. f.’uit February, 185S. ’ Bv order.
TTXIVERSAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Established
vj 1834; empowered by special Act of Parliament, 1, King Williun-*treot loudon.for
the Assurance oi Uvasat Homo and Abroad. Including gentlemen engaged in Military and
Naval Services. t»ir IIKNkY WILLOCK. K.L.9., Chairman. Y
JOHN STEWART. Faq„ Dcputv Chairman.
Tho principle adopted by tho Universal Life Assurance Socl' ty of an annual valuat'on of
asset* and linbllitio*. and a «iivGion of three-fourths of tho profits among tho a surod, is
admitted to offer great advant-gre, especially to thoM) parties who utay wl h to appropriate
their pfoiKirUon of profit to the reduction of future premiums-
This cflice does not clrnrgo any addition to tho ordin try Indian rates in conseotionoo of the
disturbed state of India. \ Miciiakl Kujah Ihi'EY, siocretary.
Active Country Agents wanted. A fjtbcjral Commission allowed
A MEMBER of the UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE
would he glad to take a few PRIVATE PUfllA of from twelve to tiftooo years of
age. Terras moderate. Aiidrca*. B. W> 2. Hare-court. lon er Temple, E.O.
\ /s.
_ By APPOINTMENT TO THE IMPERIAL FAMILY OF PRANCE.
rjl R. STARKY begs with confidence to submit his various
X * JiirKOVKMX^TS ill MObni.-r CARRIAGES las shown at t!u* Cryatnl Falaos, and his
Mmiufactory-'Nottingham 1 to Carriage purchaser*. Every sty o. from the Ter.-Guinea Baslcot
to the bSbdacmo and Injurious Pair-borw Carriage, made on plan* combining tbo taste aud
meclinnl<:almlv-nt;ig«s£T the English, Frucch, acd Amodciui Carriage*, with aub Uuttal
Workmanship and t»<At materi-li.
^-4MLthe two first-eliias i rlzo Medals awarded by tlio interna‘iona! jury of the late Paris
-^XH iHiTioN, Mr. iy. had the high houour of gaining one the leading house lu Loudon obtain¬
ing the other.
He *ih Pure much pleasure in showing vial or* to Nottingham over his Manufactory, and
t-Tpaln to them hi* improved machinery aau many iontrivanc-9 to u»sst skilled labour,
wlilch rocslderably improvos th workm-nsnlpwhile it lesion* the cost of i.roduot on.
v/ rkTBhcT* to the North or houih, cltlur by tho Great North* rn, SorUi-Western, or Milluud
Kf ilw ay can nuv at Nottingham Ly the do ay of about two hours' tliirirenceof train*
fijr. r tarry having a cove* on ran of hit own on the rail wav* will engaeo to deJIvar any now
Garriug: ol upwarus or £81 valu- at half »ho regular rjilwav charge
T. B. Sts rev, Coaclunnker Noitiugham
APERA GLASSES, in every variety of size and price Some
V_/ superb apre mens of Vienne e manuiacture, suitable) for Wedding or Birthday Pro-
sems. at CALbAGHAN-S Optician. 23 a, New Itond-itroAt, Corner of Conduit-street N.8.
Foie Agent to Voigtlkndnr. Vienna.
T HE FROST.—SELF-REGISTERING THERMOMETERS
on an improved construct Ion, sli wing tho extremes of Cold or Heat, at CALLAGHAN'S,
Gi.lician.23A- Now Bond-atrret. corner ■>( Cendult-streist. N B Hole Agent for tho small
and poworiul Opera and Fluid Glassea inven«od and msdo by VoigtlKudor. Vlanna.
M UTINY IN INDIA.—Military Field Glasses ot matchless
"4 quality, combining tbo rery latest Improvomunta, at JAM.AGB AVS, 23 a Now
Bond-street earner of CouduH-ttreot. N B. Hole Arent for tha sxaall ai*d powerful Onara
amt Raco Gloasoa iuvontod and niuda by Voigtliinrlor, Vienna.
CTOBTSMBN and GENTLEMEN of the AHMT and
NAVY".—8. and B SOLOMON'S, Optician*, 39, Albnmarlo-«treet, Piccadilly W
Ob-orve, oppesiro tho York Hotel. Portability, combined with great piwcr in FIELD
BACK-COURSE, OPERA, and geu*ral out-donr dRy nnd night powerful Wai*tcoat-
pocket PERSPECTIVE GIA.-bES, weighing only four oanco*. each oomnlumg 12 and 18
lenses, conatructwl of Gennan glass, will sh .w disfnetty a person’s countoniinc* a: «) and
Smllee. 'Tliov *orve every purpose on tho Rnco-counfo. and at the Opera-house*. Country
Scenery and ship* are clearly sect at 8 to 10 im les. They are aUo Invaluable for 8h oitng
Dcor-stalking, aud \nchting. Her Majesty's •'oast-Guards aro rn*k ug uso of thorn as
day and night glasses. In preference to all others: they have also btcoinn in general a*o by
Gemlemio of tho Army and Nivy. and by Sportsmnn, Gentlemen, Garaektwpers.and Tourbu
The most powerful and brilliant Tcloreopes, ptHWMlng such ottraordinary powo mat soma
3} Inches, with an extra astronomical o>e-..ioj«, will show distinctly Jupiter'* moonsi
Saturn's ring, and the double*.tars; with the somo Talarcupc cun bo seen a person's eounto-
nanco three-«iud a-half ni>lca distant, and an o joct from f-urt-oa *o sixteen mile*. Tboy
are ir end leas variety, of larger nnd all sires, with Increasing powers, and are secured hr
her Majesty's Royal Letters Parent. A mo*t 'tbcral allowance, wholesale, toshlppera
T HE ROYAL E XHIB II ION, 1851.—A valuable, powerful.
nowlr-Invented, very small wabteont-pocket Glass, tho sire of a walnut, by which a
person can be %oen end known »* m 1© distant They ervo every purp->*e on tho ltaeo-courw
and nt the Opera-houses. Cmmtry scenery and .hips are dearly seen at four to six mil®,!
They aro Invaluable for shooting, deer-staliuug, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, game¬
keeper*. aud tourists. Price .dk» Microhcopes. Magic Lanterns, aud glides Every do-
■enp Ion of Optical, Mathematical, and •'hllowplilcal Instruments. Ordora and all kinds of
repuiiv ox ecu ted w| i h punctnaUtr—Masara. St.lAlHONS, Opddana. 39, AIbemurIo- B tre^.
PiccndDiy (opposite the York H'jtei).
E YESIGHT.—Optica! Impr-.vements, to enable persons
at and to dloirtmln.t. objoc. w Ut Dorfool d,,-
VOpticians, havo Invo lcd and p*tenel dPE JTACLK
LF.NShb or bo FYcatort trau*o.,rent puwor rho valuable advantage do bred from th s
Invention U that; viaitra becoming impaired it preserved and strengthen'd; verv aeoJ
K raonsnio i-nabled to tunploy th Ir s ght at Uie most minute occupation; can see vvitL the* "
tses of a much lea*, utagnlfvlng power and |n*,y do not r-quire tho fronu nt chonre,
to the dangerous effect* o* fhithe> oow«Tfnl osslstanco. Persons con bo sulrel at the most
remote part* of tho world by sornbnr a pair of spoctad-s, or ono of tint giassot out of
them, in a letter and .taring the dUtanco from the «j« they can read srafllprintwith
tt'S.wiar'” 1 * * “* uoe ui5 - -»• A,b ““‘»->™‘ 1
TYEAFNESS.—A newly-invented Instrument for extreme cases
n A . 0f ,he Sound Magnifl r, Organic Mbrator and Invisible Voioe
Conductor. It fit* no into tho ear a* not lobe In tho least pcrcepilblo: tho unploasaat sensa¬
tion o alnging noise* in the head (a entiro'y remove j It affords inttsnt roliof to tho doafeet
person*, and enabloa them to hear distinctly at church and at nublla assemhllm_
U^*k^2^^2! ON8, 0pUci4W AuriBt *« AIbcm.vio-*troot, Piccadilly, Yf. (opposite
QPECIAL APPEAL.-FUNDS are greatly NEEDED for
ky the CANCER HOSPITAL, London aad Bremptoa
TBkASUUKR-Wra. Uxh m Farrar f-laq . 6k Unoolu s-lnn-flohla.
_ ^ BANKKILS-Mere a. foutt* and Co.
Foeretary’s OfBco 167, Piccadilly (oppualto Bond-street), whore reports and every lafanaa.
Uonnrey t e obtained. By order, vT J. Cock Rail. L.
TYANCER HOSPITAL, London and Brompton.—To those
sT > m ? r0>e, t i xnK,n “ rrhr> may desire to become benofactors by Will to thia Imiitutio i, *•
fodowii g horm of Legscy i s repummondod
“I giro and lxfqueath onto tho Trexmrer for tho timo being of an ina’iiutlon known W
the name of the • arcer Hospiul Loudon, situa'o a'. 167. ''IccadllJj, and **o at Wes. Hroaa-
trn. Middles*!, the *um of to l>« raised and paid by and out of my ready raouoy aai
poraonal rltocts, which by law I may or can cha»ge with »• o payment of t o suno and nst
onto! any part of my land*, tcncra-nta, or h> reditsm-nta), to bo ap’dlM In and towards
carrying on iho charitablo dosisn* < f tho aaid Institution " W. J. COCKkUiLL, Hooratary.
THE WEDDING TOUR OF THE PRINCESS
ROYAH-FESTIVITIES AT BERLIN.
THE WAR IN CHINA.
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
EXHIBITION OF PICTURES IN THE BRITISH
( Institution.
THE N E W M I N I S T It Y.
IN ORDER FULLY TO ILLUSTRATE THESE EVENTS,
A GRAND DOUBLE NUMBER
\ J I OP THE
ILLUSTRATED LONDON” NEWS
WILL BE PUBLISHED ON SATURDAY, MARCH 13.
Office, 19.-,. Strand- \
— \ \, I
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1858.
Lord I'ai.sierston’s Ministry had the great satisfaction before
leaving office of learning that their policy in China has been ;com-
pletely successful. Canton was assuulted and taken by the British
forces, under Admiral Seymour and General Straubcnzeo, on De¬
cember 29, after a poor resistance, and, on our side, a trifling loss.
The force employed besides the navy was a few hundred marine*
and one regiment, aided by a French brigade. Greater difficulty
was'expected. The “ braves ” of Canton, aud the Mantcbous and
Bannermen, were loud in (heir boasting. Commissioner Yell
breathed the fiercest defiance to all our attempts to obtain redress,
and was to overwhelm us whenever we approached the city. AH this
pasteboard power vanished at our touch. The “ braves ” did not
stand; the Mantchons and Bannermen made little resistance; and
Commissioner Y eh, disguised as a coolie, was taken prisoner and car¬
ried on bomd the Inflexible. The Tartar General, too, was caught,
and the success was perfect. So easily was the victory won that it
is suspected our forces were aided by a party within the city. Com¬
missioner Ych’s rule has been very tyrannical. He has been
engaged in a serious contest with the rebel party; and, haring
been successful three years ago, he is accused of having put 60.009
men to death. The conlest, however, still continues. The rebels
in tire provinces of Canton are said to be again making head
against him, and they have friends nnd a party in the city. The
hong merchants, too, and others were suffering from the
suppression of trade, and Commissioner Yeh has not baeu
zealously supported by the population of Canton. Our triumph
there has, accordingly, been easy and complete, aud the news of
it comes in good time to reflect lustre ou the Ministry under
whose direction the attack was made.
Now that we have got possession of this great city, it will be¬
come an important consideration what wo are to do with it. A
Chinese Governor under onr auspices is said to have been ap¬
pointed. and it is quite probable that wc may retain possession of
the turbulent place and keep it submissive, though it refused to
admit our peaceful traders within its walls, Arrogant from their
numbers, the Cantonese have persisted, under successive Go¬
vernors, in heaping humiliations on the outside barbarians, and
must now bow down before them as conquerors. In the present con¬
dition of China the Emperor is scarcely able to maintain himself
on the throne; and the provinces of Canton—according to a letter
from Yelt to his Imperial muster which lately appeared in the
Peltin Gazette —are so hard pressed by the rebels that he begs the
Emperor not to press him for any withdrawal of forces. “ The
task,” he says, “of keeping our own requires all our resources.”
If the rebellion should become successful, and the empire be dis¬
membered—to which oar triumph at Canton may contribute—we
shall have no alternative but to keep possession of the city, aul
govern it in peace, till the country becomes settled. Canton may
be another Bombay or Madras whence we shall spread our
dominion over another great part of Asia.
Such a policy, however, has io be considered in its effects at home
as well as abroad. Sovereigns and nations may be undone by
victories. Sometimes individuals find success ruinous. The nation
can scarcely add to its immense foreign possessions without weak¬
ening the central seat of its power. There is at present palpable
evidence that England would be stronger in Europe were she for
the moment less hampered in Asia. To entangle ourselves
further there might increase our difficulty in retaining our
ascendancy here. The policy necessary to be pursued, therefore,
requires deep and careful consideration. Nor can we neglect to
notice that foreign acquisitions necessarily add to the power of
the Government They require us to keep an additional military
and naval force on foot, they throw more patronage into the hands
of Ministers, they connect our destiny more closely with that of
other and less civilised nations, and tend to amalgamate us to
them, as well as to amalgamate them to us. It is impossible t»
forget that the dispute with China, a twelvemonth ago, led to a defeat
of the M inistry in the House of Commons, and the subsequent triumph
of Lord Palmerston. Now, some of those whom he defeated at the
hustings have contributed to defeat him; and it is at least a curious
coincidence that a leader of the party which defeated him last yc»r,
and was rejected by the Manchester constituency, has this year
contributed much to drive him Irom office. China has already
exercised great influence over our domestic concerns, and will
exercise more in proportion as we become more intimately con¬
nected with it. In considering our future policy, therefore, wa
must look not only to its effects in Asia, but to its effects at homo,
which are lor us ol much greater importance.
Feb. 27, 1858]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
207
SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT.
A DEBATE which ends in a Ministerial crisis, on the face of it is
hardly a subject for a sketch—it requires a picture. Bat, in truth, in
that memorable discussion whicli terminated in the defeat of Lord
Palmerston there was such an absence, on the whole, of decided charac¬
ter that it is only here and there that morsels could be picked out
worthy of notice; and a review of the entire business inclines one to
the opinion that the leaders did not shine with their usual brilliancy.
Indeed, so much did the sparks and coruscations of the debate come
from the lesser lights, that there was at one time apparently a dis¬
position to call for Mr. Wyld, who, having brought the Great Globe
itself into Leicester-squnrc, might be supposed to know something of
refugees.
The debate began under favourable auspices for the initiator, for an
immense House had been got together, and had been rather ex¬
cited by the presentation of Mr. Roebuck’s petition in the matter of
Mr. Isaac Butt. Mr. Milner Gibson, therefore, had every advantage
which a large audience gave, before which he was to play his part of
the Nemesis of Manchester, and, before he had got through a qnarter
of an hour’s talk, it was easy to see that, with his usual tact and
adroitness, which is with him a Parliamentary inspiration, he had
framed just such n resolution as must catch all waverers on the horns
of a dilemma. Really the Manchester leaders are to be suspected of
having returned an ingenious special pleader to frame their motions.
Then, too, that suave earnestness which Mr. Milner Gibson so
eminently possesses, and the essentially pleasant and gentlemanly
style in which he says pointed, hard-hitting things, were never better
developed than on tliis occasion; while his temporary absence from
the House seemed to have tended to throw a tone of diffidence over
his manner which not a little contributed to make his speech almost
more of a success than his auti-taxes-on-knowledge orations, which
were models in their way.
The terrible deficiency of the Government in debating power was
never more evidenced than in the necessity they were under of
putting up dull lawyers like Mr. Bajues and the Lord Advocate to
answer Bnmrt and pithy Mr. Milner Gibson and semi-flippant Sir
Robert Peel; and, although the comb at between Sir George Grey and
Mr. Walpole was fitting and appropriate, on the ground of what
may be called a Home Secretariat antagonism, yet the latter gentle¬
man was only feebly boisterous when he meant to be impressive, and
the former literally out-whirlwindcd the whirlwind in his rushing
articulation, for he never paused even for such breathing-time as
might be represented in writing by a comma, aud made his whole
speech of half an hour one long sentence without a stop 1 But, with
all due deference to the dii majores of debate, the speech of the night
was Sir Robert Peel's. It was, on the whole, the most damaging to
lord Palmerston, although probably, had the House been in a different
temper, they might have paused and reflected that it was made by a
man who has been for years receiving every possible kindness and
encouragement from Lord Palmerston, and who has never yet shown
canse why he deserted the Ministry of that patron whom lie was
now so mercilessly assailing. From his first entrance into the House
Sir Robert Peel has always been listened to; but it is to be questioned
whether, apart from certain comical eccentricities, he was ever really
worth listcuiag to before. On this occasion lie displayed all the
qualities of a first-rate debater. He has dropped a certaiu rotund
pomposity which extended even to the deepening of his voice, and
has assumed an easy way of slipping out the most odd aud pungent
sayings, and that with such au air of ludicrous unconsciousness that,
if it is the result of art, it is the very liighest art of oratory. His
voice, too, he allows to follow its natural bent, and therefore it is
pleasant, anil even sweet, reminding one of that, of his father in his
Lest days, with the advantage over a similar resemblance in that of his
brother Frederick, that it is not a palpable imitation. His remmf
of the antecedents of the blatant despotic counsellors of Louis Napoleon
and of the Civis-Romanism of Lord Palmerston was most complete,
and was literally so unanswerable that no attempt was made to
answer it.
It has been stated by a great many persons that Mr. Gladstone »
speech was one of his masterpieces. To that opinion we do not
seriously incline. It was well arranged, well argued, powerful in
language, and graceful in the turn of the sentences, as a matter of
course; but somehow it did not seem to come out so heartily as some
of that right ton. gentleman's recent displays. He did not appear
to he quite in his usual physical vigour; and, iudeed, at one time he
was seized with a huskiness of the throat, amounting almost to
choking, which threatened to disable him altogether from proceeding.
A lurking desire evidently pervaded his speech to stir np the Attorney-
General, whose reticence of speech on the question was the subject
of much remark. The truth is believed to be that tlmt lion, and
learned gentleman had been suffering from indisposition, which disin¬
clined him from taking part in the debate at an earlier period, which
was a pity, as his revelation that he had recommended the in¬
troduction of the Conspiracy Bill, and that it was^repared
before the despach of Count Walesvski was received, might
have told with some effect m tlie dLscussionthe first
reading of the bill. As it was, that point came too late, and fell
flat on the House; and the only real effect tlie speech of Sir Richard
Bethell produced has been the embalming of his bad criminal law
in the agonised tears of Lord Campbell, and affording his dear friend
the Loro Chancellor an opportunity to deliver himself of an emphatic
sneer at his troublesome law officer, in his earnest declaration
that nothing hut a mistake of tlie reporters could be responsible for
the notion i hat lus lion, and learned friend could make such a
donkey of himself. If Mr. Disraeli knew that lie was bidding for
office on tlmt eventful night which closed the career—for the pretent
at any rate—of Lord PaUhei'ston, his rpe\jch certainly gave no indica¬
tion of it. It is astonishing what bald, uninteresting, aud common¬
place speeches Mr. Disraeli caa inake ; and, strange to say, those
which on the face cf them would appear to have been subjected to
tlie most preparation are the most open to this defect. Probably
he knew at the time lie spoke tliat the majority was against
Ministers, and he already felt that inspiration of office which im¬
plies cautious dnincss in speeches.
It may he well supposed that an equally accurate ascertainment of
tlie result of the division was the moving canse of the tone which Lord
Palmerston took in liis address. It has been observed all throagh the
present Session tlmt his bonhomie seems to have deserted the noble
Lord, and he lms been angry, taunting, and at times fierce, in his way
of dealing with tlie House and with individual members. On tills
occasion he seemed to have wound himsolf up to tlie first real fit of
exasperation which can be recorded of him. It is stated that he was
informed by his satellites of the “ whipping-in ” department that, if
the debate was carried on to Monday, there was a chance of pre¬
venting absolute and positive defeat; bat that he sternly aud
Passionately refused, and rushed into the fray like one who
had desperately set his life upon a cast. And here let it bo
said that a les- creditable display «f feeling at such a time was =erer
made by the House of Commons. There have been times, and not so
long ago, when a Minister, prescient of defeat, has flung himself
angrily and insolently in the teeth of the Honse, but on those occa¬
sions the House preserved its dignity and made allowance for the
petulance which was so natural under the circumstances. But cer¬
tainly none of the present generation remember a Minister, while
making his last struggles against the waves of opposition, which were
about to overwhelm him, being received with yells and bootings only
worthy of non-electors at an uncomfortable distance from the hustings.
If there was a triumph of principle in the decision of the House,
its lustre was somewhat dimmed by the rude shouts and
unusual gestures which accompanied it. It would have been
better if the simple hearty cheers, which are the time-honoured ex¬
ponents of the feelings of tlie House of Commons in bulk, had alone
greeted Mr. Milner Gibson when, with an air perhaps a little too
jaunty, inasmuch as it betrayed a slight Bouse of fright at what he
had done, lie assumed the right-hand place which has so long been
occupied on the declaration of great divisions by Mr. Hayter, now so
crestfallen; and many a member who was bawling himself into un¬
seemly hoarseness might have accepted a rebuke from the painful
repose of Mr. Bright’s countenance at that eventful moment, when au
act was being performed that deposed one who had been long a petted,
and perhaps an honoured, idol of that assembly, and which was to
lead to an avatar of Derbyism, which is to lead God knows where.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
IThc following report of the Parliamentary proceedings on Friday week,
which appealed in the Saturday’s edition of tills Journal lait week, is
reproduced on account of the deep interest taken in the debate on the
Conspiracy Bill, ard also on account of the important consequcucc -the
break-up of Lord Palmerston’s Government—resulting from the division
on Air. Gibson’s amendment.]
HOUSE OF LORDS.— Friday. Feb. ID.
The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law.—T he Lord Chancellor,
in answer to Lord Brougham, stated that a bill for tlie amendment of the'
bankruptcy law would Bhortly be introduced.
Conveyance of Troops by the overland Route.— Viscount
Dumiannon called the attention of Ministers to the uusaie and uusea-
wortliy character of ships selected for the conveyance of troops to India
by Suez to Aden. The noble Viscount especially referred to tlie condition
of tlie Alma and th o Ajmextah, sent to convey a detachment of tlie. 69th
Regiment 10 lnoia.--I.ord Panxiure said, before the troops embarked an
accident occurred to tlie machinery of tlie Alma which rendered it impos¬
sible for t bat vessel to proceed; tlie troops were put on bourn a frigate
one of the Last India Company’s Navy. She sprang a leak and was
obliged to return. Human l’ore«igkc could not prevent either of the
casualties. There hnd not been a single lile lost during the whole trans¬
port ol the troops to India.—The Earl of Habdwicke was of opinion
that a system of transport conveyance in connection with the Itoyai Navy
should be adopted.—Alter a few words from the Earl of Cahn akvos aud
Lord Pasw re the subject dropped.
Education in India—T he Earl of Ellen nonoufin moved for Mr.
Chapman’s report on the state of education in Debar, with the object of
asci’itaining how lire Government plan of education had affected the minus
ol the natives of that part of India.—Earl GbaNviLle briefly remarked
upon the subject, and Intimated that lie had no obicction to the produc¬
tion ol the riper!.—The motion was agreed to, and the report laid on the
table. - A .
Tue Havelock Annuities Bill was road a second time, and ordered
to be committed on Monday.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Fridat, Feb. id.
Bueach oe Privilege.— Mr. Roebuck gave notice that he would, on
Monday next, present a petition With respect to a breach of privilege
charged against Mr. Isaac Butt, a member of the House, and move for u
Committee to inquire into the subject.
Minister or Justice.— In answer to Mr. F.wart, Lord Palmerston
said it was tlie intention of tlie Government to institute a department of
Justice, for the pttiposedf aupervielng Acts of Parliament.
CONSPIRACY TO MUItBEIi.
Lord PALMERSTON, in moving the second reading of the Conspiracy to
Murder Bill, took occasion to protest against the measure being inter¬
preted os intended fcr aliens only, when it equally applied to her Ma esty’s
subjects. It liad been said that the Government should have answered
the despatch of Count SVaicweki, but Leml Clarendon laid fully ex¬
plained tlie views of tlie British Government to Count Pcrsiguy person¬
ally. and there was, therefore, no necessity to answer it in writing ; while,
on the oilier hand. It was not necessary to explain to a foreign G ivern-
ment what was passing in tlie mind of the liritisli Government, as to the
communication they should make to Parliament with reference to an
internal improvement Hie bill was, in fact, merely an assimilation of
tlie law of Ireland and England; and he trusted that the House, having
given leave for its introduction, would continue to support it.
Mr. M. Gibson moved as an amen dme nt, •• That this House hears with
much concern that it Is alleged that recert attempts upon the life of the
Emperor ol the I’rencli have been divised in England, ami expresses It*
detestation of Midi guilty enterprises; tlmt this House is ready at all
times to assist in remedying any defects in tlie criminal law which niter
due investigation, arc provi d to exist, yet it cannot but regret that tier
Majesty's Government, previously to inviting the House to amend the
liiw ol conspiracy at the present time, has not felt it to he their duty to
mnke rcrov reply to the important despatch received from tlie French Go¬
vernment, dated Paris. Jim. 22, 1868 . and which has been laid before Par¬
liament.'' ilie right him. member explained the reasons why he had
ad op led that modified course. It would, if agreed to. be au expression of
obluior. on au important point, and it would atill leave tile main question
lor routideration. lie contended that tlie existing law was sufficient; but
that, if it were defective, the Uouae would have coiue in a better frame of
mini! to the consideration of a remedy, if the Government had given a
I u per and dignified answer to the despatch of Count Walevraki. Lord
.1 '..Tmrstem had on many occasions offered triendly advice to foreign
Powers; but had nav ol them changed their laws in consequence? Hid
tlie Kirg of Naples allowed the noole Lord’s despatch to remain uu-
ansvvetto ? ... . . , . ...
Mr Paines said, the law with respect to conspiracy to murder being
defective it was tlie dirty cl tlie Government to amend it. i'ho effect
would be to make the law similar in England. Ireland, and Scotland, and
would be ns eflectlve against persons at borne guilty of the crime in quoj-
tion as it would be us regarded foreigners.
Hr IVali-ole did not think the reply of the right hon. gentleman met
the ease so ab v nut to tlie House by tlie right lion, member for Ashton.
Tlie right lion.'gentleman said lie would give Ids support to the bill, but
. .. c ^ . _ L.A... tbot- tilftW until If til'll
W *i i
Sir G Obey contended that the passage in the despatch whicli had been
so construed by tlie rigid lion, gcut.cman did not apply to the people of
England, but to those refugees who lmd abused the asvlura which this
country afforded them. He hoped the House would pass the bill, b r une
their doing so would pluce this country on a better footing with foreign
Powers, and be a complete answer to the despatch of tlie I rench Goveru-
H'ml M’Mahon thought the present law was fully adequate to meet the
offences of the bill broughtin intended to constitute a telouy
Mr. Byng considered that the law in its present state wan amply suffi¬
cient to meet the eases of conspiracy by foreign reiugees. and he should
for this, among other reasons, vote against tlie second reading, and iu
favour of the amendment. _ . . ,
Sir. Spooner considered the bill a good, a just, and a necessary
m Mr!'l!ENTrNCK supported the bill as one which was required to amend
our criminal law. and which ought not to be rejected because a foreign
Government might be interested m the result. .
Sir R. Peel opposed tlie bill, for which no reason whatever hud been
assigned bv the noble Lord, which was opposed to the declaration oi all
the high legal authorities, who said the existing law was sufficient, and
which neagTe cd with Lord John Bussed In thinking would i,id,et shame
and humiliation on this country if it passed. It cuu.d not be doubted
that this measure was forced on the House at the dictation of the F reach
Government; and Lord Palmerston, in yielding o dictation, had tal.eu
from the high ground of English independence which he took in 1*50. lie
should give the bill Ins most pertinucious resistance.
Dir. Henley said that, at the amendment was perfectly true, he found
it quite impossible to vote against it _..
The Loki» Advocate opposed the amendment, on the ground that it
was not au amendment of tnc Bill and that n was intended by a aide
wind to get rid of a measure which had already received the saaction of
* supporting the amendment, said the Lord Advo-
cate's speech was inconsistent According to him. the amendment would
be fatal to the bill; and. secondly, it hud nothing to do with the bUI, and
tli^t any bou. members might vote both for the bill and the amend meat.
The right hon. gentleman contended that the despatch of Count Walcwski
should have been answered, and answered at the time; but it appeared
from the speech of tlie right hon. gentleman the Home Secretary that
when the bill was read a second time the despatch would be answered.
In fact, it appeared that the bill was to be the answer to the despatch.
The Attorney-General said ihat this measure was presented to the
Government by him before he knew of Count Walcwski’s despatch, and
its simple object w f as to place foreigners in the some position in thin
countn as British natural-born subjects.
3Hr. Disraeli differed entirely from the proposition laid down by the
hon. ajul learned gentleman, that those who voted for the introduction of
the bill were bound in consistency to support the second reading. He
considered the question now was. as between the House of Common* and
tlie Government, for its neglect in not answering the despatch of Count
"VValewskL
Lord Palmerston replied with much warmth and with considerable
asperity of language.
The House then divided— •
Tor the amendment... 234
Against it. .... . 215
Majority against Government..19
Before the numbers were announced the greatest excitement prevailed
in the House. The tellers as tl .ey entered were eagerly questioned as to
the result by the members they had to pass, and the most intense anxiety
was observable on both sides of the table. When Sir Gibson took the
announcement-paper in his hand the fact became known that Minis tern
were beaten, and loud and reiterated cheers arose from the majority. On
the announcement of tlie numbers the cheering was again and again re¬
peated, accompanied, with what is not Usual in the House, by waving of
nats by several hon. numbers. On silence being restored,
'J he amendment of Mr. M. Gibson was put to the House and agreed to.
Chelsea New Bridge.-- Sir J. Shelley moved for leave to introduce
a bill to repeal so much of the Act of the 9th and 10 th years of Victoria,
chapter 39, as authorised atoll to be taken lor foot passengers oa the
bridge now erecting across the Thames pursuant to such Act; but. seeing
the Impossibility of proceeding with the discussion at that late hour, he
postponed his motion.
The other coders of the day were then disposed of.
HOUSE OF LORDS.— Mondat.
resignation of ministers.
Earl Granville &a»d: I rise, my Lords, to make an announcement to
the House of which you are already probably aware It is that in con¬
sequence of what occurred in another place, her Majesty’s Ministers
thought they had no other alternative left to them but most respectfully
to tender thejr resignations to her Majesty. Her Majesty was most
£Taciou8ly pleased to accept those resignations, and I understand from a
communication from a noble Earl not now in his place (Lord Derby) that
be has undertaken a commission to form a Government. I know also
that the nob’e Karl thinks there should be an adjournment of the Home
until the necessary arrangements take place. He will be glad, I under¬
stand, thatnn adjournment should take place until Friday; out the Lord
Chancellor says tlmt, for the convenience of suitors, the House will meet
to-morrow for judicial business But you will agree with me tint
we should abstain from all other public business until the noble
Earl is in his place, as we merely are hoidingour offices until the necessary
arrangements are made.
The Earl ol Malmesbury, after alluding to the calm and temperate
manner in which great party questions were discussed in that House, au-
nouneed that tlie Earl of Derby was at that moment employed in dis¬
charging the dutv which had been intrusted to him by her Majesty.
1 he noble Earl only desired that there might be an adjournment of the
House until Friday.
Legal Position or Aliens in England— Lord Campbell, refer¬
ring to a statement made in the House of Commons by the Attorney-
General with respect to the state of the law in reference to aliens, said
that it had astonished and distressed him. It was a misapprehension—
he would not say a misstatement—of the law of England ; and it w is of
tlie last importance that it should be immediately corrected. There was
no distinction whatever in the eye of the law between natural-born sub¬
jects and aliens. While foreigners were here they were under the pro¬
tection of English law; they were bouud to obey the law -, and they were
liable for auy infraction of ft, in the same way as if they had been born
here. If a foreigner committed a crime in a foreign land, and came
here, they could not punish him here; but a foreigner was amcuable to
British law for any crime he committed here. As to the Conspiracy Bill,
it did not introduce any new principle; and he would give his support to
any Government that proettjdtd with that bill.—The Lord Chancellor
said he had no doubt whatever that the Attorney-Geueral had been mia-
reported in tlie remarks attributed to him. It wus very important that
it should not be understood that in this country there was one law for
Englishmen and another lor aliens — lx>rd Lyndfidrst. who was very
imperlccUy heard in thegallery. was understood to concur iu opinion with
Lord Campbell and the Lord Chancellor.—Lord Brougham said there
could be no doubt whatever that an alien in this country was just an
amenable to the law as a natural-born subject —Lord Wknslf.ydale
and Lord St. Leonards concurred in the same vie*w.
'J he Havelock Annuities Bill was read a third time and passed.
Their Lordships adjourned until Friday next.
H UbE OF COMMONS.—Monday.
Breach or Privilege.— Mr. Roebuck presented a petition com¬
plaining that the member for Youghal, Mr. I. Butt, had corruptly received
moneys to advocate the cause of an Indiun potentate. Ameer All Moorad*
in that House, as well as before the Government and the East India Court
of Directors.—Mr I Butt expressed his willingness to meet the allega¬
tion on tlie moment, and under any disadvantages. Certain documentary
evidence was still requisite, which might not be procurable for a day or
two. tut lie earnestly inireated tlie House not to postpone for an hour the
to) ma) investiganon of the charge which had been urged against him. and
winch lie declared himself most, anxious to meet -Considerable discussion
ensued of a very confused character, and ultimately a Committee waa
nominated to undertake un inquiry into the allegations against the hon.
member for Youglml.
THE RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS.
Lord Palmerston (who was loudly cheered/ laid on the table a despatch
frun her Majesty ’s Ambassador at Paris. He then said: 1 wish to mike
a statement to the House with regard to tlie course which her Majesty's
Government have thought it tlieir duty to pursue In consequence of the
vote to which this House came on Friday night I think it can scarcely
be necessary for me to say that that vote led her Majesty's Government to
believe that there w as only one course which they could pursue witli a
due regard to tlieir own honour, and with a due respect to this House.
>Ve tlicielore. on Saturday, humbly tendered to her Majesty the resigna¬
tion of our offices, which her Majesty was graciously pleased to ac^-pt.
V. c therefore, now hold office only for the purpose of earning on the
business of the country till our successors shall be appointed. Under these
circumstances 1 am sure tlie House will feel it would be inconvenient that
we should continue to meet, aud therefore, as is usual ou similar occa¬
sions I venture to suggest, that the House should adjourn tor a few days.
I l ave ascertained train the noble Lord who. I may venture to say. is at
present engaged in conrtrueting a Government tlmt it would be conve¬
nient that the House should adjourn till Friday. I therefore beg to
move that the House at its rising adjourn till Friday.
J lie motion was agretd to without remark from auy quarter.
Thb East India Company’s Loan Bill was passed through Com¬
mittee. upon an appeal lrom Mr. R. Mangles; and after a brief discussiom,
in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. T. Baring. Mr \ . Smith,
Sir H Willoughby, and other members participated, the House adjourned
until Friday.
Fast India (Transuort Troops) Committee.—T lio Com¬
mittee met on Tuesday-Sir Be I.aey Evans in the chair. Mr. Gunadca.
senior mi mker ot tin-Council at Bombay, who had lately returned lrom
j India by the overland route, stated that lie had been several times up the
Red Sea, and that he was always tlie better for the voyage. He met with
no difficulty in the transit through Egypt: the desert was hea thy. »J*th
PicLer precautions there would be HO serious iuipedi meat U> the sending
of trcoiis to tlie lied Sea Captain Harris stated that, after an experience
ol tlie Kcd Sea, derived from sixty-eight voyages, he though:_ that, Diitn
on tlie score of time and expense, the better mode of transit to luiita
i would be by the Red Sea. by a steam transport service organised by the
Government. In the course of the examination the chairman remirked
tlmt the sanitary state of the lied .Sea had been established. The Com¬
mittee adjourned to Friday (yesterday).
Government or India Bill. —On Tuesday morning was
issued the bid lor the better government of India, prepared and brought
into the House of Commons by Viscount Palmerston. Mr. \ croon binitu,
and tlie Chancellor ol the Exchequer. The bill conssts or nB>-two
clauses, and occupies fourteen of the ordinary pages A* its mam lectures
were stated iu the speech of Lord Palmerston on Its introduction to 1 arua-
mtnt. we have not thought it necessary to reproduce it in our pa<cs. iw
provisions are divided under the loilowing heruls . Translcrcnce or the
Government in India to her M;vje*tv-Prvsideut and Couucil lor Affairs
of India—Pow ers of President and Council—Application of Revenue -
Accounts- Existing Establishments and Regulations— Actions and Con¬
tracts—Saving of Certaiu Rights of the Company.
Mr Isaac Bdtt s Case.—T he Select Committee appointed to
investigate the charge of committing a breach of privilege which had been
nrefmfd amiBSt Mr. Butt, us ste.eS to the report of fte proceedings of
I
THE KOVAL MAKBIAGE FESTIVITIES IN BEKLIN.-FUESENTATION OF THE ADDKESSES BY THE BUTCHEKS AND MEKCHANTS
(SEE PAGE 210.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS_ [Feb, si, 1858
1*eb.#,im&.J THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
.v.&’Uti.
U' rf >■
i ifm mfowr-.&g.
d*m* jtiiiiM
MW»xrr'ri\
mm
■Hgg
Sfeefca
iW&zC;
StMrg
- *<3
I
py
jgfik
Hi
THE KOVAL MAKRIAGE FESTIVITIES IN BEELIN. —BALL IN THE WHITE SALOON.-18EE NEXT PAGE.)
210
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Feb. 27, 1858
THE ROYAL MARRIAGE FESTIVITIES IN BERLIN.
Wf, this week continue our illustration of the Berlin Festivities with
four Engravings of the Public Illumination of the City, engraved and
described at pp. 204-205.
The subject of the next scene—the State Processsion—at page 208,
is thus described:—At the point where the avenuo leading from
Bellevue enters the high road, between Charlottenburg and Berlin,
the cort^go found forty postillions and other officials of the postal
service in full gala costume and well mounted, blowing lustily a
number of appropriate pieces of music. To the left of the postillions
were the master butchers, the journeymen butchers, a depuatioa of
the Burgerechaft, and another of the Kaufmannsohaft, all on horse*
back, each body with its band of mounted musicians; the members
themselves of these deputations all in black frock-coats, white
neckcloths, and cocked hats, jack- boots, and spurs, and in some cases
drawn swords, the marshals of each body being distinguished by silk
scarfs from the right shoulder to the left hip. At the approach of the
state carriage all the mounted deputations saluted in military fashion,
end the trumpeters of all the bands struck up the national hymn of
both countries .while tho spokesman of the party approached and begged
permission for the butchers (whoso appearance, by-the-by, by no
means betrayed their calling) to present a copy of versos, and for the
other mounted deputations to take their places at the head of the
cortege. All which being duly accorded, the horsemen all filed past
the state carriage and took up the places assigned them, and the pro¬
cession advanced.
The new Palace which has been built for tho Royal pair is engraved
at page 217: we believe thut only the ground fl >or of the Schloss,
which formerly occupied the site, has been retained in tho new edifice.
The second Illustration upon the same page shows the reception of
the Royal pair.
It wus more than a quarter past two o’clock before the state car¬
riage reached the Schloss, where the young couple wore rooeived by u
guard of honour, a thickly-packed crowd of invited guests, who stood
in the courtyards, all tho officers of the Court, uud tho Royal Princes.
Here the Prince of Prussia received his daughter-in- law very affec¬
tionately. and conducted Lor up stairs into the Schloss. At the entrance
to the Scbweizer Saal the Princess was received and welcomed by the
Queen und all the Royal Princesses. Her Majesty showed herself
most affectionate and kind to her new niece, and conducted her into
the interior of the Palace. In the various rooms of the Subloss the
young couple received the felicitations of the Knights of tho Older of
the Buck Eagle, tho officers of the Royal households, the Adjutants
of tho King and the Princes, the Generals and Lieutenant-Generals of
the Army, tho Minister of State, the Privy Councillors, the Presidents
of the two Houses of the Diet, &c.
The grand ball was given in tho White’Saloon in the King's Palace.
This Royal hall ie, perhaps, nearly forty feet high, with u cornice running
round it at a height of about thirty feet, on which caryatides rest at
intervals, and support tho springing vault that carries the ceiling. At
each end of the saloon are galleries, one for the orchestra, on this occa¬
sion consisting of 200 picked men from all tho cavalry bands of Berlin
and Potsdam, and tho other forming an agreeable lounge for the guests
desirous of remaining spectators only of the assembly below.
The throne hud been removed, and under its canopy, which re¬
mained, a small carpot was laid to mark the spot where the bridal
couple would stand, the Royal Princesses stretching away in a curved
line to the left of tho Prince, and the Royal Princes occupying a semi¬
circle to the right of tho Princess , the space not occupied by
Royalty left open to the eye the highest nobility of Prussia and the
Corps Dipirtnarique, with their ladies. The space kept open within
the circle, marktd out by pages stationed at intervals, was, perhaps,
no larger than the largest London drawing-room; but the entire space
behind the favoured foremost line was filled in with some 15,000 of the
flower of the Prussian nation.
After advancing into the saloon, preceded by pages, chamberlains,
and the gentlemen of their own household, the Prince and Princess
took np their position on the reserved carpet beneath the canopy, and,
after jAsnnission accorded by the Prince of Prussia to the High Cham¬
berlain, Count Kedern, the Prince and Princess opened tho ball by
advancing end making their obeisances to the Prince, and that, to the
Prince as < f Prussia, and subsequently to the company generally while
passing round the open circle, preceded by tho Chamberlains, &c.
Alter two rounds the Princess was led rouad by each of her
Roybl uncles and cousins, the Grand Duke of Saxe-'Weimar,
the Grand Duke, of Mecklenburg Stxclitz, the Duke of S.ixe-
Cobnrg, and various other relatives, the assembled company
receiving ana returning their obeisances aa they passed round,
the orcaestra playing the while a Fackcltans, composed by Count
Redera, nnd then the Wedding March from Mendelssohn’s " Mid¬
summer Night's Dream." When the Priaoess had at length "trod a
measure " with each of her male relatives of Royal lineage, the Prince
■went through the tamo series of evolutions with his female relatives.
With this tho dance closed, and it had been, in fact, tho Fackeltanz
msu ally performed at this Court on occasion of Royal manages, with
the omission of the tupers, and the subatitutiou of Ciiamberhuns, <&c.,
in the place of the Ministers of State.
THE COURT.
The political reverse which the First Minister of the Crown met
with at an early hour on Saturday morning necessitated the Queen to seek
fresh advisers, and. after receiving the resignation of Viscount Palmerston
and his ict'eRguce, her Majesty sent for the Earl of Derby, who had an
audienc e of the Sovereign before the close of the day which had witnessed
the deleat of his political rival.
On Sunday the Court attended Divine service in the private chapel of the
Palace—the Hon. and Very Kev. the Dean of Windsor officiating
The Earl of Derby has since had daily interviews with her Majesty, and::
yesterday Friday.i at a Privy Council, at which the resignations of the
late Administration were completed, the noble Earl and Ills colleagues re¬
ceived the seals of office.
The Prince Consort and the younger branches of the Royal family have
taken daily exercise during the week.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left London on Friday
se’nnight for her residence at Frogmorc.
Bis Excellency the Ambassador of France arrived at Albert-
gate Home on Tuesday morning from Paris
His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess BernstorfF
enter!aii.ed his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and a select circle
at dinner on Monday, at Prussia House.
The Speaker will hold two Levees this season— the first on the
evening o) Saturday, the 13th of March; and the second oa Saturday, the
271 h of March—at the right lion, gentleman's residence on Carlton House-
terrace.
Preferments and Appointments in the Church.— Rectory .
The Rev. J. P. Sill to Wetberiugsett with Brockford. Suffolk. Vicarages:
The Be? A Gfitenby to Winston, Suffolk; Rev. A. H. P Trewman to
Jlmmster. Somerset Incumbency The KeV. F. Young to Trinity Church,
Walton, A> tag bury Perpetual i irt'acietc The Kev. J. W. Lester to St.
Luke's, Norwood; Bcv. I«. H. Williams to Christ Church, Ashton-nnder-
Ljne. Curacies .- The Rev. C. T. Erskine to Alverthorpe, near Wake¬
field; Rev. T B. H os ken to Stapleton, near Bristol: Rev. .7. Ralae to All
Saints'. York ; Kev. Mr. Steward to St. Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne;
F E. Gutter*to H.lLQ. JlusselL
The Relief Fund for the Sufferers by the Indian
M ijiNY.-The General Committeeof the Fund for the Relief of the
Sufferers by the Mutiny in India have issued an interesting report of
their doings too long, however, for our columns It is a document which
attests the great sympathy of the people of this country for thtir dis-
tie^at-d country men in India The report not only speaks of the liberal
contributions that have been given, but also of the long houra of diligent
attention and active exertion contributed in superintending the collection
of the fund and securing its judicious appropriation. When Mr.
Aldeminn j* mni 0 x originated the Indian Relief Fund the people
of this kingdom had been liberally plied for the Patriotic Fund
for the rend ol sufferers in the last war, and persons must have
been Very sanguine who anticipated anything like the large sum that is
now reported. It appears from the report that the United Kingdom his
mrcad) contributed above £322.ouo. while the English colonies have sent
in above £ 2 tioo ; and foreign State* have also expressed their sympathy,
following the generous example ot the Emperor of France and the French
imperial Guard : the sum derived from these sources, to which we have
SUSS? referring, is above £ 15 , 000 . These vast suras abo w
the deepJce ings of benevolence that pervade the minds, not of Britons
811 < Irushuu n alone, but of their sons and daughters iu distant colonies,
tte liciiU nail people of otter Uwergmcuti,
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
Tni! political crisis which lias come upon the world so unexpectedly
is, of course, the theme of all tongues. Lord Palmerston, but the
other day lifted into office on tho shoulders of the people, who were
rejoiced to see a great war intrusted to a rigorous leader—Lord Pal¬
merston, with u name celebrated at home, notorious abroad for his
habit of upholding the British flap, right or wrong—this nobleman is
suddenly stricken down, amid much popular approbation, on a charge
of having neglected to assert the honour of England. And the pro¬
moters of the charge, and the tellers at the table, are Messrs. Milner
Gibson and Bright, whose anti-national policy during the war ren¬
dered them the objects of electoral castigation. Snch changes are
beyond all imaginations save those of the pantomimist,—
Palmerston, Liberty's champion in need,
Who confronted oppressors with England's broad tegis,
And haughtily ordered the despots to read
On its blazon the lesson that lords owe its lieges,—
this is the nobleman who has been accused before the Commons of
England, and, by a majority of 19, found guilty, of having truckled to
the strongest despot on the Continent, and having taken a leaf out
of the hook of Continental government. The astonishment which
these events have caused among foreign politicians is as extraordinary
as the mutation itself.
Had Lord Palmerston, after receiving this stern lesson at the hands
of the House of Commons, chosen to “ whip," and to demand a rote of
confidence. It is not improbable that the representatives of the people,
more desirous to mark their sense of a certain shortcoming than to
overthrow a Minister and interrupt business, would have intimated
by a different division that his Lordship now knew their mind, and
might go on again. But he took the more constitutional course
of resigning office, having just completed his two years of Premier¬
ship. The Earl of Derby was sent for by his Sovereign, and has
formed a Cabinet, in which will be found the names that might be
expected, as those of Lord Malmesbury, Sir J. Pakington, Mr. Henley,
Mr. Disraeli, and some other names, the adhesion of whose owners to
the Cabinet may be regarded as a favourable feature. Lord Ellen-
borongh replaces Mr. Vernon Smith as the ruler of India. The
Chancellorship, to everybody's satisfaction, is given to Sir Frederic
Thesiger, who will he as popular on the woolsack as elsewhere. The
exchange of Sir B. Hall for Lord John Manners is all against public
interests, unless Lord John lias studied his predecessor’s habits, and is
prepared to go to work like a man. The great novelist, Sir Biilwer
Ljtton, is at present designated as the custodian of the fifty colonies.
Lord Stanley is understood to have acted filially and nobly, recom¬
mending his father to fill up important offices with the-best^
men to be procured, and to postpone hi9 son’s nitural claim Oo
consideration. There is no denying that the knot of noblemen and
gentlemen thus collected possess much ability and character, but the
fact that 6tares tin m in the face is that if they retain office i t mast
be on sufferance. No “ coalition " ia necessary to throw them out.
The Liberals, merely falling into array under one of~tfieir natural
leaders, in any question of Conse rva ive against Liberal policy, out¬
number their adversaries: nor wonla a dissolution materially alter
the position of things. However, fair play must be given to men who
have been forced into office. I b/) / /
The trials of the prisoners accused oT being parties to the at¬
tempt on the life of the Emperor of the French have commenced,
and the “ act of accusation ” is pubiisjied. It is hardly to be
cipected that, under the circumstances, 'll French tribunal will
rciuse to he easily convinced of the guilt of those charged before it.
Certainly we have no right to expect a French jury to be more par¬
ticular than an Irish one—an institution which really it may be
necessary to modify, for the benefit of the Bister island, when ques¬
tions that have the remotest connection with politics liave to be tried.
The trials of tfie-.two priests for the Galway outrages have been ren¬
dered a mockery, as we intimated last week would be the case. In
one instance a material witness is ont of the way, so that trial Btands
over; in the other three Papists, refusing to argue with their brother
jurors at all, doggedly set theihsclves against the majority, and the
jury had to he dismissed. It scarcely behoves us to expect that, in the
excitement now prevalent throughout Europe on the subject of
“ assassination,” every one of the Orsini party will not be convicted
on the same principle that has ensured the escape of the Irish priests.
At the momeiitwhen the opponents of the Chinese war were gain¬
ing their victory over the Minister who commenced it, news came of
onreSmplete conquest of Canton, and of onr having captured Com¬
missioner Yell and the Tartar General. These illustrious prisoners
will perhaps be sent to England. A letter from Yeh to his master
dated from London would tend to convince his Majesty that the bar¬
barians were in earnest.
The Cantillon story would seem, from documents, to bear another
version than that put forward by the late Minister, to the satisfaction
of reasonable persons. It was said that the legacy to the man who
tried to murder the Duke of Wellington had been in part paid; and
that when, under the present Emperor, application was made for the
balance, it was refused, on the ground tiiat Napoleon I. must have
been in a state of temporary insanity to frame a bequost to an
assassin. It would now seem, however, that the whole of the legacy
was actually paid by Napoleon s executors in the time of the Bour¬
bons— vi*. 1820, and that interest was also paid in consideration of tho
day. Nothing, therefore, remained for the present Emperor to do
except that, in passing the closed accounts, he had to write “sanc¬
tioned ” as regards tlie mass; and it is rather hard to interpret this,
which was about the ouly thing they could do, into an approbation of
his uncle’s foolish malignancy.
The British Bank trial pursues its weary way. The prosecution
loses Sir F. Thesiger by his promotion, and tlie Attorney-General,
Sir F. Kelly, is hi the ranks of the defence. Lord Campbell sits, day
after day, apparently as vigorous as the youngest barrister before him.
The jury ought to be exempt from any similar service for the rest of
their natural lives.
King Ottao of Greece, and his kingdom, are not often mentioned
with much civility, nor, apart from a sort of idea that the Greek ex¬
periment was rather a failure, did the conduct of the Greeks during
onr struggle with Russia tend to make us regard them with much
favour and affection. But justice should he done; and a recent docu •
nient, showing the progress made by Greece since 1831, proves
beyond a doubt that there are tlie elements of vitality in tlie queer
little kingdom. A: the shove date the population of Greece was
612,000; it is now 1042,200. There were then 2,300,000 olive-trees
dear to Minerva. The goddess, looking over her beloved region, may
now count 7,400,000, to the discomfiture of her uncle Neptune.’ But
be hns his revenge, for, whereas in 1831 he bore upon his billows hut
4-19 Grecian ships, of 62,000 tons, the “ catalogue of the ships ” now
nun hers 4339, of 325 000 tons.
A grand tight in Congress is reported by the last American mails
and the details are too richly comic to be abbreviated. It was a general
affray, begun, as usual, by the insulence and vulg irity of a slave¬
holder, who whs knocked down by a stalwart abolitionist, when bach
Sides rushed to war. However, they made up the strife at last, and,
let us hope, Liquored some.
METROPOLITAN NEWS.
The Chabqe against M. Barnard.—O n Tuesday tho investi¬
gation of the charge against M. Simon Bernard for conspiracy t»
assassinate the Emperor of the French was continued before Mr. Jardine
at Bow-street I’oiiee Court The French police agent. C her slier
tfrarcols Esticn, produced from Paris the dagger found on Pierri, a piece
ot oilcloth which he had received from Madame Outrequlu (the wife of the
person to whom Barnard addressed Ids parcel of pistols;, and two cases of
pistols, lierre Ferdinand Outrtquin. a eommisson agent in the silk
trade, being railed as a witness, deposed that he became acquainted with
Barnard accidently in London, nt the Cafe Suisse, and lhat Barnard spoko
to him abou^a silk dye lie had discovered. Fie deposed to having received
a letter, which, to the best of his knowledge, was in Barnard's hand¬
writing, at the bauds of Mr. Thomas All-op (the Englishman charged as
an accomplice); the letter was one introducing AUsoptohim. Shortly
after Barnard wrote saying he was about to consign to him a pair of
pistolB, ‘'which he had gammoned Allsop to buy." Allsop said lie hoped
to get a friend named Pierri to take tlie pistols. Mr. King, the railway
clerk, being called, identified the oilcloth as having covered tlie parcel sent
by Barnard to Paris. The sea] of4he company was still on the covering.
Madame Outreqnin, being ngain sworn, said she knew both Allsop and
the other Englishman suspected, Hodge A gentleman once called
about the pistols, who gave his name as “ Pierey. Hotel de France.”
From the rest of tlie evidence-it appears that the person called Allsop by
these witnesses was Orsini, who travelled with a passport granted to the
real lbomas Allsop. The person at whose house Orsini had lodged in
Paris, being called, deposed that on the any of the attempt Allsop
(Omni)'Went out with three otbersabout six or seven o'clock, and
returned in a cab about nine. He was wounded and bleeding. At about
three in the morning he was arrested by the police. At the close of tho
evidence Mr. Bodkin, who appears for the Grown, applied for a further
remand. Mr. Sleigh should not oppose the remand, t he learned coun¬
sel, however, applied for bail in an energetic speech, calling on the
magistrate to treat the defendant as if he were an Englishman, and not
to be influenced by fear of a foreign Power (Great applause in Court!.
Mr. Jardine refused the application, and defendant was remanded.
Trial of the Directors of the British Bank— The
prosecution of the Crown against the defendants in this case, after
occupying nine days and a half, came to a turning point on Wednesday,
the case lor the prosecution then closing, and the opening statements of
tlie defence being begun. On that day Sir Fitzroy Kelly (appointed to
the office of Attorney-General in the new Ministry) delivered an
nblc defence of Mr. Stapleton; and Mr. Serjeant Shoe addressed
the jury lor air. Alderman Kennedy. On Thursday the jury
was addressed by Mr. E. James on the part of Mr. Esdaile; by
Mr. Slade, tor Mr. Owen; by Mr. Huddleston, for Mr Humphrey
Brown; by Mr. Lawrence, for Mr. MLood; and by Mr. Sey-
niGur, for Mr. Cameron. Evidence was then called for the defence.
Mr. Atherton replied on the case for the Orowu on Friday. It la
.exmxteq that the trial will close on Saturday (to-day). During the pro-
Cwdings Lord Campbell announced that the prosecution would loie the
beneht ol Sir F. Thesiger's lead, and congratulated the bar on his deserved
elevation to the distinguished post of Lord Chancellor.-It is re¬
ported the expenses of prosecuting the directors of the Royal
DHtisli Brink, the whole of which will fall entirely upon the country, will
considerably exceed £ 20 . 000 . Sir F. Thesiger, it is said, got 1000 guineas
with his brief, and rclreshere of 100 guineas each day—the other counsel
lor the Crown being treated with corresponding liberality, sir F. Kelly,
the leading counsel for the lion. Mr Stapleton, bad 500 guineas with his
brief, and refreshers of 60 guineas a day ; his two juniors had their briefs
marked with 250 guineas and 100 guineas respectively, and refreshers in
proportion.
Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital.— On Tuesday the
annual mectingof the governors of this charity was held at the hospital—
Mr Lnbouchcrc, the treasurer and viec-presideut la the chair. A tribute
Bareiay t Gr.ii. Barnett, and G. It. Foster, were ciiosen vice-presidents.
The report stated that 12,577 patients had been admitted during the past
year; aim that such was the pressure upon the committee for more wards
lor in-patients that they intend, when the funds wifi permit, to build a
new wing, in addition to the extensive accommodation for out-patients
already recently effected. It appears, notwithstanding the increase of its
supporters, that the expenditure had exceeded the income by nearly
fhanks were voted to the medical staff* and to several gentlemen
who had made valuable contributions to the library.
Hospital for Sick Children.—I n February, 1852, the ex¬
periment was made of opening iu Loudon iln Great Ormond-street. Queen-
scuiare), a hospital for sick children, the almost unanimous voice of the
medical profession bearing witness to the need of such an institution, and
to the great benefits which it would be likely to confer on the whole com¬
munity os well aa on the poor. The experiment has stood the teat of a six
ycuv trial, and 40,000 infants aud children have during this time been
admitted as patients, 1500 of whom have been received into the hospital.
As facts illustrative of the need of a children's hospital it miy
be stated that the mortality of children under ten yearj is only
two per cent less than it was fifty years ago; that of 50.000 persons
dying annually in London, 21,000 are children under that age; that
ue nosplitliMa London are inadequate to afford accommodation for sick
children; a special hospital for children is needed, because the proper
care of sick children requires special arrangements; and, finally, that
though children s hospitals have been established with success iu seven-
rpi.VI ... II,z. .1 ,ttl' a!T :. , A* 11. i .-..a ■ ... .
they would seek in vain for any words more eloquent. ^
Young Men’s Christian Association.— The thirteenth
annual meeting of the members and friends of this association was held
on iuesday evening, at Exeter Hall—the Earl of Shaftesbury presiding.
J be attendance was very large. The report, whioh was read by the secre¬
tary, stated that tlie number of young men admitted into the association
aunnp the past year was one hundred. Meetings for conversation aud
devotion hud been held throughout the y*ar; and two special sermons to
ting men had been preached one by the Rev Dr. Weir, and ttie other
S the Bey w. Brock. C onsiderable additions have been made to the
rary. including a valuable donation recently from Mr Mulie. of New
Uxlord-street. Satisfactory reports have been received from branch asso¬
ciations in various parts of the provinces; also from France, Holland,
Switzerland, Eastern and Western Prussia, and America, in all which
countries the work of the association had made progress Efforts had
been made for the liquidation of the bailding debt, but they had not been
as successful as could be wished. The receipts of the year um united to
£ 2610 . the expenditure to £3ii45. The total debt of the association was
now £1500. the chairman and other gentiemeu dwelt at length on the
beneficial tendency ot the association; and it was stated, in illustration
ol tins, that there were eighty branches, comprising so.uoo members,
whose influence probably extended to at least 40,000. Several resolutions
w ere proposed aud agreed to.
Royal General Annuity Society. —On Tuesday evening the
thirty-first annual festival of tiiis charity was held at the London I'aVern,
under the auspices of the Hon. G. H. Byng. M P. About 100 gentiemeu
sat down to an excellent dinner. The customary toasts having beea
given and duly responded to. the chairman, with much warmth aud
earnestness of leeling. proposed the toast of the evening, dwelling upon
the assistance which was due to an institution seeking to extend its beue-
vo.< lit provisions among those who. after passing years iu comparative
prosperity, were from misfortune reduced in their old age to abject penury
and all the keen privations which attend such downfal iu the social scale.
About four years ago the committee had been enabled to increase the
monthly payment of the annuitant*, consisting of nineteen men and
thirty-six women, to £2 5s. the former and Xt 10s. the latter; but since
that time, iu consequence of the diminution of receipts, the directors h id
been again compelled to reduce the amount, and likewise to sell out a oor-
tion ol the funded stock of the charity. There were at the present time
no less than sixty candidates in the list for election. The appeal was
acknowledged by a subscription amounting to upwards of £ 750 .
Reformatory and Rrfuoe Union.— The second annual
metline of this association was hold on Wednesday, at Willis's Rooms—
li.e Earl ot Sliaftesbury in tlie chair. A deeply-interesting report was
read, showing how tile cause of the reformation of criminals had pro¬
gressed during the last year A passage had been provided for tweiity-
two men and toys, a.twlrf from refuges nnd reformatories, as emigrants
o Canada; live others, through tlie liberality of a memblr of
the committee, laid received a free passage to America and
same gentleman having also found berths for eight
boys in merchant ships The committee proposed to open a spczial
fund tor assisting penitentiaries and similar asylums Resolutions
were passed approving ol tlie report, and pledging the meeting
to renewed efforts in tlie cause of tlie reformation of criminals by
j 1L ' influence of religion, kind treatment, and industrial training."
The following sums were subscribed during tlie- molting in aid of the
specie, fund on account of the •' social evilSir. .) Latouclie, £50 ; Mr.
Oiie it "AV. W. j. Maiweu, U Chl “ ,man ' * la lus - ‘ Mr
—Last week the births ol 1021 boys and
i?^ 1 ^ 11 !n ■ _ C AV drcn ' were registered in London. In the ten
corresponding weefcgo i the years 1848-57 the average number was 1594 -
8 in London, which in the previous week were 1195,
rose ast week to 1275. In the ten years 1848-57 tlie average-number of
deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1184 , but as the
oeauis ol last week occurred in an increased population, they should be
eonipartd with the average, wheu the latter has been raised iu proportioa
to the ihcrcagc, a ccirectioa ydiicb will give 1230 .
Feb. 27, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
211
town and table talk on LITERATURE, ART, Ac.
The talk of the week relates entirely to the fall of a temple made by
the bands of the people, and to the formation of the new Ministry.
Lord Campbell has already commenced collecting materials for the life
of Lord Chancellor Thesiger ; and Sir Charles Barry, rejoicing greatly
at the overthrow of his nntiring antagonist, Sir Benjamin Hall, has
commenced designing new towers, new turrets, and new ornamenta¬
tion for his new, but now somewhat old, Houses of Parliament. Then
we are to have a Ministry, so it is asserted, with three well-known
novelists forming part of it—Mr. Disraeli, Sir E. Bulwer Lytton,
and M r. Samuel Warren. Nor is this all. Had Lord Stanley accepted a
seat in the new Cabinet, he would have supplied the first instance of a
father and son sitting in the same Cabinet since the time of the great
Lord Burleigh and his celebrated son, Sir Robert Cecil. How strange
it would be should Lord Stanley succeed his father as Prime Minis¬
ter. as Sir Robert Cecil succeeded his father, Lord Burleigh !
The consternation that prevails both in milifary and civil circles
rf specting the unhealthy condition of our barracks, in and out of
London, will have a great deal to do in retaining our National Gal¬
lery on ‘its present site. Many will remember that the gallery
was pinched and narrowed for the sake of the barracks at the back.
Now, however, that the building and site have both been declared un¬
healthy for troops, the barracks will travel elsewhere, and the gallery
can he enlarged to a size at least commensurate with our present
■wants. This barrack business lias already done much against the
removal of the gallery to Kensington. Now it is said that the Royal
Academy will move from Trafalgar-square to Kensington.
Young Mr. Sainsburv has made an important discovery in the recent
State Paper Office of a bundle of papers and entries relating to Rubens
the painter, when in England. Mr. Sainsbury has been digging
where Mr. Carpenter delved, and the result of his labours will appear
In a volume, during the present year. He has found mnch that is
curious respecting Rubens’ ceiling at Whitehall.
There is a talk of a ’61 Exhibition, and in London, and the scheme
—as we have heard it—carries with it a certainty of success. This,
however, is not the time to divulge the scheme. When it is a little
nearer completion we may tell all.
In living art the talk relates entirely to Mr. Frith’s large picture—
“ The Hill at Epsom on the Derby Day.” Some entlisiastic admirers
go so far as to assert that the House will adjourn to see it: Lord
Derby, we know, is a great admirer of the Blue Ribbon of the Turf.
In the year 1781 the House adjourned to attend Vestris’ benefit.
What was done for a dancer might be done for a painter.
The eighth volume of the new edition of “ Walpole’s Letters ” con¬
tains some hitherto unpublished matter of moment. As the volume
is not yet “ out,” our readers will not be displeased with a few pas¬
sages brief and to the point:—
The Prince of Wales dined with Mr. Fox yesterday [4 .Tuly, 1782]. by pre¬
vious engagement; they drank royally. Charles went thence to Brooks’s;
slaved till lour in the morning; and.it beingsoearly, finished the evening
at Vi kite's witli I.ord Weymouth; and tile evening and the morning and
the next cay were the first day. Amen, and so he it
Charles Fox is languishing at the feet of Mrs. fPerditai Robinson.
George Selwyn says. •• Who should the Man of the People live with but
With the Woman of the People, t"
Dame Clivden (Mrs Clive] is the only heroine amongst us old dowagers.
She is so much recovered that she ventures to go out cruising on all the
neighbours, and has made a miraculous draught of fishes.
The Prince of Wales dined lately at Gunncrsbury. Before they rose
from table Lady Clermont said, " I am sure the Duke of Portland is dying
for a pinch of snuff." and pushed her box to him across the Priueess
Amelin, who said to her. •• Pray, Madam, where did you learn that breed¬
ing? Did the Queen of France teach it to you? "
Lady Clermont, the editor tells us, was often in Paris with her
husband, an Irish peer, and was taken much notice of by Marie
Antoinette.
But the passage in the new volume, perhaps, of the greatest mo¬
ment is the following:—
In (lie Gentleman's Magazine for last month there is a pretended dis¬
covery of the name of the unfortunate ladv to whose memory Mr. Pope
wrote his elegy The writer of that communication corroborates, too.
the circumstance of the sword. But, I believe, he is quite mistaken in
both; at least, ray Lady Hervcy [Mary Lepel). who was acquainted with
Pope, and who lived at the time, gave me a very diflerent name, and told
me llie exit was made in a less dignified miiuner-by the rope. 1 have
never spread this, from the reasons I have given you in the former part ot
this letter.
Now, this was addressed to Dr. Joseph Warton on the Oth of
December, 1784, and in 1797 Warton inserted the following note in
his edition of Pope:—“After many and wide inquiries I have been
informed that her name was Wainsbnry; and that (which is a
singular circumstance) she was as ill-shaped and deformed a, our
author. Her death was not by a sword, hut. what would less bear to
be told poetically, she hanged herself.” It now appears, and for the
first time , that Horace Walpole was Joseph Warton’s informatibn ;
and Molly Lejiel, Horace Walpole's. Here is new and important Pope
information for our curious contemporaries.
Prime Ministers op the British Empire in the Present
Cfntptiy - The following has been the succession of Prime Ministers in
the present century William Pitt, 1S01-2; Addington, 18te-4 ; William
Pitt lSM-S; Loid Grenville, 1806-7 : Duke ol rortl&ad, 1807-6: 8 Per¬
ceval 1809-12 : Earl of Liverpool. 1813-27 ; George Canning and Lord
Goderich 1827: Duke of Wellington, 1828-30; Earl Grey s Auministra-
tion 1830-31 • Viscount Melbourne's (first), 1834: Sir Robert Peel 8 (first!,
1834-33 Viscount Melbourne's (second), 1835-tl; Sir Robert Peel s (se¬
cond) 1841-40; LoidJ. Russell’s, 1846-53: Earl of Derby’s first), 1852-3 ;
Fail of Aberdeen’s, 1853-65: Viscount Palmerston's, ] 855-68 ; Earl of
Derby 1868 The outgoing Ministry has held office just three ycirs. Lord
J Russell retained the reins of power near y six years, ana Sir Robert
Peel about live The last lory Ministry uuder Lord Derby was not in
office a twelvemonth.
Fees to Witnesses at Assizes and Sessions—T he Home
Secretary lias this week introduced a sweeping change in the amount of
fees to be paid to witnesses at assizes and sessions In the new scale
there are only iwo fees—one of u guinea a day to be paid to Prohors ‘JJ
law or nit'dicnjc giving evidence profe-sioaa.lly (but not otherwise;, ana
one of 3s fed. ft d«y. which is assumed to be the proper compensationin
all other cases Only second-class railway fare is to be allowed, anil,
where there i* no railway, threepence per mile only. A witness ooliged
to leinam ail night in a town to attend trial wi 1 be allowed half- a-crowu
for his t ote’ bill. The old scale gave ft guinea a day to all witnesses of
superior degn c, and the lowest rate wua 6s. a day.
St. Martin's in thk-Fields Working Men’s Institute.-—
An interetting-Jecture on " Ancient Manner? and Customs ” was de¬
livered on Tuesday evenirigby Mr. Or. Harris, barrister. Mr. llama
described the nur&uHtt and mode 01 life adopted by the ancient Britons
and Aiiglp ^nxons.^''their occupations and domestic employment He
also cm tend »t pome length/into the history of the Bards and Druids,
and tr»c« (I tlte 1 general progress of different inventions and arts, of our
laws, and of civilisation in general. In this country, from the earliest
S eriod to the NOrnmm conquest His lecture was illustrated by several
hgrams, some olHheih copied from the Cottonian and Ilarleian manu¬
scripts repi canting the costume and dwellings of the Ancient Britons,
Dmidicair* mains of Anglo-Saxon Airniture. domestic occupations con¬
vivial entertainments, and mode ol interment.
The Trial of the Key. Mr Conway (charged with intimi¬
dation and other offences connected with the Mayo election), which com¬
menced in Dublin on Tuesday week, was brought to a conclusion on
Saturday The nry w* re in consultation for a long time, and at length
were compelled to notify the Court that there was no probability of their
agree merit Under these circumstances the Lord Chief J ustice discharged
the Jury, ard thus this prosecution, ordered by the House of Commons,
ended.-The trial of Father Ryan has been postponed, oa his 0WQ appli¬
cation, until the next term.
MUSIC .
OuB musical entertainments of this week have presented little
novelty. At Mu. Ella's Musical Union Concert on Tuesday
evening, the pianist was Mdlle. Anna Molique. the daughter of the
distinguished composer and violin performer. This young lady, who
is, we understand, a pupil of Herr HalR*, is a highly-accomplished
artist. She executed Mendelssohn’s “Variations &Crieuse3” (a most
difficult piece, demanding much musical sentiment as well as great
powers of execution) in a manner which delighted the audience. The
two great concerted pieces of the evening were Haydn’s quartet,
No. 71; and Spohr’s quintet in G, op. 33; in both of which the
leading violin part was sustained by Herr Molique.
HuLLAn*8 performance of “Elijah” at St. Martin’s Hall, on
Wednesday evening, presented to the public a debutante in the person
of Mrs. Street, a soprano, who, though deficient in power, is a sweet
and graceful singer. The great air, “ Hear ye, Israel,” was quite,
beyond her strength; but in the less arduous portions of the music
she acquitted herself much to the satisfaction of the audience. Mr.
Santley, tho young singer who, of late, has made so favourable an
impression on the public, again sustained the part of Elijah with much
more force and energy than when ho performed it before. Ho has
still much to learn in respect to elocution; and he ought especially to
get rid of his foreign pronunciation, whioh he seems to have acquired
during his long stay in Italy.
The Vocal Association.—A musical society, formed under
the direction of Mr. Benedict, has announced that St. James’s Hall,
the new and splendid edifice in Piccadilly, is to be opened with two
great evening performances on the 25111 and 27th of March, in aid of
the funds of the Middlesex Hospital, under the patronage of the
Queen and the Prince Consort. Tho association are to give six sub¬
scription concerts during the season.
Miss Kemdle. the daughter of the late Mr. J. M. Kemble, and
granddaughter of Charles Kemble, who lately made her d<5bu.t uuder
the auspices of Mr. Hullah, at St. Martin’s Hall, lias baen singing with
success at the Manchester concerts.
The Boston Amateur Musical Society has just given
another coucert to its subscribers. The programme consisted of two
of Beethoven’s gTeat works, viz —Symphony No. 1 in C, and the
pianoforte concerto in E flat, Opera 73, together with two overtures
and various vocal pieces. The concert was good throughout, tho band
well together, and their reading correct. The vocal performances
were mott creditable, and the whole gave great satisfaction to tho
subscribers, who listened most attentively, and signified their appro¬
bation after eacli movement.
Madame Gassier.—-T he lovers of sweet vocalisation will leara
with pleasure that this favourite prirna donna, after a three months'
engagement of almost unexampled success at tho Teatro Valle in
Home, is about to return to London for tho approaching operatic
season.
THE THEATRES, %c.
Drury Lane.— On Monday a play originally produced at the
Standard was transferred to tho boards of this theatre, in connection
with tho engagement of Mr. Anderson, its reputed author. The play
is entitled " Clouds ana Sunshine ”—a drama on which wo h ire already
pronounced a favourable opinion.
Princess’.— The tragedy of “Louis XT ” by M. Caaimir Dela-
vigne, is one of the most important in the repertoire of Mr Charles
Kean, and the character of the wily Monarch one of his most signal
successes. To speak truly, it is the greatest historic portrait on the
modern stage, and stamps the actor as the greatest artist that, perhaps,
we have ever hud in the poi trayul of individualities. In other respects,
too, it is one of the most wonderful performances over witnessed—in
the’ blending of contrary elements, its perpetual variety, its comic
extravagance, its philosophical depth, its political significance, its
poetic completeness, and its tragic termination, with the minute
finish which piveB to every part\§jf the development au
equal polish. "Whenever Mr Keah resumes this extraordinary part,
the announcement is sure to exc ite an uncommon sensation with in¬
telligent playgoers. On Wednesday he was in the fulness of his power,
and performed with an effect never exceeded. His last act, in which
all the ruling passions of the ignoble King are shown to be strong in
death, and receive a spectral colouring from the approach of the King
of Terrors so terribly depictured, was in particular replete with tho
most refined and masterly touolies. The house was full, and Mr.
Kean was twice' calledfor during the evening to receive the ovations of
the enthusiastic audience.
Mr Ottleys Lectures on Art.— On Thursday evening
Mr. Ottley dost d a short course of lectures on the flue arts at the
French Gallery, in Pull mall, with a discourse on the modern schools
of painting, including considerations of the present prospect of art.
On Monday evening the subjeot was "Engraving and the Kindred
Arte^’ including Photography,” which was treated historically and
desciiptivelkapd illustrated by examples |of all periods and in all
styles, which were so numerous us to cover tho wulls. Tho lecturer
remarked particularly upon the important use of photography in
reproducing works of art for the purpose ol study, asuccessful applica¬
tion of which was seen in the ' Art Treasures iGum.i,’’ published by
Me?srsTGohiughi. He also gave all oredit due to tho wonderful progress
mute in colour-printing, as illustrated in wood subjects by the works
K of Messrs. Leighton, and in lithography by those or Messrs. Rjwney.
Tie concluded by urging the establishment of an institution for tho
exhibition of engravings and other kindred products as the bast and,
to a great extent, the only available moans of illustrating the history
of painting in its various schools and at successive periods*
NATIONAL SPORTS.
THE WEATHER.
RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE
KEW OBSERVATORY OF TI1K BRITISH ASSOCIATION. •
DAILT MRAN8 OT
1*3
luches.
Feb. It! 30*184
18 30143
IP 30d03
*J0 29*881
•_*1 29 926
22 29*840
23 29813
Drvr
l*oioi.
37*4
30 K
31 8
33 3
315
339
37 9
30*7
23 3
27-7
26*0
29 6
260
33 0
TUHUMOMBraa.
WIND.
RAW
In St
boura
Uead
at
I0A.M
II
< o
| *
l!s
a c
I *
si;
a S
Grnorol
Dkeotloo.
IJ
fe ■—
O TO
0-10
a
•
Milo*.
Inchat
6
30*0
42*6
E. EXE.
76
*001
0
39 0
34*3
ESE EXE.
416
000
0
258
36*0
E. E N E.
375
000
0
29*0
39*9
EXE ESE.
331
*000
-
29*4
4C4
E.N E. ESE.
350
♦000
2
29 4
34 6
E EXE.
498
*000
7
30*3
41*4
EX*
395
000
OI1SEKVATOKT, Foil HIE WEEK BHD IRQ FK I. 21,1848.
D»7-
Pill
wi
Feb.
hi cans
Inches
30 177
30-210
30*094
29*957
29954
29*950
29180
30*106
30 029
ii l
£
If
4
420
3f4
36*3
34*9
36-G
37 *2
36*6
42*7
I <*"
29 2 36*3
28*2 ! 31*6
20 2 f 30*1
24*8 ! 32*0
25*2 I 32*9
24-9 1 34*5
251 ! 33 2
30*1 : 36 9
Dry
Hull>
At
UK.
Bulb
At
0 A.M.
Dry
Bulb
At
J r.x.
Wrt
Bulb
At
3F.M.
Direc¬
tion of
Wind.
Anil.
of
(Mood.
to-101
Bata
In
Incbe*
e
«
a
•
34*6
33*3
42*0
41 5
V.
6
0 000
32-6
30*1
34 2
34*1
E.
0
0 000
306
301
35*8
33 2
ESE.
0
0 000
32 5
31'8
36*3
33 4
ESE.
0
0 000
33 4
33*0
37*6
35*7
SE
1
0 <K)0
34*3
33*2
39*4
36*6
SE.
0
0*000
33*7
33*1
383
36*5
ESE.
10
0*000
35*2
33*4
42*5
38 3
E.
0
0*000
33*3
32*3
38*3
362
i o*uno
The range ol temperature during the week was 22 6 degrees.
With the exception 01 the day o r the 23rd. whicli was overc ist. the skv
bnn been beautifully c car during the last seven days Hoar Iro<t covered
the mound on every n.ori.M.g o( the week, and remained on the gr »u id.
iuehiidid situations throughout the days of the 18th, 19th, 20th, nui
ilat A dttle hail fe’i on tin- morniuu of the 23rd, and again about noon
Of lie same day, The wind lia$ pl<?\Y“'g ff^hiy from theexjterly
quarters. ^ " R£Eff *
Tira members of the Jockey Club—four of whom walk out, while
four, if not fire, walk in—have been far too busy with political regrets
and aspirations during the past week to bestow their attentions oa
The Corner. John Scott once more finds himself trainer to the
Premier of England; and John Day may hang up, for a twelvemonth
and a day, “ the green jacket and orange cap ” of his noble mister,
the cx-Premier, on the nearest Hampshire willow. The happy ones
will, however, have nearly a month to settle in ” before the racing
season begins in earnest at Northampton. Next week we have
Henley-on-Arden Steeplechases, on Monday; the Liverpool Spring
Meeting, on Tuesday and Wednesday, on the latter of which clays
the Grand National will celebrate its twentieth anniversary; and
Ludlow Spring succeeds, on Thursday. Snap proved by her running
with Dutchman’s Daughter at Derby, on 5 lb., worse terms, that she
did not snap her Nottingham race by jumping off at score; and
Madame Moet again proved that her trial could not be high enough.
This mare is the first of Kingstori's stock that has run ; and
the same fate befell the young Newmmster and the two Daniel
O’Rourkes, who were stripped at one or other of these three meetings
for the first time. Windhouiid has thus had its own way in the two-
year-old races, but his stock have failed so far to run op, and are
generally, like himself, not of a very racing stamp. Old Birdcntcher,
our turf patriarch of the Whalebone line, has saddenly retired for the
season, from illness; and, as he is rising twenty six, it seems doubtfal
whether he will reappear. His stock include one Derby, one Oaks,
and three St. Leger winners, and some 180 others; added to which,
he is the grandsire of Stoekwell and Rataplan, the former of whom
seems likely to be in very great vogue. Racehorse-owners are be¬
ginning to look more to substance and bone than they did, and tiring
of the smart Dutchman “weeds” which have been so rife of late. It
is rumoured that Mr. Stanhope Hawke lias refused 3000 guineas for
Brother to Marchioness from Mr. Padwick; but we are somewhat
sceptical. Mr. Kirby, of York, died last Sunday, in his 88th year.
Mr. Cooke resigns the mastership of what Mr. Warde called “ the
cold, heavy, cheerless ” Craven country at the end of the season.
After the chops and changes they have had there for years past, they
may well think with regTet of the Villebois and Ben Foote days. Mr.
F. Bellew has also given up the Tiverton country; and it is said that
Colonel Sumner is going to pursue the same course in the Surrey
Union, and Lord Gifford in the V. W. H.
The master of the Montreal (the only pack in British North Ame¬
rica. whose numbers have been completely cut up by disease) appeals
to English masters of hounds to help him with some of their cast¬
offs. The appeal is so urgent, and so well backed by good references,
that it is to be hoped that they will not allow it to return void.
Some correspondence has taken place between Lord Portman and
Mr. Gerard Sturt, M P., relative to the speech of the latter gentleman
at Mr. Farqaharson’8 dinner, and his Lordship explicitly denies that
he made the attack on Treadwell which lias been attributed to him.
He says, u I have known Treadwell many more years than you have,
and I believe liim to be a faithful servant, able and willing to carry out
his master’s orders. In my speech at Hens bridge it was the system
of hunting followed by Mr. Farquharson of which I spoke, and not
the system of his servants.” We do not exactly see why his Lord¬
ship should speak of Treadwell os bent upon carrying out his master’s
orders, and then leave us to infer from the next sentence that he hast
hunting system of his own. The distinction is really so subtle that the
reporter may well have missed it. However that may be, the Treadwell
passage did not originally appear in the Illustrated London News
(as his Lordship and Mr. Sturt both seem to suppose), but in the Life
of September 27, and we commented on it accordingly, as something
quite novel in hunting polemics. Lord Portman and Mr. Digby hod,
there is no doubt, a considerable amount of right on their side, and,
we do trust, as they declare most explicitly on their honour, that
politics had nothing to do with their notices, that the “white collars'
will not grudge the extra country to the Blackmore Vale, and thus
make Sherborne, what Lord Portman wishes to see it, “ the Melton of
the West.”
Newmarket holds its Champion Meeting on Monday, &c.; Middle-
ton (Westmorland) come off on Tuesday and Wednesday ; Dirleton
and North Berwick on Thursday; and “Cound and Longner,
“ Tunstall and Bainesse,” and Sudbury, on Thursday and Friday. At
the latter meeting the celebrated writer on greyhounds, “Stone¬
henge,” will makeliis debut as a public coursing judge.
T/.TTFRSALL3’.—TiiphsdaT. „ , . . ..
LrvHRl'OOL STSKfXKCHAS* —“ to l e«st I (U o Tom (I and o(T)t H to l »^it Kni^bi or tfco
Phirr(0; 14 to l agntTom M odv (t); 5 to I •*« Treachery Hand olT ; 100 to t» «g»t Ih
Brewer (.toko vo to i) IS to » «g»t Mwjran UaMsr (*). „„ , „ .. _ ,_.
CUKK1EK CtT.—15 to l *£>1 Adultitt (t); *0 I *R*t Blink Hjnny (t ?5 to l
Poihdv It) 30 lo l »pt M•!!»•«. (.1); W> to 1 Tho H*"Jl ; W to l «g:*t V (tl
TVo Thoi/rakd Goiskas.— l v* I eg»t Clydwdalo vo£f); It to *- ftroAor lo
Marchioness (off">; 12 lo I »jn*t Hippy La: d <t).
THE RAPHAEL PLATEAU PRESENTED TO THE
PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM. OF PRUSSIA.
The viiitore to the Crystal Puluco will doubtioss ramomberamonir its
frttttiinnber of irt-treonires the maqaifleeut oollectioo of poroal .in
from tho works of Messrs. Kerr and Binus, of Worcester, exhibited in
the Ceramic Court. The figures nod arabesques nf Raphael form the
leading artislio attractions of the designs generally; and in a lilt.
Fpiiit of taste und intelligence the Messrs K rr mid Binns burs noDly
maintained their own reputation and the art-industry of the country
in the superb plateau manufactured by them a. a bridal present t#
the Princess Frederick William.
TrV’c engrave uj on the next page this beautiful work. It was do ■
signed by Mr. R. Binns,and painted by Mr. T. Bott. The seleotiea
of tbe subject by Mr. Binns has been most judiciously made both for
appropriate afcorv and eniblumutic ornamout. The for.nor is sup.died
by the fable of 'Cupid and Psyche; the latter Migjeatiug the use of
flowers according to their sentiments, end the usual symbols.
The suhj* cts selectee from Raphael not ouly give the principal in¬
cidents of (he B'on*. but havo afforded tho nr tut the opportunity of
depicting a delightful variety of scenery and expression, an l areas
follows:—Divine Monolog paid to Psvche; the Oracle Consulted;
Golden Fletce; Psychs kneels to Prosorpiue; Cupid restores th» Box
to Psyche; the Nuptial Bouquet; tho Marriage of Cupid and Psycho
The sentiment expressed in the ornament is as follows:—Tho outer
rim, being the bond of tho whole, is fermed by*a wreath of ivy
(mairiage). Tho inner rim is formed by orange blossoms (purity).
Aiound the ctntTO is a wreath of jessamine (amiAtliUcy, or a9 the
Indian sentiment expresses it, “The bride is a fortune in herself
Fiom the wreath radiate glowing torches or Hymen. #
I he plateun was presented to tho Princess at Buckingham Palana
on the 80th ult ., with an uddress of congratulation. Tint communica¬
tion from the Palace for the arrangement of tbe presentation expresses
hex Royal Highness’s “high appreciation of the kind fueling which has
induced the citizens of Worcester to wi'h to presout to her I loyal
Highness u specimen of their staple manufacture upon the occasion of
her mmriage." . , ..
Tbe plateau is altogether one of the finest specimens of artistic por¬
celain which has ever been sent from this oounfry to the Coalmen^
•where porcelain manufacture has flourished for ugo* under patronage
Imperial Royal, and Noble The Worcester Works likamaa bear the
diunity of Royal find this Raphuek.-que plateau alone would render
them worthy of that distinction had it not boon nobly earned by thnr
previous productions._
DR. LIVINGSTONK'S EXPLORATION OF THE
ZAMBESI RIVER.
IT will he remembered by those who hoard Dr. Livingstone's leo'urae,
or read liO graphic mirrativo of his travels in Southern Africa, tha: ho
tcrcribtd no iir.ii.enro river, commnnieaiing far inland, reieiv.ng as
tribute.ry streams the river* watering on immense l™' 0 /* 1 .
end by itt periodical overflow, acting an ihe Nilo of Southern Egypt.
For the purpose of more fully expl ring this important nvor, snlot
d. volnping ite earabibtiff tor carrying on u "ommcyo bstwwui the
inland ir.bee ai d tU African court • n too South liiumi. the English
Government lave fummhed Dr. Livingstone 7*]^“ *S?OriS"
launch, which hi s been constructed by Air. John Laird, at hia Birkun
head iron shipbuilding works. __.. _ art u
There are sumo pecukanrita m h* Qonrtruotwn which sre worth
212
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Feb. 27, 1858
jMtnii’
STEAM-LAUNCH BUILT FOR DIL LIVINGSTONE’S EXPLORATION OF TI1E ZAMBESI RIVER.
notice. The hull and boiler are built of “ steel plate9.” or the patent
homogeneous metal, manufactured by Messrs Shortridgo, Howell, and
Jessop, of Sheffield, being the first instance in which it has been used
for the purpose. From the extreme tenacity of its fibre equal strength
is obtained from homogeneous plates of half the thickness of ordinary
iron plates, and the whole vessel rendered much lighter, a most im¬
portant matter where a small draught of water is required. The launch
is seventy-five feet long, eight feet broad, and three feet deep; and is
in form simply a lurge flit bottomed canoe, each end having a great
rise like those craft, which, from their handiness in turning or putting
affioro if necessary, are the best adapted for shallow river navigation.
The hull is divided into three sections, each complete and watertight
in itself, the centre section containing the boiler and machinery, which
is a horizontal high -pressure engine, of twelve-horse power, the piston-
rod working directly on to the paddle-crank, similar to the arrange¬
ment of a locomotive engine. The different parts arc connected by a
plan patented by Mr. Macgregor Laird some years ago.. At the bottom of
each end of the centre section are projecting ledgss with holes in them.
These ledges or arms extend under the adjoining sections, and the
holes receive small pins fitted in the lower part of the other sections.
The upper portions of tho tranverse-plates, forming the watertight
ends of each section, are also bolted to each other, and the whole vessel
is thus compactly tied together. There is a flat keel and brood ex¬
ternal-stringer plates, of greater thickness than the other portions of
the hull, running the full length of each section, thus giving great
additional lateral strength to the vessel. To her after end is attached
a framework of iron rods, on which the rudder is hung. The rudder
hangs lower than tho bottom of the vessel, for her draught is so light
(about fourteen inches) that otherwise it would not have sufficient
power in directing her course. The fore and after sections are fitted up
for the accommodation of those employed in tho expedition.
Tho depth of the hull is so small that, of course, tho usual sleeping-
berths are out of the question, but the most has been made of the
limited room; and each end of the vessel will be covored in with awn¬
ings, so that it will be something like living in a tont, with the ad¬
ditional advantage of always having a dry floor. There will be seats
below the level of the deck, like those in the sternsheets of a river
barge, with “ bunks,” or slide-lockers, above them, for stowing pro¬
visions and stores. \
The building of the launch and making of the engine were com¬
menced 4th January, and the engine was tried on the 6th Fobruary.on
inst ance of expedition that could only be accomplished by the vessel,
engine, and boilers all being made at one establishment.
The three sections of the launch were then lowered into the water by a
crane and put together while afloat.
Two trials have since been made of the launch in the Eiver Mersey, and
the result was most satisfactory, the engine making seventy to eighty
revolutions with 501b. steam, and the vessel attaining a speed of nine
miles an hour on a draught of water of about thirteen inches.
The model cf the launch is the same form as that patented by Mr.
Laird, and on which he has built so many vessels for tho Hon. East
India Company for navigating the rivers of India—viz., both ends
alike, with a curved keel, not having what is technically called dead
wood or gripe, but composed of curves, which form enables the vossel
to turn quickly, and to be more easily got off shoals in case of getting
aground.
The vessel to take out Dr. Livingstone is to call at Birkenhead in a
few days to tako on board the launch and proceed to Africa.
Launches of this kind are likely to bo extensively used for exploring
and surveying purposes, as they can be bo easily carried on board sur¬
veying-ships.
ST. JOHN’S CHURCH, TUNBRIDGE WELLS.
Tiie Conservative Land Society having purchased the beautiful estate
of Woodbury Park, at Tunbridge Wells, the directors, following their
usual practice on the allotment of an estate, set apart a site for the
NEW CHURCH OF ST. JOHN, TUNBRIDGE WELLS.
erection of a church. As the want of church accommodation in this
favourite and still-growing watering-place was much felt, a local com¬
mittee gladly availed themselves of the proffered site, with the addition
of one for a parsonage, as a free gift from the society. Principally
through the exertions of the Bev. E. Hoare, Incumbent of Trinity
Churcn (brother to the London banker), a fund was provided, and the
foundation-stone of St. John’s-on-the-Lew laid in June last. The
sac rod edifice was consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury last
month.
Mr. A, Gongh, of London, was the architect, whose elegant design
will be seen in our Illustration. The building is cruciform, consisting
of nave, transepts, and chancel, of brick and stone. The length is 82,
width of nave 23 0, and across tho transepts 48 feet The height of the
spire above the tower is 86 feet to the top of the vane. Externally the
chief features are the windows, especially over the western entrance ;
that one beincr of circular form, carved with tracery of a plain buoyant
character. The roof in the interior is open, of oak-stained timbers.
The church will accommodate nearly 500 persons, with capacity for
further extension. Money is still required to make up an endowment
fund; but under the exertions of Mr. Hoare this, it is believed, will
not be long wanting.
The Conservative Land Society, in their desire to minister to the
spiritual wants as well as otherwise to improvo tho localities in which
they purchase properties, have set apart church sites at St. Margaret’s,
Richmond, Beading, Forest-hill, and Maidstone, in addition to Hie one
mentioned. The new church at Tunbridge Wells is the first monument
of their liberality in this respect.
THE RAPHAEL PLATEAU PRESENTED TO TUB PRINCESS ROYAL: MANUFACTURED AT THE ROYAL PORCELAIN WORKS, I^CES
Feb. 27, 1858.J
THE HjLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
213
TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, Jan. 11, 1858.
Washington, the official and political capital of the United
States, is beautifully situated on the Potomac, a wide but not deep
river, at a distance of upwards of 250 miles from the ocean. It is
226 miles from New York, 136 from Philadelphia, and 40 from
Baltimore ; and contains a population of upwards of 60,000 souls,
of whom 8000 are free blacks, and 2000 slaves. The city is laid
out into wide streets and avenues—wider than Portland place in Lon¬
don, or Sackville-street in Dublin. The avenues, as the principal
thoroughfares are called, radiate from the Capitol, or Palace of the
Legislature, as their centre; and are named after the fifteen
original States of the Federation—Pennsylvania Avenue, leading
direct from the Capitol to the White House, or mnnsion of the
President, is about a mile in length, and of a noble width, but
contains few buildings of a magnitude commensurate with its own
stately proportions. The houses on each side are for the
most part of third-rate size and construction, and, in con¬
sequence of the spaciousness of the roadway, look even meaner and
smaller than they are. Washington, with a somewhat unsavoury
addition, which it would offend polite ears to repeat, was called by
a late celebrated senator the “ city of magnificent distances,” and
well justifies the title. On every side the distances stretch out in
apparently interminable lines, suggesting to the stranger who walks
through the city at night, when the gas lamps show their fairy
radiance at long intervals, a population of at least a million of souls.
But at daylight this illusion vanishes. The marks of good in¬
tention and noble design are everywhere apparent; but those of
fulfilment are nowhere to be found. All is inchoate, straggling,
confused, heterogeneous, and incomplete. In the same street are to
be found a splendid marble edifice of n magnitude such as would
make it the ornament of any capital in the world; while opposite
and on each side of it are low brick houses, crazy wooden sheds,
and filthy pigsties, suggestive of the Milesian element in the popu¬
lation: such a street is F street, in which the Patent Office is
situated, and such streets are H and I streets, where many of the
Diplomatic Corps and the fashion of Washington have taken up
their residence. And here it may be mentioned that the founders
of the city seem to have exhausted their inventive ingenuity when
they named the principal streets after the States of the
Union. Having taxed their imagination to this extent,
or having no imagination at all, they resorted to the letters of the
alphabet as a mode of nomenclature. When they had exhausted
these—an easy matter in a growing city—they brought arithmetic
to the rescue of their poverty, as was done in New York, Phila¬
delphia, and other cities. Thus, in receiving cards and returning
visits, the stranger may not unfrequently find that he has been
called upon by Mr. Jones, of No. 99, Ninety-ninth-street; or must
visit Mr. Brown, at No. 3, Third-street; or Mr. Smith, at No. 22,
Twenty-second-street. The system has its advantages, no doubt,
but is somewhat stiff and mathematical, and ignores a very cheap
but very effective mode of rendering honour to the great men of
the country, living or dead—the giving of their names to the
public thoroughfares. If Washington gave his name to the city,
why should not the names of other great men be given to its
streets?
Besides its noble Capitol, with its towering dome, Washington
possesses many elegant public buildings, such as the White House,
or ExecHtive Mansion; the Treasury Buildings, the Patent Office,
and the Post Office. Were these edifices, which are mostly of
white marble, concentrated, as they might and ought to have been,
in the great artery of Pennsylvania Avenue, instead of being scat¬
tered over various portions of the city, Washington might have
possessed at least one street to rival or surpass the llue do Bivoli
in Paris. But the opportunity has been lost, and can never again
recur. Still, it is impossible not to believe that Washington will
yet become the most splendid city on this continent. It
has all the elements of beauty as well as of great¬
ness, both in itself and its immediate environs; and when
it becomes as populous as New York, which it is likely
to be in less than fifty years, the inferior buildings that line its
spacious streets will disappear, and its “magnificent distances '
will be adorned with an architecture worthy of the capita! of fifty,
or perhaps of a hundred, young and vigorous Republics.
The site of Washington was chosen by George Washington
himself, who laid the cornerstone of the Capitol on the 18th of
September, 1793. At that time, and for some years afterwards,
the sittings of the Legislature were held in Independence IIoll,
Philadelphia. The city stands in the district of Columbia, in
tenitory ceded for the purpose by the Commonwealth of Virginia
aud Maryland, and covers an area of sixty square miles. Originally
its measure was one hundred square miles ; but, in 1846, forty
square miles were restored to the Commonwealth. The de¬
sign as well as the location of the city is due to the genius of
General Washington, under whose directions the plans were
executed by Major L’Enfant. The limits extend from north-west
to south-east about four miles and a half, and from east to south¬
west about two miles and a half. The circumference of the city is
fourteen miles, and the aggregate length of the streets is computed
at 199 miles, and of the avenues sixty-five miles; and the average
width is from seventy to one hundred and ten feet.
The original Capiiol was so much damaged by the British in¬
vading force in the unfortunate war of 1814, that in the following
year it was found necessary to reconstruct it. In 1828 it was
entirely repaired; and in 1851, being found insufficient for the
increasing business of the nation, it was determined to add two
wings'to it, which are at the present lime in process of con¬
struction, together with a new and lofty dome of iron, from the
plans and under the superinteudcncc of Captain Meigs, by whose
courtesy I am enabled to send you a Sketch of the buildiog as it
will appear when completed, a second Sketch of its present state,
with the unfinished dome, and two other Sketches of the dome
itself. The Capitol contains the halls, or chambers, of the Senate,
and the House of liepresentatives—the former numbers 64, aud the
latter about 250, members. It also contains the hall of the
Supreme Court, where nine Judges, robed, but not bewigged— and
the only functionaries, except those of the Army and Navy, who
wear an official costume—sit to administer justice, aud to control
and regulate the whole action of the Government, in a manner
quite unknown to the Constitution of Great Britain. The Capitol
is built of pure white marble, which gleams in the sunshine of this
beautiful climate in a manner trying to the eyes of any English¬
man accustomed to the murky sombreness of the public monu¬
ments of London.
The White House,or President’s mansion (of whichlinclose you
a Sketch from the garden side, looking towards the Potomac and
the monument of Washington), is of freestone, painted white in
imitation of marble. It is a plain but elegant building, befitting
the unpretending dignity of the popular chief magistrate of a
country where government is minimized, and where the trappings
and parapherualin of' state and office are unknown and uncon¬
genial. Here the President—a man who possesses, during his term
of office, a far greater amount of power and patronage titan the
Sovereign of any State in Europe, except the Kmperors of France,
Russia, and Austria—transacts, without any unnecessary forms, and
with no formality or ceremony at all, the business of his
great and growing dominion. Here he receives, at stated days and
periods, ladies or gentlemen who choose to call upon him, either
for business or pleasure, or from mere curiosity. Here he shakes
hands with the courtly and urbane Ambassador of European
Powers, or with the veriest “ Rowdy” from New York, and
“Plug-ugly” from Baltimore, who either have, or fancy they have,
business with him—and that, too, without the necessity of a per¬
sonal introduction. There is no man in the United States who
has such a quantity of hand-shaking to get through as the Pre¬
sident. Throughout the whole country everybody shakes hands
with everybody cUc, though the ladies are far more chary' of the
privilege than the ruder sex. If the gentlemen would but shake
hands less, and the ladies would shake hands a little more, America
would be perfectly' delightful to the man of many friends and ac¬
quaintances . Perhaps the President, if not a happier, would be a
better satisfied, chief magistrate.
Washington lias no trade or commerce of its own, and is deserted
for nearly half the year. It therefore presents a greater number oF
the characteristics of a fashionable watering-place than of a capital
city. But, as the country increases in wealth and ^papulation,
Washington will increase with it, and will gradually lose the pro¬
vincial appearance which it now presents, and assume the com¬
pleteness to which its position as the seat of the Legislature and of
all the departments of Government entitle it. NcveT-waS
there a place in which offiec-hunters aud place-seekers more
assiduously congregate. The ante-chambers of the President
are daily thronged with solicitants—With men who think
they helped to make the President, and who are conse¬
quently of opinion that the President should help to make
them. I thought, when presented to Mr. Buchanan, that he seemed
relieved to find that I was an Englishman, and had nothing to ask
him for—no little place for self, or cousin, or friend, or son, for
which to beg his all-powerful patronage, “ Gentlemen,” he said,
when the crowd was ushered pell-mell into his presence, without
the intervention of any Stick (Gold or Silver) in Waiting, “I must
take you by the miller's rule—first come first served. Have the
goodness to state your business as shortly as possible, as I have
much to do and little time to do it in.” And so the crowd passed
up, each man shaking hands with the Chief Magistrate, and re¬
ceiving a polite, and in many instances a cordial, reception.
Whether they received anything else, nt that or at any future time,
or whether they still linger on, feeding npon hopes deferred, which
make the heart sick, is best known to themselves; bull saw enough
to convince me that it is not an easy thing to be a popular President,
FROM WASHINGTON TO CINCINNATL
Cincinnati, Jan. 19, 1858.
Leaving unvisited until another opportunity the large and flourish¬
ing city of Baltimore, I started from Washington for Cincinnati,
by the Baltimore and Ohio Railway, at the early hour of four on a
cold morning of January. The rain fell in torrents—in drops
larger than fall in England in the heaviest thunderstorms of July
or August. The long wide avenues of the capital were silent and
deserted ; and the few gaslights threw a flickering radiance over
the swollen gutters, that rolled along like mimic rivers, to join the
neighbouring stream of the Potomac. I had made so many friends
at Washington—met so many of the most able, most eloquent, and
most influential members of the House of Representatives and of
the Senate—been at so many balls, parties, and dinners, and seen
so much of the beauty, fashion, elegance, and grace whuh
centre at Washington during the full tide of legislative
business-that I left the city with regret. For the first
thirty miles of the journey, and until the morning light
streamed through the windows ol the car, I was but halt
awake, and had confused visions of Presidents, Ambassadors, Go¬
vernors, Genera’s, Colonels, Judges, members of Congress, Secre¬
taries of State, editors of newspapers, beautiful women, and
painted savages, tomahawks in hand, and scalps around their
shoulders;—all mingling and mixing together in saturnalian dance,
lingering at times to drink my health in bumpers of catawba, “ the
wine of wines ; ” and then all melting away into empty air, as we
stopped at the Relay House, and our engine letting off steam,
banished from my hazy memory these dun and blurred recollections
of the past.
From Washington to the Relay House the road runs north-east,
through a portion of Maryland. At this point, at a distance of
nine miles from Baltimore, the rads from Washington and Balti¬
more unite. The road thence strikes due west, to Harpers Ferry,
where it enters the Stale of Virginia—so named after Queen Eliza¬
beth. In this land of newness, where even such modem antiquity
is something to he proud ol, the Virginians designate their
commonwealth by' the pet name of “the old Dominion,” and love
to trace their descent from Englishmen of the days o: Shakspeare
and the Stnarls. At Darper’s Ferry the Shenandoah River
unites wilh the rotomac, and the railwuy crosses the united stream
by a fine bridge of nine hundred feet in width, and then runs
through a picturesque mountain gorge for several miles, the 1 oto-
mac foaming and flowing beneath, aud steep precipitous rocks
rising grandly on each side. From this point to the little city ot
Cumberland -Famous for its productive coal-mines, and situated
high amid the ridges of. the Alleghany Mountains the scenery
oilers u constant succession of beauties and sublimities. The
engineering difficulties that have been surmounted by the pro¬
jectors and builders of this line are only equalled in Europe by
the famous railway from Vienna to Trieste across the Simmering
Alps. But with the Austrian line the Baltimore and Ohio Rail¬
way may well stand comparison. The passage of the Alleghanies
is as noble an exhibition of skill and enterprise ns the passage of the
Styrian Alps; and the rapid descent ot the mountain, within a few
miles ot Wheeling, 379 miles from Baltimore, is a much greater
feat than anything of the kind atlcmptcd on any other railway in
the United Slates. I was unfortunate enough to travel over the
most sublime portion of the road in the night, and thus to lose the
opportunity of describing from personal experience the scenery ot
the Alleghanies. From six in the morning until dark in the even
ing we made only 178 miles; and when we reached busy and
smoky Cumberland, nestled amidihe mountains, the sun was setting
in such a blaze of glory as to prompt the desire to end our progress for
the day, and wait for his reappearance in the east, ere recommencing
oar journey. Bat this was not to be. It was dark night when we
reached Altamont, forty-five miles farther, and learned from the
guide-book, and the not very communicative or urbane conductor
of our train, that we were at the culminating point of the line,
and at a height of 2626 feet above tide water at Baltimore. From
Altamont to Wheeling, on the River Ohio, a distance of 156 miles,
the descent is not much less than 2400 feet. The road crosses
several rivers ;—among others the rapid and rejoicing Youghio-
gheny ; the lulls of Snowv Creek; the Cheat River, 310 feet wide;
the beautiful Monongahela (that gives its name to some famous
but very bad whisky), which is crossed by a viaduct 650 feet
long; and the Fish Creek, a tortuous mountain stream, which
makes so many twists and windings ere it reaches the Ohio, that
the makers of the railway found it necessary to cross it no less
than eight times on substantial bridges before they could leave it
behind them. As for the tunnels on this road, their name is
legion—one of them, the liingwood Tunnel, being a cut of 4100
feet through the solid rock ; and the Welling Tunnel, 1250 feet.
But the rapid descent of the fine from the lower summit of the
Alleghany ridge to Bcmvood, on the Ohio, four miles from Wheel¬
ing, is the most marvellous portion of the journey. The descent is
effected by a scries of zigzags, first down an inclined plane for
several hundred yards; then back again down another inclined
plane of equal or greater lenglh ; then forward once more on the
same principle, then back again ; aud so on unlit the base of the
mountain is reached—the locomotive and its train literally going
down stairs. Should I ever again travel on this line, I will travel
by daylight, that I may be able to describe it with more fulness
and with more aid from my own senses, and less from the bald,
and not always intelligible, account given in the guide books.
Wc (i.e. myself and “ the Colonel ”—a most intelligent fellow-
traveller from New York, who had gone with me through ail the
gaieties of Washington) arrived at the little dirty, dreary, dingy, dull
city of Wheeling, in Western Virginia, before daylight on Sunday
morning, and found that we could get no further until Monday.
Here we were saluted by the first snow of the season, and severally
hastened to our beds to snatch tho sleep which it is next to im¬
possible to win, or even to woo, in a hot, frowsy, uncomfortable
railway car, containing from fifty to sixty people and a demoniacal
furnace horning anthracite coal. Without n proper place to stow
away one’s hat; wilh no convenience even to repose the head or
back, except to the ordinary height of a chair ; with a current of
cold outer air continually streaming in, and rendered necessary by
the sulphurous heat of the furnace; and with the constant slamming
of the doors at either end of the car, as the conductor goes in and
out, or some weary passenger steps on to the platform to have a
smoke, the passenger must, indeed, be “dead beat” who can sleep
or even doze in a railway car in America. For these reasons right
glad were wc to reach Wheeling, and for these reasons wc post¬
poned the pleasure of making uny more intimate acquaintance
with it than sheets and pillows would atlord until the hour of noon.
At the hour of noon or thereabouts, refreshed by sleep, by ablu¬
tion, and by breakfast, we sallied forth to look at the town, and nt
the Ohio. The town was covered with a dense smoko—for it boras
soft coal, and has several large manufactories of nails, screws, and
other useful articles of iron—and some of its tall chimneys
continue to vomit forth soot even on the day of rest. It is not to be
inferred from this that work is done in Wheeling on the Sunday,
but only that the fires are not extinguished. Perhaps this is only
to save the trouble of rekindling on the Monday, for coal is so
plentiful and cheap as to be retailed at one cent and a half (three
farthings) a bushel. This cheapness, however, did not prevent
mine host at the hotel from putting down in the bill one dollar
(four shillings and twopence) for the consumption in our room of
less than half a bushel of the commodity, which dollur I paid, after
being assured, in answer ton suggestion to thnt effect which I threw
out for mine host’s consideration, that it was not a mistake, but the
regalar charge.
The Ohio River is a yellow and turbid stream, bearing down in
its broad and rapid current countless particles of fine yellow sand
and day which it washes daily, nightly, and hourly from its soft
rich banks. It is crossed at Wheeling by a fi no suspension-bridge
erected on the site of one still finer, which was blown down by a
hurricane two years ago. The immediate banks of the river at
this point are not steep; but ranges of hills, crowned with wood,
rise on each side, within a short distance, to the height of several
hundred feet, and suggest, with the sole exception of the ruined
castles, the picturesque beauties of the Rhine. But I shall have
occasion to speak of the Ohio at another portion of my journey.
There is almost daily stcam-boatcommunication between W heding
and Cincinnati; bnt, as the distance by water between the two
points, in consequence of the many windings o. tho river, is about
600 miles, and that by railway only 240. most travellers who are
pressed for time choose the latter anl more expeditious route.
As this was my condition, wc (the Colonel and myself) started at
eleven o'clock on Monday morning by the rail, and reached
the Burnet House, Cincinnati, at ten at night We found rooms
prepared for our reception, fires lighted, supper ready, excellent
catawba, and a coidial welcome ftom Colonel Coleman, tho land¬
lord of one of the largest, most noted, and most luxurious hotels in
America. _ _. ■ .
The suspension bridge at Wheeling divides Western Virginia
from the State of Ohio, or the Buckeye State. This name was
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
TFeb. 27, 1859
given to it in derision, bat was afterwards adopted by the people
of Ohio, and changed from a phrase of contempt into one of
endearment. A citizen of Ohio is a Buckeye. Meeting an
Englishman settled in Ohio, who presented to me his
three daughters, I inquired if they were English. “No, he
replied; “they arc Buckeyes V And what, it may be asked,
is the meaning of the word ? Buckeye is a species of wild
chestuut, which grows so plentifully in every part ot the State
a to be its one pervading and prevailing tree. Its fruit bears a
fancied resemblance to the eye of the buck or fawn, and hence
its name. Both the leaves and the fruit are poisonous to cattle;
but in ibis respect like the human creatures who love tobacco, and
chew it, they persist in indulging themselves with what is not good
for them, to such an extent that the farmers of Ohio detest the
tree as a public nuisance, and would be glad if it conkl be totally
extirpated, to make room for some other of greater utility and with
fewer demerits. And doubtless the farmers will have their way,
sooner or later.
The snow which had fallen during the night hod all disappeared
before we entered Ohio. The day was mild and genial, and the
sun shone brilliantly. The sod as far as Columbus, the capital, a
distance of 120 miles, is one deep, rich, soft stratum of disintegrated
limestone, so fertile that for forty years, without change of crop,
or the use of the smallest particle of manure, it has continued to
grow maize, or Indian corn, in snch immense quantities that the
crops rot upon the earth for want of hinds to gather in the harvest.
In this month of January many thousands of acres of produce are
still unharvested; and the cattle, looking like pigmies amid the
lofty stalks of twelve or fourteen feet high, are turned in to feed at
their leisure and their pleasure. The land rolls in bcautifully-
swelling hills, fit for the cultivation of the vine, and already crowned
with many noble vineyards. From Columbus to Cincinnati—
another ride of 140 miles—the country is of the same rich, fertile,
and beautiful character—so beautiful, so rich, so well calculated for
the happy sustenance of twenty or thirty millions of the human racs,
instead of the two millions only who now inhabit and endeavour to
cultivate it, as to recall the saying of the Governor of the neigh¬
bouring State of Indiana, who declared, with a profanity which
drew upon him the rebuke of the clergy, that the Almighty must
have been in a good humour when he created Indiana and Ohio.
This commonwealth is nearly as large as England, and has natural
resources enabling it to feed as large a population as that of the
British Isles. It is the favourite resort of the German immigra¬
tion, and is estimated to number about 500,000 of that people, of
whom about one-fourth are Jews.
In my next I hope to send you a full account of the beautiful
and hospitable city of Cincinnati—its swine and its wine,—and its
rapidly* extending trade, commerce, and manufactures. C. M.
OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS.
Bequest by the late Admiral Duff.— The late Admiral
Duff, ot Prummuir, has bequeathed £1000 to each of six ot the largest
towns in Scotland, and to an equal number In England, the interest to be
appropriated in the maintenance of Scripture-reader-*; the money to be
vested in the magistracy, and the direction of the readers m the parochia
clergymen of the districts in which they labour. The t own* in Scotland
are Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen. Greenock, Dundee, and Invents.
Besides his landed property, the Admiral is said to have left a large sum
of money, reported to be £80,000.
Charge of Arson against a Cotton-spinner —Mr. George
Thwaites. h cotton-spinner, was placed at the bar at the Lancaster Assizes,
on Friday last, charged with having feloniously set tire to a cotton-mill at
Euxtou, near Chorley, with intent to defraud the Manchester Insurance
( ompan v.with which company he had e fleeted an insuranceon the machinery
in the mill for the sum of £3500. The evidence rested upon the statement of a
man who said that the prisoner hail promised him money to set the mill
entire, and that he had done so. The jury, however, disbelieved the
witness, and the prisoner was acquitted.
34.9G7.0I7
£2,29*5.254 in
LORD SUDELEY.
The Right Hon. Charles Hanbury Tracy, first Baron Sudoloy,
of Toddington. in tho co.
of Gloucester. Lord Lieu¬
tenant of Montgomery¬
shire, was tho third sou
of John Hanbury, Esq.,
of Poat-y-Tool Parle, m
tho county of Monmouth,
and was tho scion of a
family of groat antiquity,
and repeatedly elected to
bo representatives of that
county in the Imperial
Parliament. He w<is de¬
scended maternally from
the Hon. Jane Tracy,
daughter of Thomas
Charlea, fifth Lord Vis-
ecunt Tiacy, and was married, 29th December, 1798, to his cousin, the
Hon. Henrietta Susannnn Tracy, only surviving daughter and heiress
of Henry, the eighth and last Viscount Tracy, of Rathcool, by whom
bo bad a numerous family, and died Feb. 10th. 1858, attheagoof eighty
years. lie was the intimate friend of Sir Francis Bardot:, and
was a model of political consistency. He represented tho borough of
Tewkesbury in two Parliaments, and was a zealous champion ot tho
Reform Bill of 1831. Ho was a distinguished patron of the fine urts;
and, being en admitted connoisseur in architecture, ho was selected by
tho Government of Lord Melbourne to he chief Commissioner for th<i
choice of plans to be submitted for the erection of tho new Houses ofiT
Parliament. Ho was, in 1838, raised to the dignity of Baron iSudaley^
of Toddington, in the county of Gloucester; and wjis appointed to be
Lord Lieu 4 on ant and Custoa Rotulorum of the county of Montgomery
in 1848. The noble Lord, who died on tho lUth inst., is succeeded iii
hie title and estates by his eldest son, the Hon. Thomas Charles
Hanbury Tracy, present Baton Sudeley, of Toddington.
Tho following e xplanation respecting the Sudeley budge ts appended
to the shield of arms of tho Trucy family in “ Burke’s PeeVa^o^:-—The
Sudeley badge has its origin in very remote antiquity. Before coite of
arms weTe hereditary, badges were carried oa the banners of the great
chiefs, and were worn by their retainers. The badge dfihideiey ia
given in tho “ Ifarleian Manuscripts ” {4632) in the British Mu°6uiu.
compiled between the years 1522 and.HKH, In a division entitled
*' Tno Bearings of Arms of the Great Nobles of England," at the head
stands the dragon and fire-beacon for “the Lord of Sudeley.”
TLo uncle of tho deceased peer, and grandfather of tho present Lord
Sudeley, was lineally descended in the male line from Harold, I/)rd of
Sudeley, snd the had go is worn by the Trucy family as lineal descend¬
ants of the territorial Barons of Sudeloy; whilst tho barony of
Sudeley, by writ of summons of very ancient although of much later
date, is assumed to remain in abeyance.
The OoNsriRACY Bill.— Great demonstrations against this
bill have bem held by Severn influential constituencies throughout the
country, though the result of Mr. Milner Gibeon’s amendment has put in
abejance many meetings which were to have been held on the subject
At these meetings, whilst tho utmost cordiality was expressed towards
the French people, and theAttempt on Napoleon’s life was denounced in
the strongest terms, it energetically declared that there should be no
surrenderor one iota of the rights and privileges enjoyed at present by
refugees on these shows.
The Earl of Sri folk'* Pictures. — John Farbon, the War
Office messenger, ha* been thjly committed for the stealing of the Earl of
Suffolk’s picture* Ilk* only interesting point at his examination before
the Wiltshire magistrates was the evidence of the pawnbroker, Mr Luff,
showing hew tin* best judges differ. When the picture was left with him,
a friend told him not to lose it for a matter of £10; Luff managed, how¬
ever, to get it ii i* £6. He then took it to Mr. J. Stevens, of Eeciestou-
square. who pronounced it to be what it was, u genuine Leonardo da Vinci,
oir Charles Lastlnke. on the contrary, pronounced it to be painted by
I* . v | {UTa Lof Bond-street, alter due examination, pronounced
it to be by Andrea Solari. “I made the paiuting as public as I possibly
dealer, ,or M ke of sale, ana have been asking for the
last fortnight £looo for it."
At Lancaster, on Saturday last, Thomas Kershaw, nineteen,
was indicted for the wilful innrder of Robert Kershaw (his lather), at
Oyer Dnrwen ; and Catherine Kershaw (wile of the murdered man), fifty-
B>nc was indicted for being an accessory after the fact, by concealing the
murder. Ihe jnry returned a verdict acquitting the female prisoner;
and also acquitted the male prisoner on the ground of insanity ; and his
Lordidiip (luteted him to be imprisoned during her Majesty’s pleasure.
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK.
(From our City Correspondent.)
The fall in the value of National Securities at the close of the last and the
commencement of the present week has been followed by a steady reaction
in the quotations—the rise in them from the lowest point on Mouday
being about 1 3 per cent. The recent defeat of Ministers and their conse-
2 uent resignation have not, therefore, been productive of any continuous
epression in the public funds. However, the rise must be chiefly attri¬
buted to large purchases of stock for money, and to the present unprofitable
state of the discount market, in which the supply of unemployed capital
continues to increase ^ ,,
The number of really good commercial bills now m the hands of the
various bankers is unusually small; consequently good and approval
paper is eagerly competed lor, at from 2 $ to 2.$ per cent. In some
instances the quotation has ranged as low as 2ft percent; whilst in the
Stock Exchange loans have beeu freely granted, ou Government security,
as iow a* 2 per cent. . , „
The interest excited by the forthcoming Indiau Loan has almost wholly
subsided. The amount is now fixed at £*.000,000, and wo learn that it
will be raised gradually during the year; in other words, that not more
than £3.000.000 will be required within the next six months. In the
present Mate of the money market, and with the prospect of two millions
of Exchequer Bonds being paid off in May next, the effect of the loan ill
question upon the value of discounts must of necessity be trifling.
Since the last returns were made up, About £200,000 in gold 1103 been
sent into the Bank of England, and the stock is now—as scarcely any
withdraws's havetakeu place—about £17,500,009. ’The imports have been
chiefly confined to £112.000 from New York, and £2H,452 from the Fen in*
sula. The exports have amounted to £213,435 to Bombay, almost who 11;
in silver, and £70,000 in gold to the Continent, whence the e *
changes come low. At St. Petersburg, however, they still show ;t !ar:,
profit on shipments of gold to London. Those from India by trie present
mail exhibit much steadiness. At Shanghai they have declined six per
cent, and this sudden fall—the result, it is supposed, of.the late com¬
mercial panic in this country—having created great doubts in reference to
the solvency of certain houses in London, ha* led to a remittancO^t'
£90,000 in silver to England. \Ye can hardly suppose that these exports
will be continued to any extent, as our present indebtedness to China
must be small. I [ \
The returns from the Board of Trade for the month of January, cur- ,
rent year, show a falling oft’ in the value of our shipments, <iam;>.ir«*J
with the corresponding mouth in 1857, of £1,836,605, and of £«5%ts6/
compared with 1856. . ''>0''——^
Hie following return shows the state of the note circulation n the
I'nited Kingdom during the four weeks ending Jan. 16 , current year:—
Bank of England .. ,. •• .. ... fl9 t U6,85rt\
Private bank* .. .* «• •• \ ••V 3,099,131 j /*
Joint-Stock banka
Scotland ..
Ireland ..
Total
Compared with January, 1857, the above shows a
the total circulai ion. ’ /\ /\
Considerable fluctuations took place In the value of Home Stocks on
Monday. The Three per Ceuta were. at. one time, done as low as 95$;
but they closed firmly, at 90$ ThOi deduced realised 97 and 90}; the New
Three per Cents. OSff to 97*; Long Annuities, i 860 . 2 ft ; India Mauds. 25s.
to 29s prem. Bank Stock was 2 25 ^nd India Stock, 222 . The market
was firm, on the following day, and Consol*, for transfer, were done at
96ft 2. The Reduced Realised ou] to 97ft; the New Three per Cent*. 065 to
97J; Long Annuities, i860,2 1-16 ; Li lia Bonda/25?. to 209. prem.; Ex¬
chequer Bills, 23s. to 32s. prem, ; DittoMIonds, 1858, lOflft. Bank Stock
was 227 . Rather higher quotations were realised on Wednesday, and the
Three per Cents touched 9C^. The Reduced marked 97ft ft; and the New Three
percents. 97ftto97|. Long Annuities, ihs 3|. were ls|; India Bond*, 253.
pm.; Exchequer Bills, 30s. to3i*.pm.; Ditto Bonds, looft. India Stock was
steady, at 224. Although the Directors of the Bonk of England m \do no
change in their rate of discount oil Thursday, a further advance took place
in the value of Consols. The Three per Cents, tor Money, were done at
97ft §; and for April, 97 ft $. The New Three per Cents were 97ft i ; the
Reduced, 97jj $; Exchequer Bills. 33*. to 37a. prem.; and the Bonds, lOflft ft.
Bank Stock was 227; and India Ditto, 221.
The value of most Foreign Bond? ha* fluctuated considerably, and the
quotations have, for the most part, followed the course of the Consol
Market On the whole, however, a good business has been transacted,
both for Money and Time. The leading prices for the week area* fol’owrs
Brazilian Five per Cents, 103; Ditto, 1852, 99J; Buenos Ayres Six per
Omb ^ „., dnf tj•.—.. i.. a ,„iu> 'I'l.ni.n .«„i — * —
Six per
a-On£rter
Peruvian Four-and-a-II:ilf per Cents, 82 ; Peruvian Three per Cents, 55ft ;
Portuguese Three per Cents, 46s to 4 oft; Spanish Three per Gears, 43$;
Spanish New Deferred, 26ft; Turkish Six per Cent*, 101 ft : Turkish Four
/^percents, lOiftfex div.; French Four-nnd-a-Half per Cents, 9tfr. 50c.;
Belgiaii Four-and-a-Half per Cents, 98ft; Dutch New nnd-a-Half per
Centv6C;Dutcli Four per Cents, 100 ft; Sardinian Five per Gouts, 92;
and Venezuela Two per Cents, Deferred, 12 ft.
In Joint-Stock Bank Shares very few transactions have taken place
compared with last week: —Australasia have realised 86ft; Bank of
Egypt, 24; Loudon nud Westminster, 44ft; National Provincial of
EpgJund, New, 2 lft; New South Wales, 45; Oriental, 37 ; Ottoman, 20J;
Union ef Australia, 48; Ditto, Now, 87ft.
The value of most Miscellaneous Securities has been snpoortM; but
the market has ruled less active, and Canada Company's Bonds have
.declined to 150. Australian Agricultural have realised 2tfJ ex div. ; Crys¬
tal Palace Preterence, 4|ex int.: Eastern Steam. 5ft; Electric Telegraph,
103ft ex div.; English and Australian Copper, ift; European and Ame¬
rican Steam. 4§; London General Omnibus, 3$; National Discount Com¬
pany, 4; Netherlands Laud Eight per Cent Preference, a; Victoria
Dock, 97ft; Hnngerford Bridge, til: and VauxbaU. 17ft.
Hie Railway Share Market lias been in a healthy state; and. since the
commencement of the week, there has been a gradual advance in the
quotations. The account lias passed off well, and tho rites of
“continuation ” have rnled remarkably low. 'The following are the
official closing money quotations ou Tliuraday
Ordinary Shares and Stocks.—B ristol and Exeter. 94ft; Cale¬
donian. 96g ; East Anglian, 18 ft; Eastern Counties, C3ft; Great Northern,
lnrft; Ditto, A Stock, 93$; Great Western, 62ft; Lancashire and York¬
shire, 96$; London and Brighton, losft: Loudon and North-Western,
192ft; London and .South-Western, 98ft; Manchester. Sheffield, and Lin¬
colnshire, 40; Midland, 102; Norfolk, 66; North British, 53; North-
Eastern—Berwick, 99; Ditto, York, 84; Scottish North-Eastern, 27ft;
South Devon. 37ft.
Preference Sharks.—C aledonian, Four-and-a-Hnlf per Cent. 104;
Eastern Counties. No. 2 ,115; Great Western, Five per Conr, innft; North-
Eastern—Berwick. Four per Cent, 100 ; South-Eastern, Four-and-a-
Hnlf per Cent, 25.
British Possessions.— Ceylon, 2ft; East Indian, lioft; Geelong and
Melbourne, 20 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 52; Ditto, Six per Cent
Debentures, 84ft.
Foreign.— Great. Luxembourg, sft; Namur and Lftge, 8J; Norwegian
Trunk Preference. 9 ; and Recife ami San Francisco, 9
On Thursday St. John del Key Mining Shores were done a
United Mexican, 4ft.
ft»hiluard*: I.lcnt. W. T. Betty to
i*e VApuiii;/Cornet W. II. Bunler to bo Llou-
4tiiav ; A O. Smith lo bo Cornet
Jet-yragoWiB: Lieu*. Ci Orabam to bo
Coptofu;JXirnet W. Itelfc to Ire Lieu onm:.
v 6tnr"t75iiiit -Col F l>. I .later to bo Llou-
tennnt-Colonel; BrevetUaut.-CoLC.C Sliuto
to tw. Lleoteunnt-Colcnfl*; t.’ajit. F. W. J F.
Wv^rnm to b«j llujur, l.leut. N. I>. J. Lovell
to 1)0 Captain.
v’nl Light Dragoon*: Lieot. A. E. HauxU
to bo Cajitain; Cornet It. Blumlell to be Lieu-
tor ant.
.'Ah: Rapr nnd Drcvet T.ieat.- r oL O. A. F
Huilvunto Iw Lleatonaut-Colonoli Capl. and
Brevet Major R. Porul to bo M*;or.
2 at 13; and
THE MARKETS.
CnFjt-E.\CHANf»r. Fabroury 22.—A v*ry modortte *itp(ily of English who*; w,n »ir^r
In to-oey a miuko’, coartwlfo and bjr raLwny. On tho jmrt o tue rail!© »r ry Itlle di *uov!-
fon Wfl» tbowa to gei into't'-ck. and aa!n jnrjgoa c>l *io»vly, at Ust Mouitey'e quoiatio >«
Fine foreign itbeuta were hs)d at toll prices; but tho bjaiueM iloL'g iu them -'noil.
Infrijur aairptea were a m«re d eg. *Ihwj wa« »i gooil cocanmrtive dnuind or nearly all
kind* o.'harlcT, at fully lu*» wri-kv currency, ilalt, too. sold no tno what sl’adiy. on 'ortnor
k'tt*. Coed * end oata maliita netl »htlr previous v.luo; but damp parcel* were the turn in
fttveorof lmv«n. Bronp and p*aa tn«t a alow Inquiry, yet no ciianao took place In prices.
Flour moved (>tr slowly, at. unu terod carrcrcies.
Fobirary —I'ine wheat and tnoat kinds Of bnrlwv wore in fair rrqaea!, at UondAy'R cur-
r rtcy. AU other srtic'oa met a *'ow Impt.ry, nt late ratca.
Knolirh.—' Wheat, l-jarx and Kent, red. «M. to 48a.; ditto, whlta, 43*. to Norfolk
and SafToDt, red. 4'««. to 48s.; rye, 30» to grinding barley, 27*. to 39s.; dlatUHngditto, 32a,
to 35a.; malting ditto, Sfia. to 4»a.; Lincoln nnd Norfolk mrlt, to «'«. ; brown ditto. 5l«.
to 56a.: KiugKton nnd Ware, 58a. to 66s.; Chevalier, 66a. to 63s.; Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
feed oata, *'s. to 24a.- — - “ “ *■-- -.-
white, 20a.
White, 40s.
houaeholds, .%s. to ; eounsrr marks, 3l». 'to 36i. per 280 lb. American flour, 20s.'toVti».
per barrel. French, 3S-.. to 39*. rer sack.
Sttdfi.-—pio' er iced h*a sold slowly, and. in snme ins*. to* re, tho quotation* havo had a
ra'^s * r * rd tencency. All other seeds have ruled about stall'na y. Cakei maintain prsvlooa
Llneecd, English crushing, 50» to 61a.; Mr«ntrrmnean 1 nod Odessa, «0t. to 51s.th«mpstol,
iinpiiin.uw ^novancr, ix»a. to oaa. ; lora sinre anu L.incout*nire
. 2 "s. to 24s.; potato ditto, 2,’*s. to 3 Youghal and Cork, black, 19s, to 21a.; ditto,
s. to 80*.; tick benna, 33«. to 35a., grev pcoa, 3>s. to 4ta.; maple, 4ls. to 43*.;
*’»«..« boiler*, 42*. to its. per quarter. Towu-mailfl flour, 40 *. to s:*.; town
44s to 46a. per quarter. Coriander, 3Ps. to 32a. per cwt. Browu mustard seod. 14*. to lfts.;
ditto, white, '7s. to 18s.; tarvs. 6*. «d. to a*, fld. i»er buslud. English rapusewl, t©
7t>*. per quarter. Linseed cakes, English, XUl 'Os. to £11 <•*.; ditto, forelgu, £10 10s to
Cll 0a.j rapo cakes, i-'i 10 to £0 <>*. per ton. Canary, 8is to 80*. per quarto-.
Bread. — The priced of n beaten bread In the metropolis are flora 7d. to 7fti.; of household
ditto, fal. to Aiil. per 4 lb. loaf.
Imivrial Weekly Averaget . — Wheat, Its. fid.; barley, 36s lid.; oats, 22s. 10d.; rye,
3ts. 3d t tjonns, 2d ; poab, 40*. 2d.
The Six HVcAs* Avrvwj< Wheat, 47*.Cd.; barley, 36a Si.; oata, 22s 8d.j rye, 32s. Od.;
beaus, .’ttia. id.; peas, IPs. 4d.
Engltrh (frah Sold last IFceE—Wheat, 83,810; barley, 80,328; oats, 12.7*7; rys, 138;
bvunii. 68i3: pear 1 , 831 nunrtera.
Tttt.— Advleca fPom China state that the export of ten to data were 35.501,4)00 lb., agninsfe
4 1, tKM,0*'0 III. in tltc corrwpondhur period. This news has produosd some luni. lut-.*s In Uu,
dtiuinnd, and romnion sound congou has changed Knud*at »»4d. |M>r th-
Sugar .—Fine raw sugars havo. in s«Mn 0 lustannsa. advance I Gd. t-> L. jar cwt, with a
stcony deinuud. In low aud damp uunlitios very lltt:o bnslm *i ha* been transactml, at b truly
last week's quotation*:—ltarbado»< hit* so d at 86*. to 19s.; MuorUia*. :dt. to 46,. tkl.: Ben¬
gal. 42s. to 49-. flri ; nnd Ilmira*, 29a. to 38*. per cwt. ltefluod goods ha*o unwed otT slowly,
at 4 s fid. for good pieties.
Coffer.— l'luntatlou kind* hnvo continued In good request, at Is. per ctvt m:re m:ney.
Other ipinlltitis have changed nanus slowly, at laio rates.
Hire.— A dec inoof 3’. per cwt. hs* token pUto In the quotations, owing to the heavy
Mock lu wnrehau-o, which now amounts to "4.000 tou*.
Prori*iQM — Irish huttor moves 'tfslo«vly, at abo..t stationary prlco*. Fornlgn qualities
have given way ‘it. per cwt In the value of Bogtlsli wo have very littlo chnngu to uatice-
barns. A*;., ate a «'nll inquiry, nt abont-pre^yLus curreiv i«s.
TalloiC.—Tbo transactions la all k’nds «ro only ty a modurate extent, and price* shew a
F.Y.C., on the i
; 62b. *.M.; for the ltat thr o mouths.
a angeu
rwf. Pale rajw U worth £14;
me Is rather active, at 39*. Bd.
i taken pUca in tho quotations,
per galluu. Brandy ia very
tendency to g'*u way.
&1». fid. per cwt.
Oils— Linseed oil, on the snot. Is worth
and brown, £39 I Other oils rutattiTunl
to 4’*. jwir cw*. for spirit*.
Spirits .—hero is >b*b doing i« rtvm
Proof Leeward*. 2s ts 2a. Id.; Knit India,
dull, and price* cantina* to irive w*v,
liay and Strata.— Mendov) hay, £2 10s. to I3t» ; clover ditto, £3 IDs. to £4 15*.; and
Btn>w, £1 3*. to fl 7*. pur load. Tnadodqll
( <hi la. — Norlhuraber and. 13s* fld.V. Riddell. 14s 04.: Belmont. 15'.; UuueTa Hetton,
18s Cd.; Kotlov, 'Ps. fid.; BdP*r*A*; Bate s Wqat Hartley. i3n fid. p.r tfn.
//opn tiool and u* •lul hops ootmaue In «n«r.Request, at f till prices, lu all other kinds—
tlm auordy of wtiich I* ctturtlvo—lilt lu it doing, on for raer :<> ms.
H'ooL —Owing to rhh ccmmencenwntXoi tho colonial wool sal-a, tho domand by privato
contract Is heavy, and niftersare next Homlusl.
J’lttatofs.—Tiic su]>mlcsconUnue luodutatc, and tho demand U steady, at from 75«. to 180s.
1 Metropolitan Cattle Market.— The su->pliei of beast* on nfTw this wo*k havo lxvm nto-
dcr. tc. and all kinds have mrWBitWylowly,* at 2d. to id. j.er 8 «b. loss tn my. Sheep havo
met a dud irquirr. ou/lowertoansjJKtt calve* and pi K* have rulrd a'.out sinti nary:—
Beef from 3s, 2d to 4s. 4«L> mutton, 3«. 24. to 5a. 2d.; veal, *s. 0i. to ta. td.; pork, 8a. 2d
to 4s. 4d. pci* mb. to sink tho otTal.
Xttognteiaiid LeoutrnhaU .—ihese mxrkMs continue to bo heavily snnplied wi'.h Scotch and
country.hlltrd snc.-u. Ucuetjally speaking tho trade is h oavy, as fodows: -
Beef from 2*. l‘*d. to 4s OU; mutton. 8a. Od. to 4s Cd.; veal, 3*. Hd. to 4«. M.. pork,
3« Od. to 4*. Od. pef ilb. hy tho enreaso. KOUERT tlBROURT.
O'
THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Friday, February 19.
WAR OFFICE, Feu. 19.
nant-Cohrael; t'sut*. and B-nvot Majors *V,
Fulton, G. I*. IIunr, J C. &!<u«ergh, to bo
Major*.
tilth: Liout.-Col R .T. nxumgartuor. C.B,
to lie Lleutenaat-Coioucl; (Ireret Ma|or* J-
lieuderaon V. Lucna, to bo VfaJ j*.
36tb: Ensign L. B. Town to t»o Lieutenant;
T.tcat. W. T. d‘u*v» to M Adjutant; T. B.
MhchelJ to bo Ensign.
45th: Ensigns F. W. ft. Webber, C. F.
Loamlah. to uo Uca'e’tuU.
47th: Lieut. G. Wnddfior* to bo Captain.
Wtli: Assist, stug. Both Sam tsbo Aa<Utut
Surgeon
tilt*: H. 8. .Tanvria *o be T’ntdgn.
65th: ('apt. J Barton to bo O > .itain; Ensigns
A. 15. Tok«r. A. II. Lewi*, t' b* Uoatonaats;
Lieut. A. il. Lewi* to bo Ad.iatnut.
78ri: Assiat. Surg. H. T. Scott to bo
Assistant Hurgeon. •
78th: Snsigii A Murray to bo En*igu.
8*st: l.lout. M. llauley to bs Captain; En¬
sign* O. F. JoUiooe, F X. Kit/.roy to bo Lieu¬
tenant*.
82ud: Brevet C d tho lion. P. E. Ilerbcrt to
bo Ideutenaut-Golonol.
Hitle Hrlvade: Cnpt. R. T. Gilpin. Llaut. C.
B. Uashwood to bo Captains; Korigu L. V.
Williams to be Lieuieutnf, I^jrd E. Csvoi-
dith. K. J Annyta-ro. Flt/.iloy Wilaon, L. P.
B. Cary, to he hnjigua
1st West India detriment: En'ign J F.
Trotter to bo Lieutunaot; G. E. Gavin to bo
K-sign.
3rd: M*Jor W. J. Chatnbcrlayno to be Liou-
tenant-Colonel.
Koyal Canadian IIItlo Regiment: Brevet
Major Fit* Will ism Walker »0 be Major;
Lieut*. J. Wo*land, K. B. WUson. W. A. M.
Cunvughame, G. M. Inula. W. U. llorrick,
('-ant*. J- ri. Taylor, J. H. Are bar, to bo air-
tains; Ensigns It. I'oorc. W. I’. Butt*. P. C. C.
huvago, J. S. Onion, to 1 m Liauteaants.
!*tb: Cornet VV. N. CarlMon to bo Cornet.
14th: Lieut. C. E Wyatt to bo Captain.
18lb: Mejor It. Knox to l>o Lleatennnt-
Caloual; Cap*, and Brevet Major3. G. Jenynl
to bo Major.
Military Train. Comet* J. Taylor and A.
Mi Donald to lie Ensigns.
Grenadier Guards: Battalion f*urg. <1 17.
Blrukins to b«r .Sar;te'ia-Major; W. 11. Pick-
fold, M.B., to bo AHicont rurgeou.
2nd Foot: Lieut. A. H. Hallano to ho In¬
structor of Musketry: ». M. Lsnrcnt. K. A.
Crawford. T. D. Fosbroke, T. XeTly, V.
Blake, to: bo Euifga*.
5th: Capt. W. I f'-u* to bo Majors Lieut*. K.
R. i imtnntu, H, J. M. hapraan. Capt, K. B.
T. Thelwall. to bo Captain*f. Enslgu K.
Hours to lie Lloatenaut.
9th: 15. V. I ayitrd to bo Ensign.
t 10ths Ensign il. u. W. Phllli'w lo bo
ll;h: qnartermaater-Skrg'Jitnt A. M. Arthur
to ho Ensign.
l?ih: Capt. T. Davvnputt, Lieut. T. R.
Ml b.r, lo Le Captain*. • I
I4ib: J.tent- C. L. Grtfiln to beCa;itMin.
15th: MsinrJ. H. Wiu^Un.tlto Jm Iiquta-
Drrat TTvrfwior:—CtaflWflff/. IL Parry to bo Artfatant.
CAVAUtY UlCfOT —Captain.!. Kemp tn be Riding Masror
1 <XATTACHVl>.—Major and Brevet bicut-Col. O. H. T. Mocker to bo Uoutcnant-Co’onol;
Brevet MaJ>ir F F Hunter to havo Substantive Haul:.
BkKVet — Lieut -Col. tt Talbot to be Cslo-iol in tho Army; Cnotdns T. Dovonpari, TL T.
Gilpin, to bo Majors in the Army; Brevet Major K. T. «IUpin.'u» bo Lioutenant-Colonel In tbo
Army.
ADMIRALTY, Frn. til.
Admiral of tho Blur Sir G. I**. Foymour. K C.8-, G.C.H., to be Admiral of tbo White; tHoo-
Amu'r.u ^.f the Ko<t th« Hon. ri'T F. B. it. Pollow, O.B., K.C II.. to b-» Admiral of tho Btuo;
Yico-Aduiirnl of iho Whito Sir J. G. RinobCr, Bart, to bo Vico-Adroirul of the Red; Vice-
Admiral of the Bine P. W. P. Wa lls to bo Vico- Admiral of the Wolto; Rear- Admiral J. K.
Unrten, K B.. to I* Vice-Admiral on the Reserved List; Kcsr-Adutiral of tbo Hoi W. P.
Martin to be Vice-Adnilritl <if tho Bluo: Kear-Adimrat of tho White H. Smith, C.U., to bo
Ki ar-Admlrnl of tho Red; Rear- Admiral of the BIuo H. J Codrngton, C.B.. t > bo Rear-
Admiral of iho Whito; Cdptnin K II. King to bo lioar-Admira] ou tho Reserved List; Captain
K. L. Warren to to Bcar-Ailtnirai of the bine.
Bankruptcies annulled.
J. PACK WOOD. Woolnttrn, Xortbamptonshlre, draper and tailor, li. H. WOOD FULL
and L. G1MBEH, Aldermanbury, statlonor*.
BANKRUPTS.
J. FMIT1I. Bow Churchyard, warehouseman.—W. FIELD. Bexley Hotth, Kent, grocer
and bliectemr mrer.—J. SMITH, Morton Mills, uear Binglay, Yorkshire, wiper mauumetoror.
— W. DARN r ON. Urj»er-itreot Islington, plane forte manufacturer — J. E GRIFFIN, Cftl-
chos'er. Essex, auctioneer and valuer.—T. MIXTURE, l>eoda, tailor and woollen draixjr.—J.
H. CLARKE, Bury Now- otd, Manohestcr, grocor.--'v. HUMPilttEYS. Liverpool, com
morrhsu*, corn broker, and COtmniss on agtnL—A. ACKIvRM VN’, Uenuiori-building*. Strand,
pilntaeller.—E. GEARING, PorUftud-ptaee, St. Join's Wood Jeweller and dreaslng-ouso
makor — C. HAt-ON Slancho-ter, tamo grinder and V-nt'oo munufjcruror —H. BROOKS,
Tn* hberno-rtreot, Uaymarkct. auctioneer and picture dealt*?.-- J. M<»3K9. Nowuham-streot,
Go< d til on’s- tl« d». m«nu:acturor and c’othier—ri. W. BRNsETT. B'ltbAm*, fus*ox,
diaper— W. GA' DXKR, Klnningbam. miller and Cirri (lotlor —'H. BENXEfT’ Manchester,
coininis>i«D-aRrnt.— W. H. BROOKES, Wolverhampton, mineral-mercham—1. KlLaY,
Da'chull. htstlor ahlre. Joiner and builder —H. TOMLINdON, XowcaHiie-uoon-Tyuo. lloouBod
virtuniter.—.1. 8. STANLEY. Ashton-untlrr-l.vnc. eotton-tplnoer. K. DAVIES, Liverpool,
I nneai-hlro, b< ot and shoo maker.— A. G. GREY. Gate*h**ad. Darham nlktH*mwiuf«ttirir.
—J. SHAW, Huddersfield. Yorkshire, rloth-tr.crriiuu.— J. and J. SVATERSON, Lo*v Elms-
wick, Non.null-upon-Tyne, smiths, boiler-baildm, and t'orgonou.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J PATDN, Glasgow. rnMnat.-nulier.—W. II. HAND, imnoHmo* in Edinburgh, now in
Preble*.—M* nR and STEVEN. Glasgow, brassflnmders.—C. OKAS' 1 ”. Delators. Banffshire,
firmer.—J.CL *RK. Holytow”, Mnark«hir*. hotcl-keopir—J. Gt.oVE t Oroonock, cm-
fiotlorer.—J. BllEI'UKUD, Aberdeen, morehaut.—J. YOUNG, K'lwinolag, Ayrshire, fxruwr.
Tuesday, February 23.
WAR OFFICE, Fku. 23.
Royal Engineers: Capt. J. Cunor'n to In*
T.ientcuant-Colonel: roeovd Capts. II. W.
Tj lor. J. C. B. Do Butt*, to bo Captain*; Lifcut.
A. Leahy to bo Mecoud Captain.
5th icr Royal Irish' Regiment of iVagonns:
Major-Gen. t*ir J. C. Ctantt rton to be Cotonal.
18th Light Imigyoud. Major-Gen. E. Byum
to bo Colonel
BliKVKX.—Lieut -Col*. C. J. Wright, G. A. F. To Km/y, to ba Colonels in tho Army.
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
R. BUCKLEY, Royton. Lnneaaliire, cot ten spinier.
BANKRUPTS.
J. MOSES. Kewnham-strect, T**ntt*r-ground, Oo>lman'«-fleM«, manufaetorcr.—W.
BARDGBTT and J. PICARD. Mark-lane Chambers. Mark-Inns, City* and Otd
Corn Exchange. Msrk-lsno, eornfftCtors,—' T. BYCKKLMOORB, Muldst/ne, currier.—T. <».
GABtlRL, Mil Ford -place nnd I/mdon-street, Tottenham court-re* d; nnd Hi minglram,
linuh board manu* fotnrer.—». THOMAS, 9'rood, Kent, Iron founder.— J. PAGE. H> the,
Kent grocer.—A. ACKER MANX. Heaufort-huHdlrgi. H trend, ;«riufseUor.-C. WHTTB. Wil-
liugule Spain. Essex, vnulterer.— H. M. RAOLOFF, lteckham-pro re. Canibo-wwll, oil refiner. —
H.J. CHI MY, Fombam, Surrey. Unrndrnper.-ri. MAYLE1, Tipton, StatTordshiro, maltMter.
.1. B hUTON, Hereforil, corn factor.-J. I'l/I.HTON', Wolverhampton, groc-r. J.rt. PARK Ed,
Olubnrv, Worca*tcr»liire. wine *n'l sphltmarahsnt.—H. REgKF.Rn, Not'inghaui. plunibsr.
—. SHf RElNGaud J. LITTLE, Brbtol. printer*.—A. BRAIN, Bristol rim *>r m tichaot-—
T. TRIERS. UaiivahoD and Gvrmbsi h. Ulamurgaiubiro. greet* r — W. :.F.E. Rxctor. groc«r.—
W.BAliKElt. Dumilnston, Yorkshire, iuukeepar — J GA> LOWAV, jan.. Grrengttes. York¬
shire. eefbmamt acturor C. GLKDU1LL Cho*t«rfi«ld d aper.—R.'MITCHBL(«. Shafflo'd,
ee*pe tori manufacturer.—G. RIPLEY, "t. lle'tn's, I.nneaatiirn. iroufouoder. —W. 11 CRAB-
ThEK. ih-evton Hint Gsrsteng. 1 naessldrc, grocor.—II. H aMPSO.N, ilauohestcr, s:atbnor.—
J. BED DUE, Wesibromwich, Si sii'.wdshlre, tlntbor-*n<rchont.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
M'CATLUM. Cowdenbeath, crorrr. W.L. MITCHELL. fik*grw, boilor. — R. SIOR-
Ki£OS Glu*B»>w, stii)*m*k*r.— I. K. KENT, Jcltni-gh, money m*> iv-»na'. —J. KNOX. Edin¬
burgh, tp" merchant.— J. >ri'lR, Arbroath, flax-en'muor. — J. gjrCHRLL. Dundee, grooar-—
W.JIBOWN, Glasgow, riaie iivirhont.- D. M CALL. Greenock, grver _ A. MoRctlSON.
Ed u burgh, irnitk-J. atd A. FINDLAY, Aberdeen, wntchiinikcts.
BIRTHS.
On Monday, the 22nd in*t.. tho Duehre* of Argyll, a f a daughter.
On iumlay the 2*5rd lust.. Lady Dorothy Nevlll. of a son.
Feb. 24, at Townboure, Uttleborough, Laucishlre, Mrs. John Moieswcrtb, of a son.
MARRIAGE.
On tbe 'fith test , at Holt, Wilts, by the Rev W. H. Brannd. iwristod by the Rev. C.
Turner, Incnmbmt of tbo.parith, Cbnro* Goodall Sinith, loortli son of Thomas Bowen
Huy an, Ewj.. late o f H M.’a 97th Regiment, to Margaret Roach, youngest daughter of the
late R»v. Edwin Eatteolt, of hxeur.
DEATIIS.
On Tuesday morning, the 2nd Inst., a* Ronliam's Honan neir Alton. Hanta, Georg* Knight
Ksq., late of V5 Hiram'- street, in the flfty-n*nth year of his age, cee^ly lamented by Ms
reavid widow and friends.
On the 23rd of .lanuary, at Bonsbaw, Canada. Catharine Diana, widow of the late H#
T. AL Jrvlrg and daugh'er of the late dir J. Homtruv. „
On t-timlav tbo Itth Inst, a: his residence. 1-ero-hU. near Whithr, aged *1, .IP*“
Freak laid, Esq., ocly son of tho late John FiftukWnd, K*q-, banker, Whitby.
Fkb. 27, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
215
NEW BOOKS, $c.
Now ready, in 1 vol.. price 7a. fid..
TTBIQUB. By J. W. CLAYTON, Esq.
U (late Captain of tho 13th Light Dragoons), Author of “ Letter*
from the Nile.” ._.. ... „
"Tho author has an amusing manner, and write# with spirit.' —
" Ile«t»nn*. gossiping, and amusing, the production of a kindly
aalnd."—Globe. . , , ,, ,
•• • Ubtqm ’ is a brisk and florid narrative, of cvory-day Incident!
la a soldier's ille."—Leader.
C. J. Hkkbt. King WHJlam-etreet. Strand.
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE and CO.’S NEW
ITT PUBLICATIONS.
M EMOIRS of MOOT ttOS E. By J AMES G R AN r.
■With n> moron* ll'nstratl'*na. Post 8vo. «1 ’th. extra, fi«._
A DICTIONARY of TRADE PRODUCTS and
TcrUm Monevs. "^clsrlstn. and Measure<, whh their votoo io Rri.i«h
mono*. wr-iaht* andwr# By PL 8IMVI0*IH 7* 6d.
SPORTING SCENES among the KAFFIRS of
SOUTH AFHUiA. Ily Captain DRAYSON With 8 'olouroi
Wrntre’lon*. 8vo. olo'h. ei*t 1 '* 6d _
FRUGAL MARRIAGES: a Manual of Domestic
Iconcmy By J. IL WAL*H. Suitablo to I’ftraltlea spending from
AtOOtoXlOOOa jear. 1 thick voL With Illustrations. Half bound.
IQs 61
LIFE IN CHINA. By the Rev. W. C. MILNE.
A now Ed'llon, with additions. 8 Illustrations and 4 Muje. Cloth,
glit *'«.
London : GEORG* RoUTUCDor. and Co., Forringdon street.
NEW NUMBER OF THE COMIC LIBRARY, 6d.
C HANGE for a SHILLING. By H.
MAYBEW. Flxty Illustrations Ready March 1.
London: Kknt and Co. flaw Rogue), 86, Klect-stroof.
Row ready. Nos. 1,8. and 3, Illustrated with Seventy now Engravings,
price 2d. each, to be completed In Twelve MonthlyNornbera,
mHE FAMILY DOCTOR.
1 Houlstojt and Weight, and all Booksrilor*.
Tills d»v is published, NnmHor One of
T HE ENGLISHWOMAN’S JOURNAL,
anew Montiilv Magn/.ine Price is. '’ontentt: The Prototeivi
•f tho Toucher—A House of Mercy—MI bs Boiannuot Braddraw the
Betrayor—Grief: a Poem—Proterty of Married Womoo -hoicks or
Books Paaslrg Events. Publish*! by tho English woman’s Journal
Company (LimitedL at their Oftlco, HA, Prince* strait, Cavendlsh-
»qu*ro, W.; anrl for tho Company, by Piper, Stephenson, and Spence,
Paternoster-row.
T he practical mechanics’
JOURNAL, Part 120. MARCH, Is., completing tho Tenth
Volume, contains a largo Plato Engraving of Cunsrd’s Single a»»d
Double Capstans fifty Wood Pngra.Inrs. and ’hlrty-two pages of
quarto Letterpress, with tho Index for tho Yoar. Also, original article*
on Cuna-d’s Ship’* Capstan; Selenci and Art; Friction tl Cone Guar-
nig for Millwnk; Comporito Shnplng Machine Tools Gas Light for
Railway Trains; A Scientific Ad en to 1857; Hick und Bon • Portable
Forgo:'Mechanical Notes from America; Buchanan h Heddleai lter-
tr a m's Cutting and Measuring Paper; Johnson's Fiixtooingi; lUrtJ
Bib n* I Lamps; Rnnmdeu’s Looms; I/>nghottom's Superheated
Steam; Whitehead’s Jacquard- Cards; Smoke In Marino Boilers; Ad¬
justable J^v tho; Cornttp-mdence. Ac. _.
Longman and Co., Pate-noner-row; Editor s Office* (Olflcos for
Patents), 47. Unrol nV Inn-fields. __
Now ready, Vol. IV., cloth 4s.6d.; Vols. 111. luid IV. hound
together. A* 6d.. _. _
R eissue of cassell's popular
EDUCATOR: containing T.oajons in the Sciences, Ancient
nud Modem Language*. and the various other brauchoiof knwvWieo
uecei^srv for the acquisition of a tlrst-rntn education. Also in Num¬
bers l$d. each. Part* 7d. and 8*1., and Division* la. Cases for bind¬
ing single vols.. Is. 3d.; double vols.. Is. 9d.
London: W. KENT and f o.. 51 ami 52, Patornoater-row j and all
Bookseller*.
Phutrated with 250 I)o*crtot$vo Engravings, 3*.6d.,
• \l/iJj 'E'S OWN BOOK of COOKERY.—
VV Agree*b’e Dinners, inemenslva. and easily cooked. Also,
Nice Dinners for every day.—WARU and LOCK; and all Booksellers.
Just published. Firth Edition, pnee Sis.; free ny posv,
mHE ART of BREWING, Fermenting, and
_1_ Makingof Malt; coot*totog oorrect Table* of Maahiag Heats,
faD direction* for Ifravcuttog Acetous Ferment** ton, and over}' other
necosinry information to make "accent In this Important art oer ato;
thoresu't of £ft rears’practice. K’y JOHN kKVk'iQLE, ot 1136
Anchor Brewery.- JaukS Leatu, 5, St. Paul's Churchy»td-
Josr published,
Second Edition, price is.; free per post. Is. Id..
IHE DRY COLLODION PROCESS. By
_ CHARLES A. LONG.
"This proerts is dmpio and certain.” .
BLANti and Ia>no, Photographic Instrument Maker*to hor Malwty,
153. Fleet-st ott. London, E C.
T
NEW MUSIC , ffc.
N ew song, the bridge of sighs,
written and composed by SAMUEL LOVER. Esq. Price 2».6d.
Tl>is elegant ballad may be oonaidored ono of Mr. Lover's happiest
compositions Wonts and mas'e ore equally pleasing, and onsure It*
becoming a general favourito. Postage-free.
London: Duet and Honosow, 65, Oxford-street.
8 C
ONG 8 OF THE SEASONS.—SPRING
BLOSSOMS SUMMER ROSES. AUTUMN PRUITS, and
WINTER EVERGREENS. CompOood by STEPHEN GLOVRH.
Prire 2* 6d. each. The*e songs posses* attraction* seldom before
obtained The Word* by Carpenter are exceedingly Interwtlng, and
bare suggested to Mr. Glover molodic* of tho mast fascinating cha¬
racter, while the Illustration*, by Packer. are superb.
Durr and HODGSON, 65, Oxford-Street.
•MOURNING ORDERS.—NEW MOURN-
JJfX 1NG FAB HCL—Pattern* of all the New Materials free per
poet.—Address PETER ROBINSON, GENERAL MOURNING
WAREH OUSE. 101. Oxford-street. ___
TI/fOURNING MANTLES and BONNETS.
jLtJL PETER ROBINSON Is now showing some great novel tics,
both 'or Mrurtlng and out of Mourning, at his GENERAL MOURN¬
ING WARE HOUSE, 103 Oxford-street. __
B LACK SILKS, cheaper than they were ever
known.—Pattern*of allthe new make*, free per port: aim,
M-ird AnHqura, in black and shades - f g ey. Addrrw* PETER
ROBIBSON. GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE, 103, Oxford-
meet, London.
"VIEW SONG. DELHI. Composed by
JOHN L. HATTON. Price 2s . postage-free. Thl* a‘r i*
composed in Ha*ton’» best «tyl«; ** * national song It win rank with
“Tho Bravo Old Tcmern'ro " "The Ikwth of Nelson,” “The Siago of
Kars.” Ac. Tho recitative is very pleading.
DUFF and Honosox. 65. Oxford-ntreet.
EW GALOP.—The ALARM Composed
my T .
ling uoveltlca performed by Wdpoert's Band at tho Grand Stato Ball
at Buckingham Pnlaco none sbono more conspicuously than the
" Alar m " Galop, which was admirod by all.
Duff and Hodgson, 65, Oxford-street
1\TEW SONG, “We had hoped to have him
1\ with ns," Trlbuto to Ilaveloak. Composed bv E. L. HIMK.
Price 2s. Tbio effective and beautiful composition will rraato a sen-
,Mticn. No even* of the Indisn War bss boon described In more touch¬
ing or appropriate v ords and music.
Duff and Hodgsov. 65, Oxford-straet
TTENRY FARMER’S BIJOU of DANCE
XI MUSIC for 1858. with six beautiful Illustrations by BRAN-
DARD. Pi-ico 10*. 6d.; forming one of the cheapest and most elegant
present* of the season.—JOSKFH WILLIAMS, 123, Choaasido, E.C.
TTENRY FARMER’S WILD BREAK
XX WALTZ, Just published, beautifully niuKtratod In Colour*.
Prico, 8oJo or L>not. 4*., pont-froo.
JOWPH Williams, 123, Cheapcldo, E.C.
TTENRY FARMER’S IL TROVATORE
XX QUA DRILL FH. lust published, beautifully Illa-tralod In
Colours by BBAN'DARD. Price. 8olo. 3*.; Duo*. 4s ; post-free.
Joseph Williams 183 Cheanelde, E.C.
TTENRY FARMER'S PIANOFORTE
Xx TUTOR. Price 4*. “This i* docldedly the moat useful and
best Instruction book for tho pianoforte wo hare seen."—Musical
Review. JOSEPH WlLUAMS, 123, ChoA’v.ide, E.C.
Just publi-httl.
Tldrd tditJnn, post-free, 6d.,
S PECTACLES. When to wear and how to
Pfi© them. Addressed to tkoso who value iheir Sight. By
CI fiLAND nnd Long, Opticians to her Mu,loity, 153, Fleet -street,
London. E.C. __
onn BIBLE STORIES, with nearly 300
f)\Jv" BIBLE PIC1TUES. a Pictorial Sunday B<mk for the
Young, handsomely lytnud. price 4*. lid., originally puhlishel *t l-*.
Sent poft-freo from FIELD’S great Bible WarahAn.e 65. Begem s-
qnsd’SLi. Every family Bhould liavo this prelty book.
Prio* 2s f>d .
O N the THERAPEUTIC ACTION of
OXYGFN with Recent Case* Previmr i’s Singular Efllcury in
vaiious Jntraclnbla Di»«’inei». Bv 8. B. BIUCH, M 1).
I guidon: 11 Bail LiUUK, 219. Regout-atreet.
B RICK-MAKING MACHINES, adapted for
tho Clavs they are to work, and every Information on Pottery,
Machinery, ar'd W,rrk». The Society ofArtstVize toar «
Brick-making,'• povt-froo. Is. 2d.—fiir. HUHPHFlBV CHAMBER¬
LAIN. Kernp*ey. near Woreeoter.__
HEAP BOOKS.—Sarplos Copies of “ Tom
Brown * School Day* " ” Charlotte Bronte’s Life,” Stanley’s
•• Sinai and PalMUlnn," Uuakln’a “ Khmonta of Drawlnr.” Kev. G.
Wagner’* Life,” •* Dvnevor Terrace.” aad many othAr Books, arc
now on HALF, at BULL’S LIBRARY, nt greatly reduced pr.ee*.
Cfttnlognwi forwardivl Txwt-free on upjil ca’ion.
Bull's l.lhrar>'. 19. noilca-strcct. Cavenclbh *qnnrn London. W ._
oe AAj i BIBLES, Prayer-Books, and Chursh
Berricas, '.a ovary description of blading and typo,
being tho ehenpeat. lrnrwt, and beet-bound Stock in tho Kingdom, u
PARKINS and GOTfOS. 34 and 25. Oxford-»treet. _\___
P ARKINS and GOTTO, Paper and Envelope
Makers, 21. and 25, Oxford-streot, the cheepon* houan in the
kingdom. No charge for rtaroping. No charge for cementing en¬
velope*. No charge for carriage to the eountrv on ordure over 209.
r , ... .• . , iiil Rnh.rl^r I- ni,'1. 4n. Ivor I
Cream-I*id Noto, ft Qtilra* for 6d.
Thick Ditto, 6 Quires for la.
Commercial Note, 5 Quire* for Is.
Bordered Note, ft Quire* for Is.
India Note, 5 (Quires for Is.
Letter Parer. 4*. per Ream.
Sermon Paper, 4s. 6d. ,,
Straw Writing Paper, 3s. ,,
Outside Foolscap, 6s. fid.
Wedding Stationery.
Superior Envelope*, id. per 100.
Black- bordered, Od. par 100
CJueenVheud ditto. Is. per dozen.
Office Envelopes, 5a. per 1000, or
10,000 for 48*.
100 Card* printed for Is. 6d.
Good Copy-books, 2i. p«r dozen.
Best Wcx, 3*. thl. per lb.
Goo»u Quin Pens. 2s. Gd. per 100.
Price list *eut post-free.
Copy addrcM—I*arkhvs and GottO. 24 and 25, OnforJ-strcL
TPISHER’S PACKETS of NOTE PAPER.
'Clehn?**’-*coio< N«wm*«tl*^m-T V»*.
ERFECTION—Patent PERFECTION
PENCII/-0A8E9. novel and superior *o all othere, construe led
to wear ten ye*rs. v cry/tdrablo for .•’rc»0Dt*.
Ladle*’ feire. m Sliver, 4*. Cd.; In Berlin (void. 2s.
Grmts.’ ,. „ 3*., 3s. 6d.. ... 3*. M , U.
Thi* met*] wid wear as poid Exchanged within a wetk. To all tx«t»
»f Great Britain and Ire and, free. Po**t-offico ortlert payable to
J end A. ROLI 1NSON. 7t. Dean-stieei. Birml nghtin.
VEK-FOINThD TUBULAR DRAWING
PENCIC.S,—WIKfOI! and XBWT03 « Knw CUant, ISM —
A new «td j:erL*ct Drawing Pencil. Always and ln5|au*lT
rettly for uio. 'Ihb point renewable • ny number of time* without
■oiling \ho fitigere. Mhnnfacttrred without the a'd of glee or anv
cem nt wtui'cvor. p.*rfnntly firm when in us* and free from the
vibration of the ordinary e^vr-uointed porcill. Tho point ever hi
ono relative sltourion. Made of tho pure*: Cumberland lo id of ovory
gradalien and depth of colour, of ba»dneM and *orte«M of texture,
and of thicknet* and substanco. Alike fitted for the mo*t dellcito
or the l»o!de*t hand. Co*tlrg. after tho fir»t expenaa of holders, but
3d. race. Manufactured of the fn'iowiog Igtlers, embracing those
reonired for tko ching acd gouertl Pencil Drawing, viz., R., M., B„
^Mounted in Ebony Hsmlloi. with *ilvcrod Point*, la. 6d. each.
Set* of fonr, complete in Morocco Case, 7*-tho *ot.
Case* of Six Loads, for replenishing iho tour Holder*, Is. 6<L the
C *JYncn Per*per* (for Arebltecto, Ac., requiring fine P«lntal, I*.«*ak.
WIN'SOH and NEWTON, Marufactuting Artist* Colourmen,
By Aprcintment »o her M*jc*ty and H R.H. tho Prince Consort,
38. R*thhO'e-pl*co. L'ndon. W.
Fold by all btatiouera *nd Artist*’ Coloonnen.
H enry farmer’s fantasia on airs
from VERDI'S Opera TROVATORE. Easy and effective.
Price 2*. fid., port-free. ..
Joseph Williams, 123, Cheapride, E.C.
H
ENRY FARMER’S “ADA” VALSE.—
most rated In Colnnrs bv BRANDARD. Solo 4*.; Duet, 4s.
Loudon. Joseph Williams, 123. Cboapside.
B c
OW, ROW, HOMEWARD WE GO!
River Song. By CARPENTER and 8PORLP.. Prico ?*.post-
free A remp'NiItion of much benutr, and becoming immensely
popular, the moloilr bring cluirmingly simple and jrracoful.
JOSEPH Williams, 123, Cbeaprido.
TULLIEN’S NEW^ENGLISH LANCERS.
tj Illustrated in Colour* by BRANDARD. Just published. Prico
4s.; septett parts, 3a 6d.; orebootr&l parts, 5*.
Joseph William. 1 !. 123. Cheapoldo.
TULLIEN’S NEW FRENCH LANCERS
f/ Ulimtratcd in Colours bv BRANDARD. Ju*t published. Frioo
4i».. postnge-free.—J oseph Williams. 123. Choapside.
A NNIE VALSE. lUustrated in Coi.-mrs.
Comp««d by C. H. MAimiOIT. Priso U.; SoptoH, 3.. 63.
Orchestra, 5*.
London: Joseph Williams. 183, Hiaapilde
G.
A. M ACF ARREN’S LITTLE
CI.APINA'S LRSflON-BOOK for tho PIANOFORTE,
pjrtsi., I!, III . and IV. Price 2*. 6d. •ach P*ri. or^tasro-free
Complete in out vol.. prioo 8*. bound. "Without oxomrion, «he
nimplest. e’earast of anv elementary 'reaU»o for you* children. —
Musical Wo*hi —Joseph Williams. i2t. Ch*aoatdn.
H OOI> DE DOODEN DO QUADRILLES.
By MONTGOMERY. Arran39'1 on the pTjWAvuiriodlas sung
bv ChiiBtv's iftinitrel*, price. M.; by po;-t. 7d . in «ttmo* Also,
Montgomcrr’* <)cn<Mlles— BonnloDnnd'o.Riyul Lancers, lvbabnrp i.
Pohbin'Arooud, Mv Marv Ann. Belchegor Muskete-r*. Dm f ; r*ar
de Par.*n. Mccoinmlnt. St I’.itriukN, •icfftar*' </pera Puse in Moot*.
Arabian Nleht* -nd.l-ck ’ho Giant Killer-ill^eacht bv port, 7d.
MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 192, High Hcliiim.
C HRISTY’S MINSTRELS’ SONGS lit the
MU3ICAI. nOri)UKT-HnOP HE noOPEN- no. Kij. m-
Quick, R'ng de Bapjo. We arc coming. *i*tar Mary; Hard Tlrnrao-mio
again no more Oh. Bovs, cnravine along: Gent'o Annie. OH Folk* are
aouo. Till the Bril, (h>od oldJnff T li« other side of Jonlan. Beautlfal
Star. Gent'o Jennv Gr*v, and Good New* from Home—ad So. each;
or. the fourteen reng* by bost for 15 stomp*. Abo. Come whore my
mv love He* dreaming. *olo and quar^tre.frl.i by post, 7d.
Office, lit». High FfoUiorn.
A WERICAN and NEGRO SONGS, loo in a
u book./wilh Mr.-ic uid Wonl*. a* sung by^CHRISTY’S
M1XSTHELS, post-free. 14 namp* Abo, nenrv Rusrella 100
Songs I* ; 100 papular flo^g* nnd BaTad*. U-t w ® Co ®*«
rung bv H»rn Cowo’l.i*.;100 Borg* of berth*, U ; iw °t scoJand.
1*.: 100 of DiWlo’* 8ona. 1 8 ; 100 Glee*, Uatcho*. and Rnuads, 1* :
100 T.ittl* 8ons* for L|hle Singer*, 1*. Each Book has Music and
Words, and sent hvoesTfor l« •tarnD*.
MUSICAL BOI QURT OFFICE,
195 High llolb'ru.
TTilFTY SELECTED POLKAS for the
X 1 PIANOFORTE, in a 1*. Book; pret-fre-^ It rtim-M. Ed bed
b» %VE.-,TKOP. Iho most popular Polka* of the day are in this
■Work. Alio Wortrot*'* 150 McI-mIIcs for the \ -oliu. I■ ; Rjwro]
2flfi Melodic? fo tho German f’ouccrtiua. I* ; Sedgwick * -TaO »i
die* -for the English ‘‘oarerttna. Is. Fltber book by cost 14 *tamp a.
MUBICAI. BOUQUET OFFICE, 198. High Hoi born.
S IR COLIN CAMPBELL’S ORIENTAL
MARCH o' VICTORY. Coimxeorl erprewly for. *nxt inscribed
iA,-Wm by STEPHEN GLOVER. Embellished noth * fine Ukoora'
-Ittf'oloura of the Commander-ln-^hlef in India. Price 2*. 6d.; free
forsfampa. /, T. PtcraT. 4ft, High Hol-vtm, _
ATEW SONGS.—fESSIE BROWN OF
! \ LCCKKI1W. Bv IIKNUV 3 !'KN'’Et!.—■'Wli-r. tl,. P-mo
u ; „„. r„l!lv S!sh." Sr E. 3 Lodor. Tli. Portly by Beojuom
Swallow Pcs»-fne. 1*. 4d. each.
HlMFsnd Atipuov, Munrhe*tor ; Addison and Hniligr, London.
M usical box reposit ory , 32 ,
I ndgate-ktreet (nenrSt. Paul**!
are direct importer* of NICOLE FBI-—— --—--— _ ,
BOXES, ploying brilllanUy the bent Popular. Operatic, and Sacred
Music Largo Size*. Four Air*, C4; Six. £66*.; Eight, £8,
Air*. £12 12*. Snuff-boxe*. Two Tuna*. 14*. 6d. and i8«.t Three. 3fk-l
Four. 40*. Catalogue* of Tune* grad * and po rt- free, on onol Uatio n
I NDIA. — Family Mourning. — SKIRTS,
trimmed dceplv wl h Crape, from 30*. upward* to tho richeat
quality, with Mamies and Bcnnet* to match. Family ordn sapplUd
on tbo most r a>enable terms. Ftr»t-claa* Dr9»»maklDT at mo darat c
charge*. Order* attended 10 to town or country. Add res* PETKd
ROBINSON, GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE, 103, Oxford-
strvet. __
Tyro. 15-16, Ludgate-street, London, E.C.—
la Dirsrinllcn of Partnership.—The merer so rs of R- WILLEY
and CO.. Mean*. SBSTTLBWORMI, ABBOTT, and WILLEY, Jun.,
beg to announce that the SALK of the remarkable STOCK of tho
late Aim la < till continuing, and they w*poctfully lnvl?e a vialfc from
adies and famllic* requiring Sll-KS, fancy dn»*c», cliaki. Kreneh
and Paisley shawls, superior table linen. »boetlmr3, and gsaora!
drapery, blonkot* jtnd flannel*, lace and muslin good*, hosiery, •'an*
glove*, haberdashery, Ac. An opportunity like the proeent *e!dom
offer* for purchasing.
OClvE’S LADIES’ CLOAKS of SCOTCH
WATBRPR00F TWEED. A selection forwa-ded on appli-
“’mot™ TWEED AVO OI.AK TARTAN WARRHOURER.
119 and 127. URGENT-STREET (four doors abuvo Vlgo-rtrort),
L c
70 S. ^D. for the richest FRENCH MOIRE
i O U ANTIQUES, to Blank, White, and *11 Colour*, the
extra length of nmeyard* to each Robe ; a’so, a large lot of Fancy
Silk*, bought In tho *«mo *toek, at 31*. 6d. for twelve varla, wwa
wicith. Menn. GRANT and GA6K (late William* nnd Co.l re-
•prctfbry recommend the above to the noti"0 of 'hair palron* nnd
tho public, having been purchased unusually oheao. I During the
-.resent ra'nth. previous to eteck-taking. the whole of 'heir very rich
Silk Kobe*. Evoolug Dre*»cs, Msntl«. Ac., will be sold «t gCMUy
reduct'd price*. Thrir new premises, 69, Ox ford-street, with tvwe In
Iho roar, are devoted exclusively to general mourning. Lndlei in the
country can hive patterns forwarded. Every art:.do marked in plain
figure* nt ready-money price*. Commo'oo House, MI, GO, 61, G2,
Oxford-street; and 3, 4. and 5, WoH*-strect.
ALENCIENNES
Of Genuine Linen Thread.
JLl A C E,
„\
RARER ana DOW DEN,
17 nn.l in. I'ntior Entnn-.tr'nst, i-’.utnn-.finarn. B.V7
S YDENHAM i, the GRAND GALLERY of
PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION.—Art, Science, and Manufao-
tmo arel ta iributarie*. Tho Sydenham Top-coat, of !i«t Waterproof
Beaver, 42* ; the Sydcnhntn Tronsera, of Wool of England Doeskin*,
17* 6tl.; and Vest to match, 8*. ikir, fire the most ported contributions
of that branch of mechanical skill. Sole Maktr*, SAMUEL
BBOTHFHS, 23. Ludgate-niU. Patterns, Ac., sect free.
F IRST-CLASS CLOTHING, on Economical
Principles.—Draw Coat*. £3, Ac.: Boy’s Ruit, 1U. per Inch,
•ccovding to height.—'WALTER BERDOE, M, New Bond-street, auil
69, Comb 111. N.B. North *Ida
M essrs, nicoll s establishments
are t.hu« divided :—
No. 114, REGENT-STREET, it their D<?pSt for Paletot*, Uniterm*,
Gentlemen’s Kvot:'n:g and Mornlrig Drees.
No. ll6, for the mimufaclure of tho Goinoa Trou*er*.
No 118. for Half Guinea Waistcoat*. tT , ,
No. 139, for Waterproofed Guinea Capo* aud Servants' Liveries.
No. 14* U thrir new eaubUshmunt for Indies’ Elding Habit* and
Mantle* io Fur «cd Cloth. v
No. ’• 44 remain* thrir other new department for C'othlng Young
Oenr’cmen vriib tho taste, nxcotlouce. and oiotiomy whereby M wn.
NScoll have secured wlile-»prc«d confidence.
The 'Wholesale Wgroroom* are at tho rear of tlie Regent-street
premise*, viz. 29, 30. .HI. und 4l, Wnrwtflk-rtroet.
Tho City D««p6t i* at 21 nnd 22, CornhllL
Thq/*ddre**en of the varlon* agent* are dulv ailrertl»Oii to the
A ntoni forreb.
Artist in Hair and Jewellery,
by Appointment
to ihoQneeu,
12, Baker-fitroet. I’ortmtm-*qu*re
1 nearly oppooite the Baaaar).
Antoni Fcnw bo* no eouneotion whatever with hi* late Establish-
mnnt In Resent-streei
C BABLES BACKER (late Antoni Forrer),
Artist In Hair to the QUEEN, by Appointment.
Hair Jewellery Department, 136, Regent-street.
Foreign *nd Fancy ditto, 78. Recent street.
Jet and Mourning ditto, 76. Regent-street.
H AIR JEWELLERY.—Artist in Hair.—
DEWDSKY bog* to inform Ladles or Gentlemen resident hs
town or anv part of tbo kingdom that he beautifully make*, and
elegantly mount*, in gold, HAIR BRACELETS, Chains, Brooches,
King*, Pins, Slndi, he.; ar’d forward* the *ame, cure tody packed
In boxes, at about one-half the u*u*l charge. A beautlfal collection
of specimens, handsomely mounted, kept for Inspection. An illus¬
trated book sent free.—Dewdney, 172, Fenchnrcb -stro* t,
EFOKK YOU HAVE YOUR LIKENESS
TAKEN' STOi fw liEWD.N'Era PATTERNS of BROOCHES.
L?cket* Bracket*, ko.. whieh are sent fro* cn receipt of two portage-
stamps. Kcgistcrrid Revolving Brvxthes to Solid Gold, to showelthw
Likcneea or Hitr nt p'ea*ur9 of wearer, from 45* each. A Gold
Plated Breoch or Locket rent freo t» any part of tho k inborn for
10*. fid—llcwde^y, M 5 unfit taring Goldsmith and Jeweller, 173, run-
chuich-stroct. City. Iondon.
GUINEA GOLD WEDDING-RING and
HaU-mirkc<l KEEPER *«nt in a morocco box ta any part of
the kfnedom on receipt of 21*. or a Post-office order.—GEORGE
DEWDNEY, Go’.*hair h and Jeweller, 173, Feuchurch-street, London.
T O CLU^E FINALLY on the 20th of
MARCH.—SELLING OFF, si SO jw cent discount, B.
SAVORY’S ra'ueble block of . „ ^
l»rc**jrg Caere. Traveling Toilette Bag*. Writing Desk*.
Deapfitch BosL’*. Writing fap«r nnd Envelopes. Work ooxe*.
Bible*. Papier Michd Good*. Church --ervice*.
>'(•«:;-vu! Work. Rodger* and Son’* Cutlerj'. Mo.dtsn’a Article*.
Toe ladv’s £3 rosewood drewing-cMe reduced to £2 8s.; £3 Hi*,
ditto, reduced to £2 16».; £4 ditto to £S 4*. A Indy * elegant
walnut-wood dre**ioj;-d<ao reduced to £3 !(¥.; a ditto, with solid
•i.vcr fitting*, beantlfndy engraved, reduced irom £11 10a. to £9
A g’ntlcman’* di'tO ditto, reduced from £12 10b. to £10. The solid
mahrganv brass-bound £3 3». wriUng-deak reauood to £2 10*. Gd.
The gentleman * 21*. muhogsny mu’tum m perro drradlog-coe
reduc'd to 17*. Tbo tonri* ’* companion, or writ!ng-1 retting co»<\ io
ruieio- reducid from £4 4s. to £3. AUcntlon U uUo requested to th®
travelling tolletle-bfig*.
BELLAMY SAVORY,
Dre^stog Csse Maker. 26. Carnhlll,
Opposite tho Royal Exchange.
ECHFS DRESSING GASES and
TRAH r ELLING BAGS.—113, Bogent-rtroet, and 4. Looden-
hnll-rtrect. London.—Brenr.cs, va*e», pearl and ivory work, modlsoval
mr.Duf*ctnre s. dressing l>ag* and dressing case*, toilet case*, work
boxes and werk tallies, inktiand*. fans; l.ho lorgort stock m England
of papier-mnchd elegancies, writing desks, envolope ea*c*. despatch
boxes, bagotollo, buckgnniroon, and chess table*. Tho promisee in
Begant-street extend fifty yard* Into GlaMhot*e-*troet, «°d < ara
worthy of Inspection a* a specimen of elegant outfit. Everythin*
for the work and drwing tablre-best tooth brntbaa, 9d. nxch; be**
steel scissor* and penknives, Is. each. Tho usual supply of Arrt-rato
cutlery, razor*, razor strops, needles. Ac., for which Mr. Moohl’l
sbwhffl * ' ‘ "
estohUrhments have been so long famed.
F
ISHER’S DRESSING-CASES,
183, Strand.
Catalogues par.-free.
F ISHER’S NEW DRESSING-BAG,
tho boat portable Drreiug^ase #m invonted.
188, Strand.
Catalogue* post-free.
A LLEN’S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
of Parent Portmanteaus, Despatch Boxes, Drresing Coses, and
Truvrittng Bap*, with square opening, by post, for two stamp*-—
J. W. and T. ALLEN. N**ni if*otnrrtT*. and 32. Strand. w.P
EMPLOYMENT.—
P ROFITABLE
w
—P— ”,,k.iv,u,u JL. WANTED directly a nnmber of LADIES and GBNTLEM8M
jourr al* rf the United Kingdom and the Oolonire- _ w m a highly Art I* lie 1‘nn.ult, la connectiou with the Crystal
Paluce, where *tK-< imeno can be *con in the Court pf Invention*.
7ha Art taught (term moderato) Jteteonallv or by letter; and con-
tiuuon* cmpYovroent given to ;>uiiil? In town or country, to real'se *
hancisomo income. No knowletlgo of drawing rrecewary. A Fro-
ipocm* forwarded for four stamp*. Arrangement* mate dally at
LAl'KENT DU LARA'S Gallery of Fino Art*. 3, Torrington- qnare,
RuasoU-aquare. Just ready. Do Lara’* Book on lllarainailng. prico 6a.
f U.ERGYJIEN. and other GENTLEMEN,
\J who profeM.'onally dress to BLACK, nre respect telly invited ,
to insnret HOBSON’S specially ••loe’ed writ of England wool-dyed i
CLOTHS ami DOESKINS, warranted Indoatructlbla in colour.
Everv garment, is made on tho premtee*. No. 57, Lomh.ur«l-»lnv.t. |
under the imnirdiate superintrndene"! of tho proprietor, who h*» ter |
manv year* been l. nourc-i with 'he confidrtjuo of a Urge and to-
creaslvg circle cf clerical patron*
GEOUGP. 110B50N. 57. Lombard-*trret. i
> ATENT r ELF-LIGHTING CIGAR
kind* of Cigar* aro lported by this orooets, and are ignited by «hnple
friciLm, without t Ml* cr smell. No extra price. Invalnibla to out¬
door smoker* and traveihr*. 9*. to 42*. per lb. Sample box, six fino
Ilnvannuhs, free 24 pc*tago-*tamp*; three, 12 •tarnpr¬
ior bret good*
berd-atrovt
-GEORGE DOBSON. Fashlmable Tailor,
D
O YOU KEEP LIVERY SERVANTS?—
DOUDNEY attd SONS’ LIVERIES pies** Moatm and
Servants. Footman’s suit, best quality, £3 3*. I’atrnnlwd by the
Queen, the Prlrce Consort, and ad tlia Royal 1-amily.—Doa-lncv and
Son*, 17, Old Bond-street ; 25, Buriing'uu-arcado; and 4fi. lzimbarJ-
sfreet. Establislird 1781.
L ADIES’ FIRST-CLASS ELASTIC
BOOTS, at MODERATE PRICKS.—Paris Kbl Elastio Roots,
mDItarv hee's. IU. fid. Illustrated priced Catalogao* *»«t post-fre*.—
THOMAS I). MARSHALL, R»2. O NF1RD-STHLET, W _
-jVTO MORE COLD FEET.—Patent FELT
Xl INSOLED BOOTS and SHOE9.-BOWLEY and CO. 53.
Charing-croas. Prize Medal Holder* at Londou and Paris Exhi-
bltiona. _
YV
G \ EORGE HOBSON »»egs to invite attention
\ of Gentlemen to id.* new ?tock of TltOOSERI N'GS for the pre¬
sent Scion, price 2’* to 25*. Tlio Invrrnra* Cope. 25*. now revly.
Several new slvles and shupes In Overcoat*. adaMcd for the coming
wnTi^n": I T,-AL DE PENAS.—Connoisseurs are informed
-- «■-»-•—m. r-n—, ^7, Lom- \ thnt onr Hoore po**:« a limited quanli’y of this rare old
WINK, and offer it nt a very mederate price-vix . 48* pordoxen.—
CADIZ WINK COMPANY, 61. St. J time.’*-street, Lomloa
N.B. Carai*g*rfrea Established 1817.
S OUTH AFRICAN White and Red WINES,
20* tu 2ts. per down-Sherry. Madeira, Port, Claret, anl others.
All rf them go.:d •uccirorns of an Fogish geuilemon’s daily t ablo
, wine—clean, ripe mrilow, and full-flavoured. Faur-doxeu bampem
■ carriage free. FOoTER and INGLR. 45 Chesps de.
VINES irom the CAPE of GOOD HOPE.—
; PORT. SHERRY, MADEIRA, BUCET.LAB, and MAR¬
SALA. nil •:0n.t*eT do/4 n. really fino quality, pro<luce of Spanish and
Portuguese Tim* at the CAPE of GOOD HOPE, wbonce her
Miijrerr'# Goverment allow* trine* So be Imported ter half dutr. Two
sample* for 13 stamp*. Braudy. exoritont. 3^« perdoreu. W and
A. G1I BEY, Wu-o Import-rt. 357. Oxtord-rtroet, VT.
S TOOP MISER MEDICINAL PALE ALE
Is brewed wi’h tho water front ’* Harry Hill’s Woll.” It eura*
diseoBra. nnd b renovnring. rwisouable, and delicious. Rotert-'cos to
the faculty, ana statistical return V local population and birth*.—B.
HOI DEN. 55 a. Upper riovmoni^rect, Porttnao-squoro. solo London
Agvut H. Watts. Manager, St^Phnber, Taunton. Drnm triukt nai
trinket wleder. daos euro leheu*fri*he Woods rorig rtrahle.
F isher, son. and haselden’S fluid
LENITIVE ELECTUARY, or CONFECTION of SENNA.—
This pren«ration it now unberaally arknowlaiged to bo the beat atd
safest aperient (or person* of all ages and elUior *ex, more especially
thora who from sedentary hahit*. or otBer roa*ons, reiulro a gjntlo
urerient daily. It is exceedingly agre-ablo to the tatte. and on that
account pnri'tcuHtly suitable tor ctdldren Prepared and sold at 1*.
Conduit-atrect. lfcgent-strect, W M Loatleo: may bo obtained at all
( berets *, either m town or country, to brt.lv*, nt Is. bd,, 2a. W.,
4s. 6d.: or. oontai ring * lb.. 10 *. etch _
G f LENFIELD PATENT STARCH.
I VSXU IS TII* ROT At, I.\UNDKT,
And prfmnuncitl by her Mr\}r*i. v '“ Lnnuara** to bo
THE FINEST STARCH 8HK EVER USED.
Sold by nil Chandler*. t»r«NN»r*. *c . Ac_
WHEN YOU A H K FOR
LENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
SEE THAT YOU GET IT,
a* inferior kind* ara o» ten *r>b»tttiriod.
B RITISH PIANOFORTE SOCIETY, for
dirirP.utirg Pianofortes upon the rrincipla of * Building
Poclctr- HtuithI,trti.ia.tit, 10, IS mSO.hlllliaj. hj.t.M'rata
r.r further particulars apply to the Manager. Mr. JAMES CGOKK.
Barton Pianoforte Factory. Ossnllton-Street, Euston-road (MU New-
roadl. St Pancra*. London. N.W. _ |
C HEJUCAL MAGIO & 0 .—Mr. STA
TH AM'S Illustrated Prospectus or ChemlraJ Csbinots. Portable
Lahorttories, Micro*ropes, Mario Lanterns. Optical. Bl*etra*l. Pnou-
mstlc. and Photographic lustromente; ScIenUfio *nd Educational
Tor*. Ac-is forwarded free on receipt of two stamD*.—WiLLI An
B. 8T AT11 AM. JOB. Ref ent-rtreel, W. _
ICROSCOPES.—J. AMADIO’S Improre l
COMPOUND MICROSCOPE. £3 «».; fitndonli’. £3l3s.6d.
“Both thi-so are from Aroadlo. of Thragmortoo-otree^ «>d are
excellent of thrir kind, tho more onronslra one mpbcsR -Uow*~
bold Words No. S45. A large aaoertm t mt of Achromatic Mtor-’wcooes.
ICROSCOPES—J. AMADIO’S BOTAN-
JCAL MICROSCOPES, packed la mahogany cate*, with
three ncwtr*. oandenev. pjneore, and two s’Hes—wM show tho
1 ntoatonbr In water. Prire 18*. fid “ The Field " nfivrspamm, umlcr
the irardctiing department givra the followior valuable testi mony .
•* in* marvellously cheap, and win do everything which
nature can wish it to SCCOmoU-h.»|th«r at homo or In the opooafr.
Jono 6. 1857- Address. 7, Throgmorton-street.—A large a-aortment of
Ach rotnstlc Vlrrooropes- ___
G I EOLOGY and MINERALOGY.—
r BksMnt»r, COliEcriONS, to f.dl‘t.to the Mudy of tht.
bo boil froai T«o(ioin.«. to Ono HundjeO,
SSSSS J. TKXNAST '« -trooj. boo. no.
Mr. Teooont fiivr. Private lortructfcn io Minor^ofr> ooJ CJ00I0P7.
M 1
A FINE HEAD of HAIR guaranteed in six
month, bv tho MO of ELLIOTTS GOLDEN HE LAVA. Thi.
celebrated preparation Is unfailing iu Its siimulatieg offect* no ths
young and weak hrirs, causing thorn to grow with vigour and
1,1111,111 r, and the colouring mirt’cr to ascend Into the tabes whore the
h.ir l.'iroy. I'rko 3«. fid.. t». 6.1 . 6 a. <hL. 1IU. «d.. »U—T.
ElBnU. Hs ugr o w er (first floor), 51, Fcncbaroh-street. borwardad on
rccelnt of j)oat*ge-*tamp*o ____
P iESSE ntiil LUP.IN’S SWEET SCENTS.
The create*: variety to Knrep# Every requiaite for the
t< lift of fashion.—lloyul laboratory of Flower*, 2, Now Boud-street
Lordoo._____
E ”~Tu PHILIPPE. — PH TLIPFE’S DENTL
BRICE WATER cleans and wtotens tho teeth, brace* the
emus, sweeten* the lureath. and preveute toothache. Prioo 2s- nnd
3*.—Bimino l. Iri, Strand: and Sanger, 160. Oxford-street.
T BETH.—By her Majesty's Royiil Letters
Patent—A now and original invention of Chtmicnlly-prejiared
WHITE and tiUK-COLOQBKD INDU8URBKR a* a llnutg to tho
OtillnaiT gold or bono frame. All sharp edgos ara arable*l. oml no
strings, wires, or fastening* are require!; n grestly-inr.reH»etlfrAcdo,n
of suction is scppllcd. and a perfect tit sccurod; wbl o from the soft-
nre> and f esil»ll»v of tho agents emoloyed. the grealwt support !•
aiven to the adjoining teeth when loose, or rendered tender hy the
ali*orp ion of the gums—Mr. EP.-tR41M M04ELSY, Sorgeon
1 vat it fl, Lower Grosvenor-atreet, London, and 14. dfty-ltrert, t**th
I NFANTS’ NEW FEEDING-BOTTLES.—
From the " Lancet"-" W# bara seldom seen anything so
beautiful as th* Feeding-Bottle* Introduced by Mr. KLAM. UW.
Oxford-street. Whether tor warning, roaring by huuL or oocmlaiitl
fecuii g they are onit a nnrivared.” 7a. 6d. each. _
O MOTHERS.—NEW NIPPLE SlUELDS,
l»r t.U»B««.vH |.«L>
dinte'v curing cracked or sire ninnies — BENJAMIN hlJtM. ll».
Oxford-stree t is 6d.; or by t>o*L Vd extra. _ I
CLOTHES tor
_ , . ..___Un. HUTCHINSON, 17, Dean- 1
street, mgh Hollrorn. W.C.. continue giving the highest prica in e%*b
for Ladw*’. G- nilemcn’s, and Children’s Clothes. Kegliacutals. Under¬
clothing, Boots, Books. Jawallety, and all mUc- d-norti* proportle*.
I^die* or Oentiemtm punctually wol;u<l on at thrir reside aces any
tit,io or dhtanre. on addrt wrtng oa above FarceU »ent from the
roontrv, tbe uouM value immedlatvlr remiited bv Pu**-ortuJ* orler.
G
■WANTED LEFT-OFF
▼ V EXPORTATION.—Mr. and Mr*.
XX, ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHED, Uni-
X\ forms, Miscellaneous Property, ke. The highest price gireo
Ladle* or Genthrocn waited on by addreatng to Mr. md Mrs. O.
DYAM, 16. Tyler-*trort, Bcgent-rtrect. W ; or pare*> bring sent the
ntm.jrt v*»tt» in ca*h ir emadiatr’v renthttv*.- tunabd.^wt Td voare
•\TVANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES for
Y t ALSTRAI.IA, to rood or inferior condition. Mr. .nd Mr,.
JOBV IRAACA, .119 and .00, K1 HASH (oppo.lt. Kom,r»«-booi.).
eomirn. (o Bi». Ibo prle. in C«oi (or l.ad,e.','«m'Jeoi<mi
and ThiUrpn'l Clotboa Bealn-entab, Lndorclntillafi, Booli, Dbofi*
Je«en<irT, and all MlK.llan.ou. PropCTtp. LotlOT for any daroi
distance pocc.toally attended to. PA«ria sent from the Country,
either large or mall, the ntmort value rer- rnerl by .Portt-office <wo«
the same day. Reference, London a»d Wrmclivrto Back. Eat. ** yra
I JUNEST FRENCH COLZA OIL, 4s. 6d. per
’ Oal'on. ca,b.-»jM.n. I.EHAIRB and CO., of Parfa. Sola
IVnrt in England, tbe London Soap and Candle Company, 76. Now
Bond-street. Their* 1* the flnrat etui purest Cols* Oil Imported, tad
will burn to every kiud of lamp now In uao. Also rodnoed price* for
all Condos, Soap . Oils. fc*. ____
S OILED LACE. MUSLIN, and DAMASK
CURTAIN H, Clranrd. Fin fitted, or Dyrd, aqusl to new. A
*lrgle pair sen' fer end delivered i free o # cha/gsl whhln eu^t «»TJ—
METROPOLITAN 81 RAM BIJtACHING and D1B»NG COM1 AM,
17. Wharf-raad. Cit y road, N. __
C HOICE FLOWER SEEDS.—Sent post-
pj’d. Tho following rarkats. Is eachSplendid Ikrabto
Ocrnwn rtockr, new 1 ergo Flowwing, Dwarf , ‘-Wrek. new ,ntor -
mrdlato, Imporor P.-rpetual Kiownring, and Bcompfm. Snoerb
Doable Aster*. Ptronr (Traflknt*. the largrar ami hauJ*om«t w.ntv.
New Globe QuilleJ and Dwart Jlonoutt Pyramid. Superior Double
Larkspur*. Dwarf Hoeket. Branrbiag, and new Hyarinthtflorim.
Spitmnld Zinc la*, and Doable German Wallflower. Choiea Calcro-
Uria. Cineraria, Primula, and Chatcr’s cholera Doable Hollyhock-
Hplcndkl new 1'ctnnU*. nom Iiitly: *'» ■. l>«hle Ca^>^ a *
and lkinh’e Ficote*. Linum Gfandiflornm Goeetoanm, Wlutlavta
Grandlflora, Acrocltolnm Ho ettm. Luptous Piloso* Aibas, Aloosoa
W* ret, ier u ivlphlnum Font to* am. Thirty s-jrts of the liardira: and
tno>« showy Annual* for 5#.. teateew for V&mfor
*U. Cd.. In label*, giring cultural dtreolon*. BH L«TK and MCUL-
LOCH'8 Bred Cfitalegoe - a useful guide to the Vegeteblo and Mower
Garden rent free by prat on apjtliratlon. Opposite Southampton-
ttrrtt, C’ovent-g*n1en Market- London. ___
S UPERB FLOWER SEEDS for EARLY
SOWING, port-free at the annexed price* re-100 fine haidy
Anneals, 5*.; -V> ditto, 3. . 36 dUto, 3*. fid.; 12 dig*
srript’ve Catalogue*, wi h ramplo nteket, for JU-—From mLUAB
KNIG1IT, Florist, 67, Hich-itrert, Bsrt'e, Passe*.
216
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Feb. 27, 1858
A’£IV MUSIC, J-c.
D ’ALBERT’S ALBUM for 1858.—The most
splendid Mas!cal Work Brer produced, surpassing all this
popular Composer's previous Albums. The cover lib Iho moat olabo-
nt« and gorgeous style; the binding in watered silk; and the coloured
illustrations are in the greatest variety, by Mr. Brandard. M. D’AIbert
ban composed cxorosaly for this Album a number of new Waltzes, new
Quorum, Hoik as. Mazurkas, etc-; and the publishers feel confidence
in announcing it as the meet attractive Musical Present ever pub¬
lished- Price 2Is. Sent free
CHaiyxll and CO., 49 and 50, New Bond-street,
D ’ALBERT’S WEDDING QUADRILLE,
per ormed by Weitnwrt's Rand at h<r Majesty's State Ball,
Buckin gh am Palieo I rice 3s_ Solo or Dues, post freo.
Chappell and Co., 50, Now Bond-drees.
D ’ALBERT’S PRINCESS ROYAL POLKA,
with an exquisite Portrait of the Prinoose in Colours, by
BRANDARD. Prloe 3s„ Solo or Duct, post-free.
Chappell and Co , 50, Now Bond-street
D ’ALBERT’S HOOP DE DOODEN DO
GALOP Just published. Price 5*., post-free.
Chappell and Co., 60, Now Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S ENGLISH POLKA. Just
published, illustrated in uolours, with a Bridal Portrait of the
Prinoei* Royal, by BltAKBAKD Prico 3*., post-free.
Chappell end Co., 60, New Bond-street.
L ’ADIEU de la PRINCESSE. BRINLEY
RIC1LARD8' Now Noetunao for the Pianoforte, splondidly
Illuitretoil in Colours by BRANDARD. Bodlcated to her Majesty the
Quocn. l'rice 3e. tkL, post-frea.
CHAPPELL and Co., 80, New Bond-street.
T HE LAY of the SEA-SHELL. New Song.
Composed by C. M. R. OLIVER. Prico 2s. Alio, bv the same
Composer, BLEEP, MY PRETl'Y ONE, BLEEP. Words by Teuuy-
eon. Prioc 2s., post-free.
Chappell and Co., 60, New Bond-street.
B RINLEY RICHARDS’ HUGUENOTS
FANTASIA on the most admired Airs from this favourite
Opera for the Pianoforte. Prico 4a.. post-free
Chappell and Co., 60, New Boad-streob
A DELE; or, I Miss thy Kind and Gentle
Voice. The Second Edition of this beautiful Ballad, by
LANGTON WILLIAMS, is now reedy, as sung by Miss Loscelles.
Price 2s.; free for stamps.— W. W illiams , iMt, Tot tAnham -<y»irt.™ a /i
E FFIE SUNSHINE: New Ballad. By
LANGTON WILLIAMS; sung by Miss Poole, with tbo greatest
aucoess. Bountifully Illustrated. Price X». 6 d., fre« for stamps.
W. Williams, 221. Tot cnham-court-road
L ANGTON WILLIAMS’ NEW REDOWA,
11 Tho Village Queen."—"This is the rom of the season, both
In music *ud Ulustra ion."—Review.—W. Williams and Co., 221,
Tottenham-oocrt- road. I*rice 2*. fid.: tne for stamps.
have always a welcome fok
THEE. Now Ballad, by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Just pub¬
lish*!. "One of the sweetest ballads of the day."—Review Price
2s ; free for stamps.—W. Williams, 221 , Tottonhom-court-road.
rTlHE ROYAL WEDDING QUADRILLES,
X by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Illustrated with Portraits, in
Colour*, of their Royal Highneaecs tho P<inces* Roval of Prussia and
her Consort, by BRANDARD. after Drawings 'by Winterhalter.
Price 4a. Free for stamps—W. Williams and Co., 221, Tottenham-
omurt-raad.
VERY STUDENT of MUSIC should
provide hi at sol f wi'h a llttlo pamphlet ON tho THEORY of
MC81C, recently printed for gratuitous circulation by her Majesty’s
publishers, Mes-r* Robert Cocks and Co. In ita pages will be
found much valuable Information.
fTlHE ORATORIOS, &c.—Messrs. ROBERT
«X COCKS and CO. were the First Publishers t> issue a complete
Onxtwlo for Is. 4d. and 2s —I o . Me siah com: lete . Is- Id. and 2a.;
Jodas Maecabrcu*. Haydn's Creation, Haydn’s lit and 3rd Masses,
Mozart’. |«t and 12th ditto, Beethoven's 1st Mats, Mozart s Requiem,
Haydn’s Seatons, all arrangod by John Bishop, 2a exch. 8 pedmon
pages gratis, and postage free.
H AMILTON’S MODERN INSTRUC¬
TIONS for the PIANOFORTE. 173nl Edition. 02 large folio
page*, la. “We never heard but one objection to this work-viz .
tost there is too much for money.London: Robert Cocks and
CO^ Now Burlington-aUeet; and all Mueictoilers and Booksellers.
TVTEW BALLAD by BALFE.—“ Scenes of
11 Hume." by M. W. Balfo prico 2i. Aim, Sixth Edition of
’ Come Into tho Gnrdon. Maud " by the same omxiser. price 3s.
Boosky and Sons’ Musical Library, Hollar-street.
lyTEW SONG by MISS FRICKER, compose 1 *
_Lt of " Fading away," “ 1 do not watch alone," words and
music by Anno Frlckor price 2s.
Boosgr and Hons 1 Musical Library. Holles-street.
B UOSEY’S MUSICAL LIBRARY.—An
Annual Subscriber of Two Guineas has the command of above
10G.OOO English and Foreign Works, and is allowod tbo continual uso
of Three Qu'nwta’ worth of Music in tho Country, or Two Guineas'
werth In Loudon. Country Parcels dispatched with tho greatest
promptitude. Full particulars by post.—Holles-street, W.
T he anglo-prussian - polka, just
published. 2 b., dedicate 1 to her Royal Highness tho Princess
Royal of EngDnd. By KLEIN REIN. ’This much-admired Polka to
be had of J. A. TURNER, 19, Poultry, Cheopeido, B.C.
1VTEW GALOP.—TAM O’ SHATTER
i.1 (Galop Caracteristlquc). Par GIUSEPPE D1 MONTL Prico
Sb. 6 d —R. Mills and toss, 140, New Bond-street, W.
S AD BROWN LEAVES: Ballad, 2s.;
Duet, 2s. fid. “Only to bo known to be aaivrsally *pp e-
ciated." Also, by tbesuno Composer, “1 wish he would make up
hi* mind, Ma!‘ **.; • Ob ! brightly the sunbeams are sblniug "
Ss. «d.: and, * Stiff m wait a little longer," 8 s. Sent free by
rtkurn of post, for s'ampt, by Mr. T. CHAN TREY. Macclesfield.
WER and CO.’S ALBUM de PIANO for
1868, containing twenty-six now composition* bv the boat
modern author*. ‘ By for tho beet work of its kind ever published.'
1,0 'airly recommended as a handsome Eift."-Mu¬
sical World. “As good a gift- book of iu kind as we have met
AtheaKum. One of the prettiest musical annuals."—Dally News.
Pnce 16s. sent fro*. List of contents sent free on application.—
Ewkb and CO.. 390. Oxford-etreec Solo publisher* of the ©oxniJete
works of Mondelsaohn.
T INENDRAPERS* GALOP, for thTpiano
X-f forte By AUGU 8 TU 8 HERZOG The most spirited Galop
lately publlsbod. Sent free on receipt of 12 stamp*.
_Ewwt and Co., 380, Oxford-*Lreet.
F ISSIE’S DREAM. New Ediiion. A Story
of the Relief o' Lucknow Composed by JOHN BLOCK) BY.
X* fid IUnitrated- "One of tbo most touching ballads of modem
Um«." ClauiK «od B«ALZ. Ml, HajODl-.U-Wt.
H ANDEL’S THREE GRAND MARCHES,
arranged by JOHN BLOCKLEY. as por'ermed at tho
Wedding of tho P.loeo** Royal. No. !, Her Majoxty’e Procestlon
March; No. 2. Roval Bridegroom's March ; Ho. 3 . Roval Bride’s
March, together, solo, 2s.; duett, 3*.— Cuamc::, 201, Regant-street.11
A SMILE and a KIND WORD of
GREETING. N-w tong. Bv EOWD. J. LGDER. 2«.
“Oneof the hippinst inspirations of th's admired composer. R will
becomo popular in all our musical circles."
CRAMKR. Be ilk. and Co.. 201. Regent-street.
(PUE ROSE of CASilLLE. BALFFS
,X New Opjra. All the Music. also Arrangements of the saino
for tlu> Pianoforte, by W. II Callcott. J. Henndict. Favargor, Hura-
mrll Osborne and Mailarmt Ossjrv. Tbo Optra complete for Voice
and Piano, vis.
_ Crame r, Beale, and Co., 201, Regent-street.
P IANOFORTES, Secondhand.—CRAMER,
BEALE, and CO. have a large assortment, by Krard, Bread-
“ «™“r
H ARMONIUMS.—Cramer, Beale, and Co.
.relh.ATOT,forALEXASURE3HAl:MOSIlHSrwlng
' DacrfptivTLtt
NEW MUSIC, Ifc.
H OPE is the LIGHT of EVERY HEART.
New Song. Composed by JOHN BLOCKLEY; Poetry. GRACE
STIRLING. 2*. Also, by th* samo Authors. ONE LEISURE HOUR.
Ballad. 2s. addisox, Holliek, and Lucas, 210, Regent-street.
TTHE HIGHLAND RESCUE. New Ediiion.
X An Incident at Lucknow Pootry, CARPENTER ; Music,
JOHN BLOCKLEY. 2s. 6 d., Illustrated. ’ Dinna ye boar it? Dinna
yohoorU? U’s tho Slogan o’the Highlanders. We're saved 1 wo're
■Avedl" ADDISOK, 210. Regent-*treot.
B LOCKLEY’S ROYAL BRIDAL MARCH.
Descriptive Pieoe, 3s.; Duet, 4s.—Royal Salute—Peal of Beils—
Drums and ITuinpets- Choere—Distant March of Guard of Honour—
Cavalcade of tho Royal Bridegroom -Grand National March and
Hymn—Arrival at tho Chapel Royai—Flourish of Trumpets—Shouts
—Garter Klng-at-Arrna forma tho ITucoooious in tho Throne-room—
Bridal Proocsainu. enter tho Chanel -Organ Music—Celebration of the
Ceremony—Bridal Hymn and Choral Anthom—return oPBridal Pro-
oeauian—Grand March. " BrilUsnt, not dirtlcult. and very affective."
Addison, 210, Rcgent-strooL
TJLOCKLEYS ROYAL BRIDAL VAR-
XJ fcOVIAN v New Edition IMuitra’od in Colour*. 2s. fid.
BlocXIey’h * Biiciol Vorsoviuua' is rapidly becoming the most
popular of the day, having «1 ready reachcj a ri«'W editiunl"
AddiaOX, 210, Recent-street.
rpHE RIGHTEOUS SWORD—A new and
X popular Song. Sung by Sims Reove*. Dedicated, by pcnn's-
*ion, to bu Royal Highness tho Duke of Cambridge, Comrnander-lu-
Chlof. Mu icby EDWARD HERBERT, of St. Margaret's College,
Crieff. Prico 3*., illustrated.
Addison, Holmkk, and Lucas, 210, Regent-streeL
R ossini quadrilles, by e. prout,
on sonic celebrated airs extracted from Rossini’s Operas.
Price 34 ., post-froe.
Addison, Holliek, and Lucas, 210, Regent-streeL W.
rjOURT CARD QUADRILLE. lUnstrated.
By E. J. CARD. A lively set on Scotch Airs. Price 4s^ post-
free.— ADDISON, IIOLLIBH, and LUCAS, 210, Kogent-atroct, W.
B onnie george Campbell. New
Pout, by JOHN HULLAH, the oomjio'er of “Throe Fisho-s
wont ssiti«g " both sung by Miss Dolby. Prioo of each, 2 s. fid., post-
free.—A ddisox, HOLMKU, and LUCAS, 210, Rogenv-suceL W.
rnHE NEW ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM
X for the DRAWING-ROOM.
ALEXANDRE and SON havojost token out a new patent for the
Drawing-room Harmonium, which cffocts tho gronte«l improvement
they have over mado In the instrument. The drawing-room models
will be found of a softer, purer, and in all ro-poets more »grocable
tono than any other instruments They have a perfect and cosy
means of producing a diminuendo or crescendo on any one note or
more; tho buss can be perfectly subdued, without even tho nse of the
expression »tnp, the great difficulty In other Harmoniums. To each
of tbo new modola an additional blower it attached at the bock, so
that the wind can bo supplied (if preferred) by a ►ocond person,
and still, under the now patent, tho performer can play with perfect
expression.
THE DRAWING-ROOM MODEL.
Ho. Is made In three varieties. Guinea
1. Three Stops, Percussion Action, additional Blower, and
In Rosowood Com .25
2 . Eight Stops ditto ditto ditto 36
3 Sixteen Stops ditto ditto, Toil Cdleste, Ac.
(tho best Harmonium that can bo made) .. ,. 60
Messrs- Chappell nave an onortnou* stock of the
SIX-GUINEA HARMONIUMS,
And of all Varieties of the ordinary kind, which are perfect for tho
Church, School, Hall, or Conoert-room.
Ho. Guinea
1. One Stop, oak ease . .. ,, „ jo
2 . „ mahogany oom .. .. 12
2. Three Stops, oak, 16guineas; rosowood ., .. .. if,
4. Five Stops (two rows vibrator*), oak case .. .. li
„ ditto rosewood case.23
*. Eight 8 top*, ditto, oak, 25 guineas; rosewood .. ..26
6 . Twelve Stops (four row* vibrators), oak or rosowood case 36
7. One Stop (with percussion action), oak case, 16 guineas;
rosewood ce at .
8 . Throe Stops, ditto, rosewood cajo .
9. Eight Stops, ditto, oak or rosowood com .St
10. Twolve Stops, ditto, oak case.40
IL ,1 ditto, rosewood case .. .. ..
12. Patent modal, ditto, pol'shod oak or rosewood case .. 66
Messrs. Chappell beg also to oall attention to their
NEW AND UNIQUE COTTAGE PIANOFORTE
Ho. Guineas.
1. In mahogany com, 6 J octaves.26
2. In rosowood, with circular fall. 6 | octaves .. .= ..30
3. In rosewood, elegant caw, fret*, Ac.',. SS
4. In very olegant walnut, ivory-fronted keys, Aa.40
6 . Tho Unique Pianoforte, with perfect check notion, elegant
rosewood rase, 6 J octaves. ..40
8 The Foreign Model, extremely elegant, oblique string*, 7
octaves, best chock action, Ac., the most powerful of
all upright pianofortes . 60
Also to their Immense assortment of new and secondhand instru¬
ments, by Broad wood, Collard, and Krard, for sale, or hire.
Full descriptiv* lists of harmoniums and of pianoforte* sent upon
application to CHAPPELL and CO., 49 and 60 , New Bond-street,
and 13, George-strost, lianover-*r ( uare.
f "tHAPPELL’S FOREIGN MODEL~PIANO-
FORTE, price Fifty Guineas.—This instrument has (unlike
the ordinary Cottage Pianoforte) Three Siring* and the fullest Grand
eompass of Seven Octavos. It L« strengthened by every possible
moons to endure tho greatest amount of woor, and to stand perfectly
In any cllmnte. Tho workmanship is of tbo best description, tho tone
Is round, full, and rich, and tho power equal to that of a Richard
Grand. Tho case Is of tbo most elegant construction, in rosewood,
tho touch elastic, and the repetition Tory rapid. Evory possible pre¬
caution has been taken to ensure Us standing well in tune. Chap pel]
and Co. especially Invito tho attention of tho public, the profession,
and merchants to tho Foreign Model, fooling astured that no Piano¬
forte, in all respects ooropareblo, has hitherto boon made In England
at the some price. Every instrument will be warranted, and (if de¬
sired) exchanged within *wntv« months of the purchase.—60, Now
Bond-street. London.
G EO. LUFF and SON’S IMPROVED
HARMONIUM? forSALEor HIRE, with east terms of nur-
ehaxa, from £12 to £50. Tbo only makers of the real oanuouium
Repairs, Tu nlngs.—103, Groat Rosooll-street, Bloomsbury.
PIANOFORTES.—GEO. LUFF and SON
X have tho largost atock In London, for 8 \LE or HIRE, with
easy *rrrTOB ot parebnso, both new and secondhand, from £10 to £100
Tuners senito all parts.—103, Groat hussoll-stroot, Bloomsbury.
R S, PRATTEN’S PERFECTED FLUTES,
• on tho old system of fingering, with largo or small bolus, are
now mode with German Silver Keyset four guineas, and with sterling
Stiver Keys from eight to seventeen guineas each, complete in Casea,
Ac. Every Instr ament is tested by Mr. Prat ten, and accompanied
n certificate from that unrivalled artist. Boosky and 80X8,
Manufacturers, 21, Holies-street, London. W.
TATUSICAL BOX DEPOT, 54, Corahill,
M sirs. MLOLK (Vraresi, of Gonava, containing operatic, uatloual,
fa four lie, and ucrod airs. List of tune* and pnore graUs.
/BASE’S CONCERTINAS, 4 guineas each,
with 48 key#, and in mahogany c»sea. These are tho best in¬
struments of the kind manufactured and will be sent carriage free to
* nv F"* ® England. Alao. Case’s Cona«r ina Instructions, As ; and
Case s 100 Melodic* for Concertina*. Is.; Popular Recreations for Uon-
cartran and Piano. »2 Nuralnv*, Is. each.—B oosky and 80X8, Manu-
factuicrs and PuM iohaw. 2t and 28. Holles-street.
B arrel and finger harmonium.—
n M ’r Ih! ' fap ytOHI *1X1 CO. h»v« now rpu.lj u now In-
Bo™ f , wMcl > '«■> l» PU,*1 flutter wllh lli«
to k '* 1 £."' 1 "’ out I" chui«tae from ono
to the other. Meurs. Wheatstone and Co. have an extensive a*-ort-
rneat o: Hurmonium* of their own manufacture, with one, three.
® v s* * n '* *0“ stop*, at the following prices—viz . 10, 15, 22. 24 ,
and 30 guineas. All of tho best quullty of tone, materials, and work¬
manship. A large assortment *f Harmoniums by Alexandre, in-
,h f* e W lh ,he la,eAl immovameuta, at prices varying from
fi to 60 guineas.—20, Conduit-street, Regent-street, W
PIANOFORTES EXTRAORDINARY, at
L.S^“ d K MOORP ; 8 ' ,W ’ B1,h{, P«ffate-str.Md Within.
These are first-class Pianos, of rare excellence, possessing exquisite
hnprovements, recently applied, wnlch effoct a grand. • pure, and
beautiful ouallty of tone that tianda unrivalled. Price from 18
guineas, r irst- class Pianos for hire, with cuy terms of purchaio.
rnilE PATENT ENAMELLED GLASS
co », 1 ; il ^; r ^, BT ; ;,iKosco, T- h,,kncek - bboWki.no, . n j
. ; K >“ “Vflfl Ik* 0 lflK«nl norrli. lo tbo flublic. 11,e Improved
Prismatic htereoaoopo In ilnhogany, 7s 4>J. Polished Mahogany
Stereoscope, wl h brassadtn«i!n»an>anl«iMa ■»« <ui r-_-_i_
H OW TO USE THE MAGIC LANTERN.
Directions for using the Magic Lantern. DiMclrinir View-*
SuZ S 9 JZ,? i £ :l " 1 ofpricaaWs^KSferns .Td
A^*i^VS«fesy£EtJ?*“ “ d ra0!LN -
■JVTIGnT PHOTOGRAPHY.—PORTRAITS
llun um'* k “ by Anincl “ 1 U T 1,t> Cn view el Uw 8uui4 Ken.,Ingle,,
8 ARL and SONS, Wholesale Manufacturing
KLECTKO and AKOKNTINE SILVEK PLATE 118, Ko,. 17 and
18, ComhIU.-In the splendid Show Room - dovotod to this department
of the business will be found every article usually manufactured.
Corner Dishes and Covers—Dish Covers—Soup and Sauce rureons—
Cruet Frames—Tea and Coffee Services— M ag n ifi c en t Epergnes and
Candolabra -Salver* and Toa Trays.
The Argentine Silver Spoons and Forks, solely manufactured by
Sari and Sons, at one-sixth tho cost of solid Silver, are especially ro-
oatntuended, having stood the teat of Fifteen Yosre* experience.
Books of Drawings and Prices may bo obtained.
All orders by post punctually attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manu¬
facturer*, No*. 17 and 18, ComhilL invite attentiou to their now
and splendid ■‘tock of GOLO aod SILVER WATCHES, etch war¬
ranted. and twelve months' trial allowed.
Oliver Watcher, of highly-finished construction, and Jewelled, with
fashionable exterior, at 60s. to £10 10a.
Gold Watch ns, of all descriptions of movements, from £6 Os.
to £60-
Books of Patterns and Prices can be obtained; and all otdore, with
a remittance, promptly attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Goldsmiths and Jewellers,
Nos. 17 and 18, ComhilL—Tho ground Hoor of tbo Now Buildlor
is more particularly devoted to the display of Fine Gold Jewellery and
Fine Gold Cha ns.
In the Jewellery Department will be found a rich and ond!c»s
assortment of Ring* and Brooches, set with magnificent gems, Brace¬
lets and Necklets, Pin* aud rituds, Ac. All ncv*ly manufactured, and
in the most recent style. Tho quality of the gold is warranted.
Fine Gold Chains are charged according to their respective weights,
and the quarity of the gold U certified by tbo stamp.
Books or Patterns and Prices can bo obtained.
Letters promptly attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Silversmiths (the New
Building), 17 and 18, Corahill, invito attention to their new and
magnificent Stock of London-mnnu'actured SILVER PLATE, cou-
taiug every article requisite for the Table and Sideboard
Silver Spoons and Porks at 7s. 4d. per ounce.
Rich aud Elegant Tea and Coffee Equipages, commencing at £38
tho full service
Silver Salvors of all sizes and patterns, from £6 10s. to £L)0.
A large and coetly dbplay of Silvor Probentation Plato, oh urged at
per ounce— Silver department of tho building.
Books of Designs and Prices may bo obtained.
S ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manufae-
turcre. Nos. 17 and 18, Corahill, havo a Show-room expressly
fitted up for the display of Drawing and Diniog Room CLOCKS,
manufacture.] in splendid Ormolu, nod exquisitely-modelled antiqao
Bionr.es, the movements of first-cla a flni»h, striking tho hours and
bali-houra. Kaoh Clock Is wormniod. Staircase Clocks In fashion¬
ably-moulded cases. Diala for Couu'.iitg-liousce. All charged ix
manufacturing prices.
The New Buildings, No. 17 and 18. Corahill.
ATCHES.—A. B. SAVORY^i^SONS,
Watchmokor* (opposite tho Bank or England). 1! and 12,
forahni, London, submit for selection a stock of first-class PATENT
DETACHED LKVEK WATCUB8, which, being made by themselves,
can be reoommetsded for accuracy anddurahriitv. A warranty taginrn.
PRICES OP SILVER WATCHES.
Patent Lever Watch, with the Improvement*, i e , the de¬
tached cacepomont, Jewelled, hard enamel dial, seoonda,
and maintaining (tower to continue giing whilst being
wound .£4 14 0
Ditto, jewelled in four holes, ind capped. .660
Ditto, tho finest quality, with the improved regulator,
iewollcd In six holes, usually,In gold cases.8 8 0
Either of tho Silver Watches in bunting oases, 10s. fid. extra.
GOLD WATCHRK^BIZE FOR LADIES.
Patent Lever Watch, with ornamental gold dial, tbo move-
muntwilh latent improvements, l e.. tho dotachodescape¬
ment, maintaining power, and jewelled.11 11 0
Ditto, with richly-engraved case .12 12 0
Ditto, with very strong cose, and Jewelled In four holes .. 14 14 0
jx GOLD WATCHES.—SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN.
Patent Lcvar Watch, with the latest improvements, i.e., the
detached oecapcmcnt, jawollod in four holes, hard enamel
dial, teoouils. and maintaining power .10 10 0
Ditto, !n stronger ease, improved regulator, aad capped .. 13 13 0
Ditto. Jewelled in six hole*, and gold balance .. .. 17 17 0
Either of the Gold Watches in hunting cases, £3 3a. extra.
Any Watch selected from the list will be safely packed and tent free
to any pan of Great Britain or Ireland, upon a receipt of a rendttanoo
of the amount.
o
N BOARD H.M.S. “NORTH STAR,” in
the ARTIC RKGION8, for Two Years, the Ship’s Time was
kopt by ono of JONEB’S Lever*, all other watches on board having
stopped. In Silver, £4 4s.; In Gold, £10 10s.; at the Manufactory,
828, Strand (opposite Somerset House).—Bead JONES'S "Sketchof
Watch Work." Sent free for a Id. stomp.
OLEGANT GOLD WATCHES, Jewelled
Xlit In Four Holsa, Maintaining Power, Biehly Engraved Cases
and Dials, £3 10s. Od. Silver Watchno, tamo movements. £1 17s. fid.
Superior flubbed Duplex and Lever Watches In gold and silver cases.
watchmaker to his Mgjesty George the Fourth.
S ECONDHAND GOLD WATCHES, by
eminent makers, warranted genuine, aocarate, perfect in con-
m, and at half the original cost. A choice stock at WALES and
M'CULLOCH'B, 32, Ludgate-street (near St. Paul’s).
TRENT’S CHRONOMETERS, Watches, and
A-7 Clocks.—M. F. DENT, 33, Cockspur-street, Charing-eross,
Watch, Clock, and Chronometer Maker by special appointment to
Her Majesty the Queen, 33, Cockspur-street, Charing-eross.
F DENT, sole Successor to E. J. Dent in all
• his patent rights and business, at 81, Strand, and 34 and 36,
Koyal Exchange, and the Clock aud Compass Factory, at Somerset
Wharf, CHRONOMETER, WATCH, and CLOCK MAKER to the
Queen and Prince Consort, and Maker of the Great Clock for the
Uouica of Parliament Ladle*' Gold Watches, eight guineas; Gentle¬
men's, ten guineas; strong Silver Lover Watches, six guineas; Church
Clocks, with compensation pendulum, £85. No connection with S3,
Cock-pur-street.
T O FREEMASONS at Home and Abroad.—
BRO JOHN MOTT TH EARLE, Manufacturer cf Jewels,
Clothing, Furniture. Banner*, Ac., for the Craft. Mark. Koval
Arch, K. T., and higher degree*. No 198, Fleot-street. London,
wholesale and retail. Merchants, Lodges, Tiler*, and the Trade
supplied on most advantageous t-rms. A choice collection of Ma¬
sonic Jewels, Pins, Rings, and Studs always on hand. Copy the
address.
C LOCKS for ROOMS.—Designs original,
elegant, and In pure taste. Works the very beat (with the
latest improvements). Prices extremoly moderate. Assortment the
largest In London. Genoral style and finish all that can be desired.—
THO MAH PEARCE and SON, 23, Ladgato-hill, E.C.
S ILVER PLATE, New and Secondhand.—
A Pamphlet of Prices, with Engravings, may bo had gratis; or
will bo font iKMt-freo, if applied for by letter-—A. B. SAVORY and
SONS, Goldsmiths (oppoaito tbo Bank of England), 11 and 12, Corn-
hill, London.
TVINNER, DESSERT, and TEA SERVICES.
Xj A largo variety of new and good Patterns. Best quality,
superior taste, unusually low prices. Also every description of Cut
Table Glaos. equally advantageous.
THOMAS PEARCE and BON, 23, Ludgate-hUl. E.C.
Tl/TAPPIN'S CUTLERY and ELECTRO-
L1X SILVEK PLATE.—Met,,.. MAPP1N (Brothon), M.nulac-
turcre by Special Appointment to the Quoon, ate tho only Sheffield
Maker* who simply tho consumer direct in London. Their London
Phow Rooms, 67 end 68, KING-WILLI AM STREET, London-brl'ge,
contain bvfar tho largest Stock of CUTLERY and ELECTRO 8ILVo;K
PLATE in the World, which is tronsmitttd direct from tholr Manu¬
factory. Queen's Cutlery Wr»k«, Sheffield
Eicctro-Silver Spoons and Forks,
Fiddle Pattern, full sizo.
Table Spoons .. .
Per Doz.
. 86*. Od,
Table Porks
. 36 0
Dessert Spoons ..
. 27 0
Dessert Forks ..
. 27 0
Tea Spoons
. 16 0
8alt „ f Gilt Bowls
Mustard 6s. per doz.
( 14 0
Egg „ l extra.
1
Ivory Tnbto Knives, Fall Size,
Balanco Handles, which cannot
possibly becomo looso. Per Doz.
Table Knives .. ..26*. Od.
Dessert Knives .. .. 18 0
Carvers (per pair) .. 9 0
As above, with Sterling Silvor
Forules.
Table Knives ,. .. St 0
De**«rt Knives .. .. 2t 0
... . Carvers (per pair) .. II 0
Messrs. Manpin (Brother*) respectfully Invite buyers to inspect
thnir unprecedented display, which for beauty of design, exquisite
workmanship, and novelty, stands unrival'ed Tneir Illustra'cd
Catalogue which is continually ro;eiving additions of new designs,
free on application.
Mappiu (Brothare), 67 and 68. King William-street, London-brldgs.
Manufactory, Queen's Cutlery Works. Sbofllold.
QTOVES, FENDERS, FI REIRONS.—Tho
PANKLIBANON, 66 and 58, and Bazaar, Baker-street. The
largest Show-rooms in London, containing the best and most varied
sto k of sphrdid Klo.itro-Silver Plate, superior Cutlery warranted),
Stoves, Fender), and Firarons, ei'gant Go* Chandeliers, Lamps. Tea-
Urns, papor Tea-trays, Baths. Hall Lanterns, and Stoves, Kitchen
Range), Garden Heats, and Wlrework. Purchaser* are InviDd to view
this vast col oction of nseiul and Ornamcu'al furnishing requiakes, all
of tho best roanutacture. which is unequalled elsewhere.
The best Co*za Oil, 4s. 3d. per gallon.
Moderator Lamps, ts. fid. eaoh.
Purdonian Coal Boxes, 4». *M. each.
Ivory balance-)] radio TaLlo Knives, 11s. par dozen.
Hegotercd Bra*a Gn*-Hgh.ors, 9d. each.
N.IL Tha price* marked In plain figures, lilustralod Catalogues free.
/^IROSSE End BLACKWELL, Purveyors in
V-V Ordinary to her Majesty, reanoctfulir invite. aUeuiim, . K «r
PicKLKS, SAUCES. TART FRUITS, aad other Tnbie DeliudaT
the whole of which are prepared with tbo most scrupulous attention
to wbolesomcnea* and purity. 0Q
To be obtained of mo*t respectable Sauce Yondcri; anil wholesale
Of Crease and Blackweit, 2l, coho-square, Loudon. a
B ELL and CO.’S PATENT gelatine
for making Jclllea, Blanc Mange. Ac., Ac., In packe's. nt aa
I s., Is. 6il , 2s. fid., a id 6«. Also, PATENT REPINED GELATINE
* pure and economical substitute fo- Russian Isinglass, in packets. *t
9a.. Is. 6d., 2*. 8d., and 6*. Hold wbolesaso and retail ai 336 Oxford
street, London; Savory and Moore Bond-street; Fortnutn and
Mason, Piccadilly; Crowe and Blackwell. Soho-square; Barclay and
Co, Farri.gdon-etreet; a’so by the principal Cbomisu, Grocare, and
Italian Warehousemen throughout the Kingdom.
F RY and SONS’ CHOCOLATES and
COCOAS.—Victoria Chocolate, Bon-bons, flolable Cocoas, Aq.
In groat variety. Economical Housekeepers will avail thomaelvoa oi
those articles. To Invalldi they are invaluable.
Be sure to ask for Fry's cclebratod Chocolate* and Coooaa,
Manufacturers to the Queen.
R OBINSON’S PATENT GROATS for more
than Thirty Year* hare boon held In constant and increasing
publio ret’imition a* tho purcsi farlnre of the oat, and as the beat
and most valuable preparation for making a pure and delicate Gruel,
which form* a light *nu nutritious supper for tho aged, is a popaL*
recipe for colds and influenza, isofgoxmrai use in tho tick-chamber
and. alternately with tho Patent Barley, L an excellent food ft*
Infant- and Children.
Prepared only by the Patentee*, ROBINSON, BELLVI LI.lt a 00-
Purveyor* to the Qcoen, 64, Rod Liou-stroet, Holbora, London. *
bold by all rcapeclablo Grocers, Druggists, and otbure in Town and
Country, in Packet* of Gd. and la.; and Family Canisters, at M., S*,.
ltM. aaoh. \ '
f?J.LYCERINE.—An impure Glycerine is now
vT being sold on tho statement that It is as pare aa tho TATENT
DIB TILLED GLYCERINE of PRICK'S PATENT CANDLE COM¬
PANY. The Company beg the application of tho following simple
tosls : For unpleasant smell, rub a few drops over tho back of your
hand, when tho fuctld mouse smell will, if present, at once come out.
For load and other metallic ImpuriUo*. test hr a current of aul-
phnreittad hydrogen. For lime and other earthy impurities, test by
oxalate of ammonia, or chlorido of barium. Tho Company are not
responsible for any Glyeerino except that sold In bottloa having cap¬
sules lettered " l*rico's Patent.”
Price's Patent Candle Company, Bolmont, Vanxhall, London.
C LARKE'S PATENT PYRAMID NIGHT
LAMPS, Tin at Is.; Lacquered or Bronzed, Is. 8d. each,
for burning tho new Patent Pyramid Right Lights—the maai
convenient, safe, and economical yet Introduced. Sold by all Grocen
aud Lamp Dealers ; by 8. Clarke, 56, Albony-streei, Regent’s-park,
N. W.; and wholeaalo by Palmar and Co., Clerkenwel], London, E.C.
TJtLOWER’S PLATE POWDER, as supplied
X* for cleaning tho Plate at tho Refreshment Rooms, Uoure of
Lords, Ac., ac., may bo obtained through all chemists, or direct from
Flower, Chemist, Matlock. In Boxes, at Is., 2s. fid., and 4s. each-
B enzine collas
CLEANS and REMOVES GREASE from
Gloves, | Cloth,
Bilks, | Carpets, Ao. Ac.
In Betties, Is. 6d., of all Chemists and Porfumets; and at lhoD4p£t,
114, Groat KuwoU-atroct, Bloemtbury.
WOOD VIOLET SCENT.-H. BREIDEN-
T T BACH recommends his Wood Violet as the finest natural
Perfume dlitlllud. A single 2s. fid. Bottle will verify the fact. Ash
forH. Breldanbach's Wood Violet—167 a, Now Bond-street, W.
"ptRED. LEWIS’S ELECTRIC OIL is an
X' infallible Remedy for Reetoring. Strengthening, and Beautify¬
ing tho Hair. It ia tho greatest wonder of tho ago When all other*
fail, try this. Sold by all. reapectablo vendor* of perfumery in the
kingdom, in bottler, price 2*. fid. and 3s. fid. Wholesale agent for
England, W. C. Groesmitb, Short-street, Finsbury-paveiueni; for
Bootlaud, Lorrimer and Move*. Buchanan-street, Glasgow.—Fred.
Lewis, Inventor and Proprietor, Dublin.
J AMES LEWIS'S MARROW OIL for the
HAIR; Jockey Club, Frangipannl, and Wood-violet Perfume*
for the Handkerchief; and Iodine Coup for tho Skin.—Manufactory, 6,
Bartlett’s-buildlngs, Holbora; and 66, Oxford-street, W.
J AMES LEWIS’S PATENT IODINE
SOAP is recommended as the only »oap possessing any spedflo
sanitary properties beneficial to tho skin, and generally approved and
recommended by the faculty.—Sold at C6, Ox ford-street, W.
BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION and a
W1I1TK HAND.—DELL’S EKNAKDO i» proved by upward*
of J» 000 teotimoniaU to be the beat preparation extant for it* un¬
failing success in rendering Us skin soft, smooth, and delicate, and
tho complexion perfectly cluar and bountiful, removing all reduces,
spots, freckles, and other disfigurement», Ac., and is perfectly harm¬
less in its nature. 2s , or sent tree (with directions for use) tor thirty
stamps; double paokets, 3s fid., or fifty stampe.—Sold only by 11.
Dali, 76, Lower Thames-street, London. Packed and sent to all
parts of tho world on receipt of a remittance
L adies of delicate complexion,
who suffer from exposure to oold winds and damp atmo¬
sphere, will find immediate and soothing relief in Die application of
HOWLANDS’ KALYDOR.
This unique Botanical Preparation allays all irritat'on and ten-
dornoas of the 8kin, removes cutaneous disfigurements, freckles,
and tau, and Imparts a healthy and blooming appearance to the
complexion, and a delicacy and softness to the hands and arms.
Per.everanco iu its application promotes a freo and uninterrupted
exerc'se of those Important functloos of the skin so ossential for the
preservation ot health, and tho attainment and continuance of a
beautiful complexion.
Ita purifying and refreshing propcrtle< have obtained ita selection
by Royalty n.>d the Aristocracy throughout Europe.
Pi lee ts. fid. and 8s. fid. per bottle.
Caution —The word* ** Rowlands’ Kalydor" are on the wrapper,
and their signature, " A. Rowland and 8ons," In red ink, at tho
foot Sold at 20, Hattou-gardea, Loudon; and by chemists snd
perfumers.
/■ \LDRIDGE'S BALM of COLUMBIA, bc^
V-r knowlodgod for 30 years to bo the most effoctunl remedy pro¬
duced for Restoring the Hair and Promoting tho Growth of Whisker*
and Mustachios. In bottles. 3s. 6d., 6*^ and Us. Wholesale and
retail, IS, Wellington-street North (sevoo door* from the 8tr*nd).
mHE ROYAL NUPTIAL GARLAND, •
X diw Perfume, composed In honour of tbe p’esenl auspicious
occasion, by K. HFNDRIE, Po-furaer to bor Majesty, 12 and 1*.
Tlch>orae sirett. And alio tho BRIDESMAIDS' BOUQUET, an ac¬
companying tribute.—H> ndrio a perfumery, b nourtd by tbe patrre¬
use of tbe nr*l circle for nearly a century, maintains Its reputation fat
goauino purity and excellence.
rpHE BKST HAIR PREPARATION, I,
X Llttlo Queen-street, High nolhorn.—ALEX. ROSH'SBAIB-
DYE, the best in tbo World. Alex Rose's Hair Destroyer or
Depilatory docs not affect tho Skin. Alex. Rom's Cantharides OiJ, »
sure restorer of ths hair. Alex. Ross's Curling Flula saves tbo
trouble of uring irons or papers. Tho above articles are 3s. fid. pov
bottle, and are sent free in blank wrappers for 64 stamps tho son*
day as ordered; or can be had of all Chemists
G REY HAIR Restored to its Natural Colour,
Neuralgia Cured by tho Patent Magnetic Combo, Hair snd
Flesh Brushes Pamphlets, " Why Hair becomes Grey, snd Its
Remedy," by poet for four-stamp*.-F. HERRING, 32, BsslnghsU-
itreot. Sold by sll Chemist* and Perfumers of repute.
DR. DE JONGH’S ___
L ight- brown cod liver oil,
entirely freo Pom nauseous flavour and after-taste, Is prescribed
with tbe greatest success by the Faculty aa tho safest, spoodioet, sna
most effectual remedy for
CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, A8THMA. GOUT, RHEUMATISM)
SCIATICA, DIABETES, DISEASES OF THE SKIN. NEURALGIA,
RICKETS, INFANTILE WASTING, GENERAL DEBILITY, AND
ALL SCROFULOUS AFFECTIONS.
Numerous spontaneous testimonials from Physicians of EoroP®**}
reputation attest that, iu innumerable casos where other kinds ef iaw
L iver Oil had boon long and copiously administered, with Uttlo 0T .,
benefit. Dr. DeJongh’s Oil has produced immediate relief, *rrt*
disease, and restored health.
Oniioj or A. B. GRABVILI.E. B*!-, MJL. F-M] „ . in _
Author of "Tho Spas of Germany." "Th* Spas of England,
8udden Death," Ac., Ac. „ , , n n
Dr. Granville has oaed Dr. de Jongh’a Light-Brown Cod u
extensively in hia practice, and has found it not on'y oflicaclou*,
uniform in lu quaUties. He believes It to be preferabwjnj^j
respects to Oil* sold without the guarantee of such an auuwnv
De jongh. De. GRANVILLK has YOU ED THAT THIS P * n J' C TH Al»
KIND 1’RODtICKS THE DE3IBED EFFECT IN A PliOBTKK TIHK x
OTHERS, AND THAT IT DOES NOT CAUSE THE NAUSEA ASn* Qf
OESTION TOO OFTEN CONSEQUENT ON THE ADMINISTK*T»u^
THE I*ALE v EWFOLNDLAND OILS. The Oil being, moreover
more palatsblo, Dr. Grenville’s patients have themselves expr
preference for Dr. do Jongh’s Light Brown Cod Liver 0»L
Sold onit in IHTRRAI. Half-pints, 2s.fid.; Pints. 4s 9d.;
9s.; capsul.d and labelled with Dr. dr Jonoh’* stamp aodj f#-
WITHOUT WUICH NONE CAN F0SSIBLY BE GENUINE) »y
•pectable Chemists throughout tbo brovlnces.
WHOLESALE and retail depot, w0
ANSAR, HkRFOKD. AND CO., V. 8TRA^ n . JyONDON, tYA^«
DE. DK JON OB’S SOLE BKIT1S1I CON8IGKEE8.
THE NEW GOVERNMENT.
In its composition, and to certain extent in its policy, the Govern¬
ment of Lord Derby is fairly set before the public. A Parlia¬
mentary vacation of a fortnight will afford time enough to the
country to dissect the personnel of the nascent Ministry, and to
speculate on the probabilities of its policy. As regards the noble¬
men and gentlemen who fill the thirty or forty offices, in and out of
the Cabinet, which go to make up that which we comprehend in
the phrase, the Government, a good deal might be said; and, as
respects many of them, the facts of their accession to certain
departments is rather tempting to criticism. But there are two
reasons which ought to generate forbearance, and to avert hostile
comment. In the first place, it must be remembered that none of
Lord Derby’s followers are strictly and personally responsible for
their awaking one morning and finding themselves under the
necessity of proceeding regularly to certain desks in certain
rooms in Downing-street and Whitehall. Probably, if Sir John
Pnkington has indulged in visions of a return to office, his aspira¬
tions by no means mounted so topgallant high as to lead him to
imagine that he should some day find himself the chief of the first
navy of the world. It is hardly possible to suppose that General Peel's
ambition ever soared much higher than the Under-Secretaryship
of the department at the head of which he has been placed. When
Lord Stanley found himself in so false a position, when sitting next
to Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Walpole on the front Opposition bench, as
to be induced to remove to a lower and less conspicuous location in
the House of Commons, it could not have entered into his notions
to believe that he should rub shoulders with those right honourable
gentlemen at the same council table, as one of the component parts
of a Conservative Cabinet But without going further into the
minutite of this transformation, the suddenness and completeness
of which outstrips any modern pantomime trick, it may suffice to
suggest that no set of men can justly be blamed for quietly
taking possession of quarters supposed to be desirable which were
empty, which they were invited to occupy, and to their entrance
into which they received not the slightest opposition. Why they
are there may be a question, but it is a question which nobody
seems inclined to ask—at present.
Again, there seems good reason to think that the country is
getting over an idea, which had almost reached to the magnitude of
a faith, with regard to what is called administrative capability. It
has been for many a long day a tradition of public life, amounting
well-nigh to a political principle, that the Government of this
country requires at the head of each of its departments trained
administrators, men who have served a regular apprentice¬
ship to office, and who aie imbued with a certain abstract
essence which is only to be found after due search in the
pigeonholes of the Treasury bureaux; and, unless the
occupants of offices come into possession or them by means
of this prescriptive law of succession, those patriots who
agonise over the perils of their country in the easiest chairs of
the cosiest of clubs have been accustomed to utter the oracular
exclamation of the late Duke of Wellington, “How is the Queen’s
Government to be carried on?” forgetting, be it remarked, that that
question was practically answered by the noble Duke himself,
when he and the clerks of all the departments once carried on the
business of the countiy for three or four weeks. The first blow
which this notion of administrative necessity received was at the
period of the commencement of the Crimean war, when a Ministry
composed of the crack administrators of their time broke down
and was scattered to the winds, just because it failed in adminis¬
tration. And by this time we are coming to a belief that a
sensible practical man, who has taken his share in public
life, who has sat a reasonable time in either House of
Parliament, who has opinions, and can comprehend a prin¬
ciple, is not absolutely at sea when he comes to preside
over a completely organised department in which his immediate
coadjutors are permanent officials, who, from long habit and ex¬
perience, know every detail of die machine which has been under
their fingers for years. In short, there seems to be a growing
feeling in the outside world that a new man is not necessarily
an inefficient Minister because he is new to office. So much
of advantage as is contained in this opinion Lord Derby’s
Administrators have on their side. Perhaps, too, now that
CLOCK KELLS tot; THE NEW I'ALACE OF WEeTlUXSTEK.— UKE.tlU.NU UT “ ittU BEX.”-(SEE NEXT f-tUE.)
226
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NTRWS
I March 6, 1858
the prest : ge which the possession of power naturally gives to
a Government having been lost by Lord Palmerston's Ministry, a
consideration of the individual merits of its members is not with¬
out its weight in the public mind. Discoveries after the fact have
of course been made of the inc-ipab lity and uniitness of many ot
the ex-officiols, whose shortcomings and deficiencies gave
■ us little or no concern while they were on the Treasury
benches in Parliament; and even their professing friends
have begun to make comparisons, and to insinuate that, man for
man—with the notable exception, of course, of the Premier-there is
little, if anything, to choose between the materiel of the Admi¬
nistration of Lord Derby and that of Lord Palmerston. All thi 3
indicates that, as regards the men, there is no disposition to do
otherwise than to give them fair play, and to trust to the innate
strength and solidity of our institutions to keep the mere machinery
of the State in working order.
But then comes the question of the policy. Out of office Mr.
Disraeli’s cry to Ministers (to do Lord Derby justice, he never
prated much in this respect) was always “ What is your policy !
To that interrogatory he, or rather his chief, is now called on to
make a practical response. Well, Lord Derby has pronounced;
and, as far as can be ascertained, his policy is to do what¬
ever a majority of the House of Commons—of course, a
decided majority—thinks proper to be done. If that be so, why, at
last we have solved the theory ot our representative institutions,
and we have attained at length to actual popular government.
Imperfect as it still is, the House of Commons, if it does not
broadly represent, when it comes to the pinch, at least registers
the decrees of public opinion. Lord Derby accepts the decrees of
the House of Commons, and is prepared to embody them in his
measures. The sequence is logical, complete, and unbroken, and
the people of England are therefore really about to be self-
governed. It is a mistake, says Lord Derby, to suppose that a
Conservative Government is opposed to progress, and I am ready
to progress at the call of the country, only begging that I may be
allowed to do things gently, safely, decently, and in order. All I
ask is to be allowed to pay so much tribute to traditionary pre¬
judices as take the House of Commons as the exponents of the
public feeling: speak but through that most constitutional body,
and do not fear but that your bidding will be done.
Nor docs the noble Earl confine himself to mere protestations of
this ready and expansive policy. Here are proofs of the actuality
of his intentions before he has been a ' ortnight in power. The
House of Commons, speaking with the voice of the country, de¬
manded of Lord Palmerston that, before he legislated on the re¬
fugee qnestion, an answer should he written to a despatch of the
Ercnch Government which was offensive to the public feeling of
England, and it enforced that demand by a majority which was
all-sufficient for Lord Derby, for he acts on the very letter of the
resolution on which Lord Palmerston s Government was wrecked;
and he writes a despatch to the French Government and suspends
legislation until he receives such an answer as may be satisfactory
to the country. Again, although not himself believing that it is n
fitting time to legislate for the government of India, he yet finds
that the inevitable House of Commons has declared, by a majority
which is not to be impeached, that the East India Company has
forfeited its claim to public confidence and respect, and lie,
accepting the situation, will proceed as readily and as promptly as
the late Government did to put an end to that condemned body.
Then be learns that public opinion demands a revision of our re¬
presentative system; and, coincident with that claim, he finds in his
own mind a conviction that adjustment in that respect is necessary
and politic, and he promises us a Reform Bill, only with the
qualification that it is not to come until next year. The
incoming Premier, too, finds himself agreeably relieved of any
responsibility with regard to the state of the Army and Navy; he
is hopeful of the condition of things in India; and he sees his way
out of the difficulty with China. All that he has got to do, then, is,
out of deference to certain members of his Cabinet, to make the
abolition of Church-rates, and the Oaths Bill, open questions, and
to set Mr. Disraeli about a plan for the equalisation of the Income-
tax; and really one can hardly see why the Conservative Govern¬
ment, which has attained to office in spite of its Conservatism,
should not remain in office for even more than the usual
term, and that because of its Liberalism. We do not see
that, if Mr. Ernest Jones were to find himself Prime Minister,
ho could * do more than Lord Derby does when he pro¬
claims to the people of England that his political creed is em¬
bodied in the simple phrase—Ask, and ye shall receive. Can it
really be that we have arrived at the millennium of politics, and
that the time has come when we shall not be atlc'to distinguish
between Mr. Bright and Lord John Manners ? Speaking seriously,
however, if the declarations ol Lord Derby, as far as they have
gone, mean anything, they mean something like this; and remem¬
bering always that lie is in office, not because of himself, but in
spite of himself, lie has a right to expect so much cif candid for¬
bearance and fair dealing as will enable the country to test his
professions, and to ascertain whether he is likely to realise his
new-born theory of government. _ . vy
—
BREAKING-IJP “ BIG, BEN."
TjtJ-M is the ago of great wonder?, more especially in arts and
sciences. Almost every country in the world nas liad its Great Ex¬
hibition, end overgrown London hasits big bore or tunnel, its big
ship, and its bit: belL Bat success is not always proportionate to size,
ar.d the great bell for the great clock at Westminster is a case in
point. The boll having been cast at Norton, near Stockton-on-Toes,
had to be convoyed by railway to West Hartlepool to be shipped for
London. It was too wide for any train meeting it to pass, and. of
necessity, bad the railway to itself. It reached Maudslay’s wharf in
safety, and was then drawn upon a low truck, by sixteen horses, over
"Westminster-bridge, and sufely deposited at the foot of the olook-
tower in Palace-yard. This took place some sixteen months ago. It
was followed by the experiment with a hammer of half a ton weight,
which fully brought out the sound. Up to this time all went merrily
“as a marriage bell;' - when tho wan* not being content to let well
and bell alone, in repeating the sounding experiments, cracked Ben.
though the metal was nine inches thick. Bolls havo the faculty of
fpeaking, ond Ben might havo quoted the family motto of the
fben Lord President of the Council— Frantjas, non flerfts —thou mayost
break, but not bend. There lay tho giant of sound, reminding one of
“ the cracked bell ” in tho mystical composition known as Hogarth’s
“Tailpiece.”
Nest came the last scene in the brief history of the great bell, and
poor Ben had to be broken to pieces on tho spot where he was first
deposited at tho foot of that clock tower to which his admirers hoped
bo was to have given voice for centuries to come. This took placs on
Thureday, tho ISrh ult. The process by which the enormous, moss oi
metal was Teduccd to fragments may b9 told in a to v words. Boa was
simply lowered from tho massive framework which supported him w
the corner of Palace-yard, uud laid upon his side on tho grotia'i. In
this position tho grout weight of the head of the boll caused it to sink
into the earth, so as to leave its mouth, instead of being co ingle cel y
vertical, slightly inclined upwards, yawning like an enormous cavern.
Prom the frame work above an ordinary rope uud block were fastened,
and with them, by the aid of a windlass, a b ill of iron weighing 24 ewe.
was hoisted to a height of about thirty feet, and when the proper
moment airived suffered to fall with all its weight upon 15 m.
There wus something lugubrious in the attendance of tho Ray. alt\
Tnylcr and Mr. E. Beckett Denison, Q C., who cumo in a kind of
mourBer-bke capacity to eeo tho last of tho boll on which tho Litter
gentleman has discoursed so minutely, to tho great delight of the mem¬
bers of the lioyul Institution in Albomuile-street. Tne breaking-up
(by the way, a few days before the break-up of tho Ministry) was after
the manner of pile-driving in tbo river hard by. The instant the
heavy iron ball reached its appointed height the string w*3 pulled, and
down came the muss in the inside of “lien's” sound bow, and, with a
crazy bellow, two pieces, one of about a tom and one of some lOcwt.
or 12cwt, were knocked clean out of his side. Attar the first blow
the work of destruction went on rapidly, piece after piece was broken
out till scarcely anything but fragments remained of poor “ Ben/' uud
even these wero carted away us fast as possible to Messrs. Alears'
foundry in Whitechapel.
Tho bell has now to be recast; henc8 “ a qu«stim arises ”—will tho
new bell retain its raraa of "Big Ben.” or will it ho calldd, after tho
Dew Chief Commissioner of Works. “ Big John.” Wo leave the roador
to settle this ” ringing ofphangea.”
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS .
venerable and acute politician lias also just published a volume of
“ Legal uud Moral Maxims,” derived from Sacred Writ
Tho Lev. Father ltavignun expired at the houee of his order in Paris
on Saturday hist. Ilia funeral obsequies took placo on Monday at tho
Church of St. Sulpico.
Mgr. do Bonneehose, Bishop of Evremx, his been named to the
vacant archiepiscopul see of Rouen. Tho Abb£ Dorouejux, Ciuou
end Vioor-General of Autuu. succeeds to (In eeo or Kvreux. Tho
Bishop of Marseilles has received the Grand Cordon of tho Ordor
Constantino from tbo King of Naples. It is the moat ancient order of
the kingdom, and said to ho trci rtchn'chS at the Neapolitan Court.
Tho Monitmr of Monday morning announces that Goneruli Chua-
garnier and Bedeati “axe authorised to re-enter Trance.”
Ihe first volume of tho “Correspondence of Napoleon L" has just
appeared, with the Report addressed to tho Emperor by tho Commis¬
sion appointed by him to ooileot and publish it. The volume, printed
at Ihe Imperial press, is in type, paper, and appearance magnificent,
and so is also the language of the Commission.
Marshal Bosquet, though he has recovered all his mental faculties,
remains lor the present parulyecdria. one aide, and has consequently
need of constant medical atteadance^JX
ILGim
FRANCE.
(From our own Correspondent.)
Paris, Thursday,?
Tile number of accidents of various kinds taking place in Paris during, ‘
the last fortnight has been something quite unusual. Besides those
already chronicled as occurring to the Prince Napoleon, Marot*hu)k
Bosquet, and Princess Joachim Murat, we have to record the fact of
the Mart-chal Canrobert having put his shoulder out of joint by a
fall against n piece of furniture when playing with a chiidj
the upsetting in the Champs Elys^es of the carriage of Mdme. de
Yerly, the wife of the Chef d’Escadron who commands tlifr.
Cent Gardes, by which her leg lias been eufcirely crushed;
and several deaths, chiefly among the members of the Ziaute <
socilti in Paris. The most interesting has beau that of the widow
of the late Due de Mouchy, who. ; e health lias been so shaken by the
death of her husband as to render her nnabl; to resist tlse^effecte of
an attack of influenza. Madame de Mouchy was the first
cousin of her husband, daughter of the Due de Xoailles, and
granddaughter of the Prince dc Poix, of whom an amusing anecdote
is related:—Wishing one day to enter the Tuileries, he was opposed
by the guard, who did not know hiib, and, thinking that the mere
sound of his name would be sufficient to dear the way, he
announced his title. “ If you were le Prinb* de> Haricots you
should not pass any the more,” replied the sentinel. The Duchess
was so beloved that on the arrival of the funeral procession at the
village adjoining her estate, where her remains are interred, a body
of more than three thousand labourers arrived, unharnessed the
horses from the hearse, and drew if to the cemetery. Tho Duchess
leaves two sons, one seventeen, the other fifteen. From Italy, also,
has arrived the news of the death of" Prince JB.-lgiojo-o.
The new law* on general security has passed With the opposition of
a single voice, that of General MacMahon, who declares against it on
the ground that it is unconstitutional, and that it leads the supreme
power into a conrse that can hardly fail to he fatal to it in the end.
A significant proof of the little danger that exists of a collision
between us and our “lively neighbours” ou the subject of what Mr.
Disraeli calls our “ painful misapprehension lies in the fact that
large reductions are going on iu the French army, more especially in
the cavalry, where nearly half a squadron is reduced in each regiment.
A great number of arrests have been made in different parts of
France of late. Some of the persons thus taken have been released,
but others still remain in cus:ody.
^ A complete revolution dc pala is has taken place by the Empress
having suddenly changed nearly all her tradespeople, among others
F6lix, the illustrious co‘-JJ'eur i who used to attend her Majesty in full
Court suit, wielding the comb and the sword with equal grace and
deiterity.
It seems that M. de Lamartine—why, nobody very well knows—is
still in such difficulties that there is a question of selling his landed
property by lottery or subscription.
^Ehris has come to the conclusion that, after all, if it is not wicked
to give and attend soirees dausantes in Lent, there can’t be much
harm in giving and attending balls; so, accordingly, balls are given
and attended. The moat splendid of the week has been that of Mrs.
Mason, wife of the American Minister. The crowd was immense. There
appeared a large concourse of American belles, Paris notabilities, and
members of the Corps Diplomatique. On all sides were displayed
the American flag—even the dishes at supper being decorated with
the stars and stripes, and in the cotillon the ladies wore them in
their bair.
Mr. Rarer, the Yankee horse-tamer, has been astonishing “ le
monde du sport ” with his feats.
A dinner took place a few days back at M. Emile de Girardin’s,
attended by Alexandre Dumas, Mtfry, &c., for the purpose of
arranging some of the details of the new comedy the former is
about to write. M. de Girardin’s famous piece, “ La Filie du Mil-
liomiaire,” is being got up at Brussels, Rhems, and Li6ge.
The Boufles Parisiennes is bringing out a new work, “ Les Dames
de la Halle,” and there is talk of an optfra comique, entitled “ La
Bacchante,” for Mdme. Marie Cabet. The “ Magicienne ” is to have
some scenic effects, chiefly of Russian invention, which are quite
noveL
The Moniteur publishes a decree promulgating the bill adopted by
the Legislative Body, aud sanctioned by the .Senate, relative to mea¬
sures of public safety.
The trial of the ussussins of the Rue Lopellotier closed on Friday
week—tho jury finding all tho prisoners guilty. Sentence of death
was pronounced on Orsini, Rudio, and Pierriq aud Gomez (to whom
the jury had given the benefit of extenuating circumstances) was sen¬
tenced to hard labour for life. Tho particulars of the trial will be
found in another part of this Journal.
A good many arrests are taking place in Paris, and very strict mea¬
sures are btsinj? ulso adopted with respect to ull dufes, cabarets, and
places of meeting suspected of affording a rendezvous for the dis¬
affected.
The Moniteur publishes an Imperial decree to the effect that on
and after the Slst of March next the law of 1S29 is abrogated and
the butchers’ trade in Paris is free.
The Emperor has recommenced his Monday evenings’ recaptions.
Uib object in these meetings is said to be to break through his imme¬
diate entourage, and brin" himself into more immediate contact with
the representatives of public opinion.
M. Lupin ain£, now post his seventieth year, has taken the trouble
to contradict a report of hiB going to bo murriod again. Tho same
The Belgium Chamber oi
by a majority of eighty/1<
demeanours prepared or commii
vernmentfl.
The vote of the £ee©nd Chs
isentativfesf in a recent sitting, voted
bill relative to crimes and inis-
Belgium ugaiust foreign Go-
y
*D.
tbo States General on the com¬
mercial treaty wilbjielgvdm hiisqpriiduced a Ministei ial crisis. Tho
Ministry wus already, before tho discussion, in a statu of dissolution.
M. VroUk, Finance Minister, hud refused to ussist at the debates. The
wholo weight of tho business, therefore, fell upon tho Minister of
Foreign Affairs/ who was unable to perform tho task. Tho majority
of the States General being udverso to the Ministry, tho latter will
conceive the iinpoi^ibHity of conducting any longor the atf tirs of the
Commonwealtli. Probably it will bo u Liberal Cabinet which will be
called to the direction of tho Government.
DENMARK.
A Miniffcriid^criris has broken out at Copenhagen. M. Krieg8r, the
Minister of the Interior, M. Unsgaard, the Minister for Holstein, and
M. Andrae, the Finance Minister, huve tendered their 'osignations.
“The Cabinet divided on the policy to bo followed with regard to
those provings of the kingdom which belong to tho German Confede¬
ration : some of tho Ministers being of opinion that those territories
might be safely dismissed from their connection with tho constitution
£>f tho whole kingdom; whilst other Ministers maintain that the prin¬
ciple of the whole-state constitution must ho kept to as long us
pos siblc.
SWEDEN.
A Ministerial crisis appears to be imminent in Sweden. Accord¬
ing to the SvcmlM-Tidning, three Ministers-^-MM. Gunther, Liger-
litim, and Momer—are on the point of tendering their resignations.
Accoiding to other accounts, seven members of the Cabinet will retire,
leaving only three. Tho same journal announces that M. Mutider-
stroem, Swedish Ambassador at Paris, has been chosen a Minister of
Foreign Affairs. It is this eminent statesman who will take the prin¬
cipal part in the foimation of tho now Cabinet.
PRUSSIA.
The Princess Frederick has so far recovered as to be onablod, in com¬
pany with her husband, to receive deputations and individual con¬
gratulations. On Thursday they graciously ucoopted the patronage of
a new charity for the relief of widows and orphuus, instituted at Barlia
as a memorial of their nuptials.
Tbo Princess has sent a thousand thalers to the OberburgenneiKter
for distribution amongst the poor, with a lottor, in which nor Royal
Highness says: —
The reception that 1ms been given to my husband and myself In Berlin
was one 80 beautiftil and so festal the city and nil its inhabitants have
taken so lively un interest in it, that my heart experiences the necessity
of finding some expression for the warm gratitude it feels. Will you be
the exponent of these my feelings to tho city and iU population? . . .
This country, in which I have long taken a most lively interest, has by
its friendly advances made it doubly easy lor uie to feel myself at home in
it, as belonging to it*
It is signed—- Your well-nffectionod, Victoria,
Princes'* Friedrich Wilhelm von Pmisaen. Princess
Royal of Great Britain and Ireland.
Various public bodies, as well as individuals, have been admitted to
pay their respects to tho Prince and Princess. Among tho individuals
Count Haver den presented a carved crucifix, a reliquoof tho days gone
by, when art devoted ita best inspirations to tho service of religion;
whilst, for contrast, the Secretary of the Committee of tho Barlia
branch of the Evangelical Alliance presented an address to their Royul
Highnesses from tho English branch of the Evangelical Allianco.
Last week tho Prince and Princess Frederick William wore enter-
tertained by the officers of the garrison at Potsdam. Tho first of these
entertainments consisted of a series of oquestrian quadrilles uni other
evolutions performed by tho officers, the scene of action being the
riding-house of the regiment Gordo du Corpa. This equestrian per¬
formance was followed by a ball.
On Monday exhibition was opened at Berlin of all the flags,
emblems, and insignia sported by tho different trades’ companies on
occasion of the recent triumphal entry into that city — the produce of
which is to go towards a fund for supporting struggling operatives.
A similar exhibition for the like purpose wua opened on tho same day
at Potsdam, which was honoured by tho presence of the Prince ami
Princess Frederick William.
TURKEY.’
On the 22nd a combat took placo noar Zubzi betweon the insurgents
of the Herzegovina and the Turkish troops. A corps of Montenegrins
had joined the insurrectionary force. The Turks, after having feigned
a retreat, made a sudden onslaught on the Christians, drove them book,
and killed 200. There were 100 killed on the side of the Turk3.
A despatch from Vienna states that Achmet Fothi Pasha, the Grand
Master of the Artillery, is dead, and Mehmed Reashdi Pacha has been
appointed to succeed him. Mehmed Dsuhomil Bey has arrived from
Paris.
UNITED STATES.
In the Senate attention had been directed to the relationship of the
Government with BruziL General Houston presented a rejoiution
directing inquiry as to the expediency of tho United Stave3 establishing
a protectorate over Mexico aud Central America.
A joint resolution, conferring upon the President authority to make
appropriate arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the
Turkish Admirul, Mohamed Pacha, was adopted.
The Special Committee of tho House on the Lecompton Constitution
have decided not to send to Kansas for parsons and papers, but to
rely upon the facta contained in the official documents iu tho depart¬
ments for their guidance. The Committee was expected to report
within a week.
The House Committee on Territories were expected shortly to report
a bill organising Carson Territory, composed of territory lying west
of tho Valley ot Salt Lake.
A Washington telegram says tho democratic Senators havo agreed
to dispose first of tho bill providing for tho inorease of tho army,
then to take up the hill for the admission of Minnesota into the Union.
To the Minnesota bill an amendment will bo made providing for tba
admission of Kansas under tho Locompton Constitution, the said Con¬
stitution so amended as to drop the clause which prohibits tho
of Kansas from altering it till 1801.
Great excitement had been created in Brooklyn by the assassinate 11
of a respectable citizen by a party of Rowdies; and a vigilance com¬
mittee had been orgauisoa to preserve the peaco.
California nows to January 20 is of little importance. Tho .Supreme
Court has come to the unanimous conclusion that tho affirmative vote
of tho people at tho last election legalised tho State debt. The
State finances were in a more prosperous condition than at auy former
period.
There was a rumour of a battle between the United States’ troops
and tho Mormons, but it was not believed; and a report that five
American citizens had been killed by the Mormons. . »
"We learn from Nicaragua that the treaty negotiated with tie UmW
States had been ratified; and also that the treaty between Costa R 1
and Nicaragua had been rejected by the first-named Republic. Iheo
events would, it was thought, lead to the renewul of hostilities.
The revolution in Peru is at a stand. A Captain Homer had o®
arrested at Valparaiso, charged with organising an expedition » 1
United StateB against the Peruvian Government, lie was expected
be shot.
Maecii 6, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
227
THE WAR IN C HINA.
CAPTURE OF YEH, PEQUI, AND THE TARTAR GENERAL.
SEIZURE OF THE IMPERIAL TREASURY AT CANTON.
In a late edition last week we gave a summary of events at Canton
from the oftth December to January 15. Wo now append an official
account subsequently received by the Secretary of tho Admiralty from
Rear- Admiral Sejmour, detailing tho operations at Canton since its
capture on tho 8Uth December:—
Coromandel, at Canton, Jan. W, 18 S 8 ,
Sir.—In continuance of my litter No. 14, of the I3t!i instant. I have
the honour to report proceedings at Canton subsequent to the 30th of
December.
On the 31st parties of Sappers and Miners commenced their preparations
for blowing un Gough’s I*ort and the Upper Blue Jacket Fort, outside
the walls to ibe northward of the city, and they were destroyed on t he
following day, the former by the English, the other by the French. On
the evening of the 31st a heavy explosion took place near the north-east
gate. A magazine of Chinese powder was being cleared out, when, by
gome accident, it exploded, and seventeen seamen were severely burned.
On the 1 st of January the French and English Ambassadors visited
Canton, under salutes, both on arrival and departure.
No communications having been received from the Chinese authorities,
who had not it? any way recognised our capture of thecity. it was determined
to march a body of troops through it, and endeavour to effect their capture, i
On the 6th inst„ therefore, at eight o’clock in the morning, the city was
suddenly entered in three different places. A strong division of the French
brigade, headed by their gallant Commander-In-Chief, proceeded to the
west gate, and, leaviug a portion in possession of that point, hastened to
the residence of the Tartar General, who was captured by Captain Jules
Collier. The General and myself, entering to the northward, marched
down the north street towards the yamun of Pequi, the Governor, who
was taken by the Royal Marines under Colonel Holloway; and, as we
were holding a conference with the prisoners already in our possession,
Mr. Farkos, her Majesty's Consul, arrived, with the gratifying intelligence
that Commodore the lion. Charles Elliot, with Captain Key’s division
of the Naval Brigade, had seized Yell, the Imperial Commissioner, with
all the provincial records, which are now being examined by Mr. Wade,
Chinese secretary. We directed the three captives to be token to head¬
quarters, much against the inclination of Pequi and the Tartar General,
who slated their willingness to treat, and that they hud not been informed
bv Yeh of our summons for the surrender of the city. A party of Royal
Marines, under Colonel Lemon, was also sent to secure the Imperial
treasury, which was effected, and 300,ono dollars In sycee silver taken pos¬
session of. No opposition was offered to any of these proceedings, and the
troops returned io their quarters. The silver is now on board the Calcutta
for custody.
An account by Commodore the lion. Charles Elliot of the manner in
which Yeh was taken is herewith inclosed (No. 1), for their Lordships’
perusal.
The i-treets of Canton arc narrow, and the houses are mostly of oneBtory,
and, with the exception of the public buUdiuga and stone arches, arc of
mean appearance There is a great deal of open ground inside flic wads.
On Yell’s arrival at headquarters lie was asked after the foreign
prisoners known to have been in his possession. His Excellency was
perfectly indifferent on the subject and replied that he would show us
their graves, as they had all died. He added that he had taken great
trouble with their burial. It having bc-en determined to send Yeh to the
Inflexible till it slmll be decided bow liis Excellency is to be disposed of,
Captain Hall conveyed him on board. Pequi and the Tartar Geaeral re¬
mained at head-quarters.
On the eth instant a conference was held by the Ambassadors in the
city to determine what should be done with the captives. It was agreed
that the Inflexible sliould procced with the Imperial Commissioner and
archor off* Tiger Island, and that the government of the city should be
restored to Pequi. subject to our control, on the conditions specified in the
inclosed paper iNo. 2 ), which his Excellency acceded to.
On the 9th, therefore, the AmbassadorsaudtheCommanders-in-GMefof
the allied forces proceeded In state to the city, and, having installed Pequi,
under a salute, ns governor of the city, appointed a tribunal, as settled by
the terms submitted to his Excellency, composed of Colonel Holloway.
Royal Marines: Capitaine de Fregate Maiime.au, and Mr. Parkes, her
Majesty’s Consul at Canton. A guard of 200 Royal Murines (which lias
since been increased) and a party of the French Naval Brigade were left in
the yamun to support the Governor. The city gates are now open by day,
and tranquillity has been uninterrupted from the moment of the posses¬
sion of the city.
In consequence of the peaceful aspect of affairs, I have, with the sanction
of Major-General Van Straubenzee, removed the whole of the Naval
Brigade to their ships, leaving the garrison, composed of the troops. Royal
Marines, and French Naval Brigade. I inclose a copy of a general order
(No. 3) issued by the Major-General on the brigade quitting Canton.
An excellent line of communication has been made by Captain Hill,
....-epier. —------„ - - ~
and French arc now in course of completion. The very nselul corps of
Chinese coolies raised at Hong-lvong by the military authorities convey
all the supplies to the lront, a great saving of labour to the troops.
The future conduct of this question will now, unless hostile mea¬
sures again become necessary, rest with, the Ambassadors of the allied
Powers.
His Excellency Sir John Bowring having obligingly, on my applica¬
tion. attached Mr. Harry S. Parkes, her Majesty's Consul at Canton, to
my staff, 1 have great pleasure in calling their Lordships’ notice to the im¬
portant services rendered by that gentleman. Hia zeal and ability, with
nis intimate knowledge of the manners, diatoms, and language of the
Chinese, have been turned to most valuable account.
1 am glad ro report that the health of the forces afloat and on shore
continues satisfactory. I have, &c..
(Signed) M Seymour,
Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
To the Secretary of the Admiralty, London.
The following is the inoloBuro referred to in the foregoing,
despatch;—
ncad-Qnarters, Naval Brigade, Canton, Jan. 5, 1858.
Sir,—I have the honour to acquaint you how it came to the share of
a hundred blue juckets, under Captain A. C. Key, C.B., to make the iin--
porta nt capture of his Excellency Yeh, and the valuable documents found
with him. . ... , ... . .
Captain Key was moving down at eight a.m. this morning wltn nis
party to the position you had assigned to him, at the south-east corner Of
the Parade-ground, accompanied by me, when Mr. Consul i’arxes in¬
formed us that the most important point, viz., the Yachua College, where,
by information received, Yeh was supposed to be, liad not been visited.
I offered to grant him an escort, which he gladly accepted, and we
therefore accompanied him to the above-named building. , \
AVe found it deserted, but Mr. Parkes there ascertained that Yen had
only left it on Thursday last, ami he succeeded in picking tip a guide, who
pointed out on a map the position of Y'eh’s present ubqde.
From thence we proceeded to the Lieutcnant-Gbveruor’f! yamun, winch
was already in the possession of Colonel Holloway, UAL,anu'Mr.Parkes
having confirmed his previous information by the statement of two other
men, wc advanced without loss of time to the south-west corner of the
city, to take possession of the Lieutenant General’s yamun. where the
three guides we now had with us affirmed that Yeh then was, these men
also knowing him by sight. Wc pushed on as rapidly as possible, and oil
arriving in front of the building burst open the doors, and rushed in im¬
mediately. /"v \\
Several pink-button Mandarins were first seized, but at the further end
of the bouse, on Captain Key bursting open a door, he perceived a stout
Mandarin endeavouring to escape, and immediately secured 1dm, assisted
by my coxswain. > , . .
Mr. I’arkes then brought in each guidc separately, and, on being re¬
moved, each stated that the persou seized was Yeh. . . .
The attention of Mr. Parkes was then turned to securing the records and
official correspondence, of which a large quantity was found.
In the performance of this search it was necessary to open every chest
found in the building, as most of them contained papers ; and every care
was taken to prevent the destruction Of clothes and a vast amount ol
valuable property, which was repacked and left in the house.
I cannot speak too highly of the good behaviour and regularity ot tne
seamen employed with our small party, which was much contributed to
by my Aide-de-camp. Lieutenant Alfred Alston, and the officers com¬
manding them, Commander Hood, Lieutenants Clutterbuck and
It is not for me to represent the skill and ability displayed by Mr.
Parkes. further than to observe that the success of the capture is due to
him,-1 have, &C., \ {Signcdi Charles G. J. B. Elliot,
Commodore, Commanding Naval Brigade.
\ INSTRUCTIONS TO PEqUI, THE GOVERNOR.
No proclamation is on any account to be issued without, submission to
the allies, and without, their counter-seal.
In all disturbances'!*! which foreigners are concerned, the case is to be
referred to the allied tribunal established at the yamun of the Governor.
All questions between the Chinese arc to be decided by tlieir own
tribunals.
Chinese committing offences against foreigners, or vice versa, to be
handed over to the tribunal established by tne allies, except when the
•ffences are committed within the portion of the city occupied by the
allied forces, when they will be dealt with according to martial law.
An allied tribunal will be appointed to act with the Governor, and will
be supported by a military force to assist in maintaining order; and
hirther, patrols, mounted or otherwise, will be sent out daily.
All depot* of anus and military stores to be banded over to the allied
•ottmjuxkrs.
THE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE EMPEROR OF
THE FRENCH.—TRIAL OF THE CONSPIRATORS. •
A vast crowd assembled in the neighbourhood of the Court of Assizes
of tho So : ne, Puns, on tho morning of Thursday week, long before the
hour fixed for opening the doors, and the moment that ingress was
permitted, at a little before nine, the persons provided with tickets of
adruisfit n rushed in anxious to obtain good positions.
At ten o’clock, the court having been opened, the prisoners were
brought in and took iheir seats in vhe following order—Undo!, Gomez
Rudio, and Pierri. The appearance of the prisonars is thus d^oribad
by a person prceent at the triul“ The first named is of middle height,
with iong black whiskers round a pnie face, the foreho.d high, and his
liair thin and beginning to turn grey. Gomez has sallow features ot
no great expression, and not indicating much intelligence Rudio is
frhoit of stature, nt out, with the head sunk between the shoaldors; his
complexion is of un olive east, and his upper lip bsars a small
moustache. Pierri is considerably the oldest of the'prisonei s. His
lace ie long, with a good forehead, and his hair eut short The four
accused were well dressed, and mostly in black. Rudio alone wore a
light-coloured cravat"
The reading of the act: tVafrUMtiOn, which lasted until nearly twelve
o’clock, was listened to with the greatest attention; hut the report of
Doctor Tardieu, which Bfa'es that the number of wounded was 151),
and the wounds Oil, created a profound sensation. When the acte
d’accusation was reed iho list of witnesses woo called over. The
emaciated appearance of several of those persons, many of whom are
slill foretd to use crutches, ^created a very painful sensation in the
court.
'J he examination of the prisoners then began. Gomez was the firBt
examined. Wo have already teen from the indictment that this man
bad made a full confession of the crime. Though in this oenfesuon he
now pertis'ed, yet what he said was occasionally marked by contra¬
diction and reservo.
The examination of Rudio then commenced. Rudio had also made
a complete confession, and he on this occasion repeated it.
Orsini was then interrogated. He said: M From iny youth I have
only had one object, and one fixed idea—the delivoranoe of my
country, and vengeance against the Austrians—and I have conspired
against them up> to 1848. At that period I naturally took pare in the
war. We had then always regarded the French as brothers and
friends, and when they landed at Koine we welcomed them us allies,
but they soon showed themselves bitter enemies; we then repulsed
them, and took muny of them prisoners. . . . After
the fall of Rome I felt convinced that Napoleon would no longer
assist us, and I said to myself, ‘ That man must be killed.' I had
first thought of acting alone, but, seeing the impossibility of approach¬
ing him, I took others to join with me.
Pieni answered loosely, und often wandered from the questions, no
denied eveiy thing, and said that he only came to Paris to see his son.
A preut number of witnesses having deposed to the facta of the 14th
and iheir results, the court adjourned.
On Friday the trial was resumed. ^ \ \
The first hour was taken up by the examination of witnesses, este->J
cially of Mr. Taylor, tho English manufacturer, who made the bombs.
At three-quart era past eleven tbePrccureur-General, M.Chaixd'Est-
Ange, rose to address the Court for the prosecution. After dwelling at
great length on the glory, prosperity, and internal tranquillity Of
France, and on her proud position among the nations of Europe the
Pjfotureuv-General said that, owing to a too-indulgent Administration
and tho inexhaustible Imperial clemency, the array of conspiracy was
strengthened and treason became more courageous. The Prosureur
concluded a long and eloquent speech wiLh thes8V?ordsIf the efforts
of the conspirators ceased to be battled by Providence, if he who lias
saved societ y in France was to fall a victim at your l’eet, amid her im¬
mense grief France would ttnd sufficient energy bcpsheltar herself
within her institutions, and to destroy those who wished to destroy
them. Yes! a man might fall under the dagger of the assassin, buc
that which would not fall is hisrc.'gn, his Government, his labours, and
his dynasty l"
hi. Jules Favro then addressed tho Court as counsel for Orsini,
founding his only appehl to the jury on the exaltation politique and
patriotism of the prisoner. M FaVre thus closed his long and elo¬
quent address:—"My last words will be like those of the Procureur-
General— a prayer. You will do your duty without passion and with¬
out weakness, and God, who judges the great of tho earth — God, who
measures all human actions, and weighs tho lives of men in the balauce
of which our intelligence and our hearts cannot have any adequate
notion—God, who views the bufferings of this man—his anguish; and
the thoughts which have ever agitated his spirit—the ardent passions
which bavo filled his heart, will, perhaps, rendor to this intel¬
ligent and noble eoul a pftrdbn which, in their weakness, men will
not be able to extend to him."
M. J ules Favro then resumed his seat. The impression produced by
these last words wasio great that several minutes elapsed before the
Court was collected enough to call ou M. Nogent Sk Laurens, Pierri - S
counsel.
MM. Mallenet and Nieolet, Rudto’s counsel, also appeared to pro¬
duce much effect on the audience.
At lour o’clock thd proceedings were suspended.
On the reassembling of the Court, at five o’clock, the President
proceeded tosum up; and at eight o’clock tho jury gave in their
verdict. ,
Orsini. Fiend, and Rudio wore found Guilty, and sentenced to
capital punishment as parricides.
Gomcirwas found Guilty, hut under circumstances of extenuation,
und sentenced to penal servitude for life.
The punishment to which tho first three prisoners are condemned,
by Article 13 of the Penal Cede, was then read. It runs thus
11 The guilty condemned to doath for parricide shall bo led. to the
place of execution in his shirt onlv, his feet naked, and his houi
covered with a black veil. He shall be exposed upon tho scaffold,
while an officer shall read to tho people the sentence of his condemna¬
tion, and shall bo immediately thereafter put to death "
The prisoners availed themselves of the legal and matter-of-course
privilege oi appealing to the Court of Cassation against their santon :o.
THE WEATHER.
RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE
KKW OBSERVATORY OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
Lat 61° 28' 6" N.; Long. 0° 18 ' 47" W.; Height above sea 34 feet
DAILY
UEANS or
TtUtBMOWtTKB.
trut o.
DAT.
1?
||
pc>
PJ
£3 o
H ~
Puw
Point.
tt K
— S
ll
£5
a
Amount
of Cloud.
3 si
0-5 ^
lls
a «
!_»
s i£
ggs
si c
ll
11
lockt*.
30104
a
36 6
•
26*5
•70
IM0
3
35-1
41*7
Z. N.E.
IMDs*
| 467
30314
31*9
20*9
•67
0
265
38*7
Ji.MiL
1 * J “ J
\ 26
30*060
32 0
21*1
•68
7
25*8
35*0
K.N.B.
465
2T
V 0*868
33*7
21 0
•63
4
31*0
38-9
29*690
34-0
24*7
*72
10
27*9
36*7
E.N.E.
| sol
March 1
„ 2
29*565
29 635
30*9
301
25*9
25*1
*84
*84
10
10
28*3
28*7
33*6
33*4
E.NVE.
1 865
hours.
I *000
j '000
I -oqo
. -000
•coo
uoo
I -000
Atohulia.— From Sydney wo hear that in consequence of
the Land Hill passing, both Homes of Assembly were dissolved by
Government it * Jobes, Minister of Finance, had resigned. Hie lua-
was dull-Accounts Irom Melbourne state tuat
SStoS'tad "m 2? issued. The »,<?“*” 2?, A f, fCmb!y M
adjourned to January 16. There bod been a tailing off in the export ot
poid. Trade continued dulL The export of gold last jear was
£11,028,188.
The Memorial Cncncn at Constantinople -The diflrcnl-
firs of tin’s church have been solved in an unexpected manner. His
Majesty the Sultan has made a present oi the ground chosen on the slope
nf the hill of Tonhane. It is situated in a central position, overlooking
the < to'di n Horn, the Sea of Marmora, and a portion of the Bosphorus,
commanding thus one ot the finest views. As tlje ground forms a knoll.
hL5?W overlook all the surrounding buildings, and cannot easily be shut
in. By a strange coincidence, the building next to it is a mosque.
Tv Genoa arrests continue to be made in the fear of a republican
rladv to biff outTrSgagrStPt of last night. We bear tint tin the
intenor of the port the guns were prepared for firing, and the war
steamers were all ready to weigh anchor.
NOTES OP THE WEEK.
Tiie Parliamentary record of the week Fa very brie', though it con¬
tains an important incident. On Monday night the new Premier, in
a long and eloquent speech, set forth a very small qua itity of in¬
tentions touching the conduct of his Government. T ie Earl of
Derby proposes to request from the Emperor of the French an ex¬
planation on the subject of Count Walcwski’s despatch; tithrow over
the Ihdia Bill; and to consider t lie question of Parliamentary Rjfjrm.
What he may do as regards legislation on the subject of conspiracies
by aliens has not been announced, and possibly the Cabinet may
entertain two opinions on the point. If Lord Derby would like to
bring down his Administration nt once, and with eclat, lie can do so
by taking up Lord Palmerston's bill. But, until the Ministerial re-
elections have all taken place, speenlation is premtture, Parliament
having adjourned until Monday, tho loth. The Ministerial list was,
ns usual, modified and altered up to the last moment, and Sir BuHver
Lytton s name had to be removed, as his seat was by no means safe.
Lord Stanley takes the fifty colonies. Lord Ellon borough is drawing
np a new India bill, and liis well-known love for the Company does
not warrant us in supposing that his Lordship will Ve. it down much
more easily than the htc Government proposed to do. Bat the
miraculous escapes of tho Company induce one to bclievo that it has a
charmed lift—it would be irreverent to speak of the nine lives
popularly atti ibuted to tlie faffs domestira, but perhaps the Company
has borrow ed the vital principle of its protege, Brahma, and is destined
to nine avatars.\ ' x j j
Indian news may lie summed up hi a few words. The enemy has
concentrat'd himselfm enormous numbers in Lucknow, and Sir Colin
Campbell (was gathering his forces to deliver a terrible and extermi¬
nating blow; and, in order to render this the more cruthiug, lie was
delaying, at risks probably exaggerated, until he should be in foil
strength. Meantime chastisement was being inflicted very rapidly
and unsparingly wherever traitors could be seized. Two of the leaders
had been hanged, and numerous culprits of inferior rank had antlered
the same fate. One of them, a low-born scoundrel, who proclaimed
himself Nawah of Furrucknuggur, was handed by hia subjects to some
of onr sailors, who made him eat pork, nud then flogged him, after
w hich lie was hanged by two sweepers. The aged ruflian called King
of Delhi was on trial, and it is really only the promise of a British
officer that hia life should be spared that ought to save the old wretch
from a similar end. Those who would understand something of the
real character of the miscreants with whom we have had to deal should
read the narrative of Mr. Bees, just published. He was a Calcutta
merchant, who became entangled in the meshes of the siege of Lnck-
now, and had to bear his part in the defe nee, and his vivid and graphic,
but nnstrained and unaffected, recital will make every heart throb, and
long to bear that Lucknow is crushed under Sir Colin’s cannon.
The British Bank conspirators were all found gnilty, and the three
principal criminals, Brown, Esdaile, and Cameron, have received the
severest sentence, which is a singularly light one. They are im¬
prisoned for one year among first-class misdemeanants in the Quean’s
Prison. They will have every comfort, and they will probably meet
in that gaol persons who have been driven to bankruptcy or insolvency
by the frauds of the British Bank, and who, in consequence, are
undergoing sentences of far longer imprisonment than the criminals
themselves. It is made no secret in the legal profession that the i r j-
secution was Sir Richard BetheU’a doing, was pushed on against the
wish of the “ authorities," and that no facility of any kiud, but (he
reverse, has been offered. Lord Campbell’s absurdly light sentence
is looked upon as a great “ mistake.”
That the Orsini party should all be found guilty was, as we said
last week, matter almost of course. Three of them were sentenced to
die the death Of parricides, the fourth being imprisoned for life. Their
appeal contained nothing to justify it, nud their heads will probably
have fallen before these lines are read. Orsini’s advocate made an
impassioned speech, and the man himself has affected the attitude of
a patriot, exonerated Allsop, and left Bernard to tile opinion of the
world. But a man who conld plan the cruel and dastardly plot by
which innocent women and children were to be mangled and muti¬
lated for a political object deserves neither respect nor pity, and, could
the holding np an English finger have saved his head from the bask .t,
we doubt whether one would liare been raised in these islands. M.
Mazzini wrote a letter in his favour, but had not a word to say against
the brutal cruelty of tbe plot—a piece of silence wliich may be re¬
membered, not precisely to the advantage of M. Mazzini.
One of M. Dumas’ most amusing novels is founded on the story of
the diamond necklace, Cardinal de Rohan, and Marie Antoinette. Mr.
Carlyle has also treated the subject with much felicity. Readers of
either romancer will he amused to know that the representatives of
the jewellers who were so curiously dealt with arc prosecuting an
action in Paris, against the representatives of the De Rohan family,
for the price of this very necklace. Perhaps the representative ot the
beautiful Olive, who so strongly resembled the Queen, and whom in
consequence the intriguers contrived should be taken for Mane An¬
toinette at the masked ball, and in still less creditable circumstances,
may also be discovered, and asked for traditional evidence. The in¬
vestigation, if followed up, will be very amusing.
Much interest 1ms been taken in the last murder which lms dis¬
graced the metropolis, hot there is little in the circumstancss beyon i
brutality. It would appear that the prisoner, a Piedmontese, hid
been pursuing a course of robbery, and that lie merely intended to
add to bis gains by the plunder of the unfortunate Tratialx who has
perished, but tlmt her resistance induced him to destroy her. The
conduct of tbe police lias been most prompt and judicious. He was
seized on board a vessel in the Titames in a few hours after the crime,
and portions of the murdered woman’s property were found in his
luggage.
Mr. Roebuck lias beer, discomfited, the Parliamentary Committee
appointed to investigate the Coffey charges against Mr. Butt having,
after a long aud patient lieariug cf the case, exculpated that gentle¬
man. He doubtless received, in liis capacity of advocate, money from
the Oriental treaty-forger; hut Mr. Butt’s honour as a gentleman and
member of Parliament is intact, and, both for bis own sake and for
that of the credit of tbe Senate, every one will be glsd of the result.
It seems difficult to define the point where Parliamentary aud forensic
duties separate. Mr. Roebuck himself was for a long time, and whiie
in Parliament, Lite paid agent of the Lower Canadians, yet no one
thought of imputing corruption to him. It is also unreasonable to
suppose that a professional man is to resign his means of living on
entering the House. To lay down such a nth- would indeed be to
hand over tire representation to the moncyocracy.
The eclipse of the moon was seen to great advantage, the uigut
having been beautiful, and the hour a convenient one for astronomers
whose love of science will not pull them out of a warm bed with the
thermometer at ireezmg point. The eclipse of the sun on the lo.h
will not be so advantageously visible in London; but
see the annular effect by taking a ticket to hwindon, and the railway
authorities should issue "eclipse tickets” for the day, and sell
smoked or coloured glasses at the station.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 6, 1858
228
ugh tho bird is of such a largo size, measuring
3d 7 feet 5.inches, it weighs baTely 10 lb. Th
to the tail is 3 feet, and the breadth across the b
WHITE-TAILED OK CIXEBEOUS SEA EAGLE (HATJJEETUS ALIUC1U.A) SHOT AT ARUNDEL.
AN EAGLE SHOT AT AHUNDEL.
A fine specimen of “the king of birds,” the white-tailed eagle, was shot
last week in one of tho most picturesque localities of the western coast
of Sussex—namely, at ArundeL The neighbourhood has its poetical
associations: the patronymio River Arun recalls the sweet and amiable
Collins who sang on its banks
Wild Arun. too. has heard thy strains,
And echo, ’midst my native plains.
Been sooth’d by pity’s lute,
this pathetic passage referring to Otway’s birth in the village of
Trotton, on tho Arun. How beautiful y would either of these southern
poets have commemorated in their verse this rare ornithological event
of an eagle being shot in their locality I
A large eagle, which had been flying about in the vicinity of Arundel
to the terror of many, was shot on Friday, the 10th ult., by Mr. W.
Ottley, the head gumekeepor of hia Grace tho Duko of Norfolk. This
singular visitor had been aimed at by many sportsmen who were un¬
successful in bringing him down. Being a strong bird, and usually
flying very high, it required some considerable force to kill him. On
Friday last, however, Mr. Ottley succeeded in wounding him. The
bird struggled considerably, and at length perched on a tree, from
which he was soon levelled.
The eagle has been sent to Mr. Leadbeater, tho ornithologist, of
London, to bo stuffed, and this gentleman doscribes him to be a young
male of tho white-tailed sea eagle, and not a golden eagle, as was sup¬
posed. Mr. Leadbeater is also of opinion that it is a bird of the first
year. *..
wings
from
1 foot. The beak is 3J inches long, and tho centre talon 2 inches.
Tho quill feathor from the pinion-joint measures 23J inches. Its
principal haunt was near the South Wood and Houghton chalk¬
pit, and many mutilated rabbits have been picked up which had been
killed by the distinguished visitor. We are indebted to tho West
Sussex Gazette for tho above particulars.
As a species, this bird —the white-tailedor cinereous sea eagle (Haliae *
tus albicilla — Selby) — is not so rare as the golden eagle, and may be seen
frequently on some parts of the coast, where it inhabits the highest
rocks und cliffs overhanging the sea. In these inaccessible places it
builds its nest, and lays two eggs. It breeds in the Hebrides, Shet¬
land, and Orkney. It enjoys u very extensive range, for it is found in
Swodon, Denmark, and northwards to Norway, Iceland, Greenland,
and Russia, and southwurd over the continent of Europe. This bird
in its adult state would havo the tail perfectly white, while its tail
feathere are <lark brown, irregularly barred with white. This pro¬
bably led to its being confounded with tho golden eagle, from which,
however, it is generically distinct — its principal distinction consisting
in its toes being covered the entire length with broad scales; while in
the golden eagle they are covered with small reticulations, except the
last distal joint of each toe, which has only three broad scales.
GUN-BOATS FOR INDIA.
The East India Company, seeing the advantage which would result
from having a flotilla of gun -boats of small dimensions and light draught
of water in keeping the water communication completely in the posses¬
sion of tho Indian Government, have ordered Messrs. George Rennie
and Sons to construct several small gun-boats on their patent principle.
The dimensions of these vessels are as follow, namely—length, 70 ft.;
beam, II in.; draught of water, 2 ft. forward, and 2 ft. C in. aft, with from
five to six tons of coal on board.
There are two engines, each of ten horse-power, horizontal and
direct-acting, each engine being entirely independent of tho other,
and driving a separate screw-propeller, one under each quarter, the
intended number of revolutions of which are 320 per minute.
The gun is a long brass 12-pounder,, 18cwt., and pivoted eo as to
allow the gun to traverse in a circle, and thus command both sides of
the river. /^~~
Duringthe last month several trials and experiments have been made
with the first of these vessels, under the superintendence of a Govern¬
ment engineer. The average speed of six runs was found to he nine
knots, or 10& miles, the engines making an average number of 350 re¬
volutions per minute. The indicated power being 7G horses; pressure
in boiler, 50 to GUibs.
These vessels were found to turn in a very narrow compass, from the
facility of backing or stopping one engine while the other went ahead,
which, it is considered, will be of great advantage in some of the small
creeks and narrow parts of the upper rivers.
Theso vessels are divided into three water-tight compartments, the
after part being fitted with a deckhouse, adapted for the hot climate
of India, in which the crew, as well as the captain, who has a separate
cabin, are accommodated. The fore part of the vessel is arranged for
the powder-magazine, shell-room, store-rooms, and cooking-galley, &c.,
and the centre part for the engine, boiler, and coals.
Several of these vessels are now in course of shipment; and, from
the facility of putting the parts together, it is expected that in a few
days after their arrival in India they will be fit for service.
A few of these boats would be of infinite service up the narrow
creeks and turnings of the rivers beyond Canton; and we think that
the Government would do well in sending some such boats out before
the China wur is over, more especially as we see the President of tho
United States mentions in his message tho intention of his Govern •
went to send out ten gun-boats of shallow draught for tho Cliineso
service.
For the above particulars of Messrs. Rennie’s gun-boats we are
indebted to the January number of the Artizan.
THE NEW MUSEUM AT THE EAST INDIA HOUSE.
For many months past, and indeed until the very day of his death,
the late lamented Dr. Forbes Royle was occupied in what to him was
truly a labour of love—sorting, identifying, and placing, so as to
mutually illustrate and explain each other, the varied and highly-
interesting objects which constitute the collection now on the eve of
being opened to the public at the Company’s house in Leadenhall-
street. As might bo naturally expected in any selection made under
the auspices of one so enthusiastic and so profoundly acquainted
with the ancient and modern arts and industry of our Indian Empire,
no important illustration of the raw produce, physical geography,
manufactures, sooial economy, costume, arms, implements, habits, faith,
and general ethnography of that vast continent will be found to have
been overlooked. From Ceylon to the Himalavus—from Bombay to
Siam—rich specimens of infinite variety will be found gathered to¬
gether, and now arranged and displayed with skill and taste, so as to
throw light upon many a hitherto dork, page in the great chronicles
of human culture. Although tho space in which these treasures are
confined is but limited, the various samples have been so carefully
chosen by local committees in India, acting under minuto instruction*
forwarded from this country, and the samples now to bo exhibited
have been so diligently culled by Dr. Royle from those forwarded by
tho local committees, that, with few exceptions, each individual
specimen has a story of its own to tell, or a lesson to convey; while,
at the same time, the total of these stories so told, and of the lessons so
convoyed, may be regarded us sufficient to give a succinct epitome of
the great and comparatively unknown world of India.
It is, however, rather with tho shell than the kernel that we havo
now to occupy ourselves, since the subject of our Illustration this week
is the principal apartment which has been fitted up to receive a
valuable series of specimens of native sculpture. The old frequenters
of the East India House, in the dayB when the Company were really
traders, would have some difficulty in recognising in this elegant hall
the (juaintly fitted-up and dingy old room in which the great sales by
auction of tea were formerly held. The magic wand of Mr. Digby
Wyatt, the Company’s architect—who has here, as ho did in Baris,
worked hoart and hand with Dr. Royle—has been waved over the
somewhat dilapidated old chamber from which the fragrance of tho
choicest pekoe had long departed; and a well-lit, cheerful solo jn—the
architecture of whioh is made to reproduce the leading forms of a
Mahometan musjid—takes its place. This apartment furnishes a
happy instance of what architects frequently find to occur—viz., that
some local weakness to be remedied, or speoial necessity to be eco¬
nomically supplied, suggest happy features which but for some such
stimulant might never have occurred to the designer or been per¬
mitted by his client. Thus, in the old tea sale-room, before its recent
conversion into a hull for Indian sculpture, it was found that the line,
heavy, lead-covered roof, although perfectly sound and good, had Bunk
considerably; and, if left alone to its fate, would probably have at
length become dangerous. To remove and replace it by a new one
RENNIE'S LIGHT-DRAl*GUT GUN-BOAT TOR THE EAST INDIES,
March 6, 1858 .] THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS ■ 229
THE EAST INDIA HOUSE MUSEC3I.
■ ;,q,
" ?,;; yv~
•
maammmmmprp
\fe ((
m&t
PKiMjj :
<>
| <a
i \ \ •far
? \\ ? v_^-
a \\vJ
mm \\
J W
y
to . '.?!■
v
SI
/ ot!h i
■
ifiM 1 ;
230
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 6,18S8
would have been oostly, commonplace, and probably the new one
would not have been as food as the old. It occurred, therefore, to Mr.
Wyatt that it would bo Dest, cheapest, and wisest, to restore it to its
level, to place supports at intervals beneath it, and to oonvert his utili¬
tarian constructions into the graceful piers and arches which now give
so appropriate a character to this apartment.
In tho centre of the sculpture-hall is fixed an open-work pedestal, on
which a very beautiful model of the tomb of Shah Jehau and its
pierced screen, entirely wrought in white marble, has bean placed.
This is surrounded by a number of panels of the elegant jali or stone
trellis-work which forms so important a feature in the Mahometan
architecture of the East, and indeed, in its general prinoiple, of all
Mahometan design. On the walls are a series of basso and alto
relievos, commencing with the mythology of Assyria and Persia, pro¬
ceeding to those of Brahma and Buddha, and including maay eurious
Jain figures. About the room are also disposed numerous minor
fragments of ornamental sculpture in bronze, stone, marble, terra¬
cotta, and wood. Tho visitor will do well to observe the pecu¬
liar character of some of the Burmese specimens, and should by no
means overlook an exceedingly elegant pair of doors, which excel in
design those remarkable examples of similar objects which attracted so
much attention in the Tunisian department oi’ the Great Exhibition
of 1851.
In addition to the quondam tea sale-room, the old residences of the
Secretary and Assistant Secretary have been converted with much
ingenuity into museum apartments. The old subdivisions have been
knocked away, and air, light, and space gained in every possible
direction. The new entrance to the Museum for the public will lead
them into a hall, adjoining which is a lar^e room, on the ground floor,
filled to overflowing with models of buildings, shipping, rites and
ceremonies, manufacturing machines and implements, native racas and
castes, public works, &c. The staircase loading to the first floor is
hung with carpets, mats, matting, leather* work, &o. The principal
apartment on the first floor has been carefully arranged for the display,
■under a powerful top as well as sido light, of thoB9 textile fabrics and
articles of luxurious personal equipment for which India is so
famous. The upper portion of this apartment i9 occupied by
a gallery (reached by tho main staircase), entirely filled with
an invaluable set of samples of raw and commercial produce.
It was upon the enlightened illustration of this department that
poor Dr. Boyle was especially occupied at the date of his death. That
untoward event has naturally caused delay in the production of a
catalogue of the contents of the Museum ; but it is to be hoped that
ultimately all that he left behind him upon the subject will be given
to the world. On his descent from the gallery of raw produce the
visitor should pass through an ante-room to the apartment, in one
division of which are deposited some exquisite specimens of jewellery
and fine work in gold, silver, ivory, and pietra dura; and in the other
magnificent arms and armour, with quantities of miscellaneous manu¬
factures in pottery, biddery, brass, wood, and other descriptions of
work. On the walls of both divisions of this apartment are
hung drawings, photographs, and other illustrations of the arts
and manufactures of India. On bis exit from this part of the
Museum the visitor will enter the hall of sculpture, returning from
which he may ascend a staircase which will lead him to the library,
containing many objects of the greatest interest, and to the collections
of natural history which have been to a great extant rearranged under
Dr. Horetield, who, with the assistance of Mr. Downing, as curator,
bos now added many of the duties formerly devolving on Dr. Boyle
to bis previous responsibilities under the Company.
Upon the whole, this Museum cannot but prove a great gain to tho
art-loving and commercial public; and as it has been brought to its
present state of comparative completeness with as, we understand,
an exceedingly limited total outlay of about £3000, great credit must
be given for success, and considerable allowance made for defects,
which neither the seal of Dr. Boyle nor the ingenuity of Mr. Wyatt
could avoid or supply.
CALENDAR FOB THE WEEK.
Bcttoat, March 7.—3rd Sunday in Lent Moon's last quarter, 6h. 10m.,
Monday. 8.— Bcrnadotte died, 1844. [p.iu.
Tuesday, 9 —Sun rises, 6h. 3lm.; sets, 5h. 52m.
Wednesday, io.—B enjamin West, tho painter, died, 1820.
Thursday, ll.—Bishops expelled Parliament. 1640 .
Friday, 12.—St Gregory. Treaty between Britain, France, and Turkey,
Saturday, 13.—Gustavus IV. dethroned, 1809. [1854.
TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BR1DUE,
FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 15, 1858.
PiuuluT- I Monday. | Tuesday. | Wetlm?slajr. I Thn*m!ay. I Friday. | BtUtmlay
I I A | M AIM A M A U|A{X|A
h rn I h m h m hm h m h m h m h ro' h m j h m h m h m I h m | h in
6 21 16 IV 7 3 i 7 28 8 1 8 (i 1 9 XT 10 SI I 11 10 11 50 — • 0 27 1 0 53 I U
H
ER MAJESTY’S THEATRE.—In consequence of
_ tho triumphal success of the closing representations, end In order to Accommodate the
numbers who have twvu unable to olitdn lilsoes. TtiRBK CONCLUDING l*EIt OtCUSCEd
will br K*vrn on TUESDAY, March 16; THURSDAY. March 18; and SATURDAY, March 20.
TbovwClbo errsngidu follows:—Toi»d«y, March 16, I A TkAVIATA. Ylolaita, Picoo-
Ioruinli Alfredo, GlspUnl. Thursday, March 16. II. TttkVATORE. Leonora, Spex’a;
Ar-u.-cn*. funnier; Msnrico, Giuglln*. Saturday. March 10, LA FIGLIA DSL RE3G(-
MFK'O. M silo. Piccolo mini Laxt Pceoo of 1 MART I 111, comprising tho celebrated duo
by Mdllo. PkcolomUil and Flguor GlugUnL Prices:—Pit stalls, 12s. fid.: botes (to hold
four pcrsotMt. pit, sr d ono pair, XI 2s.; grand tier. £3 3j ; two pair, XI 5s.; three pair,
tfic.; galler* Votes- It's.: gallery stalls, fid.; pit. 'm. fid.; gallery. 2 * Tho Box-office will
be oc«ncd on Ihumlay, March'll. Places in tho meintimo mnjr be secured t>y application
to Vr Fi»h, stage door, Her Majesty’s Tboa'ro. »o other representations con bo posdbly
given before the commeBctnent of the Summer Season.
B OYAL PRINCESS’ THEATRE.—Under the Management
• of Mr. Churlre Kotin.—Monday and Friday, HAMLKT. Tunsder aud Thursday, A
MIDSUMMER MIGHTS DREAM. Wodurad&y and Saturday, LOUIS XL And tho Ftt-o-
tfnaline S*«tT Tf'Cfag._-
T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAKKET.—Monday, Tuesday,
end Wodncadar. THF- LOVE CHASE. Visa Amy Sedgwick, ns Couitwica;
Widow Green. Mr*. Wilkins, her first appcaronco; I.xlia, Mla« Buliner, lierfirUappearlice;
Bir Wilburn FcmClOve, Mr Chippendale- With PRESENTED AT COURT; Geoffrey. Mr.
Bark slope: *»d SHOCKING EVENTS. Tbomlny, Friday, and Saturday. THE HUNCH¬
BACK .lulls. Miss Amy Sedgwick. After which, for tho Is t tbreo nights, tho Pantomime
Of ffHB BLEEPING BEAUTY.
M B. j. L. TOOLE (ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE) begs
to announce bis BENEFIT for WEDNESDAY NEXF, whon will bis prblured THE
AhTIST OF FLOPEhCE (first tiinel—Mire Woolgur Mrs It. White, Mils Webb; Mr.
Clmrlrs lrtllcn. Mr. gfinre. Mr. Toole. THE BIRl tll’LACE OP POUGKKS: (never acted 1—
Jllss Ternan: Mr. Barrett, Mr. Toolo. Hr. Tom Taylor’s Comic Drama,-OUR CLXRK6 —
Mix* Webb; Mr. Co haem, Mr. Hf lit>n. Mr. Toolo: and Uio Now Fnrce DOUBL-1 DUMMY—
the FrLtl'cs Mbs Wroljtur. and Mr. Toolo Tickets and Place*, Box-omcO^aud Mr. J. JL
Toole. 17, Wcl’lngihD street North, ExeUr Change. Stniml.
T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.—Success Unprecedented.—
Crowded Houses eve ry Night.-Great Hit of Inver's Pqmltr Irish DrnruaofRORY
OTKOBK. A new original Drama, byC. Selby, called An.HOUR in SEVILLE: Character
by Mrs. B. Williams. To conclude with LATEST FROM NEW YORK.
A STLEY’S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — Lessee and
Jfc Manaaer. Mr. WILLIAM COOKE. Tills Evening tho Entertainments will commence
witli the RomantV. and Equestrian Sw-ctnal© from Harr!son/Ainsworth's poaular novel,
entitled ROOKWOOD; or. Turpin’s Bide to York; followed by lncompxrablo SCENES
in the ARENA ; and n variety of other EulcnalQniOnt*. Commence at Sevan.
S URREY 'iHEATRE.—Second Week of Miss Goddard;
Reappearance of Mr. B. Herloti.—On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, the PUy of
’He FATAL MARK JAG v ■ T uosda* and Thursday. LUC :£T1A BORGIA. Miss Iciiard,
Mian Webthr; Merer* Ciefewick. Sheplmd, Potter F.bnrn«, awl Fernandas The TWO
POLTB: '• hcroas Polt, Mr. iJ. Norton; Peter Poll, Mr. Widilicomb. And Tbo ORPHAN of
GLENCOE.
G REAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE, Shore¬
ditch.—proprietor. Mrl JOHN DOUGLASS. Mr CHARLES DILLON. the eminent
tragedian, having met vtilhlimneqse Mmcm. i’l repeat his great character of “ Bclphegoc "
next week, ouppentd by Mr Bar ret; and tho talented company.
MUSICAM®ON SOIREE. No. 3.—TUESDAY^ M ARCH
ill yth, llANOV^IUSQUAllE ROOMS.—Quintet. F m’n.. No. 10. Ornlow Trio, E flat.
Piano. Clarinet, and/Viola M'or.art. Rondo, k 4 mains. Op. 101, Schubert. Qmtriot. No. 3.
In D. Beet hovai. Solo, Violoncolio. FiatM. Vocs] pioco* sung br tlie Orpho i« Giro Union.
Artists: MM. -giun'bn. Goffrio, ScbrOnr*. Paqnc, and PiattL Clarinol: Pap#. Plmabt* :
Lindsey Hcper srd Pswar. Visitors, admbsions to the Royal Box and noa-reserved Seals,
7a. each, to be had at framer and Co.. Chappell, end O irier. Bood-atreot.
J. Rf.T.t. D’rocto-.
_ i OF THE PKE 8 ENT ENTERTAINMENT.
T HE SISTERS SOPHIA and ANNIE, in their Original
Entertainment.entitled SKETCHES FROM NATURE, wiil appear at Bristol, Mao:h
8. 9. and '.0; Gloucester, 1.1; Cirencester, IX
M R. and Mrs. GERMAN REED (late Misa P. HORTON)
will reyjeattheir F.ntertalnmait every evening (except Saturdav’i at E'ght, Satur¬
day ADerr.oon at Three. Admi*».on. is. and 2s.; stallt, 3s : secured, without extra chanfs,
•t the Iioyml Gallery of ID nitration, 14, hoRrni street; and r nuner, Beale, and Co.V, 201,
B«|tsnt-«treet
pHRISTY’S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall, King William-
street, Ptrsmd.—With CONCF.RT. Comme-'ctne a: 6 On 8eturdsy a Morn n* Per¬
formance, commencing a; 3. ’* Hoop dee-Doodom-d^o ” Nightly. Prices la , la., and 3e.
P ROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL.—LAST WEEK
BUT TWO.-8T. JAMES S THEATRE.-WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY AFTER¬
NOONS a*. 3. and ever? Evening (except Saturday) at 8. Stalls, 5a.; Balcony Stalls, 4s.;
Boxes, *s.; Pit. 2s.; Gallery, Is. Private Boxes, Two Guineas, Ono Guinea and a Half, and
One Guinea. Places to be (scared at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, S3, Old Band-street.
M R. CHARLES COTTON’S ROSE, SHAMROCK, and
THISTLE, introducing Characteristic Costumes, with 8-mgs, EVERY EVENING
(except Saturday), at Eight; Saturday, at Three. PRINCE of WALES HALL, ITO, Ro<ont-
street. Admission,da. anil 2s.; Stalls, 3»., secured at Mitch all’s Library, Bond-street, and
it Uio Hall.
M ADAME TUSSAUD’S EXHIBITION, at the Bazaar,
Bakur-streot. Tbo Nuptial Group. H.R.H. tho Princess Royal in her beautiful
Bridal Dto»b of Honiton Lose, trim mod with orange flowors—tho admiration of ovary one ;
also, H K.Ii. Frisco Frederick of Prussia. Admi ssi o n, la.; Ultra room, 6d. Opon from
Eleven tiJi dusk, and from Seven till Ton. _
R.H. the PRINCESS ROYAL.—EXHIBITION at the
• FRENCH GALLERY. 121, Pall-mall.—Messrs. COLNAOHI beg to aniomco
that, by peruii»si''n of her M*jcsty, tbo Pioiuro of her Royal Hlghneas Victoria, Prlncesi
Royal, Vrincfiss Frederick William of Prussia, by Winterhalter, la now on VIEW for a few
days. Admittance to the Gallery, Is. each person.
LM. the EMPRESS EUGENIE.—EXHIBITION at
_ , Uio FRENCH GALLERY, 121, Pall-mall.—Mcstrs. COLNAGHl beg to announce
that by permission of II I.M. the Emperor NApoloou III., Uio Great Picture by Winterhalter
of tho Knj|>re*s Eugenio surrounded by tho Ladies of her Court is now on vlow. Admittance
to tho Gallery. Is. each person.
H
T B .
E BRIDEMAIDS at the MARRIAGE.—EXHIBITION
_ at the FRENCH GALLERY, 121, Pall-mall.— Mown. COLNAGHl beg to annaauou
that, by permission of her Majesty, tho Photographic /Coloured Picture, tho property of her
Majesty, of tho liridcnmid* at tho Marriage of her Royal llighnosi tho Princoss Royal, taken
by Caldeai and Montocchi. Li now on View for a fow days—Admittance to the Gallery, Is.
each person
T71EMALE ARTISTS’ SOCI&TY.—Works intended for exhi-
J? billon in 186 h will bo received on tho I6«h, 17th, and lSlb of March, at tho EGYPTIAN
HALL. Ilccadllly, between ten and five o'clock. All expenso* of carriage must bo borno by
tho senders. Tbo Exhibition will open on the fith of Ariril.
L. Buss (Sec.), 119, Feadiurch-ttrcit, E.C.
■Mf AY ALL’S PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GALLERIES,
JjJL 224 and 226, Regent-street.— Photographs, Daguorreotypua, and Btoreoaoopos, In tbo
highest style of art, token doily. Specimens on view.
C HELTENHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL.—MONUMENT
10 the Manure of Uio late Ensign ARTHUR MARCUS HILL CHEEK, fith R.N I .
“The Martyr of Allahabad.’'
▲ Committee of the Puplla of tho be bool baa been formed with a view to erecting by sub¬
scription a Monument to the memory of this breve young Christian Soldier. Any gootlomon
who were hoarders at the school with him between 1852 and 1858, and who wish to sub¬
scribe to the fund, aro requested to oommunicoto either with l>r. Humphreys, tho Hoad
Msknt, or wlUi the Subscribers. R. BkaI.ry Smith, Hon. Bge.
Cheltenham Grammar School, Feb. 25, 1858. ALFRED PiUniTS, Troosuror.
B OYAL SURREY GARDENS COMPANY (Limited)..
To bu LET or SOLD. The Ofllcial Liquidator appointed under the ordor for windings
up this Company is prepared to rocelvo offers for tbo letting of three Gsrdoiie for 2,3, 5, of
7 years, or for the sale of the leases under which tho said Gardens are huld. Conditions may
lie*obtained at tho cfflco of H. H. Cannsn, Esa., Official Liquidator, 18, Alderroaubury; or of
Mr. Alfred Jones, fcolicitor, 15, Sisc-lano, Bucklcrabury.
TLLUMINATING on VELLUM TAUGHT by a Lady.
I For oddreas apply George Bownoy and Co., 51, Ratbbone-placo. Oxford-street. \
B ONUS.—A GENTLEMEN, aged twenty-seven, possessing
a practical knowledge of business, and conversant with tho Italian language, would
g ay a Bonus of XlbO or upwards to obtain an cugagoment either undue Gnvursnjaat as
KCKKTAKY or otherwise to a Public Institution or Company, or in any respectable capa¬
city —Address. M. M., Post-office, Wllby-terraco, Bow-rood, London, K.
A RCHITECTURE.—A thorough Practical and Theoretical
Knowledge of the Profession may be acquired m tho Qf&oe of a City Firm by an
ARTICLED PUPIL, who would have tbo advantage of studying under thopanuti.il sapo*-
Intendince of the Principals, aud If apprenU-ed may cliUiln his freedom and llv.*ry la ono
of the chief City Companies. Address, “ Architect." Mr. Cue's, M, Blsbo isgntu Within, K.C.
H ydropathic establishment, Sudbrook Park,
Petersham. 8.W.—The treatment la_perfectly safe for infancy ant! ago. and absolutely
agreeable. Prospectuses on application.—J. ELLI8, M.I).
H ydropathic establishment, Derby Lodge, East
Shorn. P.W., closo to Richmond P.trk and Martlake Railway Station. Uaif-on-hour
from City and West-cud. ___
RTVATE ESTABLISHMENT for the BLIND, Turnham-
green. London. W. —Principals, Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM WOOD, assisted by eminent
ITofeeaurs. Yeung Ladies and Geutlcmen afflicted vrith Plindnoas receive a suiublo Educa-
tlar. Full paitlculsrs by post. „
rrVLIE highest Price given in Cash for Diamonds, Pearls, Plate,
X Old Gold and Silver, ( old and Silver Lttoc, at 8P.LIM, DEAN, and CO.'S, 9,
Coventry-street, Loicos ter-square. NJ. Tho Cheapest Houso foe Jewellery of every
description.
A RMORIAL BEARINGS.—No charge for search.—Skotch
and description, 2s. fid.; In colour. 5s. Crests on seals or rings, 8s.; on die, 7s. Solid
gold. ISesrat. Hall-'marked, surd or bloodstone ring, engraved with crest, two guineas
T MORING (wLo has rooalvod the Gold Modal for engraving'', 44, High Holborn, W.C. Price
list post-free. _)]_ _
F OR FAMILY ARMS, send to the LINCOLN’S-INN
HERALDIC OFFICE; the Fstsblislisd authority In England, whicli for many yean
has emblazoned and quartered Arms, with that authenticity known throughout Europe.
Sketch. 9s. fid., or stamps—H. SALT, Tu*t»tlle, Luicoln’s-lnn.
L INCGLN’S-INN HERALDIC-OFFICE.—GENTLE MEN
having SKETCBF8 employ persons who do not Kmhlaron by tho Laws of Hora’dry
l or the protection of tho Fublio the Hu.aldio Office now exocutes Engraving, fcc. lh>3k-
E lste Anns,'21s Crest cn8*als or Kingq lie.fid STUDIO LIBRARY, and Index of tho
lershls' Vis'ffntion*, Open Dally. Tbo LINCOLIT8-INN MANUAL of HERALDRY, a De¬
scription of tho Science, «0O Engravings, 3s, or stamp#.—H. SALT, Great TomstUo,
Linctfln’Srhm.
F OR FAMILY ARMS.—Persons anxious to obtain a true and
accurate account of their armorial boaring* are requested to send nsmo and county to
tho Roysl licrr Idle Office, the only jdace for autbcutic information. No fee fjr search. Sketch
nod description. 2a. fid.; in colours, 5*. Pedigrees, Family History, with the original grant
cf Arms, xreccd for 10«. Tho Manual of Heraldry, too engravings, 3 j. A’so, Orest on Senl or
tying. 7*-, on Steel Die. Cs. Book Plato with Aran. 10s., or stamp#.— T. CULLBTON,
Gfhcalos Lt mid Herali'in Engrnver, l and 2, Long-acre, ono door from St. Martin‘a-ltuic.
'ihojBtPdlo und librerv ciion uoilr.
PERA GLASSES, in eveiy variety of size and price. Some
_ superb sp^c'moas of VTonnete manufacture, suitablo for Wedding or Birthday Pre-
s/nts, at CALLAGHAN'S Optician, 23 a, New IiouJ-:trost, Comer of Condull-streat. N.B.
Solo Agent to Volgtllindor, Vienna.
o
T HE FROST.—SELF-REGISTERING THERMOMETERS
on an improved construction,showing tho extremes of Cold or Heat, at CALLAGHAN’S,
Optician, 23 a, New Bond-street, corner of Conduit-street. N.D Sole Agent for tho small
and powerful Op^ra and Field GImsca. invcn*«d and mtulo by VolgtlKndar. Vienna.
M UTINY IN INDIA.—Military Field Glasses of matchless
quality, combining tho very latest improvements, at CALLAGHAN'S, 23a. Now
Bond-#trvct corner of C'ondult-strret. N.B. Solo Agent for tho small and powerful Opera
and Race Glare** invented and mad e by Y olg t H i nder , Vienna. _
E YESIGHT.—Optical Improvements, to enable persons
at an advanced ago to read with cmo. nod to discriminate objects with perfect dis¬
tinctness.—Messrs. SOLOMONS, Opticians, have Invented and patented SPECTACLE
LENSES of ’bo greatest tran-otircnt power. Tho valuablo advantage derived from tbi*
Invention Is that virion becoming impaired (a preserved and strengthen!*!; very aged
poison# nro enabled to employ th»ir sight at tho moat miuuto occupation; can see witti these
lenses of a much less magnifying power, and they do not require tho froqu nt changes
to tho dangerous effects oi further powerful assistance. Fem.ns con bo suited at tho moot
remete parts of tho world by Bonding a pair of spootachs, or ono of tho glassou out of
them, in a letter, and stating tho distance from the eyes thov can road small print with
Jt. and these who have not made ns* of spectacles by stating thdx ago.—30, Albom irlo-stroet,
Piccadilly, W. (opposite the York Hotel). _
D EAFNESS.—A newly-invented Instrument for extreme cases
of Dcafhess, called tbo Sound Magnifier, Organic Vibrator, and Invislblo Voice
Conductor, ll fits so into tho car as not to bo in tho least perceptiblo: the unpleasant sensa¬
tion o singing noises in tho head is entirely removed. It affords instant relief to the drafest
persons, and enables them to bear distinctly at church aud at public assemblies.—
Mows SOLOMONS, Opticians and Aurista, 39. Alhemarlo-street, Piccadilly. W. (opposite
the York Bn»nD.
QPORTSMEN and GENTLEMEN of the ARMY and
Uj NAVY.—8 and B. SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Alboraarlo-stroet, Piccadilly. W.
Observe, oppoaito tbo York Hotel. Portability, combined with great power. In FIELD,
RACK-tOURBF.. OPF.KA, and gemral out-door day and night powerful Waistcont-
pockcl PERSPECTIVE GLASSES, weighing only four ounces, each coutuihfng 12 and 18
lenses, coustructwl of German glass, will show distinctly a person's countenance at 2} and
3 miles. They servo every purpose on tho Knco-courrc, and ut tho Opera-houses. Country
gccnerv and ships axe clearly setn at 8 to 10 miles. They are also invaluablo for Blnotiag,
Deer stalking. and Yachting. Her Majesty's Coast-Guards aro making u*o of them as
dav ami night glasses, in preference to all others: they havo also becotno lu general use by
Gentlemen of tbe Army and Navv, and by Sportsmen. Gent!omen, Gamekeeper*.and Touriata
The most powtrtul and brilliant teloreopes, pomesslng such extraordinary powe- that somo.
34 Inches, with an extra astronomical cyo-plece, will show distinctly Jupiter % moons,
Saturn's ring, and tho double sure; with tbo samo Teleteopo can bo soon a person’s oounto-
nance threo-and s-half miles distant, and an object from fourteen to sixteen railre. They
are Jr endless variety, oflarcvr and all sires, with increasing powers, and are secured by
her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. A most liberal allowance, wholesale, to shippers
T HE ROYAL EXHIBITION, tS51.—A valuable, powerful,
newly-Invented, verr smull wairiooat-pocket Glare, thoatr^of a walnut, by which a
ponton can be seen and known I* mdo distant. They wave every purpose on tho Race-course,
and at tho Opera-houses. Cmrntry scenery and shljw aro clearly soon at four to six milo-.
They are invaluable for shooting, doer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, geotiemon. gornfr-
koepera, and tourls’E. Prioe »0*. Microsoopcs, Magic Lanterns, and Slides- Every do-
scrip-ion of Optical, Mathematical, and Pbilosonlffcal Instruments. Order# and all kinds of
ropain. executed with punctuality.—Meoarv. 86L0M0N3, Opticians, 39, Aibemorb-aUeet,
Piecadlily (.opjxxito the York Hotel)
TlfR. ALBERT SMITH’S MONT BLANC, NAPLPq
POMPEII, and VESUVIUS, Every Night (except Saturday), at Eight
day, Thursday, and Saturday Afternoons, at Three.—Plaoot con be secured at is.
office, EGYPTIAN HALL, dafly. between Eleven and Four, without any extra chlrg?*’
RAREY’S HORSE -TAMING ART.—Among
opened by Mews. TattcrsoB 0 f fir#
M E ^,
have aheotly subscribed to make up tho list
hundred to be taught tho Art of Horac-Taming arc : -
TI.R.II. tho Prince ConeorL
Duke of Wellington.
Duk'< of Leeds.
Duke of Athol.
Marquis of Breadslbano.
Mar<|uis of Donegal.
Marquis of Abvrcoru.
Marquis of Ailsu.
Marquis of Stafford.
Ma<qu2a of Hartingtoa.
Earl Grosvenor.
Earl of Zetland.
Korl of Warwick.
Earl of BcRsboroHgh.
KaxJ of Dalkcith-
Earl of EgUnton.
Eari Vate.
Earl Spencer
Eari Granville,
Lonl Vivian.
Ix>nl Ssltouo.
Lonl A Paget.
Lord Walter Scott.
Lord Du florin
Lonl Ouulstou.
Viscount Palmerston,
"aron N. do Rothschild.
Tlio Count do MoroIIa.
Sir Geo. Chutwyw).
Ron. Col. Hood.
Hon. brands VUIiei#. Mas tv
or tho Pytchley lloaiids **
Han. Admiral R im.
F. Fiuhordiago Berkeley. Em
( l.iu Sir It. Airey.
CjlancJ Airoy.
A. and U. linukeys, E»qm.
R Be van, Esq.
Lowl* Ricardo, Esq.
F. Magunuis, Esq.
II. Barthropp, Esq., the cele¬
brated Brooder of bufiblk
Can-horse*.
mHE AMERICAN HORSE-TAMER.—Mr. J. S. RA.RBY
J. has disco vcral tbo art of TAMING tho WILDEST and MOST VICIOUS HORS HA
whether old or unbroken cclu. and 1* able to COMMUNICATE this SECRET (which involrre
neither danger to mnn uor injury to tho anlrhal) in Ono Lesson. Ho has arrived in tbia
country from CanadA, with thu highest testimonial to his succosa and skill from ttM
Goveruor-Gcnoral and Commandof-fa-Chief of that colony. Major-General Sir Richard
Airey, K.C.B., Quartermaster-General ofLl.M. Forces; Lord Alfred Pagot, Clnrk-Marshal
to her Majesty: ami the Hon. Colonel Hood, havo tostiflod to the value of tho art and to the
facility with which it may be applied and coinmimicated-
Me mm. TutP-rsa'l have kindly consented to taku chqrgo of a Subscription Ust. This
list will bo confined to nobhimen :mu geutlemda
Tho Fee is Ten Guineas, which nnist be paid in advance to Moure. TattereiU, who wil
ret tin tho subacriptinn until the Bocret art has been communicated to tho subscriber.
Each remittonco must ho accompanied L.y a reference, and each subscribar, boforu his
can be positively received, must sign a compact not to disclose Mr. Raruy's art to others,
Mr. Farcy reserves tofaimsolf the tight cf refusing to receive any tiime.
Mr. Barey will ccmmonco tescbiuK in clauses, in tho ord*r of registration, at the private
Bhllng-echool of It is Grace tho Duke of Wellington, which has boon kiudiy placed by hfc
Groce at his ecrvUo from eleven to ono o'clock dally.
When five hundred subscribers’ mmios havo bean received tho list will bo closed, tad a
week's notice will bo given before opening tho instruction classes. Further Information,
with Important tcsiinjoulals, may he obtained from Mosars. TattersaU, Grosvonor-pUoo, to
whose ordor all checks must be mado payable.
S T, JA M ES’S HOME, WHETSTONE, FINCHLEY
COMMON, N.—
Visitor—T he Lord Bishop of London.
•!i»knt— ll»e Rector of St. James’s, Piccadilly—
for fallen women of a hlghir class in point of station, education, or comparative inexpertewae
in vice. 3 he hcu,o is filling fast, and fund* are needed Communications to bo addroated u
the Lady 8ii|HTlutccdcnt at tho Heme; the Hoo. Secs., Rev. John H. Byrno. 2fl. Jtury-stroot,
St. James’s, 8.W.; Rev. H. R. Hutton, Colnoy Hatch, N.; by] whom contributions wil lb#
-thankfully received; us well as by tho Rev. J. E. Kotnpe. St. Jatnos's Rectory, Piccadilly, W.j
jano ltobtrt Book, Es<| . 16, St. Jsmos’s-eiroet. S.W.
C ANCER HOSPITAL, London and Bromplo*.
Bankers —Metwn. Coutts and Co., Strand.
Secretary'a Office, 167. Piccadilly.
The aid of the benevolent la earnestly solicited on behslf of the fundsof tliis Ckority.
By ordtsr of the Board,
W. J. COCKEBILL, Saoretary.
QT. MAliK’S HOSPITAL for FISTULA, and other DIS-
EASES of the RECTUM, City-road, London.
rHKSlDENT—Tbo Right Hon. Uio LORD MAYOR.
CjiaiUMAX—GEO. GLASS SAN DaMAN. Bn.
DBrcrr-CHAlSUAN— JOHN ORlFFtTII FRITH, Esq.
The HospRal ii entirely supported by voluntary contributions, 20 Guineas constituting a
Life Governor, 10 Guluoss u i ifo Subscriber, end 2 Guineas annually a Governor
Since in foundation I200U patients have boon relieved.
Tho fallowing amounts, received during tho last fortnight, are gratefully sclttiowloigod ;—
A Tlisnk Offering, B. H.£5 0 0
Ardctoif, Miss. 20 0 0
BUucowo. tho Rev. J. .. .. 10 10 0
Dow, Mire .10 0
Fvdcll, Mrs.5 0 0
Ford, Mr William . 0 10 0
Garrett. Jchn, E*q„ Jun. (additions!) 2 20
Gutch, George, Esq.10 10 0
Hoare the Yen. Archdeacon .. 110
Huttou, Thomas, E»p .. ..220
Sulscripti ’ns oio received by tbo Trearorer, John Mastcrmsn, Esq- 35, Nicholas-!an*.
I.ombnro-ktrccl, E.C.; or by the Secretary, Mr. J. F. Waisklu, at tho Uo>pUal, City-road,
London, E.C.
Dated Fobruary 8, 1858.
THE WEDDING TOUR OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL:
FESTIVITIES AT BERLIN. PRINTED IN COLOURS.
THE WAR IN CHINA.
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
EXHIBITION OF PICTURES IN THE BRITISH INSTITUTION
THE NEW MINISTRY.
Joint?#, Sir W. C., Bart.£1 0 t
Merchant-Taylors, tho Worxhipfu
Company of.SI It t
Post, Mian . it t
Klcs, tho lion, aud Very Rov. Dr. .. It 0 0
Savory A. Keq. t 2 t
Bikes. Henry. K*q.It t 0
8. W., p«r 8. Grimaldi, Eiq. .. 2 0 t
Whito. Miss .» 0 0
In order to fully 111 us Irate these Events,
A GRAND DOUBLE NUMBER
OF TIIE
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
WILL DE PUBLISHED ON SATURDAY NEXT, MARCH 13.
The following Engravings will be given
The Landing of the Princess Koyal at Antwerp. Printed in colours.
A Large Picture of the Entry of the Princess Royal into Berlin in *
Carriage drawn by Eight cream-coloured Horses. Size of two page*.
Printed in Colours.
A Wedding Song, set to Music. The Words in German and English.
Festival of Trades at Berlin. One Page.
Hall of Knights at Berlin, with ornamental and highly-decorated ceiling.
The Bridal Procession in St. James’s Chapel. (This Engraving has been.
inserted at the particular request of numerous Subscribers.)
Several Wedding Presents.
A Large Engraving of the Taking of Canton, drawn by our Special
Artist, who was present during tho operations; aud other Eng ravings
from Sketches from China.
Hindoo Festival—The Hoolie.
Exhibition of Pictures in the British Institution, Pall-mall
“ Hope ” and “ Disappointment,” Painted by A. J. Woolmer.
“ The Ilay Harvest” H. Jut sum.
'* Charcoal Burning on the Tyrolese Alps." H. Johnson.
“The Campbells are coming ” F. Goodall, A.R. A.
“ The Muleteers.” From the Glasgow Art-Union. It AnsdelL
Also, a Picture by W. H. Knight
The New Ministry: [Engravings of all the Principal Members of the
Cabinet
The price of the Illustrated London News, Two Sheets and a
Coloured Supplement, price lod. Copies stamped to go free by post lor
fourteen days, and which can be reposted at pleasure during that period*
price is.
The Public arc recommended to order the Paper of any respectable News¬
agent, and to request care in deliver)', in order not to injure the beautiful
Engravings.
Office, 198, Strand.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1858.
Loud Cj.abendon's vindication of himself and his late colleagues,
in the House of Lords on Monday, supplies a complete justification
of the vote which broke up their Administration. It will lessen
the regret of the public at lasing them, though it will add nothing
to its confidence in their successors. They were condemned by the
majority of the Honse of Commons for not having answered Count
Walcwski’s letter of January 20th before they brought forward
the Conspiracy liilL Lord Clarendon defends the letter. He says
“ no insult was intended by it ”—there was no desire manifested
in it to interfere with llie right of asylum in this country”—“ rt
was not possible, he believes, for the French Government to have
communicated with our Government in terms more moderateorlcss
offensive”—Ministers might have answered in a despatch “which
would figure well in a blue book," but they could not
Makch 6, 1858.]
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
231
answer Count Walewski’s letter “satisfactorily, because they
knew that the assertions it contained were true.” Lord Clarendon
and the Ministers therefore thought the language of the despatch—
\rhich, in conjunction with very similar language in the addresses
of the French Colonels, roused the indignation of England—was
moderate, friendly, and true. Nay, he conceives it to have been a
feeble expression of the “ universal horror excited by such mur¬
derous attempts.” Having such an opinion of the despatch, and
at the same time “desiring (more like an advocate of the French
Colonels than of the English nation) to give some satisfaction to
public opinion in France,” he forbore to answer it till a bill could
be introduced into Parliament to amend onrlaw. We may bo thank¬
ful he did not answer it, for, with such a disposition to conciliate
“ public opinion inFrance,” with such a conviction that Count Walew-
ski’s assertions “ were all true,” and that the language in which they
were expressed was “extremely moderate,” his answer would luive
been unworthy even of a diplomatic “bine-book,” and must have
branded England indelibly with all AValewski's imputations. The
just censure passed by the House of Commons on Lord Clarendon
and his colleagues for sanctioning, by their acquiescence, accusa¬
tions dishonourable to their country, was an answer more truly
significant of the national feeling, and more impressive for Europe
than any diplomatic despatch could be.
Lord Clarendon’s language, as an indication of the sentiments
of “Liberal ” statesmen, and the revelations in his speech, are cal¬
culated to alarm all the friends of freedom. It would seem that
the language of Count Walcwski’s pote is extremely moderate for
the noble Lord, and his representations very true, in contrast to the
more vehement language and more urgent representations he is
accustomed to hear from the same quarter. He has been assailed,
it is plain, over and over again, by charges of England giving
shelter to assassins, and by demands for an alteration in our
laws; and has “often told M. Persigny, and Count Walewski,
and the Emperor of France, on more occasions than one, that no
consideration on earth would induce Parliament to pass a mea¬
sure for the extradition of foreign political refugees, that oar
asylum could not be infringed, and that we adhered to certain
principles on that subject which were so old and sacred that they
could not be touched.” Why should these repetted statements
have been made unless to repel repeated complaints and
demands ? The French Government was made aware, the
noble Lord tells us, “ of the views and intentions of Ministers,”
and in “ particular that they could not do away with the
privilege of asylum.” F’or them to “ ask for authority
to send away any foreigner whom a foreign Government may
suspect, or say they suspect, without even adducing any proof of
guilty purpose, is utterly out of the question.” That was, there¬
fore, required. “We might,” the noble Lord says, “as well ask
Parliament to annex England to France.” M. de Persigny, who
urges such demands, and who. Lord Clarendon says, “fully shares
the feelings of his countrymen,” makes allowance for “the
difficulties of the Ministers;” in other words, M. de Persigny
makes allowance for their inability, in spite of their wish,
to comply with the demands of the Imperial Government.
The unintended revelations of the noble Lord, implied in his
various statements, of the opinions and designs of the secret
diplomacy of which we heard so much a year or two ago—the
diplomacy which dares not write, even for a “blue-book,” the
answer it verbally gives—will probably convince the public that the
vote of the House of Commons on the second reading of the
Conspiracy Bill saved England and saved society from ns great a
danger, though of a different kind, ns that which menaced France.
The noble Lord, though duly sensible of the intimate union of
the two nations, seems, we regret to say, to have been more
desirous to give satisfaction to public opinion in France than in
England, and to lessen “exacerbation” there, than indigna¬
tion here. Otherwise he would have remembered that just now
England, with the Indian difficulty on her hands, is extremely and
justly jealous of any attempt to ” bully her ; ” that, united as all
Europe now is in one common league to preserve peace, ensure’
security and promote progress, the public here has seen with much,
anxiety, not to say alarm, the unhappy tendency to extreme
despotism lately and strongly developed in the Government
of our ally, as indicated in its conduct relative to the elections and
the press ; and, remembering these facts, he would have saved his
own reputation and preserved his party in office by recognising
in them overwhelming reasons for avoiding now even the
very faintest semblance of yielding to the Imperial demands.
Had he felt as much confidence in the free and maturely-formed
public opinion of England %s he was alarmed by what the Colonels
said in France—the only mouthpieces ot public opinion there—
he would unhesitatingly have preferred permament dignity to
acquiescence in temporary dishonour. He would have acted
from the conviction that our people, highly as they respect the
talents of the Emperor, and steadfastly as they would shield him
and his Government from every’ criminal attempt, regarding
its continuance as essential for the tranquillity of France, can
only give it a moral support, as their conviction is strong that
it is conducive to the common and general welfare. By interest
now all the people of Europe are one, and all are equally opposed
to assassination to initiate revolutions, and to the timid despotisms
which infallibly provoke them. Called on most justly and
earnestly es they now arc by the authorities in France to reprobate
an infamous crime, they cannot express their reprobation without
insisting on the great truth confirmed by the example of England
and the United States, that rulers arc always perfectly safe, public
order assured, and nations prosperous wherever the people are free.
Winns.- {The will of the Bight Hon. George Angustus Frederick
Percy Sniitlic-, Viscount Strnngford (Ireland) and' Baron Pcnshurst (Eng¬
land). whs proved in London by the sole executor, the Earl of Stamford
and Warrington— personalty, £vooo. To the Earl of Stamford he has be¬
queathed hie porphyry jars, presented by the King of Sweden to his
lather, the sixtli Eartof Strangtord. when Ambassador at Sweden; also
epecitle bequests are given to the Countess of Stamford. Lady Harry Vane,
and the Countess of Tankerville; to Mrs Benjamin Disraeli a collection of
birds, butterflies, and chrysalis, as acknowledgments of their atteation
during his illness ; to the Bight Hon. B. Disraeli two Turkish swor Is.—
The will ol tiie ltcv. Philip Bliss. D.O.L., F.S.A., Principal of St. Mary's
Hall, Oxford, was proved, in London, nndcr £14,000, by his widow, the
sole executrix, who takes a lite interest in his property; bequeaths his
(ieneva Bible-(1560) to the library of St John the Baptist College. Ox¬
ford ; and a moiety of the dividends of the residue to the augmentation
ot the librarian's place in St. John tiie Baptist College.—The will of
William Waids Francis, Esq., of Colchester, Essex, has been proved
under £ls,coo personalty.
METROPOLITAN NEWS.
THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK TRIAL.
Tin's important trial was brought to a close on Saturday last having
occupied the unwearied attention or the Judge and jury for thirteen
days. At twelve* o clock Lord Campbell proceeded to sum up tile ca-e to
the jury. TheJudge represented to the jury tliat tile main charge against
the defendants was that of representing the bank to be in a sound and
flourishingcondition when it was not so. and of conspiring thus to deceive
thoee who had an interest in it The Chief Justice proceeded to aualyse
the evidence as it afleeted the seven gentlemen who were thus accused of
conspiracy, and in doing so he strongly pronounced in favour of Mr
Stapletou.
Ibe jury withdrew at four o’clock, and were absent two hours, when
they returned into court to say tliat they were unanimously of opinion
that three ot the defendants were guilty, but that there was one dissentient
as to tiie guilt of the others. The jury were again sent into their room,
and again they consulted for two hours. At eight o'clock they re-entered
the court with a verdict of guilty against all. but coupled with a recom¬
mendation that mercy should be extended to Messrs htapleton, Kennedy.
Owen, aud MacLeod An eflort was made to get sentence postponed till
Monday, so that aindavits might be presented in mitigation of punish¬
ment, but Lord Campbell at onco proceeded to pass the judgment of the
Court; and, after come very severe remarks, Messrs. Brown, Esdaile. aud
Cameron were sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment as first-class
misdemeanants. Mr. Alderman Kennedy was next adiudeed nine months’
imprisonment. Mr. Owen six, and Mr. MacLeod toree. “The jury,”
continued liis Lordship, “ has found Mr. Stapleton guiltv.bat I cmaot
conscientiously sentence him to a severer punishment thau a tine of la.
to the Queen.”
This protracted trial was brought to a close at eight o'clock on the even¬
ing of the thirteenth day. The greatest excitement prevailed both in and
out of the court, G uildliall-yara and the neighbourhood being crowded
with peruona anxious to learn the result.
Printers Pension Society.— On Monday the annual meet¬
ing of this society was held at the London Tavern—George Eyre, Esq , of
the Queen s printing-oilice, occupied the chair. The society was estab¬
lished in 1827, for the relief of aged and infirm printers and their families,
und the report read to the meeting congratulated the subscribers on the
continued success of the society. A portion of the fund contributed to
the Caxton Memorial Fund has been invested in the purchase of
£4S3 its. lid. New Three per Cent Stock, and there is a farther sum still
to be invested, amounting to £27fi 13s. ftd, which is at present placed to
the general funds of the society. The balance-sheet showed the receipts
for the past year to have been £14$4, being nearly £uu more than the
previous year, while the expenditure remained the same, and there was a
balance in hand of £59 4s. 3d.; £500 l«s. lid. had been added to the
fundtd property of the society, making its entire amount £*465 Ss. 6d
The number ol pensioners of the society since its formation was 231 and
the present number 63, which, by additions that day, will be made 53.
There were 18 men and 1C women candidates for election to the benefits of
the society, and at the close ot the poll which took p ace the successful
candidate a were declared to be—Robert Chester. Amelia DunpUy, Esther
Hall, William Foxley, and Samuel Cartwright The meeting resolved
that a “Caxton Pension” should be createa as soon as sufficient funds
should be received to produce £25 a year, and that the recipient of such
pension should be the male candidate at an election of pensioners of the
society having the greatest number of votes, who shall have subscribed not
less tlmn twenty-liveyears, and be not under sixty years of age, who shall
be called the “ Caxton Pensioner,” and shall retain the pension during life.
Preservation of Life from Suirwreck.—Or Thursday ft
meeting of the Royal National Life-boat Institution was held at' its
house, John-strcct, Adclphi—Thomas Haring, Esq., M.P., In the chair.
Several sums were voted in acknowledgment ol gallant services performed
at different parts of the British coasts; among others a reward of £6 10s.
was voted to thecrew of the institution’s life-boat stationed at Youglml.for
rescuing, duringa gale of wind, thecrew, consisting ol fourteen in tn, of the
Norwegian barque Galatea, which was wreeked on Youghal baron the ythult.
The society have decided to station a firet-class life-boat at Fraserburgh,
on the north-east coast of Scotland, a benevolent gentleman having
offered to make a present of the cost of a life-boat to the institution for
that coast A new life-boat has just been sent by the society to Ardmore;
and it was said that it had now seventy life-boats under its management,
to maintain which in a state of thorough effiency involved a large annual
outlay. The liabilities of tin institution for lite-boats, carriages, aud boat-
houses are upwards of £3000.
Royal Orthoimidic Hospital.— The annual general meeting
of the governors of this institution, which has been formed for the treat¬
ment of clubfoot, spinal, and other deformities, was held on Thursday
last at the hospital In Oxford-street—Quarles Harris, Esq., in the chair.
From the report read by the secretary it appeared that the receipts for
the year amounted to £2C60 19s. 4u., being an increase over the
ordinary receipts of any previous year; but they were not equal to the
augmented expenditure, owing to a new ward having been opened
during the year, increasing the number of beds to forty-lour.
The number of patients admitted during the year was 16*0: total
since the opening of the hospital, 22.367. There are 200 severe
cases waiting for admission, but they cannot be received for
want of funds, A bequest of £500 has been made to the charity, and
an additional £500 is also to be left to the hospital, if, within one year
after the death of the survivor of three persons named, five or a less
number of persons give a like sum to the hospital. The rejiort was re¬
ceived. Thanks were given to the various officers of the charity ; and, an
amendnieut ol the rules having been agreed to, the meeting separated.
Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress.—T he
annual meeting of this society was held at the London Tavern on Thurs¬
day last- John Labouehere, Esq., in the chair. The report of the com¬
mittee, after referring to the loss sustained by the society in cousc iuence
of thFdcath of the JjucIkss of Gloucester, stated that the amount col-
lecUd at the last annual dinner, held under the presidency of the Earl of
llarrowby, was £2027 lls. 3d., and that a legacy of £200 had been left to
the society by the late Air. Joseph Coiman. It next referred to the num¬
ber of recipients of the funds during the past year: -Eighty-four received
6s.; nine received "s. (id. a week; sixty-threc, 83.; right received 7s. a
monthT'and two 5s. a month. The entire sum expended in this way
amounted to the sum of £1297 0s. 6d. The jubiiee bounty of £5 per
ahuum was given to six persons. The free passages given to 231 persons
amounted to £if7 fcs. 6tL The casual relief afforded in 1747 in.itunces
amounted to £su l-.'a. During the year there were eight dcatlu la the
Almshouses in Norwood. The report wag received; after which an election
for seventeen persons took place, and the meeting udjourned,
Tiie Metropolitan Commercial Travellers and Ware-
hoi semen’s Association. —Tlic eleventh anniversanrof this excellent
fm-titution—the object of which is to provide and distribute funds to
me mbers in cases of sickness or accident, and to insure sum* of money on
the death of members—took place on Tuesday evening, at the London
Tavern, when it was attended by abont luo gentlemen. Mr. Alderman
and Sheriff Lawrence presided on the occasion. A liberal amount of
subscriptions woe announced in the course ot the evening.
The New Lord Chancellor (Lord Chelmsford) sat for the
first time in hia judicial capacity on Wednesday morning ufi Lincoln's
inn. in conjunction with the Lords Justices Knight Brace and Turner,
to hear an appeal motion from the Master of the Bolls, In the matter of
the Hull and London Fire and Life Assutance Company.
Charge of Manslayghter against a Girl.— Sarah Brown,
a girl of thirteen, living with her mother, a charwoman, at 57, Bond-
street, Lambeth, hits been committed to take her trial at the next King¬
ston Assizes for manslaughter. Her mo’.her left her at bmne to mind tiie
baby, her brother, and she. in a passion, placid lum in a bowl of scalding
water, Ircm the effects of which the child died.
S feciai. Services at Westminster Abbey.—T he following
is a list of the preachers at the evening services in Westminster Abbey
for March :-7th, Bishop of St* Andrews; 14 th. 21st, asth, l>r. Wordi-
worth.-The preachers during the same period at St. Margaret's will
be—7th, Kev. ( anon Stanley ; 14th. the Dean of Westminster ; 21st, the
Hector of SL Martin’s-in-Uie-Flelds; 28th. Kev. Canon Da.c.
W elsii Charity School.— Monday be ng ct David's-day, the
143rd anniversary festival ol the Society ol Ancient Britons, which main¬
tains a large educational estahiishmment for the children of >> elfh
parents dwelling in this metropolis, was held at the Freemasons’ Tavern. I
The subscriptions during the course of the evening amounted to within a
few pounds of £ 1000 .
Entertainment; at the Mansion House — On Saturday last
the Lord Mayor and the J^dv Mayoress entertained at dinner the Alder- j
men and members of the Court of Common council of the wards of Daw-
gate. A id tree ate. Aldgatc. Baaatehaw, Billingsgate, Bishopsgatc. Bread- -
street. Bridge, Broad-street. and their ladies; the Sheriffs. the Mayor
and Corporation ol Gloucester (for which city the Lord Mayor is mem¬
ber!, the managers and several members ot the committee of the block
Exchange, as well as a number of distinguished private friends. Covers
were laid in the Egyptian llali for upwards ot 200.
TnE Foundling Hosi-ital.—T he governors of the Foundling
Hospital have recently appropriated a room tor the reception of the works
of art belonging to the inst itution. These ip elude not^only^the pieturca
THE COURT
1 he Queen and the Prince Consort left Buckingham Falace o*
Monday morning for Osborne. Her Majesty and hia Royal Highness
were accompanied by Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, the Princesses
Alice. Helena. Louisa, and Beatrice, and attended by the Duchess of
Wellington, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Major-General the Hon. Charles
Grey. Lord Colville. Captain the Hon. D. De Ros, and the Master of
the Household. The Queen and the Prince were conducted to
their carriage by the Marquis of Exeter, Earl Delaware, the Duke of
Beaufort, the Earl of Caithness. Sir Edward Bowater, and Colonel F.
B. Sevmour. The Royal party left Buckingham Palace at half-past
ten o clock In six carriages, escorted by a detachment of light
dragoons, for the private station at YauxhoU of the London aud
South-Western Railway, whence her Majesty proceeded by special
train to Gosport, and, crossing the Solent in the Fairy steam-
yacht, arrived at Oabome at half-past two o’clock. The Prince
of Wales, attended by Mr. Gibbs, followed his illustrious parents
later in the day. nnd arrived at Osborne the same evening. The
inclemency of the weather has not prevented the Queen and the Royal
family from taking daily waiking exerche in the grounds. The Queen
or.d Prince Consort, during their present sojourn at Osborne, will visit
the Euryalxis. Captain Tarleton, C.B., in which ship Prince Alfred is
shortly to embark on a voyage round the world.
Lord Colville (Clerk Marshal) has relieved Major-General Buckley in his
duties as Equerry In Waiting to the Queen; and Captain the Hon. Dudley
De Ron has relieved Co onelT. H. Seymour in his duties as Equerry in
Wait ing to the Prince Consort. The lion. Beatrice Byng and the Horn
Erni’y Oathcart have sueteeded the Hon. Misses Stanley and 8 top ford as
Maids of Honour in Waiting t© the Queen.
The Court will return to Buckingham Palace on the 15th instant.
Eis Highness the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, accompanied by &
numerous suite, has left Ciandge’s Hotel for Paris. His Highness pro¬
ceeds in the first instance to Sardinia, and will afterwards travel im
Hu.y lor several months.
'J heir Highnesses the Siamese Ambassadors left Claridge’s Hotel
on Thursday morning for Paris, en roul>■ to Siam, rid Marseilles. Thair
Highnesses were escorted by a guard of honour to the station, whence
they proceeded by special train to Dover.
*Jh^ Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers attended on Monday
at. the Foreign Office, Downing-atrcet, and were severally introduced to
the Earl of Malmesbury, the Queen’s Principal Secretary of State for
Foreign A flairs.
The Farl and Countess of Derby will have dinner and evening
parties on Wednesday next, and on Wednesday, the 17th inst.
Viscountess Palmerston will hold ” receptions ” at Cambridge
Douse this evening, and on Saturday, the 13th inst.
National Gallery. The cartoon was bequeathed to tiie houudling Hospital
by Prince Hoau\ and as it was lent to the trustees ot the National Cal-
hrv. in 1840 . on the understanding tliat it was to be returned when
required, it will now be claimed. The collection will be accessible to
visitors under certain conditions.
TEE ELECTIONS.—PROSPECTS OF TEE NEW
MINISTRY.
Nowhere has any active opposition been organised against the re-
election of the new Ministers, whoso return may be looked upon os
safe. Several of tho elections have already taken place.
On Wednesday Sir J. Pakington was re-elected lor Droitwich: the
Right Bon. C. Forester, for Weulock; Mr. 11 Whitmore, for Bride-
north; and Lord Nuas, for Cookermouth. On the same day Mr.
Inglis (Lord Advocate) was elected for Stamford in the place of Sir
F-Thesiger (Lord Chelmsford). Lord Stanley was re-elected for King's
Ly nn on Thursday without opposition.
The addresses issued have been for the most part bald, and care¬
fully guarded in the ex {Session of opinion. Indeed, Sir Fitzroy Kelly
(the new Attorney-General) is the only xnembor who speuks decidedly
on any subject; and Ills open utterance offers a marked contrast t> the
studied vagueness of the others. Addressing the electors of East
Suffolk, ho says
My sentiments upon Parliamentary reform arc well known to you all.
Whenever the time shall have arrived for the further consideration of
this all-important question, I shall be found ready to support and assist
iu any measure lor the extension of the elective franchise to every man in
Bri lain qualified by projx.Tty or by education to exercise it with inde¬
pendence nnd intelligence. A redistribution of the boroughs and towns
possessed aud unpossessed of the franchise, so that all above the rank of
villages mny be represented in the Legislature, is, in my opinion, called
for upon every ground ol justice and expediency. For why should Yar¬
mouth return two members to Parliament while Lowestoft is without
any representative at all? I think, also, that the proportion between the
numbers of the population and its representatives should be much more
just and proximate throughout the counties and towns of England, Scot¬
land, ana Ireland.
Looking at the columns of our metropolitan and provincial con¬
temporaries for on indication of the feeling of the country towards the
new Goveri ment, wo are induced to say that perhaps no Tory
Administration entered office less likely to bo prejudged or unfairly
opput ed. Those newspapers which were directly under the guidance
of tLe Pulmorston officials continue warmly to espouse the ciuse of the
fallen Minister, but in other newspapers there is little evidence that
the late Minister had many sincere friends in the nation at th j period
of bis deleat, or that there exists a party of any induanod that would
desire his recall to office.
The Members of Lord Derby's Cabinet took formal
possession of their respective offices on Saturday last. The first Cabinet
Council of the new Government was held ou Saturday afternoon, at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downlng-street, at
w hich all the new Ministers were present.
The Orphan Working School.— The centenary festival of
the Orphan W or king School. Maitland-park, Uavers took-hill, was held last
Saturday evening at the London Tavern, Bisliopsgare-stxeet, when about
l (»0 gentlemen sat dow n to dinner, under tho presidency of the Right
Hon. Lord J. Bussell, M.P. The subscriptions on Saturday were
£2523. it was aunouurcd to the meeting that the Queeu had pur¬
chased, on btdmlfof the Prince of Walts, a second life nomination of
250 guineas.
The Eoriicultural Society.—A t the meeting on Tuesday
bis Royal Highness the Prince Consort was unnulnioualy e-ectod Presi¬
dent. in the room of the late Duke of Devonshire; aud Professor
Lind ley. Secretary, us n nuccc-sor to rbe late Dr. Roylc. Notwithstand¬
ing the batinre-i* of the weather the rooms were crowded, aud the display
ol Uowir? and fruit magnificent
M. Simon Bernard was re examined at Bow-street on Tues¬
day. The first witness was Joseph dc Glorgi, the keeper of the Cafe
SuWe in riehborne-^treet, Ixicester-fcquare, aud partner. with a
Mens. Bighorni in the Cafe Suisse at Brussels. Uiorgi deposed
that Bernard was a customer ol his. and that in Dece nbcr last, being
jil-out to vi.'it BrufiH s. Bentnrd asked him to take over for him a
number of hollow half balis of iron (the bombs used in the attempt
at Paris), as a new invention connected with gt s. Bernard also came
to a dav or two after, and arranged lor one of the waiters
to goto Paris with a carpet-bag containing these balls. The day after
a cuilleman tame with Bernard, whom the witness had since rv^o^uincd
ns Ore ini. The cose was again remanded to Thursday, on which day ad-
ditlof al evideurv was adduced, and the further hearing of the case was
adjourned to'lliureday next, when Mr. Bodkin (who appeared on behalf
ot the i roMfUtion) hoped, he said, to be able to complete the case again9t
the prisoner. _
BENGAL SEPOYS OFF DUTY
Many urd various our Hlunrations of every phase of the mutiny
and its authors huvo been, we believe that no portrait of the sepoy out
of uniform bus yet Ikna presented to our fc ider?, und without it but
an imperfect impression ot his personal appearance and characteristic*
tan Ui obtained; for no gree’er contrast can be imagined than is pre¬
sented liy the “Jack " buttoned up in his red coa*. of ooaras oloih and
clumeiiy-eut irowrers and unblackiid shoes, with his stock made of
ilexes around bis neck, and u cap like a charity boy s on his head, as
be comts to muko o report to the captain of his company, and the same
individual, when off duty, swaggering through tho bsuaar iu his auow-
white kurta and dhotco (dhpt<.*\ the cloth which, fastened round the
w uifct and brought up bet «•. een the legs, forms a pair of loose and com¬
fortable drawers), ciueiully plaited dowA the front so as to exhioit its
coloured fcilk border, with mu? I in skull cap jauntily »'■ uok on his well-
oiled loci s very much ou one sido, and carrym* «* rod of p Wished iron
for a w Biking-stick, looking a thorough rake and bully, but one, it u to
be hoped, wbore rao is pretty nearly run. . , .
The individuals whore portrait# are hern presented were piekod out
of a large number by their commanding ofliwr. und tried to ju?Ufy his
choice t y g. tting up very ti kudiilly lor the oconnon. iheir puffin*
o ,U cun.n.LrUuds (lurboim and wwsUduths) w. re part of the plunder
o Mooltau, which is famous for us nohand durable silks, and wars
luraiiged with anxious care to exhibit the greatest po^bie quantity of
Limrttub border They stood like statues, and were high * '*i at
hearing t hat their likenesses were to go to England—in fact, .-coaxed
almost sorry when the operation was cor eluded.
232
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 6,1858
March 6, i8S8.] _ THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
CO
co
lIPP
THE WAR IN CHINA, —ATTACK ON THE “BANTEBEB’S* BOAT IN SAI-LAU CHEEK, CANTON HIVER.- (bee page 23T.
3
234
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 6, 1858
TOWN AND TABLE TALK ON LITERATURE, ART, &c.
Next W ednesday the annual war of authors against booksellers is to
be renewed in the rooms of the Royal Literary Fand. The representa-
ti'es of Tonson, Lintot, and Baskerville, assemble on that day in
council, to oppose in full phalanx, and in possession, the representatives
of Shakspeare, Fielding, and we will add the founder of the institu¬
tion, the Reverend David Williams. The three registrars of the fund
inform the members of the corporation that the election of officers, &c.,
is to take place on that day; and three authors—members of the
corporation, but not on either committee or council—inform their
fellow-members that on Wednesday, the 10th, they will again carry
the war of reform into the ranks of the opposing committee. The
three registrars—not unfairly supposed to be the mainstay of the
fund as it at present exists—are (so the card informs us) John
Bowyer Nichols, W. H. Harrison, and John Dickinson. The three
reformers w’ho oppose the registrars are C. W. Dilke, senior, Charles
Dickens, and John Forster—all six honourable men, having, we
believe, all of them, the interests of literature at heart, and desirous
only of effecting as much good as they can with the means at their
disposal.
As the corporation of the Literary Fund at present afcands, it is
(there is no concealing the fact) in the hands of publishers, book¬
sellers, stationers, printers, and binders, backed up by a small sprink¬
ling of authors, a Bishop, and a member of the House of Commons.
The reformers, on the other hand, are unmistakable authors, earnest
and we«l informed, determined if possible to malm the fund what it
should be—of the greatest assistance to authors in need at the least
possible cost. The registrars have not as yet put forth any state¬
ment, in addition to their last year’s argument, in behalf of the fund
it at present exists; the reformers, on the other hand, have just
put forth a pamphlet of sixteen well-written octavo pages, entitled
44 The Case of the Reformers of the Literary Fund Stated by Charles
W. Dilke, Charles Dickens, and John Forster.” As this pamphlet is
not in the hands of every author, and as publishers (so it seems) have
no desire to give it additional publicity, a few paragraphs, such as
tell in literary circles, will amuse the readers of this column. There
is a touch of Charles Dickens in the following extract:—
But the most remarkable feature of the annual meeting of Maroh, 1857,
was that part of the proceedings which referred to the alleged house fund,
amounting, in 1821 , to £6541. The reader will bear in mind that at the
previous annual meeting the reformer* had been told, when they ob¬
jected to the great expense of maintaining the society's present house
for nine meetings or the committee in a year, lasting two or three
hours each time, that the expense was justified by this fund having
been sul*cribod expressly to provide and maintain a house Now. the
reformers knew perfectly well, when they were told this, that no such
fund was then inexistence, or ever had been in existence. Nevertheless,
they also knew that they could not, at that time, refer to the
recorded facts, and that the hardy statement against them would
stand good for a year. It did so. At the aunual meeting of
march. 1857, it was shown by the reformers, and was of necessity
admitted by the committee, that this alleged house fund, in
perpetual process of accretion, had been created imaginatively,
by the protean ol adding together certain annual grants of £210 each, once
made by the Prince Regent from the revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall,
for tlie payment of the society's aunual rent of a particular house, as it
2xcame due from year to year, and which sums had been, year by year,
paid awuy for the rent of that particular house as soon as received 1 It
was contended by the reformers that this mode of taking credit for a fund
which never existed would be paralleled by the case of a clerk at a hundred
m year who, to excuse himself for being extravagant, should add together
twenty years of his expended income, and represent himself as worth two
thousand pounds invested to great advantage and always available.
Nevertheless, this mode of making an account was supported by the com¬
mittee as highly satisfactory, and in particular by one of its most distin¬
guished members, a brilliant ornament of the Episcopal bench.
The Bishop referred to is—the Bishop of Oxford.
On the same day (Wednesday, the 10th) will be held a very im¬
portant meeting connected with tho proposed Exhibition of 1801, to
which we directed attention, somewhat mysteriously, n week ago. A
great scheme has been laid before the Society of Arts; and the society
lms entered into the scheme; but the question os to the exact form in
which the society will deal with the proposition will be considered at
a special meeting summoned for the 10th.
We hear it said in artistic circles that the artist of the English
school who rose in reputation the most through the Manchester Exhi¬
bition was Thomas Gainsborough. His greatness was not fully under¬
stood Indore Mr. Deane’s exhibition. Mr. Deane did justice to Gains¬
borough. And wliafc is the result? A rise in the price of Gains¬
borough's works; and, better still, the discovery' of some very fine
full-length portraits and family pieces from his pencil unknown to his/
recent biographer, Mr Fulcher. We hear particularly of a family
group with a kind of Bine Boy in tlie corner that artists versed in
past and present art speak of in raptures. Its destination (some
sixty years lienee, we hope, considering who possesses it) is, we are
glad to learn, the National Gallery.
Tlie late Government, represented by the late Chancellor of-tljK
Exchequer, declined to purchase tlie much-talked-abodt \Soulagea_
Collection, and the Manchester men, who purchased the collection,
Lave sent it to London, to be seen at Kensington, with the inevitable
Clnistie in view before tlie end of the season. Tlie new Chancellor
of the Exchequer will, it is said, look a little more kindly than his
predecessor on tlie Manchester difficulty (for It that Man¬
chester loves, but ostentation), and the men who turned out Bright
and Gibson may after all be relieved from an imagiuarytoss by a
vote of Parliament. We shall see.
Tlie two most recent ex-Chancellors of the Exchequer have sought,
and are still seeking, refuge in Homer. Mr> Gladstone has sent the
third volume of his book about Hom^{“ about it and about it ”) to
the press at Oxford; and Sir George Leins has—forgetting figures, in
which he excels—written a letter, of Lord knows Iiow many sheets,
to his predecessor in the Exchequer, tduching^^mer and his com¬
mentators—the Scottish Ossian, it is said, not omitted. Lady Jane
Grey reading Plato (in Lord Stamford and Warrington’s park) is no^
thing compared to Mr Gladstone and Sir George Lewis quarrelling
amicably about Homer within sight of Mr. Disraeli, and fresh from
unpoctic figures and dry* estimates.
We have mentioned Gainsborongh. Is (he letter (we ask Mr.
Fulcher) from which we make the following extract in print ?—
I am daubing away for the Exhibition with all my might, and have
done two large Lam!skips (ekehisive of three full-length portraits. . . .
The I^ndakipg arc tin 1 be=t 1 ever''did, and probably will be the best I
shall live to "do. Half-lengths are overlooked in such a monstrous large
room, and at a mile's distance* ... I shall very willingly retouch
them chalk drawin^si. or do anything else for you when I come to town,
well knowing that if I ever am knighu-d, or have anything to do at St.
James's, it must be through your Interest and singular Friendship for me.
The year in which the Tetter was written was 1777; the person to
whom it was addressed was the Hon. Mr. Stratford; and the
monstrous large room ” was the great room in the Royal Academy,
then at Somerset House.
Another batch of original and, in some instances, unpublished letters
addressed to David Garrick will be sold on Monday next, by Messrs.
Puttick and Simpson. The leading feature of the sale is a letter, and
an interei-ting one, from Rosciad Churchill to the English Roscius-
Churchill’s autograph is very rare.
MUSIC.
The cheap season at Her Majesty’s Theatre was apparently
brought to a close on Saturday evening last, which was annuli a cod as
tho concluding night. There was an enormous house; the principal
performers in the “ Trovatore ” received the ovations customary in
such cases; and “God Save the Queen.” sung by all the strength of
the company, was Bot forgotten. Oa Monday morning, however, tho
public were informed that, in consequence of the triumphant success
of the doting representations, and ia order to accommodate the
numbers who huvo been unable to obtain places, there ure to be three
more concluding performances, on Tuesday, the lGth; Thursday, the
!8th; and Saturday, the2Uth, of thi3 month. But, it is added, to dispel
the doubts that might arise from the repeated recurrence of “more
last words,” that “no other representation can possibly bo given before
Ihe commencement of the summer season.” Meanwhile the company
are going to Edinburgh and Glasgow; and the enterprising lessee has
departed for the Continent to complete his arrangements for the
approaching campaign. These arrangements, it is said, are to be on a
veiy extensive scale, including the appearance of some now stars of
great magnitude. Indeed, Mr. Lumley will find it nooessary to open
his theatre with more than usual dclat, in order to make a due dif¬
ference between the little season, which has lasted the whole winter,
and the great season, which will occupy tho fashionable time of the
year.
The Bach Society are preparing for a performance of the
celebrated " Grosse Passions-Musik "—the oratorio of the Passion of
Our Saviour—the greatest work of the illustrious old German master.
W e were present at a rehearsal of the ohoruses at the Music Hall in
Store-street, on Monday evening. The performance is to take place
on Tuesday evening, the 23rd of this month, at St. Martin’s Hall. The
Bach Society was formed, several years ago, by Dr. Stemdale Banned,
the eminent Professor of Music in the University of Cambridge, for
the study and practice of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, with
the view of introducing them to the acquaintance of the English
public. Though Bach was one of the greatest musicians the world
ever saw, though he is tho German Handel (for Handel stands at the
head of English composers), and though his chief work, the oratorio
above named, rivals “ The Messiah” itself in sublimity, yet in Eug-
land he is little more than a namo—a name pronounced with much
conventional reverence but very little knowledge. All that is really
known about him by our amateurs, and even professional musicians/
extends little beyond his organ and pianoforte preludes and fugues,
incomparable works of their doss, which have sorvod as studies and
models to all his successors down to the Beethovens and Men¬
delssohns of our own day, But they do not display tho vastnes 3
of his genius, which is developed in his sacred and choral
compositions. To open these os yet sealed books to tho English people.
Dr, Bennett, with a number of his most distinguished professional
brethren and intelligent amateurs, founded the Bach Society. Thev
have for several years pursued their labour of love quietly and pri¬
vately, but with zeal, steadiness, and perseverance; and they have now
attained a point which, they tbink, enables them to bring the results
of their exertions before the public. They have formed a well-trained
and powerful chorus, some hundreds strong, who are now able to sing
the choral portion of the “ Passions-Musik” with accuracy and effect.
For the solo parts, the recitatives and airs, they have obtained the
assistance of Madame Weiss, Miss Dolby, Mr. Benson, and Mr. Weiss;
and, with a full instrumental orchestra—with Mr. E. J. Hopkins a«i
organist, and Dr. Bennett himself os the conductor—they are about to
S ive a complete performance of this great work on the evening we
avo mentioned. It is a performance of whioh very high expectations
may be reasonably entertained.
Miss Arabella Goddard gave the third and last of her
series of pianoforte soirees on Tuesday evening, and her rooms, as
before, were crowded to the doors with the elite of our musical circles,
both artists and amateurs. /Bor performance, as usual, was both in¬
teresting and instructive; it gave, indeed, a view of the progress of
the pianoforte from Bach down to Beethoven and Mendelssohn, as will
appear from the arrangement of tho pieces
\ \ rAB’t'L \
Ponata In D Major, niano'orto and violin (No. 7;. Vi.Un, W- Siin oa .. Mozart.
Grand Sunni* in A Flat (Op. 3N) ... " VN .. -. 4 . .. .. Wobor
1’ujr* Sclirrzondo tflrat time in pub) c >. a».I tYuIuUo con Kuffa in A Minor
(from Grlcpcuktil'a “ Compluta CoticcUun of tho i’iinoforta Works of
- - f {• - \ .7S.J. 8. Bach.
„ \ I'AHT It.
Grand Sonata in E Major (Op )n*U \ .. j 1. .. B-othovca.
Grand Tno in C Minor iNo. i). Violin and violoncello, M. Sainton and M.
l*w,oo .. .. - .. .Mendalnsohn.
In all these pieces Miss Goddard was the principal and almost tho
sole performer, having been accompanied only in the first and last. In
playing things so extremely diversified in style and oharactor she showed
the singular versatility of her powers. JShe was equally at home in the
graceful simplicity of Mozirt, the profound counterpoint of Bach, tho
dramatic force of Weber, and the wild, passionate eccentricities of
Beethoven. She enchained the attention of her auditors during the
evening, jrad every one seem ;d to feel that it came too soon to aii end.
We observe with pleasure that, owing to tho great success of these
entertainments, another series ia announced.
/W^learn, from good authority, that Balfe. in consequence of
the success of “ The Rose of Castillo,” lias undertaken to write another
opera for Miss Pyno and Mr. Harrison’s English opera company. It
is said that bis opera, “La Zingara” (the Italian version of “The
Bohemian Girl”), lutely performed so successfully at Her Majesty's
Theatre, is about to be produced at the Italian Opera in Paris.
JekihtTjind has lately been giving concerts at Prague, and is
now, it is said, on her way to St. Petersburg. She retains her pur-
pot-e, we believe, of fixing her permanant residence in England.
Verdi is becoming popular even in the quarter where musical
criticism is the moat severe—the north of Germany. Tho " Vcprea
Siciliennes” and “Rigoletto” have proved highly attractive at Darm ¬
stadt, and the “ Trovatore ” has been equally so at Frankfort. This is
juo more than what we have always expected.
Wiliielmina Clauss (now Madame Szarvady), the charming
young pianist who was so great a favourite here four or five years ago,
and who, on her marriage, retired from professional life, has reipp3ered
before the Parisian public with undiminished powers and success, and
intends, we believe, to revisit London this season. The famous vio¬
linist, Joachim, will lUvowisa be one of the stars of the season; and we
are, moreover, to he vifiited by another violinist, M. Bott, a young man,
a pupil of fcjpohr, of whom the great master (in a letter which we have
seen) speaks in the highest terms.
Tin-: musical world will lcam with pleasure that Ernst, the re¬
nowned artist and amiable man, whose state of health has given rise
to grave apprehensions, is now at Baden-Baden, convalescent, and
considered out of danger.
Mrsic nourishes in the Scottish capital of tlie west. Tlie
Glasgow Choral Union, a few days ago, gave a complete and ex¬
cellent performance of “The Creation,” with a chorus of above 200
voices, a powerful orchestra, and solo-singers of talent and local re¬
putation. The performance took place in the City Hall, whioh was
crowded by an attentive and delighted audience. This appears to
have been the greatest sacred concert ever given in Glasgow.
THE THEATRES.
A Delphi.—M r. Barney Williams lias this week appeared in
one of the late Mr. Power’s favourite eharac ters—that of Rory O'Mart¬
in the eccentric drama so named and founded on Mr. 8. Lover’s
celebrated novel. A part of this nature is better calculated to display
Mr. "Williams's qualifications as an artist than those special roles in¬
vented for him as illustrative of Yankee peculiarities. Without the
gentlemanly case that distinguished all Mr. Power’s assumptions, and
UiTowing a superabundance of energy into his delineations that needs
tempering in no small degree, Mr. W i lliams atones by spirit and vigour
for tho comparative want of finish, and by the abundance of his re¬
sources in filling up tho outline and realising the conception intended.
He is not only a clever but a genial actor. Rorg O'More makes a
more than ordinary demand on his elocutionary powers, for he has
long tales to tell—those witty lies that take the shape of phantastic
parables, by which he contrives to effect his escape from innumerable
perils. The tale of the fox, by which the Frenchman, Be WiUliin
{Mr. Selby), is so adroitly mystified, was most excitingly delivered,
and commanded well-oaruod applause. At a period like the present,
whtlfr theatres are suffering from a combination of causes, the attrac¬
tion of Mr. "Williams and, his really wonderful wife is a fortunate
occurrence for the management, and. must indeed be welcomed ae the
most powerful means for filling the house and commanding an
audience during the few remaining and most difficult weeks of tkn
Christmas season.
Haymarket.—M iss Amy Sedgwick has renewed her engage-
ment with this theatre, and performed with much approbation ttie
parts of Beatrice m “Much Ado about Nothing,” and Julia in “Tno
Huchback.”
Lyceum.—O n Thursday Miss Faucit appeared in “The Lady
ofLyons,” the most successful of her characters. She was wall sup¬
ported by Mr. Charles Dillon.
Standard.—T his establishment, whose rapid progress into
es timation b* now the general theme of grean-ro >m remark
affords constant opportunity. as every theatre ought, for the trial of
now talent. On Saturday Mr. Dickenson, who some years since was
accepted as a promising performer at Sadler’s Wells, appearol, after a
long matriculation in the United States, to try his fortune as on Orien¬
tal star, not without considerable success. Tho part chosen was
Hamlet, and in person, figuxeTatid physique Mr. Diukeuson is well
fitted for the impersonation of the melancholy Prince. He has all
the merits of a graceful and in toll i gent aqtor, and is likely to become
an ornament to tho stage. -d Qn Wednea^y Mr. Charles Dillon stole
part of a night from the Lyceum, and presented to tho Shoreditch
population his masterly delineation of the mountebank Belphegor ; on
which occasion ho was greeted by a large audience.
Surrey.—A new drama, imported from Australia, called
“ Lucretia Borgia,” was placed on this Btago on Monday, Miss God -
card, several years ago the leading actress at Sadler’s Wells, and
lately returned to this country, impersonating the heroine with
Hat force of style by which she was distinguished, but which
is scarcely Enough to support tlie role of the terrible Duchess of
Ferrara as delineated by M. Victor Hugo. We could hove wished that
tho version of this poet’s tragedy had been more skilfully and dra-
malically rendered: the diction is in many parts vulgar or tame, and
increased the difficulties under which the performers too evidently
laboured. _ Miss Goddard is said to have performed this part for three
hundred nights in ^Australia; and, though with our recollections of
Grisi in Donizotli s opera founded on the same subject, our estimate
of tlie ability required for the delineation is more than usually high,
we can recognise considerable merit in Miss Goddard’s attempt. It
is an ambitious one, and requires more physical power than she
possesses; but we aro bound to say that the passages in whioh she most
were nevertheless suggestive. Mr. CreswLk, in Gennaro, though
suffering from bronchitis, wus very animated. The scenery and mm
en sci nc were both effective.
City op London.—T he theme of the Great Social Evil, as
mignt have been expected, has found dramatic as well os literary
expression, and on this stage is debated with considerable energy ana
point, in a piece called “ A Poor Girl’s Temptations,” produced on
Saturday, with success. The story is of the usual kind. A poor girl,
acting purely from the impulse of tho affections, is betrayed by a
libertine nobleman, who soon transfers his attentions to another. The
fallen fair one then passes through all the ufllictiona that befall unfor¬
tunate women, and in powerfully represented by MUs Augusta Clifton
m a series of painfully affecting scenes A great number of charac¬
ters are introduced into the piece, whioh, accordingly, is full of
variety—fo full that any detail of tho plot were impossible. Suffice it
that it is well acted, and evidently written with a moral purpose.
COUNTRY NEWS.
Opening op New Docks at Newport.— The town of New¬
port, Monmoutshire, was the scene of general festivities on Tuesday, in
consequence of tlie opening- of a new dock. The dimensions of the new
dock, which occupies an area of eight acres, arc as follow :—Lcnirth. 96 i
feet; width, 360 leet The total coBt is £64,000.
Memorial Window in Gulval Church, Cornwall.— A
memorial window lias recently been inserted at the east end of this church
by JSlr. It F. Bolitho to the memory of his father, the late Mr. William
Bolitho, of Fomnndanc. The subjects represented are Faith, Hope, and
Charity. The church itself has undergone a complete restoration.
Two Solicitors Charged with Forgery.—O n Saturday
last James and Charles Meilor, father and son, recently in business at
Ashton-under Lyne, \verfi brought before the magistrates of that borough,
charged with forgery. Mr. Marriott, solicitor, of Manchester, said the
prisoners had bten captured in America, and brought to this country on
two charges of forgery. Evidence of a primd facie character only, upon
which to ask for it remand, was tendered, and tlie magistrates then
remitiided the prisoners. It appears the prisoners were captured by Mr.
Buckley, of the Manchester detective police, who started in pursuit ou the
16 th of January last, with warrants tor their apprehension, by the Canada
steamer, from Liverpool to Boston, United States. From Boston he went
to Portland, thence to Island Pond. Montreal, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago,
and Sandwich. At the last place he hired a waggon, and proceeded^to
the j rairie lands of Illinois, about thirty miles lrbm St. Louis, where he
arrived on the 6th of February. Here he found the prisoners staying at a
tarmhouse. occupied by Mr. Edward Heap. He was introduced as a
countryman, and did not disclose his errand until he had satisfied him-
s< l! by conversation with them that they were the men he was in search
of. He brought them home by tile Edinburgh steamer from New York,
and arrived at Achton that morning, having travelled altogether between
8000 and 10,000 miles.
Boiler Explosion at Dudley.— On Saturday afternoon last
a fearful boiler explosion took place at the Globe Iron Works (Messrs.
Whitehead and Haines), situated at Tiudale. within a mile and a half of
Dudley, by which three men were killed, and lour others so severely in¬
jured that they are not likely to survive.
Fatal Accidents in Coal Pits - Four men were killed on
Thursday week in a pit called the Lodge Colliery, near West Bromwich.
Hie men were at work about eighty yards from the bottom, when a large
piece of the work gave way, fell upon them, and buried them. The
quantity of earth which fell weighed about fifty tons-A disastrous
explosion of firedamp occurred at about two o'clock on the same dry
at one of the Lower Duffryn collieries, Cwm Peunun, near Mountain
Ash, Aberdare, belonging to the firm of Messrs. Thomas Powell aud Son.
It wits soon ascertained that, out of thirty-two hands who were in the
colliery at the time, as many as nineteen had been killed.
A Church Destroyed by Fire.—O n Saturday evening a fire
took place in the recently-erected building called St. Paul’s Church. Hcrne-
bill, Dulwich j and, w e regret to state, resulted in the destruction of
that sacred edifice, with the exception of the lofty steeple and the vestry.
An engraving of this church has appeared in this Journal.
The Murder at Swansea.—T wo Greek sailors, Zelphantaand
Italius. were convicted at the South Wales Assizes, on Saturday last, of
the murder of one of their comrades at Swansea on the 6th October, and
sentence of death was passed on them.
Mr. Raret’s IIorse-tajwing Art.—M r. Rarey, who is at
present in Taris. has there created great astonishment by subduing and
driving in harness two horses which hud for years refused to be harnessed
even. After a lew lessons he drove them all round the city in skeleton
bridles. The lessons in the Duke of Wellington’s School are expected to
commence early in March. Among those who have already subscribed to
make up a list of film to be taught the art of horse-taming are H.K U.
the Prince Consort, the Duke of W'ellington, the Duke of Athol!, the
Marquis of Brivrialbanc, the Marquis of Donegal, the Marquis of Aber-
corn, the Marquis of Ailsa, the Earl of Zetland, the Earl of Warwick,
Earl Vane, the Earl of Bessborough, the Earl of Kglinton, Karl
Spencer, Viscount Palmerston. Earl Granville. Lord Vivian, Lord
Saltoun, the Muiquis of Stafford, the Marquis of Hartington. the Earl
of Dalkeith, Lord Walter Scott, Lord Dufftrin. Lord Ossulston, the
Hon. Colonel Hood, the Hon. Admiral Rous, the Hon. Francis Villiers,
Ricardo, Esq.; Henry Bartliropp, Esq., the celebrated breeder of Suf¬
folk cart horses; F. Magcnr.is, Esq., and, Indeed, all the principal
celebrities connected with the chase and the turf. Several ladies of rank
have applied for private lessons after the list of 600 has been instructe
The Water-Colour Society, Pall-mall.—M r. J. G.
Lewis has resigned the presidency of the (Old) Society of Painters in
Water Colours, intending, it is understood, to resume tne practice of
painting in oiL
The Case of Mr. Isaac Butt, M.P.— The Committee upon
tlie charge brought against Mr. Butt of selling his Pa»*!:atiieiitary in¬
fluence to Ali Moorad Ivhan, one of the Ameers of Scinde, after sittiog
lor seven days—not one of the members having bi-en absent throughout
that period—came to a decision ou Wednesday acquitting 31r. Butt of the
charges of corruption brought against him.
A Meeting op Italian Liberals belonging to the Constitu¬
tional party w T as held on Monday aud following days. Several delegates
came from Italy to take part in the proceedings. A resolution condemning
the recent attack on the French Emperor was unauimou^iy passed.
March 6, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
235
MAECH SERIALS AND MAGAZINES.
Mb. Thackeray gives us the fifth number of his “ Virginians."
He begins with a taunting, gibing scene between the amiable Castle-
wood family, touching the matrimonial or gambling uses to which
young Harry Warrington is to be turned ; and then we have a love
scene between Lady Maria and her cousin, whom the elderly virgin
has succeeded hi fascinating, as old cousins often do in the case of
young ones, and from whom Madame Bernstein determines to free the
American. A capital letter, misspelt after the fashion of the age,
departs from Castlewood to the folks at home, and the lad’s praises of
Maria are likely to cause a disturbed household over the water. Some
more gnmbling luck for the Virginian, who beats both cousin Will
and the parson, but is himself cheated in the matter of a horse which
he hath won from the former, is capitally told; and so is the ride to
Tunbridge, in the course of which Lady Maria is made so ugly by
dyspepsia, from her numerous meals and the jolting of the carriage,
that her lover is promptly disillusioned, and shortly afterwards is
thrown by his horse, and the author leaves him insensible. All this
is admirably told; and there are perhaps more than the ordinary
number of damaging shots discharged at the hypocrisy of the other
sex. Who was it, in the French anecdotage, who asked somebody else
whether there were anything in creation that he hated worse
than mankind, and who replied, “ Yes; womankind ” p This
would be an unfair story to affix to the name of the great novelist
before us, but he has certainly taken to sketching the kind of women
whom it is particularly natural to dislike, and of whom, consequently,
bis causticities are legitimate criticisms. However, lie has fifteen
months before him, and we may hope to be introduced to a Virginia
worthy of the American Paul.
Sir Bulwer Lytton tells his tale, or Mr. Caxton's, in Blackwood,
and gives some very pleasant chapters. The Great House of Vipont
has its story told, a little dryly and historically, but the satire is le¬
gitimate. There is a mordant specimen of the dialogue which Sir B.
Lytton likes to introduce, drama fashion, into his fictions; and the
month’s portion closes with a characteristic bit of enigmatic and
artificial, but still effective, metaphysics. The rising generation will
think it very profound. The Scotch magazine is valuable cliiefly for
the English novelist’s contribution, being in its other departments
desperately dull. The only amusing article is one on Mr. Backland’s
most amusing book. Frogs, toads, rats, snakes, and other ornaments
of the inferior creation, are very kindly biographised, and the story of
Creation itself is dealt with orthodoxly; and savans are duly warned
against trying to reconcile Mosaic narrative and geologic truth. It
may be interesting to some of our readers (“constituents," as Mr.
Bunch lias observed, “ of the Essex borough of Great Snoring ”) to
know that the awful noises made by some gentlemen during sleep
can be made much better with a small snub nose than a Konian or
Hebraic proboscis. This information is given in connection with the
history of frogs and croaking. The great secret is to eat a great
supper.
Mr. Surtees has leaped twelve of his thirteen hedges, and yet we
have not the slightest idea who is to lie the bride of Mr. Billy
Pringle. The twelfth number of “ Ask Mamma ” is as episodical and
pleasantly discursive as if the writer lmd another field of 350 pages
to gallop over. But he is a most agreeable raconteur, and—as one
cannot help feeling that any little incidental matters about love,
ladies, and the like, come into his books only by sufferance, the real busi¬
ness being that of exposing the bad portion of the sporting world—no
one can complain of such topics being hurried up at the end of the
run. A series of hearty and wholesome laughs is certain to come out
when anybody with a sound digestion and a liking for fun takes up a
number of “ Ask Mamma.” But we suggest to Mr. Surtees, when
he lays out the plot (if ever he does such a thing) of his next book,
to give us some white sheep among his black ones. He loses much
by losing contrast, and nobody knows better than he that there are
heaps of hunting gentlemen who hunt because they love the sport,
and don't foist off screws, bad wine, or faded daughters, upon any one
wlio mav come in their way. Mr. John Leech has excelled himself in
some of the illustrations to the work; and in this number a splendid
Mrs. Wotlierspoon, with her gorgeous red petticoat and crinoline, her
neat higli-lieeled boots, and her laudable ankles, is a creation of
genius of which happy is the man who meets the living image.
Mr. Lever works, as we conceive, artistically, with “ Davenport
Dunn.” He does not struggle to make each part effective, but carries
on liis storv and develops liis characters with reference to their union
as a complete fiction. This leaves the critic little to say about
the isolated number, except to note the process, and to express his
approbation of a self-restraint rare in men who can write so brilliantly
as Charles Lever. This brings us to tile fact that he is “trying
his ambidextrous fortune” (as Hook said) in the Dublin University
Magazine, of which we find a capital number, admirably varied with
tale, poem, essay, theology, politics, and criticism—in fact, the idea
of a magazine as originally understood. This serial has greatly
improved of late, and deserves the hearty support of those Irishmen, if
there are any, who take pride in the products of their own country.
With educated English readers the magazine is an established favourite.
Sir. Shirley Brooks, having limited himself to twelve numbers of
« The Gordian Knot,” makes his story march with rapidity. Mar¬
garet Spencer lias been seen, loved, wooed, and won, and is gone to
the Isle of Wight, we suppose lor the final seaside attentions pre¬
liminary to the marriage. Mr. Tarleton, the family solicitor, his
•cleared away young Arundel’s debts, and the father and sisters have
received the bride into their affections. All seems auspicious: but
the warning of her religious uncle to be sure she marries a Christian,
and our surety that she does nothing of the kind, hint at gathering
clouds. A scene of a deputation, which comes up from the elder
Arundel's borough, to badger tho member, but is made 'extremely
tipsy by his son, gives Mr. Tenniel an opportunity for a pipita!
comic 'illustration, while a more graceful one is afforded
by tho meeting of the beautiful Margaret with her stem
cousin, Alban, who is evidently destined tn exercise malefic
influence hereafter. We have some notion that this character will be
the most powerful one of the book. Dear old Mrs Spencer, with her
eternal perversions of Sliakspearc, is not forgotten; and the trick she
plays the voung gentlemen, who desire to get Margaret removed to
the” seaside, but only frighten her aunt thither, is a good bit of
selfish old-womanlv cunning. Mr. Brooks is evidently laying his full
strength into this fiction, and, therefore, we may predict font the suc¬
cess which is usually attained in such cases when a writer possseses
the essentials of his craft.
Mr. Oliver Yorke, as Fraser has not lately called himself, has a
very good and diversified number, into which verses like “ Rejoice
evermore ” written with affected earnestness, but really breathing
the religion of “Holy Willie,” should not have found their
way. One of the cliarming articles on natural history w Inch have
made a new fame for the magazine is here, and takes in bee-eaters
(the charity children of a country place were supposed to be of this
nature the other day, when, in honour of the Princess Royal, they
were stated by a local paper to have had a good dinner of roast uses
and plum-puddiiig), Wrynecks, and Nuthatches—capital reading.
“ Lone-House Dale ” is a story in which the author shows promise,
but has a tendency to caricature, and has huddled the termination.
The tale required more elbow-room. The character of the beautiful
selfish Rosa is well drawn; but her conversion is done with Spurgeon-
like abruptness A Witchcraft article is very readable and very im¬
pressive ; and a political article, at the close, is neither. But the
number is above the average.
Mr- Augustus Mayhew, who was, early in the history of “Paved
with Gold,’ deserted by liis fraternal ally, and who has gallantly car¬
ried oil tlie work single-handed, brings it to a conclusion this month,
and in a modest preface refers to the truthfulness with which he has
sought to photograph his characters. His book has this merit and
many others, and opens scenes about which numbers of pseudo-
philanthropists already talk and write, and of which they may now
learn something, and henceforth talk and write more practically
We shall be happy to see Mr. Maybew again in the field: and, with
tlie hope that we shall, will merely hint to him that in fiction, as in
other art, it is well to study light and shade. But he has acquitted
himself excellently of his task, and we observe tliat he dedicates the
book to the amiable “Hermit of the llaymarket,” Mr. Horace
Mavhcw, aullior of the very clever “Letters Left at a Pastry¬
cook’s.” Tlie brotherly compliment is well merited.
NATIONAL SPORTS.
Kacikg news is singularly scant; and the continued frost and relent-
less east wind keep the horses from doing any steady work. Clydes¬
dale is hardly so firm as he was, and sundry touts are at work to
persuade the public that he is (as they elegantly term it) “ a duffer.”
Longrange is also said by his opponents to be only a “ little riding
horse,” and Toxopliilite a “harness horse;’’while “The Grower”
(of whom his friends aver that he can give 10 lb. to Longrange) still
continues, with the public at least, to be the hope of Whitewall: if
this be so, Scott’s Derby cliance must be a somewhat meagre one.
Middleham’s prospects are not promising, with its Sermon, Hadgi,
and another or two: and Ditto is reported little and light, especially
so behind the saddle. We fully expect to see Dulcamara a good
favourite ere long for the Chester Cup, for which Adamas keeps a
steady premier. It is said that Vatican’s temper, like many of the
Venisons, is so had that, instead of calling in Mr. Rarey (who has
nearly 3G0 pupils on his list), they have blinded him. Cresswell has
left .John Scott's and gone to Trccn’s; and “ Argus” assures us that
“ Bray (who will ride 5 st. 81b. this season) has found it would not be
worth liis while to take £400 a year, exclusive of presents, from one
stable.”
Lord Ribblesdale’s racing stud of twelve, which includes Happy
Land and St. Giles, are to be sold at Salisbury races next April. Al¬
coran will come to the hammer at TattcrsalTs on Monday, and Clydes¬
dale’s dam, in foal to Sweetmeat, and his half-sister, Allspice, are also in
the market. Among the two-year-olds Mr. Merry’s are, as usual, the
most heavily engaged; and his Lord of the Manor, Rainbow, and Meg
Merrilies, have at present twenty-eight nominations each. Twenty-
one matches are so far settled for this year, and exactly as many more
for 1859-61. Out of these Lord Glasgow has made twenty, in which
the forfeits reach £4500; while Sir Robert Peel is engaged in eighteen,
with £6100 forfeits. Three of the latter are for £3000, £2000, and
£1000 h. ft. respectively.
Tlie Liverpool running was of a fair stamp. Gammon rqjoiccd
William Oates’s heart by winning the Handicap by a head : Special
Licence beat Odd Trick for the Trial; and Sister to Goldfinch won
the Tyro. Snow caused the steeplechase, for which twenty-five
horses had arrived, to be postponed.
Doncaster has a well-filled flat and steeple chase list on Tuesday and
Wednesday, with some £600 of added money. Twelve years ago only
£1000 was run for over her Town Moor annually, now that sum is
swelled to nearly £2G00! Thirsk follows on Thursday and Friday/
On Thursday the Lincolnshire men have one of their good old-
fashioned twelve-stone affairs near Market Rasen; the South Oxford¬
shire Hunt (Thame) steeplechases are also fixed for that day; and the
Bux worth Grand Military, &c., for Thursday and Friday.
The result of the Waterloo Cup was—Yorkshire first, with Nevile,
the only dog it sent: Durham second, with Deacon; and Lancashire
and Cumberland third, with War Office and Sunbeam. Last year it
was—Scotland first, Cumberland second, and Lancashire and Cumber¬
land third. Tlie 115-goinea Black Flag was beaten his first course;
and, in fact, three out of seventeen Sc<*tcli dogs were left in when the
second ties were over. Among the slain was King Lear, the victor of
1857. who, after his tremendous course with Wedgwood, got led. to
bis bare, and had no cliance with Jeanie Deans, who was the apple
of the “Lancashire division’s” eye. However, Sunbeam sent
her down, and then did the same good office by the Scotch
champion, Belted Will. It was all over with Ireland, at the third
ties with its only representative, ‘f Char,” at the hands (dr rather
the toes) of the winner. Sunbeam, who had been the first favourite
throughout, while 60 to 1 might have been obtained with ease about
Nevile before the meeting began, was beaten, after one “ no go,” by
Deacon, in the fifth ties. Three thousand pounds, it was said, de¬
pended on this single course, and the outcry was most fearful when
Mr. Me George gave it against the crack: and he was assailed per¬
sonally in the most unmeasured terms. We are, however, assured by a
very old courser and great admirer of Sunbeam, who had not a shilling
on the result, and had a capital line of sight, that he could not agree
with the multitude, although, as the hare was anything but a
good one, he might have given it a “ no go.” Other very good and
old coursers, to our knowledge, go further, and say that the decision
was perfectly correct, and that Deacon got in and did so much work
at the end os quite to wipe off Sunbeam’s advantage in the be¬
ginning. The Cumberland's dog. Grand Speed, bad no scope. Be
that as it may, it is most doubtful whether Sunbeam could have done
more than run up, as he did last year. .Nevile, the winner, is not by
any means a large but a very symmetrical dog, and a perfect per¬
former in every way. This is only his first season; and, ondit, he
was purchased by Mr. S. Cass, for £45, after a good private trial.
Nearly all the meterings w^re postponed this week; and, as far as
we know, those for next week are Boreatton (Baschurch), on Monday;
Ccquetdale Club (0), on Tuesday; and Mountainstown (Meath),
Arbilot (0), and Tredegar Park, on Thursday and Friday.
Tlie members of Sir Watkin .Wynn’s hunt are abiut to present
their huntsman, John Walker, with a testimonial at the end
qf this his tenth most snccessful season with the Wynnstay. “ Merry
John,” as he is popularly termed, showed his fine science so early,
that, when he was but little more than twenty-one, he was made the
huntsman to the Southwold. He hunted these hounds four seasons ;
the Old Berkshire, under Lord Kintore, three; and the Fifeshire,
eighteen. The Dorsetshire men have also set a testimonial on foot
for Treadwell; and Mr. Davis’s is not likely to linger much longer, as
Die piece of plate is chosen, and in course of making. The veteran
still goes well ; and, whenever infirmity does overtake him, an exccl-
Thit and well-educated successor awaits him in Harry King, th8 first
whip, who has now been a whip at the Royal kennels for some twenty
seasons. Wednesday will, we believe, be the last day of Mr. Morell s
hunting career, and, after a five weeks’ interval, the sale cornea on.
LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.—Tuesday
Trial Stakes.—Special License, 1. Odd Trick, 2.
Handicap Plate.—Knockburn. 1. Old Tom, 2.
Liverpool Spring Cup — Gammon. 1. Turret, 2.
Tyro Stakes.—Sister to Goldfinch, 1. Joyeu3e, 2.
Aintree Plate.—Gammoner. 1. Leuhothea, 2.
Tlie Grand National Steeplechase was postponed until Saturday (to-day).
The Boating Season at Eton commenced as usual on Mon¬
day (St. David’s Day), when “ the long boats ” took the water for the first
time this year, under the direction of the Hon. Mr. lawless. The pro¬
cession consisted of n ten-oar and six eight-oars, nearly two-third* of the
crew being new men since last season. In consequence of the continua¬
tion of the bleak north-east wind, the first venture was more cool than
comfortable. The annual foot race came off. according to custom, last
week, and was won by Mr Johnstone, defeating eight competitors, after
a splendid race, by about a dozen yards only.
Brin.ic Tribute to Mr Joint I.ti.wat.t..—-I n the carrying
out of the operations of the early-doing and huff-holiday movement.
Jlr. Ltltrail has acted a? honorary secretary, with great energy and tact;
and on Wednesday evening:! meeting was held ill Kxeter tlall to organise
a substantial.tribute to hinu The E»rl of Shaftestmry presided, and let¬
ters were read from Lord Ebury. Lord Stanley, the Right Hon. Mr.
Cowper. M.P., Sir Morton Fcto. Mr. A. Miller. M.P. Mr. II. B. bhendan.
M r Alderman Wire, and several other Influential persons, express¬
ing their sympathy with tlie new movement, and regret at their in¬
ability to be present. Mr. S. C. Balt moved the following resolution
■■Hint tlie remarkable success which has attended the present general
early-closing and Saturday half-holiday movemedt is under God s bless¬
ing, eminently due to tlie energy and, perseverance of Mr. John Lllw»ll,
tlm hon. secretary of the Karly-elosing AsSMiation; and Hist In tbs
opinion of this Intel ing the time has arrived when an opportunity should
he afforded to the public at large of marking, by a substantial testimonial,
its grateful appreciation or tliat gentleman s tnv^urtlepiAlio iervi^.
The motion was carried unanimously-Mr. Lllwall s sen Ice* m con¬
nection with early-closing and half-holiday movements are too wolKknown
to con ire rtraphulaHom We are glad to perceive that: an.opportunity
is now afforded to the public to testily their gratitude to him; and we
ho,« tlie subseriptiou-lids will be largely swelled by the pence of the
poor as well ns by the pounds of the rich.
Bibths aicd DRATB8.-Last week the births of 942 boys and
868 girls, in all 1810 children, were registered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years tsss-ST the average number was 16is —
Last week 1288 deaths were registered in London, a number which
exhibits a slight increase on that of the previous week. In the ten years
1 N 8-61 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with
last week was 1209.
EPITOME OF NEWS—FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
The Speaker gave his third full-dress dinner on Saturday last.
The Speaker will hold his levees (full dress) on the evenings of Saturday,
March 13, and Saturday. March 27.
The Queen has appointed Captain Griffith .Jenkins and Captai*
John William Young, of the Indian Navy, to be Extra Members of the
Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Bath.
The Rev. Geo. E. L. Cotton, Master of Marlborough College, hag
been appointed to the Bishopric of Calcutta, vacant by the death of tho
late Dr. Wilson.
A handsome mausoleum is to .be erected in the Mussulman
Cemetery at Pere la Chaise for the Queen of Oude’s remains, by command
of Mirzu Mohammed Hamid.
Mr. William Fit/.gibbon, lately Mayor of Cork for two con¬
secutive years, and one of the most eminent merchants of the city, died
at his residence, at Sydney House, on Saturday last, aged slxty-live.
A letter from Ancona annotffieesthat the export of wheat and
other grain is now allowed from the Soman States.
Her Majesty has appointed Sir Henry Davison. Puisne Judge at
Madras, to be Chief Justice of th* Supreme Court of Judicature at Bom¬
bay, vice Sir William Yardley.
The number of patients relieved at the City of London Hospital
for Diseases of the Chest, Victoria Park, during last week was 1002, of
which 120 were new cases.
There will be an election to a scholarship at Wadham College,
Oxford, on Thursday, May 20 , open tooandidates under twenty years of age.
It is tenable for live years, and is worth altogether rather more than £71
a year.
Mr. Adam Bittlestone, of the Midland Circuit, has been
appointed by the late Ministry bo the vacant Indian Judgeship.
Died last week at Madron, Cornwall, Miss Sarah Roberts, aged
ninety years. Deceased, a local celebrity, known generally as “ Little
Sarah, is supposed to have been the smallest woman in England, she
being only two feet ten inches high.
Last week a violent, hurricane, blowing from the north-east, raged
at Marseilles. All business in tlie port was suspended, and scarcely a
steamer dared enter or leave the harbour.
John Savile Lumley, Esq., has been appointed to be Secretary
to her Majesty’s Legation at Madrid.
“S The opening ol tlie section between Narbonne and Perpignan,
on the Bordeaux and Cette Railway line, was opened on the 20 th ult.
It is rumoured that Mrs. Wilkins (widow of the late Serjeaat
Wiikins> is to appear at the Haym&rket on Monday next, in Shcrida*
Enowles’a comedy ol ‘•The Love Chase,” as Widow Green.
By accounts from Aden it appears that the natives of the Kooria
Uooria Islands had made an attack on the brig Telegraph, which they
plundered and commenced destroying, but did no injury to the crew, who
escaped to Aden.
The meeting of the Select Committee on Bank Acts is further
postponed to Tuesday. March 16.
A new sect has been formed in Wurtemberg under the name of
•‘Friends of Jerusalem,” and with the object of recon a true ting the
Temple of Jerusalem, so as to fulfil the prophecies. It has already sent
out a commission to undertake the rebuilding of tlie Temple oi Solomon,
but it has only been able to raise 6420 florins for the purpose.
The number of cases of inclosure of waste lands since the last
annual report is 322 ; 226,010 acres of incloaurc haye been confirmed, and
262,418 are in progress.
The Queen has appointed Loftus Charles Otway, Esq., C.B., to
be her Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary to the Mexican Republic.
The Donald Mac bay arrived at Liverpool on Monday with
gold and sovereigns to tlie amount of £ 100 , 00 o. She passed Port Phillip
Heads on the 6th December, and came round by the north of Ireland.
The visitors to the South Kensington Museum were :—On Mon¬
day. Tuesday, and Saturday (free days). 3519; on Monday and Tuesday,
(free evenings), 3912; on the Ihree students’ days (admission to Lhepubiic 6d ),
975 ; one students’evening (Wednesday), 344 : total, 8750.
The Strasburg Railway Company has just opened two new sec¬
tions : the first from Belfort to Dannemarie, a distance of twenty-fire
miles, serving five stations. The second is from Langre* to VesouL The
entire line between Paris and Muihouse will be shortly opened for traffic.
Three young men, on the evening of Thursday week, were
drowned near Barnsley by the breaking of the icc on which they had boeu
skating.
The Queen has conferred the honour of knighthood upon Andrew
Orr, Esq., late Lord Provost of the city of Glasgow.
Colonel .fames Hope Grant, K.C.B, of the 9th Lancers, has
been promoted to the rank of Major-General in the Army for hi* eminent
services in command of the Cavalry Division at tlie seige of Delhi; and
in that of u division ut the rcllel of Lucknow ; also, in subsequent opera¬
tions at Cawnpore.
During the month of February the number of wrecks reported
was 162 ; in the month of January the number was 154.
The deliveries of tea in London estimated for last week were
706 884 lb., wliicn is a decrease of 48,572 lb. compared witk the previous
Btatement.
Loid Stratford de Redcliffe has resigned his appointment as
Ambassador to the Ottoman Porte.
The French Emperor has abolished the butchers’ monopoly in
Paris, which will cease on the 3ist insL
The laverpool contributions to the Indian Relief Fund amount
to about £17.900.
Fuad Pacha has been appointed Turkish Plenipotentiary to the
Congress at Paris.
On Monday Earl Stanhope was elected Lord Rector of Aber¬
deen University.
The last official act of Lord Palmerston was to 9cnd a donation
of £ioo to Sir*. Mogridge, the widow of the admirable writer so long
known as “ Old Humphrey.”
Arrangements are said to be progressing for the festival of the
Three Choirs at Hereford this year; and it is mentioned as an improve¬
ment tlmt instead of eight stewards there are to be twenty-five, thus
reducing the responsibility of each to £25.
Smallpox is making fearful havoc all over Asia Minor. It is
said that a ship from .Smyrna has brought it to Liverpool. It is of a type
more disastrous Ilian the European, and defies ail medication.
An application is about to be made to the Dean and Chapter of
Rochester Cathedral for the establishment of a Sunday evening service ia
the nave.
On Thursday was returned, without opposition, for the county of
Wicklow, tlie Hoa Captain Granville Loveson Proby. son of Lord
Can s fort.
The New York Tribune complains of the increase in the army
of the States: it now numbers 17.9*4; in 1842 it was about 8000: it ia
proposed to add some 50t>o: “at this rate (says the Tribune) we shah soon
Lave a standing army of 50,000 men.”
An election to a Lusby scholarship, at Magdalen Hall, will take
place about the 26th Inst, (the examination begins on the 23rJ). teuable
for three years, and Is open to aU candidates, without regard to place of
birth or education.
A return of vessels wrecked on Florida Reef during the last two
years gives the following results :-1850< Number of vesse-s, 71; value of
vessels and cargoes. 4,484.600 dols.; 1857 : Numberof vessels, 59; value of
vessels. .‘■25.500 dob.; value of cargoes. 1,937.950 dols.
Mr. Karev, the Armrican horse-tamer, has a rival in the person
of Daniel .Sullivan, of Rathness, near Mallow, “grandson of the old and
son of the late Sullivan the Whbperer.” feullivan has challenged Rare/
to a trial of akilL
Signor Bnonarotti, the Tuscan Minister of Public Instruction,
gaid to be the last descendant of Michael Angelo, died a few days ago.
Lord Hcnrv Gordon Lennox has been chosen the Lord of the
Treasury to whom tin superannuation cases are to be referred.
Mr Robert Bellanv, the magistrate sentenced to imprisonment
by tlie Court of Queen's Bench, for corruptly compromising a po-ichiug
case, and recently released by the Home Secretary on account of itlnwe,
hus since expired in London, and was buried last week at Lanchcstor.
The total amount of hop duty charged for 1857 is £417,526 ; the
number of acres under bops was 60.974; and the average duty on acre was
£s 3s. 9d. ...
The example get by tlie late Duke of Devonshire in opening
Cbataworth Palace and l ; ark to the public will be followed by the premul
Duke early in the summer.
236
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Marcii 6,1858
THE WAR IN CHINA
MILITARY TRAIN GOING IT TO CANTON.
(From our Special Artist and Correspondent.)
Canton, Jan. 13,1858.
I LEFT off abruptly in my last, as the gun-boat was just starting. We
arrived at Honan liy moonlight on the night of the !27th Dec. The
neat morning the lmmliardinent began at daybreak. The weather
was magnificent, the sky cloudless, but the wind was rather
sharp. It was a fine though melancholy sight. The mortar battery
in Dutch Folly made more noise than all the other guns. A
crow’s nest had been built on it, from which the whole
city conld be surveyed. It was surmounted by two flags,
one of France and the other the British red ensign. Very soon
several fires broke out in vnrions parts of the city, but not a shot
was returned by the Chinese. So we had it all to ourselves. The
most carious sight was to see the people in the suburbs making a day
of it, bringing out their jingles and apparently enjoying the fireworks.
Some were actually under onr very guns, squatted down quietly
smoking, as if nothing was going on At eight we took the marines
down to Nupper’s Creek, passing the whole line of ships and the city.
One of the French grin-boats cheered the marines, and in return were
answered by the jollies. Mapper's Creek presented a most animated
appearance, as during the whole day the forces were landing, nnd the
bright son gave a brilliancy to the scene that was quite charming.
The French pushed on first, without waiting for the Naval Brigade,
who wero obliged to send for assistance. Passing.the city in the
afternoon, a number of wooden bouses ennght fire, mid were burning
with great fury. The sampans crowded to carry away what could
be saved; and it was a miserable spectacle to see the poor creatures
rushing ubout with their goods wliilst shot nnd shell were flying over
their heads, and house after house caught fire and burnt like tinder,
the flames being fanned by a strong north-east wind. 1 passed this spot
again at night, and a more magnificent effect could scarcely be conceived
, The moon was shining brightly at the time, thousands of sparks
filled tlie air, the ships stood out in red relief against the sky, while
TAKING OF S.U-LAU, CANTON RIVEN, BY THE SEAMEN AND MARINES OF THE 11 NANKIN,”
TTIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
Mjl
kch 6 , 1858 .]
230
NEW BOOKS, !fc.
To bo bad at all tho I-Ibrariee,
T he popular hew novels
ruhlbhcd bv HURST and BL'OKETT.
me ONLY CUII.D. Bv l.tidy SCOTT. 2 vols.
AJDKLK. By JULIA KAVANAGH. 3 voU.
COUSIN HARRY. By Mra. GREY, Author of
•* Tbo Gambler’* Wife.*' 3 vols.
The MORALS of MAVFAIR. 3 vols.
A WILL ami a WAY. By the Hon. HENRY
COKE, Author of “ High nod Low.” 2 vol*.
CARDINAL WISEMAN'S NEW WORK.
Iramodio «ly, in 1 vol. 8 vo with Portraits,
•OERSONAL RECuLLEC I’lONS of the
JL l-AST FOUR rOPE3. By his Eminonos Canliuul WISE¬
MAN.
Burst and RLACBSTT, rubllahors, 13, Groat Marlborough-strect.
This day In 2 vols, with Portrait of George IV., prico 2l»..
TJECuLLECTIONb of VVLbf-ExND LIFE.
Jjl lly MAJOR CHAMDRE. tato of tlio '7?»i Lnuewa.
HiTtsT und llLACKKTT, Publishor*, 13, Grout Marlborough-st eet.
How Kdition, price r*.fid., with Map, Plans of Buttlss, and Portrait,
eomptted‘Xnr* sly for British Youth, Kivitg a concise History of
Europe for tho Inst Fifty Years,
TTlbTO KK de NAPOLEON PREMIER.
XI Rodlrfe par F. DR POXQUET With Tratudationa at end of
each page of tlio most difilcult Wotils and Phrases.
London: hlui'Kirr, Man sir all. and >‘o ; ond may ho hail of tho
Amhtr, at bio Scholastic Agency, 14, Tavlatock-stroet, Covont-
garolon.
A HANDY ROOK OF MODERN’ HISTORY.
Price 5s., clorii or half-bound.
T> USSELL’b MODERN EUROPE
iii EP1TOUI 8 ED, by GEORGE TOWNSEND, ami brought down
to tho clcse of the Kussinn War, 1858.
•• It la a perfect treasury of fuels, dates und important events, find
should be in tho posmrodon of every ouo who desires to bo ooavonMtut
with modern history " , „ „
London: GKOKGR Rotm.En:E and Co., Farringdon-str-ot.
SEW WORK BY TllE AUTHOR OF “ r‘»K ROMANCE OF WAR."
In post Svo, price (is., cloth gilt.
T IFE of the GREAT AtuNTROSE. By
1 J JA31ES GRANT. With many IllurirAUona.
“Tho only mau," says Cudln-l do Beta “ who boa ever remind'd
me of thnt cesc ij.tfoo of heroes who arc no longer to bo found, except
in tbo 1 ivra of Mutarob." _ „ .
Lonoon: Gkokob RotrrttCPOK and Co., Fon-ingilon-stroit.
▲ USEFUL ADDITION TO ALL DICTIONARIES.
In fcap Svo. price bn. bait-bound,
A DICTIONARY of TRADE PRODUCTS,
J\. commercial, manufarturiug. and technical tern*, with a dofl-
nidon of tho Manors. Weight*. unuMessttres of all Countries, reduced
to tlie Briti-h Standard. By P. L. 8 IMMOND 8 . F.R.G. 8 .
*• It will be found most u-oful for the counting-house, and to every¬
one who bus dealings with foreign countries.
London: GKOKGK liOUTLEDGK anil Co., Furringdon-stTOcL
INVENTIONS AND PATENTS.
Now ready, prico 7s- fid., free by post,
"PATENTEE'S MANUAL: a Popular Work,
Jl of 314 tiage*. on British. Fore'gn. and Colonial l’aferti. Also,
HINTS to INVENTORS with UNPROTECTED INVENTIONf,
k rat is l»y post, or on application at tho
R ’ OFFlCRB FOR RECUwIKG INVENTIONS,
47, Lincoln’s Inn-fields, London.
W. Johnson, C.E.; J. H. JOHNSON, Solicitor.
This day, fool reap Svo, 5a- _ _ _ _ , -
A NDROMEDA, and OX1IER POEM?.
By CHARLES KING 8 LVY. Rector of Evorsley.
London: JOHN W. varkkk and hON, West Strand.
Crown Svo. price 2s. fid.: port-freo 2*. HkL, wuh Map 6 <L extra,
T ONDON as it .is TO-DAY ; Where to Go
1 1 and What to See. With 200 Enr^avingi.
London: H. G. CLARK* nnd Go., 252, Strand, W.O.
Illustrated with 250 Descriptivo EngTavinga, 3s. 6 d.,
TTTIFE'S OWN BOOK ot COOKERY.—
f Y Agreeable Dinner*. Inexpensive, and easily cooked. Also,
Nice Dinners for every day.—W ard and LOCK; and all Bookseller*.
NEW NUMBER OF THE COMIC LIBRARY, 6 d.
flHANGE for a SHILLING. By H.
MAYHF.W. fiixty Ulustrationt. Ready March 1.
London: KENT und Co. (.hub Bogno). «J. Fleet-street.
Now readv. Nos. 1 , 2, and «, lllustratod with Seventy new Engravmg*,
price id. each, to be comploted In Twelve Monthly Kumher*,
mHE FAMILY DOCTOR.
Hoitlston and WUOllT. nnd all Bookseller*
Just published.
Second Edition, price Is. : l»«r post, 1»-Iff.
rpnE dry collodion process. By
JL CHARLES A. LONG.
“This process is simplo and certain."
Bland und LONG, Photographic Instrument Maker* to her Majesty,
153, Flcot-st «t, London, E C.
Just published,
Third kdlrion, post-tree, 6 d.,
QPECTACLES. When to wear and how to
JO upo them. Addressed to those who vaiun tholr Bight. By
BuJrD^ami Long, Opticians to her Mnjosty, 153, Flcet-atreet,
London, K.C
Just published in 1 vol. Svo, ««., .
TOHN SCOTT on the TREATMENT of
•1 DISEASES of tho JOINTS and UlffERS A new Edition, with
Introduction, and Chapter cu Ao Constitutional Origin and Tro-tmont
of DiseastM of the Joint*.
py WILLIAM nENRY SMITH. F.R.C.H. &c., fco.
London: LONGMAN and Co., Paternoster-row. K.L.
Now ready. Fifth Edition, wltn cavsa. grtoe l*. tkl.; by
TATERAL CURVATURE o; the SPINE;
JL 1 wrth a new method of treatment for securing its removal. By
C«ARLE 8 VERBAL, F.fq., burgeon to tho Spinal Hospital, London.
London: J. Ctimcnrix. New Burlington-etroeti ami aU Booksoilort.
/-ITTEAR BOOKS.—Surplus Copies of Tom
1 ; lliown’. School I'ny,, Hot. O. ITlltM- 1 , Mf«, KuOthi',
ItenMDto of Xlrftwing. buiilr-'. Sthui «n.l MMhw.
Terrace, and many other Books, aro now on SALK at BULL $
LIBRARY, at greatfy mlucetl ibices, (.'stalogues ro*ut post-tree oa
application.—Bull's Library, It*, Hollt*-street, CavcauUxb-aqoaie,
London, W.
TTUsHEit s packets of no it. paper.
P «t ’nohr>**»'-*oniir». N-«w- a «rU-nn-T*n*
£TARDS for the MILLION ! 1 Wedding,
visiting, and Buslner .—A ConperpUfe Engraved, in any style,
and 50 boat Cards (ivory or Enamelled) Printed, fr h, peut-frce.
'ITio price includes plxte, engruving. printing, cudf, ami p*tags,
fipecirncns free —By ARTHUR GRANGER, Cheap SUtiouar, Printdr,
&c.. 308. High Hoiborn. London.
DIN DING the ILLUSTRATED LONDON
JJ KF.WS —Subscriber, iuu> I’orcliMOM ,h f/
VOI.I WKS llOUM' Ul Ilia anpioprl.to Corcra, wilh Udt &lg». «
5a. per Volume, by sending them, currh w'c-pu .. with Post-effloe,
Order. paysblo’«o y LEIGHTON-. bpN.^nd UODGEv ^ hhoe^,e.
London. The only Hinder* authori»e<U by the Proprietor*
UTEREOSCOPIC VIEWS of Egypt and
O NUBIA—This unrivalled collection of 100 View*. pubUsbed hy
Negretti and Zsmbra, 69, I hrnhUL esu now be had pf Ml doalrr*
'1 he Trade supplied, nbolc-ala only, by tho proprietors, at -t.
LawreDne-lnn*. Cheapside.
rpBE PATENT ENAMELLED GLASS
_L PRISMATIC STCUEOSCOTE.-Srexcbr. BKOWRTXG. nt
tO. beg to offer this rirgant noveliff to thu pubUc. Tho Improved
lrikmatie 8 tereo*eope hr Mahogany, 7s, Gi. IfolDhed Mahogany
Sieivofcopc wl*librafsadjnjtincevepiocea.2*.G<l. French view’s. 4s.fid.
dcx. New views iu Wales,. Ireland, ConKantinople, Athens, and Egypt,
hi enter. Browning, and Co.. l 11. Mmorion. The Trade supplied.
T\,| ICROSCOI’ES. — J. AMADIO'S BOTAN •
_LVjL 1 CAL MICROSCOPES, packed iu mahogany case*, with
three power**, condenser, plncets, and two slides—will show th#
nnimalr.iil,r in waterNftice 18s. ikl *• The Fieldnew’ipsprr. under
tbo gardening dtpnitmenKgives tbo following variable tesiimony;—
“It is marvellously cheap.abd,will do evrr>thing which the lover of
rsinro can wish it to acconml£h, eirhar at homo nr In tho open air."—
June fi, 1857. Address. 7, Tnroginorton-stieet.—A large awortmeot of
Ach'omarlc Microscopes-
T^CLIPSB of the SUN, March, 1858.—
Jh A serins of BIX TINTED GLASSES for VIEWING the
FC LI P 8 K
sent port-free on receipt ot 3e! in postage *taiupA
t-Md'H, BECK, aud BaCK.
0, Colemnn-»tre*», l oodon. E.C.
NEW MUSIC, Sfc.
/"kRATORIOS, MASSES, &c. Edited prin-
V/ ctpnlly by . 10 UN’ iiisnor.
Bfiidol’s \fer*Iith, ftoui WriAurt's score. t«. 4d., 2a., 3$. Gd., 6 s. Gd.,
l'a. nnd I 8 a.
Hnmift '8 Ada mid Galatea. 2s». 2 a. fid., 3a. fid., and 10s. fid.
Huhdri's Israel in Kgyp«. 2*., Ite. fid., 4s. fio.. and 15s.
Hand*-!'* t cess otml Oratorio. 2».. 3*. fid., and 4 b. fid.
Hi ridel'* fcauisou (Dr. Clarke’s arrangement). 3s., is. Si., fis., and
Km.
ntxnc'cl'B Judas Miccnlv? us. 2s., 3s. fi«l., «■. 6 d., and l>.
Handel’* Pettfogcn To Drain, Ztdok tha Priest, an*l Lit:edit Jubilate.
2a.. 3s. 0d., 4s. tld.; folio. 6 s. and 8 «. each.
Fundi*’’* Alexander's Fesst (Mozart's Score). 2s., 3a. 6 d., and Is.
Tlumhd's Jophthali. 2s. 3s fid., and Is. ikl.
Haydn's Creation. 2s., 3s., Is. fid.. anil l&s.
Hilda's Bessra* (Clement s’b Arrangement). 2s., 3s., 4s. GJ., and Us.
Haydn's Klrtt Slam- 2» , 3s . end is.
Haven's Third Mass (Tho Itnjierial). 2 a., 3s., and (a.
Mowin'* Jtequ’em. 2«., 3*. fid , and 4*. bd.
Mount's First Mass. 2 b , 2a fid., and 3 j.
Mozart's Twelfth .Maes. 2a.. 3a 6 d., and 4s. fid.
Rrethcvon’s V lm Mas-. 8 *., 3s. td., and 4s. fid.
Beethoven's Mount of Olivos. By Joseph Warren. 2s., 2s. &L,
3s. 6 il., sod Us. ,
UoMlnl’n Sialiat Mator. By Joseph Warren. 2s., 3s. fid., an J is. t>i.
N.B. Specimen page* gratis, or pottage 're#.
London: Kt l'.hltT CoCKs and Co , jfiaw Burtingfoo-street, W.
n\HE STAUNTON CHESSMEN, adopted by
A all di.liDRuL.hc-d i>lnvr,. of tl».’ com* pries from 16». to £10 10.
p,rwt. At dll lancy rei>o*itr,ie.. Wboln<J«, JAQUES, HjtoMjuto-
Kciiko, IUlOod* y.filoo- C.utloo—To purml «B»o,t laferior utuU-
tiers, each ret bears Mr. Btaimlcn's rigustu’O.
•YTTEsTROP'S 100 SELECTED CHANTS,
▼ V by tSv beat Crmp^arr*. with the canticles, all the Pitlms of
Pnvld.anu the order for Morning and Keeping Prater, the whole
accurately poin’«*L In strong wnpp*'*’, price la.; p->«t-rco, :4
stamp*. In cloth. Is 6 iL: by poa*., 2u sfomps. The nvvit uni'iua and
derirnblo book of its kind «vcr printed.—Published at tho MloICAL
BuL'CilET OFFICE, >92, High Holbom.
TyENDELSSOHN’S SONGS WITHOUT
JjJ. 'VOltDH. Tbo rix books in one elegnnt r'.lamn, cloth, gilt,
7a. fid., with portrait. Bostnovens Sonatas, six Itooki in on» volume,
rloth, gilt, 7». td., with portrait Either vol. by pout for 1W stamps.
Full mask sire, and acknowledged by the profession to bn tin best
editions yit published—MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 192, High
II 01 born.
rr HE SILVER LAKK and GOLDEN
J BTP.fcAM VAR'OVIANAS. By MONTGOMERY. Price fid.
each; or both by post for 1J stamps. Moat enchanting compositor;*
and tho gems of every ball-room. Also, Montgomery's Hi puling
Kill nod Midnight Vr-rtOTlanas. fid. each: by i*»t, 7<L;‘and hi*
o’egar.t ts-hottUchea—Tha Lady Fair, My Favonrite, Pic Nlc, and
My Daughter’*, fid. each; by pod, 7d.
MUSICAL BOUtiUET OFFICE, 192, High Holhoro.
F IFTY selected POLKAS for the PIANO-
FORTf. in a SHILLING BOOK, post-free 11 stamp*. Edited
by WK8TB0P Abo, W>strops 150 Melodies for til* VioPn. is.
ltepondi'a *Jo0 Mc'cdies for the German i oncertJno, >s. Sodgwiok’s
2 t 4 i Mrlodlre for the >ngll»h Concert lua. Is. Either book by port, 14
stain{i*.—MOelCAL BOUQUET OFFICE. 192, High Holbora.
S AD BROWN LEAVES: Ballad, 2s.;
Duet, 2s. fid. “ Only to be known to bo oniv^niady app c-
ciKted." Also, by the 8 *mo Composer, “I wish he would ntako up
bis mind, Mal '2».; -OhI brightly the sunboaras are saiulag."
2*. fcd.i and, *‘ 8 ti'l I'll wait a little lonarcr." 2s. Bent frae by
return of port, for s'atrpa, by Mr. T. CHAN t'JiEY, liacolesflaliL
A ntoine couRTOIS , cornets-a-
P18TDN3.
The CanncTt-room Medol .. .. .. f 4 8 0
The Dtawing-iooni Mood.8 8 0
Tbeso iustruiiK nt* were constantly use 1 by the fa'c llanr Koenig,
and cotuldercd by him supcnor to those of any other linker. .
Drawings Mid pi icc-lists mnt free on uppUcolloii toJulllen and Co.,
214, Kpgent-rlreet.
P IANOFORTES (First-Class), DUFF and
HODGSON. 65, Oxfbrd-ntree!.—Tlieto lostrument* are ro-
commoucled by tr.e Prrfesrirm. and may b* had m Waoiut, Zobra,
and K^ewood. Prices mudarato. tVa-rantod.
P IANOFORTES, t- econdhand.—C RAM SR,
BEALE, and CO. have a large assortmant, by Erari, Broad-
wood. Aud Collcrd. and all tho moat esteemed makers, at g^atly
retiuced prices. 201, Ecgont-atreer.
H ARMONIUMS.— Cramer, Beale, and Co.
era III. A Heats for ALEXAN'HHK'H HARMON (CM Vriujjas
fu Prir* from 6 to 55 Guineas.—201, Kegent-sirooi. DescnuUre Luta
sent i>£ o on applicatkin.
M usical box rejfositoky, 32 ,
l udeete-rtnset (near 8 t. Paul's).—WALKS and M‘UUi.LOC*I
ore direct iunicrtor* of XsICOLS FRERKS' Colebratod MUdlCAL
HOXEb, playing brilliantly tho best Popular. »:>eratiA, and Hacrod
Mu tic Large Size*, Four Aim, X4; Six. Lfi fit.; £lght,\e 8 , Twolre
A'rs, £12 12s. Bnutl-boxca, Two Tuna*, its. 6*1 and » 8 e.tTnr£<-,.iOs .5
Four, 4bs. Catalnpiues o f Tunes gratis and post-free, oa aapll mlon.
a EO. luff aud SON’S improved
HARMONIUMS for SALE Of HIRE, with easy t«r.iu of pur¬
chase, from £12 to £50. The only mokomof the rwl Harmonium-
Bepairs, T» nlngs —103, Groat Hnsxsll-rtroLt, Bloocnshury.
P ianofortes.—geo. luff and son
hare the large*! stork In London, tor BALE or HIRE, with
cusv terms ot purchase, both now and socondhtrd, from £10 tp £100
Tuners sent to all part*.—103, Great httMeli-atrort, Bloomsbury.
PIANOFORTES.—RICHARD COOHL and
JL CO.. 4 , Kmg-strnot. Ch.’Ap»i«lf, rasoectfnlly i'-fonn their
> riends and tho UubUj that th*y nlway* have a toloctlm of d-st-raio
1'iatoa, in Walnu*, Rosewood. 3tc., from £25. carefully rta! hod, and
warranted to stand in any clinnOo. Plaaos for hire at 15s. par mooih.
P IANOFORTES EXTRAORDINARY, at
MOORE and MOORE’3, 10», Blihopigato-strwrt Within.
1 -bree are flrtt-cltM PLuice, of rare etcrilemo, pMSctalngcx.juUlte
imprevemenr*. recently uppl-cd, welch edect a grand, a pure, and
beautiful uunllt / of tono. that stands unrivalled. Pnce from 18
gnireas. First-'eL.n l'ianoe for hire, with easy terms of purchase.
B ritish fianofokte society, for
dta’rlbutfrg Plsnofortoi on ths prinriple of a Building
Sorictv. Monthly payraeuts 10/15, or 20 shillinr*. Manufacturer. Mr.
COOKK, Euktou Factory, Oesidsron-stroet, Euoton-road. Book* of
iuk *, Ac , mav be bad for four pontage stamps of ths Bevrelary, Mr.
It. Ktmp, ^. Victoria- io;id, Kentiah-torra, Loodon, N.W.
P IANOFORTE and MUSIC-STOOL for 20
Guineas; a great bargain. A Walnut Cottage. GJ octave,
with mrtabic plate, and all tbo recent iroproremonu, by a U.-st-rat*
nwk«, cn - V UAod n few months, and cost aouhle tho amount. To be
ce<n at K^GKEEN and CO.’t. UpboULrer*, sOt. Oxford-*trw*t W«t
XilANOFORTE and MUSIC-STOOL (cot-
JL tage) for 21 guineas (half the value), in cloirant walnut cask
f,z rnctalUc plate, aud all the recent lmurovciuonta: a most bnlliunt,
lull, snd sweet tone. Very little uwd. Apply to LB 'yiH CitAW-
( OLR and CO., UphoUtcreri, 7, Queen s-fcoiiilinga, Kmghtabndys
- mf B!m -1 ■ • --'■ h i
(*«vtn doom west of 8 liwne-*trw!l).
lixUKNlTDKD tor a DKAWlNli-tiOUM—of
_V ehssa? and elegant design, a bentaln, fine walnut, warraatsd
manufacture, to bssold for liaii iu value, nearly ue w-ooiuteting of
a l.ryo-siro bnUlant pinto Chimney Gain, in costly unique frame; a
maaiiflcunj Chiffonier, with richly-corvoi balk, and doars fitted
with best illvered plate g ass, and muble top; suoenor Centre Table,
on handsoicoly-carved piilar and daws; occasluari or L*4l»
... • . .. > T-I_1'.. *, 1^0 . .1. nn’1,1 Alnn-«ntiT-&hlirM*<l Chsir*. !n n;'
nu-.tc, witu extra inwu iw" -x~
a bun some Whatnot. IMee fos tho whale suite 4fi gc'nois N- 8 -
Alto, u 'cty anj>erior. complete, tuoaern, tine B,»c-*n mxhoganr
Dining Ro in Set, In beet tnorocc*. 40guineas TohiiK»a at LE*viN
CHAV.COUil and CO.’H, l.phoDrerers, 7 yuoen’s-kulHing s, Kalg-ts-
bridge. seven docm avert of Hloaro-strecL
C ABINET FURNITURE, CAKFETS, and
BEDDING —An Il'nitratcd Book of Eittmatas and Fmni^nrs
Cntalogue, containing lt*0 Dceign* and Wees of Faahionanle and rtu-
peri car l - pbobtery. Vcniitnre, «e . gratis ca apMle^tom P«rwns fu^-
nl*b’Dg, who study economy, combined a^raace and duraiMiqr,
should apply for this—LEWIS CKAWCOUK and (X).,
Marufscturers, 7, Queen s-huUillng*. Knlrlit»bridgo(,seT«u doort wort
of 8 kvno-street' N B. Country o rders carriaire-tteo-
•»!? ALNUT SUITE of DRAWING-ROOM
VV FURNITURE, for style, .terlin*qualltT. ■and
be surpassed, conslrtlngofa ftvr-fect w«inui; Chiffonier,with pJat«-?i*M
doors aud back, and tnaible *lsb; a large-sUo ChimaST-ciasS, ia grit
frame: a fine Walnut Ixk» Table, on curved ulUar wad elawt; a di.W
Oeca*ional Table; a luxurious Sett “C, oovsred in rich rilk.rix duto
Chairs, snd two Kary ditto, «n scilo. wPh chlntr. loose oovers, baadt
also an inlaid Whatnot. The whole to be aaW fbr «3 Qttiaeaa.—ho
sten at R. GfiEEN aud CO. d. UphohU-rers. SOI. Oxford-street Wem..
ESSRS. JOHN WELLS and CO., 210,
_ Regent-street, Tendon, bare purchased lowing to^the d^-
" ■ ■ r . .9_- ■ v*nr iinm lot of the richest
^ELVE*
M
I»X Regcnl-streot, l^naon. nave
treesion In tbo manufacturing districts) a vory largo lot of th ®
’ELVET PILE and BRUb3EL8 CARPkTS, designed oxprestly ftw
tnutn. at a moat reduction in prico. Ai
Velvet pile and
the WeawiHl trade, at a great reduction In prico. Also Lyons t-ua
Brocades^ BrocaiaUea, Bilk Damask*, in all the most
eolourlnge and richest makes. Also, a largo lot of French Chlntxea
of the meat beautiful sad elaborate designs. Tho who* of these are
how offered at a considerable reduction from the pnme ost W MM*
and are wol! worth tho attention of ^tending pardtreers. FJggJ
will be tent into the country ftee of charge, also thc>r UlMtrnJja
catalogue of ftreitare, Ac. - 210 , fiegest-tuven up poll ie Coadal*
street).
G reat northern railway.—
LONDON iKlng’s-croat Kution), MANCHE8TER, WAR¬
RINGTON, CHESTER, and LIVE1U OOL.
From London.—Knit's-cross Bta'-ion.
Leave
King’s-cross,
fi 50 a.m
fi 50 a.m j
7 30 „ >
9 15 „ )
Arrival
Arrival
Arrival
alanchtatcr.
Cheater.
Liverpool.
4 28 p.m.
4 25 p.m.
4 40 p.m.
3 0 „
< 25 „
4 40 M
8 45 „
10 20 „
11 20 „
11 <0 „
in o
11 20
11 40 „
10
10 15 ..
I 45 p.m.
5 0 „
FROM LIVERPOOL, CHB5TE8, AND MANCHESTER.
Leave
Leavo
Leave
Arrival
Liverpool.
Chester.
Mauchcrter.
6 5 am.
0 15 „
Kinc's-cton.
4 15 p.m.
* ®
8 10 am.
8 45 a.m.
8 55 „
2 W w
h 5B „
11 SO
fi 0 „
11 >0 H
1 45 p m.
9 30
3 15 p m.
3 40 p.nj.
5 0,,
10 0 ,,
G50 „
7 40 „ 9 30 „
SUNDAYS.
3 30 a m.
Leave
Arrival
Arrival
Arrival
King's-crate.
Manchester.
Chester.
Uverpool.
5 0 p.m.
10 0 p.m.
it 20 p.m.
11 40 p.ui.
Leave
Leave
Leavo
Arrivn!
Liverpool.
Cheater.
Manchester.
7 0 a.m.
Klng’s-croee.
1 45 p.m.
3 15 p.m.
3 to p.m.
5 0 p.m.
10 0 „
Express C mnlbuue* ruu between 12, North John-street, UvcrpeVs
snd Gonton. in eannoction with Tlirongh Train* bet ween, Gsntou
sed Loudon. K'ng’s-CTu*s tuition
liETFUN Ttt'KElA, at Sis. First Class, and 12s. fid Secoral Class,
STAiLbla for 7 day*, and at 37s. First Cla s. and 17t. Second Class,
available for 24 'days, are issued bv all Trains between l-oodoo
(KingVcrru Etatioit) and Swfoy Bridge, Ashton. Guide Bridge,
Msnchesirr. Warrington, Cheater, Gsrston, a»u Liverpool.
Care mu»t be taken st London-road btation, M a nc hester, to ask for
tirkits vtfi tlio Great Northern route.
llckets at tho nbova faros ca 1 * be obtained at tho KUik’s-cx>%*
*t*vou, and [ r or Msntboiler rtily], at tho Great Northern Keoalving
Offlcts: Bull and Month, rt. Martiil’S-le-GfMKi; 1C. Fish-street-hill j
2fi>, Ilolf.om: 32. Regeat-cLcu*, Piecadi'ly; 63, aid 63, Bridge-raadi
Lambeth; 269, Stand; 38, Cliaring-crca*; 27, King-*tree’.. ChoaoA
lido: 351, Oxford-street; George Inn,Boroogh; 43 aud 41, Crutchod-
For further pzrtkalurs see ths Timo Tablet of tbo Company, and
the Ham'-bills. By Order.
Klug'e-eiossS'ation, March 1, 1S59.
MANCHESTER, cnimunchaf THURSDAY, 25th FEBRUARY, unlF
furliiernotice, as under:—
XVERY WtDNESlJAV AND
SATuiarAr.
Mora.
King's-oroa .. .. dep. 10. 0
Guide Bridge •• air. « 40
Ashton .. .. n 0*^1
Bloley bridge .. ,, 5 35
MauchesU-r.5. 0
ETSTtr MOSDAT anu
TAUJUDAY.
Slwi.
ifanchrstijr ^ .. drp. 10 85
Suley bridge .. ,, 9.10
Asht >n i. it 9.15
Guido Bridge .. lo.th
Eing's-crohi ,, sir. 5.40
Fares, 5s., Cloeed Carriages, for the Double Journey tc or from th«
abovc-tutmed BtatloDS and King's-cross.
Tickets issued from K'ngVcross on Wednostlar* ar.i Saturdays are
available fer return cither on the Monday or Thursday in the follow-
llckvti Lsucd from Marche*ter, Staloybrldge, Ashton, or Guide
Bridge, on Mordnvs, are avai nble for return either on the Wednes¬
day or Suturday following; and those i*«u<-d on Thuredaye are avail¬
able for return eillwrou the Saturday or Wednesday following.
'ibe Tickets ire not tnuurferabio, and ore only available by the
above Trains. By order.
London, Kkg'S-crofS afntlon, February, 1858.
TllSrVEIiSAL LIFE ASSURANCE SO-
C1ETY, F>,iabU*bed 1831 ; empowered by special Act of Parlia¬
ment, 1, King William-street, London, for the Assurance of Lives at
Homo and Abroad, including jputlumcn nugogud iu military aud
oavsl tervicc*.
B!r HENRY WILLOWS, K.L. 8 M Chatrmnn.
JOHN bTEWAliT, Esq., Deputy C l i. iiimr . n .
Tb« prlnrlplo adopted by tha Unlvensl life -Liaaraiwa Sociatv o/oa
annr.ai vahtaF'on of eaaeta and llablUUes, and a fflWa of three-
fountis ox the profits among the awared. is edmitfod to offer gnu-t
advantages, eiaocially to Jjose ponies who may wish ;o appropriate
their oror.ort!oi> of profit to the reduction of future premiums.
Ti b office dne« not charge any addition to the ordinary Indian rates
in coniiaiufcce of tho disturbed state of India.
2IICHAXL Elijah Imfkt, Socrotary.
C AMBERWELL, Surrey.—Superior Eligible
FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND for rALP.—The FItsr
PORTION of tho CAMBERWELL ESTATE wil. he UFFKBKI) to
the Mrinbtni of tho National Freehold Land Bociety on MONDAY,
April 5. Fhould any Lots be bft a’ter Wodnowlar, AiuR 7. they may
bu taken i y any person pey-ng the price, or poos.saing or irardtoring
the right u> borrow the mcnoy, or oa payment of a deposit of not less
Hum *cn per cent, end the balance, In nine annua! instalments, wllh
tutenet at fivo per cent tier annum, or quicker, If desired by tht our-
chiiKr. Pe'sons no*, lutriog rights or Iheir own. Lut wishing to
seeuro early choices, can do so by purchaalng rights of others. Ths
Kstkte la situate on tho h’gh road from Cam* erwoll to Po-kham, and
Immediately oppo.lto Camdtn Church. The reads are wall made, aud
effesnud drarrge U provided. Ths lots are put out in frontages
varying from 3t It. to 58 tt.. ami depths varying from 115 !t. to 18 uu
For plans and ptrlknlara spp'y to Mr. W. fc. Whmlughtm, at the
orfiess of t> e British Lacd Company (.limited), II, Moorgote-strcet,
Loudou. E.C.
• CU5CUMAKEK
BY AI*FOINTMENT TO THK IMPERIAL FAMILY
OF FRANCE.
T B. STAREY begs with confidcuce to submit
* h(S various IMritOTUackT* in MOPXRN CARRIAORS (as
shown at the Crystal Palace, and hb Manu.-aetory, Notti ghira) to
Carriage putchaters. Every stylo, from toe Ton-Qulnea Basket to
the handsome and luxe rious Polt-burso Carriage, mads on p nos ootu-
binlngtha tnrie ond moch&nlcai ad rant ages ot ths Enel eh, F tenth,
and American Coiriagss, With sabeixuUal workmanship and beet
Of tha two first-class Prize Medals award'd by the IniernatDnal
fury of the la’o Paris Exmnmojr, Mr. 8 had the nlga hraour of
coining rue. tho lccuiicg bouse In '.ondon obtaining tho other.
He will havo much pl-asuro in showing visitors to Nottingham over
h!s Manufactory, and exvbln to them hb Improved ntach nery and
many contrivances to estbr sk'lletl labour, which con*l terably Im-
provea the wotkmonship white H leaaona tne cost of jwodtwtioo.
Travellers to the North or Booth, clibor by tbs Great Norihtrn,
North-West* n», or Midland Railway, can stay at N'oUingliam by the
delay of about two hours' difference o' train*.
Mr. fciarey hating n OOVkkKD vajt of his own on the rail ways
will rags goto do iver any new Carxbge of upwards of £SJ valao, at
hail me regular Ballway Chare 0 .
T. H. WAKEY, Coaehmsker. Nottinghsm.
S UPERB FLOWER SEEDS for EARLY
BOWING, poi t-freo at the annexed prices .—100 fine hardy
Annuals, Sa. ; W ditto, 3s ; 36 ditto, **- 6 d.; IS ditto, U. M. De¬
scriptive Ca'sloguet, wl‘h sample pn.:ket, for 2d.—rroia WILLIAM
KNIGHT. Florist, 67, High-street, Battle. Sussex.
TJEAUTIFUL FLOWERS.- ton packets
Flower Seeds, 5s.; 50,3s.; M, 2s. 04.; or 13 for Is. (a.l post-
tree), warranted. A descriptive catalogue m be had for 2 aiamps.
* " •* — - -- * “c, 10, >
Addrws. Jss. & Bates, klurist, «c
Brighton.
North-stive*, Quadra si,
S EEDS.—The Lovers of Flowers will timl
BUTLER snd McCulloch’8 Srad Catalogue a useful mWe
m a»sistlcg them to oelect their seeds and cultivate tbo r ranlen.
Sent free and post-paid on sppUcaUou. Bouuv-row, Co rent-garden
Market, London. „
g^e ocTerti*vm* tit In Il.HTSTRATET» LONPON News of latt week.
B ell and co:a patent gelatine
fer making Jidlie*, Bl*=c Mange, Ac.. Ac.. In j»cke *. at 1 W.
U-, Is. fid , 2s. *d., ard 5s. Also, PArENT KLFISF.D GKriAiiNc.,
a tmre st'd economteal sulntituto fo* Uaw nn Isinglass, in packets, at
ltd., ta. fid.. 2s. fid., and &». Bold wholesale and retail at JU8. Oxfofd-
m«l, Louden; tavory and Moore, B-md-sirreti Fommm mid
fcmeu, Piccadilly; Crcsse and Blackwell, ©obo-square . Barclay and
Co . Farri. gdon-street. a'so by the {.rlnclpal Chemists, Grecare, and
Italian \Vn»ehi.ua*mcn throughout the Kingdom.
~VT AT. DE PENAS.—Connoisseurs are informed
V that onr Boose possess a limited quantity of thb rare old
THUS, and offer it st s vert mederaic price-vir , 4!*s p?r d_-r<n- -
CADIZ WlNfc COMPANY, G*. at. Jaxuo.s-itroc:. Dmdou
N B. Carriag e-free Established 1817. __
H ORNIMAN'S PURE TEA, the leaf not
coloured -RICH FULL-FLAVOUULD Of great sirrag k Is
thus •fcaicnl, as importing It not covered with powxcted colour p,-e-
veuts the Chinese passing off the low-prkcd brown amuma kitst
at ibo bat. Tho ** Lance: ’• iLongnwn. p. Sl») sxx'fs of lloralaun i
U as; “ The gnoo not being covered with Prussian bine, kc.hu doll
ohvo; the Black is rot intensely dork.” Wboicsomo and good ? w h
thus sevared. iTices 3s. Hd., 4s., snd 4». «d. t>erlb. Purnell. 78,
CorahlUt KP-hiurtone, 227. Regent-rreet, 306, Oxford-street; Wolf,
75, 8t. Paul i Cburchvsnt: Do<bon, B soaroan-ttrejt. Boroogh.
gold In packets by Horrtman's Agsnts in all pails of the kingdom.
F OR SALE, several Italian Greyhounii Puppies
of extra/*dlna-y beacry and th* purest brood In the King¬
dom Age Three Months. Vary suitable for Lodi pats. Prico
Ten Guineas each.— For cards t-> view ap^ly to Mr. GATLIN, r igar
Merch nt, 2, A limey-street, Keren*'s-park.
N 1W SPRING SILKS.—Patterns Post-free.
PETER ROBINSON is now dal'y receiving novelties in
httrn c H and FOREIGN bILKB. Amoug’hla Idle a purchtses will
be found.—
An urnsuslly lartro lot of new Checked Glscd S’lks,
suitable Aw eh her plain < r Honored Skirts, at £1 5s. fid. th-> t 'ull Drosx-
Exire rich ('borkc-t Llact* 8'lks, at u Da. fid. the Full Dress
New Strij cil Silks In great vari*y, aU at low price*.
Ibo now Bnuidero Bar ri 1:*, at L l 7a a i. tbs Full Dress,
liioh Ch'cked Flouncefl BUk Ho e*.
Rich fbc-k.d SUk Robes, vi'k Bayadere Flouncre.
Rich C( e ked 8hk Sober, with Brocaded Fluunws.
Rich Coy ad bco Bir Flounced K0k Stbe*.
E ch Ro sdora M ar Silk Hotel, w‘th Brocaded Ploaoc>*.
Extra rich Bayuolro Gleet! Silks, iu nil tho now colours, at £1 IOj. 9il
the Pu!l Dress.
The new Crof* ver Bit Glvrf Silks.
Tbo rich Bated Satin-ba<-Duc*po Silks at £1 lite 0d. the Fall Dran.
lha uow Jatprr I'lcid Silk*, at £1 Ida. 5M. tho Full Drois.
’Ihe new Sccctnkjue Plaid Silks.
The new lUUel Soiln Piaid Glace Siik*.
tv allies In rich Br vcatled Silks,
uctioua in Cheuc Silks.
Bar Flounced Silk Robes,
r'ieunced Slik ItoVs.
w ith Bayadire Flounces.
Itdbca, vruh itrocadod Klotmoes.
Silk Robot with I'firtooiFiounoas.
:• Floimewl 8-'lk lidbet.
Ipbea with Coloured F>mmces.
ii Plain Glsc<> rdllcs, Checked Gfacc Silks,
_ Mar Silks, 1*1 rid Silks,
*»' • able for wearing In mourning or out of mournlrg.
_ \ Mori# A utiquea. .
PTE., giving »hl* depart meat his psiticnlar at eotion. la always,
.^prepared to offer the jlcbcstqualltica a tha lowest tawrib'c prtoeA.
The row and very uuhi&nsbb Pruxslau Blue.
Fxttorc* of Illuck ami Color red, post free.,
Fevtral Cheap Lots of Last Year's SUks at reduced price*.
Patterns post-free.
Address Fet.er Robinson, Sdk Mercer, 103, 106, !0fl, 107, Orford-streot.
VO, 15-lti, Ludgate-street, London, E.C.—
„L i Dissolution of Partnftshlp.—Tha successors of R. WILLEY
tud CO., Messrs. HlISTrLKWORTH, ABBOIT, and WILLEY, jun^
beg th anno unco th^t tbodAl.K of tbo mnsrkable BTuCK of tha
l.ve firm is 'till continuing, and they respectfully invito a visit from
ladies and families requiringSILKS, fancy dnsses, cloaks. From ah.
and Paisley shawls. euj«criwr table linen, sheetings, onu gnueral
drspsry. blankets and linnm-l*, laoe and muslin p»la, hosltiry. rari*
Ploves, babeiftasheiy, Ac. An opportunity liko tho prosent seldom
offers for purchasing.
G RANT and GASK (late Williams and Co.),
having purchased the gro-ater portion of the stock of Mcmrs.
J. and Vf. WALLACE, Vmr.knijita, ocwrd Muslin Manufneiiirtini,
Glasgow, amounting to £ 12.210 3s. 8d., and *oUl by tbo trustees at a
discount irom the cost of I'.HJ per cent, will OFFER IT FOR 8ALK
during tha present mouth; consikilng of every description of MU8UN
WORK in Flouncing*. Insurious. Collars, sleoves. Embroidered
Muslin Dresfca, Cambric Haodkerehlefii, Curtains jfcc. A* a nnumt
of extending their trade in this department, the fullest adranUga of
the purchase will be given to customers. They will show at tbo sarno
time 16,000 yards of cheap Silks, at 28a fid. the Full Dress of twelve
vards, wide Width, present value 3s. 3d. p/ryard; K00 rich French
Moire Audi,nos, »t 7e's. *d. tbo extra length of nine yard* to each
robe: 1500 Flounced PritiUsd Musliu Drrorea, ntfis. 0d., fait colours;
11.300 yards French Printed MuMin, at tj;l. per yard, fast r*ol iitrs,
wtrth from 10U. to Is. i^rynrd. Patterns forwarded to tha country.
Ftwcisl rooms for Family .Mourning, 5tf, Oxford-street. Coumrsrco
IlnuMt, 58.60. fil. and 62, Oxford-street; and 3. 4. and 5. WsBmUMt
T7ALEKCIEXNES LACE.—The latest itmta-
T tion. made with genuine linen thread, searoely to bo distin¬
guished from tho reul Fumch, will wash and wear cquady ww'l, and
can bn sold at ono-trnth of tha price. Samples post-'reo.—ftAKER
and 1/OWDKN. 17 and 18.Upper Katan-strert. F-afon-souare. - W.
Ui'uimwiy bHlift X &, oy KOlXvjjCitib.
Ntw and extraordinary designs, in all colour., including ti jraci.
lk-rs. Foxrs, Pirns, Jcc. Also a chqico of wo.-* than 100 ua>v and
fasbionablo Coloured Shining*, in nu*t and gootiemAn'y psttrms.
RODGERS sod CO., Improved fthirtmakrr*, fe* • J «iat Martin «-l vis,
Charh*p-cro*as. W.C. Faturus and Book of M Uluatrattoa* post-
free tor two stamps.
S HIRTS.—ELANABL ShLiKl'd of every
description, I rcta Shirts, r.nd Dressing Gown*. Maosurre-vaper*
wtll be sent on an ideation.—CAPPKtt and WATfiRfl, mi, Kegout-
• real. London H.W
/■'ILEUGYMEN, and other GENTLEMAN.
who p r o fes sionally dreos in BLACK, are respectfully (nvlud
to inspect HORSON’h rpecially s*lec*«l **o>t of England woo -dy>d
CLOTHS and DOESKINS, warranted ludeilnuuible in eofour.
Kvtrv garment is tnado nil tbo |krcmi»e», No. 57, Lntah.uri-stroat,
under the Immediate auporintcinlcncx Of tho p -uprietor, who ha* for
many year* Ivren honoured with the coofidcn:o of a largj and in-
crcokh s tixelo of r’ericnl pu*tuus.
GEORGE UOUEON, 57, Lomba-d-st-eet.
/ IEOKGE HOBSON begs to invite attention
vT or Gentlemen to his nnw Ctook or TROU8EKINOS for tho pro¬
scut Season, price 21 b. to 25s. The Ibtojxm Cape. 2Si , now ready.
tcvtc.nl new style* and shape* In Ctvercont*, adaot-ri for th« l Ointng
Season, In all tlie new Clo'h*, both In Fug foil ami Continental manu¬
facture, which will be found, on inspection, at urioot mmt nunlerato
ter Ixvt goods.'—GEORGE HOBSON, Fashionable Tailor, 57, Lom¬
bard-* tree t.
TJMKbT-CLAbb CLOTHING, on Economical
J? Principle*.—Dim Cent*, £3, Ac,; Boy's Suit, lid. p» noh,
scocrding to height.—WALT KB BEKD0K, t*6. Now Bcnd-«ire;f, and
69, ConthiU. N.B. NortD rid*.
-HO TOU KEEP LIVERY SERVANTS?—
JLr DOUDNEY ami 8CNS' LIVERIES pleasa Master* and
Servants. Footman’s suit, best quality, £3 3a. PatmnDr-d by rb*
(Jurra. the Prince Consort, and all vho Royal Family.—Dotulnoy and
Bens, 17, OM Bond-atrcet; 25, BarUngtou-arcade; aud 49, Lombard-
street. EaUhliaherl 178t.
s
ERV ANTS’ LIVERIES.—The best, at
moderate price*, fbraLhcd for o»»h payment*, by H. .1. and D
.... - n CorahilL
NUOLL, >14, llti, ti», and 13U, Krgont-stnct, anil aS, I
L ADIES’ FIRST-CLASS ELASTIC
BOOTS, nt MODERATE PUIOE8.—Paris Kid Elastic Roots,
military hiris. Us. td. lihietratod |*rieed Catalogue* s*nt post-frvo.—
THOMAb V. MARhllALL, IV2, OAFORD-STtlEBT, W.
O MORE COLD FELT.—Patent FELT
_INuOLLD BOOTS am! 8HOES.-ROWLEY and CO-, 53,
Charing-cross, Prisa Medal IioLiors at Loodm and Park Kxhi-
bklaaa.
N
lh« 6UCCEhhFUL FKAUL’I* of lh« la»* HALF LEST CRY hara
proved beyond question that
R owlands' macassar oil possesses
1 peculiarly nourishing imnrcrt in tha growth, reat-iratinu, ami
improvorr nil pf tno Uuinun Hal.-. It prevents It from falling off or
turning grey, cteauaes It worn Bccrf aud U a ml riff, and mt'iot U bexn-
tifully *uft, curly, and glo»‘> . bot chdirai it it ctoechdly rerera'
ravtdad, «» forming th* basis of a beautiful hoed of hair. Prico
lie. &1 ; 7a -1 I'«taffy Bottles te-.uaJ to four small). 10s. fid.) and
double tlmt live. 21s.
« AiTlOi'.—Ou the Wrapper of creh BottL- are tho words “ B nv-
1snils' Jutrossar oiL Ac ." in white testers, uitd their slgiretu' * A.
bon land S Sous, in red ink. trokl at 20 , HkUco-ganLm.' Louilou,
and by Cbcndsia and Prrfamcrs.
B leaching, diking, and scouring
for 1-ONLON.—Lr'rty Osrpeta, Rua«, Hunk-re. Couutsrpane*,
Muslin end Lace Curtains, and all largo ar.lote*. cleaned aud nut rise I
In the test s»yle: Mena and Damask I'ortais*, Drove*, Shawls, Jra,
Dj ed and Finished oxrra wail, st mo feral* caar^es ftio Conqiany‘s
vacs reevise ami de.Dcr free of charg*. uo m-ttar bow small tbo
qusmliy. All goc-L* rrtursol w.thln a week. Price li*U forwsrfod
n» vppileativu. Llcnmry orders prarout/y aftendol t>.—MitritD-
FoLriAN B.KAII BLEACHING and DYALM* COMPANY. 17.
Mlart-rcfri, ( Ifr-tcnd, Jf.
■^UJffEST FRENCH COLZA OIL, 4s. 6d. per
T^]
X? Gabon, cash.—Messrs. LEM AIRE and CO., of Paris. *d*
lx>p0t in England, tho London Soap and Candle Company, 76. Now
Bond-street. Their* is tho finest and purest Colza OH Uuoortod, snd
will burn in every kind of lamp now tn as*. Al*Q rodaosd prices far
aU Candles, Soap , Otis, Ac.
O LDRIDGE’S BALM of COLUMBIA, ac*
know lodged for 30 yean to be the mo*r effectual rraredy pro¬
duced for Restoring the Hair and Promoting tho Growtho/Whhkors
tad Mattachioa In bottles, S». fid., 6*., and It*. WbcWle and
HUtl, 13, WcUiflgtcMtrtet North (seven door* from the Strand).
S OILED Lace, MUBLJLN, and DAMASK
CURTAINS, Clean'd, Finished, or Dyed, equ.1 to new. A
j retgle pair rent for snd •teJivend < free o f charge) wltti.n right day*.—
51 kT UOPuLl Tan steam BLEACHING and OXKiMl COMPANY,
J 17. Wnari-roed. City road, K.
D UNT BEAT YUUK CARPETS.—They
nn b* thoropahly cle*»;»ed IWiu all impurities, am! thoe loma
1 revived, by pure washing. Frier Jh). and 4*1 pcryarL Turitay aud
«xtra txravj • arpeis m proportion. Dyebtg in aU its iiranche*. at very
i in' t erste ;,r.c»s. E«vry1hitig, Ur<« ur mall, fetched sn « moniid
1 wibm a wr*k.-M«lfti£.'lJr«H hl-cm iilcoc.’dag and Dyeing Coro-
j-sny. 17, Wharf-road. City-road. N.
DAMAGES.—Condemnation of
51 r. C. bizixin tor an Isfricgeocat of the
Inventor's Bight*.—Let Counterfeiters thorOfor* bo cautious.—
ILLVEKMAtHER’3 MEDICAL ELECTRO-GALVANIC CHAtNS,
for personal use ; an an atdeg and often instam remedy for Rhreims-
ii*ni, Gout. Em’epsy. P*rslysb, Llvsr Comrlalnu, Asihma, Indigws-
tiar, Cocgbs. Dearness and all Nervous and Mds-:ular Dtsosaea. Ap¬
proved by th# Acsdcmin da M^rcino, Paris, and rewardod at tut
Universal Fxhibitlon. Tbetr extraordinarycurattvo powere is *J uni-
verrsllv known snd culc^jed in the ntwHstf work* and Joorari# as to
render it useless to detail the great number of diseases In which they
have proved Infslllbie, cr tho thousands of cures they ksv. khwdy
effected. May be tested before purchasing. Frioe te. and 10s.
the lte^ 18s..ttd 22a. most useful, free per povt-^hrermactew aofr
to.. 73, Uaford-itrcet (adjoining the lYuxm Tbcrtit/, L
£ 10,000
240
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
KEW BOOKS, fre.
TT n T ri rr x? w ’"t? 7 ’ ta .‘ T SLf*'« 7.. «d..
ESSr*- AAS^tSSt-Si
jLU.^um UlC ' h " “ *“““' ™«. ui write, with .pWr"-
*“* U» production o l • ktodlj
* ••okiSV “ ,Tlli ’ <, • «* •*•■7-4*7 Incident.
0. J. •'*K*kt, King William-street, Strand.
[March 6,1853
A NY of Sir WAS*EHliC(5rrS M NWELS
With. hisbiw Introduction* and Notes.
_waburKhjA. and C. Black . and all Bookseller*.
fjULITA, THK tkal^'S Tragedy. By
the Author of *• Priaad* In Council " J J
_ Lotion: John W. Pakkki: and Box. >Vo t Strand.
A .. . JutpoblUltnl.pric.fi. M. tfre. by (■out.
MANUAL, ot L\VV relating to tho Oflice
vkli&JTvZ^I 0 ™ UuU “- u ‘ hulu “- 07 “• UK!ore
* am *' B ” l - 7 * ra - 1>al,u " : w -•>•
Small 8 vo, price 3d.,
rflRUTII for the TIMES; or. Baptismal
X Regeneration aa it la Taught in tho Word ot God.
Lundon: Jamhs Nisukt and Co., Si, Bcrncra-streot.
Kow ready, VoL IV.,cloUi. 4 s. fid.; Vola. HI. and IV. bound
R ___, . together. 8 a. 6 d.,
ElSSUfi of CASSELL’S POPULAR
EDUCATOR: containing lassson* In tho Sciences, Ancient
anu Modern Languages, and the varioua other braocUeaof knowledge
OceeMary for the acquisition of a flraUrate education. Also iu Num¬
ber! J Jd. each. 1 arts 7d. and aid., and Division! is. Caaea for bind¬
ing single vola.. la. 3d.; double vola., la. 9d.
Ljudtm: W. Kxxt and Co., hi and 52, Paten»ost«r-row; and all
SOD STORIES, with nearly 300
y ^ BIBLE PICTURED, a Pictorial Sunday Hook for the
Voux^ihandsomely brand, price ta. 6 d., originally published at 12 a.
Bow poat-fr»a from FlELDhSwwit Bible Warehouse, 65, Regent,-
qtUdraut. Kvary family abotdd have this pretty book.
P . _Price I*.; postage-free, ta Sd.,
APER FLU VVERS : the Art of Mod ellin g
and Making. By CHARLES PFPPER. Dluatrated.
Loudon : J. BARNARD, 339, Oxford-*»re*t, W.
S TAINED WINDOWS and ORNAMENTAL
GLASS bj tha >ew and Beautiful Proees DIAPHAN1E-
waily aocompluhod by Ladle* and Go. llomen. All material*.
DrelrM. fee.. Whob%*le and Retail, of J HA^N 4RD, 339 , Oxfnrd-
Mreet, W.; by whom ia published. “ Plain InatrucUoua in Diaphanle,"
*»rt e M.; seven stamps postage-tree, end where Specimens may be
„, . r , pntdtahod, Plilh Edition, price lla.; free by post,
rnHE ART of BREWING, p'ermenting, and
X Making of Malt; containing correct Tablet of Maahing Heats,
full direction* for Preventing Aoetous Formentaiion, and every other
BscosaarT information to make sucoa** in this important art certain j
lie result of 40 yean’ practice Jiy JOHN LEVESQUE, Uto of tha
Anchor Brewery- James LeaTH. 4. 8 t. Paul’* Churchyard.
B RICK-WAKING MACHINES, adapted for
the Clay* they are to work, and every Information on Pottery,
Machinery, and Works. The Society of Arta Prixe Essay “on
Brick-making," post-free, Is. 3d.—Mr. HUMPHREY CHAMBER¬
LAIN, Kerapsoy, near Worcester.
Juatpuhllsbed. Fourteenth Edition, *vo, bound, price 16s., po*t free,
fYuMffiof athic domestic
XX MEDICINE. By J. LAURIE. M.D. Devoid of all techni¬
cality. No modi tine 1* prescribed without the indications for iu
MhctJoa. and the exact do^e to be administered. An excellent work
for familiwi, eraigrmou, and missionaries A Modicum Chest for this
work, price 44*
An EPITOME of the ABOVE. Price 69 . A Guide
to those oomito cing this treatment In family practice. A Case (or
this Work, pr os 34e. Carriage-free on reoelpt of Pcat-offlce order.
Lxatu and Ross, 4, 8 t- Paul s Ch.-yard; and 9, Vere-st, Oxford-*C
Now Edition, oulargod. 3tmo. bound, price Is., free by post,
H 0M(E< IPATHIU F AMILY GUIDE:
containing Simple Directions for the Domestic Treatment of
Ordinary Ailment*. A Ch*sl of Medicine for this Work, price 14a.
Lkath and Rots, 4, fit. Paul'* Ch.-yard ; and 9, Vcro-*t., Oxford-*!.
MIP MUSIC, frc.
D ’ALBERT’S ALBUM for 1858.—The most
■plandid Musical Work ever prodnoed, surpassing all this
popular Composer’s previous Albums. Tho cover is In the most olabo-
Ute and gorgeous style; tho binding in watered silk; and the coloured
illustrations are in the greatest variety, by Mr. Brandard. M. D’ Albert
has Mmpoaed expressly for this Album a number of now Waltzes, new
Qnodrilles, Polkas, Mazurkas, Ac-; and the publishers feel confidence
£u!^ 0 U SJi, ln Sj l “ **" 100,1 attractive Musical Present ever pub-
Uxhed. Price Sis. Sent free
Chappku. and Co., 46 and 40, Now Bond-street.
D ’ALBERTS WEDDING QUADRILLE,
performed by Welpom’s Band at hrr Majesty's State Ball,
nucaingham Palace Pnoo 3s.. Solo or Duot. Dost-free.
CHAPl'KLL and Co- 60. New Houd-rtreet.
I t’ALBERT’S FRINOESS ROYAL POLKA,
■*“ f«»»« l» Coioorv bj
oKANDARD.^ Price 3s., Solo or Duot, post-free.
“ ’ New
CmwiLL ud Co , 50, Now lkmd-,tnML
D ’ALBERT’S HOOP DE DOODEN DO
_ GALOP Price 3 ».. pet-free
Ohaitkll and Co., 40. Now Rond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S ENGLISH POLKA Just
published, illustrated in colours, with a Bridal Portrait of tha
rrwcoas Royal, by BKaND.VKD. Price 3*., post-free.
CllAl'PKLL and Co., 60, New ikmd-stroot.
L ’ADIEU de la PKUSCESSE. BRIN LEY
RICHARDS' Now Nooturne for the Pisnoforto, splondldlv
Illustrated In Colours by BRANDARD. Dedicated to her Majesty tho
Quocn. Prico 3s. 6 d., Solo or Duet, post-free.
Caal’PXLL and Co., 40, Now Bond-street.
nnHE LAY of the SEA-SHELL. New Son*.
X Composod by C. M. K. OLIVER. Price Is. Also, by tho same
Composer, sLEKP.M Y PRETTY ONE, BLEEP. Word* by Tenuy-
ton. Prico 3s., post-free.
Chappell and Co^ 40, New Bond-street.
T3RINLEY RICHARDS’ HUGUENOTS
XP FANTASIA on the most admired Aire from this favourite
Opera for the Pianoforte. Price 4s., post-freo-
CHAPrxLL and Co., 40, New Bond-street.
L A ZINGARA; or, The Bohemian Girl.
Moroeau de Salon for tho Pianoforte. By CHARLES VOSS.
Price 3a., post-fro*.
CHAimt and Co.. 40, New Bond-street.
N ew song, the bridge of sighs,
written and composed by SAMUEL LOVER, Esq. Price 2s. 6 d.
This elegant ballad may be considered one of Mr. Lover's hsppiest
compositions. Word* and musio are oqually pleasing, and ensure iu
becoming a general favourite. Postage-free.
Loudon: Durr and HouosOM, 66 , Oxford -street.
[ONGS OF THE SEASONS.—SPRING
I DTAUUnUu m-Ulll>r» n/\o„n . . ... _
BLO 8 SOM 8 . SUMMER ROSES, AUTUMN FRUITS, and
wxnTEK EVERGREENS Compoeod by STEPHEN GLOVER.
Y? 0 ? * 5 : , Tho * a *onga poeaeas attraction* seldom before
obtainod. The Words, by Carpenter, are exceedingly Interesting, and
have suggested to Mr. Glover melodies of tho most fascinating cha¬
racter, while the Illustrations, by Packer, are superb.
Durr and Hodgson, 66 , Oxford-street.
(VTEW GALOP.—The ALARM. Composed
by T. BROWNE. Price 3a., poatage free. Among tho spark-
ling noveliio* performed by Wdppert'a Band at tho orand State ball
at Bucklngbara Palace none shone moto conspicuously than the
'* Alanu " Galop, which win admired by all.
_ Durr and «4 Or'iwi.street.
1\TEW SONG, “We had hoped to have him
_Ll with us," Tribute to Ilavelook. f'otnposed by E. L. H 1 ME.
Price 1*.^ This effective and beautiful compcsltion will create « »®n-
vaunn. No *v«j or the luclan War baa beoo doacribod in more touch¬
ing or appropriate words and mmic.
Durr and Houoao*. 65. Oxford-atreet.
N ew song, the first time we met.
By tho Composer of “ Will you love me then as now?**
** Dearcs , ihoo I’ll love you more,” **A Young I^idy a No,” .%c.
Price ta. This song will equal, if not surpass, tho succcsa attained by
any former production or tills gifted couijioaer
Durr and Houosox. 65, Oxford-
H c
Second Edition, pnoo 4s., free by post.
rOMCEUPATHIC TREATMENT of INDI
_GESTION, Constipation, and Hemorrhoid* (Piles). By W,
MORGAN, M D. Directions for the treatment of those common
disorders. Rule* for Diet, receipts for Delicacies which may bo safely
taken by person* suffering from these complaint*
Lkath and Ross, 5, bt. Paul’s Ch--yard; and 9, Vere-st., Oxford-st.
T TOO, AM SEVENTEEN, MAMMA!
X* Fifth Edition. Enlarged bsut. Price 2s. 6 d. Woni* ana
Haste by NECTARINE 8 US’XY«IDK, Esq.
” Tho author of the word*, who Is also the composer of tho music,
ha* approvod himself not oo’y an elegant writer of light verse*, but
likewise a facdo and graceful writer of light mmic. It Is tho j.lea of
a youi/g gM to bo mnrriod, as was tho Queen’s daughter: and, put,
Just published, price «d., post- free,
H omoeopathic treatment
of LUNG, MOUTH, and FOOT DISEASE In TATTLE. By
W. BARNS, London, Cowkeeper. A Case of Mod loin o* adapted,
K i 10 s.
ru and Rons, 4, St. Paul’s Ch.-yard; and 9, Vere-st., Oxford-st
Third Edition, crown Svo. cloth lettered. 3s. 6 d., or 44 penny lUmn,
/’CORPULENCY; its New Self- Dietarj- Cure.
By A. W. MOOIIE. M.R.C. 8 . Brief and mteTlgible. Sold at
Wu. BoLWKLL’a, 41, Tach brook-street. ITmlico, B.W. ‘A useful
and scientific disoovory."—Morning Po*t-
People's Edition. By post, 2 s. 6 d..
TJtALLACIES of the FACULTY. By Dr.
X? DICKSON. THE DESTRUCTIVE ART of HEALING. A
Sequel to the above. By post. 3*. 6 d. Fourth Edition.
Blmfklk, Marshall, and Co.
INTS to MOTHERS and NURSES on
REARING INFANTS by HAND. Po*t-free, on application
|o Wiujaju F. Coopkk, Pharmaoeuucal Chemist, 36, Oxford-sueet,
W., Loudon.
Bent Free by Poet for Eight Penny Poatage Stamp*,
•CtENNINGS' EVERY MOTHER’S BOOK;
J|? which oootaln* everything that every Mother ought to know.
... . ---- ... #t ^ . - —• •
Direct to Alvrxd Films mos. West C
u Die of Wight
rT\HE PRETTIEST GIF1'- BOOK EVER
JL PUBLISH ED,—Tho PICTORIAL POCKET BIBLE, with
nearly 300 beautiful Wood Engravings of all the great event* re¬
corded m lb* Scripture*. Good dear type.and 40,000 references. Bound
In the beat morocco, for 14s., sent post- free Only So bo bad at John
Field’s Great Bible Warehouse, 65, Regent’s** usd.rant, London-
T\TO CHARGE for STAMPING PAPER and
It ENVELOPES, with Arms, Coronet, Crest, oi Initials.
RODRIGUES’ Cream-laid Adhesive Envelopes, 4d. per 100 ; Cream-
laid Note, fuO size, five quires for 6 d.; thick ditto, five quire* for
Is.; Foolscap. 9s. per ream bermon Paper. 4*. 64. All kinds ol
BUtk&rey equally cheap, at H. Rodrigues'. 43. Plcssdtily. London, W
W EDDING CARDS, Enamelled Envelopes,
■lamped in silver, with arms, crest, or flowers ” At Homes,•'
bteaaiast Invitations, in the latest fashion Card-plate elegantly
■ngrnvod and 100 *u par fine cards printed for is •id.—Observe, at
RKNRY HMORIOURH. *x. Piecadllly ( V rimir* from Sa^krilla-atreet).
A RTISTS' JAPAN TIN SKETCHING-
BOXES (water-colour), ft quantity of varioua »ir.es, both
enpty sod filled are now offered at half price. With colon••
(carmine, French blue, sepia, cobalt, »c.). at 4s. *t. v 8 s., 10*. Gd.,
13s. 6 d„ 14s , and » 6 #^ jwckvd and sent to any port of tha country
on receipt of Pcst-oftice Order or S«*iup 8 .—J. BARNAUL, Artists'
Coiourm&ii. 3il‘. Oxford-street, London.
"REEVES’ DRAWING PENCILS.
JXi In every degree of «hat!e.
lli, Cbcaneide Igmdon. E.C.
E VEK-PoINIVD TUBULAR DRAWING
i’ENCi K.- WINhOK and NEWTON’S New Patent, 1848 -
A new and perfect Drawing Pencil. Always and in*'sally
ready for um Tho point renewable ^ny number of time* witheut
soiling he Augers Manufactured without the a d of glue or any
earn Bt wha ovwr. Pwfecily firm when in use and free from tha
vibration of the ordinary ev. r-polntcd percil*. Tbo point ever In
one reWtiva sitnat'on. Mads of tho purost Cumberland 1c d of every
graded in and depth of colour, of tia*4ue** and softness of texture,
and of thickness and aubataoco Alike fitted for tho most dclio ’e
or the bolded hand. Costing, after thefird expenfts of holders, but
SJ. eacn. Manufactured ot he following letter*, embracing those
Mildred for ckelohing aud general Pencil Drawing, viz., F., M., B.,
Mounted In Ebony Handles, with sDvered Points, Is. 6 d. each.
Sets of four, complete in Morocco Case, 7s- the set.
Cases of Six Leeds, for replenishing the Four Holders, Is. 6 d. the
esse.
Pencil Sorapers (for Architects, fee., requiring fine points), Is. each.
WINSOR end NEWTON, Manufacturing Artists' Colourmcn,
By Appointment to her Msjrsty end H K.U. the Prince Consort,
38, Rathbone-plaoo, London. W.
Bold by kQ BUUoncrs end Art tsts' Colounnon.
Cpamkr, Bkalk, and CO., 201 , Roggnt-ttrcct.
T he rose of castille, balfe’S
New Opera. All the Vocal Musio. also Arrangimants of the same
for the Pianoforte, by W. H. Callcott, J. Benedict. Favarger, Rum-
meil. Osborne, and Madame Oury, are published by Cramkr,
HKALK. and Co., 201, Rogcnt-atreet. Tho Opera complete' for Voice
Bud Piano, 21*. ' \
T HAVE ALWAYS A WELCOME FOR
± THEE. -New Ballad, by LANGTON WII.LIA4!S. Just nub-
Rshed. “One of the sweetest ballads of sh-* day."—Review Price
Is.: free for stamps,—W. Williams, 22 i, Totten ham-court-road.
A DELE; or, I Miss thy Kind and Gentle
Voice. The Second Edition of ’this beautiful Ballad, by
LANGTON WILLIAMS, !» now ready, as sung by Miss Larcello*.
Prioe 2s.; frooforstarops.—W.W illiams, 221, Tottenham-court-rood
E FFIE SUNSHINE : New Ballad. By
LANGTON WILLIAMS; sung by Miss Poole, with the greatest
success. Beautifully Illustrated. Price 2s. 6 d., free for stamps.
W. WiLUAMfi, 221. Tot'.enliam-court-road.
T ANGTON WILLIAMS’ NEW REDOWA,
J-J “/The Village Quoen.”—•’This is tho rem of tho soason, botli
in muric snti illustrA ion."—Review.—W. wiluams and CO., 221,
Tottenfcam-court- rhad. Price 2s. 6 d.; free for stamps.
rnHE ROYAL WEDDING QUADRILLES,
A by LANGTON* WILLIAMS, lUuitrated with Portraits, in
Colours, of thoir Royal Highnesses the Pdncea* Royal of Prussia and
her Consort, by BRANDARD, after Drawings by Winterhalter.
Prloa 4s Free for stamp*.—W. W illiam s and CO., 221, Tottenham-
■IVTAV MUSIC for HARP and PIANO.—
it Six Gems from Verdi's Operas. Arranged by JOHN
THOMAS. Price 4s. each.
Booskt and ~ONS’ Musical Libr*ry, Holies-street, W.
T1HE CONCERTINA MISCELLANY for
L Concertina and Piano Edited by GEORGE CA 8 E Pub¬
lished every month. *8 number* are out, price 2*. ad each. The most
popular number* are selections from 11 Tiovatorc. Rigoletto. l.a
Traviat* Don Paaqualc. -tabat Mater, Loin mrdi, Mendelssohn's
Songs without Words. Wedding March, &c
_ Booskv and Sons, Uollos-etroet. _
ASY MUSIC for CONCERTINA and
PIANO.—11 numbers, price lx each, " POPULAR RECREA¬
TIONS," arranged by George Case (each contains 6 or 6 pages). No. 1,
*' Ln donna e inobi.e,” and M Qoc*ta o quel la.” 2 . "II baton,” and
"Ah! che la morte." 3. " Fra pooo a mo " and “ Tu cho Dio." 4. "All
UIo»t" and ” Still so rcntly .’ 1 5. "Deh! con t«.” 6 . Selection of
n alar Values, by I)'Albert. 7. Polka: “L'Enfant,” by D'Albert.
'also, Venzono. 9. "Partsnt pour la Syrie," *’ La MarseUalse.”
and "Mourir pour lapatrie." 10. ” Tho Harp that onee," “ 8 t. Patrick's
Day," and ”Tno la*t rose of summer.’* II. "Bonnie Dundee."
* Blue Dills of Scotland ” "Annie Laurie," and “Cornin’ thro’ tho
rye." 12. " Minnie." “ Old Folks at Home, and " Nelly Biy.”
Boorey and SONS, HoUea-screet.
rnHE PLOT of the OPERA is very fully de-
JL scribed In each volume of BOOSE* and SONS* SERIES of
complete OPERAS, fbr piano solo, enabling tho pianist to appreciate
tho MntimoDt and ch»rast«T of every mar^eau ln the work. Thirteen
Operas are now published in strong cloth c-ivore, prices from 4 s to
7s. 6 d. each, viz.:—11 Trovatore. ’■-; La Trnviu’n, 5* , Las Vfcpre*
Siclli-nne*. 7». fid ; Rigoletto, 4s.; Pcmnsmbul*. 4s.; Norma, 4 a.;
I^ts Uugunoots. 7*. fid.; Don Juan, 5*.: Fra Diavolo, 6 *.; Puritani,
6 s.; Killodu Regiment, 4s.: Lucia, 6 *.; Lucrezia Borgia. <s.
Boorey and sons. 2 t and 28, Holim-street, W.
EW BALLAD by BALFE.—“ Scenes of
Hmne." by M W. Balfo price 2i. Al*o, Sixth Fditlon of
“Come into the Garden. Maud " by the same camooser. price 3s.
HOOSKY and SONS' Musical Library, Htile'-xtroet.
TVTEW SONG by MISS FRICKER, composer
J. 3 of “ Fading away," “ I do not watch alone," words and
music by Ann- Flicker, price ts.
_ Booskt and Sows' Musical Library, Holtos-rireet. _
B OOSEY’S MUSICAL LIBRARY.—An
Annual Subscriber of Two Guineas has tho command of above
100.000 English and Foreign Works, and is allowod the continual use
of Threo Guineas’worth of Music In the Country, or Two Guineas’
.worth in London. Country Parcels dUimtchad with the greatest
proxnptitudo. Full particulars by poet.—Hollet-tuwt, W.
NEW MUSIC, 4-c.
TTENRY FARMER’S BIJOU of DANCE
XX MUtilC for 1848, with six beautiful Illustrations by BRAN-
DA RD. Prioe 10s. 6 cL; forming one of the choapest and most elegant
presents of the season.—JOSEPH Williams, 123, Choapaide, E.C.
H enry farmer’s wild briar
WALTZ, Just published, beautifully Illustrated in Colours.
Price, 8 olo or Duet, 4s., po»t-free.
Joseph Wiluams, 123, Choepside, E.a
H enry farmer’s il trovatore
QUADKILLE 8 , just -published, beautifully Illustrated in
Colours by BRANDARD. Price, Solo, 3*.; Duet, 4e ; post-freo.
Joseph Williams. 123 Chaapeids, E.C.
H enry farmer’s pianoforte
rUTOR. Prico 4s. "This 1* decidedly the moat useful and
bo»t instruction book for the pisnoforto wo havo seen."—Musical
Boviow. Joseph Williams, 123, Clieapsido, E.C.
H
ENRY FARMER’S FANTASIA on AIRS
Easy and effective.
from VERDI’S Opera TROVATORE.
Price 2 s. 6 d., pont-froo.
_Joseph Wiluams, 123, Choapside, E.C.
H
ENRY FARMER’S “ADA” VALSE.—
must rated in Colours by BRANDARD. Solo 4*.; Duet, 4s.
London. Joseph Williams, 123, Choapaldo.
R OW, ROW, HOMEWARD WE GO !
Kl»or Bonn. By CAKHENTER .od STORLE. Prioe J« ,po.t-
iree A oomposition of much beauty, and becoming Immutisuly
popular, tho molody being oharmlngly simple and graceful.
Joseph Wiluams, 123, Cneapsldo.
J ULLIEN’S NEW ENGLISH LANCERS.
Illustrated In Colour* by BRANDARD. Just published. Prico
4«.; septett parts, 3s 6 d.; orchestral parts, 5s.
_ Jobxph Williams, 123, Choapside.
TULLIEN’S NEW FRENCH LANCERS.
U Illustratod in Cotoura by BRANDARD. Just published. Price
4*., postage-free.—J oseph Williams, 123, C’hoapsido.
A NNIE VALSE. Illustrated in Colours.
-fX Composed by C. H. MARRIOTT. Prico is.; Septett, 3«. 6 d.;
Urcnoitra, 5 *.
London: Joseph Williams, 123, Cheapaide.
G.
A. MACFARREN’S little
J CLARINA’S LESSON-BOOK tor tta. IMANOFORi’E,
N, Ill, And IV. Prioe 2a. dd. each pfcrt, pcauiito-fruo
Complote In on* vol., price 8 s. bound; "Witaout exception, the
■impiort, cleari*t of any alemantary treatise for vour oJiLdren."—
Musical World—J oseph Williams, 123, Cheapaide.
rpHE NEW ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM
X for the DRAWING-ROOM.
ALEXANDRE and SON havejust takon out a new patent for tho
Drawing-room Harmonium, which effects the greatest improvement
tber have eror made in tho instrument The drawing-room models
frill be found of a softer, purer, and in all respects more agreoahle
tone than any other Instruments They have a perfect and easy f
moans of producing a diminuendo or crescendo on any ono noto or’
more ; tho boss can bo perfectly subdued, without oven the use of the
expression (top, tha great difficulty in other Harmoniums. To each
of tho now models an additional blowor is attached at tho back, so
that the wind can bo ouppUed (Jf preferred) by a *ocond person,
and still, under tho ccrr paten’- the performer can play with perfect
expression. ■ \ ' --
THE DRAWING-ROOM MODEL.
No. Is mado in three varieties. Guineas.
1. Three Btopi, Percussion Action, additional Blower, and
In Rotmwood Case ..
r l. Eight Stop* ditto ditto ditto 36
5 Six c an Stops ditto ditto, Volx Calotte, fee.
ttho best Harmonium that can bo mado) 60
Mcmts. Chappell nave an coonuou stock of the
y. HiX-GUiNKA HARMONIUMS,
And of all Varieties of the ordinary kind, which are perfect for the
Chinch, School, HalL or Concert-room.
fO. . \ Guineas.
1. Ono Biop, oak ease ..
2 . „ mahogany oaso . ..12
1. Thrnd Stops, oak, 15 guineas; roaewood .. .. .. lfi
4. Fiva Stops ttwo row* vibrator*), oak case.22
» ditto rosewood case.23
*. Eight 8 topa, ditto, oak, 24 guinea*; rosewood .. .. 2fi
8 . Twelvo Stop* (four row* vibrators), oak or rosewood case 35
7. Coo Stop (with porcuasiou action), oak oaao, 16 guinea*;
rare wood case.18
8 . Threo Stops, ditto, nwowood csss . 20
9. Eight Stop*, ditto, oak or rosewood oxs*. 22
10 . Twelve Stops, ditto, oek caso.4«i
11. „ ditto, roaowood cose .. .. .. .. 45
12. Patent model, ditto, pohsbod oak or roaowood case .. 44
Moure. Chappell beg also to call attention to their
NEW AND UNIQUE COTTAGE PIANOFORTES.
No. Guineas.
1. In mahogany case, 6 | octave*. „ .. 25
2. In rosewood, with circular fall, 6 | octavos.80
5. In rosewood, elegant caso, frets, fee.35
4. In very elegant walnut, ivory-fronted keys, feo.40
6 . Tho Unique Pianoforte, with perfect check action, elegant
rosewood case, 6 { octaves.40
6 Tho Foreign Model, extremely elegant, obliquo strings, 7
octaves, best check action, ate , the most powerful of
all upright pianoforte* .50
Also to their immense Assortment of new and secondhand Instru¬
ments, by Broftdwood, Collard, and Krard, for sale, or hire.
Full descriptive list* of harmoniums and of pianofortes sent upon
application to CHAPPELL and C0. t 49 and 40, New Bond-street,
and 13, George-stroet, Hanover-aquaro
Agents for America, FABKEQUETTE9 and CO , Now York.
T O FREEMASONS at Home and Abroad.—
BRO. JOHN MOTT THEARLE, Manufacturer of jZ ell
Clothing, Funihuro, Banners, fee., for the Craft. Mark
Arch, R.T., and higher degrees. No- 198, Fleet-street. Lornm!!*
wholesale and retail. Merchants, Lodges, Tiler,, amT tl.o S^
supplied on most advantageous terms. A choice collection of Ma
sonic Jowola, Pins, Ring*, and Studs always on hand. Copy the
D IAMONDS, &c.—Messrs. H( )\VELL
JAMES, and CO., Jeweller*, Silva itnlths. fee., are desirous of
purchasing Diamonds and other Jewels for Cush.— 6 , Regent-sucet
Pall- mail. *
'ATCHfcS.—A, B. SAVORY and SON s'
Watchmaker* ^opposite tho Bank of England). 11 and 12 *
i oruhUI, London, Bubmit for *oh*ction a stock oi lint-class PATENT
DE i ACHED LrVtB WATCHES, which, being mode by themsclvea
can bo rocommandod for accuracy and durability. A warranty inriv^n'
PRICES Or 8 LI.Vr.tt WATCHES. S
Patent Lever Watch, with the improvemenu, l e., the do¬
uched escapement. Jewelled, hard ooamol dial, seconds,
and maintaining powor to continue going whilst being
wound . . 0
Ditto, Jcwcliod in four holes, and capped .$ 6 0
Ditto, tho finest quality, with tha improved regulator,
jewelled in six holua. usually in gold cases. 8 8
Either of the Silver Watches ln hunting cases, 10s. fid. extra.
. -JGOLD WATCHES.--SIZE FOR LADIES.
Patent Lever Watch, with ornamoutal gold dial, thomove-
mout with latest improvomeuts, 1 o. tho dotocaodcscapu-
mont, maintaining powor, and joweiled.H |j n
Ditto, w tn richly -engraved case .IS 12 0
Ditto, with very strong ca«e. and jowollod in four holes .. U 14 n
«QLD WATCHE 8 .—SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN.
Patent Lever Watch, with the latest improvomeuts, l.o., the
detached ascapcqwnt, jewelled in four holes, hard euainol
dial, seconds, and maintaining power . 10 10 0
Ditto, in stronger caso, improved regulator, aad cappod .. IS 13 0
Ditto, jowelind in »ix holes, and gold balance .. .. 17 17 0
Eithur cf the Gold Watches in banting coses, £3 3s. extra.
Any Watch selected from the list will 00 safely packed and sent free
to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, upon a receipt of a remittance
of the amount.
TRENT’S CHRONOMETERS, Watches, and
X-F Clocks.—M. F. DENT, S3, Cockapur-atrect, Charing-cro**,
Watch, Clock, and Chronometer Maker by special appointment to
Her Majesty the Quoon, 33, Cockspur-streot, Charing-cro**.
f )N BOARD H.M.S. “NORTH STAR,” in
tho ARTIC RKGIONS, for Two Years, the Ship's Time wu
kept by one of JONES'S Lever*, all other watches on board having
stopped. In Silver, £4 4*.; in «o!d. £10 10s.; at tho Manufactory,
328, fit rand (opposite Somerset Hou*e).—Road JONES'S “ Sketch of
Watch Work." Sent tree for a 2d. stamp.
■Y'lLOCKS for ROOMS.—Designs original,
olcgant, and in pure tuto. Works the very best (with the
latest improvement#). Price# extremely moderate. Assortment toe
largwt iu Loudou. General -tyle and finish ail that can bo desired.—
THOMAS PEARCE and fiON, 23, Lndgate-hUl, E.C.
/ YRNAMUNTS for the MANTELPIECE, &c.
v/ Statuettes, Groups, Vues, fee.. In Parian, decorated Bisque and
other China: Clocks (gilt, marble, and hr-me). Alabaster, Bohemian
Gloss, flrst-clos- Bronr.ua, Cauiielsbra, and many o:her art monuiao-
tures, all in the best tasie, and at very moderate price*.
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, Ludgato-hUi, E.C.
/ \RNAMENTS for the DRAWIJS G-ROOM,
LIBRARY, Sc.—An exnm#ivo assortment of A1<ABASTEK,
MARBLE, BRONZE, and DERBYSHIRE SPAR ORNAMENTS
Manufactured and imported by J. TENNANT, 149, Strand, Loudon.
D inner, de&sekt, and tea services.
A large variety of now and good Patterns. Best qualify,
-upunor t«*te, unusually low prices. Also every description of Cut
Tabic Glass, equally advuuUigeon*.
_THOMA fi PEARCE aud fiON, 23, Ludgato-hlll, E.C.
A/TOPERATOR LAMPS.—Simple, strong,
and well finished, tho Lamps of Pearce and Son continue to
maintain their great superiority over every oilier kind, while for
originality, beauty, and good taste, tho pattern# are allowed 10 bo the
best In tho Trade.—TliGilAK PEARCE ami 80N*23. 1 udgate-hiU,
E.C., Direct Importer* of Colza Oil only of tho first quality.
pilANDELIERS in CUT CRYSTAL, for
Goa or Csndiea. A largo stock; patterns uncommon and beau-
tiiul; quality irroproachuhlo. All dosigued und manufactured by
THOMAS PEARCS and BON, 23, Ludgalo-hiU. E.C
C lHAPPELL’S FOREIGN MODEL PIANO-
) FORTE, prteo Fifty Guineas. This instrument has (unlike
the ordinary Cottage Pianoforte) Three String* and the fullest Grand
compass of Seven Octave*. It is strengthened by every possible
moans to endure the greatest amount of wear, and to stand perfectly
In any climato. The workmanship is of tho best description, tho tone
is round, full, and rich, and tho power equal to that of a Richard
Grand. The caso Is of tbo most elegant construction, in roaowood
the touch elastic, and tho repetition very rapid. Every possible pre¬
caution ha* boon taken to ensure Its standing well in tune. Chapi '*
and Co. especially invite the attention of the public, the profess!
and merchants to tho Foreign Modol, feeling assured that no Piano¬
forte, in all respects comparable, has hitherto been made in England
at tha aamo prico. Every instrument will be warranted, and (5 de¬
sired) exchanged within twelve months of the purchase.—50, New
Bond-«troot. London.
P IANOFORTES—PUBLIC ATTENTION.
Borne splendid Rosewood and Walnnt-treo Cottages and Pic¬
colos, 6| onlAVas, with all the latest improvement*, have only been
used a few month*, from 19 guinea*.— At TOLKIEN'S Old-Rstab.
liahed Pianoforte Warehouse, 27, 28, and 29, King William-street,
London-bridge. Pianofortes for biro.
H TOLKIEN’S IRRESISTIBLE PIANO-
• FORTE, with IYum Concave Bracings, height four feet,
depth twenty-five inches, by her Majesty’* Royal Letters Patent.—
This beautiful instrument is superior in power to any 01 her piano, foi
quai ty of tono unoaualled. and Its durability unquestionable. Fot
extreme climates it is invaluable. The price is low Books with
drawing* and description, post-free. At H. Tolkien's old-established
Manufactory, 27, 28, and 29, King William-street, London-bridge.
H TOLKIEN’S 25-Guinea Hoyal MIN UTO
• PIANOFORTR 8 , G| octaves, height 3 ft. 10 In.—H. T., tho
origtnal maker of a Twenty-five Guinea Pianoforto, ho*, by tho care
he has devotod to all branches of tho manufacture, obtained the
highest reputation throughout the universe for his instruments, un¬
equalled iu durability and delicacy of touch, mere eipocially tor theh
excellence in standing in tune iu tho various ciimatos of our colonies,
inelegant walnut, rosewood, and mahogany cases, packed abroad
for £2 10s. extra-—H. Tolkien’s Manufactory, 27, 28. and 29, King
WlUUm-atrmt. London-bridgw -P1ANOKOKTK8 for HIRE
P IANOFORTES, 16 Guineas.—OETZ-
MANN and CO.’S SCHOOL-ROuM PIANOFORTE, 6 { octaves,
in solid nmhogan) case*, French noliflhed. 'Warrant'd.
Octr-nmnn and Co.’s £24 HOYAL COTTAGE PIANOFORTE, cylin¬
der full*. 6 2 octave*. In ro#owood or mahogany case*. Warranted.
Packed free, mid forwarded, on receipt of remittance.—Ootzmann and
Co., 32, Wigmotc-atroot, Cuvoadiali-»quurc, W.
P IANOFORTES. — OETZMANN and
PLUMB’S NEW PATENT STUDIO PIANOFORTE, 6 J
octaves, price* ranging from considerably lore than £ 20 , is tho most
suitable Instromont manufactured for the Studio or 8 cboolroon»,
bdr g so constructed as to require hut little tuning. To bo had cf all
tho principal country Mu»lo*»Uor* iu England, Scotland, and Ireland;
a'to (or Sale Hire, or Exchange, at 40, Great Ruflfcll-slrcot (.opposite
the British Museum).
P IANOFORTES. —OETZMANN and
PLUMB, In addition to tbo'ir beautiful little Studio Piano¬
forte*. have all deacription* of Instrument* for iralo or Hire, with
otAion of purchase.—5fi. Great Russeli-street, Bloo ms bury. _
C tA^E’S CONCERTINAS, 4 guineas each,
J with 48 keys, »nd In mahogany cases- TTrse are the best In¬
struments of the kind manufactured, and will b* sent carriage free to
any part o England. Also. Case’s Cbaoer ins Instruction#, 5s j and
Case’s 100 Melodic* for Concertina<, Is.; Popular Recreations tor Con¬
certina and Flsno. <2 Number*, Is. each.—BOOSKT and Sons, Manu¬
facturers and 1’ublishers, 24 and 28, HoHes-sueet
M usical box depot, 54, comhiii,
London, for tho Solo of Musical Boxes, mado by the celebrated
Moasr*. NICOLE (Frires), of Geneva, containing operatic, national,
favourite, aad sacrod airs. List of tuuoe aad price* gratis.
S ILVER PLATE, New and Secondhand.—
A Pamphlet of Price*, with Engravings, may be had gratis; or
wifi Iki sent post-free, if appliod for by letter.—A. B. MAYOR* and
bONS, Goldsmiths topposito the Bank of England), 11 and 12 , Corn .
hill, London. /
AFFIN’S CUTLERY and ELECTRO-
SILVER PLATE.—Messr-. MAPPIN (Brothers), Manufac¬
turer* by Sjioclttl Appointment to tho Quoon, aio tho only Shclflald
Makers who suuply tho consumer direct in Ixmdon. Their London
Show Room*, 67 and fiH, KING-WILLIAM STREET, London-hri .1 go,
contain by far the largest Stock or CUTLERY and ELECTRO- SI I.VttK
PLAi'E in tho World, which Is transmitted direct from their Manu¬
factory. Queen’s Cutlery Work*, Sheffield
Electro-.Silver Spoons and Forks,
Fiddle Pattern, full si/e.
Per Doz.
Tablo Spoons
Table Forks
Dessert Spoons
Dinsert Forks
Tea Spoons
. 3fi«. (hi.
.. 3fi 0
.. 27 0
.. 27 0
. 16 0
Salt „ ( Gilt Bowls )
Mustard „ Jfis.perdoz. > 14 0
Erg „ ( extra. )
Ivory Table Knives, Full Size,
Balance Handle#, which canoot
possibly becomo loose. Per Doz.
Tablo Knives .. .. 25*. Od.
Dessert Knives .. ..18 0
Carvers (per pair) .. 9 0
As above, with Sterling Silver
Ferule*.
I’abio Knives ..34 0
Dc##ort Knives .. ..24 0
... . Carvers (per pair) ..II 0
Messrs. Mappin (Brother*) ro*iasctfuliv invite buyer* to inspect
their unprecedented display, which for beauty of design, exquisite
workmanship, and novelty, stand# unrivalled Tnetr Illusira'od
Catalogue which ta continually receiving additions of now designs,
free on application.
Mappin (Brother#), 67 and 68 . King William-street, London-bridge.
Mauuiaclory, Queen'# Cutlery Work#, Sheffield.
tNISU YOUR HOUSE with the BEST
. _ ITICLE 8 , at DEANE’S Ironmongery and Furnishing
Warubtimoes. Established a.d. 1700. A Priced Furnishing List, ire*
by post.-‘-Deane and Co. (opening to tho Mouumonl 1 , Loudon-bridge.
[ OOKING GLASSES and FURNITURE
Li of tbo boat quality, at moderate prices.—NOSOTTI'B, 298 and
9. Oxford-Street, W. Established 1822.
MAFLE and CO. S NEW 1LLU8-
• TRATED CATAIAJGUE. ocntainlng the prico of evory article
required for completely furnishing a house of any class, post-free.
This Is the largest and moat convenient furnishing oaiablithmant in
tho world.—J. Maplo and Co., 145, fee., Tottenham-court-road.
HREN THOUSAND PIECES magnificent
A BRU 88 ELB CARPETS, at 2s. 4d., 2*. 6 d , and 2s lOd. per
yard- Those goods are to be sold for cash only.—J MAPLE and
CO., 1" --** ’ *
, 145, fee., Tottenham-court-road.
F
IOR REMOVING FURNITURE, Ac., by
_ road or railway, without the expense of packing, address J.
TAYLOR, Carman to her Majesty, 41, Uppor Berkeley-street, Port-
■nan-gquaro. Goods warehoused and purchased.
F ishing rods and tackle.—M r.
CHEEK has the pleasure to announce that he has tho large*!
stofck in London. Price* moderate. Tho finest silkworm gut, every
length selected. " The British Aug.ur’* Instructor " and LLt of Prices
gratis.—132c, Oxford-aUeet, W.
A RCHERY EQUIPMENTS for Ladies and
Gentlemen.—Mr. CHEEK most respoctfuBy calls attention and
sobcits inspection to the largest and best Stock in London, coiuuatiog
of Yow. Bnakewood and othur Bow*, Arrows, Targe’s, fee. List of
prices sud Young Archer’s Guido gratis. 1980, Oxfonl-itreet, W.
C ricket bats ana balls— Mr. cheek
respectfully acquaint* tho Cricketing World that lichaa a cholc*
and largo assortment of Match-bats, al o Balls, Wickets. Batting and
Wicket-keepers, Glove*, Beits, fee. Rule- of Cricket ami list of price*
gratis. N.B. Rackets sud Balls. 132c, Oxford-atrpot, W.
T AD1E&’ and GENTLEMEN’S RIDING-
JLi WIIIP 8 .—Mr. CHEEK hat Just fini-hod, for tho present season.'
a cbnlco And elegant assortment of mngnificen’ly-mouuted Whips, all
warranted town-made.—N-B. The largest o^sortxnflttt of Riding and
Walking Canes in London. U2c, Oxford-Btrwjt, W.
B oxing-gloves, fencinofoils,
MA'KS, GIA)VE 8 and 8 MPPERS, BUFFALO H 1 LT 8 , and
BANKET-STICKS.—Mr. CHEEK resjiectfully remind- tho public and
professors tha’ all hi# foils are the Ixst ho c*u procure from Germany
CaUloguot of Prices grati*. 131c, Oxford-atreet, W.
ILDFOWL SHOOTING.—Double and
. . Single DUCK GUNS, large bores and long barrels, to kBl
with loose shot 100 yards. Prices: Singles, from £7 16s.; Doubles,
2 guinea* and onward*.— REID Y. Gunroakor. New Oxford-street.
C OLT’S SIX-SHOT PISTi >LS and RIFLES.
Five different sizes of each. Description and priced list* tnr-
rlfthed Avoid Counterfeits.—>Vho!e«ftlc and Retail Depot, 14,
1’all-muU West, London.
w
Supplement, March 6, 1858.]
241
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.-GOOKKAH8 OF THE 6CTH REGIMENT IN THEIR NATIONAL COSTUME.—FROM A DRAWING BY MK W. CARR ENTER, JUN.
GOORKAHS OF THE 66rn REGIMENT, IN THEIR
NATIONAL COSTUME.
Our readers are doubtless sufficiently well acquainted with the cha¬
racteristics of these gallant little soldiers, their sturdy limbs, and
Tartar physiognomies. They areartned with their formidable national
•weapon, the kookri, with which they can cut off a head or limb at a
ingle blow, and the (folail or bow, used for .discharging clay pellets.
of which they carry a netful under their arm. They are very expert
marksmen with thia at short distances.
CAMP BAZAAR, MEERUNZAIE, WESTERN _
-- ^AF FQilANISTAN.
This scene was sketched in the camp of the Punjaub Irregulars, the
force which has done us such good servico lately in aiding to suppress
the sepoy rebellion, while marching through the wild country between
Kohut and the Koorum River which forms the boundary of the
British dominions at its north-western extremity. The expedition
was undertaken to collect the tribute from the treachorous population
who had voluntarily submitted to our rule, and asked assistance
to repulse the hill tribes in their neighbourhood, and then attacked
the force sent to protect them. It was al*o useful in opening up
route to Cabul independent of the dreaded Khyoer Pass.
GAMP BAZAAR, MEEBUNZAIE, WESTERN AFFGHANISTAN.—FROM A DRAWING HT MR. W. CAM'ENTL” N.
242
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 6, 1858
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS. —Monday.
THE MANIFESTO OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT.
The Earl of Derby rose at a quarter past live o’clock, in a full House,
to make the Ministerial statement. He was occasionally not very dis¬
tinctly heard. He said he rose to express his hope that in asking lor
their Lordships’ kind permission to postpone his statement from Friday
until that d»y they would not think that he had taken a course that was
unusual or unnecessary. During the whole of last week he had been en¬
gaged day and night in making arrangements for the formation of a Go¬
vernment—a task which a week before he had not the slightest reason to
think would devolve upon him, and, consequently, lie had not a moment
for the slightest reflection unconnected with those personal arrangements,
lie felt it, therefore, expedient to postpone his statement, because, it it
were made ou Friday, it must be crude and imperfect. He begged they
would believe him when he said, in all sincerity, that in addressing their
Lordships he did ao with no feeling oi triumph, lie was, ou the con¬
trary, overwhelmed with a sense of his incompetence to perform the
arduous task imposed upon him, and hud a full sense of its magnitude
and importance. His consolation was that, if he felt himself so unable
to deal with the grave questions which must occupy his attention, indul¬
gence would be awarded to him by their lordships and the country as one
who. having been suddenly called to office, had sought for it by no un¬
worthy means or underhand dealings.
Before he proceeded to any of the public questions with which be would
have to deal, it might be proper for him to remind their Lordships of the
events which bad placed him in the position which he now held. On lost
Friday pe’nnight a debate, in a very lull House ol'Commons, had resulted
in a majority against Ministers, but into the circumstances of that vote
he would noL ar present enter. He rejoiced, however, to say that, although
that majority was composed of men not generally acting in union to¬
gether or entertaining the same opinions, he had net heard from any
quarter any of those charge* of combination and coalition that were so
freely put forth on a similar occasion lust year. He might say, for him¬
self, tent he had never been more taken by surprise than by the vote that
was given on the occasion, and he could say for those with whom he had
the honour to act that there were no means taken by them to invite a
single member to attend in his place on the occasion.
The late Government having been placed in a minority by that vote,
tendered their resignation to her Majesty, in accordance with constitu¬
tional usage. It pleased her Majestv at once to accept the resignations
tendered to her, and her Majesty did him the honour to seud tor him
(Lord Derby) on Saturday week, after her interview with the noble
Viscount lately at the head of the Government With her Majesty’s per¬
mission he would venture to state what took place on that occasion. Her
Majesty having asked if he were willing to undertake the responsibility of
advising her. he took the liberty of laying before her Majesty as fully
and clearly as he could, without partiality or bias, what he thought to
be the state of political parties in the House of Commons, it being a sub¬
ject oa which lie thought her Majesty ought to have full Information, and
he intreated her Majesty to take another day to consider whether it would
be her pleasure to call him to her councils, and he stated that if on full
consideration it should lx* her pleasure, his sense of duty would induce him
to accept the task which her Majesty was pleased to impose upon him.
. He felt himself bound to state at the same time, that if on consideration
her Majesty should be oi opinion that any other arrangement was better
calculated to secure a good and stable Government for the country, he
begged her Majesty would not consider his position or interests, but take
the course which in her Royal judgment she deemed the best Ou the
following morning he had the honour to attend on her Majesty, and she
repeated her wish that he should take office, and he ventured to say that
in doing so he only did what he was colled upen to do by every sentiment
of loyalty.
As compared with former periods of our history, the line that sepa¬
rated different parties in the State was now much less distinctly drawn
than then. 1'arliament was divided, not into two or three broad
lines of distinction, but was spread over a vast number of
grades Persona called themselves by a variety of names—Tories,
Conservatives. Liberal Conservatives, Liberals. Whigs, Radicals;
and such were the niceties of some of the distinctions, that there were,
he believed, many persons in the two Houses who would iind it difficult
tot-ay to which of all those peculiar denominations they belonged. In fact,
political distinct’ons were much like the different grades ot rank in society
at large. There were broad lines of dcmarkatlon between some; but
others blended to imperceptibly that it was difficult to state precisely
where one commenced and the other ended. Desiring of forming his
Government ou a basis thAt Fhould be Conservative in the fullest sense,
but at the same time not Indisposed to measures oi progressive improve¬
ment, lie sought the assistance of some of those who he thought shared
the feelings of the Conservative party to such an extent that they might
he able to associate themselves with lum in the delicate task he had under¬
taken. He applied to one right hou. gentleman and to two noble Lords,
who appeared to stand in that position, but they did not think it de¬
sirable to leud him their assistance in forming a Government. Thrown,
therefore, entirely ou the resources of those with whom he was more im¬
mediately connected, he proceeded to select tor the several posts in the
Government those whom he considered beat qualified to till them with
honour to the country and credit to themselves.
In all changes of such a kind much inconvenience was inevitable. Public
business was interrupted by the necessity of waiting the result of the
new elections; besides which some little time must elapse before the new
officials could render themselves acquainted with their duties and the
antecedents of current business. Particularly was this the case in the
Foreign Office. His first inquiry wa3 to ascertain the numerical state of
the Army and Navy; and that inquiry afforded him the greatest satisfac¬
tion and pleasure, from finding, notwithstanding the many drains which
had of lute been made upon them, how respectable a force still remained
within the shores of the United Kingdom (Applause). Affairs in the East
appeared to have taken a turn in favour of England ; and he had no doubt
the gallant iroopB of her Majesty would at no distant period have put
down the formidable insurrection whfch had lately raged, and which still
rage-d. in some parts of India; after which her Majesty’s Government
would find only the more agreeable task of pacifying the country, and re • * «.**« m»u «» — «*«•
organising its rule. The reports from China also led to the expectation being carried the late Government resigned
that the unfortunate war—if it could indeed be called a war—that the urt- present Government had to perform was t<
fortunate operations there were approaching a termination. He stills,
entertained his opinion that they were unadvisedly entered into, though,
of course, lie rejoiced that, having been entered into, they/were
brought by her Majesty's arm* to a successful termination. Of course,
all idea or territorial aggrandisement, or having more than a guarantee
for carrying ou a peaceful commerce would never enter the head
of any Minister whom we might have at the head of affairs.
In their foreign policy, the aim of the new Minis try \ would-be:;
to eutertaiu lrleudly relations with all Powers—great and small
He hoped those relations would be maintained neither by a
tone of haughty defiance nor of submission. He hoped that they would
abstain from all interference with the purely domestic^aflhirs of any
country. If there were any remains of animosity with that great empire,
our near neighbours, he trusted it would speedily vanish, and that our
relations with that country would resume their wonted cordiality.
He hoped he should not be considered as unduly deprecating the value
of any alliance, if lie stated his firm conviction that of all the alliances
this country could form, with regard either to our own advantage or the
good of the world, the most important was that with our nearest and
most powerful neighbour, the great empire of France. The geographical
position of the two countries, and their forces at sea and land, rendered
their harmonious union almost a pledge and ;ruarnntcc for the peace of the
world, while it caused their disruption to be fraught with serious danger.
For France, this country could have but one desire, that Of remaining on
friendly terms. To foreign countries it was a matter, if not of Indiffer¬
ence, of comparatively little importanCe,/What might be the peculiar form
of Government which best suited the form of that country. Whether it
were a Republic, whether it wore the Empire, that form was the best for
France which best suited the di^posiUbtis, the habits, the affections of her
own people; but, whatever the Government, it was of vast importance to
France, and if to France to Europe also, tbatxthe Government should not
be liable to perpetual change, but tliat It should enjoy a condition of
permanence. He believed that the life of the remarkable man, the rnler
of the French nation, was of great and paramount importance, nud that
his absence from tile helm of State at this time would most surely
endanger tliat tranquillity which for the last six years France had enjoyed
under uis government. Therefore, it was the feeling ol all mankind that
it was by the Special interposition of Providence that hia Imperial
Majesty escaped irorn the attempt upon liis life. He would not recount to
their Lordships ailtbc circumstances of the attempt—they were too recent,
and had made too great an impression on their Lordships’ minds, to
render it necessary that he should do so. But he wished to mention the
circumstances of horror attending the attempt, not only from the means
by which a high and important life was aimed at, but also from the time
and place of the attempt
The attempt was made atthe door of the Opera nousc, in the midst of
a crowd, in the streets of Paris, and when loyal subjects were waiting to
receive their Emperor with enthusiasm; but above all when the design in¬
cluded the wife of the Emperor, the partner of his throne, he thought no
circumstance of aggravation was wanting in the crime of those who, under
such circumstance* made the dastardly attempt by throwing missiles of
the most formidable and destructive nature. The hand of Providence was
visible watching over the destinies of France.
The circumstances of the attempt and the failure were each as might be
expected to make an impression on the minds of a loyal and sensitive
people From all parts poured in addresses of congratulation, and not only
from the French alone, out from British residents in France, and frem all
parts of thin kingdom. But, unfortunately, it transpired that those con-
Majesty going with that frank confidence among her subjects, knowing
the loyalty and affection of her people, surrounded by her family, attended
aud surrounded by loyal subjects, if at the door of the Opera House in
London such nn attempt had been made upon the person ot her Majesty,
he asked their Lordships what did they think would be the feelings of the
people of this country ? And if it had come to their knowledge that the
dastardly aitempt was not made by any treasonable subject of her
Majesty, but was concerted by a band of assassins who had abused the
hospitality of a neighbouring country, did they think that the indignation
expressed would have been very different from the indignation expressed
by the people of France in this ease? They could not, therefore, wonder
that when it became known in France that this act was the act of
refugees coming straight from England, that there should be mixed with
the feelings of loyalty some such expressions as tli03e which offended the
people of England. He thought such expressions must not be too
narrowly scanned, even though his Imperial Majesty had not frnnkly
avowed the regret which he felt at expressions which, coupled with cou-
S atulations to himself, had given offence to the people of this country.
ut he did not believe that such expressions indicated the feelings of the
great and noble army of France.
It was more than one hundred years since they had had in this country
any of those civil disturbances which had compelled citizens to quit Eng¬
land, and they must make allowances for the feelings of the French.
Although the oppression must be grievous, and the burden must be in¬
tolerable which could justify auy man in exposing his country to tho
horrors of civil war, yet when the sword was drawn in defence of
opposing principle, whatever might be their opinions of the matter, they
regarded with respect and sympathy those against whom fortune had becu
unfavourable. Those who, from a sense of loyalty, stood by a Sovereign;
those who had been engaged in unsuccessful revolt; and those who had
maintained their principles by the sword, public opinion was sure to follow
in misfortune, and, though contemporary history might not judge them
dispassionately, posterity would do them justice. If they looked back to
the period of our own civil wars, when men contended earnestly and
vehemently for principles deeply implanted in their minds, they could
sympathise with the misfortunes, the resignation, and the unbroken
loyalty of the Cavaliers who followed the fortunes of Charles I., and with
the stern love of liberty and the independent cause pursued by the
Puritans ; and to come down to later time, even devoted as this country
was to the house which so happily ruled over them at present, no man
could loDk back without sympathy for the heroism of the Stuarts. But
there was no such sympathy due. and no such sympathy paid, either by
contemporary history or by impartial posterity, for those who for political
ends resorted to the evil and base means which were employed in Paris. If
there could be a person worse than the actual assassin, that person wa3 the
concoetor of sanguinary crimes, and who got them carried outby his instru¬
ment*. Persons who engaged in those conspiracies were the bitterest f oes of
the cause they espoused ; for they drove aw ay honest and devoted men from
their ranks. Those were the persons who by conspiracies made the em¬
ployment of the secret spy necessary, and did their utmost to destroy
that liberty of which they constituted themselves the champions. Were
those the men whom the English law would protect? They were not
Not only conspiracies for assassination, but incentives to assassination,
were offences recognised by the law of England. But thqughtlie law
provided penalties in these cases, it could not be put in force until there-
had beeu some overt act . So long as an intention remained in the mind
of the party, and nothing was done, there was no ground for criminal
proceedings. He was bound to say that many of those persons who
had been driven to this country by misfortune earned their bread
honestly', and conducted themselves with propriety. There were others
who pursued a different course, and who had made use/of most repre¬
hensible language. In all cases of offence, he repeated, the law pro¬
vided punishment—he would not say sufficient punishment. But inten¬
tion was not crime; suspicion did not warrant prosecution; alia
notoriety was a word not known to their laws. He did uot hCsitate to
say that it was the duty of the Government careiuUy^tq watch-Tbo
proceedings of persons who might be suspected/oLevtrdraigns, and he
aid not think that any Government that might be formed would/ refuse to
protecta friendly nation against their machinationSv But in every casein
which punishment might be inflicted fibievidence of guilt should be such
as would satisfy a jury. 1 /N ' •• ,'
Now, what was the course pursued by h erMajesty’s iateGovernment
as soon as the news ol the attempt on the life of the FrcnefrEinperor was
received ? That Government, he thought, very properly took into con¬
sideration the question whether the existing Uiw was/ adequate, and
whether it might not be desirable to make spine a mgnjfm ent in the law.
They introduced a bill into Parliament, of the merits of which he would
not now speak. The first reading a£ the bill was carried by a large ma¬
jority of the House of Cominonsi But Simultaneously with the intro¬
duction of that bill a despatch-.was-received jrom Count Walewaki, and
that despatch was unfortunately laid before the public, and, what was
more unfortunate, was ullo wedtoremain without an answer. In sending
that despatch he had no doubt the object of Count Walewskl was tore-
present the position in wliicn France yvas placed, and to invite the Go¬
vernment frankly and truly to consider the matter. He would not
criticise the expressions iti that despatch ; but it did contain expressions
which gave great offence' to the people of this country. He thought the
Government ought to have answered that despatch. It was not to be
denied that the production of that despatch had produced an unfavourable
impression ou the diflcusaioh pf th at bill. At the same time let him
not be misunderstood,for it was Important to bear In mind that
the resolution of the House of Commons had no reference whatever to
the merits of the bill which was then before it, and that, after the passing
of that resolution, the late Government had so thought fit. might have
' lg of the bill. But it was impossible to
__at element interfered with the calm, im-
[eration of the measure itself. What was
.... . r the House of Commons came on the 19th of
February/the consequence of which was the resignation of the late Go¬
vernment ?\ Was it/a resolution hostile to the provisions of the bill?
Was it a resolution hostile to the criminal law of this country? Was it
S roeeeded with the second re
eny that the introducti
partial, and deliberated
then the resolution to win
Lordships to consider* what would
feelings in this country jf the cases were reversed? Supposing her
•esofetion that gave the slightest countenance to the atrocious act which
I to the iutrcduction of the measure? Quite the reverse. The resolu-
tiori bad reference not to a question between the Parliament and a
foreign State; it had relation to a question as between Parliament and the
conduct of the then Ministers of the Crown. But on that resolution
* " Pt I * ’ d their offices, and the duty the
_ __I__ to consider what course they
sliould tako with reference to the position of affairs which had been pro¬
duced by the resolution of the House of Commons.
The new Government hod come to the conclusion that, in full con-
formity with the resolution of the House of Commons, they should, in
lefins of prudence and conciliation, point out to the French Minister the
hiiseoristTuction which had been placed on his despatch, and ask for an
explanation such as would remove the painful impressions which that
despatch had produced. If he (the Earl ol Derby) knew anything of the
friendly feelings of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French
"towards this country, and of his desire to maintain the alliance so bene¬
ficial to both nations, and bearing in mind how ready hia Imperial
Majesty was to listen to friendly advice from friendly quarters, he enter¬
tained the sanguine hope that the answer to a despatch with the object
stated, which his noble friend at the head of foreign affairs had undertaken
to prepare, would be such as t<5 remove from the minds ot the people of
this country all irritation, and enable the Legislature and the Government
to proceed calmly to the consideration of the important questions involved
in the bill to which he had adverted. Of course it was not desirable that
he should now enter further into the detailB of this matter. The course
which the Government must pursue must depend upon the character of
the reply they received to their friendly application; but he must say
that, in the mean time it would be the bounden duty of the
Government—and that duty they would not shrink from perferming
vigorously—to put in force the existing powers of the law lor the purpose
of checking by the strong arm of the law these dangerous conspiracies.
At the present moment he spoke under some difficulty; lor he did not
wish to prejudice the case which was now pending against M. Bernard, as
being a party to the conspiracy which led to the attempt on the life of the
French Emperor. Another person, whom he blushed to eay was a British
subject, was now a fugitive from justice on a similar charge; and a third
charge, which had been preferred against another party lor publishing a
libel of a character to instigate assassination, was now pending before the
British tribunals. Within forty-eight hours the attention of the Govern¬
ment had been called to unother publication of a similar nature, but more
violent in tendency, and that publication had been placed in the hands of
the law officers of the Crown, and should their opinion be that there was
reasonable and legitimate ground for a prosecution, her Majesty’s Go¬
vernment would not hesitate a single moment in putting the existing law
in force and operation. With all the de3ire. which he held as strongly as
any man, to maintain now and for ever the right of asylum all rejoiced
this country possessed, he would maintain the inviolability of that right
and privilege; but still, it became nn intolerable grievance that persons
who owed their lives and safety to British protection should ungratefully
reward this country by publications and conduct calculated to embroil
this country with one of her most laithfnl allies and firmest friends.
If he (the Earl of Derby) was addressing their Lordships at the com¬
mencement of a new Parliament he should feel it his duty shortly to lay
before them what were the measures to which the attention of Parliament
would be directed during the present Session. Their Lordships must,
however, be aware, from the shortness of time which had elapsed since
the acceptance of office by the present Government, it was impossible to
provide anything like a programme of tke bills which are to be framed.
The other House must be occupied some time in making the financial
arrangements necessary at this period of the year to carry on the public
service.
There was, however, one measure to which he thought it his duty thus
eariy fo call attention. He certain y had been of opinion-and that
opinion was shared in by those with wnom he had the satisfaction to act —
that while the state of India was in a condition of revolt and insurrec¬
tion it was not expedient either for the Government or the East India
Company to go to the discussion of any change in the system of govern¬
ment, or rather the constitution of the home government, of India; but
the House of Commons had, by a very large minority, affirmed the pro¬
position for such a change. A majority of 147 members, in a full House,
had affirmed the proposition that it was desirable to enter on the coi£
sideration of immediate measures, mainly with the object of transferring
to the Crown the authority hitherto possessed by the East India Com¬
pany. That vote had produced a very important effect and change in the
position of that body. It placed the Company in such a position that
they could not command the same amount of public confidence and support
they were entitled to beiore the passing of that vote; and, alter the best
and matured consideration, her Majesty's Government intended to intro¬
duce a measure which was now under tne consideration of his noble friend
the President of the Board of Control, which measure, he trusted, would
ellect most of the objects contemplated by the bill of the late Government,
and would at the same time be free from the objections which had been,
raised to that measure. Of course their Lordships would not expeet him
now to enter into the details of a bill which was not yet framed, but in.
the course of the present Session they would have to deal with it;.
It would be idle for him to enter into general questions, or to make
abstract declarations of policy, as they would be of little or no use, and
he could only say that the course of conduct and policy of the present
Government would be such as might naturally be expected from Hie com¬
position of tlie Government He should maintain the institutions
strenuously, but he should npfc-Lesitate to propose well-considered
measures of improvement and progress, and should suggest improvements
where improvements could safely be introduced. There was no greater
mistake than to suppose the ^.’piiservalive principles inclined to prevent
progress. Theylived in times when the "arts aud sciences were making
rapid strides, and when intelligence was thereby more widely advanced,
and the institutions must be adapted to the altered condition of the
couutry, and the increasing intelligence of the people.
There was one questionVpf great importance and great difficulty to
which he wou’d refer, lie meant the question which commonly went
by the name of Parliamci;(ary Reform. or by the more fitting term,
which meant therxiusideration ami amendment ol’the representation in
the House of Common* He was Old enough to remember the time, and
to have been in the Cabinet, when the last Reform Bill was under con¬
sideration ; and when ne looked back to the violence ot feeling and to the
bitterness of polit ical excitement, and the party violence and the passions
which accompanied tiie passing of that great and important measure,
his wonder was not that" there should be defects and blemishes in that
measure, which tlih-expOrience of twenty-five years had brought to
light, but that a measure had been nt that time passed through Par¬
liament Which for so\loug a period effected its purposes and satisfied
the people. Believing that, with all its anomalies and imperfections,
that Act had given the country a representative system, which pro¬
vided a Hpuse of Commons that does fully and fairly represent the
feelings of the people, as well as the intelligence aud property of the
country, he would be himself well content and satisfied with it,
if it were -Ahe pleasure of Parliament that no alteration should
pe called for or demanded on a topic so exciting. He could
notv—howeYer, exclude from consideration that now. for three
or four' years, not only had demands been made, but promises had
been given by successive Governments, respecting the introduction of a
Reform RilL Those promises Imd beengiven in the name of the Sove¬
reign, lu/thc speech from the throne; and lie thought it was not desirable,
ihaspeecli from the throne, to give a personal pi edge for the Sovereign
respecting a measure that was not well considered, and on which they
were not prepared to claim the immediate consideration of Pailiament.
He thought it was highly inconvenient that from Session to Session a
question of this importance should be brought before the Legislature, and
Session after Session abandoned; and, looking to the inconvenience
arising from that state of things—looking to the promises that successive
Governments hud made—lie had felt it to be his duty, in conjunction,
with his colleagues, to look into tliut important question; but he would
not promise for himself, or them, to introduce now, or at any particular
time this Session, a bill on the subject He would rather go beyond than
fall short of any pledges he might make. But this much he would say, that
as soon as the pressure of Parliamentary business should enable them care¬
fully to consider the question, they would direct their best attention
to existing defects, and the possible amendments tliat might be made in
the existing law, respecting the representation of the people in Parlia¬
ment. They would give tliat attention, with a sincere and earnest desire
if it should be found practicable to trifle no longer with that grave
question, and with the hope that they would be able in the next Session of
Parliament to Jay before ilic Legislature and the couutry a measure on
the subject that might settle for a time a matter of such deep importance,
which, if it could not please every body, or the most extravagant expec¬
tations, might at least be accepted as a lair measure by moderate and im¬
partial persons. He was, perhaps, somewhat premature in his statement,
but he thought it was desirable tliat their Lordships and the country
should kuow tliat, while they were not prepared in this Session to intro¬
duce, with the hope of passing, a measure dealing with so extensive a
question, they were prepared, at the earliest time possible, to give their
diligent and anxious attention to the subject, with the earnest desire that
that consideration should lead to a successful result.
He beileved he had now laid before their Lordships much longer than
he desired the observations which lie thought it necessary to make on the
assumption of the important office he had been called upon to fill. He
could only conclude by saying that, although he felt liis incompetence for
the office he had undertaken,'he could truly say he would be actuated by an
earnest and conscientious dtsire faithfully and diligently to perform his
duty In the sight of bis God and in the presence of his couutry. Great as
he owned were the difficulties which he had to encounter, he would, trust¬
ing in His guidance, venture to take upon him the duties intrusted „to
him by his Sovereign; and, continued the noble earl, I fervently hope
und pray that, be my Administration long or short, when 1 retire from
office it shall be without a stain on my public character, and with the con¬
scientious conviction that I have not left it in a worse position than that
which I had previously occupied.”
Earl Granville claimed credit on behalf of the Government to wliich
he had belonged for having performed gome services and achieved some
successes. They had finished the Russian war with a victory which he
found much more highly appreciated in St. Petersburg than in England.
The Persian war was concluded also successfully and with little loss, and
active measures taken, with eminent success, to send reinforcements to
India lor the suppression of the sepoy mutiny. Defending the late Ministry
on the question of the Conspiracy Bill, he maintained that the vote against
them had been passed by a combimtion whose elements were altogether
incoherent and discordant among themselves.
The Earl of Clarendon enlarged on the diplomatic difficulty presented
in consequence of the Walewskl despatch, and explained in much detail
the motives that had impelled the late Ministers in the course they had
adopted. It would, he said, have been easy, and was indeed tempting, to
answer that missive, and send a reply which would have read well in a
blue-book, but the Government at the time thought it most judicious to
leave the despatch without formal answer, lie read, however, extracts
from various correspondence with Lord Cowley, alleging that they proved
that the honour of England, and especially the sacred right of asylum,
had tlirougliout been carefully vindicated.
The discussion then closed, aud their Lordships adjourned, on the motion
of the Earl of Derby, to that day fortuight.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Monday.
New Writs.— On the motion of Sir W. F. Jolliffe, the following
new writs were ordered to issue For North Northumberland, for the
election of a knight of the shire, in the room of Lord Lovaine, who has
accepted the office of Lord of the Admirality ; for Chichester, for the
election of a citizen in the room of Lord Henry Lenox, who has accepted
the office of Lord of the Treasury; and for Enniskillen, for the election
of a burgess in the room of Mr. Whiteside, who has accepted the office
of Attorney- General for Ireland. ..... „
On the motion of the same lion, member it was agreed that the House
on rising should adjourn until Friday, the 12th lust
The further consideration of the India Loan Bill was postponed, after
some conversation, until Friday week.
Canton is thus described in the China Mail :—“ It has always
been the idea of foreigners that Canton was a city densely crowded with
houses in all parts, and hence the belief in its immense population, instead
of which the first thing that strikes a stranger is the large space within
the walls occupied as kitchen gardens and fish-ponds, surrounded by low
one-storied houses covering the ground in ail directions, but inter¬
spersed here and there with larger buildings having the appearance
of mandarin stations and josshouses. In these kitchen gardens
are grown lettuces, cabbages, seakale, turnips, carrots. &c.; and
inside and beyond the walls it is said there is a sufficiency of
such vegetables for the supply of an array of 10,000 men for six months.
In the Tartar city, and particularly towards its western extremity, the
houses are larger, and built more closely together, the streets resembling
those usual in Chinese towns, and similar to what used to be seen at the
back of the foreign factories. The wail is an immense embankment, about
40 feet thick at the base, terraced halfway up its side, the terrace about
20 feet broad, with a parapet six feet high, pierced with embrasures for
cannon and loopholes for lingalla. The wall is well adapted for defence
against any native force; but the few miserable guns now mounted there,
on rude carriages without trunnions, would offer but a poor resistance
to a well-appointed army of foreigners, such as that now in possession
of the city. The forts and pagodas on the wall are huge structures m
themselves, but ill adapted to resist the effects of our heavy guns and
mortars. Still a few resolute men might have made a bold defence, and
long resisted an attack by escalade. The view from the top of the fcquare
Pagoda ou the wall is very grand, and from it the discovery is easily
made that Canton is really situated on an island, and that not a very large
one either. A branch of the river divides at Its north-west corner, a lew
miles above Canton, and. passing the north side of «lie city, enters tne
main river again somewhere betwixt Second Bar and the Boguc.
March 6, 1858.]
SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT.
It is an admitted grievance and annoyance in domestic life to have
to change one's whereabouts, even for the better. The least com¬
fortable and eligible habitation is left with a sort of regret, and
for a time the most luxurious newness does not compensate for the
wrench of parting with old and nccustomed things and places. It is
always a little time before one finds out the right nook and corner in
the novel location, and so far there is a temporary sense of discom¬
fort and awkwardness. This rule would seem to apply to the mem¬
bers of the Legislature in the recent alteration of places in their re¬
spective Houses that necessarily follows a change of Ministry, which
also involves a change of political party. There has been of
late years a custom growing up for particular persons,
especially in the House of Commons, to occupy particular
seats, and these gentlemen, on the occasion of the crossing
of the Liberals to the Opposition side, and vice versd, seemed to be
the most pnt out, with reference to the operation of reseating them¬
selves, although the arrangement of benches on both sides of the
House is exactly the same. One or two points were to be remarked
in this respect. For instance, Mr. Drummond and Sir De Lacy
Evans retain their old seats at the top of the first bench below the
gangway on the Ministerial side; while Mr. Roebuck, who used to
sit between them, has crossed over to exactly the same spot on the
Opposition benches, where he is flanked on the right by Lord John
Russell, who, descending from the fourth back bench, occupies the
first place below the gangway; the very spot from which Lord Pal¬
merston gave his celebrated notice which put the Russell Ministry
out of office; so that Lord John’s occupation of the place may be sug¬
gestive of action in that direction. Who shall say that a new Reform
Bill may not be hurled at the Ministry from that place ? while cer¬
tainly the Oaths Bill, which is also a rock ahead for the Derby
Government, will be pressed to a division iVom thence.
It would be considered a significant circumstance that Sir James
Graham and Mr. Gladstone retain their old seats on the Ministerial
side, except from the circumstance that Mr. Sidney Herbert does not
appear to have settled down at all yet; while Sir. Cardwell has pro¬
nounced, by taking the twin seat on the Opposition side to that which
he occnpied on the Government benches. Perhaps this may be
another symptom of the state of political atrophy to which the Peelite
party is fast being reduced; aud who knows but that in a short time
it may be found that, like King Lear's knights, there is no need
even of one of them. By-the-by, in adopting this seat, Sir James
and Mr. Gladstone find themselves placed beside the remains of
another shadowy party, the Irish Brigade, which is reduced to numbors
about equal with that of the Peelite corps. The only other
thing noticeable in the redistribution of seats is that the Manchester
men proper, now represented only by. Messrs. Bright and Milner
Gibson, have taken similar places on the Speaker's left to those which
they filled when they sat on his right j and that Lord Palmerston has
formally installed himself in the position of leader of the Opposition,
although people do say that he will find Lord John out-bidding
him for that office unless he goes very fast indeed.
It must have been deep meditation, or his projected onslaught upon
Lord Campbell, which caused Sir Richard Bethell, on the night that
the change of places occurred, to walk dreamily up to his old scat on
the Treasury bench and stand agliast for a moment, as well he might,
to find it filled by the gaunt and ungainly figure of the proximate
Attorney-General for Ireland, whose writ not having yet been moved,
nevertheless thought it would not be unpleasant to try the sensations
which are associated with the cushions of officialism. But Sir
Richard might well be excused, for he was about to per¬
form what many people really think a duty in attempting
to put a check on the fantastic tricks which are played, diurnally
during the Session, by certain garrulous, idle-busy peers, who ore
called Law Lords, who have lived far beyond the age of positive use¬
fulness, but who, owing to the latitude afforded by an Act introduced
by one of themselves with regard to pensions, enjoy handsome yearly
stipends; and, with the characteristic tenacity of life peculiar to an¬
nuitants, seem to be immortal. They still, therefore, flit about the
scene of their former labours; much in the same way as certain aged
members of clubs do, vigorously keeping up the traditions of bore¬
dom. It is, indeed, curious to witness how far the impulse of vanity
—their ruling passion—will carry a Law Lord, who ought to have
outlived that small impulse. Conceive one of these ex-eminent
persons standing up, with the air of a martyr, in the midst of that
thronged and excited crowd, composed of every one that was noted
and illustrious in the land, which awaited Lord Derby’s exposition
of his policy on Monday night; and gingerly admitting that
it was just possible that that assembly would prefer
to hear Lord Derby rather than himself; but, nevertheless, going on
with an organised and declamatory protest against its being supposed
that, in his opinion, anything could be more important or more
interesting than what he could sny. Of course the exhibition was
met with a laugh, more of scorn than of mirth, which wasumt repeated
when the angry and irritated personage in question, with icowliiur
brow and in hoarse accents declared that he could turn that brilliant
assemblage into the streets if he chose ; oply because ever} 1 one must
have felt that such an exhibition on the part of omTwho in his day
lias been as nearly great, as a mercurial temperament and an uncertain
intellect would allow him to become, was more an object at that
moment of pity than of laughter.
Recurring to that remarkable scene in the House of Lords, one
cannot help asking why it is that the inauguration of the Conservative
party always draws such crowds to witness it. When, on a former
occasion, Lord Derby appeared for the first tune as Prime M i ni ster, it
was just the same. And when Lord St. Leonards took his seat as
Lord Chancellor in his own court tlm place was thronged with anxious
gazers, while a similiar tribute lias been paid to Sir Frederic
Thesiger—we beg his pardon--Lord. Chelmsford. Neither Lord
Aberdeen nor Lord Palmerston drew such an audience; and, as to
Lord Cranworth, the greetings at Lincoln’s Inn he received were con¬
fined to the stolid bows of the ushers. May not the secret of the
matter lie in that tendency which all mankind has to gaze after
monstrosities? A Tory Government in these days is to politicians
something as Curious as a mermaid is to the amphibious inhabitants
of Wapping,; and, perhaps, both classes of people flock to see with
their own eyes whether there is really such a monster, or whether
it is only ap elaborated and ingenious sham. In the present in.
stance it may be said that there was to be seen as actual
a Tory Ministry, as-Ip the other locality there could have been seen
an actual mermaid. In these days, at any rate, the public may be
assured that there is neither the one nor the other. With regard to
the non-existence of the former, they have the undoubted assurance of
Lord Derby himself; he has spoken it by word of mouth ns much as
he has indicated it by his actions. He had signified his belief that
Toryism, as a principle on which to form a Government, was an
impossibility by the attempts he made to enlist certain politicians of
very pronounced opinions on that subject into his Ministry, and in his
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
declaration of policy lie formally renounced it. But looking to his
addres3 from a point of view more in accordance with the spirit of this
Sketch, it may be said that perhaps never in his long career of
eloquent speech-making did he more fully adapt himself to the uni¬
versality of the audience to which he spoke. He came in with
a due regard to effect, after every available hole and corner
of the house which is not reserved for Peers was occnpied, and he
bore in his hand the only symbol of office which was allowable under
the circumstances—a despatch-box. He looked pale, and even hag¬
gard, and when he rose, without absolutely displaying nervous¬
ness, bis manner was subdued and constrained, and liis voice was so
low that his opening sentences could scarcely be heard at a short
distance from where he Btood, a very unusual circumstance with
him, as he has caught the acoustic capabilities of the Hoase, bad as
they are, with great success. AH through, too, his speech was
characterised by excellent taste ; there was no tone of triumph about
it, and if here and there he rose into energetic display, on the
whole it was utterly distinguishable from those fervid, rapid, fiery
orations which he has been hitherto accustomed to pour out on both
sides of the table. It gave one an idea that the Lord Derby of 1858
was far more impressed with the sense of the responsibilities of a
Prime Minister than the Lord Derby of 1852; and, looking to the
matter as well as the manner of his manifesto, one would gather
that he means that it shall be no fault of his if the permanency of
his tenure of the office should not be established to the utmost ex¬
tent to which it can be established in these days of short Mmistiies.
BOSTON, SLEAFORD, AND MIDLAND COUNTIES
RAILWAY.
The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this railway was held on
Saturday afternoon, at the Eu3ton Hotel, Euston-square—Mr. Herbert
Ingram. M.P., in the chair,
The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said he felt great pleasure
in meeting the proprietors on an occasion when a dividend was to be de¬
clared for the first time (Hear). The line was, he was hnppy to say,
going on prosperously, and there was every reason to believe that
it would prove as profitable to the owners as it must be usclul
to the inhabitants of the district. They were aware that in the
prosecution of the undertaking there had been great difficulty in
obtaining the requisite amount of capital; but he had no doubt that by
availing themselves of their borrowing powers they would now be enabled
to complete the line, and that after its completion it would yield a dividend
of five, or even six. percent. The general traffic was steadily increasing,
aud the stone traffic, which had not yet been anything iike developed,
would, he hoped, be a fruitful source of revenue. * In the report which
would be read to the meeting it was recommended that a dividend of 2s. 6&.
per share should be declared. That was at the rate of 3^ per cent, audit
should be borne in mind that it was the result of only four months* average
working (Hear, hear). Such a dividend, though small in itself, was con¬
siderably more than almost any other railway had earned at the com¬
mencement; and, as he had before intimated, he believed it would ere long
be considerably increased.
The Secretary (Mr. Wragge) then read the report It stated that the
line was opened for passenger traffic on the 15th of June, for goods traffic
on the 1st of September, and for the Ancaater stone traffic in December;
and that the gross earnings up to the 3lst of December last amounted to
£'241ti 15s. 6d The goods traffic had been in a great measure local: and,
however satisfactory might be considered the amount already earned, it
was but a small instalment of what the line might bb expected to yield
when completed to Boston. The cost of the line at present open would,
including the whole of the preliminary and Parliamentary expenses,
and the entire cost of the Sleaford station, be about £130,000, or
£11.850 per mile; whereas the cost of completing the line to
Boston (17 miles) would not exceed £ 110 , 000 , or £6500 per mile,
making the entire cost of the line £240,000. or £*750 per mile.
The line, station, and works to Sleaford were of the most substantial
character, and were entirely satisfactory, not only to the engineer of that
company, but also to the engineer of theGreat Northern Company. After
providing for the interest On the debenture debt, there remained a suffi¬
cient surplus revenue for a dividend of 2 s. €d. per share on the paid-up
capital of the company. The declaration of a dividend at the rate o* £3 15s.
per cent per annum spoke forcibly as to the prospeets of the undertaking,
when by the completion of the line to Boston would besecured not only a
considerably increased local but also a large through traffic. The directors
were so fully impressed with the importance of completing the under¬
taking, that they would proceed to carry out the line, entertaining no
doubt that the favourable situation of the company would at once secure
the subscription of the further capital required.
After a snort discussion, in which several proprietors expressed their
satisfaction with the dividend, and with the prospects of the company,
the report was adopted unanimously.
The retiring directors and auditors having been re-elected,
Mr. Nicholls moved, and Sir C Roney seconded, a vote of thanks to the
chairman and his colleagues in the direction, the secretary, and the
solicitor (Mr. Staniland), fur their successful exertions on behalf of the
proprietors.
The motion having been carried by acclamation, and appropriately re¬
sponded to. the meeting was made special, and, on the motion of the
chairman, it was resolved that the directors should be authorised to
borrow the sum of £41,000, tobeexpended in completing the line to Boston.
The meeting then separated.
A Snip struck by Lightning. — The Shannon , under the
command of Captain (now Sir William) reel, was ordered out in the
spring of last year to join the force in China. It appears from the ship's
log, vmiclUiak only just reached the Admiralty, that during the voyage
but, and when about ninety miles to the south-west of Java, the vessel
became completely enveloped in one of those terrific thunderstorms so
prevalent in those latitudes, and which in former years frequently
caused so much destruction to our ships iu traversing tne Indian Ocean.
"Thejbg describes the approach of the storm at 4 50 pm. in the
shape of streams of the moat vivid lightning, with deafening thunder,
rain, and hail, the ship being driven before the storm, with remarkably
high seas, which threatened to poop her. At fivep m. what apjieared to
-bban immense ball of fire covered the main-topgallant mast, whence it
seemed to run up the royal pole and explode in the air with a most
terrific concussion, covering all the surrounding space with bright sjiarks
of electrical light, which seemed to be driven rapidly to leeward (by the
wind. At 6.15 the ship wns struck a second time on the mainmast
by nn apparently immense mass of lightning, and the foretops&il
was lowered before the violent gust of wind with which this
second shock was attended. At 5.30 another very heavy dis¬
charge of lightning fell on the mainmast, and from this time
till six p.m. the snip was completely enveloped in sharp forked
lightning, accompanied with incessant peals of thunder. At 8 10 they
sheeted home the maintopsail. and at 9.30 set the foresail; a confused
sea. with long heavy rollers from the W.N.W.. followed this terrible dis¬
play of atmospheric electricity. On the next day the ship's course was
altered, and the masts and rigging carefully overhauls ; but no injury
was found to lmve been sustained by either, nor do any of the men either
below or aloft nppear to have been nurt in the least. The permanent sys¬
tem of fixed lightning conductors invented by Sir Snow Harris, and
now universally employed in her Majesty's Alups, most effectually pro¬
tected both ship and crew. ;
Decay of Families.—A cutsous study has been made concern¬
ing the decay of some great European families by the Court Journal A
Duchess de Saint Simon is a femme de tn< nag* at Belleville. The heir of
the last Doge of Venice is a perfumer at Saint Denis : the keys of Venice,
gilt with care, confided to the hereditary keeping of the family, repose
beneath a glass shade on the mantelpiece in his back shop. The Captal
de Puc, a unique title, one of the nobfcstin France, is a little actor, on little
wages, at the little theatre of Beaumarchais. And the granddaughter ol’ a
Duchess de San Severino works by the day at a fashionable milliner’s.
We may add io the above that the sole descendant of the beautiful Aissi).
who was asked in marriage by the Prince de Condi, cams a pitiful living
at Chaillot.
Wreck of a French Vessel on the Goodwtn Sands.—
On Sunday evening, during a heavy gale from the east, and amidst snow
and sleet, a small French vessel, bound from Dunkirk to London, struck
upon the sands and went down. The captain and crew wi re just able to
reach the punt, and in this small and frail boat drilted off and were
enabled to reach Dover, where they were landed near midnight In a state
of great exhaustion. The whole crew were received at the Sailors’ Home.
In this admirable institution they were soon restored to a state of com¬
parative comfort Their drenched and frozen garments were removed,
they were covered with worm flannel dresses, placed in warm beds, and
well fed. Nearly sixty wrecked crews have been succoured at the Dover
Home ami Refuge. We understand that much more extensive prepara¬
tions will be made for the reception and accommodation of shipwrecked
men, so soon as the liabilities of the Home are cleared off.
A Painting on Wood, by Adrian Ostade, known under tbe
name of the •* Newspaper Reader ” (Zeitungsleser), was stolen on the 2lst
nit., from the gallery belonging to the Imperial and Royal Gallery of Arts,
in Vienna. The academy advertise that “ a handsome- reward will be
giycn to any one whose information leads to the recovery of tbe picture.
243
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
The following telegram from Mr. Acting Consul-General Green
was received at the Foreign Oflice, vifi Malta, on Monday morning
Alexandria. Feb. Zi, 1853.
The Pottlnger arrived from Bombay at Suez yesterday evening,
and the following intelligence has been telegraphed to me
The Commander-in-Chiel', at the head of the force of 250 (25,000?)
men, with about seventy pieces of ordnance, continues collecting
supplies and means of conveyance at Futtygurh. He is expected to
move on. Oude will be invaded by masses of troops advancing on all
sides about the 25th.
“ The enemy are fortifying Lucknow by this tune iu great strength-
There are about 100,000 of them iu arms. They are said to be losing
heart, and anxions to negotiate,
“ Sir James Outran! has been left undisturbed since the 16th. He
was reinforced on the 22nd by her Majesty's 34th, from Cawnpore, and
a convoy ot stores. A party of Rifles have taken up a post on the
Lucknow road, one marcli from Cawnpore, where they will remain
to keep open communication.
Sir II. Rose, witb Ceptral India FicTd Force, captured tbe strong
fort Ratgurh on tbe 29th^Uieenemy having escaped over the walls.
He relieved SaugoT on tlie £rd, «nd released about 100 Christian
women and children. Tin* garrison had been slmt up for six months.
The Rajpootana field force captured Avas on the 23rd; it was the
strongest town in Jhypootaim.' The garrison escaped over night in
a frightful storm of thunder and rain.
I he cultivators , busily employed everywhere cultivating tbei
winter crops, and the revenue being collected iu tbe districts around
Delhi as if nothing had happened. The 72nd Regiment arrived at
Bombay on the.7th; and the 18th Regiment reached on the same day,
rid the Capih'-_
“This telegram arrived at Malta from Alexandria by the French
steamer, 28th February, at 0.50 p.m. “ Lyons, Admiral.”
The following despatch was received at the India House on Tues¬
day morning:—
TO SIR*JAMES MELVILL, K.C.B., INDIA HOUSE, LONDON.
The Commander-in-Chief was at Futtygurh on Jan. 24.
Brigadier Walpole’s column was near the Ramgumina, preparing
to cross into Rohilcuud. A rebel force was on the opposite bank of
the river.
By intelligence to January 22 Sir James Outram had not been
again assailed; but an attack by the whole rebel force in Lucknow
was daily expected.
Reinforcements had been sent to Sir James Outram.
Saugor was relieved by Sir Hugh Rose’s force on February 3.
On the march to Saugor, Rakjhor was attacked on January 26th;
but the garrison evacuated the place.
The chief rebel leader iu Central India, Malioinmcd Faril, was, how¬
ever, taken and hanged.
On January 31st, Sir Hugh Rose defeated the insurgents at Banda.
Our loss was slight, but Captain Devill, of the Royal Engineers, was
killed.
The fort and town of Avail were occupied on January 24th, the
greater part of the garrison having escaped in the night during a
violent storm.
Pupjaub and Scinde all quiet.
All quiet with the exception of Candeish, in which, however, no new
excesses are reported.
Proof has been obtaiued that Shorapoor Rajah has been collecting
troops for a rebellion.
A Bombay force from Belguam, and a Madras force from Knrtool,
are advancing to*Koolea with the Nizam’s troops, for the reduction of
the Rajah.
D. Anderson, Secretary to Government.
Bombay Castle, Feb. 9,1858.
Incidents of the Cattcke of Canton.—W e glean the fol¬
lowing miscellaneous notes from the Overland Friend qf China
“ During the bombard man t of the city, the determined manner in which
• the unwashed * looted and gutted the premises was most remarkable;
a strong Illustration of the distress of the lower classes. Occasionally
a rocket would take a lower range than intended, and sweep half a
dozen of them to eternity. The street which runs from David's column
or arch to the East-gate is crowded ail day with beggars, blind women,
and children. Colonel Gralinm has Ills head-quarters at the first shop
within the gate, and as we passed was as dusty as a miller, aiding, with
his own bauds, to clear the place of a let of rice, a quantity of which he
was humanely doling out to the starving crowd outride. An old man,
calling himself after his abode. Mew-fall, refuses to vacate the temple
below the Samaln-coong (head-quarters). He is seventy year- of age, lie
says, and so long as he can obtain a little rice, tobacco, nud tea, there he
shall remain. He was told that, as the marines then there were going to
leave, he might not find the incomers (the Royal Artillery) so accommo¬
dating as they were; to which he replied he did not care; three of his
children—fellow-recluses he meant—had been killed during the bombard¬
ment, but he did not fear."
THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM
ENTERING THE COURTYARD OF THE KING’S PALACE
POTSDAM.
Not the least of tho interesting events connected with the late Royal
Bridal Tour was the triumphal entrance into Potsdam of the illustrious
couple, and their reception at the Sc*dt Sohloss by all the Royal
Princesses of Prussia.
The Royal train arrived at Potsdam in tho afternoon of Saturday,
the 6th ult., the locomotive highly adorned with wraiths of ever¬
greens, and the boiler bearing the words u Willkommon ia Preussen.”
Another minute nnd the Princess w«s handed out of the state carriage
by Prince Frederick William, and received by the Prince of Prussia
most affectionutely. Prince Albrecht and his son were present, and
hastened with the other Royal Princes to ex pres s tlitir welcome to
their young relative, and the Royal party thou retired into the waiting
saloon to receive addresses and presentations.
After this the bridal couple und their suite got into tho carriages in
waiting, and drove in procession into the town.
The procession left tho railway station, accompanied by the most
enthusiastic cheere of tbe multitude assembled there; and as the
cortege proceeded over the bridge, with numerous bands playing the
national hymn of both nations, the effect was very striking.
On alighting at tho entrance of the Siadt Schloss, the young couple
found tho hall and marble staircase richly decorated with fl »wers and
shrubs and costly plants; and here, at the top of tho staircase, were
all the Royal Princesses assembled to receive them, while the house¬
holds of the different families ranged themselves along tho stairs
There were present the Princess of Prussia (who arrived only the
night before from Weimar), the Grand Duchess Dowager of Mecklen¬
burg Schwerin, the Princess Carl of Prussia, Princoss Friedrich of
Hesse, the Hereditary Grand Duchsss of Mecklenburg Strelitx, the
Landgravine of Hesse Barchfeld, and the Princes-' of Leignitz
Surrounded by these august ladies the Princess entered the saloou of
the Groat Elector—a noble room, decorated with pictures and works
of art commemorative of the Great Elector; and here the civil and
military authorities were presented, and in an adjoining apartment
their ladies. From the windows of thiB saloon tho young couple, sur¬
rounded by their Royal relatives, looked out on the procession of
the trades' companies, which marcbed past with their bands, their
flags, and their emblems. When tho procession nad marched
past, the Prince and Princess thanked the people for their exer¬
tions with a silent bow, tptd the Royal party withdrew to a diner ok
244 THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS [Maecd 6, 1858
March 6, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
""2'ft-ji
4.—BAYARD TAYLOR. S.—GEORGS BAXCKOFT. C.—NATHANIEL PARKER WIIUS.
1.-TTTZORHENE HATLECK. 2.-WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. 3.-CHARLES AUTHOR.
KB
11
in
ii[
j
1
R
i?
R§
246
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS-
[Marcii 6 1858
LITERARY CELEBRITIES OF .NEW YORK.
F [tzgkeex E Hai.leck stands by the side of Bryant as a post. He is a
Oouneoticnt man by birth, his native place being Guildford, in that
State, and is one year younger than Mr. Bryant. He became early
engaged in commercial and banking affairs, and for many years hold
ccnfiiieutiul business relations with Mr , John Jacob Aster, the mil¬
lionaire ctf bev \ ork, on whoco death ho retired to his native place,
where he has since resided, though he is u frequent visitor of tho metro¬
politan city. Mr. Halleck's first appearance in print is said to have
boon a poem which he contributed to a Now York journal of the time,
signuturoof“ A Connecticut Farmer Boy." The seep tioal editor
S ubUfthed the poem, but with tho saving introductory remark, that he
bunted the auth on-hip, as the verses were too good to be original. He
was subsequently one of the writers of u tones of popular poetical
squibs, whi ih were published in the columns of the Evening Post, in
1^19, under the signature of “ Croaker and Co.” They wore admirable
hits at the times, and were noted lor their keen wit and poetic con¬
struction. Since then he has published many poems, which are very
popular. His poetry is marked for its music, its lyric fire, and manly
eloquence, and his “Marco Bozzaris' 1 is known wherever the English
Language is spoken. lie visited Eugland in 1S22, of which we have a
reminiscence in a beautiful poem, entitled “ Alnwick Castle.”
Willam Cullen* Bryant is one of America's most gifted poets, and
has- been for thirty years a journalist in New York. He is a native of
Hampshire county, in the .State of Massachusetts, and was educated at
Williams College After leaving colloge he studied law, and practised
at the bar in his native State for ten years. His poetical talents were
developed at an early age. and when only fourteen a volume of his
poems was published in Boston. ” Thauutopsis” was published in
1816, and several minor effusions in 182-1. In the succeeding year ho
abandoned the dusty road of the law for tho roseate paths of literature,
and removed to Now York city. He associated himself with tho Evening
Pott newspaper, and soon ufterwarda became one of its proprietors,
bm ^o 1836 he hos been the chief editor of tfcut journal. Besides his
editorial duties, his pen has been prolific in elegant and popular poems,
sketches, tales, and letters of travel through Europe, the Southern
States, and tho West Indies.
Charles Antiion, Professor of Greek at Columbia College, in Now
Y-.rk, was born in thu*. city in 1797, and graduated in 1815 at the
University, where he now fills one of the chairs. On loaving college
he divided his reading of law with the study of ancient literature and
tho classics. At the age of twenty-throe he was appointed Adj unct Pro -
fervor of the Greek and L i tin languages at Columbia, in 1830, and took
tho title of Jay Professor in these studies; and, in 1835, succeeded to tho
leading chair of those departments. In 1830 a« published an annotated
edition of Horace; since when he has brought out annotated editions
oi many of the standard clerics in Latin ana Greek, together with a
new dictionary and grammar of the Greek language, ana an enlarged
edition of Lempriere’s “ Classical Dictionary'.” These works he has
been able to bring out by habits of the most severe industry, rising
regularly at four in the morning and beginning hi* labours by lamp¬
light. He stands in tho front rank ai a clinical scholar, and his
editions of tho classics have largely displaced the use of all others in
America.
Bayard Taylor is a born traveller; for, besides possessing an iron
frame and constitution, he ha9, in an eminent degree, the faculty of
minute observation, combined with great facility of graphic descrip¬
tion Ho is a native of Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1825.
In early life be was apprenticed to a printer in his native county, and
devoted his leisure hours to the study of the classics and the writing
of verses. But tho natural bent was 3trong within him, and ho longed
to travel. In 1S44 he published a volume of poem9 under the title of
"Ximcna," for the purpose of gaining sufficient reputation as a
writer to secure hi m an engagement as contributor of letters of travel
to some newspuper. His venture succeeded, and when about twenty'
years of ego he started on his first tour with £20 that had
been advanced to him on the future productions of his pen.
He walked over England, Scotland. Germany. Italy, Switzerland, and
France, and on his return published his first volume of travels,
” Viewt .Afoot.” Ho accomplished this tour in two years, spending
daring that time only £100, part of which he earned by writing
letters for tho American journals, and occasionally, when hard pushed,
going to work in 6omo printing office on his route. In 1817 he
removed to Now York, and the following year became connected
with the Tribune newspaper there, with wind* journal his literary
labours still continue, lie has published journa’s of travel in Cali¬
fornia, Moxioo, Egypt and Central Africa, India, China, and Japan
—which latter country he visited in Commodore Perry’s squadron.
Betides theee ho has issued a volume of “RhymeB of Travel;” and
another, "Book of Romances, Lyrics, and Songs.” He is nowon a
tour through Northern Europe and Siberia; and, as he is still a young
man, may yet give much fruit to the world.
George Bancroft stand;, with Prescott and Matley, in tho first
Tank of American historians. Ho was born at Worcester, in the State
of Massachusetts, in the year 180U, aud studied at Haward University
Cambridge, in that State. In his eighteenth year ho went to Gottingen,
aud after completing his course of studies there made a tour of Europe,
returning to America in the year 1822 Mr. Bancroft continued to
reside in Massachusetts for many years, actively engaged in political
and literary labours. Tho earlier produots of his pon were some minor
poems, several rrandationa from the German of Goethe and Schiller,
and numerous philosophical and metaphysical miscellanies, tho latter
of which have recently beon collected and published in a volume.
He has been called by his country to posts of high honour and
trust. In 1838 President Van Buren appointed him to the responsible^
post of colle -tor of tho p« rt at Boston; subsequently he was the
Democratic candidate for the Governorship of the State of Massachu¬
setts; in 1815 was invited by President Polk to a seat in his Cabinet
as Secretary- of the Navy; and in 1816 was appointed Minister to Great
Britain. On his return, in 1819, he became u resident of New^York.
His great work, upon which he is still engaged, is a/"History
of the United States from the Discovery of the American Con¬
tinent.” The first volume of this work appearod in 1831, and
six have now been published. He prosecutod his historical studies
with undiminished zeal during his visit to England as the repre¬
sentative oi his country; aud the records of the Suite Paper Office of
Great Britain, as well as those of the Treasury, the collections of the
British Museum, and those of many noble families, were freely placed
at his oommand. Mr. Bancroft is a philosophical historian, with a
terse and pointed style; and, though his pages ure crowded with facts
brought forward with great minutej&ss of detail, he never loses the
manly vigour and epic grandeur of his story. It is now accepted in
America os the standard of American history. \
Nathaniel Parker Willis is a native of Portland, in the Stats of
Maine, whero ho w83 born in the year 1807. Ho is well known as a
eentimental and poetical writer, and has lung been oonnected with the
press, being now one of tho editors and proprietors of the
Horn Journal ot New York. Mr. Willis graduated at Ytie
Col ege, Now Haven, and has spent several years of his life
in Europo. His connection with journalism begun on leaving
college, and has been continued with little or no interruptions
to the present time. Ho has published several volumes of
p ems and literary productions of great merit, among the latter of
York, on the belntilRLbaiiks of the Hudsqn River, and in the bosom of
the mountain scenefy/of the highlands. From this place, which he
calls Idlewild, he now dates effusions, and is fond of depicting for his
readers tho daily experiences of his rural life, clothed with sentiment
and the glowing imagery of his poetic mind.
“ English Customs,”—P ierri, one of the conspirators tried in
Paris, and who was in England for Borne time, was interrogated, *• Why
did you walk about with all these dangerous weapons on your person? r>
He answered. “ Perhaps the Court is not aware of English customs. In
England everybody goto out armed, and has the right to do so. The
Mayors of the cities recommend the inhabitants to protect themselves
thus against garotting.”
Mr. Milner Gibson’s late .Amendment.—T he paragraph
in the Observer copied into some of the daily papers, to the effect
James Graham suggested, and Lord John Russell
worded, the resolution " lately moved by Mr. Milner Gibson, as an
amendment to the Conspiracy Dill, is not correct. Lord John Russell did
not suggest a word in that resolution, and read it for the first time when
it appeared on the notice paper of the House of Commons ; and Sir James
Graham heard it also for the first time when public notice was given
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
WALTHAM-I.E-Woi-D.—(V It.’a rrobtem, 727, we And to bo perfectly oorrset; tlio slight error
notion! occur* in tte Solution, which should hive run thus—
WHITK. BLACK I WITTg. BLACK.
1. Q to K B and KBP Ukw P, or (a) 3. Q B Kt, or l'nwn
2. PtoKKlith Any move. .. | Mutos.
Ca) I. P to Q 6th or (5)
2. Q tuke'Q P (ch) K to K B 6th
3. P to K 5lh, din. check mute.
In the Solution of Problem 730. by the mtr
to Q Kt 8//i, not —L Kt to Q Kt 5th.
11 b) 1.
Q P taka* P
Anythin*.
2. P to K Kt 3rd
3. Kt or Q Mn-.es.
i author, White's Uh more ought to bo—4. Kt
WHITE.
1. Q to Q B 2 nd
(a) 1.
2 Kt chocks
Solution or Problem No. 732.
black.
R to Q Kt 8th,
or to <2 R 2 nd
(ch), or (a)
Ki movos
K tAkes Kt
WHITE.
2 . K takes R
3. Kt mates.
BLACK.
Anything
3. Q to q B 6th, mate.
PROBLEM No. 733.
By J. B., of Bridport.
BLACK.
white.
White to play, and mate in three moves. s
CHESS IN THE METROPOLIS.
Mr. Staunton gives the odds of a Knight to the Amateur from
Mexico.
[Remove White's Q Kt from the boa?d) ,
( Evans' Gaqwit/) /
BLACK (Mr. W.) white (Mr. Sj^blXck (Mr. W.)
P to K 4th 27. QRtqCTsrd ^ to Q R 4th
white (Mr. S.)
1 P to K 4th
2. Kt to K B 3rd Q Kt to Q B 3rd
3. K B to Q B 4th K B to Q With
4 . P to Q Kt 4th K B takes Kt P
5 P to Q B 3rd
6. Castles
7. P to Q 4th
8. P to K 5th
9. P takes Kt
KB to QB 4th
K Kt to K B 3rd
T takes P
P to Q4th
P takes B
10. K R to K sq (ch) Q B to K 3rd
11 . Kt to his 6th Q takes P
(In the opening of this frame IUacJccxhlbiU
some currlcean-.as, but in much ot tho lattcr
purt his pity coaid haidly be Unproved.)
12 . Kt takes B I’ takek kt
13. Q to K R Sth (ch) K to B so ~ —
14. () takes B (ch) K to B '>nd -
15. K K to K 4 th 1> to K sth
16 . P takes Q P / K K to q s 0
17. P to Q sth / \ K It to Q anil
18. B to Q Kt 2nd Kt to Q 6th
19. Q tks Pat B Ith Q to Q 3rd
20. B takes Kt 1’ takes B
21. K It takes P K to Kt sq
22. (J E to Q sq K to It sq X
23. Q to Q Kt 5th Q it to K sq /
(Thinking it Whit, took' th.t q Kl P, to
win a Rook by playing P tO Q B 4th; but
Whltfl^tnlght, novcrihf' oM. have taken tho
Pawn, wo apprehend. For example: —
21. Q takes Q-KvP PloQ 11 4th
25. Tf takes I* (en pas ) Q takes It
26. Q taken R
And White must win.)
34. P to K Kt. 3rd P to Q Kt 3rd
25. Q ic q It 6th K K to K 2 nd
26 . Q to Q K4th P to K E 3rd
28. y to Q B 4th Q to Q 2nd
(Intftndiug. to ftA.i'vr.nls to K B 6th,
And win. i
29. K CO Kt 2 nd K E to K 7th
39. It to K B 3rd K E to K 2 nd
31. !• to Q it Jth Q It to Q Kt sq
32>K It to K B4th 0 It to K Kt sq
33, KKtoKBsUt Q to Q 3rd
34tlvKtoKBtth K takes E
35. E takes E It to Q sq
36. ti to K 4th KtoKtsq
_ (Tho youns plnyor nmy be told thet If
Bio. k had taken tho bait ho woo d have lost
h!a <^uoou. Thus—
R to K B 8th (ch)
so. qtako.^,)
37. R to K B 5th
28 . R to K 5th
39. P to K R 4th
40. 1* to K Kt 4th
41. PtoK Kt 5th
42. P to K B 3rd
43. P takes 1*
44 K to Kt 3rd
45. R to K 6th
46. R takes P (ch) _
47. R to K R 6th (ch) K to Kt sq
48. Q to K 6th (ch) U takes Q
42. P takes Q ‘ ”
50. P to K B 4th
51. P takes I*
52. P to K B 5th
63 R to K It 2nd
54*. R to Q R 2nd
Aud Black surrendered.
Q takes Q P
K lakes R
Q to Q 2nd
K to It sq
R to K Kt sq
R to K B sq
Q to K B 2 nd
P takes P
P to K Kt 3rd
K to Kt sq
G to K B 4th
K to It 2 ud
It to K sq
P to Q Kt 4til
P to Q It sth
P to Q R 6th
R to Q R sq
BETWEEN THE SAME PLAYERS
\ ( Remove Mack's Q Knight from the board )
BLACK (Mr. S.) white (Mr. W.) I black (Mr. S.) white (Mr. W.)
1. P to Q Kt 3rd P to K 4 th I 31. R takes K
g. Q B to_Q Kt 2nd Q Kt to Q B 3rd 32. R takes R q takes K
3. P to K 3rd P to Q 4 th
4. K B to Q Kt Sth KBtoQ 3rd
5. Kt to K 2 nd K Kt to K 2 nd
6. Castles Q B to Q 2 nd
7. Kt to K Kt 3rd Castles
8. P to Q R 3rd P to Q 5th
9. K B to Q3rd PtoKB4th
10 . K B toQ B 4th K to R sq
(ch)
11 . P to K B 4th KKttoKKt3rd
12 . Kt to K R Sth Q to K R 6th
13. P to K Kt 3rd Q to Jv 2 nd
14. P to Q Kt 4th Q B to K 3rd
15. K B to K 2 nd
16. P to Q Kt 5th
17. Q to K sq
IH. K P takes Q P
19. Q to K B 2 nd
(.Block declined to capture the unilofended
Pawn became his adversary would have
obliged him to exchange Bishops.i
19. K B to Q B 4th
20. PtoQ3rd Q Kt to K B3rd
21. Kt takes Kt Q takes Kt
22 . Q E to K sq Kt to K 2nd
23. R B to K B 3rd Kt to Q 4tli
24. Q R to K 5th P to Q Kt 3rd
25. Q to K Kt 2 nd
(Intending, if White played hit Kt 1 3 K 6ih
to take it with tbs Book, thus:—
Q It to Q sq
Q Kt to his sq
Q Kt to Q 2 nd
K P takes Q
33. Q to Q R 8th (ch) Kt to Q sq
34. Q takes Kt (ch) Q to K Kt sq
35. Q takes Q (ch)
(Unfortunately for 3lack this exchange of
Queens was compulsory, for, If ho refused it,
he must hare 1 »i hi* B aboo by White tfvlnfc
chock with hUQuoen. oithcr atQ JtsqorQ 4th.
Bull then 'aklnif P with t*, discovering chock
from tho BUhop The posit on Is iuUuesiing,
and shows how an apparently trifliug matter
will often doprivo a player of victory at tho
momont it seems certain.)
35.
36. P takes P
37. K to Kt 2nd
38. Kto B3rd
39. PtoKR 3rd
40. P to K Kt 4th
Iv. takes Q
B to Q 3rd
K to B 2 nd
P to K Kt 3rd
Iv to K 3rd
38. R takes Kt
27. B take* Q
28. e to Q 4th
2 ’J Q takes Q
25.
26. K to R sq
27. K R to K sq __
28 K B to Q B 6th Rt to Q 3rd*
29. B takes R B takes B
30. P to Q B 3rd Kt to K B 2 nd
31. R takes B
Kt to K 6th
P takes K
PtoK 7th (dis.ch)
P takesR. becoming
a Q (ch)
R takes B, fee.)
Kt to Q B 6th
Kt takes Q Kt P
QfitoK sq
(Hero 1. a ptotjl.nl for araatoar* proflcimt In
PHWn.plAr todjscovtr wbothcr bjt ,ny nounblo
coarse of procecdUr* Block eoiita drnir tbo
gnino. Our boiler U tho: White con win, tot
Black ploy ae bo nmy.)
40. K to Q 4th
41. P to K E 4th B to K 2nd
42. P to K Kt Sth B to IC B gq
43. K to Kt 3rd B to K Kt 2 nd
44. P to K E 6th B takes Q P
45. B to Q B sq B to Q B 6th
46. P takes KKtPP takes P
47. K to B 3rd P to Q B 4th
48. K to IC 2nd P to Q Kt 4 th
49. ICtoQsq PtoqE4th
60 .1C to q B 2 nd B to K 8th
(Black mu.t now win a piece but that doc
not prove ontSdent).
61. B to K 3rd
52. K to Q sq
63. K to Q B 2 nd
54. B to q 2 nd
55. BtoQKt4th
56. B to q 2nd
67. BtoqBsq
P to Q B 5th
B to q B 6th
B to K Kt 2nd
PtoqEsth
B to q sth
B to Q B 4th
P to q Kt sth
68. P takes q Kt P B take? P
59. B to Q Kt 2 nd Ptoqit 6th
60 . P takes P (ch) K takes I*
61. B to K 5th K to Q 4th
62 . K to Kt 3rd B to Q B 4th
And, after a few more moves, Black resigned.
°J M** T. Tooke.—W e have to record the death of
Mr. Thomas Tooke, the eminent statist, one of the founders of the Society
lor the Dill u si on of Usefttl Knowledge, and a Fellow of the Royal Society
to whose records he has made many valuable contributions. Mr. Tooke
was also a member, and sometime chairman, of the Statistical Society.
Whose meetings he constantly attended. 1
TILE FIRST KING OF SIAM.
Thp. recent mission of the Kings of Siam to this oountry, with presents
for our gracious Queen, and their assurance of friendship between her
Majesty's dominions and the Siamese kiugdom, promise important
results to both countries. Tho kingdom of Siam, although hitherto
a scaled country, or at best, only open to special missions, will, there
is reuson to expect, at no distant period, recoivo the advantages of
trade and intercourse with the civilised world. That a country so
blessed with natural wealth as are the Siamese dominions, should
almost shut itself up from the world’s civilisation and progressive im¬
provement is much to be deplored; but a remedy is not far distant
more especially as tho two Sovereigns of Siam in themselves present
examples of enlightenment rare among Eastern rulers. Of the intel¬
ligent character of the First King of Siam, Phra Bard Somdotch Phra
Raramende Malia Mongkut Phea Chom Kluu Chau Yu Hua— lu*
Siamensium—Sir John Bowring, in the dedication of his recently-
published work, “ The Kingdom and People of Siam,” to tho Sovereign
by one who has witnessed in his Majesty the ru:o and illustrious
example of a successful devotion of the time and talent of a great
Oriental Sovereign to the cul tivation of the Literature and the Study of
the Philosophy ot VV estern Nations. M Her Majosty’s Plenipotentiary in
China does not possess ”tihe candied tongue” that licks pomp or
ilatters Royalty ; and the fagtof subscribing himself in this dedication
as “one who feels honoured by his Majesty's confidence, and kindness,
and who rejoices in the/bopo that the extension of commercial and
social relations will associate the growing attachment of Siam with the
prosperity and cordial friendship\of the civilised world” — is an
assurance that better times are at hand for Siam und the Siamese.
One of Sir John Bowring’B volumes has for its frontispiece a
coloured portrait of_tiie First King, from a photograph sent by his
Majesty to our Plenipotentiary. The portrait is oddly like our con¬
ventional reppsentiitions of William tho Conqueror. Tho present¬
ment of his Siamese Majesty! which we now engrave is from a portrait
painted in oil by Mr. I. Huberts, of Davies-street, Borkeley-equore,
from a daguerreotype brought to this country by his Excelloncy the
I irst Ambassador irom Siam to tho British Court, tho picture being
intended as a present to his Majesty on tha return of the Ambassador
to Siam. Mr. Roberts is also painting a portrait of too First Ambas¬
sador from life.
Sir John Bowyifig’s work abounds with many interesting traits of
the Siamese and their extraordinary country, in great paif derived, as
Sir John acknowledges, from tho work of lli&htp PalL-goix, entitled,
“Deaonption du Koyaume Thai- ou Siam : ” published in 1854.
x hai-ou, the Emperor ot China, claims the rights of sovereignty over
the tar one knd territory of Siam. The tribute is paid once in three
years, and somewhat more thau the pecuniary value of the tribute is
returned in advantages conceded to the vessels which convey the
^tribute officers to China. These pay no duty on exports or imports;
so that, far from^being onerous, the dependence is represented as
profitable to the Siamese.^ The pride of China is fluttered by the
triennial display. “ Considering,” says Sir John Bowring, “ tho enor¬
mous multitude of Chinamen who are settled in the Siamese do¬
minions, it may be a matter of prudence and policy that the King of
Siam should seek the ratification of his title to the Crown by tho
recognition of the Chinese Emperor; and the preservation of u re¬
ligious link between a great Buddhist Sovereign and the professor of
the most widely extended of the religious sects in China may not be
without some value; but the yoke, at all events, sits easy on the
shoulders of tho King of Siam. One of the Royal official seals is in
the Chinese character”—as may be seen by the Engravings of the
Seals, in tho Illustrated London News for November 1,
1856, and attached to a communication from his Majesty to this
Journal. The whole matter of Siamese dependency has dwindled to
the shadow of a form. It is stated that the language used by tho King
of Siam in his correspondence with the Emperor, is accommodated by
a new version to the pride and pretensions of tho Chinese Court.
The authority exercised by the King of Siam is altogether absolute.
Around his person, everything, however exalted elsewhere, is in a
state of the most entire and reverential prostration. No one dure
stand in the Royal presence or look upon tho King’s countenance.
When he leaves his paluce, all his subjects bow tnemselves to the
ground; and the reverence paid to him is more like that which
mortals award to a divinity, than the deference which is elsewhere
associated with the most uncontrolled autocratical power. Hence the
prostration of the Siamese Ambassadors and their suite at the recent
presentation in the Throne-room at Windsor Castle.
The King of Siam is master, not only of the persons, but really of the
property, of his subjects. He disposes of their labour and directs
their movements at will. If any recompense be attached to their ser¬
vices it is an act of grace aud free-wUl.’
The ordinary receptions of the King take place almost doily. The
high officers fir3t assemble in the outer precincts of the palace to dis¬
cuss the topics which are to bo suggested for tho consideration of tho
King; they then, to the number of 150, enter the audienoe-hall; the
pages bearing the Royal ensigns, precede the King, at whose entrance
the whole of the assembly raise their hands, bend their heads to the
ground, and remain prostrate on their knees and elbows to the end of
the audience.
The King is seated upon decorated cushions, under a canopy. He
chews the Detelnut, smokes his cigar or pipe, and addresses whom
he pleases, sometimes conversing with almost all who are pre¬
sent. At one o’clock his Majesty rises, and all the nobles lift their
hands above their heads, and bow tnemselves to the ground. There is
another reception at seven o’clock p.m., but it is principally attended
by the Princes and Ministers, and often lasts till after midnight.
Within the palace of the First King there are said to he 3000 sol¬
diers, and 2000 in that of the Second King. They are grouped round
the gates, and form lines through which visitors pass to the presence
of the Monarch. Some have muskets, but the majority carry swords,
spears, and bows and arrows, while some have only bamboo staves.
Attached to the Royal presence are 100 personal attendants, who
serve the King with tea, tobacco, the betelnut, read to him, write for
him, and bear his messages. Two of those pages, one of whom the
King introduced to Sir John Bowring as his adopted son, were his
more than daily visitors, conveying to him the King's wishes, and
taking back any communications he might desire to make.
When the King leaves his palace, which is seldom, he is generally
conveyed in a Royal barge j and as it is prohibited to touch his sacred
person, there is a long chain of cocoanuts tied together to be used as
a life-preserver, should the King have the misfortune to fall into the
water. On shore he either rides a gorgeously- caparisoned elophant,
or is carried by twelve bearers in a rich pulanquin with curtains of
cloth of gold, and is accompanied by some hundreds of armed attendants.
There is nothing peculiar in the King’s repasts, except in the rich¬
ness of the table services, and the variety of tho food. His meals are
solitary. A dignitary attached to the kitchen seals the dishes, and ac¬
companies them to the King’s presence. The King unseals them with
his own hands, and they are tasted by some of the courtiers before
they are allowed to approach tho Royal mouth.
The accession of the present Kings was hailed as promising im¬
portant changes and useful reforms. On the late King being taken
ill he summoned his nobles to consider who was best qualified to suc¬
ceed him: they had determined not to elect the King's son, and they
chose the legitimate brothers of the King, the Princes Chau Fa Mong
Kut, and Chau Fa Noi, as heirs to the throne. The King died on the
3rd of April; and the present First King was conducted from the
Buddhist temple, which he had long inhabited, to the palace, and was
fully invested with the Royal dignities on the 15 h of May.
The grandfather of the presunt Sovereign, and founder of tho
dynasty, was succeeded by his eldest sod, who died in 1824, leaving
two children by his Queen, the present First and Second Kings. But
their elder brother, the son of thoir father by an inferior wile, managed
to get the sovereignty conferred on him, when Chau Fa Yu (now First
King), declined contesting the throne; and, availing himself of the
ouatom of the Siamese to devote themselves for a certain time to the
priesthood, entered a xcat, and thus avoided any necessity for prostra¬
tion before his brother, and entitled him to receive homage in his
sacred character from the King himself. He remained nearly twenty -
seven years in this political obscurity, but acquired a great religious
reputation. He became a learned Pali scholar, and the president of
the board of examiners into the proficiency of the priesthood into the
sacred language; he acquired the Sunscrit, the Cingalese, and the
Peguan, and associated his name with the literary honours of the
priestly hierarchy. He became to some extent a religious reformer,
and, like the Vedanters in Bengal with reference to Brahminism.
sought to purify the Buddhist faith by rejecting the masses of fiction
and fable, clinging to the moral instructions of Buddhism, and recog¬
nising the principles of sound natural philosophy us regards the cos¬
mogony of the universe.
The King was taught Latin by the French Catholic missionaries,
principally by Bishop Pallegoix, to whose account of Siam Sir John
{Continued on page 248 .)
March 6, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATE D LONDON NEWS
247
S ARL and SONS, Wholesale Manufacturing
ELECTRO *nd ARGENTINE 8ILVEK PLATERS, No*. 17 and
18, Corn hill.—In the splendid Show Room - dovotwi io this department
of tho business will l>« found every article usually manufactured.
Corner Dishes and Covers—Dith Covers- Soup and Sauce Tureeas—
Cruet Frames—Tea and Coffoo Service*—Magnificent Epergnes and
Candelabra—Salvers and Tea Trays.
The Argentine Silver Spoons and Porks, solely manufactured by
Sari and Sons, at ono-slxth the cost of solid Silver, are especially re¬
commended having stooi the test of Fifteen Tears 1 experience.
Books of Drawings and Prices may be oltUined.
All orders by post punctually attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Mann-
factai-ora, Nos. 17 and 18, Comhill. invito attention to their new
and splendid-took of GOLD and 6li VER WATCHES, ouch war¬
ranted , and twelve months' trial allowed.
Silver Watchos, of hlghly-fluiahed conatxuction, and jowelled, with
fkahlonablo exterior, at 00s. to £10 10s.
Gold W ate has, of all descriptions of movements, from £6 6s.
to £50.
Books of Patterns and Prices can bo obtained; and all oidera, with
a remittance, promptly attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Goldsmiths and Jewellers,
Noe. 17 and 18, CornhilL—Tho ground floor of tho Now Buildini
is mors particularly devotod to the display of Fine Gold JoweLeiy ant
Fino Gold Chains.
In the Jewellery Department will bo found a rich and endless
assortment of Rings and Broocbos, sot with magnificent gems, Brace¬
lets and Necklets, Pins and 8tuds, &c. AU newly manufactured, and
in tho most recent style. The Quality of tho gold is warranted.
Fine Gold Chains are charged according to their respective weight*,
and the qua’lty of tho gold in cotnifiod by the stamp.
Books ot Patterns and Prices con be obtained.
Letters promptly attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Silversmiths (the New
Building). 17 and 18, Cornhlll, Invito attention to their now and
magnificent Stock of London-manu-cctured SILVER PLATE, con-
taing evory article requisite for the Table nnd Sideboard
Sliver Spoons and Porks a*, "a. td. per ounce.
Rich and Elegant Tea and Coffeo Equipages, commencing at £36
the full service
Silver Salvers of ail sizes and patterns, from £5 10s. to £100.
A largo aud costly display of Sllvor Presentation Plato, charged at
per ounce—Silver deportment of the building.
Books of Designs and Prices may bo obtained.
S ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manttfac-
torero, Noe. 17 and 18. Cornhlll, have a Show-room expressly
fitted up for the display or Drawing and Dining Room CLOCKS,
manufactured in Bplendid Ormolu, et-d exquisitely-modelled antique
Bronzes, tho movements of first-cia s Qninh, striking the hours and
half-hours, Each Clock hi warren rod. Hioircaso Clocks in fnrhlon-
ably-nu-u Ultd cases. Dials for Coins’ lug-bouso*. All charged at
manufacturing prices.
Tho New Buildings, No. 17 and 18, Cornhlll.
SECONDHAND GOLD WATCHES, by
eminent makers, warranted genuine, accurate, perfect in con¬
dition. and at half the original coat. A choice stock at WALE8 and
M‘CULLOCH'8, 32, Ludgate-street (near St. Paul's).
A GUINEA GOLD WEDDING-RING and
Hall-marked KEEPER sent in a morocco box to any port of
the kinrdom on receipt nf 21s. or t Post-offico order.—GEORGE
DEWDNLY, Goldsmith and Juwellor, 172, Fenchnrch-street, London.
H AIR JEWELLERY.—Artist in Hair.—
DEWDNEV begs to Inform Ladies or Gentlemen resident In
town or auy part of the kingdom that ho beautliUlIv mokes, and
elegantly mounts, in gold, UAlR BRACELETS, Chains, Brooches,
Rings, Pius, Studs, Sc.; and forwards tho same, carefully packed
in boxes, at about ono-half tho usual charge. A beautiful collection
of specimens, hnn-Jsomcly mouuted. kept for Inspection. An illus¬
trate book sent free.— Dcwdnoy, 172, Fenchnrch-street.
1DEFORE YOU HAVE YOUR LIKENESS
JLJ TAKEN send for DEWDNF.Y'8 PATTERNS of BROOCHES.
Lockets, Bracelets. Ac., which are rent froo on reompt of two postage-
stamps. Registered Revolving Brioches in Solid Gold, to show eithor
Likeness or Hair at pleasure of wearer, from 45* each. A Gold
Plated Breoch or Locket sont frou U any part of the kingdom for
10*. fid.—Dewdnoy, Mannfrctuxicg Goldsmith and Jeweller, 172, Fon-
church-street, City, I.oudon.
A ntoni forrer.
Artist In Hair and Jewellery,
by Appointment
to tho Queen,
32, Baker-street, Pcrtrnan-sqnnro
(nearly opoosito tho Bazaar).
Antoni Forrer bus no connection whatever w.th Ids Iato Establish¬
ment In Regent-street.
C HARLES PACKER (late Antoni Forrer),
Artht In Hair to tho QUEEN, by Appointment.
Hair Jowollory Department, 138. Rodent-street.
Foreign and Fancy ditto, 78, Regent-* treat.
Jot and Mourning ditto, 76, Regent-street.
M ECHI’S DRESSING CASES and
TRAVELLING BAGS.—112. Regent-street, and 4. Leaden-
hall-f tree*. London.—Bronzes, Vases, pearl and Ivory work, modfovol
manufactures, d res ring bags and dressing cases, toilet cases, work
boxos and work tables, inkstnndf, fain; tho largest stock in England
of papio'-maebu elegancies, writing desks, envelope cases, de*prtcb
boxes, bagatcllo, backgammon, and cbes* tables. The promise* in
Regent-%troot extend fifty yards into Gla 1 shouso-street, and are
worthy of inspection as a specimcu of olegant outfit. Everything
for tho work end dressing tables—best tooth brushes. 9d. each; btst
steel scissors and penknives, Is. each. The usual supply of first-rate
cutlery, razors, razor strops, needles. Ac., for which Mr. Mochi’s
establishments havo been so long famed.
F ISHER’S DRESSING-CASES,
188, Strand.
Catalogues posi-froo.
TftlSHBR’S NEW DRESSING-BAG,
JL‘ the best portable Drering-easo ever Invented.
188, Strand.
Catalogues post-frao.
A LLEN’S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
of Patent Portmanteau*, De*patch Boxes, Dressing Cases, and
Travelling Bags, with square opening, by post, for two stamps.-
J; W. and T. ALLEN, Manufacturers, 18 and 22, Strand, W.G.
TTtRED. LEWIS’S ELECTRIC OIL is an
A 1 InflUllble Remedy for Restoring, Strengthening, and Beautify¬
ing the Hair. It la the greatest wonder of the ego Whon all others
fall, try this. Sold by all respoctablo vendor* of perfumery in the
kingdom, in bottle*, price 2*. Cd. and 3s. fid. Wholesale agent for
England, W. C. Grossrolth. Short-street, Finsbury-pavem-mt; for
Scotland, Lorrimer and Moyos, Buchanan-stroot, Glasgow.—Fred.
Lewis, Inventor nnd Proprietor, Dublin.
J AMES LEWIS’S MARROW OIL for the
HAIR; Jockey Club. Frnngipannl, and Wood-violet PcxftmHs*
for the Handkerchief; and Iodine roap for tho Skin.T-Mnnafaato.-y, 6,
Bartlett's-bulldings, Holbom; and 66, Oxford-street. W.
J AMES LEWIS'S PATENT IODINE
SOAP is recommended as tho only soap possessing t nr specific
sanitary proptirtie* beneficial to the Skin, and generally approved and
recommended by tho faculty.—Sold at 66, Oxford-street, w.
mHE ROYAL NUPTIAL GARLAND, a
A new Perfume, composed In here our of the prccont auspicious
occasion, by R. HPKDRJE, Po-temor to her Msjeatv, 12 and II
Tich borne street. Ami alio theBRIDVhMAIDi’ BOUQUET, on ac¬
companying tribute—Hr ndrios perfumery, h'oourtxl by lie pnlrcn-
a*re of the tirsfc circle for nearly a century, nullniainslts re pc muon for
genuine purity and excellence.
piESt:E and LUBIN’S SV, EET SCENTS.
Every requisite for tbo
vers, 2, Now Bond-street
J- Tha greatest variety In Europe _ .,
tcilot of fashion.—Royal laboratory of Flowers,
London.
W OOD VIOLET SCENT.- H. BREIDEN-
BACH roc rttxns ends hLj Wood Violet ns the finest natural
Perfhme dWIUed. ^aimrlo 2s. fid. Bottle will ratify the fact. Ask
for H. Brculunboch « WoodVte’ot.—167 a, Now Bond-street, W.
fXREY HAIR Restored to its Natural Colour,
M. the Patent Magnetic Combs, Hair and
Flesh Brushes- Pamphlet*, “ Why n.dr bee. mas Grey, and tu
Remedy,” by port for ’our stempaXF. HERRING, 32, Basinghail-
Street. Sold by aU ChomLta and Perfumers of repute.
A NEW HAIR DYE.—A Chemist has
succeeded in producing a, Liquid Hair Dye which is superior to
any in use,easily applied, perfectly harmless, the colour permanent,
without any shade, and is n’etimulunt to tho growth of thn hair.
Foe particular* address M. D., Parw.ch, Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
fTHE PEN SUPERSEDED.—Marking Linen
A with the Patent ELECTRO PLATE9 prevents the Ink spread¬
ing, and never washes out. Iniliai-plato, It.: name. 2s. fid ; set of
■gonjber*. 2a. 6d.; crest, 5s. With directions. Post froo for stamps.—
T. CULLE TON, 2, Long-acre (one door from St. Martin's-lano).
T ADIES’ IMPERIAL BLUE, Myrtle-green,
X-i «od Brown SILK tMBRELL*.e.-Mr. CHEEK K«p«t.-|i!)r
*r l” u Inspection of tbo largest and host stock ofUmbreilaain Silk and
*3wovod Alpaca over submitted to 'ho public. 132c, Oxford-street, F.
ITUIE BEST ALPINE KID GLOVES, 1S.6AI
JL The Best Grenoble. 2s.,
or 10*. 6d. the halt dozen.
The Vary Best Psris, 2s. 7 to. per pair, or 31s. the dozen,
Black, White, and Coloured.
500 Dozen Gentlemen's Kid, Ono Guinea the Dozen,
usual price 3s. pair.
_ , __A samplo pair for two extra stamps
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Regent-street (corner of Maddox-street).
TAST YEAR’S MUSLINS
-M-J at Half their Original Cost.
Pattern* free.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Regent-street.
XBRENCH BAREGES, Sjd. a yard.:
JL' * Balzarinea, 6|d.;
Swiss Cambrics, Brilliants, Plain and Printed f.l«rrm,* L ire..
Hal/ Prl-e.
Pattern* post-free.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Regent-street.
friHE NEW FLOUNCED MUSLINS,
A Flounced Bareges;
Flounced Balxarincs; New Bordered Cambrics, tec.
The newest Patterns, cheapest in the Kingdom.
Pattern* free.—BAKKR>nd CRISP, 221, Regent-street
]CAA BLACK SILK APRONS,
11/vv with coloured Bayadere Satin Stripes, aU at 3s. 3d. ;
worth5s. fid; post freee lor four extra stamps.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, /.egent-streot
AMERICAN PANIC.
XA. 1700 Dozen French Cambric Handkerchiefs,
seized on board the rhip * SUyloy."
will bo sold by BAKER and CRiSP, at unhooxd-of prices.
Goods ihflt were 15s., 2li„ acd 25s. per dozen
will be sold at 4s. fid., 8«. Cd., and 12s. fid. tier dozen.
1600 odd hammed, stitched (soiled), at Is., 1*. fid.,
and 1* 8d. eaob.
BAKER and CRU'P, 221, Regent-street.
a E W E D MUSLINS.—
k_/ The remaining portion of Macdonald*’ stock (Bankrupts).
Collars and Sleeves, in i«U, 3s. fid., 4*. fid., 6*. fid.; Linen*eu. 2*. 9d
Cambric Collars, Is. «xi., 3s.. 4*. tkL; Sloavea, ls.6d M 3*. fid., te.fid.,
pair Flouncing*, 10*d. per yard. All ono third the former price,.
Samples for 2 extra stamps.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Pegent-street.
REAL FRENCH EMBROIDERED
UUO CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS,
oil at 3*. each, post-free, worth 6s.
BAKER and ClUbP, 221, Raccut-street.
•RICH BLACK SILKS,
JLll 21s. the Drees.
Black Moird Antiques, 37s. 6d.. usually *old threo guineas.
Damask Poplins. 27*. fid.
Pattern* Lee.
BAKER and CRIflP, 221, Regent-street (corner of Maddox-itroet),
mHE REDUCTION of 50 PER CENT on
JL row Silk enables Lodlas to purchase a useful and fashion able
811k Dress at a very modtratM price. The late panic in tho com¬
mercial world, and reo need ctote of tho Silk Msrket, havo induced
James Spouco and Co. to pnreheso largely, tt priocs whJcb will ereu
boar compariaou with those of that mamorahle period—tho French
Revolution of 18t8. Inspection invited.
JAMES SPENCE and oO., 77 and 78, 8L Paul's Churchyard.
■jl/rOURNING ORDERS.—NEW MOURN-
XTjL ING FAB nIC^.—F nitcms of all the New Materials froo pet
post.-Addres* PETER ROBINSON, GENERAL MOURNING
WAREHOUSE, I0J, Oxford-street.
TV/TOURNUSG MANTLES and BONNETS.
-LVJL PETER ROBINSON Is now showing some great novelties,
both tor Mounting and out of Mourning, at hi* GENERAL MOURN¬
ING WAREHOUSE, 103. Oxford-street.
"OLACK SILKS, cheaper than they were ever
JLF known.—Pattern? of all tho new makes, free per post; also.
5L Ird Antiques, in black and shades of grey. Address /PETER
ROBINSON, GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE, 102, Oxford-
street, London. \
TNDIA. — Family Monrning. — SKIRTS.
A trimmed deeply wi'h Crape, from 30a. upward* to the richost
quality, with Mamie* and Bonnets to match. Family orders supplied
on the moil reasonable term*. First-clans Dressmaking at moderate
charges. Orders attended to in town or oountry. Address PETEK
ROBINSON, GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE, 103, Oxford*
street.
T OCKE’S LADIES’ CLOAKS of SCOTCH
J-J WATERPROOF TWEED. A selection forwarded oh appli¬
cation.
SCOTCH TWEED AND CLAN TARTAN WAREHOUSES.
119 and 127, REGENT-STREET (four door* abov^Ylgo-street). —'
n RAND EXHIBITIOjlf of INDIA
SHAWLS.—FARMER and ROGERS are now exhibiting in
thair spacious India Showroom* a most superb collection of choice
CASHMERE BHAWL8. amongst which art several of very rare
design and quality, similar to thoso supplied for tho Wodding
Trouseoau of the Princess HoyaL
THE GREAT SHAWL AND CLOAK EMPORIUM, 171, 173, 175,
REGENT-STREET, W.
India Shawl* Bought and Exchanged.
LINENDRAPEBS TO THE QUEEN, BY AI^POINTMENT.
Established in 1778.
■RABIES’ B A S S I N E T 8,
J_ w Trimmed ar>4 Forimhedv
Ready for uso, are »ect homo froo of carriag*.
babies* baskets,
Trimmed-and furtitthed to correspond.
CAPPER, SON, and CQjw,-GKACECflUi:CH-ST.;LONDON, E.C
Deicriptivo l.lsis, with priocs, sent free by posL
Sent post-free. Descriptive Lists of
/COMPLETE SETS of BABY LINEN,
.which are sont homo
throughout tire Kingdom froo of carriage.
UNDERCLOTHING FOR HOME, INDIA, AND ALT. COLONIES,
for Ladles, and Children of all ages.
LINENDRAPEBS TO THE QUEEN, BY APPOINTMENT.
Established in 1778.
T ADltr WEDDING OUTFITS
U sent home free of carriage.
Dc'criptivo Lists, with prices, sent free by port.
CAPTER, SON, and CO., 69, Gruccchvirch-street. London, E-C.
fi I TT JUVENILE DEPOT.-
V_^ BABY-LINEN and LADIES' UNDERCLOTHING WABE-
ROUSF.-k— Ladies’ Night Dresses, 3 for 6*. 6d.; Chemises, whh
bands, 8 for ts. Ud-s Drnwor*. 3 pair for 2*. lid.; Blips, tucked, 3 fer
fia fid. Children s Underclothing equally as choap. AU work war-
rautal acd made of Horrock’s Longcioth, a lower quality kept ox-
iraasly for outfit* to Indis. and tho colonies, radios' Paris Wove
Jlays, 3a. lid. per pair: and tho nawly-lnvtmted aloatic Corset, to fasten
In frout, 3*. 1 ld„ not obtainable elsewhere. Infants' Hoasincts, hand¬
somely trimmed eithor with white or ohinUt, one guinea each. An
Illustrated Price List sent froo on application.—W. H TURNER, 68,
69, 70. and 89, Itisbopsgste-street Without, London, E.C,
IMPORTANT TO LADIES.
T\TSSOLUTION o i PARTNERSHIP of the
1 J old-eitablishcd firm of HODGE and LOWMAN. In eonuquenee
of which they are offering to tho public the whole of their valuable
8tock of 8ilks, fifcawl*. Mantles, Carpet*, Damasks, Linens, Drocre*
of every description, Luce, Hoso, Ribbon*, tec., at very low prices, to
os to ensure a speedy clearance.
ARGYLL House, 256, VA, ICO. 262, Rcgrot-atraet
T ADIES requiring cheap and elegant SILKS
X.l are requested to apply Immediately to BEECH and BKBRALL,
iheBoe Hire, «3 ano 61, Edgwara-road. London, W.
1200 Now Flounced Silk Robe# (various), 39s. 6d. to 5 guinea*.
Rich Striped, Checked. Ghent*, and Plain Ul*o*
SUks, 21*.6d to 38e-fid. tho Dress-
Black and Half-Mourning Ditto, in groat variety, at tho sszns
Reduced price*.
•** Patterns far inspection pcsingo-froe.
AiTBS. HISCOCK, Ladies’ Outfitter, 54,
It-1- Quadrant. Regent-street.
Night Presses, newest pattern.. .. .. 4*. fid.
Chemise* do. do. .. .. .. 2a. fid.
Other articles equally moderate.
Detailed List* forwarded freo.
flOLOURED FLANNEL BREAKFAST
\J ROBES. 30#., in Pink, Sky. Cherry, China Blue, Scarlet. Crim¬
son, Claret, Gray, tec., tec. Silk girdle included. Patterns, with
directions for measurement, forwarded free. Mrs. HISCOCK, 54,
Regent-street.
TTERY PRETTY FRENCH NIGHTCAPS,
T 2s.thl.oach. or 3 for 8s , or stamps. Sent free. Nainsook
Muslin, treblo lace borders, with p'nk rniyiers.
Mrs. HISCOCK. 34, Quadrant. Regent-street.
S ILKS, Rich, Plain, Striped, and Checked
Glaed, at 22e. 6d. per dresa of twelve yards; and wnrth the
attention of families Patterns sent free by post. JOHN HARVEY,
HON, and CO., 9,I.udgato-hiU Established upwards of fifty years.
Carriage paid upon amounts above £A
A PERFECT LADY’S DRESS for SPRING,
, — , at a singularly low price.!
,l ®P Ie 1 Ch the material is Cashmere, with rich Dacape side
Hat-brown, Block, and the Now Green,
included 1 ** 1 ** m&do Uo ® J throughout, the material &r Bodice
^ Price l4«.9d.
Tlie additional charge for making the Bodice,
One SbDling.
FRE>.CH MUdLIN COMPANY, 16. Oxford-street.
npHE HALF-GUINEA CLOTH JACKET,
_ A VCT 7 pretty shape lust from Paris.
Foreonmorde.s slz^of waist And round tho .hoaldare b required.
rUL FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16 , Ox/ord-strcot.
TjlRENCH MUSLIN JACKETS.
. -.v Jacket ever produood: It b trimmed
witn itibbon. To bo had in even? colour, «"d excoedinciv boojming
IO the Jinn,. Prteela_M.
The PKEXCH SIU8UX COMPANY 16. Oxford-<treet.
roet-efflee Order, P-f.blu to Junm add, Oxferd-Mreet.
fJtHE
BLACK VELVET JACKET
Chosen by tho Princess Royal.
Too shape b chaste, tim <le. and ch-gant, without ornament.
The price is 24 Guineas.
Tho FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
T he black lace jacket,
icst imported, a perfectly now shape, graceful ladylike
• in the extreme, pri so 12*. 9d.
The FREXCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
jjpMBROIDERED CHRISTIAN NAMES.-
LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS, with Christian Names cm-
broidered by the Nuns of Paa, with the new dlotetch needle. Pru»
la. 04<L, by post 1 1 * tamps; 5s. fd. the half-dozen, by peat 6a. 3d.
THE FRENCH COMPANY, 16, Oxford-streot.
]YTEW FRENCH UNDERSLEEVES, very
*’ elegant, *ud a great comfort. The coloare are C1w.tt. Ffench
Blue, Bo«?, Emenald. Canary, bcarSot, Brown, Ruby, Violet, French
G'ey, Pink, hky Grab mod Black. Price la. bid.; post-froo for 22
stamps. Scarfs to match tho somo Is. 9jd. each. Ikosamc Ste*V»
and Scarf, very warm, la ail the Clan Tartans, atthe same trios
Tho FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY. 16. Oxford-street.
ABERDEEN LINDSEY WOOLSEY
PETriCOATS.
lhev are made up according to the latest fashion reliable for the
ram trade, with potent steel spring*, and flounced, and cause the
dress to stand out and set most «rar»-fuUy, ^—J
'ihe remaL.tlcr of M. ntsse's Stock of Pet 'icoats now Celling *t 10s. 9<L
_ 'Ihe price was One Guinea. / \
Tho FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16. Oxford-street.
F rench cambric robes.
Our now Patterns. Just ircc ved. two c.r three very prettr
patterns. They are made up according to tun latest Paris Fashion by
French Artistes. Price 12s. 9d. 7
The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16 , Oxford-street.
Orders from the oountry mu -1 be accompanied with the size round the
shaoiders and length of skirt."
Patterns port-free.
M arcella jackets.
Tbo prettiest •hate !n this very olegant articlo ever
produced, and most becoming to tho figure.
Price 12* iM.
For country order*, size of waist and round the shoulder* Is required,
ibe FRRaNCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-strert?
rjTHE
TIME to BUY MUSLINS CHEAJP.
I..,t yrar 1 , .1 rMIciU'ru* prico. for iBcb good*,
i'.r.rni tno.
Th • FRENCH HI-5UK COMPANT, 16. Orfori-itrMt
K ING and CO, SILKMERCERS, &c., 243,
Regent-street, and at tho Crystal Palace. Sydenham, beg to
announce that during the into commercial crisis they biro tur-
ebasod .many thousand poands' worth of now SILKS, MUSLINS.
BARKGK8, HUSH POPLINS. Ac., which they Uiteudiaolling »tnHni»
tbo ensuing season at Half-price.
T ABIES, WRITE for PATTERNS
JLJ of the Now Silks, and other fabrics,
and suve firty per cent In your spring porehares,
to KING —• rvx — " -
Address v
, .... ... ■ V. J, U M I.IWtA.
3 and CO., 213, Regent-street, London.
T3RILLIANTS.—PATTERNS POST FREE.
JL> Finest French Brbllants,
( 3s. 9d. tho Full Dress.
Address to KING and CO., 24S, Regent-street. London.
C ambrics.—patterns post-free.
Swiis Cambrics .. .. ?s. fid. tho Full Dress.
French Cambrics .. .. ha. Od. „
Chintz Cambrics .. .. &s-9d. „
Double Skirta .. .. 6s. 6d. „
Address to KING and CO., St3, Regent-street, London.
USLI NS—PATTERNS POST-FREE.
Finest Joccrnot*.?■- I Id. the Full Droas.
FLntwt Organdies.fid. ,,
Finest Chintzes.fid. „
Flounced Jaccoaets .. .. ha fid. ,.
Flounced Organdies .. .. 10a. t*l.. usually sold at 21».
Address to KING and CO., 243, Kcgont-streot, London.
M
B alzarines-patternspost-free.
FIrin Ralzari^ee .. . . 3s. Cd. tha Fa l Dress.
Flounced Bslxariae*.. .. 12s. fd. „
Chintz Morticed Balzarinc* £1 Is. Od. „
Address to KING and CO., 243, Rcg.nt-street, London.
AREGES.—PATTERNS POST-FREE.—
Chin’s French Bar/gss .. 8*. 6d. tbs Full Dress.
Flounced Wov© B-regoe .. 12a. fid. „
Fiouuccd Printed Bar ges .. 18a. fid. ,,
Flounced Gionitdinu .. . £1 hs. 6<L, usually sold at 50a.
Addrats to KING and CO., 243, Kegcm-stroet, London.
FABRICS.—PATTERNS POST-
FEF.E.
gPRING
French IJomiu* ..
Norwich-wove Chocks
Chocked Challls
Delhi Caclime res .. ..
Silk and Moliair Donblo Skirts
teilk and Mobalr Flouaccd Robes _ __
Ciwhmcre Flounced Kobe* h QutUo £1 Is. fid.
Address to KING and CO., 243, Regent-street, London.
7s. 6d. the Full Dress.
8«. <W. „
12t. 6d.
1ft*. Od. „
10*. Gd. „
13*. cd. „
P OPLINS.-PATTERNS POST-FREE.
Norwich Poplins .. 18s. 6d. tho Full Dress.
Real Irish Poplins .. £1 I7». 6<L
Addrees to KING and CO., 243, Regent-street, London.
B
LACK SILKS.—Patterns Post Free.
Glacr? fiilks,.£! 5 0 tbo Full Drctt.
Satin Bar Glands .. .. I 10 0
Widow**’ Silas.1 15 6
Flounced silks.2 10 0
Moira Antiques .. .. .. 2 16 6
Vclro*. Flounced Robes & 10 0
Address to KINO and CO., 2t3, Ragont-otroct, London.
1VTEW SPRING SILKS at KING’S,
±.y 243, Regent-Street.
Striped Glace Silks .. ..£1 3 6 the Fall Dres*.
Checked GUce Silk# .. ..150
Satin Bar Glands .. .. 1 7 G
Jasper tiUu .I 12 6
French Poult da Eds*.. .. I 17 6
Flounced .-life*.2 2 0
SpltAlfleid* Flounced Silks .. 2 IS 6
Fre nch Flounced Silks .. 3 13 6
Velvet Flounced R^bes .. 5 10 0
And Moirtf AnUquoe, worn by tho Queen and Princes* Royal,
£3 3*. tho Full Dres*. usually sold at £6 fi*.
Patterns rent post-froo to sny port of the w orld.
Address to King and Co., 213, hegeni-ct.. London.
MORNING DRESSES for the PRESENT
if M SBl-rON.—SkWKLL and CO. aw now showing lhair first
Novcliiee for March and April, and rwpectfhlly invtto the attention of
ladies to their bcatifnl costuroce in plain Mohair and Mohair Kcowais,
with a varirty of Cien4 Poult de Sole and Moosselinee d« Cbeoe.
Also, a pretty material for young ladles' dresses in Checked Chad tee,
t t^fi/mid 46, Old Ccmpton- street, and 46 and 47, Frith Mreot,
Soho, W.
mABLE LINEN, SHEETING, &c.-
I PAULDING, STRATTON, and CO., linen Manufacturer* to
tho Queen, raspectfullv Invite attention to their extensive stock, com¬
prising every kind of HO L^R HOLD and TABLE LINEN. Families
and large establi-hmonte charged wboheale prices. Arm* and Crest
nsertsaln Table-linen -— 1 S, 1 or entry-street.
Q uilted eider-down petticoats
are strongly recommended to those who wish to com bins
elegance with eomfort. To bo had only of W. H. 1AT80N
and CO., 1, Maddox-street, Rog«c!-*treet. Wpot for the Eider-down
Quilts and Patent Spring Pillow*.
M oney on personal security
promptly advanced to Nobleman or Gentlemen. Heir* to En-
ta'lrd Estates, or by way of Mortgage on Uroparty derived amter
Will# or Settlements, fcc. ’'onfldeaUal applications may he made
or addressed to Mr. HOWSE, 11, Baaufori-buikiimcs. Strand, W.C.
rofitable employment.—
WAN»ED dfreofly a number of LADIES and GENTLEMEN
to assist in a highly Artistic Pursuit, in counterion with the Crystal
Palace, whore s'.« rimens can he teen in tha Court of Inventions.
The Art taught (term, moderate! pertoumllr or by letter j and con¬
tinuous employment Riven to poplh la town or oountry. to realise *
handsome income. No knowledge of drawing necessary. A Pro¬
spectus forwarded for four stamp*. Arrangement* made daily at
LAURENT DE LARA’S Gallery of Fine Arts, Z, Ton i i gt oa .quoTo,
Rusoail-squore. Just roadv, Do Lara** Book on Illuminating, price Gs.
ELiEVO LEATHER MODELLING,
PANTHEON.—Laurence'* elegant specimens from th-i Crystal
Palace and Paris Exhibitions nr,« now on riow lit the Pantb'cn
Baza ir, Ground Floor, Coentar (55). 'Hie art taught, and employment
given to La lira only. FuU particulars may be had at the counter.
Kstablhbol 18l'L
ATENT^-SELF-LIGHTING CIGAR
COMPANY. ?j 0. MOorgrte-street. Wholesale and Retail.—All
kinds of Cigars are treated by this proce s, and are ignited by simple
filction, wiihoui taste or nnc'I. No«xt/a ;-rice- Invaluable to on -
door nmokonvttcd travelkra. Us. to 42i. pw lb. Sample box, six fine
HarannalSs, free 24 poftsgo-strthpe; three, 12 stamp*
COUTH AFRICAN White and Red WINES,
O 3b*. to 24s. jwr dorhq -Sherry, Madeira, Port, Oat st. ami of hero.
AR of'town'good spoclmohs of an PngiLrii ratlsmim'* dally table
wine-rfean. ripe, mellow, and fall-flavoured. Four-dozen hampers
carriage free. FObi'KR and 1NOLK. 45. Chcipsid*.
Tl/TNES from the CAPE of GOOD HOPE.—
J V PORT- SHERRY, MADEIRA, BUCRLLA8. and MAR¬
SALA, all SQs. per dozen, really fine quality, produce of 5psnish and
Portuguese jviitm at tho CAPE ot GOOD HOPE, whence h*r
Mtijet.ty '• Govermont allow* wines to be I mp orted for half duw. Two
*amnl«Tor If stamp*. Brandy, excellent, 3(k p-r do ten W and
A. GILBEY, Wine ImpcrUrs, 357,Oxford-street. W.
/ ^ROSSB and BLACKWELL, Purveyors in
V/, Onlinarr to her MaJ**ty, re* ectfully Invli# attention to »bclr
HtCKLE 5 *, SAUCH8, TAUT FRUITS, a%d rtm-r Table Delieocira,
tho/Whole of which are« prepared with the moet scrupulous attention
tO/Wholnomenras and parity.
/To be obi«2ned of mo*tyespoctablo 9*n» Veodars; and wholcsolu
of Ctumv -:nd Bbtckwml, fi, nobo-«]uare, Loudon.
THE BEST FOOD FOR CHILDREN, INVALIDS. AND 0THER8
tlUBIN SUN’S PATENT BARLEY, for
L t> making superior Burley Water In fifteen mlnntes, has not oaij
obtained the paironageof bar M*J#aty and tha Riyol Family, but bos
become of genural use to every class of the Community, end is to-
knowlvdrcd to »t«nd usrivaikd as an ovinonily pu 0 uutrifiouj, and
tight foot for Infants and Invalids; much approved for making •
aefidoni custard te.ddisg, and excel cut for tbicke.>Uig broths or
soups HOBINrtON'S PATENT GrtOAT-» for more than thirty year*
have been held in ooestsnt and increasing public estimation as the
purest f-rin.v! of the cat, and n» tho best cml most va uable prepara¬
tion for making a pare and delicate Gruel, which farms a light and
nutritious 'upper for the o%cd. is a pnpu'nr recipe tor colds and
intiaenrss, is of general use in the sxk-chamber, ana. alternately with
tbo Patent Barley, is an excellent food for infant* and chudran.
Prepared only by the raten ees. ROBINSON, BELVILLE. and CO..
Purveyor* to the Queen, 64, Red Lion-street. Holbcrn, London. Sold
by all respectable Grooars, Druggists, and o:b«tra in town nnd country,
in packote of fid. utd is.; and Family Canister*, at 2s., io., and ins.
■^.LENEIELD PATENT STARCH,
C8XD IN Tnx ROTAL I.AUNI'RT,
And pronounced by her Malwtv'* Lined revs to b*
THF. FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED.
Hold by *11 Chandlers, Grocers, tec., tec.
WHEN YOU ASK FOR
G LENKIELD patent starch,
8F:E THAT YOU GET IT,
as inferior kinds are often snbsttt^od.
G LYCERINE.—An impure Glycerine 13 now
twtag sold on tho statement that It I* ** pure as the PATENT
DISTILLED GLYCERINE of PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE COM¬
PANY. The Company beg the application of tho following simpi*
tests : For unpleasant smell, rub a few drop* over the back of ywr
band, when tho imtid mouie nnull will, if present, at once coma out.
For load and other metallic imparities, tost by a current of sul¬
phuretted hydrogen. For lime and other earthy imparities, test by
oxalate of ammonia, or chloride of barium. Tho Company are not
responsible for any Glycerine except that sold In bo’.ltes having cap-
solas lettered *' Price'# Pateni."
Price's Patent Candle Company, Bclrr.ont, Va ax hall, London.
TjILOWEK’S PLATE POWDER, as snpplitd
J_ for cleaning the Plate at tha Refreshment Rooms, Umue of
Lords, tec., -c., may be obtained through all chemists, or direct from
Flower, Chemist, Matlock. In Boxes, at ls„ 2s. Gd., anil Is. each.
B enzine collas
CLK4NB and REMOVES GREASE from
Gloves, I Cloth,
Silks, | Carpets, fto. tec.
In Betties, Is. 6d.. of all Chemists and Perfumers*, and at thsZMpOl,
114, Great UuMull-strect, Bloomsbury.
TJUSHER, SON, and 1IASKLDEN S FLUID
Jj LENITIVE BIjECTUAKY, or COKPgCIION of 8F.NNA.—
'1 his preparation 1* now universally acknowledged to bo the hc*t and
nafott aperient for person* of all age* nnd either sox, more especially
thorn who from sedentary habits, or ot i.er re*»on«. require a gentle
aperient dally. It i* exceedlug'y aprtt'nbls to tbo taste, aud on that
account particnlsrly suitable for emllren Prepared and sold at 16,
Condult-stroet Rcgont-stroet, W., London; may be obtained at ail
Chemists, eithor in town or country, in bottles, at Is. fid., 2|. fid.,
is. fid.; or, con tabling 2 lb., IQs. each.
M essrs c. and w. barker, surgeon-
DENTISTS (sons nnd successr n to tbo brio Mr Barker),
respectfully acquaint the frlcods aud pnilcat* of thulr late father th U
they continue to conduct his oalntoa cu the same approved principles
sa wire successfully adopted by him sna bog to inhcll * coutiuuance
of tbo patronage with which ha was so generally favoured.—2. Cres¬
cent, New BnOgc-etreet, Black friars.
T3AINLESS TOOTH EXTRACTION by
A CONGELATION.—Mr. EDWIN WILLIAMS, Burgoo d-
Dentlst, at XI, Southampton-street. Bio >tnsbcry-square. Artificial
Teeth on the meat approved principle*. A pamphlet by peat for fid.
A sthma.—dr. locock’s pulmonic
. WAFERS givo instant relief and a rapid cure of Asthma,
Cough*, and *11 Disorder* of the Breath and Lungs. They have a
miat plraMol tute. Price Is. 1;*L, 2s. and 1 Is. per box. Sold
by all Medicine Veudura.
TMPORTANT.—YOUNG'S CORN mid
1 BUNION PLASTERS are the best ever Invented. Observe the
Namo and Addms primed tn the label, without which non# are
genuine. May bo had of all chemists; ts, box. or thirteen stats pa.
Address H. houn g, I, Shaftesbury-pLco, Ak3<we«t»-«tuot. B.C,
I NFANTS’ NEW FEEDING-BOTTLES.—
From the “ lancet.”— M We bare seldom *c«j anything *e
b autifui as lb* Faedmg-Bottles Inrrodocwl by Mr. FiLAJI, !•:<*,
Oxford-*ireet- Whether tor warning, rearing by hand, or occasional
fording, they are quite unrivalled." 7 a. fid, each.
WANTED, LEFT-OFF CLOTHES for
VV AUSTRALIA, in s\»°d or Inferior condition. Mr. and Mr*.
JOHN ISAACS, 318 and 320. Siren* opposite Fomarvet House),
continue to give the highest mice tn C«h for Ladiea', Gontismim**,
and Children’s CVilhes, ttegftnentali, Uuderclothlng, Boots, Rook*,
Jowellcrr, sod all MuoslUnc-.u* Property. L tiers for any day or
dl unoe'punc.ualiy attended to. Parcel* sn»t from the Country,
either large or small, the utmost value returned by Post-offlco order
the tame day. Reference, London and Westxlnstor flank. Eat. t9yra.
YTTANTED, LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, Uni-
v V forms, MlaceOaneoua Property, tec. The hi*h«t price given.
Ladles or Gcnticman waited on by aadrmlng to Mr. and Mrs. G.
HYaM, 16, Tyler-a treat, B«sni-* treat, W.; or. porrai# borng sent, *^a
utmost value In cash fmmodiriciygomiued.—Esubllshed 33 yearn.
ANTED LADIES’ and GENTLEMEN’S
LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, Regimoutals, and Mlscellan^o*
Property. The highest price in Cash. Ladle* and Gentl e m a n waited
on by addrearing a letter to Mr. or Mm. Lavy, 261, Strand (opposite
Twmtag’s Bonk): or 34l, near Waterloo-bridge. Parcel* from tho
coutrirr, a post-offlee order remitted.—Established 65 years.
W anted left-off clothes.-M r.
and Mrs. HART, 31, Newcastle-?txeet, 8trend, W.C M am
giving the highest price* for ovary kind of Ladies' and Gentktneaa'
WEARING APPAREL, aatin and velvet dresses, reytawnuis, uni¬
forms, India shawl*, point laoa, trinket*, books furniture, ntisc ’U
lon^oia property, tec. Ladle* or Gonttemon waited on, any tine r
distance. Addxeas aa above. Paronla from tin
r alt A remitted in r>ah Fetahlished I MI.
a the oountry, the utmost
W ANTED LEFT* OFF CLOTHES for
EXPORTATION.—Mr. and Mr*. HUTCHINSON, 17, Dean-
street, High Holbom, W.C., continue giving the hlghcs* price to cash
for Ladies’. Gvntiemon's. and Chilnren's Clothe# Regimentals. Under-
clothing. Boots. Books, Jewellery, and oil taiscelUneous i-rojiertia*.
Judies or Gentlemen punctually waited on at their rnsideoces any
time or dhtosoo, on oddreartng aa above. 1‘srcola sent from the
counter, the utmost value immediately remitted by Post-office order. |
248
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 6, 1858
(Continued from jxtgc 246 )
Bo wring has acknowledged his obligations. The
King began to study English in 1845, principally
availing himself of the United States’ missionaries.
Mr. Carswell devoted a year and a half to instructing
the Royal learner four times a week, one hour each
lesson. He occupied himsolf with astronomical in¬
vestigations, and is able to calculate an e dipse and
the aegroes of latitude and longitude. He has in¬
troduced a press, with both Siamese and English
types. How far he has succeeded in writing English
mav be judged by his note to his Journal, engraved
in taosimile on Nov. 1,1856.
The King was bora October 18, 1804. His con¬
versation is highly intelligent, but is carried on in
the language of books rather than of ordinary col¬
loquy It is scarcely needful to add that his reign
constitutes one of the most remarkable epochs in
the history* of Siam, and that the acts of. his Go¬
vernment are likely to exert the happiest influence
on the future well-being of that country.
Some twenty years ago the King, then Prince
Chau Fa, was described, in Moor's “ Notices of the
Indian Archipelago,” as anxious to know how Eu¬
ropeans managed to print, and wished much to be
taught the art; and he pointed out several errors in
Captain Low’s M Phra Bat,” and also stated that the
type was too short, and in more than one place the
Siamese characters are written wrongly. Chau Fa
was likewise very desirous of learning the English
language; he spoke it a little, but wrote and printed
it well with the pon. Of this part of his education he
was very proud, and his handiwork might be seen all
over his palace: on every door he had written some¬
thing.
Mr. Robbins, an American missionary, bears the
following favourable testimony to the King’s charac¬
ter :— “ Chau Fa is, probably, the most intelligent
trinn among the nobility. Ho has obtained a suffi¬
cient knowledge of the English language to enable
• him to write, read, and speak it with fluency. He
him adopted European customs to a considerable ex¬
tent. and may with p ropriety bo termed a scientific
man. He is very friendly and familiar with the
missionaries, and fond of getting our books; and at
his house wo walk perfectly erect before him. At the
time of our visit he was seated on a velvet cushion,
with a gilded covering to the pillow at his back. His
only article of dress consisted of a silk sorang, figured
with gold and silver, ex tec ding from his waiat nearly
to his feet."
The King is, moreover, an author. Sir John
Bowring describes a curious tract of forty pages,
printed at Bangkok in 1850, and conkdning a series
of communications from the present King (then
H. R. H. T. Y. Chau Fa Mongkut) to the Bangkok
Calendar. They give the calculations of the eclipses
of the year; and the Prince says he prints them
that his foreign friends “ may know that he can pro¬
ject and calomato eclipses of the sun and moon, occul-
tationsof planets, and some fixed stars of first and se¬
cond magnitude, of which the immersion in and emer¬
sion from the limb of the illuminated moon can be
seen by the naked eve, for every place of which the
longitude and latitude are certainly known by him.”
Sir John Bowring relates that on more than
one occasion the King had written and spoken
to him on the subject of polygamy, wishing he
should explain to thoso who might be disposed to censure him that
the habit was Oriental, that it wua sanctioned by Siamese laws and
usages, and by the Buddhist religion. He has hud fourteen (Royal)
children born to him sicco he ascended the throne, in 1351 ; and he
wiote to Sir John that in the three months after iio left Bangkok the
Royal family hail been increased by the birth of four children. On one
occasion the King pointed out to Sir John the Royal kitchen with
pride, saying : " That is my cook-house; I built the first chimneys in
Siam." . .
The King frequently in conversation refers to the history of Siam,
and on one occasion said, “ There have been only two caseB of abdica¬
tion in Siamese history. One was unfortunate; for, the King having
left the throne, confusion and tumult followed, and he was obliged te
He is not charged, as in the cuse of Japan, with the
religious, as distinguished from the civil, functions
of Government, but exercises a species of secondary
or reflected authority, the limits of which did not
appear to me to be at all dearly defined. His title
was formerly Uparat, but is now Wangna —literally
meaning the junior King. He is said to dispose of
one-third of the State revenue, and to have at his
oommand an army of about 2000 men. He is gene¬
rally a brother or near relation .of the King. The
present Wangna is a legitimate brother of the First
King, a cultivated and intelligent gentleman, writing
and speaking English with great accuracy, and living
much in the style of a courteous and opulent Euro¬
pean noble,—fond of books and scientific inquiry,
interested in all that mark the course of civilisation.
His palace is nearly of the same extent as that of
the First King. In it is a building which he makes
his principal abode, and which has the accommoda¬
tion and adornment of a handsome European edifice.
He is surrounded with the same Royal insignia as
the First King, though somewhat less ostentatiously
displayed* and the same marks of honour and
prostration are paid to his person. He has his
Ministers, corresponding to those of the First King,
and is supposed to take a more active part in the
wars of the country than does the First King. It
is usual to consult him on all important aflairs of
State. He signed the full powers which were given
to the Commissioners who negotiated the treaty with
me; and I was told by the First King that before
the final approval of its conditions he must hold
a conference with his Royal brother. Jle is expect¬
ed to pay visits of ceremony to the First King, and
his salutation consists in elevating his hand; but
the brothers sit together on terms of equality. There
would seem some danger in the adjacency of sove¬
reignties so likely to clash; and the late K ing abo¬
lished the Wangna- ship, which was, however, re¬
stored by the present King and the whole body of his
nobles. The Second King appeared to mo more
occupied with philosophical pursuits than with
State affairs; and probably such a course of absten-
eion is both wise and prudent. The demands of the
Second King on the exchequer must be submitted to
the First King for approval, and, on being sealed
by him, are paid by the Great Treasurer.”
From another account there would appear to be
a sort of rivalry between the scientific pursuits of
the First and Second Kings, for an American mis¬
sionary found the latter studying Euolid and
Newton, practising the use of the sextant and
chronometer, and anxious for the latest Nautical
Almanack.
We should add that one of the most interesting
portions of Sir John Bowring’s work is his Per¬
sonal Journal of his Visit to Siam, from March 24
to April 25,1855.
T1IE FIRST KING OK SIAM.-FROM A PAINTING BY MU. J. ROBKRTS, AFTER A DAGUERREOTYPE.
resume it.” “ I cannot fancy,” says Sir John Bowring, “that the
ascetic and secluded life which the King led for more than twenty-six
years could have much attraction for one obviously fond of pleasure,
and whose habits have easily conformed themselves to the luxurious
existence so strangely contrasted with the retired and meditative years
passed in the convent he so long occupied "
S am. like all other countries, though preserving many of its ancient
forms, has, under the influence of the present King, accommodated
itself in many of its Court usages to changes which will place his
Majesty in a reasonable position as regards foreign Sovereigns.
It may be worth while to say a few words on the distinction of the
Firtt and Second jCing. The institution of a Second King.” says
Sir John Bowring, “is one of the peculiarities of the Siamese usages.
SKETCH ON THE ROAD BETWEEN
ALLAHABAD AND CAWNPORE.
We are indebted to an officer for the accompanying
Sketch of a detachment of her Mujesty's 34th Regi¬
ment halting for breakfast from Allahabad to Cawn-
pore, in December last.
Bullock waggons are employed to carry troops on the road. Here
we may notice that the roads through the upper provinces of India
are very fine—on the main lines quite as good as, and very like, the
old turnpike roads of England ; on many of the cross roads, better
tLnn the cross roadsin England. Again, tho road from Meerut to
Cawnpore is described as not only as good as, but hotter than, any
turnpike road in England; and, from the dead level of the country,
a single horse or a pair of bullooks can trot along with a heavy load
behind most easily. The bullock cart was long the ultimatum of speed
arrived at by tho natives, but small single-horse carriages are now
substituted; and Sir Erskine Perry describes the above road with
its traffic as presenting a livelier scene than anything he had seen in
India.
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.-HALT FOR BREAKFAST ON THE ROAD BETWEEN ALLAHABAD AND CAWNTOKE.
Lohdox : Printed and Published at the Ofli 198, Strand, In the Parish of St Ctement Danes, in the County of Middlesex, by William Little, 198, Strand, aforesaid.— Satukua v, Mai'.ch t», leoo
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.
On a former occasion we incidentally remarked on the singularity
of the ciicumstance that the Government of Lord Palmerston
should have failen on a question of foreign policy. However some
persons might differ from him on points of detail, there was nearly
a, universal admission that any one better acquainted with the very
inner life of foreign politics in relation to their bearing on English
interests than the late Premier did not exist. If he was supposed
to have had a rival at all it was Lord Aberdeen j but it was a
tolerably general opinion that that noble Lord took, if a profound,
still a one-sided view of diplomacy, and that in large views as well
as in extensive knowledge he was immeasurably behind Lord
Palmerston. It is, therefore, a very curious and a very suggestive
fact that, if there be one department of the offices of the State
more than another which the late Government leaves as
a troublesome and difficult legacy to its successors, it
is the situation of our relations with foreign coun¬
tries. It would be very difficult to say exactly what the
foreign [policy of this country is or has been in modem
times ; and it is just possible that our diplomatists for the last
thirty years or so have not been quite sure that they had a policy,
or, what is perhaps the same thing, they have had one policy at
one time, and another at another. If there be any real foundation
for our dealings with other nations, it probably consists in the ne¬
cessity fer the promotion of British commerce, and the belief that
there must not be existent in Europo at the same time two fleets
which, combined, would be equal in force to the navy of England.
Again, the difference between our institutions and those of the great
bulk of European nations renders a negative foreign policy
on our part almost a certainty; and although as a
constitutional country it would be our cue to further
the progress of Constitutionalism on the Continent, yet certain
home requirements from which a Ministry dependent on the votes
of the House of Commons cannot free themselves demand a
policy of non-intervention; and this mingling of principles
which are devoid of affinities renders the position of England
abroad by no means so impressive as is supposed in this
country, or as it is desirable that it should be. It is no
matter to talk Liberalism and to act respectfully towards and in
conjunction with despotism ; and in the midst of this contradictory
system the English diplomatist is almost always in a confusion,
and as often in a difficulty. One of the elements of diplomacy ir
held, rightly or wrongly, to be secrecy ; and this secrecy engrafted
on our governing system, to which it is totally and entirely opposed,
fails in accomplishing a cohesion adequate to its purposes; and here
is to be found nuother component part of the intricacies and troubles
of those British statesmen who, for their sins, undertake to conduct
our foreign relations. It is these opposite principles which Lord
Palmerston has lor a long time been trying by skill and adroitness
to reconcile, and hitherto with more or less of reputation for suc¬
cess -, and it is somewhat remarkable that, when it is to be pru-
umed he would be absolute in all questions of foreign policy in
his character of Prime Minister, he should have most elabo¬
rately failed in his efforts, which few will doubt to be sincere,
to secure for England that place in the comity of nations to which
she is morally entitled, but which just at present she can hardly be
said to he Id.
A few years ago that sound ruling principle of our foreign
policy which we have above stated—namely, the necessity that
there should not be in Europe two nations possessing such a mari¬
time force as, in combination, should be numerically equal, or
superior, to the fleets of Great Britain—was brought into play by
considerations connected with the navies of France and Russia. A
very superficial examination of the matter disclosed that the
undesirable climax in question had been reached; and the point at
issue was, which of the two fleets was to be thoroughly weakened,
if not destroyed ? Ancient traditions, and at least Governmental
sympathies, engendered by former alliances, probably suggested a
union with Russia against France, but a combination of circum¬
stances, arising out of the great intercourse between the two
countries, and the deep personal policy of Louis Napoleon, ardent
for the firm establishment of his dynasty in the eyes of the other
Continental Potentates, added to the criminal designs of Nicholas
on Turkey, turned the scale the other way, and hence the French
alliance and the Russian war. At the conclusion of that contest
Russia stood in a position of isolation in Europe; at the present
moment it is very much to be doubted if that isolation has not
been transferred to England. It would bo idle to talk now,
in the midst of the hot and angry denunciations which are rife
on both sides of the Channel, of the actual persistence
and the future durability of onr alliance with France. The attitude
assumed by the Government of France on the refugee question
since the attempt to assassinate the Emperor, not only towards
this country, but to Europe generally, is such as to indicate a de¬
termination to bring the right of asylum, of which we justly boast,
to an issue. At this instant we know that a demand has been
made on Sardinia—already sufficiently alienated from this country
since those days of intimate alliance when her contingent was
added to the allied armies in the Crimea, by means of what was
practically a subsidy from Great Britain—for the delivery up ot a
British subject said to be implicated in the plot of the Mth
January. A more delicate or difficult international question it is
hardly possible to conceive. It is a question, too, which is likely
to be raised in a very impracticable quarter, if it be true that
AIlsop, another ot the alleged, regicides, has taken refuge
in the United States ; and it is a subject of curious
speculation what course will be taken by the American
Government it a demand for that person being placed in the hands
of the French authorities is made. The actual presence of two
British Ministers at Washington will hardly be considered supere¬
rogatory/ in such a case. Every one knows the pressure which is
placed on Belgium with reference to this subject; and no one can
look at the probabilities of an involvement between France and
that country without seeing the inevitable train of difficulty and
difference with England which it must draw after it More than
this, a demand haa been made upon Austria in a similar and even
a stronger sense on this subject. Now, if we have had lately a Con¬
tinental ally at all, it has been Austria. Nevertheless it i3 not too
much to predicate that on a matter of this kind the sympathies of
Austria are more likely to be with France than with England; and
we may, therefore, be now witnessing the beginning of a sever¬
ance of that good understanding which, however its advisability
may be matter of opinion, has certainly prevailed between
TBE JtEW rKEMTER, THE HIQUT IIO.S. TIIE CAW OF MVA'—WM A X’KAWDtO HY A BUHOET.—tW NEST PAQKj
250
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 13,1858
tjiis country and a first-class Continental Power like Austria, In
the meantime Russia, smarting with the sense that it is to England
indiitclly, if not so directly as perhaps England would wish, that
she owes whatever of humiliation has been the result of the laBfc
war, looks on, not, it is to be supposed, without a secret readiness to
throw her weight into the scale of despotic power, as opposed to
what, f or want of a better word, we may term Constitutionalism. As
regards Prussia, recent events may have perhaps tended to the re-
cetnentmg of a union with this coantry which was as nearly
wholly sen-red as it was possible to be ; but the condition of the
Government of that kingdom just at present is so purely abnormal
ard provincial that it is not very likely that she could tako any
decided part in European politics lor awhile. As regards our
relations with the minor and less powerful States of the
Continent, it can only be said that any relations ex¬
isting between this country and Turkey, Spam and Por¬
tugal, are more nominal than real; w : th Switzerland it is Eot
easy to say exactly what our relations are; while our diplomatic
intercourse with Naples is positively suspended, and an ugly
international question is actually pending.
In Europe, then, it mny safely be said that England is drifting
towards a political and diplomatic isolation almost as complete as
her geographical insularity. Happily with the United States of
America we have net at this very moment any patent point of
difference ; but points of d : ffercnce between England and the
United States seem to be the normal condition of things, and it is
impossible to 6ay how soon one of those little troubles that are
always vexing the quasi-domestic feelings of the two nations may
arise. To deal with this state of things i9 the task of our new
Ministry. To preservo the influence and the dignity of England,
and at the same time to secure peace for her with all
the world, is their appointed duty. To say that the coudtry
at large believes in the capabilities of Lord Derby’s Govern¬
ment in general, and in his Foreign Secretary in particular, to
attain this end, would be to belie the opinions which are currently
avowed by nine-tenths of the persons one meets. There is, how¬
ever, a mode of dealing with this complex and troublesome subject
Which wc may be allowed to suggest By adhering as far as pos¬
sible to the traditionary sinuosities and the secrecy of diplomacy,
which to be successful must be complete—a consummation which
can hardly ever be reached in this country—Lord Palmerston has
failed, as a Foreign Minister, to satisfy the wishes of the people of
England, or to maintain her place in the solidarity of nations*
Whst if the present Government were to inaugurate a new era in
diplomacy, and apply to it that principle of straightforward, open
publicity which regulates all our internal concerns, and let the
Foreign Secretary toko Parliament and the country as completely
into his confidence as do the Borne Secretary and the Chancellor
of the Exchequer? Lord Derby, if he has declared anything, has
declared that, in all that relates to our home government, he will
be guided by the will of tho House of Commons. Why not apply
the same rule to the management of our foreign affairs?
THE NEW MINISTRY;
THE EARL OF DERBY, FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY.
The Right Hox. Edward Gbofprky Smith Stanley, present
and fourteenth Earl of Derby, to whom her Majesty has intrusted the
formation of tho now Administration, is a nobleman of acknowledged
ability as a statesman, and as a Parliamentary orator holds the very
highest rank. Tho head of the illustrious and feudal houso of Stanley,
and tho inheritor of a namo and lineage, as well as a property, of
which any nobleman in tho throe kingdoms might well be proud, and
now (while the Shrewsbury title is in abeyance and under litigation)
holding tho proud position at once of Premior Earl of England, and
First Lord of the Treasury, his LordsbiD might well havo neen ex¬
pected to pause before he undertook the laborious task of constructing
a Cabinet, and devoting hi tnstlf once more to the busy life and strife
of a political career which can add little or nothing to his fortune or
hU fame, his dignity or his independence. As his Lordship, how¬
ever, has not shrunk from respqndiu^ to the invitation or command of
her Majesty, we purpose devoting this column to a. brief recapitulation
of tho chief p-rints worth remarking in bis public life thus far.
Tne Earl of Derby was bora at Kuowsley Park, near Preacot, Lan¬
cashire, March 29th, 1709. lie is the eldest son of Edward, thirteenth
E<rlof Derby, who was better known in public life by his courtesy
title of Lord Stanley, as heir apparent to the earldom. His early
years were spent at Eton, where, as afterwards at Christchurch, Ox¬
ford, he distinguished himself by the elegance of his Latin versifica¬
tion, an art in which he was a follower of George Canning and the
late Marquis Wellesley. In 1810 he obtained the Chancellor V prize
for Latin verse atOxtord; the subject was Syracuse; and he recited
his poem at tho Commemoration in the Sheldonian Theatre amid
rounds of applause. In spite, however, of having gained this distin-
guiahed honour at bo early an ago, he quitted the University without
taking his degree as B.A, probably becauso he was not quits sure of
being able to reckon on a first class for certain, and because he felt
that any honour short of the highest wouid not suit the lofty views of
the head of the future house of Stanley. _ \\ ,
In 1820, when he had barely reached his majority, ho entered Par¬
liament as M.P. for the now disfranchised borough of Stockbridge. It
was not, however, until the year 1824 that ho began to take any active
or prominent port in the businefs of the House. No sooner, however,
did he begin to join in the Parliamentary debates than his talents
gained him an acknowledged position, and from that day forth he was
6et down as a "man of mark," and sure of promotion, if ever it should
prove the tarn of his friends, the Liberal party, to take office. In 1826
he was chosen for the borough of Preston, in which the influence of
his grandfather, Lord Derby, was very extensive. In 1828, on the
formation of Lord Goderich’s Administration, he was bwoto a member
of the Privy Council, and appointed Under Secretary of State for the
Colonies; but on seeking re-election was rejected by hia former'con¬
stituents in favour of the more democratic Radical candidate, Henry
Hunt. Sir Hueeey Vivian, however, resigned in his favour the seat
which he held for the borough of Windsor, which ho represented until
1832. In that year Mr. Stanley secured a seat for one of the divisions
of Lancashire, which he continued to represent until removed alto¬
gether from the Lower House of Parliament.
The death of his grandfather in 1834, by raising his father to tho
earldom, devolved on him the courtesy title of Lord Stanley, and the
etime year brought about also a change in bis political relations. Up
to this time he had acted with the Whigs or Reformers. he had voted
for iho repeal of the Test and Corporations Acts, for Catholic Emanci¬
pation, and for tho Reform Bill of 1632; but his zeal for the revenues,
if not for the interests, of the Established Church induced him to
shrink from going further on a course of what he thought would prove,
if carried too far, not reformation, but robbery, in tne Irish branch
of the Establishment.
We should mention here that in 1830, on the accession of Lord Grey,
he had been nominated Chief Secretary for Ireland, and that in that
position he wu« able to form an independent judgment as to the ulti¬
mate effect of Church reforms. In 1833 he exchanged his post for that
of Secretary of State for the Colonies. In the following y» ar, however,
alarmed at the strong measures of his colleagues in reference to a
further reduction in the revenues of the Irish church, he withdrew
from the Ministry, in company with Sir James Graham, the Duke of
Richmond, and the Earl of Ripon, and occupied a teat upon the cross
benches for a time, previous to throwing in hia lot with the great Con¬
servative parly on their first accession to power in the November of
that year. During tho period of Reform agitation he had par¬
ticularly signalised himself as an orator of vast power and ability, and
on that subject and on all matters connected with colonial interests he
was a frequent and fluent speaker.
When PurlLment met for business under the auspices of Sir Robert
Teel in February, 1835, Lord Stanley took his seat as an avowed sup¬
porter of the new Mioistry, though be declined to accept a poBt in the
Administration, and wh«n that statesmen retired in the following
April ho went with him into Opposition. In 1841 the general election
gave Sir E. Peel a large majority, and he accordingly returned to
office. Lord Stanley went to his old pluce, and undertook the port¬
folio of the Colonies, and continued to act heart and soul with his leader
until the year 1845. In the previous year, having been raised to the
peerage as Lord Stanley of Bickerstaffe during his father’s liletime, he
had been transferred to the post of Ministerial leader in the House of
Lords, where his oratorical powers wero of the greatest service to the
Conservative party.
In 1846 SirR Peel's growing determination to adopt a Freo-trade
policy effected a separation between himself and Lord Stanley. No
soonor had the Premior carried the repeal of the Corn-laws than hia
former colleague placed himself at tho head of the newly-formed Pro¬
tectionist party. The efforts of this party, headed by Lord Stanley,
Lord G. Bentinck, and Mr. Disraeli, were directed to the disorganisa¬
tion both of the Whigs and of the Peelites or Conservatives, and
with such success that at at the commencement of 1852 thoy felt
themselves able to undertake the responsibilities of office. The
Earl of Derby, as we must now call him, lor he had reoantly succeeded
to tho earldom by bis father’s death, was supported by Mr. Disraeli as
leader in the Commons, but during his ton months of office he
carried no measure of a purely Protectionist character. Tho Ministry,
being defeated on the budget of Mr. Disraeli,resigned in the December
following, and Lord Aberdeen came into j»ower at the head of a
" Coalition ” Ministry. On tho fall of that Ministry in February, 1855,
Lord Derby had another opportunity of constructing a Protectionist
Ministry, out declinod the task, on the plea that in tho existing state
of parties no Ministry that ho could form could stand its ground.
Having led the Opposition in tho House of Lords for tho space
of three years, he has undertaken (as our readers are aware) tho for¬
mation of u Ministry which is now on its trial before Parliament and
the country at large.
We ought not to omit mentioning hero that in 1852, on the death
of the Duke of Wellington, Lord Derby was chosen Chancellor of
the University of Oxford. By his Countess, a daughter of tho first
Lord Skelmersdale, Lord Derby has a daughter and two sons, the
elder of whom, Lord Stanley, has lust accepted office as Secretary of
State for the Colonies, and is seated in his father’s Cabinet./'^ V v
LORD CHELMSFORD, LORD CHANCELLOR^
Of all the important appointments which aro involvod in tho recent
change of Ministry, few, if any, will give more general satisfaction than
that of Lord Chelmsford to tho Groat Seal and tho Woolsack. In Lie
own profession, os Sir Frederic Thesiger, his Lordship /has not only
been for many years a leader of acknowledged eminence and most
extensively popular on aoountof his high moral character and personal
worth, but ho has commanded some amount of sympathy on tho
score of tho repeated disappointments whioh have met iiinv wheirhp-
parently on tho very verge of high promotion. Au Attorney-General
is usually considered to have a claim to tho first Chief Justiceship which
happens to fall vacant during his tenure of office; and on tho two occa¬
sions on which Sir Frederic Thesiger has held that post he has nar¬
rowly missed the expected prize. Ho (first, became Attorney-General
in July, 1845, in succession to tho lato Sit William FoUett and was
forced to resign on the retirement of Sir Robert PeeLlrom offico in
July, 1846, only a fuw days (or we believe, strictly speaking, only
a few hours) before the death of Sir Nicholas Tindal jeft th-* Chief
Justiceship of tho Common Pleas at the disposal^Lthrhew Minister,
to be bestowed on the late Lord Truro, then Sir Thomas Wilde.
On again accepting the Attorney-Generalship, in 1852, Sir
F. Thosigor found the three Chief Justiceships occupied respectively
by Lord Campbell, Sir Frederick Pollock, and Sir John Jervis, not one
of whom showed the least disposition to vacate in his favour. A
second time, therefore, he was forced to retire into private life and
patiently to bide hia time. That time has, however, come at lost; and
we believe that wo are only expressing the collective opinions of tho
Bar when we say that there is not one of his political opponents in
Parliament who grudges him, olther on public or private grounds,
possession of the high post w’hichjhas just been conferred upon him.
Tho early career of Sir Frederic Thesiger is certainly a singular
one, and shows how frequently even the most trifling events work im¬
portant changes in the prospects and plans of human life. Strange as
it may sound to our readers’ ears, it was the eruption of a volcano in
one of our West India Islands some forty years ago that placed
Sir Frederic on the high road which has ultimitely led him to the
woolsack. His father’s property in St Vincent having been ruined by
the eruption of Mount Souffrier, the eon—then a midshipman in the
Navy—resolved to retrieve tho family fortunes by a career at the Bar,
which seemed to him to offer better chances of future success than a
life spent od board chip without interest in high quarters at tho
Admiralty. Lord Erskine had spent some years in the Navy, and some
more years in the Army, and *et he rose to be not only a Parlia¬
mentary orator but Lord High Chancellor of England; and why should
not Frederic Thesiger P
Oaoe called to the Bar, it was not very long before Mr. Thesiger be¬
came the leader of tho Home Circuit. A first-rate practice flowed in
upon him be th on circuit und in the C urts of Westminster HalL
Added tbtht^, he whs constantly retained by the parish of ChristChurch
at the Surrey Sessions; and scarcely had he rtceived the honour of a
silk gown when he established his fast-rising reputation as an advocate
of the highest order bv his defence of O'Onnell’s seat for th3 city of
Dublin oafore a Committee of the House of Commons in 1835. The in¬
vestigation was long beyond all precedent; itoccupied several months;
and O'Connell was unseated; but from that day forth Sir Frederic
Theatrer was a man of mark, and he watched his opportunity to obtain
a seat in the House of Commons. Soon alter entering St. Stephen’s as
M.P. for Woodstock ho made a speech upon the China war which
produced a great impression on the House.
We havo already alluded to the later portions of the legal career of
Sir Frederio Thesiger, and so we will only add that during the last
few years his practice has been 60 extensile that for some days after
Lord Derby’s acceptance of office it was rumoured that the learned gen¬
tleman was willing to become Attorney-General, but could not afford
to undertake the duties of the Great Seal, though backed up by a
salary of £10.000 a year.
In the House of Commons, as our readers need not bo reminded,
owing to the peculiar circumstances of Mr. Disraeli's position on that
ono point, Sir Frederic Thesiger has from time to time been obliged to
come forward as the leader of the great Conservative party when the
question of the admission of Jews into our Christian Legislature has
been under discussion. On those occasions he has shown debating
talents of a high order, and, what is perhaps a still gre iter triumph,
he has been able to unfold and enfoTco his views without acrimony or
bitterness, and in such a way as nover to have lost a personal friend
among the ranks of his opponents.
It is of course obvious to remark, what we believe has not escaped
the notice of our contemporaries, that—like his predecessors. Lords
Erskine, Lyndhurst, Brougham, and St. Leonards—Lord Chelmsford
has reached the woolsack of England directly und per saltum, withoutever
having occupied a seat on the Judicial Bench. Lord Lyndhurst, as our
readers may remember, after resigning the Great Seal, for the first
lime wore th8 ermine as Lord Chief Baron of tho Court of Exchequer;
and suoh, possibly, may be the ultimate destination of Lord Chelms¬
ford
When, at the outset of this sketch, we remarked that Lord Chelms¬
ford has had hia diappointments, wo did not allude to the early portion
of his legal career, which, on the contrary, was marked by speedy and
uninterrupted success both on circuit and at nisi prius. As a nisi prius
advocate he was nu 8t powerful, and also in his clear and lucid state¬
ment of cases in banco. It is true, however, that ho rose more rapidly
to a first-rate practice after the death of the lamented Sir William
FoUett, in 1845, and tho elevation of Sir Thomas Wilde to the Chief
Justiceship, in 1846. He has always managed to secure a large amount
of Crown practioe, and perhaps has had as wide a range of experience
at the Bar as any man that ever reached the Great Seal His leading
qualities are dignity, energy, acuteness, and accuracy; and his cha¬
racter as a lawyer may bo said to be marked by a clear and strong
E 'asp of tbe matter of the case, and an industrious acquisition of the
w appUcable to it
Of lato years, as Sir Frederic Thesiger, he was necessarily and ex-
officio engaged occasionaUy in Chancery cases, whilst holding office as
Solicitor and Attorney General in succession.
In his private practice, within tho last few years, we have seen Sir
F. Thesiger’s name engaged as a leader in nearly aU the heaviest and
most important cases; as, for instance, in tho great issue directed out of
Chancery as to the will of the late Duchess of Manchester, and in tho
memorable Achilli trial; as also in tbe notorious cafe of fiaudulent
heirship relative to the title and estates of the late Sir John >myth,
Bart., of Long Ashton, near Bristol, tried at Gloucetter, in 1853; and
las ly, but a tew days since, 8s Crown prosecutor against the Directors
of the Royal British Bank, in which cuso he is considered to have dis¬
played more than ordinarily commanding abilities.
It may interest such of our readers as are fond of pedigrees to
learn that Lord Chelmsford is tho only surviving son of the lute
Charles Therigor, Esq., collector of customs in the Island of St. Vincent,
and that he is himself a native of L< ndon, where he was born in the
year 1794. His uncle, the late Sir Frederick Thesigor, wus a distin¬
guished officer in the Navy, and acted as Aide-de Cump to Lord Nelson
at the battle of Copenhagen; and that the subject of these remarks,
having entered the Navy as a Midshipman, on board the Cambrian
frigate, served in that vessel at th^ battle of Copenhagen, in 18.7.
Ho was called to tho Bar at Gray’s Inn, in Michaelmas term, in 1818;
that he became one of "bis Majesty’s counsel learned in the law" in
1834; and that he was Solicitor-General from May, 1844, till the Juno
of the following year, and Attorney-General from that date until
July, 1S4S, and again held that post under Lord Derby’s short-lived
administration in 1852; that he represented WoodBtock from 1840 till
1844. Abingdon from 1844 to 1852, end Stamford from 1852 till last
month, when he accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, preparatory to beinj;
raised to the Peerage. In 3822 he married Anna Maria, vounges';
daughter of W. Tiniing, Esq., of Southampton, by whom he has r l
numerous family. He has a son an officer in the Guards, and his second
daughter, Julia, is marriodto Major-General Sir John Kardloy Wilmot
Inglis, the gallant dofonder of the Residency at Lucknow, and shared
with him tho dangers of that memorable si**ge. One of his Lordbhip’-i
mo6t intimate personal friends is understood to have jokingly remarked,
in allusion to that event and to tho frequent disappointments which
havo occurred to him in his legul career of late years, that ho ought to
have taken, his now title, not from " Chelmsford," but from " Lucknow."
THE EARL OF MALMESBURY, SECRETARY OF STATE
FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
In the naxv distribution of offices under Lord Derby it was but reason ¬
able to expect that a place should have been found for tho Earl of
Malme9bury/%ho has resumed the portfolio which he held in the brief
-Administration of 1852.
James Howard Harris, present and third Earl of Malmesbury, is
the eldest , son of the seorad Earl, and was born in 1807, and edu ¬
cated (like Sir J. Pakington) at Eton, and Oriel College, Oxford, where
he graduated B.A. in 1828. He did not enter public life till compa¬
ratively late in life, though his father’s extensive influence in the
boroughs of Christchurch and Wilton could easily havo secured for
him a seat in the Lower House ; but he chose in preference to study
the theory of political science at home, in the Diaries and Corre¬
spondence of his illustrious ancestor, the first Earl of Malmesbury,
the celebrated diplomatist who rescued Holland from the grasp of
France in 1788, as Minister at the Hague, by negotiating the alliance
between Great Britain, Prussia, and that country, and whose ‘ Re¬
mains” the present Earl has given to the world by a wtll edited
selection from hia letters on public and private affairs.
At the general election of 184 L Lord Malmoabury (then known by
his courtesy title of Lord FitzHarris) was returned to Parliament us
the Conservative M.P. for Wilton; but the death of his father, which
happened a few weeks afterwards, transferred him to the Upper House,
without giving him an opportunity of distinguishing himself in St.
Stephen’s. He had not shown himself an active member or a frequent
speaker in that august assembly when Lord Derby, on coming intc
power in the early part of 1852, appointed him to the high and
responsible post of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, la that
position he showed considerable sagaoity and intelligence, particularly
for a man entirely new to the routine business of official life.
Hia Lordship, who is Colonel of the Hampshire Artillery, an official
Trustee of the British Museum, and High Steward of Wallingford, is
married to a daughter of the Earl of Tankerville, by whom, however,
he has no family.
LORD STANLEY, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE
COLONIES.
The Right Hon. Edward Henry Stanley, Lord Stanley,
tho eldest son of the Earl of Derby, is one of tho youngest men
that have attained the honour of a seat in the present or in any
Cabinet, and affords, as we recently remarked, tho first instance of
a father and son sitting in the same Cabinet since the days of the gToat
Lord Burleigh and hia son, Sir Robert Cecil.
Lord Stanley was born July 21, 1826, and has not, therefore, com¬
pleted his thirty-second year. He received hia early education at
Rugby, under the late Dr. Arnold, and Dr Tait, now Bishop of
London, and thence passed to Trinity College, Cambridgo, where
he closed a distinguished uniergra*- uate career, in 1848, by obtaining
a first class in classics, taking honours also in the mathematics
tripos, and gaining declamation and other prizes. Soon after
taking his degree he went abroad and visited America and the West
Indies, und on his return to England was brought into public notice
by broaching a "Letcer to Mr. Gladstone on «he Claims aud Resources
of our West Indian Colonies.’ 1 on whose behalf he claimed a repeal of
the export duties. He had already been chosen, during hi» absence
in the Western World, as M.P. for Lynu, on the death of Lord George
Bentinok. In 1853 the Church-rate question was brought before the
House of Commons, and Lord Stanley published a pamphlot in which
ho strongly advocated the abolition of that impost on grounds of policy
and expediency. The interest which he has token in all educational
questions is widely known and appreciated. In the debates on tho
Newspaper Act he proved himself a friend of the people, and wua
mainly instrumental in procuring,the repeal of that portion of the
taxes on knowledge. More recently his Lordship has proposed a
scheme for establishing publio reading-rooms and libraries throughout
the rural districts; and also has printed, for private circulation, a
pamphlet in which he advocated the supply of the Parliamentary blue-
books, or at least of condensed extracts from their pages, and summaries
of their contents, at the national cost, to all tho mtchancs’ institutes in
the kingdom, und also to tho metropolitan and oouutry press, in order
that the authentic intelligence which they contain may be made known
to the public as it deserves to bo He has also spoken in Pailiament,
and, if we mistake not, more than once, in favour of opening the
British Museum, and other places of innocent recreation, on Sundays.
Lord Derby, as our readers are all aware, is a strong Conservative,
and "something more” perhaps. Lord Stanley, as they will haro
gathered from the above remarks, is considerably imbued with tho
Liberal tendencies which mark the age in which he has been reared.
Ho is a man of too much depth of thought and too great originality
of mind to rest oontent with the political creed of the Conservative
party; although, for his father’s sake, he may not be unwilling to lend,
the existing Ministry such support as he can, consistently und con¬
scientiously. He is a Liberal Conservative, in favour oi’the May-
nooth grant, tho removal of Jewish and all other religious disabilities,
and the exemption of Dissenters from Church-rates. He is no*
wholly new to office, having held tho post of Under-Sevretory tor
tho Colonies during his father's Administration in 1852. Ho is
a magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for Lancashire, and holds u Cap¬
tain’s commission in the 3rd Regiment of Lancashire Malitia. He
is, on the whole, one of the most rising young men of the day, and
has been confidently named us likely to be the successor of Lord
Canning, in event of the latter nobleman resigning the Governor-
Generalship of India.
SIR JOHN PAIONGTON, FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY.
The Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, Bart,M.P. for Droitwich,
to whom Lord Derby has intrusted the administration of the affairs
of the Admiralty, is a man of considerable'Parliamentary experience,
having had a seat in St. Stephen’s without interruption for one-and-
twenty years. He is the son of the late W Russell. Esq., of Powiok
Court, Worcester, where he was bora in 1790. He assumed his
present name in 1831, on succeeding to the estates of his maternal
uncle, tie last Sir John Pakington of the old creation. Having re¬
ceived his education at Eten, and at Oriel College, Oxford, where he
was a contemporary of the late Dr. Arnold, he became an active
magistrate in bis native countv,in which he held, from 1834 till 1854, the
Chairmanship of the Quarter Sessions. In 1837 he was chosen M.P.
for the borough of Droitwich, as a supporter of Sir Robert Peel and
the great Conservative party, and was re-eleoted in 1841,1846,1852,
and again at the last general election.
Sir John Pakington was one of tho few friends whom tho late Sii
Robert Peel selected for elevation to the honours of the baronetage before
Maroh 13, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
251
his retirement from office in 1S4G; an honour, be it here observed, all
the more marked, and posti^lv the more appreciated by its reoipient,
from the fact that he had felt himself obliged in his conscience to
oppose tho Free trade measures of that distinguished statesman. In
ISIS he took an active part iu the business of the Committee appointed
to inquire into the condition of *he West Indian Colonies and tho
gen«rul bearings of the eujrar questi n.
When Lord Dorby first came into office and power, in February,
1852, he selected Sir John Pakington as the person to whom ho thought
fit to intrust tho charge of the Colonies, in this position Sir J »hn
Pukington was laborious and painstaking; but the tenore of office by
bis party was too brief to allow him an opportunity of showing what
his administrative powers really were; but they are generally believed
to be considerably above the common standard. It is not very easy to
see what are the special qualifications of Sir Joho Pakujgton for his
new post; and unquestionably his appointment must bo regarded as a
S rool that Lord Derby, at all events, is not convinced by Sir Charles
'apier that tho Admiralty ought never to be intrusted to any but a
naval officer. Sis qualifications as an aotive magistrate and Chairman
of the Quarter Sessions would rather seem to have recommended him
for the post of Home Secretary, for which he might possibly be consi¬
dered to have more especially prepared himself by the interest which
ho is well known to have tak?n during the past few years in questions
connected with education and the establishment of reformatories.
Sir John Pakingtpn has been three times married: first, to a daughter
of M. Sidney E*q.; secondly, t > a daughter of the present Bishop of
Roehe-ter and Lttuy Sarah Murray; and. thirdly, to the widow of
Colonel II. Davies, some time M P. for Worcester. Hie son by his
first marriage, and heir to the title, is monied to a sister of the Earl of
Glabgow, and is acting as private secretary to his father.
SIR FITZROY KELLY, ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Sir Fitz&oy Kklly, Q.C., who has accepted office as Lord Derby’s
Attorney- General, is a eon of the late Robert Hawke Kelly, Esq.,
Captain in the Army, by Isabella, daughter of Captain Fordyce, carver
and cupbearer to King George III.' His mother, being left a widow,
remarried a wealthy merchant at Kensington, and is thus com¬
memorated in the autobiography of William Jerdan inlS52:—“Near
my lodgings at Kensington a large house was occupied by Mrs.
Heigelund, better known as Isabella Kelly, tho authoress of
some popular novels, and the mother of Sir Fitzroy Kelly, the
present Sulic tor- General. The eminent lawyer was then a very pretty
smart boy, with a younger brother equally attractive in his smaller
way, and a sister. Mis. Hedgeland, as well as the latter, is still, I
believe, alive, und butter provided for than in not very distant bygone
years, though enjoying an annuity from the Lonsdile family, iu which
she was a Inverness The second son became enamoured of tho stage,
and, whilst hi* legal brother rose to wealth and distinction, afforded
another mel nclrnly example of the folly of reliance upon desultory
put suits, instead of learning a profession or a business.' Under the
as umed name of Keppell he tried his fortune in Romeo, and I think
also essayed his powers in America, but without success; and, after
suffering gre^t mortifications, he died prematurely, with an almost
broken heart.' 1
Fitzr<y Kelly was born in London in 1796, and was originally
intended for a solicitors office. Indeed, he was actually articled; but
before he hod completed his time he was induced (like the late Lord
Truro) »o abandon the lower for the higher branch of his profession,
at which ho soon rose to a distinguished position, solely by his own
ability an 1 unwearied exertions. lie was enterod as a student at
Line "in’s Inn in 1818, aud wua called to the Bar in 1821, and wont tho
Norfolk Circuit. Here a good professional business flowed rapidly in
uoon him, and for some years he was the acknowledged leader. In
1830 ho was an unsuccessful candidate for Hythe in the Conservative
interest, and for Ipswich, in Deo., 1832; but was successful in aeon-
tos for the latter borough in Dec., 1831, though, eventually, he was
unseated on petition by the late millionaire, Mr. J Morrison. Ho had
already been appointed a King's Counsel, and chosen a Bencher of
Lino da's Inn, when, in 1838, he obtained, on petition, a seat for Ips¬
wich, for which he had been an unsuccessful candidate at tho goneral
election of 1837. In 1818 he wa9 elected, on a chance vacancy, for
Cambridge, but was out of Parliament from 1847 until April. 1852,
when he was chosen for Harwich and also for East Suffolk, and made
his election to tit for the latter constituency, which he has ever sinco
continued to represent Whilst holding his seat for Cambridgo in
1815-46, he was Solicitor- General under SirR. Peel in succession to Sir
1<\ Thesiger the present Lord Chancellor, and again held the Bame
post under the Ministry of Lord Derby in 1852. Tho practice of Sir
Fitzroy Kelly hus been, perhaps, more universal than that of any
living member of the bar. His profound attainments and legal re¬
search. joined to hie unrivalled forensic ability, made him sought alike
iu uil important cases, whether at Nisi Prius, in Banco, before the
Privy Council, or in the House of Lords, and oven in the Courts of
Equity; in all of which he has been more frequently seen than any
other member of the Common Law Bar. At the bar Sir Fitzroy
Kelly's character is that of the able lawyer and the finished advocate—
two qualities which are but seldom found in combination; and,
although in brilliancy of oratory he may be excelled by Chief Justice
Coekburn or the Lord Chancellor, he is possibly more than their equal
in the skill and subtlety with which he manages his causes, and
perhaps tfceir superior in what are termed in goneral parlance “legal
attainments.” . . _ . _. , , . a -
Sir Fitzroy Kelly is a magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant »r Suf¬
folk, where he hai recently purchased a landed property—‘ The
Chuntry,” near Ipswich. Ho married, in 1821, the eldest daughter
aud coheir of Captain Mason, of Leith, N.B., but was left a widower
in 185L ________
Lord Carlisle took his departure from Dublin on Wednesday,
amid the universal regrets of the Irish people. On Tuesday he was pre¬
sented with several gratifying farewell addresses.
Preferments and Appointments in the Church—R ev.
T Greene. Hector of Fulmodeston-cum-Croxton, Norfolk, to be Honorary
Canon in Norwich Cathedral. Rectories: Rev. T. Arden to >V aiton-ou-
Treut. Derbyshire; Rev. V. Arnold to Great Bromley. Essex; Rev C. L.
Bowlbv, IU, to Stanwlck, Northamptonshire; Rev.J K Cfajuon to
Warminghatn Cheshire; Rev. E. N Coles to Baitle«aen-with-Po. ■‘grove,
Bel- - Rev. «; D. Everett to Besselslcigh. Berks, Kev. 51. H to
Seviuuton. Kent ; Rev. J. H. Trew, D.D.* to Creagh : Rev. T. F. \ ivers,
ALA.fto Notgrove Gloucestershire; Rev. B. Waller, to_Ro?sdroit; Rev.
A L Warner to Brampton, Norfolk Vicarages: hcv G. ». Corny ns to
Ax month Devon; Key. B. Cotton t^Shipton^^g*^-
METROPOLITAN. NEWS.
John’s, Wolverhampton. Incumbency: Rev 0. C Layard to St. John s,
Wembley. Harroiv-on-the-Hill. Chaplamcies; Hcv/<& h®
Komlord Union, Essex; Rev. E H. lothergill to Clevedon , Rev. J II.
Nowers to the Convict Establishment at Wakefield, iorkshire; Rev.
J. It. Walshaw to the County Prison, of q"* TUnkin'to
Rev. T. Briscoe, B D., to Holyhead. Anglcsea; Rev J . T. Ilankm to
Clare. Armagh: Rev. H. Herbert to Seer Green;
Nether W’asdale, Cumberland; Rev. t0 fn Rcr
ton. Warwickshire. Curacies': Rev H. Allison {o U>e, Sussex ,Kur.
J. B. Archer to Boston. North llanfo; Rev. E. Bagott to■ Charh .town
District. Halifax; Rev. E. S- Bagshaw to Bolwjck. T WctoSaff
Rev. W. Berry to Ashby Magna. Lciccatenlj&re, Kev. J r SSi nf?*
B A., to St. Mary's. Cheltenham; Rev. D G. t ?. S e
wood, Lancashire: Rev. J. C. Burnside to 31 odd esha 1. St o n eh a (To rd-
ghire. Rev. 11. J. Carter to Wifibcacn, Cambrtdgsbire; Rev . G. C.
Doherty to Stanton, Leicestershire; Rev. J. Dun das to G reat 5 ar mouth.
Norfolk; l\ev J Edge to Donurd, Dublin; Rev. T. P*
hou-c Eaves, Leicestershire; Kev. J. Hammond to Christchurch, LiVLr-
oooi- Rtv. J llctlis to Longmarton Westmorland; Rev. C. Hopkins to
Avuitone. Leicestershire; Rev. T. C. Hone to e'apcote, Deleretcrshires
ft.v l, Huvjira to Donaglimutv, dioceseof Lismore: Rev T. Humphreys
to nortvvooo oiocknort; Kev. O H Hyde toAorth Meols. Lancaster;
H. v SltJames to Winfctield. Berks; ltev. A. Lodge to Trinity Church.
Warisrtrcel Rev W. J.ush to Worthington. Leicestershire; Rev. J.
iSL-h Ireland > Iter. G II. Scott to St. John s, Birkenhead, Cheshire.
I!cv K G Steward to Somerleyton. Suffolk;" Rev. T. J. Thirlwall to St
Al.Vv'a Shrewsbury; Iicv. L Tugwell to Margate, Kent; ltev. II.
\n.?fe Vn’ st Jainese Dover; Rev. C. Wolston to Cradley. Worcester-
-i.hifir 'ni?.' B \v Wrey to Salcombe, Klngsbridge Assbtani Cura-
& i-cv CA Baynes to St. Ives. Cornwall! Rev. F. B. Dickinson to
rivistm-k Devon 'ltev. J. U. M'Chean. B.A.. to Leeds; Rev. K. Nutt to
St PldHu JtRrmoombe; Rev. J. Pllditch to St. Ives. Cornwall; Rev. M.
.T witkins to mtSv 6t M^y, Devon. Tl.e Rev. F. Dobbin to be Resi-
denHwy Pr^lK the Cathedral Church of Cork; Rev. G., W Dalton
uenuarv x x>i«trict to the Society for Irish Church
Missions ; Re?3. M. Beeves to be Reader and Catechist in the Cathedral
Church of Cork
Dr. Bernard underwent his fiOh examination before Mr.
Jardlne. at Bow-street Police Court, on Thursday-Mr. Bodkin appearing
on bchalt of the Government und Mr. Sleigh for the prisoner as before
Evidence was adduced of the intimsey existing between Bernard uDd
Orsinl; and it was shown that the chemicals proved at the last examina¬
tion to have been purchased by Bernard-namely, pure nitric add. ab?o-
lute a cohol, and quicksilver—were the ingredients of fulminating
mercury, other evidence of a less direct nature :igjiinst the prisoner was
f.\ ve ” py several wi tne»ses, and thecaae was adjourned to Saturday (to-day).
1 he following announcement was made by Mr tto^lkin (addressing the
magistritc':—In opening this case, I remarked that, though the prisoner
was only charged with the misdemeanour, I was unable at that moment
to say what t he precise course I should adopt would be. I have now. tlr.
to inform you that, upon the comprtion O’ the evidence, I shall
call upon you to commit the prisoner for trial ss an acces¬
sory be ore the fact to murder, and on Saturday I shall state
my reasons why I cull upon you to tike this course.” Mr.
Slcigu, counsel for the prisoner, said that the announcement took him
entirely by surprise; and he regarded the course proposed to be taken as
a temporising, on the part of the Government of this country, to the policy
ot another country t Loud applause followed this declaration of the learned
gentleman). Mr. Jardlne, rising from hia chair, and with much apparent
warmth, said, "it is the last time such a scene shall take place in this
court. On Saturday 1 will make it a closed court. No one will be
admitted.”
The Conference of Italian Delegates resumed their
sittings on Monday, when nn important document* was unanimously
agreed to. This address, which is a very lengthy one. is entitled "The
Address of the Conference Delegates of the Italian National Constitu¬
tional League to the various Sovereicns, Princes, and Statesmen of
Europe]' [u It they enumerate the reasons upon which they appeal to
the gratitude, the humanity, the justice, and the interests of the various
hur pean Powers. They propose that constitutional government should
be granted to the various States of Italy; and that it should comprise a
Representative Assembly and u Hou«e of Peers; the freedom of public
■perch and the liberty ot the press; the right of public assembly ; the ap¬
pointment of a municipal guard; the organisation of the municipal
authority on a liberal elective system; and the opening of all courts of
Justice. They propose, also, a confederation of Italian States, analogous
to the Germanic Union. On Wednesday the delegates resolved to issue
an address to their exiled fellow-countrymen, calling upon them to give
an indignant deninl of their complicity in thereceut attempt to assassinate
the Emperor Napoleon
Dinner at the Mansion House.—O n Saturday last the Lord
Mayor and the Lady Mayoress entertained at dinner a 'party of distin¬
guished and private friends, as well as the AJdermou. the members of tho
Court of Common Council of the wards of Candle wick, Castle Baynard.
Cheap. Coleman-street. Cordwniner, Comhlll. Crlpplcgate Within and
Without, and Langbourne, and their ladies, and the Directors of the East
Kent Railway Company Several of the members of her Majesty's Go¬
vernment who were to have been present were prevented in consequence
of the elections which nro now taking place. The dinner was served in
the Egyptian Hall, where covers were laid for 200 , and the band of the
Scots * usiiier Guards was in attendance, and performed during the
evening. \
The Medical Fociett of London—T he eighty-fifth anni¬
versary of this society was held at the Thatched House Tavern. St James‘s-
strect. on Monday, when the friends and fellows of the society had the
pleasure of listening to a most able address by A B. Garrod. >1 D At
the same time the Fothergilllan gold medal was presented to Herbert
Barker, M.D., of Bedford, for his successlul dissertation on "Malaria and
Miasmata;” and the Fothcrglllian silver medal to Mr. C. 11. Uogcra-
Harrison. F.R.C S-. for valuable services rendered to the society. The
dinner was ably presided over by the president, K. Bird, Esq., supported
by Herbert Mayo, 31.D , President of the Royal College of Physicians,
and William Little, M.D.. President of the Hunterian Society: Dr Will-
shire, of Charing-cross Hospital, has been elected to the office of President
of the Society for the ensuing year.
The Royal Literary Society.— At the annual meeting of
this society, which was held on Wednesday, the “reformers” renewed
their attack upon the management ol that institution. 3fr. Dickens
moved a resolution condemning the expenses of the administration of tho
fund as being disproportionate to 'the amount of relief afforded. 3Ir.
Monekton 3iilnes, Mr. Robert Bell, and other gentlemen vindicated the
society from the imputations cast upon it: and, on a vote being taken.
Mr. Dickens was defatted by a large majority. An attempt was then
made to get a committee of inquiry appointed, with a view to reduce
the expenditure, but that also was unsuccessful.
Mr. Henry Ashworth read a paper before tho Society of Arts
on Wednesday night on cotton, its cultivation, manufactures, and uses.
The able lecturer pointed out the advantage of India ns a source of cotton
supply. "
Proposed Exhibition tin^TSGl.—A special meeting of the
Council of the Society of Arts was held on Wednesday evening at the
society’s house, John-street. Adelphi, lor the purpose ot taking into con¬
sideration the project for holding an exhibition in 1861. The subject
was discussed at great length, anu the further discussion of It was post¬
poned till Wednesday, the 2 ith inst.
The Kensington Gore Estate.— The total expenditure on
this estate is shown in a return to the House of Commons issued on
Wednesday morning The sum total is £312.000, of which £203.000 was
laid out by the Royal Commissioners, and the remainder by the Science
and Art department Of this £ 206.000 was voted by Parliament on dif¬
ferent occasions. The principal items of expenditure appear to have been—
for purchase of the estate £259,ooo (this la not the whole Rum that will
have to be paid); laying out the grounds, £15,000; Museum, £15,000.
The DcLWicn College Governors are stated to have before
thcm ; among other liberal measures for the improvement of the College, a
recommendation fiom the managing committee that the gallery of pic¬
tures should be thrown open to the public four days in each week, free of
charge, and on the two remaining days for 6d.. tickets of admission to be
no longer necessary. This recommendation requires only the sanction of
the General Board for its adoption.
Alteration of the Middlesex Sessions House.— The
magistrates of the county have at length adopted measure* for accomplish¬
ing an object which Inis for many years been In contemplation, viz., im¬
provements in the Sessions House, not only for the better accommodation
of the public, but in the arrangement of the offices wherein the county
business, which is far more considerable than might be supposed, is car¬
ried on, particularly tho$e of the Clerk of the Peace and the County Trea
surer. The " sanctum ” of the Jatrer may be compared to a vault, of
which the Clerk of the Peace office forms an upper story. Arrangements
have been made with the City authorities, in whom the Fite of the new
street at the rear of the Sessions House is vested and also with the local
vestry, for an extension of the boundnrv of the county property, with the
view of enlarging the bui ding; and p’ans are In course of preparation
which when carried out, will provide efficient offices for the transaction
of theordinnry business of the county, and good and convenient courts,
with proper accommodation for the public, jurors, and counsel
Removal of Temple-bar.—A t a recent meeting of the
Metropolitan Board of Works the following resolution was earned nrm.
con -—.“That Temple-bar presents an obstruction to the traffic of the
Strand aud Fleet street, and that its removal for widening th rt street is
desirable; that a communication be addressed to the Corporation of Lon¬
don and also to the City Commission of Sewers, inclosing the opinion of
the ’board, and requesting that they will take the subject into their early
consideration.”
The Koyal British Bank.— On Tac-day Mr. Harding, the
official manager or the Court or Chancery, with Mr. Linklatcr. reprc-
aentinx the estate in bankruptcy, and Mrasra. Sharpe. F;eld. and Jackson.
solicitors for vuriou, shareholders, attended before \ ice.Chancellor lvin-
dersley. in chambers, for the purpose o' farther procoedln? with proposals
of compromise under the wlndln K ur. Mr Hnrdine submi tted sj new cases,
which were approved by the Vice-Chancellor, making a total of 158 eases
of compromise nuw approved of under the administration by the official
manager of this estate after investigating the elrrumstnnces ot the parties.
The aggregate amount of compromises thus dealt with up to tho present
time Is about £100 000 .. and it Is understood that there is a large number
still under consideration. It was decided, on tno application of Mr. Link-
la er that the dividend about to te declared hy the official manager might
be declared only on debts that have been proved bo'h in bankruptcy aud
chancery. ‘» st the assignees might have an opportunity of investi-
gating ail other claims. The last day for receiving proors iu bankruptcy
is the 19th inst. .
Births and Deaths— Last week the births of 8G9 boys and
‘t!5 girls, in all toi l children, were registered in London. In the ten eor-
responding weeks of the years 18(8-67 the average number was 16J6.-
The returns of deaths for last week show a considerable increase of mor-
UHty nn effect wtiieh the remarkable coldness of the atmosphere could
Urlhe fell in iimdnee The deaths in London, which were abont 12S0
S r the ffer halt of February rose last week to 1353-of which
6M were deaths of men and boys. 659 those of women and girls. In the
ten years 18 t 8 - 57 the average number of deaths in the weeks correspond-
E With last week was 1176; but, as tho deaths ol last week occurred in
an increased population, it is necessary to compare them with the
average, when the latter has been raised In proportion to the increase, a
correction which will make it 1293. Hence it appears that the deaths now
relumed are 60 in excess of the number whlcb would have occurred under
the average rate »f mortality.
NOTES OP THE WEEK.
The Ministers have been rc-elected by their several constituencies,
and it now remains to be seen whether the Cabinet of Lord Derby is
to have a fair trial, or whether Parliament will hasten to atone for its
prostration of Lord Palmerston by at once proceeding to destroy the
Government of his successor. The only office not yet vacated, batons
which the despatches now on the Mediterranean Sea will doubtless
cause to bo vacated in abont a month, is that of the Governor-General
of India. It is not probable that Ldrd Canning will care to become
the colleague of those who took such special trouble, when the Indian
army was thanked, to except him from the vote; and it 13 rumoured
that Lord Stanley (who has been a flying visitor to Lidia) will he dis¬
patched in his room. It is not to be supposed that Lord Derby would
so far forget liimself aa to give the situation to a commoner called
Lawrence, merely because the mau happens to be the fittest man iu
all the world for such a situation.
A sort of diplomatic Note of the Week has been sent over hy the
Emperor of the French, in the form of a cleverly snd temperately
written pamphlet, designed to show that France has deserved nothing
but respect and kindness from us, and that no misunderstanding
ought to arise out of recent events. The author of the pamphlet is
M. de la Guerronnitre, but his angust master is understood to have
edited it. Meantime Lord Malmesbury is understood to havo
signified to the Court of France that tho Palmerston Conspiracy Bii|
will be abandoned; and a conciliatory despatch from fcount Wnlewski
will probably be soon produced to Parliament. So far circumstance?
seem to indicate the recommencement of the discussion under serener
auspices.
As we ventured, when Canton was taken, to predict would be the case,
our gallant allies are pleased to claim the entire morit of the achieve¬
ment; and sonie of their writers allude to the backwardness ol
the English, and their simply following in the footsteps of the French
who had done the real work. Official statements, placed on record]
will effectually prevent our posterity aud their historians from falling
into any mistakes on this subject; and iu the meantime—if we can do
so without, giving offence—we may smile at such determined self-
assertion. The mau who did everything—improved “ Chi.de
Harold,” stopped a hole in Davy’s lamp, taught Edmund Kean his
points, and hinted Scott’s best romances—was but a type of the French
mind
When George, alarmed for England's creed,
Turned out the last Whig Ministry,
And men asked, " Who advised the deed?"
Ned modestly confessed 'iwas He.
For though, by some unlucky miss.
He bad not downright seen tho King,
He sent such bints, through Viscount This
To Marquis That, as clenched the thing.
An emeulc at Cbalons-sur-Sa6ne would be of little importance in
ordinary times, but can hardly ho passed over, just now, as a mere
ebullition by a handful of disaffected mcu. Some forty Repnblicons
endeavoured to seize the railway station, but were promptly pat down,
and fifteen of them are prisoners. It is difficult to imagine that they
acted entirely without system or correspondence with others; and ths
declaration that a republic had been proclaimed in Paris may hove
been the mere inspiration of the moment, lint may, as probably, have
been intended to be promulgated at other places simultaneously. We
do not at present see liow tho most ingenious of the French writers
can charge England with complicity in thi, affair; bnt, perhaps, Ctcsar
impregnated Chalons (his Cabillonum) with British principles after
his return from this country, and they are now germinating in treason.
Travelling in France this year is out of tho question, and no rea¬
sonable Englishman will think of such a thing. It would certainly be
an excellent thing if English folks would avail themselves of the op¬
portunity, almost forced upon them, of becoming acquainted with
their own country. Bat the system of inn charges will materially
interfere with this; and the entire machinery of swindle, the ex¬
tortionate charges for things called extras, but which are tho neces¬
saries of decent life, must undergo a reform if Euglish people are to
he attracted to Euglish travelling. On a journey of business, or a trip
of a couple of days, Paterfamilias pays his bill with a growl at the
robbery, and makes a memorandum to try some other hotel if ever ho
again comes that way; bnt the idea of a mouth of such bills as are
presented to him on a salver after breakfast will effectually deter him
from a round of provincial visits, which would be profitable enough to
the hotelkeeper, if he would charge fairly. But this will not be done.
The British innkeeper has vowed a deep vow to revenge upon the
British traveller the invention of railroads, which have spoiled the
gains of the “old houses,” aud the wanderer must expect to be
punished, not for his own sins, but for those of Stephenson, Brunei,
and Co. It is, however, early in the year, and, if any hotelkeepers in
pleasant districts can bring their minds to forgiveness and their tariffs
to moderation, let them make the fact known, and they will catch
good fish.
The Literary Fund has held its annual meeting, and ha9 solemnly
affirmed, by a large majority, the ecouomical doctrine that, if yon
have £100 to give away in charity, it is not extravagant to make the
process cost £50.
One of the new Ministers has appealed to the nation against Mr.
Punch, who had ventured to represent his views ol the chances of the
Derby Cabinet, in the form of a statement of bets on race-horses.
The Lord of the Treasury was good enough to suggest to the ptriodi ■
cal in question his own notion of the form the satire bhouid have
taken, but, like most amateur satirists, he is a little infelicitous iu his
illustrations. But the courtesy with which tho “typo of the
Englishman" is treated contrasts with the behaviour of the
Prussians to Dr. Dohm, editor of the Berlin Punch, who hus
been fined ten dollars by a police tribunal for merely remarking
that a certain official order had been couched in exceptionable
grammar; that, in fact, parents had been ordered to deliver in their
children to a registrar, instead of a return of the number of their
children, as intended. It is difficult to find fault with any amount
of animosity which men of the pen manifest against established
authorities, when, for a harmless joke of this kind, a gentleman can
be dragged before a police court and fined. What would old Cobbett,
who used to mangle the King's speeches, have said to such a censor¬
ship?
A nonsensical paragraph has been going abont alleging that it was
the intention of Madame Kistori, the Italian actress, to seek nn in¬
terview with the Emperor of the French, and, in tho most pathetic
tones which art could supply, to petition that the lifo of Orsini might
be spared. We do not suppose that it ever entered tho head of the
lady to perpetrate, or the other to permit, such folly; and the story
is probably a canard based upon the fact that Madame ltistori was
allowed to act a little farce of the kind in Spain, and, in obtjiuing a
pardon for a soldier whom it had been intended to pardon, to secure
one of those little hits of notoriety so dear to people who live by being
“ talked about.”
mm
fe i
TUB KOVAL WEDDING.—TEE B1UDAL PB0CESS1ON IN ST. JAMES'S I’ALACE.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS [MAncn 13 ’ 1858
March 13, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
253
PRESENTS TO THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM.
The Estates of the Province of Saxony have presented the Prince
and Princess with an cpergno of silver, three feet high, and weigh¬
ing 100 lb., of which we give an Engraving. The base of the
entire construction, which is hexagonal, rests on a plateau, supported
on twelve cannons; six fluted columns rise from the angles of the
hexagon, and between each two is the statuette, one foot high, iu
silver, of ono of the Prussian military heroes—Blucher, Bulow, Scharn-
horst, Dessauer, Ziothon, and Seidlitz; the said six statuettes being all
removable from their niches and transferable to as many separate
pedestals. The next higher member of the Cpergne consists of six
medallions, with the effigies of the Electors Joachim I., Albrecht
Achilles, Frederick II., the Great Elector, the Kings Frederick I. and
Frederick William III., surrounded by military trophies. Above these
is the foot on which the upper member of the Cpergne (a vase or tazza)
Tests. Round the foot twines a laurel, while round the vase itself twine
the wreaths of rue peculiar to Saxony—interspersed among which are
the arms of the Province of Saxony and the thirty-five circles it con¬
tains. From the centre of the tazza there rises the figure of a palm-
tree, on the summit of which stands the Prussian eagle, bearing a
crown, and with outstretched wings.
The three beautiful specimens of the jeweller's art were designed
and manufactured by Mr. C. F. Hancock, of Bruton-street, and will
maintain his reputation for tasteful works of byouterie.
First is n Double Horsethoe Bracelet, the horseshoes being composed,
one of rubies between diamonds, and the other of emeralds between
diamonds, on a gold-chain band of very fine workmanship. This elegant
bracelet was presented to the Royal bride by the Viscountess Pal¬
merston.
The second present reminds one of the ingenuities of the olden
jewellors.in enshrining time within gems almost as precious as itself—
a pretty moral device. The gift takes the form of a Heart of fine
Oriental carbuncle, whioh encases a very small and beautifully-finished
horizontal watch in a double case, the movement of which is a beauti¬
ful specimen of the art. This tasteful gift, to be worn as a looket, has
been presented to the Royal bride by the Marchioness of Ely.
The third gift is u very massive Gold Bracelet, tdfcular pattern, and
formed as a garter, with a rich buckle, and composed of very fine
rubies and diamonds, to which is suspended a round locket, composed
of diamonds and rubies, cut to uniform size and shape, so as to pre¬
sent a very beautiful offeot. This was the present of his Royal High¬
ness the Duke of Cambridge to his Royal cousin.
In addition to the numerous presents made to the Prinoe and
Princess Frederick William of Prussia which have been already men¬
tioned may be enumerated the following:—
From their Majesties the King and Queen of Prussia to the Princess
a splendid diadem of brilliants, after a pattern designed by the Prince
Consort, exhibiting, in old English style, alternate shells and rays.
The groundwork of the diadem can be taken to pieces, so as to form a
number of solitaires, whioh again can be put together, so as to form a
necklace. Tho different parts are so arranged as to be capable of being
worn as brooches, bracelets. & 0 . Her Majesty the Queen* presented
the PrincesB also on the day of her entry into Berlin with a costly
broooh of diamonds, with large pendants of pearls, altogether about as
large as a small nosegay, such as ladies wear in front of the bosom.
Tho Province of the Alt-Marck has presented a colossal silver flagon
°\fiie town of Breslau has presented a oostly carpet of Gorlitz manu¬
facture. tweuty ells long and fifteen ells broad, for the drawing-room
of the Princess. In the centre is a circular pattern of lively green and
ted surrounded by a darker border, containing the inscription of its
dedication, and in the spaces formed by the inclosure of the circular
border, within a larger square, there Btand four Prussian eagles.
Then follow three different borders.
The town of Potsdam has presented a silver tazza two feet high,
inlaid with gold and enamel, in the Renaissance style. Four female
allegorical figures, seated on a pediment, huld the shaft which lises
between them. The tazza itself is encircled by a wreath of ivy rest¬
ing on a ground of brown enamel The handle on each side is formed
by two figures interlacing each others’ arms. On one side are the arms
of the august couple, on the other the dedication. The whole is
surmounted by a lid of light perforated work in good keeping with the
r6 The town of Stettin has presented a handsome ornament for the
table, of silver, elaborately worked. , . . , .
The town of Brandenburg has presented a tankard on a charger, and
surrounded by beakers, all of silver.
The town of Liegnitz bus presented a splendid album.
The town of Kdnigsborg had presented a lundaulet, _ built by
Hooper of Long acre, and a team of four horses of Prussian breed,
perfectly blaok, without any mark on them, well matched, and rising
five This combination of English carriage and Prussian horses is
intended to typify the matrimonial allianoe of the two Royal families.
The oity of Berlin has presented a vase and two candelabra of
silver 7 feet high, at the hands of the municipality. The inhabitants
of this city have further prepared a magnificent present for the young
couple in the Godenk-Halle. This Hall of Remombrance is of octa¬
gon form, and with a circular cupola admitting the light from above,
14 » i _ u..:u iha nf t.Lfl nnW.fi now in nrenaration
ies and sculpture commemorative of those passage m past
in which England and Prussia hare conjointly figured. The fresoo on
the wall opposite the door of entrance is to represent the meeting of
Wellington and Blucher at Belle Alliance at the conclusion of the
battle of Waterloo, at either side of which are frescoes representing,
one the landing of Frederick William IIL in England m the year 181b
and his reception by the Prinoe Regent; she other, Frederick
William IV. standing godfather to tho present Prince of Wales in
1842 These two last are to be flanked by »wo views of
Windsor Castle and Babelsberg, the seat of the Pnnee of Prussia
at Potsdam. On the eight piers are to be placed medallions of men
most eminent in Prussia for art, science, literature, and manufactures—
viz Humboldt Rauch, Schinkel Beuth, Mendeissohn, Tieck, Borsig,
and’Cornelius ;’and above them allegorical delineations of the result of
these men’s activity and genius. As this well-conceived and original
Iri £“ot yet completed, too deputation of too managing committoe
laid before their Royal Highnesses a coloured ^ a , G<sdeIlk -
Halle, prepared by the architect of the Palace, Professor
The town of Htrschberg has presented the Princess with an elegant
mantilla of lace, of HirscWg manufacture, inclosed in a rosewood
box. on the lid of whioh are painted the English, Prussian, andHirsoh-
^Th^Ht Regiment of Foot Guards, whioh always gives a present to
any one of its officers who marries while belonging to the regiment,
has presented to the Prince a silver chamber-candlesttok, described as
a masterpiece of modelling and chasing. It represents a bivonao round
a tree in the centre, which serves to hold the candle; at the foot of the
tree are three privates of the regiment laying themselves down to rest
after piling their arms. The extinguisher is modelled in the shape of
tho peculiar old-fashioned grenadier cap worn by this regiment on
grand occasions, and similar to what our grenadiers wore m toe time
Sf the Duke of Marlborough. _ . .
The Estates of the Principality of Minden, in Westphalia, have pre¬
sented toe Prince and Priacess with four articles characteristic of their
local history find customs:—A white horse (the emblem of the ancient
Saxons) a pumpernickel (a loaf of black bread, reckoned as a delicacy
by many people at a distance from Westphalia), a ham (Westphalian
hams being one of the products the province has reason to boast of),
and a piece of fine linen (that being also one of the produots for which
Westphalia was celebrated before the introduction of power-looms).
The Halloren (a quaint old-fashioned set of persons, chiefly employed
about the Government salt-works in the neighbourhood of Halle) have
presented to the Princess, in conformity with an anoient custom, a
wreath of cloves, richly gilt, and inclosed in a red velvet case, together
with a congratulation on her marriage.
A tradesman of Berlin has presented the Princess with a sumptuous
armchairof bronzed wood, covered with whitemoirf-antique, and tnmmed
with gold lace, fringe, and tassels. On the back are embroidered, in
SHYER EFERGNE PRESENTED BY T1IE ESTATES OF THE PROVINCE OF SAXONY.
raised work of gold, the arms of her Royal Highness. Others have
presented an Cpergno of three stages, plated in silver; a rich silk plush
wrapper, to bo used when travelling; another in red silk, a costly ser-
» a «, _. __i —.. nlrwia ■ mi va/l o nvrttln r» nwnQV'i flic a
Tho Timet correspond! nt (to whom we are indebted for the above
account) says that he has pot thought it right to omit any of the
above because they were not all costly and expensive, for they serve to
show how general and hearty the feehng of satisfaction is with which
the marriage of Prince Frederick William of Prussia with the Princess
Hoval is hailed in that country
On Thursday, February 25, the following presents were accepted by
tho Prince and Princess:— ... , .
The Bilrgermeister of Dnsseldorf brought up the addresses of
eighteen of the more considerable Rhenish towns, and also the draw¬
ings and other artistical illustrations in connection with them, which
had been presented to their Royal Highnesses in Aix-ln-Chapelle, but
which the Prinoe had commissioned the Biirgsrmoistar to bring on to
Berlin.
A member of tho House of Notables presented an elaborate work of
industry, produced in a velvet manufactory that belongs to him.
The Braziers' Company presented the rrinoess with an elegant and
costly cage for a parrot, which they had tho gratification of being in¬
formal should he placed in the Princess's private apartment.
A professor of the "University presented some books, the continuation
of works the former part of which he had presented to the Prince in
London for the Princess's use.
Count Haverden presented a carved crucifix a relio of the days gone
by, when art devoted its best inspirations to the service of religion.
DIAMOND, EMERALD, AND RUI1T HORSESHOE BRACELET, PRESENTED
BY VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON.
HORIZONTAL WATCH. SET IN A LOCKET WITH CARBUNCLES,
PR* JESTED BY THE MAKCHIOXES3 OP ELY.
GOLD BRACELET, WITH DIAMOND AND RUBY LOCKET AND BUCKLE, PRESENTED BY H.R.H THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.
254
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
IMabch 13, 1853
CALENDAR FOR THE 'WEEK.
Sunday, March 14. 4th Sunday in Lent.
Monday. IS. -New Moon oh I2ra pm Sun cclip3ed, visible at London.
Tuesday, 16 —Imp*rial Prince of Frnnre born, 1856.
Wednesday, it —St. Patrick. Poet Massinger died, 164 a
Thursday, 18 —Princess l ouisa born. 1848 .
Friday, 19.—French Army left Marseilles for the East, 1854,
Saturday. 20 .—Spring Quarter commences.
TIMES OF DIGIT WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE,
FOI THE WEI K ENDING MARCH JO, 1858.
u I Monday. I TuesJav. I WadncsJay. I Thumlay. | Friday. I Saturday
Sunday. | Monday. I Tuesday. I Wndnaaday. I Thursday. | Friday. | Saturday
* I A MIA MlAlMlA I M | A I M | A I M I A
htnhm hm hm h m h m h m I h mhm hmh mh in I h in I h m
134'lM 9 >2*2 28 2 41'3 0'3 15*3 33 1 3 60 U 5 1 4 85 1 4 45’ft 5'3 22
H ER MAJESTY’S THEATRE.— Piccolomini, Sonnier,
an*l «n«-7.ia: AWcghlfrl. Ylalrtfl, Ca«Mll. and OirnrlW —Tha CONCLUDING ♦'FK-
'0*»MANO*8 will Ko • Ivr-n on TUESDAY M .rch 18: THUR-DAY Mareh 18; FRIDAY,
March *9; and ft A Tt Iff DA Y. March JO.— n To^ day, March 1«. I A T»AVIATA ThurertaY-
Varch ’8 ILTK4VATORE. Friday. March <0. La 7INGARA(.Tbo Boh-u»*au Girl), for th«
for rto B-nefit of‘iguor Oiogdui. ' tutmlay. Mnrcli 20 LA ' IGLlA DEL HE O-
*'V.N O. Marie, Hceolomlnl Last recu® of I M* RTlKL Aj pilrat'ona to bo undo at tho
Brtx-offiee at the Theatre.—Price*:—Pit stall*. 12a. 6d.; box<* (to bold four pore on*), pit. and
or>® pair, Ci 2*.; *ran<! tier. 13 3a.; two pair, XI 5u.; thzf pair, 13a.; fallory boxta, 10a.;
eallcry stalls, 3a. 6d.; pit, 3a. 6d-; gallery, 2a.
H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—SIGNOR GIUGLTNI’S
BENEFIT.—LA ZTNOARA (“The Bohemian Girl “> The rery cuimrotu denrends
fir (bo rojotlti n uf thla fsTocrite Opera have ludnoed tbo Direction to renuat It l*> tho ftr®-
weU wrek. ami LA ZINGAtiA willbt p res e nted fortbolaat time on FRIDAY, MARCH 19,
lelnjr for the Benefit of ei^norGlcgllnl.—Applications to bo unde at tho Box-office at tbo
Theatre.
mHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.—Monday, March 15.
and during tbo week. THE LOVE CHA8E, in wblob Mias Amy Bedgwick will
ar pevr an Coaiianoo. and Mr*. Wilklna repeat her hlrhly-iuoeeaai'ul representation of tho
"A'ldonr Orron; afire which a Ballet. In which Mia* Louise I.eclsroq. Mr. OLeclerw, and Mr.
Arthur L*>rcq will appear. To be followed by PRE8KVTBD AT COURT: Geoffrey Wed-
dorbotno. Mr. Bucks o' 1 ©. Concluding with a Bi'AMSH BALLET, by Fanny Wright,
Charles Lodorcq, and tho Cor r a do Ballet.
"ROYAL PRINCESS’ THEATRE.—Monday (last time but
I\ ™ thl. iMion). THE CORSICA* BROTHERS ; Tn»S.» rod Thur.1,7. A MTO-
SCMMEK RIOBTK TTHRAM : Wadamlair Kid SMimUjr, LOUIS XJ.; Friday, HAMLET.
And tho Pantomime every evening.
rrrHEVTRE ROYAL, ADELPRI.—Great Attraction of the
JL C«kb-»trd American Comodiana, Mr and Mrs, Btrnor Wiillama.—Great Hit of An
HOtm IS 8kVtLL6.~Moutlay and During tho W. e k ROBY O'MORE ; An HOUR IN
SEVILLE, to o^u:l«de with tko IKHH TL’IuK: by Mr. B. Williams, Ho.
S URREY THEATRE.—Reengagement of Miss Goddard for
7 welvo Nights only. On Monday. Tbnrada.v, *n«f 8 .turdnv. MACBETH: Mr. Crcawfck
and Mis (r*<ddard. On Tuesday and Friday. ROMEO AN'* JUL1RY: Romeo, Mis* God¬
dard: Juliet. M ss^buruc. On Wodnredn*. THE HOAD TO RUIN. Ac . for tho Benefit of
Mr Whldicomb After which (Wednesday excepted) r HK TWO PoLTJ: Messrs. Bruce
Sorbin ami 11 Wlddicomb- And Tha OnPHAN of GLENCOE.
/n BEAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE, Shore-
■ T dl*ch —Mr. CHARLES DILLON, Four Sight! 'hie Week -On Monday and Thursday,
TPE UNION JACK. Jo*. Mr. John Dongla«a—Kta orhInal part. On Turaday and Iridav,
BEL PH f- GOK. Mr. Chirlas Dillon. On Wednesday. SIR GILES, Mr. C. DiBon. 8a:urday.
Mr. C. I Ml u, in Two Pieces. To oon la. c wl h a Drama
A STLEY’S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — Lessee and
Manacor, Mr. WILT JAM C^OKF.. Thla Evening tho Entertainments will commence
*riU» tho Komani'e Equestrian Drama frern Harrison Ainsworth’s popular novel, en¬
titled R iOK WOOD: or. Turpin's Fide to Yotk: followed bv a hti lianl sotatlion of SCENES
In U»e ARENA; concluding with tho last Act of RICHARD the TUlUD.
S T. MARTIN’S HALT,.—ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS —
The FIFT^ and Ta/t CONCERT bnt ooo tof the a rioa of Six) wH bo glrrn on
TUF fc D*Y bVKNINO N»-X r , **A<CH 10, at Fight o'clock, under tho direction of Mr.
JOHN HULLAH. Ttoketa, la- *a 6d-i Stalls, 3a.
S T. MARTIN’S HALL.—HANDEL’S ISRAEL in EGYPT.
on WEDNESDAY 5EXP, MAI^B 7. tm-W tho dbvc ion of Mr. JOHN HULLAH.
Frio Ipal Voc Ji» a:— M ( aa Banks. VUa Fanny Howland. Mlaa Pa'mer, Mr. Grurto "wren,
Mr. taatloy, and Mr. Thomas. Tickets, la- 2s. 6d.; Bull*, 3a. Commence at half-pa t Poven.
M R. CALDWELL’S TWENTY-TIHRD ANNUAL FULL-
DRESS BENEFIT BALL, on TUESDAY. MARCH 30<h 18*9; on which occarion
no exponws wtl* bo spaced o render this tho moil rocbo*che f the ao-aim. Tho tlcketa »x. ng
Uni tod. on early app l a*k*o N rrqutated. ilckeU 3s. etoh; 8|s Private I^a^-n'. «tany boor,
41 la ruarantrod u !m* aufilctent for any ad U who lias not lranr*d »o dance, ao-t » lahea tv
|o n <>n ho o i« tlvo rcoa loos- Po re's Dan^anuo every Evening from Eight tUl Twelve
A^uiL* on 8d. Drag vfuadrlUa night on Boater Mo day. Tho *hird Ren-fit Hal Maaqud will
Uko place on Ihura lay, Apill J9tn. T worn department opp^ alto the Soho Theatre.
TVfR. ALBERT SMITH’S MONT BLANC, NAPLES.
1YL POMPEII, and VESUVIUS, Every Night (except Saturday - ), at Eight, and Tuee-
dar. Thoradav. and Saturdav Afternoons, at Three.—Plaooa can bo secured at the Bcx-
offlTO, EGYPTIAN HALL, dally, between Eleven ard Four, without any extra charge.
M R. and Mrs. GERMAN REED (late Miss P. HORTON)
wiB repeat their Entertainment every evening (except Satorda r) a* E'ght, Pstur-
dav Aftrtran >n a* Threw. Admission. Is. and *•.; stall*, 3a ; secured, without extra charge,
at the Hoyal Gallery of Illustration, It, Regent street. and at Cramer, Beale, and Ca's, Sill,
Begant-strret-
A BT-UNION of LONDON.—SUBSCRIPTION LIST |
CLO c E 31 at inst. Pris*holden» select from tho Public ExhibUiona. Ererr Bobacribor of 1
Gne Gnlnre will have, bDa’d*-* tho chauco of a pJxo, an HnoroMlon of a lArg" *nd important
Doe Engraving, by J. f. Wtllmoro, A.R.A., lrom tho woU-Vnowm original ni. turo by iha ate
J. M. W Turner. L.A., ** Venice." G*OKO* Godwin, \ Hmi rery
Lewis Pocock, /Secretaries.
444, West Ftrand.
P ROFESSOR OWEN, F.R.S., D.C.L., Superintendent of the
NatU'al nistrrv Department of tha BrltHb Museum, vr U d-livcr a Hour o of Two'vo
L*cturcs on FuBSlI. BlliDftand REPTILE at the MU8KUM OK PRACTICAL G'XlLOGY,
Jermyn-rtrevt, on Thtim'ava and Fridafi, at three p m , commencing THURSDAY 18th of
March, ;8:8. Tickets msy bo obtainod at Uu Museum. Jerravn street. Fee for tho c«ur«e, fie.
Rodsbick I. Murchison Director.
T HE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. —The first
month's pavmvnt on a I'sgla (bore la 12*. 6d., and the subsequent inatalmonts are 8a.
per month, with Is. extra every quarter. Every Invo- tor In thl* male hai had six per cent
per anu* ro p<»trd in tbo pass-book for four year*, and In one year it was seven per cent. All
*hnrrh'>ld'*ra «ho paid into the a^ety *5 and unworda havo received half-yearly dividend
v arranta of aix per rent, and in nno year acven per cent. Tho ancloty hna proved mo«t nro-
fl»a**’« to the middle and working claeaea. Indcpimdcnily of the great advantages of with¬
drawing subscriptions at ten days’ notice. No partuorahip liability. Prospeclusoa sent freo
to any part of the world. Office*, 33, Norfolk-*tmi . Strand. W C
Chari es Lewis GRtryniSEV. Secretary.
I NCLEMENCY of the WEATHER.—During the last lort-
nlgbt an unuaoal number of aerera’y-'ffllctod and doriituto p.r on- b«vo applied for
assistance at the KOIAL FRE * HOSPITAL; *ut the prevent *tat« of tho fund, will not
allow of any ext nalon of tho in-door acoommo-atlon, nclth-r can they con'lnuo to sumdy
tho increasing demand for ont-doir relief unices tho benevolont public will kindly respond to
this APPEAL on bohalf of the fund§ of the Inatitu'lon.
l»onatlmii are received by tho Treasurer John Masterman, Fsq , Nlcholaa-lane; also by
Mesare. Coutrs and f o.: I rummond and Co ; Her’!•» and Co.; Ransom and Co.; Prereott,
Crete, and Co.: oml'b. Fay no, and Co.; Glvn and Co.: Jon»a Lojd and Co.; Barclay and Co.;
ivhlson and Co.: Williams, Deacon, and Co.: Overend, Gurney, and Co.; Nlsbet and Co.,
Bemcra-atrert: Maaterman and Co.; and at tho Hospital.
Clothing for tho doaiimto pa'lenta wtll bo thankfully received.
By order, J. B. Owxy, M.A , Chairman.
R OYAL WESTMINSTER OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL,
CbarifUforoaa. fmradesl in I8'6, for Rellrrirg tho Poor afflicted with TM*eaaes of the
Eve There are 31 beds f*r in-patients; tho ward* ore largo *nd nlrr; bu' tho want of
mrana prt*c!uiles the admitaion of ha'f that number Subscription* received bv Messrs.
Conti* and Co. Hankers, 8trand; by Mcsara. Drummond, Choring-crots; and by the Kecre-
tary, at tho Hospital.
p ENTLEWOMEN during ILLNESS may. for a small weekly
UT payment, reorlvo the eamfhrta of a Homo combined with tho best Medical and
Bnr ical lYeAtnunt, at th«* Eatabll-hment Vo. 1 Ujnrr Harley-sfr et. Thl Fstnbllshment,
whl h w>b opened in 183^. i• ? atronised by herMaJeaty. Tto Bishop of London is Visitor,
and it is tnan.igcd personally by a
Mr* booth, I Tho 1 ady C.nmvorth, ^
Tbo Visjountesa C»n"lng, | Lady Eordley,
Mrs. Henry Gibb*, and other Lad c*.
An Information respecting it may bo obtained oi written or persons! application to tho Lady
8u Jorintendcnt. . , _ / ,
8 .b’crititions received-at thelnstituticm; and by the T rwi«urer,E. Ma-Jiribank*. Jun., Faq.„
y>, 8;rand. W.C 8fRtX»» Rice, Honorary Hecretarir. f
P RIVATE ESTABLISHMENT for the BLIND. Turnhanl*
gre-n. Tendon, W.—Prinripsla, Mr. and Mr*. WILLIAM WOOD, aarii’isl by em neot
Profeas'ire. Ynumr Ladlos and Gtn’.lomen afflicted With BUnduess receive a suitable Kduca-
tlon. Full particultre by post. \
S T. JAMES'S HOME, WHETSTONE, FINCHLEY
COMMON, V— / / \ \
Visitor—T ha Ix»nl Bishop of London. [ \
President -The lh'crorof 8t. Jamea'*, Piccadilly— i \
fir fallen women of a highrr cla** in point of station. ednosHon, or comparative inoTperience
In vice. 'I h« h >u*e i* filllog 'art. and fund* «re n-wled Communication* to be ndilrca’nt to
tho Lady ^upor*ntrn<lot»t at rho nemo; tho Hon. Sec* , Bov. John B. Byr ne. Jfl Bthy-rtreet,
6t. Jam-re'a. S W ; Rev. K. R. Hutton. Colney Hatch, N.; by whom conf ibtvHon* wl! bo
thaukfullv rarelrrel; os well as by tho Kev. J. K. Kcmpo, 8t- Jair.os'a Rectory,Ificcadilly, W.j
aod Ilob rt Hook, Ex«i, 16, 8L James'a-atreet. B.W. , /
F RAMES! FRAMES!! FRAMES!!!—The Coloured
Bet of lllaatxat'.d Pi'tures Fmmcd In libvtGoMFrninoi.comploto, 6 ».
Tl>o Trad -and om t-y mppllod. \ -/
G REES. 129. Drury-lnnc. •
THDUCATTON GRATIS—A Gentlemnn who has a nomina-
B'J ton to a first-class PCIIOOL wnuld be happy io pkee it at thcdlapmal of a G-nle-
m«n for his son for a period.—Addrcu ALPHA, Doaccu a Coffee Boon;*, LeadcnhaU-sUcct,
_
fACEAN and CONTINENTAL PARCELS DELIVERY
v^f COMPANY, 4. Ar«r-*treefv Bfrand. Ixmdon, Drepntcho* to Auatmla, North and
South America. E ret *nd AV t Indies, Malre, Cvrtu, Ac. Daily express to France, Belgium,
Gomiaay, Italy, osvstzerDnd, 4tc.
TITEDDING BREAKFASTS.DINNERS. BALL SUPPERS,
\ V ncallv or clernntly fanthhed by contract, on modern*o term*, to any por .of Towm
or Country. luHvdlrg the uieof Plate, < hlna.GIkut and every thiug required.—G. Wl rHEhn,
Confectioner, Bakor-rtrect. Portnian“f<|uare
I710R FAMILY ARMS.—Persons anxious to obtain a true and
I? accurate a count of Undr armoritl beailrp* nro reqne*»ed to send n*me end county to
tho Rovnl Her Idle Office, the only i.lace f«r autbanic InujTmai'on. bo fee f r rcarch. J-ketch
and do"*crijtion, 2*. 6q.;/in ooloura.'f**. \I*odigT»aa Family Hi*torv, with the ordinal grant
of Arm*, traced for /Hm. The ManuaV'nf H*ra’drr, 100 engraving*, 3*. A'ao, Plkil on Seal or
Ring. 7*.; on Haiti Die, ft*. Ho k ride with Arm», 10*., or utamna.— T. CLLLEJON,
Gt-n-aWiat and llorol-io Engravtr, l and 2, Long-acro, one door from 86. 3!artlu’a-hu»e.
Tho alutl! j and Ubrarv open Qaiiy, /
M ADAME TUSSAUD’S EXHIBITION, at the Bazaar,
Baker-street. The Nuptial Group. BR H tho Princess Royal io her beautiful
Frida! Dre • of Hoaiton La e. trimmed with orange flower a—the admiration or every one ;
al*o. H K.H Prixoo Frederick of PtomU. Admission, la.; extra room, 6d. Opon from
tvlfren till dnak. and from 8even till Tan.
C HRISTY’S MINSTRELS, Polygraphie Hall, King William-
•tract, ftrand.—231st CONCERT. Comroe eiu* at 8 On 8atnnl*y a Morning Pet-
refinance, conmnicing a* 3. a Hoop-dee-Doodan-dno " Nightly. Pricoa Is , 2*.. and 3a.
M R. CHARLES COTTON’S ROSE, SHAMROCK, and
T1IHTLE, Introducing Characteristic Coatnmea. with Kong*. r VERY EVENING
(except 8a»urdavi, at Eight; Saturday, nt Three. PRINCE of WALES HALL, 209j N PegM*-
atreet. Admiaafon, la. and 2a.; Stalls, 3«., secured at Mitchell * Library, Bond-street, and
at the Hall.
M ISS JULIA ST. GEORGES HOME and TGRglGk
LYRICS. BIRMINGHAM. 13th to the 20th Inst. Plan is* F. EmiloBeggtr.
Uarimann and Co- 88, Albany* street, N.W.
FTFTH YEAR OF THE PRESENT ENTERTAINMENT.^
rrtHE SISTERS fcOPHIA and ANNIE, in their Original
L Entertainment, entitled 8RETCHE* FROM NATURE, wiU appear si UUcfton, March
Is; Dabt-’n, 16; Iriingt jd. 17; Hockney, 18; Lellngton, t9. \ \
milE HORSE FAIR, by Mdlle. ROSA BONHEUR (the
L Engraved Picture), and ‘-Mornli-g In tbr Hi'd bud* " her la*t fsredeetton;‘‘Eece
Homo." by Aryfcho*r- ‘The Chrea-t or era." by Met-a-mier: and1 the; PortraitMdlbi.
Ro*a Bonhoar,by fcd Iialmfc. are now EXHIBITING by Messrs LtG *ATT. HOWARD,
and LEGGAT**,atthrir MEW CPY «ALIGHT, 19, Ghange-allrr. Fntr-cce by tho tido
of No 28. CornhiU. loading to Garraway'#. A’ao, a choie- Collcethti of altout 2- 0 PIctarei by
tha moat eminent Mmteia Of the F.ngliahand French .School* Ooen from '1 en a.m. to Hi* p.m.
Admlwloo, Is.; Cualcgue*. Cd.-N.B. Aner dusk the Gallery u lighted by tho patent sun
hurt io a . \\ ^
qtHE NATIONAL EXHIBlTinNof FIN’E ARTS, Portland
L GaT*ry 31ft. Rerent-atrect ioppo*lte the Polytechnic'. The/above 8o Irtv’a Eleventh
Annual Exhibition of Modern Pictures i* junyopen from nine till dusk. AdmU«lon, One
bhiiling. Catalogue. Hxjience.
H R.H. the PRINCESS ROVAL— EXUIBITION at the
• FRENCH G\L EKY’. 111. Pall-mall.—Mearra. COI.vaO‘11 b*r to an* nu ce
that, hv permPrion of hor M Jo*ty, tbo l ie ure of /her Royal III hnew Victoria, Princrea
Ro>al Prin F edoriclt William of riraa»*« by Wiut rhalier, is now cn VIEW for a few
days. Admittance to the Gallery, la. each jwriaa
LM the EMPRESS EUQENIE.—EXHIBITION at
O.JX • the FRENCH GM.LF.^Y, 121,P&!l-man.-Mtsm. COLNAOH' beg to announce
that bv prrmiirelon r-f H LM the Emp- ror Napol-oo lit, the Great Picture by Wlnt-rhalter
m tho F.mpress Euir nle rurreandod by the Lauios Ot her Court is now on viow. Admiitance
tithe Gallery Is er
H
riMIE BK1 DEMAIDS at the MARRIAGE.— EXHIBITION
JL at the FbEN'UHGALLERY, 151, Pall-mall— Mr.wr*. COLNAOH I l^g to announce
that, by permtulqh of her Mnleriy. the Photographic Coloured lecture, tho property of her
Mrjeaiv, of the Bridcmai 'a at the Marriage or her Royal llighnes* tho Prince** Hoyal, taken
by Geld oil and Momocchi, is nowen View fora few day*.—Admittance to tho Gallery, U.
etch person.
N OTICE RkOWNERS and MASTERS of VESSELS.—The
LoMa Coramifsi'nrtT* of the Admiralty have beets ph*H'rd to direct the rommandcTg of
H M. 'h i« tn repo*i all Merchant »m,|, who .ignal the r Official Nnm»vra at sea. and_*ho
Comptroller-Get eral of the t oast Guard has giv. u like directions to offitcra at the principal
Cn«*t I’uartf ntation*. and tJ commander* cf r'-vtvrc t rtiiv r* Owner* and Waster*, there¬
fore who ore de*tr«n» ot availing hcmselve* of tbt fiellilla An sfforrM of rwomog Htnr
venole by the COMMERCIAL CODE of SlGNAl-S are hereby reminded that rh* Name and
thaOfllrivl number of pvctv Btitlsh retrittrnxl vessel, trgeiher with h«r Diatirgu *b ng hignal
of Four Flags, is publish'd in the MERCANTILE NaVY LWT; and t' e Comerta*im«of
CuatotM have instruct'd tho lie.istrara of Shipping to indorse on ov»ry ship * Certi catoot
Registry tha Fwr L*t tars repmvntlng th« Flags of the Commercial Coco which form be*
Dininguhhlng 8ign*l. *o tha^ Masters not whfalng to use tho whole -odo. a^d not po**o**in»
the n’gual Hook, >hcu’d. at anv rate, provlle ihi-mseivra with the Four Flag* In question ant
tlie Code P^ntt.iot. »u as »o ensure correct Reports. Tho CO’>E and MERCANTILE NA\\
LIST have b en *npp ! ird to the authorities at all port* oa the seaboard of the Brili’h no*M**lnaa
•broad- as wo/1 as j*. the tariitmies of tho Last India Company, and to htr Majesty's Coot - 3
A RMORIAL BEARINGS.—No charge for search.—Sketch
AjL and description, 2a Od.; In colour, fie. (Year* on aenla or ring*, 8a ; O'/ die. 7s Bolld
gold. ISearnt. Htll-marked, <’nrd or bloodstone ring, ongraved with erert. two gnlneaf.
V MORfNG (who has reooivod tho Gold Modal for engraving!, 44. High Holborn, W.C. Frioe-
Ust poat-freo.
U!OR FAMILY ARMS, scud to the LINCOLN’S-INN
|J IIF.RAt.DfC OFFICE, the only EitabTth d authority In Fnglund. which for many year*
has emblazoned and-^mulcted Armi, with that authont'dty known throughout Europo.
Sketch, 3*. 6d., or n: amps.—11. 6ALT, Ta uatlla, Lincolu'a inn.
T INCOLN’S-INN HERALDIC-OFFIOE.—GENTLEMEN
I J having SKETCH K8 employ prreon* who do not Emblaron by tho I.aw* of Hera dry
For tha protection of tho Public t'n> Ho aldlo Office now exty.uti-a Engraving, Ac. Bo k-
p>te Arm*, 31a Cr«t on‘t-nl* or Ring-, m* *V1 STUDIO LI otAUY and Indrx of tho
He*aid*' YlaUtlon*. Op^i Dally. The g!NCOLN*R*INN MANUAL of HERALDRY. a Ue-
reitiiiion of t^a Scieuto, 400 Engraviags, 3s, or ttamp«^~B. SALT, Great Tutnrtilo,
Llncrin's-inn.
O PERA GLASSES, in every variety of size and price. Some
auperb apre’men* of Viennese manu-acture, auitahla for Wedding or Birthday Pro-
vmta, at CaLLAGHAK' 8 Optician, 23 a, Now Bond-street, Cornor of Conduit-iUcet. !».B.
Sole Agent to Voigtlkndor, Vienna.
T he frost.—self-registering thermometers
ng an Improved conutruotlon. sh *wing the extreme* of Cold or Host, at CALLAGHAN'S.
Optician. 23*. New Rood-atreet. corner of Conduit street. S B 8.do Agent for the tmail
and powor'ul Opera and Field Gliuwea. Invented and made by Voigtlk'nder. Vienna
Vf UTrNY IN INDIA.—Military Field Glasses of matchless
if JL quality, combining tho very latoat Improvement*, at CALLAGHAN’S, 23 a. New
Bond-afreet corner of ConduU-atreot. N B R«le Avont for the small and powerful Opera
and itace (Husoes Invented and made by VoigtHndor, Vlouna.
E l Y E SIG IIT.—Optical Improvements, to enable persons
4 at an advanced -ge to read with e**e, and to diHcrimlnste objrcta w’th perfect e»a-
tlnctnaaa.—Meaar*. SOLOMONS, Optlclana. have inve-ud and p«ten ed SPE'TACLE
LKN8FJI of ho greaWt tran-n-reni power. The valuable advantago detirod from thla
Invrnilon Is that vialon becoming impaired I* prreervod and strengthen-d; vory aged
poramsare enabled to employ th ir «.ght at the moat minute occupation: can tee wife, these
len*o% of a much lea* magnifying oowrr. and tnty do net require the frequ nt changea
to tne danrerou* effect* o further oowvrful atrtistanco. Pomona ran bo aulta-l at the moat
rom Mo parta of the world br »entHoe a pair of apoctacW. or one of the glasses ont of
them. In a letter, and atatlnir tho distnne© from ihe ey"* th«v can read amall print with
it, and «bosr who bare not made us • of apoctacle* by stating age.—39, Albemarle- street.
Piccadilly, w. (opposite tbo York Hotel)._
D EAFNESS.—A newly-invented Instrument for extreme cases
of Deafness, called the Sound Magnifl-r, Oifaulc Vibrator and Invisible Voice
Conductor. It fl'* so Into tho ear aa not to bo in the leflut peroeplihle: the unplonaant senaa*
Uon o ainging noi^oa to the head la entirely removed. It afiords instant relief to tbo defeat
persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at church and at public arsemblia- -
Mesar* SHLOMOHB, OpUcixna and AnrisU, 39, Albcmarifr-atreeu Plccadiliy, W. (opposite
tho York H»»nl V
S PORTSMEN and GENTLEMEN of the ARMY and
NAVY’.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39. Albemarle-street, r>'ccadiTTy W.
Ob*erv«. opposite the York Hotel. Portability, combined with great power, in FIELD.
RACE-COURHR, OPERA, and gnu ml out-dfKW day and night pow rful Waiatcoet-
pockot PERSPECTIVE GI*AbsE8, weighing only four oudcbs, each containing 12 and 18
tense*, constructed of German gin**, will show distinctly a person’* countenance at 2J and
3 mlire. Thev »«rve every purpose on tho Rece-cour»e, and at the Opcr«-hou*e*. Country
•conory and ship* are dearly ao*n at 8 to 10 miles. They are also Invaluable for Bh^oiirg,
Dear stalking, and Yachting. Her Majesty's Coast-Guards are making uae of thorn a*
dav and night glasses. In preference to all other*: they hove also become in general usn by
GentUmv’n of the Armv and Navy, and by Bportamon, Gentlemen, Ga»fiekecpOTa.an«nouiMa
Tho most paworqil and brilliant Tdereopea. poa»ea*iog tueh crtraoullnarv povre* that acme,
3} Inches, with an extra astronomical eye-oleco, will show dlatlnctly Jupiter'* moon*,
Saturn‘a ring, and the rtoublortar*; with Ihe same Tele»copo can be seen a perron's counte¬
nance three-and a*half mdes distant, and an o' ject from fourteen 4 o sixteen miles. They
are in endless variety, oflargor and all shea, with increasing power*, and are secured by
her Maiesty 'a Royal Letters Patent. A most libera! allowance, wholesale, to shipper*
In foreignp*rta r*oaln exatated with punctuality,
lae Cm of im Cols i, might la tho Rsollttl tcliools «4 la tbo TiUalrj Ship, for 8 sji. fiotwiilljf loppsolla tbs iotk Bo »0
T HE ROYAL EXHIBITION, ISM.—A valuable, powerful.
newly-Invented, very small waistcoat-pocket Glams, the sire of a walnut, by which a
person can bo seen and known I i m.lo distant. They *erve every purpose on the Race-course,
and at tbo Opera-housos. Country scenery and «hlp« are clearly seen at four to six miles.
Tboy nre Invaluable for shooting, decr-atalking, yachting, to aportimen. renUcmen, game-
keepers, and tourist*. Price aOs. Microscope*. Magic Lanterns, and Slides Every de¬
scription of Optical. Mathematical, and Philosophical Instrument*. Order* and all kinds of
r-oain exacated with punctuality.- M«*n. BvLOMONS, Optician*, t9, AJbetaarift-itieofc
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
LONDON, SA2 VRDA T, MARCH 13, 1858.
What answer the new Ministry, acting in obedience to tho vo'o
of the House of Commons which placed it in office, has given
to Count VYalewski’s letter has not yet transpired. We lake it for
granted, however, if an answer have been sent, that it cannot in
the least have increased the irritation which, unhappily, previously
existed between the English people and the French Government,
Amongst the latest intelligence from Pans is the arrival of a State
paper, published there by the authority of the Government, and
originating, it is said, from the Emperor himself. It is nominally
written by M. de la GucrronniSre, but obviously speaks the senti¬
ments of Lonis Napoleon. To its tone and manner we have nothing
to object. It is calm, considerate, statesmanlike, and forbcaring t
while it maintains with greal firmness the view already expressed
by Count Walewski, and acquiesced in by Lord Clarendon, of tho
conduct of England. “Lord Clarendon,” it says, “took upon
himself to establish the complete exactness of all tho facts stated by
Count Walewski in his despatch of the 20th of January.” From
Lord Clarendon and the late Ministry the public have decidedly
differed, and with the French Government the late Ministers were
in accordance. The difference and tho contest, therefore, nro not,
like other differences and contests, between rival and different
Governments, but between the people of one nation and tho
Government of another. Our own Ministers were against us j wo
were compelled to censure them ; and then they lelt their posts and
handed the Government over to their rivals. We hardly know
yet whether tho new Ministers are to be with the people or not; nor
can we conjecture, from their antecedents or from theirpresent pro •
fessions, how far they differ from their predecessors on the point at
isSue-the truth of Count Wulewskis representations - and tho
people, therefore, have still to maintain the contest into which they
have beer: forced with the Government ot France.
It is impossible, indeed, to read the State paper just published
addjjbt find proofs of the true point at issue in almost every
paragraph. Some slight differences the Government of the Em¬
peror has had with our Government on the subjects of Greece, the
interpretation of the conditions of the Treaty of Peace, and on the
Principalities, but none of them were of importance, or interrupted,
except for a moment, the harmony which existtd between the two
Governments. For the readiness with which our Government ac¬
knowledged tho Imperial Government established de facto by
the event of December tho 2nd no gratitude is expressed, but
the language of several English journals which havo “de¬
nounced the man who had saved the country from frightful
anarchy 1 ’ is referred to as “misrepresenting with audacity an net
which merited the gratitude of a civilised people.” With the
conduct of our Government, too, after “the attempt of the I4ib of
January had struck Paris, Franca and all Europe, with stupor,”
no fault is found ; but a long list is given of all the attempts that
have been made from England against the Emperor's life and go¬
vernment ; a long bill of indie ment is drawn up against the freo
discussion tolerated in England; and the press is blamed for the
“impious words to which it has given publicity.” The people, too,
though it is admitted “ they profess a horror of the crimes which
are prepared amongst them to be executed amongst us ” (tho
French), ate described as having in “ London misrepresented tho
conduct and the intentions of the French Government.” It is there¬
fore, against the conduct of our people, including onr press, that this
State paper is chiefly directed—against 'ho institutions they cherish,
which, by affording an asylum to political refugees, happen by chance
to harbour those who arc vile enough to make dastardly attempts on
the Emperor’s life. Onus, who almost universally desire to pro
serve the alliance which now happily unites the two nations, this
State paper, placing the contest on its true basis, throws great ad¬
ditional responsibility, and requires from us all great addition^
care. Every journalist must now feel that ho should be ns dis¬
creet as a Cabinet Minister in treating oi French affairs; every
punlic speaker should remember that his words may cheir h peace
or provoke war. The English and their insiitutions are impugned,
and we must defend ourselves and them alike from any Minister
who would betray us and any fjreign Government which aspires
to change them.
Into all the details of this elaborate paper we cannot enter. In
it. however, there is one phrase which expresses the gist of the
whole dispute. Speaking ot tho attempt of the 14th of January,
the writer says, “ ztftcr having first returned thanks to God, people
ashed trhat teas the oriyin of that crime? —whence cime the
assassins ?— in what circle had they conceived thoughts which had
nothing human in them, so perverse and savage they were ? ” The
plain answer is - aBd it contains the entire vindication of our
national character and institutions—not in any circle of I nglish-
men. The origin of the crime was not here. The thoughts were con¬
ceived in the minds of men strangers to England, whom we do not
invite hither, and whom we should gladly see away. The crime
they planned is utterly alien to our lives and manners. In no
conntiv is lite regarded with greater sanctity than in England; in no
country are crimes against the person fewer—nowhere is assas¬
sination more abhorred and less planned. The crime had its
origin in political feelings, arising from political oppression, to
which we are completely strangers. The tboughis arose in a
circle of banished and outraged Italians and Frenchmen ; and
the complicity of a single Englishman has yet to be proved. We
thank M de la Guerronniure for enabling us so distinctly to place
the fact before the world that the crime is not of English origin.
And, that great fact bring satisfactorily established, nothing is
really left to abate the mutual respect which the French and
English feel for each other. There can now be no possible teason
in any intemperate words which have been spoken on either side
for placing in jeopardy by a contest between them the saerei
interests of civilisation.
The Toli. Reform Movement.— On Thursday evening a
meeting on this subject was held at the Wellington Hotel, St Jaraca's-
street—Herbert Ingram, Esq., M I*, in the chair. Mr Bradfield, the
secretary of the Toll Reform Association, static! that he had had an
interview with Mr. Byng. StT . who had suggested that the opinion of
the leading persons in London should be obtained on the subject of toll
reform, ana the result of a petition to Parliament, which had been
framed by Mr Lc Breton, the barrister, was that the signatures
of upwards of 300 of the principal persons In London had beam ob¬
tained. On the motion of the chairman, seconded by Sir. Lo
Breton, it was resolved that Mr. Byng. 51.P., should be requested
to move in the House of Commons a resolution affirming that, in the
opinion of the House, toll-gates within six miles of London should bo
abolished, and that her Majesty should be requested to appoint a com¬
mission to consider the best means of carrying out that object. William
Jackson, Esq. 51 was elected a member of the committee.
March 13, 1858.)
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
255
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS.
FRANCE#
(From our own Correspondent.)
Paris, Thursday.
Mccn excitement has been caused in France by the tmeute taking
place last Saturday night at Chalons-sur-Snone. Of course, this de¬
monstration, regarded simply and singly, would appear absurd; but
coupled with other indications—the immense number of arrests and
transportations that have been taking place of late—the extreme un-
eariness existing in the mind of the French authorities, from the
highest to the lowest—it becomes alarmingly significant.
It is reported that Pierri, in order to obtain his pardon, has offered
to make complete revelations with regard to the origin, extent, and
aim of the plot of the 14th January. The sister of Orsini has been
permitted to visit and attend upon him; and it is said that the
Empress uses the most strenuous efforts to obtain his pardon.
The illness of Marshal Prince Jerome has assumed so serious a
character—haring turned to a pleurisy—as to excite considerable un¬
easiness, especially when the age of the Prince is taken into con-
bideration.
The Countess Montijo is expected in Paris.
Despite the tupposed rigours of Lent, Paris continues to dance to
its heart’s content. The brilliancy of many of the balls is added to
by the appearance of several brides, displaying magnificent dresses,
and more particularly jewels.
The Princess Mathilde is organising a series of M intimate ” soirees,
where the guests come and go at their pleasure, play, sing, draw, and
converse, without the observance of any ceremony or etiquette. The
reception-rooms, and more especially the private sitting-room of the
Princess, are arranged with the utmost taste, splendour, and comfort.
M. Gudin, the well-known marine-painter, is preparing for the 5th
of April a fete, at his hdtel at Beaujon, in favour of the charity of
Notre Dame des Arts. The Electric Light Company propose to
illuminate the grounds a giomo. There is to be a concert by some of
the most celebrated musicians of the day, and a comedy written for
the occasion by Alexandre Dumas, and played by amateurs. It is said
that Mdme. Gudin has sent to the Baron L. M. Mir&s, and several
other wealthy personages who have subscribed largely to the charity,
invitations bearing the inscription, ** In exchange for a billet de mille
francs, received for the work.”
The Emperor has presented to the new Mus^e des Sonverains,
erected at the Louvre, a little coffer of leather, ornamented with iron,
curiously worked by the hand of Henri II. of France.
The ** Magicienne ” has been yet farther delayed at the Opera, in
consequence of the desire of M. Haldvy to render some parts of it yet
more perfect. The Administration of the Lighthouses has placed at
the disposition of the manager an apparatus which is to produce an
effect of sunshine such as lias never yet been equalled.
On Sunday afternoon three Court carriages were sent from the
Tuileriea to thu Hdtel du Louvre, to fetch the Ambassadors from the
two Kings of Siam, who were received in state by the Emperor.
Pnuce Maharajah Dhuleep Sin.?, ex-King of Lahore, has arrived at
the Hdtel du Louvre.
The despatch from Lord Malmesbury was communicated by Lord
Co why to Count Walewski on Tuesday.
The Paris Monittur publishes a fresh list, filling several columns, of
places from which addresses of congratulation have been sent to the
Emperor. At the head of the list stands that from the Lord Mayor,
Aldtnnen, apd principal inhabitants of the city of Dublin.
It is Bind that the Imperial Government have resolved to reply to the
Earl of Malmesbury's note, which they consider, on the whole, as con¬
ciliatory, likewise in a conciliatory way, and that a draft of this
reply has already been forwarded to London.
The Imperial Court of Paris, presided by M. Delangle, gave judg¬
ment on Monday in the long-pending case of the Marquise de Guerry
again8t the Community of the Ladies of Piopus, which claimed to bo
en titled to retain the whole of the Marquise’s property, as a member
of tne sisterhood. The Court, overruling the judgment of the Tribunal
of the First Instance, has ordered the community to refund the sum
of 475,01*0 fr.
A bill for amending the law of patents has been presented to the
Corps Legislatif, the principal objeot of which is to relieve individual
artisans who work in their own lodgings and keep no shops, from
taxes on their inventions. It is said that no less than 140,(JOO work¬
men will experience the benefit of the proposed new law.
The Siicle newspaper (generally moderate in its tone) informs its
readers that its sale in the streets of the capital has been prohibited
by the authorities. # .
The unnual ball in aid of the French Association of Dramatic
Ani-ts which took place on Saturday night at the ThSfitre de l’Ojpera
Counque, was most numerously attended.
Le Word of Saturday last publishes the following telegram:—
*'Marseilles, Friday.—Saveral hundreds of persons arrested, in all
parts of France, in pursuance of the late measures of safety, have^
reached Marseilles. They will be plaoed in the Ch&toau d’lf, waiting
their removal to Lambessa (the penal colony in Algeria).”
Tne Afoniteur gives the following account of an attempted insurrac-
tiou ut Chalons:—"At Ch&lon8-sur-Sa6nt.,on Saturday evening, about
nine o’clock, a mob of eome forty men assembled suddenly, and made
a rush against a small guard of infantry, whom they surprised. They
then proceeded to the railway terminus, uttering cries of * Long live
the Republic I’ 'The Republio is proclaimed at Paris !'* The Re¬
public is everywhere!' ‘Men of ChMons, to arms!’ The station-
in u-ttr, an old soldier, collected the railway officials, and repulsed
those insurgents. From the railway the mob went to the bridge over
the SaOno and occupied the bridge-head, for the purpose of preventing
t ho alai m being given to the soldiers in the barrack. The officers of
the garrison, who had hastened tothe Sub-Prefect’s dwelling to learn
the meaning of the rumour which had already spread, forced a pas¬
sage at tne sabre’s point. Shortly alter wards the troops arrived, the
more bight of whom dispersed the gr up. Before midnight fifteen of
the principal offenders were in the hands of justice, v
Accounts from the south of France state that the rivers hive been
vory much swollen by the heavy ruins and the rapid melting of the
snow. In some instances the waters have risen so high as to cause
66rious inundations. On the night of the 2nd-3rd of March the
Merault flooded the village of Cadet, and damaged the suspenuiun-
bridge. 'lhe Tarn hud risen so rapidly* that at about noon on the
4th all the mills of Montauban were obliged to stop, and in the neigh¬
bourhood rf Montpellier and some other districts considerable damage
had b»en done.
The follcwing official notice concerning the new French passport
regulations appeared in Tuesday’s Aloniteur: —“Travellers coming
from abroueji into Franco must, for each journey, cause their passports
to be vised by a diplomatic agent or French Consul. In order that no
fresh expense may be incurred by such travellers through this obliga¬
tion, thu Minister of Foreign Affairs has just decided that the fee
charge for the am shall only bo required on the first journey, and that
all the rrequired in the courte of the year, for which period the
passport is Vilid. shall bo delivered gratis. It should be remar kc-d on
this occasion that the regulations now in foroo allow the diplomatic
and consular offices to doliver gratis travelling licences to poor persons,
and to giant them at a reduced scale to those individuals to whom the
payment of the full charge would be too onerous.”
The Paris correspondent of the Times writing ou Tuesday, gives
copious extracts from a pamphlet about to be published, entitled “ The
Emperor Napoleon III. ana Eugland," und which be thus describes:—
“ It is a sort of State paper, or manifesto, addressed alike to the people
of Fin nee and England. It is the composition of a publicist, whose
‘ fine Roman hand’ may be easily detected; the thoughts are derived
from a higher source.”
It truces the relations of England and France from the aocos&ion of
Louis Napoleon os President up to the present time, and speak3 cor¬
dially of the alliance in the Crimea. It gives extracts with details
from reToluLouary pamphlets and epeeihw puilahsi and tpckaa in
London, and recounts discoveries made in Paris by the police of cri-
minals from London. It disclaims any attack on the right of asylum,
ana then relates the attempt of the 14th of January, going on to
IS? *J anuar 7 there wan but one single cry throughout France
tor two things : firet. the removal from our frontiers of the assassins con¬
demned by the court-, of justice; secondly, the Interdiction of the publlo
apology of assassination In journal or meetings. That wish was con¬
veyed in the speeches of the great bodies of the State, in the addresses
sent up by the magistracy, the Municipal Councils, and the National
(juara. I he addresses of the army were naturally more animated {plus
trivet)i they expressed with an energy peculiarly military the feeling of
_(*• * ew oi them only were of a nature to wound the euscepti-
hi l.y of England. Count Walewski has given on that point an expla-
nation, the perfect good faith of which ought to have effaced and repaired
R ‘‘- * ^ was made a pretext to awsken national susceptibility,
and to misrepresent the conduct and intentions of the French Govern-
ment. People wero made to believe that France demanded of England
, v nei «hbourlng countries to renounce the right of asylum, a
sacred right, which she respects and practise*, since she affords a refuge
to more than lo.ooo Italian a. Spaniards, Germans, Poles, and even a
subsidy to a great number of them.
After referring to tho trial of Peltier, to show that England was
formerly willing to do justice to Napoleon I. in the matter of refugees,
the writer says:—
"NVe have explained our conduct with respect to England, we have shown
what the Emperor Napoleon III. has been for her. We may boldly 6ay
will be rendered to him by history ; and we Accept that homage for France
and for her Sovereign as an honour. Wherefore we have every confidence
that the English people will not allow themselves to be led away, as
difficult to explain ns It is impossible to excute and that their good sense,
their patriotism, rising above false interpretations, the alliance of the two
countries will stand the trial of these last incidents.
SPAIN.
Tho Ministerial papers are unanimous in declaring that a dissolution
of the Cortes is not to be feared as long as the present Ministers are at
the head of affairs. Since the collection of the taxes has been
authorised, the reports of a Ministerial crisis bavo diminished. • The
Chamber of Deputies have approved an increased grant for the con¬
struction of the railway from San Juan to the frontiers of Portugal.
It is believed that the Pope, os a mark of regard to the Queen of the
Spanish nation, is about to confer the dignity of Cardinal on three
Archbishops. The Marquis de Pidal has, after numerous delays, left
for Rome, to which city he has been appointed Ambassador.
ITALY.
The trial of the prisoners who were on board the Cagliari is again
proceeding at Salerno. The medioal men having declared Watt to be
iocapable of standing his trial, the case against him is suspended. Ou
the resumption of the trial on Friday week lhe names of twelve other
prisoners were given in a* unable to attend the court from illness.
Watt is to remain in the British hospital under tho re*poa®ibiJity of
the acrinsr Consul. The Neapolitan Minister has replied to Count
Cavour's demand for the release of tho Sardinian prisoners that it cannot
be entertained, as the case is now before the judicial tribunals.
The editor of the Alovinwnto of Genoa has just been condemned by
the Court of Appeal of that, city to three months’imprisonment arid
300fr. fine for having republished part of Mozziais last article, entitled
" La Situazione ” The Italia del Popolo, the Mazziuian organ, was
seized for the eleventh time on the 2nd instant ,
BELGIUM./; \ X \..y / .
The Belgian Senate ou Thursday week was occupied with the ex¬
amination of the bill for modifying the penal code in that part which
relates to crimes committed or prepared in Belgium against foreign
Governments. The dis ousBion was an animated one, but no amendment
was presented. M d’Anelhan expressed a wish to see the bill apply
to crimes committed by Belgians in foreign countries; while M. de
Selys-Longcbamps spoko against any ex-officio prosecution as cal¬
culated to be turned into a party weapon. Eventually the bill was
adopted by thirty-four votes to four.
On Monday, at the Brabant Court of Assizes, M. Louis Labarre,
editor of the Belgian journal the Drapcau, was sentenced to thirteen
months’ imprisonment and 1200 fr. tine for “offences against the
person of his Majesty the Emperor of the French.”
V WlTZEkLAND.
The Bund publishes every day a fresh article on the subject of tricks
played wi-.h passports According to a despatch from Berne, tlie
French Government is said to have consented to confine itself provi¬
sionally for the visa of passports to the old system.
The Fedt-m Commissaries of Geneva propose an inquiry into the
conduct of tho refugees. Two French refugees brought to Berne are
to be expelled. The Commissary Dubs has arrived at Berne in order
to consult the Federal Council on his report.
A telegram from Berne, of the 9th inst, states that the Federal Com-
mi^eioners recommend the dissolution of tho Italian Mutual Benefit
Association, and that P 8 foreign members should either be sent away
to their respective countries or be appointed to a fixed residence. It
likewise suggests that all tho French refugees should be placed at tho
disposal of the Federal Council to receive a fixed residence^
The new Coiy-titution drawn up for the Canton of Bfile has been
approved of by tho popular assembly. Out of 3302 citizens who had
tho right of voting only 1786 took part in this decision.
PRUSSIA.
The annual banquet given by the Prussian Chamber of Representa¬
tives to their President, and the two Vice-Presidents, has just taken
place. The Ministers, Baron do Mantouffal, M. do Heydt. and M. do
Raurner, were present. In reply to tho toast of “ Tho King,” pro¬
posed by the President, Count fculenburg, Baron do Manteuffel ob¬
served that circumstanoes seemed gravo, und that the political horizon
was ovtroost; alluding to the attempt of the 14th January, and to the
change of Ministry in England. Ho afterwards made an appeal to
the loyalty and devotedness of tho Prussian nation.
The committee of the Prussian Chamber of Doputies which had
been charged to examine the proportion of M. do Gerlaah. chief of tho
party of tne Right, for extending the duration of the Legislature from
three to six years, has rocotnmeuded its rejection.
AUSTRIA.
The Vienna journals state that Sir Hamilton Seymour has received
an oifioiul intimation that tho English Cabinet has no intention of re¬
placing him at the Austrian Court.
Representations have been made by the French Minister at tho
Court, of Vienna requiring that tho Austrian press shall not be allowed
11 comment freely on the French Government. M. do Bourqueney
also desires that every traveller from the Italian provinces shall obtain
h s passport at Milan or Venice, instead of from the authorities of the
place where ho resides. Generally, too, as the organ of the French
Government, he demands that tho movements of tho Italians should
be more narrowly watched Such requirements show how lar the pre¬
sent French authorities are disposed to carry their system. Count
Buol, it is said, has rejected them.
The Gazette de Vienne officially announces that the Empress of Aus¬
tria is enceinte,
GERMANY AND DENMARK.
The delegates of tho States of Germany, whose contingents form
tho 10th corps of tho Federal army, assembled at Hanover last week,
to make the necessary arrangement® for tho grand manoeuvres which
are to take place on the 12 th of September at Nordatommeu. The
contingent of the Duchy of Holstein forms part of that corps, but the
King of Denmark did not cause himself to be represented, so that tho
contingent will not take part in the manceuvres.
The Danish Government recently presented to the Supreme Council
a bill authorising the sale of a certain number of domains belonging
to tho State, and amoDgst them several in the Duchy of Holstein. The
bill has since passed a first reading.
8WEDEN.
When the Prince Royal of Sweden was nominated Regent, in con¬
sequence of the illness of the King, a member of the Order of Nobles
proposed that an additional allowance of 100,1)00 nxdalers (nearly
200.000 fr.) should be mode to his Royel Elighnea*. but the morion w*a
rejected by a large majority. Last week a similar proposition wau
a^ain brought forward, but it wus rejooted by 85 votes to 36.
* RUSSIA.
A despatch from St. Petersburg of the 8th inst states that the
V-mparor baa instituted a central committee lor the question cl the
emancipation of tbe peasants. This committee, which will be presided
over by the Emperor himself, is comp jsed of thirteen councillors of
tho empire, among whom are the Grand Duke Constantine, Prince
Orloff, and Count Bludoff.
TURKEY.
The 8ultan has informed the representatives of foreign Powers that
they will nr»t in future be received by him except on the introduction
of his Minister of Foreign Affairs, according to the usige of other
European Courts: and that, moreover, norioe must be given some days
previous at the Porte, in order that his Hifchnesa's pleasure may be
taken on the intervi rw.
There ha* been a fight between the Turks and Montenegrins near
the Turkish fortress of Lessandria, on the Scutari Lake. The Monte¬
negrins captured a Turkish vessel, with its guns, and twenty-five
prisoners, who were immediately beheaded. Their own loss was seven
killed and fourteen wounded.
M. de Budbsrg, Russian Minister at the Court of Austria, has de¬
clared to the Cabinet of Vienna that his Government highly disap¬
proves of the oonduot of Prince Danilo in not preventing the Monte¬
negrins from taking part in the insurrection in the Herzegovina The
Prince of Montenegro has been recommended by the Russian Govern¬
ment not to give support to tho insurgents in the Turkish provinces.
The Christians of Bosnia have addressed a long petition to the
Sultan, and which their delegates have presented to Prince Callimaki.
at Vienna, c-immeacing thus*^<Imperial Majesty, Most Great and
Gracious Lord—In the name of the Rayahs of Bosnia, we the under¬
signed, the faithful subjects and servants of your Majasty, entreat you
to hew our prayers and wishes, iu order that a term may bo put by
your Highness's will to rixe innumerable abuses and persecutions to
whioh the Christian population of Bosnia is daily exposed"
UNITED STATES.
Politically there is little or no news of importance, Congress having
adjourned over from the 19 th to the 23rd ult., in order to do honour to
the anniversary of Washington’s birthday. The bill to increase tho
army hud been further debated, but without definite uction.
In the Senate tho Committee on Territories had handod in throe
reports relative to tho admission of Kansas. The majority report was
accompanied by a bill providing for the immediate admission of
Kansas with the Lecompton Constitution. One of the minority re¬
ports was drawn up by Senator Douglas, and sets forth his objection
to the Lecompton Constitution': and the other was drawn up und pre¬
sented by the Republican members of the committee, and fully covers
the ground of opposition taken by that party.
A terrible catastrophe happened at 8t. Louis on the 20th ult. The
Pacific II'itel in that city took fire about three o’clock in tho morning,
and the flames spread with such rapidity as to out off all the ordinary
passages of egress before the inmates of the house became fully awake
to the peril or their situation. Many, in their frenzy, throw them¬
selves from the windows, and fell lifeless upon the pavement beneath,
while others perished in the fl imes. About thirty lives were lost, and
it is supposed that more were buried in the ruins.
A verv destructive conflagra’ion has also occurred among the
steamers lying opposite the oitv of New Orleans. Five of tham were
lost, entailing a loss of about 70,000 dole.
Judge Kane of Pennsylvania, an eminent jurist, and father of the
distinguished Arctic navigator, is dead.
The Collios steam-ehip Adriatic is reported to have boon sold to the
Russian Government for £200,000.
A furious gale had prevailed along the Atlantic coast, and its effects
were ditastrous, but no English vessels appear to have suffered
The New York Herald of tho 23rd says:—” The duelling epidemio in
Washington is likely to result disastrously to some of the party
attacked. There are four 60 -culled affairs of honour now in progress
—namely, between Messrs. Clay (sou of the late Henry Clay), of
Kentucky, an! Cullom, of Tennessee, son of the late dork of the
Housa of Representatives; Lieutenant Rhind and Commander Bout-
well, of the Navy; Lieutenant Bell and Lieutenant William®, of the
Army; and General Harney and Col *nel Sumner.” A Washington
despatch says that the Clay and Cullom difficulty arose from the latter
proposing as a toast, “The Ulus'riuus uire of a degenerate son,” when
a regular fist fight ensued, and a challenge was interchanged. Lieu-
tenunt Rhind posted Commander Boutwell as a liar and coward—
hence their projected duel.
A Methodist church in Cincinnati has been destroyed by an explo¬
sion of gas. Many persons wore injured, but none killed.
Advices from Utah state that the United States’ Dietriot Court of
that territory had indicted Ungham Young, Kimball, and others of
the “saints,” for high treason.
The West India Islands.— The news from these islands is
not of much importance. The weather had been generally dry and fine,
but partial rain had fallen. The crops are spoken of a* look ng well.
Yellow fever occasionally breaks out at St. Thomas, and etna.I pox and
yellow fever linger at Havannah; but tbe islands, generally speaking, are
healthy. A shoric of earthquake was felt in the city of Kingston and at se¬
veral other parts of Jamaica on the eveulng of the 2 Sih January. It was
not severe, but the undulations lasted eeveral seconds.
Australia — The latest news from New South Wales is of the
13th of January, and informs us of another Ministerial crisis, followed by
a general dissolution of the Legislature. The grounds for this step are
stated to be the passing of the Laud Bill, which the latent Sydney papers
had positively announced as having been abandoned Large quantities of
wool had been sent down from the interior, but the prices bad a down¬
ward tendency. The Pension List exhibits a total of nearly £10.000. of
which £5000 a year are absorbed by the five officials displaced by a reapon-
sible Ministry. Hie Sydney Exchange was formally opened on tiie
30 th December last by the Govern or- General.—Advices trom Victoria
comedown to January 16 th, and we learn from them that the Education
Bill, one of the clauses of which makes the instruction o! chlldreu cotn-
puhory. had been read a second time in the Upper Douse by a majority
of three to one. the numbers being thirty-three to eleven; «ud £ioouo
had been voted for the support ol agricu tural societies and the formation
of an agricultural museum. The Imposition of a poll-tax of ten shillings
per month ou the Chinese was beginning to liave the desired effect, a® tne
Celestials were quitting the colony at the rate of 400 per month Trade
was still very dull, owing to the excess of imrort*: wool wa® also
heavy, but the harvest promised to be a most abundant one-South
Australia ha® formally established a civil service, and. in so doing, has
set the example to the other colonies. The Government clcrkahip® are
divided into five cla-ses, with incomes at starting respectively ot £viO,
£l(>0, £200. £240. and £280. the salary in each class to increase £5 a year
for seven years. The Governor, Sir R. Macdoonell. was. by the latest
account®, absent from Adelaide on a tour of inspection.-Die on y new®
of moment from Western Australia refers to a projected expedition, uuder
Mr Gregory, to explore the north-eastern portions oi the colony, Blurting
from the celebrated Geraldlue lead-mine.
New Zealand.—T here is no intelligence of any interest from
New Zealand. The provinces seem to be very flourishing, and equally
sanguine as to the ultimate success of their rival methods lor theprepara-
tion of flax and the development of their goid-fields.
The Cate of Good Hope.—A ll continues quiet on the frontier.
The Cape Parliament was summoned for the 10th March, when the first
Session will be closed, and will be followed by a geueral election for the
House of Assembly aud the election of seven members out of the fifteen
forming the Council.
Earthquakes in Greece.—O n the 21st ult., at about eleven
o’clock in the morning, a shock of earthquake was felt at Athens. It was
not howeva, of sufficient force to cause any damage to the town On
the following dsy an express arrived from Corinth with the news that at
the same hour at which the shock had been felt at Athens nearly the
whole of the town of Corinth and the neighbouring one of Calaraaki.
situated on the isthmus, had been completely destroyed by an eartnquaae.
()nly .six houses have been left standing In Corinth, nearly the whole of
what was standing of the Temple of Minerva ha* fallen to the ground, and
the fort rtf s ou the Acrocorintliu? lias been overthrown by the shock. A
Greek mnn-of- war steamer was sent a® quickly as possible to C aUwa M.
with medical rmn on board, tent®, and eLncciseiry nutemls foraffording
reiid to the sufferer®.
Hcmoeked Koval Marriage—A Berlin letter savs that the
object of tin; approaching visit oi Prince George of Saxony to Lisbon la to
solicit in marriage the hand of the Princess M*ry of t ortugal, sifter of
the King A® the Prince Koval of Saxony baa no children, Prince George
will probably succeed to the throne.
Tne Vienna journals state that the celebrated violinist, Vieu-
temps has lost the use of one of his eye® by a string of bit instrument, iu
snapping, striking him with vio fence on the eyelid.
According to the Swiss journals a cardinal*s hat is about to be
conferred on a Swis® Bishop. During the Lst three centuries only one
( prelate of Switzerland be® attained that dignity.
The Jacksonville (Florida) Republican records the death of Mis.
Winnie Lassiter, aged 130 yeats. She was a native of North Carolina.
The English and French Envoys sent to i hioa have, according
to late despatches, determined to communicate in future on’y with the
CclestUi GovcjnmuH of Pcim.
256—Marco 13, 1858.J
THE
WAR
C H I N A ,
the iLLt rsTp^p l okpon news
E ATTACK
[Marco 13,1858.-257
0 N
CANTON,
messages to atid fro. And always having
tin 1 flag arc Mill there, but she dors not
Tub throo Kn graving* relating to the Taking of Canton, from Sketches
by our Special Artist, which wo hero give--namely. tha Bombard-
roanton tho29th Docotnbor; thn Marina* Leaving the Gun boat; and the
Landing of Foroas at Coopor's Crook—were described in the letter from
our Artist and Correspondent last week. The following vigorous de¬
scription of these events is from the IfYaus correspondent:—
Monday. Dee. 59.—Yeto knows what must happen at daybreak. It has
known to the bum-boatmen, and all who have communication with the | a white flag t!
opposite shore, that the bombardment will commence at daybreak. The j move. No. *1
frequent reconnaissances on the eastern side have also told them that the | eyes to tell
attack will be ou tliat side, and we know they have taken the hint, tor two i surely, there
nc» embrasure* have been broken out yesterday and guns mounted. I be no though
Before the first streak of daylight every glass Is.directed upon the berth I \ cheer tell
of the green passage-boat. We call It Ilow<|ua's boat, moored on the other ; durknt*«. up j
seamen's more practised
>UEaT
CAN TON.
left!.
same moment a yellow flag flint on the main of the PhUyethon. expected
at that moment to hear a concussion that should have shaken the earth.
Not so A dropping tire, gnu by gun. runs along tho line. Haney that
the Cruiser, wnicb has the guns from the bastion In front of Toll's yantun
pointed down upon her deck, fire* a broadside to anticipate them; bnt I
mav be mistaken, for I am »ome wsy ofl", and the puff* of smoko arc
already wreathing about Some minute* elapse. and the tight strengthens.
Then off goes one of the mortars upon Dutch folly. It is find upon
Gough Tort. The whistling shell speeds high over the city—Jus to* I have
often ssen thorn and hoard their plaintive whittle over the heights ot the
Telternaya. or from thr earthwork* on ths north of Hob* «t opal harbour.
It docs not reach Its object At its highest elevation—for, far away it
nulls forth In a thin white cloud. I can now see the dark fragments full-
lug. and in the cold, doudirss morning sky that Uttie cloudlet bangs—
As Ik*' an SB**t be Ms a|>»«rf OttM
11*4 Mt nu nuuuu Boning U and sir.
Strange fancies scire ns in thrse highly-wrought moments i tbe angel of
mercy ha* fled from the doomed city.
Slow and continuous, with a -ombre monotony, like the firing of
minute truns, the cannonade continue*. No broads Men. no <|uick firing,
no excitement Every cun Is arcanttely pointed after many minutes
care to str.ko or sweep the appointed wall, and to avoid the habit*.Ion*.
Thu shells arc not so obedient i—*—****---
c doing wc cannot nv,
Hrnt as tlic round shot What thr oppnatnggon*
for the smoke gather* thick below ns, and tlaa big
LANDING OF THE ALLIED FORCES AT COOrElt’S CREEK.'
MARLVEI LEAVING Ul'X-BOAT.
258
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 13, 1858
puns seem to have brought down the wind. Vainly do the mortar shells
strive to feadt 'those bill forts, which seem to be sleeping in tranquil
security the cold grey >ky fhey n'l fall short That rrd flve-
Btoried barn which is ca'lcd the Five-storied Pagoda, and which is said
t> tic tie barr«ck of 6U(» Tartars, was nearly touched A shell
curt Ivi .wiv up the hill. But Gough Fort, has never yet been np-
p»» ju-ImiI <»*jne who must have kc^o• r sight than I have say that the
vldnc-e are ei deavourfrg to bring their .monster guns to bear this* way.
j;.» strength o) the armament of those fona was placed to bear upon the
ea. tirn lace when we reconnoitr'd them on Wednesday last, But. it is
um- i as, even it' practicable, to change the bearing of those guns. It we
cannot reach them at this (nearly 4t'00 yards’! range with our mortars,
they will never reach us. The morning wears on ana the smoke thickeus.
amt s r i 11 this dml monotonous minim-guii sound continues StiU no
sign of surrender These strange Chinese actually seem to be getting
nsidtn it Sun pans, and even cargo-bouts. r.re moving d*<wn the river
hie lAir-d a Mghtermcn in the ordinary exercise of their calling; people
are coming dt“-n to the hank. a* d w»tch the shot and shell fly over their
heads, liven the great kites which hover about here all day have rc-
und art* circling above the smoke
N*.w tiie gun-boats loive their ftutious. embark the troops, and hurry
down tut* river to flic landing-place at Cooper 6 Creek. I alto change mv
porit'on and dot down Ihcsi ha-ty memoranda as i fly. A str »t»g body
bn.-* i<!r« adj la* chd: and through my glass I can distinctly see the General
ami his SUIT proft-efed by a party'of blue-jac.keis and red-coats—either
Marucs or 59th, I em't distinguish whicli. for they are crouched on the
gmnnd- pushing a dose reconnaissance to Fort Lin
Haif-p»»t Twe vc* —No sign of surrender The embarkation of the laud
force cutf tin lira, and the bombardment gees on.
Before ' anton Dec 29 1857 — I brokeofl* in iny first despatch while
the bom bar dm cut was still proceeding, while the troops were lauding at
Cooper s Creek and while the General was prosecuting a close recon¬
naissance cf the East (Of Lin's) Fort.
So near did the reconnoitring party advance without any appearance
of defenders that wc imagined the fort must be deserted. I suppose, how¬
ever. the General lmd reason to think otherwise, for the 59th and the
Artillery were ordered up and were posted in the broken ground to
the le t. while some of the Naval Brigade and Marines, who had now
formed upon a hill side, were advanced into the village on the right of
the l'«»rt. Immediately this movement took place some matting which
covered a square building on the top of the round stone fort was removed,
and three guns from the lower embrasures and a volley from jingalls on
the top soon told that the place was occupied. Our men were wen under
cover, and skirmishers were pushed forward, who, with the deadly
Enfield, made it dangerous for the gunners to nnpear in their large cm-
brasurea. They continued their fire, however, with great pertinacity until
the 9-pounder field-pieces were got inro position and battered and
shelled the place (from the village side and across the ravine whicli sepa¬
rates the village from the fort) at close quarters. A storming party was
now forme# but the Chinamen bad had enough of It, and. after firing a
general volley at the advancing column, they absconded in some mys-
terh us way. and were seen swarming up the hill towards Gough Fort; a
moment tutor, and two uien appeared in the embrasuies waving the Eng¬
lish and French llugB.
THE COURT :
The Conrt lias remained in comparative seclusion at ^soorne
duiing the Ja<t few days. The occasional inclemency of the weather has
nor. however, prevented her Majesty from taking her accustomed out¬
door exercise, mid scarcely a day has passed without an excursion in the
gitvitK’* with the Roya* cni’drciL
The Prince Consort visited the new military hospital at Netley on Mon¬
day ; and the vour*g Prince Alfred came over from xllverbank on Saturday,
to pn«s the following day with his illustrious parents, returning to his
studies with praiseworthy diligence on Monday morning.
Vi-count Sydney an<l Lady Churchill, on their return from the
Court of Prussia. have been the only guests of her Majesty this wetk.
Lady Churchill icumins to take her turn as Lady in Waiting in succession
to the Duchess of Wellington.
The Court will arrive at Buckingham Palace on Thursday next to be in
readiness for the Levde announced to be held on the following Wednesday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Dnke and Duchess d* Aumale returned
to Twickenham on the 6th Inst from visiting the Baron and Baroness
Mv er de Rothschild, at Mentmore. Bucks.
Tit** I uke and J uchess of Sutherland have issued cards for a
grand dinner on Wednesday next to their Royal Highnesses the Duchess
cf Cambridge and the Princess Mary at Stafford House.
Tne Countess of Dei by held her firet assembly for the present
season on Wednesday evening, at the family mansion in St. Jaxnes’s-
square
The Earl of Fglinton le't London on Wednesday morning for
Holyhead, cn rente to Dublin, to enter on his duties as Lord Lieutenant
of Ireiaud.
The Karl of Unrewood is about to form a matrimonial alliance
with Miss Sinythc daughter of Colonel Smythe, M P. for York. A mar-
rinye ia also about to be so emnised between the Hon. Richard Chetwynd,
eldest son oi Viscount Chetwynd, and Miss Campbell, eldest duughter of
Mrs. Walter Campbell. _
THE WEATHER.
BE3ULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE
HEW O ISEKVATOKY OP THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
Lat 51° 28 ' 6'/ N.; Long. 0° 18* 47', W.; Height above sea 34 feet
DV-
DAILY
MKAX3 Or
TIIKRMOMETKK.
WIND.
EAIH
in 24
bcunA
Kea«J
ut
IOa.M
H
so
M
Hi
Dew
if
H
§1
8->
<ls
y
= £2
a n
1 ?
st-
;S2
2 m
Genera]
Direction.
1$
= 2
o«*
X3
Inch***
•
•
0-10
•
•
Miles
Inche*
March 3
29 741
29 6
2t-0
•82
10
28-7
33 3
NF. ENE.
628
•ooo -
4
29 1362
32 4
253
*78
6
26 9
38 8
NE- N. W.
227
863
5
2! CIO
331
v«D
•83
7
297
388
NE. WNW
4M0
•o<o
6
29 113
34*1
19 l
•68
2
29*8
40 8
NW. NNW/
423
•600 :
7 29 2-2
3 56
20 D
63
6
29-2
40 l
NW. W.
483-
000
t ,
8
29 429
32 5
25 6
*78
2
33 2
•10 7
NW WNW.
231
080
U
29 678
351
21 2
63
4
31-3
407
II'SW WNW
K384
•ouo
observatory, porthk week -suing uvitca to, 1 * 59 .
Diy.
i
I
-r
1 5*2-
til-;
<2 i e
S = * t
i!
s
= I
.1
s =
n
i
li
if
II
ZZ
Dry Wet
Uulb j Bulb
• l * at
9 A.M.,9 A. it
sW
Uulb
«\
3P.U
Wet
D-jlt)
7 I*J4
Direc¬
tion of
Wind.
1
5o
?5
B
-4
Ruin
In
inchet
March 4
Incite*
29 852
39 9
0
214
32 1
a o
32-3'31-8
\#
39 5
•\
34 8
N. NE.
5
0.000
.. 5
29 f 24
4(H)
25 6
32 6
33 6 32 8
37 7
36*1
NR- S.
7
0 COO
i. 6
29'69
37 "3
281
314
30-8 30-5
37 0
34 3
S. NW.
8
0 0«0
.. i
21* *217
3^'6
218
32 5
31-5 ! 34 U
37 5
34*3
NW
8
0000
„ 8
2 ?r 2 *>i
35 H
27*8
31*3
32*6 : 31'5
357
33'*
WNW.
0
0008
.. 9
2Ti.-5
39 5
253
331
344 !33 8
387
346
tv.wyw.
3
0 000
.. 10
29 0&1
407
300
334
50*5 j~55D
35 6
34*8
SW. Nt.
0
0000
Means
22480
38-8
261
3^3,
1 32 8
37 4
34 6
OCOO
COUNTRY NEWS.
Visit op tub Queen to Birmingham— On Tuesday the Mayor
of Birmingham received a letter from Lord Derby, signifying her Majesty's
acceptance of his worship’s invitation to open the People's Parkin the
course of the present year The inauguration was originally fixed for
Ju-*e; bur the Premier doubts whether her Majesty * present engagements
will allow Iter to be tn Birmingham during that month. The precise dute
wi'L therefore, be fixed by the Queen herself.
Departure of the Livingstone Exploring Expedition.—
Tlte Pearl, screw-steamer, having on board Dr. Livingstone, her
Bri'atinm Majesty's Coural for Quilllmane Tcte, and other places on the
south-east co tst of Africa, sai'ed on Wrdneadav afternoon from Liver¬
pool. There were algo on board Mrs. Livingstone and her little son ;
Captain Bedingfield. R N., Government surveyor and nautical com¬
mander of the expedition ; Dr Kirk, of Edinburgh, botanis* and medical
officer; Mr Thornton, geologist; Mr Use, engineer of the launch; and
Mr T. Haines artist. l’lm Pearl will proceed up the Zambesi as far as
her draught of water will permit and. after disembarking her pa a 6cngers.
stores, and launch. s«eam direct for the island of Ceylon, where she *ill
bo employed by the East India Company for the purpose of carrying the
roiils from the mainland 'o the steamer contract boats at Point de Gal'e.
She has been fitted up with a 11 (tin? screw, and every other recent im¬
provement The launch which the Pearl fakes out for the purpose of ex¬
ploring the River Zambesi was lowered in its three separate compart¬
ments on to the deck of the Pearl well fastened and boarded over, ar.d
covered with canvas [An engraving of this steam launch appeared in
our Number for Feb 27. The sketch from which it was taken was
obligingly forwarded to us bv Mr. Benjamin Horam. Wo tako this oppor¬
tunity of stating that for most of the interesting particnlara of the steam
launch aecompauyiug the engraving we were indebted to the Liverpool
Courier J
A Munificent Offer—A meeting of the inhabitants of
Bishop Wilton, in the Ea«t Riding of Yorkshire, was recently held in the
vestry of the parish church, for ti e purpose of levying a rate for the restora¬
tion of the church, when it whs announced to the meeting that Sir
Tatton Sykes, of Sledmere, intended to restore the ediflec at his own
expense It is expected to (tost between £2000 and £3000. The meeting
unanimously passed a vote of thanks to the bon. Baronet for hia great
liberality.
Cardiff New Gardens.—T he Marchioness of Bute is most
munificently layiDg out a series of pleasure-grounds at Cardiff, under the
name of the Sophia Gardens, for the use and recreation of the inhabitants.
The wa'ks and flower-beds comprise eighteen acres, with a large orna¬
mental sheet, of water, rockwork. &<i.. the whole being under the superin¬
tendence of her Ladyship's head gardener. A handsome lodge, with mas¬
sive iron gates, &c , is placed in front of the grounds, which are now
being extensively planted, so as to be ready for the summer.
Total 1 estruction of Wynnstay dy Fire.—T he ancient
mansion of Sir Watkin W W. Wynn. Bart.. M P., was entirely destroyed
by tire on Saturday morning last. Sir Watkin and Lady Wynn, «m»m-
panted by the Earl and Countess Vane, the Hon. Major Cotton and Mrs.
Cotton, with some other friends, had only arrived at Wynnstay tliepre-
vlous morning About two o’clock cn Saturday morning the jmrse to
Earl Vane a children was awoke by their coughing and sneezing-very
much, and, on rising to ascertain the cause, she found the room filled
with smoke. She immediately aroused Lord and Lady Vang, who, per¬
ceiving unmistakable symptoms of fire, gave the alarm, and the whole
house was shortly astir The flames ascended from the direction of the
library, and with each rapidity did they spread that Lady Wynn au<l
some other Jodie* <**ero glad to escape in their night dresses Every
exertion was used to keep the flumes under, a\flre-e«gine
which wns on the premises being Bpeedily got inteTplayy and all
the domestics, men and women, headed by the worthy Baronet
himself, being occupied either in bearing water from the adjoining
fLhpoud, or endeavouring to save some of the furniture and other valua¬
bles. A messenger was also dispatched to Wrexham (six miles off', and
in a short time h powerful fire-engine was brought. Another a!«o arrived
about the same time from Chirk Castle the res i a cnee of Colonel Bidduiph,
M P. All was in vain, however, to realstthe. progress of the flames
which were stimulated by a very strong cast wind, ami in the course of a
few hours the destruction was complete. The placeta a shell, not an inch
of the roof of the mansion remaining, except a small tower and the do¬
mestic offices By far the greater portion of the furniture, the whole of
the library paintings, and other Valuables ftredestroyed. Lady Wyun s
jewellery, the fAmiiy plate, and title-deeds of the estate are saved; but the
Countess Vane's jewels, worth £3000. aud Mrs. Cotton's, wortli about
£ 2000 . are lost 'file entire loss is computed at 70.000. Fortunately, no
loss of life occurred, nor any serious casualty, [We intend giving an
Engraving of the Mansion next week ] \y
The Trial of Jeremiah Carpenter, charged with the murder
of a policeman nt. Stevenage, was closed on Saturday last, nt Hertford. The
jury admitted that the vase was one of stroDg suspicion against the
prisoner, but acquitted him oh Hie ground that the evidence was insuf¬
ficient to Justify his conviction.—^ /
Five Crossbills ( Loxia eurvirastro) were shot last week near
Ruth (a remote district in the North Riding of Yorkshire) by Mr. Martin,
farmer, of that, place. These irregular visitants of the British Isles are
remarkable for the crossing bf the upper and lower mandibles, which
gives them the appearance of a small parrot. They are, in fa-t some¬
times called the German parrot; and in theirgcneralhabits, especially
when kept in a cage, they bear a striking resemblance to the imitative
genus of ornithology. Of the five shot byMr. Martin four have the bills
crossed td the right and one fo the left. Two of the birds are mostly of a
fine russet-brown colojflt'emingled with thesmoky duskiness of the sparrow;
while other two have tpr09y pink colour, in the place of a ruidv brown.
The jast oub - tlie fetna'e— is of a dunnish grey, mixed, near the tail with
feathers of a light yellow, approaching to green It is by no means so
BtrikingTn eolGur or appearance as the males The streaks or colour of
the males only partake of a general resemblance to each, and the cha¬
racter of the species for variety is quite preserved in the specimens which
lmve^been Kh<-t at Ruth. The crossbill is common in more northern
latitudes ; d)ut its visits to this country are irregular, if not rare.
The range of temperature dutring the week was 19 3 deg.
Snow was falling oq[the nights of March 4. 5, and 7. on the morning of
ti e Clh, ami alicriWxm of 1 lie lOlh. A little of the heavy fall of snow
which occur rrd on March l still remains upon the ground On the early
morning m Marrh u a violent tempest occurred, the wind blowing wilh
great for}* fronij the ,N>, and JC tV. Between time p m of March 5 and
nine am o March 6 the barometer fell u.554 inches. The wind was again
b owing w th great violi nee from the W. and N.W. on the night of
March 7. The Zodiacal L'ghr. wap feen on the evening of March 8; but,
although the sky whs very ciearj if, was no* so bright as ou some of the
dear evenings of Fbbtuaryr\_y_
^•Ti: Tg:in* Bell fh^aculptor. has given a life-size statue of a
to Ih* diwontd of, ftWhe benefit of the Artists’ Benevolent l'und.
The |h;»m* i» . , t.e *een «t the Messrs. CoJuughi's, and will, we understand,
be diri".-- vd of Lv miury.
New India.-. — The ^ocie y for the Propagation of
the Gospel U'eniotfiniH* Lord Derby to divide the diocese of Calcutta into
twoFCci*. nin« apjioiur m.* iln r Bishop Dr. Cotton, the Bishop designate
cf i nVuHa ha* itissitid. *«Li»ificd his assent to the proposal for a new
•tuiortl.r Nortli-W^.; Pr .viuces* the sent of which shall be at Agra.
The vew d oct-^e wouhl l i .bout 5u0 irHra in length, and coJdainan ana
o’, i fidrosquareml'cs. with a population of 34.000.000. a diocese whicli
wot hi do 19 tou square mias larger than tile whole of Great Britain.
Calling out Moke Militia.—O n Wtdncsday orders were
fonvnrdcd to i he head quarters o: t hedi^mbodinl militia iora return of the
cheat we strengt h of the respective regiments, it berng intended to embody
twelve more English, six Irish, and three Scotch legiments.
Tiif, Re-elections consequent on the change o" Ministry not
having been attended by any excitement, it will be sufficient brbfly to
-enumerate the elections which have taken p ace since tho-e recorded by us
last week. On Frid»v Mr. Cairns was elected for Belfast, and Mr.
Sot heron-Estcourt for Devizes Mr Henley and Sir Fitzroy Kelly were
elected on Saturday, the former for Oxfordshire, and the latter for Lust
Suffolk; and on the same* day Lord Henry Lennox was elected lor
'Chichester On Monday Mr Disraeli was returned tor Buckingham¬
shire; lAird John Manners for Norlh Leicestershire; and Mr. Adderiey
for North Staffordshire. Viscount Newport was elect'd for South
Ktafl*ird“hire on Tuesday : and on the same day Mr Whiteside was re¬
turned lor Knniskilen No one of the speeches of the respective candi¬
dates— not even tliuto* Mr Disraeli is of such political significance now
that their leader Lord Derby bus uttered his manifesto, as to demand re¬
production By far tin* greater portion of Sir. Disraeli's address was
directed to the consideration of our relations with France. He urged the
great importance of nuintainhig the French alliance, and he reiterated
the statement made by more than one Cabinet Minister that no attempt
will be made to alter the existing law in regard to conspiracy until its
efficiency shall have been attested by the tria’s which will shortly fake
p'ace-The Ministerial appointments, ns far as respects England, have
been completed by the acceptance, by Mr Mowbruy, member lor Durham,
of the office of Judge Advocate-General.
Funeral of the Prince Mibza Mahamud of Oudl*.— The
morta' remains of the above Ffince were removed from London on the
evening of th« 2mh ult, accnmpani«d by ids nephew, the Prince cf Oude,
his Excellency the Minister Mouhee Mohntnud. and asuiteof twenty two
persons. On Thursday week, at two o'clock, the funeral cortege l**it the
Graml Hotel, in the Rue Lafitte, and proceeded along the Bc-ulevnrds to
Pl*re In Chaise The entrance to the hotel was draped with black c:otli and
silver, and for two hours previously to the interment priest* chanted in
the, Persian and Indian languages, prayers for the dead. The religious
ceremony at the cemetery took place under an immeusc canopy of gold
brocade. The remains having been deposited upon the ground, the
priests, ban-footed, and in a sitting pos'ure, chanted a portion of the ser¬
vice, and. aHrr the body had been lowered into the grave, they opened the
coffin and completed the religious ceremony, first putting up a screen of
wiiite cambric to conceal their operations. After again closing the coffin,
the whole suite, excepting the Prince, assisted to fill in the earth, covering
the grave "with a large cambric sheet, and leaving four lanterns burning,
one nt each comer. The cortOgc consisted of a car, drawu by six horses,
decorated with thick and silver, and herring medallions with the name
and title of the deceased, which was followed by twenty-four mournlng-
coarhcs and a long si ring of private carriages. The assemblage of specta¬
tors along tlie line and at the cemetery was very numerous. Messrs.
Garatin. of Welbeck-strcct, had the entire management of the obsequies
in London and in Paris.
MTie death of Admiral Lord Aylmer, at the advanced age of
eighty, was announced on Wednciduy morning. His Lordihip was
present at the battle of the Nile, during the Egyptian campaign, and at
the battle of A’giers.
I)e.vth of Mr. Bkkjamis Travers. F R S.—This distinguished
enrgeon expired at liia residence. In Green-strret, Grosvenor-Bqusre. oil
Saturday w-t, aged 7K It was only a few w.eks ago that her Majesty
conferred the appointment of ecrjeant-Surgeun on Mr. Travers The
deceased had been elected on two occasions President of the Koyal Co'lego
of Surgeons of tintfland. of which institution he was elected a member
on the nth October isos.
NATIONAL SPORTS.
Several inches of snow, which has fallen very thickly all over York¬
shire. put o stop to the Doncaster Spring Meeting on Tuesday and
Wednesday, and a large train of pilgrim, from Tnttersall's had to
*’ wlieet-almutTace ” to town once more, when the unwelcome bulletin
reached them midway, at Peterborough. Although twenty-five
horses origiuully came to Liverpool for tlie “ Grand National,” only
sixteen showed at tlie post, wh'-n, after three days delay, the word
was given on Saturday. Little Charley, with 100 to 6 against him,
made very short work of his opponents, and Weathercock was second
again. The mishaps were very frequent, but harmless, tind old Abdel
Kader and Little Tom came to grief early. Warwick Spring Meeting
and Stceplerhases stand for Tuesday. Wednesday, and Thursday;
Beverley Spring (including an East Biding steeplechase), for Wed¬
nesday; Hereford and Grant Itatn Steeplechases, for Friday; and the
Soutiidmvn Hunt and Gullane, for Saturday.
Hunting men every where are wishing that this too solid frost may
melt, thaw, and dissolve Its’elf into a dew;
and well they may, ns a crack pack, in ane of onr best countries, has
hardly been out five times in the last six weeks. It is announced that
Lord Portsmouth has disposed of his hounds to Mr. Dighy, who intends
hunting a portionof the country which Mr Farquhnrson resign", forever
undaye, at the clo6eof this season. I Us no small blow to foxhunung that
such a trio of musters ns his Lordship, Mr. Ftirquharson, ami Mr.
Morell should be giving up their hounds simultaneously There is,
however, some comfort to he gleaned from a report that it i3 definitely
settled that Earl Grosvenor will become the master of the Cheshire
hounds when Mr. Arthur Jlamwaring’s reign is ut an end. It is
most desirable that the house of Eaton should thus take its proper
place at the bend of the county. The M.F.H. committee liavo
marked their sense oT the present master’s conduct by publicly
declaring hia expnlsion from their club, and not recognising his resig¬
nation. This case will long serve as a landmark to gentlemen of a
hunt not to meddle with matters which do not concern them, as well
as to those who may wish to dispute (the moment it concerns them¬
selves) the decision of a club to which, by virtue of their membership,
t hey are bound implicitly to submit. The stables, which were very close
to the bouse, and contained from thirty to forty hunters and hacks,
were unharmed in the late disastrous fire at Wynnstay, and the pic-
tare of “The Wynnsray Hunt” was also among the few articles
rescued. The great Shrewsbury fair was rather a failure, and the
hunter-dealers were not satisfied. To tell the truth, the days of the
Streph«M, the Champions, tlie Black Sultans, and the Snowdons have
passed away, audit is difficult to believe every horse to be a “ Steamer,”
though liia breeder may vow it. The time of the fair, moreover, is
about three weeks too soon for horses’ coats. We believe that scarctly
any of them fetched above 150 guineas.
“Mr. Teller, the Northumberland horse-tamer,” operated in
Islington on Saturday last, belbre an audience of fifty gentlemen, who
each paid him a guinea, and bound themselves not to divulge his secret
under six months; but his efforts had only a very partial success; and
as yet Mr. Rirey keeps quite at the head of the horse-whispering
clan. A Boston (U S.) paper attributes the success of the latter to
tlie use of Itorse castor, oU of Rhodium, and oil of cumin, which no
horse, it vows, can resist.
The Altcar Club March Meeting is given np for lack of bares; and
the Bnrton-on-Trent Club ho'd theirs on Tnesday and Wednesday.
The Sunbeam v. Deacon question is still a bone of contention, and
“Tribune” sides with, and *• Stonehenge"against, the judge. Had
the “ no go ” been decided for Deacon, it Bcems that but little would
have been said by the most ardent of the sun-worshippers.
LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.-SatuiWAT.
Handicap Plate —Old Tom, t. Knockburn. 2 .
Grand National Steeplechase Hnndxap —Little Charley, 1. Weathercock, 2 .
Selton Handicap Plate.—Vandermeulin, 1. Leukothea, 2 .
LAT 'ST nVTTINO.-TATI EU3.U.L'S, TmjMJAJ 1
DOVCASTKR HASmCAV—S to 1 "IT't WrCAtl T (t), S tO 1 AgU GAmfllOQ (t Slid OtT), 8 to l
Gnmraom t (off), 10 to I Ilonoytreo (t).
llol'RFU BTak**.— 5 to l »g:‘t 8t'K:kb»m \,t).
NOItTHAMPTOXS'llHE STAKES -20 IO l «K«t 0x0 Dup« U).
Spknckes' Plate.— 10 to 1 agit Wouveinmo and Lord Statsly coupled (t), 12 to l sgit
Now urlgh-on mid IJrothcr to Farthingale cnuplod (t).
i wo HI 008 A.NO Guineas.— 6 to l ug»t ClydceJalo (off), 5 to l agtt Tbo Peer (t), 20) to 100
*g«t n.vdwida'o and I ho Fre c n l»d («).
CI1EVTKB CUr.—25 to l ag)t Mcltoa (t), 40 to 1 agst Dulcatr&ra (t).
Clifford’s Boat-lowering Gear.—A Government Gazette
of Victoria, rorcived by this week’s Australian mail, contains a pub ic
notice from lhe Steam Navigation Board of Victoria that ail coonial
steamers from that port, on and after July 1st. 1858, are lo carry “Clif¬
ford s boat-lower!ng £car ’’ on board, the serious loss of life resulting
from the fouudering of the Dunbar and Catherine Adamson, and tho
collision of the Champion and the Lady Bird (all recently), having led tq
this step being taken.
The Ward of Cheap.— On Thursday Mr. Sheriff Allen was
elected Alderman for this ward, in the place of Mr. Kennedy, resigned.
Penal Servitude Sentences.— A letter from the Home Office
gives tlie proportions of srntenees of penal servitude which “may bo
remitted in case of good conduct” ou the part of persons condemned to
that punishment In a sentence of three years, one-sixth, or six months ;
four years, one-fifth ; five j ears, the same; six years and up to twelve,
one-fourth; and fifteen years and upwards, one-third; eo that a person
sentenced to fifteen vears may, by good conduct, be liberated at the expi¬
ration of ten. Senteuces lor life will be dealt with according to the
special circumstances of each case, but in some instances the crimes may
be of so a/gravated a nature as to exempt the criminal from the operation
of the ordinary rule.
Vaccinating with a Magnetised Needle—P rofessor Beka
stales that since 1856 hundreds of chi dren have been thus vaccinated, with
8c:ircely any failures occurring The point of the need c is well saturated
with the magnetic fluid before practi#in«>: rhe vaccinations, which are then
performed in tlie usual manner, a single magnetisation serving r or many
vaccinations. It is quite surprising to Observe the tapidity with which
the vaccine virus is absorbed tvheu the needle is thus prepared.
Patent fcxn* Dock at Kingston. Jamaica—A n important
public meeting was he'd at Kingston Jamaica. Feb 5th of the mercb.iiits
and others interested in tint port, to take into consideration a plan for tl c
construction of a patent slip dock oapable of taking up steam-vessels of
anno tons register, at an estimated cost of £30 non A resolution in 'xvour
of the prey’ect was adopted, und a committee appointed to forma company
with a capital of £50,000 in £5 shares.
Tiib visitors to the South Kensington Mnseum were On
Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday (free days), 2044; on Monday and Tuesday
(free evening?), 2105. On tlie three students’ days (admission to the
public Gd.). 472; oneatudeuts’evening, (Wednesday), 48. Total, 4669.
' he Court of Directors of the East India Company have deter¬
mined to make an immediate increase of the artillery arm of their military
fstablishmimtu. Sixty-six cadets will be appointed—of whom one-lmlf
nr** intended for Bengal, and the others, in equal proportions, for Madras
and Bombay,
An address to Lord Palmerston, expressive of their sense of the
ability with which he managed the helm of State during the Russian,
Persian, Chinese, and Indian wars, and of his efforts to maintain amicable
relations with the French Government, has been signed by u large number
of his Lordship’s constituents at Tiverton.
At the meeting of tlie Royal Geographical Society on Monday
__ v __ By J
Milller. Communicated by Mr. John Yeats.
’i ns Rev. Robert Wheeler Bush M.A., Head Master of the
Islington Proprietary School, Morning Preacher at St Peter’s. Maryle-
bone. and Evening Lecturer at St. Swituin’s, is one of the candidates for
the Preachyship of Lincoln’s Inn.
Some hundreds of miners, employed on the extensive works of
Messrs. Williamson, of Goldenhill, TunstalL Staffordshire, are out on
strike, in resistance, as is stated in an appeal pub'bhed by them, to a
proposed reduction of 3d. per day with an addition of one hour’s work.
Of the last loan contracted between the city of Hambuig and
tlie Austrian Government five millions of marks banco in silver have been
repaid to Austria, flvemillious more will be paid in June, and the re¬
maining five millions will probably be paid ia September next.
The revisid trea y of the Austro-German Telegraphic Union,
which was signed on the 16 th November last at Stuttgardt. has now been
ratified by alt the Governments interested. Its provisions will come into
rco on the 1st of April.
March 13, 1858.]
THE? ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
259
TOWN AND TABLE TALK ON LITERATURE, ART, &c.
Thb Literary Fond fight came off on Wednesday last, in two rounds—
the three printer and paper-making registrars defeating the three
author-reformers. The fight was stiff. The authors, however, were
overweighted by publishers, booksellers, printers, stationers, and
bookbinders, but not by facts. Lord Stanhope was in the choir, and
acted, as he always acts, with wonderful good taste and marvellous
good temper. It was easy to see, however, that the noble President
of the Society of Antiquaries was perfectly conscious that he was pre¬
siding over a committee of antiquaries. Mr. Dickens, who is univer¬
sally held to be the best after-dinner speaker in England, gave ample
proof on that day that he was also a most admirable Ic/ore-dinner
speaker. What clearness in statement, what force of illustration,
wliat marvellous articulation! Mr. John Forster was, as arranged
silent; so was the elder Mr. Dilke. Then up started Mr. Monckton
M lines in defence of the committee, and sought to overthrow the
pamphlet of facts which the three author-reformers had issued both
to the living and, as he was pleased to assert, the dead as well. Then
followed Dr. William Smith, the able author of more than one clas¬
sical dictionary. He rose as the youngest committee-man, and spoke
against his fellow-authors with the zeal of a convert, with a severity not
justified by facts, and with a licence almost a little unbecoming. He told
how unhappy he had made his wife and children by his becoming a
committee-man. His position on the committee had made him
acquainted with the poverty of his fellow-authors, and he went home
from attending the meetings of the committee unable to enjoy his
ancient Falcmian and his modern Rhenish. It is quite clear that
Mrs. Smith and the Misses Smith, and the Masters Smith, must think
the Literary Fund a nuisance. Then Mr. Robert Bell, dramatic-
writer and editor, put on the gloves in defence of the committee, to
the entire satisfaction of every publisher, bookseller, stationer,
printer, and bookbinder in the room, making unmistakably clear that
the fidlowing resolution proposed by Mr. Dickens and his friends was
s ! mply not to be voted for:—“That the accounts of the Literary
Fund, showing a systematic expenditure of from £40 to £45 in the
giving nway of every £100 of grants, arc not quite satisfactory.”
Mr. Bell argued that the acco«uts wore quite satisfactory, and so the
resolution was lostand thus ends the fight—to be renewed, however,
in March, 1859.
Mr. Layard writes in good spirits from India. When last heard of
he was busy exploring the far-famed cave-temples of Ellora and
Ajunta. How he must have longed to have had Mr. Ferguson
with him!
We recorded last week the recovery, or rather discovery, of a pic¬
ture of moment from the pencil of Gainsborongh. We have this
week to record the loss by fire of at least half a dozen exquisite
examples of the landscape art of another English painter of name—
Gainsborough's contemporary—Richard Wilson. The Wynns pa¬
tronised Wilson, and at the fire at Wynnstay, a few days ago, some of
Wilson s finest works were irrecoverably lost. Mr. Richard Ford
(of Handbook and Spanish fame—his least merits) may now triumph
in po-scssing certainly the greatest number of fine Richard Wilsons
to be seen in any one collection.
Manchester this week, by wooden-roll and badly-written letter,
has expressed its sense of services received from exhibitors, “ high
and humble," at the Art-Treasures Exhibition. Mark Manchester's
words (they are not ours)“ Manchester records its sense of profound
gratitude for the existence of that social harmony in this country
which alone rendered such a gathering possible.” For this hiccup¬
ping paragraph, bravo, Town-clerk 1 Bravo, Halid! Bravo, Donald !—
To wake the soul by tender strokes of art
has ended, not in “a social evil,” but in an after-dinner feeling of
« social harmony," and in a resolution worded (we are telling what we
hear) in a way that reflects very little credit on what Manchester
calls, in goldsmiths’ (not Oliver’s) language, “a great and a refining
work.”
Another “ Nelly O'Brien ” has turned up; we do not mean in the
flesh, but on canvas. Who that saw has ever forgotten Lord Hert¬
ford's and Sir Joshua Reynolds's “Nelly O’Brien,” the far-famed
picture of the year 1857 ? Well, another Nelly on canvas by Sir
Joshua has returned to notoriety, and is Baid to surpass Lord Hert¬
ford’s Nelly. The much-envied owner of the second Nelly is Mr.
Edward Mills, Ihe London banker.
The Exhibition of 1SG1 will, it is said, take place, in spite of the
Times, and March the 24th will be the day on which the Exhibition
will be born into the world. First-rate men in finances and acquired
knowledge of every kind are already connected with it.
Bets are being made—ay, and heavy ones—respecting like period
when the new Opera House in Covent-garden will bo opened to the
public for operatic performances. Mr. Gye and his friends speak con-,
fidently of May; but many of Mr. toe's well-wishers lay heavy odds
that to open the theatre in May is simply impossible. Marvels have
been already done, but there is still much, very much, to bo done,
and June is not far off. We shall see.
Report speaks favourably of the new room at the Foundling for the
examples which the institution possesses of the founders of the Eng¬
lish school of painting. We have not yet seen the room, but shall
certainly look in and see if report speaks truly.
“The Poor Strollers.”—O n Monday night the chief mem¬
bers of the London Adelphi Thratrc-Mcssrs. Webster. Wright, Bedford,
and Madame Ccleste-comroenccd a brief engnaemont at the Queenis
Tluntrc Edinburgh The piece selected 'or their Slrstappearanccwas l ie
Poor Strollers." by Mr. Wattsi’hilllp This play, into which is crowded the
usual Adelphi-effects." is in three acts, and forms an admirable frame¬
work for the tali tits of the actors. Ihe " business Incidental to the last
act is eery powerful, and give* fine scope to the talents of Mr Webster
ami Madame Celeste. - Ail through the play (says the North Briton) we
feel the intensity am! power of Mr Webster s acung ; and the contrast
between the aln oet frantic gaiety of the earlier seems, and the remorse in-
cidenta’ to the • business o f the last act was finely coneened and a«-
mirab'y rorriwi out Indeed he ling elaborated the character to
n pitch that is gome-times painfully (characteristic All throng® the iwret
acts, in every phage of the character, he is so comp etcly rou>ter or the
varied situations as quite to enthrall the spectator with his powenui ae-
lincatlons of the mirth, misery, and pathos of the poor stroller. Often
os nc iiave mm this ab-e artor. and familiar as we are with all ms pet
pails, we have never before seen him display the histrionic power ne ex-
hit if? in the poor stroller. lie is most abiy supported by Madame Celeste,
wholniSlmd created tor her by Mr Phi dip one of that class ot characters
in winch she is so thoroughly at home-pat lietic and intense to the highest
drone We only regretted one thing in it we had but a glimpse, a re¬
vival, ns it vvere.of Madame Celestes tine style of dancing, latil Bed¬
ford had only a minor part in Samson. but it was well dressed ana
artistically prrlorined. TV right, as JtitU, was the right man in the right
plsce; but he is more than a mer v/occur for all that. In fact, when we
say that portions of Ids acting reminded us of Murray in his be*t days and
in Ids best parts, our readers will have some indication of what Wright is.
May wc be permitted ju«t to hint to the community at large, aud to play-
g(H in particular, that they cannot often see acting like this, and that,
there.'ore, the theatre should*be crowded every night?”
Hun Majesty's Theatre.—G iuglini s benefit is fixed for
Friday evening next, the 19th instant. Dalle’s charming opera of “ The
Bohemian Gill.” in which he haadclighted his admirers, wifi be given on
that occasion for the last time. On dit that Spezia will, for the first time,
appear m the part of Arline.
MUSIC.
At the last concert of the Sacred Harmonic Society, on
Friday, the 5th of this month, the oratorio was Handel's “ Samson,"
one of the mighty master’s greatest works, excelled only by “ Tho
Messiah” and “Israel in Egypt." Such it has always been esteemed,
from the authors own day to the present; and yet its performances,
at least in our time, have been much fewer than those of inferior pro¬
ductions. It is four or five years sinco “Samson” was lust heard in
Exeter Hall, so that its performance had much of tho interest of
novelty It seems strange that so grand and beautiful a work—a work
composed immediately after “ The Messiah,” when Handel was in the
full vigour of his genius and in the zenith oi his fame—should have
been so seldom performed. But every effect has a cause, and the cause
of this effect probably lies in the faults of “ Samson ” as a dramatic
poem. Handel, as is well known, was unfortunate in his literary assist¬
ants—Dr. Morell, Mr Newburgh Hamilton, and o'her obscure poetasters,
who3e demerits Handel’s knowledge of English literature was not suf¬
ficient to detect. This circumstance has deeply injured severul of his
oratorios—“Solomon,” “Jephthah.” “Judus Maccabeus," and especially
“ Samson.” This oratorio is founded on the “Samson Agonistea” of
Milton; but Handel’s bookmaker has confused and perplexed the story
of that Bublimo drama, and ha* mixed up Milton's poetry with his own
doggerel, which is often 60 mean as to be actually ludicrous.
It is not surprising that Handel’s mighty genius should be
affected by such influences. Several of the aire, it must be ad¬
mitted, are not worthy of him; and the work, in its original
form, is too long, and consequently heavy. Some twenty years
ago Professor Taylor, of Gresham College, a man of distinguished taste
and judgment in literature and musio, attempted to improve this
oratorio, and his rifacinunto was pejformed at one of the Norwich
festivals. But he carried his improvements too far. Not con¬
tent with replacing many of Mr. Newburgh Hamilton’s pla¬
titudes by Milton's own language, and rendering the plot
more clear and consistent, he cut out the airs in which Handel
had been least happy, substituting for them airs from his
other oratorios, aud even from his Italian operas. All this was skil¬
fully done, and the performance at Norwich was successful; but it has
never been, and probably never will be, repeated. A work of a great
master may perhaps undergo with advantage a little abridgment if
found too l »ng, but the introduction of foreign matter cannot bo per¬
mitted. “ Samson,” as performed by the SacTed Harmonic Society,
has received improvements of a quite legitimate nature. By the
omission of some of its weakest parts it is reduced to a proper length,
and the score has been enriched with additional orohestrtd part* by
Costa, on tho model of Mozart’s addition to tho score of “Tho
Messiah.” It is very remarkable that Haudel, though ho was likened
by Pope to
Bold Briareus with his hundred hands,
did not, in some of his greatest works, avail himself of all the orchestral
resources at his disposuL In his divine masterpiece, “The Messiah,”
which was composed from beginning to end in three wesks, tho in¬
strumental score is meagre in the extreme; and in “Samson,” written
with equal rapidity, the some thing is tho case. It is known that
Handel himself, presiding at tho organ during the performance of tbeso
works, was in the habit of supplying those effects of wind instruments
which composers usually insert in their scores; and Mozxrt, in his
additional accompaniments to “The Messiah.” endeavoured to realise
effects similar to those which Handel, though he did not write them
down, actually produced by his playing on the organ. How exquisitely
Mozart accomplished this task is known to everybody; and a per¬
formance of “ Tho Messiah” without his accompaniments is now never
thought of. Cocta has dono precisely the same service tq "Samson.”
His new orchestral parts are added with, consummate art and delicacy.
They enrich and strengthen Handel's harmonies, without interfering
in tho least with his desigas; and they thus add a new and attractive
charm to this great and beautiful work. Cost&’s dcoro remains in
manuscript, but the Sacred Harmonic Society could not better employ
their ample meanB than in giving a complete edition of it^ to the world.
“Samson,” as now revived at Exeter Hall, is magnificently per¬
formed. Sims Beeves is a boat in himself. Ho is the only English
tenor on whom tho mantle of Bruham has fallen. The musio belong¬
ing to tho part of Samson is tho most difficult that Handel has written
for a tenor voico. ’iho airs, -in particular, “ Why dots tho God of
Israel sleep ? ” and “.Total eclipse, no sun, no moon,” make demands
on the singers powers of execution, declamation, and expression,
whioh Beeves only, since Braham, is able to satisfy. The bass music
is divided betweeu Mr. Weiss and Mr. Santley; the soprano is sung
by Madame Rudersdorff; and the contrulto by Miss Dolby. This ora¬
torio contains some of the grandest choruses that Handel ever wrote,
and they lore none of their grandeur as given by the Sacred Harmonic
Society’s admirable choir.
The third of the Musical Union Soirees, urder Mr. Ella’s
direction, was given at the Han over-square Rooms on Tuesday last.
A clear idea of the nature aud quality of tho entertainment may be
obtained from the programme
PART I.
Quintet, No. 10, F minor. Op 33. Fint time of performance .. • • Oaxlovr.
Trio. E tint Op. H. Piano, dirtnot, and riol*. Flm time of perfonnanco Wcrart.
Part H-nir, '* Oil. wten nitfht " .. .. •• •• _ •• L. do C*IL
Rondo HiHUnr, iu A (.Op. 107), l 4 maina. MM. Lindiay Sloper and Pauer.
Pint liiuo .£ chnbext.
rABTlt.
Quart-t. No 3. in I>. Op. 18 . •• •• Beethoven.
Part Sea*, “SoLdlsjV Lota.’' Solo, Mr. W J. Fielding:, vrlth choral accotc-
punlment .f. .
Solo, V| ...
rart Scag, “Slumber, ...
Onslow’s quintet (his last work, we believe, of this class) is little
known in this country. It partakes of tho beauties and faults of the
author’s style; its principal fault being over-elaboration. It is, never¬
theless, a W'»rk of gr«at interest to amateurs; aud its execution—the
performers bsing Sainton, Gcffrie, Schreurs, Piatti, and Tuque was
perfect. Mozart's trio, a gem of simplicity and melody, was charm¬
ingly played by Mr. Lindsay Sloper, with Mr. Paptf and Herr
Sohreurs, and was received with acclamations. Schubert s r»*ndo
brillunt, a composition worthy of the author of the universally
popular German songs, recived ample justice from the two ac^oi-
pbshsd pianists, Sloper and Pauer. The vocal pieces form a trifling
portion of these concerts; but, however little of it there may be, it
ought to be of the best quality.
The Royal Society of Musicians held its one hundred and
twentieth anniversary festival on Thursday, the 5th, at h reemasons
Hill. Lord Viscount Danelagh occupied the chuir, and the company
consisted of nearly two hundred amateurs and members of the musical
pjofession The conviviality of the evening was mingled, as usual,
with excellent voeul and instrumental music, in which Air. and Marne.
Weiss, Miss Poole, Mdmo. Borchaidt, Mr■ Santley. and M. Bemenyi
took part. Tho subscriptions of the evening were liberal, and every¬
thing indicated that this must excellent and admirably-managed socioty
is in a flourishing condition.
Mb. Loii.kv’s Italian Opera company are now at Glasgow,
giving repetitions of the performances lately given at Her Mujesty s
Theatre. “UTrovatore "and "LaZimrara"(th Bohemian Girl) have
been given with immense success, und the local pajntTs are enthusiastic
in their expressions of praise; though the company appears to Co
greatly weakened by the abseoc© of spe.-.ia and Belie "1 riccolomini
and Giutlini, however, stem sufficient to make up for all deficiencies.
Tho comiany, after visiting Edinburgh, are to be again in Lonion in
ordeT to give threo more cheap perform .ness in the course of next
week; after which wo presume they will remain in repose till the
opening of the theatre for the regular season.
On Wednesday Mr. Brinley Richards, the eminent composer
and pianist, guvoasoirfio (the first of a series) of classical [ un done
music, at the Beethoven Rooms, in Hurley-street, which woro crowded
to tho doors with fashionable company. Tho entertainment consisted
of Beethoven's sonata in F for the piano and violin, m which Mr.
Richards was accompanied by Mr. Blagrove ; Beethoven e first mo. in
which the violoncello part wus ployed by M. Tuque; Clemen’i s mag¬
nificent sonata, eutitlod “Didone abband.mata,for pianoforte solo,
several of Mendelssohn’s chamber pianoforte pie cs; snd iwo aits
suDgby Miss Mot sent, one of them u composition of Mr Richards
own, contained in his elegant new publication, Tho Ftanyforte
Album.” It is a beautiful sacred song, the puetry by Litiwp Heber.
Tho whole performances were received with warm expressions ol
pleasure. .
Mr. He.nbv Leslie's CnoiR have offered two prizes of ten
guineas eaeh-the onn for a composition for the whole efioir (unre¬
stricted os to form), of a lively charuc-or; tho other.for a oompossuon
for male voices only. The manuscript* must bo given m bcloro the
30th of Juno next.
Our countryman Swift is at present singing with great success
at Turin. A new soprano has lately made her drfbut there, Signora
Lancia, of whose acting and singing in the character of Roiina, in the
“ Barbi&re di Seviglia.” the Turin musi< al journals eptak with rap¬
turous praise. They call her “ayoung and charming daughter of
Albion,” but do not men'ion her English name.
M. Oulibtcheff, the celebrated musical historian, died ia
February, at Nijoi-Novgorod, in Russia. He is chiefly known by his •
History of Music, and his Critical EtfSuys on Mozart and Beethoven.
The Birmingham Triennial Festival, the greatest of all
the provincial music meetings, will beheld on the 3lstof August, and
1st, 2nd, and 3rd of September next, under the presidency of the *-arl
of Dartmouth. __
THE THEATRES, fa
Drury Lane. —Mr. Stirling Coyne contributed a new dra.ria
to this theatre on Monday, which, though it baa much the appearance
and air of a French piece, is, we understand, perfectly original; at
any rate it is exceedingly amusing, and excited great laughter. _ it is
entitled “The Love-Knot,” and is in three acts, the basis of which is
constituted of intrigue, and turns upon the attractions of a young
milliner, Marian Lccstn (Mies M, Oliver), whoso fate is involved in a
degree of mystery. She is the daughter of a prescribed Jaootnte,
whose person is proclaimed, and her retreat discovered b> Mr.
Wormley (Mr. Kinloch), who proposes manwo to her a t the con¬
dition of keeping her secret- But she is already private^ marrie i
to one JIT. Bernard (Mr. Leigh Murray), apparently a faahi< nablu
hairdresser, who is incessantly called upon to protect her from
her suitors. Beside the one above mentioned, two other rakes annoy
her with importunities. Lord George Lavender (Mr. R. Roxby), and Sn
Craws IlarCottle (Mr. Tilbury), the former aiming at her preference by
his rank, and the latter, an old beau, by his fortune. The gallants
wager on their success, the possession of the love-knot worn by th.'
fair one being the token of triumph. ^ While they attempt to outwit
one another Bernard succeeds in outwitting both, and persuades the:u
to conceal themselves in a couple of presses for the pretended purpose
of being carried to the young lady's lodgings. They are conveyo l,
instead, to a tavern in Kensington, where, ultimately, they meet wiUi
their wives, are compelled to endure much jealous vituperation,
and to treat them with a supper. The ladies are skilfully dis¬
tinguished; Lady Lavender (Mrs Leigh Murraj), a dignified person¬
age. and Lady Hurbottle (Mrs. Frank Matthews), a vulgar
parvenu, having been an oyster-girl. Finally, M. Bernard enters
in full dress with his acknowledged wife on his arm, on i
explains t’oat he is in reality a marquis, who had lost a fortune by the
Mississippi scheme, and won another by adopting the trade ot a hair¬
dresser. The effect of this drama lies in its situations; the dialogue
is, however, piquant, and the whole is so neatly arranged that it ao’.s
with perfect ease Jt was very efficiently supported, and may he
recorded as a decided success.
Adelphi. — 1 his theatre was on Wednesday the scene of ex¬
traordinary excitement, owing to the marvellous ©fleet produced by
Mrs. Barney Williams in a new piece in which she appeared in eight
characters. The piece is described as on “ Original Protean Sketch.”
and entitled " An Hour iu Seville,” and forms the very best piece of
the class wo have ever witnessed. The assumption of characters by
tho lady is occasioned by the determination of Miss Constantin FlitUrhf
(Mrs. B. "Williams), a romantic young lady, to pursue a fugitive lover,
who, repudiating his contract with her, has taken to travelling, but
whom nevertheless she resolves to win back to herself. Both urrive “.t
Seville, und lodge at the same hotel; and the lady engages in her plan
tho services of the lundlord (Mr. C. J. Smith), and of Tops (Mr. More¬
land), the groom of Mr. Peregrine Pyefinch (Mr. C. Selbv), the wander¬
ing hero of whom Miss FUtterly is in pursuit. This plan is the
personation of several characters, by which it is her intentioa t>
frighten the gentleman of his travelling propensities, and induce bin
to return to his Cojutairia. She first attacks him in tbe shape of o
“ West-end man,” nno Sir Whimdon Whiffles, who dispraises everything
in Spain, and especially complains ot the want of bitter beer. Iho
m-iko-up and benrinp: of this part wero capital, but exceedeJ by those of
its successors, with tho exception of tho immediate one, Siuan Uoyyins,
a Hampshire lass, tho patois in which was not happily oaugnr, bein.t,
in fact, a mere variety of the Yankee. Tho next was excellent, tin
Signora La Scala, an Italian prima donna, whose singing en .hunts our
Don Juan, and extorts from him a declaration of love, of which ho so a
repents us the lady's character becomes developed, ani tho fierceness of
her passion displays itself. It turns out also that slie is married, ani
accordingly the French Count, her husband, visits him with a chal¬
lenge, and appoints an interview for tho settlement of their little dif¬
ference with the Utmost coolness. This personation was in all respects
excellentit was perfect. Tho scene is then relieved by tho appearance
of a Spanish ballerina, who throws Mr. Pyrfinch into ecstasy with hor
dancing; but, on his endeavouring to salute her, draws her poniard,
and threatens him with vengeance. Hereupon enters her hus¬
band, an Andulasian matador, with a prodigiously long name,
whoso veheminoe of gesture is such that poor Peregrine lad ud
trembles for his life. This is really a grand piece of sating. Finally,
the "Yankee Gal," Jemima Slick, announces tho approach of
her mistress, and works on his feelings by the production of a
portrait, until he wishes that ho had never left tho fair (A ■mtant-.a ;
whereupon Miss Plitttrhj herself reapi ears, and gladly accepts uis
renewed vows of fidelity. There is a “concatenation” in tho inci¬
dents and dialogues of these different characters which gives to the
series the interest of a regular story. The prima donna, tho ballerina,
and the matador, were superbly costumed; and tho acting of all thne
was spirited, accurate, and immoDeely effective. In the course of the
piece Mrs Williams had to speak French, Italian, und Spanish, and,
in the English parts, displayed a quality of elocution of which pre¬
viously sho had given us no example The performance, in a word,
was an astonishing feat,.and excited th« audience to unwonted
enthnsiam. The drama is the production of Mr Chailes Selby.
Ltcecjl— The benefit of the comctliau Mr. J. L. Toole took
placo on Wednesday, when a full house rewarded tho talents of the
uotor whoso merits wo have frequently hud occasion to acknowledge.
Some novelties wore produced to add to the attractions of the evening.
The perform an coi commenced with a drama seldom performed iu u m ■
don called ” Tho Artist in Kloronoo," in whi-h Mr. C Dillon pert .rmid
tho’ndefutigahle student, whoso eyesight yields to hislabouis,andwuo
is then supported by the s -cret performances of his wite at tho Upe.a.
The pathos of the situations was finely illustrated by the touching
demeanour and feeling intonation of the actor. " The Birthplace "f
Rodger” and “Double Dummy,” two now farces, succeeded; the
former performed for tho first time, and both having intnls of that
clever and ekutchy nature which is calculated to servo the purpose of
low comedy, witl out calling on the critic for any analysis of the plot.
Tho moaning of such pieces is not capable 01 uny eihcien- interpreta¬
tion except whatthey receive attho hands of the pciformers. Jn tho-o
before us Mr. Toole, Miss Woolgur, Miss I'ornan, and Mr. harioit,
won tho deservod approbation of tho uudionce.
<'LTiiFic.— A new farce, by Sir. J. M Mort -n, was produced
on Monday. It is called " Ticklish Times,” the period being Unit of
the Walpole Administration aud the vioiim of the eompiicati sr.a ol tuo
epoch being a certain Mr. Griggs, ot Weymouth (Mr. RoOsunp who o
name is for owhilo u-urff d by one Sir William Ramsay, a Jacobite, in
order to aid in his escapo, Mrs. Griggs having cins.nced to do
orrangomont during tho ahsence of her husband. ilio con¬
fusion that ensues is carried to its height by Mr. Robson,
who, returning to his home, is worked up into a "j 0
and frenzy by tho mystification of all that surroum.s him. Ex¬
planation might bo possible, hut that he vehemently rc-i s it. having
a hnrr'r of being whispered to. Irritable and nervous to u COOTee, nil
circumstances conspire to drive him into ih.-urd sxosesc;, aud in .he
end ulmost threaten reason ita-lf. But Sir IKif/isntnt length sso.pos,
and tilings ani restored to their normal p siu to. Thu is ono of the
par's tnat tcquiio to bo made by tho actor, and. as it suits Mr. Lob-
ton’s idiosyncrusy, acqniiesfrom it immeme importance, und most
powerfully uffectsand excites tho audience to extraordinary hilarity.
Natural KUaia-The professors ot this art increase in num¬
bers, and turprire us with ns marvels, with or without mac! leery.
Among these, tl Cavalitrc Antonio Polettt has for !«no n;„o main¬
tained liis influence wttn a fs-h.onoMe audience at WiBiss Roams.
Ho has now removed to tho Oxford Gallery, whero no coah bis ex-
ceedinriy olover illusions wiil secure him a number of admirers. He
couKs wilh testimonials from Contm-ntal Courts. Among his most
entertainin'- tri. ks arc what ho calls the Mnrnr of Armida. the Magic
, Birds, cod feme fearful conjurations with u Goose. In all wo recognise
too utmost dexterity and skill.
260
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 13, 1858
i°fcp STANlE
IRF.KELtf
S.MVTI-I
11
WSI1
11V
UiS< -'^^7 w~
THE SEW MINISTRY., -FROM FIlOTOG BAI'H S BY 1IAYAU AND WAT K INS.-(SEE TACE 250.)
March 13, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
2G1
TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES.
THE SPANISH RACE IN AMERICA—No. IL
New York, Dec. 23, 1857.
In a previous communication I forwarded you some facts in
relation to the Spanish race in North America which I judged would
throw some light upon the expedition of Walker, the filibuster, to
Nicaragua, and serve, to some extent, to explain the sympathy,
overt or covert, of the American people in his designs. I now
send you, for a continuation of the subject, the decline of the
Spanish race in almost every part of the American continent.
North and South; a decline certain to pave the way for the exten¬
sion of the Anglo-Saxon races into the territories which men of
Spanish blood hold, but are unable to govern. Next in geogra¬
phical order to the Republics mentioned in my last comes the
former Republic of Colombia, founded by Bolivar, the hero of South
American independence. Before his death he was driven from
power, and the State followed the political impulse of its creation,
breaking up into the smaller Republics of New Granada, Venezuela,
and Ecuador. The first of these, New Granada, held until quite
recently a centralised form of government, in which the white race,
settled upon the slopes of the three Andean ridges that run through
it, retained the political power. But the rule of centralisation
now prevails; and, during the present year, a federation
of States has been formed on the model of the North American
Union. In the tropical regions of the coast and riverine provinces,
the sambo, or mixed, race of whites, negroes, and Indians prepon •
derate; but in the temperate regions of Antioquia, Socorro, and
Cundinamarca, the white population hold political and social sway-
Under their rule the several revolutions that have been attempted
by the mixed races have never succeeded, and the Republic has
exhibited a political stability and material development equalled
only by that of Chili among the Spanish-American nations.
Venezuela, whose territory consists mostly of vast tropical
grazing plains, inhabited by negroes and mestizos on the coast, and
roving white and Indian herdsmen in the interior, has followed a
political course similar to that of Guatemala, The Monagas
family, by ingratiating themselves with the mixed and black popu¬
lation, have centralised political power in their own hands, and
kept the country in a quiet state for several years. The same
struggle exists there, however, as in the other States; and General
Paer and many others are in exile, watching an opportunity for a
new revolution. Ecuador, being one of the Spanish colonies upon
the Pacific, received less slave importation than the others which
possessed ports on the Caribbean Sea, and consequently has less
of the negro clement in its population. But the want of white
immigration from Europe, and the gradual absorption of this race
by the native, are rapidly bringing the latter into power, and even
now the communities of the interior are assimilating to the pure
Indian.
Peru contains more of the negro and mixed races on the coast,
but the whites still preserve in a great measure their formor
political and social influence. But in the interior there exist many
native communities that do not recognise the rule of the Govern¬
ment at Lima, and who not only preserve the memory and the
traditions of the Incas, but make continual forays upon the settle¬
ments of the Christian native races. The same decentralising
tendency exists, as is seen in the new Constitution issued recently
by the Convention at Lima, which body has now been three years
in continual session. The possession of the valuable guano
islands on her coast has given the white rulers the means of
maintaining their sway, and at the same time afforded a con¬
stant provocative to revolutionary attempts to get possession
of the Government. In Bolivia, Belzu succeeded for a
time in becoming absolute master, after the manner of Monagas
in Venezuela, and Carrara in Guatemala, supporting his
power by a monopoly of the valuable trade in quina, or Peru¬
vian bark. A revolution is now raging there—the attempt being
made to place Linares in power, instead of Cordova, a relative of
Belzu, who is President.
Chili lies in a more temperate zone than the tropical countries
we have just reviewed, and has received less of the negro element
from the slave importation than other Spanish colonies. Besides this,
the Araucanian Indians of the South have always maintained their
independence and a hostile attitude towards the whites. Chili, for
a variety of reasons, has exhibited more material progress and in¬
tellectual development than, perhaps, any other of the Spanish
American Republics.
The old viceroyalty 01 Buenos Ayres, so long the s-.-ene of the
Rosas and Dr. Francia despotisms, presents nearly the same poli¬
tical and social features as the rest of Spanish America. Lopez has
succeeded Francia in Paraguay, and Urquiza wields a portion of
the power that Rosas held in Buenos Ayres; but the political
tendency there is also towards decentralisation, and the Argen¬
tine Confederation is the result. The Guachos of the Pampas
have a large portion of the Indian element with something of the
negro in them, and entertain the greatest dread of the savage
tribes on the southern, western, and north-western frontiers. A
line of forts has been erected to protect them ; and travellers across
that portion of the new Continent to Chili still pursue the path
opened by the Spaniards more than a century ago. So great is the
fear of the mixed races of the Indians, that the inhabitants of the
north-western provinces, near the eastern slope of the Andes, have
never dared to descend the water-courses of the Bermejo, Salado,
and other large rivers, until the present year. The expedition of
the United States’ steamer Watenvitch , under Captain Page, two
years ago, to examine, these rivers, has stimulated the desire there
for fluvial navigation, and some foreign houses are sending small
steamers up the Bermejo and Salado. General. Taboada is at this
moment receiving great praise in the Argentir , 0 Confederation for
having dared to cross the wilderness with a y <ar ty of one hundred
men, to meet the steamer on one of the rive rj.
I have endeavoured to present only 4 succinct view of the
political and social retrogradation of finish America, without
touching some other questions of great importance that are being
doi eloped there. I cannot, however, ^frain from mentioning one
prominont fact to bo observed in r'£ t i iese countries, and that is
the decay of the Roman Cfl'holic (<jjn r ch. Everywhere in Spanish
America the temporal organisation of the Church is a point of
attack. A spirit ot Rationalism, somewhat of the French and
somewhat of the German school, is pervading the more in¬
telligent portion of the rising generation; while the more ignorant
are relapsing into unconth religious practices that savour of
Paganism.
Under the operation of political, social, and religious decay, the
immutable law of races plays its part in the great drama. The race
which largely preponderates in numbbr swallows up the others; and
thus the aboriginals of Spanish America arc reassuming their ancient
sway. This fact is giving rise to movements in America for which
there is no parallel in Europe. There moribund civilisation is
seeking for support by an infusion of new vigour through white
immigration, and assistance from Europe and Northern America.
In the Argentine Confederation an active immigration from Spain
and other portions of Southern Europe is already established; and
the distance of those countries from the United States will, no
doubt, protect them from the Saxon overflow from North America,
and will possibly enable the renewed European element to work out
the problem of its future without interference. Whether it possesses
the requisite qualifications to ensure success I shall not now stop
to examine. But Mexico and Central America lie too near the
busy, enterprising, and ambitious elements that swarm in the
United States to justify the opinion that they will be left to die
quietly. Already the paths of American intercourse between the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are laid in many places across the
territories of those Republics, and the natural result that has
followed the footstep of the Saxon in all parts of the world must
follow it there. The policy of the American Government, thus
far, has been to avoid all concessions from those countries, except
the absolute transfer of territory from Mexico, about one half of
whose iormer dominion is now incorporated in the American
Union; and the Bulwer-Clayton Convention now existing with
Great Britain precludes any further settlement or occupancy.
But, before the great necessities of nations, policies change and
treaties become inoperative, so that there is little doubt that, either
through the action of the Government or that of Pilibustcrism—
which some friends of General Walker and General Henningsen
designate by the more courteous appellation of private enterprise--
the disintegrating communities of Mexico and Central America
will receive their new fife from the Saxons of North America. The
manner and time of this operation I shall not undertake to predict.
XX" C. H.
OUT-DOOR AMUSEMENTS.
MABC«>X X^;
This month is not one in which the sports of the field can be in¬
dulged in with much satisfaction, for hunting suffers greatly from the
biting north-east winds or violent gales that usually prevail at this
season, and shooting is confined to wild ducks, widgeons, and teal.
Fishing has, however, commenced, and we strongly recommend every
one that is devoted to this noble amusement to proceed without loss
of time to Scotland, whore he will meet with it to perfection. To
describe the delight of a month's fishing amidst the sublimity and
grandeur of its mighty lochs and picturesque rivers would require
the pen of a Stoddart; suffice it to say that there is no part of North
Britain where the fisherman cannot enjoy the 6port to perfection.
Before April let the angler proceed upwards by fair Melrose to Clover-
ford and Innerleithen, the spot immortalised by Walter Scott as 8t.
Ronan's Well.: Should the weather be cold he must not expect
first-rate trouting; bat if warm, and the March brown fly be on the
water, he will fill his creel. Yarrow, a tribute to the Ettrick, tra¬
versing the most beautiful pastoral vale, and Meggat, falling into the
Esk—the Esk of young Lochinvar—are both good streams. After
trying the Lyne and Biggar waters, the follower of Old Isaac may
cross over the Clyde, and fish down to Hamilton. From Hamilton he
can proceed to Glasgow, and from there to any spot his fancy may
dictate—to Inverary and Loch Awe, to Inverness and Sutherland, to
Loch Lsggaii, Palwliinnie, or Dalnacardoch on the Garry, Kenmore,
Taymouth, or Dunkeld. Fochabers on the Spey, Tourmantonl in
Banffshire, Keith on the Isla, or Ballater on the Dee, Forfarshire,
Stirlingshire, and Lanarkshire—all yield salmon, trout, and perch in
abundance; and, as hospitality is the characteristic of Highlanders, no
one who visits the land of mountain and heather will have occasion to
find fault with his reception, without he adopts tha system of some
tourists who render themselves obnoxious by their poaching propen.
cities and uncourteoug manners.
It may here not be out of place to offer some remarks on the gentle
craft. Fishing, like most other pursuits, originated in necessity ; and
it is indebted for the improvements which the art has since acquired
to the civilisation of the humau race. The qualifications requisite to
make a good fisherman are more numerous and, in my opinion, more
difficult of attainment than those which, in aDy other line, a sports¬
man can possibly require. From practice almost every one may be¬
come a good shot; strong nerves will make a bold rider, and expe¬
rience a careful one, so that with these two requisites a man may turn
out a tolerable horseman. Such qualities, however, are trifling com¬
pared with those which should be possessed by a complete angler.
Science and art are here so nicely blended that each without the other
is a superfluous acquisition; for, whilst the former conducts you to
the attack, the latter directs its chief operations. I will immediately
proceed to the subject, and first endeavour to explain the properties
of the rod. ...... , .
There are two lands of rods, the double and single handed, each, of
course, adapted to the size of the river in which you fish: the former
in generally of the length of seventeen feet, and the latter of thir¬
teen ; the one weighing two pounds sii ounces, and the other about
twenty ounces less.
Much depends upon the proper choice of your rod; be gure that it
tapers regularly from the butt to the point; nor should tiiere on any
account, be a knot in the whole piece; for whenever a rod breaks
from fair usage it always happens from this cause. In general they
are composed of three or four joints, for the better convenience o
carriage and either screw into a socket, or are simply .fixed in.
Neither of these kinds do I recommend; but to have one of twa' join s
only, the butt and top, and, by all means, to be attached, by a
splice, and fastened to a small leathern thong, previously wetted, so
that when it becomes dry it may contract, and form a tighter bandar •
The superiority of a two-jointed rod of this description over such
before mentioned is very great; for. being unincumbered by a quantity
of useless brass, the spring is much more regular and even, an there
is by that means much less likelihood of its breaking. The trouble,
too, which frequently attends the separation of a many-jointed rod
after a day's fishjng Is thus got rid of; fry the ends which go Into the
sockets in wet weather always swell, and it is exceedingly dif¬
ficult—indeed sometimes impossible—to separate them nnti
they are either held over a lighted candle, or have re¬
mained for some time in a dry situation. A brass hoop is commonly
substituted as a remedy against this; but here there is another dis¬
advantage, for, besides adding to the weight and stiffening the joint, it
is frequently apt to fly out, and that at a time, and in a situation,
perhaps, which might spoil a good hour's diversion.
About six inches of whalebone should form the point. Many have
protested against this as being totally useless and too heavy and
stiff in’ proportion to the lower materials; but one great convenience
compensates for all, which is, that as the top is always more liable to
meet with accidents from the interruption of trees and branches, es¬
pecially on woody rivers, whore you have sometimes to crawl for
upwards of 100 yards, and where self-preservation is the principal
care, whalebone alone is proof against misfortune. The rods, however,
which are made in Edinburgh are entirely of wood; but in Scotland
the rivers are more open and less liable to obstructions. With proper
care a rod will last a considerable time; and Walton, in his “ Treatise
on Angling,” speaks of one which he had for twenty years. To pre¬
serve them, however, some attention should be paid to the dryness of
their situation when laid up for the winter, and occasionally it will lie
necessary to rub them over with a piece of flannel, previously dipped
in sweet oil, never forgetting to clean them well with a linen cloth
before they are again put aside,
The butt should be particularly strong, so as to answer every effort
you may l>e obliged to make in throwing a long line. Various experi¬
ments have been tried, by adding to the length of a rod when it was
wished to throw in a longer line than common; but it never appeared
to answer—the proper bend was always spoiled; and the only method
of remedying this inconvenience is to have a strong butt.
The remarks I have made on this subject are consonant with the
opinions of amateurs, and such as have written elaborate treatises on
angling. There remains nothing more to be noticed than the rings,
which should be as strong and large as possible, that your line may
have a freer play, and not he incommoded by any chance obstacle.
As in a former article we have entered at some length into shooting
in England, we think the following statement of preservation of
game in Franco may not be uninteresting. During the reign of Louis
Philippe, the citizen King kept the “ game alive” in his monarchical
domains; and, as a proof of this, to show with what care the lorests
of France were preserved, we give an extract from the Journal des
Chasseurs of the birds of prey and vermin killed by the keepers from
the 1st of January to the 31st of December, 1846:—
Wolves
.. 3
Stray dogs
.. 261
Owls ..
.. 1737
Foxes
.. 949
Cat* ..
.. 1170
Magpies
.. 3644
Badgers
.. 155
Weasels
.. 5127
Jays ..
.. 2370
Polecats
.. 1161
Buzzards
.. 743
Crows..
.. 3026
Kata ..
.. 4073
Hawks
.. 1489
Grand total, 2fi,098
In the above list we find 1737 owls and 743 buzzards. Among the
former, we believe, were a few specimens of that scarce species Strix
Passcrina, or sparrow owl, which is about the size of a blackbird,
and so uncommon in our country that not more than one in nine or
ten years is to be heard oft Enfield is the spot where they are
generally found. Of the latter, there were few of that rara avis, the
honey buzzard, of whose habits so little is known that naturalists are
not even aware where they build their nests We believe that there
are two in this country—one at Cranford, and the other at Sion
Gardens. With regard to vermin, ths French keepers must have
proved the fallacy of the saying, “ You can never catch a weasel
asleep,” for we find no less than 5127 of these “wide-awake”
aDimals falling under the ruthless hands of the gardes ds ehasses.
The lovers of the “ noble science ” will moom over the havoc made
amongst the vulpine race, and regret that some were not exported to
England, no less than 949 foxes having become “ martyrs ” to this
feudal law. The deed was worthy of the days of our Norman con¬
queror. The stray dogs that were destroyed amounted to 261,
enough to melt the heart of every dog-owner in France, from Madame
la Comtesse in the Faubourg St. Germain, who pets and pampers her
obese spaniel, Bijou, down to the scullion in the most obscure street in
Paris, who, on the principle of “ love me, love my dog,” turns every
one out of the kitchen who does not make much of her turnspit,
« Coco.” Return we to the list, where we find one thousand one
hundred and seventy cats put hors de combat in twelve months. If
the French feline race have (as our native ones are reported to pos¬
sess) nine lives apiece, the slaughter must have been tedious as well
as awful. The human tabbies ought to have petitioned Louis Philippe
against such an invasion upon their household goods. We were about
unwittingly to add that the catastrophe ought to have been averted,
but the spirit of Joe Miller warned us not to borrow from his pages.
Four thousand and seventy-three rats, one thousand one hundred and
sixty-one polecats, one hundred and fifty-five badgers, and three
wolves wore among the killed. Verdict. “ Serve them right.” We
have all read the nursery ballad—
Four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie,
and here we find more than six thousand jays and magpies ready to
undergo a similar operation t—
And was not that a dainty dish
To set before a King ?
Joanna Baillie's popular lines, so beautifully set to music by Bishop,
« The chough and crow to roost are gone,” was fully executed, three
thousand and twenty-six of the latter having gone to their long roost.
you the Kino of Siam.—W e have just seen a mag-
, . which has been produced by Messrs. Hunt and Roakcli, of
for the King of Siam. It is of gold and silver-gilt, set
Xf! XhantT rubies and emeralds, and surmounted with Ike sacred
•ra* in the cTMsbar of the hilt are two globes, the celestial
.nefterrestrbd- indicaUve of the King's power. The blade is beautifully
and terrestrial inscription dedicating the sword to his Sis-
wv“ e and^'the d rwhncss of the material employed, combined with the
£2i wiofftedesign! forms a tout ensemble which, when once seen. Is
excellence of the tlesigm ^ ^ tolgBed by Mr Thomas Brown.
SS artiit honourably toewn and long attached to the eminent firm above
named.
Hotfls in Algiers.—Wc tried the Hotel de la Regence, ui
orange-trees on which the ripe i nn e-bearded* Turks were calmly
shade of which venerable Moore urtbm&gmea livelier, to report,
smoking on rustic benches, combined to inviie un
Here, again, rooms on the pension in the salon, which
francs each, were our Hobson a choice. pen^ ^ # of y
included breakfast at ten and dinner . franfJ WM mA q e f or each
ordinary wine at each meal, •J**'*' coffee, and even hot water, were
person ; then fire, bougies. „,.nse of s visitor at this hotel
charged extra. Thus, all complete, the expense o_a vmi
would be about fourteen francs ‘day- nd id ttnd , child about
of our, ™™ o“the fir»t etage. for which,
six years old, occupied three gooa , month. In a low
with board, he paid no less than U00. ,'cd his quarlcrs-took a suite
weeks, however, after private house in the liuede
of commodious sndM^^tapartments ma^priva ^ ,
.'a Marine, for whlob bo paid 300 irancs a momo ^ hjm fron) a nej . h .
lU-lyediprentduhM atre^nial «« anSfiiw 300 francs ; bv which
not only did' he savfone-half of hU money, but he really
^l^ubletho coWt-Bookqf Travels.
262
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March IS, 1858
ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
Ik addition to the diagrams and information contained In page 264 of
this Somber relating to the interesting astronomical phenomenon which
will t«he place on Monday next, we give the fo'lowing suggestions by
Professor Airy for observation of the eclipse. They are not offered as by
uny means compute, but as presenting grounds for consideration, wbieu
mny tend to d r vet observers in deciding on the employment of the means
which they may possess.
I. Observations not requiring Instrument*.
I. As the eclipse advances, it is desirable to obtain some notion or mea¬
sure of the deg’ce of darkness.
2 At what distnnee from the eye can a book or paper, exhibiting type
Of different sizes, be read ?
3. Hold up a lighted candle nearly between the Snn and vour eye. At how
many sun-breadths* distance from the Sun can the flame be seen?
4. If you are in an elevated position, remark the changes of colour and
appearance of the surrounding objects in the landscape.
6. If you see the spots of light formed by the intersecting shadows of
tile boughs of trees, remark whether they exhibit the luneform ot the Sun.
C. When the annulus is formed you will probably observe it with a
darkened glass; but you are particularly requested to devote one instant
(as cany us possible) to the verification of this point—viz.: When the
annular Sun is viewed with the naked eye, does it appear an annulus or a
fully illuminated disc?
IL Optical^ Astronomical, and Solar-physical Observations, requiring
the Use qf Instruments
7. As the eclipse advances, estimate (on the image seen in the telescope)
the comparative intensity of the Sun’s light near the centre of his disc
and rear his limb.
8 For ih»* more critical observations it is desirable that the power of
your te’escope should be so low as to give you an easy view of the whole
breadth of the Sun.
9. Remark irregularities on the Moon’s limb
10 . As the eu?ps heroine very sharp, remark whether they are irregular.
For this and for all the observations near the annular phase, it is neces¬
sary that you be provided either with a graduaded prismatic shade, or
with a ?-um*ssion of shades of different intensity, and that you instantly
select the slinde which is most agreeable to your eye.
II. Remark whether the Sun's light extends beyond the intersection of
the limbs of Sun and Moon, so as to make the Moon's limb visible beyond
that intersection. For this purpose the bright parts of the Sun must be
put r ut of the field of view, and the shade must be withdrawn
12. As the annularity approaches and is formed, remark whether Baily’s
bead'* and str.ngs preformed; whether first formed at points corresponding
to large inequalities of the Moon’a limb; whether they surround the
Moon ; how they form and break. Only an instant cau 6e given to this
observation. It is of the utmost importance to be assured that your
vision at the instants immediately preceding, especially of the Moon’s
inequalities, is very distinct.
13. Remark, as one of the most important observations of the eclipse,
wht ther any red flames are *een on the Sun's limb. For this purpose you
must withdraw the shade, if you are on the annular track, the instant
after formation Of the annulus; if you are not on the annular track, ns
soon as tbe«ye can bear the Sun. Oil the annular traek the whole line
must he rapidly s<nitini*ed; and. when the ring breaks, the still-illu¬
minated part must be pur out of the field, and the Moon's dark limb must
be surveyed. At p-aces not on the annular track, this plan (namely to
exclude the fllumlnnhd portion of the disc from the field, and to survey
tic M* on's dark limb’ must be followed throughout It seems not impro¬
bable that the hot chance of seeing red flames will be obtained at places
not on the annular track.
i-l At the breaking up of the annulus look for Rally's beads, as before.
15 Do not attempt any record during or near the annularity. En¬
deavour to impress observations on your memory as well as you can. If
j i u have an assistant seated st a table with a chronometer and writing
materials you may give him signals for the register of time, but you must
connect the phenomena with the time afterwards.
l«t A goid sextant-observer may obtain valuable observations for cor¬
rection <•: the lunar tables by measuring the intervals between the points
oi t» e bright cusps. 'I he observations will require great nerve, and will
be difficult but where most difficult they will be most valuable,
17 It teems d »ubt ul whether any valid photographic record can be
made on account of the extreme rapidity of the change of appearances.
Thus. in the neighbourhood of Loudon the line of cusps wid change from
the vertical to the horizontal position In about three minutes of time
is If you h«vc n doub-y retracting prism it will be desirable to make
ohs* n ations on the polarisation of the light from the Suu’s limb. For
tills purpose when the Lune is n Arrow. place the prism so as to separate
the two images transversely to the limb, and remark which image is
brighter. Turn the prism 180 d»g. round the visual ray, and repeat the
observation. Remark carefully the positions of the prism. The prism
n ay bo used with the naked eye. or with the telescope, according to the
amount of its angular separation ol Images.
III. Meteorological Observations.
19 . For change in intensity of solar radiation, observations with the
actiuometer or the black-bulb thermometer should be kept up during the
eclipse The latter are moat trustworthy when the bulb is inclosed In an
exhausted glass sphere.
2 u The barometer should bo repeatedly observed.
21 . The thermometer should be frequently observed, and the general
feelings of co’d should be noted.
22 Observations of humidity arc very important. They should be
made by the use either of Darnell’s dew-point instrument, or of the wet-
bulb thermometer. G. B. Airy.
In addition to observations of the corona surrounding the Sun at the
moment of its greatest obscuration, and the appearance ot l he bright points
of light when the margins of the Sun and Moon are nearly in contact, it
wmnd be interesting to examine the surface of the Sun previous and sub¬
sequent to the eclipse, in order to determine whether there be any con¬
nect ion between the dark spots and bright streaks ot light which may
be situated near its margin and the rose-coloured prominences which are
sometimes seen at the time of greatest darkness at tho edges of the
Sun and Moon. The red projections
are generally supposed to be iden¬
tical with the laculte or bright
streaks, which are best seen near
the margin of the Sun. and are com¬
monly mo t conspicuous in the
neighbourhood of the dark spots.
Tie tacula? are supposed to be ciouds
floating in the upper regions of the
solar atmosphere.
A Correspondent has forwarded
the annexed diagram, by means of
which he proposes to record the
passage of the Moon over the Sun’s
body in the eclipse of next Monday—
the mode of operating being as
follow? Mark on paper, and also
on a piece of stained or smoked
glass, ordinates, as in the Engraving; and the pa??nee of the Moon’s
body, as seen through the ordinates on the glass, is to be marked on the
corresponding ordinates on the paper, as shown by the dotted line.
Railway Competition.— The existing railway competition
has produced some curious results on both sides. Inter alia, the London
and North-Western Company are carrying passengers by their line from
Peterborough to London and back for three shillings. Inc distnnee is 112
mike, or 224 there and back. The company have to p*y. under what is
called the Gladstone award. 90 per cent back to other companies in divi¬
sion. Tl»ua there is said to be left to the London and North-Western
’Company the sum of 3$d.. or id. for every 61 miles travelled over.
Wills.— The will of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, C.B.,
bits been proved in London by Lady Havelock, the relict, the sole
executrix and universal legatee. The personalty in England is sworn
under £1500 The will is dated 18th May, 1853, and bears an official
s«amp of tho British Consulate, Cologne. He was then described as
Lieut-Colonel in the Army, Major 53rd Foot and Deputy-Adjutant-
General of the Queen’s troops at Bombay.-Thewill of the Right Hon.
Sir William Henry Maule. of Hyde Park-gardens, was proved under
£35.000 personalty. There are a few pecuniary bequest* amounting to
£3f*on or £4noo. The residue i» bequeathed to his sister. Mrs. Emma Maria
Death If y, who is also oneef the acting executors.-The will of William
Wigram, Esq. of r\Grosv«K»* square, and Bennington Park. Herts,
was proved under ,£250 0C0 personalty He has appeunted his brothers.
Money Wigram, Eiy Duodecimos Wigram. and Loft us Tottenham
Wigraou E«qrs, together with his nephew, Unwin Heathcote,
E*q.. executors. The wilHs dated 22nd January. 1852. He bequeaths
to i .tch of his eleven surviving brothers a legacy of £ 10000 , or to
the r children, and a like legacy toitach of the three daughters of his late
brother, Sir Robert Fitz- VVygram, Bart., and £10 000 to his sifter, 3Irs.
Catherine Tottenham, besides many liberal pecuniary bequests. The
residue to be equally divided between the three younger sons of his late
brother. Sir Robert, and his two nephews, Robert and William Heathcote
Tottenham,
Statistics of Irish Emigration.— T he emigration from Ire¬
land now averages somewhat under 100.000 a year. In 1856 it was 01 .000.
in 1855 it. was 92.000 The proportion from’the different provinces is
maintained with singular exactness. In both years the number from
Uisjer was 31,006;-and' 'that from Munster 34.000. Of the numbers from
Leinster, the counties which furnish the greatest proport on are Dublin
and Kilkenny. From the countv of Cork the emigration is very Inrge,
even in proportion to its size In 1850 the numbers thence exceeded thi-e
of the wlio'e of Leinster, and were double ns great as the entire of the
emigrants irom Connaught.
lJKSfKCCTiVB Gale on tiie North-east Coast— The.
whole range of the east and north-east coast was vi9itcd on Monday
morning by one of the heaviest gates that has been experienced for some
time. It commenced shortly after midnight, and gradually increased in
violence until three o’clock, when it blew with the force of almost a hurri¬
cane, accompanied by heavy falls of Enow and hail. A sad list- of casual¬
ties lias been reported at Lloyd’s.
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK.
(From our City Correspondent.)
Rather extensive fluctuations have taken place in the value of tfi*
Funded Debt during the present week; nevertheless, the purchasers of
stock for money have increased French politics have chiefly engaged the
attention of the jobbers, and the most absurd rumours have, as ;i matter
of course, been afloat in reference to the future position of Englnnd and
Franco. The reply of the Derby Cabinet to the original despatch of Count
Walc-wski—which has been presented to the French Government-is
anxiously looked for; but those who anticipate a pacific solution of the
E resent differences have operated somewhat largely in Consols, and prices
ave consequently advanced. The publication, however, of the manifesto
on the relations of the Emperor Napoleon with England has been regarded
in more than an ordinary light, and. besides, it has not beeu received
with any favour in the Stock Exchange. The enhanced Quotations have,
therefore, shown signs of weakness ; but, on the whole, tne market must
be considered in a healthy state.
Tite applications to the Bank of England for discount accommodation
have not increased; and out of doors the supply of unemployed capital is
still very inrge. Great competition, therefore, exists amongst the Lom¬
bard-street bankers for good paper, which is readily discounted at 2$ to
2 $ per cent In the Stock Excliange the quotation does not exceed 2 per
cent upon Government security.
From a Treasury minute just Issued we understand that, as soon as the
necessary arrangements can be completed, the system of calling in Ex¬
chequer ’Bills annually to be paid off will be abandoned. The bills will be
issued with coupons lor the interest, and remain out at the option of the
holders.
The imports of the precious metals have been on a liberal scale—viz.,
nbout £290 000 from Australia. £432 ooo from Mexico, the West Indies, &c.,
£50.100 from New York, and £70.000 from the Continent. For gold there
has been some inquiry for shipment to France; but the export of silver
to the East by the present packet is only £163.900.
The stock of bullion In the Bank of France Is now about £13.000 000, and
in the National Bank of Vienna, £ 10 , 000 , 000 . The latter institution is
expected to resume specie payments by the end of the year.
Most of the Continental exchanges have shown a more favourable
tendency. The quotation at St. Petersburg is only 35$. which, under
ordinary circumstances, would leave a large margin of profit on the ship¬
ment or gold to England. I v
On Monday the TJiree per Cent Consols for Money opened at 962. and
closed at 96$ J. alter having been done at 96$. Consols, for Account,
varied from 96J £ to 96$ g India Bonds were done at 25s. to 30s : Ex¬
chequer Bills, 39s. to 42s. prera.; and the Bonds, 100 $; Bauk Stock was
firm, at 227 and 226; India Stock. 222 . On Tuesday rather an inK
portant rise took place in the Three per Cents, which advanced
from 96$$ to 97. The New Two-and-a Half per Cents were 80 $; and
Consols, for Account, touched 97$. India Bonds sold at 30s. prem. Ex¬
chequer Bills. 408. to 43s. prem ; and the Bonds, 101 and luoj. Bank
Stock realised 226 $. 227, and 225}; and India Stock, 221. Rather higher
rates prevailed at one time on Wednesday, the 'Three per Cents. Jot/
Money, having marked 97$ $, closing at 97. India Bonds were 27s prem.;
Exchequer Bills. 39s. to 42s. prem.; Ditto, Bonds, 1858, 100 $ ; Dittn, tfi59,
101 $ J here was some flatness in the market on Thursday ; nevertheless
the fluctuations in prices were trifling. The Three per Cents, for Money,
were done at 96| $; tor the Account, 961 97. Exchequer Bills were 38s. to
42s. prem.; the Bonds, 100 } and 101 $. The Directors of the Bank of Eng¬
land made no cl ange in their rates of discount.
In the early part of the week the Foreign House was wholly devoid of
animation, and prices, almost generally, showed signs of weakness.
Since then, however, there has been more firmness in it, and the quota¬
tions have rather advanced:-Brazilian Five per Cents have realised 102 ;
Buenos Ayres Deferred, 18 ; Danish Five per Cents, 103 ex div ; Granada
Two-and-a-Quarter per Cents. New Active, 20 ; Mexican Three per Cents,
20 $; Peruvian Three per Cents, 56$>>Portuguese Three per Cents, 45$;
Russian Five per Centa, ill ex dm 7 ; Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents,
100 ; Sardinian Five per Cents, 91$ : Spanish Three per Cents, 44 };
Spanish New Deferred. 20 }- Turkish Six per Cents. 102$; Turkish Four
per Cents, 104$; Belgian Four-and-a-lialf per Cents, 100 $; Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents. 66; and Dutch Four per Cents, 100}.
The value of most Joint-stock Eauk Shares has been supported, but the
transactions have been trifling, considering the abundance of money:—
Agra and United Service have marked 62 ; Australasia, 85; London Joint-
stock, 30$: and London and Westminster, 44}.
Most Miscellaneous Securities have met a slow market. St. Ka¬
tharine Dock shares have been sold nt 95; Southampton, 72$ ex div.;
Victoria, New. 13} ; Australian^ Agricultural, 25$; Crystal Palace, 1 $;
Electric Telegraph; lot; English and Australian Copper, 1$ ex div.;
European and American Steam. 4 $; London General Omnibus. 3 J;
North British Australasian.$ ex div.; North of Europe Steam, 2 }; Penin¬
sular and Oriental Steam. 79$; Royal Moil Steam. 64; Berlin Water¬
works, 4$; Chelsea, 10; Grand Junction, 69; Lambeth, 95$; Birming¬
ham Canal, 93 ex div,; Oxford, 105; Regent’s, 16$; Uungerlord Bridge,
6} ; aud Vauxhall, 17$.
Owing to a considerable decline in the traffic receipts, especially upon
the South-Eastern, the Railway Share Market has continued very flat,
and prices have shown a drooping tendency. The following are the official
closing quotations on Thursday :—
Ordinary Shares and Stocks.—B ristol and Exeter. 90$ ex div.;
Caledonian, 9i$; Eastern Counties, 59 ex div ; Eastern Union, B Stock,
33; Edinburgh and Glasgow. 65$; Edinburgh. Perth, and Dundee, 28;
Great Northern, 102$ cx div.; Ditto, 15 Stock, 126 $ ex div. ; Great
Western, 58g ex div.; Lancaster and Carlisle, 85; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 01$ ex. div.; London aud Brighton, 100$; London aud
North-Westorn, 95 } ex div.; Ditto, Eighths, 4 ex div.; London and
South- Western, 92$ cx div.; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
39}; Midland, 97} ex div.; North British, 52; North-Eastern-Berwick,
92} ex div.; Ditto. Leeds, 48; Ditto. York, 76} ; North Staffordshire,
Y3}4 North- Westc-in, 8$ ex div.; Oxford, Worcester, and WolverhamD-
■ton, 32; Shropshire Union, 48$; South Devon. 36$ ex div.; South-
Eastern, 70} ex div.; Stockton aud Darlington. 36$ ex div.
Lines Leased at Fixed Rentals.— Buckinghamshire. 99 ex div.;
Midland, Bradford Preference Stock, 95 ex div.; South Staffordshire, 10$
ex div.
Preference Shares.— Eastern Counties, New Six per Cent Stock,
131$; Eastern Union, Four per Cent, 76$; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee,
75$; Great Northern, Five per Cent, redeemable at in per cent premium,
lll$ cx div.; Ditto, at 5 per cent, 621 ex div.; Ditto. Four-and-a-Half
per Cent Stock, 102 $ cx div ; Great Western, Four-and-a- Half per Cent,
93; Ditto, Five per Cent (redeemable) Preference. 100; Ditto, Birmingham
Stock. 14 ex div.; London and Brighton. New Five per Cent, No. 4, 118 ;
London and North-Western—Coventry and Nuneaton. Five per Cent, 116
ex div.; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 120 $; Midland Con¬
solidated—Bristol and Birmingham, 138; Ditto. Four-and-a-Half per
Cent Stock, 100 ex div.; Oxford. Worcester, and Wolverhampton, Four-
and-a-Half per Cent Debenture Stock, in perpetuity, 99$.
British Possessions.— Bombay. Baroda, and Central India, 18 $; Buf¬
falo and Lake Huron, New. 5$: Ceylon, 2 g; East Indian, 109 $; Ditto, E
Shares Extension. S§; Grand Trunk of Canada. Six per Cent Debentures,
81}; Ditto. Second Issue at 3 per cent discount of the Two Million Pre¬
ference Loan, 17 $; Great Indian Peninsula. 21}; Ditto, New. 2 }; Great
Western of Canada, 19 $; Ditto, New, 11}; Madras, Fourth Exten¬
sion. 5}.
Foreign —Bahia and San Francisco. 3$; Eastern of France, 27$;
Great Luxembourg. 8; Northern of France, 37$; Pan’s, Lyons, and
Mediterranean Fusion Shares, 32$; Recite and San Francisco, 9; Riga
and Dunaburg, 1 $; Sambre and Meuse, 8; West Flanders, Five-and-a-
Ualf per Cent Preference, 9$.
A very limited business has been transacted in Mining Shares. Com¬
pared with lost week, however, very little change has taken place in the
quotations. Great Wheal Yor have sold nt If: Lady Bertha. 1 $;
ValeofTowey. 1}; West Basset. 4 $; Wheel Edward, 7$; Cobre Copper,
40$; General, 18; Linares, 9; Mariouita, $ Port Phillip, $; and United
Mexican, 4.
THE MARKETS.
CoRV-ExrHAVGZ, March 8.—The supply of English wheat in to-dav’ft market was Only
modi- rata. nm there whs a light Improvement in tho demand ‘’or in- st kind", at fail prices.
Fo'rirn wh«at -tho show of which w« seasonably «xten»ve —moved oil slowly, i.ut with¬
out chang-j In value. Tho fnw parcels of barley on show were e»«I!vdl po-i-it of a folly
l«te ratee. Holt was firm, but uot clearer. The «how of oats was limited. and the ost trade
was flri:i ntv*ry iull prie s. Both twins and peas were *t-:udv. nu 1 'he ououtl n rtiled a
shade b’gb»*. FJour sold ton nircute t, atcxtx.mo rate*. The Imports from the Conti¬
nent' cowlimo on a v*ry m<*-‘c rale t- oV.
Marco 10—Flnowl cat and alt kii.ilt of spring coru wore In fair request, at full; rices
Qthcfwi‘ 0 . the trade ruled *n«» 'iv».
binaUsh.— Wheat, E*wx and Kent, rod, 40s. to 4-*«.: ditto, whit©, 43s. to 52s.; Norfolk and
Suffolk. red, tr>a to 48*.; rye, 3ta. to Sis.; grinding barley, S j. to 30*.; distilling dirt,),
52$. t<- 35s.; malting ditto. 3a*. to its.; Lincoln and Norfolk malt, 56«. tolws.; brown ditto,
fits to 5.«.; Kingston and Wore, .V*s. to S**.: Chevalier, fas. to ivto.; Yorkshire and Lio-
colnshlro feed o«t», :(h to 23*.: potato ditto. 25*. to 32*.; VourIuiI and Cork, black, IPs.
ti 24-.; ditto, white, Sfl*. to 30s.-. lick boims, 33s. to 3ts.; grey j«e«s, 3t*s. to 41*.; maple,
41*. to 43s-: white, I0j. to 43«.; hollers, 42s. to 41s. fvr quarter. Town-mado flour, 41*. to
43*.; town households. 38*.; country marks 31*. to 38 . per 280 lb*. •
Stal*.— Clover »c-*d has met a dun inquiry, and prices have bad a downward tendency.
In canary a steady business is oo.ng, on rather higher terms. Ltneeed is very firm, but
Other teeds are a siow inquiry. Cukt s suppoit previous quotaU.ns.
Linseed, English crushing, &«*. to 54*.; Mediterranean and Odessa, 30*. to 52i. | hompseod.
44*. to 46*. per quarter. Coriander, 30s. to 32a. per cwt. Brown mustard seed, 14s. to 16a.»
ditto, white, 17s. to IS*.; fairs, 3a. Od. to 3«. fid. per bushel. English rapeseetl. 6«*. to 72s.
per quarter. Llnsocd cakes, English, £10 10*. to £10 IS*.; ditto, fm-clga, XiOOs. to £11 0 s.;
rano cakes, C5 10* to £5 |5s. per ton. Canary, •‘Gs. to 91s. per quarter.
Hr rad. —Tho prices of wheaten bread In tho metropolis arc from 7d. to 7£d.; of house¬
hold dlt'o. 3d. to *4d. per 41b. loaf
Imprrial IFrcAv// Average*.— Wheat, 45a. 6d.; barley, 38*. 7d.; oats, 23a. <d.; rye.
3l«. Od., beans, 37s. ltd.; pens, 41*. <hl. ^ '
The Six M’ecCs' Average*— Wheat, 45*. ICkL; barley 36*. id.; .oats, 22*. ltd.: rye.
33*. 4d.: bonus, 38a. 8d.; noiaa, 40*. fid. '
Eng/iKh Grain Sold last tree*.—Wheat, 102,.Ml; barley, 72,930; oats, 14,374; rye, 40;
be*ns, 7163; ncas, 2084 quarter*.
Tea.— Small . ubllo sales have been held. 3003 packages won* disposed of at prcvloua
quotations Friva oly, the demand •» In a sl-irgiah tut*-, 'ct we have uoch-ngo to in
prices The stock in London is now 33 803,003 lbs., again it 72J9’/)001bs at tho corresponding
perl-d In IBS’.
Sugar —tiood and tine raw sugar* have »o'd to a moderate oitont. at 'uT quotations ; but
l->w «"d damp par •>!* bav- gone symowhn* I >wer. Wo t India qualities hav„ rt>» isod 37s. to
4 e a : Mnu'lti-is 3*». 6J. to 51* ; Ucug*l. 47s to 49 and ntt'va d'a«. 3's. tv 33». per cwt.
In tbs rrfinod maiket very Uttle is doing and prices are with d'fflcoltr su-'p^rted
Qzffce —Plantation kind* icll l-taewhat <rrcl*. at full quotations. Most other kinds arc
held on former terms, but tho Inquiry for them I* by no means «ctive.
Hire.— The stock I* now 75,0 v» ions, nevertheless tho nemand mar be comldored steady,
ot fn'l price*. White Bengal. 8*. to its.: carpo, 7s 6d to 7*. 8d.; Mad si, 7s. 3d. to8*. 6d.;
Airncan. 7a- 8d.to8* 3d.: and Rangoon. 7*. to 7*. 6d per cwt
/Vcm»suma.—The stosk of Irish bn ter la iltni ed. and iba doraaod I* steady, on rather
higher terms. Rclh English and foreign parcels support previous rates, but other provisions
are n duU inquiry. /
Tallow — F Y.C. on the *po». is firm, at 54*. fid, to 55«. per cwt. For tho last throe
months, 61s. 0d. and 52s. bar-* been paid.
Oils. - Ltoseed oil Is hsH at 2-s. fid to tt*. per cwt. Other oils more off slowly, at baroly
ta(£ rate*. Sp’rifs of rrpentln* Is less nctiro, at 3»a to 39a. p*r cwt.
nag and Straw .—Meadow hay, 42 10*. to £4 «a.; clover ditto, £3 10s. to £3 0*.; and straw.
£1 5s. to £1 10s. per load Trudt. «(^ady. '
Coals— Walker Primrose, 12*. rid ; WyJam. 14*.; Gosforth. 13a fid.; RiddV], 15*. fid.-
Hiswcll. * a.- stuwart’*. V* ; N <rth Hurtlojool, IBs ; Northumberland East. !&,. per -on.
Spirits —Rum Is In modcr»to hxiuost. at I <«' week’* quotation*. Proof Lew*- *, s.Ulng
at in. to 2s. Id.; East 'ndla, 1*. lod.'to Is. Hd per gallon. Brandy Is somo*b*t flruier.
Hops.— Good and lino nfiw hop* are held at full prices, but the demand for them is by no
moon* active Inferior hops arc very dull.
Wool —Tho public sales ot colonial wool are still in progress. Good and fine qualities
continue to support tho opening sd vauco of $d. to Id. per lb ; bat other kluds rule com¬
paratively be»vy.
Potatoes.—' Tbe supplies have fallen off. and tho demand la steady, at fall prices, viz.. 73a.
to 180s per ton. /
Metropolitan Cattle. Market —Tho supplies of most kinds of stock on offer this week
have been only ni»!«.-rnte, aud tbn trade generally has ruled steady, at viry full prices; -
Boof from 3*. 4d. to ** fid., mutton, 3a 2d. to 3s. 2d.; real, 3s. Ifid. to 5s. 2d.; pork, 3s. 0d.
to 4s. 4d. per bib. to sink the •■Hal,
Vavrjatc and Lcadctihall .—There bos been a slight improvement la tbo demand, at
follow* :4 \ \ \
Beef from 2*. lOd. to < 1 , 15.; mutton, 3a. Qd. to 4*. 6d.; veal, 3s. 8d. to 4a. ftd.; pork,
3a. Od. to 4i. fid. per 8 lb. by tho carcase. Bobsbt Ukkdert.
P
rx
O'
THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Friday. Marcij 5.
WAR OFFICE, March 5.
2nd Drag<m Guardi: Lieut. H. 8t. John
Dick to be Captari; Cornet W. T Fottor to bo
Lkmtenasit, /
fi!h: bloat. F. G 8. Curtis to bo Captain;
Ensign W. Galr to be Cornet.
2 nd Dragoon*: Liout. J E. Ewladioy to bo
Contain.
3rd Light Drsgooui: F. G. F. Grant to bo
Cr.,ot.
Wh: Cornet E. F. Weaver to bo Cornet aud
Adjutant; MnflTSureeon of tho Second Class
L. Barron, M.D , to bo Burgeon
7th: Ltojt. F. Gar forth to bo Captain;
Cornet R. N. Poddcr to bo Lieutenant.
9tb; Brevet L<*tt«.-Col. H A- Ouvrv, C.B.,
tob* Lieuieuan’-Colonol: Brevet Mijor W.
Dryadul© to bu Msjor; Went A E. Wilkimon
to bo Captain: Con ct P. Thutsby to bo Llau-
toonnt; R. Bury to jo Como .
loth: Cornet J. Gore to lio L'eutennnt.
Ht»: L'eut. K. Harneit to be Captain-
12th: Co’uet W. K. Shaw to bo Lieutenant.
14th. Cornet P. Dodgson, W. A. Atcherhy,
to bo Comma.
16th.- Burg. W. G Watt to bo Burgeon.
16th: Cornet L. W Atkinson to bo Lieu¬
tenant.
18th: Barg. II. Mapleton, M D., to bo Sur¬
geon.
Scot* Fusilier Guard*. Fn*ign and Idem.
G. W. Beaumont to to Linueu-nt and Cap¬
tain; F. W. G. Campbell to be Ensign and
Lieutenant.
2nd Foot; Ensign J. Halchcll to bo Lieu-
ts-ant; J. C. Stratford and S. V. Page to bo
Eu«fgn*.
3rd: I.leuts. F.Eteson, II. O. E. Somerset,
to bo Captains; Enriirn C. D. Boillio to bo
Lieutenant; C. W. Mellor, W. H. Irvino, to
be Ensisn*.
4th: Ensign It. Boyco to bo Lieutenant;
J. O. Tomlia t% bo Ensign.
5th: Lieut. J. Croagh to bo Adjutant; As¬
sist. Burg. H. M’Kab, M D. to be Burgeon.
flth: Major J. K. Robertron :o bo Lleuto-
naut-Colonol; Cnpt. and Brov t Major E. J.
Btanr.kley to bo Major; I lout. J. Dawson to
t*Capt»in; F.n* r gn C. Why-o to bo Lieute¬
nant; W. Bmitb, T. G. Hauuders, to bo
Ennius*.
8«h: O. J. K«n*man to be Emlgn.
Depot Battalion—C apt. A. B. Wa’U* to bo Irntroctor of Musketry.
UMATTACimu.—Lieut. F.C. D F„ Barclay to ho Cuut>»ln; Brevet Major* E. Felljwes and
W._ BsIIhIts 'o h*vo th*i- Brevet Rank oonverted into Bulmantlve Rank.
Hospital Btapp.—J. Mackay, M.D., to bo AsiLtant Burge m to tho Forces; J. t .under to
be Acting Avutaut Burgeon.
Bkkvkt.—C olonel A. Parker to havo the honorary rank of Major-General t Copt. J. Earles
to be Major In the Army.
ADMFR4LTY, Fed. 25.
Royal Marines: Cadet R. G. Shar j* to be Sdoond > 1 utonaut. M
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
J. WAITE, Yeadou, Yorkshire, woolion msDufaciurer.
BANKUUPT8.
W. DUTTON Watiing.»troot, grocer.-W.N BEATON, Sheffield, knlfo manufae‘urer.—T.
LENNRY North Shields boot manufacturer—J , J.. W . and L. SB AW. Ellan.t. Yorkshlrc,
woollen manufacturer*.-I. KAYE Huddcrsflcli, innkeeper.—W. , D*LDORPL >etthng-
lsne, merchant.—S. CROB8. Limn-strcet, timber merchant.—K. STOBAHl'- ridgw*ro-r ad,
warehnusomao.—R. C.'rOMKlNSONJan., Hirmlngham. st«tion A r.—I-’. W. MARTIN, F eet-
•trect, tobacconist—J. G. SHhPHF.RD, Halstead. Essex, brlckmnker. —J. GOLDING, B Ick-
lane. W’hlt'ch"pel, b*ot and *hoo maker—II. HARRIS, Bread-street-hlJI, Chy, tewed
mus’ln warehouseman.—J. SHARP. TlckhlU. Yorkshire, innkeeper and f*riua-.-J.
CHANDLER. Stroud, innkoopor.^—D. J. LEWIS, Cardiff, biot and shoo maker —W. C.
IIA1GH, Bradford, weo'stapior.
„ __ SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
_H.IIGEE, Glasgow, boot and •-re maker —J. LAM'ESON, Glasgow, shipowner.—P.
ROSE. DingwaP. writar.-A. FREYD. Glmgow JewcUer.-T. AIRD, Dowie* Mill, near Cro-
moud Bridge, wood merchant.—A. D. VEIi’JH, Foifar, writer.
Tuesday, March 9.
WAR OFFICE.
The Quoon baa given orders for tho appointment of Col. R. R. Robertson. Col. J. P. 0-
Campbell Col.C H. Somerset, and Col. F. G A Pinckney, to ho DrdlaHry M-mber* of tho
atiihary Division of tho Third Claso, or Companions of tn Mott Honour*bleOrdtr of tho Beta.
G A. McNtt'r, J. Hunter, W. T. Btuart, to bo
Cap ain*.
18ih: Brevet Col J. Griftan, C B , to bo
Licutena' t Olorel; Mjjor"- *. arm t'onr,
»apt. E W 8*rgent, to bo M-Jots Ll»i-.| R.
H. Jexmersloy, Cspt. T. Aidiidgw. 1 icuis. T.
II fltoddanl. A. N <dam». W T McG.igor,
Idem. J Inman W. D. Chspumn, A. Mac¬
Donald. to be Captain*
19th: Lieut -Col. IL w srden <o bo LPctO-
n*nt-Colonel; Brovet Lieut.-Cel. L Graham,
Brevet Mnior C. Bates, to bo Majors; C-ipts.
J. D Cochrane, G L l>. Amici, • ieuta. J. R.
Btuart. P. D. Vigor*, W. 8. Arnold, J Ander¬
son, E.F Fontcr. to bo Captains
9th: T. Elms to be Ensign,
loth: Lieut. C H. Frewan to bo C*p*aln.
I2»h: Liout- W. M. M«or» m to t>* « bji aIh.
I4ih- Lieut. H. Llovd to bo Cantata
2t*-d: *la,|or D. And-»r*oa to l>o t inutonant-
Coloaul C-ttfits J. H Graham. IC. G lowd.n,
Brovo- Muj r H D. Neville to bo Majors.
>3rd: Ensign W. A. FttBOJ to bo Lieu¬
tenant
38th: Ecslgn C. Thacke'av to bo Lieute¬
nant: A. H. I'urrmrtoba Eu«‘gn.
30»h: F. H. W Ulamson to bo Kn Ign.
3 tad: Liout- C. VI. Foster to ho up tain;
Fnsign J. Garfurtli to be Lieutenant; C. F.
Clary to bo En*lgn.
40th: Ensign G. Hobh* ; 0 Go Lieu tee an’.;
3. B Clarko to ho r n«lgn.
42n l: Li»ut. J. W. Mitchell to be Lieutenant.
62ud: Rns'gn T. c lm ron to ho LhmUmant.
55 h: Livut J. G. Eckahia to bo Captoin;
Fn*ign J. F Morton to bn L ou'onunt; knsigu
P. W. Ja»|!co, H. W. KUey to bo r n>ign-.
61st: W. E. Ness to bo Eurign: A**bL
Burg- A. 8alter to bo AssUtant Surgeon.
*7th: Ensign K. B B.t* to bo Lieutenant;
A. A. rrioe to bo Ens'gn-
"D»h: A. B. Wright to bo Ensign.
80ih: Major ond Brevet l.lou .-Col. 8. T.
Christie to e Lioti'en&nt-Colouel* Capt. and
Rrevot M *jor R. Hawke* to bj Msjnr; Liout.
C. F Amiri to bo rnpm.ii; tu Ign F. F.
Goddard to bo Llrulonnnt.
82nd. Lieut. J. F. I'iiklngtm to ba Captain.
8ird: Capt I. bavL-s to bo Captain} Leu:.
H. 8. Coo.Kir to bo < no iiin; Eu«iga J li.
Coh-brook to bo I icutcuanl.
87Ui: Sorg.-Major A. Audcraon to bo En¬
sign.
91st: Lieut W. Squlrl to bo Captain; En-
ilw H t*. Burke to bo Lieutenant; C. L.
Harvey to bo Enslru.
l*fhh: Fiislgn C. H. Griffin to bo Lieutenant;
W. O’Toole to bo Ensign.
2 nd Wnrt India K-giiuont: Bnsirn K. W.
8ishon to bu Lloutenaut; r. W. Williams tj
ho Ensign.
3rd B. G. Allman to be En« ! gn-
R yal Cana Gan Jtitfo R<glmont: Lhnts.
W. M. Anscll G. T Mu .ro to bo it-utenonia.
8t. H«lena Rorimcnt: Lieut. J. G. G. Stuart
to bo LiiiUtanani.
15'h Foot: Capt*. J H. Drourht, H J.
LIdd-lt U Younv H. W P. Buder 1 lout*.
W. Q E'lot V. ?cheb*rra». J. W. 8. Moffatt.
H Mack«n7.1o to bo < ap'aln*.
6 tb: Lieut- sod Adjuiant G. Barch*rd.
Ca -ts. J. Hunter. A 1. Garnet, E G. M-ln-
w»rng. Lieutenants H. Xlmonev E O'Cal-
1-ghu., W. P. UU1, J. W. Holyar, to be
Captains.
47c**: Lieut.-Col II. D. Crofton to bo Liea-
temmt-Colon-ri: r apt. snd Brevet Major A.
McKln*try. Cspt »n<l Brovet Lieut.-t ol J G.
ltavrst-irne to tw Major*; Capt. W. D. Tli mp-
lon. Lient. C McPherson. Capt*. H. Ptti-
gerald. F. A. Davidson. Liout*. N. B. Walion.
Brkvet.—C apt. J H. Drought to b* Major In the Aruy; Brevet Matar J. H. Drought to bo
Llsu'enant-CoIoneMa the Army; Capt. *. Huntor to bo Major In the Army: Brevet Major J.
Hunter to bo Ucutenant-Colonel In tho Army; Capt F. Hununoisiey to be Major in tbo Army
BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.
J. HASELL, Bristol, soap manufacturer.—J. HAS ELL and W. T.8PRINGFORD, Bristol,
soap manu'acturors.
BANKRUPTS.
L. GARRETT, Hart-strcet, Blomsbarv, Crois-»troct, Cbals'a; and Silver street. Blooms¬
bury. licens'd victualler.—A HoULSTON, Park-ter,-non, Regent’* park, onok.—J.DUNTO.V,
Hod^<-sdnn,Her;fnrd*hlro,ca*Uo**te»man. T POWELL. Uinuingbam brrM'i.un-hr. —i WMA
ID EVES, Birmingham, licens d vl toaPer—R DUFTY ‘’aMxjuruo, Worcester, marked
gnrd- ner —A. J. HEMMING Birmingham, licemed victualler —J. C At I/lW Coven ry,
rihhon manufactnrer —T. WOOD. l»arta«ion. HUffordthiro, licenced vlctuslta — E OWNER,
Bri tnf African merchant.—A. and T HILL, Beaton VJuarr es Vo.-k*hlre stouo merrhaii *•—
F NOBLE. Jun. Brig house Yorkshire. Hnondraptr — J ard It WJTHW iRTH I <«• w bury
Moor. Yorks r, Ira, hi • ket mauutacturers —G ^HAW, Leo)*, ironinia'or.—II' URNhU.
Warsop, Notlln hamshlro mitatcr —o ROBERT*. Bangor, Carnatvonshiro, draper.
8 COTCH 8EQUE9TKATIONS.
J. CALDWELL. C*rlcrtonmain», Ayrth*re farmer.-D. CrTTHBERT, Arbroath. m*nu-
factarer.—G ROST, LcUh. mdrohint.—J. GRANT. Glasgow, boor, and »tioe maker.— V.
J. MORRIS, Sunnybrao, Auchicrautor, cattle-dealer.—W HATELY, Hutton, Berwickshire.
BIRTHS.
On tho Ota Intt.. at fitamteal. Mrs n. n Coven‘rr of a. on.
A*. xh '* v ' tast ' Wothonpoon, of a da-ghlcr.
At Bridge of Allan, on thu 4th feet., Sir>. l a anon, wife of Dr. Pater-on. of a son.
On Monday, 8th March, the wife of Mr. Edwin Hammond, of No. 23. Hamllion-slrctft,
Camoeu-town, ot a son.
marriages
At NoufchfitoJ, Rwitrerlnnd, on (ho 1st of March, John Vtl'son Wilson. E*o.. of Hinton-on*
W” l,rr g*, ? ,00Cf * , *r^re. to Caroline, third daughter oi William Gough Esq., of iho .Manor
Douse. Hln*on-on-tlie.G ecn.
On Um I'th tast.. at St Gcorge’a, Hanorersquarc. by tho Pov J. K White, William PI ocher
pultoi'. M.D , or oxford-torraco, Hyde Pork, to Emily Fortcscuc, culy dunghtcr of John
Stirling Francis Taylor, Ekj.
DEATHS.
On Monday morning, tho 1st of March, at her rctldeufo, Bandon (Ireland), Martha, the
beloved who of Itirh^nl Wheeler lichenv. Esq.
on tho 8 b ln«t.. a- MiUfod, Kon». rhorlotte, wife of Sir John Max well-Tyldcn, and only
(tuvlvtag daughter of tho hue Sir Robert Synge, Baronet, sged 69.
March 13, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
263
NEW BOOKS, fre.
TITB COMING ECT.TpSF..
Now ready, price 2s. Id., cloth, gllt\ or 3«., gilt edge*,
T HE Ok it' of IIKA VhN; or. the P anetary
end S-cllar Worlds: a foou ar Exposition of the 'Vent • iacoveri- a
and Tlumrie* of Modem Astronomy. B O. M. MlTCHEV., M.A.
Tow left U add'd Tho ME HA'-’ 8M of the HEAVENS. By P,c-
fossar OLMoTEaD. Eighth Edition, with namerom Illustrations.
A’*o price "a doth
ARAOO'S ASTRONOMY. Revised by TOMLIN-
BON. Hxth RdltWi, •• ith nunr rreu ITlastrntions.
London: CUOKGK Routledgk and CO., Fan-In; don-street.
A BEAL BOON TO T.AVI.ORD AND TENANT.
FT io < »no 8hl luig, cloth boards
L AW of LAN ULOJiD and TENANT,
Farail erly RapTainod, w'th a copious collection of Useful Forms.
By W A HO D^WOk TH, Esq . oi '’ray's fn i, larri ter-i«Mi*w;
•• We should bs neglecting our duty as J urnallsta if wo did not give
this book allt ho publiclt In our nowrr so com.iUtely dore It am>enr
to ui 'O mnri thoao veaod questions that arise dally between landlord
node onant ”
Loudon: Geobo* Routletioe and CO., Farringdon street.
BOOK-* FOR THE COUNTRY,
Price One Shilling each
TjlLOWER GAttDEN, The; or the Culture in
J? tbe Open Ground ofall Kind* o'Flo wet*. By E.8. DELAMER.
Also, uniform.
The S.wse. Bv Yonattand Ceotl.
Shoo tins:. By Biakov.
Rees. By Rev. J G. Wood.
The Pig. By R. Sidney.
Cat le. By M&rtin and Rayn-
blrd.
The Kitchen Gtrdcn.
Angi 04 and Wh to to Go.
Pigeo-M and Rabbi’*
The Poo* rv Yard By K. Watt*.
Ptnsll Fa-m* By Martin Doyle.
8he“P Ry Martin.
Cage and Hoglng Birds
*• '/hwrougbly practical and useful books, and should be possessed
by all who n*lde out of *o*-n "
London: George Koutleiigk end Co , Farringdon-stroct.
A HANDY BOOK OF MODERN H18T0BY.
Price 5s., cloth or half-l>ound.
R USSELL’S MODERN EUROPE
EPITOMISED, by GEORG g TOWN BEND, and brought down
to tho dose of the Hussion War, 18’fi.
It Is a perfectt-eaiury of facta, dates and important events, and
should bo in the p i ^slon of evory one who desires to be oonversant
with m-tdern hUtory "
London: Gsubgb Hodtlzdge and Co., Farringdon*8t reoL
L Jait published, foo’seap Pro. cloth, 5s. 6d.,
ANDMAKKS of HIoTORY. MODERN
HISTORY: From tho Reformation to tho Fall of Napoleon.
By tho Author of “Tho Heir of Redclylfo." Ac.
By the same Author,
LANDMARKS of HISTORY; a Summary of
Anelout History. Third Edition, foolscap 8vo. doth- ?a *’d.
LANDMARKS of HISTORY: Middle Ages.
fiecend Edition, In foolsosp 8vo, doth, 3s.
Fifth Edition.
KINGS of ENGLAND; a History for the Young.
Foolieao 8vo cloth, 3s. Also.
A cnEAP SCHOOL EDITION, Slightly Abridged,
demy IRiiio, price Is.; and with t^umtioni for Examination, price
Is. 2d. in doth.
London: J and C. MozttY, 6, Paterao«tar-row.
This day. the Third and Fourth Volumes, 28a.
H istory of England from the fall
of w I.SKV to tho DEATH of ELIZABETH. By JOHN
AhtuONY FK »UDB, M.A
Lit ctv ptihiished, Voli. I. a^d II.. 26*.,
London: Juux W. Parker and 80 s, West Strand.
ASTRONOMY.
_ Foolscap-VO pri * 3 . ebtb,
P ICTURES of the HEAVENS, with Thirty
IHtflTamsof tlieRUr* an-l 8ol*r Fyatrm. By the Author of
*• A Proeeut. fo - Young Churchmen," * My Godinot’er’s Loiter," &c.
Lou on: J and ‘3. Mozlbt, 6, Pa'on oatcr-row.
UOKNuW.-Captain ANDERSON’S vivid
Personal JOURNAL of the 6I&UE is now ready. Price 2s.
To bo had ovaty whero.
Thirtieth Thousand.
D R. LIVINGSTONE'S TRAVELS. This
Work «■ now Related, and copies may bo obtoinod of every
Boduellnr In Town or Country.
* An INDEX to tho shore Work Is now ready, prfee 6d.
JOHN MURRAY, Aloemarie-ntrtc-t.
Free to any address for six stamps,
D U. KITTO: his Life and Labours. A
Lecture. By GEORGE LACY. Delivered before tbe Mem¬
ber* of the Warwick Atbcmrum.
Louuon. l'U’ER. WAnviok: Lacy.
Now complete. In Tour vols. post 8vo, price 42s- cloth,
R ATKK S’.^ JOURNAL from 1831 to 1847.
•* A very enteitainlng book.”—Times.
Loudoa: Longman Brown, ana Co.
Now pabUsn'ng,
D ictionary of dally wants, in
Mrerhly r 'art», price 2d each. Each *’o ,> scrlbflr will have a
disnce of winning a Two Hundred Guinea I’rize. boa Parts 1., II.,
and III. i ondon: HOUL8TON and WB10IIT.
w
Illustrated with 250 Descriptive Engravings, 3s. fid.,
[IOC'S OWN BOOK of COuKERY.—
Agreeable Dinners Inoioonalve, and easily cookei Also,
Mm;—~~ sd LOCK;
Nice Dinners for every day.—W ard and L
; and all Booksellers.
Now ready (Monthly), Noe. t. 2. 3, -t and % price fid. each,
T he cumic library.
The FLIRT. By ALBERT SMITH. 75 Illus-
trailon*
MODEL MEN By H. MAYHEW. 73 Illustrations.
EVENING PARTIES. By ALBERT SMITH.
76 Ilia trat-Mi,.
BAL MASQUE. By Count CHICARD. 80 Illus-
U CHANGE for ft SHILLING. By H. MAYHEW.
6C 1 Illustration*.
Every Number embraces n complete subject, and Is pro tfoly Illus¬
trated by Leech, G Ibort Clmm, Ulne, Gnvaml Henning, Phi*.
Lonoou: W. Kent mil CO., Fleet-etrcct.
Sixty-four Pages, Illustrated, Fourpen*e Monthly,
T he family friend^
»• Yenr am-’slng very vsriod, tot neatly Illustrated, and very
cheap lllnatiated Timea.—W ard and Lock, 158, Fleet-attest.
TT'CLIPSE of the SUN, March loth, 1858.
I' J For a description of tho apparatus’* likely to bo presented on
tho occaslm. and th* ported* when the different phases of the K.cllpsc
will httpixm In different part* of th- country—prepared by a Febow
of the Itoyal Society—too LEISURE HOLK, No. 321, price One
Penny.
M, Paternostor-row; and 161, Piccadilly; and all Booksellers.
Just published,
Bccond Edition, price Is.; per post, jfcld.,
riTHE DRY Cl .LLOUION PROCESS. By
CHARLES A. LOSO.
•“Hils process is simplo and certain.'" ,
Bland and ix)^a, Photographic Instrumaat Makers to her MajMiy,
153, Fleet-street, London. E C.
Just puhll-hed;
Third hdit'ou, pjat ■ free, 6<L,
QPECTACLES. When to wear aud how to
one them. Addressed to those who value their Sight. By
CHAM.ES A. LONG.
Eland and Long, OpUcieas to her Majesty, 153, Flset-sUeot,
London, E.C - '
Just publlshod. Giilclitioa. price Is; per jxjet. Is. 2<L.
P RACiICaL I-*HOTOGHAL j I1Y.ooglass
and PA PUR. By CHARLES A. LONG.
RUM) and Long i hotograpblc imtrumsat Makers to her Mojosty,
153, Flcef-stre«t, Londm. E.C.
Tiisi publ shed, pi lec 2s. 8d.. In I rol .
p ON soil’ll ON : A Nciv View ofits Nature
l/\ Willi C.iuse with "StJcccMfhi n lan of rre«trneut.
(By •• 'll X GAllD\E .. M. U . Ac , Ac
London: JoHN Cm'CCHjl.L, New tfm 11 lglon-street, W.
N Jmn. published to I voL 8vo, So.,
JOHN SCOTT on the TREATMENT of
DISEASE8 oOhi? R)iN T 8 and U 1 ' EU8 A new Edition, wiih
Introduction, and Chspt»*4n Ao Constitution*]Origin and Treatment
Of Diiocjcs of too Joint*, . _ .
By W(LLI M HENRY 8WITH. P.R.C 8, fto-.Jko.
London: Longman and CO., Patrraost« r-mw. E.C. _
Tl/fR. CH.'PMAN on VARICOSE VEINS,
I* I price ** r,1 A so price 3* 6d . 2nd Edijfon. OB TLX ATE
ULCERS and CUT\NKOU8 F-RU MlON^oo the LEG.
CUl’MCU iLX, New Buriington-stroet.
Now ready. Fifth Edition, with eases, price la. fid.*, by Wd,
L ateral curvature of the spine-,
with a new method of treatment for securing Its removal. By
CHAJtLKH VERBAL, Esq., Surgeon to the Spinal Hospital, London.
London: J. Churchill, Row BuiUngtou-sUoot; and all BooksoUan.
NEW MUSIC, frc.
TTENRY FARMER’S BIJOU of DANCE
_*■ J- MUSIC for 1868. with «lx henutlfol ninarrations by BRAN-
DARD. Price 10a. 6d.; forming one of the cheapest and roewt elegant
pnwrata of tho season —Joseph Wiu.iam». ill Cbea^ida, E.C.
H
ENRY FARMER’S WILD BRIAR
WALTZ, just published, beautifully Hlavtntiod in Coloan.
Price, Solo or Daet. 4s., po*t-f?ce.
Joseph Williams, 123, Cheapslde, E.C.
H enry farmer’s n. trovatore
QUADRILLR8, Inst published, beaut'fully niustratod in
Colours by BEAN DA RD. Price. 8olo. 3*. • Duet, 4s ; nost-free.
Joseph Wilhams. 123 cheapslde, E.C.
XT’IN G and CO, SILKMERCERS, &c^ 243,
Jl\. Berent-itreet, and at the Crystal Palsco. Bjdenham, beg to
announce that during the Into commercial crisis they hive nr-
chased many thousan 1 ' pound*' worth of new d'LKS. WUBLTX8,
BA tFGKd. IRISH HOPL1N3 Ac-, which they intend selling during
tho ensuing season at Half-price.
L adies, write for patterns 0 f tho
N B W SILKS sod oth *r Fabric*, and save flfy per eent In your
8priug Parchasoi.—Addieia to Kt *Gand CO„ Heeer.t-s ., London.
H enry farmer’s pianoforte
TUTOR. Price <«. “This l* decidedly tho most useful nnd
best Instruction book for the pinnofono we have soon.’'—Musical
Review. Joseph Williams, 123, Chcapdde, E.C.
H enry farmer’s fantasia on airs
from VERDI'S Opera TROVATORE. Easy and effective.
Price 2s. 6d , pout-free.
Joseph Williams, 123, Chcapaldo, E.C.
H enry farmer’s u ada” valse.—
Illustrated in Colours bv B”AXDAHD. 8o)o 4i.; Duct. 4a.
London. Joseph Willi ah*. 121 . Cheap* Ida.
H enry farmer’s polka w amour,
Il’uttra'ed In .Colour*, BHVNDMtD. P.-lce 3a., pints go¬
ne. Loudon: JoSBPH WjLMaus, 123. Ch- ajnldo.
H enry farmer’s junoquaohii.lks.
4*.; Duo?, 4s PIuKrntvd n Colours, by BRANOAltD. Ecp-
ett, 3s. 6d.; Orobe^tra, ft*
Loudon: JOSEPH WILLIAMS 121, Chonpsi lo.
R OW, ROW, HOMEWARD WE GO!
River Song. By CARPENTER and 8POKLF.. Price 2s , post-
ireo A composition of much beaatv, and becoming Immensely
popular, the melody being cherralngly simple and gracefuL
Joseph Williams. 123, Cce*p*ido.
pAMBRICS. — PATTERNS PcST-F.fiE.
Pwisa Carn’id'**.
3r. 6d the Felt Dress,
French Brl’ Um’s.
3s 9d. th* Full Dress u*u«ll» sold at 7«. W.
Addrots to KING and CO., Regent street, London.
M
USLI NS.—PATTERNS POST-FREE.
Jaocencts .2s lid. the Full Dross.
OrgwndbM .6*. 6d. „
Chi tzMusins •• •• •• 6s. fid „
Flounced J rcoaeta *« .. 5s €d.
Fi-mnced Organdie* .. .. 16s. Od.. orastlyaold at £1 U.
Address to KING and 00.. *4L Regeot-atreet, London.
B AREGES, &c.—Patterns Post-Free.—
Bair •lines ,, .. „ St 6d. the Full Dress.
Chinre lUr'gre .. .. 8s. «d. „
Flouno«-d Pulxarino* .. ..lls. fid. „
Flounc-d Bar .. .. 13*. 6d. „
Flounced 'irenndtnn*.. £l 5». 6d., usually sold at £210a.
Ac dress to KING and CO., Regent-street, London.
gPRING
FABRICS.—PATTERNS POST-
FREB.
French Llamas •• .. .. 7s. fid. the Full Dress.
Chocked l.*l|f* .. .. 12s M. „
Bilk anti Mohair Dnnblo Bklrts 10’. fid. „
Bilk aivl M riair Flounced Kobe* •7s. r d. „
X'TwIch Pjpliti*.. *• .. 18s fid „
Ileal Irish Poplins .. ..£1 17a. fid.,ti«usliyM'dat
Ad-res* ti KING and CO., Regent-srreev Lot uon
B
TULLIEN’S NEW ENGLISH LANCERS.
f3 Illustrated in Colours by BRANDARD. Just published- Price
4a. j aaptott parts, Sa 6<L; orchestra Ipara, 5s.
Joseph Williams, 123, Cheapslde.
LACK SILKSPatterns Post uree.
CIsoJ FQks.£1 5 0 tho Full Dresa.
BaUn Barilla .. .. 1 10 0 „
Widows' FUaa.1 19 6 „
Flounced •Mlba.. •• .. 2 '0 0 w v
Mnlr^ Antiques.. .. .. 2 *8 6 „
Volvo* Flounced Robes .. 5 10 0 t ,
Address to K(hO and CO., Regent-street, Loudon.
TYTEW SPRING SILKS at KING’S,
TULLIEN’S NEW FRENCH LANCERS.
fj Illustrated In Colours_by BRAJCDARD. Just publlshod. Price jj
4s., posugo-free.—J oseph wiluahs, 123, Cheepside.
A NNIE VALSE. Ulastrated in Colours.
Composed by C. H. MARRIOTT. Prfoo 4s.; boplutt, Si. fid.;
Orchestra, &«.
London: JOSEPH Williams, 123, Cheapslde.
a A. MACFARREN’S LITTLE
• CLARINA’8 LP.oSON-BOnK for the PIANOFORTE,
Pam I., H, Ill, and IV. Price 2s. 6d each part, onstage-free
Complete in one voL, prico 8a. bound. “Without cxccp'lon tho
BimplO'l, c'oareat of »nv elementary *ra«Mae for your children.”—
Musical World —JOSEPH WILLIAMS. 123, Cheat side.
L ES JOLTES FILLER D’A^GTETERPE
OUAORILIE. B/J. T. WTONG. Beautifully Illustrated by
UUaNDAIwD. t-olos. JU ; I net*, 4
JorLTii Williams, 123, Chca{»Ue.
L a belle ecossaise’ quadrille.
Fy J. T STONK. Beautiful,y LUust.ated by BRASL'ARD.
Boloe, 4a ; lhut, 4«.
Joseph Williams, 121, CbtspriJe.
ILLARNEY QUADRILLE. By J. T-
STONE. Beautifully Mnstrated by BK4NDABD* Bolo:h 3a.;
Ducm, is. Joseph Wiu.ums, 121, Cheepsldo. V Xy
T A BELLE FRANCAISE QUADRILLE.
J J By J. T. STONE Boon'If ally liberated by BRAND AUD.
fcolcs, 4*.; Duets, 4*
Joseph Williams, 123, Cheapslde.
N
E W E S T
M U s /r c ,
Dions yo hear. Anne Frick.. i. n
Home they brought h-r W rlordoad. Miss Lindiay. ~t
Bonny El lac J R Tboinaa .. .. .. .. 2*.
Ti* the kloonl ght 4 top wr W. T. Wrighlou .. 2a
A P«*'m o•' Life. W T. VVrl^h.on .. • • 2*
My Tory Biide. Frank Homer. .. / 2*
1 ve tovrd thee lorg Frank Komcr. .. / .. .. 2*.
Dcnrtfary. Frenlc Bomor.2.*.
Last Night I Wtfko fiom Dreams cf Tbeo. Frank
hom*r .. •• 2*J
Kov’a Wife, an'? Wo'ro a Nodding W. V Wallace. 3*.
C hi mo Dgnin, Re»u Ifol Hells. B. Rich'ids' ..
Loudon: ROBERTCt CKA and Co., New UuriiDg’OD-streci, W.
T HE ERIN-GO BUAGH QUADRILLES
Bv R. Z\H U 1, rrice <B.; Full Orh nr*,** Performed at
th»C*v*'aJ P-'acs —l.cn C JKriKKIS.JKfioho-sqaare. Dub in:
J. W'lssheart nnd Bon B.lfolk str.«t.
E ngland for tfie English, and god
DEFEND the RIGHT, Xcw p.trlo'lc Smg. Words bv J E.
CA.v^KNfF. • Mu le by K. !, HI ME and sung by the Composer
with the mo»t inplurou^applau e. -Tico 2».
EVANS and CO , 77, Bakcr- » rcjt, rortman-squar©. W.
T HE BEAUTEOUS BRIDE. New Song
Bv JOSH. F HARRIS. With un elftrant Po-t.alt of tao
Prlnoesa Royal In bri ial stt-o. Si. fid. Hakkj*. 33, hathbone-pkee.
All now Mu ic half prico. Count*y orders • xecutcd.
C HEAPEST MUSIC REPOSITORY in
ENGLAND. A’1XE W MU IC HM.F PRICE; Soiled Mnate
at Qne'Fonrth and a Third, rgatitry Ordora ex-cu‘ed. (.‘ataloguaa,
one stamp.-D A' CORN, -8. R&lhbjno-place. Oxford-rirout.
^ II AM VOXD'3
IV/TUSICAL PRESENTATION LIBRARY.
if | Thrro Guln.iM por Annum.
Three Guinexa' vronh of Mono pre e at ited Grails to overy Annual
Suba:ribcr lo th» above iJhrary.
Subscribers are liberally »u pltnl on l^a" with every dereriprion of
Now Vocal and Imtiumeninl Music, and havealao nt tho r dtapreol
upwards of Three 1 housaiiJ Volume*. Inoludin* the btand ,nl Openu,
Imilttn, Gorman, French, and EnglUh Songs, and ail kind* of Iniiru-
^At'thoexoiraMnn of tho Term of Suhacription, each SuheCTlber haa
tho p-iviloge of selection—for his own property—from 100,000 different
piCCC *’ THREE GUINEAB* WORTH OF MUSIC.
TEEMS OF SDBhCBIPTIOK.
ForOneYAor .. ..£3 3 0 I For Thrr** Month* ..£1 50
KSmSTh-:: S oUorOneMmuS.. 0 10 6
A W. Hammond (JuIllfin’sV 214, Regent-street, W.
P IANOPOIiTES, Pecondh nd.—CRAMER,
8FA< E, *n*\ CO. Vava a li*ye aswrimen*, *y E ard. Br. ad-
wood. art! Co:l*rd and aH the most <rtctmed mnktrs, atgreauy
duced pric a.—SOI, Bcgaht- nroeL _ _
H armoniums.—cramf.r. beale, and
CO. I,™ ll.» Adi fra- At.KX V iD'iC S ItAtlMOM; MS
v nlngltt |*rice rom**'5»Oatoo«.—ttfeor Dcacti^ura
Lists teat frej on a pile itlott.
ft fUSICAL BOX DEPOT, 54, Cornhffl,
I Vi LniJ.a, for Th« Brio oi Bole, nftul. By Un. mlImwI
uiMt,. MCOt.6 tfrire.,, of Goao™, coouilnlos op«r«uo. ..UdooI.
tevouHto. and ucmt tin U .1 of moo. nooorie-TOl"
VYITSICAL BOX REPOSITORY, 32,
,j | f nigste-sirect (nearSL Paal'aV.- WALKS and M*CTvLiXK1H
££\\ril iSSSof NICOLE FBERE8- CMebretod MUfi^
in' L r.lflvlng- hrilllr.nUy the best Popular. Gporrtie. **A Bacrod
fnwriM*. Four Airs, £1; Six. Xfifi* ; blf?bt. C8, TwSW
»•_ vio \u i-'iiuff-boxw, IwoTuna:, Its fid and 18 s ' ^^,7*','?^
Foar.'iOs Cataio^oea of Tune* gratis and post-free, on application
G eology and mineralogy.*—
Kirmentarv COLLEC»fON3, to facli lare tho study of this
Vint X- ce can be l.ad from Two Guineas to One Hundred,
ZTS -^imen- of J^TI NNAVT, 149 -uand !fOnd<m.
MrTrtinaw give. Private Instruction tn Mineralogy and Geokgy.
( ORNAMENTS for the DRAWING-ROOM.
b y J. TENNANT . 14 9 , Sti»ad. LooOoo
P APERHANGINGS and DECORATIONS.
The largest and best Stock In London ct Yna^gL’.dMatg^
Iicsign. ccmmcr.clug at 12 yards for fid... ■* £80oW, K. r«t
PortlaD«l-itr«!t, darjlcbono, near tho Polytechnic Institution. Housa
Fainting and Dccoiatiag In every eiylt. hslimsies free.
±\ 213, Regen*.-strwitl
Striped Ohio* S'Iks.
£1 Ts.fid tho Fall Dr^M. / \
Checked Glafri Silk*,.
£l fe. fid. . / j
Sttt.M n.r Silks, / /
£1 7s. fid. /-^ /
Jaa er r llks, 4 ._ '
£|i*a.6d.
Citing Poult do Soles,
£1 d. \ \
Flcmnucd Fllks,
• »?a. \
French F ouucctl Silks,
' £3 13*.0J.
Velvet FI. ill red FUk*,
15 v s tVl.
And Moir<< Antifrucs. wpioby !]ic Oi:rrn n’*dPr'nce*a Royal,
£3 a*, tho Foil * reM iiftUnllv « ild at £6 *s.
Paf hros *en» {> •«<•- freo
Addr as to King .and • o. Ib-gra*-street, London.
1\TE\V KLKS at PETER ROBINSON’S.—
1_\ y w s,ri r .,1 OKa? it £1 3*. 0.1 tho Full Drew.
NewClir^bj GlacIMks/,, H fil ..
txrn *Ich CMekisUdbtf 7 „ £10*. 6d. „
New Bayadere Pnr-liks „ £1 7«, 'Wl. „
Fxiru lii-'h "ay.u-{< * Hk* „ £11 a. 9-1 „
The • iircmlqun Plaid -Ilka ., £1 lfia.Od. „
Rich l're*i h Fam-.-i-tlks .. £2 (M_ m
___raTOllTAST TO T.AD1E9.
TSSOLUTION of PARTNERSHIP of the
old-e«t#bllsbed Arm of HODOK and t/)WW VN. la com^iuono*
of which they are offering to «be pobllo the wbnl» of their v»l eb’e
Stock of ‘■••ks. >aerl». Manure, narpots, Daiaa-iu, Uncut, Oreasea
of every deaeripthm. Lace, Hoea, Kibban*. He. at v*cv prices, so
aa to ensure a atm-ly c'reranc*.
ARGYLL HOrSK. 2&fi. 25K. WO, VH, Regentre treet
I T Y JUVENILE DKPO T.—
BiBT-LIVE * and T.A n IR4' UTOB'tC* OTHINO W.VBF-
UOUtK-t.-LnUe ’ Nhpt Pr-*s a 3 for fo fid.: Cb m'*«.. wtb
baiwU, 3 fur Is. I Id 7 Drawers, 3 p«ir for 3s. I Id.; to, *©,* s •'•>r
8« 61 Chl’dre*'a Umlrrc’othing cq'ta'ly as cbeip, AH wo-kwar
nn-ed nnd mtd«of Horrrck'a Longcl* ft; a hw quail'y kett r%.
prere’y fur ou flu to ln«l » and th eo’oel-** fa-i « Psrlt-wovj
Stay*, 3t. Dd ucrpalr: aad *ho newiy-lnve t*d elarii Cnrt ., f ft ..
ten lo frmt. 3a. lid . nor obtainshla ■Isi.whrrp, Inftm*' B*»*In n«.
ban lrnmeiy trim-n*d cither with white or oil *tx, on* gaJu-.a raeit.
An Illustrated Pri** ' iat rent f ee on mvdicstlja.—'w fl. TURNKl*.,
68, 69, 70, and 6», BUhop«gate-r reet Without, Loud an, E.C.
M ~u"slTn EMBROIDERY.
**THK QUEEN,"
A new and bcautifully-d' s'lm'd fi err*, 2 », gj, per pelf.
O’liar to Match, In.
The “ Princess P-oja! " * nlLtr 9d.j Heorcs, 2b.
Drawn or. the beat Vuslln
Mrs. WTLCOChLSON'rj, it. Go dgv-st. Tot cuham- 00 L-t raid W
E M B R OI I)ERY nnd BRAID ING.
T AUIES and the TRADE
anpp'icd wlih the Xewea DeaJra*
on Viler material t .an *■ 0 * o'her Hont p.t
Mrs. ^nLCO'.'Kb'JS’d, 44. *;o vgc -irevt Totumhom-cocrt-roa^,
_ \ London W.
A List of Pric* free. A Collar for five
LO UNCED SILKS at PETER
BOBISdOVH.
New French FI» och! Fllk Rob'*.
New f'bevked Flounced FBa Ro'*e*.
New D yadAre M ar l'lau»ce«l Sil-a.
New Self coloured Glac<< -lounccrl Silk
New Broced-d Piounoed -Ilk Kobe*.
New Hum • F oun d hi k >
Now Striped Flounced Silk Robes.
TVfOIRE ANTIQUE SILKS, at PETER
J.T L HO INSOVS, In all the New Colour* at 3 Gninoaa *nd a
her. P. H. b-fii 1 are to ,ail Ladles* ra-tcular ane tlo . fi* the**
!?o<xl» a* they are of a very ri b qcalty, nut each Dre*s will be
found to ni6**'irefi yarrla. «*f a ya*rt wl u. •*. R. I* alaooff tin f.»r
•file «l »rduc-d nriie*. tnrceUrg cuaes of Moire Antiquo Hob a Pat-
tieru* of B ack ana Coloured sent p<w -‘‘rre* Kor n- t'ras of -Ilka
address Peter Robinson, .1 knnrrecr, 103,105,101, 107. OxforJ-itrcct.
T HREE _ GtnNEA8 AND A HALF -At
a tlino whoa tho price of Unmsnofactnred «ilk ts »o high, and
is rfso Mlvano nr, it will 84*001 «dmo t incrrelible thaf a HI II
FBENCH SI K DttRSd mav be had O' Three (Julneaa a <1 a Half
It murt, bow- vet. b;* adml 'ed that 'hia advantage is a vrrj exc'unve
one. Mreara. Jay had th4* g->o4 good lortune to make Inrsr parcha*c»
at ’ yona during tbo Ia?o msncU'y crsla -nd tho rioh ei k Dre* es at
the prices**'mod ab we do 1 . 0 * average more him half that wh'ch Is
u*uallv eharved for nrlle'e of a fti-.’llar q*'*l»*y and d.»*g>»-The
t ONIK).V GK.VfcftA'. M CAN1&G WAREHOU »E8, Koa- 217. 2P,
2,1. Regoht-strert—JAl'8.
G RANT and GASIv (late Williams nnd Co.),
having purehesed the greater portion of the stock of Mresrs.
I. nnd W. WALLACE, bankru|Ha. Hewed Siuslin Manufoc urere,
Gla*v4>», env-umlng to £12.2»fi Sa. 8d., an 1 sold 'w tho trv«t»*es «t a
dUcoimt »rom the cost of »'43j per ccuL will OFFER IT Full HAi.K
during tho present month; eaa»Utlu« of every da*cription of MU-SUN
WORK in viounclna*. Imerlona. Collar*. HI *vn, Em’rokleml
Muslin Dresses. Cambric Hundkorehlvia, Curtain-. ^C. As n means
of oaiemiing lorir tntile in ih s department, tho fullret advantate of
the purchase will be gl*en to ettstomrrs. 'IVy will -how at the «m«
time I6.«at yard* of cheap Silks- at 2^» 6d. the Foil Irrres of twelve
Tarda, wide width, present value 3i. 3d fKrrard; fiOO rich French
iioW Auti lore, .1 7re. M. the ettra Jcugth of nlneynds to o.ch
robe; 1501 Flonncod IVtnted Mesltn !>«*%*-«. at 6*. ltd., fast colours;
11,3-0 vor.ift French Printed Musiln. at lJ-1. pe.- yard, fast col ure,
w nh from lOd. to 1%. p-r yard. Patterns torw*rded to theconatry.
Hpodal rooms for Family Mourn’ng. S5», Oi ford-etroot. Commerce
House, aO.uO.6l. and 62. OXford-stre^t; and 3. 4. and 5. Wdls-suoet
N O. 15-16, Ludgate-strect, London, E.C.—
Dits-lotlun of Partnership.—The kuc--ohot* of R. WIU ET
nnd CO.. Mossra SHKTP-.KW. .KTH, ABBOTT, and WILLKT.Jnn^
beg to annoonoe tint the«A' E of the remarkable STUCK of tha
!*<• flnu la till cootin-ung. and they respectfully invl'e a visit from
ladisa and tamll*-* requiring 91 1 K^, farcy <D-aios cloaks. French
and Palsltiy tfiawls •a;*eri'W tahla linen, sheeting*, at».l gene/a)
drittw’rr. fclanVe** and flannels, laoo and muslin goads, hosiery, arls
glova*. habetdash-.y, kc. An opportunity like th* presont teldom
offer* for purchasing. _
■VfOURNING ORDERS—NEW MOURN-
lYg T'*G FABRIC*.—Patterns of all tie New Material ■ Ore per
naat.-Addrraa PETER KOB XnOS, GENERAL MOURNING
WAREHOUSE, 103. Oxfcrt-rtmt.
MOURNING MANTLES and BONNETS.
PETER ROtIK'ON Is nowahowlng rtno great nor<dr«ea,
botn for Mnarrlnennd outre Muur 1 g. at hlj GENERAL MOURN-
l.sO WA^EHDUA .103 Oaford -treet.
B
LAUK .'■II-KS, cheaper than they were ever
_ knov n— Pat’em* of all the new make*, free p^r |»..*t: also.
Moir< Antqucs In M ck and shade* ef g.ey. Acdma PETKK
POBlNdON,G«ac:al Muuralng Waiduoae, ltft, OxiorJ-atraet. Lon¬
don.
T N DI A.- FAMILY M* IU8NLNG.—Skirts
I trimmed deeoly wi*h crape from 3fn upwards to tbe rirh»st
ounlltv. with klantlcs and IVmnor* to match Family oHcra »npph»d
cn tho most reason able term*. Klrat-etaa* Dresamakbg at nsdreate
chatgoa. Orders attended ro In tewn or eouutrr.—Adore** PcTER
ROBINSON, General Muarnmg Warelioote, >03, Oxford-airret.
L OCKE’S LADIKS’ CLOAKS of SCOTCH
WATERPROOF TWEED. A *eleorion forira ded ou appli-
“"uJyvPOir TWKKD AND CLAN TARTAN WARPIloUhFa.
119 and 127, REG v.NT-? THEE r< four door* above Vlgo-atnwty
r\ R \ N D EXHIBITION of INDIA
l T PH AW S.—FARMER aad K0GER3 are now exhiir.tlrgln
thrir IndiK Bhowreoor* a sno t -uporb e-*U ctloo o cbotee
C-HHMKmE bllAWO, amidst whch are several of m r»*
drelgn »nd qur.1 tv, slmlUr 10 those aupi*U«d foe the Wedomg
Tl^Su^r^tiuwL' aaIJ'ct oak r.wroitrcsr, in. 171 , its,
BE'JENr-STRkKT. W.
IndiaBbawls Btpight and Exchan ged.
U/POBNING DHESSES for the PRESFNT
lYj nEAhOX.—SEWELL and CO. are now showing thrir flret
Novnltles for March »mJ April, and wapeafoirv in.ka .be atuuU m of
ladlos to their bcatifnl eoatumes in plain Mohrtlr ami Al.ihair k<s>ujU«,
with a vanriy of (.ten* I'oali d-* fioio and Mooerellne# deCbaMd.
Aleo. a pretty material for yoong ladies' dresses m C hockod Challiea,
**44 ^V^aa/tS! Old Compton sireet, and td and 17, Frith-atroot,
Boho, W.
L adies* and crildbenb jackets,
on MARCELLA. T«lLL. HOLLAND,
CAMBRIC, kr. ,
Wllh H.rnd*'mo D«i«.-na f it Embrvblerr or BrnWhir, at
X '--_^Mt*< WILUOCK3 >N S, 4*. G wlgr-atroet, .
C HILD liKN’S FROCKS. PELISSES,
CA n E8. T.O\G ROI1E3, be..
marked'or Fmbreloe y or RtalMoc. at
Mrs. Wl LCOCKOO?T8 41. Or^ge *tre.vt. W
L ADItS’ MARCELLA PETTICOATS,
M/KKRI) for RRAT1HKO.
andewy other Aril- 1 '* for Emb-oiderv or BreUI>ff, at
Mra. WILCOCKBONB, 44. Goodgn-street. W.
Y ALTNCIENNE8 LACES and INSERl
TION8. 2d , td., and fid. per yard, m-<Ve of t read by
ro'C-' Incry. Thcsa laset a*e now pnvducrd »o pe-f»ct that they ira
undistlnaatshabie from the r* 1. P tint s sent fW by post.
A UlSCOfK, 6t. Regant-ctreet t^undrum.
I ACE BREAKFAST CAPS, prettily trimmr.l
J wi h Pr sch sa'suet ribbaoj, in • very colour wkb lace appetf,
bs.tid- each,or alxtv al*
A. iiidCOCK &t. Regent-’•tTAtrt (quadrant.
B lack lace flouncings, Fi^iiicm
Inrhe- wide, ta. lOd. per yard; Twelve inches wide 2s. fid per
y r* Thtaelice* a e ell silk rich natt rn«. ueedlo-run. Pattern*
lent free. A Hl4X> K, hi. Fegent-streoc
TUP' >NS rt RESSCRTS DEPOSE, f.ir the
97 Cr'Uit, Bnl -r'ont. or Prernflmide — *Ti**e “ATFV HPHW8
PKTPI' OA id ere pe f, ctloo; they » vo- ere as or get out n oVar,
and they are the only no cnoc* *h t gWu ihat rinreut mUad, like
«pc«ai"ree to thedro-s which D n-» v so tl««ir.,ble. nark»*llna mtll
bos «nd a ni anv d sta-re uoon re-elp of a iVat-w^CO u-rttr-or
16a.M-Add.-re*Mra *tOHF.RT-'l V’V. |M. .»xfonl- • «.; Ladlo »
Ready-cufio India OutfitU g* Warehou*" 100, Oxford-street.
Falebltshe i 177?
T A PRTMA DONNA COK'-l-.T.-Thu
splend'diy-fl ting f ind * dap*s tho atyio of the eri Ivs od
Coraaletto ol Mwllc tn the oio Of iJf’trs wh rei * i.* rrt In *h«f
ao u*roiaed mod* of lacing n t-« bsck, l:h front fa preieg at ths
flea sra 'f the w iw illustrated it <vn ctn , hcl-M.i-,* remert
Paper*. po*t-frro, AP ciuntry nd n ant enrr ago-paid >-- po t f r*
—M«damre MARI' N «-<• MA1TLAAD* Patentee*, Oxfoid-
atreyff (outxw't th Marble A>cb).
alenciennes lac u.
Th^ Dt«t tmltAtim, made w’th trouble linen throa),
B^ucclv to bo dhtiugu: -hud from tn<i re vl Fr.-n h. Sampt a poit-freo.
BAKER and BOWDEN,
17 and 18, Upper Eaton-streat. E*!<m-*qusro S.W.
lyfEW PATTERNS in PK1N ■El) ILUI-
1_\ BRIC3 and JA r COvOT’ t Rrlt'-h a»»’i ’oi.-n damploi i<cel-
fre*. It KEB and DOW BEN.
17 and 18, Up;.er Eaton-sires;, 1 aton-sqttaro R.W.
8 1
S PORTING SHIRTS, by RODGERS.
Now and extraordinary designs In all colour Including ti jxmp.
Dip* hoxea, %>la, Ac A'so a ch-itc» of mor* tliun l<K» n-v aa!
fashionable Coloured fihlrtlog*. In ne« and geutlrenan’y pattern*.
BODGRR8 and CO., Improved 6hirtntakm, ?9 Sain' Martln'a-lano,
Csarine-rroM WO. Patterns and Book of M Uluatrauona pj*t-
froe for two stamps.
S HIRTS.—RORFRTSHAW S superior Sliirla,
sixfirW* Fo' fit and work th • ?lilrt» are cni'ir.uused.
lw*ng cut upon thecireol-r i rinofoto ao tba they art easily - i< n «k»
body, andtnt n» a perf.'ct-fiH-g front- The fnbr ca en- uf tho**tns
stre’fngtnakni for which he *-ou»e has bro - criebratr' nr -ea-lr
Bghtv vair*.—Addr«« ifohe*t«h»w nnd ='a, *>«"»« •-h’runakttra,
and India Outfitters, IOO, Ox ford-street, tatablishd 1777.
ERV ANTS’ - LIVERIES.—Th - best, at
. , modina'eprice*, forolriied fore alt peymentn. bv If J and D.
KICOLL, lit, 116,118, and 110, Regont-atnet. and .2 Curahlil
R eform your tailors* bills i—
DOUDKET and PON'S Rdlng Habit*. £t ts.; F.v>*msn’*
Bolt. £3 Se. BUT nired by iba tAiceo, Prne* Oraso t. Prince**
F W of Prtifts'a,end all th« Ro»al raoilty.—!»oo'bie* en' bova. 17,
Od Bond-,tree:; 25, Burlington Aroado; m*d •», Lombard-,traeC.
Lstab. 1 784.
F irst-class clothing, on ^ccnomi.-ai
PrioelpSr*.—Dr-e* Coat* £3, «c.: Roy** '•nil. U •. j« r lurb.
aeeordiortoh I hu-WAL ER BEBDOK.96, New Bcnd atrect, end
63, CornlilU N.B. North side.
L adies 1 first-class elastic
BOOTS, at MODERATE PRICFfl.— -*ri« Kid riaafic »k>oU,
mUlury hoe a. Ito. M lliiistrated p*lcw» •'a a’-w* • « po*t-froa.—•
THOMAo U MARSHALL, lift, OXFORI -jT- EBT, W.
Tvro MORE - COLD FEET.—latent FELT
1* IN80LSD BOOTS and P-HOKri.—BOWLLV •• d CO . .**3,
Charing-croes, I*ri*e Modal HoUler* at London acd Pari* Kihl-
A LLEN’S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
of Patent Portmantraua. De-potch Botes, I>frasing CaMW. aad
Travelling Bags, with equare o.woing by po«t, for two »t»mp*. ’■
J, W. and T. ALLRN, Mauufaeturer-. >8 -nil «. firrantl. w .O
F red, lewis’s elkothio oil i> »n
Infanihle Remwly for Kcamring Strcngthimlog. and Kruutify-
mg tbe Hair It la tb.- greale»t wonder of the age Wlui all. thrr*
fau try this. Sold by ail respectable vendors of prefntner) In tha
kin.rdnm in bottle , jiric* 2s fid. amt 3i fid Wholvele *c~nt fee
Kaciand. w c. Gn>»«inlth. Sbort-atres-: Flnahury-i.avw.i-.ctj fft?
Scotland. Lorrimer aad >iny«*. Bucbauao-aXreot Glaagow.—Frad.
f«wla. Inventor aad Proprietor. Dublin.
T AMES LEWIS'S MARROW OIL for tho
fl HAIR: Jockev Club Prangfpannl. and Wood^Wic IVrOuMM
for tbe Hatvlkerehlef: .’<1 Iodine .vip forth* ^In.-llauuortocy, a,
Sarilati‘»-huUdlflg*, Bolliorn; aad fib Oxfonf atrot- "
TAMES LEWIS’S PATENT IODINE
9J SOAP Is reeommei t*e«1 a* »b* only eorp seolng •»» vrvetfla
saaltar 7 nro;.er ie« hrnrfl-lnl to the skin, anJ geavraBy atavtived and
recoramfn tri bj the facaUy —8okl at M « ts ford-etre-.t^JW,_
B e N 7. I N B C 0 L L A S
cad RUIOVS3 ORRAtB from
Q'.re*. | Ci-t’h.
tfijk*. I Can e’s. Ao Ito.
In Bsttlea, I*. «d all Chetnl*» and Pwftuae:*; aad at ibalWpCt,
111. Great lluiselMTori, llloecwbury _
WHEN TOU A^K FOR _
LENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
8F.E THAT YOU OFT IT,
ea Inferior kinds arc often iuba:.tMed.
F “LOWER’S PLATE POWDER. «s nij.i'ool
fur clcudnr tb« Pie’*- tho Hafteahmftnr Itr**m» * -f
w>rd» Ac., c.. may b? obtained th/oagnelleftemlet*. o'’•' *
Flower. C^ gyilat Ma t lock In Bo>a*. at la., 2*- *»-. »-’d < > » < J
OLD REVIVER. Is. fid. per bottle; ELEC-
TRO-PLATINO SILVkR. la.: frTreud«ing.vl fiitfmkM*
and wore ^tf plated articlrs new by * tlagiajpp lesttoa. -BIU i H.
28 l,«U.ud; Draae, Loo<!on-br;d«*: Barclay, Fanon-street aad
al' jmu aguni*.
G
264 •
[March 13,1868
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
THE
G It E
0
R
FIO. 1.—DIAGRAM SHOWING THE FIRST AND LAST CONTACT OF THE MOON’S SHADOW ON THE 15TH.
The eclipse of the Sun which will occur at midday on Monday next, the
15th Inst, 1b especially noticeable on many accounts ; and not the least
so that it will be the most remarkable eclipse of the Sun that will be visible
In this country during the present century. For this reason we propose
to enter into a few particulars connected with so interesting an event
The Moon being our nearest neighbour, while most oi the planets and
all the stars are in comparison immensely beyond it, it must of necessity
happen that at one time or other it must pass over, and eclipse or occult,
every star and planet within its zone. Nor is the Sun itself exempt from
being thus hidden, and on these occasions is exhibited the most striking
and impressive of all the occasional phenomena of astronomy, an eclipse of
the Sun. iu which a greater or less portion of Us disc is obscured, and, as
it were, obliterated by the superposition of that of the Moon. When, at
the moment that the Moon is so centrally superposed on the Sun, it so
happens that her distance from the Earth is such as to render her angular
diameter less than the Sun’s, the yery singular phenomenon we are now
expecting—an annular solar eclipse-takes place when the edge of the
Sun appears for a few minutes as a narrow ring of light, projecting on all
sides beyond the dark circle occupied by the Moon in its centre. '»* A solar
eclipse can only happen when the Sun and Moon are in eojiitmctfpn, that
is to say, have the same, or nearly the same, position in tne heavens, or
the same longitude. This condition can only l>e fulfilled at the lime of a
new moon, though it by no means follows that at every conjunction there
must be an eclipse of the Sun." *• The plienomen of an eclipse," writes
Sir John Ilerschel, **is interesting and instructive in a physical
point of view, as it teaches us that the Moon ia an opaque
body, terminated bv a real and sharply-deUned surface intercepting
light like a solid, ft proven to us, a’so. that at those times when we
cannot see the Moon she really exists, and pursues her course; and that
when we see her only as a crescent, however narrow, the whole globular
body Is there, filling up the deficient outlines, though unseen."
The phenomena attending eefipacs of the Sun are numerous and striking,
and will, doubtless, be observed with as great care in this eclipse as in
those which hnppened in the years 1842 and 1851. The latter eclipses
were seen to great advantage, and the various appearances have been
described with great minuteness and detail by the astronomers who tra-
FIG. 2.
veiled to those parts of Europe where the eclipses were total and central.
In the present instance the diameters of the Sun and Moon arc so nearly
alike that the eclipse will be almost total; only a very Blender thread of
light will be seen surrounding the Moon at the instant of greatest dark¬
ness ; but the duration of this bright ring of light will not exceed thir¬
teen seconds in England, and it has been calculated that the augmentation
of the Moon’s diameter during the eclipse will cause it to be total in the
vicinity ot the Island of Madeira. Under the roost favourable circum¬
stances of an annular eclipse the Moon may remain on the disc of thp Sun
for nine minutes and fifty-six seconds; and in a total eclipse the Sun’s
disc may be completely obscured for a space of six minutes.
The darkness which prevails even during a total eclipse of the Sun is
much leas than might oe expected; and, even when the Sun has been
completely hid for a space of between four and five minutes, the light was
estimated at the instant of total obscurity to be aa great as that of the
full Moon. During an annular eclipse the chink ot sunshine dispels
nearly all darkness. Bally, who observed the annular eclipse of 1836 to
considerable advantage, states that the darknes3 during the period of the
annulus was not greater than that caused by a temporary oloud passing
FIO. 3.
FIG. 4.
over the Sun; the light, however, he remarked, was ot a peculiar cha-
One of the most remarkable appearances which occurs during a total
eclipse of the Sun is the crown of bright white light which surrounds the
dark body of the Moon at the time of total obscurity (as in Figure 2 ),
and marks the position of both luminaries in the heavens. This crown
generally takes a radiating form, some of the rays being much longer
than others, as in Fig. 3 of the accompanying diagram, which is copied
from *lie description by 31. Schmidt of the total eclipse of July, 1851 .
This is generally supposed to be due to an atmosphere surrounding
the Sun. In addition to this phenomenon, which has been seen at
atmoaphere surrounding
me Mm. in addition to this phenomenon, which haa been seen at
nearly every total eclipse, several rose-coloured prominences ot irregular
shape in immediate contact with the dark edges of the Moon were
perceived with the greatest distinctness In the eclipses of lR43and 1851
The first figure shows the form and position of those crimson pro¬
tuberance,. from which it will be seen that they are of fantastic shapes
and at unequal distances apart. These are likewise generally supposed
no
no, 7.
no.»,
ECLIPSE.
to have some connection with the atmosphere of the Sun, and to bo
the same as the bright and irregular streaks of Jisht sometimes seen
on its disc, and known by the name of facul®. The most prominent
of those rose-coloured spots were connected by a line of the same
bright crimson tint, and the two lower ones presented an appear¬
ance similar to that of a flame blown aside by the wind (Fig. 5). These
appearances have been observed in a greater or less degree in almost every
other eclipse of the Sun, but have not been described with such minute¬
ness. It would be desirable to note the form and position of all the dark
spots and tacul® on the Sun’s disc for a few day b previous to and following
the eclipse. The facultc are always most conspicuous at the margins ot
the Sun, and, like the spots, confined to the Sun’s equatorial zone.
A remarkable appearance was noticed by Mr. Baiiy during the well-
remembered annular eclipse of 1836, which had likewise been seen In
former ones, although not apparently to such advantage. Just before the
Moon was projected completely on the Sun. and the annulus formed, and
when the dark margin ol the Moon was almost in contact with the bright
margin of the Sun. a number of dark lines or breaks were noticed iu the
thread of light on the western side^f-fhe Sun. This presented the an-
B carance of a number of bright beads strung together (Fig 4). As the
loon advanced on the Sun's dWc those projections, which at 11 ret had the
appearance of lunar mountains in high relief, seemed to increase iu size,
and were stretched out in the form ot long dark lines, and, when the Moon
was fairly projected on the Sun, they suddenly gave way, and the expected
narrow thread of light of the annulus made its appearance. A similar
row of lucid points was noticed just previous to the disappearance of the
annulus when the eastern margins of the Sun and Moon were in contact,
and, in fact, every appearance as at the beginning, but iu an inverse
order. It was noticed that these bright beads became more and more
rounded the closer the margitis of the Sun and Moon were in contact.
They did not remain visible for more than six or eight seconds.
Although the rose-coloured prominences have been most conspicuously
visible during total eclipses (and the same remark applies to the corona),
yet similar appearances have been well seen during annular, and cveu
partial, eclipses. In the annular eclipse of February 18, 1736, a portion ot
the corona was distinctly seen at that part of the Moon’s circumference
which had not yet entered upon the solar disc, and when a considerable
part of the Sun was yet uncovered. In the annular eclipse of September
1820 , just before the annulus was formed, a very small arch of light was
perceived at that part of the Sun’s disc yet unobscurcd. which appeared
like a thin reddish thread of light, and might be compared, both as to
colour and appearance, with the end of the flame of an Argand lamp. In
the annular eclipse of May, 1836, shortly before the formation of the
annulus, and when the cusps of the Sun were thirty or forty degrees from
each other, an arch of fajnt red light was seen to extend between them,
and this appearance las*ted several seconds. Similar phenomena were
seen in the Lnited States during the eclipses of February 1838 and 1847.
In the partial eclipse visible at London on June 28, 1666, a small part of
the disc of the Moon without the Sun was visible. In the excellent
suggestions issued by the British Association for the observation of the
total eclipse of July 28 , 1851. it is stated, by an oversight, that the corona
and red names are only visible at the time of a total eclipse; but from the
above observations it would appear that we may expect to sec some¬
thing of those phenomena during the present one, although not to such
perfection as when the darkness is complete.
Some of the brighter 6tars and plunets may be expected to be seen at
the instant of total obscurity; Jupiter will be two liours and a half to
the east of the meridian at this moment, and high up; Venus will be a
little to the east of the Sun, and nearly in the same parallel; aud Mercury
will be to the west of the Sun and more than five degrees south of it The
principal stars in Lyra, Aquila, Cygnus, 1’egas.us, Andromeda. Aries,
Perseus, Taurus, and Auriga, and tne Pole Star, may also be looked for,
and the places of such stars as arc seen should be noted, so aa to be able to
identify them afterwards.
An excellent account of the Annular Eclipse of May 26.1854, as ob¬
served in Canada, appears in the Illustrated London News of June
of that year. Figures 6, 7. and 8, respectively represent the phases of the
eclipse in London at oh. 2lm. p m., lh. o$m. p.m., aud ill. 3flm. p.m of the
15th inst, aa they will appear to the naked eve. The eclipse begins at
lib. 41m., and ends at 21 l 17m., tho greatest obscuration taking p.acc at
lh. p.m.
Tne superintendent of the Nautical Almanac solicits publicity for the
accompanying table, relating to the great solar eclipne of March the 16th,
which is accurate to the extent required for popular purposes. The
various towms. &e. have been so selected that the inhabitants of
most parts of England and Wales may adopt that tabular place which
is nearest to their locality. By “ local times " must be understood the
vu‘ftn or clock times at the respective places. "Begins," of course, de¬
notes the first apparent contact of the Muon’s limb with that of the Sun,
and "Ends," its lost contact Of the position on the Sun’B limb where
FIG. 5.
the latter occurs observers will have sufficient warning, but with respect
to the former it J» necessary to stAte that attention must be directed to
that part of the Sun’s limb corresponding to between one-sixth and one-
seventh of the circumference of the disc, reckoned from the bottom
towards the right. "Magnitude" is intended to show the extent of the
Sun’s disc eclipsed, assuming its diameter to consist of 1000 purts.
Toeol
•
Local
Local
local
Tim os.
Timas.
Time*.
a
Times.
Place.
Begins,
i
Euds,
Begins,
I
Ends,
a
p.m.
h. m.
»
h. m.
h. m.
£
b. m.
AL*mlocn ..
900
2 7 3
Kelao
kTrt
973
2 5 6
Abergavenny
.. 11 3*6 V
981
2 25
Kircudbright
21-0
916
l 57.0
Alnwick ..
v:t*
2 92
Lancaster ..
30 0
9 46
2 38
Anglcwea ..
.. 11 3
950
1 500
Leeds
36 1
963
2 Id-1
Armagh ..
.. 11 107
892
1 44 3
Leicester ..
k>-9
•-M
2 11-9
Arundel ..
97a
2 14 3
Leith
10-4
9 7
2 19
Axmimter
.. 11 251
‘>>8
2 23
Lewes .. ..
l-'-S
9‘6
2 17-3
Aylesbury
..II Vi
992
2 133
Lichfield ..
B'S
two
2 8-6
Bartuler „
97)
2 9 9
* mu-rick ..
o
08 3
896
1 310
Hath
996
2 50
Lincoln
105
985
2 14 9
Bean maria
.. 11 22 5
943
1 57«
Liverpool ..
(8 3
952
2 2 8
Bed lord ..
994
2 153
Lowestoft..
5i-y
974
2 26 2
Porvrick-on-Tweed
.. 11 356
926
3 7 6
L'mu Bogls
25 2
989
2 25
Birm ngtinm
..
.. 11 ST 6
983
3 8 1
967
2 20 0
Blackburn
.. 11 31^
955
3 *-4
Mnlvwn ..
30 4
985
2 63
Rodmla
.. li '60
9-0
1 538
Manchester
32 0
961
2 64
Bolton
958
2 56
14 6
9 *.»
2 21-2
Boston
..11 42 8
997
2 17*4
Marlborough
32 4
997
2 88
Bradford, Yorkshire
.. 11 3->0
9i*
2 9-0
Mrulock .. ..
977
2 lira
Brecon
974
2 06
Montgomery
256
966
2 1*3
Bridgewater
..
..11 2V4
989
3 SI
Newark ..
B l
986
2 13-6
Brighton ..
9G6
3 166
Ncwcastle-undcr-Line
31 6
969
•2 6 5
Brtitol
991
2 44
Newenstlo-ou- i yvo
370
1*44
2 II I
Buckingham
.. 11 M*«»
998
S 1<*6
Nowniarhet
41 4
986
2 19 6
Burr
.. 11 32 1
‘ton
2 04
Newport, Isle of Wig
'•37
978
2 10-6
Cambridge
.. 11 <18
989
3 18 0
Newport, n ales
944
2 2 4
Canterbury
.. 11 46.9
901
2 22 7
Northampton
999
2 13*1
Cardiff ..
.. 11 21 4
983
3 l 1
North "hlolda
37 9
915
2 10*6
Cardigan ..
954
1 54 4
Norwldh .
•9 6
982
2 2 P 0
Carlisle ..
978
3 31
Nottingham ..
37 3
981
2 12*0
Carnarvon
.. 11 21-4
943
1 50-4
Oxford .. ••
351
997
2 11-2
Chatham ..
971
2 19 0
Pcmbroko .. ..
160
9 8
1 62 7
.. 11 441
970
2 19 8
i’cnr.ance .. ..
IP3
977
1 49 5
Cheltenham
.. li Alt
990
2 7-2
Peterborough
41 H
998
2 16 3
Chester
958
2 32
Plymouth ..
18 5
989
1 tO-3
Chesterfield
.. n 36-0
0 5
2 10 6
oolo
38-4
967
2 72
Chichester
.. 11 367
975
2 13-4
Portsmouth
350
976
2 11-8
.. 11 314
995
2 7*7
Preston .. ..
an i
963
2 4*3
Colchester
..11 46-7
973
2 22 0
Ramsgate..
486
958
2 2P4
Cork
914
1 359
Hlchmoad, Yorkihire
46 2
9d2
2 91
Cnyen’rr ..
987
2 10 0
B ip m
*7
959
2 103
Croydon ..
976
2 10-8
Hess
.917
981
2 49
..
.. 11 21-4
998
1 591
Kutlaud ..
39 3
995
■2 14 3
Doal
954
2 24 3
-alisburv ..
31 6
992
2 83
Denbigh ..
952
2 00
Beorbofoagh
425
970
2 158
Derby
.. li 35 2
980
2 10 3
Sh erne ss ..
16-2
967
2 210
Doncaster..
974
2 12 2
Sheffield ..
359
972
2 10-3
Dorchester..
.. II 272
993
2 60
Shrewsbury
28-6
968
2 J-8
Dover
1*55
2 23-9
Sleaford ..
4iiH
1*91
2 15-5
Dublin
.. 11 11 2
912
1 45 9
Fouthampton
13 5
984
2 10 3
Dumfries ..
918
1 59 8
Stafford
42 2
‘>75
2 72
Dunbar
915
2 5-2
Stratford-on-Avon
327
*•88
2 85
Durham ..
918
3 0-9
Sunderland
38-2
948
2 10-9
Edinburgh
..
.. 11 302
s m
2 1-8
Swamom ..
211
970
1 677
Ely ..
..11 43 9
990
2 19 0
322
999
992
1 59-6
12 1
996
2 16 8
Falmouth ..
9HJ
1 5l«
f*7
9 2
2 17
Glasgow ..
.. 11 2t fi
894
1 56 3
187
985
1 56 3
Glouo-*tflr|..
988
2 6 3
32-1
91*7
1 59*7
Gravesend ..
972
2 192
13 9
980
1 61-9
Great Grimsby
..11 43 8
985
2 17-7
34 0
990
2 97
Greenwich..
976
2 17*4
Watford ..
393
985
Guildford ..
979
2 14-5
28 »
961
2 1-8
Halifax ..
.. 11 34 1
962
2 8-3
27 7
‘91
2 4-9
Harwich ..
.. 11 48 S
<100
2 33 9
300
915
haMlngs ..
959
2 20 2
41 1
980
Borefoid .,
.. 11 281
980
4
98 1
2 14*5
Hertford ,,
983
2 171
Wolverhampton
319
978
9 7.0
Holyhead ..
936
l 51-6
307
984
Hull
,,
.. U 122
980
2 16 1
MS
97*»
Iptwieh „
It
.. li in
V/4
i m
York m is
«s
11
3 18’3
SUPPLEMENT.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON HEWS
Marct! 13ttt, 1R58.
ARRIVAL OF THE FiUNCE AND 'PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM, AT ANTWERP.
2G6
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
t[ Marc 11 13, 1858
THE BRIDAL TO DR
OF TITB
PRINCE AND PRINCESS FREDERICK
WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA.
It would be difficult, perhaps impossible, to point out a marringo
which, so for as sneli an event affects the welfare of nations, was ever
formed under more favourable auspices than that of Priuco Frederick
William of Prussia with the Princess Royal of England. Under the
impression that the bridal tour of the illustrious couple is worthy of
some more enduring record than the fugitive accounts of each circum¬
stance as it occurred, we have grouped together the chief incidents
of the Continental portion of the torn-, including the State Entry of the
Prince and Princess into Rerlin and the week's festivities that ensued
—so that this Number of tho Illustrated London News may be a
permanent mid, with the accompanying Illustrations, an interesting
record, to be referred to when the event itself shall have passed into
the domain of history. The tour was throughout a triumphal pro¬
cession, the Roynl couple Iwhig everywhere welcomed with the most
joyous and hearty feelings; and as regards Prussia the whole
nation seems to have delighted to do the Princess Royal hononr, and
in honouring lier to do honour to the nation from which she springs.
ARRIVAL OF THE ROYAL COUPLE AT ANTWERP.
The squadron which conveyed their Royal Highnesses from the
British shores on Tuesday, February 2nd, proceeded no further than
tbeNore that night—starting the following morning (Wednesday)
at two o'clock for Antwerp.
The good people of Antwerp were k<pt in a continuous state of
suspense as to whether the squadron would not disembark Ibcir Roynl
freight at some other point, inasmuch . as the weather had been
twenty-four hours before so tempestuans that their quays hud been
flooded. Tho delay at the Nore caused more misgirings. The people,
the troops, and the various functionaries assemb’ed nt an eurly hour
on the Quai Vandyck, and the King, accompanied by the Duke of
Bralianl and the Count of Flanders, arrived as early as ten o'clock.
He would have been earlier, hut lie also was kept back by a fog on
the railway. Soon after lie arrived a telegraphic message came across
Channel stating that the Royal squadron had been delayed, and tho
troops were thereupon marched back to barracks. At half-past
two o'clock, however, came a telegraphic message to the Pilot-house
that t he Royal squadron had arrived at Flushing at eleven, and would
probably enter the port of Antwerp.hetween three and fonr.
The news quickly spread through the town, and it was brought to
the knowledge of the dealest and most Indifferent liy the loud booming
of the great bell of the Cathedral. Crowds again gathered upon the
streets, and in an incredibly short space of time the quays were tilled
from end to end with people. The Cuirassiers again appeared on their
stont Flemish steeds, and a regiment of Chasseurs ;uid soldiers of the
Line inarched on to the quays. By a few simple mmuearros, executed
with precision, they soon succeeded in clearing an open space on the
landing-wharf, and covering it with carpets brilliant in colour and
elegant in design. The Ministers, Consuls, and civil and military
functionaries, all wearing their richest uniforms, now began to
assemble, nnd. as each when he arrived was admitted to the carpeted
space, that little oasis ere long presented a splendid appearance. The
effect of the spectacle was still further heightened by the arrival of
the King, the Princes, aud a brilliant Staff of officers. His Majesty
wore a military uniform, with the insignia of the Order of the Black
Eagle of Prussia.
The firing of the guns of Fort Lillo, nice miles below Uie city,
precisely at three o'clock, was the first signal of the approach of the
Royal squadron. After passing that station, the sqnudron was sainted
by Fort dn Nord, the gnns of whieh werojnst visible above the earth¬
works, and amid the noise nndsmoko thus occasioned the Royal yachts
passed the heavily-armed batteries on the south hunk of the Scheldt,
the entrance to the new docks, and the double line of forUrinations.
A few more turns of the paddle-wheels, and they glide majestically
into a scene of singular beanty. As far as the eye can reach, the river,
here as broad and as deep ns the Thames at tireenwich, Hows in a
straight tine, its bosom unvexed by the stroke of a single oar. Oil the
riiilit hunk are seen a series of magnificent quays, more than a mile in
length, planlcd with a double row of trees, and lined by handsome
edifices. They nre crowded with people, some of them wearing
costumes of the most quaint description, and from the windows of
in my of the houses arc Hying the lings of Englunl, Prussia, and Bel-
gram. Tho basins at the bottom of the town are well filled with
snipping gaily dressed in the brightest colours. The Fwwkja and
Albert, with the Prussian flag at the maiu and the union-jack at the
lore, and decorated in the most tasteful manner, moved slowly up
amid the shouts of the spectators. She anchored intna fientre of the
rivir, nearly opposite the Port dc L'F,scant, and was sainted by the
p ins of the Citadel and by those of the Tcte de Flandre. The Fairy
passed between the Victoria aud Albert and the quay, and dropped
her anchor a little further up the river. Her example was followed hv
liie Orburue and thu Vivid. Tho CuropOtf also steamed up iu the
nine direction; but before tailing up her position hy lhc side of her
tiny consorts she returned tile salute of the Citadel with two broad¬
sides, which seemed almost to shake the earth.
As soon as the firing lrnd ceased the King proceeded on hoard the
Victoria and Albert, and, after exchanging affectionate greetings
with the young Prince and Princess, gave them a hearty welcome to
his dominions. Lord and Lady Howard de Walden also went on
hoard the yacht and offered their congratulations to their Royal High¬
nesses. A few minutes were spent in receiving the purling homage
of the officers of the ship, and, the last word having been' 'spoken,
the Princess Royal was conducted l>y- the King down the ladder to an
elegant twelTe.oared boat, paintel while and-geld. - Priuoe Frederick
William followed,.and the ladies and gentlemen in attendance Were
lauded in the boats belonging to the Royal yacht. The moment that
the Princess left the side of the Victoria and Albert, the crew—officers
and men—mounted the paddle-boxes, aud gave three such cheers as
probably the good people Antwerp never heard before. The crew
of the C'urafoii, too, who now manned the yards, as well as those of
the Fairy, the Osborns, and the Vivid, sent forth repeated hurrahs,
in a style which evidently astonished the amiable but somewhat stolid
Flemings.
The Princess Royal was handed on shore and conducted to the car-
nnge by the King, htr^ august husband lollowing between the two
Belgian Princes. The utmost anxiety was manifested by tiie people
to see her Royal Highness, in whom they apparently- felt an unusual
mterest, and she traversed the short distance between the river side and
the carriage amid the most enthusiastic applause, accompanied by the
waving of tuts and handkerchief;, ‘die conversed with the King in a
cheerful, lively maimer, and seemed nothing the worse for the voyage
from Gravesend. She wore a dress of light-coloured moirfi antique,
a black velvet pelisse, aud a grey silk bonnet, trimmed with flowers
and cherry-coloured ribbons. The Prince wore a Prussian uni¬
form. All the Rival party, with the exception of tile Count of
Flanders, entered oue carriage, drawn by four beautiful bays. It was
intended that the Royal carriages, of which there wore two, should be
followed to the station by tho coaches of the Ambassadors, Consuls,
and civil and military authorities in something like order; but, as it i3
not the practice iu Antwerp to lino tho streets with soldiers or police¬
men on such occasions, the consequence was that, the moment tlio
carriage containing the King and the young Prince aud Princess
moved from the quay, tho croud, disregarding the military escort,
rushed in behind it and isolated it from the others.
Tho Prince aud Princess simply drove through the streets to the
railway station; Hags, crowds of spectators, aud hearty cheers marked
their progress, and at the station they were received by a regiment of
Rifles, their baud playing ‘"God Save the Queen.” In a lew more
miuutes they were rolling alongin a special train to Brussels. In the
evening the Fairy treated the townspeople to a, display of fireworks,
which had a very brilliant effect, and gave great delight to the crowds
assembled on the quays.
BRUSSELS.
Tito Royal bride and bridegroom, accompanied by the King of the
Belgians, tlie Dnlio of Brabant, Count of Flanders, Lord Howard de
Walden, the British Ambassador, Lady Howard, M. IJrockhuusen, the
Prussian Minister iu Belgium, aud a large concourse of distinguished
personage;, arrived at the railway terminus on Wednesday evening,
at six o'clock, having performed the journey from Antwerp within
oue hour. ;
A numerous crowd of respectable persons heal assembled from an
early hour of the day in the neighbourhood of the railway stu'.ion, in
the Plaee des Nations, and of the Boulevard du Jardin Botanique, in
expectation of the arrival of the Royal party several hoars before that
event took place. As tho night, however, was approaching the dis¬
appointment of tho crowd becauio very great.
Iu the interior of the station wore M. Liedts, tlie Governor of
ihahant; M. Gillon, Burgomaster of Suhit-Jorsc-tcn-Nooile; Lieu¬
tenant-General Baron Char.nl, General Gocthals, the officers of l!u-
diamonds, and wore n necklace and liropch of diamonds. The Princess
da Ligne was attired in a sky-blue ».lie of great taste; the Princess
de Croz wore a robe of white crape and flounces, trimmed with black
lace. The elegance and richness of this dross of Madame Barrot were
,greatly admired; she wore a head dress composed of roses and dia¬
monds. Madame Henry de Ligne word o diadem of brilliants, and a
necklace of pearls which dazzled evens eye.
The hall was opened by their R-ynl Highnesses. The quadrille
was composed of the Duke of Brabant d.nn-nlg with the Princess
Frederick William, anil Prince Frederick William dancing with tlie
Princess do Ligne. The Count of Flanders danced iu the second
quadrille, having as partner Madam# the Princess de Cioz. Tlie
Count of Flanders took part iu several country Ounces. Madame the
Duchess de Brabant did not dance throughput the night. TUedane'ng,
iu genera), was not very animated. The guests, who enme in great
formed rank
military* household, of the King, mid of tlie Duke of
tho officers «f the I’Jace dc Bruxelles.
One half of a battalion of tho Chasseurs Carabineers (
within the station.
On the arrival of the Rayal train tlie military
played the English national nuthom, “ God Save
His Majesty, their Roynl Highnesses, and suites, having graciously
bowed their acknowledgments of the cordial; greetings wlqcli met
them on every side, ascended the eightstutc carriages in waiting, and
tlie cortege proceeded immediately to thol’sluce byJB(fT3oulevnrd8i
under the escort of two squadrons of tlie Regiment of Guides.
The Prince and Princess Frederick Williaih vy-ere received on their
arrival at the Palace by tlm Diitffiess of Brabant, who wus snrrouuded
by her ladies of honour and tlie principal officers of the Ducal house-
liu'd. vo 7 / <y
The Royal cortJge entered the Palace at a quarter before seven
o’clock. The grand Court dinner, which was to have taken place at
seven o'clock, was then postponed until cigly?o'clock.
This delay, occasioned by the obstacles which tlie English flotilla liad
encountered in the Scheldt, had deranged the whole of the prepara¬
tions which had been made for tlie fete of the evening. The grand
dignitaries, the high jmietiunuries ot rotate, nnd the members of the
Diplomatic Corps/ wbu had been invited for eight o’clock, were
obliged to wait, standing,Tlie arrival of the Royal party, who did not
enter into tins saffe of the (diplomatic cirelo until nearly hall-past
nine o'clock. Before-eighty' o'clock the ball room was filled with
guests numbering more than a thousand. There were no formal pre¬
sentations made, as the time was too limited to permit such a cere¬
mony. IlikMojeaty, Prince Frederick 'William and his Royal English
bride, the Unite and Diicliess of Brabant, nnd the Count of Flanders,
cntered.tbo bail-room at about half-past nine o’elock, through which
they walked for some time, saluting all persons whom they met.
Amom-vt the company assembled were the Ministers of State and
tlie Ministers with portfolios; the Presidents and other officers of the
Senate and Chamber of Representatives ; Sir Thomas Walker, Secre¬
tary of file British Legation, and Messrs, Barrow and Johnson,
Attaches; Baron de Brockhatisen, Minister of Prussia, with M.
.Magnus, Secretary of Legation ; Baron Yriuts dc Trcunfeid, Austrian
-Minister: Monsignor Gouella, the Papal Nando; M. A. Barrot>
Minister of France; M. Seibels, resident American Minister; M.
‘Carvalho de Monies, Cliargd d Affaires of the Brazils: M. Sauelio, ;
resident Minister of Spain; XL Lambert, Consul-General of Greece;
XI. Vcydt, Consul-General of Guatemala ; XI. Oldcnkove, Consul-
General of Hanover; Baron de Grancy, .Minister of Grand Ducal
Hesse; Baron de Gcricke, Minister of the Low Countries; XL XIariauo
de Rivero, Consul-General of Peril; XL tie Richter, Minister of Russia;
Count de Mnntalto, Sardinian Minister ; XI. Ckesseun Xloris, Consul-
General cf Saxe-Cohurg-Gotha ; XI Jaerta, Charge d Affaires of
Sweden and Norway; ami ids 'Excellency Diram Bey, Minister of
Turkey. All tlie Secretaries aud Attachcij of those diplomatic lega¬
tions, with their ladies,.accompanied the eliiefs of their respective
mim ions. 1
Monsignor Gonella retired soon a'ter lie had exchanged salutations
with till King and the several Royal Princes and Princesses. Lord
lloward.de YV'alden, the Minister of England, was attacked with in¬
disposition on hiJuctm-ii from Antwerp, and was therefore unable to
he present in tho evening at the Palace. The Princess Frederick
William of Prussia leant.upou the arnroT the King, and tlie Duchess
of Label.t upon that of the Royal bridegrooul^!
Tlie King.and thtr-Helgian Princes wore the uniform ot.a^General,
with tiie grand-cordim of the Order of the Black Eagle of Prussia.
Prince Frederick Williammppeered in Prussian uniform, and wove the
grand cordon of the Older of Leopold. The Princess Royal (Ins
bride) was dressed in a robe of rose silk, ornamented with tulle illu¬
sion, with roses on the skirt Her head dress was a crown-of roses.
The only bijou worn by her Royal Highness was a ai igailicent neck¬
lace, composed of thirty-six pearls, presented to her by her husband,
and which was valued at 100,000 fr. She had also formed en .«*/Wqir
a large ribbon of blue moire, embroidered with ioses„wiiicli is, it is.
said, the distinctive decoration of the Order of tlie Swan worn by.
Prussian ladies. ’Hie Princess was pale, and seemed fatigued. She
was greatly admired on account of the sweet expression of her coun¬
tenance mid tlie graceful ensemble of her features, which .are less
regular than those of her mother, Queen - Victoria. She was accom¬
panied by the Countess Perponcher,-chief mistress, whose extreme
beauty attracted general attention. The-Duchess of Brabant was
dressed in a magnificent ro'ic or lilac moire antique, with • several
white lace flounces. She laid a head-dress composed of flowers and
numbers, were more anxious
At eleven o'clock the
exquisite refreshments were
flowers of the rarest plan;
On their return to
continued till supper h
After supper the King,
and the
to dance.
itered tlie Salle de Buffet, where
i&fasiou amidst n forest of
oral jets of perfumed water.
re dafil-ihg was resumed, and
was of a richness truly Ko.i al.
i Princess Frederick William,
■etired to their several apartments.
The dancing, liowever. coiitluued iiuiU hnlf pi.st twelve o’clock in the
presence of tile Belgian Princes.
The Royal pair left Brussels on Thursday m orning at eight o’clock.
The King accoinpumiHlIhcir Royal Highnesses as far as the railway
Duchess off
station,
logne.
Royal
of two
Brabant, tl
speciaLtraiii was m waiting to conduct them to Co-
Court carriages in grand liveries conducted the
ur august visitors to the si utiop, under an escort
the Regiment of the Gl ides. The Duke of
Flanders, and the Minis! vs Plenipotentiary of
England and Prussia accompanied their Royal Highnesses the Prince
-Mid Princess to the frontier by Vcrviers.
Tlie first ceremony of this day’s progress was (lie presentation of an
address of welcome at Ilcrbesthal, which is the first town of Prussia
tfifhOgli u Inch the Royal pair passed.
A1X-LA-CHAPELLE.
Going on, the train, at half-past twelve, reach.-J Alx-la-Clmpclle
where tho welcome was most enthusiastic. Tlie public buildings were
guily dressed in evergreens, flags were suspended in the streets, and,
where flags were too expensive, (lie inhabitants, an-urdriig.to a Con¬
tinental custom, hung out hearthrugs, ora piece of gay carpeting.
The British Ambassador, Lord Bloomfield, hero met tho bridoand
tridegroom, having left Berlin for tlie purpose. Immediately upon
arrival the Prince and Princess partook of Iflm-hemt nt the Pre¬
sidential Offices, and afterwards visited the linns of Aix-la-Ohapello
nmong which, of course, the Cathedral of Charleui igne occupies tho
foremost place.
COLOGNE.
Train was then again taken, and at six o'clotk i_ the evening the
Royal pair were at Cologne. Here they were ifeWtred at, the railway
terminus by Prussian officials, specially deputed for the purpose, and
also by a brilliant throng-. The cheers were rig.n-mi., and addresses
were presented and responded to. A batch of li.-iudiramc hriilul gills
hero awaited the Royal pair, sent from the various guilds o the town.
It was noted, however, that, although every other, hotly was repre
rented by a depntttion at the formal reception given at the station,
the Roman Catholic clergy lnul sent uo representative, ami the tils
courtesy ivos much remarked upon.
From the terminus the Royal cortege imxwxl through the illnmi-
anted streets, first to tho Cathedral, to w liieh the Prince conducted
Ills wite, to impress her mind with “one of tlie most imposing
spectacles tluit human eyes have ever wilmssed. The exterior
of the Cathedral, that gigantic finest, of buttresses ami arches,
adorned with the most exquisite carvings in stone, had hot 11
illuminated aUrunnd wich'reil tin--. and it is only he who has setn
this uncompleted hut incomparable uliliect that can form even u faint
idea of the picturesque etfeec. Imagine this greatest and finest work
of Gothic arc-hit. eturc to consist, in--'.rad of stone, of red-hot iron
Even tlm brilliant sparks which issue from Iron in that state were not
wanting here. fire-wheel* and fountains having been placed nt dif¬
ferent npproprialu points of the Imililiug, At the same time the
intcriur laid likewise been lighted by the red fires, u Inch gleaned iu
through tlie painted windows, and tlm* produced an effect altogether
beyond description.
From this scene of magnificence the bride and bridegroom had lo
return to listeu to more addresses mid speeches: the evening was
wound up by a grand Concert—the performers tlie famous Cologne
Choir Union, most properly assisted, however, on this occasion by a
reinforcement of ladies.
The concert consisted of three pieces only-— Weber's overture to
“ Oberon,” mid two cantatas by the Choral Union, expressly written ami
composed for the occasion. One of them celebrated the fntiire alliance
of England and Prussia for the defence of liberty, the Prince and
Princess, who sat listening among a brilliant audience, being per¬
sonally addressed, and culled upon by the singers to realise this wish
of the Prussian people. The lust verses were siuig to tiie air of the
British uutiuiiul anthem, \vhieb serves for similar purposes all
over Germany; and at this the whole audience enthusiastically rose.
Journeying was resumed again at an early hour on Friday.
Throughout the progress of the Royal couple the Generals iu com-
nauiU ot the various districts, with tlie Ober-President or Civil
Governor, hud orders to accompany the train as long as it was passing
through their district. At all the stations where any stop wits made
tlie whole body of the officers m any neigh houring gurrison had
orders to he in waiting; at the statious where uo stoppage was made
tiie .train nevertheless passed very slowly along, so that the people
assembled might have an opportunity of seeing the young couple. .■ In
tho fortresses which the train passed all tho guns they mount were
tired once, both on the arrival and departure of the train, j No
lengthened stop was made till the train arrived at llcnio Iloeliiun,- lit
which station, ns being the frontier of the province of jVestphalia,' tile
General in command of. the troops presented himself to, pjiy, his
, respects. In 11 mincer a short visit of a couplc.of hours was nqiue to
the.Hanoverian Court, In Osrher-lchen, winch stands on -the.(-on-
lines of tile province , nf Saxonyr . another greeting was offered the
■ young couple by the military and civil authorities of that province,
audit was nearly derail o'clock before file train -arrived at Magde¬
burg, where halt was made for the niglit.
Magdeburg was brilliantly illuminated, and on the following morn¬
ing (Saturday) a wedding present liras offered by the town. This con¬
sisted of a silver model of the market-place equestrian statue of the
Emperor Otto 1 , the founder of Magdeburg, aud who mnrried an
English Princess, Kditha. The model weighs about half a lumdred-
weight, aud cost about 5000 thalers (£750).
M
fejw wn
j.
'!S*C3SSS 3FJ&J3E®113EE©i£ WIUUMtASB SHW® S3US&2H
©3£AH© S2JT3ST ®® TJHJB IPISIIH©® AH® ff ' :
Munir 13, 1858. J
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
267
POTSDAM.
M igdeborg was left about noon on Saturday, and Potsdam, “ the
town o'many palace*,” and the birthplace of Prince Frederick \Vil-
liam, was the next stopping-place, and here the most brilliant prepara-
li II,S were made to receive the Royal couple.
t he railway station was decorated in the most ample and tasteful
in inner with the llaas of tlie two countries: liars, wreaths, flowers,
ami ribbons wore intertwined and interlaced and interspersed with
every imaginable device and demonstration of welcome and affection,
mid all the population and ths numerous visitors present bore u
most unmistakable expression of joy and heartfelt ijgtisfaefiou on
their countenances. Tiie lofty wooden pillars that support the tele¬
graphic wires at the station were pressed into the festal service, aud,
with the addition of a few wreaths of iir-twigs, formed an arcade of
evergreens through which the bridal couple drove in procession- The
uridgf that leads from the station into the town was so thoroughly
ornamented with evergreens, flags, &c., that it seemed as though itliad
been built solely for the purposes of decoration. Over the gate of
entrance to the bridge was an arch of evergreens, bearing on one side
tile greeting “ Willkommen ” (Welcome), aud on the oilier the motto
“ Heildem liohera.Paarc ” (llailto the noble couple). The lew houses
before winch the procession passed hi its way from tlie bridge to the
Stadt Sehloss hud exhausted all the arts of festal decoration, as for as
the winter season would admit of their being practised, aud busts,
flags, flowers, Chinese lamps, arms, evergreens, combined to form a
picture winch, pleasing as it is to tlie eye, owes its chief charm to the
sincerity and heartiness of the feeling that prompts its production.
All the Koyul Princes liad arrived, and taken possession of tlie re¬
ception saloon at the railway station, attended by the highest military
officers, while tlie municipal authorities, wearing their gold chains of
office, were assembled in the adjo iiing apartments.
The different trades' companies, with their banners, their emblems,
aud their bands, marched from tlieir places of rendezvous to the yard
of 1 he railway station, preceded by the military who figure hi the
procession, and who had just fetched their colours from tlie l’alace.
In addition to the thousands of human beings Hint were awaiting tlie
arrival of the long expected train were 600 individuals of a species that
seldom figures hi a I loyal pageant: these were tlie Royal swans, that
usually disport on the waters of tlie Havel, aud on this occasion had
been bribed by plentiful handfuls of grain to remain in the neigh¬
bourhood of the bridge over which tlie procession was to pass.
The Royal train arrived at twenty-five minutes past three, the loco-
uiot.ve highly adorned with wreaths of evergreens, and the boiler
bearing the words “ Willkommen hi Preiisscn.” Another minute
and the Princess was handed out of the state carriage by Prince
Frederick William, and received by the Prince of Prnssia most
affectionately. Prince Albrecht and his son were present, and
hastened with tlie other Royal Princes to express their welcome to
their young relative, and tlie Royal party then retired into tlie waiting
saloon to receive addresses auk presentations.
After this tlie bridal couplo and their suite got into tlie carriages in
waiting, and drove in procession into the town.
't'hc view from tlie liridgo just previous. to tlie arrival of the festal
procession was indeed very attractive, tlie bridge itself being kept
() uite clear of passengers, so that all its decorations were distirctly
visible. Ac one end of the bridge was the railway station with all its
varied and many-coloured occupants and decorations, with the
Iirauhausberg aud tlie battery firing its salute; at the other end
entire beds of human faces planted along and over every balustrade
ind every vantage-ground that the buildings aud the ground admitted
of, tlie colonnade and tlie stately pile of the Stadt Scliloss, tlie steeples
of the churches, from Which merry peals were pouring, just then lit by
.lie afternoon sun.
The procession loft the railway station, accompanied by the most
enthusiastic cheers of the multitude assembled there; and as tlie
cortege proceeded over the bridge, with numerous bands playing the
national hymn of both nations, tlie effect was very striking.
On reaching the other side of the bridge tlie young couple were
received witli deafening cheers, which lasted throughout tlie short line
of streets they had to pass before entering tlie courtyard of the Palace,
where the (lardy dn Corps drew up on one side opposite to a guard ot
honour formed by the Lcib Battalion of the 1st Regiment of Foot
Guards. (This regiment wears on grand occasions such ns tiie present-
the old-fashioned grenadier cap which our troops wore in the time/of
the Duke of Marlborough— straight and upright in front, and plated
with metal, but sloped away from tlie top to tlie back oftke hcad.)
On alighting at the entrance of tiie Stadt Sehloss, tlie young couple
lound the bull and marble staircase richly decorated with (lowers 'and jrum'c into tins city. They bring yon their most respectful greeting
shrubs and cosily plants; and here, at the top of the staircase, were
all the Royal Princesses assembled to receive them, while the house-
linlds of tlie different families ranged themselves along the stairs.
Tncre were present the PrincesB of Prussia (who arrived only tiie
night before from Weimar), the Grand Duchess Dowager of Mecklen¬
burg Schwerin, the Princess Carl of Prussia, Prbrcets^riedriCh of
Hesse, ■ he Hereditary Grand Duchess «r Mecklenburg Btrektz/ the
Landgravine of Hesse fiirchfeld, au<Kbte4g3hcess\ot'\Lcignitv..
Surrounded by these august ladies the Princess entered the saloon of
the Great Klector—a noble room, decorated with pictures and works
,f art. commemorative of tlie Great Klector j and here the civil and
military authorities were presented, and it) an .i<jjaiuing apartment
their ladies. From tlie windows of tills saloon the joung couple, sur¬
rounded by their Royal relatives, looked out on the procession of tlie
trades' compauics, which inarched past wilh their hands, their
flags, and their emblems. When the procession hid all marched
past, the Prince and PrinceS-Ohaiiked itwpeople lor their exer¬
tions witli a silent bow, and tlie Royal parly withdrew to a diner tn
familte. / ' \ 1 ) i
In the evening there was a gala spectacle at the theatre, which hud
originally been fixed for tlie Sunday, as is usually the case here, hut
which, in consideration of English feelings on the subject ot the
Sabbath, had been altered to the Saturday. The illuminations in tlie
evening were very creditable. The use of wax candles at least was
general thrniighblit the town, but the application of gas, which is a
novelty in Potsdam, was rare aud seldom successful. Tlie hotels,
tlie Rath-hlms, and a corner house, covered witli garlands, Chinese
lanterns, and flags of ail nations, even of the cities of Great Britain,
were the most conspicuous.
Ou Sunday nirtriiing the illnstrions couple attended Divine service at
the Garnisou iCiiwiU’, where Dr. Krummnckor preaches. The Muni¬
cipality of Potsdamthcn waited on them, and presented them with a
silver ta/.za, as all otiering from the town. The Jewish community
and tlie Rifles' Guild presented addresses, and tlie young girls of the
town a copy of verses. These young girls were, in many cases
accompanied as matrons by ladies who themselves figured as bridal
maidens when a similar ceremony was performed at the entry of the
present Queen in 1823, then the consort of tiie Crown Prince. Several
hours of this day were spent by ti.eyoaug couple in privacy and quiet,
not, probably, without need.
- TIIE STATE ENTRY INTO BERLIN.
Early on Monday; morning (the 8th of February) the Prince and
Princess left Potsdam by rail m rente to Beilin; but took carriages
at Zelilemiorf. and drove to,the Belie Yuc Palace. At this palace
which is more especially the Queen's, tlie King and Queen met tiie
young Cintple—a mcetinif not provided .for in the programme, and,
therefore, ail agreeable surprise, imiicatiug as it did an improvement
in his Majesty’s health.
The Princess, who was most pleasingly surprised at this un¬
expected meeting, stooped to kiss his Majesty's hand, hot tlie
King anticipated her by taking her in his artfls aud kissing
her, exclaiming at the same time with joyful .emotion, ‘-How
delightful that is 1 Here yon arc at last!” He here¬
upon led her np into the Palace, where the Qnocn received her
also very affectionately. When the yonng ample left there in the
festal procession tiie King returned to Cliarlotteuburg, while the
Queen hastened by a ditrmr to arrive at tile''Sehloss.in Berlin in time
to receive her niece in common with the rest of the Royal family.
This also was not prearranged or expected, and therefore the more
gratifying. '
. Tlie entry into Berlin, properly so called, commenced at the Belle
Vue Palace; and,. having first assumed the festil apparel, tlie Prince
and Princess left the Pidaec at one o'clock. The Princess wore a white
satin or silk dress, with an ermine tippet over her shoulders and close
np round her throat, mid a diadem of brilliants in her hair. Tiie
Prince wore a Prussian General's uniform,'with the broad liahd of the
Order of the Black Eagle. Tlie people at one portion of the distance
to lie traversed outride of the town threw flobcrs into the carringo us it
passed before them, for which the Princess bowed her smiling acknow¬
ledgments; hut, just as she Was one time bowing, a tolerably sub¬
stantial nosegay flew in at the window and struck her in tlie face.
Tlie well-meaning donor stood aghast at tho cantretmCps, till the
hearty good-nature of the Princess manifested itself in unconstrained
laughter at the concussion, in which Prince Frederick William joined
The procession, commencing only with the state carriages ami mill,
tary escort, swelled as it went. /s. I v
In the first place, at the point where the avenue leading from lit lie
Vne enters the high road, tlie cortege found forty postillions and
other officials of the postal service, mounted and in full gala costume,
who at once took the lead of the procession, blowing lustilya mini her
of appropriate pieces of music. Afterwards joined successively the
master butchers, the journeymen bntebers, a deputation of the Burs
gmclmft, and another of the Kuufmannscliaft, all mounted, eacli
body with its band; tlie members themselves of these mounted de¬
putations, all in black frock-coats, white neckcloths, ami cocked hats,
jack-boots and spurs, and in some cases drawn swords, tlie marshals
of each body being distinguished by silk scarfs. At the approach of
the state carriage all tho mounted deputations saluted in military
fashion, and the trumpeters of all the hands struck up the national
hymn of both countries. Tlie next spot readied was lint where the
” subjects of her Britannic Majesty " were drawn up under cover of
their immense union-jack and other flags, and who gave the Princess
one of those hearty cheers that Britons know how to give wltcn the
heart is Warm- To the left of tiie English the children of the male
and female military orphan school;- were stationed, and it was one of
the prettiest features of the whole affair to see tlie yonng chaps salute,
their hand strike np, and tlie girls strew flowers. Tlie bridal couple
now reached the Brandenburg Gate, whore stood the Governor and
tiie Commandant of Berlin, and tlie President of Police, who took up
their places at tlie sidolof the state carriage after a few words of wel¬
come from tlie Governor, Kidd Marshal Von Wrangel. The whole
distance hitherto traversed war decorated with tall masts, supportiug
festoons of evergreens and flowers, from which also flags and pennons
were waving merrily in tlie wind. On the outside of tlie Branden-
burger Thor, on the architrave, stood, in flowers, “ Willkommen,” in
large legible letters, and any one who failed to comprehend tire
meaning of that mueh-snying word must have found its ample ex¬
planation n few steps further, inside tlie gate.
At the moment of the state carriage passing the gate, a salute of
three times twenty.four guns was commenced ; and the Obcrbiirgcr-
nieibier-atjd, Biirgermeistcr, and the various officers of the Munici-
pality.'stepping forward, presented to its august occupants the fol¬
lowing address
- NSltrtt Illustrious Royal Princess! Most Illustrious and Most
(1 rueious Prince and Lord!—Inspired with the warmest feelings of
delight and joy, tlie municipal authorities and the representatives of
the Uiirgersclmft come to meet vour Royal lliglincsses at your cu-
mut their heartiest welcome. Throughout the wliule country, and
especially in this city, is ilie joy unbounded at the auspicious union
in which, hat a few days back, tlie benediction of the Church and tlie
Mossing of your illustrious parents have joined your hands and
united your hearts in lasting devotion to one another. We found
the most joyful hopes on this your marriage. We know wliat the
inappreciable value of tiie parents' blessing is: it builds up Ilicir
children's house. We know, too, what a Messing radiates over a
whole people from a tlironc on which domestic happiness sits supreme.
England is proud of her uugust Snvcrcigu and her noble consort, nnd
boasts with good grounds of their personal virtues mid their domestic
felicity. We, too, with equal pride, can respectfully revert to the
home life of our Royal family. We bow witli the must grateful
acknowledgment before tho devoted love and affection shown by our
noble Queen towards our beloved lord 3iid muster the King; we
retain a faithful recollection of wlmt our late lamented Queen was
to her Royal consort and to the country at large; and ue recognise
witli joy the ties of affection that adorn the home of your august
parents, illustrious Prince and Lord. May, then, with the blessing of
the parents, all the domestic happiness they enjoy fall in ample mea¬
sure to the lot of your Royal Highnesses, slid may, by God's blessing,
a future of joy and happiness await you hi your own weal and that of
the country which shall one day be intrusted to your hands:
Most Illustrious Princess! out of the dqith and fulness of their
hearts tho Municipality and oilier authorities of Berlin call to yon,
' Blessed be your entrance into this our city!' Englnnd’s great and
powerful people, that stands a pattern to other nations not only in its
firmness, persistence, and per-cverance even in danger and difficultira.
but also in steady and pious morality und respect for law, and in deep
devotion to the throne of its Monarchs, accompanies yonr Royal
Highness with its best wishes; the jewel thnt it hns hitherto treasured
up with faithful love it confides henceforth to our loyalty and affec¬
tion—to tlie respect, the appreciation, and tho devotion of the Prnssiau
nation. England expects that everti i' nutrian trill da Ills dntji: |
Well, then, most gracio; s Princess, 1 firmly declare (and I know what
I am sajiug), the English nation shall in this expectation be as little
disappointed by Prussia's people os it wav on that day when once tin-
two nations faithfully stood by each other’s side in the grave con¬
juncture of war. May God for ever and ever bless yonr Royal Higfi- |
The music had ceased, anil only the firing of the guns accompanied
this spirited sppcccli, which was closed by a fanfare from the hand
stationed in the centre of the Platv.. The Princess listened with well-
pleased attention to the whole address, and by the motion of her
head conveyed to the gratified municipality the conviction that sbo
thoroughly heard aim understood it.
Ou moving forward again the procession entered first tlie triumphal
arcli erected at the entrance of the Liuden-svuiue, along which no
festal procession has passed since the solemn entry of the present
Queen in 1S23 as bride of tlie then Crown Prince of Prussia. This
arcli was composed of numerous festoons nnd garlands of fir-twigs
and flower* hung on and around tw elve flagstaffs, which bore a further
burden, light and airy, of flags and pennon,-, armorial ensigns of the
two nations and families and of the city of Berlin, emblazoned on
silk, the whole suruionuted by the Prussian eagic. Immediatelyover
the spot where tlie state carriage entered the avenue there were two
little gunii suspended by invisible wires, who, while thus hovering
over the bridal couple, suitained a Royal crown in tlie air, as though
awaiting the future day when it should descend by right of inheritance
on their heads, Ou each side along this avenue, ns well as around
tlie Pjriser Platz and further down near tlie ScMcss, were arranged
the trades' companies, the masters in the front row, the journeymen
in tlie second, witli their trigs,'emblems, marshals, hands of music,
aftd tlie profrsflonal jesterer, tlie Hans Worst of ancient days, but now
the .merrymaking wavers of flags, which they throw high in the air,
and, catching them as they fall, whirl them round and about in every
imaginable and impossible direction. This assemblage of the trades’
companies numbered alone 28,000, forming two narrow stripes down
the length of the Linden; between tho Braudcuburger Thor and tho
Royal Schluss there were at one time 180,OCX) persons on foot, partici¬
pators in or spectators of tlie procession, besides the thousands Hint
crowded every window and ropf, and the hundreds of persons of liigh
rank who bed repaired to the Sehloss to receive the Princess.
There were separate decorations of this festal Mall at every point
where a cros* street intersected. Tims at the intersection of the
Solmdow-strasse the above-mentioned flagstaff* were notuuly deco¬
rated, ns before, with garlands and banners, bnt in this case were
converted into obelisks, on different stages of which tlie busts of the
various members of tlie Royal family were placed in due order aud
relation. At the intersection of the Fnedricii-stnis'c the erections
tbok a still more monumental form, and allegorical statues of llie size
of life were mounted there in niches many feet from the ground, and,
like Hie busts on the obelisks, wire surrounded by evergreens, by
emblazonries, flags, aud various legends. At various other points
were decorations less cluborate than these, while the accidental pre¬
sence of certain barges In the canal over which the Scliloss-briicke
leads had given rise to 08 pretty u demonstration as any to tie found
throughout the whole festal liDe. The vessels were hauled up close to
the bridge, and hud not only flagged and sported very appropriate
banners ill addition, hut they had slung their tackle from mast to
mast outride tho bridge, across tbc road, nnd on these lines had hung
transparencies that even by daylight were good-looking, and in the
evening were higMy effective. One of these bore as a legend “A
hearty welcome to the noble newly-married couple;” the other, “All
happiness and good wishes from the Prussian Navigation.”
Tlie whole distance of tlie line of procession from the monument of
Frederick the Great down to the Scldoss was marked out with a
double line of flagstaffs, decorated ns before described, and ulong tho
side-sol this portion w ere- to be found at every available point stands
erected with seats for spectators, containing from a lew hundred to
2000 persons each, and orniuueutcd witli great skill, taste, und libe¬
rality ; many of these erections were so tastefully designed uud so
prettily fitted up tluit it inspired regret to tbiuk their occupation
would lie so ephemeral. Nor were there many houses iu the whole-
length of the festal line tliat did uot sport some species of decoration,
the very least of which consisted of two or more flags waving from
the roof or upper windows ; in many cases rich carpets were exhibited
at the wiuduws iu tlie Italian style, and in rarer instances cxpeiisiv*
aud elaborate decorations of the entire facades lmd been got up. A*
tire ptoce—ion passed along, tlie entire mass of the spectators ou both
sidc-s broke out into one long-continued cheer and shout of prolific i-
tion, the male massCH on the gronud waving their hats, tlie iaircr
spectators at the u imlows waving their handkerchiefs. It resembled
a human ocean louring its delight, the dark billows of which beneath
were crowued witli the white surf of the rustling kerchiefs above: tlie
mass snrged, and heaved, and flowed, and ebbed along the U« ridty
of the Mail uniutorraittingly; and wherever a narrow strait inter¬
vened. ns iu front of the Prince of Prussia's Palace, or in front of this!
Zeughiius, i ho eddies produced a whirlpool that at times threatened
many a human life with destruction.
It was mo. e than a quarter-past two o'clock before the state car¬
riage reached the Sehloss, where the young couple were received by a
guard of houour, a thickly-packed crowd of invited guests, who stood
in the courtyards, oil tho officers of the Court, nnd the Royal Princes:
here the Prince of Prussia received his dauglitcr-in-law very affec¬
tionately. nnd conducted her up stairs into the Scldoss. At the
entrance to tlie Schweizer Saal tlie Princess was received and wel¬
comed by the Queen and all the Royal Princesses. Her Majesty
-bowed herself most affectionate nnd kiud to her new niece, and con¬
ducted her into the interior of Gic ruluce. Iu the various rooms of
tho Scldoss the young collide received the felicitations of the Knights
of the Order of tbc Black Engle, tlie officers of the Roy al house¬
holds, the Adjutants of the King and tlie Princes, the Generals and
Lieutenant-Generals of the Army, flic Minister of State, the Privy
Councillors, the Presidents of tlie two Houses of tho Diet. Ac.
Their Koyul Highnesses frequently came to the window to gaze a! the
spectacle of the different trades' companies marching throngb the
courtyards of the Sehloss, and each time they appeared, as well »»
earh time they showed themselves to the multitude assembled in tho
Lustgorten, they were vociferously welcomed.
At four o'clock Die Court proceeded to dinner: tiie young couple
preceded by two pages and tour Chamberlains, aud fallowed by two
pjgrsbenring thiyxsl velvet train of the Princess: and the ladies of
her Royal Highness's household immediately afterwards. After this
description of the numerous hearty nnd ample expressions of kiud
feeling from all c!u<ses of the population, from the lowest to the
very highest, tlie report of an eyewitness will he readily believe
tlwt the countenances of the young conplc, on entering the sumptimns
White Saloon, laid out for the banquet, expressed the liveliest senti¬
ments of gratification end hvpp'mcss. Lord and Lady liloomfield
were honoured with invitations tn this dinner, as representing tlie
Court with which this matrimonial alliance has just been so aus¬
piciously concluded. .
At the dinner the Prince of Prussia rose and gave the toasL Their
Majesties the King and tiie Queen, her Majesty the Queen of Kdgland,
and his Serene IligUuc* the Prince Consort: ' »nd again, after some
little lime, “The auspicious matrimonial alliance of ^Prussia amt
Great Britain, and the illustrious newly-married e.-upto."
As
■tit
•i-
rer
th
March 13th, 1858.
THE 1UHSTEATED LOHEHW HEWS
And so mcthoupht 1 hen course luis been
A life of sunny hours ;
And, like that well remember'd scene.
All song, and light, and lowers.
And ns those rivers long apart
Commingle in one sea.
So may their love join heart and heart.
And ne’er divided be!
Die Sonne scheint wohl nah nnd fern
Ilin auf der Fliisse Lauf;
Auch hlinkt ein sehiincr, gold’ner Stern,
Und Blumen bliihen auf -,
Die Wolken sanft vom Both ergluhn.
Am blauen Himmelszelt;
Yereint die Flusse heimwarts ziehn,
Vereiut in alle Welt.
No. 908— Supplement, March 13, 1858.] THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
•mm
HOPE."—PAINTED BY A. J. WOOLMEH-FBOM THE EXHIBITION OF THE BKITISH INSTITUTION.—(8EE PAGE 271.)
DISAPPOINTMENT -PAINTED BV A. J. WOOl.MKtt.—FKOil THE EXHIBITION OF THE BRITISH INSTITUTION.
m
gfl
270
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 13, 1858
LITERATURE.
Tins Plats of Shakkspeahb. Edited by Howard Stauxton. Tlie
Illustrations by John Gilbert, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.
George Rout ledge and Co.
It was justly said of the Athenian rabble that they were equivalent in
mental polish and acuteness to any audience, any reading public which
the most instructed classes of any "other countries could furnish. And
the proof of the glorious boast was this—that their oratorsand their dra¬
matists could afford to address the mass of them hi half hints, where
the luminaries of foreign lands were obliged to use very full and very
painstaking expositions. Demosthenes dared to speak, and zEscbylus
to write, for the mob of Attica, what Cicero would have deemed it
necessary more largely to uufold even before senators and patricians,
and what no Homan poet had the genius or courage to offer at all.
It is a true test. It is a noble criterion. It is the lasting honour of
that marvellous old empire of a single small city; that unrivalled
nation, confined to one poor district, which broad Yorkshire would
langh to icon). Twenty centuries have not exhausted the wonder
nor fatigued the praise of mankind. The “masses” who could un¬
derstand. conhl appreciate Demosthenes, could delight in Sophocles,
were well worth the academic pick, the select sages of other times and
other racis.
But something similar may be said of at least one modern people.
“AH the better educated and more refined persons in my country,”
said a French lady of rank, “are capable of acquiring Kacine; and,
in fact, they delight in liim.” It is creditable to them; but what
will that lady,and those who think after her fashion, say to this?
We have a poet greater than Kacine, and it is not merely the refined
part of English society who delight in him: ho is appreciated by the
whole nation. We know of few characteristics which reveal more of
a people than the relative rank which they spontaneously aud
generally assign to the various minds who have sought to interest
their sj mpathies. If he whom, with one voice, they proclaim to be
highest, be low among the luminaries ol intelligence, they are them¬
selves, in their intelligence, alow and a vulgar people. But if their
favourite be really a great mind, then their unerring instinct declares
them plainly a great race. If he who is most broadly and domes¬
tically popular among them, on the avowed and express account of
his lofty, various, and heart-inspired intellect,—if tliat favourite may
stand a comparison with whatever is worthiest in the muster-rolls of
genios, lietter'this than the ancient mark of Attic superiority.
Itlias always, therefore, been the pride of English observers, and
the puzzle of foreign critics, that it should he Shakespeare who, for
three hundred years, has steadily held the foremost place of poesy
among Englishmen ; and this, not by the proud dictate of a learned
oligarchy, but through the free and faithful consent of all.
“ Foreigners,” said Jladamede Stael, “are a contemporary posterity.”
In other words, undeserved national admiration is but foreign igno¬
miny aud contempt. But here we have the foreign verdict ratify the
uiidiniinislied enthusiasm of posterity.
But. while nothing is easier than for a noble people to admire
Shakespeare, nothing is harder than to edit him adequately. The few
only con preserve and restore what the many love and appreciate.
Intrinsically, the dilliculty is great; it was great in Pope's, it was
great even in an earlier time; lor Shakespeare never, like Ben Jonson,
edited himself. What was thus difficult from the outset three cen¬
turies have aggravated into a herculean labour. But this is not all:
commentators without number have made war without respite over
the illustrious remains. It has been who shall carry off to enshrine
at home the spotia ogima, and to demand the fee from pilgrims.
Unquestionably at each successive edition now light lias almost
always been thrown upon some obscurity or other. In one sense,
therefore, these labours—editions for the rich, editions for the people,
editions lor critics, editions for busy and hurried people — have
been useful. I hey have diminished hi some respects the difficulty;
but they have done this only while increasing the labour. Once
it was only Shakespeare that had to be consulted — Shakespeare
where he could be got nearest to his own originals—Shakespeare in
the folio, in the quartos. But, again and again, learned and careful
writers went over the same ground anew, saying to their predecessors,
“ You have overlooked this; you have misunderstood that; we sug¬
gest, in this third place (wliere you have despaired), such and
such a reading." And then follows a fresh jet of light, or the
attempt, at least, to introduce it. Tlius is the labour, like a cumulative
agent in medicine, stupendously increased by time and by its own pro¬
gressive accretions. The comfort is, that where a life, so to speak,
lias been devoted, where the effort has been really conscientious and
the rapacity commensurate, there has, till the present tune, been a
chance of recovering moi e and more perfectly a text, partiallv de¬
faced, partially dilapidated. At the same time it cannot be denied
that the task of such an editor of the present day must not seldom
be, to defend Shakespeare against previous editors; and it is in this
respect that, not metely the labour, but even difficulties (otherwise
diminished), arc increased.
Now—from merely this bioad outline of the facts, from this
“ Btate of the esse,” as we may call it—without any further argu¬
ment whatever, one thing is evident, and, indeed, very nearly self-
ev ident. It is, that no edition of Shakespeare, issued at the present
date, can be worth the paper on which it is printed if it be founded
on the attempt to ignore altogether any large portion of the past.
But to ignore all, save one or two sources, were still worse. Out of the
many means which have been jointly used to build up the true tex_t,
none, absolutely none, can be row overlooked conscientiously, or even
with impunity.
The inference is easy and obvious: the text of such an editor, in
order to be good, in order to be sufferable, in order not to be a monu¬
ment of his own overweening impudence or fatuity, must he eclectic.
It is for this reason, above all, and irrespectively of its many re¬
storations and special merits; irrespectively, too, of its cheapness, its
really admirable typography, its tasteful equipment in the externals,
its delightful illustrations by Gilbert, aud all those other great and
obvious advantares which make it at once the book for a scholar's
reference, and what the French call vraie edition de luxe for either
the table of a lady’s drawing room or that of a mechanic's study, that
we are so rejoiced to see the success of Mr. Staunton’s edition of
Shakespeare. We hail it with cordial pleasure; we recognise in its
popularity a proof of the public taste and discernment. It is to the
reading classes of our country a thing creditable that so thoroughly
sound aud excellent an edition of Shakespeare should be appreciated
to a degree which enables an enterprising publisher to combine the
most careful and conscientious labours of a scholar with all that the
typographic craft and the illustrative art can supply. This is no
isolated opinion of onrs : we are glad to perceive that other critics of
high authority are speaking out upon the subject in various quarters,
and that this admirable edition is likely to receive the justice which
has been so laboriously and so expensively earned.
With these remarks premised, we turn; at hazard, to a sample or
two of Mr. Staunton's services. \ / J
In act iii., scene 2, of the “ Coffiedy of Errors,” Antipholus says to
Tjnriana —
Sing, syreui for thyiclf, and! wiltdote:
Spread o er the silver waves thy golden hairs,
And as a bride I’ll take thee, and there lie, &c.
The ordinary reader, unless he remember having felt puzzled by the
passage, will hardly believe that the folio of 1623 reads “bud” for
“bride, and the second folio changes “bud” into a “bed"!
Every edition previous to Mr, Staunton's follows this valuable version.
We are very glad, however, to perceive that now, in his subsequently-
published edition, go accomplished an Elizabethan scholar as Mr.
Dyce has appreciated and adopted Mr. Staunton’s manifest restoration.
We say ■“ manifest/' when once before us; but it took 235 years
to make itself manifest, and meanwhile escaped the myriad com¬
mentators and editors of Shakespeare.
In act L, scene 2, of “ Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Bottom makes
a famous speech, which has been spoiled by all the modern editors,
from ignorance of one old meaning attached to the word “yet," the
meaning of “ now." Here, again, Mr. Staunton enjoys the benefit of
Mr. Dycc's approbation ; for in the corrigenda to his edition, given to
* he world after Mr. Staunton’s, he appends a note recommending a re¬
turn to the old punctuation, which Mr. Staunton had just restored, but
from wliich Mr. Dyce had himself departed in his own text, along with
all the moderns. In a speech of Mortimer to Qleniower’s daughter,
act iii., scene 1, of “ Henry IV.,’’ a similar case recurs. Mr. Dyce had
adopted an alteration of “ swelling heavens ” to “ welling heavens,”
as suggested by Mr. Collier's annotator. Mr. Staunton retained, be¬
cause lie explained, the old reading. Mr. Dyce, in this, again accords
bis tacit sanction to Mr. Staunton by a note, in which he says, “ I
ought to have been content to mention, without adopting, the alter¬
ation of Mr. Collier’s MS. corrector.”
In act iii., scene 6, of “Romeo and Juliet,” the meaning of
the old word “fettle” is pointed out by Mr. Staunton; aud there¬
fore, most properly, the word is restored, in accordance with the folio
of 1023; whereas every editor, from ltowe down, had adopted “ settle ”
as the only makesense. To “ fettle ” means to prepare. Here, again,
it is satisfactory to find that Mr. Dyce’s learned and tacit tes¬
timony fully bears Mr. Staunton out; for Mr. Dyce adops "fettle”
after its two centuries of exheredation.
So, again, with the inexplicable phrase “ Remember thv courtesy.”
So also with the expression “ point of war,” “ Henry IV.,” act iv.,
scene 1. Mr. Staunton proves his case, and Mr. Dyce proves it after
him, and by the same means.
In other instances we observe this gratifying and valuable corrobo¬
ration of Mr. Staunton’s courageous restorations on the part of one
who is so good an authority in matters of sixteenth-century English
lore. The best way in which one editor can possibly show his appre¬
ciation of another editor's readings is certainly in adopting them.
The minute toil sometimes required in the course of this huge task
will never be in any sense estimated from its success among the great
mass of readers. Look, for example, at the following passage in
“Romeo and Juliet:” here it is ns hitherto invariably printed and
pointed:—
Sweet llower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew :
O woe 1 thy canopy is dust and stones,
■Which with sweet water nightly I will dew!
Imagine Paris nightly watering the roof of Julia’s tomb! Turning,
however, to Mr. Staunton s edition, we find:—
Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew,
tO woe! thy canopy is dust and stones ''
Which with sweet water nightly t will dew !
Such pains do not show, and never will: it is for that reason that we
give a few examples of them, and draw the public attention to the
fact that the whole work is characterised by the evidence of this
attention. For instance, in “ Much Ado About Nothing,” act ii.,
scene 1, such a philological and general help as is afforded by Mr.
Staunton's most acute and most unostentatious note to the ironical
phrases—“ Civil Count, Civil as an orange,” will be welcome to every
reader. Why ns ail orange? “ That is," says Mr. Staunton,\“ sokf,
bitter as an orange; and if this colloquial sense of the word civil,
originating probably in a conceit upon Seville, really obtained, it is
doubtful, wkero civil has been treated ns a misprint for mod, whether
it was not the true word. For example, in the first edition off
Gorbuduc, printed in 1666, we have the line—
Brings them to eivill and reproachful deatl
subsequently altered to
Cruel and reproachful death.
And in ‘ Romeo'and Juliet ’ some of the earlier editions make Gregory
say, ‘When I have fought with the men, I will be eivill with tile
maids,—I will cut off thir heads,’ while others read cruel, Ac.”
Tliis, we believe, to be an entirely original remark of Mr. Staunton.
Extremes meet; and it is so old a meaning as to be quite new again.
We would also refer to a similar service in a note, too long to quote,
on the word aiery, act v., scene 2, of “ King John,” where havoc has
been made of a passage by false punctuation, and this false punctua¬
tion arose from ignorance of the word’s right signification in that
passage. / S
In “ Love’s Labour's Lost,” het v„ scene % the King says :—
The extreme parts of time extremely forms
All causes to the purpose of his speed.
“Parts” here is an admitted misprint, and a number of untenable
substitutions liave been offered by the commentators. Mr. Staunton’s
is at the least expense to the text; it costs the text, in fact, not one
word—not one letter i— If ''',
The extreihe dark (dart; of time, &c.
As to the pronoun “his,” it was common, nay, almost universal, in
that day, to apply it to neutral objects. In the Anglican version of
the Holy Scriptures, for example, “ its ” never once occurred.
In “All’s AYell that Ends Well,” act iv., scene 2, there is a pas¬
sage so dark that all the commentators have laboured iu vain to make
it clear. It begins with Diana saying “ 'Tis not the many oaths,” &c.
In a recent number Mr. Staunton gives us a note which makes every
thing very easy. \
There is another very fine piece of equally simple elucidation in the
“ Henry V," jnst published. When the French nobility are con¬
versing on the deplorable condition of the English army, tlie Constable
says\ \
Sorry am I, bis numbers are so few,
\ v His soldiers sick, and famished in their march ;
For I am sure, when he shall see our army
^ \ He’ll drop his heart into the sink of fear,
—''And, for achievement, offer us his ransom.
“Far achievement"! What does that mean? The commentators
have been perplexed this long while by the words. Mr. Staunton
merely suggests that for is a misprint for fore —the meaning being:
at sight of oar overwhelming forces be will be so intimidated as to
offer his ransom before we have captured him. This interpreta¬
tion (argues Mr. Staunton) is fortified by what Entry himself says,
act iv., scene 3, when asked for bis ransom:—
“ Bid them achieve me, and then sell my hones.” Bid them cap¬
ture me ( achevcr).
These eggs of Columbus are scattered all through the work, and
we have not noticed five per cent ol them, and these are taken at
random as they first come to hand. With respect to what is tech¬
nically called the “ getting up,” really no praise would be excessive
or undeserved. It is as dose upon perfection as the skill and care of
onr age in that line can make it.
Of the pictorial embellishments, hundreds in number, which en¬
rich tliis splendid volume, it is enough to say that the whole are by
John Gilbert— the Gilbert—and are worthy of the exhaustless fancy
and facile pencil of that prince of illustrators. On them the artist
has lavished his richest powers; and if in a gallery of Shakespearean
portraiture which comprises examples of whatever is most kingly in
the poet’s mcnarchs, most chivalrous in lus warriors, most courtly in
his gallants, most womanly in his heroines, and most ludicrous hi his
humorists, Mr. Gilbert sometimes sinks below his subject, and fails to
realisothe conception wo have formedof certaincliaractersand incidents,
it is no wonder. The real marvel is that, with such auinfinitediversity
of character and expression as he has undertaken to illustrate
without assistance, he should have achieved so much as to have
canted for this edition, as far as it has yet proceeded, tlie high
praise of being the best “ illustrated ” version of Shakespeare’s woras
ever published.
Tnn Defbnce of Lucknow. A Diary, by a Stall' Officer. Smith,
Elder, and Co.
A Personal Journal of the Siege of Luckxow. By Captain R.
P. Akdebsok, 25th N. I. Thacker and Co.
Tlie siege of Lucknow, whether considered in regard to the importance
of the position or the pertinaciousness of the attack and the en¬
during courage and suffering of the besieged, will deservedly occupy
a page in history, by tlie side of those of Rhodes, Gibraltar, and Sara¬
gossa, as one of the most memorable on record. The devoted valour,
also, of the relieving force, which, after three months’ cruel suspense,
succeeded in throwing itself into the beleaguered position, is of a cha¬
racter which has had few parallels in history. The official despatch
of Brigadier Inf lis to the Governor-General, giving the main outlines
of the sto^, amply justified the sympathy which, in iiis own wordB,
“ the perilous and unfortunate position of the garrison had
excited in the hearts of their countrymen throughout the
length and breadth of her Majesty’s dominions;” but the
public naturally look for further details, which the survivors
themselves, as they have opportunity from time to time, will no doubt
supply. The present little volumes are of this kind, and will be read
with deep interest. Tlie publisHers of that entitled “ The Defence of
Lucknow ” state that, although the author, for military reasons, is
desirous to withhold his name, they can vouch for the authenticity of
the Diary as the production of an officer Of the stall' of the Anglo-
Indian Army who was at Lucknow during the whole of the siege.
The other volume is by an officer, who gives his name, who com¬
manded an outpost during the siege in a manner to elicit honourable
mention from Brigadier Inglis. The Stall' Officer’s account ii the
more extensive and circumstantial of the two, and is chiefly tliat re¬
fereed to In the following article.
Now that it is over, there is no use in disguising or denying the fact
that the defensive operations ill this quarter were inaugurated by a
false step, which we never afterwards reeovcied—we meau the sortie
or reconnaissance against the rebel army under Sir H. Lawrence, on the
30tli of June. Brigadier Inglis, who evidently wishes to deal delicately
with the matter, implies as much when he states that his lamented
predecessor in command was led to order this expedition by reports
describing the rebel army as “ in no considerable force;” and, after¬
wards, that “the troops, misled by the reports of wnyfarers, pro¬
ceeded somewhat further than had originally been intended, and
suddenly fell in with the enemy, who find up to that time eluded the
vigilance of the advanced guard by conconling themselves behind a
long line of trees, in overwhelming numbers." Add to this that the
Oude artillerymen and drivers proved traitors, overturned their guns,
and cut the traces of their horses, nndthc discomfiture which ensued is
fully accounted for. The effilct of tliis untoward event was so to reduce
tlie numbers of the Angio-British force to such an extent as to reader it
necessary to blow up and abandon the Mnchee Bhawuu fort, which hail
been hastily repaired and partly provisioned, and was intended to
have been occupied jointly with the Residency. The Staff Officer, in
the Diary before us, adds that “ that unfortunate (lay precipitated
everything, inasmuch as we were closely shut up several days before
anything of the kind was anticipated People had made no arrange¬
ments for provisioning themselves—many, indeed, never dreamt of such
a necessity, and tlie few that had were generally too late. Again, many
servants were shut out the first day, and all attempts to approach ms
were met by a never- ceasing fusilnde.” On the other hand, many servants
deserted and robbed their masters, unrestrained. Further, the head
of the Commissariat department had been severely wounded atChinat—
liis office brokeii up—no one to give out the rations, wliich many went
without for three or four days together: battery bullocks, with no
ono to tend them, went wandering nfter food, and tumbled into wells,
or were shot by the enemy; artillery and other horses were everywhere
fighting and tearing one another, driven mad for want of food and
water, the garrison being too busily employed iu the trenches to bo
able to secure them : “in fact, the confusion can be better imagined
than descrilxxl.” Such were the unfavourable circumstances under
which the garrison found themselves at the commencement of a siego
which was to last three months. At the very outset the officers were
put upon half rations every third day, and the privation went on in¬
creasing till it reached actual fumino point. The Stall' Officer’s •
narrative of what follows is written in a very calm and unpre¬
tending style. It is, for the most part, a dry outline of facts as they
occurred, day by day, without any attempt to colour them with a
view to effect. It is only when the reader pauses to consider in its
true nature and hearings each such successive statement that he
is enabled to realise the cumulative horrors of the case. The most
distressing part of the affair was tho amount of suffering unavoidably
endured by helpless women and children, and which there were no
means of alleviating. In almost every day’s record wo find accounts
of the death of some officer's or soldier’s wife or widow, with such
addition ns “ had food, privation, confinement, and smells of all
kinds, worked their effects;” or, “several deatlis among children—
privation the chief cause;” or, “the heat excessive—children sunk
rapidly under the effects of want of good air, food, and exercise.”
Only three days are noted iu all that protracted period as
having passed over without a funeral service amongst that little
starving community of some four or five hundred souls. The scarcity
ol supplies, even a month before the end, may be judged of from the
prices fetched at the sale of poor Sir II. Lnwrenco's private stores:—
Brandy, ill 6 a dozen ; beer, £7; hermetically-sealed hams, €7 10s.;
a bottle of honey, £4 10s.; small cakes of chocolate, from t’3 to £4;
and, on another occasion, a gentlemaa purchased a small fowl for his
sick wife for £2.
But the actual labours and dangers of the siege were such as have
seldom been surpassed. The situation of the Residency was not one
well adapted for purposes of military defence; almost every building
in it was exposed to the fire of the enemy, wliich wns kept up
incessantly night and day, so tliat by the end of the siege all was
little better than a heap of ruins. Sir II. Lawrence received his
death-wonnd from the explosion of a shell at his bedside; sentries
were shot down at their posts; it was impossible to find any¬
thing like a seenro refuge even for the women and children
Mining and counter-mining weut on daily in all directions, and
many a narrow escapo the garrison laid on this score alone; whilst,
on the other hand, some operations of this nature were carried out
against the enemy’s position with signal success. A building, called
Johannes’s House, in the possession of the enemy, had from the be¬
ginning been the source of constant annoyance and of dire havoc,
commanding, as it did, the Residency. On the 21st August a mine
was sprung under tliis stronghold, and it was laid in ruins. Breaches
were sometimes made in the works: bnt the enemy wavered when it
came to the assault. Eventually, towards tlie middle of September,
the enemy had so increased their approaches as actually to sur¬
round the place close to the defences. Meantime provi¬
sions were well-nigh at the last jwint of exhaustion, and
all was suspense’and feverish anxiety as to the chances of relief, of
which vague rumours only circulated from time to time. At length,
oil the 22nd September, a messenger whom they had sent out returned
with a letter from Sir II. Havelock, containing the glad tidings that
our relieving force, under General Outram, had crossed the Ganges,
and would arrive in a few days. The effect npon all was that of life
after death; even the sick showed improvement under its beneficial
moral effects. On the 25th a movement amongst the people in the
town indicated that something unusual, and to them unwelcome, was
approaching. “ At 1.30 p.m. many of the people of the city com¬
menced leaving, with bundles of clothes, &c., oil their heads, and
took the direction of cantonments across the different bridges. At
two p m. nrmed men and sepoys commenced to follow them, accom¬
panied by large bodies of irregular cavalry.” But daring all this time
the enemy’s guns continued to keep up a heavy cannonade. We
quote the “ Staff Ofiicer ” :—
At four p.m. a report was made that some officers in shooting-coats
and solah-caps, u regiment ot Europeans iu blue pantaloons and shirts,
and a bullocK-batieiy, were seen near Mr. Martin's house and the Motee
Huhal. At five p ni. volleys of muske'ry, rapidly growing louder, were
heard in file city. But soou the firing of a minie-hall over our heads gave
notice of the still nearer approach of our friends, of whom as yet little or
nothing lmd been seen, though the enemy were to be seen firing heavily on
them lreni many roofs of the houses. Five minutes later and our troops
were seen fighting their way through oue of the principal streets ; and
though men fell at ulmost every step, yet nothing could withstand tlie
headlong gallantry of our reinforcements. Once fairly seen, all our
doubts and fears regarding them were ended; and then thegarrisou's loug
pent-up feelings ol anxiety aud suspense burst forth in a succession of
deafening cheers; from every pit trench, and battery -from behind sand¬
bags piled on shattered houses -from cvcrv post still held by a few gallant
spirits, rose cheer on cheer—even from the hospital. Many of the wounded
crowded forth to join in tliat glad shout of welcome to those who had so
bravely come to our assistance. It was a moment never to be forgotten.
Then were greetings on nearer approach, and anxious inquiries after
relations and triends, by the various members of the little Lucknow
community, which had been shut up from all knowledge of the outer
world for eighty-five days. But the work was not then complete: the
relieving force then became part of the besieged garrison, and it was
not till the 22nd November that the place was finally relieved by the
army under the Commander-in-Cliief.
Six Months at Sebastopol; being Selections from tlie Journal
and Correspondence of the late Major George ltanken. Royal
Engineers. By his Brother, \V. Bayxe Rankes. Westerton.
This is an unpretending journal of the latter and more eventful period
of the siepe of Sebastopol, kept by an officer of the Royal Engineers,
who, having been always in the front, had every opportunity of ob¬
serving the operations carried on upon both sides. From a careful
Mahcii 13, 18o8.j
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
271
perusal of liin journal it appears that he was well qualified to describe
all the stirring events which he thus witnessed, and in some of which
he was the chief actor. lie was evidently highly girted in many
respects, no less as a writer than as a soldier; and the reflections
contained in his journal, as well as the short biographical sketch
which precedes it, prove him to have been a thoroughly true and prac¬
tical Christian. Arriving in the Crimea in August, when a subaltern,
lie was from that period constantly in the trenches; and at the attack
of tire Redan he led the forlorn hope, when he proved himself a
true hero upon the occasion, never leaving his post of danger upon
any pretence, and being in front from the first attack until the final
repulse. Ilis account of the whole attack and of its failure is the only
Intelligible one Which has yet appeared, and is most graphically told.
We regret that our space does not admit of our giving tills portion of
liis journal. The author met his death in the zealous di-charge of his
duty, by an explosion at the great White Barracks when the war was
over. His journal contains graphic accounts of the chief events of
the siege, with most useful observations upon them and upon the ser¬
vice generally. We may add, that justice has been done to the journal
by the matter added to it by the editor, Major Rmken’s brother,
and by the manner in which the work has been brought out.
Black’s General Atlas of the World. New Edition. Embracing
all the most recent Discoveries, and containing Introductory Chapters
on the Physical Geography, Descriptions of the various Countries of
the World, and a complete Index of 06,000 Names. Edinburgh :
Adam and Charles Black.
A new edition of this work, published at the close of the year
embracing all the recent discoveries, and containing introductory
chapters on the physical geography of the earth, and a complete index
of 05,000 names, will he welcomed by the public. In minute accuracy,
and finish the maps can scarcely be surpassed by any on an equal scale.
The index of names at the end being accompanied by the latitude and
longitude of every place, and its number on a map, is a ready means of
finding any spot of which the exact position is not known. Lately a
great number of places not before familiar to the general public
have been the scenes of atrocities or heroism in India, and the index,
with the excellent map of that country, in the Atlas, will enable
the reader or the student to discover them at once. Another
feature of great importance accompanying this particular map is a
table of the periods at which our several acquisitions were made in
India. Besides a map of every country, there are maps of the course
of the winds and of the currents of the ocean—ethnological
maps, describing the dispersion of the different races, and
showing the diffusion of different religions. There are maps of the
distribution of animals and birds; maps of the regions in which
cotton, coffee, &c., are produced; and maps of almost everything which
can he mapped or brought within the region of geography. We
can but envy the young, when we look at the hooks—the Royal roads,
or even roads more flowery and pleasant than any Royal paths—
they now have to knowledge which were unknown in our young
days. They are now pleasantly led also to an immense deal of
knowledge which was not in existence in our youth, and which many
men have within the last few years—Dr. Livingstone being one of
Hie latest—laboured assiduously to gather and diffuse. For
us to acquire only a small portion of it has been the labour
of many successive years, and to them it is brought at once as ripe
and delicious fruit. That boys at school have now an opportunity
of learning in a few months all the geometry that was known to
nil the philosophers of antiquity is a somewhat memorable saying,
which has passed, if not into a household word, into a school
apothegm ; hut the elders of this generation have seen with their own
eyes things quite as wonderful brought to pass within the compass of
a short life. The present Atlas is, indeed, a conspicuous example of
such an improvement. The knowledge inclosed between its covers—
vast as it is—with the exception of the mere outline of many
countries (not of all), and the surface geography of a few (not many),
Las nearly all been acquired within the memory of living men. One of
those who gave the impulse to the acquisition, and did most to pro¬
mote it—Baron Humboldt—still lives to bear witness in his own person
of a greater progress in physical geography within the last seventy years
than in all the previous ages of the world. It is Messrs. Black’s great
merit to have placed all this new and collected knowledge in
a very accessible and agreeable, and withal cheap, form before the
present and future generations. When we compare the present Atlas
with the once celebrated Atlas of Isaak Tirion, published at Amster¬
dam about a century ago, we are equally astonished at the progress
of all the arts connected with getting up such a work, and of the
science it embodies.
The Lyrics of Ireland. Edited and annotated by Samuel Lover
Houlston and Wright.
This is an excellent, and will undoubtedly bo a popular, collection of
the Ijrical poetry of Ireland, compiled by one who is himself a genuine
Irish' lyrical poet. We hold that, as one of the national bards of his
native land, Samuel Lover stands socond only to Thomis Mooro. No
one else has written either so much or so well. Lover rosamblos Moore
in ardent Irish feeling: perhaps, indeed, he is oven moro intensely
national than his illustrious countryman. Ireland breathes in evory
liue that Lover has written, while Moore’s devotion, if equally warm,
was not equally entire: itex tended far beyond the shores of tho Emerald
Iele. As lyric poet?, too, they resemble in another important respoff.
Lover, like Moore, is a musician, and has greatly surpassed
Mcorc in tbo number as well as quality of the melodies tp
which his imagination and feeling have given birth. Many of bis
Irish tunes to which his own verses are set arc so full of true Irish
spiiit, beauty, and pathos, that Carolan himself might have been their
author.
This volume, a closely-printed octavo of 3C0 pages, contains a very
ample body of lyrics, selected from the works of the most remarkable
Irish poets, with the exception of Moore—an exception which he
laments, but which is necehsarily caused by tho stricthe-^ with which
tho proprietors of Moore’s works guard the copyright This collection,
therefore, must bo regarded as a supplement to Moore’s eplcndid work;
and : even without tho aid of his genius, deserves (in Mr. Lover’s
words) to be considered “honourable to the lyric genius oi Ireland.”
The contents of tho book aro classed under several heads:—Songs of
theAffeotions; Convivial and Comic; floral, Sentimental, and Satirical;
rutriotic and Military; Historical and Political; and Miscellaneous. In
every one of these clusses there is a rich store of beautiful and genuine
Irish poetry, which wall afford delightful reading. But, we must add, a
considerable quantity’ of matter is introduced which is not Irish at
all. Some will dissent irom Mr. Lover’s principle of selection. He thinks
every gong is admissible which happens to have been the work of an
Irishman. This may bo one condition, though there aro Bongs
really Irish which are not from Irish pens; but a song to b3 Irish
must have also some association with Ireland. It must be an Irish
subject—Irish in feeling, sentiment, and expression—or written to an
Irish time. If it have none of these attributes, what matters it that
the author was of Irish birth? Who ever before thought of calling
Sheridan's tongs in his Spanish opera, “ The Duenna," or his “By
Celia’s arbour,” or Lib ” What bard, O Time, discover.”
&c., Irish songs, or ever thought of connecting them with
Irish music ‘r Who ever thought of calling the verses in
“The Vicar of Wakefield,” “When lovely woman stoop3 to
folly,” an Irish song, because Oliver Goldsmith was bom in
Ireland ? Sheridan and Goldsmith were much more English than
Irish in their lives, and their writings aro entirely merged in the
literature of England. ^ There are very many songs in this volume
wLich, on this ground, have no business there; but the reader
will thereby bea guiner. Mr. Lover himself admits that Irish
birth is nofc\a necessary qualification for the author of aa
Irish tong; forTm (imd properly too) includes various songs not
written by Irishman/such as “The Exile of Erin,” and “To the
battle, men of Erin,” by Thomas Campbell, a Scotchman; “Sa-
vourneen Dheelith/' and “Looney Mact worn ter,” by George Col man, an
Englishman. TTiete, and many others, are at once acknowledged 03
Irish songs, no matter for the nativity of their writers.
We are not inclined, however, to quarrel very seriously with Mr.
Lovor on this Ecore. nor on the decided, manner in which he disposes
of several doubtful questions rtspecting the nationality of several
famous mclcdios. We think that he has produced a oharming book,
for which wo heartily thank him. It is ele^antlyprintod and brought
out, and is enriched with a great number ot artistic and spirited ill us •
taxations.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
C.F.deJ., Bt Pe«cr»l>!jrg.—Tho exempUrirts have at length raacliad n» sa'elr amt ahai!
Rcelve * peedy auction. For tho ing-nlou. Frobl.m nawVeat hr oarlSmS!
The other content* of jour epbtle muit he acknowledged hr jet J- 3 t3liaK ‘*
r V ZL: F V rbc4, w . b!th «PP**r«d in Uiis Journal a few yosrs back.
*• .»• jfcAT?? on* oxlrearlv credlUcto iJtoyouag a pbieer- but
I irem i :, 1 V nuni, * r ©« niore, rviiuind for It.ioUtSa. ' '
1 Con * ultatil>n t,am « " ln be resumed. Arrangement* arc being mad* for that par.
L-.T K., Uvcipcol Chore Cub —The mate i* somewhat too obvlou* if you hare ,>*,
check ? 7 * cffecu **** by *****
I *doubt < it~' Ve bwUeT4 h *“ lmiUcf * double solalton, oiUiongh the ingeaion* author >eemi to
Ingenious, and sbftll hare it nlsho among our Che’* Eolrrau.
DK, «7.*T , J b » 8 r* 18 »ea*on to bullevo that the celebrated Italian p atcr. blgnar Dubai*
will visit tlua country iu the course ot tho summer ol the pre*m’ rear." The advent of tha
joonir American, Morphy, is po-tpoued uuill tho suritijr follotviuir.'
A CONSTANT REAPEIl, Plymouth.—V ou can. b
K. 8. W . Mo'c-ow.—Younmery hat been submitted to the author.
A. KNHillT.—We arc not amno of any Chess IHvr.u (n Southwark.
W. LEaUEE —A very caramon delusion of young jdoyexa Look again and again, till you flail
your error. n J
Cuiiiois. Manchester.—We tlittll probably be iu a position next week to say whether Mr.
Bwkn'a chftuciijro to the Hungarian has been *' chivalrously respondsd to." or not.
Soixuoxs OI IUOKLKM NO. 7.H, by Arnold, Iodlno, B G , N. T. W..D. D. Parsaat.
I>on-von, Puccli. H W., It. M. J.. A 1) L.. boulomoreor-Mer, Peterkin, N. E.W.ix!
I. II. B., Czar, F R. 8.. G. T D., 8.0. V., M;nhzor Diana. Colonel M., Manxman, II. P. T-,
B. f . I., K. B.. A. Z., qafduunc, Jtangalete, C. Y. P.. Jcamcss, f>. W M Gnryorr, Ansa,
Ourauhi. A Schoolboy. P. P.. Ire*, ATiniptar, T. Duncan, A. U., Bomole, Clerfoas, Ms]or
<»., hector, 11 owlet, X. Y. Z , R- L . Alpha. !. M. of 8 hot born, M. P. 1.. Old lor. SUiliey.
I. J. o: Hanworih. R. Fenton blgni*. Phlto-Cbeu, A Mlddr, Cantab. Larry O micron. Bjx
und Cox, W. P. S.. Miranda; Ft. a.. Paris G T. F. Brussels; George, A G»rnj*n, Wilfred.
F. B., 11.B.. 9. 8, I). C., Lyax. Bugbv-boy. Vox. T. G. D.. A- iC A . aracorreet.
SOLUTIONS Of Fboklkm No. 731, by Derevoo, PhUiosoa. Aann, L J. of Uaaworth. C. P. L,
1 oxford. Hnt ry. A.Z, Omega. Mtdlcu#. V B, M P^ Iodine, Fj-aest, Fox. Mynhsar,
A. 8,0. V.. R D. F., G. G. Br«dloy. T. Duncan. CJahlnouc, Rugby, Il'J, Petarkla,
W. W. T., G. F. H , Pocific. Major G , Manxman. Circus, W. H. P„ (i. p. T., Aloha
.SutalUrn. Lex, T. P. G., Omicroa. D. D.. F K 8, Punch, Czar, Louis d’or, Cbihiracon,
Arllmr John Glltcrt. I.lcbficld, Tbo Original Northern Girl, I. C. 8., K. Fenton, A Goanli-
itiUM, are eorrect. All ©tbeia are wrong.
SOLVXIONS OF PconUiM No. 733. by Annabel. D. P , Alpha, Jowpim*. I J.. of Hamrorth;
C. 1*. I.. Yoxfonl, Lcrevon, Iodine, Jeremy Bumble, A. Z., Lox, Diggary, arc correct. All
other* are wrong.
**' The majority of cur Answer* to Correspondents are deferred from want of room.
PROBLEM No. 734.
By J. B., of Bridport.
BLACK.
Islj
White to play, and mate in three moves.
CHESST5LMANCHESTER.
A manly, well-contested game between tbe two Manchester Champions,
Messrs. Kipping and Pindar.
' {King Bishop's (1ambit.)
WHITE (Mr. P.rA BLACK (Mr. K.)
1.1* to K 4th PtoK4tli
2 . P to K B4th P takes P
3. B to Q B 4th P to Q Kt 4th
(This defence to th«» Bishop's Gamb': wsi a
gron- favour to of Kbsoritzky. and is not
so fi< quou-Jy adopted .nowadays us it do-
sorvos to b >.
4. B takes Q Kt P G checks
6. K to B eq Ktto K B 3rd
C, Kt to Q B 3rd B to Q Kt 6th
7. P to Q 3rd Castles
8. Q to h B 3rd B tAkes Kt
9. P takes B K Kt to Iv R 4th
10. Kt to K 2 nd Ktto K Kt 6 (ch)
11. Kt takes Kt P takes Kt
12 . Q B to Q E3rd P to Q3rd
13. K to Kt sq Q to K Kt 4th
14. K B to Q B 4th Kt to Q 2 nd
15. P to Q 4th Kt to K B 3rd
iC.PtoKfith B to K Kt 5th
17. Q B to Q B sq Q to K K 4th
18 . Q to K B 4th P takes P
19. P takes P Q K to Q sq
20 . K R P takes P
white (Mr. P.)
31. G R to K sq
32. takes R
33. Q to lv 2nd
34. takes QRP
35. Q to 0 3rd
36. Q to Iv B 3nl
37. R to K B 4th
BLACK (Mr. If.
K takes R (ch)
P to If R 3rd
B to K B 4th
B to if 3rd
B to K B 4th
Kt to If Kt 5th
B to K 3rd
38. Q tot) R8th(ch) K to R 2 nd
(Block raakos a gallant fight, but tho odd*
are fcoriulljr agntust him.)
39. Q to K 4th P to K B 4th
4a Q to Q B 6th (JtoKB 2nd
41. P to Q B 4th Kt to K 6th
42. P to K Kt 4tit Kt tks K Kt P
43. QtogB5th Q to K K 4th
. (Had bo taken tho Kt. Black would probably
imvo nla>rri (j K to (J 8th (ch). uc<l th9t> K K
to K si;.; but where wna tbe objection to ^ B
to Q U 3rd? n«t more, apparently, would \
ha yp won the “exchange "—no unimportant •
advantage at thl. moment.)
20 . R to Q 8th (ch)
21. If B interposes R takes B (ch)
22 . takes R Q takes K P
23. il to G 3rd B to K B 4th
24. B to K B 4th Q to if 3rd
25. Q to Q 4th K to K sq
26. Q It to If B sq B takes Q B P
27. B takes QBP Q to lv 7th
28 . If It to If It 4th P to q R 3rd
29. Q to It B 2 nd Q to Q 6th
30. K K to Q 4th q to It Kt 3rd
q to If Kt 4th
q to K B 3rd
I* to K Kt 4til
QtoK B and
P to K B 5th
Kt to If 6th
If to Kt 3rd
q to K B 4th
44. It to K B 3rd
45. B to It B 4th
46. I* to Q R 3rd
47. B to q 2nd
48. B to q B 3rd
49. Q to q 4tll
60 . P to Q B 6th
51. P to q B 6th
62 . Q to If Kt 7th K to It 4tll
(ch)
S3. Rto If R3rd(ch) If to Kt 5th
(It l« remarkable that two each acute and
1 OTprriocMd pUyvit, in a partie evidently
I played with uncommon care, shoald have
j overlookal the fact tho’. White, 'chu lo*t the
ptime. lupl at thla eri*l* a forcsd mare >if tour
move* In hi* hands. We leave the aolnOon Of
this very s mph) problem to our re iders.)
51. B to K sq Kt take, K Kt P
55. Q take; P Q toQ B ithfehi
66. B to KB 2nd Q to Q B sth (ch)
(Why not K to R sq? I
57. K taka Kt B to Q 4th (ch)
And wins.
One or the Heroes of thc Alma.—A mid the later deeds of
heroism with which intelligence received from time to time from India
abounds, wo must not forget thc many instances of bravery thit oc¬
curred during thc Russian war. Among thc acts that have not had the
glory of the historic pace is the following:—'* After the light division
bad gained the heights ot Alma, and driven the Russians before them,
they observed a dense mass of men approaching, whom they behoved to
be Jrrench. and ceased firing in consequence—tliev had hardly done so when
the supposed French opened a deadly fire, and rushed towards the light
division, who wore compelled to give way and fall back on the Guards,
then advancing to their support. An officer who was within fifteen yards
of Lieut. Anstruther. of the 23rd Fusiliers, saw him deliberately mount
the earthen parapet which separated the two armies, and. planting the
colours of his regiment firmly in tbe ground there, he calmly awaited
OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS.
SIR JOHN WILLIAM EGERTON BRYDOES, BART.
Sir John William Eoeiitox Brydoes,
second Baronet, of Denton Court, Kent, who
died lately, unmarried, at Leo Priory, near
Canterbury, was the second son of the distin¬
guished genealogist, poet, and prose-writor,
and the well- known claimant to the Chandos
peerage, Sir John William Egerton Brydgee.
the find Baronet, by his wife, Elizabeth^
daughter and hoiresi of the Rev. William
Dejovas Byrche. He was born in November,
171)1, and wai formerly in the 14th Dragoons,
lie succeeded to tho Baronetcy (his elder
brother Thomas diod vita pair is) on tho death
of his father, the 8th September, 1839. He is
liimsolf succeeded by Ins next surviving half-
brother, now Sir Ferdinand Stanley Hood.
Brydges, the third Baronet, whowa3 born in 1804.
SIR J AM ES DUNLOP, BART.
Silt James Dunlop, tecond Bar net, of Dunlop. Ayrshiro, a Major
in the liritiah Army, was the only >son of Sir John
Dunlop, M.P., the first Baronet, by his first wife,
Charlotte Constance, daughter of Sir Richard Downs
Jackson, K.C.B. He was born the 27th August, 1830,
usd Buccoeded to the Baronetcy, when in his ninth
year, on the death of his father. Ho ontorod tho army
us an Ensign und Lieutenant in the Coldjixeam Guards
in 18-19, and iorved with distinction in the Crimea.
Ho became a Major in 1835; and ho obtained a medal
>2-. and clasps for Alma, Balaclava, Inkorman. and Sebas¬
topol, The gallant Baronot, who wan never married,
died on tho 10th ult., nt lly^res, in Provence, south
ol Franco. The family of which Sir James was a
ecion, the Dunlops of that ilk, is ona of the oldest and
most honourable in Scotland: the Lairds of Dunlop
weie frequently noted in Scottish history. Mrs. Frances Anne Dunlop,
the great-grandmother of the Baronet just dead, was the lineal descend¬
ant of the famous t Sir William Wallace, and was the Mrs. Dunlop
-the kind patron and correspondent of Robert Burns, to whom, his
“dear and much honoured friend,” the poet addressed some of his
finest verse.
SIR C. A. FITZROY, K.C.B.
8m -Charles Augustus Fitzkoy. K.C.B. and K.C H., who died on
tiioISth ult., at his residence. Half Moon-street, Piccadilly, was the
eldest son of tho late General Lord Charles Fitzroy, by his wife, Frances,
daughter of Edward Miller Mundy, Esq., of .Shipley, in Derbyshire,
Sir Charles Fitzroy w us born in May, 1790; was educated at Harrow
and Marlow; joined tho Royal Horse Guards (Blue) in 1811, servod
with them in the Peninsula, and was at tho battle of Vittorio. After¬
wards at Waterloo ho actod as Aide-de-Camp to Sir Hussey Vivian.
After tho peace of 1815 he went to Canada with the lute Duke of
Richmond, whoto daughter. Lady Mary, he married in 1820. She diod,
in 1S48. from an accident. His children wero Augustus Charles Len¬
nox, u Captain in the Royal Artillary, killed at tho taking of Sebas¬
topol; Mary Caroline, married to the Hon. Keith Stewart, now Cap*
turn of ll.M S. Nankin; Goorge Hanry, at present in China with tne
Earl of Elgin; and Arthur George, a Commander in the Royal
Navy, employed in the Sea of Azof during tho Russian war. Sir
Charles Fitzroy held offices of responsibility at the Cape of Good
Hope from 1S20 to 1831, when he roturned to England.
In 1837 bo was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Prince
Edward Island, whence, in 1S42, ho was promoted to tho
government of the Leeward Islands, in the West Indies, which
he resigned in 1845. In 1840 he was appointed to the important post
of Governor of Now South Wales, and eventually Governor-General
of all tho Australian colonies. So satisfactorily did Sir Charles Fitz¬
roy fulfil the difficult duties of his high office during the very trying
times of the gold discoveries, and the introduction of new constitu¬
tions, with altered land regulations, in tho Australian colonies, that his
term of government was prolonged to eight years. He was given the
Order of the Bath, and tho Australians expressed thoir opinion of his
services and character by subscribing largely to his picture for tho
colonv, and to a valuable service of plato which was subsequently pre¬
sented to him in London.
ADMIRAL ARCHIBALD DUFF.
Thf. death, at the age of eighty-four, of this veteran navul officer took
place at his house of Braemoriston, N.B., on tha 9th ult. Admiral
Duff was tho second son of Maj >r A. Duff, and grandson of John Duff,
Esq., of Culbin. He entered the Navy when a boy, attained flag rank
in 1840, and was placed as Admiral on tho reserved list in 1855. He
succeeded, in 1837, on the death of his brother. J. Duff, Esq , to the
entailed estate of Drummuir, in tho counties of Banff and Aberdeen.
Soon afterwards he purchased part of the lauds of Inverugie, Elgin¬
shire, on which ho expended considerable 6ums in improvements,
especially upon tho harbour of Hopoman. In politics Admiral Duff
was a stanch Conservative. The gallant Admiral, in the management
of his extensive landed properties, actod on tho principle of fostering
and encouraging his poorer tenants, and on few estates were cottars
and small farmers more independent. The Admiral loave3 no children,
and is succeeded in the family domain of Drummuir by his cousin,
Major Lachlan Duff Gordon, of Park, M.P. for Brnffshiro, and cousin
to tho Earl of Fife. Mr. Duff Gordon will have to assume the final
surname of Duff, pursuant to the terms of the deed which entails the
property.
ADMIRAL SYKES.
Admiral Joh X Sykes, who died at his residence. Castle-hill.
Englofield-green, on the 12th ult, in his 84th year, was the seoond
p n of James Sykes, Esq., of Arundel-street, Strand, novy-agent,
the descendant of an old tumily settled at the Berks, in Wyresdale,
Lancashire. He was bom on the 25th of May, 1774. He entered the
Navy at an early ago, and was one of Captain Vancouver s midship¬
men, in the Discovery, during a voyage round the world. He obtained
his first commission in 1795, and was made a Commander in 1800.
His post commission bears dute the 22nd Jonu .ry, 180t), previous to
which he had commanded the Ucela bomb and tho Nautilus aloop-of-
wor. The former vessel formed part of the squadron under Captain
Oliver at tho bombardment of Havre un 1894, whan Sykoa's conduct
was officially commendod. He passed through the vari -jus grades of
the service, and became Admiral of the White the 8th July. 1857.
Admiral Sykes married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Eirl. Eiq.,
Chief Commissioner of Customs at Edinburgh; but by hor, who died
at Castle-hill, Englofield-green, on the 4th of August lust, ho had no
children; and the male representation of this branch of the family
devolves upon Captain John Sykes, R.N., the Admiral's first oousin.
MAJOR HA LI BURTON.
This gallant officer, Major John Fowden Kali burton lLM.'s 78 th#
Highlanders, died on the. 5ih October, at Lucknow, in consequence of
wounds received the previous day, while commanding a force, in the
attempt to dear a communication with Alumbagh. Ho had received
tho of tho Governor-General in Council for his services at
Benares* and is thus honourably mentioned in Colonel Napior's
despatch to General Outram—“In all tho arrange meats l was moat
v. j z~. — ° , , ... fortunate in having the aid of that very able and bravo officer, Mxjor
Gu^r^v«l{nn “c to ££ Ete thSigh the poo°WrHaiiburton 78(h Highlanders, who d«or«s particular notice."
was only eighteen) had already fallen, pierced through the heart.’’ He was -
the son of Sir Ralph Anstruther, of Balcaskie, and grandson of the late
General Sir Henry Torrens.
Anoo, nt Ra.tpootana.— We have received thc following
letter from Captain Black“Kiwseerabal, 20th January, USS.—Having
observed in the Illi stbated London News of the 21 st November lau
a sketch of Aboo. in Knjpootana, and a statement to thc effect that my
house was the only one looted (plundered) by themutmeeri o* theJoudpore
Legion, I beg you wili do me the favour of sontradicting it. Tile mutineers
didnot go near my house in Aboo. nor in any way attempt to molest the
membere of my family. I myself left Ennpoora .the head-quarters of the
Legion) for this station in May last, with a detachment under ray com¬
mand. My party was disarmed, of course, on the intelligence of the
mutiny at head-quarters reaching this t but my men. t am happy to say.
although all l’oorbccahs, remain stanch, and are doing duty. 1 lost my
house and my property at Erinpoora on the mutiny breaking out, iu
August last—G. A. Black, Captain. 09th llegiment Native Infantry,
Second in Command Joudporc Legion."
ENSIGN GRIEE.
Ia'SDon John Qu;eu, of ILM.’s 3Jth, was the sooand aoa ol tha liar.
J. Vf. Grier, Incumbent of Amhluaote, Stourbridge. Hows, gags’, tel
us Ensign Juno 1st, 1 S 53 , and was some few months in the Crimea,
He went in August lust with his regiment to India, und, almost im¬
mediately upon his reaching Cawnpore, occurred tho attack upon that
place by the Gwalior mutineers. Grier, on the 2bth of November,
was engaged with his company in Brigadier Wilson's charge on tho
enemy’s guns, and was mortally wounded. “ He fell,” writes Colonel
Kelly, “ m the most gallant discharge of his duty, aud died, most
deeply regretted by myself and every other officer iu tho regimoaL
Ho was most zealous in the discharge of his duty, and endeared to os
ail by his gentlemanly conduct and amiable disposition. His lust
words were, * Forward, boys, and at ’em again !'" Ensign Grier was
only nineteen years of age when ho thus died a aoldior's death.
[March 13, 1858
272
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
EXHIBITION OF THE BRITISH INSTITUTION.
KNUCKLE I)OV’N ! ”-PAINTED BY W. H. KNIGHT.
abyss, the stagnant waters in which are loaded with the remains, of
previous victims, The import of the allegory is conveyed in the in¬
scription emblazoned in the frame—" The end of these things is
death.” The grouping is well studied, and many of the figures ex¬
hibit great power of design ; and the execution throughout is careful
and finished. \ .
llr. T. P. Hall’s “ Cavaliers and Puritans; n Scene in a Hostelrie
in the Seventeenth Century” (434), is a picture of considerable di¬
mensions, attractively coloured; evincing considerable character, hut,
at the same time, open somewhat to the charge of extravagance. The
large parlour of the hostelrie is filled with numerous parties of Cava¬
liers and Puritans, each fraternity keeping to his own side: here
is revelry in wine, gambling, song, and joke ; there coarse,
bal’d, fare and long laces; in the midst is a gaudily-equipped gal-
f SECOND NOTICE.
The only important picture of a high poetic class in the exhibition
is 45)2, " The Triumph of Vanity," by Mr. Noel I’aton, which hangs
over the chimneypicce in the south room. Vanity as represented in a
'female figure, who, with excited action, is leading a crowd of her
votaries,—rulers of the earth, warriors, statesmen, lawyers, poets,
lovers, Sic .,—to the edge of a precipice, beneath which iB a yawning
CUAItCQAL-RUItXISlS IN THE TYROLESE ALPS.”-PALSIED BY H. JOHNSON.
March 13, 1858.] THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
274
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 13, 1858
lint trying to snatch a kiss from the Puritan waiting-maid, to the
great delight of his comrades and the horror and dismay of the
Puritan fraternity, in one of whom a hint of jealousy is betrayed.
There is so much fine invention and admirable painting in Sir.
GoodalTsstriking picture (70) entitled “ The Campbells are Coming:
Lucknow, September, 1857,” that weare almost inclined to blind our
eyes to the fact that the “ story ” it pretends to illustrate is apocry¬
phal. The imaginary Jessie is represented leaning forward, with
surprising energy of action, and intense fire in her full blue eye,
listening to distant sounds of hope, as she exclaims, “ Courage!
hark to the slogan—to the Macgregor, the grandest of them a’!
Here’s help at last! ” The figures of the soldiers engaged in the
operations of the day are full of vigour, truthfully illustrating the
ordinary rationale of life in the intrenchmeiits of a besieged
post. In the centre is a touching episode of a mother, until her two
children, overcome with agitation between hope and fear; and beside
her an (dicer, who, with folded arms and a severe, resigned expres¬
sion, is prepared to face the event, whatever it may prove to be.
“ An Alarm in India’’ (552), by Sir. G. Hoplev, is a pihee do cir-
Constance, representing the interior of an officer's quarters under the
alarm of a threatened attack from the natives. The officer is looking
out of window, preparing to make a fight for it, if necessary, whilst
his wife has a second revolver ready for him. The idea i3 realised
with considerable spirit and truth. Near this pietnre is one of calm
domestic life, which contrasts with it remarkably enough (586),
“ Leaving Home,” by Sir. J. Colliusou. A young country lass is
about to be started in the world,—going to servico probably: she sits by
the road, waiting for the mail, her trunk and liatbox carefully
packed by her side, whilst her father gives her a bible as a parting
gift; and a young swain, a short way off, appears to be meditating
offering her a nosegay as his modest souvenir. Altogether an agree¬
able domestic conceit, but the colouring a little garish.
Mr. A- J. Woolmer revels in little episodes of tender sentiment,
and clothes them in a rich effulgence of pale green, amber, and
delicate red. “ Hope ” and “ Disappointment ” (184 and 139) are a
pair which make up a little “ poem without words,” which hardly needs
a word of explanation. In the one we have a fair-haired girl looking
out in jcy fill expectation at the approach, or supposed approach, of
her lover; the glad sun-rays so bright that she is oblieed to shield her
eyes from their influence with her feather-fan. In the other we find
that the fond expectation has not been realised—the advancing form
was not that of the loved one—and, the fan thrown aside, with
head lasting on hand, all is disappointment and dejection. The
quaint old window surrounded by the trailing foliage, the birdcage,
and the knitting implements, indicate tliat our heroine is in the
seclusion of an old country mansion, where the advent of an agreeable
visitor would be ail occurrence all the more important for its rarity.
51 r. IV. H. Knight shows great versatility in his little pihccs de cir-
Constance. “ Knuckle Down ” (120), which we engrave, is a capital
scene of real boyish life. The determined intent, as manifested in the
face and energetic pose, of the boy whose turn it is to play, and the
anxious and alarmed expression of his adversary, whose favourite
tor is thus placed in danger imminent, are admirably hit off. The
other figures contribute each their part to the general effect; whilst
the executive finish is praiseworthy, and the colouring genial and
pleasing to the eye.
l!y Sir. G. Smith we remark a pretty little interior (-183), “ Cottage
Life," with a family group, consisting of an old granny, a child in a
cradle, Ac. Sir. T. Earl’s " Sleepers ” (494), representing a chnbliy boy
asleep in a cradle, a dog asleep beside the latter, in an humble room in
a farmhouse, is of more than ordinary merit. A quiet sentiment per¬
vades materials very simple and ordinary in themselves; and the
execution is careful, solid, yet unpretending.
Sir. H. Weigall, in his “Household \Vords” (531), depicts an
incident of quiet but touching interest. A mother has evidently been
giving words of counsel to her daughter, which appear to have
affected her much, for, overcome with emotion, she half reclines in her
arms. An open letter by the side, perhaps, suggests the subject of the
discourse.
Mr. IV. Bromley tries his hand in two very different fields.
The parting scene in “Borneo and Juliet” (458) is effectively
rendered, under a well-managed crepuscular effect. With
regard to “The Siediator” (247), shall we be wronging the
artist if we suggest that it must have been painted under
very lively recollections of Mnlready's celebrated “ Wolf and
Lamb ” ? The two heroes, so described, are merely counterparts of
these originals, the only variance being that “ the lamb ” is crouching
down on his knees. The smaller child, running off towards the
house to give the alarm, is twin brother to that in Mnlready’s picture.
The only essential differences in the “ cast ” is the substitution of a
good-hearted butcher-boy for the widowed mother, as “ the mediator.”
It must be added that, irrespective of the question of the source whence
so many of the materials have been borrowed, the picture is one of
considerable merit. Whilst upon the subject of random recollections
in art, may we inquire of Mr. F. Stone whether, before he painted
his little picture, “ A Yarn ” (1), be ever chanced to see Solomon's
somewhat popular railway-carriage interior entitled “ The Return ” ?
Mr. Dicksee’s studies of children are always clever; but there is a
danger with children of being too clever sometimes. His “ Play¬
mates ” (10), representing a child nursing a pet dog, is natnr il and/
sprightly ; but “ The Young Pretender ” (501)—a child pretending
to suckle a doll— goes “ too far ” in absurdity, and borders on bad
taste. Mr. Hemsley has a rich vein of humour which delights in such
little naive efforts as “ Hook my Frock! ” (244), whore a shock-'
headed young rustic is making awkward efforts to complete the toilet'
of a small girl, who rewards him with a look beaming with genuine
childish admiration, reconnaissance, and tenderness. ■
Mr. A. Rowan has bestowed pains and care upon his \ Legeud-oX'
Tobit ” (220) which are entitled to recognition; and the frame exhibits
a novelty in the insertion in it of eight medallions representing other
scenes in the same story. “ L’lncognita ”.(259), by Mr. L. YV. De-
sanges, is a 6liowy female figure, of Spanish cast of countenance, her
bright dark eyes partially obscured by a black lace veil, Mr. J, D.
Wingfield, in an unpretending little canvas, denominated (105) "A
Study on the Coast,” shows ns a female in profile, and in white
drapery, with much intellectual expression, delicately haiidleiLin every
particular. His other picture (203), “ Come intd'the Garden, Maude,"
though mere pretensivc, pleases us less. \ \\
In landscape the exhibition is tolerably rich, sthongh there are
fewer large canvases in this line than have been displayed qn former
occasions. Mr. Nieman, besides his “ Great Leviathan,” lias several
pleasing pieces in his own marked 4tyie—(3) “On tiie Eden, tioar
Carlisle,” and (29 and 173) two scenes in North Wales. Mr. F. Dillon
appears to equal advantage in his view of “ Sclinabserthal, Tyrol”
(145), and in that of “The Hlandqf'l’hjlo, Nubia, from the North ”
(495). Mr. Jutsum studies nature with a conscientious eye, and al¬
ways paints honestly and well ! His “ Loch Ed ” (143) is remarkable
for tbe clever composition of the materials brought together—in the
front a corn-field, and beyond the cold bine surface of the loch, the
whole being backed by the grey mountain range. “ The Hay Harvest”
(159) is a charming scene of real country life. The various occupations
and ] araphemnlii of the farm-homestead haveall evidently been studied
outlie spot Of thelost-namedagreeablopictitrewegive an Engraving.
Mr. Harry Johnson also culls our graver into exercise for his flue picture
of “ Charcoal-burning in the Tyrolean Alps" (459). This wild scone in
the inhospitable Alpine range, with the one stunted tree in the midst
to mark its barrenness and desolateness, and the struggling glow from
the charcoal-framers' furnace, is most happily and characteristically
depicted. Mr. G. C. Stanfield has two quaint, picturesque viewsfrom
the ancient city of Tri:ves(231 and 632). Mr. F. Sidney Cooper gives us
only one of bis masterly cattle-pieces (2), “ A Pond in the Meadows.”
Mr. E. W. Cooke has two of his clever Dutch sea-pieces, with
shipping—one (23) with “ the tide flowing,” and the effect of a “ wind
oil shore; ” the other (821) seen on “ a still day after stormy weather.”
He also exhibits (414) “ An Evening on the Lagune at Venice,” a
striking little sketch, illumined by an intensely golden sky. Mr.
J, Danby’s “The Rescue” (197) is an impressive picture, pecu-
borly successful in effect. It represents the hull of a ship which has been
battered by some gone-by storm, waterlogged, but stilt floating on the
now placid main, a raft having put off from it containing some of the
surviving crew. Low down in the distance, seen through a grey mist
illumined by the morning sun, are the sails, square set, of a vessel
approaching.
“ASSES DRINKING.” BY R. ANSDELL.
Mb. AxsitKix, whose talent as an animal-painter has long com¬
manded a high renown, exhibits in his progress the rare case of an
artist who has not been spoiled by popularity. Notr satisfied with
temporary successes in his peculiar line with sheep and village donlceya,
he has lately prosecuted his art in newer and larger fields, and with
higher aims ill view, and with a success which will, if we mistake not,
amply reward him for the venture. In Spain lie lias studied cha¬
racter, climate, and colour in scenes equally novel and suggestive,
presenting a mine of wealth to the eye of the artist; and all these
essentials to pictorial effect he has admirably combined in his picture
entitled “ Asses Drinking,” which was one of the prizes of the
Glasgow A rt-Union last year. The materials are of a simple, generic
character; but the composition shows the mind and hand of n master.
The two asses stopping on their journey to drink are evidently studies
from life, and they arc so placed that one is seen at fall length, whilst
the other is boldly foreshortened—the driver standing between them.
The introduction of the girl coming to fetch water gives a conver-
salional tone, a breathing life, to the group which would otherwise be
monotonous and dull. This fine picture was allotted at the recent
distribution to a subscriber at Birmingham. It is a condition
annexed to it that the artist retains the copyright.
FINE ARTS.
As the season approaches, numerous works of art, independently of
those in the ordinary exhibitions, invite attention in various parts of
the town. The French Gallery in Pall-mall is appropriated to
Koyalty. Here Winterhalter's large group picture of “ The Empress
of the French, surrounded by the Ladies of her Court,” occupies one end
of the room. It is a showy composition: scene, a park, with a pro¬
fusion of flowers and great variety of gay colouring hi the costumes,
but somewhat formal and theatrical iu treatment. Next, the same
artist's pleasing bridal portrait of Princess Frederick William of
Prussia attracts our notice. It is commended by all who have seen
the illustrious original as being very like. Ill another department are
several photographs of personages and incidents about Court, pro¬
duced, by command of tier Majesty, by Messrs. Caldesi and Mon-
tccchi; amongst others an extremely interesting “ Group at Osborne
House, 1857, including portraits of the Queen (with the youngest
Princess in her lap), the Prince Consort, and all the Royal children.
At the Gallery, 123, Pall-mall, is exhibited “ the grand national
portrait of Lord Palmerston,” by Mr. F. Cruikshaukvlt is a
whole-length, taken from actual sittings at Cambridge House Bl
J une and July last, and is supposed to represent the noble ex-
I’remier addressing the House ol' Commons after his triumphant
appeal to the country on the China question. The likenessi^a good
one, though wanting in his Lordship's accustomed- bonhomie; and
the artist hns. as seems to us, committed a mistake in placiitg his
subject with bis back to the Opposition and to the Chair, iustead of,
facing them. In the same room is Mrs. E M. Ward’s clever little
picture of a group of children (her own) singing the National Anthem
to her accompaniment on the piano; which attracted rcudlivell-
deserved admiration at last year's exhibition. —'
We have seldom seen a more genuinely English and more truly
poetic landscape than one which Mr. George Chester has just com¬
pleted, and which is now on view at 30, Oreit George-street, YVest-
minstor, under the title of “ Afternoon in Summer Time.” The
subject is taken from nature—a delicious secluded dell on-the Team, a
little wayward trout stream, about fifteen miles from Lndloiv; and it
leaves evidences of having been, to a considerable extent, painted on
the spot. The foreground is thickly wopded, the.character of the
various foliage introduced being admirably discriminated, yet with¬
out excess of detail. Then the eye, descending, lights upon the
little mountain stream, which <is here in sluggish mood—deer
coming to drink at iJ« x watCTS,Avkic:h are crossed by a rustic
bridge. A fine distance, clothed in blue, and a slightly-chequered
sky over head, serve by the coolness of their tone to balance and set
oil the warm, rich lines which, despite the shade, invigorate the larger
portion of the canvas/ / In many respects Mr. Chester's work
reminds ns of Constable's, 'nut with somewhat less than liis prevailing
coldness. \ \
At the Auction Mart in the Gjtsr, Messrs. Jennings, of Cornhill.have
just opened to view the very spirited picture of the “ Horse-race on the
Corso at Rome during the Carnival," by Mr. T. Jones Barker. The
peculiarity of the Roman horse-race consists in the fact that
the horses compete without riders; yet the excitement and emnla-
lation both amongst the imiraais themselves and their owners and
trainers are probably as great as anything of the kind exhibited at
Epsom on a Derby-day, The “ start ” is a moment of enthralling
interest/p, and the horses, in their eagerness to he “ off,” some¬
times knock down /the rope (which is put across at the staring-
place, to be removed at the appointed signal. Such an incident,
with the eonfueion which ensues, naturally greatly heightens the
effect, and tins is wbat Mr. Barker has very successfully repre
sented in his picture. Every part of the canvas is full of animation :
the horses, which exhibit great fire and life, are of the pure Roman
barb breed, and have been studied from originals in the exten-
sive stud of Prince Piombino. Their attendants also are, in most
Cases, portraits. The entourage—including one of the most inter¬
esting architectural sites in Rome, peopled with a motley assemblage
of maskers, native and foreign, municipal and other public func-
Himari^e, elegant ladies, Ac., all guarded by foreign bayonets—forms
a striking and lively coup d’ail.
The Mctinv at Peshayvor. — A correspondent at Peshawnr,
In a letter from that place dated 31st December. 18S7, requests us to make
tlie following corrections In his letter inserted in llie number of this
Journal for the 3rd October last General Cotton, commanding at
reshaw ur, prepared for the reception of the mutineers by first disarming
a portion of the native troops in cantonments: tlie regiments retaining
their arms being the autN.I , tlie 7th and 18th Irregular Cavalry, and
the Kbel&t-i-Gbitzlc Regiment, which was stationed at Jhubkudder Fort,
a few companies being on garrison duty iu tiie forts of Aboozalo and
Michnee. With regard to the statement that ‘the Native Infantry regi¬
ments occupying the forts intended to march into cantonments oil tile
evening of the Zend May.' I have been assured by Colonel Edwardes, C.U..
Commissioner of Peshawar, tlintnosuch suspicion was entertained against
the R helat-l-Ghilzie Regiment, hut against the other two regiments, viz.,
the tilth snd 65th, which wi re also at the forts, til detailing tlie force
under Colonel Chute sent against the mutineers of the 5Sth N.I., t
omitted a troop of the tstli Irregular Cavalry. The l’unjaub Infantry
and the Mountain Train guns were also engaged in the pursuit of the 55 th. ”
Failure or Water. — The Man-heater Guardian gives the
following account of the discomforts resulting from the supply of water
not being equal to the de-mnnd:—** They are reduced to lameutaule straits
at Oldlmm. Ten thousand kettles ore on the hobs morning and evening:
as many tea-caddies come forth from tlie corner-cupboards; cups and
saucers are duly spread upon the little round tables; and all above ten
years old are thirsting for the accustomed three cups a-piece. But. lack-
a-day ! the great reservoir on the hills has sunk and sunk, during this un-
conscionabio drought, until at last tlie authorities vouchsafe mere driblets
of mud. water, worniB, and unimaleuia; once a day. From a cup and a
half a fortnight back, the stint .s now reduced to half a cup, and that
only to women—the inen having providentially taken to ale. The cottage
fleers arc unsecured ; the was lung- days are put off; rosy checks are be¬
come grim from acquaintance only with dry towels; and all the young
jackanapeses in the place have ce«.-ed roaring from the Saturday-night
tubs these three w< eks past. The fact is. the population has far outgrown
the water supply.”
Ah Internal Machike. —A Piedmontese, named Bozzo, a
ticket -porter at Lyons, was tried by the Assize f.'ourt of tlie Rhone, on
Thursday week, tor an attemrd to murder by means of an infernal machine.
Having a grudge against another porter, named La (Jhapelle, he sent a
box to his lodgings directed to him. Chnpellc and his wife, fancying that
the box contained presents for their children, hastened to open It w r ith
great glee, but no sooner was the key (which was fastened outside by a
stringi put into the keyhole than the box burst with a loud explosion,
and one of the children was wounded In the face Bozzo had placed in
flic box two loaded pistols, the triggers of which he had tied to the holt of
the lock, calculating that, as sunn h, it was turned both,would go off One
only did go oil in point oi fuel, as it happened and, fortunately, the wounds
rtcehid by tliechfld were not ft rlcus. it. was, however, proved that the
psiola were loaded in a mo m madly manner. Bozzo was found guilty,
aind atilt. nr d to hard labour for life.
The Rhine and the Miselle have been frozen over for the third
time this winter. The water continues very low iu liotli.
EPITOME OF NEWS—FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
Lord Howden has been appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the
Bath: and Lieutenant-Colonel 1-arcom, ILK , and Percy William Doyle
Esq., late Minister in Mexico, have been appointed Companions of the
order.
'ihe -Art-Manufacture Association flourishes. The prospectuses
for the yiar ore juat Issued, and enumerate seventy-seven works of art-
industry Jor diHtribution to subscribers; among them are productions by
nearly all the leading manufacturers of England.
Motions that a bust of General Havelock be placed in the Guild¬
hall, and that the freedom of tho City be given to Sir John Lawrence, in
a goid box of the value of one hundred guineas, were carried on Friday
week at the Court of Common Council.
As the English schooner Edith Maria, Captain Blacklock, was
going down the Seine last week, in ballast, she suddenly fell on her
btam-ends and tilled. The crew were saved, but the wife of the captain
was drowned.
It is stated by Lvonnet. who devoted many years to the study of
the anatomy of the larva of the goat-moth, that it contains 4oil distinct
muscles.
7he Ordnance Department are now engaged in erecting three
batteries for the defence of the port and city of Aberdeen. Arrangements
are also in progress for the extension q! tho barracks in the city, and
ground has been leased from the corporation for rifle practice.
An association has been formed, in connection with Price’s Patent
Candle Company, to provide dwellings at Battersea for the workpeople in
that establishment, a similar experiment at iheir factory near Liverpool
having been suc<je8Sfttt\ \ \
A strike lias occurred among the shipwrights at Hull, about 500
in number. Tht^y reftised to abandon their code of laws, which limits
the number of apprentices in the trade, the quantity of work per day, the
houre ol overtime, &c.
Mr. Lyons, her Majesty’s Secretary of Legation at Florence, re¬
siding at Horae, has proceeded to Naples to watch the trials and to-im¬
port the interests of the two engineers, unofficially, our diplomatic rela¬
tions being suspended.
The official journal of St. Petersburg publishes an Imperial
decree sanctioning the establishment of two new railway companies,
under the names of the Vienna-Warsaw and Warsaw-Bromberg Com¬
panies.
The Government emigrant ship. Ascendant, sailed from Plymouth
on Tuesday week for 31 oreton Bay, New South Wales, with 47 ’married
couples, 75 single men, id single women, 22 boys, between the ages of l
and 12, ID girls between the same ages, aud 6 infants—making a total of
234 souls.
A Dutch vessel has arrived with a cargo of wild beasts, consist¬
ing of lions, tigers, and zebras ; also boa-coustrietors and venomous ser¬
pents* V
The number of patients relieved at the City of London Hospital
for Diseases of the Chest, Victoria Park, last we?k, was 029, of which 00
were new cages.
The charity known as the Crypt Grammar School, at Gloucester,
having of late years very much increased in value. It has been decided to
build a larger and very superior school, capable of accommodating abouWoo
boys.
The following screw-steamers are ordered to he completed forth¬
with. and launched early in the ensuing summer—viz., Hero* 01 craws,
3300 tons burden; Hood, 90, 3000 tons; Mersey, 40, 3000; and Chart/Mis ,
21, 2500 tons.
So scarce is water in Savoy that sentinels nre at every well to
prevent any one family from getting more than its proportionate allow¬
ance.
The steamer Maynulia exploded her boilers nt Whitehall, North
Carolina, and from fifteen to twenty persons were killed.
A trooper of the 0th Dragoons, who had deserted in the Crimea,
has been triedfat Brighton by general court-martial, and sentenced to be
shot.
A paragraph has lately appeared in tho public journals erroneously
stating that Mr. Bates, the’ex-banker, has been released from prison. Mr.
Bates will not be set at liberty until October next.
The Controllers hip of Customs at the port of Liverpool has been
abolished, arrangements having been mnd«’ in London which dispense
with that office. Mr. Daw, who for some time has held the appointment,
has been promoted to the Collectorahlp at Plymouth.
Mr. Charles Mathews, comedian, was recenfly married in New
York, to Mrs. Lizzie Weston Davenport, lately the wife of Mr. A. H.
Davenport, of Wall tick’s Theatre.
A girl, eleven years of age, has died at Gateshead, in con¬
sequence, it is believed, of having taken worm lozenges, which contained
a deleterious amount of calomel.
The number of patients relieved at the Royal Free Hospital,
Gray's-inn-road, last week, was 19C4, of which 520 were new cases.
A letter from Delhi mentions that there is very little chance of
the ex-King's recovery. He is said to be fast siuking.
The employes of her Majesty’s Theatre presented Mr. Charles
"Nugeut. on Saturday evening last, with a splendid silver snuffbox, in
recognition of his courtesy and urbanity for many years in his re¬
sponsible and arduous position.
The temple of Theseus, at Athens, recent letters state, was meta¬
morphosed j n f 0 a restaurant on the occasion of the fetes given to King
Otho. The Athenians drank there wine of Tenedos and danced a kind of
JPyrrhic dance.
General Bedeau, like General Changarnier. declines to accept the
Emperor’s permission to return to France at the present moment.
We hear (says the Athcnceum) tliat Mr. Thornbury, author of
“Art and Nature,” has in progress a life of Turner—Mr. Ftuskiu having
assisted him with the MSS. .and note-books of that great aud eccentric
painter.
A number of engineers and workmen, under the guidance of
M Degouasee, art* going to the desert ol Zahara, with a view to pierce
Artesian wells, and establish in that wilderness an oasis here aud there, if
practicable.
A graceful sarcophagus is now finished in the Church of Rueil, to
enshrine the ashes of Queen Hortense, which are on one side of the altar,
those of the Empress Josephine having their resting place opposite.
Mr. J. Twining, Vice-President of the Society of Arts, has
placed his Economic ftfneeum at the disposal ot tho council of that body,
to lorm the nucleus of the projected Great Exhibition of 1861.
Tlie line of mail-packets heretofore convey : :g, under contract
with the United States’ Government, tho mails oetweeu Liverpool and
New York have ceased running.
At Dartmoor, on Wednesday week, about 500 convicts were em¬
ployed in clearing away the snow’which blocked up the road leading to
Prince Town, which had been rendered impassable for vehicles of any
description.
At a special general meeting of the Royitl Institute of Architects,
recently held, it was resolved that her Majesty bo advised to present the
Royal gold medal to Herr Stiller, of Berlin, Architect to the King of
Prussia.
Mr. Telfer, the Northumberland horse-tamer, performed on
Saturday last at Channel's Riding-school, Islington, before fifty gentle¬
men, who passed a resolution unanimously expressing their perfect s itis-
faction with the performance, with ito efficacy, and Ha simplicity.
Mr. Murray has issued, on a separate sheet, an index to Dr.
Livingstone’s •‘Journal,” with a couple of page* of new matter, relating
chiefiy to the wife of the missionary.
The tower of Doncaster parish church is now completed, the
four angle pinnacles having been fixed during the last few days.
The Ulverstone Mining Company’s water level has jnst been
opened. The level is a mile and a half Jong, is .* i't. 6 in. wide, and oft.
deep, the greater portion of it being cut iu solid rock, and it effects a
drainage at the engine-shaft of 92 feet.
The next annual meeting of the Royal North 3 an cash ire Agri¬
cultural Society will be held at Ulverstone on the 24th and 25th of August
next
The Rev. A. S. Farrar, Fellow of Queens’ College, Oxford, and
formerly of Liverpool, has been appointed lo (tie office of Whitehall
Preacher, by the Bishop of London. .Mr. Farrar v.as the first exhibi¬
tioner from the Liverpool Collegiate Institution.
During a trial in the Crown Conn. Higo. la-d week, it was dis¬
covered tluit one of the jurors was drunk, whereupon the jury were dis¬
charged, and a fine of .£20 was recorded against the delinquent.
A man was frozen to death in the We-.t Riding of Yorkshire
on Thursday week, lie was on his way ho:n»* t hrough n field when over¬
taken by a gnowv.orm, and his body was found partly oufled In the snow.
Makch 13, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
275
MATRIMONIAL ALLIANCES OF BRITISH PRINCESSES.
It is remarkable how important a part the Princesses of England,
either of themselves or by those claiming under them, have borne in
the government of this country. Not to go further back, the mar¬
riage of Margaret Beaufort, granddaughter of John of Gaunt and
Blanche, heiress of the house of Lancaster, with Edmund Tudor,
Earl of Richmond, son of Owen Tudor, a Welsh gentleman, intro¬
duced the line of the Tudors to the throne of England, which Henry
VII. consolidated by his marriage with Elizabeth, heiress of the
house of York; the succession thus, in both lines, coming through
female branches of the two families. Moreover, the accession of the
house of Stuart to the throne of England, and the origin of the house
of Stnart itself, are traced to females. The Royal house of Stuart is
descended from Margaret, daughter of Robert Brnce, who married
Walter Stuart in the fourteenth century. Margaret, daughter of
Henry VII. of England, married James IV. of Scotland, in 1503,
whose great-grandson, James VI. of Scotland (James L of England),
succeeded to the English throne on the failure of the house of Tudor on
the death of Queen Elizabeth. It should be observed that the family
name, Stuart, though passing through the female line with Mary Queen
of Scots, was retained by the marriage of that unhappy lady with her
cousin, Henry Stuart, LordDarnley. Upon the expulsion of the reigning
branch of the house of Stuart, William of Orange was adopted to the
throne, as son of the Princess Mary, daughter of Charles L, and as
husband of the other Princess Mary, daughter of James II.; and
again upon the death of Queen Anne without issue the succession
was limited to the house of Brunswick, or Hanover, the representa¬
tive of which was second in descent from the Princess Elizabeth,
daughter of James L, who married the Elector Palatine in 1613.
So that, going back to the time of Henry VII, the following results
appear:—1. There were only three male Sovereigns of the
house of Tudor, who in the aggregate reigned sixty-eight
years, being succeeded by two female Sovereigns, who reigned
fifty years. 2. That the house of Stuart gave only four male
Sovereigns to the English throne, whose reigns in the aggregates
(including the interregnum of twelve years) extended to eighty-five
years. 3. Then followed the reigns of William and Mary, and Anne,
representing the Stuarts, and occupying the throne in the aggregate
thirty-five years, by female descent, neither of them leaving heirs.
4. The house of Hanover has produced five Kings, representing as
many generations, in male succession; reigning in the aggregate
123 years, and is now in abeyance, the female branch succeeding in
the person of'Queen Victoria, (6) whose descendants will be of the
family of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. W ith these general observations, which
show the important results which may follow from the marriages of
Princesses in any country where the female line is admitted to share
in the succession, we proceed to put together a few particulars of the
inrriages of British Princesses since the accession of the house of
dor:—
XIAKOAltKT, DAUGHTER OF IIESRY VII., WITH JAMES IV. OF
SCOTIA SD.
The marriage of the Princess Royal, daughter of Henry VII., with
( James IV. of Scotland, was an event which caused no little sensation
and discussion at the time, both upon political grounds, and for the
gay, but somewhat extravagant, conceits which marked its celebration.
In the former respect it is recorded of this match that when it was
discussed in the English Council some objected that England might in
consequence of such marriage fall under the dominion of Scotland.
But the King overruled these misgivings, “ for,” he said, “ though
Scotland should give an heir to the English crown, that kingdom will
become an accession to England;” an observation which the event
has fully justified, it being true in politics as in physics that of
pow ers mutually acting on one another the greater must attract and
absorb the less.
James of Scotland considered himself of fully equal rank with
that of his yonng bride, who had to make a weary journey north to
meet her intended. The betrothal took place at Richmond, 1502;
and thence the Princess journeyed on to Holyrood, where the
wedding was celebrated between eight and nine in the morning. In
the festivities on this occasion we find something resembling the
dramatic mask afterw ards so much in vogue; and poetry and song
shared with mountebanks, as noble jousters did with less noble
tumblers, in doing honour to the celebration. It was then the
custom for a Scottish King to make a “ morrowing gift” to his bride,
and James did this nobly, for on the morning after the nuptials he
presented to his wife the title-deeds of the lands of Kilmarnock. The
bride was ns merry as the groom was liberal; for we are told that
<hus early she, and even her ladies, began clipping the King's beard—
an amusement which was considered an excellent joke by the whole
party.
XII
%
rosity was ill requited
faction, usurped authority which did not belong to her, and put the
King under a thraldom from which he fancied he could only release
himself by another marriage. It happened thatthe Duke de Longuc-
ville, who was a prisoner in England, had reported favourably of the
Princess Mary, the youthful sister of the King, and a treaty of peace
and of marriage was forthwith adopted. The English were allowed to
retain Tonmny. and the King of France bound himself to pay 000,000
crowns, of which <100,000 were to be returned, or deducted as the
of the country, or any of the pre-eminences, dignities, and rights of
the Crown either during or after her life, as tenant by courtesy of the
realm or by any other means. Philip arrived at Southampton July 19,
1554, and the marriage took place a few days afterwards at Win¬
chester. The Royal couple then “made a pompous entry into
London, where Philip displayed his wealth with great ostentation
thence they took their departure to Windsor. The Prince’s
demeanour was cold and reserved, and the marriage was not a happy
one, for the love was all on one side. It was to propitiate the good
graces of her unamiable spouse that Queen Mary entered into a dis -
astrous war with France, in which all the British possessions,
including Calais, were lost; and she is said in her anguish to have
declared that after her death, if her heart were taken out of her body,
the name “ Calais ” would be found inscribed upon it.
[The marriage of Elizabeth, daughter of James I. with the Elector
Palatine, was described in the Illustrated Lomdox News of the
13th ultj
MART, DAUGHTER OF CHARIES I., WITH WILLIAM II., FRIKCE OF
ORAXGE.
Charles I. was at the height of his distresses, at war with Parlia¬
ment, and utterly without means, when he bethought him of the
marriage which had been contracted for between his young daughter
Mary and William II., Prince of Orange. Poor little Princess!
history is almost silent as to the ceremony of her nuptials, which
were upon a very different scale and in a very different style to those
of her aunt, a few years previous. Moreover, they were used as an
expedient to cover an act on the part of her parents at which history
blushes, and which even the plea of dire necessity can hardly excuse.
In the early part of 1041 the King, meditating retiring to York, iu
order to make preparation for war, whether defensive or offensive,
determined,” we are told, “to send the Queen into Holland, under
colour of conducting thither the Princess Mary, her daughter, who
had been espoused to the Prince of Orange, and of going to Spa.
But withal he had put into her liands the Crown jewels, which were
afterwards used in buying arms and ammunition.” Previous to this
the Queen herself had been reduced to so great straits “ that she was
compelled to coin or sell her chamber plate, for the supply of her
roost necessary occasions.” The King accompanied the Queen and
Princess to Dover, and saw them embark, and was so loth to part
with them that he rode along the shore for several miles, as long as
he could catch sight of those so dear to him. This was on the 24rd
of February, 1641; the marriage took place on the 2nd of May fol¬
lowing. The offspring of this union was William of Orange, after¬
wards King of England, born 16G0. Mary died in 1670. \ \
HENRIETTA, DAUGHTER OF CHARLES I., WITH PHILIP DUKE^OF
ORLEAXS.
Henrietta, the second daughter of the nnfortunate Charles I., was
but an infant at the time of his death, and it was not till after the
restoration of his family to the throne, in the person of Charles II.,
that her hand was sought iu marriage by Philip Duke of Orleans, the
brother of Louis XIV. She was but seventeen years of age at this
period; and the greater part of her life had been passed as an exile at
the French Court, where her beauty and her misfortunes ensured her
admiration and sympathy. This marriage followed closely Upon that
of the Grand Mona roue with the Infanta of Spain; the gaudy pre¬
parations in honour of which at the Island of Pheasants cost his life
to Velasquez, palace-decorator, as Well as portrait-painter, to the
Spanish Court, who was officially engaged in superintending the ar¬
rangements. And this English match, like that wi(h Spain, was
mixed up with political considerations—bargains and sales such as
Kings and courtiers only condescend to when disposing of the affec¬
tions of their kindred. The Ambassador who negotiated the marriage
was also charged with two other treaties, of wliieh one was for the
marriage of Charles H., King of Spain, with tiie Infanta of Portugal;
and the other the recovery of Dunkirk from the hands of the English.
“ Five miBions of francs (says De Limiers, the contiuuator of De
Mezeray) operated as a strong inducement to a Sovereign recently
returned from exile, and who preferred pleasure to glory, and served
to bring the negotiation to a successful issue.” The marriage took
place in 1602, and for ten years afterwards poor Henrietta was the
object of admiration as well as the prime mover in intrigue, in the in¬
triguing capital of France. Her last and crowning achievement was to
disengage Charles 11. from the triple alliance, and especially from the
terms of the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, and towards the accomplish¬
ment of it she came over 1 to England, accompanied by a fair
coadjutor, Mademoiselle de Querouaille, whose persuasive powers
proved irresistible, and who survives in history, to the scandal
of our proud Peerage, under the title of the Duchess of
Pnr+emrtiit.li Aina for knmftn sr>fntilutinn and intricruc! Henrietta
Portsmouth Alas for human speculation and intrigue! Henrietta
<TOrleans having sucessfully acquitted herself of this delicate
mission returned to Puris, where within a few days she died
suddenly, not without suspicion of poison. She brought three
children into the world, of whom one survived—namely, Anna Maria,
born 1669, who married Victor Amadeus, Duke of Savoy. Prom this
union the presen t house of Savoy have an abstract prior claim to the
crown of England, but that the Act of Settlement passed it over in
favour of that of the house of Brunswick.
MAST, DAUGHTER OF HENRY VII., WITH LOUIS XII. OF FRANCE, AND
AFTERWARDS WITH THE DUKE OP SUFFOLK.
Tills marriage of the Princess Elizabeth with the King of Scotland
was only one of the grand alliances in liis family. His son Arthur, and,
on the death of the latter, his son Henry, afterwards Henry VIII.,
married Catharine of Aragon, daughter of the King of Spain; and the
pretended questions of conscience of Henry VIII. as tortile illegality of
this marriage, and the refusal of the Pope to dissolve it, were the real
origin of the repudiation of the Church of Rome, and the establishment
of Protestantism in this country. But Henry VI l. had another daughter,
Alary, who, after the death of that Monarch, was married to Louis XXL
of France; the Tudor family being thus united to the three most
powerful Sovereign houses in Europe—France, Spain, and Scotland.
Louis XII. lost his wife, Anne of Brittany, in January, 1514. He felt
his bereavement, it is said, very bittmy, and, having no children.
adopted with affection Francis of Valois (afterwards Francis - r o- ----- , <. ■ n ? ...
sanctioned his union with Claude, his stepdaughter. But this gene- wards James II.), and his nephew, \\ llham, Prince of Orange (after-
Louisa, the mother of Francis, with her wafds William III.), hoping by so tempting an oiler to engage him
. . . 1 .. . ... . . , i m Lie 1 Tic mnnii*itn.*i mfilntKZ O TViVO no ail/'n OG
MART, DAUGHTER OP JAMES II., WITH WILLIAM III., PRINCE OF
\\ ORANGE.
In the same reign another marriage took place between the houses
of Stuart and Orange. Charles II., sensible of the strong feeling
which existed between the “ malcontents ” or anti Court party and
the champion of the Protestant cause in Europe, lesalved upon a mar¬
riage between his niece, Mary (daughter of the Duke of York, after-
entirely in liis interests.” He meditated making a peace such as
would satisfy France and still preserve his connection with that
crown ; and he looked to obtaining the Prince’s sanction to this trans¬
action as the price of the flattering match he offered him. The
Prince of Orange arrived in England October 10, 1677, and was
graciously received by the King at Newmarket, and who was for
entering at once upon the business. But the Prince was not to be so
easily dealt with. He “desired first to be acquainted with the Lady
marriage portion. The marriage ceremony was performed at London I Mary; and lie declared thut, contrary to ttieusMlsentamimta of
on the 2nd of August, by proxy, and iu person, at Abbeville, ou the 1 persons of his rank, he placed a great part of Imppmesa m domeaLc
loth of October, 1514. The cliild bride was sent across the sea to her t satisfaction, and would not, on any consideration of mtereRts or
Royal husband; and, with an escort of 2000 archers of Henry’s Body politics, match himself with a person disagreeable to him. He was
Guard, and a bevy of knights and ladies, was cast ashore al>out three
leagues to the east of Boulogne, where there still stands a hut which
is said to have been the temporary palace of “ Madame Mary, pearl of
England.” There was a sort of impromptu Court held on the sands,
and some gay doings, at wliieh one Mistress Anne Boleyn was among
the most lively performers. Then there was a gayer cortege to Abbe
villc, where Louis XII. espoused Madame Mary, to whom the city
mad Of substantial presents of oxen, sheep, corn, and vin ordinaire.
Louis XII. did not long survive the happy event, and his death
(which took place oa New Year’s-day, 1515) is supposed to have been
hastened by the change of habits which he adopted out of compliment
to his young bride, who was a girl of sixteen, whilst he was fifty-
two years of age.
Mary Tudor—long before this ill-assorted marriage— had been
deeply in love with Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, whom, two
years afteT her widowhood, she married. The result was a daughter,
Frances, who married Henry Grey, Marquis of Dorset; and the issue
of this marriage was the unfortunate Lady Jane Grey, whose tragical
fate in 1554' still moves the sympathies of all chivalrous minds.
(iUEE^KJI ART , WITn FniLIP II. OF SPAIN.
In the same year that Queen Mary—Bloody Mary as she is appro¬
priately called—put to death her hapless cousin, she united herself in
marriage to Philip II. of Spain. This match was very unpopular, not
only because the bridegroom was a Roman Catholic, but because he
was a foreigner, for the custom had not yet grown up of replenishing
cur Pwoyal stock from abroad. The Parliament rejected a bill, pro¬
posed to them by the Lord Chancellor, making it treason to compass
or imagine the death of the Queen’s husband, even whilst she was
alive; but, on the other hand, passed a law to guard against his
Laving or pretending to have any authority in the government
introduced to the Princess, whom he found in the bloom of youth,
and extremely amiable both in her person and her behaviour.”
When it was a question to settle the terras of peace and the
marriage in one, the Prince replied, through Sir W. Temple, “that
his allies, who were like to liavc hard terms of peace as things then
stood, would he apt to believe that he had made his match at them
cost; and, for his part, he would never sell his honour for a wife.
He then made a motion to leave the country, which brought the King to
his senses. # ....
Charles II. said to Sir W. Temple, who told him of this intention
of the Prince, “ I never yet was deceived in judging a man s honesty
by bis looks; and if I am not deceived in the Prince’s face he is
the honestest man in the world. I will trust him, and he shall have
hw wife; and you sliall go immediately and tell my brother so, and
that it Is a thing I am resolved ou.” The Duke of York at first dis¬
proved of the match ; hut, hearing this, at once gave in, observing,
“ I tell him (the King) my opinion very freely upon anything; but
when it is done, and 1 know his pleasnre upon it, I obey him.*’
The same day the marriage articles were agreed upon, the Princess's
portion being £40,000 sterling; and the day after the King declared
the marriage in full Council. The marriage took place on the 23rd
of October, to the great joy of the country.
FBTNCK88 (AFTERWARDS QUEEN) ANNE WITH GEORGE OF DENMARK.
* Tlie same merry Monarch gave away another Princess, Anne,
daughter of James* IL, to George of Denmark. The ceremony took
place at the Chapel Royal. St. James’s, in July, 16S3, and was splendid
and tolerably decorous. The people were not forgotten on this occa¬
sion, and wine, conduits, shows, and diversions were provided for them
gratis, end ’the church bells sent forth merry peals from every steeple
throughout the entire night.
We now pass over a long interval, as in neither of the reigns of
William III. or Anne was there a Princess of England to marry.
ANNE, DAUGHTER OF GEORGE II., WITH THB PRINCE OF ORANGE.
The first marriage in England of a Princess of the house of
Hanover was that of Anne, daughter of George II., and god¬
daughter of Queen Anne, with the Prince of Orange; whom Queen
Caroline called “ an animal,** and George II. “ a baboon.” The
ceremony took place in the “ French Chapel ” at St. James’s. Soon
after the Duke of Brunswick married the Princess Augusta, daughter
of Frederick Prince of Wales, and from which marriage issued
Charlotte, afterwards wife of George III. The wedding, which is
described as a poor affair, was followed by a grand supper at Leicester
House. Dramatic festivities also marked the event, and the bride¬
groom was entertained at Covent-garden Theatre with a comedy
entitled “ He’s Nobody’s Enemy but his Own.” At the Opera the
crowd is described as having been so great that ladies had to get out
of their sedan-chairs in Piccadilly ; the gentlemen going before them,
with their Court swords drawn, to make way for them.
CAROLINE MATHILDA, SISTER OF GEORGE III., WITH CHRISTIAN VII.
OF DENMARK.
The marriage of the Princess Caroline Mathilda, daughter of Fre¬
derick Prince of Wales^ and the sister of George IU., with Christian
VII., King of Denmark J took place by proxy at the Chapel Royal at
St. James’s, on the 1st of October, 1766, at half-past seven in the
evening. The Duke of York was proxy for the King of Denmark ; and
the ceremony was performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Next
morning, at a quarter after six, her Majesty set out from Carlton
House, accompanied by the Dolce of Gloucester and bis suite,
in a train of three coaches, escorted by p irties of Light
Horse, Horse Grenadiers, and Life Guards. The parting with
her mother is represented to have been extremely tender,
and “ she was observed, on getting into her coach, to shed
tears, which greatly affected the populace assembled in Pall-mall to
see her departure.”
CHARLOTTE AUGUSTA, DAUGHTER OF GEORGE III., WITH THE
PRINCE OF WURTEMBKBG.
The marriage of the Princess Charlotte Augusta, daughter of
George III., with the Prince Hereditary of Wurtemberg, may be taken
as a parallel case to that of the young Princess just united to Prince
Frederick William of Prussia. She likewise had the rank of Princess
Royal, being the eldest daughter of the King. She was born on the
29th of Sept., 1766; and on the 3rd of April, 1797, the King commu¬
nicated the fact of the intended match to the House of Commons,
simidy, and without any mention of an allowance. But a dowry of
^£80jj00 was given to her, added to which the Irish Parliament
granted an annuity of £5000 a year.
The Gazette of May 13 announces that “ on Tuesday last ” the Prince
arrived at the apartments provided for him at St James’s, and the
ensuing day attended at the King’s lev&. The matrimonial ceremony
was preformed at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, on the 17th of May,
at two o’clock in the afternoon. The ceremony was performed by the
Archbishop of Canterbury, tlie King giving away the Royal bride.
On the 2nd of June, early in the morning, the Prince and Princes3
of Wurtemberg set out from St. James’s for Harwich, on their way
to Germany, escorted by n party of Light Dragoons. The Royal
family was not present, having taken leave the preceding night at
twelve o’clock. Tlie Princess wore a blue riding-habit, with the Russian
Order of St. Catharine, and a straw bonnet. “S J ie endeavoured to
appear cheerful, but the faltering acceuts with which she bade her
attendants and the surrounding multitude farewell l-espoke the agita¬
tion of her Serene Highness’s mind.”
ELIZABETH, DAUGHTER OF GEORGE III., WITH THE PRINCE OF
HESSE JIOMBCRG.
The Princess Elizabeth, third daughter of George Til., and
generally considered to be the favourite cliild of the latter, was a
lady of most amiable character and refined mind; and gifted with no
ordinary accomplishments, being an amateur artiste •" no mean ability.
The marriage of this Princess with Phillip Augustus, Hereditary
Prince of Hesse Homburg, took place at the Queen’s House (now
Buckingham Palace) on the 7th April, 1818, her Royal Highness being
then of mature age. Her Royal Highness had an allowance of
£9000 n year, of wliieh after her marriage she contributed the larger
portion to restore the finances of her newly-adopted country, which
was in a very dilapidated condition. She died in January, 1840,
beloved and regretted by all who knew her.
CHARLOTTE, DAUGHTER OF GEORGE PRINCE OF WALES, WITH
PRINCE LEOPOLD OF SAXE COBURG.
Perhaps no Royal marriage in this country had ever awakened more
intense interest amongst all classes of the community than that of the
Princess Charlotte, daughter of the Prince Iteg 'nt, and Leopold
Prince of Saxe-Coburg, third son of the reigning Prince of Saxe-
Coburg, which took place in May, 1810. It was u iderstood to be a
match founded on real affection ; added to which,'.hough the Prince
was poor, mid only held the rank of a Captain in the Austriap
service, his personal appearance and character were both highly in his
favour. It is not the least interesting circumstance connected with
this match that it was hi the beginning most t ncxpccted by the
happy bridegroom. He came to this country in 1814, at the period
of the visit of the allied Sovereigns, his mission being no other than
to set forth the pretensions of the Prince ot Orange to the hand of the
heiress apparent of the British crown. Bnt the Princess Charlotte
had a will of her own, and she refused the Orange offer, whilst the
messenger of her Royal suitor found so much favour in her eves, that
he wns shortly afterwards again invited to the English Court on liis
own account. Tlie Royal consent to the marriage . as officially given
at a Council held at Brighton on the 10th of March, 1816. This we
read in the Gentleman sMagaziue; and in Hie very next paragraph we
find an anecdote of the liappy bride elect, which we i iay quote, boMi for
the insight it gives into the Princess’s character, a id for the curious
coincidence it hears to a recent adventuro of our young Princess
Royal to the Lcviathayi at Blackwall, the deck, of which she
was with some difficulty dissuaded from ascending in consideration
of the risk, in the opinion of the secretary of the c >;npany, attendant
upon such a proceeding. Well, tlie Princess Charlotte, just on the
eve of her marriage, visited a ship called tlie J viathan — not at
Blackwall, hut in the roads off Weymouth. " Regardless of the rough
sea, nncf of the remonstrance of the Bishop of Salisbury, she pro¬
ceeded in the Captain’s Imrge; and when alongside a chair was let
down for her Roval Highness’s accommodation; but liis she refused
to use, saying. *1 prefer going up in the manner tin / a seaman does.
You, Captain Nixon, will kindly follow me, taking care of my clothes;
and when 1 am on deck the clnlir may he let down for the other ladies
and the Bishop !’ No sooner said tlian done,** adds the historian:
“her Royal Highness ascended with a facility that astonished the
delighted crew of tlie Leviathan** How the other 1 :dies and “the
Bishop ” got on we are not told.
On the 14th of Mnrcli the Earl of Liverpool brorght a message
from the Prince Regent announcing Hie intended marriage, and in¬
viting tlie concurrence and assistance of the House in making a
suitable provision for the Royal couple. Accordingly allowance of
£60,000 a year was granted, £10,000 of which was for the privy purse
of the Princess; with, in addition, £ 50,000 for an outfit. It was
intimated Hiat a further grant would be called for when a. suitable
residence should be found for their Roval Highnesses. Shortly after¬
wards it was announced that their Royal Highness: s had obtained
from Lord Grenville a lease of Camclford House lor ieven years, for
2600 a jear. A clause was introduced into the marriage settlement
to prevent the Princess being taken out of the country without the
consent of her father and hersel/. -And later still, a .ew days after
the marriage, Claremont was fought for them by the Commissioners
of Woods and Forests for £69,000.
Tlie marriage was celebrated, at Carlton House, on tlie evening ol
Hie 2nd of May.
The marriage of the Princess Charlotte was shortly after wards ltd-
lowed (in July) by that of the Duke of Gloucester with the Princess
Mery, fourth daughter of George HI. “Their establishment, WJ
the writer in the Jnnual SegUter, “ wad framed a t on a scale of
moderation wliieh rendered unnecessary any application to tne public
purse,”
nvLUSTRjyj) LONDON NEWS
. i
r ECEPTION in the hall of knights.
thf, royal wedding festivities in bereis-
a®_
ggl
pi: ml; l i III
mm
rHiW'
' v. v 11 %* ■ - i
§igipj|p^
;®t
r<k
$
278
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 13, 1858
THE ROYAL WEDDING FESTIVITIES IN BERLIN.
We here resume from our Coloured Supplement the narrative of the
festive ceremonials to congratulate Prince Frederick William, and to
■welcome his Royal bride to her new home. First, however—trenching
on ground already gone over—we give in brief a few particulars of the
triumphal entry into Berlin, and of some of the subsequent days' pro¬
ceedings, as narrated by our special Artist and Correspondent, being
explanatory of the drawings which he has forwarded to us:—
Berlin, Feb. 8.
“This is, indeed, a Victoria day!” was the acclamation of an
Englishman early in the morning, and such it continued throughout.
From a very early hour the Linden, and many thoroughfares in its
neighbourhood, were crowded. I cannot convey an idea of the ex¬
citement, or describe a tithe of the beautiful preparations, the par¬
ticulars of which you will learn from abler sources; but it must not
be forgotten that here, as at Potsdam, all is the spontaneous welcome
of the people, the Government having nothing to do with it. Prussia
welcomed her young Prince and his bride, and npbly she did it.
The various trades were early en route, and marched in thousands
to their appointed stations, and, as at Potsdam, “ kept the line,” the
military and police being perfectly ignored, a comparative small
number of the former only keeping guard in immediate proximity
to the Palaco. Every available band, military and civil, had been
f ressed into the service of the trades, and, in compliment to the
rincess, frequently played English airs.
I very soon found it impossible to make any way through the crowd,
and therefore secured an elevated look-out from the Hotel de Russio—
the view embracing part of the Linden, the Schloss Brucke, and the
space between the Palace, Cathedral, and Museum.
The ice from the streets had been carted away, and the road, from
the Brandenburg Gate to the Palace, thickly 6andcd—the line being
marked out with an almost endless vista of lofty flagpoles, painted
black and white, supporting wreaths, and, alternately, the flags of
Prussia and England, long streamers waving from their summits.
Within the line thus formed were ranged the trades, keeping back in
proper limits the dense mass of spectators—a crowd scarcely exceeded in
London in number on similar occasions, but setting us a bright example
in conduct—orderly and courteous, each not only anxious to see, but
willing that others should do so likewise. Every window was more
than filled, every roof covered, and in every available space hand¬
some tribunes were orooted, some of them large enough to emtain
several thousand spectators.
Among the trades the butchers took a prominent lead, being all
mounted—in evening costume: cocked hats with feathers, swords, and
white scarfs being combined in their equipment.
Soon after noon the bells of the Dom Kirche and other churches
added their clangour to the noise from the multitude. Why don't
tho Germans, as a musical people, produce with their bells harmony,
instead of frightful discord?
At last the procession approached, advancing in the following
order, vis.—Postillions, in the costume familiar to us at fancy balls.
The butchers. The merchants, whose band was dressed in
imitation of our Life Guards’ state dress—a pretty compliment
on the occasion. Dragoons with band. Three state carriages,
each drawn by six horses splendidly caparisoned. The band,
of the Royal Guard. An escort of the same corps guarding the State
Carriago, of which my Sketch will give you a better idea than a
description, and which, most singularly, was brought to a standstill for
a short tune opposite the Palace intended as the future residence of
the Prince and Princess. [This forms the subject of the charming
two-page coloured engraving.] The cheering at this moment was tre¬
mendous, and seemed indeed heartily to welcome them home.
Again the procession passed on its way, and was presently lost to
sight as it entered the Palace. The trades then followed in procession,
defiling past the Palace, each with its band “discoursing sweet music,”
the crowd closing in on either side, and pressing on till the whole
space before the Palace became a mass of human beings.
The Prince and Princess, soon after their arrival, came out upon one
of the balconies, and bowed a graceful response to the acclamations
ascending from at least fifty thousand persons.
The illuminations at night were general throughout the city, the
urevailing stylo being candles and flowers in each window. If not so
brilliant os other methods, it gives a far more cheerful, rejoicing
appearance to the houses In almost every house one window was
devoted to busts of the Iioyal pair, surrounded, with flowers and ever¬
greens. S^me exhibited not only much taste, but feeling. One I
noticed in tho Old Town consisted of flowers and shrubs well arranged
round the busts# each of which had a wreath and a small celestial star
in gas above; in the background knelt a winged angel, with clasped
hands, as if praying for thtir welfare and happiness.
Flags, evergreens, and lamps formed the majority of what may be
called external illuminations; but there were many elegant devices in
gas. Amongst the most striking were the fountain in the Lustgarten,
tho statue ot Frederick the Great, the English and French Embassies,
the two Townhalls, and GeTSon's Magasin de Nouveautos; many
transparencies and words of welcome—such as “Welcome, fair Rose
of Englund!and “Health and Happiness to Frederick William, our
pride, and Victoria, the fairest flower of Albion.”
February 14.
In my last letter I endeavoured to give some slight idea of the
ovation offered us a greeting to their Prince and his Royal bride
by the good citizens of Berlin. Since then the kindness of the Prince
and Princess of Prussia has enabled mo to bo present at one or twtK
f£tes at the Prince of Prussia’s Palace and the grand ball at the Opera.
A grand reception, or “ cour,” was held in the Hall of Knights
(Rittusaal) on Tuesday evening. At the side of the throne stood, on
the right, tho gentlemen, in the most varied uniforms; on the left
the ladies, in an extended circle. The Prince Frederick William and
the Princess Royal entered tho room preceded by five GeutlemeRW\
the Chamber. Laving traversed the saloon up to the throne they sepa ¬
rated, and the Prince passed along the rank of gentlemen, whilst
Princess did the same with the row of ladies, to the end of the room,
where their Royal Highnesses met; and the Prince thou passed by
the ladies, and the Princess Royal by the gentlemen, until their Royal
Highnesses again met at the throne. The “cour” wa9 then ended.
The Prince was accompanied by two Adjutanta, the Princess by the
Countesses Perponcher and Redem, who introduced the different per¬
sonages. Four pages were stationed near the throndr^^^ X
It would he difficult to find in any/xegal dwelling a more perfect
combination of chaste simplicity and refined elegance than is evidenced
in every portion of the Prince of Prussia’s Palace. Tho same exquisite
taste is observable alike in the private apartments as in tho noble suite
of Btate rooms, in which some 2500 guests were assembled at the ball
on Thursday evening. The ball-room is circular, and of beautiful
proportions, white and gold colour only being introduced in the domed
ceiling and freize over the gallery. The furniture and draperies, crim¬
son satin damask and gold. After the commencement of the ball
nothing could be more beautiful than^the effect of this noble saloon
filled with the £lite of Prussia, its chaste columns 7 and walls of white
inclosing a dazzling parterre o f elegant dresses, sparkling jewels, and
rich imiiorzn8.
The company, arriving in quick succession, were received by the
Chamberlains, and directed by them, in accordance to rank and Court
etiquette, to the various rooms, the grand saloon being left unoccupied
except by the pages in their picturesque costumes of scarlet and silver,
who stood at the back and or each side of the Royal seat, till, at a
signal, the orchestra commenced tho ‘ Polonaise” as the Royal party
advanced from the private apartments, headed by the Prince of
Prussia and the Princess ^’rederick William, passing two and two, in
“ courtly measure," through the whole suite of rooms, returning in
the same order, and passing round the ball-room to their seats. The
Royal quadrille was immediately formed, after which dancing was
continued till u late hour. Dressed in sintple white, “ tho observed of
all observers” was “ our owfi Princess.” _ As one of very few English¬
men present Lcould not help feeling delight at the affectionate regard
shown tov art s her Royal Highness by every member of the Royal
family of Prussia.
On the following evening a grand gala ball took place at the Opera
House, which was extremely brilliant. No theatre in England can for
a moment be compared with this magnificent building, either for size,
propoibcn, ©r cecoiation. The pit and stage, being reduced to
a level, f. rnud a grand bull-room, to which access was obtained by a
noble flight cl steps, lauding iron* a canopied entrauce in the centre of
the htuse, which reathed to tRe third circle, inclosing a conservatory
lilltd with rare plants, exotics, &c.
In-media'ely on amving, and again later in the evening, the Royal
paity walked the Polonaise, passing by varied routes through the
respective crowd. But, perhaps, to a foreigner, the most interesting
incident of the night was when the Prince of Prussia and Prince
Frederick William left the Royal logt, and, descending into the body
of the theatre, walked amongst the guests and entered freely into con¬
versation with many of them.
Tho Berlin festivities come to a conclusion on Saturday, the striking
termination being the “ Fackelzug ”— a torchlight procession of
University students. Early in the evening crowds assembled along
the Unter den Linden, and at about half-past six o’clock a glare of
light, at the Brandenburg-gate end, announced the approach of the
E recession. A fiery line, about three-quarters of a mile in length, lit
y at least a thousand huge torches, gradually advanced down the
noble street; each division of students with bands, banners, and
flags, headed by their leaders, many of whom were on horseback.
Their costume, a tunic of black velvet, white breeches, high black
boots, white scarf, and flat velvet cap with plume of feathers, and
armed with 6Words— the well-known “schlagere.” The volume of
flame and smoko from the torches was tremendous, and caused all the
windows of the leeward side of the procession to be kept closod.
Tho Prince and Princess Frederick William were* dining at the
Prince of Prussia’s, but, on the arrival of the students opposite that
palace, they hastily got into a carriage, and, passing through the rear of
the building, arrived at the King’s Palace in time to receive the depu¬
tation. When the whole of the students had arrived in the Lustgarten
they formed into an immense circle in front of the palace, shouting
and singing national songs. Locking down upon them from an upper
room in the Hotel de Russie, the effect was that of an army of demons
moving in a sea of fire, and enveloped with a dense canopy of smoke.
Alter the return of the deputation the procession again formed, and
proceeded through several streets to the Vonhofeplatz, when, with more
songs and shouts, the torches were consumed en masse, and tho busi¬
ness concluded.
Our Correspondent thus winds up his narrative of what he justly
styles the “ eventful week ”:—
“ This is hut a short and meagre description of what, if done in detail,
would occupy many columns, and muse be taken simply as a few
rough notes of what fell under my own observation. I shall ever re¬
member with grateful pride tho condescension and kindness of their
Roygl Highnesses the Prince and Prinoess of Prussia. By permission,
I send the following extract from a letter received from one of her
Royal Highness’s secretaries: —
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia commands me to tell you
how pleased she has been to make the acquaintance of one who devotes
his talents to a paper which, on so many differeut subjects, gives so many
interesting and instructive views, and which diffuses so much knowledge,
as the Illustrated London News.
“ To Lord Bloomfield I am also deeply indebted for the kind exertion
of his influence in my behalf as your Correspondent.”
We proceed to summarise the chief incidents of the ceremonials
subsequent to the “ eventful wee k ” in which the Prince and Princess
Frederick William have borne a part.
On Monday night (Feb. 15) the Trince and Princess Frederick
William honoured Lord and Lady Bloomfield with their presence at a
ball, stated to have been the most splendid entertainment of Ihis
unusually brilliant season at Berlin. There were thirty four Royal
personages present at this ball. A suite of eight rooms was thrown
open, and received 420 §ues*s. The Royal couple were saluted at
their entrance with the joint national hymn of England and Prussia
by a numerous band of skilful musicians.
With Tuesday evening, the eve of Lent, the " festivities ’’ of Berlin
came to and end. The close of this short but bright period in tho
history of Berlin was this year made by the second of the two sub¬
scription bulls at the Opera House, and byan u merously - attended and
brilliant soirtfe at the hotel of the Minister President, Baron von Man-
teuftel. /\ /\
The Princess Frederick William was one of an august party at a
concert of sacred music given by the Prince and Princess of Prussia on
the evening of Ash-Wednesday; but on^thb following day (Thursday)
she was obliged to excuse hersdf from the dinner given by the Prince
and Princess of Prussia, and also from the concert at the Sing-
Akadcmie porformed that evening. On that day her Royal Highness
was obliged to take to her bed in consequence of a severe cold. While
the young Princess was thus compelled to remain within doors, the
Princess of Prussia, her mother-in-law, was most kind in her frequent
and lengthy visits to her, often giving up other engagements to stay
and dine or sup enfamillc with the yojlng couple.
On Thursday, F ^b. 2 5 , a deputation from tho Kaufmannschaft of
Berlin waited on the Prmeeond Princess Frederick William, at the
Schloss, to request/them to accept the patronship of the Friedrich-
Wilhelm-Victoria Stiftung, which has been founded by the commercial
community iu commemoration of the late auspicious eveut, with the
view of making provision for the indigent survivors of men who have
in their lifetime belonged to this body (the Kaufmannschaft of Berlin).
It is unnecessary to say that a deputation announcing so well-chosen
a demonstration of affection towards thoir Royal Highnesses was
reeei\ed most graciously. \/
After the departure of this deputation various other bodies were
admitted, as well as single individuals, to pay their respects to the
Prince and Princess.
The Secretary of the Committee of the Berlin branch of the Evan¬
gelical Alliance presented an address to their Royal Highnesses from
the English branch of the Evangelical Alliance. The address was as
TO ^HETR ROYAL HTGHNES8ES THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS
FREDERICK. WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA.
We, the undersigned, acting on behalf and by command of the Council
of the British branch of the Evangelical Alliance, desire, most respectfully
and heartily, to congratulate your Royal Highnesses on the auspicious
uniondo which the eyes of two great nations, and, indeed, of all Europe,
have lately been directed with so deep an interest.
We bless God for the special favour he has shown to your Royal High¬
nesses in the fact that an event so welcome on public grounds, as a new
pledge of friendship between the kingdoms of Prussia and Great Britain,
is likewise so rich with the promise, under His blessing, of happiness to
yourselves.
We dare not approach you with the language of flattery. While we
thank God from our hearts for the reasonable hope we are permitted to
entertain of your future welfare, we venture to remind your Royal High¬
ness that your career is only commencing, that prosperity has its snares,
and Royal station its responsibilities, and that only as you look up for
strength and guidance to the God of all Grace, through the Son of His
love, can you iulfil the high promise of your present union, or leave a
bright example to future generations. We venture, further, to remind
your Royal Highnesses that popular favour often proves fleeting, that the
calm brightness of the most hopeful prospects law been sometimes fol¬
lowed by clouds and storms, and that the way to perpetuate the joy and
{ rladncss which greet you in this morning of your course is to devote
leartand life to Him by whom you have been so eminently-blessed and
honoured.
Having been lately engaged, as your Royal Highnesses are aware, in an
humble effort to promote increased union and sympathy between British
and German Christians, based on the all-sufficient Word of God, and
having enjoyed in this attempt the generous countenance and help of your
Royal uncle the King, wc feel a special call, beyond the motives which we
share with the rest of our countrymen, to address you on this joyful
occasion.
With our congratulations to yourselves we join our prayers to Almighty
God, the King of Kings, that His blessing may rest largely on the mar¬
riage, which, while it deprives England of a beloved Princess Royal,
transfers her to a Prussian home. May the motherland of her birth and
that of her adoption be united more closely than ever by means of your
alliance! Nor can wc, on sucli an occasion, refrain from the furtherprayer
that your union may be hallowed and cemented by a growing experience
of those truths which Luther boldly proclaimed in Germany, and which
our own Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer, tliree centuries ago, sealed with
their blood. May you be enabled. In your high station, to honour the re¬
vealed truth of God, to keep holy Ilis Sabbaths, to guard the sacred rights
of conscience, and to exhibit a pattern of every domestic virtue! May
your lives be rich with heavenly blessings, aud a crown of glory be your
portion in the world to come!
, Culling EarDley Eardlev, Chairman.
On Monday, March 1, an exhibition was opened in Berlin of all the
flags, emblems, and insignia sported by the different trades’ companies
on occasion of the Princess Frederick William’s entry into Berlin, the
produce of which is to go towards a fund for supporting struggling
operatives, and assisting them in ilieir peripatetic studies of their
handicraft throughout Germany.
Tho emblems, &c., that were paraded by the trades’ companies at
Potsdam were also exhibited there on that day for the same object.
This latter exhibition w as honoured by a visit from the Prince and
Princess Frederick William, who remained in Potsdam over Sunday
from the ball und other entertainments offered them by the officers in
gar risen there.
The first of these entertainments consisted of a series of equestrian
a uadrilles, and other evolutions, performed by the officers of the first
iree regiments of the Cavalry of the Guard—the scene of action being
the riding-house of the Regiment Garde du Corps, which, together with
the Regiment of Lancers, and another of Hussars, formed the military
force on this occasion called into action. The riding-house was fitted
up with great taste and lavish expenditure of banners, trophies of arms
and accoutrements, garlands, wreathB, festoons of flowers, &o., the
intention being to make it resemble a tilting-ground in the close vici¬
nity of a baronial hall. The following banners were displayed on the
occasion :—In close contiguity to the Prussian eagle England’s three
golden leopards shone resplendent on a field gules, and England's rose
on a field gules, with a white border; Scotland’s thistle, on a yellow
field; the flag of Ireland, with the red cross and the shamrock, on a
white field; and the flag of the Sootch Islands, bearing the harp, on a
sable ground.
Tho gullery erected for the Prince and Princess and the othor
numerous members of tho Royal family was richly draped in white,
gold, and crimson; and opposite to it and the nobility, at the other end
of the riding-house, wus another for x tho officers not taking part in the
quadrille and the musicians of the different regiments. Among the
very few civilians aud ladies invited to be present as guests were Lord
and Lady Bloomfield.
Sixteen officers of the Garde du Corps opened tho ball in full uni¬
form, with silver cuirass and helmet (the latter bearing the spread eagle
perched on it), and high, jackboots ; aft or making the tour of the arena
once at a walking pace/und then at d gollop, they performed the usual
quadrille with precision find correctness.
Then followed the Lancers’ set; of quadrilles, ridden for the first
time, perhaps, since it received that'name by Lancers— i. e., by officers
of that regiment; such of them as occupied the posts usually assigned
to ladies in these quadrilles being distinguished with bows of ribbons
in the English colours bound ou their arms, the gentlemen officers
wearing Prussian bows.
The third quadrille waS/Cxceutod by the officers of the Hussars of
the Guard. Here therea uniform braided with gold, the Hungarian
boots and close-fitting pantaloons, the red attilos hanging from the
shoulder, \the jaun ty calpacs, and the plumes of heron feathers waving
with the rapid motion must have been really u brilliant sight. The
arrangement of having every couple of dancing horses composed of a
dark and a lighter partner added to tho effect.
This over, the threo united corps of officers combined in a final
tableau, which consisted in a formal advance in column up to the
ladies’ gallery, and thero saluting in military style, while the com¬
bined bands played the joint national hymn.
This equestrian performance was followed by a ball given by the
officers at; their Casino.
The PrinccES Frederick William ha9 put 1000 thalers at the dis¬
position of the municipal authorities of Berlin for distribution among
the poor. I have now to add that she has also sent 300 thalers to the
town of Potsdam for the same purpose. In both cases she has at the
same time made over to theB© officials, who have local knowledge of
the poor in their respective places, the different applications that had
been made to her for relief. The letter which accompanied the first-
mentioned gift to the city of Berlin is as follows :—
Herr OberbUrgermcistcr,—The reception tliat has been given to my hus¬
band and my?elf in Berlin was one so beautiful and so festal, the city and
all its inhabitants have taken so lively an interest in it, that my heart
experiences the necessity to find some expression for the warm gratitude
it leels. Will you be the exponent of these my feelings to the city and
its population ?
They are feelings which I owe in no less measure for the hearty recep¬
tion and welcome in all the towns and every place that we touched in our
journey hither, for proofs of interest from all the provinces of the king¬
dom. The country, in which I have long taken a most lively interest, has,
by its friendly advances, made it doubly easy for me to feel myself at home
in it. as belonging to it.
I believe 1 act conformably to the feeling of the population of the
capital in herewith sending you, Herr Oberburgermeisfcer. as a token of
my sentiments, a sum for the poor of Berlin, the distribution of which
among worthy recipients I venture to beg the magistracy to undertake,
with lull confidence in the correctness of its application.
» To this end I will also make over to the magist racy, for their considera¬
tion ,'Ahe applications for relief which have been made to me.
Your well-affectioned,
Victoria,
Princess Friedrich Wilhelm von Preussen, Princess
Royal of Great Britiau and Ireland.
Th e Times correspondent at Berlin, writing on Thursday week, sayB:—
“ The remaining festivities which have been got up in connection
with the recent marriage, and have yet to come off, ore chiefly of a
musical nature. The Sing-Akadomio was prevented by the Princess’s
iDdisposition from singing her a cantata composed in her honour by
the director of that institution, but intends to take another opportunity
almost immediately of carrying out that intention. Another vocal
association is about to get up a concert and to request the honour of
her company at it. A third is to be admitted to tho Schloss next
Monday morning to offer their Royal Highnesses a Siingergmss; and
a fourth^is to be permitted to do the same from the courtyard of the
Schloss. •
“ A new incident in the musical world here will shortly be the pro¬
duction by the Dom Chor of some modern English compositions,
which have been brought over by the Princo and Princess, and at
their request have been learnt and practised by this most ad¬
mirably trained body of singers. Already at an early period of the
winter tho attention of the Dom Chor had been directed by an English
gentleman resident hero to the splendid old English madrigals and
glees of the 10th and 17th centuries, some of which the Dom Chor is
now about to produce in public. The astonishment of the musical
world here will probably not be small, inasmuch as if there is any one
incontrovertible truth that a German believes firmly, and is prepared
to do martyrdom for, it is that England has no composers and never
had. The existence of certain English operas is admitted as a matter
of actual fact; but is looked upon os on a parallel with commercial
panics and other occasional inflictions, things only rendered at all
bearable by their rare occurrence.
“Lord Sydney and Lady Churchill, accompanied by several persons
who had come over in attendance on the Princess, returned to England
the day before yesterday (Tuesday week). As I explained on a
former occasion, liis Lordship and her Ladyship had merely a tem¬
porary mission hero confided to them by the Queen, after executing
which they return to .England, and the only membsr of the English
Court that will remain permanently attached to the service of the
Princess is Baron Stockmar, who will officiate os her secretary and
treasurer.”
The Prince and Princess Frederick William have published the
following lines addressed to the whole population of Prussia: —
From the very first moment of our setting foot on the soil of our
country, after our marriage, there have been so many valuable proofs of
sincere interest in our happiness, shown us unremittingly, that the remcra-
berancc of It will remain indelible in our hearts for our whole lives.
It has only been to very few that we could in .person express our feel¬
ings, and sufficiently thank lor all the manifestations and presents. In
speaking thus our thanks to-day to the whole country, we do so with fhe
ardent prayer to God that He will confer on our dear country His most
ample blessings now and ever.
Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Prussia.
Victoria, Princess of Prussia.
The Birmingham Musical Festival.—T his triennial les-
tival has been fixed by the committee of management to be held on the
3ist August, 1st, 2 nd, and ,3rd of September next The Earl of Dartmouth
will act as president The proceeds of the festival will be applied to tlie
use of the Birmingham General Hospital, as on former occasions.
Barrack Cookert.— With a desire of contributing to the com¬
forts of the soldiers’ mess, and of remedying the acknowledged evils pro¬
duced by the present monotonous system of barrack cookery, Major-
General Sir W. F. Williams, Commandant of Woolwich Garrison, uas
introduced the newly-invented apparatus brought forward by Captain
Grant, R.E. The object and advantages of the new stove having been
detailed by General Williams to his Royal Highness the Commander-w-
Chief on his late visit to Woolwich, the Duke was pleased to approve *
immediate erection. The apparatus was recently put into fall operation
experimentally, when the various processes of cooking 12 ewt. ol potatoes
and other vegetables, frying, stewing, baking, &c., for the supply ot tnret
ordinary meals for 1000 soldiers, were satisfactorily performed. , A . yrf_
perpendicular oven, in accordance with the requisite scale ot the ca “ lD y?“,"
ment, forms a most important portion of the apparatus, the heat of wn ■■
is easily reduced and regulated by means of a small ventilator m ’
and which likewise serves to carry off any superfluous steamane ing ho
the crowded state of the oven. On citlicr side ol the shaft in '
oven is fixed a huge Iron plate supplies facilities for boibng, stewmg,
The fuel used on the occasion did not exceed six bushels of coals.
March 13, 1858 ]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
279
HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF BRANDENBURG.
Amongst the various dynasties which in the course of ages and
through devious fortunes have risen to greatness and power, there is
none whose story is more remarkable and instructive than that which
now fills the throne of Prussia. Its history affords a striking illustra¬
tion of the fact that there are more roads than one to fortune, and that,
though it may be a good thing to come into the world with a silver
spoon in one’s mouth, it is better still to be endowed with a long head,
and to be thrown into circumstances to give the native wit and shrewd¬
ness a field for action. Some men are born great, others have
greatness thrust upon them; some achieve greatness in the field,
some in council. The family of HohenzoUem was not started
in the world under any very glittering or powerful auspices,
nor can it be said that throughout its long and struggling career it
has had the gifts of fortune thrust upon it. Whatever it lias
has been obtained by indefatigable, industrious, and steady
calculating policy, and often secured under circumstances which
appeared anything but promising, Like the now neighbouring
and rival family of the Hapsburgs, that of Hohenzollern was
originally of small possessions and comparatively insignificant
influence. It is remarkable of them both that the date of the
first step to advancement of each 5 * was about coeval, but the means of
their advancement have been strikingly dissimilar. Whilst the
house of Hapsburg increased its possessions and extended its power
by means of a succession ef advantageous marriages till, under Charles
V. , it had become the most potent Sovereign family in Europe, the
house of Hohenzollern, indebted to no such favouring influences, has
obtained every inch of its possessions by the simple means of the
sword, or the purse jndicionsly employed in the concerns of weak and
impoverished neighbours. Never was a more interesting example of
the mutability of human aflairs tliau in the growth of the house of
Prussia out of the declining fortunes successively of the Teutonic
Knights, and of the Royal houses of Poland, Sweden, Saxony, and
Austria, to say nothing of minor contributors.
The Royal annalist of his house (Frederick I.), in his “ Memoires
pour Servir,” commences in the usual style of panegyric by informing
us that “ the house of Brandenburg, or rather of Hohenzollern, is so
ancient that its origin is lost in the mists of antiquity.” Discarding,
however, fabulous and uncertain accounts, he is content to deduce his
family tree from Tassilon (a scion of the house of the ancient Couuts
of Zollern), w ho lived about the year 800, and was the first Count of
Hohenzollern of whom liistory makes mention. The proceedings of
the family, however, continue to be of an unimportant character, so far
as history is concerned, until about the year 1200, when Conrad was
made Burgrave of Nuremberg, a post of dignity and emolument
which, in spite of varying circumstances, remained in the family ever
after. Frederick III., the great-grandson of Conrad, gave powerful
assistance towards raising his maternal nude, Rudolph of Hapsburg,
to the Imperial dignity; m return for which the title to the burgraviat
was confirmed to him in hereditary succession. This Count obtained
Bayreuth on the death of liis brother-in-law, the last Duke of Meranie;
and under his immediate successors the possessions of the family were
farther increased by the piuxbase of various territories in Franconia
from the Counts of Orlamnnde, Oettingeu, Cassell, Hohcnlohe, and
others It was thus that were successively formed the collateral
branches of the family of Anspach and Bayreuth. Following and in¬
fluencing the fortunes of the Empire, we find Count Frederick IV. (who
died in 1332) renderingimportantoidin the wars of successive Emperors
of the house of Bavaria against the house of Austria and others,
which did not go unrewarded. Count Frederick V. was declired a
Prince of the Empire by Charles IV., in 1303. In 1415, the house of
Ascama having become extinct in the margravate of Brandenburg, the
Emperor Sigismond sold the latter in perpetuity to Count Frederick
VI. , whom he elevated to the dignity of Elector of Brandenburg, under
the title of Frederick I. The purchase-money for this new acquisition
(400,000 ducats) was obtained by means of selling to the city of
Nuremberg the castle above the town, together with several tolls and
privileges, reserving at the same time the burgravate itself, and the
spiritual and temporal fiefs, with other rights and prerogatives specified
in the deed of contract. This transaction in after years led to many
disagreements between the Burgrave and the citizens of Nuremberg,
which, however, it would be useless now to discuss. Neither would it
be interesting to detail the vicissitudes of the family annals by which
it was sometimes temporarily divided into branches, which, however,
eventually became reunited in one stock, f
We have now to say a few words about Prussia, which was destined
to become the most important possession of the house of Branden¬
burg, and to give it its name. The ancient Prussians were a Sclavonic
horde of Pagans, whose ravages and cruelties long terrified the
Christian nations in their vicinity. About the year 1230 the Poles
called to their succour the Knights of the Teutonic Order, who, ac¬
cepting the mission, completed the subjection of the country in 12^3,
after a sevcr5’nml bloody contest of more^than half a century’s dura¬
tion ; and the Christian band of conquerors subsequently greatly ex¬
tended their empire, the sea frontier of which, at the beginning of the
fifteenth century, reached from Dantzic to Narva, having a numerous
population and a flourishing trade. But at this period the Order,
having apparently fulfilled its functions, began rapidly to lose its
power. Disputing portions of their territories with Poland, they
sntiered a signal defeat at Tannenberg, and were compelled to cede
Samagotia. These disasters were followed by a revolt of the nobles and
cities of Prussia, who resisted the oppressive government of the Order
and the heavy taxes imposed by them to meet the cliarges of war.
The confederates at length, in 1451, renounced their allegiance to title
Order, and put themselves under the protection of Poland. This was
followed by a terrible war of twelve years’ duration, in which the
Knights of the Order vainly sought to maintain their rights. By the
Peace of Thorn, in 1466, the Grand Master ceded Eastern Prussia,
consenting to hold it as a fief of Polsnd, to which Western Prussia was
given up unreservedly. This arrangement subsisted undisturbed till
the beginning of the sixteenth century. \
In the meantime the Teutonic Knights had begun to adopt the mis¬
taken policy of strengthening their interests by electing to tmrGraiid
Mastership members of the most powerful Sovereign houses An their
neighbourhood. Their first choice in this way was Frederick Duke of
Saxcmy ; upon whose death, in 1512, they elected the .Margrave Albert
of Brandenburg, of the Anspach branch of that illustrious family. The
King of Poland put in a claim to homnge from the new Grand Master,
which was disputed by him. War ensued; as a first preparation for
which Albert took upon him to sell to his kinsman Joachim, Elector of
Brandenburg, the new March, which had hitherto been the property
of the Teutonic Knights. Eventually an accommodation was come to
with the King of Poland, in which the interests of the Order were
relentlessly sacrificed. Albert renounced the office of Grand Master,
adopted the Protestant faith, and gave up to Poland the whom of
Western Prussia, retaining Eastern Prussia in hereditary possession
as a fief of that kingdom. ( ( .
Upon the occasion of this plundering of’ the Teutonic Knights of
their territory their heraldic honours were also usurped, and by
virtue or the same pretended authority. The effigy of the Black
Eagle, whiefi hud been given to tie Teutonic Order as their arms by
the Emperor of Germany upon their marching into Prussia in the
thirteenth century, was now conferred by the King of Poland upon
the house of Brandenburg.
Albert, after repudiating holy orders and the faith of Rome,
married, first, a Princess oFtno house of Denmark, who died child¬
less; and, aftej wards, a Princess of Brunswick, by whom he had a
son, Albert Frederick, who succeeded him in 1668. This Duke
married Maria Eleanor of Cleves, an alliance which gave occasion at
a later period to the claim to succession to the duchies of Cleves and
Julicrs in the Brandenburg family, which was for many years the
subject of content. On the investiture of Albert Frederick in the
* It is another singular coincidence that the margravates which form
the nucleus of the power of the two houses were created within a short
time of one another. The manrravato of Brandenburg was founded by
Henry the Fowler, in 930—that of Ansiria by Otho the Great, in 955—the
carnet oceupauts in neither case being of the families which now possess
them.
t Though a little in anticipation of dates. It may hero be st ited thatthc
Elector Joarhim Frederick gave up his territories in Franconia to his two
brothers, from whom were derived the Margraves of Bayreuth and An¬
spach. The line of tile former became extinct in 1709; the latter
uwrgravate was resigned to Fnissia iu 1791. Both imirgravates now
belong to Bavaria, unuer the provisions of the Treaty of Vienna.
duchy, in 1569, Joachim, Elector of Brandenburg, was joined in the
succession in the event of the Albert line failing. In consequence of
this arrangement, in 1618, John Sigismond, Elector of Brandenburg,
succeeded to the duchy, having, shortly previously, conformed to the
Reformed religion in deference to the feelings of his subjects in the
duchy of Cleves.
The house of Brandenburg did not escape its fall share in the
struggles and sacrifices of these long religious wais which marked the
sixteenth and first lialf of the seventeenth century. That it escaoed
ruin w'as owing to a guarded policy, which was adroitly regulated
by circumstances. In the war of Sinalcalde the house of Brandenburg
ranged itself on the side of the Emperor; afterwards, when Charles V.
threatened to grow too powerful, it joined the Protestant League, to
which it adhered ever after. From this policy it in the end reaped
signal advantages. By the Treaty of Westphalia (1018) Prussia ob¬
tained the archbishopric of Magdeburg, and bishoprics of Halberstadt
and Minden (secularised), and Lower Pomerania.
In the wars between Charles Gustavus of Sweden and Casimir of
Poland, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, at first declared
in favour of the former; but afterwards took advantage of the neces¬
sitous circumstances of the latter to sign a separate peace with him ;
one of the conditions of which was the concession of the full aud in¬
dependent sovereignty of the duchy of Prussia to the house of
Hohenzollern. This concession, it is said, was obtained mainly
through the mediation of the Austrian Court. It was a transaction
which laid the true foundation of the greatness of the family as it
now ranks amidst the dynasties of Europe.
Frederick William was succeeded in 1088—a most critical period—
by his son Frederick, who enacted a skilful part iu the wars raging
between France and the Emperor. At the outbreak of the war of the
Spanish Succession, the Emperor Leopold secured his co-operation
with 6000 men, by raising the duchy of Prussia to the rank of
a hereditary kingdom. Frederick was crowned at Konigsberg on
the 18th Jan., 1701; his new title being recognised at first only by
the allies of the Emperor. The others—including France, Poland,
and the Pope—repudiated it during some years; indeed, on the
assembling of the Diet at Frankfort in 1705 for the election of a
successor to the Emperor Leopold, it was noised about that the Abb<5
d'Albani, the nephew of the Pope, had come with instructions to pro¬
test against this new assumption of Royal dignity; but upou Fre¬
derick intimating that he would resent such a step by ordering his
troops which were in Italy to march into the Ecclesiastical States, and
treat them as the territories of an enemy, the Abbe sent to declare
he had no instruction or intention of the kind alleged. The title of
the King of Prussia was recognised by France and Spain, by the
Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, and by Sweden iu 1723. The first King of
Prussia received an accession of territory in 1707, when, on the death
of the Duchess of Nemours, the principality of Neufchatel and Palenzia,
by a vote of the States, was conferred upon the house of Brandenburg;
and the acquisition was confirmed by the Treaty of Utrecht.^ -
Frederick William succeeded his father, in 1713. By his marriage
with Sophia Dorothea, daughter of George I., King of [England, he
bad a sen, afterwards Frederick II., who, though little Was expected
of him in his youth, at least by his eccentric parent, -was afterwards
destined to act an important part iii the affairs of Europe, and to
establish the power and prosperity of his kingdom upon an extended
basis. How this Prince nearly escaped hanging by his father’s order,
as a penalty for hia indulgence in music, poetry,, and other idle amuse¬
ments, and for some supposed breach of military discipline, are cir¬
cumstances which belong to the romance of history. No less remark¬
able and striking was the rapid development in him of a sterner
diameter and pnrpose, when he seized the first Opportunity to employ
the large accumulated treasures and well-disciplined a/my of 70,000
men left to him by his father for the extension of his dominions. On
the accession of this Prince, in 1740, the territories of his house con¬
sisted of numerous provinces, obtained at different periods, and widely
detatched from one another; and many of them, particularly the march
of Brandenburg, so barren and sandy that his father, Frederick Wil¬
liam, had been called in derision the arch Sablonnitr of the German
Empire. The whole population did not exceed 2,400,000 souls: and
the revenues, though improved by Frederick William, amounted to
no more than 8,700,000 crowns. The Prussian kingdom required ex¬
tension in laud to connect and consolidate its straggling sea-frontier;
it wanted also rich lands to counterbalance the poverty of those it
possessed. These it was shortly to obtain.
Upon the death of the Emperor Charles VI., in 1740, Frederick II.
laid claim to part of Silesia, an extensive duchy belonging to the
crown of Bohemia; namely, the principalities of Jagcrndorf, Liegnitz,
Brieg, and Wolau, enforcing and preceding his demand by an armed
occupation of the country. The result of a sharp contest was to
give Frederick (by the Treaty of Dresden, 1742) even more than
he had demanded; namely, the whole of the duchy, with the ex¬
ception of a small portion of Lower Silesia, and with the addition of
the country of Glatz. A new combination between France and
Austria,in*1755, threatened this possession; and the Seven Years’
Waiyin which England, formerly the friend and supporter of Austria,
was now in alliance with Prussia, which was terminated, in 1703,
between Austria and Prussia, by the Treaty of Hubertsburg, by
which the whole 6f the above cessions were confirmed.
We are now arrived at the period of the first partition of Poland—
an act which has been aptly described in the stern language of hietory
us the crime of an age not over scrupulous in political morality. By
the first act of spoliation, in 1772, Prussia obtaiued the whole of
Polish Ihmssia, except Dantzic and Thorn, and a part of Great Poland
as far as the Notze. By the second partition, in 1793, Dantzic and
Thorn were added, as well as South Prussia (Posen, Kalisch, Petrikau,
&c.); and at the final dismemberment (1795) Warsaw and Bialy-
iffock and their territories were seized. An inspection of the map
will show the extent and importance of these acquisitions.
During the wars of the French Revolution and Empire, Prussia,
owing to her exposed situation, suffered severely—sometimes to an
extent of threatening her very existence as a Sovereign State. That,
under tbe*e circumstances, she was not always consistent in her
policy—that, yielding to the pressure of circumstances, she some¬
times wavered from her alliance agaimt the common foe—is hardly to
be wondered at, though at one time it provoked grave suspicions and
bitter crimination. In 1800, after the disastrous battle of Jena,
Prussia was reduced to a state of abject submission to the French
conqueror; ceded (by the Treaty of Tilsit) her provinces between the
Elbe and the Rhine, out of which was formed the short-lived king¬
dom of Westphalia; aud joined the Continental system against Great
Britain. In 1812 she was compelled to participate in, or at least to
sanction aud piomote, Napoleon’s expedition to Russia; but,
immediately upon its failure, the King of Prussia returned to
his old allies, joined the sixth coalition against France, gave
material assistance to the cause at Ligny and Waterloo, and
was rewarded at the Congress of Vienna by the restoration of
all the Rhenish provinces lost in 1795 and t-ince, with half the terri¬
tories of Saxony, despoiled for the purpose; the grand duchy of
Posen, with Dantzic and Thorn, and Sivtslish Pomerania and Rugen
(taken from Denmark), in exchange for Luxemburg, given to the
Netherlands. The present territories of Prussia are upwards of 500U
square geographical miles in extent, being nearly a fifth more than the
island of Great Britain; the population about 17,000,000.
The house of Brandenburg is connected by alliance with the prin¬
cipal Royal families of Europe. The present family claim a common
descent with the Royal family of England from Sophia, daughter of
Elizabeth, who wnsdaughter of James I., and wife of the unfortunate
Palatine. The said Sophia married Ernest Augustus of Brunswick,
first Elector of Hanover, in 1058; and the issue of this marriage were
George I. of Great Britain; and Sophia Charlotte, who married
Frederick I., King of Prussia. There have been subsequent alliances
between the two families, of which that of the Princess Fredowa
Charlotte with the Duke of York, in 1791, is within the memory of
the present generation. The houses of Romanoff and Hohenzollern
are intimately connected by the alliance of the late Emperor Nicholas
with a daughter of Frederick William III., King of Prussia, by which
the present King of Prussia stands in the relation of upcle to the
Czar, Alexander H._
• This principality was tauten from the King of Prussia by the First
Napoleon. anti given to Berthier. It wos restored by the Treaty of
Napoleon
Vienna,
up in litse
federation.
.when it ore. me one of the Swiss canton,; ami was iinally given
use by the King of Prussia, and recognised by the Swiss von-
SOME CURIOSITIES OF PRUSSIAN COURT HISTORY.
Tint occasion of the anspicions union of a popular British Princess
with a hopeful scion of the house of Hohenzollern necessarily
draws attention to the personal character of the leading Prussian
Sovereigns and then- relation to civilisation and art, for it ap¬
pears to be one of the laws of human history that the extension
of dominion usually reacts upon the domain of art. After the
period of acquisition comes that of adornment. To the forest or
waste succeeds the cultivated land, and the cultivated estate is incom¬
plete without the garden or orchard. Berlin begau by being the
centre of a petty principality. But it is now a great capital, adorned
by art, science, and literature.
' When we go back to the time of the Great Elector, 1610 -1688, we
find that tins Prince, who gained the battle of Felirbellin, had a
revenue of only 226,000 dollars, and contented himself with
two Chamberlains, when his neighbour, the Elector of Saxony,
had no less than a hundred and eleven of these adjuncts to
a Court. The most energetic and remarkable man in the time
of the great Elector was the( General who chiefly contributed to
the victory of Felirbellin, George Derfllinger, afterwards created Field
Marshal. He was the sin of a peasant, and in his early years a
tailor by profession. Once, at dinner, a liaughty man of genealogical
pretensions asked if it was true that the Elector had a General in his
service who was formerly a tailor. “It is true,” shouted Derfllinger,
with warmth; and, lifting up his sword, said, “ Here is the ellwand
with which he measures the retrograde movement of his enemies
through the length and breadth of the land.”
The successor of the Elector, the first King of Prussia, was a weak
character, but had great tact and prudence, and the chief personage at
that time was the celebrated Danckehnann. If Derfllinger was the
father of the Prussian Bluchers and Seharnhorsts, we must go back to
Danckelmann as the patriarch of the Steins and Ilardenhergs. He had
been the tutor of the first King. He was a very proud and
haughty riian, although of humble origin. Once, when some men of
ancient family did not make way for him, he reproached them sharply
with their want of readiness. But, although he was Minister, and
enjoyed the entire confidence of his master in political affairs, the
leading person in the Court was undoubtedly the philosophical
Queen, Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, the friend of Liebnitz. She was
-married, on the 28th of September, 1681, on a Sunday, at the
Hanoverian Electoral country scat of Herrcnhansen. This marriage
of S3 Prussian Prince with a Princess of the house of Guelph is fully
described in the chronicles of that period. We are informed that the
modesty of the Princess, and the languor which appeared in her eyes,
augmented to such a degree her natural beauty that she charmed all
the spectators. The heaviness of her dress and of a crown of pearls
and diamonds having made her change colour for the moment, the
Prince was nlarmed, and she was taken to her private rooms and
brought back in dishabille: she had a dressing-gown of gold brocade
and flame-colour; and the Mercure Galant informs os that in this
simple ornament she was more beautiful than she had ever
been seen before. On the following day, being the 16th, and birthday
of Charlotte, was her solemn entrance into Hanover, the bride and
bridegroom sitting in a carriage lined with crimson velvet and gold.
After supper a ball took place, at which was danced something quite
unknown in France, hut preserved in Germany by old tradition. Each
dancer had a lighted torch in his hand of white wax; the married
couple were in the middle, and the accompaniment w:is with trumpets.
Nor can we conclude withont some description of the bride, who
afterwards became so celebrated as the philosophical Queen of
Prussia. She was of the middle size, and had the finest bust and
skin, with large soft blue eyes, and a prodigious quantity of black
hair; eyebrows “ as if they had been made with a compass,” says
the gallant Mercure, “ the nose well proportioned, the mouth car¬
nation, fine teeth and complexion. Her face was neither oval nor
round, but something of both; sho was intelligent, aud of an en¬
gaging sweetness of disposition; she sang well, played the clavichord,
and danced with much grace.”
Each of the great Sovereigns of Prussia has a distinct individuality.
The first King got the kingly dignity by his tact, lor of vigour he had
very little. His son, Frederick William I., was the real creator of the
monarchy by his brutal energy, his ample treasure, and his wcll-
disciplined army; still it was rather a German than a European
monarchy. Frederick the Great was certainly the creator of the
Prussian monarchy as one of the great mditary Powers of Europe.
His nephew, who succeeded him, was a retrograde Prince, and there¬
fore we cannot count him among the remarkable Sovereigns of Prussia.
His son and successor, the father of the now living King, had not the
strong will of Frederick William I., nor the genius of Frederick the
Great; but he was a true German patriot, and what he did not do by
his own talent he accomplished by the conscientiousness with which
he selected the ablest men to do the work of regeneration; and if ever
there was a man to whom we might apply the motto, “ The right man
in the right place," it was to the father of the present King, who was,
it must be remembered, the grandfather of the youthful Prince whose
marriage has just been solemnised.
This King, Frederick William III., had as chequered a career as any
of his line, having felt the full force of the military power of Napo¬
leon at Jena; yet, after all, he died with his realm extended, pros¬
perous, and consolidated. It was to him that Frederick the Great said,
when playing ball with him, then a child, “ Yon will not allow Silesia
to be taken from yon.” Frederick William lias made a most interest¬
ing addition to the biography of Frederick the Great, by relating to
Bishop Egbert his last in'erview with this celebrated Monarch in the
park of Sans Souci, shortly before his death. “ He always honest and
sincere,” said old Frederick the Great to the grandfather of the youthfnl
Prince who is now in his honeymoon, “ and never try to appear what
yon are not, but always he more than yon appear. Try to be a
sterling character par excellence. Great things await yon. I am at
the end of my career, and my day’s work will soon be accom¬
plished. I am afraid that, after my death, things will go on
pele-mcle. There are elements of ferment everywhere, which
the rulers, especially those in France, unfortunately foster
instead of appeasing and extirpating. The masses aro already
beginning to make a move; and, if this comes to a head, it will he the
devil let loose. 1 am afraid you will be some time in a very difficult
and perilous position. Well, then, prepare yourself and be firm;
think of me; watch over onr honour and our glory; commit no
injustice, nor submit to any. Look at this pyramid in the park^ let
it lie the symbol of the relation of the apex of the State to the masses,
which ought to lie its wide aud firm basis.” Such were the words of
Frederick the Great to Frederick William III., of whom he said,
“ H me recommence™ ”—a prediction fulfilled liy the course of events
and the upright conduct, rather than by the talents, of this excellent
Prince.
The present King of Prussia seems to be the first of his race that
has united the poetical and the artistic with the religions tempera¬
ment. Frederick the Great, no doubt, lmd a great taste for art and
science; bnt he was hard and pragmatical in politics, and in religion
a pure materialist. That the present King of Prussia has fulfilled
the functions of a Parliamentary Sovereign and of a valid member of the
European Pentarchy cannot be said. His imagination wanted the
parade of a Constitution, hut he never conid ^mske up. his mind to
either the moral or the technical contract which it implies. Charmed
by the historic oratory of England and the dignity of a Parliament,
he yet wished to remain solo dictator, sole arbiter—military monarch,
in fact, whose acts should be registered, and whose voice should be
echoed liy the wisest and most intelligent of liis subjects. _
But the King’s personal qualities are so remarkable, that, notwith¬
standing his indecision, both in domestic and foreign affairs, much re¬
mains to conciliate our sympathy, lie is a sincerely religious man, and
his Protestantism is not a form hut a reality. His protection of the
sciences is also well known. He lives in the daily intimacy of
Humboldt and other men of science: and it wa • his personal wish
that Schilling, the most illustrious of the then surviving philosophers
of Germany, should be transferred to the University of Berlin. His
protection of art has been equally mnguificent: and the regeneration
of German art, begnn by Louis of Bavaria, has been continued by the
present King of Prussia on the most colossal scalo.
The Prince of Prussia, the father of the bridegroom, is distinguished
by remarkable rcctitnde of principle and practical good sense in the
conduct of political affairs.
to
GO
o
TTTK CAMPBELLS A HE COMING
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS [March. 13,
March 13, 1858.] THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
282
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[ March 13, 1858
NEW BOOKS, frc.
Now rea£y, at oil tho Libraries, la two role.,
L ady bcoxrs new novel, “the
_ . ONLY CHILD."
A WILL and a WAY. By tho Hon. HENRY
COKE. Author or ** High anil Low." 2 voto.
ADELE. By J ULIA KAVANAGH. 3 vols. .
COUSIN HARRY. By Hrs. GREY, Author of
** The Gambler'* Wife." 3 vote.
Tlie MORALS of MAYFAIR. 3 vote.
A LOVER S QUARREL. By the Author of
“Coniln CcolTrey." 3 volt.
Huust and Blackett, Publishers, IS, Great Harlborough-stroet.
Now resdy. In l vot, 8vo. with Portrait*,
C ARDINAL WISEMAN’S PERSONAL
KRCOL1.ECTION.W th*LV4T POUR POPES.
BCEST and 1* LACKS IT, Publisher*. 13, Groat Marlborough-strect.
U
Now ready, In 1 you. price 7s. Sd..
BIQUE. By J. W. CLAYTON, Esq.
_ (.lata Centals of tho 13th Light D.agoous), Author of “ Loiters
frtrn the NUo.’
“ The author has an amusing manner, and writes with spirit."—
Alhcnrum.
'* Pleasant, gossiping, and amusing, the production of a kindly
enind."—Glebe.
‘“UWque' to a brink and florid narrative, of overy-day incidents
n a soldlar's life."—Leader.
_r J kkkiit. Sing WllHara-xtro-ri. Strand_
Jus ou\ with Map and Portrait, New Edition, price 3s. *d.,
D E PuRQUET's IIISTujRE do FRANCE;
With the most Difficult Words and Idioms Umi» la tod at end of
each pagt. Writ er) purposely for Youth of bo’h sexes.
Abo. FRENCH POETRY lor Young People. 3s. 6d.
Lee don: SlMfK nr, Marshall, and Co.; ani maybe had of tho
Author, at his Bci.clastic Agency, 11,1 .vistock-struet.Covsat-gurdon.
INSIDE CANTON. By Dr. YVAN. This
J. day. Price Elgb'.oe&pence.—Hintitr Vizktrllv, Gougb-equare.
New utir. with 4Qn Illustrations, n complete Edition of the
B RITISH WORKMAN, frem the commence-
went. A 1 the earlier Number* haring brea re pi luted, a com-
riete Edition for the years 1855, 11*66, and lb.',7. may now be !i»d,
l.out din cloth, price-Is fid.: gilt ed^os. 6s . post-free. Tho Three
Yearly Paris may alto fco bad separately, in illustrated paper oovera,
price is. ti' ouch
londcu: PARTS WOE and r o, Bxgsirr. and Twksdic.
This day, Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged, 10s.€d.,
A(. ON’S Jb.fcbAYS. With AnnotatioDS by
RICHARD WHATBLY, D.D. Arebtohopof Dublin.
Lot.cun: Jolts )V Parker and Box, West btrand.
B
In 8vo, rowed, prion Is. 6J.,
T HE SERMONS on the DEATH of the Late
BlfHOP of CALCUTTA. By tlw Lord Btoboo of W1N-
CHEblFR. ibe Fcv. HUNKY VENN, and the iter. JOHN HAMBLE-
10 K-—Seels t, Jackson, and Halxjdat, 54, Firet-stroaC.
M
Forty .second Thousand, small 8to, doth, f».; morocco, IDs.,
1N1STERING CHILDREN.
By MARIA LOUIRA C1IARLB8W0KTH.
£ belly, Jackson, ami Halliday, 5t, Fleet-street.
Third Thousand. small Svo, cloth, it .; morocco, IP*-,
VINEYARD LABOURERS.
By JANE ANNE WIN 3COM.
Bekli.t, Jacksox, and Hallway, 54, FUet-street.
With Portrait, imaU Hvo, cloth, .*»» ; morocco, 10*.,
''BE EARNEST CHRISTIAN. Memoir of
Mrs Jnkca. By Mis. H. A. GILBERT.
SELIKY. JaCKaOX, and H AU-iDAY. 51. Fleet-street.
R
With Engraving*, In small 9vo, cloth, prico 5s.,
IV Eft S in the DESERT; or, Mission
Sreees In Bnnaab. By Un> Rev. JOHN BAILLIE.?
Smiv, Jack sox, rud Hallway, 54, Fleet-street.
_With four F.rgrorings, smsII Svo, doth, price5s..
L IFE STUDIES ; or, Bow to Live. Sketches
of John Bunran. Gerhard TmUegvu, James Moatgoiuery,
i ndtiitk Perthes, Mrs.Mary Winslow.
_ShMLV. JAtKSr-X, and HALLWAY, Flcct-f tret ■_
Now ready, VoL IV., cloth. 4s.6d.; Vols. III. and IV. bound
together, ha. 6d.,
B EISSUE of CASSELL’S POPULAR
1 EDUCATOR: containing Leasons In the Pdcncea. Ancient
and Modern Lnnpurges, and the various other branches of knowledge
necessary for the acquisition of a first-rnto education. Also in Num¬
ber* l|d. each. Part* 7d. and ttod.. and Divisions la. Cases for bind¬
ing single vols.. Is 3d-; double vols.. Is. 94.
London: W. Ktx’i and Co., 51 and 52, Paternoster-row; and all
Bookseller*.
Ju t published, price 8s. fid. (,freo by post),
A MAR UAL of LAW relating to the Office
Of Tru*tse: It# Power*, DuUes, and Liabililiaa. By R. DENNY
L'liLING, Ita»rtotcr-at-Law.
1 onion* Stkvkxs and NORTON, Deli-yard. Dublin: Ed. J.
lliliiken, 15, College-green.
A NEW SYSTEM OF THP.ORKTJCAL CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC
AND INORGANIC.
In crown 8ro, pp. 590, rrico 12a fid. cloth,
T he radical theory in
CHEMISTRY.
JOHN JO'-KI'H GKIFVIN, F.C.S.
“Mr Griffin hs# spent thirty years of hi* H r e In the elaboration of
a row theory [of Chemistry] ; and wo think that h« has succeeded la
effecting Ibis to such purpose ns to include all that the old atomic
theory over did. and much that it could not reach. In Organic
Chemistry, M the hast, it dears a chit'.*. Wo lru»t that, in executing
tb* duty w hlch vre owe to tho public of poiuiing out its defects, wo
shell not he suspected of wishing to det act from !'■ rare merit*. Its
lntteBt investigation, careful arrangement, symmetry, and com
p.'cttnesa are beyond all prate© "—Literary Gazette, January 33.
Pnhlished by
JotlX J. GRtll IX, IIP, iiunhill-row.
Crown Svo. price 2s. fid.; post-free 2s. 10d., with Map fid. extra,
“ ONDON es it is TO-DAY ; Where to Go
and What to Boo. With 200 Engravings.
London: H. Q. Ci.arvk and CO., 252. Strand. W.C.
rpo chrysanthemum growers—
JL NeaDy rrin*ed n crown 8vo. price fid ; or. in cloth. It.,
CUTTUliE of the CURYBANTliKMUM. By 8. BROOME, F.n *.,
4-ardrnrr. Inner Temple. Sold at the Lodge, or s'.nt, pott-free, for
7 or U pottuge ttampe.
J tut published, Filth Edition, nrfoo 81s.; frtoby post,
T HE ART of BREWING, Fermenting, and
Kaktngof Malt; containing octrect Tables of Ma-.btng H<*sts,
full dircctien* for Preventing Acetoiu Femienta»ion, and every other
necessary information to make success Iu this important art cor.ain;
the resn’t of 50 years' practice- liy JOHN LEVF.dt^UK, teto of the
Anchor Brewery.- J axes I.eath, 5, St. Paul's Churchyard.
Jt'oi published. Fourteenth Edition. 8vo, bound, prico lfes.. post-free,
H OMCEOEATHIC DO MEST fv
MEDICINE. By J. LAURIE. M.D^.Dgrcid of all tochnl-
ciiUty. No lnerikina is prescribed without the radicalion* foC it*
arltclion. and the exact.doi-e to bo admuaa^red. An oxrclleut work
for famUica, errlgranOE and mmslononcs. A Medicine Chest forth!*
work, pr!o<* .*> j_' \ \
An EPITOBIE of the ABOYK. Price 5s. A Guide
to tbceo corcmej cing this treatment in fkmily pructica A Case for
this V ork. fr ee 3-'*- Catrisge-pee on receipt of Pcrt-ioffice order.
T r*T|i and Rottfi. 5, Pi. P*nl%ftb^yard: and 9TY*sro-«i, Oxford-si.
Ntw Edition, enlarged. 'Mxno, bound, prico 1*., freehr uo*t,
B OMCEOFATlliC FAMILY GUIDE:
remaining timplo Direct I on* for the Domestic Treaunent of
Ordinarv Ai'n «ntfl A ch<st ot Mtdicino for thla Work, prise 24a.
I-Xstii and Kos*. &. »■«. Paul's Ch.-yan): and 9. Vcre-sL. Oaford-st,
HOBGAF, M D. Mrrcticns for tho tioatmeot of thorn common
dlictdn*. BCU* rot Diet, mmft fc.- Del cades which may be safoly
iskrn by tfrirns ttrerieg fren* tfcsae complaints
l.f ATHacdVoss M. Bed's Cb-Ttud: and 9, 1
I, Vere-rt.. Oxford-st.
B
r. - . _ Jb« pubi.*t«d. price •vd.. poet- Ar©0.
om <eopa 3'>i j e treatment
A-JSIY MUSIC, &c.
D ’ALBERT’S ALBUM for 1858.—The most
■pJerdid Musical Work ever produced, surpsssuig all this
popular Composer's previous Albums. Tho oover is in the most elabo-
Jato and gorgeous stylo; the binding in watered silk: ami the coloured
IlluxtrationB arc in the greatest variety, by Mr. Brandard. M. D'Albert
has composed expressly for this Album a number of now Waltz©*, now
tjuadrillea, Polkas, Maznrkiu, kc.; and tho publishers feol confidyuce
In announcing it M the most attractive Musical Present eror pub-
lishtd. Price 21s. Sent froe.
Chappell and CO., 49 and 50. New Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S WEDDING QUADRILLE,
performed by Wcippert's Bond at her Majosty's Stale Bob',
Buckingham Palace. Price 3a„ Solo r.r Duel, post-free.
ChaPKXLI. and f'n.. iO «r, n d--tre®*
D ’ALBERT’S PRINCESS ROYAL POLXA,
with an exquisite Portrait of tho Prlnooss in Colours, by
BRANDARD. Price 3«., 8o3o or Duct, pott-lreo.
CHappkll and Co . 50, Now Bocd-streeL
D
'ALBERT’S HOOP DE DOODEN DO
GALOP Price 3s.. port-free.
Chappxll und Co.. 50, N<"y Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S ENGLISH POLKA. Jast
published. Illustrated in Colours, with a Bridal Portrait of the
Pnncoas Royal, by BKANBARD. Prico 3*., post-free.
Chappxll and Co.. 50. Now Bond-strnot.
L ’ADIEU de la PRINCESSE. BKINLEY
RICHARDS' Now Nocturne for tho Pianoforte, splendidly
Illustrated in Co'our* fcv BRANDARU. »odicutad to har Majesty tho
yuot-a. Prioe 3s. 0d„ Solo or Duo*, post-free.
Chappell and Co., *o. Now Bood-etreot.
TDRINLEY RICHARDS' HUGUENOTS
-I f FANTASIA on the most admired Air* from thi* favourite
Opel a for tho Pianoforte. Price 4a.. post-free.
Chappxll and Co.. 50. New Bcnd-strent.
L A ZINGARA; or, The Bohemian Girl.
Morceau do Salon for tho Plonoforto. By CIIAULK3 VOSS.
Prico 3s., post-free
CUAPP&LL aad Co., 50. New Bond-street.
B BINLLY RICHARDS’ COMPLETE
TLTOR for the PIANOFOItE. The beaL the uew«t. and
cheapest of all Inatraction Boults, containing oiemcnUry iusiruetions,
ccali**, exorciaea, and a great variuty of tho moat nopular themo* a*
progioshivu 1c* sou*. Sixty page*, full music size, prico 4» post-!roe.
Chappell and Co., 50, New Boud-stre«L
L IJ CRN 0 W.—DESCRIP Tl V E PANT AS J A
for tho Pianoforte. By 0. M. E. OLIVER. Beauilfully liliu-
trated by iliaiidnid, tn Colours, prico 4*., post-free.
Chappell and Co.. 60 New Bond-street.
OOSEY’S MUSICAL LIBKABYV—An
Anneal Subscriber of Two Guineas has tho command of above
iOJ.COO English and Foreign Work*, and is allotvod the eontiaaxi us©
of Three Guiru ns’ worth of Music in the Country, or Two Guineas'
veervb in London. Country Parcels du’atcbeJ with the greatest
promptlioda. Full particular* by post.—Hollca-streot, W.
N
EW WORK for VIOLIN and PIANO.—In
2t numbers, p.lccOnoShimD R ci*eh, POPULAR KECK RATION 3
tor the VKiLIN. arranged by GROnGR CASE. Contenis: I. Robert.
ioi quoj’siina. Robert le Diablo 2. Qusml je quitt iis, ditto 3. Nobil
signor, liugu-noiB. 4- No cuso rguab 'iltto 6, Va pensioro, Nnbuoco.
6. Kinuiil luvolami. Ernani- 7. ''uf.o o spre/zo, ditto 8. La mis
le*!zia.; Lombardi. ».La donna e mobile, Plgolotto. 10. E tl sol dcU'
anlcna. ditto. 1>. jurats o qucllo, dit'o. 12. Bella figlia, U tto. 13.
Introducikin and Galup K golctto ditto 14. Miserere —Ah! cho la
more. Ti ova tore. 15. 11 toihm del duo ditto. H. Si la stnnahoxza,
ditto. 17. Mercl, jeate* omler, Lo Vfprw Sldilenm**. 18. Ami io
cu'cr d'HrJi no, ditre. IV Jour d'ivreero, ditto. 20. LibUuno, Brindisi,
lYnvfato. 21. Parigi o cam, ditto. D. Di provenza, ditto. S3. Ah,
fois’ e iul, ditto. 94. P cm pro libers, ditto.
BUOAKY and CONS, Hoiks*-street.
IVfEW WORK for ELUTE and PIANO bv
-Ll R. 8. 1’RATrBN.—In 21 Numbers, prico Ouu Shilling cr.cn,
11. 8. PH AT TEN'3 »F.CK EAT IONS for FI.UlK and PIaNO. Con¬
tents: I. Robert, tol que j’almo. Robert lo Diablo. 2. Quuod joquli-
inb, ditto. 3. Nobil »-guor. Pnguonds, 4. No cam cgual. ilitto. 6.
Vo, p*n«iero Nubrcco- 6. Krnani invnlaiui, Ernani. 7. Tutto o
fprrzzo, ditto 8 La mla letixU. Lombardi. V La donor VtaobHo,
il’goie* to. 10. K tl sol dell' nnima. ditto. 11. tjuosta o tmel’a, ditto.
12. UvBa figlia, ditto. 13. In'roductioo and Galop Rigoletto,
14. Mlrcrtre—Ah! ch * la tnoite, Trovatore. 15 II lulendic] »u». cltto.
lfi. 64 la s’unch. out. ditto. 17 Meroi, Jouna* arn'es, Les 'Ve^res Pi-ri-
li*uno> 18. Audio cuur d’US i no, ditto. 19. Jcur d'ivreose.ditto.
2<». 1 IMnmo. Brindisi, Travista 21- Pariri o carn, ditto 22/TH
provenza, ditto. 23. Ah. for* o lui. ditto. 24. bompro lii>er&, ditto.
BoonXY cud BOSS, Hollts—street.
tPHE PLOT of the OPERA is very folly de-
JL scribed in each volume of BOOSE J and SON3' 9RKIE8 of
complete OREHAH, for piano solo, enabling tho piimfet to aorrccJuto
tho k-.ntiu.cL t end character of every moreenu in tho work, Thirtoon
Operas are now pub'iohed in strong cloth covers, prices from u to
7»- Cd. each, viz..—11 Trovatore, -e. ; La Travin'a, 5a ; I»cz V(*pro»
Skill.ones. 7s. tkl ; Rlfjoletto, 5s.; Poncambula, 4*.; Norms, 4s.;
Lea Euguonots, 7s. tid.; Don Juan, 5..: Fra Diavolo, 5s.; Purltani,
8s.;Fiilu du Regiment, is.; Lucia, bt.i Lucrezia Borgia, is. X/
Boostr and 80X£. 24 and 28, Uollus-stroa;, W.
N ew sung, the bridge oj? sighs,
written and composed by BAktL’EL LOVER. Eaq. Price 2s. fid.
Tlib elegant ballad may bo considered one "of Mr. Lover’s happiest
compositions. Words and music arp equally ploashig, and onsaro its
becoming a general favourite. PertAge-ft-oo.
London: Derr and Hodo-son, 65, Oxford-street.
a on
WIXTKK
UNGS OF THE SEASONS.—SPRING
ULOSSOMrt. 6UHJIER BOSES. AUTUMV FBOIT3, And
KH EVF.HnmiENS. Compc«d b)r STEPHEN ULOVEB.
Prico 2«- 6d. each. Tboeo songs possess attractions seldom before
obtained. The Words* by Carpenter, are exceedingly Interesting, and
have suggested to Mr. Glover melodies of the mos: fascinating cha¬
racter, while the Illustrations, by Packer, are superb.
Dtjyy owl Hodgson, 65, Oxford-stroot.
H EW GALOP.—The ALARM. Composed
by T. BROWNE. Price 3s., postage free. Among the spark¬
ling novelties performed by Woippcrt’o Bund ftt the Grand State i<al]
at Buckingham Palace none shone more conspicuously than the
“Alarm 11 Galop,which was admired by aU.
Durr and Hodgson, 05, Oxford-stroot.
]VEW SONG, THE FIRST TIME WE MET.
It By tho Composer Of “ Will you love mo then as now ? ”
“ Dearest, then I'll love you more,” “A Young Lady's No," Arc.
Price 2*. This song will equal, if not surpara. tho sncccs* attained by
hzy firmer production of UiIb gifted oomjiowr
Derr and Hgdobon, 65, Oxford-street.
QAD BROWN LEAVES; Ballad, 2s. ;
JO DucL 2s. (id. “Only to l>« known to Ixj universally appre¬
ciated " Also, by tho same Coni|x>rcr, “I wish he would makeup
\htS mind, Ha!" 2s.; ** Oh! brightly tho sunoeoms are shining,"
2s. Ul.; and, “Still I’ll wait a little longer,” V* Sent free by
return of post, for stamp*, by Air. T. CHAN TREY, Macclesfield.
A DELE; or, I Miss thy Kind and Gentle
Voice. Tho Second Edition of this beautiful Ballad, by
LANG70N WILL1AM8, lo now ready, as sung by Mias La^oallos.
Price 2s.; toe for stamps.—W.WiLU aH 5.2il f Tottoaham-court-road.
E FFIE SUNSHINE: New Ballad. By
L ANGTON WILLIAM?: rang by .Vise JTooM, W^ ibegrsateat
luoccea. BeautifoIFy ’IiualxatoJ. Prico 2a. 6d., free for stamps.
U. Williams, 291. Tottenham-court-road.
T A5GTON WILLIAMb’ NEW REDOWA,
1 1 “Tho Village Queen.”—"Thisla the gem of the season, both
In mcslo snd Illustration."—Review.—W. Williams and Co., 321,
.r.mnham-cotirt- road. Prico 2a. 6d.; toe for stamps.
I HAVE ALWAYS A WELCOME FOR
THEE.-New Ballad, by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Just pub¬
lished. “One of tho sweetest ballads of the day."—Review. Prioe
2e.: free tor stamps.—W. Williams, 221, Tottonham-ootirt-road.
*s—*sa , »«F I 7 * v * Foot DISEA8F In CATTLE. By
H-ndcn. Cowfcery.r. a Case of Alediduus adapted,
mice iCs.
LKjIB and A Ft. Pan! 1 , Ch -yard; and 9, Vcre-»t., Oxford-»t ,
T1 lls TS t<. MOTHERS and NURSES on
.rw .T, ^Ternar AN18 by HAND. Post-free, on application
w 'Vr^0B. F Co °^*. yjB^iininiilliisI Chemist, 18, Oxford-#Uc«t,
F rx'Vtv'* * 7 E** 1 for Eight Penny Postage Stamps.
ENM.,c;&’ EVERY MUTHER’S BOOK;
^wblc > c , n'shis everything thst every Mothw- ongbt to know.
aurii Fens isos, W«t Cowes, Uld<3f Wight.
T he royal wedding quadrilles,
by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Illustrated with Portraits, in
Colour*, of their Royal Highnesses the P. incest Royal of Prussia and
her Const rt, by BRANDABD, after Drawings by Winterhalter.
Price 4s- Free for stamp*.—W. Williams and Co., 291, Tottenham-
court-road.
INSTRUCTIONS fcr the ORGAN. By
.f J. T. STONE. Price fe, po»tage-too, containing a History and
Description cf the “ King of Instruments." tho Method of ooni-
1 mirg tho Store, nnd U*e of the Podals, hxcrcisca and Chorales, in
two, three, and four parts, followed by a t- election of Voluntaries
fremthe wc-rks of Bsndcl, Mcrsrt.Hajdo. Ac.
Bbk wer and Co., 23, Bl*l»opegate-Btroet Within.
P IANOFORTES (First-Class), DUFF and
BODGfOlf, 65, Oxford-street.—'I hoso Instruments are re-
commecded by tho Profeasion, and may bs hod in Walnut, Zebra,
and Rosewood. Prices modorato. Warranted.
NEW MUSIC, frc.
mUE CHRISTY MINSTRELS’ SONGS;
JL Como where my love Bos dreaming, ax «olo and quartette, prico
fid.; by post, 7d- Also, Wllliovre liavo miaaodyou; Hoop do dooden
do; Th>i olhur side of Jordan: B<antifui Star: Hard Time*; Gontl
News from Home: Toll the Boll; Kin* u:o Quick; Good old JctT; Wa
ore coming, sister Mary: Old Folks are gono: Ring do Bnnjo, Ob.
Boys, carry mo along; GenLo Jenny Gray; nnd Gentle Annie, u I 3>1.
each: by jA^st, id.; or tho sixteen Scugi by post for 4s. Od. in
stompe.
MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE,
lil.’, High Iioiborn.
TTOOP DE DOODEN DO QUADRILLES
AI and POLKA, by W. H. MONTGOMERY, prio* fid each,
both by tKFt for 13 a nnum. The Quiulrilics on* in great roqmut, em¬
bracing all tho best a Vs sung by the CHRISTY MINSTRELS.
Mon gomcry's Silver Lake rind Golden Stream Varaoviauns, 6d. each,
both by tKM-t fur 13 stamps. Full orclieura, 2s.: aeptotts, Is. each.
MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, IM. High Holborn _
lj’IirTY selected POLKAS for the PIANO-
1? FORTF. in a 8HILLING BOOK, po*t-to« 14 Stamp*. Edited
by WROTRO** Al-o, Wcstrop s 160 Melodlaa for ti»o Violin. Is.
Rcgondl's 200 Mo'odlea for the German Concertina, ! ». S rtgwick's
2CO.Melodies for tho'English Conoertinn, Is. Eitharbook by post, 14
stamps.—MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, IW, High Iioiborn.
npHE NEW ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM
JL for the DRAWING-ROOM.
ALEXANDRE and SON huvejtut taken out a now patent for tho
Drawing-room Harmonium, which effects tho greatest Improvement
thoy bhvo over rnado In tho nstrumonL Tho drawing-room models
will bn found ol a softer, purer, and In all ro pects more sgrooablo
toco than any other InEtrumon-a They have a perfect and ea*y
moons of producing a diminuendo or crescendo on any one note or
more; the haw can bo perfoctly subdued, withoat even the ase of tho
expression stop, thn groat difficulty In other Harmoniums. To oach
of tho new modela an additional blower b attaebod at tho back, so
that the wind con be coppUcd (,if preferred) by a socond p-irssE,
and Will, under tho now patent, tho periormor oan piny with porfoct
o ... / /
THE DRAWING-ROOM MODEL.
No. Is made in throe variation. Gaineas.
1. Three Stops, Percussion Action, additional Blower, and
in Rosewood Caao . .. 25
2. Eight Stop* ditto ditto ditto 35
l. tils non Props ditto ditto, Volx Celeste, Itc.
t,tho ccet Harmonium that con bo mado) ,, .. 60
Mwu*. Chappell novo an onormon • stock of the
BJX-OUHSKA HARMONIUMS,
Axd of all Varieties of tho ordinary kind, which are perfect for tho
Church, Bcbool, Hall, or Conceri-roaOL
Ho. / s~J Guiacss.
1. One Stop, oak oaso .. •• /.. / .» .. 10
2. „ mahogany oom .. .J 19
X. ThrwSlops,oak, 15guineas; rosewood .. .. 16
4. Five Stops itwo row* vibrators), oak coso' .. .. 22
„ ditto rosewood cate«» .. ,.23
*. Eight Stops, ditto, oak. 85 guinea.*; rosewood .. /.. 26
6. Twelve Stops (four rotvs vibrnronij, oak or ro'iowood case 35
7. Cue Stop (with porcusolost action j, ock cose, IS guineas;
resdwcod case .. .. .. „ ,• .. .. 18
8. Throe Stops, ditto, rosowood oasa _ .. ..20
9. Eight Steps, ditio, ook or rosewood case ..22
lo. Twelve Steps, ditto, oeJt ohST'iv. .4, .. .. .. 40
1!. „ ditto, rosewood case.45
12. Patent model, ditto, pci shoe, oak or rosewood caso .. 55
Messrs. Chappell bc^ eloo to call attention to; their
NEW AND UNIQUE COiTAGE PIANOFORTES.
No. Guineas.
1. In mahogany eaae L fi| •/’ .. .. .. 25
9. In rotiuwood, with circular fall. 6J octavos .. .. .. 30
5. In rosov. ecd. pjegant ca*o. fiotn, fee.. .. 35
4. In very e'cgsnt walnut, Ivory-fronted kuya, Ac. .. .. 40
6. Tho Uuifiuo/Pianoforte,"whh. perfect check action, olugant
row'wood cnao, GJ cctaycs.40
6 Tho Foreign Model. oxtnrm'Jy elegant, ohliqno strings, 7
(\ octave*. ix-*it check BC'ior., Ac , tho most powerful of
r.Jl upright pianofortes ..50
Also tb tfc<ir immense assortment of now aad *ooomlhand irutru-
mears, by Broadwood. Coihud, snd Krard, (or sale, or hire.
Foil d«crJjitivo lists of harmoniuma and of pianofortes sent upon
application to CHAPPELL and CD., 49 anil 50, Now Bond-street,
and 13, Georgonitreet, Hanovor-aqusre.
Agents for America, FABREQUETTE3 and CO , Now York.*.
Y'lHAPPELL’a FOliEIGN MODEL PIANO-
FORTE, price Fifty Gulno&o.—This instniment has (nnllko
tho ordinary Cottage Pianoforte) Tliroo Strings and tho fullest Grand
oompeaa of Boron Octovcs. It to strengthaned by every possible
means to endure tb© greatest amount of wear, apd w stand parfoctly
In any clhnr.tc. Tho workmanship is of tho best description, tho tons
I* round, IU11, and rich, snd tho power equal to that of a Biehord
Grand. Tfco caoo is of tho most elegant construction, in rosowood,
the touch ohtatic, rod tho repotitiun very rapid. Every possible pro-
tauJfcn has boon lakon to cusuro its standing woil In tuno. Chappell
and Co, especially invito the attention of tno publio, tho profusion,
end morchanto to tho Foreign Model, fooling assured thgt no Plano-
(Crto, is all roApoets ocmporublo, bra hitherto been mads tn England
lit the aoroo pries. Every instrument will bo warranted, and (if de¬
sired) exchanged within twelve months of tbe purchase.—50, Now
Bead-street. London.
E S-PRATTEN’S PERFECTED FLUTES,
• on tho old system of fingering, with lorg« or small holes, are
now niudo with German Silver Hoys at four guinea*, and with sterling
Hlver Keys from eight to seveulcen guinea* each, complete in Casos,
Ac. Every Inurnment to tested by Mr. Bratton, and accompanied
by a certificate from that unrivalled artist. BOOSKY and 80X3,
Manufacturers, 24, Hollco-streot, London. W.
C IASE’S CONCERTINAS, 4 guineas each,
J with 18 keys, snd in mahogany coses. Tfcosc are tho boot in¬
strument of tho kind manufactured, and will bo scut carriage-freo to
BDy part of England. Also, Care's Conoerdna Instruction*, 5* ; and
Care’s 100 Mclcdle* for Concertina-, Is.; Popular Recreations for Can-
coitina and Piano. >2 Number*, Is. each.—B oosby and Soxs, Minu-
factnrcn ard Publisher*, 24 and 28, IIolios-street.
H TOLKIEN’S IRRESISTIBLE PIANO-
• FORTE, with Truss Concaro Bracing* anil Porpcndlenlar
bolls, by hor Majesty's Royal letter* Pa’ou'.— ■ hese exquisite lns»ra-
menta ore soja;rlor In power to any other English or l-'oieign piano.
For quality of tono unequalled; durmHllty unquestionable. For ex¬
trema clima'.e* Invalunb.e. frico (in elegant dei'gos) modorats.
Height, 4 ft. Drawing* post-free, at H. To.klen's old-establirhcd
Mnoufactory, 27. 98, '.0, King William-street, Londoo-bridgs.
Ftexotortea for Hire, with option to purchase.
H TOLKEtN’S 25-guinea Royal Minuto
• PIANOFORTES, octnveo.—This piano Is acknowlodgsd to
he suporicr to any other English or foreign piano tho above price;
and. by tho care snd attention 11. T. hot devoted to all branohes of
tho manufacture, be hascUsined the highest reputation throughout
tho universe for there Instruments, unoqua'led In durability n'd
delicacy of tnuco, in walnut and rosowood; height 3it. loin—H.
Tolklon's MnnuCacfory, 27, 98 29, King WiUlaui-stroot, London-
bridgv. Pianofortes for hire, with option to purchase.
IANOFORTES.—PUBLIC ATTENTION
Bomo splendid Rosewood aud Walnut-tree Cottages and Pic¬
colos, 6$ octaves, with oil tho latest Improvements, have only been
used a few month*, from 19 guinea*.—At TOLKIE N'S Oid-E«tab-
itobed Pianoforte Warehouse, 27, 28, and 39. King William-street,
London-bridge Pianofortes for hire, with option of purchaso.
IANOFORTE and MUSIC-STOOL for 20
Gnines#; a greet bargain. A Walnut Cottage- 8} octavo,
with metallic plate, and alt tho rocoot Improvements, by n first-rate
maker, cn’y oted a few montoe. and oo*t dotiblo tho amount. To bo
seen a: R. GllF.EN and CO.'*. Upholtterer*. 204. Osford-stroet West.
riEO. LUFF ami SON’S IMPROVED
OT IIARM0NIUM3 for SALE or HIRE, with easy term* of uur-
chare, from X12 to £50. Thu only makers of tho raa! Harmonium
Repair*. Toning* — tOU. Great Enwell-atrort, Bloomsbury.
P IANOFORTES—GEO. LUFF and SON
hare the larjteit stock In London, for 6ALE or HIRE, with
raiy terms of purchase, both sow and Boroodhand, from £10 to £100
Tuner* rent to all peris.—Kfi, Great t<UB*cll-«troot. Bloomsbury*
IANOFORTES EXTRAORDINARY, at
MOORE sod MOORE'S, 101, Btohop*gato-«tre«t Within.
These sre firtn-cla*s Piano*, of rare excellence, poswi«*ing oxquialts
improvements, recently applied, which effect a grand, s pure, and
beautiful quality of toco, (hut stands unrivalled. Prico from 18
guineas. First-claw Pianca for hire, with easy terms of purchase.
RITISH PIANOFORTE SOCIETY, for
distributing Pianoforte* on tho principle of a Building
Society. Monthly paymeuts 10, 15, or 20 shillings. Manufacturer, Mr.
COOKE, Easton Factory, Ossulaton-streot, Huston-road. Books of
4c , may be had for four pontage stamps of tho Secretary, Mr.
R. Kemp, 12, Victoria-road, Keutis'n-iown, London, N.W.
A NTOINE COURTOIS’ CORNETS-A-
PI8TON8.
Tho Concert-room Model .« .. ..£8 8 0
The Drawing-room Model .. •• •* 8
Those instrunirnte were constantly used by tho late Herr Koenig,
and considered by him superior to thoeo of auy other maker.
Drawings snd price-ibis sent free on applicaUon to Jullicn and Go.,
214, Regent-street.
IANOFORTES, 16 Gs.—OETZMANN and
CO.'S SCHOOL-ROOM PIANOFORTE, fij octave*. In solid
mebognuy cotes, French soiishi-d. Warranted.
Del/maim and Co. e £25 ROYAL COTTAGE PIANOFORTE, cylin¬
der tails, bl octavos. In rosowcod or mahogany owe*. Warranted.
Packed too. snd forwarded to any part on receipt of remittance.—
Ooirmaon aud Co , 32, Wigmoro-rireet, Cavcndiah-squaro, W.
r\ REAT NORTHERN R \IL\V AY.—
\JT LONDON (KIng's-crcv* SuUonl, MANCHESTER, WAR¬
RINGTON. CHF.61EH. and LIVERPOOL.
From Lcudoa.—Klng's-tanu Station.
Leave
Arrival
Arrival
Arrival
King’s-crosa.
Mouchostur.
C'acster.
Liverpool.
fi 60 a jn )
7 30 „ }
4 25 p.m.
4 25 p.m.
4 40 p.m.
9 15 „ )
10 0 „
3 0 „
4 25 „
4 40 „
10 15 .,
K 46 „
11 20 „
II 40 „
1 46 p.m.
6 0 „
111 s ■ ,.
10 0 ..
U M ti
11 40 „
FROM LIVERPOOL, CHESTER, ASD MANCHESTER.
Leave
Live: poo!.
8 10 O-tn.
8 50 „
II 10 ..
3 16 pm.
6 50
Lrava
C bettor.
3 40 p.m.
7 40
Leave
iI*ncho«tcr.
t> 6 am.
9 15 ,.
9 55 „
II 30 „
1 45 a m.
ft 0 ,,
1* 3
SUNDAYS.
Arrival
Klnr's-crosa,
4 15 turn.
4 i) „
2 55 „
6 0 .,
9 31 „
10 0 ..
3 30 a m.
Leave / Arrival Arrival
King's-cross. Manth»tosv, ChiMtur.
5 0 ji m. ( lfi O jKca- 11 20 p.m.
Leave \ Leavo
Charter. " ‘ “
Leave A
Livtr,K»I.
3 15 p.n
Arrival
T .|verpool.
11 40 p.m.
Arrival
Manchester. King's-croM.
3 40 p.m.
o u.m.
0 p.m.
F.xpm* Ohndbuses run bet *roon 12. North John-*iroet. Liverpool,
and Gattton, in connectioh with Through Train* batweeu Garstou
and London. Kfog's-cros* station.
Return TiUKETK, at ils. First Clare, and 12*. 6d Second Clare,
ayattatilo for 7 days, and at 37s. First Class, and 17*. Second Clare,
avidfnhlo for 24 days, are issued by nil Train* between I omlou
(King's-crcsa Station) and Sta'oy Bridge, Ashton. Guido Bridge,
Mnnohcetcr, Warrington. Chester, Garaton. mil Live rpo-4.
[ Core inii>t lo udu>n *t London-road aUUon, Manchester, to oak for
tickets vlA the Great Northern route
Ticket* ut tho nbov • *'are* can bo obtain»d at the King's-c*o*j»
etMirion. anil X^orMsnrhoatcr only], *1 tho Great No’thora Receiving
OfficcsTBuU irtid Mouth, ht. Mortin's-lo-Grand; 1C, F(*n-*ueot-hlli;
26i, HoLLom: 32. Begeot-cireus, Piccadi'ly; 62, Sid 03, Bridge-road,
Lambeth; 2c9, strand; 3S. Cluuing-orasa; 97, Kiog- tr.'er. Cheao-
• 351, Oxford-street; George inn,Borough; 43 and 41, Crutcbod-
Eo*-hirtlier particular* see tho Tim* Talite* of the Company, uud
tho Hum;bill*. By order.
, Kirg’s-ci oib 8.ation, March 1, 1855.
p REAT NOBTHERN RAILWAY.-Eclipse
vJ of the Sun.— For the convenience of persons do*irons of wit-
ne»irg from tho mo t advantageous posklon tho Ecli;>*q of tho Bun,
stated by tho Astronomer (foyal m expected to take ul&ooon Monday,
IDih March, a SPECIAL TRAIN wi'l leave Lonoon t Kiag's-crore
Station), ut H-40 a.m., on that day, for PKfBKBOdOUGH and WER-
ltlNG YON JUNCTION returning at 3 30 p.m. Faro* for the double
Jourrey, flrat class; 3*., covered oarrloge*.
On too return Journey, 15 minutes for rofnuhtneuts will bo a’lowod
nt I’etorborough.
Wellington Junction is one of tho points ouily occosslblo from the
metropolis indicated by the Astronomer Koval fin hi* letter to the
“ 'll mo* ” of Morcli 3) us among tliosa traveraod by tho central lino of
the eclipse, near to which Hus moit striking uvnnts may Ik> aat'clpated.
Skysioitu Clakkr, Gcnorel Manager.
London, King's-cross Station, March 8.
G reat northern, and Manchester,
SHEFFIELD, and LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAYS.—CHEAP
EXCURSION TRAINS l>etween LONDON < King's-cross Station) and
BLANCHES I KK, commencing THURSDAY, 25th FEBRUARY, mill
fUrthor notice, as under:—
BYXSY unartiAY
TUUltaDAr.
Mom.
dop. 10.25
„ 9.10
.. 9 16
10.45
nrr. 5.40
EYKUY VTKDNKSDAY AKD
SATURDAY.
Mom.
King’s-cross .
Guido Bridge
A*bton
Staley bridge
Manchostcr .
.. dop. 10. O
.. arr 4.40
.. „ 6.31
.. „ 5 35
.. „ 5. 0
Manchceter
Staley brl.tgo
Asht>n
Guide Bridge
King’s-cross ..
Fares, Ce., Closed Carriage* for the Double Journey to or from tho
above-named Station* and King’s-arore.
Tickets issued from Klng's-cron# on Wednesdays and Saturday*am
available for return either on the Monday or Thursday in the follow¬
ing week.
ticket* issued from Manchester, SUlcybridgc, Aihton, or Guido
Bridge, on Monday*, arc avai'ablo for return dihor on tho Wednes¬
day or Saturday foJowlng; sud those lasuod on Thursdays are avail¬
able for return either on the Saturday or Wednesday following.
Ihe Tickets are not tranafcrablo, and are only available by the
above Trains. By order.
London, Kiog's-crocs Station, 22nd February. 1853.
M R. E. J. LODEK, composer of llae “ Night
Dancer*," and other popular Oparas, begs wpootfrilly to
Inf. im tho Nobility and Gentry thin lio bus hEBl'MED his TEACH¬
ING (Pianoforteand Sinking), at bl*xeiiicucc, UM), Kog«nt-«troot
D EAF and DUMB private pupils
are received into tho Family of BIr EDWARD J. CHIDLEY,
Head Blaster of tee Dublin Inatitutlnn for »h* Deaf and Dumb,
Claremont, near Dublin, to whom All eommunicatlcn* respecting
terms, which are very moderate, are requested ti Lo ma le.
C HARING-CROSS HOSPITAL, West
Strand.—Tho Governor* earnestly request ASSISTANCE for
this Hospital, whiob to chiefly dependent upon voluntary subscription*
and legacies. It provide* accommodation for upwurto of 100 In¬
patient* constantly, and prompt old to nearly 3U00 cose* of accident
ami dangerous emergency, annually beshlo* relief to un unlimi ed
number of lick and disabled poor, dally. Dona ions are lUaukiUUy
received at tho Hospital; by Mowrs. Drummonds- 49. Cboring-cross;
Messrs. Coutt*. 59, Strand; aud Messrs. 11 oaro. 37. Floet-streot; anil
through all the pnuc pal Banker*. JOHN BOBRBTSON, Hon. itoc.
COiCHMAKER
BY APPOINTMENT TO THE IMPERIAL FAMILY
OF FRANCE.
T B. STAllEY begs with confidence to submit
* hi* various imI'ROVkmknt.s in modern oaktuaoss (a*
shown at the Crystal Palace, and hi* Jdanufsciory, Nottingham) to
Carriage puichatcrs. Ev*ry *iylo, from too Ten-Galai** lU*ket to
tho handsome and luxtriou* Pair-horea Carrlazo. mado ou p uns com-
blnlsg the taste and mechanical advantage* of tho Hngl'^h, French,
and American Carnage*, with *ub*Uatlal workmanaliip and host
material*.
Of th** two flrtt-claa* Prize Medals award-d by the Interaatlmal
Jury of tb* Ja'e PARIS EXHIBITION, Mr. 8. had tho high honour of
gaining one, the leading house tn London obtaining tho other.
He will have much pl-oaure In showing visitors to Nottingham over
his Manulactory, and oxrlsln to them hi* Improved michnery and
many contrivance* to assist sk'Hed labour, which con idorably im-
provea the workmanship while it leswns too oa»i of production
Traveller* to tho North or South, either by the Grea’ Northern,
North-Western, or Midland Ttnilway, can stay at Nottingham by tho
detoy of about two hoar*' dSflVveuce o' train*.
Mr. Starry having a covered vait of his own on tho railway*
will i ngegc'i > deliver any new Carriage of upward* of £80 value, at
half tho regular Railway Choree.
T. B. 8TAREY, Coachmakcr, NotHngham.
A GENCY for a VALUABLE MANURE.—
jt\. A Manufacturer i* open to appoint a few respectable Agent*
tor lr* Manure, which corumvnds a ready tale, ns goolnee* is cer¬
tified hr 8000 Testimonials from all parts of the United Kingdom, and
by many formula who have mod it gQV*r»l year*. Alurres, with
orc'.'iiution and reforencen, it. T., at Mr. E. Oolyer s, Priulor, 17, Fen-
cburck-ativct, London.
P ROFITABLE EM P LO Y M E N T.—
WANTED directly a number of LADIES and GENTLEMEN
to assist in a highly Arttotlo Fureult, lu connection with tho Crystal
Palare. where specimen* can bo seen in tho Court of Invention*.
Tho Art taught (term* moderate) personally or bylottor; and con¬
tinuous employment given to pupil* In town or country, to realtoo a
hundsome income. No knowledge of drawing necessary. A Pro¬
spectus forwarded for four stainpa. Arrangement* made dal y at
LAURENT DE LARA'S Oallory of Fine Arts, 3, Torringtoo-aquaie,
EuaseU-iquare. Jurt ready,!
lira's Book on lllumiaating, prico 8*.
CONSTANT EMPLOYMENT GIVEN to
\J PUPILB at tho most liberal price*.-WANTED directly a
limited number of LADIES or GENTLEMEN, to oiecuto, a: thair
own realdcnceSi the new, easy, aad artistic work now iu ST™*, 1 “°"
mend. A * snail premium required. Tho art taught person ally oe
by corrcapondenco. A letter of full particular* sent for four stamp*.
Apply early to LAWRENCE'3 Show-room*. 24. Charlotte-*****
Fitxroy-squaro (near Rathbouo-place). Establtohod 1840. __
F OR REMOVING FURNITURE, Ac., by
road or railway, without the expen** of packing, odd rot* J'
TAYLOR, Carman to her Majurty, il, Upper Borkoloy-*tw«t* l on-
Cian-aqasre. Good* wureiiousel and purenased. _
T ILLIPUTIAN STEAMERS, for Lake,
.1 J Basin, cr Tray (Porker's Patent), 5 mob 3s.; 7 in- i* ; 9 in- *•»
post free. Fuel. 10 drops of spirits. These boat* ore propeuon or
direct setion of steam power withoat padcUo., aud much quicKOT-
Most acceptable prraent for n young t>enon. Orders, eflorzom in.*
to be stnt to JAMES PARKER, Claremont Cottago. UHord-roau,
Camberwell; before 25tb, to 4, Grovo-io.-raca Forest-rale, Bydannmu.
Tncloeo P.O. order inot money), and allow throe day* K> M
Boat. _ .
/BOLT’S SIX-SHOT PISTOLS and RIFLES.
Five different sizes of each. Descriptionand pricedhsts fur-
Avoid Counteridt*.—^Wholesale aud Botall Depot,
SHOOTING.—Double and
. bore* and losg barrel*, to kU!
with loose rbot 100 yards. Fricea: Single*, from C7 10M uooo^m,
19 guinea* and upwonl*.-RElLLY, Guamoker, Now Oxfo.-d-*tro«.
TT/ILDFOWL -
▼ f Single DUCK-GUNS, large
with loose root 100 yards- Prte«t
Maroii 13, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LOXDON NEWS
283
nPHE BEST ALPINE KID GLOVES, ls.6<L!
A The Best Grenoble. Ss.,
or 10s 6d. the half dozen-
The Very Best Paris, 2s. *4d. porpair, or 31s. the dozen,
Black. White and Coloured.
600 Dozen Gentlemen’s Kid, Ono Guinea the Dozen,
usual price 3s. pair.
A sample pair for two extra stamps.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Kegcnt-strcet (corner of Maddox-street).
T AST YEAR’S MUSLINS
JLi at Half their Original Coat.
Pattern* froo.
BAKER and CHIRP, 221, Regent-street.
XT1RENCH BAREGES, 8£d. a yard.;
A* * * Balxitrinoa, 61d.;
Swiss Cambrics, Brilliants, Plain and Printed Llamas, See.,
Half Pri e
Pftttcrno post-free.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Regent-stroeL
fftHE NEW FLOUNCED MUSLINS,
J. Flounced Bareges;
Flounced Balzarlnos; Now Bonlorod Cambrics, kc.
Tho newest Patterns, ctirapest in tho Kingdom.
Patterns free.—BAKUR and CRISP, 221, Regent-street.
1 r,nn BLACK SILK APRONS,
AtJUU with coloured Bayadere Satin Stripe*, ail at 3s. 3d each;
worth ns- (d; po*t ireee for feur extra stamps.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Regent-street.
AMERICAN PANIC.
1700 Dozen French Cambric Handkcrclflofr,
seized on board the ship “ Stayley,"
will be sold i)y BAKER and CRISP, at unheard-of prloe*.
Goods that wore IM , 2!u., and 25s. per dozen
will be sold at 4s. 6d., 8*. Cd., and 12s. od. per doze i.
1600 odd hemmed, stitobed (soiled), at is., is. 6d.,
and is 9d. each. ,-,
BAKER and CRI^P, 221, Regent-street.
Q E W E D M U S L I if ; S.—
The remaining portion of Macdonalds’ stock (Bankrupts).
Collars and Sleeves, in sots, 3s. fid., 4s. (id., 6s. fid.; Linen sots, 2s. Sd.
Cambric CoDora, is. 6d., 3s., <*. 6d.; SIoovm, Is. fid-, 3*. fid.^ Os. fid.,
pair. Flouncing*, lO^d. per yard. All one third the forme* prices.
Samples for 2 extra stamps.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Begent-stroot.
BEAL FRENCH EMBROIDERED
UVJL CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS,
all at 3*. each, post-free, worth 6s./' \
. BAKER and CRISP, 221, Recent-street.
"RICH BLAC K. “ yQ l Jk S,
At 21s. the Dresa. ' .. _ /
. .Block Moird Antiques, 37a. ixl.. usually sold three guinoas.
Damask Poplins, 27s. fid.
Patterns froo.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Rcgent-streot (comer of Maddox-street).
A PERFECT LADY’S DRESS for SPRING,
A AT A SINGULARLY LOW PRICE.
A simple Check, the material is Cashmere, with rich Ducaposido
trimming in French-blue, Nut-brown Black, and tho New Gretn,
edged with Velvet.
Tho Skirt is made and lined throughout, tho matirial for Bodice
Included. Price Us. *i.
Tho additional charge for making tho Bodice, Ono Shilling.
Tto drtnin triinisturo sent post-free.
FRENCH MU8LIN COMPANY, 16. Uxfanl-street.
fTUIE HALF- GUINEA CLO’LH JACKET,
A u very pretty shape lost front Paris.
Pvr countiy order*, tize of wn’et and round tho shoulders is roquirod.
II1E FRENCH MUSLiN COMPANY, ifi, Oxford-street.
TTUiENCH MUSLIN JACKETS.
A 1 Tho prettiest White Muslin Jacket over produced: it is trimmed,
with Ribbon, To bo duid iu every colour, and exceedingly becoming
to tho figure. Prico 12s. 9d.
Tho FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-streot.
Poit-ollioo Onion payable to Junto* Reid, Oxford-streot.
rpHE BLACK VELVET JACKET
JL Chosen by the IVinccs* Royal.
The siispo to chustc, simple, and elegant, without ornament.
The prico is 24 Guineas.
The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
filHE BLACK LACE JACKET,
Jtw just Imported, a perfectly new shape, graceful and ladylike
in the extreme, prico 12a. 9d.
/ J The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, ifi, Oxford-strrot.
XT'MBROIDERED CHRISTIAN NAMES.-
SU LuVDlES’ HANDKERCHIEFS, with Christian Names em¬
broidered by tho Nuns ot Pau, with tho new dietetch needle. Prico
Is. 0Ad>, bv post 14 stamps; 5*. 9d. tho half-dozen, by post 6s. 3d.
' THE FRENCH COMPANY, 16. Oxford-streot.
-jVE-W FBBNCH UNDERSLEEVES, very
JL l elegant, and a great comfort. Tho odours tre Cherry, French
Bine, Rose, Emerald, Canary, Scarlet, Brown, Ruby, Violet, French
Grey, Pink, Sky Drab, and Black. iVico 1*. fij*!.; post-froo for 22
stamps. Scarfs to match tho same, Is. O^d. each. The same Sloova
and Scarf, very warm, in all tho Clan Tartans, at the same price.
Tho FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxfatd-sireet.
ABERDEEN LINDSEY WOOLSEY
j£\_ petticoats.
’they are rat do up according to the latest fashion suitable for tbe
Par.* trade, with patent stud springs, and flounced, and cause tho
drws to stand ont end set most gracefully.
Tho remainder of M. Basso's Stock of Petticoats now sailing at 10s. Ud.
The prico was One Guinea.
Tho FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxfaid-atroot.
PBESCH CAMBRIC ROBES.
A Our new patterns. Just received, two or three very pretty
patterns. They ora mado up according to tho latest Porto Fashion by
French Artiste*. Price 12s. 9d.
The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
Order* from the country must bo accompanied with the size round the
shoulder* and length of skirt.
Patter ns post-free
npHE TIME to BUY MUSLINS CHEAP.
A Lost year's at tidiculout price* for such goods.
Pattern iroo.
Tho FRENCH MUSLIM COMPANY. 16. Oxford-street.
T O FREEMASONS at Home and Abroad.—
BRO JOHN MOTT THEARLE, Manufacturer of Jewel*.
Clothing, Furniture. Banner*, &c., for the Cruft. Mark, Royal
Arch, K. T.. and higher degrees. No. 194, Fleet-street, London,
wholesale and retail. Merchants, Lodges, Tilers, and tho Trade
supplied on moat advantageous term*. A choice colloodon of Ma-
sonlo Jewels, Pins, Rings, and Studs always on band. Copy the
sddreM.
W ATCHES.—A- B. SAVORY and SONS,
Watchmakers (opposite the Bank of England). 11 and 12,
Corn hill, London, eubmit for Mtoetlon a stock of first-class PATENT
DETACHED LEVER WATCHES, which, being mado by themselves,
can be recommended for accuracy anddurabiUty. A warranty is given.
PRICES OF SILVER WATCHES.
Patent Lever Watch, with the Improvements, i.o., the de¬
tached escapement, jewelled, hard enamel dial, eoconds,
and maintaining power to continue going whilst being
wound .£4 14 0
Ditto, jewelled in four holes, and capped .. .. ..660
Ditto, tho fines; quality, with tho improved regulator,
jewelled in six holes, usu&lly^in gold cases.S 8 0
Either of tho Sliver Watches in hunting coses, 10*. 6d. extra.
GOLD WATCHES.—SIZE FOR LADIES.
Patent Lever Watch, with ornamental gold dial, theinovo-
muntwith latest improvements, ie.. tho detached escape-
moot, maintaining power, and Jowellod .< .. .. 11 11 0
Ditto, with richly-engraved case .12 12 0
Ditto, with very strong ease, and Jowellod in four holes -. M 14 0
GOLD WATCHES.—SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN.
Patent Lever Watch, with tho latest improvements. Lo-, the
detached eecapemont, jewelled in four holes, hard enamel
dial, seconds, and maintaining power .10 10 0
Ditto, in stronger rase, improved regulator, sad capped .. 13 13 0
Ditto, jewollod in six holes, and gold balance .. .. 17 17 0
Either of tho Gold Watches in hunting canes, £3 Ss. extra.
Any Watch rolocted from the list will be safely packed and sent free
to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, upon a receipt of a remittance
of tho amount.
THREDERIC HAWLEY, Watchmaker, 121,
A 1 Oxford-street, W.—Gold Watches, Jewelled In foar holes,
maintaining power, cd graved enses, £3 10s.; Silver Watchts, similar
movements, £1 17s. fid. Duplex and Lever Watches, in gold and
silver cases, at modern te prices. Ail tho new patterns in Gold Chains,
20a to )?> guineas. Old Watches. Gold, Silver, Diamonds, See., pur¬
chased, or taken in exchange.
F DENT, sole Successor to E. J. Dent in all
• his patent rights anil business, at 61, Strand, and 34 and 35,
Royal Exchange, anil tho Clock and Compass Factory, at Somorsei
Wharf, CHRONOMETER. WATCH, and CLOCK MAKER to the
Queen end Prince Conjort. and Maker of tho Great Clock for the
Homes of Parliament. Ladles' Gold. Watches, eight guineas; Gentle¬
men's, ten guineas; strong Stiver Lever Watches, six guineas; Cbarch
Clocks, with compensation pondaium, £85. No connection with 33,
Cock.-pur-street.
D ENT’S CHRONOMETERS, Watches, and
Clocks.—M. P. DENT, S3, Cookzpur-stroot, Charmg-cross,
Watch, Clock, and Chxonomotar Maker by special appointment to
Hot Majesty the Quran, 33, Cookspar-streel, Charing-cross.
0 N ,
BOARD H.M.S. “NORTH STAR,” in
_ the ART1C RF C IONS, for Two Years, the Hhip’s Time was
kept by one of JONES’ri Levera, all other watches on board having
stopped. In 8ilver, £4 4b.; in Gold, £10 10s.; at the Manufactory,
328, Strand (opposite Somerset House).—Read JONE-8'8 " Sketch of
Watch Work." Bant free for a 2d. stamp.
S ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manufac-
tutors, Kos. 17 and 18, Cornhlll, havo a Show-room expressly
fitted up for the display of Drawing and Dining Room CLOCKS,
manufactured in splendid Ormolu, and exquisitely-modelled antique
Bronzes, the movements of first-da-* finish, striking the hours and
half-hour*. Each Clock la warranted, staircase Clucks in fashion¬
ably-moulded casts. Dials for Counting-house*. All charged at
manufacturing priors.
The New Buildings, No. 17 and 18, ComhlU.
S ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Mann-
facturers, Nos. !7 and 18, Cornhlll. ! nviro attention to thoir now
and splendid Block of GOLD and SILVER WATCHER, osoh war¬
ranted. anditw elve months' trial allowed.
Silver Watches, of highly--finlabcd construction, and jowellod, with
fashionable exterior, at 50s. to £10 10 b.
Gold Watches, of all descriptions of movements, from £6 6s.
to £60.
Books of Patterns and Prices can be obtained; and all orders, with
a remittance, promptly attended to.
CARL and SONS, Goldsmiths and Jewellers,
IO Nos. 17 and 18, ComhlU.—The ground floor of tho New Building
is mors particularly devoted to the display of Fine Gold Jewellery ana
Pino Gold Chains.
In tho Jowellery Department will bo found a rich and endless
assortment of Rings and Brooches, sot with magnificent gems, Brace¬
lets and Necklets, Pins and Studs, Ac. AH newly manufactured, and
In tho most recent stylo. The quality of the gold is warranted.
Fine Gold Chains are charged according to th e ir respective weights,
and tho quality of the gold is certified by (ho aramp.
Books of Patterns and Prices con be obtained.
Lottrra promptly attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Silversmiths (the New
Building). 17 and 18, Cornhlll, Invito attention to their now and
magnificent Stock of Londou-maauiactured SILVER PLATE, con-
taing every article requisite for the Table and Sidoboard.
8ilvor Spoons and Forks at 7s. 4d. per ounce.
Rich and Elegant Tea and Coffee Equipages, commencing at £36
the full service
Silver Salvers of all sizes and patterns, from £5 IDs. to £100.
A largo and costly display of Silver Presentation Plato, charged at
per ounce—Silver department of the budding.
Books of Doaigns and Prices may bo obtained.
QARL and SONS, Wholesale Manufacturing
IO ELECTRO and ARGENTINE SILVER PLATERS, Nos. 17 and
18, Cornhlll.— In the splendid Show Room, devoted to this department
Of the business will ho found every artiolo usually manufactured.
Corner Dishes and Cover*—Dish Covers—Soup and Sauce fareon*—
Cruet Frames—Tea and Coffee Services—Magnificent Epergnos and
Candelabra-Salvers and Tea Trays.
Tho Argentina Silver Spoons and Forks, solely manufactured by
Sari snd Sons, at one-sixth tho ooat of solid Silver, are oopoaially re-
oommooded. having stood tho teat of Flftoon Years' experience.
Book* of Drawings and Prices may bo obtained.
All orders by post punctually attended to.
S ILVER PLATE, New and Secondhand.—
A Pamphlet of Price* with Engravings, may be had gratis; or
will bo sent post-free, If applied for by letter.—A. B. SAVORY and
EONS, Goldsmiths (opposite tho Bank of England), II and 12, Corn¬
hlll, London.
/VRNAMENTS for tho MANTELPIECE, &c.
\/ Statuettes, Groups, Vases, Ac., in Parian, docoratod Bisque and
other China: Clocks (gilt, marble, and bronze). Alabaster, Bohemias
Glass, first-clasi Bronzes, Candelabra, and many other art ruanmae-
tures, all in tho best tas-'e, nod at very moderate prices)
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23. Ludgate-WU. E x 0.\
C LOCKS for ROOMS.—Designs original,
olegant. and la pure taste. Works tho very best (with the
latest improvements). Prices extremely moderate. Assortment toe
largest in London. Gonerul -tvle and fiuiih all that can be desired.—
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, Ludgate-hiU. E.C.
D INNER, DESSERT, and TEA SERVICES.
A largo variety of now and good Patterns. Bmt quality,
superior t sstc, unusually low prices. Also every description of Cut
Table Glass, cquaJJv advantageous
THOMAS PEAJiCE and SON. 23, Lndgaie-hiH, E.C.
TVflTAPPINS CUTLER^/ and BLBCTRO-
JJJL 8ILVER PLATE.—Messrs. MAPPIN (Brothers), Manufac¬
turer* by Special Appointment to the Queon, are the only Sheffield
Maker* who supply the comrnmor direct in London. Their London
Show Rooms, 67 and 68, KING-WILLI AM STREET, Lomloa-bridro.
contain by far the largtsti-lock of CUTLERY and ELECTRO-SILVER
PLATE In tho World, which is transmitted direct from their Manu¬
factory. Queen's Cutiory Works. Sheffield
Electro-Silver Spoons and Forks,
Fiddlo Pattern, fail size.
Per Doz.
Table Spoons
fable Forks
Dessert Spoon*
Dossert Fo«ks
Tea Spoons
Sait
Gill Bowls j
i. 36*. Od.
.. 36 0
. . 27 0
27 0
16 0
M uslard < Oe. per doz. f 14 0
„ (\tatra. )
Ivory Table Knives, Fall Size,
Balance Handles, which cannot
possibly bcoomo loose. Per Doz.
Table Knives .. .. 25«. Od.
Dessert Knives .. .. 18 0
Carvers (per pair) ..9 0
As above, with Sterling Silver
Ferules.
Table Knives .. ..34 0
Dessert Knives .. ,, 24 0
Carvers (por pair) ..II 0
“ * ** invito buyer* to inspect
m. Mappln (Brothers) Hspectfallr b
upreceaentod display, which for beauty of design, exquisite
*5,
their uui_ ,_ ... .. .. _ _
workmanship, apd novelty, stands anrirub*! Taetr IHustra'ed
Catalogue, which is continually receiving additions of now designs,
froo on applicaxion.
Mappln (Brothers). 67 and 68. King William-street, London-bridge.
Manufactory, Queen’s Cutlery Works, Sheffield.
(pHANDELIERS in CUT CRYSTAL, for
Gas or Osndlos. A large stock; patterns uncommon and beau-
fjVURNITCKE for a DRAWING-ROOM-of
A 1 chaste end elegant design, a bargain, fine walnut, warranted
manufacture, to batold for half its value, nearly new—consisting of
a large-size brilliant plate Chimney Gloss, in costly unique frame; s
magnificent Chiffonier, with richly-carvol back, and doors fitted
with best rUvoxed plate g’ass, and marble top; su-xtrior Centre Tabte,
on handsomely-carved pillar and claws : occasional or Ladiee
Writing and Fancy Tables; six 6olla, elegantly-', ha pod Chairs, In rice
■ilk; a sucerior, spring stuffoJ, (lettoe; rosy and Victoria Chairs, on
suito, with extra lined loose case* ; two fancy occasional Chairs; and
a banr some Whatnot. Prioo for the whole suite 46 guineas N.B. -
Also, a very superior, complete, modern, fine Spanish mahogany
Dining Room Set, in best morocco, 40 guineas. To be seen at LK WIN
CKAWCOUR and CO.’S, Upholsterers,7. Qaoen's-buiiding's, Knigbts-
bridge, seven doors west of BlOase-street.
riABINET FURNITURE, CARPETS, and
\J BEDDING —An Illustrated Book of Estimate* nnd Furniture
Catalogue, containing 160 Dutigns and Prices of Fashionable snd Su¬
perior Upholstery, Furniture. Ac., gratis on application. Persons fur¬
nishing, who study oconomy, combined with cleganco snd durability,
should apply for this—LEW IN CKAWCOUR and CO., Cabinet
Manufacturers, 7, Queen'»-buildLags. Knighlsbridgo (seven doors west
). N.B. C
of Bloano-stroot).
. Country orders carriage-froo.
W ALNUT SUITE of DRAWING-ROOM
FURNITURE, for style, sterling quality, and good taste not to
bo snrpasjed, consisting of a five-feetWalnut Chiffonier, with piste-gloss
doors and txick, and mar bio slab; a largo-sizo Chimney-glass, in gilt
frame: a fine Walnut Loo Table, on carved pillar and claws; a ditto
Occasional Table: n luxurious fbrtt^e, covarcd in rich silk; six ditto
Chairs, snd two R»sy ditto, on suito, wi'.h chintz loose covers, lined;
also an inlaid Whatnot. The whole to be sold for 13 Guineas —To bo
Ken at It. GREEN and CO.'S, Upholsterers, 201 , Oxford-street West.
MATTRESSES, WARRANTED NOT to
JjJL WEAR HOLLOW In the MIDDLE.-HEAL and BON have
patented an Improvement la the manufacture of Mattresses, which
prevents the material felting into a mass, ns it does in all MatUe33M
made in tho ordinary wav. The Patent Mattresses are mado of tha
very best wool and horsehair only, are rather thicker than usual, and
tho prices are but a trifle higher than other good Mattresses. Their
Illustrated Catalogue of Bedstead*, Bedding, and Bed-room Furniture
contain* also the price* of their Patent Mattresses. and to sent free by
pool.—Heal and Bon, 156, Tottanham-court-road. W.
H EAL and SON’S NEW ILLUSTRATED
CATALOGUE contains dedgni and prices of 150 articles
of BED-ROOM FURNITURE, as wull os of 190 Bedsteads, and
prices of overy description of Bedding. Bent free by post.—Heal and
Ben, Bedstead, Bedding, and Bed-room Furniture Manufacturers,
ISC, Tottcnham-oourt-rooxL W.
f E MIROIR FACE ET NUQUE.—This
I 1 imjv/ Patent Toilet Glass reflects the back of the head as per¬
fectly as It doee tho faco, and both In ono glass at the same time, en¬
abling a lady to arrange her back hair with the greatest ease and pre¬
cision ; it is the most unique and complete article ever Introduced Into
tho dressing-room. Prices 24s. and ud wards. Tho patent can also bo
affixed to any good toilet-glass. Drawing* and prices sent froo
by post- To be seen only at the Patentees', Messrs. HEAL and BON,
whose Warerooms also contain every variety of Toilet Glass that is
manufactured, ss well as a general assortment of BEDSTEADS,
BEDDING, and BED-ROOM FURNITURE. Heal and Son’s
Illustrated Catalogue sent free by post.—Heal and Bon, 186, Totten¬
ham-court--road, W.
fTIHE BEST BED for a CHILD is one of
JL TRELOAR’B METALLIC COTS, 4 ft. long by 2 ft. wide, with
moveable sides, pillars, castors, and brass vases, price 21s., including
a Crcoa-nut Fibre Mattress. Packed snd dolivexod at any Railway
Station in tho Kingdom for 24# —TB0MA8 TRELOAR, Iran Bed¬
stead Manufacturer, 42, Ladgate-hUl, E.C,
npRELOAR’S COCOA-NUT FIBRE
JL MATTING 18 THE BEST.—Prize Medal* awarded, Londoa,
New York, and Pari*. Catalogue* conta’nlng price* and every
particu or froo by post Warehouse, 42, Ludguto-hill, London.
S OMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.—
▲ CHAIR in which tho baby nurses Itself. Tho moat useful
and tho most beautiful invention of tho ago. Get a prospectus, or,
better still, got a ohsir and try U.—W1L80N, NEWTON, and CO.,
lit, IHglt Holbora, London.
M essrs, john wells and co., 210,
Regent-street, Loudon, having purchased (owing to the de¬
pression in the manufacturing districts 1 a very large lot of tho richest
VELVET PILE snd BRUSSELS CAKPET8, designed oxprcsdy for
ihe West-end trade, at a great reduction in price. Alto Lyon* tsi k
Brocade#. BrocotcUc*. BJik Damask*, In ail the most fashionable
colouring* and richest makes. Also, a huge lot of French Chintzoa
of the most beautiful and elaborate designs. The whole of thotc are
now offered ui a considerable reduction from tho prime ooat for co*h,
and are well worth the attention of intending purchaser*. I'attmi*
will be sent into the country froo of charge: also thiilr Ill antra tod
catalogue of furniture, Ac—210, Regent-street (opposite Conduit-
street).
T EN THOUSAND PIECES magnificent
BRUB8EL8 CARPET8, at 2*. 4d., 2a. 6d , and 'is JOd. por
yard- Those good* are to be sold for ca&h only.—J MAPLE and
CO., 145, Ac., Tottenham-court-road.
MAPLE and CO.'S NEW 1LLUS-
• TEASED CATALOGUE, oentaining tho prioo of every article
required for completely famishinc a house of any doss, ;<o*t-froc.
Thu is the largest and most convenient famiahing establishment in
tho world.—J. Maple and Co., 145, Ac., Totten ham-court-road.
CARPET WAREHOUSE,
T ONDON
I l WAL'GH mi'I SOS,
and < Goodge-atroet, W.
ISAL CIGARS !—At GOODRICH’S
CIGAR STORKS, 407, Oxford-«tre-t, London near Boho-squnrc.
Boxes, containing 14. for Is. 9d.: post-free, six stamp* extra. 1 lb
boxes, containing 103. 12#. fid. None are genuine unless signed “ H.
N. Goodrich." A large stock of thojnod unproved Brand*.
s
P ATENT SELF-LIGHTING CIGAR
COMPANY, 50, Moorgato-streot. Wholesale and Retail.-AH
kinds of Cigars aro treated by this proems, and are ignited by aimp fl
friction, without taato or smell. No extra price. Invalutblo to out¬
door smoker* and Traveller*. t># to 42s, por lb. Sample box, six fine
Haveunaba, free 24 postagn-stemps; throe, L2 stamps-
TT> INES from the CAPE of GOOD HOPE.—
T T POUT. SHERRY, MADEIRA, BUCKLLAB, and MAR¬
SALA, all 20a. trerdozis, really floe quality, produce of Spanish and
Portugueae vinos at tho CAPE 01 GOOD HOPE, wbenoo bw
Majwty'* Goverment allow* wines »o be imported for half duty. Two
aomnie# far 12 stamp*. Brandy, excellent, 30s per docen. W and
A. GlLBkY, Wine Importers, 367,Oxfard-streei, W.
OUl’H AFRICAN White and Red WINES,
. _ ! 2<«. to 24s. per dozen—Sherry, Madeira, Pert, Claret, nnd others.
All ot than good tpccimen* of an Fngilsh gentieruan’s daily table
wino-clean, ripo- tnollow, and full-flavoured. Pour-dozen hampen
carriage free. FOSTER and INGLE. 45 Cheap* da.
S'
L emon-flavoured soda-water.—
WITHY and CO caution the Poblic not to accent apurim* ind-
tations of their LSMO V-FLAVOURKD SODA-WATER, »hlchc*n
only lie obtained from their Manufactory, Oranro-grnv«, Bath or of
their re cognised Agents. Prioo, carriage- free, 4‘V per six doxeu, in¬
cluding bottios, which may bo returned. Every bottie has toclr naius
on a coluiro label.
C CROSSE and BLACKWELL, Purveyors in
J Ordinurv to her Majrety, re*nectfullv invito attomion to their
P 1 CKLE 8 , HAUCK 8 , TART FKU1T8, s-mI other Table Dclleades,
the wkolo of which are prepared with the most scrupulous attention
to wbolceomen'M and purity.
To bo obtained ofmo»t respectable S*nc« Venders; and wholesale
Of Cress* and Blackwell, 2i, 8 oho-*quaro, London.
tiful; quality irrenroachablo.“ AH designed anil m
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, Ludgato-hiU. E.C
MODERATOR LAMPS.—Simple, strong,
XVX and well finuhed, the Lamps of Pearce and Bon continua to
mainuin their great superiority over every other kind, whiio far
priglnaiiiy, beauty, and good taste, the patterns are allowed to bo Che
£»t in the .3 retie.—THOM AH PRARCE and HON. 83. Ludgete-hlll,
tt-C., Direct Importcrs'of Colza Oil only of the first quality.
manufactured by
R OBINSON’S PATENT GROATS for more
than Thir'y Year* have been held in constant and increasing
public esiimaiion \s the purest farintr of the oat, nnd a» tho be*t ana
most valuable preparation for making a pure and delicate Gruol,
which forms a light and nutritious supoer for the *god, is a popular
recipe for colds and influenza, to of general uso in the sick-cli*mbor,
and, alternately with tho Patent Barley, to an excellent faod far
Infants and Children.
Prepared only by the Patentee*. ROBINSON. BELLYILLE. k CO.,
Purveyor* to the Queen, 64, lied Li'ui-strret, Holbora. London.
Sold bv all rrapectablo Grocer*, Drujrgtot*. nnd other* In Town and
Country', in Packets of fed. and Is. ; and Family Canisters, at 2s-,
10s.esch.
G LYCERINE.—An impure Glycerine is now
bwor •-'Id on tlio staifnjc 1 thFt It U u fmr. M th. PATEV1
DISTlLLElf OLYCKB1ME of PIUCK’H PATENT CANDLE COM-
PANY. Tho Company beg tho application or the following «mpl*
tests • For onpleassnt smeU, rnb a few drop* over tho back or you*
band, when tho fantld mouse smell wiU. if present, at onoe ootne out
For lead and other metallic impuritla.. teat by * current of an!*
phuretted hydrogen. For lime and other earthy ImporiUos, teat by
oxalate of ammonia, or chlorido of barium. Tho Company are not
responsible for any Glycerine except that sold In bottle* having cap¬
sule* lettered “ Price's Patent."
Price’s Patent Candle Company, Belmont, VauxhaH, London._
G LENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
USED m THE ROYAl. LAUimET,
And pronounced by ber Majesty’a LaumirMl to be
TBF. PINERT bTARCII SHE K\ EH USED.
So id by an Chandlers, Grocers, 4 c., Ac.
Q uilted eider duwn petticoats
are strongly reco i a m e n d fd to those who wlah to eon Was
elegance with comfort. To be bed only of W. H. BArdO»l
and CO., f. Maddox-street. Rog«nt-srra*t. Depot for the Ealer-down
Quilt* and Patent Spring FUlowa
LINENDr.APr.R3 TO THP. QUEEN. BY APPOINTMENT.
Kstahliobed In 1778.
B ABIE S’ BASSINETS,
Trimmed and Furnished,
Ready far use, *re seat homo free of carriage.
babies’ Baskets,
Trimmed and famished to corr'apood.
CAPPER. SON. ard CO.. 09, GKA' KCHLTKCH-iT., LONDON, E.C.
Deacriptire List*, wt'h price*, tent froo by post.
Sent potl-frio. Dfsrrir tire List* of
pOMPLETE SETS of BABY LINEN,
VJ whl.-h arc sent homo
throughout the Kingdom free of carriage.
UNDERCLOTHING FOR HOME. INDIA, AM) ALL COLONIES,
for Ladies, and Children of all ages.
UNEKDBAPEKS TO THE QUEEN BY APPOINTMENT.
Established in 1778,
L ADIES’ WEDDING OUTFITS
lent home tree of carriage.
Dfscriptive Ltoia. with pr.ee-. atm fro? by po*t
CAPPER, NON, and CO., 69, Grmocclmrcli-atroct, London, E.C.
ABLE LINEN, SHEETING, &c.—
FAULD1NG, 8rR\ rt ON, and CO., Idnaa Manufactnrer* to
the Uaeen, respoctiully invite attention to their extomire stock, com¬
prising every kind af HOUSEHOLD and TABLE LINEN. Families
and Urge estabhdunenU charged wholesale prime. An na and Crest
usartcd in Tohle-imen.— (3, Covaatry-stroct
L ADIES requiring cheap and elegant SILKS
are requested to apply iranrediaiely to BEECH and BERRALL,
The Bee Hive, 63 and 64, Edgwore-road, London, W.
1200 New Flounced Bilk Robe* (various), 39*. 6d. to 6 guineas.
Rich Striped, Chocked, Chonri, and Plain Glaea
6Uke, 21 s. 6d. to 38a. Cd. the Drreo.
Black and Half-Mourning Ditto, In great variety, at Ihe tarns
Reduced prices.
•« • Patterns for Inspection postage-free.
S ILKS, Rich, Plain, Striped, and Checked
Glscd, at 22s. 6d. per dree* of twelve yards; and wo rth the
attention of families Patterns sent froo by post. JOHN HARVEY,
BON, and CO., 9, Lodgato-bilL EeUbli-hod upward* Of fifty ytxura.
Carriage paid upon amount* above £*.
TLLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS Free to
_L oil port* of the United Klngdim for 6s. fid. por quarter; doable
Supp cmcut*. fid. extra. Order* to be addressed to ROBERT HENBY,
12, Wrymouth-terrace, Hackney-road. For List of Londoa Papon
inclose stamp.
B inding the illustrated London
NEWS —Subscriber* and Purchasers can have their
VOLUMES BOUND in tho appropriatn Cover*, with Gilt Edgoa. at
5*. per Volume, by sending them, earrisge-psid, with Pcat-office,
Order, payable to LEIGhTON, SON, and HODGE, 13, Bhoo-LuiO,
Loudon. The only Binders authorised by tho Proprietor*.
■\TO CHARGE for STAMPING PAPER and
X i ENVELOPES, with Arms, Coroont, Crest, or Initials.—
RODRIGUES’ Croam-laid Adhesive Envelopes, 4d. per 100; Croom-
lald Note, full size, five quires for 64.; thick ditto, flvo quire* for
la.; Foolscap. 9* par ream. Sermon Paper. Is. *!d. All kinds of
Stationery equally cheap, at H. RodrigaoB'. 4 2. Piccadilly, London, W.
W EDDING CARDS, Enamelled Envelopes.
stamped in silver, with arms, Croat, or flowers. “ At Homes, 1 *
Sad brcsktos: invitations, tn the latest fashion. Cord-pluto elegantly
B".graved and 100 Enperflne cards printed for 4s. 6d.—Observe, at
HENBY KOnRIGUKri. 42. PlecsdlOr <2 door* from kHUo-atrertV.
VTHSHERS PACKETS of NOTE PAPER.
fl? 8L Ntchoia*'-square. Nowcaatlo-on- fyne.
/CHARLES EACKEH (late Antoni Forrer),
.krtist in H iir :o ibu QUEEN, by Aopolounent.
Hair Jewellery Department, 13S, Re^rat-atreet.
Foreign and Ifanoy ditto, 78, KO£ont~<troat.
_ Jet and Mourning ditto, 76, Rrgcnt-stroot.
A
N T O N I FORRER,
Artist in Hair and Jewellery,
by Appointmont
j / to the Queen,
32, Baker-street, Portmon-square
, uuvi-ium, i c-i uuuii-CKjiui
(nearly op>3tit- tho Bazaar).
Antoni Ferrer has uo ocunocliun whatever with his late Establish*
moot in Regon!-street.
F
ISHER’S DRESSING-CASES,
188. Strand.
Cfttaloguee post-free.
TIUSHER’S £5 5s. DRESSING-BAG, for a
JL' Lady or Gentleman, is a como'ete Travelling Toilet Appemiage.
A list of the Contents will be sent po t-froo.—l(f£, Strand.
MECHI’S DRESSING CASES and
JJJL TRAVELLING BAG8.-112, R^ront-rtrcct, and 4. Leaden-
hnll-*treat, Ixmdon.—Bronzes, vote*, pearl and ivory work.medimvol
manufactures, dressing bags and dressing oases, toilet casos, work
boxes ftuc work tables, Inkstands, fans; tho largest stock in England,
of papier-mache elegancies, writing desks, envelope eases, despatch
boxes, bagatelle, backgammon, nnd chess tables. Tho promises in
Regent-etroot extend fifty yards into Glasshouse -street, and aro
worthy of Inspection ns a specimen of elegant outfit. Everything
for the work snd dressing tables—beat tooth brushes, 9d. etch; hot.
iteel scissors and penknives, Is. each. The usual supply of first-rate
cutlery, razors, razor strops, needles, Ac., for which Mr. Mochi's
establishments have been so long famed.
T O LADIES.—Richly Perforated TISSUE
far FIRE PAI’ERS or Stove Aprons, to bo mado up In Die
Flounced Style, with Instructions, Eight Stamps per Packet.—R.
PETERS, Toril, Maidrtono.
B LJOU NEEDLE-CASES, containing 100 of
DEANE’S Drilled-ejod NEEDLEd far Is, This ueat. useful,
and dopant sppecdsge to a Lady's Work-table will bo farwudod
iMst-free on receipt or 12 postage-stamps, addressed to DEANE and
CO., London-biiagc, E.C. Estsuliahcd A.D. I7C6.
r [E PEN SUPERSEDED.—Marking Linen,
Silk, Co ton. Books, &c.. with CULLETON’S PkTENT
ELECTRO PLATES prevents the Ink spreading, and never washes
out. By means of this invention 1000 pieces of linen can lie marked
inonaliour Initial plate, Is. Name plate, 2*. 64. Set of moveable
numbers, xa. fid. Crc*t, os. Arms, 10* , with instructions sent post-
free for stnmn*. Abo, Patent Lever Embossing Press, with Crest
Dio for Stamping Paper, 1&», T. Culieton, 1 and 2, nmg-scro (ono
door from St. Martin's-lane). Bo ware of imitations.
P IESSE and LUBIN’S SWEET SCENTS.
The greatest variety in Europo. Every requisite for tho
fashion.—Royal Laboratory of Flowers, 2, New Bond-street
toilet of ft
London.
W OOD VIOLET SCENT.—H. BSEIDEN-
BACH reoomnv.nda hb Wood \Tolo4 ss tho ftnett natural
Perfame distilled. A single 2a. «d. Bottle will v«ls*y tho fret. A%k
for H. Broldonbach's Wood Violet.—157 a, New Bond-street, W.
A FINE HEAD of HAIR guaranteed in six
months by tho use of ELLIOTT’S GOLDEN MSLANA. This
celebrated preparation to unfailing in lu ntiwulutiug effocta on the
young and weak hairs, causing them to grow with vigour and
rapidity, and tho colouring maCer to ascend into the tubes whore the
hair is grey. Price 3r,. 6d., 4g. 6d., 6*., 7s. 6d., 10«. 6«L, 21s.—T.
Elliott. Hairgrowtr (first floor), 61, Fenchiurch-street. For warded on
re ceipt of poatago-*tann*.
G REY HAIR Restored to its avural Oolonr,
Ncarnlgia Cured by tho Patent Magnetic Combi, Hair and
Flesh Bnwhre. Pamphlets, " Why Hair boonmos Groy, and its
Eicmedyj” by post far four stamp*.—F. HERRING, 32, Padngha'l-
'* m ' * Perfumurs o'
street. Bold by all Chemists and r
s of repute.
I i'AU PHILIPPE.—PHILIPPE'S DENTI-
'J PRICE WATER cleans and whitens the teeth, braoea tho
gums, sweetens tho breath, and prevents toothache. Prico Sta. and
3a.—Rimtnel, 96, Btrand; and Sanger, 150. Oxford-streot.
S OUND and WHITE TEETH are iudispen-
sable to Personal Attraction, nod to he*Mi and lingorily by the
proper mastication of food. ROWLANDS' ODoNI'O, or PEARL
DENTIFRICE, prepared from Oriental Herbs, with umuual core.
This un'quc compound will eradicate all tartar and oonere!Iona, and
impart a pearl like whiteness to th* cuamollod surfisco. remove spots
of incipient decay, tender the gums Ann snd red, fix too teodi firmly
in their socket-, and, from it* aromatic influence. Impart swootn&a
and purity to the breath. Prion 2s. 9d. per box.
C'Atrriox.—The wards ••Roalsnds' Odonto" aro on the Label,
nnd “ A. Rowland and ^rn^SO, Uatton-gatden," on tho Govommant
•tamp. Sold by thorn, and by Clioxtota and Parfumors.
T7USHER, SON, and HASELDEN’S FLUID
J? LENITIVE ELECTUARY, or CONFECTION of SENNA.—
This preparation to now universally acknowledged to be tho best and
safest aperient for persons of all sges and either tax, more especially
those who from sedentary habits, or otticr reasons, require a gentle
aperient daily. It to exceedingly agreeable to tha taste, and on that
account particularly suitable for children Prepared and sold at 18,
Condutt-strect, Bogent-atreet, W., Louden; may be obtained at all
ChrtnUi*, either in town or country, in bottles, a: Is. fid., St- &L,
4s. fid.; or, containing 2 lb., 10s. each.
rPEETH.—By her Majesty s Royal Letters
J Patent.—A now and original Invention of Chemically-prepared
WHITE and Gl’M-COLOUREt> INDlAHUBRfftt os a llmruf to the
ordinary gold or b>'no frarno. All sharp edges ar» avoided, and no
■ptiuRB. wires, or fastenings are required; a greatly-increased freedom
of suction to supplied, and a ;>erfect fit secured; whi e, from the soft-
nw snd ficxlbdrty of the ng*nts employed, the grea'-Mt supoort to
gireu to the adjoining teeth whim loose, or rendered tender by ths
absorption of the gums—5Ir. EPdK4IM M08BLVY, Burgeon
Dent at, 9, Lower Grosvenor-stroet, London, and 14, Gay-street, Bath.
T O MOTHERS.—NEW NIPPLE SHIELDS,
for taking aw ay all pain whilst mining: preventing and imme¬
diately curing cracked or swo nioolc*.—BENJAMIN ELAM, 193,
Oxfard-strcct. 4a. 63.; or by post, 3d- extra.
I NFANTS’ NEW FEEDING-BOTTLES.—*
From the “ Lanoet."—'• We bare seldom icon anything to
btaatifal as th*» Fredtog-Bottitw Introduced by Mr. ELAM, 196,
Ox ford-street. Whftbcr far wo*ning. rearing by haa.', or oxatlanol
feeding, they are unite unrivalled." 7s. 6d. oach.
TV ANTED, LEFT-OFF CLOTHES
V V AUSTRALIA, la good or Inferior condition. Mr. ant
for
^__ _ good or inferior condition. Mr. and Mrs.
JOHN 18AAC8, 319 and 350, Strand opposite 8amsreet House),
continue to givo the higbret prioo In Cash far Ladios’, GenUemou’s,
and Children's Clothes, Regimentals, Underclothing, Boots, Books,
Jewellery, and all Mtocellaneou, Property. Letter* far any day or
di-ranee punciually attcndwJ to. Paresis sent from the Country,
either large or smell, the utmost value return od by Post-office order
the day. Reicreooe. 1-ondon and Westmimter Bank. Est. 49yra.
TV ANTED, LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, Uni-
VV forms, Miscellaneous Property, kc. The highest price given.
Ladles or Gentleman waited on by addressing to Mr. and Mrs. G.
BYAM, 16, Tvler-*troet, Rogeot-*treat, W.; or. parcels being sent, the
utmost value in cash inunedistoly remitted — Estahltohel 32 year*.
TXT ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES for
▼ V EXPORTATION.—Mr. and Mrs. HUTCH IN80N. 17, Doan-
rtrect. High Holbora, W.C., continue giving tho highest price it cash
for Ladies'. GvnUomen’s, and Children's Clothes. Reg im e nt als, Undo -
clothing, Boots, Books, Jewellerr. and all miscall suooas rroperUc»-
Ladics or Gentlemen punctually waited on at thoir residenoes any
time or di<unee, on addressing as above. Parcels sent frjni the
country, t.o utmost voluo immediately romittod by Post-offloa order.
London: Printed and Published at the Office, 198, Strand, in the Parish of St. Clement Danes, lu the County of Middlesex, by Willi a.m Little, 198, Strand, aforeaaiL— Saturday, March is, 1858.
THE TRADES PASSING THE PALACE, BE R L IN. — (see page 2J8.)
THE ROYAL WEDDING F KSTIV IT I E S.—T H E PROCESSION O
■i
S7i y /: '
Hfr-fl
WXw ••W'l
|w
im\ i
■1
IwH
SRISi
wMWm s 9 : WM
-.} wm\
3^lA *AKr--r
RSIS
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS [March 13,1858
No. 909. —vol. xxxii.]
SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1858.
[With a Supplement, Fivepence
THE PROSPECTS OF THE MINISTRY.
In these days it is a somewhat perilous exercise of that faculty
which, dealing with a combination of circumstances, stands in the
place of prophecy, when its object is the stability or otherwise of a
Ministry. Nevertheless, we will make bold to say that it is upon
the cards that Lord Derby’s Government are safe for this Session at
least Their position may not be a very dignified one, or their
career a very glorious one-, but there are many reasons why it may
be, in several respects, a very useful one. Certain persons who
ought to know have declared in their places in Parliament that
Lord Derby’s accession to office has been founded simply on the
internal division of the Liberal party; a division produced by the
struggles, more or less avowed, of Lord Palmerston and Lord John
Bussell for the lead of the House of Commons; and that contest
must be brought to an end, and a final decision come to on so im •
portant a question to an Opposition, before the ranks of the party
can be closed and that unity of action brought about which can
alone give it the power to deal with the fate of Ministers.
Judging from appearances, and considering, as far as at present
one is able, the tone and temper of the House of Commons, it
would seem that, unless some tremendous blundering is committed
by the Ministerial leader, no regular attempt will be made to oust
the G ovemment There is no want of skill and adroitness, or any
absence of knowledge of the assembly which he will have
to mould to his purposes, in the right honourable gentle¬
man who now occupies the post of Leader of the
Lower House. He is quick of perception, astute, and
has had experience, more or less bitter, of the peculiarities
of the body of gentlemen which he has to encounter, and, if
possible, to control. One cannot help thinking that already he has
shown symptoms of having profited by the long vacation between
this and his possession of office in 1852 ; and it would seem as if
he had adopted still more in its integrity that principle which is
supposed to guide his Parliamentary conduct—namely, a profound
deference towards the House as a whole, tempered by an occa¬
sional exhibition of his ability to hit hard and straight in the case
of individuals. This line of policy, however, will probably be
found to lie deeper than in the mere management of the House: it
must be to a great extent the principle on which the Govemmem
is to be carried on. Without using terms which, under existing
circumstances, would be needlessly offensive—without talking of a
Ministry on sufferance, or of a squeezable Government it is yet
not to be disguised, nor is it attempted to be disguised, that it is
only by a skilful adaptation of measures (of course, as few as
possible) to the patent temper of the times that the Administration
of Lord Derby can hope even to get on. Indeed, it would be
the most dangerous of all experiments if they were to make an
attempt to repeat the tentative process of 1852. and endeavour
simply to fudge a Session. In the first place, they have not the
favourable point of departure which they had five years ago, in
the fact that a dissolution of Parliament was as nearly a necessity
as possible. We do not believe that either Parliament itself or the
country desires a dissolution now. Say what you will, a dissolution
of Parliament in the Bpring of the year gives a wrench to
public business and to trade, and is productive of a thou¬
sand inconveniences, which would render a proceeding of that
kind in two succeeding years by no means to be coveted. Then,
as regards a dissolution next August, the objection to it is, that,
supposing we have a Kefomi Bill next year, which is certain to
come from some quarter or the other, there must be a third new
Parliament, within less than three years, without any corre¬
sponding exigency. Perhaps, tod, it might weigh as much with
the Ministry as anything else that, if they are to fall, it would be
better to sink beneath the weight of the present Parliament than to
receive their coup de-grace from one elected under their own auspices,
which is quite as probable as the similar event which occurred
in 1853. And, lastly, it has no doubt occurred to the minds of the
ruling spirits of the party now in power that the threat of a disso¬
lution is not altogether without its efficacy on Parliamentary
impulses and feelings.
Well, then, assuming that the Ministry elect to try their fortunes
with Parliament ad it stands, what may we hope, or what may we
expect, to obtain, from them ? The reticence which the Govern¬
ment have adopted with regard to any programme of measures,
while it may proceed as much from their not having anything to
say on the subject as from any wise hesitancy to pledge
themselves to projects and schemes which will only go
hereafter to fill the political waste-basket, is likely to
prove mutually advantageous to the country and to them¬
selves. If the country have anything to ask within the next
two or three months, there need be no difficulty about demanding
it roundly, and it is very probable that it will get it; while, if the
Government are far-seeing enough to perceive the Bhadows of
coming events, they may get all sorts of credit by anticipatmg
the public wish. At present there is literally nothing on the cards.
We hear that the difficulty with France is settled ; and we are
willing to hope that all is right again in this respect, however we
may have our misgivings as to the discontinuance of an under¬
current of national soreness and irritability, however smooth and
pleasant the surface of the diplomatic waters may appear. The
only announcement of a measure is the India Bill, for winch it
seems we are not to wait long, and which one is inclined
to think will be a very quiet and unexciting affair,
whenever it does come. If we had not a lurking suspicion
that the idea is already the prime occupant of Mr. Disraeli’s
thoughts, we would venture to suggest that the specialty of the
Session should be the Budget By a Budget he has once fallen
from power, and it would be a great moral and political triumph if
by a Budget he could re-establish himself as a Minister. Every
one knows that a pet project of the present Chancellor of the
Exchequer is what he calls an equitable readjustment of taxation.
Now, although it is more than probable that he may mean by that
phrase a very different thing to what the bulk of the people of this
country believe, or at least wish, it to signify, a declaration
that such a thing would be attempted would, undoubtedly, catch
the public ear favourably. It would be as popular a proceeding
as a Finance Minister could adopt if he were to profess a wil¬
lingness to deal with the avowed inequalities of the Income-tax ;
although, doubtless, such an effort should be made only on the
surest and most legitimate grounds, for of all others it is a ques¬
tion which must be dealt with in its integrity, and neither tampered
with nor tinkered. Many another subject of taxation naturally and
readily suggests itself to one’s mind in considering the notion—
which must be a pleasant notion to Mr. Disraeli—of a large and
comprehensive Budget, but which cannot be dilated upon in a
mere glance at the Ministerial situation. Perhaps, how¬
ever, if we were to select one question more than another
as being peculiarly germane to what we are to suppose
even now are Mr. Disraeli’s tendencies, unless he has wholly for¬
gotten his antecedents, it is the question of the Duty on Paper.
This question has a twofold aspect, in either of which it deserves
p
Disraeli is joined with Ihree, if uot more, of the most anient advo¬
cates of National Education. We wonder if it ever occurred to
any of these noblemen and right honourable gentlemen when they
were gathering together educational statistics to inquire what
difference would be made in the price of school-books by the
abolition of the Paper-duty. This forms a simple but a
very essential element in the consideration of any question
of National Education; and, without going deeper into the
matter, it may suffice to hint that it is a somewhat anoma¬
lous state of things to find Parliament voting £300,000 a year for
the promotion of education, while demands are yearly made for a
larger grant, and on the other hand imposing a restrictive tax of a
million on an article which is just as essential to the progress of
knowledge as iron rails are to the progress of a locomotive engine.
Looking at the Paper-duty from another point of view, it
will be found that it acts as a restriction on what has been
a very large, and still is a very important, trade. It is
notorious that the trade in paper with our own colonies,
and with other countries, has passed entirely out of our
hands, and fallen into those of France and Belgium; and it is not
a little significant of the importance which it has assumed in the
former country that, with all his power, the Emperor ot the
French was deterred from imposing an export duty on the article
of paper in consequence of the dangerous opposition which such a
design aroused. It may not, also, be without a sort of charm to
Mr. Disraeli's mind if it were to be pointed out that there would be
considerable fitness in the circumstance that it was a literary man
who, when he became Chancellor of the Exchequer, was the in¬
strument of removing the last and the most oppressive of the taxes
on knowledge.
However all this may be, as we begun so we conclude, in the
belief that, for tha present Session, for good or for evil, the Govern¬
ment of Lord Derby may be expected to rule the destinies of this
country. What, then, is the duty in such a case of that great
Liberal party which we hold to be identified with the best interests
and the welfare of this realm, and with the sympathies of the great
majority of the people ? The course to be pursued seems so obvious
as almost to render definition unnecessary. In the first place, we
should counsel an abstinence from all guerrilla attacks by individual
members, which invariably produce mere personal skirmishing, which
ends in nothing, so far as the main body is concerned. An abnegation
of selfish motives, and an absence ot individual movement, will do
more to concentrate and reunite the somewhat shattered ranks of
the Liberal party than any drilling or manipulation by the most
practised hands of professional managers of party. Everything
ought to be sacrificed to the great object of bringing together a
compact and united Opposition, whose business it will be, while
exercising the utmost forbearance towards a Ministry which is but
provisional after all, to watch carefully, and in unison as a party,
the proceedings of the present Government, accepting whatever
may be deemed worthy of acceptance, but rejecting firmly, but not
hotly or contumeliously, whatever may be even doubtful; and
depend upon it that if the present crisis is duly availed of, and
turned to that advantage which tact and a proper appreciation of
the situation ought to produce, a year hence the country may
have the satisfaction of seeing actual power in the hands of a con¬
solidated Liberal party, and that party will be able to look back
with satisfaction to the circumstance that the real interests of the
country have not suffered during the few months that they per¬
formed the responsible duties of a Parliamentary Opposition.
THE NEWSPAPER READER, FROM A PICTURE BY
A. VAN OSTADE.
Picture-stealing poems to be becoming a mania of late years—a
most extraordinary propensity of a criminal and ill regulated mind,
since, independently of the sacrilege done to art, and the risk of injury
and loss of the stolen property, the crime is one which, from the very
nature of things, cannot hope to escape detection, except by the
abandonment of the usufruct of the plunder. Hardly have we
congratulated Lord Suffolk upon the recovery of the valuable paintings
stolen some time back from his gallery in the country, when intelli¬
gence reaches us of the purloining of a picture of value from the Im¬
perial and Regal Academy of Arts at Vienna The picture stolen is
one by Adrian Ostade, painted upon wood, and measuring, exclusive
of the frame, 124 inches high and 9J inches broad, Vienna measure.
was stolen between the hours of one p.m. on the 20th and one p.m. on
the 21st of February, and " a handsome reward ” is offered for any
information which may lead to its recovery.
Perhaps the most effectual aid towards this end will be in the pub^-
lication of an engraving of the picture itself from a photograph of
it, which happened fortunately to exist, and which we do the more,
readily as the picture itself is a very beautiful one, and a has speci¬
men of the master.
The picture is known as " The Newspaper Reader ” (Zoitungsleser).
In the foreground is a quiet group of two peasants, the elder of whom,
seated on a low stool, with spectacles on nose, is reading albudjfrpm a
newspaper; whilst the younger, sitting at the table and resting his
head on his left hand; listens with evident attention and intarast. Tn
the background, is an old man looking out at the door, seen only in a
back view, and a child Btanding before a chair and eating out of a
platter. Between the two groups is a dog, froxn a favourite model of
the painter, who seems to watch earnestly the movements of the
yonnger man in the foreground, who ie probably his master. The
arrangement and furniture of the apartment are picturesque, and of a
nature to afford abundant opportunities for the display of the master’s
admirable talent in textural treatment.
Ostade, though a German bv birth, was a Netherlander by adoption,
and ranks next after Teniers the younger as a painter of humorom scenes
in lowlife. Though taking up the same class of subjects, his mode of
treating them was very different from that of his great rival. Tnere is
more homeliness and less effort in his designs, less approach to carica¬
ture in his features and expression; he was content to paint his Dutch
boors as be found them—ungainly, vulgar, but shrewd, and with an air
of comfort, content and easy nonchalance which disdained extraordi¬
nary exertion, and recognised nothing as superior to the republican
enjoyments of the village pothouse or the quieter comforts of the farm¬
house kitchen. It may bo added, indeed, that his style was more
genuine than that of Teniers, inasmuch as, unlike him, he
never perverted his natural inspirations by the study and
copying of the works of the classic schools. He had loss
boldness and finesse of touch than Teniers; but his execution is
always very careful and highly finished, and his colour is generally
fuller, with a deeper impusto anil richer chiaroscuro than that of
Teniers. His works are much less numerous than those of the latter,
and in this country aro comparatively rare, what there are of them
being almost ill in private collections. The National Gallery does not
boast of a single Ostade, and the Fitzwilliara Collection contains but
one specimen. We hope that the omission will not remain long nnsup-
plied, as this master happily illustrates some of the more important
characteristics of the Dutch genre school.
A Berlin paper asserts with some circumstantiality that the
French Government will avail itself of the opportunity of the Impending
Par;* Conference to have the question of political reiugees settled by the
European Powers.
AM) COLONIAL yEWS.
' FRANCE.
(From our own Cor/vspon'knt.)
Parts, Thursday.
There is great probability of the present Ambassador to the English
Court giving place, ere long, to the Due de Gramont, now repre¬
senting France at Rome. Certainly a happier selection could not be
made;—the position, character, and talents of the Duke; his ex¬
treme amenity, his knowledge of England and the English, and his
family connections with our country—all point him out as eminently
fitted for such a post.
The difficulties subsisting between the French and Swiss Govern¬
ments with regard to refugees, and more especially on the subject of
the passport system, seem to he subsiding but slowly ; it is even re¬
ported tliafc the invitations sent from Geneva to the representatives of
the French press for the inauguration of the railway thence
to Lyons have been withdrawn, and that the employes of the French
railways who were to have been present on the occasion have
declined to attend. It appears that the demonstration at Chalons
was chiefly caused by the arrests of a Large uumber of democrats,
most of whom had already come under condemnation, and especially
of a certain large tradesman extremely popular among his'party.
At Dijon took place an i-meute nearly at the same time, and at
Macon and Lyons the most energetic measures were adopted to re¬
press threatened insurrections. At Lyons upwards of 100 arrests
took place.
Sales of pictures are the order of the day. The collections of Van
Isaac and Barre have brought many new pictures into the market,
and on the 17th and 18th iust. will be held the sale of M. Veron’s
Gallery. Amoug the chief attractions of the collection of the Bour¬
geois de Paris are a magnificent full-length life-size portrait of
Madame de Pompadour, by Boucher; a portrait of Madame de ChAteau-
roux, by Nattier, in her bath, surrounded with female figures; a
sketch by Poussin; the Duchess of Marlborough, by Reynolds ; and a
large uumber of the works of the best contemporary artists.
There comes on, also, the sale of the unique collection of snuff¬
boxes of Lablache, with whom the taste for these appendages was a-
mania. So immense, so varied, aud so splendid a set has neydiy^
probably, been brought together.
Soirees fantastiqnes are the order of the day. At thc liouse of
the Baronne de P., in the me St. Dominique, took place last week a
magic-lantern entertainment. The instrument was of immense si/e,
the slides painted by an artist of repute; and, as each passed, iippro-
propriate verses, composed for the occasion, were repeated* The first
part of the entertainment was taken from the “ Arabian Nights: ’’ the
second, which was much the most successful, represented all the
celebrities of the day. M. C\, formerly a depute, also gave a soiive,
in*which,to guard against the very gallant custom now existing of the
men devouring the refreshments, before the women can secure them,
he hired the Scotch giant of the Boulevard du Temple, who triumph¬
antly bore the comestibles over the heads of the hungry male guests
to those who had little chance of obtaining their due share without
such assistance.
As soon as it was known that the landed proper ty, of M. de Lamar¬
tine was for sale, the Maconnaise population resolved to address a
petition to the Emperor, to authorise such a mode of sale as would
render the lands accessible to the smallest purchasers.
Tuesday being the birthday Of the Imperial Prince, who is now two
years old, a mass was celebrated on the occasion in tho chapel of the
Tuileries, which was attended by the Emperor and Empress and the
child himself, with a degree of pomp and ceremony. After mass the
band of the 1st Grenadiers, of tho G uard played a serenade under the
Empress’s window. This is the regiment on the muster-roll of which
the Imperial Prince is inscribed as an V enfant de troupe," and in con¬
sequence all his little comrades were oa parade with the band.
Prince J«'rome continues to be very ill, although the Moniteur an¬
nounces every day that he is better. On Tuesday morning the Cardinal -
Archbishop of Palis was sent for to see him.
Tho resignation. of M. Fietri. the Prefect of Police, has been ac¬
cepted; and M. Boittelle, the Prefect of the Yonne, has been appointed
to succeed him.
It is confidently stated thas the Minister of Marine has sent a cir¬
cular to the maritime prefects advising the French Navy to be put on
a war footing by May 1. • Ny
The execution of Giuseppe Andrea Pierri and of Felice Orsini, con¬
demned to the punishment of parricides by the decree of the Court of
Aerizes of the Seine on the 26th of February last, took place last Satur¬
day morning at seven o’clock on the Place ae la Roquette. The con¬
demned, informed at half-past five that their appeal had been rejected,
were assisted in their last moments by Messrs, the Almoners Hugon
and Nottelet. The Gazette des Tribunaux gives the following account
of the final proceedings:—
The mournful procession soon put itself in motion. The condemned
parties issued forth from the prison with naked feet, clad in long white
skirts, and with black veils over their heads. Pierri walked first, between
thC Abbe Nottelet and the executioner of Paris ; Orsini followed between
the Abbe Hugon and the executioner of Rouen. On entering the court, of
the prison, Pierri. whose features were convulsively contracted and whose
feverish excitement continually increased, endeavoured to raise the chant
of the Girondins, and continued with a broken voiee until beyond the
prison walls. They mounted the steps of the scaffold, and on reaching the
platform remained exposed whilst an officer read the docreeof condemnation,
rhis ceremony concluded, the executioners laid hold of Pierri, who again
endeavoured to give utterance to the song he had momentarily suspended,
and his voi re finally expired beneath the stroke of the axe. Orsini. who
till then had remained silent, now cried “Viva ITtalie!’* “Viva la
France 1 ” and then delivered himself up to the executioners.
The sentence of death passed upon Carlo di Radio has been com¬
muted into that of hard labour for life.
Orsini’s private will has been opened. It contains legacies to his
sister and gifts to some relatives and friends in memory of the de¬
parted ; it alfo directs that a coffin is to inclose his remains (none is
furnished by Government to capital culprits).
A telegraphic despatch from Marseilles, of March 6, in the Phan de
la Loire, says:—“ Two shells found at Maussave have been deposited
at the parquet of Aix. They appear to be of similar manufacture to
those used on January 14, but the screws are different."
SPAIN.
The principal contents of the Madrid journals of the 14th inst. con¬
sist, like those of preceding days, of reports of long debates on the
budget The bill to permit the levying of the taxes provisionally was
adopted by 1*4 votes to 14. Nearly all the Moderate party voted with
the Government. M. Gonzalez Bravo, having voted against the Go¬
vernment on tho budget, has offered his resignation of the post of
Ambassador at London, but doubts were entertained that it would be
accepted. Mr. < >tway, late Secretary of the British Embassy, was
about to leave lor Mexico, where he has been appointed Minister
Plenipotentiary.
Tn consequence of a violent storm which broke over Seville, the
Guadalquivir overflowed its banks, and inundated part of the city.
The inhabitants had to go from one point to another in boats, and
greet distress was occasioned. The inundation continued for three
days, when the waters began to subside.
A letter from Mriilla states that on the 25 th ult. the Moora made
a new attack on the fortress, but that they were repulsed by the
Spaniards.
General Narvaez has received permission from the Queen to travel
in France for the benefit«of his health.
ITALY.
The case of the Cagliari is dragging along its slow length at Salerno.
The chief incidents mentioned are th&tseven or eight are now insane, and
sixteen unable to appear at the bar from illness. Great complaints are
made by the prisoners, when they get any opportunity of speaking in
court, of robbery and cruelty exercised towards them by the police.
The French Government, it is said, has mode a demand on that of
Sardinia for the extradition of Mr. Hodge, who, it is alleged, was im¬
plicated in the attempt on the Emperors life, but has been refused"
it appears that an extradition treaty exists between France and Sar¬
dinia, one of the clauses of whiih provides for the extradition of sub¬
jects of a third Power, though not a contracting party, if the sanction
of that Power can be obtained. Tbo aanctiofi of England has been
requested in the rase of Mr. Hodge, and refused by Lord Darby’s
Government. In the meantime Mr. Hodge remains in prison, and is
well treated. The Sardinian Government have likewise refused to
interfere with some Italian refugees indicated by the French Govern¬
ment as suspected personages. The committee of Die Chamber of
Deputies appointed to examine the bill on the crimes of conspiracy
and approval of political assassination, as also on tho composition of
the jury in such cases, terminated its labours on the 13th, by declaring
against the measure by five votes to two. The deputies who voted for
the rejection were AIM. Brotferio, Gnstaldetti, Valerio, Cotto Ramu-
sino, and Farina. AIM. Miglietti and Buffa, who formed the minority,
declared their intention of presenting a new bill on the subject. *
Shocks.of earthquake have again been felt in the scene of the late
devastation. The wreiched survivors of the calamities of December
in Montemurro (where oOOO were killed) on tho 26th of last month
felt three shocks just before dawn of day; and afterwards, about break
of day, they felt an earthquake so strong that they fled in fear from
their barracks with cries and lamentations. Their fear amounted to
consternation when they hoard that the ground in the country had
opened and closed again/ At Viggiano ^u severe shock was felt, and
some walls fell to tho ground. Balvares also, on the 23rd ult., was
shaken, but in a slight manner On tho same day, towards evening,
there were heel'd at Saponara, with an interval of thirty seconds, two
subterraneous thunder-claps, like two discharges of cannon.
^^^OT^ERLAND.
The following despatches have been received:—
The Government of Geneva lias dissolved the Italian Mutual Benefit
Society.
The Federal Commissioners haveorderad the expulsion of twelve French
and seventeen Italian refugees. The cases of twelve others are under*
examination.
M. Kraetzer Rassaerts has been appointed Vice-Consul for France at
Bale, and M. Bellaigfie de Bugliaz at Cliaux de Fonds.
The Federal Council has decreed the establishment of a night service
for the passage of the Alps in summer.
Die Federal Commissioners have left Geneva, after having presented a
last report to the Federal Council.
t he cantonal police of Geneva will watch over the suspected refugees
who have been placed at the disposal of the Federal CounciL
The Federal Council, observing the established custom, has invited
the Governments of the cantons of Bale and Neuchatel to let the
Council know whether they have any objections to* make to the
exequatur being granted to tho nominations of the new French. Vice-
Consuls/
HOLLAND.
4 —A letter from the Hague of the 12th says:—“ All the new Ministers
belong to the Liberal Constitutional party. M. de Rochussen, who is
at tho head of the Government, has been Governor-General of the
Dutch possessions in the East Indies, which is the highest post any
one can attain in this country ; and he has been Minister of Brussels,
and a member of the Second Chamber. Baron do Golstein, Minister of
Foreign Affuiis, is considered a most upright politician: he was for¬
merly in the magistracy, but abandoned it to follow a Parliamentary
career; he has hud to resign the Presidency of the Second Chamber to
enter the Cabinet. M. Van Bosse, Minister of Finance, is a man of
considerable talent. M. Tets Van Goudriaan, Minister of the Interior,
was formerly a Referendary in the Council of State, and latterly
Governor of Zealand. M. Boot, Minister of Justice, was Burgomaster
of Amsterdam, and is much respected. M. Van Meurs and M. Lotsy
retain the portfolios of War and Marine, and the two Ministers of
Worship also remuin in office. In consequence of the nomination to
the Cabinet of Baron de Golstein, Deputy of Utrecht, and M. Van
Bosse, Deputy of Rotterdam, elections will have to take place in those
towns."
SWEDEN.
Advices lrom Stockholm of the lfith inst. announce that the Prince
of Sweden had closed the Legislative Session In the speech pro¬
nounced on the occasion no allusion is made to foreign relations. His
Royal Highness expresses the hope that, thanks to tho financial
measures which have been adopted, the deplorable crisis which still
exists will soon terminate.
DENMARK.
The Danish Government having made the vote on the maritime
fortifications of the capital a Cabinet question, the bill was adopted on
the second reading by 1'orty-one votes to four, eleven members having
abstained. As to the Duchies, the President of the Council declared
that the tiovertment will make concessions compatible with the
interest of the country* while maintaining the principle of unity in the
State.
RUSSIA.
Letters from Moscow give us the result of the elections for the mem¬
bers ol the Emancipation Committee in that government. The choice
of the nobility has generally fallen on able men who thoroughly un¬
derstand the question of the serfs. In virtue of the Imperial rescript.
Count Zakrevskii, the Governor-General, has also to choose a member
to sit on this committee. His choice has fallen on M. Volkoff, ei-
marshal of tho nobility of the district of Moscow, a nomination which
has given universal satisfaction.
TURKEY.
Quarrels of race are becoming every day more violent in tho
Turkish empire. The Bulgarians refuse to pay the dues to the Greek
Patriarch; and the Pacha of Trebizond has issued a circular accusing .
the Christians of being deficient of respect to the Mussulmans. The
Pressc d'Orient states that the conflagration of the Governor’s palace at
Adrianople was the result of a plot, the Beys having refused all assist¬
ance.
A letter from Vienna says that, in consequence of the disturbances in
Turkey continuing to extend, a body of 20,000 men are to bo concen¬
trated at Scutari to keep Montenegro and the Herzegovina in check.
Other troops will also be sent into Bosnia and on the frontiers of Mon¬
tenegro, lor in Albania affairs are becoming every day more critical,
and fears are entertained of an insurrection.
UNITED STATES.
Congress has reassembled. In the Senate the bill to increase the
army was rejected.
Resolutions have been adopted calling on the Senate for information
relating to the captures of vessels and prize-money during the last war
with Britain.
The United States’ Senate has been engaged upon the bill to admit
Kansas into the Union. The chairmau of the Territorial Committee
has given notice of a substitute for the bill admitting Kansas apd
Minnesota together, as in the case of Florida and Iowa.
The bill appropriating four hundr ed thousand dollars to enable the
President to indemnify Denmark in the matter of the Sound Dues has
finally passed both Houses.
A bill establishing a general bankruptcy law is spoken of at
Washington.
Lord Napier is said to have call ed the attention of the Secretary of
State to the great increase in the A frican slave trade, and to have sug-
gtsted a resort to more repressive measures.
Ths Secretary of War and the Commander-in-Chief are diligently
engaged in arranging the spring campaign against the Mormons. It
has been decided not to wait the action of Congress for an increase in
the army, but to withdraw the troops from the frontiers a nd con-
centrate them on Utah.
Brigham Young has recently sent a message to the Utah Legis¬
lature ignoring the action of the Federal Government, and the
Legislature had resolved to sustain him.
The Post office department is said to have entered into arrange¬
ments with the British postal authorities for putting a 'stop to the
correspondence which is largely carried on between these countries in
newspapers.
The threatened duels at Washington have come to nothing. The
Clay and Cnllom difficulty is amicably adjusted.
The steam-boat Eliza Battle was burned, near Demopolis, Alabama,
on Monday, tho 1st inst.: thirty-nine lives were lost, and twelve hun¬
dred bales of cotton destroyed.
A bill has passed the House of Representatives, Louisiana, author¬
ising the importation of two thousand five hundred free blacks from
the coast of Africa, to be apprenticed for fifteen years.
March 20, 3858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
287
General "Walker has been arrested at New Orleans, and given bail to
appear before the Court in April. He has been addressing the citizens
©f Nashville, Tennessee, and met with much sympathy.
The news from California is not important. Money was scarce in
San Francisco, and receipts of gold from the interior quite limited.
The markets were again overstocked with all descriptions of merchan¬
dise except flour: in this commodity some speculations were going on,
and prices had advanced to a higher figure than had been demanded
since 3 £63.
CHINA,
Intelligence from Canton to Jan. 28 states that the city remained
tranquil under the rule of the allies. Order had been completely main ¬
tained. No additional troops had then arrived. Lord Elgin and Baron
Gros were still in the Canton Biver, where Yeh continued a close
prisoner on board the Inflexible.
A letter from Macao of the 12th January (says the Pays) announces
in a positive manner the victory of the troops of the Emperor of China
over the insurgents. In consequence of that advantage the city of
Moukden, the capital of Chin-Kiung, had fallen into the hands of the
Imperialists. The result of this advantage will be the reopening to
commerce of three of the principal provinces of the country; for the
capital of Chin-Kiang, situated on the mouth of the great canal, was
long blockaded by the insurgents, who thus stopped up this great line
of communication, to the great detriment of the trade of the empire.
The West India Islands.—T he appearance of the crops is
all that can be desired: the young canes arc thriving, and there is every
promise of an unusually prolific and profitable return this season. The
weather has of late been very tine. Intelligence was received at Grenada
on the morning of the 2 Gth ult. of the death, at Government House, of
Mr. William Kortright, brother of his Excellency the Lieutenant-
Governor, from fever. He was private secretary to his Excellency. The
commercial storm which lately swept over America, England, &c.. lias
reached Demerara, and several houses have stopped.-we have news
from both the Dominican and H&ytfen sections of San Domingo. The
war in Dominica had ceased, Baez having agreed to surrender to Santana as
soon as the articles of capitulation, which were to be drawn up under the
supervision of the French, English, and Spanish Consuls, had been duly
ratified. Preparations are in progress for the formal installation of the
new Government, under the presidency of Santana.
Canada. —The Canadian Parliament assembled at Toronto on
the 25th February. Solicitor-General Smith, the Ministerial candidate
for Speaker, was elected by a large majority. The Governor-General, on
the 26th, delivered his address to the Legislative Council and the Legis¬
lative Assembly.
Mexico.—N ews from Vera Cmz to the 21st February
informs us that but little change had occurred in the state of affairs i n
Mexico. Zuloaga had issued a decree making duties on goods imported
at Vera Cruz and Tampico payable only at the capital.
A Sulphur Spring has been discovered between Paris and
Neuilly at a spot called Thermes. This word is now found to be an
accurate old Korean indication of the thermal sources hidden so long, but
well known 1800 years ago: vestiges of Roman baths and crockery have
tumid up. Pigs are not such instinctive discoverers of truffles as the
praetors and legionaries of Kome were in ferreting out mineral waters
throughout the Empire.
Discovert of a Leibnitz MS.—Accounts from Hanover
announce that a manuscript entirely wrilten by Leibnitz, and forming
part of a refutation of Spinosa, which was never completed, has just been
discovered in that city.
THE COURT
The Qneen and the Piince Consort, accompanied by the Prince
of Wales, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold* the Princesses Alice, Helena.
Louisa, and Beatrice, and attended by Lady Churchill, the Hon. Emily
Cathcart. Lord Colville, and the other gentlemen of the Royal household,
arrived at Buckingham Palace at six o'clock on Tuesday evening from
Osborne. Her Majesty was received at the grand entrance by the Marquis
©i Exeter, Karl Delawarr, the Duke of Beaufort. Viscount Newport, the
Earl of Verulam, Lord Bagot, Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, and Coloner Francis
Seymour, C.B. The Duchess of Kent dined with her Majesty in the
evening.
On Wednesday the Queen gave an early audience to the Earl of Derby,
and afterwards proceeded to St. James's Palace, where her Majesty held a
Levee. Later in the afternoon the Queen took a carriage drive, accom¬
panied by the Princess Alice and Prince Leopold. In the evening the
Royal dinner party included the Duchess of Kent, the Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor and I>ady Chelmsford, the Marquis of
Exeter, the Earl and Countess Grey, the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere,
Lord Churchill, the Right Hon. the Speaker and Lady Charlotte Denison,
and the Right Hon. Spencer and Mrs. Walpole.
On Thursday, being the birthday of the Princess Louisa, the Queen
gave a juvenile party at Buckingham Palace, to which a select circle of
ihe aristocracy had the honour of receiving invitations.
The Prince Consort has honoured Mr. Matthew Noble with sittings for
a bust, about to be presented by the committee of the Art-Theatres Ex¬
hibition to the city of 3Ianchester.
The Earl of Verulam and Mr. It. < >rm$by Gore have succeeded the
Earl of Caithness and Sir Edward Bowater as the Lord and Groom in
Waiting to the Queen.
THE LEVEE.
The Queen held a Levee on Wednesday afternoon in St. James's Palace.
Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, attended by the Ladies and Gentle¬
men in Waiting, and escorted by a detachment of Life Guards, arrived
front Buckingham Palace, and were received by the great officers of State.
Previously to the reception the Duke of Devonshire had an audience, and
delivered to the Queen the Ribbon and George of the Order of the Garter,
worn by the late Duke of Devonshire. Earl Fitzwiliiam had also an
audience, and delivered to her Majesty the Ribbon and George of the
Order of the Garter worn by his father, the late Earl.
The Queen and the Prince Consort entered the throne-room at two
o’clock, attended by the Duchess ol Manchester. Mistress ol’ the Robes,
and the ladies and gentlemen of the Royal household.
Her Majesty wore a train of blue silk, embroidered in palm pattern of
gold and silver, trimmed with blue net and silver blonde. The petticoat
was of white satin, trimmed with three skirts of white net, and the head¬
dress consisted of a circlet of diamonds.
The Knights of the Orders of the Garter, the Thistle, and St. Patrick,
and the Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, wore the collars
of their respective orders.
The foreign Ambassadors and 3!misters were first introduced, when a
number of presentations took place. \ \
The general circle was very numerously attended. The members of the
new Administration and the gentlemen of the household were chiefly in
attendance for presentation to her Majesty; and the newlsolicttor-General
had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him by ihc Queen.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady
Fanny Howard aud Sir George Couper, arrived at her residence, Clarence
House, St. James’s, on Tuesday afternoon, from Frogmore.
# Ris Excellency Baron Brunnow, once raore accredited to the
Court of St. James’s as representative of the Emperor of Russia arrived
in London on Thursday, to reassurae his political functions. The Baroness
will continue her residence abroad for the present.
The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough have been plunged
into deep affliction by the premature demise, after a very short illness, of
their youngest son, Lord Charieg Spencer Churchill.
The Duke of Beaufort has taken the Earl of Eglin ton’s mansion
for a term. His Grace arrived in town yesterday from Badminton.
The Countess of Derby had an assembly on Wednesday even¬
ing. Htr Ladyship “receives ” this evening (Saturday).
Viscount and Viscountess Comberniere have arrived in town
from Combermere Abbey.
Preferments and Aitotntments in the Church— lire -
, ori($: Rev. J. H. ( '. Borwell to Tregony, with St (,’ubv Vicarage. Corn¬
wall; Rev. J. Coleman to AlJerlon. Somerset; Rev. \V. II. Curtler to
Lympstdn, Devon; Rev. Jv Fenwick to Thirning, Norfolk ; Rev. A. K.
liar lor Ire to Westhorpe, Suffolk ; Rev. B. R. Keene to Woolverstone-
_J* Wight'___ , .......__
tomcies: Yen. F. Goold. Archdeacon of Raphoc.to bo First Chaplain to the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; Rev. J. R Oldham to Alleyncs College of
God's Gift. Dulwich. Surrey.— Incumbuicies: Rev. K. D. Falkner to
Hollymont, diocese of Tuam ; Rev. W. bmith to SliadwelL, Yorkshire;
Rev. J. W. Town to Lindley, near Huddersfield ; Rev. R. E. Wallis to
Blackford, near Wells .-Perpetual Curacies: Rev. E. T,. Blackman to
yalberswick, Suffolk ; Rev. J. J. Ebsworth to St. Paul, in the Forest of
Dean ; Rev. J. R. Ellis to Wcsterdale, Yorkshire —Curacies: Itev.
W. L. B. Cator to Wilton and Netherhampton; Rev. E. Inman to Pew-
^ey, Wilts ; Rev. H. M. White to Andover; Rev. H. White to St James’s,
Dover. -Rev. W R. Cosens to be Secretary to the Society for the Em¬
ployment of Additional ('urates; Rev. J. W. Hackett, Curate of St,
Jitines'B, Bray, to be Secretary to the Incorporated Society,
OBITUAKV OF EMINENT PERSONS.
ADMIRAL LORD AYLMER.
The Rh;ht_Hon. Frederick Wilt.iam Ayi.mer, K.C.U. and
K.S.F., sixth Ljrd Aylmer,
Huron of Balrath, in the
county of Meath, a Baronet,
and an Admiral R.N., was the
second son of Henry, fourth
Lord Aylmer, by his wife.
Catherine, daughter of Sir
Charles Whitworth, and sister
of Charles, Earl Whitworth.
He was bom on the 12th of
October, 1777, and entered the
Royal Navy in 1790. H e
served as Lieutenant on board
the Smfisitrf at the battle of
the Niie, and assisted in the
. same ship at the operations
which led to the reinstatement in his dominions of the King of the
Two Sicilies. He subsequently obtained the Turkish gold medal for his
conduct during the Egyptian campaign of 1S0L lie became a Captain
on the 7th January, 1602, and while in command of the JFa,qi sloop
he effected the capture of Lt Dltctvoir privateer. He was after
that in active and effective service, with but fow intervals of leisure,
until 1810. In 1810 he captured two privateers, '.the Diignay Trouin
and Ainialh Jiacp/irac, and in the coarse of the ensuing summer ho
united with Sir Robert Mends in a series of important operations on
the north coast of Spain, where he commanded the naval brigade.
As Captain of the Pactolus,m 1815, he conducted a successful expedition
to the Gironde, in support of Louis XVIII., and caused the Bourbon
colours to be hoisted on the Castle of Bordeaux and in the surrounding
districts. Aylmer commanded the Seam and achieved much fame at
the memorable battle of Algiers, in 1818; he wus, in consequence,
nominated a C.B., and obtained the insignia of KSLF. for having
conveyed to Naploa the whole of the emancipated Italian
slaves and 357,000 dollars which the Dey of Algiers had been
compelled to return to the King of the Two Sicilies. He
was appointed Naval Aide-de-Camp to William IV. in 1830, was
promoted to flag rank in 1837, and became an Admiral in 1851. Admira
Aylmer, who succeeded, as sixth Lord, on the demise of his eldest
brother, Matthew, the fifth Baron, aGeneralin the Army, and G.C.B., lfi
1850, was never married. The gallant End noble Admiral died on the
5th inst, at bis residence, 20, Dawson-place, Bayswater. lie issue*
ceeded by his cousin, Udolphus, son of the late Captain John Aylmer,
R.N., and now seventh Lord Aylmer, who was born in 1814. aud
murried, in 1841, Mary Elisa, daughter of Edward Jour menu x, Esq.,
and has four sons and a daughter.
Tjie Right Hon.
LORD CLIFFORD.
Hugh Charles, eighth Baron Clu ?oro op
Ch'.'DLKIGii. in the county
of Devon, a Count of the
Holy Roman Empire, and
the head of one of the oldest
Catholic families in the
realm, was the eldest son
of Charles, seventh Lord
Clifford, by his wife, Mary,
second daughter of Henry,
eighth Lord Aruudell of
Wurdom. He was' born the
22nd May, 1790, and mar¬
ried. the 1st September,
1818, Mary Lucy, only child
of the late Thomas Weld,
of Sul worth Castle, Dorset¬
shire, who, after his wife’s
death, went into holy orders of the Church of Rome, aud becamo a Car¬
dinal. By this lady, who died in 1831, Lord Clifford leaves four 6ons,
and two daughters, the younger of whom is the present Lady Vava-
eour. Lord Clifford, who was. formerly distinguished for the active,
dignified, and intelligent part, he took in support of Catholic Eman¬
cipation, inherited the ancient honours of his family on the demise
of his father, the 29th April, 18-31, and lived of lute years entirely
in Italy. He died at Rome, on the 28th ult, and is succeeded by his
eldest son, Hugh Charles, now ninth Baron Clifford of Chudleigh. who
was horn in 1819, and married, in 1845, Agnes Catherine, youngest
daughter of William, eleventh Lord Petra, and has a son and several
daughters. The second son of the Lord Clifford just deceased, the
Hon. William CKffhrd, is the titular Catholic Bishop of Clifton; and
his Lordship’s third son, Henry Hugh, a Major in the Army, obtained
the Victoria Cross for his conduct in the Crimea. JIo is now with the
army in China. \_ S /
LORD BRAVBEOOKE.
CRT IIon. Richard ,43Kim n, LL.D., third Baron Bray-
brooke, of Braybrooke, in the
county of Northampton, He¬
reditary Visitor of Magdalen
College, and High Steward of
Wokingham, was the eldest
son of Richard Aldworth
Neville, second Baron Bray¬
brooke, by his wife, Cathsrino,
youngest daughter of the
Right Hon. George Gren¬
ville, and sister of George,
first Marquis of Buckingham.
Ho was born the 20th Sep¬
tember, 1783; and married,
the 13th May, 1819, Jane,
eldest daughter (and coheir
with her sisters, one of whom was the late Lady St. Germans) of
Charles, second Marquis Cornwallis, by whom (who died the
23rd September, 1850) ho had five sons and three daughters. Of
the sons, two—Henry-Aldworth, and Grey, officers, one in the
Grenadier and the other in the 5th Dragoon Guards—fell during
the war in the Crimea while gallantly leading on their men. O
the daughters two are married—viz., Lady Vavasour and the Hon.
Mrs. Arthur Savile. Lord Braybrooke, who succeeded to the title on
the demise
sumed the
to mark his f
Castle. His Lordship was educated at Magdalen College, Cambridge,
of which University he was an LL.D. He was for. a long
series of years President of the Camden Society, and besides
publishing '* The Private Correspondence of Jane, Lady Comwaltis,
1813-1644," he edited most ably ” The Diary of Samuel Pepys.” Lord
Braybrooke was a Conservative Peer, but seldom did more than vote
in the House of Lords, us he preferred literary pursuits to politics.
Ixird Braybrooke died at his seat, Audley End, Essex, on the_ 13th inst.
IJe is succeeded by his eldest son, Richard Cornwallis Neville, late of
the Grenadier Guards, now fourth Lord Braybrooke, who was boro in
1S2M, and who married, in 1852, Charlotte Sarah, fifth daughter -if
Hector John, second Earl of Norbury, and has two daughter-.
SIR M. G. JACKSON, BA11T.
Sir Mountstvart Goddricke Jac kson, third Baronet, of Araley-
in the county of Bedford, wus the elder son of Sir Keith*Alexander
Haileybury. He succeeded to the Baronetcy on the demise of his
father, the 21st August, 1843, Sir Mountstuart was in the Eongal
Civil Service, and met with his untimely death ia a very shocking
manner. He had with his sister and six others, fled from Seetapore to
Lucknow, under the protection of Lowee ‘-inch, of Metawiee. This
wretch, however, betrayed him in Lucknow to the Moulvia of
Fj zabad, who caused him to be murdered on the ISth November last,
the very day before Sir Colin Campbell victoriously entore! and retook
the city. The unfortunate Baronet, who was never marriod. is suc¬
ceeded by his only brother, now Sir Keith George Jackson, the fourth
Baronet, who was born the 2nd August. 1842.
Lord Derby’s Memoir.—A Correspondent draws our acention
to the fact tint it was not in 1828 , but in 1830, on accepting the Sec.re-
iaryship for Ireland, that Lord Derby Itben Mr. Stanley) faded to secure
his re-election for I’m ton.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
Justice lias inflicted her last penalty upon two of the Italian
assassins. Orsini and Pierri have died upon the guillotine. The
former conducted himself with calmness and reserve, while the latter
appears to have been nnaldo to trust himself in an attempt to main -
tain self-possession, and therefore made incessant efforts to be gay
and even jocular. Neither the rightfnlness nor the expediency of
the punishment can be disputed. The third prisoner. Radio, who
lias been sentenced to a life of imprisonment, will, it is said, be
brought to England, to give evidence on the trial of Bernard, the
friend and, as is alleged, the accomplice of Orsini, on which occasion
Madame lludio, now here, will probably also be examined, after
pardon from the English Crown has rendered the Radio evid'
available. The Sardinian Government has obtained such a eh?
the purposes of the assassins as justifies that Cabinet ia stating
King Victor Emanuel would have been marked out for the ne«
tempt, and repressive measures will probably be adopted in Sard!
Mr. Hodge would seem to ,'oe a young gentleman who, will
amiable audacity of English youth, has taken upon himself, V
travelling, to denounce the institutions of some of the countries he
has honoured with his patronage. But we are glad, for the sake of
the character of England, to record that even for this offence our own
Government will not permit him to be handed over to a French tri¬
bunal. Mr. Disraeli announced timt France had demanded him of
Sardinia, and that the assent of England to his surrender being ne¬
cessary, that assent had been refused. Would that a little of the
spirit shown by Lord Derby’s Cabinet in the case of a gentleman had
beep manifested by Lord Palmerston’s in the ease of the plebeian vic¬
tims of Neapolitan tyranny ! The contradictory statements made by
Lord Palmerston bn separate nights in reference to this matter wil]
have been noticed by careful readers. It is possible that the Conser¬
vative Cabinet may see good policy in rescuing our decs Romani from
the clutch of Bomba, who has hitherto defied all the half-hearted de¬
monstrations of this country, aud shown that his belief fn the divine
right of kings Is firmer than our belief in the divine right of humanity.
Lord Clanricarde hnd designed to make a statement to the House
of Lords vindicatory of his own character. His Lordship gave notice
of such intention, and an audience was collected in consequence. But
be had taken counsel, and withdrew his notice. It would be easier fbr
him to show that a somewhat Pharisaical cry had been raised against
him than that Lord Palmerston exercised a judicious discretion in
selecting the Marquis for oftiee, merely because the late Government
was weak in the 1-ords, and wanted somebody who could help Lord
Granville in debate.
The entry of “ Eglintou, Ix>rd of the Tonriicy,” into Dublin has
been signalised by something more than a sham fight between the
police—a stalwart and well-trained body, chiefly Catholics—and the
noisy young Protestants ol the Elizabethan University. Until the
evidence shall have been sifted it would he premature to decide
upon the ease; hut it would seem that the foolish demonstrations
of (he overgrown schoolboys of the College had been brutally met
by police bludgeons and sabres, and that tiie heads both of the
scholastic establishment and ol’ the constabulary were ranch to
blame. But we are apprised that “ hard swearing” by the police
is to lie expected, and the fnrions denunciations of the College
organs seek to make us believe that something a trifle more ter-
rible^than .'Lord Anglesey’s charge at Waterloo was made upon them.
So we must wait until the testimony can he analysed.
The Indian news is still of promise rather than performance, bnt
the promise is of the most exciting character. Sir Colin Campbell
was still gathering together, for the annihilation of Lncknow, snch a
force of artillery as, in Lord Ellenborough’s words, would deliver a
fire under which nothing could live. The Commander-in-Chief is
determined to throw away as few English lives as possible, and there¬
fore resolutely delays operations until he can summon the rebels to
what Ossian calls a “ Feast of Shells ”—a banquet to which few of
them will care to be bidden a second time. We have news, also, of a
casualty—happily unattended witli loss of life, hut otherwise much to
he regretted—the loss of the Am, which left Calcutta on the 4th of
February, and was shortly afterwards wrecked at Ceylon. A great
sum in treasure, which was going to Bombay, has been lost; but,
possibly, underwriters may have to replace this in the best manner they
can. The loss of the mails is also a serious one, especially at thiscrisie.
According to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge there is
every eagerness on the part of our military authorities to do all that
can be done for the comfort of the private soldier, but the stinginess
of Parliament prevents such measures from being carried out, while
the new notions of barrack improvements have driven the soldiers
into narrower and more uncomfortable lodgings than before. General
Peel, however, has informed the House that he is determined to set
about a sanitary reform, and to ask for what money is required; and,
in the hope that this promise will be faithfully carried out, we may
dismiss the remarks of the Coinmander-iu-Chief, instead of respect¬
fully asking his Koyal Highness to point out an instance in which
Parliament has not been only too anxious to promote the welfare of the
army. The cant of a few foolish ultra-reformers, who spoil any cause
by exaggerated advocacy, forced on a little false “ economy; ” but
reaction has long since taken place, and the Commons and the
country are most willing to do anything, set before them in good
faith, for the benefit of the service. However, the soldier is now to
lie taken up in earnest, and Captain Sword has condescended to take-
a hint from Captain Pen.
Elsewhere the eclipse will he found duly commemorated. As re¬
gards London generally, it has been pronounced “a failure.” A
splendid view was promised by the aspect of the morning, and,
indeed, the darkening of the lower limb of the Sun was beantifnlly
seen, the aid of the coloured glasses being necessary. Then eame the
clouds, and metropolitans agree in stating that during the rest of the
jieriod of the eclipse they saw nothing, except t hat once or twice, as
thinner clouds than the rest raced over the eclipsed luminary, a pale
vision of the phenomenon was seen for a moment or two. But in
some parts of the country the whole eclipse was beheld in its mag¬
nificence, and a story lias reached ns which clearly shows the progress
of science, a whole limiting field of gentlemen having palled up anil
left hounds and fox to themselves, while Lord I.idythorne, Mr. S.
Sponge, Parson Blossom, Charley Slapp, and Jack Spraggon actually
set to work with coloured glasses to make oat the progress of the
Moon’s shadow.
The “omnibus nuisance,” just now, is the competitive principle,
which makes it extremely dangerous for any one of less agility and
resource than an acrobat to enter one of these vehicles, m conse¬
quence of the enthusiasm of rival proprietors and their servants.
The “ rule of the road ” now is to get a passenger into your own
omnibus, if you can, lint, if not, to run over him, or pole him, as he
enters the vehicle of yonr adversary. Magistrates seem arbitrarily
inclined to interfere with this legitimate prosecution of trade, and a
fiery driver who nobly charged the horses of his enemy, and greatly
damaged one of them, has been sent to bard labour for twe months.
288
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 20,1858
ESCRICK CHURCH,
YORKSHIRE.
This building has just be«n
areotsd—at the expenss of ths
Rector, the Hoc. and Rev. Stephen
Lawloy—from the designs of F. C.
Penrose, Esq., surveyor to the
fabrio of St. Paul’s. It is in the
Early Decorated style of archi¬
tecture ; and consists of a large
central aisle, terminating in a long
apaidal chancel, with a north aisle,
that ends in a lofty tower at the
N.E. corner of the building. The
- principal entrance is by a porch at
'the 8.W. a- ;le of the church. The
designs, wbich are in many respects
ahighly original, are admirably
I, suited for the Church of England
n Worship; but the principal feature
a s that given by our View of the
Interior of the Churoh, looking
west, where there is a baptistery,
also serving for a monumental
chapel, erected at the expense
of the Dowager Lady "Wenlock
over the family vault of the house
of Escrick, where lie the remains
of her husband, Paul Beilby, first
Baron Wenlock. Thisohapel con¬
sists of a central ohamber, where
stands the font, and around it a
radiating aisle is carried, the whole
being groined with stone. In the
walls are the monuments of the
Thompson family, ancestors of the
presont Lord Wenlock, one of
which is by Thorwaldsen, and
another by Wyatt; while the font
was exeouted by Tognoli, the
master of Canova. The columns
in the baptistery are of red marble j
those in the nave of black—all
from Devonshire; and the altar
pavement is of ComiBh serpentine
and other native marbles, laid
round a oentral area of oak par-
queterie, on which stands the
oommunion-table. The effect of
colour from these marblee, and from
the painted glass windows at the
west end, given by the village choir
and the school children, presents a
general richness not often produoed
in a now building, to which muoh
additional beauty is added by a
very fine brass eagle, the gift of J.
Clifford, Esq.; and several large
gaseliers from Messrs. Skidmore’s
works at Coventry. The seats,
which are of oak throughout, and
at the obancel take the form of
stalls, of the old collegiate style,
are from timber moBtly the gift of
Lord Wenlock, who also supplied *
ell the bricks. The organ is- a
noble instrument, by Holdich, of
London, and stands at the east
end of the north aisle. In ac¬
knowledgment of the liberality of
the Hector, by whom the church
has been built, the farmers of the
parish have added a fine peal of
five bells, from Messrs. Warner’s
foundry, at the cost of £300;
which aot of munificence, together
wi p h every other gift to this uoble
edifioe, is worthy both of recoTd
and of imitation
The church ooouplee the site of
former and smaller building, and
is built as a memorial church “ To
the glory of 9od, and in pious
memory of Paul Beilby, first Baron
Wenlook.” The upper Engraving
represente the baptism of Algernon
Qeorge, third son of Lord and
Lady Wsnlock. The ceremony
which has but recently taken place*
was performed by the Arohbishop
of York; the sponsors being the
Hon. Mrs. Robert Lawley, the
Duke of Northumberland, and
Lord Lyttelton.
Our second Engraving gives ths
Exterior of the Churoh from the
8 .E. It is wholly of stone—from
Huddlestone, in Yorkshire, and
from Ancaster, in Lincolnshire'
and the work has been executed
both expediously and soundly by
Messrs. Kirk and Parry, of Slea¬
ford.
THE BIRTHPLACE OP SIB
HENRY HAVELOCK.
The mansion of Ford, the birth-
1 >laoe of General Sir Henry Have-
ock, is about a mile and a half
from the borough of Sunderland,
where the father of the future hero
pursued his business until nearly
the close of the last century. The
house faces the east, and overlooks
the town from a slight rise, the
west, north, and south being shel¬
tered with wooi. On the north
the ground slopes towards the
River Wear.
Ford is mentioned in the reoords
of the Palatinate of Durham in
1361, when Alexander Hilton held
“ Le Forth," among other lands,
by one Knight’s fee, value 100
marks, or £1G J.3s. 4d. sterling.
The Barons of Hilton continued to
hold it among their wide domain
here until 1750, when their estates
were sold. Hilton Castle is now
the property of John Bowes, Esq.
The Ford estate has since been
twice sold, and is now the pro¬
perty of the family of Fenwick, of
whom Henry Fenwick, Esq., ia
member of Parliament for Sunder¬
land.
The following particulars of the
lineage and of the early years of
Sir Henry Havelock are taken
from a memoir of “ the good
soldier," by the Rev. W. Owen
just issued
The branch of the family of Have¬
lock. from whom Sir Hemw is de¬
scended, belonged to Guisoorough,
in Cleveland, where William Have¬
lock, the great-grandfather of Sir
Henry, was a joiner and innkeeper.
He had two sons—William, who
Bettled at Sunderland, and George,
who was a clockmaker, and who
married at Guisborough, leaving a
family Certain it ia, therefore, that
for more than a century past the
family and ancestors of Sir nenry
Havelock have been settled at Sun¬
derland. and, at the time referred
to, were amongst the most res pec ta-
YORKSHIBE.
J JAW.
ESCRICK PARISH CHURCH, YORKSHIRE,
March 20, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
283
ble and Influential of the shipowners of that town. The first William
Havelock, of Sunderland, of whom there is any record, was a ship¬
owner, and resided in Silver-street, in a large house betokening
the abode of a man of good means and respectable position. He
was buried in Sunderland churchyard on the 13th of October, 1 777.
He left a family of three sons ana four daughters. One son was named
William, and was the father of Sir Henry.
In his pursuits as a shipbuilder. Mr. Havelock was very successful, and
tmasBedagood fortune; and about this time he occupied Ford Hall,
Bishop Wearmouth, where his two distinguished bods, William and
Henry Havelock, were born. William was born January 21st, 1793, and
_ — 4 .. nil r * V, 1 *rne . imd 4 V Y\A ntlOA.1 A A I n n m 4 !h. « .
e sprightly boys of great promise;
npetency in his business or a ship-
irk, Kent.
older inhabitants of Sunderland are still left who remember the young
Havelocks, and speak of them as fine — v — - A -
but their father, having acquired a comi
builder, left Ford Hall, for Ingress Far!
Biography is not supposed to be complete and fhithfhl unless it Illustrate
the adage that “ the child’s the father of the man," by incidents showing
how the fhture man was indicated in the child. How far such indications
were given in the early days of Havelock the reader will judge by the
anecdotes which have obtained currency, it may be without a perfect au¬
thentication, and on the score of their appearing natural and charac¬
teristic. Thus, we are told that 44 when about seven years of age he climbed
a tree to get at a bird’s neat, the nest being excessively high, and built on
FOKD turi., SUNDERLAND, THE BIRTHPLACE OP GEN. HAVELOCK.
a slender branch. Young Havelock, keeping his eyes on the nest, climbed
on and on till he grasped it, full of eggs as it was. It may be supposed he
f ive a boy’s leap of victoiy. but certain it is that the branch snapped, and
own came the young fellow, nest and alL The branches between the tree-
top and the ground must have broken his fall immensely, or he never
could have lived; but, striking the ground at last, he became insensible,
aud there lay till found by one of hia father’s servants. When brought
to—when pretty well himself again—for he had only been Btunned, some
one asked him whether he was not frightened when the branch snapped
and he felt himself falling? “No," said the little fellow, “ I did not think
of being frightened, I had enough to do to think of the eggs, for I thought
they would be sure to be smashed to pieces."
This anecdote is related as giving a clue to those qualities of fearlessness
and mercy that were so conspicuous in his future character. Another
is told in illustration of his judgment, calculation, and forethought
• Upon the occasion of a dog worrying a sheep most savagely, the boy,
then about twelve, did not run at tne mftiriatea beast and kick it with ms
boot, as his bravery alone would have prompted him to act; forethought
and calculation coming to his aid, he felt sure of a safer means than kick¬
ing. He turned to a neighbouring liaystack, made a hay-rope and
coming up to the savage animal, he flung his rope round the creature’s
neck, then flinging the dog into a pond to cool and recover, he himself
walked home as though nothing unusual hod occurred."
The time had now arrived when he must leave his delighted home and
pursue his studies in the celebrated Charterhouse School. All the ac¬
counts given of this early period of bis history agree in representing him
as “ sedate and reflecting beyond his years." His diligent application to
his book, and hia steady deportment, obtained for him the sobriqtiet of
44 Old Phlos," by which designation his schoolfellows appear to have ex¬
pressed their estimate of his scholarship, and the gravity of his de¬
THE ISLAND OF ST. PAUL, SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN : THE ENTRANCE TO THE CRATER.
mean our. In the funeral sermon of the Rev. William Brock we arc
told that while in the Charterhouse School 44 he was accustomed to
make selection of his sleeping room, in company with a few other like-
minded youngsters—men who have risen to renown in their several pro¬
fessions," who “were accustomed to read religious books, volumes of ser¬
in Dns among the rest." It is obvious that at this time his mind was beinff
formed according to that model of wisdom and piety which is contained
in the word of inspiration, and he was imbibing the Divine principles that
were to guide his f uture course. The lessons inculcated in the pleasant
home at Ingress Park were not forgotten in the Charterhouse School,
where he seems to have acknowledged the great truth, that “the fear of
the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and to depart from evil Lb under¬
standing."
This early bias in favour of religion was shown when Henry Havelock
was at the age of twelve, a period when we may expect indications of the
character of the future man. It is not improbable that this little band of
Christian recruits in the Charter-house had to encounter some degree of
ridicule from their companions, who were unabie to comprehend why boys
so young should consider it necessary to care for religion: but these taunts
and gibes fell harmlessly on the armour in which the young warriors were
encased.
At the conclusion of his academical course in the Charterhouse, his
father destined him for the profession of the Jaw, and he entered on his
- ^ ^ ^ , on £
niscences of his companion, portrayed w ith fidelity, and adorned with the
charms thrown around every character described by hia pen It i^ un¬
necessary to speculate on the position which Havelock might have
acquired had he persevered in his legal studies. He certainly had quali¬
ties favourable to the attainment of vast learning and the highest position
as a lawyer ; and. had his talents not been diverted into another channel,
he might long since have obtained bis share of the prize which every
le law pupil sees in the bright future. Certain it is that hia
country wanted him for other pursuits, and that he had happily accua
ied aims' ’* x * x ' s ~ ’*** J ‘ *
toincd himself to place all the movements of his life under that unerring
guidance which would effectually open the path he should traverse. • We
have some light on this important change in his pursuits in the fact that
his elder brother, William, had by this time distinguished himself at
Waterloo as Aide-de-Camp to Baron Alten, who had described him as
" one of the most chivalrous officers in the British service” The influence
and example of this gallant brother withdrew our young law student from
the silent chamber in the Middle Temple the learned discourses of Mr.
Chitty, the genial companionship of Thomas Talfourd, and the vision of
the silk gown, the ermine, and the seals.
THE “PRINCESS CHARLOTTE” IN A GALE;
AND THE ISLAND OF ST. PAUL.
The gentleman to whom we are indebted for the Sketches of the
annexed Engravings saysI Bend you a drawing of the situation
of the Princes* Charlotte during a heavy gale of wind off the Cape of
Good Hope, thinking that any circumstance connected with her
voyage, she being the first three-decker that ever crossed the line, may
be acceptable to you. The voyage from Plymouth Sound occupied
170 days at sea, altogether 187, arriving at HoDg-Kong on the 3rd of
January. The only places she called at were Madeira, the Cape of
Good Hope, and Singapore. We lost only two men, and that by acci¬
dent—an unprecedented circumstance, considering the length of the
voyage and the unhealthy nature of the climates. I also inclose a
View of the Island of St. Paul, in the Southern Indian Ocean, showing
the entrance to the crater, in which it is said you can boil the fish
that are caught in the stem of the boat by dropping them over
the bows.’*
H.M.8. “ PRINCESS CHARLOTTE " IN A HEAVY GALE OFF THE CAPE OF GOOD Hoi’S.
290
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 20, 1858
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK.
Sukoat, March 31_5th Sunday in Lent Parliament dissolved, 1857.
Mosdat, 22.—Moon's 1st quarter, 7h. 42m. Sun rises, Oh. 1m.; sets,
Tuesday, 23.— Greek Revolution, 1821 . [6h. 14 m.
Wednesday, 24.— Queen Elizabeth died. 1603.
Thursday, 2S.—Annunciation. Lady Day.
Friday, 26.—Cambridge I-ent Term ends.
Saturday, 27.—Oxford Lent Term ends.
TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE,
I'OR THE WEEK ENDIXO MARCH S7, 1958.
bandar. | Monday. J Tuesday. | Wednesday. | Tbonday. | Friday. | Hacorday.
M
A
u
A
u
A
M
A
u
A
M
A
M
A
b m
h tn
h m
h ns
h m
h m
h m
h m
h m
h m
h m
4 43
a 6
6
0 M
7 31
8 12
9 3
9 :i6
IH 16
11 33
“
0 11
0 tl
1 U
fTIHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.—Last Six Nights
JL before tbe Faster Holidaya.—Monday, March 22, and during the week, for tho last
ait nlghU, TH* LOVK CHAfeK—Mis* Amy Sedgwick. Mrs. Wilkins, Mr. Chippendale, Mr.
Howe, Ac Alter which the new Ballot. JACK’S KK rt'K.N from CANTOS’, by the Loclcrcqt,
with Monday. Tuesday, and Wencsdav. las! three nights of PKESbNTED At' COURT: Mr.
Bucks one. Cm Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, after the Ballot, Mr. Buckatono lo hl»
original character of Mr. Sadgrove, hi A CURB for LOVE; caxxcludiug ovary ovoniog with
the Gab'claa F^te
TJOYAL PRINCESS’ THEATRE.—Last Six Nights of the
JLIj Pantomime. Monday (last time this Season). THE CORSICAN BROTHERS ;
Tuesday. Ihureday, and Saturday (last times for the present), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S
DREAM : Weduaaday. LOUIS XI. ; Friday, HAMLET. And the Pantomime ei/orr craning.
T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. — Continued Success.
Crowded Uotises. and positively the last Six Nights of Mr. and Mrs. Barnoy Williams
previous to their de;*rturu for the Provinces—Monday and During the Week l Frida ei-
cepted>, ROhV O MORfc. An HOUR IN SEVILLE, and the IRISH TUTOR.
T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI—A Novel and Elegant
Entertainment during PASSION WEEK.—Monday Evening, March 29th, for tKmilively
Five Nights only, Mr. and Mre. HOWARD PAUL will give their Musical, Comic, and
Fanctiul Entertainment. PATCHWORK. Among the unconnected “bhred. and Patches"
will be tound Fourteen InipenouaPoits of Character; Scotch, English, and Irish Ballads;
Operatic Selections, Fancilul Co Juntos. Whims and Oddities, Cribs from “ Punch;" while
many of the floating Jests of the day trill be woven into this curious fabric by way of corale
illustration. Ibumiay Evening, Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul, and Last night but
ooo of tbeir appearance.
Reduction or Price*.—Stall* and Dre-s Boxes, 3s.; Upper Boxee, 2s.; Pit, Is.; GaUorr, tid.;
Private Boxes, £1 la. No Half-price, as the Entertainment concludes shortly after Ten
o’clock. Books of the Songs for Sale in the Theatre, fid.each. No fees to Boxkno^erw.
rpHEATBE KOYAL, SADLER’S WELLS. — Lessees,
JL Mewra GREENWOOD and PHELP8. On SATURDAY, March 27. for the BENEFIT
f a L1TEUAUY GEN i LEMAN long afflicted with aerioua Ultra**, a GRAND VOCAL and
INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT. The following train.nt Art lit ra have kindly given their sor-
v.ccs :—Vocalists : Mtidamei Dolby, Louisa \ toning, Poolo, Kraal:, Mary Keelejr, Moasont,
Ran-lord. Motion; Colbu ; Messrs, bbus Hoove*, Charles Brahom, Alisa Irviug, Raasford,
Lorenmo. lnstruuuutahsts : Masers. A.Lebos, Vlottl Coli ns. Andreoll, Prsttcu, <-sorgo Cave
llr AIhert Smith h. s obligingly consented to appear. Conductors : Mr. Frank Mori, M. Fran¬
cesco Berger. Mr. W. Halt.. Doors open at Seven o'Clook ; to commence at half-past.
Pricei of Admission s Box brails. f«.; Dress Circle, 3s.; Boxts, 2».; Pit, Is. fid.; Gallery, Is.
Tto Box-office open from Eleven till Three daily. Full particulars, see Progni-mne.
A STLEY’b ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — Lessee and
Manager, Mr. WILLIAM COOKE. This Evening tbe Entertainments will comnnmce
With the Romantic Equestrian Drama from Harrison Ainswortli's popular novel, on-
ti'.ied RoOKWDOD; or, Turpin's Bide to York; followed by an tniiuitama programme of
SCiNif* in the ARENA; concluding with the last Act of RICHARD the THIRD. Com*
rrc4.cc at beven.
S L’RREY THEATRE.—Last Five Nights of Miss Goddard.
Monday.THE STRANGER. Tuesday, STILL WAFERS RUN DEEP (Mr. Shepherd
•ad Mr Irv.wxk). ChOWN PRINCE, and THE BOTTLE IMP, for Mr. Shepherds
KettSi. Wedat*.day. hOMEO AND JUuIF.T. Thursday—Mtx* Gjddard'x Benefit —
BAM LET. Ac. Friday, FAZIO. After each evening, THe. TWO POLTS, and GILDEROY
BEAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE.—Fro-
pitotor. Mr. JOHN DOUGLASS.—Mr. Chariot Dillon will appoar
OTHELLO, BELPHEGOR, THE CAVALIER, and THE MUSKETEER.
Week a Grand Concert. No Advance in tho Prices.
this week In
On Passion
QACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL—
|J Conductor. Mr. Costa.—FRIDAY KBX F, March 26 . MENDELSSOHN S LQBGESANG
•nd MoZAttl ’S RhoUlEM. Vocalists—Madame Caaicdan. ML<ta Dolby, Mbit Batiks, Mr.
fcsoa Hrove*. and Mr. Weiss. On WEDNESDAY, March 31, tho usaul Pas-don Week l’or-
formaoce of the MEbelAH. Vocaliota at proc-nt engaged M ml a me Castellan, Mist Dolby,
It r. b ins Reeves, and Mr. feonilcgr. Hand and chorus coast*ting of nearly 70 • perforraors.—
Ticket* .is., and 10s. fid. each, at the Society's OtUov, No. fi. in Exeter Hall.
G ross® passions musiic : john seb. bach.—
Taiswork nil ba performed at bl. MARTIN'S HALL on TUESDAY EVENING
NEXT, MAbCll 23. audit tliu direction of l*rof.»,or rtermlala Bennett- VonslUts: Marne.
Wt'**. Mr*. Street, anil Mi** Dolby. Mr. Buusou, ami Mr. Wetu. Rc»orv«d'-'••sis.:» ; Gallery*
2 *. bu.. Area. la. Ticket* to be had at all the principal muTc-sbo;*, and at Bt. Martin's
Boll _ _
I N All G L RATION.—ST. J AMISS'S HALL, Regent-street
ami Pscca'fllv.—The OPENING of th-< New Hall will be calibrated bv TWO GRAND
to. SICA'. 1’KRKOHMANCES,in A»D of the FUNDS of theMIDDuBStX HOSPITAL,oa
THURSDAY EVENING next, tbe 23th March, and on SATURDAY EVENING, th» 27th
March, I84S, under tho sp.ciai Patronage of her Mott Gracious Majesty tho (Jxuea tt.lt.li. tho
p.-uis Consort, K.G , H.U.H. t*.o Dti-bcts of Kent, H-K.il me Duchess of Camorldgo,
B E li. the lluke or Cambridge, K.G., II R H. the IMuceas Mary of Cambridge, ana also uta
Oi.moUi•• Duke of Northumberland, K.G., the President of tho Middlesex Ho'piial The
following cistirgui*t.cd srti’tes bavo keen engaged lor the occasion: -Mdnio. Uudcradorrl'.
Mdmo. Weiss. MIm bubbach. Mdme. Short! naton Lenunens, Manic BhrHurUt. Mira Dolby,
aud Kiss Arabella Goddard. Signor LuchosL Mr. Moment Brnuh, Mr. Lackey. Mr. Weiss Mr.
Ss alley. Mr. 'linn. i*. Herr I*et-k. Slg. I'iatti. Herr Moll'iue, the Vocal Associatlm I.x>n»:»t-
iegot 300 voices i and full oichestra. Organist Mr. Henry Smart: Conductor, Mr. Bene-
diet, 'ihe progrumniea nowstady.—Arek Stalls, l guinea; reserved *cufa, .Iran undbul-
ct uy. hiuf-a-gurat'd , onrewrv'd scats in tho urea aud bulcuny. hj., upperg:il!ory,itali-a-
civ*>c— TO be ob'.aluctl at Meaint. tranter. Btulc. aud Co *8, Kegaut -airedI Mes-r*.
«. ha; ;>t:;'B u&d Mem i.caotr and Cooks'. New Bond-atrect; MitdviU'aLibnti-y,Old Boad-
atrtet. Mtssn, Keith and Proviso's, Cbi .ipslde; from tho Secretary, at the Hospital; auJ tit
1 jn Fgjptian Ball. PkcaiUbj .
h ALBLKT SMITHS MONT BLANC, NAPLES,
l*OMPEIl. and VESUVIUS, Every Night (except Saturday;, at Eight, and Tuos-
day, Thu rsday, and Satonlay Afternoons, at Three.—Places can bo secured at iho Bjx-
EGYPTIAN HALL, daily, between Eleven and Four, witbou; any extra charge.
M R. and Nlre. GERMAN REED (late Miss E. HORTON)
will repeat their Entertainment, at the Loyal Gallery of lUamra<ion. It, Ragam-streMi,
•*or> evening icxcapt batutoay, av Elga;. Kxtuiiay Atternoon at Thioe. Admiaxida, U'
■no 2s ; stalls, 3s ; secured, without exit a charge at the Gallery; and at Cramer, Bexle,
f * '* »..w « Wnnt-stroet. \
FIFTH YEAR OF THE PRESENT ENTERTAINMENT.
T HE SISTERS SORHIA and ANNIE, in their Original
Entertainment, entitled SKETCH Kb FROM NATURL. will appoar at Iskngtun. March
ii; D«|Aford.23t Greenwich. 21; Croydon, 20; Edmonton, 26.
Tl/IK CHARLES COTTON’S ROSE, SHAMROCK, and
JJJL THJFTLE, iutTodnning Cirarnctcrlstic Coetatnus. with Song*, FVEllY EVENING
texcept Saturday>. at Eight; batuntay,at Three. I'lllNCE of WALES HALL, 209, h«in»ht-
•ttOL-t Admiosion. is. and 2s.; fetalis, 3s., secured at Mitchell's'labrorv, Boud-stroel, an i
at the lion.
C HRISTY’S MINSTRELS, Poljgraphic Hall, King William-
4treat. Stroud.—24D; CONCERT. Cotnmoucuur at 8 On Narunlay a Morning Por-
f jv-tuanc.-. commencing at 3. •* Hoop- doe-Doodem-doo 1 ‘ Nightly. Prices Is , it., and 3».
M R. CALDWELLS TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL FULL
Dll Ebb BENEFIT BALL, oh TUESDAY, MARCH Wth, IS:* ; on which occasion
nu expense wi.l be *imu ed to render this the most n-cherchd of the season. ‘The tickets being
Lmlted, an early application is rer|u*etcd. llckcu. 3s. each; blx Private Leseons, at any hour,
.tl Is., guarnnited lo be sutilctent for any adult who lias not learned to dance, and wishes to
join oa ib«o restive occasions. Sonxes Dun •ante* every Evening, fi-um Eight till Twelve
Ad mbs on bd Long ^uadi iUe night on Easter Monday. The third Benefit Bol Mosqufi will
take place on Thursday, April 29m. Tavern depamuont opposite t!u> bo ho Theatre.
P ROFESSOR W ILtXALRA FRXKELL lius the honour to
annotmc* that, In corusqnenoe k ;tho great rue w*' of hi* first soason of nearly 2W
perfoimauces.be i» induced to give a BEtOND BEaBO.N, for Three Weeks onlv com-
c euc >g on RASTER MOM»AT. b f. JAMKa b THKATRE. * '
TV/l R. CHARLES DICKENS will READ his CHRISTMAS
JjA CAROL, fer tho Benefit of f ‘ e HObPl FAL ftr 8ICK CHILDREN, on THURSDAY
avtulng. APRIL IMh*. «: F.ght aclbck. at t>T. MARTINfe HAL 1^—Brads, jo.; Area uad
baBrr.i- 0 . 2* ft ; Back W&W- PJactKau boaectoed rind rickets had at bt Martins
Hsu: tfco Eeyptian «aiL v Piccadilly; and .it the Hospital, itreai Ormond-street. The
reisding will i a si two bouts. \
H ealthy hotel residence for families and
GENILFMEE.—Tbq QUEER’S FAMILY* HOTEL, t^aecn’s-road. Bavswxtur. uaar
r.«nistngtoD-gardeus. flis»lugtii«i«rd for fr’iu'ort ana bod-room purity. Choice Wine* aui
eiu’its. Parties b-jarood by tne Cay or week m private rooms or at tho tabls d'afilr.
M ILD IVATER-CDRE. ivUh every possible advantage, care.
.- '’KIEiUiHAM, fel'KKKk*. Numbers get cured who goto buatnuf-, frjm
ctun t H nve o cUrcIt fu Lbiwi.u— fifty tmnuD.'j distant. Terms, .’u. fid. per day-
_ \ \ J. KLUS, M.D-
T U be LET. FURNIbll. 1. m-.ir Clapham Common, a con-
vtnioo: FAMILY HOUaE, couroiu tc; .,or *1 tiog-mcmv aud tea Ixfd rooms, with
eaachheute, and stabh-, hr flip ... p«., 4 or less, for immediate oi.-uputiou. For
rurthtr panintl ara adorefs N .3. Oif -i- *. .. •; 4 f.,ujn-*troet, K.O.
T A\v.- ARTICLED CLERK WANTED.—The Senior
J-i PMJotr r-f . Finn of Holicltor, tu Lf.ndpn. Iiilcudlne Boon to retiro fr.nu the ProfoBVon
“V <o -010,0000 to h!t te.teon e Vo it, ..-nlk'm.o n, Artodod Chit. Us rn.v U,
i iO'oeio unmhen. end ho wlU h.vo 0 . awl
thorough koowuap, of 10 b profoBBion in »U in .upotlor nod laorn-
pr.cthto a extomu.o. ni.d c u n..,ti ohlodr of Convoyonclax. Cbxno.rr, xn J
'i lTL-f' l !rA D0 Vi Ar " , , 'f 2 K i. to 11,0 0< ’' c, ' l,lh “ xdrxntxROi in. phinh!.
Sj-=BX* ' = “ SotBooned, bxt (If tvtth.d) pxvmon: m., bo
A.J.^1 , J t . , a!,; a U , vt. t :) CSV f',3tnA,f:aB, s Bf faon.fdno -
rpHE NATIONAL INSTITUTION of FINE ARTS. Portland
J. Gafiory. 316. Beireot-street (.opposite the Polytechnic). The above Society's Eleventh
Annual Exhibition of Modom IHetuiea is now open from nine till dusk. Admission, One
Shilling. And Every Evening from 7 till 10 Admittance, Sixpence.
Bkm. Smith, Secretory.
TJiRENCH GALLERY. 121. PaU-mall—Messrs. COLNAGHI
J? beg to announce that tho Gallery will remain Open from 10 am. until 6 am., and in
the Evening from 8 till 10: and that the Pictures of H R.H. the PRINCESS KOYAL by Win¬
terhalter; The BBIDFMA1DS at the Marriage, photographed by C'aldesi and Montocchi;
HIM. tho EMPBKB9 HUGE'HE by Winterhalter; and the KOYAL GROUP, Osborne
House, photographed by Caldeai and Montoochi, will bo ON ViKW a few day* longer. Ad-
mimion to the Gallery Is.each person.
A RT-UNION of LONDON.—SUBSCRIPTION LIST
JL A. CL06F, 3lst Inst. Prireholder* selest from the Public Exhibitions. Every Subscriber of
Ouo Guinea will have, beside* tbe chance of a prim, an improtision of a large and important
Line Eugruving, by J. T. WUlmore, A.R.A., ttoai tho well-known original picture by the 'ate
J. M. >V. Turner, B-A, “ Venloe." Garmon Godwin, > Honorary
Lewis Pocock, J Seemtarios.
tit. West Strand.
mnE ROYAL ASSOCIATION for PROMOTION of the
JL FINE ARTS In SCOTLAND.
Founded in 1633.
. Incorporated by Royal Charter. 1817.
Plan for the Current Year, 1858.
First.—Faeh Subscriber will have a chance <>f obtaining a valuable Work of Art at the
Annual General Distribution in July. 1658.
Secoua.— EachSubacriber will receive u large and costly Engraving of
THE POLITICIANS. 2i by 1#4 Inohes,
Executed by ULNRY LEMON, after the well-known Picture by Alexander H. Harr.
Third.—Each Subscriber who, Inst ween the years IB51 and >638 inclusive, lias paid up, in
on«nr more payments, tbe amount of Five Subscriptions of Onu Guinea each, will roceiv-*,
in addition to the Engraving, Bugravings. or Illmtrotod Work*, whicli will bo annually
issued as usual, an imprvfwutn of e magnificent Plate upwards ol .VI4 by 23 iuchos la
■Re. engraved by W. H. Egleton, after the first Great Picture acquired by tin Association
lor the National Gallery:—
CHRIST TEACHING HUMILITY’,
By ROBERT SCOIT LAUDER, 1C.8.A.
THE SOLDIER'S RETURN.—The dUtribution of this work, to which tbe Subscriber* of
last year arceatitled. along with copies of the Annual Report, whin* has boon tubmlttad
to the Board of Trade, as the Charter direct*, has now been completed; but If, Iremchange
of reeidenco or other cause,any omission has occurrcd.it wdl be immediately rectitiod on ap¬
plication to the becrotary.
Works of Art have already been selected from the present Exhibition of tho Royal Scottish
Academy for distribution iu July, 1338, among tho aubscribora for tho cumrat year, am Hinting
In value to £2fifib.
Tbe collection of the Subscriptions for the current year is now in tho eoureo of boing made
by the various Honorary Secretaries in their respective districts, to whom intending aub-
■cribcra are requested to furnish their names without |>ss of tints, or to the Secretary in
Edinburgh. Mr. J. A. BKLL. Architect.
List of Honorary Secretaries in London.
William Tweedic, Publisher, 337. Straml.
Charles Jtolverson. 11* Long-acre.
W.G. Drako, 13, Loth bury.
Archibald T. Ritchie, Scottish Equitable Life
Office, 26, Poultrv.
F. N. Johnston, 8. renchureh-street.
John li. Koch, 167. Gresham House, Old
Broad-«t root.
Smith, Eider, and Co., 63, Cornhill.
C. Hitchcock. 67. Lotnbanl-stTeot.
W. D. M‘Com v de. 33, Hatton-garden.
F. A. Curtis, 3, Crescent. Notv Bridge-strost,
Ulaekfriare.
William Wright, Messrs. Haaksy, Banker*, 7,
Foachurch-streot.
W OOD ENGRAVING.—Mr. GILKS respectfully announces
that he continues to execute every branch of the Art in the beat atylo and at most
reasonable charges. Labels. Show-cartli, and Trade Catalogues designed and printed.—
London: 21. Essex-street, Strand, W.C.
C APITAL WANTED (in Partnership or otherwise) to perfect
a Profitable Manufacturing Buxines* in lbe West of England. £2000 bare atready boon
ex (vended tu praiimianry 0 |>sratious. Apply to Messrs. HUGUKS amt SON/ College- green,
BratoL \ \
S MART’S WRITING INSTITUTION, 5. Piccadilly, between
the Haymarket and Kcgont-oircua.—Open from Ten till Nlnq daily Parsons of oil
ages received (privately i and taught at any time, suiting their own convenience. Lessons one
hour each. Improvement guaranteed In eight or twelvo easy lessons. Separate rooms lor
Ladles, to which deportment (if preferred) Mrs. Smart will attend.—Apply to Mr Smart
as above.
L INCOLN’S-INN HERALDIC-OFFIGK.—GENTLEMEN
having SKETCHES employ persona who do not Etnblazon by tho Laws of Hera'dry
For tho protectiou of the Public tho/ Htr aldic Offico now executes Engraving, Ac. Book-
pfnto Arms. 21s. Crest on Seals or Kings, 6s..fid. .STUDIO Li SHAKY, aud ladex of the
Beralde* VBIrations. Open Daily. Tlie lINCOLN'S-INN MANUAL of HERALDRY, a De¬
scription of tne fecleiKO, VW Engravings,' 3* . or stamp*.—H. SALT, Grca; Tarostile,
Lincoln'i-lnn. ,
F or family
accurate aocoont of thetr arm<
the Royal Heraldic Office, the only,;dSco
and description, 2s. fid.; in coloum
of Aims, traced for 10». Ths Manual of Hafal
Ring, 7».; on hteel Die. b» fcloik Plate v
Geniralosist and Heraldic EngraVer^ 1 and 2,
Tbe studio and library open oaily.
irsone anxious to obtain a true and
<s are ioi|U64ted to send natns and county to
.bantic iutorihatlon. No fee f.r search. Sketch
I'smliy History, with the original grant
'"fVcngravings, 3a. A'ao, frost -va Seal or
to*., or stumps.— f. CULL ETON,
, ouo door from bt. Martin s-lano.
A musebien
ILLl oTlIATElK El
MlcrvBKO|in, Magic I«pn,i, (.
title Toys, Ac. Firstar pstamps
-^ EVENI MGS. — Mr. bTATHAM’S
of Chnmleki Cabinet*, Portable Laboratories,
Electrical, and PaotOL-rapblo Instrument-*, Scion-
B. Stnthem. lvJ2, Ri-gent-street, W
M icroscopes.—j. aalidio’s improved compound
MICROSCOPE ."it 2a.: Students', £3 13s. fid. "Both them are from Amtulb of
Thrcgmorton-stroet and are eiceUyrt; of their kind, tbu more expensive especially."—
Honatbold Worda. No. >13. A Utjto imortment of Achromatic Microocopai,
rtiPEKA GLASSES, in every variety of size and price. Some
soperb specimens' of Vienne a monaiacture, suitable for Wedding or Birthday Pre¬
sents, at CALLAGHAN'S, Optician, 33a, Now Bond-street, Corner of Conduit-sires;.' N.3.
Sole Agent to V’oigtiiindor, Y’iomia.
Tlflj UTINY IN INDIA.—Military Field Glasses and Teleseopes
XtJ. of match;c»a qtrallty, combining the very lateM improvomnnta, at JALLaGRAn’ 8.
XJiA. N'cw Roud-sircal. oorner of Couflur.-street. N.B. Solo Agent for the small and powerful
^Or*rkAn(l Baco (ilJiJi*o* invented and made by Voigtlandor, Vienna.
S PORTfcMEN and GENTLEMEN of the AKMY and
NAVY.—S aud B. SOLOMONS, Optldaus, 39, Albcmorlo-strest, Piocodilly, W.
OR erre, opposite tho York Hotol. Portability, combined with great power, in FIELD,
RACE-COURSE, OPERA, acd general out-door day and night powerful Waiitcodt-
petfeet PERSPECTIVE GLASSES, weighing only four ouneej, each containing 12 and 18
lenses, constructed of German glass, will show distinctly a person's countenance a: 2j and
3 miles. They servo every purpose on tho Kuco- coarse, and at tho Opcrn-houMts. Country
scenery and ships are clearly seen at 6 to lb miles. They are also invaluable for Shooting,
Deer-stalking, and Yachting. H« Majesty’s Coast-Guards arc making tuc of them a*
day and night glasses, in preference to all others; they havo also become in gunerol uso by
_ Gcntienun of the Auny and Navy, and by Sportsmen, Gentlemen, Guraekecpcra, and Tourists
The most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, possessing such extraordinary jxiwer tua{ some,
3} Inches, with an extra astronomical e>e-pieoe, will show distinctly Jupiter’* moons,
feature's ring, and the double star*: with the same Telescope enn ba soon a person’s counte¬
nance three-ar.rt a-baif miles distant, and an otyoot from fourteen to sixteen tulles. They
are in endless variety, of larger and all sizes, with Increasing powers, and are socured by
her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. A most liberal allowance, wholesale, to shipper*.
rj’HE ROYAL EXHIBITION. 1851.—A valuable, powerful,
JL newly-invented, vary small waistcoat-pocket GLaoa, thosizoof a walnut, by which a
person can bo «oen and known 11 mils distant. They >ervo evwry purpose on the Race-coursa.
aud at the Opera-houses. Country noeuury and ships are clearly omiu a*, four »o out uriiiM.
They are invaluable for abootlng, dwr-atalking, yachting, to aportaraen. geutlenraa. game-
keepera, and tourim*. Price »»». Microscopes, Maple Lnmerxu, and Slides. Every de¬
scription of Optical, Mathematical, and PWlosot'hicoI In*trumant». Orders aud all kinds of
repairs executed with punctuality.—Messrs. SOLOMONS, Optician*, 39. Aibemarle-street,
Ptocudllly loppoqlfq the York Hotel) _
I * Y E SIG H T.—Optical Improvements, to enable persons
1 at on ad v an ced wgo to read with ossa, aud to discriminate objects with perfect dis-
tinotne**,— Messrs- feOLOMONS, Opticians, have Invented oa<i patented SPECTACLE
LENSES of lira greatest uaaBparvm power. Tho valuablo advantago derived from this
invention is that vision becoming Impaired Is pronorved and atnragtaan~4; very aged
person* nra seabir d to employ their sight at the most minute occupation; can soo wttn tuo-io
iunso* of a ntucb lim magnifying power, and they do not require the frequ.nt changre
to tb* dangerous HToct* oi furtW powerful aasiotanoe Parsons can be suited at the most
remote parts of the world by sending a pair of spectacle*, or one of th« gloss os out of
them, in a lettar, and stating tho diitance from the oy*s they con read ira&li print with
it. and those who have not urndo u«« of s»,*out*ciisa by staling tamr age.—39, Albamorla-street,
Piccadilly. W. (opposite tho York Hotel).
D EAFNESS.—A newly-invented Instrument for extreme cases
of Doftfnmx, cxL’od the Sound Magnifier, Organic Vibrator, and nrixible Voice
Conductor. It flu so into the oar a* not to bo In tho loas*. perceptible; the unpleasant smua-
tiou of singing nobes in tho hood is entirely nmioved. It atfonix instant relief to the doafoat
persons, and enxblM them to hear distinctly at church and at psblio taiembliex.—
Messrs- SOLOMONS, Opticians and Auriste. 39. Alhomarle-otrost, Piocadiilv. W. t.oppoxito
tbu York Hotel »-
S PECTACLES—ALL SIGHTS. — F iuest Frames,
I’rbblm. 7s. fid.: Beat Glaoic*, , r »*. fid, 4«. tid.; Solid Gold, 2V: S»/er. 1 M. fid.-BER-
NARD DAVIS, 430. F.M*ti>n-road, fiegaut’s-park. Country rd*id»au should atat; age, in-
Cloring »t»mps or post-office mder. payable Oxford-street.
COACHMAKER
Br APPOINTMENT TO THE IMPERIAL FAMILY OF FRANCE.
T R. STAKE!’ begs with confidence to submit his various
• IKPUOVKltENTS In MODEUN CAEH1AOES (as shown at the Crystal Pal nee, and his
Manufactory, Nottingham) to Carriage tiurrhaocrs. Every stylo, from the Ten.Guhrax Basket
to tin- Usndsrme aud luxurious Pair-borne Carriage, made on plana combining the taste jtud
mec hint leal divert rages of lira. English, French, anil American Carriages, with aubitantUl
wcuhman*h:;> and u«t root^rin's
Of ?bo two tlrst-cjiiM Prize ModulX awarded by the iaterr-ationat Jury of the late PaKIS
ExmifiTiON. Mr. b. had the high honour of gaining ooa, the loading house in Loudcu obtaiu-
in* tbe other.
' He will have much p'easure !n showing rlaifora to Nottingiiam over bis Manufactory, aad
(x plain to them hj improve. 1 macninery and many contrivaucea to assist skiliwi labour,
which considerably improves the workmanship while it iossons ths cost of production.
TravellsiH (o tho North or South, citlier by the Great Northern, North-Weutern, or Midloni
Rahway, can .*tay at Nottingham by tho delay Of about two hours* difference of trains.
Mr. SUrry having a cnrc*od van of hix own on tlra railways wit! eugaye to idivor any abvr
Catilsgs o'- upWxi Jj Of £A| value at half lira regular railway charge.
1 - 2 IKJ'-T. OwteBOw.. Ejfiwi’ua.
The Double Paper published March 13 is a companion to the
Marriage Number of the Illustrated Losdos News for Jan. 30.
These Numbers, besides bein" embellished with several magnificent
coloured and other engravings of incidents connected with the wed¬
ding of the Princess Royal and Prince Frederick William of Prussia
and their bridal tour, also contain a complete record of the marriage
of the illustrious couple, their triumphal progress from London to
Berlin, and tbeir state entry into the latter capital, with the subse¬
quent fetes and ceremonials in Prussia in honour of the auspicious
event. A History of the House of Brandenburg, aud some Curiosi.
ties of Prussian Court History, together with an interesting de¬
scription of the Matrimonial Alliances of British Princesses, are
also given. Both Numbers arc reprinted, and can be had, it imme¬
diate application be made, by order of any bookseller or newsagent,
and at the Office, 198, Strand, London.
JTHE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
XOA’DOA', SATURDAY, MARCH 70. 1854.
The Chancellor the Exchequer has informed the public that
“ the painful misconceptions winch had for a time subsisted be¬
tween the Governments of the two countries had entirely ter¬
minated.” TJic Earl of) Malmesbury, in the House of Peers,
thought “ it fair to add that the desirable consummation had been
facilitated Jby the frank and handsome manner in which Count
Walewa^ ” “had expressed his regret that he had been misunder¬
stood.” From this information, in the present uncertain condition
of our foreign relations, the public will derive some, but, on reflec¬
tion, not much nor very intense, satisfaction. It will fail, we are
afraid, to find in Count Walewski’s late despatch, expressing
’“his surprise that his former despatch had been misinterpreted,”
any striking evidence of a frank and “handsome manner” t»
the nation, whatever the Count may have said to the English
Ambassador. It will recollect, too, that the difference between the
tyro’ Governments has never been very great; and it would havo
been much better satisfied were the Earl of Malmesbury’s an¬
nouncement correct that the misapprehensions between the “ two
countries were at an end,” instead of the Chancellor of the Exche¬
quer’s, which was limited to “ the misconceptions of the two Go¬
vernments.” The public has noticed the difference in the an
nouncements, and, adopting the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s
lather than that of Lord Malmesbury, while it is thoroughly aware
of the fact that the two Governments have been very much in ac¬
cordance, does not derive great satisfaction from learning that the
trifling differences which existed between them are terminated. The
Government of the Emperor takes a more correct view of the
position. Count Walewskt's despatch concludes.—“As the inten¬
tions of the Emperor have been misapprehended, his Majesty's
Government will abstain from continuing a discussion which, by
being prolonged, might prejudice the dignity and the good under¬
standing of the two countries; and that it appeals, purely and
simply, to the loyalty of the English people.” It implies, therefore,
that the Imperial Government is not contented, but, fearful of the
consequences of continuing the discussion, refers to the good sense,
not of the English Government, but of the English people. We
must state, therefore, though the slight diflcrences between the two
Governments have been settled, that the great and important dif¬
ference between the Imperial Government and the English people
is only for the time put aside, and has not ceased to exist.
In truth, this great difference cannot cease. It grows from the
nature of things. Between the Imperial Government aud the
British people, as long as these continue true to the great principles
of political and religious freedom which they-have inherited from
their fathers, there must always be different views of government
and legislation. One, too, will always be a reproach to the other.
Fora time, in the Emperor's hour of need, when he naturally
dreaded a coalition of all Europe against him, our alliance was an
assurance to him of peace and sa'ety. Now that the Sovereigns of
Europe have taken him into their alliance, and regard him
ns their great protector against the domestic revolutions which
they dread far more than the restoration o;' the Empire, ho has less
occasion for our aid. He is now, he thinks, firmly fixed on he/
throne, and has, probably, forgotten some of the principles for
which we gave him credit, supposing that he had learned them from
his residence here. He has, too, necessarily become himself in-
thralled by the terrible system he has revived. He cannot, if he
would, act as we expected he might. He must act by means of the
old machinery and the old instruments of tiie Imperial Govern¬
ment and Imperial traditions ; and the notes of his Minsters, like
that of Count Walewski to the Government of Switzerland, teem
with the insolence of the Imperial bureaucracy. Not with the man.
or we hoped for better things from him, but with his system,
the English people, to whom he appeals, are, and must be.
for ever opposed. We should betray ourselves if we believed that
there could he either peace or truce between the light of freedom
which we cherish and the darkness of the Imperialism in which he
is so fast immersing himself and his country. The two principles
have been in conflict almost from the beginning of history, and we
cannot hope to see an end to the war in our time.
The Emperor has for the present been saved from some of his
moat embittered enemies. Orsini and 1’ierri hare been executed-
The former died calmly, exhibiting flic spirit of a martyr, though in
an odious cause. He staked his life deliberately on a crime, aud
has forfeited it. It is impossible, however, not to suppose that
there may be other Orsinis in existence. M. de Guerrounii're
speaks of the “ implacable perversities ’’ which will not die out, and
cannot be extinguished. It is these, the “ implacable perversities ”—
the deadly hatred—of those indignant men who really are, or
fancy themselves, injured by his system that the Emperor lias to
dread. Against them his own well-organised police cannot shelter
him, and no sacrifice of our liberties would add to his safety. In
truth, they keep alive the hopes of the oppressed, and are a means,
though he is opposed to them, of assuaging many bitter feelings
and securing the safety even of Imperial thrones, by always en¬
couraging a belief that, in tho end, the desired freedom may ba
obtained by peaceable reform.
Thursday being; tbe birthday of the Princess Louisa, the usual
demonstrations took place at the mctgouoUtm eUureheu and Government
W& CCS.
Mabch 20 , 1858 .]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
235
town and table talk on LITERATURE. ART, Ac.
The President of tlie Camden Society, and the editor of “ Pepys’
Diary," was removed from among us on Saturday last. lord Bray-
brooke was not a scholar, nor did he pretend to be one ; but he was
■well read in English history, and told what he had to tell diffidently
and not in many words. As Hereditary Visitor of Magdalen College,
Cambridge, he had as unrestricted access to Pepys’ papers as any
person, by the conditions of Pepys’ will, can have access. It has
been said that liis Lordship actually discovered “Pepys’ Diary:”
but this, we believe, is a mistake. The “ Diary ” is written
in shorthand, was deciphered by a clergyman of the name
of Smith, and in the year 1825 was first given to the world,
in two volumes quarto, edited by Lord Braybrooke. No book
dug from the dusty shelves of any collection, after more than a
century of neglect, can be compared in importance with “ Pepys’
Diary." Lord Braybrooke, it is clear, was not at all aware of the
treasure his position enabled him to give the public. He was
afraid of what lie had, and was a little afraid to the very last. In
the first edition he cut Mr. Pepys to the quick; to the second edition
he did little or nothing; to the third edition he did a great deal—he
restored passages which he had out from his author without any kind
of judgment; and when a fourth edition was asked for he called in
to bis aid more than one person able and willing to assist him. This
fourth edition is a well-edited work, and in its full-sized octavo shape
a handsome-looking book. Still, we have not the whole of Pepys ;—
and why not? Lord Braybrooke was squeamish. There are sup¬
pressed passages current in learned societies that merit publication
as Pepys had set them—not separately. The inner thoughts of man
as they relate to liiiuself were never so anatomically laid bare as they
are by Pepys in tliat invaluable Diary which the late Lord Braybrooke
was the first to give, though imperfectly, to the public.
On the day on which our Paper is published, Messrs. Sotlieby and
Wilkinson will sell by auction a small full-length portrait in oils of
Dlia Lamb. And a very interesting portrait it is. There sits Elia
in his black smalls (black all over), with his fine large head and his
fine Large eyes. Asa painting the picture is next to worthless: as a
likeness (and we remember Lamb very well) it must always be
esteemed. It was painted for the late Mr. Gutch by a son of Dante
■Cary. Gutch was the schoolfellow nt Christ’s of Charles Lamb, and
Dante Cary and his son were the much-loved friends of Lamb. It
will go, of course, for a fancy price. Will the National Portrait
Gallery Commission look in and give a bid ? The prophetic eye of
taste buys always in advance.
There is good news in art. The Wynn Wilsons have not shared the
fate of Wyimstay. After quitting Manchester they were sent to their
Welsh destination by the way of Londou, and in London they remained,
and happily escaped. The English school of art has suifered suffi¬
ciently by fire. Some of the very finest llogarths perished at Font-
hill , some of the finest Sir Joshuas perished at Bclvoir; and Gains¬
borough’s great picture was consumed at Iixton. Wilson has been
more fortunate.
There is good news, also, in the school of living English art. To
a young sculptor—Mr. Joseph Durham—lias been intrusted, after
a “ competitive examination,” the design and execution of the
monument to commemorate the Great Exhibition of 1851. Mr.
Durham will now have an ample opportunity of displaying those
powers which the public, in common with his many friends, justly
believe him to possess. Die money, however, is somewhat insuffi¬
cient. Cannot Messrs. Cole and Dilke be induced to recommend a
little more ?
Booksellers very often become authors, but authors very seldom
become booksellers. And so with the stage. Authors seldom, now¬
adays, become actors, but actors very often become authors. An
author, and a clever one, lias just turned bookseller, not a dealer in
green-covered novels for schoolgirls and nurserymaids, but a
dealer in old books—books for University lads and educated men.
Mr. F. G. Tomlins, dramatist and editor, has added to his other
occupations the pleasing avocation of a dealer in old books. Tom
Davies, when be quitted the stage, turned old bookseller and pub¬
lisher, and made money, bought new caps and dresses for Tiis
« very pretty wife,” and had Dr. Jolinso lor a daily lounger in his
shop.' Mr. Tomlins has brought about him as many curious books
as Tom Davies brought about him, wiU add to the catalogue of
liis friends and books, and die, let its hope, very old and very ridi\
Air. Tomlins’ little Bodleian (our readers will thank us tor the in¬
formation) is at No. 83, Great Russell-street, over against the IJritish
Museum.
Carlyle’s “ Cromwell" is a very delightful work, and. we will add,
a very accurate one. We have it in all shapes, and have recently re¬
read it in the last edition. There are some innccoracj% J w wever, .
that call for correction. Neither Dryasdust Noble or Lively Klucida
tory Carlyle have looked into the Chiswick registers They are
both wrong about the two youngest children of the great Oliver.
“ Lady Fauconberg,” says Carlyle, “ died H March, 1712 (1712-3 ?
is not "decided in Noble). Richard died, within a few months of her.”
Now we should read that Lady Fauconberg was buried at Chiswick—
where she lived—24 March, 1713, and that Richard, henbrotber, died
a few months before her—viz., 12 July, 1712. Then, with respect to
Airs. Rich, Carlyle informs us that she died 27 January, 1720-1.
whereas the Chiswick register records her interment—near tfo her
sister, Lady Fauconberg—on tlie 1 st of Febriiary, 1718-20. The same
page (vol. i., p. 65, last edition) assumes us that Swift, wiio had seen
Lady Fauconberg, describes iier as ’’ handsome, and like her father;
whereas Swilt (see liis “ Journal to Stella ”) says nothing about her
being handsome. These are small errors in a great and well executed
work, and are pointed out tor future correction iu no kind of carping
or complaining spirit.
£
Matrimonial Alliances of English Princesses.—A slight
omission occurs in our notices of the marriages of the Princesses of Eug-
land in our last Number Which it may be as well to supply. We allude 10
the mention made of the marriage ot the Princess Anna Maria (daughter
of the Duke of Orleans by Henrietta of England, daughter of Char fee I.)
with Victor Amadeus, Duke ot Savoy, which constituted the house of the
latter first iu descent irom the Royal house of Stuait. It should have
been added that this branch of the Savoy house failed in the male line in
1831 (the colb.icrafCariKnan branch succeeding to it . and that its Stuurt
blood sun ivrd in Beatrix, daughter of Victor Emmanuel IV., who married,
ir 1812 , Frauds IV.. WtWpl Modena, in whose house the succession to
the main line of Savoy aha of Stuart, properly speaking, rests.
The Earl or Harrowby has been elected a governor of the
Cha rterliouse .vacant, by the death of the late Bishop of Loudon, Dr.
Blomfield.
Mr. Walter Savage Landor has written a letter denying
that he ever countenanced assassination, and sigmatising it “as the basest
of crimes."’ The venerable gentleman declares himself an ardent admirer
of the Emperor Napoleon, and is solicitous tliat his Imperial Majesty
Should enjoy “ a long life and a long succession. *
The Turkish Order of the Mbiludie now being issued
to the Army and Navy is an octagonal star worn on tlie breast in the first
and second classes, dependent from the neck in the third, and from the
button-hole in tlie fourth class. In the centre of the star is a gold plate
{except in the lowest class, und in that it is silver),- with the Sultan’s
Cipher. In red enamel round thecipher are mottoes from the Horau
MUSIC.
Her Majesty’s Theatre, after the trip of the company to
Scotland, reopened on Tuesday evening, in order to complete the series
of cheap winter performances which terminate with the present week.
The theatre has been, if possible, more crowded than over; and these
performances, notwithstanding their comparatively low rates, must
nave been golden ones to Mr. Lumley. The regular Opera season, we
understand, will commence immediately after Easter.
Mr. Hullah’s fifth Orchestral Concert took place on
Tuesday evening at St. Martin *b Hall. It presented several novel and
interesting features. A young English pianist - Miss Freeth, a
pupil of M. Alexandre Billet—made a highly successful debut. She
played Mendelssohn’s rondo in E flat (accompanied by the or¬
chestra) in a manner which justified the highest hopes of her aunir.
A very charming concerto for the bassoon by Mozart (hitherto un¬
known in this country) wa3 admirably performed by Herr Hausser.
whose execution is brilliant, with a delicious tone. Tho orchestral
pieces were Sterndale Bennett’s fine overture, “ The Naiades; ” Men¬
delssohn’s symphony in A (called "The Italian Symphony ”); and
Weber’s overture to “The Freischutz.” Madame Borchardt, who is
rapidly rising in public favour, sang Mendelssohn’s dramatic scena,
“Infeuce,” magnificently. Miss Messent sang Mozart’s aria, “Parto.”
from “La Clemenza di Tito,” accompanied on the clarinet by Mr.
Maycock: both air and accompaniment were highly effective.
Curschmann’s pretty trio, u L’Addio,” was nicely sung by the above
two ludies and Mr. Seymour, a young tenor of much promise. The
concert was altogether an admirable and successful one.
“ Israel in Egypt” was performed at Sti Martin’s Hall on
Wednesday evening under the direction of Mr. Hullah. The principal
singers W6re Miss Banks, Miss Fanny Howland. Miss Palmer, Mr.
Pernn. Mr. Santley, and Mr. Thomas. The choruses were executed
with a precision and power which did great honour to the singers as
well as their able instructor; and the whole performance was warmly
applauded by a crowded audience.
A good and successful performance of Haydn’s “ Creation **
was given on Monday evening in the new Vestry Hoorn, St. Paul’s,
Islington, under the direction of Mr. I. T. Cooper, the organist of that
church. The solos and concerted pieces were exceedingly well sung
by Misa Banks, Mr. Wilbye Cooper, and Mr. Lawler. About forty
ladies and gentlemen of tbe Sacred Harmonic Society gave the cho¬
ruses with great effect. Between the parts Mr. Cooper performed a
solo on the piaoofoxte, showing himself a worthy disciple of the
classical school The concert was for the benefit of the building fund
for the room. The respected Incumbent of the distriot, the Rev. L
Sandys, M.A., took the chair on the occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. German Reed's dramatic and musical enter¬
tainment at the Gallery of Illustration in Regent-street never was
more attractive than at present; the illustrations now given consist¬
ing of the most successful “hits” of previous productions. They
keep crowded audiences in a state of mirth and excitement from be¬
ginning to end. They are now, however, about to be withdrawn, to
make room for a series of new characteristic illustrations which M.r,
and Mrs. Heed have in preparation. The gallery has recently been
lighted in a now style, which has a brilliant and beautiful effect,
and likewise renders the ventilation unexceptionable. Tt is due
to Mr. Heed to add that since he has become the leasee of the
gallery an additional staff of attendants, to whom no # gratuicy what¬
ever is allowed, have been employed to a-dd to the accommodation and
comfort of the visitors. A boudoir is set apart for ladies, with a
female attendant. Foot warmers aTe provided for the occupants of
the stalls, while every attention is bestowed <^n the visitors to the other
parts of this elegant place of amusement. /
The performance, by the Bach So« iEty, of the great master’s
‘ Giofcse Passions Muaik’’/(the Oratorio of tlie Passion), which has
been a considerable time in preparation, takes place ot Si. Martin's
Hall on Tuesday next, under the direotion of Professor Sterndale
Bennett. His Hoyal Highness the Prince Consort has signified his
intention to honour the performance with his presence.
A New Prim a Donna. —The Arrival in London of Mdlle.
Wildauer—a lady distinguished^Vienna for tbe extraordinary power
she possesses, both as a comic aetrefca and a lyric artiste—is looked
forward to with considerable interest in the musical world. Her voice
is a soprano, of unusual compass and) quality. She has been engaged
during the present year at two theatres in Vienna—the Burg and the
Kiirntnerthor; the forme^bemgidevdted to performances of u grotesque
and farcical kind, and tho iatter being the great lyrical establishment
of the city. The lady will arrive in this country in the month of May,
und she will Temfein here for t|ie limited period of six weeks.
THEATRES y *$t.
Lyceum. —On Monday Miss Fauclt appeared as Beatrice in
iShaktpeare’s great eotnedy of u Much Ado about Nothing, ‘ and com¬
manded great applause. The eburaoter, on tho whole, woe charmingly
performed. Miss Faucit had studied every sentence of the dialogue,
and dvetyj^ord iu it; and perhaps in the earlier scenes was elabo¬
rately emphatio. but in the later, and particularly in the great scene in
ihefohrih act, the actress displayed such spontaneous and impulsive
energy that the audience wore excited to an extraordinary outburst ot*
enthutia^m, and tbe admired performer was recalled to receive repeated
and unanimous plaudits. Thoetfectof the scene was, doubtless, heightened
by the judicious byplay employed by Mr. ChurlesDillon, who supported
benedick with infinite humour. The comedy was elegantly placed
upon tbe stage, und all the jvirts were ably supported. Mr. Barrett in
lionk rry, ana Mr. Toole in Vevgt* i, were about as good representatives
of these two bread and eccentric characters os the theatrical world
can now supply ; and both entered fully into the sportive vein iu
tended by the mighty author, who is never stronger than when adven¬
turing into the droll and the quaint, and surrendering himself to the
spirit of verbal conceit. The general effect of the perfonnauce was
eminently pleasing, and the curtain fell to universal applause.
Ba\market.—W e have to record the success of Mrs. Wilkins,
the relict of tho late Serjo an f» ** a debutante, in the part of Widow
Grrm. in Mr. Knowles’s moat effective comedy of “The Love Chase."'
Mrs. Wilkins, in personal appearance and acquired manners, is well
fitted for the buxom and verUunt heroine; und by the admirable man¬
ner in which she reads the author's text jnves evidence of education
and intelligence sufficient to justify the position on the boards that it
is her evident wish to occupy. The part falls in bo naturally
with the qualifications that belong to tho lady herself, that no
signs of the novice mar the effect of the portrait, but the widow moves
on the stage with the ease she would show in her own drawing-room
This is the perfection of ucting, which only high breeding can achieve.
Mira Sedgwick wo*, of course, tbo Contfanet of the evening, and, but
for the besetting sin of staginess, deserves credit for a very animated
and distinctly expressed characterisation. Probably a mire natural
mannor is an impossibility with this actress She has formed her
style, und is “fixed as a post” in themanuer of the school in which
she has been reared. It so, criticism must accept her as she is, ex¬
pecting no improvement, and rest satisfied with the merit that it finis.
The theatre continues to be well attended.
Beethoven Rooms. —An experiment was initiated on Saturday
in relation to dramatic productions which we hope, will leal to bene¬
ficial results. Mr. Westland Maistun summoned a numerous assem¬
blage of friends and admirers to attend a reading by himself of his
fine play of “ Ann Blake; and the latter had reason to congratu¬
late themselves on a well-spent evening. Great benefit is received from
a dramatic author’s recital of his own work the shades of meaning
which vaxy the expression of all good dramatic dialogue* used
tbe author's suggestion in the first instance. All actors know
this—hence the practice of calling on an author to road his
own piece in the greenroom previously to its rehearsal on the stage,
tbe utility of whioh custom must Le obvious. Even if tho author bo a
bud reader, he cannot tail on such an occasion to interpret by his own
natural tines tbe passages of more doubtful significance, and put tbe
perfoimor on the right track, though he may not be able to support
him there. Mr. Mare ton is, fortunately a very good reader, and wo
may add that the public would probably uudersund^his piaya better
from bis reading than from their histrionic exponents. Tho lost three acts
of “ Ann Blako ” were powerfully enu n c i ated; and tlie poetry, rhetoric,
or passion in which each culminated found in the inspired gestures of tho
poet an illustrative utterance. Mr. Marston’s delivery, on the whole,
was quiet calm, and dignified; the more vehement climaxes, however,
were forcibly end skilfully distinguished. The difficulty of fretting
the poetic drams produced rnakss U detirahb, as Mr. Mars 4 .;a -oitsd.
by way of introduction, that the poet himself should be encouraged tt
come forward in this simple and original manner, and, thus command¬
ing for himself his own audience, prooure the enlightened opinion of a
select and educated public. This Mr. Mara to a assured his audience
was bis especial purpose; and we trust that his example may conduct
to beneficial issues. Mr. Charles Dickens and many other litterateurs
were present at this seance.
Ha no v ER-8QU are Rooms. —On Tuesday evening an entertain¬
ment dignified with the epi’het of “Literary,” and sub-entitled
“ Amateur Authors and Actors ; or, an Evening at Home,” was pre¬
pared for the public by Mr. D. Puteley, and attracted a numerous and
fashionable audience. Tho ostensible purpose of the lecture was to
demonstrate how an entertaining evening might be secured by the
domestic hearth; and to illustrate the mode in which the result might
be obtained. That mode was elooutionary recitation of original pieces,
not chosen on account of their literary merit, but simply aa
vehicles of amusement. Mr. Puseley is not without considerable skill
as an elocutionist and a lecturer, and liis recitations were affectively
sustained. The pieces recited were mostly his own, and were such os
almost any gentleman of ordinary education could produce, and.
therefore, such as might be readily extemporised at any respectable
fireside: so far Mr. Puseley ’3 example may easily enough prove fruit¬
ful. Innocent recreation for the family circle may be thus provided,
as be states, “ unaided either by stage dress or pictorial display.” Mr.
Puseley did, however, resort to some small changes of costume, and
some small helps to action in the shape of a letter, a walking-stick,
andabuton; but these need not stand iu tho way of a private trial.
The lecture was light, pleasing, and brief; and the audience retired,
not wearied, but wishing there had been more.
THE WEATHER,
BESIL1S OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THB
KE1V OB8EXVATORY OP THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION
Lat- 51° 28 '6" N,; Long. 0® 18* 47''. W.; Height above aca 34 feet.
Day.
\ DAILY
MEANS OF
TIIKtUCOMITSK.
wun>.
o-d
s5
BS
ii
nu
hi
is,
PSS
Dew
Point.
e ►»
if
p
g 2
i *
a IS
3 a
1 ;
fl*
S a
Gonortl
Direction.
I!
%9*
S3
la >4
httun.
IDmJ
at
10a.m.
Inched.
»
•
0-10
a
a
Mi:-;v
Mar. It
V.9S47
31*2
27*9
*80
7
31*3
423
w. WNW.
221
001)
7^ U
30*012
33 *0
21*7
•67
3
24*6
39*9
N.NE. NW.
151
000
„ 12
30158
34*6
96 S
•76
4
24*3
40 6
\r. 8V.
237
•0QU
„ J3
29 535
•15’5
43 6
•94
9
34*3
522
sw. ws w.
457
*187
7r"i4
29*615
44’4
37*3
*78
6
383
493
wsw. vr.vw.
445
*100
\ M 15
29'$ 58
•16*9
40*7
*81
8
409
50 9
WVW W NW.
307
•090
> 16
30108
51*1
42*2
*74
7
45*9
59*3
WSW. WNW.
3 13
‘036
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE CAMBRIDGE
OBSERVATORY, FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 17. 1458.
Day.
HI
si' CV
= s »g£
? ■ i
« < 2Sc
— x a » =
E
n
it
BE
1
A
5 «
|i
1
ii
If
II
Dry
Bulb
at
9 A.M.
Wot Dry
Bulb Bulb
at at
9 a m. 3 r.u.
Wot
Bulb
at
3 P.M.
Dirac-
tijO Of
Wind.
•3
'JO
s
<
R«ia
in
Lochia.
InchM
•
a
a
«
a j a
a
Mar. ll
29968
38-5
19*4
30-8
30-6
29T 39*1
33 7
N.
3
0.000
•« 1-
:<0.195
10*2
23-9
32*7
32-6
32-4 396
36*7
NW.
10
0*000
m 13
29*438
49*1
30T
43-0
46-4
45-5 4 8-5
49*0
SW.
10
OT27
» 14
29599
47-6
37 7
426
461
-13*4 45 2
45*1
SW.3W
8
0 000
„ 16
29-872
52*0
38*2
44-3
43-b
42-1 ; 50'-
46*1
NW.
0 000
»> It
30026
57 9
10-2
49*6
4H-6
45-7 1 577
50*8
W.
7
0000
„ 17
30-262
57*0
39*7
4H-8
48*2
43K 56-2
48*8
sir.
6
0*000
Means
29-909
48 9
34*7
41T
42-3
40-3 i 48*1
44*3
0*127
The range of temperature during the week was 3*i deg.
A suddeu change took place in the weather on the mo ruing of the llth.
When, alter a very revere frost on the previous night, the temperature
rose suddenly. Heavy rain was falling on the torenoOn and afternoon of
the 13th. but the sky cleared off at night. A .strong auroral light was-
noticed in the N."W. shortly before midnight of the I3th. and larks were
heard singing at that time. A few slight showers have since fallen, but
nothing has been registered in the rain-gauge. The wind has been
generally blowing freshly, but the temperature lias been high during the
last few days. _ J. Breen.
Arrival of a Large Fleet of Windbound Ships.— On
Saturday last and the two previous days a large Heel of ships which had
been detained in the chops of the Clmnuel by the continuance of the ad¬
verse easterly winds came up the river and went into the several docks, to
the relief of a large Lumber ot" labourers, who. for the want of employ¬
ment, have undergone much suffering during the late piercing weather,
borne o! the ships have been nearly a month beating about in bad weather,
unable to make the Channel, and the crews have suffered considerably.
There arv many arrivals from China, Calcutta, South America, the West
Indies, and Ike United States.
LITERARY CELEBRITIES OF BOSTON, U.S.
A.> an accompaniment to the group of Literary Calebrities of New York,
engraved in the ILLUSTRATED London News of March 0, we this
week portray the accompanying eight Literati of Boston, in whom his¬
tory, science, and the belles- lettres are ably represented.
Henry \Y ads worth Lon a fellow, the most popular American
pcet, is the son of tho Hon. Stephen Longfellow, of Portland, Maine,
and was born in that city in 1807.. He was educated at Bowdoiu
College, Brunswick^ where he tookhis degree with high honours. In
1825 he l»egun the study of the law in the office of his futher; but,
having been offered a professorship of modern languages in Bowdoin
College, be gave up all idea of the law us u profession, and visited
Europe, to prepare himself for the proffered office: with this object
be j>ass€d three years and a half in France, Spain, Italy, Germany,
Holland, and England, and, returning to America in 1829, he entered
upon his new duties. Mr. Longfellow remained at Bowdoiu until
li?d5, when, being elected to succeed Mr. George Ticknor in tho pro¬
fessorship of modem languages and the belles-lettres m Haword College,
Cambridge, he first visited Europe, to become more thoroughly
acquainted with the northern languages and literature, in Denmark,
Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland. and, returning to America in 1886,
be entered upon his new duties at Cambridge, where he has since resided.
Longfellow commenced bis poetical career at an early age. While yet
an uxidergravuute, he wrote some caret ally-finished poems in the
1-niM Statu' Lstrrary Gatette ; and, while professor at Bowdoia. he
contxibuted some valuable critiques to the North American Revieu In
1823 he traublnted from the Spanish tho celebrated poem of Don Jorge
Manrique on the death of his father, together with a learned essay on
tho poetry of Spain. Iu 183l» appeared his romance of “ Hypanon,”
und his first collection of poems. “Voices of the Night;” in 1811,
*• Ballads and other Poems; ’ in 1842, “ Pcems on Slavery;” in 184-4.
“Ihe Spanish Student,” u jflay; iu 1845, “ The Poets and Poetry of
Europe^ and “The Belfry of Bruges;' in 1847, '‘Evangoline, ” in
1818. “ Kuvanagb, a Tale; ” in 184U. “ The Seaside and tho Fireside; “
“ The Golden Legend,” 1851; and " Hiawatha,' 1 1855. Although pro¬
duced with such rapidity, these poems do not bear the mark* of haste
or crude thcuglit, but are characterised by choice epithet, melo¬
dious versification., scholarly finish, and picturesqueness and dra
matic forte, combined with simplicity and fidelity to nature, so oa
to commend them to a very large class of reader*. Yet they occasionally
present touches of tenderness und shades ot melancholy in thesr as -
rociulious and historical incidents, which somewhat dimmed the poet's
popularity in America ; but his “Bong of Hiawatha," the gum; original
und truly national of ail his writings, has gone far to remove this
impression, by nobly asserting the author a progressive views; or, as
observed by an able critic, in this poem. " adopting a tradition in¬
trinsically charged with the elements of social progress, his genius,
l curing ite broad pinions to the sky, shows us only the more unmis¬
takably how yearningly it leans to man and man s happiness. The
works ot no American pcet have oeen to frequently reprinted in
England as those of Longfellow ; and they are entitled to this distinc¬
tion by .their healthy and hearty tone ui well as their harmonious
beauty. _ „
Dr. Olive* Wendell Holmes, tne second poet on our rod, was
bom in 18UD at Cambridge, U.S., where he was principally educated.
Having completed his medical studies, he visited Europe, and in 183tk
on his ret urn to America, commenoed practice as a physician at Boston.
He is now Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in Hirvanl Uni¬
versity. Dr. Holmes has published several professional works; but his
u mepopularly kuowa by Ub poosu; hL po-dtisn, a-i a t m aalu
296
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 20, 1858
LITERARY CELEBRITIES OF BOSTON, U.S.
SAHUSIU HAWTUOlUb
ness the physical character, vegetation, and animals of that
region ; ana his " Principles of Zoology ” is a text book of a high
order. His contributions to the American Association for the Ad¬
vancement of Science are numerous and valuable ; and to the kindred
British Association Agassiz has communicated, many papers of first-
rate character; indeed, there are few contributions to the meetings of
this association which are more attractive than those of Professor
Agassiz. The work, however, by which he has chiefly raised his re¬
putation in Europe is his “ Studies of Glaciers,” in whioh he advances a
theory tending to remodel the views of geologists as regards the
incoherent and post-tertiary formationsof the globe, and the dynamical
causes by which those deposits have been effected; and although his
views upon the changes on the surface, ascribable to the agency of
these glaciers, have not been universally admitted, the theory of
Agassiz has been treated with marked respect. His devotion to
science is intense: he is known, for her sake, to have relinquished
pursuits from which he might have been in the receipt of a consider¬
able income. Dr. Buokland used to relate that he knew Agassiz when
engaged in this arduous career with an income of only £100,
ana of this he paid £50 to artists for drawings, and £30 for books,
living himself on the remaining twenty pounds a year I Thus he raised
himself to an elevated European rank; " and in his abode, au troisi&me,
Dli. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
character; or, as remarked by a critio in Blackwood's Edinburgh
Magazine, Dr. Holmes " portrays himself to us, as a boon companion, a
physician by profession, and one to whom poetry has been only an
occasional amusement, one of those choice spirits who can set the
table in a roar, and who can sing himself the good song that he in¬
dites.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, the distinguished prose-writer, was born,
we believe, in 1803, the son of an Unitarian Minister in Boston. He
graduated in Haward College in 1821, and, having Btudied theology,
he was ordained minister of a congregation in Boston, but, owing to
his peculiar views in regard to forms of worship, he seceded from his
office, and, retiring to the village of Concord, devoted himself to “ the
Btudy of man, ana bis relation to the universe.” In 1837 he delivered,
before the Phi-Betakappa Society, an oration on "Man-Thinking;”
and in the next year no published " Literary Ethics an Oration;”
followed by "Nature, an Essay,” His magazine of literature, philo¬
sophy, and history, entitled "The Dial,” commenced in 1840, was
oontinued four years. In 1849 he visited England, and delivered the
lectures which now form the volume called " Representative Men.” In
1852, in connection with Mr. W. H. Channing, he published “ The
Memoirs of Margaret Fuller, Marohesa d’Ossoli.” In 1856 appeared
Mr. Emerson’s volume of "English Traits,” which attracted con¬
siderable attention by its breadth and boldness, and novel views of our
national character. Mr. Emerson’s more finished work is his
“ Essays,” which displays an earnest eloquence and depth of thought
LOUIS AGASSIZ.
ar beyond the mere sketch of the day. As a metaphysical writer he
enjoys great popularity.
Louis Agassiz, the most distinguished naturalist of Ameri ca, and
highly appreciate! in the scientific oircles of Great Britain, is in his
fiftieth year, and was born at Orbe, in Waatlande, where his father
was a pastor. He studied in the gymnasium at Biel, whence he was
removed, in 1822, to the Academy of Lausanne, as a reward for his
high scientific promise. He subsequently studied medieme and the
experimental sciences at Zurich, Heidelburg, and Munich; and at the
University of the latter city he took the degree of M.D. He had
hitherto devoted himself specially to Comparative Anatomy, which led
to his being intrusted, in 1826, by Martiua, to describe the 116 species
of fishes collected by Spix in Brazil; and the learned new classifica¬
tion by Agu*siz forms the broadatone of hia reputation as a scientific
naturalist, which was materially advanced by the snonographio com¬
pleteness of his "Natural History of the Freshwater Fkhes of
Europe,” published in 1839, and almost ‘contemporaneously with his
"Researches on Fossil Fishes,” and his “Descriptions of Echino-
dermes.” Agassiz has for some years filled a chair in the scientific
department of Harvard College; and he is Professor of Comparative
Anatomy in the University of Charleston. His " Tour on Lake
Superior ” develops with great Bkill and powerful pioturesque-
m
m
RALPH WALDO EMERSON.
became the oompanion and friend of princes, ambassadors, and men
of the highest rank and talent of every country.” Agassiz is now en¬
gaged on a great work, " The Natural History of the United States,”
the publication of which will extend over many years. The subscrip¬
tion-list comprises the names of the leading men of science in Europe,
as well as in the United States, where his support has been most en¬
thusiastic: in New Bedford, alone, at the outset, as many as sixty
oopies wore subscribed for; and the Smithsonian Institute subscribed
for fifteen copies, though the prioe of tho work will be necessarily high.
Next on our list is the popular poet and prose-writer, James Rub-
sell Lowell, in his thirty-ninth year. He is the son of an eminent
Congregational minister, and was born in Boston, where be now re¬
sides. He graduated at Harvard, and studied for the law. but did not
follow that profession. Before he left college he published a class
poem; in 1851, a volume of poems, entitled "A Year's Life;” and, in
1844, a collection of much higher merit, containing " A Legend of
Brittany,” " Prometheus," <fco. In the following year he showed his
oritioal aoumen and careful study in his “ Conversations with the Old
Poets.” In 1848 appeared his third oolleotion of poems, chiefly on
political and philanthropic questions of the day; and in the same
year, in his " Fable for Critics,'’ he ridiculed the American reviewers,
who "treat a dissenting author very martyrly.” His humorous
poems, " The Biglow Papers,” in the Yankee dialect, appeared in 1848.
Sir. Lowell is now, or was very lately, connected with the Anti Slavery
Standard, and he is to the North American Review a contributor of
mark. yv \
We pass next to the veteran poet and novelist, Richard Henri
Dana, now in his seventy-first year. He is the son of Francis Dana,
RiOURD HENRY DANA.
formerly Amorican Minister to Russia, member of Congress, and Chief
Justice of Massachusetts. His boyhood was passed in Rhode Island,
whence he entered at Harvard for three years, and became a member
of the Bar. His first literary essay was "a Fourth of July ” oration,
delivered in 1814. He next bocame a distinguished contributor to
the North American Review, from which his papers have been re¬
printed. In 1821 be began "The Idle Man,” a miscellany of clever
tales, to which Bryant contributed some poems. In 1825 Dana wrote
his first poem, “The Dying Raven;” ana, in 1827, "The Buccaneer,
and other Booms,” on which his reputation mamly rests. He has been
a successful lecturer on Shakspeare and English poetry. His eldest
eon, an able member of the Boston Bax, is the author of the popular
"Two Years before the Mast.”
William Hicklino Prescott, the celebrated historian, is in hia
sixty-second year, having been born at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1796,
where his father practised as a solicitor. When he was twelve years
old his family removed to Boston, where he has since resided. One of
hia classical tutors was Dr. Gardiner, a pupil of Dr. Parr. He gra¬
duated at Harvard in 1814, and intended to devote himself to the legal
profession, but he was compelled to relinquish this intention by the
almost entire loss of hia sight. He then travelled for his health in
England, France, and Italy, and sought the aid of the most skilful
oculists in London and Paris. He returned to America with his
rpneral health renovated; but for his greatest privation he found no
relief. Still, not disheartened, he resolved to devote ten years to pre¬
pare himself for historical study, and aimed at becoming in the highest
UE>;RY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW.
sense an historian. He next gave ten years to writing the " History
of Ferdinand and Isabellaand in 1838, at the age of forty-two, he
published simultaneously in Boston and London this, one of the greatest
historic works of the present century. It has passed through several
editions, and has earned for its gifted author a high European reputation,
by being translated into German, Italian, French, and Spanish. Yet.
what a work of patient labour must this have been to the author I
for, in its early stage,,the extreme sensibility of his sight compelled him
to live in a darkened apartment, and he had to rely on a reader when
collecting his materials 1 In 1843 appeared Mr. Prescott's " History of
the Conquest of Moxico,” a somewhat less laborious work than its pre¬
decessor, being prepared largely from manuscript documents. For
this history the author was admitted to several of the acadomies of
Europe, and eleoted into the French Institute. In 1847 appeared his
"Conquest of Peru;” and in 1855 two volumes of his "History of
Philip II." He has likewise published a volume of Reviews, Essays,
&o. We deeply regret to add that there has recently been received
the afflicting intelligence of this accomplished historian having been
visited by an attack of paralysis.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, the most popular novelist in America, is
in his forty-ninth year, and is a native of Salem, Massachusetts. He
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.
was educated at Bowdoin, where, in 1825, he had Longfellow for a class¬
mate. In 1837 and 1842 appeared his "Twioetold Tales”—a very
honest title, the stories having already appeared in periodicals. This
was followed by another collection, "Mosses from an Old Manso,”
prefaced by a very interesting autobiography. He was several years in
the .Custom House at Boston; and afterwards joined the Brook Farm
Community , at West Roxbury: this Utopian enterprise he has
pleasantly related in his " Blithedale Romance,” with admirable sketches
of the chief agents. In 1843 he went to reside in the village of Concord,
and here, in the room previously occupiod by Emerson, Hawthorne
wrote a delightful series of sketches. But the old manse was now
stripped of its picturesqueness by its landlord; ‘and Hawthorne,
gathering up his goods, drank a farewell cup of tea in the breakfast-
room, and went forth, uncertain as a wandering Arab where next to
pitch his tent. He subsequently became located in the matter-of-fact
Custom House; and, under the presidency of General Bierce, he has
been appointed to the lucrative office of Consul at Liverpool. Mr.
Hawthorne's " House of the Seven Gables,” and his " Scarlet Letter,”
are among the moat successful works of fiction of the day, and have
been exenmvely popular in England.
March 20, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
297
TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES.
“THE QUEEN CITY OF THE WEST.”
Cincinnati, Jan. 27, 1858.
Cincinnati is as yet the greatest city of the “ Great West” How
long it will remain so depends on the progress of population in
Missouri, and the city of St. Louis on the Mississippi. But a few
years ago it was the Ultima-Thule of civilisation, and all beyond it
was the wilderness and the prairie; behind it stretched the nn-
broken forest, where the red man prowled, tomahawk in hand, or
tho illimitable plains, where roared and fed countless herds of
scarcely more savage buffalos. The man is yet living, in respected
and hale old age, who felled the first tree in Ohio and helped to
clear the ground on which now stands what its inhabitants call
the “ Queen City of the West.” Cincinnati is estimated to have
a population of nearly 250,000 souls; contains miles of well-
built and handsome streets, many stores, banks, warehouses, and
public institutions, worthy by their architectural beauty to adom
any metropolis in the world, and about one hundred churches,
chapels, and synagogues. Of the churches but two have any pre¬
tensions to elegance or splendour. One is the Episcopal church,
as yet unfinished; and the other the Boman Catholic Cathedral of
St. Peter’s, built of pure white freestone, and deserving to rank
amongst the first ecclesiastical edifices in America.
Theoriginal nameof Cincinnati was Losantiville. Itwas theinten-
tion of the first settlers to build a city at North Bend, eighteen miles
higher up the river. But Fate and Love (for there is a love story in
the history) willed itotherwise. The United States’ officer in command
at North Bend having fallen in love with the young wife of an old
settler and pioneer, the lady was removed by her husband to Fort
Washington, where Cincinnati now Btands. The gallant officer
followed shortly afterwards, and reported officially that Fort
Washington, and not North Bend, was the proper site for a military
station and for a city. His influence or his reasons prevailed:
North Bend was abandoned, and Fort Washington became the
site of the future city of Cincinnati, or, as the Americans generally
pronounce it, Sinsnatta. The name was changed a short time
after its foundation to that which it now bears, in honour of the
society of “ the Cincinnati.” It is the fifth city of the Union for
population, wealth, and commerce—ranking immediately after
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New Orleans, and having a
population greater, by sixty or seventy thousand, than Boston proper.
It is crowned with a coronal of perpetual and very dense, black
smoke, so black and dense as almost to hide it from the view of the
spectator passing over in the ferry- boat to the Kentucky shore of
the Ohio, or looking down upon it from the adjacent height of
Mount Adams and the hill of the Observatory. Next to
Manchester and the great manufacturing towns of Yorkshire,
Lancashire, and Staffordshire, it may be called the smokiest
city in the world, and in this respect far murkier than
London, and far murkier than any city ought to be allowed
to remain in a civilised country, and in an age of scientific
progress and sanitary improvement But, disagreeable as
the smoke of Cincinnati may be, it affords an unmistakable
proof of its industrial and commercial activity. The city contains
several large manufactories of railway cars and locomotives; a dis¬
tillery, which produces whisky and alcohol at the rate of 2500
barrels per week, a large proportion of which finds its way to
France, to aid in the manufacture of “native” cognac; two or
three manufactories of household furniture for the supply of the
“ Far West ”; and many min or establishments for the manufacture
of agricultural implements and tools.
But the chief wealth of Cincinnati is derived from the hogs
raised in the rich agricultural districts of Ohio and Kentucky, and
slaughtered here, to the number of about 600,000 annually. The
slaughter-houses are the great curiosities of the place; but, having
a respect for hog as an article of diet, and relishing, at fitting
seasons, both the ham and the rasher of bacon, I would not impair
that respect or diminish that relish by witnessing the wholesale
slaughter of the animal, however scientifically the slaughtering
might be effected. I therefore left the slaughter-houses unvisited,
contented to believe, upon hearsay, the marvellous tales which are
related of the dexterity of the slaughterers, who, armed with heavy
hammers, which they hold in both hands, are sometimes known to
stun as many as sixty hogs in a minute, leaving them in that state
to an assistant butcher who with almost equal rapidity follows after,
and cuts their throats before they have time to recover from the
stunning blow and vent their alarm by a single shriek. Thus
600,000 hogs disposed of in the city are converted into packed
merchandise with less noise than often attends the killing of one
porker in the farmsteads of England. From the moment when
the hog receives the first hammer-stroke until it is singed, cleaned,
cut up, placed in brine, and packed in a cask for exportation, not
more than two hours elapse.
All Cincinnati is redolent of swine. Swine prowl about the
streets and act the part of scavengers until they are ready to become
merchandise, and visit Europe. Swine are driven into it daily and
hourly by every avenue ; but not one of them ever goes out again
alive. Barrels of them line all the quays; cartloads of their
carcases traverse the city at all seasons ; and palaces and villas
are built, and vineyards and orchards cultivated, out of the
proceeds of their flesh, their bones, their lard, their bristles, and
their feet.
In the early days qf the pork trade the feet and entrails of the
Bwine were cast as rubbish on .to the quays and streets, or swept
into the waters of the Ohio, to be thence transferred, via the
Mississippi, into the Gall of Mexico. But the Cincinnatians have
learned more wisdom ; and not the smallest portion of the animal is
allowed to be wasted. The entrails are boiled into lard ; the feet
are prepared as an article of food, or stewed into glue; and the
blood, carefully collected, is used for various chemical purposes,
besides being employed in the manufacture of black puddings for
home consumption. The average value of the hog before he is
slaughtered is about ten dollars, or £2 sterling, so that from this
source alone one million »nd a quarter sterling is annually brought
nto the purses of the f armers and people of Ohio and of its chief
commercial city of Cincinnati, ho plentiful are swine in Ohio, so
much more plentiful and cheap in some parts than coal, that ere
now pork has been burned instead of fuel to keep up the fires of
steam-engines. But three days ago I read a newspaper paragraph
in reprobation of such cruel extravagance.
Another source of wealth has recently been developed in Ohio,
chiefly by the skill, enterprise, and public spirit of one man—Mr.
Nicholas Longworth, of the “Queen City,” to whom America owes
the introduction of the grape culture for the purposes of wine¬
making, and to whom the whole world ought to be grateful for the
invention of such delicate luxuries as dry and sparkling catawba
and other wines to be hereafter mentioned. Dry catawba is a
finer wine of the hock species and flavour than cmy hock that
comes from the Rhine ; and sparkling catawba, of the pure, un¬
adulterated juice of he odoriferous catawba grape, transcends the
champagne of France (even if this be made of grape nearBheims,
and not of rhubarb, turnips, and apples in the neighbourhood of
Marseilles or London) as much as a bright new sovereign trans¬
cends an old shilling. Mr. Longworth is of opinion that upwards
of five thousand varieties of the grape grow wild in Ohio, Kentucky,
Indiana, Missouri, North and South Carolina. California, and other
central and western States of the Union. In early life he tried many
experiments with the indigenous grape, but it was not until he
reached old age that he was rewarded by success. Having re¬
solved to concentrate his attention upon one grape with a rich
muscadine flavour, he succeeded, about ten years ago, in producing
out of it the sparkling catawba, a wine which competent judges
who have tasted all the wines of the world declare to be far
superior to any sparkling wine which Europe can boast, whether
they came from the Rhine or the Moselle, or from the champagne
districts of France. Perhaps this letter will be the first intimation
that millions of people will receive of the existence of this bounty
of nature; but there is no risk of false prophecy in the prediction
here hazarded, that not many years will elapse before both the dry
and the sparkling catawba will be recognised in Europe as they are
in America, as the best and purest of all wines, except claret and
burgundy. As yet no red wines of any great delicacy or
value have been produced in Ohio, or any other State of the
Union; but Mr. Longworth, Mr. Robert Buchanan, Mr. VYerk.
and other eminent growers near Cincinnati, are of opinion that
wines equal both to red and white burgundy will be succcssfully
grown in Ohio, South Carolina, and California. As yet there are
no symptoms in America that the clarets of France will ever be
surpassed or equalled. But far different is it with French cham¬
pagne, who as the Queen of Wines must yield her sceptre, her
crown, and her throne to one fairer, purer, and. brighter than
she, who sits on the banks of the Ohio, and whom Mr. Long-
worth serves as chief adviser and prime minister. Thus much
for catawba in serious prose ; let its praises be now celebrated in
equally serious verse:—
CATAWBA.
the vine in Ohio that so many Germans have settled in Cincinnati
and the neighbourhood. There are about fifty thousand of these
people in the city, of whom one fourth are Jews. The Germans
inhabit a district of their own, over the Miami Canal, which runs
through Cincinnati. To this canal they have given the name
of the Rhine; and on its banks they have erected concert-
gardens such as they have in Germany. Here, embowered unter
den Lauben, they congregate on Sunday evenings, to drink Lager
beer, smoke long pipes, and sing the songs of their Fatherland.
They have also erected a German theatre, established German
schools, and one or two, if not more, German newspapers.
I must not omit to mention that Mr. Longworth was the first
friend of Mr. Hiram Powers, known all over the world as the sculptor
of the “ Greek Slave.” Mr. Powers was greatly aided in the early
struggles of his professional career by Mr. Longworth, as he takes
pleasure in remembering. Nor is Hiram Powers the only artist
whom the Western Bacchus has befriended, for he uses his
gTeat wealth to noble purposes, and never more willingly than
in aiding the artist of genius up those few first steps of the ladder
of fame which it is so difficult, and sometimes so impossible, to
climb. Burnet House, one of the finest hotels in the United
States, is the most notable public building in Cincinnati. Tho
edifice is not only remarkable in itself, but will be interesting to
hundreds of thousands of readers in every part of the world as tho
place fixed upon for the centenary celebration on the 25th of January,
1859, of the birthday of Robert Bums. To an Englishman, and
more especially to a Scotchman, it is a pleasing characteristic of
America that almost every city in the Union has its Bums Club, at
which every year the members meet, to keep up a love for the old
country, and for the noble bard whose name is synonymous with all
that is genial, kindly, social, romantic, and patriotic in Scotland.
Next year all these clubs are to meet collectively, or by deputation,
at Burnet House; and invitations will be sent—if they are not
already on their way—to Canada, Nova Scotia and the British
possessions, and to all the Burns Clubs m England and Scotland.
What are diplomatic treaties of peace and amity between nations
compared with such friendly gatherings as these ? C. M.
Ohio’s green hilltops
Glow bright in the sun,
And yield us more treasure
Than Rhine or Garonne ;
They give us catawba,
The pnre and the true,
As radiant as sunlight,
As soft as the dew,
And fragrant as gardens
When summer is new :
Catawba that sparkles—
Catawba at rest—
Catawba the nectar
And balm of the West
To give back the kisses
My passion bestows.
Thou rt bora of the vintage,
And fed on its breast
Catawba the nectar
And balm of the West
When pledging the lovely,
This sparkler we’ll kiss;
When drinking to true hearts,
We’U toast them in this;
For catawba is like them,
Though tender, yet strong,
As pleasant as morning,
And soft ss a song
Whose delicate beauty
The echoes prolong.
Catawba! Heart-warmer!
Soul-cheerer! Life-zest I
Catawba the nectar
And balm of the West
Champagne is too often
A trickster malign.
That flows from the apple
And not from the vine;
But thou, my catawba,
Art mild as a rose,
And sweet as the lips
Of my love, when they close
Mr. Longworth’s son-in-law kindly gave our party an invita¬
tion to accompany him on a visit to the vineyards. They are
situated on a hilltop and slope overlooking the windings of the
beautiful Ohio (beautiful at a distance, but somewhat thick and
turbid on a close inspection). We there found an old soldier of
Napoleon, from Saxe-Weimar, who fought at Waterloo, and after¬
wards retired to his native fields to cultivate the vine. Mr. Long-
worth, having sent to Europe for persons skilled in the manufacture
of the Rhenish wines, had the fortune to discover this excellent old
man, good soldier, and skilful vintager. Soon after his arrival he
was placed in the responsible position of chief wine-maker and
superintendent, under Mr. Longworth; and here, like Bacchus of
old days, he teaches the people
bow to plant, and tend, and press the vine.
And use Tor health, and strength, and length of days,
The treasures of the rich, full-blooded grape.
Under the guidance of this venerable gentleman, Mr. Christian
Schnicke, we traversed the vineyards, learned the difficulties he
had surmounted, and yet hoped to surmount; the varieties of
grape on which he had made experiments; the names of the wines
he had succeeded in producing; and the number of acres that,
year after year, he brought under cultivation. We ended by
repairing to his domicile, on the crown of the hill, where he
set before ns bread and cheese, and a whole constellation
of wines. Among others were dry catawba and sparkling
catawba, both excellent; a not very palatable wine produced
from grapes imported from the Cape of Good Hope ; and two
other wines almost equal to catawba itself—one from the giape
called the Isabella, rosy-red as the morning and sparking as the
laughter of a child ; the other a dry wine, of a pale amber colour,
clear, odoriferous, and of most delicate flavour, and quite equal
to johannisberger. This wine it appears has not arrived at the
honours of a name ; is not known to commerce; and is simply
designated by Mr. Schnicke as tho wine of the minor seedling
grape. So excellent a beverage cannot, however, remain long
without a name worthy of it; and when produced in sufficient
quantities will make itself famous and deserve its celebrity.
It is, to some extent, owing to the increase of tho cultivation of
CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING FOREIGN
REFUGEES IN ENGLAND.
The correspondence between the Governments of Fiance and England
on the recent misunderstanding has been published- It consists of a
few letters, beginning with that of Lord Cowley, who oommunicatee
the regret of Count Walewski that his despatch should have been bo
muoh misinterpreted in England- This is followed by the answer of
our new Foreign Secretary, who, while sympathising with th«
Emperor, and assuring him of the anxiety of our Government to keep
on good terms with France, shows that the laws of England do not
screen assassination. The letter of Count Walewski to the EarL
of Malmesbury we give in full on account of the deep interest
attaching to this conoilitatory 8tate paper
Count Walewski to Count Persigny.
(Communicated to the Earl of Malmesbury by Count Persigny, March IX
PARIS, March 11. 1868.
M. le Comte.—L ord Cowley has delivered to me a despatch which has
been addressed to him by her Britannic Majesty’s Principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, dated the 4th of Match, and of which you will
find a copy annexed hereto.
The Government of the Emperor congratulates itself on the friendly
dispositions of the new Cabinet, and sees with sincere satisfaction that
the present Ministers of the Queen, like their predecessors, are undor no
misapprehension either as to our intentions or as to the grave nature of
the facts which we hare signalised to the Government of her Britannia
Majesty.
The Government of the Emperor, M. le Comte, flatters itself that for
six years its whole conduct has precluded the suspicion of its wishing in
any way to wound the dignity of the English nation; and his Majesty
thinks that he has seized every opportunity during peace as well as during
war of drawing closer the bonds between the two people. The Emperor,
as you are aware, has always entertained this profound conviction—that
the reconciliation of two great nations, after ages of antagonism, could be
sincere and lasting only on one condition- namely, that the honour of one
should never be sacrificed to the honour of the other.
Such sentiments, attested by the constant acts of the Government of
his Majesty, are a sufficient answer to the erroneous interpretations of
which our communication of the 20 th of January has been the object.
Besides, what has happened? I beg you to signalise to the Government
of her Britannic Majesty the existence in London of a sect of foreigners
which, in its publications and its meetings, elevates assassination to doc¬
trine. and which in the space of six years has sent into France not less
than eight assassins to strike a blow at the Emperor, as is proved by the
declarations of the jury.
Ail those attempts, like that of the 14th of January, have found tho
Emperor impassive; putting his trust in the protection of Heaven. Hii
Majesty views with profound disdain the attacks which are directed only
at his person; but ine country has shown itself to be deeply moved by
them, and as. at the time when 1 addressed my despatch to you, no re¬
pressive measures had been taken in London, public opinion in France,
without taking into account the nature of the Institutions of England,
nor the motives of discretion of which Lord Malmesbury's communication
speaks, was astonished that so much audacity should have remained un¬
punished.
Moreover, the character ol our proceeding* was laid down to yon In the
dearest manner by the Emperor himself, who wrote to yon towards the
end of Januury " I do not deceive myself as to the little efficacy of the
measures which could be taken, but it will still be a friendly act which
will calm much irritation here. Explain our position clearly to the
Ministers of the Queen : it is not now a question of saving my life, it is a
question of sating the alliance. ” .... ...
The Emperor, M. le Comte, has never intended to demand the sup¬
port of foreign Governments to increase his personal security. A moro
elevated sentiment, an interest greater in his eyes, have guided him,
namely, the maintenance of the good relations existing with the neigh-
bouring States.
My despatch of the 20th of January has no other object than to sig¬
nalise a state of things which was to be regretted; but I carefnlly ab¬
stained from expressing any opinion as to the measures calculated to
remedy it; and 1 have been unable to understand how certain expressions
of that despatch have been so misinterpreted. It is, besides, unnecessary
for me to tell you that it never entered my thought to consider English
legislation ss designedly sheltering the offender, and—to borrow Lord
Malmesbury's own word)—as screening him from punishment
In giving these assurances to the Principal Secretary of State, yon will
be so good as to add that, ss the intentions ot the F.mpcrer have ocen mis¬
apprehended. his Majesty's Government will abstain from continuing a
discussion which, by being prolonged, might prejudice the dignity and
the good understanding of the two countries ; and that It appeals purely
and simply to the loyalty of the English people. I request you to read
***■'•” ^ lies bury, and to leave with him a copy of it.
this despatch to Lord Maim<
Receive, &c.,
(SignedJ
. Walewskl
Revelations op tits Microscope. —One of the most beautiful
works which have lately been published is a senes of photographs from
objects magnified in tne microscope. The last number is devoted to
the bee, whose sting excels the lancet in the elaboration, care, and finish
of its manufacture ; whose hairy tongue is like a living hair glove, most
elaborately designed to collect the materials for honey ; and whose power¬
ful wing is aided by a mechanical contrivance of the most beautiful inge¬
nuity. Every one knows, or may know, that the bee has two wings on
each side. At the edge of one wing runs a stiff nerve which in the rnicro-
scoDe is a bar Along this bar at frequent intervals are rang’d semi-
dmflfir barbed hooks, fike the hair af a ring, no placed that the edge of
the other wing lies within the semicircles wUch elsep it, and at the same
time permit it to play freely. «« ' ,ie rings of a window curtain move along
. if.. /li. ■nt.frivani'P thi» turn u inctii hmimp nnlted on one.
wecannppiMo thepnrpose which runs through formations like that of
the wine It is the microscope with its minute search that enables
us to discover*this design in everything that we can dissect-in all living
creatures and the parts thereof, to millions upon millions Always t^ding
toUfe and happiness. Who can examine these Illustrations of the power
of the Creator; and of the law which rules over His work, and not feel a»
impulse to sing in bis soul “Gloria in excelals "t—SjH&aior.
THfi ILLUS ^UEB LONDON NEWS
[March 20, 1858
NATIONAL SPORTS.
Tbe Doncaster Meeting, which is to be sliifted into May for the
future, came oft', after three days’ postponement, on Friday and Sa¬
turday week. Co6trel, who is seemin'rly the best son of Cossack wc have
had out as yet, was a doubly, winner; and, in the Betting-Room
Stakes, he made Miss Finch and Snap—both, be it remembered,
good winners this season—to strike their colours. Only eighteen ont
of the silty-six Hopeful Stakes youngsters came to the post; and Fusee,
the highest priced of the lot, who was bought at the Royal sale for 200
gnineas, and sold at Mr. Jackson’s, four months after, for F30 guineas,
nearly troaglifc his purchase-money hack to one of our best new tuff
accessions,' Sir Lydston Newman. * The blood of Orlando was alike
successful with Wrestler, another Royal yearling, in the Handicap,
for which he had been heavily backed.* Twelve went for the Steeple¬
chase, which was won by a flat-racer, Glautias, with a mere nine-
stone hamper upon him. Alack for the good old twelve-stone days
of Vyvian and Lottery! The defeat of the 2100-guinea Sauntcrer,
with Charlton and 7 to 1 on him, in the Trial Stakes at War¬
wick, over u mile course, at which he was considered to
be a second Velocipede, has been a startler for the Turf cog¬
noscenti. Commotion’s temper this year lias been so good that
he was a dangerous antagonist, but no one would have dreamt
to see Odd Trick liefore the mighty black as well. This can hardly
be his running: and we conclude that he liad been taking it easy
at home. Terpsichore filly'’ and Vandermenlin each kept np their
winning career over “ The Lammas Meadows; ” Captain Little, as
nsual, showed his fine horsemanship, aud added another to his long
list of victories; and Miss Finch won m such style as to induce a
belief that both Costrel and Fusee must have some good fonn alx>ut
them.
A dam as, whose <lam lias foaled a half brother to him, by Pyrrhus
the First, keeps steadily at the head of the Chester Cup betting; but
The Peer has displaced’Clydesdale for the Two Thousand, and Toxo-
philite has fairly collared him for the Derby. Lord Derby’s Down-
ing-street honours have something to do with the rise of l>oth horses,
as “ The Corner” are great believers in a run of luck. The midland
comities have all the racing to themselves next week. Nortliampton
claims Tuesday and Wednesday; and on the latter day the Althorp
yearlings—ten of them by Newcourt and four by Cotherstone—will
be sold in front of the Grand Stand. Coventry comes off on Thurs¬
day, and Croxton Park on Friday and Saturday. Birmingham, on
Monday: Driffield, on Wednesday; and Coventry, on Thursday, are
the steeplechase fixtures.
Monday was a regular jubilee for foxhunters after their long
divorce from the saudle, but as yet no very “ great thing ” has
reached us. Mr. Morell’s season is ended, and we regret to say that
his celebrated Yarborough-bred hound Hercules, who was purchased
in a five-couple lot, at the first Quom sale, for 210 guineas, died last
week. His stock won both the Cups last year in the 0. B. H. hound
show, ami scarcely any dog, considering the short time he has been
used in the kennel, lias left so much good behind him. A splendid
dinner is to be given at Tnbney (which will be let for kennels no
more) to the earth-stoppers; and the annual huntsman gathering will
also take place there, when those crafty green and scarlet Barons of
the Chase—Will Long and Joe Maiden—will deliver judgment on the
puppies. On the 14th of next month comes the last scene of all, and
the tap of Mr. Tattersall’s hammer will, we fear, prove the knell of
the glorious old Berkshire days. Lord Portsmouth goes back to the
Eggesford (North Devon) country again, which is now held by Mr.
Chnrcliill; and there is a rumour that the Wynnstay pack will
become a subscription one for a time, with Major Cotton as master—
Sir Watkin Wynn subscribing £1000 a year, on condition that the
country raises £2000. There can be no doubt of such a proposition
being responded to as an acknowledgment of the grand sport which
the Baronet has shown in Denbighshire, Cheshire, and Shropshire for
these fifteen or sixteen years without a fartliiug’s subscription.
Coursing has nearly run its course for this season. When the
racing season fairly opens, as it does at Nortliampton, it is high time
for the Sunbeams and the Belted Wills to give o’er their contests,
and only M hunt in dreams ” for the next six months. England may
l»e said to leave off at Chilton, in Berkshire, on Tuesday and Wednes¬
day. Scotland has a monster meeting, with Mr. Dalzeil as judge, at
Biggar, on Tuesday , ; and finishes up, the next week, with the Cale¬
donian Open: and then Ireland, witli its wonted eccentricity, amuses
itself all April and part of May.
Alma Mater will send forth her rival crews to row over their time-
honoured course from Putney to Mortlake on Saturday; and, from
what we can hear, Cambridge will not be so easy to get rid of this
time. We must, however, leave it to heads of houses and smaller
dons to mount their tripods and prophesy the result.
City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chf.st.—
On Wednesday evening the tenth anniversary of the above charity was
celebrated with unusual eclat, under the auspices of his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge. Upwards of 2no gentlemen sat down to a
banquet served in the best style of the London Tavern ; ana the greatest
ztal and sympathy were evinced by every one present in the cause of the
charity. His Royal Highness the Chairman, in giving the toast of the
evening—- Prosperity to the City of London Hospital ’-eloquently called
attention to the amount of good which had been cflected and was being
effected by this valuable charity. There had been relieved 6228 out¬
patients. and, since the first establishment ol‘ the institution, 40,300. Since
the wards had been opened in 1865 the number of in-patients received was
6 « 0 , and there was accommodation for many more if the public came for¬
ward with sufficient liberality. The receipts during the lust year had been
£6278 16s.; with legacies. £1113 10s. 2d.; and annua! subscriptions, £1058.
J he expenditure had been met by this amount, but there was a building
debt of £ 6000 , with other liabilities, to which lie (the chairman) earnestly
called the charitable attention of the company. The secretary then read
the list of subscriptions, amounting in the whole to £3000. in addition to
w-hicli a letter was read from an anonymous friend offering to build a
church adjoining the hospital for the patients, at an expense of 2000 guineas,
to be so constructed as to obviate the necessity of exposing the weak to
the open air. This hospital was established in 1848. and the new building
at the Victoria Park was opened under the auspices of his Royal Highness
the Prince Consort in 1855.
The Chei.8ea Bridge Toll Question.—O n Tuesday night
a crowded meeting was held at Lloyd’s Assembly-rooms, Sloane-square,
beiDg intended for the benefit of the industrious classes, to whom the in¬
fliction of the toll would be a practical barrier. The resolution was unani¬
mously carried; as was another recommending a deputation to the First
Lord ot the Treasury and the First Commissioner of Works.-A nume¬
rously-attended meeting for the same purpose was 'held at the Free
Public Library. .Sraith-stre« t. Westminster, on Thursday evening—Sir
John Shelley, M.P., in the chair. Resolutions condemnatory of the pro¬
posed toll were agreed to, and a petition to Parliament founded upon the
resolutions was adopted.
A Photographic Soiree was held, on the occasion of the
opening of the fifth annual exhibition of photographs and daguerreotypes,
at the South Kensington Museum, on Saturday hist. Although the
weather was anything but favourable, the exhibition was most nume¬
rously attended- a strong proof of the widening popularity of this recent
but most interesting art
Dr. Simon Bernard underwent his sixth ami final examina¬
tion at Bow-street on Saturday last, on the charge of conspiring with
others to assassinate the Emperor of the French, and was committed to
Newgate to take his trial on the double charge of being accessory before
the fact to murder, and of conspiracy.
A Calamitous Fire took place in Devonshire-square on Wed
nesday. One of the unfortunate occupants of the premises lost his life,
and others escaped anly by the courage of a fire-escape man named Gil berk.
Births and Deaths.— The number of births registered
week was unusually large-namely. 2007—and exceeded the deaths, though
these were numerous, by 520. Of children bora. 1043 were boys, 96} were
girls. 'Hie average number of births in the corresponding weeks of ten
previous years 1848-57 was 1683.-The deaths for the last week ar«
stated at M*7. being the large proportion of 182 above the average. This
excess of mortality is attributed to the late severe weather. / Whooping*
cough and measles continue to be very fatal, numbering respectively 60
and 50. Bronchitis carried off 207. or 64 above the average ; pneumonia
112, or 14 above the average; diphtheria, 13.
During the present month the following open scholarships at
Oxford will be filled up:—Five at Corpus Christ! College, of the annual
value of £80 each, with rooms rent-free, tenable for five years. At Uni¬
versity College : two, open without restriction as to place ot birth, of the
value of £oo a year, including allowance for rent of rooms, tenable for five
years.
DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.— Saturday.
Scurry Stakes.—Queen Lily, l. Lancet, 2 .
Betting Room Stakes.—Castrel, 1. Snap. 2.
Grand National Steeple Chase.—Gluutias, 1 . Border Chief, 2 .
WARWICK SPRING MEETING.— Tuesday.
Swecpstaies of 5 sovs.— 1 Terpsichore filly, 1. Bachelor. 2.
Willoughby Handicap —Prince of Orange, 1 . Gorsehill, 2.
Trial Stakes.—Commotion, l. Odd Trick, 2 .
Handicap of 10 sovs.—Gunboat, l. Barbarity, 2.
Farmers Plate.—Jenny Jones, 1 .
WEDNESDAY.
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each.- Joe LovelJ, 1. Impatience, 2.
Dcbdale Stakes.—Aldershott, 1 . Grayling, 2 .
Great Warwickshire Handicap.—Vanacrmeulin. 1. Broudlands, &
Two-Year-Old Stakes.—Miss Finch, 1 . Truth colt, 2 .
Handicap Plate.—Orianda, 1 . Woodmite. 2 .
Welter Handicap.—Gunboat. 1 . Prince of Orange, 2.
WARWICK RACES.— Til URSDAY.
Match of 500 sovs.—Courier walked over.
£40 Handicap Plate.—Sorceress, l. Baronage, 2 .
3!ateh for £ 100 .—Linder beat Dawn of Day.
Scurry Handicap.—Impatience, 1. Eardrop, 2.
Handicap Hurdle Race—Englemere, l. Chester, 2 .
Annual Steeplechase.—The Huntsman. 1. Forest Queen,
Hunt Cup Steeplechase.—Zouave, 1. Greyling, 2 .
Handicap Steeplechase—Old Dog Tray, 1. Wooilyeatcs,
Selling Race.—f. by Chanticleer, 1 . Lass of Richmond Hill, 2 .
- \ \ .- \
BEVERLEY RACES.—Wednesday.
Beverley Spring Handicap.—Florence (late Agra), 1 . Leukothia, S
East Riding Steeplechase—Milkmaid, 1. Little Yeoman, 2 .
Grimstone Stakes, - Sir Walter Scott, 1.
METROPOLITAN NEWS.
The Speaker’s Dinner and Levee.— Tpe Uight lion, the
Sir John TreJawny, Sir Arthur Elton. Sir Edward Colebrooke, Mr. Roe¬
buck, Q.C.. 31 r. J. Lewis Ricardo, Mr. Bass, Mr. Buchanan. Mr. Fen¬
wick, Mr. A. W. lvingl^tke, Mr. Cheetham, Mr. Alcock, Mr. Robert Iltin-
bury, Mr Kershaw, Mr, Srholetield, Mr. Herbert Ingram, 3Ir. Fagau,
Mr. Garnett, Mr. James Ciay, Mr. Craiiftird. Mr. Bagwell, Mr. Bowyer,
Mr. Coninghum, Mr. Ayrton. Hon. George Waldegrave, and the Rev.
Henry Drury. The right lion, gentleman afterwards held a levee, which
was largely attended^—speaker will hold a levee (full dress) to¬
night. There will not be a levee on tile 27 th as previously stated.
Tiie Mansion House, di
i Wednesday, presented a novel and
festive appearance—the gaietya nd elegance of which formed a striking
contrast to the usual solemn proc&Sions of civic dignities -on the occasion
of the marriage of Miss Ada Blanche Carden, third daughter of the Lord
Mayor, to Mr. Frederic BrOdje. Additional interest was derived from the
fuel of till* being the first marriage procession that hud ever left the
portals of the civic residence. At. the conclusion of the ceremony, which
was performed in St 3!ary Woolnoth Church, Lombard-street, the Lord
Mayor and the Lady Mayoress gaveun elegant dejeuner <1 la j'ourchetle in
the long parlour of the Mansion House to a numerous circle.
Extraordinary Scene at a Funeral,—O n Sunday after¬
noon, as an undertaker and his assistants were engaged in removing the
coffin of a woman who had died at No. 3, Goodman’s-yard, Somerset-
street, Whitechapel, the flooring gave way, and ten persons fell through
into the cellar below. The whole party were immediately covered with
dust, broken timber, and rubbish, and were, with some difficulty, extri¬
cated. The house had been for some time paft condemned by the district
fiimycr.
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK.
(From our CUy Correspondent)
Although the market for Horne Securities Iras been whoily free from
excitement during the present week, prices, under the influence of steady
purchases of stock, partly on account of the sinking fund, and partly on
account of the public, bave eontmuod steady, and on some occasions they
have shown a tendency to advance.
For discount accommodation there has been very little demand, and the
rates have continued to rule low. For instance, the best paper is done in
Lombard-street at 2 $ to 2 $, and the current quotation is 2 $ to 2 $ per cent.
The supply of money is unusually abundant; but all classes of bills are
extremely seacre: m point of fact, botfi the Bank ol England and the
private banks are doing scarcely any business.
Some large amounts in bullionJiave been reported—the total arrival
haviDg been nearly £1,200,000, chiefly from Australia, Mexico, and tiie
United States, including about £7u,uoo in silver from the Continent.
About £200,000 in gold has been sold to the Bank of England, and a
portion of the supply in the market ha>> been disposed of for France and
Germany. Owing to the abundant supply in the market, and to the
falling off in the shipments to the East, bar silver has declined to 3s. 8<L
per ounce. Dollars ha ve^oid slowly, at 60 d.
The Directors of the Bank of England have determined, in order to
check improvident speculations, and. if possible, to render banking opera¬
tions more secure than they have hitherto been, that heuceiorth they will
S rant no discounts to bill-brokers^ and, further, that they will not re-
iscount bills which the brokers may hold. At first, this seems a harsh
decision; but it strikes us that much of the mischief arising out of the
late phnie may be easily traced to an undue inflation of credit, arising
from the ease with which money was obtained from the Bank of England
through the medium of the brokers in question. It remains to be seen,
then, whether the banks and the public will freely lend their capital to the
money dealers, in order that extensive operations may be carried on in
fotui^r^X \
The new Indian Loan will be very shortly in the market, aud we un¬
derstand that the whole amount will be called for at am earlier day than
^vas at one time anticipated, in order to pay off existing liabilities to the
Government and tiie Bank of England.
'Most of the Continental Exchanges arc steady. Th03e Irom India, by
the present mail, Bbow very few alterations.
The French Government have reduced the interest on Treasury Bonds
one-half per cent.
\ On .Monday the funds opened somewhat heavily at 9tif 5 for Money.
Subsequently, however, a partial rally took place, although at onetime
they were done at 06$ ft; India Bonds "were 25s. to 30s.: Exchequer Bills.
36s. to 418. prem.; and the Bonds, 100$ to 101$. Ib ices were a shade
higher on Tuesday, when the Throe per Cents marked 962 97 for the
Account, and 96#. sellers, for Money; India Stock was 220 and 223; the
New Two-and-a-Half per Cents realised 80 $ to 81 $: Exchequer Bills,
38s. to42s.; and India Bonds. 25s. to 29s. prem. There was a further
tendency towards improvement on Wednesday ; news of an advance on
the Paris Bourse gave additional strength to the market:—l’ke Three per
Cents, for Transfer, were done at 96$ i § J; and, for the Account, 90| 97;
India Bonds were 25s. to 30s.; and Exchequer Bills, 38s. to 42s. prem.;
India Stock, for Account, was 220 and 223; Exchequer Bonds were firm, at
101 $. On Thursday the Directors of the Bank of England made no change
in their rates of discount, and the usual half-yearly meeting was held.
Die dividend declared was 5 $ per cent, without deduction on aerount of
Income-tax. The totAl profits of the Bank during the last half-year
were £608.294 9s. 7d. The Consol Market was rather steady, and prices
were firmly supportedThe Three per Cents, for 3Ioney, were 96$ l and
96$$. For the Account, the quotations were 97 to 97$ and 96$$. The
March Exchequer Bills were 378.; and the June Ditto, 37s. to I is. prem.
India Bonds marked 30s. prem.
The following return shows the state of the note circulation in the
United Kingdom during the four weeks ending February 13th:—
Bank of England
private Bank* ..
Joint-stock Banka
Scotland ..
belaud .«
TotAl
ilS.SH.SrD
3.143,959
*,538.451
3.717 Srtl
6,171.9RS
435,143,197
Compared with the corresponding period in 1857, the above return shows
a decline in the total circulation of £481.572.
The Foreign House has shown more firmness than for some time past,
and prices have slightly improved, notwithstanding the settlement of the
fortnightly account. Brazilian Five per Cents have realised 104; Buenos
tiinian Five percents, 91$; Spanish Three per Cents. 44$; Spanish New
Deferred, 26$ $; Turkish Six per Cents, 10 $; Turkish Four per Cents,
104$ ; Dutch 1 wo-and-a-llalf per Cents. 65$; Dutch Four per Cents, 101;
Mexican Three percents, 20: Danish Diree per Cents, 84; Chilian Six
per Cents. 100 : and Venezuela Four-and-Threc-Quarter per Cents, 33.
In Joint-stock Bank Shares the dealings have continued restricted, and
prices have been with difficulty supported. Australasia have marked
85.) ; Bank of Egypt, 22 ) ex. div. ; City, 59 ; London Chartered of Aus¬
tralia. 18) ; London anil County, 28 ): Oriental. 38$; Ottoman, 172;
London Joint-Stock. 30$; National rrovincial of England, New, 21 $;
Provincial of Ireland, »;i$; South Australia, 29.$ ; and Western of Lou¬
don. 30.
Miscellaneous Securities, aimost get crafty, have met |a fvery in-
oieum, ; x'emnsuiar ana oriental steam, 80 ; Royal Mail Ste .9
63; Electric Telegraph, 103$; and European and American Steam, 4 $
Although tlnr Railway Share Market lias exhibited rather more lirm-
m-ss, the late fall in prices has not been supported, and rather large
amounts have been charged tor “carrying over. The jobbers now hold
large supplies of stock sold by the public in consequence of the continued
decline in the traffic. The following are the official closing quotation* on
J hursday: —
Ordinary Shares and Stocks.— Caledonian, 88 ex div. ; Cornwall
1 - I P.-rfli am) A IwmlAAn I nn.,)!.tn — T av .)... __ g~\ . *
cmjLK, ; vrreai >vesiern, os; .Lancaster ana Garusie, 83*ex div -
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 90 ; Ditto. £9 Shares. 6$; Loudon and Black-
wall 6; London and Brighton, 105$; London and North-Western, 96 ?-
London and South-Western, 92.2 ;*Midland, 97*: North British, 62 * ex
div.; North-Eastern—Berwick, 91$; Ditto. G.N.E. Furchase, l$ dj s .
Ditto, Leeds, 48; Ditto. York, 74; North London, 93 ; North Stafford¬
shire. 13*; Scottish North-Eastern -Aberdeen Stock, 27$; South Devon
36; South Wales, 82 $; West-end of London and Crystal Palace, A, 3 $^
LrlttO, li, 6j. ,—v.
Line Leased at a Fixed Rental.—W ear Valley, 32$.
Preference Shares.— Eastern Counties, No. 1, li2$ex div.; Ditto*
No. 2, 110$ ex div.; Great Northern F'ivepcr Cent. 117$; Ditto, re¬
deemable at lOper cent prem., llU; Ditto, Four-and-a-Half per Cent.
103$; Great Western Four-and-a-Half per Cent, 93; Ditto, Five per
Cent, redeemable, 100; Ditto, Chester Shares, 14$ : London and Brighton
l ive per Cent Stock, No. 2 . 117; Ditto, Now Six per Cent, 139; Man¬
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, ^21; Midland, Bristol, and Bir¬
mingham, 137$; Ditto, Four-and-a-Half per Cent Stock, ioo$; North-
Eastern—Berwick, 96; Ditto, York, If. and S. Purchase, 9ft; Oxford
Worcester, and W’olverhampton, 1st Guarantee, 119$; South Devon, iof-
South-Eastern FOur-and-a-Half per Cent Stock, 24§ ex div.; Ditto, New
Four-and-a-IIalt per Cent, 2nd Issue, 102 $.
British Possessions.— Bombay. Baroda, and Central India, 91;
Ditto, Additional Capital, A, G|; Buffalo and Lake Huron, New, 6 ; East
Indian, 109$; Grand Trunk of Canada, 48$; Ditto, Six per Cent Deben¬
tures, 82$; Ditto, Second Issue, at Three per Cent Discount, of the Two
Million Six per Cent Preference Loan. 27; Great Indian Peninsula, 21 $;
Great \\ estera of Canada. 19$; Ditto. New, 11 J; Madras, Four-and-Three-
Quarters per Cent Extension, 14*; Punjaub, J prem.; Soinde, 10 $.
r oreign.— Bahia and San Francisco. 3$; Eastern of France, 27g ; Great
Luxemtourg, 8$; Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, 33ft; Recife and San
Francisco, 9 ; Riga and Dunaburg, 1 $ ex int.; Sambre and Meuse. Five-
and-a-Ualf per Cent Preference, 8$.
,^T hc , tauwactions in Mining Shares have continued limited Great
Wheal Allred have sold at f»$; North Frances, oft; North Wheal Basset.
14$; Fortuna, 2; Santiago de Cuba, 2 $; and United Mexican, 4 .
THE MARKETS.
Uonjc-E\ chanok, 51 nr15.—Pn»h np, to-dny, only * moderate aupplr of Enjjlieh
wheat came to hund, crattwine and by land-carrla^a. For all kind* we evperi.’need a (low
inquiry, but tiie vulurf of Rood and fine sample* whs fairly itipported. linmp p treble wero
hrtlvy, and the turn in fuvour of buyers. Foreign wlieat-th.- «ho\v of which wu (..aaonubly
iartfe— met a dull sale; but no chuogc took placx in ila value. There w*» a fjoodconsumptive
Inquiry for barley, at extreme rate*; but molt moved off slowly, on former term*. Oats
wore in moderate supply and Air r. quest, at full quotation*. Roth bean* and pea* told
freely, nt very full currencies. Thu flour trade was rather dull; but no alteration took place
in price*.
March 15.—Wheat and flour moved off slowly, at Monday’s currency. All *p;!or corn waa
firm, but not dearer. «
hnylish.— Wheat. Essex and Kent. red. 40*. to 4«s.; ditto, whito, 43*. to 52*.; Norfolk and
Suffolk, red, 40s to 48s.; rye, 30*. to 3is.; rriudinjc barley, 2<*». to 30a.; distilling ditto,
32s. to 35s.; malting ditto. 3A*. to 41*.; Lincoln and Norfolk malt, Ms. to 66s.; brown ditto.
54*. to 56*.; Kingston and Ware, 58*. to 66*.; Chevalier, 66*. to 68*.; Yorkshire nrnl Lin¬
colnshire feed oat*. 20*. to 23».; potato ditto, 25*. to 32*.; Voughul aud Cork, bluck, 19*,
to 24*.; ditto, white. 20*. to 30*.; tick beans, 33«. to 34*.; grey peu*. S9». to 11*.; maple,
41*. to 43*.; white, 40a. to 43*.; boiler*, 42*. to 44*. per quarter. Town-made flour. 4i*. to-
43*.; town hou«ehold». 38*.: country mark*. 31a. to 38*. per 260 lb*.
5tfrff.- s Clovcriwd i» held with more firmness; but the inquiry for It U by no mean* active.
< unary seed ha* *o!d ou nuher eaaFr tonu*. In other seeds very litt n 1* dobm. Cakes are
tolerab)y firm in price.
Linseed, English crualilng, 50*. to 5'*.; Calcutta, 51*. to 52*.; hempneed, 44*. to 46*. per
quarter. Coriander. 30*. to 32*. per cwt. Brown mustard seed, 14*. to 16*.; ditto, white,
17*. to 18s.; tare*. 5*. Oil. to 5s. 9d. per bushel. English rapeseed. St*, to 68*. per quarter.
Linseed cakes, Engli»h, £10 5*. to £10 10*.; ditto, foreign, £10 0*. to £11 0*.r rape cake*,
£5 10*. to £5 10*. per ton. Canary, 8ls. to 90*. per quarter; red clovor *-ed. 50*. to 6?*.; ditto
whito, 60*. to 75* per cwt.
Bread.—The prices or wheaten bread in tho metropoli* are from 7d. to 7Sd.; of house¬
hold ditto, 5d. to 6Jd. per 4lb. loaf.
Imperial Weekly Average*.—Wheat, t3*. 3d.; barley, 36s. 6d.; oata, 23*. 3d.; ryo,
31s. 3d., beans, 37*. lid.; pea*, 41*. 2d.
The ,Su: Wet-ka' Averapes— Wheat, 45*. 5d.; barley 36*. 3d.; oats, 22*. ltd.: rye,
32*. 9il.: beans, 38s. 5d.; peas. 40*. lUd. ^
linylish Grain Bold fast Heel;.—Wheat, 101,172; barley, 66,507; oat*, l.k722; rye, 81;
bean*, 6268; poa*. 1771 quarter*. ' J #
Tea.— Our markot continue* vary quiot. yet we huvo no quotable change to notice in price*.
Common *ound congou ha* changed hand* at 13d per lb- usual term*
Nwyor.—since our hut report th* transactions m all kinds of raw • ugar have boon com-
parntirely limited, and. iu some insiance*, price* have ruled fid. por cwt. lower. In refined
goods vory littlo Is patting, on rather easier icnm. Common lump* and titlora, 54*. to
54* 0d. per cwt
Coy. <Good and fine sample* have *old to a fair extent, at fall m-ices. In othtr kinds
there i* lea* activity, on former terms. Floating cargoes of foreign command oxtreme rates.
Hire.—A few parcel* have changed hand*, at a alight reduction in value. Fine Bengal
ha* rea'Ueii 10*. fid. per cm.
Provisions.— The Inquiry for Iriih butter i* limited, yet prices rule tolerably firm. Englith
and forelgu qualities arc a slow solo, on former term*. In bacon very littlo i* doing, and tho
quotation* have a d >wnwanl tendency. Other provision* are a *low inquiry.
/'allotc .—Tin* articlo i* steady, ami prices have an upward tendency. P. Y. C., on tho
spot, 55*. 6d. to 56*.; and for the last throe mouth*’ delivery, 52*. 3d. per cwt. The stock i»
decreasing.
Oi7«.—l.in»ced oil ia in moderate retrue* t, at £29 15*. per ton on the spot. Moat other oils
move off slowly, on former terms. Sptri-s of turpentlut ore quoted at 3Ss. to 39s. per cwL
■Spirits. —We have a very quid market lor rum, at about l»«t week'* currency. In brandy
onlv a limited business la doing, on former terms. Grain spirit continues heavy.
JIc.y and Straw.— Meadow hay, £2 1(1*. to £4 4s.; clovor ditto, £3 10*. to £5 0s.; and straw*
£1 5s. to £1 10s. per load.
Coals.— North Percy Hartley, 13s.; TanfUld Moor Bute*, IS*. 6d.; Hebbani, 13*.; Hetcon,
17*. 6d.; Lambtoo, 17s.; South Holton, 17*.; Tees, 17*. 3d.; South Durham, lls. per ton.
Trade dull.
Hops.— The *how of sample* continue* somewhat extensive, and the daman! generally is
very inactive, at about last week'* currency.
Wool.— Since the close of iheoolonlal wool s»Ies scarcely any business ha* been transacted
in tho private market. The low wjols offered at auction this week mot heavy biddings, on
rather easier terms.
/'ofatoea^-The supplies have rather increased; nevertheless the demand is steady, at fun
price*, via., 99*. to 180*. per ton.
Metropolitan Cattle Market —The beef trade has ruled heavy this week, and price* have
declined 2d. per *1b. Sheep, calve?, and pigs—the supplies of which have continued very *
modi nito—have ruled about stationary:—
Roof from 3s. 2 d to 4*. 4d.; mutton, 3*. 2d. to 5s. 2d.; veal, Is. Od. to 5*. 4d.; pork, 3s. Od.
to 4s. 4d. per 81b. to sink tho offal.
Netcyate and Zeadenhall.—Tho *upplies of ment continue somewhat extensive, and tho
trade generally 1* very inactive, as follow*
Beet from 2*. lOd. to 4s. Ud.; motion, 3*. Od. to 4*. 4d.: veal, 3s. 8d. to 4*. fid.; pork,
3a. Od. to *«- 6d. per 81b. by tire carcase. Kobekt HERBERT.
THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Friday, March 12 .
BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.
J. WAITE, Vendon, Yorkshire, woollen manufacturer.—H. IB3ET80N, Leeds, woollen
cloth merchant.—A. DK6TK1KTA8L1AN, Manchester, merchant.
BANKRUPTS.
E. BROADBRIDGE, Brighton, nphols'crer.—J. POPHAM. Marlborough-road. Dals'on,
tambour worker.—J. GLA93JN. Newark-opon-Trcnt. steam-boiler maker.—L. MERE¬
DITH. Shrewsbury. groc*r. — W. BARKER, Longton, Staffordshire, earthenware
manufacturer.-J. IZARD, King'e-road, Brighton, hosier.—.1. E. II. JOLLIFFE, Bristol,
chemist.—J. FEENY, Liverpool, ship store dealer.—J. 8. FRANCIS, Castle Hedingham, inn¬
keeper.—MARY ANN COLtHARD, Glouccster-creaccnt North, Paddington, lodgiag-hoaso
keeper.—R. SCAMPTON, Leicester, worsted spinner.
8COTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
W. MACGREGOR. Aberdeen, innkeeper.—D. M KENZIK, Glasgow, home-factor.—W.
BUJCK Alvth. Perthi-h-re. manufacturer.—Mr*. MARY BARLUS or MONCR1EFF Perth,
ironm nger.—D. M'CALLUM and X. M 'ARTHUR, Glasgow, leather merchant'..
Tuesday, March 16 .
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
AGOP BE8HIK.TA9LIAN, Manchester and Constantinople, merchant.
BANKRUPTS.
M. K. BISHOP and E. 8. GIB SING. Cannon-street Wort. City, wholesale staHoucrs.—
L. HYMAN. Mindng-l*ne, City, merchant.—J. ('. HURST, Ramsgate, shipbuilder.—S.
ALLEN and H. J. t-MITn. Mark-lane Chambers. Mark-lane. City, merchant*.—H BURT,
priacca-sireol, Lambeth, licensed victualler.—!•. J. STONE, Manor-place. Walworth,
builder.—W. HOLMES, Birmingham, picture-dealer.—T. CAR LESS, Stone Grunge, Staf¬
fordshire. farmer.-G. EDWARDS, Geliyucha, Pembrokeshire, ctr.ic-.—K. TAYLOR,
Bloke Gabriel, Devonshire, iron ore merchant.—C. A. nr.d W. W. WILSON, Leeds,
Yorkshire, pi«no forte dealer*.—T. and J. GRAVEN. Bradford, Yorkshire, tronfoundora —
W. and It. HASTE, Bradford, Yorkshire, machine makers.—S. SMI Til, Barley Carr,
Yorkbhire, woollen manufacturer.—8. ROWLEY, Sheffield, grocer—I. T. 5IAW. Friday-
thorpe, Yorkshire, farmer.—.1. NEWTON, Northwich. Cheshire, eordigo manufacturer —
W. FOLDING, Liveary. Lancashire, cotton spinner.—J. HOPPER, Siunnymoor, Durham,
innkeeper.—B. AR-MSTRONG, South Shield*, Durham, builder.
SCOTCH 8EQUBSTRATION8.
.T. CLERK, DftUerf. blacksmith —A. COCHRAN. Kirktonflohl, bleacher.—P. DAVID30N,
Dundee, fish curer.—J. M’NIB.Jun , Kincardine, wood merchant.
BIRTHS.
Wednesday, March 10, Mr*. Mark Lemon, of a daughter
On tho 1Mb ln»t- nt htr redd nice, 43, St. Jamcs't-aquarc, Notting-hitl, the widow of the
late Alfted Sola, Esq , of a daughter.
DEATHS.
On Saturday, the 13th inat. at Up*on llonse, Worth. Keut, Jane, niece of the late John.
Swiniord, Es*]., of Minster Abbey, l*io of Thanct, deeply regretted b,. her relative* and
fnetids.
At Edinburgh, on tho 10th ln»t., Jane Catharine Pearson, wife of Captain James Dirom,
Royal Navy
0d the i5tb insr., at Wrstbourne-plae«, Eatoo-square, of malignant disease of tbe liver,
Major-General Fred-rick Charles Griffiths, in tbe 5<th year of bis age, drepty lamauteJ by »
targe circle tf rciat.vc* and friend*.
NEW BOOKS , £c.
NEW SERIAL STORY BY 8HTRLEY BROOKS.
Now ready, Port* II., and 111., One Shilling each ;P*rt IV. imme¬
diately;. with Illustrations by John Iconic! no be completed In
. ‘ r we)v© Monthly Ports>.
T HE GORDIAN KNOT.
By SHIRLEY BROOKS, Author of " Aspen Court."
LEADER.
"Mr. Fhrrlcy Brooks pursues his new serin I with Increasing anima¬
tion, nnil with" & lorce and freedom in the writing. Hr hss 1 m* towed
evident car© end aticct on npon the composition of hi* picture, anti
opoo the er pterion of the faces nod figure* on his canvas. Consider¬
able oeqe-Hintarce with icractbing more and bettor than London lie,
ranch quiet hnracur. unfailing vivacity in the dinlogne*. and. above all,
u brave, kindly, reverent, humane, and hoalthml spirit, luftkcupavam
of pipe* wrrth reading, and worth preserving. n'i ho*rtUv ndnnre
the drawli<g* of Mr. 1 enniol. They ore full of life and character."
ATI. As.
’ This '« u great Improvement on anything Mr. Brooks ha*
written, which is no inslaniticsut laudation. He is a careful observer,
and eon scarcely writ© a lino that does not contain a thought."
MOKV1KO HERsI.1).
" Mr. Brook* 5* ore of the most popular writer- of the day. He
is grace'ul. graphic, and picturesque, with a quick pe'coption of
tasmun character."
HORNING CHROJflCLE.
"Thia-toryha« all the good qualities of the write*, and exhibit*
m power of sketching character, and a b»upy s ylc of humoroas
iUurtraticn of every-day manners, which absorb tho attention of the
reader.”
THE PRESS.
*• Written with ail Mr. Brooks’ •prightiincss, and more than hia
usual power."
London: Richard Bentley. New Burlington-street.
Now ready, in 2 vol*. poet Kvo, with ft Map. 2-16 ,
A JOURNEY THROUGH the KINGDOM
of OUDE, in 1813-50,
By direction of the Right Hon. tb© Earl of Daihounie, Governor-
General, with Private Correspondence relative to tho
Annexation or Dude.
By Major-General tir WILLIAM H. SLEEMAN, K.C.B.,
Resident at the Court of Lucknow.
SATURDAY REVIEW.
"These volumes give & faithful aud most interesting picture of tho
anbsppy stiito of Oude. General Sir W. Sleeman was one of tho
ablest and most distinguished of the military servant* of tho Com tony.
Bo wii* strongly oppo ed to the annexation of Oude: and it is most
instructive to sec what were the objections urged by so very good a
judge against it."
London: Rl« HARD BENTLEY, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.
ENGLISH LADIES IN INDIA.
Now ready. Second Edition- in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 21s..
A TIMELY RETREAT;
OB, A YEAR IN BENGAL.
By TWO SISTERS.
SfKrTATOH.
" We have not hud such a picture of Anglo-Indian daily life since
the late Mbs Bober's published her experitnees. But these two
volumes have an additional interest. It waa a i lucky undertaking,
ai d the narrative Is told with animation and truthfulness."
OBSERVER.
" The narrative is Jive'y from the l-eginning—jast what ought to be
expected from an intelligent feminine writer. It certainly fulfils its
purpose, the amusement of the reader. In a very agreeable manner.”
LEADER.
" Dashing sketches of Indian life. This hook it lively and enter¬
taining.”
HORNING port.
“ Racy, fresh, with an inexhaustible buoyancy of style, and no com¬
mon powers of description."
London: RICHARD BENT LEV. New Burllngton-street.
Just out Illustrated by Thiz, Harvey, Jtc., Crn. 8vo. 5s.. full gilt,
L yrics of ikeland.
By SAMUEL LOVER. Author of "Rory O'Mora," ftc. ftc.
HOULSTON and WRIGHT, 65, Paternoster-row.
Price 3s. fid. each,
D E PORQUET’S LE TRESOK, for turning
English Into French at Bight, Parisian Grammar, Complement
du Titevr, Exercises for Conversation, Trnducteur. Secretaire Pari-
eien. Hlrtoire d’Angietorre. also History of England to translate into
French, Conversation* Parisleunes, Voyage on France, Italian TnSsor,
Italian Convers*linns.
L«fridon: hiMPKlN. M ap.-tiall. and CO.; and may bo had of tho
Author, at his Scholastic Agency, )4,Tftvlstock-stroet. Covont-garden.
L ONDON IMPROVEMENTS. Practical
” Sitggr-siiotis fur Relieving the Over-crowded Tliorougiifares of
London; modHm Improved Moans of locomotion, diverting the
8cwepo from the Thame* and appropriating it to Agricultural Use;
with Estimate of tho Costand probable Revenue. Also Map, Plans,
and Views. By JOSEPH MITCHKL 1 -. CF., r.R.S.E.. Member of
tho Institution of Civil Engineers. Price 2s. fid., per post. 2s. ! 0 <t.
London: EDWARD STANFORD, 6. Charing-cross, H.W.
M
NEW yUAHTEKLY —On April I, No. i.. One Shlllinif,
ELIORA.—Contents: I. Meliora. IL S
Sym-
___ bolixm of the Human Form. III. The East IntFa Company
and tho Opium Trade. IV. The Moral* of Businea*. V Tho Place
«>f Tttnperunce In Seitnce. VI. Tho Vice* of the Street?. VJL Pa-
tersotv the Founder of the Bank of Knelaoa. VIII. Re r orm\tory
Schools. IX. Keeping op Apiwamncre. X. Record of S>cial Politics.
XI. Review of Current Literature.
London: PaRTRUh.k anil Co., Pittern«)*ter-row: Manchester:
Bramner.
niustrated with 250 Dcscriptivo Engravings, 3s. fid.,
W IFE’S OWN BOOK of COOKERY.—
Agreeable Dinner*, inexpensive, *nd easily cooked. Also,
Nice Dinners for every day.—W ard and Lock; and all Booksellers-
Bixty-four Pages, Illustrated, Four pence Monthly,
T he family friend.
" Very amusing, very varied, very neatly illustrated, and very
cheap.”— Illustrated Time*.—' Ward and LOCK, 158, Fleet-street.
T HE HALIFAX PUBLICATIONS are the
CHEAPEST BOOKS in the WORLD, nod th? best adapted
for presents. Ask for the Halifax Cheap Editions.
Just published, 3rd edition, price is per post, I*. 2d.,
P RACTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY.on GLASS
and PAPER. By CHARLES A. LONG.
Bland and Long. Htoiogr.tt.bic Instrument Makers to her Majesty,
153, Fleet-street. London, E.C.
Just published,
Becond Edition, price Is.; per post. Is. id.,
DRY COLLODION PROCESS. By
_ CHARLES A. LONG.
"This process is simple and certain.”
Bland and Long, Photographic Instrument Makers to her Majesty,
153, Fleet-street. London, E C.
rpHE
Just pubthbed,
Third Edition, post-free, fid.,
QPECTACLKS. When to wear and how to
IO OM them. Addressed to thoae who valuo their Bight. By
CHARLES A. LONG.
Bland and Long, Optician* to her Majesty, 153, Fleet-street,
London. E.C. ^
flHHE ANGLO-INDIAN ALMANAC tor
1858. Price Zs fid. Thiiperiodlcalpowises aspocliLrecara-
mendaticn to our at uni ion In the fact that, in addition to the usual
tranche* of information, it contains a well-written History of the
Mutiny, ted an authentic list of all the victim* to that tragic event.
The other matters ere well arranged In a form convenient for ro-
frreoco. and. altogether, it is a volume of the greatest value to fboje
who have the slightest interest in our Indian poiseetion*.
London: W. TWMDOS, 337. Stroud.
Just published. Fourteenth Edition. 8vo, bound, price. 16s., post-free,
tTOMCEOPATHIC DOMESTIC
JJL MEDICINE. By J. LAURIE, M.D. Devoid of all techni¬
cality. Giving full directions how to select and administer tho Rente-
die*: alto thodcse. Especially adapted to tho use of Families, Emi¬
grants, end Missionaries. A Meciorao Chest adopted, price 55s-
An EPITOME of the ABOVE. Price 5s. A Guide
to those commencing this treatment in fnmliy practice- A Casa for
this Work, price 35s. Carriage-free on receipt of Post-office order.
JJUTB and Ross, 5. Bt. Paul's Cb.-yortl; and S, Vere-st., Oxford-st.
New Edition, enlarged. 32mo, bound, price Is., free by po*t,
H OMCEOP ATHI0 FAMILY GUIDE :
containing Simple Directions for the Domestic Treatment of
Onliusry Aliment*. A Oust of Medicine for this Work, price 24s.
Lkatii and Moss. 5, Bl Paul’s Ch.-yard; and 9, Vere-st., Oxford-tl.
Second Edition, price 5s., free br post.
OMOEOPATmC TREATMENT of INDI-
gestjon, Constipation, and Hemorrhoids (Piles!. By W.
MORGAN, M D. Direction* for"the treatment of thoao common
disorder*. Rules for 1 Hoi, receipts for Delicacies which may be safely
taken by persons suffering from these complaint*
L*ath and ROSS. 5, Ft- Paul's Ch.-yard: and 9. Vwe-st., Oxford-st.
Jusymbllshedt/price 2s. fid., in 1 vol.,
CONSUMPTION : A New View of its Nature
and Cause, with a successful Plan of Treatment.
By TOHN GARDNER, M.D . ftc.. Ac.
London: JOHN CHURCHILL. Nmv Bnriiagton-atreet, W.
New ready. Fifth Edition, with cooes, price is. fid.; by pool, Xs..
T ATERAL CURVATURE of the SPINE;
JLi with a new method of treatment for securing its removal. By
CKARLTB VEKRAL, Esq.. Buryecn 10 the 8pisal Hospital, London.
Rentier: J. ClzrtCHJiX, New Bcric/teo-rireet; and all BcokaeUgrt.
K
y £if music, ifc.
Jest published,
lULLIEN’S LETIT1A WALTZ. Splendidly
iliustrattd in colour*. Price 4?.
Jullien’* Fife Polka.Price 3a.
Jullien'it Ki»» Polka. ,2*.
Jullien'* Old Dog Trev Polka .. „ 3*.
A. W. Hammond <Jullien'*), 214, Regent-street.
(ENIG’S LAST WALTZ, with Cornet t-
companiment. price 4s. Illn'tratod with an exceedingly line
Portrait of the )*te Herr Ku nig. Irom a Photograph.
A. W. Hammond (Jullien’it, 21 1 , Reg-mt-street.
iO ASTON DE LILLE’S NEW DANCE
VA MUSIC.
Hyde Park Galnp . •• .. 3*.
V'futre Jk Terre Galop.3*.
Good Night Polka .3*.
Fleuretle Valse, beauiifullv illustrated in colour?, 4,.
Played by the Composer and various Orchestras and Militarr Bands
With the greatest poesib'e success.
A. W. Hammond (Jallien's), 214, Regent-street.
A. OSBORNES NEW PIANOFORTE
MUSIC :—
Dal too Stcllato. Prayer in'Mosc In Egltto .. .. price Js.
Home, sweet Home.. .. 35.
11 balen Romance II Trovatera . 3s.
i-t-mirnmidc. Subjects by Rossini . 3*.
.A*sur „ .. 3*.
Arsace „ * . 3s.
A. W. Hammond (JuUtan'a). 21 1 , Regent-street.
T OVE TN CANTON.—The drawing-room
MJ Comic Bong of the Day—Illustrating au imsiortaat mcident
coimecred wdth tue Capture oi Canton aud tho Briti h Navy. With a
Portrait of Commissioner Yell'*only daughter. Priced*, fid.
A. W. Hammond (Jullien's), 214. Regent-street.
“ROUND the CORNER WAITING.
1.1' WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY' Hollud by CHARLES
SWAIN: Manic by KANDIGGER A* *otig bv Madame Uud«rsd«rtf
and other celebrated roca'Uts. Elglith Edi.ion, price is- fid. Sent free
on receipt of 1ft stamps —Eivek and CO., 390. Oxford-street
T ISZTS CONSOLATION for the PIANO-
JLi FORTE —Pure, meindiooi. ami fall of sweet and soothing ei-
preasion.”—Daily News. On. of the moat charming thing* of the
kind."— Athezurcm. 'Ihird edition. Price I* . sent prepaid ou receipt
of 12 stamps.—E wer and Co.. 390, Oxford-Street.
G
E WER and CO.’S MUSIC WAREHOUSE,
390, Oxfoid-street, London.—Ewer and Co.’s own Publica¬
tions. Including all Mendelssohn s Works, and the wh-de of their ex¬
tensive stock of Foreign Music, sold at the uniform rata of Sixivmco
per Sheet, being only about half the price charged by other establish¬
ments. Catalogues gratia.
P OPULAR SONGS and BALLADS (100),
as sung by SIMS REEVES, kc.. in a Is. book; Ram Cowell'*
100 Comic Songs. Is.: Henry’ Rntiell's 100 Songs, Is.; 100 Negro ivnd
American, sting by Christy's' Minstrel*. Is.: 100 Songs of Ireland, is.;
100 Songs or Scot land, 1*.: 100 Songs by Hibdin, Is.: 100 Glees,
Catches, and Rounds, Is.: and 100 little Songs for LiUle Sing«ra, a*
solos or d net*. 1*.
AU the»e books bare both music Slid words, and are handfomely
jtiinted. Either book bv post, for 14 rtamps.
MUSICAL BOIKJUET OFFICE. 192. High Holborn.
WESTBOFS loo PSALMS and HYMNS
? ▼ for OXF. or THREE VOICES, in a I*. Rook. Wcstrop’a
100 Pssims and H>mns for four voices 'The Sabbath Hell', is.;
Westrop'a 100 Sacred 8«ngs. nil solos (The Carmina Rocra). I*-:
Wostrop’s 100 Psalm* and Sacred 0o*g* for thrao voices (Ths Sabbath
School Choir). Is.; Rink’s 100 Voluntaries, Prelude*, and Interlude.
I* ; and Westrop’s 100 select '<1 Chants, with tho Canticles, the
of David, and Order for Morning and Evening Prayer, accurately
pointed. Is. The whole with Piano or Organ Accompaniments.
Either bcok by post, 14 stamp*. Round In cloth, la. fid each; by post,
20 stamp*.
MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE. 192. High Holborn.
TVJENDELSSOHN’S SONGS WITHOUT
Jj.l. WORDS. The six book* in one elegant volame. cloth, gilt,
7*. fid., with portrait. Beethoven's Sonatas, six books in one volume,
cloth, gilt, 7». fd- with portrait Either vol. by post for 96 stamps.
Full music lixe, and acknosvtedged l>v the profcsidon to be tli» be«t
rdlllnn, yet pubUiliod.-ML'SICAl, BOUQUET OFFICE, I0S, U«l.
Holborn.
I tEFTY SELECTED POLKAS (for the
PIANOFORTE in a Shilling Book; post-free 14. stkmps.
Edited by WERTROP. A ho Wee trap's 150 Melodic* for the V.olhs.
la ; RegODdl'*200 Melcdieafo' the GermnnConcertina, Is.; Sedgwick's
*00 Melodies for the English Concertina, 1*. Either book by poit 14
•tamp*.—MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE. 192, High He"
N ew song, the bridge of sighs,
written and composed by SAMUEL LOVER. Esq. Price 2*. fid.
This elegant ballad maybe considered tme of Mr. Lover's haonieit
comp<v«itjoni. Words and music are oqunUy pleaxing, and cnsureltT
becoming a general favourite. Postage--free.
London: Dtrrrand Eodoson. 65. Oxford-street.
P IANOFORTES (Firet-Class), DUFF End
HODGfON, Makers. 65, Oxferd-stree:.—These Inatrnmecta
are recommeoded by toe Profe»ion, and may bo bod in Walnut,
/OOd. ~
Zebra and Rcnewc*
Prices mode-aie. Wareanted.
G EO. LUFF and SON’S IMPROVED
HARMONIUMS for BALE ox EIRE, with easy terms of unr-
chasc, from £12 to £50. Tho only mokoraof (boreal Harmonlam.
Repairs. To nlnga —103, Great Rus?ell-sare«t, Blootnsbcry.
P IANOFORTES—GEO. LUFF and SON
have the largest stock in London, for BALE or HIRE, with
easy terms o purchase, both new and secondhand, from £10 to £100
Tuners sent to sll parts.—103. Great knssell-street, Bloomsbury.
H TOLKIEN’S IRRESISTIBLE PIANO-
• FORTE, with Truss Concave Fracings and Perpendicular
Bolts, by Letter* F*icnt.—^hrao exquisito ina»rumenta are superior
in power to any English or Foreign piano. For quality of tone un¬
equalled; durat ility unquetiirnabl*. For extreme clima es Invaluable.
Price tin elegant des'gcs) moderate. Height. 4 ft. Drawings post-
free, at H. Tolkien's, 27, *8, ?W, King Wi!!lam-*treet, London-bridge
Piatolortc? for Hire, with option to pure huso.
H TOLKEIN’S 25-guinea Royal Minnto
• PIANOFORTES, 6f octavos.—Thia piano fs acknowledged to
be superior to any English or foreign piaoo a*, the above price; and.
by the c*re and attention II. T. ha* devoted to all branches of tho
manufacture, he has obtained the highest reputation throughout tho
universe for th«e instrument*, unoquallod in durability a^d doli-
caey of touch.—H To’kicn’s, 27. 28, 29, King William-street, London-
bridge. f lonofortes for hire, with option to pure he-e.
P IANOFORTES.—PUBLIC ATTENTION-
Some splendid Rosewood and Walnut-tree Cottages and Pic¬
colos, 6| octaves, with all tho latest improvements, have only been
used a few months, from 19 guineas.— At TOLKIEN'S Old-Eotab-
tished Pianoforte Warehouse. 27, 28, and 29. King Will Lam-street,
London-bridge Pianofortes for hire, with option of purchase.
P I ANOFORTES.-OETZMANN and
PLUMB'S NEW PATENT STUDIO PIANOFORTE, S{ Octave*
price* ranging from considerably lens than £20), u the mo«l suit¬
able instrument manufactured for the studio or school-room, being
so constructed as to require but little tuning. To be had of all the
principal country MuxiracUsra in England, Scotland, and Ireland; also
for Balo, Hire, or Exchange, at 56, Great Ruaaell-ttroet (opposite
the British Museum).
P IANOFORTES.— OETZMANN and
PLUMB, in Addition to their beautiful little Studio Piano¬
forte*. have all description* of Instruments for Btle or Hire, with
option of purchase^ 56, Great RumoR-mrest. Bloomsbury
P IANOFORTE and MUSIC-STOOL for 20
Guineas; * great bargain. A Walnut Cottage. fi{ octave,
with metallic plate, and all the recent Improvements, by a fint-rate
maker, enhr used * few mouth*, sod coat dcublo the amount. To b«
seen at R. GREEN and CO.’a. Upbolstarax, 264. Oxford-street Want.
F urniture for a drawing-room— of
chaste and elegant dealgs. a bargain, fine walnut, warranted
manufacture, to be sold for half iu value, nearly new—consisting of
a lorge-eire brilliant plate Chimney Glass, in costly unique framo; a
magnificent Chiffonier, with riohJy-carved back, and doors fitted
with best silvered piato g’aas, and marble top; sanerior Centre Table,
on handsomely-carved pillar and claws; occasions! or Ladies'
WrltiDgand Fancy Table*: sis Build, olegantly-abapod Chairs, in rich
silk; a superior, spring stuffed, Betteo; “a*y sad Victoria Chairs, ee
suite, wiib extra lined loose ca»o* : two fancy occasional Chairs; and
a hanf some Whatnot. Erica for the wisele suite 4fi guinea* N.B.—
Also, * very snperior. complete, modern, fine Spanish mahogany
Dining Room Pet, in best noroom, 40 guinean- To be seen at I.E WIN
CRAWCOUR and CO.'S/Upbcbteren,?. ticeao's-building'a, Knigfate-
bridg*, seven doors west of Rloaue-stroet.
C ABINET FURNITURE, CARPETS, and
BEDDING —An lilcrtratod Book of Estimates and Furniture
Catalogue, ccotiuning IfiO Designs and Prices ofFnabiouablo and Ka-
perior Upholstery, Furniture, ftc., gratis ou application. Persons far-
nbhing, who study economv, i.'Otublned with elegance and durability,
should apply for this—LEW IN CRAWCOUR and CO.. Cablnel
Manuf’ctnrcr*. 7, Queen's-bnildings. Knightsbridge (seven doors west
of Sloane-street). N.B. Country orders carriage-free.
\\7 ALNUT SUITE of DRAWING-ROOM
T t Fl’RNITljlfK. for style, starling qaa'itv and good taste not
to be surpassed : conristiBg of a 5 ft. walnut chiffonier, with plate-
gists doors and beck, and marble slab; a largo-size chimney-glass, in
gilt frame, a fine walnut loo-table, on carved pillar &cd cla«ra, and
ditto occ!isiou*l table; a luxorioue settee, covered in rich silk : six
ditWKgjfeire, two easy ditto, en suite, with chintz loo*© covers, lined
also; an inlaid whatnot. The whole to b* BOLD for Forty-three
i iciness Also a Suite of Mahogsnv rining-room Farniture. a great
b*rg* : n. To l>e seen at R. GREEN and CO.'8, Upholsterers, 204,
Oxford-street. W.
fTVEN THOUSAND PIECES magnificent
1 BRUSSELS CARPETS, at 2*. 4d. t 2s. fid., and 2s 10d. per
yard. To«« goods are to be sold for cash only.—J MAPLE and
CO.t 145, Ac., Tottenham-conrt-rood.
S ONGf? OF THE SFASONS.—SPRING
BT.OBFOMS. BUMMER ROSE?. AUTUMN FRUlfs. aiul
WINTER EVERGREENS. Com|«sed by STEPHEN GLOVER.
Price 2b. fid. each. Tliovc soegs {voraera aftract'ens s-ldorn before
obtained. The Words, by Carpenter, arc exceedingly interesting, and
have suggested to Mr. Glover melodies of tho most fascinating cha¬
racter, while the llhi-Mreiions. by Pucker, are »uperb-
Dr IT and HolH;<K)N,fiv, Oxford-street.
N EW GALOP—THE ALARM. Composed
by T. BROWNE. Price 3a ipostBsro-free).—Among the fonrk-
Iiiig novelties performed by W«lpp^rUaJJand at tho Grand State Ball
Bt Bi»ckit*gham Paine/* none shone more conspiououdy tiian the
*‘ Alarm " Galop, which wa» admired liy all.
Duff and HOTK>sox. ft5. <Jxford-*tr»et.
N EW SONG, THE FIRST time we met.
By the Composer of "Will you lov* me then os now?’ 1
"Dearest, »bels~4!ll love yon more,” "A Young Lady’s No." ftc.
Price 2*. This song will jfbnal* if not surmise, the succcsi attained by
any former production of this gifted composer.
Puff and Hqdosox. 65. Ox ford-street.
TTiyERY STUDENT of MUSIC should pro-
li vldcidmself wfth ft little iiumphi.-*. (describing the mo* - a tv-
pro vod works) on"th@ THEORY of MUSIC, rocentiy printed for
gratnitor* circulation by her M«, : e*ty’s pub'isbera. Mein’s. Rokekt
Cocks and Co. In Its pages will bo found much valuable in¬
formation.
rnHE MUSIC of the NINETEENTH CEN-
_L Tl'RY nad It* CULTURE. By Dr. A. B. MARX. Par: II..
test published, 6s.
• BP.IXI.EY RICHARDS' LATEST PIANOFORTE
MUSIC.-" Chime again, beautiful Pells.” 2*.; “Nolcor pih non mi
lento,”~wira variations. 2s.: “The Na’-*d's Dream." 2*.; " Worblings
at Eve," 2s.; "The Echo Nocturne." 2s.; " Marie,” nocturne, op. fi t,
3*.: Persuade, op. 64. 2a : * The Farewell," romance, ft:.; ’The
Fairira ’ Dance.” 2s.; " InAbrcnce," romance, 2<.
“W. VINCENT WALLACES NEWEST PIANO¬
FORTE PIECES.—"Fantasia on Roy’s Wife" *nd "Wore *'
Noddhi," :i* ; "Galop btlllaot do Salon." 3*.: "l'Abeenoe,"
roirance, 3s-; "Le Hetour." polka brillanto. 3*.; *' Kln’och of Kin-
loch " and " I'm o’er young to marry ye»." 3s.: • Tho gloorav night
is gathering fast" and "Th* Lim o' Gowrie," 3s.: "Ankl Rooin
Gr*v " and “Tho Bootie Ro\v»." 3*.: " Rome, sweet Home," 3*.
GEMS selected from the WORKS of the GREAT
MAPTF.RP.— Benedictus. Morart; Kyrie Elelson, Mozart; Agnus
Dei, Mozart; Andante Beethoven; Minuet, Haydn: Adagio, Haydn.
Each 2*. fid. and 3a. March, Arc., from f'beron. Weber. 3a.; and Ros¬
sini’s beautiful Prayer from Mcwf in Egittofsung at the Crystal Palace
Concerts), arranged for the Piano by George Frederick West; *’»4
the V«per Hvmn. 3a.; Cojut Animam, 3s.; Bound the Loud Timbrel,
2s. fid.
Tlio HOLY FAMILY.—Admired Sacred Melodies
br the most celebrated composers. Firs* serie* (ths favourite book).
Arranged for the Pianoforte by W. II CALLCOTf. nod beanti:oUr
Illustrated In oiHcoloure. Plano ado. 5*,; piano dnots. ik.; ad.
lib. aci’ompanlmtnta for flute. vloPn, or vtolooeeilo. Is. each.
London: Kohfkt Cocks and Co , New Burlington-*:reel. W.: and
of »'l MnsicBcllcra.
INSTRUCTIONS for the ORGAN. By
I J. T. STONE. Price &*„ po«tagc-free. containing a History and
Descriptiaa of th* " King of Instruments.” the Method of cam-
lining the Stop*, and Use of the Pedals, Exercise*, and Choralaa. in
two, three, and four parte, followed ire a Selection of Voluntaries
from tho wo»k« of Handel. Mozart, Haydn. Ac.
BBBW RB and Co., 23. Bl*hep«gate-«tre*t Within.
---- 4 -
S AD BROWN LEAVES; Ballad, 2s.;
Duet, 7a. fid. “Only to be known to be universally aopre-
ciated " Also, by the *ame Composer, 44 1 wish he would make up
his mind, Ma!" 2».; " Oh: brightly the sunoeomt are shining."
2*. 6d.; end. "Still I'll wai' a little longer." ?s Kent free by
return of poet, for stamps, by Mr. T. CHAlCTREY, Mscdesfiold. -
M usical box depot, 54, Cornhiii,
London, for the Sale of Musical Boxes, irado by the celebrated
Mcssra. NICOLE (Frfres), of Geneva, containing operatic, tsticoal,
favourite, and sacred air*. Lkt of luce* and price* gratis.
J MAPLE and CO.’S NEW ILLUS-
• TRATF.D CATALOGUE, ocntalnlng the price of every article
reoulrod for completely famishing a house of any class, post-free.
TbU Is the largeat and most convenient furnishing establishment la
the world.—J. Maple and Co* 145, frc.. Totten ham-court-road.
M essrs, john wells and co.. 210,
Regent-street, London, haring purchased (owiog to the de¬
pression in the mnnafrcturtng districta: a very large lot or th* richest
VELVET PILE aud BRUS8EL8 CABPETd, designed expready for
the West-end trade, at a great redaction in price. Al*o Lyons Bi'k
Brocade*, Brocateiies. 8lik Damasks, in all the most fashionable
colourings and richest makes. Also, a large lot of French Chintzes
of the most beautiful and elaborate design*. The whole of these sre
now offered at a considerable redaction from the prime cost for ca-h,
end are well worth the attention of Intending purchasers. Patterns
will be sent into thr country free of change; also their Illustrated
catalogue of furniture, Ac.—210, Regent-street (opposite Conduit-
street);
E legant summer curtains.
combining the strength of muslin wi’b the gracefulness of
lace.
Guipure Lace Curtains, 3 yard* long, 6s. fid. prrpair.
Very elegant Ditto, 3J „ 10*. fid. per pair,
tiuperb pattern*, extra width,4 „ 70*. per pair.
The New Dtxlgns for 18.V5. A Sample forwarded free.
A. HIBCOCK. Nottingham Luceman.
51, Regent--street Quadrant.
TVTOVELTY in WINDOW CURTAINS for
l.y DRAWING and DINING ROOMS—The nrcoasian Cloth
trimmed with rich Ixmler. forms a moat elegant and effective Curtain,
suitable to blend with any furniture, and adapted for window* of any
size, price 35s. each. The above may be seen in variety of colourings
at BeJgrave House, It, Bloane-street, Belgrave-squarc. Pattcrtu for¬
warded gratis.
P APERHAXGINGS and DECORATIONS.
The largest and beat Block in London of French acd English
Drs'gn. commencing at 12 vnrd» for 6d., Is at CROSS'S, 22, Great
Portland-itreet. Sltr'lebono. near the Polytechnic Institution. HouM
Painting and Decorating in every style Estimate* free.
C HUBB’S PATENT DRILL PREVEN-
T1VB is the only real security against the burglars’ boring in¬
strument recently mml to open safes in Manchester and London, and
is now applied to all Chubb’s Fireproof Safe*.—May be seen at
CHUBB and BON’S. 57, Ht- Paul’s Churchyard, London.
D ON’T BEAT YOUR CARPETS.—They
can be thoroughly cleansed from all impurities, ami the colours
revived, by pare scouring. Pries 3d. and td. per yard. Turkey nnd
extra boavy Carpets in proportion. Carpets and rngs received from
all pari* of England by luggsgc rail, and price-lists fhrwsrded by
post on application. Fetched and returned in town in right days,
free of charge.— Metropolitan Hteam Bleaching and Dyeing Com¬
pany, 17. Wharf-road. City-road. N.
S OILED TURKEY CARPETS, no mailer
how dirty, droned a* pure a* when new by the jiatent. proc****
nf the Sletropaiitan Steam Bleaching and Dyeing Company, if.
Wharf-road. City-road, K.
S OILED LACE. MUSLIN, and DAMASK
CURTAINS, Cleaned, Finished, or Dyed in • very evra
superior manner. A single pair fetched and delivered free o’ charge.
Moderate pricra.—METROPOLITAN STEAM BLEACHING sod
DYBiNG COMPANY. 17. Wharf-road, City-rosd, N.
S OILED CHINTZ FURNITURE Cleaned,
Stiffrind, and Glared equ*l to new. Dresses, Rhawls, Man'l**.
Ac. Cleaned and Dyed at very moderate trice* by the MF.I’RO-
POLITAN STEAM HI HAOIJNG ami DYKING COMPANY, 17,
Wharf-rond, City-ro*d. N.
Q OILED BLANKETS. Counterpanes, and
IO Dimity Bed Furniture BLEACHED and SCOURED In a purer
m<nn«r than hashitberrobeen attained h> T^v~don.— METRG**GLTTAN
STEAM BLEACHING and DYEING COMPANY, 17, Wbsrf-rond
City-read. Jf. _•
B LEACHING, Scouring, and Dyeing, is
brooght by this Company to a high state of perfection, which,
eomb erd w»»h very moderate and fixed charge, rwpedoHy recom-
tuend* itaelf to the nebifity. gentry, and eene’R 1 imbiic — METRO¬
POLITAN 6TEAM BLEACHING tx.i DYEING COMPANY, 17,
WLCrf.road, Cifj-rosd, N.
G RANT and GASK (late Williams and Co.),
having purchased the greater portion of tho stock of Messrs.
.1. and W. WALLACE, bankrupt*. Sewed Mualln Manufacturers,
Glasgow, amounting to £12.216 in. fid., and sold bv the trustees at *
discount from the cost of 68| per cent. wUl OFFER IT FOR SALE
present month; coR»Uiing of every description of 5! USLIN
WO K In Flounchig*, Insertion*, ('ollara, Sleeves, Embroidered!
Muslin Drrases, Camlrie Handkerehicfr. Curtoiu*. Ac. Thrv will
«he same time 16.000 yartls of cheap riUka, at 2fis. fid. tho
LuH Drew of twelve yard*, wide width, present value 3*. 3d. per
>* r ’ 1 i *ri* of fillk Flounces, at &L: «00 rich French
Moire Anlhjucs, « 7s, w. Ukj extra length of nine ysstf* to each
lMntrd Muilin Dram, at 6*. 1W., tfst coJoara^
11,300 yards lrooch Printed MtuHn. at i Jd. per van!, fast colyun,
we rth from lOd. to la. per yard. Pattern* forwarded to the country.
Serial room* for Fmnlhr. Utmnfog, W, Oxford-street. Commerce
House, ML t>0. hi. and 62, Oxford-«tnwt; and3. 4. and 5, Walls-Rroet.
lyro. 15-16, Ludgate-street, London, E.C.—
JLl Dissolution of Partnership.—The sueewnon of R. WILLEY
and CO.. Messrs. 9 H BIT LB WORTH, ABBOTT, and WILLEY, jun-
beg to announce that the SALE of the remorkablo 8TOCK of the
late firm is *1111 continuing, and they respectfully invite a visit from
ladles aud families requiring SILK*, fancy dreura, cloaks, French
and Pauley shawl*, superior table linan, sheetings, and general
drapery, blankets and flannel*, lace and mnslln goods, hosiery. Paris
glove*, haberdashery, Ac. An opportunity ilk* the proaent * seldom
offer* for purchasing.
TUPONS a RESSORTS DEPOSE, for the
Court, Bri’-room.-or Fromenado.—Those PATENT SPRING
PETTICOATS Are perfection: they never croas» or get out of order,
snd they are the only ps'* ttcbkts that give that elegant and ladylike
appear* nee 1 4 the dre«s which is now so desirable. Packed in a small
box and srnt any distance upon receipt of a Post-office onlar for
1 6s. 60. - A dares* Mra. ROBERTSHAW, 100, Ox fonl-strcet. Ladle*’
Ready-made India and Outfitting Warobouae, 100, Oxford-street.
Established 1777.
A RTIFICIAL FLOWERS.—Milliners will
JrV findTevery cilvantage by purchasing at G. W. JONES’, who*®
stock is cor sfntitly spppliod with tho Htest Faria Novelties, for which
the lowest ptio* will be charged to the Trade.
Country orders forwarded on receipt of remittance or London
reference.
NJL— G.W. jJon«, 101, Oxford-street. W.
B EFORM your TAILORS’ BILLS !—
DOUDNEY and SON’S Riding Habit*. £4 4s. : Footman’*
£3 3s. Patrcnised by tho Queen, Prince Consort, Princem
F. W. of Prussia, sud all tho Royal Family.—Douduay and Sons, 17,
u d Bond-strvct; 25, Burlington Arcade; and 49, Lombard-street.
Fatah. !?«.
C! ER V ANTS’ LI VERIES.—The best, at
JO moderate prices, furnished for cash payments, by H. J. and D.
NICOLL, 114, 116, 118, and 129, Regent-street, and 22. Cornhiii.
/7J_EORGE HOBSON begs to invite attention
VX of Gentlemen to nia new Stock of TROUSERINGS for the pre¬
sent Season, price 21s. to 25s. The Inverness Cape. 25*., now readv.
keveial new styles and shapes in Overcoat*, adaptod for tho oomiiig
8t**on, in all the new Cloths, both In Eugliah snd Continental manu¬
facture, which will be found, on inspection, at prices most moderate
lor best goods.—GEORGE HOBSON, Faahionablo Tailor, 57, Lom¬
bard- * tract.
M ECHI’S DRESSING CASES and
TRAVELLING BAGS.—112, Regent-street, and 4, Leadea-
hall-itreet, London.—Bronze*, vaaes, pearl and ivorv work, modheval
niauutacturcs, dresring begs and dressing cooes, toilet case*, work
boxe# and work table*, inkstand*, fans; the largost slock in England
of papier-mache olegancios. writing desks, envelope case*, do*patch
boxes, bagatelle, buckgammon, and chess tables. The premises in
Kegent-itreet extend fifty yard* into Glsrahouro-Btroot, and or®
worthy of InxpecUon as u specimen of elegant outfit. Everything
for the work and dressing table*—best tooth brushes. 9d. each; best
steel scissors and penknives. Is. each. The n«"«i supply of first-rat©
cutlery, razors, razor strops, needles, ftc., fur which Mr. Mechi'a
♦stob'uhmanta have been so tong famed.
T HE PEN SUPERSEDED.—Marking Linen,
Silk, Co-ten. Books, ftc., with CULLETON’8 PATENT
ELECTRO PLATFK prevent* tli© Ink Kpreadinp, and never washes
out. Py mean*, of this invention 1000 piece* ol linen can be marked
in one hour. Initial plate. Is. Name plate, 2s fid. Bet of moveablo
r.mnbei*, 2 s. fid. Crest, 5s. Arms, 10»., with iuirtrnctioos sent port¬
fire for stiunrs. Alio, Patent Lever Embosriug Prc**, with Crest
Hie for Stamping Paper, IS*. T. CuIIeton, 1 and 2, Long-acre (coo
door from St. Martln’s-lano). Beware of imitation*.
rrO LADIES.—Richly Perforated TISSUE
JL for FIRE PAPERS or Stovo Aprons, to be modo up in tbo
Flounced Style, with Instructions, Eight 8tamps per r “
PETERS, ToviL Maidstone.
G REY HAIR.— 24S, High Holborn, opposite
* Day and Martina* " (Ute of Little yueen-*tr.;oti.-ALEX-
KOSS’ charges for Dyeing the Hair perm«nnntiy:—WtiLken, from
Is.; Hair, from 5s.; ladies', from 7s. fid. Beiog a fluid it to easily
spoiled. Sold at 3s. fid.,5s.fid., and »0*. fid. Bent (free) the same
day n* ordered, in blank wrappers, for 54 stamps Hod of Chemist*.
THIS ITER, SON, and HASELDEN’S FLUID
JL’ LENITIVE ELECTUARY, or CONFECTION of 8ENNA.—
This preparation is now universally acknowledged to be the boat and
safest aperient for person* of all agea and either sex, more especially
l bora who from sedentary habits, or other reasons, require a gentle
aperient dally. It I* exceedingly agreeable to tho taste, and on that
account particularly suitable for children Prepared aud cold at 18,
Ccndult-street, Rcgeut-itreet, W., London; msv be obtained at all
Chemirti, either in town or country. In bottle*, at 1*. 6d-, 2*. 6<L,
is. 6d.; or, containing 2 lb., 10s. each.
D R. DE .lONGH’S LIGHT BROWN COD-
L^'EK Oil, Is the only kind which offers a guarantee of
genuineness uud purity. In adverting to this, Dr. Cowan tho eminent
Physician to tho Royal Berkshire Hospital, give* it as bis opinion
" that the material now sold varies in almost every establishment
wh«-re it Is purchased, and that tho tendency to prefer a r rioarleas
and tasteles Oil, If hot counteracted, will ultimately icopardiso the
reputation of on unquestionably valuable addition to tho Materia
Mcdicu."—Dr. De Jong's Oil Is sold only in fmperial liaJf-plnts2s.6d.;
pint*, Is. 'Jd.; quarts, Us., capsuled and labelled with hla itamn and
s'gcature, without which none are genuine, by moat rcepectable
Oncmisu. Sole Brit Wt Consignees, ANSAR, HARFORD, and CO., 77-
Strand. Itendon, W.C.
A sthma.—dr. locock’s pulmonic
WAFERS give instant relief and a rapid cure of Asthma,
Consrmption. Coughs, and all Disorders of tho Breath and Long*.
They haro a most pleasant teste. Prioo 1*. lfcL. 2a 9d., and 11*. p*c
box. Bqld by all Medicine Venders.
TMP ORTA NT.—YOUNG’S CORN and
A BUNION FLA8TER8 are tho be*t ever invented. Observe tho
Name and Address pioted on tho label, without which none aro
genuine. May lie had of all chemists: la per box, or thirteen stamoa.
Address II. koutsg. I, bbaflesbnry-place, Aldcragate-stree^ E.C.—
Bewail* of Imitations.
T O MOTHERS.—NEW NIPPLE SHIELDS,
for taking away all pain whilst nursing: preventing and imme¬
diately curing cracked or sore nipples —BENJAMIN ELAM, 196,
Oxford-street. 4s. fid.; or by post, 9d. extra.
I NFANTS’ NEW FEEDING-BOTTLES.—
From the " Laneet”—” We have seldom seen anything *0
beautiful as the Feodtng-Bottle* introduced by Mr. ELAM, 196.
Oxford-street. Whether for wosnlng. rearing hy hand, or occasional
feeding, they ore quite unrivaDed.” 7s. 6d- each.
£10,000
DAMAGES.—Condemnation of
HPH Mr. C. MEtNio fer «n Infringement of tho
nv«ntor‘* Rights —Let Counterfeiter* therefore be caution*.—
PDLYERMACHER’S MEDICAL ELECTRO-GALVANIC CHAINS,
for personal use ; an un'allisg and often instant remedy for Rheuma¬
tism, Gout. Epi’epey, Paralysis, Liver CotuoUim*. Asthma, Indiges¬
tion, Cough*. DeafuoM. and all Nerrou* and Muscular Diseasea Ap¬
proved by the Acsddmle do MAllcina. Paris, and rewareled at the
Universal Exhibition. Their extraorflinary curative power* is so ani-
verfaliv known and eulogised in the medical works am!Journal* as to
render it useless to detail the great number of diseoie* in which they
have proved infallible, or tho thousand* of cure* they have already
effected. May be tested before purchasing. Price 5*. and 10*. 6d.r
the 15a., 18*.. and 22*. moot useful, free per port — Pu.vcrnucber and
Co.. 73. Oxford-street (adjoining tho Prince**' Theatre). London.
TV ANTED, LEFT-OFF CLOTHES for
V V AUSTRALIA, la good or inferior conditio*. Mr. mad Mr*.
JOHN ISAACS. 319 and M0, 8tran*i .opporite Somerset House),
continue to give the bhrhest price »n Cash for Ladle* .Gentlemen *,
and Children’s Clothes, Regimentals, LuderrUothlug, Boot*, Books,
Jewolkry, and all Miscellaneous Property- Letters for any day or
dhtanoe punctually attended to. Pared* I komtho Counfry,
either large or imiii. the utmort value reternod by Port-office order
tb* day. Reference. London and Westminster Bonk. Eat. «9 yr*.
TirANTED LADIES* and GENTLEMEN’S
V V LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, Begun co tola, and MlveCaneoaa
Proi>ertv The highest price lu Clash. Ladies and Gentlemen waited
on b^SdreSSgalettrr toMr. or Mr*. Uvy 251, Rtrand loppodte
1 win’ng'sBank): or 3»l, near Wsterloo-brxlge. Parcels from tho
count I pOJatm ortler remitted-Esta). isbad 65 year*.
TirANTED, LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, Uni-
W forms, Mlsoellancon* Property, ftc. Tb* highest prioo gfrm.
Ladle* or Geetitman waited on by addressing Ur - Mr*. G.
H YAM, If*. TVIer-sure*. Kigtat-rtreet, W.; or, parcel* being sent, the
Dd&cst vrtee is cash immedistriy remitted — F*ubl»*h#d to ;mn.
300
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 20,1858
NEW BOOKS, fre.
Now ready, at all the Libraries,
L ADY SCOTT’S New Novel, THE ONLY
CHILD, t to la.
RECOLLECTIONS of WEST-END LIFE. By
Major i HAMRRE, late 17th Lancer*. 2 vola.
A WILL and a WAX'. By the Hon. H. COKE.
COUSIN HARRY. By lira GREY, Author of
**The Gambler's Wife." 3 volt.
The MORALS of MAYFAIR. 3 vola.
** A very cap'tal novel."-ftoectotor. „ _
A LOVERS’ QUARREL. By the Author of
Cousin Geoffrey3 Tola.
Hcbst and Blackett, Publisher*, 13, Great Marlboro ngh-itreet-
Now ready, in one vol., price 7a. 6<L,_
TTBIQUE. By J. W. CLAYTON, Esq.
|_J (late Captain of the 13th Light Dragoous), Author of u Letter*
from the Mia."
‘‘The authorhae an amuiing manner, and write* with spirit."—
Athene om.
“ Pleasant, goaslplng, and amusing, the production of a kindly
mind.”—Globe.
•* * Ublque ' 1« a briak and florid n&rratiTa of every-day Incident*
n a aoIdler'* life.”—Leader.
C. J. Skzit, Kins William-street, Strand.
This day, 8vo, la. 6d., . _
T HE WAR in OUDE. By JOHN MAL-
COLM LUDLOW. Barriater-at-Law.
Latelr published, hr the ume Author, 2 vola. fcp Bro. cloth, 9a.,
BRITISH INDIA: ITS RACES and HISTORY.
A series ef Loetare* with reference to the Mutiniee of 1357.
Macmillan and Co.. Cambridge.
May be bad of all Bookaellera.
At all Bookseller* and Librariea,
T he memoirs of Frederick
PERTHE8. Third Edlt«on. 2 vols., 8vo, price 31a.
When the wire* of Germany have their Walhalla, Car iline Parthf#
will h^ld a place the o inch aa our Lady Rachel Howell and Lacy
Hutchiovou oecupy In the Pantheon of nobla Englishwomen —
Atketucum.
Edinburgh: T. CONST Ah L* and Co.; London: Hamilton, Adam*,
and Co. ___
Now ready. In one rol., Svo, with Portrait*,
CARDINAL WISEMAN’S PERSONAL
ly RKCOLI,F.rTIOS9 of th» LAST FOUR PO'KS.
fiUXST EfldBLACKKTT, Publiihen, 13, Gr«,t Mwlborouifh-itrwt
R
Saw complete. In four vola. poet 8vo, price 42*. cloth,
A IK E S S JOURNAL from 1831 to 1847.
” A very entertaining book.”—Time*.
London: Lonoman. Brown, and Co.
WORTH NOTICE —What haa alway* boon wanted la Juat publlihed,
price «*.. free by port (the eighteenth thouaand la now Belling),
rpHE DICTIONARY APPENDIX,
I with upward» of 7000 worila not fouad In the Dictionary, com¬
prising the Participle* of the Vert*, which perplex all writer*. No
penoo who write* a lotter Bbooid be without thi» work: all sohoo’
Dnoila ihoold have It. "Thla book la InvaluaMo."—Weekly Time*
»*Thla book la *a neoeaeary oa ’Walker'* Dictionary’ I tael/.’'—The
Critic J. F. SHAW, 36, Pa tern oa te r-row. _
" Crown fl.o, pri« . M-I.port-fcw.fc IM;. wlGi M.pM. MW,
L ONDON as it is TO- DAY; Where to Go
*ad What to Bee. With 200 Engraving*.
London: H. G. CLanicx and Co., 152, Strand, W.C,
Thla day (‘to, pp 104), price 4a. Sd. .poet-free,
T HE DIARY for the POULTRY* YARD,
DAIRY, and PIGGERY.
Published only at the Rmbx Gazette Omc«, Coloheater, andaent
poet-free to order containing 51 postage-stam. a.
Poat-fre* to order Incloslnr two atampa,
TTINTS to UOoKBUYERS, by which a
1 taring of about ono-half may be effected In the purchase of
Modern Book* Addro*aod to Literary Initiation*. Reading So-
eiKlee, Book Club*. Lending tJbrariee, Mechamic*' InaUtutiona, and
New-Book Boron lo general.
BAUVDIKH and OTLar. Publlahe**, Conduit-atreet, Hanover-square.
Just pobliahed, feap8vo. '■loth, 6*.,
O N WIN 9. By J. C. MULDER, Professor
of CheroUtTT In »he University of Utrecht. Edited by H.
BRN K JONRS M.D.. F.R.6. ^ . _ , .
Cojrtt nts: —On the Grape—On the Fermentation of Grape Juloe—
On the Clearing of Wine—On tbo Cellaring of Wine- On lh« DLea*«
mf Wine—On the Coni'l'tunli of Wine — On the Amount of A’eohoJ
»n wine—On the Colouring Matter* of Wine- On the Fatty Mattar
Is Wine—On the Free Acid* In Wine -On the Albuminous Matter in
^n Q »_o n the Ammonia or Am maniacal Salt* In Wine—On the Bagar
In Wine—On the Odoriferous Constituent* of Wine—On the Analysis
of Wine-On the T«u for different Wines—On the Adulteration of
^London: ^Joux CHTTtCHlLl, New Burllngton-etreeC
T> RICK-MAKING MACHINES, adapted for
tj the Clay* they am to work, and every Information on Pottery,
Machinery, and Work*. The Society of AruPriae K*aar ‘‘on
Brlek-making,” poet-free. Is* 2d.—Mr. HUMPHREY CHAMBER¬
LAIN, Earn peer, new Woroorter _
IE PRETTIEST GIFT-BOOK EVER
PUBLISHED.—The PICTORIAL POCKET BIBLB, with nearly
»0 beautiful Wood-Begraving* of all the great event* recorded lo the
fWintnres Good clear type and 50,000 references, bound in beat
££^far lta Sent poit-free. Only to* had at John Field'.
Great Bible Warehouse, Regonfs-quadrant, London.
QAA BIBLE STORIES, with nearly 300
n ‘ BIBLE PICTURE8. a Pictorial Sunday Book for the
-Quag, hondaomolr lx*nnd. price 4a. fid., originally published at 12*.
mt post-free from FIELD’8 great Bible Warehouse, fi5, Regcnt’s-
ladrant. Every ftunlly should have this pretty book.
VH
•equal I*
.LLACIES 1 ”of Ed the FACULTY. By Dr.
DICK80N. THE DESTRUCTIVE ART of HEALING. A
to the above. By poet, 2a. fid. Fourth
Simfkix, MAK8HALL, and
2s. fid. Fourth Edition.
Co
Third Edition, crown Svo. doth lettered. 3*. fid., or 44 penny atampa,
C ORPULENCY; its New Self-Dietary Cure.
By A. W. MOORE, M.R.C.8. Brief and intoMLgtble. Sold at
WM. BOLWKLL’a, 41, Tach brook-street, P iml i c o, 8.W. “A useful
and scientific dlooovory."—Morning Poet.
H INTS to MOTHERS and NURSES on
REARING INFANTS br HAND. Fort-free, OT .ppllcllon
» William F. COOP**, Fharmooeutical Chemist, 26, Cxford-atrcet,
WSW E»' mVThTrTScOK;
tj which eeatalns everything that every Mother oughtto know.
Direct to ALFR'D FBXNiNOS. West Cowea, tale of Wight. \
A NEW SYSTEM of MEDICINE.—The
ANTISEPTIC TREATMENT.-Great result* by barmleea
morns. The mo t extraordinary Cures have been made in long-
■tonding Complaints. Cancer treated without pitln, Lupus, Scrofula,
Consuraprion. Throat and Skin Disease*. Uloeration and Irritation of
ftholMucoua Membrane, lndlgeation, with Norvousneas. Diarrhoea, and
othor Cbronlo Disorder*. Bee Treatise oa ” Acacia Charcoal," poet-
free. la. By W. WASHINGTON EVANS, M.D., IS, Beroard-atreot,
Prlmroeo-hill, London.
50,000
HR., f'.rereref Cl
BIBLES, PRAYER-BOOKS,
CHURCH SERVICES, and JUVENILE BOOKS—
The I'argost, Cheapest, and Best-bound Stock in the Kingdom, at
FIELD’S Great Bible Warehouse, ftA, Rcgtai's-quadnurt, London.
DISCOUNT IN THE SHILLING
allowed r>ff sll now Books for C.uh.-WK. Dawson *md sons,
Bookse! ier*. Ac., 7«,Caunon atroet, CUy,_E.C. KaUbli»hodl809.
TjHSHER’S PACKETS of NOTE PAPER.
84. Nleholos’-iqaate. Nevrcast)o-on-Tyne.
N O CHARGE for STAMPING PAPER and
ENVELOPES, with Arms, Coronet, ' rest, or Initials.—
MODHIGUE8’ C etm-iaid Adhesive Envelop-oa. 4d. per 100; Cream-
laid Note, full *Ue. five quires for 6d ; thick ditto, flvo quiros for
la.; Foolscap, its. per ream. Ecrmon Paper, 4s. 6d. All kjnds of
8 ttkoow 7 equally cheap, at H. Rodrigue's, 42 Piccadilly, Londoa.W.
■YX7EDDING CARDS, Enamelled Envelopes,
▼ V stamped fn silver, with arms, crest, or flower*. '* At Hotne*,”
and breakfo*t invitations, In the Uteet frshton. Card-plate elegantly
ongraved and 10*» pupsrflne caids printed fojr t*. 6d- Observe, at
HENRY RODRIGUES,’ 42, Piccadilly (2 door* from Ssckville-stre^t).
NEW MUSIC ; 5*c.
D *ALBERT’S ALBUM for 1858.—The most
splendid Musical Work ever produced, surpassing all this
popular Compoeer's previous Albums. The cover Is In the most elabo¬
rate and gorgeous style; the binding In watered silk; and the coloured
Illlusi rations am in the wr cat eat variety, by Mr. Brondard. M. D’ Albert
hat oompoeed expressly for this Album a number of new Waltaee,
new Quadrille* Polkas. Maxurkas, Ac.; and the publisher* feel confi¬
dence in announcing it us the most attractive musical present ever
publishod. Price 21s. Sent free.
Chat fell and CO., 49 and 50, New Bond-street.
L akes of killarney and south of
IRELAND (8TERKO0CQ 1*1 C).—The finest Series of Views
ever Issued, exquisitely coloured, £5 the aet of 50, in elegant box.
Bamplo copies sent by post on remittance of 24 stamp*.
London Stereoscopic Company.
54, Cheepside, and 313, Oxford-street
B EEVES’ WATER COLOURS in Cakes,
tni Moist Water Colours In Tube* and Ptu.
lit, Cboaprida, London, 1.0.
TV ALBERT’S WEDDING QUADRILLE,
M I performed by Wdppert's Band at her Majeety's etafe Boll,
Buckingham Palace. Price 3s., 8olo or Duet; Full Orchestra, 5*.
CHaPPXLL and Co., 50. New Bond-street.
TV ALBERT’S PRINCESS ROYAL POLKA,
J _ r with an exquisite Portrait of the Prince*# ln Colour*, by
BRANDARD. Price 3*., Solo or Duot, poet-free.
Chappxll and Co., 60, New Bond-street.
TYALBERT’S HOOP DE DOODEN DO
JL/ GALOP. Price 3#., poet-free.
Chappxll and Co., £0, New Bond-street.
TY ALBERT’S ENGLISH POLKA Just
JL/ publiabod, Illustrated In Colours, with a Bridal Portrait of the
Princess Royal, by BRANDARD. Price 3s.: Full O-chostra, fie.
Chappxll and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
T ’ADIEU de la PRINCESSE. BRINLEY
1 i B'CHARDS’ New Nocturno for the Pianoforte, splendidly
Illustrated in Colours, by BRANDARD. Dedicated to her Majesty the
Queen. Price 3s. fid., Solo or Daot, post-free.
Chappxll and Co., 50, New Bond-street
TY ALBERT’S VTOLANTE.—New WALTZ
I J by this popular Composer. Just published, Illustrated in
Colours. Prico 4s.. rolo or duett; full orchestra, fie.
Chappell and CO., £0, New Bond-street.
■RRINLEY RICHARDS’ COMPLETE
JD TUTOR for the PIANOFORTE. The best, tho newest, and
chospest of all Instruction Books, containing elementary Instructions,
•culm, exercises, and a great variety of the moot populir themes as
progressive lessons. Sixty page* lull music size, price 4s, post-free.
Chappell and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
TDRINLEY RICHARDS’ HUGUENOTS
JD FANTASIA on the most admired Alt* from this favourite
Opera for the Pianoforte. Price 4*., post-free.
Chappxll and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
T UCKNOW.—DESCRIPTIVE FANTASIA
JLi for the Pinno'brte. By C. M. E OLIVER. Beautifully Ulus-
rated by BRANDARD, in Colour*, price 4*., post-free.
Chappxll and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
T A Z1NGARA; or. The Bohemian Girl.
1 J More pa a de Salon for the Pianoforte. By CHAKLS8 VOBS.
Prioe 3s., post-free.
Chappxll and Co., 60, New Bond-street.
ROOSEY’S MUSICAL LIBRARY.—An
JD Annua) FubscriW of Two Guineas has tho command of aboro
100,000 English and Fore'gn Works, and is allowed the continual use
of Three Guineas' worth of Music in tho Country, or Two Guineas'
north ln 1-ondon Country Parcels d'spau-hod with tho greatest
promptitudo. Fall particular* by post.—Uollce-stroot, W.
\yfETHODS for the MILLION.—BALFE’S
JjrJL NEW SINGING METHOD, with Sixteen Ballads (50 pages).
5s. Koo-ey's New I“receptor* for the Cornet, Elute, and Concertina,
by Jonoe, Clinton, and Case, price 5s. each. Also Boo soy's Now Cla¬
rionet Preceptor, '6*.
Booaxr and 80 X 8 , 24 and 28, HoUet-stroot.
■\TEW BALLAD by BALFE.—“ Scenes of
JLl Home,” by M. W. Balfo. price 2s. Al«o, Sixth Editton of
"Coma into the Garden, Maud." by the same eompoeer, prioe %s.
Boosxr and Sons' Musical Library, Hollo*-street.
]\TEW SONG by MISS FRICKER, composer
JL 1 of " Fading away," " I do not watch alone," words and
music by Anne Fricker. price ts.
BOOSXT and SONS' Musical Library, HoUee-street.
T AURENT’S ALBUM. Price 5s, (75 psges
IJ In Illustrated oovor.) Content* : La Traviota Quadrille. Lea
Uoguenou Quadrille, 84. Patrick Quadrille. H!ghlsniien> Quadrille,
Part out pour la Byri* Quadrille, New Lancers' Quadrille, Value do
Carnaval. Vaises from Le VI-pres Bloillomes, Rthol Nuwoome Value,
ViUklns Valeo, Romanoff Waite, Marguerite Polka, Egyptian Polka,
Malakhoff Galop, Argylo Galop, and original VaroovUna.
BOO ax T and BOX*' Musical Library, Hoilaa street. -
"VTEW WORK for VIOLIN and PIANO.—
JLl In 24 Number*, price Otto Shilling each. Popular Recreations
for tho Violin, arranged by George Cue. Contents: 1. Robert, tol
qua J'alme, Robert! e Diablo. 2 Quoad Je qnittais, ditto. 2 Mobil
signor. Huguenots. 4. No caso egual, ditto. 5. Va pensterc, Nabuooo.
6. Ernani involami, Krnani, 7. Tutto e sprez.ro. ditto. 3 La mia
letiria, Lombardi. 9. La donna h mobile, Rlgoletto.16. E 11 »ol
dell* anlm-, ditto. It. Questa o quella, ditto. 12. Bella flglia, aitto.
13. Introduction aud Galop Rlgoleito, ditto. 14. MUercre—Ah ! che
to morte, Trovatora. 15.11 balen del suo ditto. IS, Ft :a stanchexxo,
17. Merd, jeonee aw le*. Les Vfpre* Sirillannee. 18. Ami le occur
d'Uftlene. ditto. 19. Jour d'ivrese* ditto. 20. Llbiamo, Brnndisl,
Traviota 21. Parigi o ears, ditto. 22. Di provenxa, ditto. 23. Ah,
for* 1 e lal, ditto. 24. Semprn libera, ditto.
Booaxr and Box*. Holiu-atrset.
•VTEW WORK for FLUTE and PIANO by
1.1 R. 8. PRATTBN-—In 24 Number*, price One Shilling each,
R. 8. Prat ten's Recreations for Flu'e and Plano. Contents: 1. Ro¬
bert, toi qne J’alme, Robert le Dtoble. 2. Qaond Je qnittais, ditto.
3. Nobil tignor, Heguenota. 4 No caao egual, ditto. 5. Vk pen-
slero, Nabu.-eo 6. Ernan! luvotomi, Krna 1. 7. Tutto e spreezo,
ditto. 8. l.a mto totlzto. lAjmbardi. 9. La donna i mobile, HlgoMto.
10. E 11 sol doll'auimo, ditto. 11. Quests o quells, ditto. 12. Bella
flglla, ditto. 13. Introduction and Gaiop Rigole (o, ditto. l4.Mii->-
rere—Ah! cho Is morte, Trovatore. 15 11 baJon del suo, ditto. 16.81
to stancheua, ditto. 17. Morel, jeunes amirs. Lea V3pree Bidliennee.
18. Ami lo ocrur d'Hlleno, ditto. 19. Jour d'lvresae. dllto. 20 Ii-
btomc, Brindisi, TravUta. 21. Parigi o ear* ditto. 22. DI provonza,
ditto- 23. Ah, fora e)ui, ditto. 24. 8empre Uhent, ditto.
Booaxr and Sons, Holioe-etreot.
\ \ HAMMOND’S
•VfUSICAL PRESENTATION LIBRARY.
J,vj. • Threo Guinea* per Annum.
Three Guineas' worth of Music presented Gratis to every Annual
Subscriber to th" above Library.
Subscriber* or* liberally supplied on I«oan with every description of
New Vocal and Instrumental Music, and have also at their disposal
upwards of Three Thousand Volume*. Including the Standard Operas,
Italian, German, French, and English Song*, and all kinds of Instru¬
mental Muiic.
At the expiration of the Term of Subscription, each Subscriber as
the privilege of selection—for his own property—from 100,000 different
THREE aCnHAB’ WORTH OP MO8I0.
TERMS OT SUBSCRIPTION.
For One Year •• ..£3 3 0 | For Threw Months ..11 3 0
For 8ix Months .. .. !l 0 | For Ono Month .. ,, 0 10 0
A. W. Hammond (Jullien’a), 214, Regent-street, W.
A DELE ; or, I Miss thy Kind and Gentle
JI Voice. Tho Becond Ecltion of thla beautiful Ballad, by
LANGTON WILLIAMS, la now ready, as sung by Mia tLascellea.
Prico 2s.; freo for stamp*.—W Williams, 221, Tottenham-court-road
TT1FFIE SUNSHINE: New Ballad. By
Ma LANGTON WILLIAMS; aunr by Mias Poole with 1 h egroaiest
aucoees. Beautifully Illustrated. Price 2a fid., free for stamps.
W. Williams, 211, Toiteaham-court- road.
T ANGTON WILLIAMS' NEW KEDOWA,
1 J " The Village Queen."—" This to tbe gem of the season, both in
music and Illustration."—Review —W. Williams and Co., 221,
Tottenham-court-road. Price 2s. 6d.; froe for stamps.
T HAVE ALWAYS A WELCOME FOR
JL THEE. New Ballad, by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Just pub¬
lished. " One of tbe a wee teat ballads of the day.”—Review. Prioe
2a.; free for stamps.—W. Williams, 221, Tottenham-court-road.
NEW MUSIC, frc.
TTENRY FARMER’S POLKA D’AMOTJR.
rl_ Iliustratodi n Colours. *y BBANDAttD. Prico 3s., poetage-
ree. London: Joseph Williams, 123, Cheapaide.
TTENRY FARMER’S JUNO QUADRILLES.
XX 4a.; Duot, 4s. Illustrated n Colours, by BKANDARD. 8op-
•tt, 3e. 6d.; Orchestra, 5e ,
Loudon: JOSJtPH WILLIAMS, 123, Choapslde.
T ES JOLIES FILLES D’ANGLETERRE
I 1 QUADRILLE. By J. T. STONE. Beautifully Illustrated by
BKANDARD. bo'os, 3a.; Duet*, 4*.
JOdJCTH WILLIAMS, 123, Choapslde.
T A BELLE ECOSSAISE QUADRILLE.
I J By J. T. 8TONS. Beautifully Illustrated by BKANDARD.
Bolos. 4s.: Duet. 4s.
Josipb Williams, 123, Cheapaide.
K
Duets, ia
ILLARNEY QUADRILLE. ByJ.T.
STONE. Beautifully Illustrated by BRANDARD. Bolos, 3s.;
Joseph Williams, 123, Cbespside.
L a belle francaise quadrille.
By J. T. STONE. Beautifully Illustrated by BRANDARD.
Bolos, 4s.; Duets, 4s.
Joseph Williams, 123, Cheapaide.
•fjlNGLAND for the ENGLISH, and GOD
JJJ DEFEND tho RIGHT, New Patriotlo 8ong. Word* by J. E.
CArtPENTKX: Made by E. L. HIME. and sung by the Composer
frith the most rapturous applame. Price 2s.
Evans and CO., 77, Baker-street, Portmon-squore, W.
mHE NEW ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM
X for the DRAWING-ROOM.
ALEXANDRE and SON have just taken out a new patont for the
Drawing-room Harmonium, which effect* tho greatest improvement
they have ever made in the instrument. Tho Di-awing-room models
will be found of a sol ter, purer, and in all respects more agreeable
tone than any othor Instruments. They have a perfect nod easy
means of producing a diminuendo or crescendo on any one note or
more; ibe boas con bo perfectly subdued, without even the use of the
expression stop, the great difficulty in other Harmoniums- To each
of the now model* an additional blowor ia attached at tho hack, to
thut tho wind can bo suppliod (if preferred) by a socoud person,
and still, under the new patent, tho porformur can play with perfect
expression.
THE DRAWING-ROOM MODEL
No. is made in threo varieties. Guineas.
1. Three Stops, Percussion Action, additional Blower, And
in Rosewood Cate .. .. .. «• 25
2. Eight Stops ditto ditto ditto 25
2. Sixteen Slope ditto ditto, Voix Colonic, Ac.
(the best Harmonium that can be made) .. .. ..60
Meiers. Chappell have an enormous stock of the
SIX-GUINEA B.ARMONIUM8,
And of olf Varieties of tho ordinary kind, which are perfect, for the
Church, 8chool, Hall, or Concert-room.
No. .—Guinea*.
1. One Stop, oak case — .10
f. „ mahogany case .. .. .. *• .12
3. Three Stop*, oak, 15 guineas; rosewood .16
4. Five Btops (two rows vibrators), oak case.22
., ditto rosewood case .. .. 23
5. Eight Stops, ditto, oak, 25 guineas, rosewood .. ..26
6. Twelve tops iloui row* vibrator* >, oak or rosewood case 35
7. One Stop (with percussion action), oak cose, 16 guineas;
roaewood case —..* •• 1*
8. Throe -tops, cltto, roarwcod case .20
9. Eight Stops ditto, oak »r rosewood case.32
10. twelve stops, ditto, oak case .. ..40
11. „ d lto, rosewood cose. .. 45
12. Patent modal, ditto polished osk or rooewood cose .. 65
Messrs Chappell hi*g also to cad attention to their
NEW AND UNIQUE COTTAGE PIANOFORTES.
No. Guinea*.
1. In mahogany case, fi| octaves.25
2. in rosewood, with circular fall, 6f octavo*.30
3. In rosewood, elegant case, frets, .35
4. In very elegant wa nut, Ivory-irontod keys, Ac.40
6. The Unique Planoforto, with perfect check action, elogant
rosvwood caso. 6J octaves.40
6. The Foreign Model extremely elegant, oblique strings, 7
octave*, beet check action, Ac., the moat powerful of
AH upright Pianoforte* .. .50
Also to their immense assortment of now and secondhand Instru¬
ment*. hy Broad wood, Collard, ana KroTd, lor sale or hire.
Full descriptive lists of harmoniums and of pianofortes sent upon
application to CHAPPELL and CO , 49 and 50, Vow Bond-street,
and 13, George-stroet, Hanover-aquare.
Agents for FABREQUETfEd and CO., New York.
C HAPPELL’S FOREIGN MODEL PIANO-
PORTE, price Fifty Guineas.—This Instrument has (unlike
the ordinary Cottage Pianoforte) Throe String* and tho fullest Grand
compose of Soven Octaves. It Is strengthened by every possible
means to endure the g-routesc amount of wear, and to stand perfectly
in any climate. Ibe workmanship is of the best description, the tone
U round, full, and rich, and the power equal to that of a Biakord
Grand. Tbo case Is of the most elegant construction, in rosewood,
the touch clastic, and the repetition vary rapid. Every possible pre¬
caution haa boon taken to ensure its standing well ht tune. Chappell
and Co. especially Invite tho attention of the public, tho profession,
and merchants to the Foreign Model, fooling assured that no Piano¬
forte, in all respects oomparablo, has hitherto boon mad* la England
at the some prioe. Every instrument will be warranted, and (If de¬
sired) exchanged within twelve months of the purchase—50, New
P IANOS, 16 Guineas.—OETZMANN’S
8CHOOL-ROOM PIANOFORTE, 6| Octaves. In solid Maho¬
gany Cases. Warranted. Packed free, sad forwardod for ca*h.—
OETZMANN and CO., 32, Wigmore-etreet, Cavendish-square, W.
P IANOFORTES, £25. — OETZMANN’S
ROYAL COTTAGE PIANOFORTES, 6| Octaves. Cylinder
Falls, Rosewood or Mahogany Cssos. Warranted Packed free, and
forwarded for ca-h.—OfaTZMANN and OO., 32, Wigmoro-slreot,
Cavendish-square, W.
P IANOFORTES EXTRAORDINARY, at
MOORE aud MOORE'S, 104, BDhopsgnto-street Within.
These are first-class Pianos, of rare rxcellence, pofaeiing exquisite
Improvements, recently applied, which effect a grand, a pure, and
beautiful quality of tone, that stands unrivalled. Price from 18
guinsss. First-class Pianos for hire, with easy terms of purchase-
B ritish pianoforte society, for
distributing Pianofortes on tho principle of a Building Society.
Monthly p ynients 10, 15, or 20 shilling*. Manufacturer, Mr. COOKE,
Eu»t~n Facory, Osauhton-sireet, Eustoo-rood. Books of rule*, he.,
may be hud for four p^s'atrc stamp# of the Secretary, Mr. R. Kemp,
12, Vlctoriu-rood, KoBtlsh-town, London, N.W
P IANOFORTE a BARGAIN, 6J, the pro-
petty of a Lady. A Brilliant, full, and sweet-toned Cottage,
In fine Walnut caso, nearly new. To be disposed of to an Immediate
purchaser for Twenty Guinea*.—Apply at Belgrave House, 12, Bloane-
■troet, Belgrave-square.
S ECONDHAND PIANO.—A Bargain.—
A Gentleman wishes to dispose of his Walnut Cottage Piano¬
forte. It baa every modern Improvement, and it cost upwards of
Forty Guinoos about six months tlnee, but will bo sold lo an imme¬
diate purchaser for Twenty Guineas. Apply to Mr. BOSWELL,
Upholsterer. 141, High-street, Camden-town.
mHE ROYAL WEDDING QUADRILLES,
X by LANGTON WILLIAMS, ITustrsted with Portroiu, in
Colour*, of their w oyal Highnesses the Princess Royal of Prussia and
her Consort, by BRANDARD, after Drawings by Wlntorholter-
I*ricn it . free for stamps.—W. Williams and Co., 221, Tottonham-
oo art-rood.
ENGLAND IS ENGLAND STILL Price2s.
Xli Row National Song, by ihe Composer of “8ad Brown Leave*.*
Froe for stamps from J. Chantrxt, Publisher, Macclesfield.
purchasers < ... __ _ I _ 9 _
fortes being given awsv by the Publisher among*, the purchasers, to
be drawn for upon lOW) copies being sold.—Vggjr, Music Publisher,
65. Baker-street, London. Song and Ticket tent foe Twenty-five
tfarap*. AH othor musk half prioa.
L ADIES’ and GENTLEMEN’S AMUSE-
MENT8-—Mr. CHEEK respectfully coils attention to hi*
STOCK of AbCHERY. which Is, w th*ut exco^tion, the largest in
tho world, among which will be fotmu fine specimens of Self Yew.
beautiful springy Snakewood. and ihe usual hare wood-booked and
self bows, at prices varying from 5*. to 5 guinea*; Arrows, 2s to 24§.
K dozen; 3 foot Targets. 9*. each; 4 feet, l*s ; Ladles' Equipments.
. 37s. 6d., 80*., and 7 guineas, Genthmen's, 27s., 46s., 89s . and
10 guinea* The stock i f Fishing-rods and Tackle la large and the
prices moderate. F y-fishing Equipments, 10s., 21s., 42s. and 63«.
Salmon-fishing, 72s. fid. aud 6 guineas. Pike-fishing, 15*. fid. and
32* fid. Bet om-fishing, fie., 13*. fid., 33a., and Wu Choice Trout
Fliea. 2s. per dozen; throe-yard gnt line, 6d.; best, 9d.; exquiritely
fine. Is., extraordinarily Fine Gut, every length selected, 6*. per 100;
superior bamboo rod, spliced top, ringed, brar.-.d, and winch fitting*,
7». fid ; twelve-yard cost mt, for gudgeon, 21;.; ax-yard, for min¬
nows. IDs. A Urge assortment of extr mely cboico Cricket Bats, -oy
Dark and Clapahaw, best quality, match bizo, 7a. fid.; small »ize, la.
to fie.; balls, wickets, belts, gloves, Sc. Racket*, 10* to 20 b. each.
Ladies'myrtle green, Napoleon blue, brown silk, and Improved alpaca
Umbrel'as on ;iatont paragon frames, remarkably light; also superior
myrtle green, brown silk, and alpaca for gentlemen, a choice assort¬
ment, at moderate nrico*. Noted for strong carriage umbrellas. Mr.
Cheek also resentfully submits a very elegant oasortment of Ladi- s'
and Gen'h-mena’ London-m de Riding IVhi.s plain, la. to 10e.;
moun od 7r. 6a. to 5 guinea*. Tito a»snrtment of faihionable
Walking Canes and Sticks Is huge and elegant and bis stock of
Boxing Gloves, fen Ingfoils masks, baskets and stick* gauntlets, Ac.,
Is worthy tho notloe of all parents ana tret.hero who wish the you»h
of the pro«ent ray to combine the advantage# of Physical Education
with Amusement. A l.bersl allowance to beads of colleges, large
schools, professor*, and duolo'S In archery, Ash tog tackle. Ac- Manu¬
factory and Warehouse. 132 C, Ox’otd-etreet, W. The Archer's
Guiae. British Angler's Instructor, Rules ol Cricket, and atalogue
of Pricee (gratis; contains more rosily useful Information than any
other work.
Order* from oountry (with remittance) generally attended to the
eamo day.
Any article exchanged if not approved of. Mocrotories to Archery
and Cricket Club* will mto tbemsc’vo* much trouble by sending for
aoataiogua.
P roposed international hotel
COMPANY (Limited). Capital, £330,000.
In 9000 Share# of £V0 eACh.£»8(>.Q-iO) _
And Mortgage or Debentures .. 160,000 J A5J0 ' W0
Deposit, £3 per Shore.
TRUSTEES.
Thomas Alien Hankey, Eaq. (.Messrs. Hankoy and Co., Fenchurch-
Ctreet, banker*).
John Benjamin Heath. Eaq., 31. Old Jewry.
Henry Thomas Hopo. Eeq., 116, Piccadiliv.
Samuel t-cott, Esq. (Messrs. Sir Samuel Scott and Co., Cavendish-
square, bankers).
Ba i- kkbs —Messn- Hankey and Co., Feuchuroh-etreot; Meesn.
Bir Samuel Bcott and Co , Cavondish-eqaaro.
Architect.— James Thomas Knowles, Esq., F.B.I.BJL, 1, Ray¬
mond-build lags, bray's Inn.
It has long boon obvious to the world that our metropolis, as com¬
pared with ovoiy other loading capital in huropo, is woolly destitute
of firo'-chtss hotel accommodation; while tho enormous annual in¬
crease of our system of rai'ways. which has already tsxiendod Its net¬
work to the remotest portions of the kingdom, is daily making this
want more ovident in proportion as tho facilities for travelling aug¬
ment the number of visitor* to this centre of government, capital, and
commerce.
This Company proposes to erect a Int-claas Hotel on a square plot
of freehold around, having a frontage of BOO foot, abutting on the
Strand, Burleigh street, Exeter-snoot, and Wellington-strect, In¬
cluding the site of the Lyceum Thoaiie. Tho ground story in the
Strand and WollLngton-sireot will bo devoted to first-clou shop*,
the revenue from which alone U estimated to amount to £4260 per
annum. \ \ \ \ ,
Tho Hotfl will bo a very spacious and beautiful structure—in Itself
an ettraatioc-and will contain 230 •leoplng-roomo, oicluslvo of
private nittlng-rooms. and suites of apartmmta for families. There
will also bo a large Halle A Manger, in which a Table d'Hote will be
dallr Sfcrvvd; a gentlemen'* coffee-room and a ladle*' coffee and
reading-room; billiard, smoking, and chess rooms; In abort, this
Hotel wii! unite oil tho comforts and convenience# of Internal arrange¬
ment. as at the bost club* Ln London, and In the leading hotels on the
Continent and in America
The proposed situation of this Hotel is consl’ ered to be on Important
derm nt to it* commercial success, located as It will be upon one of
the two main srteiie* of Lonuon—the btrand; midway between the
Parliamentary and fashionable portion—the West-end -an' 1 tho com¬
mercial and business portion—the City, In close proximity to the
numerous Government departments In Somerset Home, the various
Inns of Court Exeter Hall, the Operas, aud the Theatres, within a
shilling cab fare of ev.r, railway station but two (tho Great Wes-ant
and iho Eastern Counties), it will command a position for the tem¬
porary residence tn London of private professional, and commercial
gentlemen and families, unequalled, as regards these qualifications, by
aitv other In Loudon.
Tho termini of some of the great railways bsro been supplied by
their respective companies with hotels of a certain magnitude and
modern ^accommodation. Tho South-Eastern, North Kent, Loudon
and Brighton, and bouth-Wet torn Railways, however, h*vo no con¬
tiguous hotels for the very large number of psssengoro who are dally
convoyed by thorn to London. Tho proposed International Hotel, from
tta immodista contiguity to Waterloo-bridge, over whch tbo whola
traffic may bo said to pass, will afford tho ao-much-required accommo¬
dation for visitors arriving by these lines.
Messrs. Lucas (Brother*V tho eminent builders of Bolvidcre-road.
London, havo carefully exomini d the cost of building the proposed
hotel, and are willing to construct it in the bost possible manner
within the estimated sum of £100.000. It It expected that the building
will be completed in a yoar from its comarmoeaumt.
A statement of the co*t of tho land, buildings, Ac., together with an
estimate of the expected returns to tbo Company from ail eoureoi. have
boon prepared wi’h the utmo»t care, aud with a liberal allowance for
oontiugeuclea From the*# it wi I bo seen that tho o»mingi of th«
Hotel, based on the most moderate calculations, will secure to the
shareholders a return of 20 per cant and, possibly, a much higher rate.
Those staiomanis, together with a prospectus and on elevation of
the Hotel, may ho obtained at thoofflco.
Tho Great Western Hotel, at Peddlngton (tbe only example from
which we can fairly draw an Inference), la always foil, and tbe pro¬
moter* sea no reason why tho International Hotel, with tho superior
advantages of Us central position, combined with tbo comfort and
elegance o' its accommodation and Its completeness In overy respect,
■hou d not also be alw ys filled, and thus secure to tho sltareholdsra
of tho Company the higher rata of dividend thowa In tho statement of
accounts which 'a onneved to the prospectus.
The usual method of nominating a board of director* and other
officers of a company bofor* toe share Ust has been filled is consi¬
dered by tbo promote'! to be objectionable ln many respe-u, and
eipocially so for ibis undertaking, which contemplates tho purchase
of a valuable plot of fresh'd* lanu in the centre of I ondon, for tha
pavmcnt of which it Is requisite that ea*h should be provided
It is proposed, therefore, *n the complet*on of the subscription, to
call a general meeting for the lormation of tbe Om jony and the
elocuon of directors and offloero; and thus tho ihareholden will hare
the power from the very outset of placing the affair* of their Com¬
pany under manager* of their own selection.
In tbe meantime, the above-named gentlemen bare consented to
act as trustee*, and to hold the money paid as deposit* into the
bank in trait for the respective subscriber* until the Company shall
have been formed under the Joint-Stock Companies' Act, with limited
liability, and the directors nominated, when the amount will be paid
by tham t* tho credit ef the Company with sueh bankers as tho
directors shall specify. And on the rerthor trust, that if the amount
of the share capital (t 180,0(K>) shall not ue bouft fide subscribed within
six months from this date, the deposit shall be forthwith returned In
exchange for the banker’s receipts, free from expense* or chargee
of op; sort, but without interest.
The General Meeting by which the director* are t* be nominated
will be convened by advertisement and circular letter sent by poet to
the tevoral subscriberi aerordlng to the addressee given by tbsm re¬
spectively, and slgn-d by the secretary ol tho promoters; and will
not be held until at least seven days after tho publication of such
advertisement and tbe issue of such circular letter.
The meeting will choose its own chairman before proceeding *0
business, and the election ef director* will be made by the vote# of
a majority ef those present, each subscriber being entitled to one vota
for each £100 subscribed for by him up to the limit of tan vote*, and
the qualification of eligibility shall be tho haring subscribed for at
least flAy shares In the undertaking.
It to to be taken as one ef the condition* of the allotment of aharea
that tho oleetion of dirocton so made ia to be binding upon all th#
subscribers, and that a minute to be signed by tke chairman, setting
forth the advertisement and eixeular and the proceeding* o: the General
Mooting, Is to be taken as conclusive evldenre of their regularity and
sufficiency, and as full authority to ihe trustee* (subject to the con¬
dition of the whole amoun* having been tubacribed os before men¬
tioned) to pay over the deposits to ino credit of the Company with tht
bankers named by the directors so chosen.
The bankers account showing tbe recept of doporita of £3 on each
of 9000 shores, is to bo recaivod as conclusive evidence of a bod! flda
subscription of tbo foil ■•hare capital, and Is the eondltlon ln that
respect having been satisfied.
I: any of tho director* chosen at tbe flrot meeting deelino to sot,
the payment by tbs trustee* may be mado to tho credit of the remain¬
ing number.
Person - desirous to become ■abscribero on the above terms must pay
a deposit of £3 por shine, on or before the 15th of April, ln»o the
bonks of Meesn. Rankey and Co., Fenchurcb-strect, or Mesers. Sir
Bomuel Scott and Co., Cavendish-square to the crooli of the above-
named Trustee*, ln exchange for which they will receive tbe banker*'
receipt, and, on forwarding to this office a notice of tho number ot
■hares on which they have paid the deposit, their letters will be regis¬
tered, with reference to the future allotment.
Bamuxl Btocktok, Secretary to the Promoter*.
Office, 38, Cannon-stroet, London, K.C.
U NIVERSAL LIFE ASSURANCE SO-
C1ETY, Established 1834; empowered by 8peclal Act of Par¬
liament. 1. King William-street, London, for tho Assurance of lJvee at
Home and Abroad, Including gentlemen engaged In military and
naval scrricos.
Bir HENRY WILT.OCK. K.L.8., Chairman.
JOHN STEWART. E«q., Detmty Chairman.
Tho principle adopted by tho Universal Life Assurance BocJety of a®
annual valuation of assets and liabilities, and a division of tbre*»
fourth* of tho profits among the assured. Is admitted to offer grool
advantages, especially to those parties who may wish to appropriate
their proportion of profit to the reduction of future premiums.
Thla office dooe not charge any addition to tho ordinary Indian rota*
ln coasequonco of the disturbed state of India.
MiciiAXL Elijah Impxt, Secretary.
W ANTED, in the course of Six Month*, on
tiie Southern Coast (Devonshire preferred), a comfortable
FAMILY RESIDENCE, containing two or threo sitting-rooms, tlx or
soven bed-rooms, and tbo utual conveniences, witti stable#, good
garden, and paddock or orchard. The situation mast bo dry, healthy,
and cheerful, in or uoar a village or town.—Address, Mr*. 8. »•
Gomeldon, Salisbury, Wilts.
M oney on personal security
promptly advanced to Noblemen or Gentlemen, Heirs to En¬
tailed Estates, or by way of Mortgage on Property derivod under
Wills or Settlements, fce. Confidential applications may be mod*
or addroasod to Mr. HOWSE, 11, Boaufort-bulidlng*. Strand, W.CL
P ROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT.—
WANTED directly a number of LADIES and GENTLEMEN
to assist in a highly Artlatlc Punult, in connection with the Crystal
Palace, where specimen! con bo soon in the Court of invention*.
The Art taught (torm-i modcrato> personally or by letter; and a»-
tinuous employment givon to puplU In town or country, to reaiwea
handsome income. No knowledge of drawing neooesary. A Pro¬
spectus forwarded for four stamps. Arrnngomonts made dolly m
LAURENT DE LARA'S Gallery of Fine Am, 3, Torrington -quart,
Kassel!-square. Just ready, De Lara's Book on Hlnminating, price a*.
S UPERB FLOWER SEEDS for EARLY
SOWING, po*t-froe at tho annexed price*100 fine hare/
Annuals, fia.; 50 ditto, 3e; 36 ditto, 2a. 6d.; 12 ditto^U. 2 d. ye-
scrlutivo Catalogues, wi h sample packet, for 2 d.—From WILL'**
KNIGHT, Florist, 67, High-street. Battle. Suaaex._ .
S EEDS.—The Lovers of Flower, will find
BUTLER and McCULLOCU’8 8«ed Catalogue a useful Pjwa
in ana in In g them to aelect their seeds and cultivate> then'goraan-
Bent free and post-paid on application. South-row, Covent-goru
Market, London. _ ,. ,
See a/ivcrtisemmt tn Illustrated Loxt>oh Nrws of loat weciu^
C HOICE FLOWER SEEDS for present
towing. 100 papers, 6*.. 50,3*.; 36for 2>. jd.j J *J°*}* ^
few paper* of Cornelia Bloom, Balsam, and Double William,—
fid each, all post-free.—Addreas JOSEPH GOLDING,
Hating*.
■ OT-PLEILENT, MARCH 20, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
301
THE BOMBAY MAIL.
fun following despatch from her Majesty’s Acting Consol-General
U Egypt was received at the Foreign Office on Monday, 5.20 a.m.
Alexandria, March 11.
The steamer Madras, from Bombay, arrived at Suez yesterday,
she brings no intelligence of the Calcutta steamer due at Suez on the
Jth inst. . .
Sir Colin Campbell arrived at Cawnpore on the 4th February; visited
he Governor-General at Allahabad on the 8th ; and on the 13th was
it Cawnpore, awaiting the siege train from Agra.
A part of the army has crossed into Oude, and is advancing towards
Alumbagh. The Commander-in-Chief is not expected to follow till
be 20th. The force, consisting of about 20,000 men and 100 guns, is
laid to be insufficient to invest Lucknow. The bombardment was ex¬
pected to commence on the 26th of February. The advance column
inder Major Raines, of the Raj poo tana Field Force, under General
Roberts, passed Nusseerabad on the 14th of February, on its way to
ICotah. Enemy said to be 7000 strong, with 100 guns, but expected
» fly on our approach.
THE RESIDENCY, LUCKNOW.
The Central India Field Force, under Sir H. Rose, continued at
Saugor on the 17th of February, awaiting the Field Brigade, under
Colonel Stewart, from Indore; expected to march on Jhansi about the
20th, and from thence to Calpee, on the Ganges.
The Madras force, under General Whitlock, reached Jubbulpore on
the 7th of February, and on the 11th the 4th and the Madras Cavalry
pushed on to join the troops invading Oude.
Shorapore, a fort in the Nizam's dominions, captured on the 8th,
and the Rajah seized at Hyderabad on the 12th.
The King of Delhi found guilty, and banished for life to the
Andamans.
Cantonments for 18,000 Europeans, with horses for three regiments
of cavalry, have been prepared in the Punjaub by Sir J. Lawrence.
This telegram arrived at Malta from Alexandria by the contract
steam-packet Vtctvs t at 8 o’clock p.m. on the 14th of March.
Lyons, Admiral.
The
9.30 a.m.,
at the East India House at
TO JOHN D. DICKINSON, ESQ., INDIA. HOUSB.
Intelligence from the Commander-in-Chief’s camp is anxiously
expected.
He arrived at Cawnpore on the 8th of February, had an interview
with the Governor-General at Allahabad, and returned to Cawnpore.
One division of his army arrived at Cawnpore on the 7th of
February, and active preparations were in progress for crossing the
Ganges. ^ ...
No further attack had been made on Sir James Outram up t* tnu
7th of Febraary. ...
It is reported from Futtygnrh that Nano Sahib had crossed the
Ganges with a strong force between Bithoor and Sheoragpore, with
the intention of entering Bundelcund.
On the 3rd of February the Gwalior troops from Calpee attacked
the post at Bhogneepore, near Ackbarpoor, but were promptly re¬
pulsed. Lieut. Thompson, who commanded the post, was severely
wounded. , ^
The Goorkahs attacked and defeated the rebels at Gondah, on the
4th inst.
• ATTACK OS SECCNMA OUNCE. SF.AIi AILAHAEAD: CHARGE OF TOE ROYAL HORSE AKIILIERY.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Makch 20, 1858
A PLAN OF
CITY
LUCKNOW fNTRENCHMENTS
CITY
CUBBfNS
BACUM
v WOTrlEE
'INAUCIAE,
THE MOUIUC
2 MQSOUe
[LEE GUARD.
MOSQUE
LOWER COMPOUND
Jung Bahadoor was to cross the Gogra, near Tanda, on February
14th, on lus inarch to Lucknow.
The ex-King of Delhi is to be transported for life to the Andaman
Islands.
All qniet in the Punjaub. The arrival of European troops has
enabled Sir J. Lawrence to send several Sikh regiments to Rohilcund.
Sir Hugh Rose moved on Garakotah on the 11th of February, and
the enemy evacuated it. In the pursuit the rebels lost 100 men,
mostly sepoys.
The Rajah of Singheera was hanged at Indore on the 10th of
February. . .
Troops from Guzerat and Scinde are rapidly concentrating for a
combined attack on Kotah. m
The Madras Column and Hyderabad Contingent attacked the blio-
rapoor Rajah's troops at Hingasagooe on the 8th of February, and
defeated them. Caiptain Newbery, of the 8tli Madras Cavalry, was
killed, and Lieutenant Stewart, of the same regiment, wounded.
On the same day a Bombay force, under Colonel Malcolm, occu¬
pied Shorapoor itself without opposition. The Rajah himself was
captured in Hyderabad on February 12
The sons of Phond-Nawunt, who took refuge in Goa after the
insurrection of 1844, have commenced depredations on the southern
frontier and the Cauara districts. They have burnt three Custom-
houses, and are endeavouring to raise the country. Careful arrange¬
ments have been made both above and below the Ghats for the pro-
tecn tioof the country, and for the prevention of any general outbreak
in these turbulent districts.
Captain Pottinger attacked and dispersed a strong body of Bheels
on the 19th of February. The jon^ie will be cleared and decisive
operations commenced by the end ox February.
H Anderson, Secretary to Government.
Bombay Castle, Feb. 24,1868.
V. G. Montanaro.
Malta, March 15,1858, 31 minutes past 9 p.m.
THE RESIDENCY, LUCKNOW.
The defence of this place, ao contemptibly weak in a military point
of view, by a handful of troops against the beleaguering hosts who day
and night ceaselessly poured their shot into the place, stands promi •
nently out even among the many heroic doings for which the war in
India will long be famous. The Residency has been too fully described
in thia and other journals, and in the narratives of its defence just pub¬
lished, to require any account of it here. The Engraving upon the
preceding page shows this world famous building as it was before shot
and shell had ruined its fair proportions.
THE ATTACK ON SECUNDRA GUNGE,
NEAR ALLAHABAD.
The gentleman to whom we are indebted for the spirited Sketch from
which the Engraving on the preceding page is taken thus describes the
attack which took place on January 5th:—
“ The E troop of the Royal Horse Artillery left Benares for Allaha¬
bad December 30th, under the command of Major Anderson, C.B.,
with 4 guns, 10 officers and men, and ICO horses. On the morning of
the 5th of January, 1858, while making their last march on Allahabad,
Major Anderson received an order to send on his guns, wuggons, &c.’,
to that place, and move off to the right with a force of sabres and join
the troops under Brigadier Campbell, who was attacking the Nawab of
the neighbouring district, and on whose head had been set a price.
The sabres numbered sixty-four, the rest of the troop pushing on to
Allahabad. Maior Anderson moved off at a very rapid pace
about thirteen miles, and, on arriving at the place where the rebels had
been intrenched, they were found to have been already driven back
and the neighbouring villages in flames from shell, &c., thrown in by
Colonel Gordon's battery. The troops—viz., Royal Horse Artillery,
Sikh Irregular Cavalry, 79th Highlanders, and Rifle Brigade—then
retired under the shade of the trees as the men had been all night on
the march, and the horses had come eighteen miles without food or
water. After being there an hour the rebels appeared again on our
right flank, firing on us with musketry and from small guns placed on
camels. S
“ The assembly sounded, orders to Horse Artillery were given, front
form, officers to the front, charge! and all dashed down the road to the
left to cut off the enemy. This force wos accompanied by Colonel
Wood.C.B., and several mounted, officers of the other regiments. The
cry that rent the air as the men heard the word 'Charge!' may easily be
imagined, and the pace of the horses, oyer all obstacles, was something
astonishing. Our men were jjoon upon the enemy, and, after their
first onset, scattering themselves among them, they continued cutting
1. Tbr brvtd black Hoc »how* ho grrmnil occupied by the garri-on previous to the arrival I \ 3. The'fied-no Battery. * Omnusir'i
0r cP < ^ r * 1 * f)n,ram an jJ Havoto'k oa 8ept.2&th. , !>. Johnnneo’s houvr. from which the cuemr kept up a moot deitmctivo fire on the Cawn-
-• The mihico marked 2 2 55 Indicates the position Occupied liy the »dJe*lng force subsequent pore Battery marked 6. **
O their arrival, r~ _ • \ \
fit Shows the position of 'Ac enemy’s gun*, wh'ch w&* cocilamly obanired Curing the
siege. •
Beale, about 10] yards to an non
them to. pieces for at least an hour and a half. Then, having pursued
them six miles, and sabred at least 2oU of the miscreants, it was
deemed advisable to return. The Nawab unfortunately escaped dh an
elephant. The small guns were, it appears, thrown down some wells;
but the camels were taken, as also a few prisoners (afterwards hung)
The troops returned to Allahabad at 8 p.m , tho infantry having been
twenty hours on the march, <fcc., and the Horse Artillery seventeen
hours in the saddle without any food The enemy lost in ail about
409 men.. All the neighbouring villages were burnt. Our loss was but
small—viz., Royal Horse Artillery—two horses killed, five horses
wounded; Lieut. Ramsden's horse also wounded. Sikh Irregulars—
two Sikhs killed, two Sikhs wounded, fifteen Ebrses killed and
wounded. No other casualties.” /\ \\
LIGHTS AND FOG-SIGNALS AT SEA.
The Gaxettf of the 2nd inst. contained an Admiralty notice revoking
the regulations of May, 1852. relating to tho lights to be carried by
seagoing vessels to prevent collisions, and substituting others which
will take effect on and after the 1st October, 1858, The regulations
are. made intelligible by means of diagrams representing vessels in
various situations,.and the manner in which their lights indicate the
position and description of the vessel which carries them. We repro¬
duce these instructions and diagrams in order to give them extended
publicity
STEAM-VESSELS
All seagoing steani- vessels, when under steam, shall, between sunset
and sunrise, exhibit the following lights
t. A bright white light at the foremast head. A green light on the
starboard side. A red light on the port side.
2 . The masthead light shall beso constructed as to be risible on a dark
night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least five miles, and
?Uall show an uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of
twenty points of the compass, nnd it shall be so fixed as to throw the
light ten points on each side of the ship-viz., from right ahead to two
points abaft the beam on either side.
«?' ^beg.mn Nflhton the starboard side and the red light on the port
side shad be so constructed ns to be visible on a dark night, witli a clear
atmosphere, at & distance of at least two miles, and show an uniform and
uuoroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass,
and tliey shall be so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two
being seen across the bow.
5. Steam-vessels under sail only are not to carry their masthead lights.
. ,, . , TOT-SIGNALS.
A n .*eag°mg steam-vessels, whether propelled by paddles or screws
wiien their steam is up, and when under way, shall in all cases of fog use
-whistle, placed before the ftmnel at not less than
J^cdeck, which shall be sounded once at least every live
S SrdSd for 18 ” 0t “ P they ,ha! ' USC 8 f0g ' ,0r ” or baU>
SAILING VESSELS.
\ seagoing sailing-vessels when under way or being towed sh&lh
between sunset and sunrise, exhibit a green light on the starboard side
ano. a red light on the port side of the veasel, and such lights Bhall be so
constructed as to be risible on & dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a
distance of at least two miles, and shall show an uniform and unbroken
light over an arc of the horizon of ten noints of the compass, from right
ahead to two points abaft the beam on the starboard aud on the port siaes
respectively.
»-L 1 ], 16 coloured lights shall be fixed whenever it is practicable so to ex¬
hibit them ; and shall be fitted with Inboard screens projecting at least
three feet forward from the light, so as to prevent the lights being seen
across the bow.
3. When the coloured lights cannot be fixed (as in the case of small
vessels in bad weather), they shall be kept on deck between sunset and
sunrise, and on their proper sides of the vessel, ready for instant exhi¬
bition, and shall be exhibited in such a manner as can be best seen on the
approach of, or to, any other vessel or vessels in sufficient time to avoid
collision, and so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side, nor
the red light on the starboard side.
FOG-SIONAM
All seagoing sailing-vessels when under way shall, in all cases of fog, use,
when on the starboard tack, a fog horn ; and when on the port tack shall
ring a belL These signals shall be sounded once at least every five minutes.
Sailing pilot-vessels are to carry only a white light at the masthead, and
are to exhibit a flare-up light every fifteen minutes, in accordance with
Trinity House regulation.
VESSELS AT ANCHOR.
All seagoing vessels when at anchor in roadsteads or fairways shall,
between sunset and sunrise, exhibit, where it can best be seen, but at a
height not exceeding twenty tee t above the hull, a white light in aglobular
lantern of eight inches in diameter, and so constructed as to show a clear,
uniform, and unbroken light all round the horizon, at a distance of at
least one mile.
The following diagrams are intended to illustrate the use of the lights
carried by vessels at sea. and the manner in whiuh they indicate to the
vessel which sees them the position and description of the vessel which
carries them:—
1 st. When both red and green lights are seen :
A 9eea a red and green light ahead : A knows that a vesseLis approach¬
ing her on a course directly opposite to her own. as B.
I or, 2 , a vessel is crossing in some direction to port, as D D D.
A
If A sees a white masthead light above the other two, she knows that B
is a steam-vessel
2nd. When the red, and not the green, tight is seen:
A sees a red light ahead or on the bow : A knows that either, 1, a vessel
is approaching her on her bow port, as B;
It A sees a white masthead light above the red light, A knows that the
vessel is a steAm-vessol and is either approaching her in the same direc¬
tion, as B, or is crossing to port iu some direction, as D D D.
3rd. When the green, ana not the red, light is seen:
A sees a green light ahead or on the bow: A knows that either, l, a
vessel is approaching her on her starboard bow, as B;
or, 2, a vessel is crossing in some direction to starboard, as D D D.
If A sees a white masthead light above the green light, A knows that
the vessel is a steam-vessel and is either approaching her in the same
direction as B, or is crossing to starboard in some direction, as D D D.
The number of patients relieved at the Royal Free Hospital.
Gray’s-Inn-road, during Jast week was 2064, of which 683 were new case...
March 20, 1858.]
SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT.
Ip there be any virtue in the axiom that you should look to yourself
when all men speak well of you, the new Lord Chancellor must be
in a perilous condition, for never was there such unity of feeling
among men of all sliades of opinion with regard to hiB appointment.
So hearty and so general are the congratulations he receives, that,
long-seasoned lawyer as he is, he forgets his second nature, and is
continually blushing. No better testimony of this feeling towards
him can be given than the fact that on the day he took his seat as a
Peer, with the usual formalities, one of his introducers was his imme¬
diate predecessor on the woolsack. Some people seemed to think
that it was something like seething the kid in its mother’s milk
to find Lord Cranworth handing Lord Chelmsford up to the seat
from which he had himself just descended; but it was very
good taste in Lord Cranworth, nevertheless, and caused men to say
that nothing in his office became him better than his mode of quitting
it. It is curious that, as it has been a characteristic of Sir Frederic
Thesiger that he has been always waiting for advancement, even at
the last moment, the proverbial tardiness of his fortunes stuck to him,
for when he stood at the bar of the House of Lords with the seals in
his hand, ready to assume his state, he was absolutely obliged to wait
for twenty minutes, because the introducing Peers had forgotten their
robes. At length, however, he reached the goal for which all lawyers
start; and be it said that he has already given evidence of his being
likely to do his work well. Without doubt, he is the most personable
Chancellor since Lord Cowper.
After this incident, which created some interest, the Upper House,
notwithstanding the presence of the Prime Minister, sunk into a more
than usual torpidity; for, on the day when all London was disap.
pointed in seeing the eclipse of the sun, all of London that could get
into the House of Peers in the evening was deprived of the gratifica¬
tion (to use an Irishism) of hearing an autobiography. The life and
times of a person of quality, related by himself, has been postponed;
and grievous must have been the tea-table lamentations of that night
over a balked scandal.
Mr. Henry Drummond must have been gratified on the first night
of the meeting of the House of Commons under the new Govern¬
ment; for the earliest attracting sound which was heard in that
sembly was a squeak from that Treasury pigling whom he
has immortalised. The desolate cry was taken up with astounding
vigour, amidst the cheers and laughter of the House, by one still
more recently bereaved of that sustenance which is only to be obtained
about the regions of Downing street and Whitehall; and members and
strangers greeted joyously the appearance of an unmuzzled ex-
Secretary to the Admiralty. It must have been the tone adopted
by Mr. Disraeli which tempted Mr. Bernal Osborne into his first
extempore attack, and urged him to his second more organised
onslaught. Very peculiar, indeed, was the initiatory demeanour
of the new Leader of the House of Commons. At first
a little pompons, but with an air of profound deference to
the House as a body, he gradually got—and has with a single
exception continued—most plaintive and piano in his talk and
in his gentle reasonings with the business members of the House.
One is always expecting him to break out, in the mildest of tenor
voices, with some such ditty as “ Shepherds, I have lest my love! ”
and he never commences one of those short reticent addresses,
which he seems to think are the right Ministerial tiling, without
one having a sensation that before he gets to the end “ tears will
begin to flow.” He has managed, too, already to enlarge his pre¬
vious reputation as a deliverer of unhappy phrases, which always
stick to him, by talking of not using “ unamiable language ” to
the King of Naples. In short, on the very first night of
his leadership he was really so tempting that no won¬
der all the gadflies snd wasps of the House began to
buzz thickly about him. Roebuck, Osborne, Horsman, and so on,
began to let fly their shafts into the die-away gentleman on the
other side of the table, who did not seem to have the strength to hold
up so much as a crumpled rose-leaf to shield himself; and even Mr.
Gladstone, who, for certain reasons, may be considered as member for
all persons confined in Neapolitan dungeons, was obliged to stir up
Mr. Disraeli on the Cagliari question. By-the-by, the mooting of
this Bubject showed the disadvantage of the Prime Minister not
being in the House of Commons, for Mr. Disraeli, from want of in¬
structions, made a mess of it on the first night, and had to pull him¬
self through, after consultation with his chief, two or three days after¬
wards.
Having stated so much as to the meekness and milk-and-wateriness
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his early dealings with the
House, let us reverse the medal, and endeavour to show how he dealt
with an organised attack on him by a very attackable personage.
Since the days of his early assaults on Sir Robert Pee! he has not
turned so fiercely and effectively on any one as he did on Mr. Bernai
Osborne on Monday. Here, be it understood, he was dealing, not
with the House as a body, but with an individual member, who had
fairly challenged him ; and It may safely he said that it is not very
likely that he will be soon formally called to a similar passage of arms
in a hurry. Why. after that magnificent specimen of the tv, juoyue
style of declamation, Mr. Horsman, who has resumed all the pungency
of his early philippics against Bishops and Church Corporations,
had his gall turned into milk, qvi Mr. Disraeli, and re¬
served the vials of his wrath for the peccant ex-Premier, who
has destroyed, as Mr. Horsman says, the unity of the Liberal party.
Nor did Lord Palmerston himself do more than touch very lightly on
the very interesting topic of his fall; and he almost ostentatiously
declared that he was at present by no means vicious in his intentions.
It was reserved for Lord John Russell, bidding grandly for the
leadership of the Opposition, t« beard the Ministerial chief in the
moment of what certainly was a Parliamentary triumph. Now be it
said that no one does the outraged statesman or patriot better
than Lord John. His chest seems to swell for the purpose of meeting
his folded arms, his hesitancy of speech forsakeshim, he ceases to flatten
out his a’s and e’s till his language sounds like pure Somersetsliire, and
he delivers himself with an are rotunda manner which is really very
effective. Lord John is going in to win, depend upon it. A notable
sign is that he sits all night in the House, and—a very unusual
thing i'or him—has taken to discussing points of order in Committee
on the Estimates. If we might venture to advise the Ministerial
commander, we should say that he should look to his flank rather
than to his front for danger, especially as the Peelite body has
taken up a position as.nearly as possible in his rear, whence, in the
moment of difficulty, they may not unreasonably be expected
to play some such part as Lord Derby’s famous ancestor
did at Bosworth Field. On the whole, liowover, as far as observa¬
tion has yet been able to go, now that some of the biliary derange¬
ment of angry Governmental ex-subordinates has been rectified by the
administration of a remedy which may be classed, morally, with that
which was administered physically by the practitioner in the
“ Mededn malgrd Lai,” we should say that the opposition to the new
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
303
Government will be carried on more by the process of sapping than
by that of open assault. The truth is, that the Liberal party is much
in the condition of the allied armies before Sebastopol. They are,
perhaps, united in purpose, but discordant in a certain sense, and are
marshalled under two chiefs, each of whom wants to get the start of
the other; so that the probability is both will have to wait until next
year.
It may perhaps be mentioned in a parenthetic manner that the
rather sharp debate of Monday night tended to develop some of the
qualities of the Speaker which have hitherto been rather dormant.
The House was considerably excited, and had a decided notion of
getting riotous and noisy; and, as the discussion was one founded on
the principle of the dear delight of giving pain, honourable and right
honourable gentlemen thought they might be as irregular as they
chose. Butthe Speaker was, to use the most expressive phrase,down upon
them in an authoritative and dignified manner, and he rebuked
Trojan and Tyrian withoat the least possible discrimination. What
he had forbidden Mr. Bernal Osborne to do, he would not permit in
the Chancellor of the Exchequer; and he effectually extinguished Mr.
Grogan, who was as pertinacious in being out of order as might be
expected from a dullish Conservative who, somehow or the other, had
found him self in the benches behind a Government of bis own party.
When he has got over a constitutional nervousness which sometimes
interferes with his steady performance of his duties, in which, other¬
wise, he is becoming prompt enough, it would not be surprising if
Mr. Evelyn Denison grew into an excellent Speaker.
MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE’S SISTER.
We have received several communications, for anl against, on this
debatable question. One of these we here give, and with it all
correspondence on the subjeot in this Journal must close:—
Fittlbton Rectory, near Amesbury, Wiltshire.
As a subscriber to the Illustrated London Nkw3, I wish to
say a few words on your Correspondent’s remarks about marriage with
a deceased wife’s sister in your Paper of February 20 th last.
I shall not enter into the Soriptural argument on the subject, but on
social grounds I maintain that the alteration in the present law which
your Correspondent advooatos would be very prejudicial to the happi¬
ness and purity of domestic life; and for the following reasons:—
It would plainly alter the relation in which a wife’s sister now stands
to her husband; and it would be likely to lead to jealousy and sus¬
picion in families.
So far from “the publio oonacienoe” being in favour o? any such
alteration, I believe that the feelings of a large majority of the people
of this country are against it.
I therefore regret that you should have introduced into your Paper
from an anonymous Correspondent such remarks in favour of a very
dangerous alteration in the law of marriage—an alteration which i 3
opposed to the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England, as
well as open to the moat serious objections on social grounds.
I remain, your obedient servant,
Thomas Pearse.
Aurora Australis seen Ax Melbourne. —- (From a
Correspondent.)— This remarkable and splendid phenomenon occurred
about ten o’clock en the night of the 17th December, and con¬
tinued until two a.m. the following morning. A hot north wind had
been blowing the whole of the day. and the thermometer, shaded and pro¬
tected from the direct influence of the blast, indicated.98 deg. in our houses.
As night approached the heat gradually diminished’, aud the wind got
round to the west. About ten a brilliant appearance iu the south-west
heavens was thought by moat persons to oe caused by the glare of a vast
bush fire. After a little time pillars of soft yellow light shot up to the height
of 60 deg. or 65 deg. from the sou shorn horizon. Whilst some of tli< m gra¬
dually faded away, others developed themselves in the utmost magnificence,
and continued to extend in an easterly direction until they occupied one-
third of the horizon. The pillars of light were in some instances
of great breadth; in others narrow, but well defined. In some the
edges were parallel; in others they diverged from the horizon; in
others they converged into stupendous tongues of light. The colour was
soft yellow, with a rosy tinge near the west. The whole finally disap¬
peared about two o’clock in the morning. No noise of any kind was
known to have been produced by this phenomenon, nor was the magnet
visibly affected. The larger stars were visible through the light of the
aurora. 'The temperature since that time has been subject to some extra¬
ordinary fluctuations. On Wednesday, the 23rd December, a hot north
wind, accompanied by dense cImkIb of dust, blew throughout the day.
The thermometer was 109 deg. in the shade and 116 deg. when exposed to
the wind, which feit like the blast of a furnace. Everything drooped be¬
neath its influence; domestic fowls, in many cases, died; and flights of
parrots and other wild birds sought water and shade wherever they could
be found. Towards evening a south wind came from the sea. A terrific
storm of dust—blinding, dense, and suffocating, gloomy as night, and
going up to heaven—indicated the struggle between the two winds. At
length tlie south wind had the victory; dense masses of cloud overspread
the heavens, a few drops of rain fell, and by the morning the heat in the
house had diminished from 109 deg. to 60 deg. Much sickness has pre¬
vailed since that time, and there nave been many very sudden deaths,
with some fatal cases of Asiatic cholera.—[We have not space for the
sketch which, accompanied this acconnt.
The Glasgow Working Men and the Imprisoned
Engineers. Watt and Park.—A correspondence between Mr. .John
McAdam, of Glasgow, who writes in the name of the working men of
that city, and Mr. J. L. Barbar, acting British Consul at Naples, on the
subject of the imprisoned engineers, Watt and Park, is published in
the Glasgow papers. This correspondence is most honourable to both
parties. Mr. Barbar first writes acknowledging the receipt of £20 con¬
tributed by the Gla'gow operatives for the benefit of Yvatt and Park.
Me says The Neapolitan Government have given him (Watt; up to
me. holding me responsible for hia forthcoming whenever it may be
required. I have done, and shall eontinue to do, everything in my power
to maintain the rights of these innocent but not the less unfortunate men.
Henry Watt and Charles Park.” Mr McAdam in another letter incloses
a second bill for £ 20 , begging Mr. Barbar to assure “ our poor countrymen
that there is a kind, brave heart in Glasgow to represent each penny in
these purposely small contributions.” Me also forwards to Mr. Barbar
a token ol the esteem of the working men of Glasgow, in the shape of an
inkstand, which, “ like Mr. Barbar himself, is of real precious metal."
Another Sea-Serpent.— The following is a report made by
Captain Suckling, of the ship Carnatic, of London, of a sea-serpent
seen by him between the Cape of Good Mope and St. Helena:—
“On the 26 th of January, in latitude 19.10 S., long. 10 6 W., about fire
minutes after noon, my attention was called by Captain Shuttle-
worth. a passenger on board the Carnatic . to a large spar sticking out of
the water on end some thirty feet above the level of the sea. It appeared
to me to be the lower mast of some wrecked vessel, and having tne glass
in.my hand, with which I had been looking at an American vessel insight.
I examined it narrowly. It seemed to be passing very rapidly to the east¬
ward, having altered its bearings several points in the course of a few
minutes, when it suddenly disappeared, and came np shortly afterwards
astern of the ship. It was seen by all those on deck at the time, and it
is their opinion, as well as my own, that it was an enormous sea-serpent.
The American ship A B. Thompson, from Bombay to London, was in
company at the time—wind light and variable, with clear weather." We
have not space for the Sketch obligingly sent with this account
Haunters of Bookstalls— and what true lover of books is
not fond of that sport, which the French describe in a single word,
bouautner?—hnYe experienced the pleasure of suddenly discovering some
choice rarity in an unexpected manner. Something of this was felt by
ourselves upon finding a rarissimus, nay. we believe unique copy of a little
volume or epigrams, and a translation of Ovid’s •* Elegies,” by
Christopher Marlowe. It was in a catalogue of old books issued by Mr.
F. G. Tomlins that this treasure lay hid, ana, among other curious features,
the book comes especially recommended from containing a sonnet by Ben
Jonaon hitherto unknown. Mr. Tomlins, who has lately joined the
honourable craft of bibliopoUsta, is agentleman who has long been known
in the literary world ana upon the press; aud in his catalogue, which
contains the result of many years’ private collection, wUI be round much
of the greatest interest to collectors.— Critic.
The Recruiting Department, Horse Guards, has just issued
the following circular " At the instance of the Secretary of State for
War the General-Coramanding-in-Chief directs that it be notified that
soldiers who have purchased their discharge, or obtained a free discharge
by indulgence, and who subsequently re-enlist within two years after
their discharge, will be allowed to reckon their former service towards pen¬
sion ; which regulation, however, is only to apply to men who have re-
enlisted or may re-enlist after the 30th of June, l>*57."
ML Gamier, Mayor of St. Bomain-sous-Versigny (Saone-et-
Loire), and the oldest municipal functionary in France, has just died at
the age of 100 years and 5 m o Mt h i,
EPITOME OF NEWS—FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
The young Princess da Ligne, daughter of the President of the
Belgian Senate, died at Brussels on Thursday week, aged nineteen,
ot the attack of typhus fever under which she had beeu labouring lor
some time.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Claudius Francis Du
Pasquier, Esq , to be Apothecary in Ordinary to her Majesty’s household
(jointly with John Nussey, Esq ). in the room of Charles Craddock. Esa..
deceased.
On Thursday week the ceremony of consecrating a new syna¬
gogue in York-street, opposite the Cheetham Townhall, Manchester* was
performed by the Rev. Dr. N. M. Adler, the Chief Rabbi.
On the 1st April next, and thenceforward, a letter or packet of
printed papers, addressed to Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, or Bermuda,
may be registered on the application of the person pasting it, provided
the postage, together with a registration fee of 6d., be paid m advance.
Mr. William Watt has returned home from Naples, lie spent
a week with Ills unfortunate brother, and on his return to London had an
interview with Lord Malmesbury at the Foreign Ollice.
The uncultivated moors and M landes ** in France amount to
nearly 20 , 000,000 acres, without reckoning marshes, which by drainage
might be transformed into pasture laud.
The two Greek seamen, Seleptane and Alipis, who were convicted
at the lAte Swansea Assizes ot the murder of Metrophanio, a countryman,
are ordered for execution on Saturday ( to-day), at Swansea. This will be
the first time the extreme penalty of the law has been carried into effect
at Swansea.
The examiners at Oxford appointed to award the Arnold pri/.e
for the best historical essay have awarded the prize of the present year,
on ‘ The Close of the Tenth Century of the Christian Era," to* Mr.
Rieliard Watson Dixon, JUL of Pembroke College.
Tea thousand copies of M. dc la Guerronnicre's semi-official
pamphlet on the English alliance were sold in Paris during the first day.
^ The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry John Chetwvnd,
Earl Irtlbot, to be Captain of her Majesty’s Honourable Corps of Gentle¬
men at Arms, in the room of Thomas Henry, Lord Foley, resigned.
Colonel Alvarado, of the Costa Rica army, has been degraded
from his rank and sen tended to four years’ imprisonment for surrendering
to Colonel Frank Anderson, tlie Filibuster, without a buttle.
A young lady was killed at Godley, Cheshire, last week, by the
explosion of a kitchen boiler.
The deliveries of tea in London estimated for last week were
680,617 lb., which is a decrease of 33.386 lb., compared with the
previous statement.
Kinsale is to be made a station for depots of English regiments.
The accommodation, includiugCharlesfort, is for 1100 men, with a good rifle
range one mile and a hall distant
\ A suicide mania has prevailed at San Francisco. Thirteen
suicides and attempts at self-destruction were pirpetrated in a fortnight.
A statue is about to be erected to Oliver Goldsmith in the land
of his birth. A subscription lias been Ojiened iu Dublin, and the Lord
Lieutenant has given £loo.
The Mimitcur (Paris) contains ail analysis of the leading article
published by the Times on the pamphlet entitled “Napoleon III. et
PAngleterre, and reproduces several passages of that article.
The Hampshire Advertiser states that Southampton has been
chosen as a local centre for the examinations by the University of < ixford
for the degree of Associate ol* Arts, and that the first examination will be
held there on the 21st of J une next.
The second meeting of the Fox Club this season took place on
Saturday evening last at Brooks’s.
St Paul’s Church, Hernc-hill, Dulwich, is to be rebuilt forth¬
with. The whole of the walls, tower, and spire were uninjured by the
late fire, and will be available for the new building. It is expected that
the church will be reopened at the end of Jane or early in July.
The Queen has directed letters patent to be passed under the
Great Seal granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom ot
Great Britain and Ireland unto Mr. Richard Dry, late Speaker ol the
Legislative Council of Tasmania.
Advices from Marseilles state that the service of the electric
telegraph between France aud Algeria is for the moment interrupted by
some disarrangement in the cable from La Spczzia to Corsica.
The remains found at Waterloo-bridge about six months ago,
after remaining so long in charge of the police at the Bow-street station,
were on Sunday conveyed to the Woking Cemetery, and there buried.
Mr. Bowyer, M.P. (says a Newry piper), has just been elected
by the Chapter of the Order at Rome a Knight of the Sacred Religious
aud Military Order of St John of Jerusalem.
The visitors to the South Kensington Museum last week were
on Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday (free days), 2894 ; on Monday and
Tuesday (tree evenings), 4700 ; on the three students’days (admission to
the public 6d.), 770; one students’ evening (Wednesday), 306: total, 8670.
Mr. J. Abemethy Kingdon has been unanimously elected sur¬
geon to the City of London Trass Society. The society has been estab¬
lished just fifty years, and the jubilee festival is about to take place some
time in May, under tlie presidency of Lord Ebury.
The report of Dr. Farr on the International Statistical Congress,
held at Vienna last year, has just been published. It is a digest of ail the
matters brought belore the congress, as well as a convenient memorial of
that interesting meeting.
Alderman Salomons, the cx-Mavor, has funded the sum of
£ 10:10 Consols, producing thirty guineas‘annually, for the education and
support of a youth at the City of London School A bust of Mr. .Salo¬
mons, executed at the expense of the Court of Aldermen, is to be placed
in the school.
The number of patieuts received at the City of London Hos¬
pital for Diseases of the Chest, Victoria Park, during the last week, was
1057, of which 136 were new cases.
The Rev. Henry Christmas’s Lent lectures at St Peter’s, Com-
hill of “ Scenes in the Life of Christ," are attracting large congrega¬
tions.
It is rumoured that it is the intention of Government to increase
the accommodation at ShorucliiTe Camp, so that 10,000 soldiers may be
stationed there.
It is now stated that the new Covent-garden Theatre cannot be
opened for tlie Royal Italian Opera earlier than the month of June.
A letter from the Empress Eugenie was read at the Court of
Common Council ou Friday, acknowledging with tlrnnks the receipt 01
a medal struck to commemorate the visit of herself and her husband to
the City.
From an experiment made last week at Portsmouth, by order of
the new Lords of the Admiralty, it appears that, if necessary, eighty gun¬
boats, now lying up under sheds, might be nfloat and have steam up iu
twenty-lour hours.
At Madeira a very heavy gale has recently been experienced,
attended with much damage to‘shipping.
At the York Assizes, on Tuesday, Joseph Shepherd was con¬
victed of the murder of Bethel Parkinson, at Wadsworth, and seufonr.vl
to death, without hope of mercy.
The Old Berkshire foxhounds will not go out again this season.
The supplementary estimate required to make good the defi¬
ciency of the vote for the embodied Militia, for the year 1857-5S, amouur -
to £500.000.
The yellow fever has been very bad among the shipping at
Rio do Janeiro, above 500 seamen being in the hospital there from that
fearful disease.
We learn from the Gloucester Journal that Sir Maurice Berkeley
ha9 taken tlie preliminary steps to forward his claim to the barony of
Berkeley by tenure, which 1ms been so long in his family, aud that his
petition with that view has been presented.
Mr. Rowland Hill occupied an hour afrer the close of work at
the Post Office on Saturday evening last in giving a lecture to such of the
porters, letter-carriers, and others, as chose to attend, on the eclipse of the
Sun.
Letters from King George’s Sound, received by the last A us-
tralian mail, state that a gold-field has been found at that settlement ’ Hie
discovery was made by a convict and another man. by whom several
specimens had been brought in.
At the Devon Assize, held at Exeter on Tuesday, John Barwick
was found guilty of the murder of Maria Blackmorc at Lynton on the
16th December last, and sentenced to death.
On Wednesday week a meeting of clergymen and laymen wns
held at Manchester—the Hon. Colonel Lindsay in tlie chair—to promote
the restoration of the free use of parish churches to the people at large.
[March *0. 1858.-305
304— March 20, 1853.]
TUE BOTAL WEDDING TOL'B.—ENTBV OF THE
THE ILf,
NEWS
and pbincess fbkdebick william into beblin
1
306
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Maucu 20, 1858
EXHIBITION OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTION.
PORTLAND GALLERY.
The National Institution of the Fine Arts, whose eleventh annual
exhibition was opened at the Portland Gallery, Regent-street, on
Monday la-t. was itself founded upon the debris of one called the
“ Free Exhibition,” which had an existence of two or three years’
duration. The distinguishing features in the constitution of this
establishment was that of “Free-trade”—artists purchasing wall-
room for their works, without the intervention of a committee of
selection : and, if we are not mistaken, this principle, which has many
recommendations, as well as many drawbacks, is still adhered to.
It need hardly be suggested that a collection of works of living
artists got together after this manner must be of a very mis¬
cellaneous character, and runs the risk of presenting great
extremes of merit—or rather, shall we say it r—demerit. Where
no test or restriction but the artist’s ability to pay a certain
rental for the privilege of exhibiting his picture exists, who himself
is the sole judge as to its claims to the honour of public exhibition, we
must not be surprised to find a great number of works, intermingled
with the rest, in which even the commonest technic requirements
are very imperfectly consulted, whilst in the higher essentials of art
they are altogether wanting; we must not even be disappointed if,
upon inspection, the minority turn out to be below the average of me¬
diocrity. Having thus put the case generally, we are bound to state
that the truth of the position is but too amply realised in the exhi¬
bition now in question, which, therefore, though presenting here and
there a few creditable and agreeable exceptions, it would be as vain
as irksome to criticise in detail. Viewed, however, in another light,
namely, as a school for joung aspiring hnnds, some of whom may be
destined in a future day to supply better things, the display, with all
its faults, is not without interest to the Art-public.
Looking at the mass of works here exhibited, the prevailing ten¬
dency appears to be for landscape, or at least scenery-painting; but
when we except the names of Messrs. Williamson, Boddington, S.
Percy, Arthur Gilbert, Hulme, Pettit, Underhill, and some few others
who exhibit a command of the ruling conventionalities of their art, the
results are, generally speaking, so crude and de.ective as to be entitled
to be considered only in the light of experiments of the self-taught
Genre subiects, including studies of children, domestic interiors, comic
s^ory-telling pictures, with fish, game, and still life, are the next
most numerous class, but in tlie aggregate falling far short of the
landscapes: whilst in the historical line we have scarcely any, and
only one which calls for special notice, and to which we therefore give
presence in the following review:—
No. 334, “ Christ Betrayed.” by R. S. Lauder, R.S.A., is un¬
doubtedly a work of considerable pretensions. Christ is represented
in profile, about the middle of the canvas, with the eleveu faithful
disciples behind him. Having asked of the armed band the question
“ Whom seek ye P ” to their answer, “ Jesus of Nazareth,” he re¬
plies, “ I am he; ” when, according to the version of John, “ they
went backward and fell to the ground.” The interpretation of this
passage is, perhaps, not very certain—whether they fell or pros¬
trated themselves involuntarily in homage, or fell as from being over¬
come, or from physical inability to keep their feet. We incline to the
funner view ; Mr. Lauder appears to have adopted the latter, and has
represented two or three figures lying on the ground, in various rather
studied attitudes, as though they had been slain in battle; whilst
others stoop to aid and sympathise with them, aud Judas stands erect,
but with a sinister and perturbed expression, in the midst. The com¬
position, generally, wants that grand essential harmony. The colouring
is rich, but, to our mind, with too great a predominance of yellow.
36, “ An English Landscape,” by H. B. Gray, with a corn-field In
the foreground, and a fine broad distance, with river flowing between,
though small in execution in parts, is, upon the whole., agreeable.
46, “ Our River,” by Sidney R. Perry (the Tnames of course), aims
at effect by the superposition of a mass of green foliage upon a
leaden-dark thunder-cloud; but, just as we see it, was it ever really
studied from nature ?
60, “A Golden Sunset in North Wales,” by Arthur Gilbert, is a
growing and well-filled canvas: the broad rays of the sun shoot almost
Ii irizontally athwart the grand mountain range; the foreground,
biNiken with furze, &€., being executed with minute detail. 90, “ A
Welsh Valley,” by A. W. Williams, also displays a clever effect of
sunset, with a pleasant group of cattle in the foreground. 104, “ A
Coast Woodland, North Devon,” by H. Moore, is more remarkable
3 s an elaborate botanical study than for pictorial achievement.
2S8, “ Winking Tapers faintly peep high from my Lady’s Bower,”
by J. E. Lauder, is the title of a showy picture of a lady, with a lute,
sitting in a balcony hv starlight. ‘458, “ The Lesson of Embroidery,”
by M. J. Lawless, introduces a Sister of Charity as the instructress
of three very uninteresting young ladies, one of whom has an elaborate
hole in her pinafore. 470, ‘‘Importance,” by James Hayllar. is a
ctever enough little sketch of a plump little urclun—a regular mamma’s
pet—dressed for the morning’s walk. The red worsted leggings are
marvels of hosiery-work. H. L. Kolfe’s fish subjects are always life¬
like, and we remark several good examples in the rooms.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
H H. T., SJspn*.—Should ftl*raj-a b« good enough to look twice before aektog «uch question*.
How Is it possible they could foil to *e» that If White, in Problom 732, gave check with
hi* Kt. Black woula tike It with hit Kook, giving check also ?
I. F. E., Boulogne.—Mr. Loyd's ‘Ingenious stratagem " is perfectly correct. The same may
to sold of Mr Woraa'.d s Enigma 1069. Tbo solution of tbo other shall Uo given, if we
h ire apace, next week. Wiu respect to the problems sent for examination, they will be
reoi'ried on in their tint. . _
Received.—H. T. “ Sketch** of Living Cheat-players br Bo*, junior;" Epsilon, I. M. G.,
C. W. H., FhUo-Cbosa.
E- B. C., F. (New York}.—A. despatch was forwarded three weeks back.
80UJTU)» OK Krobikm No. 733. bv Mira, /rs Sur Mosollo. K. Fenton. Jacob, Waltham-
le-Wold, P. T. H., L-uis d Or, Punchinello. L M. G., Philo-Chew. M. P , W. T. W„ Mur¬
doch. G. P., W. 8., B. J., 1. P. W. M., 3. P. Q K., Fanny, G. D. G., Mannikin, Masicus,
Piotmld, Lynx, D. M., R. Frsan, C. 1. Fishor. are correct. AU others are wrong.
Solution of Problem No. 731.
(lhis solution seas withheld at the request of numerous Correspondents.)
WniTE. BLACK. . WHITE. BLACK.
1. R takes Kt (ch) P takes R, or (a) I '• 0 , oh1 5 t ‘ k oK t ., h
2. K to Q B 6th K to Kt 6th I 2. Q to Q 4th (oh) K to y kl Ith
(If Bl.trk plaj. 2. R to Q 6th, tVen folio wi Of J'V »• f <» Kt 6th, then Wklto
3. QtoKKt8th(oh)«uul I.y take!H-M.to.1 1 with 3. y toy B 3rd (ch), ulS L y to
3. Q to Q 2nd Anything 14 Kt ^
4. Q mates.
3. Kt to Q Kt 2nd Anything
i. q to Q Kt 6th —Mate
PROBLEM No. 735.
Composed by BL C. F. de Jaenisch, for the Illustrated London
News.
BLACK.
WHITE.
White to play, and wiu.
CIIESS IN THE METR0P0LIS^_^
Mr. Staunton gives the odds of the Queen’s Knight to the Amateur from
Mexico. \
(Remove Black's Q Kt from the board.)
(K Kt's Game.)
black (Mr. S.) white (Mr. W.)
1. P to K 4th P to K 4th
2. K Kt to K B 3rd QKttoQB 3rd
3. K B to Q Bith P lo Q 3rd
4. P to Q B 3rd B to K .;rd
5. B takes B P takes B * x
6. Q to Q Kt 3rd K to Q 2&<j ^—
(.Very dangerous play.)
7. P to Q 4th
8. P takes P
9. P to Q 5th
10. P takes P
11. B to K3rd
12 . Kt to Q 4th
P takes P
K Ktto K B 3rd
P takes p
Q to K sq (ch)
Q Kt to k 4th
Q to K Kt 3rd
13. Caatles(K’s side) P to Q Kt 3rd
black (Mr. S ) white (Mr. W.)
14. Q R to Q B sq Q R to Q B sq
15. QtoQKt5th(eh) K to K 2 nd
16 . K It to K sq K to B 2 nd
17. Kt to K 6th Kt to K B 6 (ch)
18. K to R sq Kt takes R
19. R takes Kt B to K 2nd
20. Kt to Kt 5th (ch) K to Kt sq
21. B to Q B sq P to K R 3rd
23. Kfc to K B 3rd K to B 2nd
23. Q to K 2nd K K to K sq
24. Q to K 6th (ch) K to B aq
25. Kt to Q 4th
(Suicidal).
25. B to Q sq
And Black surrendered.
BETWEEN THE SAME PLATERS.
{Remove. Block's Q Kt from the board.)
{Irregular Opening.)
Camels in America.—I n a former Number we gave an account
of the introduction ot these “ships of the desert” into the new Con¬
tinent. A letter from Los Angelos, dated Jan. 21 , gives the following
particulars of the arrival of a string of these denizens of the East in the
Far West:—“ Lieutenant Beale and about fourteen camels stalked
into town last Friday week, aud gave our streets quite an
Oriental aspect. It looks oddly enough to see—outside of a
menagerie—a herd of those huge, awkward, but docile animate
move about in our midst, with people riding them like horses,
and brings up wierd and far-off’ associations to the Eastern traveller
(whether by book or otherwise) of the lands of the mosque, crescent, or
t'irban—of the pilgrim mufti, and dervish—with visions of the great
shrines of the world, Mecca and Jerusalem, and the toiling throngs that
have for centuries wended thither, of the burning sands of Arabia and
Sahara, where the desert is boundless like the ocean, and the camel is the
• ship * thereof. These camels, under Lieutenant Beale, are all grown and
serviceable, and most of them are well broken to the saddle, and are very
gentle. All belong to the one-hump species except one, which is a cross
between the one and two humped kinds. This fellow is much larger and
more powerful than either sire or dam. He is a grizzly looking hybrid,
a camel mule of colossal proportions. Those animals are admirably
adapted to the travel across our continent, and their introduction by our
Government was a brilliant idea, the resn’t of which is beginning most
happily. At first Lieutenant Beale thought that the animals were
going to fail; they appeared likely to give out; their backs got
sore; but he resolved to know whether they would do or not.
He loaded them heavily with provisions, which they soon were
able to carry with ease, and thence eame through to Fort Tejon.
living themselves on bushes, prickly pears, and whatever they
could pick up ou the route. They went without water from six to
ten days, and even packed it a long distance tor the mules when crossing
deserts. They were found capable of packing looo lb. weight a-piecc. and
travelling with their load from thirty to forty miles per day. all the while
fi riding their own food over an almost barren country. Their drivers say
that they will get fat where a jackass would starve to death. The
• mule,’ as they call him, or cross between the camel and dromedary, will
pack 2200 lb. The animats are now on their return to the Colorado River,
for the purpose of carrying provisions for Lieutenant Beale and the mili¬
tary escort, who, it is conjectured, will penetrate thence as far as possible
into the Mormon eountry.*^ x
Imperial Tbout.—T he experiment made by order of the
Emperor of the French to stock the waters at St. Cloud with trout
batched artificially has met with complete success. It is stated that the
waters at St Clcad were never before inhabited by any species of
B ilmonidae. The trout are extremely numerous, and promise to yield
highly preductive returns, in a commercial point of view. The prineip *
object of the Emperor is to ascertain whet her the production of flail „
artificial means is more profitable than the cultivation of land, taking the
same superficial area in both cases.
An Aurora Borealis, as seen at Shrewsbury on Sunday
night, a little before nine o’clock, 1s thus described by a Correspondent
“ The appearance, for the first five or six minutes, was extremely beautiful,
and more brilliant and decided than any other I ever beheld. It consisted
of seven distinct radiated columns of light, extending from north-west
to north-east (as far as I could jHdge from the situation of the Pole Star),
the centre luminary being as nearly north as possible. Its uniform ap¬
pearance, however, was of very short duration, as the different columns
gradually became wider, till at length they joined each other and formed
one grand expanse of light, with occasional streaks of light shooting
towards the zenith.” We are sorry that we have not space for thecharm-
ing sketch which accompanied this account.
The revolution in Peru is drawing to a close, and Government
have offered liberal and merciful propositions of peace.
(black (Mr.'S-) white (Mr. W.)
1. P to Q Kt 3rd P to K 4th
2 . Q B toQ Kt 2nd QKt toQ B 3rd
3. I* to K 3rd K B to o B 4th
4. Kt to K 2 nd P to Q 3rd
5. Kt to K Kt 3rd Q B to K 3rd
6. P to Q R 3rd lv Kt to K 2 nd
7. B to K2nd Castles
black (Mr. S.)
14. Q R to Q B sq
15. P to Q B 5th
16 . Q 1* takes P
17. Q to her 4th __
18. KBtoQB 4 (ch) K KttoQ4th
19. Q R to Q B 3rd B takes Kt
20 . Q R takes B K to R sq
white (Mr. W.)
P to Q B 3rd
S P takes Q B P
B to Q B 2 nd
K R to K B 3rd
8. Castles P to K B 4th 21. Q to K It 4th B to K 3rd
9. P to Q 4th K B to QKt 3rd 22 K R to K sq B to K B 2 nd
10 . P to Q B 4th P takes Q P 23. B takes Kt P takes B
11. P takes P Q B to Q 2 nd 24 B takes K P takes B
12 . P to QKt 4th P to Q U 4th 25. Q to K R 6th
13. P to Q Kt 5th Q Kt to Q Ktaq I And wins.
BETWEEN THE SAME PLAYERS.
{Remove Black's Q Kt from the board.)
{Irregular Opening.)
black (Mr. S.) white (Mr. W.)
1. P to Q Kt 3rd P to K 4th
2 Q B toQKt2nd QKttoQ B 3rd
3. P to K 3rd P to Q 4th
4. Kt to K 2 nd
5. P to I( B 3rd
6 KttoKKt3rd
7. B to QKt 5th
8. Castles
9. P to K B ith
10. Q to K sq
11. P takes P
12 . Qto K B 2nd
13. Kt takes Kt
Q B to K Kt6th
Q B to K 3rd
K B to Q 3rd
K Ktto KB 3rd
Castles
Q B to K Kt5th
P takes P
K R to K sq
K Kt to K 6th
K takes Kt
black (Mr. S.) white (Mr. W.)
14. Q to K Kt 3rd
(It l* not e**y toaee how White can oecapa
now without iom« !o*s.)
14.
15. K to R sq
16. P to Q B 3rd
17. P takes K B
18. K B to Q 3rd
19. P to K B Sth
KBtoQB4th(ch)
K B to Q 5th
Q B to Q 2 nd
P to K Kt 3rd
K K to K sq
K R to K 2 nd
And White resigned.
20. QBtoQR3id K R to K so
21. P takes P KBP takes P
22 . B takes K Kt P P takes B
23. Q takes P (cli)
BETWEEN THE SAME PLAYERS.
(Remove Blade's Q Kt from the board.)
(Irregular Opening.)
BLACK (Mr. s.) whtte (Mr. w.)
1. P to Q Kt 3rd P to K Kt 3rd
2 . Q Bto Q Kt 2 nd K Ktto KB 3rd
3. P to K 3rd
4. Kt to K 2 nd
5. Kt to K Kt 3rd
6. K B to Q 3rd
7. Castles
8. P to KB ith
9. P to K ith
10 . P to Q R 4th
K B to KKt 2 nd
Castles
P to Q ith
P to Q B ith
Q Kt to Q B 3rd
P to Q 5th
P to Q R 3rd
QKt to Kt 6th
black (Mr. S.) white (Mr. W.)
28. B takes B K takes B
29. Kt to K Kt 3rd Q to K 3rd
30. Q R to K B sq P to K B 3rd
31. P to R 5th K Ktto Kt 4th
32. Q to K It ith P to Q R Sth
33. K It to K R 2nd
(Played without clue conuldcrntbo. By
taking tho K Kt I’ with P, black would have
pot an almost Indoftmaible attack )
33. KRtoKR sq
34. KRtoK P> 2nd Q R to K B sq
35. Q K to Q R aq (»RtoQR sq
36. Q K to K B sq
(These move* are repeated in hopes White
would consent to draw the gomo, which he
very prudently declines to do.)
36. Q R to K B sq
37. Q R to Q R aq Q Kt tks Q B P
(8urpri* in* this should have been overlooked
by both at move 35; but the game was evi¬
dently played all through without much
attention.)
33. K takes QEP
(It is dear, if he take the proffered Knight,
White wUl win his Queen.)
38. Q Kt to K 8th
And, in a move or two, Black surrendered.
11. K B to G B 4th P to Q Kt 4th
12. P takes T Q B to Q Kt 2nd
13 P to Q 3rd P to Q R 4th
14. P to K B 5th Q to her 3rd
15. Q B to Q B sq P to K 4th
16 P takes K Kt P K R P takes P
17. P to K R 3rd Q to Q 2nd
18 . K R to K B 2nd Q to Q 3rd
19. Q to K B 3rd Q B to his sq
20 . Q B to K Kt 5th KKttoK R 2nd
21. Q B to his sq Q B to K 3rd
22. Ktto KB aq B takes B
23. Q KtP takes B K KttoKB3rd
24. P to KKt ith K Kt to K R 2nd
25. P to K R 4th Q to K 2nd
26 . Q to K R 3rd B to K B 3rd
27. B to K R 6th B to K Kt 2 nd
WYNNSTAY.
We giva in an accompanying page an Engraving of this anoient
Mansion—the residence of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., M.P._
which was completely destroyed by fire on Saturday, the 6th instant,
as recorded in this Journal last week. The mansion was situated
within a magnificent park, near to the village of Ituabon, and close te
tho Great Western Railway, about five miles from Wrexham, Denbigh¬
shire. The pork and grounds, which are upwards of eight miles round,
are finely wooded, and are traversed by Wat’s Dyke (the old name of
the seat was Watstay) and Offa’s Dyke. There are also two lakes in
the grounds. Within the grounds are a memorial pillar, erected by
Watt in 1789, to the memory of the late Sir Watkin, about 110 feet
high; the Waterloo Tower; and a cenotaph, by Wyatvilie, near
Nant y Bele hollow, on the river.
Tho house was extensive, but possessed little architectural beauty, it
having been erected at different periods and with no uniformity of
taste. It was cased with fine white stone; and as a family residence
offered large accommodation to visitors. In the days of the present
Baronet’s grandfather a Thespian temple was attached to the house, in
which the great English Eoecius used frequently to display his
hir.trionic talents, as also several members of the Kemble family, when
Roger Kemble, with his corps thfuirique, visited the neighbouring city
of Chester. This hall of amusement was converted by the late Sir
Watkin into a spacious dining-room, in which that hospitable Baronet
used to entertain annually, for several years, in September, some 700
or 800 crack agriculturists to a sumptuous dinner. At length the
great dining-hall became incorporated with the mansion, adding
materially to the conveniences of the house. The carcase of the
Thespian Temple still remains covered with ivy. When the present
Baronet came intq possession of the property he projected several im ¬
portant alterations in the building, which were made at the cost of
several thousand pounds. \ \
The Wynnstay library and MSS. were rare and highly valuable.
Amongst the collection of works of art may bo named a series of
family portraits of the Wynn and the Williams families—some by
Vandyck, Kneller, Sir Joshua Reynolds, <fcc.; a portrait of Charles II.
byVandyck ; fine busts of William JPitt, Lord Granville, and other
distinguished men; a fine collection of Welsh and English MSS.; the
celebrated Waterloo punchbowl, &c.
Mr. Ferrey. the architect, has received instructions from Sir Watkin
to prepare plans for rebuilding tho mansion; and as soon as the ruins
can be cleared away and the necessary preliminary arrangements
made the works will be commenced.
A public meeting of the inhabitants of Wrexham was held on
W ednesday weak to consider the best means of expressing their sympathy
and. condolence with the hon. Baronet. Amongst other things it was
resolved that an address be presented to Sir Watkin, and a subscrip¬
tion commenced to present a casket of jewels to Lady Wynn. On the
following day Sir Watkin attended at the Townhall to receive the
address. The room was crowded to excess. The hon. Baronet was
accompanied by his brother-in-law and a few other friends. The Mayor,
ia opening the proceedings, referred to the respect and affectionate
esteem in which the family had long been held, and especially the late
and the present Baronet; and the terms in which his worship expressed
these feelings on the part of the community repeatedly moved Sir Watkin
te tears. In conclusion the Mayor read the address, which had been
prepared by the Vicar, the Rev. G. Cunliffe. In acknowledging this
kind attention, Sir Watkin said no one could know how many kind
friends he had until some calamity like the recent occurrence called
forth the expression or their kindness and sympathy. He knew not
whom to thank most, his rich friends or his poorer neighbours, who
gave them shelter and clothing, or the poor colliers who gave their
willing help on the morning of the fearful calamity. The kindness of
all classes he could never forget. Lady Wynn had desired Him to
thank them all most cordially, and to express her devout thankfulness
to God that no human life was sacrificed. The proceedings terminated
with three times three cheers for Sir Watkin and the same for Lady
Wynn.
The present Sir Watkin is tho sixth Baronet; he was bom in 1820;
in 1852 married his cousin, daughter of the Right Hqn. Sir Henry
Watkin Williams Wynn, K.C.B.; succeeded to the baronetcy in 1840;
and since 1841 has represented the county of Denbigh in Parliament.
THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
The great solar eclipse of 1858 has come and gone, and to thousands
has proved a great disappointment. We have been favoured with
many sketches and photographs of the eclipse from different parts of
the country, but we regret we cannot find room for them.
In the metropolis and its neighbourhood every point of prominence
and open space had on Monday its knot of beholders—it beluga bright
and beautiful morning, and everything promising a favourable view
of the phenomenon. The Parks, Primrose-hill, Hampstead-heath,
Greenwich Park, Blackheath, and the other different open spaces, were
thronged by persons provided with glasses to observe the Sun’s ob¬
scuration; as was Trafalgar-square, the bridges, the Duke of York’s
Column, the Monument, St. Paul’s, the publio offices, and, indeed,
every place from which an uninterrupted sight was likely to be ob¬
tained; and the itinerant venders of stained glass obtained a ready sale
for their wares till about the middle of the day, when a “ change came
o’er the spirit ” of the dream, and the obscuration of the Sun by the clouds
that then took place put a stop to their traffic, and cooled the ardour of
many a spectator. About 44 min. 55 sec. past eleven the commencement
of the eclipse was first visible, through the medium of coloured glasses,
but at first, as certain capricious clouds had burst their bondage and
were flitting about, hither and thither, over the Sun’s face, it was
doubted whether it v as really the commencement of the extraordinary
phenomenon. From this time the clouds began to come up from the
westward, covering the Sun at frequent intervals, and by twelve o'clock
a dense curtain, which entirely hid the Sun, had spread itself from
east to west, and north to south, followed by a oold wind and a heavy
leaden,'misty kind of haze, very much resembling an early autumnal
metropolitan fog. Shortly after one o’clock a slight break in tho clouds
showed the faint outline of the Sun, with the shadow of the Moon just
leaving after totality of obscuration, which had a most beautiful effect.
This continued for a few seconds, and the outer lino of the Sun, crescent-
shaped, like a new Moon, shown out with a brilliancy truly delightful,
and was again as suddenly lost to view. The light from this time
continued to increase till it assumed the usual smoky aspect of a
London wintry day, and which continued throughout the remainder
of the day. As seen from the gallery of St. Paul's it is thus de¬
scribed :—“Towards one o'clock matters brightened a little, and a
general cheer announced that the clouds hud broken, and that the
eclipse was plainly to be seen. So nearly annular was it at this
moment as to appear complete. The whole centre of the Sun was
quite black; the luminous ring glistened over nine-tenths of its cir¬
cumference ; and the increasing coldness of the air proved how large a
proportion of the solar heat we were being deprived of. A second
chance occurred at half-past one, when the oDBcuration was said to be
at its height: the people had a second good view. ”
Observations were taken at Greenwich^ of the temperature and
humidity of the air every five minutes during the eclipse, the baro¬
meter being read at the same time. The temperature of the
air at nine am. was 44^ degrees, and it gradually rose until it
attained the height of 50 degrees at the commencement of the
eclipse. It continued rising until noon, being at that time 50$ de¬
grees, and then commenced gradually and uniformly descending,
till it reached the minimum of 48.2 degrees at three minutes past one,
being about the time of the Sun’s greatest obscuration. After this time
the temperature rose as gradually as it had previously descended,
being 52 1*3 at the end of the eclipse. The humidity of the air (satu¬
ration being equal to 100) was 74 at nine a.m., and decreased to 63 at the
commencement of the eclipse, and was then constant until half- past
twelve o’clock, after which time the air became more humid until the
totality took place, its degree at that time being represented by 69.
The air then steadily increased in humidity, and at the olose of the
eclipse was 74. The barometer at nine a.m. read29.928 inches, reduced
to the sea level; and at the commencement of the phenomenon read
29.936 inches. After this time, and throughout the eclipse, the read ¬
ings varied but little. Strips of prepared photographic paper, exposed
to the Sun every five minutes, sensibly decreased in their shade of tint
after twenty minutes past twelve o'clock; and for about five minutes
{Continued on page 303.'
March 20, 1858]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
307
C HARLES PACKER (late Antoni Form),
Artist In Hair lo the QUEEN, by Appointment.
Bair Jewellerv Department, 136. Hcgeat-stroet.
Foreign and Pancy ditto, 78, Regont-atxoet.
Jot and Mourning ditto, 76, Rrgent-ttrooC
A ntoni f o r b e r,
Artiri in IIair and Jewellery,
by Appointment
to tho Queen,
Si, Baker-street, Fortrnan-square
(nearly oppoaito tho Baaaar).
Antoni Ferror haa no connection whatever with hi* late Establish*
noot in Regent-street.
H AIR JEWELLERY.—Artist in Hair.—
DEWDNKY begs to Inform Ladies or Gentlemen resident In
town or any part of tho kingdom that ho beautiftdiy makes, and
elegantly mounts, In gold, HAIR BRACELETS, Chains, Brooches,
Rings, Pins, Studs, Ac., and forwards tho saino, carefully packed
in boxes, at about ono-half the usual charge. A beautiful collection
of specimens, handsomely mounted, kout for inspection. An illus¬
trated book sent free.-Duwdnoy, 172, Fonchurch-street.
B efore you have your likeness
TAKEN send for DF.WDNEY'S PATTERNS of BROOCHES,
Lockets, Bracelets, which are sent ftee on receipt of twopoitage-
stamps. Registered Revolving Hrvoches in Solid Gold, to show either
Liknnoss or Hair at pleasure of wearer, from 45s each. A Gold
Plated Breoch or Locket sent free to any part of the kingdom for
lOs. 6d —Dowdney, Manufacturing Goldsmith and Jeweller, i?2, Fen-
church-atnxt, City, London.
A GUINEA GOLD WEDDING-RING and
Hall-m-irked KEEPER sent in a morocco box to any pan of
the kingdom on receipt of 21s. or a Post-office order.— GEORGS
DEWDNEY, Goldsmith and Jowcller, 172, Fcncharch-sUeot, London.
FTIO FREEMASONS at Home and Abroad.—
• BHO JOHN MOTT THEARLE, Manufacturer of Jewels.
Clothing, Furni ure Banners, fcc., for the Craft. Mark, Royal
Arch, K.T., and higher degrees- No. 198, Fleet-street. London,
wholesale and retail. Merchants, Lodges, Tilers, and the Trade
supplied on most advantageous farms. A choice collection of Ma-
•omc Jewel*, Pins, Bings, and Studs slwuy* on band. Copy the
address.
ATCHES.—A* B. SAVORY and SONS,
▼ V Watchmaker* (opposite the Bank of England). 11 and 12.
Corob 111. London, submit for selection a stock of first-class PATENT
DETACHED LKVkR WATCHES, which, being made by themselves,
f-r.n bo rooommended for accuracy snd durability. A warranty la given.
PBICE8 OF SILVER WATCHES.
Patent Lever Watch, with tho improvements, i e., tho de¬
tached escapement, jewelled, hard enamel dial, seconds,
and maintaining power to continue going whilst being
wound . • • .. •• •• ** 1* ®
Ditto, jewelled In four hole*, end capped .b 6
Ditto, the finest quality, with the Improved regulator,
jewelled In six holes, usually In gold cases.8 » 0
Either of the Silver Watches In hunting cases, 10s. 6d. extra.
GOLD WATCHES. - SIZE FOR LADlEB.
Patent Lover Watch, with ornamental gold dial, tbemovo-
ment with latest Improvements. 1 e- the detached oacapo¬
rn ent. maintaining power, and Jewelled.U 11 0
Ditto, with richly-engraved ca*o .12 1* 0
Ditto, with very strong csj-o. and Jewelled in four hole* 14 14 0
GOLD WATCHER.—SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN.
Patent Lever Watch, with the latest improvements, i.e., tho
detached escapement, jewelled in four holes, hard enamel
dial, seconds, and maintaining power .. .. .. 10 10 0
Ditto, In stronger rase. Improved regulator, aud capped .. 13 13 0
Ditto, iewelled in six holes, and gold balance .. .. 17 17 0
Either of the Gold Watches In hunting cases, £5 3*. extra.
Any Watch selected from tho list will be safely packed and sent froe
to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, upon a receipt of a remittance
of tho amount.
D INNER, DESSERT, and TEA SERVICES.
A largo variety of new and good Pattern*. Bast quality,
•uperior taste, unusually low prices. Also every description of Cut
Table Glass, equally advantageous.
THOMAS PEaKCE and SON, 23, Ludgote-hIU, E.C.
O RNAMENTS for the MANTELPIECE, &c.
Statuettes, Groups, Vases, Ac., in Parian, decorated Bisque and
other China t Clocks (gilt, marble, and bronxe). Alabaster, Bohemian
Glass, flrat-cUs? Brour.es, Candelabra, and many other art manuiac-
turdf, ail in the best tas’e, and at very moderate prices.
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, Ludgato-hilL E.C.
O RNAMENTS for the DRAWING-ROOM,
LIBRARY, Sc.—An oxfauMVo assortment of ALABASTER,
MARBLE, BRONZE, and DERBYSHIRE SPAR ORNAMENTS
Manufactured Imported by J. TENNANT, 149, Strand, London.
O N BOARD H.M.S. “NORTH STAR,” in
the ARTIC RVGIONS, for Two Yean, the Ship's Time was
kept by one of JONES'S Levers, all other watches on board hav.n,*
stopped. In Kilvor, £4 4s.; In Gold, £10 10s.; at the Manufactory,
228, Strand (opposite Somerset House).—Read JONES'S " Sketch of
Watch Work.'' Sent free for a 2d. stamp.
SECONDHAND GOLD WATCHES, by
eminent maker*, warranted genuine, accurate, perfect In con¬
dition, and at half the original oo»t. A choice stock at WALES and
II‘CULLOCH'S, 32, Ludgato-street (near 8t. Paul's).
S ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Mannfac-
truer*, Nos. 17 and 18. CorahlU, havo a Show-room expressly
fitted op for the display of Drawing and Dining Room CLOCKS,
manufactured in splendid Ormolu, and exqaisitely-modtllod antique
Broncos, the movements of firtt-cla-e finish, striking tho hour* and
half-hour*. Each Clock to warranted. 8taircaie Clocks In fashion¬
ably-moulded cases. Dials for Counting-house*. All charged at
manufacturing prices.
Tho New Buildings, No. 17 and 18, CornhHl.
S ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manu¬
facturer), Noe. 17 and 18, CornhHl, invite attention to their now
sod splendid ntock of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, each war¬
ranted, and twelve montha' trial allowed.
Silver Watches, of highly-finished construction, and jewelled, with
fashionable exterior, at 50*. to £10 10s.
Gold Watoh**, of all descriptions of movement), from £6 6*
to £ 60 .
Books of Patterns and Frices can be obtained; and all order*, with
a remitianco, promptly attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Goldsmiths and Jewellers,
Nos. 17 and 18. CornLllL—The ground floor of the New Building
is more particularly devoted to the display of Fine Gold Jewellery and
Fine Geld Chains.
In the Jewellery Department will be found a rich and ecdles*
assortment of Rings snd Brooches, set with m og n lfloent gome, Brace¬
lets and Necklets, Pins and Studs, Ac. All newly manufactured, and
fa the moat recent style. Tho quality of Sho gold is warranted.
Fine Geld Chains ore charged according'to tholr respective weights,
and tho quality of the gold Is certified by tue stamp.
Books of Patterns and Price* can bo obtained.
Lot tor* promptly attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Silversmiths (the New
Budding). 17 and 18. OornhlB, invite attention to their merr and
magnificent Stock of Londorr-mauuiacturad SILVER PLATE, con-
faing every article requisite for the Table and bideboard
bliver spoor,a and Forks at 7*. 4d. per ounce.
Rich and Elegant To* and Coffee Equipage*, commencing Ct £36
the full service
Silver Balrers of all sixes and patterns, from £6 10*. to £100.
A large and costly display o! hilvor Presentation Plato, charged at
p»ir ounce— Silver department of the building.
Books of Designs snd Prices raay be obtained.
g ARL ana SONS, Wholesale Manufacturing
ELECTRO sod A RGKNTINE SILVER PLATERP., Nos. 17 and
CornhHl.- In tho * plum it FkowRoom? devoted to tbit depAriahent
<rf tho business will bo found every article usually manufactured.
Corner Dishc* aud Covers—Dish Covers—8ou»-> and Sauoe Turooew—
■Cruet Frames-Tea snd Coffee b-rvicos—Maginflront Kporgnos and
Candelabra - Stiver* and Tea Treys.
The Argentine Silver Fpoon* end Forks, solely manufactured fry
fr'arl and Sour, ct oos-sixth tho oast of solid Stlvir, are especially “
oommonded. having stood the test of Fiftoon Yoara' experience.
Books of Drawings snd Prices may bo obtained.
All orders by post punctually attended to.
SILVER P^ATE, New and Secondhand.—
O A Pamphlet of Prices with Kogravinge, may bo &***»*£?
will be sent post-tree, if applied for by letter.—A. B. tJA\ORY and
SONS, Goldsmiths (opposite the Bank of England), 11 and 12, Corn
kill, London.
C LOCKS for ROOMS.—Designs original,
elegant, and in pure taste. Wwilts tbo very best (with the
latest Improvements). Prices extremely moderate. Assortment tho
largest ia London. General style and finish all that cac. bo desired.—
THOMAS PEARCE and RON, 23, Lodgtto-bill. E.C.
S END TEN STAMPS for SAMPLE
8POON of SLACK'S NICKEL SILVER, or twottty for one
EleHro-Plated which if put to tho incut severe teat will be found
uncquall?d by any o.her metal for durability lr. wear. Made into
every article for the table, *s >pooun, fork*- ernet-frames &c.—R
and J. Slack, 336, Strand. jp,o»ie Somerset Etuse. E.iiablafLOd 1818.
M appin g 7 cutlery hnd electro-
silver PLATE.—Maarn. MAPPIN (Brothers'!, Mcnu/so-
turcra by Special .Appointment to tho Queen, aro the only Sh-Jfidd
klskor* who easily tbo consumer direct fn London. Their London
Show Rooms, (7 and 68, KING-WILL 1AM STREET. London-bridge,
contain by far tho largest Stock of C.LTLERY and ELECTRO- SILVER
PLAH5 in the World, which Is triosniitted direct from their Mafia-
fact ary. Queen’s Cutianr W<tkw, Sheffield
Electro-BUrer Spoon* and Forks,
Fiddle Pattern, full rizo
t er Dm.
Ttbio Spoons .. .. *6e. 0d.
Table Fork* .. .. 3* 0
Dessertspoons .. .. 27 <»
Dessert Forks .. .. 27 0
Tea Spoons .. .. 18 6
6alt „ ( fiiit Bowls i
Mun:«rd Gs.pordoz. f 14 0
Messrs.’Mappln (Brothers) respectfully invite buyer* to inspect
tholr unprecedented display, which for beauty of d«*lgn exquisite
workmanship. aud novelty, stand* unnvnllod Tuer Illustrated
Catalogue which is continually recanting addition* of new doslgna,
free on application.
Mappfa (Brothers), 67 and 68, King William-stmt, LccdfiC-lridg*
Moan t£icrj, Queen’* Ccticry Works, Khofft’d.
Ivory Table Knives, Full Bine,
Balance Handles, which cannot
possibly become loose. Per Dot.
Table Kuive* .. .. T-’*. Qd.
D essert Knives .. .. 18 0
Carvers iper pair) ..9 0
As above, with Sterling Silver
Ferules.
Table Knives .. .. 34 0
Dessert Knives .. .. S4 0
Carvers (per pair) .. II
C HANDELIERS in CUT CRYSTAL, for
Gas or Csndlas A large stock; patterns uncommon and beau-
titul: quality irreproachable. All deigned and manufactured by
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, Ludgalo-hill, E.C
VI ODERATOR LAMPS.—Simple, strong,
jVI and well finished, tho Lamps of Pearce and Ron continue to
maintain tboir groat superiority over every other kind, while tor
orlgiuaiitv, beauty, and pood taste, the patterns are allowed to be tho
beat In the Trade.—THUMAH PEARCE and SON, 33. Ludgato-hUL
E.C., Direct Importers of Colza Oil only of tha first quality-
T HE PATENT REFLECTING and
WARM-AIR STOVE.—The groat advantage In this now
stove is, it has tho largest reflecting surface, with the Important
addition of hot-air chambers, which can bo made available
when required, imparting the most agreeable warmth, with great
economy In fuel; ti has »tt ordinary open fireplace, and is *n effectual
cure for smoky chimneys, without addition to tho coat. They sre of
elegant design, and made suitable for any room snd offices. The
public is invited to view the stove in operation at tho Panklibenon
Furnishing Ironmongery Premises, 38 and 58, Baker-street. Pros¬
pectus, with Plans, free.
K ING and GO, SILKMERCER& &c., 243,
Regent-itroot, and at the Crystal Psioco. 6\dcnham, beg to
announoe that during tho hue commercial crisis they have pur¬
chased many thousand pounds* worth of new SILKS, MUSLINS,
BAREGES, IRISH POPLIN'S. Ac., which they intend seLisg during
the ensuing season at Half-price.
L adies, write for patterns of the
NKW SILKS snd other Fabrics, and save fifty per cent in your
Spring Purchases.—Address to KING and CO„ Regent-it., Loudon.
pAMBRICS. — PATTERNS POST-FREE.
V J Swiss Cambrics,
3*. 6d. the Fall Drees,
French Brilliants,
3s 9d. the Full Dress-usually told at 7*. 6d.
Address to KING and CO., Regent street, London.
L amps, chandeliers, baths.—T he
PANKUBANON. 56 and 58, and Bcxaar, Baker-street. The
largest tihow-rooms in London, containing the host and most varied
sto k of splendid Electro-Silver Plate, superior Cutlsry warranted),
Stoves, Fender*, und Fireiruns, elegant Go* Chandeliers, Lamps. Tea-
Urns, paper Tea-trays, Baths. Hall Lanterns, and Stoves, Kitcbon
Ranged, Garden Seats, snd Wlrework. Purchasers are invRad to view
thi» rust ool ection of nseiul and Ornamental furnishing requisites, all
of tho best manutacture, which is unequalled elsewhere.
The best Colza Oil, 4s. 3d. per gallon.
Moderator Lamps, 4s. 6d. each.
Puidonian Cos! Boxes, 4*. rid. each.
Ivory balance-handle Tacle Knives, Us. per dozen.
Registered Brats Gaa-lighieri, 9d. each.
N.B. The prices marked In plain figures. Illustrated Catalogues free.
T71URNISH YOUR HOUSE with the BEST
JD ARTICLES, at DEANE'S Ironmongery and Furnishing
Warehouses. Established a.D. 1700. A Priced Furnishing List, troe
by post.—Deane and Co. (opening to the Monument), London-bridge.
r OOKING-GLASSES and FURNITURE of
I J the best quality, at moderate price*.—NO80TTP8, 3S» and 9,
Oxford-street. Estsbllshod 1822. W.
Y AL DE PENAS.—Connoisseurs are informed
that our Holme possess a limited quantity of this raro okl
WINE, and offer it at a very moderato pneo—viz , 48* pur dozen.—
ntmv wrvf rriMPAKv fin. ML Jamea's-stroot, London
CADIZ WINK COMPANY. 6ri, titi
N.B. Carriage-free. Established 1847.
TINES from the CAPE of GOOD HOPE.—
PORT. SHERRY, MADEIRA, BUCF.LLAB, and MAR-
8A!.A, all 20a. per dozen, really fine quality, produco of Spanish and
Portuguese vinos at the CAPE of GOOD HOPE, whence hin
Majesty's Govormeut allow* wine* to be imported for half duty. Two
samples for 12 stamps. Brandy, excellent, 30s per dozen. W. and
A. GILBEY, Wine Importers, 357, Oxford-street, W.
w
M
USLI NS.—PATTERNS POST-FREE.
Jaooenet* .. 2*. lid. the Full Dross.
Organdies .. .. .. Vs. fid. ,,
duoU Mus ics .. .. .. 6s, fid.
FlounoedJaccoaett •• .. 5s fid.
Flounced Organdies .. .. 10*. fid., usually sold at Xl Is.
Address to KING and CO., 343, Regent-street, London.
L emon-flavodred soda-water.—
WITHY and CO caution the Public not to accept spurious imi¬
tations of their LFMON-FLAVOURED SODA-WATER, which con
onlv be obtained from tbelr Manuiactory. O ranee-grove, Bath, or of
their lecngnfsed Agents. Price, carriage-free, 40s. per six dozen, lo¬
ci Jiling bottles, which may be roturnod. Every bottle bo* their name
on a colouro label.
B ELL and CO.’» PATENT GELATINE
for making Jellies. Blanc Mange, he., he., in packets, at
Is., la. fid.. 2s. 6d., and 5*. Also, PATENT REFINED GELATINE,
a pure and economical substitute for Russian Isinglass, in peckots, at
9d., is. 6d.. 2a. fid.. iumI 5*. Sold wholesale and retail at 338, Oxford-
street, London; Savory and Moore. Bond-street; Fortnum and
Mason, Piccadilly; Crosse and Blackwell. 5obo-«quaro; Barclay and
Co.. Farrlugdon-street, also by the principal Chemist*, Grocer*, and
Italian Warehousemen throughout the Kingdom.
F lour for pastry, &c.— To pastry-
COOKS, Club-hniues, HobIkeeper*. and Families requiring
flr*t-«laBi Hour. Now landing a cargo of 1000 bags, the first im-
porthtkn of D ARBI,AY B celebra.ca PARIS WHITES, acknowledged
by tho best judge* to be the finest article in flour ever produced in thl-
or any other cuunoy, aud to which was awarded the Council Modal
at the Exhibition, r85l. For the convenience of consumers, it fcA* been
packed in bage oootalnlng 66lbs. each, properly secured, luivlng
D Arblay's stamp ou lead attached, without which none i* genuine.
Price 10s., bag included. Address B. BAR PROP (late Hltdnltt),
English and Foreign Flour Warehouse, 1. Queen s-ioodEast, Chelsea,
8.W. Terms, cam. Eatablished sixty year*.
THE BEST FOOD FOR CHILDREN, INVALIDS, AND OTHEBB.
|_>OBINSON’S PATENT BARLEY, for
making superior Barley Water In fiftoon minutes, ha* not only
obtained tbo patronage of her Majesty and the neyal Family, but b»»
become of general us* to every class of the community, and 1* ac¬
knowledged to stand unrivalled iu on eminently pure, nutritious, and
light food for infanta and invalids; much approvod for making a
delicious custard piiddirg. and exoeliet.t for thickening broths or
noup*. ROHINSON'S PATENT GROATS for more than thirty year*
havo been held in constant und increasing public estimatiea a* the
purest fan me of tbo oat, end as the best and most valuable prepara¬
tion for making a puro and delicate Gruel, which forms a light ana
nutritious p upper for tho aged, is a popu’or reelpo for cold* and
Influemas. is of general niiln the rick-chamber, and. altemzPdy wit h
the Patent Barley, is on excellent food for infant* and children.
Prepared only by the Patentee*. ROBINSON, BKLVTLLE, and CO.,
Purveyors tc’lhe Qooeu, 6t. Red Lion-street, Hoi born, Loodeu. 8old
by sli respectable Grocere. DruggisU, and ether* In town and oountry,
In naokete of fid. and lo.; and Family Canister*, at 3s., 5s., and 10*.
JT OMCEOPATEIC PATIENTS.- Dyspeptics
rl and pereons of delicate constitutior sre strengly recommended
to usnTAYLOR BROTHERS' HOMCEOPATHIC COCOA, which is
prepared with tho greatest possiblo care upon well-ttsted jiriuciplea,
by which tho redundant, oleaginous, and grosser parts of the nut are
entirely removed, and lie nutrition* grateful and valuable projxsrties
fully developed. Sold by most Grocer* and Teadealcre in Town snd
Country, of whom al*o may be hod TaySor Brother*’ Soluble and
Dietetic Qo-ooas. jind all kinds of plain and fancy Cocoas and Chocolates.
See that etch packet Is labelled *' Tayter Ilrothura," London.
T aylor brothers’ iiomceopathic
COCGA.—ThD cxqoldte prewirstioa. combining in an eexment
degree tho purcnc**, nutriment, and fine aroma of the fresh nut, is a
delicious and wholes'mo beverage to all, and especially adapted to
thoso under homeopathic ttastment- It agree* with tbo most deli¬
cate and irritable digestive organs, U • oothlng and agreeable i« the
nerves, and |covts at the same time both lovlgoratiug and rafrethiuff.
Sold wholesale by Taylor Bsothere, at their Mill*, 211, Brick-Une.
T-ondou; and c a tail by most expectable Grooars and Teodoalcrs ia
the kingdom.
0.LENFIELD
PATENT STARCH.
USED rx THE BOTAL LACK PET.
And picnounced by h«r Majesty's LaundreM to be
THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED.
Said by all Chandkire. Grocers. Ac.. An-
G LYCERINE.—An impure Glycerine is now
being sold cn the statement that It Is at pure as the PATER?
DISTILLED GLYCERINE of PRUCK’S PATENT CANDLE COM¬
PANY. The Company beg iho *f plication of tbo following staph
testa : For unpleasant imoll. rub a few drops over the back of you
hand, when the foetid mouse smell wfil. If present, at oooo come out
For lead and other metallic Impuritic-. teat by a current of sul¬
phuretted hydrogen. For lime and other aartby impurities, test bj
Oiaialo of ammonia, or chloride of barium. The Company aro noi
rc«pon*fl>!o for any Glycerine except that sold in bottle* having OL-
• cleft lettered “ Price's Patent-'* w „ _ j
Ptieo'a Patent Candle Company, Belmont, Vnuxhall. London.
F NEST FRENCH COLZA OIL, 4s. 6 d. pel
Gal‘on, cash.—Meeire. LEMAIRE and CO., of Porio. Sols
X)/pQt (n England, the London Soap and Coinile Company, 76, New
Bond-street. Theirs is the finest and purest Colza Oil imported, and
will burn in every kind of lamp cow in use. Also reduced prices for
aU Candles, Soap-, Oils, Ac.
F LOWER’S PLATE POWDER, as supplied
for dunning the Plato at the Refreshment Booms, House of
Lord*. &c.. \o„ may be obtained through all chemists, or direct fro*
Flower, Chemist. Matlock. In Box**, at la., za- «!.. and 4s. each
B enzine collas
CLEANS usd REMOVES GREASE frwn
Glove*, j
Silk*. I Carpets, Ac. Ac.
In Eeulea, Is. fid., of all Cbcmbta and Perfusate; and at Utt Depot,
J1 i, Great RwaolLafreet, KoecBtfrux-
B areges,
BaUarinet
Chintz Bare'gee
Flounced Bulrarinca .,
Plounced Bar-
&c. — Patterns Post-free —
.. 3s fid. tho Full Dres*.
.. 8*. «d. „
lls. fid. „ "
__ 13s. 6<L „
Flounced Grenadines.. £1 5e. fid., usually sold at £2 10*.
Address to KING and CO., Begem-sureet, London.
S PRING FABRICS.—Patterns Post-free.
french Llamas. 7a. fid. thoFnll Dree*.
Checked Challis .. .. 12s. fid. „
Bilk and Mohair Double Skirts 10*. 6d. „
Bilk and Mohair Flounced Kobe* i”s. Fd. ■■
Norwich Poplins. 18s. fid. ,,
Real Irish Poplin* .. .. £1 17a- fid.,uiusLyiold st £6.
Address to KING and CO., Regent-street, Loudon.
B
LACK SILKS. — Patterns Post free
GU.cJ SUk«,.£1 5 0 the Full Dnm
Satin BorRUka .. .. 1 10 0 „
Widows' Silks.1 19 6 „
Flounced Silk*.2 10 0 H
MoW Antiques. 18 6 „
Velvet Flounced Robes .. 6 10 0 „
Address to KING and OO., Bcgent-ttreet, London.
N
EW SPRING SILKS si KING’S,
243, Regent-street. /
Striped Glacd Silk*. / _ \
£1 2s. fid. the Full Dries.
Checked Glacd Silks,
£1 5s. 6d. V / i
Batin Bor Siika, __/ /
II 7*. 6d. ... / /
Jasper Buka.
£1 Mm. Gd.
Chind Pcultd^ Soles,
£l 17* fid. \ /
Flounced Silk*, \
£3 2s.
Fnncd Flounced H'dks,
£3 13*. fid. j |
Velvet Flourccd fill’ll,
£5 Ids. Od.
And Molt-4 Antiques, worn by tiu> Queen and Princee* Jloyal,
£3 3s. tho Full Dreaft usually sold at £6 ts.
Pattenu seat post- tree
Addrto* to King oad Co., Regent-street, London.
A PERFECT LADY'S DRESS for SPRING,
AT A SINGULARLY LOW PRICE.
A simple Cheek, iho material is Cnshmore, with rich Duoape ride
trimming in Frencn-bloe, Rut-brown, Block, Violet, and the New
Green, edged with Velvet.
Tho Skirt ia mode and lined throughout, tho material tor Bodice
included, Price lii.fKi.
I he additional charge for making the Bodice. One S h i l ling.
A Drawing of the Djra* scot poit-free.
FRENCH MUSLIM COMPANY, 16, Oxford-stro*.
milE HALF-GUINEA CLOTH JACKET,
JL a very pretty shape lust from Paris.
For country orders. *izo of waist and round the snouldar* is required.
THE FRENCH MUSLIM COMPANY, 16, Oxford-ntrooi.
F rench muslin jackets.
The prettiest White Muslin Jacket ever produced: it ia trimmed
with Ribbon. To be hud in every colour, aud exceedingly becoming
to tho figure. Price 12s. fid-
The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street-
Post-office Orders payable to James Rekl, Oxford-street.
r*VHE BLACK VELVET JACKET
JL Chosen by the Prince** Royal-
The shape li. c’aasio, simple, and elegant, without ornament.
The price U 'l\ Guinea*.
The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-atreeC.
T HE BLACK LACE JACKET,
just imported, a perfectly new shape, graceful and lad*Ilka
in tho extreme, price 12s. fid
The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY ‘6. Oxford-r^m*.
J'MBROIDKR>D CHRISTIAN NAMES.-
E
broidered by the Nuns ot Pan. with tho new diet etch needle. Prica
U. OLL, by pott !« stamp*: 5s. fid. the half-dozen, by post 6*. 3d.
TDK FRENCH COMPANY, 16. Oxford-streeu
"VfEW SILKS at PETER ROBINSON’S.—
Jl. Y New Striped Glacd bilks at £1 3*. fid. the Full Drese.
New Checked Giacl S-lka „ £1 5*. fid „
Extra rich Checked Silk* „ £1 fis. 6d. „
New Boyadkre Bur cilka ,, £1 7«- 6d. „
Extra Rich Bayadere Silks „ £1 l*'s. fid. „
The hccclniquo Plaid Silk* ,, £116e.fid. „
Rich French Fancy Silks „ £2 2s. Od. „
F
LOUNCED SILKS at PETER
ROBINSON’S.
Now French Flounced Silk Robe*.
New Checked Flounced SUk Kobe*.
New Bayadere Bar Plounced Silks.
New Self-coloured Glues? Flounced Bilks.
New Brocaded Flounced Bilk Robes.
New Chend Flounoed Silk Robes.
New Striped Flounced Silk Robe*.
MOEE ANTIQUE SILKS, at DETER
JjfjL ROBINSON’8, in all tbo New Colours, at 3 Guineas and a
half. P. R. begsk&vo to call Ladies’ nartcular attottlon to these
goods, sa they ore of a very rich quality, and each Dree* will be
found to messure 8 yards, of a yard wldo. P. R. Is also offering for
■ale, at red need price*, three largo cases of Molrd Antique Robs* Pat¬
tern* of B'ack and Coloured sent po»t-fire*. For (•«iv»rus of Silks,
Petor Robinson. vLkmeroer, 103,105, IQd, 107. Oxford-street.
L ADIES requiring cheap and elegant SILKS
are requested to apply immediately to BEECH and BERRALL,
Tho Boo Hlvo, «3 and 64, Edgware-road, London, W.
1300 Now PloonoiNl Silk Robe* (various), 3fis. fid. to 6 guinea*.
Bich Striped, Checked, Chetu ; , and Plain GlacA
Silks, 21s. fid. to SSa. fid. the Dress.
Black and Half-Mourning Ditto, In great vorioty, at -ho soma
Reduced prices.
•#* Patterns for inspection postage-free.
B
LINEN DRAPERS TO THE QUEEN, BY APPOINTMENT.
EitabUsbcd in 1778-
ABIE S’ BASSINETS,
Trimmed and Furnished,
Ready for use, are sent homo froo of carriage.
BABIES’ BASKETS,
Trlcmtd and furnished to correepond.
CAPPER. SON, and CO^ 69, GRA< ECHURCH-8T., LONDON, E.C.
Bcscriftivo lists, with prices, sent free by post.
Sont post-free. Descriptive Lists of
C OMPLETE SETS of BABY LINEN,
which are sent home
throughout the Kingdom free of carriage.
UNDERCLOTHING FOR HOME. INDIA. AND ALL COLONIES,
for Ladies, and Children of all ugte.
LINENDRAPERS TO THE QUEEN BY APPOINTMENT.
Established in 177K
L ADIES’ WEDDING OUTFITS
sont home free of carriage.
Descriptive L>u, with prices, sent free by post.
CAPPER, SON, and CO., fifi, Graccchuxub-strect, London, E.C.
C 1
ITY JUVENILE DEPO T.—
_ BABY-LINEN end LADIES' UNDERCLOTHING WARE¬
HOUSES.—Ladies’ Night Dresses, 3 for 6*. fid.: Chemises, with
tranda, 3 for tt- lid : Drawers, 3 pair for 3a. lid.; Slips, tucked, 3 for
8s. fid. Chlldres '• Underclothing equally as cheap. All work war¬
ranted and made of Horrock's Loogcloth; a lower quality kept ex-
preesiy for outfit* to India and th» colonies. Ladios Paris-wove
Stays, 3s- lid per pair: and tko newly-invoiced elasticCore-t, to fas¬
ten in front, Sa. lid., not obtainable elsewhere. Infants' Bassinets,
handsomely trimmed either with white or chintz, one guinea each.
An Illustrated Price ! i*t sent free on nppllcatioo.—'W. U. TURNER,
68, 69, 70. and 8tt, Blsbopagato-street Without, London, E.C.
T OCKE’S LADIES’ CLOAKS of SCOTCH
- 1 i WATERPROOF TWEED. A selection forwarded on appli¬
cation.
HOOTCH TWEED AND CLAN TARTAN WAREHOUSES.
119 and 127. REGENT-STREET (four door* above Vigo-ttreM).
G 1
BAND EXHIBITION ot INDIA
SHAWLS.—FARMER and ROGERS are now exhibiting In
tht-lr spacious India Showrooms a most superb collection of ehoioe
CASHMERE SHAWLS, amongst which ura several of very rare
design and quality, similar to those supplied for the Wedding
Trousseau of the Princi ra Royal.
THE GREAT SHAWL AND CLOAK'EMPORIUM, 171, 172, 175,
U8GBNT-STBBBT. W.
India ShawD Bought and Exchanged.
S ILKS, Bich, Plain, Sniped, and Checked
SlaeA at 22s. 6d. per dress of twelve yards; snd worth tho
tueation of families Patterns sont free by post. JOHN HARVEY,
SON, and CO., 9. Lailgate-hlD Established upward* a! fifty yean.
fUrrisra odd noon amounts abet* Lb-
riTABLE LINEN,
X PAUUJLNO, STRAriON,
SHEETING, &c.—
_ __ . and CO., Linsn Manufacturers m
tho Queen. rcspoctfaDv invite aUention to their oxtanxive stock, com¬
prising every kind of HOUSEHOLD and TABLE LINEN. Families
and Urge oitnbli-hmenta charged wholesale price* Arms and Crosl
nsortod in Tahle-llnon.—12. Coventry-street
V ALENCIENNES LACE.
7b* laCeat imitation, made with genuine linen thread,
scarcely to be distinguished from the real French. Samples post-free.
BAKER and DOWDEN,
17 and IB, Upper Eaten-street, Eaton-square, 8.W.
N
EW PATTERNS in PRINTED CAM-
BRICS and JACCONOT8, Britbh and Pcrelgn. Samples post¬
il A K E R and DOWDEN,
}/ and 18, Upper Eaten-street, Eaioa-squore, 6 W.
ABEBDEEN LINDSEY WOOLSEY
PETnCOATfl.
They ore in -.de up sceoidlag to the latest fashion soluble for the
Pat.* trade, with patent «e*l springs, and flounced, and can*e tho
drees to stand out »nd sot ruo>t graceiully.
The ieiaminc'er of M. Ba»se’s Stock of Pottiooatanow selling at 10 *. fid.
'Iho price wax One Guinea.
The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-atreet
P 1
REKCH CAMBRIC BOBES.
— . Our new patterns. Just received, two or three very pretty
pattern*. They arc mado up according to tho laical Faria Fashion by
French Artistes. Price 12a. fid.
The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY. 16, Oxford-street.
Orders irom Uie country must be accompanied with tbs sire round the
shoulder* sud length of skirt.
Patterns post-free
T
[HE TIME to BUY MUSLINS CHEAP.
Lost year's at ridiculous price* for such goods.
Pattern free.
The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16. Oxford-street-
R eady-made morning wrappers,
is. fii., Neat French Prints, warranted Cast ooloar*.
Patterns fxwt-fre ■.
Tho FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-sreeet.
1VTOVELTIES FOR THE MONTH.—
X1 SEWELL und CO.’S first deHvnry of New hiike comprising
all the new styles in Robes k Volant# and doub’e Jit pea. with a
eholco eduction ot Silks for young ladies, any lengths of which maybe
A large lot of Rich Cbend Bavadire* at half prices.
Morning Uro»»es and Evoning Drosae*.
Sewell and Co. have just received aoveral cOftc* of New and KhrgJici
Muteriais for Ladles' Morning Dresses at very moderate prices; and,
otto. Robes k DisDoaltlon. in great varietv;
And some beau.Lul texture* for Evening Dressta, to be had In any
length-
COMPTON HOUSE,
F nth-street, Soho.
B
A k
and
CRISP’S
E R
Best Alpine Kid Gloves, Is. fid.
Rest Grenoble, 2*.
Very Best Pari*, 2*. 7jd. pair; or 31*. doeea
Droase* and Patio ms no»t-freo.
The New Fr»nrh llureg.-s, 8W. a yard.
The New Bulzurinc*. kfd.
B st Prio'od Caajbrics, French.
Tbo New Flounced Muslins, <0i. 6d. f Tape Cbreks.
Tho New Flounced Baii-ges. 21s.. fiatinCheok.
77io Few Flounced Balxoriuw, 12s. fid., Wire Ground.
Plain and Printed French Usman. lO&d. yard.
Iho New Mohair*, and Cataa Cloths. 10^1. yard.
1500 Guipure Mantles. aU at fi*. 31. each, po*t-freo. part of Maa-
donold'a stock; the colours aro black, blue, white, and puoo. The.
Manulactunt’s price originally wa* 13*. fid.
All the Novelties In Robes, Skins, Morning Wrappers, frq..
from 10s. €d. each, ready for wear.
BAKER and CRISP. 321, Regont-atreet (earner of Mad ‘’^x-sireetj
M c
OURNIKG ORDERS.—NEW MOURN-
1VG FABRICS.—Patterns ofaD the N ^ Materials free per
post. —Addroas PETER ROBINSON, G^Nrkai. MOURNING
WAREHOUSE, 103, Oxfurd-»treet.
TVTOURNING MAN/PLES and BONNETS.
1TA PETER ROBIN8G*^ ig now showing some great novel tie*,
both for Mourn in ir and „ut of Mourning, at hla GKNKRaL MOURN¬
ING WAREHOUSE, 103, Oxfonl-atreet.
T)LACK SILKS, cheaper than they were ever
known —Patterns of all tho new make*, free per poet: also.
Moln? Antiques, in bl*ok and ahadee of grey. Address PETER
ROBINSON, General Mourning Warehouse, 103, Oxford-street, Lon¬
don.
I NDIA.—FAMILY MOURNING.—Skirts,
trimmed deeply with ernpo, from 30*. upwards to the richest
quality, with Mantles and Bonnots to match. Family orders supplied
on the moat reasonable terms. First-class Dressmaking at moderate
charges. Order* attended to in town or country.—Adores* PETER
ROBINSON, General Mourning Warehouse, 103, Oxford-street.
UILTED EIDER-DOWN PETTICOATS
ore strongly recommend'd to those who wish to combine
elegance with comfort. To bo had only of W. H. BATSON
and CO., 1, Maddox-street, Regent-itroot. Ddpot for the Eider-down.
Quiffs and Patent Spring r>Uows
S HIRTS.—FLANNEL SHIRTS of every
description, Dress Shirts, and Dressing Gowns. Mcasure-oaoera
will bo sent on application.—CAPPER and WATERS, 36, Bogeat-
stroet, London B. W
■I MPORTANT TO LADIES.—A Single Stay
i Carriage-free on recoipt of a Post-offico order.
The Elastic Bodice. 3*. fid.
1 be Self-adjusting Conet . 2s. CtL
A book with illustrations and prices rent on tbs receipt of a postage
s amp, from which a selection of any corset can be mado.
Crinoline Skirt* and Spring Steel Skirts at very low prioes.
CARTER and HOUSTON, 88, Regent-street; 6, Blsckfriars-roauL
W.; 5, Stockwoll-Rreet, Greenwich; and Crystal Palace.
TVTO MORE COLD EEET.—Patent FELT
ll INSOLKD BOOTS and 8HOK8.—BOWLKY and CO • 53.
Channg-croo*, Price Medal Holden at London and Paris fcg .
T ADIES’ FIRST-CLASS ELASTIC
U BOOTS, n; MODERATE PHICE8.-1-U« KM EluUe BooU,
military hwla. ..a 6<i. Iltlutrmlod t.rfcwi CataAwum ««>. poM-Dw.—
TBOMAB D. MARSHALL, 192, OXTOBD-BTEKET, W.
TAMES LEWIS S MARROW OIL for the
fJ HAIR; Jockey Club. Frangipannl, aad Wood-violet Perfunue
for tho Handkerohief: and Iodine fcosp for the Skin.—Manufactory, fi,
HartleU’*-buildings, Holboru; and 66, Oxfoni-streri, W.
TAMES LEWIS'S PATENT IODINE
O SOAP is recommended a* the only soap possessing any specific
limitary proper!lot beneficial to the skin, and geaendly approved aad
recommended by the faculty.—Bold at 66, Oxford-street, W.
T3IESSE and LUBIN'S SWEET SCENTS.
JL TIhi g eotrat varietv In Eurotc. Every requisite fee the
toilet of fruition-—Royal Laboratory of Flowers, 8, New Bood-slrcct
Loudon.
TXTOOD VIOLET SCENT.—H. BREIDBN
▼ Y BACH recommend* his W»>1 Violet as the flneet natural
Fcrfumo dljiilled. A * ingle 2s. 6d. Bottle will verify the fact. Ask
for li BreSdenbach’s We«d Molet,—157A, New Bond-street, W.
OAVAGE’S URSINA, or the Grease of the
O Canada Black Bear.—The ODly pure and refined prepara¬
tion. and 1* ucomparabiy superior to any similar article *oLi in this
ceuntry.
The great demoud for the Urtina in Canada ha* led to repeated
mqturio- from parties in England wbo have been aocustouuid to Me
it fa that country; and the proprietor* have appointed Mr. TBOMAS
KRATING, ot 79, H t. Paul's Churchyard. London, *olo agoat. and to
whom regular oonsiguments will be nude It mar bo had also oi Mr
Doughty, 4, William-street, Knight?bridge; end most ChcctStq.
Price 2*. 6d. par bottio.
308
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
(March 20, 18 * 8
THE SOLAR ECLIPSE AS SEEN FROM THE ISLE OF DOGS ON MONDAY LAST.
{Continued from page 306.)
before and ten minutes after the Sun's greatest obscuration the paper
v?aa scarcely affected by the Sun. The white paper was turned to a
deep purple colour at the commencement and ending of the eclipse.
A Correspondent has obliged us with the subjoined account of the
eclipse as seen at Lyme Regis:—*' The fact having been made so well
known by Mr Hind’s letter to the Times that the partial eclipse of
the sun would be first visible in England at this delightful watering-
place seems to have induced a large number of persons to visit it on
Monday. As the time drew nearer when the first appearance of the
phenomenon had been predicted, several clouds gathered from the
western horizon, yet frequently through the fleecy masses fitful gleams
of sunshine cast a peculiar light over the sea and hills. These clouds,
however, enabled us with the naked eye more minutely to notice the
appearance of the Sun's disc and the development of the eclipse, and,
as on many other occasions, heightened its effect. The first perceptible
appearance of the Moon was observed at 12.15; and the best oppor¬
tunity afforded for witnessing the effect produced by the eclipse on the
sea and landscape was from this time until two-thirds of the Sun's
diameter was covered. No position could have been better selected for
making observations than on the hill called Holme Bush, about a mile
we>t of this town, where, according to Mr. Hind, the eclipse,' after its
long sweep over the Atlantic, would first be fairly landed on British
ound.’ A deep twilight gradually settled over the face of nature,
it) hu - knees slowly increased till 1.8, at which time a peculiar saffron
tinge suffused the sea and meadows surrounding the town, whilst the
little white marine villas so curiously grouped on the hillsides seemed
te» have been immerred in some pale yeliow liquid. At the darkest time
the light here was equivalent to that of a full moonlight night, though
the effect produced was very dissimilar from a nocturnal scene.”
Mr. John Yeats, F.R.G.S., thus describes the incidents connected
with the eclipse as observed at Fotheringay Castle. Northampton¬
shire :—“ I beg to record for the use of your scientific readers a con¬
siderable magnetic variation which was observed at this place to-day.
From an early hour up to 11.40 my compass manifested the usual de¬
viation west, but between 11.40 and 12 o'clock itadvanoed irregularly
to due north. At 12.40 it:receded two points. At 1 6 p.m. it had re ¬
covered a point; but at 1.29 it was due north again. Before two o'clock
it resumed the position of early morning. The dip of the needle was
also evidently disturbed, and, I feel confident, not from local interference.
AD the phenomena of an annular eclipse were clearly and beauti¬
fully visible on the mound, which is a locality easily identified.
Baily's beads were perfectly plain on the completion of the annuluB,
which occurrence took place, according to my observation, at about
seventy seconds after one o'clock; it lasted about eighty seconds. The
‘ beads/ like drops of water, appeared on the upper and under sides
of the Moon, occupying fuDy three-fourths of her circumference.
Prior to this the upper edge of the Moon seemed dark and rough. I
noticed no other changes of colour. At 12.43 the ousps. for a few
moments, bore a very black aspect. There was nothing like intense
darkness during the eclipse: I have seen more gloom in a thunder¬
storm. Bystanders prognosticated rain, but it was the shadow of a
rapidly declining dav. At twelve o’clock a lady living on the farm-sud-
denly exclaimed, ‘ The cows are coming home to be milked! ’ and they
came, all but one; that followed, however, within the hour. Cocks
crowed, birds flew low or fluttered about uneasily, but every object
far and near was well defined to the eye. A singular broadway of
light stretched north and south for upwards of a quarter of an hour—
from about 12.54 to 1.10 p.m."
The aooounts received from Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham.
and other districts in the north, and indeed from most parts of the
country, bear testimony to the fact that the view of the eclipse was of
_
WYNNSTAY, DEN DIG IISL1 ERE, THE SEAT OF SIR WATKIN W. WYNN, BART., DESTROYED BY FIRE.— (SEE PAGE 30C.)
G. B. AIRY, ESQ , F K.S , ASTRONOMER ROYAL.-FROM A
PHOTOGRAPH BY’ CLAUDET.
a similar kind to that obtained in the metropolis, the sky aU the time
of its duration being cloudy and dull. Occasionally a glimpse cf it
was caught, which rather tended to excite than to satisfy curiosity.
Our Engraving represents the great Solar Eclipse of Monday last, a*
seen from the Isle of Dogs, at lh. 2m. p.m. From half-past twelve till
this time theSun had been entirely hidden with heavy scuddingclquds
which made it doubtful whether any thing would be seen of this inte¬
resting event. At the time of the Sun’s greatest obscuration the clouds
broke sufficiently to obtain an exceUent view of the dark figure of the
Moon, encircled by a delicate and beautiful crescent. From this time
till twelve minutes past one frequent opportunities were afforded of
marking the progress of the eclipse. A brisk wind had been blowing
all the morning, and, as the Sun became more and more obscured, the
air grew much colder. A gloomy brown mist of peculiar character
overspread the landscape, and distant objects nearly melted into the sky.
LOKDOX: Printed And Published at tbo Offioe, 198, Strand, in the Pariah of St. C'mte*'-
Dane*, In the County of Middlesex, by WU.L1A* Little, 198, Buand,
Satvecat, March SO, l&W.
No. 910. —vol. xxxii.3_ SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1858. [With a Supplement, Fivepence
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.
Evert thing still seems to betoken a disposition on the part of the
country and of Parliament to treat the Ministry of Lord Derby in
the fairest spirit and with the utmost forbearance. There is not the
slightest pressure for declarations of policy (that might, perhaps be
unreasonable enough), or any demand for statements of measures.
Even when expectation was raised of the delivery of a programme of
business, which ended in a simple and curt announcement of the
introduction of the India Bill and the day of adjournment for the
Easter recess, nobody complained, and virtuous resignation to the
smallest crumb of Ministerial revelation was voted to be the order
of the day. No doubt that this almost apathy in the public and
the Legislature arises from a mixed feeling. Both have a sort of
confidence in the Government, althoegh not exactly the confidence
which is used in a Parliamentary sense towards the rulers of the
realm for the time being. We are confident, at any rate, that the
Government are powerless to do any harm; and we have an under¬
current of belief—small, slow, and sluggish, perhaps—that it is
within the bounds of possibility that they may produce some good.
If measures and plans are being hatched in Downing street, no one
seems inclined to disturb the process of incubation.
In the absence of a great scheme of policy, and pending
the construction and production of measures to occupy the
Session which appears to have been ceded to Lord Derby,
there are several opportunities of bidding for popularity, of
some of which the Ministry have availed themselves, and
of which they might avail themselves. There are things
to be done which can be done by any Government, irrespective of
political status and opinion, and which would not be without their
influence on the personal condition of Ministers. Indeed, whether
from their own act and impulse, or from that turn in a crisis which,
in general affairs, as in the treatment of disease, often seems to
follow a change of advisers, whereas it is only an obedience to a
great natural law, some matters which hung about the late
Government as a reproach have assumed a favourable aspect in the
hands of their successor. The affair of the Cagliari has mended
considerably, and its settlement, in as satisfactory a manner as, nnder
the circumstances, could have been hoped, will certainly not be a
feather in Lord Palmerston’s cap; and there would be little objection
to the appropriation of any merit which may attach to it by Lord
Malmesbury, prompted and inspired, as many people seem to
think, by Mr. Disraeli. Then there is the case of Mr. Hodge,
whom the new Leader of the House of Commons, with an emphasis
which seems as ii intended to imply action of his own, declares that
the Government has declined to yield to Sardinia, for the purpose
of handing over a British subject to the tender mercies of the
French police. Again there is something remarkably taking in
the fact that one of the first acts of the new Ministry was to create
the son of Sir Henry Lawrence a Baronet, and to induce
the East India Company to confer on him ap appanage
bearing some relative proportion to the rank. Who shall say
that there may not be in reserve the appointment of Sir John
Lawrence to the Governor-Generalship of India in the event of
Lord Canning seizing the opportunity of a change of Government
to relieve himself from the enormous difficulties which await him
in the reorganisation of our Indian empire ? Besides this. Lord
Ellenborough has astutely anticipated the conclusion of the cam¬
paign in Oude; and, when the news shortly ai rives of the
capture of Lucknow, who will there be to gainsay the vatici ¬
nation of the President of the Board, of Control ? To descend
to smaller things, there is an expectation that Lord Derby
and Lord John Manners will avail themselves of an opportunity
of catching a little metropolitan popularity, sectional to a
certain extent though it may be, by abolishing the toll for foot-
passengers on Chelsea-bridge, and so affording real access to the
People’s Park ai Battersea to the class of persons for whose benefit
it was ostensibly constructed. If, too, there should be shown any
disposition on the part of the Government to protect firmly, though
temperately, the errant “civis Britannicus” on the Continent—
where his condition is fast becoming very much that of the Wan¬
dering Jew—and if they would, moreover, strike in for a relaxa¬
tion of the new passport system, which is working hardship on a
large number of persons who go to France in the fore cabins of
the steamers, as well as on the occupants of the saloons, there
would be another bid for that popularity which, in their provisional
and abnormal condition, must stand Lord Derby’s Government in
the stead of great principles for the next few months. As it ap¬
pears that great political discussions are likely to be postponed till
next year, what better can the Government do than to lay
themselves out for minor utilities and acts of personal justice? In
this way they may be able for a time to get rid of the impression
that they have no popular antecedents, but are regarded as a set of
rulers of the affairs of this country who have arrived at that dis¬
tinction by an accident, and who have a reputation to make if
possible, and who start at least with the negative advantage that
they have not got a reputation to lose.
These considerations, however, lead to a condHsion which, in its
relations to the Government of a country like this, is eminently
unsatisfactory. Here is every one striving n the mazes of con¬
jecture to find some ground for a belief that the Queen’s Govern¬
ment will be carried on without injury to the common weal, or
without discredit to our character as a nation. We appear to be
making up our minds to the endurance of a system of govern¬
mental makeshifts for a year; and the question is, will that
period be duly availed of by the public, or whatever it is which
forms and shapes political eventualities? Will anv effort be made
,
in this interregnum of party to enlarge the borders of our govern¬
ing system, and to carry out in its integrity the principles of our
Constitution? As matters now stand, we submit, as a rule,
to the fiction of being governed by a majority of the House
of Commons, and it is not unimportant to inquire just now
where that majority is? Now, be it observed that the political
situation has got into a sort of triangular condition. We have to
choose between three guides of the nation, and three only, neither
of whom can assert himself to be in the possession of a Parlia¬
mentary majority. It is quite clear that the majority has fallen
away from Lord Palmerston; Lord Derby acknowledges openly
that he has not got it; and certainly Lord John Bussell does not
venture to assert that he can command it. Well, then, here is vety
sufficient ground for an abjuration of allegiance to all three of
them. Is not this state of things significant of the time having
come when that enormous trust, the destinies of the people
of England, are not to be bandied about from one noble Lord to
A
THE EAST GATE. GASTON.—(BEE NEXT PAGE)
310
TITE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 27, 1858
another, srd that within an area so straitened and confined? Sorely
it would be wise to make some attempt to escape from this hum¬
drum system of entrusting all the hopes and all the prospects of
this nation alternately to the hands of three somewhat elderly
statesmen. Is our political repertory so small that it does not con¬
tain even the elements of a new Prime Minister? It is, indec<l, not
a little carious that there are in the House of Commons (the place
where the theory is, that the First Lord of the Treasury should always
be) but two men who have filled the office of Premier. Already
counsel has been given to the Liberal party to employ the ensuing
year in a disinterested and simultaneous effort to reorganise itself;
and really, a8 matters exist, it does seem that the first step
ought to be tbe choice of a new leader. Again we are met by the
difficulty of the limit of selection; but, on the whole, we should
say that Mr. Gladstone ought to Jfe the man. No one denies to
that right hon. gentleman the ability, the experience, the energy,
and the zeal for the public welfare which are necessaiy to procure
the confidence and the good will of a great party. In all the pro¬
gressive measures of the last few years he has borne a distinguished
port; and of his honesty and high honour as a politician and as
a man there is not the shadow of a doubt. His upward career
would, therefore, have been long ago marked out more distinctively
than it has been, but tor an idea, which is not without foun¬
dation, that Mr. Gladstone is what is called crotchctty;
and really that is a tendency which is fatal to the lead
cf the House of Commons, and to the beneficial tenure of the
post of First Minister. There are, however, those who have oppor¬
tunities of judging, who are of opinion that the three or four yeare
which Mr. Gladstone has passed in a chronic state of opposition,
and in a condition almost of isolation as regards party, have not
been without their influence upon him, and that, if the responsibilities
of leadership were to be cast upon him for the next year or so, the
result of such a training would be to render him as fit a person, if
not the fittest, to head that advent to power and to government
which it depends on the Liberal party itself, and its own conduct,
to make a question of time, bounded only by months. In looking to
the probabilities or the necessities of an accession to office of the
first class, it may be hinted that the course taken by Lord Stanley
has removed one of the few chances of rivalry which stood in the
way of Mr. Gladstone.
These considerations are thrown out in a steadfast belief that there
never was a moment which afforded so good an opportunity of
breaking down a political system which has risen to the bad dignity
of an oligarchy, and of making an effort to free our institutions
from the overriding influence of class government. We are intro¬
ducing, not too rapidly perhaps, the plan of competition for employ¬
ment in the routine departments of the Government. Why should
we not at least make a beginning of its application to those func¬
tionaries whose larger, wider, and nobler duty it is to carry out the
principles by which we profess to govern men and guide the State ?
THE WALLS AND GATES OF CANTON.
That part of Canton which is situated within the wall is built ia the
form of an irregular square, and divided by unother wall, which runs
from east to west, into two parts. The north and largest portion is
called the old city; the south part is called the now city. The whole
circuit of the two together has been perambulated with ease in two
hours, and may therefore be about six or seven miles. To the south
the wall runs parallel to the river at the distance of fifteen or twenty
rods: on tho north, where the city ia built partly up the acclivity of
the hills in the rear, the wall takes au irregular course, and it may be
as much as 300 feet above the surface of the river. The walls are com¬
posed of brick, with a foundation of coarse red sandstone, and vary in
height from twenty to thirty feet. The gates of the city are sixteen
in all, hut four of them load through tho wall which separates the old
frem the new city; eo that there are only twelve outer gates, each dis¬
tinguished by a name descriptive of its position.
The Engraving of the East Gate on the preceding page is from a
Sketch forwarded by our Special Artist at Canton. It was about half
a milo to the north of this gate where tho men of the 59th and the
French, with the English Engineers and Sappers attached to the
French, escaloded the walk There is a bastion here—a protruding
half-square tower—and on each side of this the scaling-ladders were
fixed. Immediately inside tho East Gate Colonel Graham has his
head-quarters—to the right of the spectator—au engraving of which,
appeared in this Journal lost week.
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS.
FRANCE.
(From our own Correspondent.)
Paris, Thursday.
The retirement from service of MM. de Pcrsigny and Pietri, Prdfet
of Police, two of the most devoted adherents of the Emperor, creates
so much surmise in Paris as almost to amount to uneasiness. M.
Boitellc, the successor of M, Pietri as Prefet de Police, is a particular
friend of General Espinassc, and of MM. Pcrsigny and Wolewaki.
The Empress attended the first representation of the “ Magicienne.”
The general impression respecting thislong-talked-of mnsical marvel
is that the vtise at seine rather overpowers the work itself.
A good many marriages are taking place just now.
The sale of the pictures of M. Vdron marked a great variety in
prices.
Fete8 being somewhat at a stand-still until Easter, Paris amuses
itself by going to sales, of which a number of interesting ones,
especially of pictures and curiosities, are now taking place.
Jules Gerard, the lion-killer, has established a dub of NimrotLs,
who, like himself, wage war on the king of beasts. Already forty
members have subscribed their names, and eleven have gone to Africa,
and are establishing themselves at Ainmorka, from which they
write that they are highly satisfied with the locality, and find the
country " very well stocked with lions.” Among the members of the
dnb are Lord Cavendish and Major Lawson, the Latter of whom 1ms
had considerable experience ofrtigOr-hunting in India.
M. Edmond About has gone to Italy for the purpose of writing
thence a series of letters on art, to be published iu the Monitcur,
and later in volumes.
M. Ducasse, author of the “Mcmoires dn Roi Joseph,*' has just
published, with Midiel Livy, the first volume of a liighly-interes ting
work, “ Mcmoires et Correspondauce Politique efc Militaire dn Prince
Eugene.”
An order of the Minister of War commands that all young soldiers
entering the army shall be vaccinated, whether the operation has been
performed previously or not.
Alexandre Dumas is about to bring out his new piece, “ Les Gardes
Forest iers,’ at Marseilles. This play, in five acts, was written on the
*pofc in four days! and during a few weeks spent in that city
he has composed, ’besides a piece in one act for a charity, a
historical novel m collaboration with another author, and is com¬
mencing a libretto for an opera by a Marseillais composer, M. Xavier
Boisselot.
The Moniteur of Tuesday reports that his Imperial Highness Prince
Jerome Napoleon is now convalescent.
Marshal Pelissier, Duke of MalakofP, is appointed Ambassador at
London in the place of M. do Pcrsigny, who has resigned.
By a law just laid before the Legislative Body, the making or selling
of percussion-caps, in which fulminating mercury is an ingredient,
becomes prohibited save to certain privileged monopolists, and a 'ax
of 50 per cent ad valorem is laid on the article itself, which is valued
at an annual produce of 800,000f. to the exchequer.
General Espiuosse presided on .Sunday at the Sorbouue, at the dis¬
tribution of prizes awarded by an Imperial decree dated August 14
last to members of the mutual benefit societies of tho Seine. He pro¬
nounced a speech, of which the Fabric says that “the height of its
importance and the depth of its views profoundly impressed the
audience.”
The daughter of Marshal Magnaa was married with great pomp last
week, at the Madeleino, to a M. Haentjean. Tho liveries of the lacqueys
were literally covered with gold braiding, and their cocked hats and
powdered wigs, & la Louis XV., eeBinod to produce a wonderful
effect upon tho crowd outsido the church. Tho band of tho Guides
took the place of the organ, and the entire service aud ceremony was
of the most elaborate and sumptuous description. The codeaux of tho
bride are said to ha of a fabulous costliness.
The Memorial de Lille says that the new passport regulations are
carried out with the utmost rigour in all the ports of tho Chauuel.
Nobody con land at Dunkirk, Calais, or Boulogne, unices ho has com¬
plied with all tho required formalities. Several foreigners kavo beau
tent back from all these towns.
The Lyons and Geneva Railroad was opened on the 16th inst. by a
religious ceremony in the morning at the French terminus, aud by au
inaugurative entertainment the same evening at Geneva. The Bishop
of Bcllay pronounced the episcopal benediction, accompanied by a
Fuitable addrefs, in pro6er.ee cf the Profeot and all the municipal and
departmental authorities.
SPAIN.
The Madrid journals of the 17th announce that tho Clueon has at
last granted the Infante Don Henry permission to join his family in
the capital, which he has accordingly done.
The Duke de Medina-Celi and Counts de Maseda Guaqui and de
Regia had l een appointed Grandees with tho customary formalities/
The Senate was again occupied with dtecuaaiug the Budget. On the
22nd the Senate granted the permiesion naked by the Government tb^
collect the taxes.
PRUSSIA.
The Upper House discussed on the 19th inst., nnd voted successively^
the three articles forming the bill introduced by M. Below for the
foundation of family estates, similar to the “ majorats ” of France.
The Prince of Prussia has completed his sixty-first yep»r. The Upper
Chamber, at a second sitting, hold on the 17th inst, charged its Pre¬
sident, Prince de Hohonlohe, to present its congratulations to his Ifoyal
Highness on the occasion. .. _
In the Landtag a motion, made by the leader of the Conservative
party, that the Prussian Parliaments henceforward should bo sexton-
tiel instead of triennial, has been condemned by the special Com¬
mittee which had to report on it, by sixteen votes against three.
AUSTRIA. J
The Commission which was appointed, in accordance with the
leading idea of Austrian domestic policy since the revolution, to pre¬
pare one order of civil process for the entire empire, fias reported. It
recommends that the proceedings of the Courts shall still be ia writing,
hut recommends their abridgment and simpli^eatioh;" Some sensation
has been occasioned at Vienna b* the resignation of Sir Hamilton
Seymour, who retires from the diplomatic service of his country after
forty years' employment.
C ITALY -
The Court of Genoa, on Saturday last, gave judgment in the political
trials which took place in consequence of the ovonts of June lo3t.
Twenty-nib o prisoners were acquitted; nine wero sentenced to twenty
year*.’ imprisonment (with hard labour); one to thirteen years’, seven
to twelve years’, ten to ten years', and ono to seveu years’ imprison¬
ment. Mazzini and five others, who were tried in their absence, wero
sentenced to death. Tho prisoners found guilty have, it ia understood,
appealed to tho Court of Oissation against their cantence.
The number of streets effected iu Milan amounts to fifty—Brambilla
and Perego, who! lately were pardoned by tho Emparor, being among
the number. Altogether 120 parsons have now been arrested in Au3-
trien Italy. y J
From Turin it is announced that tho chances of Count Cavour's
“Conspiracy” Bill, which refers to tho press law and the composition
of the jury, passing through the Chambers, become smaller daily. The
Liberals have resolved simply to reject the whole biff, not proposing
any amendments.
SWITZERLAND.
The affair of tho refugees in Switzerland is nearly terminated. It is
preposed to the Federal Council to give a fixed residence in the inte¬
rior, or tq expel forty-one persons. Among the Frenchmen twelve
have ^already left for England, and five have received permission to
remain temporarily at Geneva. As to the Italians, seventeen are to quit
the canion of Geneva, and seven will remain until their papers have
been put <n rtgle. It is much more difficult to reach those who had
been in the canton of Neufchatel, for several of them had left before
the arrival of the Federal Commissioners, but a permanent surveillance
will be exercised.
A letter from Berne, dated March 23, announces that, in the last
audience accorded by the Emperor to Dr. Kern, his Majesty seemed
disposed to reconsider the passport question. The Government has
-made on objection to the establishment of the now Consulates, but has
not yet adopted a definitive resolution respecting them.
GREECE.
Accounts from Athens to tho 11th 6tato that the budget of 1858 hud
just been presented to the Chamber, which is to close its Session at the
end of tbe present month.
In consequence of propositions made by the authorities of Corinth,
which, as has been already mentioned, has been almost entirely de¬
stroyed by the late earthquake, the Greek Government appears to have
an intention of not permitting any new building to be erected on the
site of the old town, but to found a new Corinth, on the other side of
the bay. The Athens journals speak favourably of this determination
of the Government, attno same time that they express a wish that tho
new town should be placed in such u manner as not to prevent the
cutting through the isthmus at some future day, should such au opera¬
tion bo deemed advantageous for the commerce of the country.
DENMARK.
Tho courier carrying to Frankfort the reply of Denmark, as agreed
1® the Ministerial Council of the 19th, over which the King pre¬
sided, left Copenhagen on Saturday last.
M. de Bulow, the Dan if h Envoy at Frankfort, promised the Ger¬
manic Diet that he would deliver to it the declarations of his Govern¬
ment on the 25th instant.
UNITED STATES.
The United States’ steam-frigate Niagara sailed from New York on
theOtn lor England, to assist in laying tho Atlantic telegraph cable.
The proceedings in Congress were of no special importance. The
..enate wa6 engaged upon the affairs of Kansas, aud tho House of Re¬
presentatives upon the project to increase the army. Tho question on
the passage of the bill to admit Kansas was to be taken in the Senate
on the 17th.
The State election in New Hampshire resulted in the triumph of
the Democratic party.
The Turkish Rear-Admiral Mohammed Pacha and suite were being
lionised in Now York.
General Walker and his principal Filibustering officers wore at New
Orleans.
Therewas a vague report from Kansas that General Lane, the leader
Sftho -brae-Boilers, had issued a proclamation calling on the Free-State
Militia to attack Western Missouri, one of the principal resorts of the
border ruffians.
A great religious “ revival ” is now taking place in the United States.
It extenas to all parts of the country, bui prevails far moro in the
northern than in the southern States,
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
THE CALCUTTA MAIL.
Tho following despatch was received at tho India House on Wednes¬
day morning:—
PKOM H. BEADON, ESQ., SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF’
INDIA, TO THE HON. THE SECRET COMMITTEE.
“ Calcutta, Feb. 22.
“The Governor-General assumed the government of the North-
Western Provinces on the 9tli inst, and Mr. Gr*mt has returned to the
Presidency end resumed his scat in Council.
“ The Cominander-in-Chief, with Lis force, consisting of fifteen
regiments European infantry, three regiments native infantry, three
regiments European cavalry, three regiments and detachments of two
other regiments of native cavalry, with eighty heavy guns and mor¬
tars, and sixty-three field-pieces, has crossed the river, and is in pro¬
gress to Lucknow.
“ It is expected that the attack will commence about the 27th inst.,
when Maharajah Jung BuhadGOr's aiui General Franks’ forces, con¬
sisting of 12,000 men, will alto have arrived.
“ General Frank8 expected to atteck the rebols at Chanda on th&
20th, and to he at Sullunpore on the 22ntL v y
“ The Maharajah was to cross the Gogra at Phoolpore on tho 18th.
“Tho greatest cordiality exists between Jung Bakodoor and the
officer with his camp. \ >
“ The roud from Mirzapore to Bombay, by Jubbulpore aud Saghore,
and the road from Agra to Bombay vid Indore, are opened.
“Brigadier Walpida commands a force lor the defence of tho Doab
from Futtygurh downwards.
“ The rebels ure strong and active on the Oude side of tho Gauges
from opposite Futtygurh to Cawnpore.
“ A regular churn of communication is kept up between Bareilly
end Lucknow. J
“ The rebels in the Etowah district have been defeated by the police
and zernindaTee levies with the loss of 125 men aud all their guns.
“On the lUth inst. Colonel MacCaueland, commanding the Goorkah
Regiment at Nynee-Tull, defeated the rebols, about 4000 strong, at
Buteree in the Bareilly distriot, with a loss of 250 men and four guns.
“ Lieutenant Osborne has token the forts of Kunwarsa and Tyora-
goegurh, capturing seventeen guns, Tho forts have boon dismantled.
“All well in the Punjaub, Saugor, Hyderabad, and Southern India.
“ The fortof Rotas has been occupied by Colonel Mitchell.
“ On Canombr (?) the mutinous companies of the 34th Native In¬
fantry have been almost entirely annihilated
/Bomb progress has been made in suppressing the insurrection in
Jumbulpore.
“HerMojesty's Gth Regiment has arrived from the Cape, and will
garrison Fort William.
“Her Majesty’s 04th Regiment marches to Benares.
“Commodore Watson, with the Chesapeake, is still at Calcutta.
\/“ The Ft/lades is also here, and the Shannon and the Pearl, whose
crews constitute tho Naval Brigades on service in Oude and Goruckpore.
“ The Felorus and tho gun-boats of the squadron are at Rangoon.
“ Captain Seymour, with a party of 30U seamen and marines, has
gone up the Irrawaddy to the Meaday frontier.”
THE BOMBAY MAIL.
The following is from the Overland Bombay Standard of the 24th
February:—
The force invading Oude had mostly crossed the Ganges betwixt the
•4th and 12th. The Commander-in-Chief at the latter duto remained
at Cawnpore, waiting the siege train and ammunition stores from
Agra. This was expected to cross on tho 15th. Sir Colin Campbell
would probably have established his head-quarters at Alumbagh by
the 20th, with a force under him of 20,00u men, and one hundred
pieces of ordnance, many of them of the largest calibre. The polioy
of the chief obviously is, to have no more hand-to-hand oonfliote; his
guns are of such enormous size as to be employod with destructive
effect beyond the longest range of the heaviest of those of the enemy.
The fire poured by them on Lucknow must at onoo become so frightful
and so crushing as to occasion ruin und conflagration everywhere, and
compel its occupants to take their chance of escape by flight, poor as
this may he, rather than suffer the certainty of being roasted or blown
to pieces in their den. The only fear is that they may disperse be¬
fore we get within reach of them; but with eight or ten mounted corps,
regular or irregular, we shall still be able to give a good account of a
large proportion of them, the rest being left without a place of refuge.
The cannonade will probably commence about the 24th, the objoot
being to lay the city in ruins, compelling the enemy to betake them¬
selves to the field before being attacked. Sir Colin Cimpbell reached
Cawnporo on the 4th, spent the afternoon of the Sch with the Governor-
General at Allahabad, returning in the evening. Whitlock’s field
force reached Jubbulnore and K amp tee on the 7th. The Madras 4th.
and Gth Cavalry pushing on on the 11th to join the force invading
Oude on the south-west, the remainder of the force was to follow.
The Central India Column, under Sir Hugh Rose, having captured
Gorrackcotta, twenty-five miles from the latter station, on the 7th,
returned, and were still there on the 15th, awaiting till the First Brigade,
from Indore, closed up with them, and they were to push ou towards
the Jumna, destroying Jliansi, and clearing the country on the way.
The Bajpootana field force, under General Roberts, about 7000 strong,
with thirty guns, is advancing towards Nusseorahad and Kotah. The
column under Major Raines reached tho former of these places on the
13th, leaving the lollowing day. At the latter there was said to be
7000 of the enemy awaiting him, with 100 guns in position. The
greut likelihood is they will bolt as we approach. The fortress of
ehcraporo, on the borders of the Nizam dominions, wus on the 8th
taken possession of by a brigade of Bombay troop9 under Colonel
Malcolm, from Belgaura, tho enemy having boltod as a brigade of
Madras troops approached them at the same time from the south- 0 : 1 st.
The chief fled to Hyderabad, where he was captured on the 12th.
Large masses of troops are collocting in the Punjaub, where horsea
have been provided for the cavalry, and barracks for 18,000 men, in
anticipation of their arrival.
The trial of the King of Delhi, which lasted nearly a fortnight, haa
been completed, and the miscreant has been convicted of aiding and
abetting, if not of actually ordering, some of tho most atrocious bar¬
barities within tbe precincts of the palace. He has been sentenced to
banishment for life to the Andaman Islands—a locality held in ab¬
horrence by the Hindoo, as occupied by the most ferocious of savages,
in their view unclean, and believed to be cannibals. Au ample Eng¬
lish guard protects tho convicts from danger, without, however, re¬
lieving them of the terrors of the neighbourhood.—[Some Engravings
and particulars relating to theso islands and their inhabitants will be
found at page 316.]
CHINA.
The following telegram, from Acting Consul-General Green to the
Earl of Malmesbury, was received at the Foreign Office on Tuesday
at 10.30 p.m.:—
“ Alexandria, March 19,1853.
“The steamer Nubia arrived at Suez on the I7th inst, at 10.30 p.m.
“ Yeh, a prisoner on board the Inflexible, was at Hong-Kong on tho
15th February, on his way to Calcutta.
“ The blockade of Canton was raised on the 10th. The Russians and
Americans have joined the English and Fronch in their demand on the
Chinese Government. The letters of the four Plenipotentiaries have
gone up to Shanghai, and by the middle of March it will be known
what line China takes.”
From Shanghai the political news continues satisfactory. There-
taking from the rebels by the Imperialists of the important cities of
Chinking and Kwaceow has been confirmed; and roports of further
successes of the Imperiul arms, if not fully substantiated, would cer¬
tainly lead to the inference that they are upon the ascendant.
There has been a little apprehension at Foochow, owing to the mis¬
behaviour of some Chinese troops who had been disbanded. Numerous
bands of marauders are also reported to be in the immediate vicinity;
but, as the authorities objected to a British man-of-war anchoring off
the factories, as being a 8tep likely to cause unnecessary alarm, they
must feel fully competent to maintain order and quiet.
Canada.— Instructions have been received from England (say3
the Montreal Advertiser) to embody a regiment for foreign service in
Canada and the other British North American dependencies. The force
to be contributed by Canada is 800 men. The strength of the Canadian
Rifles is also to be doubled.
March 27 , 1858 .]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
311
TOWN AND TABLE TALK ON LITERATURE, ART, &c.
Tijk bock of the week is a goodly large octavo volume just put forth
by the active and intelligent Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly.
It is a calendar of the Domestic and State Papers of the first two
years of Charles T., preserved in tlie State Paper Office, St. James’s
Park, and not till now really accessible to the scholar. The calendar
has been made by the best-read man in the reign of King Charles I.
to be found, in or out, of the three kingdoms. To students of our
history we need hardly say that we allude to Mr. John Bruce, whose
helps (as old Heylin would have called them) to English history
have not been surpassed by any living person. The volnme is only an
instalment, one of at least seven thick volumes, which Mr. Brace is
to give us, applicable to the reign of Charles I. New matter of
moment is found in almost every entry. Here is well laid out food
for the historian, the biographer, the antiquary, the topographer, the
artist, and even the idle reader who lovos reading by the real lights
of history. Here are news-letters hitherto nuknown, and ten in num¬
ber, from gossiping town-and-table-talking John Chamberlain, with
others from dear old Sir Tobic Matthew, and from a Mr. Locke, a com¬
paratively unknown newsman otthc stock of Rowland White, and of Mr.
Garrard, of the Charterhouse. Let us give a taste of what the calendar
is like. We find in 1C2C the great Lord Strafford, then only Sir Thomas
Wentworth, writing to liis kinsman, Secretary Conway, for liis
interest in obtaining the Presidentship of York, in place of Lord
Scrope, who, he had heard, intended to resign. The haughty Went¬
worth was at this period young and unhan glity. He would never
have thought of the post he writes unless he could obtain it with the
good lilting of Lord Scrope, and will not move further iu it until he
knows how his suit may please the Duke of Buckingham. The great
Wentworth is fully resolved not to ascend one step in th is kind unless
he may take along with him a special obligation to the Duke, from
whose bounty lie acknowledges much already, while he still reposes
under the shadow of his favour. But the great Wentworth is not
the only person who at this period (the first of Charles I.) pays his
court to Steenie. Thus ive find Mr. Forster’s hero, Sir John Eliot
expressing his great desire to serve the Duke of Buckingham. Listen
to Mr. Bruce's note of Eliot's letter:—" The times seem envious of
him. A second time he had advanced thus far to attend his Grace,
but the intimation of his late Majesty’s decease had imposed not only
a sorrow but ail astonishment oil all his facilities, and he cannot
move without new direction. In the meantime he will be wholly
devoted to the contemplation of his Grace's excellence.’' The patriot
Eliot lost in contemplation of the excellences of the courtier Steenie!
A very interesting letter from Donne, the divine and poet, relates
to the Great Plague of 1625, in which Fletcher (Beaumont and
Fletcher) was canned off. The letter is addressed to Sir Thomas Roe,
the English Ambassador at Constantinople. I tie had mentioned the
dying of 2000 a day at Constantinople. “ Your number,” writes
Donne, “ was so far attempted by ns, that in the city of London, and
in a mile compass, I believe there di cd 1000 a day. The citizens fled
away as out of a house on fire, and stuffed their pockets with their best
ware, and threw themselves into the highways, and were not received
so much as into barns; and perished so, some of them, with more
money about them than would have bought the village where they
died. A justice of peace told me of one that died so, with £1100
about him.” Here is a touch and forerunner of Defoe, and told,
Donne-like, ill very few words.
Elsewhere we find entries that will interest artists and antiquaries.
Tlius we learn for the first time that the first coins of the Royal
Martyr were “ misliked; ” that the “ effigion ” on the obverse of the
coin did not render justice to the handsome face of the youthful
Sovereign j and that the second issne from the Mint bore the profile of
Cliorlcs from the pencil of his faithful Vanderdort. Thus further we
learn that Daniel Mytens, the King’s picture-drawer, was paid £121
for a copy of Titian’s great “ Venus ’’—the copy now at Hampton Court,
“the pretty altarpiece Madam” of Walpole’s amusing story about
King George H.’s Queen. It is, indeed, a valuable volume.
The admirers of Pepys will thank us for the following letter:—
(To the Editor of the Illustrated London News.)
I have seen the remarks on “Pepys’ Diary” in the “Table Talk
on Literature” in your Number for March 20. itud, as it may be interest¬
ing to your readers to be mode acquainted with some facts respecting it,
1 may be permitted to say that the existence of the “ Diary ” in its pre¬
sent legible state is owing to my sole exertions. In the spring of 1819 I
engaged with tile late Master of Magdalene College. Cambridge (1 then
being an Undergraduate of St. John's), to decipher tile whole of the
“ Diary ” from the six closely-written volumes of the original short-ham]
MSS , tittle thinking how difficult, how laborious, and how unprofitable
a task 1 had undertaken. The distinguished stenographer, the late Wil¬
liam Brodie Gurney, to whom I showed the MS. at the outset, positively
assured me that neither 1 nor any other man would evtr lie able to deci¬
pher it; and two other eminent professors of the art confirmed Ills
opinion. 1 persevered, nevertheless; and in April, 1S22. I completed the
deciphering of the whole “Diary,” having worked for nearly thn-e
years at it. usually for twelve and fourteen hoars a day. with fre-
qnent wakefifl nights. The MS. extended to 3102 quarto pure,
of short-hand, which furnished 9325 quarto pages in long-hand, and
embraced 3M different short-hand characters, comprising 391 words and
leltcrs which all had to be kep! continually in mind, whilst the luatd. the
eye, and the hand of the decipherer were all engaged on the MS. ifnch
of it was in minute characters, greatly faded, and inscribed on almost
transparent paper—very trying and injurious indeed to the visual organs
With flic editing of the work 1 had nothing todo, that lieiugundertakon by
Lord Braybrooke, at the request of his brother, then Master of Magdalene,
I may add that in ls36 I deciphered another Diarv. written in short¬
hand by Mr. I’epys, and deposited in the Bodieiau Library, with many
other valuable papers which had belonged to him. It comprise I, inter
alia, “ A Narrative of ills Voyage to Tangier “ with the Earl o r Dart¬
mouth in 1683; and, possessing much interest, it was published In two
volumes, wo, I8ti,hy Mr. Richard Bentley, o*' New Burlington-street,
for whom I undertook to decipher it, and who behaved most honourably
and handsomely to me in the matter. Pdimnm qni meruit feral. With
the editing of these volumes I had no concern.
I have prepared a History of the Diary, which may one dny sec the
light, as a d quel to the “Curiosities of Literature,” and “The Calamities
of Authors,” I have the honour to be, Sir, yours faithfully,
Baldoek Rectory, Herts, 23rd March, l§58. John Ssirrn.
We have heard the late Dr. Bii :s confirm Sir. Smith's statement. We
remember to have pressed both on the late Mr. Colburn, the publisher,
and on the late Lord Braybrooke, the necessity of adding Pepys'
“ Tangier Diary ” to the earlier diary of the same entertaining writer.
But economic views on the part of Mr Colburn, and a fair share of
idleness on the part of Lord Braybrooke, stifled our recommendation,
and the “ Tangier Diary ” is now only to be read in its cut-up and
scattered shape in the two volumes referred to by Mr. Smith.
The little full-length po rtrait of Charles Lamb, by Mr. Cary, was
bought at Mr.jG(ntch’s side on Saturday last by Mr. Monckton Mlines
for twenty-two pounds. Surely the National Portrait Gallery coin-
mittee might have run Mr. Milnes to the tune of at least twenty-five
pounds.
One of the best- uses to which photography lias been recently ap¬
plied is in making facsimiles of drawings by great masters. The
Reveley collection of drawings, long famous by reputation amongcon-
noisscurs, will now, thr ongh Mr. Delamotte’s skill, be known where-
ever art is valned and the first thoughts of great men can be studied
by the student. Mr. Reveley formed bis collection at a time when
collectors were few in number, and men skilled iu the manufacture
of forgeries still fewer. Some of Mr. Delamotte’s facsimile* are very
fine.
METROPOLITAN NEWS.
New Chelsea-bridge.—T he roadwav of this lieaQtiful
structure is now complete and ready for opening to the public Gn
Ihureday week it was crossed, for the first time, by the Prince Consort
and the Prince of tv ales, accompanied by their attendants. Mr Page the
engineer, and Professor Faraday received the Royal party and accom¬
panied them along the bridge.-On Monday a deputation of inemb rs
ol Parliament and gentlemen connected with the parishes ndjaceat to the
new bridge at Chelsea was received by the Earl of Derby and Lord J.
Manners. «t theofhceof the First I-ord of the Treasury in Downing-
street. Many reasons were adduced by members of the deputa’ion to
show tne impropriety ol imposing a toll upon foot-passengers alon^r the
r.ew bridge; and tbe hurl of Derby promised that the Government would
take the matter into their serious consideration ; and if they found that
they could, consistently withtheir duty to thepublic service, remit the tolL
they would do go at once.
Dinner at the Mansion House.—O n Wednesday the Lord
Mayor entertained at dinner the Aldermen and members of the
Court of Common Council of the wards of Farringdon Within and With¬
out, Lime-street. Queeuhithe. Waibrook, Tower, and Vintry, and their
ladies ; thefebenflfe; the Master, Wardens. Court of Assistants, and the
Livery ot the Cutlers* Company; the Master, Wardens, aud Court of
Assistants of the Fruiterers’ Company, and several private friends. The
band of tbe Scots Fusilier Guards was in attendance, and as the company
arrived performed in the saloon,- and during trie dinner in the Egypiian
Hall, where covers were laid for 280.
Boyal Sea-Batiiing Infirmary, Margate.—O n Thursday
last the half-yearly court of this institution was held at the Loudon Tavern
3Ir. VV. M hite presided. From the report of tlm committee it appeared
that the chanty was in an improving position. The income had so in¬
creased that, although the infirmary had been, kept open for a month
longer than usual, there remained at the close ot the session, after the
payment of all charges, a balance of £S53 Cs. 5ii., .besides which the com-
mittee added £824 15s lod. to the invested capital of the charity, whioh at
present amounts to £2010 14s. id. The sum raised iu 5 s. subscriptions
amounted to £623 3s lid. It was proposed to increase the infirmary by
the addition of new wards for the reception of loo scrofulous children.
The Middlesex Hospital.—T he board of management of
this long-established and most useful charity have made an urgent aopeal
lot additional subscribers to maintain the hospital in its present condi¬
tion of full efficiency. The “ appeal ” contains the following particulars
relating lo the hospitalIt was instituted in 1745, and enlarged in 184 s,
to meet the pressing wants ot the Fick poor. The annual expenditure ex¬
ceeds eleven thousand pounds, whilst the income is now under seven thou¬
sand pounds. To meet this serious deficiency, the goveruors, within the
last three yenrs, have sold out large portions of the capital stock ; and no
longer ago than the 28th of May of the past year they were obliged to
effect the sale of a further sum of £4806. The hospital contains three
hundred and ten beds for in-patients; but. unless the funds ctu
be permanently increased, a third part of this old institution must be
shut up. The cancer wards, one o' the distinguishing Tenures of the
hospital, are always full. It is hoped i it., the attention of the kindhearted
being thus drawn to the claims oi tin- beneficent institution, the number
of its donors aud permanent subscribers maybe considerably increased.
British Orphan Asylum, Clapham.— The anniversary fes¬
tival of this excellent institution was celebrated on Saturday lust, at the
London Tavern, when the friends of the charity assembled in considerable
force. The design of this institution is to educate and board destitute
children of both sexes who are really or virtually orphans, and when
practicable, to place them in situations where they will hive the ramns o'”
obtaining an honest livelihood. The Duke of Cambridge presided, and
advocated the cause of the charity with great force 4ud feeling. The con¬
tributions of the evening amounted to above £ 1100 , andlnchuled the names
of the Queen (twentieth donation) 10 guineas: tin- Duke of Cambridge, 20
guineas; Mr. Rouped, 10 guineas; Lord Henry Fitzrov. 10 guineas;
General Pollock, 10 guineas, Jte. The musical arrangements were under
the able direction ot Mr. Turner, and the duties of toastmaster were effi¬
ciently discharged by Mr. Toole.
Royal Infirmary for Chest BisE^sfey City-road.—T he
report of this institution, just issued, states that since the commence¬
ment [of the year 1857 more than 3000 of the poor of this metropbiis
ufllictcd with consumption, asthma, heart disease, *na other distressing
and fatal Directions of the chest, have been received as pitients, of
which number a large proportion have been cared and restored to their
families, and about 600 ore still on the bodks of the infirmary under me¬
dical treatment, The aggregate number of those who have shared the
advantages of the institution since its formation in 1814 now amounts to
upwards of 60 , 000 . The report concludes by appealing to the friends of
the poor for increased support.
The Highland Society's Dinner took place on Monday
evening in Freemasons’ Hall. The presidential chair on this occasion
was filled by The Chisholm ; and the company at the cross tables included
the Marquis of "Westmeath; Lord H. Gordon. General M‘Neill, Sir J. H.
Maxwell. Sir J. Grant. Major McDonald, The ClauranaM, several English
officers, and a large party of Brazilian naval oflners, attired in the nati onal
uniform. The charter toast 6f the society, “The memory of Abercro nby
aud the mdhmt heroes who fell with him a* the battle of AJexaudria.”
was drunk, as usual, in silence. “liis Royal Highness Prince Albert as
chief ot the Highland Society.” was drunk with Highland honours—each
chieftain, or representative of a dan, stainling erect, with his right foot
upon the table.
The Cripples’ Home.—I n this great metropolis there are all
sorts of asylums—for the blind, the deaf, the orphan, the forsaken, the
idiot, the infant, the aged ; but a home for the helpless and friendless
cripple has only recently been heard of. Into this home arc received poor
unfortunate female cripples, from eight years old and upwards. Under the
rare of an experienced matron they are taught the business of stra vwork, so
that'dheyjmaydxj enabled hereafter to gain their own livelihood. Thehome
is situated inHill-street, Dorset-square. The benefit such an estabdsh-
ment as this is conferring on the deserving poor i ? incalculable, and is
therefore deserving of the support of the benevolent.
The Lilwall Tribute is progressing satisfactorily. Various
bodies of the trading community are taking up the design with great
cm rgy. A well-attended meeting was held on Tuesday evening, consist¬
ing exclusively of City warehousemen, at which resolutions were unani¬
mously passed recognising Mr. Lilwall s earnest and successful labours
©njk lialf of early closing and the half-holiday movement, and expressing
a hop© that all in that department of commercial life will show, by per¬
sonal exertion and by their liberal subscriptions, that they appreciate Air.
Liiwall s valuable services to themselves and to society at large.
The following Prizes to Art-Workmen are offered
through the committee of the Architectural Museum:—** A prize of £io
1 or the best specimen of hammered work in iron. Air. Boresford Hope,
M.P., a prize of five guineas for the best specimen of wood carving,
illustrative oi* some architectural composition of the thirteenth or four¬
teenth century. Mr. G- Godwin, a prize of five guineas for the best series
ot not less than four full-sized studies, drawn and shaded either in pencil,
chalk, or single colour, from specimens in the Architectural Museum;
and a prize of two guineas is ottered for the best specimen of moJe'lmg in
plaster from natural ltBiarrc conventionally arranged as a ho<3, liniol, or
running ornament for hollow mouldings. The conditions may oe ob¬
tained at the Museum, Brompton.
Annuity to the Son of Sir Henry Lawrence.—A special
general court of the East India Company is to be held on the 7th of April,
when the proprietors of East India Stock will be asked to approve a reso-
lution of the Court of Directors granting to tbe eldest son of the late
Major-General Sir Henry Lawrence an annuity of £ 1000 . with reversion
to his younger brother, in the event of the death of the elder brother
without heir mole.
Tiie Crtstal Palace Refreshment Department has been
transferred from Messrs. Staples, of the Albion Tavern, whose contract
has expired, to Messrs. Sawyer and Strange, of the " London,” Chancery-
lace, the new contractors. It is stated that the arrangement} now in pro¬
gress evince a determination on tbe part of the caterers to increase the
acccmmcdatiou ar.d comfort, and to reduce the prices. A largo room ha*
been formed on the garden side of the building, now being decorate i for
the purpose of serving the “ Loudon dinner.” Porter ia to be sold at
public-house price, and the ladies arc to have tea at 3d. per cup.
Proposed Exhibition of 1861.—The Council ol the Society
of Arts met. at their rooms, John-street. Adelphi. on Wednesday evening,
to take into further consideration the project of an exhibition for ism.
After a lengthened sitting, the Council adjourned for three weeks, when
the project will be again discussed.
Mr. Rakey’s Horse Taming and Training, - On Saturday
InFt Mr. Karej' held his first class for instructing his subscribers in his
method of training colts and subduing vicious horses, at the Duke of
Wellington’s Hiding-school. Kensington. Many noblemen and gentle¬
men attended. At the end of the lesson, during which Mr. Harey first
practised his method on a grey entire horse, the property of the Marquis
of Stafford, and afterwards on a chestnut entire horse, the property oi the
Duke of Wellington, Lord Palmerston wrote, “ I have witnessed Mr.
Karcy’s process with great satis/action ;” and this was signed by all pre¬
sent Earl Granville, who himself experimented on his own cob, added,
“Mr. Iiarty's method appears to me to be perfectly satisfactory.”
The deliveries of tea in London, estimated for last week, were •
729.207 lb., which is an increase of 68,760 lb compared with the previous
statement
A carpenter named Jeffreys fell on Monday from the top of the
new Cc.vent-garden Theatre. He received fright*ul injuries, and died
almost immediately.
A Benefit Concert for a Literary Gentleman. Ion?
5 . <te 5' vit h illness, is to be held this (Saturday) night u* S idler?
Wells Theatre. Many eminent artistes, vocal aud instrumental, have
given their services; and Mr. Albert Smith has consented to introduce a
song between tbe first and second parts.
The Eclipse at the Haymalk et Theatre.—W e observe that
Mr. Adams purposes, in his twenty-eighth aiinuaUstronomical lecture
at tJ.e jlaymarket Theatre next week, giving the public the opportunity
of viewing all the grarnl phenomena of the unnu’ar tvilpse under a cloud¬
less sky which was so generally denied them on the I5tli
The Boyai. London Yacht Clur.—T ne failing committee of
the above great metropolitan club have just finished their arrangement of
sport for the forthcoming season, which is as follows The orMunn'»-tripto
take p ace on Saturday, the l?t of .May. Yachts to assemble at Biark wall
nt three p m., and proceed to Erith. iu company, to the clubhouse there.
The first match of the season to tak« place on Monday, the 7 th of June
for first aud second classes ; the course in the 1st class to be from Erith,
round the Nore light and back ; in the 2 nd cla**. from Erith, round a boat
at Southend, and back. Prizes, 1st class, £40 first boat; £20 second*
£10 third. Second class, first boat, £30; second boat. £io ; third boat’
£5. Time for tonnage, half ajminulc per ton. Last night of entry,
Monday, 31 st. of May. Second mutch to take pla^ on TuestLv. the 20th
of July, for third-class vessels.oniy ; course from Erith, round a boat ofl
Coal-house Point, and bark ro East Greenwich. Prizes, 1st boat, £20;
sreor-d, £ 10 ; third. £5. Time for tonnage, one miuute per ton. Last
night of entry, Monday, 12th of July.
BiRTns and Deaths.—L ast week the births of 1026 boys and
931 girls, in all i960 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor¬
responding weeks of the years 1*18-57 the average number was 1839 .-
The deaths registered in London decreased from 1487 in the previous week
to 1431 in the week that ended last Saturday. The decrease is not great,
and the mortality is Ptlll unusually high ; for though the weather has been
nneht and genial during the week Its effect is not itumediatelv seen, to its
full extent, in the shortening of the long list of deaths. In £he ten years
1848-67 the average number of deiths la the weeks corresponding with
last week was u98 ; but, as the deaths of lft a t week occurred in an increased
population, they can only be compared with the average, after the latter is
raised proportionally to the increase—a correction which will make it 1318 .
Death of Aidersian Fareerotobr.—T his venerable mem¬
ber of Die Corporation of the oity of London died at half-past three
o c oek on Tuesday morning at bis country mansion near CUoli vn. alter
* most lingering affliction. He died at the m-.tnre age of seventy-six.
The den awd gentleman was an Alderman of the eltyo,' London lor the
term of thiriy-two years, during whieb period be represented the ward 10
Lime-afreet.
Attemtted Murder and Suicide.— On Sunday a gas-fitter,
namid Osborne, lodging in Upper Pembroko-street. Islington, in a lit of
jealousy. strm k his wife such murderous blows on the head with n chopper
or billhook ilmt the brain protruded from the wounds, while her right
band was cleft in twain. The unhappy mail then eat his own threat. The
woman survived all this hacking and hewing, though little hope 1 b enter¬
tained of her recovery. A coroner’s inquest on the body of the man was
held on Wednesday. The evidence tended to show that he had a predis¬
position to insanity. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased
destroyed himself whilst in an unsound state of mind.
COUNTRY NEWS.
Sleaford and Boston Railway.—W e understand (says the
Linednsh>re Free. Press) that the works on this line will be commenced at
several points in the course of next week. Messrs. Smith and Knight
have contracted with the company lor its construction. Taking into con¬
sideration the nature of the country through which it will pads is w ilJ be
easily constructed, and wiil no doubt be opened for trallic before Christmas.
It has been resolved, at a meeting held in the Grand Jury-room,
Derby, to erect in that town a statue to the late Duke of Devons hire.
A number of noblemen and gentlemen have sent in their names as com¬
mittee men.
The Rev. J. F. Mackarness, Rector of Honiton, ha 3 bsea
appointed to the vacant prebendal stall in Exeter Cathedral
Instead of a statne, which was at first proposed as a memorial
of the late Duke of Rutland, the committee have now resolved upon erect¬
ing a p.-irsonnge-house for the parish of Newmarket.
The Bishop of Durham proposes to hold Ordinations regularly
In Lent and September; and. in special circumstances, at Chri^tmis.
'flu's year, however, his Lord.shtp will hold aa Ordination ou Trinity
Sunday, as well os in September.
The colossal equestrian statue in memory of Lord Londonderry,
to be erected in the centre of the markct-pUce of Durham, is to be
executed by Signor Bafiaelle Month The county subscription amounts to
above £ 20 uo.
Tiie Salmon Fisheries.—D uring the late frost very few salmon
(says the Carlisle Patriot) were taken in the Eden; but since the Hood, on
Saturday week, a considerable quantity of fine fish have been caught at
Stainton. Cargo, and King Garth. Anglers are anticipating good sport as
scon as the river is free irom “ snow broth."
At Shrewsbury, on Saturday last, William Davis, sged thirty-
five, was tried for the murder of an old woman, a reputed witch, named
Anne Wil iams, at Much Wenlock. in September last The ease was an
extraordinary one. The jury returned a verdict of “Guilty of Wilful
Murder” against the prisoner. Sentence of death was then pissed.
On Saturday morning last Maneli Zelephania, alias Manosl
Salapatane, and Hanagader Alepus, alias Panaotis Alepis (two Greek
sailors), who were convicted at Swansea on the 27th of last month, for
the wilful murder of AtanAsio Metropani ou the 16th ult., were executed
in front of the count} gaol.
Ship Launch— There has been recently launched from the
building yard of Mr. John Shevill. Sunderland,* a beautifully modelled
ship, of the following dimensions: —Length and rake. 159 feet 11 inches
extreme breadth, 30 feet 1 inch; depth of hold. 2lfect; 802 toaa O.M.;
785 tons register, aDd classed thirteen years A l at Lloyd’s She has
been purchased by Mr. Joseph Shepherd, of London, aud nftnv.*d the
Scoresbit , in honeur of that noble Christian sailor, philosopher, and
divine, the Rev. William Scoresby, D.D.. of Whitby.
A “Laudanum” District.—T he Stamford Mcrcun/ has the
foliowing:—“It hns always been understood that Holbcach is a great
* laudanum district,’ and. as might be expected, tiie drug is sold in im¬
mense quantities, not only by our druggists, but by almost every little
country shopkeeper and geucral dealer in the neighbourhood. Judging
from a single clrugpist s weekly return of retail sales shown to us the
other day, we think we are within the mark in estimating the umount of
money sn«-nt by the working classes in this parish (though the/ are by no
means the only consumers; in laudanum aud opium at not less than £700
or J 8 C 0 a year.
Departure of the King of Portugal’s Yacht, “Bar¬
tolomeo Dias.’*—T he new screw corvette liartolomeo Dias, 18 guns.
Captain White, fitted up as n yacht for the King of Portugal, tolled from
Gravesend on Monday tor the Tagus; and, alter being inspected by his
Majesty, will return, in order to be in readiness to convey the future
Queen of Portugal to Lisbon. The ship was built by Messrs. Green, of
lUackwnll. and tl»e cabins for tbe Royal bride liave been fitted up in the
most chaste and elegant style*. The suite saloon is a charming apartment;
the walls are white, with gold mouldings, and blue silk pa .idling. TTie
retiring cabin is also most beautiftally arranged. There art* s-nvral cabins
for the ladies and gentlemen forming the Royal suite. The building of the
elifp, equipment. See., lias cost ne.irly £so : ouo.
Presentation to .Miss Nightingale.—T he committee of
working men who have conducted the proceedings in connection with the
monununt in Shcllkld to the soldiers and sailors from that town who fell
in theCrinua last week presented to Miss Nightingale a testimonial of
their esteem and venerat ion. The testimonial consists of a ea3e of cutlery.
The case is of polh-bed oak bound with silver, and on tlietopthe-e is an
ornrmrutal inlaid device, consisting of silver, with a centrepiece of gold,
on wdtich is etched a representation of the good Samaritan. Tuere In
also the following inscription :—“This case ol cutlery manufactured ex¬
pressly ior presentation to Floreuce Nightingale, by tiie working men
composing the Crimean Monument Committee, as a mark of their esteem
for her noble and unsolicited subscription and sympathy fa aid of their
jnoMuniut to be erected in Sheffield. A D. 1A57.”’ The cutlery i$ of the
best steel, with ivory bandies. Each blade is stamped with the words,.
“Frestuted to Florence Nightingale, 1S57.”
Tbe I^ate Affray Betwefn the Police and Student*
in Dublin.— Die proposed public inquiry into the conductor the police
in tiie recent riot in Dublin ia in abeyance for tiie preient. The police
authorities itfase to comment to any but a private investigation ; the college
dignitaries insist upon its being open. The mounted police, who are the
most compromised, were not allowed, at. the Loid-Lieutenant a reception
last week, to occupy the post of guards, and it is said they will be
abolished. The college authorities have applied for and obtained Informa¬
tions arainst Colonel llrowue and several of the police force, and the
cases were appointed to be heard ou Friday (ycsterdayi The injured
students are laiourably progressing.-A student of Trinity Co-.lere,
writes to correct a passage in our account of the affray la-t week. He
giaPft — •* Colonel Browne did read part of the Riot Act, but it was not
answered with h laugh and more squibs by tiie students At the time
Colonel BrDwm* wns reciting the Act he was some distance frjm the
college railings, and it w as heard; only by tbo»e iminedirtely arou-vl^iiin.
J question if even one student heard what he was saying.’*
312
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 27 , 1858
THE NEW
MINIS
TRY
THE PA nr. OF CARNARVON, UNDER SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES.-FROM A PHOTOGRAPH
BY JOHN WATKINB.
LORD COLCHESTER, POSTMASTER-GENERAL.-FROM A PHOTOGRAPH
BY JOHN WATKINS.
The following particulars of those Ministers whose Portraita we en¬
grave this week are taken from Dod’s "Parliamentary Companion."
and his "Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage":—
The Earl of Carnarvon' (Under Secretary for the Colonies).—
Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert was son of the third Earl by the
daughter of the late Lord Henry Howard. He was born in 1831, and
Buoceeded his father in 1849. He received his education at Christ Church,
Oxford, where he was first class in classics in 1852. He was appointed
a Deputy Lieutenant of Hants; Capt in Hants Yeomanry in 1853; Con¬
stable of Carnarvon Castle in 1854. He is patron of four livings. This
is a branch of the house of Herbert, Earls of Pembroke and Mont¬
gomery, springing from Major-General the Hon. William Herbert,
who was fifth son of the eighth Earl of that family.
■^ord Colchester (Postmaster- General).—Charles Abbot, eon of
t Baron, by the eldest daughter of Sir Philip Gibbes, Bart., waa
the parish of 8t Janies, Westminster, in 1798. He married in
the first
bom in the 4 _ _ _ _ HH
1836 the third daughter of the first Lord EUenborough (she was
bom in 1799); and succeeded his father in 1829. He was educated at
the Royal Naval College; entered the Navy in 1811; became a Rear-
Admiral on the reserved list in 1854; waa Vioe-President of the Board
of Trade and Paymaster-General from February to December, 1852.
The first Peer was Speaker of the House of Commons for fifteen years.
His father was the Rev. John Abbot, DJD., Rector of All Saints’, Col¬
chester, whose widow married, secondly, Jeremy Bentham.
Mr. Sotheron Estcourt (President of the Poor-law Board).—
Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron Estcourt is the Bon of Thomas Grima-
ton Bucknall-Estcourt, Esq., many years M.P. for Oxford University,
by the daughter and heiress of Joseph Sutton, Esq., of New Park,
"Wilts. Bora in 1801; married the daughter and heiress of Admira
Sotheron. He assumed the name of Sotheron on the death of his
father-in-law in 1839, instead of that of Bucknall-Estcourt, and in
1855 resumed, by Royal license, the name of Estcourt. He was edu¬
cated at Oriel College, Oxford, where he graduated M.A. in 1826, and
received the honorary degree of D.C.L. in 1857. He is Captain of the
Devizes troop of Yeomanry, and a magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant
of Wilts., He eat for Marlborough from March 1829 till 1832; for
Devises from November 1835 till 1844, when he was chosen for North
Wilts; for which place he was re-elected on the 5th inst. The family
of Estcourt enjoys considerable estates and influence in the countiei
of Gloucester and Wilts.
Sir William George Hylton Jolliffb, Bart. (Secretary to the
Treasury).—Sir William is the son of the Rev. William Jolliffe, by the
am WILLIAM JOLLIFFE, BART., SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY.—FROM A PHOTOGRAPH
BY HJRBBBI WATJLIBf*
MR? SOTHERON JBXCOOKt, raaunEiTT OF THE POOR-LAW BOARD, —FROM A PHOTOG
MX JOKE WATKIBf.
March 27 , 1858 .]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
313
THE
NEW
MINISTRY.
THE DUKE OF MONTROSE, CHANCELLOR OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER.
FROM A DRAWING BY A ULAIKLBr.
belaud in 1830; 1836. He received his eduoation at Trinity College, Cambridge,
for beland bom where he graduated M.A. in 1819. He was Lord Steward
uthor of works of the Queen’s Household from February to December, 1862;
for EnniBkillen appointed Lord Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of Stirlingshire
Enniikillen oo- in 1843; eleoted Chauoellor of the University of Glasgow in 1837.
office was filled Is Major-General of the Royal Archers, Colonel of the Stirling, Dum¬
barton, Clackmannan, and Kinross Militia. This is one of the oldest of
of Lancaster)._ the Scottish families. The first Peer was one of the Lords of the
, eldest daughter Begenoy during the minority of James II. of Scotland; the fifth Earl
married in 1836 became the first Marquis, and was the well-known military Com-
ided his father in temp. Charles L
THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD CHANCELLOR ON THE WOOLSACK.
..jTa .Ta * a. v « •*
3U
TILE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 27, 1858
CALENDAR FOE THE -WEEK.
Sunday, March 28.—Palm Sunday. MoUammerah captured, 1857.
Monday, 29.—Swedenborg died. 1772. Full Moon, Oh. 7in., p.m.
Tuesday, 30.—Sun rises, 5h. 44m.; sets, 6li. 27m.
Wednesday, 31.—Census taken, 1851.
Thursday, April L—Maunday Thursday.
Friday, 2.—Good Friday. Peace proclaimed in the Crimea, 1856.
Saturday, 3.—Day breaks, 3h. 31m.
TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE,
FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 3, 1858.
Eundny. I Monday. I Tu.-*dny. 1 Wednesday. I Thnrmlny. \ Friday. I Batanlsy.
M
A
u
A | M
A
M
A
It m
It m
h m | h ni
h m
h in
ti ni
» 25
» 48
2 fi
2 22
2 39
2 55
3 11
3 29 1 3 4t
3 59
4 14
4 22
E OYAL ITALLVN OPERA. COVENT GARDEN.—The
NobHfir. Centra, Sab»crib«ns, rnd tli* Public am* mwi rwooctfully Inform*! that tint
NEW THEATRE will OPEN ou SATURDAY, MAY 15. Full parti-alare wUl bo dulr
•nnocwoU
Rojal Italian Oma. March 31, 1858.
B OYAL PRINCESS’ THEATRE.—The Theatre will be
• C'oacd dnrlnsr Pa**loo Weak —On EAS r Ktt MONDAY wlil bo onvtuc*! a no\r Pares,
entitled THE STOCK EXCHANGE; or. 1 he Gram Baaincw- After which will bo reriwid
FAUST AND MAhGlJEKITE. To conclnd* with (fir e time) a now Farce, entitled SAMUEL
JNPF'RCH OF HIMSELF. Tuswiay, Wednesday, Thttrmjoy. and Frida* 1 , THE STOCK
EXCHAVGF; or, The Groan Busfoe**; PaUST AND MARGUERITE, and HAMUBL IN
SEARCH OF HiMRELF. Saturday (UsHhno Hilt iriutonL LOUIS XI. and SAMUEL IN
SEARCH OF HIMSELF. On Monday, April 12th, HAMLET (tiut ticno).
T heatre royal, haymarket—c. h. adams’S
OBRERY.—'Twentf-'ljrhth Year In London.—On MONDAY noxt- MARCH 29th. and
dttrntr tin' Week (flood Friday excepted|. Mr. ADAMS wi'I. in hi» ANNUAL LECTURE on
ASTROhOMY. ffiaetrete, with fetogalor effect, the CORONA during TOTAL ECLIPSES of
the SUN. Benin at 8; end about 10. Hial’j. 3*.; Dm a Boxes*. 2*. 6d.; Upper Boxes-2*.;
Pit, ?«.; Gal!iry,6d. Children Half-price to lioxea and PlL Private Boxes, Half a Guinea
and One Guinea.
npHFATRE ROYAL. ADELPUL—A Novel and Elegant
i Fn*rr*.alt>ni<n« during PASSION WF.EK.-Mr.ndar Brenlug. March 29th, for positively
Fivo Klffhte only, Mr. and Mrs. HOWARD PAUL will giro thrir Mtnlwti. Comic, and
Fanciful Entertainment, PATCHWORK. Aroon* the unw nuoeted "Shred* and Patches 44
wiil b<* found Tototi^n Impersonation* of Character: hootch, Bn?ll*b, and Irish fljlliis;
Operatic Seleetfo* a. Fanoifnl f\>*t* , me*. Whims and Oddities, Cribs from **Ponob;” whilo
•many o«' tho tlonting le*t* of tbo day will t*> woven Into thla curious fabric br wry of comic
Illustration. Thursday Evening, Drnaflt of Mr. and ilia. Howard Paul, and last night but
ono of their appearance.
Reduction of Prices —StaHe and Dm s Boxes. 3a. j Upper Boxo*. 2«.; Pit, la ; Gallory. 6d.;
Private Bo\m. X! It. No Hal/-prloo. as ths F.ntmainnuuit concludes shortly after Ten
o'clock Books of the Foers for Sale In tho Theatre. 6d each. No fees to Boxkoe.wrs.
S T. JAMES’S THEATRE. — PROFESSOR WILJALBA
FflIKKLL. appointed PbjrtMM to tbelr K*jo*ti<w the Rrar-eror and Empress of Karla,
has tho honour to announce that, in oonrequenca <>f the greet snocres of his uow and originul
Enteftainmeart, entitled TWO H0UH8 OF JJ-LU-SIUNS, a- performed, by command,
before her *J»»t Grtcfoo* Majretv the Queen and Court, at Windsor Castle, and during a
reason of nearly ‘At) nights, ho ia induced to give a SECOND SEASON, for three weeks only.
• commencittar on' Monday, April 5. being positively bia Jiut apreemnee in Borland previous to
his departure for Kurtri*. IVrfcnuances will take place dnring tho Easter Week on Wednes¬
day and Puturdav afternoons; aod on Monday, Tuesday. Wed on day, Thursday. Friday, and
Sal Urdu v evening*. Private Boxes, Two Gntneaa. One Gnlne* and 4 Half, aod On* GuIpim.
Stalls its.; Buioonv Pauls, 4a ; Boxfs. **-: Pit ?*.; Gallery, la. Places may beaocaredat
Mr Mitchell’s Royal Library. 33, Old Bcnd-etrect.
A STLEY’S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—On Easter Monday
/A will be produced nn entirely new .-mod spectacle, in Two Acts founded upon the inci¬
dent* of THE WARIN’ CHl*Lu Kmeodyloff the vast msonrees of this theatre, combining
both Iho stege and the ring, sided by 500 auxiliaries. WUh great novelties in tho 8CBNK3
IN THE ARENA. Commence at 7.
S URREY TBEATRF.—PASSION WEEK—On MONDAY.
and daring the Week (Friday excepted'). Mr. R. PHILLIPS anJ Mrs. E. T.
-GROPVKNOR In thrfr NEW MUSICAL LV.CTOW?. with Poop*. Duotu. Ac.; and th»
SISTERS SOPHIA and ANNIE, in their Mim e Entertainment Doors open at Half-past
Six; commence a’ Seven.
ATiONAL STANDARD, Shoreditch.—PASSION WEEK
VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT by upward* of 100 Artl-taa. Miu Poole
and Mr A. Brabant will slog during tho wcok. Band Of 50. Conductor, Mr. ltoaoson. Mr.
Ilrdpton and Irish Entertainments. Mr. Collins. Mott.*. Desoriua' Troupe of Dvrfi aud
Monkeys.
S T. MARTIN’S HALL.—ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS —
Under the direction of v r . JOHN HULL AH.—SIXTH end lait CONCERT (of tho
a«tDal. TORFDaY, MARCH 3D, nt Eight prealtttl*’.—Piano'orte, Mlaa Arabella Goddard.
Tho f ho*n* will consist of Sir. Hull h's first Upper flinging School. Froyramm?. sole’to l
from the 3Y orV* . f Beethoven:—Part 1. Ov.rturo, “ Man of Pro math rti*;" Air, “ThsCall of
the " Mbs Unnk»: Art*. ‘ In nncsta tomb* ooctirt:'* the OR thI Fan’asia, Mie Banka,
Mlti Fenny Rowland, VlssPslmir, Mr. Sejmoar. .Mr. W. Evans. Mr. Sau-loy, and O'.iwu*;
PiaBO'rrts. A. Goddard; trio. “ i’ramnra,” MUl II*pV», Mr. Heymnur, and Mr. Pant’oy;
Overture. “Fkifllo.”—Part II The Choral Prmprony. Mi*e Banka, Ml** Pulnnr, Mr. Sey¬
mour. Mr. Paotley, and Chora*. Area. Is,. OoDeriot. fa Qd.; 8taIL *,!+.
S T. MARTIN’S HALL,—HANDEL’S MESSIAH, on
MONDAY. MARCH SL an***r tbn dlrtc-lon of Mr. *0HV Ift.’I.L\H. PrinMpal
VocaHs’st— MR* Kemlilo. >'lt* Minacnt. MR* Dolby. Mr. Mlrcmlu, and 5Ir. Thj.mit. Ticket*.
Is., 2a. *:d.; Bull*, 6*. Commence at half-pa 1 1 ovon.
"IV TON DAY NEXT.—Mr. G. CASE’S Grand EVENING
JJjL CONCERT, at EXETER HALL, with *hn following nnr.Yalt»l porf>rna-s:-8l rrt
Iiwv*». kode^doTfi', t ndemohn. Lon r aa YInn’tg, ^oote, La*coll». Iluddart, Caalon, Mr.
and M»d*mo Wdaa, Montom Smith. J. L. Fattoc, Frank Bodr’a, R*ytaoni, R. 8 Pr»t'»>n,
and Piceo. lha oelcbrated SsrdhJsn Minettel. A csmplato orcharra. La.vlwr. Mr. Willy.
’■ ir.kets. Is., le. fd„ 7* . and ub. 6d ; numbered *=nt*, 3* tVd ; a‘a‘J«, 5« : or n ticket to admit
lhreu.13*. ‘I o ho htd a' llco**/ *rd Sons’. 24 Uo’Ifr*-«tra,jf C ivoudl*h-<qa*ra; *t 31,
iUibcreputo-sT®-1 Wi’hln; aud «h** uincl llckct OOoes «vd Mstsia*l!nr». Mr dim* K^avoi
will ring, ’•phalli*. '* WImj shall be Fnlrext," and 44 Ihe Death of No'son."
T\TR ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, NAPLES,
ijJL POMPEII, and VBSUVlUd, I?v-ry HIjrbt <exea.it Bataiday), at Eight, **'d Tu-rt-
day, Tharulav, r.od hrturdav A/tcrwwna, *r Three.—Place* can be »aeurorl at tho Box-/
offloo, EGVrTJA?' HAT.'*, daily, between Eleven and Four, without any ettr* obutrgo
I?. CHjYRI.ES COTTON’S ROSE, SHAMROCK, and
THISTLE, introducing (foaraeferistio Coatanwe. with hnn;n*. VVBUY EVENT NO
•^except Saturdnv), at Eight: Battmlsy. at Three. PIlLNOB <»f W \I.F,8 HALL. 50.*. ‘•avon>-~
etreet. Admi-rlon, Is. and 2a.; Bull*, 3e., iceured at Mitcboll’i library, Boud-atroet, and
at the Hell.
M R. and Mrs. GERMAN REED (late Miss P. HORToV)
Will rc<-M*t thtiir Bolertahunent. the Royiil Gali^ry of Hlu«’ra»lm». ll,Xl<vf*nr. stAv-t,
•vmy evening Icxcvpt Eamtrr.* ■ ai Eight, d;*tariay Afreraaon at Three. A.1 nl w. )t*, Is.
aril 2s ; gtali*, ; le'-urrd, without extra charge, at tho Gallery; and at Cninpr, 3eo!«*,
and Co 901. Hogeat-strrec.
F IFTH YEAR of the Present Entertainmcnt.^Thfu-S»ster8
60PI1IA anti ANNIE, In tiirir original <m!*rtol«mont. entltbxl SKlriTlIIB^Wam
NATUPE tprrfonncd upwards of IC00 time* in tbo prov1 1 *r;e*. aadbr-LirMrjvvd alou-j tj up¬
wards of LC.I40 ;<r*.*ii« 1 Will appear o* the Royal Surrnv The itm Uarln<C week*
C HRISTY’S M1NSTBETA Polygrnphic Hall, King William-
screet, Btraod.—StSth CONCERT. Coamico'ci'uf at * Ou ^arurtloy a Mnra'o.tr Per¬
formance. ro-' Dienrinr ax :t. * 4 Hoop-6ea-Dond«wq-d•io’^Nbriitly. Frtr*»a l* , *s and s*
M adame tossaud’S exhibition, \t\thT Btiiaar,
BaXcr-etreet. 2 he Nuptial Groap. HUB. the Prince** TloyAj in bar lvmtir.il
Bridal Drive of Homton Tare, trimmed with orau.xc flnw<v*- the ndmlr*u<m of evtiry trao*
also, H B.H Frioce Fre*lcrlok of Prn»l». Adntuobn. ]*.; room, fill. O'r'n frein
Klmen HU dosk. sod tons till Tea. <■ / \\
E xhibition or tiie society of British artists,
IrcortvoraUdhr Royal Chjrtrr. TlioThirfy*flf:h AnnualExbiWtlou of thl« StJUIETY
IsNOW OPES Lorn ’* s.tu. until duk. Admitta^wo Is.
8utfolk-*tn-»t. mll-tnftl East. _ / / Alvuki* Cmxt. S«er* tnrv,
mHE NATIONAL INS'riwrroN of FINE ARTS, Portland
J. Ga’lnr, 310. Il-ir*rt-«/aot t 0 pp<hlte tb-? Po>terhdlo>. Tho above So lety s Kfor.mt •
Annual K» blb'Tlon of Moddrri-plrttofe N n^w o:-*n^ni rt uhio till dusk. Adiilsdou. Ono
Shining. Aud Every Kvemng f.om 7 till 10 Admwiva, IHxpeiire.
1 ' _ 'X, Btti.L Smith.
M AY ALL’S PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT G ALL BIGGS,
tT‘ and 256, RkH'*n*-*trrc<.- Phntographa Dsguerrrotypta, and Sfertowc.ipe*. In the
style o f art. tak<'n/*lnil v/ B rne i men!i ftpjvtew.
ART.UNION of LONDON. — SUBSCRIPTION LIST
.fA CLOFF.8 Wedftredsy next. 5l»t Inst. PriMfooVlen spinet f.-nn the Publin Exhibition.
.Rvtrt Snl aciiher of On a Guinea will have. bred-. t**«ohan» of * n-ir.e. an improsoloa of a
.vg* and Ire portent '*'*•* .£raMp« ( by J. 1. Wrtrtne ... A.R.A.. trtmi t’m wei:-\nowa ori-
;*iu*l picture hy tho late J. M. W- Turner, K.A- 44 Voclce.'*
G)Crt»m* nojtwtv, \ H^nnruv
t VWf4 pip'tlK. * 4*.or.»*rl<«.
441, West Slraa.l.
_ O-IAUHMAKKK
T BY APPOINTMENT 1t> THE IMPERIAL FAMILY OF PRAN08.
H. STAREY VfjH with confidence to submit hU various
• tMPHOVKvxxTs lu Mburrx CAREJAnts Hu* shown at the Grv«*al P«l*c*, mi l his
atanufac’.ory. NMiliwriamlto Car da as pankaiwr*. Every vt y’e. fr.KB tho Con-flaiast U**ko’.
?*** ax'd ltricxxrs>'ua Pttir-d>one tando on plan* eombialux thu t*»to and
IralaUvjntMoa nf tbs Kaullal), French, axd Amoriaan Carriafae, w!(!i aub i.uitifd
•wcnkrnio.-hlp and ». ,t rrat*nl»l.. w '
Rxiuarevnv hr thfl infernartoncl inry of the late P*i!>3
fay the othw-’ ^ U> * honour of gaining oan. tho loading boose :n LoivI ju nbtaiu-
m F h Jtotnreln showing rl*i*ore to Nottingham over hi* Maanfwto-y, and
J wl'i w*- lrn F TOVO ^ n,,chl “'^y and ninny contrivances to assist skillrvl labour,
R.- r wV> rMn ;,,v -Titwte h ^M W i l> ? the , r r nl XcTth ra - North-Western, or Midlsnd
V r *>„!* j ? 222&I1 fc7 ^ do *7 of "^''l *«••> hour*’ tll'TarmtM strain*.
»r.ainre> having s covvo. van oi hu own OB til* railways vrillengtura :o dc •vur aav uow
Cairugc of upwattU of JLM valo- at half the recul«r rrilwar ch*^;^ *
T. B, Slaroy, Cooclunaker, NoUlnglum. ‘ <
TJOY'AL WESTMINSTER OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, |
Chsrinr-cross. founded in 1816. for Relieving the Poor oAbctod with IH«oases of the
Eye TUB 11 or pit'll is Is great need. There are 30 bwls for in-pationtN; the wards are
larae aud airy; but- Iho * aot of mrans preolndee the admission o* ha'f that number sub¬
scription* recevod by Me**n» CoutU and Co.. Bankers, Strand; by Mosns. Drummond,
Bankets, Char ng-croas; and by the rccretiuy, at the llospi’al. _
ANCEB HOSPITAL, London and Broinplon.
Bankers—M ew* Uontts end Cr, Htnuid.
Srcretary's Office. 167, Piccadilly.
The Hospital la much in need «.f FUNDS, tud AID U otrnreUy SOLICITED.
P By order, W. J COCKKKIL1>, Socretary.
c
T HE AMERICAN HORSE TAMER.—Mr. RAREY has
BBTUBNED from Pars, and will commcnee teaching his 8iib*cribimi in Clasw* on
Moudav, »th .Mart h: Tuiwday, W)»h; Wednesday, 31*t; Thursday, l«t April; and resamo after
tho Easter Holidays <m Monday, Ittii April; ''uoe<lay, 13th; Wednesday, 14th; and I Uurjd«y,
Kdh, at the Duko of Wellington's Privaio Hiding School, Knlgata , *ri*Jgo ikmdly lent by hu
Grace . at 11 a m. each day. A circular will inform each Susecribor of tho days allotted to
him, and t’uo t'O'lre will Ijo given of future appointments.
Tattcrsnll'a, Groeveuor-phue, March 17. 1858.
i"YCEAN and CONTINENTAL PARCELS DELIVERY
V/ COMPANY. 4. Ainr-atreoL Strand, London, and 68, South Castle-«reel. IlverDOol-
Dtspatchreto AuatroUa, Nmth snd South Amerce. Boat and West India, the Cape of Gojd
JJ..pc Ma'ta, Corfu, Ac. Expc-e to tho United State* every Thursday. Daily wxpresi to
Fruccc, Belgium, Gcnnany, Italy, Swllwiriaud, Ac.
F OR SALE, FREEHOLD, or to LET on LEASE, a charming
ESTATE no*r TOURS, in the vicinity of a Ratiway Station, on iho borders of thu
LUre. The position is superb, and tho residence well »ttitod for a gentleman'* family Tho
caidt-os art) rioeked wilh ftuit-tree*, vine*, Ac., orramrod in terrace*, and, wi.h tlia croandt,
cm:prise about acrea,—For particulars apply to Mr. Rolaudl, 20, Boruors-strcot, Oxfurd-
ttreeL
W OOD ENGRAVING.—Mr. GILKS respectfully announces
that he continue* to execute every branch of tho Art in the best s'ylo ‘md at most
rcaronsblc* cho/gea Lalwla, 8how-cards, und Trade CaUloguo* doaguod and printed.—
London: 21. Kaarx-atrcel, Strand, W.C.
E ducation in Germany.—bonn, on the rhine
Mr. MORSBACH, Principal of an ectablDbcd School for tho oiuottim of Young
Gentlemen, will have, at Eastrr.some vacsnciee, sod will be happy to attend *o any (nqalrica.
Full partict-Jani at Mo»»r*. Dickinson’s, 114,Now Bond-strat. Reforeneo*—F. Lomard, E»q„
1, Sailer s-hall-eourt, Citv; V D. Lambert, Kiq., 3!), Coal Exchange; H. P. Peacock, Kstj.,
Examiner and l imes Othce, Manchester, Ac.
TTEALTHY HOTEL RESIDENCE for FAMILIES and
Ml GFNTLFMEN.-Tbe QUEFN’B FAMILY HOTSL, <iarcn s-road. Bay,water, near
Kouslngton-gardeus di*tiegul«hrd for c"m r ort and bed-room pnrit’. Cho'.re^ Wins* onl
Bpirits- tarti&s boarded by the day or week, in private rooms or at the table d’hOte.
M ILD 'WATER-CURE, with every possible advantage, care,
and attmtion, PETERSHAM. SURREY. Numbers got cured who go to buaiaees firoa
nine till five o'clock in Loudon—fifty minutoe distant. Terms, 5*. 6d. per day.
J. -Elms. M.D.
M
ONEY (10,000) to be ADVANCED upon FREEHOLD,
_ Copyhold, and good Leasehold Property. Reversion*. Life fot-nuris, and oilier
approved Securities derived rndev Will* or rioitlemonu.—Apply lconfldeoti.t!ly) to Mr.
LAWRENCE. Solicitor. 6, Watorloo-pUce, Pall-mall, 8.W.
ONEY ADVANCED WITHOUT SUKETIES.—\
N AT JO' AL DISCOUNT LOAN’ FUND and DEPOSIT BANK: 10, Rwex-atreeV.
Blrand, London.— Loans from £b to ik‘a.0 with sureties; Loans from ii to iJJO without
sureties, bills discounted, Money ndvancod on Bill* of Sale, Ac. Form*. 2d.
_ O. Lapkk.vck Manager.
S OUTH AFRICAN WINES, as to quality and character,
are, as a g'Ecral raK round, fall-bodied. *mplr eadnwod With flavour, an l wholly
free from acidity, arriouwa, or h*rehne»*, and are ■Iturathc tri-at usefdl t.tblo wine* for
folly consmnptii n 1 h" pri'e, rang ng frem 20s. »o 2D. a doxen for «ho*e w^mHIin; Part,
fth* fry. Marcella. Madeira, and Bun tin*, bring* thorn within the Com oar* of ivery bo use-
ketper'smeaii'.- FOSTER and INGl E. Wins .’rfi'itdiuH*. 4 s. C'heapsido.
"DRICK MACHINERY, and every information In the most
Jl^y improved st stem of manuf.o’ure, on aj>plicatloo to Mr. K, CHAMDERLAIN, Con-
sult'rg Erginrer, Krnpwy, Worcester. \ /
PONSTANT EM’pLOYMKNT GIVEN to I’t'WLS at the
V-J mci.t liberal price*.— WANTED(dirnetiy a limited number or LADIES or GEN¬
TLEMEN, to execute, at thrir own ffridouW:-*, tho how. o<u»y. and urtritic work now in
great denund. A small premium required. Tb« aft tauglit personally or by corro«non-
dence. A letter of full purticuiataeent for i'ouK*ti»mpn. Apply cu»ly to LAWRENC^’d
bhow-room*, 21, Choxlctte-strcet. Fiforoji'-^quare (lioar HathlKmo-pIace). Established 1810.
ARMORIAL BEARINGS.—No charge for search.—Sketch
x\- and description. 2*. 6d.; In colour, fa. Create ob *col* or ring*, 8s.; on die, 7a. Holld
sold, IS caret, Hul'-nmrked eony or bliwlttono ring, nngraved with croht, two guinea*.
V. MOR1NG (who ha* rocoivod *hh Gold Modal fie etvgravingi, 44, High Holborn, W.0. Prloe-
llat poit-fice.
) y
TTIOR FAMILY ARMS— Persons anxious to obtain a true and
X? cocurtto a-cociil ofthojr *rtn<?tIri bemleg* urn >oqutMte>1 to send name end o junty to
the Horn! Rtr*.Idle Ufiice, ilnrcnly plkco t'nr anfocntic information No fee f r reannh. Skot h
and dotcrlpticn, 2 b Odi; In colour*. .’") PcvIVrtcs. Fitarfly History, wiib the original grant
of Arms, traced foT 1IJ4. tie Manual of Hi ra-’dry, tno coirravings, 3«. Abio, *'r»*t>.n Heal or
Ling, 7*.; on FterL Pie\ 6*. Bo.k \Vl«*e wilh Arm . 10*., or stamps.— I". CULLBTOV,
Geuealci 1st nntl Heraldic Engraver, 1 ianH 2, Ixjag-acre, one door fr.m St. Martin’s-Ixno.
Tho *tt>dlo» end library open okll*. y J
E ’OB FAMILY ARMS, send to the LINCOLN’S-TNN
HERALDIC OFFICE, tho or.’v EsfiiVUh-tt antborlty in Enghmd, which formany years
has enit ltizoted and quartered Arm*. wi,li that HUihoiiticlty known throughout Kuropo.
Sketch. 3*.-or s amps.-vHx.8ALT. Turestile. Lmnofo's-lon.
Improve uenta, at \ LAGHAN*..
Sf’a. Few Bou‘t-*»nset. oorner of Uon'imt-joreor. N.H S**!® A rent for rho waa! 5 and powerful
r ' -jA and Race GlaflffS Inventor! *rd made by Voigtl'tndor, Vlraum.
L INCOEN’S-INN heraldic-office.—gentle MEN
hevirg^kF.TCUFS employ persons who d > not Emblarou by the Law* of ner i dry
Forlho^toirfitkAofohs Public tbo He nltltc tifficn tmwexeouu* Engraving, tta Itoak-
plate Arm*^2ia Crrerion fe « ala or Ring'. 8s Kd STUDIO LIBRARY, and index of tho
Hr.fclda\y%:tatioTri^f>p^n Daily. The LINCOLN’S-INN MANUAL of HERALDRY, a Do-
reciiwlon of iiio BcRnco, 400 Kogravicgs, 3* , or stamps.—II. SALT, Great Turnsfcde,
IbctilBlt^ \ ___
XlPERA GLASSI-.v, iti every variety ot size and price borne
V./ lujierb opre-mwa of Vienno-e imutu^actme, nuitahlu for Wedding or Birthday Pre¬
sents, at CALLAGHAN’S, Optician. 23a, New Bond-etreot, Corner of CondnU-etro'.'t N.B.
8b!e Agent to VoigtlKndor, Vienna.
Itvj UTLNY IN INDIA. —Military Field Glasses and Telescopes
iXJJ_ of mutclde** inalltv. rorublr.lng tho Vary 'ateat Improve limits, at 7ALLAGH A V’d.
I *?a.
OiXr
■JU'IGHOSCOPEa~ J. AMADIO’S Improved COMPOUND
AaJL MJCBOflCOPB £1 2a.; L*.mlenia% £3 13s. fid. '• Horn tho?e are front Amvih. of
Thrrgmcricivstreic. and art axo.'ihsm of their kind the more ©xLanriv* one ospccjiliy "_
I*ntn«boid Words, No. K<£> A Urge assartment of Achroicmtic Mlcrotoopef,
M icros cor ks.— j . amalios rotanica’, mkmd.
RCt^l’F.S, packed In tnttbngBOy car cm, with threo pnwen, cnienvr. pintore,
and two rides—’will show thi» unironKralie In water. Pri-ol«*. 6:1 4k The Field •• noww-
pnper,under the gardening department .jrivrs tho foUawin- valuable iettlraony“ It j, m*r-
Vdicosly cheap, srd will do everything which tho Invar of uatirscan wish it to aooratoUih,
ci'brrat homo or in the open air.”—Juno o, 1857. Ad drew, 7, ThcxmorPm-^troet.—A la-pj
A sottmmt cf AehTomstio MicroarojiOH.
CSFORTiSMEN and GENTLEMEN of the ARMY am!
NAVY.—8. and B SOLOMONS, Optician*. 39, Alboru*rie-iitr«"t. Ffooodii’v. w.
Ohn'rve, opposite the York Hotel. P nubility combined with great power, In FIELD
KACF-rOl’F«R. OPERA, and genfrol ant-dir r lay and night ptwrfil W^Utoait-
pockot PKBBPECT1VR GLA: MF-S, v-dgMng only fonr ounnos each omta'-ning *2 tnd ,s
lenpoa, oonfilructrd of Gennan gln»i, will ahr<w dtitinctly a pervon’i eounfuitaaea at sfi and
S mile*. They servo every purpose on tbo Rue-*-course, and n r tho Op>>ra-hnu. e>. thinuscr
•ceuay and ships are cfoarlysaro at a to 10 tulles. 'ITioy are also Jnval-iahlo for .-Ih^oiing,
Dter «tanting, end Ycchllmr. Her Mafosty’* '.'otst-tiu*nl* are ranking use of iimm a *
day und night ?!**««*. In iireforenco to all other*: they have «f»b btioomu in genernl usa bv
Oentkmcn of the Army *u«t Navy, and by Sportsmen. Oeutieunra, f-a’noiceoporii.and Toori-vt*.
'I he mor-t powerful nml hriniautTelrt'Copes, po-'c*ring such oitrnonllnarv |ww rh*t notne.
inches, with un vxtrn nstronomfoal «’re-?!ere. wilt show diatinrtiy Jupiter’s moons
Sjitnrn’a ring, and the dnnbt«*t«rt; with iho snino'fntescopo nan luj ao.!ii a r»ir«:ra'e co-im «-
uoncothmv-tmd a-half nidis distant, and an from fourt een to«i«toon miles, r.vjy
are It endless variety, of btrger and ail «D». with Inereasing powarv. atu! cm semred by
her MaRsty'* Royal LOttcr* J’oicnt. A moct liberal allownnoe, whoiesafo. toshfopors.
rpHF. ROYAL EXHIBITION, 1851 .—A valuable, powenul.
X newly-Invented, very atnail waDtcoat-pocket GIak*. tbonlecof a walnut, hr which a
poT*nn can bo seen and known 14 m lo distant. They nrvoov«jry purpose on iho H ftoe -conrui.
and at the Opern-houro*. Oimnlry M.-cn«'ry and *hi|*> nro oloa-lr <uhio «■ four to six mdo-
Ihey nro invaluable for shooting, dn*re-r.talking, vnchtlng, to nporf-mnu :;o<riomn. gam*-
ke»’i<or*. *nd tonn»ra. Price £i*. MicroaooiJes. Magic Lanterns, ou t Kbdne F.vorv d.>-
scriprion of Optical. Mathematical, and Vhilowphical lrqtrum?cta, OH r* snd a't kind* oi
repair* exixnired with nQb«ttnalUy«—Mason. HOLOMON8, Opticians. 33. Aliann.-rta-*irc 1 u..
nmidilb (opeosHatbe York 'iowu>
Y?< Y E SIG il T.—()pticai Improvement^ to enable peraona
* : 1 at an advintoed *xe to read with eras, und to di*rjiminnU> objocre w th p<re<eoi. • >*-
tbMdtuBf*— Mrm .SOLOJnONn, Optician*, have inve.-ted and 8PE‘M’ACLG
LEN8K8 of tho ^r«>«iB» , t t>an*n-.rcnt jiowur. fho valnablo axl van tag) derive I from this
Invention (* that vif ’on h-.comin«> impnirr.M| is preserved and *trna^tl) 0 :;-d: vn.v aged
poison* are enabled to employ tin ir •*gh» at tho most minute occupattou; a*n see who these
WMO Of a much !■*? tnnpnifyfog DOWor, a-id thty do not require thn fropj nl v-bang-n
to un* dniMceioti* cllect* />■ faittie. mwrrful uasintanoe. Person.) can b) auita 1 *r the most
rem-u* parts of tho wnrl-1 by sond'ng a ptilr of apcctaol s. or ono of the gl two. out of
ihem in u lottos snd atutitig ttie diatasoo f-oro ;ho ayo* lluw e«ui real small nv’nt wltii
it. nod tho** who have not m>d“ u* 1 * of apoetliela* by itatiog tbelr agm— Albjmwle-ifrtot,
Piccadilly, W. (op)uwifo ths York Hotel L
■p*EAFNE«b.—A newly-invented Instrutueut for extreme cases
of *><>*tneea, ealiod tho Bound MagnifLf. Oiganlc Vibrator, mid nv.oibie Voice
Conductor. It fit* eo into the ear not to ho in »ho t«a.<u prreer.tlbio: tho anploisan' aen**.
•ton o» •■ngirg aohea in tho head is OOtlro r romovod.. It aTtn-ds lartant relief to th* doafo,'
pfvsona. aurt tfnsbVM'thaw to Tie* r‘distinctly at chnreh and c> public awambHe*
^k^r^ ^ Attrisu, » Alhemario-atreat, Piccadliiy, W. (opposite
B oston, slejVford, and midland counties
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Tho Director* of this Company are prepared to RECEIVE LOANS on MORTGAGE ia
sums of £100 and upwards, tor Three or Fivo year*. Interest at £4 (0* per coot (hit auuu®,
payable half-yearly.
Applications to bo addressed to Messrs. StaniUnd ond Chapman Mho Company's aolloitors)
at Boston; or to the Becrctary at tho Company's Offices, la London.
IlBlUtKKT 1*0 It AM,
Chairman of the Board of Director*.
Offices, 19, Melton-street, Fu*ton-square, rxradon, H.W., 15th March, 18ifl.
SPECIAL NOTICE. -
C lerical, medical, and general life
AS8UBANCE SOCIETY,
13, St. James'ii-squnre. London, S.W.
Kst.-iblisbnd 1824.
AH Pmons who cfToct PoHcloaon tho Participating Scale lie'ore June 30th, 1851, vr>U bs
entitled nt the next Bouuh to cno year’* share of Profits beyond later Assurers,
l'ropwoals ebould be forwarded to tho Office before Juno 20th.
1 he lust Annual Report, as also a »tatemont of thn Plxth Boons, declared In Janaary, I8$y
seitiug forth In detail tbo whole (date and aifair* of tbo Office, and aspacUlly the benedta
which will hereafter accrue to persona now assuring, can be obtained at any of the Socht/’a
Agcutr, or from the Office. GAOKGK H. PlXOtUUD, Actuary.
13, St. Jatnca's-square, London, K.W. GEORG It CUTurKK, Aasbtanl Actuary.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
LOUDON,
MARCH 27. 1868.
Money affairs are again exciting considerable interest, but from
circumstances the very reverse of those which made them so in¬
tensely interesting in November. Then the bullion in the Bank
was £6,484, obo, now it is £17,942,000; then the notes issued were
£22,554,000, now they arc £81,558,000—the money of the Bank
being now £20,500,000 more than then. The rate of discount was
then 10 per cent, now it is for the best bills at most 2i, with
a piobability of being still lower. Then discount and other
houses called on the Bank to advance them nearly £1,000,000 in
one day; now the Bank has resolved that hill or discount brokers
shall not have a discount ucccunt. It will not hereafter lend them
a farthing. They were then enabled to use its resources to help
their own credit, henceforth they will have to stand alone. The
Rank cuts them adrift Then banks and discount-houses were
offering a very high rate of interest for money at call, and were ready
to take every pound they could get Then it was supposed that the
Bank would have to follow their lead and give interest on deposits.
Now it is generally proposed to abolish this practice; and the banks
Of New York, the lead of which our banks are recommended to
follow, are entering into a combination to refuse interest on cur¬
rent deposits. We have now a perfectly easy money market, and the
country has gone through a great commercial convulsion without
suffering much more injury than a partial interruption to industry,
and a settlement of accounts to tho amount of fifty or sixty millions
amongst great masses ol habitual debtors and creditors.
The proscription, however, by the Bank of bill-brokers, and the
threatened combination of bankers to refuse interest on current de¬
posits, in order, as the banks of New York say, fo avoid a “ degrading
competition” which hits grown out of this convulsion, deserve
careful consideration. A private banker may select his customers;
and the Bank of England, having experienced some difficulties
from a connection with discount-brokers,.is justified by somejpersons
for proscribing the whole class. But the peculiarities in its condi¬
tion, overlooked by them, make us doubt the justice and wisdom of
this proscription. The Book of England receives all the taxes, aud
every quai ter is put into possession of from £G,000,000 to £9,00(),l>00,
abstracted from the general circulation, to pay the dividends on the
Lebt. The money-dealers, who can borrow none of that, will be
placed nt a disadvantage. The Bank exclusively is authorised to
issue legal- tender currency, which discount brokers must have, and
ought to obtain on the same terms as other money-dealers. The
Bank of England, in fact, is mainly regulated by law, and is
strictly a national bank. It is tho instrument of the State, and
cannot be justified in prohibiting a class of her Majesty's subjects
from teking advantage of the State regulations. lu the State
itself this would be wrong. If it be now tolerated, where will th3
Bank stop? It lias been frequently yhitrged with throwing out
classes of bills in order to check some speculation w hich the Russia
or other merchants, who constitute the governing body of the
Bank, disliked. Having, by the issue of legal-tender notes, tho ex¬
clusive use of public credit, the Directors of tbo Bank may thus make
themselves arbiters of all the trade of the country. The class now
prosci ibed are rivals of the Bank. Both are bill-discounters.
Latterly bi.-l brokers have been the chief agents in diffusing the
use of capital on tho lowest terms through the community, gene¬
rally doing business below the Bank rate; and, apparently,'because
they increase eonipetidon, and so may lower the Bank profits,
they are proseribed. To them the prosciiption will be less in¬
jurious than to the public, especially their immediate customers;
end. if these acquiese in it, as it strengthens the monopoly of the
Bank, we shall be surprised. An arbitrary proceeding, it must
increase the number of the opponents of the Bank, aiul is unwise
as well as unjust.
The practice of allowing interest on deposits is not new, as some
writers suppose, though, in consequence of the high rate of dis¬
count which prevailed last year, it then camo very much into notice.
It is as old as the origia of banking in the hind, and was adopted
by the Bank of England in the early part of its existence. By the
fccotch banks and other banks it has, we believe, never been dis¬
continued. A practice so old and general must have a substantial
basis, and it cannot be easily put down. A joint resolution of
bankers to act contrary to it may hold good as long as the money
market is easy, hut will fail whenever the market is stringent.
Why should bankers, then, make six or seven per cent ou other
people’s capital ana not share the profits with them? If bankers
refuse, other persons will accept money on condition of paying
for it, nnd the banks will only drive deposits trom their own shops
into those of other money-dealers. We have no fear of tbo effects
of any such combination, but the one in question is au illustration
of the consequences of an erroneous institution. The Bank of
England being the creature of the State is preserved by it, and
when the New York banks were obliged to suspend payment it
was saved from a similar catastrophe by the suspension of the
'aw. The banks of New York, therefore, want a similar immu¬
nity, and, as they cannot get it from tho State, they propose to
accomplish their object by a combination amongst themselves.-
Their project, too, finds favour here, aud thus the monopoly
granted to the Bank of England suggests a combination abroad,
and may lead to another combination at home. The object
desired is to put an end to “degrading competition" between banks,
and so enable them to avoid sharing profits with their customers.
Mauch 27, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
315
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
TnE gallant Duke of MulakofF, better known as Marshal Pelissier,
comes as remplagant of M. de Persigny, now retiring from the
Ambassadorship. Though the Vnivers is good enough to say that
the recollections of French heroism in the Crimea rankle in the
English mind, and produce the irritation so much to be deplored,
we have good hope that the Marshal will be made exceedingly
welcome, and, when he discusses the Crimean story over the claret of
some of the soldiers who know ns well as he does what was the real
state of the case, he will laugh at the Vnivers as much as Euglish
folks now do. As for M. de Persigny, his retirement will be a subject
of regret, for he lmd much good sense and good-will, and his intense
devotion to his Royal master emboldened him to give sounder advice
than interested parasites would do. But it was impossible for a man
of high spirit to endure the slight which was passed upon him by the
Erencb Minister for Foreign Affairs, who actually left him to learn
from Lord Derby that the reconciliation between the two Govern¬
ments wa.' complete. The Emperor, however, is well aware of his
value, and will speedily place him in office at home.
Two theological wrangles and an Irish “row *' have been the chief
occupations of Parliament during the past- week. The Jew question
produced once more all the regular array of arguments, blunders, and
texts ; and so did the Wife’s Sister question. The House came to its
usual decision in both cases, and in both, probably, the decision will
jbe, as usual, reversed elsewhere. One of our contemporaries in¬
geniously appeals to Lord Derby to support the latter measure, inas¬
much as he has given office to the Duke of Beaufort, whose mother
was the sister of his father's first wife. The Irish disturbance arose
in reference to the College affray, inquiry into which has been aban¬
doned, and the affair has become a party question, as usual with all
questions in Ireland, and a court of law will have to decide whether
armed men were right in charging a parcel of boys (who, however,
richly deserved flogging) and cutting them down with sabres.
A bill has been brought in for disfranchising the freemen of Galway
on account of their notorious corruption, and Mr. Roebuck has given
notice that, inasmuch os he deems the corrupter as bad as the cor¬
rupted, lie shall, if the bill be passed, move that Lord Dunkellin’s seat
be declared vacant, and that Sir Thomas Burke, who, in the most
amusing maimer, avowed that he had bought the men for Lord Dim-
kellin, and had rather jockeyed them than not, be expelled from the
House of Commons. And, inasmuch as Lord Clanricarde, Lord Dnu-
kellin’s father, clearly interfered in the election by undertaking to be
responsible for whatever wa? paid in Galway, this would seem to be a
case of breach of privilege, and should be mclnded in the Roebuck
indictment. Lord Clanricarde has been unlucky of late, and the
dissolution of the Ministry is understood to have been the only reason
why another Parliamentary hole was not sought to be picked in a case
of exercise of his patronage in a curious direction.
To the credit Bide of the account of the new Cabinet must be placed
its behaviour in regard to foolish Mr. Hodge. It is fortunate for that
gentleman that Lord Palmerston was turned out of offico at the time
that event happened, or the name of Hodge would have gone down to
posterity among those of Lord Palmerston’s unfortunate civos, for it
bad been the intention of Lord Clarendon to make the Emperor the
trifling present of Mr. Ilodge. The Sardinian Government was to
have been authorised to give him up. Mr. Milner Gibson saved him.
The Seven Doric Columns of Corinth still stand, the earthquake
that has prostrated the city having reverenced the spot cousecrated
to Minerva. They still “ frown ” over what were once the “ two
bright havens.” A recent visitor states that assistance was kindly
offered to the Coriuthians on the part of the Ionians—that is to say,
the English, but declined, as the King of Greece was expected to do
all that was necessary for temporary purposes. But tiro Dimarcos
(the Sir Robert Carden of Corinth) said that if, when the English tra¬
vellers returned to their countrymen, a subscription could be set on
foot to aid t he people of .Corinth to rebuild their homes, such aid would
be very welcome. We ought to help them liberally, if only for the sake
of the thousand memories that swarm round “ Acrocorinth’s broke.”
Less enduring were the stern Doric columns that frowned a couple
of years ago upon Bow-street. They have vanished. But in their
place, and in that of the building they guarded, has risen with preter¬
natural rapidly a new theatre, and this very week authoritative an!
official announcement is made that on the loth of May the house will
be opened. The new system of dividing labour, and so conquering
time, has been triumphantly brought into play. While stonemasons
and bricklayers were at work on the spot, upholsterers, scene-painters*
dressmakers, singers, and choruses have been working in their several
localities, and wheu the word is given a non-fortuitous concurrenc^df-
atoms will briug all together, and lo! a splendid opera-house, sw vpt
and garnished. Of course the adjuncts to the theatre will he more
leisurely finished. There is the flower-market, and thors js thd
approach from Covent-garden, to make which the Piazza Jiotel conies
down; while its admirable and respected neighbour, the Bedford
(sacred to the memory of Parson Hackman and Miss Reay^of ChariC3
Fox and a host of celebrities who “ used ” its coffee-room), will
stand. The architectural adornments of/the froiitof the theatfe will
we suppose be completed early, the crowning--vases h wing already
begun to ascend.
Another ornament to London has been inaugurated—the beautiful
music-hall between Regent-street and Piccadilly, called the St. James’s
Hall. The provincials will not now be able tq reproach us with having
no place for grand performances except the dingy room in H.tuover-
square, with its dreary approaches and ugly ceiling; the stern St.
Martin’s Hall, where assuredly the mind of an auditor is not dis¬
tracted from the matter in hand by any appeal to his eyes; and the
mammoth Philadelpbcion, which was reared for another purpose,
and is only grudgingly accorded to profane music for the sake of a
large tribute of lucre. Now we have a gay and gorgeous sails, more
beautiful to the eye than anything in London, and almost as beautiful
as another creation by the same decorative artist—the Alhambra
Conrt on the bill at Sydenham.
Of course there is no superstition in England: we are far too en¬
lightened for that, with our lectures, and Bible societies, and general
diffusion of religious ancl secular knowledge. Of course, nobody
hesitates to begin a business on a Friday, or to go under a ladder, or
regrets to /see^tbe now moon through glass, or dislikes to weigh a
child, or trembles in a clmrchyard ut night, or sees omens in candle-
snuffs, or coals flying ft otn the fire, or a howling dog, or the fall of
salt. It is the exceptional case that proves the rule, and therefore it
is worth noting tlmt at last a case has been found in which super¬
stition has lingered^The Assize reports tell us that a young man had
been living for a long time with an old witch, and was unable to get
away from her, for whenever he attempted it she laid a charm on him.
Finally, he seems to have tried to break the charm by the approved
method—drawing blood from her “ above the breath ; ” but in the
process the poor old wretch was shun. The fool lias been left to be
hanged; but surely we do not build the gallows for such creatures.
He should be reprieved, and taught.
OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS*
GENERAL SIR JOHN F. BURGOYNE, BART.
Sir John Fox Burgoyne, Bart., a General in the Army, was barn
in 1782, and entered tha British service in 175)8 ; and
he was /ram that period till 1815 in continual .votive
and distinguished employment. Ho was at Malta,
in Egypt, and at Corunna; ho was through tho
whole Peninsular war: and he afterwards fought
in North America. He was wounded at Burgos and
St. Sebastian; ho received the gold cross and one
clasp, and the silver medal and tliroo clasps. He
subsequently filled various offices of importance;
and in 1851 he was Lieutenant-General of the force
sent to the Crimea He obtained the Order ot tho
-v i Medjidie of the first class, and was made a grand
TaSTNv officer of the Legion of Honour for his conduct at the
siege of Sebastopol. Ho was appointed Colonel Corn-
mandanfc of tho Royal Engineers in 1855, was raised
to the rank of General on the 5th of Sootember of
that year, and was created a Baronet the 18th March. 1856. Th8 gallant
General married, tho 3Dt January, 1821, Charlotte, daughter of Hugh
Rose. Esq., of Holme, in tho county of Nairn, and had 'issue an only
son and seven daughters, three of whom have been married—viz.,
the Hon. Mrs. Wrottesley, Mrs. William Knottesford Gutton, who is
deceased, and Mrs. George Montagu Stopford. Sir John Fox Bar-
goyne died on the 17th inst., and is succeeded by his only son, now Sir
Hugh Talbot Burgoyne, the second Baronet, who is a Commander
in the Royal Navy, and who, for his personal valour while com¬
manding the Wrangler at the taking of Kiubura, lias received the
Victoria Grots.
GENERAL MUNRO.
General John Munro, East India Company’s service, of Teaninich
Ro?8-thire, an estate which has been possessed by his family since early
in the eleventh century, prior to the Norrnau Conquest in England,
was the youngest ton, and eventually tho heir, of James Monro, Esq.,
of Teaninich. He was born in June, 1778. He early received u cadet¬
ship in the Honourable East India Company’s service, and was present
at the taking of Seringapatam. Ho possessed a remarkable knowledge
of Eastern languages, and held several staff situations, and was secre¬
tary und private interpreter to successive Commandera-in-Chief. Ho
was in constant correspondence and amity with the Duke of Welling¬
ton-then Colonel Wellesley—during the Mahcatta war, whan the
decisive battle of Aes*ye was won. He assisted in quelling tho Vel¬
lore mutiny, and. at the age of twenty-sevon, was appointed Quarter-
ira^ter-General of the Madras Army. Ho was afterwards most able
and efficient in tranquillising, for the Government, Travuneore,
nn independent province, then tho scono of anarchy and bloodshed.
In 1831 General Munro settled ut his pvternal estate in Boss-shire.
He twice refused solicitations to allow himself to be returned to-Par¬
liament as member for liis nativo county, feeling his health insuffi¬
cient. He experienced a great shock in tho death of pis second son,
one of Lord Hardinge's Aides-de-Camp, killed at Moodkee (of whom a
notice appeared in tho Illustrated London Nf.w.s, March 7th,
1846). He also lost a younger son.- full of premise; and from this time
General Munro’s health failed. He died on the 26th ult. General
Munro married, the 8th December, 1808, Charlotte, youngest daughter
of the Rev. Dr. Bedoker, Rector of Moira and ProbendaryN of Inver,
county Donegal, by whom he has had four sons, two of whom—James,
lute a Major of the 31st Regiment, and Stuart—survive^hW, and a
daughter, Charlotte, the wife of .Li cutenant ColoUel^tKeJloa. George
August Spencer, second son of Francis, first Lord Churchill.
SIR ROBERT CAMPBELL,, BART.
Sir Robert Campbell, Baxt^f Carriok-Buoy, in the county of
Donegal, who died ah tho 28th' ult., at his resi¬
dence, 5, Argy 11-place, London, aged ninety,
was the oldest, sou of John Campbell, Esq., of
Ballvshannon, by his wifo, Jane, daughter of
tho Rev. Edward Forbes, of Kilbauan Castle,
county Donegal, and was created a Baronet tho
doth Sept.,18llx Ho married, tho 2nd August,
Eliza, daughter of Dr. Gilbert Paisley,
Physician-General at Madras, and by her, who
died inlSLL ho had issue four tons, all highly
dutingui^hecl in tho military or civil service of
Eustlndia Company, and two daughters.
Sir Robert Campbell was long resident in
India, uni was for some years Director of tho
East; India .Company. Ho is succeeded by his
'Indian officer and diplomatist. Sir John
C.U., now tho second Baronet, who was
iq 25th of March, 182S, Grace, daughter
and has a family.
eldest sen, tho end
Nicboll Robert Caffipbel
born in 1799, aud married,'
of Thptnas Buinbridgu, Ei
LIEUTENANT HUME.
Ejeut Duncan Charles Home, of the Bengal Engiueo-s, famous
for bid eon duet fis tho leader of the bravo band which blow in tho
Cathmere-gate bf Delhi, was the eldest son of Major-General Richard
Borne* of the Bengal Army, and grandson of Robert Home, historical
'painwr^to ihe Oude Court, elder brother of tho eminent surgeon. Sir
EverSrdTJprre, Bart. Lieut. Home was born at Jubbulporo in June,
1828; and, after being a prize scholar at Addiscombe. went as a Cadet
to Bengal, in July, 1848, and was at the surrender of Mooltaa and tho
Imitlo of Goojerat, and received a medal and clasp. The prominent
and responsible part wliich Lieut. Home took as senior Engineer
officer at the Cashmere-gate, when, being unwounded in that desperate
duty, he advanced into the interior of the city aud blew in tbe r*tes
of the King's Palace uT noonday, gained for him the Victoria Cross.
Lieutenant Home was employed in tho destruction of the defences of
tbe deserted fort of Malloghur, whore he met with u fatal accident
which terminated in a moment his brief but glorious career on the
1st of October, 1857. A younger brother of this lamented oilicor is now
serving in the Bengal Engineers under Colonel B. Smith, in the North-
West Provinces; a second brother died in India, about fifteen months
ago, in the same service; and another younger brother is now at
Addiscombe. having a year since gained a cadetship, awarded by Sir
H. WUlock to the first scholar at the Kensington School;—all worthy
scions of an ancient Scottish bouse, their late uncle, Major-General
Robert Home, having be<u a claimant to the dormant earldom of
Marclmiout.
THOMAS TOOKE, F.U.S.
This gentleman died at bis residence, 31. Spring-(gardens, on the 20fch
ult. just as ho wag within a few days of completing his eighty-lift a
veer. Mr. Tooke, in tile early part of hie life, was thelesdiug partner
in one of the lar.Test houses engaged in the Russian trade.^ As a
writer ho dfttiuguikhed himself by two worka—tho "Thoughts aud
Details on High end Low Frioes,” which appeared in 1823, uni
the “History of Prices,” which appeared in 183S, and was ex¬
tremely popular. Mr. Tooke was Governor, by re-election for several
successive terms, of tho Royal Exchange Corporation. He was a
i'heinnur, under similar circumstances, of the St. Katharine Dock
Compnny; und he was one of the earliest promoters of tho London
and Birmingham Railway. He contributed largely to the establish¬
ment and maintenance of tho Statistical Society. H 9 was also a
Factorj Commissioner.
THE REV. EACHARIAH CORNOCK.
This venerable gentleman, the Itov. Zichariih Cornock. of Croravrells-
fort, in tho county of Wexford, who died ut his seat, CromwelUforc, on
the 9th ult., in the 89th veor of his ago, was tho representative of a
branch of the English family of Cornnck which Battled in Ireland
in Oliver Cromwell’s time. Mr. Coraook was a Conservative gen¬
tleman of the past generation. He was a stanch Churchman; a firm
hut moderate politician: and a kind landlord. Ia tho troublous year of j
“ '98” in Ireland he took an active and efficient part for tho Crown, and
appears to have used tho means that lay in his power to save the livo3
ot irun v of the misguided rebel!. The rev. gentleman married, the
17ih February, 1815, Charlotte, daughter of Thomas Burgh. Esq., of
Bore in Kildare, and sister of tho present Lord Downes, and by her,
who died tbe 1st Sept.. 1827. bad issue three sous, the oldest of whom.
Isaac Com ock. Esq., an officer in tho 14th Light Dragoons, is now of
Cromwell® fort.
THE COURT.
Tin; Queen received Baron Brunnow on Monday afternoon, at
Buckingham Palace, when his Excellency delivered his credentials on liij
reappointment as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
from the Court of St Petersburg. Her Majesty niter war da took u drive
with the Princess Alice and the Princess Louisa, In the evening the
Royal dinner party included the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke aud
Duchess ot Beaufort, the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford, the Earl
and Countess Delawarr, the Earl and Countess Granville, the Earl of
EUcnborough, Lord Stanley, and Lieut.-General Sir George Bowles.
On Tuesday the Queen went to the camp at Aldershott Her Majesty
and the Prince Consort left Buckingham Palace nt ten minutes past tea
o’clock, attended by Lady Churchill, the lion. Beatrice Byng, Lord Col¬
ville, Captain the Hon. 1). De Roi. and the Master ot the Household. A
detachment of tbe 11 th Hussars formed the escort to the private station
of the South-Western Railway at VauxhftU, where a special train was in
readiness tor the conveyance of her Majesty. The Queen and Prince
went over the new barracks, and subsequently her Majesty revie wed tho
division at Aldershott, under tbtcQmmand of Lieut.-General Kaoilys.
The Royal party returned to Buckingham Palace at twenty minutes be¬
fore six o’clock. In the evening the Queen and the Princess Alice
honoured the Ilaymarket Theatre with their presence, the Prince Consort
attending the performance of Bach’s music at .St. Martin’s HalL
On Wednesday the Queenhelda Levee at St. James’s Palace. Her
Majesty afterwards took a drive in an open carriage, accompanied by
Prince Leopold. The Royal dinner party included the Marquis and
Marchioness of Salisbury, the Duchess of Sutherland, tho Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Karl of Carlisle, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl
and Countess of Mountefiarles, L?dv Blantyre, the Right Hon B. aud
Mrs. Disraeli. Major-13 cfieral and Lady Alicia Peel, Major-General Sir F.
Williams, and Colonel Francis Seymour, C.B.
On Thursday the Queen took a carriage-drive In the parks, accompanied
by the Princess Alice and the Princess Louisa.
The Court is expected to leave Buckingham Palace for Windsor, either
to-day or on Monday next, for the Raster holidays. The confirmation of
his Royfll/HighncfK the Priuce of Wales by the Archbishop of Canter¬
bury will take place in the private chapel of the Castle during the Easter
week.
THE LEVEK.
Her Majesty the Queen held a Levee on Wednesday in St James’s
Palace. H^rMajesty and the Prince Consort arrived from Buckingham
Pahu e at a quarter past two o’clock, escorted by a detachment of Life
Guards. The great officers of State received the Queen and the Prince
upon their arrival at St James’s.
—The Queen and the Prince Contort entered the Throne-room, attended
by the Duchess of Manchester, Mistress of the Robes; the Countess of
Caledon. Lady in Waiting; the Marquis of Exeter. K.G., Lord Steward :
Earl Deknvarr, Lord Chamberlain; the Duke of Beaufort. Master of
the Horee; the Marquis of Abercorn. K.G., Groom of the Stole to his
Royal Highness; Lord Claud Hamilton, Treasurer of the Household;
Viscount Newport. Vice-Chamberlain; and the other noblemen aud gen¬
tlemen of the Royal household.
Her Majesty wore a train of mauve-lilac velvet, trimmed with several
rows of old lace; the petticoat was of white satin, trimmed with ruches of
white ribbon and old lace to correspond. The Queen wore as a head dress
a diadem of emeralds.
The foreign Ambassadors and Minister* were first Introduced. and after¬
wards tbe general circle, umong whom there were a great many presenta¬
tions, chiefly of military officers.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady
Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper. left her residence, Clarence
House, St. James’8, on .Saturday last., for Frograore.
His Royal Highness the Prince Consort paid a visit to the resi¬
dence of the French Embassy on Monday, to view the gallery of pictures
collected by his Excellency Count Persigny.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales paid a visit of inspec¬
tion to Greenwich Hospital on Tuesday lost.
Ilis Excellency the Saxon Minister left town on Wednesday
evening tor Paris, to meet Prince George of Saxony, who will arrive in
Louden to-day.
Viscount and Viscountess Stratford de Redclifie have left town
for St Leonard8-on-Sen. where they have engaged a suite of apartments
at the Royal Victoria Hotel.
Preferments And Appointments in the Church.— Her.
E. H. Brien, Vicar of Balllnakill, to be Archdeacon of Emly: Rev. VV.
Quille, Rector of St Andrew’s, to be Dean of Guernsey ; Rev. J, Cooper,
Vicar of St. Andrew the Great, to be Rural Dean, in the Deanery of Cam¬
bridge; Rev. A. S. Farrar, to be preacher at the Chapel Royal, White¬
hall. factories: Rev. G. Hough, to Yellford. Oxon; Rev. It. Kcnnard,
to MarnhuU, Dorset. Vicarages: Rev. J. W. Coskahott to Bur well, Cam¬
bridgeshire; Rev. H. B. Greenwood to CaverswalL Staffardshirc; Rev.
F. E. Hutchinson to TJsbuiy, Wilts; Rev. C. J. Jones to Westbury-
upnn-Sevtrn ; Rev. K. S. Red tern to Ac ten, Chester; Rev. G. Fitxclarence
Slade to AJberbury. Salop. Chaplaincies: Rev. P. Anderson to Kutna-
gherry; Rev. H. H. Brereton to Colaba; Rev. C. B. Gribbleat Constanti¬
nople; Rev. T. C. Onion to the Lancashire Lunatic Asylum, Lancaster;
Be. IS. Williams. B.A.. to the Dorset County Hospital. Incumbency: Rev,
W. C. Daniel to Dewsbury Moor. Perpetual Curacies : Rev. R. Lockycr
to Aston, Staffordshire*; Rev. J. Purr to Parks tone. Dorset; Rev. R. W.
Flump (rc to Corfe Mnlleu, Dorset Curacies: Rev. A. R. Hogan to
Worth* m aDd Arne, Dorset; Rev. E Hoskins to St Martin. Salisbury;
Rev. W. Tailored to St. Martin, Dorking; Rev. J. B. Tfiurliugr to East
Donyhmd, Essex; Rev. J. o. M. West, to Aldcrbury Pitton and Farley,
Wilts. Rev. A. D. Pringle, of Christ Church, Paddington, to be Hon.
Sec. of British Beneficent Institution.
The Patriotic Fund.— The second report of the Koval Com¬
missioners of the Patriotic Fund has just been pub'ishwL The report
contains a statement of the sources from which the fund, now amounting
to £1,453,045, has been received, and of the appropriation of various.sums
to the purchase of presentations to colleges, schools, and asylums. The
total number of private soldiers' widows who had applied for relief, up to
the latest return, is 3156, in connection with whom are 3S40 children, be-
fiidcs 166 orphans who have lost both parents. Of officers’ widows there
arc 122 : children, 217 : orphans who have lost both parents, 12 . The
districts in which Die recipients reside, and the scale of allowances, are
given in the report The greater part of the pamphlet is occupied by the
comspood&ice urising out of the charges of injustice and partia'.ity
brought against the Commissioners by the Duke of Norfolk aud Arch¬
bishop Cullen. _
THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS.
The interest attached to these islands, from tha fact r.f their having
been chosen as tho place of banishment for thorn Indian mutineers
v, lictc lives are to ho spared (the King of Delhi, as we loom by the last
Tndiun mail, bas been banished thither), will render welcumo tho ac¬
companying Engravings, from sketches forwarded to us by Dr. F. J.
Mon at, of tho Bengal Service, illustrative of tha Andamans und of their
inhabitants. For the following information relating to these islands
and to the manners of tho people we are indebted to Stooquelor’s
‘'Oriental Interpreter":—"The Andamans are situated in the Bay of
Bengal, opposite to the Tcnosserim coast, and a short distance from it,
between lat. 10 deg.*32 min. and 13deg. 40 min. X. The northernmost,
or Great Andaman, is about 140 miles in length by 20 in breadth.
Though conbidered us only one. the Great Andaman consists in roality
of three islands, us it is divided in two places by very narrow straits.
In the centre of the Great Andaman is a mountain named Biddle Peak,
about 2400 feet high. The southernmost, or Little Andaman, is about
twenty-eight miles in length by seventeen in breadth. ^ There uro no
rivers’of nny 6ize. These Blands produce various kinds of wood,
amongst which ore ebony, red-wood, dawonar, bamboo, and rattans.
The coasts abound with fii-li of evory description. In the woods uro a
few kinds of birds and fowls, and tile shores abound with a variety of
beautiful shells. There are no other animals, with tho oxeoption of
swine. ‘Within the caverns and recesses of tho rocks are found the
ediblo birds’ nests so highly prized by the Chinese. The vegetable
productions are few, and there aro no cscoanut-trees. The inhabitauts
of these inlands uro r. very singular race, differing entirely not only
from all the inhabitants oi the neighbouring continent, but also from
the native® of the Nicobar Islands, though not a hundred miles distant.
In appearance they resemble a dogonerafca race of negroes, havin'
woolly hair, flat noses, and thick lips. Their eyes a:o small and
red. 2 nd their skin of a deep dull blaok. Iu ataturo they seldom ex¬
ceed v ve feet, with large heads, high shoulders, protubor.mt bailie?, und
slender limbs. They go qnite nuked, their only covering bung com¬
posed of a coat of mud, which they plaster all oyer their bodies in order
10 protect themselves from tho insects. Their heads and facoa tn-jy
iiuuit with nid ueiirc. They ure aa exceedingly savago and ignorant
race, and have always evinced an inveterate hatred towards strangers^
constantly rejecting all intercourse, and frequently attacking boati
crows landing for writer. Thov do not uppear ovar to have made any
attempt to cultivate the ground, but subsist upon what they cun pick
up aud kill. They are armed with wooden spears aa-1 bows aud
an owe, which Uity two with much dexterity. As tic as oaa bd tuoer-
316
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 27, 1858
EXPEDITION TO THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS.
AN ANDAMAN ISLANDER.—FROM A DRAWING*
ARROW. FI8H-ARROWS. PADDLES. ADZE.
WEAPONS, ETC., OF THE ANDAMAN ISLANDERS.
ADVANCE OF THE BOATS OF THE ELC. STEAMER “PLUTO ” TO OPEN FRIENDLY CONNECTIONS WITH THE ANDAMAN ISLANDERS.
tained they have no distinct ideas of religion. They appear to pay
some sort of adoration to the sun, an<jl to spirits whom they suppose
to rule over the woods, and waters, aid mountains. They wore for¬
merly supposed to he cannibals, that is, men who eat human flesh, but
there is reason to believe that this is not the case. As far as is
known of their language, it does not possess the least affinity with
any spoken in India, or among the neighbouring islands. The total
population is supposed not to exceed 2500."
An expedition—consisting of Dr. F. J. Monat, of the Bengal Army,
as president; Dr. Playfair; and Lieut Eeathcote, Indian Navy—was
sent by the Indian Government to examine the Andaman Islands, and
to select a site for a penal settlement for suoh of the mutineers as
should escape the halter. The general charge of the expedition was
intrusted to Dr. Monat. Tfco expedition left Calcutta on the 23rd of
November, 1857, and was taken to the scene of its labours by the Hon.
E.LC. steamer Pluto, under the command of Captain Baker. The
Pluto is a sin ill river steamer of very light draught, and well armed—a
sister ship to the Nemesis, and one of the vessels which did such good ser¬
vice in China during the old war, and was so useful against the Malay
pirates. The expedition found the natives implacably hostile, and they
had several small encounters with them. ”
The Moulmain Times quotes from a letter, written by one of
the explorers, the following
description of the Andaman
Islands:—" The olimate and
scenery of the islands are
charming, and all nature
most lovely. Streamlets
trickle down the hills and
produce most luxurious
verdure ; and abundance of
fine soil is found everywhere,
showing that these islands
have everything that con¬
stitutes most valuable lo¬
calities for .settlement or
colonisation. The rank
and impenetrable jungle
everywhere covering the
land of course must en¬
gender sickness, but, once
cleared, there could not be
c purer atmosphere and
climate. We remained at
Port Cornwallis one day, and
explored many parts without
feeling the noonday’s sun
oppressive."
The first Engraving repre¬
sents the steamer Pluto an¬
chored off Interview Island,
with the first and second
cutters pulling off to com¬
municate with the savages.
On the 30th December, 1857,
at ten a.m., the Hon. Com¬
pany’s steamer Pluto passed
round South Eeef Island—a
small islet to the southward
of jbiterview Island, The
natives were seen grouped in
considerable numbers on the
shore watching the steamer,
and as they were believed to
be of friendly disposition the
commission resolved to es¬
tablish amicable intercourse
with them, if possible. In
the first cutter were Dr. Mo¬
nat, President of the Com ¬
mission; Dr. Playfair, and
Lieut. Heath cote, Indian
Navy members; Monsieur
Mallitte, photographer, in
the service of Dr. Monat;
and a well-armed crew of
twelve men. In the second
outter were Mr. Cobgrave,
Midshipman, Indian Navy;
the surgeon of the Pluto;
and a crew of eight Euro¬
peans. The savages, in seven
canoes, were paddling from
South Beef to Interview
Island, and the cutters pulled
towards them. All arms
were carefully concealed,
handkerchiefs were waved
in token of friendship, and a
stock of presents were taken
to conciliate the savages.
The second Illustration is a portrait of the Andaman savage in hia
sailor costume, photographed from a drawing by Staff Surgeon
Pilleau, of H.M.’s service. The character and expression of his coun¬
tenance are very exactly represented. From the moment of his cap¬
ture he never exhibited the slightest ferocity; his general expression
was one of sadness; when animated his laugh was of the joyous
description which characterises all the negro races.
The third Engraving shows the bows, arrows, paddles, and a species
of adze used by the natives of the Andamans. The bows are
graceful in form, made of a species of lance wood, and are very strong.
The arrows are four feet long, and of three kinds of very finely-
pointed hard wood. Another with a barb, and a third a species
of harpoon with a shifting head. The paddles are short, shaped as
in the drawing, and marked with red ochre. The adze with which
their canoes are excavated is a rude instrument with a rounded blade
fastened in a pieoe of wood by a coarse fibrous cord.
The fourth Illustration is a hut of the Andaman islanders found in
Oheetham Island. They are of the rudest description, being formed of
four posts, covered by a thatch of palm leaves. They are open on all
sides, and within are adorned with skulls of pigs, turtle, and large
fish, hung up in bunches. Surrounding it are numerous empty shells
the contents of which had been eaten by the savages.
HUT OF THE ANDAMAN ISLANDERS.
March 27, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
317
318
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON" tfEWS
[Maeoh 27, 1858
A FAIR WIND IN THE DOWNS.
Generally at this time of year the presence of easterly winds is
severely felt everywhere, but in no quarters are its effects attended
with more disastrous consequences than to the shipping interests.
The delay and disappointment occasioned to the homeward-bound ves¬
sels seeking ports up channel are scarcely credible, and hundreds of sail¬
ing merchant-vessels, from all parts of the world, no matter how powerful
in their appointments, or calculated by build to attain a high rate of
speed, but are compelled to succumb to the mighty influence of a foul
wind; and from the chops of the Channel to the Downs are to bo seen
noble and heavily-laden ships, which in the previous parts of their
voyece have accomplished a journey through the waters not to be ex¬
celled by steam itself, find themselves, on arriving within its opposing
influence, compelled to beat unavailingly against it for days and
weeks together, almost in sight of their destined porta.
Our Engraving represents a pleasing change from the above state of
affairs. The wind has suddenly shifted from a faul to a fair one; and
the gratifying and important change is immediately taken advantage
of by oil the wind-delayed fiset — :tnchora are weighed, studding-sail
booms run out, and every stitch of canvas that oan be made to draw
is quickly hoisted. The scene is one of the most interesting and
beautiful sights that can possibly be witnessed, as each vessel gradually
becomes enveloped in canvas — the whole mass of ships, of every rig
and rize, flying through the water, each doing her b«3t to outstrip her
neighbour in speed, and bo first at the goal whero their arrival is so
anxiously locked for. _
THE WEATHEIt.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
EESULTS OF 3IF.TEOROLO(rICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE
KEW OBSERVATORY OP THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
Lat 51° 28'6'/ N.; Long. 0° 18 / 47''. W.; Height above sea 34 feet.
Day.
DAILY
KEANS OF
TIlEKMONJKTKIC.
WIXD.
UAIX
II
•* 5 £
Pern
Point.
41
it
“i
P
1 *
If<
3*2
s 5
§ ?
33‘
.a* 2
a 3
General
Direction.
f|
2-
0 ?•
x =
in 24
hour*.
RooJ
at
iOA-M
llMibfS.
•»
•
0-10
•
•
Milos.
Inches
aiar. 1J
30 262
481
43*5
*85
8
44*9
51-7
W3W. 8W.
163
•000
„ 18
30 224
48-6
39*1
*72
9
427
54 5
W.
177
•000
„ IS
30347
62 4
40-6
•67
9
42 0
57-1
N. NW.
92
•000
*. 20
30 462
504
36 6
T,2
6
44-8
677
SSW.
100
•100
„ 21
30504
470
34 0
•62
6
33 4
592
ENE. W.
78
•100
„ 22
30-579
465
33 7
*76
6
31*4
57 3
ESE. gW. W.
7G
•060
„ 23130497
497
421
•77
0
32 2
63 9
SW. SSW.
52
•000
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE CAMBRIDGE
OBSERVATORY, FOK TUR WEEK ENDING MARCH *4, 1857.
B.y.
Hill
|4(
i:ii 1
S
3 5
SI
c=s
if
if
£
Is
»i
fs
Dry
Bulb
at
9 A.M.
Wet
Bulb
at
9 A.11.
Dry
Bulb
at
3r.u.
Wot
Bulb
at
3 r.M.
Direc¬
tion of
Wind.
Amt.
of
Cloud
(0-10)
Rain
in
Inches
Inches.
e
•
•
e
0
0
•
Mar. 38
30*217
636
394
46-8
474
44-8
52-8
46-6
W.
10
o-ooo
39
30*310
55-8
411
493
49-2
463
551
46‘.'t
N. NW.
8
0 000
„ 20
30M28
56 7
43-2
60-8
525
48-8
56 2
52 4
NW.
10
0 000
.. 21
30-509
59-8
38 "9
50-5
494
452
58-9
50-8
N.
0
0000
22
30-589
601
31-2
47-8
447
421
59-3
62 0
E. F.3E
0
0000
„ 23
30 541
64 9
33 2
52 "9
513
47 2
64-8
56-7
S SW.
0
0 000
„ 24
30240
656
381
6 f8
535
47-8
65*4
62-6
NW.
0
0-000
Means
30405
595
38-3
50-4
497
460
58-9
51-3
0000
Tlie range of temperature during the week was 34*4 deg.
The weather lias been generally fine and warm, although the sky was
gTcatly overcast until the morning of the 2lat. A slight hoar frost
Covered the ground on the morning of the 22nd, and the temperature was
low on the following morning. The sky was misty ou the nights of the
23rd and 24th, altiiongh the moon was shining brightly on both occasions.
The barometer continues to fall rapidly, and descended one-tenth of an
inch between nine and three p.in. of the 24th. J. Breen.
Deduction in tiie Price of Tin—O n Tuesday the metal
merchants of Birmingham is?ued a notice that a reduction of 5s. per cwt.
had been made in the price of tin.
A letter from Montoro in the Memorial Bordelais says:—“ Six men
in masks lately entered the chftteau of the Coant de Robledo, and, after
having cruelly Rinsed him, made off with a sum of 6000 ounces of gold
(about £ 20 , 000 ).” The Jtelis of Andalusia announces that the Count died
oi Ins wounds ou Feb. 23.
A Statuette in Parian of General Havelock has just
been produced by Messrs. Minton and Co. The hero is represented in deep
thought, with both hands elightly rating on bis sword, in an easy, un-
conn trained attitude, one foot pressing the breech of a shattered cannon
half buried in the ground, white near f he other is au exploded bopib. He
wears the military cap in use in hot climates to protect the head and neck
from the sun. This graceful statuette—which,judging from the ohoto-
praph of it. is a striking likeness of the deceased hero—was designed and
modelled by Jlr. M Bride, sculptor, Liverpool.
South Australia.—T he statistical accounts from South
Australia are highly satisfactory, and show that the steady reliance on.
and the substantial development of, its three staple productions of corn,
wool, and copper give it great commercial weight, as respects the other
Austrlian dependencies, in its transactions with this and other countries/
We find during the past year its progress has been most remarkable in
comparison with the sister colonies, within twelve months it has doubled
its exports. The general finances of the province are likewise in a flourfitli-
ing condition. After defraying the whole of the liabilities up to Marche
186*. there was a surplus of upwards of £ 100.000 at the disposal of the-
Legislature. The revenue for 1856 amounted to £456.000.
Deduction of Postage to the West Coast of A^frioa.—\
A notification has been issued by the Post Office that on the iStnfApjqF
next,and thenceforward, the postage of letters addressed toanyoTthe-
following places, and c ~nveyed by the British mail-packets. Will be re¬
duced to the uniform rat:: ot sixpence the half-ounce, increasing accord¬
ing to the usual scale. viz.Goree. Lagos, Fernando Po, tJaumroW, Old
Calabar, Bonny, Badagry, and Wydah ; or any other foreign port or place
on the west coast or Af rica. Newspapers addressed to any of the above
places, and posted in conformity with theu3ualregula'ion3,*v:iilbechAr^*e-
abie with a postage of cue penny each. /" °
A Singular Wedding.—T he Charleston (UN) Mercury has
the following:—“An interesting wedding took place a lew days' since
between a Sir Henry B. Melville and Airs. Sarah K. Seymour. The
parties hare both been married before, and each has a family or seven
children—-thore oi the gentleman comprising -:x daughters and a son
and those of the lady six sons ami a daughter. The sons acted on tile
occasion as groomgmcn io their future father, the daughters as bride-
maids to their future mother.”
Tin: Old English Mitre.—T here is the actual mitre of St
Thomas of Canterbury in perioct preservation in the possession of his
Eminence Cardinal Wiseman. It is low and ngular, conmosed of white
silk, embroidered with gold llowers and scrollwork, with a broad band of
nal silk don n Ihe eentro, and round the margin, ft is remarkable that
the ties or lappets m worked <>f, different patterns. The mitre had been
preserved in the Cathedral of. Serf*. and was presented by tile Archbishop
of Sens to Cardinal \\ iscrnan ill Hits There is still another mitre pre-
ecrvwi there■ which belonged to St Thomas, ft is of silver time, or-
nanicnlcd with elcjrijnt scrollwork in gold, with arphreys of gold tissue,
ornsminted with lyffots. An «iwaving of it is given by Shaw in his
“ Dresses and Dicoratioue pi the JLidd.e Am.”
Wills.—T lie will of the late Marchioness of Westmeath,
annexed to Jctfeiseff administration, has been administered to by the son-
m-!aw. Colonel Fulke rSoutlnvell Greville, on belialf of the only grand¬
daughter <a miuori the residimiy legatee named in the codicil, dated tilth
.taiiuary. lW>N oidy two dayn before her death. John Tggulden. Esq.,
Registrar of U.ePreroganve Court of Canterbury and her Ladyships
1 roc.tor. was appointed residuary legatee, ns well a* executor, under the
win, but dad a short tune previous to the Marchioness. The wilt was
made in 1*53 : the effect* were sworn under £30,000 There are many
pecuniary and specific bequest*. Those gifts which the Marchioness hid
received .1 rom Queen Adelaide she requests maybe held as heirlooms in
; y ,, 0}; ' t0 whom she has bequeathed them. To the Duke of
” Ellington she leaves the white cloth cloak worn by the late Duke when
engaged m the battles in Spain, ar.d which had been presented to her by
his Gtace; she ulfio bequeaths to the Duke other mementos of his hither,
tn be added to the museum of relics now forming by his Grace. The
Wanrhioncj-s lins left no male issue-The will of Vice-Admiral the
Bononrable George Alfred trofton was proved in London under £14.000.
l* e l ,aR left two estates in Roscommon, adjoining his
Lordship s family estate, to be added thereto, and to whom also he has
8ll ^. refl 1,1 the Union Bank of Tendon. To Ilia sister,
• £2 : 0( i 5 > ,fa r; There are several pecuniary bequests.
«d J Tren, llf ex«'umr'?' tep *“ of relUui |,M ' aoaal ‘• tatc ’
[The Parliamentary report for Friday last appeared in last week’s
Saturday edition.]
HOUSE OF LORDS. —Friday, March 19.
The Lord Chancellor took ids seat on the woolsack at five o'clock.
Church of England Special Services Bill —The Archbishop of
Canterbury moved that the report upon this bill be received.—After a
few words from Lord Paumure, the bill was reported to the House.
National Edcation in Ireland.— The Marquis of Clanricarde
said that, in consequence of something which had fallen from a member
of her Majesty's Government in another place, apprehensions had been
excited as to the intentions of the present Administration with respect to
national education in Ireland. He could not believe, without more defi¬
nite information, that it had been determined to disturb that system.—
The Earl of Derby thought the noble Marquis must have misuuderstood
the observations to whicli he had alluded. Whatever difference of opinion
there might be with respect to the system of national education now
established in Ireland fora quarter of a century, there was none as to the
advantages which had resulted to that country from its practical working
(Hear, hear); and herMajesty's Government would not t>e a party to any
measure which ill their judgment would have the effect of impairing that
system as it stood established at present (Hear. hear). At. the same time
be should not consider himself precluded by that resolution from con¬
sidering the propriety of giving State support to sclioois founded ou a dii-
ferent principle (Hear).
East India Loan Bill.— The Earl of Ellenborough moved the
third reading of this bill.—Lord Monteagle directed attention to the
financial condition of India, and urged the necessity of taking an ex¬
tended view when legislating upon such a subject—The Earl of Kllbn-
BOROUGH, although the present position was one full of difficulties, wai
full of hope for the future, and predicted for India a return of prosperity
equal to that which it enjoyed under Auruugzebe He should do every¬
thing in his power to reduce expenditure within revenue, and hid no
doubt of succee ding, as he had before succeeded in a similar attempt—
Earl Granville said the change about to be made in the governin'-'at of
India could not have the effect of making England responsible for the
debts of the East India Company.—After some remarks from Kiri Grey
to the same effect, and a few words from the Marquis of Clanricarde, the
bill was read a third time and passed.
HOUSE OF COMMON?, —Friday, March 19
Medals for the Capture of Delhi.— Mr. Kinnaird a-ke.I the
Minister of War whether it was in contemplation to issue medals to
commemorate the capture of Delhi to all those engaged in that memorable
siege?—General Feel said it was the intention of Government to confer
such medals.
Commissions in the Army.— Mr. Bagwell brought before the
Bouse the subject of certain parties professing to obtain commissions in
the array without purchase or examination, by raising men for her
Majesty's service. He described the proceedings in detail, and contended
that the matter challenged a strict inquiry as involving inferentiully the
character of different functionaries at the Horse Guards..—General PeiTl.
admitted that the system which at present prevailed was bad, but cer¬
tain arrangements had been rendered necessary by tin? circumstances of
the times. Permission had been given to certain persons to raise mail
for the army, and here, no doubt, the agency commenced. The Govern¬
ment were most willing that the subject should be fully inquired into.
The practices complained of were not at all recognised by the Horse
Guards. j
Tiie late Dublin Riots.— The O’Donoghoe asked the Chief SectW
tary for Ireland whether the statements which have appeared in certain
Irish newspapers, alleging that mobs have paraded the public streets of
the city of Dublin on Saturday last, in some instances breaking the win¬
dows of police stations and of other places, molesting peaceable inha¬
bitants, torming party processions, and committing other ouirage 3 . had
taken place? whether any measures had been adopted by the Irish
Government for the punishment of such offenders, and for the future re¬
pression of similar offences ? The hou. gentleman remarked that it was
the object oi certain parties in Ireland to make these disturbances the
ground of religious dissensions.—Lord Naas, in answer to the question
of the O'Donoghoe. Baid he had found that very few of the Trinity
College students were engaged in the riots, which Wefc not of a very
serious character. In consequence of the active steps taken by the Go¬
vernment the peace of the city had been preserved (Hear, hear).
The Consolidated Fund (£10.000,000) Bill, and the Consolidated
Fund (£ 500 , 000 ) Bill, passed through Committee.
'flic Marine Mutiny Bii! was read a third time and passed, as was also
the Militia Act Continuance Bill.
Tim Commons Inclosure Bill wasTend a third time and passod.
The General Board of Health Bill was postponed until Friday, when
Mr. Hamilton said he would state the opinions of the Government.
The other orders of the day passed without discussion.
nOUSE OF LORDS. —Mondat.
Ihe Koval assentaVasghren by Commission to the East India Loan
Bill and the Haveldi-JrAmmitlee Bill.
The Easter Recess.— Replying to Ear! Granville, the Earl of Derry
ptat<d that on Friday next lie proposed to move an adjournment over the
Faster reecHs until Monday. April 12 . The House would, however, sit for
the transaction of legal business only on the Monday and Tuesday in
Passion Week. \ '
The Consolidated Fund (€ 10 . 000 . 000 ) Bill, the Mutiny Bill, and some
other measures which had ju ; t been passed by the Commons, were brought
up and read a first time.
Some other Mils on the paper Vcrre advanced a stage rcsnectively.
The Law of Property Amendment Bill was read a second time, on the
motion of Lord Sr. Leonards
The Cimrcli of England Special Services Bill, the Trust.es Relief Bill,
ar.d tin- Bishops 1 Trust Substitution Bill, were severally read a third time
and
AtiHCAN Soldiers for India.— Lord Brougham called attention to
a report that two officers were about to leave England for Africa, with the
viewDf^isliig some negro regiments for Ecrviee in India. The noble
laird was^proeced 1 ng to protect against this step, when Lord Hardinge
interposed, stating that there was no foundation whatever for the report
in Question —After a lew words from Earl Granville and tlio Earl of Derby.
th<^subject dropped. 3
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Monday.
Petitions were presented by Mr. II. Ingram, from Louth. Lincolnshire
against encouragement of caste and in favour of free Christianity in India*
aTjto from Chelsea against the imposition of a toll on CheUca-bridge. A
great number of petitions from different places and on various subjects
were also presented; among them were several praying that ixnrmge with
a deceased wife’s sister might be legalised.
The English Prisoners at Salerno.— Replying to Mr. Kinglake,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer explained the position in which the
affair of the CaoUari now stood with regard to the two British subjects
who had been implicated in the proceedings at Naples. The engineer
Watt, who had unfortunately become insane, was already released, ami his
comrade. Park, still awaited the result of his trial, which the Neapolitan
authorities were conducting with all possible promptitudeandimpartiaiity
The defendant was in the meantime well treated and cured for, under tin*
protection of Mr. Lyons, who had received instructions to do everythin"
that was practicable in his behalf until sentence was pronounced.
Government of India.—Adjournment for Easter.—M r. Dis¬
raeli afterwards announced that ou Friday next he should ask leave to
Introduce a bill transferring to her Majesty the Government of India. If
the debate on this motion should conclude on that evening, he intended to
move that tin-House riiould thereafter adjourn to Monday, the 12th of
April, over the Faster holidays.
THK OATHS BILL.
On the motion that the Oaths Bill should be considered as amended in
Committee,
Mr. Cogan. complaining that the oath as modi fled under the bili in¬
flicted an undue disparagement upon the Roman Catholic members of
Parliament, moved tin* omission of certain words from the formula with
the view of obviating that objection.
Mr. Walpole considered that the Intention of the words in question
whs expedient, observing upon the comp;ict which had been made with
the Roman Catholics when the Emancipation Act was passed.
Lord J. Russell was obliged to oppose the amendment, remembering
that on a former occ asion hia attempt to meet the views of the Roia^u
Catholic body had seriously compromised the success of the measure.
Mr. Collins supported the amendment, whicli was opoosej by Mr M
Gibson. j
Seme further discussion ensued, in which Mr. Palk, Mr. J. D. Fitz¬
gerald. Mr. Horstnan. Lord Palmerston, aud other members, took p u t
Ihe House dividedFor the amendment, efi; against, 3(5.
Mr. Newdegatf. moved as an amendment the omission of clause 5 , by
which a Jew, if relumed by any constituency, was allowed to Jcavc’out
the words “on the true faith of a Christian V The hon. member argued
at much length against introducing in the Parliamentary oaths a change
which would have the effect of uncuristianising the Legislature.
Mr. Gilpin, in opposing the amendment, maintained that not only the
principles of religious liberty, but the dignity of Christianity itself would
be promoted by the removal of Jewish disabilities.
3lr. Drummond admitted the political propriety of the measure which
admitted Jews to Parliament, but believed it was altogether incompatible
a Maintenance of the union of Church and State.
Mr. Bync observed that toleration was the life-blood of the Christian
religion. One relic of intolerance still remained in oar code, indirect in
its operation, and introduced for the purpose of prohibiting a Jew from
entering the Legislature. He called on the House to obliterate this inof
trace of the ancient disabilities. IUJ la3t
Lord R. Cecil insisted that the functions of Parliament were to a »rcat
extent connected with the discussion of religious questions. On this
ground he argued that no one was fit to be a legislator who did not nrofeoa
the national religion. v 638
Mr. Hughessen opposed the amendment.
After some explanation from Mr. T. Duncombo.
Mr. C. Fortbscue contended that the clause it was proposed to cancel
was the best and most important feature in the bill.
vote against the removal of Jewish disabilities. The plea of right ho
observed, could not be supported. In every country the Legislature had a
perfect title to enact regulations for its own members. The British
Parliament recognised many exclusions. Minors, women, clergymen, and
aliens could not hold seats, for reasons which everv one admitted ; and to
these excluded classes were added that of non-Christians, whose unfitness
to participate in the legislation ot a Christian State lie adduced many
arguments to prove. He trusted that he should never again be called
upon to speak in that House upon a question whicli could not be discussed
without pain.
Mr. Maguire replied to the arguments advanced by Mr. Walpole, sup¬
porting the bill, and remarking uixm the absurdity of maintaining a «br-
inaliiy which allowed an infidel to enjoy privileges from which the Jew
was debarred
Mr. Roebuck, also replying to the nome Secretary, commented npon
the inefiieaey of tiie existing Pariiiuuentary oaths, which excluded none
hut conscientious men jromthe House of ^Common*. The question should
be treated us one of expediency and not of religion. Members of different
foots were already admitt«Lto Parliament, oil of whom held some articles
of belief in cominonvJmtdiverged as to«others. The Jew was in precisely
the same position.^ theonly difference being tiie point of divergence. No
man who could obtain the confidence of any constituency should be pro¬
hibited from acting as a legislator under so weak a pretext.
Sir R. Betiiell accepted with pleasure the intimation given by Mr.
AYulpole that the House was nW discussing this question for the last
time. He added some Rutger criticisms upon the arguments of the Home
Secretary. - \
Mr, Vvigham supported the amendment.
Lord J. Russell, in the course of a general reply, insisted that the
exclusion ot the Jews stood on the same ground as that of the Roman
Catholics, and would have been long since removed if the Jewish body in
Eugland were not numerically weak lie proceeded to notice and rebut
various objections to the bill which had been urged in the course of the
debate.
The House then divided: For the clause, 297; for the amendment, 144 .
_I he other clauses were then agreed to, and the bill was ordered to be
read a third-.time on Monday, the 12 th of April.
TDE-GoNshLAR Service.— On the motion of Mr. J. Fitzgerald, and
after a brief conversation, a Select Committee was appointed to inquire
into the Cpnpular service, and the system under which the members of
Jhat service were nominated and promoted.
HOUSE OF LORDS. —Tuesday.
^African Recruits for the Indian Arm v. —The Earl of Ellen-
borocgh, referring to the remarks made by Lord Brougham on a pre¬
vious evening with regard to recrufting the Indian army /rom the natives
of the west coast of Africa, stated that the scheme for the enlistment of
Krocmen had been entertained, as they were persons who for the last
fifty years had served with effect in many of her Majesty’s ships. lie
considered, by the enlistment of the Kroomen, it would toud to save the
lives of soldiers in India: furthermore, it would enable the Government
to send a portion of the troops now in India to China, where they were
urgently required.—Lord Brougham was afraid that, without great
• arc, the scheme would lead to a revival of the slave trade.—The E*rl
ol Derby protested against the doctriue that the Government should be
precluded from availing themselves of the services of the Kroomen.
THE TRANSFER OP LAND BILL.
Lord Cranworth moved the second reading of this bilL—Lord St.
Leonards approved of the objeetof the bill, but expressed dissatisfaction
at the manner in which it was proposed to accomplish it — Lord Camp¬
bell supported the second reading, and suggested that the measure be
referred to a Select Committee.—After a conversation, in which Lord
Wensleydale and Lord Brougham took part, the Lord Chancellor
intimated that the Government had a measure in contemplation wliicli
would deal with the whole question of which the bill before the House
constituted only a part He hoped, therefore, that Lord Cranworth, while
referring it to a .Select Committee, would delav its further progress until it
was seen whether such a measure could be introduced—The biU was real
a second time, and ordered to be referred to a Select Committee.
T he other orders of the day were then disposed of.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Tuesday.
THE PASSPORT SYSTEM.
Mr. M. Mjlnes called the attention of the House to the vexations
to which British subjects arc exposed by the late alteration in the pass¬
port system in France, and moved for the following papers“ Copiea of
correspondence between her Majesty’s Government and teat of the Em¬
peror of the French on the late alterations in the passport system; and
of the several regulations respecting passports issued by the Foreigu
Office since 1815, with the fees charged on their delivery.” The lion,
member said the alteration in question had produced great inconvenience,
and was likely to cause still more to the people of this country, and would
be prejudicial to the gocial and commercial relations wliicli ought to exist
between Fi ance and England.
Mr. J. Walter seconded the motion, and gave an extract from a dis¬
tinguished French authority, which was very powerful against the sys¬
tem. 'I lie lion, gentleman excited considerable surprise and laughter by
stating, after reading the extract, that the writer was no leas a personage
than the present Emperor of the French.
Mr S. Fitzgerald said lie would give a practical answer to the
question. The Frcfieh Government had shown their willingness to accede
to any system devised by that of her Majesty for the issue of .passports,
and measures were already under consideration for getting rid of existing
difficulties.
Lord Palmerston said, as for as the late Government wa 9 concerned,
he had no ol>jtcliou to the production of the papers, hut he suggested that
the motion should be extended to embrace extraefs of other documents he
had referred to connected with the subject. He agreed that the passport
system had only the effect of inconveniencing Innocent travellers, aud
giving a cloak to those who hud improper designs.
Mr. llnrciiT said passports should be made easily obtainable by English
travellers, and the charge should be simply ns much as would defray ex¬
penses.
Alter a fen* words from Sir. Grant Duff,
1 he Ch ancellor of the Exchequer said Government wore ende mmr-
ing to make the distribution of passports easy uud economical, and to be
attainable at the principal ports of the kingdom.
The motion was then agreed to, with the, addition suggested by Lord
Falmeraton.
marriage with a deceased wife’s sister.
Viscount Bury then moved for leave to bring in a bill to legalise
marriage with n deceased wife’s sister.
Mr. Divett opposed the motion.
Alter some discussion the question was put, and the House divided,
when there appeared:—For the motion. Iu5; against it, 62.
Leave was then given to bring in the bilk
EQUALISATION OF POOR-RATl.’g IN THE METROPOLIS.
Mr. Ayrton then moved for leave to bring iu a bill to equalise the poor-
rates throughout the metropolis.
Mr. Williams seconded ihe molion.
Idr. Scttiekon Estoourt. whilst consenting to the introduction of the
bill on the part of the Government, wished to guard himself agaimt any
expression of opinion as to its probable efficiency. On the contrary, he
believed it would be found complicated and impracticable.
Mr. Lockf. supported the bill, and contended that there wo 3 such a wide
distinction between tin* metropolis and country parishes that if the bili
passed it would not necessarily become a precedcut, or establish a national
rate, cs had hren argued.
Mr Roebuck thought the proposed bill was one to which the House
should not give its sanction.
Mr. Cox enid he would vote for the introduction of the bill, but would
oppose giving any power to the magistrates to tux the ratepayers.
Mr. Bouvf.ri e was also opposed to the bill, and thought leave should
nor be given to bring it in.
Mr. Corbett thought it was right to allow the bill to be brought in.
but he was opposed to an equalisation of rates, though in favour of a rate
in aid.
After a few word3 from Mr. Townsend, Mr. Ayrton* replied, and leave
was given to bring m the bill.
Medical Rei*or.m. —Mr. Cow per then moved for leave to bring in a
bill to regulate the qualifications of practitioners in medicine and surgery.
He proposed that the power of granting degrees should be left *in the
present licensing bodies, but that their proceedings should be controlled
by a general council of the profession.—Leave was given to bring in M 10
bill, which was read a first time.
HOUSE OF COMMONS. —Wednesday.
THE VALUATION OF LANDS (SCOTLAND) ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
Mr* Dunlop moved the second reading of this bill
1 he motion was opposed by several Scotch members, including the Lvd
Advocate; and Mr. Dunlop, hi rep ying, said, as the reception which ihe
bill bad met with was not such as uc had anticipated, he should not pres*
the aceoud reading.
March 27, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
319
THB LATE EIOT8 IN DUBLIN.
Mr. Uatchell then moved for documents relative to the conduct of the
police in Dublin in the late riotint in front of Trinity College in that city.
Ixird Naas explained that, as the matter now stood, information? had
been sworn, and the case would be tried in a few dava. With respect to
the proposed inquiry, counsel for the police wished ft to be private; and
counsel for the College, public; and the Solicitor-General had decided that
unless it was private it should not beheld at all.
Mr. Whiteside defended the conduct pursued by Government, and con¬
tended that if the investigation had been a public one it would have de¬
feated the ends of justice.
Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald condemned the proceedings ef the law officers
of the Crown os the most weak and imbecile he had ever known.
Mr. Spooner thought the right hon, gentleman who had just addressed
the House had taken a most unfair and a most unjust course on the pre¬
sent occasion.
Mr. Macartney did not think it creditable in hon. gentlemen on the
Opposition benches to give a party complexion to the affair
Mr. Whiteside defended the conduct of the Government in Ireland in
relation to the riots, and said the opinion of Mr. Lynch, a Catholic barris¬
ter, for whom he entertained the greatest respect, and who was counsel
for the police, wa» that the inquiry ought to be a private one.
Mr. Cogan was sorry that the riotous proceedings in Dublin had as¬
sumed an Orange complexion, and that theory of “ Orange ascendancy!’*
•was again raised in Ireland.
Mr. Vance said the riots were nothing but a mere ebullition of juvenile
college students, and regretted that an attempt was made to make capital
of the riots in the same manner that it had been sought to make capital of
the Stockport riots.
Sir D. Nokrkys thought it wns not to be submitted to that a body of
young men should be allowed to pelt and attack the police. Would such a
proceeding be l>ome in London If the students of King's College were to
pelt the police with oranges and stones ? He thought not
After some further conversation, in which Mr. B. Stanhope and Mr. J.
D. Fitzgerald took part, it was agreed that a portion of the papers asked
.lor should be produced.
HOUSE OP LORDS.— Thursday.
The Sepoy Mutiny.— The Earl of Ellenborocgh, in reply to Lord
Monteagle, stated that a mixed commission had been appointed to inquire
into the circumstances attending the eepoy mutiny ; and the report would
be shortly laid upon the table. Earl Granville, in the course of some
observations, expressed his opinion that the Directors of the East India
Company had been treated with great disrespect by the Government, who
ought to have made known to them the provisions of the new bill upon
the better government of India before it was introduced.—The Earl of
Elleniiokough and the Earl of Derby severally denied the truth of
the charge, and justified the course taken by the Government.—After some
further conversation the subject dropped.
Tiie Case of the “ Cagliari. ’’—The Earl of Malmesbury announced
the arrival that, morning in London of Mr. Watt, the English engineer of
the Cagliari, lately a prisoner of the Neapolitan Government Mr. Watt
was much improved in health since his liberation The noble Earl also
stated Hint a Jew minutes before he came down to the House he received
a telegraphic despatch from Mr. Lyons, informing him that he had suc¬
ceeded in procuring the discharge from custody of Mr. Park, the other
Englishman arrested by the Neapolitan authorities; and that he had been
released on bail, and was now living comfortably in the houseof the British
Consul at Naples (Cheers).
The two Consolidated Fund Bills for £ 10 , 000,000 and £500,000
respectively were read a third time and passed.
The Mutiny Bills and the Commons Inclosure Bill were also severally
read a third time and passed.
Lord Campbell postponed his Libel Bill.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Thursday.
The House met at four o’clock.
The Ballot.—M r. H. Berkeley gave notice that immediately after
Easter be should call attention to the subject of the ballot.
Rewards tor Military Services in India.— In answer to Mr
Kiunaird, General Peel suid a medal would be given to all who had been
engaged in the British service in India with clasps in addition to the cap-
tors of Delhi and the relievers of Lucknow and Cawnpore (Cheers),
THE LOIUKLTECTENANCY OP IRELAND.
Mr. Roebuck moved the following resolution“ That in the opinion of
this House the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ought to be abolished,
and the office of Secretary of State for Ireland to be at once created.”
He said that, on former occasions when he had brought forward this mo¬
tion he bad been taunted as being an enemy to Ireland and the Irish people.
He had been in that House twenty years, and he unhesitatingly declared
that he had never done anything which was opposed to good government
in Ireland, lie had stood side by side with Mr. O’Connell, who had
claimed justice for Ireland, uud he had voted for every measure which
could have a tendency to liberate that country from the shackles under
which she hud so long groaned. What he desired to do was to make Ire¬
land not a mere province, but to constitute it a part of the Imperial Go¬
vernment. He would view the question In a threefold aspect -first, as to
its expense; second, with regard to its social influence; and third, in re¬
ference to its political influence. In all these respects bethought he could
show that the present system of government was a mischief to Ireland.
Alter ridiculing the frivolous character of the Court in Dublin, and de¬
nouncing the petty intrigues which he said were resorted to there for the
purpose,of procuring political status, he stated that his sole object was to
get rid of the pageant which uow existed in Dublin, which was a mere
badge of slavery. He would abolish the offices of Lord Lieutenant and
Chief Secretary, and would constitute a Secretary of State for Ireland,
who should have n seat in the Cabinet Tins he believed would do away
with the pique av.d bad feeling which centuries of misrule had created.
Mr. Gilpin seconded the motion.
Mr. S. B. Miller moved 41 the previous question.” Hie office had hud
its existence for centuries, nud the Executive Government of the country
was at present carried out under that system, against which no serious
charges had been alleged. If the resolution were carried the House had no
security that any well-ordered measure would be suggested for giving/
effect to the change, ior it was hardly possible that a Government that had;--* , j r , .. .... . . TP . , . , ... .
so laid}* come iuto power could give the necessary attentiou to a schemems^elittTucfliJr as a Cabinet Minister. II one is to judge by his mode
which would require mature consideration.
SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT.
Tiik incidents in Parliament daring the past week or so have been
reduced almost to outlines. The quietude of the place in which legis¬
lation is professedly earned on has been positively painful; and to no
one could it have been more so than to an honourable member who
inaugurated a debate which he seemed to intent should be an in¬
direct vote of thanks to the sepoys for their not having been so
atrocious as certain wicked traduccrs of that set of injured individual?
would have us believe. Mr. Rich, who it seems does know some¬
thing of India and Indian warfare (a fact for which he did not
generally get credit), since he fought at Poouah and Kirkes,
and is the possessor of a medal therefore, if he meant anything
to come of his motion, innst have desired that a kind of supplement
should be added to the thanks which have been transmitted to our
troops in Hindostan, which would imply that a relaxation of their
vigorous indignation against the Pandies would be agreeable to the
House of Commons. The House of Commons, however, did not
specially indorse that notion, inasmuch as it did not listen parti¬
cularly to Mr. Rich, whose elocution, of the forcible-feeble description,
does not win the ear of careless or reluctant listeners. There was a
Parliamentary curiosity connected with this debate which is worth
noticing. Mr. Charles Buitou—rather a rising young member, and
who is a signal “ el&ve ” of that philanthropic school which has for
its crest a black gentleman requesting to be disembarrassed of certain
poetical, not to say stagey, shackles, and for its motto the euphonious
and suggestive words, “ Am I not a man and a brother ? ”—
spoke a long speech from a distant position near the chair of
the Sergeant-at-Arms. As the hon. gentleman was not treated to
entire silence and attention on the part of the House, the greater
portion of his address which reached the “ ordinary sources of in¬
formation” consisted of a series of half sentences, some of which
sounded like blank verse, although there was, in point of fact, only one
poetical quotation in it. Nevertheless, the next morning there appeared
in the leading journal wliat seemed to be and what would liave been
one of the most extraordinary triumphs of reporting, if it had hot
been that there was internal evidence that the speech was contributed
to the journal in question by the honourable member himself, who
thereby only followed some very illustrious examples of Parliamentary
oratory. At least, this coarse had the advantage of enabling the
public to know exactly what an authority on East Indian matters like
the editor of Allen's Indian Mail had to say on a subject with regard
to which that individual is known by many persons to possess peculiar,
sources of information; and really, if all that has been stated In the
journal in question be halt true, it is enough to make us pause, and
consider whether something is not due to the idea of the best mode of
re-establishing not merely our abstract dominion, but our moral in¬
fluence, over races of Asiatics who have been found not to be such
despicable enemies to contend with after all.
As a proof that the tew Ministers are beginning to assume the con¬
fidence which office gives, it may be stated that for the first time but
one Mr. Walpole has raised a laugh in the House of Commons. On
this occasion, however, it was with him, and not at him, as on that
famous niglit when he withdrew his notice of motion for giving the
elective franchise to militiamen merely because a man was a member of
that awkward but strictly national and patriotic force. Otherwise Mr.
Walpole’s style is of the lachrymose and penitential class. By-
tlie-by, the Home Secretary seemed to intend to resolve himself
into a pilot balloon with regard to the Oaths Bill, by his earnest
declaration of liis hope that lie should .pever be called upon to vote on
that question again. Did be mean to insinuate that the removal
of Sir Frederic Thesiger to another atmosphere had taken away
the only real obstade-to the aecession of Baron Rothschild to the
House of Commons, to wlucli point now the matter seems narrowed ':
Tliehe open questions really seem to open the hearts of legislators, else
wliy should a true blue Tory and a high Protestant like Mr. Palk lu¬
gubriously, as his majinerAs, but earnestly, declare in effect that, as
uo one objected to dine with the Baron or to ride after his hounds,
they could net consistently refuse to sit in the same public room
with him, particularly as, iii Mr. Pulk’s case, he had a locus penitentke
in the improbability of their ever going into the same lobby together ?
It ia a subject of inquiry why Lord Stanley the Minister did not
Bill, when Lord Stanley the very decidedly inde-
peiidont of-evcry-body member of Parliament always spoke as well
S.s votcd upon it ? Perhaps Lord Stanley feels a little awkward in
Several hon. members rose to second ? ! >e amendment.
Colonel French thought the amendment was as objectionable as the
origr.nl motion. . . \ w
Lord Naas. In supporting the “previous question, denied tnat any
ili effects bad arisen from the present system of government in Ireland ;
ard asserted that, ultliough the Hou ‘c Im*l a right to deal with tiuLques-
tion. they ought not to do so without due deliberation, since greatdiaerez
tiem and gnat ability would lx* required in introducing any new form-of
government in Hie place of tint which had so long obtained, and for
ivbk h there was, at all events, no pressing necessity. Tie did not deny
that public opinion in Ireland was growing favourable fAfclm chthige and
when public opinion there had so lar matured as to demand ihe change
it would no doubt be made; bur. certainly it would not be mule before,
•whatever might be the wish of English members. \ \
Sir G. C. Lewis was opposed to the establishment of a clttef secretary¬
ship lor Ireland, because he thought if any eh a r» ge w,i$i iridctl i e re ought
to be no separate bead of the Irish Government. So long, however, ai a
separate head was desirable, hepresern d fo reUln it Lord Lieutenant, and
should therefore support the previous question. \ v ..
Mr. Blackburn thought the best plan would be. on abolishing the
Lord Lieutenancy, to have only one office in London, with separate de¬
partments tor England. Ireland, and .Scotland ; and us Ireland was tran- ,
qui) now. and the l.otd Lieutenant a popular one, no time could bo better i
than the present fur making the changes
Mr. Esmonds opposed the motion
Mr. Conoi.lv also opposed the motion, contending that the present
system of government was well adapted to the,requirements of Ireland,
and highly popular with the people ot that country. _
Mr. Dodson supported the pioMon,Which wua opposed by Mr. Grogan,
Mr. Dobbs, ana Mr. G. Fortc.-cue.
Lord J. Russell thought the motion very properly brought forward,
as it was certain to be carried'ultimately. At the same time, as the
present Government appeared to lx- not indisposed to deal with tne ques¬
tion. it would be better to leave it »n their hands, and he shou.d thereiore
support the previous question, _
Mr. WaL roLr. warm d the House not to suppose that the Government,
had come to the conclusiontha/Mt was desirable to abolish the Lora
Lieutenancy. FOrhia own parttificjcdusidered that there were many ad-
vam *ees connect'd ...with""that office which could not be derived Iron any
otlu r plan, and that in many respects the present system was minutely
superior to the specific proposal embodied in the resolution
Lord PALjtF.it^TON fldmittecTthat there would be no insurmountable
difficulty in providing otherwise for the executive functions of the Lord
Lieutenant.., It was. however, necessary to consult the feclintr ol the Irish
people upon the subject ; hud. believing that feeling to be entirely adverse
to the proposal to abolish the office, he felt himself bound to vote for the
previous questkm. \ ...... . . ..
Mr. Roebuck rmvmgreplied, the House divided, and carried the pre¬
vious question by Sftt/to-116: majority, 127 . The motion was therefore
lost
1 lie other orders of the day were then gone through.
Our Countryman, Watt, who has been set free from the
prison of Salerno. is now on his way home. The doctors have reported
mvourably upon his case. The mental infirmity under which he labours
lias been caused entirely by the sufferings and trials of the last (few
months, ai d there is every reason to hope Hint proper attention to Wa
bcdilv health and the beneficial effect of new and more pleasant scenes will
kad to the complete restoration of his mental faculties.
pf answering the first question put to liiru relating to his depart¬
ment, lie must he very awkward indeed. One does nut expect a
Government official who is asked for a brief piece of information to
go with all the force or the weakness of platitude into first principles
of political economy; nor is the House of Commons accustomed to be
^tpld in a mechanics’ institute way that upon the whole a clever
Jroui g statesman thinks he may venture to assert that two aad two,
if carefully handled, will result in tlm product four.
There is u more than ordinary reaction in the Parliamentary habits
of the new Ministers generally. Lord Derby sits always m the
lounging attitude of a man who has nothing to say, and hardly affects
to lament that the Peers have nothing to do just at present: while
the volatile loquacity of Lord Ellenborough is probably reserved for
the benefit of the peccant clerks of the Board of Control. Lord Hard-
wicke, who used to be the most pertinacious of small talkers, seems to
have applied the Privy Seal to his own lips.
In the other House there is an equally Trappist silence among the
whilom critics uf the Opposition bench. The porcupine tendencies of
Mr. Henley’s mind seem to lie laid at rest, and he will no more shoot
liis intellectual quills in showers into every clause of every bill which
comes before the House. Sir .John Pakington is still in a brown study:
while all the sedulously got-nprumours about Ministerial statements to
be made regularly every evening at five o’clock have only produced from
Mr. Disraeli an announcement that all the Government have seriously
to propose is an early adjournment for the Easter recess, offered as a
premium for being allowed to bring in the India Bill quietly and with¬
out a fuss. Indeed, no fuss seems to be the main Ministerial idea,
and they are carrying it out with great success.
Perhaps the most striking Parliamentary event of the werit his
been that Mr. Bernal Osborne has admitted himself to he wrong in a
statement, and made an apology.
Tub Hop Duty —A numerous deputation of hop-planters
waited upon Mr. Disraeli on Tuesday, with a view to induce the Govern¬
ment to repeal the duty upon hops; but they met with little encourage¬
ment. '1 he right hoc. gentleman intimated that the state of the exchequer
Mould not permit him to afford them any immediate relief.
Local Dues and Passing Tolls on Shipping*—M r. Henley,
on Tuesday, gave a deputation of gentlemen interested in our uienunrilc
marine some hope that the Government would, if they remained lu oflfoc.
deal with the question of passing tolls and local charges.
A final dividend of 4s. 6d. in the pound was declared on Friday
wick m re the Royal British Bank.
Mr. Bancroft, the American historian, ha? a new volume in
the press-the first of a 44 History of the American War of Independence.”
MUSIC .
The two chief musical occurrences of the week have been the
Bach Society's performance of the ‘‘Gross© Pa 9 sions-Musik ” at SL
Marlin’s Hall; ana the inauguration of the St. James’s Hall, the
magnificent new building in Piccadilly.
A fortnight ago wo gave some account of the “ Passions- Musik”
of Johann Sebastian Bach, and of the preparations then making for its
performance. Through the zealous and* indefatigable efforts of Pro¬
testor Sterndale Bennett, this performance, which took place at St.
Martin’s Hall on Tuesday evening, was triumphantly successful, and
its date will be recorded in our musical annals as the time when the
genius of Bach was first made known in all its greatness to the English,
public. The namo of Bach has long been familiarlv used among us,
but it has been little more than a name. We have known, upon the
authority of musical historians and critics, that ho was one of the
great masters of the art, and we habitually talk of him accord¬
ingly. But our talk is founded on a very slight and superficial
knowledge of his works—^knowledge, indeed, confined to his
fugues for the organ and tlio harpsichord; while his vocal
compceit ions—his oratorio.*, motetts, and choral hymns, for
th9 service of the Church—remain wholly unknown, not merely
to our public, but eveh 6ur well-instructed lovers of music.
This state of things can. exist no longer. The master-work of
this mighty genius has now been^ heard by one great English,
audience; and from this lime Bach, by a gradual but sure progress,
will come to take his place among us by the aideof Handel. We do not
mean to say that pur public will find in Bach another Handel—that
they will merely gain an addition to the stock of works of a similar
kind. Bach, though Handel's contemporary, resembled him in
nothing but his greatness. Ho borrowed nothing from Handel, nor
Ilsndel from him. Each formed his own style, indiridualand original;
and, alter the music of Handel, that of Bach has the charm of entire
novelty end freshness. Where Bach’s music suggests resemblances, it
is to the music of moderns, such as Spokr and Mendelssohn, who have
shown, in their greatest works, how deeply they have studied the
scores of their great predecessor.
The perform an c« of Tuesday evening, with some bhuniihes. is
entitled to high prai/e. The chorus / s about throe hundred strong
—good voices, carefully and judiciously trained by the able
conductor; and the instrumental bind, was complete, and
composed of eminent performers. The solo-singers were Madame
Weits, Mies Dolby, Mrs. Bertha Streat, Mr. Boason, Mr.
Winn, oud Mr. "Weiss. The organist was JMr. Hopkins. The
choral and orchestral portions of the performance were udmirablo
in every respect. Bach’s vocal harmonies wore clothed with all their
stupendous power; and the delicate instrumental accompaniments
wore played charmingly. The principal airs, full of beauty and
pathos, received justice from Madame Weiss, Miss Dolby, aud Mr.
Weirs. But the general effeot was much injured by the delivery of
the long passages of recitative in which the story is narrated, chiefly
by the tenor voice. The performer, though a man of talent, mistook
the character of these recitatives, and endeavoured to ring them with
a great deal of expression, instead of speaking thorn with emphatic
rapidity of declamation. Somewhat too lomj at any rate, their length
was doubled by this treatment, and their effect was sometimes not a
little sedative. But this did not greatly detract from the satisfaction
which the performance evidently gave to ouo of the most crowded
audiences ever assembled in St. Martin's Hull liis Royal Highness
the Prince Consort was present; together with the Earl of Cawdor,
the Earl of Westmoreland, the Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Blantyre,
and a host of our most distinguished musicians and amateurs.
Tiie first inaugural performance at St. James’s Hall took place
on Thursday evening: the second will take place this evening—
both under the direction of Mr. Benedict, and both for the benefit of
that most valuable institution, the Middlesex Hospital, the funds of
which, we trust, will be muoli benefited by their results. Of these
concerts—the first of sacred and the second of secular muaio—we shall
next week give a particular account. We purpoie giving also in our
next week's Number an interior view of this magnificent hall.
Mb. Charles Salaman gave a lecture “ On Beethoven and his
Compositions ” on Monday last at his residence in Baker-street. It
wus able*, interesting, and illustrated by extracts from the groat
muster's work, performed by the lecturer himself, assisted by Harr
Deichmann. HerrLhk L and Miss F.liat Hughes, a young singer, new
as yet to the public, but of the highest promise. The lecturer gave
great satisfaction to a crowded audience.
Mr. Bhinley Richards’ second soiree of classical pianoforte
music was given on Wednesday evening at the Beethoven Rooms in
Hailey-street. lie was assisted by Miss Arabella Goddard, Miss
M recent. Miss Palmer, Mr. Santley, Mr. Blagrove, aud M. l’aque. It
•jyas an elegant and highly successful entixtainmoat.
It has been determined, at a meeting of gentlemen of Leeds and
the ntighbourhood, that a great musical festival shall be held there
in or about the month of September next. It is proposed to dsvofo the
profits to the benefit of the Leeds Infirmary, aa exaellejafc aud im¬
portant institution, whose funds are not oqual to thogrowinr; demands
upon ite usefulness.
THE THEATRES, $c.
Lyceum.—O n Monday Mr. C. Dillon ventured on an experi¬
ment which involved no lictlo hazard to his reputation. The manager
of the Princess* has made the character of Louis XI. so much his own.
and his version of M. Caaimir Delarigne’s drama is so muoh superior
to the ordinary stag© version, that great difficulty aud danger lie iu
the path of auy other actor competiug for the laurel in connection with
ti is trying assumption. Mr. Dillon, however, it appears, has fre¬
quently performed the part on the country boirds, and on last Mon¬
day elected to appear before liis London audience. The experimsat
hesbecni.trtroin unsuccessful. Mr. Dillon not only looks the part
exceedingly well, but conceives it in tin original vein, and even con¬
trives to give 11 poetical dignity to it whioh is immensely attractive.
The part in bis hands has great truth ts on historical portrait, and
advantageously lores some of the melodrama .io peculiarities with
which the French author had been umbitiou3 to invest it Mr. Dillon
has looked on tho poetic side of the character, and rises to the elevation
of tho kingly sentiment, giving peculiar emphasis to those passages
in which the circumstances of the times are adduced in juatifioition of
the Royal policy. In tho latter scenes, too, the King is drswa rather
an crafty then cowardly, and his alarm and submission in the closet
scene with Ntmoun are painted rather as natural weaknesses than as
defects of moral courage, lu the dying scons the actor contrived to
throw in some touches of the sublime which proved very effective.
He was much applauded, and called before tho curtuiu mo ro than ouco
Prince of Wales Hall.—T his place has been very hand¬
somely lilted up for tho purpose of an entertainment, in wliieu Mr.
Charles Cotton is exhibitor, and entitled “ Tho Rose, Shamrock, aud
Thistle.” Theso are the names of the three principal diumatio per¬
sons in the clever argument which they initiate, and. with otbors,
mainly support. They are represent a live porscus ala 0 —England. Ire¬
land. and Scotland own them for their advocate* and pleiupoteatiAriaa.
They severally assert the superiority of tboir respaotive countries; at
first witii a superabundance of warmth, but gradually they grow more
reasonable, aud ultimately consent to u compromisu. Mr. Cotton has
a pre-eminent.advantage in liis youth, energy, aud vigour; and ac¬
cordingly his impersonation8 arc direar, decided, aud forcible. Another
advantage he has in a powerful organ, which enable* him to sing aa
unusual number of illustrative songs with comnwnding effect. HU
power, too, over his countenance is very great, and liis various assunp-
rions have each a separate identity. This is an excellent gitc in enter¬
tainments of this nature, and prevents the weorincjo that must other¬
wise result from uniformity. Mr Cotton carries his audienco on with,
him till the last, with indefatigablo animation, leaving them at the end
oi’ two hours still untirod- Among his most distinguished chiraclor-
isatiens are his Italian Exile, tho Killarney Guido, and Jonathan Long¬
bow, u regular Down-Easter. His best and most effactivo hit. ho v-
ever, is his bumpkin, Jereminli Clover, with a song, which, full of
oclion and some e«rieutt*rt\ commanded an encore, on honour wliDh
was answered by the addition of another song. We repea; that Mr.
Cotton is young, robust, vehement, and unmistakable in his ‘'self-
determination j *' (to use a German phrase); but withal ha has studied
their “licnutures” (to adopt auotUer Germanism) in the true artistic
spirit, and to l»is energy adds judgment and a fair amount of fiuiffi.
Bo merits public encouragement, and, with favour, is likely to estab¬
lish himself as a firat-clriHs exhibitor.
Mr. and Mbs. Howard I'adl give their comic and musical enter¬
tainment ‘Tutchwork” at the Adelphi Theatre daring Passion Week.
320
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 27, 1858
CULTIVATION OF AREOW-EOOT AT D’URBAN, PORT NATAL.
The arrow-root of oommerce is obtained from a variety of closely-
allied, and even many distinct, plants. Thus the Surinam and Bermuda
an ow-root is the produce of the Maranta arundinacea, while the
Jamaioa arrow-root is obtained from the M. indica (Tussac); which
plant, along with several Curcumas, yields als-* the East Indian arrow-
root The West Indian arrow- root has mostly a pure white colour,
the East Indian a yellow tinge.
The tubers, root-stocks, or offsets are grated or bruised, and re¬
peatedly washed with water, which is passed through a fine hair
sieve, so long as it runs off with a milky appearance, ft is allowed to
subside, the supernatant water drained off, and the powder dried: 100
parts of the fresh plant yield 10 parts of arrow-root; but Benzon
states 100 j>artsto yield 23 or 26 parts. According to the analysis of
this chemist, it consists of volatile oil, 0 07; starch, 26; vegetable
albumen, 1*58; gummy extract, 0*6; chloride of calcium; insoluble
fibre, 6; water, 65 6. The volatile oil imparts a slight odour to the
solution in warm .water, which ihelps to distinguish genuine arrow¬
ARROWRCOT GROUND.
root from several of the articles substituted for it. Arrow-root has
scaxoelv any taste, being bland and insipid; the powder, when pressed
in the hand, emits a crackling noise, and retains the impression of
the fingers, which common starch from wheat does not. Cassava
(manioc, from Jatropha or J&nipha Manihot) also retains the impres¬
sion of the fingers, but it has more odour and a somewhat acrid taste.
The meals of any cereal grain may easily be distinguished from
arrow-root by the nitrogen which they contain, and the ammoniacal
products which they yield by distillation Potato-starch is, however,
most frequently used to adulterate arrow-root, or as a substitute for
it MicroBcopio observation of the form and size of the grains will
point out the difference, as first indicated by Easpail (“ Annales des
Science® Nat., t vi,), those of arrow-root being smaller: the different
habitudes of the starch with reagents will also do this. (See MM.
Payen et Chevalier, " Traits de la Pomme de Terre,” p. 126; see also
“Journal de Pharmacie,” Aoftt, 1833.) Potato-starch is not soluble
in cold water, whioh is the case with arrow-root. Dissolved in abso¬
lute alchohol, arrow-root separates into two distinct portions, which
neither wheat nor potato starch does. In equal proportions dissolved
in warm water, arrow-root yields a thinner solution, with a more
slimy aspect, than wheat-starch.
The arrow-root plant of the flowering and non-flowering description
was introduced at D’Urban, Port Natal, about six years ago, and it has
become a staple commodity of the colony. It was first cried on the
bluff lands by Messrs. Savory, and such was the promise of ics success
that others were soon induced to enter largely into its cultivation.
The accompanying Illustrations of the growth and manufacture of
this article are from Sketches, by Mr. C. H. Dickinson, on an estate at
I)'Urban belonging to Messrs. Raw and Faggitt. In the Engraving
given above of the digging of the plant is inoluded a View of the Bay
of NataL High encomiums have been passed by competent judges upon
the Natal arrow-root.
We are happy to learn that the cultivation of sugar and ooffee is
also oanied on at Port Natal with great success.
arrow-root laboratory,
March 27, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
321
MR. HARLEY, THE COMEDIAN.
Wb constantly of art in relation to acting, but how rarely of
temperaments—of that emotional source of power which should always
accompany the mental, and which, judged by its effects, is to the full
as important ? The term passion has always a tragic significance, and
is invariably connected with ideal conceptions. Temperaments we hold
to be far more inclusive, and to express emotion of all kinds, as distinct
from perception—to imply the humour and pathos that are peculiar to
comedy, quite as much as the strong passions of the superior muse.
Aoting, then, should consist of this twofold endowment—of art, by
which an actor detects the outlines of nature, and is enabled to repro¬
duce all its forms and distinctions; and temperament, by which he
sufficiently colours them, and gives warmth and vitality to accurate
drawing. Now, while we scarcely need say that all our great actors
have possessed this endowment—our Garricks and Hendersons, Charles
Kembles and Ellistons—our actors in general are marked but by one
of these essential conditions: they are either highly artistic, are what
may be called correct draughtsmen in acting, but wanting w a rmth
and emotion, such as a Young or a Farren, or they have a narrower
perception and a superior temperament; in other words, a larger fund
of either humour or pathos, such as a Dowton or Wallack. They form
distinct classes, and, of the two, we must own that the latter has been
always the most popular in England. There may be a reason
for this.
In France, where the stage takes higher rank than with us, its
enjoyment is more mental, and art includes everything. Perception,
not colour, is required in the actor. The audience see before them but
the vehicle of a certain tragic or comio conception, and, as he fulfils or
falls short of it, they accept or dismiss him. With us it is not so.
Wanting their higher views, in a less acute sensibility, we, as a mass,
demand rather the merit of temperament, a warm genial nature which
can always act on our own, under all the depressions of our variable
climate. We are constitutionally sombre, and require such a stimulus;
are electrically passive in all our amusements, and must be acted upon
by some positive influence; just as the French are proverbially the
reverse of all this, and always go to a theatre to share the work of the
actor; to use their own words, “pour assister le spectacle.” Let, then,
an aotor but possess this great merit of temperament, and, whether
artist or not, we are content with the man. We reverse the relation in
which he is held by our neighbours, and accept him as the objeofc
instead of the instrument. We do not ask him to show us a variety
of natures: we are content with his own, and don’t wish him to change
it. We consider his assumptions as so many phases of his own in¬
dividualism ; and the question is never how a certain great character
will be portrayed by our favourite, but how he will look and feel
when he tries to become suoh. We regard him, in fact, as our personal
friend, whom we seem to shake hands with as soon as he enters, and
go through the whole play with, watching how he will get out of all
his troubles and blunders. Such a one was Bannister—genial, good-
humoured Jack, the truest exemplar of all rattlepate nephews and
scapegrace dependents. Such a one was Dowton, the heartiest and
hottest of all fathers and guardians, all East India Governors, and old
oountry squires; and last, scarcely least, such is our happy friend
Harley—the smartest and shrewdest of all sirrahs and serving-men,
the sagest and hungriest of all helps to adventure, the grandest com¬
pendium of the auxiliary species, the Toms and Trapantis, the
Brisks and Linear doe.
Now, we appeal to all playgoers whether an actor of this class ever
enters our stage that he fails to raise instantly the general tempera¬
ture. A perceptible thrill goes all round the house, and we hear
movements and murmurs up to the back of the gallery. He has the
same effect on the audience as the turning on of the gas. There is
more than mere light in it; there is a positive stimulus, which we are
always happy to feel, if unable to analyse; and such a state of feeling
soon puts aside criticism. We don’t care to investigate, we are dis-
C ed to enjoy; to laugh at or with him, as he may think proper. We
ome passive in his hands to be moved as he pleases; and we are not
ashamed of the fact, we are greatly obliged to him. If he deprives ua
of thought, he restores us to boyhood; he takes us back to the time
when our hearts were unburdened, and our appetite for life turned all
fares into feasts. We may honour analysis, we may rank it among
the highest of human capacities, but we doubt at that moment if it
should be always in action; if we should constantly obey the great
dictum of Aecum. and never dare to taste until we have first decom¬
pounded. We think a better philosophy is to take counsel from
Sterne, end become pleased we know not why, and care not a whit
wherefore.
If an actor be constituted to produce such results, we certainly re¬
gard it as no trifling distinction ; but our favourite can boast of others
which may be thought somewhat higher, and we proceed to discuss
them. We have named his speciality. We have described him as the
great valet of the stage in our time; and we need scarcely remark that on
every stage in Europe the valet is a favourite; indeed, he may be said
to have a national purport. The valet of England is a perpetual
martyr to its dominant passions—a love of eating and money. His
PHOTOGRAPH
ACRES.”-FROM
ZdAYALL.
stomach and pocket are a perfect abysm, and we feel it as hopeless
to fill them as to stuff up a Maelstrom. His appetite, like Alexan¬
der’s, only grew on possession, until the selfish is gradually lost in
the sublime. But he has some generic traits : he has not the least
taste for fighting; he abhors all romance; and certainly has no fervent
regard for veracity. The faculty of invention is one of his grand
characteristics. Indeed, it must be owned that the valet has a moderate
spice of the rogue in him; and yet. granting it all, who was ever so
punished ? who was ever so luckless, so poor, and bo hungry, so
taunted and tom by unappeasable cravings, so doomed to a perpetual
state of purgation in a wholesome and imminent fear for his bones f
He is a sort of pendulum that swings between a bribe and a beating,
and, wanting other protection, lying to him is as the ink of the cuttle¬
fish : it is the cloud under which only he can hope to escape. Bo that
really, when we look at his agreeable side, at his shrewdness, his
mirth, an d his perpetual movement, isit strange that his frailties find
their verdict in laughter, and that he is rarely condemned but through
the faults of the actor ?
The valet, then, we repeat, is a general favourite. There is much in
him that tells on our saturnine playgoers. There is his mirth and
his movement; and there is also his station, hovering midway as he
does between comedy and farce; with more breadth than the one and
alertness than the other, he is an agreeable compromise that answers
for both, and has thus attracted the powers of some of our greatest
comedians. Garrick, King, and Palmer were his illustrious vehicles,
and their mantle in our day has fallen on the shoulders of Harley,
How full his enjoyment, and how vast his resource! How ready his
sympathy in his master’s successes, and how strict his reserve in a
case of disaster! How nice his analysis of counter advantages, and
how keen his detection of a possible beating I Indeed, we have come
to think that the very mannerism of our friend has a peculiar signifi¬
cance, and that nothing in livery can be natural without it That
strange rise and sink of his stride round the stage, as if constantly
ducking from a merited cuff ; that sagacious fixed look with whioh he
meets an assembly, ready to glows at submission or twinkle at triumph;
and that singular jaw that is ever thrust out as though 'twere meant
for a lease-drawer ready to catch a stray guinea.
But our friend may lay claim to higher ground than we have given
him. He has been more than the valet of the stage of our day: he has
been the valet of Shak/jpoare. Those curious admixtures of wit
hilarity, of subtle conception and fantastical sport, are of too com¬
posite a nature for ordinary handling. From that grand dialectician,
the discriminate Touchstone, to that broader philosopher, the clown in
“Twelfth Night;’’ from the circumspect Orumio to the dinnerless
Launcetet; ea';h finds in his treatment their proper significance, and
takes hi? rank as distinctly as if defined by a herald. Their quips and
their quiddisies, their gibes and their oozenings, always obtain in his
speech their right aptness and flavour, and gain in bis looks their
entire illustration—that double expression which, as it lights up ths
meaning, reveals the enjoyment.
Here we might pause, but that there is still a field of pleasantry in
which he claims recognition, and a further evidence that talent may
lie in extremes. How direct is the antagonism between Shakepeare
and burlesque; between the great world of character and caricature;
and yet how obvious after all that our knowledge of one may become
our best guide in exploring the other I It is our perception of truth that
teaches us how to exaggerate. We must understand nature before we
can paint its reverse. But burlesque has had its eras. That of O’Hara
and Carey, which only dealt with the drama, and satirised its tragio
and lyric excesses, has been replaced in our day by the new school of
Planchd, which has aimed rather at the follies of actual life; and it is
in this modern school, so superior to the former both in humour and
fancy, that our favourite has gathered his latest distinctions. Still he
hue kept to his path. If the royalty of burlesque must be conceded
on all hands to tho genius of Bland, the diplomacy of burlesque is aa
proper to Harley. He only, as servitor to Wizard or King, can ex¬
pound the grave doubts, draw the aiiy distinctions, or propose the
grand projects, of superior statesmanship.
We may conclude with remarking that our hero’s life has been
less chequered than that of his brethren in general; that he drew
his first breath in London, and, escaping the law (that Tartarus out of
which so many actors have struggled), he came before our publio soma
forty years since, and leaped at once into the seat of his great prototype,
Bannister. From that day to this his life has rolled on with an even
flow of prosperity, and fortune has favoured him as much as the public.
We are happy to think that he has deserved his rewards, and that not
less in hie life than in his pleasant profession he has succeeded to the
feme of his worthy precursor. If on this ground it vere necessary to
adduce any proof, we would point but to one which we think is de¬
cisive. On the death of Edmund Kean he was elected to the master*
ship of Drury Lane Fund. It was an honour that could be earned
but by genius or character; and, if there were actors about him whose
claims might be higher in the field of their art, it was universally felt
that there was none who stood above him in individual worth,
or who could attract to the institution over which he was placed a
larger measure of the publio respect and support.
SCENE FROM “ TICKLISH TIMES,’
AT THE OLYMPIC THEATRE.—(SEE NEXT PAGEJ
322
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 27, 1858
OLYMPIC THEATRE.—- TICKLISH TIMES.”
"We Ibis week present our readers with an Illustration from Mr. T. M.
lloxton’B new piece at the Olympic, in which Mr Robson is exhibited
in a series of those perplexing situations which he is sure to render so
humorous and amusing. It is seldom that scenes of the present kind
can be so pictorially interpreted as to fully convey to the sight the
exact meaning of the intended action. Our artist, however, has well
caught the air of inquiring wonder with which our inimitable oomio
actor is ascertaining the identity of his alter ego and assuring himself
of his own. That another should assume his namo, claim his wife and
his house, and be acknowledged by his own servant as the natural and
lawful claimant of these titles and properties, has not a little astonished
the worthy suburban denizen on his return home after the ab9ence of a
few weeke- That, as the joke proceeds, it should nearly drive him
frantic, is only what might be expected. Already we trace fhe
incipient frenzy in his half-pitiful, half-imploring gestures, which the
coolness of hi a companion, the intruder on his domestic domain, munt
needs serve to aggravate. Modern farces deal overmuch, perhaps, in
these subtle refinements, instead of those more obvious practical jests
in which our forefathers delighted, and which could be rendered more
easily visible and apparent, equally on the stags and in illustrative
picture. But this we owe to the progress of society, now every day
becoming more and more obvious, and which substitutes the intel¬
lectual for the sensible both in art and in the every-day business of
life. We must, therefore, expect that both on tho boards and on the
canvus we shall find a reflection of the sentimental rather than of the
gross in manner and the coarse in accident and character. Our Illus¬
tration has, therefore, inevitably a drawing-room tone of expression;
and it is to the exemplification of such incidents that the modern
stage is mainly devoted, and tho modem playwright called upon to
exert the skill—the improved skill—with which the domestic drama
of the present day is carefully prepared for the histrionic talent of our
higher-dass theatres. Among these the Olympio has for some time
itood deservedly high in public estimation.
NATIONAL SPORTS.
The John Scott star was quite in the ascendant at the Corner on
Monday, with The Peer and Toxophilite; but Clydesdale’s party, who
have backed him for pretty well all they care to have on, “ came
again ” at Northampton. Thirsk Spring, on Tuesday and Wednesday,
and Richmond Spring, on Thursday, are, along with some steeple¬
chases at Moreton-in-the-Marsh, on Tuesday, the only fixtures for
next week ; while the Caledonian (open), and the Nottingham Sapling
(open), both of them on Tuesday, &c., will furnish a parting relish
for English and Scotch coursers.
Mr. Rarey, after receiving subscriptions to the amount of 300D
guineas, has commenced his classes. The cream-coloured horse of
her Majesty which he operated upon is said to have shed its savage
nature, apparently for good; but the notorious Cruiser, who has been
withdrawn from the stud and placed under his entire care, is said, on
the contrary, to have quite conquered him at the first time of asking,
though he by no means (as “Argus” has it) despairs of driving him up
in a four-wheel before a fortnight is out to Lord Dorchester’s door.
Still the Rawdiffe men and John Day, who bad a bitter experience
of this tigerish son of Venison, are disposed to back him to resist all
civilisation efforts. The other horse-tamers have sunk again beneath
the horizon, and the Post states that one of them had to return fifty
entrances of a guinea each to his auditors (“Mr. Briggs,” no doubt,
amongst them), who were totally dissatisfied with his futile attempts
on animal after animal.
The Northampton Meeting opened the racing year under an almost
Italian sky, and seemed to give note to Charles Payne and his whips,
who kept the course, that Sywell and Badby Woods must shortly be
left in rest. The Northamptonshire Stakes produced a rare finish
between Borderer (who was outpaced for nearly a mile and a half) and
Cockatoo, jnst like that in whicn St. Giles sent down Skirmisher last
year; but the whole nineteen were of a poor stamp. Mr. Richard
Sutton was second again in the Whittiebury Stakes, with Eury-
dice (who won the Althorp Stakes in 1857), to Northampton,
who was bred at Althorp, and was bought on this race¬
course as a yearling last season. Lord Rihblesdalc seems hi great luck
jnst as he threatens retirement Aneurin, Catherine Hayes’s first foal,
was third, and Costrel, of Doncaster renown, fifth only, out of the
eleven. 'The Queen’s Plate here is generally interesting; and the
young and fresh Wrestler tired out Fisherman at 3 sfc. in that severe
finish, and broke down tbe massive Vandcrmeulin. Stochiiam, a sou
of Weather bit, fairly turned the tables on to bis Doncaster conqueror,
Fusee, who, with 6 lb. extra, finished four lengths off; but
a filly by Windhound fought it out with him up to the very
last stride, and Miss Finch, after delaying matters for an hour,
was left behind. Really Mr. Rarey might with advantage be in
attendance at the starting-post in great races. Kelpie bowled over
Happy Land (5 lb. extra) most decisively at a mile, and rose to 100
to 0 for the Derby; but liis friends are anything but “ fond,” as
Happy Land was never esteemed a stayer even over that distance.
The Meltonians had four first-rate consecutive days last week.
Goodricke’s Gorse had no fox on Wednesday, but Garfcrec Hill fur¬
nished a clipper, who was lost after an hour’s run over a beautiful
country, as Treadwell’s horse was too much beaten to let him reach them
at the check near Little Dalby. The cracks were all well in front
throughout. On Thursday Sir John Trollope’s had a splendid run of
an hour and five minutes from Guuby Gorse, and pulled their fox
down close by Grantlmm Wood. Lord Stamford’s had also a brilliant
twenty-five minutes from Cossington Gorse on Friday, and then slow
hunting for the last thirty minutes; and Mr. Tailby’s found a Prior’s
Coppice fox of the right sort on Saturday, who led the bitch pack
along so merrily that they all but ran away from the horses. Near
Cold Overton it is supposed that he laid down beaten, as they could not
moke him out again ; aud a good run from Owston Wood wound up
the week. The huntsman, Jack Goddard, has well kept up in Top
Leicestershire the high name which Jic bore in the Heythrop country.
Most hounds will leave off next week, as the country is becoming
very dry, aud litters of cubs are being “ hid up ” everywhere. Not
a few vixens have been unhappily chopped already
BIRMINGHAM STEEPLECHASESI-Monday.
Selling Steeplechase—Harry of Hereford, 1. Branette, 2 .
Birmingham Grand Annual Steeplechase.—Comet, J. The
Huntsman, 2.
Hunter Stakes.—Blemish, 1. Hector, 2.
Kutton Handicap Steeplechase.— Englemcrci i. Screw. 2.
Hunt Cup Steeplechase.—Border Chief, l. Forest Queen, 2 .
NORTHAMPTON KACES.-TuesdaV
Trial Stakes.—Fisherman walked Over,
Great Northamptonshire Stakes.—Borderer, 1> 7 Cockatoo, 2 .
Ni ne Stakes.—Gunboat. 1 . / Bianca Capetla, 2 .
Whittiebury Slakes.—Northampton, l. Earydice, 2.
Pytchlcy Stakes.—Admiralty, l. Genua. 2 .
Her Majesty's Plate.—Wrestler. \. Fisherman. 2.
Stand Plate.—Kestrel, i. Barbarity, 2 .
/ 'Wednesday. \
Renewal of the St; Liz Handicap.--Gunboat, 1 . Odd Trick, 2.
Althorp Park Stakes.—Stockham. 1. Windhound. 2 .
Racing Stakes.—Kelpie, 1 .
.lapclla, 2
The Happy Land, 2.
COVENTRY RACES.—Thursday.
Grand Stand Plate.—Barbarity. 1 . Yaller Gal, 2 .
Selling Plate.—Blewberry, l. Jmogcne, 2 .
Coventry Handicap Plate.—Florence, l. Elfrida, 2.
Hurdle Race.—Chester, 1 . Rotterdam, 2 .
Steeplechase.—Huntsman, 1 . Comet, 2 .
At the South Kensington Museum the visitors last week were—
~[ on day, Tuesday, and Saturday (free days', 4340; on Monday and
niewiay (free evenings). 4213 ; on tne three students’ days (admission to
ine pubnc cd.), 1002 ; one students’ evening, Wednesday, 105 : total, 9660.
^ J* ETTER recently received from Jerusalem states that a con
I . e nu !nber of pilgrims had arrived there, and it was expeeb-d that
iraordinary pcu°p. *** y We€k would be celebrated this yea*- with ex-
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK.
(From our City Correspondent .)
The official particulars of the Indian loan have, at length, been announced
in the Stock Exchange. The amouut proposed to be raised is .£5,000.000,
in coupon debentures of £500 and £1000 each, having live years to run.
and bearing i per cent interest The first instalment of 20 per cent, or
£i,ooo,ooo, wifi become payable on the 8th of April; £750,000 will be re¬
quired on the 10th of May ; £750,000 on the I0:h of June; £1,000.000 on
the 9th of July ; £750,000 on the 10 th of August; and the balance on the
10th of September. The loan wiil be tendered for on the 1 st proximo,
and persons making payments in full will be allowed a discount at
the rate of 3 per cent per annum. As regards the price at which
it will be bid for, we may observe that some of the bankers are prepared
to offer 99. The easy terms on which it is proposed to raise the entire
sum of £5,000,000 have rather strengthened the Consol Market—in which,
however, the business done this week has not been to say extensive—aud
prices have shown a tendeuey to advance. The amount itself is too
small to have much influence in any quarter, more especially when it is
considered that in May next two millions of Exchequer Bonds will be
paid off, however, the amount actually to be taken out of the market’
between this and the 10 th of September is only £ 3.000 Ooo.
The applications to the Bank of England for discount aceommodation
have slightly increased; but the trade of the country i3 still evidently
suffering from the effects of the late panic.
in the general Discount Market the supply of paper continues very
limited, and the best bills are readily discounted at 2} to 2 } per cent.
Loans on Government Security may be obtained in the Stock-Exchange
at aud under two per cent
About £630.000 in gold ha3 been sent into the Bank of England since
the list return was made up. The export demand has somewhat fallen
off. owing to a slight alteration in the Continental exchanges, and the
direct imports have been very moderate—the last steamer from New York
bringing only £150.
Laige shipments of silver continue to be made from China both to
Calcutta ana England. The packet close at- hand with the heavy portion
of the mails has on board £46.000 in silver and 6300 sovereigns from
Hoiig-Kong. Silver is unaltered in value—bar qualities having realised
612d. per ounce.
Very few changes took place in Home Stocks on Monday; but the
market for them ruled steady. The fliree-per-f Jeuts, for Money, were
done at 96} f; for the Account. 96$ 97. India Bonds were 23s. to 29s.;
and Exchequer Bills, 36s. to 39s. prera.; Exchequer Bonds, 1858, were
99}; Ditto, 1859. 100 } to ioi$. A slight advance took place in the quota¬
tions on Tuesday :—fhe Three per Cents, for Transfer, were done at 96} to
97} ; and for Time, 97}; India Bonds realised 24a; and Exchequer Bills,
35s. to 39s. prom. Tbe market was steady on the following day, and the
Three per Cents marked 96} and 97}; India Bonds sold at’21s. to 27s. -,
Exchequer Bills, 378 to 418. prem. The Bonds marked 93} aud 101 }. On
Thursday the Directors of the Bank of England made no change in their
minimum rate of discount, and home stocks were firm. Consols were
97 to 97} }; Exchequer Bills, 36s. to 39s. Bank .Stock was done at 227.
There lias been no movement of importance in the Foreign House. The
transactions have not Increased to any extent; nevertheless, prices
generally have continued tolerably firm. Brazilian Four-and-a- If ait per
Cents have been done at lOlf; Buenos Ayres Three per Cents, Deferred;
17}; Ditto, Six per Cents, 78; Chilian Six per Cents, 106 $; Peruvian
Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 82 ex div.; Peruvian Three ner Cents, for
Account, 56}: Bushian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 101 A; Ditto. Five per
Cents, ill ex div.; Spanish Three per Cents. 44}; Spanish New Deferred,
26 }; Spanish Committee's Certificates of Coupon, not funded, 4}; Turkish
Four per Cents, 104} ; Turkish Six per Cents, loi}; Belgian Four-and-a-
Half per Cents, 100 }; French Three per Cents. 69 fr. 37}o ; Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents, 66; and Dutch Four per Cents, loo'j.
About an average business has been passing in Joint-Sto-ik Bank
Shares. Agra and United Service have realised 61}; Australasia, 85};
Chartered of India, Australasia, and China, 7}; City. 59} ; London and
■Westminster, 45}; National Provincial of England. New, 21}; Oriental,
38}; Ottoman, 17}; Provincial of Ireland, 62 }; Union oi Australia,
New. 2 G}; and Union of London, 24.
The market for Miscellaneous Securities has been Dr from active.
In the general quotations, however, the fluctuations have been only
moderate. Atlantic Telegraph. 705; Australian Agricultural, 25} ; Crys¬
tal Palace Preference, 4}; Eastern 8team, 5: Electric Telegraph, 103:
London Discount, 3}; .London General Omnibus, 3}; National Discount
4}; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 79 ; Rbyraney Iron. New. 6 ; Trent
and Loan Company of Upper Caoada. 5}; North British Australasian.
3}; Australian Copper Smelting Company,!}; London Dosk, lot};
Victoria. 99; Commercial, 101 ; Berlin Waterworks, 4i; Ilungcrfori
Bridge. 6}: and Vauxhnll. 17}.
The Railway Share Market still continues in an unsatisfactory state.
Sales of stock have continued, but the fall in the quotations has been
trifling compared with manv previ .us weeks. The following are the
official elosing quotations on Thursday
Ordinary Shares and Stocks.— Caledonian. ; Eist Anglian,
16}; Eastern Counties, 68}; East Lancashire. 89; Edinburgh and Glas¬
gow. 62 } ex div.; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 28 ex div.: Great
Northern, 102 }; Ditto. A Stock, 82; Ditto. B Stock. 126 ; Great Western,
88}; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 80§t London and Blackwall, 6}; Ditto.
New.3|; London and Brighton,^tft&r London and North-Western, 95} ;
London and South-Western. 92}; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln¬
shire, 38}; Midland. 96}; North British, 52 ex div. ; North-Eastern—
Berwick. 92; Ditto. G.N.E. Purchase, 1 } dis.; Ditto, Leeds, is; Ditto,
York, 74 }; North Staffordshire, 13}: Scottish North-Eastern, Aberdeen
Stock. 27; South-Eastern, 69}i South Wales. 83.
Lines Leased at Fixed Rentals.— Eastern Union, Woodbridge
Shares, 81 }; Hartlepool Dock and Railway. 136; Huil and Selby. 109};
Ditto. Quarter Shares, 27}; London, Tilbury, and Southend, 95; JPreston
and Wyre, 47 ex div. x/
Preference Shares.— Eastern Counties, No 2 , 112 } ex div.; Ditto.
New Six per cent Stock, 131 ex div.; Edinburgh. Perth, and Dundee. 723
exdiVT; Great Northern. 110 : Ditto, Five per Cent Redeemable at Tea
per Cent prem.,109}; Ditto, at Five per Cent prem., 62 ; Ditto, Four-and-
a-Half per Cent Shares, 102 ; Great Western Four-and-a-Half per Cent. 93;
Ditto. Birmingham Shares, 9}; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
1227 -Ditto. £ 6 , }; Mid'and—Bristol and Birmingham, 139: Ditto. Four-
and-a-Ilalf per Cent Stock with option till i 860 , 2 }; Ditto, Leicester
and Hitch in Stock, 91}: Norfolk Debenture Four per Cent Shares. 9 ;
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, First Guarantee, 22 }; Stockton
and Darlington, 28 .
British Possessions.- Bombay, Baroda, and Central India, New,
18}1 Fust Indian, HO; Grand Trunk of Canada, 47 }: Ditto, Second
i?vuc of the two-million Preference Loan. 27; Great Indian Peninsular,
21}; Great Western of Canada. 19}; Ditto, New, 11 }: Madras Extension,
14f; Scinde, 10 }; Ditto, New, 5-j.
Foreign.— Antwerp and Rotterdam, G ; Bahia and San Francisco, 3};
Drtttt Luxembourg, 8}; Northern of France, 38}; Paris, Lyons, and
Mediterranean, 33}; Royal Swedish, 7 per cent, 1}; Sainbre and
Meuse, 6}.
Mining Shares almost generally are flat Alfred Consols have been
done at 12 ; Great South Polgus, 13}; Wheal Edworel, 7 ; St. Joliu del
Bey, 13}; and General, at is}.
THE MARKETS.
Coen F.xnUNOK. March 22.—Although only a modemto supply of English wheat was on
tale 'o to-tiny » market, tbe t'emucil rot all kiinta ruled heavy, at a decline iu tho quotation*of
horn la. to 2*. per quieter. In foro ! gn wheat—do ninny of which wo* »res-nuhly largo—very
little ws* poarirg, end price? had a downward tendency. The aup>ly of lio.li Engii-h end
foreign bailor wna limited. and tho d-nm/ul rnloj sUuUy, r.t lull qu >uti hi. Hi't, li iwcvor,
wo* n slow red'-, at barely hut wojk'fl currency. Oats m-v.-Jr.IF freely, at extreme rare*.
Real* l ean* and km v.cro scarce, and In doman't, M very full prcai. Tha flo tr trolw was ia a
dt" retted state.and all exoept tbebtst town-mule qu-rt'tle* Wi.ro Is. to 2a. per 2891b. Ijw’r.
Match 2i.—Wr.eat mot a cull Inquiry, at Monday's reduction. Float was heavy, but tho
value uf a'l spring corn was woll supported.
English.— Wheat. Essex and Kent. red. 40a. to 4 G*.: ditto, white, 42s. to *««.; Norfolk
and Suffolk, red. 4°*. to 45a.; rye, 30a to 31s. 5 grinding barley, 26*. to 3%.; distilling ditto, 32s
to iiie.; malting ditto, 35*. to 4Is.; Lincoln and Norfolk malt. $ 85 . to 060 ; brown ditto, Ms
to 66 *.; Kingston and Ware, M*. to fids.; Chevalier, lids, to d’s.; Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
feed onto, 20*. to 23*.; potato ditto, 25s. to 32a.; Youghal and Cork, black, l!*s. to 21s.; ditto,
white, S0«. to 20 *.; tick beans, 32s. to .34*., grey peas, 3'Js. to 4’*.: maple, 41*. to 43*.;
white. 40s. to 42 b.; b:ilers, 40*. to tts. per quarter. Town-made flour, 4 , 1 . to Is.; town
households. 36*. to — couc.ry marks, 2.-s. to 3Ja. per 290 lb. American flour, 19s. to H*
per barrel.
Seeds.—V ot roost seeds there has b:en only a moderate inquiry; rot. on tho whole, priou
*n< fairly supported.
Linseed- KnylUh crushing. iOt. to Ms.; Calcutta, Ms. to 53s.; btimpt"d, 41s. to if*. p*r
quarter. Coriander, 3Cu. toXte p«r cwt. Krown mustard seed, ;4». to ltis.; ditto, white, ’7s.
to 18a.: toiea, 5s. M. to os. lid. per bushel. Englinh rapetood. 64s, tc 68s per quarter.
Liasocd cokes. Enpli«b, XI0 5s. to X10 U'n.: ditto, foreign, (in 0* to €11 0s. ; ra&o cskos,
X5 10*. to X5 i^s. per ton. Canary, 8U. to 90s. per quartet; red dor or seel, 50*. to 68*.; uiito,
whro, (f*. to 75a.
Bread —Tho prices of wbeaten broad in tbo metropolis aro from 7d. to 7\i.i of bous.-hold
ditto. Ul. to 6W. per 4 lb. loaf.
J tutorial Weekly A vera(/ea.— Wheat, 45*. Cd.; berley, 39s, Gd.; oats, 23*. 4dt rye.
31s. td.j Wnit. 37*. lid ; peas. 41*. Cd. *
The Weeis* vltvrny^.-wocat, 45*.3d.; barley, 36s. 4d.; oat*. 23* Od ; ryo, 32*. 13d ;
beau*, 28*. 3d.; pcaa, 4f *. tOd. 7 '
£nglish Grain Sold last Week.—Wheat, 113,805; barley, 63,272; oats, 14 162; rye, 9l;
beans, 6151; fK-as. U22 quarters. ’ '
7ea■- Our market is firm, but the amount of bu*in«s« do'np In it is by no means extensive.
Common sound Congou is quoted at 13d.per lb. Advice* from ChinasUto that tbo toed sulp-
tnents of t<u, to uuM. were 8,Odd/OU lbs loss titan iu tho previous corryi jomllng s?aaon.
Attpdr.—Ueod mod fine ra- qualities have m"i.tly sMd at Inst week's quututiona , but low
a iki damp parrels V.nve moved olTslowly, and price* have had a drooping tendency. Kofluej
liters ^ a ^* ,OW | ‘ IUfn * r5r * 61*. to 59*. 6U. per cwt. Wet lumps are worth 51s, Cd.; and
Utation qnaiHte have mostly rcalisol full prices. Oilier kinds have ruled rather
lower w.tb a very modorata inquiry.
Mice-— Owing to tho large »tock-76,noo tODs—and to tbe dull state of tho corn trade, rico
is bravy, rod prices have lurther receded 3d. pt*rcwt.
mri«oa*.-Tbe return of mi d weather ha* had a mort d*>prewing efTect upon the buttor
tnnrkf t. and prices are nominally in*, to 12*. lower, iiacon is dull, a: 1*. to 2a. h»j money.
!n hams, lard. Arc., exceedingly lit tie is doing.
/a/.oio.—The drillsud oortu.u. # *;©ody. P.Y.C. on tho spot is tolling at 55s.; and for tbo
)r.n itnv hi cm ha iklnerj, 52s. 9d per cwt.
Off*.—Linseed oil, on tho spot, Is dull, at CtS 15a. to fSU per ton. Kaoe is
£39 10s. to X43 10a. In other oils very litilo is doing, spirit* of turpentine aro firm at 3->3
40s. per cwt. * **
Spirit *.—'There i* a mode-ate demand for rum, and list week's prices are woll supported
Brandy is told at full quouulons; bat the demand for it is by no moans naive. No ebamra in
tlio value of nrsin (pint. h
tlay and Struw .—Meadow hay, £2 10a. to X4 5a; clover ditto, X3 10s. to X5;aad Vmw
£1 5*. to £1 10s. per load. A fair domsnd.
Coals— Bate's West Hartley, 12*. 6 d. Hasting's Hartley, It*. 64.; Tanflotd Hoor 13 a .
Confortb, 12s. 3d.; Broddyll’* Hetton, 15a. 9d ; Haswell, 16s. »kl.; Hilton Lyons’ iY!
Stesvart's, 16s. per ton. *
Hops.— Good and tine new hops are in moderate request, at full price*. In all other kinds
so little is doing that the quotations ore almost nominal
IE 00 L—By private contract scarcely any busmen* is doing. Prices, however, rala about
stationary.
Fututofs .—Selected qunliUes are firm, at llOs. to 190*. per ton. Other kltula rule verr
inactive, at from « 0 s to IWIb. 7
Metropolitan Cattle Market —Tbo supplies of stock on offer this week have been mode¬
rate, and the trade gonersUy has been in a most depressed state, ut drooping currencies:—
Beof from 3s. 0d. to 4s. 2d.; mutton, 3*. Od. to &*• 0d.; veal, 3a. 8d to 5*. 0d., pork, 3a. Od.
to 4 b. 4d. per 81b. to sink tbo offal.
Newgate and Leadenhall.—'Tho trade rules heavy, on lower term*
Beef from 2* 8 d. to 3*. !0d-; mutton, 2s. lod. to (a. 4d.; veal, 3s. 6 d. to 4a. 6 d.; pork
3*. Od. to 4s. 4d. per 81b. by tho carcase. Robert Herbert.
THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Friday, March 19.
ADMiIUl.TY, M.llCll IS.
Admiral of tho White E. Hawker has been appointed to receive a mansion of £199 * y 0ftr
vacant by tho death of Admiral/ the Uieht lion. f.ord Avlmor, K.C.B., and iho name of
Admiral Hawker has been removed to theHteseivo Half-pay List oosor.l ngly; and the fol¬
lowing promotions hnvo luken platee:—Admiral of iho Blue the Hou. Hir Anthony Maitland
K.C.H., K C„ St. M. and O . to he Admiral of the Whlto; Vice-A-lmirnl of tho R ««1 Sir c!
Napier K.C.B., to lie Admiral 6f.tho Rluo; Vie*-Admiral of tho White tho Right Hon. Sir
M. F. Berkeley, K.C.B , to lie Vice-Admiral of iho Red; Vice-Admiral of tho Itiao II W.
I'rure to bo VJco-Adnilrnl of rhe Whit --: Uc«r Admiral P. ortco on the Reserved Li»t, to bo
V.oc-Admiral on tho same List: R«uir- Adnilral of tho Rod H. Dumlai t’ be Vice-Aitm'rnl of
tho Blue: Rcar-Adinba of too White J. A. Dmitri to bo itear-Admirai of the llod; llaar-
Admlral of the Bine M Qu r n to 6b,Rear- Admiral of tho White; Copt, the Hon. F l’. Pelham
C.K., to be Roar-Admiral of tho Blue; Copt. T. Bushbv to bo a Retired Hoar-Admiral.
BANKRilPTCtva ANNULLED.
J. GALLOWAY tbe Younger, Btedf.id, cloth manufacturer.- C. WflAUTON, Soudb&ch*
Chester, miller. ^
. BANKRUPTS-
T. RATTRAY. Redfo-d-p’&eO, Con mercial-road East, ironmonger.—w. BARVETT,
Brighton, gaa eiigiofer-tid i.-ns insoufaetnrer.—v. P. C‘1A8RE% • AU, Mme-streut, inorehaat.
J. ‘ ROWN kod G. WILLIAM Chatham, Roohostor, and Gillingham. Kent, c jntrsnt^r* for
f nblicandrthrrw-rks.— T. afOKSB, BanhUl-»ow. wine spirit, and bear merchant —Q. H.
AIN, Brighten, furnbhlmr su'l general fronm j-gor.—F. COLLINS, Loivor Ashby-moot.
Chrkeiiwoll. jeweller — H HEMM1NG, Birmingh-im, builder.—E. .1. oCKAGG.S, kair Dorn-
ham, Norfolk, plumber; glacier, house and lurnitaro painter.—J. D. LEK aud J. CRABPRBB,
Calvrrey. Yorkshire, machine makers.—T. sol J. CRAVEN, Brad f ord, ironfoundem.—
V. COOPER, Bath-road, ^hcUrnhtm. innkeeper, fly proprietor, grocer, ami baknr—D.
HUGHES. Trodfgar, Monmouthshire, grooer. rrovbion doulor, and lincndrapar.—J. WARD,.
Wwt Bromwioli, and WcOverhampton, StatY’nlshire. carriage manufacturer.—G. K. COOK,
andj. E. GRIFFIN, Colchester, E sex; aud Strut-ord, SutTolk; aactijaozri aud volaora.—
J C. BTAGG, Stockton-upon-focB, Durham, timber m jrchau:.
Tuesday, March 23.
war OFFICE, March 53.
Pregoon Guards: Cornet B. V. Betty to
bo Comet.
2nd Dragoons: Ensign C. Williams to bo
Cornet.
!hd Light Dragoons: Ensign D. W. Ogilvy
ip b« c ornct.
10th: Cornet E. J. Howley to be Lieu¬
tenant; C. D. BaiUio to bo Comet.
1 Ith: Lieu*. W. Cucingliarao :o bo Captain.
16th: Comet W. R. Corballis to bo i-ica-
tenant.
Dth. H. H. Harris to bo Coreet; Ouartor-
ma»tor-Sergeant J. H. Pickles to be Qaurtar-
ir. aster.
Royal Engineers: l.lout.-Col. G. Wynno to
bo Mentenrnt- Cob nel.
?rd Foot: >nsigns A. Poacbey, T. Morrott,
J. hotter. G. E i nodle. lion U. W. Hewitt,
to be ’ ieutensnts; W, F. Kor, F. F. B*mui,
C. E. Hurst, G. EL Martin, to lm Eutlgns.
4tb: Arsist. fcarg. E. Miller, M.D., to bo As¬
sistant burgeon.
5th: R. Hull to be Eruign.
6tb: J. B. H*-pkms to be Fnslgn; Assist.
Forg. W. Hillman to be Assistant Surgeon.
8th: Ensigns R. Y. Stones U WhHi ig. to
l»« Lieutouents; W. J. Cooper, C. II. Crease,
to be Etuigns; Assist. Surg. W. Jay to bo
Assistant tSurgeon.
9th: E. Col*Lea to bo Fnslgn.
toth: II. B. Kromley to be Payraastor;
AssUt. Surg. T. E\ Langstalf to be Assistant
barer On.
1Mb: Ensign D. B. Gabb to bo Lieutenant;
Ass-st Surg. A. Maci-tyro, Ml)., to be As¬
sistant f-'urgoon.
l?th- Knsfgn R. P. Msgor to lie Lieu¬
tenant ; A. Hopper to be Knaign.
13th: A*sl*t. burg. N. L. Gray to be Assist,
ant burgeon.
Mth: A»*i«t. Surg. T. Bennett to bo As¬
sistant Surgeon.
15th: Lieut*. F R. Fishbourn*. F. B. E
Allhunsea J W. Coventry, to bo Lieutenants;
Ensigns J. Low. R. jiurdon, to behn»'gn<;
FmigoJ Mac ionnldto be Adjutant; Assist,
fe'urtr. E. Coffey to bo Assistant 'burgeon.
16th: Lieut*. I*. Malone. M Hall. C. W.
Jf-de'l, Emigns G Street, T Russell. B. II.
Westby, L. Lo Peuvro, A. A. Pinv>n. to bo
LSeuun <nts: F. Jeffm*on to bo Eresign
I7tb: Kusigna8.Brndbunie,J.T B Mavnn,
J J. Peicivol, K. W. Torre, to be Liou-
I8ih: Lieut. T. C. Wrar, Frsigns T. wily.
Ft. Adam*, K. H. Daniel, E Hall, to be Lieu¬
tenant*; F. W. L'p cornb. E’. W. Morkby, M.
Lumsdcn, C. H. btevunson, to be Ensign*.
I9tb: L s euu. w. j. Foster, P. Hereford
J. B Mackonzto, to bo Ll-utuiisnt*.
2'Rb: Cu,it. T. Aldridge to he Captain;
Lieut. C. A Morshrsd »o bu Lisatcnant.
Slit: Lieut. H. W. Ha tford to l>o Lieu¬
tenant.
2 !nd: Lieut. II.B. Chichester to be Lieu Vnant
and Adjutant; Lieut*. G. Tamar, T. M. Fozo,
F. D. Mont. 15. S. Baker. Ensigns W. A. T.
Holdrn G. Wit’kins, J 8t. G. Arm«*rong, to
bo Lluuteuanti; G. H. Buit, R. 11. Diion, G.
H. French, to be Huai - us.
24th: R. O. Hnhony to bsEn« : im.
3l*t: Lieut. K. Leeson to're Adjutant,
sfud: Brevet Major W. Ball t > be Major;
JieuL E. iinrmvr to bo Captain; Lieut. A.
J. I’adgley to be Lioutonant; C. E. Lo M.
Cherry to be Ensign.
3ttti: Cornet J. G. TeOvan to bo Ensim.
3-Rh: Rnsigns J. O. W. Scott, T. II. Lo
MoKurier. to be Lieut mitutt; the lion. 0. J.
F. Powys to bo EtuUu.
5!)th: C. W. Ilntxiii to bo Ensign.
5’et: Rnslgo E. M. Crowe. Ensign and Ad¬
jutant W. Cicmeuts, Eusigtt Wolkor, to bo
Lieutenants.
52nd: E. Paksnhtm to bo Ensign.
60th: Lieut. W. L. P emb ert on to bo Cap¬
tain ; Ensicn W. CL Turio to be Lieutenant.
67th: Ensign* G. Thomson, W. Lloyd, to bo
Lieutenants.
68th: Ensign S. B. Noble to bo Lieutenant;
H. Dowd to bo Ensign.
7rth: Ensigns A S. Gllbett, C. Hernia, to bo
Emigns.
72nd: Ensign J. Pennofather ta bo Lieute¬
nant.
7 r i: Ensign W. ciordon to bo Lieutenant;
(I. Moffutt to bo Ensigo.
76th: Ens'ga 1>. T Amoldlto bo Lieutenant.
79tb: Ensign W. II. M. Browne to be Liou-
tonsni; A. B. K. Williamson to bo Ensign.
8 vth: Assist. .Surgeon 1*. Frank, M.D., tobo
AaiDtant Burgoon.
8l*t: W. II. Warrtm to bo Ensign: Staff
Burgeon of tiro Second Claa* G. Auchinleck,
M <J., to be Surg on u.
8tl:h: Sergeant J. Wells to he Eoefga.
88tb: Limt. F I la 1 1 to bo Cap*idn.
IMst: Lieut. H. A. lined to Im cjsptaln; En¬
sign. J. M Allen to bo I.iautenunt.
91th: Ensign It W. Cox to be Lieutenant.
9>tn: L«oat. W. B. Pugh, Eurign II. U.
l/owry, tv bo Lieutenants.
2nd Wwt India Begimcnt: Lieut. H. II. U.
Wulsho to be LUmt«nnnt.
Cape Mauntod Rill-*: Lieut. J. Harvey to
be Cepta'n; Enrign T. do B. Hughes to bo-
I/eutonant; i. A. Cu.ubcrlvgo to be . nsign-
Ufpot Battaltox.—C apts. R. B. Travers J. M. Lyle, Brevet Major W. K ad cliff, to be
Instruciors nt Musk^tT.
UXATTACUKD.—Brovet Mujer J.'W. Dvwa tchtre his Brevet converted Into Substantive
Rank.
BOCTTTAL fiTArt'.—Surgeon A. T. Jackson, M.U., »o be Staff Surgeon, Sacond Class.
BkkVKT.— LI'ul-CoI H. do Sa'ls to bo CoIojoI la tho .vm’.
The following promotl-ns to take placi coosoqnent ou the daath of LleaL-'lon. J. W.
Aidred:—Ksjor-Gen C. G. J. Ar v uthnot to h« Lieutetaut-Gonora': sfjjor-Gen. J. II.'.rant,
K.CB.,tobo plseo'onrhe Flxnl K.UbJshmcnt of ftlaivr-GmeraL; Brevet Llent-Cul. K.
Westo ra to bo Colonel; Brevet Major C. liuldon to bo lieutonant-Colonel; Caps. J. il. Fla¬
nagan to be Major.
BANKRUPTS.
E. 1*01.E, Reacing, Berkshire, grower.—J FORGE, Barking, Essex. saBmaker.—T. P.
THOMAS. Cxown-couit, Tkrcadnterile-Hroft, nuotionuer.—R. V/ULIX)N, Wolvo-haio ton,
bulkier.—W. ROWELL, Newton Bushell, Devonshire, saddler.—J. POVNTER, Gal-tboreivh,
Yorkshire, grooer—'1'. TAYLOR, Ha'ifnx, Yorkshire, carthonwnre dealer.—J. T. UO*VE,
Liverpool, merchant.—Jt. WELLS, B n.-kburn, Lancashtro, tea dealer.
8COTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. WILSON, Brechin, tinsmith.—ELIZABETH DAVID or TOLKIE, Forrca, Innke per.—
J. ANDEH80S. Broaomyre, Aberdreor.111-*. fkrmer.—J. H. BLAKEY aid R. G. HOLDEN
Dundee, finxspinncrs.—A. end H H. BU rilEHLAND, Lybstor. CaithiiMe-ihrro, merHiaot*.—
J. ROBERTS i nd SON- Galashiels, mauufa tarore—C. RUNNING Gweaook, Ronfrow«hire,
solicitor.—D. WATT. Glasgow, grooer. J. BROWN, Blairgowrie, PertUHi ro, oattl# d-ialer.—
W. M’EWAN, Blackford, wright.—J. O'CONNOR, lnverury, Abcrdoen.ture, Itonum UatuoKo
clergyman
(From a Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday, the 23rd of March.)
WAR-OI- F1CE. March 34.
URBVKT.
Licut.-Cols tbe Hon. A. Hopo and W. P. Purnell to be Colonels In the Army.
Mj'JOrs G. Keane, W. Payne, A. Albon, J. P. R.diertsou, E. W. D. Lowe, IL H. GaH, B»
Milnmn. J. C. t-'ulre. N. H. bhute, to bo Lieutouaiit-Colonel9
Captains A. C. Robertson. G. Oimwoll, C. 8. Longd-m. W. A. Middleton, G. A. Lockhart,
11 F. Saunders, F- A. Willis, J. F. E. Travers. G. K. Hopkins. J IL Wilton, C. E. Mansfield,
K. 8, F- G. Dawson, O. J. WqUeley, C. C. ltoHeston. U. Walton, A. Bawano, G. S. Frnlall,
Sir D. Baird, Bart.. W. Rudman, B. H. Lnwrouco. D. O'Brien, VV. H. I*. Meant, H A Sarwl,
J. F.ilmonstouno, W. O. Lennox, C. M. Foster, It. II. D. Lowe, J. R. Turnbull, T. Light foot
to bo Majors.
Brevet Lieut -Colonel V. Eyre. C.B., to b« Colonel.
Brevet Majors C. Apthorp. T. Simpson. G. T. Montgorncrr, G H. Robe rt* 30* T. J. VT.
Hungerford, H. IL Mitxvcll, M. GiUwey, J. II. Smyth, W. Olphcrts, F. F. Itammmgton, G.
W. G. Green, G. Bourclner. to be Li^utcnant-Coloncln.
Captains S. G. G. Ore. E. U. Simpson. J. W. Csnegfot D. S. Doslgson, L. Barrow, T. F.
Wilson. H. I'irivng. J. Metcalfe, M. F. Kemble, fl. L. Evans, II Hummond, J J. Iatwrlo, J-
1). Woolcotr.be, R C. German, E. L. Grant, J. G. C. Fraser, J. W. SamJnre, If. Brace, T. T.
Roileau. It. J. Kdgeil, E. Oakes, W. A. CrommeUn, T. A. Carey, R. p. Anderson, II. Le G.
Bruc*- A. D. I'icktns. G. P. Mvbcin, C. H. Blunt, O.A. Harwell, J*. M Probyn, J. C. Ander¬
sen, W. T. Hughes, G. N. H*rdlnge, to be Msjore.
REWARDS FOR INDIAN SERVICE.
Tfie Queen lisa v een grrciouuly pb-sstd to give orders for tho ri>llon'ing appointments to ib«
Mo t BcDorouble Order of the Bath for a srtugulshed services In sujipro siug too ladi.n
mutiny.—
’to bo Ordinary Memhor* of the Military Divl*ion of tho Second Cl t?s, or Knights Com¬
manders of the i aid Mo r. Honourable Order, Vis.:—Colonels 8. J. Cotton, W. U Mansno d-
To bo Extra Mtmbrr of iho Military Division of the Second C u s, or Kalghta Couimaadcra
or the said Most. Honourable Order, viz.:—Colonel ‘f. Seaton, C.IL
To be Ofdra .»y Msmbet* of tt:e Militare Division of tho Tlmd Class, or Companions tro
said Meat Honourable Order, viz.:—Colone's P. M. N. Guy, R. Walpole, D. liuiseli, C. A. r.
11* rkiJoy. A. Utile, the Hon. A. Hope, W. P. 1'aracU. anil Lieut -Colonel A. 8. L. Hay*
Her Majesty hss also been graciously plen*ed to make and orduin a special ntntuto of tne
said Moat Honourable Onjer for appointing ihe following officars in the service of her Majesty
nr d of the East todla Crmpuny to to extra members of tho Military Division of tho inira
Cists, cr Cornpunicns of tho #*iid Order, viz.:-Colonel* It. Napier. C fl. ftuurt; Lfcutonant-
ColomJs B. A- Master. II- M Durand. J. Brlnd. F. I u*ner. W. T. Crawford, E. B. Halo. J- A.
Ewart, C. H. Gord-a. H. Hamilton, C. C. SITntire. G. VV. P. l!ingh«m, E. W. D. Lovvo;
Majors F. C. Maude, F. A. Willis, J. Brssvor: bumsrmtcndirg burgeon J C. Brown. ,
Memorandum.—L rut.-Colonel W. Caso, 32nd K-giment, and Mnior R. Barn«toa, 93th K’K 1 "
rami, would have bccu rtcotnaended for tlio dignity of Companion of tho Order of the
had they survived.
MARRIAGES. , ,
At 8t- Marylebeno Oiureb, on the lSih inst.. by tbo Rev. George Ilouldsworth (uncle or .no
br.d«), George MelHs Doug as. Esq., M.D , of Qnoboc. Canada, to Susan, socoud daughter oi
tho l«t« George Clegborn, K*q, of •* The Weens," Roxburghshiio. _
On tbe 16th tot., at Ancaster, by ihe Rev Z. 8. Warren, Vicar, W. G. T. Newton, K'd-
Raun bv Lodge, Lincolnshire, to Eleanor, eldest daughter of Freeman Eaton, Esq., surgeon,
of An^utUr.
DEATH.
On the l?th Imt., at 9, Alhnny-pl*c«. Plymouth. Francis Elizabeth Diton, aged *3, o.uw
d&ightcr of the laic Admiral Sir Manley Dir on, K.C B.
March 27 , 1858 .]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
323
NSW BOOKS, £c.
SEW VOLUME OF CABLYLE’3 WORKS.
ATTER- DAY PAMPHLETS.
j By THOMAS CA RLYLE.
In 1 volume, crown 8 vo, price fix* April 1.
T
NEW VOLUME of LgVEH'S WOltKS.
In crown 8 vo, price Is., _
nE KNIGHT of G WYNNE.
Vol. I.
By CHARLES LEVER.
With Right Ifluntration* by Pin*. April 1.
N
On March 31 will be published, price the
ATIONAL REVIEW, So. XIL
CONTENTS:
1 . Mcropo: a Tragedy By MailhOW Arnold.
11 fiinsn’l Life uf Ulrieli Von Hutton.
111 . Recent Contributions to tho Study of Latin Literature.
JV. flwidonborglnnn.
V. The Old English Nobi'lty.
VI Religion and Poctoty: l'aloy and Chanulng.
VII. Lord tfroy on Reform.
YH1. The Waver ley Novels.
JX. Louis Napoleon at Horae and Abroad.
X. Bo*ks of the Quarter rinitnblo for Recoding Societies*
London: ClurUAy and IlAI.fi, 193, Piccadilly.
Jmt rnblisbed, price Five Shillings, with Lines to the Fiona and
Valiant General Havel ode, K.C.B.,
V OICES from tlie TOMBS ; or. Epitaphs
Original and Selected: with Appropriate Texts of Kerimure,
and an Historical and Moral Essay. By lire Rev. B. KICHINGS,M.A.,
Ykar of Mancctter, Warwickshire.
London: Seeley and Co.; Werthelm anti Co.
Just published, Part I., prico 2s. 6 d.,
T he genera of British moths. By
H. NOEL HUMPHREYS. Hesitated by a Sorieiof t\o-
Inresrpie Grr upsof Morhs, acrumiptmicd by their raspettive Cator-
pil’an. and tho Plants on which th-.y are found.
To bo published in a Series of Monthly Vumbcrr, prico 2a. 6 d., etch
containing Three P'ates, with descriptive Letterpress, and to be com-
phted in Twenty Numbers.
The first number, containing three groups of llawk Moths, Barnet
moths, Ac., will sppeur on the *st of April, 1818. 8 uh*crU*eraare re¬
quested to send tbeir names to Mr Pave JEitRARlr, Pabliaher, 170,
Fleet-itreet, London; or to their respective Beokeelters.
illustrated with 250 Descriptive Engravings, 8 s. Gd.,
TXTIFE’S OWN BOOK of COOKERY.—
T T Agroesble Dinners, inexpensive, and easily cooked. Also,
“ Bg ■ ' 'Yard and Lf ‘ ~ ‘ "—
iOCK; and all Booksellers.
Nice Dinners for every day.
Sixty* roar Pages, IRnstratcd, Fourponco Monthly,
T he family friend.
** Verr anrning. very voriod, very neatly illustrated, and very
aheap.”—Iltantinted Times —Ward and LOCK, 156, Fleet* strest.
Just published, Fifth Edition, price llsj free by poet,
mHE ART of BREWING, Fermenting, and
| Making of Malt; containing correct Tables of Mashing Heats*
ten directions for Preventing Acetous Fcnnontntiou, and 3 very other
accessary information to make sneceos Intbls important art oertsln;
tho result of W years’ practioo. By JOHN LEVESQUE, late Of the
Anohor Brewery.- James Leath, 5, 8 u Paul's Churchyard.
Illustrated by Coloured Engravings of the Diseased Prize Cuttlo, 1857,
8 ro, cloth, 3s. fid.,
E vil results of 6 ver-feeding
CATTLE: u New Inquiry. By PKEDRRICK J. GANT,
Snrgeon and Pathologic*! Anatomist to the Royal Free Hospital.
Lomliu: John Churchill, New Curiicgton-sjroet; and tarougb
all Booksellers in tho United Kingdom.
P RACTICAL MECHANICS’ JOURNAL.—
Part 121, commencing tho 11th Volume, contains:—A largo plate
Engraving of Examples of Moving Cylinder Steam-Hammers, by Mr.
Condle; 50 Woo<l Engravings, anil 18 pages of <to Letterpress. Also,
Original Anlc'e* on History of the Sewing Machine; Bhovol Wheel
Dredger; Psndutons Level; Gallery of Portrait* oflnventors; Graving
Dock and Floating Basin on the Clyde; Mechanical Note* from
America: Gaa Washing Apparatus: Steam Hammers: Crosriey's
Glass- Polishing Machinery, with Frictional Gearing; United States'
Patent Laws: Johnson's Steam-Hammers; Longbottom’s Drying and
Carbonising; Johnson’s FIom Silk; Wright’* Annealing Glass; Cook’s
Coating for Ship*: Bland lord's Manure Distributor; Jackson’s Cover¬
ing for Preventing Facial Disfljjuronocnta; Edinburgh Machine
Sowing Company’* Corset Fastener; Prosser’s Feeding Troughs;
Blain's Spiral Chimney Top; Armstrong's Life Preserver; Sir U.
Ptracey's "Beckheath " Cartridge; Captain Norton on Gun Cotton;
Colouring Matters from Coal, Tar, Guano, and Grass; Safety Valve
for Cask*; Sulphurous Acklfrom Pyrites? Correspondence; Scientific
Societies; Monthly Notes of Scientific Novelties and Memoranda;
Patent Law Cases: List of Patents and Designs Registered, Ac.. &o.
Longman and Co., Paternoster-row; Editor's Offices (offices for
Patents), 47, Llncoln’s-inn-fields.
Now ready, price fis. 6 d.,
Handsomely bound in crimson cloth, gilt, and gilt odees,
mHE NATIONAL MAGAZINE, Vol 3,
JL containing 40Cpn. of interesting and amnsiag Literary Matter,
and Eighty Wood Engraving* in the first stylo of the art.
l/ondon: W. KJtsr and CO., 51 end 52, Paternoster-row; and nil
Bockrellcts.
mHE NATIONAL MAGAZINE.—Now
_L ready, price lod., Part 18, containing Recollections of Mary
lamb, by Mrs Cowdon Clarke—Poddy and I, by W. G. Tbornbura—
A Fantastical Counlo—The Actor—Incidents of American Travel—
FinisTerrir—'The Married Bachelor—My Godfather's Guinea—How
*o Tre*t, Tame, and T«a-h a Parret, by ShWny Htbbcrd— and numo-
rou* other Papers, by Eminent Writers, Tog»thor with PORTRAl V
and MEMOIR of Lord LYNDHDRBT. nud Kievan other bountiful
Wood Engravings* Cases for Binding Vclanuta, Is. Gd.vacb.
London: W. KENT and CO., 51 and 52, Pat cm alter-row; and all
Booksellers.__
France, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland. Italy, Fpain and
Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Sweden, Noway, Denmark,
Russia, Ac.
M URRAY’S HANDBOOK ADVERTISER,
printed for the convenience of those who are derironB of commu¬
nicating information to Travellers, is published Anrmully in May, and
inserted in every copy of Murray’s Handbooks for the Continent, Ac.,
tootd during the Season.
A* only a limited space if allowed, prefe enfe Is given to tho*e Ad¬
vertisement* welch a-e more immediately odd r or sod to Tourists.
Advertiianmis must bo sent to the Publisher before t)io 20 th of
April, and accompanied with n remittance, or reference for payment
in London.
' Annual Circulation. 12 . 000 .
50, Aibemarlc-rtreet, London, Msrcb 29, 185S.
No. CCVI —
must be for-
rjIHE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No
JL Advertisements for the forthcoming Number
warded to the Publisher's by live 8 th ol'April.
50, Albemarie-fltreet, London, March 29, 1858. .
T HE HALIFAX PUBLICATIONS are the
CHEAPRKT BOOKS in the WORLD, aid the best adapted
for presents. Ask for tho Halifax Cheap Editions. A. \ \
T hames ref
A NEW PLAN
for the DRAINAGE of the METROPOLIS;
Combined with Practical Suggestions for Public Convenience^ Health,
and Recreation. .
With an Explanatory Map. N
By Sir WILLIAM WORSLEY. Hurt., M.A.
ThiB scheme "leaves building apace which could not fall to be
•f great value, includes works that would bo highly remunerative,
Wlvrwxlee all further river bridges and lateral embankment*, g-tattly
facilitates traffic and passage, and, oinohgst other.benefits,,wpuld
•Ibo give the Houses of Parliament 000 hundred or mope yaroir ad¬
ditional garden frontage."—Blue-book pr.iSu.xge Report. .
With fin Appendix for 185/.
_ London: Edward Stantoko, 6. Chsring-rro»«.
RICK-MAKING MACHINES, adapted for
the Ciny» they ere to work,
' “ ‘ - ’ Aria Prire F*e«y
UMPHKKY CHAilBEK-
B
- - — — j- ... and every--In for motion on Pottery,
Machinery, nul Works. The HocitUy cl Arta Pnre F*«ay "_Oa
Brick-making," port-free, lr. 2 d
LAIN, K cm prey, nejir Worcester.
L Now rea/Jy. 'Ihiid Edition, enlarged; prico 6 s ,
AUBENT de LARA’S ELEMENTARY
irSTRL’CTlONS of ILLLTflSATISG. DodlcUod, b, por-
mirior, to tho VhcounU'rs- Dun A ar>..a
Acbuum.v.s k ard Co-, 106, gtraad-, And tho Amhur, 3, Torrlugtoo-
»Q»«ra, yv / / \
T AURENT de LARA’S OUTLINES for
J-i ILI.UM iNATINO —Six subjects, for tho u«o of Amateur Artist*,
iu Wrapper, fis.—DROOSTEN and At 1.AV, Blrafid; Rowncy and Sou,
Windsor find Newton ; falcon anti White, and Fuller, Riithbone-
plscc; and at tho Gallery, 5. Forrtngton-iquare.
■RINDING ibe ILLUSTRATED LONDON
J-J' NEWS -^Fubeci .bers and ParchOHexx can havo their
VOLUMES BOUND in tbo appropriate Covers, with Gilt Edges, at
*• per Volume, by sending thtm, curriagc-ndd, with Pnat-offico,
Dwer, pavnhlo to LEIGHTON, 80N. and HODGE, 13, 8 hoo-iono,
London. The only Binders authorised by tbo Propria tore.
(HARDS for the MILLION ! ! Wedding,
Vj/ TI,(«n e . «n.l Bnrin«i.-A C»rd Pluto Enir™r^. in ony .rrlo,
“J lDlKitC.ru. tl.ory or EuomotlcU) Priotoil, for 4 l Tbo prico
pLito. pnjtmvintr. cotjr. pmitlofr, »r.l piotogo.
S“JDp ARTHUlt ttKASOP.il, SttttoWlf. TrioHr. to.. MO. H«h
““o™. AoAoow’cdgw) Pj oil ID 1* till Ow.p««tUuuJ 0 in Lowicn.
NE W MUSIC, l(C.
B LOCKLEY’S BALLAD, JESSIE’S
PKRAM. 7*. «d. no,OO n ). Htory of the Ra’ief of Lucknow, the
ensilin' Mu relies of Tha C*rapb«l!» arecomltig, Void Lang dyne, aud
God bkvo tho Quren, are introduced la this ballad With wonderful
cflbct, and moved tha audience to tears.
Cramer, 201, Reboot street.
IJ'HE HIGHLAND RESCUE. An Incident
J. at La‘know. New Kdit'on. Poetry by CARPESTKR, Made
by JOHN HI OCKLEY. ’is t»d.. IBu^tiatod. * Dinua ve h-ar it ?
Dinnn ye hear it? Ifa tho Slogan o' the Glghlanderi. Wo're saved!
wo’ro saved! " Addison, 210, Regnnt-t treat.
A
E LOCKLEY’S royal bridal march.
Dracripiive Pfoce.—Notice. In snswor to nuraor -)jb npp'icarioni
fnr Blockky a Bridsl March, the Pub'ishc'S to say it i pub-
liiihrd as eolo, a*.; l>uMt. 4 b. Also HANDEL’S THREE GRAND
MARCHES, by JO HN BLOCKLEY, a* performed *.t tho HoyiJ Wed
ding. Solo, 2s.; Duett, 3a.
Addison, 210. Regent-street.
IS THE LIGHT OF EVERY
__ IIF. V°T.—New Song. By JOHN BLOCKLEY; Poetry by
n RACE STIRLING 2s. Also, by tho mio Authon, One Leisure
Hour, ballad. Sb. _
Addison, HOLUTR, and Lucas, 210, Rcgcnt-streot.
SMILE AND A KIND WORD OF
_GREETING.—Now Borg, by EDWARD J. LOIIER. 2s. "One
of tho happiret in?pir*iio»» of this admired omnnoaer, alreatly be-
ounieg a great favourite In iUI our rousicsl circles.”
Cuamku. 211. Begant-Btreet
BNRY FARMER’S JOURNAL of
DAN E MUSIC for Septet! and Fall Orchcetra. Fourteen
numbers are reedy. Septett, ?b. 6 d, ; Futl Or-.ha s tra, 5s. each.
London: JOSKPH WILLIAMS, 123, Choapsiile.
ENRY FARMER^ WILD BRIAR
WALTZ, just pcbllihod, beautifuUy lUuatratod In Colours.
Price, Bolo or Duet. Ae., po>t-flree.
Joseph Williams, 1X3, Choapsido, F.C.
ENRY FARMER’S IL TEOVATORE
QUADRILLES. Just published, beautifully Illustrated la
Colours by BRANDABD. Price. Solo, 3s.; Duet, 4.x; poat-freo.
Joszth Williams. 123 Cbsatcide, E.C.
ENRY FARMER’S PIANOFORTE
TUTOR. Price 4s. “This i« doddodly tho most useful not!
best instruction book- for tho pianoforte wv have seen."—Musical
Review. Josci'ii Williams, 123. Cheap*ide, E.C.
H enry farmer’s fantasia on airs
from VERDI’S Odow* TEOVATORE. Easy and effoctivo.
Prioo 2s. 6 d , post-firee; Duct, 3fl-
Josefh Williams. 193, Cheapoide, E.O.
H enry farmer’s “ada” valse.—
tllnrtrated in Colours by BEANDARD. Solo, 4*.; Duet, 4s.,
Septet, 3a. 6 d ,1 Orchestra, 5s.
London. JOSEPH WILLIAMS, 121. Chaapside.
H enry farmer’s polka d’amoub.
DJustrufcd in Colours, by BRANDARD. Pries 3s.. posuge-
f oo London: Jo&xrv Williams. 123, Obeamlde.
H enry FARMER’S JUNO quadrilles.
4s.; Duet, 4s. Dlastratcd io Colours, by BRAND ARD. Soy-
t stt, 3c. 6 d.; Orchortru, 5e
London: Joseph Williams. 123, Cheated*.
R OW, ROW, HOMEWARD WE GO!
Fiver Sour. By CARPENTER anil SPORLE. Price 2a.,post-
free. A composition of much lijauty, aud becoming immautcly
popular, the melody being charmingly pimple end graceful.
Joseph Williams, 123. Cheap*Ido.
J ULLIEN’S NEW ENGLISH LANCERS.
ninstratcd in Coloon by BRANDARD. Just pabUihod. Price
4*.; septett parts, 3». fid.; orchestra Iparo, 5«.
Joskpu Williams. 123. Choapeide.
J ULLIEN’S NEW FRENCH LANCERS.
Illustrated In Colour* by BRANDARD. Just pub lished- .... Prlca
4 b., po«tftge-freo.— Joseph WILLIAMS, 123, Cboapaide.
G A. MACFARREN’S LITTLE
• CLARINA ’8 LEBFON-BOOB. for tho PIANOFORTE,
PartaL, II., Ill , and IV. Price 2a. fid. each part, pqatage-freo.
Complete In one vol., prico 8 a. Ivrand. "Without oie.pMoa, tlte
Blmplest. dram*, of any elementary tresllBa for your children.**—
Musical World — jn«nrp« Williams. t»». Cbearefdo;
TVT E W SONG, Just Fiiblishcd, THE
JJN SUICIDE. Word* by tho late niOSIAS HOOD*. Musip 07 m-
po.ned and dedicated to tho Right Honourable tno Co-mess of Effijur-
hnin. by B. T. BA KRAS. Sent free for 94 *tara;w by R .TV. Karras,
Bothcrhntn; and may bo had from J. Wi lua uS. PpbUsher,/123,
Cheap*ide, Londoa. ~'x
ATEW BALLAD, “Words to Remember,”
JLN price 2s. Words by J. C. CARPENTER. Marie by K. J.
VENN- All purchasers of this Song will bo presented with a ticket,
two tfanofortts. valun 31 guinea* each, being given away by tho pub¬
lisher among the purchaser*, to bo drawn for upon 1 C 00 conici being
8 oW.—VEHir, Marie I’ubUnhrr.lVS, Bakor-sireel. Song aud ticket sent
fer 25 stamps. Without ticket, twelve stamps. All ronslc half price-
rrEE LOVELIGHT OF WOMANS EYE.
JL New Ballad. The wopds by ROBERT FISHER, music by
JOHN T. M. HARRISON. Sung by Mr. Fowneaa Kolte. aad rap¬
turously encored. "A very prettv ballad—a gentrol favourite.”—
Northern F-xprera. Prico £». 6 d., free for etamps
Kci.LfiT FJSltttu; St. Sicholaii-Bfiuare, Nowc*Btlo-«m-Tyne.
P IANOS for the SCHOOLROOM.—
Important 'NoUco>OF.TZMANN and PLUMB, of 5f., Qreu'
Rusmll-street. BJormshurv. arc the Solo Patentees and Mnnttfaotuters
of tbo new- PATEN I' 8 TUDIU PIANOFORTE, and there in*trum«nta
can in- had only at Ihenbnvo ad dross in London, and of all the prin-
elpnl Kuslcscllofs in tho United Kisgdom.
r\ EO. LUFF and SON’S IMPROVED
V3T HAKMONTU5I3 for BALE or HIRE, with easy term* of pur¬
chase, from £12 to £50. Tho only makers of tbs rail aarraouiuru
Kepsirs, Tunlngs—103, Groat RureeU-atraet, Bloomsbury.
'PIANOFORTES—GEO. LUFF and SoN
JL havo tho largest stock in London, for SALE or HIRE, with
easy terms 0 1 purchase, both new and secondhand, from £10 to £100
Tunen sent to all parts.—103, Great ItUMoll-itreet. Bloomsbury.
P IANOS, 16 Guineas.—OETZMANN’S
SCHOOL-ROOM PIANOFORTE, 6 { Octaves. In solid Maho¬
gany Coses. Warranted. Packed free, and -forwardod for ca»h.—
OF.TZMANN and CO.. 32, Wlgmoro-street, Cavendish-square, W.
P IANOFORTES, £25. — OETZ MANN’S
ROYAL COTTAGK PIANOFORTES, 63 Octaves. Cylindor
Falls, Rosewood or Mahogany Cusco. Warranted. Packed free, and
forwarded for cash.—OETZMANN and CO., 32, Wigmore-streot,
Cavcudish-snoore. W.
P IANOFORTE and MUSIC-STOOL for 20
Guineas: n great bargain. A Walnut Cottage. 6 | octvro,
with metallic plate, and all the recent ftnprGvemonts, by a fir*t-nvio
m*kfr. •'n'v used a fuw months, and coat doable tbo amount. To be
H>cii «t R. GREEN aad CO.’s, Cpholsteattra. *>4. Oxford-atreet WaaL
A PIANOFORTE for Is. 6d.—A new
7-octave Piano of the value of £35 trill be given to one o f 7W
pnrclmere of “Partant poar la ByTie.” price In. 6 d. ; tnav he h»d bv
fncksing 21 posfagc-ctampi of Mr. R. KEMP, 12, Victoria-road,
Kentish town. Louden. N.W.
P IANOFORTE a BARGAIN, 6J, the pro¬
perty of a Lady. A Brilliant, full, and swoot-toood Cottage,
In fire Walnut case, nsarly now. To be disposed of to an immadluto
purchaser to t Tvreuty Quines*--Apply at Ee-graro House, 1*. Bloono-
atreet. Bftlgvavs -eQuara ___ m
S TEREOSCOPIC NOVELTIES.—Silvester s
SkclcliM Of Real Ufo-ACVclionnto Ho.lmnd, Pin, NUht jo
Ho now Hook. Awful DiKO-OT. TSto-k-TJM. ond Tire* o clock in
tkc Kominc. A lBrfic CMorlroont of c-ory of Jlrooj.
View,, on paper iumI klaaa, at SALMON and CO.’S, 48. Lemhanl-
street. ____
L akes of killarney and south of
IRELAND (STEREOSCOPIC).—Th« flneri Per lea of Views
ever isFQid exquisitely cotoured, -5 tho set of 50, Is elegaat bo*.
Ptmplo copies sent by pest, on remhtanco of 2-4 stamp*.
London Stereoscopic Company,
54, Choapride, and 313, Ox- ird-atreet.
Tj^GYPT and NDBIA in the STEREO-
JLLi SCOPE -This nnrivaltod ooUect'on of ICO Views. pobBriMd by
Meeers. N>gretti and Z*mhrs, 59, f'ornhUl, can now bo had of oil
dealers Tho Trade nuppliod. who’etftlo only, by the proprietor!),
at 24, LAwrcsce-lans, CbeaptStle, B.C.
f \KNAMEETS for tho DRAWING-ROOM
LIBRARY, ftc--An ext*tntlvo assortment of ALABASTER'
MAIlBi.E. BP.ONBK, umI DERBYSHIRE 3PAR ORNAMENTS
LIrr.ufaru.red and Importo-I by J. TENNANT. 149, Strand, London
YAL'KNIT ORE !or » DRAWING- ROOM -of
JU cbnsto aud elegant aealgu, a barroln, floe walnut- warranted
manufacture, to b; sold for half its value, noarly now -consisting of
a large-size brilliant platoChimney Giase. In costly unique frame; a
msgjificunt Cfalflbtder, with richly-curve! back, and flows fitted
with Ivst ildvered plate g ars, r.ml marble top; suf-eriar Cen’re Table
cu heodr-omoly-carve^ pClar and claws; occasional or Ladles’
Wrhjxg and Fancy Ttblco: six aoUu, elaguntly-shaped Chain, In rich
tilk. a stUAvior. spring stnflVrd, *ettce; t a*y and Victoria Chairs, ec
eoite. with extra lined loo-* cn.ys : two fnn-y occasional Chairs; and
a homsenv V/battrat. Prico for tho whslo aulto 40 galnoas N.B.—
Also, a very superior, complete, modern, fine Soonlsh mahogany
Dining Fofim Jet. in l>e’t roc-rocc», 40 guineas. To be Boon at LE'^TN
CRAWCOUR and CO.’S, Up'Ol -teren, 7, Queen Vbulldlsg’s, Knigbtt-
bridge. seven doers west of Sloa -e-stTW •
/CABINET FURNITURE, CARPETS, and
\J DEEDING —An Illos'-rated Bock of Estimatea and Furniture
Catalognc. containing IfiO Designa anil Pricoa of Farhlonaldo and Su¬
perior Upholstery. Furniture, ko., grates on npi-Jicatton. Parsons fur¬
nishing. who study econotnv, combined with eb-gance and durability,
nbotdd ’ M'plv for thiri-LEWIN CRAWCOUli and CO.. Cabinet
Mmutoeturare, 7, Queen’s-buildlngs, Knlghtsbridge (seven doors west
of fjoano- street). M B. Country orders carriage-free.
T\TALNCT SUITE of DRAWING-ROOM
Y ? FURNITURE, for style, storllnp quality and good Lute not
U) be surpawed : consistlug of a 5 ft- walnut chiffonier, with plato-
glosa Coora and back, and marble slab: a lorpre-sixe chimney-glass, in
gilt frame: a floe walnut loo-table, on carved pillar aud dara, and
ditto occMtiocel table : a iuxrrieus so tw. covered in rich sl’k j tlx
ditto chairs, two easy ditto, m aaite. with chin* r. Ioo«o covers, lined
r.isf'; an Inlaid whatnot. The whole to be SOLD for Forty-three
Guineas Also a Suite of Hohogapy Dining*room Fnm<ture, a great
barga n. To bo seen at R. GREEN and CO.’S, Upholsterers, 204,
Oxfore? -street. W. I
ATTREBSES, WARRANTED NOT to[
lfX WEAR HOLLOW in the MIDDLE.-HEAL and SON have
patented on Improvement in the manufacture of Mattresses, which
prm tnjta tho material felting Into a mws, as it does in oil Mattrnwec
made in the onllnary way. Tbo Patent Mattreseea are msdo of the
verv best wool ond hcirretutir only, are rathar thicker than osteal, and
tho'prices arc but a triflo higher than other good Mattreaina, Their
Dlustrated Catalogue of Bwlsteada, Beddlnv. and Bod-rooiu Furniture
contains aW» «be piicea of tbeir Patent Mattrerecs. und ir taut free by
poof.—Heal and bon. 196. Tottenham-court-road. W.
T ONDON CARPET WAREHOUSE*--
1 J WAUGH and BOX,
and 4 , Goo^ge-e reel, W.
TriTESSRS. JOHN WELLS and CO., 21fi(
Repent-street, London, having pprehaaed (owing to tho de¬
pression in tbo tnunutorturing district*? e very largo lot of tho richest
VELVET PILB and BRUSSELS CARPETS, doilgnod ©xpresUy for
the West-end trade, at a peat reduction in price. Alto,Lyons 8 Uk
Brocades, Brccntellem, fclik Dozmuks, in all tha most faahionablo
colouring* and richest makes. Also, a large lot of French Chintzes
of thn most Itcautlful and elaborate designs. The vrholo of these are
now offered «t a ronriderahle rednrtion from I s o primo coat for ca«h,
And era wall worth the attention of intending purchaser*. Pattern*
win bo sent into toe country free of charge; also their ninstratcd
catalogue of furniture. A-j.-SiG, Itogcnt-street (opposite Conduit-
•trectV
CARPETS! CARPETS I! CARPETS!!!
Oro ef the largest and cheapest Blocks in tho Kingdom, tho
whole having been purchased during too bv’e depressed state of tho
Ca'pet trade ^-:—. ,
Tapretry Brusacl*(allperfect), recent price. 3s. 3d.; now, 2s. 4>/!*
Extra llrTMOJa .. di*to ditto 4a fill.; ,, 3*. 6 RI.
*ich Vthct I'Uo .. .. ditto ditto 5a. 3d ; „ 3*. Iid.
Paitcms ran bo forwarded to tho country.
T. VENABLES and SONS, ljJ3, 104, and 105, Whitechapel.
TVrOVELTY in WINDOW CURTAINS for
AN DRAWING and DINING ROOMS.-Tli© Circassian Cioth
trimmed with rich bonier, forms a most elegant and effective Cartsin,
suitable to blcsd with any furniture, and adapted for windows of any
size, price 35*. each. Thc'above nmv be seen in variety of colour!tig*
nt Brlgmvo House. 12, Blyaac-strcet. Belgravt-aquaro. Pattern* for-
WErded gratis.
mHE BEST BED for a CHILD is one of
jL TREI.OAR ’8 METALLIC COT3, 4 ft. long by 2 ft. wide, with
moveable aide*, pillar*, castor*, and brass v-uf*, prioo 21 s., including
a Ocoo-nnt Fibre Matrrres. Packed and dolivrrod at any Ralltvay
fitaHon In tho Kingdom for 24s —THOMAS TiiELOAB, Iron Bed¬
stead Mcnnfacrnrer. 4 *, Lndeato-hill. R C.
mRELOAR’S COCOA NUT FIBRE
JL MATTING 18 THE BEBT.-Prfia Medals awarded, London,
New York, and l’ari*. Cofologne* conta’nlng pricoo and ovary
Ortrilcu'Hr free by p«*t Vfarebi use, 42.1.udgato-hil). f -oedon.
mHE PATENT FJEFLECTING and
JL WARM-A lit fcTOVE-—Th« great advantage In this now
ttovo is, it he* tho Utrreet reflecting surface, with tho Important
addition of hot-air (.hnmbora, which eon bo made available
when rerjuired. Imparting tho most agreeable warmth, with gmit
economy in fuel: 1 « ha* »n ordinary npm fireplace, and is ineffectual
euro for rmokj chimneys, without s do it ion to tbo cost- They are of
etogimt design, and made suitable for any room and offices. The
public Is Invited to view tha stove In operation at too Paukllbamn
Furnishing Ironmongery Promises, 58 and 58, Baker-street. Pros¬
pectus, with Pians. free.
riENERAL Furnishtog IRONMONGERY.—
VX The PANKLIBANON, 56 and 58. and Bazaar, Baker-street.
TJ*« largest Bliow-rcoms in Louitou, containing tho bast and nwt
varied tttrtk of splendid Electro- Silver Hate, superior Cutlery .war¬
ranted), Htovea, Fenders, and Fireirons, etogont G*a Chandelier*.
Tjiiim, Tea-Urn*, patter Tea-trays. Botha, Hall Lantern*, and Smvts,
Kitchen Ranges. Garden Heart, **nd Wire work. Pnrohz*o-s are invited
to view this vast coL'action of nsoful and Ornamental furninhlng roqui-
■Ucc, til of the best manufacture, which Is unoauallod also whore.
Tho boat Colxa Oil, 4s. 3d. per gallon.
Moderator Lamp*, 4*. fid each.
Purdcninn Coal Boxes. 4*. fid. each.
Ivcry balance-handle 'fatdo Knivas, 11s. per dazdn.
KegUtered Brass Gao-llgluera, 9d. each.
N.B. The price* marked in plain flgurm. Ulustratorl Catalogue* fres.
T3APERHANGINGS and DECORATIONS.
1. Thatercest and brat Stock In Lotxton of French a'.d English
Dss'gn, cooimcncmg at 13 yards for fid., is rt CROSS’S, 22, Great
Pert land-street, ifar-lobono, coer the Folytechcic Institution. House
Painting and Decorating In cv&ry style Estimates free.
TYCN’T BEAT YOUR CARPETS.—They
1 7 ran be thoroughly cleansed from all impuri.ira, and the colour*
rerlrcd, by pure scouring. Pries 3d. and 4d. per yard. Turkev and
extra heavy Carp©** In proportion. Carpets and rug* recdv«i from
all part* of England by Inggsge rail, ami price-llrts forw«rdod by
post on application. Fetched and returned In town in eight day*.
fr#o of clnirge.—Metropolitan hteam Bleaching and Dyeing Com¬
pany, 17, Wharf-road, City-road, N.
COILED TURKEY CARPETS, no matter
h«.w dirty, cleaned ta pure a« when now by *be patent procese
of the Mctrcpolilan 8 team Bleaching and Dyeing Company, 17,
Wharf-road. City*road, N.
COILED LACE. MUSLIN, and DAMASK
CURTAINS, Cleaned, Finished, or Dyed in a very extra
superior manner. A single pair fetched and deliver#! free o'charge.
Moderate prirrs.—MKT UO ^ LIT A ^ STEAM B IRA CUING and
DYKiNG COMPANY, 17, Wharf-road, CUy*road. N.
aOILED CHINTZ FURNITURE Cleaned,
Stiffened, and Glared equal to new. Drerara, Phawls, Man*Ira,
8 rc . Cleaned end Dyed at very moderate rrices, bv the METRO¬
POLITAN BTF.AM BLEACHING and DYEING COMPANY, 17,
Whcrf-rond, Clry-road. N.
CJOILED BLANKETS, Counterpanes, and
O Dimity Bid Furniture BLEACHED and BCCURSDh* a uurer
manner than has hitherto been attxioed in Lcr-dan.—ME rROPOLITAN
8 TEAM HLEACHING acd DYEING COMPANY, 17, Wharf-road
Clty-road. N.
"OLEACHING, Scouring, and Dyeing, is
1) brooght by this Company to a high state of perfection, which,
combined with very mod«rate and flxrd charge, bsokUIt roovm-
menda itself to the nrbiilty. gentry, and reoaral public —MRTRO.
POUTAK fcTFAM HLEA.Chl.NG and DYEING COMPANY, 17,
Wharf-road, City-road. N.
WHEN YOU ASK FOR
r\ LENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
Or BEE THAT YOU GET IT,
sa inferior kind* ere often «nb* 4 itQted.
B
LINENDRAPER 8 TO THE QUEEN. BY APPOINTMENT.
Established In 1778*
ABIE S’ BASSINETS,
Triramsd and Furnished,
Ready for u*o, uro ao^t homo free of carriage.
BARIEV BASKRW,
Tritrmtd and fu~nisb«d to correapood.
ER. SON, and CO.. «», QRACECHURCH-IT., I/1NDON, E.C.
Descriptive Lists, with pricei, irat fres by post.
DB. DE JORGE'S
1 * IGHT-BROWN COD LIVER OIL,
J THE PUREST AND MOST PALATABLE,
1 , prescrib'd ty the most cruin-nt British and Foreign Physicians.
OPINION OP DR PEREIRA. FJLR.
" Whether considered with reference to its colour* flnv-or, or
chemical frsp« rates, 1 am satisfied that, iar medicinal purposes, no
finer oil can be procured.
Bold OWXY in iMrntAi. Half-pints, 1«. 6 d.; P’m**. 4s. W.; Quarts,
9s.; enpBokd and labeCed with DR. US JOXOU'S stamp aud -ignoture,
WITHOUT WHICH WORK COM POSilBUT UK HSRVUVK, by most **-
•ptc table Chembt*. _
.•cut 3nnWH coHPiamrrs,
AJiSAB, HAKFCBD, AND CO-, 77, STRAND, LONDON, W.O,
Sent post-free. Dttarlotlva LJtu of
pOMPLETE SE'JS of BABY LINEN,
whi :h are sent home
throughout tho Kingdom froo of earrings.
UNDERCLOTHING FOR HOME. INDIA. AND ALL COLONIES,
for Ladies, and Cblldron of all ngea.
LlNENDRAPEItS TO THE QUEEN BY APi'OlNIMENT .
Ectabltshed in 177H.
T ADIES’ WEDDING OUTFITS
.1 1 tent home ireo of carriage.
Descriptive Llsti, with price-, sent free by prat.
CAPFFJL BON. sli! CO.. fi9. Greo^hurnh-strott. London. E.C.
rtlTY /BY ENILE DBPO T.—
\J B1 BY-LINE^ and LADIES’ UNDEBC'OTHING WAKR-
HOU8BU.—Lfcdle/* Night Dnvsra, 3 for 6s. tld.; Chomlw*. with
bands, 3 for 4s.ilul : Drawer*, 3 j»ir for 3s. ltd.; 81lp«, tuckod, 3 for
8s. fid. ChIJdret ’* Underclothing c^iuaily a* cheap. All work war¬
ranted at ti made ofT^orrock’* LdugcICKhi a tower quality kept ex¬
pressly fair outfirt to lnd a and the ooloxlat. Lod e#’ Harts-wovo
Stay*, 3*1 lid. per j>airi ahd the rewly-iuveutadelastloCore»t, to fas¬
ten to iront. 3«. ltd . not obtainable dsawbare. Infimia' Bassinets,
hatK S niely trimmrd citliCr With white or cbiubt, ooo gulnivt ouch.
An llirstmted Pri-*' ! 1st rertf ee on annllcatioo.—W. Ii. TURNER*
68 , 69, 70, ind 81 *. BishopsgHto * reet Without, Loudon, K.C.
/I KANT and GASK (late Williams and Ca),
having purchased the greater portion of tho stock of Meows.
J. and W. V\ALLACE, bankrupts, dewed Muslin Manufacturers,
Glasgow, amounting to £12.2(6 3s. 8d., and aokl by toe trustees at a
discount train the ccet of tihj per cent, will OPFER IT FOR SALE
during the present month; consisting of every description of MUSLIN
WORK In Flouncing*. IUKOrtioua. Collar*, feltevea, Embroidered
Muslin Droetre, Cambric Handkerchiefs, Curtaimi, Ac. Tber will
•how hi the rant*' time 111,000 yards of cheap Silks, at 28s. fid. the
Fuii Press vf twelve yards, wldo width, present value 3s. 3d. jwr
j«rd: 400 rets of Bilk Klouncos, at 2#4« 6,1. ; 600 rich French
j»..ir.' Autloucs, i t 78s. fd. the extra length of nino yards to each
rcbc’J 1600 Flounced Printed Muriin Dretera, stfis. ‘.M., fast colours;
M,3£0 yards French Printed Muslin, at tjil. par vard, fast collars,
worth from lCkl. to 1*. per ynrd. Patterns forwarded to the country.
-Special rooms for Family Mourning, 58, Oxford-streot. Commerce
Hcuso, 69.b0.6l. and 62, Oxford-str^-t; and 3. 4. aud 5, WoUs-street.
QPK1NG FASHIONS and NOVELTIES lor
lO 1858.—ALLAN aud CO., Waterloo Hens**, 69. 70, and 71. Bt.
Paul’s Cburchyaid, beg to inform their friends and tho public that
by their, xvrt ons ia the Homo and Foreign Market* they are enabled
tu offer oue of tho best-selected stock* to the Metropolis for tho spring
scaton.
T7ALENCIENNES LACE.
▼ Tbo latent imitation, made with genuine linen thread,
scarcely to bo dbilngubhod from the real French. Sample* post-free.
BAKER and DOWDEN,
17 and 18, Upper Eaton-street, Eaton-square, 8.W.
TVTEW PATTERNS in PRINTED CAM-
J. 3 BKIC8 and JACCONOT*, British and Foreign. Samples poat-
iroe* BAKER and DOWDRN,
17 and 18, Upuer Eafon-stroot, Fatoa-Wiuara. B.W.
lyps. HISCOCK, LADIES’ OUTFITTER
JLV1 54 Regent-street Quadrant —Plato Chemises, Harrook’s long
cloth. 2s. fid. each: Night Dmses (.superior paitorn*), 4S. fid. each.
Outfits te India, £20. Patterns adapted, and materials specially suit¬
able. Detail «t lists rent free.
T ADIES’ COLOURED SAXONY FLAN-
1 J NEL MORNING WRAPPERS, in pluk, sky. cherry, China-
blue, grey, «c. ; trimmed with ribbons to match silk grril*. *c.. S*».;
making an elegant morning dross. Patterns free. — Mrs. UldJOCK,
54, Regent-street.
TTERY PRETTY FRENCH NIGHTCAPS,
T of Nainsook mu. 11a. pink runners, and treble loco borders,
thoroughly well made, 2s. 9d. each. 3 for Si., or stamp*.
Mra.UIBC0CK.5i, Regant-itrot t.
IPROM ABBEY, and CASTLE, and TOWER
q* —from Rectory, Priory, Vicarage, and Parsonage— fro n Msuso
and Grange — from Palaces and Park.-, and Cottage* and Halls, and
homes of ©very dare throughout the land. Note! of Approval ore from
day to day received by Meads me* MARION and MAITLAND, ex¬
pressing admiration of tho style, quality, fit, und comfort of tha
RESILIENT BODICE snd COltSALKTTO DI MEDICI. IIi-m notes,
their own evidence of veradty, «io ia Volumes, open to tho ins cotton
o! visitor*. Enlarged Illustrated prospectus, price-Ii 1 to, nelf-inoxture-
ment papers, Ac., to any lady, port-froo- All country order, rent
carriage-paid, c r post-free. — Mcsdsme* Clarion und Maitland,
Pau ntr-es, 238, Oxfurd-stroat (opposite the Marble Arclil.
p.UILTED ETDER.DOWN PETTICOATS
XCir are otroi gly rcoommondod to those who vriib to ooutolna
ire elegenco with comfort. To bo hud only of W. H. RATBOM
and CO*. L Maddox-etreot. Kcgani-street. Depot for tho Bilor-down
Qal’.t* and Pstcnt Hnrictr ITlow*.
QUIRTS.—FLANNEL SHIRTS of ever?
kJ description, Drc** Shirts, and Dnssing Gowns. Mooenre-oapors
will be ter.t on application.—CAPPER and WATERS, 96, itestaat-
strv-ct. Ixmdon 8. W
FASHIONABLE SPRING BONNETS, from
J? 10s. fid. Tho Princes* of Pnnila Hat for Young Imdle* and the
Imperii. 1 Turban Hat for Boys.—W. filMMONS, 36, {King WiiLom-
t treat. City, nearly facing the MooumenL
’* Ifiy me, try me.
Provo, crc you deny roe." — XiOlA
T ADIES’ RIDING HABITS, £4 4s ;
Aj Footman’s Beit. C3 3s.—DOUT1NEY aud BLlNS, 170, Old
bond stroot; 25, hnniegton Arcade: 40, i-omburd ttraet.
T UVENILE CLOTHING on ECONOMICAL
t) PRJNCIPLW8. F'ro.t-dasa Bull. Sid- per Inch, nc»rdi''g to
bright—WALTER BERDOK. 95, Low Bond-street, end 69, Corn-
liilL N B. North sido.
rtt EOBGE HOBSON begs io invite attention
vIJl of Gentlemen to hi* new Ptock of TR OUSERINGS for the pre¬
rent Beeson, price 21a. to 25i. The Inveroc*a Cape. 25a, now rosdy.
Several new style* and ahapes in Chroroont', oda;.ud for tho coming
B-.aion. In all the new Cloths, both to Eng.teh and Continental raoaa-
fecturv, which will be foun-'*, on itwpectloa, at price* most modorato
for best goods.-GEOh.GK HOBSON, Fashianabla Tailor, 57, Lom¬
bard* meet.
QERV ANTS’ LIVERIES. — Tho best, at
U moderate prices, furnished for ot*h payments, by H. J. aad D.
NICOLL, 114, llH, 118, and 120, Hegent-stroct. and 22. ComhliL
T ADIES* FIRST-CLASS ELASTIC
JLi BOOTS, at MODERATE PRICES. — laris Kid Elastic Root*,
military boe!s. 14s. fid. IUiistrated priced Catalogue* s*nt poit-free.—
THOMAS D. MARSHALL, IWr. OXFGHlMiTRERT. W.
TVTO MORE COLD FEET.—Patent FELT
Jl 1 INfiOLED BOOTS and HHOE8—IiOWLEY and OO , 53,
Churing-crcfs, Prize Medal Holden et Load on and Paris Exhi¬
bitions.
rf!0 LADIES.—Richly Perforated TISSUE
A for FiP.B PAPERS or 8tovs Aprons, to bo made up in tho
Flocnrcd Kyle, with Instructions, E:ghi Stumps per Packs*.—R-
FZTKKH, Tovil. Maidrtone.
rPIIE IMPROVED LADrS SADDLE,
JL “ HcglBterod." ensures a mnch mure se.ute and easy seat: it
will fit eny bani without hurting tho hock. To tret Its rupertoruy
over the old-frkhiorod Raddle may be hired: if imrclwitl within one
month no charm for hire. — Merst* LANGDON, Saddlers, Dukc-
•ircet, Mancbettrr-rqunTC.
TTUMAKE BEEHIVES.—E. RIGBY and
XJL CO., 8\ Crocecli.: rch-stroet,,having arranged with Hr. Mar¬
riott, have tww on sale Hives (or Bee* of the mustspprovid con-
straction.
Cntak guo* port-free upon application.
C hoice flower seeds.—S ent post-
pc id. Ihe following packets, la etchSpkndid Doable
German t locks, uew Large Flowering. Dwarf ^W K k, now intor-
nuoiusc, Eaicrar or Pcrj-etuol Flowering, and Bromptan. Superb
Doub'e AKera Poaray (Truffaut), the larg.s: and houilsommt varlotr.
Now Globe Qunkd and Dwarf Bouquet Pyramid. 8npsrior DmWd
Larkepare, Dwarf Kocket. Branching, arul now Hyactothifiorum.
Eplcnuid Zlnrbs. and Double German Vailfiower. Choice Calcso-
laria? Cineraria, Primula, and Chater’s cb lci*t Doul/o Hollyhock,
e^wdid tew Petunia*, froni Italy; aJ*o, IVraUlo Carnation,
and DouMo Flootee. Llnum Grandiflontm Cocriuoam, Whitlavla
Grandifiont Aercdlninm Ite cnm. Lupinus Pilosua Albus. Almsoa
Wa*«'wicts, ivlpltiuom Fonuosam. flilrty sjrts of tho harfftast and
most showy Annuals for 5s.. twenty-one for **■**■•>™
2 a 6d.. In label*, girir.g cultural direcdons. BUTL<R and M CUIrt
LOCB 'B Seed Catalogue - a useful guide to tho Vegetable and Ftow#
Garden* sent free by post-on apultoaikn. Opposite douthamptoo-
smet, Covent-gorJcu Market, London.
324
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 27,1858
NEW BOOKS, frc.
Just published, In 2 vol*., royal 8ro, price £4 4s. cloth,
A NNALS of WINDSOR; being a History of
the Castle and Town With some Account of ETON and Place*
adjacent. By R. R. T1GUE. Eaq., and J. E. DAVIS, E-q., Barristor-
at-Lawr. With numerous Illustrations by Falrbolt and others; In¬
cluding Norden'a curious View of the Cattle. nn< Map* of the Park
and Forest, drawn and coloured from the oris Inal MS. in the British
Museum.—London: Lon OMAN, blOWX, aadCO.
___ This day, octavo, I5s^
mRANSACTiOJNS of the NATIONAL
JL ASSOCIATION for the PROMOTION of SOCIAL 8 CIENCE.
1857. Il augural Addre»»e-< and So.rct Paper*.
London: John W. 1 'akkkk and SOX, West Strand.
A THUNDERBOLT for ROME, proving that
an the Error* and Ido’abrie* of the Romish Church proceed
from one cause and th*t the whole la to be eradicated by one simple
Boroodv. Bv C VLNES. Professor of Theology. Just published,
price 4s — J. F. 8iu.tr, 36, Paternoster-row, London.
Crown 8ro, price *s. 6d.; post-free. 2s. I0d., with Map fid. extra,
L ONDON as it is TO-DAY; Where to Go
and What to See. With 200 Engravings.
London: H. G. Clark* and CO., 252, Strand, W.C.
IGHT for DARK DAYS.—
N*w Book,
By the Her. JAMES SMITH, of Cheltenham.
Royal Stmo, 380 page*, gilt edges, la. fid.; cottage library, If.
Also uniform In aixe and p Ice. by the aome Author,
The EARLY and the LATTER RAIN.
GOOD SEED for the LORD’S FIELD.
BRPAD from HEAVEN
Halifax: Milner and Bowkrbt; London: 8lmpkin, Marshall, and Co.
Price 2a. 6d. each,
D E PORQUeT’S PtliST FRENCH
READING-BCK'Kr or. Live* of Extraord'nary Children, with
Foot Note*: Parisian spelling-book, Parisian Pimuoology, Premier*
Paa, In Frencn; Foreign Ke*''y-recko*«cr of Coins, W tghta, «nd
Measures; Vocabulalre aod Franc a Ganders, in two coloan, red and
bloc.
London: Snn*Ki.T Marshall, and Co.; and may be had of the
An hor, at hia Scholastic Agency, 14, Tavistock-street, Corent-
garden.
WORTH NOTICE.—What has always been wanted la Just published,
price isfree by post (the eighteenth thousand is now selling),
mUB DICTIONARY APPENDli,
JL with upwards of 7000 words not foumd In the Dictionary, com¬
prising the Participles of the Vorbs, which porplox all writers. No
parson who writo* a lottor should be without this work: all school
pupils should have it. "This book is invaluable.”—Weekly Times
•*Thla book fat as necessary a* • Walker's Dictionary' Itself.”—Tbs
Critic. J. 7. 8 haw, 36, P&Urnoster-row.
SUPERIOR 8CHOOL BOOKS.
B UTTER’S GRADATIONS in READING
and °PE LING 4»-th edition. Price '*. 6d. bound.
RUITER’S h'JYMOLOGICAL SPELLING-BOOK
and KXPO-tiloK. 212th Edition. Price Is. d bonnd-
BUTIERS GRADUAL PKIMER. With En¬
gravings. *6:h edition. Price 6d. Sold by ol B oksollen
MEMOIR OF H4VFL0CK
T he baptist magazine for march
and APRIL contains a comple o MEMOIR of the lore Sir
HENRY HAVE^O.K. K.C.B .written oxurestiy or this peri dical
by his brother in-l*w J HN C MAltSHM vN, Eiq. WiU too April
Numb-r will b*> given an admirable PORTRAIT, envraved *>y
Oochran from tho ouly original paintl. gin exbteoce, wlilch Is rill In
the p- sieSElon of his famtly. Early orders aro requested, to prevent
disappointment. London: Pkwtkkss and Co., Ave Maria-lone;
Heaton and Son, Warwick-lane.
Just published, in fcpBvo, do’h flash, prico Is.,
R hymes with a reason. By b.
London: Piper, Btsphkxbox, and c PXNCK. ratemosier-row.
EtE PRETTIEST GIFT-BOOK EVER
PUBLISHED.—The PICTORIAL POCKET BIBLE, with nearly
380 beautiful Wood-Engravings of all the groat event! recorded in the
Scriptures Good clear typo and 50,000 references, bound In beat
morooo j, for Its. Bent post-free. Only to ho had at John Field's
Great Bible 'Varehrase, Regent‘s-qasdrant, London.
0| W, BIBLE STORIES, with nearly 300
CJv /»' BIBLE PICTURES, a Pictorial Sunday Book for tho
Young, handsomely bound, price is. 6d.. originally published at 12a.
Beat post-free from FIELD’H great Biblo Warehouse, 65, Regeat’s-
quadrant. Every family should have this protty book.
Just published, Fourteenth Rd’tion, ftvo, bound, prioo 16s., post-free,
"» * UMCEOPATHIC DOMESTIC
MEDICINE. By J. LAURIE, M.D. Devoid of all techni¬
cality. Giving full d rootl ms how to sricci and administer tho Reme¬
dia*; al»o toe dose. Especially adapted to the use of Families, Eml-
grams, and *i<«slonaiiea. A Me Lino Chest adapted, prise 55s.
An EPIToaiL ot tin: AisuVfci met 6s. A Guide
to those commencing this treatment in family practice A < ase for
this *7ork, price 35*. Carriage-free on receipt of Poet-office order.
Lxarn and Ross, 5, St. Paul's Ch.-yara, ana V, Vere-it., axiord-st.
Now Edition, enlarged. S2mo, bonnd, price la., free by post,
H OMOSoPATHIC FAMILY GUIDE:
containing Simple Directions for the Domestic Treatmont of
Ordinary Ailment*. A Chist of Medicine for this Work, price 24a.
XdKATH and Rosa. 5, Bt. Paul’s Ch. -yard; and 9, Vere-et.. Oxford-at
H
second Edition. price 5s., treo by post,
OMCEOPATHIC TREATMENT of INDI-
JLX GE8TION, Constipation, and Hemorrhoids (Plies). By W.
MORGAN, M.D. Directions for the treatment of those common
disorders. Rules for Diet, receipts for Delicacies which may be safely
taken by persons suffering from these complaint*
Loath and BOSS, 5, 8t. Paul's Ch.-yard; and 9, Vere-st., Oxford-st
Now rea^y, Second Edition, price Is.; by post la. Id.,
S TAMMElilNG: the Cause auaLure. With
a Chapter en Snoring and its Cure. Bv the Rev. W. W.
CAZALET. A,M Cantab.
London: BOSWORTll and HAORlMX, 115, Regent-street.
Just oabll'htd, price 2». fid., In l rol,
C ONSUMPTION : A New View ofita Nature
and Cause, with a successful Plan of Treatment.
By R>HN GARDNEn, M.u . Ac , Ac.
Londons JOHX Chubchill, New Btullogton-street, W.
Now ready. Fifth Edition, with eases, prioe Is. 6d.; by post,
T ATERAL CURVATURE of lke &;
I i with a now method of treatment for securing its removal. By
0HABLE6 VBRRAL, Esq., Burgeon to the Spinal Hospital, i«n ioa
London t J. Churchill, New Barlington-Street: and all Booksallen.
H INTS to MOTHERS and NURSES on
REARING INFANTS by HAND. Post-free, on application
to Willi Ml F. Coofxb. Pharmaceutical Chemist, 28, Oxford-street,
W.. London
Sent Free by Post for Eight Penny Postage Stamps,
TjlENNLNUS’ EVEKV MOTHER'S BOOK;
JL? wbloh oentalns everything that every Mother ought »o know.
Direct to Alfb*d Fbxhinos Wait Cowes. Ulo of wight.
Third Edition, post free. Sd., .
P AINLESS TUUIH EXTRACTION bj
CONGF.LATION. By J. W. WEBB.—Mr. EDWIN W L-
L1AM3. Burgeon-Dentist, operate* at 21, Boutiuunpton-eiroot.
Bu.om• bury-*-quare, from 10 te 4.
TJIBLES, CO VI MON PR&YtR. BOOKS, and
• CHURCH 8ER\ ICES, of every description, In plain or elegant
bindings.
boons for Young rorsons, end nias'rated Books for present*.
bEELKY 2 llano v r-nreot, cot-street.
Tho usual uisc^un for ready money.
50 000 BIBLES, PRAYER-BOOKS,
CHURCH 8EKVCES, and JUVENILE BOOK8.-
Cheapest, and Best-bound Block In the Kingdom, at
FIELD 8 Great Btbio Wwehou.se, 65, Eogom’s-quadrant, London.
pHEAP BOOKS.—Surplus Copies of Tom
Brown's School Days. I)r Livlngsfono'ii Africa, Goorge
Stephen* »n'» Ltfr. Rev. G Wacno-’s life. Ruskin’* Moment* of
fF-and m«i.y other Books, are now on bALK st BULL S
-liii al u gT ..? liy -^ ftdue " 5<J P r5ce * Catalogue* sent pori-’reo on
Kud^ U °W -ba11 * i9 » Holies-street, Cavcndish-squaro,
N O CHARGE for STAMPING PAPER and
jimwfl?r OPE8 .' 7 ith Coronet, rest, or Inltlals.-
( j' OW 2' 4ld Adi >oaive Envcloj^s, «d. per 100; Cream-
XT 1 fuU for « : thick ditto, flvo quire* for
U.; FooUcap. 9s per ream. Sermon Paper, is. 6d. All kinds of
BUtionary equally cheap, at H. Rodrigue'*, <1 Piccadilly, London,W
A\T EDDING CARDS, Enamelled Envelopes,
NEW MUSIC, %c.
D ’ALBERT’S ALBUM for 1858.—The most
splendid Musical Work ever produced, surpassing all this
popular Composer's previous Albums. Tho cover is In the most elabo¬
rate and gorgeous style; the binding In watered silk: and tbocoloured
1111 ustrations aro in tho greatest variety, by Mr. Brandard. M. D’Albert
ha* composed expressly for this Album a number of new Waltzes,
now Quadrille*. Polkas, Mazurkas, Ac.; and the publishers feel confi¬
dence in announcing it os the most attractive m usic al present ever
published. Prico 31s. bent free.
Chappell and Co., 49 and 50, New Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S WEDDING QUADRILLE,
performed by Wolppert’s Band at her Majesty's »Uto Ball,
Buckingham Palace. Prioo 3e., Solo or Duet; Full Orchestra, 5a.
Chappell and Co., 50, New Bond-street,
D ’ALBERT’S PRINCESS ROYAL POLKA,
with an exquisite Portrait of the Prinoess In Colour*, by
BRANDARD. Prico 3s., 8ok> or Duet, poet-free.
Chappell sad Co., 50, New Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S ENGLISH POLKA Just
published. Illustrated In Colours, with a Bridal Portrait of the
Princess Royal, by BRAJ4DARD. Prioe 3*.; Full Orchestra, 5s.
CHAPPELL and CO., 50, New Bond-street.
r 'ADIEU de la PRINCESSE. BRINLEY
I J R'CHARDS’ New Nocturne for the Pianoforte, splendidly
Illustrated in Colour*, by BRANDARD. Dedicated to her Majesty the
Queen. Price 3*. 6d., bolo or Duet, post-free.
CHaptbll and CO., 50, New Bond-ctral
D ’ALBERT’S VIOLANTE.—New WALTZ
by this popular Composer. Just published, Illustrated in
Colours. Prico 4s., m>1o or duett; full orchestra. 5*.
Chappell and Co, 50, New Bond-street.
’ALBERT’S FRENCH POLKA UfoT-
.trated in Colour* by BRANDARD Prico ft*., Solo or Duet,
post-free. CUAPi’XLL and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
PATRICK, MA CUISHLA. New Irish
X BaMed. Written by the Hon. Mr*. NORTON ; Music by
GEORGE BARKSK Prico ts., poet-free.
Chappell and CO.. 50, Now Bond-street.
UANITA By the Hon. Mrs. NORTON.
Third trillion of this the most popular of all Mrs. Norton'*
ballads. Price 2s., post-free.
Chappell and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
IVfEW VALSE, LES JOLIS YEUS NOIRS.
A. v By LIMA IA MKRT. Price fie , port-free for stamps.
P. E. VAX NOORDEX and Co., 115, Great Kussell-street, Bloomsbury.
B RINLEY RICHARDS’ COMPLETE
TUTOR for the PIANOFORTE- The best, the nowcet, and
cheapest of all Instruction Books, containing elementary Instructions,
Seales, r>xerclsea. and a great variety of the most popular thtmos as
progressive lessons. Sixty pages full music size, price 4s, post-free.
Chappell and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
B RINLEY RICHARDS’ HUGUENOTS
FANTASIA on the most admired Air* from this favourite
Opera for the Pianoforte, Prioe 4a., post-free.
Chappell and CO., 50, New Bond-street.'
L ucknow.—descriptive fantasia
for the Pianoforte. By C. M. E. OLIVER. Beautifully Ulus-
rated by BRANDARD, in Colour*, price 4e., post-freo.
Chappell and CO., 50, New Bond-street.
S AD BROWN LEAVES; Ballad, 2s.;
Duet, 2s. fid. “Only to be known So bo universally appre¬
ciated ” Also, by the same Composer, “I wish be would make up
his mind, Ms! ” 2s.; “ OhI brightly tho sunboams are shining,”
2s. 6d.; and, ‘ 8till I’D waP. a little longer,” 2a. Rent free by
return of post, for stamps, by Mr. T. CHAN l'RE V, Macclesfield.
T71IFTY SELECTED POLKAS for ~thi
i 1 PIANOFORTE in a PhUIlng Book; post-froo 14 stamps.
Edited bv WR-TROP. Also Wcstrop's 150 Melodies for the Volin,
la ; Keg,'mil's 200 Melodies for the German Concertina, Is : Sedgwick's
200 Melodies for tho English Conrertina, Is. Either book by 14
■tamps.—MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 192, High Holhoro.
r [E CHRISTY MINSTRELS’ SONGS:
Come where my love Me* dreamlnr, as solo and qnartetta. price
fid.; by post. 7d Also, Willie w* have missed yon: Hoop da dooden
do; The other side of Jordan; Beautiful Star: Hard Th-nra, Good
Now* from Home; TuB the Bril; Kls- me Quick; Good old Jeff; w 0
are coming, sister Mary; Old Folk* are gone: Ring de Oh.
Boys, carry ms along. Gentle Jenny Gray; and Gentle Annio, ail 3d.
each; by post, id.; or tho sixteen songs by post for 4s. M. in
stamp*.
MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE,
191, High Holborn.
H OOP DE DOODEN DO POLKA, by
W. H. MONTG 'MERV, price 64; by poet 7 stamps.
Also, by the same popular Composer, Now Tou Must. Old I)>g
Tray. Ask Msmma, Tomtit’s. Laughing Eye*, the Scotch, Pet of tho
Polkas, the Lancers. Plt-a-Pat Minn's, and Guy Fawkes Polkns,
64 each; by po»t 7d ; or the 12 Polkas free by post for 6s. 6d. in
stamps. -MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 192. High Hciborn
TVXONTGOMERY’S IL TROVATORE
i-tX VA T BB. price 6d., post-free 7 stamps- Tho most boautlful a ire
of the popular Opera mated In a charming style Also, the Blue Ryes,
Dreams of Childhood, WhUp r of Love. Gathering* rom tho Orchard,
fipray of the Ocean. Love Birds, the Balmoral, 8tar-sp»nglod Banner,
TrnvUta, Kigoletto, Lucrezla Borgia, snd La fioun*mbula Waltzes,
by Montgomery—all 6d. ek»*h; hy posi, *d.
MUSICAL BOUQUAT OFFICE, >.«, High Holborn.
T HE HOLY FAMILY.—Admired Sacred
Me odlrs, by the most celebrated composers. FIret Series (the
favourite book j. Arranged for the Pianoforte by W. H. CALLCOTT,
and oeautl'u'ly lllustratwi in oil colours Piano Solo, 5s.: Piano
Duets. ^63., ad Ub, accompaeanenU for flute, violin, or violoncello,
Mr. W. T. BRIGHTON'S LATEST BALLADS:—
Tis the Moonlight Sleeping, beautifully lllus-rated. 2s. bd.: a Pstim
of Life, 2k.: and Moth—’g last Parewrll. 2s 6d. ; the Lover's Lettor-
Box. 2v. 6d : You Need Not Come Courting o’ Me, 2s. *Q1.; My
Mother’s Gentle Word, ts. 6d.; Her Bright Smile Hann»s Me 8tilL
2s 6d.; On the Banks of a Beautiful River, 2s. 6d. N.B. Tho Post¬
man's Knock. 3 a. 6d. This t iitlngulsbed compwr and teacher of
sinaing pubirhsa bis new ballads and song* onlv through the medium
Of her Mnieriy's Mr.ri; I*ubllsheni ROBERT COCKR and Co
HOME they brought her warrior
DEAn.-8onc Word, by AI.F'.RD TENSY80S D.CL. Poet
L.er-,:e; Mu.le br Ml.. M. LINDSAY "Another of Iho o .wool
sinp In Iho p.cul:.r n,l. which Mi., Llndwi, do'lgh'. to in nine in
1‘ i* » “ rthy compuiion to ■ Excolnior.' ■ Pnli.ki,' *o." Carmarthen
Journal, March lit. London: ROBERT COCKS and Co., New Bur¬
lington street, W.. Music > n I’fohm to their Majesties Queen Vlo-
toria and tho femperor Napoleon III
M ADAME OURY’S NEW PIANOFORTE
„ 7 MUSIC —’’Oberon " polka de salon, 3«. Robort, to! que
I aime. 4s. Souvenirs d Ecoree, Fanlalsle on 8cotch Airs, 4s. Grand
Fanlaisie on t ruwi«n Vational Air*. 4n.
Buossr and BOX'S Musical Library, Holles-street.
N EW BALLAD by BALFE—SCENES OF
HOME, bv M W. BALPB. price is. Also. 8lxth Fditicn of
COMB INTO IHK GARDEN, MAUD, by the rame ! om^.^ire
3s. Booset and 80X8’ Musical Library, Holloa-street.
T ISZT'S CONSOLATION for the PIANO-
JLi FORTE —Pare, molodious, and fall of sweet and soothing ex¬
pression.’’—Drily Nows. Ono of tho most charming tin. g* of the
kind.”-Athena: m Third odliIon. Pi ice Is., rent prepaid on reedDt
of 12 stomps.—E wer and Co., 390, Oxfoid-atroct.
E wer and co’S music warehouse,
390, Oxfoid-stroet, London.—Ewor and Co.'s own Publics-
ti n ns. Including «1* Men oiSAohn's Works, and tho wh->le of their ex¬
tensive stock ef Foreign Music. »old nt the uniform rate of Sixpence
per Sheet, being on y about, half the price charged by other establish¬
ment*. Catalogues gratis.
R OOND the CORNER WAITING,
WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY? Ballad by CHARLES
8W AI v ; Mu..c by RANDIGGER A- sunr by M.dan e Rud«redorff
and o:her e.lehrared voca hits. Eighth Edi ion, price l*. 6d. Sent free
on receipt of '8 stamp*-fcWBR and Co., t xfonl-atreet
IPNGLAND for the ENGLISH, and GOD
RIGHT, Now Patriotic Song. Words bv J. E.
CAjtPENTE Mn*ic by E. L. H1ME and sung by tho ComDoocr
with tho moot rapturous applan«e. Price 2s. puw
Evaxs and Co,, 77, Raker-street, ^ortmon-square, W.
ROLAND IS ENGLAND STILL Price 2s.
Li New National Song, by tho Cempow of “ Sad Brown Loavre ”
Free for stamps from J. Chaxtkkt, Publisher, Maocleafloli
HTV®J G 4 L BOX DEPOT, 54. Comhill
London, for the 8ala of Mnrieal firm* mrirln Ht rhn nr . v . ■■ ■ i
j?*** 7 *; (Friii**), of 0«c9va, eontalnirg operr.de, n.He P .i
f»Y«ut»,»cdwa«iiin. Li»»o/an»u4^JJJ«Sr
NEW MUSIC, 4-c,
HAMMOND'S
AfUSICAL PRESENTATION LIBRARY.
ATI Three Gaineas per Annum.
Three Guineas' worth of Music presented Gratis to every Annual
Subscriber to the above Library.
Subscriber* are liberally supplied on Loan with every description of
Row Vocal and Instrumental Music, and have also at their disposal
upwards of Three Thousand Volumes, Including the Standard Operas.
Italian, German, French, and English Song*, and all kinds of Instru¬
mental Music.
At the expiration of the Term of Subscription, each Subscriber has
tho privilege of selection—for his own property—from 100,000 different
pieces,
THRU GUINEAS’ WORTH 07 MUBI0.
TEEMS OF BUBSCKIFTIOX.
For One Tear .. .. XI S 0 I For Three Months •. 11 5 0
For Six Months •• ,. 2 2 0 | For One Month .. „ 0 10 0
A. W. Hammond (Julllen’s), 214, Kagent-street, W.
Just published,
J ULLIEN’S LETIT1A WALTZ. Splendidly
illustrated In colours. Price 4s.
Julllen's Fife Polka.Prico 3s.
JaUlon's KUs Polka .. .. .. „ 2s.
Jnllien's Old Dog Tray Polka .. „ 3s.
A. W. Hammond (Jullien'a), 214, Regent-street
K GSNIG’S LAST WALTZ, with Comet ac-
companlment, prioo 4s. lUariratod with an exceedingly fine
Portrait of tho late Herr Ktrnig. Irom a Photograph.
A. W. Hammond (.Jnllien's), 214, Rogcnt-street.
G aston de lille’s new dance
MU8IC.
Hyde Park Galop .. .. Ss.
Ventre k Torre Galop ,, .. 3s.
Good Night Polka .. ., .3s.
Floarette Valso, beautifully illustrated In colour*. 4*.
Plavod by the Composer and various Orchestras and Military Bonds
with the greatest possible succo-s.
A. W. Hammond (Julllen’s), 214, Regent-street
O. A, OSBORNES NEW PIANOI-ORTE
U . MUSIC :—
Dal too Stellato. Prayer in Moarf in Egitto price 3s.
Home, sweet Home.. .. .« ,. 3s.
11 balen. Romance 11 Trovatore .. 3*.
Semlramido. Subjects by Rossini . 3s.
Assur „ .. 3s.
A. W. Hammond (JullTon's), 214, Regent-street /\
- - ---
1 ' OVE IN CANTON.—The drawing-room
.J Comlo Song of the Day—Illustrating an important incident
connected with tne Capture of Canton and tho Britbh Navy. With a
Portrait of Commissioner Teh's only daughter. Price 2s. 6i.
A. W. Hammond iJullien's), 2i t, Ragout- street.
N ew song, the bridge of sighs,
written and composed by 8AMUF.L LOVER, Esq. Price 2s. 6d.
This alogant ballad maybe considered one of Mr. Lover’s happiest
compositions. Words and music aro equally pleasing, and omuro Its
becoming a general favourite. Postage- freo.
London: Dorr aod Hodgson, 6i, Oxford-street
S ongs of the sea-ons.—spring
BLOSSOMS. SUMMER ROSES, AUTUMN FRUITS, and
WINTER EVERGREENS. Composed by -TKPREN glover.
Prico 2a. 6o. each. .These sorg« possess attractions seldom before
obt-iued. Tho Words, by Canmnier, aro exceedingly interesting, and
have suggcaUMl to Mr. Glover melodies of tho most fascinating cha¬
racter, while the Illustrations, by Packor. are >uporb.
L’Urf and Hodg.son, 65, Oxford- stroot.
TVTEW GALOP—THE ALARM. Composed
_Lv by T. BROWNE. Price 3s (postage-free).— Among tho spark¬
ling noyoltie* performed by Welppert’s Band at tho Grand State Ball
at Buckingham Palace none shone more conspicuously than the
“ Alarm " Galop, which v/as admired by all.
Duff and Hodgson, 65, Oxford-street.
TVTEW SONG, THE FIRST TIME WE MET.
By the Composer of “ WUl you love me then as now? "
“Dearest, then I’ll love yon more,” “A Young Lady’s No,” fco.
Price 3s. This song will equal, if not surpass, the success attained by
any former production o 1 this gifted composer.
Duff and Hgdosox, 65, Oxtord-etreei.
TULLIEN and CO.’s CORNET-a-PJSTONS,
Herr KCFJiiG’S MOL-EL.
Menu fee-ured by ANTOINE COLRTOI8.
Ro. 1.— Ine Drawing-room Corne'- k- Pistons (by An to In*
Courtols). usod by Herr Koenig .£8 8 0
2.—Tho Concert-room ditto (by Autoins Conrtola), osod
by Herr Kern gal M. JulUcn'a Conoerta •• ..886
2.—The Military Cornet-k-Pistons.. .. .. ..660
4.—The Amateur Comet-4-Pi tons.550
6 .—Tbo Navy Cornot-4-Piitons . ..440
6 . —Tbo Ordinary Cornet-h-Pistona (first quality) ..326
7. —The Ordinary ditto (seoond quality».2 2 6
List of Prices, with drawings of tho instruments, may Im had n
application.—Jullien and Co., 214, Regent-street, W.
fT\HE NEW ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM
JL for the DRAWING-ROOM.
ALEXANDRE and SON have Just taken out a new patent for the
Drawing-room Harmonium, which effects the greatest improvement
they have ever made In the instrument. The Drawing-room models
will be found of a softer, purer, and in all rospoct* more sgreeablo
tone than any other Instruments. They have a perfect and easy
means of producing a diminuendo or crescendo on any one note or
more; the boss can be perfectly subdued, without even the use of the
expression stop, the great difficulty in other Harmoniums To each
of the new models an additional blower is attached at the book, so
that the wind can be supplied (If preferred) by a seoond person,
and still, under the new potent, the performer can ploy with per foot
expression.
THE DRAWING-ROOM MODEL
No. Is made in three varieties. Guinea*.
1. Three 8 tops, Percussion Action, additional Blower, and
in Rosewood Case .25
2. Right Stop* ditto ditto ditto Si
*• Sixteen Stop* ditto ditto, Volx CAeste, Ao.
(the best Harmonium that con be made) .. .. .. 60
llossra. Chappell have an enormous stock of the
SIX-GUINEA HARMONIUMS,
And of all Varieties of the ordinary kind, which are porfoot, for tho
Church, School, Hall, or Conoert-room.
No. Guinea*.
1. Oae Stop, oak case „ „ M .. io
I. „ mahogany case .. .. .. .. 12
I. Three Stops, oak, 15 guineas; rosewood .. .. .. 16
4. Fire Stops (two rows vibrators), oak case.22
h ditto rosewood cose .. .. 23
5. Right Stops, ditto, oak, 25 guineas. rosewood .. ..26
6 . Twelve -tops (four row* vibrator*), oak or rosewood case 35
7. One 8 top (with percussion action), oak case, 16 guineas;
rosewood case.18
8 . Throe Mops, ditto, roer wood case .20
9. Eight Stops ditto, oak or rosewood case ., .. .. 32
10. Twolve Stop*, ditto, oak case.40
U. „ d-tto. rosewood case.45
12. Patent model, ditto polished o«k or rosewood case •• 55
Messrs. Chappell beg also to call attention to their
NEW AND UNIQUE COTTAGE PIANOFORTES.
No. Guineas.
1. In mahogany case, octaves .. . „ .. .. 25
2. In rosewood, with circular fall, 6 | octave* .. .. ., 30
5. In rosewood, slogant case, frett, *c.. ..35
4. In very elegant wafont, ivory-trontod keys, Ac.40
A The Unique Pianoforte, with perfect check action, elegant
rose wood case *'4 octaves.40
6 . The Porelgn Model extremely elegant, oblique strings, 7
octavos, beet chock action, Ac., tho most powerful of
all upright Pianofortes .flO
Also to their mmenso ■ssortmeat of now and secondhand Instru¬
ments, by Broadwood, Collard. anc Erard, tor sale or hiro
Fn*l descriptive li»ta of harmonlnrns and of pia. ofortea sent upon
application to CHAPPELL and CO., 49 and 50, New Bond-street,
and IS, Goorge-streot. Hanover-square.
Agonta for FABRKQUETTEiJ and CO., Now York.
/CHAPPELL’S FOREIGN MODEL PIANO-
FORTE, price Fifty Guineas.—This Instrument has (unlike
the ordinary Cottage Pianoforte) Three String* end the foil sat Grand
oomjia*a of 8 oven Octavos. It is strengthened by overy possible
moans to endure the groat oat amount of wear, and to stand perfectly
In any ciim&to. Tho workmanship Is of the best description, the tone
ts round, full, end rich, and tho power oqaal to that of a Bichord
Grand. Tho case is of (he moat elegant construction, In rosewood,
tho touch olaatlc, and tho repetition very rapid. Every pcasitlo pre¬
caution has been taken to ensure its standing well in tune. Chappell
and Co. especially invite tho attention of tbo public, the prot'oanioa
and merchants to the Foreign Model, feeling assured that co Piano¬
forte, in all respects comparable, has hitherto been made In England
at the samo price. Every liwtnuncm will be warranted, and (If de¬
sired) exchanged within twelve months of tbs purchase.—50, Now
Bond-street, London.
P IANOFORTES (First-Class), DUFF and
HODGPON, Makers, 65, Oxford-street.—These Instruments
ore recommended by toe tfrofessl^n, and may be had In Walnut,
Zebra and Rosewood. Prices moderate. Warranted
■DRIT1SH PIANOFORTE SOCIETY, for
J_F distributing Pianofortes on the principle of a Building Society
Monthly payments 10, 15, or 20 shilling* Manateevarer, Mr. COOK.K
Easfon Factory, Ota uleton - street, E us ton road Books of rules, a a.
foT , foar stamps of the Secretary, Mr. R. Kemp,
II, ViototU-roui, KeutUh-town, London, N.W "
ttyATCHES.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS,
V v Watchmaker* (opposite the Bank of England), 11 and 11 ,
Oornhill, London, submit for selection a stock of brat-cl ass PATENT
DETACHED LEV t K WATCHES, which, being mode by themselves,
can bo reoommondod for accuracy and durability. A warranty la givaa.
PRICES OF SILVER WATCHES.
Patent Lever Watch, with tbo improvements, i o., the de¬
tached escapement, Jewelled, bard enamel dial, seconds,
and maintaining power to oontinue going whilst being
wound . .£4 14 •
Ditto, jewelled In four holes, and capped .8 6 8
Ditto. Lhe finest quality, with tho Improved regulator,
Jo welled in six holes, usually tn gold oases.. | | o
Either of the SUvor Watches In hunting cases, 10s. fid. extra.
GOLD WATCHE& SIZE FOR LADIES.
Patent Lever Watch, with ornamental gold dial, tbo move¬
ment with latest improvements, 1- e., the detached escape¬
ment, maintaining power, and jewelled ..11 ]]
Ditto, with richly-engraved case .. 12 6
Ditto, with very sirong case, and jewelled in four holes .. 14 It 0
GOLD WATCHES.—SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN.
Patent Lever Watch, with the latest improvements, l.e., the
detached escapement, jewelled in four holes, hard enamel
dial, seconds, and mai nt ai n ing power .. .. 16 1 | q
Ditto, In stronger case, improved regulator, sad capped „ IS it 0
Ditto, Jewelied in six holes, and gold balanoe .. 17 17 0
Either of the Gold Watches in hunting oases, £3 3s. extra.
Any Watch selected from the list wlllbe safely packed and sent free
to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, upon a rooeipt of a remittance
Of the amount.
P DENT, sole Successor to E. J. Dent in all
• his potent rights and bnsinoss, at 61, Strand, and 34 and 35,
Royal Ejicl’.ange, ami tho Clock and Compass Factory, at Somerset
Wharf, CHRONOMETER, WAIUH, and CLOCK MAKER to the
Queen anu Prince Consoit. and Maker of the Groat Clock for the
Houses of Parlinment Lttdto.' Gold Watches, eight guineas, Gentle¬
man's, ten guinetu; strong -Stiver Lever Watches, six guineas; Church
ClcLks, with compensation pendulum, £85. No oonnoction with 33,
Cook-pur-* treat.
JJ'LEG ANT GOLD WATCHES. Jewelled
JL2J In Four Holes, Maintaining Power, Hlobly Engraved Cases
snd Dials. £3 16*. 0U. Silver VYatchrs sume movements £’ 17a. fid.
(superior flubbed Duplex and Lover Watches In gold and silver coses,
at moderate prices. A beautiful stock of Gold Chains, 25*. to 15
guinea* FREDERIC HAWLEY. Watchmaker, 120 Oxford-street,
W., ton and successor to tho lato Thomas Hawley, of 75, Btrand,
watchmaker to his Majesty George the Fourth.
O N BOARD aM.8. “NORTH STAR,” in
tho ARTIC REGIONS, for Two Years, the Ship’s Time woe
kept by one of JONES'S Levers, all other watches on board having
stopped. In SUvar, £4 4*.; in Gold, £10 10*.; at the Manufactory,
628, Htrend (opposite Somersot Houoo).—Read JONKS ’8 “ Sketch of
Watch Work.” Sent free for a 2d. stamp.
ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manofac-
1 tar era, Nos. 17 and 18, Cornhlll, have a Show-room expressly
__ — -- * - - Sou,
S
fitted up for tho display of Drawing and Dining Room CLOCK
manufactured in splendid Ormolu, and oxquialtely-modelled antique
Bronzes, the movements of flrst-cln s finish, striking the hours and
half-hours. Each Clock la warranted. Staircase Clocks In faahion-
sbly-mooldod cases. Dials for Coenting-houseo. All charged at
manufacturing prices.
The Now Building*, No. 17 and 18, CcmhilL
i^ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manu-
facturer*, No*. 17 and 18, Comhill. Invite attention to their new
and splendid -Hock of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, gaeh war¬
ren tod, and twelve months’ trial allowed.
-■diver Watches, of highly -finished construction, and Jewelled, with
fashionable exterior, at 50s. to £10 10s.
Gold Watches, of oil descriptions of movements, from £8 0*
IO £60.
Books of Patterns and Prioo* oan be obtained; and all orders, with
a remittance, promptly attondod to.
QARL and SONS, Goldsmiths and Jewellers,
kJ No*. 17 and 18, Cornhlll.—The ground floor of the New Building
Is mors particularly devoted to tho display of Fine Gold Jowcilery and
Pino Gold Chains.
In the Jewellery Department will be found a rich and
assortment of Kings and Brooches, sot with magnificent gems, Brace¬
lets and Nock lota, Pins and Btnds, See. All newly manufactured, tnj
In the most recent style. The quality of tho gold la warranted.
Fine Gold Chains aro charged according to their retpootlvo weights,
snd tho quality of tho gold la certified by tho stamp.
Books of Patterns and Price* con be obtained.
Letters promptly attended to.
8 ARL and SONS, Silversmiths (the New
Building), 17 and 18, Cornhlll, invito attention to their new and
magnificent Stock of London-manuiacturod SILVER PLATE, 00 a-
Uting every article requlslto for the Table and Sideboard.
Silver spoons and Forks at 7s. 4 d. per ounce.
Rich and Elegant Toa and Coffee Sqalpages, commencing at £38
lhe full service
BUvsr salver* of all also* and pattern*, from £5 16s. to £100.
A large and costly display oi Silver Presentation Plate, charred ol
per ounce—Silver deportment of tbo building.
Books of Designs and Prices may bo obtained.
S AUL and SONS, Wholesale Manufacturing
ELECTRO and ARGENTINE SILVER PLATERS, Nos. 17 and
18, Comh’U.—In the splendid Show Room- devoted 10 this department
of the business will be found overy article usually manufactured.
Corner Dishes and Cov<u»—Dish Covors—Soup and Sauoe 1’nrnnns
Cruet Frames—Te* and Coffee Servloas—MagrJfloent Kpergne* and
Candelabra Salver* and Tea Tray*.
The Argentiuo Silver Spoons and Forks, solely manufactured by
Sari and *ons, at one-sixth the cost of solid Stiver, are especially re-
oommended, having stood the test of Fifteen Year*’ avnwrfonet -
Books of Drawings and Prioe* may be obtained.
All order* by po*t punctually attended to.
T O FREEMASONS at Home and Abroad.—
BRO JOHN MOTT THEARLE, Manufacturer of Jowots,
Clothing, Furniture. Banner*, Ac., for the Craft. Mark, Royal
Arch, K.T., and higher degree*. No. 198, Fleet-street, London,
wholesale and retail. Merchants, Lodge*, Tilers, and the Trad*
(applied on most advantageous forms. A choice collection of Ma¬
sonic Jewels, Fins, Rings, and Studs always on Copy thg
address.
S ILVER PLATE, New and Secondhand.—
A Pamphlet of Price* with Engravings, may be had gratis; or
will be sent post-free, If applied for by letter.—A. B. bAVOKY and
80N8, Goldsmith* (opposite the Bank of England), 11 and 12, CoraJ
hill London.
/^ILOuKS for ROOMS.—Designs original,
elegant, and In pure taste. Works the very best (with the
latest Improvements). Prices extremely moderate. Assortment the
largest in London. General *tyle and finish all that >»n be d
THOMAS PEARCE and SON. 2f *
. 23. Lndgate-hilL E.C.
fAINNER, DESSERT, and TEA SERVICES.
XJ A large varioty of new and good Patterns. B«t quality,
superior taste, unusually low prices. Also ovory description of Cu
Tablo Glass, equally advantageous.
THOMAS PBaJtCh and SON, 23, Ludgate-htil, E.C.
("ORNAMENTS for the MANTELPIECE, &c.
V_/ Statuettes, Groups, Vases, fto., In Parian, decorated Bisque and
other China: Clocks (gilt, murblo, and bronzel. Alabaster, Bohemian
Glass, flrst-claa- Bronze*, Candelabra, and many other artmanutao-
tures, all In the beet tas'e, and at very moderate prices.
THOMAS PEARCE and BON, 23, Ludgate-hill. E.0.
C HANDELIERS in CUT CRYSTAL, for
Gas or Candles. A large stock; patterns uncommon and boun¬
tiful ; quality irreproachable. All dmigned and manufactured by
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, Ludgate-hiti. E.C
\yT ODERATOR LAM PS.—Simple, strong,
LtJL and well finished, the Lamp# of Poarco and Bon oontinue to
maintain their groat superiority over every other kind, while for
originality, beauty, and go.Ki taste, tho patterns *re allowed to bo tho
beat in tbo Trade.—THOMAS PEARCE and KON, 23. 1 adgate-hlll«
B.C.. Direct Importers of Colza Oil only of tho first quality-
APPINS CUTLERY and ELECTRO-
8 ILVF.R PLATE.—Messr-. MAPP1N (Brother*), Manufac¬
turers by special Appointment to tbe Queen, are tho only Shciflald
Maker* who sot ply the consumer direct in London. Their London
ahow Rooms, 67 and 68 , KING-WILLIAM STREET, London-bridge,
contain by far the largest Stock of CUTLERY and ELECTRO-SILVER
PLATE In the World, which ia transmitted direct from their Manu¬
factory. Queen’s Cutlery Works, Sheffield
Electro-Silver Spoons and Forks,
Fiddle Pattern, fell size.
a Pcr Dot ’
Table Spoons .. 26s. Od.
Table Porks .. .. 36 0
Dessert Spoons .. .. 27 0
Deesert Porks .. 27 0
Tea Spoons .. .. lfi 6
kilt „ i GUt Bowls 1
tiuatard „ / 60 . por do*. >14 0
„ f extra. )
Ivory Table Knlvet, Full Size.
Balance Handles, which cannot
possibly bocome loose. Per Do*.
Tablo Knives .. .. 25*.0<L
Dessert Knives .. .. 18 0
Carvers (per pair) ..9 0
As above, with Sterling Bllvor
Ferules.
Table Knives .. .. 34 •
Dessert Knives .. .. 24 0
Carvers (per pair) .. 11 0
Messrs. Mappin (Brother*) rcs;>ectfntiv Invite buyer* to Inspect
diem unprecedented display, which for beauty of design, exquisite
arorkmannhlp. and novelty, atandt unrivalled Their Illustrated
^amlorue which ts continually receiving addition* of new designs,
free on application.
Moppin (Brother*), 67 and 68 . King William-street, Londoo-bridgO.
Manufactory. Queen’s Cutlery Work*. Sheffield.
pHUBB’S PATENT DRILL PREVEN-
T1VK is the only real security against the burglar * 1 boring to-
itrumsnt recently tued to open safe* tn Manchester and Lena on, and
is now applied to all Chubb’s Fireproof Safes.- May be seen it
CHUBB and SON’S, 67, Bt. Paul’s Churchyard, London.
Supplement, Marct 27, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
325
“ Palace of the Peak," with all its beauties of natural scenery
and modem art. Here may be seen the germ of the Crystal
Palace, and the hand and genius of Paxton visible at each turning—
its waterfalls, its fountains, its towers, and varied walls all testify to tho
liberality and taste of its princely owner and the skill of the designer.
Of the house and its contents little need be said, for the costliness and
beauty of the gems contained in it are too well known.
From this point the tourist should retrace his steps, and halfway
between Rowsley and Bakewell he will find Haddon Hall, one of the
most interesting of baronial ruins remaining in this country, situated
on the side of a "hill, sheltered from the north wind, imbedded in the
richest foliage, and. with the busy babbling Wye running close under
its battlements, it forms a picture to he seen only to be appreciated.
On entering the building and closing the wicket a bygone age
bursts upon the visitor. The rude porter’s lodge and bedstead on
which the retainer last slept—the chaplain’s apartments—the chapel
(part of which is of the 12th centnry)—the courtyard, all vividly and
forcibly carry us to the time when the Baron issued forth attended by
his suite to f-njoy the sports of the field. Passing through the first
court we come to the dining-hall, with raised dais and table—the only
distinguishing mark between master and servant. _ In immediate
proximity are the kitchens and larders, all looking as if the domest ics
had only retired for a short time. We then come to the dining, drawing,
and ball rooms, all dead and dry, as when abandoned as a human
habitation; and, as we paced along this latter room with polished
floor, the hollow sounds of onds footsteps led us to the contemplation
of the time when tlie gay Ifli7.abeth, 8urrounded by her Court, honoured
the Vernons with her presence,Naira made the room echo with the
shouts of merry laughter. A long day may he spent in wandering
about the gardens, terraces, and shady walks; tli^door is pointed out
to ns through which eloped )l)i Vernon and her faithful lover: which
THE SPEAKER’S DESSERT SERVICE.
THE SPEAKER’S DESSERT SERVICE.
This magnificent production of ceramic art, designed by Messrs.
Goode and Co., of South Audley-street, and manufactured by Messrs.
Minton, graced the Speaker’s table at the official dinner on^ Saturday,
the 13th mat., and excited general admiration. Twoexquisite oviform
vases coriee of a pair belonging to the Queen at Windsor Castle, were
particularly noticed as being fine reproductions ot the old Sevres. I he
purity of the Parian figures on the several pieces, contrasting with the
rich effect of the turquoise and gold, had a most pleasing effect, while
the plates were considered models of design and Parity and taste. It
is mainly, if not solely, owing to the fine taste and liberal spirit of Mr.
Denison, who is well known as a patron of art, that this superb service
has been produced. The spirited efforts which have been made by
Messrs. Goode to give au impotus to the manufacture of china,^ by
offering liberal inducements for the development of a high order ot art
; n design and workmanship, are deserving of great credit; and wo
cannot but think that the great superiority of Messrs. Minton s china
,,reductions will cause them to be extensively used in this country in
preference to the inferior foreign articles.
THE PEACOCK, ROWSLEY.
There is nothing, perhaps, that more enhances the pleasure of tra-
veUing to an Englishman than meeting with good and comfortable
accommodation at the various hotels he may visit; and, though
great has been the outcry against hotelkeepers generally—for they
are nearly always looked upon as grim ogres who will most certainly
eat up either your purse or your person—still there are exceptions to
the rule where every comfort is to be had, and where even invalids
mayAert quietly for the night without fear of their malady being
increased by the sight of the bill in the morning. .
The accompanying Engraving of the Peacock at Rowsley lays
before onr readers the beau ideal of a snug country hostelry. It 'yas
our lot to be travelling through Derbyshire a few days ago when
fortune brought us under the shade of its roof. Who has not
heard of the Peacock? Its fame seemed on inquiry to have
spread through the length of the land; but, as it haa not
been n portion of onr luck to call there and enjoy its calm
repose before, we thought that some portion of our. readers
might not be the less grateful to us for calling their attention to it,
especially if thev should be in that part of the country. _ The inn.
reminded us forcibly of the wayside inns mentioned m Sir W alter
Scott’s novels, built in the Elizabethan style, with abundance of wm-
dows, filled with heavy stone mnllions, surmounted with gables and
battlements. It requires no stretch of imagination, to carry us a
century or two hack, and view over the door the sign of the Rear
and Ragged Staff,” or a troop of Leicester's mounted retainers
qnaffing ale and cracking jokes with the landlord. When inside, such
a snug and cosy feeling comes over one, produced by the unscrupulous
attention to our creature comforts, that, gazing at the old beams
forming the ceiling, with our feet brought within the rays of the
glowin-' fire which ever and anon blazes forth and dies away,
leaving us in momentary darkness, we almost forget that we are
creatures of to-day, and should scarcely start did a damsel clad in
ancient garb appear with venispn pasty and clouted cream from the
buttery.
Rowslev is a small hamlet situated at the junction of the W ye and
the Derw'ent. both of which streams afford much gratification to the
disciples of Isaak Walton, who may he seen dotted almut on the hanks
following their piscatorial pursuits, and who make the Peacock their
head-quarters. j x
Rowsley is seven miles from Matlock Bath, and three miles from
Bakewell It is the terminus of/the railway from Ambergate,
whence run coaches to Buxton, Manchester, Ac. In these days
of steam it is a refreshing sight to see the old-fashioneo coach-and-
four rollin'- along-to hear the wind of the horn as it nears its desti¬
nation, contrasting with the shrill whistle of the engine, which seems
like an intruder ill that peaceful valley, where formerly the only sounds
were the song of the shepherd, or here and there the soft ripple of
the stream, whose course, at inten als impeded by craggy fragments,
forms fresh beauties to delight the eye. But these are not all the
attractions of Rowsley. Within three miles is Chatsworth, the
THE PEACOCK, ROWSLEY.
route they took is left to the visitor's imagination ; perchance they
croned the remarkable ttone foot-bridge. Suffice it to say the
escape wus perfected, mid adds additional interest to tlie romantic ruuis
of Haddon Hall. . ,
It was now time to wend onr way by tlie wandering banks ot the
river to our old friend the Peacock, which accords so well in its
outer garb with Haddon Hall that it adds to making the illusion
complete; and, as tlie time arrives for onr leaving, we look back with
a sigh as one of the connecting links between a bygone age ol
chivalry and tlie present time fades from our view. Hyejis.
THE SPANISH ROYAL MAIL STEAM SHIP
"EL KEY D. J AYME tt”
The Spanish Royal Mail Steam-ship represented in our Engraving is
tfce second vessel of tho sum© class built, by Messrs. J. Scott Bussca
and Co., to carry mailR between Barcelona and the Island ot Majorca.
These ships are owned by merchants of Palma, u prosperous and rising
seaport and the chief town of Majorca, and they carry mans by con¬
tract, and take also a large number of passengers, much cattle, anil
agricultural pr'iduca. Tho island is rich in cattle, pigs, oil, silk, Max,
hemp, fruit, uf every kind, nud vegetables, all of the richest quality,
and is rapidly growing into importance from the industry and enter¬
prise of its inhabitants. Its climate renders Majorca a most desirallo
residence,'hut, until the establishment of this lmo of steam- ships, it old
not enjoy'the advantage of rapid and frequent communication with the
rmr 1 II CITTP “ V.r. RFTY D.
326
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 27,1858
Continent. Since El Itey J). Jaym^ L, the first of these vessels, was
laid on, throe years 1170 , the trade has increased so rapidly that
another vessel wua wanted, and a second, called El Il-y D.Jayme II.,
was accordingly ordered irora the same constructors, and has just
taken her station in the Mediterranean.
This vessel is remarkable in several ways. She was bunt under the
sum of tho lAviathan. and. although a ship of 180 foot long, 25 feet
b cun. and nearly 600 tons, builders' measurement, she seemed e. mere
O/flkboat in the vicinity of her leviathan sister; indeed, sue was
generally aupposod to be on 9 of the small boats to bo carried us a
tender bv tho Leviathan. It is a carious fact that this ship was
actually built, equipped for sea, audited with engines and boilers
during the time occupied in laying the ways and launching the big
ship.
Tho speed of this vessel, laden to her deep draught of water, was
constructed to be 11 knots or 13 statute miles an hour. On her trial
trip she performed 11.8 knots at the measured mile, which gives !•!£
statute miles. Sho has 170-horses power, and only burns half a ton of
fuel per hour. Theso em»incs were also built by Messrs. J. Scott
Hassell and Co., and were fitted in the ship on the stacks, so that on
tho iustunt of launching tho ship steamed off on her trial trip the
engines working as smoothly as if they had bean long in use. *
The special peculiarity of this vessel, however, is one which entitles
her to more than usual notice. She is built on a sow system not
hitborto generally known in this country, and which appears not un¬
likely to supersede the ordinary system of structure of iron ships
This system consists in a peculiarity of distribution of the iron which
LONCITUDINAL SECTION oe"EL REY D.JAYME If
ORDINARY E RAM INC
A
N? I LONGITUDINAL S7RINCERS
B
N? C. STRINGERS 6: J.ONGI 7UDINAIS
STERN
forms the hull of tl e vessel, and which is arranged so as to place it in
a position calculated to give much greater strength than heretofore
with the samo quantity of iron, and in a direction in which strength is
most wanted. We shad, therefore, describe With more detail this
system of construction.
It is matter of notoriety that, when iron ships have been lost or
severely injured at sea, that effect has generally talon place by the
ship breaking across in the middle of her length—a misfortune com¬
monly Called “breaking her back/' Even when this htu not happened,
iron vessels have too often shown their weakness in the direction of
length by working their rivets loose, so as to be both, leaky and
daqgerous.
It wan to get rid of this source of dangerous weakness that Mr. Scott
Bussell invented the longitud inal system of building- Having tried vu-
rious experiments which satisfied mm of its correctness, ho first intro¬
duced it into practical use iu the merchant service in a small steam-
vessel called the IIumber, about twelve years since; but it is only now,
after so long an experience of its superiority, that he has thought him¬
self justifiei iu introducing it for general adoption, as safer, stronger,
and ou the whole a better disposition of materials than tho old or trans¬
verse system. In tho interval lie has tried the system, practically in
the steam-ship Maximilian, of fcOU tons and 200-horses power, tho Baron
Osy, of 800 tons and 250 -horses power, the ban and the Hr an gun* boats
in the BoyaJ Navy, und in twelve smaller vessels, with unquestionable
advantage. On a larger scale the author of this svstem introduced it
into the structure of t he great ship Leviathan, which he has built entirely
011 the longitudinal system. The longitudinal system will be fully un-
-L-.T J-
POOP
derstood from, an inspection of [the longitudinal section and cross
sections of tae accam-suip Ja^me Jl., shown in the .umgravings. It
consists iu d fponsiug in a great measure w.th the numerous irOu
frames of u ship, and in substituting lor them longitudinal stringora
placed aloog every plate of the ship. Thus, instead of abeiit X00 ti times'
of angle iron placed across the Jay me II. so close together as eighteen
inches, which is the usual plan, it will be so n that sixteen powerful
iron stringers run continuously along every plate thmighout the
length of the ship. The advantage of this is, that while between
every pair of frumos there used to be a weak ldaceTeft, through
which the ship was liablo to break her back, withbut the frame con¬
tributing materially to prevent it, by this system it is believed that
the same quantity of irou rendors a ship at least twenty per cent
stronger and moro durable. \\.
The frarwuem- strength of the ship of course requires alko fome pro ¬
vision to be made. In this system it re done by uplate,btt worn all
the adjacent stringers, being mseried at right ungles to the stringers
uud to the skin of the ship, so that all the inside is really divided into a
series of boxes, open to the interior of the shop.
It is an incidental advantage of this formation of ship that, by a
judicious arrangement of the a^l'i^gers,/oil the spacei between thorn
are open for the reception of good 3 and ior cabin accommodation.
The Stringers, in fact, form the division b of the beds in the fore cabin
and in the ladies' cabin j for reasons special to the Jay me II., ordinary
frames wore left iu tho saloon cabin; but all the rest of the vessel is
longitudinal. .
Another ship of greater and designed for a spood of eighteen
BOW
_hour, is now being built by'Mr Scott Bussell on the sa ne
system, au.i on the same slip from which the great ship Leviut.iUn nag
'Just bum Uunjhed. _
The Progress or Steam Navigation.—I n No. 898 of the
Illustrated London News we published an article 011 the progress
of steam navigation, intended ns an explanation to a large engraving in
the same Number illustrating the progress that lias been made in the cout
struction of vessels propelled by strum power. The article was copied
into several local papers, amongst others into the Scottish Press. which
had a leader upon the subject, wherein we arc; chained with propagaiiDg
historical untruths and wilfully lying, for the sake of making out William
Symington to be the introducer of steam navigation, instead of Mr. James
Taylor. We have also been appealed to by the relatives and representa¬
tives of Mr. .James TayJor. and asked to do that gentleman justice. Now,
as we are determined not to be drawn into any controversy upon this
subject, we will make un end of the matter at once by informing our
readers that the facts stuted in the article in question were taken from the
excellent work 011 steam navigation written by Mr. Woodcrolt, of the
Tatent Oflice, Chancery-lane. We have every confidence in the impar¬
tiality of AH*. Woodcroft, and in the justice of Ids views; and, as he
writes from the office in which are deposited the records of these early
and interesting inventions, it is but reasonable that his statements should
carry considerable weight We are perfectly satisfied with them, and
those who arc not had better attack him in his stronghold, where lie is
surrouuded by most valuable documentary evidence which, brought to bear,
will, we think, quickly demolish any attempts to rob poor William
Symington of that which, according to 31 r. Woodcroft, seems really his
due—the merit of having constructed the first practical steam*boat.
FINE ARTS .
The Political Economy of Art. By John Rcsxin, M.A.
Smith, Elder, and Co.
This little volume contains the substance of hvo lectures delivered in
July last at Manchester, with some additions and modifications.
Having given it a c ireful perusal, we are almost at a loss what to say
about it, and for the simple reason that we do not understand it. By
this we do not mean to say that it is written in obscure language,
either as to vocabulary or construction, or that there is any indi¬
vidual passage the absolute import of which we arc unable to discover;
hut that'it so abounds in extraordinary positions, irreconcilable equally
with our general notions of things and with one another, that wo are
utterly at a loss to guess at tho authors drift, or the conclusion
he wishes to establish by it. We are sorry for this; but
at the same time find some consolation in the author’s avowal that wq
are not singular in the want of capacity for appreciating his writings,
but that the fault is some general defect attributable to tho intel¬
lectual character of the age in which we live. I 11 a note deprecating
cheap literature he tells us:—
I have been much impressed lately by one of the results of the quantity
of our books-namely. the stern impossibility of getting anythingulider*
stood that required patience to understand- I observe always, in the
case of my own writings, that if I ever state anything which bus costrmeL
any trouble to ascertain, and which, therefore, will probably require a
minute or two of reflection from the rentier before it cun be accepted, that
statement will not only be mt.-uiuler.-tood. but in all probability taken to
mean very nearly the reverse of what it does mean.
Tliis, for a popular author, for one who would stand forwardas the
S remoter of new views on any given subject, is certainly Wfortunate.
mw, as to the rather singular title of the little book lieforc us, Mr.
Buskin in liis preface candidly tells us that he has 1 never jvud any
author on political economy except Adam Smith, twenty years ago; ”
and, judging by the result as exhibited in these pages, we must con¬
clude that that casual perusal made but a very slight and uncertain
impression on his mind. One of the most important first principles
established by the philosophy of Adam Smith is that Of the mutual
relations of demand and supply, with freedom of production,
and unlimited competition in market overt, as their necessary
concomitants. It is consistent with this position that extraordinary
and successful exertion iu any,. branch of production should meet
with extraordinary reward, if for nothing else, to encourage emula¬
tion in others; and that any attempt to restrict this tendency by the
establishment of sumptuary Jittoi would be both unjust to individuals,
and detrimental to Urn public interests. / Mr. Buskin, however, in
matters of art, would hdbpt a \\1ioHrdiffijrent principle. Instead of
inciting the small producers to aspire to.the highest ranks by the
dazzling rewards obtained by the great, ho would bring down the
great ti the level, of the snnli. and rcdace their reward to a .general
average. Not to run the risk of misrepresenting the writer in re¬
ference to this ^ extraordinary theory, we will endeavour to explain it
by passages given in his own words. To begin with, he says:—
** Meantime, returning to our immediate subject, I say to my generous
hearers who want to shower Titians and Turners upon ns like
falling leaves, ‘Pictures ought not to be too cheap;’ but
in much _ stronger tone would say to those who want to keep
u.) the prices of pletor.nl property, that pictures ought not to be too
dear—that is to ray, not as dear as they are.” Now, if this were in¬
tended merely, os an abstract caution against over-speculation in
extravagant prices, we might be disposed to acquiesce in it, believing
that of many fashionable classes of art the market has been worked
up too high: but this is a matter in which experience and prudence
cm be our only guide, and any attempt to restrain people from giving
extravagant prices for pictures which they fancy, or to compel artists to
take lower prices when higher prices ore available to them, would be
ridiculous and futile. Mr. Buskin, however, insists that it is an evil
4 ‘perfectly ^capable of diminution.” And this leads to another strange
theory of this gentleman which we must consider jointly with the
principal one just propounded. i: The third and chief practical out¬
come of the matter,” he sa^s, “Ts-tKis general one—wherever you go,
whatever you do, act more forapi 'estrvation, and less for production.”
In other words, bpy old pictures of dead artists at any prices, however
extravagant, but sclew the living artists down to the lowest figure:—
Generally, it should b
art., to collect, as far
■ object or Government, and of all patrons of
iffybe, the works of dead masters in public
illustrate the history of nations, and the
arts; and to encourage the private posses-
maatera. And the first and best way in which
> encourage fcuch private possession is, of course, to keep down the prices
Of th^nasjara^you can.
ThiB may be a good way to “ encourage possession; ” but will it “ en¬
courage production ” of works worth possessing ? Where would Giotto,
Mantegna, (Ghiberti, Pcrugino, Michael Angelo, Raphael, Rubens,
Rembrandt—in short, all tho greatest men of the past—have been if
thay b LOtmet with no encouragement—pecuniary encouragement—
t h t wealthy patrons of their time ? And yet, with all their
LlhcVa] rewards, have not. the prices of their works increased tenfold in
the hunuKof posterity, to the enrichment of dealers? And why
should all the profits of tho labours of our living artists be reserved
for the dealers of an unborn age? But Mr. Ruslan insists repeatedly,
and at length, on the position that the only legitimate way to encourage
art is by some stringent rule, or abitiury combination, to keep down
prices. Ho explains:—
You may think, perhaps* that this severe treatment would do more
hurra than pood, by withdrawing the wholesome element of emulation, and
giving no stimulus to exertion; but 1 am sorry to say that artists will
always be sufficiently jealous of one auother. whether you pay them large
or low prices ; and, as for stimulus to exertion, believe me no good work
in this world was overdone ,/or money, nor whilst the slightest thought of
money affected thepainter’s mind. Whatever idea of pecuniary value enters
into his thoughts as he works will, in proportion to the distinctness of its
presence, shorten his power. A real painter null worl; for you exqui¬
sitely if you give him. as 1 told you a lit lie while, ago, bread, water, mu l
salt; and"a bad painter will work badly and hastily though you give him
a palace to live in and a princedom to live upon. Turner got. in hfa earlier
days, half-a-erowu a day and his supper (not bad pay neither), and he
learned to paint upon that.
And then, after much more to the same effect, he says : ** So that,
by every farthing you give for a picture beyond its fair price, that
is the price, that will pay the painter for his time , you arc not
only Cheating yourself, and baying vanity, but you arc stimulating
trie vanity 01 others—paying literally for the cultivation of pride.”
Meantime, as already suggested, whilst living, the native artist is to bo
kept upon bread and water, and the prices of his works kept down by
every possible means ; Government is to be encouraged to lavish outlay
in the purchase of pictures of bygone foreign art, and the public is not
to grumble. Well conduced that, “in the long ruu, the dunrest pic¬
tures. are always the best bargains” [for instance, a lurgo un¬
meaning Raul Veronese at £ L'i,000 Is a better bargain than a speaking
Titian or a Raphael at tMOOO or £5000 : and, t herefore, “ you should
stand, nationally, at the edge of Dover clifl—Siiakspeare's, and
toavo blank cheques in the eyes of the nations on the other side if
the sea, freely offered for such and such canvases of theirs.”
As a corollary to this, our sympathies are to bo all for the old art
perishing abroad; wc are not to attend to art at home till that is pre¬
served. \\ e are not to “ produce any new art,” or subacribo our
money for the repair of a Tudor arch iu a parish church, till the
great works at Assisi and Padua are restored mid secured; and a
notable project is propounded to purchase- and preserve all the great
architectural and other art-works at Verona, as a wise and worthy in¬
vestment for British capital.
We have glanced but at a tithe of the extraordinary visions of the
author of this singular little book. There we some absurdities so
Intent as to need no argument to refute them. With respect to tliis
scheme of “Political Economy of Art” we think we best consult the
feelingr of the reader by leaving it to liis private judgment, without
further comment.
Ulysses Deb 1 ding Polyphem.hs. Printed in Chromo-Lithogrofihy,
after the Original Picture by J. W. M. Turner, R.A., by George
Kowney and Co.
Aware through experience of the difficulties which attend the process
of printing in colours, whether from wood, stone, or other material,
we still have a confident belief in its ultimate success, within limits
necessitated l»y the circumstances, and of its importance as respects
the enjoyment and culture of art. We, therefore, gladly hail the re¬
peated and well-directed efforts of Messrs. Rowney and Company in
stone colour-printiug. or chromo-lithography, which have had results
marking a steady advance in the use of appliances, and in general
executive skill. In works of this kind all depends upou the purity of
the colours, upon their judicious selection, and their successive ajjpli-
catiou to the picture—each colour and tint being impressed, in order,
from a separate stone or block; and iu all these points Messrs.
Rowney have proved themselves eminently painstaking and
successful. Their crowning achievement, hitherto, is their mag¬
nificent chromo-lithograph after Turner's celebrated picture of
“Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus,” which forms part of the
National Turner Collection. Tho attempt was a daring 011 c, for
the picture itself, painted when tho artist was in the zenith of his
fame, and in the full flow of ambitious effort, is one of the most—per¬
haps the most—gorgeous canvases ever produced by him, combining
a tine effect of a rising sun over a broad bright sea, with a state galley
and other shipping in front, the whole hemmed in by dark romantic
rocks; and all these, in which Turner triumphed as with the hand of
a magician, we find marvellou.-ly realised in the print before us. Mr.
C. Ogle, who made the copy from which it lias been produced, show's
a true feeling for tlie master, with conscientious execution. The size
is larger than hitherto attempted in works of this kind, being twenty-
seven inches by eighteen—not fur from half the dimensions of the
original.
Portrait of the Princess Royal. By Winterhalter; engraved
by Cousins. Uoluughi and Co.
We have already had occasion to speak of the fine portrait of the
Princess Royal of England painted by M- Winterhuiter shortly be-
for her marriage with Prince Frederick William of Prussia, and which
is at presont temporarily on view at the French Gallery, Pall-mail;
and can »mv conscientiously commend the very admirable engraving
of it just produced, in his very best style, by Mr. Cousins. The
toilet is rich and ligh% with a prolusion of flowers in the hail*, being
altogether of a senn-bridal character, and rendering the picture, as a
picture, liigldy attractive ; added to which the likeness may be pro¬
nounced a very truthlul one.
Wood Carving.—A charming specimen of this art has been
submttnd to us for inspection. It is earn'd in relief from a block or box¬
wood nbnut iijac incurs by six. ^ The artist has taken or his subject
bird lie* prostrate with draggled plumw. ludtt-d nil the .u-cessories oi the
well-known painting are introduced into this wood picture with fidelity
and grace. The fight haa attracted sevemi spectator*—among others a
woman at a window, on whom the artin has bestowed great care, with
commensurate success. The work, will bear, indeed requires, a Jong and
minute inspection, os there are various characteristics 01 finish andniuuty
in tne del an*—such .'is a bird m a cage (the latter wonderfully cut), a
Coiled clothes-line, the foliage of trees. X:\—all showing great delicacy of
manipulation. The attitudes of the figures are natural, and the expression
of the faces Is charmingly given. Two features of ‘he scene are* remarkably
truthful—a little face peeping through a fence. Jovial and delighted; and
the opposite sensation of pain and alarm exhibited by one oi the party
who has been seized by a dog. Without entering Into the question as to
how l'ar it la the proviuce of sculpture to represent a picture, it is certain
that the result iu this instance is a really effective work of art. The
artist is Mr. Brycr, of Freeman tie, Southampton, who, having been
overtaken by misfortune in his business (that of a baker), is no v seeking
to make available a skill acquired in leisure hours; and in tliis new lino
which he has carved out for himself we heartily wish him success.
Makch 27, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
327
TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES.
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
St. Louts, January 31,1338.
Wkstwaed— ever Westward ! After no less than four accidents
to onr train on the Ohio and, Mississippi Railway, happily involving
no other evil consequences than the smashing of the company's
engine and two or three cars, the sacrifice of thirty-six valuable hours,
and the loss of an amount of patience difficult to estimate, though
once possessed by all the passengers, myself included, we arrived at
the hanks of the Mississippi, and I, for the first time, had a glimpse
of the great river of America which for a week previously I had been
looking forward to with pleasant anticipations. We crossed in the
steam ferry-boat from “Bloody Island," in Illinois (so called from
the duels formerly fought there), and lauded at St. Louis and in
Missouri at the same tiaie. The sceuery of the Mississippi at this
point is not picturesque. The shores are low, flat, and unvaried by
the slightest elevation; hut the stream itself—broad, rapid, and turbid,
and swarming with steam-bolts and river craft—has associations of
wealth, power, and sublimity which go far to make amends for the
absence of natural beauty. In my last letter, dated from Cincinnati,
I spoke of that city as having been at no remote period che Ultima.
Thule of civilisation, and the furthest city of the West. Bnt in
America the “ West” is very difficult to fix. Ask the people of Cin¬
cinnati, and they will tell you it is at St Louis. At St. Louis it is
in tho new territory of Kansas. At Kansas it is at Utah, the paradise
of the Mormons, but soon to be transformed into a hell of warfare.
At Utah the West is in Oregon ; and at Oregon it is in California or
Vancouver’s Island, and the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Every one
remembers Pope’s line—
Ask where's the North? At York, ’tto on the Tweed.
And how he ends by giving up the inquiry in despair of an answer,
looking for it only
In Nova Zembla or the Lord kuows where.
In America the true West is quite as difficult to “locate,” and is
pushed so far from one ocean towards the other, by the. restless love
of adventure, by the aura sacri fames, and by the “ go-aheadative-
ness ” characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race on this continent, ttiat
West and Eist melt insensibly into each other, and the ultra-occidon-
talist finds himself looking at China and Japan in the Ear East before
lie is aware that he has reached the limits of his researches.
The city of St. Louis remains, next to Cincinnati, the greatest city
of the West; hut, as its growth has been more rapid than that of its
sister on the Ohio, and os it contains within itself far greater elements
of prosperity and increase, it is likely, within a very few years, to
■surpass it in trade, population, and extent. It is already the largest
and most flourishing place between Cincinnati and San Francisco; and
•will, in all probability, within a quarter of a century contain and employ
half a million of people. It is situated on the Mississippi, about
twenty niiies below the point at which that river, pure and lnccnt
in all its upper course, receives the dark and muddy waters of the
Missouri. It was founded so early as the year 1743, by Laclede, a
Frenehman, and named in honour of St. Louis of France, or,
as same say, of Louis XV., who was assuredly a Louis,
but 33 assuredly no saint. Until its transfer to the United
States, iu 1301, it remained n village of a few log-hots, and in¬
habited by trappers, who traded with the red man for the
spoils of tho forest: exchanging bad rum and brandy for excellent
peltry; and execrable muskets, warranted not to go off, for furs that
went oft’exceedingly well ia the markets of Europe. The first brick
house in St. Louis was built iu 1813; and the first steam-hoat arrived
at its Levis, or Quay, in 1817, having taken six weeks to come up the
Mississippi. This voyage is now performed in Bix days; hut before
the introduction of steam, when flit-bottomed boats were rowed, or
otherwise painfully propelled, up the stream, it occupied Arons six to
seven months. It was not until 1820, when its population was wider
5000, that the place became of any importance. Twenty years after¬
wards the population reached 17,000, in 1852 it exceeded 100,000, and
in 1837 it was variously estimated at from 150,000 to 180,000. It is still
rapidly increasing. English, Irish, German, and the surplus popnlation
of such old States and communities as Massachusetts, Connecticut,
anil others in New England, continually flock into it, and beyond it,
to add to its wealth, and to develop the resources of the great and
fertile regions lying between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains,
and the remote sources of the Missouri. Men are still living in the
city, owners of “ town lots,” for which they paid, forty years ago, the
Government price of one dollar and a quarter per acre. These lots; iu
consequence of tho enormous rise in the value of real estate, ate net.
to be obtained at the present day under six hundred or sometimes one
thousand dollars per foot frontage, and are covered with noble build¬
ings and lines of commercial palaces. These prosperous citizens and
millionaires deserve their good fortune; and if there be any who envy
them they go out into the backwoods, still farther west, in the hope
that equal luck will attend their own speculations in land and their
own conflicts with the border savages. Such men are the pioneers of
civilisation ; hear the brunt and heat of the battle; and, in early life,
hold their lauds on the sufferance of the Indians, and have to guard
their possessions like beleaguered fortresses in an enemy’s country,
with the warwhoop ringing in their ears, and tile murderous toma¬
hawk suspended continually over their heads.
St. Louis, via Washington and Cincinnati, is about 1200 miles
from New York, 20 wiles below the mouth of the Missouri, and
174 miles above the junction of the Ohio with the Mississippi. Aboie,
it commands the navigation of the Missouri for nearly 2000 miles, and
of the Mississippi to the Falls of St, Anthony for 750. Below, it com¬
mands the Mississippi for 1205 miles to New Orleans, and from New
Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico 94 miies. Besides this extent of
direct riverine traffic, it commands that of the various tributaries of
the Mississippi j rivers, many of them larger than the Rhine or the
Danube, suehas the Ohio, navigable, from its junction with the
Mississippi at Cairo, to Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania, a distance of
1000 miles ;the Red River, navigable for 1100 milesithe White River,
for 4000miles; the Tennessee, for 600 miles; tiie Cumberland, for 300
miles; tho Wabash, for 30 .) mile3; and many others not inferior in
length or importance to these, and navigable for a hundred or two
hundred allies beyond the point of their confluence with the larger
streams to which they run.
The Levee of St. Louis extends along the right hank of the
Mississippi for nearly six miles, abont half of which length is
densely built upon. No city iu the world offers to the gaze
of the spectator such a vast assemblage of river steamboats.
As many as one hundred and seventy, loading and unloading,
have been counted along the LeviSe at one time. These vessels,
which, like all those that ply on tho Mississippi and the Ohio,
are of peculiar construction, painted white, and with two tall
black fuunels, are built for internal traffic, and would play hut a
sorry part in the salt water if the wind blew ever so little,
river ine purposes they are admirable, and were it not for the occa¬
sional miscbanco of a collision in the fog, or the still more fre¬
quent casualty of a blow-up from the bursting of a boiler,
would afford the traveller tho safest, as they do the pleasantest,
mode of conveyance in America. The people of St. Louis are as
proud of their steam-boats as of their city. One of them in
conversation with a newly-arrived emigrant from the “ Old
Country,” who had discoursed too well and too wisely to
please his listener on the wealth, power, and greatness of Eng¬
land, put a stop to all further argument by exclaiming, like a man of
large ideas, “ Darn your little island! When I was there I found it
so little I was afeerd I should tumble off. Look you, sir-ree! we've
steam-boats enough at St. Louis to tow Great Britain out into
the Atlantic and stick her fast in New York harbour! ” But, as I
have just observed, these steamers are but frail affairs ; and one hour
of an Atlantic storm would bo sufficient to make wrecks of all that
over plied or ever will ply upon the drninly bosom of the “ Father of
Waters.” Had the “Britisher” thus rebuked possessed ideas com¬
mensurate with those of his Yaukee friend, he might have re¬
joined that it would take the combined strength of all the steamers
between St. Louis and New Orleans to tow the Leviathan from Dover
to Calais, and that the whole fleet would iu all probability perish in
the gigantic attempt.
For steam tonnage it is estimated that St. Louis is the third city in
the Union. New York ranks first, with a tonnage in the year 1854 of
101,478; New Orleans second, with a tonnage of 67,147; and St-
Louis third, with a tonnage little inferior to that of New Orleans
itself, amounting to 48,557. The manufactures of St Louis are
numerous and important, and comprise twenty flour-mills, about the
same number of saw-mills, twenty-five foundries, engine and boiler
manufactories and machine-shops, eight or ten establishments engaged
in the manufacture of railroad cars and locomotives, besides several
chemical works, soap and candle works, and a celebrated tvps-foundry,
which supplies the whole of the Far West with the types that are
absolutely necessary to the creation of ail new cities in the wilderness.
A church, a forge, a hotel, and a daily newspaper:—with these
four, aided by a doctor or two, and as many lawyers and hankers, a
newly-named city will take its place on the map, and speculators
who have bought land at a dollar and n quar ter per acre will look to
make their fortunes by simply holding on to their purchase until
streets run over their grounds, and they become in America such men
as the Duke of Bedford, Lord Portmau, and the Marquis of West¬
minster are in London, and Lord Derby in his town of Preston.
St. Louis contains two theatres, and the two finest lecture-rooms in
the United States. The upper and lower rooms of the Mercantile
Literary Association are unrivalled for this purpose; end neither New
York nor Boston contains any lecture-rooms at all t-o be compared to
them for elegance of construction and decoration, or adaptability to
the end proposed. The city contains at most tunes a large Boating
population of Englishmen—of a class that America is uot very anxious
to receive, and i3 at this moment somewhat puzzled what to do with—
the Mormon emigration. These fanatics, who are mostly recruited
from the manufacturing districts of Wales and the north and middle
of England, with a few from Scotland, make St. Louis their resting-
place, on their way from New York to the Salt Lake city, and recruit
both their energies and their finances before starting on their long
and perilous overland pilgrimage to Utah. They generally remain
here for a year; and, being for the most part expert handicraftsmen or
mechanics, they manage without much difficulty to procure employ¬
ment. Those who have no trades set np small grocery stores, or
betake themselves to the easy, and in America most profitable, occupa¬
tion of hackney-coach drivers. Horses are cheap ; horse-feed is cheap;
hut riding in carriages in every part of the Union is most exorbitantly
dear. The Jehus, having no law to control them, and no fear of
policeman or magistrate before their eyes, charge exactly what they
please. To drive from a steam boat to a hotel that may happen to
be less than a hundred yards distant is seldom to be accomplished
under a dollar; and a drive which in London would be overpaid at two
shillings costs two dollars in any American city, except in Boston,
whicli in this respect is a city of law and order, and an example to
the whole of the Union. Either at this profession or some other the
Mormons make money, and generally depart from St. Louis well laden
with the spoils of the Gentiles, leaving the next hatch from England
to imitate their example.
It ia fortunate for St. Louis and for the State of Missouri that the
mineral resources of tho country are so abundant. About eighty miles
to the westward ol St. Louis, on a line of railway which is nearly com ■
pletcd, and will he opened for traffic early in the spring of this year,
exist two hills, or “ mountains,” of iron ore. One is called the Iron
Mountain, and the other the Pilot Knob. The base of the Iron Moun¬
tain, in the county of St. Francis, covers nn area of about five hundred
acres. It rises to a height of abont 270 feet, and is estimated to contain
above the snrAice no less than 200 millions of tons of iron ore, yielding
from sixty-eight to seventy per cent of pure iron. The ore below the
surface is probably quite as abundant. Over an area of 20,000 acres iu
the plain from the midst of which this singular mountain rises are scat¬
tered huge blocks of similar ore, some of them sharp-pointed and
pyramidal, and deeply imbedded in the earth; others, unshapely and
cumbrous, are lying loose upon the soil, and seeming as if they had
dropped from the moon, or were the disjecta membra of some
broken asteroid wandering in too close proximity to the sphere of the
earth’s attraction, and dashed to pieces in their fall against the supe¬
rior planet, where they have at length found a resting-place. The
Pilot Knob is eight miles farther to the west of St. Louis, and rises
to the height of seven hundred feet. It contains quite as large an
amount of iron ore as the Iron Mountain, though the percentage of
pure iron differs by one or two degrees. There is a third hill in the
vicinity, called the Shepherd Mountain, which is almost equally rich
in iron; besides a plateau covered witli loose iron ore, which is to be
gathered in pieces, from the weight of one or two pounds to lumps
weighing three and four hundred. As Missouri possesses coal as well
as iron these mountains will in due time make her richer than if she
possessed the gold of California or Australia. Several blast-furnaces
have been at full work in this region for the last four years, and
many more are in process of erection.
But to enter fully into the s-nbject of the mineral wealth of Missouri
would consume moreofyoor space and of my time than can he nflbided
to the inquiry. It may suffice to add to this snort account of
St Louis that the country around it contains uot only these immeuse
quantities of iron, but large mines of copper and lead, and some
excellent quarries of what has been called ‘ Missouri marble. Many
of the public buildings in St. Louis are composed of this stone, which
is of a brownish-grey colour, aud susceptible of a high polish.
Altogether St. Louis is one of the most flourishing places m America.
It is full of life and activity, but too densely covered with a pall of
smoke to be a very agreeable abode for more then a day or two to the
x_ii_ few health or recreation. To-morrow 1
But for
sippi'afthispobr; is rovored with'floating.ic^ but uot of a thickness
or consistency sufficient to impede the navigation, t.
EPITOME OF NEWS-FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
The Qacen lias conferred the honour of Knighthood upon Hugh
M’Calmont Cairns, Esq., her Majesty's Solicitor-General.
The Earl of Derby has conferred the deanery of Guernsey, ren¬
dered vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Carey, upon the Bev. William
Guille, M.A., Rector of St. Andrew's, in that island.
Lord Elicnborough has recalled Li cut.-General Sir G. Pollock
to the board of direction of the East India Company. Sir G. Pollock suc¬
ceeds Sir Lawrence Peel, whose term of appointment expire* in Apiil
next, and who does not wish to be reappointed.
The Right lion, the Speaker held his fifth. Parliamentary full-
dress dinner on Saturday eveuing last. The right hon. gentleman after¬
wards held a full-dre« levee, whielt was numerously attended. The Speaker's
sixth and last full-dress Pariiamentnry dinner was held on Weinedday.
The Sardinian National Exposition of 1858 is to be opened on
the loth of May. The Turin committee Inis just published a notice urging
producers to lose no time iu sending contributions.
Prince Adalbert returned on the llthinst from Constantinople
to Nauplia, where he was received by the King and Queen of Greece The
sword which the Sultan presented to his Royal Highness is said to be
woi th 75.000 fr.
A letter from ,Nice says that the King of Prussia has abandoned
the intention of taking up ’ids residence in the vicinity of that place, and
that the fumdionariis ot /i^eKoyril houselio’d who had been tent to
prepare a house lor his Majesty have been recalled.
The fourteenth anniversary ol' thA birthday of Prince Humbert.
he*r-npparent to the crown of"Sardinia, was celebrated at Turin on the
14th.
The Archrcological Conpress of France is to hold its annual
meeting on the 29th of May next at Porigueux. It ia supposed that the
proceedings will extend over four days.
The Brotherron memorial statue will, it is expected, be com¬
pleted and fixed in Peel Park, f^lford, by the 1 st of May.
The Diikeof eHingtpn will preside at a festival of the Royal
Orthopedic Hospital to he held in the mouth of ApriL
Count Charles Amvabene has been appointed by the Council of
Loudon University College Professor of Italian Languageand Literature.
Last year the receipts of the Duchy of Lancaster amounted to
£39.012, which, after p iying all salaries nnd expenses, le t .£ 21.000 to be
paid into her Majesty s Privy Purse, and £243* tu tne hands of the
receiver on account of the year.
Advices received at Lloyd’s, dated Trcbizonde, Feb 27, state
that a, rumour prevailed at Odens* that an Engdsh brig hud been *unk or
seized by the Russians at Tipibea, coast of Circassia.
Wellington’s prize money at beiiimapatam amounted in jewels to
about 3(;ou pagodas, and iu money to £7000.
The number of patients relieved at the Royal Free Hospital
Gray’s-imi-road. duriog last week was 2312, of which 795 were new cases-
Jn Blackburn there are sixty wives and families chargeable to
the union on uccount of the deserfion of their husbands.
The Earl of Caithness delivered a lecture on Thursday week in
the Wolvertou Mechanics' lagtitu'ion, on the “Steam Engine,” to the
mechanics aud apprentices employed at the Wolvertou works.
The Congress of the Archeological Association for 1858 will be
held at Salisbury, during the mouth"of August, under the presidency ot
the Marquis of Ailesbury.
The director and the responsible editor of the Pcvsiero, the
Radical journal of Oncglia. in .Sardinia, liave been condemned to fifteen
days' imprisonment and 2 uu Ir. line for an article offensive to the Emperor
of the French.
Commodore Matthew C. Ferry (of the.United Stales’ Navy)
died at his residence, New York, on the morning of the 4th Inst., after a
severe attack of chronic rheumatism of about ten days* duration.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George Vail as
Consul at Glasgow for tho United States of America.
The Edinburgh Witness states that at a meeting of ministers
and elders, conven'd by the Moderator ot last General Assembly, it was
unanimously agreed to nominate the llcv. Dr. Bcitli of Stirling, as Mode¬
rator of the ensuing Geueral Assembly of the Free Church ol' Scotland.
On Friday, March 19, Mr. Charles A. Galton, of Magdalen
College School, Oxford, was elected to the Sheppard Exhibition, tenable
for four years at any college in the University.
The number of patients relieved at tho Oily of London Hospital
for Diseases of the Chest, Victoria Park, during *t he last week was 1063.
of which 154 were new cases.
A general order instituting a system of ** prizes for good shoot¬
ing ” among the infantry and embodied militia has just been promalgaled.
with a view to stimulate individual exertion, nnd to reward tile proficiency
of soldiers in the use aud management of the rifle musket.
Mr. Buckstonc has consented to preside at the public dinner
which will be given at Strafford-on-Avon, outlie 23rd of April, In com¬
memoration oi the great poet's birthday.
Tho Dean and Chapter of Rochester Cathedral have unanimously
agreed to the Mayor’s proposal lor the opening ot the Cathedral on Sun¬
day evenings.
A sale under the Encumbered Estates Court of the property of
Dr. Boyd, M.P, and others, took place iu Coleraine lately. The estate waa
divided into nine lots, each of which realised a good price-the whole pro¬
ducing £19,600.
A private letter from Milan says that robberies and street out¬
rages have been unusually frequent there of late, and gives details of
several of them.
Barometers for the fishermen of Scotland are. it is said, to be put
up by the Board of Trait* at all the principal fishing stations in that
country.
A shock of an earthquake was felt at Algiers in the morning c£
the 8th inst. The oscillation, which is repre 4 ent<xl to have been c*,naidiT-
able. and to have lasted a long while, was horizontal, and from cast to
west. No accident is as yet reported.
Sivori has lately returned to Paris from an extensive professional
tour in Holland, Germany, and various cities in the south of France, In
all of which he has luul immense success.
The subscription to Mr. Brock’s 44 Biographical Sketch of General
Havelock '* reached the large number of 32,000. A considerable part of this
purchase has been made for the American market.
The anniversary of the birthday of the Prince Imperial, the
A’giers journals state, was celebrated'with great &lat ia that city on the
16th instant.
The West end of London Railway is now complete, and was on
Tuesday examined by the Government inspector.
Orders have been issued from the Horse Guards for the word
41 Lucknow ” being added to the honours already inscribed on the colours
of the 82 nd Regiment, in consideration of their distinguished and gallant
conduct in the defence of that city.
It is rumoured (says the Gazette tie France) that a new Roman
Catholic bishopric is shortly to be established at Teheran.
The New York Times of the fith ot March had a page devoted
to a single advertisement printed In small squares, the alternate ones
being black, so as to make the broil sheet resemble a chess-board.
Of the Militia reginienis of the United Kingdom. 37 have their
quotas complete, and 137 their quotas incomplete. The number of men
required to complete their quotas is 15.851. and the number of men whoa.*
service expires within six months is 10,323.
Mr. Ricchcnbach. of the Borough road, Southwark, has patented
a gouge whereby, it is said, the quality, temperature, and pressure of gas
cau be ascertained ut a gl once.
It is rumoured that the Count dc Chambord has finally made up
his mind to abdicate all Ills rights nnd claims in favour of the Count de Paris.
Mr Noble has been named bv Lady Neill as the sculptor of the
memorial statue of the late General Neill to be erected in his native town
of Ayr- _ .
The mining works of the Victoria Iron Company, at Kunswtck.
near Whitbv. sunk by subterranean uction on 3Ionday morning. Ihe
damage is estimated at £i5,000. but there was no personal Injury.
Several small vessels are now laming in different French ports
for the purpose of being sent to China to reinforce Admiral Rigauit de
Genoulily's llotilla.
At the trial of the murderer* of Mr. John Ellis at Ncnagn
Assizes it was proved that one of the assassins was on the jury at the
coroner’s inquest.
The Dutch Custom-house officers at Eosendael, a few days ago.
seized a quantity of lore to the value of 12C0 florins which a Ldy coming
by the railway irem Antwerp had concealed in her dreio.
328
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[March 27, 1858
HUNTING IN A CANOE
HUNTING IN A CANOE.
In this Sketch we have an officer of the British army pursuing an
elk on one of the lakes of Canada. He is accompanied by a voyageur,
upon whose strong arm, steady
nerve, and dexterity in managing
the boat, chiefly depend the suc¬
cess of the chase. The season is
autumn, and the shores of the lake
are partially submerged by water.
WATCHING FOR OTTER.
This is a Beene among the thou¬
sand islands of the St Lawrence
where the Canadian Frenchmen
hare a habit cf shooting the otter
instead of trapping him. It would
seem that at certain localities these
curious creatures are very abund¬
ant, and the hunters, by remaining
perfectly quiet on the margin of
an island or the main shore, dis¬
cover the animals as they pop
their heads above the water, and
then shoot them. The birchen
canoe, though somewhat too small,
is a lair specimen of that kind of
craft.
MAKING A CANOE.
This is a Canadian voyageur,
and we find him engaged in
making one of those beautiful
canoes by the management o*
which be obtains bis living, and
in which the servants of the Hud¬
son’s Bay Company are wont to
explore the lakes and rivers of the
far north. His only tools are an
axe, a knife, an awl, and a needle.
and, while the framework of the
frail vessel is made of well-sea¬
soned cedar, the covering consists
of birch bark, the sheets of which
ate sewed together with willow
threads or sinews, and theeeBmj
covered with some sticky sub¬
stance resembling pitch. These
canoes vary in length from fif¬
teen to forty feet; and, though the largest may be easily lifted
and carried by two men, and they ara so modelled as bo draw only
few inches
To manage
I uninitiated
of water, yet they are capable of conveying several tons,
them requires great dexterity, and it is seldomthat the
can navigate them for the first time without receiving a
TITE DEVIL-FISH IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
The American monster, the Devil-fish (Cephaloptera vampirus).
ia fim Pnv Limiiv These creatures abound in South Carolina,
an d are only cap lured in that region
of do
mgs to the Ray family.
WATCHING FOR OTTER.
by the lovers of desperate and
gerous sporting. An average spe¬
cimen might be described some¬
what after the following manner:—
Body ten feet long, tail six feet,
entire width seventeen feet, and the
depth of the body from three to
four feet; in oolour blue-black
above, cloudy white beneath, tail
slender (somewhat like that of a
cow), with a serrated spine, the
dorsal fin being directly over the
base of the tail; teeth generally
small—seven or eight rows in the
lower jaw, while those in the upper
jaw are almost invisible; eyes very
prominent, and about four feet
apart; its whole body of a flexible
nature; and its most striking pe¬
culiarity a pair of borne, or feelers,
extending forward from near the
eyes a distance of three or four
feet. They leave the deep sea and
enter the estuaries of Carolina
during the months of July, August,
and September. They swim near
the surface of the water, and, when
in the mood, lift above the surface
one or both of their bat-like
wings. They are graceful in all
their movements, and, when not
wounded, quite tame ; and it is
sometimes the case that, when they
have been sought for in vain,
hundreds of them have instantly
risen to the surface, as if actuated
by one impulse. They are sup¬
posed to feed upm 6mall fish and
a floating substanco culled blubber.
They are not eaten, but yield a
good quality of oil ; and that
they are very powerful is proved
by many well-authenticated facts,
ind, when going before the j The chase of the Devil-fish is an establishc-1 diversion of the
as a sail. I planters in the vicinity of Port Royal Sound. The sportsmen make
MAKING A CANOE.
March 27, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
329
SPORTING SCENES IN AMERICA.
Bay Point their place of rendezvous, and, well provided with lances
and harpoons, sally forth in search of their game at high water, when
they enter the inlet to feed upon the shrimp and small fish that abound
along the shores On the ebb tide they retire again to sea, so that the
time for seeking them is confined to a few hours in the day. The
motion of the fish is so rapid and bird-like that none who have once
seen it could mistake it for any other fish. Sometimes, though not
often, you may approach him while feeding in shallow water; but the
best opportunity for striking is offered by waiting quietly near the
spot where he has disappeared, until, having ceased to feed, he starts
for the deep water, when he begins a series of somersets.that give the
sportsman a capital chance to strike him. You first see the feelers
thrown out of the water, then the white stomach, marked with five
bronchial apertures on each tide (for the fish is on his back), then his
tail emerges. It happens occasionally that in making these somersets
the fish does not rise quite to the surface. When this is the case his pro •
«ence is shown by the boiling of *he water from below, as from a great
CHASING THE DEVIL FISH IN SOCTH CAROLINA.
cauldron, and an expert sportsman will sometimes secure his fish even
at the depth of ten or twelve feet. When one of these fish is struck he
commonly darts off with great rapidity, running out forty fathoms of
rope, and then dragging along the boat with quite as much speed as is
agreeable. If several boats are in company, they usually attach them¬
selves to the first, and the little fleet is dragged merrily along. As
many as three harpoons are sometimes put into a single fish; and, in
endeavouring to free himself, his plunges are fearful, and the lashing
of the waves with his wings something not to be forgotten. lie some¬
times has a fit of the sulks., on which occasions it is a difficult matter
to raise him from the bottom; when in a running mood, however, he
invariably starts for the open sea. giving his captors an exhilarating
race of from five to thirty miles.
It must not be supposed that there is no risk in the pursuit and cap¬
ture of such formidable game. The spice of danger mingling with this
sport serves to increase its relish. He who wields the harpoon should
have a quick eye, a steady arm, and a cool head; for, if he lose liis
presence of mind, and suffer himself to be entangled in the rope, during
the first furious runs of the fish, he may lose his life. The amusing
incidents whioh attend this kind of sporting are very numerous, since
the oarsmen are invariably negroes, and, as they are partial to red
flannel shirts, their appearance on the water, or collected in groups
upon the shore, is always picturesque. The boats employed in devil-
fishing aTe various in kind, but a six-oared boat is usually preferred.
It should be without a keel, and draw but little water forward, for a
rapid change of front is Decessary as well in the attack as in the pur¬
suit. Although two or three devil-fish may be taken by a single boat
in one day, yet a whole day is sometimes necessary to capture a single
fish.
That there is something quite romantic oven in the landing cf these
fish will be readily inferred from the following description by Mr.
Elliott, of Beaufort, South Carolina:—“I know not that I ever wit¬
nessed anything more strikingly picturesque than the appearance of
the devil-fish just before he stranded. The night was dark, the sea
CHASING THE DEVILFISH IN SOUTH CAROLINA : THE VICTORY.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Makc-i 27. 1858
350
brilliantly luminous, the breakers were roarini? a short distance from
us, and the ground-swell that at intervals lifted us up admonished us
that wo were in shoal water. Looking behind us, we beheld the devil¬
fish. which we had in tow, mounted up on the chest of an advancing
trove. His wings outspread, his dark outline distinctly marked and
separated from the surrounding waters by a ‘starry belt’ of thosphoric
fire he seemed, to our excited imaginations, like some monster vam¬
pire, hovering over our heads, and Oiroateniog to crush us beneath his
wings. There was scarcely time for apprehension before he grounded,
and we were safe upon the shore. To leap upon the monster's baok,
about a wild huzza, were impulses that wo ail felt and obeyed; and
thus the day's sport ended."
That portion of the Atlantic coast whore tho devil-fish abounds is
extremely low and sandy, so that the interest of the two Illustrations
is solely derived from tho incidents of the chase. In the first we have
the excitement of pursuit; und in (he second the repose of victory.
THAMES REFORM.
Metropolitan drainage and Thames purification still drag their
slow length along. It in about two years since Mr. Btzalgetce's views
were first submitted to the Metropolitan Board of Works: sundry
supposed improvements thereon huvo muco, from time to time, been
officially put forward, especially that laid down in tho recent Illne-book
drainage report. These vexod questions, however, arill remain in
abeyance: professional spirit seems to have fallen short of the emer •
gency; and thoroughfares, from east to west, are, besides, more and
more needed and called for.
Mr. Gurney’s report on Thames purification, drainage, <fcc., about
the Houses of Parliament has been laid before tho Legislature ; und
the natements of that well-known scientific gentleman respecting
hydrodynamic disturbance in the river fully confirm the views which
were published by Sir William Worsley nearly two years ago on that
point in <h8 drainage question; and. as the scheme ot the latter gentie-
mun appears to us to embrace several important suggestions, we are led
to give nn analysis of his pamphlet.
Tho distinguished engineers who drew up the Blue-hook report on
metropolitan drainage seem to have considered Sir William Worslev’s
scheme as entitled to attention, Lis evidence, drawing, and letters being
prominently set forth therein.
The pressing demands upon our space will not allow us to give an
engraving of Bir William’s magnificent scheme: we, however, gladly
give tho maip features of his plan of “Thames Reform," which are as
follow :—ISir William says that, among other advantages, his scheme
would benefit the shipping interest gonerolly, os it would not only
keep the pool always at high- water level up to London-bridge, but set
it more at liberty, and also facilitate the pas«igo of barges and river
crafr, by moms of a proposed new cut. which would also supply tho
pool aud oil tho docks with doicn river water. This plan rests on
stopping tho tidal flow by a transverse dam at Blackwall
Reach, combined with the disoharge of the down river water
into the Thames belo:c such dam, by means of tho pro¬
pose! cut, which would be entered at Woolwich Reach by
iioidgates. the river craft being worked by steam-tugs. The
change propose! would set free the vast serpentine space oompied
by the river from Battersea to London-bridge, and of oourae allow of a
main drain to be constructed down ite emptied bed as far as London-
bridge, of a magnitude large enough for both sides of the town, to t>e
always in operation by a rush ot water from the reservoir to be formed
by widening the river on both sides above Bsttersea-bridge. The
main drain would have its final outfall below Blackwall dam, and
would be arched over, and have the top of tho arch laid out, down to
Lnnion-bridge, with public ornamental walks, seats, and fountains;
tho side spaces to bo occupied with private gardens, railways, ware¬
houses, hotels, &c, having an ornamental carriage-road on oadi side
oi, p.ud uearest to, the walks; thus giving the moans of convenient,
ru.- id, and agreeable transit through the heart of the town, to the re¬
lit*! ci the already too crowded thoroughfares. In addition to the
above-mentioned large river lake of many hundred acres, aSove the
town, the whole vast curve of the rivor at Greenwich would be kept at
high-tidelevel with down riverwater, from theoutpouring of the Thames
cut. These lakes, the writer conceives, would not only be ornamental,
but sources of recreation, in boating, fishing, bathing, skating, &o.,
every way superior to what is affordod by the present state of the
river. It is, further, afe tuned that tho up tidal flow acta mechanically,
with or.:<'Ur forea at the bottom of the river than the down ti io Coes ;
and that it is this preponderating bottom action, combined with other
influences, which by degrees brings back the sewage, and causes the
present, turgid convergency of the offending matter about the locauty
oi tlie town—this being the quarter whero tho complex influences ia
operation are, it is assumed, more or less balanced: tho effects of this
convergeney, the writer affirm*, can only be remedied either by
stepping the tidal flow, or by having the outlets of the main drains
imo the river ut such a distance as would seem to be inexpedient, if
not virtuully impracticable.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
LP E.. Br:;io-ri4—1 Of problem* tabmit’ed to tii* axaminnra rms ore haprectleab’e
end all fiataeUre. If I. P. ti. la dariroas <•( emnpo*injj *trnl.ipro»r% dtaerviftff public tty
ibr UffS our calunipa bo must coocentrit* hi» attention uuou ono uf two, in-lead of dbai-
paling it arming a nninber. 2. Th*» dttlion oi Mr. Hemlrio’a fcnigm* begin* thus: —
i. KttoQKtMafd)) K take. I*
(If Blaclc o'ar L B takes Kt; then follows-, -. Kc to y o »ch (chi; and 3. P toKt Sib, be¬
coming a Kt—Mato.'
2 K: to Q B 7th * chi, &e.
I. T. H.—Tim editcreh’p ot' tho Berlin Hcltachzeitunfj has ngain changed hands. Moists
And* men and Dufrvme having rtsigitwl office, the c induct of tho m-ga/in . is now in*
tni»te<l to Mr. Mux (.untie, an able player, long and favourably known both in Germany
and in this country by his many admirable gamut aud his valuable analytical discorerica.
D. W. P.—1 ho March number of the *• Monthly ” hat reached u« safely. Not so, however,
tbe communication w aich i; mentions as having been forwarded by a late steamer; of thst
there am uo tidings.
I. B., Cambridge.— M. von II ry dob rand tier Lara, tho distinguished Chessplayer and author,
bat been appointed Pruuiau Charge d'Atfaires at tbo Court of Kio Janeiro.
T. M B , Nev. ar'., New Jers-y, U ft.— Iho problems so politely forwardcd to us are already hi
tho examiner*' Lanas. und shall be reporlod on fortbwitn
Chev.vi.ikk.—P ailirtor playod three games shnultatiem-ly against three goad flayers without
sight of the cheM-boatd; the same feat, wo believe, has been performed by Klc*erit/ky, and
inter by Harrwitz: Uu: there performances, as'cuishini: as they appear, have bona «h -got her
dhUnecd by tho but exploit ot Mr Paulsen, of the United ttin'e*, who has recently con¬
ducted sere 71 gntr.es at one time without the che*B-board. and won them all J
I., Muxton, Massachusetts.—So. I is an admirable little problem, aud shall bo inserted. Tho
second, thouah neat, is too easy.
ADUU'IICS.—One is marked for Osertion; tho other, two arc defective, and, if correct, would
bo muck below our standard.
I- <».. Lichfield —Very poor
ISQCIRBK.—'Too Queen* and Knights of what arocaliod tho “ ftfannton " Hiom men ura all of
precise! t the same pat tern Three- fourths of the sets sold as there men are coarse fabrications.
You should apply to the original makers, Messrs, iaquea, irtry-turners,of iiatton-gardeu.
Efmlok.—T hey snail have attention.
C. B. S., MaiichestT.—It means that tba plryer whose King is checked must capture the
assaulting ptM« oithrr with King or son-o other nuia.
H. C. LfSM.—t\‘e areuotc-icversant with " Double Chars."
T. P.. Nassau. Bahama*.—Tba Pfftb eras »ha!l to examined, and if they pro^e aa luicrutxb'o
as tfie *o.dec's sig.ntu •• • hand*oma prize shall bo given for their solution.
B C. B. nv'» tj- r M «lto«i!d Have written iheiroote and loluifou ui onu paper: tha latter has
got mi -laid amors a th u«and other communicatim ,
I. 1’ f.. Divan, Bf.XA. Manchester —Tho terrain 11 to p'-efflI *g contest, Bolen versus Owen,
stand* thus.— Bodon, 7: Owen, 2— L» awn, 1.
Sot.rnojra of Problem No. 731. br Fanny. H. P., Jacob, F. t Frankfurt, D. I).. M. G. I...
Iodinr Phllo-Cbe**, Drvad. Philip, Erueit. Bor- T. J. t of Bunworth, Loul* U’or. Tho Ori-
f inal Northern Ctrl. CVrieua.A Soulier, G. W., K. B. S- IL P., Subalten, 41. F., B. K . W.,
(ri'tsit, Waltham-!o-Weld. ( P. J., Ycntford. J M.. of Hhe'burn. Ar—sur-Moiclle,
H B. 6., 8sU>bnrv. N fi. O . B. T. M., H. K L.. O. T.. P. C., M. W. G.. W. ft. D., II. 8. V..
1). L. B.. Delta. S' C. B , f> I.. T., A Z., Omicron, Pax. A. B. C, Diana. Max. Piebald,
P. P,, Civts Pr-r«eu*. V D , Modicis, C« r. U*.Uo Dorrit, B. T. C. I. F. 8., C. L. A.,
fViasduit, A. P. W M->nk»hoo>i. W. W. D.. O. I* Q . Dufoin. OxonlemsU, B. ft. P.Q. K.,
Non Sum, Ac , J. B.. W. D. 6 . li. b , G. P n Manxman, Meicutor, Lex, C. A. M. t Bisbrookt,
are correct.
wnirn.
l. II to K :th
WHITT.
1. Kt to K B 5th
Solution of Problf.m No. 733.
BLACK. I WHITE. BLACK.
II to Q B 5th 2 . Kt to Q Kt3rd P moves
3. Kt mutes.
Solution of Problem No. 731.
WHITE. BLACK.
2 . KtoQ Ktcth(ch) II moves
3. Kt mates.
2. KttoK U d Anything- .
U. Kt to Q 3rd-Mate. /
BLACK.
! takes P, or ♦
A^y Oihsr move
PROBLEM No. 736.
By G. M.
BLACK.
La in- Losbosderrt’s Ai.dress in a Sunday Schooi..—
On Sunday last i.ajs the A'nrlhern hail;/ Express) the new achoola at
fcknliam. which have been built at the sole expense of the Marehione** of
ibontionderry for the beuetit of her workpeople in the neighbourhood, were
opened by her Ladyship in person. The proceeding commenced witli a
hymn bung by the children, und nn appropriate prayer by the Rev. Mr.
- ._i day, 1 give you
the strongest proof of my interest Xu your welfare You all know the
parable of the Ten Talents, aud 1 doubt not you think a large portion has
when to my Share. I do not deny this, or seek to shun the accompanying
responsibility ; and while I reflect on the uuinbcrof persons in my employ,
and dependent upon me, my heart sinks and fails to assure me that I can
do my duty by all; but here, at least, under my own eye, and near
my own hearth, I humbly trust X have not been found wanting. A church
is provided for you, where if you do uot nttend the fault will rest on your
own head: a schooi, where it you do not send your children the sin will
be yours And I have iiad the good fortune to trad an excellent clergy¬
man (o take charge of you, whose talents m.d merits, as well as Ids devo¬
tion to his duty, need no praise from me; lor, short as is the period lie lias
been among you—heavily as he has been tried by sickness and anxiety-
flora ail I hear, I believe you have learned to appreciate and value him.
I>o uot imagine I take credit for anything X have done; I feel X am only
an i .ibtrumcntdn God's hands, and so far as this new mining district is
concerned, X have been permitted to effect thus much; but vemsmber,
having done so, here my responsibility ends and yours begins. The school,
the teachers, the church, the minister, are all provided for you, and the
talents are now transferred from me to you: beware how you misuse them,
itctpect and obey the voice of your clergyman; frequent and worship
in that church, and make your children attend this school. You
have now no valid excuse-see you make no idle one. Remember
youth is the time to learn, as spring is the seed-time and autumn
the harvest; and as you sow so shall you reap. In the words of Scripture
• Train up a child in the way he should go. ami when lie is old he will not
depart from it.' Do not saeriflcc your children's welfare in time and in
eternity from a selfish desire to avail yourselves oi their serviette and
axsistauee in household duties, or from a greediness of gain iu seeking
them to earn the meat tliat pcrhheih, before they have laid up some
spiritual store of that treasure which no man can take away. X can bat
humbly counsel, and, having done so much, leave the event in God's hands
only arsuring you of ray anxious desire to n.dvise you aright and mv
earnest wish to do my duly by all wlm from eireurastanres nre mote
peculiarly under my care. • tins address, delivered with much feclin"
and with that power aud clearness of enunciation for which the noble
Marchioness is remarkable, was heard with ttic deepest attention and
appeared to produce: an impression which augurs well for the furtherance
•» tilt- beuevoleait purpose so deeply cherished and so powerfully expressed
hy the noble founder of the schools. We caunot but heartily wish Ge>d
upped to every each undertaking'.
Lardisg or the Head-Quahtep.s of the 92nd High
l,si,; iK at Alexandria.— The above-mentioned troopi. 2f>o in
number were conveyed in the X'enlnsular and Oriental Company’s
ntvam-nhto Kijmi, and arrived at Alexandria on the 26 th of February,
.; IJr , hat'.passage- of fourteen days from Southampton. Soon
11 W'i 'D.® Bhip s arrival they were conveyed on shore in parties
. A* left the ship they were most enthusiastically
SlT.rS,.?/*? l W rew ’ P rc 'ri°o* J y mustered on deck by the Commander to
_ U0u r, t0 , * w^Lsion. I he cheers M ere heartily responded to by the
JiS* . I “ e ,'chip's bund played during the landing a number ot'appro-
prln^Mnciudinff “Should auid acquaintance be lorcot." " Cheer
S:V C iwr ’ r \P onn,c ^ un drc." &e The troops had won the respect
iLi/*‘persons on board by their uniformly good and orderly
i • '% P^^ige.—[We regret tiiat we cannot find space for
th.- Sketch obligingly sent with the above account ]
. 'The Herald says :— <; Wc learn that the Press newspaper, which.
5“ SiJSS'jS® os the weekly orpin of the Conservative party,
it.wii I y ,r ^ 4 4 Iwnd.-. und that it will henceforward be devoted
prapS %% 01 lhe '•>«« «'■ Newdegate. and .hose
WHITE.
\ White to play, and mate in three moves.
V- ^ CHESS IN THE METROPOLIS.
Good Game in the Match between Messrs. Boden and Owen.
(I rregular Opening.)
BLACK (Mr. B.)
1. X* to K 4tlv
ft. P to Q tth
•i. IC XI to Q nrd
4.0 to Iv 2nd
5.1' to K IS itli
6. P to Q B 3rd
white (Mr. O.)
P to Q lit 3rd
QBtoQ Kt 2 nd
I’ to K 3rd
IC B to iv 2nd
P to y B 4til
K Kt toKB3rd
7. Iv KttoXv B3rd Castles
: 8,\Q Kt to Q 2nd Iv Kt to ICt Mh
9. Castles P to K B 4th
10; P to Iv r.tIt W Kt to Q B 3rd
n. P to Iv XI ;trd Iv K t to K R 3rd
X2, QKttoCi lvt3rd P takes Q P
13. Q Kt takes P Kt takes Kt
14. Q B P takes Kt K to R so
15. Q B to Q 2 nd y to K so
16 . y R to y B sq Iv R to lv Kt sq
17. P to y Kt 4th Kt to Iv B 2 nd
18. ICt to Iv Kt 6th ICt takes Kt
i!>. P takes Ivt P to K R 3rd
(A queMioMble, UioB.h . rorv temptme,
mrrro.)
20 . P to K R 4th P takes P
2X. B to y B vth
(From till, point th, une beeom.) ei-
tmn,l>- anlmntc. 1 , au'l O very itbty plnvotl to
hie ona by Hr. )
21. Q B to his 3rd
22. I* to Q ICt 5th Iv B to y sq
23. P takes y B B takes R
24. P takes y X' y to Iv B 2nd
(He was driven to mova his quern to this
•aaiire or to K Kt 3«vi. and, In either care,
Block obtains an attack amply counter¬
balancing-tho loss of a Hook for a Bishop.;
25. F to Q 5th F to K Kt 3rd
(The position is ono of *«•«! peril and dlffl-
cuUy tor White. Had lie taken dm q p it son
with Pawn, tlieu followed-^6. P to K Pth.
and 97. TJ takm K It P, ac.)
26 . Q B tks K Kt P Q takes Q F
(B to LI «<i would pirhtpa have beea better,
though tor from «a!i«facto<y.>
27. Q B to K B 6th K to R 2nd
(ell)
2 nd
black (Mr. B.) WH(TE (Mr. O.)
28. X* takes K P Q to y sth (ch)
29. K to R sq y fi to K B sq
(If ha had p’nyod QtoKSI 5(b. B’ack
nii.ht harq exchtnged tjucuna, and then
played P to K R fit li. &c.)
30. R takes K B I*
(TJic termination is beoatlfulljr played by
Black.)
30. Q K takes B
31. Q to K It 5th (ch)
(At (hi. critfool mom-nt Bl.ok Appc.ro to
hwo more than one way by which to main¬
tain his superiority, in reality, however. Mr.
Boden’s ddrlup and maatoily sacrifice is the
only road to victory.)
3t. P hikes Q
32. R tks P (double K to'Ivt 2 i
fell I
33. RtoKR7th(oh) K to K B sq
34. P to iv 7th (eh) K to K sq
36. B to y Kt 6th Q to y 2nd
(ch)
(Tnterpcaing th. Kook first woull bava
been of no avail)
36. B takes Q (eh)
(Much better than taking the Rook first.)
36 K takes B
37 F takes R K to K Kt Sth
(Bad enomrb. bnt ko had no jrood move
loft- If Uto (JB sq, then the game pro-
oroflci thtxi.—
^ R to Q B so
08. P to K B 7th K tskva K P
39. PfoKBHth K takes u
** Queening " (doable ch)
40. li toK i: Sxh(chi Kmoves
41. K takes K
And mast win.
Agnii., If ho olay.fi—37. K to Q Kt an,
Bhwk imuntetdy " qufendt" Id. K i’.wi.,
anil won the Blahop, having afttirwards on
ra <y game.)
38. It to K It 8th R to IC Sth
39. PtoK Kt 4th
And White abandoned the game.
CHESS ENIGMAS.
»_... ... 1070,—By E. B. Cook {Chess Monthly).
I K at K ivt 3rd, Q at K B Sth. B at Iv Kt 8th. *
lilac):: lv at his 6th, F at Q B 5th.
White to play, and mate in four moves.
n . T _ No. 1071.—By T. M. Morris. M D.. Nova Scotia,
n , Q ii «q. Rs at K B 5th and Q R sq, Bs at K B
-nd and Q R 4th, Ivt at K 5tlu Fs at K 2 nd and Q Ivt 3 rd
rr 3r x d ' fi &t K 11 6tl ‘- at K Kt Lth und Q K 7th. Bs at
Iv R 4th and K 2ud: Ps at K 5th and Q B 2nd. and Q B cth.
White to play, and mate in five moves.
t- a ^ ^ No. 1072 — By “ Adolphus.”
K Kt ,th - B at K eth ; P3 at Q Mh. Q B
qbS I?#*?' U %t K E 2nd ’ Kt at Q B ,th; Pi 11 « Srd ’
, MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS.
Six Songs. By John Thomas. — The Seasons. For the Harp.
Br John Thomas. Booscy and Solis.
Mr. Thomas's “ Six Snngs " are by no means to be confounded among
the multitude of insipid and commonplace things with winch our
musical press inundates the public. On the contrary, they are works
of distinguished merit, and give the young composer a right to be
classed among the best vocal writers of the day. Mr. Thomas has
evidently been gifted by nature with a rich vein of melody, and has
improved the gilt by studies in the best schools of the art. Without
straining after originality, he lias formed a style which, though simple
and natural, is stamped with individuality of character; and in these
elegant songs he has shown himself largely endowed with imagination
and feeling. They are all beautiful, bnt the first and the last have
impressed us most strongly. The one to Byron's celebrated verses,
“ Deep in my soul the tender secret dwells,” is full of the poetry of
music; and the other, “ The Suppliant's Prayer,” is a sacred song,
solemn and pathetic.
Mr. Thomas, moreover, is well known ns an accomplished harpist,
and lie writes for his instrument as finely as he performs on it.
“The Seasons” are four short pieces characteristic of the different
periods of the year—the freshness of spring, the gentle airs and
smooth waters of summer,.the solemn silence of the declining year in
autninu, and the rough and stormy blasts of winter. Any such
images called up by merely instrumental music are, of course, exceed¬
ingly vngne; hut it is well known that, in the composer's mind, they
give a picturesque effect to his music, and clothe it with a charm
which is felt, though it cannot l>e defined. These pieces will be found
delightful vutrreau.r de saloii. They require u tine performer; hut
in our social circles there are many ladies who play beautifully on
this most graceful and romantic instrument.
Chamber Trios. A Selection of Trios adapted to English Words,
with an Accompaniment for the Pianoforte Softly the Echo.
Composed by RossIni.—What Say the Clouds ? The Words
by Barry Cornwall ; composed by J. L. Hatton. — Nymphs op
Air. The Words hy Bishop Hkber ; contposid by Henry Smart.
Rest Thee os this Mossy Pillow. The Words by Bishop
Hebeb ; composed by Henry Smart. — Farewell to tub
. —Flowers. Composed by John Baenbtt. — The Dawn or
_.Spring. Composed hy Mendelssohn. Leader and Cock.
These area few specimens of a serial publication which has already
reached above fifty numbers, aud which is of the grcitcst interest to
the lovers of pure and refined vocal harmony—English vocal har¬
mony, we may say, though it is not exclusively by English composers.
But the exceptions are comparatively few, and the ocoasional intro¬
duction of an Italian or German piece, united to English poetry and
suited to English taste, hy no means detracts from the English cha¬
racter of the collection. The two, for example, by Rossini and Men¬
delssohn. mentioned above, are perfect gems of simplicity and grace.
Among the English contributors we And the most distinguished vocal
composers of the time—Muefarren, Barnett, Hatton, Henry Smart,
Frank Romor, Briulcy Richards, and others of timitar calibre ; and
their productions are worthy of their names. They are carefully
fitted lor use in our social and domestic circles. They are principally
for female voices, and their effect will be most delightful when
warbled by three young Ladies : but this is not rfe rigueur —a well-
timed tenor or bass being by no means inadmissible. Great care is
taken to keep tbe vocal parts within a very moderate compass, and to
make 1 hem smooth, flowing, and easily to be sung. In short, these
chamber trios form one of the most elegant aud pleasant drawing-room
books that can anywhere be met with.
Life nor Death snALL ua Dissever : Sacred Trio. Words by
Bishop Rebkr; composed by Henry Smart.— I Praised the
Earth is Beauty - Sees: Sacred Duet. Words and Music by
the Same.— 1 Love my Lovb in the Morning: Four-part
Song. The Words by Gerald Griffin; the Music by George B.
Allen. Leader and Cock.
Mr. Smart's sacred trio might have been included in the collection
of “ Chamber Trios” which we lmve just noticed. It is for female
voices, two sopranos and a contralto; and, in a family circles where a
little serious music is deemed an appropriate Sunday evening's
pastime, it will be very acceptable. In its construction and counter¬
point it shows the hand of a master, while its expression is solemn
and pathetic. The same composer's sacred duet, also for female
voices, is qnite similar in character and purpose.
Mr. Allen's four-part song is not remarkable for originality or
artistic skill; but we notice it because it shows how much effect may
be produced by nnpretending simplicity. The four vocal parts are
purely written and flowing; bnt the effect is injured by the error in
construction of making two successive closes on the fifth of the key—
a mistake which might easily have been avoided.
The Russian Postillion’s Soso. The English Words by J. Oxen-
fobd. Adapted to the original Russian Air by G. A. Macfabren.—
Good Bye ! Song, written by W. C. Bennett ; composed by
G. A. Macfarren. — Sweet Scmsier Time. Song, the Poetry by
Miss H. O. Boddington ; composed by Frank Mori. — Thk
Last Look You Gate Me. Ballad, written hy G. Hoddeu .- com¬
posed by Frank Mori — Love Makes the Homh. The Poetry
by H. CnoRLEY; the Music by T. German Reed — Ye Warbling
Birds (Ihr Lieben Voglein). Song, from “The Amaranth.”
The English Version by C. Graham ; composed by E. Silas. —
The Dying Child. Written by Miss E. Owen; composed by
E. Silas. Cramer and Co.
We have picked the above from among a number of new popular
ballads. They are from the pens of eminent composers; and, though
simple aud easy, are distinguished by characteristic features from the
common run of this species of music. Mr. Macfarren’s name always
gives assurance of something superior. “The Russian Postillion's
Song ” is an original national melody adapted with happy effect to
some pretty verses by Mr. John Oxenford. “ Good bye " is a ballad
in the parlantc style, remarkable for tho skill with winch the notes
are fitted for a clear and emphatic delivery of the words. Mr. Frank
Mori, one of the most favourite composers of the day, is especially
known to thereaders of this Journal by the many fine" compositions
with which he has enriched its pages. His two songs above named
will be found worthy of his genius. All the world knows Miss P.
Horton's charming ballad-singing, which gives such an attraction to
her entertainment at the Gallery of Illustration. “ Love makes the
Home ” is one of her prettiest songs, and site warbles it delightfully.
M. Silas’s two songs have great merit. “Ye warbling birds,”
originally written for Germau words, is in the German style, both in
respect to melody and accompaniment, and presents considerable
difficulties—diffictilties, however, worth surmounting. His other song,
“The Dying Child,” is quite English, and 1ms much simplicity aud
pathos.
Sleep, my Lov’d Girl. A Lullaby. The Words by W. Guernsey :
the Music by T. Browne. —Ox thk Swelling Deep. Song of
the Sea-bird. By the Same. Addison and Co.
The lullaby is a touching and pleasing melody in A flat; the words,
by Major Guernsey, being graceful and appropriate iu sentiment.
The other production, “ On the Swelling Deep,” is of a bolder and
more stirriug character, evincing originality and thought.
The Indian Mutiny Relief Fund.—C ontributions continue
to bo received from the remotest dependencies of the Crown, accompanied
bv communications expressed In terms of deep sympathy for our suffer¬
ing countrymen In the East. Lima, including the Valley of Canetc,
and the Ohincha Islands alone have lately contributed £625 16s. 2 d ,
white St. Lucia transmits £57 13s. 7d.: St. Kitts. £111 Is. 9d.; the Falk¬
land Islands, £27 10s.; and Trinidad sends a second remittance,
£147 5s. $d. Independent of this material aid, it is gratifying to observe
the tone of feeling in which all classes in these remote dependencies
appear to have responded to the appeal made to their sympathies from the
central committee. All classes iiave co-operated, and it is mentioned in a
letter from Turks’ Island, as worthy of remark, that a email detachment
of the 1st West rndla Regiment stationed there, under Lieut. Stricken,
have contributed one day's pay.
March 27 , 1858 .]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
n v
O »J 1
T/'ING and CO, SILKMERCERS, &c„ 243,
rV Begeot-rtwet, end a tho Crystal ?aUet>, 0>denham. be* to
jJ^mce tut during the late conunorclal ^^ they h-ve rur-
ch fl .y .vt many thotuuind pound*’ worth of wn 8 l K8, MU8LIN3,
BARKGKd, IRISH iOPLINfi. &e , which they Luwnd selL’ng during
tbo earning sooson at Half-price.
L adies, write (or patterns of the
NKW KII.K8 nnd oth -r Fabric*. And *av.r fifty par eeut In your
Spring Purcbiwee.—Address to KIf*G and fO„ Kcxont-et., London.
C ambrics.—patterns post-free.
8 wins Cambric*,
3s. 6d. tho Fall Lheai,
French Brilliants,
3s 9d. tho Full Drew - usually void at 7a. M.
Addrcea to KING and CO., Regent street, London.
USLINS—PATTERNS POST-FREE.
Jnocrnota .. I Id. the Full Drou.
OrgAndioa .. •• 5*. Gd.
Chintz Mns'los .. .. ... 6s. Gd. „
Flounced J rcoMrt* .. .. S». 6d. ..
Fl-wmeed Ortrondios .. .. Wi. od.. wusliytold at £1 If.
Address to KINO and CO., S4S, Hegent-stroet, London.
M
B
A R E G E S, &c. — Patterns Post free.—
Balr-aiinM .3s. 6d. the Full Dross.
Chintz Bareges .. .. 8«. Gd. ,,
Flounced Balxarines .. .. 11s. Gd. „
Flounced Bar ge» .. •• 13a. W.
Flounced Grenadine*.. XI 5a. Gd.. usually sold at £3 10*.
Audreys to KING and CO., Regent-street, London.
S PRING FABRICS.—Patterns Post-free,
French Llamas. 7s. fid. tno Full Dress.
Checked Challls .. .. 12a. Gd. „
8111c and Mohair Double 8klrta 10*. Gd. „
811k and Mohair Flounced Robot l"s. I'd. »,
Norwich Poplin*. l&s. lid.
Real Irish lopliim .. ..XI 17a. 6d., usually cold at X5.
Address to KING and CO., Kegent-Mrwn, London.
B
LACK SILKS. — Pal tern a Post-free.
Glacd BUks,.XI & 0 the Foil Drew.
Batin Bar Bi'ks .. .. 1 10 0 „
Widow*’ bliss.1 19 6 „
Flounced Milks. 8 0 0 „
lloivG Antiques.. •• •• 3 18 6 „
Telvo’. Flounood Robes ..5100 „
Address to K'HG and CO., Regent-street, London.
N
EW SPRING SILKS at KING’S,
243, ncffcnc-stteet.
Strhod Ghtcfl bilks,
£1 U. Gd the Full Drew.
Checked (ilacd Silk*,
XI Cm. bd.
Batin Bur Silks,
£1 7*. Gd.
Jasper Silks,
£1 1V«. Gl.
Chine Poult ile rioies,
XI 17' «>d.
Fiouncod Silks,
t* 2*.
French Flounced Silks,
£3 13*. Gd.
Velvet Float ood Silks,
t.'» <(>b. Od.
Uaird Antlqueo worn by the Quoen and Princes* Rcyal,
X3 3<i. tho Full Dress usually sold at t'G 6s.
Patterns Mint p'mt-lreo
Address to King and <:©„ Regent-sired, 1/Ondon.
L ADIES repairing cheap and elegant BILKS
are renuesrorf to apply Immediately to BLECH and BB RRA I.L,
ThoBeo tlivo, <•» 00*1 61. Edgwaro-road, London, W.
1100 New Flounced fiilk Rohes (various), 3S»*. bd. to 5 guinea*.
Rich Striped, t hocked, Chen*'', and Firm GlSOi
dilL3.3la.8d to 38a Gd. tha Dress-
Black and Hulf-Monmlng Ditto, la great rarioty, at :ho taro*
Reduced prices.
•»» Pattern* for iuiqioctiou poetrge-fro?.
H
IGH PRICES of SILKS.—Silk Dresses can
_ lio CLEANED ojuat to row by 8. WILCOX’S now process,
m uro anlJq 10 und tin r .lilts clnamd, ayed. and watered, satins em-
bossod, bla.-k dyed every Week Ctiu'x aud all kind of tunilturo
cleaned an l lists of pri wsput pvt-treo, nml «jountry orders
exooeding ISO »mt Crtrrhue-frco by 8. Wilcox, 1G0, Ox lord-street, W.;
And 74, . »;a b's Co ldolt-stt oet, W C.
•A/fESSRS HOWELL, JAMES, ami CO.
It I have the honour to Acquaint the Noblmy und thtlr numerous
Patrons hut tuw various ilnnurtuiunu In tbe.r KaUUdlrimu'iit uro now
roplete With every Novelty JUtap-inl ILr the present Spring fieaaou.
They respectfully solicit utt inspection.
5. 7, 0. Regent-afreet.
M ANTLESI-N OTICE OF SALE ! !
Tho oxtcn.iv* Stock nf Muni es, anwontlng to £16:15 la. thi.,
removed from th* •* Crystal WarehOEPn I nto tho London Shawl and
Mantle Corapai y). 8t. • aul'a C.iuichyard. is now beiiiK sold by
Mtatrs. VEnaBwO -8 und bO »S. Drat^rs aud Carpet Warcuou»ctuun,
1Q3, 104, and 1*'5, IVhl'echfpel.
Light Cloth Mantles, reduced from 21a. fd. to 7s. lid.
Ditto d tto .. „ 1»1 0 to 4 11
" inter oitto 7 II to 3 11
Velvet Mouth n .. ,, 4'^ 0 to 29 0
GenoaVtlvelMantles..' „ 55 0 to S9 l*
Coloured nnd UiackT f four 7 . « 0
Velvet Mantlre J ” igauteaaj
Children’* Mantlt* aud Jackets aho tdimhuiy reduced.
"VTEW SILKS at PETER ROBINSON’S^—
3 N- w fctn. ou Gliet bilk* at XI 3*. 9*i. ihu Full Dross.
New Clioc'to i Ulaoihlk* „ XI Je. Gd. „
Kxira rich Chocked Bilks ,, Clfis. »kl. „
Now kluyedoro Bur-lies „ XI ?a. 6d. „
Fxtraluch Wayudfro t’ka ,, XI 1'a.bd. „
Tha ?>ucciulquoPin dHllk» ,, XllGs.W. „
h:oh French Fancy Bilks „ £S 3a. Od.
¥
LOBNCED SILKS at PETER
R0niN"0N’8.
New French Fl i. need bilk Robes.
New Checked Flnuucod bll* Kobes.
Now B yudiro Bar >' louuced Silas.
New Belt-coloured Glacd Flounced Bilks.
New ItrcK-adfd Flounced Silk itolrc*.
NewCh-u Flouuo«d Biik llobva.
Now Suiped Flouncod Bilk ltohes.
Tk/jrOIRE ANTIQUE SILKS, at PETER
Jr R. UO 1N30N”H. In all the Now Colours, at H Guinea* and a
fcalf. P It rj'gs’.-nvo to call l-tdie*' ratt calar ntta-iion to those
goods, ns they uro of a very ridi qual ty, aod each D»»*m will bo
iouud to r.'«>'r \tv e voids, of a yard wioc. )•. R. i« also oflcrlnr for
salt.*, at reduc'd prl»N*8. tnrvo larjr-. case* of SInir? AntFjtrs Robro Pnt-
t»rnis of B uck rum Coloured nut po»'- f nw. For oa«t>Ths of SUks,
luidreas Peter Robinson, •! km ore or, 103, lr»5,108, 107, Oxfoid-strecL
L OCKE’S LADIES’ CLOAKS of SCOTCH
WATERPROOF TWEED, a soioedoa lanvarded on appli-
calij'i. \ \ \ \
•uTnT«7H TWEED AND CLAN TARTAN WARTUOD8B8.
1111 and 127, RBGtiNT-STREK T (four dour* abovo Vi -o-streef).
G rand exhibition ot India
tjfLAWi S.-FAK5IBR and ROGERS ore'sow exhibitor in
their spacious India Bhowrootnn a most tuperb coll^cUon of eholtse
CABHMKi 15 SHaW1>, mu cut whch am isveral of verv ra»e
Qtalgn aud i)uul':>, *linl'-r to those supplied for tho Wedding
Trctteseetl of tho IMna >s Royal.
THE GREAT .-HAW 1. A u CLOAK EMPORIUM, 171, 173, 176,
UkaBNT-BTKKWK . \ X/
_India BhawD Bought nad Exchange^. \,_
■\TOVEDTIES FOR THE MONTH.-
Hr:WELL cn>! CO, J H first.delivery Of New Bilk*, rnmprliinjt
all *he new »tjly» in Ib4>m 5 Vcbinui and douWe 'Jutw*, w-lth a
choice aebc.’tnn of Bilk* foryQtajg loittea. any hinaths of which tuaybe
cat- A largo lot of lliab O-eh* H«i* ml’ tj# at half price*.
Morning and Kveuirg Drc^e*. bcwll *nd CQ. have lust
received •••vnr-.l Vtt»e*' -Qf/Vw and hisyBui Material* for UoIbi’
More im; DntM>-« nt very miodbraic price*; and *-ho, Robes * Wsoo-
ailfon, la great v.ir,uy; a ti «umo beauJtuJ IeUurra lor Evening
DresHifi 1 Ui i<« had in *r.y l<rtgth.
_ COM FTP Nil OUBEv Frfth-»trW, Soho.
8 OWE HI! 7. TATTON, ami CO.’S SILK
HEUOKliV E81*\8' IST1|IENT i'dfctd*dly (ho most Imnor-
Unt 8* well ft* the most ''miltlminhle m London for NovcKms of First
bank. 'All t •« , i-|*'Ch , tit Ciiln*-' Btl.k Rt-b**. readr- mndo Hkirf*, Fancy
'iSjimra, Mhnllrs Vwtaa, S-mUr* dull:.!*, aud French Ca-hmare Wove
Bh*wl«, nre «r»holr own nianuf.ictu-e. These advuittge* unable them
to "apply t.arik* >t muhufacturtts' price*.
8uf<croNowliJeirevO*utkCo»tome, In Pompadour, Medallion Chin^,
Mcir<» A»t*Iqn».sc.. &>.x \
Rich Flooncf d fc itk RobPsf’O'n 2| to25 cnlnaas; and a tarao assort¬
ment of Now Fancy ^illts.in sulj cs and checks, widimt width, 25s. Gd.
FOWRRBV, TATTON, and CO.,
272 and 274, liogont-drcua. and 111 and 112. Oxford-a'Veat.
TVTEW and FASHIONABLE TRIMMINGS
ll for L4DIEH’ DsK-tflSIH aud MA V TI.ES, Fanrv Button-.
Twin, tic. flic i Sci«*l Parana • nnd choicer »lower* «vn »• ob¬
tained at \V\ II. M r > • 1 8 tviio.mute Mid K* tail Trimminjr, Flower,
u:>d Para* il ’Varihuuse. 191. I't tto* hmn.-ecurt-reaa (3 <ioor» from
H-al nnd Fob!, on and after Mm'av. Mureh 29 N.P. Ilra.^,
Dressmaker* and MilLnori tapped whh half pl.ee* nnl cat lengths,
at nhoaealc pn:ea.
A PERFECT LADY’S DRESS for SPRING,
AT A SINGULARLY LOW PRICE.
A tintplo Check, tho material la Cashmere, wqh rich Ducapoaida
trimming la Fronch-htua, Nut-brown, lilack, Violet, and the New
Groan, edged with Velvet.
Tno 8knd ia made and lined throughout, tho material for Bodice
Included. Trico 14a. 5k». ,
The additional charge for making the Bodice. One Shilling.
A Itrawing of the Diet)* *cut post-free.
FRENCH MUoUN COMPANY, 16. Oxford-strooL
T HE HALF-GUINEA CLOTH JACKET,
a very pretty ahape Just, from Pari*.
For country orders »ixo of waint and round tho •houlden la required.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
F rench muslin jackets.
T he prottiett White Muslin Jacket ever produced: It Is trimmed
with Ribbon. To bo had in every colour, and exceedingly becoming
to tho figure. Price 12s. M.
The FRENCH MUSLIM COMPANY. 16. Oxford-street.
Pofct-ollioo Orders payable to James Rekl, Oxford-street.
milE BLACK VELVET JACKET
1 Chosen by the Princess Royal.
Tho shape ia chaste, simple, and elegant, without ornament.
The price la 21 Guinea*.
Tho FRENCH ML'BLJN COMFaXX, 16, Oxford-street.
HE BLACK LACE JACKET,
Just Imported, a perfectly new shape, graceful and Udylika
in th« extreme, price 12s. ikl.
The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 1G, Oxford-street.
MBROIDERPD CHRISTIAN NAMES. -
LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS, with ’’hristiiin Names em¬
broidered by the Nuns ft Pan. with I hone wdietetch needle. Piioe
Is. Old., by post 14 stamps: 6«. 9d. the hitlf-doxen. by post 6a. 3d.
' THE FRENCH COMPANY, 16. Ox lord-street.
F rench cambric robes.
Our now patterns. Just received, tiro or throe vory pretty
patterns. They are made up according to the latest Paris Fashion by
French Artlatos. Price 12*. 9d.
The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY. 16. Oxford-street.
Orders from the country must be scconiponled with the size round the
shoulder* snd leapth of skirt.
Patterns psst-iYce
rjlHE TIME to BUY MUSLTNS CHEAP.
JL Last year's at ricliculcm.i prices for such goods.
Pattern free.
The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16. Oxford-street.
R eady-made morning wrappers,
is. 9J., Noat French Prims, warranted fast colour*
Patterns post-fre*.
Tho FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
TTT hite and BUFF MARCELLA
VV JACKETS.-The pretli-st Shape (In this *ory oosraot
4rllclrt) ever rrodured. and moa* bocojJog to tin flgnrc. Price
12*. 9d. F««r couuirv o ders, slate of waist, and round the »houl<Ior3
FRENCH ilUSLIS COMPANY, 16. Oxfoid-streot.
AliTs GLOVE WARE if 0 USE.
BAKER and r lRTRP. Kegjnt-street
(corner nf Maudes-afreet).
The World-wide Noted
Bnt AJpine K { d Glove*, ’s, *!d. the Pair,
In all trin new Spring and Sommer Odour*.
A safaplfl nitr for twenty stanqe. _
L ast year’s muslins
at Half ’heir Orig'nal Coat.
Pat-crni pod’-tWa.
BAKER snl CRI3P. 33I, R ege nt-street (corner of Mad dox -street).
IHE NEW FRENCH BAREGES, 8j«l. yard.
Tho N"W Ba'/arioes. from 6^4. yard
Tho New Cam K tir* tbcst5, s,d yard.
1 be New French B I Kents, Sjd. yird
Tho New Mohairs and Kalina*, 1 ?rl y-trd.
The Best French P ain Del*h»«a. 12id.yarX
The Printed Liarnsa. I' id yurd.
Pa 1 turn* sent fre*i.
BAKER snd CKI4P. 221. Pegant-rtreef.
T
M
OUKNING MUSLINS,
BiU/'rines and Rar5?e*. from gd
Mourning Flounced Muslin”, Bnr'gcs. Ac., halfqprii
Patterns poat-frc".
BAKER ard CRIbF. 221. Regent-atreet.
C 1USTOM-HOUSE S EIZ tEBJEJTtT
J 36C0 Dozen of the Best Tari* KW Gloves,
Purchased by Baker snd (Map.
nr* now selling at tiniv arl-nf prices for anch grttv**.
For Ladies, by tho d* / m or hstf-doy.en, 3*. Id t iir.X^
For Otmienun, hv tho doxoO or h«lf-*loroo.J^lld pair.
Every pair warrant-d. nnd tnocey returtird if not Spptoved.
BAKER and CRI4P. 211, Regent-siro.-t-
fl'iIIE NSW FLOUNCED MUSLINS, 10s. dd
J. Flounced B*lz wine* and Flounced BarJiges.
the Largest 8t<-ck snd tho Cheap**! In the Kingdom .!
Pat.crus free.-BAKER and CRISP. 221, Kcgmjt-stroet.
S EWED M U S I>T -
The remains o» MACDONALD'S 8tojk.
1W* Guipure Monties, ull s\Gs. M each t'fvd-frte. \ /
The colours »»o Black, Bine, Pune. and/'Vliite.
l’hc mamifrcuirer'* price was 12s M.
€0"0 rrlr of Kich Gauntlet Wotk-xl hleeve*. 2i 5al. post-fnN*.
B-'iOk ami Cambric Collars of rite riche.t works. 3a Cj. post-free.
Piroolomlnl • inen seta. hosuiiAi'iv workod in White a. d colours,
3s- 3d . neb set, Siecves Jii Colours with F*ocjr RtuOi.
Book and Cambric ’Ft*. I2* M ; wore ite.
1 AKERnnd CRlBP. 2JI. Regenr-vreoL
‘ NITIA IVty-ILA: N UK E RCHIEFS ! !!
bn real French Cambric.
beautifully worked Vvtth w oath in'tne corner, 18*. tno dozen.
A *nmplo tor 20 alan-pa.
/\An cicluriye novelty, confined to
PARER and (,’HHP 211, Keg>m{-street.
E OBES! SKIRTS!! MORNING
i WKAPI’ICR8!!: &c.
An unb .uudcd variety of all the Ne w Mohairs, Combi ics,
\ Mcalins- Ac,
Flsunopd and Mbiiaire, with Jackets complete,
from fV». 6d. each.
BAKER aud CK1SP. 22-, Regent arreet.
M
U SL IN JACKETS, 03. Oi
Qntlttd Jacket*. Ih*. 6d-
Braided fawn Jackets, l» W.
- Drnlded Lawn Drcwe*. from 15«. «kl.
DAKL’E aod CRWP, *221, j.cgmit-street (.comer of lladdox-strect),
\ I.utidon.
•ft7f OURNING ORDERS.—NEW MOUUN-
1VJ. I v O FABRICS.—Pattern* of all tho New Material* freo per
W U.—Address PETER ROlBNl- ‘ "
AKEHOUSB, 103. Oxford-street.
GENERAL MOURNING
OURNING MANTLES and BONNETS.
If 1 PKTRIt ROBINriON I* now showing some prea ’nnveldos
both for Mourning and outnf MourJng, at Ms GE.NLKaL MOURS-
INO WAREHOUHI*. m3 Oxfonl-rtreet.
B LACK fcILKS, cheaper than they were ever
knonn —Patients of all the new makes, free per post; al«o,
MolrX Antiquns. in bl*ck and shades of grey. AdtlreM PETKH
BOBlNiiON. Goneral Maoming Warehouse, 103, Oxford-itroct, Lon¬
don. ’ _
T N DI A.—FAMILY MOURNING.—Skirts,
trimmed deeply with crape, from 80s upwards to the rlchnst
quality, with Mantles and Bonnots to match. Family orders *up;ibcd
on the most reasonable tenns. Fir*t-cln*s lhesaituking at moderate
chugrM. Orkr* at'endM to In te*vn or country.—Address PETER
ROBINSON, Gcaonil Mourning IVarohonso, IU3, Oxfvml-«tTwtf.
T HREE GUINEAS AND A IIALF I—At
a time when tho price of Unmanufactured filik i* »o high, and
I* *l*o advatic ng. it will norm almost Inmatlble that a BD II
FRENCH r»D.K DRESS may Ihi hud ’or Three Guineas and a Half.
It must, hnWHvsr. bo admitted that thi* advttitege >* s v«ry e*e'u»iv«
one. 3Io**r*. Jay had tho good good lortune tn mnko law- purcbairo
at l-yon* during tho late mentiUry crisis, and tbo Holt Si k Urra-es at
the pnve* mttnfcd above do nut average more -h*n half that whlclt is
u*tt*l)v chnwod for artirtei of a rimiUr qnaiUy and dea'ptj.-The
I .ON I‘ON OK.NRRAL MOURNING WAREHOUSED, Nu*. 247, 2«,
1U, Bcgonl-street—JAY|8._
TlKS, Rich, Plain, Striped, and Checked
GlacA at «». 6d. per dross of twelve yard*; and wortli the
attention of families Patterns sent free by pest. JOHN HAR\ EY,
50N, nnd f'O. 9. Ludgata-hiU. Established upwards of ILty j**r*.
Cirriaxe tvriri uuan amount* oboe* £a
A NTONI F O B B E B,
Artlti in Hair aod Jewellery,
by Anpo'iumont
to tho sioocn,
Jr2. Baker-street, riortman-sqoaxe
coarlr opposite the Bazaar).
Antoni Forea? ha* no connection whatever with his late Establish¬
ment in SvguiitHrttee:.
/"1HAHLES BACKER (late Antoni Forrer),
\J Artist In Bair to «be QUEEN, by Appoint aiont.
Hair Jewellery Department, 136, Regent- street.
Foreign and Fancy ditto, 79, KegenV-atroat.
Jet and Mourning ditto, 76, Regent-*trod.
H AIR JEWEIxLERY. —Artist in Hair.—
PEWDNEY bogs to inform LaAie* or Gentlemen renldoat la
town or any part of Dio kingdom that he boautirtillv makes, and
elegantly mounts, iu gold, HAIR BKACRLK'I'B, Chains, Brooches,
Rings, Pins, Studs, Ac., and forwards tho smite, carefully packed
In boxes, at about one-half the usual charge. A bountiful collection
of specimens, handeocKly mounted, kept for Inoptction. An llhts-
trated book #om tree.—Dewdney, 178, Fetndmrch-street.
B efore you have your lhceness
TAKEN seed for DF.WDNEY’8 PATTERN* of DKOOCHKft,
Locked*, Bracelets, he., wblch ere sent fteo on leceipt of two postage-
stamps. Registered RcvulvLog Hrxxibrs In S>,LU Gold, to show either
Likonoss or Hair at pleasure of wretrer, from 43a oetch. A Gold
Plated Bniocb or Lorhet sent tree u any part of the kingdom for
I Os. 6d.—Dowdney, Manuftcuirihff Goldsmith and Jeweller, 173, Fen-
chuTch-itreet, City, London.
GUINEA GOLD WEDDING-RING and
HiUl-mitrhod KEEPER sent in a morocco box U any part of
tho kingdom on receipt of 21*. or r. Poa'-oUico order.—GEORGE
UR SYDNEY, GoUtetutb and JowoRer, 173, Fenchorch-street, Loudon.
F ~ ISHER’S DRESSING-CASES,
188. 8trend.
rstolcgoe* poB*-free^_
•CRSHER’S £5 5s. od. DRESSING-BAG,
JL? for a Lady cr Gemlcmsn.
i* a eemp'ote Travelling TolleL Aptwndage.
A list of toe CoutMim will bo sent po*t-irec.
186, Strand.
ECHI’S DRESSING CASES and
_TRAVELLING BAG8.-H2, HoKom-street, and !, I.endon-
hnll-stroo', Lanuou.—Bronte*, vn-o*, pu»rl and ivory work, t.’edbeYd
mauufaoturex, dreeing bug* and dressing cas.», toilet cases, work
boxes ann work tables, inkstands, fans; the lurg«t stock in England
of papior-nutebd elegancies, writing desks, envelope cases, do-patch
boxes, bogatoUe, btickgamraon, and cbeo. tahloo. Tho premises la
Kegeut-htreet extend fifty y«ixl* into (iln-shbuae-street, and are
worthy of Iaspoatlon a* a specimen of enm&t outfit. Everything
for the work und oresvlng tablet—beet too'.h bruabs*, 9d. each; thit
v tee: scissor* and penknives, Is. each. The usual supply of firet-rate
e utlery. razors, razor strojis, neodlct, lie., for which Mr. Mochl's
QEt&bUshmcnU have been so long fuinud.
A LLEN’S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
of Patent Portmanteau, Do<t>atoli Dox-^s, Dreseihg Casee, and
irnvellSng Bug*, with square Opening, by pont, for two stamps. -
J. VV. and T. ALLEN, Manufacturore, 18 aiid 2^, Strand, W.C
M
I mportant to ladies.—a single stay
Carriage-free on receipt of a Post-offit-o order.
The Elastic Hooice.. ..3*. M-
Tho Self aiHusting Corset .. .. « »•' 6d *
A book witn lllu»trefions snd prices *ent on the receipt of a postage
■tamp, from which* selection of any corset con be made,
fnnrt’ine Skins *nd Poring *'«*! Skirts at very low prices.
GAK1EK snd HoUSTOft, W, Regent-street; 6, Blockfnar»-roaa,
w.; 3,Btockwed sttoct^Gmunich; aud Crysial Palaew
L ADIES’ and GENTLEMEN’S AMUSE-
MENT8.—Mr. CuKEK respectfully cell* attention to his
BIOCK of AhCHIEUY, which Is. w tb-ot exception, the largest la
the world, among which will bo founo flho speoimeae of Self Yew,
beautiful springy Snakowood, end the as cud hare wood-becked and
self bows, at prices varying from :■*. to 5 guineas; Arrows, 3s to 24s.
per d«»n; 3 lootgarget*, 9a. each; 4 feet, Ifts ; Iai dies’ EtpiipmentSj
21s., 37ft. 6d., 60*.. oud 7 Ruioeea; Gentlemen’s, 27s., 46*., 89t. nnd
10 guineu. Tho stock cf FiihiDg-roda and Tacklo ia largo aud tho
prims moderate.' F,y-tinhlng Equipments, ll>j., 21s-, 42i, and 63e.
nalmon-fishing,; 72*. 6d. autlGRUimas. Plkc-tifhlng, 15*. 6d. and
Si’s. C-d. Bet otn*fishing, im.i, 1 |to. 6<1., 33*., and jO* Choice Trout
Fdcs, 2a. pur dozen; three-yayd gut lino, 6d.; best. 9d.; exquisitely
tine. Is.. ertrsortltharUy Fuw Gut, overy length talocted, 6». porluO;
•uperibr bamboo rod, sUR^6d top, ringed, brn/.ul, a»d winch fitting*,
7*. 6»L; Twoivtv-yard cas! net, lor gudgeon. 81s.; nu-yord, for min¬
now.!. H»*. A lirge assortment of extremely choice Cricket Bma, oy
Dark and C;er.3b.-.w, best quality, match size, 7s. Gd.; small tixe. Is.
to 5e.; IvallB, wickets, bells, gloves, &a. Rackets, lOs to 20s. each.
Lwfics'myrtlogrieen, Ntpoloon blue, brown silk, and Improved alpaca
Umbrebi-s cu jNttooi paragon frames, romurknbly Hght; also snporior
myrtle green, brewo eltk, und al :m*e for genGomcn, a choice iu*ort-
ment; ut moderate priced. Noted for strong carriaxo nmbrella*. Mr.
Cheek iil*o respect folly submit* a very elegant cm on man t of Ladle*’
and Gentlomens’ Londoa-mido Biding Wbhs, plain, 1*. to IDs ;
mourned, 7*. bd. to 5 guineas. The it'sort-incut of fa,hlonub:o
Walking Cano* and Sticks U largo and elegant, and hi* stock of
Boxing Giovrj, fencingfoila. maali*. baxkuisand etloks. gauntlet*, *o-,
U worthy (he notice of all po>eut* ona tia-ker* who wish tbo you'h
Of the prevent r ay to comfcLe tho advantage* of Pbyaicol Education
-with Amusement. A Lbenil xllownnce to hoods oi colleges, large
Schools, professor*, end dealers in «rcliery, fishing tackle, ho. Manu¬
factory and Warehouse. 132C, Oxtonl-itreet, W. The Archer’s
Guide, British Angler'n Instructor, Rules ot Cricket, and atalogue
of Prices i gratis) contains more really useful information than any
o>hcr work
Order* from country (with remittance) generally attended to tha
saree day
Aiy article exchange'! If not approved of. Secretaries to Archery
on i Cricket C.ub* wtU save thazcsaxvdi much trouble by sanding for
■ uuloss*
B IJOU NEEDLE-CASES, containing 100 ol
DKANE’8 Im'Hod-cyod NF.EDLE* for la. This mat, o*e r ul,
auo elegant *pponCsgo to a lutdy’a Work-wblo will bo forwarded
po*t-rro« on receipt ot 12 portage-stamps, ad(lr«usad to DEAJiE and
CO., Loodoa-biiege, H.C. Kutnblishod A.D. 1706.
T HE PEN SUPERSEDED.—Marking Linen,
Silk, Co ten, Books, Ac., with COLLETON'S PATENT
ELECTRO PLATKrt prevent* the Ink npreadiug, and never washes
out. by mean* of this invention 1000 pieces ot linen can bo marked
in on** liour. Initial plate, Is. Namo pinto 2s fid. Get of moveable
uaiubdi, J*. 6d. i reel, Ni. Anns, K* . with instructions sent pust-
fioe for Btamrs. Ako, Patent Lever Embossing Ireas, wiLU Crent
Die for Hiampiug fsprr, 15a. T. Cull*ten, 1 and 2, nong-acxo (too
doer from St. Martin Viand. Beware of imltatJons.
Tho SUCCESSFUL RESULTS of the last HALF CENTURY havo
{-roved beyond ({Uestion that
R OWLANDS’ MACAbSAli OIL possesses
peculiarly nourishing power* In the growth, rester*tier, and
improvement of tho tinman Ilalr. It prevent* It from falling off or
turning grey, cleanses i: from Scurf and Dandridf, and make* it bo iu-
tifuilyao t, curly, and glosoy. For eMIdreu it is especially rccom-
mer.ded. a* forming the basis of ft benntl'u! hMtd of Intir. Price
3«- Rd ; 7s.; Fnmtly Bottle* (equal to four sum.!). 10s. Gd.; arid
double th.ntsite, 21 s.
t ARTiOV.—On the Wrapper of reach Bottle are tbo words “ Row¬
lands’ staransar Oil. Ac.,” iu wliite tetters, nnd ihelr «lgiiaturiL A.
Rowland re Sons, in >ol Ink. field at 20, HaUao-garden, London,
Aud by Chcndns end Pt.-rfnmeia. _
O LDRXDGE’S BALM of COLUMBIA, ac
knowlodgod for 30 yoar* to be tha most effectual remedy pro
dacc'l for Kostoriag tho Hdr and Promoting tho Growth of Whlskem
and HastttUM. in bottlns. 3a. 6»L, Ga., and 11 a Wholesale and
retail. IS, WaUtneten-*t«'re«t North isovon doors from tho Strand'
\\700D VIOLET SCENT.—H. BREIDEN-
V V BACH recommend* his Wood Violet as tho finest nature]
Perfume dire Hied- A single 2*. Gd. Hnulo will verify tho fact. Ask
for H. Breidunbsch's W<xd Violet.—157A, Now Ikinc-itrcci, W.
P IESSE and LUBIN’S SWEET SCENTS.
Tho greatest variety in Kurore. Every requisite for tho
toilet of ioahlaa.—Royal Labor,“
London.
iratory of Flowers, 2, New Bond-street
A FINE HEAD of HAIR guaranteed in six
months by tho uao of ELLIOTT’S GOLDEN MELANA. This
oeurbraux! nrepanuion » unfei!in< la its stinmlatbiK effect* on the
young ana woak hairs, cnuauig thnm to grow witn vigour and
rauldi'y, and the colouring matter to esoond Into the tubes where the
lutir is gr »y. Price 3s. Gd., 4s. fid., <is., 7s. 6<L, 10s. fid., 31s.—T.
Elliott. lHtrgroww tflrst floor), 51, Funchurcb-streot. Forwrrded ca
reoeipt r<f poatagu-rtamns,
B enzine collas
CLEANS and REMOVES GREASE from
Gloves, I Cloth,
Silks, | Carpets, Ac. fte.
In Fcttlot, Is. 6d., of all Chartist* sod Perftunnrs; and at theD^pSt.
lit. Great ktuM*11-s*rr*<t. Hlr»*ni»FurT
\\T ANTED, LEFT-OFF CLOTHES for
Tv AUSTRALIA, in good or interior condition. Mr. and Mrs.
JOHN ISAACS, 319 and 320, Strand opposite Somereet Homo),
cootinco to givo the highest price In Cash for Ladles', Gentlemen's,
and Children * Clothes, Regimentals, Underclothing, Boots, hooks,
Jowellcry. and ail Mlscctlnneous Property. Lrttere for any day or
dl-tancu punctually attended to. Parcels sent from the Country,
either large cr small, tho almost valare returned by Po*t»offloe otdei
tho same day. lUfaence, London and Westminster Bank. Kst. 48 yt*
rPHE IN-STATU-QOO CHESSBOARD —
_1_ By ltevij Letter Patent.— tills inventhm allows tbo game at
any period to bo di*>-onliuUt-i an l ’he borrd to bo fo.ded up wtliout
the m«u t»refng dlsicrbcd. To loutteta and railway travellers It r-tlom
ee{icciiil ndvantSEes making the longtH jauruoj seem ah»rt; vhl st,
from its pocaiinr construcifou, the trouble incid> lit to ore inary Ch*m-
boards i* entirely done niv.iy wl h trice, compete witli wraSPaj
in leather ock-rere, 3fn.; fin ,t African ivorj’. At uli Fancy
Report I or its. Wholtsslo, JAvIkH, Uauoa-garden.
G (.EULOGY anti MINERALOGY.—
| KJommtarv COLLECTIONB, to faclltata tho study of thta
Interesting.oclccC0, con be had from Two Guineas to One Hundred,
also .Smgio Sperimcns, of J. TENNANT, 146. Htraud. London.
Mr. TonHant give* Private Instruction In Mlnaral-jgr and Geolc^y.
OLT’S SIX-SHOT PISTOLS and RIFLES.
Five different alxr* of each. PMaipitat cad prb.-od list* for-
rlshud. Avoid Counicn'rite.—Wholesale and Retail Depot, It,
Pall-mall West, London.
ILDFOWL SHOOTING—Double end
Single DUCK--GUN6, large bores and long barrel*, to k-H
with loose shot too yard*. Prices: Singles, from C716s.$ Toahte*,
12 guinea* an! otyw^rel*.—REILi-Y. «4amnakar. New Oxfcr<l-itrwj».
S UI’KRB FLOWER SEEDS for EARI.Y
80V/LNG, pet-ires et the annexed pricoa:—100 flno hardy
An nun la, M dluo, 3a ; 3« ditto. 3s. 6d.; 12 ditto, Is. 2<L He-
scriptivo ('a’ologucs, wl h reropls packet, for M.—From WILLIAM
KNIGHT, Florist, U7< Hlgh-stn-et, Battle. Sossax.
C hoice flower seeds for presort
sawii-g. 100 parers, fti.; W, 2*.; far 2s. 6d.; 13 for Is. \
few pancre of'CatiwJift eVoom, . Htam, and DouLis .Hwont WtlliAia, a4
fid. cash, all pcsterroe.— Addree* JOHXPH GOLDING. ri o rtd « - .a v -.
^ __
Y71LOWERS—BKOWN’S PATENT FUJI!-
X? GATQR tho most effective Inmameot for «moking plaxt* w ith
touacco te cle»lroy me ureon lly. l’rico 10$. and upwuxdt Truda
Dupphtsl by Mtttb s. Baroar ami Groota; and may be hod of may
l«0iuuong r.
P ATENT SELF-LIGHTING CIGAR
COlIPA^y, J*0, Moorgato-struvt.—A : 1 kinds of Cigar* i-n«l
Cheroots nr* treftbal r*y this procea*. and arc ignited by simple ttictloj,
without te«l« or sdiaII. No eatr* prioe. Iu«niunbio to out-orv'r
einofecro aod iravrtlcis. Semple bo*. Ix fine Havsncuhs, free 34
portage- threw, 12 ,tetii|>B O’ sit principal doftter* in U.o
country. 'Whreleialo of Moairs. P.ft ANKfiTuN und CO., Tobecoo
Mantifactureri, 6, Sbociusker.row, D.ctors" Commons.
P URE BRANDY, 10s. per gallon.—Pale or
Btwvn KAU-DF-VIE, of exquisite flavour st.d great purity,
lanotteal lutcrd In every respect with tbo*e chotoe produciiors o; fito
uac fiiltriSt which ere now d'tllcull to procure at aoy price, Him.
jhir Bowen, French tattled slid erne Included. •.< 16*. per gnllciu
Ht!#MiY lJstETr aud CO., Old Fuiuival’s DmdUery, llolbom.
TTNSOFHISTICATED GENEVA, of tho
troo Jnnl-ijr Uavoar, end prcciseli as It mos from tho sU’L
wl hotiL tbc sd. ition of mgar or any ingredient whatever, imperial
gallons, 13s.; or io < no dozen case*, 29s. o*oh. j«4 tkiig* Included.
HENRY BSHTT end CO . Old Fu.uival s Distillery, Holbein.
AL DE PENAS.—Connoisseurs arc informed
that onr Homo poMrtt a limited quantify of this r»ro old
WINE, and offer it at a very moderate price-viz., 48s per dozen.—
CADIZ WINK COMPANY, 68, fit. Jamo, *-stroot, London
N.B. Carriego.froe PlAtablished 1847.
V‘
OOBINSON’S PATENT GROATS
JLqj fhon Thirty Years have been hold in constant nm
TXTANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES.—Mr.
y V and Mrs. EAR1', .11, Newcartla-rtreet, fitrand, W.O., or*
riving tho highest prices for every kind of Ladies' and Gentlemens'
WEARING APPA.it. L. satin and vciret droMes, regimentals, nnl-
fonns. India shawls, point Isoe, trinkota, liooka. furr.ituro, mbeel*
terrors property. See. Lsdks or Gentlemen waited on, any time ot
rttatA-.ce. Address ns atave Fftrcol* from tho oouchry, the utmost
value remitted in c&sh. Kst*hlUh»l tafil
L EMON-FLAVOURED SODA-WATER.—
WITHY anil CO caution tbo Public rot to accent spurious irui-
Urions of their l.S MON-FLAVOURKD fiOI>A-WATER, v hfch c*a
only bo obtained front their MRnufectory, Oranve-grovo, Bath, criuf
tbolr reo'’gau»cd Aftenta. Price, carriage-free, 4h$. per six doz-iU. 5i»-
cl adlng boiUes, wh.Oi may oc totsrnod. Erory botite ho* their namo
on a Colt.tired Iftbol. _
C 'tROsSE and BLACKWELL, purveyors iu
J Ordinary to her Majoety, res'iectfraHy invito attomiun to 'h«hr
PICK LB 4 , nAUC’Ktt, TART FKU1T8, and ot nrr Table Uetlcoaos,
tho whole of which uro proporod with the moot scrupulous attention
to wboksrtmences nr.d purity.
To bo vbtvlned afmost respectable Ssuc* Voaders; and wholesale
Of Croaeo and DLtoltwoil, 3i, boho-squaro, London.
lor more
___j_Q H__I_And locreoiilng
publlo cstlmariou ca tha purest fariuw of the oat, and ns the lust
and rnodt v&iuitblo projianuiou for making a pure and delicate Gruel,
which forma n light and nutritious mpf-tr for the aged, is a popular
recipe for culdu and (nilunnza, is of general uso iu tho uick-cbumL-ar,
and, alternately v8th tho Patent Barley, Is on excellent food for
Infants and Child ion.
Prepared only by tbo Patentees, ROBINSON, EFLLV1LLE, k CO.,
Purveyor* to tbo (juoen, 64, Red Lion-street, Hoiboro. Loudon.
8okl by *dl r«*t>ectAblo tiroceis, Druggist*, and others in Town and
Country, in PolKaIs of fid. and Is.; and Family Cmistcrs, at 2s., k.,
10s each. __
P iY and SONS’ CHOCOLATES and
COCOAfi.—Vlclorla Chocolate, Bon-boos. f-olnb!e Cocoas, fce.,
in great, variety. F^onomlcal Housekropers will avail Uiomselvta ot
these nrttcloe. To li>vatbs th-y ore invnluabio.
He sure io n^k far Frys’ celebrated Chocolates and Cotta*.
Miumfucicxtun to Dirt sjneen.
Us o Frys’ Homtcopothic Coco* _
H OMCEOPATHIC PATIENTS, Dyspeptics,
and persons of delicate constitution are strongly recommcndod
to nee TA TLDK liROTIl£RB' HOMCEOPATHIC COCOA, wblrfi U
prepared w ilh tho grastest powihlo rutre tqxm wcll-tc*tod prlncIpJtss,
by which tho redundant, oleaginous, and grosaor port* of tho nut mo
entirely nmovid, ami Us nutritions gratetul and valuable properties
fully developed. Solti by most Grocers ami ToadealPrs lu To»rn and
Country, of whom nl*o m«y bo hid Taylor Brothers' 8oluhteand
DiatCtfo Coooa*.,and all khnls of pbdn and fancy Cocoes and Chocolates.
See that sseb pucket la labelled " Taylor Brothers,” London,
rilAYLOR BROTHERS’ HOMCEOPATHIC
1 COCOA.—Tbit exaulrile precnmtlon. combining In an eminent
degree tbo povono**, nntrimcut, and lino arotuu of the fresh nut, 1, a
f.eiicioua ard wholes?mo beverage to all, and especially adapted to
those under hoimopivhio treatment. It a/rsce with tho most drtl-
cato and irrPublo d'R«*tivo organs, la toothing and ogrtieabie to tho
nerve*, and prove* ut tho same rttno both inv^romring cud refrerhfng.
cold wbolrtutto by Toy lor Brothers, at tliolr Mills Jill, Brick-Inn a,
tandon; ,u-.d retail by most respectable Grocers and Teadcalt-r* iu
the kingdom.
P RICHARDS DANDELION, Cemomile,
Rhubarb, and Ginger PILT.8.—This excellent compjnmt,
skilfully *; jnstiyf, ts • n unfailing remedy tor Indigestion, Const! milk n,
Llvfrardi.lt fitom-iCU CompUmt*. lu action, being ant'd ami cer¬
tain, cannot fall to :<humo health. nnd, hr occasional are. prove iho
moat valuable mod'clno over brought bcfoT** tlio puf ix. Well ndepted
for ptriirs aoteg abroad tn botilt*. ts. l^d , ’is. 9d M 4s «>d , and t
Prepared on y by Mr. Priohord. Ap-tthocarr, 65, Cbarirtg-croot; ai d
bad of all MwkiM V-amlers. Citv Agent, 37, Lcadcnhall-UuKt.
TTUSHER, SON, and HASELDEN’S FLUID
J? LENITIVE ELECTUAHV. ot CONFECTION of -
q his pioparntlcn la now universally acknowledged to be the best ard
fcaiB.t a pet lout for peruons of all Ages and cither sex, mete especially
thovn who from sedenlftry bn bit*, or otner reason*, require a gt-uito
aperirnt dally. It is exccedlugiy agreeable to theto/ito, und on that
ocoouut porucnlsriy oniiabU) lor cnildrcn. i*rcp*rod and sold at fd.
Condult-fltreel, Regent-*treat, W., London: may be obtained at ell
Cbani'sta, oithor or town or oooutry, in bottius, at ll. Gd., St. 8d^
4*. Gd., or, conuialng 3 lb.. Hie. each.
G
LJSNFIELD PATENT STAliCH,
USED IV THZ KOVAL LAUJTDKT,
And nroncnncotl by tee ilnjeerv'j LaondroM to be
THS VlNtHT bTAlU/il 8QE EVER USED.
Mold by ail Chandiers, Grocers, he., Ac.
■J7RNEST FRENCH COLZA OIL, 4s. fid. per
X 1 dal on, cun.- limn. LEMAlilE .od CO., of Pail*. Sola
irdpSt in England, tho London fionp and Can-i!o Company, 76, New
Bond-stroct. Tbclri ia tho fine*: and purest Cola* Oil hnnorted, end
rvUl burn in every kind of lamp r.OW in use. Also rodtuxd prices Cot
all Candida, So«r>-, Otia, fco.
;LD REVIVER, Is. fid. per botile; ELEC-
V^l TRO-PLATl'O BII.VnR, Is.; for rendering Old gi.t fntrnea
and w-rn off plslnl articles haw by a iingle fli*. lC ’V on
281. Strand; Pexno, Undon-hr.dge: Barclay. F*rriU|Cdon-Street, and
all their ogrnla.
G®
rpo MOTHERS,— NEW NIPPLE SHIELDS,
1 for I.»ta|a*aran paia*^ laoj^to, anJ Imn.*.
d Ltely cu-ing rsckil or sufo tnpplf*.—BliNJAMiN BLAM, l.d*
OxW-.te o- 4* fix t er by cost, frl exfrq,_
INFANTS’ NEW FEEDING-BOTTLES.-.
I prom the “ I.ancoC"—"We bare ■rtldotn toon anything to
beautiful ft* tbo Feeding-Bottles Introduced by Mr. KLAM.
Oxfonl-street. Whether for warning, rearing by hand, or ocoax-cuaJ
feediog. th»y ore qvito unr ivalled." 7«. 6d. each.
WANTED, LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, Uni- T MP ORTA NT.—YOUNG'S COKN and
VV frrms, Mk^Horteon. Prof«ty, fro. The hiabret price given. I IS
Lartl-e cr oootlemon waited on by adrtrmring to Mr. and Mr*. G. Name ud AdfrM' pta’cj
H t AM, 16, Tylerw.ar«. R^ent-erreet. W.; or, parcels being stnt, tht J L.c‘
tltevxl tuti Jt '.«at izcA'edssiely remitted.—Bsiablished W yeart. AddrtM H. lcccg, , OuJ.aL . P , sjalO-a
[Marcii 27, 1858
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
people.’ It seems, therefore, very probable that this chalice, being of
large and convenient size for the administration of the sacrament
according to the Protestant ritual, was, according to the foregoing in¬
structions, either left with or given to the parish church; but that, as
the engraving of the crucifix on the foot might be supposed to lead to
a superstitious reverence of it—all crucifixes at that time being re¬
moved—that portion of the foot was out away, and replaced by the
g ate engraved with the monogram I H C, as we now see it. The
othic tracery with which the stem is ornamented is, architecturally
speaking, of Decorated character, and the enamelling might also be of
the Decorated period, but the band of quartrefoils round the font is of
rather a later character; and I am, therefore, on the whole, disposed
to consider the date of its work early in the fifteenth century. The
Priory of I^eominster was laid under heavy contributions by Owen
Glendower in 1402; it may therefore be oonjectnred that some of the
ohurch plate formed part of these forced contributions, and that, on
quiet being restored, new plate was procured to replace that which had
THE OLD TOWN HALL, LEOMINSTER.
who thus narrates the purpose of this memorial, with whpm it origin¬
ated and how it was carried out:—
“About seventy paces to the rear of the building is the weil into
which the bodies of the murdered women and children were thrown.
This well is now filled up, and near it is erectei the accompanying
monument, which was raised by twenty men of the 32nd Regiment,
The Old Townhall was an ancient building, erected in 1633, by
John Abel, the greatest architect of his day. who built the Townhall
at Hereford and several other market-houses in Herefordshire and the
adjoining oounties. and who was afterwards honoured by King Charles
J. with Hie title of “King's Carpenter " It was a wooden structure,
supported by twelve oak pillars of the old Ionic order, with arches,
spandrils, brackets, heads, and other ornamental carved work, and
appropriate inscriptions in Latin and English, haying spacious rooms
over for the transaction of public business. This building is exhibited in
detail, at considerable length, in “Clayton’s Ancient Timber Edifices of
England," and is there described as being, “without doubt, the most
interesting building of the kind in the kingdom." This beautiful
example of Elizabethan timber-work was in a high state of preserva¬
tion, considering it had stood the blast of 222 winters; it was pulled
down to give effect to the new Townhall, up against the entrance-
gate of which it stood.
The New Townhall is a briok building in a mixed style of
Italian architecture, having door and window dressings, pilasters,
cornices, &c., of Bath and Grinsel stone, with a frontage of nearly 50
feet, and about 160 feet in length. In the front are the main entrance
ANCIENT CHALICE IN THE PRIORY CHURCH, LEOMINSTER.
been given up, and that this chalice was portion of such new plate
made at that period."
The Ducking-Stool, -which we engrave— a relic of bygone man¬
ners—yet stands in the Norman aisle of the ohurch. Many indi¬
viduals in Leominster remember a bitter- tongued woman, nicknamed
Jenny Pipes, being carried in state upon it down Broad-street, but she
was not actually dipped, being liberated on reaching the river’s edge.
CRIMEAN MEMORIAL IN THE CHAPEL OF THE
ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL.
The pupils and friends of the Royal Naval School, New-cross, having
resolved, in affectionate remembrance of their fellow-students who had
fallen io the late Russian war, to erect a memorial to their memory in
Hie chapel of the school, Mr. Edward James Physick, the sculptor,
was applied to for designs; and the accompanying Engraving of the
Memorial recently erected in the chapel t>y that gontloman speaks
highly of the taste displayed in the design chosen. The monument
has been carefully executed in pure Carrara marble, and a greater
relief than is usual has been obtained, giving a very bold and pleasing
effect to the whole work. We would add that in the studios of this
artist, in the Marylebone-road, several other interesting memorials
are being executed. The memorial committee, in closing their account,
acknowledged the kind and valuable assistance of Mr. Eames, the
secretary of the institution, whose co-operation with them materially
furthered their object.
greatly to their own credit. These men were left at Behampore for
the hot weather, and thus escaped participating in the miseries which
the rest of that regiment have gone through. The idea of raising the
monument originated with themselves, and they obtained permission
from the lute Brigadier Wilson to erect something near the well that
contains the remains of their comrades’ wives and ohildren. The
Chaplain, the Rev. T. Moore, furnished the design, which has been
DUCKING-STOOL, LEOMINSTER.
gates and two side arched entrances, the latter leading to the council
and magistrates’apartments, &c.; the former to the market. On en¬
tering through the gates, there are four spacious shops on each side,
with arched roof 16 feet high, and at the end of the corridor is the
market, a building 125 feet long, upwards of 40 feet wide, and 23 feet
high, and conveniently fitted up with stalls, standings, &c.
to Lucknow to join their regiment, and I feared they, would nevor see
it; for, though completed wnen we were driven within intrenchments
on the 28th, yet we hardly hoped it would escape the mischievous hands
of the enemy, or from our hardly less destructive fire from the fort.
Nothing, however, touched it; and it will, I hope, stand many a day as
a record of the good feeling displayed by these poor men. It is pro¬
posed to raise a handsome monument over the well itself, and sub¬
scriptions are being already raised for that purpose at Cawnpore.
It is no ordinary gruvo that it will cover, and should therefore be no
ordinary monument." ___
ANCIENT CHALICE, LEOMINSTER.
The following communication from Octavius Morgan, Esq., upon the
Ancient Silver Chalice preserved in the parish church at Leominster,
is extracted from the Archaolcgia, vol. xxxv., p. 489" The chalice
is one of the finest and most perfect I have ever seen. It stands eight
and a half inches high, and is of silver gilt. The bowl is hemi¬
spherical, five and a half inches in diameter, gilt within and without.
Round the exterior is engraved, in ancient church-text letters, the.fol¬
lowing inscription,‘ Calicem ealutaris accipiam, et nomen Domini in-
vocibo.’ The stem iB within of eilver, overlaid on the outeide with
gilded open Gothic tracery, consisting of six angular miniature but¬
tresses with ogee arched panelling and tracery between them. The
knop is gilded, ornamented with pierced flowing tracery, and has six
projecting bosses terminating in lozen ge - shape 1 panels, which were
enriched with small roses in enamel of the kind termed ‘ tnmslucid on
MONUMENT AT CAWNPORE.
For the Sketch from which the accompanying Engwraig is taken we
are indebted to the Rev. Thomas Moore, the Chaplain at Cawnpore,
Sacred to the Memory of
The undermentioned Officer*, formerly Pupil* of
TUK KOVAL It AVAL SCHOOL,
Who fell while nob’y serving their country in Uio
Russian War.
LIECT. S. W. M. CARKIXOTOX, R.X.,’
Killed at Gamla Karieby, 8th Jane. 1854.
CA1TAJX KDWIX RICHARDS,
H M. 41st Kcffiment, ‘JH
Killed at the head or his Company
At the Batt’e of Inkcrmaa, 6th November. 1951.
R. O. LEWIS. ESQ.,
i:. u. lewis, asy.,
Master of H.M. Transport us
Lost in tho Storm off Balaclava, 14th Nov.. 1861. |
RICHARD MORRIS, ESQ., R.jr
Mate of H.M. Ship
fled o' cholera before Sebastopol, Zjni Nov.. 85 |\
filOXEY SMITH BOXER, ESQ,.
AsaBtant Secretary io Hear-Admiral Boxer. L> W
Died of cholera at Balaclava. 1st June, 1*55. M
MEET. JAMES MURRAY, R.E.. • WL W
Mo ta!*y wounded whiht leadlny hi-. Componr to Kv \ A
the as ault on tho Redan, 18lh Juno, IX.VL ©>« ,±f\
In remombrnree and appreciation of their Rulbnt ESp
®nd meritorious services,
A few former Pupils and Friends of tho Institution
have erected this Monument.
Honor Virtulis Comes. *
“ bcinff many, are one body in Chris*.
And every one members one of another.”— Honinns .rtu 5.
__ termed * translucid on
relief,* which prevailed during the fourteenth century, though it con •
tiaued to be employed much later. Small portions of the dark blue
enamel still exi&t, just sufficient to show what had been, the remainder
being worn off by ute. The foot, which is of silver gilt, is hexagonal,
the sides of the hexagon being indented and ornamented with an
elegant band of small pierced quartrefoils. Tho sloping sides of the
loot are engraved alternately, in old Gothic text characters, with the
sacred monograms I H C and X P C. It will, however, be seen that
one of these sides has been cutout and clumsily replaced by another
plate of silver gilt, of more modern make and inferior workmanship.
The cause of this is easily accounted for. On one side of tho font of
the chalice was usually engraved a figure of the crucifix, which, in
the celebration of the mass, the priest always held towards him. At
the Reformation, in the year 1552, a commission was issued by Edward
VI. to the Marquis of Northampton and others ‘to visit chapels,
churches, fraternities, or gilds, and cause to be taken due inventories
of their plate, jewels, &c., leaving, nevertheless, in every parish church
or chapel one or more chalices, according to the multitude of the
TABLET TO THE MEMORY OF FITTS OF TUB ROYAL NAVAL SCUC0L
WHO FELL DURING THE RUSSIAN WAR.
MONUMENT ERECTED AT CAWNPORE TO THE MEMORY OF THE
WIVES AND CHILDREN OF THE 32ND REGIMENT.
London: Printed and Published at the Office, 198, Strand, in the Parish of St. Clement Danes, in the County of Middlesex, by William Little, lf»8, Strand, aforesaid.—S aturday. March 27. 1858.
Tf]
vI/ssbI sssl
BHariSBS
•faV
jWjSBS jSSE
■E
1
1
1
II
No. 912. —vol. xxxii.]
SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1858.
[With a Supplement, Fivepence
THE AFFAIRS OF INDIA
In the dearth of any very exciting home topic, and in spite ol a
certain negative interest which seems to characterise all our ten¬
dencies towards our Eastern Empire, the subject which mainly
occupies public attention is India. At this moment, while there is
an apparent inclination to make the rival India Bills of Lord Derby
and Lord Palmerston the shuttlecocks of party, perhaps the last
scene of the first act of the great drama of the Bengal mutiny is
being played out. It may be that, before the columns of this
Journal for the present week meet the eyes of its readers, we shall
know whether Lucknow has fallen beneath the overwhelming can¬
nonade which was prepared to send slaughter and destruction into
the midst of the accumulated remains of the sepoy revolt; or whether
the imposing force and the complete military arrangements of Sir Colin
Campbell will have led to the more discreet course of capitulation
on the part of the occupiers of the beleagured capital of Oude.
One thin g at least is certain, and that is, that the net is spread
skilfully and efficiently around the devoted mutineers and rebels,
and all escape, except in few and isolated cases, through its in¬
terstices, is hopeless. It is not to be supposed but that the head
and front of the outbreak, on which the gaze of England has been
anxiously fixed for so many months, is crushed, and that hence¬
forth the military portion of our Indian difficulty will be confined
to the pursuit, and, if possible, to the extinction, of predatory bands
of stragglers, who will fight here and there with halters about
their necks, and who will, it is to be feared, prove to be not a little
troublesome for some time to come. The very first consideration
then will be, what is the most efficient mode of dealing with
these Asiatic guerrillas, and what is the kind of force
which can with most advantage, or rather with any chance of
success, be brought against them? The contest will have wholly
changed its nature, and the test of superiority must be sought in
the heels, rather than the arms, of the future combatants. As far
as our European “ troops of position ” are concerned with the raid
of Lucknow, their task must perforce be over for many a long
month to come; for it must not be forgotten that, while in this
country we are shivering and cowering under the blasts of the
keenest and sharpest of north-east winds, that which is called in
India the hot weather, par excellence, has actually begun, and the
English soldiery—horse, foot, and artillery—are practically horsde
combat The first duty of the Executive in the upper provinces
will be, or ought to be, the organisation of some kind of police,
composed of natives to the climate born, who will not labour
under the physical impossibility of hunting lawless fugitives, and
probable marauders, under a temperature of 120 or 130 degrees.
This is an absolute necessity, for unless the dispersed mutineers
who may escape the trap set for them—and thousands of them must
be able to do so—are dealt with at once, and sedulously, in detail,
the next few months may enable them to gather to a head on some
point which may be made the centre of another regular campaign.
It is hardly reasonable to suppose that all this has not been fore¬
seen, and is not in process of being provided for, but its very obvious¬
ness justifies allusion and dissertation on its importance.
But assuming the victory sanguinary or bloodless, as the case
may be, of Lucknow—assuming the complete organisation of, Bay,
a Sikh “gendarmerie,” and its being turned loose into the jungles
and the hills after the fugitives Fandies—assuming the completeness
ot military measures, and the fullest vindication of martial law—
there comes the inevitable suggestion, after that, what ? With
Hindostan once more under our dominion, what are we going to
do with it ? This vast and momentous question is being prac¬
tically asked every day, and every day increases the necessity for
its being answered, while it is by no means easy to say where the
answer is to come from. There really seems to be only one point
on which public opinion and statesmen have made up their minds,
and that is the abolition of the East India Direction; the rest, for
aught that the out-of-door world can see, is simply political and
administrative chaos. We'seem to be prepared to deal, somehow or
the other, with the home government of India, although the actual
how is floating in a most batlike fashion between the gentlemen on
the Treasury benches and the gentlemen opposite ; but, as regards
the future local administration of the affairs of the East, we not
only have no guarantee for, or any declared course of, Imperial
policy, but we literally do not hear a word about it. We do
not hear a whisper with regard to what are to be tho future
functions, powers, and responsibilities of the Governor-General,
the Governors, of the Presidencies, or the ,dvil administration of
BaITEBSEA PARK.—(SEE PAGE 304.)
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
TApril 10, 1858
358
tidt Yast region, which it is nottoo much to say has passed through
the oideal of a revolution; and, whereas we have had the bulk of
our Eastern military system simply scattered to the wind9, we hoar
lothing of the fntnre organisation of the army of Bengal. It may,
doubtless, be urged that these are questions with which it will be the
duty of those responsible functionaries whom Parliament is about to
create to deal; but surely it is not too much to demand, in a case
like this, that, if all the problems connected with the civil and
military administration of India for the future are not to be
presented to us solved and perfected, they should at least be
indicated or shadowed forth. It is hardly possible to conceive
anything but failure to resnlt from an attempt on the part of
the Imperial Legislature to confine itself to providing for the
readjustment of the machinery of Indian government at home, and
to dissolving the existing relations between the authorities here and
those in the East, without defining the future position, powers, and
responsibilities of the latter in the local government of that vast and
multipeopled continent. Thccventsofthelastyear.turnthem which
way you will, prove to demonstration that the defect of our
rule is not to be cured by the simple abolition of the double govern¬
ment in London. It is local administration which is at the bottom
of local eventualities. It is idle to talk of our governing India
in LeadenhaU-strect, even though all the wisdom of English
statesmanship, and all the practical knowledge of Indian expe¬
rience, be concentrated around a Council Board there. What
19 to be done in the shape of the actual government of India
must be done on the spot, by capable men acquainted with the
peculiar requirements, conditions, customs, and creeds of the dif¬
ferent provinces and populations which go to make up what is not
a homogeneous empire, but an Asiatic world, full of diversities of
race and habits, thoughts and feelings. Yon may establish a
general principle on which all this may be done, but you cannot
' centralise a government. These questions are not only left un¬
settled, but they are not even mooted. Then next, but not least
in importance, comes the question of what is to be the nature of
cur military establishment ? We have tried to the full the experi¬
ment of a native army proper, and we have now to decide whether
we are to occupy India, or at least Bengal, which presses most,
entirely by means of British troops, or whether we are to try a
new system of native enlistment, training, and discipline. These are
matters on which public opinion and Parliament ought to decide,
and they onght not to be left to the more dictation of a Minister
for India, even though backed by a Council, the members of* which
may be his advisers, but who arc more likely to be his obsequious
satellites.
Nor ought the consideration of the future of India to be limited
to mere questions of the machinery of administration ; there ought
to be another movement, the result of which may create an in¬
fluence in that possession of the Crown only second to that which
may be expected to result from good government, and that is, the
throwing open of India to British enterprise—in short, the be¬
ginning of the colonisation of that country. We have occupied
India Jwe have ruled it, well or ill, as the case may be, but we have
■cvcrjthoroughly endeavoured to inoculate it with our commercial
spirit. We have never sought to apply to it the principle which
has actuated us in our dealings with our colonies; we have never
sought to colonise. Arguments, weighty enough in then- way, have
been used against the adoption of this principle, and which go to
show the impossibility of establishing a large European popula¬
tion in India, owing to difficulties connected with climate and
habits. But with a view to working out a system of colonisation,
such as can alone be adopted in India, it is not indispensable to
have a large European population. It is not European labour that
is wanted in Hindostan in order to develop its vast resources, but
it is the European and, above all, the English mind that is re¬
quired for that purpose. It is knowledge, capability of teaching
the native cultivator of the soil how best to avail himself of its pro¬
ductiveness; it is the application of European science and skill to
the art of production that is needed to bring the growth
•f cotton, indigo, sugar, and tea of India into relative proportion
with its acres and its capabilities. You dot the whole of that
country with European administrators, magistrates, judges, resi¬
dents, and soldiers. Why for every Englishman in the service of
the Government should there not be three or four representatives
of the English capitalist, in the shape of scientific agriculturists
and commercial agents? There is nothing to prevent the training
and transmission from this country at an early age of a class of
men of this description, who would bo able to meet the climatic
difficulties of life in India quite as well as civil servants and military
men; and, if due attention be paid to quality, there need be no
seccssity for numbers in such a system of colonisation. Something
of this kind was done in our West Indian possessions, where a
comparatively few European supervisors of African labour created
colonies which in their day sent home mi lli onaires who used to
rival the nabobs of the golden time of the pagoda-tree. It is not,
therefore, so very rash an assertion to say that, by means of an
intelligent and well-directed European colonisation, a new era may
be inaugurated in India which would gradually ameliorate the
condition of the native population, act favourably upon the existing
tenure of land, and operate on our establishment in India by those
moral and commercial influences which will tend more snrely and
more readily to amalgamate her with our empire than the presence
of a million of soldiers, or the most perfect [machinery of govern¬
ment which the art of man can devise.
In reference to this subject it is not out of place to notice that
a Committee of the House of Commons has been appointed, and has,
we believe, commenced its sittings, to inquire into the question of the
colonisation of India. From its labours we do not expect much;
bnt we view the appointment of such a Parliamentary inquisition
as significant. If it should prove to he the first step in turning the
attention of the public to this subject it will have done a great good.
The inevitable Blne-fcook which it will produce may be dosed to
thousands of eyes, but it may be opened by some yet mute and
inglorious pioneer of Western civilisation, whose province it may¬
be to awaken this country to the value of her Eastern dependencies,
by teaching her how to develop them. Who shall say, then, how much
•f future blessing may not be evoked out of the temporary curse of
the sepoy mutiny if it should result in fully rousing England to a
sense of the duty which is involved in her mission of civilisation to
India?
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS.
FRANCE.
{From our own Correspondent.)
Pabis, Thursday.
It is a noticeable fact that a traditional custom, once as completdy
a part of French manners and habits as the observance of the .four de
Van —viz., the promenade de Longchamps, seems, this year, after a
certain period of decline, to have entirely died out—expired of inani¬
tion. It was remarked that on the three days usually devoted to this
ceremony the carriages were rather fewer in nnmber than on ordi¬
narily fine days at this season; there were hardly any smart equi¬
pages, and the toilets were such as appear every day in the streets,
the Champs Elysfies, and the Bois de Boulogne. This circumstance is
the more remarkable fact that display, carried to the most extra¬
vagant lengths, is, all over Paris, the order of the day.
The arrival of Easter is bringing with it innumerable fetes, espe¬
cially in the official world. Last week took place at the Tuileries a
soiree de physique exp^rimentale, attended by six distinguished
savants, professors of physical sciences. The Emperor and Empress
were much gratified by the interesting facts brought before them,
and, it ia Baid, propose to renew these entertainments frequently.
We learn from competent authority that one of the Emperor's
principal reasons for selecting the Due de MalakofT as lus representa¬
tive at the English Court was the fact of bis feeling assured that such
a choice would ensure the carrying out of the conciliatory policy he is
most anxious to observe in his relations with England. It is a fact that
among those about him, generally speaking, there exists so much
irritation and soreness with regard to England that he lias been fre¬
quently induced to interdict the subject of these complaints in his
presence.
There is now going on in Paris the sale (which lasts from the 6th
to the 12th inst.) of the celebrated library of the late Comte d’Argout,
senator, and formerly a Minister. There are 712 lots, which contain
some of the rarest and most valuable hooks known to collectors.
One of the most beautiful estates in France has just been pur¬
chased by the Comte de Polignac, Captain of Chasseurs, and his wife,
an Englishwoman, who brought him a dot of several milli ons of
franrs. This charming domain, La Source (so called from its contain¬
ing the source of the River Loiret), was about to be, according to
French custom on the death of the donor, cut up and sold in smal !
lots, when the purchase in this way saved it.
Me’ry is about to bring out a poem of some three hundred vereesi
entitled “Lcs Vierges de Lesbos,” which i3 said to possess the double
merit of extreme purity and great boldness. He is also contemplating
a drama, taken from a novel of his own, “ Un Amour dans l’avenir.”
The success of Roger at Vienna has been almost unprecedented.
Never since the year 1750 have the books of the theatre shown so
large a receipt, and at the last represensation of “ Lucia ” he was
called forward twenty-five times. He sang in German. At Paris
Tamherlik lias also had a most brilliant rcceptioii.
The trousseau of the Princess Stephanie de Hohenzoilern, about to
be married to the King of Portugal, has been executed at Paris at a
cost of nearly 700,000 fr., exclusive of jewels. To the bitter dis¬
appointment of the Parisian meroeilleuses, it was not allowed to he
shown.
The great musical and theatrical success of the day is Gevaert’s
“ Quentin Durward.” > \
/ — V
The ceremony of inaugurating the important line of unbroken com¬
munication, the Boulevard de .Sevastopol, in Paris, took place on Mon¬
day afternoon, by the Emperor in person; and it was conducted, as
might be expeoted, with a magnificence worthy of tho occasion. The
weather was most favourable. At an early hour immense crowds
flocked from the most distant parts of tho city towards the spot where
the ceremony wes to take place, or over which the Imperial corbSge
was to pass. AVe defer a detailed account to next week, when we
purpose to give an Engraving of this interesting ceremony.
It is resolved that a medal shall be struck in commemoration of the
opening of the Boulevard tfe^Sevastopoh
Pursuant to the plan announced in the Emperor’s speech, and which
had been already adopted by the Municipal Commission, a bill was on
Tuesday presented to the Corps Legislatif for authorising .the city of
Paris to borrow lot) millions to form a fund, made up by the State to
ICO millions, for forming new boulevards in Paris.
A utrillm, or chime of bells, on an immense scale, admitting of the
compass of a gigantic piano, is, it is said, about to bo established in the
silent and useless Tour St. Jaques; at ieast a proposal to this effect
-has just been submitted to tho city of Paris.
Subscriptions are now open all over Paris for the relief of Lamartine
and the liquidation of his liabilities.
A bill is, by order of the Emperor, to be presented to the Legislative
Body for granting pensions to the families of the persons killed in the
last attempt on his Majesty’s life, and to tho persons who were injured.
The committee of the Legislative Body ou the Budget has termi¬
nated its examination. The Government had demanded credits for
paying the increase of salaries granted to certain categories of em¬
ployes of tho Ministries, but tho committee declares that it does not
think them necessary, and it propososthat the increase granted to per¬
sons who receive 15,000 francs salary shall be taken off, and that that
accorded to inferior functionaries shall not exceed 150 ffanos. The
committee besides strongly recommends that the number of function¬
aries shall bo considerably reduced, as it exceeds what was fixed by de¬
crees ia 1851 and 1852; also that the formalities observed in transacting
business in the Government offices shall be simplified. The committee
also calls for the suppression of the augmentation granted to juges de
paix and their clerks. It proposes to adjourn the proposed extensiou
of the section of disputed matters in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
to reject an increase of 180,000 francs in the salaries and allowances
to receivers of finances, one of 210,000 francs in allowances to tax-col¬
lectors, and various others in the salaries of clerks in tho direct and
indirect taxee, domains and waters, and forests. The committee like¬
wise rejects the indemnity proposed to be granted to functionaries of
publio libraries and scientific establishments for having been deprived
of their lodgings in buildings of tho State. The oommittee, moreover,
complains of the disbursement of 500,000 francs for works and repairs
in tho Ministry of State. The committee only recommends one in¬
crease, and that is of 62,500 francs for additional religious aid in
crowded parishes.
SPAIN.
The Madrid journals are again occupied with the alleged fusion of
the two branches of the Royal family; and, whilst some express great
alarm, others denounce the Government for not having prevented it.
The lieria and Not edadca hadbeon seized for the publication of articles
on the alleged project. It was said thattho negotiations for the fusion
had taken place under the auspices of the French, English, and
Russian Governments. Tho Government and tho Carlist journals affect
to treat the matter with indifference; and the somi-uflicial Corrc-
spondeneia Autogrofa has the following on the subject‘‘Even if such
an idea were to arise in some people’s minds, the Government would
oppose it, as fatal to our existing institutions and to the Queen in
whose name they administer public affairs. Three days ago the
Minister of the Interior presented to the Congress a bill on the ureas
and in it is an artiole, the 25th, which describes as a serious offeaoe any
opposition, direct or indirect, to tho laws which exclude a branch of
the Royal family from the throne.” The Iberia mentions a rumour
that Count de Montemolino is about to leave Naples to visit some of
the States of Germany in the hope of raising a loon. The journals of
the Liberal party vehemently attack the talkod-of fusion of tho two
branches of the Royal family, but in doing so thoy declare that they
do not consider it probable.
The Government was about to present a hill relative to the sole of
ecdMiasticM property It is based it is said, on the arrangement oome
to between M. Mon and the Papal Government,
ITALY.
Intelligence from Genoa of the 2nd inst., by telegram via Marseilles
gives the resnlt of the trial which took plaoe at Lncca of the Leghorn
insurgents. Eight of the prisoners are condemned to death, and
eleven to various terms of imprisonment. F’ive of the latter are Sar¬
dinian subjects-
A letter from Turin states that Mr. Hodge underwent his second exa¬
mination on the 26th March. It was not minute, and was conducted
with great fairness on the part of the Sardinian authorities, who alone
were present It is reported that no farther examination will bj
allowed by the Sardinian Government; and that as soon as there is
time to communicate with France Mr. Hodge will be discharged, as
the Sardinian authorities have admitted the^ have themselves nothing
against him of sufficient importance to justify his detention ou their
account. Mr. Hodge has been set at liberty, the c l a im for his extra¬
dition by the Sardinian Government having boon abandoned by the
French Emperor.
Tho Sardinian Government, in a circular issued upon the Cagliari
question, says that the explanations hitherto exchanged between the
two Cabinets of Turin andNnplee having led tono; result, a gravecoa-
flict is imminent; for the Government of Sardinia has a right to re¬
paration, and is resolved on obtaining, by reprisals, or in any other
way, a satisfaction for its insulted ffag, and complete justioe for its
subjects violently despoiled.- Then follows a narrative of the well-
known facte. / \
PRUSSIA.
Tho health of the King continues to improve.
A letter from Berlin says:—“ The ladies of thiB capital have been in
the habit of assembling about noon in the alleys of Thiergarton, where
the Princess Frederick AYilliam has boen in the habit of taking her
rides on horsebsek. For some days past the ladies have, however, been
doomed to disappointment, as the equestrian exoroises of the illustrious
amazon have been interdicted by her physicians for some months to
come. Soon after Easter tho Prince and Princess Frederick AVill iam
will pay visite to tho Courts of Dessau, Weimar, Gotha, Ac.”
HOLLAND.
The Committee Of the Second Chamber of Holland on the bill
relative :o the militia has, after several months’delay, presented ita
report. The document makes various objections to tho bill, the prin¬
cipal of which mre that it is of too military a character, constituting
the militia as if it were the regular army; that it is unconstitutional
in some of its enactments; and that it proposes to make far too great
a levy of men, the number being 55,01)0, which is I in every 300,
whereas heretofore only 1 in 500 had boen taken.
TURKEY.
By a despatch from Trieste, dated April 5, weleam that the Turkish
troops whioh embarked at Kleok have established their camp at
Stolcz. It 1 b said that 0000 irregulars are concentrated at Kuezko.
The Rajahs have refused to obey their chief, Vukalowich. There has
been as yet no colhston. The Montenegrins keep quiet within their
frontiers. _
UNITED STATES,
The bill for the admission of Kansas under the Xecompton Consti¬
tution has passed the Senate. Senator Douglas made a telling speech
against the measure of three hours’ duration, in which, says the New
York Herald, “ he went over to the Republican party, bag and baggage.”
On ihe 23rd, after the adoption of sundry amendments, tho final vote
was taken, and resulted in the carrying of the measure, the figures
being thirty-three to twenty- five. The Senate Chamber was crowded
to excess by spectators, and there were both cheering and hissing on the
announcement of the result. The measure now goes to the House of
Representatives, where a determined resistance awaits it. Nothing
else of moment had transpired in Congress.
The Senate of Louisiana had indefinitely postponed the project
adopted by the House for the importation of free negroes from Africa.
This, of course, is tantamount to an abandonment of the scheme.
AA r e have later news from Utah. A mail from Fort Independence
was three months in reaching the United States’ camp, and then half
despoiled of its contents. A Mormon prisoner had escaped, and it was
feared that there were traitors in the camp. An express is said to have
reached Leavenworth, from the camp of Colonel Johnston, requesting
that supplies of ammunition and more men he sent him immediately.
The excitement attending the religious revival in various parts of
the States had undergone no abatement.
Resolutions in favour of the admission of Kansas nnder the Lscompton
Constitution had been passed by the Senate of Pennsylvania,
AUSTRALASIA.
Three exploring expeditions are on the point of being under¬
taken by tho provinoes of New South Wales, Victoria, and South
Australia. The first- mentioned colony has appointed Air. Gregory to
the command of a party whioh has tho twofold objeot in view of dis¬
covering some traces of the long-lost Dr. Leichardt, and also of ex¬
ploring the district in which that adventurous traveller is supposed to
have perished. The Melbourne Philosophical Sooiety have much the
same ends in view in sending out their expedition, which, however,
will occupy a field a little to the north of Mr. Gregory’s party. The
South Australian expedition has objects of a more local character, and
its leader, Mr. Herschel Babbage, proposes to spend a couple of years
in exploring the hitherto unknown tracts in the north-west portion of
the provinco.
The general election in New South Wales is said to be on the whole
favourable to the Cowper Ministry, which has, however, received a
blow in the secession of the Attorney-General, Mr. Plunkett, in conse¬
quence of his having been superseded somewhat arbitrarily in his
office as a member of the National Board of Education.
The tardy progress of the Imperial Government in carrying out the
separation of the Moreton Bay district from New South Wales, and
erecting the former into an independent province, has given rise to
some uneasiness, which has vented itself in a petition to the Queen.
In A'ictoria, triennial Parliaments, vote by ballot, and no property
qualification, are already established facts; to which will shortly, in
all probability, be added a "reform” for the representation of
minorities in the different constituencies, and the payment of repre¬
sentatives, though the last has been for some time rejected- A great
cricket match has been played at Melbourne between the club of that
city and that of Sydney, which ended in the defeat of the latter. The
contest excited universal interest, and was honoured with a Derby-day
notice by the Legislature, which adjourned n«m. eon. during the play¬
ing of the match. There are now published in Victoria—Daily papers,
8; bi-weekly, 8; tri-weekly, 3; weekly papers, 21; total, 40.
The Legislature of South Australia have appointed two members of
the Lower and one of the Upper House as a deputation to discuss
tho preliminaries of an Australian federation in a conference with
deputies from the other provinces. A bill is about to be introduced
for the purpose of allowing colonists to distil the produoe of their own
vineyards.
The details of the Tasmanian census made last year have been pub¬
lished, The entire population numbora 81,492 souls, of whom 47,714
are members of the Church of England, 16,852 are Roman Catholics,
7229 Scotch Presbyterians, 8541 Protestant Dissontera, and 475 Jews,
Mahometans, and Pagans. The Waste Lands Bill has been rejected,
by the Upper House in Committee, to the great disappointment of the
public, which had been eagerly looking forward to deriving muoh
benefit from one of its proposed provisions, which spread the payment
for land over the space of eight years, instead of ready money to ba
paid at the time of purchase.
There is little news of general interest from New Zealand. In Avel-
lington the election of Dr. Fetherston to tho superintendency has
been protested against as invalid, and with some probability of success.
In Canterbury the colonists ara taking aotive measures to open up
a road to the newly-discovered tracts of land on the west ooast of that
province.
THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
The Governor was still on the frontier, but was expeoted soon to re¬
turn to Cape Town. It is said that Sir George is organising a regi-
m ent of Kaffira for service in India; and that a great many have
already volunteered. His Excellency intends paying Englandn short
visit in the course of a few months. Tho Bishop was at tit. Helena,
where a movement for creating aseparato bishopric in that island was
proceeding under his auspices.
The Colonial Parliament was to be opened on the 10th of March.
Forty-six Kaffirs had succeeded in making their escape from the
Amsterdam 1 Battery, where there were about 200 confined. The Capo
Town Volunteer Corps immediately started in pursuit, and patrols oi
faithful Kaffirs were sent out. Only half a dozen still remain at large-
The French Bhip A uguete has been wrecked in St. Francis' Bay, the
captain and craw narrowly escaping a watery grave. She was quite a
new vessel, not having been launched seven months.
The Cape Parliament has expressed its intention to devote £200 ,vuv
to the service of immigration from Europe.
Atmi. 10, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
359
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
OPEBATIONS AT LUCKNOW.—FLIGHT AND PURSUIT
OF THE REBELS.
•"The following telegram; from her Majesty's Acting Consul-General
in Egypt was received at the Foreign Office, via Corfu, on Wednesday,
at 5.30 p.m.
Alexandria, April 3,1858. *
The steamer Candia arrived at Suez yesterday from Calcutta; the
steamer Oriental, from Bombay, has arrived at Aden; and the Candia
brings the following news obtained from that vessel:—
General Outram crossed the Goomtoe on the 6th of March.
On the 11th Hope’s brigade captured the Queen’s Palace.
On the 13th Kaiserbagh and Imaumbarra, a mass of palaces adjoin¬
ing the BeBidency, were stormed and taken. Sir E. Lugard pushed on
from the Dilkoosha, and captured the Martmi&re and Bankhouse on
the 10th.
On the 14th the enemy began to pour in torrents from the city in the
direction of Bohilound.
They were pursued from one side by Brigadier Campbell, and from
the other by Brigadier Hope Grant, with strong detaohments of
cavalry and horse artillery.
Sir H. Bose’s force is advancing through Bundelcund.
The country being cleared up to Jnanai, Whitlock’s force is moving
on Suugor. The General and Staff arrived on the 10th, and remain in
that neighbourhood.
General Boberts’ forco has passed Nussearabad on its way to Kotah,
where the rebels are said to be in strength.
A telegram received by the Times from its correspondent at- Malta
states:—" There was a panic in Calcutta on the 3rd of March. The
President in Council called out the Volunteers and plaoed cannon on
the bridges. Information bad been received that the Barrackporo
sepoys, who were to relieve the fort garrison that night, wore to have
arms and attack the city. All, however, passed off quietly.”
8XIRMISH WITH THE ARABS AT ADEN.
The Sultan of Adhiee, a town twenty miles from Aden, having
stopped and prevented supplies from entering the fort, the Brigadier
commanding the Aden garrison went out on the morning of the 18th
of March, with a force of 600 men and two guns, and, after a skirmish
with the Arabs, succeeded in bringing them to terms.
The Arabs are said to have lost between twenty and thirty men,
without a casualty on our side.
When the Candia left Aden all was quiet, and the natives had again
been received within the walls.
Her Majesty’s ship Cyclops left Aden for Suez on the 24th ult. Her
Majesty’s ship Pylades iett Madias for Suez on the 18th ult.
Corfu, April 7, 11 a.m. John Green.
THE EAST INDIA HOUSE DESPATCH.
Although in many respects similar to the telegram received at the
Foreign Office, we give in its entirely the following telegram which has
been received at the India House, on account of the deep interest at¬
tached to the subject:—
LUCKNOW.
On the Sth of March the arrangements on both sides of the Goomteo
for the attack were completed.
On March tho 0th Sir J. Outram turned the enemy’s first great line
cf defences by an enfilading fire, and the Martiniere was stormed by
the second division, under Sir E. Lugard.
On the 10th of March Sir Colin Campbell seized the Bankhouse,
and took up an advanced position in front of it. Sir J. Outram
pushed forward his advances on tho left of the Goomtee, the resistance
of the enemy being obstinate.
On the 11th of March her Majesty’s 42nd and 03rd Highlanders
stormed the Begum s Palace, and Sir J. Outram crossed the Goomteo
and occupied the buildings in front of the palace.
In these operations our Iosb was under 100 killed and wounded.
Among the killed are Captain Macdonald, her Majesty’s 93rd; Captain
Cooper, Bifle Bi igade ; Captain Moorsom, Staff.
On the 13th of March a sap was run up to the Imaumbarra, which
is close to the walled inclosure of tho Kaiserbagh.
On the 14th of March tho Imaumbarra was stormed, and the troops,
following close on the retiring enemy, entered the Kaiserbagh with
them. The contest lasted until three o’clock p.m, by which time Sir
Colin Campbell was in full possession of the Kaiserbagh.
On the 15th of March the enemy, after the fall of the Kaiserbagh,
having commenced their flight from the city, Brigadier Campbell, with
a brigade of cavalry and horse artillery, was dispatched in pursuit.
Sir Hope Grant also advanced to Seetapoor, on the direot road to
Bohilcund. with 1000 sabres, to intercept the fugitives who might be
forced in that direction by Brigadier Campbell.
Up to the 15th of March the enemy still occupied some parts of
Lucknow, but intelligence of Sir Colin Campbell’s reduction and
occupation of the whole city is hourly expected.
The Coinmander-in-Chief sends the following intelligence to-day
[March 18] from Luoknow:—
Yesterday the bridges were secured, and the troops advanced and
occupied the Muchee Hawaii and Great Imaumbarra. Large bodies
of the enemy crossed the stone bridges an hour before the attack was
commenced by Sir J. Outram. The resistance was alight compared
with the previous day. A Goorkab division seized the enemy's posi¬
tion in front of Alumbagh lust night. Numbers of armed and un¬
armed men are evacuating the city by the outlets. They passed to the
north. \
Our advances to-day are gradually pushed on all sides Of the line
occupied by the troops, particularly towards Goolghat and Moosabah,
in wnich direction the enemy are advancing. The point they intend
to make for is not known.
A body of rebels bad threatened Etawah, but have since recrossed
Hie Ganges. \ \,
It is reported from Bewah that the rebels have taken Cheomar ( J )»
and that tho Bajah and the Deputy-Commissioner, Mr. Cavln, are
prisoners. ^
Sir H. Bose occupied Bandapoor on March 10.
The Bajah had fled to Chundoree. / \
The rebel Deseayees are still in the Canara jungles, but Large rein¬
forcements have been dispatched to the magistrate by the Madras
Government, and the Bombay frontier is carefully guarded.
The following telegraphic despatch, dated Allahabad, 17th March,
7 p.m., has just been received/\ \
It is reported from Futtygurh, under date the 15th of March, that
the Nana is still at Jehanpoor, and the chief rebels are with him. The
Tebels have again entered the Futtygurh distriot, attacked the
Thannahs, and driven off the police posted there. General Penny
must be close at hand on the Jumna side The rebels who had
entered the Ghatumpore Pergunnah have recrossed the river to Hu-
meerpore. H. L. Anderson, Secretary to Government.
Bombay Castle, March 18, 1858.
CHINA.
By the Cbfldi'a, which arrived at Suez on the 29th nit., we have ad¬
vices from Hong-Kong to Feb. 27.
Braves were mustering in largo numbers round Canton, determined
cn an attempt to retake the city. .
Tho representatives of the Allied Powers were preparing for their
departure noithwaids; but it is said that all thought of visiting Pekin
this year is given up.
The InfiwbU, with Yeli as a prisoner, arrived at Singapore on the
1st of March.
[In the ^letter from our Correspondent at Canton in last week’s
number the name of the officer alluded to as having been severely
wounded in the right arm in the attack upon the city should have been
Dad so». not Dadaon— Lieutenant Portlock Dadson, of the Woolwich
division of Boyal Marines Light Infantry.]
The Regency of Tripoli — The celebrated chief, Ghima,
has been killed in an engagement with the Pacha’s troops, near Gadames.
This, it is thought, will give tranquillity to the Regency.
Mexico.—W e have advices from Mexico which indicate that
Znloaga was successfully reacting his enemies, and that his troops were
moving on Vera Cruz.
THE COURT.
The Queen and the Pnnce Consort have entertained a succes¬
sion of distinguished guests this week at Windsor Castle. His Royal
Highness Prince George of Saxony arrived on Monday, attended by his
Excellency Count Vltzthum d’Kckstaedt, Saxon Minister at this Court.
Among the other visitors who have enjoyed the Royal hospitality may
be mentioned his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Excellency
the Ambassador of France, the Earl of Malmesbury, and Earl Delawarr.
On Saturday the Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by the Prince
of WaleB and Prince Alfred, drove to Clilden, and honoured the Duke and
Duchess of Sutherland with a visit
On Easter Sunday the Queen and Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales,
Prince Alfred, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, and the Duchess of Kent,
the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and thedomcstic household, attended
Divine service in the private chapel. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of
Windsor performed the service, and administered the Holy Sacrament.
In the afternoon her Majesty and his Royal Highness, with the Prince of
Wales. Princess Alice, and voungcr Royal children, walked on the East
Terrace, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting.
On Monday the Queen and the Prince Consort walked in the Home
Tark. The Royal dinner party this evening, in addition to his Boyal
Highness Prince George of Saxony, included the Duchess of Kent, the
Prince of Wales, the Earl of Malmesbury, and Earl Delawarr.
On Tuesday the Queen held a Privy Council, which was attended by all
the Ministers, with the exception or the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by Prince George of
Saxony, the Prince of Woles, Princess Alice, the younger members of the
Boyal family, the visitors staying at the Castle, and the ladies and
g entlemen of the household, witnessed Mr. Rarey’s whole system of sub-
uing the horse this morning, in the Riding School of the Castle. In the
afternoon the Prince Consort rode out with Prince George of Saxony.
The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred accompanied their father and his
illustrious guest.
On Wednesday, the anniversary of Prince Leopold’s birthday, the
Duchess of Kent paid a congratulatory visit to her Majesty. Count
Persigny had an audience of the Queen, to present his letters of recall as
Ambassador from France, this morning. Later in the day his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived at the Castle, on a vi9itto her
Majesty. The Queen held a Privy Council in tha afternoon.
The Court is expected to return to Buckingham Palace on Monday next
for the season, which will be inaugurated with the first Drawingroom on
Thursday, the 22nd instant to be followed by a second on Thursday, the
Sth of May.
Her Majesty has also announced her intention to hold Levees at St
.lames’s Palace on Wednesday, the I4th inst, and on Wednesday, the
28th instant
His Excellency the Ambassador of France left town on Monday
afternoon on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Countess was
prevented obeying her Majesty’s commands by indisposition.
The Baroness Brunnow is expected in town early next week,
from Berlin,
The Dnkc and Duchess of Sutherland have been passing the
holidays at Clifden Park, near Maidenhead.
Lord John Bussell, immediately after the holidays, will resume
the occupation of his residence in Chesliam-place, just vacated by Lord
Panmure.
Lord and Lady Londesborongh have returned to Grimsfon Park,
Yorkshire, after passing the winter months at Cannes with their family./
COUNTRY NEWS.
The Prince Consort has contributed a donation of £50 to¬
wards the erection of the Agricultural Hall of the Royal Dublin Society.
The New Townhall and Corn Exchange, Booby.—T he
opening of the above building was celebrated by a public dinner in the
assembly-room at the Townhall, on Tuesday last. The building
stands upon the site on which stood the schools and almshouses
built ana endowed by Richard Elboro. The front, which is very
ornamental, is in the High-street; and the clock stands in the
centre of the town: the approach to the covered market is in Sheep-street.
The entrance-hall is laid with tesselated pavement of a rich pattern. On
the left hand side of the grand entrance is a spacious and lofty room,
where the Magisterial and County Court business is to be held. On the
right hand side are two large, well-proportioned rooms, which are about
to be let, one as the Mechanics’ Institute, and the other as a public news¬
room. There are also convenient ante-rooms on the ground floor, with
excellent vaults under the entrance-hall, which are taken by a wine and
spirit merchant. The covered market, or Corn Exchange, will afford good
accommodation to the farmers, the butchers, the poulterers, and others
who have been wont to attend the market exposed to the inclemency of
the weather. The grand staircase leads to the assembly-room, which is
78 feet long, 32 feet wide, and 26 feet high. The mouldings are bold, and
in good keeping with the size of the room, which is lighted by two sun¬
lights of sixty-three jets each, forming seven sunflowers, the light from
which completely fills every part of the room, besides producing a very
pleasing effect.
The Dublin College Affray.—O n Saturday last the investi*
S tion into the cases arising out of tills affair was resumed before Messrs.
•Dennott and Stronge. It was decided to return the case against
Colonel Browne and eight of the police for trial.-The commission was
opened on Wednesday by Baron Greene and Mr. Justice Keogh; in the
course of hie charge to the grand jury, and while referring to the bills
against Colonel Browne and the police, Baron Greene was interrupted by
the Crown solicitor, who informed his Lordship that, the case not being
ripe, it would be necessary to postpone the sending up the bills to the
commission which sits in June next. The case accordingly stands over.
The Trial of the Bev. Samuel Smith and his Wife
for the attack upon a Mr. Leach, of Croydon, took place at Gloucester on
Tuesday. Our readers are familiar with the detAils of this most extra¬
ordinary case. The indictment comprised three counts, and the prisoners
were found guilty on the third, that of wounding with intent to do
grievous bodily harm. The facts elicited in the cross-examination of the
prosecutor, and the remarkable avowal of Mr. Smith, that he had made
bis wife an instrument, by which he might revenge himself upon Leach,
read like a chapter of romance. On Wednesday Mr. Smith was sentenced
to four years’ penal servitude. Mrs. Smith, who had been recommended
to mercy by the jury, was told that on entering into bail she would be set
at liberty, judgment against her having been respited.
Murder and Suicide.— The John o' Groat Journal gives an
account of a shocking occurrence at Lerwick. Mr. Peter Williamson, a
thriving general merchant and whaling-agent, during the night of the
25 th ultimo, butchered his wife and three children. His first victim was
his wife. He had apparently struck her a fearful blow with a cleaver on
the head, and then cut her throat with a razor. He went through the
same horrifying process in the case of his daughter as she lay asleep. He
next rushed up 8lairs to the apartment occupied by his three sons. The
eldest boy was seized, numerous and serious cuts were inflicted upon his
head either with the hatchet edge of the cleaver, or with the razor blade,
and with the latter instrument a fearful wound was made upon his throat;
but the boy managed to release himseif from his father’s hands, and made
his escape down stairs. Upon the youngest of the three—an infant—the
same elaborate attack was made. With its head smashed, and almost
Fevered as it was from the body, its death must have been instantaneous.
The terminating scene of the sickening tragedy was carried out iu the
other room on the same floor on which these transactions took place. To
this room the second son, John, had made his escape in his night-dress.
He could scarcely, however, have done more than reached the apartment,
when his father, following in hot pursuit, overtook him, and, seizing him
as he vainly attempted to elude ms hold by leaping into an unoccapied
bed, dragged him out. One or more stunning blow3 upon the skull soon
served to make him resistless, and by a deep razor cut in the throat
he was deprived of life as speedily as the innocents who had preceded him.
The wretched man, having consummated these murders, next addressed
himself to the destruction of hi9 own life. This, says the John o' Groat
Journal, he did with an amount of coolness and exactness which is most
remnrkable.—“ Throwing himself upon his back on the middle of thefloor
of the same room in which he stood, nc placed his neck against the leg of
the table, thus preventing any chance of the wound being partial, and,
drawing towards him a chair which stood in the apartment, he passed his
arm round one of its lower supports, thereby ensuring equal steadiness of
the hand as of the neck. His neck was laid open from ear to ear, and the
blade of the razor penetrated the very bone. He must have died in an
instant.” The servant in the house, it is said, was ignorant of what was
going on until the eldest boy. as he escaped from his father, and was re¬
pelled from bis mother's bedroom by the horrible spectacle wliich there
met his affrighted gaze, rushed into the kitchen, and, wounded and
bleeding, sprang into the bed beside her. The poor boy was found so
desperately wounded that his life was at first despaired of. Besides being
deeply cut in the head in several places, and across the chin, be had re¬
ceived in the throat a most serious wound, which had severed his
windpipe, and only narrowly missed the vital parts. When the first bed¬
room was entered Mrs. Williamson was still alive, and she continued to
breathe for some little time after, but her injuries were of so fearful a
character that she was beyond all human aid. The motive which Wil¬
liamson had for committing so wholesale a massacre of those nearest and
dearest to him is an utter mystery- The bodies of the victims, with that
of their unhappy destroyer, were interred on Tuesday week, ;• and (says a
local paper) a more mournful cortege was never seen in the streets of
Lciwkh.”
A Heavy Gale blew off the N.E. coast on Thursday and
Friday, and between Flam borough Head and the Tees several vessels were
driven ashore. A sad catastrophe happened off Scarborough. On Thurs¬
day morning a boat in which were several men was observed to be en¬
deavouring to make for the harbour, a very heavy sea running, and had
approached within a mile or so of the shore, when it capsized, and the
whole of the unfortunate fellows perished. They are supposed to have
formed the crew of a coasting vessel which foundered during the gale.
About dusk on Wednesday evening the SulUj, Captain Grant, wliich had
just left Dundee Ronds for Melbourne, with a cargo valued at from £20,000
to £25,000, was wrecked near the Elbow End of the Abertay Sands.
Fortunately the lives of all on board were saved, but they were landed
with nothing except the clothes they wore.-A boat, intended to compete
in the next regatta, was blown over in New Shorcham harbour on Good
Friday ; and her owner, Mr. W. T. King, foreman of the harbour works,
was drowned, together with Joshua Dinnage, a mariner. A pilot named
Matthews, who is noted for his obesity, and for the “ hairbreadth ’scapes ”
he has had in the Channel, was also in her. He swam, or rather rolled, to
a shoal place in the river, where he obtained a footing, and was saved.
Destruction by Fire of Donibristle House, Fifeshire.—
On Tuesday morning the ancient mansion of the Earl of Moray, called
Dcnibristle House, situate on the shore of the Firth of Forth, opposite
Edinburgh, and between Invcrkeithing and Aberdour, Fifeshire, took
fire, and in a few hours was reduced to ruins. It was untenanted at the
time by any of the family, and lias for some years only been occupied in
autumn by the Hon. John Stuart, brother oi the Earl.
William Fallow, a youth of seventeen, in the employ of Lord
Duffcrin. at Highgate, was choked on Saturday night by an oyster, which
stuck in his thorax. He ran about in the greatest agony till he fell,
suffocated, unable to Ray what wasHfie matter with him. Surgical aid
arrived too late.
A Murder has been committed at Liverpool by an American
seaman, named Michael Warey. A quarrel arose between him and a
Dutchman, named. Schonegah, in a low dancing-room, when Warey pro¬
duced a knife, and stabbed the other man to the heart, killing him
instantly. Warey has been committed for trial.
The
OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS.
THE EARL OF MORTON.
[Wt Hon. George Sholto Douglas, eighteenth Earl of
Morton, Lord Dalkeith, Aber ¬
dour, and Douglas of Loch •
leven, in the Peerage of Scot¬
land, of which Peerage he was a
representative in Parliament,
was the grandson of James, fifth
Earl, and. was the eldest son of
the Hon. John Douglas, by bis
wife, tho Lady Frances Las-
celles, eldest daughter of Ed¬
ward, first Earl of Hare wood.
He was born the 22rd Decomber,
1789; and married, the 3rd Jniy,
1817, Frances Theodora, eldest
daughter of the late Right Hon.
Sir George Henry Bose, M.P.,
G.C.H., and sister of the gallant
officer now serving with the
Bombay army in India; by which lady he leaves five sons and five
daughters: two of the latter are married—viz., Frances, Countess Fitz-
wiUiam; and Ellen, the wife of the Hon. and Bev. Douglas Gordon.
His Lordship succeeded to the Scottish honours of the family, as eight¬
eenth Earl, on the death of his first cousin, George, the seventeenth
Earl, on Hie 17th July, 1827. He had previously been in the British
diplomatic service. He had been attached to the mission in Spain in
1811, after which he was successively Secretary of Legation atStockholm,
at Florence and at Berlin, in which latter poBt he continued until
1825, when he obtained his diplomatic pension. The noble Earl was
a Lord in Waiting to the Queen from 1841 to 1849. In November,
1854, he was appointed Vice-Lieutenant of the oounty of Mid Lothian,
of which county he was made a Deputy Lieutenant in 1849. His
Lordship died at liis town house, 47, Brook-street, on the 31st ult.
He is succeeded by his eldest son, Sholto John, Lord Aberdour, now
the nineteenth Earl of Morton, who was born in 1818, and was for¬
merly in the 71st Foot. He married first, in 1844, Helen, daughter of
tho late James Watson, Esq., of Saughton, Mid Lothian, and by her,
who died in 1850, has an only son, Sholto George Watson, born in
1844. His Lordship married secondly, in 1853, the Lady Alice 1 iamb-
ton, third and youngest daughter of John George, first Earl of Durham.
Preferments and Affointments in the Church.— The
Rev. J. P. Alcock. Vicar of Ashford, to be Preacher in Canterbury
Cathedral. Rectories: Rev. H. Bree to Harkatcad, Suffolk; Rev. H. C.
Close to Puttenham, Hertfordshire ; Rev. E. Jacson to Tbruxton. with
the Vicarage oi Kingston annexed, near Hereford ; Rev. J. H. Miller to
Upper Tamiaght O’Crilly, diocese of Derry; Rev. G. Smith to Kllrea,
diocese of Derry. Vicarage : Rev. H. Stockdale to Bole, Notts. Incum¬
bencies: Rev. H. Calthron to Trinity Church, Cheltenham ; Rev. T. Holme
to Mardalc, Westmorland. Perpetual Curacy: Rev. G. C. Green to Ham¬
worthy, Dorset. Curacies : Rev. V. Blake to Stonehouse, Gloucestershire;
Bev. J. B. Crawther to Saintfield, diocese of Down; Kev. R. Uannay to
Magheralin, diocese of Dromore; Rev. W. Holmes to St George-in-the-
East, London; Rev. E. C. Wrenford to Blackburn, Lancashire.
BAOLEF, OR OPEN BATH, NEAR OLD DELHI.
The site of Delhi is a low rocky range, about a mile from tho right
bank of the Jumna, and on an offset of that river, wliich leaves the main
stream five miles above the town, and rejoins it two miles below. The
approach from the south-east, or tho direction of Agra, is very striking,
from the innumerable ruinous monuments of former prosperity and
grandeur. Everywhere throughout the plain rise shapeless, half-
ruined obelisks, the relics of massive Patau architecture, their bases
being buried under heaps of ruins bearing a dismal growth of thorny
shrubs. Everywhere one treads on overthrown walls. Brick mosaics
mark tho ground-plan of the humbler dwellings of the poorer classes.
Among the relics of a remote ago are occasionally to be seen monu¬
ments of light and elegant style of architecture, embellished with
brilliant colours, gilt domes, and minarets encased in enamelled tiles.
These surprising collections of ruins are the remains of the ancient city
of Delhi, which, according to Wilford, extended above thirty miles
along the banks of the Jumna.
Mrs. Colin Mackenzie, in her interesting work “ Six Years in India,”
thuB describes a bath which she discovered whilst wandering through
these ruins:—“I was surprised a moment after, on passing through
a narrow passage, to find myself overlooking a very large well about
sixty feet square, surrounded by houses of several stories, and with a
lofty flight of wide steps opposite to where we stood. A crowd of
people were sitting or standing on the housetops to our right, who
looked most picturesque in their garments of m;my colours, with tha
bright blue sky and the green foliage behind them. To my utter
amuzement, a man joined his hands over his head, and leaped from
the housetop into the well; another and another followed, from this
housetop and from that; from thirty to sixty feet high they sprang,
and, before I could recover my breath, a perfect shower of mon and
boys came flying down into the water. At last they reappeared from
their plunge, and swimming, by throwing each arm forward alternately
as far as they could reach, they gained the steps, and, gathering up
some addition to their very scanty garment, ran round to the passage
in which we stood, so that on turning I beheld a crowd of half-naked,
dripping men and boys looking as cheerful :is they could with chatter¬
ing teeth; two rupees sent them away fully satisfied. Some of the
leapers were little boys of twelve years old.” This is the Well of
Nizam-ul-Din, engraved on tho following page.
Madame Pfeiffer also visited this bath. The following is the descrip¬
tion of it in “ A Woman’s Journey round the World:—“ A great deal
has been said about a large water basin, which is surrounded on three
sides by cells, already much dilapidated; the fourth side is open, and
from it a beautiful stone staircase, forty feet broad, leads to the water
basin, which is twenty-five feet deep. Every pilgrim would consider
his pilgrimage of no account if he did not step in hero immediately on
his arrival. Divers plunge from the terraces of the cells to the bottom
of the basin, and fetch out the smallest pieces of money which liavo
been thrown in.”
The Artist to whom we are indebted for the drawing of the Bath
says:—" It was originally of Hindoo workmanship, though at present
the buildings surrounding it have the appearance of the Mahomedan
style. On the top of tho wall to the right are fixed conveniences for
drawing water, which is generally performed by bullocks walking
down an inclined plane, and by means of a rope fastened to a strong
leathern bucket the water is raised.”
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS r A pril 10, less
Apkl l 10, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
361
SK ETCHES
IN ALGERIA.
We resume our selections from the Sketch -book of a recent Tourist
in Algeria. The Artist, referring to the group engraved above, says:—
“ A very wild lot both the camels and their owners often are; and the
movement, the crowd, the noise, and the dirt, are by no means favour¬
able to the sketdier.”
He then proceeds as follows:—
“^fhe Hue Bab Azoun ends in a place made by removing the old
gate and wall, and by outting into the face of the hilL Here stands
the theatre, a handsome, substantial building, just finished, where an
opera company perform four or five times a week. The stars of the
company—in days now long gone by—had been endowed with voices
good and sweet, and had then feared no rivalry on the boards of the
Grand Opera. Fresh voices have inherited their laurels and taken
their places in the metropolis, but their well-known names, and old
celebrity, procure for them in this distant land some of that homage
ARABS AND CAMELS.
to which they were of yore accustomed. Beyond the theatre begins
a new suburb, in which is the Plaoe d’lsly, which has a statue of the
Marshal Duke of Isly in the centre. On one side is a corn-market,
and in front the Arabs sell charcoal, fodder, wood, Ac,, which they
have brought on camels and mules: and here, of a morning, may be seen
many a group like that we engrave.'"’
The site of Carthage is thus described in the 8ketch-book :—
“ We proceeded to explore the tract of corn which the Arab now
cultivates upon the site of republican Rome’s mighty rival. From
a hill rising from the plain a little beyond the village of Derr es
Shoff, the greater part • of the site of Carthage is seen, and who
has not felt from his schoolboy days a deeper interest in her than any
other African city was able to excite P "Who does not remember how
in those young days, in spite of til her falseness Mid all her faults, he
sympathised with her struggles and her sufferings, and meumed her
fell P To the south we still see the cothon, from which, for 700 years,
her galleys went forth to war and trade, and to which they returned
with honour and with wealth.
** Near the Cisterns (an Engraving of which appeared in our Journal
for Oct. 31, last year) stood a theatre; and below, near the shore, is
the greatest of all the piles of ruin. On the beach, at the foot of fcho
next hill, are the remains of the water-gate; beyond whioh again, on
a high cape, stands the pretty village of Sidi Bon Said, whose sacred
precincts till within the last few years no Christian foot was permitted
to enter. Groves and gardens Bweep down the hill’s western face to
Marsa, where are the summer palace of the Boy and the villas of some
of his Ministers and of the Consuls of Foreign Powers. The Punic city
probably reached as far as this. The Roman town was not so ex¬
tensive. The ruins we have enumerated are all that remain on the
vast extent Carthage formerly covered, and with the exception, per •
haps, of the cisterns and aqueducts, nothing is Punio. All the re-
THE SITE OF CARTHAGE.
362
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
L April 10, 1858
mains above ground are Roman. Far below the soil thoro are traces
of its earlier masters. The Greek and the Arab, tho Spaniard and
the Moor, each in turn used as quarries those ruins which the
storms of war had spared, and Africa and Europe have alike adorned
their cities with the spoils of Tyre’s fair, daughter. All those who
know her past history (and what schoolboy is ignorant of it ?) will feel
some interest in her present state.”
Carthage, Magn^ Carthago, called by the Greeks Carohedon, an
ancient city and state, long the rival of Rome, was a colony of the
Tyrians, and was built, according to tradition, about 100 years before
Rome. The third Punic War, which lasted three years, ended with
the utter destruction of Carthage, 116 B.c. The horrors of that siege,
the desperate resistance of the Carthaginians, the self-devotedness of
their women, are described by Appian. Of 700.000 people who lived
within Carthage, only 50,000 surrendered to Scipio, and were saved.
By a decree of the Roman Senate, every part of the city was razed to
the ground. The destruction of a great commercial oity, the first in
the world at the time, previously resolved upon in cold blood, after fifty
years of peace, and without any fresh provocation, and against a de¬
fenceless people, who had thrown themselves entirely upon Roman
generosity, was one of the most brutal acts of Roman policy. Te
Africa tho destruction of Carthage was a retrograde step in civilisa¬
tion ; for there was never afterwards a native Power in that part of the
world that could be compared to Carthage. The Carthaginian colonies
beyond the Pillars of Ileroulos were forgotten, and the key to their
discoveries and extensive trade was lost. The literature of Carthage
likewise perished; the Romans gave its libraries to their Numidian
allies; and we know through Sallust (“De Bello Jugurth.”) that King
Hiempsal had a collection of Carthaginian historians, from which
Sallust derived some information on the early history of Africa. Pliny
mentions a collection of Afrioan ohroniclee compiled by Juba, and
extracted from Punic, Libyan, Greek, and Latin authorities: this
work, however, is lost.
About thirty years after the destruction of Carthage, the Gracchi
attempted to establish a colony on its ruins; but the settlement made
little progress until Julius C.'esar, and Augustus after him, sent
colonies to build a new town, which was called Colonia Carthago. It
stood on the S.E. part of the peninsula, between Cape Carthage and
Goletta, and oocupied but a comparatively small part of the ground of
the old city. Pliny called it “Colonia Carthago Magna) in vestigiis
Carthaginis.” It rose, however, to considerable splendour, had its
cothon or harbour, and became the first city of Roman Africa. In
Christian history it is known for its councils and for the spiritual
labours of St. Augustine. In 439 a.d. it was taken by the Vandals
under Genserio; it was retaken by Belisarius in 533; and, lastly, was
taken and destroyed by the Saracens in 698. Thus ended the second
Carthage, after an existence of about seven centuries. The ruins which
are now seen on that coast belong to the Roman Carthage; there are
no remains of the Tyrian city, except the large cisterns, and perhaps
the ruins of the great aqueduct. It seems probable that the old or
great Carthage occupied the N. part of the peninsula, between Cape
Cammart and Cape Carthago, where substructures are still seen under
water; and it perhaps extended also to the S.W. of Cape Cammart.
where the whole appearance of the land is changed since the time of
old Carthage.
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK.
Sunday, April 11.—Low Sunday. Sun rises. 5h. 16m.; seta, 6 h. 47m.
Monday, 12 .—Banquet to the Peace Congress at Paris, 1856.
Tuesday, 13.— New Moon, lih. 15m.
Wednesday, 14.—Cambridge and Oxford Easter Term begins.
Thursday, 15.—Easter Term begins. Sun rises, fih. 9m.; sets. 6 I 1 . 54 rn.
Friday, 16.—Battle of Culloden, 1746. Sun rises, 5 h. 5 m.; seta, 6 h. 56m.
Saturday, 17 .—Napoleon III. visited England, 1855.
TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE,
FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 17, 1SS8.
Sunday. | Monday. J Toeaday. | Wednesday | Thursday. | Friday. | Saturday.
X
u
A
M
A
M
A
u
A
SC
A
M
1 A
h m
h m
h m
h m
b tn
h
ra
h m
h m
h in
h in
h m
h m
9 11
9 33
rt 54
1 14
1 33
1 50
2 7
2
25
2 45
3 3
3 23
3 42
( 3
4 23
B oston, sleaford, and midland counties
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Tho Director* of thla Company are prepared to RECEIVE LOANS on MORTGAGE la
tumi of £100 anil upward*, for Three or Fire years. Interest at £4 10s. per cent par annum,
payable half-yearly.
Applications to be addressed to Messrs. Stanlland and Chapman (tho Company's ^solicitors),
at Boston; or to the Secretary at the Company's Offices, in London.
Kskukct Ingram,
Chairmamof tho Board of Director*.
Office*, 19. Melton-street, Eos ton-square, London, N.W., 15th March, 1859.
RACTICAL GEOLOGY.—KING’S COLLEGE, London.—
Professor TENNANT, F.G.8., will give a Course of Twelve LECTURES on GEOLOGY,
having especial reference to the application of lha Science to ENGINEERING. MINING,
ARCHITECTURE, and AGRICULTURE. The Lector os will commonoo on F HIUAY MORN¬
ING, APRIL 16th, at Nino o’Clock. Foo, £1 11a. 6d. R. W. Jxlk, D.D., Principal.
K ING’S COLLEGE, London.—Instruction in the Art and
Scientific Principles of PHOTOGRAPHY, hr Thomas Hardwlcb, Esq., Lecturer in
Photography.
► Mr. Hardwich will recommence bis Photographic Classes on Monday, April 20th. Tho
course c'nsisis of Ten Lectures, of two hoars each, on the principle and art of Photography,
Including tho Collodion Process, Positive and Negative, tho modes of printing permanent
Photographs on Paper and Glass, BDd tho use of dry plates in Landscape Photography.
Opportunity will also be afforded to tho Students to test experimentally tho procew described.
Fee, £3 3s. Fee for private instruction, £5 5s. for six lessons; or £10 10s. for perpetual
attendance.
A Syllabus may bo obtained on application to Mr. Hanlwich,'at tho College, cither par-
Stmally or by letter. special classes For. ladies.
A scries of Lectures for Ladies only win be given on the plan above describad.
S YDENHAM COLLEGIATE SCHOOL.—Principal, Rcr,
W. TAYLOR JONES, M.A., Queen’s College, Cambridge, Vlco-Prsaidont of tho CoIIcto
of Preceptors.
A soond education, (rated by the University and Collage Examinations.
Free admission to the Crystal Palace and grounds, with Classes and Lectures to render toe
Collections educationally beneficial.
Sydenham College, built expressly for a school, is delightfully situated midway between
Forest Hill and Sydenham Stations. Forty trains each way dally.
Tbs RummerTenn wUl commence Monday, April 26th.
H ealthy hotel residence for FAMUjEfTlmd
GENTLEMEN.—Tho QUEEN'S FAMILY HOTEL, Qn«wn’*-rcsd. Bayswaicr, near
Konsingtoo-gsrdcaas, diatlnguinhed for comfort and bod-room parity. Choice Wined and
Spirits. Parties boarded by tho day or week. In private rooms or at the tablo d'hOte. ^-7
G ENTLEWOMEN, during Illness, may, for a small weekly
payment, receive tho comforts of a HOME, combined with tho brat nlcdlc il and Sur¬
gical Treatment, at Ibc Establishment. No. I, Upper Harlev-streot. This Establishment
which was opened in i 860 , is patronised by her Majesty; the Biihop of Loudon is tho Visitor-
and it ia mansged personally by Mn. Thomson HanXty, Miss Aioiander, Ladv Be’!. Mrs’
Booth, the Viscountess Conning, and other ladlrn. Ali information reipectng (t mar bi
obtained on written or personal application to tlm Lady Superiritouaeat. Subtcriptioiu
received at tho Institution; and by tho Treasurer, E. Marjortbxnki.Jun., Esq . 59, Strand
W. G. tUTUNG RICK, Honorary’secroUry.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
/CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE
V/ ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
13, 6t. James'»-*qu!ue, London, S.W.
, Established 1824.
1 5JU2?!* wh “ *! r ' cl on tl* l’.ttidrwltai Seal, bo'or, Jmw SOth, 1958, wiU bo
eetUlwl lit the ceitBomu to m. vent ..lure of front, bovosirl ltuor A.ioror,.
rropotsh ihoald be forwarded to tfce OiBoe before Jono 20th.
*> * rteternnrit of tho Pizth Room, declared lo Jamtarr. 1«7.
forth In detail the oholo atate and aiTalr. of fhe Offico, «od oipaciAllr tS- Un-at.
which will hereafter accrue to penoe* now tttariog. esn »* obtained at anr or tho Socloty's
Agents, or from tho Office. Gkokgb H. Pixckard, Actuary.
13,8t. Jamra s-iquare, London S.W. Gsolok Cutlifve, Actuary.
Tiff A RG ATE SEa-BATHING INFIRMARY.—Patron, the
QUEEN.—GoTsrnoni sro requested to observe that applications for the Admission
of Pahonta Into the Ho'jpital by theBeasidoshould be now made, as it opens early in May.
Office, 4, Dowgate-hiii. c . J. Rowbell, Secretary.
Rational or royal sea-bathing hospital at
i Y Margate. -Tho Rev JOHN HODGSON. M.A. linte Vicsr of St. Peter'*, in the til© of
ThaoCO; has tbp pieasuro of Matin? that upwards of two thousand five hundred persona
tnaouot them u annual subscribers) placed their names on his 44 Firo-Shilllng " Auxiliary
Lut in Ui© year 1857- His desire and anxious wish on beha'f of this most important charity
la that cootribu'.or* from all part* of the kingdom would be pleased to tend him, in post-office
order* on Wettmintcr broach,or in «tsnips. 44 Five Bhillings,” or less, etch, with tholr names
to be placed on his list, that It may bo filial up with at loaat 44 Fivo Thousand" namoa, so that
poor icrofutaus children and other* msv bo sent lo the hospital at tho seaside immediatalv
that spring weather commences. Tbs managers are about to build new wards for the ro-
caption of one hundred more children, in Dill reliance upon public support.—Addrera, Rev. J.
Hodgson, No. 3. Broad Sanctuary, Westminster. Paper* concoming tho charity will ba soat
whan required.
mHE NATIONAL HOSPITAL at Margate, or ROYAL 8EA-
largo ^Fe ^v dMLn 1 1790 Y ' foc 41,0 Scrofulous Poor of London, and of the Kingdom at
. Pa’ron—The QUEEN.
TV, s WTWOQ . W8D BISHOP of LONDON.
ooWEDN^roav^ A if?v D i^ KR wD i, b ? heW at th0 LONDON TAVERN, Btah«>p*gal**tre*t,
SS^S?iet£ A (Li r ^ 0a WWCU of Carnarvon. Prrai&t of *'
Offlre * iv™.T»J ohn HODOSOV, M.A.. Hoa. Sec
0».0,«. Dtmgtta-fclti, Uadsa. f, g. J, fj^gry.
H ER MAJESTY’S THEATRE
will REOPBN on TUESDAY NEXT. APRIL IS, when will be produced, firsttime
at this theatre, Moyerboer'a Opera of LE§ HUGUENOTS (GU Ugonotti). Valentine, Mdlle.
Titiona: tho Quoon of Navarre, Mdllo Ortolan!; Itha Pago, MdUo.Luclonh Raoul do Nangu,
Signor GluglinriMarecI, Signor Vialotfl: Count of Hovers, Signor AldfeWrt ; an l Count of
St7 Brls, Signor Bellotti. Condnctor, Signor Arditi. With Scenery un irely now and original,
bv Mr. Marshall. Drt*i&> entirely now and Liken from tho brat authorities, by Matamo
Copero, and executed by M. Lsureys and Mrs. Maatarman. The Mi»a on Sceuo, and Iaci-
d< DMCRaTiON 7 <M-'‘tiik^knkby Act I. SoCQO 1st.—Tourain—Saloon in tho Caatio of
the Count do Novert. Tlds 8cooo has boon com pored in the Renaissance style, ago of 1 rancis i
Scene 2nd —Pork and Cftstlo of Cbenoucsau. Composed from Sketches made in tho vicinity
of Aubofse. Act II.- Paris—'the Prc-aux-Clerrs and View of Paris in 1572. from thei etch¬
ing* of 8. Silvratre. Act III.-Paris—The Cnatle of Do No vers-Interior. Old Frenoh Gothic
Stylo, with Renaissance enrichments. Act IV.— Paris -Chapel of tho Huguenots -A Quartlur
of Paris, from tho etching* of 8. Bilvestre. M ...
The National Anthem wlU be sung after tho Opera. Tho pnnoipal soprano part by Mdllc.
In order that the great work, the Huguenots, may be produced with the futlnit effect, no
Dlvertisremont except that incidental to tho Opor* will bo given on tho first night.
Tho now Ballot DivertUrement, by H. Maa?ot. entitled Lo Ronvol da l’Aracar, win be pro ¬
duced on Thursday, the 15th Inst, (it being a Subscription Night,In lieu of Saturday, tho 2»th
July), for the first appearanoo of MdUe. TocchiuL
On Tuesday, the 20th Inst, Mdllo. Piccolonunl will make her first appear an co tn 3 season as
Norina, lo Donizetti's Open of Don Pasquale.
H ER MAJESTY’S THEATRE.
SEASON 1859.
Tho approach of another 8©ason lays upon the Direction of Her Majesty's Theatre tho
welcome duty of acknowledging tho continued kindness and confidence by which ititfriand*
have never failed to supply a sure guarantee of success, and a constant stimulus to now ex¬
ertions.
Tho past year was distinguished by events which call for especial recognition.
Tho gracious selection of Her Majesty's Theatre a* tho scene of the Royal Festivities on tho
auspicious occasion of the Nuptials of her ltoyal H'ghness tho Princess Royal has added
non ;lus:re to the historical distinction which tho Oporu House has so long enjoyed as tho
favoured resort of the Court and aristocracy of Britain.
Tho Director has again to record his grateful appreciation of the nobis and munificent en¬
couragement which, after achieving the re-estsblislimont of tho thoatre, has continued, wldt
discriminating taste, toguido aud sustain the efforts nuulo in oach successive yoar to maintain
for tho Opera of London its fitting place among the musical institutions of Europe. That
position is now amply reoognisod in every Continental capital, aod tho approving verdict of
the audience of Iler.Majcsty’s Theatre is universally accepted as tho highest testimonial which
an artist can produce.
Tho last year has contributed to extend, as well as to elevate, the Influence* of the ostalr-
llshment, and to exhibit it In the largest sense as a national institution. The subscribers,
by whoso effective encouragement daring the season ibo experiment of a supplementary series
of popular performance* waa alone rendered possible, will havo tho gratification of knowing
that they havo not only secured nnd Improved for themselves their accastomed recreation,
but have been tbe moans of conferring upon a wider circle the refined enjoyments of the
% rat musical art.
>6 Operatic feature* of tho last season must *tlD be fresh in tho memory of all. Besides
other additions to tho talent secured In former years, tho resources of tho thoatre wore en¬
riched by tho acquisition of a Tenor whose artistic genius and surpaas’ng swootnoM of voice
were instantaneous’y recognised by tho Judgment of musical connoisseurs, and by tho in¬
stinctive appreciation of every lover of melody.
Tho Direction have been fortunate enough to retain tho invaluable aid of M-Me. Pieeo-
lominl, Signor GlugUni, nnd all the voca'lats who contributed to past successes; and is ablo to
announce. In the approaching drfbut of MdUo. Titians, on ovent which it is boliovod will (lis-
tlnguisli tho season of 1858 as tbo first appearanoe of Signor Gtng’lni marked that of 1857.
It is seldom that nature lavishes on one person all tho varied gifts which are needed to form
& great soprano. A voice whoso register entitle* it to claim this rank Is of tho rareil Older.
Tho melodious quality and power, which are not leu ouontial than an extended register, are
ncarcaly more common. Musical knowledge, executive finish, aud porroct intension aro !o-
diapcusable; and to these the Prims Donna should adl dramatic force ami adaptability, and a
largo measure of personal grace. Even those rare endowments will not suffice unless they ore
Ulumlnod by the fire of genius.
How nearly tho high Ideal ia approached by Mdllo- Tita'cnt, and how much more noarly it-
may hereafter be reached under tho aaroo genial encouragement which has developed tho
|>owers of so many aspirants, tbo friend* of tbo Opera will havo an early opportunity of
ThoDi rector has again the satisfaction of expressing hit sincere gratitude to nil his artistic
friends within tha theatre for the unfailing zeal and devotion which httro onablod him to
record tho completion of another season without a single doriation from tho perfomiancos
announced.
Each representation will be made as effective at possible, and tho Director hopes, by un¬
ceasing exertions, to moot tho continued confidence of tho subscribers and the public.
OPERA.
Mdllea. THERESA TITIEN8 (Principal Soprano of tho Imperial Opera, Vienna). SPEZIA,
ORTOLAN I, LUCIONI (of tho Bcala, Milan, and pnnc.pal theatres of Italy, her first
appearance), GUION1 (of tho principal theatres of Italy, her first npooanioce), 80XDINA,
GKAMAGLIA. Madame ALBONI, and Mdllc HOOOLOMINI. Signors OIUOUNI.
BELART, MATTIOLI (of La Seals, Milan; Tcatro Regie, Tcrin: aod Rovid Theatre,
Madrid; his first appearance). BRNEVRNTANO, ROSSI, ALD1GHIERI, MEFtCUdlALI,
CASTF.LL1, VIALRTTL and BBLLE1TI.
DlRKCTOhS ok TIIK Ml'StC AND CONDUCTORS.—Tho ability shown by Signor ARDITI,
engaged daring the past successful Winter Performance*, has iuduoed the Direction to retain
his valuable services; aod Signor BONETTI, whose" talented or unions have given general
satisfaction, has been re-engaged, and will arrive Immediately after tho termination of the
Italian Opera Season at Paris.
BALLET. /\
Mdl!«. FOCCHINI, ANBTTA OR9INI <of La Fcmce, Venice, her flret anpesran^e m
England), BOLLA, ERNEsTUfA BlOLETTI (her first appearance). PASQUALE, MOR-
LACCHI, and B08t0ETTI; M. DURAND, M. ALFRED CARON (of the Acadtfmin
Imperial©, Ptria, bis first appcarunco); Mdllo. MARIE TAftHONI, and Madame ROSATI.
Tho Corps do Ballot will be compqied of Pupils of tbu School of Instruction and otuen*. solocted
with care. Director of tbe School of Instruction and Multre do Ballot, M. MA880T
Rtfgireeur do la Danae, M. PETIT. Leader of tho Ballot, M. NAD AUD. An engagement
has also been effected with tbo emioent Maitro do Ballot, Signor ROTA.
Tho Repertoire will consiit of a se?octioh from Ih* works of Morerbeer. Bo!‘ini, Verdi,
Donizetti, Rossini, and Mozart. Tho first work to be produced will be (first time at this
thoatre) Moyeriio‘'r , R Grand Opera of LBS HUGUENOTS—^Volon'ino, Mdlle. Tltleus; Raoul
doKsngis, filgnor Giuglixd—which has been for a long time la act*ro nroparation, and will
be produced on a scale and with an effort worthy, of this great work. The minor as well a»
tho principal part* will lie effectively filled. ThoiScencry has been prepared with great care.
Tbo Firet Act will comprise a scon*, drawn from nature, on tho plrturetquo banka of tho
Lobro, tbo locality of tbo aciion. Tho other scenes will present features of groat interest.
Tho dre&era will be historically correct.
Shortly afterwards will bo produced, firit time as this theatre. Verdi's Opera of LUISA
MILLF-R. tho libretto founded cm the celebrated drama of Schiller, “ Kabalo uad Llebo.”
Luisa Miller. Mdllc. Ificcolnminl. Other novoltlea aro In contemolatim; and the engage¬
ment of Mdlle. T1T1EN& will enable the Direction to resume several works that havo not
been given for year*.
A new Ballet, by M, Massot, Is in activo preparation, in which MdUe. l’OCCHINI, who ha*
arrived in London, will appear, entitled FLEUR DBS C3AMP8.
The gencrul favourite, Mailt?. MA1MB TAGLIONI, will arrivo early in May.
Tho Subscription will consist Of Thirty Nights, nnd tlio Terms will oo as follow
Pit Boxra, 150 Gulnoas. Grand Tier, 200 Guineas. One Pair, 150 Guineas.
Two Fair. KiO „ Pit Stalls, 2o
T befall prospectus of tha season arrangements may be had at the Bos-office.
mHEATRE ROYAL, HAYM ARKET —On MONDAY, and
A tkxring tho w<v?k, the Comedy of AN UNEQUAL MATCH, to be represented by Miss
Amy Bedgwlck, Mr. Bhckstono, Mr. Compton, and tno original oast. AGcr which, first time,
ft classical Ex<ravsgan*a, cntiUed PLUTO and PROSERPINE, or, Tlio Belle ami tbo Ponm-
granatc, in whldi »U*a Louis* Ledorcq. Mr*, Buckingham White, and Mr. Compton will
appear; witb magnificent scenery by Mr. WUliam CoJcott. Concluding with MY HUS¬
BAND'S GHOBT.
TJOYAL PRINCESS’ THEATRE.—MONDAY (last time this
All season), HAMLET, and SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. Tuesdav, Wed¬
nesday. Thursday, and Friday, THE STOCK EXCHANGE; or, Tho Groan Buslnraa;
FaUST AND MARGUERITE, and SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. On Saturday
will be produced filiakapeare’a Tragedy of KING LEAR, and SAMUEL IN BE iRCH OK
IliMHELF.
rpHEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHX—Return of Mr. B. Webster,
-5 Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste.—Monday and during tho Wo^k.
THE POOR STROLLERS; and a Now Grand Oriental Operatic Spectacle, callod THE
CALIPH of BAGDAD.
A STLEY’S EOYAL AMPHITHEATRE. _ Lessee and
Manager, Mr. WILLIAM COOKE.—This Evening tho Entertainments will com
mence w,th the new grand Spectacle, founded upon the present War In China, entitled
THE BOMBARDMENT AND CAPTURE OF CANTON, emboJylng the vast resources of this
theatre, combining tbe stage and ring, aidod by 500 auxiliaries. With SCENES IN THE
ARENA, Introducing a Phalanx of Talont. Commence at 7.
G BEAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE, Shore-
ditch.—Engagement of Mr. FhElpe. Mr. F. Robinson, and Miss Atkimon. On Mon¬
day and Tuesday. THE BRIDAL; on We-lnraday and Friday, RICHELIEU; and on
Thursday, THE MAN of the WORLD; on Saturday, a Play, to conclude with tho Seven
Castle* of tbe Passion*.
S URREY THEATRE.—Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Cres-
wlck.—Last Six Nights of Mr. Honry Phillips und Mrs. E. T. Grosvenor.—On Monday
nnd during tho»*Week, THE CONFESSION: Moun. Crrawlck, Shepherd, Potter; Mias M.
F.burao. To be fallowed by AULD ROBIN GRAY: Robin, Mr. H. Phillips; David, Mr. H.
Widdioomb: Jenny. Mr*. P. T. Grosvenor; and THE TWA DROVERS: Messrs. B. Nor.on,
B. Potter, Vollaire; Mlsa E. Webster
rPHE No. 1 ESTABLISHMENT in the WORLD —
X 8ANGER'S ZOOLOGICAL, EQUESTRIAN, uni MILITARY HIPPODROME, oon-
stating of 100 Horses and Ponies, Lions, Tigers, Leopards, Bears. Camels, Dromedaries,
Luma*, and numerous other zoological curiosities too numerous to mention. The immense
array of carriage*, palntad by tho first artist** of the day, will be exhibited In a peculiar
manner, forming a splendid Hcture Gallery. Tho massive dens containing the king* of the
forest, the luporb and magnificent borse-irappings, and general paraphernalia, will
far exceed anything hitherto seen or beard of In tbo anoata of equestrian or anv
othor eihitntion. Tbe Company will arrive In town at Ton o’clock, and tho GRAND
PROCESSION will take place at one precisely, and will consist of tha whole ro-
sources of thla mammoth establishment-Camels in single and double lurnres. educated Bears
who will walk In tbo train; lions and Tigors of the forest led through tho streets
tamed CO mtch a elate of perfection a* to bo as playful and sportive as lambs
Leopardi. Jackals, Hyenas, Ac , In their bomtiAU cogra. Tlio whole of which
will bo teen dunng the time of the procession, as tho cagei will ho thrown open
Twenty Female Amazons will alno appear on tholr ncblo Charger*, tho Gentlomoa
EqucAtr.ans as the Roman Gladiators. A Grand Hippo-Dramatic Company of Thirty
Ft male ArtUtcs, Fairy Riders, LUllputlau Ponlra. Unique Vehicle*,
Military Baods, In tholr *um]duousCha*-k.banc, or Prize Carriage, from the Pari* Exhibi¬
tion. After this great display the animal* will be fed outald* tho Great Cirque at half-part
one. ao arranged that all can be acen freo of cuargo. the whole farming oue of the grandest
and most magnificent aceees evor witness! In any port of Europe, tho whole making three
exhibitions in one, aud numbering 3 t 0 Men and Horses. The Company of Mata and Fe-
malo Equestrians are selected from tho principal American and Continental Cinuos and
are engaged exrrraalr for the Summer Tour of till* Establishment. Tho Immenso Marquee
dorignrd and constructed exprewiy for Messrs. S by Q. Gulfin Esq., and will bo capable
of containing 4010 persons comfortably HBated. The ffix Clowns who are engaged are tbe
wittiest snd are allowed to be the firet in their particular line. Tbegraod BpecUclo in whichth*
Equoitriana, Mole and Female Artisu, a* arranged oxpreanly for this rocherehrf Exhibition,
in which wrill lie introduced In tho ring the male and fcmalo Lion Tamer'# Gambjta. Ten of
three denizen* of the forest, Lion* and Tigers, wrl'l appear In the open circle, and go
through the whole of their wonderful performance, without causing the least frar
or alarm, a* they are ao tame that the most timid can fondlo and carrel them. There
w*ll be two Performance* each day, coiumsnclng at.Two In tit* Afternron and 8ov<m
O clock in the Evening. Kotwitk t*ndlng tho great expense attending this xnonrtr* En¬
tertainment, tbo Pfiera of Admiauoo will bo as follows:—Reserved SestaTi*.; First Clare, Ss •
fcocoua Class. 1* ; ihira Clare, fid.
Tn. 8umm— Dror will coniro on ro on MfrndAy. April I«tb, ul will .tail «a til. prin-Jo.1
TowMmBngiMi, 1^4 * rrUsRtoiraHsiroa, ^
QOCIETY of BRITISH MUSICIANS.—The Rrofession is
JO respectfully Informed that tho above Society ha* REMOVED ita Offices and ostonaiv*
Library to WORNUM'S MUSIC HALL, 16, Store-street, where all particulars mar bo ob¬
tained on Wednesdays and Thursdaya, between three and four o'clock.
W. W. GB 1 C 8 , Secretary.
§ ACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL.—Con¬
ductor, Hr. COSTA.—On FRIDAY, April ». Hntxlcl'. ISRAEL IN KGYf-r. YooUIMi-
omo Ruderedorff, Mias Dolby, Mias Bonks, Mr. Sima Beeves, Mr. Thomas, and M,
Woias. Tickets, 3a., 5a., and 10s. 6d. each.—fi^Exotor Hall.
S'
T. MARTIN
MONDAY EVENING,
Song*, 44 1 havo not gold, I have not gams," ."Rose or tno morn," and Duct with Mr
Santley, “All'awell. ' Commonoo at half-past Sevon. Tioketa, Is., 2a., 3s.; Sulla, 5*.
IVTUSICAL UNION, ST. JAMES’S IIALL^Fourtccutk
1Y1 Season. TUESDAY, A^ltlL 13th, Half-past Threir. Qnartot. E Hat, No. RO-Hayda
Grand Sonata, D minor. Op. 49, Hauoforto—Wobor. y iartet, No. 7, Op. W— Beethreen*
8o3o, Violoncello. Artist*— Mollque, Goft'rih, Blagrovo. and Plattt. Pianist, M, Oscar d«
Cimm, from Vienna, first time of performance. Visitor*' adm’salons, Half-a-Gulnea oach
to bo bad at tho uctml placra Momi.-or* must produos tliolr tickeU, to avoid delay aud
inconvenience, at cither entrance to the Hall. J. ELLA.
M R. ALBERT SMITH’S MONT BLANC, NAPLES.
POMPEII, and VESUVIUS, every Night (except Saturday), at Eight, and Tues¬
day, Thursday, and Saturday Afternoons, nt Three. Pisco* can be secured at tha Box-
office, EGYPTIAN HALL, daily, between Eleven and Four, without any extra charge.
"]\XR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED (late Miss P. HORTON)
JLt-L wUl repeat theta Entartainmimt every Evening, exoept Saturday, at Eight; Baiurlar
Afternoon at Three. Admission, is. and 2*.; stall", 3a; secured, without extra charge,
at tho Royal Gallery of Illustration, 1», Kogcnt-atreet; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s.’
201, Regent-street.
TjMFTH YEAR of the Present Entertainment.—The Sister*
JL? SOPHIA arid ANNIE, in their original entertainment, entitled SKETCHES fW»««
NATURE (performed upwards of .10CO times in tho provinces), will appear at Pockhaiw.
April 12; Woodford, 13; Tottenham, 11; Poplar, 15.
C tt' ADAM ORRERY.—This day, at Three, Mr.
• Adams will deliver his Lecture on ASTRONOMY at the Haymarkot Theatre; alas oa
Saturday next, the 17th instant, at Three. Stalls. 3a.; Boxes, 2a. 6d. and 2a.; Pit, Is.; Gallery.
6d. Children half price.
P ROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL.—ST. JAMES'S
THEATRE.—Last Week but Two, previous to Professor Frikoll't departure for Russia.
TWO HOUR8 OF 1LLU8IONB, as performed, by command, bofore her most graolsoa
Majesty and tbo Court, at Windsor Castle.—200th performance on Monday, April 12tk.—
Every Evening at Eight: Wednesday and Saturday Afternoons at Throo.—Immense success
of the now Tricks., “Tbe Shower of Toys." and “A Fast Coach for tho Year 200S.'*—
Private Boxes, Two Guineas, One Guinea and a Half, and One Guinea; Stalls, 5a.; Balcony
Beets. 4s.; Box**, Sa.; Pit, 2a.; Gallery, Is. Places may bo secured at Mr. Miichel'a
Royal Library, S3, Old Bond-etreet.
f-IHRISTY’S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall. King William -
street, Strand.—Entertainment commences at Eight. Morning Concert every Satur¬
day at Throe. Private Boxes, £1 Is., 10s. fid.; Stalls, 3s.; Area, 2s.; Amphitheatre, Is.
■OrADAME TUSSAUD’S EXHIBITION, at the Bazaar,
JjiJL Baker-street. The Nuptial Group. H.R.H. tho Princess Royal in hor bosnttftil
Bridal Dress of IIon!ton Lace, trimmed witb orange flowers—the admiration of every ooa ;
also. H-R.H. Prince Frederick of Prussia. Admission, Is.; extra room, fid. Opoo front
Eleven a.m. to Ten p.m.
OWES and CUSHING’S GREAT UNITED STATES'
CIRCUS,
The largest Equestrian Establishment In the world, numbering over Two Hundred Men tnt
Horse*. This Monstrw Eatnhlinhmcnt, fitted out In New York expressly to travol in Euglaoii,
arrived In Liverpool on board tho 44 Southampton " April 2tth, 1857, trill appear at th*
ALHAMBRA PALACE (late Panopticon). Leicester-square, for a short season, and give TW<>
PERFORMANCES EACH DAY.
Commencing at naif-past Two and a Quarter to Eight o'clock p.m. Day 'performance equal
to the Night. Adrtiisiion:—Box, 2s ; First Circle, la.; Reserved Box, 3s.; Pit, la.; Gallery,
6d. Children under Nine Years of Ago, Half-price, to oil parts except Gallery.
The Palace ho* Ixxm oonvortod into an Amphitheatre at u heavy outlay, 1000 gar-burn ora
added, and Is, beyond a question, tho most convenient, magnificent, gorgeous, and costly
amphitheatre in the world. Romo, In her palmiest days, could not boaxt of one so splendid.
Tbe structure, for examination a* n work of art. la alone worth tho pries of admission.
The company 'ha* been selected regardless of expense, and Is the brat in either Hemisphere,
and the on’y American Equestrian Company that lias visited England since 1810.
Box-office open from len aan. until fivo p.m. No Fee for Booking Places.
•JjURST-RATE SEGAR BUSINESS —To be DISPOSED OF.
. 1 . in consequence of the death of tho proprietor, an old-estahllshod Shop, (u a leading
thoroughfare. Returns, about £2000 per annum. Forth or particular* of LAMBERT and
BUTLER, 141 and 142, Drury-laue. W.C.
T O LANDOWNERS and GENTLEMEN.—WANTED, by
on experienced and respectable Young Man, a SITUATION as FARM BAILIFF.
He Is practically acquainted with tlio mode of Fanning in Lincolnshire, and Is accustom »d to
tho Breeding, &c., of Stock. Ho would havo m objection to go abroad. Address, X. Y.,
Post-office, Gay ton-lo-Mareh, Alford, Lincolnshire.
F OR FAMILY ARMS, send to the LINCOLN’S-
INN HERALDIC OFFICE, tho only established authority In England for embtazining
and quartering Anna. Sketch, 3s, fid . or stamps. Family Pedigrees traced from Ike Na¬
tional Records; fee, 10s.—H. SALT, Turnstile, Lincoln's-lnn.
L INCOLN’S-INN HERALDIC OFFICE —Many GcntlcmeB
employ Person* who do not Engrave by tho Laws of Heraldry. For the protection of
tho public tho Heraldic Offico now executes Engraving, Anns on 'Copperplate, for Books.
21s.; Ditto fitenoilptato. 10s ; Crest on Se»I and Ring. 8a. 6d. Studio aud Libnry open
doily. Tho Lincoln's-inn Manual of the Science of Heraldry, 400 Engravings, 3s., or Stamp*.
H. SALT, Great Turnstile, Lincoln's-lnu.
Tj^OR F AMI LY ARMS.—Persons anxious to obtain a true and
accurate account of tholr armorial bearing* are roqoosted to send name and county to
tho Royal Heraldic Office, the only place for authentic Information. No fee f« search. Sketch
and description, 2s. 6d.; In colours, 5s. Pedigree*, Family History, with tho original grant
of Arms, traced for 10*. Tbe Manual of Heraldry, 4<>0 engravings, 3s. Also, Crest on Seal or
King, 7s.; on Steel Die, 6s. Book Plato with Arms, 10*., or stamp*.—T. CULLETOS,
Genealogist and lloraldio Engraver, 1 and 2, Long-acre, one door from 8t. Martin's-laae.
Tbe studio and library open dally.
A RMORIAL BEARINGS.—No charge for search.—Sketch
JLA. and description, 2a. Sd.; in oolour, 5*. Crests on seals or ring*, 8s.; on die, 7*. Solid
gold, I8carat. Hall-marked, sard or bloodstone ring, engraved with Croat, two guineas-
T. MOR1KG (who luu received tha Gold Modal for engraving), 44, High Hoiborn, W.0. Price-
1st post-freo.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
LOtfDOX, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, I8S8.
TnE increase in the number of letters delivered by the Post Office
since 1839, the year previous to the introduction of the penny-post,
though more than sixfold, as appears by the abstract of the fourth
Report on the Post Office, published in another part of our Journal,
does not give a complete view of the wonderful increase of com¬
munication which has taken place amongst our people. In 1839
the number of letters delivered in the United Kingdom was
75,908,000; in 1857 it was 504,000,000, an increase (omitting
franks) of 428,000,000. In this interval, however, railways
have been much extended and improved, and so great is their
convenience that men of business frequently prefer personal
interviews to written communications, cheap as is the postage, and
they visit their customers instead of writing to them. In fins
interval, too, the telegraph has come into use, and thousands, or,
in the course of the year, millions, of messages supplement the
communication by rail and the Post Office. Though this mode of
communication, in many cases, supersedes the Post Office, messages
being substituted for letters, by multiplying business it probably,
on the whole, adds to the number of letters transmitted.
It appears by the Report that the number of letters now posted
in the single city of Manchester in a year is about the same
(16,000,000) as the number posted in the whole empire
of Russia. Taking the population of Russia roughly at
60,000,000, and the population of our home empire at
30,000,000, if we had only as much communication amongst
us as the Russians have, our Post Office should deliver only
eight million letters in the year; in fact, however, it delivers sixty-
three times eight million, while the use of the telegraph for the
ordinary communications of the people, except as the merchants •
Odessa and St Petersburg and some other places employ it, H
entirely unknown, and the rail is comparatively very little used
ia Eussi#, It seems scarcely to9 much te say, therefore, that, head.
April 10, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
363
for head, the communication botween individuals is one hundred
times as great in England as in Russia. This is a matter of no or¬
dinary importance. Now, it is not necessary to prove that the mind
of a nation and its mental activity are great in proportion
to the communication between individuals. The intellectual
power and activity of our people, taken as a whole, arc therefore at
least one hundred times as great as the intellectual power of the
Russians. Between the Russians and us, who are almost at the ex¬
treme ends of civilised people, there is a scale of communication—
we excelling all the other nations of the civilised world as we
excel the Russians, though in very different degrees. We cannot
now enter into the proportions, but the general fact indicates the
real source of our comparatively enormous power as a nation.
Our intellect, as a whole, is much greater than that of other na •
lions—more active, and yet more concentrated. Our rapidity and
extent of communication make our national intellect, as it were,
one for the whole people. We are moved as by one impulse—
we form on many great questions but one opinion; and this im ■
pulse and this opinion are the offspring and expression of the most
mighty intellect that has yet existed in the world. Honour, there¬
fore, to Rowland Hill, George Stephenson, Wheatstone, and their
co-labourers, who have had their names written in the world’s his¬
tory by their noble exertions to facilitate communication.
The abstract of the Report contains many other facts worthy of
special notice, but we can now only refer to one remarkable circum¬
stance connected with the improvement of the Post Office, though
not mentioned in the present Report Previous to 1839 the frauds
committed in reference to carrying and transmitting letters were
very great. By the improvements since made these frauds have
entirely disappeared. The Post Office is now the cheapest and the best
means of transmitting letters. Few persons seek to evade its regula¬
tions, and all are anxious to profit by them. Thus, by a simple me¬
chanical or administrative improvement, a great source of demorali¬
sation and wickedness has been most effectually dried up. This
points out to us the true mode of accomplishing the moral im¬
provement we all desire, particularly when we contrast it with the
expected effect of the terror of punishment. The journals of
Thursday contain a case of a man voluntarily submitting to be
imprisoned for sixty-nine days for a sovereign and a few clothes.
To many persons, then, imprisonment in a gaol for two months and
a third of a month is equivalent, say, to £1 10s., and all that they
can gain above that by theft they may reckon as a gain in the
balance.
Tiie public has long observed, with continually-recurring astonish¬
ment, that as Ministry succeeded Ministry, in the 'changing success
of parly conflicts, the incomers, whatever might be their professions
in opposition, generally took up the measures of their predecessors,
and conducted the Government very much as they conducted it. Lord'
Grey’s Ministry of1830, pledged to reform, was an exception to the rule j
but even his Ministry, in most other matters, acted like the Tories,
and, after the Reform Bill was carried, surpassed them, people said,
in Toryism. Before Lord Brougham's professed Liberalism had
altogether disappeared under the Chancellor’s robes, he described,
somewhat graphically, how he was fastened and fettered, limb
after limb, by the representations of one official of the sacred rights
he had enjoyed, and the claims of another to his time-consecrated
advantages, by quoted precedents of one predecessor and the
positive regulations of another, till he was becoming, in spite of his
struggles, so hampered that he could only move as every previous
Chancellor had moved. Without the legal knowledge and sagacity
of Eldon, he was forced to keep in most of the ancient Chancellors'
conservative ways. The general fact which such circumstances
as these have made patent to the public seems to have escaped the
notice of some green or youthful journalists, and they express
astonishment at learning it for the first time from Lord Derby’s
speech at the Mansion House on Monday. No political observer
Of any standing can well be ignorant of the fact that the machinery
of our Government is so complicated, all the parts so run cogwheeled
in with one another, and have continued so to run for year's,
that every new hand which undertakes to guide it soon finds it
much beyond his control, and himself dragged along with it.
To derange or stop it, even to attempt largely to change-
it, would throw it into confusion, and be tantamount to a revolu¬
tion. In general, however, party statesmen try to conceal their
dependence on the machinery, and keep alive the zeal of their
adherents, by encouraging the belief that it is subservient to them,
and will work for the general good as one or other of them skil¬
fully guides it Lord Derby’s na'ive confession, therefore, on Mon¬
day, that, “ with regard to nine-thnths, he might say ninety-nine
hundredths, of the business which comes before the Minister, the
duties to be performed by him are precisely the same, whether he
be Whig, Tory, or Radical,” though very true, is looked on as a
great blunder by professional politicians. To have the fact
stated, however, by such an unquestionable authority will lessen
their importance. The value of their services in the eyes of
the public will dwindle away, and the motives for fierce and
unncighbourly contests to place one or other of them in office
will become weak, or die out Such a change can only be a sub¬
ject of regret to those who live and thrive and gratify their own
ambition by keeping alive popular delusions. Partisans and par¬
ticular Ministers may serve their purposes by persuading the public
that this man or that man only can well administer the affairs of
the nation, and that the great machinery of which they are insig¬
nificant parts is of little importance; but Lord Derby’s declaration
has tom the veil from them, and much diminished their chances of
future greatness. He did not mean to degrade his own occupation,
and on this account his words will have the more weight, and, being
in accordance with the public experience, will give form and
force to public opinion. If ninety-nine hundredths of the duties
to be performed by every Minister are mere routine, always the
same—the bnsiness being really fashioned according to precedent
y clerks and secretaries, who preserve the traditions of office
which successive Ministers have to learn and follow—there can be
no difficulty in performing them. The real obstacles to be set
aside are the opposition of rivals and the distrust of the public; the
great task politicians have to accomplish is to win public confidence;
and, these ends gained, by whatever means, the duties of a Minis¬
ter may be readily performed by men of very humble birth and
Tery humble abilities.
METROPOLITAN NEWS.
Tub Lord Mayor’s Easter Banquet.— On Monday evening
the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, according to time-honoured cus¬
tom, entertained a brilliant and numerous company, including the prin¬
cipal members of her Majesty's Ministry, in the Egyptian Hall of the
Mansion Honse. On ordinary occasions the assemblage invited to par¬
take of tbe hospitality of the Chief Magistrate of the metropolis Is a
purely festive gathering; but the banquet of Monday night possessed un¬
usual interest, from the circumstance that it afforded the new Govern¬
ment an opportunity of making their first public appearance without the
walls of Parliament. Among the company, which comprised 290 guests,
was his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. The Lord Mayor pro¬
posed the toast of her Majesty's Ministers with fervour, and his remarks
were imbued with a deep political tinge. The speech of Lord Derby was
worthy of notice, chiefly as indicating that the Government do not lay
their India Rill before Parliament pledged to the scheme in its entirety
Speaking of this bill, his Lordship said : “ We have deemed it our duty
to bring forward u measure which, as we believe, may effect some
of the objects to which I have referred. We laid that measure
before the country, purposely and intentionally, previously to the recess,
m order that it might be subjected to public investigation and inquiry.
We do not deprecate, but. on the contrary, we court, discussion. We court
suggestions. We court the co-operation and advice of Parliament and of
the country, with the view of rendering the change which we propose as
safe and beneficial as we earnestly desire that It may prove to be.”-—The
Duke of Cambridge, in speaking to the toast of “The Army,” said:
“Let ns not lose sight of the great lesson and warning we have received-
in the Crimean war and the Indian revolt Let us never imagine that a
great Power like that to which we belong can ever exist without being
liable, even in the midst of the greatest seeming security, to serious
dangers ; but let us remember that it is at all times a matter well worthy
of our best attention how our Army and Navy can be constantly kept in a
state of the highest efficiency."—The other toasts were spoken to by the
Lord Chancellor, the Attorney-General, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
and others.
The Bake or England.— On Tuesday Mr. S. Neave and Mr.
B. Dohree were, without opposition, elected Governor and Deputy-
Governor of the Hank for the ensuing year.-On Wednesday an election
of Directors for the ensuing year took place at the Bank. The ballot
resulted in the return of the following gentlemen: Thomas Baring. Esq.,
M.P., Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq., Henry Hulse Berens. Esq , Travers
Buxion, Esq., Arthur E. Campbell. Esq., William Cotton, Esq., Janies
Pattison Currie, Esq., George Joachim Goschen, Esq.. James Alexander
Guthrie, Esq.. Thomson Hankey, Esq.. M.P.. John Oliver Hanson, Esq.,
John Benjamin Heath. Esq., John Gellibrand Hnbbard, Esq., Charles Fre¬
derick Huth, Esq., Alfred Latham. Esq.. George Lyall. Esq., M.P., James
MalcoimBon, Esq., Thomas Masterman, Esq.. Alexander Matheson. Esq.,
James Morris, Esq., Geo. Warde Norman. Esq.. Edward Uowlcy Palmer,
Esq., Thomas Charles Smith, Esq., Thos. Matthias Weguclin, Esq., M.P.
Christ’s Hospital.—O n Tuesday the Blue-coat Boys, according
to annual custom, went in procession to the Mansion House, where each
received a glass of wine and a bun. As they passed ont of the Egyptian
Hall the Lord Mayor, who wasattended by the Lady Mayoress and a large
number of friends, distributed 687 shillings to that number of boys, forty-
one half-crowns to monitors, and fifteen guineas to Grecians—making a
total of £56 46. 6d. His Lordship then entertained the aldermen and the
chief officers of the corporation at luncheon, after which the parte pro¬
ceeded to Christ Church, where the 8pitul sermon was preached by the
Kev. T. G. Nicholas, M.A., the Lord Mayor’s Chaplain. \ \
Royal Freemasons’ Girls’ Sciiool.— The usual quarterly
court of the governors of this institution was held at their offices. Queen-
street. Lincoln's Inn-fields, on Thursday last The chair was fiiied by
Worshipful Brother B. B. Cahill. Esq. From the report read to the meet¬
ing it appeared that during the last quarter thro; children had died at the
school, at Clapham Rise. The expenses connected with the school during
the quarter amounted to £309 Os. Id. At the last quarterly court a report
was presented recommending that French and music should form por¬
tions of the educational course in use at the establishment. The recom¬
mendation was referred to a sub-committee, to learn the eonrsc adopted
at other institutions of a similar kind, and they reported that at those
institutions the introduction of music, drawing, ana French had been
attended with lilghly beneficial results to the children educated in them.
Tiie report was ordered to be further considered. Four children were
admitted into the sciiool without ballot, there being more vacancies in
the establishment than applicants for admission. The general committee
for the year was elected, and the proceedings terminated.
Roval Dispensahv for Diseases of the Ear. — The
annual meeting of tiie supporters of this institution was Held on Wed¬
nesday at the Dispensary. Dean-street, Soho-square. The chair was
taken hv the Rev. T. Davis Lamb, Rector of West Hackney. The re¬
port stated that since the opening of the institution, which was estab¬
lished in 1K16, 3r>,oco patients had been received. During the past year
1653 had been admitted—of these 537 bad been discharged cored, 105 were
greatly relieved, and the remainder were still on tne books. During the
last year the Itinds of the institution lisd been augmented by a legacy of
£100 from the late Mrs. Kennedy, but they were still insufficient to meet
the expenditure. The average daily attendance was 100 : and the com¬
mittee earnestly appealed to the public for support. The report was
adopted, and the thanks of thip meeting were voted to Dr. Harvey, surgeon
of the institution < J J
Licensee Victuallers’ School.— The children recently
elected into this school—thirty-two in number—were formally admitted
on the foundation of the establishment in Upper Kennington-lane on
Tuesday last, and were addressed, in an appropriate speech, by Mr.
Gahb. the Governor, who congratulated them upon the success which had
attended the efforts of their friends in their regard, and expressed a hope
that they would take such an advantage of the educational, religious, and
social benefits of the sciiool as would enable them to become hereafter
tisrihl members of society. There are at present 147 children, boys and
girls, in the school, who are nol only educated and clothed on the estab¬
lishment, but who are also apprenticed to some useful trade or calling
when the period of their schooling terminates. Thanks having been given
to ii-.e Governor. Itae proceedings, which were of a highly interesting cha¬
racter, terminated.
The State Prosecutions.— At the Central Criminal Court,
on Thursday, the grand jury returned true bills against Simon Bernard,
Thomas Aiieop, Felice Orsmi. Pierri, Gomez, and Rudio. for misde¬
meanour, In conspiring to cause the plcath of the Emperor of the French.
Tiie grand jury at tiie same time returned true bills against Eduard
Truelove and Stanislaus Teherwenski (a Pole), for misdemeanour, in
publishing a false and malicious libel tending to incite persons to assas¬
sinate the Emperor of the French.
A Testimonial was presented, on Saturday last, to the Rev.
Henry R. Wadmore by his friends in the district of St. Barnabas.
King s-square. in grateful love for his unwearied exertions in behalf of
the church aod schools of that district. This token of regard consisted of
a silver inkstand, of elegant design and of beautiful execution.
Special Preachers at St. Paul’s.— The Bishop of London
has appointed the Kev. F. C. Cook, M A.. one of her Majesty’s Inspectors
of Schools: the Kev. K. W. Browne, M.A.. Chaplain to the Forces; and
the Rev. J. Lupton. M.A., Rector of Qucenhithc. to be the Special
Preachers at SL Paul’s Cathedral for the present month.
At the Easter vestry held on Tuesday at the parish of Si.
Margaret. New Fish-street. Mr. Keeling, of Hebrew faith, was re-elected
Senior Churchwarden for the fourth year.
The Election of a Churchwarden for St. Paul’s,
KrnGHTsnniDOE, passed off on Tuesday without much excitement. The
report of Mr. Westerton being tired of his position was perfectly true,
but the Hon. and Rev. F. Baring refusing to succeed him, and everybody
else declining the office, Mr. Westerton was prevailed upon to recant his
resignation. Ho was re-elcctcd without opposition.
Mr. Theed has just finished Ins statue in marble of Edmund
Bnrke for the new Palace, Westminster. This statue will complete the
series for St. Stephen's llall. The same sculptor has likewise finished
the bas-relief of “The Field of the Cloth of Gold,” and “Elizabeth
Knighting Drake,” also executed for the new Palace.
Mb. Mechi was, on Wednesday morning, unanimously elected
Alderman of Lime-street ward, in the room of Mr. Alderman Fare-
brother, deceased.
The “Leviathan” broke from a portion of her moorings on
Monday during the high wind, which caused some anxiety and trouble;
but by the assistance of tugs she was again got into position and secured.
The Easter Holidats.—O n Monday, notwithstanding a
biting wind, vast numbers of Londoners flocked to enjoy the amuse¬
ments at the different places of suburban resort, and in the evening the
theatres and other places of entertainment were filled to overflowing with
good-humoured audiences. Nor could the continued rain on Tuesday
quench the ardour of the holiday people, although it acted ai a check to
excursions.
Births and Deaths.— Last week the births of 872 boys and
863 girls, in all 1735 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor¬
responding weeks of the years 1848-57 the average number was 1801.-
The total number of deaths registered in Londonlast week was 1374. In
the ten years 1848-57 the average number of deaths in the weeks cor¬
responding with last week was 1392. but, as the deaths of last week
occurred in an increased population, they should be compared with the
average after the laiter had been raised proportionally to the increase, a
correction which will make it 1631. The deaths now returned are, there¬
fore. less by 167 than the number which the average rate of mortality
would have produced,
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
News has arrived to the effect that the masterly strategy of our
Highland Chief in India had been crowned with success, and that
nearly the whole of Lucknow was in our hands, while the enemy was
flying in masses, pursued by columns detached to cat him np, Our
losses were slight, nor was tiie slaughter of the rebels apparently very
large, so far as had been ascertained; but, after the chase, another
story will be told. The gallant Ontram again distinguished himself
by a brilliant and fortunate operation. Those who would understand
the whole affair, with the capture of the bridges and escape of the
fugitives, should visit Mr. Burford’s beautiful picture of Lucknow, a
place far too lovely not to be grudged to hordes of savages.
The Easter holidays have been days of bitterly cold and raging
wind, or of stormy rain—occasionally both. If such a trifling matter
as a national holiday could interest great folk, it might not be
amiss to consider whether the happiness of thousands could not
be promoted by some rearrangement of theso public fete-days. The
seasons have so palpably changed, in regard to date, in these islands
that it seems absnrd to cling to the old periods of enjoyment. Christ¬
mas used to mean a tims of glittering frost, when a day of out-of-door
exercise could prelude-.the hospitalities of the evening. Nowit is
generally slushy, sloppy, and dismal. Easter was a kind of early
summer, and old people used to say that it was always fine at that
time. Ab for this Easter week, it will lay up thousands with bronchitis.
Why not consider whether, without formally discarding the old holi¬
days (the religions associations of which must always make them a
sacred season to, we hope, most among ns), some new holidays, fixed
in months when genial weather usually prevails, could not be coun¬
tenanced until they became a popular habit? It would be the saving
of thousands of lives, especially among children, and it would be
acting rationally, by calling on folks to enjoy themselves at a time
when Nature extended the same invitation, instead of at a time
when she gives her strongest advice to remain in doors.
Lord Mayor Sir R. Carden lias feasted the Ministers, and take*
occasion to announce that, having always prayed tliat Lord Derby
might one day be his guest as Premier, that wish has been accom¬
plished. Die effect was quite touching, and reminded the auditors of
the beautiful conclusion of Sir Walter Scott’s “ Woodstock,” where
the ancient Knight (not Baronet) witnesses the triumphant return of
King Charles, and murmurs a grateful “ Nunc dimittis.” Neither
Lord Derby nor Mr. Disraeli was quite as much affected as, under the
pathetic circumstances, it would have been graceful to be. Lord
Chelmsford, also, took the opportunity of showing that he had a due
sense of tiie duties of his fire-new nobility, and promised, on behalf
of the aristocracy, that they would always oppose a stem break¬
water to objectionable innovation.
We have been pleased that London ha3 a new bridge, but one
addition to the useful ornaments of our city is a small one, in point
of flourish, compared to the magnificent operations in Paris. The
Emperor lias inaugurated the Boulevard Sebastopol (a great archi¬
tectural improvement) with a solemnity which we despair to see
imitated here. The name of Sebastopol, the grand capture of the
war, has thus been appropriated by oar neighbours. It never seems
to have occurred to us to give Waterloo Bridge a companion victory-
memorial ; and we doubt whether any thing more important than
some retail linendrnper’s shop—to which perhaps the name of Sebas¬
topol Honse has been given by its spirited owner—preserves the
memory of the chief exploit of the Russian campaign. The French
have often twitted ns with our admiration for Wellington and our
ceaseless homage to Waterloo, hut they cannot accuse us of having
been in any hurry to claim the laurels of the Crimea, though we
might moat righteously and rightfully do so if we pleased. We hope
that our forbearance will not be twisted into renunciation of right.
Easter winds have had their effect upon the monster ship, and
several of her immense cables gave way under the stress of the
gales. But she was vigilantly watched, and in a brief time every
accessory step was taken for her security, including the telegraphing
to Liverpool for her commander, who hastened to the spot. The
fury of the wind acting upon the enormous broadside exposed to it,
by the parting of .the mooring-cables, might have produced serious
disaster bul for the promptness of all concerned.
We have had our attention called to the noble conduct of the in¬
habitants of two of the principal American cities on occasion of the me¬
lancholy news of the death of General Havelock being received on the
other side the Atlantic. We learn that in New York and in Boston the
shipping hoisted flags half-mast high, and that bells were tolled, in
evidence of American sympathy with the feelings of the English. No
generous behaviour on the port of our brethren in America can surprise
us, for they invariably take a pleasure in showing that theyhavenotfor-
gottenonr common ancestry, thongha few mischievous scribblers on both
sides of the water make discreditable attempts to beep up recollections
of a less amiable character. We are glad to take every opportunity
of recording instances of the display of fraternal feeling between the
two nations, and we are convinced that tbe more Americans and
English know one another the less fear will there he of one mis ■
understanding the other, or of despotic Powers taking the liberty of
misunderstanding either. Brother Jonathan is always doing us
courtesies, and it was but tbe other day tha lie made a more chival¬
rous gift to onr Qneen than any of the ol Powers have ever thought
of presenting. Englishmen in America are always welcomed, and
even mediocrities in art or literature are treated with cordiality,
simply because they come from the old conn try. We gladly accept in
this Havelock demonstration another proof that there is nothing be¬
tween America and England but the ocean, our common friend.
Aery interesting has been the announcement that the great civil is er,
the railway, has gone to work in Asia Minor. Homer was, perhaps,
born—at all events, his grotto was shown—where the engine-shriek
now awakens the echoes of Mount Pagns. Saint Polycarp, first
Bishop of Smyrna, hallowed the spot by his martyrdom. Tamerlane
built there a tower partly composed of stones and partly of the heads
of iiis enemies. On the 23rd ultimo the first railway trip on the line
which is to open up the commerce of this part of Asia Minor (the
Samsonn line undertaking for another portion) was performed, amid
the acclamations of the inhabitants, who appear to understand some ■
thing of the value of the work that is being done for them by the
English. Some dny, probably there will be such branches of the
Asiatic railways as will enable the directors to grant excursion ticket*
for a visit to the Seven Churches, with option to remain at any of tha
sites, and be taken up by the next train.
The Marquis of Dalhoubie remains at Malta in much the
same indifferent state of health as when he left this country last autumn.
The noble Marquis and his daughters are not expected to return to England
until June.
Sir John Pakinoton has retired from the Chairmanship of
the Worcesters hire Quarter Sessions, after a preaidencyof a quarter of a
century. It is anticipated he will be suoceeded by Lord Ward.
Mr. B. Sf-oar and Mr. Peter Burke of the Norther*
Circuit, have been named Queen’s Counsel of the county palatine of
Lancaster.
of 1854-5 and 1855-8,
sinews of war being
CHELSEA NE.W BRIDGE
BATTERSEA PARK AND THE NEW BRIDGE.
The tract of low land on the south side of the Thames faoing Chelsea Hospital,
long familiar to Londoners as Battersea-fields, appears to have been of Borne
value even before the Conquest. In 1080, Domesday Book records, it was
held by St. Peter of Westminster, and had been in the possession of the valiant
Earl Harold, when it was assessed at seventy-two hides. Ages after it fell into
the hands of cabbage-planters and asparagus-growers, for whose purposes its
rioh alluvial soil rendered it peculiarly suitable. About thirty years ago it
came into the possession of the Marquis of Westminster, who after a while
loused it out to Mr. Thomas Cubitt, the celebrated builder. It was the latter
who, seeing the rapidly-increasing growth of the giant metropolis, first con¬
ceived the idoa of converting the swampy marsheB of ancient Patricesey, or,
more correctly, Petrice-ey (Peter’s Island), into a park for the people. His
project was submitted to the Metropolitan Improvement Commissioners, who
warmly recopunended it to the consideration and support of the Govern¬
ment. The Governnoen^ took the subject in hand, and in the Session of
1846 an Act of Parliament was passed to enable the Commissioners of
her Majesty’s Woods and Forests to purchase 320 acres of land at Battersea
to bo appropriated partly as a park and partly as a site for houses and orna¬
mental villas; and the Commissioners were authorised to advance to them a
sum not exceeding .€200,000. This sum had been fixed in accordance with the
estimate of the architect of the Commissioners, Mr. James Pennethorne, who,
with the exactitude foi which gentlemen of his profession are remarkable, had
calculated the cost of purchasing the properties at £187,433 15s. ll|dL
It was soon found, however, that some of the broad principles of free trade
had penetrated into the secluded regions of Battersea, since the owners of the
laud, with becoming modesty, claimed for it in the aggregate no less than
£532,630, though they subsequently accepted £232,620, just £300,000 less
they at first declared was its fair value. The negotiations with these pro¬
prietors lasted from 3 846 to 1851. It was then determined by the Commis¬
sioners of Woods and Forests and the Parliamentary Committee that annual
voteB should he granted for the completion of the purchases and die laying out
of the park—viz., £33,000 for 1853-4, £25,000 for each of the Sessions
and £12,500 for the Sessions of 1857-8. The
. w thus forthcoming, the works for making the
park began in earnest about the opening of the year 1854, and
were finally concluded in the present year, at a cost, from first to last,
m round numbers of £315,000—viz , £232,000 for the purchase of land, £51,000
for laying it out, and for the formation of roads, &c., and £33,000 for contin¬
gencies. The total quantity of land purchased is about 320 acres; and the
total area, including the land reclaimed from the river, about 346 acres, of
winch it is intended to retain ultimately only 185 in cultivation as park lands,
and to reserve the rest, in and outside of the park fence, for houses,, villas, roads,
and wharves. Thus much concerning the park, to the formation of which we
owe one of the handsomest bridges which now span the silent highway of die
British metropolis.
THE BRIDGE.
Mr. Cubitt and the other originators of the park scheme were of course
aware, from the begin uing that a new bridge was an indispensable complement
of their plan. Accordingly, in connection with the inquiry of the Metropolitan
Improvement Commissioners on the subject, the project of constructing a bridge
Thames, near the Red House, was brought under their observation,
and Mr. Pennethorne was instructed to revise his estimate on the basis of a
communication being made across the river between the proposed park and
the valuable districts formed of late years south-west of Hyde Park-corner.
Attap same time Mr. Thomas Page, chief engineer of her Majesty's Woods
and f orests, was requested to prepare designs for a bridge, of which the Com¬
missioners approved. One for a suspension-bridge, forty feet in width, at a cost
of £60,000, was sanctioned by Parliament in 1846; but was subsequentiy
modified in respect to the width of the piers, which were likewise deoided to
p® of iron, the foundations being formed of timber bearing-piles and concrete,
inclosed within oast iron piles and plates. These alterations inoreased the
estimates by about £20,000. Want of funds delayed the beginning of this
work for some years; and it was not until the spring of 1851, whenj the Hyde
Park Exhibition was in full lustre, that the bridge works were commenced
by Mr. Earle, the contractor, whose tender, being the lowest of nine, had been
accepted. After two years of not very vigorous exertions the pier foundations
were finished in the beginning of 1853, and the fixing of the towers began; but,
owing again to a deficiency in the exchequer, the works were onco more sus¬
pended. Happily, after a period, the affairs were satisfactorily arranged, and
the works proceeded with accelerated speed. Messrs. Young, the new con¬
tractors, were enabled to hang the chains in the autumn of 1856—not, however,
without an additional expenditure of £8400, on account of the change of con¬
tractors, the removal of plant, &c., and the work has since progresses without
interruption.
The piers are each 88 feet in length by 19 in width, with curved cutwaters,
Mid forming an area of 1425 square feet in each. Over thia area bearing-piles of
English elm were driven, at distances of 3 feet 6 inches apart, to an average
depth below water of 32 feet. Round this area of bearing-piles, cast-iron piles,
12 inches in diameter, and 27 feet in length, were driven into the ground, and
between these piles were forced cast-iron plates, so that the whole area of the piers
was inclosed with an iron casing, 20 feet in depth below low-water line. The
iron piles and plates and timber tiles were secured together with iron tie-bars,
the ground of the river-bed dredged, and concrete filled in to a level of two
feet above low water. On this concrete and piling wei e laid foundation slabs of
Yorkshire stone for the base of the cast-iron towers; and above the low-water
line vortical ribs were fixed on the cast-iron piles, and iron plates were carried
up between them, the whole terminating by a large curb moulding seven feet
above the level of Trinity high-water mark. Thus, the surface of the iron
casing in each pier came to be 164 feet in length, by a depth of 43 feet for the
plates and 48 feet for the piles. That part of this surface which was above the
stone floor was laid with brickwork so as to form a large water-tight caisson,
or chamber, in which the ironwork of the towers was then constructed. Finally,
the iron below the low-water line was coated with a protecting surface, and the
parts above that line were painted.
The roadway of the bridge is formed by two wrougbt-iron longitudinal
girders, six feet in depth, which extend the whole length of the bridge, and are
suspended by the rods from the chains. Between these girders, whose aggre¬
gate length is 1412 feet, are fixed the transverse girders, also of wrought iron,
eighty-seven in number; and between these transverse girders are secured the
wrought-iron bearers for the roadway-plates—eight hundred and ten in num¬
ber. Upon the plates themselves—also of wrought iron—is laid asphalte con¬
crete for the pavement. The bridge, therefore, is strictly an iron bridge, and,
as such, one of great firmness and strength.
This bridge is remarkable not alone for its strength, but for the comparative
cheapness of its construction; for, if we compare the several metropolitan
bridges with the aggregate area of the roadway and footpaths afforded by each
for the public traffic, which area, independently of their architectural features,
constitutes their utilitarian value, we find that—
London Bridge, with an area of 47,912 sq
Southwark „ 34,000
Blackfriars „ 41,790
Waterloo „ 57,270
Hungerford „ 20,480
Westminster,, 49,880
Vauxhall „ 30,380
Battersea Park Bridge 41,490
ft, cost £542,150, or £11 69. per sq. ft
384,000 „ 11 5S. lOd.
167,840
579,915
98,760
389.500
300,800
88,000
3 168.
10 OS.
4 16S.
7 16S.
9 16S.
2 2S.
6<L
od.
6d.
Od.
od.
5<L
Looked at from tbe gardens of Chelsea Hospital, or, better still, from a dis¬
tant boat on the middle of the river, the now bridge appears like a fairy struc¬
ture, with its beautiful towers, gilded and painted to resemble light-coloured
bronze, and crowned with large globular lamps, diffusing sunny light all
around. And the effect is heightened by the highly-pioturesque lodges
at each end of the bridge, with basements sixteen feet square, upon which rise
superstructures octangular in plan, the roofs of which are covered with Port¬
land cement, and their angles and. summits adorned with graceful termina¬
tions in terra-ootta.
The inauguration, if it can be so called, of the new bridge took place
on Friday, the 26th ult., when her Majesty, accompanied by the Princesses
Helena and Louisa, and conducted by Mr. Page, and Mr. Bumble (the resident
engineer), passed across into the park amid the enthusiastic greetings of the
•dea on the
provided at
- -*- - -1 ceremony
of any kind, was thrown open for public traffic.
Co
cn>
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS_ [ April 10 > *858
Apbil io, 1858.1 THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Apiul 10, 1858
3G8
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
MISS AMY SEDGWICK.
Were W8 to judge merely from the Paucity, or
rather the non-existence, of eucceufiil debutante
on the etage, we should be compelled to acknow¬
ledge that, in whatever other respects we may have
progressed as a people, we certainly have greatly
deteriorated of late years in the production of dra¬
matic talent; for, with the exception of the lady
whose Portrait accompanies these lines, there has
not appeared during the last ten years, either in
London or the provinces, one single actress who
has succeeded, or even has shown indications of
ever being able to succeed, in giving an original,
correct, and spirit-stirring performance of any
great standard character, much less in founding;a
one. But, while admitting with regret the
present scarcity, and which promises to become
greater, of truly successful aotr«ses we cannot
admit the cause to be any want of national talent.
In the bygone days, when we were rather over¬
whelmed than otherwise with tragediennes and
comediennes, the woman of ardent, restless genius
was comparatively debarred from many means,
cow easily attainable, of fulfilling the aspirations
of her soul. The excellent education, the exten¬
sive and varied knowledge imparted now so gene¬
rally were then limited to the extremely select few.
Sri’ to those so qualified the impediments to female
authorship were great, and its remuneration very
amall Travelling in foreign countries was, when
war did not prevent it altogether expensive, dan-
Sous, and uncomfortable. Village and Sunday
schools and many modern charitable institutions,
now affording full play to the energies of their
numerous patronesses, were then either unknown
or in their infancy. To the impulsively intellec¬
tual to those who felt they must be up and at
work whose temperament would not allow them
to be chained down to the dull routine of every¬
day life, the stage offered almost the only means,
certainly the quickest, moBt promising, most allur¬
ing of attaining affluence and fame. Managers—
we must entirely absolve from this complaint Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Kean, who have undoubtedly
carefully instructed several intelligent and pleasing
actresses, hut have not, as yet, been fortunate
enough to meet with one gifted—too, then were
not above instructing a promising asmrant to
public favour: to bring out successfully a new
actress was considered as meritorious as to
produce a uew play. We are afraid, too,
that this falling off in managers is partly owing
to the press. The importance of not merely
brilliant but thoroughly independent theatrical
oriticisms is not sufficiently recognised by the
editors and proprietors of newspapers. Human
nature is too severely tempted when critic and
dramatio author are united m one person.
Not only has this want of independence in the
press been the cause of too general and too lavish
praise in most cases, but in others it has prevented
the due appreciation of real merit. Let a per¬
former or a play bo much placarded and puffed,
and he, she. or it will bo surely lauded in equal pro¬
portion. Sometimes, however, actor-roanageij
are jealous even of actresses; sometimes too much
praise to a debutante might give her a notion of
her pecuniary value: in these cases puffing and
placarding are abandoned, and then even true
dramatio genius is in imminent danger of being
^Thislong want of some fresh, true (wring is made the more efrikmg
by the solitary instance of Miss Sedgwick, who is absolutely and
positively alone, without a rival that approaohee her in age. To com¬
pare her 7 with any one, we have to use almost forgotten reoolleorions.
But this is not to her advantage; there is no competition to t
on to excel; there is no suitable contrast by which weean;
estimate her abilities. We can only hope that her brilliant
properly
success
MISS AMY SEDGWICK.—FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY HERBERT WATKINS.
will induce others similarly gifted to endeavour to achieve the same
merit, and that the crowded houses she is drawing at the Hay-
market will prove to the managers of other theatres the propriety
of provid ng a counterbalancing attraction
Miss Amy Sedgwick was born at Bristol in 1835, and is a member of
a family long well known and highly respected in that town. She
commenced her theatrical career .in 1853, at an amateur theatre at
the west end of London, where she carefully
studied, for some months, an immense variety of
parts—tragic, comic, and melodramatic. In the
summer of the same year she made her professional
d6but at the Richmond Theatre, then under the
management of Mr. Huntlv May Macarthur. She
speedily became exceedingly popular; and at her
benefit at tho close of the engagement she had one
of the fullest houses ever known at that theatre.
In tho following autumn she was engaged at Bris¬
tol ; but, there boingsomemiaunder6tandinga8 to the
parts she was to play, she only performed one charac¬
ter there. From Bristol she went to Cardiff, where
she played a month, and made an immense sen*
sation, especially in the part of Juliet. She then
engaged with Mr. Moxley, of the Bradford, Hud¬
dersfield, &o., Theatres. Becoming a great fa¬
vourite on that circuit, and being highly extolled
by the local papers, Mr. Knowles, the well-known
manager of the Theatre Royal, Manchester, engaged
her for three years. Gradually she pleased her
Manchester audiences more and more, until at last
she became more popular there than any actress
had ever been. Among those much delighted with
her performance was the Prince of Oude when he
first arrived in England. During his visit to Man¬
chester he saw her play Juliet, and, as a token of
his admiration, gave her a valuable diamond ring.
On the occasion bf her last benefit her friends sub¬
scribed, and, through the medium of Professor
Greenbank, presented her with a purse of 100
guineas and a superb album. The last night she
played in Manchester her leave-taking more re¬
sembled, from the emotion both she and the
audience expressed, a lady parting from her inti¬
mate and favourite friends than an actress quitting
a theatre where she had chiefly acquired her
fame.
Unheralded by puff, placard, or paragraph,
announced by the West modicum of advertise¬
ments, Miss Amy Sedgwick made her dlbut in
London as a leading actress last October. The
character of Pauline was the one selected for her
first appearance. She at once became a great
favourite with her audiences, who were delighted
with her fresh, vigorous, enthusiastic style of
acting. The press, with scarcely an exception,
also acknowledged her talents, almost every paper
remarking on her first representation that it was
the most successful d€but that had taken place on
the London boards for many years. Having
achioved a marked triumph as the romantic,
proud-hearted, and yet loving Pauline, Miss Sedg¬
wick risked her newly-gained laurels by playing
a character of a widely different order. But as
Neighbour Comtance she created even a greater
enthusiasm, and evinced a proof of the surprising
versatility of her powers. Miss Sedgwick’s Con¬
stance is more Bubdued than Mrs. Nisbett’s was;
but it is equally racy and piquant, and certainly,
in the few passages which will admit of it, far
more tender. Her next task was even more
arduous and dangerous: she had now to play a
part written expressly for her. Her previous per¬
formances in London, though Btrikingly original,
for her most adverse critic has never accused her
of mimicry or imitation, still wore of characters
which had been made within the memory of most
playgoers by two deservedly popular favourites,
MisB Faucit and Mrs. Nisbett, and which cannot
be represented without aid to some extent being
had from the conceptions of those talented artistes.
As Hester, in “ The Unequal Match,” Miss
Sedgwick had to create the character, and most
triumphantly she came out of the trial. This part
alone would illustrate the Protean nature of her
abilities. As the clever, warm-hearted country
girl, as the loving, half-tamed, half-educated wife of the wealthy
and fastidious baronet, as the finished and satirical coquette,
and then as the truly-accomplished lady, recognising alike
the cl aims of society and of her home and social affections, she was
equally true to nature, equally free from exaggeration, and sustained
equally the genial spirit of her acting. The play at first drew only
moderately, but, as Miss Sedgwick’s correct and able performance
INDIAN PHEASANTS IN THE GARDENS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, REGENT'S-PARK.—(SEE PRECEDING PAGE.)
“I-
BT. JASTE3 S MUSIC HALL
gradually developed its intrinsic and kindly* natured merits, it
became more and more popular, the audiences became more
numerous and enthusiastic, until, during the last nights of
its representation, it was scarcely possible to find an empty
seat in the theatre. But her greatest triumph was on the
night of her benefit, when the characters Bhe appeared in were
A dritnne Lecouvreur and the Doioager. We believe these were selected
by the advice of Charles Mathews. It would be difficult to find two
parts more unlike; it is equally difficult to say whioh was the most
perfect success. To attempt the part of Adrienne Lecouvreur—to risk
so boldly her hardly-gained reputation—was an undertaking which,
from its courage, deserved successs. But the result fully proved
the wisdom of Charles Mathews' choice. The house was
crowded to excess, and hundreds were unable to find seats. In
the first act of “The Reigning Favourite” she was very ner¬
vous, and, that part of the play being deficient in dramatic
interest, many even of her friends almost dreaded a failure. But as
the play got more exoiting she warmed up, and in the scene where she
denounces the Princess she absolutely electrified the audience with her
energy. From that moment she had the house at her feet, and
completely swayed as she chose the feelings of the spectators.
She was called at every opportunity, and each time loaded
with bouquets. In the death scene she did not mark the physical
sufferings so terribly .as Madme. Rachel was wont to do, but in
our opinion showed more real artistic discrimination in making the
mental signs of the madness the more prominent feature of the
representation. This year the new characters she
has appeared in are Beatrice, in “ Muoh Ado about
Nothing,” and JyUa, in “The Hunchback,” both
being highly successful. She has also become a
great favourite with her Majesty, who, having come
one evening to the Haymarket, only arrived in time
to see the last act of “ Much Ado about
Nothing,” and consequently ordered two nights
after for a short piece to be played before it, so
that she might be able to see the whole of
Miss Sedgwick’s performance. This compliment her
Majesty has repeated for each new character in
which Miss Sedgwick has appeared, and we are
enabled to state, with authority, has expressed
great satisfaction at her performances. Miss Sedg¬
wick reopened this week as Heeter, in “The Unequal
Match,” and will^ shortly appear in two new pieces,
one being from the pen of Idr. Pal grave Simpson.
Miss Sedgwick’s role of characters is immense and
extremely varied, including, besides the characters
she has played in London, Lady Macbeth, Peg Woffing¬
ton, Rosalind, Madame Frontangee, Juliet; Oertnide, in
“The Little Treasurej” Ophelia, and many melodra¬
matic parts. Piiblicopinion seems to be fairly divided
as to which are the greater, her tragic or comio
powers. For ourselves, we prefer the former; the
deep resonant tones of her majestic voice, and the
energy and power of her acting, giving immense
effect to scenes in which she has to display strong
passion. But her abilities are truly Protean, for
in all parts she is ever natural, and careful to avoid
exaggeration. In style she resembles no one: the
greater part of her acting seems spontaneous. She
never plays for points, and is particularly above the
vulgarity of what is called “ playing to the audience.”
While before the public she never layB aside the demeanour of a lady,
and the consequence is that, much as she is liked, she is equally
respected* . ... ^ _
Miss Sedgwick is a little over the medium height. Her figure is most
superbly moulded, and is given to neither stoutness nor thinness. Her
face is not regularly beautiful, but is most pleasingly intelligent; her
hair is light brown, eyes blue, complexion fair, with finely pencilled
eyebrows, and very excellent teeth. Her walk is very, elegant and
ladylike, and exceedingly well adapted to the profession she. has
selected, and of which we are happy to be enabled to state she is, as
far as pecuniary means are concerned, quite independent. We
sincerely hope that she will long remain a member of it, and in that case
can hardly fail to attain the highest fame; for she has all the natural
gifts of person to please and attract, conjoined with great talent, great
earnestness, and great taste. Let her only feel that her . present per¬
formances are the mere outlines of what she can do, and it will not be
long before her genius will be duly recognised.
ST. JAMES’S MUSIC HALL.
We described last week, in the notice appended to the Engraving of the
Piccadilly Entrance of St. James’s Hall, and in our musical column, some
of the most salient constructive features of this remarkable edifice; and
now proceed to give some account of the internal embellishments of the
Great Hall, of which our Engraving is a faithful representation.
The hall is rectangular in plan, semicircular-head od, and has a
recessed orchestral gallery at one end and an alcove at the other, con¬
taining a large organ by Gray and Davidson. The length of this noble
apartment is 138 feet 9 inches by a width of 68 feet 9 inches; and
its height, from the floor to the Mown of its arched head, 60 feet.
A vast area of wall and vaulted surface was thus offered for the deco¬
rative and polychromatic artist to exercise his peculiar genius on,
whioh has been most ably realised by Mr. Owen Jones. As a matter
of course this large hall forms the great source of decorated attraction
in the building, the minor ones, including the restaurant, and other
apartments of the establishment, being extremely plain in their
finishings. The ceiling of the grand hall is divided into a number of
DR. KANE’S ESQUIMAUX DOG, “ ETAH.”—(SEE NEXT PAGE.)
whole concave surface into a moulded roof of great beauty, even with¬
out the aid of colour. On each side of the ball there are eight win¬
dows of Bomewhat peculiar design, being in two lights, and having
semicircular heads, the upper portions of which are filled with
circles, with spandrels on each side. A flat architrave and cor¬
responding arcnivolt (without impost mouldings), enriched with
flowing scroll ornaments on a ground of orange chrome colour, sur¬
rounds each window, over the Road of which is a pointed arch, in
the tympanum of which are groups of figures in bold relief holding
scrolls, on which are inscribed the names of Mozart, Handel, Beet¬
hoven, Haydn, Auber, Meyerbeer, Spohr, Carl Maria von Weber, Gltick
Purcell, Rossini, Cherubini, and other eminent musi¬
cal composers.
From the springing line of the ceiling, over its
entire surface, the whole is in a rich glow of con¬
trasted colour and gilding. The general ground¬
work of the upper surface of the larger panels is
blue, and the ornaments which fill them are of a
complex and beautiful design, of subdued white.
One series of the smaller lozenge-shaped panels is
filled with peculiarly Alhambran enrichment in
alto-relievo, gilded on a red ground; others, again,
are of a fainter description, some of which are per¬
forated.
Thus, throughout the whole ceiling, only four
colours are employed — namely, blue, red, white
and yellow, the latter being gold, and is applied only
to the enrichments in relief, and the most prominent
members of the rib mouldings, which divide
the arched surface into a sort of fairy-like web¬
bing of colour, that produces a most charming
effect, accomplished, in some respect, by tho grada¬
tion of projected surface, thereby effecting a varied
result without heaviness, and by contrast of oolouxa
a perfect harmony. In the colouring of this ceiling
a largo amount of credit is due to Mr. Skeate, who
has had very considerable experience in such works
under the direction of Mr. Owen Jones, particularly
at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham. The coloured
decorations of the walls, below the springing of the
roof, were intrusted to Messrs Homann and Beensen
decorative artists.
Chandeliers are entirely dispensed with, so that
the effect of the entire roof in perspective is completely
uninterrupted. The lighting by night is effected in
a most simple and elegant manner by a large number
April 10, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
370
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[April 10, 1858
of what are termed gas stars, of seven iets each, suspended from the
intersections of the moulded ribs of the ceiling by slender vertical
tubes.
Tbo whole of the figures introduced in the various designs have boon
moulded from the models of Mr. Raphael hfonti, theominent sculptor;
and the greater portions of the enrichments in relief which decorate
the ceiling and other parts of the hall have been produced by a new
patent invention of Mr. Desachy, which seems to consist of an amal¬
gamation of plaster and canvas run into moulds, the shape of which
it acquires. This new material possesses great advantages as to
cheapness, lightness, and durability. The floor of the hall is of
maiqueterie, and it will only require the removal of the stools and
sofas of the concert to make it one of the finest ball-rooms in Europe.
We are indebted to the Building Netcs for most of the above par¬
ticulars.
Mr. Owen Jones was the architect of St. James’s Hall, and had the
entire direction and control of the decorations. The Messrs. Lncas
(Brothers), of Belvedere-road, were the contractors for the whole of
the works. These gentlemen, it may be said cn passant, are the con¬
tractors also of the new Italian Opera House, which is to be opened on
the 15th May; and the marvellous rapidity with which, in the face of a
severe winter, both of these structures have been raised redounds
greatly to the credit of this well-known firm. We believo that the
idea of the St. James’s Hall originated with Mr. W. Beale, son of Mr.
Beale of the firm of Cramer, Beale, and Company, and that the site
was chosen and obtained by Mr. F. Chappell, the solicitor to the com¬
pany. We trust that this spirited undertaking may meet with the
success it deserves. __
THE ESQUIMAUX DOG, ETAH.
On the preceding page we have engraved a Portrait of the famous
Esquimaux dog Etah, the only surviving one of the many hundreds
employed by Dr. Kane in his journeys on land during his Arctic
researches. The Engraving is from a photograph obligingly forwarded
to us by the Messrs. Mende (Brothers), of Broadway, New York. The
period at which the domestication of the dog first took place is wholly
fosfc in the mists of antiquity. If we turn to the dogs of un¬
civilised nations, we find the prick ears and other indications
•f the half-reclaimed animal. The Esquimaux dog (Canis fami¬
liars borealis), and the Hare-Indian or Mackenzio-River dog
(Conti fatniliaris lagopus), will occur as instances to those who
have been familiar— and who is not?—with the histories of our
northern expeditions and with the gardens of the Zoological Soeiety
of London in the Regent’s Park. Peter, the Esquimaux dog
kept in the garden, was of a dingy white, with a tinge of yellow on
the I upper part, gradually fading away upon the sides—in short, of
nearly a uniform colour; but, in general, this race exhibits a pre¬
dominance of black markings. Thus Arskelli, brought from the Polar
Sea, by Mr- Richards, in Captain Parry’s first voyage, and described
by Mr. Children in the Zoological Journal, was almost entirely black,
or of a colour nearly approaching to black, on the upper parts, and
white underneath, tail included. Arskelli seldom barked, but, if
displeased, uttered a low wolfish growl, and was a very powerful dog.
Peter was brought to this country by Lieutenant Henderson, one of
the companions of Captain Ross in his first voyage, and lived long at
the Regent’s Park. He was very good-tempered and familiar.
NATIONAL SPOUTS.
Newmarket, where the Jockey Club, out of dire vexation at the re¬
marks of the press on their efforts at race legislation and management
generally, have excluded them from the weighing-room, opened under
a cold, cheerless sky on Monday. The Craven Stakes came olF, after a
cannon and a bolt, in favour of Fisherman, by a head. Harry Stanley,
who was beaten away by Happy Land and Kelpie (a Catterick winner
by-the-by) at Northampton, sent down Apathy cleverly at 2 st.; and
Forerunner did the same, by Star of the East, in the Bennington
Stakes. Sam Rogers had his first mount of the season in this race,
but his saddle turned round, and the great artiste cantered in bare¬
backed. Kent and Anton ram e to the post for their 3000sovs.a side match
(the largest that has ever been known), and the latter, after showing
temper, and trying to bolt, just won, thanks to a severe tap across the
head from Alfrea Day, by a neck on the post We should doubt
whether Kent is worth one-sixtieth part of the stake laid down for
him. Polly Peachum was far too much for the mean-looking Proud
Preston Peg. Monarque, the winner of the Goodwood Cnp, achieved
the Newmarket Handicap with the top weight; and Clydesdale’s stable
companion, Eclipse, had a successful A. F. finish with Telegram in
the Sale Stakes, which very justly increased the hopes of the “Clydes¬
dale laddies.” Baron Rothschild, who liked his trial with Mcntmore,
would not consent to Toxopliilitc’s withdrawal of his stake in their
60 bovb. Stake; but his horse, who seemed very weak and very light-
middled, cut up badly. The pace was wretched. Although Nat
“flashed” Toxophilite as well as he could, he was voted a big, coarse
animal, with a heavy top and feeble legs, which do not look promising for
an Epsom preparation. No Two Thousand for him, say we. The gigantic
Streamer won his match on Wednesday; and the 1010-guinea yearling,
Knight of Kars, ran second in liis maiden race, the Column, to Fore¬
runner.
York Spring, on Tuesday and Wednesday; Hsley Spring, on Wed¬
nesday; Malton, on Thursday and Friday: and Epsom Spring, on
Friday, are the race meetings of next week. Cheltenham has its
steeplechases on Tuesday; and Kildare Hunt on Thursday and Friday.
On Tuesday morning the Rawclifie sale will be held, and thirty-seven
lots, twelve of them by The Dutchman (whose two-year-olds Imve run
pretty forward this year), seven by Cruiser, and the remainder l>y
Connaught Ranger, Slane, Ac., will be put up, and kept at Kawcliffe
afterwards, if the vendees choose, for 12s. a week. The notorious
Cruiser has quite owned Mr. Rarey’s sway, and is to be the principal
feature of the lectures next week, to which subscribers may bring
ladies by the payment of an extra five guineas. Mr. Rarey met this
four-footed rival of Yeh and Nana Sahib on Saturday last, and, after
three hours’ discipline, during a small portion of which his temper
fairly towered into frenzy, he was brought out of the stable, and
Lord Dorchester and his conqueror both mounted him—a thing he has
not suffered for three years. He was then tied behind a dog-cart, and
brought to Virginia Water, and so reached London next day, where
he and Mr. Rarey are fast getting on to very good terms with each
other. We heard the other day of a young horse nearly killing a
man by his violence in the harrows; but his master, who was fre3li
from the Rarey classes, operated at once with perfect success.
The Tnbney sale, on Wednesday, will draw together a very large
assembly, and it is no secret that £2000 has been rerased for the
hounds. They include fourteen four-couple lots of working hounds,
six brood bitches (two of them with puppies), and six four-couple
lots of young hounds. There are also thirty-two hunters and hacks,
and among tlie former are scions of the Harkaway, Bcl/.oni, Ishmael,
Birdcatcher, Gaper, and Lancastrian blood, &c. Marlborough, the cele¬
brated black horse, whom Mr. Morell purchased at the same time as
Golnmpus (who died), for 300 guineas, at Mr. Henley Greaves’s sale,
is likely to create i^> small competition among the welter weights.
The hound show was only very thinly attended by huntsmen, as it
had been set so early, to suit closing arrangements, that many packs
had not left oft", firebrand was faciloprinccps for the Dog Puppy
Cup, though, perhaps, slightly too long in his features for beauty :
but the struggle between Sophy and Harriet was so close that
it seemed at one time as if they would have been bracketed, and two
cups given, as }n^ Trumpeter’s year. Harriet’s rather handsomer
forehand just turned the scale, and thus the blood of Hercules, who
had three out of the best five in the Bitch Puppy Cup entries,
triumphed as it did in both Cups last year.
Nearly all the packs finish work tins week, and very unsatisfactory
work many of them hare made of it since the frost. Lord Dacrc’s
had two blank days last week, as the soil of Herts is light, and dries
early, which interferes with scent, while the foxes, of which
there are plenty, have got into drains and elsewhere. Mr.
Henley Greaves, who lias been the master of the Cottes¬
more, Sonthwold, and Essex in turns, has accepted the master¬
ship of the Warwickshire, whicli pack includes forty-eight couple
of old hounds. Unless some lots are bought in at the sale, and
Mr. Dufficld,of March am Park, takes to the O. B. H. country, there
seems but little chance of its being hunted next season. Lord Mac¬
clesfield has been drawing Nuneham, where Mr. Harcourt, M.P., in¬
tends to destroy the foxes in future. Sir Watkm Wynn’s hunters are
to be sold early in May, but we believe that he will not resign the
mastership for more than one season. Mr. Theobald will, it is said,
take the Craven country, and it is hoped by all Dorsetshire that
Treadwell will continue to hunt the new pack. He is so popular
with the farmers tliat this appointment would do much to soothe down
oil past differences. Rumour has it that Lord Canon will tike the
Atherstone, with, we l>elieve, George Turner, Lord Portsmouth’s late
huntsman. There are several changes among whips, and we trust
that Harry Sebright, the only hunting son of Tom Sebright, that
worthy Premier foxhound huntsman of England, will get a horn at
last! in the scramble, after so many years of whipping-in.
The Caledonian Club wound up the coursing season with an open
meeting, in which Riot (albeit she is not the animal she once was)
divided the principal prize; and “ Waterloo Nevile,” who is rather a
lucky and smart than a first-class dog, got beaten early. The Oxonians
seem to chafe a good deal under their eight-oar defeat, such as it
is, and continue to inflict excuses on the public, who really do
not care for such fruitless whys and wherefores. The Head Master
of Eton lias given way about school matches, and Eton plays Harrow,
at Lord’s, on the fltli and 10th of July; and also rows a match with
Radley College, at Henley. “ The Buccleuch Archery Club ” is among
the first that are up and doing, and takes the field on the Addcrbury
Park ground, near Banbury, on May 3rd. Hence, in spite of the
present Weak blasts, arrangements everywhere begin to bear a summer
lme. -
NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING— Monday.
Craven Plate.—Fisherman. 1. Nutwitli c., 2.
Handicap Sweepstakes—Harry Stanley, 1. Apathy. 2.
Bennington Stakes.—Forerunner, 1. Star of the East, 2.
Handicap Plate—Marauder, 1. Theodora, 2.
Forty-fourth Riddleaworth Stakes—Gourd walked over.
TUESDAY.
Subscription Plate—Odd Trick, l. Rosa Bonheur, 2 .
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs.—Toxophilite. 1 . Mentmore, 2.
Twenty-fifth Tuesday Riddlesworth Stakes—Leontos walked over.
Renewal of the Sweepstakes.—Polly Peachum, 1 . Killigrew, 2 .
Third Sale Stakes.—Eclipse, 1. Telegram, 2.
Newmarket Handicap.—Monarque, l. Wouvermans, 2.
WEDNESDAY.
Handicap Plate—The Courier, l. Barfleur, 2.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs.—Marauder, l. Rip Van Winkle, 2.
Plate of 50 sovs.—Fleet, 1 . Merryman, 2 .
Subscription Plate of 50 sovs.— Brown Middleton, 1. Saraband, 2 .
Column Stakes.—Forerunner, 1 . Knight of Kars, 2 .
Plate of 100 sovs.—Fisherman, l. Brother to Bird-on-the-Wing, 2 .
THURSDAY.
ABke Produce Stakes—Mountain Nymph walked over.
Sweepstakes of 100 sovs—Beadsman, l. Stax of the East, 2 .
Sweepstakes of 50 bovs.— CostreL 1. Scribbler, 2.
Claret Stakes.—Arsenal, l. Ignoramus, 2 .
£50 Handicap Plate.—Noisette, 1 . New Brighton, 2.
£70 Handicap Plate.—Harry Stanley, l. The Beacon, 2.
DURHAM RACES— Monday.
Trial Stakes—Bradley. 2 . The Early Bud, 2 .
Hopeful Stakes.—The Dutchman’s Daughter, 1 . Amaz
Durham Handicap—Gorsehill. l. Logie o’ Buchan, 2 .
All-Aged Selling Stakes.—Caliph. 1. Omen, 2.
Tally-fio Handicap—Logie o’Buchan, 1 . Phoenix, 2 .
TUESDAY.
North Durham Handicap.—Herne, l. Florence, 2.
New Stakes.—The Dutchman’s Daughter, l. Ilarraton/2.
Scurry Handicap.—Prioress f., 1. Florence, 2 .
CATTERICK BRIDGE RACES— Wedne
Craven Handicap.—Silica, l. Martlet,
Ninth Easby Triennial Produce Stakes.—Kelpie, 1. Pelissier, 2.
Tenth Easby Triennial Produce Stak^a.-^Maggie, i. Antidote, 2 .
THURSDAY.
Oran Stakes.—Surprise, l. Layton, 2 .
Hornby Handicap.—GorseliUl. l. Logie o’ Buchan, 2 .
Bailesse Stakes—Broadlands, l. Phyllis, 2.
Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe has been recruiting his
strength, after a severe attack of influenza, at St. Leonard's. It is not the
intention of his Lordship to leave for Constantinople to present his letters
of recall as Ambassador before the month of August
Erratum.—B y an accidental slip of the pen, the portrait of
Mr. Henry Hope in our last issue w as acknowledged as “ from a photo¬
graph by May all and Soni" y Our attent ion lias been drawn to the fact
that the words should have been “ May all and Sun,” as that well-known
photographer has no partner in business—unless it be the luminary by
whose assistance he produces his pictures.
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK.
(From oi9' City Correspondent.)
Owing chiefly to numerous unfavourable rumours having been afloat on
the subject ol the contents of the forthcoming Budget of the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, the transactions in the Consol Market during nearly
the whole of the week, both for Money and Account, have been rather
limited. The fluctuations in prices, however, have not been extensive;
nevertheless, on the whole, they have'ruled in favour of buyers of Stock.
The Consol settlement has passed off well, and the differences have been
fairly met; whilst the first instalment of the Indian loan fell due on
Thursday. The amount thus absorbed is £ 1 , 000 , 000 , and to meet the
deposit there'bas been more inquiry for money in tlie Stock Exchange.
“ Out of doors ” money has been very abundant, at 2 $ to 2$ per cent For
sixty days’ paper, and 4 to 4$ per cent for four and six months’ bills.
TheAiyidena payments having been commenced, the supply of surplus
capital continues to increase, in ordinary times tlie Bank frequently
makes large advances upon Stock during the closing of the transfer
books; but, during the recent shutting, very few advances have been
made; consequently scarcely any amounts liavc to be repaid. StiU,
judging from even the present state of trade, the chances are more in
favour bf an advance than a decline in the value of money.
Some transactions have taken place in the new Indian Loan, at 98$ to
4. The difference between the subscription price and par will be
settled on the payment of the second instalment. Evidently flic loan has
not been brought oat well It would have been much better to have re¬
duced the Bonds to £100 each, which would have made the loan more
popular; or the Directors should have fixed an open price at which the
loan would have been received.
The foreign exchanges continue steady; but at New York they are
decidedly against this country ; hence the last steamer took out £6-1,000
in gold, ana other parcels are likely to follow. We do not think, however,
that the drain will be large. Besides, as we are now sending very little
silver to the East, the loss of a million or two, with our present enormous
stock in the Bank ot England, ought not to create alarm here.
The imports of gold from Australia have amounted to £336,000. From
the West Indies £127,000 has come to hand. The receipts from other
quartera have been trifling. A shipment of about £62,000 in silver has
been made to Hamburg and Alexandria; yet the silver market is heavy,
and prices arc rather drooping. Dollars have sold at4s.il$<L; and bar
silver is worth r»s. l$d. per ounce.
"The total amount of gold coined at the Mint last year was £1,859,860 ; of
snver, £373,230. In 1853 the gold coined was valued at £11,952,391. The
supply of gold known to be on passage from Australia is £507,000.
On Monday Consols were rather fiat, at 96$ $ 2 for Money, and the same
figures for the Account; India Bonds sold at 163. to 19s. ; and Exchequer
Bills, 35s. to 39s. prem.; Exchequer Bonds, 1868, were 99J; Dittos 1859,
101 and 100 $. _Very little change took place in the quotations on the fol-
chequer Bills,
>. prem. Exchequer Bonds were 100 J 101. The Indian Loan
marked 98$. Consols were inactive on Wednesday, at 96$ f $. 'The Re¬
duced were 95$ § $ $; and the New Three per Cents, 95$ $ India Bonds
sold at 20s. and 16s. prem.; Exchequer Bills, 35s. to 37s. prem. Bank
Stock was 221$ and 2201; and the Indian Loan, 98 j $ $. The funds were
rather heavy on Thursday, when the Three per Cents, for Money, were
done at 96$ A § ; and for the Account, 96$ $ $ $. The New Threes were
95$ $; and tne Reduced, 95$ §. India Bonds sold at 20s. to 22a.; and Ex¬
chequer Bills, 36s. to 39s. prem. The Indian Loan was 93$ g.
The Foreign Market has shown signs of improvement. M03t securities
have been dealt in to some extent, and prices have had rather an upward
tendency-.—Brazilian Five per Cents have realised lOlJcxdiv.; Ditto,
102 ex div.; Buenos Ayres bix per Cents, 78 ; Chilian Six per Cents,
104 ex div.; Danish Five per Cents, 102$; Danish Three per Cents, 82 ex
div.; Granada Two-and-a-Quarter per Cents, New Active, 19$; Mexican
Three per Cents, 19$; Peruvian Four-and-a- Half per Cents, 82 $; Peruvian
Three per Cents. 66fi ex div.: Russian Five per Cents, 110; Russian Four-
and-a-Half per Cent9, 100 $; Portuguese Three per Cents, 45$; Sardinian
Five percents, 91$; Spanish Three per Cents, 43$; Spanish New De¬
ferred, 26$; Spanish Committee’s Certificates of Coupon, not funded, 4 ?;
Turkish Six per Cents, 101 $; Turkish 1A — ~— c '—- *■—
104 ; Venezuela Four-and-Three '
Bonds, 4$ per cent, 67 ; Dutch
and-a-Half per Cents, 65$; French Three per Cents, 69.
For most Joint-stock Bank Shares the demand has rather improved,
and full prices have been generally obtained. Australasia have sold at
84$; City, 68; Colonial, 37 •, London Chartered of Australia, 18 $j London
and County, 283; London and Westminster, 45$; Oriental, 38*• South
Australia, 31$; Union of Australia, 47; Agra arid United
Bank ot Efjypt, 21}; English, Scottish, sn^ Australian ChartSS - nF
London Joint-Stock, 30$; Ottoman, 17$; Provincial of Ireland, 62 $ ■ and
>\ cstern of London, 31 . *' u
About an average business has been passing in Miscellaneous Secu-
i 8 « i®°Quotations. Australian Agricultural have marked
26$; Berlin Waterworks, New, $; Crystal Palace. 1 $; Eastern Steam,
6$; English ami Australian Copper. 3$ ; London Omnibus, 3 $; Nether-
lands Land Light per Cent Preference, 2 $; London Discount, 4 ; Peninsular
and Oriental Steam, Iiew, 17$; Royal Mail Steam, 62 ; Scottish Aus¬
tralian Divestment, 1 $ ; London Dock Shares. 104$ ; Victoria, 100 ; Canada
Government Six per Cents. 113$; New Brunswick Ditto. 108 ; New South
1081 8 Government Debentures, 97$ ; and Nova Scotia Six perCent Bonds,
Compared with many previous weeks, the Railway Share Market has
8 * ^ -I 113 » firmness, and rather an extensive business has been trans¬
acted m it. At one time, owing to an improvement in the traffic receipts,
prices steadily advanced; but a portion or the improvement lias since been
lost. The following are the official closing quotations on Thursday :—
Ordinary Shares and Stocks.— Caledonian. 85$; East Anglian,
16$; Eastern Counties, 68$ ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 63 ; Great Northern,
A Stock, 88; Ditto, B Stock, 126 ; Great Western, 67 $; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 87$ ; London and Blackwall, 6$; London and Brighton.
106; London and North-Western. 94; London and South-Western!
92$; Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 36$; Midland, 92$; North
British, 52$; North Eastern—Berwick, 91$; Ditto, Leeds, 47 $; Ditto
York, 74: North Staffordshire, 12 $; Scottish North-Eastern—Aberdeen
Stock, 26$; South-Eastern, 69$.
Lines Leased at Fixed Rentals— Clydesdale Junction, ioof-
HartU-pool Dock and k.iilway, 138; Ixmdon, Tilbury, and Southend, 95 ;
Midland—Bradford Preference Stock, 95; Shrewsbury and Hereford, 8$.
Preference Shares,—B ristol and Exeter, 95 ; Great Northern Five
B -t Cent, iio$; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 8; Midland—Bristol and
irmingbam,
British Possessions— Bombay, Baroda, and Central India, 92-
Buffalo and Like Huron. Additional Capital, B, 4$; East Indian, lio!
Ditto, E Shares Extension, 6$; Geelong and Melbourne, 20 $; Grand
Trunk of Canada, 47 ; Ditto, proportion issued of the Two Million Loan,
30$ ; Great Indian Peninsular, 21 $; Ditto, New, 2 $; Great Western of
Canada, 1 9$;^"Ditto, New; 11 ; Ditto, Bonds, payable 1873, without
option till i860, 107 ; Ditto, without option, 106; Ditto, payable 1877 .
without option. 100 $t Scinde, 10 $; ditto, Punjaub. 5$.
Foreign.— Bahia and San Francisco, 3; Great Luxembourg. 7j; Lom¬
bardo-Venetian, 10$ ; Namur and Lifcge, s$ ; Ottoman. 1 $; Recife and
San Francisco, 8$ ; Sambre and Meuse Five-and-a-Ilalf per Cent Pre¬
ference, «*•, . . ...
*>o material change has taken place in the value of Mining Shares, and
the market for them has been rattier inactive. Bon Accord Copper have
realised 1; and Santiago di Cuba, 2J.
THE MARKETS.
C 0 XX-E,\nu>-f!K, April 5.—A very limited supply of Rnglhh wheat war on offer in our
market to-day, and tho demand for all kinda was comparatively Arm, at. In Hmn instance*.
&q ranee In tho quotations compared with Monday lost of la. per quarter. In foreign
wheat, tho ahow of which wu extensive, only a limited businoea was passing; nevertheless,
bolder* generally wore aomowhst firmer in their demands. Tho bar lay trade ruled steady, at
vtry foil prices, and there was s slight improvement m tho inquiry for midt. Oats and peas
sold readily, at Is. per quarter more money. Beans and flour realised previous quotations,
with a fair demand. *
April 7 —Generally speaking, the demand ruled steady to-day, and Monday's price® were
well mpported
English.— Wheat, Essex and Kent, red, 39s. to 45a.; ditto, whito, 41s. to 49s.; Norfolk
and Suffolk, rod, 38s. to 41a.; nro, 32s. to 31a., grinding barley, Ms. to 30s.; distfflmjr
ditto, 32s. to 36s.; malting ditto, 35*. to 4la.; Lincoln and Norfolk malt, 68s. to 66s.; brown
ditto, 64s. to Me.; Kingston and Ware, Ms. to 66s.; Chevalier, 67s. to 69s.; Yorkshire and
Lincolnshire feod oats, 20s. to 26s.; potato ditto, 26s. to 33s.; Youghal and Cork, black, 20s. to
25s.; ditto white, 22a. to Sis.; tick beans, 33s. to 34a.; grey peas. 40s. to 43s.; maple, 42s.
to 45s.; white, 40s. to 43s.; boilers, 42a. to 45s. per quarter. Town-made flour, 38s. to
♦0s.; town households, 35s. to 36a.; country marks, 29s. to 35s. per 280 lbs. American flour.
18a. to 23s. per barrel; French, 31s. to 37s. per sack.
Clover seed is hdd for rather more money, and all other seeds support last week's
quotations. In cakes only a limited business Is dolrg.
Linseed English, crashing, 60s. to 66s.; Calcutta. 51s. to 53s.; Bombay, 5ts. to 55s.; hemp-
seed, 44s. to s6s. per quarter; ooriunder. 30s. to 32*. per cwt.; brown mustard—eed, 14a. to
16s.; ditto whito, 17s. to ISs.; tares, 6s. 3d. to 6s. 9d. per bushel. English rupeeced, 66*. to
72s. per quarter; linseed cakes, English, £10 5s. to £10 10s.; ditto, foreign, £10 0s. to £10
16s.: rape cakes, £5 10s. to £5 15s. per ton. Canary, Sis. to 92a. per quarter; red clover, iti.
to 68s.; white ditto, 60s. to 70s. per cwt.
Bread. —The jirices of wheaten bread in tho metropolis are from 6W. to “M.t of house¬
hold ditto, 4jd. to 6d. per 4 lb. loaf.
Imperial Weekly Averages.— Wheat, «ls. 3d.; barley, 36s. I0d-; oats. 23s. 5d.: rye.
Sis. 3d.; beans, 3«s. 4d.; peas, 4ls.9d.
The Six Weeks' Averages.— Whoat, 46s. Id.; barloy, 38s. 8d.; oats, 23s. 2d.; rye, 32a.2d.-
beans, 38*. Id.; peas, 4!s. 2d.
English Grain sold last IFeeF—Wheat, 84,952; barley, 43,672; oats. 15,957; rye, 175:
beans, 6071; peas, 865 quarters.
Tea.— Owing to tbo holidays very little business has boon transacted in our market tlda
w<*k, and common sound oongou is rather freely offered at Is Ojd. to Is. 0$d per lb.
Sugar.— All kinds of raw sugar have moved off slowly, but we have no actual change to
notice In prices The refined market hoa been olosod.
Coffer.— lUnntaticm kinds are in fair request, at full quotation i; but ether descriptions
move off slowly on former terms.
11 ice — Tho heavy stock in warehouse—80,COO tons—has a depressing influence upon the
demand, and former prices arc barely supported
Frovisions .—Irish butter Mill slowly, at irregular quotations. Fine foreign supports pre¬
vious rates, but inferior qualities ore a dull inquiry. In Ilia value ot English very littlo
change has taken place. Bacon is in improved request, and prices have on upward tendency.
All other provisions are dnlL
Tallow.— The demand has somewhat improved, and P.Y.C., on tbo spot, is selling at 56s. 9d.
to 66s.; for tho last three months’ delivery the quotation is 62«. 3d. per cwt.
Oils —Linseed oil moves off slowly, at 28s. 9d. por cwt. on the spot. Foreign refined rapo
L* inactive, at £42 to £43; and brown, £.'W to £39. Common fish oils aro dull. Spirits of
turpentine move off stcudily, at 42s. to 43s per cwt.
Spirits.— We have no movement to notice in tho demand for any kind of rum, at last
week’s quotations. In brandy very littlo is doing, cn former terms. ' Grain spirit continues
dull.
Ilay and Straw.— Meadow bay, £2 10s. to £4 3*.; clover ditto, £3 10s. to £5 0«.; and
Straw, £1 69. to £1 10s. per load.
Coals.— Basting’s Hartley, 16s. 3d.; Holywell, 15s.; Wylam, 14s.; Eden Main, 16s. 9d.;
Haswell, 10s.; South Holton, 19a.; Hartlepool, 17s. Cd.; Kelloc, 17a. Gd.; Tecs, 19s.
per ton.
Hops.—' There is a slight improvement in tho doinond for good sod useful hope of last
year’s growth, st full prices. Ia other kinds very littlo is doing, on former terms.
— 8o littlo is doiDg In tills article that the > pi out ions are almost nominal.
Potatoes.—Tho demand ia rather heavy, and prices range ftcm 80s. to 185s. per ton.
Metropolitan Cattle Market (Thursday, April 8),—To-day’s market was somewhat
extensively supplied with beasts, chiefly in very middling condition. All kinds met a dull
sale, st barely Monday's quotations The show of ahoop was very moderate, and the mutton
trado was steady, at very full prices. A few very superior Downs sold at 5». 2d.
per 8 Its. Lambs wore in short supply and good request, at extreme rates. Only
100 cun# to hand from the Iilo of Wight. Calves—the show of which was limited —
sold briskly, at 2d. to 4d per 8 lbs. m.re money. Figs and milch cows were dull.
Per 81ba. to sink the offal.—Coarse and inferior beasts, 3s. 2d. to 3s. td.; second quality
ditto, 3 k. fid. to 3s. 8d.; prime large oxen, 3s. lOd. to 4s. 2d. ; prime Scots, &c., 4s. 4d.
to 4s. fid.; coarse and Inferior sheep, 3s. 2d. to 3s. id.; second quality ditto, 3s. 6d. to
3s. 10d.; prime coarse-wooiled sheep, 4s. Od. to 4s. Gd. ; primo Houthdowns, 4s. 8d. to
5s. 2d.; largo coarse calves, 4s. 4d. to 5s. 2d. ; primo small ditto, 6s. id. to 6«. 8d. ;
large hogs, 8s. 2d. to 4s. 0d.; neat small porkers. 4s. 2d. to 4s. 4d.; lambs, 6s. to 7s.; snek-
lliur calves, 19s. to 24s.; and quarter-old store pigs, 19s. to 2ls. each. Total supply:
beasts, 1200; cows, 116; sheep and lambs, 4700; calves, 90; pigs, 312. Foreign: beasts, 110;
sheep, 120: calves, 50.
At legate ami Leadenhall.—TAch kind of moat lias sold somewhat steadily, as follows:—
Beef, from 2s.8d. t» 4s.; mutton, 2s. lOd. to 4«. 4s.; lamb, 6s. 6d. to 6s. fid.: veal. 3s. 8d. to
4s. &L; pork, 3s. to 4s. 4d. per 8 lbs. by tbo carcase. ItOBtSKT UXUBKCT.
THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Friday, April 2.
bankruptcies annulled.
W. NICBOLS, Wilsden, Yorkshire, worsted ■pinncr.-J. D. LEE and J. CRABTREE,
Calvarlcy, Yorkshire, machine makers. _
BANKRUPTS.
J, W. GOLDEN, Brighouse, Yorkshire, cordmakur.—H. SEATON, Chelmsford, woollen
draper.—E. W. MORRIS, Oxford, printer—J. BUNTON. Kings' Lynn, hotel keeper.—
H. R. WILKINB, Wcrtbromwlch, draper.—J. PHILLIPS, Birmingham, timber aoalor.—
J. BYREI), RedhiU, Beigate, seedsman and florist.—C. .TAMES and H. G. EVANS, Beer-lnno,
City, cooporH.—J. INCH. Wilton-strcst, Middlesex, apothecary,—E. SHINGLES, Birming¬
ham, shoemaker—W. W., J. W., and G. YOUNG, Neath, Glamorganshire, millers—OLF.
iClCliAKJiHON, late of Chureh-stroet, Stoke Newington, victualler.—O. WHITE the older,
Plaistow, Essex, tailor.—W. HARRISON and G.TAYuOR, Hadlow, brewers.—T. MORRISON,
Rhyl, coal merchant.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
DOUGLAS and SON. Greenock, watchmaker*.—-I- GALT, Whiteshsw, Carluke, farmer.—
J. »nd A. DYKES and MORTON, Glasgow, warehonnemon.—D. RUST, Aberdeen, clothier.—
J. STEWART, Arbroath, hotel-kccf>cr.—D. D. MANSON, Spynio, Elginshire, farmer.
Tuesday, April 6.
WAR OFFICE.
I6fh Foot: General S. H. Berkeley to bo Colonel.
754h: Major-General 8t. J. A. Clerko to be Colonel.
BANK RUPTS
C. F. RICHARDSON. Mildmay Milas, Stoke Newington, victualler.—G. BENNETT, White¬
chapel. outfitter.—J. WILLATT,T. and R. WILLIAMS, Hanley, Staffordshire, earthenwaro
manufacturers.—J. and T. POWELL. Birmingham, awl-blade makers.—11. MORRIS, Tipton,
Stafi'crdfhire. iron merchant—T. P. CRAVEN, Scarborough, Yorkshire, painter.—T. DOVE,
Clay Gross, Derbyshire, chemist.—C. PHENIX, Ruaben, Denbighshire, common brewer.—J.
WICKS, Bristol, broker.—R. FROST, Teignmouth, Devonshire, stationer.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
A. GARDINER, Foulsykes, Lanarkshire, farmer.—A YOUNG, Leith, merchant—D.
Wll-KIE, Howden, Roxburghshire —R. JACK, Glasgow, tinplate worker.—J. M. BANKS,
Dundee, auctioneer.—L. M’LAREN. Stirling, plumber.—J. MORRISON, Perth, painter—R.
HAMILTON. Stonehouse, Lanarkshire.—R. ROSS, Broad mire, Aberdeen, farmer. —WHITE
FAUIWEAIHEK, and CO., Aberdeen, sUkmercsrs.
BIBTIIS.
On the 28th Feb., at Bombay, the wife of Captain Montagu J. Battye, Fort Adjutant,
of a ron.
On tho Slut alt., at 16, Lower (’althorpe-street, tlie wife of Robert Landclls, Esq., of ft
daughter.
MARRIAGE.
On tbo 6tb test., at Fhaw-cum-Pennington, Newbnry, Berks, by the Rev. Henry J. Eyre,
M.A., arsUsted by Rev. Robot Baker. M.A., William Theodore Hickman, B»q., Captain 60th
«Queen's Own) Regiment, only ion of William Hickman, E*q., of Gloucaster-Urrace, Hyde-
park, to De Couicy Annie, iccond daughter of tbo late Robert Duxbwoed, Roynl
Engineers.
April 10, 1858.J
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
371
NEW BOOKS, Ifc.
MB. COLUEB'S NEW LIBRARY EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE.
Now Toady,in six volume*, price £4, cloth, _
CJHAKEijFEARE’S COMEDIES, HTS-
O TORIES, TRAGEDIES, and POEMS. Edited by J. PAY.SE
COLLIER, Esq., VAA- Tbo Second Edilion.
T«ondon: Wuittakkr and Co., Avo Moris-lane.
Part 11., on Mar 1st, IBM,
TJEISSUE of a HISTORY of BRITISH
Xl> BIRDS. By the Rev. K. O. MORRIS. B.A.
In Monthly TartK, prioo 1 b , each cantoning Pour boiLat fblly-
cslonrcd Engravings. . „ . _ „
London: Gkoomrridok and Sous, Fatoroo*tor-row.
NEW EDITIONS OF MRS. JAMEBON’8 WORKS ON SACRED
AND LEUENDARY CHRISTIAN ART.
Jn two volumes, square crown 8vo, with 17 Etchings. and upwards
uf ImO Engraving* on Wood, price 31a. 6d cloth,
L EGENDS of the SAINTS and MARTYRS :
Forming tlie Finn Scries of Sacred 'and Legendary Art. By
Mr*. JAMESON. Third Edition, revised and Improved.
Also liv Mrs. JAMESON, in tlw samo Berio*. New Editions,
LEGENDS o) tlie MADONNA, Etching* andWood-
“lEGENDS of the MONASTIC ORDERS, with
“cofif'MONRl.ACE-BOOK of THOUGHTS, ME-
MORLES, and Fancies. Second Edilion Illustrations. Crown8vo. 18s.
Loudon: LONGMAN, BROWN, and CO.
CHEAPER EDITION
Now ready, In fcap. cloth, price 5t».,
/CONSOLATIONS; or Leaves from the Tree
of Ulh. By tho Rev. JOHN CUMMING, D.D., F.R.S.E.
Arthur Hall, VIRTU*. and CO , 23. PuL-moster-row.
New Editions, price 5a. each work,
D R. BULL’S HINTS to MOTHERS on tho
MANAGEMENT of their HEALTH daring PREGNANCY
and after CHILDBIRTH: and on their own MANAGEMENT of tbo
HEALTH of their CHILDREN.
London: LOXGVAX, BnowX, and Co.
Just pnbllshod, in fcap 8vo, price 3s., cloth,_
IHB LETTERS of a BETROTHED.
London: LONCMAX, BKOWX, and CO.
T
Crown 8vo. price «». 6d.; post-free, 2a. lOd.j with Map, 6d. extra,
L ONDON as it is TO-DAY ; Where to Go
and What to Bee. With 200 Engraving*.
London: H. G. CLARK* and CO., 232, Strand. W.C.
WORTH NOTICE.—What h** alwaya been wanted is Just published
price 4a., free by post (the eighteenth, thousand l» now mUimI,
mllE DICTIONARY APPENDIX,
X With upwards of 7800 words not found in tho Dictionary, com-
piis'ng the participle* of the verbs, which perplex ail writers. No
person who write* a letter should be without this work; all school
pwpU* should hare U. “This hook is invaluable."—Weekly Times.
•• This be ok is ae necessary as ‘Walker’s Dictionary’itself. —The
Critic. J. F. SHAW, 48, l‘aterno*Mr-row.
Illustrated with 230 Descriptive Engraving*. 3a. «d.,
~ \\l IP E’S OWN BOOK of COOKERY.—
f f Agreeable Dinner*, Inexpensive, and easily cooked. Also, Nlco
Sinners for ev ery dav.—W aKH and LOCK; and all Booksellers.
Sixty-four Pages, Illustrated, Kourponcc Monthly.
T he family friend.
“Very amusing, very varied, very neatly Illustrated, and very
heap."—illustrated Times.—W ard and LOCK, 158, Fleet-street.
Just out. Third Edition, price 2s. fid.. Illustrated.
T he practical housewife.
By Editors of “ Family Kriond." “ A capital handbook."—
Athenaeum. WARD and LOCK; and all Bookseller*._
CHARMING GIFT-BOOK.—Price 3s. Gd., richly gilt, Illustrated,
E legant arts for ladies.
Containing Plain Instructions by Eminent Masters in Twenty-
two Useful Art* and Elegant Accomplishment*.—WARD and LOCK.
Jost published, Fifth Edition, price Sis.: fre© by post,
T HE ART of BREWING, Fermenting, and
Making of Malt; containing correct Tables of Mashing Heats,
full directions lor preventing Acetous FeraumuUon, and every other
necossory information to make success in this important art certain;
the result of 30 years' practice. By JOHN LkVESQUK, late of tho
Anchor Brewery.—J ames LEatix, 5. St. Paul's Churchyard.
Just published, price Half-a-Crown,
JOME OBSERVATIONS upon the RECENT
NEW MUSIC, ffc.
T HE HIGHLAND BLOSSOM. Scotch
Balled. By W. V. WALLACE.
CRAMKU Bkalk. and Co.. 201, Regent-street.
*TVTOBAH, DARLING, DOST BELIEVE
JLN THEM. Irish Ballad. By M. W. BALFE.
Cuahcr, Bkalk, and Co., 201, Regent-street.
finHE JOY of LOVING THEE. English
X Ballad. By W. MAYNARD.
CKAMKR, Bealx, and Co., 201, Regent-street.
■ftTENDELSSOHN’S SONGS WITHOUT
1V± WORDS, in Six Books, complete, elegantly bound, 7s. 6d.j
post-free, 90 stamps. Beethoven’s Sonatas, In six book*, elegantly
board. 7s fid.; Grobe's Sacred Melodic*, with variations, in 9 vols.,
elegantly bound, 7s. fid. each: Too Sacml Harmonist,4 vols., splendidly
bound, 7a. 6d. ckch; anu The Standard Glee Book, 4 vols., 7s. 6<L
each. Flrhcr voL, post-free. 96 stumpa.
MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 192, High Hoibom.
L ONDON IMPROVEMENTS.—Practical
Suggestions for Relieving the Ovor-erowdcd Thoroughfare* of
London; seeming Improved Means of Locomotion; diverting the
Bex age from the Thames and appropriating it to Agricultural Use;
with Eitimato of tbo Coat and probnblo Revenue Also. Map, Plans,
2d ViowT By JOSEPH MITCHELL. C.E.. F.R.S.F.., Member of
the Institution of Civil Engineers. Price 2*. 61.; ptr p<xat, 2a. lOd.
London: Edward STANFORD, 6, Charing-cross, B.W.
__blUbcd^price Half-a-Crown,
ADDITION of a READING-ROOM to*tho BRITISH MU3F.UH;
with Plans, Sections, and other Illustrative Documents. By
WILLIAM HOPK1NG. Architect and CE., Profeasor of Archi-
tectare, Ac., nt King's Collrgo, London.
London: EDWARD STAS FORD, 6, Charing-cross, S.W.
Just published, price Sixpence,
A ROYAL MARRIAGE, in its APPLICA-
TION to CHRIST and HIS CHURCH.
Lon don: W. II. COLUXORIPOK, City Press, i. Long-lane, E.C,
Just published, price Slxooncs,
J OSEPH MAZZINI to LOUIS NAPOLEON.
London; EmM.HAM WILSON, Royal Exchange. _
Just published. price 6d, postage-free on rewlpt ofsUmpa.
g TAlNED WINDOWS and PAINTED
GLASS imitated by the beautiful proems DIAPHANtE: a
ription of the Beat Methods, with Concise Direction* for Irant-
parency Feinting. Ac. Illustrated.
"Any ladv or gentleman may easily perform the work.
" A* effective ns stained gloss, which it cloeely resembloa. Its cost
la wonderfully small." _ _ ... .
London: Wm. Barnard, 59, Edgware-road, Paddington.
mHII PRETTIEST GIFT-BOOK EVER
I PUBLISHED.—The PICTORIAL POCKET BIBLE, with nearly
300 beautiful Wood-Engraving* of all tho great events reoordod in tho
Scripture*. Good clear type, and 30,000 references, bound in beat
morocco, for 14a., sent poat-freo. Only to be had at JOHX Fjkld 5
Great Bible Warehouse. Kegcnt’s-qaadrant, London. _
Qfin BIBLE STORIES, with nearly 300
OUU BIBLE PICTURES, a Pictorial Sunday Book for tho
Young, handaomoly bound, price 4a. fi(L, originally pubhsbed at 12a.
Pent poat-freo from FIELD’8 Great Biblo Wareh mao, Ui^Regent *-
quadrant. Every family should have thlB pretty book.
mHE HALIFAX PUBLICATIONS are the
X CHEAPEST BOOKS In the WORLD, aad tho beat adapted
for presents. Ask for tho UaUfax Choap Editions.
MILNER and B oWKR ht. Halifax, ) orK ahlre. \ \
B RICK-MAKING MACHINES, adapted for
the Clays tbev are to work, and every information on 1’oUov,
M.chrocrj. iml Work.. Tbo »0d,tJ EAMv lia
Brick-making," po it-free, la. 2d.—Mr. HUMPHREY CHAMBER-
LAIN, Kempeey, near Worcester.
__ Bonl Free by Fo.t for Ei*ht F.raiy
"ETENNINGS’ EVERY MOTHER’S; BOOK;
JU which ccntnins ornyihimr ih.t cvny Mother oti|ht to know.
Direct to Ai.KBED PENNING*, West Co wes, Isle of Wight.
Few Edition (Sixth), this day, price 3s. 6d.; by post 6b, in stomp*.
C ONSUMPTION, Bronchitis. Asthma, &c.,
successfully treated by Inhalation, or Remedies Breathed into
the Longs. By ALFRED B. MADDOCK, M.D. lila»tr*tod With
ube ut 90 ease* of reooTcry.
Simfkin, Marshall, and Co.. Stctiancn’-ludl-courL
W ADE’S 50 Selected SONGS aad BAL-
LADS (with accompaniments), for the Guitir, price 1*.;
by poat, 14 stamps. Alio Henry Uu*‘«ll'* 100 Song*. »* ; 100 popular
Song* and BailRds, sung by Pima Hooves, Ac., la.; Sam Cowell's 100
Comic Songs, 1* ; Christy r 100 Negro and American, la.; 100 Glees,
Catches, and Rounds. Is; 100 Rong* of Scotland, Is.; 100 of Dibdln s
Is.; 100 of Irrtland. 1*-; end 100 Little Song* for Little Singers, ua
aolos and (loots. These book* have all tho music and words, and
cither sent by post for 14 stamps.
MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 192. High Holborn.
Now ready. Fifth Edition, with caeca, prico Is. fid.; by post. 2s.,
L ateral curvature of the spine;
with a new method of treatment for securing tu removal. By
CHARLES VERBAL, Eaq., Burgeon to tho Spinal Hospital. London.
London: J. Churchill, New Butllngton-stroot; end all Booksellers
Now ready, Pocoud Edition, price la; ty post la. Id.,
S TAMME RING: tlie Cause and Core. By the
Rev. W. W / CAZALET. A M. Cantab.
London: BoswOSTH and Harkisox, 213, Regent-atroot.
rnHE CHRISTY MINSTRELS’ SONGS.—
1 Come where my Love lie* dreaming, as *olo and quartette,
price fid ; by post 7<L Also, Willie, wo have missed you—Hoop do
Doodtn Do—Tho Other Side of Jordan—Btauiiful Star—Hard Times—
Good News from Home—Toll the Bell—Kiss me Quick—Good Old
Jeff—Wc ttro Coming. 8i«tor Mary—Old Folks are Gone—Ring do
Banjo—Oh, Boys! Carry mo Along—Gentle Jenny Gray, and Gentle
All
m stumps.—MuoICAL BOUQUhl UrHlfci
T HE AMERICAN HORSE - TAMER.—
Mr. BARRY'S arrangement* for Teaching in Ckuw hU
Method of Training Colt* and Taming vicious Horses, after the Easier
Holidays, are as follows —
Monday .. .. April 12^ At ibe Round Honso,
IE, li«, High Holborn.
w
EW BALLAD, “Words to Remember,’*
price 2s. Word* by J. E. CARFBNTER. Music by IL J.
VENN All pure has or* of this 8ong will bo presented with a tlckot,
two pianofortes, vnluo 3) guineas each, botag given away by tho pub-
lliher among tbo purchasers, to be drawn for upon 1000 oopio* being
sold.—VKXX, Music Publisher, 63, Boker-atreet. Song and ticket sent
for 23 stomps. All music half price sent for stamps.
HEAPEST MUSIC REPOSITORY in
ENGLAND. All tho New Music balf-prioe. 8olled at one-
thbd. Country ordore executed. Pianist attenda daily. Catalogue*,
two stamp*—D'ALCORN, 18, HaUibono-pUce, W.
Now ready, psice 2«. 6d.,
O N the THERAPEUTIC ACTION of
OXYGEN, with Recent Case* proving its Singular Efficacy in
various Intractable Dueasta. By 8. B- BIRCH, M.D.
London: II. BsiLLUCRB, 219, Regent-street.
ftfl fWVl BIBLES. PRAYER-BOOKS,
DUlVUU CiUTRCH S FIR VICES, wl JUVENILE BOOKS.—
Tk. tu,!.!. Ch«pe>t. ha* Bort-boood Stock in Ibo KlogSoin, ot
riCLDtl Uiwl Bill, WkretiOTte, Ml Rr,6n! t- 9 ti» 4 f(Uit, LooSod.
TV/TUSIC at REDUCED PRICES.—Caw-
XlJL lOttoea of MOO Bon.:'. 6000 Viuio IHoom by tbo bootCorapowir,.
aud 2000 ancient anil modem Miscellaneous Work*, sent anywhere
for three -lamps each catalogue. All music postago-freo.—WM.
ROBINSON, Jun., 368, S rand (near Exeter Hall).
P IANOFORTES.—PUBLIC ATTENTION
Pome splendid Rosewood and Walnut-tree Cottages and Pic¬
colo*. 62 octaves, with sll the latest Improvements, have only Irjco
used a tew months, from 19 guineas.—At TOLKIEN’S Old-Estab¬
lished Pianoforte WarehouBO, 27, 28, and 29, King William-street,
Loudon-bridge. Pisnofortos for hire, >vi:h optiou of purchase.
TOLKIEN’S IRRESISTIBLE PIANO-
FORTE, with Trusi Concave Brucinga and Perpendicular
_ . — . — Isiie instruments ore superior
H
Bolts, by Letter*' Patent.—These exquiiito irutirumenta are sup«r
in power to anv English or Foreign piano. For quality of tone i
equalled; duraolUty unquestionable. For extreme climates invaluable.
Price (in elegant designs) moderate. Height, 4 ft. Drawing* post-
free, at H. Tolkien’s, 27, 28, 59, King William-street. London-bridge
Pianofortes for Hire, with option to purchase on easy terms.
H TOLKEIN’S 25-guinea Royal Minuto
• PIANOFORTES, 6| octave*.—This piano is acknowledged to
be superior to any English or foreign piano at the abovo price; and,
by the care end attention U. T. has devoted to all branches of the
manufacture, be has obtained the highest reputation throughout tho
universe for thc*o instruments, unoqualled in durability nitd deli¬
cacy of touch.—H. Tolkien's, 27, 28, 29, King WlUlam-street. London-
bridge. Pianoforte* for hire, with option to porchaso on easy terms
USICAL BOX REPOSITORY, 32,
Ludgate-street (ncarSt. Paul's).—'WALES and M'CLTLLOCII
ore direct in.pottem of NICOLE FRERBS' Celebrated MUSICAL
BOXES, plAying brilliantly tho best Popular. Operatic, and hatred
Music. Large Biww. Four Airs, £4; Six. £6 6e.; Eight, £8? Twelve
Air*, £1212». Botitl'-boxe*. Two Tuues, 14s bd. and 18a; Throe 30*.;
Four. 40s. Catalogues of Tun os gratia and post-free, on applic ation.
URNITURE for a DRAWING-ROOM—of
chnsto and elegant design, a bargain, fine walnut, warntnted
manufacture, to bo sold for half its value, nearly new—conslsUng of
a lnrgc-sited brilliant plate Chimney Glaus, in costly unique franmt ft
magnificent Chiffonier, with richly-cnrvod back, and doors fitted
with best sUvorod-plate glaas.and marble top. nupurwr CeutreTablo.
on lutndsoracly-carvcd pillar and claws; o^carionsJ or. LuP»<s
Writing and’Pancy Tables; six solid, elegwruy-shaped Chair*, in rich
silk; a superior, spring-ituffed, Hot tee; Easy and Victoria Cliairs, en
•uita, with extra lined looee cases; two fancy occasional Chair*; and
a hondiomo Wbotnot. Price for the whole suite 46 gumeaa. /N.B.—
Also, a very superior, complete, modem, fine apaniab mahogany
Dining Room Set in best morocco, 40 guineas. To bo icon a: !.KWIN
CRAWCOUR. and CO.'8, Upholsterers 7, Queeu's-bulldinga, KnighU-
bridge (seven d oors weet of Bloane-itreet )-
C CABINET FURNITURE, CARPETS, and
J BEDDING.—An Illustrated Book of Estimates and Fumitnro
Catalogue, containing 1(W Designs and Prices of Faihionablo and
Superior Upboliterv. Furniture, *c.. gratis on application. Persons
furairhing, who study ocooomv, combined with elegance and dura¬
bility, should appiy for this.—LEWIN CRAWCOUR and CO.. Cabinet
Manufacturers, 7, Qucen's-buildipinh Kulghtsbridge (seven door* weet
of Blount’ streot). N.B. Country orders carnage free.
rr\EN THOUSAND PIECES masniGcent
L BRUSSELS CARPETS, at 2e 4d., 2*. 6d . and2s. lOd. peryard.
These goods are. to be sold for cash only.—J. MAPLE and CO., 145, Ac.,
Tottenham-court-road.
H eal and son’s new illustrated
CATALOGUE contains dedgna and prico* of 130 article*
of BED-ROOM FURNITURE, as well as of 100 Bedsteads, and
prices of every description of Bedding. 8ent free by poet.—Huai and
Hon. Bedstead; Bedding, and Bed-room Furniture Manufacturers,
196, Tottemhaiii-court-road, W.
L ooking-glasses and furniture of
tiic beet quality, at moderate prioes.—NOSOTTI'8, *98 and 9,
Oxford-street. Established 1822. W.
TYINNER, DESSERT, and TEA SERVICES.
X-j-* A large variety of new and good Patterns. Beat quality,
superior teste, unueually low price*. Also ever}' deocriptiou of Cut
Table (lisas, equally advantageous. . ltt _ „
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, Ludgate-hill, E C.
O RNAMENTS for the MANTELPIECE, &c.
Statuette*, Groups, Vases. Ac., in Parian, decorated Bisqon aud
other China; Clocks (gilt, marble, and bronxe), Alahaatar, Bohemian
(.law, first-class Bronzes, Candelabra, and many other art-manufac¬
tures, all in the beet taste and at very moderate price*.
THOMAS PEARCE and BO$J, 23. Ludgate-hill, E.U.
C LOCKS for ROOMS.—Designs original,
elegant, and hi pure taste. Work* the very licst (with the
latest improvements). Prices extremely moderate. Assortment the
largest in London. General style and finitli all that can be dciirod.—
THOMAS PEAKCE and SON, 23, Ludgatc-bUl, E.C.
C HANDELIERS in CUT CRYSTAL, for
Gas or Candle*. A large stock; luttenis uncommon and beau¬
tiful: qualilv irreproachable. All designed and manufactured by
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 83. Ludgate-hiU, E.C.
M oderator lamps.—S imple, strong,
and well finished, the Lamps of Pearce and Son eontinuo to
maintain their great superiority over every other kind, while for
originality, beauty, and good taste, the pattern* aro allowed to be the
ffiinlbe Trade-THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, Lndgato-hlU,
E.C., Direct Importers of Colza Oil only of the first quality.
S UPERB FLOWER SEEDS for present
BOWING, post-free at tbo annexed prico*:—100 fine hanly
annuals. 5*., W dlttoT3s-; 36 ditto, * I. fid .. 12 JiArnTfifC
tive Catalogue*, with sample packet. Jbr id.—From WILLIAM
KNIGHT. Florist. 67. High-street. Rattle, Rosoax.
s :
EEDS for the GARDEN.—Sent postage
paid, 30 handsome, showy, hardy, Annual Flowcr Seeds . to
dmo bulf-himly V'lio- f, ' r 'f’ora OOTn yiF-«p | »pfflJ < l»6te
ten-week lutonoediAto Emperor and H romp ton Stocks, double Wall-
flewtr*. Zinnus, and French Pa»ny Aster*, tho bandsomoat grown.
From Italy— New Splendid Petunias, Striped and Shaded Zinnias,
Double Carnation*, and Double Pwoteo*, each sort Is. per pseke..
For liit of Srlendid New Flower Peed* tee advertisement of last
week, page 338.-Amateur*' Catalogue sent true and post-paid cn
* BUTLER nod M'CULLOCH. Bcedtmcn, and Fhwiits, South Bcw,
Ctrrenl-gardcn Market, Lwriw.
.. .. April 12Yi
.. .. „ 13 l
r .. :: !JJ
::
:: 8 }
as)
Kiunerton- > troet,
Motcombo-rtrect,
Belgravia.
In Yorkshire.
Tuesday
Wednwidsy
Thursday
Saturday
Tuesday
Monday
33&r."•>
Thnrsdny «. .. .. .
Monday .. .. May 3
Tuesday •• •• „ 4]
Wednesday .. „ 5 At the Round House,
Thmsday .* .. „ fi Kmnorton-etroet,
Monday .. .. „ 10 Motcombe-sireet,
Tuesday .. .. „ 11 I Belgravia.
Wednesday .. „ IS |
Thursday .. .. 13 j ....
Further information ana forms for Subscription may be obtained
on application to the Secretary of the Fond, at Meaars. Tat tori oil's,
Grosvenor-placo,
3rd April, 1838-WB
T O ANGLERS.—CHARLES FARLOW,
191, Strand, MuDufacturer of superior FISHING RODS and
TACKLE, at moderate price*. Catalogues gratl*.
■\T7TLDFOWL SHOOTING.—Double aud
YV Hioglo DUCK-GDN8, large borca and long barrols, to kill
with loose shot 100 yards. Prioe*: Single*, from £7 10#-: Doubles,
12 guineas and upwards.—ItEILLY, Gunmakor, New Oxford-street.
/BOLT’S SIX-SHOT PISTOLS and RIFLES.
VJ' Five different sir.os of each. D&icription and nrloed lists fur¬
nished. Avoid Counterfeits.—Wholotale and Retail lk'pfit, 14, I*all-
mall West, London.
/^IHESS. — The IN-STATU-QUO CHESS-
\J BOARD, Invaluabls to oil Cbei»oolayur*. Prico, complete with
men, 30a.; finest African ivory, 60s. At all fancy repositories.
Wholesale. JAQUES, Patontoe, Hatton-gardea.— “ No ahess-plnyer
should be without one.” -Illustrated London Nows.
T ARTS of KILLARNEY and SOUTH of
1 J IRELAND (8TEBE03COP1C).—Tho finest 8orics of Views
ever Issued, oxqufeitely oolourod, £5 tbo sot of 30, In olof&nl box.
Sample copies sent by post, on remittance of 24 stamps.
London Stereoscopic Company,
64, Choapsido, and 313, Oxford-streot.
TJERPETUAL SUNSET.—Scenery, however
XT extensiro, viewed through MORTON'S IMITATION SUNSET
GLASS, appear* aa if glowing in a beautiful summer nunset: can be
used any hour of the day or timo of year: invaluable for nuwutain
sccncrvl the seaside, or tbo country fields. Post-free for 18 stamps.—
G. F. MORTON, Islington-green. London,**.
/CHEMICAL MAGIC, Brilliant Experiments.
Mr. STATUAM'S 111 nitrat'd Procpectnai of Chemical Cabi¬
nets, Portable Laboratories, Micro*oopea, Magic lanterns, Chemical,
FJectricaJ, and Photographic Apparatu*. Educational Toy*, fco.. froo
for 2 itampi ; Book of Chemical Experiments, 7 siaaps.—William B.
Stutham, 30i, hcgvnt-btrect, W.
T\/fOUNTED OBJECTS for the MICRO-
JLYJL SCOPE.—Mr. SAMUEL STEVENS. Natural History Agent,
24, Bloomsbury-street, London, ha* ON SALE orjccta neatly mounted
for Microscopk* examination. Tho price h 10*. fid. per dor.cn, packed
In 1 racked boxes containing one or two doien; Is. per do/.e» extra
when Fcnt by post. Prtntod lists lent or. application. Post-office
order* made payable at Bloomsbofy Ofllce*
T\yriCROSGOPES.~J. AMADIO’S BOTA-
lYX K1CAL MICROSCOPES, packed In mahogany coses, with
three power*, condenser, placer*, and two slide*—will show the
mnhnslcnlse in water. l*rice 18s. fid. * 4 The Field " newspaper, under
Die gardening depuitmcnt, gives tho following valuable toaUmony:—
• • It is marvellously cheap, and will do every tiling which tho lover of
nature can wish ii to sccomplUh, either at home or in the open air. —
Juno 6. '837 Address. 7, Thregmorton-streoL—A large assortment
of Achromatic Microscopes.
rriPERA GLASSES, in every variety of size
V./ end price. Some anperb specimens of Viennese manufacture,
lultable for Wedding or Birthday Presents, at CALLAGHAN’S,
Optician, 23 a. New Bond-street, Comer of Conduit-street. N'.B. 8olo
Agent to Voigtllindcr, Vienna.
•R/fUTINY IN INDIA.—Military Field
IV 8 Glasses and Telescopes of matchler* quality, combining tho
very latest improvements, at CALLAGHAN'S, 21A, New Bend-street,
comer of Conduit- »tr*et. N B. Sole Agent for the small and powerful
Opera and Race Glasses Invented and mode by Voigti»nder, Vienna.
Y'tPEKA, RACE, and FIELD GLASSES.—
\Jr M. PILLI8CHER respectfully informs hi* numerous Patrons
that lie has prepared for the season a largo and choice wdreUnu of
Glasses of the above description, which, for quality and moderate
prices, aro quite unequalled. N.B. A general Catalogue, on application,
of his Achromatic Microscopes and Telescope*, improved Stereoscopes,
and Stereoscopic Mow* in great variety. Photograpliic Apparatus,
Bnrojm-tcrs, Thermometers, Spectacles, and every other description
of Optical and Mathematical Instruments.
88. New Bond-street (corner of Oxford-street), W.
mHE ROYAL EXHIBITION, 1851.—A
X valuable, powerful, ncwly-lnventod, very smaU waistcoat-
pocket Glass, U)o size of a walnut, by which & person can bo seen
and known 11 rnllo distant. They servo every purpose on tho Raoe-
couno and st the Opcni-bouB«H. Country scencrv and ships aro
clearly scon at four to six mile*. They are invalnsblo tor shooting,
dcer-*tdiking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and
tourists. Price 30s. Microscopes, Magic Lanterns, and Slides. Every
description of Optical, Mathematical, and Philosophical Instruments.
Order* and all kinds of repair* executed with punctuality.—MoMrs.
SOLOMONS. Opticians, 39 u Alb«marle-*treoc, PiccudlUy (opposite tbo
York Hotel).
QFORTSMEN and GENTLEMEN of the
O ARMY* and NAVY.—S. and B. SOLOMONS, Optician*, 39,
Albemarie-streoi, Piccadilly, W. Observe, opposito iheYorkHolel.
—Portability, combined with great power in FIELD, RACECOURSE,
OPERA, and general'out-door day and night powerful Waist¬
coat-pocket PERSPECTIVE GLASSES, weighing only four ounce*,
each containing 12 and 18 lenses, constructed of German glass,
will show distinctly a person 1 * countenance at 2| and 3
They servo every purpose on the Raco-oouree, and at the Opera-
houses. Country scenery and 8hips are clearly seen at 8 to i0 mhos.
They are also Invaluablo for Shooting, Deer-stalking, and Yachting.
Her Majesty’s Coast-Guards aro now making use of them as day
and night glasses, in preference to ail other*: thoy bare also become
in general use by Gentlemen of tho Army and Nary, and by Sports¬
men, Gentlemen, Gamekeepers, and To units. The most powerful and
brilliant Telescopes, possessing such extraordinary power that ion*,
3 J inches, with an extra astronomical eyepiece, will abow distinctly
Jupiter's moons, Saturn’s ring, and the double star*; with the samo
Telescope can bo seen a person's countenance thre»-and-a-half mile*
distant, and an object from fourteen to sixteen miles. All the above
can bo had of larger and all sizes, with increasing power*, aad are
secured by her Majesty's Royal Letter* Patent.
TTi Y E S I G H T. — Optical Improvements, to
Pi enable persons at an advanced age to read with ease, and to
discriminate objects with perfect distinctness.—Messrs. SOLOMONS,
Opticians, have Invented and patented SPECTACLE LEN8E8 of tho
neatest transparent power. Tho valuable advantage derived fron
tala invention is that vision becoming impaired is preserved and
strengthened ; very agod persons are enabled to employ tbclr sight
at the most minute occupation ; can see with these looses of a
much lets magnifying power, and thoy do not require the frequent
changes to tbo dangerous effects of further powerful ssaiatance. Per¬
sons can be suited at the most remote parts of the world by sending
a pair of spectacles, or one of the glasses out of them, In a letter, and
stating tho distanco from the eyes they can rood small print with it,
and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age.—
35*. Albemarle-street. PiocadilJy, W. (opposite the York Hotel).
TYEAFNESS. — A newly-invented Instrument
1 9 tor extreme coses of Deafness, called the Sound Magnifier,
Organic Vibrator, and Invisible Voieo Conductor. It flu so into tho
car as not to be In the least perceptible ; the unpleasant sensation of
singing nelson in the heed is entirely removod. It afford* instant
relief to tbo deafest persons, and enables them to bear distinctly at
church and at public aaMmbii«L-Mt-**r*. SOLOMONS, Opticians and
Amlsts, 89. AJbfimarlo—*tro t Piocadlllv. W. (ooooeite the York Hotel)
T3ERFECT FREEDOM from COUGHS is
JT secured by DR. LOCOCK S PULMONIC WAFERS. Price
U lid., 2* td . and Us. per box. Sold by all Chemists. Beware of
Counterfeits. Observe the name on tlie stomp.
TJ1RED. LEWIS'S ELECTRIC OIL is an
r infallible Rrmcdy for Restoring. Strengthening, and Beautifying
the Hair- It is the greatest wonder of the age. 'When *11 other* fail,
try thi*. Sold by all te»peciable vendor* of perfumery In the king¬
dom, in bottle*, price 2s 6d. *nd 3*. 6d. Wholesale agent fur England,
W. C. Grossmith. ghort-rtrect, Ftosbury-pavemertj far Soot laud,
Lorrimcr and Move?, Buchanan-Greet, Glasgow.—Fred. Lewis,
Inventor snd Pru|victor, Dublin.
REY HAIR.—248, High Holborn, opposite
KJT “Day and Martins' " (late of Little Queen-street).—ALEX.
ROSS’ charges for Dyeing the Hair pormsnreitly:—Whisker*, from
la; Hair, from Ladies', from 7s. fid. Being a fluid it is easily
applied. Sold at 3*. 6d , St. fid., and 10*. 6d. Sent (free) tho same
day u* ordered, in blank wrappers, for 34 stamps. Hod of Chemists.
f | 1X1 Xi A nuuiiino x on unux » juiu SOAP
X QUICKENS the DULLEST BLADE. Sold by Cbemiats and
Perfumer*, in jars, la. fid. each. Wholesale from Kerens, Bh»«nh«T,
and Co.. Bt. Paul’* Churchyard; 8angcx, iiC, Qj/crd-stree*;
B«n ami Co, 282, RvgiKf-iUrtt.
TVINDING the ILLUSTRATED LONDON
J.. ' NEWS. &tib*cril>er« and purchasers can have their VOLUMES
BOUND in the appropriate Cover*, with Gilt Edge*, at 5a- per Volume,
by pending them, carriage-pa id, with Poet-ofiic* Order, payabla to
LEIGHTON, SON, and HODGE, 13, Shoc-lano, London, The only
Binders authorised by tlio i*roprieior*.
N O CHARGE for STAMPING PAPER and
ENVELOPES, with Arms, Coronet, Crost, or Initials.—
RODRIGUES' Cream-laid Adhesive Karelcpes, 4d. per 100; Croujn-
Iftid Note, fall bxo, five quires for fid.; thick ditto, five quires for
la.; Foolscap, 9*. per ream. Sermon Paper, ta. 6d. All kinds ol
Stationery equally cheap, at H.Rndriguo*', «*. nbMffllly. London, W.
/~1ARDS for the MILLION ! I Wedding,
Vy Visiting, and Poslnw*.—A Card Plate Engraved, in any style,
and 30 best Cords (Ivory or Enamelled) Printed, for 2a. Tho prico
includes plate, engraving, cards, printing, and postage. Spoclmen*
sent free by ARTHUR GRANGER. Stationer, Printer, kc.. 308, High
Holborn. Acknowledged by all to be ths CheapestHous* in London.
W EDDING CARDS, Enamelled Envelopes,
stamped in silver, with arms, orcst. or flower*. " At nomes,"'
and breakfast invitations, in tho latest fashion. Card-plate elegantly
engraved and 10© superfine cards printed for 4s. fid.—Obsrrve, at
HENRY BODBIGUE8’, 42, Piccadilly (2 door* from Sackvlllo-rtroot)
-The Largest
_ _________»t Alterations.—In¬
vitations, At-il(*me Note*. ProgrumnuR.&o.—PARKINS and GOTTO,
23. Oxfora-strert. Patterns sent po*t-free.
TXTEDDING STATIONERY.-
V T Assfirtfnent, Newest pAtteras, and I>«t
“PARKINS and GOTTO have o]>ened Three
I largo Show-room* for the display ol cheap, useful. »u»d e’egant
Articlfla fer Birthday and Wedding Presents, from 2 *. 6d. |o 20
guineas (a saving of 6s. In tho pound).
R EEVES’ WATER COLOURS in Cakes,.
and Moist Water Colours in Tubes and Pans-
113, Cheapaitlc, London, E.C.
P ATENT EVER-POINTED TUBULAR
DRAWING-PENCILS. Winoor and Newton's Now Patent,
1 H 58 .—’* The nearest approach to a jwrfoct drawlog-jHsncil that con
bo conceived."—Art JouraoL Manufactured of the following letter*,
vl*.,E.,M..B..BB. , „
Sot of fonr, In leather case, complete .. .. /I. Ou.
Single peucils, aud coses of leads for replenishing ) eM jj
the holder* . S
N.B. Afler the first expense of holders, those now pencils (mtde of
purest Cumberland lead) cost but 3x1. eaeb.
Wibsok and NkWTOX, 38, Rathbone-placo, London, W.
HRISTENING ROBES, 2i Guineas.
Babies' Ciosks, 1 Guinea.
33, Baker-street,
Mr?. W. G. TAYLOR.
B
M
ABIES’ BERCEAUNETTES.
2j Guineas.
Baiketa to match. One Guinea.
Mr*. W. G. TAYLOR, 33, Baker-street.
A R R, I A G E OUTFITS,
Cotton Hosiery, 2s. 6d.
'White Dressing Gowns, One Guinea.
Beal Balbriggan Hosiery.
Mr*. W. G. TAYLOR, 63, Baker-street.
T ADIES’ RIDING TROUSERS,
J J Chamois Leather, with black feel.
L INSEY RIDING HABITS for Little
Girls, 7$ Guineas
Ladles’ Riding Habit*, 3* to 8 Guineas.
W. G. TAYLOR, 63, naker-street.
G 1 RANT and GASK (late Williams and Co.),
IT 59, CO, 61, 62, Oxford street, 3, 4. and 5, WoRs-street, Wholesale*
nud Rcrell 81LK MERC Klin and GENERAL DRAfKRS, respectfully
announce that they arc now exhlblcug in every department an un¬
usually largo collection of distinguished novelties, with Silk Goods of
every description, nc fully 23 per cent below last year’s price*.
Several lots of Flouncod Silk Robe*, at 38s. 6d. and upwards, very
cheap; 360 pieces of now Fancy SUks. at 28s. Gd. and 3'a. 6d. tho
Dress of 12 yards, wide width, many of which aro worth 3s. 9d. per
' ■& printed Flounced Muslin Dretses, from 6s. 9d. to 12s. 9d ; pro-
vious prices. 12s. fid. to 2fs.fid.
A large purchns© of Flounced Barege Kobe* equally cheap. AE
goods marked in plain figures, at wholesale prices, for ready money.
Patterns forwarded to tho country. The new prtanl*e6 adjoining aro
solely devoted to General Mourning.
L ADIES’ WATERPROOF TWEED
CLOAKS and RIDING JACKETS, Oentlomon’s Overcoats and
Iovorness Cape*. Pattern* of material ard prico* sont poot-freo.—
J. E. and W. PHILLIPS. 37, Hlgh-stroot. Shrewsbury.
MUSLIN EMBROIDERY. BRAIDING,
.1? I Ac.—Tho Newest Designs,
on ready good materials,
for all kinds of Embroidery and Braiding,
pro only to be had at
Mr*. WTLCOCKSO N'3, 44, G«odg©-«troet,
Tottenham-court-road, W.
A Collar for 3 stamps. Price 11st free.
L ADIES’ and CHILDREN’S JACKETS,
with beautiful deafens for
Embroidery or Braiding, in
Marcella, Twill, Holland, Naniook, Cambric,
Book Muslin, and other materials.
Good shape*,
to fit loose or tight to the figure.
Mrs. WILCOf KSON’S summer »tock Is now ready.
Ladle* may rend their own measurements,
patterns, or materials.
Address—44, Goodge-street, Touenhom-couri-rojid, W.
I MPORTANT TO LADIES—A Single Stay
Carriage-free cm tocoipt of a Post-office order.
Tbo Klastio Bodice . 12*. 6d-
The Self-adjusting Corset .. .. .. 12» ; 6d.
A book with illusUarions and prices sent on the receipt of a postsgO
stamp, from which a selection of any cartel can bo made.
Crinoline Skint nud Spring Steel Bkirto at very low prices.
CARTER AND HOUSTON, 88, Regent-street. W.; b, BlackfrUrt-
road; 3, 8tcckweU-street, Greenwich; and Crystal Palace.
S HIRTS.— FLANNEL SHIRTS of every
description, Dnsti Shirts, *nd Dmaina Gowns. Measure-papers
will be srnt on application.—I'AIT'RK and WATERS, 96, Rcgwit—
street, London, S.W. __ ,
\\r ANTED, LEFT-OFF CLOTHES for
? f AUSTRALIA, in good or Inferior condition. Mr. and Mi*.
JOHN ISAACS, 319 and 320, Strand (opposite Somoreot House),
eontinuo to giro tho highest price In Cash for I^ioa’. GeQGcmcari,
and Children's Clothes, Regimentals, Underclothing, Boots, Boota.
Jewellery, and all Miscellaneous Property;.
dl-rncco punctually attended to. Parcels sent
either Urge or small, tho utmost value returnod by Post-oraoe oraffl
thosamo day. Befereooe, London and Wertmlnster Bank, ut w)*•
W ANTED IADIES’ and GENTLEMEN’S
LEFT-OFF CLOTHES. .,:h! ^ M
Freperty. Tho highat price in C^h. L»ta
on by • JdrcwiiiK . loltor lo Mr. or Hn- LjrT, J51. 5ir«r»l <°PI»«ho
Twining', Bunk): nr 3,1. nr.r WnKrtoo-hrid*,. F“ooli from the
oonnlry, . po«t-ofllco onhifmmhtwL—63ye«.
»/,/ yix.TED, LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, Uni-
W forms. Mi.eoll.nMM Prantf, Th,
LwBc or GnaUanmn W.Usd on ^^r«sm*wMr. ^rid Mm. G.
W ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHE8.— Mr.
and Mr*. HART, 31, Nnwca*tle-*treet, Strand. W.C., are
giving the highest prices for every kind o f **** * _
WEARING APPAKKL. satin andvelvet dreere*,
form*, India shawls, point lace, trinkets, book*, ftiniiture., mwcvl-
Uneons p»o|«?rty. Ac. Ladle* or Gentlemen waited
distance. Ac!drew as above. Parcel* from tho country, -So utmost
valtif remitted in cash. Established 1901.
W ANTED, Ladies', Gentlemen's, and
Children’s LEFT-OFF WEARING APPAREL, Regimentals,
and Mire •-I1*nocui Property of every description and to any quanutiy-
Ladtea and Gentkmca waited on, at any time ffistaoee, on »d-
dreaeing Mr. or Mr*. HL’TCflINfiON, 17. Ih^n-strert, B<gh Bcl-
ujd , yf.c.
372
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[April 10, 1858
NEW XOOK8 % frc.
a IB CHARLES LYELL’S WORKS.
_Tbo followingaro now ready.
A MANUAL of ELEMENTARY GEO-
LOGY: or, the Ancient Changes of the Earth and lta Inha¬
bitant*, a* illustrated by it* Geological Monument*. By SirCHARLRS
LYELL, F.RS. 5th Edition, revised. With 750 Woodcuts. 8 vo. 14*.
*•* A Supplement, containing Recent Discoveries in Goology and
Palssontology. 8 vo. la.
_ __ By the Mime Anthor,
PRINCIPLES of GEOLOGY; or, the Modern
Change* of the Earth and It* Inhabitant*, a* Illustrative of Geology.
9th Edition. Woodcut*. 8 ro. 18*
TRAVELS in NORTH AMERICA, CANADA, and
NOVA 8 COTIA: with Geological Observation*. 2nd Edition. Map*
2 roll, poat 8 vo. 13a. each.
A SECOND VISIT to NORTH AMERICA. 3rd
Edition. 8 roll, poet 8 vo. 12*-
Joax Mcbjut, Aibomarlo-atreot.
THE LORO CHANCELLORS AND CHIEF JUSTICES OF
ENGLAND.
Now ready, Fourth and Reriaed Edition, with an Index, 10 rol*-,
erovrn 9vo, fie. oach,
T IVES of the LORD CHANCELLORS and
JLi KEEPERS of the GREAT BEAL of ENGLAND, from tho
Earliest Time* to the death of Lord Eldon. By Lord CAMPBELL,
LL.D.. Lord Chief Justice o' England.
“ A book that has reachod the fourth edition, and tho praise of which
b in even-body'* mouth require* no oommendation at our hand*. But
we gladly welcome the work in thta new and popular form, and think
the learned and noble Lord could hardly hare bestowed a greater boon
opon the profession of which ho ia *o distinguished a member than
by placing *o uaeful a book within the reach of all.”—Gentleman'*
Magazine.
Also, by ihe same Anthor. 8 ro. 13a.,
The THIRD »nd CONCLUDING VOLUME of
LIVES of tbo CHIEF JUSTICES o> ENG .AND, from tbo Norman
Con-juest to the death of Lord Tenterden. With an Index to the entire
John Murray, Allwmarle-*tract.
WORKS by Rev. A. P. STANLEY, M.A.,
T f Begin* Profe**or of Ecoleaiaaiicai HD lory of Oxford.
The following are now ready:
SINAI and PALESTINE; in Connection with their
fllaloiy. Fourth Edition. Map*. 8 ro. 16a.
A COMMENTARY on ST. PAUL’S EPISTLE to
the CORINTHIANS. WUh Critical Notes and Dissertation*. Second
Edition. 8 ro. 18*.
. III.
HISTORICAL MEMORIALS of CANTERBURY.
The Landing of Augustine—Tho Murder of Bocket—Beckot’s Shrino
—The Black Prince. Third Edition. Woodcut*. Post Bvo. 7a. ftd.
A MEMOIR of EDWARD STANLEY, D.D.,
Blabop of Norwich; with hi* Addressee and ChMgca on rarioua
occasion*. 8 eccmi Edition. Portrait. Bvo 10*. fid.
JOHN Murray, Albemarla-atreet.
POPULAR HANDBOOKS ON PAINTING.
_ Tho following are now ready:
rpiIE ITALIAN SCHOOLS of PAINTING.
X From the German of KUGLBR. Edited, with Notee, by Sir
CHAS, t.. EA 6 TLAKE. Pre-idont of the KoyaJ Academv; with 160
Illuitratlon* from the Old Master*, by GEORGE SCHaRF. Third
Edition, 3 vol*., post 8 vo, 30s.
“ Sir Chariot Rat tlako's edition of Kogler'a ' Handbook of Italian
Painting ’ ha* acquired tho position of a itandanl work. Thai (lus¬
tration* are admirable, and arid materially to the value, a* they do to
the beamy and interest, of this delightful book."—Guardian.
" One, if not the moat valuable, authority on the mbjoct of Italian
art"—Profeaaor Hart's Lecture*.
A HANDBOOK for YOUNG PAINTER8. By C.
B. LESLIE, R.A., Author of "Life of Constable," with Illustrations.
Pott 8 vo, Id* 6 d.
“Mr. Leslie's * Handbook* contains an interesting general view of
the art of painting, a* displayed in tbo works of tho beet matter* of
•11 schools. It Is clearly and elegantly written, without resort to
technical terms. and it U likely to bo even more useful a* a series of
lesions to unlnatructed picturo-seera than as a handbook for young
painter. "—Examiner.
m.
The EARLY FLEMISH PAINTERS. Their Lives
and Work*. By J. A. CROWE and G. B. CAVALCA 8 ELLE. With
Woodcuts. PoetSvo, 18».
“This work on the early pain'ers of the Flemish school performs
for them something of tho same ftinctiou which Kugler’* ‘Hand¬
book ' accomplished for th* Italian painter*. Tho execution oxhiblt*
eautious telf-rellancc, with a wide and diligent study, aud a calm
and clear, but not cold, presentment of the subject."—Spectator.
John Murray, Alb©marie-*troet.
Now ready, with a Cluo Map. IBmo, 5s. t
TITURRAY’S HANDBOOK of MODERN
ill LONDON.
“Without a rival for intelligence and accuracy.”—Time*,
jouir Murray, Albemarlo-street.
WORKS BY KEV. THOS. JAMES, ILA,
Honorary Canon of Peterborough.
Tho following are now ready:—
AESOP’S FABLES. A New Translation.
J. I Li With Introductory Preface. 36th Thousand. With 100
Woodcut*. Poat 8 vo, 3s. 6 d.
n.
The FLO WER-GARDEN: aa Essay reprinted from
lha “ Quarterly Review." Fcap. 6 vo. la.
m.
The HONEY BEE: an Essay reprinted from the
** Quarterly Review.” Fcap 8 vo, Is.
John Murray, Albemarle-*treet.
BREW 8 TEK ON THE KALEIDOSCOPE.
Now eady, with numerous Woodcuts, post 8 vo, 6 s. 6 d.,
fTtHE KALEIDOSCOPE: its History, Theory,
JL and Construction, with Us application to the Pino and Useful
Arts. By Sir DAVID BREWSTER, F.R. 8 . Second Edition, greatly
enlarged.
Also, by tho same Author,
The 8TERE08COPE: its History, Theory, Con-
atruction, and Application to the Art* and Education. Second Thou-
wnd. Woodcata. Poat 8 vo 6 a. 6 d.
MORE WORLDS THAN ONE: the Creed of the
Philoaopber and the Hope of the Christian. Seventh Thousand Post
The MARTYRS of SCIENCE; or. Lives of Galileo,
Tycho Brahe, and Kepler. Second Edition. Fcp 8 vo. 4a. 6 d.
John MURRAY, Albemarle-*treet.
SCROPE’S VOLCANOS OF CENTRAL FRANCE.
Row ready, with Coloured Maps and numerous Illustrations,
_ modium Bvo, 30s.,
HP HE GEOLOGY and EXTINCT VOL-
X CANOS of CENTRAL FRANCE. By G. POULETT BCBOPE,
M.P., F.R. 8 ., F.G. 8 ., Ac. Second Edition, enlarged and Improved.
John Murray, Albemarle-*tree;.
THE NEW NOVELS NOW READY.
mHE TWO BROTHERS. By the Author of
X “The Discipline of Life." S vol*.
A LOVERS’ QUARREL. By the Author of
M Cousin Geoffrey."
“A most interesting novel."—Observer.
The ONLY CHILD. By Lady SCOTT.
44 A cha'ming story, beantlfully told 8 und*y Tit* os.
The MORALS of MAYFAIR. Second Edition.
“A beautiful and fascinating story."—Globo.
HURST and Blackktt, Publishers, 13, Great Murlborougb-stivet
_Just published, Second Edition,
A LETTER to the COMMITTEE on the
BANK MONOPOLY, Euphalstically called the Bank Charter
Committee. I (
“ One of the moet prominent characteristic* of a truthful m.n u to
0*11 things by their proper nam« • and .'hose who adopt a contrary
ooorea are net to be trusted-havinR their own purpoos to serve."—
Moral Preoepte. Price Is ; free by post, Is. Id.
James MaCLZHOSI, Glasgow; Hamilton, Adams, and Co..
loodon; KobortMu>ltfioM,*rr.
BOTKP.IOH SCHOOL BOOKS.
•RUTTER’S GRADATIONS in READING
-1 v and SPELLING 46th edition. Pries !*. fid. bound
BUTTER’S ETYMOLOGICAL 8PELLING-BOOK
tad EXPOSITOR. 312th Edition. Price l j. ri bound.
BUTTERS GRADUAL PRIMER With En¬
gravings. 36th edition. Price 6 d. Sold by all Bookseller*.
2n nOD BDJLE8, Prayer-Books, and Church
T'L' Uv Services, in every description of binding and type
and bnt-bouDd Stock In the Kingdom, at
PARKINS and GOTTC’S, 34 and * 6 , Oxford-street.
pMSHER’S PACKETS of NOTE PAPER.
X 8 L Nlchol*s-*qnare, Nowcaatle-on-Tyne.
NEW MUSIC , frc.
D ’ALBERT’S WEDDING QUADRILLE,
performed by Weippert's Band at her Majesty'* State Ball,
Buckingham Palace. Price 3*., Solo or Duet; Full Orchestra, 6 e.
Chappxll and CO., 60, Now Bond-street.
P . COUNTRY RESIDENTS.
ARKINS and GOTTO’S GUINEA BOX
of STATIONERY rent carriage paid to any railway station in
Mgiond upon recebd o' P.O. or er. It contains 20 quires of supor-
S* th ^ k . ™ ■ te f> cr ® al ?' Uld Pap«: 10 quire* of Queen's ateo,
ditto, ditto, and 500 thick cream-laid Envelope* (stamped and ce-
of two .ire*; 20 quire* second quality foil-size cream-laid
2**£****l* nd SpO Envelope*, stamped and cemented; an octavo
5*“°* ®<*L k - ■** dozen 0 1 P. and G.'s elastic post-office Pen-
sstesi ^ssssx, hjs %?****•
TV ALBERT’S PRINCESS ROYAL POLKA,
J —I with an exquisite Portrait of the Prinoesa In Colour*, by
BRANDARD. Price 3s^ Solo or Duot, post-free.
Chappell and Co., 60, New Bond-atreoi.
TV ALBERT’S ENGLISH POLKA, HIub-
JLs trated in Colours, with a Bridal Portrait of the Prince** Royal,
by BRAN DAK D. Price 3*.; Full Orchestra- 5a
Chappxll and Oo., 50, New Bond-atreet.
T ’ADIEU de la PRINCESSE.—BRINLEY
-1 J RICHARDS* Now Nocturne foe the Pianoforte, splendidly
Illustrated in Colours, by BRANDAKD. Dedicated to her Majosty the
Queon. rice 3a. 6 d., Solo or Duet, poet-free.
Chappell and Co., 60, New Bond-atreet
TV ALBERT’S VIOLANTE.—New WALTZ
1 / by this popular Composer. Just published, Illustrated In
Colours. Price 4s., solo or duett; full orchestra. 5*.
Chappxll and Co., 50, New Bond-street
TV ALBERT’S FRENCH POLKA Bins-
1 J United in Colour* by BRANDARD. Price 3a , Solo or Duet,
port-froo. Chappxll and Co., 60, New Bond- street-
PATRICK, MA CUISHLA. New Irish
XT Ballad. Written by the Hon. Mr*. NORTON; Music by
GEORGE BARKER. Prioe 2s., post-free.
Chappxll and Co., 60, New Bond-street
T\ON’T LET THE ROSES LISTEN. New
1/ »ong. Music by BALFE. Written by Mis* JESSICA
RUNKIN. Price is., post-free-,
Chappxll and Co., 60, New Bond-atreet
TUANITA. By the Hon. Mrs. NORTON.
<Lf Third Edition of thi* tho most popular of all Mr*. Norton's
Ballad*, prioo 2*.; also Manumit*,.a Portuguoao Love Song, by the
•amo Composer, price 2s., post-free
Chappell and Co., 60, New Bond-street
"DRINLEY RICHARDS’ COMPLETE
D TUTOR for the PIANOFORE. The beat, the newest, and
cheapest of all Instruction Books, containing elementary instructions,
scales, exercises, and a great variety of the moet popular thomos aa
prograaalv* lessons. Sixty pages, frill music size, price 4s. poet-free.
Chappxll arid Co., 60, New Bond-atreet
TVRINLEY RICHARDS’ HUGUENOTS
JLI FANTASIA on the moet admired Airs from this favourite
Opera for the Pianoforte. Prioe 4a., post-free.
Chappxll and Co, 60, Now Bond-atreet
TVTEW GALOP. — The ALARM. Composed
JL i by T. BROWNE. Price 2 s., postage- free. Among the spark¬
ling novelties performed by Weippert's Band at tho Grand State Ball
at Buckingham Palace nooo shone more conspicuously than the
“Alarm " Galop, which was admired by all.
Duff and Hodgson, 65, Oxford-street
lyTEW SONG, THE FIRST TIME WE MET.
ll By the Composer of “Will you love mo then as now?"
“Dearest, then I'U lore yon more," “A Young Lady'a No," Ito.
Price 2a. This song will equal, if not rarpasa, th* suoooas attained by
any former production of this gifted composer.
Duff and Hodgson, 65. Oxford-street
•VTEW SONG, THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS,
written and oompoeed by SAMUEL LOVER, Eaq. Prioe 3e. 6 d.
This elegant ballad may be ooniidored one of Mr. Lover's happiest
composition*. Word* and musio are equally pleasing, and ensure it*
becoming a general favourite. Postage-free.
London: Duff and Hodgson, 65, Oxford-street.
QONGS OF THE SEASONS.—SPRING
O BLOSSOMS, BUMMER ROSES, AUTUMN FRUITS, and
WINTER EVERGREENS. Composed by STEPHEN GLOVES.
Prioe So. 6 d. each. These *ong» posset* attraction* seldom before
obtained. The Words, by Carpenter, are exceedingly interesting, and
lave suggested to Mr. Glover melodies of the most fascinating cha¬
racter, while the Illustration*, by Packer, are superb.
Duff and Hodoson, 66 , Oxfsrd-ttreet
T» HOCKLEY’S BALLAD, JESSIE’-S'
_I3 DREAM, 2*. 6 d. ftO.OOO). Story of tho Relief of Lucknow, the
distant Marches of The Campbells are coming, Auld I.a:;g Nyuo, and
God save tho Queen, introduced in this most beautiful ballad, told
with wonderful effect, and moved th* audience to tear*.
CKAMKK, 201, Kogent-streot.
TTHE HIGHLAND RESCUE, An Incident
JL at Lu-know. By JOHN BLOCKLF.T. Poetry by CARPEN¬
TER New Edition, Illustrated. 2*. Cd. *■ Diana ye hear It t D.'una
ye hear it? It’s the Slogan o'tho Highlandore. We're savedi ws're
saved! "—ADDISON, HOLUEE, and LUCAS, 310, Rrgcnt-itract.
TTOPE IS THE LIGHT OF EVERY
XX HEART.—New Song. By JOHN BLOCKLF.T; Poetry by
GRACE STIRLING 3s. By tho same Author*, ONK LEISURE
HOUR, Ballad. 3s.
Addison, Hollikb, and Lucas, 210, Regent-street.
mHE MEN of MERRY EN GLAND] By
X JOHN BLOCKEY. 6 d. Encored Nightly. AI*o, “ Gluggity
Glug" (Jovial song), 3*.; “ Miller of *ho Dee;" “Shak* of tho
Hand," 3a.; “Briton's Home," 2».; ^Wreck of the Hesperus," 3s.;
“ Nil Desperandum,"3s. 6 d.—CRAVES, 301, Regent- street.
OLOCKLEY’S ROYAL BRIDAL MARCH :
X-g DetcripUv* Piece (New Edition), Solo, I* ; Duett, 4s. Also,
Handel's Three Grand Marches, together. Solo, 3*.; Duett, 3s.—
“Brilliant, not difficult, and very .ffective."
ADDISON 210 , Regent-street.
IjIVERY STUDENT of MUSIC should pro-
JGi vide himself w«th s little pamphlet ON the THEORY of
MUSIC, recently printed for gratulton* circulation by hsr Ma¬
jesty'i Pobiishora, Mums. Robert Cocks and Co.
TMANOFORTE MUSIC, Gratis and Postage
X Five-—A CATALOGUE of NEW and POPULAR PIANO¬
FORTE MUSIC, by the moil popular compos*rs of the day, for¬
warded free cif all charge
Address Robert Cocks and Co.. New Burlington-*tract. W.
T\R. A* B. MARX’S WORKS.—The MUSIC
X/ of the NINETEENTH CENTURY and 1U CULTURE. Part
L, 6 s. Part II, lust published. 8 *.
DIXNA YE HEAR? Song. Written and com-
po*«Lby ANNE FKI KF.R, composor of “ Fading Away," he.
‘popular music.—a green catalogue,
com Oiled expreraly for the Us* of all Teacher* of Marie, conteinirg
upwards of 3000 w'vrk* by tho bc*t composer* furniihed gratii end
portage-free. All application* mast *taie “ The Green Catalogue."
Address ROBEUT CocKfi and Co., New Bnrlington-street.
TTOCAL MUSIC. — Just issued, gratis and
Y postage-free. * now and enlarged edition of ROBERT COCK 8
and CO. 8 CATALOGUE of VuCAL MUSIC The mo*t extensive
list published of songs, ducts, glees. See. Address Robert COCKS
and Co.
T30BERT COCKS and CO ’8 CATALOGUE
JLV of MUSIC on EDUCATION.—" The above, in a new and
elegant form. Just Issued from tho ore**, will be found of great service
to teacher* of music, head* of schools, vocalists, and insuumentalists.
Critique* of the metropolitan and provincial journals on tho various
work* are given at length."—Vida Brighton Gasette, Sept. 8 , 1854.
Gratis and postage-free. London: New Burlington-street, W.
TXT VINCENT WALLACE’S NEWEST
▼ T ■ PIANOFORTE PIECES.—Styrienne. 3s.; Fantasia on
Roy’s Wife, and We’re a'noddin. 3*.; Galop brillantde Salon, 3s.;
»'Absence, Romance, 3«.: Le Ketour, Polka hrillame, 3s ; Kir loch
of Kinioch. and I’m o'er young to marry yet, 3s.; The gloomy night
Is gathering fast, and The Lass o’ Gowiio, 3*.; Auld Koblu Gray, and
Tho boniio rows, 3a.; Home, sweet homo, 3*.—London: ROBEBT
Cocks and Co., Row Borlington-sueet, W.
T3RINLEY RICHARDS’ LATEST PIANO-
J.J FORTE MUSIC.—Chime again, beautiful bells, 2s ; Nel cor
nlh non mi sento, with variation*, 3s.; The Naiad's Dream, 2*.;
Warbling* at Ev«, 2s.; The Echo Nocturne, 2s.; Mario, nocturne, op.
60, 3*.: Serenade, op. 64, 2*.; The Farewell, romance, 2s.; The Fairie*'
Dance, 2s.; In Absanco, romance, 2*.—London: ROBERT COCKS and
Co.. New Burlington-rtroot, W. N.B. Pianos for hire, at 13s. per
week and upwards.
T>IANOFORTES.—GEO. LUFF and SON
X bavo the largest stock In London, for SALE or HIRE, with
easy terms of purchase, both new and secondhand, from £10 to £ 100 .
Tuner* sent to all part*. 103, Great HuaseU-otwet, Bloomsbary.
flJ-EO. LUFF and SON'S IMPROVED
HARM ONIUMS for S ALE or HERB, with easy terms of pur-
. __ chase, from £13 to £50. The only makers of the real Harmonium.
Oxford-ftreet, London. Repairs, Toning*.—103, Great Rune 11-street, Bloomsbury.
ABIT MUSIC, frc.
T ISZTS CONSOLATION for the PLANO-
I J FORTE.—“ Pure, melodious, and <011 of sweet and soothing ex¬
pression. "—Daily New*. “ One of the most charming things of the
kind."—Athemeum. Third Edition. Price is., sent prepaid on reoeipt
of 13 stamps. Ewkb and CO., 390, Ox ford-street.
T71WER and CO.’S MUSIC WAREHOUSE,
Hi 390, Oxford-street, London.—Ewer and Co.'s own Publica¬
tions, including all Mendelssohn's Works, and the whole of their ex¬
tensive stock of Foreign Music, sold at the uniform rate of Sixpenoe
per Sheet, being only about half the price charged by other establish¬
ment*. Catalogues gratis.
R ound the corner waiting,
WHAT WILL PEOPLE BAY? Ballad, by CHARLES
8 WAIN, Music by RANDIGGER. A* sung by Madame Rudersdorff
and other celebrated vocalist*. Eighth Edition, price is. 6 d. Sent
free on receipt of 18 •tamps.—E wkb and Co., 390, Oxford*street.
mHE NEW ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM
X for the DRAWING-ROOM.
ALEXANDRE and SON have just taken out a new patent for the
Drawing-room Harmonium, which effect* th* greatest improvement
they have ever made in the Instrument. The Drawing-room modola
will be found of a softer, purer, and in all respects more agreeable
tone than any other instruments. They have a perfect and easy
means of producing a diminuendo or crescondo on any one note or
more ; tho baas can be perfectly subdued, without even the use of the
expression stop, the great difficulty In other Harmoniums. To each
of tho new modola an additional blower la attachod at the back, so
that tho wind can be supplied (If preferred) by a second person,
and still, under the now patent, the performer can play with perfect
expression.
THE DRAWING-ROOM MODEL
No. is made in three varieties. Guineas.
1. Throe Stops, Percussion Action, additional Blower, and
in Rosewood Case .. .. .. .. 35
3. Eight Stops ditto ditto dltte 35
3. Sixteen Stop* ditto ditto, Yoix Crfleste, ho.
(the best Harmonium that can be made) .. •• 60
Messrs. Chappell have an enormous stock of the ___
SIX-GUINEA HARMONIUMS,
And of all Varioties of the ordinary kind, which are perfect, for iho
Church, School, Hall, or Concert-room.
No. Guineas.
1. One Stop, oak ease „ •• „ .. ... 10
3. „ m ah agony case „ ■« .. .. „ 18
3. Three Stops, oak, 16 guineas; roscweod .. .. ,. 16
4. Five Stops (two rows vibrators), oak oase .. „ ... 38
m ditto rosewood css# .. .. 83
6 . Eight 8 tops. ditto, oak, 36 guineas; rosewood .. .. 36
6 . Twelve Stops (four rows vibrators), oak or rosewood esae 36
7. Ono Stop (with percuaaion action), oak case, 16 guineas 4
rosewood oase. .. .. .. .. 18
9. Three Stops, ditto, rosewood ease »i •• ..30
3. Eight Stop*, ditto, oak or rosewood cm — 33
10. Twelvo Stops, ditto, oak esso .. .. .. ... 40
11. „ ditto, rosewood oase .. .. .. .. 46
13. Patent model, ditto, polished oak or rosewood uase .. 66
Messrs. Chappell beg also to call attention u> thcar
NEW AND UNIQUE COTTAGE PIANOFORTES.
No. \ L. ^ Guineas.
1. In mahogany case. 6 J octaves .. .. ., .. ..85
3. In rosewood, with circular fall. 6 f ..30
5. In.rosewood, elegant case, frota, &c. .. .. 36
4. In very elegant walnut, ivory-fronted keys, ke. .. .. 40
6 . Tbo Uniqno Pianoforte, with perfect chock action, elegant
rosewood esse, t>{ 'oct/ives .. .. \.40
6 . The Foreign Model, nxtremoly elegant, oblique strings, 7
octavo*, best check action, Ac, the most powerful of
all upright Pianofortes .. .. .60
Also to their iinraenso assortment of now and secondhand instru¬
ments, by Broadwood, Ccllard, and Erard, for sale or hire.
Full descriptivo lists of Harmoniums and of Pianofortes Bant apon
application to CHAPPELL and CO., 49 and 60, New Bond-street,
and 13, George-street. Hanovor-square.
▲genu for PABREQUETTE 8 and OO., New York
P IANOS.—OETZTyIANN and PLUMB'S
new Patent STUDIO'^ or SCHOOL-ROOM PIANOFORTES,
which have given *uch uni vassal satisfaction (price* ranging from
considorably lea* .luut £30), are only to be obtained, in London,
at 66 . Great RuMell-itreet, Bloomsbury; and of all the principal
oountry musicaellers, y y
P IANOFORTES. — OETZMANN and
PLUMB'S NEW PATENT SCHOOL-ROOM PIANOFORTES,
of octave*, prices from considerably under £30, is tho most suitable
instrument manufactured for the 8 choolroom, or where a small
I*ianoforte in required, bring so constructed as to require little tuning.
To be had of all the principal oountry Musicselior* In England, Scot¬
land. and Ireland; also for Salo, Hire, Exchange, or Periodical
PaymonU, at 56, Great Knasell-stroot, Bloomsbury (the only dtfp 6 t in
London).
P IANOS, 16 Guineas.—OETZMANN’S
8 CHOO L- ROOM PIANOFORTE, 6 | OctAves. In solid Mah®-
gtmr Cases. Warranted. Packed free, and forwarded for oash.—
CETZMANN and 00, 38, Wlgmore-stresi, Cavendish-square, W.
P IANOFORTES, £25.—OETZMANN’S
ROYAL COTTAGE PIAN0F0BTE8, 6 f OcUvea. Cylinder
Falls, Rosewood or Mahogany Casas. Warranted. Packed free for
oaah.—OETZMANN and 00., 33, Wigmore-street, Cavendiah-sq , W.
P IANOFORTES (First-Class), DUFF and
HODGSON. Makers, 65, Oxford-streeC—These Instrument*
ire reoommanded by the Profession, and may be had la Walnut,
Zebra, and Rosewood. Prices moderate. Warranted.
M usical box depot, 54, Comim,
; London, for the Halo of Musical Boxes, mado by the colobrated
Messrs. NICOLE (Prlres), of Goneva, containing operatic, national,
favourite, and sacred airs. List of tunes and prioes gratis.
H ARMONIUMS.—CRAMER, BEALE, and
CO. are tho Agents for ALEXANDRE'S PATENT MODEL.
Price* from 10 to 66 Guineas,—Cramer, Beale, and Co., 301, Regent-
street.
PIANOFORTES.—CRAMER. BEALE,
X CO. have the best of every description, New and Second
for Sale or Hire —301, Regent-street.
and
Secondhand,
J 'ULLIEN and CO.’a CORNET-a-PISTONS,
approved and tried by Herr KCENIG; manufactured by
ANTOINE 00URT0I8.
No. 1.—The Drawing-room Cornet-h-Plston* (by Antoine
Courtoh) used by Herr Koenig . £8 8 0
3.—The Concert-room ditto (by Antoine Courtols), used
by Herr Kcsnig at M. JulUan'a Concerts .. ..380
8 .—The Military Coraet- 6 -Pi«tona.. ,.660
4 —The Amateur Comet- k-PUtoni .. .. .. „ 6 5 0
6 .—The Navy Cornet- 6 -Pistons . ,,440
6 .— 1 The Ordinary Cornet- 6 -Pistons (first quality) | ,,330
7.—The Oidlna'y ditto (second quality).3*0
List of Prices, with drawing* of the Instruments, may be had on
application.—J allien and Co., 314, Regent-street, W.
20
octave,
_ _ _. ___ r _ilrst-rate
maker, only used a few months, and cost double the amount. To be
at R. GREEN and CO.'*. Upholsterers, 304, Oxford-street West.
WALNUT SUITE of DRAWING-ROOM
T T FURNITURE, for style, sterling quality and good taste not
to be surpassed ; consisting of a 5 ft walnut chiffonier, with plate-
glass coors and back, and marble slab; a largs-siae chimney- glass, in
gilt frame; a lino walnnt loo-table, on carved pillar aid daws, and
ditto occasional table; a luxurious settee, covered in rich silk : six
ditto chairs, two easy ditto, en suite, with chinfa loose covers, lined
also; an inlaid whatnot. Tho whole to be SOLD for Forty*three
Guineas Al*n a Suite of Mahog*ny Dining-room Furniture, a great
bargain. To be seen at R. GREEN and CO.'S, Upholsterers, 304,
Oxford-street, W.
VTESSRS. JOHN WELLS and CO., 210,
JjX Regent-street, London, having purchased (owing to the de¬
pression in tbo manufacturing districts) a very large lot of the rioheat
VELVET PILE and BRUSSELS CARPETS, de*ignod expressly for
the West-end trade, at a great reduction in price. Also Lyons 8 l)k
Brocades, Brocatellcs, 811k Damasks, in all the moat faahionablo
colourings and richest makss. Also, a large lot of French CbinUes
of the most boauUful and elaborate designs. The wbolo of these are
now offered at a considerable reduction from tbo prime cost for cash,
and are well worth the attention of intending purchaser*. Patterns
will bo sent Into the country free of charge; alto their Illustrated
catalogue of furniture, 3cc.—*10, Regent-street (opposite Conduit-
street).
T71AMILIES FURNISHING will find at R.
X and J. 8 LACK'S, 336, Strand, the host article* at the lowest
prioes
Bronxed Fonder* a . „ 7s. 6 d. to £2 10s.
Fireirens .. .. ..3 6 to 15
Patent Dish Covers (per sot) 18 0 to 2 9
Books of Drawings and Prices gratis or post-free.
T HE PATENT REFLECTING and
WARM-AIR STOVE.—The groat advantage in this now
stove is, it has the largest reflecting surface, with the Important
addition of hot-air chambers, which can bo made available
when required, Imparting the roost agreeable warmth, with great
economy in fuel; it has *n ordinary opon flreplaco, and Is in effectual
cure for smoky chimneys, without addition to the ooat. They are of
elegant design, and made suitable for any room and offices. The
public is invited to view the stovo In operation at tho PAnklibanon
Furnishing Ironmongery Premises, 66 and 58, Baker-street. . Pros¬
pectus, with Plans, froo.
C H AR LES PACKER (late Antoni Forcer^
Artist In Hair to the QUEEN, by Appointment. '*
Hair Joweliory Department, 136, Re^at-street.
Foreign and Fancy ditto, 78, Regent-street
Jet and Mourning ditto, 76, Regent-street
H AIR JEWELLERY.—Artist in Hair.—
DEWDNET begs to Inform Ladies or Gontlomen resident in
town or any part of the kingdom that he beautifully makes, and
olegantly mounts, in gold, HAIR BRACELETS, Chains, Brooches
Rings, Pins, Studs, *c.; and forwards the same, carefully packed
In boxes, at aboat one-half tho usual charge. A beautiful collection
of specimens, handsomely mounted, kept for Inspection. An illus¬
trated book scat free.—Dowdney, 172, Fen church-* tree t.
B efore you have your likeness
TAKEN .end (br DEWDNEY’S PATTERNS of BROOCHES
Lockets, Bracelets, he., wnich are sent froo on recoipt of two postage-
stamps. Registered Revolving Brooches in Solid Gold, to show oithor
Likeness or Hair at pleasure of woarer, from 46s. each A Gold
Plated Brooch or Locket sent free to any part of the kingdom for
10s. 6 d —Dowdney, Manufacturing Goldsmith and JoweUor. 173.
Fenchurch-stroot, City, London. *
A GUINEA GOLD WEDDING-RING and
Hall-marked KEEPER sent in a morocco box to any part of
tho kingdom on ;oceipt of 31a or a Poat-oflico order.—GEORGE
DEWDNET, Goldsmith aud JoweUer, 173, Feochurch-street, London
T ADIK8’ and GENTLEMEN’S AMUSE-
Xi MENTS.—-Mr. CHEEK respectfully calls attention to bla
STOCK of ARCHERY, which is, without exception, the largest in the
world, among which will be found fino specimens of Self Tow
beautiful springy Snake wood, and the usual hardwood-bock od and*
self Bows, at prices varying from 5*. to 5 guineas; Arrows, 2 * to 24 s
per doten; 3 foot, Targets, 9s. each; 4 feet, 15e.; Ladies' Equipments!
81*,, 37*. fid , 89s , and 7 guineas; Gentlemen's, 27s. 46s., 80s., and
10 guinea*. The stock of Fishing-rods and Tackle Is largo and the
prices moderate. I'iy-fl.hing Equipments. 10*., Sis., 42*., and 63s.
Salmon- Ashing', 72s. 6 d. and 6 guineas. Fike-flahing, 15* 6 d. and
32s. 6 d. Bottom-fishing. 6 t., 13*. 6 d., 33s., and .‘Os. Choice Trout
Flies, 2a. per doi;en; three-yard gut lino. 6 d.. beat, 9d.; exquUitoly
fine, la., extraordinarily Fino Got. every length selected, 6 s. per lOOt
superior bamboo rod, spliced top, ringed, bnLeod. and winch fittings,
7 *. 6 d.; iwolve-yard cast-net, for gudgoon 21 a.; six-yard, for min¬
now*, 19*. A large assortment of exttomolv choice Cricket Rate, by
Dark and Clapahaw, beat quality, match sire, *s. fid ; small »txo, la.
to !*s.j bulls, wickets, bolts, glove*, Ac. Rackets, 10*. to 20s. each.
Ladles' myrtle green, Napoleon bine,brown *Uk, and improved alpaca
Umbrellas on patent paragon frame*, remarkably light; also superior
myrtio green, brown silk, and alpaca for gentlemen, a choice assort¬
ment, at moderate prices. Noted for strong corriago umbrellas. Mr.
Chock alio respectfully submits a vory elegant assortment of Ladles'
and Gentlemen’s London-made Riding Whips, plain, Is. to 10s.;
mounted. 7s. 6 d. to 5 guineas. The assortment orftuhionablo Walking
Cane* and Sticks Is large and elegant, and his stock of Boxing Gloves,
fencing foils, mask*, baskets and sticks, gauntlets, Ac., is worthy the
notice of all parents and teachora who wi*h the youth of tbo present
day to combine tho advantages of Physical Educa ion with Amuse¬
ment. A liberal allowance to head* of oollegoa, large school-, pro¬
fessor*, and dealer* in archery, fishing-tackle. Ac. Manufactory and
Warehouse, 133 C, Oxford-street, W. Tho Archer'* Guide, British
Angler's Instructor, Rales of Cricket, and Catalogue of Prices (gratia)
oontalus more really useful information than any other work.
Order* from country (with remittance) generally attended to the
■amo day.
Any article exchanged If not approved of. Secretaries to Archery
and Cricket Clubs will save thamselves much trouble by sending for a
eatalogue.
A LLEN’S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
of Patent Portmanteaus, Desnatch Boxes, Dressing Cases, and
Travelling Bags, with square opening, by post, for two * lamps. —
J. W. ana T. ALLEN, Manufocturer*. 18 and 32, 8 trand, W.O.
M ECHI’S DRESSING CASES and
TRAVELLING BAGS.—118, Regent-street, and 4, Leadeo-
hall-street, London.—Bronzes, vases, poarl and Ivory work, modheval
manufactures, dreasing bag* and dressing cases, toilet cases, work
boxes and work tables, inkstands, fans; tho largoet stock in England
of papior-machd elegancies, writing desks, envolope cases, despatch
boxes, bagatelle, backgammon, and chess tables. The premises in
Regent-street ox tend fifty yards into Glasshouse-street, and are
worthy of inspection as a specimen of elegant outfit. Everything
for the work and dressing table*—best tooth brushes, 9d. oach; best
steel scissors and penknives, Is. each. The usual supply of first-rate
cutlonr, razors, razor strops, needles, Ac., for whiob Mr. Moohl'i
•eubllshmonts have been so long famed.
T O LADIES.—Richly Perforated TISSUE
for FIRE PAPERS or Stovo Aprons, to bo mado np In tho
Flounced 8 tylo, with Instructions, Eight Stamps per Packet.—R.
PETERS, TovU, Maidstone.
D ON’T BEAT YOUR CARPETS.—They
ean be thoroughly cleansed from all impurities, and the colours
revivod, by pure tcouriug. Price 3d. and 4d. per yard. Turkov and
extra heavy Carpets in proportion. Carpets and rugs received from
all ports of England by luggsge roil, and price-llsta forwurdod by
post on application. Fetched and returned in town in eight days,
free of charge.—Metropolitan Steam Bleaching and Dyeing Com¬
pany, 17, Wharf-road, City-road, N.
S OILED TURKEY CARPETS, no matter
how dirty, cleaned as pure a* when new by tho patent process
of ths Metropolitan Steam Bleaching and Dyeing Company, 17,
Wharf-road, City-road, N.
QOILED LACE, MUSLIN, and DAMASK
CURTAINS, Cloaned, Flnlshod. or Dyed in a very extra
superior manner. A single pair fetched and delivered free of chaxgo.
Moderate price*.-METROPOLITAN STEAM BLEACHING and
DYEING COMPANY, 17. Wharf-rood, City-road, N.
QOILED CHINTZ FURNITURE Cleaned,
Stiffened, and Glazed equal to new. Drosses, Shawls, Mantles,
Ac., Cleaned and Dyed at very moderate prioes. by tho METRO¬
POLITAN STEAM BLEACHING and DYKING COMPANY, 17,
Wharf-road, City-road, N.
S OILED BLANKETS, Counterpanes, and
Dimity Bed Furniture BLEACHED and SCOURED in a purer
manner than has hitherto been attained In London.—METROPOLITAN
STEAM BLEACHING and DYKING COMPANY, 17, Wharf-rofid
City-road, N.
"O LEACHING, Scouring, and Dyeing, is
JJ brought by this Company to a high state of perfection, which.
combi nod with very moderate and fixed charge, especially n
mend* Itself to tho nobility, gentry, and general public - MKTKO-
B LEACHING and DYEING COMPANY, 17,
PULI TAN ftTEAM
Wharf-road, City-road, N.
P ERSIAN INSECT-DESTROYING
POWuER, unrivalled In exterminating fleas, bug*, flies, bcotla*,
cockroaches, and every description of insect mfoattug animals; pro¬
tect* fur*, clothe*, Ac., from moths. Harmloia to animal life.
Packet* 1*. each, or sent by post for 14 stamps, by THOMAS
KEATING, 79. St. Paul's Churchyard.
DR. DK JONGH'S
L ight-brown cod liver oil,
Prescribed by tho most eminent Medical Monas the safest,
speediest, and most effectual remedy for
CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, OOUT, RHEUMATISM, SCIA¬
TICA, DIABETES, DISEASES OF THE SKIN, NEURALGIA, RICKETS,
INFANTILE WASTING, GENERAL DKBILITT, AND ALL SCROFULOUS
AFFECTIONS,
I* THE BE 8 T,
THE MOST PALATABLE,
and THE MObT REALLY ECONOMICAL.
SELECT MEDICAL OPINION 8 :-
JONATHAN PEREIRA, M.D., F.R 3., Ac , Ac.
“ Whether conridered will: reference to ID colour, flavour, or che¬
mical properties, I am satisfied that, for medicinal purposes, no finer
Oil can be procured."
A. B. GRANVILLE, F*q„ M.D.. F.R.R. See., *c.
“The Oil being much more palatable than tho Palo Oil, Dr. Gran¬
ville’* patient* have themselves expressed a preference for Dr. do
Jongh'a Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil."
THOMAS HUNT, Esq., F.R.C. 8 .
“This Oil goee three times further than any other I lutvo tried.
EDGAR SHEPPARD, Esq., M.D.
“ Dr. 8 hepparil believes a pint of Dr. do Jongb’s Oil to be of more
value thau a quart of any other to be met with In London."
Sold oxlt in Imperial naif-pints, 2*. Cd.; Pinto. 4*.9cL; Quarts,
9s., capsuled and labelled with Dr. I>E JOXGII'S stamp and signature,
WITHOUT WHICH NONE CAN POSSIBLY BE OENt'INK, by nte«
•pectabie Chemists.
SOLE BRITISH CONSIGNEES, ... _
ANSAR, HAKFORU, .ml CO., 77, 8 TKAND, LONDON, W.C.
TNI’ ANTS’ NEW FEEDING-BOTTLES.-
i From tho “ Lancet."—“ We have seldom Beea
beautiful as tho Fooding-Botties Introduced by Mr. ELAM, *w»
Oxford-street. Whctbor for weaning, rearing by hand, or occasional
feeding, they are quite unrivalled." 7s. 6 d. each.
T O MOTHERS.-NEW NIPPLE SHIELDS,
— . • . ..... _. n .- j - - anil Imrns-
for taking away all pain whilst narcing;
diately curing cracked er sore nipples.— BENJAMIN ELAM,
Oxford-street. 4s 6d.; or by post, 8d. extra.
F 1
IOR INFANTS —COOPERS BRITISH
jl FEEDING-BOTTLE -"Thi* bottle 1a the best WC have *een.
It Is easily cleanod, tho rapidity of the supply of milk- la easily
bated, and no air is mixed with the milk. When nfanto are r*u£
by tbo hand it may be generally recommended.’ —Medical *»
Feb. 13, 1868. Price 7s. 6 d. or 86 . fid. to any rail way » teMO»-
William T. Cooper, Pharmaceutical Chemist, 26, Oxford -street.
373
Supplement, April 10, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
THE
WAR IN
CHINA.
OFFICERS’ QUARTERS, PROVISIONAL BATTALION ROYAL MARINES, ON T1IE WALLS OF CAN I ON
The cosy quarters of the officers of the Provisional Battalion of Royal ;
Marines given above were perched on the walls of Canton. It was
here that onr Artist spent a few days and nights, as lie says, “ very |
picturesquely.”
The Old Landing-place, Canton, with its Babel like confusion, is
thus described by the Times correspondent:—“ The point is where a
shallow streamlet or drain falls into tha-river, about a mile to the
east of the south-eastern corner of the city wall. Suburban water¬
side hovels once covered the area upon which the promiscuous crowd
is now raging, and shouting, and poshing, and straggling; but those
hovels are now only heaps of rubbish. Twenty or thirty ships’ boats
have their bows against the hard: the Commissariat lorcha, the General’s
chop-boat (which in the confusion was once seized upon by a French 1
ship-of-war and taken down the river), several gnn-boats, and the
Coromandel lie off in the river. Packages innumerable, baggage
and bales, barrels and cases, munitions of war and munitions for
the stomach, are piled about in mountains.Everybody
wants an escort, and everyboody wants a troop of coolies. Ob those
patient, lusty, enduring coolies ! It was a valuable legacy which
Colonel Wetherall left ns, that Coolie Corps. They carried the
ammunition on the day ol the assault close up to the
rear of our columns, and when a cannon shot took off the
head of one of them the others only cried “ Ey yaw!” and
laughed, and worked away as merrily as ever.
The French are already passing in strong bodies, carrying np their
heavy baggage to the front. Ever and anon some gaping Chinaman
is urged by curiosity to approach the crowd. Quick as lightning
Johnny Frenchman seizes him by the ear, pops the end of a bamboo
pole upon his shoulder, gives him a kick in the rear, and makes him
trot off, a pressed porter, amid the jeers of onr Commissariat coolies.
When a long pile of baggage-carriers has been formed an escort is
given, and away they go through the dangerous debris of wrecked
houses which intervene between the landing-place and the East-gate.”
A new lauding has been made at the sonth-east point of the city by
Capt. Hall, which, hy way of compliment to that energetic officer, is
called Hall's terrace.
THE OLD LANDING-PLACE. CANTON.
374
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[April 10, 1858
LITERATURE.
The Moohs akd the Fei3 . By F. G. Teajpobo. 3 voU.
Smith, Elder, and Co.
Thin is a story of domestic life, peopled with just such characters as
one meets with, or hears of, every day; made up of incidents of the
most ordinary occurrence in tins strange masquerading world; bnt
wrought out with an amount of skill and power which, though at
times unequal, and sometimes a little extravagant, commands a strong
and growing interest in the mind of the reader. The author a forte
is undoubtedly in the elucidation of character, and of the secret springs
which work within the human breast for good or ill, supplying the
real motives of people’s actions, but which are so frequently misin¬
terpreted, and, therefore, so often jar with those of their neighbours.
The plot, which is of the simplest kind, depends almost entirely upon
these turns of character. With very little arbitrary aid in the con¬
struction, the actors work out their destiny by their own conduct; and
.they are sufficiently numerous, with sufficient contrast between them,
to ensure variety of colour in the picture, though the prevailing tone is
decidedly seraous. jj.ii.-uij r
The scene is divided between Lincolnshire and the highlands ol
Scotland, with an occasional glimpse of London. The story opens
amongst the fens of Lincolnshire, m the dreary mansion of old Sir Ernest
lvraine, Bart., a miserable miser, who keeps his two sons in a state
of wretched destitution and demoralising inactivity, hanging about
him like household appendages, with nothing to hope for at home
but his death. At length Henry, the younger of the two, im¬
patient of this ignoble dependence, turns his back upon the parental
abode, and goes forth, almost penniless, to seek his fortune as a
soldier, and unikes it as all romance heroes only do. Ernest, of more
pnlegmatic nature—calm, grave, taciturn—remains behind, waiting
on, as he hae waited so long before, for the good that is to come with
“ dead men’s shoes/’ He is a man who has never loved, never been
beloved, in whom one pulse of genuine feeling lias never beat; yet,
strange to say, this wretched, almost soulless, man is to be one of the
prime mover.; in the impassioned love tale which follows—the agent of
the destinies of the noble-spirited, full-hearted Mina, whose sad, per¬
plexing, wayward story at times seems to be beyend hope; her crushed
heart a sacrifice decked out in cypress from the first.
It is well and truthfully told how Mina Frazer, left an orphan on the
world, and suddenly, through fraud and wrong, deprived of the inheri¬
tance she had all along expected from a rich relative, after striving in
vain for honour and fortune in the uphill paths of literature, with a
brother almost dependent on her for support and advancement in
life, is, in an unguarded moment, led to give assent to the proposals
of the grave, impassive Ernest lvraine, who, at least, can he of some
use as a frieud to Malcolm, and who can offer her a home, such as it is,
in that miser’s haunt in the fens of Lincolnshire. It should be
stated, as it turns out, that Ernest, who has long loved in secret,
makes this offer when he becomes aware of the desperate straits to
which his young friends are reduced, and he does so unselfishly, as the
only means by which he can possibly aid them. Then comes the struggle
in the mind of Mina at the idea that she may be charged by the world,
aud^oo justly so, of marrying a man whom she docs not love from
prudential motives. Then comes the warning voice of a faithful old
dependent of the family, who tells her how poor her intended hus¬
band is—how dependent on liis miser-father—how wretched is the
home which he is to share with her. But this last suggestion has an
offect directly contrary to what was intended: she is relieved now
from the imputatian, in her own mind, of marrying from mercenary
motives. That dreary home to which she is destined has now attractions
for her :—it will be her pride to endeavour to make it happier for him
who has given proof of so much disinterested regard, and whom, by a
sort of sympathy in sadness, she now begins to love.
It is a terrible scene when in the dark of evening Ernest brings
his pale, confiding wife to the old dreary hall in the fens of Lin¬
colnshire, and without previous notice introduces her to his father,
who, in a paroxysm of rage, would drive them both from his roof because
she brings no dower, when the miser’s miser-sister interposes, out of
a pure Spirit of opposition to her brother; and the “ happy pair,”
with strange, conflicting, pent-up feelings—feelings which they do
not reveal even to one another—doubting even one another's love,
take up their abode on sufferance in that dull, damp, dreary pile.
Kruest sees his young wife gradually wasting under the combined
effect of unkind ness, miserable diet, and bad air; but, powerless to
effect any material alteration, procures occasionally a few comforts
and luxuries for her especial use, which she uses, little dreaming whom
they come from—for the strange man maintains still his habitual
cold reserve, tliough his heart often yearns to tell his sad wife how
deeply he loveB her.
And now a new agency comes in—an agency for mischief—and
therefore, of coarse, with a woman for prime mover in it. Cecilia
Frazer, a kinswoman of Mina, is one of those bright, fascinating
creatures, full of vivacity and talent, whose sole mission appears
to falsify the loveliness of beauty, and to m a k e miserable all who
come within its influence. Incapable of one sentiment of affection,
there is already no pretence at love between her and her handsome
husband, to whom she lias only been married a few months; and,
with a wonderful profusion of endearing expressions, she invites her
u darling cousin Mina ” to her house, under pretence of change of
air, but indeed in order to plane variance between her and her pensive
lord. This is easily effected by means of a little lively raillery
upon the subject of a supposed flirtation, in days gone by, between
Mina and her own husband, Allan Frazer, which Mina, confused and
hurt, in vain repudiates. Ernest now sees plainly that he has onlju
been taken np in her days of adversity as a pis alter . He will listen
to no explanation; he hugs his grief and discontent, and becomes
more and more indifferent in his conduct to his poor wife, whom ,
he at last studiously neglects. And then, if the arrival scene at her
Lincolnshire home was unpromising, fearful—if the sojourn there was
melancholy, soul-wearying—how much more dreadful, how almost
overwhelming m its terrors, was that night when, in the midst of a
savage onslaught of threats and abuse from her cowardly father-in-
law, Mina appeals for protection to her husband, who Is attracted by
the noise to the spot,—and appeals in vain!
For an instant she remained mute, as thonali struggling fbr external
calmness; but then, spite of an imploring look from her nuaband,she com¬
menced :—
“ It is Impossible for me now to undo entering this house, but I can
still leave It. and perhaps, though late, 1 Had better do so.”
" I—I wish you would: I wish to God you would 1 " cried the old man,
in a voice of such tremulous eagerness that it calmed her and caused a
dcaih- like chiU to creep to her heart; but she had ceased to hear, and,
having begun to act. played out Iter part bravely, steadily, to the end.
•• Do you hear that, Ernest ? ” she said, turning to her husband.
“ 1 do,” he answered.
And have you nothing to ?ay >’* she con tinned.
It was the first time since their marriage she had appealed to him for
protection ; and, as she paused in vain for a response, she felt as though
her. last hope, her sole stay, were departing from her. She fastened her
gaze on his humbled face lor an instant, then looked at the countenance
of the miser, whose 'features were perfectly convulsed with agitation and
hatred; a swift pang shot through her frame, and, prompted by she
knew not what impulse, this sentence rapidly came forth
" Ernest lvraine, answer me one question truly—are you sorry you
married /v ">
He almost wildly raised his hand with"a despairing gesture above his
head, and convulsively uttered the. 80 Utary word ** Very. 1 '
The colour faded from her cheek, the light died out of her eye, the
knife dropped unheeded from her trembling fingers ; the crisis had come
at length ; there was no one to help her, no one to save; the crisis had
came at length, and, as the conviction wa3 forced on the mind of Mina
lvraine, she canght her child more tightly in her arms, clasped her with
a passionate gesture to her heart, and then murmuring, with a sort of
snffooatiug sob. the exclamation, "Heaven help mo!” she slowly left
tbe room, carrying her daughter forth with her.
A thousand contending emotions swelled up in her husband’s bosom as
he saw her do so, The old love had prompted him to interfere ; the new
doubt and jealousy had chained his tongue when his heart had whispered
him to spurn money and protect his wife. Grief and tender memories
bade him follow and comfort her ; prudence and anger made him stay.
“ I must not offend the old man," he muttered, silencing conscience as
men do by smothering her tones in specious words. And thus he let her
go away alone, out into the corridor, down the winding staircase to her
ovra desolate chamber, with her own miserable thoughts—all alone!
. This pa,ssage is all we will extract from the pages of the author;
it will suffice as an example of his nervous and graphic style. What
follows of the story we will not reveal; we will not gratify the cariosity
of the reader so far as to tell him whether it ends happily or not.
Suffice it that the more genuine and amiable attributes of womankind
come in to give warmth and lustre to the closing scenes and counter¬
balance some of the weak and unamiable examples of the
sex exhibited in the earlier chapters. Amongst the various
other characters which hear their part in the simple narrative
are some very admirably delineated: the blunt old city merchant,
John Merapie, and his exquisite and uncommonly deep managing-
man, Alfred Westwood, are studies upon which peculiar care has
evidently been bestowed; whilst the listless, idle, but not badly-
intentioned Malcolm Frazer, the generous-hearted Henry lvraine, and
Miss Caldera, the strong-miuded and theoretical governess and com¬
panion of Alina, are sketches more lightly, but still very effectively,
treated.
Tub Old Palace. By Julia Tilt. Two vols. Bentley.
“ The Old Palace ” is Mr. Peter Cunningham’s “ irregular brick
building, the only London palace of our Sovereigns from the period
of the lire at Whitehall to the occupation of Buckingham Palace by
her present Majesty.” The same invaluable authority informs us
that the place was, before Henry VIII., a hospital for maidens who
were lepers, and that Henry altered or rebuilt it, but that nothing
remains of his work save “ the old dingy, patched-up gateway ” front¬
ing St. James’s-street. Readers now know the locality in which (Kir
author lays some of her principal scenes, and from which her pleasaut
story takes its name.
We have said “ story,” though that term of art is hardly to be
bestowed upon the book. The machinery of the narrative is very
slight, and its interest chiefly turns upon the heroine, Theresa, being
supposed by sundry and divers to be an unlawful child of one of the
sons of George III. Of course, when sufficient embarrassment has
arisen to herself and her lover—who is himself above minding such
trifles, but is blessed with a haughty old Earl for a father—it iff dis¬
closed tliat no such stain attaches to her and to her mother’s memory,
and all turns to sunshine, the very worst person in the book being
let off with exposure and reproof.
But the work is eminently readable, from the author’s lively and
pleasant tone, which is thoroughly feminine. She abstains from in¬
truding great griefs or great passions upon the reader; and, in
depicting her heroine's character, has aimed at delineating an
affectionate, a little spoiled and headstrong, but altogether charming,
girl, who goes through only so much trouble as is good for her, and
as enables her to overcome the blemishes of her nature. One could
fancy that a good many of the scenes and situations had been writ¬
ten from the recollections of an older person than the author, and the
terms of her dedication to her mother afford a species of confirmation
of this idea. The work is none the worse for this characteristic, and
there is a truthfulness about these portions which is agreeable
enough. The author, or her inspirer, is in some, though not an
unpleasant, degree “apraiserof the old times,” and would think
very well of Royalty and great people, and so extremely well of the
Prince, who is introduced, tliat it occasions one some puzzlement to
decide wliich of the old King’s sons deserved so many good words.
The lady is also a little exclusive, and has ladylike scori^ for the class
of peri-onages who now presume to be presented at Court, an honour
to which she thinks that the ** wives of clerks under Government,”
and of “ subalterns in marching regiments,” ought not to aspire. Yet,
if we may cite to her an authority whom she will revere (we give up the
clerks), the Duke of York bestowed a severe rebuke upon some toady
who had spoken slightingly of a soldier’s wife. “ Wji^Tj^ie Duchess
bnt a soldier's wife ? ”
For the rest, though we cannot promise the Reader any violent
excitement in the Old Palace, he—or rather she—will find an in¬
teresting narrative, livelily told, and, we may add, that, despite the
possible notion of an impropriety in the history of the heroine, there
is not a syllable in the book to prevent its being family reading. We
hardly know whet her, in saving this, we are serving it with the
lovers of the highly-spiced literature of the day; hut as we are clear,
from the exemplary sentiments put forth by the writer, that such a
testimony must be pleasing to her, we conscientiously bear it.
The Descendants op tth? Stuart's, by Wm. Town end (Long-
mans), styled" An Uuchronielod Pagein England's History,” is acurious
essay, tho result of considerable research. The author is an a dmir er of
the family of tho Stuarts in the abstract, but he runs into strange errors
occasionally, as when he tells us that Charles I. “ shed his blood upon
the scaffold ’ ’ to maintain——tho “ pure Protestan t faith;’ ’ and that Jamea
H. would have been permitted to remain on the throne if he had not
had a son. Nor is he correct when, in reference to the oath of ab¬
juration, he talks of the objections raised to it as a “ farcical abjuring
of the Stuarts when none exist,” and then goes on to show how
numerous the descendants of the Stuarts are in almost every Royal
family/6fjEurope ; for the oath of abjuration only proscribes the de-
scendants of the Prince of Wales, sou of James IL, which did exist
when the oath was framed, but do not exist now. The Act of Suc¬
cession, parsing over the pretensions of claimants in earlier descent,
limited the succession to the throne to the descendants of Sophia,
Duchess of Hanover (granddaughter of James L); and of these, after
her presont Majesty and her family, Mr. Townend gives a list of
fifty-two now living.
^BLiGirrED Pasque-Flowers, a Plea for the Workroom,
by C. S. and M. E. S. (Sampson Low)—dedicated to the admirable
Bishop of London—is un elegant little volume designed to serve the
in terests of humanity in regard to a body which needs much champion-
ship.and finds but little—the pcor needlewomen. The work is ad¬
dressed to the higher classes, the employers of female labour, and it
comnsts of a series of brief poems, in which are gracefully and
touchingly set out various phases of trial and suffering entailed upon
girlhood by our existing system. The compositions are framed
m no maudlin or exaggerated style: they do not purport to bo
the bewailings of tho victims, or their supplications to their
superiors; but embody an earnest and respectlul appeal, by writers
who have watched and sympathised with their poor clients, to thote
who have the means, through position and through example, to remedy
very much of the evil which throngs our hospitals with consumptives,
and our streets with still more pitiable beings. There is, of course, a
purpose throughout the whole series, but the authors have had skill to
prevent the purpose from dominating over the poetical character of tho
compositions. All are marked by grace and felicity of expression, and
some of thorn claim a higher merit. The religious but catholic spirit
of the work well entitles it to the favour of the eminent Prelate to
whom it is inscribed, and whose personal exertions among tho very
wxetohed have given to that neglected class a new idea of the " office
of a Bishop.” We imagine that one of tho authors must be feminine,
from the delicate and affooting touches with whioh the child-life of
some of the unfortunates are depicted. It is at once a graceful and
valuable effort on behalf of the unhappy. •
Oulita the Serf, a Tragedy (J.W. Parker and Son), is a weak,
wild affair, unexoeptionably printed upon vellum paper as thick as Bristol
board. The plot, to say truth, is rather original. A Count Edgar von
Straubenheim is betrothed to the Princess Marie, daughter of Prince
Larakof, but falls desperately in love with her .waiting-woman, the serf
Oulita. The latter, for some breach of discipline, is ordered by her
fair mistress to be handed over for punishment to Mitchka, the
executioner to the household of tho Prince, and, in order to avert
this calamity, the Count cun devise no other means than to set fire to
the palace of his host and future father-in-law, and run away with
Oulita during the confusion. What follows is still more extravagant.
The Princess and Oulita, after a slight struggle, become tenderly
attached, and jointly seek to win the Count’s affections for the former,
and to savo the latter from the penalty of his crime. But all in vain ;
and a dose of poison and exilo to Siberia close the story of those who
M loved_ not wisely.” All this is told in stilted, inflated language,
which is frequently slovenly and incorrect. For instance, the Count
declares that half measures are redolent of failure; and asks “How
to dissolve this loathed betrothal.” The same person, presenting
the Princess with a handsome piece of jewellery, says, “ Marie must
eclipse all other dames in splendour;”—eclipse is a false figure here,
moaning to darken, or obscure; surpass, or outshine, would have
served the purpose better. The Princess, expecting her betrothed, says,
“ I seem to hear his footsteps; ” and in another place the same young
lady, in her wrath, exclaims, to make up the lino, " Quite immeasurable
insilence!” The Count tells us he “might assuage this Piincess.”
Oulita discovers that women aro “more fitted to endure all passive
I suffering, ” and then we are told by a traveller in the African Desert
of “Brown camels moored about our tent.” Tho use of the word
“ like ” in the following two passages is a very common blunder with
unskilled writers and slovenly speakers, but is none the less to be
deprecated:—
Why, girl, you used to be a paragon
Of fearkaaness; now —like an aged woman
In a lone house, tliat hears great noises made
By mice behind the wainscot, shuddering, draw*
The clothes about her head, expecting murder—
You shrink and shiver when there’s nought to fear.
this ebon shore,
On which the calm blue ripple, like a lizard
Up a dark wall, stole softly.
Songs of Early Spring, by Rowland Brown (Kent and Co.),
are the products of a homely muse, but very beautiful occasionally in
their homeliness, for the strong home-affections displayed in them. The
poet, who writes from Lyme Regis, is apparently iu the springtime of
life, and looks upon all with hope, as is natural at that season. His
themes are generally pleasing und amiable, and his imagery drawn
from nature developed in her simplest guise; his style vigorous and
easy-flowing. We take, almost at fandom, a single stanza by way of
example:—
Oh ! to be young when the violets and daisies
Rise iu the meadows with looks fresh and fair.
When anemones white look up with sweet faces
Towards the green branches which wave in the air.
When woods are made glad with a jubilant chorus,
And joyously murmurs the unfettered rill.
And the Iris of Spring is expanded high o’er us,
And Beauty sits laughing on mountain and hill»
We must add that the author’s tone is generally fresh, fcoalthy, and
encouraging, though occasionally betraying evidences of immature re¬
flection on Eomo points of worldly philosophy;—in “ Industry versus
Emigration,” foi* instance, where he sticks to the old aphorism that
“ thero'snoplacolikehbine/'and utterly condemnsemigration; forgetting
that the whole world was created by one master-band, and pronounced
to be “ good,” and that one of the first commands from the Divinity to
man was that he should “ increase and multiply, and replenish the
earth.”
Memoirr of Early Italian Painters, by Mrs. Jameson
(Murray), is a reprint, on better paper and in improved form, of a book
which was very well received when published by Knight, in his shilling-
volume series, some years ago. Tho memoirs extend down to the time
jof the immediate followers of Raphael, Correggio, and Titian; but
pause before the decline under the ** mannerists, and, of course, before
the temporary revival under theCaracci. Mrs. Jameson is a charming
writer, and has a pure poetic feeling for art; but some of her views
must be taken with the reservation due to a strong religious bias in the
author's mind. We do not wash to enter here upon polemical topics, but
must observo that it is a mistake to state “ that from tho earliest ages of
Christianity tho Virgin Mother has been selected as the allegorical type
^>f religion in tho abstract sense,” or even that she appears as
ah object of reverence until a comparatively late period. In Cimabuo’s
celebrated “Madonna” the infant Christ is represented in the act of
blessing; in BottioelU's “ Adoration of the Shepherds,” and numerous
other pictures of his period, the Virgin Mother is represented da •
voutly kneeling before the Divine Intant; and even in the various
representations of the Coronation of the Virgin—in Fineguerra’s Pax,
to wit—the latter is always represented withun aspect of great humility,
her hands crossed and head inclined with a downcast deferential
expression.
A Dictionary of- Trade Products, Commercial, Manu¬
facturing, and Technical Terms, by P. L. Simmons (Routledge
and Co.), is a new compilation, containing in a brief form much of
the information which we ordinarily look for in scientific and com •
mercial dictionaries, with many others which have not yet appeared
in any work of the kind. Of course, in compiling a vocabulary
of every improvable and negotiable objeot in nature, and every re¬
sulting product, from a coal-mine to a toothpick, a great deal
must depend on tho taste and judgment of the editor; and in this
respect we see opening for impiovement in future editions. We
find a great many cases where words comparatively unimportant, with
compounds derived from them, are allowod to occupy an amount of
space which might have been better employed. In connection with
bonnet, for instance, are eight distinot entries—bonnet, bonnet-block
maker, bonnet-box, bonnet-cleaner, bonnet-maker, bonnet-presser,
bonnet-shape maker, bonnafe-wiremaker; and, owing to these being all
alphabetically arranged, the word “ bonnet-pepper—a species of oap-
eicum,” whioh has nothing to do with the rest, intervenes between
“bonnet-maker” and “bonnet-presser.” So with “glove” and “tooth,”
which, with their dependencies, have respectively eight entries;
whilst “ boot” gives us nineteen articles, “shoe” sixteen, and “paper ”
near a score and a half. Making allowances for those defects, the
volume will prove a very useful one.
The Evil Results of Overfeeding Cattle (Churchill), a
small brochure, just issued by Mr. F. J. Gant, Surgeon and Patho¬
logical Anatomist to the Royal Free Hospital, will create eome mis¬
givings amongst those who have been accustomed to take pride in our
Christmas show of prize cattle, and who think that pigs, sheep, and
oxen cannot bo too fat, little considering that fat itself, carried to
excess, is a disease, or the cause of disease. Mr. Gant, upon going
one day to inspect the prize cattle alive and gasping at the Bazaar, in
Baker-Btreet, and upon considering their enormous size and weight,
attained in so short a period of growth, had at once strong misgivings
upon the subject; he “naturally indulged in a physiological reflection
on the high-pressure work against time whioh certain vital internal
organs, as the stomach, loins, heart, and lungs, must have under¬
gone at a very early age;” and he afterwards followed up the
most remarkable of these poor, puffed-up, panting creatures to the
slaughter-house, where he obtained possession of their internal
organs and portions of their muscular fibre for anatomical examination.
The result was to prove that disease, in almost every case, had been
brought on by over feeding; that of moat frequent occurrence being the
conversion of the heart into fat/soas materially to impede its functions,
having lost its contractile and propelling power. Disease of the lungs
followed in many cases as a matter of course, and even the intestines
were sometimes found loaded with a fatty-like mass, consisting “ appa¬
rently of scrofulous matter.” To sum up a very important statement,
he tell? us—
We should therefore expect in vain to replenish our own muscles by the
use of such food, nor should animals thus overfed be regarded as prize
specimens of rearing and feeding. The heart, being converted into fat, no
longer retains its contractile power, but beats feebly and irregularly.
Theplood, therefore, now moves onward in a slow'and fecblccurrent. Hence
the panting breathlessness due to stagnation of blood in tbe lungs, which
the heart labours (in vain) to remove, while the skin and extremities are
cold. Hence the stupid, heavy-headed expression of a congested brain,
and the blood-stained appearance of meat after death. The slightest
exertion to an animal under such circumstances might suddenly prov**
fatal. Were a man in this condition to present himself at an assurance-
office it would refuse to insure his life at any premium. Yet, under similar
circumstances, a sheep is awarded gold and silver medals, and its feeder a
prize or £ 20 !
It should bo observed that the cases investigated by Mr. Gant wero
amongst tbe &«£ of this year—prize animals bred and exhibited by
the Prince Consort, the Duke oi Richmond, Lord Berners, and other
distinguished agriculturists.
The Seaman’s Pocket Annual for 1858, compiled by Mr.
John Mayo, is an excellent handbook for masters, apprentices, and
seamen, containing, in a compendious form, much useful information
for persons connected in any way with a seafaring life. Among its
multifarious contents we notice an almanack for tho present year, with
a calendar of events ohiefly relating to the nautical profession; ensigns
usod by foreign merchant vessels and Bignal flags of tho commercial
code, coloured; provisions of the Merchant Shipping Aot; the fees
authorised to be demanded by shipping masters and others ; regula¬
tions for maintaining discipline; means for saving life from shipwreck;
names of the principal officers of the marine department of the Board
of Trade, local marine boards, &o.; sailors' societies; and miscellanea
of exceedingly useful matters. An appendix contains tho Admiralty
notice recently issued respecting lights and fog signals to bo carried
and used by seagoing vessels to prevent collision on and after tho 1st
of October next. This compact little volume has been published, we
perceive, under the sanction of the Board of Trade.
The Natural History of Ferns, British and Exotic.
Parts 63 and 6£ (by Mr. E. J. Lowe) contain eight different speci¬
mens, some extremely rare ones, admirably engraved, and printed in
colours after nature. The descriptive matter is ample in detail, and
lucidly expressed. This, when completed, will deservedly rank as a
standard work.
April 10, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
375
EPITOME OF NEWS— FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
The Prince Consort has accepted an invitation to be present
at the annual meetings of the Highland and Agricultural Society of
Scotland which are to be held at Aberdeen at the close of the month of
August next.
We have reason to believe (says the Times ) that Mr. Disraeli
will bring In his Budget on Friday, the 16th inst.
Frederick Waymourh Gibbs, Esq . Preceptor to his Royal High¬
ness the Prince of Wales, has been appointed to be an Ordinary Member
of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companion of the Most
Honourable Order of the Bath.
One of the six preacherships in Canterbury Cathedral rendered
vacant, by the preferment by the Earl of Derby of the Rev. W. J, Cbcshyre
to a canonry residentiary has been conterred upon the Rev. J. Aicock,
Vie&r of Ashford.
The removal of Temple Bar being in contemplation, a suggestion
lias been made to place it at the entrance to on§ of the parks,
The Piccolo Corriere (Tltalia of Turin announces that the
insignificant town of Lantona, in the Duchy of Massa, has been declared
ju a state of siege and occupied by sixty Modenese soldiers.
Mr. Gye has intrusted Messrs. J. Defries and Sons with the
manufacture of the crystal chandeliers for the Royal Italian Opera, Covent
Garden. Tliecentre chandelier is of a construction never before introduced,
and will be surrounded with 400 lights
From the Bath Chronicle we learn that Hannah Hawkins
expired on the ictli ult. within a month of the completion of her 104th
year. With slight variations she remained in possession of her faculties
to the last.
At Amsterdam, last week, new potatoes, grown in the soil
recovered from the Lake of Haarlem, were offered for sale.
On the night of Good Friday Mr. William Austin, a gentleman
from Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, expired in a railway carriage on the
Trent Valley Railway, near Tamworth.
By Cape of Good Hope papers we learn that the Colonial Parlia¬
ment is to be opened on the 10th inst. (to-day).
The demolition ef the fortifications at Vienna has commenced.
These constructions were commenced 330 years ago by Maximilian I., at
the lime of the advance of the Turks on \ienna, but were not completed
until 1663, under Leopold 1.
The Porte has rejected the demand made by the French Ambas¬
sador. M Thouvenel, for the authorisation of the cutting of the canal
through the Isthmus of Suez.
Died at Bogentory, of Castle-Fraser, on the 22nd ult, Jean
Macallan, at the advanced age of 102 years. She retained all her faculties
lo the last—her memory only being a little impaired.
The deliveries of tea in London estimated for last week were
fi7S,648lb., which is a decrease of 124,8621b. compared with the previous
statement.
In consequence of impaired health the Hon. Mr. Mostyn has
bfpn compelled to relinquish for the present his Parliamentary duties, in
order to try the air of the south of Italy. Mr. Mostyn has already taken
ins departure from England.
The number of public Acts of Parliament passed in the present
Session, which commenced on the 3rd Dec., is only nine.
At the Gloucester Assizes on Saturday last Mr. Dennis Tren-
fie!d. a solicitor, was tried on the charge of forgery, convicted, and sen¬
te need to ten years' penal servitude.
The elections at Paris for supplying the places of the late
General Cavaignac. and of MM. Carnot and Goudchaux, are fixed to take
place on the 25tli inst
Joseph Shepherd, convicted of murdering an old man at Wads¬
worth, near H trifax, was hanged at York on Saturday.
The number ot patients relieved at the City of London Hospital
for I ‘leases of the Chest Victoria Park, during the last week was 951, of
which 154 were new cases.
A legacy of fifty pounds has been loft to the funds of the
Western Dispensary for Diseases of the Skin, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-
s qua re, by Charles Worrell, Esq., late of Durham-terrace, Westbourue Park.
M. Carlier, formerly Prefect of Police, died last week at Sens of
inflammation of the lungs.
A ffluev fair is to be held at the British Embassy, Paris, on the
20* 1 1 md 30th inst, for the benefit of the British Charitable Fund, under
lue patronage of Lady Cowley.
Mr. Solly, who was intimately connected with the progress of
literature and science during the last half century, died on Wednesday
week, in his eighty* second year.
The visitors to the South Kensington Museum last week were—
cr. Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday (free days). 3713; on Monday and
I .n*sdnv (free evenings). 3499 ; on the two students’ days (admission to the
pubiic.’ed.), 409; one students’ evening, Wednesday, 276—total 7897.
A telegraphic communication has recently been established
between Penzance and Plymouth. Hie maritime interest will doubtless
be greatly benefited by suen an arrangement
Mr. Minton, the manufacturer of the celebrated encaustic tiles
those beautiihl picture pavements, died at Torquay on Thursday week.
The number of patients relieved at the Royal Free Hospital?
Orny's-inn-road, during the last week was 1909, of which 619 were new
cases.
On Tuesdav a Court of Directors was held at the East India
House, when William Edward Frere, Esq., was appointed a Provisional
Member of Council at Bombay.
Mdlle. Louise de Corneille, great-granddaughter of the great
Corneille, lias jnst died at Aigues-Mortes.
The University of Oxford has decided on publishing the Psalter
of William the Conqueror, collated from the various manuscripts existing
of the work.
The Property and Income Tax Association is continuing
av’ralion for a more equitable adjustment of the tax upon trades and
professions.
The North American Royal mail steam-ship, which sailed from
Liverpool on the 3rd March, arrived at Portland on the evening of the
f i ■ h. He r cargo was delivered in Montreal in fifteen days, and in Toronto
in seventeen days, from the dute of her departure from Liverpool.
A return has just been published of all acts, notifications, and
proclamations of the Government of India concerning the coinage, cur-
r t)-v a«d legal tender of the territories under the said Government from
May 1 st, 1834, to the date of the latest account received.
Henry Watt arrived in Newcastle on Friday night by the Go
vernmrat train from tire south. He will stay for sometime, it is said, at
tile house of bis parents in Argyle-street.
A man named Joseph Mazerie has been sentenced to a week's
imprisonment, at Nantes, for crying '* Vive Henri V. ! "
After a long discussion at the Liverpool Easter vestry on Tues¬
day it was decided that a poor-rate of id. in the pound should be levied
on* tiie dock and warehouse property ot the township.
The Queen has granted unto the Bev 1 . William John Chesshyre,
lit A , the place and dignity of a Canon of the MetropoUtical Church of
r.mtcrbury, void by the cession of the Rev. Arthur I enrhyn Stanley.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will shortly occupy the
White Lodge (the Ranger's.. Richmond Park.
Count de Momy, at a. meeting of the shareholders of (he Mines
de la Loire, held a few days ago. caused it to be announced that he resigned
the chairmanship of the board of directors—the only post ot the kind he
had retained. \
The nnmber of wrecks in March was 179 ; in February, 162 ;
and in January. 154 : making a total during the past three months of 495.
The Burra Burra copper- mines in South Australia now give
employment to 1013 miners, and support a population of nearly sooo persons.
At Devizes, on Saturday, John Darbon, the War Office mes¬
senger who stole the Karl of Suffolk's pictures, pleaded guilty, and was
sentenced to seven years' penal servitude.
Seflon House, the mansion of the Earl of Sefton’s family, in Bel-
prave- --quote, has been taken for Marshal the Duke oi Malakoff, and
will be the future residence of the French Embassy. The Duke is expected
in London at tne early part of next week.
A woman named Ann Parsons has been sentenced to three
months' imprisonment, with tile option of paying a fine of £ 20 . by the
Marlborough-street magistrate, for attempting to get herself engaged as a
cook in the family of the Hon. F. Byng by means of a forged character.
I' pwards of 27,000 persons were at the Crystal Palace on Good
Friday Part of the programme of the day was the ringing in the nave,
i >■ an who wished to join, of the Did Hundredth Psalm and the Evening
Hymn.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
PATKR K.—Tko condition* of Enijrm 1 1072 lo our nnaber for March t7ib vtert inadvertently
omitted they are ** White to (Uii.v and mate iu four moTtu."
M. H. B.. Exeter.—In the game between Mos»r«. Kipping and Pindar, after the 53. more,
we remarked that White hud a forced mute La four moves. Tli a apt-eared *o obviou* that
we were surprised It ahoald fcavo beau overlrokrd by the players: but, judging from tl»e
number of correspondent? who have failed to tli< cover ilia modus optrlimit, th« mate is not
to plain. Thu following is the solution.—
WHITE. fU.ACK.
1. R to K R 4th <ch) K -akoe R
■ Bes*; if lie move hi* King to Kt «th, White mato* at once with the Bilhop.
2. Q take* K R 1* (ch) KtoKt6th
3. B to K K| (ch), and mntae next move with Qaeeo.
C. M. M.. Novn Scotia —Your solution is perfect.
M. M.—No article on " double cbe^t" ho* ever appeared in this JnarnaL
G. B. H., Ned bury.—It U a qoaai«n wo havo answered a hundred times A piece, though
ImmovabJo. doe« not lose iti protecting power, the Block King ia the pGaAi*n yon eend
cannot, therefore, tike the White Kook
F. W. 6., Mel'on.—The report of the Menchester Cheat Meeting vu printed enly for tho
m/mber-i o’ the aesjdfltlon. Apply to Mr. Kipping, the honorary secretary of the Mon
cheater libers 'Hub.
L. W.F.. N*w York.—Tour letter with tho promised incloscre mu*t have mitcarried.
E. B. C.. Hoboken.—It will affurd as much picas arc to h»ar front t. B- C. In reply to the last
comrauuicstion transmitted to him.
R. D.—l. A very clover problem, bu - of too many moves. 2. The poaiticn last sent is only a
modification of ono invented oy Powni ini.
M. P.. R.—If wbat we bear of the Italian bo true, he Is the very man so Io*g desiderated for
the St Gojrjtc's OJab—that U. not a mere ••professor" of ibegume, so jea’oaa of repu¬
tation that b« dreads to put hi* probrnslous to the test of actual conflict wiih strong op¬
ponents, bat n roil gladintor, ready to contend with nil comers, the hsidier the wokomer,
and anxiotiK, in. toad of repres<iiig Ibo latent strength of the dab, to dew op it to its falles.
extent, by encouraging acd participutingin matches with the beat mrn of the day.
Solutions ok Pboiilkh No. 735 bv the Original North.rn Girl, K. P.. I. O. H., Philip,
Mocicas, O. P. Q„ G M . D. X.. Ph'lo Chess, F. N., W. T. 8., P. P.. I. X. B., t2.8S, Simule
Simon. Adolphus, Pax. Nemo, G. T. L., Me*cator, Cxur, Gregory. Maud, Lynx, I. G. w.,
F. It. S.. Omicron, Dogberry, Lana, G M. W., I. P. B-. W. U, naxon. Dliua Schoolboy,
Lex Valois. Miranda, B. G. D., R. Fenton, Bumble. Box acd Cox. A Clerk. N. B-.
8. P. Q. K.. A Gormnn. K. P. W., T. C., Ouelda, R. A.. Bridget, lota, A. /. , Pool. 1L H. S.,
Pfailido-. F. D., W. II. B., I. J., Htnry, W. C. W. YVeUjhton. Lionel. Epomet, Pbi,
8. H. W. B, Tracpoony, K. B C., A. L , N. G. E. t B. W. N. C., Pioo, W. H., Gyrus, R
Freon, Berea, Achilles arc correct.
Solutions or Pboblkh No. 736 by W. C W. Weighton; B. T. t Sootbport: Iodine. Lex,
fhilo-Che'S, D D. Oneid«, M. P.. Phi, Lux. IVncaa, H. B..W. W. G„ N.B., O. t*. Q,
Czir. F. B. ft, Grigory, Median. L. M. I). r I. G. F , N. C., U amble. D. W., Judy. Max,
P. T., I. R. W., Pumona, A Clerk. Miles, X. Y 55 . W. O.. K., Tawn. G. M . JYtx. G. P W. t
Poterkin, 8. A. 7,1. L. P-, Murir.au, Rook. Pliilidor. T. G. B., N. O. R.. F. E.. Willy. Anne.
Lynx, Rector. Wlidboy, Dogberry, E. M., L. J., Pabliccln,arc correct. All others ore wrong.
Solution of Froblem No. 735.
BLACK.
B to Q B 8th, or
(a)
B to Q Kt 7th
B to Q Kt 7th | 2. P to K R 8th, becoming a Bishop, M before
Solution or Problem No. 736.
white.
1. P to K K 7th
2 . R to K 8th
(a) 1.
WHITE. BLACK.
3. P to K R 8th, becoming a Bishop.
And White wins.
WHITE. BLACK.
1 . RtoQ7th K toQ5th,or (o)
2 . R to Q Kt 6th Any move
(at 1. K to his 3rd, or (6)
2. R to K 7th (ch) K to Q 3rd
(6) 1. P " Queen*," or (r)
2. Kt to K B 4th B takes R
(disc, cht
3. B to Q 5th—Mato
WniTE. BLACK.
3. Kt to K. 3rd, or to K B 4th, dis¬
covering mate
3. Kt to K 4th—Mato
(C) 1.
2. KttoKFltb
(disc, ch)
3. R to KB 7 th—Mute
R takes P
K utk* K:
Solution of Problem No. 737.
(This diagram is incorrectly numbered 736. )
Ri.irR. wnrrr..
WHITE. BLACK.
1. Kt to Q 6th K takes R. or (a)
2 . B to Q B 3rd Kt to K B 4th
(If Kt takes B, then follows—3. B to q R
5th, and i. Kt or U mates.)
(а) I-
2. R takes B (ch)
(б) l.
2. R takes 3 (ch)
WHITE.
3. B to Q 7th
4. B or Kt mates
Kt to K B 4th, or f 6)
K to Kt 3<d
P takes R
K to Kt 3rd
PROBLEM No.
JBy G. M.
BLACK.
BLACK
Any move
WHITE.
White to play, and mate in four moves.
CHESS IN THE METROPOLIS.
Instructive Game in the Contest now pending between Messrs. Bopen and
Owen.
(IrrefftiUtr Opening.)
white (Mr. O.)
1 P to K 4th
2 . P to Q 4th
3. K B to Q 3rd
4. Q to K 2 nd
5. PtoK B4th
BLACK (Mr. B.)
P to Q Kt 3rd
Q B to Q Kt 2nd
P to K 3rd
Ptolv Kt 3rd
K B to K Kt 2 nd
6. K Ktto K B3rd K Kt to K 2nd
Castles
P to Q 3rd
Q Kt to Q 2 nd
P to Q 4th
P to Q B 4th
Q to K sq
K P takes P
K Kt takes P
r takes B
7. Castles
«. Q It to K 3rd
9. Q Kt to Q 2nd
10 . P to K 5th
11 . P to lv Kt 4th
12. P to Q B 3rd
13. P to K B 5th
14. lvt P Lakes P
15. K B takes Kt
16. K IvttoKR 4th PtoK B 3rd
17 . Kt takes P K to K K sq
18 . K to R sq
iWhito had here the game In hli hand*-
Initoad of thU mere defens.ve ai.vo.he *honld
have played 18. Kt to Q 6th. in retilr ; Block,
u* hi* only r<*onrce to save the Bishop, must
have moved hi* Qceen to q Kt oq (for. If ho
gave check at K Kt 3rd, hi* odveraury had
only to retire tho Kiog, threatening to win
the queen next raovo). White then playnd
q to K R 5th, and the attack became Irre-
•Utiblo.)
18 . Kt takes K P
(Well ployed: if White take the Kt, Black,
of course, gain* ft pisoo i a return by advancing
wniTE (Mr. O.) black (Mr. B.)
hi* q’« Pawn, discovering c v ock, and at the
tame time turns h* defence into as attack.)
19. K K to K Kt sq K R to K Kt sq
20 . K Rto K Kt2nd K B to bis sq
21 . R takes R (ch) K takes R
22 . K to K Kt sq KtoKE sq
fch)
23. Q to K B 2nd Q to K 3rd
21. R to K Kt 3rd K to K sq
25. B to K R sth B takes B
26. Kt takes B Kt to Q B 5th
27. Q to K B 5th
(A good more.)
27. B to Q B 80
28 . Q Kt to K B3rd Kt to Q 3rd
29. Q Kt to K 6th
OngenTouB, bat too late.)
29. P takes Kt
30. Qto K Kt 5th
(Fatal. Ho flhould rather have token the
K * Pawn, chocking. In tha* cate, however,
BUck could have replied with B to K 3rd,
end, after hi* Kt was taken, with Rook to
q *q. flure of winning the advanced Fawn )
.30. Q to K Kt 3rd
31. Q to K 3rd P takes P
32. G to K Kt sq Q taki^s Kt
33. P takes P It to K B 4th
And Blaak wins.
Annual Meetino op the Chess Association.— It was
notified in oar columns last week that this event, the Ch«»-player's
Derby day, was fixed to commence on the 22nd of J ane. The siTange-
ments of the local committee are, of course, not yet complete, but it is
whispered that they have succeeded in ensuring the presence of the
American chess phenomenon, Paul Morphy, an attraction of itself snf-
fident tc> secure the largest attendance which has been known for years.
Another invitation, that to the Italian master, Signor Dnbois, is talked
with much interest, as he is known to be a player of genins, whowants
onlv m-“tice with first-rate opponents to take himself the very highest
pffie among them. Of other fcreign vb.tots U wou d be prem, 1 ^ w
speak, as nothing positive respecting them has been determined.
Annual Meeting o^ the Bbsjmng^ and^Berkbhim
Chess
society -- -
Wednesday, uir mu u* .- -- --
and visitors wilJ dineat tbeGeorge Hotel.
TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES,
“ THE CRESCENT CITY.”
Nbw Orleans, February 25, 1858.
In descending the great River Mississippi my anticipations of New
Orleans were of the most agreeable kind. I had no misgivings of
plague or yellow fever, and dreaded far more the explosion or burn¬
ing of the steam-boat to which 1 had intrusted the safety of my limbs
and life than any calamity attendant on the proverbial slekliness of
the great city of the south. Nor is New Orleans more subject to the
great scourge, of which the recollection is so intimately associated
with its name, than Mobile, Charleston, Savannah, and other places
in the same latitudes. The yellow fever, when it appears in the ful¬
ness of its ghastly majesty, generally affects the whole seaboard, and
showers its unwelcome favours upon the just and upon the unjust,
upon green and breezy Savannah as freely as upon the olosely-packed
lanes and alleys of the “ Crescent City.” But in winter, spring, and
early summer New Orleans is as healthy as Loudon. My pleasant
anticipations were not doomed to disappointment. New Orleans was
in the full tide of its most brilliant season, and everything and every¬
body seemed devoted to enjoyment. And, certainly, the contrast
with the lands and the scenery I bad jnst quitted was as agreeable as
it was remarkable. On bidding farewell to St. Louis we left the
winter behind ns; and, en approaching Baton Rouge, the State
capital of Louisiana, and within one hundred and twenty-five miles of
New Orleans, it was a physical as well as a mental luxury to note the
difference of climate with which a few days’ voyage had made ns
acquainted. There were no more floating ice-fields on tho Mississippi:
no more cold winds, leafless trees ; no more stunted, brown, and
withered grass, such as that which had wearied my eye3 for some
minutes previously; but, by a transformation as complete and rapid as
that in a fairy pantomime, the land was covered with all the beauty and
glory of the early spring. The sky was of bright, unclouded blue;
the grass was as green as the grass of England"—the greenest grass I
know except that of Ireland—the plnm, peach, and apple trees were
in full and luxuriant bloom of white and purple; and the breeze that
blew in oar faces came laden with the balm of roses and jessamines.
The sugar plantations on each hank of the river, with the white
bouses of the proprietors, each in the midst of gardens, of which the
orange-tree, the live or evergreen oak, the magnolia, and the cypress
were the most conspicuous ornaments, gleamed so cheerily in the
sunshine that I could not bnt rejoice that I had turned my back on
the bitter north, and helped myself to an extra allowance of vernal
enjoyment. For a few days it was the realisation of the poetical
wish of Logan, in his well-known apostrophe to the cuckoo:—
Oil, could I fly, I'd fly with thee!
We’d make with social wing
Our annual visits o’er the globe.
Companions of the spring.
Steam was the cuckoo of this occasion—a cuckoo whose monotenons
notes have in this land made the remotest wildernesses to smile with
beauty and fertility. The simile may not be a very good one. Bnt let
it pass. The effect of the change of climate upon the spirits of all
the passengers was decided. The taciturn became talkative: the re¬
served became communicative. The man of monosyllables ex¬
panded into whole sentences; and the ladies, like the flowers by the
river side, felt the bland influence of the skies, and bloomed into
fresher loveliness. The wearisome and apparently interminable forests
of cypress and cotton-wood, through which our vessel had been
steaming for five days previously, were left far in onr wake; 'and the
landscape aronnd ns was alive, not only with the hustle of eommercifll
and agricultural business, bnt with all the exhilarating sights and
sounds of that sweet season when nature leaps to the kisses of the
snn. This, English reader, was on the 13th of February—the day
before St. Valentine’s. In England, in the ancient epoch of onr tra.
ditional poetry, ere Chancer, the “ morning star of song,” had arisen
upon our land, the anniversary of St. Valentine, when the birds began
to choose their mates, was considered to be the first day of spring.
May not the fact suggest a change of the seasons ill the old laDd
within the last five or six hundred years ? And may it not help t«
prove that the climate enjoyed by onr forefathers in the twelfth cen.
tnry was similar to that which now blesses the people of the
snnny sonth in the nineteenth ? Bnt, leaving this point to the
curious and to the weatherwise, 1 must own that, while walking
out on St. Valentine’s-day in the beautiful green meadows
on the side of the Mississippi opposite to New Orleans,
1 was ungrateful enough to complain (to myself) that something
was wanting to complete my enjoyment. The home-sickness was
upon me; and I was dissatisfied with the green grass because
there were no buttercups, daisies, cowslips, or primroses among
it. And here let me state that none of these flowers are to be found
on the North American continent except in conservatories, where they
are not exactly the same as our beautiful wild English varieties. But,
if there be no daisies, it mnst be confessed that there ace violets in
the south, for I gathered bunches of them on the 11th of February:
hut, alas! they have no scent, and did not betray themselves by their
fragrance before the eye was aware of their proximity, like the sweet
violets of Europe. But then it may he said for Nature in these lati¬
tudes that she gives so much odour to the orange-blossoms, the rose? (
the hay-spice, and the jessamines, as to have none to spare for such
humble flowers as violets. Lot me also confess, en passant (and still
under a qualm of the home-sickness), that I found another deficiency,
I will not say defect, in the landscape, to whicl* nil the surpassing
loveliness of the atmosphere failed to reconcile me; which was, that
the air was silent, and that no skylarks, “tme to the kindred
points of heaven and home,” sang in the blue heavens. There are
no larks in North America; nor, as far as I have been able to dis¬
cover, any other bird with a song as joyously beautiful and bountiful.
America has the blue-bird and the mocking- bird; bnt those who love
to hear the lays of that spesk of delicious music, tliat diamond-like gem
of melody which twinkles in the “ bine lift ” and hails the eariy
mom at heaven’s gate, must expect the gratification in the ©Id
World, and not in the New.
Bnt I have wandered from my subject, and forgotten that I have not
yet conducted my readers to New Orleans. For a distance of several
hundred miles, where the river skirt* the shores of the great cotton-
growing States of Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee, cotton planta¬
tions, with their negroes busy at work to feed the hungry mills of
Lancashire, meet the eye on both sides of the stream. But on enter¬
ing Louisiana the traveller sees that the cultivation of sugar replaces
to a great extent that of cotton. I regret that I had not time or
opportunity to visit either a sngar or a cotton plantation on my way
down the river, that I might have studied for a few days the relation-
ship between the master and the slave, and have tested by my own
experience the benevolent and patriarchal character, rightly or
wrongfully, but nniversnlV given to it in the south. But on this sub¬
ject I ■Sill possibly, with more experience, have something to fay-
hereafter. In the meantime I could but notice how little of thia rich
376
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Ap;;r, 10. IS.*')
TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES—THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
country was cultivated, and how thin a belt of land made profitable
by the plough extended between the dark river and the darker forest
which bounded the view on every side. But this belt is gradually
A SIOUX ENCAMPMENT. UPPER MISSISSIPPI.
widening. The axe and the torch are clearing the primeval forest;
and the cotton-growing States of Mississippi and Alabama, and the
sugar-growing State of Louisiana, are annually adding to the
wealth of America and of Great Britain by increasing the area of
profitable culture, and developing the resources of a soil that contains
within its bosom fertility enough to clothe and feed the whole popula-
BLUFFS SEAR THE PRAIRIE DU CHIEN. UPPER MISS!
JUNCTION OF THE MISSOURI AND MISSISSIPPI.
ation of Europe and America, if not of Asia and Africa. The sugar
plantations have seldom a river breadth of more than five acres, but
they extend all but indefinitely into tire forest beyond. Some of them
reach for one mile, others for three or even ten miles, into the New Orleans stands on the left bank of the Mississippi, about a
wilderness of cypress-trees and dismal swamps that for hundreds of
miles fringe the shores of the “ Father of Waters."
hundred miles from its mouthB, on a crescent-like bend of the river,
whence its name of the “ Crescent City.” By means of continual
FORT SNEI.UNG, UPPER MISSISSIPPI.
i • t: !. Id
377
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES — THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
^ i,
deposits of the vast quantities of mud and sand which it holds in
solution, and brings down from the great wilderness of the Far West,
the Mississippi has raised its bed to a considerable height above the
DOWS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI-FROM THE BATON ROUGE.
level of the surrounding country, and is embanked for
miles by earthen mounds or dykes, of six or eight
called Levees. This name was originally given by the
still retained by the dwellers on the banks of the Mississippi and
Ohio. A Lev& of this kind protects New Orleans. As many parts
of the city are lower than the bed of the river no portion of the
VOYAGEURS ASCENDING TI1E LOWER
drainage finds its way into what in other cities is the natural channel,
but runs, from the direction of the stream, into the swamps of
lower country towards Lake Pontchartrain. As there is very
WOODCnOPPER’S HUT. LOWER MISSISSIPPI.
New Orleans, as may be supposed, is not only
is a matter of considerable difficulty and great ex¬
it, even as inefficiently as such untoward circumstances
will allow. What drainage there is is upon the surface, and even at
this early season of the year the smell affects painfully the olfactory
nerves of all who prefer the odours of the rose to those of the cess-
TI’E GR1VF.YABD, LOWER MISSISSIPPI.
378
[April 10, 1858
pool. The population of the city is about 120,000, of whom
one-half or more are alleged to be of French extraction.
The French call themselves, and are called, Creoles—a term
that docs not imply, as many people suppose, an admixture of
hlack blood. Indeed, all persons of European descent born in this
portion of America are strictly, according to the French meaning of
the word, Creoles. New Orleans is less like an American city than
any other on the whole continent, and reminds the European tra¬
veller of Havre or Boulogne-arc-Mer. From the admixture of people
speaking the English language it is most like Boulogne; but the
diaracteristics of the streets and of the architecture are more like
those of Havre. The two languages divide the city between them.
On one side of the great bisecting avenue of Canal-street the shop
signs are in French, and every one speaks that language; on the
other side the shops and the language are English- On the French
6ide are the Opera House, the restaurants, the cafds, and the modistes.
On the English or American side are the great hotels, the banka,
the Exchange, and the centre of business. There is one little pecu¬
liarity in New Orleans w'hich deserves notice as characteristic of its
French founders. In other American cities no effort of imagination
is visible in the naming of streets. On the contrary, there is in
this respect an almost total absence of invention. New \ork,
Philadelphia, Washington, Cincinnati, and St. Louis seem to have ex¬
hausted at a very early period of their histories the imagination or the
gratitude of their builders; street nomenclature has been consigned
to the alphabet at Washington, where they have A-street, B-street,
C-street, D-street, &c. At New York the streets are named from
First-street up to One Hundred and Eighty-eighth or even to Two
Hundredth 'street. At Philadelphia imagination in this particular
matter seems to have reached its limit when it named some of the
principal thoroughfares after the most noted and beautiful trees that
flourished on the soil:—
Walnut. Chestnut, Spruce, and Pine,
Hickory, Sassafras, Oak, and Vine.
Having stretched so far it could go no farther, and took refuge,
as New York did, in simple arithmetic. At Cincinnati, where
the same system prevails, the. street-painters do not even
take the trouble of adding the word street, hat simply write
Fourth or Fifth, as the case may he. In that pleasant and
prosperous place you order an extortionate coachdriver to
take yon, not to Fourth-street, but to Fourth. Not so in New
Orleans. The early French had greater fertility of fancy, and named
their streets after "the Muses and the Graces, the Nereids and the
Oreads, the Dryads and the Hamadryads, and all the gods and god¬
desses of Olympus. Having exhausted their classic reminiscences,
they next, as a gallant people, bethought themselves of the names of
fair ladies—dames and demoiselles—and named some of the newer
streets after the Adeles, Julies, Maries, Alines, and Antonines, whom
they held in love or reverence. When these failed they betook them¬
selves to the names of eminent men—in their own and in ancient
times—to those of Lafayette or Washington, or to the founders of New
Orleans, the Carondelets and the Poydras. It is, perhaps, too late for
New York and other great American cities to alter the system they
have establitiled; hut to name a street after 'a public benefactor, a
statesman, a warrior, a philosopher, or a poet, or even after the Muses
and the Graces, seems preferable to so taine and prosaic a method of
nomenclature as that a Horded by the alphabet or the multiplication
table.
The most prominent public building in New Orleans is the St. Charles
Hotel, an edifice somewhat alter the style and appearance of the
Palace of the King of the Belgians at Brussels. During the twelve
days I remained under its hospitable roof it contained from seven
hundred to seven hundred and filtv guests; and its grand entrance-
hall, where the gentlemen congregate from nine in the morning till
eleven or twelve at night, to read the newspapers, to smoke, to chew,
and, let me add, to spit, presented a scene of hustle and animation
which I can compare to nothing hut the Bourse at Paris during the
full tide of business, when the agiateurt and the agent it change
roar, and scream, and gesticulate like maniacs. The southern planters,
and their wives and daughters, escaping from the monotony of their
cotton or sugar plantations, come down to New Orleans in the early
spring season, and, as private lodgings are not to be had, they throng
to the St. Louis and the St. Charles Hotels, but principally to the St.
Charles, where they lead a life of constant publicity and gaiety, and
make amends for the seclusion and weariness of the winter. As many
as a hundred ladies (to say nothing of the gentlemen) sit down to¬
gether to breakfast—the majority of them in full dress as for an
evening party, and arrayed in the full splendour both of their charms
and of their jewellery. At dinner it is but a repetition of the same
brilliancy, only that the ladies are still more gorgeously and elabo¬
rately dressed, and make a still greater display of pearls and diamonds.
After dinner the drawing-rooms offer a scene to which no city in the
world affords a parallel. It is the very Court of Queen Mob, whose
oourtiers are some of the fairest, wealthiest, and most beautiful
of the daughters of the south, mingling in true Republican equality
with the chance wayfarers, gentle or simple, well-dressed or ill-
dressed, clean or dirty, who can pay for a nightly lodging or a day's
hoard at this mighty caravanserai. To rule such a hotel as this in
all its departments, from the kitchen and the wine-cellar to the
treasury and the reception-rooms, with all its multifarious array of
servants, black and white, bond and free, male and female—to main-
tain order and regularity, enforce obedience, extrude or circumvent
plunderers, interlopers, and cheats—and, above all, to keep a strict
watch and guard over that terrible enemy who is always to be dreaded
in America—fire—is a task demanding no ordinary powers of admi¬
nistration and government; but it is one that is well performed by
the proprietors, Messrs. Hall and Hildreth. Their monster establish¬
ment is a model of its kind, and one of tho “ sights ” of America.
So much for the indoor life of New Orleans as I beheld it. Its
outdoor life is seen to greatest advantage on the Lev£e. The river can
scarcely be seen for the crowd of steam-boats and of shipping that
stretch along the Levee for miles: and the Levee itself is covered with
hales of cotton and other produce, which hundreds of negroes, sing¬
ing at their work, with here and there an Irishman among them, are
busily engaged in rolling from the steamers and depositing in the
places set apart for each consignee. These places are distinguished one
from the other by the little flags stuck upon them—flags of all colours
and mixtures of colours and patterns: and here the goods remain in
the open air, unprotected, until it pleases the consignees to remove them.
New Orleans would seem, at first glance, to overflow with wealth to
such an eitent as to have no room for storage. The street pavements
actually do service for warehouses, and are cumbered with barrels
of salt, corn, flour, pork, and molasses, and bales of cotton, to sach an
extent os to impede the traffic, and justify the belief that the police
must either be very numerous and efficient, or the population very
honestly disposed. The docks of Liverpool are busy enough, hut
there is no bustle, no life, no animation, at Liverpool at all equal to
those which may be seen at the Levfee in the " Crescent City.” The
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
fine open space, the clear atmosphere, the joyousness and alacrity
of the negroes, the countless throngs of people, the forests of funnels
and masts, the plethora of cotton and corn, the roar of arriving and
departing steam-boats, and the deeper and more constant roar of the
multitude, all combine to impress the imagination with visions of
wealth, power, and dominion, and to make the Lev<$e as attractive to
the philosopher as it must- be to the merchant and man of business.
On the third day after my arrival I was a spectator of the revelries
of the “ Mystick Krewe of Comus an association of citizens whose
names are known only to the initiated, who annually celebrate the
festival of Mardi Gras by a procession through the city. The pro¬
cession on this occasion represented Comus leading the revels, fol¬
lowed by Momus, Janus, Pomona, Verfcumnns, Flora, Ceres, Pan,
Bacchus, Silenus, Diana, and, in fact, the whole Pantheon of the Greek
mythology, male and female, all dressed in appropriate costume. The
“ Krewe ” assembled at nine o’clock in Lafayette-square, and, having
obtained permission of the Mayor to perambulate the city with torch¬
lights, started in procession through the principal streets to the Gaiety
Theatre, where the performers in the masque, to the number of
upwards of one hundred, represented four classical tableaax before a
crowded audience, and they protracted the festival till midnight. At
that hour dancing commenced, and the masquers mingled with the
general public, and kept up the revels till daylight. C. M.
REPORT ON THE POST OFFICE.
On Tuesday was issued the fourth report of the late Postmaster-General
(tbe Duke of Argyll) on the Post Office, it being that for the year 1857.
It appears from the report that last year the number of post-offices in
the United Kingdom was increased by 235, making the whole present
number 11.291. Oi these 810 are head post-offices, and 10,291 sub-post-
offices. 295 road letter-boxes (some in towns and some in rural districts)
were put up last year, making the whole number 703. At 1041 places free
deliveries were established for the first time last year; and at 297 other
places, including Dublin, Bristol. Bath, Exeter, Oldham, the thickly-
inhabited district round Manchester, Perth, and the neighbourhood of
Belfast, the free deliver}' was extended or otherwise improved. Measures
are in progress, though they must necessarily proceed gradually,
for still further improving the postal service in the suburban districts.
During the last year fifty-nine additional towns weie provided with day-
mails to or from the metropolis of one or other of the three parts of the
United Kingdom, and some of them with mails in both directions. Su p¬
plementary mails, moreover, being the third dispatched irora or to Lon¬
don in a single day, were established with Manchester, LivcrjiooL Bir¬
mingham, Cambridge, Southampton, Sheffield, and other towns. The
distance over which mails are now conveyed within the United Kingdom
by railways, mail-coaches, &c., sleara-packets, boats, and foot-messengers,
is nearly 130.000 miles per day.
In England last year there were 410.000.000 letters, about 21 to each per¬
son ; in Ireland, 43,000,000, being about 7 to each person; Ja Scotland,
61 , 000 , 000 , being about 16 to each person. At Leeds the proportion is as
high ns 24 letters to each person; at Glasgow and Birmingham, 27 ; at
Liverpool, 29 ; in Dublin and Manchester, 30; in Edinburgh, 3$; and in
London. 43.
As compared with 1856, this number shows an increase of 26.000,000;
and as compared with the year previous to the introduction of penny
postage (1839) an increase (omitting franks) of 428.000,ooo millions; making
the present number of letters more than sixfold wliat it was in 1839.
During the last five years the rate of increase in letters, as compared in
each instance with the number in the preceding year, has been as
follows 1853, 8$ percent; 1854, 8; 1865, 1856, 4j; 1857, 5£: average,
nearly 6. N x '• ••._
Of the whole number of letters last year nearly & quarter were delivered
in London and the suburban districts; and, counting those also whicli
were dispatched, nearly one-half passed through the London office. The
number of letters given in the foregoing statements fnchide colonial and
foreign letters delivered in the United Kingdom as well as inland letters.
The great bulk, however, are inland; the colonial and foreign letters
forming lees than one-fiftieth of the whole number delivered.
According to an official return in a recent number of the Journal <le SI.
Petcrsbourg, givingvarious Russian postal statistics for the year 1855, the
whole number of letters posted in Russia was about 16.400.000, or
almost the same as the number posted in the single city of Manchester
and its suburbs. /'O-—^
The number of registered letters last year was rather more than a
million and a quarter, or about one registered letter to too ordinary letters.
The number of newspapers delivered in the United Kingdom last year,
as in the previous year, was about 71,000.000. nearly three-quarters of
which bore the impressed or newspaper stamp, the others having been
paid by postage stamps.
The number of letters returned to the writers last year, owing to failure
in the attempts to deliver them, was about 1,700.000. Owing to the same
cause about 580.000 newspapers were also undelivered, being about 1 in 122
of the whole number.
There were about c.ooo.ooo of book packets last year. The average
weight of a book packet is about five ounces and a half, and the average
postage about 2$a.
During the last year 13S new money-order offices were opened—viz.,
95 in England and Wales, 9 in Ireland, and 34 in Scotland ; making the
whole number 2233. Notwithstanding the depression of trade during a
large part of last year, there was no falling off in the number of money
orders, but, on the contrary, a considerable increase, though not so great
as in many previous years. The greatest number of orders ever paid in
England and Wales in one day was on the 24th December last, when it
was upwards of 38,000
\The rate of increase in the gross revenue in the two years was as
followsis56—England, nearly 6 per cent; Irelnnd, nearly 6 percent;
Scotland, nearly 7 per cent; United Kingdom, rather more than Ciper
cent. 1857—England, rather more than 6 per cent: Ireland, about 2) per
cent; Scotland, about 6| per cent; United Kingdom, nearly 6 per cent.
The increase of expenditure properly appertaining to the year in 1857 was
at the rate of nearly 2$ per cent, as compared with 4$ per cent in 1850.
The pet revenue, taken as the difference between the gross revenue and
expenditure properly appertaining to the year, is as follows1856 —
£1,194.398. 1857—£1,322,237. Increase—£127,849. This increase is at
the rate of rather more than 10 per cent, as compared with 7 per cent
in 1856.
Indian Habits and English Habits.—F rom the moment a
young officer sets foot in tbe Bengal Presidency he is perpetually re¬
minded that every English idea and habit Ls the sure mark of a griffin
(that is, of a fool) He must not go out in the sunshine—he must travel
in a palkee instead of on horseback—he must be punkacd, and tattied, and
God knows what else—he must have a “ khansarmaun,” a “ kibruntgar,”
a sirdar-bearer and bearers, and a host of other servants ; one for his pipe,
another for his umbrella, another for his bottle, another for his chair, Ac.—
all to do the work of one man ; and which work would be done by one man
in the case ol the Bombay griffin. By all these people the youth is called
“ ghureeb purwar,” “ lioodawund.” See. This state of affairs bewilders the
new comer, till, resigning himself to his fate, he becomes accustomed to
it, and gradually loses part of the manliness of the Anglo-Saxon
character. With the external luxurious and lazy habits of flin-
dostan he imperceptibly adopts somewliat of Oriental morality. The
remedy is evident. Let it be the fashion to be English. It is a fal¬
lacy to suppose that the climate compels to be otherwise. There are faults
enough, I suppose, in the European society of the Western Presidency;
but assuredly it is ten times more English than that of Bengal, yet the
climate is no better than that of the latter. Let the griffin have no more
than two body servants at most; let him have no one in his service who
will not do such work as his master bids him do. If the Hindoos object
to such service, there are plenty of Mussulmans ready, willing, and able
to take their places, and with no more prejudices than a Christian. Let
the young man never enter a palkee, but go about on the back of his pony;
let him not fear the sun—it may tan his cheeks, but it will not hurt him.
It is yom* effeminate gentlefolk, who live in dark houses artificially
cooled, with a dozen Hindoos at work, with fans and fiappersto beat the
files off them, who sufferby exposure, not the hardy young Englishman,
who, if not intemperate, soon becomes acclimated; and the more readily
so the less he regards the sunshine, wliich is healthy enough in modera¬
tion.— Brigadier John Jacob.
Church Service in a Canton Temple.— A correspondent of
the Watchman at Canton writes as follows .—“To think of the Church of
England sendee and a British sermon in a Mandarin's yamun, which I
attended last Sunday, or of worshipping the true God with a Christian
congregation in the temple of the favourite goddess Kawn Yin, which I
hope to do to-morrow, is certainly enough to make the wooden deities
themselves start into life, if they were anything at all but vanity.”
Novel Tiger Hunt.—A singular occurrence took place at
Bombay, on the morning of March 2 , in the shape of a tiger hunt. The
officers of the Peninsular and Oriental Company’s steamer Aden espied a
tiger swimming from the main land in the direction of Mazagong at an
early hour in the morning. A boat was instantly lowered, and the crew,
armed with ship’s muskets, came up with the brute whilst in the act of
boarding a bungalow, whose dismayed crew endeavoured to beat him off
with handspikes and other weapons. The boat’s crew of the Aden brought
, him down by a quick discharge of shot, tlirough the head. He was taken
1 sc board the Aden, and found to be a full -grown tiger, weighing 353 lbs.
HISTORY OF CIVILISATION.
Tub object aimed at by the author of the work we are about to no¬
tice* is nothing less than to found the science of history, or of human
progress, and elevate it to the rank of other sciences. His design,
vast and noble, will require a long life and great industry to carry it
out. But as yet, though he have been several years engaged in his
task, and though this volume extends to 854 pages, he has not got
further than the Introduction. Man, as an individual, and society,
composed of individuals, are subject to distinct laws of physical and
moral development by which the condition of both is at every moment
determined. To investigate and ascertain these is necessary.
Human actions, arbitrary and irregular as the motives of individuals
appear, are regulated by definite and certain laws. The number of
births, deaths, and marriages, and the relative number of the sexes,
are all now known, by the reports of the Registrar-General, to be
regular and uniform, and on this regularity and uniformity tables of
life assurance and of relief for sickness are constructed. The com¬
mission of murder appears extremely irregular aud capricious. Our
own criminal returns inform ns that the number of murders varies
very little from year to year. Statisticians have established the fact of
different countries that, amongst a given^ population of the same
country, about an equal number ofimirders is annually committed,
and different instruments are employed in about the same pro¬
portion. So it is with suicides. The annual average number
in London is 240, and the lowest noticed for several
years was 213, and the greatest in 1846—a year of great
railway excitement—-was 2uG. Mr. Buckle accordingly concludes that
crimes are in a great measure the consequences of the general con¬
dition of society. In Franco the number of persons accused of crimes
between 1826 and '1814 was about equal to the number of males who
died in Paris in t he same period; and it is remarkable that the annual
fluctuations inthe amount of crimes were less than the annual fluctua¬
tions in the mortality of Paris. The uniform sequence in actions thus
ascertained is the foundation of the science of history.
Life depends on food ; and food, both in quantity and kind, originally
depended exclusively on soil, situation, and climate. In Asia civilisa¬
tion has always, accordingly, been confined to the vast district
where a rich and alluvial soil lias sccnred that easy subsistence
without which no civilisation can begin. In the deserts of
Arabia it makes no progress, though the Arabs, removed from their
own arid country to Spain, India, and Persia, became the founders
of mighty empires; and traces of their power and magnificence are
still to be seen at Cordova, Bagdad, and Delhi. In Persia and Mexico,
from similar circumstances, such as temperate climates and fertile
soils, a similar civilisation grew into existence. Long days and long
nights In Norway, and seasons of great drought in Spain and Por¬
tugal, are in these countries inimical to continuous labour, and the
people are said to be alike in fickleness and instability. Italy
is Still the prey of volcanoes and earthquakes, and the Italians
continue to be very superstitious. A large proportion of
the population of England are necessarily familiar with the
dangers of the sea, and accustomed to conquer them. Their
fearlessness imparts a general characteristic to the nation.
Everywhere, and through all time, a close connection may lie traced
between the peculiarities of the external world, even to minute
particulars, and the prevalent qualities of the intellect. This is the
main principle of the book. The influence of the external world on
man, his appetites, passions, and intellect, are all regulated by certain
definite laws which it is man’s glorious privilege to be able to com¬
prehend.
The author establishes this principle by many more numerous and
beautiful illustrations than those we have referred to. In some of his
details, however, he departs from this principle, and assigns to the
intellect in its riper stages—a power which lie denies to it at its
commencement. “The powers of nature,” he says, “are limited
and stationary, but the powers of man are unlimited.” This
seems incorrect. For us the powers of nature are not limited.
We are for ever learning something more of them, and as we learn
they expand. For ever as we advance the limits recede, and we are for
ever made to comprehend that we can never reacli them. Intellect
guiding industry enables man as society advances to produce wealth
infinitely great compared to the spontaneous productions of any soil
or climate, and enables him to turn the peculiarities wliich seemed
obstacles to his advancement to the means of progress. The ocean,
which seemed destined to keep separate for ever the distant people of
the globe, has become the common highway. But, though civilised
society is infinitely powerful compared to a few scattered savages, the
intellect lias acquired its capabilities only by studying and
using the powers of nature. It does not and cannot go
beyond them. Mr. Buckle himself says of the latter half
of the eighteenth century, “the intellect of France was then
concentrated on the external world with an unprecedented
zeal, and thus aided that vast movement of which the Revolution
itself was merely a single consequence.” Thus at the latest period oi
history, as well as at its commencement, the external world exercises
a powerful influence over the development of the intellect. “ We are
bound,” Mr. Buckle also says, “ to believe , since every addition to
knowledge affords fresh proof of the regularity with which all the
changes of nature are conducted, that the same regularity existed long
before onr little planet assumed its present form, and before man trod
on the surface of the earth.” But this law of thought, this instinc¬
tive belief, leads to the conclusion that the cause of civilisation must
be the same now as at its commencement. Tbe assertion, therefore,
that .at one time it was the external world and at another the intellect,
except as the latter is always formed by the external world, is con¬
trary to Mr. Buckle’s own teaching.
But it is much shorter work to notice the blemishes than the ex¬
cellences of Mr. Buckle’s profound work. His outline of the progress
of the English and the French intellect—from the middle of the six¬
teenth to the end of the eighteenth century for the former, aud to the
end of the reign of Louis XIV. for the latter — supplies a comparison
and a contrast unequalled, we think, by any historian. The English
reader will be astonished at some of the opinions entertained by his
ancestors, and at the slow progress by which error after error was cast
aside, and the truth, as we now conceive it, established. He will,
liowever, be pleased to learn that the establishment here of the great
Protestant doctrine of individual responsibility in matters of religion
led to political freedom; while its suppression in France, under
Louis XIV. and his immediate successors, tended to preserve despotism
there, and was one of the remote causes of its great and terrible Revo¬
lution. Contrary to some writers, Mr. Buckle shows tliat mind inFrancc,
like mind in England, was greatly developed by the doctrines and excite¬
ment of the Reformation; and that all the men of genius who illustrated
the reign of Louis XIV. were bom and bred and had their minds
formed during that great excitement. The latter part of his reign,
when his despotism was fully established, and when he had earned
into full effect the system of patronage and protection now so much
admired, stifled the talents of the people; and France, instead of being
glorious, was bankrupt in finance, morals, and honour. We have had
“ word-pictures painted ” of the incidents of the great Revolution, but
Mr. Buckle has given us for the first time in his spiriteddcscription of the
decay of the French intellect under Louis XIV., aud its subsequent
growth, while the French Government was ignorant of the fact, a
true account, we bilieve, of the origin and immediate causes of that
remarkable event. To the previous growth of intellect in
England France was deeply indebted, and since then England has, in
turn, been deeply indebted to the intellect of Frauce. It is a great
consolation under temporary disappointments to believe that the
general intellect, which is common property and the common in¬
heritance, ultimately governs all society, and effectually restrains or
extinguishes individual caprice and individual power.
In conclusion, we must say that Mr. Buckle should have pulleddown
the scaffolding of method and of rules he has used to construct has
edifice. The edifice itself, though thus incumbered, is a poble monu¬
ment of modern literary industry and skill. It speaks of the devotion
of a life to one great object, and will redeem this age from the re¬
proach of literary frivolity'. Like standard works, it will be placed in
every library, and be for ages a source of instruction and an index to
research.
* History of Civilisation in Europe. By Henry Thomas Backle. \oL L
John W. Parker and Sons.
April 10, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
379
T O FREEMASONS at Home and Abroad.—
into. JOHN MOTT THEARLE, Manufacturer of Jewels.
Clothing, Furniture, Bnun»ra, Ac.. for the Cratt. Mark, Royal
Ar-ib, K.T.. and higher degieca. No 19*, Flert-sfre* t, Ixmdou,
wholesale arul reUil. Morchanta, ) odgera, Tilers, anil the Trado
suppltol on most advanta^eon* tirma. A cholco collection of Ma-
sonte Jewel*, Pina, King*, and Studs at way a on hand. Copy tho
aikhress. _
T^TATCHES.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS,
V 7 Watchmakers 'opposite tho Bank of England), U and 12,
Comblll. London, submit for rejection a stock of flr*r-dis» PATENT
DETACHED LEVER WATCHES, which, b<tag made try themselves,
ecu bo recommended for accuracy and durability. A warranty is giycn.
PKKES OF SILVER WATCHES.
Patent Lover Wa*ch, with tho Improvements, i o., the de¬
tached os tapement, jewo’lod, hard enamel dial, seconds,
and maintaining power to continue going whilst being
wound .. 14 0
Ditto, j-welled in four holes, and capped .6 6 0
Ditto, tho finont quality, with the Improved regulator,
Jewelled In sis hows, usually Id gold ..8 8 0
Eitbor of the Silver Watches in hunting ca*es, 10s 6d. extra.
GO'D WATCHES—SIZE FOK LADIES.
Potent Lever Watch, with ornnmental gold dial, the move¬
ment with latest improvements l.o., the detached escapo-
m-nt, roalnt ,lnlng power and Jewelled.11 11 0
THtto, wl'h richly -engraved case . 12 12 0
Ditto, with vorr strong case, and Jewel'od In four holes .. 14 14 0
GOLD WATCHES.—SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN.
Patent Lever Watch, with the latest improvements, i.e.,tha
detached escapement. Jewelled in four holes, hard omunal
dial, seconds, and maintaining power . 10 10 0
Ditto, lu stronger case, improved regulator, and capped .. 13 13 0
Ditto, jewelled in she boles, aud gold balance .. .. 17 17 0
Either of the Gold Watches in hunting cases. £3 3s. extra.
Any Watch selected from tbo list will be safely packed and scut froe
to any part of Great Britain or Ireland., open a receipt of a remittance
of the amount.
F DENT, sole Successor to E. J. Dent in all
• his patent rights and business, at 6 1 , Strand, and 34 ned 35,
Royal Kxchanee. and the Clock and Compass Psetonr ot Somerset
Wharf, CHRONOMETER. WATCH, and CLOCK MAKER to the
Queen and Prince Consort, and Maker of the Groat Clock for ilia
Routes of Parliament. Lullin' Gold Watches, right guineas; Gcntto-
meu's, ton guineas; strong Silver Lever Watches, six guineas; Church
Clocks, w'th compensation pendulum, £85. No connection with 33,
Cockspor-Mreet.
B ENSON’S WATCHES.
" Fxcelhrce of design and perfection of workmanship.”—
Morning Chronicle.
“ fhe qualities of his manufacture stand second to nouo.”—Morning
Advertiser.
• All that can be desired in finish, taste, and design.”—Globe.
“ The watches hero oshibitod surpass those of any other English
mans raesurer. "—Observer.
Those who oannot personalty Inspect this extenaivo and costly »tock
should send two stamp* for *• Benson'* Illustrated Pamphlet,” con¬
taining important information requisite In the purchase of a watch,
and irom w» iob they can (elect with the greatest certainty tho ono
adapted to their use Silver Watches, from 2to50guinean; Gold Watches,
from £3 15a. to 180 guinea*. Every watc > wairautod. and soul post¬
paid to any part of England. Scotland, Ireland, or Wales, upon re¬
ceipt of a remittance- Merchants. Shippers, and Watch Clubs
supplied. Wa’chc* exchanged or to paired.
Manufactory, 33 and 3t, Ludgato-hilL London, E.C.
Established 1741).
T O BE SOLD for *'23 (cost £36 15s. two
years ago), a • •cntloman's GOLD LEVER HUNTING WATCH,
by Frcdsham and Baker, with chronometer balance to prevoot varia¬
tion from climate, awl nil • ther Improvement*. Warranty given.
M»y bo seen at Wales and McCulloch's, 32, Ludgato-ttreot.
S ARD and SONS, Watch and Clock Manufac-
turers, Noe. 17 and 18, Cornhill, have a Show-room expressly
fitted up for tho display of Drawing and Dining Room CLUCKS,
manufactured in splocdid Ormolu, und exquisitely-mod oiled antique
Bronzes, the! movements of flrat-cliu-s finish, striking the hours and
half-hours. Each Clock is warranted. Staircase Clocks in fashion¬
ably-mounted cases. Dials for Counting-houses. All charged at
manufacturing prices.
The New Buildings, Nos. 17 and 18, GornhiU.
S ARD and SONS, Watch and Clock Manufac-
turors, Nos. 17 and 18, Cornhill, invite attention to their new and
splendid Stock of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, each warranted,
and twelve months' trial allowed.
Silver Watches, of highly-finished construction, and jewelled, wkh
fluhlouable exterior, at 50s. to £10 10s.
Gold Watches, of all descriptions of movements, from £6 6s.
to £ 60 .
Books of Patterns irod Prices can be obtained; and all onion, with
a rem;ttancu, promptly attended to.
S ARD and SONS, Goldsmiths and Jewellers,
Nos. 17 and 18, Cornhill.—Tho ground Moor of tho New Building
• more particularly devoted to the display of Fine Gold Jewellery and
Fine Gold Chains.
In tbo Jewellery Department will be found a rich and radices
assortment of Ring* and Brooches, sot with magnificent gems. Brace¬
lets and Necklets, 11ns and Studs, «c. All nowlv manufactured, and
in the most recent style The quality of the gold Is warranted.
Fine Geld Chain* are charged according to their respective weight*,
and the quality of the gold is cortiflcd by the stamp.
Books of Patterns and Prices can bo obtained.
Letter* promptly attended to.
S ARD and SONS, Silversmiths (the New
Building), 17 and 18, CombTl, Invite attention to their new and
mngnifleont block of I-ondon-manufncturcd 81! VER PLATE, con¬
taining every artie'e req isllte for tho Table and Sidoboard.
Silver Spoons and Forks at 7*. 4d. per ounce.
Rich and Elegant Tea and Coffee Equipages, commencing at £36
the full service.
Silver Salvers of all sizes and patterns, from £5 10s. to £100.
A large aud costly display of BMvtr Presentation Plato, charged at
per ounco—Silver deportment of the building.
Books of Designs And Prices may be obtained.
S ARL and SONS. Wholesale Manufacturing
ELECTRO and ARGENTINE SILVER PLATERS, Nos. 17 and
18, Comblll.—In tho splendid Show Rooms devoted to this department
of the business will bo found every article usually manufactured.
Comer Dishes and Covers- Dish Covers—S)up and Sauce Tureens—
Cruet Frames—Tea acd Coffee Services—Magnificent Epergnes and
Candelabra—Salvers and Tea Trays.
Tho Argentine Silver Spoons and Forks, solely manufactured by
Sari and Sons, at one-sixth tho oost of solid Silver, are especially
commended, having stood tho tost of Fifteen Years’ experience.
Books of Drawings and Prices may be obtained.
All order* by post punctually attended to.
S ILVER PLATE, New and Secondhand.—
A Pamphlet of Prices, with Engravings, may bo had gratis; or
will bo simt post-free, if applied for by letter.—A. B. SAVORY and
SONS, Goldsmiths (opposite the Bank of England), 11 and 12, Corn¬
hill, London. __
ARDNERS’ IMPROVED INDIAN and
COLONIAL LAMPS, 60s. each, complete, with Punkah Pro¬
tector.— 1 Theta Lamps are fitted with all the reccul Improvements. are
chaste and elegant in design, and are suitable for nuy table as no ex-
penso has been epared in thrir manufacture. Cannot he affected by
wind or In ects. A variety of pattern*. In bronze aud ormolu,
always on view, varying from 32 to 34 Inches In height, at £2 10*.
each. Gardners' (by special appointment to her Mgjesty), ,453, Strand,
Charing-cron*; 3 and 4, Duncaunon-street, adjoining; and S3,Stroud.
Established 106 Years.
B EDSTEADS of every description, both Wood
and Iron, fitted with Furniture and B'ddiDg complete.
J. MAPI.B and CO., 145 to 147. TctUmham-court-road
An Illustrated Catalogue, gratis.
TYtNlNG and DRAWING ROOM FURNI-
XJ TURK, in endless variety.
The Eugenio Easy Chair .. .. .25*.
1 he Eugsnie Couch, in Walnut Wood .. .. 3 guineas.
Drawing-room Chaim- .. .> X. •»- *• ld«.td each.
Handsome WalnutTabks .. .. 4 guinea*.
J. MAPLE and CO., 145, Toltanliam-eonri-road.
The largest and most convenient Furnishing EstablLhmsni in the
World. ... /■>, \ >
F ve thousand pieces magni-
FICEST CARPET, at 4tL and 2s. lOd. per yard.
Rich Velvet Carpets, at 3k, fid per yard.
J. MAPLE and CO., 145, Tottenham-com t-road.
M
USLIN, LENO, and NET CURTAINS,
from 2s. «d to 3 guineas per pair.
Order* from tho country wilt have the beet attention.
J. MAPLE and CO., 145tol47, Tottenham coart-road.
O RNAMENTS for the DRAWING-ROOM,
LIBRARY, lie.—An ox tensive assortment of ALABASTER,
MARBLE, BRONZE, and DERBYSHIRE 8PAR ORNAMENTS,
Manufactured and Imported by J. TENNANT, 149, Strand, London.
C HUBB’S PATENT DRILL PREVEN¬
TIVE is tho only real security against the burglars' boring in¬
strument recently used to open safes In Manchester and London, aud
k now applied to all Chubb's Fireproof 8afes—May be seen at
CHUBB and SONS’, 57, 8t. Paul's Churchyard, London.
Design, commencing at 12 yards for 6d., Is at CROS8'8, 22, Great
Portiond-stm*t, Harvlobone, near the Polytechnic Institution. Houm
P alming and Doooratlng In every style Estimate* free.
A PERFECT LADY’S DRESS for SPRING,
AT A SINGULARLY LOW PRICK.
A simple Chock, tho material Is Cashmoro. with rich Dueape side
trimming la French-blue, Nut-brown, Black, Violet, and th* Now
Green, edged with Velvet.
Tho Skirt is mado and lined throughout, the material for Bodice
Included. Price 14s. 9a.
Tho additional ehrrge for making the Bodice. Ono Shilling.
A Drawing of tbo Dress sent post-free.
FRENCH MUoLIN COMPANY, 1C, Oxford-street.
rjTLIE HALF-GUINEA CLOTH JACKET,
JL a very pretty shape iu*t from Paris.
For oonntry order* »ize of waist and round the shoulder* is required.
THli FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
F rench muslin jackets.
Tho prettiest White Muslin Jacket over produced: it is trimmed
with Ribbon. To bo had in evory colour, and exceedingly becoming
to the figure. Price 12s. M.
The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16. Oxford-street.
Poet-office Orders payable to James Reid, Oxford-street.
rpi:
IE BLACK VELVET JACKET
Chosen by tho Princess Royal.
Tbo shape U chaste, simple, and elegant, without ornament.
The price la 21 Guinea.*.
The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
T HE BLACK LACE JACKET,
just imported, a perfectly new shape, graceful and ladylike
in tho extreme, price 12a. 9d.
Tho FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
NAMES.—
_ 1 Christian Names em¬
broidered by tho Nuns of Pau, with the now diotetoh noodle. Price
is. Old., by port 14 stamps: 6«. 9d. the half-dozen, by post 6*. UL
TF MBROIDERFD CHRISTIAN
JCi LADIES’ HANDKERCHIEFS, with Chris
THE FRENCH COMPANY, 16, Oxford-stroot.
F rench cambric robes.
Our now pattern*. Ju*t received, two or three very pretty
patterns. They are made up according to the latest Paris Fashion by
French Artistes. Price 12s. 9d.
Tho FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY. 16. Oxford-street.
Orders from tho country must be accompanied with the slzo round the
shoulders and length of skirt.
Pattern* post-froo.
T
IHE TIME to BUY MUSLINS CHEAP.
Last year's at ridiculous price* for such good*.
Pattern free.
The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street
TVEADY-MADE MORNING WRAPPERS,
_L\j 4s. 9d., Neat French Prints, warranted fait colour*.
Patterns post-fre*.
Tho FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
HITE and BUFF MARCELLA
. . JACKETS.—The prettiest Shape (In this very elogant
Article) ever produced, und most becoming to the figure. Price
12*. 9<L For counlrv odors, size of waist and round the shoulder*
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxfoid-sireet.
w
N
EW FLOUNCED MUSLINS, Gs. 6d.
A very prettv Variety
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY,
16, Oxford-street.
M
OURNING MUSLINS
The beat Selection In the Kingdom.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY.
16, Oxford-street.
0
A GEM.
UR NEW GUINEA FRENCH MANTLE.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY,
16, Oxford-street.
B
AKER
CRISP’S
aud
GLOVES!
Muslins! lUrvgca!
Balzulne*! (‘ambries.
Plain and Printed Llama*,
Flounced, and by tho yard,
Sixty per oral chsaper than any
other bouso In the kingdom.
Pattern* sent free by post.
Baker and Crisp. 28l, Regent-street, London.
v/
rjm
E REAL ALPINE KID GLOVES!!!
_ Price Is. 6d. per Pair, in every size and colour
We are the original and only appointed Agent* lor the &k ef the**
celebrated Glove*.
The best fitting and most durable to be procured at
aay Price 111
and
sold only by- --
RTMBELL and OWEN,
77 and 78, Oxford-street, London
N.B. A sample pair for two extra (tumps.
L ADIE8 requiring Cheap and Elegant SILKS
arc roqoeotod to apply immediately to BEECH and BERUALL,
LINENDKAPER3. lIABEUDASaEhS, *c., &c., tho BEEHIVE. 63
and fit. Edgworc-road, Loudon, W.
1200 New Flounced Silk Robes (various), 39s. 6d. to 5 Guineas.
Rich 6tripod, Checked, Chond, and Plain Glued Silk*, 2Is. till, to
38s. fid. the Dress.
Black anil Half-Mourning Ditto, In great variety, at the same
reduced prices.
Patterns for In spection postage-free- _
IT Y JUVENILE DEPOT.-
BABY-LINEN and LADIES' UNDERCLOTHING WARE¬
HOUSES.—Ladles' Night Draws. 3 lor 6*. fid.; Chemise*, with
bands, 3 for 4a. lid.: Drawer*, 3 pair for 3*. lid.; Slip*, tucked, 3 for
8*. 6d. Children's Underclothing equally a* cheap. All work war¬
ranted and made of .Horrcek'* Lhngclo'n; a lower quality kept ex¬
pressly for outfits to India and the colonies. Ladio*' Paris-wove
Buys, 3a. 1 Id. per pair; and the newly-invented elastic Corset, to fas¬
ten in front, 3s. 1 Id., not obtainable elsewhere. Infants’ Bassinets,
handsomely trimmed cither with white or chintz, one guinea each.
An Illustrated Price 11st ►ant free on application.—W. H. TURNER,
68, 69, 70, and 89. BUhops.eate-etreec Without, London, E.C.
XJNENDRAPERS TO THE QUEEN, BY APPOINTMENT.
Established la 1778.
B ABIES’ BASSINETS,
Trimmed and Furnished,
Ready for use, are sent borne froe of carriage.
BABIE8' BA8KETB,
Trimmed and furnished to correspond.
CAPPER, SON, and CO., 69, GKACECHURCH-3T., LONDON, E.C.
'\ pescrlpllro List*, with prices, sent free by post.
\ Bent post-free, Deicrlr.tivo U*t* of
/COMPLETE SETS of BABY LINEN,
V-^ which are sent homo
throughout the Kingdom free of earring©.
UNDERCLOTHING FOR HOME. INDIA, AND ALL COLONIES,
for Ladles, and Children of all ages.
LINENDRAPERS TO THE QUEEN BY APPOINTMENT.
Established In 1778.
L ADIES’ WEDDING OUTFITS
sent homo free of carriage.
Descriptive Lisa, with price*, sent free by post.
CAPPER, 80N, and CO., 69, Gracechorch-street, London, E.C.
L ADIES’ MORNING and PROMENADE
DRESSES, with new Jacket* to match, trimmed ‘‘en suite,”
In a variety of now fabrics.
Rich New Chenrf Bayadire 811k«. In extra length*, of a superb
quality, 4) guinea* the Dress. Marie Stuart Robes, in Rich Glaoe
80k, 62s- fid.
Evening and Ball Dressci, in Tulle and tho new “Tarlatane
Criatal," at
SEWELL and CO.*8, Compton Home, Frith-stresU
T71ASHIONABLE SCOTCH-SPUN SILKS
JU for 8pr!ng and Bnmmer Dress** manufactured expressly for
Hcott Adie. Th* ROYAL TARTAN WAREHOUSE. 116, Hegeui-
atrec*. teorner of Vl go-*treet), Patterns forwarded free. _
S ILKS, Rich, Plain, Striped, and Checked
Glac4, at 22*. 6d. per dress of twelve yards; and worth th*
* Mention of famillos. Patten:* s»nt free by post. JOBN HAHV £Y,
SON, and CO., 9. Ludg*t*-hlll. E*tabliihed upward* of fllty yc&r*.
Car. iage paid upon amount* above £5.
1TVV SILKS for APRIL,
at PETER ROBINSON'S.
Kew Striped Gland Silk* at £1 3*. Sd. tho Full Dre**.
Now Checkod Glaof Silks from £1 5*. Od. „
New Bayadere Bar Silk* at £1 7*-6d.
Extra Rich Bayadere Silk* „ £l!0».9d. «
Rich Plaid French Glaoe'Hills*,at Cl 16a. 9d. „
New Strioed Glacd Flounced 6ilk Robes.
New Checked Glac£ Floon-eo Silk Robes.
Now Buv»d&re Glsod Flounced 8ilk Bobo*.
Now Brocaded Flounced Silk Robes.
New French Chon* Flounced 8Uk Bob**.
MoW Antiques to Black and aU new Col juts, at Three Guinea* and
Half the full dr*** of eight yards of a yard wide.
P R. would call Ladle*' particular attention to two fine* tn th*
above advertisement, '* Extra Rich Bayadfro Silks, at £1 '°*-
These good* are of fint da*s Sptialflekl* manufacture, well worth two
guineas tho dross. There is a great variety of useful colour*.
" Rich Hold French Glaoe SUhs. at < 1 16*. 9d.” The preseat value
of t hcee goods Is two guineas and a haU.
Pattern* nost-free. Addrett B*b*o*«, Silkmorcor, IW,
106,107, Oxford-street.
K ING and CO, SILKMERCBHS, &a, 243,
Regent-street, and at tho Crystal Palace, 8ydenham, beg to
announce that during the late commercial crlsi* they hare pur¬
chased many thousand pounds' worth of new SILKS, MUSLINS,
BAREGES, IRISH POPLINS. No., which they Intend telling during
tho coining season at Half-prioe.
L adies, write for patterns of the
NEW BILKS and other Fabric*, and save fifty par cent to your
Spring Purchases.—Address to KING and CO,, Kegunt-sL, London.
fTAMBRICS. — PATTERNS POST-FREE.
Bwisa Cambrics,
3s. 6d. the Full Dr os*,
French Brilliant*,
3*.9d. tho Full Dress usually sold at 7*. 6d.
Address to KING and CO., fiegont street, London.
M
USLINS.—PATTERNS POST-FREE.
Jsoccnots .2*. lid. the Full Diets.
Organdies .5*. 6d. „
Chintz Uus'lns.6*. fid. „
Flounced Jaccoaet* .. .. 6s. fid. „
Flounced Organdiss .. .. 10s. bd., nsually sold at £1 1*
Addiesi to KING and CO., 243, Regent-street, London.
B AREGES, &c. — Patterns Post-free.—
B&lzarinea .. 3a. fid. the Full Dress.
Chin-x Barfgos .. 8a. 6d. „
Flounced Balzarines .. •• Us. 6d. „
Flounced Bar gas •• -• 13s. 6d. „
Flounced Grenadines.. £1 6s. 6d., usually sold at £2 10*.
Address to KING and CO., Regent-street, Loudon.
SPRING FABRICS.-
French Llnm M.
-Patterns Post-free.
7*. fid. tho Full Dross.
Checked Challls .. .. 12*. 6d. „
Bilk and Mohair Doublo Shirt* 10 b. fid. „
Silk aud Mohair Flounced Robe* 17a. 6d. „
Norwich Poplins.. .. .. 18*. 6d. ,,
Beal Irish Poplins .. .. £1 17s. 6d.. uso*llysoM at
Address to KING and CO., Uegont-stroot, London.
B
LACK SILKS. — Patterns Post free.
Glaod Silks,.£1 6 0 tho Full Drew.
Be tin Bar Silks .. .. 1 10 0
Widows' Bilks.. I 19 6
Financed «dks. 2 10 0
Hoird Antiques.2 18 6
Velvet Flounced Robe* .. 6 10 0 „
Adtlrau to KING and CO., Begcnt-saoot, Loudon-
TVTEW SPRING SILKS at KING’S,
III 2*3, Regent-street. >—
Striped Glaos SUks,
I! £s. 6d. tho Full DrewT"^ \ ^
Chocked Glacd SiBu, / \
£1 5a. 6d. / XX \
Batin Bar Bilks,
£1 7s- fid.
Jasper silks, /
£1 its. fid.
Chlnd Poult de Sola*. C—X
£1 17s. 6d.
Flounced Silks,
£2 2 *.
French Flouncod SlUu,
7 £3 13s. 6d.
Velvet Floooced Silk*,
id las. 0d.
And MoIr6 Antique*, worn by the Quom and Princess Royal,
£3 3s. tho Full Dr-iss. usually sold at £6 6s.
Patterns sect post-ftuo-
Address to King and Co., Kefreut-itreet, I/judon.
LEG AS T MUSLINS.—New Goods for
1858.-20,000 pieces of Organdi and French Muslins are now
offering at 2a, lid. tho Dn*s of eight yards, or any length cut at
4jd. t*r yard. They aro beautiful goods, fast colours, and cannot bo
replaced at Is. per yard- Merchants and wholesale buyers will find
these goods desirable. Patterns sent free-
HOOPER, Muslin Printer, 62, Oxford-street, W. Established 1836.
L OCKE’S LADIES’ CLOAKS of SCOTCH
WATERPROOF TWEED. A selection forwarded on appli-
SCOTCH TWEED AND CLAN TARTAN WAREHOUSES,
119 and 127, REGENT-STREET (four door* above Vigo-stroct).
ARAND EXHIBITION of INDIA
Of 8HAWLS.—FARMER and ROGERS are now exhibiting to
their spacious India Showrooms a most snperb collection of cho.'oo
CA3HMEHE 8BAWLP, amongst which are sevural of very rare
design and quality, similar to those suppliod for tho Wodding
Troussaau of the Princess Royal.
THE GREAT SHAWL AND CLOAK EMPORIUM, 171, 173, 173
REGENT-STREET. W.
India Bhawb Bought and Exchanged.
TV/TOUKNISG ORDERS.—NEW MOURN
ixL INO FABRICS.—Pattern* of ail the Now Material* free P<3
??are:
Addres* PETER ROBlNBON, GENERAL MOU1
HOUSE, 103, Oxford-street.
ING WAREHOUSE, 103, Oxford-street.
“OLACK SILKS, cheaper than they were ever
It known—Patterns of all tho new makes, free per post ; als o.
Moird Antique*, in bDck and shade* of grey- Address PETEB
KOBINtiON, General Mourning Warehouse, 103, Oxford-street, Lon¬
don.
I NDIA.—FAMILY MOURNING.—Skirts.
trimmed deeply with crapo, from 30s. upwards to tho rich os;
quality, with Mantles and Bonnets to match. Family orders nippboo
on the most reasonable terms. Flrat-claas Dressmaking at moderate
charge*. Orders attended to in tawn or countnr.—Addres* PETEB
ROBINSON, General Mourning Warehouse, 103, Oxford-a treat.
D
RESS TRIMMINGS.
8TRTNGER and BIRD,
68, Nflwgato-rtrcct
(Late w'th Hutton and Co.),
Have on hand u well- assorted Stork
TRIMMINGS. FRINGES, and VELVETS in the N w
Styles for the present Season.
Or dm bv post punctually attended to.
N.B. Country Drape ■ and the Trade supplied with
Cut Lengths at low prices.
EIASniONABLE SPRING BONNETS, from
I* io». Gil. The Princes* of Pruula Hat for Young Indies and the
Imperial Turban Hat f#r Boya.-W. SIMMONS, 36, .King William-
street. City, nearly facing the Monument.
S HIRT S.—RODGERS’S IMPROVED
C0RAZ7.A SHIRTS, 31*. Cd. and 42*. tho half dozen. Im¬
portant imrrevemonu having been mado In those celebrated Bhirts.
G atinmen are respectfully solicited to suspend their order* until they
ve seen them For esse, elegance, and durability, they have no
rival. Boak ef c0 Illustration# and detailod particulars gratis and
post-free.—KOD 3EK8 and CO., Improvod Bhlrtmakeis, 59, Saint
Martin’*-lane. Chxrtag-cros*, W.C.—Established 60 years.
QPOBTING SHIRTS, by RODGERS.—
O Nsw and cxtrao-dlnary dus'gn*. In all colours, iocludlng Horse*.
Dog*, Foxes, Birds, fic. Abo a choica of more than 100 new and
fashionable Coloured Shirtings. In neat and gonUemanlr patterns.
RODGEBS and CO., Improved Shlrtmakers. £9, St. Martin'*-lane.
Charing-cros*. W.C. Patterns and Book of 60 Illustration* post-free
for two stamp*.
“ Ply me, try me,
s Prove, ere you deny me."—MIDAS.
L ADIES’ RIDING HABITS, £4 4s.;
FootmanSalt. <3 3.—DOUnNKY aad 80N8, 170, Old
Bond-street; 25, bur.lcgtcn Arcade; 49, Lombard-street-
X710R LADIES.—The NEW MANTLE, in
I? all the fashionable colours, at One Guinea each, 1* now ready,
at Mctsrx. H. J. and D. NICOLu'S Establishment, 142, Regen'.-street
J UVENILE CLOTHING on ECONOMICAL
PRINCIPLES. Fimt-cU» Dap’. Sait al
ltd. per Inch, scoordh g to height-—'WAI.TKB BERDOfc, 96, hew
Bond-Stnwi, and 69, Cornhill. N-B- North side.
TT\OR YOUTH —A COMPLETE SUIT, com-
A 1 prltl.ic Tutk, Trotaam, Bolt, m>d CalUr. to ml tho now mtt-
torido, for Ono Gulaoo, ot Maun. H. J. ood D. H1COLL d EoUa-
Ushment, 144. Rcgent-strort.
i
ERV ANTS' LIVERIES.—The best, at
, frmdsbed for cssh payment*, tor H. J. and D.
and 120, Regent-street, and 22. Cornhill.
de prices,
&OLUU4, lt«, lit, i
moderate p
L ADIES’ FIRST-CLAS'S ELASTIC
BOOTS, ot MODERATE PRICKS.—Fort. K.d Etutio Boom,
miUOT hooto. IU. M llln.tr.tod prlro.1 Cotoloottoo umt pou-ftoo -
THOMA8 D. MAIL-iAALL. 193, OXFORDJtrhAET H.
ATO MORE COLD FEET.—Patent FELT
±\ INBOLE D BOOTS and SHOES-- K BOW LET and CO.. 63.
Chartog-cre.4. IV -0 fit Lvrdoa aoti l*-^ hxbl-
towns.
P ATENT SEL^-LIGHTING CIGAR
COMPANY, W>, MocrjfflSe-rtretrt.—AU kin lx of Ciffure and
Cheroota aru treated by tha n.-ocec», and n. e tguitc-J b)" aim pin rriction,
without tuifta or huuU. No «xtra psieo. invaluable to ou:-uoor
sreokore aui reavslkra. Sample b:x. -Ix fine Davcar.iths. *’rec 2*
pcstogo-etomin; throe, 12 -fom;.U Of aU priuciptl dtuurnn to the
oountry. V/hoSoif.lo of 2£o«»rfc. HdANKHruX and CO., -O&anoo
MAnufocturen, 8, Shoemaker-row, Doctors' Commons.
S OUTH AFRICAN WINES, as*to quality
and character, are. as a g-tteralruto sounl, full-bodied, amply
ctulotvei with d&vour. •• »»•! wholly free from acidity, ucri-ma**, or
harshnpAS, and are allorttito. jm a: useful table wine* fur dally con¬
sumption. lh» price, rung? dg from St's, to Sis. a dozen for those re¬
sembling Port, bnerry, Marcella. Madeira, and BuecUas, brings them
within tbo comoass of every hotnekeeptar'a meant.- FOSTER and
LNGLE, Wino Merchant*. 44, ChcapsMc.
T HE OXFORD SHERRY, 366., per dozen,
bottles todutled, £2ri0j- r<?f quarter ca»k.—CADIZ WINE
CO j! PA NY, 66, B;. Jams* ».>:rcci.
P UliE BRANDY, 16s. per gaBon.—Pale cr
Brown EAU-DZ-\12, of oxquisit# flavour and gtatl porlt) ,
Identical, indeed. In every rfopect with those choioe productions o tho
Cognac district Which are new difficult to procure at any price, t*s.
per dozen, Frcr.ah bottle* rod.ease included, or ifi*- por gallon.
HLnRf HRIiTf and CD., 0:4 Furaival's Du.Ulory, Kolboru.
TTSSUPHISTICATED GENEVA,
true ju.ni--:r flavour,‘and precisely as it runs troz
of the
_ j _ _ ^ ^. from tho atil)
wl boat the adcitlorf ojf •uglnr or any Ingredient whatever. Imperial
gallons, IS*.; or In cno doz--a cow. t, 29r.. each, path ago toclodod.
HENRY BRETT and Old Fmnival'a Distillery, Holbom.
f^BOSSS and BLACKWELL, Purveyors in
Ordinary to her M^l«rry, reaiMctfrilly Invite attention to the r
PICKLE8, e,\UCES.TABT FRUITS, and other Tabia Delicicltv.
tho whole of Which are prepared with the moat scrupulous fittouth u
to wholfceom M -.and purity.
To bo obtained of mo*; raspectahlo Sauce Vondars; and wbebsa e
ofCroue or.:'. H-'ackweil, 2:, fiobo-square, London.
THE Bk8T FOOD FOR CHILDREN, INVALIDS, AND OTHERS.
£>i»BlN SON’S PATENT BARLEY, for
JLfil making superior IJariey Waier to fifteen minutes, haa not oay
obtained the patronage of t*ar Mrticsty and the Royal Family, but hi *
be>:on.o of geaural use to every chira of the comnmnliy, and is ac-
knovlodpoa to tend u: rivalled us «n eminently pure, nutritious, and
igtrt food for lu fonts ..ud hixalids; much apjiroved for making a
dolioiou* custard poddto^and excellent for thictoning broths or
oouf.i. ROUINfiON’ti 1’ATfcNT GKO ATS for more than thirty years
havo boon held In constant and increasing public ertlmation a* tho
purest faruue of the o«{, and as to* beat and niort vu’uabh prepara¬
tion for making a puxo and delicate Gruel, which forms a Jigh. and
nutritious supper for the aged, is a popu'ar recipe tor cows and
luliucu a*, ia ot goucrai naeto tho shjk-chatnber.anu.aileruutolv with
the Patent Barley, t« an uxcell-iut food for Infant* and chL'drcn.
Prepar-xl only by the Paleq.uVs. KOBINSOS, UKLV1LLE, aud CO..
Purveyors to tho Dnccn, fit,' lied Llon-stcoct, llolborn. London. Bold
by all respectable Urocors, Dtmggists, and othere In town and oounhv,
to pnekou of bd. and U-; and Family Canisters, at 2s., to., and 10s.
H ORNXMaK S PURE TEA. the leaf not
coloured.—RICH FULL-FLAVOURED of great strength U
thus secured, os importing it not covered with powdered colour pre¬
vents tho Chlro e passing off tho low-priced brown autumn leaves
ns the best. Tho • IrenCot ” (Longman, p. *18) states cf Horniman's
teas : *• The freon not being covore t with Prussian blue, Ac., Is a d *ll
olive; the It'ack is not intensely dark.” Wholesome axul good tea is
thus eccurcd. Price 3*.' 8d-, 4*.- and 4s. 4d. per lb. Pursell, 78,
Cornhill: Klphimtone, 227, liogent-strect, 3>6, Oxford-street; Wolf,
75, St. Paul's Churchyard; Dod.on, 98, Blackmon-streot. Boroagh.
Bold in packets by Horniman's Agents to all parts of the kingdom.
H omoeopathic patients, Dyspeptics,
and persons of delicate constitution are strongly recommended
to use TAYLOR BROTHERS' HGM<EOPATHlC COCOA, which is
prepared with tho greatest possible care upon well-lasted principles,
by which tho redundant, oleaginous, and grosser part* of tho nut are
entirely removed, and its nutritious, grateful, and valuable troportioa
frilly developed. Bold by most Grocers and Teodealen to Town and
Country, of whom ai*o may bo had Taylor Brothers' Soluble and
Dietetic Cocoas, and all kinds of plain and fancy Cocoa* and Chocolates,
tkxj that oidi packet i* labelled “ Taylor Brothers,” London.
rflAYLOK BROTHERS > HOMCEOFATHIC
I COCOA.—litis excioUlte preoaratioa. combining tn an eminent
degree the puremws, nutriment, and fine oromu of tbo fresh nut, is a
doficiona and wholes-iiMj beverage to all, and especially adapted to
those under bow-’opa'hic treaunoat. It agrees with the most deli¬
cate and irritable digestive organa, is soothing aud agreeable to tho
nerves, and proves at tho saroo time both invigorating und refreshing,
bold wholesale by Taylor firotbora. at their MUL«, 21L Brick-laas,
London; and retail by most respecubla Grocers and Toadealen in
tho kingdom.
P RICE’S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY
(L1M1TF.D) are now selling thoir patent tluid hllER-
WOODOLR, fer removing itstos of grease from from silks, satins,
carpets, table-covers, books, drawings, lamp glotos, kid Rl^vts, kc..
sold in battles at ia. fid. each, with label* and enptuie* marked
'* Prico'* Patont.” Pherwoodole will bo found to have a much lea*
unpleasant smell while being used than most othar solvent*, and eva¬
porates. leaving no trace to tho faM« clean sad. Directions for uso
are given with each bottlo. To bo had at the Italian Warehouse* and
Chemist*, and wholesale at
PRlCE’fi PATENT CANDLE COMPANY (LIMITED),
Bc mcnt, Vaaxhall, Loudon, 8.
DLK3, at 1 l*d. i«r lb. lor ‘ -*h. btoro Dip* \
hold soap. 40s. per cwt. Nile Colza oil (flnert', 4s t d. por gallon.
(Old Servaut« and Who'osnJo Ago’-ts to Price'* Patent Candle Com¬
pany), 16, liishop*gato-street Within, E C. Priced list* free.
llnfield patent starch.
G
USED m TEE ROYAL IJLUNDRY.
And pronounced by her Majesty's Laundrees to I©
THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED.
Bold by all Chandlers, Grocers, Ac., ka.
WHEH YOU ASK FOR
(T* LENFIELD PATENT 8TAKCH,
IT ses teat you get it,
a* inferior kinds aro often substituted
B enzine collas
CLEANS and KKMOVE8 GREASE from
Gloves, | Cloth,
SBks, | CoFpeti, Ac. Ac.
la Bottlo*, Is. fid., of all Chemists and Perfumers; cad at the DipSt,
114, Great KnsaeU-stroot, B)oi-m*bury.
P IE SSL and LUBIN’S SWEET SCENT?.
Tho srouort TKittT to F-nropo. E.nr rwlMlo fa> a.
lollot of O 0 hl 0 a.-Bc 3 . 0 l IoifcooJo»T M FIotoo, ». Boad-olrcn,
London.
WOOD VIOLET SCENT.—H. BREIDEN-
y V BACH recommond* his Wood Violet as tho finest natural
Perfume distilled. A slegio 2s. fid. Bottle will verify tho fact. Asa
for H Breliinnbach's Wood Vloleti—I67.V. New Bond-sfreot. W.
Too bUCCESBFUL RESULTS of the last HALF CRLTUKY have
proved beyond question tliat
R OWLANDS’ MACASSAR OIL possesses
peculiarly nourishing power* to tho growth, reparation, and
improvement of tbo Human Hair. It prevtoU It from falling off or
turning grew, dousae* it from Scurf am) Dandrlff, and makes u boau-
tIfrtiiy*o t,'early, and glossy. For children It U eapecUUy
mended, as fortniog the bo«i» of a beantiful bead of hair. Pnoe
3 *. fid.; 7*.; Family Bottles (equal to four small). Id*. 0d.; and
double that slro. 21 s. _ _
C aution.—O n the Wrapper of each Bottia are tbi* word* ilow-
Unds’ Mac*ft*ar OU. Ac.," in white Utters, and thafr 4p fiAP» A»
Rowland fc Sons, to red ink. bold at 20, Hatwa-garden, London,
and by Chemists and Perfumer*.____
J AMES LEWIS'S MARROW OIL for the
HAIH: Jookej Club, Froi.Rlpooi.l.
lor tho Handkerchief; and Iodine ^oap ferthv 6,
Bartictt's-hmldinct. Holiyrn; apd «&. Oxford-rtreoti v».
AMES LEWIS’S PATENT IODINE
tf SOAP i> n»om®o.Jo4 “ •>«
■ onltorr pro-.-olin b.ocflrfol tola. (5
rnomdoL Jl h/ tho aoalnr.-SoM <*• «• "'
/~1 BEY HAIR Restored to its Natural Colour,
or K.o.oisiiChtrf hr
FI 0 M 1 Bnuhot ;.j^L^fuEUWKO.33. BlOnohoO-
r7.i raoml,to oo4 hrtmn ot roh'4o
nnwTTI_Bv her Majesty's Royal Letters
TXiX ortrihO Inreutfon of ChoilcoBF-(ooi»r«f
, Ttva ,ix.u)uitsijisout>.i; bBW i ... ao»n* to lho
WHITE u»I OtB-Wt*Jo»o^ n i ^ m oh
onllnarj' ptiJ are rreiuiioi; a xrtmlly-tocreaiedfreedom
GtooToocr-itreot . UodCP.toS t*. Of-M
T M P O P.T A N T.—YOUNG’S CORN and
I DEMON .'LABTt:HS u th. b« .too "
5Sto» a vomw. v, Stoft«aaiT-e>K*. -<•
380
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[April 10, 1858
THE MAHARAJAH JUSfG
BAHADOOB
reviewing his troops.
■We have been favoured 'with the
accompanying Sketch by Captain
C. H. Byers, Assistant Resident nt
Nepaul, who is accompanying tl.e
Maharaiah Jung Bahaaoor ana Dis
troops in their co-operation with
the British aeainst the rebels. He
says■“ The Sketch represents the
Goorkah force filing off from their
encamping-ground on to the road
leading to Goruckpore, on the
morning of the Oth January, at
3 pm., on which day they uad
driven the rebels before them
across the River Baptee, wit
much slaughter;
guns ; and thus placed the Bntisa
authorities once more in possession
of Goruckpore. The group repre¬
sents the Maharajah JungBahR-
door; General Macgregor, Mili¬
tary Commissioner; Captain Mul-
ereeor. Military Secretary am*
A.D.C. to the General; two otbe
officers, and myself. We sat for
nearly an hour watching the troops
pass, and then, mounting o ur
horses, took up our proper position
amidst the advancing columns.
THE JACKATALLA
BARRACKS IN INDIA.
These Barracks, now in course of
construction, are the largest public
work in India. Situated about
nine miles from Ootacamund, the
chief station on the Neilgherry
Hills, they will form magnificent
quarters for European troops, in a
central position as regards the
Madras Presidency, with a dimate
which, according to medical men,
is unsurpassed by any in the world.
Under Captain John Campbell,
of the 7th Madras Cavalry, the
officer who has been employed to
superintend the construction of
them, and whose zeal and ability
are equal to the magnitude of his
task, those barracks are rapidly
being completed. They are divided
into five blocks, each measuring
350 feet long, SO feet wide, and 30 . .
feet high with two stories of 15 feet. This again is subdivide! into
four rooms, each room being 130 feet long, the remaining spaoe
being given up to sergeants’ quarters, store-rooms, wasbhousee, and
kitchens. Water is laid on by pipes throughout. Tha ventilation
above and below is perfect. It is computed that those barracks, when
completed will afford ample accommodation for 2400 men.
In addition to the barracks, there are staff-quarters, commissariat
godowns and it is ultimately intended to erect a flour-mill and bakery.
b Theonly fa w-mill, we believe, in India, connected with Government
works, has been devised and constructed by Captain Campbell, and is
now at work, capable of cutting over one thousand feet of timber daily.
The estimated cost of this large pile of buildings, measuring 1000 feet
by 350, is £160,000. . , „ , ...
The following interesting description of Ootacamund is from
Household Words, March 20:
In the Madras Presidency the greatest and most famous sanatorium is
that of Ootacamund, built on the Neilgherry, or Blue Mountains, among the
south-west Ghauts, and at no great distance from the sea AU along the
ranges of the Ghauts,-that run along the western roast of India, making
as it were a steep wall between the flat coast and the high Deccan table-
1 and.—there are hill stations built for medical purposes : but many
admirable Bpots bavebcen hitherto neglected. Ootacamund. in the extreme
south is the most attractive of all. and has a small European population
that would do credit to Devonshire;
and in the proper season one may
behold a sea ol white and pinkish
blossoms on the apple ana cherry
trees, whose ancestors trrew in Eng¬
lish soil. All European vegetables
thrive in the gardens, where the
frost nips the almond and orange
trees to death; and no grain, except
millet, is grown that does not be¬
long to Europe. Wheat, barley,
peas, and potatoes are most com¬
mon. The inhabitants have their
balls and races, though the place! is
less gay than Simla, and high jilay
is not usual. Some years ago Eng¬
lish foxhounds were kept here.
The climate is less affected by the
monsoons than might be supposed ;
and neither droughts nor heavy
rains are common ; out frost is usual
during the winter nights; and a
visitor 1s surprised how enjoyable
port wine, a blazing fire, and woollen
clothing, can be, even in India.
Walks and rides abound; and it is
curious to notice the wood-straw¬
berries among the tufted rooks, the
“;tle violets peeping from the lone
•ass, the rivulets full of trout,—all
irts of familiar objects that tell a
tale of home.
GOOKKAH3 FILING OFF BEFORE MAHARAJAH JUNG BAHADOOR, ON THE MORNING OF THE OCCUPATION OF GOKUCKTORE.
permanently resident the: e, who are attached to the place on account of
what is called its ••English’* climate by some, its •‘Swiss’ climate by
others. There is much truth in these laudations. If one were taken
blindfolded up to Ootacamund. one might easily believe oneselt in some
charming tract of Welsh scenery when the bandage was removed, lhe
Dodabetta Peak, soaring almost nine thousand feet above the sea-level,
and crested with snow ; the lake, around which English ladies are driving
in English pony-carriages ; the English-looking cottages and villas dotted
about; the trees, fruits, and flowers: seem to complete the illusion.
Many of the hill stations are ugly and bare ; you put up with privations
and the sight of barren rocks, merely to get away from your old enemy,
the sun ; but Ootacamund is pretty and cheerful. There me seldom fewer
than a thousand Europeans there. You can see there what you seldom
see on the plains : English children running and laughing merrily, play¬
ing at English games, with something like English colour in their cheeks.
Ladies ride, and drive, and walk, almost as freely as in Europe. It is not
necessary to snatch one’s exercise at dawn : and there are lew days when
a punkah is really needed. The secret of all this delightful contrast to the
general climate of India is. that the station of Ootacamund is seven
thousand feet above the sea-level—about on a par with the Grands Muleta
at Chamounix. The hills and level tabie-lands ure covered with a short,
sweet grass, mixed with heath and thyme, and Alpine gentian, which
affords the best possible pasturage for the sheep and cattle of the Todahs,
the aboriginal possessore of the coun try. The only wild trees are the
birch, the hazel, and t e ash, and fir ; but there are pear and plum orchards
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
(7’o the Editor qf the Illustrated
London News.)
In reading M. Hue’s interesting
“ Book of Travels in Tartary, Thi¬
bet, and China,” I fell in with two
passages which appear to me to ex¬
plain the mysterious symbols cir¬
culated amongst the sepoys of the
Indian army previous to the late
mutiny. The work I refer to is the
second edition (translation), pub¬
lished at the office of the National
Illustrated Library.
At page 61 , voL 1, the author gives
a short account of the annual fes¬
tival of the Moon, which forages has
been celebrated in China. He says
that about the year 1368 the Chinese
were desirous of shaking off the
Tartar yoke under which they had
groaned for about one hundred
years, and a vast conspiracy was
formed throughout all the provinces,
which was to be simultaneously
developed on this festival by the
massacre of the Mongol soldiers
who were billeted on the Chinese.
The signal was given by a letter concealed in the cakes which are
mutually interchanged throughout the country. The massacre was
effected, and the Tartar army dispersed in the houses of the Chinese utterly
annihilated. __ _ . . . . .
Again, at pp. 194-195, vol. 2, M. IIuc gives an interesting account of a
prayer of six syllables which the natives of Thibet repeat on their
rosaries. The words are “ Om mani padme houm." This prayer is every¬
where engraven on stones and rocks, and is on all the flags that float
above the doors of their houses. The author explains the meaning of these
words, and traces them to the Sanscrit. “ Om," he says, is amongst the
Hindoos the mystic name of the Divinity, with which all their prayers
begin • “ mani'’ signifies a gem, or precious thing; “ padraa,” the lotus—
•‘padma ” being the vocative.and “houm" is a particle, expressing* wish
or desire, equivalent to our " Amen." The translation of this prayer is :
—“ Oh the gem in the lotus! Amen." ........ .....
Assuming M. Hue’s work to be correct, I am inclined to believe that the
sepoys, in sending about the cakes and the lotus amongst the native army,
communicated an organised conspiracy for a general massacre of the
Europeans after the manner of the Chinese on some fixed day. Mid that
on purely religious grounds. The cakes, no doubt, were the signal for the
massacre, and the lotus explained the reason-uamely, a religious one.
It is a strange coincidence, too, that in both cases the dominion of the
foreigners had lasted one hundred years.
I am, Sir, yours most obediently,
Kirkcudbright. W. H. M'Lellan.
CONSTRUCTING THE JACKATALLA BARRACKS, NEAR OOTACAMUND, NEILGHERRY HILLS. — FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.
London : Printed and Published at the Office, 198, Strand, in the Parish of St Clement Danes, in the County of Middlesex, by William Little, 198, Strand, aforesaid.— Saturdat. Artur. H\ 1858.
913.— vol. xxxri.j
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Thb attitude which the House of Commons has recently assumed
is one deserving of all attention, and. on examination, it is pro¬
bable that it will be found that we were never so nearly realising
the theory of popular government through the medium of representa¬
tion, at least since the Bestoration, as at this moment. In the un¬
doubted and unmistakable exercise of its will, the House of
Commons displaced a Minister who had called it together to
vindicate his policy which had been questioned by a previous
Parliament The occasion on which this, its legitimate function,
was exercised was one which involved a great national principle,
and there never was a vote of a majority given which could be
less open to an accusation of party feeling or influence. Never¬
theless, because the result has been to put, we will not say into
power, but into office, a Ministry which declares itself to have no
policy but the will of the House of Commons, it seems to be the
cue of the partisans of a defeated oligarchy in politics to
declare that the House has acted precipitately, has floundered
into a very morass of difficulty, out of which it is only in the
power of the discarded Minister to rescue it If those who
affect to represent public opinion—a phrase which, if rightly inter¬
SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1858.
Fivepence
preted, would be found to mean the creation of such opinion in the
public as suits the purposes of its quasi exponents—would conde¬
scend to look with a more observant eye and a more unprejudiced
judgment into the conduct of the House at this moment, they would
probably be induced to admit that that conduct is worthy of all
praise; while at the same time it indicates a tendency to dissipate
that system of class government which has so long prevailed in
this country. If the course taken by the popular branch of the
Legislature, and which seems as much the product of an inspira¬
tion as of judicial action, means anything, it means an attempt to
widen the area of official choice; to substitute principles for names
in the mechanism of government; and, in short, to apply the
doctrines of Free-trade to the formation of Ministries. Of
all the Conservatism which has been foisted upon our insti¬
tutions, and which clings to them with the greatest tenacity, we
conceive the preservation of a kind of circular system of office¬
holding to be the most notable; and We believe it has been noted
and marked, almost intuitively, by the House of Commons. It
seems as if that House was awakening to the responsibility it incurs
when it places a Ministry in power. The emphatic disclaimers of
mere party motives which now pervade that assembly seem to in¬
dicate a conviction that it is in no mood to be made a sub¬
servient instrument of personal ambition; and its position haa
seldom, if ever, been more dignified, or more worthy of the confi¬
dence of the country.
It is just at such a moment, when, as we have endeavoured to
show, the House of Commons is conscious of its responsibilities,
and evinces a desire to act up to them, that we hear it asserted
that it is in reality in a condition of the most profound humiliation.
Wo hear that the majority has turned itself out for its sins and
those of its leaders, and has put the minority to reign in its stead;
that they are humble under evils which, having inflicted on them¬
selves, they feel that they deserve ; and that they are content to
accept inefficient, unconstitutional, and unsound measures, because
they are conscious that they are entitled to no better; and to this is
added a protest against involving the people of England in a com¬
mon humiliation with an erring, peccant, and half-repentant Parlia¬
ment. These are sweeping charges, and they would be utterly
condemnatory of the body against which they are brought if it
were not that they are simply opposed and contradicted by
facts. It needs something more than assertion clothed in elegant
language and administered through the soothing medium of well-
poised sentences, to convince the t hinkin g people of England that
the vote of the House of Commons on the Conspiracy to Murder
inauguration of tub boulevard de sebastopol, Paris.—(see next page.)
382
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON’ NEWS
I April 17, 1858
Bill of Lord Palmerston, and which has brought about tho existing
governmental situation, has eventuated in the humiliation ot the
majority that gave it There has scarcely ever, perhaps never,
been an occasion when the national impulse was so accurately
represented, nnd when the thoughtful, passionless influence of
public opinion operated without clamour or agitation on the mind
of the Legislature towards the vindication of u great national ami
constitutional principle. The House of Commons faithfully re¬
flected the feeling of the great majority of the people ; and boldly
but not rashly, it adopted a course which threw upon the Crown
the duty of seeking for new advisers. In that stress of choice*
now more urgent than ever, which is the bane of our governing
system, the Crown was obliged to have recourse to the assistance of
that body of politicians who alone could be said to be available, and
who presented themselves to Parliament, if not absolutely with
reluctance, yet with a not unbecoming diffidence and consciousness
of the peculiarities of their position. The House of Commons in
a generous spirit, and probably with a latent confidence in its owil
innate capability of keeping the machinery of the State in gear,
accepted the situation, and has hitherto acted in conformity with
the tacit and implied engagement to treat the Ministry with all rea •
scnnbJe forbearance. To toleration, to a reception in a fair aud
unbiassed spirit of the measures of the Government, the House is
indirectly pledged, and. on that understanding, it lias evinced an
honourable tendency to proceed. But according to the advocates
of that which they call the Liberal party, but by which, in fact*
they mean Lord Palmerston in power, the House is bound to go
further, and to give active, positive, and gratuitous support to a
Ministry in difficulties *, and it is argued that, as things exist,
the majority out of office is to carry on the Government for
the minority in office, or rather that it is to be carried
on jointly by both sides of the House, and more especially by
that side which is not accountable for its results. Now, has
not the course taken by the House on Monday evening with
regard to the India Bill given a flat denial to this assumption ?
There can be no doubt that the question of what is to be done
with the home Government of India has got into an entangle¬
ment, for which, however, the House of Commons is not answer-
able ; and the proposition of Lord John Russell to elicit the real
opinion of Parliament on the subject without the embarrassment
of battling over the details of two bad bills was worthy of every
con si derat on. With a little too much eagerness, thinly veiled
enough, the Government accepted that solution of the difficulty ;
but when Mr. Disraeli went further and sought to throw upon
the House the whole onus of initiating the required resolutions,
and so shifting the entire responsibility from the shoulders of the
Government, and resting it on the House itself, the House, true
to its instincts and its duties, declined to assume a function which
belonged peculiarly to the Executive. In this respect it acted
wisely, as well as constitutionally, and afforded a practical refuta¬
tion of the sneering insinuations against its abdication of its
legitimate province, and the abnegation of its trust, which
had been circulated in print only a few hoars before. Let,
however, justice be done to Lord Palmerston. There is no¬
thing in his demeanour, or in the course he has taken since his
retirement from office, which warrants a belief that he is a par ty to
or inspires the vapouring of what are supposed to be his organs in
the press. If one is to judge by his conduct, it would seem as if
he has detected the awakening of that spirit in the House of Com¬
mons which we have endeavoured to suggest and indicate in tho
forcgoiDg observations, and he has had the tact—or why should we
not soy the good sense?—to discern that if the House is moderate,
considerate, and unprejudiced, it is no longer subservient; that it
has a will of its own ; and that it is quite prepared to check and
control, while it is ready to afford the fairest and most dis¬
passionate judgment to the present or any other Government
It has simply asserted its privileges and its rights—no more;
and while it continues to exercise those rights, and to
▼indicate those privileges temperately but firmly, it will receive
the confidence of the country, which will rely on the representa¬
tive branch of the Legislature for the good government of the
State. The public will believe, as we contend they have
reason to believe, that Parliament is beginning to be influenced
higher motives than the triumphs of party or the ascendancy of
this or that section of political aspirants to office; and, who¬
ever may be the men who exercise the functions oT^the^
Excutive, there will be a well-founded persuasion that the
Honse of Commons will perform its duty as the great instrument
of popular impression on the government of this country. As we
began, so we conclude, by expressing a conviction that we are at
the beginning of the realisation of our constitutional theory of
representative government. The machinery of that representative
may be defective, imperfect, inadequate to the full flow of the great
principle of our Constitution ; but, at least, the process of filtration
is in action. The rest is merely a question of time.
INAUGURATION OF THE BOULEVARD DE
SEBASTOPOL; IN PARES.
This interesting ceremony took place on Monday week. The morning
being fine, crowds thronged ail the streets abutting on the boulevard
long before the hour fixed for the ceremony (two o'clock). The top of
the tower of St Jacques la Boucherie was crowned with human beings,
mostly drefEfdin bkvtues, who earned their advantageous position oy
patiently waiting for many hours; The route by which the Emporoc
woold arrive on the ground was kept a secret Certain indications
led tho public to believe that he would leave the Tuileriea by
the Rue do Bivoli, and accordingly a compact crowd lined both
sides of that street from the Place-du Palais Royal to the angle of
its intersection with the Boulevard da Sebastopol. B it, as the clock
struck two, the Emperor cp horsubaik, and followed by a numorous
stuff, ispued from the palace by-the Pont Royal gate, and followed the
ousys. where there were comparatively few people, to tho Place du
Cl itilet, where ho was met by the Prefe rs of the Seine and Police.
In his Majesty’s suite were the Duke of Mnlukotf Marshals Vaillaotand
Magnan. Admiral Bamc-lin, Gen. Epina^se, tho Minister of ths Laton >r
and Public Safety (in u general’s uniform') and a great many Generals,
Aidet-de-Cairp, and fluid officers. The Empress, ao lompauiod by the
Princess Mathilda^followediu an open carriage, uni five Court car¬
riages, in which were several ladies, coaxpWd the cortege Tho
escort (onsisted of a detachment of Cent Gardes and pickets and do-
tarhm<n f B of the Cuirassiers and Lancers .of the Guard- Tho entire
hngth of the new street, from the Ph»ce du Ghfitelet to the Strasbourg
Ruilwi.y station--a distance of at least a mile and a half—vai lined
with tioops, National Guards on one side and tho Imourial Guard and
the Lii e on the other. Thirty two Vtme'iuu poles, fr »m which *av d
gay banners of immense length, studded the boulevard The Rue do
Bivoli, as for as the eye could see, right and left, was decorated in tho
same way. Many flags were hung out of tho houses, and on some
there appeared tho inscription, “Vive l'Emperour! Vive Ttcn-
peratricef Vive la Dynast ie Napoleonieane! ” .7uat. as the Em*
percr turned tho corner of the Pi«ica du Chdtolet to outer
tho new street a splendid pennant was hoisted upon a high polo
placed opposite the Pont au Change as u sigaul of hie Majesty’s
approach. The signal was perceived in the proper pluoo, and at
the moment a vast curtain which had been placed across the a treat
at the angle of the Boulevard St. Denis was drawn, and the fine
architectural proportions of the Strasbourg Rdlway station, which
foun the terminus of the majestic street, were disclosed to view. The
spectacle was exceedingly fine. The cortege proceeded along the boule¬
vard, the Crums beating all the time a Royal salute. At the terminus
an impromptu ealoon, richly hung with damask, had been prepared for
Ihe reception of their Majesties. The Ministers, the Municipal
Council, the directors of Jthe railway, and a groat maav functionaries,
were there assembled. The Emperor alighted from his horse, and,
accompanied by the Empress, went to the saloon. His Majesty real
sn iiddrees in which ho expressed his warm acknowledgments to the
legislative Body, to tho Municipal Council, and to tho magistrate
at the head of the department of the Seine The speech concluded
thus:—
Ent our task, gentlemen, is far from being yet accomplished; you have
approved of a general plan which should continue what, you have so well
eomimnrfd. The Chamber, I hope, will soon vote its execution, and we
shall thus every year see great arteries of communication opened, the
densely-populated quarters salubrious, the working classes enriched by
Jabour, misery diminished bv a better organisation of the public oanefi-
cenee. and Paris thus brought more and more into conformity with her
high destiny.
Their Majesties, in returning to the Tuileriea, took the now sfcreot ns
far us tho Boulevard St. Denis, und then, instead of proceeding onwards
to the Rue de Kivoli, ns hud been expected, went along the boulevards
to the Rue do la Puix.
The new boulevard has cut through tho following streets and places
rf old Paris, many of which have un historical celebrity:—The rues
Piirre ?i Poisson. Saint-Germain l’Anxorrois, Perrin-Guisolin, de 1 a
V oDnerie, Saint-Jdrfime, do la Tuerie, de la, Vieillo-Pannerio, de la
Vifcjlle place aux Veaux, do la Vieilte-Lanteruo, de la Vieille-Monti tie,
deb Lombards, des Trois Maures, de la, Eeynio, Aubry lo Boucher;
la cour Batavo, impasse de Yenise; rue Saint Magloire; passage
Beaufort; rues Salle au Comte, aux Ours, Bourg-rAbbfi, Nouvo
Bouig-l’Abbd, du Petit-Hnrlenr, du Grand-Hnrleur; passages
Sriucdde, Hourg-l‘Abbe, do l'Ancre ; rue Grenetat, impasse Grenetat,
cour des B'.eus, enclos do 1 1 Trim to, passage Bosfour, du Ponceau/
de la J.< ngue-Altee; rues Guerin-Boissoau, du Ponceau, de Tracy
Neuve-Saint-Dema et Sainte-Apolline. Along a greaKuart \or
the Boulevard de. Sebastopol handsome, regular houses x Rav O x be eri
erected, but there is yet a great deal of building to b9 done.
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS.
FRANCE.
{From our own Correspondent.)
Paris, *
Thr season of fetes being over, or nearly so, the Emperor has sub¬
stituted for more showy receptions a weekly dinner, at which he
receives the members of the Corps Diplomatique, the Ministers and
other functionaries, and the Deputies/rincludjng those of the Oppo¬
sition—if they will come, which it seems some at leastofthem decline
to do, coaching the refusal, however, in terms of due respect.
The Queen of Holland is to arrive in France iiext Miy. The Prince
Napoleon is to meet her and ritandnet her toParis, whence she is to
proceed immediately to Fontainebleau, where the Emperor and Em¬
press propose passing a partof the summed The Emperor’s proposed
visit to Algeria is, for Hie present at all events, abandoned. The
Prince Napoleon, if the health of his father continues sufficiently
good, [proposes to make a/fcour in the central departments, accom¬
panied by the Minister of Putriit^Yorks.
Nothing could exceed the brilliancy of the bal costume given by
Comte Walewski. The rooms, splendidly lighted, wore decorated
with mirrors and flowers in profusftm/and the dresses were remark¬
able no less for ofiginality than for taste and magnificence. The
Emperor and Empress remained later than it is their custom to do.
The splendid collection of pictures of the Vicomte do Jalcan, in
which figure specimens of Vandyck, Rembrandt, Rubens, Titian,
Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Claude, Murillo, Guido, Ac., takes place
on Saturday, 17th instant.
A report has gone abroad here that it is merely as a temporary
measure that the Due de Malakoff goes to England, and that when—
or if—the late susceplihilites between M. de Persigny and England
are smoothed down into an entire renewal of cordiality, that gentle¬
man WrilpFesumeibis post. We give the rumour forasmuch as it
jpay he worth. Meanwhile M. and Madame de Persigny propose to
take a tour in Italy.
Last week the Due de Malakoff gave a farewell dinner, attended by
Lord Cowley, MM. de Kisselelf, de Montebello, Espinasse, Fould,
Baroche, &c. t &c.
Madame de Montijo has arrived in the Champs Ely sees, on a visit to
tfieriEnipress.
The subscription in favour of Monsieur de Lamartine has not
J^en very successful in Paris, but lias got on better in the pro¬
vinces—better still abroad. It may be hinted that Paris is tant soit
pen tired of the subject of the illustrious poet’s affairs, statements
relative to which have been constantly laid before it at short inter¬
vals for some ten or a dozen years back, and which, despite various
modes of relief attempted in different quarters, never seem in any
degree benefited by such relief, which is not encouraging to any of
the parties concerned.
Mdme. Ristori’s appearance in an Italian version of " Macbeth 99 is
likely to be the great theatrical event of the day.
The Emperor gave handsome presents to Korouk Khan and his suite
after the farewell audience on Monday.
Marshal Canrobert, after a fhort utay in Paris, loft on Monday for
Nanc y, tho Beat of bis command.
Tbe Duke of Malakoff took bis departure for London on Wednesday.
One of the new streets abutting upon the Boulevard de Sebastopol is
to be called the Rue de Canton.
The Mayor of Biarritz has received from the Emperor a sum of
2O,(H'0f., to be employed in the execution of various embeHiskuitmta
in that village.
The draught of a bill will be laid before the Council of State with
the object of modifying the existing tax on voleurs ra-.biliers, railroad,
tbures, obligations, and other securities of a similar kind.
It was announced to the Chips Legi&latif on Monday that th8 Session
was prolonged to May 1 inclusively.
The four Opposition deputies, M. Emile OlKvier, member for Paris,
Durimon (Paris), BCnon (Lyons), and Cute (Bordeaux), lost week re¬
ceived an invitation to dine at the Tuileriea on Monday. M. Emile
Ollivier declined the honour in the following note, addressed to the
Emperor’s principal Chamberlain :—
I beg you to thank tbe Emperor for the invitation to dinner which you
have sun me by his order, and to inform him that 1 cannot accent It — 1
have the hoi our. &c., Emile Ollivier.
MM Durimon and I tenon also sent letters of refusal. M. Cute de ridel
to accept the Imperial hospitality. The Emperor treated M. Cute with
marked courtesy, and talked wi h him for a loug whilo.
A Uovirrnmi-nt despitcb received by tho Conimisoary-Goaeral
Maine at Nunte? directs the Lvy of seamen lately ordered to be dis¬
con* rnued.
The J/omW of Saturday last publishes a bill which has been ore-
ser ted to the Corps Legislatif for granting pensions to certain persons
v. bo were manned or otherwise injured by ho oxplwrion of Orsiai’s
armada?, or who have been deprived of their noarest relatives b/
death from the wounds thus inflicted. The names und circamitancej
of each person are in a schedule annexed. It is stated that 100 persons
were wounded, of wh"in niDO have died. Five of these were man who
have left widows and orphans; four were unm irried mon. f hero are
also thirteen persous who have been permanently cripplel or disabled
for life. It is proposed to give each widow u pension of 1000 francs
yearly for life, and to the parents or children of tho deceased a pension
of (JUU francs each. The persons crippled receive a pension of 000
francs, except one man. «'hose injuries being especially serious, teceivos
a compensation of 1000 francs a year.
The reassembling of the Paris Conference has been again delayed.
It is not to meei before the end of May.
An order has been received at Nuntos to suspend the enrolment of
Bailors, recently prescribed.
SPAIN.
Tbe Queen left Madrid on Saturday lust for Araujuez.
The Queen, previous to her departure, received in private audience
Lord Howden. who communicated. his letters of recall; a ad he pre¬
sented to her Majesty the Hon. Mr. Plunketc, Attache of the Legation.
The Queen also receivod tho Portngu-i o Minister. II ?r Majesty like¬
wise gave audienceB to tho Duket^de Valencia (Narvaez), the CLuat de
Lu^enu (O’Donnell), and the Duke de fcian Miguel, in the capacity of
Mai shiils of the Army.
Tbe Senate has rojectod/By a majority of 7f> to 0. a proposition of
M. Tejada, tending to /modify/ the present publicity given to the
sittings.
The Committee of tho Cortes charged to examine the bill on the
press has introduced into it amendments favourable to freedoxt of
diiCusBion. One provision of the bill states that attacks directed
against foreign Sovereigns Bhall pot bo liable to prosecution, uuless
they apply to tho Sovereign ofaooitntry where a rimilir law is m force.
M. Galiano bad, it is said, been appointed Minister at the Sar¬
dinian Court
A Royal order hud been L&iied that the official Gazette, the size of
which was diminiohed some dime ago, should resume its ancient form,
in order to enable more sprice to be devoted to foreign and domestic
news. / f\
\ PORTUGAL.
The recent dissolution of the Chamber has rendered tbe electoral
question tlie leading topic of tho day. As yet but one manifesto lias
been pubbShed^Jhat of tho Pro^ressita-Regeneration party, who are
headed by Signor Joaquim Antonio d' Aguiar. This ie a lengtny docu¬
ment, referring to the recent political events. It is currently
rumoured tbatyihe Government influence in the coming elections will
he opposed by a coalitun between tho Regeneration party, haa-led by
Signor Aguiar, who was recently but ineffectually intrusted »drh the
formation of a new Ministry—the Cardatas, under the leads:ship of
the Count Thomar, and a strong contingent of the Royalists. The
different election committees are being quickly organised.
Th&<Minister ol Justice, Sr. Joed Sifvestre Ribtiro, has resigned his
S ortfolio, which has been given to Sr. Antonio Jote d’Avila, tho
linister of Finance.
ITALY.
The Sardinian Government has addressed to th8 Powers concerned a
memoriul on the Act of Navigation of the Danube, signed at Vicuna
tbe 7th last November. Its object is to prove two points: first—that
the Act in question cannot be executed without tho approbation of tho
Congrees of Paris/and, secondly, that such approbation cannot bo
granted to it until it lias undergone grave modifications in somo of its
principal clauses.
The Court of Chambery has given judgment in the affair of tbe
FrogrBt, accused of a libel upon tbe Emperor Napolein Id. Tho
editor has been sentenced to two months' imprisonment, a fine of 000 f.,
und the costs.
Mr. Hodge, whoso friends at Turin have been fating him, has ad¬
dressed a letter to Count Cavour, expressing his graticuuo for tho con'-
s'deration and excellent treatment he has met with at the hands of this
Government.
PRUSSIA
A Ro^al ordinance, dated Charlottenburg, April 9, prolongs tho
powers of the Prince of Prussia us Regent for three tnon’ha. Baron.
Munteuffel has communicated this ordinance to the Chambers, adding
that, in obedience to the advice of his phyriciaos, his Muj ’sfcy must
abstain for some time longer from active participation in public affairs,
A Berlin letter in the Hamburg News says :— “ Tfie medical advisers
of the King have ordered a change of residence in the course of tho
summer. His Majesty is to proceed to Zap port, near Danczio, for sea-
bath-ng.”
The Prince and the Princess Frederick ‘William of Prussia arrived
at Weimar on tbe 7th, aud were received at the railway ste ion by tho
Grand Duke, accompanied by the Ministers of Prussia and Eogland.
Prinoe and Princess Frederick William of Prussia have received a
magnificent present from the Emperor and Empress of the French. It
consists of four paintings on porcelain, representing the Emperor, the
EmpreeB, Queen Victoria, and the Prinoe - of Wales. These tine por¬
traits have been placed in the State apartments occupied by tho Prince
in the Royal Palace at Beilin.
The christening of the infant daughter of the Prince and Prinoess
Frederick Charles of Prussia took place in the Palace o Potsdam lost
week. The Royal infant received the names of Anne Victoria Char¬
lotte Augusta Adelaide, and amdug her sponsors are the Queon of
Ed gland aud tho Prince Consort.
A remarkable speech has been delivered in tbe Chamber of Repre¬
sentatives by M. Harkort, a member of the Left, in opposition to a
vote of credit of 80,000 thalers towards ** secret expenses,” included
in the budeet of the Minister of the Interior. The opposition was
unsuccessful, although energetically seconded by other members of the
Liberal party; but the debate is regarded as another sign of the revival
of Liberal opinions in Prussia.
A letter from Berlin, of tho 8th, says:—“ Prussia has generously re¬
moved the difficulties which had arisen between the rivo ain States of
the Kline relative to the construction of a fixed bridge at Cologne, by
con®fcnting to have the bridge fifty-three feet ubo.e the average level
of ihe river, to take on herself the payment of the indsjnmiriaa to the
bargemtn, and not to levy any toll.”
AUSTRIA.
Field Marshal Baron Lcflorer has been appointed Commandant of
the city and fortress of Venice.
Au&foia is concentrating troops on the Servian frontier, and her
organs begin to speak of an insurrection of the whole Christian popu¬
lation in European Turkey as imminent, and likely to be followed by
the disfolation of the empire.
The Minister of Public Instruction and Worship has just published
an order to the effect that eny pereon who shall join or favour a new
eect, culled the New Jerusalem, which denies the necessity of public
wort-hip, ecclesiastical hierarchy, or different grades of civil society,
shall be punished with fine and imprisonment.
A letter from Vienna says:—"Much suffering still exists in the
principal manufacturing districts of Austria, and it is impossible to
iorefoe when this deplorable crisis will end. The extensive shipments
usually made to the United States have completely ceased for eight
months. Large stocks of raw silks and manufactures are on hand,
und, from the little business doing, prices aro merely nominal.”
RUSSIA
The Errpfror Alexander lately made an excursion to Cronstadt, and
>e was preally pleased at the state of everything at that p >rt. thank¬
ing the Grand Duke Constantine for the zeal which ho had displayed
in improving it.
There has bem a slight modification in the Russian Ministry. ^ M.
Brook, Minister of Finance, retires, and is succeeded by M. Kuiaj<5-
vitcb, formerly Director of the Treasury Department. M. Norolf,
Minister of Publio Instruction, also retires, and is replaced by M.
Kovulewski, of whose talents and qualifications the St. Petersburg
journals sneak in t rms of high praise.
Prince Gortecbukoff, the Governor General of Poland, has received
an unlimited leave of absence, which, in Russia is considered equiva-
ltnt to dismissal.
The emancipation of serfdom in Russia is making great progress-
The nobles ot the districts of Orel and Tver, following the example of
the other province?, have solicited permission to form committees »or
regulating tho enfrancbiBemont of their s«rfs. The measure has be¬
come general. The St Petersburg Gazette publishes au Imperial decree,
signed by the Emperor Alexander, establishing in the districts of
Kiew, Podolia, and Volkyniu a preparatory committee for carrying out
the emancipation of the serfs in those provinces.
Accounts from Port-au Prince, Hayti. represent that city;
ard irr'eod the entire Island, as suffering terribly from the '♦ombtned
• fleets if a financial crisis and a smallpox epidemic. The harbour ol
Port-au-Prince, however, was tolerably healthy.
April 17, 1858]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
383
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
FALL OF LUCKNOW, AND FLIGHT OF FIFTY
THOUSAND OF THE REBELS.
Tho fallowing telegram, from her Majesty’s Acting Consul-General
in Egypt, was received at the Foreign Office, vid Malta, on Tuesday,
at five p m. [The date from Alexandria is not given.]
The steamer Oangts arrived at Suez yesterday evening from Bombay.
The following intelligence lias been telegraphed from Suez:—
Bombay, March 24, Three p.m.
Lucknow fell on toe 10th; 117 guns captured. About 2000 of the
enemy were slain during the siege.
Mrs. Orr and Miss Jackson rescued.
Eight officers killed.
The townspeople and the villagers, being protectel, are resuming
tl eii o.cnpation.
The submission of the principal landowners h^s been accepted.
About 50,000 of the enemy have escaped, making for Eohilcundand
Bnndelcund. The army is in pursuit of the rebels.
The delay of Sir H. Rose’s foroe for three weeks at Saugor pre¬
vented the lino of troops intended to intercept the enemy from being
clesed up.
Sir H. Rose, with the 2nd division of tho Rajpootana field force, was
within twenty-five miles of Jhansi on the 21sfc of March: 50,000 rebels
are suid to he in his front.
General Roberta's force marched from Nusseorabad to Kotab on the
10th and 11th. The distanco is 120 miles.
The Calpeo mutineers have taken the fort of Churhard, and made
the Rajah prisoner.
■Whitlock’s force remains in charge of Saugor; tho cavalry only
having pushed on to Allahabad.
Stewart’s brigade captured Cliundoroo on the 17th.
This telegTam arrived at Malta from Alexandria by merchant
steamer at noon on the 13th April. Lyons, Admiral.
The following telegram has been received at tho India House
LUCKNOW.
Lucknow was completely occupied on tho 17th of March (? 10th).
On that date the sixth (the last) post of the enemy in tho Moosabagh
was captured. The enemy had repeated northwards. The cavalry is
in pursuit. One hundred and sevonteen guns have been taken.
Captain Mitchell and Lieutenant Boole, of the Artillery, with a
party of Goorkahs, have rescued Mrs. Orr and Miss Jackson. The
ladies had been protected by Meer Valeed Alby Dorojal, and had beau
well treated by him.
The restoration of authority in the city has been commenced, and
great efforts are in progress for reassuring the population, which had
lied in great numbers to the neighbouring villages.
FUTTYGUB1I.
The rebels, in great force, with four guns, crossed tho Ramjunga on
March 18th, but have since retired to Fangoon.
CAWNPORE.
The rebels, who had crossed into the Rhattorpoor Pergunnah, had
retired before Christie's column, and revenue collections had been com¬
menced. All well at Cawnpore up to the 23rd inst.
The second brigade of the Central India F«eld Force laid siege to
the hill fort of Chundinrte, on March 8. On March 17th the fort
was stormed and taken. . . _ \ a \ •
Our loss not great; one officer (Lieut Snorosby, Koval Artillery) is
xej or'id as killed. Olid one Captain (K^atingi as woun led
Ihe secoLd brigade was to march immediately to balle Leliut, and
join Sir H. Rote’s column. A combined movement would then be
mi de * n Jhami, which was only thirty-six mile® distant.
fiir H. Rost’s movements in the rear of the enemy’s defences had
eaused great panic, and tho whole of the Chundun districts and the
Rajah r? Ban poor territory, on the right of the Leiwa River, had been
abandoned by the rebels. , e . _ *n.
The Rajah’s possessions have been conoscated by oir Hamilton.
The rebels under Lala Sahib, brother of Nana Sahib, are in great
foroe in Bundelcund.
SOUTHERN MAHRATTA COUNTRY.
The Chief of Chunk Hundee, one of tho great PutwurDhun family,
has been arrested, and hie fort ocoupied.
A. D. Anderson, Secretary to Government.
Bombay Castle, 24th of March. , „„
1 Allahabad, Maroh 20.
Commirsioner Teh rcaobed Calcutta on the 22nd insL, and will be
under surveillance until further orders.
Mehundie Ale Khan, styling himself Pnnce of Rimpoor who was
arrested on tho 2nd. has been released from confinement, and required
to live under surveillance.
F. G. Edmonstone, Seo. to the Government of ludui.
V. G. Montanaro.
By steamer Busins, Malta, April 14.
TURKEY.
Tho Snltan has nominated Safeti Pacha Minister of Finanoe, in the
room of Hcssib Pacha, sppointed to the administration of jealous
property Ali Ghalib Pacha, son of Eodschid Pacha, wno held the
latter post, has been appointed Minister of Commerce.
The official journal of Belgrade announces that the Prince of Serm
has decided thut the Senators Stefanovna, Stamvits, /wjktmte, Ki¬
tov its and Marcaslovits, who were some time ago condemned hi do till,
tut whose sentences were commuted to perpetual imprisonment, suill
he pardoned subject to the condition that they shall at once go abroad
and not retnrn to Servia without permission of the authorities.
Accounts iron Belgrade published by the Cologne Oaiett* £#te that
the Turkish authorities have forbidden the inhabitants of Banna or
Buluaiia to pass into Servia. The Irm.tie' a of Sorvia are ocoupied by
regular Tui kish troops, w ho are established in blookhouses, c instructed
atu^ distance of a quarter of a leugue from the frouimn. Peopteo.ro
forbidden to approach the frontier, nearer than these oreciiona. In the
neighbourhood of the Balkans, notably at Ternowa aad Kowat^ nu^
»er« us arrests havo been made amongst the rayafcs: it is said tha. the
Tuiliisb authorities have discovered tbe threads of a conspiracy having
lor object to expel the Turks from the territory.
UNITED StATES.
The news from tho United States is of Blight importance. The pro¬
ceeding. in Cougr. ss were uninteresting. Tho Senate was engiged. on
the bill for ihe admission oi Minesota. The House of Repn-aoututives
■wes still debating the Kansas question. A caucus ot Demicratic
members of tile House had resolved to sustain the Lecompton Gonisti-
Private letters from tho United States' camp in U tab arc down to
February G. Coloml Johnson describes the Mormons as manitesting
a decided intention to setup on independent Government of their own,
and expresses sn earnest hope that .upplies will bo sout to him as so m
us posMble. A largo irain with supplies togoiher with two regiments
of infant] y and two of cavalry, had already left Leaven worth tor Gum.
Colonel Bentt'n was lying dangerously ill at Washington, ana not
^A Washtngfwo telegram cays General Scott has issued orders to pro¬
tect the mili'ury oommuuicaions, and twelve companies of troops
from Kar s»s had been detained f r the service.
Accounts from Florida fay there is at last good prospects of a ter¬
mination of toe Indian war in that State.
The Viiginiun Lepi lature had passed a biU fixing on the 1st of
August forth# lenerul resumption of specie payments in that state.
T he York Herald toys r is inoisputable ihit 1 hbmas Allsop,
■who is charged with bring implicated m the attempt on the Emperor
Napoleon’s life, has been in New 1 ork.
CHIP A.
A Letter from A.spin wall soys that Santa Anna left Car ■
thsoernon the 12th Hatch lor liavatinali, m route mr Mexico under the
protection^ Spain. The report is, however, discredited at Washington.
(From our Speci.it Artist and Correspondent.)
Hong-Kong, Feb. 28,1858.
Three days cut of the year the great' joss” to whom British and
Chinese alike bend the knee is neglected—I illude ta the divinity of
China, the “ almighty dollir.” The Celestials actually cease buying
and selling during their New Year; aud colonial John Bull emerges
from behind his counter to enjoy the races, and to rest from liis tails.
I was tempted to stay and see the said sport, aud, accordingly, started
on tlie morning of the 18th of February, and a more magnificent day
it is impossible to conceive: not a cloud in the pure sky above us.
A gentle breeze, moderating the ardour of the mid-day sun, made the
atmosphere delicious. At 11 a.m. we arrived at the racecourse, iu the
“ Happy Valley ”■—a lovely spot, indeed, situated about a mile and a
half from Victoria, and the last resting, place of those who die here.
The bui ial-ground is at the foot of one of the lofty grassy hills wliich
form this valley: there are, in fact, three plaees of interment—one for
(lie Protestants, one for the Komau Catholics, and one for the Parsecs.
Just, opposite to these were the stands aud stables; whilst the
flat plain was studded with all manner of nations—English, American.
French, Malays, East Indians, Mauilla Indians, blue-jackets, marines'
and Celestials. Umbrellas were in such abundance that, seen from
a height, you fancied the place was filled with animated mushrooms,
or, from their various colours, rather toadstools. The races began
in the afternoon, and afforded grett pleasure. The Chinese are as
much excited as the English, and bet with much ardour.
The road presented rather acontrast to the Derby, but if the carriages
were not numerous the chairs were; the Celestial fair ones came out
in full force, mid dressed with that neatness and taste for which they
are unrivalled. The crowd differed from a race one iu England
in a great many respects, hut first and foremost in the total absence
of intoxication, aud, secondly, in its quiet conduct. There was a
grand stand filled with swells and crinoline; hut the native ones
afforded more scope for the pencil, and accordingly I selected the
shilling one, of which you can judge by the sketch I inclos3: if there
wei e no swells, at all events there was character. The races lasted
three days, but the last deserves more particular mention as the
Celestials bad a race themselves on native pouios. Thirteen of them
started, aud four or five fell ofT first go; the merriment of the spec¬
tators baffles all description; however, they showed great pluck-aa^ght .
up, grinning, as if nothing had happened; four of them kept well
together, and a lucky fellow came in in gallant style, amid great \
applause; but some of the others were nowhere, and many of tHe
quadrupeds came in without riders, seemingly enjoying the fun as
much as anybody else. A good race finished the sport; :u;d Honq-
Kong went to dinner, and talked " bossy,” aud was merry. I believe
much brandy and soda-water was consumed on Sunday morning.
Monday night a grand hall took place at the Club, to the tune of three
ladies to every sixty gentlemen, and llien only dancing if introduced;
the dancing must have been vigorous. I was not there myself.
The expected attack of the Braves did not come off on New Year's
eve, as was expected; the gentlemen in question say they have post¬
poned it to the 10th of March. The 70th Bengal Native Infantry has
anived, and is at Canton; the other regiment is expected in about a
week. The Highflyer goes up to Shanghai shortly, to relieve the
Fiijue. Old Yeh has gone to Calcutta in the Inflexible, but what is
to be done to him I know not. At Canton all is qniet just uow, and
we are all waiting to see what will be done in the north, whether
Pekin will be polite or/not; but this is not yet—perhaps in May,
perhaps belorc. I believe Lord Elgin goes up to Shanghai soon.
Probably Japan will be visited before Pekin. I think this is not at all
nnlikily, as the Emperor of that country appears favourably disposed
towards the foreign Powers, and this would be a good opportunity.
It will be many months before anything is settled here. For my
part 1 am glad to hear it, as tlie more I see of China the more I like
it; so you may be sure I hope there will be no hnrry. The hot
weather is approaching, but now it is splendid—a bright hot sun
shines day alter day, iu a sky without a dud, rejoicing all nature.
Next mail I hope to give you some good sketches of Canton, as it is
a most picturesque place, and the views from the water are beautiful.
I bive heen buying a stock of Celestial paints and things down here.
This last week has been barren of news ; consequently there is not
much to write about.
( Some spirited Sketches forwarded with this letter are in course of
being engraved, aud will appear in future numbers of the Illustrated
London Nkws.J
Great Fire at Christiania.—B y a telegram from Christiania,
fiat d on Wednesday, we learn that the central pari, of Die city has beeu
des,toyed by lire. The Norwegian Credit Bank is burned; the books aud
valuables, however, were saved
Late Accounts from Dominica announce the downfal of Baez
and his mulatto eoulVdi rates, aud the accession of the Saulauisua to
power. Don Jose Val Verde had been chosen President of the Republic.
From Bnnisn Honduras we have accoums to March 11.
Great mono and excitement prevailed in consequence of the capture of
the city ot Biccolorby the Yucatan Indians and the mr-sacreol aoine of
the Inhabitants, as it was leared that tlie savages would extend their
maruuuings into the towns oi the British colony, Troops hud been sent
up io itio ilihdo to protect the inhabitauta of the settlements.
'The Printing Press in the Turkish Uarbem.— A small
printing press bus been scut from Paris to Constantinople, for the use of
the Ixvuuritewtle of ltibardi KlTcndi, who Is to have it placed Iu the
liuictiii. where it will be used to print works translated from French aud
Knelish authors ior the exclusive use ol the Turkiau ladies, t his enter¬
prising lady is said to be well versed iu French and Kugiish literature.
11 1- said she is very busy in translating aud prmtiug Thackeray's •• N'ew-
cotnis,’ a most extraoruiuary choice, ior it is difficult to imagine how the
iuhabitimt oi su lmrtem can realise, from any point ot View, the state of
things described and alluded to iu that clever no,eh The siuipc lace,
however, oi a printing press being required ior ahareem speaks volumes
lor tlie growing intelligence of me Turkish women, aud snows for. iuly
llial the harriers ot ignorance and prejudice are tastgiviug way iutaat
benighted land.
At Trieste a yonug workman, who maintained himself and his
mother l.y his dai.y labour, gamed so little that they lived moat
wretchedly liy diut ol privations, however, he saved up sufficient to
purchase a ticket in a lottery. Tlie drawing took place a few days ago.
Slid Ins llcktt gained a prize of lii.ooo florins. Wild with joy. tue young
' ,t. _ line lilts t r,.nf...... ,.,..1 1
nuui nuiriid to his mother, informed her otitis good tortuue, and aski-T
lor the ticket. "Alas! my sou," said she, "1 sold it some time bvok."
VMtheut a word the young mau drew his kulle and subbed her until she
fell tit so at his leet. lie was arrested tile Same' day.
J migration of Germans to the Gape Colony.—A letter
from Hamburg dated Alouuay s'ates -Tno first batch of German eml-
eranls iur the Cope of Good Hope, all Prussians, ami uumoeriug Jij noa s.
unite,i litre yesterday by the Berlin rat ioodiiom Stargerd.in Pomerania,
ll.ev no not aiipear io have very cie-ar nations ot their title to the land on
* . * . . ., J .l.n i'..mi T.inip n.vlriii) Id ftulf If i aVi.miri
wiin jf they ate u> be located alihe Cape. Tueir notiou is that it oemngs
to Print* Frederick Wihtutuoi Prussia, who received it iroin the yucca
ar pall ol his wile's dowry, and lhoy say thm all their equipments and
tusaage-money are paid by ms Royal liignuess. A vessel has been
chartered lo convey them io their destiuatlou, aud is being Intel up for
1 heir accommodation. A second body ol Gorman emigrants for tile south
Ol Africa istxpeei.d to arrive here- mxiiveca. liny w.u be rather more
uumticus, ana come Item the Klcetoruto o: Hease-Cacseb Another
v.t.tl has been engaged tor the voyage, and is uow titling out lor their
rettptiou."
tulwtliDlion list* in aid of He Indian Belief Fund have been
om hen in Lam,mill, and a first remilunoe (us been received by the
f eniiai Committee from her Biitaunie Majesty * Consul at Sau Francisco
amcubiing to A3 rz ids.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
The Houses have reassembled; and, deducting the possibility of
collision and dissolution, tho Parliamentary train may now bo expected
to run on without stopping nntil the Whitsun tide station is reached.
In tlie House of Lords the bill for preventing tho proaecutivn of
newspapers for publishing reports o r lawful meetings lias been thrown
out. In the Commons Lord John Hassell has taken the first oppor¬
tunity of making it clearly manifest that all the attempts to soften
hi« heart, and induce him to forgive Lord Palmerstou, have been in
vain. Shit itcer in armis. He came down with on ingenious project
for delivering the Ministry from the danger that might arise from
tlie two India Bills being brought into conflict of debate, aud for pro¬
ceeding by resolutions upon the whole subject. The almost tearful
gratitude with which Mr. Disraeli jumped at the charitable offer was
touching, and almost induced unsuspecting folks to imagine that the
proposal was a bona tide olio for the benefit of Lord Derby’s A
ministration. “N.ot that I loved Derby more, but tliat I loved Pal¬
merston less," was probablyTfac form in which an old quotation sug¬
gested itself to Lord John, as lie calmly received the compliments of
tlie Cluiucellor of the Exchequer. The Budget night is fixed, and
then we shall see whether Mansion House jokes upon new taxation
liad a gum substratum of fact, or rather of intention.
The Lucknow news bus arrived in an official form. It was im¬
possible to prevent the escape of the rebels, w io rushed out in
thousands; hut cavalry and flying artillery had been sent after them,
and provision had also beeiy ntade for cutting off one principal road of
tlnir retreat Tlie slaughter in the city numbered about 2000. It is
gratifying to-add that our own losses have been slight, the Oom-
mander-in-Chief having preferred to do the work with his splendid
artillery ip throwing away English lives in a mere showy struggle for
conquests Llpwards of a hundred of the enemy’s guns, or rather our
own, have reverted to the rightful owners. Tlie Earl of Derby in¬
terrupted a debate in the House of Lords to read the acceptable
■news. /N
Charleroi, on the Sambre, in Belgium, was notable as a town whence
Napoh'oti drove the Prussians a few days before he himself was driven
from his lust battle-field. It is a place of industry and intelligence, iti
manufactures are considerable, and its iron-furnaces aud coal-pits are
Celebrated. One would think the Ultramontanists might have had
sense enough to see that this is not the sort oflocality where priestly
arrogance would lie permitted to be very rampant. But the stolid
stupidity of bigotry is as remarkable as its insolence. The publisher
of a liberal and independent newspaper, very obnoxious, from those
qualities, to tlie priests, having just died, the latter intimated that
they would not perforin the funeral rites unless his widow would re¬
nounce all connection with the newspaper. Sick men and afflicted
women are the legitimate victims of the Ultramontane shepherds, but
the lady thus menaced happened to he unterrified, aud made the cir¬
cumstances known. The town arose in indignation, and one of the
most splendid funerals that had ever been giveu to a private inhabitant
was the result—officials, national guards, the leading manufacturers,
and all the intelligence of the place thus making protest against
Bacerdotal tyranny.
The case of Dr. Bernard drags its slow length along, a cloud of
witnesses having to be examined, and their evidence, in most cases,
taking double tlie time to deliver, having to bo filtered through an
interpreter. The case has beeu very carefully got up; but, without
making any comments upon its merits, we may venture an opinion,
that, il the jury convict M. Bernard, the J udges will, in solving the
question which will then he submitted to them, render the conviction
unavailing. The question is, whether English law will recognise the
existence of an accessory where it has no principal to deal with ? If
the legislation on the subject lias enabled the tribunals to take such
cognisance of the minor offence, well and good; but we should desire
to hear this doctrine affirmed by the Judges before registering it.
May we, without ofi'ending the delicate susceptibilities of the Con¬
tinent, respectfully ask that the prompt, public, and perfectly fair
trial of this accused person may be contrasted—or, is that an insulting
word, well, be compared—with forms of trial wliich have lately been
illustrated in France and Italy ?
There are not many incidents of note in the record of the domestic
week. The celebrity of the hour is unquestionably the horse- taming
Rarey, who has appeared as a missionary of civilisation and mercy
among the too long ill-treated horses. Starting with the proposition
that the horse is the most intelligent and affectionate of animals, the
American deliverer sweeps away all the cruel traditions of horse-
breaking, all the menaces, and blows, aud kicks with which equine
education has hitherto been conducted, and proceeds upon the theory of
gentleness and mutual confidence. Aud as a new creed should be
attested by marvels, they are not wanting here. Guy Carleton, Lord
Doi Chester, has a horse called Cruiser, a noble creature to look at, but a
fiend incarnate, whose malice and fury have rendered him a terror^thj
circle of his acquaintance, who would scream with rage for tejeamd daughter
would tear up the ground with his teeth, aud would soap ip J has a youthful
asjiis keeper (the only name for a wild beast's custoilFJ 8
smash up stalls into lucifer-matches. No groom 0 f Northampton and
him, and he had to be dressed by the aid of a long ;
currycomb was affixed, and a great iron muzzle wu» „„
by stratagem wheu it was necessary to bring 1 u jOKOUGHMORE,
terrible was the horse tliat it hau been at last dey KE B0ARD 0F TBABE -
as the Count iu “The Mysteries of Faria” Hutoh-
he determines to render harmless—namely, t^more, 0 f Knocklofty, in the
Happily for Cruiser, Mr. Karey arrives, aud tb'ffioount Hutchinson, in the
him. The missionary has a day with the savafeingdom, was born in 1823,
intercourse being rendered safe by the
btrom? waggon tlmt would have served forjffe Waiter Steele, Eaq., of Uoy-
uud the conversion is effected. Mr. Raslmty of Monaghan, and haa John
dreadful Cruiser trotting behind a drf Viscount Kuirdtie and two othor sons,
. .daughter, the Lady Mary Sophia The
A child might scafcjonoughmore succeeded to thu honours
The animal has been lectured u»l on the decease of his father, John
aud it is as gentle and dodl.^ ^ u ^ on ^Lde ffim^ffimouT m
gee hmi look at Lis old u^e neroli8 iy perfecting the eacapo out of Frunce of
he had been—his giant/Napoleon’e Poatmaater*General, Count Lavallette
Dr. Arnold whin be who., in 1815. had b^ conde^ to death under
lean.” It was a y
khip. Ihe best of
plain common £.
Hitherto we
dealt with
ktus leaveC^J
lesson migE^i
New C
anc hands*
and lo iuc
Tm Mla> j,
Dtcoiwn*'
o>5 fu-l b
lor the b
Louis XVHL, tor the part he took in his i mperiul
master’s return from Elba, and who contrived to get
from his prison through the aid and devotion of his
wife, the Empress Josephine’s niece. Captain
Hutchinson wus tried in Paris tor aiding the escape,
and sentenced to a few months’ imprisonment. He was
ever after known as Lavaliette Hutchinson.” He
succeeded in the earldom his uncle, the eminent
General Lord Hutchinson, second Earl of Donough-
more, who took the command when Abercromby
fell at the battle of Alexandria, and who eventually
drove the French out of Egypt. The present Earl
cf D«.noughmore is Lieutenant-Colonel of the Tip-
perury Militia. He was, at the advent of Lord Derby,
appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade
384
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[April 17,1858
SAUGOR
The Fort of Saugor—of which we give an Engraving—haa been
throughout the Indian mutiny a place of refuge to the Europeans
located in all the small outlying stations of the district; and the dan¬
gers and exploits of its beleagured garrison have earned for it no in¬
considerable renown, even amid tbo absorbing interest which Cawn-
pore, Delhi, and Luoknow have gathered around themselves. Happily
the fort was well supplied with ordnance, so that its small garrison
was abl* to maintain itself in security against all the attacks of the
insurgents. The walls of the fort where it juts into the lake are sixty
feet in height. To the extreme left of our View is a Hindoo temple.
Gun8 are mounted on all the bastions visible, and the highest building
was that ocoupied by the Brigadier. The last mail brings tidings that
Sir Hugh Hose—who. having relieved the garrison of Saugor. had been
stationed there with a view of intercepting the Oude rebels, should
they endeavour to escape from Luoknow in that direction—was ad¬
vancing through Bundelcund. aud that on March 10 this gallant officer
occupied Bandapore. Whitlock’s force, it was also stated, was moving
on Saugor. #
The town of Saugor, the principal place of the British district of the
same name, is situate in a hilly tract, considerably elevated above the
surrounding country The town is built along the west, the north,
and the north-east sides of a lake nearly a mile in length, and three-
quarters in breadth, which occupies the lowest part of a valley, or rather
a basin, surrounded by hills of trap formation, interspersed with a few
of sandstone. Here are military cantonments, situate on an undu¬
lating plain north-east of the lake, and extendingfrom north to south
in a continuous line about a mile and a half. The ground, however,
it is said, has been injudiciously eeleoted, being in many r ' ,0/u, “
low, swampy, and eonsequenily unhealthy. The parade-ground is in
front of the lines, and adjoining it is the European burial-ground, the
extent and crowded state of which give an unfavourable impression as
to the qualities of the atmosphere. The Mint occupied a handsome
building, situate about a mile to the east of the lake; and here, for¬
merly, loo meu were employed, but the establishment was some years
sinoe broken up snd its business transferred to Calcutta. In oonse-
THE FORT OF SAUGOR.
quence of the considerable elevation of the site (1940 feet above the
level of the sea), the temperature at Saugor is rather moderate in pro¬
portion to the latitude. The quantity of rain which falls during the
year varies fr.»m thirty-four to forty-six inohes.
Here is a sort of collegiate school, under the management of three
members, a secretary, a head master, an assistant master, an>~ a
Hindee master. There is an English and vernacular department. In
the latter, instruction is given in Persian, Hindee, and Mahrutta.
The scenery of the beautiful lake, well suited for pleasure-boats, ana
the abundunce of fish and wildfowl on its waters or on its shores, render
it a great source of recreation to the European residents. Saugor is
the station of the civil establishment The European population of
the town and its vicinity, vaguely stated as “numbering some hun¬
dreds,” have the services of a chaplain; and a convenient church has
recently been erected in the Gothic style. The total population of the
town has been conjeotured to amount to 50,000, the majority being
Mahrattas.
Over the Bessi or Bea, a river running near the town, was con¬
structed in 1830 an iron suspension-briga of the metal obtained at
Tendukheri, about fifty miles to the southward. The bridge is 200 feet in
pore 185, S.W. from Allahabad 223, 8. from Agra 233, W. from
Caloutta (by Allahabad) 808, N.E. from Mhow 215, N.E. from Bom¬
bay 500.
THE YAN YEAN WATERWORKS, NEAR MELBOURNE.
The last day of December, 1857, witnessed the completion of the
greatest engineering work in which the colony of Victoria ever
engaged. The importance of an adequate supply of water to so
populous a city as Mel bourne, teeming with inhabitants in every street
and alley, and where human creatures stow themselves away with an
ingenuity worthy of any London lodging-house, must be sufficiently
evident even to those who have never been compelled to find from their
hard earnings six shillings a week for their needful supply of water
being brought by the carrier to the door; yet, strange to say, the work
haa boon carried through with but very alight assistance from Uoyern-
ment. and haa ocoupied four years from the commencement of the
works. The reservoir is formed in a valley among the Plenty Ranges,
by confining the water of the river by an embankment 3159 feet long,
31 feet high, and 170 feet in thickness at the bottom, whilo it tapers
to only 20 feet at the top. The inside of this embankment is a wall
30 feet thick at the bottom and 10 at the top. From this lake the
water is carried through iron pipes to Melbourne, a distance of nine¬
teen miles; and some notion may be formed of the supply that may be
thus obtained from the fact that the lake, which is 25 feet deep, is ten
miles in circumference. The opening of these magnificent works was
to have been the occasion of a great puolio demonstration; but the severe
illness of the Governor, Sir Henr> Barkly, compelled him to be absent,
and the ceremony was thereby deprived of much of its £ulat. Major-
General Macarthur acted as his deputy, and, attended by the Yeomanry
memoers oi too u.oub« vi xoaemuuiy, «« ”, “ , r
brigades, and others, formed a long procession. The General descended
into the Valve-house, and turned the handle of the screw, allowing the
Yan Yean water to flow direct into Melbourne amid the roar of artil-
lory and tho cheers of an immense orowd. The Valve-house is in
Carlton Gardens, a spot above Melbourne; and in the Illustration the
View embraces part of the town and Hobson’s Bay, with the stripping
in the distance; while the mour tains by Geelong are visible in the dim
horizon. A procession was then formed, and, a “jet d’euu’’ being
turned on opposite the railway station by the General, the ceremony
was complete. This was performed with no greater accident than a
thorough drenching to some of tho crowd who stood to leeward of the
fountains which played at the corner of the street, and, rising sixty or
seventy feet in the air, fell on the heads of the people below. Fountains
were placed at the interjections of the principal streets, and they con¬
tinued to play until late in the evening. A d^jefiner completed the
festive arrangements of the day.
Houoc Or
of popular imp
began, so we c&
the beginning of 7
representative gove.
may be defective, im
principle of our Const!
is in action. The rest
INAUGURATE
SEBA
This interesting ceremony
being fine, crowds tl rouged
long before tbe hour fixed for
the tower of St. Jacques la Bouchi
moBtly dressed in blouses, who earnt
patiently waiting for many hours,
would arrive on the ground was Kept a
led tbo public to believe that ho wo)
the Rue de Bivoli, cad accordingly a
sides of that street from tbe Place du Palais
itt intersection with the Boulevard da Sebaatopi „
struck two, the Emperor cn horseback, and follov%v*^jgtf
stuff, issued from the palace by tbo Pont R.»yal gate.
quays. where there were comparatively few people,
Cl uitlet. where bo was wet by tbe Prefc.ts of tbe SdL
In his Majesty’s suite were tie Du kerf Ma'iakoif Marshal'
JIopnaD. Admiral Hamelin, Gen. Epiuasse, the Minister d
and Public Safety (in a general’s uniform), aud a greit in
Aides-de-Ceir.p, and field officers. The Empress, ac H>mpu<
Princess Mathilds, followed in an open carriage, uni five
riages, in wbicb were several ladies, couplet-d tbe cnrtej
escort (ontisted of a detachment of Cent Gardos and pickets
tachimn’ s of the Cuirassiers t>nd Lancers of tho Guard. : Thjl m
Itngth of the now street, from the Pluco du CbiUelot to the Scr|
Bailwj y station-y-a distance of at least a mile and a half—wdl
with tioops, National Guards on one side and the Imperial Gm
the Lix e on tbe other. Thirty two Venetian poles, fr »tn which
gay burners of immense length, studded the boulevard The
Rivoli, as fax as the eye oould see, right and loft, was docoratod\||
THE YAN YEAN WATERWORKS, NEAR MEtBOUBNE.
April 17, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
385
T II
E
NEW
MINISTRY.
THE EARL OF DONOUGHMORE, VICE-PRESIDEST OF THE BOARD OF TRADE.-FROM A
PHOTOGRAPH SY JOHN WATKINS.
iOED STEWARD. during Lord Derby’s Administration in 1852 he was Lord Chamberlain
.. second Marouis and of the Queen's Household: he now, on the return of Lord Derby to
power, has again been nominated Lord Steward of the Household.
A romance of real life attaches to the history of his Lordship’s
mother, gracefully known in poetry as “the ladye of Burleigh.' 1
The tale is briefly thislieury, tenth Earl of Exeter, his Lord-
ship’s father, distrustful of the courtly circles in which he moved,
resolved on laying aside the artificial attractions of his coronet,
and, under the simple designation of “Mr. Cecil,” seeking some
country maiden who would wed him from disinterested motives of
affection. In furtherance of the plan, he selected
for his place of residence a pretty village in Shrop-
•from a rnoTOGiurn by
EARL TALBOT, CAPTAIN OF THE GENTLEMEN AT ARMS.
JOHN WATKINS.
EARL TALBOT,
CAPTAIN OP THE GENTLEMEN AT ARMS. _____ __ __
A GALLANT naval officer, and an active Conservative politician, Henry the great William Ceoi£ Lord Burghley, Queen Elisabeth’s famous
John Chetwynd, present Earl Talbot, has had with credit a permanent Prime Minister, is now in his sixty-third year. He succeeded to the
place before the public for many years. The eldest surviving son of honours of the family when but eight years old. He was educated at
Charles Chetwynd, second Earl Talbot, by his wife. Frances, daughter of St. John's College, Cambridge, and graduated there as M.A. in 1814,
Chaa Lambarh Esq. of Beau-Parc, in the county of Meath, his Lordship and as LL D. in 1835. His Lordship in Parliament has always shown
was born in 1803, and early in life entered the British Navy. He there, as himself a firm and consistent supporter of the Conservative party. He
Lord Ingestre, served with distinction, and he commanded the Philomel has been, from .L8I1 to 1846, Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert; and
at the battle of Navarino, and for his conduct was
made a Knight of St. Anne of Russia, and received JX. X / /. __
the oross of St Louis of France. He formerly \ y
represented, firBt, Armagh, then Dublin, and lastly,
South Staffordshire, in the House of Commons, and
was remarkable for his high Tory principles. He suo- \\ /\ Xy
daughters. The Earl was Lord in Waiting to the
Queen from February to December, 1852. . He be¬
came a Rear-Admiral on the retired list in 1854.
He is Lieutenant-Colonel of the Staffordshire Militia.
TTi« Lordship, on the formation of the present Minis¬
try, was appointed a P.C. and Captain of the Hon.
Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.
Earl Talbot at thin moment holds another marked
S sition. He is claimant before the Committee of the
ouse of Lords to the earldom of Shrewsbury, the
premier earldom of England. Should he succeed, he
will not only add that dignity to his honours, but will
ground his right to the vast Shrewsbury estates,
which are attached to the title by Act of Parliament,
and which are worth, at least, some j£I7,000 a year.
The 6take is as great a one as perhaps the House of
Lords ever had in peerage matters to decide on. The
Earl’s immediate branch of the noble house of
Tal lot springs from the Right Rev William Talbot,
successively Dean of Worcester, Bishop of Oxford,
Bishop of Salisbury, and Bishop of Durham, the
friend and protege of the Duke of Shrews¬
bury of that day. The Bishop's eldest son,
Charles Talbot, was a lawyer of the highest repu¬
tation, and was constituted Lord Chancellor of Eng¬
land in 1733, and created at the same time Baron
Talbot of HensoL Thomson thus characterises the
Chancellor Talbot in a poem written on his death:—
In Talbot we united saw \
The piercing eye, the quick enlighten'd soul.
The graceful ease, the flowing tongue of Greece,
Join'd to the virtues and the force of Rome.
The present Earl Talbot i6 the Chancellor’s great-
groat-grandson. Earl Talbot hashad eight brothers and
two {-inters: six brothers—of whom three-are Rectors
in the Church of England, and one is in holy orders
of the Church of Romo- and one sister, the Dowager
Marchioness of Lothian, are now living.
Earl Talbot’s third brother, John Chetwynd
Talbot, Q Ca was an eminent lawyer, and was
Attorney General to the Prince of Wales. He died
much lamented in 1852* Earl Talbot’s eldest son,
Charles John Viscount Ingestre, M.P. for Stafford,
an officer in the ist Life Guards, was born in 1830;
and married, in 1S55. Anna Theresa, eldest daughter
of the late B. HoweCookerell, Esq., and stepdaughter
of the present Earl of Eglinton, Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland. Earl Talbot’s second daughter was married,
the J2th August, 1857, to the preseut Marquis of
Lothian. _ .
Earl Talbot possessas much general and scientific
knowledge: he waq actively interested in the dis¬
covery recently proposed for the blowing up and
sinking of enemy’s ships, His Lordship’s amiable
disposition makes him deservedly popular, especially
among his tenantry in Staffordshire.
THE KARL OF DONOUGHMORE,
VICE-PRESIDENT OP THE BOARD OP TRADE.
The Right Hon. Richard John Hely Hutch¬
inson, fourth Earl of Donoughmore, Viscount Suir-
dale, and Baron Donoughmore, of Knocklofty, in the
peerage of Ireland, Viscount Hutchinson, in the
peerage of the United Kingdom, was born in 1823,
and was lately an officer in the 98th Foot He mar¬
ried, in 1847, Thomasine Jocelyn, eldest daughter
and heiress of the late Walter Steele, Esq., of Moy-
nalty, in the county of Monaghan, and has John
Luke George, Viscount SuirtLJe, and two other sons,
and one daughter, the Lady Mary Sophia. The
Earl of Donoughmore succeeded _ to the honours
in 1851 on the decease of his father, John
Hely, the third Earl, who formerly, when
Captain Hutchinson, made himself famous in
generously perfecting the escape out of France of
Napoleon's Postmaster-General, Count LaValletta
who, in 1815, had been condemned to death, under
Louis XVIIL, tot the part he took in his imperial
master's return from Elba, and who contrived to get
from his prison through the aid and devotion of bis
wife, the Empress Josephine’s niece. Captain
Hutchinson wus tried in Paris lor aiding the escape,
and sentenced to a few months' imprisonment. He wan
ever after known as “ Lavallette Hutchinson.” He
succeeded in the earldom his unale, the eminent
General Lord Hutchinson, second Earl of Donough-
more, who took the command when Abercromby
fell ut the battle of Alexandria, and who eventually
drove the French out of Egypt. The present Earl
cf Donoughmore is Lieutenant-Colooel of the Tip-
perury Militia He was, at the advent of Lord Derby,
appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade
TUE MARQUIS OF EXETER 1.0RD STEWARD.—FROM A FUOTOUUAPn BT JOHN WATKINS.
386
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
L April 17, 1858
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK.
Sunday, April 18.—2nd Sunday after Easter. Sun rUes, 5h. lm.; seta,
Monday, ip.— Alphege. Byron died, 1824. 59m.
Tuesday, 20 —Moon's 1st quarter, 2h. 26 m., p m.
Wednesday, 21.—French Baltic Fleet dispatched. 1854.
Thursday, 22 — Anglo-French Fleet bombarded Odessa, 1854.
Friday. 23.—Si George. Shikspearedied 1616.
Saturday, 24 — Louis XVIII. landed at Calais, 1814.
TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE,
FOR TIIE WEEK ENDING Al’RIL 2*. 18W*
Fun tnr. | Monday. | Tu.-mUt. I Wetlnwulny. I Tbu^Uy. I Friday. I Satanltv
h tn h in I h m I h m | h m ! h m ' h
M | A
M
A
M
A
li m h m
h m
h :n
b in
h m
tf ft tf V)
10 32
11 11
11 It
—
H ER MAJESTY’S THEATRE.
FXTltA NIGHT-TBB HUGUENOT* : Tition. GiugUnl. VtaiotH. B-Uetti. Or«olanl.
THURSDAY. 2Yrnl APmIL. wiU b«r«t**-atcd Meyerbeer » Gran 1 Opwa, GLI UGONOITI, anl
the new Hailet Diver i Be meat, in which MtH'o. Poccblnl and Mdlte. AonetU will appair.
For f uniculars *ce imall bill*. ___
E OYAL PRINCESS* THEATRE.—Monday, Wednesday.
ThcuBdar. and 8aford«y, KIN 3 LEAR. |iree!dol by SAMUEL IN SHAUCH OP
HIMPEIF Tucsdrtv. THE *TtCK EXCiTA^OE; or. The Green BubIqoot; PAUsT
2nd itABfimmTlf ..a SAMUEL IN SKAIICIi OF HIMSElP^PlI.I.r
reiioti' THE BTYH'K EXCHANGE, or, the Green Buiioosi, A MIDSUMMER N.GHr a
DKfcAM.aud SAMUkL IN SEARC H OF HIMSELF. _
mHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET—On Monday, Tu»s-
I day. Wcdreadav. and Batnnlav. AN UNEQUAL MATCH PLUTO and PRO SERPINE,
TTY BtTJ-BAND’B GHOST. On ’Pacrtday. by desire, and for thU night only, tin Comedy
of THE LOVK CHASE In whirl. Mina AmySedgwick.will repeal: the Ctanuice,
and Mr*. Wilkin* wlH appear a« U.e Wl ■ w Grroa. Afrir which PH TO anl PROSERMMh.,
with BACK’S RETURN FROM CANTON, and a F-rca. On Friday, being Shakmeare’a
Birtlilar. and bv desire MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. In which MU* Amy Sod rwic-c will
fSSS^Si right enlr, Hi* character of Beatrice With PLUTO and PROSERPINE, and
JACK-3 RETURN FROM CANTON.
A STLEY’S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — Lessee and
Manager Mr. WILLIAM COOKE—ThU Evening, tho Now Spectacle, entitled
THE BOMBARDMENT ANO CAPTURE. OP CANTON Aft r which Herr QhrUtofT. tha
Wondrous Tight- ro,e Dancer. PCKNK9 IN Tf|K ARENA. Rarey* Homo
Tralnh g. Concluding wiili^a Now Burlesque, entitled APOLLO and tho FLYING PEGABLa;
or. tt e Defeat «f the Amazon*.___
TJOYAL STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Miss Swanborough.
XI' On Mcml.. tnd 8nr!nc l!>« w,nk. NOTHING VXHTURB, SOTHIN J WIN. Mowm.
Felton, Ray. Be!ford MIm M. Oliver. The Burlesque of FRA DIAVOLO: Fra-DixrolO,
Mi»a Swanf-uretjgb: Boppo, Mr. Charles Young. To conoludo with CITY FRIENDS. Com
menco at half-past Seven-
S URREY THEATRE.—On Monday, and during the Week,
THE FLOWER GIRL: Mown. Crvwich. n. WWdDomb B. Potter, Voltaire. R.
Norton: Min M- Eburae. Find time of AUt.D ROBIN GRAY. Tne Music br the lata
Alexander Lee Bobin. Mr. H. PhlUipa: David. Mr Wlddioomb; Jenny. Mr.. F. E.
Grcevraor. And THE KETTLE-DRUM OP THE SURRY.
c.
/'lEEAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE, Shore-
IT ditch —Mr. Phrtaa every F.vening. with Mr. Frederick Robin «on, aod Miw'Atkimon.
On Uoadav ILAM : P.T. Mr- Pheloat on Tuesday. Thursday. and Friday, THE M AN of she
WOP I.' , Mr. I'hr’pa ; on Wednesday, THE STRANGER, Mr. Phclpa; on Saturday, a Play,
to conclude wbh THE SEVEN CASTLES.
H. ADAMS’S ORRERY.—This day, at Three, at
the Haymarkol Theatre.
M R CHARLES DICKENS will READ, at ST. MAR TIN’S
HALL, on THURSDAY EVENING. APRIL 29th, hla “Cricket on tha Hearth."
On Thured*y Evening Mny 6th, hi* “Chimes." On Thursday Evening, Mny 11th. hU
“ Clirirtma* Carol." Erch Reeding will commence at Sight exactly, and will lut two hours.
Place* for esch Reading:-Stal'a (.numbered and reaorved) Five Sbll Inga; Area and Gil-
b rio* Half-a-Crown: IJnrewrvtd So tn. One Shi liiix Ticket* to bo had at Motors. Chap-
nu and Hall’*, Publlsbcra, 193. Piccadilly: and at 8t. Martin's Hall. Long-acre.
P RACTICAL GEOLOGY.—KING’S COLLEGE, London.—
Frofwoor TF.WANT, F.O.S.. will give a Coarse of Twelve LECTURES on GEOT-OOY,
having «i*ped*l reference to the application of tha Bclenco to KNGIVERR r NG. MINING,
ARCHITECTURE, and AGRICULTURE. The Lertnres willcoramc-too on FRIDAY MORN¬
ING. APRIL 16th. ut Nine o’Clock. Fee. i 1 Us. 6d. R. W. Jklk. D.D., Principal.
S ACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL.—Con-
•lector. Mr. COBTA.-On FRIDAY NEXT. April ?3. Handel’s ISRAEL IN EGYPT.
Vocalist*r Madame Puderedor/T, Mbs Dolbv, Ml»» Hauks, Mr Sims Hooves, Mr- Thomaa,
sad Mr. Weiss. Tickets. 3a , 5a-, and 10 b. 6d. ouch.—6, Exeter Hall.
QT. MARTIN’S HALL.—HANDEL’S SAMSON will be
O pc<formed on WEDNESDAY. APRIL 21. at 8.under the direction of Mr. JOHN
TTULLAll. Principal VoealUts -M«bb HankB, Mdlle. tie VUlar, Sfla* Fanuv Rowland. Mist
Palmer. Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. W. Evans, Mr. bontloy, Mr. Thomas. Tickets, l» t 2i.6d.;
a’alb, Ss. __
M R. BLAGROVE’vS FOUR QUARTETT and SOLO r'ON-
CBRffl, 11, HINDE-8 * BEET. TUESDAY EVENINGS, A nil 29. May 4 and 18. and
Jtmel. Forlorn-ore: For the Quar'e-t*. Messrs. Bl* grove, Ieaoc U. HI'grove and AylWAfd.
Pianists: Mta* Freetb. Mr. G Hassell, Mbs Snmn»arhayo\ and Miss Arabella Goddani Ae-
roro'nnyi*i: Mr J. F. Goodbao- Vocalists: (Ont evening): Mbi KemMo and Mr. Thomas.
Tickets. 7s. (tr four frr tls ): Subecdp!.on, 21a. Tickets at 11, HiuJC-etrMt.
TjHFTH YEAR of tho Present Entertainment—The Sisters
JC SOPHIA and ANNIE, In tholr original entertainment, entitled SKETCHES from
NATURE (performed upwanl# of .1000 tliurn In tho provinces), will appear at Wanls-
avorth April 19: Dalpton, 20; Walworth 21; Marylobone Institoilon. 22; Brentf3rd, 23.
TITR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED (late Miss P. HORTON).
XVJL Tho LAST WFEK —Every Evening, encoopt Snluiday. at Eight. Tho present En'or-
tninmC'Ot wPi pool ireJy CLOBK on SATURDAY NEXT. Admkslon, Is . 2a , aod 3s Stall*
secured, w'thou! extra charge, at tha Royal Gallery of Uhutration, It, Regent-street; and
at • ratrrr. Bea’e. and Cab, SO], Regont-street
R. ALBERT SMITH’S MONT BLANC, NAPLES,
POMPEII, and VESUVIUS, every Night (except Saturdiy). at Elrhq and Toes-
"mao. Vlacoa can bo seen rod nt the Box-
and Four, without nay extra charg^. ^
M
day, Thured ay. and Saturday Afiern-'ons. at Ttffoe.
osTiee, EGYPTIAN BALL,daily, between Elevoi and
TV/TR. CHARLES COTTON'S ROSE, SHAMROCK, and
JlJJL TU18TLE, introdocing Chamctcrirtio Coahnnre. with Rones, r VKFlY EVKNlNG
fexcept Baxnrday), at Eight; Saturday, at Three. PRINCE of WALKS HALL, 309, Bfc(«nt-
streeL Admioxion, a. and 2s.; Btalls, 3s., secured at Mitchell's Library, Boa.l-street, and
•t tho Hall. \
T HE LAST EXAMPLE of the SUCCESS of Mr. RAREY’S
8Y3TEM of HOB K-TAM1NG.
TAMING OF CRUISER. (Prom tho •‘Time*" of Anvil 9. 1W8) . 0
The two foliotrirg ’otter* from Lord Dorebe'tar. t v e owner of Cruiser, cotliy the ofTeot of
KnK^^M g a ^hS Mi her to ur tamed anlmsl. We c.n ado our owtt.oHimi.yto
It, a t of the owcer. having witnre*ed tho ceniphte»ubjn*atlm of the horeo '»hlflh lia ^
converted in the coorre oi a f ovr days from a Btflto of aavagoferocity to the ordinary conlluon
of a thoroegh-b ed Malllon:—
I.OPD DOF CHESTER' B DESCRIPTION OF CRUISER WEPOBB BEING TAMED,
rtfrer. by VenDoti. dam hy Lit le Red Rover, wa- bred hv mo in 19 .2, and 1 c.o w'der h m
to love Ixen vicious from a foai; he was alware trourie.omMo ban lo. and^owsd U»mpw
cm ovtry opporiuniiy. On bi* road fcore from Da obun ha want on his lerjeee. and tore Un
BoSnp with bis teeth I hare aeon him le«n egalnvt th« wa 1 of hU box. *nd W k and
feroam for ten m rutw togethc. In AV. the Raw -1 HV -tad Comnaoy and m e ^
into «o »grtemrat rearcoTlng him. by which they were cash #1 to anrti*9 tbelihlf o. him on
S.?r,r.b£ term*, r ov.d*d they liked W. st -k; but notwithstanding tho letter »yh
admired. I was loqoreted to remove him afto- the sacond aBa-on Mi *™**.J** >fie ? J ’
rendering the ca«c of hm too dantrerou* nn office -or nnv man la t heir employ. I w *»
•reared by tl»o mamurov of tho KawdillbStud tint fi* davs ho would »«^ ao onr
his box. *nd «n one occasion tore an iron bar oto iocb thick. In two with hi* t*eth. If Mr.
Haret can tame bira. I feel certMn no hort,c can wiUwfcwd hli art. nasrnsiTit
Grey well, April 3, 18W. (Sign'd) DOEchesteu.
IX)RD DORCHESTER’S DESCRIPTION OF CRUISER AFTER BEING TAMED.
Having received Imtrurtlons from Mr R-irey In boree-'iun ng, I Mva mnrt nlot ur« In
adding niv testimony to that of niliars reaptc ing ihs m -rvelW racllity with 'wbhhl» i»ub-
dne# o fcor?e tf onv age t teui|vr. b ok*n or not and wltliou' tho alight at Injury tv thi
or risk tom£D or hors* 1 . '.Mr Karev, when h«re Rr DsteM a
rerfcc’ly unbroWm. Tills he sceomplDhed apde* lalf an hmr, ridh.g onh.rrWogan
uinbrnl'a, tv'Vr • drum upon D-r. *c, He then 'oik Cntlier 1 1 h*nd, and in threo hnare
Mr. Rarer end mrrelf moun ctl him He had n-t brei ri Men for noarlv tlirv. voire, and
was so v eiens that it waa Imporeible even to dros* Id H I' wa* necewaiy ro keep h m
rntvatkd cooBUnUy. Tit" IbUowIng morning Mr Karev letl him behind an o *ea ea-ti iga, on
hie road to London. This horae wa* returned to mo by the ttawc iff * Stud Comp tuy on
nceount of Ids vice it bslng emwld nnl as much a* a man's hfa w** vrorili to a'.t md t* hbn.
Whon it is Liken into rousid ratio" what this animal wts, nod what ho i* now it m«t ho
timermt to nil pronrietora of Iiotbo* that they ihTl'd obtain the kno vle-'ge that enablei
them to obtain the ma»tcry over any horse In half an hoar, ami without danger to ei'lnr party.
Gnywell, April 7. _ DOih aKsrKB.
ARGUS'R ACCOUNT OF CRUISER.
(Freni the "Morning Post " of March 2, i8W.)
“If. however lie would * walk «ver the counts.' and ---t critlcUm at defiance, lot h’m go
down arms morning to Murrell’s-greca wi'l. a few of hi» ariVonVlc friends, and;• try
Cruiser; and If he can rWe him a* a hack, 1 would guarantee him immonatitv. without jt
ai-glo fuither advsstirement and *n amount of ready ni may that would make a British
Bankdiroetor’am'uth water. Crulter wa* thopronertv of l/ml DorchsBtw, au 1 was ago»*I
favourite for the Derby in Wild Day "’ll’ ■ year. Imt broho down bef»re tho r*oe Like all
Venison horva. his lentwr was not of iho mildmt kind, and John Day wui do iglitvl ro got
rid o» him. When started for Rawc Iffe he told the m«n who lei hi in on no nconun’ to put
him i^to • rtahie. a* he would never got him out. This 1 Junction wa* o'cmrsodisregarded,
for When the man warded some mfanbnu*t hejrat him i *»o aeouuri-v-puhlio-hoose -«;b1o.
and left him and to get him out the roof Of Urn building had tn bo pulled oil. At Rawailfre,
hews* a!ware oxhibi'rd bv a groim with a Mokot of leave bludgeon In hi* ban I. mid few
wore lio'd enough to venture into hi* yard. Thl* animal, wboao temner ha* dojtroc.ale l him
perhaps a thousand pouuds In value. I tlduk would be tha right horse in tho right pi let?
for Mr. Karev. Thlegon and Vatican would aDo be H P»»ionta. I a^ -firry to boar thU
tho latter h*« l»oen h'imled. If lealhtrn blinds had been put ou his eye* thu same atfect
would bare been produced. ”
F OR REMOVING FURNITURE by ROAD or railway
WITHOUT the EXPENSE of PACKING, add res* J. TAYLOR, Carman to hor Maio«ty.
41 Upper Berkeley-sttoot, Portman-sqaaro. Furniture Warolioiue-i or Purenatetl. EsUmatei
free from charge. - _l
M ILD WATER-CURE, with every possible advantage, care,
and attention, PETERBH M. SURREY. Number* got cured who gn to busioesa from
nine till flvo o'clock in Ixjndon—fifty minutes distant. Ttinn*, 6s. 6d. por dav.
.1. El.Ut, M.u.
P ROFESSOR W1LJALBA FRnCELL.— SJ. JAMES’S
THEATRE.—Last Week butOno. EVERY EVENING a‘. Eight;Wedna:dav and
Saturday AFTERNOONS at Three. TWO HOURS OF ILLUSIONS, Mp-srformedviyi'o’n-
mard, fce'ore her ino*t greciore Majesty and the Court, at Wind tor Castle,. Immonso micce**
of the now Trick*. “Tco 8how«w of Toys.” and “A Fa*t Coach for tho Year 2000” —
Private Boxes, Two Gcinoas, One Guinea and a Half, and Ono Guinea; Ht.;Us 5».: Balioay
Peats. 4s.; Boxes, *».: Pit Sa ; Gallary, Is. Places may bo Bocurod at Mr. Mitchell's
Royal Library, *3, Old Bond-street.
C HRISTY’S MINSTRELS, PoiyKraphic Hall, Kins William-
street. Strand.—Entertainment commence* at Eight. Morning 'Concert every Satur¬
day at Throe. Private Boxes, £1 Is., 10a. 6d.; Stalls, 3d ; Area, Is,; AmphitUeatro, Is,
M ADAME TUSSAUD'S NEW ADDITION, the atrocious
a**aaah>s OR8IEI and P1KKRI. guillotined for attempting this life of tha Eraptror
Napoleon 111. and tho Empress, to tho horror of nil Europe —Bazaar, Bakor-strecC, Portmin-
er,uiiro. Admittance, la.; extra rooms, Cd.
nos
S IGNOR ANGELO GATTI’S EXHIBITION of SCULP-
TUBE from Florence, cont'aring of Etruscan and Mould Vase*, Urn* from Porupol
and Herculanium, Cop* caplod from the anciont models. Pumas. Figures. Animali, Jit At
Wiilla'a Booms, Ht. Jarars'*. Open from lo to 6 p.rn. Adiuisrion, Is.
S T. JAMI S’S HALL.—M. Gompcrt/, has the honour to an-
roanoeth’tcn MONDAY. MAY 3. he will «nbmlt to the NoMIitv Gentry and tha
JWWe In ctneral, at tho st«oro Hall, his GRAND HISTORICAL DIJRAUA of the INDIAN
MUTINY.
S OUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.—The New Rooms,
containing the C dlcctlon* of Ornamsntal Art. are NOW OPEN to the Public daily.
H OWES and CUSHING’S GREAT UNITED STATES’
CIRCUS.
Tba IargcBt £in«*tr!an Est*blisbm<*nt In the world, nnrabering over Two Hundred Men and
rioreea ThU Moo.trt. F»labll*hment. fitted out In New York oxpre*Blvto travel in England,
amved in Liverpool «.n Itoard the '* Hcuthampton ” April 2tth, I8. r »7, will anpoar at Dus
ALHAMBRA PALACE (late Panopticon), T^cester-square, for a short aoaton, and rnvo TWO
PERFORMAXCB3 HATH DAY.
Commencing at Half-past Two and u Quarter to Eight o’clock p.m.
•35? **** been converted Into an Amphitheatre at a heavy outlay. 1000 gas-burners
added, and If ,l.cy<md a question, the most convenient, magnificent, gorgnous, aud costly
amphitheatre in the world. Romo. In her palmie«t dare, could not boast of ono *o splondit.
fne ttnwtore. for examination as a work of or*., is alono worth tho price of adtn'ninn.
Jbe company ha* boon selected reyardlr** of expense, and isthabret in elthim Hemisphere,
amt Ujc on y American Equestrian Company that ha* vlaitod F.rglaod since 1910.
In ccmrequimre of the immense attendance at tho Evenings’ Performances tlio’Propriotor*
ocg lo state tholr intentl u of coBt nuing the Grand Morning Knterta nmente Daily until
lorthor noGce. Tho Day Performance It ftiUy equal to that of the Evening.
/rtntl 10.. to£3J..«,th ; !».: Fin,. Ii«M, 3..; Bownd
" ! *“• “ ' O-Frri, “d c. oron from ton tnt. until flrtt n m. Vo Foo for
gu SL "t ”* bnt Un>« pt.rrlu.od io.Id. tho BtlMIntti ond
mMi !8t *»»••>«*■
rriHH WATER CURE, Sndbrook Park. Richmond, Surrey.—
X TlilKW>ndl open thousand* of f ufTorers, who hnvo loit all hope of iKincfil from medical
treatment, might bo Bollered or Cured Dy this perfectly safo and most agreoa'Mo syatom.
J. ELLIS, M D.
P KLEY WELLS HYDROPATHIC ESTABLISHMENT,
WTJAKFFDA r B, YORKSHIRE. ,
The D'rectors havn great pl«ABuro In announcing tint Dr. EDMUND iVdTTIS ha* aommed
the Medical Direction and Maragemimt of thia Kstablishmont; aid they do,d,; n ot that with
his known eoergy or.l »kin. i» will not oolv su tain but ester d th« high repot itlon i'ha*
already acquired, llkl y Well* Is rituato amidst the flnosl fcoanr^or Yorkshire; ahd w pro-
nouncrei urrivallod ** a residence for tha invalid and the geoeral vhlty. J I
For further particultrs addroai Mr. 8TBA CHAN, llkley Wells, near Otloy.
THURNISHED RESIDENCE, NORTH WALES—To bo
JT LET for two or three years, from Juno next, tho large and comnrndi-u* Mansion
called GLYNGARTH. belonging loMrr. «chwate, on tho Anglo-oa eoftst ot’ tho M-nal Stra’t*;
w ith Coachhouire, Blablrii. Bot and Gold Bath*, and ojcV*n'lv<* r,aHfln and Gr uods; tho
former abundant in wall-fnut Thu bnooo i* furnishr'
occcmmodatlou for a largo mid wealthy family, and
cquallrd for beauty and aaluhrhy hf nltuiMli«i. ID v . . ,
Bars or. on (he Chertor and Holyhead Hal'way; nnd two/rom Boaumar a which ii aco*i*ihlo
by daily *t*fcm-packets from Liverpool. App'lcation fhiy bo mado to hor f.ioid*. Kir John
Hav Wiillninn. Bart . !■ hlannay Batigorybr/H^D.Th|rbbh > ro. E»q . Pon iyffyn, near Conway.
Garhm
vSf»i *
•/a marina roud’nco a'tnost un-
your. T* th ot m'lea from
O PERA GLASSES, in ei ™
iDDerbmrioni of UencMnnuinr^tirt, auftalifo for Wedding or Birthday Pro-
-LLAOHAN'S, GpricDn. 23 a, New BouJ a root, oo.nor of ConduR-strccU N-B.
T size and price. Some
ten In. st CALL
8o!o Agent to VoigtlHnder, Virni
M UTINY in INDTA.—Military Field Glasses and Telescopes
cf inatchfors quality, camliirlng tho vrry/l«toit Improremmm at CALLAGHAVM.
23*, Few Bond-Btreekenmcrof-Conduit *fre« t N It. Polo Agent for thn small ami powerful
Opera ami Iia» Glasses invented and. mafioByvoiptlUuder. Vienna
* RMOK1AL BEARINGS.
jHL and daacrij.iion, 2* 6d.; In oo^oui*. fis.
aolA. IScarat, Hail-i
T. MORING (who has
Ut post-free,
No charge for search.—Sketch
... _ fa. Crests on soata or ring*. 8o.; on dio. 7s Br.lid
•marked, sard or blnodstono ring, oogravod with crest, two gclnras.
m reaived tho Gold Medal for engraving>, 44, High Holbom, W.O Frics-
F OR x FAMILY ARMS, send to the LINCOLN’S-
INN HERALDIC OFFICE, thr^wil^ ostabBsbad authority In England for rmbhwniog
nnd qnnrtchnir Aims. Sketch/ 3s. 6d, or atampa. Family Pedigrees traced from tho Na¬
tional Records; foe, 10s.—UvAlALT, Turn*tile, Lincoln'ii-'un.
T IN(lGLN 5 y-INN HERALDIC OFFICE—Many Gentlemen
I J on pV.v Pcreon? wiio do cot Engrave by tha Laws of Heraldry. For the protection of
tho public the Hcrallic Office now cxecu'es Engraving. Arera on GoppurpUt*, for Beoks,
21*. ; Dit'o Ft no ci'plate. 10a ; Cre§» on Pod and Ring. flu. Gd Stnlio nnd tlbr ry open
diily. Tlip Liticoln's-lnn Manual of tho Science of Heraldry, <00 Engravings, 3s., or aUmps.
11. 8ALT. Groat Tunisnle. Lincoln‘*-inn.
1I1ICROSCOPES.—J. AMADIO’S Improved COMPOUND
1>JL MICROSCOPE. £2 la.; Students’. £3 13a. fid. “ Both those are from Amadio. of
Thro^morUn-strcct. and are excellent of their kind, tho more oxponaivo ono oopoclohy.”—
Iiou*ohold Words. No. 3t5 A largo awnrtroent of Acliro am tic Microecopos.
T,’0R FAMILY ARMS.—All Persons who wish to have an
,1^ occurata account of their Armorial Bearings, Family History As., nre reqacs’od to
n*nd Name nnd County to tho Royal Heraldic Offico. No foe or search. Plain Bkctch. 2s. ®d.;
4n Coloora, 6s Ptdiervco Fimlly History, with tho original grant of Anus to whom tho
grant was given, tho name, whether d«xoo or Norman origin, a’l traced from the original
iranuscripts at tho British Mtweum. Fee. 10s., or stamp*. “Thu Manual of Heraldry."
ton Fngravirgji, 3s Arm* quartcrol and omblaroaod by T. CULLKVON, Genealogist,
Compiler ot lIorsl>*ic aod Gcnca'ogical lliaiory, I and 2, Long aero, ono door irora St.
Martin'a-Iane, W.C. Tho Horaldic ktudio and Library open dally.
A RMS. CRESTS. &c. —Patent Lever-Embossing Press, with
Crest Ilk*, cr Name ami Address for Stamping Noto Paper if* ; Crest Engraved on
Foal or Ring. 7a.; ou K«eel Dio, fis ; Ann* engravod on Copnerplato for Books, l«a ; on
Ftvuril; Into. 7s. Font frre for stamps. No b'ghor prico obargrd —T. GULLET JN, Horaldic
Engraver to her lilyotty, 1 and 2, Long-acre, ono door from Bt. M artin’ii-lane.
mHE ROYAL EXHIBITION, 1851.—A valuable, powerful,
A nuwlv-InvMirrel, very small waistooat-pockcit Gtas, tbo tiro of a walnut, by which a
person can bo soon and known 14 ratio distant. They servo every purpose on tho Kaco-connie,
and at tho Opera-houses. G antry nceoary end *>hip« are clearly wen at four to six milon
They ore Inraioablo, for shoot in;;, doer-stalking, yachting, to sport»mim, gamokoeparx, and
tourt*»». Price 30*. Microscopes. M«ulc VnWii*. and Slides. Every doiorlption of Optical,
Mathematical, and Phl’oRophlcal laatriimento. Order* and all hinds of ropsira exaeated with
punctnnliiy.* Messrs. SOLOMONS, Opticians. 39j Albcmarlo-atroct, Piccadilly (opposite tho
York Hotel 1.
f \PERA GRASSES, TELESCOPES, &c.—SPORTSMEN
V / anil GFNTLFMEN of the ARMY and NAVY.—8. sml B SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39.
Aibimnrto-»ireot, Piotadliiy w. Ohrerro. opposite tho York HoteL P'rtabllity. combined
wiih great power, iu FIELD. BACE-COUR 8B , OPERA, anti goniral Out-dow day aod
night powerful Waistcoat-pocket PER8PF.CTIVF. GLASSES, weighing only four ounces,
each containing 12 aud 18 louses, constructed of Germ nn glass, will show dln'ootly a por-
$ 00 ’* eountnsaho* at fj aim S miles. Tlicy servo every purpose on tho Raco-oour,©, and nt
the Opera-boii*t*. Country tocnory and ship* are dourly noon at 8 to 10 miles. They are
u!*o Invaluable for Fbootlng. Deer stslklng, and Yachting. Her Maieaty’s < !oi*t-Guanls
are milking u*o of them as dsy and night gtassos. In nrcforanw to all others: they have also
become in general ore by Gentleman of tho Army and Navy, and by flportsmon. Gentlemen,
ond Tourists The most uoworiul aud brilliant Tolaseopes, poweoaing such ottraordittary
S ow*- that some- S> iocltrsi, with an extra astronomical aro-pleca. will show dlstin tly
upltcrV moons. Saturn's ring, and the double stars; with tho eamo Telescope can lie seen a
parsou's counteoanoa ihree-and a-b&lf mile* distant, and an object from fourteen re sixteen
niilre. >11 the above can bo had of ln-gar and nil sixes, with icoreaa ng powers, anil are se¬
cured by Uor Mrjwty’a Royal Letters PstenL
I * Y E 81G H T.—Optical Improvements, to enable persona
l at an advanced ago to read with ease, and to discriminate obiects with porioct di»-
tinctness.— Mows. 80L0M0N8, Oplldans. have Invouted and patented BPE01ACLK
LKH8E8 of iho greatest tnuuoarent power. Tho valnable advantage dorivoi from this
Invention is that vision becoming Impaired it preserved and strengthened; ve^y aged
person* are enablod to employ th^ir sight at themoet minute occupaUon; can seo witn thcao
lease* of a much loss magnifying power, and they do not require tha frequ nt chingtn
to tho dangerous effects of further powerful assistanco. Persons ran b© sultad «t the most
remrio ports of tho world by sending a pair of spoctacles, or ono of the glaaios o it of
them. In a letter, and stating the dirtaneo from the eyas they can read small print with
1L and those who have not made na« of spootaclo* by staling Uidr age.—29, Albora irto-s .ro-jt
FlcoadlUy. W. (oppositn the York Hotel).
B oston, sleaford, and midland counties
RAILWAY COMPANY. -
Tlte Directors of this Company are prepared to RKCKIVR 1/OANB on MOttTGAwB (■
sums of ill00 and upwards, for Three or Flvo yean. Iutonsst at £4 10s. por coat por annum,
payable half-yearly.
Applications to be addresaod to Messrs. Stanfiand and Chapman (tho Company's jWlldtarsl,
at Bootou; or to tho Bociclary ut tho Company 's Offiore, to Ixmdon.
Ukkbkkt Ingram,
Chairman of tho Board of Dirrcto a.
Offices, 19, Melton-street, Ensfon-square, London, N.W., l&th March, 1858.
G reat western railway of Canada—T he
D1RFCTOR9 nre prepared to RECEIVE APPLICATION-4 for the PBRP».TJAL
GUARANTEED Dt»B*NTURbi STOCK of Uiis Company, bearing Interest at the r*ti oi i
p»r Cent per annum, paynh'o In London and half-yeurly. This l*»U’i is far the pnr,»ieof
t>*yicg off tb© Loan from the Canadian G.irenim *nt: and Shareholders of 'he Company will
have tlui profcrcnca AppHasUjus must bo made ou or before May '&>h next.
By nnbrof the Board, BiraciUTONB dAKklt, Secretary.
l?fi, Gresham House. Old Br ad-«tre©t, B.C., April 13th 18 8. _____
U NIVERSAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Established
1834; empowered by special Act of Parliament, 1, King WUllam-streot. I.on lou. for
the Assurance of lives at Homo and Abroad. Including gootlemon engaged In Military and
JNavul services. Sir HENRY Wll.LOCK, K.L.8., Chairman.
JOHN STEWART, Esq., Deputv Chairman.
Tho principle adopted Ivy thu Universal Ufo-Assurunce Society of an annual valuation of
aaret- and liabilities, and a division of throe-fourths of the profits among tho a sored, is
admitted to offer groat advantages. o*pectairy to tho«o parties who may wi.h to appropriaU
their prooortion of profit to the reduction of future premiums
This office does not cliarro any addlttoh to tho orditi .ry Indian rates In consequence of the
disturbed state of India. Michael Klijau Im ur, aocretury.
AcUve Country Agonu wanted. A ibcral Commls sion allowod
TjEAFNESS.—A newly-invented Instrument for extreme cases
J./ of Doafirona, aaUad. the Bound Magnifier, Organic Vibrator, and nrisible Voice
Conductor. It fits eo Into tha oar aA not to be in <ho least peroeotibio: tbo unpleasant smisii-
tion of tinging noises in the bead is entirely removed. It affords instant relief to ths deafest
persons, and enable* them to hoar distinctly at church and at public aatembUei.—
Mewm SOLOMONS, Op’iclaos and Aariau, 83, Albem&rio-fttnot, PioomllUy, Yf. (opposite
the York Hotel*.
QLERICAL,
8PECU.L NOTH
A ai
MED1CA L, and GENERAL
\AstesAK0E SOCIETY,
13, 8L Jamcs‘t-*quaro. 1 oodon, S.W.
^-TT^ 8*tab¥*h©i 1824.
AH Persons who effect Polidoi on the Purtl-lpaMmr Beale before Jnno 3fith, 1853, wfll be
entitled at tho next Bonn* to on© year's share of Profits beyond lator Assurers.
FropOMk should bb forwarded to tho OHloo before Juno 20th.
'Iho last Annual Report, as also a statoraeut of thn Pixth Bonus, declared In January, 1857,
•riling forth In detail tho wholo state Olid affair* of tho Offico and en»*elally tho bonefita
which will hereafter serruo to ponionk now assuring, can ih* obtaioe*! of any of the Society**
Ayeuts, or from the Ofiico Gkokok U. PiNCKaui». Actuary.
13, St. Jama's-square, London S.W. Gkokok CUTi.'UPrE, Aasbtaot Actuary.
P ASSPORTS. — NEW REGULATION*.—BRITISH
RL’iJ.lECTB who nro proparirg to visit or trarel on thu Continent maybaaavvd much
ticch’o anti ©xpfinc by/obtalniog Foreign Ofil r e passports through Edward Stanford'a
Agvncy.fi. Ch»r!ng-cwi, London, who*o experiauco and !otig-e»tablUh*d arrangjineuta
cnnblo him ur6 Paa*port» in proper term aud duly vlmld. according to the New ttagula-
tious, wiUiout por>f.ns! attendance. He monnto tho Passport, which i* good for msny years,
on Muslin or PUk, iu Hoan, Morocco or Rossla Case, to prorent injury or lost as well a* In
It'Mt n dr lay iu umlergoimr cxumina'iou abroad. Besklonta In tho country can hare Paatperts
-obtained, conjpio v cd, and forwarded by post.
For further particulars. Including iho 'form* of Application, Cost of Passport, visa*, Ac., sc ,
Ko hiawford i PiWpyrt Chcular. which wil bt forwarded por port on application.
Edwatd e tuiifoid lia* on Bale at all ttm' S the b st English and Foreign Ma]>s, Ilanlboslts,
and Railway Guide*, Pocket Dictionaries ran Conversation Books.
Loudon: Edward STAtiroRp. «5, Charing-cross, RW.
- ~r~i —-——-
ri-.'oTORSIIIP tVANTED, in a Nobleman’s or Gentleman’s
J Family, by a B.A. of Cam’-ridps. Scho'ar ttnd Fricemtn of lila Culiopa, nod GradaaU*
In Classical Hcooara. Very lil^ch tortunonlala o*n be given for character and quubflcatton*.—■
Apply t° L. H., roit-otUce, Cambridge.
T O PARENTS.—A Rare Opportunity — A VACANCY in the
F.ftiahUahm nt of a firet-elasa West-end CIIKMI-T for a gentlemanly YOUTH us
FL'PIL.—-Aitdres* Mr. West, Bull’s Library Hullo*-street, CavBudi*b-squ*ro.
LIFE
M oney advanced to gentlemen, from cum to
£5 00, at mortars'© ratoa of Int>*rost 183,00) ready to advance on Bovortlou’ry
> ro petty for ary pTiod of time, ul*o, on Money In tho Funds, Legacies, ko —Apply to Mr.
GRAHAM, No ‘a, Duke-Str.ct. bt. James's, London.
T O CAPITALISTS.—Now that 2 per cent only is allowed on
depoEhn. and no increase can lie »xpec*«td for a long time to come, it is necessary i»
look for tail ter int rest for money There are nt tne present time nuno on* lavrot'n**nW to
Lorraadc, lx»th safo andgootl, to bring 4 J, 5, and oven ft per oont, but this require* the jali-
clous erne of tile broker. Comtnnn cnV.t ns as to tho most eligible (the result of gre rtexp* *
rirnco wi'l be rout p«T icturn ot nnst to partbs about t liaveil, whether it be for a lempo-ary
pt rjicBo or perm nnon t Address F. Yf. ttoven*. 3, Royal Exchange, Stock and dharo a warn
Broker of the city of Louden.
pASE of MAJOR MAHMOUD.—The undersigned wish to
V ) commend Ift lwucvalent and Christian persona tho cs*e of Major Wahm >ud.
Mr jor Mahmoml t* nno of about forty sturtnuti anpportad ia England by th* Tarkitk
Go\crxnnnt. II* ving. hiwcver, embniccd CliriatlanUy whilst in iliia country, and having
Intel;- married a Christian lady, wituout the sanction of tho Forte, ho has boon dismisiol
Jrom the Turkish reTvic-j.
Major M. u ngentiemnn of good edncniion. HI 5 salary from tho Porte was £380 a rear,
all which be brs ratrificsd to hi* religious convictions. Ilia attainment* ara of a hign
cJiatacicr in Natural rhihnophy. M nlug Gcologv, Ao , Ac.
It being imposriblo for him under pre*«-nt c1rcnm*tanctv> t» return to Tnrkey. wo sjialt b*
gTodto hi nr of apuiinhH cmplotmar t t-'r him from any gentleman e.mnocwt with raitw iy*,
electrical telegraph*, or mine* tor which a knowledge ot tho Turkish languagi i« dedr* -la;
cud in he meantime wo confidently a»k the Mrit'ah public to contribute towards li e suopm.
Contributions may be sotit lo tho office of tho **Reoord." ifi'J Flee •stre»t; thi Itnv. 11.
.Toni 1 *, 7, Adom'Etreot, htrand; or tj the Rev. llulloy licnche 1, 121, ulouecrier-terrace.
D 3 dtt-p»rk. (Signal bj)
llic Karl of fiUAITESEI’RT I Pi* C. 15. E*RI)L*T. Bnrt.
Tho Lord Bblihp of Mr OX C dtnol Bi*- FI>:xizr RAWtlXS )ST, M.P.
llcn Autuui: KihXAiRD, M.P. | Rev. Utousr Hlilsciikli..
A General Officer, M.P.
Sir C. K. Earn ley* R«tt.
U. C. L. htiviui, Es<|. ..
IJcn. A. Kfonalrd, M.P.
Mis. ILmy lUeekdrn ..
The Furl of 8hattt»biify
CONTUinCTtOXS.
..£3
.. f.
.. A
From a Fellow Traveller In the
G. W. K.£2 9 i
J Finch. Esq.3 0
Rev. R. Htirscholl .2 0
J. ML .* 0
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
r.OtnDON, SAIURDAY, APItIL 11 , 1858.
The capture of Lucknow by Sir Colin Campbell, of which we have
this week received the pratifying intelligence, took place exactly as
he had planned it. HU forces—one part of which, the divUion
under Sir H. Rose, was unable to close up—were insufficient
entirely to surround the place. He could not, therefore, prevent the
tumultuous and disorderly mutineers from escaping; and a multi¬
tude, said to amount to 50,000, have rushed out, to continue for
some time in Roliilcnnd and Bnndclcund a desultory and predatory
warfare, devastating the country, and forcing ns to employ troops
to destroy them. We regard that as an evidence that the
means at the Commander-in-Chief’s dUposal were compara¬
tively insufficient to effect so great a work, and a striking
testimony to the skill with which Its has executed his
task. He seems to have foreseen every obstacle he was likely
to encounter, to have planned his measures in detail with as
consummate accuracy as that by which he formerly relieved and
led away the beleagured EnglUh garrison of Lucknow, and to have
achieved a complete success according to his own designs. He
employed his artillery well, and chiefly before he sent forward his
troops, and with true sagacity saved his own men while ho de¬
stroyed the .enemy. Of them it is estimated 2000 were killed; and
all that we yet know of our loss leads us to suppose that it does
not exceed as many hundreds, though it includes eight ofiicors.
We have captured 117 guns, rescued two ladies, and obtained at
once, with possession of the town, the submission of the principal
landowners of Oudc. Not sorry, apparently, to he relieved of
the presence of the destructive soldiery, the townspeople and
tho villagers were resuming their habitual occupations; and
industry, under our protecting rule, was hastening to sweep
away tho traces of war and its ravages. Next to the glad
feeling of triumph wc have at our countrymen’s success is the
great satisfaction we experience at learning that the industrious
people and their loading men, sensible of the security they
will be sure to obtain under our Government, have returned to
their peaceful pursuits. The late stronghold of the mutineers is
now wrested from them. There is no other city they are likely
to occupy; and though they may still do much mischief, as armot
robbers, dacoits, Ac., the complete restoration of our power, now
necessary and wished for by the bulk of the people, is assured.
It is plain from the several telegrams that all Sir Colin Campbell s
Lieutenants, and all the officers and men, most zealously and aWy
April 17, 1858.J
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
387
supported their skilful commander; and England never had greater
reason to be proud of her sons than throughout this unforeseen and
arduous contest. Sir Colin Campbell, by the latest advices, re¬
mained at Lucknow; but from tbence he has despatched troops to
pursue the iugitives. They will not be allowed again to organise
in mesfes, and we can congratulate our readers that before the hot
season has commenced the most essential of Sir Colin Campbell's
tasks has been accomplished.
The belief on which an attempt has been made to justify an in¬
crease in the Navy Estimates, that prices have very much advanced
since 1835, seems a popular error. Those journalists who share it do
not imjuire very closely into our economical history. Mr. New-
march, a well-known statistician, has already shown that, in spite of
the gold discoveries, prices now are lower than they werein ISftl. It
is truo. indeed, that the price of wheat is now 6 s. per quarter higher
than the average price of 1835; but in that year the harvests had
been unusually good, aud, the population being then kept down by
the Com laws to the level nearly of onr own produce, and there
being no vent for a surplus, the price was unusually low. The
average price of the three years preceding 1835 was 52s. 3d., or
7s. 2d. above the average price of the last six weeks—15s. Id.
From Mr. Toolte’s lists of prices, and those published in the
Economist last week, we have compiled the following brief table of
the average prices of 1832 to 1834 and of prices at present:—
Article*. Average Prlcwof 1KS2-183). Present Prices.
Coffee, B.P. ..
.. perewfc. 94s.
783.
Cotton, India..
.. per lb. fid.
4d. G-S.
Flax
.. per ton. ill.
421.
Hemp
2-1.
2i )L
Hons
.. percwt 1263. ..
803.
Indigo
.. per lb. fis. 4d. ..
4s. 4L
Iron, pig
.. per ton fi/. 10 s. ..
it. 108.
Butter, Waterford
.. perewt. 80 s.
1133.
Rice .
.. „ 35S. 8d. ..
283.
Sugar, muscovado
278.
203.
Tallow
.. „ 403.4d...
553. 9d.
Tea, congou ..
.. per lb. 2s.
IS.
These articles show that there is no foundation for the assertion
that a great and general rise of prices justifies the increased ex¬
penditure of the Government This may be wise and necessary,
but not because prices have risen. There is no doubt whatever that
since 1835, and particularly since 1848, the population of Great
Britain has increased very rapidly, while the population of France
has increased very slowly, and is now, as the Paris journals
complain, decreasing. Nor is there any doubt that latterly, or
since 1848, the wealth of the country has increased even faster than
the population. For the last few years all the working classes
have been more continuously employed, and at better rates of
wages, than at any previous period of the century. A general rise
in the rate of wages dees not, however, as has long ago been
proved, cause a rise in the price of commodities. For a brief time
it increases the demand lor particular commodities consumed by
labourers beyond the supply, bat only to occasion very speedily
an increased production of the things wanted; and a general rise of
wages never causes a rise in the prices of all commodities. In
fact, the above table, in conjunction with the late condition of the
people, confirms the statement; and it is notorious that the high
prices which prevailed in 1855, 1856, aud part of 1857 were the con¬
sequences of previous bad harvests, combined with agreatly-increased
demand. Whatever blame some writers and preachers may throw
on the excessive credit granted and taken in the few years previous
to the commercial convulsion of 1857, it cannot be for one moment
doubted or denied that in those years the country made a very rapid
advance, that the great multitude were, as the rule, well employed
and well paid, and were well off aud generally contented.
The great increase of wealth and people may enable them to bear
additional burdens; and increased expenditure may be necessary.
We at least make no objection to any expense required to keep our
Navy in its ancient state of superiority; but the causes of any in¬
crease in the cost should be fairly stated. These are obviously the
increased and increasing sphere of the operations of the Govern¬
ment, and its disturbed relations with other Governments. If our^
men-of-war cost more than they did ten years ago, it is that they
are built larger and more efficiently, not that the materials of which
they are constructed are dearer. More efficient instruments peces^
sarilv imply more skilful workmen; and, according!}’, workmen ofa
higher order have been employed in preparing the exquisite machinery
now used in our ships, and in adapting ships to its use. NoTonlyx
has the rate of wages latterly been higher generally than formerly,
but more skilful and better paid workmen have been employed in
our dockyards. If our line of battle as Mr. Corry stated, consist
now of fewer ships than in the great French war—-and therefore
we must have more—many of them arc nearly twice as large as
the 6mall seventy-fours and sixty-fours that then swelled the
number.
The real difficulty now experienced in providing for the defence
of the country is less a want of vessels, which could be constructed
in every shipyard of the kingdom, were vessels really required,
than a want of seamen. In truth, wc continually build fleets only
to be at ihc expense of keeping them in order or of pulling them
to pieces. Wc build gun-boats and first-rates out of season, only to
rot. Wc arc never deficient in-ships, and always want seamen
At present, according to Sir J. Pakingtou, 135S more men are re¬
quired to complete the companies of the ships in commission than
can be got. Four months ships have been kept in port waiting tor
seamen, who do not come readily forward. During the late Russian
war they were extremely willing to volunteer. Then they expected
prize-money, and they always love excitement In peace her Ma¬
jesty's ships have fewer at tractions than in war, and, the wages in
them not being equal to the wages in merchant-ships, seamen do not
huny on board them. The Queen's sendee, in truth, in spite of the
abolition of many cruel punishments, of many unnecessary and
absurd restrictions, is still held traditionally in horror by the mari¬
time population; and it will require an age of consistent perse¬
verance in the paths of justice and moderation to relieve it from
the stigma unwisely cast on it by impressment, by treating it as
a punishment, and by intrusting to youthful officers an arbitrary
power of punishment which was very often most cruelly and
scandalously abused. The Navy ought to be a very popular ser¬
vice, bnt it was made very unpopular by the continued practice of
injustice and cruelty; and, though the system be now much im¬
proved, the unfavourable impression made by former tyranny
cannot bo at once 3 wept out of the mind of the people.
THE COURT.
The Court returned to Buckingham Palace from Windsor Castle
on Monday afternoon for the season. The Royal party left Windsor by a
special train of the Great Western Railway, and from the Paddington
terminus was conveyed in several of her Majesty's carriages to Bucking¬
ham Palace, escorted by a detachment of light dragoons. The Queen
and the Prince arrived at the Palace at five minutes before live o’clock,
and were received by the Marquis of Exeter. Earl Delaware. t.he Puke of
Beaufort, Viscount Newport. Lord George Lennox, and M*jor*General
Wylde. in the evening the Queen and the Prince honoured the perform¬
ances at the Adelphi Theatre with their presence.
On Tuesday (he Queen and the Prince, accompanied by Prince Arthur
and the Princcfs Lou Pa, took a drive fn an open carriage and four. 1 n the
evening her Majesty and his Royal Highness honoured the Opera in the
Havmarket witn their presence.
On Wednesday the Queen held a Levee at St. James’s Palace, and
afterwards with the Prince Consort, visited the Museum at South Ken¬
sington. In the evening the Queen had a dinner party, the guests at
which included the DucheRs of Kent, the Duke of Terceira, the. Marquis
d’Azeglio, the Portuguese Minister a«-d CoUntess de Lavradio, the II iron
Brunnow, the Earl and Countess o? Clarendon and Lady Constance Vil-
Jiers, the Pari of Sefton, Lord John Manners, Viscount and Viscountess
Newport, Viscount and Viscour.tesfl Hardlnge. the Right Hon. Sir John
and Lady Fakington. and Major General Sir George Wetherall.
On Thursday the Queen and the Prince took a drive in an open cirrlage
and four
Jt is authoritatively announced that the Drawingroom which was fixed
to be held on the c»h proximo will, by the Queen s command, be held on
Wednesday, the 6th of May next
The Court will remain in London'until the beginning of June, when
her Majesty will return to Windsor’ Castle to dispense her accus¬
tomed hospitality during the Ascot race week, after which, it is under¬
stood. the Queen will visit Birmingham to inaugurate the opening of the
‘•People’s Park.”
THE LEVEE.
The Queen held a Levee on Wednesday at St James's Palace. Her
Majesty and the Prince Consort arrived from Buckingham Palace, at¬
tended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, and were received by
the great officers of State. The Queen and the Prince Consort, accom¬
panied by the Duke of Cambridge, entered the Throne-room attended by
the Duchess of Manchester. Mistress of the Robes : Lady Churchill. Lady
in Waiting; the Margins of Exeter, ICG.. Lord Steward ; Earl Delawarr,
Lord Chamberlain; the Duke of Beaufort. Master of the Horse; the
Marquis of Abercorn, KG., Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness,
and the other Lords and Ladies of the Household- Her Mijesty wore a
train of cerise silk, brocaded in silver, trimmed with silver blonde and
bows of cerise ribbon. The petticoat was of white satin, trimmed with
bouillonnes of tulle and silver blonde. The head-dress was composed of
diamonds aud flowers.
There were several presentations in the diplomatic circle and among the
general company. Mr. Justice Bvles was presented to the Queen by the
Lord Chancellor, when her Majesty was graciously plca3cd to confer the
honour of Knighthood upon him.
THE PRINCE OF WALES.
The Prince of Wales left Windsor Castle on Saturday morning for Mil¬
ford Haven, where his Royal Ilighncfs embarked the same evening on
board the Osborn*, for Cork. The Prince, who is attended by Captain
the Hon. Dudley De Ros, Mr. Gibbs, and Mr. M in ter. R.N.. will mike a
tour of about ten days in the neighbourhood of Killarney hikes.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by La ly
Fanny Howard and Sir George Coupcr, has arrived atherresidcncc, Cla¬
rence House, St. James’s, for the season.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the
Princess Mary have arrived at the Duchess's residence in thd Ambassa¬
dors’ Court, St- James's Palace, l’or the scason.
His Royal Highness Prince George of Saxony arid suite left
Windsor Castle on Saturday for Southampton, enrouic to Lisbon.
Bis Excellency the Ambassador of France left Albert-gatc
House on Saturday'evening for Paris.
F is Excellency Earl Cowley, British Ambassador at the Court
of France, arrived at Lord Ebury’s residence in Park-street, on Tuca*
day, from Faris, en conyc. :
The Countess of Derby had ,311 assembly on Wednesday evening
in St, James's-equarc. x -"" \\
Viscountess Palmerston lihk issued cards for assemblies on Satur¬
day next, and on
The Lord ___ JMjj. HBB v
residence, in Eaton-squarc, on Thursday last. Lady Chelmsford will
hold aseemblics on Thursday, the 22 nd iiist., and on Thursday ,the 29tlimst.
Lord nr.d Lady John Russell have arrived at the family resi¬
dence in Chcfeham-placc. lrom iiicUmotid. for the season.
The Right Hon. B Disraeli returned to London on Saturday
from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle.
The marriage between the! Hon. Reginald Capcl. second son of
the Earl of Espex. aiid ilJjss I'azakirley, niece to Lord Itokcby, will take
place on the 22nd inet.
Arrival of the New French Ambassador. —On Thursday
morning his Excellency the Duke of Malakoff, the new French Ambas¬
sador, arrived at Dover, when an address was presented by the
Corporation at the Lord Warden Hotel. His Excellency was re-
ceivcd^by^Iirajor-Gcncral Manscl and Major-General Crawford.
Three guards of honour from the llth Regiment Royal Antrim
Rifles and Royal Sussex Militia were on duty. His Excellency
left by the two p m. train for London, in a state carriage, on the South-
Eastern Railway, and nrrived at the London-bridge Railway station
at six o’clock, where his Excellency was received by Mr. Dyne, the
superintendent, and other officials.
on Saturday, the 24th instant.
Chancellor/ received iUe Judges at his Lordship’s
METROPOLITAN NEWS.
Charing-cross Hospital.—T he quarterly meeting of the
council took place on Tuesday. 6th Inst—Wm. Stuart. Esq., in the chair.
It was reported that during the past quarter there Imd been admitted for
relief 3838 sick and disabled poor, including 452 ease* of accident and dan¬
gerous emergency. The endowment fund, which had been commenced to
provide in some measure against the severe and frequent losses by death of
many of the kind annual supporters of the charity, and to ensure the
permanent maintenance of its useful operations, was stated to be pro¬
gressing satisfactorily, and to have been recently assisted by several liberal
donors.
London Society foe Teaching the Blind.— The twentieth
anniversary of this valuable society was held at the Hanover-square
Booms on Tuesday, when a selection of music from •• Jadss Maccabeus •
and “ The Messiah " was performed bv the pupils, under the direction of
their able professor. Mr. lidwln Barnes (conductor of the Dover Choral
Society, and organist of St. Georsre the .Martyr. Bloomsbury), in a manner
which'reflected great credit on both pupils and teacher.
The Conskckation of tiie Bishop of Calcutta will take
place m Westminster Abbey, it is behoved, on Ascension Day: and there
is a rumour that Dr. Vaughan, Head Master of Harrow, will preach the
consecration sermon.
The Rev. George Hervet, who has been Curate of West
Haehuey for upwards of six years, was presented, on Thursday week,
with i- purse containing one hundred guineas, together with an audrres,
signed by more than 148 members of the congregation, tcstilying their
appreciation of his services among them.
Decennial Exhibitions of Industry and Art.— The fol¬
lowing resolutions were passed at a special meeting of the Council Of the
Society of Arts, held ou Wednesday eveningThe Council of the
Society of Arts, bearing in mind the part which the society took in ori¬
ginating the Great Exhibition of 1851, have considered it to be their duty
carefully to examine various suggestions for holding an exhibi tion in 1881.
which have been submitted to them, and have^resolve d1 . 1 hat the in¬
stitution of decennial exhibitions in London, for the purpose of showing
tiie progress made in industry aud art. during each period of ten years,
would tend greatly to the • encouragement pi arts, manufacture?, and com¬
merce • 2 That the first of these exhibitions ought not to be a repetition
of the Exhibition of I«M. which must be considered an exceptional event,
but should bo an exhibition or works selected for excellence illustrating ,
especially the progress of Industry and art , and arranged according to ,
classes and not countries ; and that it should comprehend music, and also
naintine which was excluded iu 1851. 5. iliac foreigners should be m-
vited toexhibit on the Fame conditions as British exhibitors. 4 . That the
C ouncil will proceed to consider how tiie foregoing evolutions,can bo
best carried into effect (Signed) V. Bn Neve Foster. Secretary.
Births and Deaths. -Last week tho births of 832 boys and
-no eirls in all IMS children, were registered in Loudon. In the ten cor¬
responding weeks oftho years IMS-57* the average number was 1525 The
deaths In London exhibit a decrease : the total number registered last
week was 1221. In the ten years IMR-57 the average number of deiths in
tlufweeks corresponding with last week, when it fa raised for comparison
witht he deaths of last week. ia found 10 he 1242. The ages of six women,
widows, and of two men, in the present return, varied from 80 to 85 years.
TRIAL OF M. SIMON BERNARD.
On Friday morning (last week) a Special Commission of Oyer and
Terminer, under the Great Seal, was opened at the Central Criminal Court
for the trial of Simon Bernard on an indictment for felony, as an acces¬
sory before the fact in the recent attemp . of O.sini, Fierri, Gomez, and
De Kudio, to assassinate the Emperor of the French. Other counts in
the indictment charged the accused with murder as a principal.
The learned Judges to whom the commission was directed are Lord
Campbell, the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Justice Erie, and Mr. Justice
Crovder. 'i hc Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and the A dermea of tiie city
are also included in the commission, and took their seats upon the bench-
The grand jury having been sworn. Lord Campbell preceded to deliver
his charge to them- The offence was cliarged, he said, under a special Act,
the 9th Geo IV., cap. 31, see. 7, which enacted that any of her Majesty's
subjects who should be accessory before or after the fact to a murder com¬
mit ted on land abroad could be tried by special commission, and. if con¬
vict* d, punished as for felony. He then went over the facts of the ease
aqalnstM Bernard, instructing the grand fury to find a true bill if they
thought there was prhnd facie evidence of his guilt
The juiy presently returned, having found true bills against the prisoner
on the charge of murder as a principal and also as an accessory.
The trial was opened on Monday. The Judges named iu the commission
were pro*cut, end the prisoner was placed at the bpj*. Bernard refined to
plead to the indictment, declaring that the Court had no jurisdiction to
try him. Hie pica of “ Not Guilty ^Nwaa consequently ordered to be re¬
corded, and the trial proceeded. Bernard declined to avail himself of his
privilege to have a jury liaif composed of foreigners, and, in his own
words, “trusted bis confidence to a jury of Englishmen.”
There was a very full attendance of the Bar present. The following were
cngsgid in the case:—For the prosecution: The Attorney-General (Sir
F. Kelly). Mr. Maoatilay, Q.C, Mr. We ! sby. Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Clerk.
For the defence:/Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., Mr. J Simon, Mr. Hawkins,
Mr. Sleigh, .Mr. Mr<win. and,Mir. Scoble.
in opening his address to the jury the Attorney-General described the
prisoner as a native of Careaasoue, In France, formerly a surgeon iu the
navy; but, driven out ofthe country, lie had taken refuge iu England.
Sir JPitzroy narrated ^fuliy all the circumstance* connected with the
attempted assassination of the French Emperor; and entered into details
showing the intimate relations in whicli Bernard stood to Orsini. and
the. puicliaf-e by the former of the materials lor the deadly composition
with which the grenades (ordered by the latter) were charged. Having
concluded the statement of facts, the Attorney-General, addressing him¬
self to tho important questions of law' which might be raised, said, •* The
question may be raised whether the prisoner at the bar be a subject of
the Queen within the meaning of this Act of Parliament, and whether the
inurdtr w hich has been committed in Faria be a murder the accessory to
which, one of the main agents in which, one of the causes of which, is
punisbnbie under this Act, 1 cannot attempt to conceal from myself. But,
if it be raised, I think that I shall have no difficulty in at once satisfying
their Lordships, both upon principle and upon authority, that one who
dwells hi this country, aud who receives ana enjoys the protection of our
laws, ewes am allegiance to its Sovereign which makes him that Sove¬
reign's subject within the meaning of this Act of Parliament ”
The first, witnesses called w'ere some French police and medical men,
who proved generally the facts of the attempt in Paris, the number killed,
wonrdtd, ix.. and produced fragments of the projectiles. One of the
police arrested Fierri, and took irom him the grenade, revolver, and
dagger which be produced. Mr. .Joseph Taylor, o' Birmingham, described
the six shells, each with thirty-five nipples, made by him to the order of
Mr Hiouius Allsop, who paid £8 4s for them on the 23rd of November.
A defective officer had been hunting five weeks for Mr. Allsop, but bait
not been able to find him. lie left uis wife at Clapham-terrace, Clapham-
cumuon, on the 25th of Febi nary, and had not since been heard v .
Another produced letters and papers found at Bernard's lodgings, lo.
Bark-place, Bays water, where he hud beeu for three or four years.
At luiii-past lour the case was adjourned, the jury being provided for at
the London Coffeehouse.
On Tuesday the trial was resumed. A great deal of time was taken up
in the cross-examination of Rogers, the policeman, wlu found the letter
of Altaop in the prisoner’s room It appears he is a good French scho ar.
and had been sent to Wyld's debating-room to listen to the French dis¬
cussions carried on there. He saw' the prisoner iu the chulr. but does not
appear to have beard anything extraordinarily violent. On the occasion
oi a third visit lie was not allowed to go iu Mr. James asked if he did
nor go us a spy, upon which the Attorney-General objected to such a
question being put; mid. niter a Jong argument, the Court formally de¬
cided that it bacf no right to b© put. Then there was an argument as to
the admission of the letter, objections raised by the prisoner's counsel being
ultimately overruled by the Court.
-Evidence was then given of the purchase by the prisoner of materials of
which the fulminating powder used in the grenades was composed; of the
mcrfpageof Allsop’s estate by a person to whom Bernard introduced him;
of the visits paid to Orsini in Grafton-street, and the taking charge of his
letters ; and by Georgl and Founarrler of the visit to Brussels, whither
file former took the grenade shells as new gas invent ions by desire of
Bernard, as described by the Attorney-General. The Court then adjourned.
On Wednesday additional evidence was adduced lor the ptosecutioa. A
great number of witnesses were examined, several of whom spoke to the
facts connected with the coimyauce o 1 the bombs to Brussels, and thence
to Faris : and Madame Rudio was examined with regard to the connec¬
tion ot her husband with Dr. Bernard. No new tact was. however,
elicited Shortly before the adjournment of the Court (at a quarter to six)
the Lord Chief Justice (in answer to a question from Mr. Jarueq said that
the Court was ot opinion that the purposes of justice would be better
answered bv the learned counsel stating shortly aud distinctly the le^al
points upon which he relied, and then that the questions of law so raisci
should be so’emniy argued before the fifteen Judge*.
On Thursday Eliza Kudio, whoso evidence iu chief was given on the
previous day. was recalled, and cross-examined by Mr. Hawkins. She ad¬
mitted that'all her expenses up to the present hour, including the cost of
two visits to Paris, had been paid by the police, though very little money
had been paid to her personally. Several witnesses gave evidence as to
the doings of the conspirators np to the point of the assassina¬
tion. without however, imp'i eating Bernard in the transactions.
Mr. Powell, a gentleman employed in Speillmau'sforeign bank. Lombard-
street, who knew Bernard, deposed to giving him gold for some £29
Bank of England notes whose numbers tallied witli notes which <aa
proved by u previous witness. Mr Morley, a clerk in the Bank of Eng¬
land) hud been given to Graini in exchange for gold. Other evidence was
given relative to the tracing of the Bank of England notes. Madame
itigbcnzi remembered Gcorgi bringing some pieces of iron which
he screwed together at the Cafe Suisse at Brussels, and recollected
seeing Bernard there about the same time; but she could uot say
that it was during the time that the articles were there. Mrs. Harriet
Pay said she. with her husband, lodged in Biteman’s-buildings at the time
that Rudio and his wife lodged there. She remembered Dr Bernard
coming to the house. Immediately after he came, Rudio, who had before
been in great distress, showed signs of being better off. She saw Bernard
there twice. Other evidence was called tracing the movements of the
prisoner till the time of his arrest, and the articles found on him. which
c’ostd the case for the prosecution. Lord Campbell tlic-u called upm
Mr. James to proceed with the legal points upon which he relied for
the prisoner, and the learned counsel stated the points of liia
objections (nine in number), the principalones bein^in substance “ That
the prisoner was not within the jurisdiction of the Court according to the
nth Geo. III., c. 31, s. 7, under which the present Special Commission was
empowered to sit -, that the prisoner was not. aocording to the above
statute, nu accessory before the crime of murder; aud that it had
not bci-n proved that any • murder ' whatever had been committed within
the meaning of the-statute in question." .
Mr. James commenced hU speech in behair of the prisoner on Friday
(yesterday) morning. _
The Fkienh of the Clergy Corporation.—T he eighth an¬
niversary festival of the above charity was held on Wednesday evening,
at the London Tavern, when upwards of too clergymen and geutlemcn of
the laity sat down to an elegant and abundant dinner. Tne chair waa
taken by Lord Dynevur. Ilv tho seventh aunual report we learn that
the number of pensioners on the fund is seventy-five—namely, twenty-
two receiving £40 each per annum; twenty-eight, £35; and twenty-five.
£30. The pay of the pensioners varies with their age. From forly-five
to fifty-five they receive £30 per annum ; from fifty-five to sixty-five, £35 ;
anil £40 for tiie remainder of life. The subscription? at the meeting
realised m arly £ 000 , making tho income of the year from various sources
nearly £5500.
Mr. Glover, the lale member for Beverley, was convicted on
Monday, at the Central Criminal Court, of having made * f*Jj> - dec .oration
of being possessed of a proper fiualitleation as member tor the borough ot
Beverley : and he was sentenced to four months imprisonment as a first-
class misdemeanant.
The Late Fatal Fire in BLOOHsnunv.—'The adjourned
inquiry into the causes of the deaths of the fifteen persons who Perished
in theilreat Litth- Gilbert-street. Bloomsbury, to resumed on Tuesday.
Tte evidence 0 Mr kSts of the St Gcprjte’s School of Mcdi fine, waj
most Important He declared that m analysing the bodies lie discovered
unequivocal proofs of the presence of arsenic. 1^pprarji that among the
PA, tf-nik Mr Cslwrtil museum which were at-stroyed by the fire, was
« m tfoi nirk.lions, and other minerals, which wontd lnrow
Sfl fmnis of po?s“>oos vapour. The fact Chat these poiaouoa.exhal.tion.
would be cakuboed to nnder |x-rsons exposed to iholr mfluenoe Ineapnble
of exertion would readily account lor the extraordinary loas ol life
cccasiomd bv tho tire. A question aro-e aa to tho partition winch sepa¬
rated the museum Irom ti e house .n Otlbeit-airc t This point wifi be
mcrethcrougWy inrcjtigatedat the next pitting of the Jury.
388
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[April 17, 1858'
SKETCHES
IN ALGERIA.
We resume our selections from
the Sketch-book of a recent Tourist
in Algeria.—
The rue Bab el Oued and the
rue Bab Azoun run aloDg the
whole base of the town of Algiers.
Any one of the many streets that
branch from them on the side
away from the sea will take us at
once into the old part of the town,
and, eventually, to the Casbah.
No matter in what direction one
Wanders, as long as it is up^ hill, to
the Casbah one must oome in time,
for to it the two lines of the old
town wall and all the streets inside
them converge. The Casbah was
the Citadel and Palace of the Days,
but formerly they lived at the
Jenina, close to the present Place
du Gouvernement, where each Day
was at the mercy of the unruly
Janissaries, until Ali, the prede¬
cessor of the unfortunate Hussein,
suddenly and secretly carried off
his treasures to the Casbah. took
up his abode there, and set the
Janissaries at defiance. Hussein
also resided there, and only
went outside its walls three times
during his reign. For many
years the French had carried on a
dispute with the Dey about a large
sum of money (7,000,000 francs)
owed by them to a great firm, of
Jewish corn-merchants in Algiers.
The Dey himself wrote directly to
the Minister of Foreign Affairs on
the subject, instead of communi¬
cating with him indirectly through
the French representative at bis
Court. The Minister did not reply
to the Dey’s letter; and when, on
the occasion of the Festival of
Bairam, in April, 1827, the French
Consul paid the usual compli¬
mentary visit to the Bey, the latter
asked why he had received no
answer from France, and, receiving
an unsatisfactory reply in some¬
what uncourteous phraseology, he
struck the French Consul with the
palm-leaf fan or flyflapper he held
m his hand. The French Go¬
vernment immediately withdrew
their representative, and, for up¬
wards ot two years, blockaded the
Algerian coast, until in 1830 took
place the expedition that in a few
days after its landing ended the
Turkish power in Algeria.
We engrave a View of the small
Pavilion in which the blow that
produoed such great results was
given and received. Its wood¬
work was formerly brilliant with
gold and colours. It opens upon
a long gallery, out of which are
entrances to the different rooms
inhabited by the Doy. Now some
of the officers inhabit it. The
Casbah is a barrack for Zouaves
and Artillery. Its handsome
mosque ib the hospital, and many
of its marble columns have been
carried off, the bright tilework
broken, and the painting defaced.
The rooms that open on the gal¬
leries round the courts in Moorish houses are usually long and rather
narrow—carpets, divans, and looking-glasses leaning forwards from
the wall being the chief furniture.
tresBes are placed, with silk and em¬
broidered coverings. In the group
of the ladies of the family, four
generations are represented. The
great grandmother ot the two girls
is the old lady seated on the floor,
with the tall cap, which is a curious
device of black satin and white
muslin on a wireworkextinguisher
Behind her a negress is bringing
in coffee. Under the largest mir¬
ror are Mahomet's footprints; and
the stout lady in a shawl and
trousers, and with a black satin
cone upon her head, is grand¬
mother to the girl at her feet. All
the party are in their common
every - day costume. The room
has windows on the street as well
as those opening on the gallery.
All the Moorish houses, however
small, have these galleries, partly
for shade in summer, but chiefly
in consequence of the excessive
rains throughout the winter and
spring. Without them the inmates
>uld be drenohed in i
one room to another. In the East
the rooms open on the court.
PAVUJQN IN THE CASBAH, ALGIERS.
THE WAR IN CHINA.
The Engravings on the opposite
page are from Sketches by our
Special Artist and Correspondent
in China. We reproduce such
portions of a letter of his which
appeared in this Journal on the
3rd instant as are explanatory of
the Engravings:—
“My first act (says he) on ar¬
riving in Hong-Kong was to visit
the Hercules hospital-ship, where
so many of our gallant fellows are
lying maimed and helpless. I
send you a Sketch of the quarters
of Borne wounded officers. In
spite of their being cripples they
were a jolly set, and laughed and
joked quite pleasantly. The
officer in the foreground is Lieu¬
tenant Lord Gilford, who was shot
in the arm whilst leading the
storming party at Canton; the
next Lieut, Butler, who received
his wound from a bullet in the
head nearly at the same time and
place. Lieut. Badson (Royal
Marines), who was also severely
wounded in the right arm, was cha¬
racterised by the doctors as one of
the most patient suffeiers they had
ever met with, never uttering a
groan. The officer sitting up in bed
playing chess is Lieutenant Pirn, of
the gun-boat Banterer, under whose
auspioes I, for the first time,
smelt powder; and very nasty it
was. I am happy to say Pim
is recovering from his many
wounds. I was pressed to stop
to tea, which appeared at five
hospital hours being breakfast at
eight a m.; dinner, noon; tea, five.
The officers were unanimous in
praise of tbeir medical men. Br.
lurnB attends to the medical cases.
The room of which we give a Sketch is in the mansion of the . Br. Smart to the surgioaL Dr. Smart is a Knight of the Legion of
family of Hussein; the recess at the end, with onrtains in front, is Honour, and is the officer who so nobly sustained the oredit of hia
the bedplace, where is a wooden stage, upon which square mat- I profession in the Crimea. It must be moBt gratifying to find his
BOOM IS A M00BI3H HOUSE, ALGIERS : THE FAMILY OF HUSSEIN PACHA.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
389
April 17, 1858.]
THE
WAR
IN CHINA.
CHINESE SERVANT.
LIEUT. BUTLER. LIEUT. DA*»SON.
WOUNDED ON BOARD THE " HERCULES,” HONG-KONG.
the Celestials bringing in their ‘ pasteboard,’ a red piece of paper, on
which is written their name, and wishing you ‘ luck.' I was highly
delighted at being amongst Chinese on the day in question. A table
which groaned under the weight of sweetmeats was in the room,
and round it were seated my Celestial friends, smoking paper
cigars. Presently there came in a friend with the red paper in
question, saying, ' Coong he fat shoi’ (may good luck at¬
tend you), upon which he or she gave the present (everbody
gives presents ), and in return was asked, 1 Oi cha ' (have bo me
tea). Having done the tea, he or Bhe received some money,
LIEUT. LORD GILFORD.
parted. This continued all day and next day. In the Sketch I have
just done from life you will see the operation. A girl is sitting in
her bedroom at a table, oh which are the presents and tea; her friends
are coming in likewise with ‘ oumshaw ’ (presents). The poor people
bring in oranges. On this day are to be seen Chinese girls dressed as
you see them in pictures: their hair full of flowers, their Ups nicely
rouged, and faoes floured. They look beautiful, I assure you. The
strangest thing was to see the Celestials aU idle for the first tuna—such
an event only taking place once a year. I was determined not to be
backward, so I got my name on red paper, and did in China as the
Chinese do, much to their deUght.”
effort* bo fully appreciated. Dr. Smart possesses a most unique ool-
leotion of bullets extracted from the bodies of Boldiers and sai ors, who
must ever gratefully remember the skill which removed those un¬
pleasant foreign bodies. To make a long stop? short, the Circum¬
locution Office seems to have appointed the ‘right men to look after
the siok, and it is to be devoutly hoped they will now continue bo
laudable a practice.” . _ ...... , «
Writing from Hong-Kong on Feb. 15, our Special Artist and Cor¬
respondent says:—” The China New Year's day is just oyer ; it was
ushered in by the most awful din of crackers going off all night, and
1
I 1 ; 1
3U
M
, , ..Wiii>ii
-
11511
'll
A
L.
;-lljljfff
T1
r
1 m
riwMT V,
T'd ~'j||
;U|
•
B1*
Mi
J!
NEW YEAR'S PRESENTS,
3S0
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[April 17, 1858
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS.— Mondat.
The House of Lords reassembled on Monday after the Easter recess.
The Transfer op Estate Simplification Bill was brought up.
as an.fncid in Committee.— Lord CraNVORTII moved the omission of the
fired thirteen clauses of the measure, which related to the limitation of
time during which reversionary claims upon real property might be
lepalK preferred —Lord St. Leonauds opnosed this alteration of the
bill, hut after some considerable discussion the motion was agreed to. and
the clauses struck out. The bill was then reported, and ordered to be re¬
ferred to a Select Committee.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Monday.
The Budget.— The Chancellor of the Exchequer mentioned that
he proposed to proceed with the Naval and Military Estimates on that
night and on Friday, and. if sufficient progress were effected on those
nights, he would make his financial statement on Monday next.
GOVERNMENT OP INDIA.
The report from the last Committee of Snpply having been brought up.
Lord J. Russell, adverting to the diversity of important practical
detai s involved in the proposition for tstablishing a new system of
Indian government, and referring to precedents such as 1784 and 1813,
pioro^d that, instead ot proceeding with either of the bills before the
House, a series of resolutions should be moved in Committee of the whole
House, by which means, as be believed, a solid foundation oonld be laid
for subsequent legislation. lie invited the Government to accept a sug-
geet’en which be declared was simply designed to secure the beat po*«ibl«
measure that could be framed upon one of the most uiomcutoud questions
that could demand the attention of Parliament.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer readily accepted the proposition,
promising, by every m-ansat tint disposal of her Majesty's Ministers, to
facilitate the dbcnssioit upon the proposed resolutions. On their pu*t.
lhev did not mean t» surrender the bill they had laid before the Home or
to shrink from ary of their mtirift! ifaporaibHIHes; but lie submitted that
the m b’e Lord wm himself admirably qualified, by ability aud ex¬
tern r ee. to bring fprwr.rtt a series of resold ons on the subject-
Lord ,(. Russki.l uxpWmrt that, nlllioagh he hid thrown out the susr-
rrsfion, be censhbred tlmt it should be carried out uuder the reap-Risi¬
bility of the Government.
SirC. Wood also believed that l ho Ministry would abdicate their duties
if they lift so important u question in the hands of nay private member.
He expressed some disapproval, however, of the proposition itself; re¬
marking upon sonn* ppicinl circumstances attending the measures dis¬
cussed m 1813 and 1853, which as he maintained, did not apply to the
present bill.
Mr. Felice having briefly insisted that the Ministers should undertike
the charge of framing the resolutions which the House would theu have
to discuss.
The Home Secretary briefly intimated that the Government were
perfectly prepared to do their duty on the subject.
After a few words from Mr. U. Mangles. Mr. Ayrton, and Lord Pal¬
mers ton. Mr. Disraeli staged that on an early day fie should lay a series
of resolutions on the table, and proposed to take the discussion thereon
upon Moi day week, the 2Gth inst.
S< me further conversation took place. In the course of which Sir B
Hall inquired whether it was Intended to propose a third bill for the
government of India?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer repeated his declaration that he
did rot mean to abandon his measure He anticipated, from the dis¬
cussion on the proposed resolutions, that the bill already before the House
would be substantially adopted, with some improvements in matters of
detail.
The discussion then closed, and the report of supply was agreed to.
THE NAVY ESTIMATES.
On the motion for going into Committee of Supply on the Xavy Esti¬
mate's.
Mr TV. “Williams complained of the constant and rapid expansion in
every branch of tin* public expenditure, and moved as an amendment that
the estimates should be referred to a Select Committee.
This amendment was briefly opposed by Sir J. Pakington, and nega¬
tived on a division, by a majority of 161 to 24
The House having resolved Itself into Committee,
The First Lord of the Admiralty prefaced the first vote with a
drlaPcd explanation of the present state and proposed modifications of
the British Navy. The estimates which he intended to move were almost
identical with those prepared by the late Administration. There were,
however, some reductions effected. amounting to £319,ooo, and in several
points of detail the present board hoped to accomplish some bsueficia!
amelioration. He described the means which it was intended to adopt to
secure a regular supply of seamen for the Royal service, a* well as for the
estab unment of a Channel squadron. The practice ot putting ships out
of commission after a brief term of service, dismantling the vessels and
disbanding the crews, when in the highest state of efficiency, was. he
thought, most injurious and extravagant, and he intimated that a dif¬
ferent system w« uld be adopted in future Sir J. Pakington then pro¬
ceed. d to advert successively to various details connected with the dock-
vards, new works, naval stores, steam machinery, and other brandies of
the maritime establishments of the count r y.
The usual miscellaneous discussion ensued upon the successive votes in
the estimate paper. In the course of the debate Sir C- Napier described
at much length the present state and strength of the naw, which he
" ave been ] * ip] y improved in many essential respects.
Sir t. Mood afterwards explained and defended the course pursued
during his own administration at the Admiralty, mid censured the
retrench men ts proposed by the present Government in the expenditure
upon shipbuildmg and naval stores, eliciting some further explanations
from Mr. Cofry. *
Several votes having been agreed to, the Chairman was ordered to report
progress. *
The House having resumed.
The Customs Duties Bill was then passed through Committee.
The Trustees Relief Bill was read a second time,
ilie Oaths Bill was read a third time and passed.
HOUSE OF LOBES.— Tuesday.
LIBEL DILL.
Lord Campbell moved the second reading of the Law of Libel Bill.
He explained the provisions of the measure, which ex-tended to reports of
debates In either House of Parliament, and of certain public meetings,
the same legal immunities now enjoyed by accounts of proceedings before
the judicial tribunals. Citing cases and authorities bearing on tfio-ques-
tion from the date of 1G41 downwards, the learned Lord recapitulated
some of the arguments against extending a corresponding privilege to the
reports of speeches at miscellaneous assemblages.
[The Earl of Derby interposed by reading for their Lordships’ infor¬
mation a te.egraphie despatch iust received announcing the total can-
turc i of Lucknow, and flight of the rebels ] P
Lord Lindhuhst. reverting to Lord Campbell's bill, urged many
ri ci°fc ob j tcl ous y the treasure, of wlucb, { however, lie approved hi
UM WnijLmiAiE opposed thcblll, and moved r.a an amendment that
II should be read a second time that dnv six mouths.
Earl GltAxyiLLE, fonajdeHng that the measure was founded on a rood
principle, suggested that It should he allowed to pass the second readme
and then referred tea Select Committee.
^A^ t *^L°^^_Ghr.\s. , cEi.LOR opposed the bill, which was supported by
After a reply from,Lord CASipmu.l. a division was taken, when the
motion for the second reading was negatived by a majority of 05 to ~—2i.
HOUSE OF COMMONS. —Tuesday.
The JIf.ditehraxf.as Tet.eora rn.—Mr. Cram-ford Irnving Inquired
whether any arrangement, had boon eoncludcd, or were now unde? the
consideration ot her Majesty a Government, for extending the Jrediter-
nmean system of to egraphs to Alexandria, and for bringing Indta Into
telegraphic eommumeatlon will, this country by the wavof the Bed Se?
or by any other route ? the On asc.eli.or of the ExciSueii stated r'hS
negotiations designed to effort sueh arrungaments had been i'rotitated bnt
were still uncompleted. To some further questions, the right hon nmtle-
man replied that under the Proposed agreement no mononolv of an? d?
acription would be left In the hands of the Austrian Government y *
Sir .7. Hudson axd JIr. Erskine.—I n answer to Mr Wise Mr
Disraeli said that her Majesty's Minis,era ili(i no . intend* to* recall Sir ,1*
Hudson from Turin. Distinguished serrlces)werc lie submitted not can-
M^kfre "tf'JS V°L DC * ] ir ee T1,eS -^7?0f L^tta^*S n a?din"a
nfhw^'. ,ad ' . howCTCr - •>«?“ summoned to England to give an account
MAi ?, r^‘, ,' VaS 'v!'* S?, dea fr0 «.Ws diplomatic ftmetions.
aiALAccA PTRAiTS.—JlseonntUrRT called attention to the nrenenl
SStW -'1™'' of Malacca, at Penang.Singa-
Krt'of th? ' it a8kfd whether there would be any objection on the
Ktnr.L ! i n?v. Government to except these settlementa from the
Stt^aattaJurLS 111 ‘s'ght be hrought in for placing the territories of
„„“”5™; Company under the control of tlie Crown. He advanced
miH i,7IXa° fi ro 'T ‘Jm of bringing the settlements In
Bafi’i,,. i‘^ . r . < ’v ct administration of the Colonial Office.—Mr. H.
atlrai'i.d the }}' c .™ M “ ? r . thc settlements in question had not
nn t C 2‘!i 0n .. of hcr . Ministers, and therefore
iemnr on tJ.e subjeet-Mr. Horsmax
and tooklcssnesswhich subjected an Important
settlement, like that ot Singapore. to the iniury attendant
this cMutev 111 "A(. a reci P ,on * for llm worst class or criminal convicts from
tMSfe* fr " 8ir J - EI P hi “ tone «“ d “G 15-
TIIK STADK DUE8.
Mr. J. L. Ricardo moved that an address should be presented to the
Crrwn respectfully reuresenting the injury to British commerce inflietei
by the tax levied by Hanover on merchandise and shipping ascending the
River Elbe, under the df nomination of the Stade dues, and praying that
her Majesty will he pleased to give directions to her Ministers to give
notice of the termination of the treaty between the United Kingdom and
Hanover of the 22 nd day of July, 1844, according to the terms of the
eighth article of (hat. treaty.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Bramley-Moore.
Mr. Henley concurred in the wish to extinguish the Stade dues, but
suggested that, before proceeding to take any definite steps, the question
should b« re/erred to a Select Committee.
Lord Palmerston observed that the question of the Stade duties
turned upon points of international law. which ought t.o he decided bvf.he
law officers of the Crown, under Ministerial responsibility, rather than
submitted to a Commytoe of that House.
Mr. Clay having spoken. Mr. IIutt contended that the Stade dues
couid rot be repudiated without cancelling all the existing treaties with
Hanover. He objected to the motion before the House, and also believed
that no useful purpose could be served by adopting the Government sug¬
gestion for a Select Committee.
Mr. M. Gibson supported the proposal for a Committee nf Tnqniry.
Aftcrafew words from Mr. Briscoe and Lord Ashley. Mr 8. Fitzcbuald
stated tint the Government were most anxious to extinguish the Stado
duties with (he least possible de’av. Aa the best method of bringing
about that result, he approved of the suggestion for appointing a Com¬
mittee of Inquiry.
Lord IJotiiam also expressed his preference for that plan of procedure.
Mr Ricardo, with some reluctance, consented to adopt tlie sugsrtMtion
for referripgtliequfstion to a Committee, which Mr. Uenley undertook to
appoint, with the consent of the House.
[Tlie despatch from India announcing the fall of Lucknow was here
read, amidst the cheers of tlie House.]
REWARDS TO MF.MURUS OP PARLIAMENT.
Sir J. Trelawny moved a resolution setting forth that the receipt, of
any species of reward by a member, in consideration of the exercise of
his influence in that capacity, is calculated to lower the dignity and au¬
thority of this House, and i« a high breach of the privilege of Rarli i-
meut. In supporting his motion the lion. Baronet revrred to som *3 In¬
stances in which suspicions of corrupt dealing hud attached to certain
members of flint House, and expressed his anxiety that the stigma of
selling justice to the highest bidder should be effectually removed from the
Legislature-
Lord Horn AM remarked thnt suspicions of this character were es¬
pecially directed a?ainst the legal members of that House.
Sir J Graham, after alluding to the late proceedings In the case of
Mr. Butt, maintained that tlie existing rules of the House, which da^cd
from 1695, were amply sufficient to secure the honour and purity or l*ar-
linmenL Many members of the highest reputation and integrity had.
lie observed, received salaries for their Parliamentary services from
different colonial communities.
Mr. Fitzgerald also believed that no new rule was necessary.
An animated discussion ensued, in which Sir. Mnng’ei and Mr. Fox
expressed themselves in favour of the resolution: and Mr. Bright^ Lord
I almerston. and the Home Secretary, againstit. Tlie resolution was ulti¬
mately withdrawal.
Grand Juries (Ireland) — On the motion of Mr. J. Fitzgerald, leave
was given to bring in a bill to consolidate aud amend the laws relating to
juries in Ireland. °
Proposed Enlistment of Kroomejc.—M r. Loire moved for a copy
of all instructions for the engagement of natives of Africa in the Indian
service: and a return of the alterations in the annual Mutiny Act which
such engagement would render necessary, lie adverted to some proceed¬
ings which nan_ lately occurred in another place respecting the proposed
enlistment of Kroomen for servfce in India, and invited explanationson
the subject—Mr. H. Baillie promised to produce all the papers relating
to the transaction, at the same time repudiating the inferences drawn by
Mr. Lowe. -Lord Paimerston believed that an African corps might be
very usefully engaged in the British service in Hindostan.—The Chan¬
cellor of the Exchequer briefly defended Lord Ellenborough —The
papers, with some additions proposed by Mr. Baillie, were then ordered.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Wednesday.
TENANTS’ COMPENSATION (iRHLANllkjJpit-
*u 3r . r *- ?, £ AGUIT l E ™ ovcd tho reading of this bill. Remarking that
the Imh population were to n larger extent dependent upon agriculture
than the dwellers in other porta of the United Kingdom, the hon. member
clcferihed pome of the evils nn^disaatera by which the agriculturists of
the sister isle had been overtaken since 1840. and insisted upon the neces¬
sity ol preventing the repetition Of such cilomitie*. He cited a return
showing the condition of the country as regarded the division of'arms,
thecu.tivnfion of various crops, and the system ofland tenure. It was,
he maintained, most cssential to protect the cultivators, most of whom
woe merely tenants at will, from the tyranny and avarice of their land-
loros. 1 \ . /
( ! P°^<x ; noEseconded the motion.; Lnud speculation and enlarge¬
ment oi farms had become almost univereal in Ireland, lending to exteu-
sive evictions and Beya^distn^s among the peasantry. Against these
cv l. t ^p Legislature; oughito afibrdTnem some protection.
Sir J. Walsh deprecated the continuance of an agitation which, ho
onseived, inconvenienced landlords and unsettled tenants. He reviewed
the previous attempts to legislate on the tenant-right question and, with
regard to the present bill, contended that it amounted to an entirccon-
mcation of the rights of property. He moved an amendment deferring
the second reading for six months.
Mr .1.1). FiTzcERALDxSuppprted the measure, believing that the op¬
pressive conduct of the landlords Jmd proved a constant cause of misery
and provocation to crime among the rural population iu Ireland.
Lord Falmf.rston admitted that the relationships between landlord
and tenant iu Ireland required improvement, and that the principle of
compensation to the latter might be beneficially adopted under certain regu¬
lations He objected, however, to the bill before the House, considering it
ttwrii Loo sweeping in the changes it was calculated to effect
Mr HAgSAimaJso supported the amendment
1 n PI>r°vr<I of the bill, which he thought would tend rather to
protect tlian invade the rights of property.
\ Lord Naas contended that the measure would reduce the value of land
i\i Ireland by ore-half, and occasion a gross breach of faith to all the now
groprictora who Had purchased property in the Encumbered Estates
> 0n f he motion of Mr. Deasv the debate was adjourned to the 9th of
June.
HOUSE OF LORDS. —Thursday.
Steam Comm uni cat, °n with Ireland.—L ord Colchester, in
rcplv to Lord Dungannon, was understood to say that a contract was
pending to which the London and North-Western Railway Company,
the Chester nnd Holyhead Railway Company, and the Dublin Steam
£? mpa py to be parties, whereby arrangements would be
eflectcd to accelerate the transit of the mails passing between London aud
Dublin, the time for snch transit not to exceed eleven hours. Four
jnrge steam-vessels, of 1600 tons each, were in the course of being built for
the Holyhead and Kingstown station. B
the NEW PASSrORT 8Y.8TEM.
, , ; , Y j?.M almesbury, in layiug upon the table the correspondence
h iu r d Pj? 00 on the subject, referred to the recent, attempt made
on the life of the Emperor of trance, which ho considered to juntifv the
J in stringent passport regulations. With re¬
gard to the difficulties which the new regulations had introduced into this
country, the Government, had taken steps to ameliorate them, bv em¬
powering clergymen belonging to the various Christian denominations,
physicians, surgeons, solicitors, and notaries, to grant certificates of
identity, upon which passports would be issued at the Foreign Office • and
m oi-der to obviate the difficulties which existed in connection with
people m the counter & c . requiring passports, and prevent the
necessity of a journey to London, agents had hcen appointed at Dover.
Folkestone, and Southampton; and, it these were found to be in-
jufflcient, they would lx* appointed at other places. At the same time,
the duty payable on passports at the Foreign Office would now be re¬
duced from 5s. to la., although the fee. in addition, of is. for the office
expenses would be continued in all cases. The Government had thought
it right to make this reduction on account of the number of worknig
wise Wh ° WCTC continna,, y 6 oin £ abroad to labour on railways, or other-
Earl Granville and other noble Lords intimated their approval of
these new arrangements, and the subject dropped. 01
TnE Ecclesiastical Commission.—D ie Karl of Dfrry hrmurht «m
rim"! C0,[lml3 " 0 ' , ' W " id ' W ' u read * ^
HOUSE OF C6MMON8.—Thursday.
tori!’»t S diy fJrtn@l KraPd hiS m0ti0n rCl!,tinR 10 the GotiL'ro of Uaynooth
Property goAtincATioK for MEMBF.Rs.-jrr. Ta>oke Kino rove
' h . at on ,llat day w«k he would move for leave to briug in a bHl to
aboli.h the property quaiiflration for members of Parliament,
ink GiVVL ; TnoI ' , o Soi.uiers — Sergeant Deasev (rave notiee that on
1 ./i-; 1 M wo pld eoll the attention of the House to the expedicnr.v of
taterihio r e? V wteS f « ’ ,c ct !! ll ? rtn of Roma " Catholic soldiers, without
aXTtaTier^el^n&U?" 648 * “ <1 ^ W ° Uld “
T . _ LIGHTHOUSES.
of7?mrinte?o,^ < '.hi < r nf a f t<,n,io " °f ‘ ho House to the present mode
nVH.ft i , K j hc bnoys. and beacons on the roasts of Great
Britain and Ireland, and to the manner in wl i -h the funds are now and
have teen, raised to defray tbe expenditure thereon; and moved that-
this Hou?e will upon this day week, resolve itself into a Committee, for
the purpose of considering an Address to her Majesty praying'|,or
Majesty to direct that measures may be t:iken for giving effect to the
recommendation of the Select Committee on Lighthouses ot 1815 — lumeiv
“th^t all expenses for the erection and maintenance of lighthouses float¬
ing-lights, buoys, and beacons on thecoast of the United Kingdom bolmaoe^
forth del rayed out of the public revenue” The noble Lord compUlaed
of the defective system which now prevailed of lighting and buoyin •• the
coast, and contended that there should be a uniformity of system ° A.t
present every port bad a plan of its own to Indicate the amount of witer
The French system was a very simple one. It was conducted by means
of balls, and anv one could enter any harbour ou the 1500 miles of that
coast without the shghteat difficulty or dHnrer. Ho complained of the
expense which our systen involved, and pointed out in detail tlie manner
in which that amount might be reduced.
Mr. Lindsay seconded the motion.
Mr. Henlf.t said lie was in no way responsible for the present system
more than every other member of this House, nor was there any especial
claim upon the Government, because the noble Lord would doubtless have
brought forward the motion exactly in ‘hos-un; terms if there had been
no cbnr.go of government. The question might therefore be discussed
without any reference to party (Hear. hear). At the s tme time he thought
the noble Lore! had not fairly atated^the question, as there were rninv
diflVem.es between the circumstances and those of France which he had
oinitbd to mentim. and which( yvh e ata ken. i n to nasi deration, showed
thnt the expense of the French system waa bnt little cheaper than the
English system. With regard to lighthouses, gradual improvements
were being introduced m this epuntnr; and. ullhough lie admitted some
changes might be desirable, he recommended the nob e Lord to withdraw
his motion. The best way of dealing with the question would be by
issuing a Royal Uommissiottxto iuquirddmo it, which should be done at
an early opportunity.
Upon this assurance, after a long discussion, Lord Paget withdrew liij
motion.
TRIBUNALS OV COMMERCE.
31 r. Ayrton moved for a Select Committee to inquire respecting the
expediency of establishing tribunals of coramerea, ns a more satisfactory
method of settling mercantile disputes than courts of law.
'Jbe Solicitor Genera l deuied that tribunals ol’commerce as they
existed abnmd could work satisfactorily in this country, aud asserted
that their intToductionliad at all events been rendered unnecessary by the
establishment of County Courts. Aa. however, there seemed to be an
opinion m their favour prevailing in commercial circles, he^ssaented to the
motion, on behuff of the Government, in order that the question might
be dabded upon investigation.
iAird J Russell upon similar grounds, supported the motion, which,
after some further discussion, was agreed to.
The other orders of the day were then gone through.
COUNTRY NE \VS.
.. TnEQiEEN 8 Visit to Birmingham—A. t a meeting of the
Town Council, held ou Tuesday, the MavortJohn Ratcliff, Esq.) »tated that
lie had received a communication from Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, in¬
timating that the visit of the Queen to Birmingham, for the purpose of
inaugurating Aston Hall and Park on its purchase by the people, would
take place in the courage of the week commencing the 13th Jun* His
Worship afterwards notified that her Majesty had expressed her wish that
only two addressee should be presented to her on the occasion -one in the
Xowuhall from the Corporation, and the other in Aston Hall from the
trustees and committee of management.
Presentation of a Portrait to Lord Haivkb.— Ata dinner
lost week, at tlie Townliall, Pontefract, numerous members of the Bada-
vorfh hunt and other personal friends presented to the Right Hon. Lord
Hawke an equestrian portrait of liis Lordship, as a mark of their respect
und esteem. Lord Hawke lias for thirty-one successive seasons hauled
tiie Badsworlli country. The painting, which is described as being a in is-
terly production, nnd which contains a characteristic portrait of his Lord-
ship upon his favourite horse 'Tipton, is by 3Ir. Stephen Pearce.
A dew Church is about, to be erected at Stourbridge. Lord
"Ward contributes .£1000 towards the building fund, and an endowment
of .£200 per year.
The Fromf. Literary and Scientific Institution held a.
conv€r*n:.ionc on Thursday week. It took place in the Assembly Rooms,
which had been fitted with tables arranged round the room, and on these
were placed a choice collection of articles of various descriptions. The
whole collection, including some valuable oil-p;iintings, has been valued
at. upwards of £ 20 , 000 ; and one exhibiting so much of fine art his
seldom, perhaps never, been brought together iu a provincial town oi the
size of Kromc. A large number of members and their friends attended
the conversazione and on the following day the committee opened the
rooms to the public.
A magnificent display of the Aurora Borealis was witnessed
at Madclcy, Salop, on the evening of Friday week.
Singular Escape.— A poor womnu. the wife of James Tweed,
a labourer, of iloulton, who had been evincing symptoms of insanity,
one day last week jumped down a well. Fortunately, in her descent her
dress expanded like an umbrella, and t»ore her safely down to tlio water,
upon which it supported her. She received but slight injury from the
Jail, although the well is between thirty aud forty feet deep, with about
twelve feet of water. The unfortunate woman has since been conveyed to
an asylum.
The Police Riots is Draws.— At the inquiry before llie
Dublin magistrates on Friday (last week) Colonel Browne, tlie Commis¬
sioner ol Polite, expressed his deep restret at the oceurrcncc, took all the
blame ol it upon himself, and hoped the students would forgive him.
the examination was concluded on .Monday. Fourteen students and
private gentlemen were identified by the police. JIr. Jlaodonorii argued
that no riots existed antecedent to the charge, and that consequently the
polloe failed iu establishing a single ease oi riot and assault within the
meaning of the law against, his clients. The bench decided, however, on
sending eleven of the accused for triaL
Public Income and Expenditure for the Year endrd
Makcii 31 , 1868 .—An account of the gross public income and expenditure
for the year ended the 31st March. 18R3. together with the balances iu the
Lxchoquc rat the commencement and at the termination of the year, and
thcamuunt of Funded <»r Unfunded Debt created or redeemed within the
year. 1ms been presented as a return to the House of Commons. \Y r e give
the difiereut items
Ciutoma
Exeiie ..
..
Taxt* (T and
AnMBtdj ..
Projttr'y Tax
Pom Onto* ..
Crown Lut'd*..
Mucclluiuoiui
INCOME.
£ a. d.
.. .. jn.UI9.10l 15 9
.. .. 17 3*5,0 0 0 0
7,415,719 0 2
and
3,152.033 7
II 585. 1 1 4 in
2 9>0,0r0 0
*70.654 4
1,596,887 5
EXPENDITURE.
£ fl. d.
Inttrwt aad Miua^cmoat of Dabt.. 23,0.»MP3 S 4
Civl List . 401.’47 II 0
Aimuiiitts and P«n»ioDB .. .. 341.997 7 6
Sn'anno itml AIIowhocoi .. .. 157,518 13 2
Diplomatio Salaries «ud Ponsiona.. 158 931 17 III
Courta of Justice . 503 21 '7 6
Minoillaocouti (.Consolidated Fundi 170 Ofit 17 I
Abolition of Sound Duns .. .. 1,1*5,2 0 0 •
Artny .IS,9 6,16$ 15 6
.10,51,1,041 0 0
Mijcellaneoni tCivil) .. .. 7 227,7 9 9 7
^alario* Ulov. Dop.) .. .. 4,3.18 988 1« 2
P*r*lan Vxpodition. 990.0 "19 0
War wl h China . 500,691 0 •
Kx-ihiviuor Honda red inmod .. 2,000.039 0 0
JsiiJciatf Fond, or £5.000,030 Loan 25!!,03 > 0 O
£70.378,8'>9 0 0
Showing an excess of expenditure, including Bonds, &c., over moome, of
£2,-197,345 18s. fid. The balances in the Exchequer on the 31st of March,
1857, were jea,G68,370 14s. 7<L; on the 3ist of March, 1858, they were
£6 657,802 4s. 2d.
Jt is in contemplation to lay clown a submarine telegraph
between the Lies of Portland and Jersey, touching at the Isles of Alderney
and Guernsey.
TnE Irish Coast was last week visited with very severe storms,
causing several calamitous shipwrecks and heavy loss of life.
At Westminster A iirey next Sunday (to-morrow) evening
the Rev. Dr. Hook will preach; and on the 25th, the Bishop of Carlisle.
The Right Hon. Jas. Stuart Wortlky, M.P., has returned
from Italy, after passing the winter in that jreuial climate for his health.
TV e arc happy to say that the health of the right lion, gentleman is
entirely renovated.
A Shoal of Anchovies.— The SemaphoredeMarseilles brings
news of a shoal of anchovies chafed by tunny-fish into the roadstead of
Toulon in such enormous quantities that the harbour assumed the aspect
of vermicelli soup, and 1.000,000 (300.000 kilogrammes) of these delicate
sardines were secured. Buckets, hats, handkerchiefs, and baskets were
replenished ad Ulnirtm during Easter week, the affrighted fish not daring
to leave tlie shore while tlie tunny squadron was off thecoast.
I 1 ew Australian Bishopric.—H er Majesty’s Government
have consented to the erection of a new bishopric in Australia, the
boundary of which will be a new'province, which has been marked out, to
be called ‘Brisbane” or“Morcton Bay,” at present comprised iu the
diocese of Newcastle, which is the most extensive of our colonial sees, not
excepting C alcutta and Rupert’s Land. It extends northward from the
River Hawksbury to the 24th parallel of south latitude, a coast line of
about 800 miles, and stretches 700 mi ea inland.
Mr. J lovd.of Bwnwydd, has presented the Rectory of Dinas to the
Rev. John Williams; and the Vicarages of LLmllawec aud Llanychliwy*
dog to the Rev. D. O, James
April 17 , 1858 .]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
391
MUSIC.
Tilk London musical season is regarded as dating from the
opening of a house which for many generations has been the great
resort of fashion—H e it Majkbty’S Tueaikk. This took place last
Tuesday evening, when Mr. Lumley, agreeably to the announcement
in his programme of the season (the substance of which we have
already given), produced “Tho Huguenots" in its Italian dress, bring¬
ing forward at the same time his now pritna donna, Mdlle, Titians,
•whose expecttd debut in this country excited so much interest. The
public have not been disappointed: on tho contrary, the qualities of
Mdlle. Titiens as an actress and singer have surpassed every idea that
hod been formed of them, and her triumph has -been greater than that
achieved by any performer since the first appearance on the same
boards of Jenny Lind. Mdlle. Titiens, of course, sustained the pirt
of Valentine-, and no aotreps whom we have seen has more completely
realised the ideal conception of one of tho most interesting heroines
ever brought on the stage. She is rather tall, with a person strikingly
handsome, and a face not regularly beautiful, but full of tragic power.
By' her flashing eyes, passionate gestures, and the intense earnestness of
her expression, she often reminded us of Rachel in her scones of the
most violent emotion, while she has a power of depicting tho softer
feelings which, in onr opinion, tho great French tragedian did not
possess. In tho gTeat scene in "The Huguenots” between Maoul and
Valentine, in which the tenderest love is so strangely blended with the
wildness of horror and despair, Mdlle. Titiens displayed a combination
of powers which we have rarely witnessed. As a singer her qualities
are not less remarkable. Her voice is a wonderful organ, reminding
ns more of Catoluni than of a singer of later times. It is a voice in
which the nicest criticism cannot find a fault or a defeot. In sweet¬
ness, volume, purity, aod truth of intonation it seems to bo perfect;
and the singer puts forth her strength with such ease and absence of
effort that, there always appears to bo a reserve of power of unlimited
extent. Speaking in tho most measured terms, we say without hesita¬
tion that, as a great lyrical tragedian, MolJe. Titiens has not hor
superior—if, indeed, she has her equel—on the stage. The part of
Jiaoul is not new to Giuglini, though ho has not appeared in it before
in this con:: try. Without making any comparison between him and
otherB, we may eet down his representation of Meyerbeer’s hero as a
powerful and beautiful performance. His aspect is chivalrous and
noble; his action is impassioned and true to nuture; and his singing
is exquisitely sweet and expressive. In the great scene already men¬
tioned he contributed little less than his fair partner in moving
the feeling and rousing the enthusiasm of the audience. As a
whole, this gorgeous opera was performed in a manner worthy
of Her Majesty’s Tbeetre. We have never seen and heard Mdlle. Or¬
tolan i to greater advantage than in Marguerite of Valois. She looked
handsome and queenlike, and sang the brilliant music of the part vary
charmingly. Vialetti was highly successful in thocharactor of Marcel,
the xougn Huguenot soldier; and theiaobtrusive but most important
part of St. Jiri* hasnev6r been in better hands than those of Belletti.
The only failure was the part of the Page, w'liich was poorly sus¬
tained, both in respect to singing and acting. The orchestra, under
the able direction of Signor Arditi, was excellent; and tho “ spec¬
tacular" part of the entertainment was rich and splendid. The Quoen,
with a R yal party, wus present; and tho house was crowded with
rank and fashion. ,
The first grand extra night of the season is fixed for Thursday next.
The Philharmonic Society, which has contributed more to
tbe progref8 of orchestral music than any other similar institution in
Europe, has entered on its forty-sixth season. The following was the
programme of the first concert, whioh/ook place on Monday lastutthe
Hanover-squaTe Rooms, a locality which the society have done well to
retain, for no ether in London is so suitable to their performances:
PAUT i.
Sinfcnia InP. No. 4 .. •• •• •• •• “ozirt.
itecit.. “ Ttmerarl ici-tite," Ari*, “ Comoicog’io," Mad*iiioCufctelUo,
(“ Covl fun Totio' 1 ') ..
Ccncc»to in ** mln -r, placofortv Mr W G. Ciuint
Ari•». “O delmlo d'.lMj,anIor," Ml*Colby ..
Overture, “Ailiftlie” ..
Mozart.
.. Bto wish Bjaneti.
.. Strati-’ll*.
• • Honduliuoiin.
Boothoran.
PART II.
Sinfctna in A, No. 7 .. » .. •• •• •* ,
Duct 14 1- crbuin! ognor," Maiiamo Cornelian ami Kin Lolbv ( Scjh.-
mkl.",, . ... -• ", •• Bowml.
CoucmoInK nwJ'jf. No. 4, violin, Mr. Sainton (lint tuns or per- _ „
fOnnanM. ;. DlT ‘ d -
Overture, “ irckt-bUtr.".• •• • 7, w,s '■ K>r •
Conduotor— 1 Proicuaor aterudBlo Bennett, «u*.r.
Hr. Slc-rndalo Bennett, on entering tho orchestra, wits welcomed by a
buret of applause from all parts in tho room, in which tho band warmly
joined—a mark of respect and esteem justly due to their excellent
chief. This is Dr. Bennett’s third year of office as conductor. H i
appointment at tie time it took place was regarded in the musical
world as a judioious measure, and this opinion bus boun confirmed and
strengthened by the singular ability v/ith which he has fulfilled Lis
dutita, and the great benefits which have resulted from his labours.
The concert was a model of what a Philharmonic Concert ought to bo.
Every piece, insDmmen al and vocal, was a ebef-d’umvro of its author,
end the perfaimanco in every instance was worthy of the music. Th-j
two great symphonies which commenced each part, though well known
to the host of amateurs who constitute tho Philharmonic audience, were
of such tranec?nd»nt excellence that they can never be hauvd too
often, for every hearing discovers now beauties in them; and they
were felicitously chosen from their delightful contrast with each
other—the clearness, simplicity, and ^ruce of Mozart, with the
intensity, depth, and startling wildness of Beethoven I he enact
of both was enhanced by the skill and judgment of the conductor
especially in taking the times of the different movements. By playing
Mozart’s minuet and trio, and Beethoven’s principal movement (the
vivace), slower than they are taken by other conductors, he conformed,
we are satisfied, with their true reading, for he heightened the graceofo.
the one odcI the clearness of the other. Mendelssohn's gorgeous overture
to “ Athalie ” was given in all its grandeur and beauty. The mos. in¬
teresting featuro of the concert was the work of an English' Composer,
executed by an English performer—Sterndale Bennett’s masterly onu-
certo in F minor, played by Mr. Cusins, a young pianist, whose rise in.
his art has for some years past attracted the notice of the musical
•world, and who, by this display of his talent, has established
his reputation as one of the finest performers of the day—During
a visit to Germany last season he played tins same concerto
at one of the celebrated Gewandhaus concerts at Loipsic, and. gained
the warm applause of the severe audience of that musical orty; and
now their verdict has been completely ratified by the 1 hilharmomo
audience, as competent to judge as any audience in the world- Mr.
Cusins achieved a triumph; and probably no portion of it was more
gratifying to him than tho approbation and pleasure warmly express!
hy the gifted composer. The violin coneerto.playedby, M. fermion was
also an admirable and successful performance As a composition it
cannot he called more than clever; but Sainton s exquisite tone,
finished execution, and graceful style gave the music beauties not its
own. This concert, too, was remarkable (which is not always the
case) for the excellence of tho vocal musio. Our old favourite, Madame
Castellan, sang better than ever; and wo never heard Mies Dolby Bing
with greater beauty of voice, or with greater purity and truth of ex¬
pression. B .th the fair vocalists were most cordially received. Thus
auspiciously tho Philharmonic Societyhas “inaugurated (to use e
fashionable woTd of the day) its forty-sixth soason.
Mb. Ei.la has removed the meetings of the MrsicAt Uniox
from 'Willis's Booms to tho St. James's Hall. The new building has
certainly the advantage of being ablotohold a larger audience; but
we are notsatisfied as to its equal aptitude for “chamber concerts sucti
as those of the Musical Union—conoerts which, from the vory term
applied to them, seem to demand a small locality. Attho first concert,
on Tuesday morning, two fino quartets of Haydn and Beethoven
were admirably played; Molique and Goffrie being the two vuolins,
Blagrove tho tenor, and Piatti the violoncello; and a sonata of Wooer
was performed by a young pianist newly arrived, M. Oscar de Ctnna.
He appeared to have a strong hand and a brilliant finger; but wo are
not prepared to give an opinion of his merits, as his instrument (at
least where we wire placed) Mia indistinctly hoard. The concert was
fully and fashionably attended.
Miss Arabella Goddard has begun a second series of her
pianoforte concerts; not, as formerly, at her own residence, hut at
Willis's Booms which were crowded on \\ ednesday evening with this
accomplished young lady’s admirers. Her performance was as ad¬
mirable and her reception us enthusiastic as ever.
~~CnERT8RY ChoRAI. Association. —The first concert of this
association took place in the Townhall on the 8th inst, and consisted
chiefly of well-known and well-chosen glees and part-songs. I he pro¬
gramme was interesting and the performance effective The hall was
crowded, the audience loudly applauding tho successful efforts of their
fellow-townsmen in providing so high a treat for their gralifioatuu.
THE THEATRES.
Standard.—W ith the Easter week this theatre, the manage-
mentof which has done so much for the revival iu the popular nited
of a taste for the poetic drama, commenced again that eyitem of star
engagrments which seems provisionally necessorv for tho assurance of
tho audience that due pains will bo taken with the legitimate revivals
announced. Tho series was led off by Miss Glyn, who, with “ Tho
Winter's Tule” and '* Tho Duchess of Malfi," successfully oooupied
tho initial week. Mr. Phelps and a member or two of the Islington
company appeared on Saturday in " The Bridal/’ and attracted an
overflowing audience. The part of Melantius is one of the tragedian’s
greatest assumptions. It will be recollected that the character was
originally created by Mr. Macready, at whoso'instance Mr. Sheridan
Knowles undertook the alteration of Beaumont and Fletcher’s
“ Maid’s Tragedy," and so adroitly fitted it for tho modern stare.
The substance of tho alteration was, however, eufgestad by
Mr. Macready himself, who had conceived tho idea thit the
position of the heroine in Byron's “ Corsair" might be ad¬
vantage oufily engrafted on the plot of the Elizabethan poet's
otherwise impracticable tragedy. The final situation of tlie
modified drama is accordingly transferred fr«m the poem; but, though
thus borrowed in its primary conception, Mr. Knowles’ treatment of
it is decidedly original. Indeed, our modern dramatist scarcely ever
phone out so brightly os when thus brought into association with the
dramatic genius of tie oldon time We romember well that thess
few scenes established, at the period of their production, the fact of
the Hiving poet’s right and worthiness to ol&im a place beside the
noblest of the departed band by whom tho British theatre hud been
founded. Mr. Macready, alto, gained additional fame by his repre¬
sentation of Mclantius. Like unto it is that of Mr. Phelps, not by
any process of imitation, but by sympathy of genius. The rude
vigor, heroic energy, and generous fire which he throws into the de¬
lineation give vitality to every scene, nnd connect tho whole into
such a slate of completeness that we know not any more thoroughly
consistent performance. Mr. Phelps in it, indeed, appeals as an artist
to every qualified critic, and may chidlenge his verdict without fair.
Mr. F. Robinson performed A mint or with his usual neatness; and Miss
Atkinson, as Evadne. supported a repulsive character with dignity
and due boldness. The rest of the versontr. were most respectably cast,
the scenery and dresses were carefully appropriate.
Strand.— Mr. Belton has been engaged by the new manage¬
ment at this theatre in tho place of Mr. Murray, whose indisposition
precluded him from assuming the leading part in Mr. S. Coyne’s new
comedy. It is needless to add that Mr. Belton is in all respects a
satisfactory substitute, and that with the aid of his talents the piece
went off with increased effect.
Princess’. —The two new farces at this theatre are progressing
in public favonr, and are certainly deserving of public support. On
Saturday (this) evening Mr. Kean proposes to appear in a now
character, that of Shakspeare’s King Lear— an arduous part, oa which,
no doubt, Ihe gTeat tragedian will bestow those wonderful and ela¬
borate pnins which have tended so much to the unparalleled finish by
which his moro mighty assumptions have been distinguished. It is
in such minute attention to what is required in poetic delineation that
Mr. Kf an sustains the character of thehistrionic art. His performance
in the characters to which we allude is the result of prolonged and
profound study; and tho public are not called on to bulge until that
result has received the very last tow h of perfection within the actor's
power and skill to bestow. This is the secret, of stage excellence, and
without it the highest triumph of tho art cannot be attained.
THE TUBNEY SALE.
Tins long-talked-of sale came off on Wednesday last. The early part
of the duy was cold and drizzly, but it brightened up by noon, and
there was nothing to mnr the great parliament of masters and
huntsmen which went into committee /‘on the flags" that day as
to the merits of the Foreman, the Hercules, tbe Hector, and tlio
Sunderland Meed in the kennels. The Duke of Beaufort was pre¬
vented, by his duties at Court, from attending : but the former class
lmd Lord Snfiield, Lord Southampton, Lord Macclesfield. Lord Wil¬
loughby. lion F. S mdilands, Mr. Percy Williams, Mr. H. Greaves,
Mr. A. Thompson, Mr. Baker, Mr. Tailby, Mr. Duffield, Mr. H. Hall,
Mr. W. Hall. Mr. Villebois, Mr. Cregoc Colmore, Mr. Rigden, Mr.
Brockman, Mr. Scrattort, Mr. Arkwright, and Mr. Selby Lowndes as
its representatives. The huntsmen nnd kennel huntsmen numbered
about, three-nnd-tbirty, headed by that patriarch of seventy-ft ire, Jim
Morgan, the tire of the hardest rid in? family in England, who
lias injured one arm so often that he still say's, “ As L cannot
open gates T must jump aver thorn” and acts accordingly.
Those’ Nestors of the chase, Tom Sebright, George Carter, and
Will Long, v.’cre also there; and the list included Henry Harris,
late first whip to the Old Berkshire, who had just received his com¬
mission as huntsman to the second pack which is being formed by
Mr. II. Villebois in Norfolk. Although there are so many changes
everywhere, and some of them not likely to be for the better, the Old
Berkshire Hunt is not to bo-suffered to let die. Only two evenings
hclbii* the subscribers met: £*800 a year was guaranteed to Mr.
Duffield, of March am Park ; and Will Maiden, who won his spurs
over this country some three or four seasons since, was engaged at
once as head whip. The huntsman is not yet chosen; bat the
country', which has lost but little by the fox slaughter at Nuueham,
will be hunted about five days a fortnight. The new master went to
work in earnest at the sale, and ere the last tap of Mr. TattersaU s
hammer was heard he was master of twenty-three couple and a half of
hounds at 484- guineas. a _ . . ...
considering the way in which the hounds have been looked o-er
for nearly ten weeks, the bidders were much shier and fewer
than we expected, though those who did bid had to give their
price. The result of all (including 65 guineas for a very handsome
green liound-van, which went to Berkeley Castle) was 6127 guineas,
or 25S1 guineas for the eighty-two couple and a half of hounds, thn4
giving an average of some 33 guineas a couple (the youug hounds
having about seven guineas the best of it); while the thirty-two
horses made nearly 100 guineas each. There had been a good deal
of betting as to whether the hounds would make over the £2000
which was offered for them from Ireland iu a lump two months ago,
and also as to whether the horse .average would be over 100 guineas,
or both events coupled; and it will be seen that the takers gallantly
won The liighest price given for nny of the old hound lots was 200
guineas, twice over, bv the Duke of Beaufort. One of these lots, No. 8,
comprised Honesty and Harleqniu, the prize-cup puppies of the
great “ Hercules out of Spangle ” entry of seven last year; so that Tom
Clark will carry some of his most cherished blood with Jun to Bad¬
minton. The dam, who lias spread her fine Sunderland blood far and
wide in this kennel, was sold for fifty guineas; and she, too, goes to
the Duke's, where the retired Trumpeter has departed already, as a
parting and well deserved keepsake to Clark from Ins old master.
Mr. Duffield went as high as 130 guineas for one lot, and the French
gave 120 guineas for another—nearly thrice as much per couple as,
we believe, they ever gave in their lives before,
t* Lord Stamford recruited his puppy entry, which has been sadly ent
up by distemper, with no less than three lots of unentered hounds at
150gs each; and another lot fell to Lord Southamptons nod at
the same price. Firebrand and Harriet, the Cap puppies of this year
went in the Qnorn lots, and so did Sophy. Selim Royal, Heretic and
Helen who all got such honourable mentions at the same puppy show.
Mr Morrell bought five lota of bounds at an average of lOSgs..
and Languish, with five Hercules puppies, for 2ngs. Seven of the
horses also returned to the r We whence tliey came including Sir
Warwick (ISOga.l, Rol. Roy (170 csj,.and Chesterfield (100 gsj, &c.
the favourite of the stud, England s Glory, hod Marlborough to share
the premiership in price with him, which in that instance waa 280gs.;
the elegant Harkaway being third, at 2o0gs., which was bid by that
ex-prince of steeplechase-riders, Jim Mason, who also got a fine Bird-
catcher horse, Bletchington, at 150 gs. Eleven of the horses fetched
1 50 es. and upwards, but the biddingsi were very alow and laborious tdl
lot 5. Harkaway, came out. Dick, the nine-season patriarch of the
stable, had previously gone for 22 gnbieas; while Bravo,the only horse
that went to Badminton, fetched 160 guineas. The magnificent black
Marlborough brought just 20 guineas less than he did at Mr. Henley
Greaves’s wile last year; hut (be fast heavy weights of the day did not
„me to look after him, as they thought him in spite of his splendid
'umpiiig, to have hardly pace enough. He goes, too, along with
Fisherman (140 guineas), a wonderful specimen of a woll-knit weight
carrier, nnd on whom, as well as Chesterfield, Mr. Morrell has been fore¬
most among the best of the 0 B H., to Colonel Wyndham’s country.
Mr. Henley Greaves bought four horses the highest price being 65
t uineas, for that rare trotting hack Tom Thumb; while Mr. C.
ymmonds, the well known dealer, belovedot Oxonians, gave 150gs. for
a f eifect paragon iu a small compass—to wit, Jeuny Lind. The sale
occupied nearly three hours, and Mr. Tattersall’s rostrum was pitched
under a wide-spread eim just at the back of the kennels: a couple of
waggons were the only coigns of vantage; and many an Ox r ord fellow
and undergraduate joined the circle round him, which was of sadly
small compass, till the horses arrived and speedily enlarged it for
themselves. The sale, nlthough it had none of the wild repent-at-
leisure frenzy, which gave such a strange charm to that at Quern, waa
an exceedingly successful one,as far ns prices went, though it was fright¬
fully alow at intervals. By six o'clock the greater part of tbe company
had gone, with the exception of a few huntsmen, who lingered a few
hours longer round the spot which has done so much for their forest
craft. Although Mr. Morrell has only had ten years of mastership, and
those nt times clouded will] vexation, undeserved and hitter enongh to
make meny less stanch sportsman throw up the cards, we may truly
say that no one has done so much, not only by his magnificent outlay
in the field, but hy his public spirit in bringing huntsmen and masters
together at hound shows, to promote that go>d feeling and chivalrous
pride in the sport which enables it in this most utilitarian age to keep
its hold on all English hearts, whether they beat beneath tho waist¬
coat of the feeble octogenarian or the reckless pony-loving schoolboy, j
NATIONAL SPORTS.
CiiutSEii'a soirees, the Tubney sale, and York races have been tbe
leading events of an interesting week. The reclaimed sou of Venison
is now in truth as gentle as a fawn; and people can hardly believe
that the plain brown horse with capped-hooks, who shakes hands
with Mr. Raroy, Stops or goes on at a word, aDd follows him about
with his cap in his mouth us if he had been part of tbe four-footed
corps de ballet iu acircus since his foalhood, should have been but eight
days before the bellowing savage of Murrell Green. He lias “ drawn
wonderfully,” and th« Bound House has been thoroughly crammed
with pupils, gentle and simple, for four mornings this week. In fact, as
many ns two hundred have been in at one time, and in the evening a
couple of Dukes may occasionally be seen entering for private practice.
It is said that Mr. Rarey is to try his hand on Miss Fiuch,aud Mr. La
Mcrt’s Melita will probably be submitted to him to try and give her
nerve. This mare is so good that her owner lias challenged, it is Buid,
any mare in England to run her over her own training-ground, but
she dare not “ try a yard ” when she is away from it. We must not
forget to mention that Mr. Rarey has been handling quite unbroken
animals, and rode a four-year-old of this class with complete success
at the end of an hour.
Not one of Lord Zetland's horses came out at Catlerick (which, like
Durham, had two good days, although it snowed heavily on the second),
and loth Ignoramus and Vedette went down at Newmarket before
Arsenal and Odd Trick. We do not doubt that the first race is cor¬
rect; but it seems impossible that Vedette’s form can have gone so
completely as to lot a shifty horse like Odd Trick beat him orer two
miles, and we are driven to the conclusion that he came to the post
without a strong preparation. Skirmisher will be looking out for him
in tbe Ascot Cup to pay oil' old stable scores; and, if Vedette does not
get the gout again and George Abdale is able to send him along, be
will give his old friend some trouble, though we doubt Iris beating him.
The Zetland Stakes at York were remarkable instances of true ruuning.
In the one Meg Menilies beat Penalty, at even weights, a neck;
Dutchman’s Daughter with 2 lbs. extra, beaten a neck for second place.
Then, ill the Biennial, Penalty, 8*t., scored the first victory by a uock for
West Australian, while Meg Merrilies, 8 st. 61b., beat Dutchman'a
Daughter, 8 st S11)., hy half a length for second place. Two Plying
Dutchmen were first and second in the one-mile Londesborongh Cup.
Rosa Bonhfcur showed her best form and won liy a neck, after making
tho running for a mile und a half, in the Plying Dutchman's Handi¬
cap ; Touchstone scored another race in the Great Northern Handicap,
with Mr. Jackson's Tunstall Maid; and the Chanticleer’s wero gene¬
rally successful. , .
There is not much stud news, save that Irish Birdeatoher has in a
measure recovered what seemed to he an affection of the rack, and
that, the Last of the Bay Middletons, a colt foal out of West Aus¬
tralian's dam. is dead; -hence the reported dream of John Scott that it
was to win the Derby has come to nought. The last of tho Mol-
bounits is among the nineteen Royal yearlings, seven colts and
twelve fiUies, which are to be sold this year at the Royal paddocks
on the Inst Saturday in May. A Idly fatality seems to hang over thus
stiul. The lhiwcliffe sale was a very fair average, and the thirty-seven
made rather more than 68 guineas all round, the colts heading the
fillies bv live guineas. Por the dozen Flying Dutchmans the average
was 120 gnincae, two colts fetching 260 guineas, and a filly 235 guineas;
but the average for the twenty-five others, including the Cruisers,
Connaught Rangers, Arthur Wellesleys, &c , was barely It guineas.
The highest. Cruiser, was a bay colt out of Snowdrop (56 guineas);
while a Sir Tattou Sykes filly fetched 175 guineas; and a colt and lilly
by old Slane, 105 guineas and 140 guineas respectively. The running
of some of the Dutchman two-year-olds this season helped the sale;
but, unfortunately, the peculiarity of bis stock is not to improve after
that age. being small and weak- backed, and without substance or pluck
as a general thing, to get through a loDg race. As mere smart tw®
year-olds, however, they will generally pay: and that is, after all
what the mere racing-roan looks at. Early maturity is all lie wants,
and with this “ the Rawcliffo horse - can supply him.
If we except a steeplechase meeting at -Howdcn on Monday, ani
another at Llaubridgc on Tucsdav and Wednesday, the Newmarket
First Spring has next week to itself. The Two Thousand, on
Tuesday, lias no small interest from the anticipated meeting of The
Peer, or Toxophilite, with Clydesdale, who, on the strength of only
one race inpubhc, has kept the premiership for both this race and
the Derby for so manv months. Charles the Second, Toxophilite,
Grand Secret, Pitzroland, Happy Land, Lord of Lorn, Forerunner, and
Coxwold, are likely to compose the major part of the field; but j edging
from the well-tested confidence of the stable, and the trial horses, Eclipse
and Arsenal both Wing in form, we strongly doubt whether any of then*
can beat ‘‘Mr. Howard's” horse. In fact, he was almost, if not, the only
racer to our eye among the two-year-old colts of last year. Nevertheless,
it is notorious that one or two very safe-knowing men never cease
laying against him, and say lie is ‘‘the safest horse in therace.” Two
jockeys have been retained, and it Ls not yet settled who will ride him,
ar.d every care will he taken to counterplot all opposition. Still, the
public are very shy of him, nnd Toxophilite seems to be “ coming.”
If Findon is, however, to be beaten, it will be, we think, by an out¬
sider, as our Whitewall belief is but small this year. Martha seam*
as likely to win the One Thousand as anything, and ought to be too
fast for’ Hepatica ; and, in llmt capital two-year-old plato, Sroekham,
in spite of his 6 lb. extra, will take a great deal of shaking off.
lOBK SPRING MEETING.—Tuesdai.
Knavesmire Plate.—Massacre, 1. The Bat, 2.
Spring St Leger. —Physician, 1.
Zetland Stakes.-Meg Merrilies. 1. Penalty, 2.
Great Northern Handicap.—Tunstall Maid, I. M. Dobler, a.
Sellieg Stakes.—Early Bird. 1.
WEDNESDAY.
Tyro Stakes.—Roquelaire, 1. Marseilias. 2.
Londcsboro’Cup.—Duueany, L Rita. 1
First Year of the Third Biennial Stakes. Penalty. 1. Meg Merrilies. J.
Consolation Scramble -Greenwich tajr. U n .. „
Flying Dutchman’s Handicaps—Rosx Bonhcur, 1. M. Dobler* —
TiTTPRflALl.'B —TlIUWSDAT KVIUH*®-
Citt AND Scnri'iux HarhhuK** 1 * 1 fto t ami Tri M t
Schlidam (l), 100 to 7 aa« Mrfw; Eo»IMua*« (I), 15 la 1 •*« Twtiat it,), mull** uiuc
ST*™ -J«. I wci «• IM „*
lUntnrouTAV HA*i»iCAr.-ll to 1 *«»U«c tt>i eio i •<*» icwifTwn
SSlJELWSfKiii-tbTli «■ tf-w— «>• r - \
C cir.—ICO .« « w* npalcAnCt). »*'W •*■*« (». » » « •<*»
Xsxopoiuw (i>, te t» i •«« Sjhiwr iti
392
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
f Apuu. 17, lso.s
^ — " —
PEXIUTYS eLAIT. QUARliY.
Ip tho tourist in North Wales, with face southward, between
Conway and the stupendous bridges of Telford and Stephenson,
whioh span the Menai Strait, should. think that these are the
only works of wonder in his route, he is mistaken. At Bangor,
let him turn eastward, and ascend the country (about five miles)
until he sees a dark gorge in the mountain range of Snowdon
whioh there begins to rise. Before he comes in sight of it he
will probably hear a heavy roll of distant thunder. If it be
an hour since he heard that thunder, he is startled by another,
ouder and nearer than before. In another hour there will be,
in the same direction, a third; each lasting five or six minutes.
These are repeated ten times a day, at the same hours, every
woTking-day of the year. The sound indicates that the dark
gorge in the mountain through which the turnpike- road leads is
not the only place of mystery to a stranger in that neighbour¬
hood. Turning to the right hand from that road, and climbing
over successive ridges of slaty dibri*, and across tramroads, for
half a mile or thereabout, the astonished traveller looks upon a
soene such as he has beheld nowhere else in Britain—the Pen-
rhyn Slate Quarry is before him An amphitheatre is scooped
out of the mountain, so deep high, prand, that its grandeur
approaches or reaches that quality which the mind for the first
half hour or two confesses to be sublime.
If you have read and followed the speculations of the best-
approved geologists, you will probably believe that the county
of Anglesea, which is separated from Carnarvon, in whioh you
now stand, by the Menai Strait, is the fragment of a floor of an
ancient ocean. Its fossil shells, and other evidences of having
been a marine deposit of limestone, are abundant; the rocks
before you— pranits above, slate below—have been melted by
heat far below this limestone floor, where they cooled, and have
been thrown up in a solid rugged form, breaking through that
floor of limestone as through a shelL Probably it was when
that mighty disturbance occurred that the fracture was made in
whioh the impetuous tide of the Menai Strait now flows.
The slate is supposed by some to have been deposited as the
floor of an ocean still more ancient; one that, if not always at
boiling heat, was too hot to sustain organic life. This is sug¬
gested because most of the slate rocks are stratified, bearing the
appearance of having been deposited in horizontal layers. Those
layers are now contorted, and are Been in every confusion of
angle, indicating that they were disturbed by the upheaving of
a harder rock before they were cooled. Besides the stratification
or markings of their layers, they have what are called “ joints,'*
which seemed to be only fractures caused by the superincum¬
bent weight of other rocks. But the most interesting and inex¬
plicable characteristic of the slate rock is that called " cleavage.”
This is found always, or nearly always, to stand vertically to
the present position of the rock, irrespective of its contorted
stratification and joints. . It is as if sheets of paper bad been
laid together in an infi n i ty of number, their edges uppermost.
QUARRY MAN AT WORK.
Perhaps eleotricity, or that mysterious something so called for
want of a knowledge of its proper nature and name, has
operated on the slate rocks differently than on others. The
quarrymen sometimes meet with a substance reaching like a
oolumn of iion from the uppermost layer of slate to the bottom
of the quarry, 800 feet down, and deeper than they have pene¬
trated. This is always vertical, and runs through the lasers
irrespective of their angles or distortions, and unites them like
an iron girder. Like the lines of cleavage, it therefore seems to
have been formed after the rocks were disturbed by the upheav¬
ing of the neighbouring granite. In the PeDrhyn Quarry a
number of those columns are run together in one perpendicular
mass, whioh, being harder than the tools of iron and steel with
which the workmen bore and blast, and rive the slaty rock,
have been left standing. They form an objeot (as shown in the
first Engraving) rather picturesque and graceful; but, when
seen by the spectator standing at their base, they seem so inse¬
cure, so thin, so fearfully high, that one is pleased when any
suggestion is made to remove to a safer position.
The theories of geological causation just glanced at are too
doubtful, even as expounded by the most profound inquirers, to
be further urged or quoted here. Instead of speculating on what
occurred in this part of Caruarvonshire in the millions of mil¬
lions of years supposed to have elapsed between the time when
that slate was the seething sediment of a boiling-hot ocean and
the advent of man, let us glance at the industrial economy of
man in his recent and present generations, as witnessed in this
quarry.
When the base of the hill, into which the quarriers have now
advanced about, half a mile, was broken by the first picks and
chisels, the beginning was made at a level probably two hun¬
dred feet higher than it should have been. By this cause an
enormous mass of the best slate, the best lying undermost, is
lost. It could only be recovered now by an expenditure of capital
und labour which it might not repay; and, as the slate seems
inexhaustible for ages yet to come on the level now worked, the
attempt is not likely to be made.
The workings are carried forward from the two flanks in a
kind of half circle. There are twelve terraces of slate workings,
each apparently sixty feet high, and two, which embrace the
overlying stone, of a granitic character. Each terrace is of a
like width, and is laid with iron rails, by which its products
are conveyed away in trains of small waggons drawn by horses.
The cUbris, of which the blasting causes a disproportionate
quantity, is carried away by the same means, and deposited
in continuation c f the same terraces, to the distance of hall
a mile on the sides of the hill. Thus, at a distanoe, the ap¬
pearance of the quarry and works above suggest a bird sj^na-
ing a thousand feet high, with outstretched wings, each hall a
mile in length. ,
The quarriers do not work into the face of the terrace; they
April 17, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
303
edge themselves in at different points, and gain a face of
workings at nearly a right angle with the terrace. In ctoing
this they at first cut u passage with sharp picks and chisels,
gaining no slate, only chips. Having obtuinod u workable
face of rock, they work from the level of their respeotj -
terraces downward. Four or five, or six, join in a gang,
it may he a lamily of a lather and several sot s. One or t
of them bore (as Been in the second Engraving], and put
in the blasts of gunpowder; another, or perhaps twi
occasion requires, pquares and splits the shapeless mae&efi
tached by an explosion into slabs. ThesoOre convoyed in the
waggons to the teiraces outside the quarry, which wo have
compared to a bird’s wings, where some of the gang split
them into slates; or, should the slates be large enough, mto-
shupes for billiard-tables, tombstones, or liko purposes. At
the end of a month the price given by the owner of too
quarry for the marketable slate turned out by the gang is
paid to the headman, and divided. It averages about £5 per
man upon tho whole year; but sometimes they work aihbnth,
and have not as muoy pounds to receive for the whole. This
arises trom their fortune in the quality of the rock. They do
not pay lor the conveyance of the slabs or dSbris from the
workings, but they provide their own tools, and are charged
for the gunpowder used. They aro paid different rates, ac¬
cording to the size of the slates obtained. The sizes are
known by such names as '‘duchesses/’ 14 countesses/’ “ladies,
Ac. The origin of these terms has been /variously alleged.
The most probable is, that English-speaking overseers and
merchants had a difficulty in dealing with Welsh-speaking
workmen, and . that they mutually agreed to use a nomen¬
clature which had no _dottblo signiti<jaiion- The "qutan ’
slate is 36 inches by 2t) inches - f<»r a to» of (hose, made ready
for market the q darriera receive 6s. The "imperial" sl“«e w
36 inches by 18 inches, lor Which they get 6a fid. |* r ton The
smaller sizes are puidby the tlmusmid. Thus, the " duchess"
is 24 inohes long'tbreitdth in hor and all below variable) and
the Woi kmen’s priw is 2os. per 1000. The ' countess ’ is 2<»
inches, and ’ small countess” 18 inches long; pnee 2»»a. per
1000. “ Jiidiek” are about 16 inches long, und are produced
ut 10s. per lOUQ ^/Doubles” are the smallest size produced
at Penrhyn (thotigb not so elsewhere), and are paid for at
6s per 1000. rhebUhard- tables and other slabs are paid for
according to size and quality. ... .
The number of men employed in this quarry is about
2500; jet diffused throughout its workings they teem so
thinly placed that a casual visitor would hardly zeckon a
third of that number.
At five minutes before the hour a horn is heard sounding
the signal of retreat. The speotator, standing at u ea‘e
distance in the front, looks down to the depth of 200 or 3l»0
feet below, where, in the bottom of the quarry, he sees the
tunnel through which the slates obtained there are conveyed
away (See the third Engraving). His eye ranges upward and
PENRHYN SLATE QUARliY.
■
the FaXZBOY quarry.
around the successive terraces until he takes in a scene about
900 foot high. Each terraoe, from lowest to highest, and all
the half circle of the vast amphitheatre, is about to fire it.
broadsides. There is to be a canoonade on a scale_never wit¬
nessed elsewhere The workmen have excavated pieces of
retreat for themselves, or have built sheds which are barri¬
caded to withstand the flying fragments of rook. Attue
first sound of the horn you observe they disappear, inis*
full-sized men and horses which were near you on your own
level, those dwarfs far below, those insects, which soma oj
them appeared only to be while working in rope ladders, and
discernible only as fiies upon tho wall of u room m autumn all
have disappeared except the men with matches. 1 he horn haa
sounded two minutes. It is silent. The last men have laid
their matches, and they, too, are gone. You look aloft aa if
you stood in Ludgate hilL London, looking to the top of St.
Paul's, or to a height two hundred feet higher, watching for
the first explosion. You are wrong; you Bee it down below
as if von stood on the Monument and looked on London-
bridire- but your head is hardly turned in that direction
until there thunder off one, two, or three, or more explosions
like cannon close beside you. And aloft you see them going,
and down on every level, and all round the circumferenoe,
quick in succession, a dozen at once, perhaps; then a mo¬
mentary pause, und then a terrible reoommenoement, a flying
of splinters, a groaning of the ruptured rocks, a re-echo or
sounds, and rebound of concussions—far below, high ahove,
and again all round, the war continues. The rock is riven
in several hundred places; vast masses are overthrown, and
fragment* fly into the air, and over the next and next terraces
below, whore they fall with terrifio yiolenoa ButfiVA «
six, or seven minutes have elapsed, and the N»*|* 4“”®'
So! there is yet one, and again another, whiohjhad »W
matches thin the rest. Hut now there comes dead edenM.
and a smell of gunpowder and thickness of
“owhole amphitheatre. Presently the born sounds, und the
men and horses reappear. The smoko spceddy clears a.ay,
if it bo a dry, breezy day, and yon see the work going for¬
ward L Wore. The men'who bore
long round .^'“'^^’^‘fi.T^^Tineer^d, dri re in
incisions with a sharp pick, ana, s:
their rows ofwedgesi^nen^
lift the port.hie iron sle-perk ^ who , oleaTa
d!bTim?s?itee, and who did not cease working, being
tno slaps lniopimoc, _ continue to sit with the slab
befweonTh^ir knee#, and with ueight mallet,
sharp knife, slice off the slates from ^“““'.^i^and
Tho n names have been connected with the Chester ana
W/OirKnviH Railway bv a branch line of about four mile* in
lonS /l^S. tie mMn trunk on the London side of the
tvnftu'nn^that’are traversed previous to reaching Bangor
from the south*
394
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[April 17, 1858
TOWN AND TABLE TALK ON LITERATURE, ART, &c.
Mb. Colli be has this week given us, complete in sis very handsome
octavo volumes, a new edition of his well-edited, and well-liked, and
welcome edition of the works of Shakspeare. We have, then (and we
have looked most carefully into the volumes), the approved text of an
English gentleman who has dedicated more time, and always with
good results, to the labours and life of Shakespeare than any other
English gentleman (we bow with deference to Mr. Dyce, to Mr.
Singer, and to Mr. TIalliwell) since—whom? Since anybody! We
promised, a few weeks back, in this column, to Bay a fev
further words respecting Mr. Dyce’s edition of Shakspeare, but we
have not jet found time to make good that promise. To compare
Mr. Dyce’s edition of Shakspeare with Mr. Collier’s would be a difficult
task even for Mr. Dyce or Mr. Collier. What, then, are we to say
thus early in advance of all criticism but this—that both editions
are excellent; that the trade ought to he ashamed of reissuing
Chalmers’/oofoA text; and that (with regret we are obliged to say)
Mr. Collier has seriously damaged the scholastic reputation of Mr.
Djjee, and still more seriously that of Mr. Singer. Is it not a pity that
scholars, ripe ones, and friends under many obligations to one another
(gonfe great and some of small account), should make tlic text of
Shakspeare the battle field and Moulsey Hurst of (shall we call it
an unn<eessa/y) dispute? Mr. Dyce lias carried the petulance of
Steevens and the acerbity of Gifford into an edition which (admirable
as it is in many respects) no editor of Shakspeare in these days
should have been permitted to exhibit. Mr. Collier—not without
occasion—has replied; and Mr. Dyce and Mr. Singer (so we hear, and
in good circles) are the sufferers.
From Shakspeare to Pepys is but a walk, and the perpetuation of
a cheerful though a lesser idea. The skilful scholar to whose know¬
ledge we are indebted for Pepys (a great obligation) has thus replied
to the letter of a former and well skilled Correspondent
(To the Editor of the Illustrated London News.)
I have read Mr. Ralph Neville Grenville’s letter in your Number of the
10th inst.. und in reply to your query, “What does Mr. Smith say? I
beg to remark how lar I whs furnished with a key. and witti what decree
of truth it could be said thnt by reason of any such key, “ the difficulty ”
making cut, but imperfectly, a few passages. I had an interview with UU
Lordebip. whose noble countenance txaued with delight as I deciphered
to him nom the original MS tbe passag s in lull. Having receive! some
hints from bis lordship, and such imormution regarding the cipher as he
whs able to afford. I proceeded with my arduous labours on the whole
Diary, finding fresh difficulties almost daily, the cipher being varied by
Mr Pepys whenever he wished to be more secret than usual; and, iu re¬
solving those difficulties Lord Grenville’s key, as it Is called, afforded me
no assistance. _ ... ._ .. . ..
In my former letter I made no remarks with regird to the appropriation
of "the whole profits of the publication.’ 1 the copy rights ot which, it
was stated in the Times (May 28 th, 1857). cost Mr Colburn .£2200 But,
as Mr Ralph Neville Grenville has met tlon*>d this matter. I may be per¬
mitted to add that all I ever received for deciphering this extensive work,
occupying three years’ lime, was £200 from his father. However. I must
not forger that 1 have also the gratification not only of having been the
mciuft of a Hording valuable historical information and intense amusement
to multitudes of readers wherever the English languige is spoken, but
that, likewise numerous "meritorious undergraduate* ’’ of Magdalene
ColVee. Cambridge, will, throughout all time, receive pecuniary beuoflts
derived fr« m my labours as the decipherer of ‘‘Tepys’ Diary,” brought
into its hoibte stale by my sole exertions.
Ifad not the credit which justly belongs tome been erroneously trans¬
ferred to another. I should not have troubled you with these communica¬
tions.—I have the honour to be yours faithfully,
Baldock Rectory, Berts, April 13,1858. John Smith.
Lord Braybrooke was not the most liberal paymaster; nor, to our
thinking, has Mr. Smith (the real revealer of Pepys) been well used.
Mr. Sotbeby—of worthy father, worthy son—has hit upon a new
way of selling a hook. He first produces a very good book, the
result of many years’ toil—of toil always under the best advantage
and always (in this work at least) turned to good account. The
Bock (for so we must describe it with a large initial letter) gives us
the history of all illustrated books (in infancy). What Holland,
Flanders, and Germany, did for this paper and for all time, Mr.
Sotheby has sought to illustrate in his three admirable volumes on the
Block Books of the World. The title, we admit, is not at first si'hfe
taking ; but the book (we confess) is very taking. Well, the scheme
of sale is this. Mr. Sotheby prints two hundred and fifty copies of
bis book (he gives none away, and we praise his book, we bug a
copy, and can commend). Of the two hundred and fifty, he hands
over to his partner, Mr. Wilkinson, two hundred and twenty copies, to
be put up on May the 5th at the opening price of nine golden orbs
a copy. At a nine-golden*orb price they will not be sold. Go, then,
and buy. The work is the labour of a life—done by an able man
under admirable and most unusual advantages. One of many pointy
in Mr. Sotheby’s volume we may be excused for recording. It
appears that Coxton (the first in Eugland of all of us) got in
every case the paper for his Almonry press, not from Engla&d^Jjufe
from} Holland and the Low Countries. Mr. Sotheby has most un-
mietakably told this new and great fact in his valuable volumes.
Mr. Redgrave, we observe, has been making a few alterations, and
those of moment, in the hanging of the pictures at Hampton Court.
But cannot Mr. Iledgravo make further changes ? We walked through
all the rooms of the Fontainebleau of Eugland with a ripe scholar and
an artist only a week ago, and the fingers of that ripe scholar (aching
like our own) loDged to rearrange many of the pictures. Why; let us
ask (complainingly), has Mr. Redgrave sent into banishment the
admirable portrait of Queen Elizabeth (lie will say Queen Mary ?)
when young ? _\ \ \
G att Fs Collection of Sculptures.— Signor Angioli Gatti.
of Flounce, has just opened an extremely interestingand varied collection
of Kulpturcs, in marble and alabaster, at Widis’,8 Rdorns, St. James's,
which wc shall notice more at length in our next.
Preferments and Appointments in Ttw Church.— Rea -
lories: The Rev. G. S. Bowes to Chiilenden, Keni ; Rev. J. E. Uole to
Warhford Pym*, Devonshire; Rev. J. C. Nornmu to Wurefiorne, Kent;
Rev G. E Tatham to Iiautbois M:i«na, Norlulk; Rev. U. J. H Tliornis
to Hodgeston. Pembroke. /'VUxiragu: liev. G. A Cockburn to Fiekerimr,
Yoi k flare; Rev. J. A. Gaussen to Holies ton, Notts; Rev. II. R. Keene to
Bentley, Suffo k ; Rev G, tt. Warren to Laiigtolt, Unco’ns hi re. Incum¬
bent t/ : Rev. J. fA. Atkinson to Uollinwoud, near Manchester. L'tutp-
iaun-HS : Rev. G- IVDeW to the- Right lion. Lord Ktglan ; Rev J. Dig in
to litr Maji.-dy’s Forces stationed at Burnley; Rev. .1 U. Gray to the
Lord Biglinp of Victoria, Bong* Kong; Rev. ,1. Gwynn to the Lord Lieu-
tmai.tof Ireland; Rev. J Sedgwick to the lx>rd UUdin^ellor Perpetual
Cur arias: Rev. T 8. Bowc rs to Iiirkatall. Yorkshire; Rev. G. Harnett to
St JuDits, Rirkeitbrad ; Rev. it Greenull to St, thomas, EceloRon St.
Helen’s; Rev. J. M*GiU to Stoke Ferry, Norfolk; Rev. J. B. Owen to St.
Jude. Chelsea, Middlesex; Rev. C. S. llpperton to Burton, Cheshire;
Rev. W Whin lege to Tuikeld, Cumberland Curacies: Rev. E Ander¬
son to Franhlcy, WorcoBtiTfehire; Rev. A. Ashworth to Belmont, Lanca¬
shire; JKcv. T. G. Atkinson to Upton Scudamore, Wilts; Rev. W. G. Box
to St. Audit w g, I .am belli; Rev. II. J. Cogian to Ell-nd, Halifax, York¬
shire; Rev. J. B. Cfowther to Saint fit Id, diocese of Down : Rev. E. Jef-
f«rhs to Grasmere, Westmorland; Rev. R. North to St. Philip, Ilfra¬
combe De\on; Rev. G. R. Pl^ot to Flixbomugh. with Barton up>n-
Statlier; Rev. J. Ricbnrdson to St. Olave Jewry, London; Kcv 0 Sum-
*er to St Nicholas and St. Leonard. Bri-tol; Rev. C. E. Bowden to the
eole charge of Thorn St. Margaret, Somerset
The 157th anniversary 01 the. society lor the Propagation of the
Gospel will be ceitbf&ted on Tuesday, June 15.
Mr. Chisholm anstey. the Attorney-General of Hong-Kong,
a wiih locked up several hours at Canton by the Provost-Marshal for
M o ling about the city without a pa as.
'1HE WEATHER.
RF.RTTT.TR of METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE
KEW OBScHVAIOBY OF TUB BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
Lat. 51° 28' 6'' N.: Long. 0° 18' *7" W.; Height above sea 34 feet
DAT.
DAILY MEANS OF
TUEUMOUETES.
WIND.
RAH
In 24
hour#
Rood
at
I0A.H
1?
ao
e|s
H -*
lew
Point.
11
“a
S a
5 0
sg
<0
1 *
|1<
a**!;
1 *
111
1 *
General
Direction.
§£
is
ss
a
0-10
a
a
Milt*.
Inchee
Apiil
7
29764
39-0
33-9
•90
10
38-4
43-5
ENE. E.
636
•200
S
29-632
42-6
42 l
'98
10
403
5d-3
ENE. SB.
613
•445
9
29-773
36 3
30-3
•81
10
336
41-5
ENE.
617
•635
10
29 837
391
25 8
•62
7
36-4
460
NE. ENE.
503
•000
11
29915
43-5
27 4
•67
0
29 0
53-8
W. NSW.
206
•000
12
29 940
37 9
301
•76
7
35-9
461
N B. E.
173
•uoo
13
30-049
38 9
28'2
•63
8
31-9
46-5
ENE ESE.
214
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE CAMBRIDGE
OBSERVATORY, FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL U, 1858.
Day.
•151?
tslfl
M5S fc
no e k m
I
33
1
£
.. a
n
St
H
a
ii
it
Dry
Bulb
at
9 A.M.
Wet
Bulb
ill
9 A.M.
Dry
Bulb
at
3 r.M.
Wet
Bulb
at
3 r.M.
Direc-
tio of
Wind.
Amt.
of
Cloud.
C0-I0)
Rain
in
Inch**.
Inches.
29*514
42-2
36-4
36 4
39 6
38*3
0
403
39-6
E.
10
0-024
9
29*797
45-1
354
39 0
42*8
385
•13-9
38-8
ENE.
8
0090
10
29*894
49-1
306
40-7
438
382
48-6
4 4*2
E.
4
o-ooo
11
29914
51-2
25-1
39 9
42-9
33 3
488
13-4
V. NW.
10
0 000
„ 12
29*969
39-4
30 3
33-5
37 0
344
38-8
359
N NNE
10
0000
„ 13
30 025
601
23-7
37 0
36-6
32*8
487
44*4
N K.
0
0-000
«. 14
30 183
52*4
289
430
473
38*9
61-2
443
SSE
10
o-ooo
M cans
29-904
47
1
30-1
38-5
41-3
37T
45-8
4f5
0034
The sky was overcust on the night of the 9th, but the northern portion
of it was strongly it uminated by auroral light, and an appe arance of an
ill-defined arch was noticed through the clouds. On the lOUowing night
faint auroral light was noticed in the N. W. horizou. Rain Wds failing on
the day of the 8th, and a little powdered snow fell on the morning ot the
12th. 1 beaky was beautifully clear on the evening of the lOttx, at mid¬
night of the 12 th, and throughout the night of the 13th. A very severe
float occurred on the night 01 April 10, and again on the night ot the 12 th;
On the morning oi the l3thhoar frost remained on the ground until noon.
J. Breen.
At the Society of Arts, on Wednesday (Mr. J. Scott
Russell. F.KS., Vice-President, in the chair), a paper was read "On the
Ruddle-wheel and Screw-propeller, from the Earliest rimes,” by Mr. Julia
Murgrcgor. A discussion ensued, in which Air. Rennie, .Mr. Grant him,
Mr. Charles Atherton, the Earl of Caithness, the Chairman, and others
took part.
Confirmations.— On Wednesday morning the Bishop of
London held a confirmation at the parioh church of Su Andrew, Huiborn.
He was usaisted in the ceremony by the Rev. J. J. Toogood, MA,tho
Rector ; the Rev. J. W. Laugh in. auda large number of iiaroidihtu^lergy;
About 41 u candidates were presented for admission. —Ou TuurstUy morn¬
ing the Bishop held a confirmation at St. .loan’s Church, iloxtoa.
Specimens of photography huve been produced by moans of the
direct transfer of collodion p 1 10 tographic negatives to, tiie stone. The
process has not yet been lully developed, but, the principle uptm which it
is bused Is certain and cleauy defined. Ik author of this important in¬
vention is Mr. Greatxex, the photographer, of tue Regent Quadrant.
— - - - -- -
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK.
(From our City Correspondent
Compared with some former weeks, English Securities have shown more
firmness, siuce we last wrote; nevertheless, I’.oii'ilder.ng the large am units
of capital seeking euiploj ment. and the payment of the dividends upon
the Reduced and the New lime per Ceuta, together with the sin 111 re¬
pay incuts to the Bank ol Ellwand for advances made during the closing
of tbe tiansler Imoks, the quantity of money-stock absorbed has uut
bien large. The Unfunded Debt has been steady iu price, and some ex¬
tensive transactiouH have taken place in tin* new Indian Load, at a further
sight improvement in the Quo 1 , at ions, which have touched 90$ «.
It is now aswrtttiued Unit there is a default iu the payment upon the
Indian Loan of £403,000. I’his arises from the neglect on the part of the
directois iu not taking an instalment when the b.ddings were in-uie; and
it follows, fherelore, that additional tenders will bu required to complete
the loan. No period has yet been fixed for those tenders, hs several parties
have paid up in lull, und have taken advantage 01 the discount of 3 per
cent upon prepayments.
Much diBcmsion has taken place in reference to the probable contents of
the forthcoming budget of theChancellor of the Exchequer. However,
it appears to be pretty generally understood taut no new loan will bo re¬
quired, though it is possible that the Exchequer Bonds foiling due next
month will be renewed.
The Vice-Chancellor will, we understand, make a call of £10 per shore
upon the uniortunatc proprietors 111 the London and Eastern Bonking
Corporation, bn the 6th ol August.
lbe imports ot the precious metals have been limited—viz., £32.720
ftom Australia; but we understand that the Brazilian mail steam, now
shortly due, has Oii board £4io,oooin gold forwarded to this country in
lieu ol bills.
^^AtRew York the Exchange has suddenly advanced to 108$. con¬
sequently the late shipments ot gold, over £ 100 , 000 , have failed to answer
the purjKJpeof the shippers, and we ore not likely to have further export*
at the present quotation.
There was no particular movement in Home Securities on Monday, yet
prices were a shade higher towards the close of business. Tue Three
'per Cents Reduced were done hl 95$ $ £; Consols, for Money, 96$ to
90$; New Three per Cents, 95$ I $; New Two-aud-a-Half per Cents,
bOtf; Long Annuities. 1860, 1$ 11-16; Indian Loau Debentures, 931 $ ;
India Bonds, iss. to 228. prem.; Exchequer Bills, 35s to 39s. prem;
Exchequer Bonds, 99$ to 101 ; Bank block was 220 and 222 ; Indii
block, 220 £ ; and lucnn Scrip, 99$ to 100 . On Tuesday very few
changt s took place in the quotations. Consols were 96$ g tor Trans-
Jer, tuid 9($ £ for Time; Bauk Stock was 22 1 and 220 ; New Three per
Cents realised 95$ jj ; the Reduced, 95g $; Long Annuities, 1859, 1 7-16 ;
Exchequer Bills were 35s. to 39s prem.; India Bonds, 188. to 2 is. pm. ;
Exchequer Bonds, 101 ; India lo>an Debentures, 99$. Prices were
rather higher on the following day. and the market geuerally assumed
more firmness. The Reduced Three per Cents were $ £; Consols, lor
Money, 96$ to 96j; Ditto, for Time, 96$ J ; New Three per Cents, 9og # ;
Long Annuities, I 860 , lj} 11 - 16 ; India Loan Debentures, 9U|; iuaia
Bonds, 17s. to 20 s. prem. ; Exchequer Bills, 35s. to39s. premium; Ditto
Bonds, 99} to 101 I. Un Thursday Consols were done at for
Money, und 96^ J, closing ut oegjf ; the New Threes were 952 2 . and the
jKtduetd, 95$ J ; India Scrip was 99$ Bank Stock, 220 to 221 1; Lidia
Stock, 223 ; Exchequer Bills were 35s. to 39s.; and JLudia Bonds, 18s. to
21s. pri m.
having been asserted that the Turkish Government are about to con¬
tract anew lean of lour millions sterling— mi announcement wuich may
be contidemi premature-there has been rather a heavy demand tor
Tuikieh securities, and a Slight fall has taken place iu the quotations.
In other loreign bonds about an average business has been transacted,
at about previous rates to a slight advance. Brazilian Four und-a-Half
per Ceutw have realised 101 ^ ; Ditto, Five per Cents, 102 ex div. ; Buenos
A>r«s Six per Cent*. 78 aud 79; Buenos Ajres Three per Ceuta. De¬
li rrtd. 10; Dnm»li Five per Cents, 101 ; Equador Provisional Land
Warrant, 2 $; Mexican Three per Ceuta, 19j|; Peruvian Pour-und a-l! 1 f
per Cents, lor Account, 8Q, Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents, loo^;
« . - 0 -per
Cents, 452 ; Sardinian Five per Cents, 91$; Dutch Four per Ceuta, 98^
ex div ; and BcJginu Four-and-a- Had per Ceuta, 100$
fi, In Joint-Stock Bank Shares the transactions have been only to a
moderate extent, as lollows :~Austniluaia, 84-i; Euglish, Seottisii, aud
Australian Chartered, 17J; London Chartered ui Australia, ; London
and Couuiy, 288; London Joint-Stock, 3u{; i.oudon aud VYestmliiscer,
46$; New Cioutli Walia. 43$; South Auotrulia, 30$; Ditto, New, 18;
Gneiiial, 38$; Oltoman, 16 $. Union of Australia, 46^; Uuiou of London,
24$; and \\ estern of Ixindun, 3Q.
No change oi any importance has taken place in the value of Miscel¬
laneous frcfurities, but the dealings in them Have continued restricted : —
Auhtrujian Agricultural have marked 29; Australian R.yai .Mail, 1 $;
Crystal Balaev, 1 |; Ea>urn SU-aui, 6 ; English aud Australian Copper, 1 $ ;
Euiopean and American Steam, 4$; London umuibus, 3$; National
Discount, 4 $ ; Netherlands Land Eight per Cent Prelereuce, 2; Peniusuiar
and Orienlal Steam. 79; Ditto, New, 17$; ScoltUli Australian Divest¬
ment, 1$; Soulii Ausualiuii Land, 35; Trust and laxiti Compauy of
Lpper Canada, 5$; Van Diemen s Land, U; London Docks. 101 $;
Victoria. New, 13 $; Canada Government Six per Cents, 113$; New
South Wuee Debentures, &7§; South Australian Government Bonds,
1074 ; and (unuda Company’s Bonds. t»0.
Inc dealings in the Railway Share Market have continued unimportant,
and prices have, in some instances, shown signs of weakness. The fluc¬
tuations in them, however, have not been important The settlement of
the Account lias gone oil' tolerably well. The lollowlng arc the official
closing prices on Thursday t ,
Oroinary sharks and Stocks.— Bristol and Exeter. 89 ; Caledonian,
84; Chester and Holyhead. 38; Eastern Counties, 67$; East Lancashire,
86; Great Northern, lui^; Ditto, A Stock. 88 ; Great Sc uth-rn and We H t-
ern (Ireland , 99$; Great Western. 66$► Lancashire and Yorkshire 87$;
London and Btockwail, 6$; London and North-Western, 93$; London
and South-Western, 92$; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 36;
Midland, 91; Ditto. Birmingham and Derby, 02 }; Norfolk. 69 ; North
British, 62$; North-Eastern—Berwick, 9i$; Ditto, Leeds, 46$; Ditto,
York. 73$; North Staffordshire. 12$; Shropshire Union, 45.
Links Leased at Fixed Rentals —East Lincoln, 138; Gloucester
and Dean Forest, 26$; Wilts and Somerset, 90.
Preference Shares.—E astern Counties. New Six per Cent Stock,
130$; Great Northern Four-and-a-Half per Cent. 103$; Ditto Five per
Cent, 63 ; Midland—Bristol and Birmingham, 138$; Ditto, Four-and a-
per Cent Stock, 99^; Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford, Perpetual Six
^ Bhitish Possessions —Buffalo and Lake Huron, 0}; East Indian,
111$; Grand Trunk of Canada, Six per Cent Debentures, Hl$ ; _ Great
F.otiila, 5$.
Foreign.—B ahia and Sim Francisco. 3J; Great Luxembourg, ?},
Namur and Liege, si ; Ktcil'e and (Sun Kruuciauo, sj : Riga aud Ouaa-
burg. 1 J. \ \
la Mining Shares the transactions have continued very moderate.
Fortuna hare realised 2J Linuircs, a); and United Mexican, 3$.
MARKETS.
COBS FXCH.omE, April 12>*tlha.allow of Eu*,-lbh wheat in to-<fitjr’« raarkc: wau vprj-
qnurt r above tSIo rtuwi cufr«nU on Monday Uat. w# wn-u well supplied with fjiv.f-n wheat,
nuKcinlo. ami tlurmnai d» l'o- niuv. k'uuis rurol etoad , but by ao ra 'au* actlv j, at « lo |>er
and Cno ouisirlea chnojieti Wt\dH ut la. ptir quartor nb >v« provi us qu tatiou*. Iu iloatiog
car*o«r» «i? grain off the coo-"t tlrrro W more dola»r. Owltijf to a hfgd InlluK of foreign bar¬
ley, ho iaW lo* that jrialu witi nciive, nev«' tlielean priced w««» iopp wt-tl. Ma t caatiRcd
hand*»low 1^, ouioriuor utnun Tham wtu a fto<xl inqul-y fttr ont«, und II 10 iimari worn
fd par qaa<I f dourrr. Ilolli hwiua and petis wore quuo a.-i dear tu laat wvox, uud couatry
Ooiir wtiub'ld ftr moris raooey
Ap-ll H.—The s.qipii a qf prodiiea horo to-day were mod-rate, and the trade jfeaeraUy
ruled tlenrty, an full pnedi
Enuti*h.— Wheat, K«aez and Kent, rod, I2». to 4Ga.: ditto, white, tSi- to 304.; KorfoDc
and Suffolk, rod, 41*. to rye, 32a. to ««.; griudlng barley, 2*-«. to :to«.; distinins
^itfo,32*. lo3.*r».; malthiK ditto, 3t>». to 41 b.; Lincoln aud Norfolk mall, &8a. to 06a.; browa
ditto, .VU. to Kiupston and Woro, MS*, lo &■*.; Choralh», 87*. to 69a,; Yorkshire and
LincohrtSTr® feed outs. 20 b. to 2 *.*, potato ditto, 26s. to 33e.; Youghai and Cork, block,
20* to 2S».j ditto, white, 2i*. to ol*.; tick beuna, 33a. to 3I».; grey point, to*, to 13e.;
nmplo, 42e, to white, 40a. to «3s.; boiler*, 42a. to 40a. per quarter. Town-mad®
ilour, ;wa. to 40*.; Town houvholttt, 33*. lo 3’* ; Country marka. HU. to 35a. per 380 Iba.
American Hour. 18a. to V3*. per barrel. French. 31a lo 37a per sack.
Scuts ..-■^ Ow ing 10 iheohangratlo *Uto of the wether, oar markot ia far from active,
ucvei ti clegs price* are tupno ted.
Linseed, Kugliidi crushing, 60s. to 56a-; Calcutta, Ms. to 55*.; hempeood, 44*. to 46s.
per quarter; curhtuilur, >Ua. to 32a. par cwt.; brown mustard-seod, 11a. to 16*.; ditto,
while, 17*. to tSb.; tarpa, 5«. Od. to 6*. od. per bushel; Engllah raposced, M*. to Tit.
por quarter; linseed enkca, Kngliah, £10 Aa. to £10 •()».; ditto, foreign, £10 Oa. to 1 10 ifia.j
rape caki*. £ft 5s. to £.'> 10». per ton. Canary, 66e. to 92*. per quarter; tod clover, 48*. tc>
60a ; whito ditto, 80*. to 7is. por cwt.
/>r» <id .—The prioua of whuaten broad in tho moiropolia are from 6Jd. to7$d.; of hoosa-
hold ditto, <id. to 6d. per lib. loaf.
Imperial Weekly Averaoes.— Wheat, 43*. Id.; barley, 38a. 3d.; oats, 21s. Id.; rye,
30s. i*L: beans. 3H*. tid.; (was, tls. Id.
7Ac Six Weeks' Avcraffes.— Wheat, 41a. yd.; barley, 36a. 8d.; omu, S3a. 6d.; rye,
31*. fid.; boons, 38s. Id.; pcu*,4la. Id.
English Grain sold last week.— Wheat, 72171 { barley, 33,019; oats, 8228; rye,
50: bonus, peas, 518 quarter*.
Tea .—Owing to ilia rt-opruiutr of the trade at Canton, and the pro4pect of largo shipment*
to l-UKland, our mar>»t 'a heavy, nutl pric » hair* a downward teulunoy. Common » mud
( ongou bus a Id at la per lb. Thu *U» k In tho l uitcd Klngdoui ai 67,070,OOi) lb., uguiost
98 uuO 0C0 lb at tho cm responding pi ri al Iu 1857.
Sugar. —(toor, and flno rnw iug4i‘a have morilr changed hands a‘.fatt quotations ; bat low
and (lamp qualities have moved off heavily, at Is. uvr cwt low utonny. West India baa
changed hand* at 38*. to He,; Mauritius, idt* to 44s. fid.; nad licuigsl. 31*. 5J. i/| 46*. per cwt.
h« tlned goo'is move off altnvly, at uIkjui tost week’s currency, to n align decline,
fc Coffee — riantaiion kinds have met a du'l sale, ut l«. per cwt. les* rnouoy. In all other
kind* of coffee, very lit 1« <* doiug, at barely late rate*.
Ilice .— 1 be tnuiB Action* continue oa a very nudmnto scale, at barely lot* carrunciea. Tho
b'sck l* 83.600 tons.
I’rvvisiuux.- licth Irirh and foreign butter* ore in fair request, at. full quotations, to a slight
advance ; Jbnpfisb <jun UUb «ro. Ukowlse. rathur tcarer; ana there is a hatter feeling in tho
Cenia ti tor other pruvbkm* at esir.rue rture.
Tallow .—Onrmarhut is lens active, aid I’.Y C. on the spot is soiling at 55*. 64. For tho
U»( three months' delivery tbe price is 52.. 6d. per cwt.
0{l$ —Limeeri oil, on the »put, i- in fair request, at £29 to £59 5*. p-r ton. M at other il»
support liut week’* quotation*. Turpentine it dull. a f 39*. to tu*. per cwt tor wplrito.
Sjfir/U .—Hum tnpporu )a*t wrok's currency, hat Ihodemand for it (a by uo moans active.
Proof l.o»wanl*, 1». lid. ;«r cullon. firnady continue* dull, but wo iuivr no chaugd to
notice In ii* value. Grain spirit u heavy
Jluy and Straw -—Moadhw buy, £2 10*. to £4 6*.; clover ditto, £3 10a. to £5 0a.;
duo «raw, £t h*. to At IU*. iierloarl.
Ctials .—Tauflold Moot, 13 a; Wytara. tl».; Hilda, \<rt. fid.; Ed n Main, 18s.; Unswell,
20s,; tumh Holton, 20s.; Hartlopool, 19s ; Keltoo, 10*.; Tecs, 20*.; South KollOO, 18*. 3d.
per ion
Hops .—Good aod useful now hop* aro in steady request, at fall quotation!!. In all other
kiuc* very little I* doing, on I'orraar term*.
IFon/,—Great hoaviucs* continues to prevail in tho trado generally, and litto rate* are
bnr< »y suppoitwl.
J’lHUUtcit. —Tb« aappllst are moderate and the demnnd ston/ly, at from to 190s. par cwt.
Metropolitan Cuttle Market (.Thursday, Apnl (5)—Although nly a modwrntu supply
of beqst* whs on offer ii \o-doy‘h mwket, tlio demand for all brood* nxitrd very luac Ive, at
Monday's tficliuo In value, 'bhrop, llio allow of which was extensive, moved od 1 heavily, at
a COotinu in tho quov tlon* of fully 2d. por 8 lb We were fairly su;ipllea with lambs, which
met a-cull inquiry, at 2d. to Id por 6 lb. less money. The top price wai 8s. 6d per 8 lo 'Too
«liowo' raivuaui only moderate; nevertheless, the veal trade was heavy, at a decline of
<»1. per 8 lb Tig* an-i milao cows were very dill, and lower to pu-onaw}. Per
81U3. to sink tbe offal v—Coarse and Inferior boasts. 3s. 3d. to 3 b. 4d.; aocoud quality
ditto, 3s. tki. to 3 a. ed. , prime largo oxen. 3s. Iikl. to Is. <M-; * prime Scots, &c., Is. 2>l to
•I*. 4il.; coarse and inferior *hrep, 3*. 2d. to 3s. id.; second quality ditto, m. fid. to 3a. fikl.;
prime ccrusq-WOoUod sheep, 4*. Od. to 4s. fid.; prime Suuthdowna, U. 8d. to 5s. 0J.; largo
course calves, 9s. ll»d. to Is. fid. ; prime small ditto, 4s. fid. to 5s. 2d. ; large hogs, 3s. 2d. to
1*. 0d.; neat smaU porkers, 4«. 2d. to 4s. 4d.; lambs, 5*. fid. to b 8d.; suckling calve*, 18s.
to 22s.; and quarter-old store pigs, 18s. to 22s. each. Total supply: beaut*. 908; cow*,
120 : sheep and luml>«, 9612; calves, 220; pigs, 310. Foreign: beasts, (0; sheep, 110;
calve*. 112.
S’ewgate and LeadenhalL —Tbcao markets ore but moderately supplied with meat,
which sell* steadily, os lollows:—Beef, from 'Js. lOd t«* to. ; mutton, 3*. tti to la. 6s.; lamb>
5*. fid. to 6c. 6d.; veal, 4s. to 5s.; pork, 3a. 2d. to 4*. fid. per 8 lb. by tue carcase.
ROUKUT HKCUKBT.
THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Friday, April 9 .
BANKRUPTS.
G.FOX, Kew, Furroy, Ironmonger, amith, and rarrier.—D-BRYCE, Amen-corner. Pater-
naster-iow, Irooksellcr end publisher.—T. 8 DK VEArt Clifton road St. Joho's-wood, cur
lie- an" lealhurecllcr — J anil W. II. LlLLEV, Wood-wharf, *’ost Iudla Uojks, mahogany
mnrcliiu.ta.—rt- DUNK, Uxbridge. Middlesex, grocer —P. JACK40 * and J VAIS lEdb,
Aldtnraubory, brace, belt, and g* termnnutitctururs .—H LESLIE Abchureh Ian™, merchant.
W C. T1MJK, Uertiord. plumber end gl*aler.~ ELIZABETH WATT, lUrmlnguam, siatiouer
uml bookbinder.— J. ->ANSoM. Birmiagh-m, groce< *nd provision dealer Vf. rt. IVE.4S.
1 oseby, Luice-terablro. l)«y aud com dealer.—J. II AX IE t, «V. THO It N I’ON, and J. GAL¬
LO AY. kec eaaid near Bradford, and Etanniugiey. Yorkshire, m <nuf .cturor*. G. B.
Pi LUAM, Albert-street, f amden-town, build r.—U. W PEuHY, Exmouth Llcvon«hire,
buildi r. W 8-PEEBl.LHanu J. SVHK'K, Eoat Oorehsm, Noriotk,car;H3iiter» uid out dare.—
J. TOWNSEND, Greenwich, nuotioue'-r—J. HAE 'I-ON, Livetpoo , licensed victualler —
C. J. DILLON, Del mere-cmcent. Upper Wes bourne-terrace, »**ddlngt m, and of tbe
Lyceum'iheatre, Btraud, latsci? and m’Huger, bookseller, and cjimuuamu ageut.—G. Mlo-
LJNGKh, Kore-Direet, f Uy, umbrella and parasol manufacturer.—J. *> T -v 1* rl r. -DN, ilartio-
prol and West bartlapool, uurliatn, timber merchant.—i\ IL DE/EEEUX, owcktoo,
Lmrham, tailor, <lrap«r, and outll ter,
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
D. W. BAXTER, Dundee, baker. -R. CoPnA.'D and CO., undeo. *hipbri»k'rs.—WILSON
ana GITTHHIE Dundee, musicsellera. -A. B. GLE.» and CO., Oreagjw. W 4 irehou*o>o«n.—
J. YOUNG, Bou trieblil, Ayrshire, co«ln»srt<r —tt. MUitAlU), Aberdeen, clothier.—J*
BLACK and bON, Kilmarno.k, machine m«kori.
Tuesday, April 21.
BANKRUPTS.
(i. B. PELHAM. Alhcrt-itrcot. Camdon-town, builder.—C. MILNRR, Cannou-etreot, to-
bacronfit.—T. BLAXLAND, Maid tone, grocer.—W. JONES. East Gnnttead, SusoeA, inn-
ktrnpvr.—D. L. DYER, Quo n- treet. Seven Dial*, currier anu leallicr *el.w.—«. F. H-
CAKfcW. Little Grove-street, Lisson-grovo, lVddiugton cab proprietor and bwoknoymao-—
T. FHANCIft, Crois-foad, ltllngton, pla-turer. builder, and timber merchant — K. PAJB,
De. n, Ll«'umier*hire, roal owno 1 *. and Dover, Kent, grocer.—G. 8VI TH, Itlrinlngliom,
grocer and provision dealer.—E WALES, Kureleru, Staffordshire, coal and Iro i ina»t*r.-—■
tt J LaNv AbllllcE, 1 uul»y Wore.s.ershiro • ui Bile ou, Mtairjrdslitrt), *p>rit mdrCtunt*
tnt ocean's., and dealer In But ah wlno* T, DEW^NEY. amh ord, oino.»etstiire,
clirn i and aj»rr msnufac errr.—B. HANSON, tltdoemdeld, cotton w*»ie uealer —it. COa,
W n-xhmn, Penbigbshtra, grocer and providon draler.—J aHKLL, Sunderland, curriar ana
I a he* cu'ier. E t>. rtl'fenN end II. D. W. BALDWIN, Xuwoasce-upon-Tyne, iu<rcbint*.
B.ARMSTRONG,Baudorland, lioumongtr.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
A. nrUICKPHAXK, Lanarkshire,mider.—D. BaiNoud J. ALLAN. Caithness, foloera.—
R. KOVfiY H. Caiihuwis, an.hlt,ct-K. KiNL.VY Glasgow, bou** factor. - A. Sf^V 4 id »».
1 annrluhire, farmer— M. WttiTHLAW, Airdrie, tailor.-- a. W. DUNN, Jtotbnrgh*u«*»
fanner.--J. DOUGLAS, Ihurao, farmer.
BIRTHS.
On the 3rd Intt, at Winrhotter, lbe wifo of CapL J. Camming Clirko, I3:Ii P. 4- Ligni
Ibfautiv. of a ron. .
A; nl l lih, at Drury Villa, Alglurth Vale, Uverpod, tho wl e of W. D. Clodion, E«q « <> r *
duo^luer. , .
At Pret luldre,N*gpor<\ tho 2'tli Fobnury la«t, Iho wife of Captain Yf.k.W. Lanno*
M A., Acting Commissary oi'Oidnance, of a daughter.
MARK LAG ES.
On Ihn 8lh Inttanl. at Greafbrd, Denhi/b>hirc, by tlu> L*rd Bi'hOT of 8t. Aiiaph. a*siM*n o.
th* Ri v. T.Wynne Eonranla Vicar of Khadalan. the Her Kobert Wynne Edwards, ' loC, ?r
1 bi tlhargrtyn Gwyi-L, Montg m-ryahre m KliubethA n«, odiwt dangbbjr of t'*« veu *
Uobei t W IckliHm, Vloar ol finaf rd and Arclulencon of St. A»ai li ^
On the in it it., nt 217. Branoon-, U e, Glasgow, by the K v Stowart Smi'h, Min «
1 endhll *, i i (imu* Dckurn. h*q of iiLmho U and of' ey on, oo-uy^here 'or hw w ’J J
the Ku gof llio S> )g one, to M.ry (iod.cs, daughter of W.G Borrom^t-.q.i Leaonl *•»
merly oj V* oolden Hall, 1 anca»bint ^ u rr Na-
Ai 'he r*ri*h cbu>o''. Fevmn U*ke, Worc«te'*hiro, «n the 8 h tt , t ant, by tho Rev »•
P’rrfha pe. M A.. « xoo. I- combin' of ft viwy, Rochdal , Ln s hio. A Birdef ‘ *.
cTq.M.h of **ofW«od, Fnmy. to Jui a Marian d tughter of ti 'uav G'nfg* mni j
, t-» i f Yrlf io. i ao , Into fieni. r Ch*J>.in to the Gorermn*n^ t’^pe of wood Dope,
ic.mcr.y I-d 04 Y of i'embreke College, Oa r onL
Aran. 17, 1858.]
THE n,LT7STRATED LONDON NEWS
305
NEW BOOKS, .ye
N r w ready, In 1 vol., 8*o , with Portraits, St»„
C ARDINAL WISBVTAN’S UECODLEO
710K8 Ilia 'AM” FOUR POP>* 8 .
fcuitvrand Blackktt, Publ'Mior*, 13 Great Marlbaroutrh-BTOot.
Sow reorfv, at »11 the Librarian, la i vol» . 2's ,
T he countess of bonneval ;
1FRR LIFE and LETTER*.
By Tody GKOROIANA KtII.LK»TON.
Burst «nd Blackett, Publlshon* 13, Great Muriborongh-stroot.
TUB NEW NOVELS NOW READY.
T HE TWi > BROTHERS. By tho Author of
“Tho Discipline of Life." 8 vol*.
•• This is to ourndml, the best of Lady Emily Ponsonby’s novels.”—
John Bull.
A I OVEBS' QUARREL. By tho Author of
•* Ccnain 3 vnh
The ONLY CHILI). Ry Lady RCOTr. 2 vols.
The MORALS of MAY FAIR Second Edition.
VIOLET LANK and its INMATES.
Hurst and BlaCKETT Publishers. 13- Urea* Marlborough-street
Now ready, In I vol. 10a (id., bound,
A WOMAN’S THOUGHTS ABOUT
WOMEN. By the Author of “John Halifax. Gontlsimn."
“ A book of round counrel. Wed written, true bearted, and olto-
tlb« practical”- Fxamintr.
Bcbht and Blackett Publishers, 13, Great Marilnrough-sfrooL
NKW WORK ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN LBS 1H.
This day is paid abed, price 14s . handvomrir bound in cloth,
A SIC MAMMA ; or, the Richest Commoner in
England Hv the Author of “bpnnges Tour.” ’’Handlev
C oat." ftc. Illrat rated with Thirteen Coloured Engravings and
numerous Wor dents by Ji *U * LEECH
“lenh'i I'lcsfatlou of * tho ent*v of the two lari'ca to Mr*.
Tan men on's evening party.’ ia worth the prt»e of the number
twice over A pair of bolter faces woro hardly LOtoi down by
D*g rh.”—kibciumm.
BwAimt’KY and EVANS, 11. Boavwie-street
NEW BOOK, by tho Rev JAMES SMITH, of Clio teoh*uu.-Boyal
3Smo., 360 pages, gilt fdgCa, l». <kf.. cottage llhrary, a..
T IGHT for Dark DAYS. Also, uniform
) in fllzo and price, by the same Author,
Tho Early and the l attcr Ruin. I Bread from Heaven.
Good ted for 'he Lord’s Fio’d. |
Hnlffax : Milskh, and SOWERBY. London: Simpkin, Marshall,
and Co.
G
V* ith a New Profuco. tho Sixth Kdltioa of
T om browns school days.
BY AN OLD HOY.
Now ready, In crown 8 vo cloth twice 10 s. Gd
Tho Prefaoo may be obtained by th» purchaavr* o ' 1 f-rronr Edition*,
on app’i.atlon to tliclr re*pecri*e Bouksclleis, or on for warning two
postage-stamps to tiro • ublLhcr*.
Caiuhrldse: If ACHILLA* and Co
May be htd of all Books-sl-o's In Town a*d Country.
TlluFtrutcd with 250 Descriptive Engravinga, 3». Ad ,
W IFE’S OWN BOOH of COOKERY. —
Agreeable Dinner", inexpensive nnd easily cooked. Also, Nico
Dinner* for every rfav.—WiHD and LOCK: and all Bookseller*.
8 lxty-fonr Pages, Illustrated, Fourpoooe Monthly,
T he family kbiund.
“Verv amusing, very vnrird, vory neatly illustrated uni very
hasp.”—Illustrated Times Ward and LOCK. V -8 Fl-ef-stnrot.
Jnat otit, Third Edition, lwico 2a fid- Illustrated,
T he practical housewife.
Py Editors of '• Family Friend.” “ A capital handbook.”—
Athcneum. WARD and LOCK; and ull ltook.ellers.
CHARMING GIFT-BOOK.—Price 3a. 6 d„ richly gilt, Illustrated,
I P LEG ANT ARTS for LA DUOS.
Li Containing Plain r nsfruc1ion§ by Ktnlncir Masters in Twenty-
Iwo Useful Art* and Elegant Aeoomn'Wnmiui*.— Ward and Lock.
LENNY’S GARDENER’S GAZETTE.
_ Now ready, price 2d.; post-free, 3d.
Ai.i.kn. rahBrnoster-row; and ary Book ellcr In town or country.
NEW PERIODICAL.—No. J., May 8 , Id. weekly,
T own talk-
An Illustrated Journal of Focinl. Literary, Theatrical, and
Political Gossip. Prlco Id. weekly.—Office—124, Fieri-atrent.
HE STORY of the SULTAN MOURAD
and hit WELCOME GUEir.—Tho Kuban Monral wa«dying
«f ennui; bo waswear ed cut of his Ilf-*. The nltan Mourad had
sen everything, dona c-er. thing, triotl everything, oaten averyrning
drunk everything, sue coded In every thing and ho w»a weary of
everything. Bo was aick of bis wealth and his wiv-s, hi« dumbiloim
and Ida it ctors, ha vr/.ltr, hia jtae , and himxvlf Th 3 learned
pnnniia of hia tmiplro camo and re*d to him poem* in prUse of him¬
self; but ho nenr heeded the learned pundits The artists cum* and
allowed him beautiful pictures, but ho abut hU eye*, and would not
look at their productions Thi singeta tang, the r anorre csn-irol;
the acobata threw »nmmcr"aul*», spun nsaina, and awallowod
acymltara; tbft m gicitns wave ajiehB—but the Bultan SIou-ivl on y
yawned, l he phyalc'ana sal’ he wai dytiur and shook thtdr heads;
the iieople sain be was dying and tore their betrds. Th-y would
hire torn their garments to». only there were no Jews in tho tnnpiru
•f MoruasUktan. and old clothes were at a dbcount
Tn« worn of tho matter was that, ya vn'ng b nng tho fa*hloa at
Conit the entire repulation toik *o yawniog too, and th-onghout
Mvdu (ills on thcro were but ooe unlvrmal str tchlcg of tho anna and
<tt» 1* ratlin of the jaws Tno sultun Mourad oxo ted himself to muse
hi* lubjccnt from their lethargy* tt u d for a«no time 'ound a olcasur-
able cxcitimtnt in ebea lng tmualing, boa-atrlngu? skming,
baiti* adoing. and billing alive hone obatina<o neopla wao would a t
be amuicd. But It wot no uae. Tho M ifusiUites didn't mre a bit
for ‘mmdemon and yawned while the bitunido w« woing applied
to tht sole* of their feet.
As a listTMonice a“d by tho advicoof Foedy Pacha, hia *rnnd
Vix'er, a Mge ot l"-raonso learning, who had a bet d as long aa *
law ye.’a bi l. tho 8 nlt»n caused i t> »io pnolain'd through nt hia
dominlona th»t np^n whomio vor c uM afford him rational amoae-
meut ior.be space of one h^ur he would bestow th* aum of "n * ml -
Prn tcraarns in gold, and tho hand of •-!« tnouaitndaod tl*atdaughter,
the beauto tu irincas HirgiougPo.lywaa ,, yriitr>u»eora*aie sur-
nnm> d t’o ’’ Pesrl beyond Price ” Thcjx» n'ty for fu uro was, o
• urse tho lnor/isldtra le iriflo—death Thera were c^ouson * o ao-
p'icAtita or the omauns and tho Pr noe*a: but the «ul'*niivl gnintly
derlmod that ha had uevar mot w tb such a act of bores In his life:
and you might havo «laved at skittle# with the heads of thr uusuc-
«fcfl ful candidates, which were daily aw ptoffby Kalkrart Khan, the
chief exeentiouiT
One day a Dervish with a tom turban presented hlm»oir at the
Ta'no* gate, and announced bis Intention of empaling for tao prize.
The hall orrter shook his head as he admitted him. and told hl.n, by
w»\ of friendly warning, that he knew a young m m very like aim
wh't died of sore throat ou y the day bnfore; but. nothing daunted,
the Dervish strode on>vu»d throunh liuea of ga*nls. *ud slaves, and
eunuch* to tho Great Bail of Audiouco wlwro tno du’tsn Mount 1 was
e'ltingcrosa-loggcd yawning, while horaught flies, and Ku kraft Khan
w«a»barpenl. g a row acymltat, yawn ng as ho aopb«ri riie wh*>*«
*tone: and the Oran Vi/ er. Beady Pacha was sewning hi* mouth-
wi h hi* band, for fear tho Sultan should ordor hi« head off lor y .wa¬
it is a fact that witMn Uis at'pulated hour the rarged DervBh keit.
aot en»v tha FnPan Mon ad, but his whole Court, and iho lemble
•xecnUcnrr KalkraG Khan, to boot, in one contin-oua state of plsa-
nr ble • xetten.. nt Firat they laughed, then they w-pt th*m they
wetc puyiho then they ilnroi.d with br*ath> « attention; b t th**
were always interested. The 1 Vrvlah sang song*, loltl «torlos._ crack«1
)okta related anccdot a, showed th^m p’etures m.>r*v interest!ay than
thryhidevir »< cn bof ro, and delighted tliom all ■> muoh that,
when the boi r was up, ho Sultan begged and prayed that he would
atop yet an h< nr l< ngrr. ... .
But the l etvnh snook h ! a head, and laid that ho had lo bo offby
eaproto train to emu r a Sultana who wua also bciug bored to death
sotnr thor aands of miles away. / .
•’Wond • ful man!'* cr'ed tho Julian. “take at lea«tthr reward.
Bo. thcr«! chi' f ot the guards oj the Imrem, toll tho - Princess Sing-
aong* oily won tyout'ymc.iruwuJo t«> put on her wedding-drew "
“Don’t do an) thing of tho sort,” iniorpoeod tho Dirv-sh. “Mr In¬
tent’oua are not matrimonial. Tho Princess inay go to Uong-Kong
for mo - ’ I x /N \ \/V /
“.’ncorrlgPlo hsc* dor.” remarked tho Sultan. “ ! ” ho
•ontlnucd; “ Ike-Disraeli Pacha pay this woudrotu Uiirtal a mllliju
of tonsil mis In gold on »be instant,”
*’ Keep your money,” tho Dwylah again interposed. " I never take
more ttan a pvnriy.” I ^ /
“Bo there! Chief ExecuUmior—’" tho Sultan, who was beginning
to lose his temt* r . t these twrihiadous refusuurhvgto.
“ I’on'» tronb’o your»Hf, i ight of the llnlyor e, Klr«t Consln to tho
Son. Moon, nud nsr*.” the undaunted Dervish returned. ** Sou w*nt
amt-geincui don't you ? 1 ’ \
* Allah knows that JLdo,” icpllod the Sultan, with an Incipient
yawn. /\ ( Z'
**The*v’ocWlniof tho Derv'sh, “I will undertake to amuse yon,
ycur w hole COU' L Slid * oar whole people, tor a penny a * e<*k ■ »nco
a w et k will I visit thtso h*B# of d. Jading light: when you shsll boar
BJ tab m mp<I stories, my songs and otieedoL:*. my Lana lv* of *r vol
and adven'ure, n y Jokts and udd sayi g*; shall no the picture# fro n
my nippi- jortfolio. and ’or the remaining six day* yawning sha'i bo
Sn.p. si ibte, and boredom out ortho Question. • our loterest ■ tiall bo
excheit, yo* r curiosity *wak*Hcd, you- sympathies evoked, and all
forth* small sum of One Penny."
“Agr.«rf, agnenr sh uto* the dellphtc* FnK n; bu* by what
wins shall we tall then marvellous bcnetactor of a yawning genera*
tk ii 1 ••
“You ahall call me,” replied tho Dervish in a cheerful tone of
voice,
•THE WELCOME GUF. 8 T,'
For 1 pipim to l»e a guest, and a ***-lc"mfl ono too In thousands of
y*nr subjects' I* me» And 1 now farewel' f rt r tho prr*an«. Give too
my tent y surf ’cl me be * IT ; and 'n tho FIRS T f P MAY *ou shad
have Brother vfsl* trem your * Welcome Guest.’”
IHF WF.ICOMk OllF^T, U ustrated with flr»t--* e Engrav.ng*.
ar d WnutiA l 1 v pr ntc*’, may be ohialn> d of «*l Bookseller* and News*
vendtr* cn oi d are* tie Flr*t of May PWIOR ONK PFNUJf.
OFFiCB—ltfl» FLEET-CTREE Y, LONDON*
NEW MUSIC, frc.
N VW G AT.OP—THE ALARM.—Composed
by T BROWNE. THco (po»* o go- f roe). —Am .*or tlio soork-
l‘ngnovel lea rerfonned hv Welnpert’s Rand at the G-an I htstn Ball
at * ucki-glieni Pslsco none shone more cousp.cumsly than the
“Alarm ” Union, which wai admired by all.
Duff mud Hohoaok, 6 . Oxford-atre«t.
\\i FSTRi 'R’rt SACRED MU8IG. in Is.
Y V Rnoka.—100 IVImB and Hymns, for one or riiree voWn; 10O
l’so!m« nml Hymns itha Habi’tilh Rcll'. for four ve'e^s; luO Rsare<]
Bon^f (Cnrmlna "wore), all soloa: 100 psulni and Buemd Songs (Ssb-
bmh KclioOl Choir), fair three voices; IDO Selected Chant*, with the
Canticle* and ^alm* or David, all pointed; also. Rink’a KW Volun¬
taries. Prelude*, a d Intrvlades. All the*e Rooks have PIaoo or
Oignn Arcomp niments. and either sunt by post for 11 stnu,w; or
strongly b'-und in cloth. Is. 6 d. etich. Hv po t 20 t'ira >*.
MUSICAL BOi'qURT OFFICE. '‘t». High 'lolbirn.
IjlIFTY SELECTED POLKAS lor tho
J' PIANTtFORT”, ? n n'a b ok: pott-free 14 stamps Edited
by WTKl’H' P. A»*o. Wcs'-mp's A 1 Melodies ^or :he Violin, is.;
Ifegonrfj'a 'jOrt Molmlics for th« German Concertina, s.: Sedgwick's
20 Melodies for tho Fnrlir-h Concertina *s. K : ther book by post 14
stamp* — MU«IC4L BOI q' KT OFFICE. 192, High Holborn.
W ADE’S FIFTY SELECTED SONGS
(with Accomptinlm nt*) for the G1JIT*R. in a la book; post-
free 7 stamps. AI*o Iff) Popular Roogj and Ball-da la ; Sum
Cowell'* too Comic *omt# I* ; Henry f u*,oU'« 100 Hongs,
Christy’s l<vn Amt'ricn ami Nrgro, la: 10 o IrnDnd, la.; 100 of
tcoriaud, W ’0 by IHbdht la.: OOOlsees, Cstchw, nod Ronnds,
'?.*. B- rt 00 T i/tle c ongs for Little c inge:s, Is. Tho«o bo*k« con¬
tain all the Music and Word* end ri-her ami* post- V'O for 14 st.unps.
MUdiCAL BOUQUET OFFICE. 192. High Holborn.
EW SONG.—TIIE SUICIDE.—\Yor<ls by
*h» Info THOMAS POOD; Mtis'o cimposo 4 and -Vdlci’ed to
the Right 11 i oumhle the Ccunlws of Kffinrb^m, by R. T. B VRR IS.
H»nt fro* or 24 unmps, by R T Harms R i'herbam; and may be hid
ftvm J. Wili i ams Publphcr, 123, Cbospside Loudon.
F irst guide to the violin. By
DF. HARRIOT. Price 5a v*art F«nrt—Preparatory Rxercbtrs
for the Bo w upon the Open Rtrlngs, and Elementary Studies, with
Aoeompanlraent for a Keoond Vlo'lo. Part. °eeond—St miles ! n Melody
prd Fry e lu the form of llaie SjIo* for the Violin, with Accompaai-
ment for the I* annfo te.
CKAwr.B. Be SLR. and Co., 201, Regent-s'reet.
ITFN MY LOVE SIGHS I HRAR. New
Pong. Words and Muslo by NRCTARIXF. 8UNNY5HDB,
Esq., Autltor of “ I, too am Stvonteen. Mamma " Prico 2s. 61.
Cramer, Beale, and Co. 2<>1. Regent strret.
w
O RATORY HYMNS. By the Very Rev. F.
W. FARI'.'t. Compose4. and. hv permission. dMIsatad to h : #
Fminmes C«rdlna Wisem n Awhblshop of West'nin*ter, by 'V.
fiftRTTLrPER * ireefor o'tlio Maris at the Oraforv, London. First
ficrice, couo.ir in, Tw *ve Hymns, price <s.. soot po»t--reo.
1 oodon: Uw’EK and Co.. 3911, OtforJ-strect.
C HFAPEST MUSIC REPOSITORY in
ENGf.ANl». All th** New 'frisks half-price. 8ol!*U nt nno-
thl’d. Country orders executed A Pianist attends from Two to Five.
Catalogues, iwo Mnnun tH*»t-free.
D'AlCORK, 18 Rathbone-nJace. W.
P IANOFORTES.- PUBLIC ATTEN TL )N.
Pome snlenrfid Rosewood and Walnut-tree Cottages and I’c-
co’os GjnctavM, with *11 bo Infest imoruvsrucuta, have •'nly b^ea
tsrd « few months, from Ugulu ss—A* T'LKIkN* 1 <>Id-ISU:b-
Jistod » lan^rnte WarehouM. 27. n d. and 29, King William-street,
Lctulon-b'Idge. Pisnoforlea for hire wl h option af purchase.
H TOLKIEN’S IRRESISTIBLE PIANO-
• FO°TK with Truss Concave Bracings and P-'mcudlaular
Bolts by Le'tcrs IVsn*.— 'hose oxquisite Instramonts aro superior
in powc to any English or Foreign piano Fo- quality T tone un¬
equal* d; dura ffl»y unquestionable. Fo*- oxt-emo oUina. 09 Invriuahle.
Price fin elegant de* gns) moderate Height. 4 ft. Drawings r>o»e-
fr*r. at H to k'm’s, 27. V8 19. King Wi'Uam-street Tendon-bridge-
Plsiio'orte* for Hire, with out Ion to purchase on easy terms.
H TOLKEIN’S 25-guinea Royal Minnio
• PIANCFO' TEH, 6J ootnvrs.—This piano ! # ocknowredg^d to
be snneri) r to any v Dgl f Bb o*- foreign p r nno a* the ab*«ve price; and.
by the care*wl attention H. T. has d-voted to **B br 'ochcK of the
manufacture, ho ha* ‘bisinrd the highest rcnntatiou throughout the
ormno r or l* e»e Instruments, unequalled in durability and_ daii-
cacy of touch.—H T * kle 's, 27- 38 29, King Williani-*tr***t T Lbhdon-
bridgs. l*nofm»#« fnr hire wl*h »m**Joo to pur*ha*e on easy Krnfr
M
USICAL BOX REPOSITofRT, 32,
___ T uilgatp-street (noa"Sr.. Paul’a).—'WALES and M'CULLOCH
are rfiioet impo ton. of N1 'OI E FRERES’ Celebrated MUifCAL
BOXES p’nTlrg h-irian’ly tho liest Popnlnr. Operatlo. aid fivhd
Vude I ergo ►!«**, Four Airs, £*1 Pix. £6 6a; F.igfi*r~68; Twelve
Air*. £1212*. fii>nff boxes Two Turn** 1 <s fid. aod-18* ; Three 30*.;
Four, 40*. Ca'a’ogno* of Tunes gratis and post froo, on "ppllcatioa.
P IANOFORTE for 19 Guinea-!—a Wahuit
Cottage, f>J octave* with metallic plate, and a'l tin? r*cent, 4 m-
p*ovcments. Cost 40 guioras a few months ago—* rd boAech at 201,
Oxfo d-strcct W (mar Orchard-street).
P I AN O F< iRTE, the property of a Lady giving
up h mekiyiplng—A flue brillinn'-t'ncl Postage, In very
haods*'me rosewood e^so. fj met*l’ c pint**, nod alt toe r**e*tnt bn-
prov.mrrt* In g*’od oon ition. to h‘ f)I O p . t* an Imuiv
dl.te purchaser for t*«o ’ow som of 19 Gniaoosj warraot-d oerfecL
In * 1 * •*■ 11 n* o’gvnv-.Hon*?. I T^Lqno-et r*.t Vg , *r*-*'nn’"
P atent kvek-pointeo tubulak
DRAWING PENCILS Win*or and N»wtou’a New Pitoot.
1858.— 4 The nearest nporooch to ft p**rf»ct drawl'’e-pencil thn* can
be conceived ’—Artaburnal. Muuafactured of tho following letters,
viz . F . M , B BB. \ )
Hct of fonr In lrSfh«y css**, complete .. .. 7*. 0d.
filng'e rcnril*. and ca*c« of leads for replenishing "1 w h
the holders .. \. 5
N.B Af-cr the first expense of hrfders, theso now penri's (made of
purest Crinbf rla* dTeadVcost bnt 3d. fitch.
WtFsnu and^lHcuymir 38 Ruthbone-plaoe. London, W.
G OLD and SILVER WATCHES.—Elegant
Gold Watchrs, jevfallad In four ho'ea horironfal movements,
fngrftrea cruet antl <^K X3 10s to 12 guineas: advarditto, sawe
mov*mfn*a. 37s r d to jC4 4s Fn erior l^var Watches, ouskllv
fln'shorf. by experience^ workmen, at moderate prices. A rich and
choice stock of sol d gold Chains. 25s. to 15 ir«l*‘0*s. FRBDRRI0
HAWLEY.’••■Wafchmak* r, 129, Oxford-strcot W. Diamond* an 1 other
gems, old gold, watrhe*, sliver, &c . purchased or Uk«n lo etch mge
F iddlruk dent, chronometer.
Wa rh. and Clock Maker to the t^ueen and Prince "onsort.
pnd traiter rf th* (irrat flock for the Homo* of p a inm-ut, 61,
gt-ST O,mid 31, l oyal Exchange.—No couneciion with 33, Ceckspur-
streri^-^y
SECONDHAND GOLD WATCHES by
Cy eminent makers, warranted genuine accurate, pnrfict In oio-
d’ricn and at half *he original cost. A choleo stock at WALES and
MPrtjnfB'# TV Tirdra.e «tr*w * ten rfonrq from H». Panl's).
C 1HEJ-S.—The IN-STATU-QUO CHESS-
J BO AFP, fnvaluobleto al Ches oDlsyert. Price, cimol**w with
men, » s : fln*M A'ricin Ivory, M's. A* all ftney rot osifores.
Wholesale JAQIK 6 . Fatrrte-. Ha«tfn-g«rden —“Nochsas-plnrer
sbruld bo without one." l'lu-trated T ondi-n Nows.
O PERA hACE. and FIELD GLASSES —
M PIT IJVCHRR rmpectfully Informs hi* numerous Patrons
that he has prepared for the >-^«son a l«rge and choice selec'lon of
f laf«c»of the a‘o*e de» riotlon wh ch, for qnahtr and moderate
nt levs, are Quit" tin* uu 1 ed. N B. A geuoralCa’ft'oruo on app lcatioe,
o* hi- Acb nrnstic M*rro co n and Tob-scopo* lmpr*ved StercoscntMS
and 8 -*Tt«»<opic Views In g'rat variety Phot frranhio Appa-atus,
Baromo’rni, Tlicrm* me cr». FpectacI 5, and orcry other dracription
of Optical and Mmbomaflu*! InstrutucnU
8 M New Rombllpct (eernee of Oxford-street). W.
D OUBLE RIFLE 3 (Fnfield bore). SPORT-
u G RIFLE®, esrTjing the Ordnance Ca*t Idge. p*lcs ’8 to 15
auinees. C*.l. Jacob s » oa’>le and 8 in*io Rifles, for percussion, ihsll,
buucta, * .y, Guornakcr. Vow Ox fori-street, Lomion.
OEEDS for ihe GARDEN.—Sent postage
r* raid 30 handsome, showy, lardy, ‘nmial FI .we-^ecd*. In
papets giving cut ur*l uirccHona. height, eolnur. Mma of flowering,
■ no live count v fur 5s ; 2* ***rt* for 3*. 6 d ; 15 sorts •'or 2s. fid.
12 packets of new var etlcs of l «rdy Flow.)r *md« (or <•.; 19 fWj'ker*.
d t»o, o f half-hardy d»'U». >or 6 s. From (.ennanv-splandld dm he
tfD-wcck l«.t*rmedia*o mmror and Rromptnn Rrock-. douhTe Waft-
fl* v»«r* 7lun'«s* *n*i Fr .. h P«*mv AM-r*. the ^ndsome^ growa.
From Helv-New Bphn.lkl Prtnnl*#, BtrUd and Fhadel AlnuUs.
Double Carna’iocs, and IKob’o Plcntcc*. each sort I* perJjeeke .
For list or 8 londkl New Flower -oeda ace advc D.emcnt of April
3 prgo 338. Arostcura’ Calais 04 aK freo and |»*t-i)a»d ou ftjpll-
C *BIT1JB1 and M - f*UT.LO'*H, “eadsmen. and Florists, South Row,
C.f vrnt-r-srfpp M< rk»t on on- __ _ _
Ol J E'"B Fl.OlVEX SEEDS for present
pM-tm «t IH. MIO.. »l priori-•!»' »..« !.ir'y
5rii.n,.i. t*. -neir., s.• .■«! •»«*»,••
rive f’fttalciroca w.th mu-pIo pcchfi, for zd — rrcm wjlliab
KN 16HT, Plorijt, c;, tiigb-sutet, BatOe, batacx.
L E MIROIIl FACE ET NDQUE.—This
new Patent Toilet Glass reflects tho back of the bead os per¬
fectly «* H does the face, and both ia oao glass at the same time, en¬
abling n lady to aimngc her hook hair with thn treat a.t ease and pre¬
cision ? It (s the moat unique and coiopletu article ever introduced into
tho dressing-room Prices 24-.. and uowrjvls. Tho pate it can also bo
affixed to any good toltot-slass. Drawing* and prH.o* Mat free
by post To be seen only at the Pn ton tees’. M*«*n. EIF.AL and 80 N,
Whose Warcrroms also rontain every variotv of Toilet GlaM that U
manufactured, as well aa a general iwsortmeot of BGDSTBiDk
BKDDING, and BED-ROOM FURNITURE- Ileal and Boa's
' 11 ultra ted Catalogue sent free by peat. H«al and °on, 19ft, Tntton-
h*ni-eourt-ra**l. W,
mHE BEST BED for a CHILD is one o<
JL TBEl.OAR’H METALLIC COTS, 4 ft. long by 8 ft. wU« with
moveable s’dea, pOlar*, cas'ois and bran vui«*. prico *ls., inuludleg
a Ocoa-nut Fibre Matt roes. Packed ami daliverod at auv Railway
8 tat Inn in the Kingdom tor 24s —THOMAS TRBLOAR, Iron Bod-
itoad Manufacturer. 12 , Lu trnu-hlb. E.C
F urniture for a drawing RooM-of
eha»to and okiraut design, a bargain fln* walnut. w*rmnted
manufacture, to boaold f’r h-If its value, nearly new— consisting of
alxrgo-eized brilliant plate Chimney Gbuw in o**t|/ nnkjiie frame; a
mepnifleen* f hltfonler. with richly-curved back, anil doors ll’.'wl
with best itlvercd-plata pIhhs. and marhl* top. superior Ccutr.* Table
on lu'udsonieiy-caivcd pillar and daws ; oco&sionri or Laili*»'
Writing ami Fancy Tablt?*: six solid. 0 cgantly shnaM Cltolrs. in rich
•ilk; a superior, spring-*tuffml Bettoe; Easy and Victoria Chairs, «n
suit *, with extra lined loose caws; two fancy ooeosiotttl C'lairt; and
a Irandiomo Whatnot. Ih-ict* for the wbolo suite 46 guineas N.B —
Aim, a very superior, coinploto, molern, Quo •'paimh muhornny
Dining Room Bet In best morocco, 40 gulnnoa. To b# seen at I.EW1N
CBAWCOUR. nnd CO.’ 8 . UphoUttu’cn 7. ^ueen's-bulkllug*, Knighta-
hrldpe (reven door* west of flloana-stro 11
pABINET FURNITURE. CAIiPRTS. and
BEDDING.-An Illostratsd Book of Estiraatca and FaroituM
Catalogue, containing 160 Designs and Prices of Fashionable and
Superior Upholitery. Furniture, See., gratis on spntlcati*n. Pirsoni
fiimbhlng, who studr rcatomy, combined with elegance and dur i-
bi’lry sh uld appl» for this —LEWIN CKAWCnUR and CO , Cao.not
JIarmfacturcrs, 7, Queen s-bnlldlegi, Knicht diridge (seven doors wait
of Slosne strettL N.H. Con* tnr orders carriage Dee
F UNDS are greatly REQUIRED for the
SUPPORT or 'ho lio ‘PI PA * for CO.ViU dPT ON. Bri-nptou,
135 Patients am waiting for odmUsLu. o*.d h- Ho i ( are • tup y f ir
want <*f furds. _ Plum* Ro se. Hv. tfcc.
A YOUNG LADY, BiEN ELEYE ^ desires
a fci’uatlMj at COMPANION to r. LADY or PlUVATS
60VERNF89. Q h** 'a uccu*t irur-d to good aoc'otv. a**com^h>Ued.
lad 1 like, and gontccl. Is a g< *wl rcoiler, nn.l h*« **o o u 'p»i »lon to tf vol
or aitoud an invalid lady. Addreio, Min Graham Pgst-otii .c, Bida-
»ord. _
O NE INVALID, Lady or Geofleman. can be
received by n married Kur>p^n, without fa*nU». tn flr»*-e!a*t*
pruct:w near Cavendish-wina’O. Tto h ••••**» 1* spiel >un, aoy. and
hnuceomcly ftunlahed. Auy uacommudatlon affo U it P*mvt f*ora
£'i"iaye«r. A a ply i*K«ims WaJ ccs and Cj., Prjfcaaloual.Vg.j.ta,
6 , Gray's Irn-plaoo, G»sy's Inn, W O.
DUCA HON tt HEIDELBERG.—The well-
known School for Young Lad «t 1 at Hridelbtrg, so long and
successfully c IMlfleted by tho late M Jlo. Kem >(, is now eairk'1 ou
by lirr A'tlstsnt and *u cessar. Madstnn Sobottlar, who unvote*
her who'e Pin*? n* d st’muiou (alrfe-t by rm oent Prfewirsi to the
advancoiirntiiiuprom^rl nf ibo pcp'l* lutru t d t here nr. Kosulont
Frer ch and ,rigJi*ii Govyanes**.*. German -auirht wlrti parity of
accent 7crow moderate.BnglLh I dv is mturulug to Hold-1-
berg shortly, wbp wnula rqko <!» r*re of iiupi a Far Pmsp^ctasa and
Heferenooe opp'.v to Messri Alarlii »rough ID id Co., Newsagents, Ave
Marlo-laue, loi «km.
F URNITURE.—Persons in want of really
grml DBAWIXO-^OOK aURMXURR aro invlpvi to apply
to R. GREF.V a nd CO., Urhoritcrcr*, 201. Oxronl-Btro't 'V . who has
now on sain abandiomo Wa’nnt-wood Pxlte. worrantodi. c\insl<t nc
of a fine walnut loo table, on carved rlllar and e<tw*bs iWfm':
cbtrilbnicr with mnrbla top. plxto-elas* flow* and back: a briill *ut
plate chlmney-plai*. In gilt frames; oocario*«a liable, six ea’irPhr
rlinlrs, covert-d in rich silk; a settee rih! ti»y-chalr* at su!’o. w**b
elPntr. Ircse cevma; and two walnut fancy clnur >. Tba price of the
w hole 40 gumni*
B EDSTEADS of every description, both Wood
and Iron, fitted with Furniture rml B rifling complete.
J. MAP1JB and CO„ 145 to H7. T ttfnhnmroourt-rokd.
An IUust-atofl I'ara1o,;uo, grati^
D ining and drawingroom furni¬
ture, in crnUoM variety.
Tho Fngrfnio Fasy Chsir .. ., .. C, «^Ks.
Iho Fnjrinie Couch in Walnut Wood .. 3 guineas
Drawing-room Chahs .. ,i .. 10*. .<1 o*ch.
Handsotfie Walnut Tables .. .. .. .. 4 gulaeos.
J MAPLE ar.d uo ,145. Tottonhsm-copri-ro«d
Tho largest and most ccuvonirnt Furuishing EvtablLhm-int in the
World.
F v ?,
th< 1 us And bieces magni-
FICENT CARPET atfs. 4d end ?s. 1M. n<» yard.
v ichV!rivet f !arp<-rs. at 3s tid par yard.
J. MAPI E and'3Q,. Te'tdnham-con*t-road.
J MAPLE and CO.’S NEW ILLUS-
• TRA : FI) CAT4LOGUP, containing the jnrlcs of every artic’o
required for c^mslotcly fnrnu,h'ng a linre of any close nost-frw.
1 his is the Irrgesi «>.d most convenient fnrnHvmr esta' Ilshmim ia
tl a world — J Mnplo antLCo., 1-4», Ac., Tott nbum conrt-roDl
M
ESSRS. JOHN WELLS and CO., 210,
. _ Regcut-stmot, Loudon, having purehaaed (owing to tho dsj-
rwudon in the manufacturing districts a very largo lot of tho richsst
Velvet PU^ aud FTiU'SELO CARPETS, designed exiJTOSilr for
the West-end trade, at a great reduction in nrlco. Abo Lyon* di k
Brocades, Brocatellcs. Pi’k Eam»i>ks, in all tho most f<whionab!e
colourings and richest makes. Also, a larjia lot of French ChiatZM
of the moat hosutifnl and elaborate designs Tho whole of these are
now offered at a considerable reduction from t k « prime coot for ca h,
and are well worth the atient‘on of intending purchase**. Patterns
Will te sent Into the oountry free of charge; also their ffiortrated
catalogue of fnmiture, Ac.— 210 , Regont-streot (opposite Conduit-
streets 7
HON THOUSAND PIECES Tua^niScent
T
_BRUSSELS CARPETS, st 2* 4d., 2a. Al . and t*. Kfl. per yard.
I h^ta goods aro to be sold forcarii Only.—J. MAPLE aud v.0., 1*5. Ac.,
Too ri.batn-c«urt-roniL
ONDON CARPET WAREHOUSE,
WAUGH and BO*,
ami 4. GiKxlge-street, W.
TVitUSLIN. LEND, and NET CURTAINS,
L*JL from 2s. fl d f* 3 guineas por nalr
Order* from the connrr* will bav** 'be boat ettentton.
J. MAPLE and CD., ll%to 1*7. Tottanhacn oourt-rood.
OVELTY in WINDOW CURTAINS.—
The Clrrasrian Clo'h, with rich bonier. 35* — \t Ro’gravo
Home 12, S!o-*ro-*t»eet HttlgravaWqaari. P**io-ns forw’rderl.
D ON’T BEAT YOUR CARPETS.—They
can b* thoroughly cloonsed from all Impurities, and the colours
evi ved. by pure scouring Pries Sd. and 4d par yard. Tu r koy an J
xtra heavy Carpets lo proportion. CarpHs and rugs received from
all parts of England by luggage rail, and price-ll ts forwarded by
pout cn application. Fetched sod retained in town in right days,
free of chrrgo. Metropolitan Sp<am Bleaching and Drm&g Com-
psnv 17. Whu^-road. Clty-Twail, N
S OILED TURKEY CARPETS, no matter
bow dirty, cleaned as pure as when new by the patent process
of tho Metropolitan Bloom Bloaohing and Dyaing Company. I7 (
Wh rf-road City* rood. N.
OILED LACE, MUSLIN, and DAMASK
_' CURTAINS, Cleaned. Finished or Dyed In a reij ex ra
snnerior manner. A single pair fetched «nd delivered free of charre.
Modereto price* .—MET RO *** J LITA W ST BAM BLEACHING and
DYF.NO COMPANY, 17. Wh*rf.ro»d. Cltv road. N.
S'
QOILED CHINTZ FURNITURE Cleaned,
lO Stiffen sd, ami Glared equal to now. Dresses, Bhawls, Mon'l-S,
Jtc - Cicamd snd Dyed at van mode*ato "rices, by'ho MET 110-
POL1TAN FTF.AM BLEACHING oa*l DYKING COMPANY, 17,
Wharf-read. City-road. V.
QOiLKIL BLANKF/I’S, Countfrpanes, and
JO Dimity wd Furniture BLEACHED and SCOURED In a purer
m *r ner than baa hitherto been attained In Lo-doo.~ MK THOPOLITAN
bliAM B: EACUlhG and DYEING COMPANY, 17, Wharf-road
f lty-ro*d, N.
B LEACHING, Scouring, and Dyeing, ia
brought by this Company tn a high state of perfection, which,
eontb red with very moderate and fixed charge, ssprdatlr r*w*m-
tnerds itself tn the nobiMty._gcntry, and genciri public MSTAO-
POLirAN tTEAM BLEACHING and DYEING COMPANY. 17,
W hsrf roarf. City-read. N
C OALS.—Best Coals only.—COCKERELL
ard CO ’« pile* Is now 2*s per ten OMh for *he °«st Se-*vo«3
Coals, a« supplied b» them to her M«j***ty.—13. CornhlU: Purflef-
v h« 1 f. Earl -1 (net, Blackfriar*; and Eaton- wharf,. Selgrave-phux,
lritn’lco.
DR DE JONGH’3
L IGHT-BROWN COD LIVER OIL,
Prescribed by tb- moa! eminent Medical Mm as th* safest,
speediest, ann most effrotnal remedy for
cojtsntmoy, brokcritis, a*Tii»A, gout, iuikchstism scia¬
tica, DIABETES, rtSKASEN Ojr THE SEW, HEURaLGIA. E'CKCTt,
ISFAXXUJE WAATXVG, OKBERAI, DXIIIUTT, AND ALL oCBOrCLOLS
* ArrECTto.vs,
1* TH* BEST.
TQB MO*.r PALATABLE,
and TBS MO - T BCONOM1CAU
SFLECr MEDICAL GPINIOXE?-
JOKATUAN PEREIRA. M.D., P.K 8 .. ke, kc.
Whether con*idered with refneetjeo to h» ool»nr, (Ue*ur f or oho-
rririil pope rile* I am satisfied that, for medicinal purposes, do finer
Oil eon be procoreL”
A- B. GBA1ITXLT.S, Fsq.. M.D., F.R.8.. Ac.. Ac.
“The Oil brinr roach more paU able t an die Palo OU. Dr. Gran¬
ville's pat> u bav* them««)ve» *xpfta*ad a prefeeecce for Dr. de
Jcagb's Llahi-Brown Cod LIvar «hl ”
THOMAS HUNT, Fsq., P.KC.9.
“This 0D goes thice times farther than any other I have tried."
EDGAR 8 HFPPARD. F-*q., M.D.
♦' Dr. Pheppard believe* a pint of Dr de ongh’s Oil to be of mere
raloe than u quart of *ny oilier to be mot with hi Loudon."
Bold ON* T In IMPERIAL Half-pints, as. fid.; Pint-, u. 9d.; Quarts,
9 s rxi'Hulnl and labeHed with l*r n* JOAOM '8 ttamp a *: signature,
W 4 THPOT HUICH ROME CAN roSSJBLT B* GENUINE, by most re¬
spectable Chemists-
SOLE BRITISH CONS NINE**,
AN8AK, HAKF0KD, and C0-, 77, BTUAND, LOJJDDIf, W.C.
I— PPIMP——
S MART’S WRITING INSTITUTION, 5,
/WccndllJr, betweqn the Hay market acid Hogea--c-reus.—Open
from-Ten till Mue drily. Persons ot *U ages rcedrod (privately', and
taught at asiv time suiting their own convenionce Lessons ouo hoar
each Impvovemmrt guaranteed I** eight or rw-lvo easy lessons. Sepa¬
rata rooms fot LaiJib;. to which dopur'ninut (if tirefrrretl) Mrs. Siiucri
will attend.—Fot term*. Ao.. anjfly te Mr. Minor!, a* above.
A LETTER, with the Hendinp “TRADE
FKAL'DS," nn.l s‘gne.1 JONAS BROOK and RROTH BBS. ha*
been »o oxtcntlvely pob'tnned In *h.s v ews:»ap«ni, and flmtri uted by
llie Aulhors with their Goods, that wo * a*mot longer refrain front
nctirinr^fbe cxrroordioary ii«mualiots contained in the fjli,win?
pa r age
X *1 oiises, iho jmbUeation of wbo*e n’tnn* wrall surprio nil who
know them, fr*m want of confidonen in their own qu litias, have
imitated sewing-cotton latte’s ; tome have even adopted t u torn
' tilujctf,' i'lthcngh they well know 1 : to be pecu'l rJy 600 o‘ our trvie
niitt Va. It may l^tsssd, ’ Go t • a O, urt o r.q ity and g*t an lujuuc-
✓ti tf egalnn th«e people.' TI»U bus Itcen rfono, a-d inluna lo s have
be- n "l-ttiiud ; bkt why ahoulj iracesmou tejulro watching in th^a
way ?"
Now, tho term GlscJ is used by cevern! well-known and rrepe-table
munuftetmem, who place tloir « wii nano** 0*1 the tobfib* of tbrir
polMiwl *K\vlrg thru <d. Our owa Puteut Gl»od Tnre-id is sold
tbrocgliout the country with ettr miuie nn t urem of no Boar's Ha ul
promia mly nvkcd *.n each r.-tl as a c uuron'.m> Tor tha qumitr and
tbo accuracy 011 e lengths.
in nth to a throat of Me »rs. IDook. we offered p bthly to try
the qnesti- n of our right to are thi* term ne.vy thres ye-irs ap>, but
no proceeding* haveb*<u taken agnl- st u# at lavv or In equby
Momvs Block s claim to ap-impriata tho tonu -ltwi t, tbafroxcla-
sivr u-els pccull*riy al«axrd a*« Ve str-rto whoso p«ten: we
et fl'Stuvd, aid wbi»h wns fl’O't l» thi rr,untry sovor.l o*ra be¬
fore Mr sr* Brcok had any pa'ent for p"ll ti ng th osd, h«vo mod
tho te*m Gl«ic^ ii ce tho conmiancrm-nt of ihrlr m •niif ctu-o.
We ore as > inf-’ini’d ibai M. laus'u a o of the ur,-isl iu -nnhir-
turers of sowing cotton n Iho °on i->fn», has mod the Tord Goad
on tho la*ri- of hi* sevvieg cotton. bo,h on tea’s and in packet*,
since the year I 8 t 0 , or acout seven yoars before ilossrs. Br»k
ad< pted It.
" « nre quite reedy tn try th* qunstfem njwnly and fsfrly. hut >vo
think Mcsirs Brock are u-'t ju 1 ti «l tn Miblishiog a scries of sd-
vcrtU*meats such ts thi! wo nave qtto.ed.
Wa* TEH Ev VNS and Co.
Boar's Be»d Cotton Mnu'actnry, Derby, April 18'*8.
nXIPAhENTS and GUARDIANS—Wanted
A arnpectiblo wcU-educAiol Yoa h a* an APPit , *NP’C 8 to
tic Pilknnicrvy aad IJitsm rapory Bus'ubsi. Premium rc>(Ulnd-
Apply between 9 end II n m a- Booh and 8 erm!l's, *• T-o Bec-
hlvo,” 63 aud t4. Efl„-wa e-rof.d, Lmd*n
TIYHE NKW - SPRING r>lLK<*.—PE I’ER
A. ROFJJfcoV rwmer fully i-ro-rn* Ms Cnst-rool* and th • Mobility-
in gen*ral lh«t lilt SILK DKPAllTMENT fa, now replete with evary
Dovrl'y, cetnr rising the most luaxpemivo 02 wall a-> thori-h.it pro¬
ductions o' ihes*iuoa.
Btrifcd 8 iks .. .. from £ I 3s. 9J. tho Full Dress.
Check dSiik* .. .. „ I i> 6 „
B.yad*r: Bar 3 Iks .. 17 9 „
Kxtrn rich dlt'o .. „ 1 10 9 ,,
FlaMBUks . I *2 6 „
French Glee# ditto .. 1 16 9 „
CLmi tllks at all mie s.
llrccsdtd hilk* at si prices.
1 h-. Now Flounced RITk Rob-s,
Price* fro nnmorou* to quot».
Extra rich Motrrf Anil.pi* rii-hs. in al* th*mw Colours,
at 3 fiu'u as mnl a half tno Full Drum
Pr.ttcrns post-ffM.
A«’■!’*m Peter Ito Run 1 , t*.lkm*reer.
O N MONDAY NEXT P. R. w.'l oriar for
Pa'a JCROO wo.tli of v**rv rich FRKMtH HlLKS, at Two
Guineas tho Full Dress of t2 yard* nf ths whlo.t width.
Patterns po*t-fre?.
PETER ROBINSON, 811 hmercer, 03 103, D6,107. Oxford-street.
G RANDES EOUVEAUTES in TAELS. —
LA COMPAGN1E LY 'NNAHK,
No. 37, Boulevard dos Capuotno* Paris,
hsvo Jest expo ml for Ma o tlic'r hovrltl-* f ir tho Sc a on. comprising
Kftk tr.tTis, L*c«, fnolsn and French ' a henilres, Priu*«t and
Pmnrfs JM usilns, Fancy fctuff* of oil kinds, Wedding Outfit*, Mantles,
Burnou . Ac.
Tiro snccrislvo afrmrndbrtnent* rf the estohl'shm-nt ot I A Com-
nagrJa Lyoxtisiie h#vc ndflcml it r no of the moit eit nsivx la
Kuropa; tho watfrom’ at U»« piesr-nt day comprise upvar's of
thbty sale, n * or galleries, having four sep<*rato eutr n*es. Eteing
their own matufnciuio ». tlimr pn doctiots are not Hsb1«* to th*extra
eba gre mada <n acccun- of hiimmechsta ogouts. and thus t ;i» com¬
ps ny can effort! to off tar to the public on tsnn* far ni**ro a Ivan -
t»pe«us than any 'thtr house. Every autiolo oven tho Cach mures, is
matked !n pi,In figure*
I a Ct njp«gnl» LyornsUe bav* • sfablbhod hoose* of Lyons Kuh-
mere, rf creon *nd Chantitly for tise manu’iM.-turo of a it. Stuff*,
("■< Minin-* and Lsco, but they have to taecunalo for sa'« in auy
tout try whatever.
M rs. hiscuck, ladibs’ oumi'TER,
M* RepmtHitrtot, Quadrant.
Fire Long-cloth riirmiscs .. .. 2,- 6 <i. to U*. half dor. 30.
lfltto. ditto, t immed.3s fid. to *hs. „
Night iHrrer* trill- <1 4«. fi*l to 23 1. „
Ditto, ditto, trimmed, with embroidery". •»- f *d lo 87s. „
Every mlide of supcrl r Long-cloth, and t or -uglily well made.
Outfit* extremely economical,
lints forwar*1o-l reo.
C HINTZ FINE CAMBRIC MOltVING
DRB8&BS, 12a. 6d., French prin'in* and fltwlgus. p *tuly
ttlinrocl, gmllo Inc ufltd. Patlorns with direct! »ns f >- mo surerment,
sent free.—Mr* HISCOCK. Lad os’ Outfiu r, 64, Regent-street.
T7ERY PRETTY TRENCH NIGHTCAPS,
T rf 6no ► sinsook, with pink rmnre* and treblo laeo border ,
2s. 9d. tach: three fur *• .or 1-0*1*- ** stamps Bern free by po»t.
Mr*. BIBCOCK. 34. K«r nt-sireot.
I Ml'ORTANT TO LADIES—A Single Stay
Carriage-fren on toco pi of a Post-office order
The Elastic I'odice . 12*. M.
The Self—djostlug Corset . 12s. fid.
A book whb illusuat ms anrt prices son* on tho recriot of a pos'rfgfr
•tamp from which a solo- Cion o any conot can be mad*.
Crinoline rkbts ami HjriDe -ved fikltfr at verv low priore.
CART► R AND UreUBTON W. Vegout-tre t, vv ; 4, Blackfriars-
road; 3 Stock well-st irrt ‘ : r**ti* tch: ar.tl Cry rla' Palace,
B E)'DOT.’S UNIVERSAL CAPES.—The
eit«nsiT* sa'e of threo Gumonfs u their best roc.vunieo*l *U->n.
T My are Itnpeivic-ui to rain, yet rerroctly TBOtitatijg.—94, New
.. . . » .. . a . fr f . ......
Bund-*'1 *et and *9 * ornh'll t
. .Vo.ih d to :.
TTOK YOUTH -A COMPLETE fUlV, com-
X Fristmr Tnutc, Trouaore, Balt, andCoflir. In ril ths r'iw ^t-
tcrisis lor One Gu noo, at Moure. H. J. sad D. NIGGLL 0 K*tsh>
liritm-nt, 44. Regent-st'est
S ERVANTS’ LIVERIES.-Ti,e beat, al
m*’d»nite price*, funilahed for c«*h p-yoamU, H. J. and D.
OI.L. 114 . 11 Cl >8, and l«>. Regent-tn et. and 1 reflll
F
OH LADIES.- The NEtV MANTLE, in
. -JI the f«>bionatile eo’oar*. at on* Guinea each, is now ready
a* H*»tre. H J. * t»1 D N‘Cf>L .’B E*taOllsbm«ii US, R *>rt Wi l t.
B IJOU NEF.DLE-CASES, couiaming .00 of
DFANE"« Drined syed NEEDLE • for Is. HiU ne«L urefol,
. n . »t>re* dago to a Lady 's Work-tsWs win be nrs’inlso
^t-freTon wU* oT^t postage-* tom pa. admereel to DEANE and
CO-. Iro dco-b i. ge, E.C. KatahUshed A D 17U6. _
a 'HE PEN SUPERSEDED.—Marking Linen,
Bilk, Co ton. Books. Ac.. «itb CULLEK)** P4T8Nr
ELECTFO 1 * LA TIB prevents Uto Ink »nroading. and oerer washse
oa t. t v n»*sn» of »blt Inven Ion HV'O pieces O Inou can U marked
In on- h< ur Initial plate, ts. Name pUte 2 * 6.1 af m »r«obh»
nnmtvre. n hd ' rest fla Anna with Uwroarims* ton* rewt-
freetor •?•« *• Al o Patent Lover F.robomii.g rtaa with Croat
Die for fi»amptrg ''aper. 14a. T CnlTetnn, I a* d 2, -oc.<-a jO (*b«
doa from fcl- Martin s-lonob Beware of Imitations.
396
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[April 17, 1858
NEW BOOKS, J-c.
Now ready, price 6c. 6d.,
Handsomely bound in crimson cloth, gilt, and rflt edges,
fTULE NATIONAL MA6AZINE, VoL 3,
A containing 400pp. of Interesting and amoslng Literary Matter,
and Eighty Wood Engravings in the first style of the art.
Londoa: W. Kx»T and Co., 61 and 53, Paternoctar-row; and aO
Booksellers.
rTtHE NATIONAL MAGAZINE.—Now
A ready, prioo 10d., Part 18, containing iteooIIactions of Mary
Lamb, by Mrs Cowdon Clarke—Paddy sod I, by W. O. Thorn bury—
A Fantastical Couple —The Actor—Incident* of American Travel—
FinisTerro-The Married Bacholor-My Godfather's Guinea—How
to Treat, Tame, and Teach a Parrot, by ShMey Hibbcrd—and nume¬
rous other Papers, by Eminent Writers. Together with PORTRAIT
and MEMOIR of Lord LYNDHURST, and Eleven other beautiful
Wood Engraving*. Cases for Binding Volumne. Is. Sd.eaoh.
London: W. Kjkxt and Co., 61 and 53, Paternoster-raw; and all
Booksellers.
Crown 8vo, prioe Ss. 6d.; post-free, 2s. lOd.; with Map, 6<L extra,
L ONDON as it is TO-DAY j Where to Go
and What to 8oo. With 20T F.ngraviag*.
London: H. G. Clarke and CO., 362, dtrand. W.C.
Jnst published, price 6d . pottage-free on receipt of stamps,
g TAlNED WINDOWS and PAINTED
GLASS Imlfated by the brantifol process DIAPHANIK: a
ription of the Best Method*, with Concise Directions for Trans¬
parency Painting, be. Illus'rated.
"Any lady or gentleman may easily perform the work.”
" As effective as stained gla-A, which it closely resemble*. Its coet
h wonderfully small ”
London: Wm. Barnard, 69, Edgware-road, Paddington.
HE HALIFAX PUBLICATIONS are the
CHEAPEST BOOKS In the WORLD, and the best adapted
for presents. Ask for the Halifax Cheap *• ditions.
Milner and Sowbrbt, Halifax, Yorkshire.
Lately published, price 10s , bound in eloth,
O N INFANCY and CHILDHOOD: their
Medical Management and Disorders; embracing the whole
subject from birth, with Directions to Young Mothers for the
Management of th m»cl*es as well as their Offspring, Approvod
Prwicrip'ioos for Children’s Complaints, be. By T. J- GRAHAM,
M.D., M K.C.8
" Posse*##* very high cl alms”—British Banner.
"Written la a clear and Interesting m nner, and the author dis¬
plays- as in his previous works, much Judgment.”—Medical Circular.
By the same Author, Eleventh Edition, with Additions, price 16s.,
2. MODERN DOMESTIC MEDICINE. A com-
ith uriTi Medical Guide tor the Clergy. Families, snd Emigrants.
"0 aIRho mod cal guid-s that have come to our hands, this Is by
far th cbo«t. For fulness and oompletenosa they all yield the palm to
Dr. G-aham’s." Banner. Aug , 1853
London: Published by Bimfkin. Marshall and Co . Statloners’-
oourt; and Whittaker and Co., Patera os tor-row. Sold by all Book-
sello's.
Now ready, Second Edition, prioe la.: by post la Id.,
S TAMMERING: the Cause and Cure. By the
Rev. W W CAZALET A M Cantab.
London: Boswobth and Harrison, 216, Regent-street.
Scot Free by Post for Eight Penny Postage Stamps.
F ENNINGS’ EVERY MOTHER’S BOOK;
which e ntains ever* thine that every Mothe- ouch' to know.
Direct to Alfred flHXnros, Weal Cowes, Isle of Wlrht.
HE STORY of the SULTAN MOURAD
and his WELCOMEIGUE3T may bo obtained Graiitfon aporfea
Mon to an» Bookseller or Newsvendor ihra’gbout the United King¬
dom: or It will be eent Free from the Publishing Office to any person
forwarding his address.
Gffloe, 148, Fleet-street, London, E.C.
Ofjfl BIBLE STORIES, with nearly 300
Uuv BIB E PICTURES, a Pictorial Sunday Bx>k for the
Young, handaomelv bound, price «• tki , originally publi hvd at 12s.
Bent post-free Tom FIELD’S Great Bible W reh -use. 66, Regent'a-
quadrant. Every family should have this pretty hook.
OK flflfl BIBLES, Prayer Books, and Church
4^t/jvUV/ Services, In every description of binding and type
being tho cheapest largest, and brat-bound S ock in the Kingdom, at
PARKINS snd GOTTCPS, 8« and 26 Oxford-street
()|M1 BIBLES, PRAYER-BOOKS,
UU)VW CHURCH SERVICES, and JUVENILE BOOK8--
The Largest- Cheapest, and Beet-bound Stock in the Kingdom, at
FIELD’S Great Bibio Warehouse, 66, Regsat's-qnadrant. London.
TXTEDDING STATIONERY.—The Largest
* v Assortment, Nowcet Patterns, and latwt Alterations.—In¬
vitations. At-Homo Notes, Programmes, Itc.—PARKINS and GOTTO,
36, Oxford-street. Patterns eent post-free.
TO COUNTRY RESIDENTS.
P ARKINS and G OTTO’S GUINEA BOX
of "TATIONERY tent carriage pa'd to any railway station in
England upon receipt o r P.O. or er. It contain* 20 qcires of super¬
fine thick (fall tie*; cream-laid Note Paper; 10 quire* of (Queen's size,
ditto, ditto, and 600 thick cream-laid Envelope* (stamped and co¬
rn an ted l of two »ixss; 30 quires second quality full-size cream-laid
Note Paper; and 600 Envelopes stamped and cam on ted; an octavo
Blotting Book, and six dozen of P. and G ’s elastic post-office PeaJ*
with six holders A saving of full 6s. in the pound Parkins and
otto. Paper and Envelop* Makers, 34 and 36. Oxford-street London-
P ARKINS and GOTTO have opened Three
large Show-room* for the display ot cheap, useful, snd elegant
Artiolos for Birthday and Wedding Presents, from 3s. fid. to 20
guineas (a saving of 6s. In the pound
Writing Cases, fitted, from 2s. fid.
Travailing Rags, 3 to 16 guineas.
Desks, mahogany or rosewood,
5s. *1. '0 £3 3-.
Rosewood Dressing Cases, lined
with silk velvet, sliver top
bottles, and Jewel drawer. 42s
Ccnilemcn't Travelling Dressing
Cases, fired. Ito 6d.
Writinv and Dressing Cases com¬
bined, *0*.
Pocket Books, Letter Cases, and
Where 1* l*s.
Key Bore- and Jewel Cases.
Port MoQtiales and Tablet*.
Despatch Boxes, from 21a.
Scales and Paper Weight*.
Card Cases, tortoiseshell, 3s. 6d.
Ditto la pesrl, silver and inlaid.
Album- and Scrap Books.
(My Books), in lock cases
Inkstands, In bronze, ebony, wal¬
nut oak, and buhl.
Reticules and Carriage Bags.
Envelope and Stationery Cases.
Glove Boss* and Letter Boxes.
Ladle*' Compsn'on*. 7s. 6d.
Cases of Choice Cntlrry.
Card Baskets *nd Table Mats.
Ivory Paper Knlvea.
nook Hand* and 8Side*.
Papier Machd in great variety,
Parkins and Gotto. Manufactures, 24 and 26, Oxford-street-
■VTO CHARGE for STAMPING PAPER and
1.1 ENVELOPES, with Arm* Coronet, Crest, or Initial*.-
RODRIGUES’ Cream-laid Adhesive Envelopes, «d. per 100; Oream-
lald Note, fall sue, five quires for fid.; thick ditto, flvj quires for
Is.; Foolscap, 9s. per ream Sermon Paper, is. fid. Ail kinds of
Stationery eqnaliy cheap, at H. Rodrigues’. 42. PtocadHlv, f o ndon, W.
\ V' EDDING CARD8. Enamelled Envelopes,
v » lumped In »Uver, with arms, crest or flowers. “ At Homes.”
and breakfast Invitations, in the latest fa>hWi. tard-plate elegantly
engraved and 100 lurerfine cards printed for 4s. fid.-Observe, at
HENRY BuDRIGUES’, 42, Piccadilly (2 doors from 8acJrvide-street)
B INDING the ILLUSTRATED LONDON
NEWS. Subscribers snd purchaser* can have their VOLUMES
BOUND In the appropriate Covers, with Gilt Edgre, at 5s. per Volume
by sending thorn, carriage-naifi, with Post-office Ordar, payable to
LEIGHTON. SON. and HODGE, 13. Shoe-lane, London. Tho only
Binders authorised by the Proprietors.
1 ADIE8’ and GENTLEMEN’S AMUSE-
.J MENTR.—Mr. CHF.F.K respectfully calls attention to his
STOCK of ARCHERY, which is, without exception, tho largest in the
world, sroong which will be found fine ipodmen* of Saif Tow,
benutifo! springy Rnakewood, and the usn*l bard wood-backed snd
•olf Bows, at prices varying from 6s to 6 cuiness; Arrows, 2a. to 24s.
K dozen: 3 feet Targets, 9s. each; 4 feat, lie.; Ladies’ Equipment*,
.. 37* 6d , tfH , and 7 guineas; Gentlemen s. 27s. <6*., 89s.. and
10 guineas The stock of Fi*hirg-rod« and Tackle Is luge and the
prices moderate Fir-fishing Equipment*. 10s.. 21s., 42*., end 63a.
Salmon- fishing, 73*. 6d. and 6 gnlnesa. Pike-fishing, 16* 6d- and
32* fid. Bottom-fishing 6a.. 13s. f d„ 33s.. and .^e. Choice Trent
Flies, 3s per dozen: thrra-yarei gut line, fid.v boat, M.; exquisitely
Bd®, la. extraordinarily Fine Gat. every length selected, fia. per 100;
tuperior bamboo rod. spliced top. ringed, brazed, and winch fittings.
7s. ea.; twelve-yard csri-net, for gudgeon 21s: slx-yanl for min-
Aows, 19s. A lorgv assortment of extremely choice Cricket Bat* by
Tf™ aod Claptbaw, beat quality, match size, fid ; small size. Is
fiOFfifti balk, wickets, belts, glove*. *tc. Rackets, 10s to 20s. each
Ladies' myrtle green. Napoleon blue,brown silk, and Improved alpaca
Uznbrolhscn p-teov paragon frames, remarkablv fight: also superior
myrtle green, brown silk, and alpaca for gtmtismen, a choice assort¬
ment. at moderate i rico*. Not* for strong carriage umbrellas. Mr
Cbeok al>o reeorctfult* submit* a v B y rWait assortment of Ladles'
and Geatlemcn*s l-ondoo-made Rating Whips, plain, Is to 10*.;
mount . 7s. fid. to 6 guineas 'lhe assortment of fashionable Walking
Csdm and Stick* is large and elegnnt, his stock of Boxinr Gloves,
fencing foils, masks, ' aaketa and sticks, gauntlets, bo., is worthy the
notice of all parents and teacher* who wbb the youth of tho present
day to combine the advantages of Physical Educa Ion with Amuso-
toenL A liberal allowance to beads of colleges, large school- pro-
fessore, snd dealer* In archery. fishing-Uckle. be. Manufactory and
Warehouse. 133 c, Oxford-street, W. The Archer's Guide, British
Angler s Instructor, Rules of Cricket and Catalogue of Prices (gratis)
contains more really useful information than any other work.
Onlen from oountry (with remittance) generally attendod to the
lame day
u aat * D P roT ® d of. Secretaries to Archery
Ujd^Crickw Clubs will aave themselves much trouble by sending for a
NEW MUSIC, frc.
D ’ALBERT’S NEW DANCE MUSIC.—
VI OLA NTT, WALTZ. Just out. Price 4s; fun orchestra,
6e. Post-free-— Cuafpxll sad CO., 60, New Bond-street.
’ALBERT’S FRENCH POLKA.—Just out.
Price 3s.; foil orchestra, to.
Chaptkll and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S LEVIATHAN GALOP.—
Jiut out. Prioe 3s.; full orchestra, to. Poat-freo.
Chappell and Co., 60, New Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S VENICE QUADRILLE. Just
out. Price is ; full orchestra, to. Post-free.
CHAPPELL and Co., 60, New Bond-stroot
D ’ALBERTS TUOVATORE MAZURKA.
Jnst out. Prioe Is. 6d. Post-free.
Chapp*ll and Co., 60, New Bond-street.
D
/ALBERT’S LES SCEURS VALSES. Just
out- Price t*. Post-freo.
Chappell and Co., 60, New Bond-street.
D
’ALBERT’S HOOP DE DOODEN DO
GALOP. Prioe 2s. 6d. Post-free.
Chappell and co., 60, New Bond-steet.
D -ALBERT’S WEDDING QUADRILLES-
Price 3s.; foil orchestra, to Post-free.
Chappell and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
P ATRICK, MA CUISHLA. New Irish
Ballad. Written by tbo Hon. Mr-.. NORTON; Music by
GEORGE BARKER, computer of tho - Irish Emigrant.” Price 2*.
Post-free. Chappell and Co., 80, New Bond-street.
FVON’T LET THE ROSES LISTEN. New
«ong. Music by BALFE. Written by Miss JESSICA
RUNKIN. Prico 2k., post-trea.
Chappell and Co., 80, Now Bond-street.
TUANITA. By the Hon. Mrs. NORTON.
1/ Third Edition of this tho mo*t popular of ail Mn. Norton’s
Ballads price 2s.; also M araonlta, a Portuguese Love Bong, by the
same Composer, price2*.. t> 06 t-free
Chappeli tnd CO., 60, New Bond-street.
B RINLKY iilCHARDS’ COMPLETE
TUTOR for tho P1ANOFORE. The beri, the newest, and
cheapest of all Instruction Books, containing elementary instructions,
scales, exercise*, and a great variety of the most popular themes as
progressive lessons. Blxty pages, full music size, price 4s. post-free.
Chappell and Co., 60, Now Bond-street.
TVTEW SONG, THE FIRST TIME WE MET.
1 By the Composer of “Will you love me then as now?”
"Dearest, thou I’D lovo you more, ,r “A Young Lady's No.” be.
Prioo 2s. This tong will equal, If not *urpsa*, tho snooess attained by
any former prod action of this gifted composer.
Durr and HODGSON, 66, Oxford-street.
TVTEW SONG, THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS,
1.1 written and oomposed by BAMUEL LOVER. Esq. Prioo 8a. fid.
rhis elegant ballad may be considered one of Mr. Lover’* happiest
compoiiiioni Word* and music are oqually pleasing, and ensure ha
becoming a general favourite Postage-free.
London: Durr and Hodoboy, 66, Oxford-street.
S ongs of the seasons, -spring
BLOSSOMS. SUMMER ROBES AUTUMN FRUITS, and
WINTER EVERGREENS Composed by STEPHEN GLOVER
Prioe 2s. fid. each These song* possess attractions seldom before
obtained Tbo Words, by Carpenter, are exceedingly Interesting, and
have suggested to Mr Glover molodio* of the most fas cin a tin g cha¬
racter, while the Illustrations, by Packer, are superb.
Dorr and Hodgson, 66, Oxfard-«treot.
B LOCKLEY’S BALLAD. JESSIE’S
DhEaM. 2*. fid. (?0,00ft). Ptory of the Relief of Lucknow, the
distant Marcia* of Tho Campbells are coming. Auld Lang tSyne, and
God save the i^uecn. introduced L> this most beautiful ballad, told
with wonderful effeot, and moved the audionco to lean.
Cramer, 301, Rogont-atreet.
M adame oury’s new pianoforte
MU8IC —“Oberen,” polka do salon, 3a. Robert, to! qua
Palme, 4s. Souvenirs d'Eoone, Pantaiaie on Scotch airs, is. Grand
Faniaiaio on Prussian National air*. 4s.
Boosxr acd Sons' Musical Library, Hollos-street.
rr\HE SONGS of the DAY.—“ Too Late,” by
JL Pratten, song by Miss tinning. 8s.; 14 Those dear old times,”
by Faithful, song by Miss Dolby, Is-fid.; “Scenes of Home,” by
Balfo, 3s., and * T I do not watch alone,” by Mira Pricker, oompoee*
of 44 Fading away,” 2s.
BoosKY and 8 onb’ Musical Library, Eiolfee-ctreet.
S IMS REEVES’ NEW SONGS.—I. “Phcebe,
deareot," by J. L. Hatton; 3. "The last good night.” by
Hargitt ; 3. 44 Who shall bofaireet,” by Frank Mori; 4. " Good night,
beloved,” by Balfo; 6. 44 Come into tho gardon, Maud,” by Balfo.
AH Illustrated with portrait of Mr Sims Reeves.
BOOSXT and Sons, Hollos-sttoeL
rrtHE NUN’S PRAYER, by NOBDMANN.—
1 A Fourth Edition of this pooular plane for Pianoforte U pub¬
lished this day, beautifully Illubirated, price Also, by tho same
Author, Greek Pirates'Chor is, 2s ; La Donna 6 Mobile, 3s.; Gooet
Been*, ts ; the Tower Soeoo lu "H Trovatofe," 3*.
BOOSKY and boss' Musical Library, Hoilee-atreet.
QIGNOR GUGLIELMO*8 NEW SONGS,
kj TE MATmtO aurt LA MIA PtBTA, prioe »s. each. Also,
Third Edition of 44 La Kofte e Bella,’ by the some Coranooer, price 2s.
Boosxr and Sons' Musical Library, Holles-street.
r fENTY-FIVE SONGS from VERDI’S
OPERAS ( all w ith Fnglish and Italian words) are oontninod
in the VERDI ALBUM Price 6* in fancy cover, or 7s. 6d. splen¬
didly bound In c.* 1mson and gold; poat-free.—B oosxt and Sons,
Hollet-e tract.
QIXTEEN QGADRILLES, Vaises, Polkas,
O Galops, and V*noviana. by HENRI LAURENT, are oont-ined
in LAUKEwT" * ALB’ M of DANCE MUMO, as perfotuad at tho
Queen's Stiite Balls, by the Auth r’s band. In fancy cover, price to.
(76 paces), post-free.—Boosxr and *• ON8, HslIce-street.
D INNA YE HRAR? or, Jessie of Lucknow.
Song: Written and Composed by ANN PRICKER, Composer
o' " Fading away,” fro. 2* .fid.;
MAUD, 2a 6d.; Airy Fairy Lilian, 29* 6d.; and
Home they Brought her Warrior, Dead. 3s. Three Song* by Ml«« M.
LIND-'AY. The poetry by ALFnED TENNT°ON, Esq.. D.C.L.,
Poet laureate. Ai*o, Tho llrid.e. Poetry by H W. Longfellow, fcsq.
Music by M*ss M. Mndsav. Verv finely Uluiirnted. 2s. 6d.
DtNNA FORGET, LAt)DlE. Ballad, sung by Miaa
Mcwcut, with constant euthuiliutic applause. Tho music cumpo.ed
hj A. W. PELZKK 2s
\/ N B. Plato* for hire for ’2* per month, and upwards.
London: ROBERT Cocky and CO , New Burlington-street, W.
A DELE; or, I Miss thy Kind and Gentle Voice.
The Second Edition of this beautiful Ballad, by L4NGTON
WILLIAMS, hi now ready, a* rang by 5Ib» Laecclie*. Price 3a.; free
for.»tampe.—W. Williams, 321, Tottenham-court-road.
E FF1E SUNSHINE: New Ballad. By
LANGTON WILLIAMS; sung by &!>s« Poole, with the greatest
iucccai-I iBeautifu'ly lllu«!rated. Price 2s. 6d-, free for stampe.
W. WILLIAMS, 231, Tottcnham-oourt-road.
L ANGTON WILLIAMS’ NEW BEDOWA,
“The Village Vueen."—“This is lhe gem of tho season, both
in music and Illustration. "—Review.—W. Williams and Co., 221,
Totteoham-court-road. Prico 2*. fid.; free for stamp*.
T he royal wedding quadrilles,
by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Iltuitrated with Portraits in
Colours of tbsir Royal Highuwiei the Prlncees Koval of Prustia. and
her Consort, by oRANDAitD after Drawing* by Winterhalter.
Pr'ce t«., free for atampa.—W. Williams md Co., 221, Toucnham-
oo art-rood
HAVE ALWAYS A WELCOME FOR
THFR-—New BaBsd by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Just pub-
U, hod “ One of the aweete* balla- s of the day "—Review. Price
2s.; free for stamp*.—W. Williams, 221, Tottenham-court-road.
N EW BALLAD, “Words to Remember/’
price 2s. Words by J. R. CARPENTER Untie by R. J.
v twN Ail purchaser* of this *ong will be presented with a ticket,
two p anofortea value 3 guineas each, being given away by the pu£
Usher among tbo purchasers, to be drawn for upon 1000 copies bang
join Music Publisher, 66, Baker-street. 8ong and ticket^*
f or -6 stamp*. AH music half price sent for stamps. _
TT IS NAE, JEAN, THY BONNIE FACE.
- *7. (dedieated to tho Counteas of Yar¬
borough) by N. DE DECKER. Price 2«., poat-free.
ADDioON Hollier, and Lucas ,201, Regeut-ttroet W
NEW MUSIC, 4-c.
T ISZTS CONSOLATION for the PIANO-
1 J FORTE.— 44 Pure, melodious, and foil of sweet and soothing ex¬
pression. "—Dally News. “ One of the moat charming thing* of the
kind.’ 1 —Athozucum. Third Edition. Price Is., sent prepaid on rcoeipt
of 13 stamp*. Ewer and Co., 390, Ox ford-street.
E WER and CO.’S MUSIC WAREHOUSE,
390. Oxford-street, London.- Ewer and Co.’* own Publica¬
tion*, Including all Mendelssohn’* Works, and tho whole of their ex¬
tensive stock of foreign Music, sold at the uniform rate of Sixpence
par Shoot, being only about half the prioe charged by other eetahliah-
ments. Catalogue* gratis.
R ound the corner waiting,
WHAT WILL PEOPLE 8AY? Ballad, by CHARLES
BWAIN, Music by RANDIGGER. As lung by Madame Ruderedorff
and other crlcbratod vocalists. Eighth Edition, price !»• 6d. Sent
free on reoeipt of 18 *tamp*.—EWRB and Co., 390, Oxford-street.
mHE NEW ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM
A forth* DRAWING-ROOM.
ALEXANDRE and SON have jnst taken out a new patent for th*
Drawing-room Harmonium, which effects the greatert improvement
they have ever mado in the in*trument. The drawing-room models
will be found of a softer, purer, and In all re-poets more agreeable
tone than any other instruments They have a perfect and easy
means of producing a diminuendo or cresoondo on any one note or
more; the boss can be perfectly subdued, without even the nso of th*
expression stop, the great difficulty in other Harmonium*. To each
of tho new models an additional blower is attached at the back, so
that tho wind can be supplied (If preferred) by a second person,
and (till, under tbo new patent, the perforator can play with perfect
expression.
THE DRAWING-ROOM MODEL.
No. Is made in three varieties. Guineas.
1. Three Stops, Percussion Action, additional Blower, and
in Rosewood Case .. ..36
3. Bight Stops ditto ditto ditto 36
5. Sixteen Stop# ditto ditto, Volx Cdleste, Jbc.
(tho boot Harmonium that can bo made) M •• 60
Messrs. Chappell nave an eoormou stock of the
BIX-GUINBA HARMONIUMS,
And of ail Varieties of tho ordinary kind, which are perfect for the
Church, School, Hail, or Concert-room.
No. Guineas.
1. One Stop, oak ease . .. .. .. 10
8. n mahogany ease .. •• .. IS
8. Three 8top*, oak, 15 guineas; rosewood .16
4. Five 8top# (two rows vibrator*), oak ..33
„ ditto rosewood case.33
*. Eight Stop*, ditto, oak, 36 guineas; rotewood .. .. 98
6. Twelve 8tope (four row* vibrator*), oak or rosewood case 36
7. One Stop (with percussion action), oak oass, 16 guineas;
rosewood case. •• .. .. 18
8. Three Stop*, ditto, rosewood case «. .. •«—^ 20
9. Eight Btop*, ditto, oak or rosowood can •• ... 33
10. Twelve Stop*, ditto, oak case. pi .. 40
11. „ ditto, rosewood case .. v.46
IS. Patent model, ditto, pol‘ .*bed oak or rosewood case 66
Morn*. Chappell beg also to call attention to their
NEW AND UNIQUE COTTAGE PIANOFORTES.
No. Guineas.
1. In mahogany oon, Oft octave* .. .. •• •« 36
3. In rosewood, with circular fall. Of ootaro* •• •• .. 30
5. In rosewood, elegant case, frets, Ac, .. .. •• 36
4. In very elegant walnut, ivory-frontod keys, &«. .. •• 40
A Tho Unique Pianoforte, with perfect check action, elegant
rose wood ease, fi| c-cte.ves ,. .. \ .. .. •• 40
6 The Forelm Model, ixtramely elegan , .,obllqne itrings, 7
Octave*. be« chock action, Ito., tho moot powerful of
all up;
ototi
60
d Instrn-
menu, by Broadwood, Collard, and Krord, for sale, or hire.
Full descriptive list* of hennoninmi and of pianofortes sent upon
application to CHAPPELL and CD., <9 and 60, New Bond-street,
and 13, Gnorge-«tro«t. Hanover-Rqasrv’
Agents for America, FABRT.QtETTBS and CO , New York..
riHAPPELL’S FOREIGN MODEL PIANO-
FORTH, price Fifty Gainou- ihis Instrument has (unlike
tho ordinary Cottage Pianoforte) Three Strings ana tho fallott Grand
oompass cf Seven Octaves. It U strengthened by every possible
mean* to endure tits greatest amount o> wear, and to stand perfectly
In any climate Tho workmanship is of the best doecription, the toto
is round, foil, and rich ; and tho powor equal to that of a Bichotd
Grmad. The com is of the mo*t elegant con<trnction, in rosewood,
the touch ala tic, snd the repetition very r-p d. Every possible pre¬
caution hts been Liken to ensure its standing well Id tune. Chappell
and Co. e*. ecially invite the attention of the public, the profession,
and merchant* to tho Foreign Model, fvellng assured that no Piano¬
forte, in all respects comparable, ha* hitherto been made in England
at the wtmo price. Every instrument will bo warranted, and (if de¬
sired) exchanged within twolvo months of the purchase.— 60 , New
Bond-jtraet, London.
H ARMONIUMS.—CRAMER, BEALE, and
CO. are tho A genu for ALEXA NDRB'8 PATENT MODEL.
Prict« from 10 to 66 Guineas—Cramer, Beale, and Co., 301, Regent-
PIANOFORTES.—CKAMER BEALE, and
X CO. have the beet of every description, New and Secondhand,
for Bale or Hire —801, Kerent-stract.
ATUSICAL BOX DEPOT, 54, Cornhill,
IjUL London, for the Sale of Musical Boxes, made by the celebrated
Moasn-NICOLE (Frkre*), of Genova, cooialniog operatic, national,
favourite, and sacred aim. List of tunes and prices gratis.
P IANOFORTES (First-Class), DUFF and
HODGSON, Makers, 66, Oxford-sUoet.—These Instruments
ire recommended by the Profession, and may be had in Walnut,
Zebra, and Rosewood. Price* moderate- Warranted.
P IANOS.—OETZMANN and PLUMB’S
now Patent STUDIO or SCHOOL-ROOM PIANOFORTES,
which havo given such universal satisfaction (price# ranging from
considerably lee* .ban £30), are only to bo obtained, in London,
at 66, Great Rosaoll-etroet, Bloomsbury; and of all the principal
country musicsaller*.
P IANOFORTE S.— OETZMANN and
PLUMB’S New Patent SCHOOL-ROOM PIANOFORTES,
6] octaves, prices from considerably under £ 20 , are tho most luito'ti*
instruments manufactured for the schoolroom, oi where a *ma>l
Punoforte i» required, being so constructed at to require Httle tuning.
For th* boudoir in elegant walnut end re* wood cases. To ho had of
all the principal country mualcsedcn In England. Scotland, snl
Ireland; also for *ale hire exchange, or periodical payments, bt 66,
Great Russel-street, Bloomsbury (the only English dtfpot in London.)
P IANOS, 16 Guineas.—OETZMANN’8
SCHOOL-ROOM PIANOFORTE. &| Octaves In solid Maho¬
gany Cases. Warranted. Packed free, and forwarded for cash.-
0ETZMANN acd CO, 33, Wigmore-*treet, Cavondish-eqnare, W.
PIANOFORTES, £25.—OETZMANN’S
_L ROYAL COTTAGE PIANOFORTES, 6| Ootavea. Cylinder
Falls, Rosewood or Mahogany Cases. Warranted. Packed free for
cash.—OETZMANN and 00., 33, WIgmore-etroet, Cavendiah-eq., W.
P IANOFORTES—GEO. LUFF and SON
h vo tho largest *tock in London, for SALE or HIRE, with
easy term* of purchase, both now and teconUh^nd, 'r om £10 to £100,
Toner* sent to all part*.—103, Great Howell-street, Bloomsbury.
fl. EO. LUFF and SON’S IMPROVED
" N HARMONIUMS for BALE or HIRE, with easy term* of pur¬
chase, from £13 tj £6i. The only maker* of the real Harmonium.
Repairs, Tunings.—103, Great Roosell-itreet, Bloomsbury.
P IANOFORTE a BARGAIN, 6£, tho pro-
petty of a Lady. A Brilliant, foil, and sweet-tonod Cottage,
In fine Walnut case, nearly new. To be disposed of to an immediate
purchaser for Tweaty Guinea*.—Apply at Belgrav# House, 12, Sloann-
•treot, Belgrave-*quare
/CHARLES PACKER (late Antoni Forrer),
Artist In Hair to the QUEEN, by Appointment.
Hair Jewellery Department, 136, Regent-street
Foreign and Fancy ditto, 7®, Regent-street
Jet and Mourning ditto, 76, Regent-strooi.
H AIR .JEWELLERY.—Artist in Hair.—
DEWDNEY beg* to Inform Ladle* or Gentlemen resident in
town or any part of the kingdom 'hat he beautifully make*, and
elegantly mounts, in gold, HAIR BRACELETS Chain*, Brooches,
Ring*, Pin*. Studs, Ac.: and forward* the ssmo, cant fully packed
In boxes at about one-half the usual chsrge. A beautifol collection
of specimens, h an dram cl < m anted, kept for Insp ction. An illus¬
trated book sent free.—Dewtiney, 172- Fcnchurch-*lraet-
B efore you have your likeness
TAKEN send for DEWDNEY’8 PATTERNS of BROOCHES,
Leckett, Bracelets, ko.. wnich are sent free on receipt of two postage-
stamp*. Registered Revolving Brooches In 8oiid Gold, to *how either
Likenesa or Hair at pleasure of wearer, from 4to each A Gold
Plated Brooch or Locket »ent free to any part of the kingdom for
10s. fid — Dewanejr, Manufacturing Goldsmith and Jeweller, 172,
Fenchurcb- street, City, London.
A GUINEA GOLD WEDDING-RING and
Hall-marked KEEPER sent in a morocco box to any part of
the kingdom on receipt of Sie or a Poet-office order.—GEORGE
DEWDNEY, Goldsmith and Jeweller, ITS, Fenchorch-street, London.
T O FREEMASONS at Home and Abroad.—
BRO. JOHN MOTT THEARLB, Manufacturer of Jewel*,
Clothing, Furniture, Banners, be., tor the Craft. Mark. Royal
Arch, K.T., and higher degrees. No. 198, Fleet-*tract, Londoa,
wholoaalo and retail. Merchants, Lodgers, Tilers, and the Trade
(applied on most advantageous terms. A choice collodion of Ma¬
sonic Joweis, Pins, Rings, and Studs always on hand. Copy the
address.
fXTATCHE8.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS,
▼ V Watchmaker* (oppoeite the Bank of England), 11 and IS,
Cornhill, London, submit for soloetion a stock of first-class PATENT
DETACHED LEVER WATCHES, which, being made oy thomaeivt*,
can be recommended for accuracy and durability. A warranty la given.
PKICKS OF SILVER WATCHES.
Patent Lever Wa’ch, with the Improvements, i 0 -, tho de¬
tached a japement, Jewelled, bard enamol dial seconds,
and maintaining power to continue going whilst being
wound .£4 14 0
Ditto, jewelled in four holes, and capped .6 6 0
Ditto, tho flnoat quality, with the Improved regulator,
Jewelled in six hob*, usually In gold cases.8
Eithorof the Silver Watcho* in hunting oa*es, 10s fid. extra.
GO D WATCHES —SIZE FOR LADIES.
Patent Lover Watch, with ornamootal gold dial, the move¬
ment with latest improvement*. La., tho detached escape¬
ment, maintaining power and lowollod.11 11 0
Ditto, wl'h richly-engraved case .. .. .. 13 13 0
Ditto, with very strong ciisa, and jewelled in four holes .. 14 14 0
GOLD WATCHES;—SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN.
Patent Lever Watch, with the latest improvements, i.o.,tho
detacbod escapement, jewelled in four holes, hard enamel
dial, second*, and maintaining power .10 10
Ditto, in stronger case, improved regulator, and capped .. 13 13
Ditto, J* welled in six holes, and gold balance .. ..17 17
Either of the Gold Watches In hunting cases. £3 3*. extra
Any Watch selected from the list will be safely packed and sent fro*
to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, upon a receipt of a remittance
of the amount.
B ' _ 1T'nVo / N’S WAT C H E S.
“Excellence of design and perfection of workmanship.
Morning Chronicle.
44 ( bn qualities of his manufacture stand second to none.”—Morning
Advertiser ,7 /
V All that can be desired <□ finish, taste, and design.”—Globe.
44 Tho watches here o> hlbltod surpass those of any other English
man a fact urcr. ’'—Observer.
Thoeo who cannot poreontily inspect this extontivo and costly stock
should Bond two stamps for *' Benson’* Illustrated Pamphlet,” con¬
taining important information requisite ia tbo purchaae of a watch,
and irom wr ich they can *eleot with tho greatest oertaln’y th« one
adapted to their use. Silver Watches from 2 to 60 guineas; Gold Watches,
from £3 Ito to 100 guineas. Every wato- warranted, and sent post¬
paid to any part of England. Scotland, Ireland, or Wales, noon re¬
ceipt of a remittance- Merchants. Shippers, and Watch Cluba
supplied. Wa'cho* exchanged or repaired.
Manufactory, 33 and 34, Ludgate- hill, London, E.C.
Established 1749.
O N BOARD H.MS. “NORTH STAR,” n
the ARTIC REGION8, for Two Years, the Ship’s Time was
kept by one of JONES’S Levers, *11 other Watches on board having
stopped. In stiver, £t 4s.; In Gold, £10 Ids.; at the Manufactory,
328. Strand (oppoeito Somerset House).-Read JONES'S “ Sketch of
Watch Work." Scat free for a Sd. stamp.
S ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Mannfac-
turers, Nos. 17 and 18, Cornhill, havo a Show-room expressly
fitted up for the display of Drawing and Dining Room CLOCKS,
manufactured in soloi did Ormolu, and exqulshely- modelled antique
Bronzes, the! movements of first-dare flnl*h, striking the hour* and
half- hours. Each Clock is warranted. Staircase Clocks in fashion¬
ably-mounted oases. Dials for Counting-houses. All charged at
manufacturing prices.
The New Buildings, Nos. 17 and 18, Cornhill.
8 ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Mannfac-
turers, No*. 17 and 18, Cornhill, invite attention to their now and
splendid Stock of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, each warranted,
and twelve months’ trial allowed.
Silver Watches, of highly- finished construction, and jewolled, with
fashionable exterior, at 60s to £10 10s.
Gold Watches, of all descriptions of movements, from £8 fie.
to £60.
Books of Patterns and Prioo* can bo obtained; and all orders, with
a remittance, promptly attendod to.
S ARL and SONS, Goldsmiths and Jewellers,
No*. 17 and 18, Cornhill.—The ground floor of tho Now Building
s more particularly devoted to the display of Fine Gold Jowoliery and
Fine Gold Chains.
In tho Jowoliery Department will bo found a rich and endless
assortment of Rings and Broochos, set with magnificent gem*, Brace¬
lets and Necklets, Pins and Studs, *c. All newly manufactured, and
in the moot recent style The quality of the gold is warranted.
Fine Gold Ghalns are charged according to their respective weight*,
and the quality of the gold is certified by the stamp.
Books of Patterns and Prices con bo obtained.
Letters promptly attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Silversmiths (the New
BulidlDg), 17 and 18, Cornhll, invite attention t« their new and
magnificent Stock of London-manufactured HI 1 VER PLATE, con¬
taining overy artic'o req isiite for tho Table and Sideboard.
Bilvor Spoons and Forks at 7*. 4d. per ounce.
Rich and Elegant Tea and Goffo* Eqnipegsa, commencing at £38
the full service.
Silver Salvers of all rizos and patterns, from £6 10*. to £100.
A large and costly display of Silver Presentation Plate, charged at
per ounca—Silver department of the building.
Books of Designs and Prioe* may be attained.
QARL and SONS, Wholesale Manufacturing
kJ ELECTRO and ARGENTINE SILVER PLATERS, Noe. 17and
18, Cornhill.—In the splendid Show Rooms devoted to thi* department
of the business will be found every article usually manufactured
Corner Dishes and Covers Dish Cover*—8>up and 8auco Tureens—
Cruel Frames-Tea acd Coffee Service*—Magnificent Epergnes and
Candelabra—Salvers and Tea Trays.
Tho Argentine Silver Spoon* and Forks, solely manufactured by
8arl and Sou*, at one-sixth tho ooet of solid Silver, are especially ro-
oommendod, having stood the test of Fifteen Years' experience.
Books of Drawings and Prices may be obtained.
All orders by post punctually attended to.
S ILVER PLATE, New and Secondhand.—
A Pamphlet of Price#, with Engravings, may be had gratis; or
will be stmt post-free, if appllod for by lew or.—A. B. SAVORY and
SONS, Goldsmiths (opposite the Bank of England), 11 and IS, Corn¬
hill, London.
M APPIN’S CUTLERY and ELECTRO-
8ILVF.K PLATK.—Messrs. MAPPIN (Brothers), Manufac¬
turer* by Spocfal Appo ntmrn* to the Quran, are the only Sheffield
Maker* who (apply 'ho c Dimmer direct in London Their London
Show Pooro* 67 and 68 KiNO-WILLlAK-OTBFST, London-brldge,
oontaln by far the largrstStoch ofCUTLKKY and RLKCTKO-fil -YU
PLAlE In the W *r)d, which Is trsnsmi ted direct from their Manu¬
factory, Queen’s Cutlery Works, 8beffiold.
Eloctro-bilver Bpnon* and Forks,
Fiddle Pattern, full size.
Per Do*.
TableSpoons .. 36* 0d
Table Forks .. .. 36 0
Dessert Spoons
Dexsort Forks
Tea Spoons
Salt
Mustard
,.(Gi
’::r
.. 27
.. 27
.. 16
Gltt Bowl* 1
per doz. / 14
extra J
Ivory Table Knives, Full Size,
Balance Handles, which cannot
poealblt beoomo looso. Per Do*.
Table Knives .. .. 25# 0d.
Dessert Knives 18 0
Carvers (per pair) ..9 0
As above, with Sterling Sllvor
Ferules.
Table Knives .. ..34 0
Dessert Knives .. 24 0
Carvers (per pair) .. 11 0
Mappin’7 Brothers) respectfully Invite buyers to Inspect
their unprecedented display, which for beauty of design, exqui¬
site workmanship, and novelty, stands unrivalled. Their Illustrated
Catalogue, which ia continually receiving addition* ot new designs,
fro i on application.
Ma.-pin (Brothers), 67 and 68. King Will lam-street, London-bridgU.
Manufactory, Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield-
G ARDNERS’ IMPROVED INDIAN and
COLONIAL LAMI*^, 60s. each, complete, with Pu"k*h Pro¬
tector.—These ' amps are fitted with all tho receut Improvem* nta, are
chaato and olegant in design, and are suitable for any tablo as no ex¬
pense has boon (pared In their manufactu.e. Cannot be affected by
wind or in-ecta. A variety of pattern*, In bronze and othoIu,
always on view, varying from 32 to 3< Inches In height, a* £*
each. Gardner*’ (by special appointment to her Majesty). 453. Strand,
Charing-crosa; 3 and 4, Duucannoa-street, adjoining; and 63, Strand.
Established 106 Year*.
/ORNAMENTS for the MANTELPIECE,&c.
V-/ Statuettes, Groups. Vases, Ac., in Parian, decorated Bisque and
other China; Clocks (gilt, marble, and bronze). Alabaster, Bohemian
Glass, first-class Bronzes, Candelabra and many othor art-manufac¬
tures, all In tho beet tan to and at very moderate price*
THOMAS PEARCE and BON, 23. Ludgate-hill, E.C.
TYINNER, DESSERT, and TEA SERVICES.
JL/ A larre variety of new and good P«ttorns Best quality,
superior taste, untuually low , rice*. Also every description oi v»
Table Glass oquall? advantagooo*. „ _
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, Ludgato- hill, B C.
/•'IHUBB’S PATENT DRILL PREVEN-
T VK is the only real security against tho burglars’ boring fo“
•tnunent recently used to open safe* in Manchester and London, ana
1* now applied to all «. hubb’s Fireproof Safe#.—May be seen at
CHUBB and 8 JN8’, 67. 8L Paul’s Churchyard, London.
P APERHAN GINGS and DECORATIONS.
Tho largest and best Stock hi London of irt
~ rn, commencing at 13 yard* for fid., is at CROSS t>, 33, Great
_ „ Jand-straet, dar ‘ lobono, near the Polytechnic Institution. House
Painting and Decorating In every style Estimate* ft**.
Supplement, April 17, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
397
wsyagjr:'
north-east coast by his heroio exertions to save life from shipwreok.
He possesses silver medals from the Itoyal Humane Society, from the
| National Life-boat Institution, from the Board of Trade, and a first-
class gold medal from the French Emperor for saving the crew of a
French vessel. He has himself saved twelve persons from drowning,
besides having )een, with others, the happy means of rescuing a great
number of human lives. In stormy weather he is seldom off the beaoh,
and hence the title of “ The Stormy Petrel,” by which he is so well
known. On one'.oocasion Mr. Hodgson saved a baby, bringing it on
shore wrapped up in his coat, in the slings of the rocket-apparatus:
then, returning to the vessel, he brought thence the mother safe to land.
We append the chief of Mr. Hodgson’s heroio deeds:—
In 1844 he saved the life of John Snowdon, a child about two years, by
jumping off the quay into the River Wear.
In 1846 he saved John Nicholson’s life by jumping off the quay into the
River Wear, near the Custom House.
!
THE WHITE LODGE (THE llAKGSuV), RICHMOND RARE.
Hi8 Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will shortly occupy the
White Lodge (the Ranger's), Richmond Park. Since the death of the
Duchess of Gloucester the Rangerthip has been intrusted to the
Duke of Cambridge, on, we believe, the understanding that, when the
Prince of Wales attained his majority, the Royal Duke would transfer
the Rangership to the Prince. The lodge has undergone a thorough
repair and embellishment preparatory to the Prince of Wales taking
up his establishment there. It is rumoured that the Queen and Prince
Consort purpose, during the residence of the Court at Buckingham
Palace, to occasionally pass Saturday and Sunday nights in privacy at
the lodge._
THE DANISH CLIl PER-SHIP, THE “ CUMBER.”
There is now lying in the East India Docks a remarkably fine clip*
per-ship, the Cimber , a vessel of immense strength and durability; and
matching, if not excelling, in dimensions and symmetry the most ex¬
quisite American dippers, being ten feet longer than the once cele¬
brated Sovereign of the Seas. Her length is 250 feet, her beam 42 feet,
and her burden aoout 2800 tong. We take the greater pleasure in en¬
graving this fine specimen of rfhv&l architecture as the comes from a
country that has not hitherto put forth ehips of her size and class.
The Cimber was built by the late Mr, Jurgen Bruhn, of ApeDrade, in
Denmark, on his extensive establishment near that port, and is con¬
structed throughout of picked Dani-h-grown oak—equal to the best
descriptions of British. ’ She is one of the fastest vessels afloat, having
made her run from Liverpool to San Francisoo in one hundred and
four days, being twelve days less Ilian any other passage on record;
and her communder. Captain Bruhn, is sanguine of beating all compe¬
tition on his intended passage to A.uatralia,
THE “ STORMY PETREL.”
Mr. Joseph Hodgson, whose Portrait we have hers given, is a
resident of Sunderland, and has signally distinguished him self on the
MIL nODGSON, NAMED THE “ STORMY PETREL."
In 1847 he saved the lives of John 3Iarshall, by jumping off a keel into
the River Wear, near the ferry-boat landing; of Joseph Alexander,
who was knocked overboard by a keel's tiller; and of William Cornage.
a Fcaman, who fell into the river: in this latter case he was called out of
bed.
In 1849 he rescued John McTun, a seaman, who was washed from th«
life-boat, by going into the sea for him, during the wreck of the Tyneside.
In 1852 he assisted in saving the crew of the ship Thomas Clarkson.
I In 1854 he assisted in saving the crew of the Medina, and that of the
Harmony, of London, on January 4; and on the 9th of the same
month, the Samuel and Sarah, billyboy, of Grimsby, going on shore
behind the South Pier, he succeeded in getting to the vessel,
and first brought to land the captain’s child, eight months old.
then returned with rocket-lines and brought the captain’s wife. In Oc¬
tober he. with the assistance of five others, saved lrora the wreck of the
Niagara a lad who had been left on board in bed sick. On November 15 he
assisted in saving the crews of the Victoria, the Coldstream, the Calypso,
and the Margaret.
In 1855 he saved (October 30), with the assistance of Joseph Clark,* th®
captain of the brig Brenda , wrecked behind the South Pier, who had been
Jetton board.
In 1856 he assisted (September 28 ) in saving the crew of the Mndalcnea
wrecked on the Glass Heads,behind the South Pier.
In 1857 he assisted, on January 4, in saving part of the crew of the
Rienzi, at Hendon, one mile south of Sunderland. On the night of
January 4 the Trois Sceurs, French schooner, drove behind the South
Pier, several rockets were fired, but, the crew not understanding the use
of the rockets, Mr. Hodgson succeeded in getting on board by aline, and
sent the crew all safe on shore; for which service the captain presented
him with a splendid timepiece, the Emperor of the French with a gold
medal, and the Board of Trade with a silver medal and £ 2. On the same
day he assisted in saving the crew of the Jame3 Bales, of Sunderland,
wrecked behind the South Pier.
On March 21 he assisted in saving, by the life-boat, the crew (twenty-
THE DANISH CLIPPER-MITT. THE * CIMBEU
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[ArRiL 17, 1858
398
five in number) of the barque Sir Sitters^ wrecked behind the North
Pier.
On April f> he nrsisted in savin : the crew of the Isabella. A local paper
gives the following account of Hr. H«uilg*on'a heroic condurt on this
occasion:—“ On Monday 1 he schooner Jtabe.Ha was making tor Sunder¬
land harbour, the wind blowing a g.iie from the cast. Hio tempest drove
her behind the South Pier, the waved dashed over her masts, and the
crew were in imminent peril ot destruction. The Wear Cominifsioners’
men were at ha*id with rocket-lines. The ‘ Stormy Petrel,' Mr. Joseph
Hodgson, ever present in the h ur of danger, was uIso there, and, slip¬
ping oil’ his clothes, volunteered to carry a line or board, 260 yards dis¬
tant, and performed the during feat, and all hands were cradled on shore
in the rocket-chair ”
In 185« he afsisied (January 5) in saving the crew of the barque Jll\icher %
wrecked behind the North Pier.
On Ma-ch 1 he &*«i*ied in saving the crew of the schooner Poulton-, of
Southampton. Tuts iucident is narrated as follows in a local paper“ A
very hiyh sea has btea running here, and a tremendous squally storm
raging. About six o'clock on Monday morniug the schooner Poniton,
Riohirlaon. of Southampton, from Aberdeen (ballast), came on shore
b hind the South Pier, it was blowi»g hard at the time, with a very
heavy snow shower, so that the captain in nearing the entrance could not
gee either of the lighthouses, ami went too tur to the southward. Mr.
Clark was in immediate attendance with the rocket apparatus, and took
the crew, six In number, on shore. The 4 Petrol' (Hodgson) went on deck
by the lines, aud assisted in securing their safety. He brought the very
dog on shore by the cradle. Mr Chirk tired and conveyed the line by the
first rocket The meu were all well provided for in his house. He de¬
served the big led praise. as also did the * Petrel,’ whom the shipowners
and the Wear Commissioners ought to support and keep always on the
spst for his matobltss h.roism in storms."
We conclude with the following instance, given In a north-country
newspaper ol March 2, of Mr. Hodgson's gallant and intrepid conduct
“ Whilst a young man was enjoying the'pleasure ot swimming at the
Short Sands. Tynemouth, on Sunday last, he was seized with cramp,
when Mr. J. Hodgson, of Sunderland, carver, aud Mr. Grant, second
roaster of the swimming-school in this town, ran along the rooks, and,
leaping into the sea. succeeded in landing him on the rand, though ap¬
parently lifeless ; but by the prompt application of hot blankets, supplied
by the landlord of the tea-rooms on the bauk, the young man was re¬
stored, to the great joy of all around.”
MAIN DRAINAGE OP THE METROPOLIS.
Messrs G. P. Bidder. T. H&wkesley, and .1. W. Bazalgette, to whom the
Metropolitan Board of Works had referred the reports on main Interccpt-
ingdrainage which it hnditself made to Sir B. Hall, and also the reports
of Messrs. Gallon, Simpson, and Blackwell, Sir Benjamin’s referees, made
their report to the board. The report is an exceedingly elaborate docu¬
ment or loo priuiewolio pages. In the first part, the reierees consider the
recent history of Ui ■ question ; and in the second they examine, aud
severely criticise, thfercpnrt of the Government referees upon the outfall
of sewers The information contained in the latter they declare to be
exceedingly iinperiiectrjiud contradictory, or discrepant, both as to data
and calcinations, containing anomalies which they find it impossible to
reconcile, und for which they account by the fact, that the reierees were
driven by circumstances to make their report before they had
time to master, arrange, and harmonise the results of the vast in¬
quiry ou which they had entered. This general censure they pro¬
ceed to make good in an extensive and close analysis of the
three plans proposed by the Government referees. The quantity
of the brickwork of the newc-rs, it is shown, will be double that
stated by thosegenllemeu, and an addition of upwards of a million to the
estimates is involved in that fact The surplus earth—i e., the difference
between that obtained by excavation and that used in embankments in
the northern channel or plan 3—is given by the Government referees as
159,000 yards, but is found to be 1,330,000 yards The opinion is strongly
expressed in this report that the estimates of the Government referees
are very much below the amount which would be required for the con¬
struction of toe works proposed by them. A studious consideration of
the referees' plan induces the present reporters to state with considerable
confidence that their plan, No. 3. the least expensive of the Beriea, could
not be executed for a smaller sum than £ 7 , 000 . 1100 . The strongest objec¬
tions are made to the projected reaei voirs, which, while involving great
cost, will not prevent a deposit from taking place at the outfall channels,
but only vary the bicality at. which it occurs, and prove a serious nuisance.
The third part of the report is devoted to the subject of rainfall, and the
assumptions of the referees as to the amount to be provided for are charged
with excess.
Respecting the condition of the river, they remark that it is to be re¬
gretted that, am ought the general public, undue expectations and exag<re-
rated apprehensions have of late been excited as to the condition ol the
river, borne persons have been led to expect that the Thames will, in the
course of a few years be made a perfectly pellucid htreatn by the diversion
of the drainage; whilst othi rs have supposed that, the Asiatic cholera
and other d^e^ea are principally attributable to the fouled condition ©f
the river, induced by the sewuce which is dully poured into it. Misappre¬
hensions such as these cannot be too speedily dispelled. Within the
metropolis the Thames could never have be n a “ silvery ” stream. There
can, indeed, be no doubt that if every particle of sewage were removed
from the river, the Thames as it now exists, with its rapid tide and its
enormous traffic, must still remain a muddy water, differing but little in
appearance from its present condition. Were there no population what¬
ever existing on the fhames. the banks of the river, from its mouth to
above the western limits of the metropolitan area, would, in the present
condition of things, be covered with mud deposits, in consequence of
tidal action alone, and the water remain almost as turbid as it is now
The most material of the conclusions at which Messrs. Bidder, Uawkes-
ley. and Bazalgette have ai rived are thus stated:—
First, as to the Condition of the River: Vh.it the causes of the apparent
impurity outlie river have been greatly exaggerated and much misunder¬
stood : and that the proper remedies for the evils arising tirom the present
state of the river are two 1 , the interception of the greater part, of
the sewage of the me:ropoiis above the present outlet®, and its removal to,
aud discharge at parts of the riv- r below London, where its presence will
be harmless 2, ihe construction of terrace embankments on both,
aides of the Thames, to coniine'the tidal channel, accelerate the velocity
of the stream, and prevent the exposure of the bed and banks of the riven
Secondlv. as to the scheme Emitted by the Government referees : That
the plan recommended by the Government re'erees is neediessly large,
excessively co«*tty, and a* a work ol construction. ail # but Impracticable^
TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES.
FROM LOUISIANA TO ALABAMA.
Moxtgomkky, Ala ham March 2.
Farewell to the pleasant and sunny city of New Orleans ! Farewell
to its warm-hearted people of Creoles, both French and Anglo-Saxon!
Farewell to the St. Charles Hotel, that perfect epitome of southern
life when it escapes from its enforced solitudes in the plantations of
Louisiana and mixes in the gaiety of this 11 Petit Paris ” of America!
Farewell to the busy, picturesque, swarming Levee, with its negroes
and its Irishmen, its cotton, its sugar, its molasses, its pork, its corn,
its wliisky, and its huge white steam-boats, with their tall black
funnels, two to each ! Farewell to its fruit-shops, luscious aud bursting
over with oranges and bananas, freshly gathered from the tree! Fare¬
well to the bowers of roses and jessamines on the banks of the Mis¬
sissippi ! And farewell to that great River Mississippi itself, fit for
everytliing except to drink and to wash in— winding, and twisting,
and pouring to the sea its majestic tide for upwards of two thousand
miles, receiving into its bosom, from tributaries scarcely inferior to
itself, the drainage of an area sufficient to feed and lodge one half of
the human race ! And farewell, too, to the sweet south, where by a
little mano uvre and change of plan I had contrived to evade the frost
aud snow, and to mako Bpring follow immediately upon autumn! I
was now hound for Mobile, in Alabama, and turned my face northwards,
travelling with the spring. Hitherto New Orleans had been to my
imagination a weird city, a city of the plague, a city that London
life assurance-offices would not allow their clients to visit, unless upon
payment of a premium for the extra risk; but for the future it was
to be associated in my mind with all pleasant fancies and ideas—of
beautiful women, beautiful flowers, beautiful skies, and balmy, health¬
giving breer.es.
From the St.Charles Hotel to the Lake Pontchartrain Railway station
(or d<5p6t, as a terminal station is invariably called in America) is u
distance of less than a mile. The hack fare demanded of each pas¬
senger on this occasion was one dollar. London cab-drivers, who arc
not allowed by the law or the police to extort as much as they please
from the fear, the ignorance, or the indolence of the public, might
advantageously' expatriate:themselves to Louisiana, or, indeed, to any.
other State in the wide dominion of “Uncle Sam.” Were the
American hack-drivers all white men, it might not unreasonably be
supposed that they had immigrated from the European side of the
Atlantic, to revenge themselves for deprivation of the liberty of cheat¬
ing in the Old World by the exercise of an unbounded license of ex¬
tortion in the New. But this theory docs not hold in the south,
where at least one half of the hack-drivers are negroes. But five
hundred London cabmen, the very worst and moat insolent, that Lon¬
don could spare, might effect a social revolution in this department
by coming over to America. If they demanded no more than four
times the legal London fares they would Mt abundance of custom,
for, even at these rates, they would he able to do tile work at
hnlf the price of tire American jehus, native or iniported. From
the railway depot to Lake Pontchartrain is six mjlcs, and the
fare was a quarter of a dollar. Freni Lake l'oiitcliurtrain,
by the fine mail-steamer the fcifia, the distance is 165 miles; and the
fare on this occasion was precisely the same as the coach fare, one
dollar. The accommodation r.fi'urd.sl included supper, a night's
lodging, and breakfast itr the morning. But let no future traveller
imagine that such a rate is a permanent institution. There was on
that day an opposition boat on the line ; and, to vanquish and over¬
whelm the opposition, it was contemplated, if the ruinous rate of one
dollar would uot effect the purpose, to reduce it still further to one-
half a dollar. The consequences were, as might have been expected,
that the boat was inconveniently-overcrowded, and that there was a
ferocious scramble at breakfast-time for seats at the table. It must
be admitted, however, that the cuisine was as liberal as if the full
price had been demanded. For my part, it was not without a com¬
punctious throb and qualm of conscience that I was lending myself
to a robbery that I condescended to cat cither supper or breakfast.
We left New Orleans at'-fotlr in the afternoon, and steamed oil
night through the two sea lakes of Pontchartrain and Borgne, and
alongethe inner shore of the Gnlf of Mexico—inner, because protected
fro:n the outcrGulf by a breastwork of islands. At nipe the uext
morning the Cuba was safe in the Mobile River, discliarging her
freight end passengers at the Levee. The population of Mobile is
MrboatSSjfiOd, free and slave, who all, either directly or indirectly, live
and thrive by the cotton trade. Mobile aud Liverpool are, iu different
ways, as closely connected by interest and business as Liverpool and
Manchester, and their transactions are annually on the increase. The
flu'll J il'UU',' 1 ” I IIL SVHWI.l V» M.L AA.V V. ..- T-,,
plan already adopted by the batrd, with certain modifications (which arc
m ' ' ade- -jafittl— J “ : -- -*
mentioned ', is adequate to tfie satisfactory drainage of the met^oIiB^atiiL
the reasonable purification of the river and its bunks. / \
\ \
Bread — The following abstract of the fluctuations in the price
of wheat are from Mr. Willicli’s “ Letter, on Com Averages \
» Averages
WHEAT PER IMPERIAL QUARTER.
la jew endDjr
Kick* mu.
18-17
1848
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1866
1857
A*araga
Ptm.
BiffboU
Prloo.
I I ^
39 10
45 7
72 10
71 10
73 1
59 2
ITho particular* in which the scheme is considered objectionable \ \ y ... _ f vw OrlPinc nr* covered with
given 1 Thirdly as to the scheme of the Metropolitan Board: llmtlhe wharves and Lev<5e, like those of New Orleans, are covered with
• • • ’ *--•* - • -• -*- ——- y~.».4„v. ^-" cotton-bales. The gutters, when it raius (and tlie rams of Mobile are
iloods), hear down waifs and strays of cotton to the river, and the
A Catalogue op the (Arctic Collection in the British
Museum, with a list of the Arctic Relics in me United Service Museum
and in the t'ainh d 1 to!) at (Jh*aiwlch. hrts recently been issued by Mr. W.
Parker Snow. This «iHeyLita!cgue naa-bccil compiled, as we learn from
the preface to it, 44 to oo more thau x a^ist<flie visitor by giving a li3tof
what may be seen ; ” the ehieUanotivc in it^ compilation being -the hope
of keeping alive the ptfhl^yntpathy, and rekindling general interest in
the fate ol Sir John Franklin ;tmi DhTcOmpahidris.” Mr. Suow coincides
in belief with rp.'iiiy jperaona of-authority and note that some ot the
missing party mny yet be round aRv© among tliu Esquimaux. Referring
to the solitary vessel ithe /UrHUt^i out by Lady Franklin, under Captain
McClintock, with u eljostn xQdjallnnt band, which is still out In those
regions, resolved to =etK»omt* positive tiding? respecting our lamented
countryman, Mr. Snow continues 4 *It i* not too late even now to send
out n I’coph's E xped i tioAt 6 co- operate with the private one now ex¬
ploring. J h. re are many brave hearts aud souls who, with practical ex¬
perience, and a conviction of t Impropriety of such renewed attempt, would
gladly go again and again until the search be completed. It rests with
tuc people to say, by v. urd and by purse, whether it shall yet be so.”
Seizure op a French Vessel in the Indian Ocean.—T he
Ocean a newspaper published at Brest, states that the last mail from the
Mnnritiu? and Reunion Islauds has brought newH of the seizure, by the
Portuguese authorities, ol a French vessel, named the Charles Georges,
belonging to St. M:\lo. and commanded by Captain Rouxel. It appears
that tuis vessel waa laden with a cargo of 110 natives ot the Comoro isles,
whom she was conv-ying to servitude in the Reunion Island. A Portu¬
guese* ship of war tgmnk-d her. and notwithstanding, it is alleged, the
remonstrances of an official agent ot the French Government, she was
condemned us a slaver, ordered to be sold, and her crew placed in
confinement.
-river is studded and flecked with cotton-drift floating about on its
surface like so many nautili. The thoughts of the merchants of
Mobile are of cotton. They talk of cotton by day, and dream of it
by night. When news arrives from Europe, they turn instinctively
to the Liverpool cotton report. A rise or fall of a farthing per lb.,
or even of one-fourth of a farthing, urn y make the difference between
ease and embarrassment—between riches and poverty—between a
good speculation and a bad one.
Cotton is in their steps, cotton is in their ears;
In all their actions, enterprise and cotton.
Next to the State of Mississippi, Alabama is the greatest cotton State
of the Union, and produces from 500,000 to 700,000 bales per annum,
at an average value of from forty to fifty dollars (£8 to .010) per hale.
Mobile was founded by the French in 1700, when they were the
possessors of Louisiana; but the name, though it resembles a French
word and suggests a French origin, is said by the natives to bo Indian.
It was ceded to England iu 1763; and, seventeen years afterwards,
was made over to Spain. It bears bnt few traces either of its French
or its Spanish founders; and some of its most enterprising citizens are
English and Scotch, attracted to it by its business connections with
Liverpool and Glasgow. As a city, Mobile offers few attractions to
the traveller. It has no public buildings of any importance, and only
one street (Government-street) which hna any pretensions to beauty,
and those arc derivable more from its width, and the luxuriant tro¬
pical beauty of the trees which shade it on either side, than from its
architecture. Should any of the surplus population of London cab-
men already alinded to bethink themselves of coming to the United
States, they will do well to consider the advantages winch Mobile
offers to them. My travelling companion, for going to and coming
from an evening party at a gentleman’s house, within a distance of a
mile aud a half from his hotel, had to pay one driver the snm of eight
dollars (£112s.); and for escorting two ladies to the theatre, “ on a
raw and rainy night,” a distance of less than half a mile, he had to
pay another six dollars (£14s.) But those who do not keep carriages
of their own in Mobile seldom or never ride. If it he fine, they walk ;
if it be wet, they stay at home; so that, after all, the hackney-coach
business may not be so prosperous as might he supposed from such an
unconscionable tariff.
The great charm, beauty, and attraction of Mobile is its famous
Magnolia Grovo. The drive for about throe miles is over an excellent
plank road, through the bowery avenues of whicli aro to be obtained
at every turn the moat picturesque glimpses over the Bay of Mobile,
and far beyond it, on the verge of the liorison, of the Gulf of Mexico,
and the mysterious springs and sources of that Great Gulf Stream
which works it tepid way across the Atlantic to make green the fields
of Ireland and England, to soften the climate of the Hebridean Isles of
Skye and Lewis and the fiords of Norway. On entering the grove
the magnificent magnolias, tail and umbrageous n« the chestnut-trees
of Bushy Park, are seeu growing to the very edge of the Bea, in¬
terspersed with equally magnificent pines and evergreen oaks. The
combination of these stately trees gives the idea of perpetual summer.
The magnolias were not in bloom so early (the 25tli of February), but
the wood violets were out in rich though inodorous luxuriance; the
jessamines were unfolding tlieir yellow blossoms, redolent of perfume,
and tlie bay-spice displayed oa fevery side its gorgeous crimson flowers
and glossy aromatic leaves. -Amid^all these, and a variety of other
trees, the wild vine, that had not yet put out its tender shoots,
wreathed and twined itself, snggestihg/the fuller beauty that would
burst upon the land when the mocking-bird would trill its delicious
notes, the mognoha woo the ” amorous air” with its profuse white
pyramids of flowers till the breeze became faint with excess of odour,
and tlie vine itself, with its full drapery of vendure upon it, should
festoon together all tlie trees of this exuberant wild wood.
I was detained at Mobile no longer than three days, and then, once
more taking passage npon a steam-boat, I steamed up, and not
down, a great American river. The Alabama is not so great as
tlie Mississippi or the Ohio, hut is still a great and noble stream.
It is formed by the junction of the .Coosa and the Tallapoosa, and is
navigable by large steam-boats from Mobile to Wetumpka, a distance
of about 600 miles. About forty miles above Mobile it is joined by a
river with the^-somewhat cacophonous name of tlie Tombigbee, and
from the point of junction downwards is sometimes called the Mobde
River. Tile river runs for two or three hundred miles right through
the middle ot the State of Alabama, of which it is tlie broad, the
silent, and beautifnl highway, and then slopes to tlie west towards
Georgia. But this reminds me that I am speaking not of nature but
of the map, and committing an error similar to that of a newly-
appointed postmaster of Mobile, who wrote to a clerk in his depart¬
ment at the further end of the State of Alabama, asking him how
far the Tombigbee ran np ? Tlie reply was that the Tombigbee did
not run np, but down,—a troth and a witticism which cost the sharp
clerk his situation by the flat- of the offended functionary, who, if he
had sense to see the joke, had not magnanimity enough to pardon it.
From Mobile to Montgomery, by the windings of the stream, tracing
it,upwards, is a distance of nearly 500 miles, and tlie voyage usually
occupies about forty-eight hours. Between these two points the
only towns of importance are Selma and Catawba—towns which
in England wou'd be called villages, but which in America are
called cities. To steam up this lonely and lovely river,
fringed to tlie water’s brink with apparently interminable
wiidernesses and swamps of cano and cypress—tlie cypresses heavy
and gloomy with the drooping and banner-like beards of the Til-'
lamb in. or Spanish moss—was like steaming into the aboriginal
forest for tlie first time. So still and dreamlike was the landscape, so
bright a moou shone on tlie fairy solitude of wood and flood, that it
seemed as if we had passed the uttermost confines of civilisation, and
were tempting the unknown waters of an unknown land, where tlie
savage still prowled, where the war-cry still resounded, and where the
uplifted tomahawk might still glitter in tlie moonlight over tlie scalp
of the too adventurous white man rushing recklessly nito danger.
For forty miles at a stretch we travelled on wares—ever onwards—
without seeing any trac-3 of a human habitation; though occasionally
we stopped at a lonely coiner where negroes, bearing torches, sud¬
denly appeared, to receive a barrel of corn or pork, or other commodity
with which we were freighted. There were cotton plantations within
easy distances, though not always risible from the river. In the
downward voyage of the steamers the owners of these plantations load
them with cotton for Mobile, bnt in the upward voyage to Montgomery
the freight is usually of such articles as the planters require for
themselves and their slaves. Alabama finds cotton production more
profitable than any other. It grows but little corn, raises bnt little
pork, and carries on no manufactures. There is, in consequence, a
continual exchange of cotton for every other commodity and tiling
which the free man’s luxuries and his slaves’ necessities require.
Alabama is not yet totally free of the Indian tribes; and portions
of them come annually down to Mobilu to sell their fancy beadwork,
and the little ornaments of bark which the women make in the
winter. The women, young and old, are often to be seen in Mobile,
with bundles of firewood on their backs, which they sell in the streets,
crying, with a melancholy intonation, “Chnmpa! chumpa!” the
only word of English whicli they speak, and somewhat more musical
than “chumps,” which it signifies. The Alabama River was the
scene of many romantic and many horrible incidents of the early war¬
fare between the white and red races, and many stories are told of the
encounters of the hardy pioneers of civilisation with the equally
hardy hut more lucldes3 aborigenes who resisted their invasion, and
of which the Alabama, its swamps and bluffs, was the scene even so
lately as tiie year 1830. Among the Indian heroes, one, “ General ”
Mackintosh, the son of a Scotchman by an Indian mother, stands
conspicuous for his chivalry and bravery, and for the influence which
he exercised over all the Indian rribes of Alabama. The river is
almost, as intimately associated with his name as Loch Lomond is with
that of Rol) Rov, or the caves of the Island of Skye with the memory
of Prince Charlie
Montgomery is tlio capital of tlie State of Alabama, and carries on
a considerable business in the forwarding of cotton and other produce
to Mobile. Its population is under 10,no0. It oilers nothing to de¬
tain the traveller, and has nothing remarkable about it except the
badness of its principal hoteL Among tlie numerous eccentricities of
this establishment may he mentioned t lie fact tiiat it contains no bells
in its rooms. By this economy the traveller is compelled, if he want
anything, to go to the top of the stairs, aud use his lungs, or, if that
he disagreeable or unavailing, to help himself, which is, perhaps, his
most advisable mode of getting out of the difficulty. Another pecu¬
liarity of this remarkable hostelry is (or was) that nothing is (or was)
to ho had on a Sunday evening alter six o'clock. Having dined by
compulsion of the custom of the place at one o’clock, 1 sought out a
negro waiter about nine o'clock, and asked for some refresh¬
ment. There was nothing to be had—no tea, no milk, no
meat, not even a crust of bread. “ is the him open ? ” I in¬
quired, with a faint hope that that department might prove more
hospitable, and afford a _ hungry traveller a “ cracker ” (the
American name for a biscuit, and for a southern rustic) and a glass
of beer or wine.- Tlie hope was vain; the barkeeper had shut up at
six o’clock, and it was a case ol starvation in a land of plenty; and, to
make the matter more provoking, it was starvation charged in the
bill at the rate of two dollars and a half per diem. I made a friend
of the negro, however; and lie borrowed n crust of bread for me, out
of doors somewhere, and managed to procure me a lump or two of
sugar: a worthy Scotchman at Mobile had, when I left tlmt city,
filled me a pocket-flask with genuine Islay whisky from the old
country; and, with these abundant resources, I was enabled to be in¬
dependent of the landlord of tile bell-less, comfortless, foodless hotel
of Montgomery, Alabama.
1 am now bound for Savannah, in Georgia, and Charleston, inSonth
Carolina, from one of which cities I hope to be able to send you my
next letter. kJ- kl.
April 17, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
399
GENERAL JACOB ON THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA*
CHESS.
Brigadier Jacob is one of a new order of military commanders (by far
too few as ye?), who combine energetic practice with sound theory.
Believing in universal law, he has dared to apply its principles to the
practical business in hand, whatever it might be, from the organisa¬
tion of an Imperial rule to the construction of a road or bridge,
“ presuming that what was true for the whole could not but prove true
for the particulars of this whole.” As the result of lii« experience in a
long career of active employment over an extensive and varied field,—
lately as Commander in Chief of the British forces in Persia, and at
present as Commander of the Scinde Irregular Horse, and Political
Superintendent of the north-western frontier of Scinde,—General
Jacob has from time to time published his views and opinions upon
various matters of government, civil and military, and these Captain
Pelly, an old oliieer on his personal staff, now reproduces in the
volume before us. Its contents are higldy important at a moment
like the present, when the question of reorganising our Indian em¬
pire, aud constructing an army for its maintenance, is before us.
Commencing with matters of civil administration, we find that
General Jacob starts by mainlining the doctrine—wliicli we think is
the correct one—that the secret of onr hold over the Oriental lies
iu his conviction of our superiority in intellect and power, believing
in which, he is content to be governed by us, provided he be
well governed ; but that the instant we call upon liitn to play at self-
government, to participate in the cares and labours of ruling, we un¬
dermine the very fabric of government. He maintained, however, that
whilst this principle of exclusiveness applies to the seat of power and
the higher functions of government, our system of rule should itself be
as free as possible from interference with the rights, the habits,
and the prejudices of the natives. Absolute freedom in their deal-
ings—above all, in the disposal of their labour—should be allowed
them,'not only injustice to themselves, hut to the public also; all re¬
strictions upon, or coercion of, labour tending to drive it from the
market and increase its price. In religion, too, the government
would do best winch interfered the least. It should permit all re¬
ligions, so long as they do not annoy the followers of other creeds
identifying itself with none. “ It appears most injudicious to parade
our State religion. In short, n State religion in India is absolutely
incompatible with the security of our empire.” The same spirit of
liberality is made to bear upon that bugbear of mysterious and tyran¬
nical governments—“publicopinion.” It is something uewandcheering
to find a distinguished political and military authority standing forth
in defence of the “ liberty of the press.” The following brief passage on
this subject will favourably illustrate the writer's plain, straight¬
forward style:—
On the whole, however the proas may libel you, you have, and Govern¬
ment should also have, but three remedies—viz., to inform the editor of
the real fact8 of the cose in point; secondly, to employ a Government
organ for publishing the truth ; and, lastly, to prosecute the libeller ac¬
cording to law. Even assuming the lowest ground for argument, and
contending in conformity with the views of the narrowest aud least
scrupulous minds, I should maintain that it la still unwise to gag the
press. When all are free to speak men know that the worst is said.
Viewing efficiency and actual service as the only claims to ad¬
vancement in the Government ranks, the General is a determined
opponent of red-tapism, and the whole routine of the “ Circumlocution
Office,” of the effects of which he gives some samples from his own
experience. For instance, under the significant head “Plans and
Estimates versus a Road and Canal,” speaking of a rosd in a parti¬
cular district iu the North-Western Provinces, he writes:—
We have occupied the country for fifteen years, and for the last ten
▼ears and more it 1ms been our own; yet still this most important
little piece of road in the whole province is even in a worse state now than
it was in 1839. There have been too many “ plans and estimates,’’ and
too many discussions, lor any work to be done; and, now that the thing
has been given up to the tender mercies of “the Board,” it may. I fear,
he classed with a Chancery suit, and wc may expect nothing but plans,
estimates, and wise opinions, to all eternity ! Yet the business presents
not the least difficulty, and the whole might have been accomplished in
one season, by contract, at a very moderate cost. .... The strange
devices played oil’ on this little piec«* of road, or rather no road, during
the last twelve years, are almost incredible. The money wasted would
have made the work properly several times over, I believe.
In military’ affairs General Jacob is an equally uncompromising re¬
former. He exposes the absurdities committed in the name of
routine, and lias no reverence for pipeclay. Indeed, he fearlessly
condemns the whole system us conducted in our late Bengal army,
aud (writing six or CJght years ago) predicts the breaking up of the
rotten fabric as inevitable Many of bis observations upon Jffiis im¬
portant subject are remarkably in conformity to those of Sir John
Malcolm and Lord Metcalfe: opinions which recent events have invested
with peculiar interest aud value, though appreciated too late. He ob¬
jects utterly to the promotiou by seniority of European officers, because
it is inconsistent with that great essential to command respect—the idea
of superior, acknowledged merit in the officer promoted; a principle
the more important in the Indian army, where the native officers are
selected only upon grounds of superior qualifications and fitness :—•
With such a evstem of promotion, the good and the bad, the clever and
the foolish, the brave and the timid, the energetic and the imbecile, are
nearly all on a par. The officers are powerless for good; and the men,
keeping just clear of open violence, have their own way in all things. It
is astonishing, and says much for the goodness of the raw material of the
Bengal army. that, under such arrangements, the whole labric has not-
entirely fallen to pieces. The tiling is rotten throughout, and discipline
there is none; but it Is wonderful that even the outward semblance of an
army has been still maintained under such deplorable mismanagement..
Another fatal error was the taking away of all power from regi¬
mental officers, and concentrating it at any head-quarters—a practice
which at once destroyed all feeling of honourable ambition in the
officer, and all feeling of respect and dependence in the soldier :—
Every officer of a native regiment of the Line now endeavours to^get.
away from his corps, to escape from regimental duty, by every effort
his power. • All feeling is thus totally destroyed between the native soldier
and his European superiors. •
Above, and controlling all these sources of evil, was, ifi ihe^Jjangal
army, the evil influence of caste, which met with an amount bf con¬
sideration from officers which rendered discipline impossible.
Yet, looking to the whole state of the case, with an eye to what
should be done for the future, Captain Belly, in his preface, inclines
to the feasibility and propriety of reorganising a native army in India.
He comes to this conclusion, as he states, upon a consideration that
« neither the present military resources of England, nor the present
financial resources of India, could permnnei.tly support in India an
English army equal to holding our Eastern empire; and convinced,
moreover, that, if those resources could respond to this demand, Eng¬
land would not he justified in subjecting India to an English military
occupation;” aud he appeals to the papers in this volume, aiid the
experiences and opinions they unfold, in support of his pontoon :
It is unquestionable that, staading alone, at the hazard1 of his com;
mlssion, aud subjected to prolonged obloquy and
Jacob has, during a period of’many years p«>t, exposed‘ u » e viua of the
system now failing usbos predicted that 1 lie combined .
direct operation ol this system would rmiliin failure; “{}.*“*; ** “»®
same time, advocated, elaborated, and .-nmwl into £****"*£* 'SLuL
verse circumstances, mul without Once faltering, a new syweiin* cap
of bearing every test, and which, though often assaikd-and sometimes
virulently- -has never yet been shown to be hollow or uefectm.
Whether for good or for ill, these principles, winch Ge neral Jacopnaa
exemplified in the constitution of Jus regiments of Sind irregular worse,
have, from the first, had in view the reformation ol our native armies in
India. ‘The reformation thus exemplified has, from the first, been ue-
olarcd to be, not in degree, but in essence; to aim, not at a
of the existing system, but at a r.ula «!. essential abolition of this system,
in favour of another by him introduced. This latter was, iu tnc nrsi in¬
stance. tried With one. -ml^equently -with a second, and is about to oe
tried with a third regiment ot horse. In the two first instances the men
enlisted were drawn lroin the very heart of those districts now m revolt.
In both these instances the experiment met with strenuous ana con¬
tinued opposition from all meters, and was stigmatised as mere
theory, inapplicable!*) the real practice of war. In both instances it
proved, under severe and prolonged trial, to be completely succesafuL
There are many other very important subjects treated of in this
volume, as the titles of some of the chapters will show —“ European
Officers should not bo wasted on trivial Employments, belcction
versus Examination,” “ Reduction of Civil Salaries, lurlongh
Reeulutions,” “On the Purchase of Horses by Government for
Military Purposes,” "The Military Board and Audit Department,
“Memoranda on Kill os and Rifle Practice, &c.
• Views and (Ipuiions ot TlrTeadjor tk'nomt Jolm .7«-ob, C.B. Col-
lectcd and edited by Captain Lewis I oily. Smith, Eider, and Co.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Th* > - omralt1oe of the Rirmtogh&m mooting of tho Cbois A> sedation intend to dre »
pnw» f"r the li ot set of problems, in three, four, anil fire moves. 2 Tre judge* of iho
problem tourney of tb* Ameri an Che** Association have terminated the r labours by
avra'ding prise to Kudolph W Ulmers, o ' Vicuna. Germany; tbo second prise to
I. Conra** Bayer ot Olmlitx, Germany. They have aho accord” honourable memton to
tho third best ocllect on, by ^atnuel Loyd, of New lork. Tbo fourth in pdnt of merit
they consider to bo the compositions of Professor II K. Agnel. of New York: thelflfth,
r ranz delta Torre, of Vienna; ami tho sixth, Churles White, of Sunbury. England. In all it
appears 'here wvro elorcu competitors six of which were Americao and five Europe an.
E. W., I'ambrldge—The games played iu a conespcodenoo match between Combridgo and
Stourbrul re shall be ropotted on in our next.
CAMIIE.KWAIX.— the question w«# answered even in our last Number. A piece, though
nnablu to move, retains its defensive power. In veur position, therefore. Block i» mated
Juv testa—the play kg five or seven frntns* simultaneously without siyht QJ’ the chess-
Oofirr/ oven against inferior p'ayvrt, has in it something of the uisrve.io » We have no
doubt tho difficulty is not so stu|i,:ndojn ns u generally brlieved, yet it'll It is a tour de
force of which not one player la a ini'lion h capable; but the conducting any number
or gstncM at the *<tuio tinio »ga ! nst mediocre antagonists with all the chessboards be-
jore. him. involves very litt.e more trouble to a practised player than ths fotigu-* of
walking backward end forward to make his mores. To represent inch a performance as
nn expUit of cifficulty is ludic’ous.
J. B. of Br dpoit, K B. W.,U. M., C. B., 8. L., and others, are thanked for their many beau¬
tiful problems.
H. 8.—If, at tho moment of playing a I’awn to Queen, you. having the white pieces, by In¬
advertence or parjKwcly, place any one of your advers-ry's pieces which was off the board
to represent your second Queen, you incur no penalty; and the idea of your opponent In¬
sisting that because you do so tho piece in question becomes hi* is simply ribi-rd. To
avoid confusion, It is always better to use a piece of the same colour as the men you are
pU)ing with ut the representative of tho new Queen; but, wanting ono Of those, you may
use « thimble, or ono of your adversary's defunct men with a paper capon his hood, or any
suitable symbol at hand.
*»* Our notieoi to Correspondents arc for the most part unavoidably deferred.
WHITE.
1. R to K 8th
2. P to K 4th (ch)
la) 1.
2. Kl to K 3rd (ch)
Solution of Problem No- 738.
BLACK.
R tk8 lu K or (a)
R takes P (best)
R lakes B
K takes K.t
WHITE.
3. K to Q 4th (ch)
4. Kt mates.
3. R to Q B 8th (cb)
4. R mate*.
BLACK.
B or B takes R
R takes R or R inter-
posoa.
PROBLEM No. 739
By It. Willmers, of V’ienna.
This Stratagem was one of the set to which at the American Chess Congress
the first prize in the Problem Tourney was unanimously awarded.
BLACK.
WHITE.
White to play, aud mate in four moves.
CHESS IN NEW ORLEANS.
Mr. Morphy has lately been astonishing and delighting the chess
amateur*, of New Orleans by playing four games simultaneously without
board and men against lour of the best players of the club In the per¬
formance of this leatthe New Orleans paper, the Sunday Delia, remarks :—
•* He displayed to a very high degree the boldness aud brilliancy of con¬
ception, the rapidity of execution, and fertility of resource which he
usually exhibits with the board before him. and defeated all his anta¬
gonists after three hours’ fighting.” Subjoined are two of the games
played on this occasion, accompanied by Mr. Morphy's own notes on a
lew' of the moat striking points j—
\ GAME FIRST.
\ J(.titans' Gambit.)
appropriate commiiniou service for the use of Christ
ntlsey, has just been presents by one of the congregation
It to Q R 4th
I* to Q 3rd (.0)
P takes P
Q to Iu B 3rd
P takes K P
K Kt to K 2 nd
white (Morphy), black (Mr.—)..
15. Q tks KBP ich) lu to Q sq
16. Kt takes P ich) Kt Lakes Kt
17. B takes Kt Q to her U 4 th (e)
18 . P takes P Q to her 3rd
19. Q takes K Kt P B takes R
20. G takes R (ch) K to Q B 2nd
21. Qiks K KP (cb) B to Q 2 nd (/)
22 . B takes B Q takes Q P
23. B to Q Kt 5th K to Kt 3rd
B takes Kt (g)
R to Q sq
K to K 4th
white (Morphy), black (Mr. —).
1. P to K 4th P to lu 4th
2 . K Kt to K B3rd Q KttoQ B3rd
3. lu B to Q II 4th IvlitoQ B 4th
4. PtoQ KMth B takes Kt P
5. P to Q B 3rd
6. Castles ia)
7. P to Q 4th
8. Q to her Kt 3rd
9. P to K 6(h
i'j i; ?'• i\ no
it. Q li to lu Kt 5th O to K lut 3rd
12 . U B takes K Kt Kt takes B
13. Kt takes K P (O Q to her Iut3d(J)
14. li toQKtstli (ch) P to Q B 3rd
And White announced mate in three moves.
MR. MOKI'UV'S SOTKS.
(a) In one of tbo three game* played •Inmltaneomly with the present. White adopted the
••me opening, and moved, at thl* stage. 6. P to Q 4th. In order to vary the position* a*
much as lay in hi* power, he, in this instance, preferred tho lei* orthodox move of
/ Kt to K 2nd coniMtutea what 1* known Co the American chert world a* the
“ Mead Defence.'* A K: to K B 3rd 1* tl»o rtrongeat more fct Black'* command.
(o) White wiu perfectly aware that ha coaid now h*vo won a p'cce by checking with
Q at Q K 4tu, but preferred tho more enterprising course comoquent upon the adoption of
thl* move
trf) Evidently bed, a* It pmenta the lot* of • piece.
(e i Tbo only move, a* *n cx*micailon cf tbc p->iition will xatUfy the reader.
(/') Had ho captured tho BUhop, White would h*vo check'd at K 4th. regaining tho piece,
and preserving an advantage u Fawn* amply *urtlciont to otaure tho «Inning of the game.
(y) Piny oa Black may, While rmut win.
GAME SECOND.
(dis. ch)
24. Kt to Q B 3rd
25. li to Q Kt sq
26 . li to Q K 6Lh
(dis. cli)
(Aluziu
whttf. (Morphy), black ( Mr. — ).
1 . PtoKUh P to K 4th
2 . PI 0 KB 4tli P takis P
3 . K Kt to K B3rd P to K Kt4th
4. K B to Q B 4th P to K Kt 6th
5. Castles P takes Kt
0. Q takes P Q to K B 3rd
7. P to K 5 til Q takes K P
8. P to Q 3rd B to K R 3rd
9. Kt to Q B 3rd Kt to Q B 3rd
(a)
10 . 6 B takes P (0) Q takes B
U. Q to Iu R 5th G to K Kt 4th
12. QRtoK (ch) K Kt to K 2nd
13. Q takes K B I* K to G *‘i
(ch)
Gambit.)
white (Morphy), black (Mr. —>•
14. G Kt to Iu 4th Q to K Kt 2nd
15. Q to Iu R 6th P to G 4 th
16. B takes P Q to her 5th (ch)
17 K toR eq G takes B
18 . G takes B lu Kt to Kt 3rd
19. Kt to K Kt 5th G B to Iu B 4tli
20 . G to Kt tth K to K B sq
21 . Kt to K 6th (ch) B takes Kt
22. R takes R (ch) Kt takes R
23. G takes Kt (ch) Iu to G 2nd
24. G takes K Kt to lu 4th (c)
25 to K It 8th Kt to Kt Sth
26 . G takes R P (ch> K to G 3rd
27. to lu Jut 6th Kt to K 4 th
28 . G to K Kt 3rd. and wins.
(n) Up lo this point tho move* are oil "bock." While her* advWiy deviate* from the
sY W hit* remarked at the conclarlon, waz lmnlTy adrl*ab)c. und would TOrely not
luiro )*»n ventured m an oifhand game over the board. It j* Mcredcing too much to avoid
a d |flj CG it to deck'e what morn of Slack's b the coup ftute at thb point.
F to K B 4th would probably bo better than the move iu the text.
CHESS ENIGMAS.
By S. Loyd.- (Chess Monthly.)
No. 1073.
White: K at Q K sq. Q at K Kt 2nd, B at K 7th, Kt atQR 6th, Pa at
K Kt 3 rd. K B 4th and 6th. K 6th.and Q 6th. 4 ^
Mark- K at G B 3 rd. R at K B 2 nd. B at K B 6th. Ps at Q 2 nd and Q
Kt 4 th. White to piay. and mate tn four moves.
White : K at Q R 3 rd. R at K B 2 nd ‘ B at Q B Sth, Kt at Q B sq, P at
^Black: K at Q B 6th, Ps at Q B 6th and Q Kt 6th.
White to play, and mate iu five moves.
No. 10 V 6 .—An end-game in a contest where Mr. Morphy gave the odds of
G’s Rook and Q s Knight. _ _
ll hitt: K at K Kt 6tln ti at « It ’tad , Pa at K K's and and KB 5th.
Ulack: K at his sq, G at A** g< l’ K at K B a t»th, Ps at K B a 3rd, h. s
2nd, and <^s (White) had the move, and drew the game.
El’iTOMK OF JHEWS—FOllEIGNAXJ) DOMESTIC.
It is stated that the Queen has interfered to prevent the entire
demolition of the ancient Salisbury Craigs, Edinburgh.
The Queen has been pleased to send the presents of tho Ring of
Siam for public exhibition at the South Kensington Museum, and Lord
Palmerston has added to them the Siamese swurd presented to himself
Lord Wodehousc. who has retired from the British Embassy at
St. Petersburg, will arrive in Eugiswd in the course of next month.
It is rumoured that the Government inteuds to disembody ten of
the militia regiments.
Lord Normanby has subscribed a thousand francs to the Lamar¬
tine fund.
The committee appointed to consider the memorial to be erected
in honour of the marriage of the Princess Iioyul at Baubury have
decided to erect a cross aud louutain combined in the Horse Fair.
Mr. Charles Dickens will read at St. Martin s Hall, oa Thursday
evening, April 29th, his “ Cricket on the Hearth; ” on Thursday evening.
May 6th, his “Chimes;” and on Thursday evening, May 13th, ms
“Christmas Carol.”
It is now understood that ihfc design of* sending out a new Arctic
Expedition this spring will be persevered in.
The Queen has appointed^ Gold win Smith, Esq., Barrister-at-
Law, to be Professor ot Modern History iu the University of Oxford, in
the room of Henry Halford Vaughan. Esq , resigned.
During last week the visitors to the rfouth Kensington Museum
were as followsMorning, 9195 ; evening, 6223: total, 15,218.
The house in which fcir Isaac Newton was born at Woolsthorpe,
near Grantluun, is about to be pulled down, and it is understood that a
scientific establishment is to be erected ou the site.
It is now decided that the musical festival at Hereford will take
place this autamdu J
The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Achille Bischoff
as Consul at Melbourne for the Swiss Confederation.
The Chevalier Neukomm, at oue time well known in England as
a musical composer, hasijust died at Paris, aged 80. lie was a member of
the Legion of Honour and several learned socieiiea.
A Turkish woman has just died in the Island of Rhodes at the
advanced age of 128. Bhe preserved all her mental faculties to the last.
Me Mallett, who received a grant of money iroin the Royal
8ociety to investigate the late earthquake phenomena in Italy, has returned
to England with a very important and valuable collection ot facts.
The number of patients relieved at the City of London Hospiial
for Diseases of the Chest, Victoria Park, during last week, was 1002 , of
Which 132 were new cases.
Agents of the British Government are in Baltimore for the pur¬
pose of purchasing three million feet of ship timber, whirh will be cut
ifom the mountainous regions of the Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad.
A neat and ap
Church, Bermond
On the 24th of March, at St. Joan’s, New Brunswick, one third
of the flooring of the suspension-bridge across the Falls near that place,
together with tiie stringers, gave way.
The Royal Humane {Society will hold its anniversary festival a
the Freemasons’ Tavern next Wednesday—the Duke of Argyll in the chair
At a pigeon match held at Alnwick, on Easier Monday, a man,
named \Villiam Young, having got Into the line of fire, was accidentally
shot in the breast. He died almost immcujaUuy iifu-rwards.
The number of patients relieved &t the Royal Free Hospital,
Gray’8-inn-roud, during lait week, was 2059, of which 661 were new cases.
The Queen has appointed Major-General Sir John Gatpard Le
Marchaut, Kut, to be Governor and Gommander-in Chief in and over the
island of Malta and its dependencies.
Christ Church, Newburgh Ormakirk, built and endowed by the
Earl of Derby, was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester on Wednesday
week. It contains sittings for 256 persons, ol which 117 arc entirely free
and unappropriated.
On Eriday week an exceedingly large rhinoceros was landed at
the East India Docks from on board the StUlcdge. which has Just arrived
from Calcutta. This line animal was safely conveyed to the warehouse ot
Mr. Jamrach, of Ratcliff-high way.
The National School Choral Festival will be held on May 8. at
the Crystal Palace. The object ol this festival is to increase the funds of
the Church BclooI masters* and tjchoolmlatrestts' Benevolent Institution.
Dr. Aldis, Medical Officer of Health ior ht. George s, Hanover-
square. delivered a lecture ou public health at the Townhall. Stourbridge,
on Thursday week. Lord Lyttelton occupied the chair ou the occasion.
The Patric contains a long article on tho decrease of the
population hi Franee. and on the decline iu the physical powers of the in¬
habitant*. It attributes this result, to the insuiilcitnt food of the working
classes, and to the discredit into which gymnastic exercises have fallen.
The deliveries of tea in London estimated :or last week were
784,010 ib., an increase of 205.302 ib , compared with the previous statement.
The University of Edinburgh, ar a meeting held oa Saturday
last, conferred the degree of LL. D. on Frofesaor Ferrier, of Si. Andrew s,
author of ** Institutes ofMetaphyaic.”
Dr. Cliomel, formerly head physician to the great Metropolitan
Hotel Dieu, has just died of cancer. * He was farnby attendant ou Louis
Philippe, uud resigned liis high fonetiou iu the hospital because he would
not take the oath to the Emperor.
The Court of Directors have resolved to raise three double
European regiments for the Bengal Presidency. These new corps will
absorb the officers of six of the disbanded native regimeuts.
The amount of Exchequer Bills ouist&nding on the 31st of
March last was £20,911,500, unprovided for.
The Xapolconien of Amiens reports that n duel has been fought
at Abbeville between two Sub-Lieutenants of tlic 9th Chasseurs, in which
one of the parties was killed and the other seriously wounded.
The first of a scries of proposed excursions of soldiers, with
their families, from Aldershott to the Crystal Palace took place on Monday
General Beatson arrived at Hyderabad on the I3ih of Eebruary,
and commenced At once recruiting for the irregular cavalry. Several
officers have been placed at hia disposal by the Madras Government.
The Neapolitan fleet is composed of sixteen sailing aud twenty-
nine steam vessels, mounting 746 guns in all. The Sardinian fleet con¬
sists of six sailing and twelve steam vessels, mounting 31b guns.
A newspaper in the English language is about to be published
in Havannoh. It will be called the Cuban Messenger.
The first emigration from Mill or d Haven to the Australasian
colonies will take place by the screw steam-ship Lord Ashley. 660 tons.
2 oo-horsepower, which is appoiuted to sillirom tnc Bouth Wales Railway
terminus, at Neyioud. on the 16th May, to Aucitiaud, New Zealand.
On Friday and Saturday last l ieutenant-General Sir Frederick
Love, Inspector of Infantry', uudeu minute inspection of the 4th battalion,
6Utli RJfies, at Winchester, and on Monday of the 4tli battalion Rifles.
We learn that the liquidators of the Western Bmk of hcoiland
have made preparations for pay ingby the b*>; inning of May the depositor*
and creditors of the bank one-hou of the debts duo to them; in other
words, they will pay Ids, in the pound of the total debts.
The Mediterranean fleet, under Lord Lyons, sailed from Malta
on Wednesday, for Tunis.
On Fridiv (lust week} a lecture was delivered at the Lecture
II&ll, Poplar,*by Mr. J. V. Yatiuan. F 8.. on Australia, and the advan¬
tages that country oilers to the industrious of ail classes.
A model of the ligure for the Hume monument at Montrose haj
been submitted to the monument rvniinktc*- bv Mr. Ca der Marshall, the
sculptor, who lias received the commission lor the execution ot the statue.
1 he colonv o' Victoria has made, by its or>;an tho Legislative
Aj« mbly. thl’ noble donation of tun to the IndiM IleUof Fund. Sub¬
scription lists for the fund h»ve niso been ojuuicd m the colony, aud
several thousand pounds have been tuliscrib.a.
•\ he vessels fitted out at Dunkirk and Grnvelines for the Iceland
cod fishery hnve just left for the sene of iht ir operations. They amount
inn umber toW2,117 from Dunkirk, and is from Oravcflner . measuring
togethtr 11.5U2 urns, aud wjthcrews ofui*54 Ufa .
‘lhc committee »r.d triends ol the < lock and: W atch Mukere
A.vium w ill hefidsn Inauyural dint., r at the Albion Tavern, Alderr^ate-
st«r”“n Tuewlav next - We shall (five !„ e,ur next N umberan hnyratrin*
omlir A,yium ta coerce of being erected, at Co ney Hatch j
Mr tenrv lets, of tbc firm of Ices and haw, Wellington
IHiift near sildlewortli. commit.-d sulrldv on TTmrcd.y morninu w^-k
with a razor, nearly fevering his brad ’win Ida body. The milortanatei
*n,V™." had been in a desponding sh.te 01 nrnid tor some weeks.
400
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[April 17,1858
PlliO WOMEN. A LIT AN WARRIOR. PAP AGO! WOMEN.—(SEE NEXT PAGE.)
April 17, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
401
EARL STANHOPE.
Thilif Henry, fifth Earl Stanhope, better
known asLordMuhon.is one of the most distinguished
historiansof the present day, and stands high among
yux living noble authors. He is the elder son and
successor of the fourth Earl, and the grandson of
Charles, the third Earl, 60 famous for his mechanical
genius and scientific researches, who was the in¬
ventor of the Stanhope printing-press. The present
Earl Stanhope was born in 1805 ; he was educated
at Oxford, wnere he became B.A. in 1827, and D.C.L.
in 1834. He has l>ten M P. for Hertford, and was
Under Secretary of State for one year, from 1845 to
1846. But bis chief distinction lies in his literary
talent, which he has devoted to history and bio¬
graphy. His chief work is his "History of Eng¬
land. from the Peace of Utrecht to that of Aix-
la-Chapelle.” He is also author of a "Life of
Belisarius,” and of an able “History of the
War of Succession in Spain." Earl Stanhope mar ¬
ried, in 1834, Emily Harriet, second daughter of the
late General Sir Edward Ken-ison, Bart., K.C.B.,
and has issue Arthur Philip, Viscount Mahon, two
other sons, and a daughter. In politics Earl Stan¬
hope is a Liberal Conservative. The Earl has just
been elected Rector of Aberdeen College. He is
President of the Society of Antiquaries.
Earl Stanhope’s ancestor, James, the first Earl,
was an enterprising military officer, and commanded
the British forces in Spain in 1708, and obtained
considerable renown by the reduction of the cele¬
brated Port Mahon, in Minorca. He was afterwards
First Lord of the Treasury, and was created Vis¬
count Stanhope of Mahon in 1717, and Earl Stan¬
hope in 1718. _
RECASTING OF TIIE CLOCK BELL
FOR THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.
The recasting of the great Bell for the Clock Tower
of the new Rouses of Parliament took place at the
bell-foundry of Messrs. Mears, Whitechapel-road. on
Saturday last. The old bell was begun to be broken
on the 17th of February last, and the operation lasted
nearly a week.
The pattern of the new bell was begun in Novem¬
ber last] from a drawing given by Mr. Denison; and
the making of the mould commenced on the 18th of
December, and was continued without interruption
till about three weeks ago, when it was finally put
together and rammed up.
The mould consists first of the core, which is built
up of bricks, covered with clay, and formed to the
shape of the inside of the bell, by means of a board,
called the sweep or crook, travelling round a centre.
When this is well dried, by a fire on the inside, what
may be called a clay bell is made upon it, the outside
of that being " swept” out by another crook in the
same way. This also has to be thoroughly dried
before proceeding to the next operation, which is the
making of the cope, or outside mould, of the belL
This is made of clay or loam, held together with iron
bands, and fitted with hooks to lift it by when it is
dry. When it is lifted it brings the clay bell with it,
holing by means of the thin beads which may be
seen round all large bells, and technically called
" wires." The clay bell is broken out of the cope,
which is then put down again over the oore, and in
this instance was bolted down between a large iron plate under the
core and a smaller one on the top of the cope.
The pit was 13 feet deep, and, the extreme height of the bell being
7| feet, there is a considerable space lelt for a dead head, or pressure
of metal, which ^s essential to produoe sound casting at the top.
After the cope is put on and bolted down, the pit is filled with sand and
well rammed, ana this operation occupied twenty-seven men four days.
The metal was melted in three furnaces, holding together very
“ISj f bot , 1111 '“to the mould during the
? he day b0 - fore «“ting. This is now usually
bra88 OT gun metal, and
JJf; Wlebo ,i to bavs !t d °ua with the former
oell out Mosers. Warner thought it unnecessary.
q is occasion it was made one of the conditions
U the contract. Ab soon as the metal in the furnaces
Ta SSS3A53 Jr* ““ hot “ w “ cut off
The fountains of metal were opefced at twentv-
JSJJP “““to* *> oight pm., and the moSd 4L
died up in twenty minutes, the workmen regulating
be ]i" P JrL y 7.f en “ 1)10 Bug”"™*. Nothing can
■ a known of the success of the operatioD for two or
iree weeks from the time of casting, os it will
fortnight to cool. Wo shall give full particulars
Der GXaCt dimensions and weight of the bell here-
FARL STANHOPE, LORD RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN.-FROM A PHOTOGRATH BY
HERTSEBT WATKIN,,
nearly eighteen tonp, of which nearly sixteen tons was the metal of
the old bell, and the rest new metal, previously run into ingots, in
Q portion of seven of tin to twenty-two of copper, as in the formor
. The larger pieces of metal remained in the furnace about twenty
hours, and the smaller ones about ten hours. Mr. Mears still uses
only w ->od fuel, as the old founders did, which does not melt the metal
so quickly as coal, but is supposed to be better in its action.
An operation was performed hero for the first time in bell-founding
INDIANS OF THE FAR WEST.
N ever before has the .American Government ha/t g®
nany exploring expeditions on foot as at the present
ime. One of them is engaged in surveying the
•ound&ry 1 ne between the British possessions and
the norm-western territories of the United States;
simeiiveor six of them are engaged in laying out
waggon-reads from the Mississippi to the Pacific:
■>ne or two are attending to the Indians on the
bowers of Mexico; and there is also a fighting ex¬
pedition on its way to Suit Lake. The last expedition
brought to a successful close was that in charge of
Major William H. Emory, which had for its ofcjeat
the. surveying of the boundary line between the
united States and Mexico. All the materials for a
complete history of this expedition arc now in the
possession oi the Government printer*; and in the
course of a few months the public may expect to re-
ceiye a number of huge quarto volumes on the sub¬
ject, very extensively illustrated with pictures and
maps. In the meantime, however, we have received
from Major Em<>ry (through a correspondent) a
number of Sketches, from which our readers may
gather a pretty correct notion of the races of men
who reside along the siuthern boundary line of the
American states and territories.
Our first Sketch represents a Family of Diegene
Indians on their Travels. This people inhabit the
San Diego country, and are among its curiosities.
They wore converted by the Jesuits, " ho, many years
ago, organised missions throughon that country.
They became partly civilised, and * ero industrious
and happy, and collected many coml rts about them.
Naturally lazy, and incapable of - Jf-government,
and deeply imbued with all the ti ats of the wild
Indian, they soon degenerated, after the missions had
fallen from under the rule of the Church, and have
become worse than in their original condition. Many
of their women are said to be beautiful, and all of
them are well developed and superbly formed. They
imitate the whites in dress, and on u single person
one may sometimes E*e odds and ends of clothing
from all parts of the globe.
Adjoining the Diegeno, and owning a pait of the
eame great valley, that of the Colorado, is the nation
of Yuma Indians. These are said to be a very
treacherous people j they conquer by craft and din¬
ning, and delight in midnight attacks; they invite
each other to feasts under the garb of friendship, and
suddenly fall upon and kill their guests; or, taking advantage of the
absence of the warriors from their, villages, massacre tho old women and
the young children, and carry off as prisoners the young women and
larger children. They possess but few horees, and carry on their expe¬
ditions on foot. Their war weaponsare bowsand arrows, clubs undknive y
with which they make sad havoc among their enemies. They are of the
medium height, and of a dark brown colour, and many of the women
are beautiful in form. An essential article of dress, worn by the
JBBCASTISG THE GREAT BELL FOR TOE C.’aV'K TOWER, NEW HOUSES OF I’.UOiAMLNT.
462
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Avim. 17, 1853
men os depioted in the Sketch, is a piece of coarse cloth; and the
women wear a becoming dress, woven out of the inner bark of the
willow, which article is ulso represented. The front portion is woven
plain, out the back into an irregulur shone, with a lump on each side,
answering the purpose and appearing like a bustle. On this protu¬
berance the women carry their young children, a rope passing around
the child, and the ends tied together in front of the mothor. Both
sextw- paint, end the m»*n wear longer hair than the women. Their
language is not sweet, but the two damsels before us glory in the soft
names of Ma vuh and Le-ocli. Unmarried women aio taken care of by
€h*> tribes* when n death occurs in a village it is immediately deserted;
and the bodies of their dead they consumo with fire. They are fond of
games; and squat down and play a game of oards, even upon a journey.
Although constantly in the water, these Indians never use canoes, but
swim from shore to shore. Tn their rude way they cultivate melons,
cern, pumpkins, and beans, the last being a main dependence, and
tiieir favourite unimsl food is the mule.
The third of our Portraits is that of Mr. Nooo-sbimatt-tash-tanoki,
or Grisly Bear. He is a Seminole, uDd the principal chief of that part
of bis nation, consisting of about 2500 souls, who emigrated from
Florida a few years ago, and now reside on the prairies west of tho
Arkansas River. He oometf of the same cunning, ferocious, and de¬
termined rare, some two hundred of whom are still living in the
swamps of Florida, in defiance of the power of the Government.
Though accustomed to the use of the horse, it will be perceived that our
triend prefers to stand forth as a pedestrian.
Another curious race, found in the Valley of the Gila, are the Pimo
Indians They are further advanced in tho ways of civilisntion than
any other b&rlxirons peopie on the Mexican frontier. They have
among them many great warriors, and yet they habitually work
Is both.us y in the iield. They are tho owners of fine lxorses and mules,
tat oxen, cows, pigs, poultry. &c. They consider themselves the
descendants of the Aztecs, and c’uim Montezuma to have been
•f their tribe. Their huts are of »n oval shape, not high, buit
of reeds and mud. and thatched with wheat struw; their country,
daring the proper season, being oovored with fields of the waving
golden grain.
The next Engraving represents a Lipan Warrior. He belongs to
a tribe residin? in Texas, and numbering not more than six hundred
souls. Though they have rendered some service to tho Americans as
guides, they ere. in reality, a race of horse thieves: and the fine
aaimal upon which the Indian is mounted is, probably, one of the
acquisitions of his last foray.
Another tribo of aborogines is that known by the name of Papagos.
They wander over the country from tan Javier as far west as the
Tinagas Altas. They were at one time a formidable tribe, and wused
unceasing war against the Mexicans. They are comparatively well off
in worldly goods, planting corn and wheat, and possessing cattle and
herees. Tbev are, at the present time, a quiet uud inoffensive tribe.
Tho women dress respectably, hut the men go nearly naked. One
portion of the tribe have a supoi station which makes them afraid of
water, preventing them from ereoting their houses in sight of a river
or a hike ; while others prefer a residence oh the immediate banks of
the bait lakes near the Gulf of California.
PRESENTATION OF A SILVER “CRADLE” TO MRS.
SBCAND, AT LIVERPOOL.
Th h town of Liverpool, rapid us its growth has been of late years,
sad eminently practical as are ice pursuits, has not. it seems, wholly
outgrown or forgotten its poetical legendary lore. One of its ancient
legends rune thus:—
Gif LeverpooVs good Maior sd evorre be
Made fatherre inne liys v ere ofle maioraltee.
Thcune snl beegften bye ye townmenne free
Ane silver cradle too hys faiie ladye.
In revoTeno-* for this local legend the members of the Liverpool Cor¬
poration and other friends of the lata Mayor. Mr. Francis Shand, sub*
scribed to preset “too hys fare ladyo" a silver cradle? to commemo¬
rate the birth of a daughter during his year of office as ohief magistrate
of the borough. The cradle, which was manufactured by Mr. Haus-
burg. of Church street, bore the following inscription:—
To Lydia, wife of Francis Shand, E*?q.. Mayor of Liverpool, this work
of art. emblematic of an ancient municipal ley end. is presented by a num¬
ber of the inhabitants of t^e borough, to commemorate the birth of Bea¬
trice Mary dr.-inghcr father's mayoralty. 1 9th of April, 1857. It remains,
at t1*e same time, a record to the happy wife and mother of the esteem in
which her ho«h*nd if* held for his character as a man and a British mer¬
chant, and of the courteous dignity, great hospitality, and benevolence
which he exercistd as chier magistrate of this important community.
The design comprises a massive pedestal, w*hich supports a stand,
aod upon t.he latter rests a silver cup, modelled after the form of a
nautilua-fihelL Sevornl dolphins, and a beautifully-chased figure of a
mermaid, are orliatically introduced so ya to work out the general
design. In the centre of the pedestal is a shield bearing the Liverpool
arms * on the '.overdo, those of Mr. Shund. Much skill and good taste
are displayed throughout the design.
The presentation took place recently at Fairfield House, tho residence
of Mr. F. ^band. The gentlemen forming the deputation were re¬
ceived by Mrs. Shand in iho drawing-room; and, the usual salutations
ever.
61r. Charles Turner said: We have called upon you, Mrs. Shand,
fius morninir for the ptirpofo of presenting you. agreeably to a time-
honoured onstom, a memorial of a most joyful evont which took place
in your fumiiy during the mayoralty of our highly-esteemed friend,
Mr. Shand. The birth of a child has. in civilised countries, at all
time* bo*u considered a subject of rejoicing. Families in private lifo
are aocustemed to receive the congratulation*, of their friends on those
occasions, whilst more public domomstx-.uicES attend those who
occupy more prominent positions in sooiety; and, aooording^to
&a eld legend, it has been rhe custom of the Corporation of Liyoj>
pool to mark their ?ense of an event of this nature occurring in
the family of a chief magistrate during Lis year qf^office by-
pits ending a silver crudle to the Mayoress. There being, however,
no publio fund which could properly bo applied to this purpose, tho
membei B of the Council, and other admirers of the private and public
career of Mr. 8h»nd. have contributed the necessary amount from their
private tourers, not only becuuse they did not wish the good old custom
ut which I hnvo refried to been mo obsolete, blit more especially
because they wished, in making this presentation to y ou . td pay a well-
merited comp'iment to yourself, and at tho sametinie to mark their
high regard end esteem for Mr. Shand personally, and thoir sense of
the admirable manner in which ho dis-'huiged tho duties of tho
Mayoralty. On huh df, then, of the iftembers of the Council, and other
sutveribern for whom we appear, we beg. Mrs. Shund, that you will
accept this pieeo of plate as a memorial of tho happy event to which I
have alluded, and, in the words of tho inscription, “ps a record to the
happy wife and mother of the esteem in which her husband is hold for
his character. h« a m m and a British merchant, and of tho c-jurteous
dignity, erreat hospitality, and benevolence, which ho exercised as chief
magistrate of this important community." These words express so
much better than I cun do the sentiments of the subscribers, that I
will not weaken them bv adding more than oar heartfelt wishes
and earnest prayer for the long-continued health and hup pin ess
of youisclf and Mr. tihand, and of thoee who are near uud dear
to you. 4 ^
Mrs. Phund replied as follows: Gentlemen, you have my wannest
thunk- for the s pi end iff gift with which you have now presented mo.
especially on ersiiH^ding as I do that I am indebted for it to your kind
ami zeaerouaYealingsr.i(bar tlirm to the “ancient munioipol legend"
which you «p gtucefully invoked. In regarding this chaste and
•nt production, I cannot foil to Qdmiro the taste and talent dis¬
played in its design and the sac- essful effect of the artists ^kill; but
in constituting if, ah you have done, a record of a beloved daughter's
suspicious M*;th and of the high esteem in which my husband is held
by his MiowAowhsmon, you hare invented it with a value which you
will I am sure, readily believe the affections of the heart can bet ter
appreciate than words adequately express. It gratifies me deoply to
observe the warm interest you have taken in these circumstanoee of
my domestic happiness, and the acceptable manner in which you have
evinced it 1 truhtit will pfeasa God at some distant period to permit
me to df-dioate this gift os an heirloom to my present infant daughter,
r bright memorial of this happy day and of her father’s propitious
v.ayoraltv. and a link of earnest interest in tho future prosperity of
tho good old loyal town of Liverpool and tho trade thereof. But I
murt now express mu conclusive wi h that your own homes may long
continue hlesvod with every happiness, and that many among you may
yet be entitled *o a similar presentation.
The company were then conducted to the dining-room, where a mag¬
nificent dejeCmor had been prepared foi them.
SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT.
Ix the days when “HB.” flourished, and the Whigs were adding a
million or two annually to that deficiency in the finances of the
country to which we owe the imposition of the Income-tax, there
appeared a caricature which represented the then Chancellor of the
Exchequer (Sir Francis Baring) sitting desolately on the Treasury
bench with his hands anxiously fumbling in his empty pockets, and
the sketch was designated “A Good Man Struggling with Difficulties.”
If the accomplished artist who imagined that sadly-humorous design
were still in the exercise of his craft, we should recommend him another
and a newer subject for his pencil in the present Chancellor of the
Exchequer. It is hardly possible to describe how wan, and woe¬
begone, and absorbed, he sits; scarcely venturing to look round at
the benches behind lnm, which are ominously thin of Conservatives on
most, if not on every, night. In such an attitude might have
sat the deposed and ruined Komon General when he uttered his
plaintive cry of ** date oboluin.” So ready to sink down appears the
Leader of the House that it must have been in the spirit of a political
Humane*Society man that Lord John Russell came to his rescue on
Monday night. Expectation was naturally on the “ qui vive ” as to
whether the Government would make a declaration on the Bubject of
their protested India Bill; but when a dallying announcement of the
probable delivery of an evidently not yet consummated Budget was
all that the oracle ventured to utter, and the House was proceeding to
the orders of the day, up rose, after the manner of the “ vir pietate
gravis ” of the poet, Lord John, and, with an air of pitying benevo¬
lence, flung out those life-lines, which were so eagerly seized by
Mr. Disraeli. Now, be it understood that the whole business
seemed to augur so much of preparation and foreknowledge
on the part of the actors in that interesting scene that the sporting
phrase “a cross” rose to the lips of every spectator who was
acquainted with so much of slang as is comprehended in those words.
The India Bill of the Government was so decidedly nowhere that
there was every danger that Lord Palmerston’s measure might
absolutely rise into an alternative acceptance, and with a result which
no one could foresee better* than Lord John. Of course he would
prefer to dry-nurse the rickety Derby Ministry until next) ear, by which
tune anything which he may himself be hatching would probably be out
of the shell, iupreferencetoalLwing Lord PalmerstononcemorHocrow^
victoriously on the Parliamentary dunghill; and so ho interposed for
Mr. Disraeli, and staved off—certainly for a fortnight—a crisis. What
a gain for aeontriver of ways and means was such a time! What might
not turn np in such a period for tho least sanguine political Micawber!
If, us they say, that little drama was prearranged, let all credit be
done to the performers in it. Lord John was lofty and abstractedly
patriotic in his most measured style; while Mr. Disraeli’s hesitancy,
and coufuseduess, and all that, if they were fe igned, were some of
the most finished feignings that could well be witnessed. It so
chanced that during the most interesting moments of this interlude
Lord Palmerston was not in the Lfense. arid the half-intelligible
rumblings of Sir Charles Wood’s protestwere not effectual to put the
matter off until too late for the ex -Premier ! s interposition.
Recurring to that sombre tone which seems to have come over Mr.
Disraeli, it may be remarked that he does uot altogether monopolise
the melancholy of the Ministry. There is Mr. Henley, the most'
chirruping of small legislative drifrtcji, who has grown pale and thin, and
almost haggard ; Mr. Henry BalUie delivers small orations in a
voice so hollow and languid that it could effectively and properly only
come from a theatrical ghost under the stage; Mr. W hiteside’s thun¬
der lias ceased to reverberate along tlie rodf of the House; Lor$ John
Manners is gentle and /precise, and conciliatory Jo a degree ; and
General Peel looks so anxious and nt rvous that one wonders how he
got his reputation for being one of the coolest and most impassible
men on the turf, inthe d&ys wben he presided over the Jockey Club in¬
stead of the Ilorse Guards. As for Lord Stanley, except that he is not
now perpetually studyingNa large blue-book, as his manner was
when ho was an independent—that is, a wandering and un¬
attached-member ef Parliament, there is little difference
in his demeanour: he still wears that terribly vive look which
he lias cultivated from las infancy, and to which he owes so
much of his reputation. Indeed, the only brisk and lively mem¬
bers of the Ministry^fire the Lord Chancellor and Sir John Pakiugton.
ThdLermer—radiant with the attainment of his long-delayed pro¬
motion, and stimulated by the universal assent to his claim thereto,
as well as by a consciousness that ho is doing his work so well as to
surprise Ills legal compeers, and to wring from them some of those
hard, dry compliments which drop occasionally from judicial lips—is
every inch a Chancellor. Ho combats in his most “ gracieuso *’
manner the crotchets of the lumbering Law Lords, and has bad the
courage to encounter and to vanquish Lord St. Leonards on a ques-
tion of law reform which involved the consideration of the principle**
of real property; while he has demolished a measure of that Lord
Chief Justice whose nod was so recently his law with a suave apology
for his temerity, which must have tempted a caustic addition to that
collection of anecdotes which are to form the basis of that last
life of a Chief Justice which can be written by Lord CampbelL
To be sure, he had a tremendous ally in Lord Lyndhurst, who lias
come out this Session so rejuvenLsed that nn experienced frequenter of
the House of Lords was absolutely heard to ask who he was when he
rose to sneer and laugh Lord Campbell's bill away. As to Sir John
Pakiugton, he has so successfully established a reputation for dili¬
gence and business-liko qualities, and his vivacity and smartness are
so much a part of Ills nature, that no one was surprised to find
that he turned ouk*to be a ready-made, full-armed First Lord of the
Admiralty, and that he moved the Naval Estimates in a speech which
was a model of a Ministerial statement, and which possessed the in¬
herent merit of reducing the estimates by nearly £100,000; however,
it may happen that somebody else will have to put that sum on again
next year. He almost evoked a penitential blush from Mr. William
Williams for having anticipated the Ministerial statement by a motion
for referring tho estimates to a Select Committee, against which Mr.
Fitzroy took the opportunity of entering his marked protest by being
the very first of the uoes who recorded his vote on the division; for,
if the estimates were to be taken out of the hands of the House,
what would become of the Chairman of Committees ? Why, ho would
be reduced to some such shadow of his former self as Sir William
Hay ter, who ever and anon is seen to start off on imaginary errands
of whipping-Lu. and to pause and falter ere he reaches the door, struck
with the cold consciousness that, for a time at least, his occupation’s
gone.
It was, as was very natural, in the most meagre of Houses that Sir
John Trclawny brought forward that singular motion which implied
that electors were not the only persons chargeable with the idea that
a man's political position may l>e made available towards the increase
of his baluncc at his banker’s—in short, that, votes out of doors being
now rendered as nearly unsaleable as possible, it was time to declare
that voice, and interest, and personal services in Parliament must be
wholly gratuitous. Much virtue wus talked, but a great deal more com¬
mon sense, on this subject. But, truth to say, hon. members approached
the question somewhat gingerly, and were most of them only too glad
to let it ride off on the by-point of what was the distinction which
ought to be made in the fees given to legal members for services out
'Of and in the House. There were certain members absent on that
occasion who could have thrown a good deal of light on the subject.
No one could have explained that distinction better thau her Majesty’s
Attorney-General ; and thohonourable and learned member for Sheffield
could easily have pointed out the difference between the position he
formerly occupied in connection with Canada and the course taken by
the honourable and learned member for Youghal in reference to au
Ameer of Scinde. But as the debate was left in less experienced
hands it naturally languished, and went out, not a bit too
600 u for the comfort and convenience of that incorruptible body
of legislators, not one of whom ever canvassed for the safe
conduct of a private hill in which he was interested through its
various stages, or ever asked a plaee from a Minister for a relation or
friend. Perhaps the best security against the danger of that corrup¬
tion of which Sir John Trelaijniy wished the House to nuke itself
stand self-accused would be the suggestion of Mr. Bright to re¬
organise meinberhood by the infusion of a number of persons who
would take to legislation as a profession, for a remuneration, bounded
on one side by £*200 and on the other by £500 a year.
As a whole, the aspect of Parliament on its reassembling after the
recess is depressing. There is a languor and an iuaptitude for going
to work which is remarkable in the second year of a new Parliament.
The mesmeric torpor which appears to have seized the Leader of the
Commons seems to be fast extending itself to the whole House. No
doubt it is the policy of the Government to do as little as possible; and
up to the present time they have been successful in carrying out that
principle. What should we do if it were not for the blessed hope
which is conveyed in the phrase—next Session?
NORMANDY’S PATENT WATER- DISTILLING
/\ APPARATUS FOR ADEN.
Oun. Illustration represents tho sea-water distilling machinery which
hus been recently supplied to the Peninsular and Oriental Company,
by Sidney, of Great George -street, Westminster (tho agent for
the proprietors of the patent). Aden is a fortress perched on a barren
rock^on the edge of the sea, where nothing grows, and where even
tho wafer of the wells is brackish and unwholesome in quality, and
limited in quantity. Dr. Normandy’s apparatus has been constructed
to produce doily upwards of four thousand gallons of fresh drinking
water by tho distillation of the sea water, which is to bo pumped up
from tho base of the rocks on which the machinery is placed.
To render salt or brackish wator drinkable—to be able to devote to
the stowago of profitable cargo or munitions of war the space now
occupied by water tanks and casks—to uvoid the necessity of delay
for taking in supplies of water either during a voyage or when any
emergency may roquire u ship to go to sea at a short notico—has long
been a favourite object of experimental research, and speculation
among mechanics, chemists, and professional inventors. Many patents
have been taken out for effecting this very desirable result, but without
complete success, until tho completion of the apparatus invented by
Dr. Normandy.
There is only one way of getting rid of salt and converting it into
fresh wuter: that is by evaporation. Sea water properly distilled
yields water which is fresh water, inasmuch os it is free from salt, and,
so far os simple distillation is an old and simple process familiar to
the peasant manufacturers of illicit whisky, it seems easy, straight¬
forward work. But distilled wator is flat, impregnated with a burnt
empyroliguoous or tarry taste und smell, and, in fact, unwholesome.
The disagreeable taste and smell are caused by tho scorchiug of the
almost invisible atoms of organic matter contained in water against
the heated sides of the motul utensil used for distilling. The flutness
and the irawholesoraenoss aro owing to tho atmosidierio air, i.e.,
oxygen and carbonic acid, which good, water always ooutains in cer¬
tain proportions, and which are essential to its sparkling wholesome¬
ness being driven out by tho action of evaporation.
Water deprived of its duo proportion of atmospherio air, and placed
in the hold of a ship, is further likely to become unwholesome from its
tendency to absorb the air of the place in which it is kept ; a tendency
which is increased when agitated by being rolled about, and thus is likely
to becomo saturated with the foul air and the emanations of bilge-
water which are generally found in tho hold of a large ship.
Many methods have been tried for restoring air to distilled water—
chemical methods, such as the addition of ulum, sulphuric ucid,
chloride of lime, and other acids ; but these do not completely effect the
object, and are always inconvenient and unsafe;—mechanical methods,
such us percolating through barrels full of holes or ewarse sieves, or
agitating with paddles; but these, independent of the inconvenience
of carrying them out on a large soale, are inefficient and dangerous,
as already observed, from their tendency to add the foul air of the
hold to distilled water.
Dr. Normandy, in perfecting his invention, brought both chemical
and mechanical skill to bear upon the question. Having ascertained,
the duo proportion of oxygenated air and carbonic ucid required to
render water whi.h hus been distilled brisk and wholesome, ho made an
arrangement in his still by which ull the air contained in tho salt water
used for condensing the steam was led into tho steam-chamber where
evaporation wus going on; bo that, at the sonic moment that it wus
condonsed, tho constituents of which it had been deprived were
restored to it. But. although tho distilled water was thus aerucod or
oxygenised, it still had tho nauseous taste and smell peculiar to dis¬
tilled wuter, arising from tho cause already described. To dostroy
this nuisance Dr Normandy passed tho produce of his still through
porous substances, such as pumicestone and sand. Thus tho filter
became a sort of furnace, the fuel of which was tho empyreumatical
oil, which, spread upon an enormous surface, in an atmosphere of water
charged with oxygenated air, was, in fact, burned up there, yielding
the usual product of combustion—carbonic acid and water. The
rapidity of this process of insensible combustion is so rapid that, no
matter liow quickly distillation is carried on, water, limpid and
sparkling, equal in wholesome freshness to tho purest spring Wuter,
is to bo found running in an uninterrupted stream from the apparatus,
at. tho same temperature as the cold sea water before it passes into the
steam-chamber. Thus the dootor produced a completely self acting
apparatus, which, when once attached to a steam-boiler, requires no
fun her attention than the services of tho boy w ho has to draw the fresh
wator when required for consumption from the tank set up for its re¬
ception. But. besido producing the host drinking water from
salt water, the Normandy apparatus has another merit in tno
small quantity of coal it consumes in proportion to tho quan¬
tity of distilled water it produces. By im intelligent ap¬
plication of “ the double distillation process of Celher Bluinenthal,
tho latent heat of the steam is made to evaporate a fresh proportion
of water equal in quantity to that produced by the first distillation;
so that, under well-managed boilers, one pound of tho best marine
coal wiil evaporate fifteen pounds of water—that is to say, one ton ol
coal will produce upwards of three thousand gallons of fresh water.
The apparatus which Mr. Sidney supplied to the Royal Moil 8team
Company's ship A trnto— six foet high, three feet long, and eighteen
inches wide—yields 500 gallons a day, part of which would otherwise
have been expended in waste steam. . ,
Captain F. Woolley, commanding the A trato, and Captain V incenr,
the Marine Superintendent of the Royal Mail Company, write :
•• The apparatus supplied to the Atrato worked admirably during tno
voyage to St. Thomas and bock, gave no troublo whatever, distilling
eighteen gallons per hour of water fit for tho table, clear ami equal to
any that can be used. Now, from the little space roq mred by Dr. iNqr-
mandy’s apparatus, and the ease with which water can be had, it wi
booome one of the requisite appliances in all first- class passenger oc *
Bhips. In consequence of the certainty with winch we are
to obtain water fit for our passengers’ table, we have removed 1
water-tanks, which make room for thirty tons more 0Ar ff°* , /.
Normandy's patent machines were also successlully crea tor
the War Office at Heligoland while the German Legion WttS
tioned there ; and at the Gunpowder Mills indxeut, where pure
is essential for tho manufacture.
Apulia 17, 1SS8.J
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
403
A PERFECT LADY'S DRESS lor SPRING!,
AT A SINGULARLY LOW PRICE.
ItmntA ChacU 'ho material i* Ca£hm«ro. with rioh Dueapordo
U&mw *ta“«£*£££ SRl-browu, Stack. V-otaL ud lb. N«r
®5JJ’ J?mi3!'ud Hood throoshoat, the materiel for Bodice
^^Tke Rdditlonel cherRO lor mjiklnft Use Brdioe. One SOlUInR.
A IlrowmiT of tlie Drees cent port-free.
FRENCH HDoI.Hi COMPANY, Hi. Ontord-ettMt.
mHE HALF-GUINEA CLOTH JACKET,
A ^o^SeoTwIiriS^lrjJ'^Ulcr,!. mpML
r ° r THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 10, Oxford-itroet.
F rench muslin jackets.
Tho prettiest White Muslin Jeekot ever produced: it itI trlmmod
with Ribbon. To bo bud In over, colour, and exceedingly bocoming
g, the ^j^”p RKSCH MUdLI^N COMPANY, 16, Oxford-rtroot.
Poet-offloo Orders pcyablo lo Jatnee Hold, Oxford-street.
IHE BLACK VELVET JACKET
Cboeon by tho Princesn Royal.
The shape to chaste, dimple, and elegant, without ornament.
The price is it Guinea*.
The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY* 16, Oxford-rireet.
T
T HE BLACK LACE JACKET,
just imported, a perfectly now shape, graceful and ladylike
In tho oxtreme, price 12s. 9d.
Tho FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-otroet.
E mbroidered Christian names—
LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS, with Chrtatmn N.tmoe cm-
brotoerod by the Nuns ot Pau, with the new dioietch noodle. Pnoo
lo. Old., by post M stain net ft*. 9«1. the half-dcxoa, by poet Ofl- ad.
THE FRENCH COMPANY, 16 , Oxfonl-stxoet.
F rench cambric robes.
Our oew patterns. Just received, two or three very pretty
patterns. They are made up according to the latest Puri* Fashion by
French Artiste*. Price 12a. 3d
The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY. 18, Oxford-stroet.
Orders from the oountry mnst bo r.ooonipvnlou with the size round the
shoulders end length of skirt.
Patterns post-free
T he time to buy muslins cheap.
Last year's at ridiauloun pricoe for such goods.
Pattern free.
The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 18. Oxford-street.
E eady-made morning wrappers,
is. 91., Neat French lYtot*. warranted fast odours.
Patterns poet-fre*.
The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
W hite and buff marcella
JACKETS.-Tho protti-st Shape (in tide very elegant
Article) ever produced, and most bocoming to the figure. Prica
IS* 3d. For country order*, sire of waist and round tho shoulders
FRENCH MUSLIM COMPANY, 16. Oxfotd-siroot.
JyTEW
FLOUNCED MUSLINS, 6 s. 6 d.
A very prettv Variety
FRENCH'MUSLIN COMPANY,
16, Ox cord-street.
M
OUKNING MUSLINS
The best PolcctJon In tho Kingdom.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY.
16, Oxford-ttroot.
0
A GEM.
UR NEW GUINEA FRENCH MANTLE,
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY,
16. Oxford-street.
L ADIES’ MOURNING and PROMENADE
DREdfiES, with now Jacket* to match, trimmed eu *ulte, In a
variety of now faoric*.
B Ch now Chen4 Bayadtre bilk*, lu extra length*, of a superb
quality <4 gninias tho liras Marie Stuart Rebel, in rich Glued
biik. 62*. Gd.
JSvenlog and BaII DrtMra in Tullo, and lho new Tarlatan®
Crhtal. i.t
SEWELL and CO., Compton Hrnso, FrltV-street.
T HE REDUCTION of 50 PER CENT on
raw Silk enable* Ladle* to purchase a useful and f.isblontMo
SILK DiiKSn »i a verr moderate price. The 1 no panto In thocoru-
merohl world, sad reduced state of tho Silk Market, have inunced
Janes Sponoc nml Co. to purchasa largely, at price's which will even
bear computihoti with thoitso* that memorable penod—tho French
Revolution «ff 184*. luriiteiiiio Invited.
JAMES SPENCE and CO., 77 and 78, St. Paul’s Churchyard.
G RANT and GASK (late Williams and Co.),
#». 60, 61.02, Oxford riroet, 3. 4. acd 3, Wei is-street, Who'es&to
and He tail -J..K MEttCKUu nud GENERAL DhAc'BRK. respectfully
nnnou 103 that they arc now exhibit-ng in evo-y department nn un-
i seal y Iutmo cOltoctLn of distinguished novelties, with ailk Good* of
every cereription. ft', fully 2 > per tout below las - , year’s prices.
bOYcrid lota of Flounc’d Silk 'lobes, at 38«. fid. and upward* very
cheap; 3>H) piece* of now Fancy BUka. at 28*. Ud. ami 3 s. wl the
J>ro.-t of 12 yard*, wide widUt. many of wtdeh are worth 3s. 9d. pe.*
yard.
4000 printed Flounced Muslin Dreoaos, from G«. 9d. te 12s. M ; pre¬
vious prices, 12s. Gd. to 2»«. bd.
A largo purchase of Flounced Biirigo Robes equollv chonp. All
good.- marked In plain figures, a'- wholesale prices, lor ready money.
Pattern* forwarded to th* country. The new pi emit os unjoining are
olely devoted to General Mourning.
M LSBiiS. SHETTLEWORTH, ABBOTT,
itufi WILLEY. Jua.. HUMwubrs to the ln'o firm. Messrs. R.
WILbEY an t CO . 15 and id. LUDGA'fE-8ntEET, LONDON.
Mr. SHElTLKV/OHTU bo* just returned from Pari* and, having
foam! that market, in a sinfo of unusual dcp T t**Ion, ho hn* bought
very l rgely lu good* of nil kind* O’ the 6esson, rinli In quality, tnu Ji
novelty, ami very modernt» in (tdo*
Tho rxncli purchacas cowl it of PU KE in great variety, in two
and thro* (lonim*. Doable .lu >t» & c . F\h:Y DhESdEhin HAHRGE,
GKe.N.\01Mv. OKGANlnE MU -LIN, and Variou* mixed fibrins,
rauiv o u&'llmr sl'k In spmwunon
MANT ICs in IJLACV. and i MUROIDFRED B1I.KS, GUIPURE
LaCE. And iho III'W Summer ('!oth*i BUAWL'j, I.ACE5, KiBLONsf,
FLOtVEKS, GLOVE'. &0.
In audition to this nt rardlon. 8.. A., and W, Jon., lure raplenUbod
their Stock in each dcoartmont with British manu'itclures, vix..
I. NEnS OKNF.lt A I. DRAPERY. PHINI KD ttOODB. H, 81 FRY,
IIABE DAhHEKY. FdINGKB, TRIMMINGS, Ao., In tho selection
of witch duo regard h.» fu;n paid to tuo «P[HJrior quality of tho
goodB always requirod by tuiir correction and kept at this
<*'itbHantn lit.
I bo remaining portion of «hn «to?k of the lute firm to f»tUI on stir.
*=U worthy of attmtiou at the gteaify reduced prlees. f
J OUVIN'S REAL ALPINE KID GL
rrioo Is 6il per pair,
Tn every fitov and Colour 1 ur Iotdtos nod Gentlcni'm.
Wo are tho original and oulv-.’tpno'uted Agent* f^r the sale of
celebrated Gloves, tho bast titring and rma- durable to be procured
ANY PldCB 1 ! I .
and so d only by LUMBhuL sml OWEN, 77 and 78, Oxford-etrect,
i ourion. \ \
N.B. AFutnpIe I*dr fro© hy post for two oxtra *tampa.\
TJUMBELL and OWEN, 8ILRMERCRRS
.It »c., kc , .'ontteou Hui! cf Cutnmcrcc, 77 ami 76, OXFORD
STREET, 1 o .do*. ...-/
Jiuml^ri and Owen's New Fprice BUk*. x.
JtumheJI and Owra's New Uldck .-Iiki.
Kumbiril nud Owen's New ffUiur ccd Rll».,
Ittimbcd and Owen'* Now M- ire' Autiqu**.
Rumbstl nnd Owen’s Nuw Bpr.'og Fabric*. j
Rumbvll and Owrn'n NewT-xvuen Muslin*. j
Rum till and <»»\Vt*’s Nfrw tprir.g Mrtrfege*. /
Ruin' ' ll n d OwdiVNuw ring Jf-rntirtf,
limnl-i ll nml Owiiu’a Pot term Grad*.
TVT IJ SUEPLBS STOCK of Last /Year's
-Ll , * ?• Re*^y-midc Flnaneofi ©ilk “KlBTd. BevcralHun-
dro<l to lmsoM at lees Ujhi Hst(t|iricr, oi ih>renai uuality. nrwl in
«o!j”r* mil .lilt for hpriiyr or bununsr wnor, with two jurd thre-j
fiounces alaotu LI*ck.—Aadn** RUMflRjLli?and OWEN, 77 and 7«,
Osftart-otrect, London*— N
L OCKE'S, LADIES’ CLOAKS of SCOTCH
WATERFROOP TWEED, i -aolection forwarded on nppll-
•wtiun. \ V V
•SCOTCH TWEED AlTD CLAN TARTAN WAREHOUSED.
119 and 127, Rk^NT-< 1 fRRBf (four doom chore VIgo-street).
G ^Ri\ND B'xilBITION of INDIA
8HAWLS. -FAKMEK and BQGER8 ure now exhibiting In
tb’-jr ipacloaa India Showroom* a mo*t eoporb coll -etlon ot ©holoe
CASHMERE shawls, aniungst wh oh are #e%*eral of very rare
dreigu *nd ouuirty, simllur to those *uppli©d for tbs Wedding
TTO-i**c*>a of the Princess Royal.
TH> GiiKAT .SHAWL AND CT.OAK EMPORIUM, 171, 173, 174
KF.GRNT-8TREST, W.
India Bbawto Bought and Exchanged.
S ILKS, Rich, Plain. Striped, and Checked
Olae*, at 22i. 6d. per drew of twelve yard*; and worth the
o^S? t<ou ol f'totdiofl. Patten.* ant free by poet. JOHN DARVBY,
SON, and CO., 9, l.tidgato-bill. Kitablishud upward* of fifty yean,
tan urge peid upon amount* above f 6.
a LOVES! GLOVES!! GLOVES.!!!
Tho World-wklc hrred Alplno Kid, l*. tkJ.pair.
151 tcU, white, nnaCo'ourrd.
A Enmv o i'.dr I or two extra stainpo.
BAKER and CHlnP. 2*2 1 , Rcgent-Kroct (corn*r of Maddix-strect).
C USTOM-HOUSE SEIZURE!!!
Wo havn Leon tha fortunate imrchft*vr» or"
300o Dozen ot tbo very b hi par a Aid Glove*,-
and «renow aelHng them at 31s. a doxou
Evtsry pair warranted, and tha tn mey roturned if n it apprartd.
BAKER ana OKI P, S21, Regent-*trtft
AST YEAR’S
MUSLINS
at half their orignal coat.
F«t torn* poet-free.
BAKER and CiUdP, 221, Ke^ont-street.
B EST FRENCH BAREGES, 8jd. a yard.
Balzarin *, GJd. (the new»*t 1‘attcnu).
Flouocod Barilo and U.Uwulnm,
brmtiful „h ru Colours, tr.»m 18*. Gd. tlio Robo.
Pattern* free. BAKER and CKWt*, r'2t. Regent-alrcrt.
T
IHE NEW ORGANDI MUSLINS’
By the yard, and Flounced,
All of the m<»t recnerche «nd dhilaguc character.
From 1C*. Gd. toe Kobe.
Patterns free. BAKER and C tlGP, 221, Rcgent-streot.'
MOURNING MUSLINS, -lid. a yard.
Iv u Balzarlne* and Bnrrgea, 6Jd.
Pattern* Dee.
BAKER and CRliP,13l, Regent-etreot.
fNITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS!!!
L On real French Cum brie.
Beautifully workod with wr.atu in tho comer, 18e. the dozoa.
A Mimplo for 20 rtxnip*.
BAKER and CRISP, 221. Kogrnt-nroot.
R OBES! 8KIKTS!! MORNING
WRAPPERS!!! &c.
Au unbounded vario'y of all vao Now Mohair*. Cambric®, Muslim, kc ,
Flounced and Militnir**, from 10*. ml., with
Jacket* complete.—BAKER and CRISP, 2*21, Regent-street.
M uslin jackets, 6 a. 6d.ni
MarcelU Jackets I0a.6d. Lzwn Jnck<y*, 4*. Gd.
Braided Lawn Uretsea, f.’om 10s. Cd.
BAKER am! CRISP, *21, Regent-street v comer of Maddox-Btreet),
London.
P ICCOLOMINI LINEN SETS. 3s. 6(i. each,
poi:-fr«e, beautit'nlly work'd In Whlto and Colour*.
1500 Guipure Mamie*, all at fca- 3d. each, po*t-;r©c; the colour* are
Black. White, Blao, and Pace.
BAKER and CRIeP, 221, Regcnt-streot.
Onn() TELEGRAM PARxVSOLS!!!
Vvv “o. Gd. eich, post-irce, usually sold nt 10s. fid.
All colouru. with rtoop fringes.
BAKER mwl CRISP, 221, Regont-fctreet.
F ashionable scotch-spun silks
for Spring and Summer Dreasca manufac’ured etpresaly for
ecott Adie Tha KOYaL TARTAri WAREHOUSE, 114, rwgont-
stroct (comer of Vlgo-*treeO. Pattern* forwarded :ree.
L ADIES requiring Cheap and Elegant SILKS
nr.’ requited io apply immediately to BEECH *nd BEKRALL.
LlNKNDRAFERS, H AUEKDASBEuS, kc., Ac., tho BEEHIVE, 63
and 6t, Edgware-rood, London, W.
1200 New Flounced Silk Kobe* (various), 30*. Gd. to 5 Guinea*.
Rich Striped, Chocked, Chcnd, and Plain Gland Silks, 21*. Gd. to
33s. 6d. the Drcua-
Black and Ualf-Moumlng Ditto, In great variety, at tho *amo
reduced pricos.
Patteru* for Inspection postage-freo.
MOURNING ORDERS.-
JjLL l*G FABRICS,-P««ern* of all
pool. —Addrea* PETER KOBiN80N, GENERAL MOURNljS
WAREHOUSE, 103, Oxford-streot.
NEW MOURN-
the New Matorial* free per
--- . - .—
■VfOUIiNING MANTLES and BONNETS.
JlTJL PETER ROBINSON to now showing some grea inovoltSe*
both for Mourning and out of Mourning, at hi* GENERAL MOURN¬
ING WAREHOUSE, IU3, Oxford-streot.
B LACK SILKS, cheaper than they were ever
known-—Patterns of nil tiro now make*, free p*r po*t; also,'
Molrt< Antiques, In btook and shade* of groy. Acdrfe**' PETER
KOBINS<)N. General Mourning Waruhmse, 103. Oxfor!-*t..\LoEdon.
I N DI A.—FAMILY MOURNING.- SkL-ts,
trimmed deeply with crap©, from 30*. upwards to the richwl
quality, with Mantles and Bonnuu to match. Eftmllv crdera supplud
on the most reasonable terms. Fint-doM llressmsking at modorat*
ohorges. Order* atteodoa to in twwn or countrv.—A'JJresH PLThB
ROBINSON, General Mourning Wiuvbouwj,. iv'S, Gxford-strect
F AMILY MOURNING.—Messrs. ,TAY would
roopoetfully announce that grott economy may be achieved br
purchasing MOURNING «l their ©»tahUthmum. Their Stock of
Family Mourning 1*. perhaps, ilie largest in Europe. Mourning Cos¬
tume of every description is kept ready made, and can bo tVir.w*riled
lu town or country nt n moment'* notice- The moat raieoauIilo poee*
are ©barged, and the w««r of ©very article guuf't"U. . . -i hit
LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREUOL’8E t Itcgcut-Mrcel,
near the Circus.—JAY'S. \\
N EW MANTLES.-s-Messrs. JAY have the
honour to anonunc© they li-v.v <taper£cd their PATTERN
MANTLES'from I'arto.^nd arc c •mepucntly Maw prepar'd to allow
some vorx- elegnut soapi* Tritwned wrih crepe; also ilia s»me «h«uo*
In black,’ 1 (vender. g,.)\*.Au-i vio Cfc-for '«4!e* who are not in mourning.
THE LON (Mill (;KNEUA L MOU RNlG WAREHOUSE, 2(7. 219.
25 , Krgent-r treet.—JAY<». ^~~-y
‘•It may a* wall be t\inetnbwod thatblaik ii likely to continue the
Ltvourlte’colour throogiiout th* reason, mid tho tjairkUng je triin-
mlnga .ml ooi’«n'cnt«,^ivG to i.uc.i raantlos a livdtifft that rendam
them macaolbubly atu- 2 t©>i^©."r-Mornlcg Post.
B LACK SILKS.—Messrs. JAY respectfully
invlfd thajit.otitiou of "H who reouIrB Blark Silk* tn ilinic rX -
tembfAKTOUK boughtjU LiON 1 In Dncoinbor )i«*t,anJ ourlng fho
late m /netsry ertoto. 1 h'*s > silk-* are US prr cent Cl»*nn*r tha-i f they
had tAlwipuVehsstdM^h© ureaern t'lue. In Dsctruber, Mea-rs. Jay
gave largo Orders In » yon* for half-mourning *ilh* to bo ready for th»
60 ’son. Many of tbetobaif-m umlnrr • ik* arc of r . her texture* than
ordinarily worn, tod uruof them-nt IniutifUlthadn'of livrrodor.Rrvv,
and^imuVjj.^Liit. tho impartcra have a-a neglected to lu rdsh them-
remdT'WiJh pinreni* Hito of loss ostimt rliou* pretuniona—Ta©
lAi.S rip > GRGEKAL MOURNING WAREHOUSK, No*. 217. 219,
and Shi, ilogunt-strcet-—JAVA
M ILLINERY for MOURNING WEAR —
IVr Melton. JAY have the honour to Announce lheir Sbow-reon*
are supplied with tlitir p»riodleftl KTUUK of MILLINERY, He»d-
dresse*. Ac., from Paris. Tni’y hfllnvo rholr VlOIoeiy deportrotnt
will dtoutoy a grewer originality of tost© tlrto seven Uian tbov bav«
usually been enabled to exhibit. Tbc LONDON GENEKaL
MOURNING WAKEHOUBF, '2(7. 249, and 151, Regrn:-*tTt©h.
\ •» p,vi u the Me**r». Jay, whoso house > almoot exclusively devoted
to mourning ard half-mourning, areaii iually tmcnssiMtod to emrax*
a lady of accompUxhcd lasts from stare leading hour© in Blurt*.''—
Morning Herald.
rnHREE GUINEAS AND A HALF!—At
1 a iimo when tb© r r ^“ 1 Unmr.nut octurod Bilk to to high, and
to also silvjno cg It will seem alruoit inoriidililii Hut a KIUB
FRENCH BILK DRES8 m*y b*» had or Three Gntueos orwl a Half.
It must, however, be ©.dm l -ed that this ml vantage to t very cxc'uhIv*
one. Mon*r*. Jnv hail ias g«od good rortuu© to make lnnr- rarehai>e*
at Lvon* during thalaie maud <ry crlsto. and the rich slik Ures ea at
the pneos nemed above do not avorage nwrs han hnlf that which to
uausKy charged for article of a elmltor quaJiry aud d..sign.—Tin
LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WARXHOUdKB, Nee. 2(7, Stir
T51, Bogcnt-street—JAY'rt.
jj'LEG ANT MULLINS—New Goods for
fMJ jyiA —30,000 idecos of Organdi and French Muulin* arc now
offering at f*- Ud. the bro»* of dghtvonl*; or any length cut at
T4d t»er rani. They are beautiful goo<t*, fast colour*, and cannot be
replaced nt i*. per yard- Mcrdtanr* mid wholesale buyer. wUl dno
rhene <rood» dcirabk*. Pattern* sent frt©. .
HGOPKH. Mu.lln Printer. »*, Ox^rd-ttrrrf, W. Eriabltobed IRM
nsi.lN EMBUUIDERY. BRAIDING
Ac — i he Newest D'flmj,
on ren'Ir goon m*:«riato.
for all kin-'* of Foitb ordcny aurl Braiding.
rre only to bo lin l it*
Mr*. WT'CO 'ESOS 8. «4. Orodge-street,
Tottenham-©ourt-road. W.
A Collar for 5 »ump*. I*rlc© ’ tot two. _
T ADIES’ and CHILDREN’S JACKETS,
8 J with beautlftil ricsivn* for
Fmbrdldcry or Braiding, to
MorecUn. Twill. Holland, N*n*Ook. Cambric,
Book Muslin, and other material*.
Good shapes,
to fit Imm or tight to the figure.
Mr*. WILCOCK.*k»N'ri summer »wck m now reacy.
Ladies may send their own tnensuremento,
p*lt«.'U*. or materials.
Address—n, Goodgo-stroet, T©tt«ob*xn-court-f©*o,w.
M
LINENDKAPKilR TO THE KKN, B\ APPOINTMENT. .
E.UtbUsluxl lu 1778.
B ABIE S’ BASSINETS,
Trimmodand Furntohod,
Rcodv for uso, «r© *out home fre© of carriage
BABiEV BARKKFS,
Trimmed and famished ro correspond.
CAPPER, SON, and CO.. 09, GKALECHUrlCH->T., LOHDON, R.C.
Descriptive Ltoto, with prlees, rent froo by po*L
Bent post-free. Descriptive Lin la of
COMPLETE BEiS of BABY LINEN,
whi:h are rent home
throughout tho Kingdom fire© of earring©.
UNDERCLOTHING FOR HOUR. INULA, AND ALL COLONIES,
for Ladios, and Children of all ague.
LINENDRAPER3 TO THE QUEEN BY APPOINTMENT.
Eatobbshed In 177*1.
L ADIES’ WEDDING OUTFITS
soul homo free of carriage.
Descripfiro Ltoto, with prices *ent iroe by po*t.
CAPPER, SON, and CO., 09, Gracochureh-strcvt, London, E.C.
C ITY JUVENILE DEPO T.~
B.VBY-LINEV and LADIES' UNDERCLOTHING WARE¬
HOUSE d.—Ladio*' Night Vr&ae*. 3 for 6a. W.: Chemiro*, with
band*, 3 for to- lid.; Drawer", 3 pair for 3s. lid.; 81!ps, tucked, 3 for
8a. t>d. Childror '« Undnrc'othing equally as cheap. A;t work war-
ramod and mode o' Horrock’a LongciD*n; a lower qutilitor kept ox-
prowdy lor outfits to Ind a end tha eolonlas. Lodiot* Ptuu-wov©
Stay*,*3«. lid. por pair; turd tho newty-iuvoutcd clasticCore-rt, to fas¬
ten la front, 3e. Ud., not obtainable elsewhere- Infant*' Bastlncua,
bandsomuiy trimmed either with whito or cbiutz, one guinea each.
An UlUBtratod Price • tot sunt free on application.—W. H. TURNER,
68.69, 70, aud t»s>, liishopsgate-svroot Without, London, E.C. _
C HRISTENING ROBES, 2 J Gaineal.
BaHe»' Cloaks, l Guinea.
53, Baker-street.
Mre. W. G. TAHLOR.
B
ABIES’ BERCEAUNETTES.
2} Gtiiucfta.
Baskets to match. One Guinea.
Mr*. W, G. TaYLUK, .'»3, Baker-street. /- 1
M
ARRIAGE OUTF
Cotton Hosiery. 2*. *fd.
White Dressing Gown9, One Guinea.
Heal Baibri^gun Hosiery.
Mrs. W. G. TAYuOR, M, Bakcr-stTOfct.
L
ADIES’ RIDING TROUSERS,
CbanioU Loathcr. wi'Jr black feei-
&3, Bakor-street,
W. G. TAYLOR.
o
L INSEY RIDING HABITS for Little
Girlr. >4 Gulzit as / / /
Ladles’ Riding Habit", .' J to 8 GuitlCBA
W. G. TAILOR, :>3, bakcr-ttrcet.
Y AI.ENCIENNES LACE.—Tlie latest imita-
tlon, rootle with freauimnihorr^thread,..scarcely t<» bediatln-
gutohoil from tho real French, wilbwash ami wear equally well, and
can he a*>ld at oao-teuth of th« price. ^ Famjilo* po-l-frto—BAKEiC
and BOWDEN, 17and 16, Upper F.uton-street, Eftton-equare, S W.
BESS ± U I M M I N G S.
STRINGER and BIRD,
-C8, N'ewgnto^troet
(Lato with Hullunauil Co.1,
Tin vc onhaud hay ell-assorted Stock
TRIMMINGS, FRINGES, and VELVETS in tbo New
( Styles for the present 6eu*on.
OrdcrB by post jku»i:tnslly attended to.
N.B. Couu.ry Draper a and tbo Trod© supplied with
/\ \^xCut Length* at low price*. •
D
T ADIES’ WATERPROOF TWEED
I J CLOAKn and RIDING JACKETS, G<*ntiemou’i Overcoats and
Iaverace* Capbs. Ibittcm* of material ard price* tent poet-free.—
J E. and \f. PlIILLll'S.37, High street, Shrewsbury.
L A PRIMA DONNA CORSET.—This
•plendIilIv-fliting Corset adapt* iho *tyl© of the oeDbratod
Corsalotib ill Medici to tbo use of Ladle* who .Jeeiro to retain tboir
ae^antomoil modo of lacing a\ tne back, with front faitening ut the
plea'll re of tire wearer. Hluirtrated Pro.pfctu*. Prico List, and
feelf Measurement Pap©ra.po«-fr<n. All oountry ordsnaeat carriage-
paJtl or pou-Gee — ilerdamo* MARION and MATTLAaD, Fatcntcco,
*38, Oxford-street (oppoaito tho Marble Arch'
PARIS BONNETS.—An elegant assortment
X In the nowest pattern*. I.iole*' and Children'* Hat* in groat
variety-, Tho Iloy'* Imocrial Turbsn Ilflf.. tbo latest novelty.—W.
81MMON8, 3j, King Wiillam-atreot, City (taring the Mouumvnt).
S hirts.—flann el shirts of every
description. Dros* Shirt*, and Dressing Gown*. Mcansre-papez*
w^il be sent on apnilcation.—CAi’PEli and ffAfEBU, 26, licgent-
atreot, London. A. W.
HIHTS.-RODGERS’S IMPROVED
C0RA7.ZA BI1IRT3, 31*. fd. and (2* :be half dozen. Im¬
portant Improvemeuw having been made in these celebrated Shirts,
gcntlcrnca are tvspcctfdUy solicited to impend their order* until they
havo ocou them- For e* re, elegance, and durability, they have no
rival. Book cf 80 llluirtriilinua and detuL'ed particular* Krttli* acd
potc-fre©.—nODGKRA and C0-, improved Shirtmakora, W, flalnt
Martln's-lano, Chariug-cro**, W.J.—Established 60 years.
g - PORTING SHIRTS, by RODGERS.—
N<nv and cxtraortl'nkrT des'gns, In alt colour*, Including florwe.
,t, Foxes, Biitto, sc. Also a choice of more than 100 new and
faaninr.ablo Coloured 8hlrtln-r-, in ««tt and gontlemimly pxttoin*
RODGkKB and CO., lmorovod ShlrUnftker*, 69, 8t. Martin'*-lane,
ChariiigHtro**, W.C. mm* and Book of 80 Illustration* post-free
for two stamps.
T ADIES’ FIRST-CLASS ELASTIC
JU BOOTS, at MODERATE RICES.—P«rl* K^d Ela»tle Boot*,
null arv beef*. 1 to. fid llmatrated priced Cotoloame* sent post-free^
FHOX AB D. MAUSAALL, 192, ONFOKD-S fRE ET W ._
*VfO MORE COLD FEET.—Patent FELT
INSOLE!) BOOTS and 8HOES.-K BO\NXEY *nd CO., 63,
Lbariog-croi*. Hrlxe Medal lloldnre os Loudon and Paris Exhi¬
bition*-^___
mo LADIES.—Richly Perforated TISSUE,
1 for FIRE PAVERS or ett>v 0 Aprens, to be made up In tha
Flouncod Stylo, with Irmruct.on«, Eight Stamp* per packet.—K.
Pfc. t' anS , lovti, MaM»cou-3. ____
F red. :lewis s electric oll is an
hifkllibio R-tnvdy for Brttoring, Sirength-riilng, and Boantlfylng
Uw Hair. It U the greoic** wonder of the nge H hen nil ocuer* f*U,
try teto. Bol l Bt « I n*i»cCta'>l« vettdor* of ijorihmery In the king-
oom. lu tK’ttlf*, |«rice 2* fit. «nd 3.. «W. WhoJtaaleagon* for England,
W. C. UruMUilth. Short-rtrreu FUksbury-pavemout; lor Scotland,
Lorrtruer nnd Moy«*, Badhnmiu-stroft. blaagow.—Fred. Lewis,
Imroutor and Proprietor, Dublin.
fiiAU PHILIPPE.—PHILIPPE’S DENTI-
Jli FBICC WATER clcr.ns aud whiten* tbo tooth, brace* the
gom», aweeten* tho liroath. and prerent* tootnacbe. Brio© 2*. and
3*.—lUmmel,9fi. ••trend; and fixngcr, I6») Oxlord-»treot.
P IBSS’i ana RUBIN’S SWEET SCENTS.
The greatest variety In Europe. Every requisite for the
ml lot ©f fashion —Royal Laboratory of Flower*, t. Now Bood^treet,
iiGQiloa
G REY HAIR Restored to its Natural Colonr
Nearalgia Cured by tb© Patent ATaguotto Comb*, Hair and
Fteh Braitn PamphlaU, “ Why Hal: u*-comaa Grey, and tt*
try poet for four tan;*.-F- HERRING, 32, hiilnh * l J-
iSreet. bald by «H Chcmi** j .md (
‘nnvn* of repute.
D estroyer of hair.— 24s, High iioibom.
ALEX. BOSS’S Hair Destroy or, or iLpIlatory. rrmoves iut«r-
flinin* h»lr from the Case. ue;k. or atm*, without the *U«ht*.*t Injury
to ili* 1 kin. It U Wrongly rveotmnitaifcd on account of lu removing
the hair without affecting th© ah in. Sold at So. fid , S o. fid., and
1 *2*. tkL Sent Ifreei tho umn day a* ordered, in blank wrapper*,
for 60 n'rnii«.
T O L& 1) I Ej—D ELCKOIX ’S Celebrated
FOUDRP. oUBfILE, for remoring rapertltwo* Hair In to**
than ten rr inut«v. without ]tdln or Iqjttry to tho »hin. Bold in box**,
with dheetloo* for are, at tm. fid vac a. Forwarded by po»» on reoeipt
of 7i *tampx—l)f Icolx. Perfumer, Itui JdilloVED from 168, Now
Boud-«trcet, to IC9 Nto w Hond-rtre. t. Lj*hIpu. _
A FINE HEAD of HAIR guaranteed in six
month, by tho ure of ELLIOTTS GOU’SN MRLANA. Thto
celebrated preparation to unfailing in it* atfrnulatteg effect* on the
young and weak hair*, earning them to grow with vigour aud
rapidity, and the eolotmng matter to ascend into the tubes where tha
hair to (T y. l’ries 3*. od . t*. 6d , fia„ 7*. 6d., 10*-_ fid., 1 1*.—T.
Elliott, tlairg row or (first door), Al, Feuchurch-ctretf. Forwardud on
receipt of po>tag»—‘.Junpa.
T HE PALMERSTON SHAVING SOAP
omCCEKa Ih. nOKLHSr BL\PE. Sold b, ChomlM, ud
1. M- racb. V. M from IWrra., Blumbws,
SSZZTSt. AlS. Churthyud: Btofcr, Ibo, Oiford-.U^t; Md
Herr a»l C., sa, SrzMI-itrtKt.
rro ANGLERS.—CHARLES FAiiLOW,
JL 191. Stroud, Maoufaeturur of auskurinr F1 lI| 16U JtODii rnd
TACKLK, at reodurote pricei. Catoldgue* grntu
TV'EIGHBOUR’S BEEHIVES. — Apply for
X « Catalogue i iooloalng two a tamp* i to G. Nelghbaur and -sons,
127, Eolborn; or 119, Kegtot-MMct.
pOLT’S SIX-SHOT PISTOLS anft RU’LES.
Five dlfforen* »l*«»s of each. I•esrelptlon and priced lbta far-
ntotiod. Avoid Counterfeit*.—WhotatoUo ana Ketad in put, H, Patt-
mull West, l/)jdon.
T>URE BRANDY. 16s. per galloi- —Pale or
JL Brown KAU-DE-VIK, of cxqulsito flavour cau ceoat purity,
Identical, indeed, to ©very respect wiui those chotco pmlurtioca ol U.«
Cognac dia-.rict vrhich wo now difficult to procure at any price, «*.
pe.r doxen. Frimoh Ijcttlca and caeo todudod, or lfiu. p v gallon.
HDNRY MBIT and CO., Old Furnival'a DtotUlary, HaltosrB.
TTNSOPfflSTICATED GENEVA, oi tbo
\J true Juniper flavour, and prodsalr a& il ruaa from tbo «tfH.
wi«bns; tho ad-.ition of sugar or any tegrodlrnt who art.*. impertel
grilons, 13s.; or to ano dozen c&bos, Sil*. each, pfttka.-o iaclrdftd.
HKNRY BRETT ara'. CO., O!^ Furoival's DtotUlory, Holbi rn.
QOUTII AFRICAN WINES, as to quality
and chsrabu’r. aro. a*'a g<D«ral rule, sound, full-bodied, amply
endowed wirh Jav.iur, aud wholly free from acidity, ocrloneaA, or
harsh noMi.ftrid bio alto rot he- m-st awful table wines for daily c<-.u-
sunurtion./ ^Jtotorco, ranging from 20s. to 2U. auoren f«>r those ro-
•cmtiling Port, Socrfy, Marcello. Madeira, and Bunslixs bring* them
within the Wmoas* of every bouMkeeper’a mean*. • FOOTER anti
IkGtJS, Wmo Alerchsnts, 4■>, Chcapeidc.
WINES from the CAPE ot GOOD HOPE.—
T V and A. GI'.BSY. SJ>7, Oxford-iitroet. importers ©f «t^
fit>c«i w?nci, which her Mtyca; '* Goverumont admit* at half doty.
Port, rhtoy, Mn<t«ira. Mar*out. Ac., all 20». per do*. Two campt©*
[for 12 stam’p^. ExceUout Brandy, 3fi» P«r dew For tho purity of obv
C up - * Wliati iveo l»r. Lrtheby'* unalysis. Crowi oltcttla "Bank ©f
Koftlsnd " 1
QUPERIOR SOUTH AFRICAN WINES,
SCs p-rdjjson, doMlfled as Pot, Sherry, Ac , strongly rccom-
luetidcd by the mooicel profSMlctL and eapccia i* to of a d»ir-
cut« Coost tution. The tlnc-»t imported to be had lu brilliant condition
Of WELLER nnd HUGHE'd, 27, Crutchwl-frlar*.
T>ELL and CO.'S PATENT GELATINE,
.8 1 for nuking JelUes, Blanc MAngra. fee., fee-, in p*eke s. at fid ,
Is., It- no., Ut. 6.i . end It. Also, PATENT UKVJNfciO OF.LAT1KR.
r pure iui>l sconmnical lubstUuto for KusRian tsinrlan, la (>acketft, at
9o., ie. fid,, 2«.fid., and 5». Sold wholmdo uud retail at 338, Oxfcnl-
itrect. Ixradon; ts very and Monte, Bond-Mroet; Fortnum acd.
Maaon, Piccadilly; Cr^reo and lilnckwidl, i>oho-*qt«re; Barclay uad
Co . Ftvrrin*don-»troot; *Uo by tho principal ‘ lieourji, Orocurs, and
Italian Wurelkouremen throughout tho Kioudom.
TTOBNIMaN S PURE TEA. the leaf not
JL1 colouretl.—RICO FULL-VLAVOURF.l) of groat utrength t*
thu* secured, aa importing It not covered wilh powtJc vd colour pro-
veut* thoChleo-e juwtatog off lit. Iow-prkod brown r-utumn leave*
a« the brot. The *■ Lancet " (Locgninn, p. >18 1 rtutea of lloruiiuftn'a
lea* : " Tho yrotin not being oovuro t with J-Tutwian blue, *c. t to a dull
olive; tbo Botek I* not intensely durk." WhoMont and good teat*
tints Boouri’tl. Price Ito. 8d., 4*.. and 4». Id. per lb. Purnell, 78,
Cora hi II; Klphlnstone, 227, Rflgenl-atxSrt. S’6. OxfbrdHfireat; Wolf,
7S. St. Puul'a Chnrcfayard; IkKlam, 98, Blttckinnu-Biroet, Boiongti
Sold in packets by Horniniau’s Agent* in all parte ol me kingdom.
ID OBINSON’S PATENT GROATS for more
iii than Thirty Yean have been held to constant and Itxretuiinir
public animation as tho puroet farimo of th© oat, and a- the best nun
ntont valuable pro ©oration lor niukiug a pure and delitavte GroeL
which forme a fight and nutritlou* rapoer for tho -god. to a popnlev
recipe tor cold* and Influenza, to of general use to tlia rick-ch amber,
and, ftltcrnutcly with the Patent Bortey, to an excellent fj*d for
Infnnt* and CftJdren.
Prepared only by tbo Patentee*, ROBINSON, BELL TILLS, fc CCV T
Purveyor* to the Queen, 64, Red Llon-«tre«t, Holborn. Loudon
Sold by all ro-pnctabJo Grocer*, DrcggUitft. ant! others in Town and
Country* to Packet* of fid. and I*.; and Family Canister*, at 2s., as.,
10 b. each.
TJfOMtEOPATHlC PATIENTS, jjvapcpties,
IJ and potsoub of delicato con* tl tut ion are strongly rx»«mmoRd-Mi
to usa TAYLOR BBOTHEBS’ HOMCEOPATH1C OGOOA, which to
prepared with tho greatest possible core upon weii-testod principles,
by which tho redundant, olo*.«rinou*, and grosser port* of the nut aro
entirely removed, and it* nutrition*, grateful, and valuable propertlea
fully developed. Sold by most Grocer* and Tcodcfilora in Town and
Country, of whom *i*o may bo had Taylor Broth ora' Soluble and
Dietetic Coooa. 1 , uud all kinds of pinto and fancy Coco v, and Chocolate*,
boo that each packet to labelled " Taylor Brother*," London.
rpAYLOR BROTHERS’ HOMCEOPATHIC
JL COCOA.—Thii exquisite preparation. combining la an eminent
dvgree the pureness, nutriment, anil fine aroma of ti.c freak not, ia a
delicious nnd wholesome beverage to all, and ©specially adapted to
those uudor homeopathic treatment, it agree* with the moa; deli¬
cate and irritable digestive organ*, to soothing and agreeable to the
noma, and prove* at tbo aaroo time both Invigorating and refreshing,
hold wholesale by fay lor Brothers, at tlieb MULs 2«l, Brick-tone,
iKindon; and retail by most rospcctablo Grooer* acd. Tesdofilors to
tho kingdom.
■PRICE’S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY
A (LIMITED) are now selling thir'r jmtnnt fluid »HKR-
WOODOLE. far removing stsin* of groaso from Irora sito*. aalSna,
carpels, table-eOVen, l>ook», drawing*, lamp globe*, kid glovee, fee-
sold in battle* At Is. fid. each, with labels and enpiale* mx axkod
“ price'* Pateat." Fhorwoodolo will bu found to havu a much has
□□pleasant smell while being used than meat other •idreott, and eva¬
porate*. leaving no trace lu tha fabtl.i cieaii*rd. Dirootiens fa- ue*
ure given with each botil© To bo bad at the Itnlum Warohatuaa and
Chemist*, and wbnlesa'e «t
FKICE'd PATENT CANDLE COMPANY (LIMITED),
Beimunt, Vauxball, London, 8.
WHEN YOU ASK FOH
/^.LENFIELD PATENT 8TABCH,
\X BEE THAT YOU GET IT,
e* Inferior kinds are often snbotirtitk^.__
O E N Z I N E COLLAR
JL) CLEANS and REMOVES G REA OP trout
Glove*. j Cloth,
Silks. | Carpcte, too. tn.
In Battle*. 1*. fid., of all Chemist* and PerIruao. <; evd at thclbfp.ru
114, Great ktuviU-afroot, Bloomcbarr
f'i OLD REVIVER, is. 6ct. per bottle; ELEC-
U TRO-PLATI1G SILVER, 1-.; fiorramkrtagohl gi.t frwno#
and worn off plated articles new by n itoglo app le .t»#n.—SMITH,
281. Strand; Deans, London-hndgo; Qa/clay. Fania.vkm-riraot, mkl
TNFANTS’ NEW FEEDING-BOTTLES.—
JL Prom the “ Lxnoot."—“ We have ftoldam jeno anything so
boautiful as the Feeding-Bottle* introduced by Mi. TiLAM, I5t-
Oxford-atrcrt. IVbothor for weaning, rearing by hand, or occasional
feeding, they era quite unrjvaltod." 7*. 6d- eacb.
t o MOTHERS.—NEW NIPPLE SHIELDS.
A. for taking away all pain wbllit mxratog: prorcnlinn and inure-
diatciv coring cracked or tore nipple*.—SK hJAIHN ELAM, iix*,
Oxicid-ttroct. 4*. fid.; or by port, Bd oxer*.
CX)R INFANTS. — CUOFERkS BRITISH
X 1 FEEDING-BOTTLE —"This bottle to tho b«t m torowo.
It i* easily cleaned, the rapidity of tho supply of mhh ia earily rego-
laied. and no air ii mixed witn th* milk VTtacn .u:*ut* are reared
by ths band It may b* generally rrcvmmsndul."—Medical itons,
ob. IS, 16&8- Price 7*. fid. or 8*. Cd to any railway oaten.-
William T. Cooper, Pharmaceutical Chemist, 2*. Oxferd-»treot.
TMP ORTA NT.—YOUNG'S CORN and
1 BtJHIOR PLA8TKKB ore the brat ever Invented Observe the
Korn© and Addm* printed on the land, wtthout wkink nona n»«
genuine. May l>a had of ail chemist*; Is. per bo*, or thirtem (tamp*.
Addr«** U. Toung, 1. Bhafreeimry-ptoo,*. Aider*ra^-straet, KC
QOUND anil WHITE TEETH are indiapen-
*«ble to Pcre'nal Attracton and to bootih an«i e*gevlty by ih*
proper waitfcSUoo of food. j.OWLANi-rt' ODOnTv. or PEARL
DKhTIFRtCE, prepared from Oriental Herb*, with u.u ail erro.
Thto m.lqna ecin .ouod will eradic*u* all t*rt*r and cretsreilan*, aad
Impart » pexri* liko w hitosnees to tb* entmaUkd imfioe- removr tptm
of Incipient ■'ecaj, ro: cor the gam* nr.o *u»d ret, fi* ;h» Iwft firasly
In tbo rockets, and, from i;a or ju otic tnll.et.re, Imp-rl nrw a*
an© | urliy to tha breath. Fn .© Ja. fid • p«» «>« _ i .
CatTiOiv—'The wortt* “ Kmiiinr*'Odanio aro « Ire Lai-al.
Hod • A. Bowtoi.d and 2»». H.rt<iuft*r5rn, oath* Goraw-
meutttamp ‘ old Ly tfc*m.»nd by C/hemH* and cviaumr*
TXT ANTED, LEFT-OIT’ CLOTHES h,r
T V AUSTRALIA, to good or fnfrotor oondlUen.^_M« and Mn.
JOHN ISAACS, 318 and 3A>. Strand tO|gi^t«JrarartakK©a»*k,
MDtfnne-o giro vh* higbret pno* to ’bSSTSSS
on l Children•* Ciathaa. Kcg.m*nt*.r. ondawdolhUw, BoeOri
Jewollerr, and all Mtoorilatc oj Propwty. Uttrrt fer say day W
di-iince puneuiaPy atireJed to. Parrel* rent from tb* Country,
either tor** or mwll, the urtuoet value ic.arncd by i ae^olBce enlor
London and WreuimUr Bank. E*t- «y».
w
r . childrea** LEFT-OFF WBArtlXG AP VAJtfcl, Keg mmralm,
and Mirorilanrou* Property of twory desert pU an and ia any qcattHr.-o.
Udl* awl Gentleman waited on. at any nma orff-rtiuiea . «■ rej-
Mr. or Mr*. HUTCH IN-iON, 17, Deaa-atrtyt. High iiM-
w.c
bom, n.C.
404
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[April 17, 1858
which went away almost immediately
as straight as he could go, leaving
Waltham on his right, Oroxton Lings
on his left, and Lscon Hollow on his
right, and up to a sweet chestnut'tres
in the pork, where both hounds and
huntsmen tried in vain to regain the
lost one. Fleecer, a son of Old Vanity,
stopped at the tree, looking up and
scratching at the root. The tree being
close to a bog, I got off. and, no one else
coming near, I gave the earth holla,
though there was not a hole large
enough for a rat to creep into. I had
not the least notion of the fox being
up the tree, until I observed Fleecer
running back and looking up, when a
second horseman said, 1 Goodall, he sits
up at the top of the tree.’ I saw the
creature s beautiful ears moving as he
lay on the branch. I took the hounds
gome distance off, when he was dis¬
lodged by the whipper-in. Down he
as stately as a king, and away
manufactory of Mr. "W. 8awyer, in St. James’s-street, Dover, and] in¬
quired minutely as to the capacity, prioe, Ac., of his velocipedes.
After his Boyal Highness' departure Mr. Sawyer determined to make
a handsome carriage, with all the latest improvements, and present it
for the acceptance of his Royal Highness. This carriage, which is a
beautiful structure, worth £30, and capable of going at the rate of
eight miles an hour, was dispatched to Windsor Castle on Wednesday
last for the use of the Prince.
ADEN.
The last Indian mail brings an account of a disturbance at Aden.
The Sultan of Adhiee, a town twenty miles from Aden, having stopped
and prevented supplies from entering the fort, the Brigadier com¬
manding the Aden garrison went out on the morning of the 18th of
March with a force of 600 men and two guns, find, after a skirmish
with the Arabs, succeeded in bringing them to terms. The Arabs are
said to have lost between twenty and thirty men, without a casualty
on our side. Aden is again quiet, and the natives have been recei.ed
within the walls.
came, ao (VIKC1JI ao t» t U1U
he led us as hard as hounds could run
through Lacon Hollow and Bescaby
Oaks, leaving Sproxton Thorn on his
right, straight ove** Garthorpe Moor,
leaving Garthorpe on the left, to Staple -
ford Park. Here at Saxilby the hounds
viewed him up to tho park palings,
which stopped the latter till ho had
got nearly hdf over the park. He,
however, did not much like this place,
and was soon out of it again at the
other side, away by Freeby and Bren-
tingby, and up to Melton Spiny again.
Tho pace the whole way was terrific,
and the only gentlemen in the field
with tho hounds up to the Spiny was
the present Duke of Rutland, Sir Tho¬
mas Whichcote, and Mr. Litchford; but
when in the Spiny we had three or four
foxes and a division of hounds, and I
lost sight of my friend for nearly an
hour. . . . We found the fox (a
very remarkable one! on the 3rd /of
February, and killed him at the White
Lodge, alter an hour and fifteen minutes’
good hunting. He was stiff at start ing,
and evidently had not forgotten the tree
day." _ \
VELOCIPEDE
PRESENTED TO THE PRINCM OF
WALES.
Ox the occasion of tho Prince of Wales'
visit to Dover, last summer, his Royal
Highness called with his tutor ut the
TESTIMONIAL PRESENTED TO LORD FORESTER.—FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BT WATSON.
an account of the run by
the Duke of Eudund's
huntsman:—“ On Wednes¬
day, January 15th, 1851, we ~
met at Stonesby, and went
direct to Melton Spiny,
where wa found a lbx.
TESTIMONIAL TO LORD FORESTER
Lord Forf^ter having retired from the mastership of the Belvoir
Hunt, after twenty-seven seasons, his Lordship has recently been pre¬
sented by the members of the hunt with a silver trroup commemorative
ef the celebrated run which occurred on the 10th January, 1851, when
the fox took refuge in a chestnut-tree in Croxtou Park. We append
SILVER “CRADLE ” PRESENTED TO MRS. SIT AND. AT LIVERPOOL.
(SEE PAGE 402.)
Aden, the Gibraltar of the East, is a town of Yemen, one of the grand
divisions of Arabia, on ihe coast of the 1 udian Ocean, and nearly due
east of the entrance of the Red Sea. N lat 12 40., E. long. 40. 48.
The town stands on the east side of a small peninsula, or rather island,
which is connected by the mainland by a caueeway of seven arches,
through which the sea rushes at high water. The great gulf formed
by that part of the African continent, terminating in Cape Guardafui
and the opposite coast of Arabia, is sometimes called the Gulf of Aden.
The town, when seen by Mr. Salt, was a mass of ruins, consisting
of such miserable huts that none but Arabs of the worst description
would think of inhabiting it. The great, heat of tho climate, and the want
of the conveniences of life, render it by no means a desirable place of
residence.
The natives themselves are squalid and unhealthy, while the lower
classes are most depraved in their habits, like those inhabiting moat
Arabian towns.
The profusion of the remains of ancient grandeur, everywhere to be
met with, only throws a darker shade of desolation over the scene.
These consist of eome large excavations out of the solid rook, the ruins
of an aqueduct which once conducted the water from the mountains,
and others equally remarkable.
The cause of the attack on Aden bv the British originated in the
following circumstance:-—A vessel, with the British flag, was captured
and plundered by Arabs, under tho chief of Aden. The chief refused
either to punish the plunderers or to restore the property or its value. A
British commander was sent to make a formal demand of the property.
The chief refused to make restitution, and the commander threatened the
town of Aden with an attack. This frightened the chief, and he
yielded; but soon after declined implementing his engagement. The
result was an attack by the English, when the town and fortress of
Aden were carried, and finally became a portion of the British empire,
and now one of her steam-navigation stations for the India trade.
DR. NORMANDY S \Y ATER-OISTIMJNC APPARATUS, AT ADEN-(SEE PAGE 402.)
Capture .»inm
Him
jnflHrriU
[jfti
jy;
liluwima ViWTflMr,
InfflrTiirnffiB
VELOCIPEDE PRESENTED TO II.R H. THE PRINCE OF WALKS.
TOMB TO THE MEMORY OF THE 1ST BOMBAY FUSILIERS WHO FELL AT THE CAPTURE OF ADEN.
London : Printed and PuVL-lted at the Office. 198. Strand, in the Parish of St. Clement Danes, in the County of Middlesex, by Williau Little, 198 , Strand, aforesaid.—S aturday. April it. 1 S 58 .
No. 914. —vol. xxxn.]
SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1858.
a Supplement, Fivepence
THE BUDGET.
That is a bold man who faces the House of Commons in the cha¬
racter of a Chancellor of the Exchequer with a deficiency in the
revenue to be provided for. It is not the ordinary curiosity to see
how a Mini ster will get out of a difficulty, which a measure of
importance may involve, which influences the mind and enchains
the attention of that decorously eager assembly on the night of the
delivery of a Budget. A hundred loopholes may be found out of
which a Minister may creep when he has to deal with any other
kind of duty; but it is the sternest of all necessities which is
fastened upon him when he has to make up the national balance-
sheet This very critical—for numerous and obvious reasons
more than usually critical—emergency Mr. Disraeli has met
with an ingenuity and a skill which have produced a suc¬
cess which might be positively dangerous, but for the fact that
just so much of stringency has been introduced into his financial
plan as will afford scope for that peculiarly English safety-valve—
grumbling. On its face, without doubt, the Budget is open to the
criticism that it is founded on the very principle of which the early
part of the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer was an
elaborate condemnation—namely, that of borrowing with one hand
in order to pay with the other. In the strict sense of the term, we
admit, he does not borrow ; but, by postponing payment of debts,
he renews them—a state of thingB which plain people cannot refine
into an absolute liquidation. It is, however, neither generous nor
wise to demand a too rigid adherence to principles, of which he
may be an abstract disciple, of a Finance Minister who has to give
to a present and positive deficit of fonr millions the enchantment
and the ebann of distance ; and, if he can effect that half-visionary
object, he does something which is not without merit, and consider¬
able merit too. Without question the philosophy of postponement
of the evil day is not a grand or a dignified one; bat it is a philo¬
sophy nevertheless, and not without a strong practical vein running
through it. We most ot ns know the story of the astute Persian
malefactor who obtained a remission of his sentence for a year on
his undertaking to teach the Shah’s favourite dog to speak within
that time. His reasoning showed that, although he had promised
to perform an impossibility, yet there were several chances in his
favour; for within the given time the Sultan might die, the dog
might die, or he himself might die, while, if none of these con¬
tingencies turned up, he would at least have gained twelve months
of life. Some such process of reasoning and of action is going
on every day in the minds of ninety-nine out of every hundred men
who are moving in the midst of the changes and chances of the
world; and it would be hard to deny the right to avail himself of it
to a Minister of Finance who has to deal with that abhorrent inci¬
dent—a vacuum in the exchequer.
An analytical examination of Mr. Disraeli’s Budget is well cal¬
culated to give ub some nod on of the vastness and the complication
of the machinery with which a Chancellor of the Exchequer has to
deal The starting-point of his considerations is in itself appalling—
namely, the expenditure of a great nation, which dare not, and can-
not if it would, yield one inch of its claim to greatness. The imagina¬
tion almost shrinks from the idea of the necessity forproviding a sum
of £68,000,000 to meet the inevitable expenses of one year. A com¬
parison of that amonnt with the demand for twelve months’ means
merely of paying our way, twenty years ago, again must cause
us to pause. But the comfort and the consolation come in the
shape of the knowledge that the expansion of expenditure is only
commensurate with the expansion of our national greatness and
our commercial prosperity, evidenced in the present instance by the
fact that soon after the close of a most expensive war, and in the
year after a remission of £9,000,000 of taxation, we find our
revenue reaching to nearly £63,000,000; and this, too, immediately
after the passage of our monetary affairs through the ordeal of a
panic of unparalleled severity. A little delicate manipulation of the
deficiency was all that was required to restore us to a complacency to
which a consciousness of national strength not unnaturally inclines
TfJF, IMAUMTURRA, MJCKJtOW.-WE* XF.XT PACE.)
406
THE ILLUSTRATED T ONTVOtf NfFWS
I April 24,1858
us. It would not have been very surprising to uny one it' we had
found the Minister venturing to arrest the l all o the rate in the
Income-tax, to which, by operation o law, we are entitled this
year; and it is creditable to Mr. Disraeli’s nerve that he has been
able to resist that temptation. A remission of the War Sinking
fund and of the payment of the Exchequer Bonds now coming
payable, so far on the road to posterity as 1862 and 1863, may be
a violation of strict principle, but it is not, on the whole, disagree¬
able to those to whom a payment of sevanpeuce in the pound,
instead of fivepence, on their incomes was the alternative.
There is, of course, something approaching to meanness and
selfishness in our discounting the future i but it is one of
those pleasant wrongs which a Frenchwoman has declared to
be irresistible. Three millions and a half of the deficit thus swept
into he corner of five years hence ; the remaining half million is
not unadroitlv provided by the equalisation of the duties on spirits.
There are moralists of a very comprehensive description who would
tell you that no duty could be too exorbitant 1 on such an article as
spirits; but even the most moderate thinkers on social questions
would be inclined to admit that they are a legitimate subject of taxa¬
tion ; while, if it be really the fact, as stated by Mr. Disraeli, that the
imposition of a heavy duty on spirits produces the abnormal result
of advantage to the revenue, increased consumption, and diminution
of illicit distillation, why, the case is complete and so is the supply
of the deficiency. The argument for the creation of a surplus
besides, although it may appear specious, and to savour rather of a
desire to add something of the ornamental to the Budget, is
founded on a very proper financial principle; and, if the imposition
of a stamp on cheques may be said to fall upon a comp iratively
exceptional class, there is compensation in the satisfaction which
every gentleman must feel who is in a position to indulge in the
luxury of a banker. The surplus thus provided, added to the
balances in the Exchequer, makes a decent and respectable provision
for the coming year; and we may congratulate the Finance
Minister on having satisfactorily set his house in order until next
spring ; for, looking to the absence of salient points of objection
in the Budget, and the temper in which it was received by the
House, a safe and easy passage may be predicted for his plan.
In del vering himself of this strictly practical financial scheme,
as we have already indicated, Mr. Disraeli did not wholly abstain
from indulging in some abstract disquisition on the theory which
should guide C haneellora of the Exchequer; and he even hinted
at a revision and reconsideration of expenditure and taxation, with
a view to the fulfilment of those promises of payment of liabili¬
ties now due some few years hence by means of the postponement
of which he hss been enabled to supply his present deficit, and
to accomplish the rigid adherence to the compact for the entire
abolition of the Income-tax in 1860, which will probably be
the main ingredient in any popularity which the Budget may
attain. If to this duty he proposes to devote himself, it must
be in a more practical and searching spirit than that which
is evinced by vague declarations of hopes of the revenue
being brought up to the requirements of the day by the ordi¬
nary operations of national prosperity, even though minus the
Income-tax and the sum necessary to pay oil' the War Sinking
Fund and the Exchequer Bonds. It is not unworthy of inquiry
whether an examination of our existing imposts could not prove
many of them to possess an elasticity and a capability of nugmen •
tation which at present they do not patently exhibit. It is not an
unreasonable, if it is not a wholly admitted, axiom in finance
that property should be made the basis of taxation. The product
of seme of our existing duties on property is notoriously inade¬
quate to their actual springs and sources For instance, there is a
constant evasion of the Legacy and Succession Duties, which a
littlo of that stringency which is applied to the working of the
Ircome-tax would tend considerably to remove, and the result
of which would be no mean accession to the revenue. It is not
impossible that any Government which takes on itself the readjust¬
ment of taxation will have to seek new sources of revenue, and in
doing so it will do well to endeavour to discover some which
will afford the best chance of avoiding that fluctuation which is
inevitably attendant on duties derivable from trade and commence,
and what may be called the floating prosperity of the coiintry,'
In the course of the discussion on the Budget there were
fewer volunteers in suggestion to the Chancellor of the Exche¬
quer than usual, and there was only one hint at a plan for future
taxation which was remarkable That particular suggestion
appeared to the House to be somewhat startling ;batU ikuader-
stood not to be a mere whimsical theory, but the result of much
thought and a somewhat elaborate calculation, and that is the idea
of the imposition of a rate of a penny in the pound on all tan¬
gible property, at decennial periods. It is affirmed with confidence
that such an impost would produce a sum which would set at rest
all the anxieties of finance Ministers, and cause deficits to be
things of the past. Novelties in polities \and finance nowadays
have to encounter that opposition of incredulity which used to
characterise the reception of discoveries in science and mechanics,
but, in reference to these latter, ideas have ceased to be disregarded
became they are remarkable; and it may be that some day or
other we may induce even a Chancellor of the Exchequer and the
House of Commons not to class innovation with impracticability
or impossibility. _ _J
‘ " *
THE JMAUMBaRRA, LUCKNOW.
The last accounts from Luclinow, describing how this rebel strong¬
hold was wrenched from the enemy’s grasp, mention the taking, on
the 14th of March of the great Imaumbarra. On the preceding
page we engrave this elegant structure, the principal ornament of the
north-western portion of Lucknow—which quarter is stated to have
been built by Asof ud-doulah, awab Vizier from 1775 to 1707.
Lord Valentia observes respecting this edifice" The Imaumbarra,
the mofccpe attached to it, and the gateways that lead to it, are beauti¬
ful ipceunens of a light, elegant, but fantastic style of architecture.
From the biilliar.t white of the composition, and the minute delicacy
ot the workmanship, an enthusiast might suppoie that genii h id been
the artificers,** Heber, a critio of high authority on such subjects, re¬
marks concerning it:—“ I have never scan an architectural view which
pleased me more, from it* Holiness and variety, aa well as the pro¬
portions and general good taste of its principal features.** .This place
is illuminated at the Festival of Mohurrum; and the Shrines o f Hussein
find Hoe tin contained in it are visited with great veneration. The
Jmanmhurra opens on the Haranabad (meaning " fine dwelling”), a
Troad street running nearly from fiouth-eaat to north-west, and
parallel to the Goomtee River.
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS.
FRANCE.
(From our oxen Correspondent.)
Paris, Thursday.
The acquittal of Simon Bernard has produced no ostensible effect on
the feelings of the French Government with regard to England, but
on those of the nation there can be no doubt that the increase of
irritation against us is enormous, and greater perhaps among the
immediate entourage of the Emperor than elsewhere. With regard
to the feelings of some of these personages, and of the very singular,
not to say unscrupulous, means adopted by them to foment ill
will between the two natious—seeing in a foreign war the best,
possibly the only, security against home troubles which would im¬
peril, not to say destroy, their positions—some strange revelations
might be mode, perhaps some day will be made, to the great
astonishment of England and France. In the meantime we believe
that the Emperor is sincere in his desire to keep on good terms with
ns so long as he finds it possible to do so.
Various excursions are projected by the Emperor to take place in
the course of the summer—to Rennes, to Laval, &c., beside that to
the Camp at ChAlons. It is believed, also, that an invitation will be
given to the Queen to attend the grand maritime fetes to take place
at Cherbourg in July.
A credit of 180,000 franca is opened by the vote of the Legislative
Body for the purchase of the tomb and habitation of the Emperor at
St. Helena.
One of the most interesting volumes that has for long appeared in
France is that of the “ Mtfmoires of M. Guizot,” about to be pub¬
lished. He begins by stating his reasons for bringing out the book
at present, and proceeds with his subject-matter, from the commence¬
ment of his own career up to a very recent date. His appreciation of
the character of Napoleon I. is singularly just and felicitous
throughout.
Madame Victor Hugo’s appearance in Paris has given rise to a'
variety of reports and speculations. Her visit, however, is solely on
family affairs.
The health of the Prince Jerome is so completely re-established.
that he was able last week to make his appearance at the Opera, where
the “Magicienne” was represented.
At the sale of some property of Rachel, common articles of furni¬
ture, theatrical costumes, &c., was included the guitar on winch the
celebrated tragedienne was wont to accompany herself when, as Eliza
Fdlix, she commenced her career by singing at the cafes. Such a
relic we should have imagined better suited to remain iu the family
of the artist than to be thus offered, among the ifiere refuse of Ifer
goods and chattels, to the highest bidders. Ppssibly, however, this
Jewish relic may be about as authentic as certain Romish ones.
Clesinger, the sculptor, has recently appeared in a new light, that
of painter. At his studio at Rome is to be seen r sleeping Eve, re¬
posing on flowers, among which nestles the serpent, whispering
guileful suggestions into her ear. The pictureiftE^idto be not un¬
worthy of Rubens. Beside this work are two splendid heads, the
muses of Painting and Sculpture; a statue of Sappho; and the model
of an infant Hercules killing the serpents, which he has presented to
the Prince Imperial, and which he' is about to execute in a block of
magnificent marble given him by the Emperor for that purpose.
A charming little book has appeared by Mdme. Marie de Grandforfc,
entitled “ Comment s’Aime t on qnand on he s’Aime plus ?”
Thu new hotel of Prince Napoleon in the Champs Elysces will be
inaugurated by a grand dinner, at which the Emperor aud Empress
are expected to appear.
Prince Jerome has left Paris Ibrms estate of Villegenis.
M. Louis Fould. a brother of the Minister of State, died on Monday,
after a short illness.
T he election for the three deputies of the Soine will take place on
Sunday and Monday next.
The Pressc says in its weekly commercial review:—" Trade in Paris
has been exceedingly calm during the week. It is only within the
last twy or three days that buyers have begun to frequent the nou-
viautfte bops.” /\
The works for repairing the Cathedral of Notre Dame are continued
with^reat activity under the direction of M. Violet-Leduo, and pre¬
parations are being mode to complete, in the space of two years, the
central spire, the choir, and the fide aisles. These works have neces-
ritated the erection of an immense wall which separates the cathedral
in two, attar which the excavations were proceeded with.
SPAIN.
Their Majesties will proceed to Alicant on the 12th of May, for the
ope nine of tbeiailway.
^\Tbe Madrid journals state that the sensation caused by the attempted
assaffiliation of General Verdugo bad not declined. The assassin
drfW'lorth a long triangular poinard, and plunged it deeply into the
Generals side. He then took to flight, throwing away his weapon;
but ihe fpectators of the deed pursued and arrested him. The General
only utteied a low words alur being stabbed, expressing concern for
his wife. All the notable parsonages of Madrid, and a vast orowd of
people of all olaesos, flocked to the house in which the General
lay. to inquire after him. The Queen and King and all the Royal
family aUo caused inquiries .to be rnude.
The Church of Madxigeraa, in the province of Alhaoete, was a short
time since entered, and ail the sacred vessols carried off. A crown of
silver was t-rn from the head of the Virgin, and the statue thrown
down from its pedestal. A eilvor heart pierced with seven swords, of
the tame metal, also disappeared. No trace has boon discovered of the
thieves.
SARDINIA.
Count Cavour made a remarkable speech in the Chamber, on the
30th, in defenco of the new bill for the more effectual repression of
plots of assassination. He said France was the only ally Sardinia
could reckon upon with safely—even Imperial Franco; while noi hor
the fiiEt nor the second French Republic had merited well of the
Italians. In alluding to the desire of Austria to hold the Italians in
the bonds of slavery, he urged on the Chamber not to endanger the
alliance with France, und declared that lie made the adoption of the
bill a Cabinet question.
On the following day, the debate on the Conrpiracy Bill having been
resumed. Signor Brofferio replied to some parts of the speech made by
CountCayour. Signor Brofferio concluded by saying:—"I associate
myself with Count Cavour in his salutation to our tricolor banner, f
join him in it writ all my heart; and I will add a wish that, instead
of being left immovable on the frontier, it may be spreid to the
breeze over the land of realising its liberty aud hopes/'
The next speakor was General Alfonso La Marmora, the Minister of
“Wur, who made somocurious disclosures respecting the conduct of the
French Republicans, and their disinclination to render any assistance
to Italy in her struggle for independence.
General La Marmora was followed by a member of the party of the
Led side, Signor Tecohio, who supported the Government bill, with
g< me amendments. ^ "He denied the existence of any foreign pressure,
end found nothing in the least offensive in the suggestions inode by
the French Government.
SWITZERLAND.
The Federal Council has just presented to the High Swiss Federal
Assembly a report on its proceedings during the yoar I& 57 . This
document, which is to be submitted to fchs Chambers, contains a long
detail of the affair of Neufchatel. It. declares that the attitude of France,
at the tamo lime firm and conciliatory, contributed not a little to the
amicable solution of that important question.
The electioneering disorders in the canton of Friburg have entirely
ceased. An inquiry has been instituted by the authorities,
" -- PRUSSIA.
After a Hvely debate the measure proposed by the Prussian Govern¬
ment for inci easing the duty on beetroot sugar has been adopted. M,
Manteuffel made it a Cabinet question.
AUSTRIA.
The Austrian Government again seems t'- assert its right to the
sovereignty of Kick, a claim which formed the subject of Count Lei-
nin gen’s mission to Constantinople in 1853.
RUSSIA.
From July 1st next all import and export duties will be augmented
by five kopecks a rouble. The additional revenue will be employed in
the constructions required on the frontiers for railway purposes. M.
Kowalowski is appointed Minister of Publio Instruction.
A despatch from St. Petersburg announces that, from and after the
30th of May, foreign ships will be admitted to the porta of Poti, Anapa,
Soukoum kaleb, and Eedout-kaleh, on the Black Sea.
Five additional governments of Russia have sent in their adherence
to the new system for the amelioration of the condition of the peasants.
UNITED STATES.
According to the New York Herald, negotiations are proceeding for
the abrogation of the Clayton- Bulwer Treaty.
The Licompton Bill was defeated in the House of Representatives,
a majority of eight being in favour of submitting it to u popular vote.
The victory wus commemorated in New York on the 2nd inat. by a
salute of 120 guns, tired from the battery at sunset, and a display of
fireworks in the park in the evening. A special despatch to the New
York Tribune , dated Washington, April 9th, says:—"The plan of the
LeccmptoDites, as disclosed to-day, is to take up the Kansas Bill in the
Senate on Monday, at one o’clock, to vote to insist and demand a con-
feicnee. Then tc take the bill immediately to the House and put it
through if they can.”
The latest news from Utah is thus telegraphed from St. Louis, under
date April o f— “ Thu V tah mail, which left Camp Scott on Maroh 1, has
arrived. The troops continued in fine health, and were awaiting the
de termination of their commander to proceed to Salt L ike. Colonel
Johnston bud a regular effective force of 1800 men and 1000 animals, in
good condition, with a! large volunteer force, and the general impres¬
sion was that he would not wait for reinforcements before making the
attack. Communication with Salt Lake city waB entirely prohibited,
and little or nothing was known of the intentions or preparations of
the Mormons tp resist the entrance of the troops. Colonel Johnston’s
despatches will he forwarded immediately to Washington.’’
Cana j' a.—P arliament stood adjourned for a fortnight daring the
Easter holidays. Alter a very mild winter, spring has opened early and
farmers are engaged in their work nearly a month sooner than usual. A
great breadth of land will be sown to make up for present low prices, ami
all hope that Canada will be straight again when the next crop is gat hered.
An attempt is being made to secure better management of the Ontario,
Slmcoe. and Huron Railway. The road lias not been paying its interest,
and it is proposed that the Government, which holds the first Hen upon
it. should sell it to a new company and abolish the old stock. Great ex¬
citement has been raised by the trial of a man believed to be William
Townsend, who in 1864 committed two murders in Niagara district He
was arrested in Cleveland, Ohio, more than a year ago, and asserted that
he was not Townsend, but Robert J H* Henry, a native of Springburn.
near Glasgow. Scotland. He was tried for one murder last summer, but
the jury could not agree. He is now on his trial for the second. Twenty
witnesses swear that he is Townsend, aud point to scars and other marks
by which they identify him. On the other hand, fifty men say that lie is
not Townsend.
West Africa.—U r. Livingstone left Sierra Leone in the Pearl
for the Cape of Good Hope, March 31.—The Calcutta steam-transport,
from Bombay, with invalids, called at Sierra la?one for coals, and sailed
March 30 en route for England—The Niger expedition has been heard of
at Lagos up to February 22 . After the loss of the Daysprina it was en¬
camped at Geba. where it then was.—The coast trade was dull, tire natives
bolding out for higher prices.—A conflict had taken place between the
natives at Bonny, and some of their principal men killed, but peace had
been 1 e*torcd through the influence of the Europeans.
Cape of Good Hope.—T he Lady Jocelyn , which has arrived
at Cowes, from Calcutta and the Cape of Good Hope, brings news from
the latter place up to the 10 th ult War between the Orange River Free
State and the Kaffir tribes governed by Moshesh had commenced. The
courts and shops at 8mithfieid, a town in the Free State, were all shut.
The first codA let was expected to take place on the 4th of March. The
Rev. Mr. Moffatt had left the missionary station at Kurum.-m for Cape
Town, to meet Dr. Livingstone. H.M/s gun-frigate SybiU-e H.M.’s
steamer Syra, H.M.’s brig Tenia and H.LRM. schooner D'lffyte, had
arrived at the Cape. The first named was from China with invalids for
England. The enlistment of Kaffirs for service in India is going on
slowly. The crops on the colonial frontier and in British Kaflraria are
likely to turn out a complete lailure. The Kaffir chief Pato hits been tried
and convicted of horse-stealing. The following remarks are from the
South African Commercial Advertiser of March 9 :—'-To-morrow the
Governor will open the fifth and concluding Session of the first Parlia¬
ment of the Cape of Good Hope, and he may sincerely congratulate them
on the beneficial effects of their legislation during the laat four years,
which, with the favour of Providence, has brought the colony to its
present prosperous condition. Having carefully examined the finances of
the colony, and established the revenue on a solid basis, they have
strengthened every nsetnl branch of the public service, and provided in
the amplest manner lor the protection of life and property within our
borders, for tbe due administration of law and justice, and for the mutual
benefit of master and servant, by limitirg the powers and defining the
rights of both. We need only refer to the enactments for regulating the
ermed and mounted poiice; for enrolling the burghers for the defence of
their respective divisions ; for encouraging the formation of volunteer
rifle corps : for extending the jurisdiction and increasing the numbers of
the district magistrates, with many other acts of the like nature, at! tend¬
ing to consolidate the country for self-defence and self-government, to
show how much they have deserved the confidence aud gratitude of every
good citizen. Industry, thus protected, has poured into the Treasury an
increasing revenue every year, and, as all our taxes are based ou business
transactions, we have thus aproof of a constantly increasing traffic.”
Preferments and Appointments in tits Church—R ev.
W. E. Martin to be Minor Canon of Rochester Cathedral; Rev. R. Barker,
Vicar of Fagliam. ami Rev. J. Sinclair, to be Kural Deans. Vicarages :
Rev. G. 6. "W. Kershaw to Egmanton. Notts; Ro.v. R. Hitching to
Bugthorpe. Yorkshire; Rev. —Martin to Laxtou, Notts. Rev. It L.
M'Ghee to be Commissioned Chaplain to 11.M. Forces. Perpetual
Curacies: Rev. E. L. Blackman to Blytheburgli, Suffolk ; Rev. w H-
Fdl to New Fens, Flintshire; Rev. C. W. Woodhouseto St. Peter. Black¬
burn. Curacies: Rev. J. Achcson to Great Welnetham, near Bury St.
Edmund's; Rev. S. Baker to St John's, Cheltenham; Rev. E. Bryant to
St, Andrew, Newcastle^upon-Tyne: Rev. W. II Cave-Brown to Ludgar-
shali. Wilts; Rev. H. E Daniel to Bt Mary, Bury St. Edmunds; Key#
D Paul to Sibbcrtoft, Northamptonshire.
The Ciicrch of LlangEBSIr, Anglesca, was lately reopened,
after an entire rearrangement of the interior, all the high pews being re¬
moved and replaced by open benches. On the opening day about, thirty-
five c orgy in surplices, headed by the choristers, walked in procession
from the rectory to the church. The congregations were numerous. 1 ho
morning service was preached by the Rev. Chancellor Trevor; that in the
evening by the Rev. Evan Lewis. An interesting new feature iu the
church is n beautiful east window of stained glass, presented by Mr s.
Henry Owen, the Rector’s lady.
Tiie first sermon at the evening sendees in Rochester Cathedral
(on Sunday, May l) will be preached by tbe Very Rev. the Dean.
Tiie Archbishop of Canterbury commenced his spring
confirmation on Tuesday week in the parish church of Ralnham, for that
village and the adjoining parishes. The number of candidates for the
sacred rite was nearly 100 .
The London Smoke- prevention Company.—O n Saturday
last a party of gentlemen assembled on board one of the Citizen steam¬
boats lor the purpose of testing the superiority of Mr. O'Regau’s patent
smokv-preventlou apparatus as applied to locomotive boilers. An excel¬
lent dejt finer was provided, aud the parly steamed up and down the river
some mile*; but, owing to the. unavoidable absence of Mr. O Regan, muc j
of the b tcreat and value of the experiment, was lost. A few words win
explain tl e nature o> the apparatus The doors of the furnace are con¬
structed with a channel or casing at the back: air is admitted to sue *
casing or hex t hrough long horizontal slots in front of the door, near nit
bottom, and is discharged on the inside of the furnace through
slots, ports, and smaller holes near the top part of the door-casing -10
heating the air Hnd cooling the door; and a bridge is applied at tue oat.
of tbe boiler of simi'ar construction. The company’s patented appeal
is applicable to marine, land, and locomotive boilers, distilleries, breweries,
and lurraccs In general, and it is said to be the only invention applies ^
to domestic stoves. In earn case tbe company undertakes to 0
fuel, generate more steam, a id totally prevent the smoke nuisance,
apparatus is cheap and may b easily applied: and, if desired, theeomp ?
will undertake to keep the apparatus in perfect order, at a mere no
charge per annum. The importance of the movement cannot 0
estimated 700 pa ten to bavir \ been already granted for the removal 0
smoke nuisance.
April 24, 1868.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
407
1HE MUTINY IN INDIA.
We have received our letters and papers from Bombay to March 24.
We give from the Bombay Standard of that date the following sum¬
mary of events in Oudo, the main, if not the sole, point of interest at
present: TUE OPERATIONS AT LUCKNOW.
Our narratives consist in part of rehearsals, the meagre outline
formerly given by telegraph being now filled up from our corre¬
spondence—the latent tidmge being once more given from telegraphio
notices merely, to be filled up by some future mail. Lucknow is now
in our p< sseferion, aud our troops will speedily have every stronghold
in Oude in tbeir hands The heaviest portion of our bloody task is
completed, and we are now exchanging the ai tributes of destroyers and
avengers for tboee of reconstmotors, restorers, and protectors.
"We mentioned two mails back the general movement in advance
betv ten the 3rd and Gth of March. It is within the past six days that
letters have given details beyond the 7th. The force under General
Ou'rtun, which at this date crossed thoGoomteo, consisted of Walpole’s
division, with thirty pieces of field artillery and 2000 cavalry, under
Sir Hope Grunt. Though under tbo fire of the euemy's guns at the
hl-itii Hire and other posi ions, no effective opposition was offered.
Two pontoon bridges bud been erected beforehand in the direction of
Beelep' re Thu Commander-in-Chief and Staff wore present ou the
CCC&tion. Gonoral Outrum no v entered on a very careful and leisurely
Teconnuisfaiice of the country between the bridge and tho yillagus of
Chinnut. He was dofdy watched by the scouts, hanging like clouds
on our left flank. Leaving the village on the lett, they advanced along
the Fj zabud road for about three miles, intending, after they had
selected tbeir encamping-ground, to make a detour to the right, and
re<onnoitre Maryon, the old Lucknow cantonments, where the enemy
were said to have two divisions. Before this oould be accomplished,
we w* re attacked by the enemy, who were driven off with considerable
loss We flittered little, but Major Smith, of the Queen’s Bays, was
amongst the slain. On attempting a further movement a second attack
was xnude upon us. It was » ow lute in the day. The men had been
siDce three iu the morning under arms, when it wa3resolved to rest for
the night: the for re bivouacked on the battle-field which proved so
disastrous on the 30th of June. .
Efcriy next morning (7th) the enemy again made their appearance,
but, at ter un half an hour’s fighting were driven oft’, numbers being
cut up by the 9th Lancers. Outram now took possession of the
Chukkur Kothi or King’s Race-homo; but, as this post was com¬
manded by the enemy's guns, it was not meant to be maintained until
alter u breaching battery ugainsfc the city had been established. In the
afternoon a further attack was made upon u*, with the usual results.
On the 8th the Commander-in Chief visited Outram, to see how
matters went on. Tho further reconnaissance was no v committed to
General Hope Grant, who made a wide sweep to the north-east, but
encountered no resistance. In hie absence the enemy attacked Outram
in great force. They were driven off; but not without considerable
lora on our fide. ^ _ . ...
On the 9th Sir James Outram carried the Chukkur Kothi, with all
buildings and gwrdens around effectually turning aud en6lading the
enemy’s fir*t, great line of works. Our principal casualties occurred in
purt-nii g the sepoys through dark rooms and passages, who, when they
saw our men approaching, shot them down btfore they were aware of
thrir danger. . ... .. ....
Or the 10th Outrum ’b division, with tho exception of th8 archery,
enjoyed an exemption from their labours, to leave Sir Edward Lugurd
tine to push on* from the other side of the town. Our heavy guns
kept thundering on tho city. Tho Martini&ro had been stormed the
previous day by the second division, under the gallant officer jmt
named On the lOih Bunks’s House and the Residency were captured
in he face of a wry obsrinate resistance. He was now close on the
Begum’fcFuluce and HurbutGunge. wiihin 200 yards of the Kaiserbagh.
Here amongst others. Major Hudson, who had distinguished himself
with tie Guide Corps all through the campaign, felt mortally wounded.
On the 11th, while the force on the Alumbagh side kept pressing on,
two columns, one under Outram and Walpole, moved out, sweeping to
the right of the cantonments as far as the Ghan Ghaut, near Moose-
bagh aud icturning by the iron bridge. The left column pushed
directly for thi> latter structure. Our front was considerably advanced
The enemy are said to have lost 400 or 000. On our side, Captain
Cooper, of the Engineers; Captain Moorsom, her Majesty's 52nd; and
Lieiittnant M‘Donald, ol the 93fd, fell.
On the 13th the Commander-in-Chief took the Tmaumbarra, close to
thn Kaistrbegh, when a heavy firo was directed on tho lust-named
building, both from Sir Colin Campbell’s and Sir Jamea Outram s forces.
The whole was captured about nine o clock on tho morning of the I3th,
after a severe contest of some hourB. .
On the 14th Outram was occupied in carrying the portion of the
town betwixt tho Lion bridge and tho Residency. The people woro
now streaming from the citv in a north-westerly direction, making,
as it was supposed, for Rohilcund On the morning of the 13th Briga¬
dier Campbell, with a strong forco of cavalry and horse artillery, was
ordered to proc*ed from Alumbagh in pursuit: heavy guns aud in¬
fantry were to follow, while Sir Hope Grant was dispatched from the
fur ber side of tho river to intercept those endeavouring to oscape east¬
wards. A little leisure was no <v afforded to examine the havoc that
had been made Nothing could be more terrible or astonishing. Tho
strength of the enemy’s works would have been considered iacrodible
had we not seen them. They were literally shivered to pieces by our/
ehot and shell. The Kaiserbagh was strewed with musket balls.
Thus far our letters extendi, stopping where the electric telegraph
closed onus a week ago.
We now fall back on tho carnal notices supplied to us betwixt the i#$a
and the 21st, at which date our latest tidings close. It has been ascer¬
tained at the dates already quoted, that Mrs. Orr, whoso in taut had
shortly before be* n sent into camp from the districts where it hful beau
ktpt concealed, and Miss Jackson, bod been removed from the Queen a
Pujace, and placed, through the influencejof Maun Sinuh, iu a private
residence beyond the power o' the Durbar or roach of tho mutineers.
On the lGth 1 oth bridges were secured, and the troops advancing
occupied the Muehee Bhawnn and Gro»t Imaurabanu. Large bodies
of the enemy had crossed the stone bridges before they could be at¬
tacked by Sir James Outram. A Goorkah division tho same evomug
captured* the enemy’s position in front of the Alumbagh, seven guns
felling into their hunds .
Ou tho 19th the last post held by the onemv was stormed, and they
themselves pursued by the cuvalvy, when numbers wore out up. The
city was now completely in our possession, 117 guns had boea sensed,
and not a single post left in the hands of the rebels to be defended.
Amongst the auspicious event3 o# the day wua the recovery of Mrs.
Orr end Miss Juckson. They had been rescued by Captain Marsh-ill
and Lieuti mint Boree, of the Artillery, with a sniull party of Goor-
kul:s, by whom they had been :onvoyedto the Mjap of Jung Bahodoor.
They Lad latterly been taken charge of by Meer Wajoe Alt Darogah, by
whom they had been respectfully and kindly treated. Ihe triumphs of
war herdly closed when the Jaboursof peace, were entered on. Ino
most stringent orders had been given to avoid indiscriminate violence
or slaughter. The panic-stricken citizans, who hid been assured,
by the Durbar and mutineers that the whole population of Luck¬
now wus doomed to one indiscriminate slaughter, were endeavouring
to make their escape in all directions, when they were met by the
artisans, labourers, and cultivators, of whose villages Outram haci
taken charge, loud in their admiration of our kindness and forbearance.
They sbid that not one village or hamlet had boer injured, unless t-uen
as had ufforded refuge to the rebels; that our soldiers had interposed to
protect the sick, the wtnsk, tho uged, and the women and children front
injury. The townspeople began to take heart, and return to th«ir
houses and resume their ord-nary occupations. The Commissioner aud
Con moncer-in.-d^bief, still in the thickest of the strife, are making
municipal arrangements, organisD: g a garrison of moderate size fir
Lucknow, prepuring with the remainder of the troops to scour the
Doab and Rohilound, once more infested with the enemy, and to
cpeiate against Bareilly, Colpee, Jhansi, and Kotab, which we havo
hitherto been compelled, from wont of men', to leave alone. The
conduct of ourmtn has throughout been distinguished iu an extra¬
ordinary degree bj that humanity which is tho natural characteristic
of the brave. Private soldiers have risked their lives in searching
through tho burning ruins of villages, from which the enemy could
only be driven by fire, to save those from destruction otherwise unable
to escape. When strayed children have been picked up by them,
they have been carried about and nursed end cared for by them as it
they had been their own. That tho terrible yengeance which his
been and is being, executed on tho mutineers sbjould have frequently
desctidtd on the neods of the innocent wus a thing inevitable, unless
the guilty were to bo suffered to go free. With .'Englishmen only was
it potable to have been to httle frequent afl it Ipte beau*
OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS.
SIR J. McGRIGOR, BAKT., F.R.S.
Sir James McGrigor, Bart, of Camden-hill, Middlesex, M.D.,
i j F.R.S., K.C.B, K.T.S., was
tho eldest son of Col juhoun
McGrigor, Esq, a merchant
iu Aberdeen, and was born at
Strathspey, Inverness hi re, the
9*h April, L77L He vas edu¬
cated for the mediial profes¬
sion. and entered the Army,
in 1793, as Surgeon of the 88rh,
or Connaught Rangers, and
for two years was with that
regiment in tho campaign of
Holland. In 1796 he was ap¬
pointed head of the medical deportment, in tho expeditionary force
against tho Island of Granada, in the West Indies; and in 1801 he
proceeded from Bombay to Egypt, as Superintending Surgeon of the
Anglo-Indian Army, under Sir David Buird. On his return to Eng¬
land he was transferred to the Royal Ll-irse Guards. He aft jt wards
ably fulfilled the duties of chief of the medical department in the
Island of Walchoren He also acted in the same capacity in the Penin¬
sular War. In 1815 he became Director-General of the Army Medical
Department, which office he held for more than ihirty-five years. Sir
James McGrigor was mode a Knight Bachelor in 1814, a Baronet in
1831, and a KC.B. in 1850. He received also the decorations
of the Tower and Sword of Portugal and the Crescent of Turkey.
He was three times elected Lord Rector of MurLchul Col¬
lege, Aberdeen. Sir James McGrigor married, the 23rd Juno, 1810,
Maiy. youngest daughter of Duncan Grant, Esq., of Lingoistone, county
of Moray, by whom ho leaves two sons, Chari as Rhoderic, his suc¬
cessor, and Walter James, barrister-at-law; aud a daughter, Jane
Gient, married to the Rev. Frederick Pan* Phillips, M.A. Sir James
died on the 2nd inst., at bis residence, 3, Harley-street, and is suc¬
ceeded by hit» eldest son, now Sir Charles Rhoderio McGrigor, the
second Baronet, who was born in 1811, and married, in 1850, Elizabeth
Anne, youngest daughter of Mujor- General Sir Robert Niokle, K.H.
MAJOR HENDERSON, OF WESTERTON.
Major J. Alexander Henderson, of Westertcn, Stirlingshire,
who died at his residence near Edinburgh on
the 24th ult., was a scion of the Alexanders of
Menstry, afterwards Earls of Stirling, and was
the son of Edward Alexander, Esq., of Powis,
and the grandson of Jame9 Alexander, Esq.,
Provost of Stirling. His mother, Mrs. Alex¬
ander, a venerable lady, who still survives, was
the daughter of John Glas, Esq., aud a de¬
scendant of the family of Glas, which long
occupied a prominent position in Stirling-. The
Major was born tho 12th April 18U6, and was
educated at the University of Edinburgh. When
eighteen ho obtained a cornetcy in the 4th
Light Dragoons, and proceeded to India, where
he served for several years, and was in the
field at Kolapore. Ou his return from India
he was appointed Captain in the Rifle Bri¬
gade, and there rose to be Major. He was
America and the Mediterranean. After a
twenty years, tho Major retired from the
with the Rifles
militaiy service
army iD 1844. ne then took up his residence on the estate at
Wcsterton which in 1822 had been left him by an uncle, on the
sole piovieion of his assuming, which he did, the surname
of Henderson. Major Henderson devoted moat of hia later life
and energies to the interests of iho rising and now famous village of
Bridge of Allan, situate on his fine estate, and he survived to see
the good work flourish, and the place emerge from a small hamlet into
n city of villas and become the most celebrated watering-place in North
Britain. Tho Major's rp-.rited exertions wero aokaowlsdged by many
testimonials end public entertainments. A report of one of the latter,
and the Msjc-r'S portrait, appeared iu this Journal in October, 1852.
Major Henderson was Lord Principal of the celebrated Chapmen’s
sports, and was an active promoter of all national amusements aui
manly exercizes. He was latterly u field officer in the Stirlingshire
Regiment of Militia. He is succeeded in his beautiful property of
Weittrton by bis only brother, Lieut-Colonel Sir James Edward
Alexander, a distinguished officer, and one of the most enterprising
travellers of the day, whoso works of travels and tranfclauons from the
Persian, aDd whose life of the Duke of Wellington, are Well-known
literaly productions.
CAPTAIN NEVILLE.
Captain Glastonbury Neville. R.E., who was killed the 31st of
last January by u round-shot at BxroJia, a
village about ten miles from Ratghur, while
acting Aido-de-Crimp to General Sir Hugh
Rose, was tbo fifth son of the late Hon. and
Rev. G. Neville Grenville, Deuu of Windsor,
by his wife, Charlotte, second daughter of
George, third Earl of Dartmouth, K G. He was
born in 1829, and joined the Engineers iul847.
lie served first in various parts of England,
Ireland, and America, and then proceeded
with the forces to the Crimea iu 1854, where
he wus actively employed throughout the
whole siege of Sebastopol- Tho last Quarterly
Review states that during the earlier periods
of English history “ Neville blood flowed in
_ every field.” The same may lie said in these
days Four Nevilles fought together in tho Crimea—these were, Capt.
the Hon. Henry Neville, who was killed at Inkerman; his brother,
] ieut. the Hon. Grey Nevillo, who died of wounds received at Bala¬
clava* their cousin, Capt. Glastonbury Neville, the subject of this
notice who has fallen in India; and his elder brother, Lieut.-CoL
Edward Neville, who alone survives. Their unde, tho Hon. Captain
Henry Neville, died of fever after the battlo of Takvera.
QUINTIN DICK, ESQ.
Qdintiv Dick, Esq., who died at his residence, 20, Curzon-Btroet,
hi ayfnir on the 26th ult., was the son of Samuel Dick,Esq , an eminent
merchant of Dublin, aud was burn in 1777. He took the degree of
B A at Trinity College, Dublin, and was culled to the Irish Bar about
the commencement ot the prerent century. He entered Parliament in
1814 as M P. for the since disfranchised borough of Looe, in Corn-
wiill and represented the Irish constituency of Cashel from 1817 to
1819 when be vacated his seat and re main ed out of Parliament until
182A when be was elected lor Oxford. In 1828 ho exchanged the con¬
stituency of Oxford for that of hlaldon, and was the Consmvative
number for that place for fifteen years. Mr. Dick was an extensive
Bust India proprietor. His large fortune amounts it is said, to
between two and three millions sterling. By his will this vast wealth
it to employed in the purchase of land which is to be eventually in¬
herited by William Wentworth Fitzwilliam Hume, Esq, ot Hume
Wood, in the county of Wicklow, M.P. for that county after a life-
interest to that gfntleman's moiher, Charlotte Anne wife of the late
William Boare Hnme, Esq., which lady is Mr. Dick s sisur. Mr.
Dick wus a Tory of the old school of politicians, and his immaculate
coat of blue and stiff white neckcloth will not have passed out of the
memory ol tlio*e who sat with him for so many years inSu Stephens
Will** —The will of Fear Admiral the Right Hon. Earl Spencer,
ten CLfc PC of Althorp Park. Northampton, and Sl James s-
i/ace, Westminster, was proved in London by the Right Hon George
Vciutftm Pittnn 1 vttclton. F.R8., the nephew, and Henry Goodlara,
Sq “ewiSgewcutori. Sir John George Show LcTevre, C.B., JIJL.
£ K q V K U S the other exeeutor, having renounced. The personalty
gvvorn under £250 000. The will bear* date Jlay 17.185,. Whig hi*
~ti<«tateaand residue of hi* personal to Ins eon. \ iacount Althorp.
■n , ,e Ire four codTeila hy the second, which i* in hi* Lordship-* own
n^Ufdnie h^hM at thc request of the late Counter, directed six
hanowntinK, he las “I GrestBringtoii. Northamptonshire, to be called
STo reception of poor widows of that
-ifh&ewrhocd who are each to pay a rent of one penny a week, bat free
ol law il“ h« s«u7«kl w his /augbter. Lady Sarai. Isabella Spencer, a
, lim L,,- £i co 000 . Two Qf his Lordships gamckvepers have a It^acy of
SSo each -The will of Sir Robert Campbell. Bari . was nrov«T under
een°r ()0 nertor.alty in England. Tbc executors are John Rannle, E.*.|
ti R.-ott camobdi Esn., tlie son; the latter is also appointed
fe n s1dna^ r ieg.tfcof t reaf^d e &£* will of Wta. Joseph
Horsfall, Esq., of Lancaeter, £6Q,QW.
TOWN AND TABLE TALK ON UTERATURB, ART, <fcc.
Litfratfbb “must give way" to Art, for this week at least.
Catalogues are dull things, and catalogues of exhibitions of works of
art in London—as catalogues have hitherto been edited with so
many years of experience)—are dull affairs indeed. But there is a
catalogue which a clever man with many and rare opportunities has
ju»t put forward which surpasses all catalogues that we have
ever seen. Mr. Cotton (who has dedicated a kind of John Dorey
life to Sir Joshua Reynolds) has recently published, price five shil¬
lings (we have paid five shillings for it at Messrs. Longmans’), a
Catalogue of the Portraits painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Now, as
Sir Joshua is said to have “ bragged ” (we borrow the word from hia
pnpil Northeote) that he had painted three generations of English
intellect, and, better still (so men assert), of English beauty, this,
it will be seen at first sight, was no common undertaking, and
was still further an undertaking which a little common care might
have turned to most admirable Account. Artists assert th it they are
disappointed with this catalogue; patrons of art assure us of the
same; dealers are outrageous; printsellers out of all humour. We
will give three examples of the omissions in the catalogue:—First,
Edward Gibbon. Mr. Cotton neglects to tell us that the only
gcod portrait of the historian of the Decline aud Fall is
still at Sheffield-place—the picture painted by Sir Joshua for
Gibbon’s much-loved friend Mr. Holroyd, afterwards Lord
Sheffield. Then—will Mr Cotton excuse ns?—(we wish well to
his work) that the very best portrait of Da rid Garrick that Sir
Joshua ever painted is not to be found iu his catalogue (yet he
catalogues portraits of Garrick as lie does portraits of GibbouJ. Still,
we refer to the portrait. Did not Sir Joshua paint a portrait or G irrick
with a prologue before him, that likeness for all times ? and where
ia it in Mr. Cotton's Catalogue ? Nowhere! When it was engraved
(and often admirably engraved iu Sir JoJiua’s lifetime by
that admirable engraver, Thomas Watson) the picture was in
the possession of Sir Thomas Mills, to whom Watson dedicates his
inimitable print. We are inclined to suspect that the original belongs
even now to a Mills, and may be seen at Camelford House. Well,
then, to tlie third instance, the portrait of a true poet—the portrait of
Armstrong, the friend of Thomson, the antagonist of Churchill.
That Sir Joshua painted a portrait of one of our best didactic
poets Mr. Cotton is perfectly assured. Where, then, is it? Mr.
Cotton is at a Joss. Shull we tell him ? He may see it where Miss
Contts could not find old Mr. Coatts’s portrait—in the front room
over Coutts’s, facing the Strand.
From Sir Joshua to James Boswell is but a jump, and a timely
and an appropriate one. The new number of the Quarterly be¬
trays us into tlie pleasant belief that we owe more to the Laird of
Aucbinleck than we owe to the Knight of Plympton We really like
this article in the Quarterly. Boswell lias been most unjustly traduced.
Men utterly devoid of a filth or even a fair port ion ol his laleut have
combined to throw bis fair fame into folly. Boswell was no common
person. Johnson courted bis society. Boswell has made Johnson
live beyond his own acquired reputation. The Qivxrterly
has" hit ” off this very well in its last six-shilling issue. Boswell pos¬
sessed (we are non quoting the Quarterly), in common with Con¬
greve, Vanbrugh, Farqnhar, aud Cibber, a dramatic faculty, and
though an inferior intellect (as we believe) to Congreve and Van¬
brugh (a high standard to test men by), be has given a nobler work
to all time than all four, the iuimitable "Apology’’ ol Colley included.
As Sir Joshua lias led us to Boswell aud Boswell has led us to
his reviewer in the Quarterly, let ns call the attention of our agri¬
cultural friends to an article in the new number of tlie Quarterly on
the subject of English agriculture. It is a clever article, smacking
" healthfully " ot Arthur Youug aud William Cobbett. But why
does the writer (if we mistake not, very frequently a valuablecontributor
to this paper, though not to this column) underrate the “ Rural Rides’*
of Cobbett? We have beard a great English writer speak of the
“ Rural Rides ** of Cobbett in terms of classic commendation.
Not to give every publicity to the pleasing fact that Mr Dickens is
about to read (and. what a charming reader he is l) many of his
smaller works (small In size alone) to a London, and therefore a
universal, public would be a neglect indeed. Beyond the intrinsic
excellence of what .is read, the manner of reading is inimitable—so
inimitable that Lord Stanhope (to our thinking) might have
added the name of Mr. Dickens to the well-selected list of
English orators recently laid by his Lordship before the in¬
telligent intellect of northern Scotland.
Pt-pys again (can we know too much of Pepys ?), and once more to
the point. Our readers will thank us for our Pepysian papers
(To the Editor of the Illustrated London News.)
86 ,1/Owndes-street. April, 1858.
Sir,—The inclosed is a copy of Lord Grenville’s letter to the late Master
of Magdalene to which I alluded. Your obedient servaut,
Ralph Neville Grenville.
LORD GRENVILLE TO THE HON. AND REV. GEORGE NEVILLE.
Dropmore, Aug. 21 , IH 18 .
My dear George,—When my brother quitted us for the Isle of Wight
he left with me a MS. volume which >ou had put into his hands. I have
a little smattering of the art ot deciphering, until was desirous to try
my hand on this MS., which, ii it could be made out, would, i was
aware, on many accounts be extremely interesting; and would just now.
it it could be published, form an excellent accompaniment to Kvelyn’s
delightlul Diary. 1 am glad to say that I have succeeded to the utmost of
mv cxpictations, or rather much beyond them.
The character employed ia a shorthand, not very dlttereul in principle
from these in use now, or at least those which were in use when, oa a law
Mudcnt, I practiced shortbaud The writing is lor the most part alpha¬
betical (divided into words, which gives Infinite facility iur deciphering),
hut generally leaving cut the vowe.w. and there is a large collection of
arbitrary signs for iciminutions, particle*, and words of very l.cquent
occurrence, aud some, though not near so numerous, fi r longer .m<l less
frequent words. The alphabet 1 have entirely mastered; tlie second class
of signs 1 have so in a great measure, ana a considerable proportion,
though not nearly the whole, of the third, which, fr-m the e-s frequency
of its occurrence, is, of course, the more difficult to tno decipherer.
But. as it is, 1 could already furnish you with a transcript of the first
three ol four pages, with a lew hiatuses, and those easily supplied ror, at
kaFt, lor the most port so) by conjecture, which I have no dou it a farther
progress in the Mb. would soon turn in to certainly. But, having got so far
as to make the task (I am confident) quite easy to any person who would
set himself sturdily to it. I am unwilling to go further, because f have
dene all that is really useiul, end l find the poring over these minute cha¬
racters. though amusing enough. decs no good to my eyes.
What 1 would recommend is. that on your return to- Cambridge, which
under the circunfttanees of this year must. 1 supple, be- in October, you
should lute no time iu fiitdiug out some man wnu for t he lucre of gain will
sacrifice a few months lo the labour of making a complete transcript of
tlie whole, for which purpose l would furnish you with my alphabet and
lists of arbitrary signs, and also with the transcript of the first three or
lour pages, aud of some other passages taken casually here and
there in the volume. I must not, I believe, see him to give
him verbal instructions how to proceed further in deripher.ng
the arbitrary nmika, because it might not be right that be should
know tlie MS to have been in my possession. But any man of
ordinary talent wutbd, 1 am certain, by those helps master the whole ia
the course of a week or ten days of steady application, provided his cyea
are young and strong, and that he is willing 10 work them a littitt
I hope there is no restraint that would prevent you from publishing
the whole when thus transcribed, and 1 am anxious llial you should lose
no time in netting about it. because it will be much best done under your
ewn inspection this year, when you must of necessity bo so much on the
spot. Ji published, tin re is no doubt that tlie work would amply repay the
expense ol the tratscript, for which I suppose you will make a spe¬
cific bargain Loforcbaud, after a few days’ experience shall have enabled
your dec phorer to judge of tlie nQun of the wo k.
But if publication be impossible it WOOid still be a great matter to have
such a transcript in the cojkge library, and I would willingly bear my
share in the cost of such a work, to which I am persuaded others womd
also readily contribute, and wfiDh. indeed, need not be large, as [ e*u
gafcly pronounce, judging by the little trouble which I have found in doing
the most difficult part of the business. Let me know where and when 1
shall tend tbc hook and the alphabet kc. If you could prevail upon your¬
self and Lady Charlotte t«« find this place on your road between wales ani
Cambridge, that would be the best of alL .
If no one the can or will undertake it, a professed shorthand-wnter
would dispatch your volume in a week; but I should iu your place prefer a
Cambi idge man. to work under your cj e. Ever yours, O-
We liave other letters on tills subject; but must defer for the pre¬
sent any lurther reference to them. What does Mr. Smith soy ?
408
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[April 24, 1858
S K E
As the most amusing and interest¬
ing way of showing the satisfactory
results of the ratified treaty, or re¬
newal of intercourse with the
Japanese, we give a few Sketches,
by a Correspondent, accompanied
by descriptive details, illustrative
of a visit to Japan, also to Tartary
and Corea.—
Hakodadi, so often mentioned
as one of the ports opened to the
Americans ana English, is a small
town in a very commodious har¬
bour at the southern extremity of
the island of Jesso, which is sepa¬
rated from Niphon by the Strait of
Saugar. Hakodadi is in lit. 41
deg. 49m. 22s. N., long. 140 deg.
47m. 45s. E. We found the same
friendly deportment among the
inhabitants generally and the
officials. These last are beginning
to speak English very fairly; in¬
deed, the Dutch interpreters seem
likely to make rapid progress in
English, and also meditate ex¬
tending their philologioal studies,
as they wished to have a German
grammar from me; and had, doubt¬
less, obtained some French books
when the French sick were landed
and hospitably treated by the Ja¬
panese authorities last year. Ha¬
kodadi only become an Imperial
city since the American squadron
visited Japan. The Governor has
jurisdiction in the distnot, hut
apart from that exercised by
the Governor of Matamai, the
capital of Jesso. The city oonsists
of a long and wide main street,
running east, parallel with the
beach, and some cross streets lead¬
ing from the seaside to an upper
terrace, where most of the temples
and the Governor's palace are . . _ ,, -
situated. The bouses or shops generally consist of the ground
floor, used for commercial and domestic purposes, and an upper
floor, with window looking on the streets. The rooms are very
/ /
INTERIOR OF SIWA TEMPLE. NAGASAKI, JAPAN,
good quality. The tank-vessels
simply furnished—soft mats on the floor, and a bronze and picture in . lately built are convenient for shipping. There is a sulphureous spring
a toko, or rece ss. j ** tbs b ac k of the promontory. The ri^ht of walking about the country
REA.
on the raised platform, or matted
floor. The houses have a garden
at the baok, or a court, whioh is
ornamented with some dwarfed
trees, plants, and rockwork. The
bedding consists of quilted cover¬
lets, or skins of deer or bears.
The meals are usually three daily,
and consist of rice, vegetables, and
fish, with the addition of poultry,
pork, venison, &c., on festivals!
Tea is the common drink; and raki,
a fermented liquor of rice, is used
of various quality and strength,
from beer to whisky, including a
wine which improves on acquaint¬
ance, and some liqueur nearly
equal to kirsch or maraschino.
"The supplies for shipping are
limited at present to fish and vege¬
tables, wood, and water. Sheep are
said to exist in the north of Jesso,
and horned cattle are seen in large
droves in the pasture land about the
harbour, and very abundant in
number, a district in the north of
Niphon. Coals are not yet fur¬
nished, but are known to be pro¬
curable at no great distance, in
Itsibya, also in Niphon. The
harbour of Hakodadi is of the
most favourable nature for re¬
storing the health, the climate
being oold and bracing in the early
part of the year, ana the heat of
autumn being tempered by the free
sufllation of the sea breeze from
Saugar Strait over the low spit of
magnetic sand which connects the
promontory with the main land.
The mountainous country renders
the employment of horses neces¬
sary, as well as of pack-bullocks.
The waterofKanuda Creek, and that
supplied by numerous wells, are of
good quality
The:
Visitors always take off their sandals, or shoes, before stepping ! conceded to the
.e room for exercise, about fifteen
miles of a good road having'been visited by some of our party in
their picnics. The frequency of earthquakes in this volcamo region
has caused the houses and buildings to be formed chiefly of wood.
We found the bazaar well fur¬
nished with goods from Osacea and
other places, the prices rather
higher than in previous years.
Two large barracks have been
recently built, and the soldiers are
exercising with rifles of home
make, and with percussion-caps,
which seem to be of very fair
quality.
The shipbuilders at this port are
about to oonstruot a schooner on
a European model; and they have
already two harbour-boats for their
officials, whioh are built under
instruction of their late visitors,
the French.
There is a beacon placed on the
shoal in the harbour, and there
are many signs of a disposition to
improve.
Altogether Hakodadi is a plea¬
sant addition to the resources of
navigators in this part of the
world engaged in whaling.
On leaving Hakodadi we pro¬
ceeded t« visit and explore the
oommodious bays in the Gulf of
Tartary; and one ox the beat Im¬
perial harbours of the Russians
afforded much interest, both from
its beautiful and complete natural
conformation as a double har¬
bour, and its being the place of
refuge for their frigate I'aiiat, of
which there remained but a few
ornamental pieces of gilt work and
a spar projecting from the burnt
and sunken hull The battery on
the cleared land, and that in the
foreground, attest the strength of
the petition. There are a few
tombs under the flr-treea on the
left, which give the idea that want
and suffering had been the portion
ot the unfortunate men in guard
of the frigate.
The Gulaks were friendly, and
gladly bartered their mlrnon for
hardware and woollen clothes,
burthen down the gulf was Port
APPROACH TO SIWA TEMPLE, NAGASAKI.
any subject
sketch.
On returning from the north to
Nagasaki we were enabled to enter
(according to treaty) the inner
harbour, and, after some little nego¬
tiation, to land and visit the shops
and temples. There was always
an escort of officials, with an in¬
terpreter, to assist or control our
proceedings under cover of studied
politeness. The bazaar, or place
of trade, was fixed at Inasa, a point
on the opposite side to the Dutch
and Chinese factories. The goods,
or supplies, were laid out for in¬
spection under a wooden building,
and the purchases effected through
officials and interpreters stationed
for this purpose. Any articles
seen in the shops during our
rambles were sent over for pur¬
chase at our request. The pnoee
are high, and the mistake or ab¬
sence of proper and just exchange
operates to the great disadvantage
of our dollars. . .,
The streete of Nagasaki are wide
and clean; the bridges over the
river and arms of the sea are weu
built, and vary in the style ana
number of arches. The shops are
well filled with goods, afid the
people were very respectfd ana
wall-behaved. The hot weather
eeen-.ou to induce many ™
h-jth sexes to dispense with clotn
ing as far as practicable, without
being in a slate of nature, "he
relaxation of the
garding foreigners enabled u
visit Desima, and receive
friendly and hospitable attention
of the Dutch Commisstoner an
his staff, and also to feel that we
were regarded with le“ 1
by the Buspioious sons of the foun
^The removal of many restrio-
turn, from the intercourse of to
reign ora conceded to the
April 24, 185&]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
409
FCSANKAL OOKEA
and to those nations having treaties with Japan enabled us to visit i
some of the public edifices of the city and the streets as well as the
shopB, at which latter we increased the supply of goods offered for pur¬
chase at the bazaar established at Inasa.
The Temple of Siwa, the ap¬
proach to which is shown in tne
Sketch, is situated not far from
the town, upon the mountain
Tut-la. A fine staircase of two
hundred steps leads up to it.
The columns are of bronze, and
have inscriptions; the transverse
beams are also of metal—hollow,
doubtless. The temple court,
somewhat lower than the “mia"
itself, extends down the declivity
of the mountain. At the entry of
this court, next the gate, is a long
open room, or gallery, where plays
are acted for the diversion of Siwa
and his worshippers. This room
is ouriously adorned with many
pictures and carved images.
Kaempfer also observed in the
same inclosure another small cha¬
pel, built in honour of the God
and Lord of Thousand Legs, hung
about with legs of all sorts and
' sizes, given by his worshippers.
There is a good view of the oity
from the terrace in front of the
temple, leaning over the wall of
cyclopean construction so much
noticed in all Japanese seaports.
The festivals sacred to Siwa are
several, of which the chief is on
the seventh, eighth, and ninth
days of the ninth month. On the
eighth the god is diverted in his
temple, at the expense of rich and devout people, with a musical con¬
cert performed by boyB beating on drums and bells. The Japanese
year begins at the new moon nearest to the 5th ef February.
An interesting account of Japanese festivals and ceremonies is
oopied from Titsingh’s work on Japan by several writers or compilers.
On approaching the port of TschaoBia the coast was found to be as
mountainous and barren as that of China, except in the valleys or
COREAN9.
seen surrounded by very extensive terraoes
of trees bearing fruit, or of pines,
"Where the hills are green and wooded
there are to be seen angular patches of cleared ground with one or
more mounds or barrows, near which the trees are planted with
curious regularity in rows. These monumental plantations form a re¬
markable feature in the landscape.
The harbour of Tschaosia, or
Chosan, is near Cape Vashon, and
has in its front some fine black
rocks; the anchorage is round
magnetic points, has good depth of
water, and is well sheltered. The
hills are thinly covered with firs,
and all available flats are culti¬
vated in terraces and irrigated by
the little mountain streamlets.
The inhabitants were seen walk •
ing about in loose, flowing robes,
and wearing a strange black hat
with a high crown ; the substanoe
is finely split bamboo, worked like
wire gauze—the manner of draw¬
ing up the hair and twisting it
renders it necessary to secure the
hat by strings. 8ome of the hats
of basket-work were enormously
large.
The dresses were of white or
unbleached grass-cloth, or muslin
sleeves, hanging and open; a girdle
round the waist; the trousers tied
in at the ankle, and the feet co¬
vered with ootton Btockinga and
curious straw shoes.
The elegant carriage and pleasing
expression of these people arrested
our attention, and made us wish
them less rigidly exclusive; for,
on attempting to visit the city of
Fusankai, the crowds on the beach
and on the jetty of rough stones
would not allow us to advance one step from the boat, while they
oould neither be induced to receive our letters to the authorities, nor to
communicate with the Chinese interpreter who was with us.
NAGASAKI, f ROM THE TERRACE OK THE SIWA TE M PL E.
410
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
I Apbil 24, 1858
CALENDAR FOB THE WEEK.
Sunday, April 25. -3rd Sunday after Easter. 8t Mark.
Monday, 26. -David Hume born, 17li. Sun rises. 4h.44m.; sets, 7h. 12m.
Tuesday, 27 —S r W. Jones died, 1794.
■Wednesday, 28 —Mutiny of the Hounty, 1789. Full Moon, 2h. 56m., a. m.
Thursday, 29 —Peace declared. 1856
Friday. 30.—Duchess of Gloucester died. 1857.
Saturday May 1.—St. Philip and St. James.
TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE,
FOR THE WEtK ENDING MAY I, 1858.
ftondwy. Monday. | TotoHay. | Wsdnosday. 1 Thursday.! Friday. | Hanminy.
A | M
A
H
A
A | M
A
h m i m
h m
h m
h m
h rn
h mh m
h in
0 10 0 35 1 0 56
1 15
1 35
1 52 1 2 9
2 27
2 41
S l
3 16
3 33'3 18
4 3
H LK MAJESTY’S THE ATR E.—
Tritons Gnolsnl. Gto«!lnl. Aldashleri. Vlatettl, BeHettl.—LBS HUGUENOTS Oa
THURSDAY next APRIL *i, EXTRA NIGHT, will l>o reounted Moyorbocr'* Or And Optra,
Ll*r bUGUEMXD : Valentine. Mdllo Tit loci; Raoul. Signor Gintriinl. And the Ballot Oi-
vorrtraemect rALBStO, ou «,R KKNV ">• DS (.’AMOUR, by Mtfoa*. Poceblol. Anoalta,
Psscrumto, fc Haiti, and Morlacehl A limited somber at beset have b an ramrod to tho
Public, tike *ls. and Sis fid., which may be bad at the Box-office at the Theatre.
K OYAL PRINCESS’ THEATRE.—Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday. KING LEAR; mvm-'ed by SAMUEL IN SE\RCU OF HIMSELP.
Tuesday ann Thursday, TUB STOCK EXCHANGE: or. The Green Business, FA’lBT AND
M A KG I pKITE, and SAMUEL IN SEARCH nv HIMSELF. Saturday, THE STOCK
KXCBANG • o'. TbnGreeo UuiluoMi A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, and SAMUEL
IN 8KARCH OF HIMSELF.
T HEATRE ROYAL. ELAYMAKKET—In consequence of
the billllant reeertlon given to Mrs. CHARLES YOUNG, ahe wUl rnoeat tho characters
e f Fowl nd. in AS YOU LIKE IT, on Monday; Be-Uice, in MUCH ADO ABOUT
NOTHING on Ittrrdsy: and will an* ear. (or th« lust time at present, on Wednesday, as Cou-
* t*i.ce i THE LOVE CHASE; when Mra Wilkins wl'l ra;>c*. her successful raureioataUm
ofth • Widow Grrm. After the Corned!,'*, overv evening, PLUTO «nd PROfiRRPINE, and
th- B»Oo* of JAf-K'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Mbs Amy Sedgwick will reappear on
Tbunday. 30th April.
A DI 3 PHI THEATRE.—Variety of Attraction.—Monday,
Weoxtday. and Friday, THE POt'R STROLLERS: Horn Webster and Wrigtit,
Mai’atao Otef. TliP. CALIPH of BAGDAD: Ml«» Roden Tuasdar, Tnarsday, and
8 -turday, LIKE AND UNLIKE: M>d«rao Coterie, Msmsb. W.lght and Bedford. THE
CALIPH OF PAG DAD; and WELCOME. LITTLE STRANGER.
A STLKY’S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — Lessee and
Manager Mr. WILLIAM COO KR-—This Fronlnr, Lonl Byron's •p’enild Speetacta
cf MAZEPPA ami the WILD HORSE. Alter which Herr Christoff, tho Won Iron* Tight¬
rope Dancer. 8CFKB8 IN THE ARENA- Rareys ne'em of Horae Training by Mr
William Cooke. Cooci-dlng with the Burlesque, entitled APOLLO and the FLYING
PEGA'-US. i onunenoe at Saren.
S URhLY THEATRE.—Lessees, Messrs. SHEPHERD and
CR^SWICK—On Vo-i’ay aed dnring he Work, NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND.
If war*. Crwwidk. Shrptofd, B Potter. Wlridlooin b Miss M. Rburne, Johnstone. Webttar.
THESE TL OF THE SURREY. Chris wphsr Bhatlosoak. Mr. Wlddicomb.
THF OK HAN ( P QL V NOOR. Must;. B. Norton, Blotter, Fernando*, MUi M. Ebams.
boon op»n a r , commerce at 7.
Hi.AT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATKE.—Extra-
ordinary Attraction — Engagement o * the eminent tragedian Mr. Phs'os. Mr. Henry
Moisten, Mr. Frederick Robinson, Mias Atkinron. and tho popular vocalist M(t« Ftohocoa
Dacca V. r. Fhili • will repeat the Chiract«ra of Sir Pert'nax Maraycophant in THE M AN
OF TUB WriRL . In a few day*.
S ACKED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER-HA CL.—
Cor doctor Mr COSTA.—Wedrw’iay, May 5th. MoodoUsohn’a ATH ALIK, and
t’Carini's F TAU T MATER. VoealLta—Madame Clara Novello, Mias 1> dbv. Miw Palmor,
Mr. H»# Rw»i*. and Mr. Weiss. Tickets, 3a., 5s., and 10s. fid. each, at tho &>c:j:t’s Office,
No. 6 in En-wr Hall.
S T. JAMES’S HALL—V0C4L ASSOCIATION,—Con¬
necter, M nENF.Ul'l.On FRIDAY EVENING, AP"IL 30th. ArttoU: Madame
Cartel an Mjfi’a FinoJi. Mias Metrent, M*- To- nant Mr. Allan Irviog, sad tho Vasal
l lion Ikirt nr Two Pianos by Moim* I iodsav Slosor and Benedict. ideaddltsohu’a
PtO't o" l-ig v t In iitttnenU Harmonium M. Fn«e! The Chorus wlb number nearly 4>t
Feiforoer* Tickets, ?» 61. any ; dalo^ny .Stalls tnumborod), 7a. 6d.; Sofa Stalls,
»0 . 6d. TVt »c hrd of all tho princdpal Moa;c«lI«ra.
M LSICaL UNION, ST. JAMES’S HALL—TUESDAY,
APRIL 77. at Half-past Three.—Joachim (firom Hanover) and Signor Androoli
an e^g-pt-d. with GotTrie, Henry and RJcharo Blogrove. and Piatti, to perform Mo-.'..irt*s
Quartet. l> minor; ik*etbovrn*s Quintet IiC; Mendel<itoim'a Duet, ti.ano and violoncello. In
Jlflat: Chaormo violin oolo, Bach: a n-w Song, by Meyerboor. Vocalist, Rriohardt- Tickrts,
10a fd. iicli to bo bad at the usual p’acca. J. Ella, Director.
M R, CHARLES DICKENS will READ, at ST. MARTIN’S
HALL, on THURSDAY EVENING. APRIL Tilth, hi» “Cricket on ih* n»Arth."
On Thnndu Kvcuinc May 6th, hi# '*Chimes. ' On Tharsdav Rvenint. May 11th, hia
** Christina# Caro!." Kr.ch Heading will commence at K-ght etnctly, amt wilt list two hours.
Place, ter ecch heading: -Blal « (numhered and rooervol) Fire ShU’Ings; Ansa and Giti-
Iorios Hal La-Crown; ITnresenr l d Se to. One Shi ling 'Hckets robe had at Hours. Caap-
inau i.nd Uall's. Publisher*, 193. Piccadilly; and at St- Martin's Hall, Loog-acru.
M U. ALBERT SMITH’S MONT BLANC, NAPLES,
POMI’E 1 and VESUVIUS, every Night except Hatnrday), at Eirht, and Tues¬
day, Thorwiny ami Saturday Aftcro-Kins, at Three. PIacb* can bo secured at tho Box-
office LGYPMnN HA jL, daily, betwa* i r.lavea and Four, wi: Uout any extr sob trga.
TVfMY ENT^llTAINMENT.—Mr. and Mra. GERMAN
_L X BFKD OtaMiia P. Htrton) will give, on MONDAY NEXT, at Eight, attd Every
Bveoing during the work. 6xnpt fiatnrday, a NEW SERIKu of ILLU-iTR kTIOMd.
Safidcy Atte ri oon at Three. Admlvrlou, I*, 2« . and 3a m tells secured, without extra
clary*, at the Hnyvi Gallery of Uluftrateoo, 14, Regent-street; and at Cramer, Boale, and
Co’.# 1, Regent-street.
r lFI II YI. AR- of the Present Entertainment—The Sisters
f'Ol’Bl.A ewl ANNIE, in their original entertainment, enthlod BKEl’CUKS from
NATURE tfjcrfonucd upwawls of WOO limes in the provinces), will appear at Hartford,
April '-6; Gr.vi-cn , # n ; Tunbridge, 3'*.
M R. CHARLES COTTON’S ROSE, SHAMROCK, and
THl-TLB, introducing Chiiraetcristle Costumes, with Rougs, ‘•’VERY EVENING
<exce(>t rin urdar). at Eight; Saturday.at Three. PRINCE of WALES HALL, 209. Regunt-
■tTeet AdmiMioa, «. and Us.; Stalls, 3s., secured at Mitchell's Library, Bond-street, sad
at the Hall
P ROFESSOR WILJALBA FR IK ELL.—ST. JAMES’S
l IJfc’ATRE. Potlt'vrlv tb.» Last W ok—EVERY EVENING at Eight; Wedawday
and fttftird»> at Ihreo. TWO HOURS OF ILLUSIONL ?t*Ls. 4s.; Baloonv 8taU*. is ; -
B"t» ‘'-it Ss Gallery, la; Private Joses, two Gainoas. One Guliur* and a il tlf,
and OreOntrea. Tickets and Places may be secured,at Mr MLchalTs Royal Library,
83. OM H'mrt-street
( 'IHKISTY’S MINSTRELS, Polyeraphic Hall. King William
J steevt, htiond—F.ntnrtainment c»mmnnc«eat Eight. Morning Concert overr Satur¬
day at An votir* f hnnge of ITogramme, lutrwSucing BURLESQUE on tho 6[RCU3.
Dices riiaJs. 3a ; Aim. 2s ; AtupMUteatre Is.
S T. JAMFS'S HALL,Piccadilly.—M. GomperU has the honour
lonai ounon th#t on MONDAY. MAY 3. he will rubmit t.i tho Nobility. Gentry, and the
Public In (icnenit. In P’o uliovo Hall inr a Pwinlght hej'. Ida GRAND HISTORICAL DIJ-
RAMA of t : o INDIA V MUTlNT, thu Pafnting of which ha# oocupisj nearly aiyear in com*
f*l* l* r 1 a* ng bv n otnrmcnced imme-diatniv after the islelllgcnco of te.n Sep-»y Ksrolt wat
rvcdv d t. 1 ry and Mr G. brig# ftLo to atate that as the va tous sketches war* reccivod by
him irrro lmlU in (•td**r to expedite tlia *xwutton o’’ th aco? w-ol work Of art. in odditlon to
hit ovt, I* tKiuni. he a«, iled him olf o' ihe senrtoes of •erera) eminent artitt*; and. In order
toaff nl ( •• i l»k» for rendering tha scenlo and Vi>m *ted portraiture with tho mod life-like
end nattr*! cfTwt, esth View bos been painted ou 6 K> iquare feei of canvass.
Pr «c*g»f si mb # ijii • Mall beat*, numbered, which may he sacurud at the Hoorn between
E i vrn erd One. 2s ; Arts, St ; Gsllrry, is. Rxhlhitjont dally a: Tnreo and Eight o'ckok.
C M H. Il’S MARVELLOUS PICTURE of the GREAT
FALL. NIAGARA, which has crs'inl such p-ofo.iod aensttion in London nod Now
To»k, is thus ntuctii hy tho * Timet ‘-We note with Seoul Ur pUtuuro th» arrival io this
cetutry of a rvnn rk ble Picture, by an American landfca;ie-p(Uator, of *n American subject,
*t our» tl e grindi it and tho most defiant of a l or irarr piotmia! power among the many
oensea Vlnch ttr New Wovldoffer, fo tv, artlsL The pal ter U Mr Frederic Ed war J Church,
« d thvsn^Jicis Niagara, raw^e^nrsaave been more aitoupwd bv tho pancii andaoae
h shth.ro rnoio completely laugi rd U to team Bu* Mr Cnurcli kits paint >1 the •tujcaJ'mt
Cntarac* with a qni l courage And » pa lent eUbora'icu wh.di .«avo ua for Ihe first temc
aatte. nl t- a_ t*an th • awful reality Is not heycr il the range of hniQM imitation,” is being
EXHlBITliD fiwa feWduya by JfesirBv DAY and -*ON. Lltbjg'raphers to the .Queen, at too
GJ*» Bl AN GALLFRl, New Rond-rtree*, dally, Lon Ton till hi« o'clock.—Admlsaioo,
Oae ihill g.
B OWES and CUSHINGS GREAT UNITED STATES’
emeu*.
Th# largest Equestrian Kstsbllfthmrnt In th« w -r!d. cumboriug over Two Hundrod Mon and
Horse*. Tt.:s Mop-tro F.tUblhihmrrt. fitted out in Now York expressly to travol lu England,
arrived to Linrpot.1 on board tho ' 8otttba*nptoa " April 2tth, 1847, will appear at the
ALHAMLRa PALACE llate ^aenpUconl, I o : ce»*er squaro, for a abort season, and give TWO
^ PERFORMANCE EA H DAV. H
Commencing at Half-past t wo and a Quarter to Eight c^’elock pjn.
Tho Falaoe ha# lava ©.-"nvarcod intosn Atn^hi'heuire at a heavy outlay. 1000 gas-barnere
ed'.ed nmtu, Icyr.n'* a osuiithin tho nuvt cooveniont, niagulficcai. gorgeous, and costly
anipid'beatra m the world. Home, In »*er unhu'o-t diry*. Coaid not boast of oue so splendid.
The etiu-ture. fr r .'xaminaUon aa a w» rk of is atone worth the prioi of a-lmriiioa.
The company ra* selecUk* rejiarfiMu of er;«ur>e. and is tbeb.Wt In either Homisptioro,
aiul the on y American Ertuectsfifeg Company that has visiied England slaco 1810.
In coe>.f,ocnaoof the Immense attendance a« the Kvanlogg i'erformaaiw tha'l'ropticturs
neg Jo state tbwr IMactl not coutmuluir >bc Grind Morn*ng r nterta rnimtt Daily until
farihfu-i.ti'ice. Tha Dr? Performance ■ fail’/ itu tv t of th* Evening.
Admisdoo*—PrivateBox#s farm £2 2 .. to t l 3. each; SUls. 5a.; itowrvel Roats, 3a;
* 5 A Ue S;,^?*t.. I i r , v,l< ' r * ox,J * Rn i l 8 - bU F cur only be secufcl at the
t i I el-re: mid Mr Mitehril’s L-I.mry, 3 Old Bond-street Box-offico o»o from too
t-aS V0 .s “n fW ®* N ' 0 memos are cdw but tbssti pur-
ntl, J, : J 0ni OamPmmy e«h i, a'lowcd to be chtrgcd. Cunaroi
must sot dotru towards C taring - cross; taking up tu tho North.
T he national institution of finte arts.
PORTLAND GALLKRT. 318, Recent-street, opjori’o the Polyteohole.—Tho above
BOCIETY’d ELEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION Is NOW OPE * from 9 till 5. Adm«s»l ju.
One 8hiffirg. And Kvenirg from 7 tt 1 10, admiMlon Sixpence. Bbll SMITH, Secretary.
Will open on Mendar,
S OCIETY of FAINTERS in WATER COLOURS.—The
Fifty fourth Annual Exhibition, 5, Pall-mall East (close to Trafalgar i<ju**e). from
Nino till Dusk. Admittance, is. Catalogue, 6d. Joseph J. Jenkins, decrotary.
TjiRFNCH EXHIBITION.—The FIFTH ANMUAL EX-
I? HIBITION of P CrURESby M-xIera ArtisU of the French School is OPRM to the
Public st tho French Gallery, ISO. Pall-mall, opposite to tho Opera Colonnade. Aim La-.on.
I*; catalogues, 6d. each. Open from 10 to 6 daily
TYTOW OPEN.—The Second Annual Exhibition of Messrs.
Xx DICKINSON’S Galleries of CON TEMPORARY PO.tT;lAirS, ©oaUlutog many
striking and remarkable tovolttes. Admission. One Shilling. 114, New Rond-it root
TV/f ADAME TUSSAUD’S NEW ADDITION, tho atrocious
1>J sssnstins OBBINI and PIERUI, guillrtined for altomptiog the life of the Emperor
Napoleon HI. and the Empress, to tho horror of all Eurone — ftaraAr. Baker-itroot, Portmaa-
squar*. Admittance. Is.; extra rooms, fid. Open from Eleven till Nine.
M USIC.—Blackheath and its Vicinity—An eminent Professor
eoothmM to give LEPRON8 on tho PIANOFORTE and in HARMONY. Terms mo lor Ale.
Alto Messrs. D' Alma'nc and Co., 20, Soho-square.
F OR REMOVING FURNITURE by ROAD or RAILWAY
WITUOUTthe EXPENSE of PACKINO. address J. TAYLOR-. C-tmtan to bar Majoity,
41, Upper Berkeley-alteot, Portman-equnro. Furniture Warehoused or Porcoasod. Baa .nates
free from charge.
S YDENHAM COLLEGIATE SCHOOL.—Principal, Rev.
W. TAY1X)B JONES, H.A., Quoen'a Collage,Cambridge, Vlco-Pr sidont of the College
of Preceptors.
A sound education, tested by tho University and College Examinations.
Free admission to the Cry*-al Palace and grounds, with Classes and Lecture* to reader tho
Collections educationally beneficial.
Syoenbsm College, built expreosly fora school Is d slight full v situated midway between
Forest Bill and Sydenham Stations- Forty trains each way dally.
Tho Summer To. m w ill commence Monday, April Hath.
ITTHE ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL, NEW CROSS.—
J. Tha *ugge>tl'Q for • Public Dinner )fths former Paulis and nthw frionls and aun-
porfers of this School, in commemoration of tho Tweaty-Qfth Aonircrsarr of it* e>t«blbh-
nient. having bee-* warmly iew*ond«Hl to. the Couuoll ha»<* the pleasure to ann unoo ihst thi
Fcslival Will behrid at tha fill If TAVERN. GKKENWI 'H. on TUESDAY. th>« 1st of l’»N ^
next tbelurtbo an. ivoraary of tbe layi .g of -ho founds ion-stono by H.R.H. tho Prince Con-
eortb on which occasion Admiral Bowles C.B., tho Pre.ideut, will take the Caair. A List of
the Stewards w ill shortly be announced.
Tickets < me Guinea each. By ordw of ths Counci',
April 19, 1858. Alfrxu Fames Soerota-y.
M IDDLESEX INDUSTRIAL SCUOaU
The COMMITTED of VISITOUa appointed, undor the Act of tho 17th n-d 18th ^ie.,
cap. elxix.. to provide an Ibdu'trial 8ohool for the Javenilo O/l'ender* tae county o' Mi 1
dlescx, ard which is now In ecuno erection, are abaut to APPOINT a 4UPRRIN XN-
DhhT of the aid school, wh'ee duties. t> which he will have to doroto hi whoia time
and atUntion. on' to commsooe at Mlcbaslma* next. The talar* will ba jC irri a year,
with fumiibod apartmoms oonls, and osn'Mes. Candidates. wh» mur not ba under
2&;ears of sge, me reonceted to forward lettirs of APPLICAT ON for tho a >odut-
ment. staling name, residence, and prwent or lute occupation, acc.-murmled by tes¬
timonials of disrsciiT ami eligibility, to rao at this place, addrowelto "The Chairman of
tho Middlesex Induct rial School Committer." on or before Saturday, the IHli da» of May
next; but none of «ba candidates will be required to attend personally until af ><r the apullca-
tion* rud testiironia's rhai] ha»e been examined, and then nvilo will b-' given to smli or
them as the Oram-ttee may drain* to boo In the event of a Clergvinao bolng auoilntoci ho
will be required to perform tho du'iceof / 'haplain, a# wall a* thoso o» -inp'ir afondom.
Scuicms House, Clorkenweli, April 20, 1058. CllAJtLKS Weigh r, Clnrk :o tba Visifo^.
SPECIAL NOTICE. X_\
CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE 8CCIETY*,
13, BLJamet’o-squaro. >ondcn,S.W.
Establlihod 182*. 7 \ ^ - - /
All Persons who effect Policies on the Portinlpatteg Bctle before Jano 30*5, 1853, will b«
entitled 1 1 the next Bonus to one year's shore of Profits beyond later A^uron.
Proposals should be forwarded to tho Office before Juno Wth.
The las* Annual Hctiort, as also a statement of tho Eixtb Konus, declared In Januntv, 1837,
•oltirg forth In dotall tho whole stato and affair# of tho Office and orpwally tho benefits
which will hereafter accrue to persons aow tuaurlng, can be obtaiond of any of the Bodoty'i
Agents, or from the Office GKOBOg II. PiNCKABb. Actuary.
13, St. Jamoa'a-square, London 8.W. ^ G*oEG* CUTCUrirB, Assisuat Actuary
T HE WATER-CURE, Sudbrook Park, Richmond. Surrey.—
Thousands upvn tbotuauds of tuffVrera, who have loit oil hope of bone fit from medical
treatment, wight bo Itoliovod or Cored by this perfoctly safe and most agreoablo system.
J, El.Lt*, N.D.
S PECL\L APl’EAI.—Funds are preailv needed for the
CANCER HOSPITAL. London and Broxipfon.
Treasurer Wlillsm Los ham Form, isq.. 66, L'noolos-ton-fields.
Bsnkir#—Meeara Co aits acd Co., Btra d.
gecrelnry’* Oilico, 167, Fiocadiliy, opposite Bsnd-Ltreet, where report* ami orery I a forma¬
tion can bo clrtalmd. —__ By order, W. J. Cackkuili. 8m.
/CANCER HOSPITAL, London and Brompton — There id no
rnaladv more dlsfretring In ifschirartor thm that of Cancer, andtue unbappy sufforers
from it mu#* be Iha snbjtet o- tho d'Opost tvmjMlhy.
Tl>o weekly mklutrinanec U consldorablo ; tho remodlos apnllod are etonoiive and tho
diftarv, inclusive ot wto« and spirit*, is neocaiutriiy of tho most uutri'ious kind. Too C im
xntltoo. tbqrpforB. n’auoctfully HOLlC'TS HELP,
Tho Fecreurv's Ofllcs, 167, Ficc-ndllly,!# opon from 10 till C, and all the Bankers, la and out
of town, ktod'y receive contributions,
x By order, W. J. CoutCRKILL. Soft.
A RMOR1AL BE a RINGS.—No charge r'or search -sketch
AjL and description, 2s 6d.; to colour. 5s. Crete# on seals or rings. 8a , oo die, 7s Solid
^old.Jfie^ratj liaU-markod. sard or^ blovistoao ring, engraved witb_cmt. two
rings,
-— - -- — -—n, — -1 with crest, two guinoar.
AfOkiM, (wuo has received tho Gold Modal for aogravliur^, tt. High Holliorn. w.(f Prlec¬
lat post-free.—\ \
"plOR FAMILY ARMS.—All Persons who wish lo have an
JL- accurate account of their Armorial Baario-a Family Hlstorv &)., are reqoes ed to
sioA Name end County to the Royal Heraldic Olilco. No tee or surah. Plain akntcn 2i ml.;
in Coicats, fi# P«di*recs Family History, with the original grant of Ann# to whom the
grant was gi«(h>, tho name, whUlier rt.ixon or Nonutn origio, all *raied from t'loori.ia-i
manuscripta ot tho British Museum. Feo 1*%.. or stumps. ** The Manual of Heraldry."
\40P Ingravirgs, 3s Arms quartered an i emhlaxoocd by T. OULLETON, Genealogist,
C 1 nlpiltr of Heraldic ar>d Ornra’ogicnl History, I and 2, I,mg acre one door Irora fit
Martin's-lane, W C. The Heraldio ctudio and I ibrary open dally.
A RMS, CRESTS. &c.—Patent Lever-Embossing 'Press, with
Crm Dio, cr Name and Address for filaraphig Note Paper 15* ; Crest Kngr«vad oi
fcui or Ring. 7s.; on Btetl Die, 6s ; Anns engraved on Co a wrp’a'o for Books, In* ; on
Ptrncil^late, 7s Pent free for »t«moa. No b'ghar price charged -T. Ubl.BT »N, Horaidio
EDgTuver to her Majesty, I and 2, Long-ncre, one door from ot. ilortln’s-laun
L INCOLN’S-INN HERALDIC OFFICE.—For FA VII GY
ARMS tend to tho established authority in England for emblaeonliut’ and quartering
srma authentically, bkotch, 3* Ctl., or stamps. Family P od»g r aoa traced from thi n<M mat
i« cords. Fee. 10a. Many Gcntl-.tnen empfoy Pomona who do not Kn<rav.> by tin Laws of
Heraldry. For tho protection of tho public the Uoraldic Office oxcou oi Kagravlng:
Ain's un rojijK-nih.te. for Broks. 21s.; Ditto Marking Plate. IDs ; Crwit on Hods or Rings
8s. 6d Btucio and f ibrary open daily. The Unbolo's-itin Manual of tho ficlonoo of Heraldry
3 s m or stamps — H. SALT. Great Tnrnstllo, Uuooln's-inn.
TTHE ROYAL EXHIBITION, 1851.—A valuable powerful
X newly-Invented, very small walstcoat-pockot Glass, thnaivoof a walnut by which a
penvon can be seen and known 14 mile distant. Tboy rerve every {mrposo on tho Race-course
and at the Oparo-houses. Country scenery and shifia are eloarly soon at four to rix m ! te
They are invaluablo, for shooting, doer-sulking, yacflting, to aportameo, gsrafxaaDor 3 . sn J
tourlnrs. Price 30s. Microccoiwe, Mngic Lanterns, and filidt* Every doicrip'ioo or Ootlori
Mathematical, end PMloaopbiraJ Instrumcuts. Orders and ail kinds of repairs eieoutel with
punctuality.- Hours. 80L0M0NB, Opticians. 39, Albemarle-street Plocodllly (opposite ths
fork Hotel).
(tPERA GLASSES, TELESCOPES. &c.-SPORTSME'l
and GENTLEMEN of the ARMY and NAVY.—8. and B fiOLOMONB, Optician* 39,
Albemarle-ureet. Fiocadluy W Observe, opposite the York Hotel. Portability oomhinod
wttb great powor. to FIELD. RACK-OOUKfiK, OPERA, and geniral out-do-ir dav and
mghi powerful Waistcoat-pocket PERSPECTIVE GLA8SES, wnlghmg only four ounce’,
each containing 12 and 18 lonsea. ooostmetod of German glass, will show dist’uctly a par-
son A counteusnoe at 2J and * milos. Thor serve every purpose on the Raoc-oourso, and at
the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ship* are clearly seen At 8 to 10 lailos. Thev are
also Invsiuablo for Bhcoitog Deor stalking, aud Yachting. Uor tfalosty’s V>att-()dorris
are mthrag use of them as day and night glasses, In preference to all others. thov h<ivo also
become In general usa by Gunitomen of the Army and Nary, and by riporUmou Gentlemen,
ard Tourists Tho most powcrfol and brilliant Telescopes, possessing such ettraordiaary
powo* Jfcat some- 3* loohes, with an extra astronomical evo-pleso. will show dbtlncriy
Jupiter s moons Batura's riug. and tha double stars; with Ihe same Telescope can bo sum a
prison s countenance three-nad a-half mlloe distant, and an object foora fourteen to sixteen
mil« *. >11 the above can be bad of larger end all sizes, with iacress nc powers, and arc se¬
cured by hor Majesty's Royal Lst*m ^alerrt.
B Y E SIG H T.—Optical Improvements, to enable persons
*1 «n.jTM»d u« ton-1 mlh -im, ud to dlMrimlnoto oS)m>, «,u, po rtea o',.
Optlciooi, ha,, invoUfld »nj pitomeo SPBCTACLB
LENHFH of bo greatest tran-o-rout power. Tho valuable advantage derived from this
mvonuvn Is tlial riuion becoming impaired Is preserved and stnmgtbea-d; very .god
persona are rambled lo employ th-ir sight at tho moat minute occupation; can see witn those
lenses of a much loss magnifying power, and they do not require the froqo nt changes
to tho dangerona effoola o* further pewer/ul assistance. Persons ran be suited at the moat
remote parts of tho world by sending a pair of spuctaoles, or one of the glasses out of
them, in a tetter, nod stating the distance from tho eyes they can road small orint with
it, and those who have not tiuule use of speoteudes by stating thasr ago. —W, Albomarto-streot,
Piccadilly, W. (oppoelte tha Y'ork Hotel).
TlEAFNESS.—A newly-invented Instrument for extreme cases
JLf of Dittftio'8, catlod tho Bound Manrider, Organic Vibrator, and nvisiblo Voice
Conductor, it 11 r# so Into the aar as not to be to tho lea« porecpUblo: tho unpioasant seniia-
tion o< atoglng noteoa in tho bead ia ontiro'y ramovad. It affottD instant relief to tho doofoai
porcons, ani' enahlaT them to hear distinctly at church and at pubilo tRsorabUos -
Mossrs. SOlX)MON6, Optician* aod AariaU, St, Alb u m erto-strest, Ptocadl.ly, W. (oppoalto
tho ions Hot&L
B oston, sleaford. and midland couNTuea
RAILWAY COMPANY
The Directors of this Company are prepared to RECEIVE liOAlffl oa MORTGAGE to
sums of 1100 and upwards, for Threo or Five years Intorest at £4 10s por oact par anna as,
payable half-yearly.
Applications to be addressed to Messrs. Btanllaud aod Chapman (the Company's aollcitots),
at Boston; or to tho Secretary at tho Company's Offices, In London.
Herbert Ixoram,
Chairman of tho Board of Dirootocs.
Offirca, 19, Melton-street, Boston-square, London, N.W., 15th Maruh, 1858.
C AMBRIDGE ASYLUM for SOLDIER’S WIDO YR
Kingston on-Thatncs. Etiublishod 1851 fluoportel by Voluntary Contributions.
I bo next ELKCTIO v w1 r bo bold at tha I/»XI> >S AVKtN, B shopRgate-siroot. oa
FRIDAY. 14th May, 1858, whm Three Widows will be o'ectod.
The following regiment# bvng folly represented, candidates belonging thereto «re not
eligible v»z.: ‘stand 2nd l.if* Guards, Royal Hon»« Gnatte. st K‘n<‘- >'rago>u G mrds ‘‘th
Innhkiiling Dragoons 7th Hus-nr#, II h Hu-sar# 13‘h Light tra<oon«, *7th imam <8^,
Hussers. t otestro in Guards, orots Fudlier -uiirda. 3rl Buffs, 5th ‘•'usillera, £Hi Regiment,
*3n> }'oy»l Welch Fusiliers, <3rd Light Infantry. 45ih U gimeut, 87th ttoy .l Iruh Pus'hore,
and 89th R.gmont. „ „
Futecrfotions and donations will lie thsnkfhllv roeolveri by Meant. Coutra and lo,. Mtrvad;
th CcmmittSO, £ F. Lrok% Esq., Hon. Boo.; tho Collector, Mr. Chari ># Turner 81. P^rk-
ttreet. Gr< svonor-rqu*i»e; an rt Jomr KUSSBLL CLill'kkTOX, Xocretary.
Office, 19 Pari ament-stroet, 8.W., April, 1858.
A FANCY BAZAAR will be held on FRIDAY and
SATURDAY, tho Itlhand 15ih;of MAY, at WILLI t’R ROOMS, on bohalf of the
ELK^HESVl FR a e DI«PEN ARY
Under tho pa’ronag* of
Her Most OftMtotri M«jo.iv h • QUEEN.
Her Royal H : ghnea« tha Duc*io#a of KENT.
/A LADY I*aTR'*X R-3SK a.
ThA Right n«n. tha Couttes* of Airilo.
Tho Right lion theC-mu os» of Yarh •rough.
Tho Right Hon. adv Stsnley of Alderloy.
'th - R ; gtt Hon Lady »thorwi Bu kioy.
Too It -ft it ion Lad/ Fmily Dundas.
Th • i ’o wag ir Lady Cn we.
ady Otwy
I ady Tlornoy.
Lady Po-ry.
Her Grace tho Duehes# of Richmond
Her Grace the Pucbo'8 of Beaufort.
Her Grace the Ducaces of M*rib/riu»h.
Her G ace th" Dttcheis of Aigyll.
Her Grace tho Ducheea of MBncbostor.
Her Grace the Duchr-ts of Suherland
'i bo Mod ohlo the M-tchhrtiws of fiU’fforri
Tho Right Uon tljo Lady ConiUn.te ,: ro»-
v»nor. \ \
Contributions of ussful ard fanny work of over d acriptlon. articles of any kind
Imisyto ‘ “* e*s .rar, Sh, 1ri(t(iagtotodto||
i square, Hou. Bee
donariots wUl bevory gratefal!/ reoeivori bv ths T eas .ror, 2% »ref» m-slruot, Uarkeij/ -
square; and by Dr Limdot, fi, U>Ui«-street, CavendLb i
M ARGATE &EA-BATHING INFIRMARY. Patron iho
QUEEN.—Gorcmorr, »ro reques'ed to ohserve tha» applicattons for thi A *ra sio«
of Patiouts into the Ho pital by theBeaudushould ba aow made, as it o * a early n Ha/.
Office, 4, Dowgatc-bill C. J. POWSKLL, -focro ary.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
/ /-s \
LONDON, SATURDAY. APRIL 21. 18S8.
important trial of Simon Bernard, concluded on Saturday
last. Las done nothing to clear up doubtful questions of lav, or
lessen the difficulties of the Government. It has increased a 1 the
perils of the existing disputes. By his acquittal all the points re¬
served by his counsel, including even the objection to plead are
left just as they were; and the Government and people bnh of
France and England remaia ({nice uncertain, if not absolutely
ignoraDt, of what the law actually prescribes when foreigners re¬
sident in England contrive, plot, and secure the commission of
great crimes abroad. Already the uncertainty has given rise to
serious contentions between the two Governments and between
our people and our Government ; and. whatever the liw
may be on this point, or ought to be, it is discreditable
td"uur authorities, and extremely injurious to tho best interests of
society, that it is not distinctly declared. The nation lacks neiih :r
the generosity to welcome to its shores every exile from oppression
nor the courage to de end him; it has a righteous abhorrence, too,
of atrocious crimos, and would allow none to be committed under
its ) rotection; yet it is now involved in difficulties, because the
Legislaiure und ihe Judges have not embodied these natural »entt-
menis in distinct aud clear cuactmcnis They have neglected, as
if they were afraid, to proclaim what ihe nation is resolved and
has long been resolved to do, and the result is mental confusion
both at home and abroad, threatening national strife.
Whatever may be the consequences, no one will, we believe,
impugn the verdict of ihe jury, or feel his confidence in this time-
honoured institution impaired The jury lonud the evidence in
complete, and therefore acquitted Bernard. I’he charge against
him was not proved; at the same time the trial, as it involved an
attack by Bernard’s counsel (quit,- unnecessary, as the evidence
was incomplete) on ihe Government of Frauee and an appeal to
the passions of ilie juty. has increased the hostile feelings o a
large party in France. Such journals as /. (Jnivers and Le Cm
slitutionnel have spoken rabidly on the subject; aud it may ba
baled that the natural exasperation on both sides will be increased
by the trial. For the best interests of society, this is deeply to ba
regretted.
Whenever two parties quarrel it is a common opinion that both
are in the wrong; and the uncertain state of our law proves at
once that we are not altogether blameless. We may be iu error,
ptrhaps on other points; and, as it has latterly become quite certain
and palpable that the Government does not aud cannot con;r >1 tha
national sentiments and national acis, wc are required, iiy a deep
sense of responsibility, to he extremely moderate aud do nothing
wrong. The Emperor has caused it to he distinctly stated that he
Cbnnot command the sentiments of the French ; and his tltnisters
have even made an appeal to us not to enhance by our proce' dings
ilie difficulty he experiences to preserve the allianco between the
two countries. His assertion receives some countenance by hs
acknowledged inability, though he have made the aueinpito extend
free bade in France, anil by the recent declaratio i in our House ot
Peers tlmi he had tried to abolish passports in France, and had failed.
The passport interest was too strong for him In fact, thepeop e ol
the C ominent generally, with all office- holders, like passports, which
contribute, they think, to their safely. They are proud to be ticketed
and registered The system imparts a kind of dignity to them, by
implying that the Government takes care of them. The Fmperor,
therefore, was unable to put it down. 'Ihe Imperial system
established by the first Bonaparte, and extended and strengthened
by ah his successors, may fashion the minds of the French and
may control their acts; but the individual on the throne does not
possess this power, though he have considerably more influence
over the French than the Earl ot i erbt and the Parliament have
overus 1 he two people, different ill their h abiis. diffeient in their
fradirions, different in their religion and in their political principles
arc more at variance than tlitir respective Governments. They
therefore, far more than ihe Governments, will decide whether
there shall be continued peace or a renewal of old strife.
We already feel harassed by taxaiion ; the Chancellor of the
Exchequer has a greai diflic.uliy to make both ends meet to the
saiisfaction of ihe people. The French are still worse off; their
numbers aredeclining ami their wealth is not increasing; aud both
nations would suffer very oreadmlly from a contest. It is no>v,
thetefore, the business of,both nations, and it is especially our busi
April 24, 1858 ]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
411
ness, to exert ourselves to secure peace, and avoid all occasions of
bringing into conflict sentiments of national honour; for both
people think no price too great to pay for this, and, were it seriously
outraged on either part, war would be inevitable. To the faults
and the misfortunes of our neighbours, to their prejudices and
peculiarities, we ought to close our eyes, and open them wide to
our own deficiencies, as the most likely means to avert the irri¬
tating expense of war preparations and the terrible consequences of
actual conflict The verdict of the jury, adopted by the nation, the
zeal which it has justly displayed in favour of its old free insti¬
tutions, even against its own most favoured Minister, teach us that
the active power is in its hands, and it must be relied on, far more
than diplomacy, to preserve the peace of Europe. This is now its
great duty, and it is mainly to be done by avoiding all topics
which tend to irritate the people of one country against tho,e of the
other. _
THE COURT.
The week altogether has been a busy one with the Court. On Friday
sc'nnigh Marshal the L)ukc dc Matakoif had his first audience of her
Majesty and delivered his credentials as Ambassador from the Imperial
Court of France. The gallant offleer joined the Royal dinner party at
Buckingham Palace on Monday, when ills Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge. General Sir James Simpson, and Genera! Sir William Cod-
ringto n were among the guests _
TTiT Sunday the Queen and Prince Consort, the Princesses Alice and
Helena, the ladies and geutlemcn of the Court, and the domestic house¬
hold, attended Divine service in the chapel at Buckingham Palace. The
Hon. and Very Rev the Dean of Windsor ofliciated flic Prince Con¬
sort. accompanied by the Princesses Alice and Helena, visited the Duchess
of K tut, at Clarence House, St James's.
On Monday, alter receiving visits Irom the Countess de Nenilly. the
Primsde Joinviile, and the Duke de Nemours, the Queen, accompanied
by the Princesses Alice and Helena, took a drive in an open carriage and
four. In the evening her Majesty and the Prince Consort honoured the
performance at the Princess' Theatre with their presence.
On Tuesday the Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the
Princess Alice, rode on horseback, Later in the day her Majesty and his
Royal Highness took a drive in an open carriage and four: and in the
evening the Court honoured the Olympic Theatre with their presence.
On Wednesday the Queen held a Court at Buckingham Palace, at which
Earl Cowley, G.C.B.. had an audience of her Majeatv upon Ids return, on
leave, Irom Paris. Sir G. Hamilton Seymour, GO.lt., had also an
audience of the Queen upon his return from his mission to Vienna In
the morning her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by,the
Priueiss Alice, went to the Su James's Hall to view the exhibition ol the
Horticultural Society. In the evening the Royal dinner party included
the Duchess ol Kent, the lord Chancellor and Lady Chelmsford, the Karl
of Aberdeen, the Earl nnd Countess Cowley and Lndv Fe.jdore Wellesley,
Viscount nnd Viscountess Barrington. Viscount Valletort, tlou. Lady
Jngils. and Hie Dean of Windsor and the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley.
On Thursday the Queen Inaugurated the present fashionable season
by boldiug a Drawingroom at St. James's Palace, which was numerously
attended. In the afternoon her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal
Highness the Prince Consort and suite, left Buckingham Palace in
several of her Majesty's carriages, escorted by a detachment ol the lltli
Hussars, at twenty-live minutes past five o'clock, and proceeded to
the new station in the Wimdsworth-road, where a special train was in
readincs. to convey the illustrious party on the South-Western Railway
to the Earnborough station, tlicncc to the Royal Pavilion at Aldorshott,
for Hie purpose of inspecting the troops who arc in camp there.
Lady Macdonald has succeeded Lady Churchill as the Lady iu Waiting
to the Queen; and Viscount StrathaHau and Sir Frederic Stovin have
succeeded the Earl of Sheffield and Lieut-Colonel F. Cavendish as the
Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Majesty.
FASHIONABLE ENTERTAINMENTS.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the rrincess
Mary, and ills Royal Highness the Duke ot Cambridge, honoured the
Duke anti Duchess of Northumberland with their presence at dinner, at
Northumberland nouso. on Wednesday. The following were invited to
meet their Koval Highnesses His Excellency the Duke of M-ilakotT, his
JCxoeJlencv the Belgian Minister and Madarac van de Weyer, the Dukeol
Rutland, the Marquis and Marchioness of Winchester, the Kiri ot
Malmesbury, the Earl of Westmoreland, the Countess ot' Jersey and
Lady Citmentina Villiere, Lord and Lady Lyndhurat, Lord EUvensworth,
Lord Ktdcsdale and the Hon. Miss Mitford, Lord and Lady Lovalne,
Colonel the Hon. C. W. Forester, Gen. Sir Howard Douglas, and Mr.
Thomas Baring. _, . .
Die Coup tees of Derby held a reception on Wednesday cvenimr at the
private residence of the Premier in St; James's-square L'lic reunion was
most numerously attended Uis Royal Highness the Duke ov'Caiuoridge
hniound the Countess with hia commuy, arriving about eleven o'clock,
attended by Colonel the Lion James Macdonald
Frances (. ounteas Waldegrave and Air. Harcourt entertained at dinner
on Wednesday their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess d'Anomie,
the 1 uchcss of Inverness, the Duke of Newcastle and Lady husau Pol-
hfim Clinton, his Excellency the Austrian Minister, his ExceUcnc-y the
Netherlands Jiinlster, the Countess von Platen, the Marquis ol Lans-
downe, the Marquis and -Marchioness of olanriearde, the Earl and Coun¬
tess Stanhope, the Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge, Lord SUuley of
AJdcrUy, and Lord Aahburton. „ ..
The Countess of Malmesbury had an assembly on Monday evening in
Whitehall-gardens. ., . _ . _
\i8iountess FaJinerston had a brilliant assembly at Cambridge House
on Saturday Inst. Her Ladyship will *• receive" again this evcuuig
The Speaker of the House of Commons gave his eighth Parliamentary
full-diets dinner on Wednesday evening.
The Prince of Wales is proceeding on his tour in the south ot
Ireland, through Bandon, Bnntry, Skibberwn, to the I^akes of Killaruey.
Dis Royal Highness is exciting the liveUest interest in the districts
through which lie is passing.
Their Royal Highnesses the Countess de Ncuilly, the Princess
de Joiuvihe-and the Dukede Nemours, visited her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent on Monday, at Clarence House, St. James's.
with
county
His Excellency Earl Cowlev, British Ambassador at the Court
of the Tuilerica, accompanied by the Countess Cowisy, arrived in town on
Monday from Paris.
The Countess of Derby will give a ball at the official residence
Of the Prime Minister in Downing-street, oo Wednesday, thcGth of May.
Lord and Lady Aveland arrived at their residence in Belgravo-
squarc. on Wednesday, from Normantou Park, Rutlandshire, lor the
season.
The marriage of the Earl of Harewood with Miss Diana Eliza¬
beth Matilda Smyth, daughter of Colonel Smyth. Ml*, and the Hon Mrs.
Smyth, took place on Wednesday, at St. Paul's Church, IvntgnW-
bnoge.-The mirriage of Miss Eliza Emily butler, daughter ot the
Hon. Chns Lennox Butler, with Mr. Jame^ HathereU. only* son of the
Rev. Dr. Hatherell, of Western!, Hants, was solemnised on Wednesday,
at St George's Church, IIaT over-square, in the presence of a large cirele
of thclricnds of both families.
The Great Shrewsbury Case.— The rehearing of this case
commenced on Tuesday lust, the 20 th hut.. Ihifore the Committee of Pri-
vi.eges, in the House of Lords. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, now the lcadtug
counsel lor Eurl Taibot. explained in a speech of some hours the nature
of the fresh evidence he was about to lav before ti.eir Lordships, the
Solicitor-Generai, Sir Richard Bethell, Mr. Roundell Palmer. Mr. Meming,
Air. Ellis, Mr Peter Burke, Mr. Badely, and other learned counsel were
also in attendance. The ease was turtner proceeded with on Thursday,
when a variety of documentary evidence was put In In support of the
claim of Earl Talbot to the earldom of Shrews Lory, and to the estates
attached to the title. In consequence of the Queen's Drawingroom, their
Lordchips rose shortly after one o’clock.-[The mnrna>e of the preheat
Earl Taibot is incorrectly stated in last week’s Number . It should be
thus:-Earl Taibot married bth November. I82g, Sarah Elizabeth, only
surviving daughter of Henry, second Marquis of Wat* “prd.J
The Bishop of London intends holding his primary visitation
of the metropolitan diocese at St Paul’s Cathedral in the course of the
next autumn.
The Kotal British Bank.— The Judges o'' the Court of
Queen s Bench, having heard arguments for a new trial in the case of the
lalo Royal British Bank directors, have Intimated that they will consider
tile question before giving their decision.
Gray
The number of patients relieved at the Royal Free Hospital,
ray's-inn-road, last week, was 2160 . of which 193 were now cases.
NOTE* OP THE WEEK.
Mr Disraeli lias had another opportunity of manufacturing a
Budget. Uis last, and only other, effort in that line was in December
1852, when he proposed to double the House tax, and, as the enemies
of the Cabinet said, thus to obtain meaus to propitiate the agricultural
interest by reducing the Malt-tax, arid thus giving some compensation
for the lose of the Com Laws. On the first resolution of that Budget
the Derby Ministry fell, one Friday morning, at four o’clock, after a long
nnd personal debate. The House, or rather the Committee, was very
large, 691 members voting, and tha defeat being by a majority of
nineteen only. It was in the last fierce struggle of that debate that
Mr. Disraeli gathered himself together to demolish Sir Charles
Wood, and, leaning on the table, turning his head aside, stand¬
ing quite motionless, and assuming a theatrical drawl, the
better to point bis sarcasms, be went ou for several minutes
slowly dropping out bitiug taunts, and cresting an etfect not
often witnessed in the House ol Commons. It was in vain; and Lord
Aberdeen was speedily in office, with Lard Palmer,ton as Home
Secretary and Lord John Russell Leader of the House of Commoas.
It was then that the Conservative organs were clamorous m their
cries against the “ factions combination ” that had prostrate ! Lord
Derby; it was then that the ultras of the Canton, excited by its
wines, wanted to throw the Peelitts out of window. At present tue
political utmospherc is very calm; the mildest of expedieutul Budgets
has been smiled upon, almost tolerantly, by the two Oppositions; Mr
Disraeli is blaudness and complaisance itself; the Conservatives Itave
nothing to say about combinations, but are ready with trank admira¬
tion of forbearance; Lord l’almers tou is not any kind of Secretary
and laird John Russell ii Head Pacificator. Nevertheless, events are
said to happen in revolving cycles, and that part of the wheel ot
fortune which was seen at Christmas, 1852, uuiy be again coming
round. Let us, at all events, be ready with our ail admirari —
All the art we know
To make men happy, or tu keep them so.
M. Bernard was acquitted on Saturday last, aud his since been
liberated on bail to answer the minor charges. The feeling on the sub¬
ject throughout England ought not to be imsuuderstood,—we do nut
mean by such unfortunates as the ultramontauists of the Univers,
bnt by persons at home who, not miugling with the people, are Liable
to misinterpret any popular demonstration. The satisfaction that is
felt at the acquittal of M. Bernard is of a truly English nature.
The people exult in any victory gained by our old laws and
our independent institutions over an attempt to Ibeud these
for the purposes of the moment. Tue people have no sympathy
with assassins; and a foreign assassin will iu a few hoars
suiter dea'h amid the unanimous approbation of the masses
who shouted at the deliverance of Bernard. But the, people
lind read that Lord Campbell liimstlf announced that there was no
direct evidence against M. Bernard; and they nycieed that their tri¬
bunals of justice were strong enough to prevent political influence of
any kind from intruding to back up evidence not good enough for the
low. Those who would misread the feeling of Englishmen, aud seek
to establish a theory ol then- unfriendly sentiments towards France,
commit a grave offence. Let the reception of the giUnnt Duke de
Mnlukofl at Dover, and the reception he will meet the first time he
shows himself to a London crowd, testily to the absence of anti-
Gallicanism among us. But, much us we like our allies, we like our
institutions more.
Alter very long consideration Vice-Chancellor Stuart has given his
judgment iu the important case of Brook ». Brook: and baa affirmed
the proposition that the marriage of an English subject with his deceased
wife's sister, even in a country where such marriages are lawful, is
legally incestuous, and the children are illegitimate. The parties
who arc chiefly interested in procuring a different decision, or an altera¬
tion of the law, are wealthy enough to follow up the question, and
to appeal Irom every tribunal to the highest, when, should the sen¬
tence lie again adverse, auother effort will be made to obtain the re¬
cognition oi these marriages. There is no doubt ttiat the feeling of
tlie women of England is generally opposed to sucli unions, aud this
feeling is very umernromously bandied by some of those who dis¬
cuss !b® Bubjtct; one writer remarking that feininiue jealousy thinks
that it obtains by the present law “ a sort of vested interest, alter
death, in a man's affections; ” aud a distinguished nobleman de¬
claring, in bis place in the House of Lords, that the opposition
of the women of England to a change arises irom the “appal¬
ling ignorance ” of their instructors, the clergy. The question
should certainly be set. at rest, for though educated people incur, with
eyes open, the penalty of such unions, the humbler classes frequently
contract them without settled notions of their legality, notions which
the agitation tends still further to confuse
Loid John Russell's plan for treating the Indian question by means
of preliminary resolutions lias been speedily carried out, aud Mr.
Disraeli will move that the Houseshallon tha 3Uth go into Committee
ou tlie subject. He has laid lourtecn resolutions on the table. Ou
examining them they appear to be generally in conformity with the
India Bill of the present Goveninnnt; but it will probably excite
sarcastic comment that the notable jilan lor giving representatives in
tlie Council (now proposed to have not fewer than twelve nor more
than eighteen members) to five large towns is abandoned. However,
Mr. Disraeli, if taunttd, will be ready to taunt Lord Falmerstou iu
reply, Irom whom the information bus been obtained that be had no
Reform Bill in existence.
Turning from public to domestic matters, we have exceeding
pleasure in referring to our paragraphs of last week upon the subject
of Mr. Rarey and his horse-educutionary process. We have this
pleasure because it enables ns to coutrauict a statement which we
beard with pain, and recorded with reluctance. We mentioned that
such had been the savage nature of Lord Dorchester s borse Cruiser
that, after every attempt to tame him had failed, it had been intended
to deprive him of sight. With much satisfaction we have received
from Lord Dorchester himself a Utter stating that no such act o*
cruelty bad been meditated by him. It is due to ourselves to
mention that the statement thus icrase was in circulation,
with some speciality of circumstance, at a lesson given by Air.
Rarey, at which Cruiser was present, and the horses gentle-
ness, after the archimage's treatment, made the idea of his having
been . in danger of tlie fate of Samson very repugnant. But
precedent was afforded by our baring read (as Lord Dor-heater has
done) in several papers, that “another son of Venison ” had actually
been so dealt with. We have, therefore, to oiler to Lord Dorchester
the expression of our sincere satisfaction at finding th it we were mis¬
led aud of as sincere regret that we placed the misinformation on
record, as we quite agree with his Lordship that such an act would
have been one of brutal cruelty. In a letter to the Cinut on the
tonic bis Lordship apologises for referring to a ' threadoare sub¬
ject-” but we can assure him that society regards it as nothing of the
kind that the Rarey reform is tlie one feature of conversation and
that the possibility of emancipating the noblest member of the inferior
creation from the control of ignorance and ruffianism is a subject
which no humane person will ever be tired of discussing.
It were to be wished that the Beigravian petition against the organ
rmisance bad been intrnsled to a more skilful advocate than Lord
Westmeath, who presen ed on Tuesday an appeal from 400 house¬
holders in the best district of the metropolis, asking that police
powers might be granted to enable them to obtain relief from an
abominable oppression. Lord Dungaunon was pleased to scoff at the
matter as a trifle, as becomes a nobleman with flue bouses in town
and country, who can easily shut away such annoyances; but thou¬
sands of t> e middle class, who have their avocations in health inter¬
rupted, and their sufferings in sickness augmented, by the noisy
strtet musicians, will not share his lordly feelings. But before
long the growing feeling of the metropolis will obtain a police
act (or suppressing all street clamours, the organ among the rest.
METROPOLITAN NEWS.
Eotal Horticultural Mouikty.— On Thursday the first
exhibition of fruit and flowers for the season was opened in St James's
Hall ui-iii-r the auspices of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who has
succeeded the late Duke of Devonshire as president of the society. The
present y*ar lias optutd very favuurably for tlie society —the flowers show¬
ing in unusual brilliancy lor the period of the year -the place ol exhibi¬
tion cunibanng all the attractions of space, situation, and elegauce. the
n.aih.r being chin iuiug. and her Majesty haring honoured the exhibition
w>h lic-r presence Shortly before twi-ive o'.iock her Miyesty aad the
Brit cc Coosoi t arrived at St. James’s Hall, and were conducted through
Go exhibition by Dr. Liud.ey and Sir. Diike. the public betDg excluded
till l.tr Majesty bad t.i minute-el her inspection Her Majesty expressed
I t-r satisfaction at the general aspect ot the exhibition, aud bestowed par-
th u sr m tire ou some of the rarer specimens on view. After her Majesty
retired the holders of tickets were admitted, and the usual meeting of the
society was held in the orchestral portion of the half—Priuce Albert iu the
chair ’t heseformal proceedings having terminated the Prince retired, and
the horticu lural connoisseurs commenced n keen inspection of the floral
i induct- of the spring, the general aspect oi tlie flowers was (as stated by
lit. Lindlcy) such us might be expected in the middle of May. or even
June, rather thaw in the middle Of April. The fruits exhibited were not
abundant consisting oi pears apples, pines, grapes, strawberries, oranges,
sod lemons, 'the show seemed to afford general satisfaction to the
the risitoi a, and d-d great credit to the labours of the society.
Total Society of Literature.— The anniversary meeting
t.i tills .-.silly was li-lil ou Wednesday aftorn ion at the society's house,
M Martin,'s-p'ace. Trafalgar-square. The laird Bishop of ot. D.vid's,
presid.nt, took the chair l'ne report of tlie council stated that the
affairs of the society are very flourishing, and that it has paid off during
liic part year, to the amount oi £300, a portiou of an old debt, which for
tome time past lias been rather obstructive to its operations.
University i ulleoe Hospital.—O n Tuesday evening a
public dinner in aid of the funds of this valuable charity was celebrated at
ihe London Tavern. A htrge party of geutiemeu sat down, under
the presidency ol the Right Hon. Lord John itusseil. M.P. His Lord-hip
gave the toast of the evening -Success to the University College Hos¬
pital,” aavocating its claims with eloquence. Upwards of 16,000 suffering
poor are every y ear relieved according to their need by ttiis charity. During
llit is y cars oi its exit tense the cost of affording such assistance had been
X130.IIUO, u sum at present exceeding the receipts (which include £54,000
pain by eluded Du by Ttieuo. the building is capable of containing two
hundred beds, but want of funds lias obliged the- committe-e to limit the
l.umUroi in-patient. to one hundred aud twenty. The collection at the
dinner amounted to £1683.
Royal Iilmam-; Society.—T he anniversary festival of this
8oeuiy was livid on Wednesday »t the Freemasons’ Tavern. Great Queen-
Hmt when his Grace the Duke of Argyll ofliciaud as president. A
MiiiiLxroi ihe society's m^dal* was distriDutcd lo perilous who had been
infetruxumta) in mviug life during the past year. Tue sum colleoted
ouungtheday exceeded a, lUOO. Many gentlemen who were present as
guests wore tlie mcUuls which they had received on previous occasions.
f-otnii Kensington MuseC3i. New rooms, containing the
mobt vaiuatlc o? the collections made by tlie Department of Science and
Ail since its origin, wer. opened i>y tlie Queen on Wednesday week, aud.
an- now free for public me aud inspection. The collection, iu soma
divisions, w id bear a con parison with tnose of the Hotel de Ciuuy and the
Louvre The visitors at the Museum last week wore us follows
on MoudMj, l ucsuaj. and Saturday (free days!, 4350; on Monday and Tues¬
day {lrttevthii.gb;,3703; on the three students’ days (admission to the publio
ta.j, I2b8 ; one btuaents’ evening (Wednesday), 136: total, 04<7.
A 1 ad\ gored by an Ux.—On Monday murniag, as a herd
of oxen were being driven down Goswell-street from tne New Cattle
Market, one ot them broke awuy, and rushed ac a lady in City-road, his
bom penetrating her chest The lady's life is despaired of. The ox was
secured at i'emunvllk without causing further misciiief.
MaueiaCe with a Deceased Wipe’s Sister.—I n an elabo¬
rate judgment. flelivere-Uby Vice-Chancellor Stuart, ou Saturday laBt, in
tlie case oi Brook v Brook, it is decided that a marriage bstweea a man
ano hie deceased wife o aisiu-. both being British subjects, performed in
a ion ton country tlie laws of which recognise such marriages, is null aud
Invalid ac curding io the law of England,—an Important decision, now
given for the second time by an English Juflge.
Lisins and Deaths.—T he Lumber ol births registered last
wo k in London was ions boys, and 956 girls—in alt, 1965 children. In the
ten corresponding ue.ks of tlie years IS48-57 the average number was
16 , 3 .— The deaths in Loudon registered last week were 1207—being
pearly tlie same as those of the previous week. In the ten years, 1848-5:
theaviruge number oi deaths iu the weeks corresponding with last week
war tins Whooping-cough and measles still maintain a high mortality,
the former having numbered 71 dentils in the week, the latter 55. Two
widows diid ui me nge oi 96 years—one at W'nlhain-greca, another in
is ingtou Woikhouse.
•jhe 1 rial of M. Bernard ended on Saturday last in a
verdict of "Nut Guilty.” A second charge which the Special Commission
hao io tjy being similar to the tirsl. and requiring the same evidence, was
not gone into Tlie prisoner was. therefore, in a formal manner also ad-
jungtd "Not Guilty upon the second Indictment-it Bernard was not
at once re.cas<d from custody, being stUl liable to be tried ou a charge of
misdemeanour. Du t ueeday afternoon, however, he was liberated on
bail given m lull court at Westminster—in his own recognizances tor
Xioto; Mr. Deter Stewart, of Liverpool, aud Dr. Epps, of Bloomsbury,
fur 500 each.
'Jus 'Cower of the Church of St. Sepulchre having
been discovered to be in a decaying slate, steps are in course of being taken
tor Us imnndiste reparation. This church was anciently entered, "St.
t-« i.ulclire. in ihe Bailey, by Chamberlain's gate, near Newgate.' nod it is
worthy ol note that the flrst marty r who was burnt at ismuhudd was at
that lime the Rector of the parish.
Loyal < tnuoi-AiDic Hospital.— Tlie eighteenth anniversary
dinner ol this i xceileni Charity will he held at tile Freemasons' Tavern on
'Jhursday next, tlie 29 lh April, on which occasion the Duke of Wellington
will lake the chair. ___
NATIVE OFFICERS AND SOLDIER IN THE EAST
INDIA COMPANY'S SERVICE.
give Portraits of two Nativa
___„, _ Skinner's Horse, and of the
biei fciivs o8kw m i_uo Guido Corps, with that of one of the soldiers
ol Ibr h* (turmiit in the Afghan o sturne. The two figures to tlio right
nrer ffiteru ul Skinner » Horte in their uniform, which is a bright y»Uo«r,
and esri)* d ior tuem in J.»ord Lake’s campaign tho sobriquet of " Y ellow
' They when raised by Colonel Skinner (in the ooun:.ry
about Delhi tu.d hansi) 3tKiU in number, and distinguished themselves
hikhiv, and wtre so much more useful in the desultory warfare or
Jnnia ihuD Euiopean dragoons or natives on the European model that,
ibmikb .he original Jegiment wu* broken up, a portion of it still re-
nun b us i te i» irre* ulais, under Crawford Chamberlain, aud the 14 M
Mtu mb. *<jiiciitly raised and commanded by Jamea bkinner, son ot the
ii.n*oUb Colon**!, and on his retirement Lord Dtdhousie gave the eom-
mriLd to heuukfi fcjkmuer, at that time in the Nuam s servioo.
! may H?rv»* to iilubtrate the easy nature of tne semoe for tho
talivef ULd*r the rule of the Company that the mount-id ornrer had
tw»c f* signtd ihe serv;co and entireditugom. . .
lire . itfrei ... the Guides, holding theepear, Futtoh Khan CuttaLi,
an ..mo un.l em rgouo Affgban bigljmfavour withColonMEdvrantok
wlo ha.- U.L on a ..itsmu to Cabal lately, and is ptobably there at
lh» irtbent tun* along with tho Lumsdens.
l L nii.n in .he buAground is a horseman m the service of a natiw
Atigbi.i. Obiel, . iio reminds one ioroibly ot what a border trooper mart
Luvebut n in d..vr of yore; hois dressed in chain armour, with a steel
cal. louim ah c.i 1 B b .und a red silk searf, tho long ends streaming
bth',no: ini. ;s i .otened a piece of fieel to protect the uoea irom a.
wmd cut.
412
[April 24, 1858
April 24 , 1858 .]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
413
MR. J. s. RAREY, THE AMERI CAN HORSE-TAMER.
Assuredly no has boon more unequally treated by xn&n than
the horse. To artiste and poets he has furnished abundant materials
for illustration. He has been sculptured, and drawn, and be-rhymed
by enthusiastic admirers. The proud neigh of the war-steed is often
heard in Homer’s vigorous verse. Virgil, as everybody knows, has told
us how
Qu&drupedante petit sonitu unguis campum.
Shakspeare’s marvellous pioture of a perfeot horse is doubtless fresh
enough in the memory of our readers. Even Byron, in one or two
picturesque lines, has shown that he could appreciate its beauty,
power, and intellect. In a word, the horse is essentially a popular
quadruped. His spirit, his energy, his usefulness, his splendid beauty,
his powers of speed and endurance, his general obedience to man, have
naturally rendered him a favourite. A favourite, that is, when cruelty
fin* tamed him into docility—when, by dint of spur, and bit, and
bridle, and halter, he has been curbed and terrified into subjeotion—
then young ladies pet him, and natty grooms sedulously currycomb
V>im, and veterinarian skill is called into requisition to heal his ailments,
and preserve his powers.
But do we really appreciate the value of the horse to man ? And is
our boasted humanity anything but a myth and a falsehood P We
have no wish to excite the anger of the stable world, and yet we can¬
not hesitate to declare our conviotion that no a nim al has been more
VICIOUS HORSE BEFORE BEING INTRODUCED TO MR. RAREY.
foully ill-treated. Grooms, ostlers, and stable-boys, what do they
know of the true nature of the horse P What do they know of his
intellect—we say, advisedly, his intellect —his feelings, passions,
habits, and propensities P They have one argument, the ultima ratio
regum, the last argument of kings, and, accordingly, they coeroe, and
menace, and torture the noble animal into something like submission.
Let every one who patronises the metropolitan 'bus or the London cab
ask himself whether the horse is humanely treated. The great
principle of the English method has been simply this: thrash or ourb
the horse into obedience. _ .
Long, enough, indeed, has this system been in vogue, occasionally
j remonstrances from men wise enough to see its falsity and
detest its inhumanity, but stoutly upheld by ostler, and boots, and
groom. An owner of horses—good simple man I—has oontented him-
MR. RAREY, THE HORSE-TAMER.
self with now and then venturing a word of mild remonstrance against
“ oruelty to animals,’’ “ unnecessary violence,” and “ eagerness of
temper.” He has done no more, for he has known nothing more,
except that the prevalent system was barbarous, and therefore un¬
satisfactory as well as unsuccessful. He has seen a costly horse
subjected to a cruelty of treatment which has wounded his feelings,
while it has certainly not improved the value of his property ;
starved, beaten, bitted, haltered, spurred, according as the fancy of
the horsekeeper dictated. Human nature has been so much abused
that we are unwilling to bespatter it with additional mud; but it is.
alas I too true that man has invariably subjected one of the noblest
and most useful of animals to a barbarous, imperfect, and injurious
system of management.
We trust, however, that the evil times of the horse are over. We
verily believe that, at no distant period, a humane and efficient method
of treatment will be generally adopted throughout the United King ¬
dom. The “ dark ages ” of the stable are at an end; and not only will
the horse be benefited, but man. We shell hear no more of deaths
through runaway or vicious horses, of grooms killed by the a nimals
upon whom they waited. A correspondents between man and horse
has at length been established; a method of appealing to or influencing
the feelings or senses of the horse—we care not about the correctness
of the expression—has been, we will not say invented, but discovered.
Of an age which vaunts its readiness to do honour to heroes, to in ¬
ventors, to philanthropists, surely we are not asking too much if we
claim from it a generous and cordial acknowledgment of the services
rendered to humanity by Mr. J. S. Barey.
We hope our readers vail not misapprehend us. Of Mr. Barey per¬
sonally we know little, of his system we .know a great deal. It is
because we believe that system to be founded on novel, humane, and
enlightened principles—it is because we believe it will remove from us
the disgraoe of barbarity in the treatment of a fine and useful anima
—that we call their attention towards it, and beg of them to investi¬
gate its merits. We might certainly advocate S upon psychological
grounds; we might point out the magnificence ox a system which
brings men en rapport with the horse. .£*op’s Fables, to a new
generation, will be somewhat more than mere moral fictions. The
Persian Vizier who could interpret the songs of the forest birds will
hardly be laughed at by our grandchildren. We have attained, or
rather one man has attained, to an intimate correspondence with the
mind and heart of the horse. What may not follow ? The dog has
long been at a premium for sagacity; Mr. Barey has done something
to vindicate and exalt the reputation of a nobler animal.
We feel strongly on this subject, and we write, perhaps, somewhat
enthusiastically; but it appears »o us that Mr. Barey’s success must be
warmly welcomed by all who have at heart the interests of humanity.
His system is ingenious—we grant it; simple, obvious enough (when
onoe acquired); excessively clever, and founded upon a keen apprecia¬
tion of equine nature—we admit it; but, in our eyes, its special merit
is its humanity. Mr. Barey subdues the “viciousest hoss” by the
simplest and most intelligible means. He uses neither whip, nor Bpur,
nor bridle. He scorns all physical appliances, and depends solely
upon—but we must not reveal his secret. Every man who values his
own character, if he has to do with horses- nay, who values his own
life and the lives of the animals with whom he has to deal—every man
who detests cruelty, abominates quackery, and despises “stable
d odge s,” will do lfrell to attend the lessons of Mr. Barey.
We regret that by Mr. Barey’s present plan only a limited number
can acquire his secret. We wish it could become national property.
Willing enough are we, bellicose and belligerent John Bulls, to pur-
VICIOUS HORSE AFTER HAVING BEEN INTRODUCED TO MR. RAREY.
obase new inventions which will destroy the greatest number of lives
in the shortest possible space of time; but could we not spare a few
thousands to make publio a seoret which is scarcely less beneficial to
horse than to man ?
The latest exemplification of the genuineness of Mr. Barey’s system
has been afforded by his conquest of the notorious stallion Cruiser, so
well known as the terror of trainers and the talk of the stables. Our
Illustration faithfully represents Mr. Barey’s performance, and shows
the wonderful maBtery he has obtained over a horse so long considered
unconquerable. In our “Notes of the Week” in last Saturday’s
Illustrated London News we referred at some length to Cruiser,
and stated that, at one time, it was in contemplation to deprive him of
sight. Lord Dorchester, his owner, in last Tuesday’s Times, replied to
our statoment, and flatly contradicted it. We can only say that it was
made by Mr. Barey hiinself in the oourse of his lecture.
THE BUPFOSED INCURABLE HORSE ? CRUISES n UNDX8 MB. SASSY 1 # TBE A TMSS Ti^ T>1 ICT BT JOBS L0CH.
414
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[April 24 . 1858
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS.—Feida-v, Aikil 16.
The Honae sat for a quarter of on hour, without transacting any
business of public interest.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Friday, April 16.
The '• Cagliari.”— In reply to Mr. Headlam, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer said the opinion of the law officers of the Crown was unani¬
mously that the imprisonment of Park and Watt, the English
engineers of the Cagliari , was clearly illegal; and the .Secretary
of State for Foreign Allairs had consequently addressed a commu¬
nication to the Neapolitan Government demanding compensation for the
injuries so inflicted upon two British subjects (Cheers). With regard to
the general question of the legality of the capture of the Cagliari the
opinion of the law officers had not, however, yet been receive]
Compensation to Proctors.—I n reply to Sir. Uadfleld, the Chan¬
cellor of the Exchequer stated that the claims of the proctors for
compensation, in coneequcnce of the alteration recently made in the law
of wills and probates, would amount to £250,000 a year for sometime to
^Parliamentary reform. Mr. T. Duncombe, on the motion for the
adjournment of the House till the following Monday, inquired whether
Lord Palmerston had any objection to lay on the table a copy of the bill for
amending the representation of the people referred to in her Majesty a
Speech from the throne at the commencement of the present Session ?—
Lord Palmerston replied that although her Majesty 's late Government
had intended to bring In such a bill, the necessity of dealing first
with Jndia. and with the circumstances or the financial crisis, had pre¬
vented them from preparing such a bill, and he could not ; therefore, lay it
° D Tiie Nelson Monument —Admiral Walcott called attention to the
pieeent Incomplete state of the Nelson Monument in Trafalgar-square,
contending that an inestimable wrong was thereby done to the memory or
Erpland’s greatest hero, and calling upon the Government, by finishing
the monument, to relieve the country from the stigmaof ingratitude.—Mr.
W. Williams agreed in the recommendation -’The Chancellor of the
Exchequer said he was by no means surprised at a question being brought
forw ard which was a great public grievance, for as the name of Nelson
was the glory of England, so his monument was its shame (Hear, hear). As
a hero. Nelson Btooa alone in British history ; and, although the finances
of the country were not in a very flourishing condition, be (the Chancellor
of the Exchequer) thought he should not be doing his duty if he did not
on his owii responsibility undertake to see that the wishes of the House
were carried out, and the monument finished to perpetuate the memory of
a man who had done so much to uphold the reputation and honour ot the
country (.Cheers).
The House then went into Committee of Supply, and agreed to a variety
of votes on the Navy Estimates.
HOUSE OF LORDS.—Monday.
Sale op Poisons.—I n reply to Lord Campbell, the Earl of Derby
stated that a bill to regulate the sale of poisons would bo introduced if
there appeared any probability of its being passed in the present Session.
The “Cagliari. ’—The Earl of Malmesbury repeated the statement
made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Friday, to the effect that a
demand for compensation had been made upon the Neapolitan Govern¬
ment for the wrongs sustained by Watt and Park. On the International
question, respecting the capture of the Cagliari steamer, opinions had
been asked from five legal gentlemen, two of whom had been law officers
to the late Administration, and the other three were functionaries ot the
B resent Ministry. Of these authorities, one pronounced the capture
legal; four thought that the steamer had been legally captured, but two
of them considered that her subsequent confiscation would be an un¬
justifiable act on the part of the Neapolitan Government.
Patriotic Fund.— The Duke of Norfolk moved tor a series of re¬
turns relative to the management and expenditure of the Patriotic I? and,
which, after some discussion, were ordered, with one omission.
The Customs Duties Bill was passed through Committee.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Monday.
THE BUDGET.
The House having resolved*itself into a Committee of Ways and Means,
The Chancellor of the Exchequer rose to bring forward the
financial statement for the current year. Since the last Budget had been
presented by his predecessor in office a great and disastrous change had
supervened, compromising alike the commercial prosperity or the country
and the well-being of the general mass of the community. The financial
effect of the late crisis had been to produce upon the three-quarters of a
year ending December 31 a decrease of 766.0004 upon the produce of the
Customs, Excise, and Stampa-a result which had. however, been trans-
formid during the three months that had Hinceelamed to an increase ox
2,100,0(104 upon the twelve months which terminated on the 1 st inst. Ihe
Chancellor of the Exchequer then proceeded to cite returns showing the
alternations of our export aud import trade, of shipping, home
manufacture, and other tests of national wealth and industry. Ouserving
that confidence waa returning and capital had become abundant aud
cheap, the right hon. member professed his opinion that some time must
elapte before speculative enterprise, from which the Exchequer profited
80 largely, wouia resume its former activity. The Finance Minister then
recapitulated ihe amount, and explained the changes of the various items
of charge which were estimated to accrue during the curreut twelve¬
month. For debt, funded and unfunded, the amount required would be
is 400.000/,, about 150.000/. having been struck off this head of expense
through the redemption of 2,000,0004 Exchequer Bonds, the operations of
the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, and some reductions In the
Interest on Exchequer Bills. The permanent charges on the Consolidated
Fund were estimated at 1,800,000/., shoeing an increase of about 170 0004,
arising from the very lll»eral allowances granted by Parliament to the
proctors and officials of the Ecclesiastical Courts under the Act passed
fast Session, For the Army the revised estimates already presented
showed an outlay of 11,750,0004, and lor the Navy of 9,800,0004 On
account of the miscellaneous eivil services ho expected to incur a charge of
about 7.00(1,0004, being 400.0004 less than last year; and lor the
revenue departments, 4,700,0004 These items presented an aggre¬
gate of ordluary expenditure of 63,610 0004; but there was in
addition 2,000.ouo4 of Exchequer Bonds falling due to be paid off next
month, and 1,500,000/. on account of the war sinking fund. v\ ith this ex¬
traordinary charge the total outlay of the year reached an amount of
€7 110,0004 Passing on to the revenue side of the account, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer proceeded to state, with various explanations, the ex¬
pected produce of every branch of income. The Customs duties had been
estimated by bis predecessor to bring in 22,350,0004 ; they had netted in
reality to the Exchequer 23,109,0004 : and he hoped to obtain from them
23,400.0004 during the current year. From the Excise 17.000,ooGt. had been
anticipated, and 17.825,0004 really obtained in the past year. His esti¬
mate i or the present twelvemonth was 18 . 100 , 000 /. From Stamps, which
luul brought in 7,416,000/. duriug 1857-8, he expected to gain 7,680,0004;
Horn Laud and Assessed Taxes. 3 , 200 , 000 /, being about 48,0004 in excess
of the lost year’s product; and from the Income and Property tax. which
had just fallen to 5d. In the pound, 6,100.0004; the Post Office
revenue he set down at 3,200,0004; the Crown Lands, at 270,0004;
and miscellaneous receipts at 1.300.0004 The total, revenue from all
sources -amounted to 63.120,0004, leaving a deficiency compared
with the expenditure of 3.99U.0004 l’his deficit lie divided into two
heads ; one. amounting to 3£ millions, arising from the proposed repay¬
ments of debt; the other ot aoout half a million, from reduced taxation.
On the first point the Chancellor of the Exchequer entered somewhat at
large into the question of the Sinking Fund, commenting upon the ab¬
surdity and extravagauce of attempting to pay off debt when there waa no
sin plus revenue disposable for that purpose, and stating, as the result of
his computations. Unit he should propose to rescind, or at any rate post-
poi c, any lurtlier payments on account of the WarSiuking iund. This
would retrench a million and a half from the charges of the yeir. and left
only millions of deficiency to oe met. Respecting the two millions of
Exchequer Be nds, he intended to maintain the principle of liquidation,
but sugueati d that the actual payment might be postponed for the present,
provid'd that such arrangements were made as would ensure their being
ultimately can celled. The right hon. member then adverted to the second
8- urceol deficit, that, namely, from the remission ef taxes. The chief
reduction had taken place in toe Property and Income Tax. The imposition
o i his tax had excited innumerable controversies: endless complaints were
urged against its injustice, which many vain attempts had been made to
assuage, and at length, in 1*53, a scheme had been adopted by Parliament
for the gradual diminution and ultimate extinction of the Impost at the
end of a certain period. The war had since changed the circumstances of
the country, both temporarily and permanently, by adding considerably
to the public debt and expenditure. Fully admitting, nevertheless, that
an income-tax ought not io be reckoned among the permanent sources
of regular income, he observed that, even in the face of a deficit, the Go¬
vernment did not intend to suggest any increase or suspension in the
progressive diminution of this impost There remained, therefore, a de¬
ficiency ol 5(10,000/ still to be met, and this object could not be accom¬
plished by a retrenchment of expenditure. The present Ministry had cut
down Uie estimates by 800,0004, and farther remissions could not be made
in beat and haste, but muat follow from a change in the policy ot the
couniry and the gradual accomplishment of economical reforms, lo
obtain the required income he proposed to equalise the duties on Irish ana
British spirits, abolishing the only remaining differential duty existing
in the sister isle. From this source he anticipated a gain of at least halt a
mihicn, thus extinguishing the deficit. It wka. he thought, still prudent to
establish a surplus ot revenue, on which account he thought a very moderate
provision necessary, since large sums would become available for the
service of the year through repayments from the East India Company,
the Sardinian Government, and or moneys advanced for public works.
The only new tax. therefore, which he should suggest was a small stamp
duty o 1 one penny on bankers’ cheques, from which he hoped to obtain
at .ust 2C0.ci.04 Huy in g thus more than provided for the wauta of the
present year, the Chancellor of the Exchequer sketched the probable con¬
dition of the rational finances in ensuing years, expressing his belief
that if commercial prosperity endured, if some retrenchments were
effected and no disaster occurred, the Exchequer would be able in 1859 to
meet all its engagements, including the payment of Exclnquer Bonds,
and that in 1860 tne long-expected extinction of the Income tax might be
happily consummated. The two millions of bonds falling due this year
he proposed to leave to be paid off in 1862 and 1863, one million being
cance led in each of those years. . . „ , . A ... ...
A resolution increasing the Spirit-duty in Ireland to an equality with
the British rates was then put from the chair.
A miscellaneous discussion ensued, in which various points presented
in the Chancellor of the Exchequer's statement were cursorily remarked
upon by many hon members. Mr. Grogan and some other representa¬
tives from the sister isle urged strong objections to the increased duty on
spirits; and Sir G. U. Lewis explained and vindicated, in reply to the
comments of the Finance Minister, his own course of proceeding during
the past year with respect to the repayments of debt.
In the course of the debate, Mr. Ingram said that he must express his
astonishment at hearing no proposal whatever fora reduction or revision
of the Paper-duties This had been a subject spoken of year by year, and
the evils which flowed from the operation of this tax pointed out. Some
honourable members wished for a reduction of the Hop-duty, and others
to get rid ot the Malt-duty; but he thought the Paper-duty as oppressive,
and more injurious in its operation than either. If they wanted a new
tax, why not impose a penny in the pound upon all property in the
country, say once in ten years? He hoped that some portion of this
Budget would be reviewed with the object of getting rid of the Paper-
duty. which affected not only the trade but the education of the country.
Mr. Gladstone approved of the proposal to equalise the Spirit-duty;
and. though he regretted that the repayments ol debt were to bo post¬
poned, he felt that they had no right to complain of the Government oa
that account, under the circumstances in which they were at present
placed. Rejoicing to find that the arrangement effected in 1853 was to be
carried out by the extinction of the Income-tax in i860, he dec ami that
the real difficulty in accomplishing that object arose, not from the debts
incurred during the war. but from the incessant and enormous increase in
the regular expenditure. The whole amount of permanent war obligations
did not exceed a mil-ion and a quarter annually, while the expenses of the
country had augmented eight or nine millions within the last ten years,
the gross total having expanded from 65 to 63$ millions. He urged
upon the House and the Government the necessity of curbiug the spirit of
extravagance which had pr. vailed so extensively for many Sessions oast,
and which not only imperilled the aljolitioti of the Income tax, but frus¬
trated every attempt to extinguish the Paper-duties and many other
injurious and oppressive imposts.
Mr. Cardwell disliked »he scheme for postponing the liquidation of
two milii* ns of Exchequer Bonds to the years 1862 and 1863. he opera¬
tion amounted to a reborrowing of the money; and, as the Income-tax
would have ceased when the prescribed time for repayment arrived, he
feared that the Exchequer would <>• then in a weaker condition than it
was at present He should have preferred the retention tor another year
of the 2 d. just fallen off th Income-tax. wh'ch would have supplied ex¬
actly the two millions wanted to pay off the bonds
Lord J. Bussell also expressed regret at the postponement of the pay-,
XDC-nt of the bonds. As we complained so much of our ancestors’ extrava-
f iancc, and found such difficulty in paying the debts they had bequeathed.,
t behoved us to avoid following their example, and leave still heavier
burthens to our successors.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer having replied to the comments
which bis finance scheme had elicited, the resolution waa agreed to.
Other resolutions were also passed, with the exception of one relating
to the proposed stamp duty on cheques, which wts postponed
Supply.—S ome of the remaining votes belonging to the aeries for naval
estimates were passed amidst a miscellaneous conversation.
The Loan Societies Bill was read a third time and passed.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. /^x\
On the motion for the second reading of the India Government (No. 2 )
Bill
Mr. Hors man observed that the Ministry had undertaken to proceed
by w ay of resolution, and lie suggested, therefore, that the order for this
bill should be discharged, by way of simplifying their future procee-lings.
Tlie Chancellor of the Exchequer remarked that there were two
India Government Bills now he ore the House. He thought, therefore,
the best method would be merely to postpone the measure for the present.
Lord Palmerston said that the authors ot Bill No l had not designed
to alter their course, nor could he agree that the method of proceeding by
resolution had received the sanction of the House. 'That question
remained for future determination.
The motion was t hen postponed to Friday.
In the course of the evening Mr. Disraeli placed upon the table a
copy of his resolutions on India, which supersede his ludia Bill They
are. however, substantially the same as t’»e bill.
[The Chancellor of tbo Exchequer, on Monday next, will move that the
Bouse ahull, upon Friday, the 30th in?t, resolve itself in to a Committee to
consider the Act of the 16 and 17 Viet, cap 96. to provide for the govern¬
ment of India. If that motion shall be agreed to. those resolutions will
be moved in Committee by tlq: right bon. gentleman.]
HOUSE OF LORDS.— Tuesday.
The Customs Bill was re ad a third time and passed.
The Loan Societies Bill was read a first time.
Second Readings —On the motion of Lord Kbdbsdale, the usual
sessional order w as agreed to that no new bill should be read a secoud
time in that House, except upon special reasons, after the 27th of July
next
HOU^E OF COMMONS.— Tuesday.
Metropolitan Tolls.— Mr. Byng gave notice that on Tuesday week
he wouia move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty
praying for the appointment of a commission to inquire and report upon
the best means or affording the inhabitants of the metropolitan districts
relief by the abolition of turnpike-gates and toll-bars, as had been done
for the metropolis of Ireland, in accordance with the recommendation of
the commission of inquiry on that subject.
Bankers’ Cheques.—M r. Brady announced that when the proposed
stamp-duty on bankers’ cheques came before a Committee he should move
an amendment reducing the tax on all cheques below the value of £10 to
a halfpenny.
Dublin Fort Dues.— On the motion of Mr. Vance. and after some
discussion, a Select Committee was appointed to inquire into the special
duties on ships and other imposts levied in the port of Dublin.
THE SEPTENNIAL ACT.
Mr. Cox moved for leave to bring in a bill to repeal the Act 1 Geo. I., c.
38, commonly called the ‘ Septennial Act,’ and to limit the duration of
Parliament* to three years. For many centuries alter the first establish¬
ment of representative institutions Parliaments were elected annually.
In the time oi William aud Mary the duration was extended to three
years, and it was Dot until the reign of George I., and during the political
excitement which prevailed in the year 1716. that septennial Parliaments
were first introduced. He contended that it had now become most ex¬
pedient to revert to the original system, in so far as to enact that a new
House of Commons should be elected at least once in every three years.
The motion was seconded by Mr. HADriELD.
The Home Secretary questioned the accuracy of the hon. member s
historical references. The annual arrangement* enact*d in the reigua of
Flantagenet aud Tudor Sovereigns related merciy to the sittings aud not
theelections ol Parliaments. On muny occasions exclusive of the Long
Parliament, the House ot Commons lasted during protracted perm Is.
Short Parliaments were, in tact., a modern invention. He urg«« a counter-
appeal to history, whose irrefragable evidences, he dcoiac&L wou.d prove
that, since the passing of the Septennial Act, not only the House of Com¬
mons had assumed its present rauk as a power in the realm and an
educator of Prime Ministers, but that the course of legislation had become
more consistent, patriotic, and beneficial ..... ~
Alter a few words from Mr. Hadfield, the House divided:—For the
motion. 57 ; against It, 254.
Registration of County Voters in Scotland.—S ir I. Cole-
brookk obtained leave to introduce a bill to amend the law for the
registration of county voters in Scotland.
GALWAY FREEMEN* DI8FRAXCIHBBMENT BILL.
On the motion lor going into Committee u tins bill.
The Home Secretary pointed out the auomalics and injustice ot the
measure. It proposed io punish the innocent together with the guilty ;
and* while depriving the bribed votCiE of their franchise, left tue bribers
untouched. He moved, as an amendment, an instruction to the Committee
to insert in the bill provisions by which all electors who were proved to
have given or taken bribes at recent elections should be reudered liable to
tiu pen a ty of disfranchisement.
An animated debate ensued; And the House divided on the motion for
appu ding the instruction to the Committee:—Ayes, ifii; nous. LH
A second division was then taken on the amendmeutofColou.il French,
rejecting the bill, which was negatived by a majority of 226 to 51 -17.
The House then went into Committee on the oul, but progress was
ordered to be reported before any clauses were passed.
HOUSE OF COMMONS. -Wednesday.
CHUBCH-RATES.
At the mid-day sitting.of the. House, ihe motion for going into Com¬
mittee on the Church-rate Abolition Bill was resisted by
Mr. Packe. who moved an amendment deferring the Committee for six
months. He denied that the opposition to the rate was founded on cou-
schntious principles, and referred to the rejection of Sir VV. Cay aud
other advocates of Its repeal at the Jas- elections a* pr wing that their
view of the question was not supported by public opinion
Mr. K Seymer seconded the amendment
Mr. Huues&kn supported the bill. It was, he contended, discreditable
to the Beta Wished Church to argue that the fabric of its ediac m coma not
be maintained except by a compulsory rate, levied partly upon Dissenters.
'Ihe controversy had been argued eutirely as a question of prin ip’e, and
he repudiated the assertion that the agitation against Church-rates had
be en based upon - pocket objections ”
Mr. K. Seymer white disapproving of the total abolition of the Church-
rate system, advocated the compromise by which every min who Acknow¬
ledged himself as a Dissenter would be enabled to claim exemption. Ho
thought that the Legislature should prescribe the precise purposes to which
the late should be applied or the classes by whom it should be paid.
Sir G. Grey objected to any arrangement in which It wou'd be possible
to revive the impost in p!aces where it had been ouce abo ished.
Lord J Manners was anxious to obtaiu an amicable settlement of the
controversy, an object which he feared the present measure was calculated
to frustrate.
Lord H. Vane believed that the present state of the law on tho subject
was most satisfactory, and that the question was ripe for permanent ad¬
justment.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, without altogether approving
the measure, considered that its details might advantageously be discussed
in Committee.
Lord J Russell and Mr. Nevtdeg ate concurred in recommending the
Home to go into (. ominittee on the bill.
Mr Packe thereupon expressed his willingness to withdraw his amend¬
ment, but
Mr Bright claimed a di finite division on the question. He disliked
all middle corners aud palliatives* anil would rest satisfied with nothing
short of a total abolition of I lie Impost.
Alter a few remarks irom Mr. Stuart, the amendment was put and
negatived w ithout u division
ihe Uoute then lesolved Itself into Committee, and proceeded to discus*
various amendments suggested iu the first clause. When the hour of
adjournment approached a motion was made l'orr- porting progress, which
was negatived on a division by 3ie voles to 104 Betore tue numbers were
declared, however, the ii nehml arrived tor suspending further proceedings,
ai d the Lbaiimaii ieiLtkRciiuir
M ays and Means.—T he House went into Committee of WayB and
Means, ana resolutions were passed to authorise the raising of a sum not
exceeding two millions on Exchequer bunds, when th* House resumed.
Progress OF Business. Tne Exchequer Bills Bill, the Excise Bill
and the Customs tiuty ;No. 2 / Bill, were introduced and respectively read
a first time.
Patent Law Amendment— Mr. T. Duncombf. obtained leave and
intreduced a bill to btut-ud the Patent Law Amendment Act of 1852, and
it was n ad a first time
County Management.—S ir E Kerri.son obtained leave and brought
in a bill on the subject oi couuty management, which waa read a first
time.
The Registration of Voters (Scotland) Bill was introduced by
Sir h. Com.bkooke. and read u first time ; and the secoud reading wad
fixed lor Wtdftefeday next.
HOUSE OF LORDS. —Thursday.
The Eari of Malmesbury laid some further papers on the table relating
to tile affair of the C ayikiii.
TUB OATU8 BILL.
Lord Lyndiiukst, on moving the second reading of this bill, said that
the objict ol it was lo expunge the oa h relating to the Pretender aud to
consolidate the other oaths l he firth clause provided for the omission of
the words “on the true faith of a Christian ’
The A.ail ol Di hby said he was sorry to say his opinions remained un¬
changed s* to ilm impropriety of admitting the Jews into Pari mm oat.
Be should not however, oppose the second reading ol the bill but when
it reached the stage ol Committee, if any nob e Lord proposed to expuugo
clause 5. which wbu d admit Uie Jews into Parliament, he would support
such motion.
Earl Grey advised the nob e Premier to withdraw his opposition, and
not to run counter lo the oit expressed feeling oi the House of Commons.
Ibe Ear. of Wicklow protested agaiuot the torm iu which the bill was
prepared, and staua Ids determination strenuously to oppose it.
llie bill was then read a second time.
HulSE OF COMMONS.—Thursday.
TaOSECUTION OF DU. BERNARD.
Mr. Roebuck asktu winiuti it was tne intention of the Government
to proceeu with the piotttuliun oi Dr. Bernard?
bii F. Kelly recapitulated the chcumsranees connected with the pro¬
ceedings up to ihe present time, both before the magistrate at Bow-street
and at the Ord liailty. Since the ver ict of acquittal, upon which he
would not comment, tie had considered with great ultention the remaining
cl urge ol conspiracy. It wus u muxirn oi our law—** ATenw (Inbet bis
rexaii eadtvi causd ’—and considering that tin charge of conspiracy Wus
invuvtu in that or winch he had been tried, it would be a violation of
that maxim to try him again, and he hud therefore to say that tile charge
ol conspiracy against Dr Bernard wuutd not be further proceeded with,
and (but Dr btinuid might consider niuiseii eutirely discharged.
bii It. Betiull inquired whether, wueu Mr. Bodkin s.tld ho was in¬
structed toafiunuun the charge oi conspiracy against Dr. Bernard, and to
proceed upon a charge of wu ul murder, he did ho by direction of the
Government?
Hr-1'. Belly, alter passing a high compliment upon Mr. Bodkin’s
ability ana discretion, said that when the cuse originally came before the
magistral! s at. Bow-street it was treated as one ol conspiracy. At a >ater
period nesli iscts came out, ana the magistrate would not have discharged
Ills ou'ty it in buu not committed upon tue cap real cfiuige.
fcii it BETliELLsa d he wished lo have a plain answer to a plain question
—\\a» the clmnge lu the charge against Dr. Bernard made at tuc direction
ol the Jaw officers ot the Crown ? (Cheers from tne Opposition benches.)
Sir F. Kelly said that he was personally responsible for ad that had
been done since he became Attorney-General.
Mi. ikrjeant KinglaKl asked the .Secretary for the Home Department
whether the late prosecution of tne Queen v Simon Bernard, charging
him as an accessory betore the met. and also as a principal, to the murder
oi Nicholas Battie, was instituted iu pursuance of advice given by the
law officers©! the Cl own, to the eficct that, assuming the alleged facts to
be tjue, the offence charged was punishable a* a lemony uuder tne existing
IbWOi thertanu; auu also whether the Secretary lor the Home Depart¬
ment would lay any opinion which might have teeu given by the Jaw
c th eels ul the Grown re.ative to the said cnarge on tue uoie of the House?
Mi. VVaLFOLE said that no step was taken without consulting the
Attormy-General, lie should be ashamed ol hituseii ii he took uuy atop
wriLeui the ieartnd gentleman's concurrence.
( ii else a Bridge bir J. nhelli.t asked the First Commissioner of
\\ oiks what were the intentions ol the Government with reference to the
root tol: on Che sea new bridge?- LordJ. Manners said he had given
instructions for lhe preparation of a bid which he thought woutdfairlj
meet all tlie requirements of the case v Hearn
DIPLOMATIC SALARIES AND PENSIONS.
Mr. Wise moved ihe rooowtng resolution: •• i'hat it is the opinion
Of this House that the dip oniatic salaries and pensioaa now charged
upon the Consolidated Fund should be brought under the more
immediate view and control ot Parliament, aud be paid out of a voto an¬
nual) providtd by the House of Commons for the purpose." The hon.
Mntkmun conuimncd the secret manner in which tlie proceedings of the
Foreign Office were conducted, and wished for full publicity of every thing
that lock place, he urged the expediency of training up men specially
for emplo) mi nt in the consular service, and contended that the re^utatiou
oi diplomatic salaries by votes oi tiurt House auuually would tend to pre¬
vent wasteful and extravagant expenditure.
Mi. b Fitzgerald, upon the part of the Government, opposed the
motion asserting L at England was as well, a? honestly, and as efficiently
served under tire present system by her representatives abroad as any
nation in the W< rid.
Mr W hue in support ol the motion, contended the present consular
ey>t« nmutiH dii-grace to the country.
Mr. 11 orsman a eo spoke in support of the motion, contending that the
tame run-ought to tk applied to iLe expenditure of our services abroad
us was >pplitd to iboreal home. . .. ,
Lord Palmerston urged rite necessity of secret diplomacy, and as-
feittd that the adoption ui the motion would lower the position oi our
Amba^t-adors abroad.
Mr. Finn aikd eupported the motion. , ,
Lord J. Russell uedevtd that the payment of diplomatic salaries by
votes oi I'ari.MUiti.i would usd lo coulusion ruther than to economy, aud
he should, therefore; oppose the motion; at the same time, without join¬
ing in the outcry against secret diplomacy, he believed it would be better
lor tin public service if diplomatic papers were more frequently laid
Lucre tin Home.
Oi a ©‘vision the motion waa negatived by 142 to 111: majority, 28.
Evictions in Ireland.—M r. Bagwell moved for a Select Com-
miitieto inquire into iht- wide-spreml UeMitutiuu winch he alleged to
exist iir Donegal in cousiquei.ee oi tue eviction of a urge numoer of
people iron* small holdings, ‘hen- landlords oesiriug to create large farms.—
oid Naas denied that there was any ground for inquiry, that there
h..d bttn any extensive eviction . or that there existed any extensive
dibiitutioir; aud, in support ef there denims, quoted various docu-
miiits ot a semi-cffieia tharacrer tronr which it appeared that the
j.ti p c who wire rtprrenticu tu he iu great distress possessed large
numicrs of ehup and cattle, together with, in inauy instances, a
n.ore than sufficient sup».) m u.oiit) At the same time, the noble Lord
gttve his assent to the u o h n, in order that the House and the country
might he put inpos8e-s.o • reierta! lacts of the case; aud, after some
lurihtr discussion, the notion was agreed to
1 ii e Property Qua* ifi.atio .. Mr L. King obtained leave to bring
in a i .11 to abolish th* property quuliti ution of memuers of Parliament.
fire eco'icii bMvi.i-.Mi ;e» .« i.oiu> Advocate obtained lemre to
bring m « bill to make provision for tu- better government of the Uni-
vcrsi'ie- oi Scotland I d at;, .roving and regulating the course ot study
tin rein, and lor the union m tins two diversities andGOlleges ot Aberdeen.
The other orotis ol the uaj yvvrc Uiwi gtue through.
April 24, 1858.J
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
415
NATIONAL SPORTS.
A good single day on Langton Wolds, wliero the once-talkcd-of
Graculus Esurient won a race for Mr. Bowes in Pearl’s hands, wound
np the Yorkshire week. Epsom brought chequered luck to the French
horses (whom many will have it belong to the Emperor), as Madame
de Chantilly, a mare with a tremendous turn of speed, won the City
and Suburban, “ hands down,” beating a field of twenty-five; while
Monurque (who fell lame), Borderer, Wrestler, and Black Tommy
were all behind Telegram m the Great Metropolitan—the first time
that Lord Chesterfield has won it. His Lordship’s veteran trainer,
who is fresh from the altar, thus marked his new ora as a Benedict
with a great success; and, as Eclipse had beaten Telegram across the
flat the week before, the Clydesdale men were up in their stirrups. A
Voltigeur filly, Zitella, won the Two-Year-Old Stakes very easily; anl
Fusee, Snap, and Stockham were not in the first four, but Meg
Merrilies finished within three quarters of a length, apparently little
the worse for her York exertions.
The Monday at Newmarket witnessed some “ revivals ” in horse
flesh. Melissa ran kindly and well in the Queen’s Plate—a course
over which Fandango did not care to meet her in the Fir3t October of
’56; and, if her temper is really the thing, she is turned loose at
Cat. 101b. in the Chester Cup. Toxophilite ran away from two
fourth-rate fillies; and Ignoramus, who had been left at New¬
market since the Craven, and done some strong heath prac¬
tice, bowled over Commotion and Saunterer, cleverly enough,
for the 100 Sovs. Sweepstakes, D.I. Sauntcrer was last througliou;,
but next day he came out, determined to be no laggard, with
his stable boy on his back, and under Ost. 31b.; and giving
Kestrel a year and 17 lb., and Apathy 21 lb., he really walked in from
his A.F. journey, and thus Mr. Merry got back ±'50 out of his
£2100. The Two Thousand feature of the morning was an increasing
desire to back Fit?. Roland, upon whom the touts began to be rather
sweet, though he never came to any short price. True to their old
habit, thcNewmarket trainers did not know that they had a Two
Thousand horse worth mentioning in the town. As a betting race it
w is a remarkably good one, as there were at least thirteen or four¬
teen horses backed. Neither the Peer nor the Clydesdale party was
very confident. The former declared that their horse ran untried,
and seemed to think more of Ifepatiea and her One Thousand race,
while the latter softened down their horse's curb into a mere in¬
nocuous excrescence, which explains why the good and safe men of
last week peppered him so ceaselessly. Thirteen came to the post on
one ot the loveliest davs we ever beheld, and, as far as racing-looks
went. Lord of Lorn, Clydesdale, the winner, and Ravenstonedale had
it very much to themselves. The first gallopped remarkably well, and
had had a good Special License trial. Ravenstoncdale’s hopes went
when his trial mare, Florence, was so completely bowled over in the
Martha race, and the gentlemen were almost to a man on
Fitz Roland; a noblo lord, who stood well in, leading hiss
last canter for him. In fact, with the exception of Wells
being in the cherry jacket, instead of poor Job, one might
have fancied that the Tcddingtou confederacy had revived again,
and that one of “dangerous Sir Joseph’s” great coups was coming
oil' once more. The chestnut who brought the head price, 4l'l gs.,
at her Majesty's sale in 1866, wliile Martha was second at 360 gs., is
very like that great Derby and Cup hero, but handsomer behind the
saddle, and stouter altogether, not so high across the loins, but with
especially beautiful quarters and thighs, and altogether a remarkably
compact'Derby horse. The Peer has great limbs and no middle, and
looks a regular three-quarter of amiler; while Happy Land was just
a wretched little black rabbit in a high state of perspiration, and
nothing better. Clydesdale is a beautiful horse, lengthy, with a
black-brown skin like satin, an arched back, and, in short, of a
splendid stamp that one does not see at the post once in three years;
but the curb on the off leg looked very awkward. Fordham,
either in consequence of orders which really bordered on insanity,
or liecause he was, as he too often is. in too great a hurry to
.get home, jumped right away, and pot bis horse oil to his legs so in¬
stantaneously, that, before two hundred yards,(the point at which we
had stationed ourselves) were run, Clydesdale, who cannot begin, was
fairly out of the race, along with the Peer. At the bushes, Happy
Land was leading some four lengths, hut the fatal dip finished him;
and when Fit/. Roland, who is also a bad beginner, came out and
caught him on the bill, lie was pumped to a stand-still, and
had not an effort left. Clydesdale, who worked his way gamely
through the beaten horses, in spite of being so “ overset at
first finished a bad third, and Lord of Lorn six lengths behind him.
Clvdesduie at once went to 25 to 1 (offered), and Fit/. Ralatid to 7 to 1
(taken freely), for the Derby. The latter is a most dangerous horse,
bnt we still fed assured from wliat we saw, if the curb does not
interfere with his work, that in a race like the Derby, where Clydes¬
dale will have half a mile more to “ suffer in,” he will bring nearly
every one of his horses back to him in the run in, and be among the
first three, if not the absolute winner. Happy Land's supporters were
furious ui'h Fordham; but a mile is bis horse’s limit, and we believe
that backing him for the Derby is an absurdity. Kelpie is also talked
MUSIC.
again third, with the elegant Perfection.
The Ascot Cup entry is a good one; but Skirmisher, who has, it is
said, not got over liis Fisherman beacon-course race, is not m it.
However, the entry of twenty-two is strong without him. Warlock
and Fidieiman represent the five-year-olds : Impericuse, Gemma Hi
Vergv Arsenal, Blink Bonny. Sauntcrer, Tasmania, \ edetie, ana Com¬
motion, the lours; and Wrestler, The Hadji. Gildermire, Clydesdale,
Scdbury, Blanche of Middlebie. Sunbeam, Wilton, Iiclpie, Borderer,
Princess Rojal, and Costrel the threes. The meetings for next week
arc Plymouth Spring (with a atceple and hurdle race), ou Tuesday;
Bolbbury Stcfpl.cbasc* (three), on Thursday; Salisbury, on Thursday
and Friday; and two steeplechases at Manchester, on Saturday.
On Thursday Happy Land and ten others of Lord itibbiesdale 8 arc
announced for sale at Salisbury. , . ,, , ,
Tire bunting season will close this next week ■ for all paces, except
the N. F. U wlio revel in the merry sunshine amiu theu beautiful
green bogs, and Mr. Farqnbarson, will finish on Wednesday. AU
Sir Wa'kin Wynn's hunters are for sale in Chester race-week, and
the Lothian foxhounds and Croxtetli harriers are also in the market.
NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.—MokDAT.
tiwccpsuVes of so'sovs. ’ foxoplillite, l. MaldofMuham f., 2 .
1 lUdicap Sweepstakes of SO sovs -Pims Wr. 1. Pajghwa -.
Handicap Sweepstakes ol 20 oovs.-lndulgawtl. Kifflgrew, -
Sweepstakes ol lo eovs.-Greenwich k air, I. Dart T. 2-
Sweepstakes ol 10 sovs—Ignoramus, 1. Commotion, -.
TUESDAY.
.Handicap Plate of 60 sovs. Sauutcrer. 1. Melbourne, 2.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs.—Martha, i. t lyawoy. ^
Sweepstakes ol u» 6 ova.—M iss Fiatman. 1. Leopoia c., 3.
"Two I himsund Guinea Stakes*—Fit* Rolapd. 1. nappy Land, -
Swicpstukes of co sovs.— Fampa. 1- "Wood Nyinpn. 3.
Sweepstake* of 15 fovs —Zuyder Zee, l- 1 enaioner, —
Sweepstakes of 300 bovs.- Flush c,, 1. Traitor, 2.
WEDNESDAY.
JTnndk’apo Plate of 50 tiova.—'Theodora, 1. Ophelia, 3.
Plate ot 60 boys.— King: of Sardinia, 1. Pensioner. 2.
Selling Handicap Sweepstakes.- Little Sam. 1. Greenwich rair, 2 .
,Sw* t patnkes ol 40 eovg.— Tasmania walked over.
Jockey Club Plate.—Van Dunck, l. Aster, *2.
THURSDAY. _ . _
Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 Sovs — Mentmore, L Lady Heroine*, -
One n.ousandGuineas.- Governess, i. Hepatioa, 2.
Two- Year*Old Stakes.—North Lincoln, 1. Enfield, 2.
Sweeps*tn rob oi ICO Sovs— Beadsman, l. Sneer colt. 2.
Sweeui-fak' a of 10 Sovs.—Admiralty, 1. Polly Johnson, 2.
F’fly Pounds Handicap Plate.—Orchehill, L Indulgence, 2.
Sweepstakes of 30 Sovs.—Phy salis colt, 1. Tournament, 2.
KUTTINO AT NEWMABKBT ON THURSDAY _ . „
«■ p■ l &*E5sS& .«». -
v, 1 ; , . iMlyl 11 K> 1 loffl; IS to l .ire TS, H»l.l
’«), /«» 1*4^5 ik . • «• WO! *» 10 1 **« Toraooacr (off); SMl.rtao,
Lri ij Ltn£ C£il Sail' w) (£)•
At Her Majesty’s Theatre the “Huguenots” continues to
run a triumphant course. Produced (as we have already mentioned)
ou Tuesday, loet week, it was repeated on the following Thursday and
Saturday, again on Thursday last, and it is announced for this even¬
ing and lor two nights next week. It is evident that this chtf-d'crwre
of the greatest living musician—a lyrical tragedy of unequalled
grandeur and pathos, and ut the same time a scenio exhibition of sur¬
passing Bplendour and beauty—will be Mr. Lutnley's ohwal de bataille
of the season.
livery succeeding representation of this opera has confirmed and
deepened the impression made on the public by the first appearance of
the new prima donna, Mdlle Titiens. The more we become acquainted
with her powers and qualities, the more we admire thorn; und it
seems to be universally admitted that she is a star of a magnitude not
surpassed by any of the luminaries of the stage—the Malibrans, Linds,
or Grids—who have shone before her. From what we have heard of
her careor—a brief one, for her age doeB not exceed four-and-twenty—
we believe that her talents are less versatile than those of some of her
precursors. She does not range at will through the whole extent of the
tropic and comic drama, but confines herself to its highest branch, for
which her person, her countenance, her vocal powers, and the cha¬
racter of her genius, especially qualify her. Her walk is tragedy, or
that class of comedy which is allied to tragedy; and this walk she
treads alone—no other at the present day can share it with
her. In saying this we mean no disparagement to the queen of
song who has so longed reigned supreme among us, and who has
not yet abdicated her throne. But Grisi, though her powers have
been as remarkable for their durution as their greatuess, must yield
to the common lot of humanity; and in Titiens we now possess a
Valentine, a Norma, a Lucraia Borgia, a Donna Anna, such as we
had in Griri twenty years ago.
Giuglini muintaina the impression mode by his first appearanco in
Baoul. It is full of energy and passion ; and the joint efforts of
these two great performers give an intensity of interest to the Btory of
the hapless lovers which has never been transcended.
The splendour, beauty, poetical fancy, and pure taste with which
this opera has been got up deserve the highest enoomiums, because the
accessories of scenery and decoration are not mere spectacle, calculated
only to please thG eye, but contribute greatly to the verisimilitude of
the action and tho dramatic illusion of the piece. For this we are
mainly indebted to the geniuB of the distinguished scene-painter, Mr.
Charles Marshall. The scenes which ho has produced for this opera
are indeed pictures in the highest sense of the word, for they present
the most exquisite beauties of the pictorial art. Their truth to nature is
their most striking characteristic, by meuns of which they scorn
to bring the old France of the sixteenth century before our very
eyes. In tho lovely landscape of Touraine—in the Pr€ aux Ciercs,
with Its quaint arciiitecture, its distant view of the Seine and the
towers of Notre Dame, and the moving figures and groups with which
it is filled—in the magnificent palatial hall wherein the highborn
murderers form their horred plans—we aro carried, as it were, into the
heart of the scenes where the events take place. And tholist scene of
;iU—the scene of the piteous catastrophe—is represented, in all its
appalling reality. Ye give to-day an Engraving of this Beene—4
trnthtul and spirited skotch—which giveB a more vivid impression ol
its horror* than the most laboured description. We see, as on the
stage, tbe devoted group, Valentine, Raoul, and the faithful .ua'cA,
sinking under the volley of tho murderers who are pressing ou, ho.vtewl
by the unhappy girl’s father, little th : nking that his own daughter is
one ot his victims. The stage is filled, on tne one side with crowd* ot
terrified women and children, and on tho other with the fierce soldiers
rushing upon them. The whole is a masterpiece ox scenic effect;
quite original too; for we have not seen anything like it elsewhere,
either in Paris or London. ,
Piccolomini made hei first appearance this season on Luesuiy
evening. She performed her favourite part, Norma ,in “ Don Pas ;u*H
a character in which she is pre emicenily successful, for it is perfectly
suited to her light and airy stylo of acting, while the music is as waU
adopted to he? voice and manner of execution at if it hud been composed
expressly for her. Tho public are so familiar with her performauoe in
this part that it is only neccesary fco say that she was as arch aaa
playful, end sang us prettily, as ever, ami that the audience woloimta
her -with tho accustomed er’thusiusm. The opera, as a wnole, was well
ptrfoimcd. 1 tessi, as Dm fatqunk, is a close imitator of Loblache, but
he is a clever copy of the matchless original. Bolart, as the youthful
lover, looked and acted well, and sang the popular serenade Lome «
gentil," with grace and sweetness ; and Belletti, as Af alateita, snows!
the consummate artist. . . , . Un .
The popular “ Trovatore,” the next opera in which the groat talent
of Mdlle. Titiens will be displayed, is fixed for Lnesday, Miv -rh.
with tho additional attraction of Mdlle. Mootn and ths jrojowW
of Signor Giuglini. Verdis opera of ‘'Luisa Miller Wl . l ‘ l M llli
Piccolomini, is ulgo in rehearsal; and Saturday n , 0 . xn . wl !^ wl 1 P 0 ^ ,
production ot a new baHe r . (“ Fleur des Champs ') for the m-play of
the talent of Mdlle. Pocchini and Mdlle. Omni.
A series of performances called the New Philharmonic
CONCERTS has been begun at St. James’s il.Jl. They are u »t *ja<J *rw
of *be New Philharmonic Society, for that society ®o longer easts,
but have been underfaken by Dr. Wyldo on hia individual uununt
Tin first concert, on Monday evening, was got up on the plan tie
defunct society’s performance The first part of tho progra nine wib
selected from the works of Beethoven, including tao gr ut C minor
pvmpiony; the overture to “Egmont;” the pianoforte c-m ewo in K
flat played by Miss Arabella Goddard; a duet from the Mount of
Olives,” sung by Madame Borchurdt and Mr Tennant; and ^n aria
from “Fidelio,” sung by Madame Castellan. The second part was of
u n uch inferior descripficn, consisting of very light and trivial pisqe -
There wa? a itroDg and excellent orchestra, and tho con ere. which
diew a full audience, was an ugreeable entertainment.
Handel’s “Samson” was performed at St. Martins Hall on
Wednesduy evening, under the direction of Mr. Hullah. This grant
but very unequal work was much and judiciously curtailed, muoy
weak portions, which extend it to an inordinate length, haring b-jea
omitted. The principal airs were beautifully son« by Mi*a
Miss Palmer, Mr. Sims Beeves, Mr. Sunt lev and Mr. rhomas aud
the performance of the magnificent chorus did honour to Mi. liolUh
and bis pupils. . -
The celebrated \-iolinist, Joachim, has arrived in London after
an absence of several years, and is to make his first apnearaaoe at the
Fhilhuimonic Society’s Concert Ho will play, we uadeKtaud Beet¬
hovens concerto, and Tartini’s sonata m G minor, contaimog the
famous "Trillo del Diavolo," which the composor wr lo do*a u tar
healing it iD a dream played to him by his Satanic Mujesty. Most
peoj-lo nave heard about, but very few huso aotually listened to, this
eccentric effusion of genius. .
Hi SB Victoiee Bai.fi: arrived a few days ago from Pans,
where ehe has passed the season. _ She is a member of the R.yal
Itulian Company, and, till the opening of C ivent Garden, is perform-
ing at the concerto of the Dublin Philharmonic Society.
the theatres .
Princess’. —The revival of tlie _ “ Lear,” as we had previously
nnnenneed. took place on Saturday evening at this theatre, and fully
justified the expectations that hid been formed : we m-y aid, more
tin n justified them and in wuys that hud n it boon previously ima-
! G-a Thor, is always danger in soenio illustration, pictonrlly
carried out.md archioologically conducted that thsepeotacalurwiff
overlay the dramatic, and &ns tho poetic and hwtnomo.offer fr«ni t>o
violent a contrast with tho stage appointments. In thi- cite noth ng
of the kind hapiams. Tho subordination of the tneehautst and he
painter to tbe poet and actor is duly maintained thimu-hout and yit
the widest scope has been accorded to their tal, nte Tho action of too
drema la ng>ced in the mythic period, there is. otenurs-, no au
entity that can be appealed to; the manager is oonso mently le t at
lihertv to select the epoch that may best answer the pur|ioso of theatri
liceTty . Th« p-irliest that could be iuk«n would of c*i'ir«o
think Mr. Korn ha, a i-el
the most preicra , Anglo-Saxon e a of the e ghth con-nry
'' U fer C1 th^ regulation of the scenery and dresses, as
fin n er U fn Jbisway w»"‘ne than the seo .ud eocno of the fire:
ticer in tins way x> m t,f Stale m th« udicB “f tne »M
the chase, the primitive hearthstone and the blazing yule-log, and
similar accesfeories too numerous to record or to remember, gave
to the long and t la .ting apartment a romantic appearance thit
could not be excoeded for ra barbaric gorgeousness of state an t
ceremonial tplendour. Then the grouping of the old Kiug
end bis three daughters was admirable; and tho motion of
the scene, including the exits and entrance*, was actualised
in the most ingenious munner. The whole was full of invention,
original, suggestive, and vitally pleasing. Tho next scene was the
courtyard in the Duke of Albany’s palace, rendered still more signi¬
ficant by the return of Lear from the boar-chase, attended by his
knight* and huntsmen. But this was far excelled by the sceue that
opened tbe eeoond act, representing the exterior of the Eirl of
Gloster’s cas'le by night, fortified, in the manner of tbe Angi»Saxons’
camps, by pallisades. Nevertheless, greater excellence was attained
both in the mrobanist’s and soeDe-paiDter s department, in the seoond
scene of the third act—that of the heath, with the storm of thunder
and lightning. The clouds and electric fluid travelling rapidly aoross
the sky in the distance, and with a lurid gloom investing tha eutire
lar ihcape, w*re grandly terr fic ; and, when associated by tbe mind
with the animated figures in the foreground-the raring Lear, the
exhausted Fool, and the provident AVnf—composed a picture tlixfc
was truly sublime. But art had yet something else «n store;
for in the scene of the hovul some Bruidioal remains are in¬
troduced, and the vind through tie r>ufles>* ooluoms blows
its organ-notes, that sound like music In act four there 19 also
a fine picture—“the country near Dover, ehowiug a Homan road
and an ancient obelir-k; ” to which may be added the last s :eno of ihe
fifth act, which iB also near Dover, and exhibits the camp of tho British
forces, with the distant view of a 6axon castle. All. these scenes were
exquisitely painted ; each bad aim some special merit of . its. o wo, but
so judiciously introduced that the action was in no wise incertered
with by its illustrative accessory. . .....
The dominaut txoellence of the revival consisted in the histrionic
S vius by which it was supported. Mr Walter Lacy aa Edmund. Mr.
j der at Edgar , Mr. Graham as the Earl of Gl ster, Mr. Cooper as the
Earl of Kent, and Mi*» Poole as the F«ol, had eeoh pur> specially
suited to their several aptitudes M'*re espeoi*>l coinuxeudation still
may be accorded ter Mies Kate Terry, who>-e Cordelia was iu all iospn to
excellent^—innocent and animated, ini<liig*mt and cachetic, inod^rt
and yet expressive. Miss Heaih and Mic*s Butt a w^re the Gonenl
and Began, and b «th played with exemplary care these t vo most ua-
giateful parts. There was also a little part, whi -h. for ite vraisemhUnce,
should be mentioned : we menu Cluster h Old Tenant lm^eftroa* ed by
p.Mr. Morris In all these pointe we recognise iho care of h-j manager
equally present in the minute a* in the Urge in ihe least voll a a the
most demonstrative Thus, there was a uuity ami a harmony Ootvoea
part and paTt, and a common relation be’ ween tho different ©ff-ioti,
conducting to a common origin, and answering one and the some
intelligent purp<»-e. . , ,
M r. C. Kean had prepared us by hia Louxs XI. tor a display of elabora¬
tion odcI finish id which the minutest point* ut oharuoter and dialogue
should be profusely interpreted; hue rfia* part, thoroughly a-.age-eligible
U» it is, lelt yet the highest dramati. und poetic eleoieuts mvisited.
In lutar these uie tb« ull in*all. Ev**ry p rfion '>t it thoroUihlj
demoDbiiates the most complete m»»fery over toe wondvifill lan¬
guage in which every conception and feeling of this magnificent
tragedy is clothed. . , . . XT
Mr. Kean made g^od his imprcA-ion nght early iu the play. J\o
Boon ©r does pi or Cordelia tel er iu her ultemo e r-am the overloviug
King, ftelin^ his h»*«.»t rebuked by an nnsStunwCory respomie is ou-
strained to give decided incications of the moi-t, griev-ins diaapp »mt-
ment that he bus Ui deigone. The fHVuisinn of is at natural as
it ip powerluL When we next see him, Lear has reo-weredhis serenity.
He has returned cheerful anil weary ir m iho chase, hia upp-iute
awakened, and hie desire lor dinner uigent. B r uo v conn the signs
of a change oi meed , tor neglect b*«K u-urpod tb« pome of I’oaervaqce,
and tbe old Ki.-g i- purporcl) intuited by Gonenl a menials; at last,
by ©omti'Uitmlf 1 his is toy much. Asteoiidimeut seizss ua tha
Bing thtn fer u while he c* llecfp himself but a r length lie gives the
iolllideof parsion way. und utteTS th- wronged fa her’s biuor mdo-
dictim. Mr. K^uu'e delivery of the cursa was perfect: thesuppr««.-ad
tmotion, the inei»rersible exclamatory impulse, and tho pisoionate
on phusis, were ulike admirnhlo
At the end ot iht eeeond ac’ Lear is worked up to a similar state of
mind in regard to Began; and uluu< the aefor achieved an uupar Jlcled
triun-jb At length nutuiv, rhut alwaye sympathuie‘* with the mind of
n un, Yepreeente by un extern .1 tempest the toward »ago t'oat c •nsumdS
tbe outcast f.tbeT uno disc < wutd monarch . un l tho true or is re¬
quired to rise to the sublimity «•*' the highest poetic utmeepte ju ao 1 tho
vigonv of the boldest histrionic delineation Mr. K aa s sue ea wts
ccmplete. "With Leaf’s madness began a series of new <riua,ihs.
** lieoson in madness”: that wus the p »e f, s |»T"b:em, ’bat is tho acfcirs
tfht In theblencingof the-e opporites the bigliosc skill was ‘•xhimteiL
in tho fourtii and Hfth acts ahakep aro, as bis manner is, has di/erted
bis mbject into the crime’ regions of fancy and feeling; aid th«ra
revelling, mi'’gated ihe • a n that the inure circuTistautial horror of tua
itorj would alts have iufiiulert Faatasiie ir,n/.y suoeaads t> 1isr.»
madness; ami restoration to sanity, preceding a o dutrophi toat
crushte tie heart, demunstra es that the world i» n** lace for the para
affections, but one of pro bat i n only, whore oompromujiia of all ujriJ
arc netdtd—
Vex rot his ghost <>. tel him pass ! He bates him
That would upon the rack of this tough world
Ftrcfdi him out longer.
The triumphant development of genius displayed by Mr Kean in
hisei-bidimtH of Sli kipc-iucs sublime creation bey -ud don ,t
bis jupren-ucyes a hutrionto unies. NVc hive only m >d i ch»t the
nuditn- e testified their sense of ite excellence y repeated plauditi und
frequent si.mmoi.s before tbe • Krioin.
( LYBii ic. A slight piece, under the title o' “ A Doubtful
Vicloiy ' vas pr*»<iut<:d on Monday It is u-apted from a i•’roach
ni« c*, *• A lu Oampugmi,” b\ Mr John Oxenf«»r-i flhe plot la the moit
slender that bt imagined. It may be stutod in a fow wuyds. Mrs.
FUwetdale, who is represented by Mm. Sterling, bt comes alarmed ot
account of her ni« *e, Violet Mrs Hughes , who is atteohil o one
A frid t Ineland (Mr. W tT«>r<lou )■ This •.‘Huileiuuu bus Wu evil -p *kcn
ol by Colon- 1 VUtc\Nr George V.ning), who affect, the Anri audsusiKito
Alfred ’$ sttentiunt are designed for the veneraul» Udy ; uud not roc her
i,u<c When untbecived ho wo.,1 • cvriect his qn-cukc. But Art.
Fh ten dale determines on te^tiog Cleveland's rin on . and m^kes 1 ive
to him hers*If When about to surrender tiu» Cefonri e p*per
into Cleveland's hand, revealing h* plot, and thua s.ivws him iro n I’n-
jninent peril. The piece was udmimbl; pi u; •[ on ‘he ‘•tage, th-areme
txtedi ills being m*^ effective, an l tho actiug of Mr yimag and
Mn* Stirling wm excdlent. It was very tuoceasful and will become,
no doubts exctedinvly popular.
Myddelton Haul— tin Monday Mr. olman recited the.whofo
of the rnigeds o» * Macbeth” 1> ui rn-mory t'uisis certainly •* pro
oigious feat. ' Th« n- iter’s v» ; ce has been moac s-1 lou/lycuitirated,
and is. in fact, un .irgun of extraordin-ry *olums : Ho
publiu encouraguntn? and wo ti ny add thit Lbc sfanee was fully
attended.
MakyleboNE Mrs. Fmtliiis Hoi cruft has venmnd on somo
ovon-oiumntic cc’etlaintreMt at the Literary and J* ii«ntifi * InBti u-
tion in For man-t-qna/e, which promise wolf. On a ooae-
di*t'a, adupted b h* r from th© French, an -1 intid.ni M. larjbanl s
becret,’ w ob voted by h-r*rif unr a party ol ami -mi * wi h ,
Ihtse ilut-foiin i«riormauoee arc tmw "n their inou *»«>, iu ne
present state of Oo tiiealrcs, such rnakeibl^tji n t *j» ocdH^pliwdL
There are tew opporrnnitipa for iu«i-ieut ml-nt hut He
musi be raaie; ,o diffl.'ull is it •«. find tb.'ta Mm. H . cr ■ t .5 ilmog
• soMKnuv ia ba-dm* tbe Wnafit ut h.r id.I«f
iho creation of such opportunities »»' our lucrxr) ins J-u win.
DESTRUCTION OF IHE VICTORIA I
CEMENT WORKS, AT WRECKII 1.
Tdesf oxica.iv,. * rks—the fin* b om of «hi.- >
lfltb. 1866, sail which coma., nod .oo lting uo
nioaib tg.-liavo le n suddoaiy dostruyed
bton caned bj xnccreir.cc.. - me. » in toe m- .•
linio in. 1 . enimial exieenw Wlirepe. attends 1
j.u.pre t> und daDF-r '» bua.on Uie, « » ,!
alone tbi line of .oust ot. whioh tle«o work
BnmwKk, imncdistely a ';o> me lUo feat o
hisiore records lh»> a.ou- 2;" voare m.
a tirjic house, talk down ir uuu ttsffa. It. .
.SO
\>umst
two
h»0
: on
n of
p: ca
vt
.1 *' 3 *,
•pt
, J it
416
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
April 24 , 1858
then stood, which was to the south of the present village, having
suddenly given way. Providentially, most of the inhabitants were
that night t caking a corpse, and, perceiving the approach of the
catastrophe, not only succeeded in escaping themselves but
in alarming their neighbours, so that but few lives were lost.
The houses were, however, for the most part, buried under masses
of earth, and sank down towards the sea shore, where various articles
have since been occasionally washed out by the tide." At Kettleness,
about It mile south of Wreckhilla. a similar landslip took place in
December, 1829. On that occasion the whole of the Kettleness Alum
Works, belonging to the Marquis of Normanby, were swept away.
Warehouses, offices, dwelling-houses, and oottages, together with mine-
heaps, machinery, Ac., to a large amount, were completely swallowed
up. Indeed, along the whole line of coast, extending from Peak to
Skinningrove, these landslips have been of such frequent occurrence
as to excite but little notice, except when attended by results similar
to those whioh we have now to reoord. The name of the place,
Wrcckhills," whore the Victoria Works woie erected, is not derived,
SCENE OF THE LANDSLIP AT WKKCK.H1LUS.— FROM TUB 1'iEtt.
as way generally he supposed, from its bein? the > cane of some ship¬
wreck, but from the population of the neighbouring village of Buns-
wick having formerly spread on the place to dry the Beaweed, or
wreck, as it was commonly called, whioh they gathered on the shore
at low water, whence the locality was termed “ Wreckhilla." After
being dried it was laid in heaps and burned for making kelp.
The Victoria Works, the scene of the present calamity, had, it
appears, been erected on a portion of land, comprising above an acre,
which had originally slipped from the face of the cliff down to the
shore; the outer face presenting a vast mass of rocks and dibru,
washed by the sea; the inner part, on which the works are situated,
being composed of earth on a bed of clay. The foundation on which
the works rested being thus composed of unstable materials, the weight
thrown upon it by the accumulation of buildings, ironstone, &o.,
caused it to give way, and the whole sank down on Monday morning,
the 22nd ult., a depth of thirty feet. The mode by which tne iron ore
has been extracted from the adjacent land may also have contributed
co hoavcn the catastrophe; the cliff being pierced by drifts in
many directions, and by a shaft, descending to a great depth,
which terminates in a drift. The first intimation of the event
was perceived on Sunday evening, a slight crack being ob¬
served in some of the buildings. The attention of the watch¬
man stationed at the premises was next attracted by a kind of sub¬
terranean sound, accompanied by noises resembling those made by
carpenters at work, and he went three times along; the front, but could
see nothing. A louder noise, like the breaking of iron pipes, following,
he immediately set off to call up the manager, who, with a number of
men, was soon at the place, when they found the chimney down and
the house in ruins, and that the blast-furnaces had fallen out of the
perpendicular to an extent whioh threatened their immediate destruc¬
tion. When daylight appeared the scene presented was one of uni¬
versal wreck: the whole site, covering about an acre and a half, had
sunk, and scarcely a vestige remained of the busy scene of aotivity of
the previous day.
The accompanying Engravings are from photographs by Mr. W
8tonehouse, of Whitby.
tfc-ENfc Od TUB LAND ALU* AT WRECKHILL3 : THE ENGINE-HOUSE OF THE VICTORIA IRON AND CEMENT WORKS.
April 24, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
417
CHIEFS OF THE SOUBAN, ETC.
AFRICA.
poldiera who fell into his hands. Arakel Bey, G ivernor of the Soudan,
is anim ited with the beBt intentions f but it mu*t not be coBcealed that
it will be long before the savage and warlike ^ nations confided to his
managing nt will admit Egyptian rule, and it will reouire the most
persev irirg eff rts on the part of Saib Pacha, aid a com id rable foroe,
to redaoe them to submission. We give Porcraits, atoompanied by
By a letter from Alexandria of the 3rd inst. we learn that the dis¬
turbances of the Soudan are far from being appeased, t>nd for the
second time the armies of the Viceroy of Egypt had be n defeated.
The insurgents have at their head a certiin Nasser, an old Mameluke
of Mehemet Ali. In the seoond affair Nasser surrounded half of the
army of Goaman Boy, and massacred without mercy all the Egyptian
■Creole Girl , a sempstress at Sierra Leone. The word creole
ony signifies the children of the liberated Africans; but it is
ipplied to oli children born in that settlement, and without
to colour. , v „ _ , ,
Portrait of a Liberated African, a native of the Moco or Bakonko
irhich is situated near the banks of the River Gaboon. These
No. 2.—Sketch ot an Officer or Cabocer, formerly attached to the army
of the King of Ashantee, and who had incurred the displeasure of his
Sovereign. As is usual on such occasions, the Monarch sent a messenger
to demand his head; but, as Jumtimassah had no desire to part with it,
he fled to Cape Coast Castle for protection. Thence he was shipped
to Sierra Leone.
no. 13.
in number from one to a dozen. In this way they will spend a
ay, evidently enjoying this lazy way of living, as thereby they
ulge with their fellow-countrymen in much talk, generally ac-
ied with boisterous laughter, and seasoned with abundant gesti-
; but these men, many of whom are hale and vigorous
HO. 12.
least from the position they occupy at Sierra Leone; but they are
industrious, and are much esteemed both as soldiers and servants.
No. 6.—Portrait of a Liberated African Mahomtdan, a native of the
Jolibah country, kingdom of Yarribali. The figure represents one of the very
numerous class of persons who hawk from house to house fowls and ducks
FIG. 11.
when they wish to indicate a slow, thick-headed man, of mean intellect,
they say “ he is a Moko, or big-headed fellow." ... . .
No. 5 .—Portrait of a young Congo or Angola Lad—a. liberated
African. The kingdom of Angola is situated on the south-west coast of
Africa. They are apparently not an ambitious race of people, Judging at
418
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
L April 24, 1H58
fellows, eschew any harder labour, although they could earn for themselves
and tamilies an excellent subsistence u they turn d their attention to
culiiva ing the lots of waste land so abundantly scattered over the settle¬
ment of Sierra Leone. „ „ .
No. 7.—Portrait of Ptnlih Malagih, one of the chiefs of the country
trail rtd by the River Canrarauca, in the Sherbro country. The Sherbro
territory borders the colony of Sierra Leone to the westward.
No. 8.—Portrait of a young Foulah, as seen about the streets of r rec¬
to wn, colony of Sierra Leoue. They now occupy principally tip terri¬
tory of Foot a Jallon, a country of'Seuegambia, extending^ about 350
miles from east to west, and 200 from north to south, having for its
capitals Laby and Teembo. The Government partakes more oi the
nature of a Republic than a .Monarchy, as the King cannot decide upon
anything ot importance without the consent of the Chiefs oi Sembo Laby
anil Teembee. The religion is Mahomedanism, blended with Fe¬
tishism. I heir chief trade consists in gold, ivory, wax, and cattle, all of
which they exchange with the colonists of Sierra Leone for guns, powder,
Manchester and Hirmingham goods. &c. .
No. 9 .—Pika orPhku Woman. Phica is situated south-west of the king¬
dom ol liomu. '1 he Thica race are seldom brought to Sierra Leone as
tla\es to be liberated, therefore there arc few of them in the colony.
No. io.—Portrait of a young Serratcooli? Woman. The Serrawoolies are
a migratory people, like the Mandiugo and Foulah races. They profess
Mahomedanism, which they engraft with Fetishism. They coiiu
from the neighbourhood of Bonda-Senegambia. The Serrawoolies
travel to Sierra Ltone to barter their gold and ivory for guns,
powder, and other British goods. A sufficient number of these intrepid
men form themselves into a caravan, and select as their leader a man of
the greatest experience amongst them to lead it, whom they call the
eelatyi: his duty is to collect from each member of the caravan funds
to purchase provisions on the road, and to meet incidental expenses.
No. 11 .—Portrait of a Serrmroolie Woman, showing the elaborate head¬
dress, necklace of beads, anklets, &c. Like all African females, the
women ol this tribe are extremely fond of amber, coral, and glass beads,
which are worn in profusion on tile head, neck, arms, waist, and ankles.
The Serrawoolio, Jolalf, and Foulah women in features approach
nearer to the inhabitants of Europe than any other tribes of West
Africa. Their hair is not so short or woolly as that of rhe negro, and
the eyes are larger and more expressive. They have prominent features
and graceful figures.
No. 12.— YeUy or Jtllihmen, Mandingoe#, from Foota Jallon. The Yelly
or Jellihmen are much esteemed amongst the Foulah and Mandingo na¬
tions. 'lheir profession is hereditary, and they enjoy in some degree the
position of the ancient minstrels or bards of our ancestors. They are
generally men gifted with great ability and a quick and extraordinary
discernment of human character, and are shrewd observers of the ways anil
doings olmankind. This sngacious,highly-educated class are therefore
held in muth esteem, and on occasions of difficulty they are invariably
consulted by the chie fs of their native countries. Thus their voices are
raised in all public assemblies oi* the people, where their eloquence is
poured forth iu the most vigorous and fascinating way, to rouse the ener¬
gies of their countrymen to deeds of glory and renown. One of these
accomplished men, trained Muhonmdoo YeUy, distinguished himself at
Sierra Leone by the remarkable vigilance, activity, ana intelligence with
which he hunted out the aiders ana abettors of slavery at Sierra Leone.
On pptcial occasions they can descend to amuse by buffoonery, when
they appear dn ssed out iu the most grotesque fashion irn iginable.
No. 13.— Lib* rated African, a native of the Kalabah country, which is near
to Elroe. 'J he individual represented was the first jK*nson operated upon
iu Western Africa whilst under the influence of chloroform—the opera¬
tion being highly succt ssfnl in every respect.
No. 14 .—Tom Pi operand Pottle of Brandy —Fish Krooman. The Kroo
country is situated on the Grain coast. Strictly speaking, the. Fishmen
are a different people irom the Kroomen; they ore often con¬
founded with them, but there is a broad distinction between them.
The Kroomen occupy the interior of the country. The Fish Kroos
are entirely ui>on the coast; below Grand Cestroa they are all
fit.h tow ns. The Kroos occupy a suburb in the west end of Freetown.
They come to the colony of Sierra Leone for employment, aud are much
employed on board the men-of-wur cruisers on the coast as labourers and
as dcmtftic servants. They are exceedingly intelligent; and their
sialwen, herculean bodies show to great advantage contrasted with the
bulk of the 1.berated Africans, who are generally puny in appearance,
and of low si at ure.
No. 15 .—Scldier in the uniform of the 1st West India Regimeut. toge¬
ther with his wife and child, and a Young Xfares# bearing upon her head a
calabash of water. Everything at Sierra Leone is carried (or. as the
libeiated Africans and creoles express it, “ totted”) on the head—from a
single bottle to a basket or blie, containing heavy articles; both btdng
balanced so equally that they trip along in the most easy, jaunty way
imaginable.
No. 16.—Portrait of the Chief All Mammee Dembidi Fouricariahas he
rode through the Btreets of Freetown during the Festival of Rhamadan.
This feast is kept while the sun is above the horizon, aud they repeat a
short prayer and make a rotatory motion with tlieir tore-finger on first
seeing a new moon. The worship of Islam on the west coast of Africa is
combined with faith in certain charms or amulets, which are considered
the medium of a multiplicity of blessings to both body and soul.
No. 17.—Portrait of a Creole, a soldier of the 3rd West India Regiment,
armourer to the garrison at Sierra Leone.
No. 18.—Portrait of a Mundingo Trader, from Foota Jallon, in Ills rain
hat and dress. The Mandingoea profess Mahomudanism; but, strictly
speaking, Mahomedaniam and Fetishism are blended; for, while prayers
are scrupulously offered five times in the day in the name of the Prophet,
a profusion of gris-gris are at the same time worn about their persons. The
Mandingo country is about 700 miles in the interior, their territory being
situated between the 10th and 14th parallel, near the source of the River
Gambia, and extending to the banks of the Niger. Parties of them arrive
at Sierra Leone, bringing down gold, w’hich, according to their account,
1b found in very great purity in a country called Boureh, about 220 miles
N.E. from Tembc, in Foota Jallon. This they exchange for .Manchester
goods, gunn, powder, rum, &c. They, with the Foulahs, Serra.vooli-a,
and Terawcolaha, were long suspected of annually kidnapping from Sierra
Leone numbers of the liberated Africans, whom they sold into slavery.
0 hi* system they managed so adroitly that it remained for years unde¬
tected, until the latter end of 1852, at which period his Excellency Go¬
vernor Kennedy assumed the government, when his vigilaut eye soon,
discovered and unveiled the mystery which they had hitherto so success*
fully shrouded from his predecessors in office. It appears that many of
the liberated Africans and others assisted these miscreants in carrying on
their scheme*. The colony is now, however, purged of this deep dis^Tace^
but it is lamentable to think that this should have occurred in the colony^
of Sierra Leone, which was expressly formed to repress slavery; and it is
deplorable that those very persons who hud been rescued therefrom, and
who enjoyed the blessings of freedom aud civilisation, should have,
nevertheless, banded themselves together to sell their bi^ft^reiLjnto^
THE WEATHER.
RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE
KF.W OBSERVATORY OF THK BRIT5HH ASSOCIATION.
Lat 81° 28 ' fl" N.; Long. 0° 18' 47" W.; Height above sea, 34 feet.
PAT.
DAILY
UJEAN8 or
TUEKUUUCT.XH.
WtSI).
|5
11
bi
a.
S3 •
H 3
Dew
Point.
o
if
H
k b
II
^ o
§ *
111
s s
i =>:
n
General
1^
In 24
hours.
Read
at
10a. M
llKbca.
e
a
0-10
* \
Miles.
Inches
A] ri u
30*145
48*2
34*2
*61
0
32 1
64-6
8. ST.. S3E.
277
*000
„ 16
29-995
65*8
42*5
*63
«
45*6
05-2
S- SSE.
2»J
(100
« 16
29*919
69 0
51*2
*77
9
444
69*8
8L‘. VSF..
113
*000
„ 17
30*091)
48*8
45 5
94
7
43*2
54*9
NSW N\
195
•145
„ 18
30*202
47*8
37*7
-70
0
36*2
eo-i
SW. NNE.
ICG
000
*. 19
30 090
61*9
39*3
65
*
35 0
81*9
E ENR.
188
•ooo
„ 20
30*1( 6
55*8
429
-64
V
37 9
65*8
NNE. XE.
96
*000
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE CAMBRIDGE
OBSERVATORY, FOR THE WEEK ENDING APiltL SI, 1858.
B*y.
*11!!
£(C > t 3
-V- eH
131*.*
«is!
if
If
£
if
■ft
|
Dry
Bulb
9AU-
Wet
Bulb
at
9 A.it.
u.y
Utrib
at
:i r.M.
Wot
Bulb
at
3 p.m.
Direc¬
tion of
Wind.
Amt.
of
Cloud.
(0-10)
Ra‘n
in
Inches.
Arri 15
Inches
30 052
65 9
*
364
641
y+
55 4
a
483
65*3
551
S. SSW.
10
0 000
,, 16
29*98(1
65-8
461
57-7
61*4
574
65*8
59*3
5W. NW
7
0 318
•• ill
29*951
63'U
44-7
46*8
48*8
4--8
52*8
•19.4
X.
10
0 000
„ 18
30*244
61-7
34*1
49-8
511
48-0
60-4
630
8. SI'.
0
0000
.. 19
30*138
62-0
33-2
51-2
54-2
43-0
61*8
53 7
PK-
0
0 000
2C
30-113
64*9
331
53-4
64 0
626
61*9
554
S NW
0
o-ooo
i* 21
30-256
67 8
38*7
656
66-2
51*6
674
57*6
N. NW.
0
0*000
Mean 8
30105
63 0
38-8
52-7
64 4
50-7
62*7
SI'S
0*318
The range of temperature during ihe week was 34*6 degrees.
A faint halo was observed round the sun at 5b. 30m. p m of .April 15,
the sky being then overcad! with cirrus cloud. Between eight p.m and
midnight of April 16 flushes of lightning were very frequent and excced-
inj ly vivid and thunder was heard on one occasion. A heavy fall of rain
took puce dnring this night and the following morning, and the wind was
blowing freshly at the time. The sky has been clear during the last four
<Jay«, although occasionally covered with dense mist; on the days of the
16th, 16th, and 17 th it was greatly overcast. J. Breen.
COUNTRY NEWS.
Public Gymnasium for the Town of Liverpool.— Mr. C.
Mdly, a merchant of Liverpool, who has rendered great service to that
town by the erection of public fountains in various public thoroughiares,
has obtained the permission of the council to erect a gymnasium upon
some vacant ground at the north end of the town. Mr. Melly has already
expended £200 in fencing and preparing the ground, and is willing to pay
for the services of a police-officer daily, m order to preserve order.
A portrait of Mr James Crossley, F.S A , has recently been
presented to the Manchester Free Library by a number of the leading
citizens of Manchester, in token of their admiration of Mr. Crossley 8
character and talents, and in gratitude lor the services he has rendered
that excellent institution.
At Dorking the inangural lecture of the Literary aud Sci¬
entific Institution (established at the commencement of the present year
was given on Tuesday evening uuder the most favourable auspices.
Discovery of Cinerary Urns at Winch ester.— In ex¬
cavating the earthwork on the Conservative Land Society's estate at
Winchester, to be allotted on the 29th inat, the workmen, on Thursday
week, discovered in the Compton-road about two feet, beneath the surface,
two cinerary urns embedded in the graveL One of them was unfortu¬
nately broken to pieces by the pickaxe, but the other was exhumed en¬
tire. and contained, mixed up with the earth, a large quantity of burnt
bones. The urns were mode of clay, and were about a foot in length; the
shape rather elongated- small at the bottom, and increasing in size to the
mouth, which was ornamented by some rude attempts at lluting.
Wreck of the Schooner “Coburg, 0 of Bridlington.—
During the recent heavy gales on the north-east coast, the schooner
Coburg, of Whitby, from Newcastle to Rouen, with coals, went ashore
south of Bridlington harbour. The perilous position of the ship having
been observed, the life-boat of the Royal National Life-boat Institution
was immediately manned and launched. The vessel was soon reached, aud
her crew ol five men rescued from their dangerous situation, and after¬
wards safely taken on shore. The Bridlington life-boat has on former
occasions been instrumental in rescuing scores of persons from shipwrecks.
An Explosion took place on Friday morning (last week) in
one of the coal-pits on the estate of Lord Vernon, at Poynton, Cheshire.
There were 240 workmen in the pit at the time of the explosion. '1 hreeof
them were killed—James Ridgway, John Ridgw&y, his father-in-law,
and John Cooper. Within two hours all the other men were extricated in
a state of stupefaction, but they have since recovered. The explosion is
supposed to have arisen from the removal of the top of a Davy lamp by
one of the workmen.
A Double Murder has been committed near Taunton. Ah
aged man. named Bucknall. and his wife, who had saved some money/
were found on the morning of Wednesday week in their cottage, the man
dead from a gunshot through the brain, and the woman witli her throat
cut in bed. Their grandson, John Baker Bucknall, was arrested on sus¬
picion. The inquest on the bodies was held on Friday (last week), when
strong evidence was given to bring the crime home to the grandson, and
the jury immediately returned a verdict of ** Wilful Murder ” against him.
Bailwat s in Algeria.— The Algerian railway surveys from
Algiers to Blidali (we learn from the Builder) are nearly finished L>
“Maieon Carrde.” Owing to the favourable nature of the soil for rail¬
way works, it is expected that they will shortly commence, under a
concentrated force of 4000 soldiers, who willingly exchange the bayonet
for the p ekaxe. Their pay is to be doubled. It has been already stated
that, in detault of any company presenting itself, these rail ways will be
open to the volunteers of the French army. The supply of tools, such as
waggons, wheelbarrows, picks, &c.. is ready for the work and sufficient;
and it may be noted that the Government of France will facilitate, by
special means, the emigration to Algeria of the skilled Paris workmen
who can either superintend or do the work themselves. Aft to the French
soldiers, they are to receive high wages while at such work.
“A Man Overboard !”—Tha following incident occurred
dnring the Pera's passage home. When about. 20d mi lea S B. of Malta,
on the morning of the 7tu inst, just before nine o’clock, aery was heard
of “ A man overboard !** A passenger, Mr. Henderson, seeing a boy
fall from the main-chains into the water, ran aft and hove a life-buoy
toward* him. The boatswain of the Peru. Joseph Hawkins, who was
in his cabin halt-drrssfd, rushed on deck, ran aft, jumped on therouui-
house, threw over another life-buoy, and without a moment's hesimtioa
jumped after it. The ship, which was going ten knots at the time, was
socn stopped. A boat was cleared away and lowered under the direction of
Mr. liicks. chief officer, and/Mr. Fraser, the third officer, and crew, sent
away in her, and in fifteen minutes from thetimeof stopping the engines,
until going on again at full speed, the boatswain and boy (who had got
bold of the life-buoy) were picked up. and the boat hoisted up to its davits.
As Hawkins steeped on deck, he was loudly cheered by the passengers,
who, by way of showingtbefr admiration of his gallant conduct, presented
him with a purse ci £ 200 ,
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK.
(From our City Correspondent.)
The all-absorbing topicLf discussion this week has been the Chancellor's
Budget. Those portions of it having reference to the Sinkiug Fund, and
to the postponement of the payment of Exchequer Bonds, have been
favourably received; but a strong opposition has been raised to the pro¬
posal to affix ft penny stamp upon every cheque issued. In the present
state of the Money Market the postponement of the payment of the
Exchequer Bonds is regarded by the holders as a positive boon ; still we
are of opinion that, as the Budget contains very few disturbing elements,
snd as the trade of the country is evidently improving, these bonds will,
eventually, he paid out of the revenue of the country, without the necessity
of a ntw'ioau. The observations of the Chancellor in reference to the
Income-tax, and the prospect of its entire abolition, are regarded with
more than usual satisfaction.
Considering the great abundance of money, aud the difficulty in finding
profitable employment for it. the Consol Market has been far from active
this week. The transactions, both for Money and Time, have certainly
increased, and prices have slightly improved ; but the extent of business
transacted has not been to ssy large, i he Unfunded Debt has beeu much
less active and a slight, decline has taken p.ace in the quotations The
Indian Loan, however, has been rather active, at 99 J for the Debentures,
and 100 and 993 for the Scrip.
Very few changes have taken place in the value of money. In Lombard-
street. iln*t-clu 80 short paper has been done at 24 to 2 } per cent; and some
bankers have refused to accept money on ** call,* if for one mjuth certain,
at 2 per cent.
The imports of bullion have been tolerably large—viz., £74.000 from
New York £90 000 from Australia, £ 12,000 from the West Coast of Africa,
and £199,037 from the West Indies. The shipments have been about
£50,000. chiefly in silver to the East. The amount of gold known to be
on passage from Australia is £446,000. The silver market is fiat, and
dollars are quoted at 4S. ll£d. per ounce.
On Monday Home Securities were steady, and the Reduced Three per
Cents were dune at 95$ J S Consols, for Money, marked 96| 4 A;
for the Account, 96$ f. The New Three per Cents were 95 } .j;
Long Annuities, I 860 , 1 $; Ditto, 1865, 18 $; India Loin Debentures,
99$ K ; Exchequer Bit s, 33s. to 38s. prom.; the Bonds were 101 and 100 } ;
Bank Stock touched 222 : and lud a Stock. 220 .$. Very ew changes took
place in the quotations on the following day. i he highest prices realised
were—Jtuduccd. 9&J; consols, 96$ ; New Three per Lents, 95}; Long An¬
nuities. U 60 , l* ; India Load Debentures, 995 ; Exchequer Bills 38s.;
Ditlo. Bonds. 100 $. Frices, genera'-ly, were firm on Wednesday, but very
little disposition was shown to operate largely. Consols, for Money,
reached 96f; the Reduced, 98* |; the New 1 hree per Ceuts, 95 $ $ ; Long
Annuities, i 860 , 1 $ ; Loan Debentures, 89}; Exchequer Bills, 383. ; and
the Bonds, 99} ihe consol Market was steady on Thursday, and the
Ibrce per Cents, for Money, were done at ooj }; for the Account. 96597;
the Nc-w Three per Cents and the Reduced were 96$ $ ; Indian Loan »erip
was 993 100; Exchequer Bills realised 33s. to 37s. ; and India Bonds, 213 .
premium.
Compared with several previous weeks there has been an improved
feeling in the Foreign House. The transactions have increased and prices
generally have ruled firm, to a slight advance:—Chiliau Six per Cents
have realised 104 ; and Danish Five per Cents. 101$; Greek, 6|; Mexican
Three per Cents, for Account. 20 ; Brazilian Five per Cents. 101$; Peru-
91} }; Spanish Throe per Cents, 44; Dit'o. New Deferred. 26}; Ditto,
Passive, 7; Turkish Six per Cents, 97} }; Turkish Four per Cents. 104V;
Venezuela Four-and-TJiree-Quarter per Cents, for Account. 36; Vene¬
zuela Two per Cents, 14}; Dutch Two-and-a-Haif per Cents, 65} and
Dutch Four per Cents, 99.
In the value of Joint-Stock Bank Shares very little change has taken
place, but the transactions in them have been very limitedAustral¬
asia have marked hi ex div.; English. Scottish, and Australian Chartered,
1 S$; London Joint Stock, 29J; Ottoman. l?|; Union of Australia, 454 ;
Ditto, New, 31; and Union of London, 24}.
'I he Miscellaneous Market has ruled flat, as fotlows -.—English and
Australian Copper 1 $; European and American Steam, 14; London
General Omnibus, 3}; National Discount, 4$; Netherlands Land, Eight
per Cent Preference, 2}; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 78$; Ditto.
New, 17}; South Australian Land. 364; Trust and Loin Company of
Upper Canada. 6}; Van Dieman’s Lana, 15; London Docks, 104; East
and West India, 118 }; St. Katharine, 94$; Birmingham Canal, 93; Grand
Junction, 81 ; Regent’s, 16 }; Hungerford Bridge, 6$; Vauxhall. 17 *-
Canada Government Six per Cents, 114$; New Brunswick Ditto, ion}’
Nova Scotia Sterling Debentures, 108}; and South Australian Govern¬
ment Bonds. 107}
Although the downward movement in the value of Railway Shares has
been less marked, the public continue to operate in them with groat
caution. Ihe purchases of Stock this week have, therefore, been very
moderate. The weekly bailie receipts continue unsatisfactory, aa will be
seen from the following comparison :—
_ 4 „ . 1858. 1857.
Grot Northern, Ai>»il 11.2» ,03t» ,, Si Si
bout b-Ker era, April >7.17 113 .. 18,287
D ndrn nod * righton. April 17 .. .. 14,189 .. 15,<*0H
London and SoLth-iV,< trrn, April IS .. l«,3»i .. 14 939
Greet Wfutcrn, April 18.28,3f»3 .. JS.9I3
Londonand North-Wo tmn, April 18 .. .. 53,314
The following are the official closing quotations on Thursday :—
Ordinary Shares and Stocks.—a mbergate. Nottingham, and
Boston Junction. 5}; Caledonian. 84}; Cornwall, 4|; East Anglian, i«* -
Eastern Counties, 59$: Great. Northern, A Stock, 88 ; Great Western, 56} •
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 89} ; London and BlaekwaU, 6}; London and
Brighton, 105$; London and North-Western, 93}; London and South-
Western. 92 $; Manchester. Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 30}; Mid and. 92A-
Ditto, Birmingham and Derby, 66; Norfolk, 60 ; North British, 52 $*’
North Eastern-Berwick, 92jf;( Ditte, Leeds, 47} : Ditto. York, 7 JA -
North London, 93; South Wales, 82 $ ; West-End of London and Crystal
Palace. A. 3}. / \
Lines Leased at Fixed Rentals.— London and Greenwich, 12 } •
Northern and Eastern, f»V ; Wear Valley, 32}.
Preference Shares.— Ca’edonian, iho ; Chester and Holyhead. 99-
Eastern Counties, No. 1,117; Edinburgh. Perth, and Dundee 72; Great
Northern Five per Cent, Redeemable at Five per Cent prom., 62 ; Great
Western Four-and-a-Half per Cent, 92}; Ditto, Four per Cent, 88}. Ditto,
Irive per Cent, 100}; Newport, Ab ergavenny, and Hereford, Perpetual
Six per Cent, IF; North British. 108 ; North-Eastern, Berwick. 95}; Ox¬
ford. Worcester, and Wolverhampton, First Guarantee 117; South York¬
shire Four-and-a-Halt per Cent 1004 ; Waterford and Kilkenny, 4 ft}.
British Possessions.— Ea-it Indian. 110 }; Ditto. E Share* Exten¬
sion, eg; Grand Trunk of Can ida, 48 ; Ditto. Six percent Debentures,
81 }; Ditto, Second Issue of the Two Million Loan. 362; Great Indian
Peninsula, 21 $; Ditto. New, 25 ; Great Southern of India, } pm.; Great
Western Of < annda. 19} ex div.; Ditto, New, 11 } ox div : Madras Four-
axid- three-Quarters perCetft Extension, 145 ; Sonde, New, 5 }
Foreign,- Bahia un(1 San Francisco. 3} ; Dutch Rhenish, 10 $; Great
Luxembourg, 7 } ;^Lyon« and Geneva, 25; Namur aud Liege, 9$ ; Recife
and San Francinco^*!; Snmbre and Meuse. 8} -, West Flanders, 5,
The Aiining Share market has continued lint. Compare! with last week,
however, very few changes have taken place in the quotations.
? _ e =
THE MARKETS.
Corn Exciiaxob. April 19.—Nctwitb«tandlar that the *how of whftat in t-’i-dav'*
market wn« v.-jry modemte, the demand for all kind# ruled heavy, and price* were 2 #
prr qoan.r lower ih«ui 0:1 Monday Imt. In fort l^o wheat— iho *how of wide 1 woa eiinon-
nMy targe—very little waft pis* 1> £ at Is. to St per quarter lefts money. Thorn was n fair
luqul y ter barley. »t full quotations; but the inquiry for mill wu vorv inn. tlvo. Oau—
though In good supply—were in fair request, at full prices. The low samples o tn-ana and
p«*.s on *now wbic cleared off, at extreme rates In the value of good and fine Hour uo
cbanne took place, but inferior country mark* were fully !a. per SH'Jlb lower
April Sl.-Thwro was very little business doing in wheat to day at U outlay 1 ’• decline In
vslu<*. Flour mot a dull inquiry; but aU spring corn was in steady icriucAt, at toil quo¬
tations
A’nqHtA. —Wheat, Essex ami Kent, red, 39s. to 45e.; ditto white, Us. to 18s.; Norfolk and
Suffolk, red. 3Sa. to 4<s.; rvo, 3*s. to 3ts ; grinding barley, 2-ta. to 3«tf.; dlstilllug ditto,
to 35s.; malting ditto, 35s. to 4'is.; Lincoln and Norfolk malt, 69s. to (J a.; brown
ditto, Ms. to 5tia.; Kingston and Ware, 68s. totals.; Chevalier. &U to G^h : Yorkshire and
Lincolnshire feed oats, a Is. to 2&K ; pouto ditto, 37s to 3 Is., Youghal and Cork, black, Ms.
to 28s,; ditto, white. >2s. to 32s.; tick beans, 33s. to 3ls.; grey |>ea3 10s- to 13s.; maple, 12*.
to 4is.; white, 10s. to 43*.; boilers, 43s. to 46*. per quarter. Town-made flour, 37s. to
40s.; iown households, Ms. to 34*: country mark*, 28*. to 3Li. per lb. American flour,
18s. to 24 m, ner barrel. French, 32s. to 3»?s. per rack.
Sauls.- Closer a»>ed 1 b in good request, and prices have an up want tendency. Canary is
steady, and linseed support* previous rat- s. In other seed* very little U doing
Linseed, English, crushing, liOs. to 57*. J Calcutta, 52*. to 51s.; h.mi weed, 44a. to
46 b. per quarter; coriander, 28s. to 28a. per cwt.; brown musUrd seed, l «s. to 16*.;
ditto white, 17*. to 18*.; tares, 6*. Od. to 7«. 0d per bushel ; English rapeaeod. 68a.
to 72a. per quar:cr. Linseed cakea, English, CIO 5t». to £10 10s.; ditto, foreign. £10 *‘a.
to £10 15*. j rapo cakes, £6 15a. to£8 0». per ton. Canary, 8da. to 94i. per quarter. Kod
clover, 48a. to 6da-; white ditto, 56*. to 7u. per cwt.
BrtmL —The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Old. to 7d.j of household
ditto, t^d. to (hI. per 4 lb. loaf.
Imperial Weekly Averayes.—' Wheat, 43s. 2d.; barley, 36*. 7d.: onto, 24s. 7d.t ryo,
30s. 4d.t beans. c8a. 10d.; peas, 4Is. 5d.
The Six Weeks' Averages.— Wheat, 44a. 5d.; barley, 35*. 8d.; oats. 23a. 8<i.; ryo,
SO*. I0d . been*. 38a.3d.; pens, 41s. 4d.
English Grain Sold Last Week.— Wheat, 76,791 ; barley, 29,353; oate, 8537 j rye,
54*2; beaus, 1359; peas, 3:Vi quarter*.
Tea .—Oor market continue* extremely Inactive, and prices havo a downward tendency.
Common sound congou ha* sold a, I l]d per to.
Sugar .—Gooo ami fine raw sugars have mostly changed hands, at full prices. Inferior
ana damp parcels have glv. n way tally «d. per cwt. Uaroadoos ha* sold m :W(. to 45*. 6d.;
ftntlgua 36s, io4ts.: Dcmeraru, 41 b. 6d. to 46s ; Berl in-. 3tii. to 41* ; Mauri iu». 37s. t>
49*.; and Madras, 3I» to 34s. per ewt. for native. In xtilned goods very little U doing, and
brown lumps a e offered h* 31s. to 34t. i>or cwt.
Coffee .—Kantatloj kinds havo been in lmj>rov-'d request and, In some luntanocs, lino
parcels have reulitod la. per cwt. moie money. Othor coif- e# rule s^out station ,ry.
Iliee .—Wo con Irae to have a heavy demand for oU kinds of rico ou-l price* are with
(itth-ulty iuppersc-d.
Provisions.- Owing to the return of mild weather. Irish butter is sdliug at Irregul&r quota¬
tions, win ht both English and foreign qualities are (lull ana a reaping. There i* a good demand
for b-ic n, at is per uwt more moaty. Hams are very linn, and la.-d Is '2-. douroc.
Tallow —Our market is steady, at very lull prices. P.Y.C , on the spot, la quoted at 55e.9tL;
at d for the last three months’ delivery, 62*. 6d. per cwt.
Oils.— Linseed oil, on the Bpot, move* off readily, at £29 per l>n. Most other olla rule
about rtatioimry. Spirits of turpenlioe are selling at 39*. to 40M. per cwt.
Sjniits.— Wc have no change to n-tico in the value of rum: Proot Leewards. Is lid. • and
proof East Indio, Is. IQd. to <S. 1 id. pur gallon. In brandy aud grain spirit very l.ttlo is doing,
on former terms.
Hay and Straw .—Meadow hay. £2 10s. to £4 4*.; clover ditto, £3 10s. to £5 0*.; and
straw. £1 6*. to £1 10s. per load. Trade dull.
Coals.- Doddle’s Wcat Ufirtley, 17a.; Holywell. IGe.: Wylam, Ua. 63.; Horton, 15*. fid.;
Bfichgreve, ; Tanflcld Moor Butea. 12*. 9J.. Sh ncMfo 15s. 9L per t in.
Hops .—On the w hole about sn average business is doing iu most kinds ofhops, the supply
of which le est-nslve, at taut seek's currency
Wool - As the next publ o wool sale* will be eouimonced on tli • 29:h lust., oar market 1*
heavy in the exireme, aud price* generally have a downward londeney.
Potatoes .—The supplies are seasonably good, and the trade has bocomo heavy, at from
"5s to 180s. per ton.
Metropolitan Cattle Market (Thuriday, April 22).—N’oar'y tha whole the suoply of
ber.sis in • flVr t • day was tha ru tue of Monday aud thodo -mnd for all hint* rated heavy
ht ibat day’s dec'tne in the onntaiioas. B^eep—iho show of which was moderate—met a did
Inquly, at bnreiy Mo**dny'* doc ino in va'nt Lambs however, were tn fal- r^jiio-r, at vary-
full pr*« c«. About 800 reached rs 'rom f hols o of Wight Wo were fairy supplie« v/iih calves,
which moved offs • wiy.at&t.perftlb* loa* money The top price w&< 5 1 p:n 9ic>» Fignaudmiicli
cows were very dull. I’orHIlsi. to sink thooffal:—Coarse mnl inferior boast*, 2*. 0d.to3*. Od.j
second quality ditty, 8s.2d. to 3 j. td.; jprtme large oxen.?*, fid. to 2s. 8d.; prunu Scots, «tc.,
3s. I0J. to Is.; course nnd inferior sheep, 3s. 2d. to3*. Id.; «ocondqwiIUy ditto, 3s.b<l. to <b. Od.;
prime coarso-woollcd sheep, 3s UJd. to 4a. Id.: prime Soutbdovnui, is. ed. to *. llld.; large
coarse calves, 3s. >0d. to 4s. Id.-, prime small ditto, 4a. lid. to 5a. Oil.; largo hogs, 3« 2d. to
4s. 0d.; neat snmll p«>rker», Ih. 2d. to 4n. 4d.; Iambi, os #>. to 6s. fid ; Buckling calves,
19s. to 22s.; and quarter-old store pig*. 13s. to 22«. ouch. Total supply: 1 least*, fio •; cows,
11*: sheep and lambs, 6000: calves 3 O; pig*. 2l0. Foreign: Boast*, tv; sheep, calves, 19V.
New gat# and Letidenhull.- Thedeitu.ul a very inactive, at our qu- tarivn*dnef, from
2s. fid. t« 3a. fid.; mutton. 2s. <0d. to 4s.; lamb, 5*. to 6e.; veal, 3*. rtl to is. fid.; •» k, 2s.
lOd. to 4s. 4d. per 8 lb. by tnv carcase. llOliKlix iittuu&aT.
THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Friday, April 16.
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
8. BENNETT, Manchester, commbslon Agent.
BANKRUPT3.
BOTBLI^Gand Cri., Liverpool, more harts W. OXALL, An]itnn-nnd«r-I.yne, sadtller.
J D.DKJKIN^ON, Hastings, tlrepo*. —W. WILD, Conutor-etroot. Southwark, ctrmnv — J.
PA Lt-'U, Northampton grocer.—j T. RUINK8 fit a'ford builder.— 1 '. IVd wL8Y. U.cxoa-
d**n, lmui oshire, cotiOu-tpiunrT.—8 BLTL- it C. UAtvliK. acd O. E K jium)ugh*m,
wire-drawer*.—J BULLlVAN, Brig ol t«vent ko-per.—C. U. BrEWA!ll>, rouml-atrant.
We Unlujter, corn* merchant.—C. PYBUrt, Oatlerick, Yorkshire, splrit-mereli .m—C.
Wl» LIAMS, Cardiff, ShlpunUh.—T. TAIU2K, ModderstmU Mills, Stone, riuffjrdiUiro, flim-
® ;rnd * r ’ 8COTCII BE^UESTR 4TIONL
MUIR and>€0., Glasgow, m^nafsourers.—K. JEFFREY,' StonehOuso, Lanarkshire, Inn¬
keeper —A. WEIR, Glasgow, wine and spirit merchant.
Tuesday, April 27 .
BANKRUPTS
A. M. COHEN, Commercial pl»ce, Oliy-roM, o-per-strincr.—2. M’KTNNELL. ^reat St.
Horn’s, Citi, merchant.— C. '"O u LL uasthtr line, ho’tisru, ijhc^ounu^i*.—J. l’lEaCi,
Iratmorgo -June and Lire rpool-st ect uLhopsgate, a-trpentcr.—D. T uEY, ilu alitud-
aom t, Ue:*xo. 8». Jwhn’l-wcod, and Qu-oa’s garden*, Btyawat-r, Utnl.li- .—J. olJTCB.-t,
c: HaKKU ani C. E. BUTLKR, B rmlnabam wuodra vm—U STARK ICY ftheepri4g«.near
Hud ertfle'd. Yorkshire. woo’Un c-id manuf cturnr.— Vf. T. 4E 10<t Borbary bridge,
Yorkshire, fcUmmgvr.—T. WAIN WRIGHT, Danham-a'-th’-Uiil, Cheshire, caxlo s.desman.
SCOTCH 8BVJUE8TRATION8.
.1 NICOL, Abirdwn. merch*i.t t Uor — i. GRAY, Olrtgow. etgiaeer—J. CHRHTIB*
Aberdeen, auctioneer.—A. SWIRLBS. Arbrxth, currier. J DOA8!, Lua^'a Mill, no»r
Lorvo, Fife*bi o. draper. J. HENDERSON, Gatgow. coschbufider.—J. MILL tt. Gla*-
fofr worth > stman.—R. CRAIG, Stthcoals, horscU-iu er.— W. 2 i. tied A. i\ ADAMsOX
jcith, mvrchanL.
BIRTHS.
On the 15ffi lust, fit 260, Whllechspcl-roRd, 51rs. H. A>rey, of a S5n.
At Liverpool, on the 17th frst, the wife o’ James T. W TreTm»n. Eq , of a daughter.
Uu ibe 1*U» ln*t., at Crockherbtown, Car.' iff. the wifo of Etiwii-d J. Wait. Esq., of a wn.
On tho ’23id March, a*. hmr*n t house. Montreal, Canada Kart, tho nfif. of J. Du Pre
Erab.zon, Ktq , Cap: tin 17tb Regiment, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.
On Wednesday the Uth ln«t-, at CLUthcrn Horner. In tho county of Somorsot by th*» Rov.
W Barren Leach, Vica^. Cha lea iar^wich O orcld Bartlett. Esc., of Sherborne. Dorset, to
Maty i lir.ubcth, tecoud daughter of the Rev. Edward '• hltc’.oy, Rriti-th Cha-jiuiu a; Op >uo.2
On tho 2' th lust., atb't. George's, llsnov^r-aquiro, by the ‘rev, M. fitapyl.o i Broe, M V..
Rector of Buliincouaty, in the county of HLcry, Ireland (uncle to the bride), tephea Nowell
Usticke Esq , of Trculey House, siaun-tm-ad, Plymouth, to Lujy RUaa ftfa.-ianao, sosoud
■utviv ing daughter of Ure late Rev. Rohm Stanyl: -n 8r*e, \Hcor of Tlntvgal or »w*d
On 13th Ma-cb, st St. Vincwit, Wen Indieu Alexander. *econd ton of Mr John Dairymp’O,
of Poplar, to Fanny, daughter of the late Her. — Ponsroby, oi 8l. Kitts, West Indie*.
DEATH.
On Wednesday, tho l4tb inst., •( his seat, Ferao, WilUhuo, John Grove, E*q., aged 78.
Apkil 24, 1858.J
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
419
SEW BOOKS , fre.
A NEW AND USEFUL COUNTRY BOOK.
In fep 8 vo, price 3* 6 d. elo b; or with g It edges, 4s..
HE COMMuN OBJECTS of the
COUNTRY
By Ihe itov. J G. WOOD.
FcaullfnDy printed. with mnny Wood Pngraring* by Coleman.
Prln on in Colours by Kvuni.
A Popular Edition of tiie a^ore* price l*.. in boa-d«. with the plate*
plats, can bo obtained at any Books'll Ter R it way 8 at ion.
Loncon: George Routlkdoe a <1C0. Fa-ringd-m-atreet
T
a HE BRITISH COST'iOV(CRSIALIST —
It i* row slno yonr since this work wa» flut frsttml f-om fm
iima and iia apodal object* and eh 1 actor at once cmnm'imled for
it a rrry l.»rge <*lo Aa it besame bettor known, no g»eat waa ttio
ilemnrd for It ih t tho first v .lomn quickly |hm d int» a fl r, h edition,
the record volume in'o a (bird cduinn, am the third v-ti mo win
rhortly require a second edition These f«ct» are «np*r*liefru In the
blmory of periodical Iitera>u «, and supply th-» moat uumi* akeablo
ten imony to tb« Tains of the work Nor ia thia all; for *■ tha pro-
»ta» lime the w» ole of ibo Tolumnc have a lar*n and steady tale,
ard fnqoiriw a»o iRlrg constantly made for the work in Its
Monthly Parts cnnpW*- sct» o f winch ft U now impossible to supply
In oi ccr bov ever, to tnoo‘ rh’a d» ma «i. and to affo d g on or frtrill-
tus to pc'icns o lim'ted mra* a for o triulug ‘The Bntl-h Controver-
a'vliH *’ from the con menctmest. the Proprietor has de’emtin d that
tho Pint 8 »rle* of tho Wo;k—which ia In every rcapect complete in
Si* Volnnios—*ha l b» Heiarord in
Tsvelve Momblv Parts,price la. tid each;
tho* bringing within ihe reach of a l a standard work of the tno't in¬
to’ 4 -stlng uid vain > le chant-W*r. containing many hundred Original
Article*, ard eocii-f ng o upwards of ^700 png’* of superior Letter-
pteta, for >h« sivm of 18a , divided Inro twelve month'y payment*.
Will be ready May lat '162 pp.) 8 v\ art e la 6 d.,
Pan I.-if the KK 88 UR of the PI-tRTt-BBIBSof
TDK BHITIRH CONl KOVER8LAL18T;
Containing Intr-dnetory Addreis: Five Impotent Cha-tieri on tho
“Art of Keartmirg '* by Samuel Neil Eaq ; the comni-tncem-M of a
valuable Serbs of Fapm on the “ Art of Public Speaking ’’ lull and
able Debates on the fo lowing important question* N War under
er ery • ircamst-nce. opw'*ed to « hriatonHy? la Besutv a Qiailty
Inbrrcnt in Ohjekta? Jh Phrrnotovy True? I* tho Moderate Use of
Alcoholic Drink* Injurious? I an Hereditary Monarchy PretVjrable ‘o
an F.ltctvo One? is Univjrea 1 Huffrego Just and Di JwNo? Ought
Capital Punishment* to bo Abolished? I may* on the Advantage* of
Mutual Imp ovemrnt ftocfrtl* the Nature and U»e* of P>»try:
"Versification; Hint* on Study: fre U e of B oka. Valuable Advice
InAnxmrto Icqui.ier.on a Courno of Reading for a Y»un< Man;
Men nl Ihiio-ophy; ti e l'ronuuciation of French *c. Re lew*. «c
“ The Art of Reasoning' <a wo*th ten time* more than tho price of
the wh le pub‘ica»ion.”- Port*m«*uth Guardian
London: ROUiSTOKand WBIOBT; aad on order of all Bookaeliera.
Bo piiriiccbtr to order Part I. of he Reissue of “ The British Oon-
trorenlalUt"
WOK'' II NOTICE.—What h a alwayv lioen wanted -aHuai pnhliahed,
Tories 4a., free by po»t the eighteenth thousand i* now aelii igl,
a ’HE DICTION AKY AiPENDlX,
with upwarda of 7000 word* not *’onnd in the Dictionary, com¬
prising the participle* of the verba, which perplox a-1 wr to a No
pction who writei a le’ter sh'ukl be without thU WO'k. a*l school
pupil* thnuld have it. “ I'hla bo-k U invaluablo.”—Weekly rimes.
*• Thia book ia aa noceaaary an ‘W.dke»’a iUctiouary' itaelf.’*— fho
Critic. J. F. Biiaw, 48. Paternoatsr-row.
w
nin*tratcd with 250 Descriptive Engraving*. 3 s. fid..
IFE> OWN BOOK of OOOKERY. -
Agreeable Dinner), inexpenalvo and easily cooked. Also, Nice
Dinner* for every dav.—W ard and LOCK: and nil Booksellers.
Sixty-four Pages, Illustrated. Fourpooco Monthly,
T he family friend.
“ Very amtuting. very Varkd, very neatly Uluatrated and very
baap."—Illustrated limes.—W ard ana Lock, 15S, Floet-street.
Just out. Third Edition, price ?s 6 d . Uluatrated,
T he practical aou ewife.
Fy Editors of “ Family Friend .' 1 “ A capital handbook.’’—
Atb nfl-um Ward and LrCK: and all Book)tillers.
CHARMING GIFT-BOOK.—Price 3a. Gd., richly gilt, Llustratot,
lit LEG AN T ARl’S for LADIES.
E
_I Containing Plain T n*t»uction* by Eminem Masters In I'wc-uty-
two Useful Arts and lilcgam Accomp : i*hmuuu.—WARD and LOCK.
NEW PERIODICAL.—No. I., May 8 , Id. weakly,
T own talk-
An iKiwtrated Journal of Poeial. Literary, Theatrical, and
Political Gossip. Price Id. weekly.—Office—121. Kleet-strcut.
rrWICE ROUND THE CLOCK; or, The
J Hour* of the Day and Night In Irfmdon By O' QkGE
AT'GUb l UH BALA with II nitration* by McCounril, in the “ W2b-
COME ‘ UBaT,” anew Uius-xated Weekly Mugsxine. No », May 1,
Id. 14B. F:cet-tixet.
If)A MAGNIFICENT PARIS FASHIONS
1U V in ' Ladies' Gexotte of Fashion *or May," price Is. (kL
<po»t-frcr, la. id.), all of startling noviltv, and none of watch can
appear in anv other work. All the n*w Mantles Dr »*oi. B *unets,
Ac , with full d#*crl;.tlnns. and iull-*iz«l PsttArna cutout road? for
use cf the Gun o' the Pcuon. tho Mar-tle Lcngchamp. -G. BBRGBR,
Boljwcli-st e«t, Ftrand, ami everywhere.
Now roa 'r, Pecond Edition, price Is.; by post la. Id.,
S TAMMERING: ibe l ause ami Core, By the
Rev. W W CAZALET A M. Cantab.
London: Fosworth and Harrison, SI5. Ragont-atreet
WORKB by Dr ROTH. Physician to the Institution for ihe Trvatmont
of Diseases by Moves enu and the Russian Bath, i* 014 Oavcn iio-
atreet, oud ;n, and to tho Institution in Morlborough-plate,
Brighton
H AiNDBOOK of the MOVEMENT CURE.
8 vo clo h Os.
y. rrevrnt'on and Core o' Chronic Dbes-es by Morcmon'a. ICa.
3 Gj miiBstlc Fret Exercises Witnout Apparatus V*. 6 d
4. J «:tcr to KarlGr nriiio on the Importance of Gy muastlca. la.
!>. Tho hi Mian But it 1 rice la
GnooMBHIDCR and Sons, !>, P» tern is tor-row.
AC IF MUSIC, t(c.
1J A MILT ON’S Mu i) w KN’ INSTRUCTIONS
1 I forth, PIANOFORTE Pnco«.
" Words are Wan-inr to My anything which has not been airoady
ear in favour of thl* remarkabi woik. Tho 179th e llilon U beforo
ua, and after a careful prruaal of it we have oame t the conclusion
that if hundreds of mu leal stu louts who are w ^tlog time and
money wou'd ins* torge* all they have learned, and oommanco with
this work, we feel persuaded that for wouli find every page of it
cheap at mr-r then double Wo priow of tho wholo work."—Vido
Cbrist’nn "’or d.
POPULAR MUSIC—A Green Catalogue, compiled
expressly for Ihe Use of a 1 Teachers of Mu«K cental iny upward*
of 2- Wi werk' bv th« host compost r». furnished gratis and posUg# freo.
All anplioatfooa mu*t stvto 4 I bo Green C ’talugue "
EVERY S'UDENT of MUSIC should provide
hi 'self with a little uamphlet t»N the THEORY of MUSIC, con¬
taining Remarks on va ious Work* tables of Subjects, kc. and n>-
cenily print* d fo* gratnitoua circulatiou by her Mni sty’s pubUshent,
Mm ra. Rorkkt Cocks and Co In it* page* will ba found much
valuable intormation. Address, New Bnrlington-atreet London. W.
Just pnhtla^ed, post8ro, c1o*h, price P*.,
A PRACTICAL TK IS. ATI SB on the
DI 8 E*PR 8 of INFA.* Y and OH LitHO^D. By T. U
TANNER, M D . FL 8 , ) lcentlate of tbo Rov-.l College of Phy-
airinn*; lato thysician to ‘he 'ospltal for Wtmeo.Ac.
“Dr T rn*r hni ucquit- d Inmoelf •vl’b tho sk II o' a prac*i*od
au'hcr dialing with a subject with w>loh he U f-mlUariy conversant
Tha teattu U a Ixrk go< u both in m- tt*» and stylo ’’-’-*
Lot doc: hkkky Rrmh-aw, dlS, btrand
S TAINED -WINDOWS and PAINTED
GLAS' may now Bucuv*fuly be Imita'cd b' tbc new *nd
besutlful process » I * PI1A NIK a profitable amusement for tjiulfiT
and Gcitlrtnun. Design* snd n aterlal* of the beat, quality ht»
lowest price*.—JAB1Z BARNARD M na nctutrr anil Imtwriir. d3i>,
Oxfo. d-ctD.fi, Loudon. Plain lmttucJons, price 6 d ; per poit, 7iL
Jn.t rubllibed. pries Is.; per post, la. 21.,
P APER FLOWER : the Art of Modelling
and Making. Ry CHKRLE3 PRPPKlt. Illustrated London:
J. Bapsahi), 339, Oxfo;d-«trao , Vf., whsro all uuuerLds maybe
obtaii.cd. ’/<*
Just tmblishfd. price Gd , poslaee-free on rfceipt of aWmo*.
S tained wiNDtiwa and painted
GLAB* bv ihe beiutirul prooosa DIaPHANIF. : a Dcacriptioa
of ibe Rest Methr rt with CoccLe Dlrocti m* for Trtnsparenoy IVJnt-
ing, &c. Illui t’-uUd.
London. Wh. Barnard, f.9 E^i.’wsre-roid. Paddington.
— ■ Ao , r - ri — y -
H ealth and hawiness.—an extra
NUMOEP cf ths KAMfLY hBRAI D price One P.nny, will
bo published Apni 28,h con nln ng Pract cal Hie a for th* Pre-
•< i vati r n of'bo moat valuable of Earihly Biebings, cod .bo attdu-
jDi ut oj Ixw.r Life
«2), Btr*ndt and tritj* hud 'f aU '’oiksoUer* and New vondera.
B RICK-MAKING MACHINES, adapted for
Ibe Clays they are to work, and every Info mntlon on Pottery,
•Cachinerr and Works. The Society of Atta Prize Essay “ On
Frick-making," pou-free, la. 2d.-Mr. HUMPHREY CHAMBER-
LAIN, Kepipeey. near orowter.
/'HIEAP BOOKS.—Surplus Copies of Tom
Crown’s Bvhool Day*. Living t mo's Varies Pn-klo a-d
lurncr'* Hurbour* of i-ngiand, Steph livin'* -.Ife nod many other
Books, are NOW ON SA F., a‘ BU 1 L’d LIBRARY, at GuKa^LY
FEDUCED.PRICES. Catnlbgucs. with p ices, rorwaidod post-fre*
on apj lieaiion: p'so PrcapristpSrs of the Li’»rary.-Bul!'a Uhrary. 9.
Hoi rs-.frpi t. CaverfUb-sOuare. !.cnd ’n. W
D evonshire scenery. — stereo-
8 COPIC.—A variety of Btereoscordc Picttrea of Exct r, tho
Cathedral, Torquay, Bubbaeomti’. Lvnmoulh. Ihe Valley of Rock*.
«tc. list forwarded on application. Hpocimen Pifttnre on receipt of
eightein siaiupe —W. el'KEAT. *29, High-street. Exeter
t?rfdfriok dent, chronometer,
Jl Wsth, and Clock Maker »o the Quean and Prince ’on*wt.
and maker of th- Great ' lock for ibe Hno-ea ot ^a, lament. *<1,
Strand, and 3i, Koval Exchange.—’No connection with 33, Ljcupur-
fTOOTE’S NEW WALTZ, The WATER
SPRITE. Just puhlUhed. Price 4s . liluttrated.
COOT* 6 t, Conduit-*trcet, Regent-itreot, W.
C OOTKS QUErtN of the HARVEST
WA 1 TZ. Price fa. Tie most popular Waltr. sines “ The
Summer Flowers." COOT*, 61 Conduit-street, Regent-street.
ri’INNEY S WILD ROSE WALTZ. Price3s.
JL Published by Coot*. 6 l, Conduit-street, Regent-street, W.
INNEY’6 NEW LANCERS, as now
danced Price 3s.
Published by COOTB, 61, "onduit-ktroet, Regent-street, W.
E W BALL AD—WORDS TO
REM EMBER, for 2a Wonls by J. E CARPENTER Music
by It. J. ^ E* N. All purti-eera of this ballnd w*U bo prrented with a
ticket two Pianoforte# being given a” ay by the publisher amongst
the purrha ere, to be drawn for upon 1000 ©opiw being sold —Venn,
Mu lepu Usher. 85, Biker-trect, Ixmdon. Bong and Ticket sent
for Twenty flvo Gtnmpr. Bong only, Twelve Stampe. AJ1 othor
Music Half-price. Sent for Stamps.
T HE OLIO polka, by C. COLMAR,
Illustrated (hy L’Enfant) with Right Coloured PortraPa of W.
f*. Wocdln, ami t ightly encored in his 01 o oi Odditie». Price 3s.—
Lordon: H. D'Alcokn, 18, Kathbcne-place, W. Sent free for 20 stamps.
M USIC at REDUCED PRICES.—Cata-
legufrs of 5C00 8 ongs, 5000 t'iano Pieces by tbo belt Compoenra,
and 2000 ancient and modern Miscoilaneous Works, sent anywhere
for three tnmja each catalogue. AH mnsic i>oata.<e-free -WH
ROBINSON, jun., 368, B rand inoar Exeter Hall).
c
HFAPEST MUSIC RKPO-ITORY in
_ ENGLAND. All tha Now Mnsio half-price. Boiled at ono¬
th! d. Country ordrn executed A Pianist attends from Two to Five.
Catalogues, two stamp- post-free.
D AuCORN, 18 Rathbone-olace. W.
iajsofortes.- public attention.
Home splendid Rosewood and Walnut-tree Cottages and-Pic¬
colos. 6 j octaves, with »II iho latest Improvement*, have uly b,«o
used a few months, from 9guin aa—A T^'.KIKN’** Old-fcitib-
lUad i inn "o,to Waiehouso. 27. ’ 8 . anti 29, King William-street,
London-bridge. Pl*>noforie» for hire wi h option t purchase.
TOLKIEN’S IRRESISTIBLE PIANO-
FORTE, with Truss Concave Bracings and P rpendicular
KolU. by Loiters Patent,— heee exquisite ins-rumenU are siiwrior
in powe to any English or Foreign piano For quality of tone un-
equah- < 1 : dura lilty unqueati. nab)* For extreme nllma ea invduab e.
Price tin elegant de* gns) modoiate Height, 4ft Drawings nost-
fr«e, at H. lo kien’s, 27, 28. n King WilllNm-etraet Tendon-bridge
lie no one* for Hire, with opdon to purchase on easy terms.
H
H T< 'LKIEN’S 25-guinea Royal Minuto
• PIANf'FORTES, 6 | octav,i.—Thl* piano ! s ncknowledg-yl to
be superkr to any FngUsb or foreign piano at tho ab-wo price; and,
by tho care *nd attenttnn H. T. has d-voied to aB bronchos of the
manufacture, he has obtained the tighest reputation throughout the
nnlvcrso lor tfese iostrmnent* une»iuu led in durability and deli¬
cacy of touen.—H To kie-'s, 27. 28 29, King William-street. London-
bridge. UnofO’Ua for hire with option to pmxha-e on easy term*
P lAb OFORTE, the property of a Lady giving
np b tuekccplng— A floe br’liant-inned Cottage, in vory
baiidaonio rosewom. case, GJ m* tiJ' o plat- s, and all the recent im¬
provement*. in good con ition. to lx DI 08KD OF. tn an imme¬
diate nurd inter for tbo Inw sum o r 19 Quinoaa; wuniotd ocxfect.
To I'm scon at oljreav* Hou«- 12 B1 ane-«treet. rieig-ave-squaro.
F urniture for a dkawi^u RiiOM-of
chaste and rlerant design, a hargain fine wainut. w<rrantcd
tnanufr.cluro, to ins sold for brif its value, urarly- new-consisting of
a lfrgo-slrtd brilliant plate Chimney Glass iri costly unique frame; a
nn giiificiisi bifibnier, with richly-carved back and domra fitted
with best silvered-prate gbis*. and marbln top. superior Centra fable,
on hi-ndboniely-caivcd pillar and claws ; occa.-tonal or Ladies’
Writing and Faoc> Tables; s'x solid c egantly 'ahanmi Chair*, in rioh
•ilk; a superior spring- tuffed Settee; Easy and V'lctorl* Chairs, on
•uitr. with extr* 1-ned loose ruses; two fancy ocearioQ*! Chairs: and
a handsome Whatnot. Price for tho Whole «Uite 46 guinea* N.B.—
Also, a very superior, oompli/ta, mo 'orti, flue "tninlah mahocany
Dining Boom Sot in boat morocco td guineas. To oo seen at LKWlN
CRAWcOUK. and CO.’S. UphoUrrrcr* 7, (jueeat'a-bulldlng*, Knights-
biidgo (seven doom west of eloane-atre. t >.
/’ARINET FUIi.'HTUHE. CARPETS, and
BEDDING.-An IHa*tra , '-d B-jok of Estimates and Furniture
Catalogue, containing 16<1 licviges and Pricae of Fariiionable and
Bunenor Upboi lery. Furniture. Acy gratis on apolicati m. Pereona
lurai-hing, who stint> eooiomv, eonibinwl with elegance and dura¬
bility ah « d a poll for this - I.EWlN Cm AW CO UR .,ud CO., Camnot
Manufacturers, 7,'Queon'a-bulldfr**, Kni»rht»bridge (*even dosrawoat
Of Blosno airoi't' N,H. Con' trv orders carnage (roe
D
RAW lNG-ROl >M SUITE in iiOSE'VOOlL
_ A Bargain, thn proenrty of a ’ ady, romp’et* tor ‘ hlrty.#er«n
Gub ear, in good oondl ion comprising sir Solid Chai • In rich Silk
Danuuk • pritig-stoir.-d Settsn ar d Ka-v-Ch*ir to mitcb. Hiod»omo
l> o, Orc-» 8 ior>al ord Work TaiilaS ChiWonier. wl h finolr-cirved
lark, onu doors flricd vrl h p atogl*M and mtrblo t-'p aol a Itrge
Chimney Glass fo ri'-b’y-g It frame. Apply to view at Belgraro
Houm* i?. 8 lo*nc-*frcet. i'« lgr-ive-equare.
Also, afine-toood bJ Semi-Cot: age Pis noforte, in very handsomo
P.oscwcod < a*o. Iwenty Guineas «o* Koity Guinea*.
A > HI M N EYPIEC R S.-MAGNUS’S
\J Enamelled Plate CH1MX* YPIECE 8 39 and 40. Upper B c l-
grnve-pbico. limlico. (Prixe medal. Great Exhibiton, 1851; m«*lal of
rocteivof Arts and two fira.-cbuam dsH at the Paris Exhibition )
Pile*- Hat* gr..iia.
C HUBB’ LOCKS.—Fireproof Safes, Cash and
Deed Boxes — Ccmpl re Hits of rir.-e and orices mar be had
on application .— 11 HUBB and 60 N 57. B’ Paul’s rbu-ebyard, Lon-
»!r>o; 28 I • rd-ktreut, Liverpool; 16. Markct-aireet, M-nohostcr; and
W- Icrr'amuton_
P AFEHHANOlNGri and DECORATI 1 »N&
Th« large* t and l*st stock in 1 ond 'n of French And Eturn»b
design ccmmoic''g et 12 yard* for fid., is si CKuSd'd, 22. «fre»t
Pcrtlntd-nrert Man 'eVine. near Ihe Po’r techn‘c Institution. Hno*e
Pa ntlng and recreating in • v. ry * yle Krilmatet free.
TTON’T BEAT YOUR CARPETS.-They
1 * can be thoroughly cleanxed from all impuridea, and the colour*
revived, by pure scouring Prict 3d. and 4 d par var-1. Turkey and
extra heaw Cerpe s in proportion. Carp«t* and rugs receirod from
all fieri* oi Fngland by Infrptge mU. and prico-IDts forwerded hy
post on apj Ucanon Patched and returned in town In eight days,
fr e of chirge. Metropolitan bVnm BJeachtor and Dyeing Coa-
’pany 17. WhA-f-mad, City-rend. N
S OILED 1UKKBY CAKPETS, no matter
how dirty, clean u pore i« when now by he patent jireoeaa
of the Metrtifr.'Utan 8team Bleaching and I>yning Company, 17,
Whfrf-road i lty road. N. _
S OILED LACE, MUSLIN, and DAMASK
CUIITAIKB. KfalUiod or Djod In » t« 7 tun
»nt«rior nuin. A tiojrloj»iT fetch rd nnJ tl.tt.myl Trtn of chirr*.
SSSS. jric-.-ifSTR0A!yTAW 6TKAM n'.EAcamo U d
UVF Nfi ffoM'’.AKY. 17. WhnrMnort if. wi. h
S OILED CHINTZ FURNITURE Cleaned,
Stiffrned. nntl Glatt-l otioul WWW Dr««», t^niwU. iUn-f-,
n«an.d and Dvrd at v*i»y moderate I'rices by the UErRO-
?oi.lTA“ Prfc4M Hl.nAC!1IK« «nd DYEING OOMPANV. 17.
Wharf-rend Clt> road N. _ _ __
S OILED BLANKETS, Counterpanes, and
IMrolty IM Fnrr.itnr. KLKAt-nrD .od ROOtfBBnin . p-rm
m .nnrr th.n h»s htthrTP tK«n ,tuin^ In to-don ME.
BTKAM BLEACHING and D* »>IN° COM- ANT, 17. Wharf-r'aJ
City-read. N
B leaching, scounnp and Dyeing, is
broogbt by thia Company to a high stab* of perfection, which,
corobtrcd with very m.-Hf«rafr and flxod charge. «i>-t^ty revim-
mends Itself to the nobility .gentry, ami jmnairail PM* Mm >-
PoLXTAN BTKAM BLEACHING And DIEDJO lOMFANY, 17,
Wharf-road, City-road, N.
TITR. HARRY’S ESTABLISHMENT, THE
lU BOUND nOUBE, KINNKitTON-BTREET, U CLOSED ontU
the 3rd of MAY, when hla Lessons wi»l reoomm loco there. loi'orioa-
Don may be ol>tai»ed and hnbecrip k>ne reodved at Mr. Rnrey’a
Ofllee, left band of tha Yard, U«<<n Tattaaoll Groaveuor-olaoc.
Mr. harey’a arrangcmrn n for Traching In Clas«e* his .Method of
Trainicg Colts, and Taming Vicious Horses, after his return from
Dublin, are aa follow*.—
Monday .. May 3\
Tuesday .. .. „ 4 1
Wednesday .. ,, 51 At tbo Round Hoose,
Thmaday „ fit Kkuiort on-street,
Monday .. .. „ lo f Motcombe-slrent,
Tuesday .. *. M 111 Belgravia.
Wednesday .. „ 181
Thursday .. .. „ 13f
The 8nbserip<ion la To- Guineas for A Gentleman, and Fifteen
Guineas for a L»dy and Geetlxman.
t'AFERA GLASSES, in every variety of size
vy and price. Some tuperb spechnens of Viennese mannfactnre,
suitable for Weddfrg or Biclbday Present*, at CALLAGHAN’S,
Op Ictnn, ?3 a. New Bond-street, corner of Co Dd oil-street- N.B. Bolo
Agent to VolgUKnder, Vienna.
M UTINY IN INDIA.-Military Field
Gluies atd Trieeeopea of matohie** quality, combining the
very latest Improvements, ai CALLAGE AN’8. 21a. Now ft-nd-street,
comer of Conduit-street. X B. So e Agent for the small and powerful
Opera and Race Glasses invented and made by VoigLander, Vienna.
T\/f ICR 0SC0PES.—J. AMADIO’S BOTA-
JL.YJL N1CAL MICROSCOPES, paok.-d in mahogany cases, with
three powers, condenser, pincers, and two all lot—will >bow the
animalcule In water. Price 18*. 6d •* Tho Field ” newspaper, under
the gardening department, give* tho following valuable testimony:—
“ It ia marvellously cheap, and will do everything which the lover^of
nature can wish it to aocompllrb, either at home or in the open air."—
June fi, 1857 Address, 7. Thregmorton- street.—A large assortment
of Achromatic Microscopes.
fVPERA, RACE, and FIELD GLASSES,—
M. PILLIRPHER rmpectfrilly inform* hit numerous Patrons
thut he ha* prepared for the ►«ason a large and choice wlec ion of
Glnsseeofthe a*-ove description, which, for qual ty and moderate
prices, are quite uneqnal cd. NB.A general Ca’alogue. onanpJeotion,
of Ills Ach'omatlc Microscopes and Teieacope* Improved StereoseopM.
and Stereoscopic Views in great variety Photographic Apparatus,
Baromeiera, Tlicrmomeiers. Spoctacl'*, and every other description
of Optical and Mathematical Instruments.
88. New Bond-street Gxrncr of Oxford-street), W.
QMALL 8TEAM-BOATS (PARKER’S
k_5 Pawnt).—tbeee bo* t* are propo'l d by steam, without peddle
or icrew, a great speed—furi 10 drop* of spirits Free by pcew with
plain dir oc bo us for p st-order, 5 in., 3s ; 7 in., is ; 9 in . 5s. James
Parker, 6, l ilford-reaH. Camborwell Beside* being the mo-it loterwt-
ing toy, prscriral Information i* hnparied of atmospheric preasoro and
expansion and evaporat’on of fluid*.
B
ILIIARDS. — MAGNUS’vS Enamelled
flat* BILLIARD-TABTES. 33 and ‘0, Upper Bolgravo-nUce,
1 imiico. I’rize medal. Great Exhibition, 1851. Price Usia gr.u s.
C OLT’S SIX-SHOT FISTOLS and RIFLES.
Five different bIxm Of each. Description and prieed list* ftxr-
nisred. Avoid rountcrieiu.—Wholeaale and Retail Depdt, 14, PAd¬
mail West, London.
TROUBLE RIFLE 5 (Enfield bore), SPORT-
JL/ ING RIFLE®, corrying the Onluanoo Cartridge, pnee '2 to 15
guineas. Cel. Jacob’s Double end Single Rifles, for poraauiou, shell,
builete, kc . 6 to 15 gulnra.-.
RK1LLY, Gunmekt r. New Ox ford-street, London.
E EES.-MARRIOTT’S HUMANE BBE-
HIVE8, open the mod approved contwuction. are now on Halo
at E. Rigby and Co. s, No. 80, Gracecharcb-streeL Descriptive Cato-
kgue-/ up ’ n application.
TVTEIGHBOUR’S BEEHIVES. — Apply for
J. * Catalogue (Inciting two stamps) to G. Neighbour and Sou*,
127, Holborn; or 149. Reger t-street
S UPERB FLOWER SEEDS for present
Bowing, post-free, at tbo annoied prices 100 fi n o hirdy
Annuals, 5e.; *0 ditto. 3* ; T6 dit'o, 2». W.; I2di to, le. 2d. Descrip¬
tive Catalogues with sample packet, for 2d—From WILLIAM
KNIGHT, Flo .fiat, 157, dlgh-sfr.et. Battle
DR DE JONGB’S
L ight-brown cod liver oil,
Prescribed Fv th« moat eminent Medical Men aa tho safest,
speed!wt. and moat effectual remedy for
CONSUMPTION. BKOKCBITIS, ASTHMA, GOUT, UHKl.'M \TISM, SCIA¬
TICA, MAIUtTES, PISKAKE8 OP TUK SKIN, NEL’ItAM>1 A. ItK.’KBTS,
IN PANT ILK WASTING, OKNERAL DEBILITY, AND A2X SCBOPU LOUS
APPECTI0N8,
U THci BEST,
THE MOBT PA1.ATABLE,
and TUK MOST ECONOMICAL.
SELECT MEDICAL OPINIONS:—
JONATHAN PEREIRA, M.D., K.RH., Ac , Ac.
“ Whether considered with rcforesico to its colour, flavour, or che¬
mical properties. 1 am satfofied that, for motlieinal purposes, no finer
Oil can be procured."
A. B. GRANVILLE, P*rj., M.D., P.R.S., Ae.. kc.
"The Oil being moch more palatable t->an the l*ale Oil, Dr. Gran¬
ville's patieLta hare therasolvos expressed a preference ;or Dr. de
Jongh'a Light-Brown Cod Liver 03."
THOMAB HUNT, Eaq., F.R.C.8.
“This OB goes thtee times further than any othor I have triad."
EDGAR 8HKPPARD, Eaq., M.D.
** Dr. Sheppard bcliavea a pint of Dr de Tongh’s Oil to be of more
value than a quart of any other to be mot with in London."
Bold onit in Imperial Half-pints, C*. fid.; Pint*, 4*. 9d.; Quarts,
9 b., capsuled and labelled with l»r. DE JoNOH’S stamp ard signature,
without which nonb oan fossiiily Bn oENGINE, by mMt re¬
spectable Chemists
SOLE BKIT1 in CONSIGNEES,
AN8AR. HARFORD, and 'X).. 77. STRAND. LONDON. W-C.
"\TERVO-ARTERIAL ESSENCE, discovered
and propa’od by Dr. Wm. BATCHK r .OUR, M R C.8 IB»,
a oil M.L.A.C. 1831. 69. Wimprle-sfreet, CaveuiUsh-aqaxre, Lmdou
It atreng^hma tbo vital tv of the whole system, and speedily rem wee
nervom complaints. Bold in lotties, -< hd.. 4*. 6d , 1 Is., and 33i, at
ihadfpota, 31. kcgsnt-*irre-t. Piccadilly; Wcst-etrost, Finabury-
ctcus. liODdon: and 20, K.cclaah-itreo’-, Liverpool.
rpEElIL—By her Majesty s Royal Letters
JL Patent —A new and original invention of Chemically-prepared
WHITE and’GUM-COLOURED INDIA UBKBRasa lining to th?
ordinary gold nr bona frame. All sharp edges are avoided, anil no
Borin;* wires, or fastening* a*e requite*; a greatly-tnernnsedfreedom
of auction is supi lied, and a perfect fit secured; wbi e from the tofr-
new and flexibility of ths agents’ employed, the greatest sap.iort ia
given to the adjoining teeth when loose, or rendered tender by the
ahaorp ion of ibe rums.-Mr. KPHKMM ICO’USLkE, duiyon
Dentist, 9. i ower Groavenor-xtreot, London,and W, Giy-itno, Bath
rpEETH.—Me**rs. GABRIEL Patentees of a
J NEW bY8TRM of FIXING AHTJKICIAL TRETII and GUM 4,
witbo* t soring* or wire* of any description. No extraction of ro •«
or any painful opcmLn. Loo>e leoih are revdered svju 1 and tWul
Id tiaMfeatlui. *JhU Imptrrt nt inv«itit>n la fnny explained iu
* Gabriel's Treatise on the te^tb," (We on up lica’ion Supplied at
eh’tp n lower than uny advntite'i E-tabUah d i»5t. Ob»orre
eumUr S3, Ludgate-lull (33); and at Liverpool. 131. Dako-s r.reL
TO NERVOUS AND RH-.UMAT1C BUFFERSR3.
X'l n non DAMAGES. — Condemnation of
sLJ vlUvv Mr. C. Mkinio far an IufringO’rent of ths
Invrntor** Bight*-—I at Couuteridt-re therefore be cautious.-PCL-
VEKMACHBittJ MEDICAL RLECI’BIJ CHATNt. Rkeusasd* of
Tcstlmomal* from Clerg*nun. iianisters. Naval and MiitarrGffi-
ctr*. and othcre. »how that one of these ChuLa core, witaonl pain,
trouble, or ary other medicine, ail kinds of Rheuaofic, Neura'gfe,
Fpi'ep-iic, l*ar*V*lo. and N’arroua Cmu|4ahi'a. lodigmtlon, ipatu**,
and a teat of other*. No remedy ai covnod has ever attrac'eil su-.h
blth prsbo as thia. rhllo*i<.licr*. idvlne*. cmfasau phy*iciaju in
all parts of tbo wcrld, recoir.mT.d them. Kffocta iottmt and
agreeable. Mav be t.-ated beforehand. Pries 5a. and I'V fid.; tha
15s.. ire. and 23s. moat n»efo1 free per po*» — Ptilvertnachar and
Co.. 73 Oxford-streot (arRololncths Prioeesa' fhmtro). London
I MAKTB’ NEW FBEDING-BOTrLES. —
From, tbo “Lancet."-'* Wa have toldom eecn anythingjw
beautiful as the Feeding-Boxtkis tntrodneed by Mr. ELAM, 196,
Cx/onl-street Whether for weaning, rearing by hand, cr occ ail 'm a!
feeding, thov are oulto unrivalled7*. «d- each
T O MOTHERS.-NEW NIPPLE SHIELDS
for teJdngaway all pain kMIs* nurtlng; preranting and Imme¬
diately curing crecked «r tore nlpol * ~'" 1 Jr *”
(ix'osd-rrtfi 4s fid.; or by port 9d
ilea- -BENJAsf UI KLAM, m
extra
T.-I0R INFANTS. —COOPERS BRITISH
I’ FFFD1NG-BOTTLE ^- u Thi* bottle is the be*t we here •oan.
It is easily cleaard, the rapidity of tho anpp'y of milk ia eerily r*go-
Uled. and no air k mixed wiili the milk W»wo infanta are reared
by the betid U may bo gcncraltv recommcrviod."—Ntedlcal Tima*,
Feb 13, 1858. Ihice 7a «d. or a*. «d to aey railway sUticn.-
Wlliitm T. Cooper, l hanaaccutke) Chcorfat, 28, Uxfvrd-atract.
TtLONF.Y, on Personal Security, promptly
-aTJL ADVANCED to Noblemen or Gentlemen, Hriri ti Enuulod
Kata'ea or by way of Mortgage on Propocty derived under will* or
settlements An. Couflden'lal apoUcauois may bo made or addroeetd
to Mr. HOW8E, 11, Beaufor.-baUdlnge, Strand, W.C.
P ROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT.—
WANTED directly a number of LADIES and OENTLEMEM
lo resist in a highly Artistic Pursuit, in oonnection with the Crystal
Palace, where specimens can bo soon in the Court of Inventions.
The Art taught (terms moderate» personally or by loner; and con¬
tinuous employment given to pupils In town or country, to realise a
handsome incomo. No knowledge of drawing necauary. A Pro¬
spectus forwarded for four stamps. Arrangements mado dal'y at
LAURENT DE LARA'S ‘ioliery of Fine Art*, 3, rorrimrtoa-i juaro
Rc»eU-square. Just ready, De Lara’s Book oo Illuminating, pr.ee fis*
LINENDRAPEKS TO THE QUEEN, BY APPOINTMENT.
Established in 1778.
B ABIES’ BASSINETS
Trimmed and Furnished,
Beady for us**, are tout homo free of carriage.
BABIES' BASKETS,
Trurraed and furnished to comapond.
CAPPER, SON, and CO.. 69, GRACECHURCH-^T. t LONDON, B.C.
Ddacriptire Lhrts, with price*, sent free by poat
Sent poet-free. Descriptive Lists of
/COMPLETE SETS of BABY LINEN,
which are sent home
throughout the B
* , UNQ FOB HC _
for Ladies, and Children of ell age;.
Kingdom froo of carriage-
UNDERCLOTHING FOR HOME. INDIA, AND ALL COLONIES,
._IJNBKDBAFER9 TO THE QUEEN BY APPOINTMENT.
EstabUshed in 1778.
T ADIES’ WEDDING OUTFITS
JLi *«nt homo free of carriage.
Descriptive List*, with price-, sent free by poat
CAPPER, SON. and CO., 69, Gricechurch-street. London, E.O.
G RANT and GASK (late Williams and Co.),
59, 60. 61, 62, Oxford alreet, 3, 4. and 5, Wcl s-atreol Who ceale
and Retail - Ii K MEkCKR. 4 and GENERAL DHA ’KK». respectfully
aniioar.ee that they aro now oxhihi ng in evo y department an un-
k aoally larpeiollecii n of distinguished novelties, with ■'ilk Goods of
every i escription, «t fully 25 per cant bel w las> year's prices.
Several lots of Plounct-d Bilk Robes, at Ks. fid and upwards very
cheap; 300 piece* of new Fancy Hilka, at 28*. 6d. and 3 a. tid the
Drevs of 12 yards, wido width, many of which are worth 3a. 9tl. per
yard.
4000 printed Flounced Muslin Dromes, from 6s. 9d. to 12a. 9d ; pre¬
vious prices, 12s. 6d. to 24*. Gd.
A large purchase of Flounced Borage Robes equally cheep. Ail
good* marked in plain figures, at wholesale price*, for ready money.
Patterns forwarded to the country. Tho now promises adjoining are
olely devoted to General Mourning.
F ashionable scotch-spun silks
for Spring and Summer Drosses, monafae’unxl expressly for
rcottAdte The ROYAL TAJiTAN WAKEHOUdS. 115, Regent-
itreo’ (corner of Vigo—IroetL Patterns forwarded iroe.
s
PANISH MANTILLAS.
A large cu e of these dfrtioguisbed Mantles just Imported
direct from Barcelona,
Three to Twcaty-flvo Guinea*.
COURT TRAINS.
A msgnifleent rejection of the most costly Brocaded Silks,
61 and 6| Guineas, usually sold at I2£ Gain'’**;
and plain Bilks of cvvry description in all the new colours.
EVENING AND BALL DRESSES.
Exclusive Novelties in Evening Costume
from the ft ret modiste* in Faria
(tha *kir»* finished).
The New Crystal Evening D.esj, in all colour*.
One Guinea
SEWELL ard CO.. COMPTON HOUSE,
FRITH-STREET, SOHO.
A POMPADOUR
TOCRNURE RENAISSANCE,
Just imported.
Mm. ROBERT*HAW,
00 0> ford-street.
J UPON8 a RE'SORTS DEPO-E.—For the
Conrt, Ball-room, or Promenade these Patent Spring Petticoat*
are r-erfrctlon; they nevnr crease or get oat of order, and give that
grace!ul and ladylike stj le to the drors which is now *j aoalrabla.
Packed In a small liox, and sent a y distance, upon receipt of a Post-
offee older fir fra 6d.—Address ROBE RTdH AW'S Ladies' Ready¬
made Idnen Warclionae, ’ 00, Oxford-street.
GPANISH LACE MANTILLAS-LEWIS
lO »nd ALLFNHY have receivid a large number of Mamifros,
which h« vo' e> n is acted wiih gre*t care^by their >«cubayer, who has
ju«t rot urn a* J from hpain. The prints rouge irom 63«. upward*. 193,
195, 197. Hegunt-strr-et.
TTALENClENNEd LACE & INSERTIONS,
V 2d-» 4d., and 6 d. per yard. These Luces a*e made of tho real
Va’eftdern«s Taread. and are not lo be diritneuishal either Id ap¬
pearance or » ear from those made iu Franca Pattern* re it by post.
A. H1SCOOK, solu agent, 51, Regent - 4 treet. Quadrant.
B russels lace breakfast caps,
tastily triounrd with French Sorsnet Ribbon*, in every colour,
£e 6 d each, or pwtago stimp*.
A. HISCOCK. 54, Krgeut-rtrwL
ROUN to LADIKS in the COaNrR^.—
The RF 8 ILIKNT BODICE, C0R8ALRTT0 DI MED .Cl. and
LA PIUMA DObKA OORtiEP, are tent po-t-ftnoe, without «xt a
charge. It is by this Hoeral regulation placing them within reach of
tv. ry indy in tho land, that they hire become to thou-aads upon
tbonrends not on’y a lax-ry, but a cecetslsy, aiko in ro^ani to
be«Jth, rJrgajce, and convenience Illustrated proapsekn* acif-
mcumrtircutpajivr, nc . ooit-freo. Mosda ne* XAIUON anil MAtf-
LAND, Patent, ca, 138 Ox ord -*treet topposite l o Marbl > Arab).
I MPORTANT TO LADIES.—A Single Stay
Carriego-free cm receipt of a Post-offlco order.
The Elastic Bodioe . 12*. 6d.
Tbn fielf-vdjusting C0Tf«t . 12s. M.
A book with illustrat-ons sod price* ten* on tho receiot of e potlhgt
■t*m|i from which e nelei-tton or euv enreet can be rnsdo.
Crinoline bkirta eno Htiring •J’eoi 8klrte at very low prioe*.
CARTvR AND H U8T0S 8H, P«g«it-stre t. W ; &, Blttckfrior*-
rond; 5 Stoekwell-etrect '’reonwlch; and Crystal Pataca
F IHST.CLASS GENTLE MEN’S and
JI VKN1LE CLOTHING on Geooooletl Principle# Bu lores
eatablikh'-d 50 y «ut. WA LIEU UK It DOE, 96, New UouJ-a treet, and
69. Cvmhill (N B. Norib sloe).
S HIK1S.—FLA'NEL SHIRTS of every
description, Dress Khirts, snd Dmeing Gowns. Mensure-popers
will be stmt on Application. -CAPPER and WATERS, 26, Recent-
street. Loncon, S.W.
A ILEN’S ILLUSTHATED C/iTAbOGUE
jOL of Patent Portmanteau*, Despatch Boxes, Droning Case*, «nd
lYaveliing Bage, with square ouening by post, lit two suus '
J. W. wui T. ALLKN, Macoikctarcre, IS and 32. Btrand. W.C
The SUCCESSFUL RESULT8 of the last HALF C2RTUBY h*vo
proved beyond question that
R OWLANDS’ MACASSAR OIL possesses
peculiarly nourishing powers In the growth, rwtorstion, and
improvexLeta of the Dunum Hair. It prevenu tt from falling off ot
tuni ng grey, cleanse* i; irotn fkurf end Dawtriff. and makes it beau¬
tifully so t, curly, and glossy. For children It is espscUliy recom¬
mend d. aa forming tho basis of a b eautif ul bead of hair 1 noo
3s. 6d s 7*-; Fain ly Bottles (equal to four smati), 10s. W-i mad
doubt* that lire, 21*. . u _
I ACTION.- On the Wrapper of eo=h Bottle are the word. “ Row¬
lands’ macassar Oil. IccV 1 to white loner*, and their HgBStare A.
Rowland «c -one, fra ted ink. Bokl at W. Uattoa-ganitn. London,
and bv f brentas and Prrfumwe.
TpAU PHILIPPE— PHILIPPE’S DENTI-
JQi FRICR WATER clean* and whitens the> teeth, btaco, the
gums, awtetem* tho brntih. and prevents toothsebo. Price 2»- and
3#.- Rimniel. Sri. strand; and Sangw. I
. 159 Ox/urI-*treec
B enzine collas
CLBALB and REMOVES 0RKA8E from
G lores, I Cloth.
Bilk*. I Carpets, ko. kz
Is Betti*. Is- vd., of sD Chemists and Perfumer*; end at the rXpOJ,
114. Great kBsaaD^nw*. Blo*m»bcry
P ERSIAN INSECT-DESTROYING
irOWDBR. unrivalled iu exU*rruin*l ; I»gfl•a^bore. Hire, broties,
midwerv doscr pUon of in'Wfrkftltlsf antnisH; pro! cm furs, aiolhea,
*a from moths. Hs»m1e«* ti> animal Hfr. P»cir<» Is e-e*, or sent
l y pci i for' 4 stamps by THO® MBA MiG, 79 Bt Panfr*-chnrstiy *rd
T M PORTA NT.—YOUNG’S CORN and
J BUNION PLAbTKRB are the bret avar Inrsntml Obaerve tha
Nmre and Address twlatrel uo tho UlmL without which ooae ere
genuine. May be hod of all rbmnirta: Is. per bre, or thinere stABPfc
Addm* H. Young, I, BWurJ'cry-place, Aldangato-atreeC, H.C.
420
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[April 24, 1858
NEW BOOKS, j-c.
Now rood*. »t an the Libraries, In 3 vola^
rpHB TWO BROTHERS. By the Author of
JL '* Tho Discipline of Life."
" Tlsl* Is to onr mind tb« boat of Lady Emily Ponaonby’« novel*."—
John BqIL
The COUNTESS of BONNEVAL : Her Life »nd
Ul»n Bv l.Klr GROSS (ANA PL'LI.RBTON. 1 T.
VIOLET BANK and ITS INMATES. 3 ».
A LOVERS' QUARREL. By the Author of
“Cousin Geoffrey." 3 v.
The Third Edition of JOHN HALIFAX, GEN¬
TLEMAN. 1 to 10. ad. _
ONE-AND-TWENTY. By the Author of " Wild
Flower," fcc-. 3 v. (Jnst ready).
Hurst and Blackstt, Publishers, IS, Great Marlborough-street.
Now ready, the Ubrary Edition*, 4* fid. each, extra doth,*
T HE BANKER’S WIFE; or, Court and
City. By Mr*. GORE RerUed by the Author. Poet 8 ve. Two
Illaatrationa by Gi’bert. Al*e, uniform.
FATHER EUSTACE: a Tale of tho Io»ait». By Mra.TROLLOPE.
WAL'iEK COLTTON: a rale of 1686. By HORACE SMITH.
London: KxiOUT and 8OX, Clerkon well-close.
/JIHE
Joat pul
2*. Gd., cloth, with III nitration*,
and AQUARIUM ; or,
Anaodote and Goes 'd on Marine Zoology- -
By JOHN HARPER
Edinburgh: Wk P. NuutO. S, St. David-rtreet.
London: W KENT and Jo., "aternoeter-row-
Bold by all Booksellers.
“ Man die*, but (dory live*."—Sir W. Scott.
Row ready, in 1 ral, fep *vo, with Eight Illustrations by John
Gilbert, and a Portrait ef fiir H. Havolock,
T ie heroes of England ; or. Lives
of tho Most Eminent Soldiers and Sailors who hare distinguished
themsolvo* In the Serrloe of their Country, from Edward the Blaok
Prince to the I>eath of Hareloc.k. By JOHN G. RAQAR, Author of
“Ike Boyhood of Great Men," Iro , Ac.
London: W Kxxt and Co. (late D. Boguo), M, Fleet-street.
Now ready, fep 8 vo, 4 a., doth.
D URAND’S POEMS, translated into English
Verso. With a Biographical Preface by the late Profeasor A.
Ylnet. of Lausanne.— London: Wu.UiM Lat, King WUllam-etreat.
Strand. Torquay: L. Seeley.
Shortly win be published, In One Volume,
QERMONS. By the Rev. JOHN COLE, M.A.,
lO of 8 t. John’s Colloge, Cambridge, and Curate jaf Bridestowe-
eum-Rourton, Devon.
J. H. Parkxr, London; MaemlUan and Co., Cambridge; and R.
Liditono, Plymouth.
NEW BOOK, by the Rev. JAMES SMITH, of Cheltenham.—Royal
3?mo, 380 page*, gilt edgee, la. 6 d.: cottage library, la.,
L IGHT for DARK DAYS. Alio, uniform
In »ir.e and price, by the same Author,
The Early and the Latter Rain. I Bread from Heaven.
Good 8 eod for the Lord's Field. I
Halifax: MllJrxR, and Sowuur. London: Simpkln, Marshall,
and Co.
Crown dvo, price te. Gd.; post-free, 9s. lOd.; with Map, 6 d. extra,
L ONDON as it is TO-DAY j Where to Go
and What to Bee. With 300 Engravings.
Loudon: H. G. Clark* and Co., 363, titrand, W.O.
G lenn Y’s gardener’s gazette.
Now ready, price 2d.; poet-free.3d.
AXLXX, Paternoeter-row; and any Bookseller in town or country.
fTTHE STORY of the SULTAN MOURAD
JL and his WELCOME’GUE 8 T may bo obtained Gratis on apollea-
Hon to any Bookseller or Newsvendor throughout the United King¬
dom ; or It will be seat Free from the Publishing Offloo to any person
forwarding hie address. !
Office, 14®, Fleet-street, London, E.O.
o
Lately published, price 10s., bound in doth,
N INFANCY and CHILDHOOD: their
_ Medical Management and Disorders; embracing the whole
subject from Birth, with Directions to Young Mothers for the
Management of th-mselvee as well as their Offspring, Approved
Prescription* for Children's Complaints, Ao. By T. J. GRAHAM,
M.D., M.R.C. 8 .
"Possesses very high claim*."—British Banner.
"Written In a dear and Interesting manner, and the author dia.
ka, muehjt * ‘ “
plays, as In his previous works, n
lJ udgment."—Medical Circular.
By the same Author, Eleventh Edition, with Additions, pries lfls.,
2 . MODERN DOMESTIC MEDICINE. A com¬
prehensive Medical Guide for the Clergv, Families, and Emigrants.
" Of all the medical guide* that have eeme to our hands, this is by
Air the best. For fulness and oompleseosas they all yield the palm to
Dr. Graham's.”—Banner. Aug., 1863.
London: Published by Simficix, Makuhall, and Co.. Btatioaan 1 -
•eurt; and Whittaker and Co, Paternoster-row. Bold by aD Book-
Snot Free by Post for Bight Penny Postage Stamps,
TJIENNINGS’ EVERY MOTHER’S BOOK;
JL? which contains everything that every Mother ought to know.
Direct to Altud Paionxaa, Wert Cowes, Isle of Wight.
mHE
X ch:
HALIFAX PUBLICATIONS arc the
CHEAPEST BOOKS in the WORLD, and the b
Ask for the Halifax Cheap Editions.
Milxxx and Sowxxbt, Halifax, Yorkshire.
OK non BIBLES, Prayer-Books, and Church
vl/juvv P e r ri se s , la e v e r y description e<binding and type,
being the cheapest, largest, and beat-bound Block In the Kingdom, at
PARKINS and GOTTO’8,14 and 35, Oxford-street.
TJTEDDING STATIONERY.—The Largest
f V Assortment, Newest Patterns, and Late st Alte ration*.—In-
vttations, At-Home Notes, Programmes, Ac.—PARKINB and GOTTO,
33, Oxford-street. Patterns seat post-free.
TO COUNTRY RESIDENTS.
■DARKENS and QOTTO’S GUINEA BOX
X of STATIONERY sent carriage paid to any railway station la
E n g l an d upon receipt of P.O. or*sr. It contains 30 quire# of super¬
fine thick [full steei cream-laid Kota Paper; 10 quires of Queen's sine,
ditto, ditto, and 300 thick cream-laid Envelopes (stamped and se¬
men ted) of two rises; 30 quires eeeood quality full-els* cream-laid
Note Paper; and 600 Envelopes, stamped and osmanted; an octave
Blotting Book, and six dozen of P. and G.'s elastic por*-office PenJ-
With six bolder*. A saving of fell 6 s. la the pound. Parkins and
otto. Paper and Envelope Makar*, 34 and U, Oxfrrd-ste-mt. London.
P ARKINS and GOTTO hare opened Three
large Show-rooms for the display of cheap, useful, and eiega.it
Articles fsr Birthday and Wedding P res s a te, from 3*. Cd. to »
guineas (a saving of 6 *. In the pound).
Writing Cass*, fitted, from 9*. Gd. Beales and Paper Weigh*.
Card Casas, tortoiseshell, 3s. Gd.
Ditto ia pearl, silver, sari inlaid.
Travelling Bags, 3 to IS guineas.
Desks, mahogany or rosewood,
6 *. 6 d. to a 3 *.
Rosewood Dr ess ing Cases, lined
with iilk velvet, stiver top
bottles, and jewel drawer, 49a.
Gentlemen'* Travelling Dressing
Csees, fitted, 11s. Gd
Writing and Dressing Casas com¬
bined, 90s.
Pocket Books, Letter Cases, and
Where la Its.
Key Boxea and Jewel Cases.
Port Monnaies and Tablets.
Despatch Boxes, from 91a.
Parkins end
_ pearl, .
Album* and Scrap Books.
(My Books). In lock eases.
Inkstands, la bronze, ebony, wal¬
nut. oak, and buhl.
Retie alee and Carriage Baa*.
Envelcpo and Stationery Oases.
Glove Bo to* and letter betas.
Ladder/ Companion*. 7s. Gd.
Canes of Choioe Cutkrr.
Card Baskets and Table Mats.
Ivory Paper Knlvm.
Book Stands and Elides.
_ Papier Machd In great variety.
Ootto, Manufacturers. 94 aid 95. Oxford-street.
N O CHARGE for STAMPING PAPER and
ENVELOPES, with Arms, Coronet, Crest, or Initials.-
RODRIGUES' Cream-laid Adhesive Envelopes, td. per 100; Cream-
laid Note, full size, five quires for Gd.; thick ditto, fivs quires for
is.; Foolscap, 3*. per raam. Sermon Paper, is. Gd. All kinds of
Stationary squally cheap, at H. Rodrigues', 49 , P i cca d i l ly, London, W,
\\J KDDING CARDS, Enamelled Envelopes,
Y Y tumped In silver, with arms, crest, or flower*. “ At Homes,"
TJEEVES’ DRAWING PENCILS, in every
JiX deg ree of shade.
113, Choapride, London, B.C.
P ATENT EVER-POINTED TUBULAR
DRAWING-PENCILS. Wln»or and Newton’s New Patent,
IBM.—" The nearest approach to a perfect drawing-pencil that can
be conceived."—Art Journal. Manufactured of the following letter*,
via., B., M., B., BB. •
Bet of four, In leather ease, complete .. .. 7*. Gd.
v?**?*} u. si Mk.
N-B. After the Ant expense of heidsm, these new pencils (mads of
the purest Cumberland lead) oost but 3d. each.
Wnrson and Sawtov, 38, Rathbooe-plaea, London, W.
NEW MUSIC, fre.
D ’ALBERT’S VIOLANTE WALTZ. Just
out. Priests; ftili orchestra. As. Post-free.
CHAPFXIX and CO., 50, New Bond-street.
TV ALBERT’S FRENCH POLKA.—Just out
JLf Price 9s.: fall orchestra, 5a.
CHArrxLL and Oo., 50, New Bond-street.
TV ALBERTS LEVIATHAN GALOP.—
I J Just oat. Prioe 3*. j full orchestra, te. Poet-free.
CHArrxLL and Co., 60, New Bond-street.
TV ALBERT’S VENICE QUADRILLE. Just
JL/ out. Prioe 4e- ; fall orehestre, 5 s. Post-free.
CHArrxu. end Co., 60, New Bond-street.
TV ALBERT’S TROVATORE MAZURKA.
JL/ Just out Prioe 9*. 6* Post-free.
Chattill and Co., 50 New Bond-*treat
TV ALBERT’S LES SCEURS VALSES. Just
JL/ out. Prise 4s. Post-free.
CHAITMLL and Co., 36, New Bond-street.
TV ALBERT’S HOOP DE DOODEN DO
XJ GALOP. Pries 9*. fid. Poet-free.
CHArrxLL and CO., 50, Haw Bond-steet
fVALBERT’S WEDDING QUADRILLES-
XJ rrkak.ihllnbMn.il Ton-ttm.
CKATrau. u4 OO., 10, «iw Bond-rtrot.
"PATRICK, MA CUI8HLA. New Irish
J Ballad. Written by the Hon. Mrs. NORTON; Music by
QRORGK BARKER, composer sf tho " Irish Emigrant." Price te.
Post-free. CHApr*LL and Co., 50, New Bond-street
TUANITA. By tho Hon. Mrs. NORTON.
tf Third Edition of this the most popular of all Mr*. Norton’s
Ballads, prioe te.; also Maraqoita, a Portuguese Love Bong, by the
same Composer, prioe 9s., post-free.
Chatthu and Co., 50, New Bond-street
■RRINLEY RICHARDS’ COMPLETE
JLJ TUTOR for the PIANOFORTE. The beet, the newoat, and
cheapest of all Inatructisn Books, containing elomontarr instructions,
scaled, exercises, and a great variety of the moat popular themos as
progressive lessons. Sixty psges, full music sise. price is. post-free.
Chatpill aad Co., 50, New Bond-street.
A DELE; or, I MiB8 thy Kind and Gentle Voice.
jCYL The Second Edition of this beautiful Ballad, by LfcNGTON
WILLIAMS, b now ready, as sung by Misa Laaeeiles. Prioe te. ; free
frwlstamps. — W. Williams, 931, Tottenham-court-road.
pFFIE SUNSHINE: New Ballad. By
JLU LA NO TON WILLIAMS; sung by Mbs Pools, with the greatest
luoceesj [Beautifully illustrated. Price te. 6 d., free for stamps.
W. Williams, 391, Tottenham-oourt-road.
mHE ROYAL WEDDING QUADRILLES,
X by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Illustrated with Portraits in
Colour* of their Royal Hlshneaea tbs Princess Royal of Prussia, and
her Consort, by BRANDARD, after Drawings by Winterhalter.
Prioe 4#.. free for stamps — W. Williams and Co., 991, Tottcuhim-
oourt-read.
T HAVE ALWAYS A WELCOME FOR
X THEE.—New Ballad by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Just pub¬
lished. “ Oo# ef the sweetest ballads of the day "—Review. Price
te.; free for stamp* — W. Williams, 991, Tottenham-court-road
TVTEW SONG, THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS,
-L t written aad composed by SAMUEL LOVER, Esq. Price te.fid.
This elegant ballad may be considered one of Mr. Lover’s happiest
composition*. Word* and music are equally pleasing, aad eosur* it*
besoming a general favourite. Postage-free.
London: Durr and Hodosoh, 65, Or ford-street.
QONGS OF THE SEASONS.-SPRING
O BLOSSOMS. SUMMER ROHRS, AUTUMN FRUITS, aad
WINTER EVERGREENS. Composed by STEPHEN GLOVER.
Price te. 6 d. each. These Songs possess attraction* seldom before
obtained. The Word*, by Carpenter, are exceedingly Interesting, and
have suggested to Mr. Glover melodies of the most fascinating eharac-
ter, white the Illustrations, by Packer, are superb.
Durr and Hodosoh, 65, Oxford-street.
TVTEW GALOP—THE ALARM.—Composed
It by T. BROWNE. Priee te. tpesUgv-fre®).—Among the spark¬
ling novelties performed by Weippert’a Band at tho Grand b:*te Ball
at Buckingham Palace none shone more ceneplcuouaty tiu'n the
"Alarm " Galop, which wa* admired by aU.
ihivr and Uauaaog, 65, Oxford-street.
TVTEW SONG, THE FIRST TIME WE MET-
-L Y By the Composer of " WU1 yon love as then ss now ? "
" Deerert, then I'll love you more," " A Young Lady's No," fcc.
Prioe te. This song will equal, if not surpass, tho success attained by
any former production of this gifted compaser.
Durr and Hodgsgs, 46, Oxford-street.
T ISZT’S CONSOLATION for the PIANO-
JLJ FORTE.—" Pure, melodious, and full of sweet and soothing ex¬
pression."—Dally New*. " 0 x 9 of the meet ehorming thing* of the
kind."—Atbefueom. TVlrd Edition. Priee Is., unt prepaid on reeeipt
of 19 stamps. Emu and Co., WO, Oxforu-street.
THWER and CO.’S MUSIC WAREHOUSE,
JLU 980, Oxford-street, London—Kww and Co.'s ewu Publica¬
tions, Including all Mendelssohn's Works, and the whole of their ex¬
tensive stock of Foreign Music, sold at the uniform rate of Sixpeno*
per Sheet, being only about half tb* prioe charged by other establish-
meets. Catalogue* gratis.
•ROUND the CORNER WAITING,
11 WHAT YTILL PEOPLE BATV Ballad, by CHARLES
SWAIN, Mate by RAKDIGQSR. Ae sung by Madams Ruderedorff
and other celebrated vocalists. Eighth Edition, prioe Is. fid. Sent
fre* on reestpt *f 19 stamp*.—*WHH and Oo., 690, Oxford-street.
ORATORY HYMNa By the Very Her. F.
vJ w. FABER. Composed, and, by permission, dedicated te his
Eminence Cardinal Wiseman, Archbishop of Westminster, by W.
BCKULTRES, Director ef the Musis at the Oratory, London. First
Series, eouUinteg Twelve Hymns, priee 4s., sent pest-free.
London: Ixrxu end Co., 960, OxJbri rtrsst-
WHEN MY LOVE SIGHS I HEAR. New
T t 3onr Words aad Maria by NECTARINE 8 UNNY 8 IDK,
Eaq., Author of " I, to*, am Seventeen. Mamma." Priee te. fid.
CKAMXK, Bxalx, aad Co.. 9ul. Regant-itreet.
TT IS NAE, JEAN, THY BONNIE FACE.
A Wort* br BURNS; Mrofe (deleted to th. CouUtotod Tw
iwn»»h) br H. DK QBCKBB. Priee to., port-free.
ASDua,, Sou.ul ud Luce, , to!, lUiroaV-troto, W.
WADE’8 50 Selaeted 80NGS and BAL-
Wpert, Urtvnro. A to. B,ory Vuei.U'i loo Ben^, |,.; 10Q ;>opul»r
BeoR, end SAUncto, Aiuif br Rina ReereA, Ac., Is.; Rato Cowell', loo
Comte 8 oo««, Ia ; Chrtotr', 100 Nr.ro And AmAricAn, It.; 100 Steel,
Ottelto,, And RormdA, 1,.; 100 Soon of Bootltnd. la.; 100 of OlMln'A
100 of Irotond. to.; ni 100 Ulll. Bonn, for Lltllo Bln«ee», u
solo* and duels. There books have all the music and words, aad
either seat by port for 11 stamp*.
MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 199, High Holborn.
XXOOP DE DOODEN DO QUADRILLES.
XX By MONTGOMERY. Priee 6 d.; po.t-f.eo seven stamps
Aire, by the some admired oomposer. Tho Bennie Dundee, Edinburgh,
Bobbing Around. My Mary Anno, Royal Lancers Bolphegor. Mus¬
keteers, Don Croat de Baaaa. St. Patrick’s, Pus* in Boots. Arabian
Nights. Beggars' Opera, Jack the Giant Killer, and Plooolomlni
Quadrille*. AU 6 d. each; post-free soven stamps: or the flitaen
quadrilles freo by post for is. In iiamn*
MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 199, High Holborn.
pZERNY’S 101 ELEMENTARY EXER-
CI 8 E 8 for the PIANOFORTE, pries 9*. fid.; by poet, 33 slumps.
Caerny s School of Velocity, price 3#.; by post, 38 stamp*. Crerny'a
Pianoforte Tutor, new and enlarged edition, price 3*.: by post, 38
■tamp#- AU full music six*. Also Calloott's Grammar of Mu-ic, now
edition, edited by Wostrop, crown Bvo, cloth lettered, prioo 2*. 6 o.:
by poet, 32 stamps.
MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 192, High Holborn.
WHEN WILL YOU LOVE ME? New
. ’ ^ tb« Author and Composer of *• Something to
love me." This song bid# fair to rival In popularity its celtbruted
predecessor. Prioo te., free for atamps.
EVAgg and CO^ 77, Baker-street, Portmon-square, W.
TLCUSICAL BOX DEPOT, 54, Comhill,
tavourtt*. and saared airs. Urtof tmreunTprtote
NEW MUSIC, **.
TTENRY FARMER’S BIJOU of DANCE
IX MUSIC foe IMS, with Six broatlfo] UluUta hj
BRANDARD. Price 10s. 6 d.; forming one of the cheapest and
most elegant present* of the season.
Josxra Williams, 193, Chaapalde, E.C.
H enry farmer’s wild briar
WALTZ, Jut published, beautifully Illustrated in colours.
Price, solo or duet, 4 *., post-free.
Joseph Williams, 193, Cheapelds, B.C.
H enry farmer’s fantasia on
AIRS from Verdi’s Opera, TROVATORE. Rasy and effective.
Price 9s. Gd., post-free. Ouot. Is.
Josxra Williams, 133, Cheap*lie, E.C.
H enry farmer’s ada valse,
nhuu-.irf in Colour, br BRANDARD. Solo. «M Dvbt, to.
Loodoo: Josirn Williams, 113, Cbwimdt.
TTENRY FARMER’S IL TROVATORE
AT QUADRILLES, Jolt pabgMud, bo.r.Hr«ll, Dluanl.d in
JOSEPH WILLIAMS, US, Chcptode, I
TTENRY FARMER’S PIANOFORTE
11 TUTOR Prioe 4a. “ This Is decidedly the most useful and
belt Instruction Book for the pianoforte w# have teen.”—Mu leal
Review. Josxra Williams. 133, Cheapelds, EXJ.
R OW, ROW, HOMEWABD WE GO!
River Bong. By CARPENTER and 8 PORLK. Price 2*.,
post-free. A composition of much beauty, and becoming immensely
popular, the melody being charmingly simple and graoefuL
Josxra Williams, 123, Cbeapaide.
J ULLLEN’S NEW ENGLISH LANCERS.
Illustntisd In Colours by BRANDARD. Jut published.. Price
4a.; ssptett parts, 3t. *d.; orchestral parts, S*.
Joseph Williams, its, Cheapsids.
mHE NEW ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM
X for the DRAWING-ROOM.
ALEXANDRA and SON have jut taken out a new patent for the
Drawing-room Harmonium, which offsets the greatest Improvement
they have ever made In the instrument. The drawing-room models
will be found of a softer, purer, and la all rsapeote more agreeable
tone than any other instrument* They hare a porfoct and easy
means of producing a diminuendo or eref.oer.do on any one note or
more; the bass oan be perfectly subdued, without oven the use of the
expression atop, the great difficulty in other Harmoniums. To each
of the new models an additional blower le attached at t)M back, ao
that the wind can be supplied (If preferred) by a second person,
and I till, under the new patent; the performer oan play with perfect
THJ5 DRAWINQ-SOOM MODAL-
No. Is made in three varieties.
1. Hues Stops, Percussion Action, additional Blower, and
In Rosewood Case *• •• •• •• 96
9. Right Stops ditto ditto ditto 36
S. Sixteen Stops ditto ditto, Volx Odloste, fco.
(the beet Harmonium that oan be made) .. ..66
Keesrs. Chappell have an enormou* stock of the
STX-G'JINEA HARMONI’JMB,
And of all Varieties of the ordinary kind, which are perfoot for the
Church, Bohi.nl, Hail, cs Cotioert-room.
Bo. Maaaa.
1. One Stop, oak eaao „ i* 10
I. n mahogany oase .. .. «• •• •• 13
3. Three B*ops, oak, 16 guineas; rosewood M »• IS
4. Five Stop* (two rows vibrator*), oak ease.39
„ ditto l oeew o od osm •• •• •• 99
•. Sight Stop*, ditto, oak, '16(fttln*aa;ro#ewood .. .. 36
6 . Tvfeiva Steps (four row* vibrator*), oak or rosewood oaee 16
7. One Stop (with percussion action), oak oase, 16 guineas j
reeewood oase .. .. •• •• •• It
t Three Stops, ditto, rosewood ease . •• 30
9. Right Stop*, dlttj, oak or rosewood case .. •• •• 13
10. Twelve Stops, ditto, oak oase.40
11 . ditto, rosewood oaee .. .. aa 46
IS. Faient. model, ditto, polished oak or rosewood ease .. 66
Meerr*. Chappell bee also to oall attention to their
NSW AND UNIQUR OOTTAOK PIANOFOBT1B.
No. Guineas.
I. In oakogany ease, G| oetavee .. .. .. M •• 35
t Ia rosewood, with oireular fall, 6 f ootavee .. .. •• *0
3, In rosewood, elegant ease, frets, he.. ..36
4. in very elegant walnut. Ivory-fronted key*,
6 . The Unique Planeferta, with perfoot chock a
reeawoed case, 6 { octavea.4*
A The Foreign Model, extremely elegant, oblique etringt, 7
oetavee, beet eheek action, ho., the meet powerful of
all upright pianofortes .. 60
Also to their Immense assortment of new and secondhand Instru-
minta, by Broad wood, Cotiard, and Srard, for sals, or hire.
Full descriptive lists of harmoniums and Of pianoforte* cent upon
appfieatlott to CHAPPELL and CD., 49 and 60, New Bond-street,
end 13, O ooige attest, Hanover sq u a re.
Agents Aw America, FABRRQUBTTEB and 00., New York.;
TULLIEN and CO.’S CORNETHA-
O PISTONS, by ANTOINE COURTOI 8 .—The Concert-room
Model la need by all the most celebrated pro feasor*, and la universally
pronounced superior to any other. Price, 18 8 s , In case complete.
Drawings sent tree, en application to Jutiles and Co., Sit. Rogcnt-
TXARM0NIUM8.—CRAMER, BEALE, and
XI CO. are Mbs Agents for ALEXANDRE’S PATENT MODEL.
Prices from 10 to 66 Go Inane —Cramer, Beale, and Co., 961, Regent-
TJIANOFORTES.—CRAMER, BEALE, and
X CO. have the beet of every description. New and S e condh a nd ,
ibr Sals or Hire—301, Regent-street.
T3IAN08, 16 Guineas.—OETZMANN’S
X SCHOOL-ROOM PIANOFORTE, 4< Octaves. Ia solid Malta-
gany Cam. Warranted. Packed free, and forwarded
ORTIMANH and 00. 31, — -
33, Wlgnore-e tr ee t , Cavendish-*q., W.
P IANOS.—OETZMANN and PLUMB’S
new Patent STUDIO *r SCHOOL-ROOM PIANOFORTES,
which hare given such universal satisfaction (p e tes * ranging from
eenriderably lee* J*aa jCJO), are euly te be obtained, in London,
at 56, Great Ramti-etreet, Bloomsbury; and of all the prioripai
P IANOFORTES .—OETZMANN and
PLUMB’S NEW PATENT SCHOOL-ROOM PIANOFORTES,
6 f eetavea, prim from considerably under X30, is the mast suitable
instrument manufactured for I be Behoolrcam, or where a small
inane forte Is required, being so constructed aa to require tittle tuning.
T* be had of all the principal cesntry Muslaeellere in England, Boot-
land, and Ireland: also for Sate, Hire, or Exchange. In London
only, at 96, Great Ituaae 11-street, Bloomsbury.
"PIANOS.—OETZMANN and PLUMB’S
X New Patent Model Drawing-room PIANOFORTES, In eltgant
walnut and rosewood ease*, while most moderate in price, are un¬
rivalled in tone, touch, nod durability. In London only, at 56, Great
KumoU -street, Bloomsbury; and of all the principal oountry Mosie-
aelltra.
PIANOFORTES EXTRAORDINARY, at
A MOORR and MOORR'8, 104, Blihopsgata-street Within.
These are flret-claea Plano*, of rare exooUence, poesoeaing exquisite
ImprovcmenU, recently applied, which effect n grand, a pare, and
beautiful quality of Kmc, that stands unrivalled. Price from 16
■tar Fir*t-clA*e ~ *.
Pianos for hire, with easy terms of purchtao.
P IANOFORTES.—GEO. LUFF and SON
have the largeet stock in London, for BALE or HIRE, with
my terms of purchase, both new and secondhand, from flO to £ 100 .
Tuner* cent to all parts.—103. Great RuiaeU-street, Bloomsbury.
fiEO. LUFF and SON’8 IMPROVED
’ M HARMONIUMS for 8 ALE or HERB, with easy terms of pur¬
chase, from £13 to £50. Tbs only maker* of the real Harmonium.
Repair*, Tuning*.—103, Great KuaseU-rtreet, Bloomsbury.
P IANOFORTES (Fint-Clau), DUFF and
HODGSON, Maker*, 65. Oxford-street.—These Instruments
are recommended by tho Proteeeion, and may be had in Walnut,
Zebra, ami Rosewood. Price* moderate. Warranted
P IANOFORTE and MUSIC-STOOL for 20
Guineas; a great bargain. A Walnut Cottage. 6 | octave,
with metallic plate, and all the recent Improvement*, by a flm-r&L
maker, only usod a few months, and cost doublo tho amount. To b*
soon at R. GREEN and CO.'t, Upholsterer*, 304. Oxford-street Wan.
flEOLOGY and MINERALOGY—
vJ Elemcntarv COLLECTIONS, to facilitate the study of this
Interesting Selena*, nan be had from Two Guineas to One Hundred,
also Single Spodmcps, ef J. TENNANT, 149. Strand, London.
Mr. Tennant gives Private Instruction In Mtneraioarv and Geology.
/CH ARLE S PACKER (late Antoni Forcer\
Artist in Hair to the QUEEN, by Appointment.
Hair JewoUorr Department, 136, Rcgent-etrert.
Foreign and Fanoy ditto, 78, Regent-street.
Jet and Mourning ditto, 78, Regent-etreet.
H AIR JEW ELLERY.—Artist in TTnir —
DEWDNEY beg* to inform Ladies or Gentlomon resident In
town or any part of the kingdom that be beautifully makes, and
elegantly mount*, in gold, HAIR BRACELETS, Chains, Broecbau
Rings, Pina, Studs, he.: and forward* the same, carefully packed
la boxes, at about one-half the usual charge. A beautiful collection
of specimens, handsomely mounted, kept Ibr inspection. An illus¬
trated book sent free.—Dewdney, 173, Fenchnrch-street.
B efore you have your likeness
TAKEN send Ibr DEWDNEY '8 PATTERN 8 of BROOCHES.
Leek eta, Bracelets, he., which are sent free on receipt of two postage!
stamp*. Registered Revolving Brooches in Solid Gold, to show either
Likeness or Hair at pleasure of wearer, from 45s. each A Gold
Plated Brooch or Locket sent freo te any part of the kingdom for
I Os. 6 d —Dewdney, Manufacturing Goldsmith and Jeweller,
Poncharch-street. City, London.
173,
A GUINEA GOLD WEDDING-RING and
Hall-marked KEEPER seat Is a morocoo box to any part of
the kingdom oo receipt of 11s. or a Post-office order.—GEORGE
DEWDNEY, Goldsmith sad Jeweller, 171. Pencharch-*treat. London
T O FREEMASONS at Home and Abroad.—
PRO. JOHN MOTT THEARLE, Manufacturer of Jewels,
Clothing, Furniture, Banner*, ho., for the Craft. Mark, Royal
Arch, &.T., and higher dor,-roes. No. 196, Fleet-street, London,
wholesale and retell. Merchants, Lodgers, Tilers, and the Trade
supplied on most advantageous terms. A choioe collection of Ma¬
sonic Jewels, Pins, Ring*, and Btuds always on hand. Copy the
a ddf O M.
ATCHES.—A B. SAVORY and SONS,
Watchmaker* (opposite the Bank of Engbuffi), 11 and 11,
. London, submit for seloction a stock of flrat-claas PATENT
DETACHED LEVER WATCHES, which, being made by themselvoa,
oan be reoo mm ended for accuracy and durability. A warranty la riyen.
PRICES OF SILVER WATCHES.
Patent Laver Watch, with the Improvements, l. e., the de¬
tached escapement, jowoilod, hard enamel dial, seconds,
and m ai n tai nin g power to con tin no going whilst being
wound .. 14 g
Ditto, Jewelled In four holes, and capped . 6 6 0
Ditto, tho finest quality, with tho Improved regulator,
JswoQod in six holrs, usually in gold cases. 6 8
Either of the Silver Watches In hunting cases, 10s. 6 d. extra.
GOLD WATCHES.—SIZE FOR LADIES.
Patent Lever Watch, with ornamental gold dial, the move¬
ment with latest Improvements, Le., the detached escape¬
rn ant, maintaining power, and Jewelled.11 11 0
Ditto, with riehly-engravod case .13 13 0
Ditto, with very strong ease, and Jewelled in four holes .. 14 14 0
GOLD WATCHER.—SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN.
Patent Lever Watch, with the latest Improvements, i.e., tho
detached escapement, Jewelled In four holes, hard enamel
dial, seconds, and maintaining power . 10 10 0
Ditto, In stronger caao, linprovod regulator, and oappod .. 18 13 0
Ditto, >welled la six holes, and gold balanoe .. .. 17 17 0
Either of tho Gold Watches In hunting cases, £3 3*. extra.
Any Watch selected from the list will be safely packed and sent free
to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, upon a receipt of a remittance
of the amount.
AN BOARD EM.S. u NORTH STAR,” in
the ARTIC REGIONS, for Two Years, the Ship’s Time wax
kopt by one of JONES’S Lever*, all other Watches on board having
stopped. In silver, £4 4s.; in Gold, £10 10*.; at the Manufactory,
328, Strand (opposite Somerset House).—Read JONES'S " Sketch of
Watch Work." Bent free for a 3d. stamp.
B E N 8 O N’8 WATCHES.
“ Excellence of design and perfection of workmanship."—
Morning Chronicle.
" Tho qualities of his manufacture stand sooond to none.”—Morning
Advertisor.
"All that can be desired In finish, taste, and design."—Globe.
“ Tho watches here exhibited surpass those of any other English
manufacturer."—Observer.
Those who cannot personally ins poet this extensive and costly stock
should sond two stamp* for " Benson's Iliostrated Pamphlet," con¬
taining important information requisite in the purchase of a watch,
and from which they can seloct with the greatest certainty the one
adapted to their use. Stiver Watches, from 2 to 50 guineas; Gold Watches,
from £3 16a. to 100 guineas. Every watch warranted, and sent post¬
paid to any part of England, Scotland, Ireland, or Wales, upon re¬
ceipt of a remit tan oo. Merchants, Shippers, and Watch Cluba
supplied. Watches exchanged or repaired.
Man uf ac t ory, 33 and 34, Ludgate- hill, London. X.C.
Established 1749.
S ARTi and SONS, Watch and Clock Manufac-
tarers, Nos. 17 and 18, Comhill, have a Show-room expressly
fitted up for the display of Drawing and Dining Room CLOCKS,
manufactured In splendid Ormolu, and oxqulaitaly-modelled antique
Broncos, the; movements of firet-claits finish, striking the hours and
half-hour*. Eaeh Clock is warranted. Staircase Clocks In fashion¬
ably-mounted cases. Dial* for Counting-houses. All ohargod at
manufacturing prices.
The Now Buildings, Noe. 17 and 18, CornhOL
S ABL and SONS, Watch and Clock Mannfac-
turn*, No*. 17 and 18, Comhill, invite attention to their new and
splendid Stack ef GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, oaoh warranted,
end twelve months' trial allowed.
Silver Watches, of highly-finished construction, and Jewell od, with
fashionable exterior, at 50s. to £10 10 a.
Gold Watches, of all descriptions of movements, from £6 6 s.
to £50.
Books of Patterns and Prioe* can be obtained; and all order*, with
a remittance, promptly attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Goldsmiths and Jewellers,
Nea. 17 and 18, Comhill.—The ground floor of tho New Building
e more particularly devoted to the display of Fine Gold Jewollery and
Fine Gold Chains.
In the Jowollery Department will be found a rich and endlem
assortment of Ring* end Brooches, set with magnificent gems, Brace¬
lets and Necklets, Pins and Studs, ho. All newly manufactured, and
in tho moat recent style. The quality of the gold Is warranted.
Fine Gold Chains are charged according to their respective weights,
and the quality of the gold is certified by the stamp.
Book* of Patterns and Prices can be obtained.
Letter* promptly attended to.
S ARD and SONS, Silversmiths (the New
Building), 17 and 18, Comhill, Invite attention to their new and
magnlfleent Stock ef London-manufactured SILVER PLATE, con¬
taining every article reqeisilte for the Table and Sideboard.
Stiver Spoons and Forks at 7s. 4d. per ounce.
Rich aad Elegant Tea and Coffee Equipages, oommonclng at £16
the full aervioe.
Stiver Salvers of all sices aad patterns, from £6 10a. to £100.
A large and costly display of Stiver Presentation Plato, charged
par ounoe—Silver department of tho building.
Books of Design* and Prioe* msy be obtained.
QARL ind SONS, Wholesale Manufacturing
kj ELECTRO and ARGENTINE SILVER PLATERS, Not. 17 and
18, Comhill.—In the splendid Show Rooms devoted to this department
ef the b etim e s will be found every article usually manufactured.
Corner Dishes and Cover* Dish Cover*—S >up and Sauce.Turoena—
Cruet Frames Tea and Coffee Benrioos—Msgnifloont Epergnes and
Candelabra—Salvers and Tea Tray*.
Tb* Argentine Stiver 8 poos* aad Forks, solely manufactured by
Bari and Sons, at obs- sixth the ooet of solid Sliver, are especially re-
oommended, having stood the test ef Fifteen Years' axperienoe.
Books of Drawings and Price* may be obtained.
All order* by poet punctually attondod to.
S ILVER PLATE, New and Secondhand.—
A Pamphlet of Prioe*, with Engraving*, may be had gratie; or
be sent post-free, if applied ter by letter.—A. B. SAVORY and
SONS, Goldsmith* (opposite the Bank of England), 11 and II, Corn-
hill, London.
Ij^LECTRO PLATE.—Purchasers will derive
l*J advantage by sending for SLACK'S CATALOGUE, with 350
Illustrations and prices of electro plate, cutlery, fenders, fire Irons,
diih covers, Ac., and information that ennot be obtained In the
limits of an advertisement, gratis, or free by post. Order* above £3
carriage free.—Richard and John Black, 33J, Strand. (Established
50 year*.)
TJ1URNISH YOUR HOUSE with the BEST
X 1 ARTICLES, at DEANE’S Ironmongery and Furnishing Ware¬
houses. Established aj>. 1700. A Priced Furnishing List, free by
post.—Deane and Co. (opening to the Monument), London-bridge.
ORNAMENTS for the DRAWING-'ROOM,
V-r LIBRARY, fcc.—An extensive a»sortment of ALABASTER,
MARBLE. BRONZE, and DERBYSHIRE SPAR ORNAMENTS,
Manufactured and Imported by J. TENNANT. 149. Strand. London.
/ \RNAMENTS for the MANTELPIECE, Ac.
Buttotw., Group.. Vuu. Jto., to dsoorotod Btaou. M*
othurChto.; Clock. Hilt, ind bronze). Al.bMtor, Bob«mi«a
Glass, first-class Bronzes, Candelabra, and many other art-manufac¬
ture*, all in the best taste and at very moderate price*.
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, Ludgato-hill, E.C.
TYINNER, DESSERT, and TEA SERVICES.
I / A large variety of new and good Patterns. Best qo*HWj
rapatortaetefan usually low prioe*. Also every description of Cui
Table Ginas, equally advantageous.
Supplement, April 24, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
421
THE ALHAMBRA PALACE.
Wb this week present a View of the interior of a place of enter¬
tainment whioh we have already desoribed. Our Dlustrationwii
epeak to the perception mnoh better than any words of ours. Then
isthe arena in the centre, in whioh the Amerioan athletes and equea-
tut AMERICAS CIECC3, UJUMBK A PALACE.
1 iji P'|P!lr|l|n
■T'-fT-i
lift
a;l 1 i
422
[April 24, 1858
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
nav appreciate their moral value. The spectator will be gratified
witlh the sight of the boxes and galleries- tier above tier of human faces
looking down upon the marvellous feats of the arena, and constituting
% galaxy of animation not elsewhere to be paralleled. It is indeed a
magnificent spectacle of itsolf, and will for some time command the at¬
tendance of thousands, no less from its grandeur than from its novelty.
TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES.
FROM ALABAMA TO SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston, South Carolina, March 5, 1858.
Two days after the pleasant voyage up the Alabama, described in my
last, the weather suddenly changed. A “ norther " (a wind as much
dreaded in tho snnny south of this continent as is the kindred
*’ bora ’’ by the inhabitants of the sloping hills of the Adriatic, from
Weste to Zara) swept over Alabama and Georgia, and in less than
two hours the thermometer fell forty degrees. In the morning it was
a luxury to breathe the balmy airs from the Gulf of Mexico, redolent
of fresh flowers and all the wealth of early spring; in the afternoon
the weather was raw and bleak, and suggested Siberia or Greenland.
The unhappy stranger or wayfarer, unaccustomed to the clime, was
fain to betake himself to his thickest furs, or to sit in stifling proxi¬
mity to that greatest of all abominations—an American stove, glowing
at a red heat with anthracite coal. Nor was it strangers alone who
suflered. The natives ore no more inured to these abrupt changes of
temperature than travellers are. The men think it unsafe to leave off
their overcoats in February days that seem to an Englishman as hot
m the days of mid-June; and the ladies—more susceptible of cold
than any ladies I ever met with in the Old World—will not ventnre
their fair noses or their finger-tips beyond the warm privacy of their
boudoirs or bed-rooms when there blows a breeze from the east or north.
A terrible catastrophe took place on that bitter night on tho Toin-
bigbee River. While steaming up the Alabama, and for twenty miles,
running a race with another boat which, greatly to my satisfaction,
parted company with us at the junction with the Tombigbee, I could
not help reflecting on the numerous fires, wrecks, and explosions for
which the rivers of the south are notorious. I inquired whether it
was the recklessness of the captains, or whether it was that of the
passengers, who but too often incite captains to race with rival boats,
ptmr passer le temps, and to beguile the monotony of the voyage, that
produced such accidents. Then I debated whether there could be any
■taomlating influence in a southern atmosphere which acted upon the
human brain and organisation so as to make men more thoughtless
and impulsive than they are in the steadier and soberer north; or
whether it was a want of care in the manufacture or the management
of the machinery; or whether all these causes might not combine
mure or less to render life more insecure in the southern railways and
rivers than it is in other parts of the world ? Altogether T was so
gloomily impressed with the idea of impending calamity that I looked
carefully and anxiously around to weigh the chances of escape, if our
hoat8hould be the victim either of misfortune or mismanagement.
The prospect was not particularly pleasant. The river had over¬
lowed its banks, and the trees on each side, as far as the eye could
pierce through the intricacies of the primeval forest, stood three or
four feet deep in the stream. There was nothing to be seen bnt a
waste of water, and a tangled forest-growth—the haunt of alligators
and rattlesnakes. There was this comfort, however—it was too early
in the year either for alligators or rattlesnakes, both of which hiber¬
nate in these regions until the beginning of May. X ultimately came
to the conclusion that, if the St. Charles (such was the name of
aur boat) took fire, or burst her boiler, the most reasonable and
promising chance of safety would be to seize a life-belt, to plunge
into the water and make for the jangle, where, perched on the branch
of a tree, I might await with all the fortitude at my command tho
mode and the hour of deliverance. On retiring to rest for the night,
having made sure of a life-belt (and one is placed in every berth to
be ready far the worst), 1 speedily forgot my forebodings in the
blessed sleep “ which slid into my soul.” Next afternoon, safely
landed at the pretty but iahospitable city of Montgomery (only in¬
hospitable as far as its principal inn is concerned), 1 exchanged the
perils of the river for the perils of the rail. Let me not be con-
sidcrcd an exaggerator or an alarmist. All travelling is in the
soeth more perilous than it is anywhere else. The “ reason why ” is
difficult to tell, on any other supposition than that the climate is too
robixing to the body and too stimulating to the brain of the Anglo-
Saxon races, and that they become reckless and careless in con¬
sequence. But I must leave this point for the consideration of
physiologists, assuring them that, like the shake of Lord Burleigh’s
head in the play, “ there is something in it,” and proceed with my
story.
After leaving Montgomery, and travelling all night through the
long, weary, and apparently inimitable pine forests of Georgia, in the
mpper branches of which the night wind made a perpetual moaning,
•nr train arrived at nine in the morning in the beautiful little city of
Augusta. Here an hour was allowed us for breakfast, and lather the
electric telegraph conveyed to us from the Tombigbee and Alabama
Rivers the announcement of one of the most heart-rending steam¬
boat calamities that had ever occurred, even in southern waters. The
newspapers pnt into our hands at breakfast narrated the circum¬
stances in the enrtest, driest, and baldest manner; but I learned
the details afterwards from a variety of sources. These details,
doubtless, made a stronger impression on my mind than they might
otherwise have done, from the strange presentiment of evil which
I had experienced on the river, and from the similarity of
some of the circumstances that actually occurred to those which my
fitucy had conjured up on the lovely moonlight evening when our
re8«cl had pierced the silent wildernesses of “tho beautiful river.”
Iiafore leaving the “Battle House” at Mobile I noticed a large
steamer at the Lev-'e called the Eliza Battle , and wondered whether
she were so named after one of the Battle family, from whom the
Battle House, or hotel, had taken its appellation. This elegant
itcomcr, a floating palace, as most of tliese river boats are, wus sud¬
denly discovered to be on fire in her voyage from Mobile up the
Tfembigbee. She had a large freight of dry goods, provisions, and
groceries, which She was taking up to the plantations in part payment
of the cotton bales which she had brought down; and upwards of
fifty passengers, cf whom about twenty were women and children.
How the fire originated is not knowti; but. as already narrated, the
night was intensely cold, and water spilled upon Hie deck froze almost
iramed' dely. Large icicles hung in the inside, and oozed through
Hie woodwork of the'pad die boxes: and even the negro stokers, who
fed the famsc.-s with wood, were cold at their work. The machinery,
furnaces, and boilers of these boats are on the lower deck, open to nil
the winds of heaven, nnd are not inclosed like the machinery of English
boat*; so that, even in feeding the furnaces with logs of greasy pine
and looking at a roaring fire, the workmen may feel cold. Whether
the negroes piled on the wood too fiercely and overheated the funnel,
£ sparks from the chimney fell on some of the more com¬
bustible freight upon the lower deck, is not, and possibly never will
be, known ; tm^ntonohour uftcr midnight the fearful cry of “Fire!”was
xauK-i in the Eliza Buttle. The dames made rapid progress, and all
efforts to extinguish or subdue them were unavailing. Amid the
shrieks and frantic prayersof agonised women— some moyedoutof their
beds nt a moment’s notice, and rushing on to the deck in their night¬
clothes, some of them grasping their terrified little children by the
hand, or clasping them to their bosoms, ready to plunge into the
river, as the less fearful of the two forms of death which menaced
them—the voice of the Captain was heard giving orders, and urging
all the passengers to keep to the ship. In one minute he promised to
run her ashore among the trees. Husbands consoled their wives
with the hope of safety; and all the passengers, male or female, tacitly
or openly agreed that the Captain was right, and that their only
chance of safety lay in obedience to his orders. The Captain was at
his post. The wheel obeyed his hand, and in less than a minute the
ship was aground on the river bank, her upper deck high amid the
branches of the oaks, cotton-wood, and cypress. How it was managed
my informants could not tell, but in a few minutes between forty
and fifty human creatures—white and black, free and slave, male and
female, young and old—were perched upon the strongest boughs to
the leeward of the flames, a motley and a miserable company. Soon
after, the burning vessel drifted down the stream with the bodies of
many of the passengers and of the negro crew; how many—none at
that time could tell, nor have I ever been able to ascertain. And then
a new horror became visible and palpable, and grew more horrible
every hour. In this desolate and deplorable situation the tender
women and children, without clothes to shelter them, were exposed to
the freezing, pitiless, searching, breath of a “ norther,” the coldest
wind that blows. Some of them were so weak that strong-handed
and kind-hearted men stripped themselves of their under garments to
cover their frailer fellow-sufferers; or tied women and children—by
stockings, cravats, pocket-handkercliiefs, and other contrivances—to
the branches, lest their limbs, benumbed by the cold, should be unable
to perform their offices, and they should drop, like lumps of inanimate
matter, from the trees into the watery swamp below. Hour after
hour, until daylight, they remained in this helpless condition,
anxiously looking for assistance. They listened to every sound on
the water, with the faint hope that it might prove to be the paddles
of an approaching steam-boat coming to their deliverance; or the
plashing oar of a row-boat from some neighbouring plantation whose
owner had heard of their calamity and was hastening to the rescue.
Even the cry of a water-bird gave them courage, lest the bird per-
chauce might have been startled by an approaching boat; but no boat
appeared. There was no help within call. The cold,pitiless stars shone
out upon their misery. The night wind rnstledand shook the dead leaves
of last year upon the trees; and the ripple of the river, flowing as calmly
to the sea as if human hearts were not breaking, and precious human
lives ebbing away upon its dreary banks, were the only sounds audible,
except their own prayers and lamentations, and the wailing cry of a
young child dying in its mother’s arms. After a couple of hours, one
little baby, frozen to death, dropped from the hands of its young
mother, too benumbed to hold it. It fell into the swamp below, and
was lost from sight. After another short interval, the mother also
fell from the tree into the same dismal swamp, alongside of her child.
A husband, who liad tied himself to a tree and held his wife and child
closo to his bosom, discovered that both wife aud child were dead with
cold, and kept kissing their lifeless forms for hours until he, too, felt
his hands powerless to hold them, and they dropped from his nerveless
grasp into the same cold receptacle. And when morning at last
dawned upon their sufferings it was found by the sad survivors, ou
counting their numbers, that twenty-eight were missing, and had only
escaped the fearful but quick death of fire to perish by the still more
fearful, because more lingering, death of cold. Surely in all the
annals of shipwreck there has seldom occurred a more affecting inci¬
dent than this! / x
With this story in full possession of all my sympathies, I saw but
little of the landscape between Augusta and Charleston—nothing
but a wilderness of pine-trees—amid which, every time the engine
stopped to take in water, I could bear the low wind moaning and sigh¬
ing. Pine-trees—nothing but pine-trees—such is the landscape of
Georgia and the Carolines. / C. M.
SPLENDID A URORA 30REALIS.
Tiie Aurora Borealis of the 9th instant was almost os magnificent as
the displays of 1S47 and 1818 . It commenced at 8h. 50m. p.m., with two
intense masses of orange-coloured lights, the one near the W. and the
other near the E. horizon ; an arch snot across the sky and united these
masses, aud soon after enrtains formed, aud coruscations sprang up indis¬
criminately from E. to W., with fainter and more diffused flashings ex¬
tending quite to the zenith. The changes were so rapid that it was diffi¬
cult to scotch the outline before an alteration took place. At 9h. 20 m.
there were three arches, the basal one having two spans: strong masses of
light proceeded from each extremity and from tho centre, but no corus¬
cations issued from the uppermost arch ; five minutes later the basal
arch had only one span, and the middle only ot the centre arch
was visible. 9h. 31m. a mass of light rose under Cassiopeia to the
altitude of the Pleiades; from this a litude to that of Cassiope ia the sky
was free of aurora. The streams drew towards a point S. or the zenith,
yet did not reach within ten degrees of the position on the magnetic
meridian to which the dipping-needle points. 9h. 36m., the limes, Friday,
April 9, 1858, could be plainly read by the light of the phenomenon.
9h 5lm., some fine curtains. lOh. 8m., an ill-defined arch, formed of
curtains, extended from Orion to under and just north of Vega. The
upper edge reached Epsilon Cassiopeia. Within the arch the sky was not
darker than elsewhere. The coruscations dimmed the st irs. lOh. 58 m.,
two arches, the upper arch having twice the span of the lower one; they
both reaefrom the same spot, in W., tho one terminating in N., and the
other in E. Mi. Dm , coruscations extended ten degrees beyond Gemini,
others reached Polaris ami Vega; the arch in N. confused; the sky
cloudless except a black streak, one degree wide, which, in the form
of a double arch, stretched along the horizon from S.E. to SS.W.
at an altitude of ten degrees; this arch lasted till 3 a.m. tih. 45m,
a single arch, with a thickened portion E. of the apex. I 2 h. 10m.,
the upper edge of the arch crossed Procyon. (Jaintlla, and Delta Cas¬
siopeia?, tiie lower edge touching Alpha Persei. I2h. 41m , Capella and
Cassiopeia were both above tiie arch ; a coruscation passed through
Capella, and another through the Crab nebula. 12Sl 54m, a 3 pletidid
Uh.Wra.
coruscation passed through Beta Auriga;, extending to Alpha Urs®
Mojoris. Ml 59m., again three arches; beneath the upper ones, and
crossing the smaller one, was a linear biuck mass. From this time up to
4 ft-ra. the aurora gradually fadedaway. No arch visible after Ih. 30m. The
coruscations all moved westerly. There was a great similarity between
the b. and W. extremities. During the display there was strong positive
electricity, and the magnetic needle much disturbed; at 9 a m. on the 10th
onc degree from its ordinary position. The wind was brisk from
L.N R , with frost. I am,
Observatory. Beeston. near Nottingham, E J Lowb.
April 10 , 1358.
SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT.
A considerable amount of that sort of mesmeric trance which
seemed to have fallen on persons Parliamentary has been shaken off
within the last week or so, and members have begun to be rather
more characteristic, so that, on tiie whole, the proceedings, if not
overwhelmingly brilliant, have presented more salient points than
they have done since the last Ministerial crisis. Glancing back in the
order of time, one cannot help noticing that incidental discovery of
the utter absence of any Reform Bill in the archives of Lord Palmers¬
ton’s Government, which we owe to Mr. Thomas Buncombe. A won-
derfnl man is the perennial member for Finsbury. Shat your eyes, and,
but for a very slight tremulousness of the voice, you would be certain that
you were listening to the Tom Duncombe (no one calls him Tom now) of
twenty years ago. How many a similar revelation have those pungent
witticisms of his jerked out of many a reluctant Minister; for, eon-
trarv to the usual stylo of jokera ofjokes, his fanny sayings always go
right to the heart of the matter in hand, and, swift aud brilliant as the
lightning, they are equally scathing. On this occasion he made a
Parliamentary cannon oil' Lord Palmerston on Lord John, and then
pocketed Mr. Disraeli. It is not every mail that in a speech of ten
minutes could have made such hits at the three leaders of the House.
Talking of Finsbury, it ought not be omitted that the other member for
that borongli has vindicated his reputation for historical knowledge and
research, which it had been shamefully attempted to laugh away
merely because he could not remember which of two distinguished
persons some hun dreds of years ago was a Lord Mayor and which a
blacksmith—a very venial error; and he only made a mistake
which is not impossible te occur even out of the middle ages.
Some congratulation ought to be offered to Lord Elcho. A week or
two ago that noble Lord received some newspaper hints—by no means
too gentle—with regard to his ways and doings ill Parliament, and
the writers had the hardihood to insinuate that liis Lordship was
a bore, if nothing worse. Whether it is cause or effect we
cannot pretend to say; hut this week his Lordship has come out in
the pleasant, jocose style, to an extent which is quite startling. On
one evening he made so decided a hit in that line that on a succeeding
one he made a short speech which was one continued fire of more or
less jokes; hut, like all continuations of good things, from “Paradise
Regained” down to “Tho Mysteries of London,” tho second effort
was by no means equal to its predecessor, aud it is probable his Lord-
ship will return to his normal manner of senteut iousness,
The present Government is certainly fortunate in its law officers.
Of the Lord Chancellor we have before spoken in tho terms which
general opinion justifies. The Attorney-General, with some trifling
defects as a debater, is admittedly one of the ablest men at the bar,
and he possesses a weight in Parliament, in Ills peculiar department,
which his tendencies as a law reformer have gained for him as much
as his high professional position. The Solicitor-General, Sir Hugh
Cairns, is a remarkable instance of a combination of merit and
good fortune. It is no small distinction to have acquired the rank
of Solicitor-General at the early age of thirty-nine; but that dis¬
tinction is considerably enhanced by the circumstance that it is
justified by the position of the gentleman who has attained to
it in every respect. From his very first admission to the Bar, Sir
Hugh Cairns obtained a considerable practice, which Increased until
he had reached the point of being the third leading counsel at the
Chancery Bar. During the time he has been in Parliament (since
1852) he has always taken a most judicious course; he has not
spoken often, and when he spoke it was on occasions when
he had a right to he listened to, even if he did not speak well;
but the fact being tluit he spoke exceedingly well, that he caught
the right Parliamentary style, and improved it by his singularly gen¬
tlemanly demeanour, he assumed a status in the House which, added
to his professional standing, hardly left Lord Derby a choice when
he was appointing his law officers but to give Sir Hugh Cairns the
Solicitor-Generalship. Then, again, there is tho Lord Advocate of
Scotland, who, barring a slight accent, is a speaker of singular
clearness, ease, and force, reminding one extremely of the style
of Lord Lyndhurst; and who, having spoken only once or twice, lias
quietly assumed such a position in the House as ought to belong to
one who is practically Minister for Scotland. To be sure, he did not
gratify either of the contending parties, Scotch and Irish, who were
engaged in the noisy debate on tho affairs of tiie Western Bank of
Scotland; but the remarks here made apply only to the Parlia¬
mentary aptitude displayed by the Lord Advocate, who has never had
a seat in the Legislature until now.
With a glance at the restlessness of the ex-Attorney.General for
Ireland, who sits prominently on the front Opposition bench, all night
and every night, and speaks on every subject; nnd another at the
comparative quietude of Mr. Gladstone, who seems resting after the
labour of producing two thousand pages of Homeric criticism; and
mentioning that one of the most interesting speeches of the week-
after that of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on tho Budget—was
made by Lord Clarence Paget, whose success, however, appears to
have given him a fit of fidgettiness ever sinco; we will turn from these
desultory jottings to a consideration of the great event of the legis¬
lative week—the financial statement.
It must have been a nervous business for Mr. Disraeli. The recol¬
lection of the results of his last Budget, the consciousness of failure
with regard to the India Bill, and the certainty that a mistake in this
his renewed effort to deal with finance would he not only
the ruin of his Government bat his own political extinctisn,
would have been enough to try the moral stamina of any
man, without tho additional difficulty of a large deficiency
of revenue to supply. And, truth to say, almost, if not altogether,
for the first time since he has been a power in the House, Mr. Disraeli
was nervous. It is a terrible ordeal to go through is the silent
criticism of the eyes of 250 members in front of you, and the
eager expectation of about the same number behind you, whose
fate as a dominant party is hanging on your success or failure at that
moment. His voice was calm, hut his deli very slow aud measured, as
Mr. Disraeli, disdaining figures of speech even in his opening
sentences, dashed at once into figures of arithmetic. The first
encouragement he got was from tiie grinning reception the Oppo¬
sition gave to a hit he made at a supporter of his own (who believes
he ought to have been Solicitor* General) for Ills advocacy of the
exorbitant demands for compensation of the proctors in the ex¬
tinguished Ecclesiastical Courts; but the shudder, the flutter,
and the almost groan, with which the announcement that the charge
for the expenditure of the year was some sixty-eight millions rather
dashed him again; and it was with visible effort that he got out tho
amount of deficit which had to bo supplied, and which set the House
into a buzz of conversation for five minutes. His ratiocination on the
principles on which national incumbrances ought to he paid off was
rather doubtfully received, because there seemed in it a tendency to
the imposition of taxes, which was unpleasant; but when he reached
the climax, by stating that, after all his fine reasoning, he meant to
adopt the very simple plan of postponing payment, there was some-
April 24, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
423
tiling bo comic in the result of so much laboured argument
that a burst of laughter relieved the anxieties and curiosity of
members, which had been worked up to the liighest pitch. When
his equally elaborate dallying with the question of the Income-tax—
which left one in doubt even in the very sentence which was meant
to announce that that impost was to be left untouched—reached its
culminating point, he had got the House with him; and his ornate
compliments to the wisdom of Mr. Gladstone, and his resolve to adhere
to the pledge given by the Minister of Finance in 1S53—although
received by that gentleman in the attitude he always assumes
when Budgets are being delivered, namely, with arms folded, legs
stretched out, hat pulled over the eyes, and a general air of con¬
temptuous inattention, varied by an occasional yawn—yet it was clear
that he had got rid of his most dangerous critic, and that as a whole
his Bcheme was safe. His manner then changed, and he
laughed the equalisation of the duty on spirits through,
using, apparently unconsciously, but probably with the refinement
of art, words in reference to his argument which were ludicrous in
connection with the subject, such as “ the proposition being received
in a cordial spirit,” “ giving a stimulus to the trade,” and calling
Irish members—the question being whisky—“high-spirited gentle¬
men.” On the whole, the speech was a masterly one, most artistically
managed, varied in style, and admirably adapted in all its parts to
the peculiarity of each of the subjects with which he had to deal. The
demeanour was perfect—neither too submissive nor too confident;
the successes of the moment were treated with moderation;
and when there was any danger of verging on failure there was
a ready, but scarcely visible, promptitude in edging away from the
shoals and getting into safer sailing water, which was exceedingly
skilful and ingenious. Altogether, one is inclined to say that, judging
by the test of careful critical examination of its adaptation of the
various parts to the whole, and its gradual evolvement of strong
points at the right moment, combined with an accurate measurement
from time to time of the tone and temper of the House, it is the very
ablest speech which Mr. Disraeli has ever made. Into the policy which
it enunciated this is not the place to enter; and it may suffice to say
that, after the usual fire of brief criticism had ceased, and tho Chan¬
cellor of the Exchequer rose to reply, he was radiant with satisfaction,
and his countenance semeed to be cleared of that anxious, heavy cloud
which lias brooded over it ever since his return to office. His feelings
must have been something like these of a commander of a storm-
beaten ship when his vessel has fairly weathered Cape Horn. With
the India Bill dissected into resolutions and the Budget safe, the
way is clear for the Government until next spring—a matter which yet
hung in the balance when Mr. Disraeli rose to make his financial
statement at a quarter to five o’clock on Monday.
EXHIBITION OF THE FRENCH SCHOOL OF ART.
The fifth annual exhibition of paintings by artists of the French
school was opened to private view on Wednesday at the elegant little
gallery, 120, Pall-mall. The works exhibited are 172 in number,
and include specimens of most of the artists of distinction of the
present day, and many of whom owe their reputation with the mass of
the British public to this exhibition.
One of tho first who commands our attention is Mdlle. Rosa
Bonheur, who indulges in a quieter vein than is sonmtimes her
wont, in the little picture entitled “The Plough" (7). *Tfie plough
is a plain, old-fashioned one, drawn by two oxen, seen in a three-
quarter view from behind. The animals strain lustily at their work
as they travel up the canvas ; and the ploughman, leaning forward
oil the handle of the plough, bear3 his full share of the labour, the soil
being evidently a heavy one. A dozen stray birds follow the team,
picking up worms, &c., which they relish mightily—altogether a lively
group, in a cool-toned Landscape. The sky, perhaps, would be the
better for a little more show of air, for not a cloud chequers the blue
sky, nor do we observe any indication of that moist atmospheric
medium which ivouhVbe inseparable from such a locality. The other
picture by this adintijide artist is a capital portraiture of “Barbaro” (8),
a favourite sportingsjfog, as he sits lording it in the old outhouse ap¬
propriated to him.^ud looking defiant and suspicious at every
comer. The study tp- full of li/e and truth; executed with a bold,
powerful brush, witbdht die slightest attempt to enhance its attrac¬
tions by adventitiouraids.
Mdlle. Juliette Bonheur, a sister of the great animal-painter,
distinguishes herself in a somewhat similar hue: her group
of “Turkeys” (5) is a careful transcript from originals running
about a field in the homestead: they want only that wondorfol
character and individuality with which Rosa invests all her rural pets.
T. Couture, a pupil of Paul Delaroche and Gros, and who received
the first-class medal ingenre hislorurue in 181-1, and in history irr 18-18,
besides the first-class medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1855, is an
artist of considerable merit in the higher walks of art. His large picture
entitled “ The Disconsolate ” (30) consists of a single figure, that of
a female, who, sitting undraped on a bank, with her sable gnr
meuts carelessly cast aside, seems lost in grief, her bead
turned away from the spectator, and pressing convulsively against
her hand. The modelling of the figure is finely executed,
the limbs well rounded, and with a correct eye to anatomy.
It is seen in a sombre light, and the shades struck us as a
little too black, but at a distance this is not so apparent; and the
general effect is that which might result from a careful study of the
living model, with an appreciative recollection of Ludovico Carracci.
This artist’s other picture (29) is in a different veinn ; it is that of
nn “Italian Shepherd,” who is offering up his prayers before a road¬
side crucifix (29).
Ary Scheffer is another artist of the historical nr poetic school,
who deservedly ranks high in French art. He exhibits two works—
(139) “ Marguerite at the Fountain,” and (140) “ Faust holding the
Poisoned Cup,” both of which evince great thought, and a suggestive
sentiment in accordance with the subject. But the treatment, to our
notion, savours too much of the coldness of tho modern .German
school; and the colouring is pale and ineffective. The air-drawn
vision of Faust’s evil genius, in the last-named pictare, is skilfully
thrown in, so slightly and cunningly as at first glance to be not re¬
marked.
It is, however, in genre, the homely domestic genre of the Flemish
school, that the French artists of the present day most distinguish
themselves, and admirable specimens of this class abound in the exhi-
tion before us. Frere jnstly takes precedence in this walk, with his
scenes in hnmble life, so charmingly conceived, and executed with
such finesse, What qniet yet speaking character is in “ The Three
Children Shelling Peas ” (69)! and what marvellous cool liquid light
fills every nook and cranny in the old rambling apartment! “ The
Gleaner Boy” (62), with his broad-brimmed straw hat, lighted up by
the scorching evening sun, is a gem of thought and handiwork ; and
even “ The Little Epicure ” (63), so joyously engrossed in the fascina¬
tions of his raspberry tart, has a vein of poetry running through him.
Meissonicr adheres generally to single-figure subjects; which, with¬
out the aid of incident or accessory, are rather difficult matters to
make much of; and we really think he would do well to emerge
occasionally into a larger and more popnlons world. Still, “The
Study ” (108), showing us a gentleman reading at a window, sitting
in an old-fashioned arm-chair, with his leg crossed over his knee, is a
great work of its kind: for repose, for high finish, and for the air
thrown around the figure, it is of an excellence hartliy to be sur¬
passed.
We have now glanced only at some of the principal works, which, if
we mistake not] will prove the leading attractions of the present
Exhibition. We cannot go into further detail at present, but shall
revisit the French Gallery at an early opportunity.
EXHIBITION OF THE NEW SOCIETY OF PAINTERS
IN WATER COLOURS.
The Exhibition of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours,
just opened, though upon the whole an agreeable and creditable dis¬
play, is not, in some respects, so striking as many of its recent prede¬
cessors. There are, for instance, fewer of those large, showy cartoons,
emnlating the peculiar qualities of oil-painting, which have delighted
the million, but divided the opinions of critics in former years. On
the other hand, the exhibitors, restricting themselves to the more
legitimate province of their art, appear to have cultivated it with judg¬
ment and feeling, and to have employed it successfully upon con¬
genial themes,—landscape and still-life subjects entering largely into
the account, with a fair sprinkling of domestic incident and cha¬
racter studies. In point of cxccntion we observe with satisfaction
a more general and painstaking use of the genuine resources of
water-colour painting, to the exclusion of extraneous and questionable
aids, and more especially a more sparing resort to that most objection¬
able trick of cutting and hacking the Burface of the paper for the
high lights which has been too largely employed by certain reckless
competitors for pnblic admiration. This is cheering to a certain ex¬
tent, hut it does not supply all the requirements for a great and in¬
structive exhibition upon which we might congratulate the art and
artists of the country. Let ns not deny the too palpable fact that
there is a great dearth of creative fancy amongst oar water-colour
artists, a great deficiency of that free and masterly drawing which
marks the band of true genius, and for which the great painters in the
best periods were always distinguished. In exchange for these prime
qualities of excellence, we have occasionally a wonderful exhibition of
technic skill in minnte details of surface treatment; bnt the exchange
is not one upon which we are disposed to congratulate the prac¬
titioners of the art or its patrons. However, to the collection as it
is, commencing with some of the more prominent works.
H. Warren, the president, exhibits three pieces, only one of which
is of imposing dimensions. The subject (182) is the “ Song of the
Georgian Maiden,” from Moore’s “ Light of the Harem ; ” and its
treatment involves a numerous group of figures and a lavish display
of colour in all the tints of the rainbow. The principal figure is that
of the “ lovely Georgian maid,” who,
With voluptuous wildness, flings
Her snowy hand across the strings;
but her attitude is as exaggerated as her face is expressionless. Nour-
malial, with her face veiled, with the exception of one eye “ to do its
best in witchery,” stands in the background, an ineffective figure,
Selim and liis Court are surrounded by various objects of Oriental
splendour—jewels, shawls, &c.—upon the production of which the
artist has bestowed uncommon pains, and with a result fuliy commen¬
surate. A small sketch, by the same liand (157), “ The Lingerer by the
Sweet Nile,” representing a camel come to drink, is poetically sug¬
gestive, with a fine depth of chiaroscuro.
L. Haghe, the vice-presidcut, next claims our notice with five
group-subjects, exhibiting his well-known practical appreciation of
dramatic effects, and careful realisation of accessories. 61, “The
Drinking Song,” is aversion, a la Teniers, of Cassio's celebrated
drinking scene in “ Othello.” 85, “ The Spy,” is a hustling inci¬
dent—that of a spy who has just been captured and brought into the
presence of the Archbishop at Salzburg. The bead of the latter ex¬
hibits firmness and dignity ; the former, with his square-built figure,
and rough sandy hair, is as ill-looking a dog as one would expect to
see in a Victoria melodrama. 172, " The Drill,” is another amusing
production, somewhat after tho manner of Teniers, showing the in¬
terior of a guardroom, with a dog going through his exercise, with a
cane instead of a musket. The remaining two pieces give us glimpses
of the interior of the fine old Church of St. Mark at Venice. The
largest (No. 195) represents the transept as it appeared on the occa¬
sion of the triumphal procession of the great,General Carmngniole
after the victory of Macalo (May, 1428). Here the Byzantine dome
rises high above in the midst, pierced all round with small lunette
windows, through which the sun rays flash, lighting up the colossal
mosaic and other designs which cover the walls —altogether a highly
effective and somewhat original version of one of the architectural
marvels of the world.
J. H. Mole, amidst several minor efforts, develops his amplest re¬
source in a work of considerable dimensions, entitled ,(73) “ Good
News.” This is not the first time by many hundreds that the village
postman has been called in to supply the materials for a picture; and
we can hardly expect the utmost ingenuity of art to represent him
under any very novel or striking conditions. The chief peculiarity here
is in the scene being laid in Scotland, which gives the artist a good
opportunity for displaying his skill in the representation of fleecy
hosiery, tweeds, and other materials. Unfortunately, however, this
is indulged in to such an extent as to divert attention from the faces
of the actors m the scene; and, more unfortunately still, when these
come to he scrutinised they are found wanting—insipid, conventional,
and “ made np.” The good papa is too obviously trying to look
happy (the model had tried, perhaps, before the glass); the other
figures overact the spontaneous excitement of the pleasurable
moment; whilst the postman, stopping to look for another letter for
the daughter, is, de troji, destroying the unity of interest.
Henry Tidey has a rustic female figure, entitled (46) “ Idleness,”
which exhibits considerable cleverness, both in the conception and
execution. The attitude, as well as every look of the face, is that of
sheer insouciance; and the costume betrays just enough cf the slattern,
without being unpicturesque. In the colouring there is a happy
freedom from that excess of gaudiness which we have to complain of
in some others; but the flesh modelling, though successful in the face,
is defective in the hand. This, by the way, is a fault which we
have to remark as too common with draughtsmen of the present
day, and, indeed, at all times, except in the very highest order
of talent. The same artist has another and larger work (135),
“A Field-day in the Last Century,” and a very pretty field-
day too—the order of the day being no other than a picnic
in a secluded spot, in a wide and well wooded domain, when,
the substantial having been disposed of, wine and Small talk kill
the idle hour. The gay gallants and fair damsels are equipped in the
style of our ancestors a century ago, and flirt and simper after the
courtly manner of the Grandisou family. The painting is very careful
and conscientious.
We cannot speak favourably of C. H. Weigall’s scene from “ She
Stoops to Conquer ” (155), representing the scene in which Marlcw
falls at the knees of Miss Haracstle, and protests himself really in
love with her. The figures are of a very homely caste, and we miss
both the wit and beauty attributed to the young lady, and the
“diffidence and confusion” asserted by heradmiicr: the old gen¬
tlemen coming from behind the screen are the merest similitudes of
the “ heavy fathers ” of the stage. In short, in no respect is the
humour of our immortal Goldsmith translated in this attempt.
Another subject from the works of the same great poet and moralist
we find capitally treated by W. H. Kearney—in (No. 212) “The
Vicar of Wakefield Family Picture.” W» all know the passage where
the amiable head of a weak family engages the services of the travelling
limner who paints likenesses at fifteen shillings a head, in order that
they may not be outdone by their neighbours the Flambroughs;
and the family picture which is produced in consequence upon so vast
a scale as perforce to condemn it to remain a fixture, leaning against
the kitchen wall. Tlie artist has given a new version of that' picture,
in a manner which evinces a lively appreciation of the spirit of the
author. Of coarse a little latitude is permissible, and has been
claimed. The good vain wife is not represented attitudinising as a
Venus, but sitting in grim substantiality for her portrait;
and we almost wish that the artist had conscientiously seen
proper to make that honest, good-humoured countenance a
shade less homely than it here appears. Sophia and Olivia,
in fancy arcadian costume, are decidedly pretty and naive;
Moses, in his hat and feather, a sturdy little fellow, with the jaunty
air of a spoiled child; whilst the poor vicar, dressed in canonicals,
with one of the hooks of his Whistonian controversy in his hand,
wears the listless smile of one who is easily pleased with small
matters. But the best bit of the pictare is the travelling
painter himself, with his heavy vulgar figure, equipped in square-
cut bine coat, top-boots, and penwig, and his professional make¬
up and self-satisfied air, as he glances at his sitter, and me¬
chanically fills in her outline. The picture in all respects is a clever
one, and will bear studying. In the handling of the colours the
various surfaces are sufficiently characterised, but without any attempt
at over-elaboration. •
Here we close for the present .with only a passing word of acknow¬
ledgment of E. E. Warren’s wonderful effort of leafage (207); the
pleasing landscapes and sea-pieces of Rowbotliam, Whymper, Philp,
Bennett, Vacher, Fahey, and others; a bit of qnaint mediaval
pageantry by Corbould (218), some fair genre subjects by Morin, mJ
some highly-finished Chinese-like beauties by Bouvier.
SOCIETY OF FEMALE ARTISTS.
The arrangement of the Exhibition of the Society of Female Artists
at the Egyptian Hall is now complete, and the room presents a very
attractive and cheerful appearance. Some observations we made in the
course of a former brief notice, questioning the necessity for this es¬
tablishment of female independence and exclusiveness in art, liave
called forth rejoinders and explanations from several correspondents
who, we must admit. make out a very fair prim a facie case in behalf
of the ladies. It is alleged that the old-established exhibiting societies
either wholly exclude female artists or admit them to an extent wholly
inadequate to their requirements; whilst none allow the favoured
few admitted to have any share either in the management or
profits of the concern. Add to this that the works of female
artists are to a great extent of a special class, and so small
in dimensions as to run the risk of being lost amidst the more
obtrusive claims of a general collection, and the occasion and
purpose of a distinct exhibition appear to be satisfactorily estab¬
lished. In proof of the alacrity with which the opportunity thus
afforded has been accepted by those to whom it was offered, it would
suifice to state that two hundred and seventy-two female artists take
part in this second annual exhibition of the society, contributing
in ail nearly six hundred works; and that a very large uumber has
been refused admission, owing to want of space in the gallery to
accommodate them.
Of course, a large proportion of the performances of these lady-
artists are wanting in some of the technical essentials which mark
the works of their male competitors, who enjoy more favourable
opportunities for study; many of them, indeed, are little more than
sketches, adapted only for the album or scrap-book; but there-is a
great deal of originality and cleverness even in some of them; whilst,
on the other hand, here and there we come across more finished pro¬
ducts of a quality which would do no disgrace to the male profes¬
sional of acknowledged repute. Mrs. Elizabeth Murray (who, we
regret to learn, was refused admission by both the Water-Colour
Societies) is one of the chief contributors, and very beautiful, and
we had almost said very masterly, are all her works. Her drawing
is correct and firm, her colouring genuine, harmonious, and rich;
added to which she invests her characters with a little touch of
sentiment which is very pleasing. We commend particularly No.
289, “ The Best in the Market,” a woman selling fruit at a shop-
door in Rome; No. 341, “The Dawn of Day,” a boy, with bean-
fcifully-formed head, playrng to the Virgin at daybreak; and No.
237, “A Spanish Girl at Prayer.” Mrs. E. M. Ward, in “The
Bath ” (47), gives us a clever sketch of the arcana of the nursery at
bedtime; hut the pictare would be the better for a little mart
finish. “What do you think ?” by Mrs. Law, exhibits two ladies
enjoying a good gossip. Though hung too high, this picture appears t«
have some careful detail-work in it. “ The Gleaners ” (28), by Miss
Kate Swift, is a pretty little group. Mrs. J. W. Brown has some
landscapes of exquisite character; notably, “ An Old Water Mill near
Dolgelly” (64). Miss Stoddart also exhibits nice feeling in her
sketches from nature in the north. Mrs. Dundas Murray has some
honest views of seaports, including a very good ono of “ The Kn
trance to Seaham Harbour ” (249). Miss Marianne Stone, Lady
Belcher, Mrs. V. Bartholomew, and Mrs. Matthews are also successful
contributors in landscape, or flower and fruit subjects. Amongst the
drawings we may point to a sprightly series of “ Scenes from the
Life of a Female Artist ” (379), by Miss F. A. Claxton; to some “ Pen
and Ink Sketches ” (386), by “ A Lady ” (the lady, we believe, of a
distinguished Royal Academician); to “ The Shumnuite’s Son ” (380),
by Miss Fraser; and to “ Roman Antiquities ” (388), by the late Mrs.
John Thorne will, in proof of the profinency of the lady-artists in this
important department.
A MOORISH BATH AT TUNIS.
For the accompanying Illustration and the annexed descriptive de¬
tails we are indebted to James JofFeris, Esq., LL.B., New College,
London:—
A bath in Bond-street is pleasant onough: nothing seems wanting
to luxurious enjovment Ho who thinks so, however, has not tried a
Moorish bath at Tunis. Let me picture one, and tho sanitary process
going on within. The day was hot; the narrow streets were burning
in the glare of noon. The prospect of a hot bath was not very in¬
viting, but I entered. Passing through a narrow, paved court, just
wide enough to avoid collision with two or three iole smokers who
were lounging there, I opened the door of the firet apartment. It was
tolerably lofty, vyith few pretences to architectural beauty, and oer-
tainly without any claims to pre-Raphaelite decoration. In the centre
was an apparatus for the manufacture of coffee. All round it was a
raised platform, covored with mats, on which lay several bathers in a
state of profound repose. They looked like mummies with their cere¬
ments lately washed. I was speedily inducted into the bath-toilet,
which consisted merely of a rough particoloured garment hound
round the loins. The floor being sloppy with condensed steum,
I was mounted on a rickety pair of wooden clogs, and led
scuffling along from this outer apartment, through two others of in¬
creasing heat, to a third, whero the thermometer stood at ICO degrees.
It was filled with vapour, which curled round in little eddies at the
dome-like roof and disappeared through two or throe round holes,
made for the double purpose of light and ventilation. The heevt wai
almost too much for my ccol Saxon blood. I thought I should be
introduced to tho mysteries of fainting for the first time in my lift.
However, that sensation speedily went, but left me in a condition of
the utmost languor. I perspired profusely at every pore, and began
to entertain serious doubts whether all the fat I possessed would not
join tho oleaginous mixturo floating around. There were several
others in this gloomy den, and it wag some relief to watch tho mar¬
vellous proceedings which wero taking place in tlio effort to make
them dean. Soon my own turn came. Tho bath attendant con¬
ducted me with a most encouraging smile, which I vainly endeavoured
to return, to a kind of block, in tho second room, on whLh I was told
to lay myself down- He was a strange-looking fellow, stripped to tho
cloth round his middle. His skin was smooth os a chestnut, and his
plump figtpo made you. enter into very unpleasant calculations of the
probable time required for boiling a nun alive. Judgtog from appear¬
ances, the process must have been tolerably near completion with him.
Meanwhile his capacity for exertion wca something wonderfUL and he
afforded himself a curious entertainment at my expense, lie rubbed,
und pinched, and pulled, and pummelled every limb and j vlnt of my
body, until it became a serious question v^hetier I should huve any of
myself left. He knelt upon my stonucl^ so that 1 oot^d hardly
breathe; wrenched my arms and legs until the ji^^sribiltty
of tho separation of the ball-und-socket joint obtruded itself pain¬
fully upon the imagination. Having been thus lunched, and
poked, and pressed sufficiently, this genius of the bath l ather ed
me from head to loot, and then took in hsnd a course stringy
affair, like a huge glove, with which he proceeded to scrub me with
the most lively animation. The amount of matter ho managed to
peel off the’ crust of the body is certainly surprising. Lovers of the
bath say the flakes which come off oro the various impurities of the
akin. 1 am my6elf impressed with the conviotion that not a little of
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Ai’Kil 2 l, 1858
wm
■im
the skin itself, the veritable necessary epidermis, is got rid of by this
operation. For a day or two after such a bath one feels acutely
sensible to changes in the atmosphere. Having been well soused in cool
water, the bracing effect of which waa highly agreeable, I was con¬
ducted to tho next room, and softly wiped and dried by another at*
tendant. This done, he wrapped me up from head to foot in a succes¬
sion of soft towels, and led me to the outer apartment, the
air of .which seemed very like that of an icehouse, where
I sank exhausted upon a divan (see Sketch), and was carefully covered
up. And now commenced a state which many have attempted to
deecribe, but have attempted only to fail. It was ecstatic enjoyment: it
was Elysium. Nothing seemed wanting to perfect bliss, but the
thought, which would obtrude itself with painful force, that I could
not no there for ever. I lay somewhat less than an hour in a state of
dreamy repose, when an attendant brought a cup of delicious mocha.
It was the essence of coffee, and revived me sufficiently to be alive
lands they plundered affected her fierce sons. The women had even
less refinement than their Eastern sisters, and, degraded into the
position of menials or slaves, had none of that social or political in¬
fluence which the hareem in the East often possesses.
In the Number of the Illustrated Loudon News for Jan. 2,
1858, we gave a Sketoh of a Moorish Girls' School, with some interesting
particulars of the pious and noble-minded foundress, Madame Luoe.
We now give from the same souroe—the Sketch-book of a Beoent
Tourist—an Illustration of some of the elder pupils being instructed
by Madame Luce to act as monitresses and instruct the younger ones.
The necessity for this assistance is obvious, there being now more than
a hundred scholars, whose ages range from four to seventeen years:
they are taught to work, to embroider, to read and write French and
Arabic, and the elements of hrithmetio and geography. Madame
Luce’s social experiment, we are pleased to And, is progressing most
satisfactorily.
SKETCHES IN ALGERIA.—MADAME LUCE AND HER MONITORS.
to external impressions. Then it was that several considerations
indicated the absolute. necessity of returning to the outer world; so,
after dressing and paying my [gratuity to the keeper of the bagnio, I
emerged into the comparatively cool atmosphere of the streets, and
wended my way to the hotel. Sic transit -——
ALGERIA: MDME. LUCE AND KEB SCHOOL FOB
MONITOR 3.
Education among the daughters of the Moslem everywhere is almost
a nullity. The commonest domestic offices, such as are required in
that laborious drudge the British “ maid-of-all-work,” are all that the
Mahommedan lord of creation asks for in tho help meet for him. Li
| Algeria Saracenic civilisation had died away during ages of strife and
turbulence and piracy,‘and no softening influences from the Christian
A MOORISH BATH AT mm’
April 24 , 1858.1
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
425
MARSHAL PELISSIER, DUKE OF
MALAXOFF.
The distinguished soldier who has been appointed
by the Emperor Napoleon Ambassador to this
country first saw the light in the petite town of
Maromme, in Normandy, on the 6ch of November,
1791. When very young he was 6ent to Brussels to
beoome a pupil in the Lyceum of that town, where
l.o remained until 1814, when he entered the artillery
school of La Fl£che, and, soon after, the famous
Ecole Militaire of St. Cyr. After passing the neces¬
sary examinations, on the 18th March, 1815, two
days before Napoleon entered Palis on his return
from the Isle of Elba, he was attached to the artil¬
lery of the King’s household, with the rank of Sous-
Lieutenont, from which, only a fortnight after, he had
to exchange into the 57th of the Line, one of the re¬
giments of the army assembled by the Emperor on
the Rhine as a menace to Germany, but which was
never called into action during the Hundred
Days. Upon the second restoration of Louis
XVHL, when nearly one-half of the French
troops were disbanded, Pelissier, with many other
officers, was unemployed; but he availed himself of
this leisure to improve his knowledge of military
science so successfully that upon the formation of a
new staff of the army, called the Corps d’Etat Major,
he was admitted to it by competitive examination.
He now slowly rose in the service, and by the time
the French army was ordered into Spain, to do duty
for the Holy Alliance and the house of Bourbon, he
had become an Aide de-Camp. He had here, on the
staff of General Grundler, an opportunity to dis¬
tinguish himself, which he did with so much suc¬
cess that in September, 1823, he was nominated a
Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, receiving
at the same time from the King of Spain the
Order of St Ferdinand. After his return from
Spain he was succeesively appointed the Aide-
de-Camp of Generals Bourke, Vallin, and Ledru
des Essarts, and, having been transferred for
a short time in 1827 to the infantry of the Boyal
Guard, was promoted to the rank of Captain in the
following year. As such he served, in 1828 and 1829,
in the campaign in Greece, and fought with such
bravery against the Turks, especially at the cele¬
brated siege of the Castle of Morea, that the cross of
the Order of St. Louis, and a gold cross of the Greek,
or rather Bavarian, Erloserorden, or Order of the
Saviour, were conferred on him. In 1830 Captain
Pelissier accompanied the expedition to Algiers on
the staff of General Bourmont; and when the chief
stronghold of the Mediterranean pirates had fallen
into the hands of the French he was enrolled Chef
de Bataillon, and elevated to the grade of Officer in the
Legion of Honour.
It was not, then, until after fifteen years’ service
that Pelissier entered upon the great field whence all
the modern military glories of France have sprung,
the chief school of her soldiers, to everyone of whom
the summit of ambition is to become an “ African
General.” From 1830 to the autumn of 1832 he was
actively engaged against the Arabs; but at the end
of that period he returned once more to Europe, and
became Aide-de-Camp of General P6lot, Commander
of the Corps of Observation assembled on the River
Maas, during the expedition to Antwerp. After the
fell of this place, ana the formation of a regular Go¬
vernment in Belgium, Pelissier alternately eerved in
France and in Algeria, and in November, 1839, was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and appointed Chief of the Staff
of the third division of troops in Algeria, under the command
of General Schramm. Having again distinguished himself in
several important actions, among others in the battle of the Bois des
Oliviers, on the 15th of June, 1840, where he was wounded in the
shoulder by a musket-ball, he was finally gazetted Colonel and Com¬
mander of a regiment, and it was in this capacity that he undertook that
famous expedition against a tribe of the Kabyles, the result of which it
will be remembered awakened for a moment the indignation of the
French Chambers, and rendered the same of Pelissier conspicuous
throughout the world. The obloquy heaped upon him on that occasion
was in a great measure unjust, as in reality he was no more than a sub*
missive instrument of his superiors. The real circumstances were these.
In 1845 Marshal Buge&ud, the Governor-General of Algeria, issued orders
to three regiments, commanded respectively by Colonels Pelissier, 8t.
THE DUKE DE MALAKOFF, TEE NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND.
Arnaud, andDe PAdmiranlt, to pursue an irregular army of Kabyles who,
under the guidance of an Arab priest, named Bon Maza, had risen against
their French conauerors, and proclaimed the Holy "War in the Eastern
provinces. The danger was imminent, for the insurrection became
general. The three regiments, therefore, opened the campaign at once;
but Colonel Pelissier’a body of troops, owing to the impetuosity of its
commander, came up first with the enemy, who proved to be a tribe of
the Ouled Riahe, a people living in a fruitful plain called the Dahara,
and who for centuries past had been in the habit of seeking re¬
fuge from their enemies, and of oonoealing their opima tpolia, in
the capacious Jaollows of the rocks which dot their valley. Colonel
Pelissier reached this plain about the middle of June, 1845, and
the Kabyles, always fighting, retreated before him into the largest
of their caverns, the Kan tar a, where they quietly awaited the
coming of the French, firing upon them when they arrived from
the recesses of their gloomy lair. To attempt to silence their
guns with artillery or musketry was out of
the question, and the commander had, therefore,
only the choice of retreating before the enemy,
of compelling them to capitulate by cutting off all
supplies, or of expelling them from their fastness by
violence. To Tetreat was of course impossible, being
directly opposed to the instructions from head-
S uarters; the blockade was impracticable because
le Kabyles were amply provisioned; and a length¬
ened siege would have seriously imperilled the
columns of St Arnaud and De 1'Admirauit Nothing,
therefore, remained hut to drive them from their
retreat, coute gue coute. Fire appeared to bo the
readiest agent for the purpose; the French not
doubting for a moment that the tribe upon the first
smell of the smoke would surrender, declare them¬
selves vanquished, and vow eternal peace. They
were, however, terribly in error. The ill fated band
remained in the cavern, and of above o’ght bundrtd
persons not a score survived.
The deed was vehemently reprobated by the Eu¬
ropean press, and Abd-el-Kader fearfully avenged it
in the following year by putting to death three
hundred French prisoners; but Marshal Bugeaud,
the immediate superior of Colonel Pelissier, justified
it with as much warmth as it was stigmatised by
others, taking upon himself the entire responsibility
of the act, and thus, in a military point of view at
least, exonerating Pelissier from all blame.
In 1840 Colonel Pelissier became MarGchai de-
Camp ; and in 1848 General Cavaignac appointed him
Major-General and Governor of the province of Oran.
T wo .year* later, in 1850, we find him named General
of Division, and on the 24th of December, 1853,
the Emperor Napoleon sent him the Grand Cross of
the Legion of Honour, the Garter of France. The
General is said to have attracted the attention of his
Majesty about this time by the vent, vidi, vici style
of his despatches; and, when the state of the allied
forces in the Crimea rendered the presence of a de¬
termined commander indispensable, Pelissier was
fixed upon, and on the loth of January, 1855, he
was nominated Commandant of the first corps of the
French army, and four months after, on the 16th of
May, Commander-in-Chief; the latter post having
been destined for him from the beginning. More
fortunate than the two African Generals who had
preceded him in command, on the 8th of September
following he took the Malakoff, the key of Sebas¬
topol, by this exploit shedding lustre on the arms of
France, and gaining for himself a Marshal's bMon
and the titles of Duke and of Senator.
During forty years Marshal Pelissier fought a
hard, up-hill battle for the rank and influence he has
attained, hut, when Fortune at length deigned to
smile on him, for once, she came with both hands
fnlL In justice to the old soldier, it should be
known that he beais her golden honours with the
same manly self-command which he exhibited in the
performance of his trying duties under an African
sun, for even the opponents of the present Imperial
regime acknowledge that Marshal Pelissier, Duke of
Malakoff, is perfectly unostentatious, simple, and
unassuming in his manners, and, though not gifted
with what are called diplomatic talents, possesses all
those qualities which distinguish the commander of
an army and the statesman of a great country-
prescience, judgment, firmness, and prompt decision.
His nomination as Ambassador to this country
was, doubtless, intended as a compliment to us,
since Marshal Pelissier, above any other of the celebrities of the Im¬
perial regime, is known to be a strong admirer of Great Britain and
her institutions.
THE DUKE AT DOVER.
The arrival at Dover on Thursday week of the newly-accredited
Ambassador from hia Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French to
the Court of St. James’s was distinguished with every mark of respect
which it was possible to evince. His Excellency arrived shortly after
one o’clock in the French Government steamer Ia Corse, Captain Gar-
nanlt—Captain Luke Smithett, of the;Royal and Imperial Mail packet
Company piloting the vessel across the Channel. Some 4000 or 5000
persons had assembled, and guards of honour of the whole of the regi¬
ments quartered in the garrison—vis., the 11th Foot, Royal West Sussex
Infantry Militia, and the Royal Antrim Rifle Militia—were in attend¬
ance, the first being stationed at the landing-place. Admiralty pier;
Tire DUKE DE MALAKOFF LEAVING DOVER.
426
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Atril 24, 1858
the second in the front of Birmingham's Lord Warden Hotel, where
his Excellency proceeded immediately on landing; and the last at the
railway station. Among the principal personages in attendance to re¬
ceive the the Duke of Malakoff were the Duke of Richmond, KG.,
the Colonel of the Sussex Militia; the Marquis of Donegd, K.G., of the
Royal Antrim Militia; the Marquis of Londonderry, K.G., the Colonel
of the North Down Rifles, at present quartered at Shorncliffo,—all of
whom wore the Order of the Garter. The last-named nobleman
arrived in tho suite of General Maunsril, the Commandant of the South-
Eastern District, as well us Colonel Blane, the General’s Aide-de-Camp.
Major-Gtneral Craufurd, the Commandant of the garrison, attended
by Major Barnard , and Colonel Wurd, R.E., Colonel Brown, R.A., and
Comte de Jaucourt, of the French Embassy, were also in attendance,
with Mr. Latham, the French Consul.
tly form of
Is Crimean
. ..__. uniform, and
wore several decorations. Near him were his two Aides-de-Camp,
Colonel Appert and Commandant Duval, and a numerous suite. Upon
the landing-ladder being placed on board the steamer, Captain
M‘HIwaine, the Naval Superintendent of the port, proceeded on board,
accompanied by General Maunseli, General Craufurd, Colonel Blane,
Major Barnard, Mr. Latham, and some other official personages, the
band of the IIth playing tho Nutional Authem, and the crew of Lt
Corse, who had manned the rigging, thouting “Vive l’Empereurl”
Idie cheers of the French sailors were unswered with hearty British
“hurrahs" from shore, the soldiers presented arms, the guns from the
Drop Battery fired a salute, and the French Ambassador was upon
English soiL The Duke of Malakoff shook hand* with the officers
wearing the Crimean, medal, whom he seemed to recognise with all a
soldier's frankness and cordiality. The rocoptiou was altogether par¬
ticularly hearty; and the representative of the Emperor appeared much
gratified with tho tokens ot pleasure which were manifested.
On the arrival of his Excellency at the Lord Warden Hotel, the
Mayor, Mr. Thomas Birch, and the Corporation presented an address
of congratulation.
The Duke of Malakoff, having advanced and received from the Mayor
the address, replied in French in the following terms
Mr. Mi} or and Gentlemen,—I thank you with every feeling of gratifi¬
cation for the rcceptiou you have accorded me upon my arrival here
Nothing could have afforded me greater pleasure than my appointment
as Ambassador to this country, and it will always be my earnest desire to
P reserve those cordial relations which have hitherto existed between
’ranee and England. If this pleasure could have been enhanced, it
has been by my meeting on landiug here several in whom 1 recognise old
comrades.
More than ono passage in the address, as well as the reply, was
warmly cheered by the distinguished company who had token posses¬
sion of the saloon in which the address was presented.
His Excellency and suite then immediately proceeded to the railway
station, where a largo number of persons were also assembled, and
tonk his seat in the state carriage. The train lelt for London amid
loud cheers.
THE CLOCK AND WATCH MAKERS’ ASYLUM.
The watch and clock makers of London have dene honour to them-
eelves by adding one more to the many benevolent institutions which
adorn the suburbs of this great metropolis, iu which the aged and
infirm can pass their closing days, with the proud gratification that,
instead of being dependent upon State charity, they rely ou the freely-
accorded assistance of their fellow-workmen, or, correctly speaking,
on a joint stock to which the recipients have themselves contributed.
These voluntary efforts among our artisans and others to provide, for
sickness and age are among the most gratifying signs of our time, and
wo are glad that the metropolitan wu*oh and clock makers have shown
themselves alive to the inqjortance of co-operating to lie)x> themselves
by adding this asylum to their existing charities. Nor is the un-
Btctarian natureof this institution its leust charm. The asylum is
intended to provide a retreat for the decayed and deserving aged men
or widows of the trade, irrespective of all questions of country or
religious opinion. Tho Christian und^ the Hebrew, the workmen of
London or any other town in tho United Kingdom, or even of
America, may become occupants of this healthy and quiet abode, and
side by side pass their declining days.
The cost of the asylum has been—land, £ 700; building, £2500;
grounds, <fcc., £lU0, including drainage, &c. The houses are now quite
fit for occupation, and only wait the accumulation of tho neceseary
funds for the maintenance of the inmates. The surrounding ground
is duly levelled, and the paths are gravelled; but tho fencing is only
temporary, a more ornamental kind being in operation.
The building is situated on an eminence at the junction of the East
Barn8t and Southgate roads. Tho front, which ba* a southorn aspect,
faces the latter road, which is shaded by some fine old trees. Tho
scenery, looking north wards, is varied and beautiful; and in the dis¬
tance the view is closed by the hills at East Barnet, crowned with
woods and studded with magnificent mansions. Whichever way the
eye turns, it is delighted with beautiful objects; and ono cannot
imagine a more charming retreat for persons in their old age, when,
•worn out by the struggles of liL, they sigh for repose.
The Clock and Watch Makers' Asylum consists at present of thirteen
houses, in the Tudor style, and a board-room and clock-tower in con¬
nection with the oentral houses. The committees have secured ample
builindg ground, and it is in contemplation at a future period to add
to the present edifice two wings. Each house contains a parlour und
kitchen on the ground floor, and a good-sized bed-room on the first
floor, with suitable outhouses. Due attention has been paid to the
important matter of drainage, and a copious supply of water has been
obtained from the Colney Hatch Waterworks. l : he architect is Mr.
Pulgrave, of West Brompton; and the architect Mr. R. Batterbury, of
Fiteroy-rood, Camden-town.
The completion of the asylum was oriebrated by an inaugural
dinner at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgatostreet, on Tuesday last, when
more than one hundred gentlemen assembled, under the presidency of
Lord Ebury, to do honour to the occasion. His Lordship, on pro¬
posing the toast of the evening, “Success to tho Clock and Watch
Makers’ Asylum," eloquently advocated the claims of the asylum on
the benevolence of tho influential wutoh and clock makers of London,
and on the public generally. The result of his Lorcship’s appeal was
a collection of nearly £CUu.
FINE ARTS,
it
Sisson Gaiti'b Coli.kctios op Socwtckes.
Sitmor Gatti’a collection of marbles an'l alabasters, now exhibiting at
Willis's Itooms, in beauty, extent, and variety surpasses anything of
tiie kind hitherto brought to this country. Signor Gatti, himself a
sculptor of eminence, has for many years past employed the best hands
in Florence in the production of beautiful objects in marble and ala¬
baster, same from the antique, others original; and by this means lisa
kept np, as it were, a school of art at modern Art's great foun¬
tain-head, which, if not inspired by the geaius of yore, dis
plays ala-ays a high order of executive excellence. The col¬
lection now before us comprises an iimueme number of statuettes
in white, green, and black marble, together with an endless
variety of cups, vases, and other ornamental articles of various de¬
vices. Amongst the latter claiming especial admiration are three
magnificent vases of Tuscan agate, measnring eleven feet high—
being the largest, as we understand, that have ever been produced.
Of a tic origin al subjects, and which will serve to illustrate the
tendencies and characteristics of modern Italian art, vre remarked
as possessing considerable merit“ The R.posa of Cupid," and
"Venus Entering the Bath," by Frauclii; • Charity,” by Frau-
xoni; and “ Paul and Virginia,” by Cheresdi.
Miasma. Dtcnvsos's Exnmmojt of Pobtbaits.
\.e«srs. Dickinson have opened a second Exhibition of Contemporary
Portraits in Oil aml^ Water Colours, combined with, nr aided by, Pho¬
tography, at their Gallery in New Bond-street, in which we recognise
most of the members of the aristocracy, and many distinguished mem¬
bers of the world of art. The large picture of the “ Officers of the 1st
Life Guards, in their Mess-ruoin,” containing tliirty-six portraits,
though unfinished, will excite interest amongst the friends ot the
originals and the fair Italituies of Almack's.
The Cologne Gazette announces that the celebrated pianist,
lasxt, was solemnly received on the lllh into tbe order of Franciscans
at Postil.
CHESS.
... The wtonuwy BOtlce. w chse. eonununleentt ere postpooed, from want ef rpeee,
outil DcTl weal i.
PROBLEM No. 740.
By G. M.
BLACK.
WHITE.
Wliite to play, and mate hi four moves.
CHESS BY CORRESPONDENCE.
The following are two frames played by letter between the Chess Clubs
of Cambridge and Stourbridge, both of which were won by the University
players. The running commentary on the moves ia by one of the leading
combatants on the Cambridge side.
(Ruy Lopez' Kt's Game.)
BLACK
(Stourbridge).
P to K 4th
Kt to Q B 3rd
B to Q B 4 tli
QtoKO 3rd
K Kt to K 2nd
r takes P
white
(Cambridge).
1 . P to IC 4th
2 . Kt to K B 3rd
3. B to Q Kt 6th
4. P to Q B 3rd
6. Castles
6. P to Q 4th
7. K B takes Kt
(Tho Kt wi‘ taken for the take of fretting
out of tho “ bookwork " a* soon a* payable.)
7. Q P takes B
(The beat move .)
8. Q B P takes P KBtoQKt3rd
9. Q B to K Kt6th Q to K 3rd
10. Q Kt to B 3rd Castles
11. P to K K 3rd
fTC*** more made under a misapprohra-
tiori. When tho committee mo*, to decide upm
their play, they lnadv/trtent'y, in retting np
the men. placed B.'ncVa Queen ut Q 3rd, in-
ctead of K 3rd. Tho mistake was not dis¬
covered till several moves had been played on
both tides, when Stourbildfio. rather than
■poll the game, very generously allowed the
movea up to the llth to bs retracted )
11. P to K R 3rd
12 . B to K R 4th
(Perhaps U tks Kt wonld have boea better.).
12. Kt to K Kt 3rd
13. B to K Kt 3rd P to KB 4th
1 What Is the object of this move if thov ilJd
not intend to putb the Pawn upon the U ?)
14. P to K 5th R to Q 80
15. KKtoKsq B to Q U 4th
(This looks like pisyingr JBfnlte'a jnme7
15. V to K li 2nd, followed by Q 8 to K. 3rd,
would have hampered Whito tombljr.)
16. QtoQR4tb B takes Kt
17. P takes B K to R 2 nd
(An unfortunate
18. P to Q B 4th P to Q Kt 3rd
WHITE BLACK
(Cambridge). (Stourbridge).
19. Q R to Q sq B to Q Kt 2nd
20. P to Q 6th
(Whito have now regained the altaok.)
20 . p takes P
21. KttoQ4th Q to K sq
(It Is not rosy to ray which is the bolt re¬
treat for Qaiwi.)
22. Q takes O , R takes Q
23. Kt takes K B P Q K to Q so
24. P to K 6th {_ F to Q B 3rd
(A grave error. They should have played
Q P takes P).
26. B to Q B 7th Q R to Q R BO
26. p to K B 4th K R to Q B Bq
27 . Q B P takes Q P Q It 1* takes P
OR takes B evidor Uy losre.)
28. Q R to Q B aq R io K sq
(This combination ivuBsouod. Thor »hon\l
hava played 28. P to Q 6th, in which esuto
Waite mutt have played 2 *. Kt takes Q P,
as any attempt to win the exchange would
have cm; it-am deir )
29. Kt to Q 6th R to K 2 nd
30. Kt takes B G R to Q B sq
31. P to K B 6th
(Tills it is which renders Block's 2Jth more
useless.) '~
31. Kt to K R 6th
32. Kt io Q 6th Q K to K B sq
(If fh*y now take tho Bishop the tramo is
lost at • nee.)
«t K R to IC 6th P to Q 6th
34. Q R to Q B 4th P to K Kt 3rd
(!f 8<. P to K Kt 41 h, then White plays
35. B to Q 8th, and wins.)
35. PtoKB 6th Q Rtks K P. P
36. B to Q 8th Q R takes K P
37. B takes KR K takes It
38. B takes Kt
And In a lew more moves Black resigned.
CAME II.
{King's Bishop's Opening.)
BLACK
(Cambridge).
P to It 4th
/B to Q B 4th
P to Q 3rd
Q to K 2nd
WHITE \
(Stourbridge).
1. P to K 4th
2. B to Q B 4th
3. Kt to K B 3rd
4. P to Q B 3rd
6. P to K R 3rd
(Ha)or Jaenlicb characterises this as a lost
move, but his proof doee not room qmtOx&lis-
factory.)
5. B to K 3rd
6 B to Q Kt 3rd
'TButtor bavo played «. B take* B. The
Queen at her Kt'a 3rd is qulta out of play.)
6. B takes B
7. Q takes B H to Q Kt 3rd
8. Castles Q Kt to Q 2 od
(Had Black played 8. Kt io K B 3rd- Whito
might h« vo replied wit* if. Kt to K R tth.
thretreoinp topi uit him at K B5th; and if.
V. Kt take* K P, 10. Q to Q K 4th, Ire.)
9. P to Q 4th Kt to K B 3rd
(To tempi White *o pin the Kt with their
Q B. It was at this point of tho Rimo that
Black resolved on commencin'*- an attack by
throwinK up tba Pawn^ oa the Kin#'* aid-*,
and for tho ruccow of this scheme It was
desirable that tho Q B should bo out of tbe
way,)
10. Q B to KKtSth P to K R 3rd
11 . B takes Kt Q takes B
12 . R to Q sq
(Weak. The primary causo of all Whito’a
dilute ra.)
12. PtoKKtith
13. KttoQR3rd PtoKKtbth
14. KRPtokcsP R to K K t sq
16. R to Q 3rd R takes P
16. K Kt to Q 2nd Castles
(It Is usually very hw.vdons for tho second
player to osstto on the Queen’s shiv In this
opon'nv lathe tresent iuslanee, however,
WhUe h.u u lime to set up any counter
attack.)
WniTE BLACK
(Stourbridge). (Cambridge).
■7. Q Kt to Q B 4th Q R toKKtsq
is Kt takes B (ch) Q R P bikes Kt
19. P to K Kt 3rd It to K B 6th
(To prevent Q R to K and then to K 3rd,
which would In a great measure have neo-
•r-ihsrd tho attack. Another advantage,
-oiling from compelling the Q K to go to
K B sq, U that the King cannot csoapo to tho
other side of the board.)
20. QR to KB Sq P to K R 4th
21. Q to Q sq P to K It 5th
22 . Q to K 2nd Q to K Kt 3rd
(To allow of Kt to K B 3rd.)
23. K to Kt 2 nd Kt to K B 3rd
34. Q P takes P Kt to K R 4th
25. KtoKB3rd
(P takes Q P would have been ftitaL Black
cannot now play K K t takes P.)
25. Q P takes P
26. Q to K 3rd K to K Kt 5th
27. It to K Kt sq K lt P tikes P
28. K to K B sq P to Kt 7th (cli)
(Better than P takes K B P.)
29. K to K sq Kt to K B 6th
30. R to Iv Kt 3rd R takes R
31. P takes R Q takes P (oh)
33. Q. takes Q R takes Q
33. K to B ind R-oKReth
34. Kc to K B 3rd to K R 8th
(White might hare resigned at this point, a*
nono of their j Icceican silr.)
35. IC to K 3rd
36. r to Q B 4th
37. K to ( 1 2nd
38. IC to Iv 3rd
33. Ivttks KP(ch)
40. Kt to IC B 3d (eh) K to K Kt 5th
41. K to B 2nd Kt to lt 6th (Ch)
Wliite resigned.
K to Q sq
K to IC 2nd
K to K B 3rd
Kto FC Kt 3rd
K to IC Kt tth
PUZZLES.
(To the Editor of the Illustrated London News.)
Allow me to ask the readers of yotir Paper If any of them will be kind
enough to aid me in forming a good colleet’on of ingenious puzzles (arith¬
metical, geometrical, or otherwige) calculated to interest, amuse, and
instruct boys out of school hours. Many clever things, I believe, lie
buried in old magazines. &c., while other morceaux are to be met with
scattered here and there as part of the “floating capital” of society,
needing only collection and arrangement to form a highly entertaining
and valuable little volume.
Any communication on the subject will be gratefully received and
acknowledged by the Rev. J. Sidney Boucher, Hoiiy Bank School, Birken¬
head.
The "Rev. George Rawlinson, M.A., late Fellow and Tutor of
Exeter College, has been appointed by the heads of colleges Bampton
Lecturer for 1859.
The sentence of death passed upon William Davies, who was
convicted at the last Shropshire Assizes of having murdered an old woman
at Westwood, near Much- vVenlock, has been commuted to penal servitude
for life.
EPITOME OF NEWS—FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
The annual dinner of the Artists’ Benevolent Fund Society is
fixed to take place at the Freemasons’ Tavern on Saturday, the 8th of
May— Charles Dickens, Esq., in the chair.
Queen Christina is expected to pass the summer in the neigh¬
bourhood of Paris.
The Select Committee to try the petition in the case of the
Limerick election will be chosen on Tuesday, the 4th of May.
The Ocean of Brest announces that Gomez, one of the Orsini
conspirators, formed one of the band of convicts lately embarked on board
the Adour steam-transport lor Cayenne.
Mr. Smith, the foreman of the Woolwich Arsenal who went to
Paris with the field-piece lately presented to the Emperor, has received as
a present from his Majesty a handsome gold watch with the Imper al
cipher engraved on it, and a gold chain.
A deputation from tbe medical corporations of Great Britain
and Ireland waited upon Mr. Walpole on Saturday last, and expressed
their strong disapproval of Mr. Cowper's Medical Bill, while they highly
eulogised that brought forward by Mr. Headlam.
The sale of rabbits has, during the iast five or six years, assumed
a great extension in Belgium, ^very week 60.009 are seut into England
from Ghent, Eccloo, Thielt, and Ruyscelede. At Ghent also on extensive
business is done in preparing rabblt-skina for exportation to France,
Russia, and America.
The Jacksonian Prize of the Royal College of Surgeons has
been awarded to Mr. Alfred Poland, of Guy’s Hospital, for his essay ou
'* Gunshot Wounds and their Treatment”
The Prince Consort has appointed James Moncrieff Amott, Esq.,
F.R.S., to be Surgeon In Ordinary to his Royal Highness, in the room of
Benjamin Travers, Esq., deceased.
Mr. Charles Dickens will read at St. Martin’s Hall, on Thursday
evening, April 29 . his ** Cricket on the Hearth.”
A Swedish journal gays :—“Dr. Rhuders, physician, has set to
music the palpitations and irregular beatings of the heart of a female who
is a patient in the Hospital at Upsal. This disease, written in musical
notes with quavers and semiquavers, forma a kind of waltz.”
The Lord Chancellor has set aside a list of eight gentlemen re¬
commended by the Bath Town Council for appointments as unpaid
magistrates, and he has appointed Bix others whose names were derived
from his private correspondents.
King Leopold of Belgium not long ago bought five tickets in the
lottery loan of the year 1834, and last year lie won with one of them
the great prize of 200,00011. (£20,000). It is related that he gave the greater
part of the money to his daughter, the Archduchess.
The Hero , a new 91 -gun screw-steamer, was launched at Chatham
lastThureday.
James Gordon, a publican at Brixton, has been fined 40s. for
keeping and using a rat-pit, at which terriers were trained.
The Russian Emperor has permitted the use of the Polish lan -
gunge by the authorities in matters of business carried on in Boland—
formerly Russ only was allowed.
A thunderstorm occurred in various parts of the country on
Friday evening. At Bellingham, a village near Malden, some farm-build¬
ings were set fire to by the lightning and burnt to the ground.
The glorious old Victory is about to resume her post as flag¬
ship at Portsmouth, having been under process of refitting for some nine
months.
Major Croker and his coachman have been drowned in a fish¬
pond near St. Blayzey, Cornwall. The pond was overgrown with weed;
the Major and his servant were in a punt clearing away the weed; by
some mischance the boat was upset, they fell into the water, became en¬
tangled in the weed, and perished.
On Thursday week the final slab was placed over the remains of
the late Duke of Wellington in the crypt at St Paul's Cathedral. The
tomb ia constructed of tne purest porphyry, highly polished. It lies im¬
mediately beneath the centre of the dome of the noble cathedral.
At a public meeting at Oxford, on Saturday, resolutions were
adopted inviting the Agricultural Society of England to hold its meeting
for 1859 in that city. £600 were subscribed on the spot towards the
expenses.
At the St Helen's Petty Sessions, last week, James Bix ter, an
old man who acted as clerk at Rainbill. was sentenced to a month’s im¬
prisonment for slipping out of church during service on Sunday, and
robbing the incumbeut’s hencoops of eggs. The depredations had been
going on for some time, always on Sunday during service.
A tickct-of-leave man, named David Rodgers, being closely
pursued by the police near Belper, on a charge of felony, one day recently,
jumped into the Derwent, but before he could land on the other side was
seized with cramp, and drowned.
Thomas Epps, late an under-butler, and John Barton, late a
watchman, at Clumber House, near Worksop, the seat of the Duke of
Newcastle, have been convicted of stealing therefrom a large quantity of
wine, spirits, wax candles, and other valuable articles. They were each
sentenced to seven years’ peual servitude.
The French brig L'Urgent, which left Gibraltar on the 23rd ult.
for Corunna, laden with barley, sprung a leak on the 28th off the coast of
Portugal, near Faro, and foundered shortly afterwards. The crew were
all saved.
On Friday week the three East India Directors nominated by
the Crown— yJz., Lieut-General Sir George Pollock, G C.B. ; Major-
General Sir John Robert Ilussey Viviau, K.C.B.; and John Pollard
Willoughby, Esq.. M.P., took the prescribed oath and their seats.
A new tidal light has been put up at the pierhead. Maryport.
It is said to be the best on the coast, and can be seen thirty miles seawards.
Mr. E. G. Holland, of America, will give three lectures at the
Marylebone Institution, on Goethe, Swedenborg, and Carlyle—com¬
mencing with Goethe on the 5th of May.
The steamer Sultan , running on the Mississippi River, has been
burned to the water’s edge and sunk, near Cape Giraraean, 150 miles below
St. Louis, Involving the loss of twenty lives.
A statue of Dr. Isaac Watts is about to be placed in the public
park just formed in the town of Southampton. Watts was born in a
back street in Southampton, and composed his first hymns for a chapel
in that town. There is at present no memorial of him in his native place.
The returns of the City of London Hospital for Diseases of the
Chest. Victoria Park, show that the number of patients relieved during
the last week was 1146, of which 185 were uew cases.
The Earl of Mansfield, K.T., has been appointed to be her
Majesty’s High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church
of Scotland.
The deliveries of tea in London for last week were 833,296 lb.,
which ia an increase of 49,286 lb. compared with the previous statement.
The Queen has conferred the honour of knighthood upon John
Barnard Bylcs, Esq., one of the Judges of her Majesty’s Court of Common
The Queen has appointed Frederic Doveton Ormc, Esq., now
her Majesty’s Charge d'Aflkire3 and Consul-General to the Republic of
Bolivia, to be her Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires and Consul-General to the
Republic of Venezuela.
At the West Riding Court, at Bradford, on Thursday week, a
farmer, named Robinson Robertsliaw, was fined £3 for suffering a party,
of men from Leeds to fight cocks on his promises.
A considerable Increase has taken place during the past quarter
in most of the items of the French revenue.
The Preachership of Lincoln’9 Inn has been conferred upon the
Rev. Dr. Thompson, Provost of Queen’s College, Oxford.
Sir John Patteson, of Feniton Court, near Honiton, has been-ap¬
pointed Governor of King's College, London.
About eighty pieces of cannon from the foundries at Liege, for
the Sultan, have’just arrived at Antwerp by the railway. They will be
shipped in a few days for Constantinople.
With the object of rendering the lighthouse at the Eddystone
more distinctly visible from vessels at sea during the daytime the tower
is about to be coloured red and white in alternate horizontal bands.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Captain Charles
Edmunds, R-N., to be Captain of the port of Gibraltar.
An ancient b’candinavian battle-axe was recently turned up by
the plough at Kirk Andreas, l3le of Man.
A line of steamers is about to run between Mobile and other
ports in the Gulf of Mexico and San Juan de Nicaragua, for the purpose
of conveying passengers and emigrants to Nicaragua.
Mr. David Power, of the Norfolk Circuit, has been appointed
one of her Majesty’s Counsel
Ai’EiL 24, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
427
A PERFECT LADY’S DRESS for SPRING,
AT A SINGULAR! Y LOW PRICE.
A s'mplo Check. Th a material in Cmhm -re, with rich Duc&po side
trimming in French-blue, hut-brown, B.ack, Violet, and the New
Green, edged with Velvet.
Tbo Skirt is made and lined throughout, tho material for Bodice
included Price 14*. ltd.
The additional charge for msk’r g the Podico, Ono Shilling.
A Drawing of tho Dress sent p st-freo.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Ox foid-street.
mHE HALF-GUINEA CLOTH JACKET,
I a very pretty shape ins*, from Paris.
For oountry order*. *lr.e of wrist and round the *houldor* ii required.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANif,16, Oxford-street.
F rench muslin jackets.
Tho prettiest White Muslin Jacket ever produced: It is trimmed
with Ribbon. To be had in every colour, and exceedingly becoming
to tho figure. Price 12s. Od.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16. Oxford-street.
PoBt-offlco Orders payablo to Jatues Reid, Oxford-street.
IJ1H
E BLACK VELVET JACKET
Choien by the Prince** Royal.
The ahnpo la chaste, simple, aud elegant, without ornament.
The price 1* Guineas.
The FRENCH MUBLIN COMPANY, 1C, Oxford-street.
T he black lace jacket,
just imported, a perfectly new shape, gr leeful and ladyllko
in the extreme, price 12*. £*d.
Tho FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16. Oxford-strooL
Tj^MBROIDERED CHRISTIAN NAMES.—
M.J LADlEd' HANDKERCHIEFS. with Christian Nome* em¬
broidered by the Nuns of Pan, with the new cictctch needle. Price
la. OjtL, by port 11 stamps; ha. fid. the half-dozen, by poat ta. 3d.
The FRENCH ** “ * ”” **
FRENCH COMPANY, 16, Oxford-Btroet.
F rench cambric robes.
Our new pattern*. Just received, two or three very pretty
pattern*. They are made np according to the latest Paris Fashion by
French Artises. Price 12*. 5d.
Tho FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Ox ford-street.
Orders from the country must bo accompanied with tho size round tho
shoulders and length o Bkirt.
Patterns post-free.
IJ1HE
TIME to BUY MUSLINS CHEAP.
Last year’s at ridiculous prices for such goods.
Pattern* free.
The FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
B eady-made morning wrappers,
4s. 9d., neat French Prints, warranted fast colours.
Pattern* post-free.
Tho FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
HITE and BUFF MARCELLA
JACKETS —The prettiest Shapo Lin this vory elegant
Article) ever produced, and most becom’ng to tho figure. Price
12*. yd. For country orders, size«f waDt onu round tho shoulders.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16. Oxford-otro*.
TVTEW FLOUNCED MUSLINS, 6s. 6d.
Xt A very pretty Variety.
FBEN1H MUSLIN COMPANY,
16, Oxfoid-stieet.
O U R N I N G MUSLINS.
The host Selection in the Kingdom.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY,
16, Oxford-street.
M
0
A GEM.
UR NEW GUINEA FRENCH MANTLE.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY,
le, Oxford-street.
mHE NEW SPRING SILKS.-PETER
JL BOBINBON rupee* frilly informs hls Customers and the Nobility
in general that his BILK DEPARTMENT 1* now replete with every
novelty, comprising the most inexpensive as well a* the richest pro¬
ductions ot tho season.
Striped rfPks from £1 3s. 9<L the Full Dross.
Chock-d Silks .. .. „ 1 5 6 ,,
Bayadere Rur Silks ..,,179 „
Extra rich ditto .. „ 1 10 9 ,,
Plaid Silk.. 1 12 6 „
French Glactf ditto .. ,,116 9 „
Chttod Silks at all prices.
Brocaded Silks at all prioes.
The New Flounced Silk Robes,
Prices tco numerous to quote.
Extra rich Moird Antiquo fti.ks. in all the now* Colours,
at 3 gain-.as and a half tho Full Dross.
Patterns post-free.
Address, Peter ito jinson, tiilkmcrcor.
o
N MONDAY NEXT P. R. will offer for
Sale £3C00 worth of very rich FRENCH SILKS, at Two
Guineas the Full Dress of I'i yards of tire widest width.
Patterns post-free.
PETER ROBINSON, Bilkmereer, 103, 105,106,107, Oxford-street.
RAND EXHIBITION of INDIA
SHAWLS-FARMER and ROGERS are now exhibiting in
thedr sp&.ious India Showrooms a most superb co 1 lection of oboice
CASHMERE SHAWLS, among*.t which arc suveral of very rare
design and cuslity, similar lo tboso supplied for the Wedding
TrouaBoau of the Prinoojs Royal.
THE UREA I’ SHAWL AND CLOAK EMPORIUM, 171, 173, 1/5,
REG*NT-8rU*Er, W.
India Shawls Bought and Exchanged.
mHREE GUINEAS AND A HALF!—At
JL a time when tbo price of Unmanufactured 811k is fo high, and
ll also advancing, it will seem almost incrodiblo that a RICH
FRENCH SILK DRESS may be had for Three Guineas and a Half.
It must, however, bo admitted that this adrantago is a vory ox elusive
one. Messrs. Jay had the good good fortune to mako large nurchasea
at Lyons during tho late monetary crisis, and the rich bilk Drcuo* at
the prices named abovo do not average more than half that which U
usually charged for articles of a similar quality and design—The
LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSES, Nos. 247, 349,
361, Regent-street—JAY'S.
D
IJIHE
R E S S E S !
The Now Fiotmcc-d Muslins, 10*. fid. Patterns poit-free.
The New Flounced Bareges, lie. fid. Patterns post-free.
Tho New Flounced Bri zorin**, 18s. fid. Patterns post-free.
Tbo Now Raima Cloths, *2jd. Patterns post-free.
Tho Now Mohair Cloths, I2id. Patterns post-free.
The New I.lnma Cloths. 10Jd. Patterns post-free.
Tho Now French Bartgos, 8Jd. Pat cm* post-free.’
Tho New English Habuuines, fi^d. Patterns post-free.
Tho New Inninn Lawns, ixftri. Patterns post-free.
The Now French Cambrics, 6M. Paitems post-free.
Tho Now Ptench Brilliants. t%d. Patterns post-free.
Tho Now French Mmiins, 4 J 1 L rnttoms post-free.
The Now Chintz Muslins, Is. Pa.terns post-free.
The New Chintz Jacconot*. 1". 3d. Patterns post-free.
Tho Now Mourning Muslins, 4id. Patterns post-free.
Tho Now Mourning Bartge*. 8|d. Patterns post-free.
The Now Mourning Bolzarlnca, fijj. Pattwna post-free.
Tho New Ca&bric Wrapper*, l*. *W». Patterns post-free.
BAKER an«l CRISP,
221, Regent-street, corner of Moddox-etreot, London.
REAL ALl’INE KID GLOVES, Is.
per pair ! 11
The Rea! Florence K»d, 2s.; 10*. fid. the half dozen.
The very best Paris Kld. 2s. 7M ; 31*. the dotan.
A Sample Pair for Two Extra Stamps.
BAKER and CRISP’S Paris Glovo Warehouse,
221, Kegvnt-street, corner of Maddox-street, London.
L ADIES requiring Cheap and Elegant SILKS
are requested to apply toimediutedy to BEKCH am! BERRALL,
LIN KND WAFERS. ilAB SUDAN HENS. Ac., Ac.,
the BFEHIVE, 63 and 6t, Edgwaro - road. London. W.
1200 New Flounced Silk Robes < varl »u»), 39s. 6d. to 5 Guinea*.
Rich Striped, Checked, Ch-mL and Plain GLtcd
Bilks, 21s. 6d. to 3"*. fid. the Dress.
Black and Half-Mourning Ditto, in great var.uty, at tho same
. reducod priecs.
Patterns for inspection i*o"toge-fre«.
Two Thousand Pounds' wor<h of New Bari-ge, BaV.arine,
and Muslin Robe* at nearly Half Value.
RANDE3 NOUVEAUTES in PARIS.—
LA COMPAGNTE LYONNAI3E,
No. 37, Boulevard do* Capueinos, Paris,
have just expotci for Salo their Novelties for the Season. cotnprtslrg
811k r.tuflh, Lace, Indian and French ( achtralrcs, Printed aud
Piquds Muslins, Fancy fituffs of all kind*. Wedding Outfits, Mantles,
Burnoui, Ac.
The successive aggrandisements of the establishment of La Com-
pagaie Lvornalse, have rtddeied it cite of the mo«t extensive In
Europe; the vrarrroomi at the pi area t day comprise upwards of
thirty saloom or galleries, having four separato ontrin'-es. Beirg
their own monuiVc;ure;s, their productions ore not liable to the extra
charges made cn account of Intermediate agents, and thus this com¬
pany can afford to offer to the public oa twins far more advkn-
ugomis than ony ether bouse. Every article, even tho Cachcmires, is
marked in plait, figures . . , _ .
La Cnmpagnio Lvannaise have established bouse* at Lyons, Hash-
mere, Alenin. and Chantilly for the manufacture of bilk f-tuds,
Cachemires and Lace, bat thay hare succuxsala for sale la any
oountry whatever.
TYING and CO., SILKMERCERS, &c, 243,
JL\_ Regent-street, and at tho Crystal Palace Sydenham, beg to
announce that during the lato commercial cristfc 'hey have pur¬
chased many thouwud pnund*' worth of new SILKS. MUSLINS.
BAREGES, IRISH POPLINS, Ac., which they Intend selling during
the ensuing season at Half-price.
T ADIES, WRITE for PATTERNS of the
JLi NEW SILKS and other Fabrics, and save fifty per cent in your
Spring Purchases.—Address to KING and CO., Begent-st, London.
pAMBRICS. —PATTERNS POST-FREE.
\*J Swiss Cambrics,
?*. 6d. tbo Full Dress.
French Brilliants,
3s. 9d. the Full Drew—usually sold at 7s. 6d.
Address to KING and CO., Regent-street, London.
M
U S LIN S.—PATTERNS POST-EREE.
Jacconets .. .. .. 2a. lid tbo Foil Dress.
Organdies .. .. .. 5s. fid. „
Chintz Mnriins .. .. 6s. fid. „
Flounced Jacconets .. 6*. *d. „
Flounced O/gandics .. 10s. 6d., utually sold at £1 la.
Address to KING and CO., 343, Regent-street, London.
B
■ Fatterns Post-free.—
AREGES, &c.
Balzurinos .3*. fid. the Full Dress.
Chintz Bur^gt*.8s. 6d. „
Flounced B«!r.hrinos .. .. ’Is.6^. „
Flounced Bareges .. .. 13s.'d. ,,
Flounced Grenadines .. £1 5s. 6d., nsuaily sold at £2 10e.
Address to KING and CO., Regent-street, London.
S PRING FABRICS.—Patterns Post-free.—
French Llamas.7s. fid. the Full Dress.
Checked Chailis .. .. 12s. fid. ,,
Bilk and Mohair Doable Bkiris «s. ^d. „
bilk ami Mohair Flounced Robes 17s. tki. ,,
Norwich TopUas .. ,. 18s. fid.
Real Irish Poplins .. £1 17s. fid- tunolly told at £5.
Add!ess to KING and CO., Regent street, London.
B LACK SILKS. —Patterns Post-free.
Glad Silks,. £1 5 n the Full Dress.
Batin Bar Silks .. .. 1 10 0 „
Widows' bilks.119 6 „
FtouncdSUks. 2 lo 0 „
M oir6 Antiques.. .. .. 2 18 fi ,,
Velvet Flounced Robes .. 5 10 0 „
Addreis to KING and CO., Regent-street, London.
N
EW SPRING SILKS, at KING’S,
213, Regent-itrcct.
striped Glued Silks,
£1 -is. fid. the Full Dress.
Checked Olacrf Bilks,
£1 5« 6<i.
Batin Bar bilks,
£17*. 6d.
Jasper BQks,
£1 12s 6d.
Cbind Poult do Boies,
£1 17s fid.
Flounced SUks,
£2 la.
French Flounced Silks,
£* 13s. 6d.
Velvet Flounced SUks.
£6 10*. Od.
And M#W Antiques, worn by the C^ueen And Princess Royal,
£3 3s. the Full Dreis, usually sold at £6 fi*.
Patterns sent poet-lrco.
Address to King and Co., Regent-street, London.
VI'LEGANT MUSLINS.—New Goods for
JCJ 1858.-20,000 piece* of Organdi ami French M us li n * are now
offering at 2a. lid. the Dress of eight yards; or any length cut at
44d. per yard. They are beautiful goods, fast colours, and cannot be
replaced at Is. per yard. Merchant* and wholesale buyers will fine
these goods desirable. Patterns sent free.
HOOPER, Muslin Printer, 52, Oxford-street, W. Established 18S6
S ILKS, Rich, Plain, Striped, and Checked
Glaofi, at 22s. fid. per drew of twelve yards, and worth tho
attention of families. Patterns s/nt free by poat. JOHN HARVEY,
BON, and CO., 9, Ludgato-hili. Established upwards of fitly years.
Can logo paid upon amounts above £5.
T OCKE’S SCOTCH SPUN SILKS, in all the
I 1 Clan and new Fancy Patterns, for Spring and Summer wear.
x a terns forwarded free —The Royal Clan Tartan and fccoteh Tweed
Warehouses, 119 and 127, Regent-street.
IjIAMILY L1NENDRAPERS, Silk Manu-
JD faclurara. Hosiers, Ac., Ac.— CHAMBERLAIN and THORNE
wish particularly to invite the attention of Ladles to their new and
elegant stock ot DRESSES, Mantles, Shawls, Millinery, &o.,L> a groat
variety of fabrics, and ve*y moderate prices.—79, Urtcocbsrch-screst.
London. All parcel* delivered free.
I MPORTANT to LADIES requiring ready ■
made LINEN of first-rate ms’erlal and r.'wirg. at iniMt mode¬
rate prices. Books of Prices, Ac , freo by post by addrowing
'• Ladies' Department."
W HITELOCK and £ON, Outfitters, 163, Strand. N.B Opposlie tbe
Church, near Bomortot House.
QPANISH MANTILLAS.—These most grace-
lO ful and litigant Mantles from 70s. each, at URLINg'S, 224,
Regent-street.
D
BESS TRIMMINGS.
8TRINGES and BIRD,
68, Newgate-*treat
(Late with Huttos and Co.),
Have on hand a wcll-assori6d Stock
TRIMMINGS, FRINGES, and VELVETS in the Row
Styles for tbe present Season.
Order* bv post panctaaliv attended to.
N.B. Country Drnpeis and the Trsdo supplied with
Cut Lengths at low prices.
C HRISTENING ROBES, 2$ Guineas.
\ vJjBkbUs' Clocks, I Guinea.
53, Baksr-street.
Mrs. W. G. TAYLOR.
B
ABIES’ BERCEAUNETTES.
2| Guineas.
Baskets to match. One Guinea.
Mr*. W. G. TAYLOR, 63, Baker-street.
M
CARRIAGE OUTFITS,
Cotton Hosiery, ti. fid.
White Dressing Gowns, One Guinea.
Real Balfiriggan Hofivry.
Mrs. W. G. TAYLOR, M, Baker-street
L ADIES’ RIDING TROUSERS,
Chamois Le*tliar, with black foot
53, Baker-street,
W. G. TAYLOR.
C ITY JUVENILE DEPOT.-
BABY-LINEN and LADIES’ UNDERCLOTHING WARE¬
HOUSES.-Ladies' Night Dresses, 3 for Cs. Cd.; Chora!**, with
bands, 3 for 4s. I Id.; Drawers, 3 pair for 3s. lid.; 8Hps, tucked, 3 for
8s. fid. Chlldrec's Underclothing equally os chcsp. All work war
ranted and made of Horrock’s Longdoth; a lower quality kept ox-
pmslyfor outfits to India and th< colonies. Ladies' Paris-wove
Stays, 3a. lid- porpair; and the newly-invented elasticCorent, to fas¬
ten in front, 3«. lid., not obtainable elsewhere. Infants' Bassinets,
bandscrmoly trimmed cither with white or chintx, one guinea each
An Illustrated Price I ist sent free on application.- W. ll. TURNER.
68, 69, 70, and 89, Bishopsgate-street Without, London. B.C.
J OUVES’S REAL ALPINE KID GLOVES!
Price Is Cd par pair,
In every Biro and Colour for Ladls# and Gentlemen.
We are tbo erig-uuri and oniy-appo'nted Agent* for tbo sale of the**
celebrated Gloves, the boil fn ucg^and^ mdurable to be proctucd ot
and sold only by BCMBELL and OWEN, 77 and 78, Oxford-street,
A Sample Fair freo by post for two extra stamps.
UMBELL and OWEN, SILKMERCERS,
*:c.. Sc-, Pantheon Hall cf Commerce, 77 and 73, OXFOBB-
STREBT, ^ Owen's New Spring Silks.
Rom bell and Owen's New Block Mlk*.
Bumbcll and Owra'i New Flourced Bilk*.
Kumbolt and Owen’s New Moird Antiqnes.
Rum bell and Owen's New Spring Fabsics.
Rumbcll and Owen's New French Moallns.
Rumbetl and Qnm't New Spring Barigw.
Ilumfcell and Owen's New Spring Mantles.
And also
Rumbcll and Owen’s Assortment of Patterns Pwtfge-.ree.
"VYOURNING ORDERS,—NEW MOURN-
ITJ. ING FABRIC*.—Patterns of all tbe Now Materials free per
poaL—Address PETER ROBlNaON, GENERAL MOURNING
WAREUOUeE, 103, Oxford-street.
TLTOURNING MANTLES and BONNETS.
IVA PETER ROBIN ; ON is now showing tome great no'elites
both for Mourniog and out of M-nming at his GENERAL MOURN¬
ING WAREHOUSE, 103, Oxford-street.
"DLACK SILKS, cheaper than they were ever
JLf known.—Patten-B of all the new makes, free ocr po»t; also,
MoW Amiqure. in b’ack and shades of grey. Adaiess PETEtt
B031NBON, General Mourning Warehouse, 10J, Ox ford-tt., London.
T NDI A—FAMILY MOURNING.—Skirts,
JL trimmed dooply wi;h crape, from 30s. upwards to tho richest
quality, with Mnnttoi and Bonnet* to mticb. Family orders suppl cd
on tho most reasonable terms. First-data I>r«s .making at mode nile
charges. Order* attcudod to in town or country.—Aadrets PETER
ItUBINeON, General Mourning Warehoiue, 103, Oxford-street.
TTIOR LADIES.-The NEW MANTLE, in
JL' all tbe fashionable colours, at One Guinea each, is now ready,
at Messrs. H. J. and D. NICOLu’S Establishment. 142, Regent-street
PARIS BONNETS.—An elegant assortment
A in the newest patterns. Ladies’ and Children's Hat* in great
vsrioty. Tbe Boy's Imperial Turban Hat. tho latest novelty.—W.
SIMMONS, 36, King William-street, City Uocing the Mannmtnt).
S hirts.—rodgers’s improved
CORAZZA SHIRTS, $is. ed. and 42*. tbe half down. Im¬
portant improvement* having been made in those celebrated Fhlits,
S atlemen are respectfully solicited to suspend thwir order* until they
vo scoa them. For ease, deganco, and durability, they have no
rival. Boak of 80 Illustrations and detailed particulars grails am.'
poet-free.—nODGEHS and CO., Improved Shirtmakers, 59, Saint
Martin's-laao, Charing-cross, W.C.—Established 00 years.
S PORTING SHIRTS, by RODGERS—
Now end extraordinary ilrt'gns, in all colours, including Hors«,
Doga, Foxes, Birds, Ko. also a choice of mere than 109 n*w and
faahlonabSo Coloured Shining*, in neat and gentlemanly patterns
EODUKKS and CO., Improved Shirtmakers, 69, St. Merlin'*-lane,
Choring-croas, W.C. Patteras and Book of 80 iUuatmion.i port-freo
for two stomps.
TjlOR YOUTH —A COMPLETE SUIT, com-
- fi . 1 prising Tunic, Trouiora, Bolt, and Collar, In all tho now ma¬
terials, for One Guinea, at biotan. H. J. and D. NICOLL’S Estab-
lishment, i44, Regent-strcsL
SERVANTS’ LIVERIES.-TIib best, at
k_J moderate pricoa, furnished for cei.h [uiyir.cr.ta, by H. J. and D.
114,116,118, and ISO, Regontnartc*, and 2s, Corahil.
NICOLL, 1
L ADIES’ FIRST-CLASS ELASTIC
BOOTS, at MODERATE PRJCEft.-Part* Kid F/nutlo Boots,
military heels, 14*. 6d Illustrated priced Catalogues sent post-free.
THOMAS D. MARSAALL, 198, OXFOKD-STiLEET W.
P ARAS O L S.
The greatest novelty in Pam*oLi is the “TARTAN," price
20*., to be bad only of tlio Patentees, W. one' J. BANGS!EK, Manu¬
facturers to hrr Majesty, and H.K.U. thu]*riziccM Royal.
ParuaoU mado of Irish Lace, a'so in Lyons bilks, of the meet mag¬
nificent pm tonu.
W and and J. 8ANG5TER,
140, Regent-street; 75, Ciieapside :
94, Fleet-street j 10, Royal Exchange.
S.B.—Paiar.ols for general o*e from 7s. fid. tach.
F
ISHER’8 DRESSING -CASES,
183, Strand.
Cataldgues post-free.
■pUSHER’S £5 5s. Od. DRESSING-BAG,
JL? fora I^dy or GoniIonian,
U a complete Traveling Toilet Ac pend age.
A list of the Content* will be luut post-tree.
188, Strand.
M ECHI’S DRESSING CASES and
TRAVELLING BAG8.-112, Regent-street, and 4. Loadon-
hnil-rtreot, London.—Bronzes, vasos, pearl and ivory work,medhevoi
mauufncturce, dressing bags and dressing coma, toilet coses, work
boxes and work tables, inkstands, fans; the largest stock in England
of papior-machrf elegancies, writing desks, envelope cases, despatch
boxes, bagatelle, backgammon, and ohes* tables. Tho promisos in
Rogent-atroet extend fifty yards into GUushouM-otrcot, and are
worthy of Inspection as a specimen of elegant outfit. Everything
for tbo work and dressing tables—best tooth brushes. 9d. each; best
steel sd&sors and penknives, is. each. The usual supply of first-rate
on'Jcry, taxors, razor strops, needles. Jsc., for which Ms. MechPs
enabnshments have been so long famed.
rilO DRAPERS, Milliners, and Dressmakers.—
1 MATCIIIXO OKI.KRS Mrcfollr *^JrS I tg c ?'S?oo'
Oat lKiMh! at the towort Iraite prico>.-JAMtS BPiJ.CE ana CO.
77 and 78, St. Paul's Churchyard, London.
L ADIES’ WATERPROOF TWEED
CLOAKS ud RISING JACKET*, &«'««'. ? 7r '? 5 '" ai
In.arooM C.p««. Pattant, of material aed price* *rta _- it*Cwo—
j. E. ami W. PUILUPS, 37, Bijh-nwet. 3te«h»«7.
T ADIES’ and GENTLEMEN’S AMUSE-
fi J ME NTS.—Mr. CHEEK rea poet fully cells attention to hi*
STOCK of ARCHERY, which is, without exooption, tho largest In the
world, among which will bo found fine specimens of Self Yew.
beautiful springy 8nokewood, and the usual hardwood-fcxckod and
•elf Bows, at prices varying from 6s. to 6 guineas: Arrows, 2a. to 24*.
per dozen; 3 feet Targets, 9s. each; 4 feet, 16*.; Ladio*’ Equipment*.
21s., 37s. 6d , 80s, and 7 guineas; Gentlemen’s, 27s. 4Gs., 89*.. and
10 guineas. Tho dock ot FUhlng-rodi and Tackle is largo and the
priees moderate. Fly-fl-thing Equipments. 10*., 21s., 42s.. and G3a.
Salmon- fishing, 72«. 6d. and 6 guineas. Pike-fishing, !5e 6d. and
S’i*. fid. Itefilora-fishing, 6a., 13a. 6d., 33s., and 60s. Choice Trout
Klias, 2a. per dozen; throe-yard gut line, 6d.. best, 9d.; exquUitely
fine. Is., extraordinarily Fine Gut. overy length selected, f*. per 100;
»u perl Or bamboo rod, spliced top, ringed, brazed, and winch fittings,
7a-fid.: twelve-yanl cast-net, for gudgeon. 21s.; six-yard, for min¬
nows, 19s. A large assortment of extremely choice Cricket Bats, by
Dark and Clapshaw, best quality, match aizo, 7s. fid ; small rise, Is.
to 5s.: bolls, wiokots, bolts, gloves. &c. Rackets, 10s. to 20s. each.
Ladio*' myrtle green, Napoleon blue, brown tUk, and Improved alpaca
Umbrellas on patent paragon frame*, remarkably light; also superior
myrtle green, brown silk, and alpaca for guotlomen, a choice assort¬
ment, at moderate prices. Noted for Wrong carriage umbrellas. Mr.
Cheek o!k> res poet fully submits a very elegant assortment of Ltdlca’
and Gentlemen's Ixtndon-made Riding Whips, plain, I*, lo 10s.;
mounted, 7c. 6d. to 6 guinea*. The assortment of fashionable Walking
Can oa and Sticks is large and elegant, and his stock of Boxing Gloves,
fencing foils, masks, baskets and sticks, gauntlets, fcc., is worthy tbe
notice of all parents and teachers who wi»h tho youth of the present
day to combine the advantages of Physical Educa Jcn with Amuoo-
meut. A liberal allowance to heads of college*, Urge school', pro¬
fessors, and dealers in archery, fishing-tackle, Ac. Manufactory and
Warehouse, 132 O, Oxford-street, W. Tho Archer's Guide, British
Angler’s Instructor, Hulas of Cricket, and Catalogue of Price* igraris)
contain* more really useful information than any other work.
Orders from oountry (with remittance) generally attended to the
^An/articlo exchanged if not approved of. Secretariat to Archery
and Cricket dabs will save thanselve: much trouble by sending tor a
caiaic^rna.
J AMES LEWIS’S PATENT IODINE
SOAP 1« recommended u she o»ly loap powasslng any specific
said'an' properties bem tidal to tbe skin, and g.’iiera ly aopr*.vcd and
recommenced by the faculty.—8<ld at 66, Oxford-street. Vr.
O LDRIDGE’S BALM cf COLUMBIA, ac-
knowle'ged for •’’0 yetr* to fcethe rrest efT.ctnal rtmsdy pro¬
duced for Vectoring the lloir and Promoting the GtowAof Whiiker*
and MuBiachioT. in bottle*, 3a. fid.. 6s and Us. Who)*sale and
re*sb. 13, WellicgtoB-street. North (seven doors from the Strand).
a REY HAIR Restored to its Natural Colour
Nenralgia Cured by the Patent Mor&etlo Combs, Hair aad
Flash Brushes- Pamphlets, “ Why Hair becomca Grey, and It*
Remedy," by post for four stamps.-?. HERRING, 3S, BiuinghaL-
street. Sold by all Chcmiats and Parfumar* of repute.
T O LADIES.—Richly Peribruted TISSUE,
for FIRE PAPERS or Stove Aprons, to be made np to tbe
Flounced Style, with Instructions, Eight Stamps per packet.—K.
PETERS, Tevtl, Maidatcoa.
WANTED, LEFT-OFF CLOTHES
VV AUSTRALIA, 111 gwA m fa'eria, maolrioa. Hr- *'
foi
Mil R»
JOHN ISAACS, 319 inif K». Soicil . cririiil. BoownM Ena.)
continue to giva ifco hiefcre: price In Cash for ladies’, Gtmslcxaeas.
end Children’s Clothre, Regimentals, Underclothing, Boots, Bocks,
Jewellery, and all Miscellaneous Property. L*»t«rs for any day o»
dbtaaco punctually atuoded to- Parcri* nos. Irani l%*Ccuzrry
either tone* or »raail. tho utmcai vxiso returned by Port-«B« or*
the same day. Ketorcnvo, London and *.Vert^inrtor flank- Eat. if yn
W ANTED, Ladies’, Gentlemen’s, and
Children’s LEFT-OFF WEARING AI’PARKL,Reg mental*,
and Mbceilancous Property of every dowriprion and to any qsontltiaa.
Ladiei and Gcntlcraco tnhfd on, at any Unio ord Mance «**<*•
dressing Mr. or Mix. HUTCHINSON, 17, ltoan-rtreot. Ugh Hoi-
born.
WANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, Uni-
VV forma, MUeaDaneeus Plropatfty, >c- Tbe highest prices iven.
r«dle« or Oentktren wai.ed oa by addreisinf to Mr. and Mm o.
H1AM, to Beak-street. Rrgrot-sireetj or, prnerb l>«lng **n^ lhe
utmost Talus In cash hmueClauly remitted. Lstabhshod 18*.
W ANTED LADIES’ and GENTLEMEN’S
LEFT-0KF CLOTHES, Begunentah, end MisrefiaEross
Prenertv. Tt»r highoct price to Ca*h. Udie* and Gentlemen waited
on b* addrrestag a lettre to Mr. or Mr*. Lavy. 251, Strand (oppeahe
Twin-n®'« Bank): or 3|l t near Waterloo bridge. Paroria freza the
country^ a port-adiao oeder remitted.—E»tab.tsbcd 65 years.
F amilies furnishing wuifind
SLACK’S IRONMONGERY WAREHOUSE tbo mo.t erono-
inl id comiatent with quality. Iron fandom 3s 6J.; br’nxed feodtr*,
\ • s. t > r 5*; jlreirous 3*. to 2i*.; patent dl*h c*iv,j*, IBs, set of fix;
baths from 7t- fid Catalogues, with &60 draw ngs • nd price*, g*ati*
or port-free Orders abovo X2 carrirgr free.—Richsnl and Juba
Slack, 336, Strand, London. la’&blhbrxl It yeata
G ARDNER’S LAMP for INDIA, 50s. each,
c inpiete with Punkah Protoetor.—Three la- r* r. o fit ed with
ell the reertu iuiprovcmenta, are ebaale nml degrn: In de-ig*-, a- d aro
• uitatle lor any mbit* m ro exp> n*e bin • «'n spared In uieir macu-
factare. Cannot be afioctud by winder insect«. A variety ot .’atterns,
in trerare and cntolu. el gay* on view, v,»yi g front <2 to 31 Inches to
Height, tit £2 10s. t«-h—fiarenr.rs’ (byspoctal appointmeni to her
Wrje*ty), 153. Strand. Cliariug-cross; 3anl 4, Duncaauoa-*trect. ad-
Juidog; and C3, btrnnd. Establiilted 106 Tear*.
H andsome brass and iron bed-
STEADS.—URAL and SON'S Show Room* contain a larg*
assortment or liras* Bedstead*, ►ultable bjih for Home are and tor
Tropical C Itmaie* ; han^iome Iron Bedsteads with Bros* Mountings
and elegant y Japanned ; Plain Irvin Bedsteads for Servant* ; evnry
description of Wood Bcdriead Him is m.mu factored, la Mahoiany.
Birch, Walnut-tieo woods, Poibhed Deal and Japanned, all fitted
with Bffidlng and Farni ure complrte, as w. 11 as ovary <to>aiiption of
Bctlrwni Furmturo —HRALavd BON. Bi dsieud. B<v dirg. and Bed¬
room Furniture Manufacturers, 196, Tottenham-court-road, W.
H
FAL and SON’S NEW ILLUSTRATED
_ CATAT.OtHJE contains da lgni» and prices of 160 article#
of llED-ltpOM FURNITURE, a* wall a* of 100 Bedsteads. «nd
prices of every description of Bedding. 8ent free by post - Beal and
bon. Bods set, Bending, a ail Bed-room Furniture Manufacturers,
196, Tittinbam-sourt-rvad, W.
fTIELE BEST BED for a CHILD is one of
A TEELOAR’S METALLIC COTS, 4 ft. long by 2 tt. wido. wiUi
moveable s'do, pillars, castors, and brass v«ee, price 21a., Inoliwlfug
a Cceo*-unt F,bre Maurets. Packed and delivered at any Railway
Sto'iiro to Urn Kingdom for Ua - THOMAS TKKLOAR, Iron Bod-
stood Mannfncttiror, IS, Ludgate-hlll. E.C.
I BUENITUBE.—Persons in want oF really
• good DRAWINGROOM ►UKNITUKB are invited to apply
to B. GUEKN and CO., Uphohtcrero. SOI. OxfOntHttre* l- W, who luts
new on salt* a handsome Wirinut-wood Bnite. warranted, consul ng
of a bur walnut loo table, on curved pillar and claw*; afiv*-’oec
cheiTbnlcr with mar bio top. plato-glosa dons aud hack; a brilliant
plato chimney-glass, to gilt framre; ocoaslooa liable, six cabrl lo
rlrnlxs. coverxl in rich silk; a K-tteo. and ca»y-chairs oa suite, w ith
chintz loose coven; and rwo walnut fancy chair*. Tho price of tha
wh.lc tO guineas.
J MAPLE aDd CO.’S NEW ILLUS-
u~ THAI ED CATALOGUE, containing tbe price cf every artie’e
miutrcd for c ngfietely lurniab'ug n h uso of any clase. poat-iree.
T'lill i* tlM>hrgs«l and most convenient fumi-h'-ng retaHiebmoni to
tha world.—J Maple nntl Co., 145, Arc., Tottcnhain-coart-road.
B EDSTEADS of every description, both Wood
end Iron, fitted with Furniture and B dding complete.
J. MAt'LK and CO., 115 to Il7, Trttonliam-court-road.
An Illustrated Catalogue, gratis.
IN1NG and DRAWING ROOM FURNI-
TUBE, in cndloss variety.
Tha Eogtele Foxy Chair.. .. ..25e.
1 he Eugfnle Conch to Walnut Wood .. 3puinca«.
Drawing-room Chairs.. .. .. lOs.td ovch.
Hantlionit* Walnut Tables .. .. .. .. 4 guineas.
J. MAPLE and CO., 146. Tottenham-roar' -roAd-
Tbe largest and meet convenient Furnishing £*lab!Lhro:nt in the
_ World. _
P VE THOUSAND PIECES MAGNI-
FICENT CARPET at 2*. id. and ?a. lOd. per yard.
Rich Vclvot Carj^w. at 3* fid per yard-
J. MAPLE and CO., 145, Tottenham-couit-road.
ILIN, LENO, and NET CURTAINS,
from 2a. fid to 3 guineas per nalr.
Onlrrs from tbe country will have tbe beat attention.
J. MAPLE and CO., 145 to U7, Tottenham court-road.
TYTOVELTY in WINDOW CURTAINS for
i. T DRAWING and DINING ROOMS—The Circaisian Goth,
trimmed with rich bonier, form* n most eJtgont and offeetire Curtain,
■ultahlo to bleed with any furnituir, anti adapted for windows of any
size, unco 35s. each. The above may be seen to variety of colouring*
at Belgrave House, 12, Sloaae-street, Belgrave-aquare. Patterns tor-
warded gratis.
M DS
M essrs. John wells and co., 210 ,
Kegant-stxcet, London, having purchased (owing to tbo de¬
pression in the manuiocturtng districts 1 a very Urge lot of tbe richest
VELVET PILE and BRUSSELS CARPET8, deUgned oxpresriy for
the West-end trade, at a grAt reduction in price; al*o Lyon* riLk
Broc*do«, Brocatcllea, Silk Damasks, in all tho moat faahiansble
oolourings and richest makes; nl*o, a large lot of French Chinlzoe
of the most beautiful and elaborate designs .—tho whole of threo or®
now ofieveil at a considerable reduction from tbo prima coat for CA-*b,
and are well worth tho attention of intending purchasers. Pa:tern*
will be cent into tbe country free of charge; al*o their Olurtratod
catnloguo of furnUnro, Ac.—310, Regent-street (oppoaito CtmdnlA-
streot).
S OUTH AFRICAN WINES, as to quality
and character, are, as a general rule, round, full-bodied, amply
endowed with ilavour, and wholly freo from acidity, ncriitaoes, or
harehne-s, and are altogetho- rn *t useful table wine* for dally con¬
sumption. The prfre, megitig from 20r. to Sts. a dozen for (hose re¬
set! 1 filing Port, Bbcny, Muremia. Madeira, and Bueellas, bring* them
within tbo comtMU* of ovary Ikmaekeepcr’s mean*.- FOaTKE and
INGLE, Wine Merchants, 41, Cbcapside.
S UPERIOR SOUTH AFRICAN WINES,
2i)». per dozen, cls*alfled ** Port, Sherry, Arc , «trongly reaim-
mended by the m on leal profcrelen, and tepeclaUr t« three of a deli¬
cate consti:ution. Th* rinc-t Imported to bo had to brilliant condition
of WELLEK aud UUGHE6, 27, Clutched-friars.
TT/TNES from tho CAPE of GOOD HOPE.—
f V W an*’ 4. GIT.BEY, 357, Oxford-street importers of the
finoit wire*, which her ’a Goverrmenl admiu At half duty-
Port, Sherry, Madeira, Marsala, Ac., all 30a. per do*. Two mmplea
for 13 atainpa. Exoeltent Brandy, 30* per dc* For the purity of oar
Cape Wines toe Dr. Lcthoby's unslyaio. Cross checks “Lank of
England.’ 1
TTNSOPHISTICATED GENEVA,
tree jua! - or flavour, and precisely as It runs froc
of the
_ j uni-or flavour, and precisely as it runs from tho stUL
wi'hou: tbe ode. Li on of sugar or any Ingredient whatever. Imperial
gallon*. 13a; or in oua dozen case*, 59s. osch, package factoilad.
HENRY DUETT and €0., Old Furulval’s DUtillcry. Holbom.
P URE BRANDY, 16a. per gallon.—Pale or
Brown EAU-DE-VIE, of exquidto flavour and greet parity,
Identical, rndood. in overy respect with tboeo choice productions ot tom
Cognac dkxrict which are now difficult to precare at any price, tta.
per dozen, French bottles and case included, or 16*. per raib'x
HENRY BRETT and CO., Old FurntraJ’* DunlCory, Holfcora.
P ATENT SELF-LIGHTING CIGAR
COMPANY. 50, Moorgnto-atrort. WbolMtle and RetalL All
kinds of C1GABS oihi CHRrOOTB, Forei( n and British, are treated
by this prxcflss. a'd are Ignited by tlmpto friction, without ta*teor
smetl. No extra price charged. Iz valuable to outed or «m»k«s and
travellers- 9* to *7* per to. Eatuple box, sis flue Haranxudu, free
J* sUmps; or, three, IX stamps. Agent 1 wanted.
THE LEST FOOD FOR CHILDREN, LNVALID8, AND OTHERS.
R OBINSON’S PATENT BARLEY, for
making superior Barlay Water to fifreeu mlcntca, bM not only
Obtained tha patronage of her Miy aty tr.d the Rtyal Family, but tr»
bocume of general uae to orory ebua of tko ewumnnlty, and la ac¬
knowledged to Mend unrtrall-Al as an eminently pare, natrltiuiu, *u-d
igbt food for Infant* and Invalids; mnoh approved for making a
dailciOBS ctaiard v. ddir-g, and excellent for tbicxeotog broths cr
sou;* BOHINSOS™ PA TENT GROATS for more than thirty year*
have been held to eertriant end mcreatlng rubllc a* the
purest ferinic of tho oat, and aa the bra* and mast ratoabb prepora-
tiuc for mokiog a pure and delicate Gruel, wUefc forms* light
rr^.uod OI.1)- br U 10 Pmtovo. BOBINIOM. BEtTOiB. uid CO..
Parr^rw, :o Ibo ObO«R. **. H..I l-£oa-,!rr.U Hoibc«, -b-.,
b» »n npKUUi nro«n, UnoH.a- d oii~» bm.ui »=““T.
to pa ok uti oi fid. and It.; and family Canister*, at 2x. t ft., ssd 10*.
•aob. _
TTIP.Y ami SONS’ CHOCOLATES and
L COCOAS, nclori. csob0.». »« EJOAfol.bJ.Cwu, «*.
to pro,- vjriMT.’ I<eu oAul UoowAc.—• -Ul .rJJ Uooou.ro.or
tbr»o Article*. To Involiiis they are loraloable-
Bo *nre to ask for Fry*’ cdebra*d ChoMkalee and Cocoas,
IWuton*. *° Boowototiof Cocoa
RICE’S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY
(JIMHEP) are o nwr •tiling their p-.tmt CoM Bin P-
WCODOLK, for raflovlar *te!n* of greare frireo trem if'V*. sotoo.
emprts. tebto-eorers, books, drawing, lamp giob-i
sc^jlo buttks 1: 1*. fid- earh. widt labels and
ru.M —- ... ,,,_.. J... ,1 v_.
gloNa, hid gioTrt, hr.
__ __ _ __ < _ __■Huik'Mthre
"ri W lH jImL" Khcrwoodo’e will be found to bav* a mnrh ’«»•
aralaaunt ittiefi whl'e beirg i«cd than mret ettor s-trent., amt •**-
pwatre. taring no traeo to tbo <a.Vl- c’roewri. D:rect£--n» rat ure
git rn wl h each bottle. To be had at tha Italian Warrbr-zso* %nd
rk. »i.m an 1 wboloaala at _ _
PaiCL’d i’ATT.NT CANDLE COMPANY OlMOfeO).
Be acnt, Vaashafl, Lou .eo.S.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[April 24, 1858
428
a child along a
the notion of St.
>recipice.
Mr. W. Walton, of
Engraving may be Been some of the blind
lo Association for Promoting the General Wel-
}d at their Beveral occupations. The two women
accompanying
employed by th(
WORK-SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND, KU8TON-BOAD.
ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING THE GENERAL
WELFARE OF THE BLIND.
To one who has grown from childhood to youth, and from youth to
maturity, enjoying the inestimable privilege of sight, a state of blind¬
ness would appear at first view to be a state also ot helplessness. But
the fact is far otherwise. That mysterious power of compensation,
which is ever secretly and silently at work throughout the whole or¬
ganisation of nature, seems, by the extinction of one faculty or sense,
to quicken and to expand those whioh remain. Hence, in respect of
those meohanical processes which require peculiar manual dexterity
and delicacy of touch, the difficulty which the blind workman ex¬
periences in competing with the sighted workman arises not so muoh
from the privation of the sense itself, as from the natural and inevitable
consequences of his blindness. Let it be assumed that he has learnt a
trade in some one of those admirable institutions for the blind which
do honour to the country that gave them birth; still, it must be ob¬
vious that, in order to procure the materials necessary for his work, he
has first to obtain, and of course to pay, a guide. Then he is subject
to additional expense from being able to purchase only in small
quantities. And, when the rough material is provided, he works
more slowly, though not perhaps less skilfully, than the sighted
workman. Even assuming, therefore, that the blind man has
been taught a trade, and is able to practise it so far as
to procure a livelihood, means must be found not only of enabling
him to purchase materials at the lowest cost, but also of making the
produce of a day’s labour equal to that of the sighted workman with¬
out extending the term of it—in other words, of (if the loss of time to
the blind man be estimable at one-fourth) compensating the un¬
avoidable deficiency by the contributions of Christian benevolence.
These several objects the association accomplishes in the simplest
manner possible. It provides material in large quantities, which the
blind workman may have nearly at cost price; and, when the artiolo
is complete, it pays him the selling price, without any deduction for
expense of sale or intermediate profit. The artioles thus bought are
retailed to the public at the prioe paid for them by the association; so
that, were its custom sufficiently extensive, there would be no con¬
siderable demand on public benovolence, except for the rent of the
premises, and the necessary payments to the parties employed in the
management of the institution.
Though, however, the removal of the disadvantages which obviously
attach to the blind workman who has already learnt a trade be a
primary object of the association, another, and one of no inferior
moment, is to give instruction to those who have never learnt a trade at
all, and who are beyond the ordinary age of admission into similar
institutions. No small proportion of these unhappy beings gain a pre¬
carious subsistence by begging; while, even if they are desirous to learn
a trade by which they may decently, however scantily, support them¬
selves, they are wholly unprovided with the means of maintenance
while under the process of instruction. It is much to be desired,
therefore, that the means of the association should be enlarged, so as --—— --
to provide for blind persons who are wholly destitute during the time and two of tho men are making brushes; one man is making a basket,
another a hassook, and another is
reading from a book printed in
^ r. raised letters. The person repre¬
sented in the act of descending to
the workshop is the blind ma n
employed by the association aa
town traveller: although he is de-
—- - ' prived of sight, ho walks through
every part of London without a
guide, soliciting orders.
oconpv a position of usefulness in tho social system, even among their
more favoured fellow -creatures.
1 The present objects and operations of the association here may be
summarily stated and classified, as follows. It is designed:—
1. To afford employment to blind persons already instructed in
trades on a scale of payment whioh shall be sufficient to afford them
a decent maintenance. At the present time eighteen such persons are
thus employed.
2. To teach trades suited to the blind. To blind persons hitherto
uninatructed of this class there are fifteen now in the institution,
several of whom are sufficiently advanced to be partially employed,
and who receive a remuneration proportioned to tne work which they
are competent to perform.
3. To introduce new trades and employments for the blind, such, for
instance, as the making brushes and hassocks for churches; the former
of these having never been taught at all to blind females, nor to blind
males.
4. To form a circulating library for the use of the blind. The
nucleus of such a library has been formed, consisting of 105 volumes,
in the raised or ombofsed characters. There are already fifty-five
blind persons who make uso of it, some of whom walk a considerable
distance expressly for the purpose.
5. To collect and disseminate information respecting the condition
and capabilities of the blind, and also respecting the various kinds of
employment in which they may be made useful and self-supporting
members of society. With this view the association is now engaged in
correspondence with the most efficient institutions of this nature
throughout the kingdom.
Such are the main features of tho association for promoting the
general welfare of the blind, which now through its committee appeals
to the Christian public for augmented means of usefulness. If any
recommendation were required oeyond the genuine philanthropy of the
object, and the simplicity and efficiency of tho means employed, such
recommendation might be found in the fact that the institution had
its origin in the sympathy of a kind lady, occupying a high
position in society, for the privations of her less-favoured
fellow-sufferers, and that it was for a considerable period supported
entirely and exclusively by her individual munificence. The patent
usefulness of its object, however, and the success which attended its
earlier operations, liave carried it far beyond the limits of private re¬
sources ; while how muoh there is yet remaining to be done will be
obvious from the simple fact that there are at this very time no fewer
than sixty applicants for instruction and employment, many of whom
are now begging in the streets.
The repository of the association for the sale of brushes, mats,
baskets, and church hassocks, is situated at 127, Euston-road, near St.
Pancras Church, N.W.
CLOCK AND WATCH MAKERS’ ASYLUM, COLXEY HATCH.—[SEE PAGE 426.)
necessary for acquiring the knowledge of a trade. This, indeed, has
already been done in several instances through the aid of private be¬
nevolence; and instruction in trades baa also been given to pupils
having the means of subsistence while learning, but who, being for
the most part dependent on friends or relatives, are anxious to be pro¬
vided before the day of necessity shall arrive with the means 'of ob¬
taining a port at least of their own livelihood; while, even in cases
where no such necessity seems likely to arise, the knowledge of a trade
is beneficial, not only as a profitable employment of the time which
might otherwise hang heavy on their hands, but as enabling them to
ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH,
DERBY.
This ohuroh (the foundation-stone
of which was laid by T. W. Evans,
Esq., M.P., on April 15,1857) was
opened on Thursday, the 8th inst.,
by the Lord Bishop of Lichfield.
The new church is situated in
Queen-street, and will accom¬
modate 450 persons. It consists
of nave, north and south aisles,
chance], vestry, and tower. Owing
to widening the public road in
Queen-street, as arranged with
the local board of health, the
length of the churchyard, from
east to west, has been so reduced
that, although the church is built
at the extremity of the church¬
yard, it would not admit of the tower standing at the end of the nave;
consequently it has been erected at the south-west angle, on the south
side of which a handsome doorway forms the principal entrance to the
church. The acute angle in the churchyard, at the junction of St. Mi-
chael's-lane with Queen-street, has caused the extension of the north
aisle westward beyond the end of the nave: this projection forms an
octagonal recess in the inside suitable for on organ. The stone used for
the wall was from Duffield; eydnope for the piers and aTohes; and for
the windows, tracery, and carving, stone from Ancaster, Lincolnshire.
The seats and timbers of roofs are of red deal, stained and varnished;
Losoos: Printed and Publlihed at the Office, 1W. Strind, In the Pariih of St. Clement Danw,
In the County of Middlesex, by VfiLUJM UrxiK, \96, 8u*nd, af©ratald.-S*n/KDAI
Arsu. 24,1959.
the inner surface of the roofs is lined with boarding; and, to ensure
greater warmth, Croggon’s asphalte felt is laid underneath the slating.
The style of the building is Gothic, of the Geometrical period pre¬
valent during the fourteenth century. The tower is sixty-feet high.
The design is by Mr. H. L Stevens, and the contractor is Mr. C.
Moody, Derby, who has carried out the re-erection in a substantial
and workmanlike manner. The cost of the building is £2400, the
whole of which has already been raised by public and private sub¬
scriptions, bazaars, <fcc.
sBR’
GOOSE BARNACLES ON A BOTTLE.
pretty picture. If there had been an incloBure of a paper, giving a date
and place where dropped, Such information would have been valuable,
as affording a means of determining rate of growth under certain cir¬
cumstances of time and motion. A quantity of sea-water had entered
the bottle, for the corking was done in a careless manner, with an old
used-up cork, no appearance being thus presented of a once careful
Btoppenng, having become gradually worn away by long exposure.
This, therefore, may perhaps be accepted as indirect evidence that the
object could have been afloat for but a comparatively short tune,
probably not more than a month. In this space the creatures must
have attached themselves in an infant 9tate, and have grown, yet some
of their peduncles are fully seven inches long.
ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, DERBY.
The east window, of five comportments, is by Mr. N. W. Lavers, of
London. We gather from the inscriptions that one compartment has
been presented by Miss Wright, of Hathersage; one by Miss Hoden,
one by the present Vicar, and one eaoh by some friends of the Rev. J,
Q. Howard and the Rev. R. M. Hope, the two preceding Vicars. The
generally represented ; and the foot of the guardian angel is seen crush¬
ing tho serpent’s head. The four other lights represent Simon and
Andrew, James and John, not with their conventional emblems, but
with the symbols of their craft—the oar, the rudder, the net, and the
fish, whioh Beem peculiarly suitable in a ohuroh whioh we believe is
intended specially for working people.
In the chancel there is also a small window of grisaille glass, pre¬
sented by J. W. Freshfield, Esq., with his arms, in the upper opening.
We believe that Mr. Freshfield claims to be lineal descendant of Sir
Rafe de Freshville, by whom this ohurph was transferred to the Abbot
of Derby in a.d. 1240.
aving of the Church is from a Sketch by Mr.
Derby.
GOOSE BARNACLES (LEPAS ANATIFERA).
The accompanying Engraving of a mass of Barnacles, gracefully
clustered around a wine-bottle, is from a photograph obligingly
forwarded to us by Mr. W. Alford Lloyd, of the Aquarium Warehouse,
Portland-road—that gentleman having received it from Captain Alfred
Matthews, R.N., of 8idmouth. The bottle, with the barnacles
adhering, was found in Sidmouth offing, by Henry Bartlett, a fisher¬
man, on the 6th of November last
There is nothing uncommon about this specimen, exoept that the
animals are evenly clustered round the bottle, which thus makes a
No. 915.— vol. xxxn.]
SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1858.
[With a Supplement, Fivepence
430
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Mat 1, 1858
SPRINGTIDE.
A roBTUW of this Journal, in its issue of the present week, is
devoted to the illustration with pen and pencil of the traditionary
glories and associations of May-day. In another column the
local, antiquarian, and poetic portion of the subject has been
well-nigh exhausted by a genial hand ; but something is still left
to be said in connection with this birthday of the Spring from a
social point of Tiew. The falling of the 1st of May on a Saturday
is suggestive of a question which has for some years attracted the
attention of social reformers, and of late has almost assumed a
politico-economic importance ; and that is the question of national
holidays. The only chartered breaks in the severe labour-life of
England are to be found chronicled in all onr almanacks, under the
head of Holidays at the Bank; and they stand simply as Christ-
mas-day, Good Friday, and the Queen's Birthday. For this latter,
however it may be with the clerks in Threadneedle-strcet, the
working public substitutes Easter and Whit Mondays, and there is
an end. Four national days of recreation in a country like this,
which is a seething laboratory for more than 300 days in the year,
is little enongh, and we would fain put in a plea for the addition
of May-day to the list Although Lord John Manners is at this
moment Chief Commissioner of Works, and so has the only
chance he could have for inaugurating a new era of sports and
pastimes, we do not profess a desire to see a maypole in the
Strand, any more than we wish to see a recurrence of the evil
May-day of 1517, when the London apprentices rose and riot¬
ously endeavoured to expel from their houses the strangers and
foreigners dwelling among the citizens. We do not profess to
wish to see the Mayfair of modem fashionable life resolved in its
old use, when a fair was actually held on that site near Piccadilly
which still bravely holds its own against the invasion of Belgravia.
We are not anxious to revive the procession of the milkmaids’
garland ; and we are not at all sure that we could not spare the
Tery last relic of the famous Mav-day junketings of the olden time
which still lingers in our streets in the shape of the Jack-in-the-
green of tire sweeps, especially as we know that the performers in
that tawdry, dirty-finery pageant are no longer genuine climbing-
boys—Elia’s “yonng Africans of native growth, innocent black¬
nesses’—but, if not professional mummers of the class fromjwhich
the Ethiopian singers of the streets are drawn, or something
worse, are at least the satellites of dustmen and scavengers. We
will be content—looking to the changed character of London and
the inaptitude of its causeways for such exhibitions—to view
all these things from their traditionary and poetic, and therefore
from a most interesting, point of view, and endeavour to invest
May-day with so much of a practical character as is implied in its
being made available for the breathing of the longs and the
freshening of the spirit of our work-o’-day world in the metropolis.
Ho doubt, on the very threshold of such an attempt we are met
by that gaunt Nemesis of every workman’s holiday, the loss of a
day’s wages; and we may be told that the system of the Saturday
half holiday is creeping in, and that Sunday is still preserved in¬
tact as a day of rest and of possible recreation. Nevertheless we
arc inclined to stand up for the principle of fixed holidays, the ap¬
preciation of which is shown by the toilers of the land—of those
few marked days which they are as yet enabled to snatch from the
twelvemonths. This is illustrated singularly enongh by the dif¬
ferent manner in which Good Friday is spent by the working
classes to that which characterises the proceedings of Sundays.
For some reason or other they do not attach the same sanctity to
that day as they do to the Sabbath; and they indulge in such
games and sports as are within their reach, in a way which
is seldom, indeed one may say never, to be observed on the
Snnday. They treat the fast-day in the same spirit as they do
the feast of Christmas, with the difference of the attempt which is
made to give it a kind of ont-of door character, which indicates a
notion of the approach of spring—in most cases, be it said, a very
violent effort of imagination. How much more cheerfully and
heartily, then, would they welcome and enjoy a day set apart
which should be the actual opening of that season which they
have endeavoured to anticipate some six weeks before. With
fair play, and not too much capriciousness on the port of our
variable climate, when the 1st of May arrives, that most exquisite
of enjoyments, which onr poets have snng from Chancer down, the
contemplation of the birth of the glorious verdure and foliage
of England, is attainable; and few, if any, of the capital cities of the
world can better supply to its inhabitants the means and appliances
by which they can witness that sight within a short distance, and
with sufficient readiness and amplitude of transit, than smoky,
dusky London. It is only a question, then, for the political econo¬
mist and capitalist: it is one of those minute problems in the
science of employment which wants to be solved, and which, to
their honour, many an employer is striving to solve. We do not
despair yet of seeing a recognition of the advantage of having one
more day in the year marked with a white stone by the whole mass
of the population.
In the meantime we would ask those on whose co-operation some
such eventuality depends to Us ten to the glowing language of an
eloquent writer who thus discourses on tho theme in hand;—“It is
in May that Spring is with us once more, facing the earth in all the
primal pomp of her beauty, with flowers and soft airs and the song
of birds everywhere about her, and the blue sky and tho bright
clouds above. But there is one thing wanting to give that happy
advent which belonged lo it in the elder times, and without which
it is like a beautiful melody without words, or a beautiful flower
without scent, or a beautiful face without a soul. The voice of
man is no longer heard hailing her approach as she hastens to bless
him, and his choral symphonies no longer meet and bless her in
return—bless her by letting her behold and hear the happiness that
she comes to create. The soft songs of women are no longer
blended with her breath as it whispers among the new leaves ; their
slender feet no longer trace their footsteps in the fields and woods
and waj6ide copses, or dance delighted measures round the flowery
offerings that then prompted their lovers to place before them on
the village green. Even the little children themselves, that have
an instinct for the spring, and feel it to the very tips of their
fingers, are permitted lo let May come upon them without knowing
from whence the impulse of happiness that they feel proceeds, or
whither it tends. In short.
All the earth Is gay;
Land and sea
Give themselves up to jollity.
And, with the heart of Mav,
Doth every beast keep holyday;
while man, man alone, lets tho season come without glorying in it;
and when it goes he lets it go without regret, as if * all seasons and
their change’ were alike to him; or, rather, as if he were the lord
of all seasons, and they were to do homage and honour to him,
instead of he to them. How is this ? Is it that we have sold
our birthright for a mess of pottage ; that we have bartered our
beusg, aim, and end for a purse of gold? Alas thus it is;—
The world la too much with us ; late and soon.
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see fn Nature that is oura;
We have given our hearts away—a sordid boon 1
But, be this as it may, we are still able to feel what nature is.
Though we have in a great measure ceased to know it, though we
have chosen to neglect her ordinances and absent ourselves from
her presence, we still retain some instinctive reminiscences of her
bcanty and her power ; and every now and then the sordid walls
of those mud hovels which we have built for ourselves and chosen
to dwell in fall down before the magic touch of our involuntary
fancies, and give ns glimpses into that 1 imperial palaco whence we
came,’ and make ns yearn to return thither, though it bo but m
thought.”
To those whom a happier fortune and an easier way of life has
given rime and opportunity for Ihe ready attainment of tho enjoy¬
ment of May day we would present the hearty and stirring invoca¬
tion of Leigh Hunt when he exclaims, “ We call upon the admirers
of the beautiful to help us in rescuing nature from obloquy. All
you that are lovers of nature or books; lovers of music, painting,
and poetry; lovers of sweet sounds, and odours, and colours, and
all the eloquent and happy face of the rural world with its eyes of
sunshine; yon that are lovers of yonr species, of youth, and health,
and old age—of manly strength in the manly, of nymph-like graces
in the female—of air, of exercise, of happy currents in your veins —
of the light in great nature’s picture, of all the gentle spiriting, the
loveliness, the luxury, that now stands, under the smile
of heaven, silent and solitary as your fellow-creatures have
left it—go forth on May day, or on the earliest fine May
morning if that be not fine, and plnck your flowers and your
green bonghs to adorn yonr rooms with, and to show that yoado not
live in vain. The April rains (for May has not yet come accord¬
ing to the old style, which is the proper one of onr climate) are
fetching forth the full luxury of the trees and ihe hedges ; by the
next sunshine all the ‘ green weather,’ as a gladsome little child
called it, will have come again; the hedges will be so many thick
verdant walls, the fields mossy carpets, the trees domed to their
finger-tips with foliage, the birds saturating the wools with song.
Come forth, come forth 1”
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS.
FRANCE.
. (From our oim Correspondent.)
Pasis, Thursday.
Thi elections of the three new members of the Corps Legislate have
kept Paris for the last week in a state of considerable excitement,
the more so that the winter season has extended beyond its cus¬
tomary limits, and that Paris is consequently unusually full for the
time of year.
M. Renee, whose anti-English article in the ConstUulionnol was
expected to bring him into disgrace with the higher powers, and
whose anticipated rapture with the proprietors of the paper was
supposed to be in consequence of this article, remains firm at his
poBt, and no public step has been taken to express disapproval of
his tactics.
Instead of the annual hall given for the benefit of the English poor
this year, a fancy fair is to take place at the British Embassy.
The Emperor has granted a sum of 20,000 francs to the Mayor of
Biarritz to be employed in beautifying and improving the place
against the arrival of their Majesties in the summer. There is a talk
of establishing there baths for the soldiers,
Paris continues to be wonderfully gay for the time of year, and
private theatricals are still the favourite amusement.
The absurd fashion of not arriving at balls or soirdes till past mid¬
night has risen to such a pitch that one or two ladies of the hemte
sociiti have adopted the ruse of sending out invitations for the
“avautsoirde.” The guests, therefore, imagining that Mesdames A.
and B. proposed going out themselves in the "arridre soirde,” were
induced to make their appearance between nine and ten o’clock, when
they found such festive preparations os induced most of them to remain
the whole evening.
It is whispered that there is likely to be a trial for debt which, if
the matter be not arranged, will bring before the public some eery
well-known names in a most startling, not to say disreputable,
manner. “ 11 s’agit d’une certaine grande dame,” who has contracted
debts to 60 enormous an amount that the husband declares that he
neither will nor can pay them, and he and the lady in question have
fled from Paris.. The brother-in-law has offered to go security for the
fair debtor if the chief creditors—milliner, jeweller, and upholsterer to
whom the sum of 100,000 francs is owing-will consent to certain
terms. Two still stand out; and, if fresh proposals made by the hus¬
band from his retreat be not acceded to, the trial will take place. A
second instance, with nearly similar features, is also going the round
of Paris gossip. These things are not affairs of mere gossip ; they are
too terribly significant of the state of the society In which they occur to
he so regarded.
Next mouth will he held the sale of Lablache’s collection of snuff¬
boxes (seventy in number), of several objects of curiosity and value
belonging to the great artiste, and of his villa at Maisons-Laffitta
near St. Germain.
On the l2th inst. the Imperial Society of Horticulture will open an
exhibition, to remain on view till the 27tb, at the Palais d'lndustrie.
One of the chief features of this show will be a magnificent collection
of the rarest palm-trees imported from the splendid botanical
gardens of the Prince Troubetekoi at Moscow. Besides these will be
displayed some almost unknown specimens of orchids and other plants.
The new book of M. Proudhon, “ De la Justice dans la Involution
et l’Eglise,” produces an enormous sensation. We believe Saint
Veuillot is preparing his thunders to demolish it.
Alex. Dumas pire has bought a yacht, and proposes to go on a
voyage of discovery in the Mediterranean, after which our Columbus
intends to relate hia adventures to the public in a work of twenty
volumes at ten francs, 1
Tho elections in Paris, on Sunday and Monday, resulted in the
return of two Government candidates, and of one Opposition. General
Ferrot was returned for the third electoral district, and M. Eak for tho
fifth. M. Jules Favre, the Republican candidate, was elected for tho
Bixth electoral district. M. Eck not having the absolute majority re¬
quired by the law, the election between him and M. Picard will bo
repeated.
Prince Napoleon is said to have accepted the post of Governor of
Algiers, under the title of Lieutenant of the Emperor, instead of
Viceroy.
An Imperifl decree, dated Tuesday, prolongs the sitings of tie
Corps Legislatif from the 1st to the 8th May.
M. Ferric re, one of tho Emperor's Chamberlains, is to go to meet tha
Queen of Holland on the 7th inst.
The Court will remove to Fontainebleau on the 15th.
Tho Palace of the Tuileries is about to undergo a oomplote repair.
The works will last until tho winter; and it is thought that, iu the
meantime, the Emperor and Empress wi’l take possession of the Palace
of the ElyeSe.
Baron de Talleyrand Flrigoxd has arrived in Paris from Vienna and
Bucharest.
The Duke de Montebello, French Ambassador at 8t. Petersburg, is
to leave for his poet about the 15th inst.
M. Pietri, late Prefect of Police, has left Paris for a tour in Corsica
and Italy.
According to the Paris correspondent of the Tims, tho retirement of
M. Espinsese from the Ministry of the Interior is again currently re¬
ported, and generally considered probable.
The first volume of “M. Guizots Memoirs'’ was issued to the public
last week. The whole of the first edition of ten thousand oopios was
rapidly disposed of, and there was a new issue of six thousand.
Another victim is announced of the 11th of January, in the person
of Henrion, a Municipal Guard of Paris, who has gradually piaod
away under his iniuries at the Hospital of Val-de-Grace, where he had
been decorated in his bed by tho Emperor’s own hand.
The Paris races came off on Sunday, on the smooth grean sward
west of the Bois de Boulogne. The attendance was small in con¬
sequence of the rain. The Emperor arrived in an open carriage,
driven by himself, just before the last race commenced. His Majesty,
entering by the ordinary passage for carriages, could not, from the
number of vehicles collected, drive up to the Imperial stand; the
Emperor accordingly alighted, and proceeded on foot through the car¬
riages across the course to his stand. His Majesty, both on arriving
and leaving, was received with profound respect. Amongst the dis¬
tinguished personages present were the Count de Moray; M. Hauss-
mann, Prefect of the Seme; and M. Baroohe, President of the Council
of State. The " day's business ” is described as being very brilliant.
SPAIN.
The Madrid journals announce that, in consequence of regulations
lately adopted, no person shall in futuro be presented to tho Queen
unless he be attired in official costume.
In tho prevision of an excursion of their Majesties by soa along tho
coasts of the Mediterranean, a squadron is about to be formed at Cadiz,
consisting of a line-of-battle ship, a screw frigate, and four steamers.
The intention at present is to carry out tho projoct of this cruise after
the Queen has visited Alicant and Valencia, as has been announced.
On the 26th ult. the Minister of Finance presented a bill to tho
Congress restoring to the clergy the property not yet sold.
The debate in the Senate on the bill relative to publio honours con¬
cluded in favour of the Government.
SARDINIA.
The Piedmonteso Chamber of Deputies voted on Friday (last week),
by a great majority, the second article of the profit dc loi on conspiracy
against the life of a foreign Sovereign and on the constitution of
juries. Count de Cavour has communicated to the Chamber of Depu¬
ties the reply of the Neapolitan Government on the affair of the Cag¬
liari. It declares that King Ferdinand formally rejects the demands
of the Cabinet of Turin.
SWITZERLAND.
The political department presented on tho 23rd ult. to the Federal
Council tho report on the question of the French Consulships. The
document recommended the admission.
A general election has taken place in the canton of Neufehatel for
the nomination of the Constituent Assembly, which ig to proceed to
the revision of the cantonal constitution. Out of 104 deputies, the
Radicals have 56, the Independents 22, the Conservatives (old
Royalists), 10. while nine are uncertain.
PRUSSIA.
The closing of the ordinary Session of the two Chambers took place
on Tuesday at the Royal Chateau. Tho Minister President, Baron
von Manteuffel, delivered a speech in which he gave a resume of the
laboun* of the Session. He stated that the vote relative to the con¬
struction of the railway from Ka-mgaberg to the Russian frontier had
caused the Government to commence t$ works immediately. Tha
law which has passed relative to the increase of a duty upon beetroot
sugar had been framed with due consideration to the wants of the
treasury and of the consumers. u Thanks be to Providence," said the
Minister, “ since the dangers of war have been removed from our
frontiers, the publio prosperity has not ceased to increase, in spite of
the temporary dearness of articles of food and the commercial crisis,
now happily at an end."
Baron Manteuffel added that the King's full recovery was almost
assured, and he concluded with eulogising the Prince of Prussia for hia
devotednees in disc h a r ging the functions to which unfortunate circum¬
stance had summoned him.
UNITED STATES.
In the House of Representatives, on the 17th ult., a motion for the
appointment of a Committee to confer with the Senate on the Kansas
Bill was carried by the Speaker’s casting vote.
A memorial from the Mormon Legislature has been presented, set¬
ting forth their grievances in the peculiar style of the Saints. There
are conflicting accounts as to the condition of the Mormons at Utah.
The Hon. T. H. Benton, ex-Unitod States’ Ssnator, and for many
years one of the leaders of the Democratic party, died at Washington
on Saturday, the lUth ult. Congress udjourned out of respect to his
memory. His funeral was attended by the President and Cabinet,
the foreign Minis ters, members of Congress, and a large concourse of
people.
Great storms of wind and rain are prevalent in the south-west. A
dreadful hurricane passed over Bentonvill8, in Arkansas, by which,
nearly every house in tho town was blown down, and twenty-five
lives were lost.
Serious consequences were anticipated from the flooding of the
Lower Mississippi, caused by heavy raios through the western and
north-western country: the Illinois and Missouri Rivers were bath
rising, and all their tributaries at flood height.
Several marine disasters are reported. The boiler of the steamer
Falls City exploded off New Orleans, killing eight persons. T:ic brig
Manhattan, from Boston, was lost off Trinidad. The ship John Gilpin
came into collision with ice off Cape Horn, and foundered. The pas¬
sengers and crew were saved by the British ship Herefordshire .
The Fast op the Ramazan commenced on the 16th ult
During the continuance of this religious humiliation the Turks abstain
to an extraordinary extent from eating, drinking, and even smoking, and
every night all the minarets and mosques are illuminated. Those persons
who through sickness are prevented from fasting at this period, must per¬
form the same abstinence during some other month in the yeir.
Algesia. — From a table published in a recent number of the
Monifeur Algerian, it appears that in the course of last year the European
population of Algeria increased from 160,000 to 180 , 000 . That augmenta¬
tion is the greatest that bad taken place for some years.
Nicaragua is in as great confusion as ever, General Jerez being
in aims against the Government of Martinez.
Nova Scotia — The Nova Scotia Legislature is still in Session,
and the Governments of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have granted
large subsidies towards maintaining powerftil steamers, which will be
plsccd en rotue between Windsor, N.S.. and St John’s, N.B., to connect
with the Railroad from the former point to Halifax. John Holmes,
fO)m<rly a member of the Assembly, has been appointed a member ol the
Legislative Council. G. W. M Clellan, member lor Colchester, died sud¬
denly on the 6th ult.*
Advicfb from Mexico, to April 7, report that General Osollo,.
acting in txhalf of the Znlcaga Government, had taken thecity of Guada¬
lajara, capturing the entire Government of Juarez, but the officers of the
latter were permitted to leave the country. Osollo was on hia way to the
city of Mexico, and would probably be declared President of the Republic.
Vera Cmz still held out for the Juarez or Constitutionalist, party. Ihe
city of Tampico wag besieged by General Garza.
Mat 1, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
431
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
The news from Lucknow contained in the papers brought this waek
bv the Calcutta mail has been anticipated in all the important de¬
tails by the advices previously received from Bombay.
The following message has been received at Caloutta by electric
telegraph: —
Allahabad, Saturday, March 20, 9.40 p m.
Telegraph from Futtygnrh, dated March 19th, states that the rebels the
previous day had crossed the iiauigunga in great force, bringing four
guns with them; they retired, however, to Banguon. Their bridge is
finished across the Kamgunga. The column from Mcerun Ive Serai is
called in. The Judge of Cawnporc states to-dny, by telegraph, that the
Tehsildar of Ghatumpore reports that the party from Humeerpore have
retired before Christie’s column, and that he is now able to resume re¬
venue collections. In a message from Goonah, dated the 18th, Captain
ilayne states that the Chundaree Fort was stormed at daylight of the
17 th by the First Brigade of Cential India Field Force. The resistance
was not stubborn, ana our loss was not great. Captain Keating wounded,
but not dangerously.
The Madras A'h ruvum of March 29 states that on the 24lh of that
month the following information was telegraphed from Allahabad:—
Brigadier-General Sir Hope Grant was sent on the 23rd of March to
disperse a body of insurgents under Rajah Jajlal Sing at Karee. The
operation was perfectly successful, and the Brigadier-General took twelve
guns. He will return to his old quarters at the cantonment this after¬
noon. There are repoits from Futtygurh that the rebels are in consider¬
able strength along the line of the river.
*We ( Madra * Athena um) have searched the map, but aro unable to find
the Karee above referred to, so that most probably the real name of the
place attacked has been misspelt in the course of its transmission along
the electric wire.
The Disarming Act is being enforced in parts of the North-west
Provinces. An Agra correspondent, writing on the 10th iost,, states
that the inhabitants of Mosuffernugger showed symptoms of resisting
the act, but that a party of Sikhs from Itoorkee speedily removed their
scruples. At Meerut, also, tho writer has been told, the inhabitants
seem disposed to resist the act. A force, including all arras, and com¬
manded by Colonel Biddell, had marched from Mynporea for Bewar,
•where it will remain until further orders. The object, according to a
correspondent of the Mofumlite, is to intercept the fugitives from Luck¬
now, and support Brigadier Seaton. .
" In Calcutta,” says the Calcutta English man, " everything is perfectly
quiet, though wo have lately had an alarm which induced the autho¬
rities to call out the volunteors in the middle of the night. It is sup¬
posed that the mutineers at Barrackpore, who are disarmed, but still
paid regularly by the Government, had plotted a rising, and had it in
their power to procure arms to attack ns in Caloutta. A search for
arms was made, but of course unsuccessfully, as the only sure method
of finding them was neglected. Now that Lucknow is fallen, it is to be
hoped these dangerous neighbours will be sent away, as there can no
longer be any fear of their reinforcing the enemy. ^ Troops continue to
arrive from Kngland, and are sent up the country in succession. Great
efforts are making for the construction of barracks for them, but it
does not appear that the recent act for impressing labourers has has-
tended the work.” . „ _ _. ,
We read in the Hurhartt;— 11 The infamous Nana Sahib is said to be
still at Sbabjehanpore, and the principal rebels are stated to be with
him; the rebels are reported t%have again entered th$ Futtygurh
district and attacked Kenwall, and driven off tho police posted there.
The notorious ex-commissioner Yeh his been brought from Canton. to
Calcutta in H.M S. Inflexible, and is at present a state prisoner here.
He is not, wo understand, to be placed under any reatraiut biyoad
whut iB necessary for his eafe custody.”
The King op Burmah has subscribed the sum of 10,000 Com¬
pany's rupees to the iDdi&n Relief Fund.
The Andaman Savages have killed Mr. Steertan, third mate,
and Mr. Muddoch, clerk, of the surveying-vessel Mullah.
Peabl Fishery.—A letter of the 20th March in the Colombo
Observer states“ We have had ten days’ fishing, and there is about
£ 15 .ooo already In the chest. There will be ten days’ more fishing. Oysters
sold to-day as high as 25 rupees per thousand.”
Book Post to the East Indies, Etc.—A notification has
been issued by the Post-office that henceforward packets of books and
printed papers of every kind, posted in conformity with the regulations of
the colonial book post, and addressed to India. Ceylon, Mauritius, Hong-
Hone, Victoria, New South Wales, Western Austral a, South Australia,
Tasmania, and New Zealand, may be forwarded to those colonies m the
closed mails despatched by way of Marseilles. The postage of book
packets for any of the above-named colonies, sent by the route ot Mar¬
seilles, including the French transit-rate, will be-under 4 or., 6d.; under
8 oz , is., and one shilling for each additional half pound, or fraction of
half a pound. The postage on books sent viil Southampton remains
unaltered. The postage in each case must be prepaid.
From British Honduras wo learn that great alarm prevailed
in ronrcqnence of the capture of the e ity
Indians, and the massacre of some of the Inhabitants. H w «a also feared
the savages would extend their marauding into the towns of the British
colony. __—
Passports to the ContinentI n order to facilitate still
further the obtaining of passports by British subjects d “ lr >°S«° proceed
to toe Continent, passports arc henceforth to he issued to any British
subject who shall produce or send to the Passport Department of the
Foreign Office, or to any oneof the agents at the outports, a certificate of
his identity, signed by any mayor,:magistrate, justice
of religion, physician, surgeon, solicitor. o r n° ta, X' d
Kingdom. Full particulars have been issued by the Foreign Office as to
the steps necessary to be taken by persons desirous of obtaining pass¬
ports, and a form of the certificate ofidentitv is also/pven. „Fhc f o.,ow-
METROPOLITAN NEWS.
Litherland Em! They wilf gmit pMs'ports only on personal application,
sar 8 Vo h v^»
S?/h?Pquarcf Bavarian legation, 3, HiU-street, Berkeley-square:Belgian
Consulate 53 Gractcburcu-street; French Consulate, 30 , King V> 1 *. am-
«re’“ Ciiyf’KefScrfand. Consulate 20}. GrestSt Helen s=Port =
Consulate, 6, Jcffrey’s-square; Russian C^nsolate, .-^rea. Viachrato-
street: Sicilian Consulate, 15, Cambridge-street, Kduwarc-.oad , Spanish
.Legation, IV, Hereford-street, Park-lane; Turkish Embassy, t, Bryan
eton-square. . . , , *
The Victoria Cnoss.-The Queen has ^ facmuslv p wsed
to signify her intention to confer the decoration of the ' ’fj*2 mcr^oT be"
the under-mentiomd officers, non-commiw on^lficcrB, account of acta
Majesty’s and of the East India Company s I «rmle s, onsc™™* OTMtt
of bravery performed by them in India, as recorded “gains j, unc3
names, viz.: Licut.-Colonel Henry Tombs, GB.. ano. Li 1 .
Hills, Bengal Artillcry-For very gallant conduct onthe part oli.cu
tenant Hilfs before Delhi, in defending the position, ient-CoTone"
•are of alarm, and for noble behaviour on the piurt of Uent^olonei
Tombs in twice coming to bis subaltern's rescue, and on each occasion
killing hie man. Lieutenant William Alexander Kerr, «th Bombay
Native Infantry— On the breaking out of a mutiny in the 21 th Bomb, y
Native Infantry in July, 18*7. a party of the mutineers
in the stronghold, or paga. near the fown of lvolapore. “ddefendedthem
selves to extremity. lieutenant Berr, of the Southern Mahrattelrre
gnlar Horse, took a prominent share of the attack on the position, ana
at the moment when its capture was of great public importance he mane
a dash at one oi the gateways, with some dismounted horsemen, aim
forced an entrance by breaking down the gale. The attack was completdy
successful, and tlie defenders were cither killed, wounded, or eapmrcL a
result lhat may with perfect justice be attributed to Lieuteliant Kerr s
dashing and devoted bravery. Sergeant John Smith, Bengal Sappers
Mlnera-For conspicuous gallantry, m conjunction with LjariagM
Home and Salkeld, in the performance of the desperate duty of blowing
in the Cashmere Gate of the fortress of Delhi in broad daylight, undcra
beavv and rifstroctive fire of musketry, on the morning of toe 14th oep-
tember, 1857 , preparatory fo the assault Bugler Robert Hawthorne, 62nd
Ft. Mark’s College, Chelsea.—O n Monday the anniversary
gathering of the students, former students, and friends of this college, the
principal training institution of the Church of England, was celebrated
by full choral service. St Mark's-day falling this year on a Sunday, the
commemoration was postponed in order to allow those to be present
whose duties on the Sunday would not allow them to attend. The sermon
was preached by the Rev. Henry Drury, M.A., Prebendary of Salisbury,
and Chaplain to the House of Commons.
Asylum tor Idiots.—A t a meeting of the governors of thfs
institution, held on Thursday, at the London Tavern—Alderman Wire in
the chair—twenty-five idiot children were elected upon the foundation.
The asylum is in a satisfactory position as regards funds, and its useful¬
ness has been made manifest by the success which has attended its efforts
in reference to the unfortunate class of creatures for whose care it has been
established.
Zoological Society.—T he annual meeting of this society
took pjacc on Thursday, at the society’s house, llanover-square—Sir John
Boilcau, Bart, in the chair. From the report read by the secretary, it
appeared that the income of the society for the past year amounted to
£14,822 15s. fd.. and the expenditure to £12.305 14s. 7d. The visitors to
the society's establishment in the Regent's Park on Mondays and the
holidays bad exceeded those ol the preceding year by 11 559 persons. His
Royal Highness the Prince Consort was re elected President of the
society.
City Dispensary.— The sixty-ninth anniversary dinner of this
institution took place on Wulncsday evening, at the Albion Tavern,
Aldersgate-strcet 'Hie chair was occupied by Thomas UAnkey. Esq.,M l*.;
Who was supported by Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Allen. Mr. Deputy Lott,
several other members of the corporation, and a number ot gentlemen
connected with the city. 'Hie chairman, in proposing prosperity to the
charity, stated that during the past year no less than 15.303 patients had
been relieved, at a cost of only a few hundred pounds. During the evening
donations and subscriptions to the amount of £224 14s. was announced.
City of London General Pension Society.— On Wednes¬
day the anniversary' festival of this charity was celebrated at the London
Tavern, under the presidency of the Duke of Wellington. There was a
numerous company. The funds of the society amount to £son a year.
There ore at present forty-two pensioners on the funds, of whom
twenty-four are females. T he males receive £1 2s. per month, and the
females 15s. The subscriptions amounted to near £300.
Church of Fkgland Scripture Readers’ Association.—
The fourteenth anniversary meeting of the friends of this institution was
held cn Wednesday at the llanover-square Rooms The Bishop of Ripon
presided, and in opening the proceedings made some remarks in reference
to tho great good tlie society worked. The number of families visited last
year were 116 , 000 : visits accepted, 303,370: to whom the Scriptures read,
300 , 716 . The total receipts for tlie year, including the previous balance of
£220 ics. 7d., amounted to /9384, of which a balance remained of only
5s. 6d. the society thus commencing the year with an exhausted ex¬
chequer. Tlie committee earnestly appeal for help.
Society of Arts Conversazione.— The first conversazione
of the session took place at the society’s house in the Adelphi lasf
Saturday evening. In the large room were arranged an hfstorica*
series of sketches, diagrams, and working models. illustrative 0 *
modes of marine propulsion; the Beries commencing with an inflated
skin, copied from the Nineveh marbles, and ending with the gearing for
the f crcw-shaft of the Leviathan. There was also an historical series of
working instruments, showing the progress made in electric telegraphs
frem Ccoke and Wheatstone’s first needle telegraphs, worked by six line
wires, down to the recording telegraph instruments now used iu England,
India and the Continent, Npecimena of each variety of submarine cable
hitherto used were exhibited, as well as new modes of insulating tele¬
graphic wires generally. In the upper rooms were arranged numerous in¬
teresting models. The model-room wan thrown open for the display of the
exhibition of patented inventions, and the various exhibitors attended to
explain their models and machines.
The Coal- wnirpERS of the Port of London.—O n Mon¬
day morning a deputation of the coal-whippcrs of the port of London
waited upon the Rev. B. II- Atherton, Incumbent of St .fames s, Ratchfl.
for the purpose of presenting a testimonial o' respect for his benevolent
exertions in their behalf during the late inclement weather. The testi¬
monial was executed in lithography by Messrs. Water low. It is printed
in gold and green, with an appropriate frame of rosewood, and sur¬
mounted with Gothic carvings, and Is conceived in terms of great respect
and gratitude for the rcrvicei of the rev. gentleman. TTic testimonial
having been presented, with a suitable address from Mr. Sheridan, one of
the deputation, the rev. gentleman made an appropriate reply, in which he
advised the men to prepare, by foresight and economy, against the recur-
l tnce of similar contingencies.
Apothecaries’ Haix—O n Tuesday evening and Wednesday
moraine the annual microscopical conversazioni were held at Apothe¬
caries’ Hall. A Brest comber ol microscope* were exhibited, the walls of
the rooms were covered with coloured diagrams, illustrative of micro¬
scopic. structures and of various objects ot natural history, and the tables
were decorated with exotic plants, Including palms, ferns, Ac , audbeau-
tltully-executed photograph!’ Among the microscopic ohiecta exhibited
were—the circulation in the foot of the frog, and in the branchial of the
tadpole: the partial circulation, or ryclosis, in certain vegetables, the
fhara Nitella, Valliaceris spiralis. Ac.: infusorial and rotiferous animal-
onlw and various forms of polypifera in a living condition; specimens of
minute shells and oar coal formations, exhibits both by common and
polarised light. In fact, it may be slated that every form of
microscope, and every kind of illustration, were to be seen, the
whole of the Microscopic Society having been invited, together
villi a'l the London manufacturers of that instrument. Among
the philosophical apparatus displayed was a beautiful instrument,
constructed By Mr. Ladd, of Chancery-lane, in which the continuous cur¬
rent of electricity produced by the galvanic battery is made to show, in the
sealed 'ubes of J.Gassott, F.tt.8. tlie stratifications and dark bands in
cketricii discharges as observed in torrirellian vacuums. The rooms were
crowded on both occasions, and among the visitors wc noticed many gen-
tiemen distinguished In the medical profession or in the pursuit of
natural science. The arrangements reflected great credit on the stewards.
Governesses’ Benevolent Institution.—T he anniversary
dmi U geroMly C wounde<i 6 , C bound ui'i"iiis"wouVds under a heavy musketry firft
and had him removed without further injury.
Smith, 52nd Kegiment— Lance-Corporal Smith most gallantly curried
away a wounded comrade, under a heavy fire of grape and musketry, on
the Choundce Chouck, in the city of Delni. on the morning of the assault,
on the Mth September, 1S67. Sergeant Bernard Diamond, and Gunner
Richard Kitz-Gera!d Bengal Horse Artillery—For an act of valour per¬
formed in action against Ac rebels turd mutineers “‘Si^debralnwl
28th September, 1867, when these two soldiera cvinc^ themoet determinwi
bravery in working their gun under a very heavy fire or muskeay,
whereby they cleared the road of the enemy, after every other man belong¬
ing to it had either been killed or disabled by wounds.
wared that since its foundation, in 1813, it had afforded temporary as-
sfstance to isoo governesses, to whom it had made no less than 5000 grants,
amounting to £ 13 , 000 . A number of annuities had also been founded, to
supply which a sum of more than £ 60.000 had been invested In the funds.
Noneof these annuities was less than £W i i.year, and the late Coun-
ftps of Fembroke bavin? raised seven of them to £25. a project iiaa
been set on foot to raise the whole to that amount. The total number
^ , n . n i» an *a nnui onwards of a hundred, 3000 ladies bad found a
Crhorn? to h£ ZSSfl ^UbUshment In Harley-street. and 10.000
had been gratuitously provided with situations. Last year there were
twenty-two inmates in the asylum. Lord Talbot, m proposing ^^3*
nerity^to the institution.” dwelt upon these facts, and strongly insisted
,,, i.p ooeletv owed to the meritorious and ill-remu-
^c.^cla,r forwhore St theinsUtution had been found«L He
rtsopaW a”4rm tribute to U?eBev David I-aitur. who might almost bccon-
jjS^IM flSSdiJnSSTo the exertionsiof
•vmnathisinc and delicate fervices could not be too highly pruned. A
nlXr of cLplimentary toasts having been drunk, subscriptions were
announced amounting to nearly £1700.
Mb. Charles Dickens will read his “ Chimes at St. Martin s
Hall on Thursday next the 6 th inst
Jtevs tews
responding with last week was 1054. — ,
"A EIRE took place on Tuesday night at St Katharine Docks,
.7i, P hn™t tot hours Property of the value of £100,000 was
4ss^bS5S£«SSSSQ
He made a full ri^aTcSiSSl^^
g^d“S the irter part of the day in examining pickpockets who had been
apprehended in the crowd before Newgate.
Stamped CHEQtm-Feveralprinrte
have issued^notice * 5 * klirir custom t)lc ncw gmencial arrangements
non xnai mcot.
S'KFaS&wiaMrs
Lautanne without quitting the rail.
NOTES OE THE WEEK.
A stibrikg Parliamentary week has succeeded to comparatively
inactive legislatorial life. India, the Army, the Jews, Reform, have
all had their share of the debates. The Government India Bill ig
entirely withdrawn, Mr. Disraeli having prononneedaparting eulogiutn
npon it, folks said as a placebo directed towards Lord Ellenborough
rather than as any expression of his own private affection for the
measure. Then come the fourteen resolutions on which Government
proposed to take the discussion, and upon these again come tho amend¬
ments of Lord John Russell, who, though he declined to invent the
original resolutions that were to deliver the Government from collision
with Lord Palmerston, has no objection to perform for them the duty
long erroneously supposed to he discharged by the bear towards her
progeny. It may he convenient, in reference to a debate which will
have begun before these lines are read, to mention that Lord John
Russell proposes to limit the Indian Council to twelve members; that
none of them shall be elected, but all nominated by the Crown (and
therefore under the control of the House); that it shall not be ncces*
sary for them to have Indian experience or property; that all
despatches, without a propoEcd exception, shall be open to all mem¬
bers of Council; tliat the Secretary of State alone shall have patron¬
age ; and that the first appointment of cadets and clerks shall be open
to public competition. These alterations are most important j and, if
Government accept them, Lord John Russell may, pro hao vice, be
called the Government.
On Mr. Monsell’s motion on Monday, in which Government was
beaten by forty, it is right to say that the question has not been very
fairly laid before the country. Lord Palmerston's Administration,
during the war, threw open to public competition commissions in the
Engineers and the Artillery. On the cessation of the war Lord Pau-
mure, by a minute signed by Sir John Ramsden, put an end to the
pnblic competition, and substituted certain regulations. General
Peel on coming into office, before confirming this arrangement, post¬
poned the ceisa'ion of the competitive examinations, so tliat those
persons who had been educating themselves in the belief in the per¬
manence of these examinations might not he unfairly treated. Mr.
Monsell's motion was that the competition should lie made permanent.
General Peel, on Monday, suggested a postponement of a decision
until bis two additional examinations had been tried. Bat the late
Government, including Lord Palmerston and this very Sir John
PomsdeD, who had signed the minute, left the House, while seven or
eight of them voted against the Government.
As Lord Palmerston avows tliat he has no Reform Bill, and Lord
Derby iB prepared only to consider the question, the indefatigable Mr.
Locke King has come forward with a fraction of reform on his own
account, and has obtained leave to bring in a bill to extend the county
franchise to £10 householders. Lord John Russell, the Reform patentee,
was pleased to allow this infringement on his rights, on the ground
(hat it was all that was likely to be got under existing circumstances.
Mr. Disraeli was ready to deprecate but not to divide.
The only point on which tlie Government, having stood firm, has
achieved a victory is on the Jew bill, from which, by a large majority
in the Lords (119 to 80), the clause which makes the Oaths Bill one
of relief to tlie Jews has been oxcised. Everybody looked for this, as
in the lists at Torqnilstone “ the wearied horse of Ivanhoe, and its no
less exhausted rider, went down, as all had expected, before the well-
oimed lance and vigorous steed of the Knight Templar.” Bat, as then,
the cause of the Hebrew was not lost, for the King and divers mailed
Commons speedily galloped into the arena. The contest is not over
yet, and tlie chivalry of those who advocate the Jew claims, on the
ground that logic and justice are on their side, deserve the more
credit, considering how small is the amount of sentimental temptation
to take that side.
Count Cavour has triumphed, by no means to the satisfaction of the
Ultra-Republicans of Italy, and the principle of the Conspiracies Bill
has been affirmed by a very large majority. France is now donbly
bound to support Sardinia in the event of a Cagliari collision, against
which it is stated tliat the King of Naples is preparing. It is to be
hoped that Lord Malmesbury, while permitted to retain office, will
take the manly course demanded by the public, although the Sar¬
dinian representative here is known to be entirely in the hands of our
late Premier.
Full details of the fell of Lucknow have arrived, and the celebrated
pen that did so much to immortalise Crimean story is again at work
and in full vigour. Mr. Russell’s narrative of the battering down the
defences, and his description of the determined care with which Sir
Colin Campbell maintained Ilia fire while an enemy was to be crashed
by shot and shell, instead of letting loose our btave men at the hazard
of their lives, will be thoroughly appreciated. It cannot lie denied
that the enemy has got off far more lightly than was expected. Die
slaughter under the bombardment was very small, nor did the chase
greatly increase the punishment j but, on tho other hand, the moral
effect of the operations must have been tremendous; and every one of
the fugitives who rushed so madly out of the storm of fire will be a
missionary to tell that England is following np her enemies with a
power before which their strongest defences go down, and themselves
are driven like chaff. .
A Welsh correspondent has devoted lus intellects, since our pub¬
lication of tlie 10th, to consider whether we were right in stating that
the seasons were apparently changed, and that the national holidays
no longer feU in pleasant weather. He announces his own opinion
that the seasons have for the last twenty years been “ equally aa
warm, and equally as early, as any that have occurred during the but
half century.” He gives no reasons for his opinion, and sternly
interdicts the publication of any part of his valuable communication.
But Dr Watts penetrated to Abergavenny, and, if so, what does
our correspondent make of the lines—
How fkir is the rose, what a beautiful flower.
The glory of April and May ?
Dr. Watts died in 1718. Arc there any Welsh roses in April now?
Taate Peerage CasK-This , case ejm* i Agum before tho
Committee of Privileges ofthe House ofl^ord.on
Mr Hodson : ^,ffSfto8Sd»r ttaCrown. AfU? some
%^fi**SZ3£2S* ^ ordered, to show the fart of a put.-
At"t on Thursday week the Bishop of
L S cU- 0hB li.fWS
*? C i. D. h ^' Ear?/ EMlSh^rtyle. h*a been about £1700. of
church, which is in the fcjriy g y fig, vid * aL The whole of the sittings
realised altogether £.55
At TTeMitEBBJiiTB the fonndation-stone of a new church, to ba
d4»trf to « 3SS the Evangelist, wsa Uid by theBiahop of Londonea
Friday d«t week;. „ Curate of Northill, Biggleswade,
one lady, who merely gives initials.
432
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Mat 1, 1838
TRANSATLANTIC
SKETCHES.
The Illustrated London News for the 27th of March last i
contained an interesting description of St. Louis, Missouri, being
one of the series of “ Transatlantic Sketches” with which this Journal I
has been favoured. We here en-
THE BROADWAY, ST. LOUIS.
midst of a fertile district, and in the heart of a wilderness, a small
oolony remained for a long time almost entirely excluded from the
world, and mingling only with the savages, to whose habits they in | inhabitants.
grave the busy scene of the Broad¬
way, St. Louis. The magnificent
Hall of the Mercantile Literary
Association in that oity, of which
we also give an Illustration, con¬
tains the two finest lecture-rooms
in the United States. The upper
and lower rooms of this building
are unrivalled for this purpose;
and neither New York nor Boston
contains any lecture* rooms at all
to be oompared to them for elegance
of construction and decoration, or
adaptability to the end proposed.
The “Sacramento” is a loco¬
motive on the Ohio and Mississippi
Bail way, between Cincinnati and
St Louis. As a specimen of the
American locomotive it may,
perhaps, excite some interest among
English engineers and persons con¬
nected with or interested in rail¬
ways.
Harrison House, at Vincennes,
Indiana, the subieot of our other
Engraving, is or great historical
interest It was under those trees
in its front that the treaty between
General Harrison and Tecumseh
was signed. Vinoennee, 160 miles
from the mouth of the Wabash, is the second western city in point
of antiquity, having been settled by Frenchmen from Canada as
early as 1735, at a time when Kaskaekia was the only place in¬
habited by white men in those extensive regions. Here, in the
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE ON THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RAILWAY.
some respects accommodated themselves. It was for a time the seat
of territorial government. The ground is level, regularly laid out
in squares, and the houses generally have fruit-gardens attached
to the m . Steam-boats come up to the town the greater part of the '
year. The adjaoent prairie is large and fertile, and 5000 acres
of it are in oommon, according to the provision of the old French
During the early part or its history the French and
Indians carried on a predatory
warfare against the Kentuckians
and other border settlers. The
first newspaper in Indiana wua
published atVinoenne9 in the year
1809. Indiana occupies au im¬
portant portion of the central valley
of North America, drained by the
Mississippi and its numerous
branohes; while it touches, at its
extreme north west corner, the
south end of one of the great
northern lakes. As a large por¬
tion of the State lies between the
Ohio and the Wabash, it partakes
of the general features of the Mis¬
sissippi country. There were for¬
merly many tribes of Indians re¬
siding within the bounds of
the State of Indiana. In 1791
General Wilkinson invaded their
country, and destroyed their
groat town, in whioh were one
hundred and twenty houses, eighty
of which had shingled roofs. The
country about the upper parts of
the Wabash is of the beet kind, the
soil being highly productive, and
the surface extending in wide
and beautiful prairies, often varied
by hills of considerable elevation.
These regions were formerly well stocked with game; and wild ani¬
mals are still common in many places. Abundance of fish of different
kinds are also found in the streams and la V e s, The navigable waters
of Indiana are numerous and extensive.
ST. LOUIS MERCANTILE LIBRARY HALL.
HARRISON HOUSE, VINCENNES, INDIANA.
Mat 1, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
433
MONUMENT TO THE LATE SIR C HARLE S HOTHAM.
this somewhat novel and exquisite piece of work is now on its way t®
Melbourne, where it will be erected in the cemetery situated near the
ahore The upper part, oompo&ed of a nch canopied shrine of four
rides surmounted by a oross, of elegant proportions, is in Portland
Stone • the capital of the column is also of the same material, whilst
ihe oolumn is of Peterhead granite, highly polished, the base
snd tomb over the grave being of the same material, but left
unpolished The niches in the canopied top are enriched by figures
emblematic of Justice, Mercy, Wisdom, and Fortitude. The capital eluci¬
dates these characters by small groups: Justice, by thegroup of the tri-
hutemoney; Mercy, by the woman taken in adultery; Wisdom,by Christ
dhmuting with the doctors; Fortitude, by Ohrist overturning the table of
the money-changers. Upon the plinth of the base are rendered the name
and honours of the deoeased. The slab oovering the grave is, us we have
stated of granite, and of the dos d'ane form, enriched with a cross, in
high relief. The design of this memorial is by Mr. G. G. Scott, of
KDriUK-gardens. The sculpture and the execution have been earned out
with great care and ability by I Mr. Philip, of Va ur halt -bridge -road.
The Monument bears the following inscription:—
To the memory of Sir Charles Hotham, Captain in the Royal Navy,
sod one of her Majesty's Aides-de-Camp, Knight Commander o) the Most
Honourable Mililary Order of the Bath, and the first Captain-General and
Govemor-in-Chief of Victoria. Voted by the Legislative Council, Jan
10 , 1866 . _ ____ _
THE NEW PALACE OF WESTMINSTER.
STATUE OF GRATTAN IN ST STETHEN’S HALL, NEW PALACE UF
WBSTMISSTKE.
This statue stands on the right hand of the prin¬
cipal entrance to St. Stephen a Hall from West¬
minster Hall. It depicts the celebrated.orator; m
an energetio attitude. The oostume is of the penod,
but, like that of Pitt, is not so pioturesque M the sur¬
rounding statues of the earlier centuries. The figure
will add to the reputation of Mr. Carew.
STATUE OF PITT.
The statue of this great statesman, not long since
nla- ed on its pedestal on the right-hand side of St.
Stephen^ Halfnew Palace of Westaunster, is a
finely-executed piece of work by Mr. MacdoweU, ot
Margaret-street, Cavendish-square. The figure is
in a calm and dignified position resting upon ti e
left foot, the right slightly put forward, m his
right hand is a Bsroll, whilst the left is placed upon
the left hip. The cloak hangs in ample folos ixom
the left arm. _
literature.
By
Landscape Paistiks is Water Colours.
Gbokgb Barnard. Hamilton and oo.
If there be one art in which England claims pre¬
eminence, it is the art of using water colours:
there we meet with no rivals, no competitors, tor
the slight attempts that appear on the Continent
are not to be compared with the masterly arrange¬
ments of colour in this attractive Btyle which year
after year are exhibited on the walls of the galleries
now open to the public. Great are the advantages
these exhibitions offer to the amateur, and the
rooms are thronged with eager enthusiasts, anxious
to reaD all possible benefit during the short bnt
bony period of the London season. But we have
often regretted the little lasting improvement likely
to accrue from the usual desultory examination of
even such gems as are to be found scattered up and
down in these galleries, and a more general diffusion
of a eood knowledge of art is much to be desired,
while! as water colours are in most respects best
suited to the amateur, a sound understanding of
their properties and use is a great desideratum.
We therefore hail with pleasure the appearance of
Mr.’Barnard’s'new editionof “Hie“* d i^nd
tice of Landscape Painting mate F
have no hesitation in recommending it
tion of all who are interested in the art. me book
bears the stamp of being a thoroughly
. genuine work: it is the result of thethonght and
' labour of many years during winch the anthor. as
Professor of Drawing at Rugby School, has had the
advantage of experience in applying these principles to practice. It
contains abundance of real information, with many exercises; and
the student, whether practising under the eye of a master or pursuing
painting as a favourite object in seclusion, applying in earnest, and
studying the theory and practice as they go hand and hand through
the work, from the first section on light and prismatic colours to the
more practical chapters on the different modes of using his materials,
will assuredly reap the full reward of his labour in gaining facility of
hand and correctness of eye, together with the cultivation of his taste
and a general appreciation of what is excellent in art.
The author’s idea of the importance of the^ study of nature as well
as art is well c»rried out. Nature, after all, is to be looked to a« the
great teacher to whom continual reference must be made; and the
system and method of studying are well explained in the sections on
composition, on light and shade, and on the mode of working; and
these, with the numerous additions of elementary plates, can scarcely
fail to lead to more artistic productions and far finer pictures than
are generally to be met with from the hands of amateurs. Regarding
colour as a source of great and universal attraction, we are not dis¬
posed to criticise very severely plates which fairly represent the
artist’s intention, and which are pleasing to the eye. These can be
produced in no other way so well and cheaply as by the method of
block-printing here employed. We consider, however, that this
style is remarkably adapted by its mechanical precision to represent
such plates as the prismatic colours: the spectrum, the vanous di¬
grams, and complementary colours in particular do great great credit
tue or rrrr in pt. sncPHtN's hall, new paia'^ or
t WESTMINSTER.
to the printers (Leighton Brothers) by their exe¬
cution, and to the author by their arrangement
being well adapted to illustrate the naturei of relour
in its combinations and its ^
also many interesting woodents added U> this edi
tion. and altogether we can recommend the work
to our reader# either for use in the study or amuse-
ment in the drawing-room.
Tub Beautiful is Nature, Art aid Lira.
By Abdrkvt J. Symisotos. 2 vols. Longman
and Co. ... t .,
nition of the great principle that the Beautiful in
nature, art, and life la the good. The sotpect is an
inviting one, and has had many expounders; tat
not as vet one who lias grasped it fairly kits
dimensions, and asserted for it the ” ent
to which it is entitled. If the P 091 ^ 011 .^,^,
u goodness be tree, it must pervade aU thing* In
natureand in art, and with amuturi
running through all, and a nmfbrautT thij
of seeming inconsistencies. Folly to aev p
grand problem, and to follow it in aU itera¬
tions, Las not yet been
simple reason that the required , Every
ledge has fallen to no one man »»"*•.
contribution to irarh an 1 J^to thought;
able, and will Prove nsefnJ aym volumes
and in thi 3 sense we willingly ~ . Q no
with which Mr ^’^^.ion wSlT^ce to show
^ssage f ™“.proposes to give to hi*
--XVmv.. -
MONUMENT TO THE LATE BIB CHABIEB UOTnA^OOVERNOR
10 BB ERECTED AT MELBOURNE*
Universe or it i* built according to Une
endeavoured “uons »nd diversity ever bring
mighty p “ h “f “um,u- .nd th«e again to laws
reterable to "‘gbcr minds, we deem, alone pre-
more general; crar . ^ thing# whatever to an
venting “* believe that a system ot
absolute unity In short, wcthe whole
comporattvt anatomy. M♦♦JT^thatcarh stone, star,
oniver-e of mln ^ .“.IJjrtvely. as well as indi-
organisni. or • rtl by and exerts an In-
Tidually. and tol»thorganism, or soul;
fluencc upon every °n ,er .**. ’ ; n tnitively or bv «!uca-
b. MawS*Slfffe
and“r by Kurt.l Creator U.ed. whether
434
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Mat 1, 1858
It be in rerard to fonn, colour, or sound, thought, or deed, there Beauty
will reveS itself; actual discord being invariably produced by a viola¬
tion of these constant laws, and seeming discord arising only from circum¬
scribed knowledge and imperfect sympathies.
Earnestly pursuing the task set down to himself, yet as a labour of
love rather than a task, and with usefulness as his primary purpose,
Mr. Symington does not have all the talk to himself—though he dis¬
courses eloquently in support of his adopted theory—preferring to
draw freely upon authorities who have contributed their labours in
the same good cause, in one or other of the varied fields which he
throws open tons. Thus Plato, Socrates, amongst the ancients; Bacon,
Savonarola. Schiller, Schleget, Shakspeare, Humboldt, Davy, Mrs.
Jamieson, Ruskin, and numberless others, amongst modern and living
thinkers, are cited in some of their happiest passages, according to the
talent that was in him; prodneing a most agreeable congress of sweet
thoughts upon a charming theme. Something like system is sug¬
gested in the chapter “ Of the Order in which the Series ought to be
Studied,” and then is carried out in successive chapters on ’ Phi¬
losophy ” “ Of Art in General," “ Architecture, “ Sculpture,
“ Painting,” “Poetry,” “Music;”— the “Beautiful in Life ” winding
up the whole. ,
Having given a well-merited award of praise to the purpose and con¬
duct of the work, so far as general principles are concerned, we are
hound in fairness to add that when we come to details we are often
disappointed. We find the author very often sweeping and careless in
propounding particular views and opinions, and with a tendency to
pin faith to the opinions of some whom he cites as authorities whose
infallibility has not yet been universally conceded. Thus, Turner,
we are told, “ is undoubtedly the prince of landscape-painters, and the
greatest matter the toorld has yet seen for truthfully rcnderingNature’s
moods under given aspects; whilst against Claude the wholly un¬
merited sneer, originating with a certain class of critics, is repeated—
as to “ the rocks, trees, and other parte of his landscapes being
•composed,’ or ‘ made up,’ in a manner happily now almost exploded,
since men have seen the necessity of turning to Nature herself, in¬
stead of following absurd though long-received conventionalities.”
Again, aiming at giving a glimpse view of the principal names in the
various walks of art, from the earliest time down even to our day, the
author is frequently obliged to content himself with loose gene¬
ralities of this kind;—
Dannccker’s “Ariadne,” at Frankfort, has been greatly admired, and in
some respects deservedly. Several oi Pradicr's works are very beautiftib
The principal sculptors of Germany are Rauch, of Berlin, who, executing
works in every class of art. is chiefly famed for his portrait and monu¬
mental statueB; his pupil. Kiss, whose spirited groups of the “ Amazon,”
and “ 8t. George and the Dragon,” are remembered by all; and Schwan-
thalcr, of Munich, a scholar as well as an artist, who has displayed his
wonderful abilities in every variety of subject—classical, romantic, poetio,
and religious.
I lln another place we are told that Reynolds was “ elected Presi¬
dent of the Royal Academy in 1788,“ which is not strictly correct,
the nomination to the presidential cliair, as to all the offices in
the new Academy, having been made by the King, and afterwards
declared, and assented to, by the Academy. And then we have this
summary of the merits of the first President, and of those of some of
his contemporaries and immediate successors;—He “ may be regarded
as the founder of the modern school of English art. His works at¬
tained great celebrity; their chief excellences, however [why “ how-
evci”?J, lying exactly where he was true to nature, despite Ins own
conventional theories. His contemporaries, who were men of note—
Barry, Rainey, and West, and, in landscape, Gainsliorougli and Wil¬
son.’ 5 And in the very next paragraph we are told that “ Sir Thomas
Lawrence succeeded Reynolds as President ” (whereas he succeeded
West, who succeeded Reynolds), “and, like him, was most successful
in [he should have said applied himself exclusively to] portraiture.”
Yet, notwithstanding numerous drawbacks of the kind just suggested,
these volumes contain much matter which will be read with interest
and advantage by the student and amatenr.
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK.
Sunday, May 2.—ith Sunday after Easter.
Monday, 3.—Invention of the Cross. Sun rises, ill. 31m.; sets, Jb. 2fm.
Tuesday, 4.— Mutiny in India. 1857.
Wednxsday, 5 .—Manchester Art Exhibition opened, 1957.
XnnusDA v, c.—St. John the Evaugc-list. Moon's last quarter, 6h- 40m.
Friday, t.—P arliament opened, 1S57.
Satubdat, 8.—Easter Term ends.
TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT LOJTDON-BRIDGE,
FOB THE WEEK ENDING MAY 8, 1858.
EttoS.y. I Monday. 1 Tneaday. I Wedawlay. I Tbajyilay. | Friday. 1 Saturday.
A
M
A
U
A
X
A
U
A
h m
h m
h m
h m
h m
h m
h m
h m
h ra
4 54 1 5 11
5 30
5 50
6 13
0 39
7 5
7 37
8 10
9 0
9 3<;
10 11
B oston, sleaford, and midland counties
BAILWAY COMPANY.
The Diaeetora of thii Company are prepared to BECEIVE LOANS on MORTGAGE la
acini of noo and upwarda, for Tbree or Fire yoan. Internet at XI 10a per cent per annum,
parable half-yearly*
Application* to be addressed to Messrs. BUniland and Chapman (the Company'! .'solicitors),
At bo>ton; or to the Secretary at lbe Company's Office*, in London.
LiSKBEKT I NO RAM,
Chairman of the Board of Director*.
Office*, 19, KcIfcon-*treet, Etuton-oquare, London, N.W., 15th March, 1868.
T HE WESTMINSTER PALACE HOTEL COMPANY
(Limited) I
Capital X100.0C0, la 10 OOu share* of <10 each.
Deposit XI per .-hare.
Chairman— Uto Vise a uni CHELSEA.
Deputy-Cbairmsn—Bir CHARLES KUS8KLL, Bart,
The Director* announce that the requisite number of Share* prescribed by the Article* of
Association having been mbteribed for. and tbe deposit paid thereon, sealed CEKTIPICA I £3
of SHARES will be EXCHANGED for tbo BANKERS' RKCKIPr, at the Offices of the
Compflny, on and after the Ah day of May neat, between tho hours of 12 and S.-fly order of
tbe Hoard, H. WUOUSLD Grace, Secretary.
Offices, .*■, ParUamsnt-strcet, Westminster.
riOLNTY EIRE OFFICE, 50, REGENT- STREET; and 14,
\J CORNHILL, London. Ettabikbed 1306.
TRUSTEE* AND DIRECTORS
The Right Hon. Lord North wick | Henry B. Churchill, Esq.
Sir Hr hard D. King, Bart- The Rev. James 8hormiui
Bir Glynso E. Welby, Bart. Tl»eHer. Daac Spem-ar
Thomas Barnard, Esq., M.P. • Frolerieir. Squire, Esq.
Managing Director— John A. Beaumont. £«q.
BKCKtTART—Cliarle* Stephana, Esq.
Tho Bates of Prtmlmn charged by tho County Fir* Office are upon iha lowest scale oon-
kktftnt with the Pccur ty to the Imurod.
When a Policy has exlited Seven Yean, a return of 25 percent, or one- fourth of tho amount
Of tho premiums paid, is declared upon such policies.
PnapeetuKs and lull p’rtlculan may b» obtained upon application to tbs Agents of the
Offioo in all ths principal towns of ths United Kingdom; and at tbe Offices in London.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
/CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE
V/ ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
13, 81. Jamea'i-iqaaro, London, 8.W.
Established 1824.
AH Person! who effect Policies on the Participating Scalo before June 30th, 1853, wDU b*
entitled at the next Bonus to one year a share of Proflu beyond later Assurers.
Proposals should be forwarded to the Offioo before June 99th.
The last Annual Report, as also r. statement of the Sixth Boons, declared in Jiumxrr, 1857,
setting fbrtb to detail the whole slate and aifeirn of tho Office, and ebpocially tho t> ;uoQts
which will hereafter accrue o persons now assuring, can bo obtained of any of tho Society '|
Agents, or from the Offioo. GkOkOE H. Putckard, Actuary.
13, fit. James's-square, London S.W. QjtOKO* CCTCurra, Assistant Actuary.
P ROFESSIONAL an d GENERAL EDUCATION of the
Highest Character, at the CAVALRY COLLEGE, RICHMOND. SURREY.
PATltoir-FIELD MARSHAL VISSOUNT C0MBEKME8E, O.O.U., G C.B-
This Institution has t«een established, under distinguished patronage, Jo prepare tbe Sons
of Noblemen and Gentlemen for tho Army Examination at Burlington House, the Church,
the Dlploun.'ir Bervice, or for any Government Employment at Home or Abroad, and to
Qualify Officer* fox Staff Appointment. Including, when required, Irmtraction in tho principal
Asiatic Ittrguoge*. For Prorpectus and Terms apply at tbe College, Richmond. The Caaots
axe now established hs ths Collige.
QYDENHAM COLLEGIATE SCHOOL.—Principal, Rev.
K J. W ' TAYLOR JOKES, M.a., Queen’s Collage, Cambridge, Vice-Pr :aicl ent of ths College
Of rreerptara.
Asoond education, tested by tbe University and Collar* Examination*.
Pn* tdmM°n to tbe Crystal Palace and grounds, with Classes and Lecture! to wader the
Collections educationally beneficial.
Bydanham CoUege, ballt expressly for a school, U delightfully situated midway between
and Sydenham Buttons. Forty trains each way dally.
The Bummer Term will oommenoo Moodiy, April ZSth.
T^UNDS are greatly REQUIRED for the SUPPORT of
r~. ®0?P1TAL for CONSUMPTION. Brampton. 120 PaBenti are wa’ting for
•emission, and 90 Beds are empy for want of foods. puiur Rost, Hoa. Sec.
H ER MAJESTY’S THEATR E.—
Titloca, Alboni. GlugUnl. Mattioli. and Vlalettl-IL TROVATORR.
next, MAT «. will be raprated Verdi s Opera, lb TROVATORK : Lsonera, Hdlla. TM*a*,
Axuccna, Mdme. Alboni (her flm appearance thU ! T M^riro ^Bteoor
Cun'c di Luns. Sinnor Jdattioli (his firet appearance in England); Mnnrtoo, Bigoor
ctuSnl. And the tew Ballet, «titWmUK DES CHAMP8-tho pn^paru by
Mdllo*. Poccblnl and Anoe««n.-On THUK8DA\ next May 6. ax EXTRA NIGHT. wBl be
repeated Verdi’s Opora, ILTROVATORE; and the cew Ballot, FLEUR DE3 OUAMPd. A
limited number afHjxea have been rwerred for the Public, prico tla. and 31*. 6d., which
mey bo had at the Box-office at the Theatre
T> OYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT - GARDEN.—
Xl Mr. GTE has tho honour to announce that the NEW T H F. AT RE WUIO N
SATURDAY. MAT 15, on which occasion wl’l bo performed Meyerbeer a Grand Opsra
HUGUENOTS.
T30YAL PRINCESS* THEATRE.—-Under the Management
and Thand.v, TIIF. STOCK EXCHANGE; or. The Green Boalmsa, FAUST AND
MARGUERITE, and SAMUEL IN bEARCH OF UIM8ELF.
mHEATRE ROYAL, HAYSIARKET.—Mrs. CHARLES
A YOUNG, contlnuiDK to bo rcooivod wilb, nUnulum, will vepont Ilha <Aujoar
tric on M.ndiw; on Tvnwdftv «nd Wwlncday. C.nstiiDCC, in TUB DOVE CBA3S, til.
Widow Green. Mrs. Wilkins: and on Thuridar, Fr day, and baturdsy will appear, for the
first time, as Olivia, iu Bhakspcora's comedy of TWELFTH NtGHT. whlch will ho per¬
formed with tho strength of tho company. PLLTO and PROdEKPINK, and JACKS
RETURN FROM CANTON, every evening.
nPHEATRE ROYAL. LYCEUM. — Proprietor, A. W.
J ARNOLD, Esq.—A Pcrtonnance will take place at tho Lyceum Theatre oa SATUR¬
DAY. MAY H. 1885, when will bo prescutod the SP1TALKIELU8 WEAVER, In which Mr.
JOflErH ROBINS will make his first appoaranco on tho London stage, 8U pPo r t'«, b T t S8V ®"J
well-known amateurs. Tho farce of BET6Y BAKER, in which Mr. and Mrs. Keeloy mU
perform. Between tho piece. Mis. Doltra. Miss Msry Kaotoy (by the kind porm«lon of Mr
Bei.iamin Webster), Mr. Biinley Kichaid., Mr. Albert fmlth, and the Christy Minstrels will
BP ^ffie conns of tho evening Mr. ROBINS will sing an original medloy song, written
expmsly for Mm by Mr. Albert Smith. The whole to conclude with a now farce, entitled
PITY THE POOR BUND, in which Mr Joseph Robins and Mr. Knox, Jun , will appoar.
Further parilculsrs will bo duly announced. „ T
AppUtatione for tickets and places msy bo mado,to 8am s Royal Library. 1, 8t- Jamo. a-
strect where a Plan of the Theatre may be seen. Pricos: Privsto Boxes, *3 3.., £2 2s., and
£1 I Is. 6d.; Orchestra Stalls, 10s. each; Pit Stalls, 5s.; Drees Circle, 5*.; Upper Boxes, 3« ;
Pit2s.s Gallery, Is.
T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL—Monday, The POOR
V STROLLERS: imd Tho CALIPH of BAGDAD. Tuo*loy. LIKE AND UNLIKR,
Tbo CALIPH OF BAGDAD; WELCOME. LITTLE 8THANOSR. WoJjwJV, foe Iho
tf Mho Bodoo. GUY MAXNESINO: »lth Socood Aot ot Tho Col.|ih oi Bogdul
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, a Popu'nr Drama, with other entertainmonu.
TVOYAL STRAND THEATRE.—lessee and Directress, Miss
JAi SWAP BOROUGH.- On MONDAY. MAY 3r3, aud during the Week, tho Comedy of
THE COUNTRY SQUIRE, supported by Messrs. Emery, Belford. Uh*rire, Seymour; Mitwt
M Oliver Port roan, M Tcrnan, and Mr*. Selby. After which, FRA HIAVOLO: Fra Diavoto,
JHssSwnnbij.ongh; Beppo, Mr. Charles Young. To oondude With YOUR LIKE JESS, ONE
SHILLING- Commence at Half-past Seven.___
a STLEY’S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — Lessee and
_ ... UTIMIM IWWP_Tt.l« Vnnin*. t.nn! Rvron'a mtendid Sneotacic
f-\ tSentnx, Mr. WILLIAM COOXE.-Thi. Eronta*, Lonl Brron', ipUnd.! b-muolc
oi MAZEPPA 0>'d tho WILD HOKSB. Artir whloh Herr ChriotoH, tho Wond.au. Dsht-
ropo llonoor. SCENES IN THE ARENA. Mr. WUlittn Cooko’. oy.tom of Hono TrAhuus.
ConcludioK whb o voriolpof oihor AmusomonG. Commonoo at Sovon.
S URREY THEATRE.—Lessees, Messrs. SHEPHERD and
CRFftWICK_On Mo'^ar, and daring tho Week, NEVER TOO CATS TO M8NU,
ve FS e Mr Crlnrl k; Toia Rotilcxon, Sir. Shopbord; Jaiker, Mr. WUdlotmb;
Sus^MtalT^bunlo^« kiVMb. B. Weiater. BROTHER BOB-: Mr. Wlddicomb.
Mr. VoOaire, MUs E. Johnstone. And CRAMOND BRIG.
r\ HEAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE, Shore-
IT ditch.—This colonsal Tliealre, capable of containing 500<) jvorsonfl, OPEN EVERY
EVENING. The Pieces wTl conipri^ all the Gems of the Season, supported by various
Stars, and aided by a first-rate Ccmpany.
B. and Mrs. GERMAN REED’S NEW ENTERTAIN-
MF.NT-—The New Scries of Illustrations by Mr. and Mrs. REED (late Mu* P. Horum)
will bo repeated Every Evening except Saturday, at Light; Boftwte Aftsrnoan at Tte**.
Admission, Is , 2s , and 3a. Stalls seenrod, without extra charge, at the Royal Gallery of
Illustration, 14, Regent-street; and at Cramer, Beale, and co-'s, 301, uegsat-street._
M K # ALBERT SMTOTS MONT BLANC, NAPLES,
POMPEII, and VESUVIUS, every Night (exoept Saturday), at Eight, and Tues¬
day, Thursday, and Saturday Aflomoour, at Three. Places can be secured at the Box-
offloe, EGYPriAN HAUL, daily, betvruea Eloveo aud F our, without any extra charge.
AIR. CHARLES COTTON'S ROSE, SHAMROCK, and
lj_L THISTLE, Introducing Characieristlo Costume*, with Bongs, KyERYEyESLNG
(cxcent Saturday), at Eight; Saturday, at Three. PRINCE of WALES HALL, 209, Ltegeat-
■trect. Admission, s. and 2s.; Stalls, 3s ; socurod at Mitchell's Library, Bond-street, and
at tho Hall.
T71UTH YEAR of the Preseni Entertainment.—The Sisters
ji fiOPHlA and ANNIE, in ielr original entertainmont, entitled SKETCHES from
NATURE (performed upwards of 1000 times in the wovluces). Will appoar at Famham,
May 8; Dorking, 4; Guildford, 6; Ihulngstoko, 6; S alisbury, 7. _
mHE BAND of the GARDE NATIONALE of PARIS,
L under the direction of Men*. MAKiK wfli play for tho fl st Umo la London a*, tho
bT. JAMFB'fi HALL on MONDAY EVENING MAY 10th. Area, 3s.;Js'cmy, Bs.Bo-
srrvtd Scats, Ares, 7i.; Upper Balcony, Oallery. Is.; snd a l mlted number of Sofa
Stalls in the Area, 10c fid. each. Cramer, Beale, and Co., 30), Regent-street; and ChappoU s,
SO, Few Bond-s» rect.
C HRISTY’S MIN STRELS, Polygraphic Hall, King William -
street. Strand.—Entertainment oommeoces at Eight. Morning Concert ovoty 8*tur-
dav at Three. An entire Change of 1'rogTarame, introducing BURLESQUE on ths CIRCUS.
Drew Stalls, 3* ; Area, 2s.; Amphitheatre. Ik_
M ADAME TUSSAUD’S NEW ADDITION, the atrocious
auoselns ORSINI and PIERRI, guIUotiued for attempting tho life of the Emperor
Napoleon HI. and tho F.mpioss, to the horror of allEuropo.—Baraar. Baker-stroct, Portman-
square. Admittance, Is.; extra rooms, fid. Open Born Eleven till Nine.
rrBE NATIONAL INSTITOTION OE FINE ARTS,
1 PORTLAND GALLERY, 30ft, Rcgcut-strret. oppo*-itethe Polytechnic.—Tho SOCIETY'S
ELEVENTH EXHIBITION of MODERN PIC rUUES OPEJ from 9 till dusk. Adm i s s ion ,
One Shilling. _ BkU. Bmitu, Secretary.
‘EPRENCH EXHIBITION.—The FIFTH ANNUAL EXHt-
L' BITION of PICTURES by Modern Artist* of the French School is NO W OPEN to tho
Public at tha French Gallery, 121. Pall-mall, opposite to tho Opera Colonnado. .Admission,
ia; catalogues, Gd. each. Open from 9 to 6 dally
I ERR CARL WERNER’S EXHIBITION of WATER
■ I COLOUR PAINTINGS is now open every day, from three to six o'clock, Marl¬
borough Chambers, 49, Pad-mall. Admiss’on free. Tlckot* may be procured at Mcs4i».
H 1
Coin*Rill's, PaU-malli at Mr. Clifford's, 30, riccadlily, and at tho Gallery.
U# Drawing Classes are open from ten to two o’clock dally.
S T. JAMES’S HALL, Piccadilly.—M. Gompertz has the honour
to aanounce that on MONDAY NEXT, MAY 3, be will submit to the Nobility. Gentry, and
the Public in general, in the above Hall, for a Fortnight only, his GRAND HISTORICAL DIO¬
RAMA of the INDIAN MUTINY, the Fainting of which has occupied nearly a year in com¬
pletion. Laving been commenced Immediately after the Intelligence of the Sepoy Revolt wa»
receivid in England. Mr. G- begs slso to itato that as tho various skotcbei wore received by
him from India in order to expedite the exocutton of this colossal work of art, in addition to
bis own labours, be avsUod himtolf of Uie services of several eminent artists; and, In order
to afford faculties for rendering the scenic and animated portraiture with tho matt life-like
and natural effect, each View has been painted on 500 square feet of canvas.
Prices of admiaa'cn: Stall Beats, namborod, which may be secured at the Room between
Eleven and One, 3*.; Ares, is ; Gallery, Is. Exhibitions daily at Three and Eight o'clock*
H OWES and CUSHING’S GREAT UNITED STATES’
C1RCU8,
FIFTH WEEK OF UNPARALLELED SUCCESS—KOVEL CHANGE OF SCENES IN
THE CIRCLE.
The largest Equestrian Establishment in tbe world, numbering over Two Hundred Men and
Horses This Momtre Establishment, fitted out In New York expressly to travel in England,
arrived in Liverpool on board tho “ Southampton ” April 2tth, 1867, will appear at tbs
ALHAMBRA PALACE (late Panopticon), Leicester-square, for a short season, and give
* 'i » O PERFORMANCES EACH DAY,
Commencing at Half-past Two and a Quarter to Eight o'clock p m.
The Palace hos been converted into an Amphitheatre at a heavy outlay, 1000 gas-burners
added, and is, beyond a question, the moil convenient, magnificent, gorgeous, and oostlv
amphitheatre in the world. Rome, In her palmiest days, could not boast of one so sp'.oudtd.
Tho structure, for examination as a work of art, la alone worth tho price of >dmi*slou.
The company lima been selected regardless of expense, and is tho beat In either hemisphere,
and the only American Equestrian Company that has visited England since 1840.
In consequence of the immense attendance at the Evenings' Performances the Proprietors
beg to state their intention of continuing tbo Grand Morning Entertainments Daily until
farther notice. The Day Performance ia fully equal to that of the Eveuintr.
Admission:—Private Boxes, from £2 2s. to Z3 3s. each; Stall*, 5*.: Reserved Seals, 3s.;
Boxop, 2a ; Tit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxoa and Stalls ctn only be secured at tho
Alhambra Palace; and Mr Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street. Box-office open from ten
■ m until five p m. No Feo for Booking Places. No Programmes are ooreoct but those pur¬
chased Inside tbe Building; and ocly One Penny each is allowed to be charged. Carnage*
must set down towards Charing-cross; t a k in g up to tho North.
ENGLER’S GRAND CIRQUE VARIETE.—The Star
Company of Great Britain. This unrivalled Establishment still continues Its suc¬
cessful career, and, without resorting to exaggerated announcements, U thronged at every
representation with wondering and ccllghted thousands. The great troopo e»ceItnevorY
department,whilst tdo nofcettod of sixty variegated palfreys are tbe theme of admiration for
thrir symmetry and beauty, which is only sarouiod by their extraordinary and perfect
txalsirg. Ths Establishment will mako a grand rent r& Into
BlsLcj *s Auckland „ Monday, May 3rd. Durham .. .. „ Friday, May 7th.
Darfln. ton .. .. Tuesday, „ 4th. Chester-lo Btreot .. Saturday, „ 8th.
Stocks n .. .. Wcdnetday, „ 6th. c —Saal.w* 1 •• •• Monday, „ 10th.
Bertie; ool .. .. 1hijr*l. r 7 ,, Cth. I E ’ m4<,rl ‘ , ‘' 1 J .. .. Too^ir. ., Uli.
The First Performance will take place at Half-past Two, the Bccond at 8orcn. In addition
to the mtrac-lcoa frets of Equestrianism end Gymnasia, a grand Military 8nectaclo and
Tableau of Havelock borne triumphant by the Naval Brigade after the Relief of Luck¬
now—a molt ini posing scene, and received at each representation with dosfenlng shouU of
opplsc&e. the Proprietor begs to announce that arasngemaats are being mad® for ths abore
Establishment to open in London In Boptexnbor next—Proprietor, Cua&las Hen'
S ACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER-HALL.—
Coodactor. Mr C*JSTA—\Yednea-day next, May 5*h. Mwtdolasolin's ATHALIE. and
KoB'int'a STAB AT MATKR. VocalLta—Msdamo Clara Novetlo. Mias L» »!by, Min V. Row¬
land Mr 8lms Reeve*, and Mr. Weis*. The illustrative vcroo« of " Athalio " will be rocHoil
by Mr. Henry Mcholls. Tickets, Ss., 6*., and 10s- fid. each, at tho Society's Office, No. 6 la
Exeter HalL
M USICAL UNION.—RUBUISTEIN will arriYe from Paris
to play at the next Matin*®, MAY 11th. "The great eat ovant of the season (1857- wo#
tho per form a eco of this In sian jiuniit aud composer at the Musical Union."—Globe.
Porlicnlara will be duly announced.
H err oberthur’S morning concert wm tak 0
placo ot WiLUS’3 EOOM8. on SATURDAY*, tho 8tb of MAY. Arll.u : M.iLra.
Kmart. M1 m Stabluich, fcigror Ferrari. IMano : Mis* Fracth. Har^s : Miss Lhatterton. Miss
R. Vlnning, and Miss Froeth (who wlU (rerfonn a Nocturne for three harps’. Coocortlna:
Btgnor Rcgondi. Violin : Berr Jansa. Violoncello : Herr Lldcl Conductors : Herr W. Gaux
and H«»r Firschcr.—Tlc>o'e, 10s. td. hihI 7». fid., to bo had of the principal Miu!cneUars ; an!
of Bora O berth Ur, 14, Cottage-road, Westbourno- terrace North. W.
E xhibition of American plants.—M essrs.
WATKRRR ami GODFREY bog to announco they proposo Exhibiting during tha
Mt'NTH of JUNE next, on a most extensive scale, their well-known Collection of RHODO¬
DENDRONS and other American Plants, in the AHH jURNUAM PAV1L.ON, Klng's-road,
Cbrlsen, erected by Mr. Simpson for tho purpose lu 1856, and to which now is added a uow
and diatinct Covered F.ntrnaco from tho King’s-road, thereby affording protection to rldtor*
lu inclement wcatlter.—Knap Hill Nursery, Woking, Surrey.
/CRYSTAL PALACE.—IMMENSE GOLD NUGGET.—
d Nugget yet f>und will bo exhlbi od far a few days, commencing this
t of May), lids unl-ito specimen of auriferous deposit Hof tho hitherto
V. Hie largest Gold Nngi
day (Saturday, the tint of Mayinn um'ino apacimwn oi «unnroui uuyuiu i»qi ino nitherto
unheard-o.* wolglit or utwards of H i pounds, and H of tho intrensic va'uo of £7500. It !• or the
E uxest gold, Cf beautiful appear jbCO. simI upwarda of two fort In length One of the digger*
y whom iho nugget wn found * 111 attend dafly at the Crystal Palscj during ths few day*
of its exhibition u> afford information.
C RYSTAL PALACE.—THIS DAY, SATURDAY, MAY 1 st,
OPENING CONCERT and FLORAL t'ROMKNADE.—The Directors beg to annouuo#
that tbe fifth reason of tho Ciystal Palace will be Openod on the above day by a Concert of
Vocal aud Imtiuramtal Mnalc iu tha Nuw Orchestra, which has been specially reconstructed
for tho Concerts of lids Season.
/ VOCALISTS i
Madame LEMMKN8 8UERRINGTON.
-7 Mbs DOLBY, | Mr. WEI83,
and Mr BIM8 REEV'KS.
All of whom will sing at those Concerts for tha first Umo. Solo Violin—M. 8alnton.
The band of the Company will tw considerably augmented, aal an efficient chorus eelootod
from tbo Royal Italian Optra.Jondor Mr. Bmythson. Conductor Mr. Manns.
Tho tioricultural and artif.tto resources of the Crystal Palace wilt bo made available, and ths
interior Fountains in tho Fine. Art Ccurts and Nave displayed. Tho exterior Fountains of tha
upper scries will Also be played before and after tho Concerts.
Doors open at 12. Concert to commence at 3. Admission to non-season ticket-holders, half-
a-crowns rhlldrcn under 12, Is.; reserved soats. h*lf-a crown extra. Season tickets, on*
guinea; children under 12 years of age, half-*- guinea.
Tho Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Arclibi hob of York.
Hie Bishop of I ondon.
The Duke o Marlborough.
C 1RY6TAL PALACE.—Fifth Season, 1858-59.—Tho NEW
) 8EASON commrnces this day, Saturday, May I. 8<j#un tickets, avallab’o to the 30tli
of April. 1859, are now ready, prico one guinea ; children under twelve, halT-a-gubwa. Those
iickrte will oiduiit to tho Palsco on the following ccoasions, vir. : -
IheOpenii g Musical and Floricuttural Display on May 1 (this dsy).
Tto Festival of tha National School Chtral Sccloty.
The Torre Grand Flower Show*, in May, Juce, and Boptombar (live day* in all).
'flic Performances of tho Paris Garde National®.
The StrL* of Classical and Miscellaneous Concert*.
The Grand Disp*»y of the Great Waterworks.
Tho Grand Choral Display, by U e Handel Festival Chorus, Military Bands, Ac.
T ho Concert of tbo Tonto sol Fa Association, of Mr. Henry Leslie's Chttr, and of Ih* Brad¬
ford Choral Association.
The Poultry and other Show*,
lire lectures
Tit* Falun)ay Floral Promenedts and Fountain Display*.
And on all ordinary days.
“While 'hus me* ting the public in ao liberal a spirit. In lha prices and privilege* of the seuon
ticket*, the Director* reserve to themselves the powtr of withholding the right of admission to
three ticket* on any special days, not exceeding six la number, 'luring tee year. On any
oocnsion on which this power may bo exercised, at least seven day’s provioui notice will be
given.
CRYSTAL PALACE—NATIONAL SCHOOL CHORAL
FESTIVAL, In aid of tbe CHURCH 8CIlOOLMASrF.R8' and MI3TAE39E8
BHNEVOLEN l FUND, under the patronage of
— ..... *. - Marquis of umsdowna.
Msrqxia of Salisbury.
Earl of Carlisle
___ _ Rrght Hon. Sir John Pakington.
And a large number ot the Prelates. Nobility, Cle-gy, and Geutry of tho motropol's.
The Committee of tho National Echool Choral Society have detonniaed upon holding a
GRAND CHORAL FESTIVAL on SATURDAY, MAY Btb, at tho Crystal Palace. The
children will jierform on the orchestra erected for the Great Haudol Festival, and ths Com¬
mittee entertain the confident belief that tho display will not dUupuslut the expectations of
tho nrmerou and almost unprecedented body of patrons who havo honoured taom with their
support.
The orchestra will eomkt of nearly 5000 of tho children, pupil teacher*, and teachers of the
national aud endowsd schoola of the metropolis and Its Immediate rlcaity, and will be aided
by tho full hoed of tho Poyal Military Asylum.
The jKrtotmanco will consist of a caret ally-arranged selection of sacred and secular music,
com mi m ing at three o'olock, portions of whloh will be accompanied by tbe organ orectad for
the Great Handel Festival.
Ticket, of admhtkm, Js. Od. each; to Reserved 8tall», 2s. fit!, extra; or, to Patrons' Reserrod
8tu!ls, 5a. extra, mny be had at the Crystal Palace; at the Cootral Office, 3, Exeter Hall; and
of Uie ui ual A gonts.
Full particulars may bq obtained and plans of teats Inspected at the office of tho National
School Choral Foclety, 2, kxnter Hall. ....
Conductor- Mr. G. W. MARTIN. Organist—Mr. Brownstnith. Treasurer—Mr. .A. E.
Waugh.
C\ ROOM’S COFFEE-ROOMS, Rebuilt and Refitted, are
\JT now open. Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate from Nine o'clock In tho Morning until Nine
o'llork Iu tho Evoclrg. Lunchooi-s, Ac. Groom's, Inner Tompio-gulo, 16, Flaot-streot,
opiwaite Chsncciy-lano.
TX7 ED DING BREAKFASTS, DINNERS, BALL SUPPERS,
▼ Y neatly or elegantly supplied by Contract, on moderate terms, to any part of Town or
Country, including use of Pinto, China, Glass, and everything required.—G. WITHERS.
Confectioner, Btktr-s’jwt, Foreman square.
F OR REMOVING FURNITURE by ROAD or RAILWAY
WITHOUT the EXPENSE of PACKING, addrots J. TAYLOR, Carman to her Majesty,
41, Upper Berkeley-sttoct, Portman-squaie. Furniture Warehoused or Purchased. Estimate*
free from charge.
S ONSTANT EMPLOYMENT GIVEN to PUPILS at the
most liberal price*.—WANTED directly a limited number of LADIES or GEN-
MEN, to oxccute, at tbelr own residences, the now, easy, and artistic work now In
great demand. A small premium required. Tho art taught personally or by correspon¬
dence. A letter of full particulars sent for four stamp*. Apply onrly to LAWRENCE’S
Snow-rooms, 24, Chariot to-street, Fltxroy-square (near Hathboue-pUce). Established 1819.
Applications will not bo attended to after tho 20th of next month.
A RMORIAL BEARINGS.—No Charge for Search.—Sketch
XJL and description, 2s. fid.; in colour, 5s.; Crests on seals or rings, 8a.; on die, 7*. Solid
gold. IS carat, Ball-matkcd, sard or bloodstone ring, engravod w>th crest, two guineas.—
T. MORJNU (who has received tho gold medal for engraving), 41, High Holbsrn, W.U.
Price-list post-free.
TjlOR FAMILY ARMS, &c„ consult Mr. T. CULLETON, or
JJ send Name and County to the Royal Heraldic Office. No fee for search. Plain Sketch,
Zs. f«L; in Colours, 5s. Family Pedigrees traced from the Original Manuscripts at the
British Musoom, 10s. Book Plate engraved with Amts, 7s.; or Crest Pla c, 6». Crest on Beal
or Ring,7s-1 on Steel d' - — • .. ... **-•*—- •*- “«»—
Manual of Heraldry,’’
graver to the t^ueen, 1
and Library open daily.
L INCOLN’S-INN HERALDIC OFFICE.—For FAMILY
ARMS tend to the established authority In England for emblazoning and quartering
arms authentically. Sketch, 3*. Gd., or stamps. Family Pedigree* traced from tho national
records. F'eo, 10*. Many Gentleman employ Person# who do not Engrave by the Laws of
Heraldry. For tho protection of tho public tho Heraldic Office execute* Engraving:
Anns on Copperplate, for Bcok*,21s.; Ditto Marking Plate, Ife ; Crest on Soils or King*,
8s. 6d. Studio snd Library open daily. Tho Lincoln’s-Inn Manual of tbo Bcionoo of Horaldry,
3*., or stamp*.— U. BALT, Great Turnstile, Lincoln’s-hin.
T7TLLAS at MODERATE RENTS.—There is no property at
V BRIGHTON that pommic eqo.1 »dr*sUW8. to tho VILLAS la PAEK CUKSCENT.
They are well arranged, fitted with modern conveniences, and finished with good taste.
The soil 1* dry, tho locality healthful, the distance from the sea agreeable, tho views of the
Town sud Down soemry extensive and uninterrupted. Tho pleasure grounds, extending to
four acres, are picturesque, and the exclusive use of thorn is secured to the roridont*.
Tho Terms to RENT or PURCHASE are moderate.
Apply to Messrs. FAR60N8 and BON, Estate Agents and Auctioneers,
9, Marine Parade, Brighton.
T HE Tourist and the Invalid, instead of seeking the pic-
ttueaqoe or health in Continental trip*, eubjeet tg all lbs annoyances of the limrorod
passport »j sum, may find both at the quiet watering-place, LYME REGIS, altaatod on the
south-west count of Dorset and confines ot Devon. Tne scenery In tho neighbourhood Is of
the most striking and boauti/ul character, riicitlng the warm art oxprtssions of del gbt from
all who visit tho town, and may fairly challenge comparison with any on tho court The
far-famed Landslip, that wonderful convulsion of nature, is within a short distance. The
town is particularly healthy; sheltering hills incloss it on all sides but tin south-weat. rea-
detixg it a favourable residence for invalids, especially those predisposed to consumption.
Its climate, indeed, like its position, is Intonnedlato between Torquay, with Its excoailva
beat, on tho cne baud, and Weymouth, with Its very keen air, ou the other; and of few
places can it with greater truth bo said
" Health freights etch soabomo breeze that freshens here." ....
Tho town contain* comfortable and well-conducted family hotels. House-rent and lodging*
are moderate, and provisions cheap. There is a railway station within a tew miloi, and
good firhlcg In the neighbourhood. .. .
Information as to House* snd bodging* may bo obtained on application to Mr. LQCKr,
Circulating Library, Broad-itrcet, Lyme Regis, Dorset. __
L OANS on DEBENTURES.—The Directors of the Dublin
*nd Wicklow Raflwav Companies are ready to receive TENDERS of LOA.HSi oo
Mortgage or Debenture Bonds bearing Interest at Five par Cent per Annum, w MOkmaa*
(not less than £100) and for such periods (not lei# than throe nor more thanflre year*) m may
li® agreed upon to suit the h ndors Proposals, stating amounts tendered and P«rtO<D for
which offered, to bo atldrewod to tho Socretary of the Company, at their Office, No. 49, W*4-
‘iKj&ft’gS; KOO«, Heoreurr.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
437
Mat 1, 1858.]
MAY-DAY AND MAY GAMES.
The jolly hours lead on propitious May.— Milton.
It is singular how Englishmen ding to traditional observances—to
days and places made memorable by the associations of the past; how,
with all their love of progress, with all their untiring enterprise, they
bow the knee to antiquity, and venerate the things that have been.
Christmaa-day is celebrated with roast-beef and plum-pudding under
a scorching sun in the mighty young empire of Australia; with roast-
beef and plum-pudding—a diet more to be esteemed m winter snows
than summer sunshine—because in the old time and the old land
such was ever regarded as legitimate Christmas fare. Aud w ® stiU
lo ik upon May-day as the May-day of our brave old poeto^thOM
m ; . -hty giants of song who built up the glorious structure of Ji<nglisn
p )C t r y--a8 the May-day of Spenser, and Herrick, and Milton, and
Browne, when the genial month was verily
the fayrest mayd on ground.
Deckt all with dainties of her season’s pryde
And throwing flow’res out of her Jap around;
when she really
did inspire
Mirth, and youth, and warm desire;
we Btill venerate her as " the blooming May,” though she hag some¬
what tarnished her reputation of late years by unbecoming fits of
naughtiness, by rains snd cold winds, and mephitic mists. An abuse
in England, if two centuries old, acquires a certain miyesty of cha¬
racter, and recommends itself strongly to our sympathies. And if our
May-day be not the * propitious Mayday ” which shone on the im¬
mortal minstrels, still it is nobly dear to ns—dear to our heart of
hearts, with all its shortcomings, because it was sung of by poets
and cherished by men and women in the old times of mernr
England. We love it for what it has been—for what it reminds us of;
for undying memories and evergreen associations; for the fragrance
of flowers that still lingers about it, and the echoes of unsurpassed
music that it still brings home to our hearts. Tlius, as we go forward
into the future, we keep our faces turned upon the past, and see there
occasionally some signs of warning, and some lessons of encourage¬
ment, which are not idly regarded by thoughtful men.
Nevertheless, if the old spirit survives, much, if not all, of the old
ceremonialism has passed away ; and, though May* day is stall welcomed
by us as an ancient valued friend, we are more sparing of our words
of greeting and shows of hospitality than were our forefathers.
They, dear poetic spirits, were wont,. in honour of the May, to deck
themselves, and their doors and lattices, with “ hawthorn buds and
sweet eglantine ” gathered in the early morning,
The dew bespangling herb and tree.
The maypole was set up on the village green, or in tho open streets or
COSTUMES, CAGLIARI, ISLAM) OF BABDOOA.—(SEE NEXT PAGE.)
PORTEB8.
438
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
LMat 1, 1858
market-places of the town; ay, and even in onr dull prosaic London,
where, says honest Stowe, “the citizens, of all estates, had their
several Mayings, and did fetch in maypoles, with divers warlike
shows, with good archers, morrice-dancers, and other devices for
past ime, all the day long, and towards the evening they had plays and
bonfires in the streets.”
It was the very Saturnalia of lovers, was May-day 1 The sweet-
smelling blossoms of the hawthorn, and a dainty wreath of fresh and
<lewy flowers, were hung up as a votive offering at the door of his
ladye-love by each aspiring swain. Happy the fair who held captive
more hearts than one, for then would the lintel become a perfect
bower—a very Arcadian porch—as each lover suspended his gift of
bloom and fragrance. Alack-a-day we should have now to be con¬
tent with the nosegays of Covent-garden!
In his picturesque serenade to Corinna, Herrick, the poet of Eng*
lish customs, has very quaintly described the order of the May-day
revels. There is such a vigour in the verse that we cannot deny our¬
selves the pleasure of a quotation
Come, my Corinna, come; and. corn tiling, marke
How each field turns a street, each street a parke.
Made green and triram'd with trees; see how
Devotion gives each house a bough,
Or branch; each porch, each doore, ere this
An arke, a tabernacle is,
Made up of white- thorn neatly interwove;
As if here were those cooler shades of love.
Can such delights be in the street.
And open fields, and we not see't?
Come, we’ll abroad, and let’s obey
The proclamation made for May:
And sin no more, as we hnve done, by staying—
But, my Corinna, come, let’s goe a-Maying.
There’s not a budding boy or girle, this day,
But is got up and gone to bring in May.
A deale of youth, ere this, is come
Back, and with white-thorn laden home:
Some have dispatcht their cakes and creamc.
Before that we have left to dreame ;
And some have went, and woo’d, and plighted troth,
And chose their priest, ere we can cast off sloth . . .
Them while time sen es, and we are but decaying,
Come, my Corinna, come, let’s goe a-Maying!
The archery sports on this famous day, which seems to have held
much the same relation towards the summer as Clirisfctnas-day did to
the winter season, were once upon a time ” of exceeding splendour and
repute. Even to the middle of the sixteenth century they maintained
something of their popularity. Robin Hood, and his faithful squire,
Little John: burly Friar Tuck, who will live for ever in the pages of
“ Ivanhoethe hobby-horse and the dragon, with their dim shadow¬
ing forth of the famous legend of St. George; the Fool, with chiming
bells; and, above all, Maid Marian, with her fair head crowned with
flowers, kept royal state in every English town* Kings and Queens
went forth to see the popular revel, even as now they go to Aldershott
or the Crystal Palace. An old chronicler has told us in excellent
language how at least one English Monarch—who has of late been
fortunate enough to find a potent friend in Mr. Froude—how Henry
VIII. went out to see the May games. “ In tlies moneth of May,"
says he, “ namely, on May-day in the morning, every man, except
impediment, would walke mto the sweet meddowes and green woods,
there to rejoyce their spirits with the beauty and savour of sweet
flowers, and with the harmonic of birds, praising God in their kinde.
And for example hereof, Edward Hall hath noted that King Henry
the Eighth, as in the third of his reigne, and divers other yeres, so
namely in the seventh of his reigne, on May-day in the morning, with
Queene Katharine his wife, accompanied with many lords and ladies,
rdfle a Maying from Greenwich to the high ground of Shooter’s-hill;
where, as they passed by the way, they espyed a company of tall yeo¬
men, clothed all in greene, with greene hoods, and with bowes and
arrowes, to the number of 200. One being their chieftain, w*as called
Robin Hood, who required the King and all his company to stay aud
see his men shoot; whereunto the King granting, Robin Hood
whistled, and all the 200 archers shot off, loosing all at once; aud
when he whistled againe, they likewise shot againe, their arrows
whistling by cra<t of the head,’so that the noise was strange and loud,
which greatly delighted the King, Queen, and their company."
Peace to their ashes! Robin Hood no longer bends the bow—Maid
Marian’s crown of flowers will bloom no more. Yet will we say with
our poet Keats (forgive ns, kind reader, another quotation):—
Honour to the old bowstring l
Honour to the bugle horn I
Honour to the woods unshorn !
Honour to the Lincoln green !
Honour to the archc r keen !
Honcur to tight Little John,
And the horse he rode upon I
Honour to bold Robin Hood,
Sleeping in the uuderwood!
Ilonour to Maid Marian,
And to all the Sherwood clan!
Some trace of this picturesque revel is still preserved in the street
masquerade of Jack-in-the-Green and his companions, who, on the
first three days of May, may yet be encountered in London in fan¬
tastic (and generally shabby) attire. The honourable guild of chim¬
neysweepers are the monopolisers of the modern pageant; Maid
Marian lias become “ my Lady,” Robin Hood “ my Lord.” And
this allusion reminds us that it was on the May-day good Mrs.
Montague yearly eutertained with roast-beef, plum pudding, a shilling
encli, and a merry dance, the climbing-boys of London, in remembrance
of the discovery of her son among those children of soot. These, by the
way, are not the only blacks who have reason to hold the May in
grateful remembrance, for, if we remember rightly, it was on May 1,
1807, that the British Parliament abolished slavery in the West
Indies. It was fitting that so noble a deed, that such an act of generous
humanity, should take place on a day the most genial of the year, and
one with which the pleasantest and happiest fancies of English poetry
are indissolubly connected.
And so we take our leave of the 1st of May, in “ high content¬
ment,” and with an earnest frith that, so long as England shall love
freedom and reverence justice, so long as English hearts preserve a
tender affection for the things of old, will the brave verses of Chaucer
he echoed by youth and age,—
O May, with all thy flowers and thy green, - \
Right welcome be thou, fairv freshe May 1
COSTUMES OF PORTERS AND PEASANTS AT
CAGLIARL
Cagliari (the Roman Caralis or Calares) is the principal town of the
inland of Sardinia, and is situated in the Gulf of Cagliari, near the
mouth of the River Merlargia. Since the establishment of the tele¬
graph at this place it has become of increased importance. Its streets
are miserably paved, and are only twenty feet wide. Here are twenty-
three monasteries and nunneries, thirtv-oight churches, a handsome
theatre, and a spacious and secure harbour, with a roadstead. The
inhabitants, above 35,000 in number, carry on a traffic in oil, wine,
and, above all, in salt, prepared in the neighbourhood. The houses
and streets remind one much of a Spanish town, and this may be
accounted for by the long period which the Moors had possession of
both Spain and Sardinia.
The costumes of the np.tivea are vory peculiar. The centre figures
in our Sketch represent a peasant and his wife from the interior. The
man’s drees consists of a brown coat: a tight-fitting, thick red waist¬
coat, buttoning at tho ride; a black leather girdle, u short petticoat of
coarse black cloth, very thick; and very loose white calico trousers,
which, at a little distance, look like a white pettiooat. A large black
bat, with a red handkerchief falling from under one side, completed his
costume. Both this man and his wifo stood while the Sketch was
made with great patience, and seemed not a little vain of their per¬
sonal appearance. The other figures are porters. The linen of ull was
remarkably white and clean.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
TnE Imperial steam-yacht’Awhich is building in the port of
Cherbourg, will be 258 feet long. She is to be a paddle-steamer of
600 horse-power. It is said that the Aiylt will be a model of naval
architecture.
We regret to have to announce the sudden demise on the 28 th of
April of Sir John Dodson, for many years the Judge of the Prerogative
Court of Canterbury. He only retired from the Bench ou the formation
of the new Probate Court in January last.
I [The following abstract of the Parliamentary intelligence of Friday last
week appeared m the Saturday’s edition of this Journal last week-1
HOUSE OF LORDS.— Friday, April 23.
Spiritual Destitution. — The Bishop of Exeter moved that a
Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the deficiency of the
means of spiritual instruction and places of Divine worship in the
metropolis, and in other populous districts of England and Wales, es¬
pecially in the mining and manufacturing districts, and to consider the
fittest means of meeting the difficulties of the case.—The Earl of Derby
assented to the motion, which was agreed to.
Electric Telegraphs.— Upon a motion for papers by Earl Grey, the
Earl of Derby said her Majesty’s Government did not intend to grant
any exclusive privileges to electric telegraph companies; but, on the
contrary, to encourage as many line3 as possible, without giving ex¬
clusive privileges to any.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Friday, April 23.
Church-rates —Mr. Puller gave notice that he should, on Tuesday
next, [move that the House ou Wednesday should resolve itself into
Committee to consider the expediency of providing for the repairs of
churches out of a ftmd to be placed under the care of the Poor Law Com¬
missioners.
Sir J. Trelawxy inquired whether Government would give up a day
for the adjourned debate on the Chnrch-rate Abolition Bill?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer declined to give a day, because
he thought it would lead to no satisfactory result; at the same time he
said the Government would prefer to settle the question by a bill of their
own, but he could not pledge himself to introduce Bucli a bill in the
present state of public business.
GOVERNMENT OP INDIA DILL.
Lord Goderich inquired whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
having placed his resolutions on the paper, still intended to withdraw his
bill?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he should adhere to the
original understanding of holding that bill in suspense until the resolu¬
tions had been disposed of.
Lord Goderich gave notice that in that case he should, when the noble
Lord moved his resolutions on Monday, oppose the motion, and take the
sense of the House on the subject (Hear. hear).
Lord J. Russell denied that there had been any understanding such
as that referred to by the right hon. gentleman on the part of the House,
and said the Government ought either at once to abandon the resolutions
or abandon the bill.
The Stamp on Bankers’ Cheques.— The House having gme into
Committee of Ways and Means, the resolution declaring it expedient to
impose a penny stamp upon bankers’cheques was agreed to nenk con., and
the Chairman was ordered to report the resolution to the House, and ask
leave to found a bill upon it.
THE NAVY ESTIMATES.
On the motion forgoing into Committee of Supply,
Captain Vivian complained that the Secretary for War ha-d made no
general statement as to the requirements upon which the Army Estimates
were founded.
Mr. Drummond made a similar complaint.
General Feel said he would afford every opportunity for explanation
as the estimates proceeded.
Mr. Hons MAN contended that this was not sufficient. The nonsc had
mreley beard a few facts, when it ought to have been put in possession of
tho general state of each department, and its separate requirements.
Ihe subject then dropped.
Disembodiment of the MiLiTiA.-Colonel Smyth drew attention
to the recent decision of the Government relative to the disembodiment
of sixteen regiments of Militia, complaining that the men had been dis¬
missed abruptly and uncourteously, so that not more that one- fourth or
one-fifth of the men would be forthcoming when their services were again
required by the Government Lord Burleigu expressed himself to the
game effect.—C olonel Knox blamed the late Government, who had raised
more militia than they were entitled to do, and had then failed to disband
than.—Colonel North regretted that the Government had not taken
steps to retain llic services of so many disciplined men, and suggested
that the regiments should be reduced rather than disembodied.—After
gome further discussion. General Peel said the Government were com¬
pelled to disembody the regiments referred to because only £150,000 had
been voted for militia, which would only have sufficed lor their pay for
two months. The subject then dropped.
The Army Works Corps—L ora A. Vane moved for a Select Com¬
mittee to inquire into the case of the officers who had been attached to the
Army Works Corps, and who had been discharged without receiving that
half-pay to which they conceived themselves to be entitled. An objection
was raised upon a point of order, and the motion was withdrawn, with a
promifc that it would not be opposed by Government if brought forward
on a future nielit as an independent motion.
The House then went into Committee of Supply, and adjourned after
agreeing to various votes in the Army and Navy Estimates. *
HOUSE OF LORDS.— Monday.
B The House sat for a few minutes only, during which no business of
public interest was transacted.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Monday.
THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
The Chancy i.lor of tlie Exchequer moved, pursuant to notice, that, on
the following Friday, the House resolve itself into Committee to consider
the Act of the Queen which provides for the government of India, with a
view that, in that case, lie might have an opportunity of proposing the
resolutions which ho had already laid upon the tabic. The right hon.
gentleman began by describing generally the position in which the
question of the government of India was placed in consequeuce of the
change of Government. The right lion, gentleman proceeded to refer
to the princif>al provisions in the hill he had proposed, especially to the
numbers of the Council, for the purpose of showing that the Council
should be sufficiently large to enable it to take charge of the various sub¬
jects connected with the government of India, and thus be in a condition
to give the necessary aid and advice to the Minister. He contended, at
considerable length, that the principle of adopting the constituencies in
the large towns mentioned in the bill, for the purpose of electing a
Council, was wise and judicious, and urged the House to adopt the re¬
solutions if they wished to save their empire in India. If they accepted
the scheme of barren simplicity contained in the proposition of the late
Government, which only veiled the hideous dangers It affected to remove,
the fate of India was sealed, because they attempted to rule without
knowledge or experience
Lord Palmerston ridiculed the absurdity of the right hon. gentleman
pronouncing an eulogium upon a measure which he himself had killed.
The noble Lord thought it was unnecessary to discuss by resolutions a
principle which all were agreed upon—namely, that it was desirable to
transfer the government of India from the East Iudia Company to the
Crown. He thought the question had already been fully discussed, and
that it was now ripe for the consideration of Parliament. He would not
conclude by moving an amendment; but he hoped the House would not
now deem it neceseaiy to again go into the details of a question which
had already been so fully considered.
Mr. Gladstone thought that much valuable time had been lost in the
consideration of this question, and that the present moment, when the
flames of mutiny were still raging in India, was not the most opportune
for legislating upon the question of the government of that part of the
empire. The evil of postponing legislation for India would not be so
dangerous as the evil of a rash and ill-digested measure. Unless they
appointed a Council cqaAl in experience and knowledge to the present
Court of Directors they would do well to leave matters as they were.
LookIng-at the various circumstances with which the question was sur¬
rounded, he should enter his respectful protest against the motion about to
be submitted.
After a few words from Colonel Sykes and Sir n. Verney.
Mr. Gregory moved, as an amendment, “ That It is not expedient, at
this moment, to pass any resolution for the future government of India.”
Mr. W. Ewart seconded the amendment.
Lord J. Russell opposed the amendment.
A long debate ensued. Ultimately Mr. Gregory withdrew his amend¬
ment, and the motion was agreed to.
Competitive Examinations.— On the order for going into Committee
of Supply on the Army Estimates, Mr. Monsell moved an address to
her Blajesty praying that no alteration be made in the existing arrange¬
ments for the adniission to cadetships In the Artillery and Engineers.
Alter a discussion, in which several hon. members took part, the amend¬
ment was carried, amid loud cheers from the Opposition, by a majority of
217 to 177.
Excise Duties.— On the order for the second reading of the Excise
Duties Bill, Mr. P. O’Brien moved that the bill be read a second time
that day six months. Mr. Esmonde, Mr. Grogan, Mr. Magon, Mr.
Cogan, and others supported the amendment; which was opposed by
the Attorney-General and Lord Naas. The House then divided. The
numbers were:—For the Becond reading, 227 ; lor the amendment, 35.
Ihe bill was read a second time.
Tlie other orders of the day were then disposed of.
HOUSE OF LORDS.— Tuesdat.
THE OATHS BILL.
The House having gone into Committee on this bill.
The Earl of Wicki.ow moved an amendment to the first clause, omit¬
ting the words declaring “that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state,
or potentate hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority,
pre-eminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, withiu these
realms.’’ Believing that the affirmation contained in these words was
contrary to the fact, as presented by the legalised status of the Roman
Catholic hierarchy in England, and the allegiance paid by English Roman
Catholics to the Pope, tlie noble Earl maintained that the phrase ought to
be cancelled !rom|the present version of the Parliamentary oaths.
The amendment was opposed by Lord Lyndhurst, and ultimately
withdrawn.
The Lord Chancellor moved the omission of the 5 th clause, under
which a Jew was allowed to take the oath by omitting the words “ on the
true faith of a Christian.” On constitutional grounds he insisted that a
perilous precedent would be established if a single constituency, merely
by persistingin an illegal act, were permitted to overawe!the Legislature.
On the religious question he argued at much length in favour of main¬
taining inviolate the Christian character of the House of Commons.
Lora Lyndhurst defended the clause at great length and with much
eloquence, vindicating the right of Jewish subjects to a full participation
in all the privileges ol citizenship.
The Duke of Marlborough supported the amendment, as did the Duke
of Rutland.
The clause was defended by Lord Stratford de Rcdcliffe, Earl Granville,
Lord Stanley of Alderfry, and the Marquis of Londonderry; it was
opposed by Lord Dungannon and the Bishop of Cashel.
Their Lordships divided :—
For the clause.. .. •• .. 80
Against .. .. .. .. 119
The bill as amended was then passed through Committee.
HOUSE OF COMMONS. —Tuesday.
Corrupt Practices at Elections.— The Home Secretary, reply¬
ing to Mr. Cross, stated that a bill designed to continue and amend tue
Corrupt Practices at Elections Prevention Act was in course of prepara¬
tion, and would shortly be introduced.
Rifles for India.— General Peel, in answer to General Codrington,
said that Enfield rifle? had been supplied to every regiment sent recently
to India. In all, 82,000 of this description of weapon were issued for the
service of troops in that country.
Administration of Justice.— Mr. M'Mahon moved for a Select
Committee to inquire into the expediency of further improving the ad¬
ministration of justice by increasing the number of assizes and assize
towns for civil and criminal business in the several counties of England and
Wales. Alter considerable discussion the motion was negatived without
a division.
Masters and Workmen.—M r. Mackinxon moved for and obtained
leave ito bring in a bill to enable musters and workmen to form councils
of conciliation and arbitration.
THE COUNTY FRANCHISE.
Mr. L. King sought leave to introduce a bill to extend the franchise in
counties in England and Wales, and to improve the representation of the
people in respect of such franchise. Observing that, in the hopelessness
of obtaining any comprehensive measure of reform the only eourse left
was to enforce in detail improvements in the electoral system, the lion,
member proceeded to describe his measure. The chief feature of the bill
was to extend the franchise to £10 householders in counties ; and it a
effect, as lie contended, would be to remove m^ny of the anomalies aud
inequalities which now existed in the representative system of the country.
Sir. By no seconded the motion.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer objected to the bill, not because it
extended the franchise, but on account of its partial operation. Declaring
t hat the Government would seriously devote themselves to the preparation
ol a general Reform Bill, Mr. Disraeli met the present motion by moving,
as an amendment, the previous question.
Lord J. Russell said he felt more distrust than hope touching the re¬
forming professions of the present Administration, and on that account he
wished not to let go the bill now offered, and which he regarded as a “ bird
in the hand.”
Mr. LABOUcnEUE also supported the motion, sharing the doubt3 ex¬
pressed by Lord John as to the prospects of a Reform Bill next Session.
The discussion was continued by some brief remarks from Sir. Philipps,
Mr. J. Locke, Mr. Clay, Mr. Bentinck, Mr. Collins, Mr. Stanhope, and
other members.
The question was then put with the amendment, but the latter was not
pressed, and tlie motion was agreed to without a division, amidst loud
cheers from the Opposition beuchea.
Mr. King s bill was afterwards brought in read a first time, and ordered
to be read a second time on the 11th instant.
Weights and Measures.— Mr. J. Locke obtained leave to bring ia
a bill to amend the Act 5 and 0 William IV., c. 63 , relating to weights
and measures.
church-rates.
Mr. Puller moved a resolution, •' Tuat the House should on the next
day resolve itself into a Committee for the purpose of considering the ex¬
pediency of providing for the repair of churches and the maintenance of
churchyards, by substituting for Church-rates such an annual rent-charge
upen all hereditaments in respect of which Church-rates may now be law-
luily assessed upon the occupiers thereof as will most fairly represent
the total annual amount now raised by Church-rates; such rent-charge
to be a fixed and uniform poundage on the rateable value of such here¬
ditaments, and to be made a charge on the owners of the same.” The
hon. member supported his motion as offering, as he believed, the most
expedient methoa of settling the controversy respecting Church-rates.
i he motion was seconded by Mr. Wioram.
Mr. Buxton moved as an amendment another resolution, setting
forth that “ In some parishes power should bo given to make an addition
to a limited amount to the tithe, in order to maintain the fabric of the
churches: and that in some parishes in towns power should be given to
the churchwardens or the vestry to place a rental on a certain proportion
of the sittings.”
General Thompson seconded the amendment
Sir J. Trelawny opposed tlie motion, which he contended did not pro¬
vide a remedy,but only fixed the injustice of Church-rates. He objected
also to the amendment, believing that the only satisfactory solution con¬
sisted in the total abolition of the impost, as provided by the bill he had
introduced to the House.
Mr. Lygon announced his intention of proposing, in the coarse of the
night's sitting, another measure ou the Church-rate question, containing
a compromise which he thought would be found acceptable.
Sir G. C Lewis remarked tlmt the plan proposed by Mr. Puller created
a new general and compulsory charge upon property. Even in parishes
where llie Church-rate had been virtually extinguished the impost would
be revived and perpetuated. Very similar objections applied to the amend¬
ment, and he would therefore assent to neither.
Alter a few words from Mr. Newdegate in defence of Church-rates,
LordJ. Russell opposed the motion, but admitted that some provision
should be made to maintain the fabric of the churches. He was, there¬
fore, ready to consider any fair proposal that might be offered for that
purpose.
The Home Secretary thought that the principle on which the resolu¬
tion had been founded was perfectly sound. The objection that it created
a new and compulsory charge on the land was, however, fatal. He vin¬
dicated the plan of a compromise which, in his opinion, would prove satis¬
factory.
Mr. Wigram having briefly spoken,
Mr. Buxton withdrew his amendment.
Mr. Puller also wished to withdraw his resolution, but this course
was not assented to, and the House divided—Ayes, 5 t; Noes, 317.
The Poor Law Amendment Bill was read a second time
The Excise Duties Bill and the Customs Duties (No. 2 ) Bill went
through Committee.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Wednesday,
agricultural statistics.
At the midday sitting of the House, Mr. Oalrd moved the second read¬
ing of tlie Agricultural titatiatics Bill. He severed the question from al
party or class considerations, and advocated the measure as one from
which the whole community would derive benefits analogous to those ob¬
tained by the full statistical information already furnished regularly re¬
specting the supply of cotton and other imported commodities. Within
ten years, he observed, £lll,000,000 had been paid to foreign countries for
grain, much of which was brought in under a moat complete ignorance of
tlie actual product of our home harvest. Describing the machinery of the
bill, he stated that the returns were to be furnished altogether voluntarily,
and collected through the medium of the Board of Trade. The principle
had been tried for ten years in Ireland, and during four years in Scotland,
with complete success.
Mr. Packe apprehended that, if the measure were once passed, the
voluntary element would soon be eliminated, and the returns mode com¬
pulsory. Objecting to introduce the “ thin end of the wedge,” he opposed
tlie bill, and moved, as an amendment, that the second reading should b
deferred for six months.
The amendment was seconded by Mr. Du Cane.
Sir G. C. Lewis believed that no full accurate information could be ob¬
tained on tlie subject of agricultural statistics except by a special ma¬
chinery, such as was established for the census, and at a considerable ex¬
pense. For any immediate practical purpose also he thought that the
returns could not be collected sufficiently early, and as mere matter of in¬
formation a decennial statement would suffice, although he doubted
whether the annual returns would be worth the trouble and cost of pre¬
paration.
Mr. H. Drummond, after commenting upon the pedantry which he
said characterised modem science, expressed his intention to oppose the
bill, from which he looked for no practical benefit. ,
Mr. A. Turner was convinced that full statistical returns of agricul¬
tural produce could be collected without difficulty, and would prove of
essential service.
Mr. Bentinck opposed the bill.
BIr. Lindsay remarked that, under the present system, the farmer was
obliged to work in tlie dark, and his operations degenerated into a game of
chance. He denied that the measure was inquisitorial, aud described the
Mat 1 , 1858 .]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
439
nature of the returns exacted from slilpowers, whtoh were Car more
minute, and were, nevertheless, supplied without complaint.
Mr. Bass supported the motion.
Mr. Cardweu. opproved of tlieprinciple on which the bill was founded.
Believing, however, that any compulsory enactment must tail, he recom¬
mended that It should be withdrawn ; leaving It to the Executive tocollect
such statistical information respecting agriculture as could be obtained
from voluntary Information.
Mr. Bek ley contended that great difficulty would be experienced In ob¬
taining accurate information through the mode of procedure proposed in
the bill. I he returns would be exceedingly voluminous ; and the results,
which at best must be very imperfect, could not be computed and pub¬
lished until September, when they would be utterly useless to the farmers.
Periodical returns, say one every ten years, might, he thought, be pre¬
pared accurately, cheaply, and usefully.
Mr. W. Minis, from his personal knowledge of the farmers, felt sure
that many of them entertained no objection to furnish returns of the acre¬
age of their various crops. The publication of agricultural statistics
would be very beneficial to the agriculturists themselves, tie sup ported
the second reading, suggesting that the mode of collecting the returns
should be left to the Government.
Alter some furiher discussion, in which Mr. Stanhope. Sir J. V. Shel¬
ley, Mr. Whiteside, and Mr. E. Ball took part, the House divided—For the
motion, 135 1 against, 241.
The Mehical Procession.— Mr. T. Buncombe obtained leave to in¬
troduce a bill to define the rights of members of the medical profession, and
to protect the public from the abuse of medical imposition.
HOUSE OF LORDS.— Thursday.
ANNEXATION OP OUDE.
The Earl of Aubemabi.i: said he had been intrusted with a petition
which rendered it incumbent on him to make a lew remarks. Hie petition
was lrom 12.000 inhabitants of Manchester and Salford, and contained a
request for the restoration of the King of Oude to the throne of his ances¬
tors. Considering that British subjects had an unquestionable right of
making their observations to Parliament by petition, he consented at once
to lay the petition upon their Lordships’ table; but he now stated what
lie had said to the petitioners themselves, that it would not be In his power
to support its prayer. The annexation of Oude was a fail a ccomvli, and
coulu Dot now be reversed without risking British rule In India. At the
same time lie would guard himself against being snpposed for a moment
to approve of the policy which led to the deposition of that Monarch,
ar.d he would use the strongest language Parliament allowed to ex¬
press his abhorrence of the policy of confiscating the dominions
of the native Princes in India. That policy, commencing in 1818,
and of which the deposition of the King of Oude wa3 the crowning act,
was a foul Injustice. They had requested him to bring the subject before
the Bouse, and he was about doing so when the mutiny in India broke
cut He abstained at the time from bringing on a motion, of which he
had given notice; but he now proposed on Monday, tile loth May, to
move the following resolution That It was the opinion of the House
that the practice of annexing the states of native Princes in India for sup¬
posed default of heirs, or under the pretext of malgovornment, was a
flagrant violation of international law, opposed to the feelings of the
people of India, derogatory to the Christian character, and dangerous to
the stability of British rule; and that the House therefore pledged itself
thenceforward to abandon such policy." He now moved that the petition
be laid on the table.
The petition was ordered to He on the table.
The Barrel-organ Supmiession BrLL.—The Marquis of West-
meath moved the second reading of this bill, which, lie contended, was
rendered necessary by the defective construction of the Metropolitan
rolice Act—The Earl of Wilton, as an amendment, moved that the bill
should be read a second time that day three months.—Lord Lyndhurst,
in a vigorous speech, opposfd the bill, contending that the people had a
right to their street music; and that the bill would put down all bros3
bands, and render every man liable to a monthly imprisonment who
played any Instrument, at any time, or on any occasion, upon a public
road, within fifteen miles of Charing-cross —Earl Granville also opposed
the bill; land, after some further discussion, the motion was negatived
without a division, and the bill was consequently thrown oat.
MB “CAGLIARI.”
The Earl of Airlie, on putting a question to the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs with regard to the production of certain despatches
connected with the capture of the Cagliari, asked for some explanation.!
with regard to an opinion expressed by the Earl of Malmesbury that
there were no grounds for taking strong measures towards the Govern¬
ment of Naples, contending that the demands of the Sardinian Govern¬
ment were perfectly just, and ought to have been supported by her Ma-
tL° lSri r or°MALMESni rt said he hardly knew what explanations
were required; but the Noble Earl opposite appeared to question the accu¬
racy of an opinion expressed by him on a recent night that there had been
no official report of the condemnation of the Cagliari received by the Sar¬
dinian Government. He believed, however, that that opinion was cor¬
rect since the act of condemnation had not yet been effected. With
regard to the opinion of the law officers, it was unanimously in favour of
compensation to Watt and I’ark, the British engineers, and a demand
for compensation had accordingly been addressed to the Neapo¬
litan Government, to which no answer had yet been received. The
opinion of the law officers was also unanimously that, while
the Cat/liarl had been legally captured, the vessel could not
be legally condemned, and in a correspondence with the Sardinian
Government he had said that, while that Government was wrong at the
commencement and the Neapolitan Government right the King of Sar¬
dinia was right now ar.d the King of Naples wrong. It became evident,
however that the King of Sardinia was more disposed to have recourse
to war with Naples than to wait for the results of diplomacy, and as war
between those two Powers would no doubt emerge Into a European war,
her Maiestv's Government had viewed this state of things with very
great anxiety, and offered to nse their influence with the King of Naples
to induce him to give up to Sardinia the Cagliari and her crew. Count
Cavour had accepted the offer; but as the King of Naples still declined
to give up the vessel her Majesty’s Government had advised the Sar¬
dinian Government to have recourse to the mediation of some other
friendly Bower. To this despatch he had received no answer; but what-
eyarmlght be the result, be assured the House that he had done his best
to bring the affair to a satisfactory termination, and that the other great
Bowers of Europe viewed matters exactly as they were viewed by her
W Tlie^ arPoT ClaSndon expressed his approval of the eonrsc taken by
the present Government, at the same time that he defended the steps taken
by GovEii P NNGiNT OF 8 iNDiA.-lTie Duke of Argyll moved that" there
should be laid on the table the report to the General Court of the East
India Company Ifrom the Court of Directors, upon the two bills now
before Parliament relating to the Government of India. Ho expressed
- 1 ,™, < 1 ,.* (l.p miration of the Government of India would be settled in
the course adopted by -. - - -
would lead to delay. The motion was agreed to.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Thursdat.
“ttrcixTss or the House.—-O n the motion of Mr. Walpole, it was
resolved that, on Thursday, the 13th May, and future iharsdays during
the Session orders of the day should take precedence of notices of motion.
TiifIndian Question.—M r. Divett gave notice vhat, on the question
being nut that the Speaker do leave the chair for the purpose of considering
thlffmHan resolutions, he should move an amendment asserting the incx-
nf nrnrecdlng farther in the consideration or any measure for the
Cure ?o«Knt of !ndla during the existence of the present Govern-
pofc4fs°motio T irn * 0 'the "oils wffich
Case—M r. Hunt
Mr. LaDm ir James, w » Secretary a question in reference to
PsSSSfiS?3a«3saKaB«
£r0Wn - iATSOOIfl.
Mr. SrooNEnrose, and wae received wi; h . c ^ c ^"mmfttM^^consider
moved "That this House do resolve itseif into a £?™7nthe withdrawal
the Acts for the endowment of Maynooth. with a view to the: withdrawal
of any endowment cut of tlic Consolidated Fuad ’not
^Mr* W ALTOLE 1 said tlial'.if thf/werea new quesUomandit^rerenot
rMisonat;h: P to ^cedTw^s ^ro^sai^^howewrith^^use affrnna^the
nropodtioii, it would cause agitation, and would inevitably lead *0 the
bon gentleman’s ultimate disappointment. The question had been
settied by Parliament, and he held that It would be very unwise to lnter-
fC Mr'N fwdegate rose, and was received with lond shouts of “Divide!”
He said the Home Secretary held out no hope of any different arrangement
Sing come to, a circumstance which he much regretted. He beltcvea
thMtheconduct of the Government, by holding out hopes to the Boom
C atholic clergy which must be disappointed, would lead toy more bitter
agitation than that which the Home Secretary had deprecated.
* The House divided, when the numbers were;-For the motion, 155,
It em • maiority, 65. The motion was consequently lost.
^hf. KecIctration of County Voters (Scotland! Bill was read a
Timms (Ireland) Bill —Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald was moving
tbpMcond reading of this biU. when the House was " counted out, only
twenty* eight members being present.
THE COURT.
The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied bv Prince Arthur,
and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, arrived at Buck-
ingbam Palace at twelve minutes past six on Saturday evening from
Aldershott Her Majesty afterwards gave a dinner party, at whioh the
guests included the Duchess of Kent, Prince Nicholas of Nassau, the
Duchess of Sutherland, the Swedish and Norwegian Minister and Countess
Platen, the Earl of Westmoreland. &c. The national Swedish singers
attended after dinner, and had the honour of performing before the Queen.
On Sunday the Queen and Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, the
Princesses Alice and Helena, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and
the domestic household, attended Divine service in the chapel at Barklnz-
Hon - aD( * Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated.
1 lie Duchess of Kent was also present at the service.
On Monday the Queen rode on horseback with the Prince Consort,
accompanied by the Prince of Wales, and attended by the Hon. Flora
Macdonald, Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, and Capt Du Plat Sir John
Pakingtop had an audience of her Majesty at Buckingham Palace. Her
Majesty took a drive in the afternoon, accompanied bjr the Prince of
Wales and the Princess Alice. In the evening the Queen fnd the Prince
honoured the Princess' Theatre with their presence.
On Tuesday the Queen and the Prince Consort accompanied by the
Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, went to the Exhibition of the
Society of Painters in Water Colours, in Pall-mall East. In the evening
the Queen and the Prince Consort honoured Her Majesty’s Theatre with
their presence.
On Wednesday the Queen held a Levee; after which her Majesty, with
the Princesses Alice and Helena, drove out in an open carriage. In the
evening the Royal dinner circle included the Duchess of Kent, Prince
Nicholas of Nassau, the Duchess of Manchester, the Netherlands Minister
(Baron Bontinck), the Earl and Countess of Jersey, the Earl of St. Ger¬
mans, Earl and Countess Hpwe, Lady Fanny Howard, Viscount and
Viscountess Sydney. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord and
Lady Lovaine, Major-General Sir Henry Bentlnck, and Major Teesdaie
(Royal Artillery).
We are authorised to say that it is her Majesty’s intention that State
balls shall take place at Buckingham Palace on Monday. May 10 , instead
of May 3, as previously announced, and Wednesday. June 9; and that
concerts shall take place on Monday. May 3. instead of May 10, and
Friday, June 18 next Her Majesty’s birthday Drawingroom will be held
on Saturday, May 15.
TIIE LEVEE.
The Queen held a Levee on Wednesday at St. James's Palace. Her
Majesty and the Prince Consort, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of
the Court, arrived from Buckingham Palaee shortly after one o’clock, and
were received by the great Officers of State.
The Qneen entered the Throne room, attended by the Duchess of Man¬
chester, Mistress of the Robes ; Lady Macdonald, Lady in Waiting; the
Marquis of Exeter. Lord Steward; Earl Delawarr. Lord Chamber-
lain ; and the other Lords and and Ladies of the Royal household. Her
Majesty wore a train of white moire satin antique, with blue stripes covered
with a running pattern of blue and white flowers, trimmed with two rows
of white blonde. The petticoat of white satin, trimmed with white blonde
and’ruches of white salin ribbon. The head-dress was a diadem of diamonds
and opals.
In the diplomatic circle several presentations took place. The general
circle was attended by his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-
Wehnar and a very large assemblage of the aristocracy.
The following were among the more noth cable presentations to her
MajestyThe Earl of Selkirk, on appointment as Keeper of the Great
Seal of Scotland, by the Lord Chamberlain; Viscount Eversley, on ap-
£ >intment as Governor of the Isle of Wight, by Viscount Palmerston:
ord Ashley, on his marriage, by the Earl of Shaftesbury.
TIIE PRINCE OF WALES.
The Prince of Wales returned from his tour to the KHlarecy Lakes on
Saturday last: and on Wednesday his Royal Highness left Buckingham
Palace for the White Lodge, Richmond Park where the Prince will keep
an establishment for some months. His Royal Highness was attended by
Viscount Vallctort, Mr. Gibbs, and the Rev. C. Tarver. Viscount Valle-
tort, Major Teesdulc, C.B., Royal Artillery, and Major Lindsay, Scots
Fusilier Guards, have been Appointed to be in attendance on the Prince in
monthly succession. _
His Serene Highness Prince Nicholas of Nassau has arrived
at Mnurigy’s Hotel.
The Countess of Derby will give a full-dress party, at the
official residence of the Prime Minister, in Downing-street, on her
Majesty’s birthday, Saturday, the 15th of May.
Viscountess Palmerston held an assembly on Saturday last, at
Cambridge House. The company began to arrive shortly after ten o’clock,
and carriages continued to set down company until twelve o’clock.
Viscountess Somerton was confined of a son and heir, on
Tuesday, at the family residence on Prince’s-tcrracc.
The marriage of Viscountess Castlcrosse, M.P., eldest son of the
Earl of Kenmare, with Miss Gertrude Harriet Thynne, only daughter of
Lord Charles Thynne, and granddaughter of the late Marquis or Bath,
was solemnised on Wednesday, with great pomp, at St. Mary’s Roman
Catholic Church in Chelsea.
The Speaker gave his ninth and tenth Pahamcntary dinners at
his residence on Carlton House-terrace on Saturday and Wednesday last
OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS.
LORD DUNFERMLINE.
The Bight Hon. James AbeecbOmby, Baron Dunfermline, of
Dunfermline. in the county of File,
was tho third son of the gallant Sir
Ralph Abercromby, the hero of
Alexandria, by his wife, Mary
Anns, the daughter of John Men-
zias, Esq., of Fern ton, Perthshire,
who, on the news reaohing Eng¬
land of her husband’s glorious
death in the moment of victory,
was raised, in 1801, to the Peerage
as Baroness Aberaromby of Abou-
kir. Her third son, James Aber-
eromby, tho subject of this notice,
was born on the 7th of Novombe -,
1776. Having adopted the legal
profession, he became a barrister
m England in 1800. He was for
some time a Commissioner of Bankrupts, appointed Judge Advocate-
General in 1827, made Chiof Baron of the Exchequor in Scotland in
1830, and Master of tho Mint in 1834. He was elected Speaker of
the House of Commons in 1835, and held that high office until 1830,
when, on resigning i!, he was raised to the Peerage as Lord Duu-
fermline. His Lordship enjoyed a pension for the abolished office
of Scottish Chief Baron. He married, the 14th of June, 1802, Mary
Anne, eldest daughter of the late Egerton Legh, Esq., of the West
Hall, High Legh, Cheshire, and had an only son. His Lordship,
whose death has recently occurred, is succeeded by his son, the Hon.
Sir Ralph Aberoromby, K.C.B., British Minister at the Hague, now
seoond Lord Dunfermline, who was born the 6th April, 1803; and
married, the 18th September, 1838, Lady Mary Elliot, eldest daughtsr
of the Earl of Minto, and has a daughter. The Lord Dunfermline
just deceased was unoie of the late Lady P an .mure, and grandunclo of
the present Lord Abercromby.
SIR DAVID WEDDERBURN, BART.
SiE David Weddbrbubn, Bart., of Ballindeoa, in the county of
Perth, died on the 7th inst,
at his residence, Invereak
Lodge, near Edinburgh Sir
David was chief hair male of
the Scottish family of Wed-
derburn, and was the eldest
son of Sir John Wedderbora,
of Balliudean, Perthshire, by
^ his first wife, the Lady Mi?* - -
. \ garot Ogilvy, eldest daughter
of Davict Earl of Airlie. Ho
was born on the 10th of
March, 1775, and married,
the 2nd of September, 1800,
v —- Margaret, daughter of George
■n UoTburahshire, by whom (who died in 1815) he
a chSdTand the other, George, died in 1822, in
The originul family Baronetcy was a Scottish crea-
hnttwentieth yrer Theongi^aimm^ ^ of fifth
Uon of the father of the Baronet the
X* SttS SSFlXSSS to assume the tide, but ;ou
bis death, in 1803, Sir David obtained, by creation, on the 18th of
August in that year, a Baronetcy of the United Kingdom, with re¬
mainder to the heirs male of his great grandfather. Sir David wai
M.P. for the burghs of Perth, St. Andrew's, <Sco., in two Parliaments
previous to 1818, and in 1823 he was appointed Postmaster-General
for Scotland, which office he held till its aboiidon in 183L His half-
brother, John, the elder son of bis father by bis s< :ond marriage with
Alicia, daughter of Colonel James Dunde.'*, of Dundas, succeeds him as
second Baronet of the new creation. This gentleman, now Sir John
Wedderburn, was born in May, 1789, and was formerly Accountant-
General at Bombay. He married, in 1822. Henrietta, daughter of
William Milburn, Esq., by whom he has four daughters and two sur-
ving som—viz., David, B.A. Cantab, born in 1835, and William,
born in 1838.
WILLIAM WINGFIELD BAKER, ESQ,
William Wingfield Bakek, Eso , of Orsett Hall, in the county of
Ersfx, died on the 21st ult, at Sberoorae Ca«tie. Dorsetshire, the seat
of his eldestson, George W.Digby, Esq. Mr. William W. Baker was the
second son of George Wingfield. Esq., of Cothan, in the county of Dur¬
ham, by Mary his wife, niece of George Sparrow, Esq., of Washington,
Lancashire. He was born in 1772, and was early in life in the Army, an
officer in the Guards. He afterwards went to the Bar, where he be¬
came well known, being for several yetua Welsh Judge on the Breck¬
nock Circuit, a Q.C., and for a long period a Master in Chancer/,
which latter office he resigned in Much, 1849, on succeeding to a large
property in Essex, and upon that occasion he took the name and arms
of Baker by Royal license. Ha married first, in 1796, the Lady Charlotte
Maria, eldest daughter of Henry, seventh Baron and first Earl of Digby,
and sister of Edward, the second and la6t Earl, and by this lady, who
died in 1807, had six children, the eldest of whom is the present G. W.
Digby, Esq., of Sherborne Castle, Dorsetshire. His second daughter,
Caroline Elizabeth, is the present Countess Dowager of Cofctenham.
Mr. Wingfield Baker married secondly, the 2nd June, 1813, Elizabeth,
daughter of W. Mills, Esq., of Bisterne. Hants, by which lady, who
survives him. he also has issue. Mr Wingfield Baker was M P. for
Bodmin from 1810 to 1812, and always professed moderate Liberal
principles. He is succeeded in his Eseex property by Richard.Baker
Wingfield, Efq, M.P. for South Essex, his youngest son by his first
wife.
EXTINCT VOLCANOS IN CENTRAL FRANCE*
Next to the knowledge of the laws of life and the phenomena of the
human body must stand, in interest, the knowledge of the phenomena
of the earth and the various processes of its history. When we have
learnt something about ourselves we naturally wish next to learn
something about the world wherein we live, and with which we are
connected by a hundred subtle but powerful affinities ; therefore, geo¬
logy to ns has always seemed in interest second only to physiology.
It is, indeed, very natural that man should seek to acquire an insight
into the mysteries of his own constitution, bnt, that insight gained,
it is equally natural he should begin to question himself upon the
probable origin, the life-history as it were, of the earth whereon he
has to work out his destiny. These lofty hills, these winding streams,
these bleak bare rocks, these scarred and blackened mountains—how
come they here ? Have they preserved their present outlines un¬
changed during the whole period of their existence ? Will they con¬
tinue to preserve those outlines until earth passes away at the bid¬
ding of Him who first summoned It into being ? Or, if there is a
certain great principle of change ever active in the valley, and the
ocean-washed cliffs, and the snow-crowned mountains; if old rocks
are destroyed, or reproduced in novel combinations; if streams burst
forth where formerly all was arid; if the level plain is broken up into
bills and dales, how does this principle act? What are its processes?
Such questions must naturally suggest themselves to the reflective
mind when once its attention is directed to the constitution of the
earth, and their minute examination cannot but prove a source !of
unfailing interest. We do not wonder, therefore, that geology is be¬
coming one of the most popular, ns it is to our mind one of the most
attractive, of the sciences. Its stndy needs no elaborate apparatus,
no costly mechanism. Earth itself is the geologist’s workshop.
Every rock is a laboratory where he may conduct his investigations.
He is not fettered with any formula: liis analyses are independently
conducted, and their resnlts are easily classified.
We have an illustration of our remarks in the work now before us,
which embodies the independent reasoning of a capful and unpre¬
judiced inquirer. Mr. Scrope has gone at once to Nature for know¬
ledge, and not been content with secondhand information. His
workshop—if we may nse the expression—has been Central France,
and it cannot be denied but that his toil lias produced some in¬
teresting and satisfactory results. We honour, the independent
labourer in every field of scientific research ; and it must be a mat¬
ter of gratification to Mr. Scrope, that by bis labours he has dis¬
covered important grounds for his belief in a. theory formed in
direct opposition to doctrines which had the sanction of authority aud
prescription. . .. , . ,
Not only have changes In the earth s surface taken place m pre¬
vious ages, but it is obvious that changes not dissimilar in character
are still in constant operation. We have already hinted at them.
The reproduction of old rocks, fresh combinations of strata, altera¬
tions in the relative level of places, streams welling forth upon ground
which none had previously refreshed, watercourses which liad ferti¬
lised the valleys for ages suddenly pausing in their labour—these and
other changes are obvious oven to the eyes of the ignorant. It is
the province of the geologist to investigate their causes, and to es¬
tablish the general laws by which they are regulated. Facile
enough is it to rush forward with some bold speculation, or to
settle the matter summarily by. ascribing them to some sudden
revolution, some wonderful interposition of providential agency. Bub
in the physical, ai in the moral, world there are no sudden changes;
We see only the result of the process, and that result may come upon
us like a great surprise, hut not the less has the process been gradually
developing itself. If we turn to the pages of history we find many a
convulsion which they who suffered in it regarded as something unex¬
pected and inexplicable, but which, it is evident to us, was but the
natural consequence of a long series of influences. The geologist,
then, unless a hasty and superficial theorist, will not attempt to
account for what we may call the bouleversements of nature by any
crude speculation. He will endeavour to trace them to the operation
of certain general laws, which will be found to apply to the transitions
of the present as well as to the mutations of the past. . .
The influences chiefly active in producing these surprising pheno¬
mena are :—l. Atmospheric; 2. Volcanic. . To the first head must
be referred the action of electricity, air, light, and water; and to
electric agency we are disposed to ascribe considerable importance:
to the second, the effect of earthquakes and volcanic outbursts. . I he
power of the volcanic forces was ignored by Werner and. hui disciples.
It is now. however, duly recognised—owing, in no slight degree, to
the valuable labours of Mr. Scrope r—is acknowledged as one of the
most important agents in the alterations of the crust of the earth. In
France the theory is supported by Messrs. Prevost, De Doue, Fissis,
and others; and in England by such eminent geological philosophers as
Sir Charles Lyell and Sir Roderick Murchison. Hr. Scrope a new
work is a most valuable contribution in its favour, and his view of the
geology and volcanic phenomena of France presents so much berth of
interest and importance that an analysis of its contents will, wt are
persuaded, be cordially welcomed by our readers. ... ln
The volcanic district of Central Franconiay be «ud> bewithn
the parallels of 44 dee. 80 min. and 40 deg. 10 min., and the
meridians O. and 2 45 (from Paris). Its fftfLLyons to
to- the Rhone from Viviers to Lyons, and the S»onei from Lyons to
Belleville. Its western boundary by a line drawn ftoongU Marcillnc,
Montsalvy, AnriUac, Mauriac, Bort, and Auzances. The d stnet thns
formed is nearly seventy mile? from cast to .w est,
einht from north to south, and <■—> MSS.1 ndtarts
PRTwinllv illustrative Of volcanic action are vim muuv,
IvT The chain of puys near Clermont, some ninety m number,
present an almost inexhaustible field for the geological inquirer. The
• The Geology and Extinct Volcanos of Central t'nnw. By G.
rouleti scrope Esq.. M.P., F.Z.S., F.G.8., *c. Murray, Albemarie-
street.
440
[Mat 1, 1858
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
W
O
<
Cl
«
H
£
W
a
o
tc
o
£
<!
o
o
H
a
53
HH
H
M
w
r ii=a_>i fc V' \l\jUi ,
$ \ M
JbKfflwf
Mat 1, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
441
S K E
T C H E S
I N
ALGERIA.
and extending from the populona town ot
Murat in a south-westerly direction to¬
wards Aurillac. Towering above the town
rise the lofty basaltic columns of La Mon-
tagne de Bonnevie, which have afforded
numerous specimens to the principal mu¬
seums in France, both public and private.
It is a large rock, conical in form, and 400
feet in height, composed of a mass of pris¬
matic columns, sometimes fifty feet long
and eight to ten inches in diameter, form¬
ing an object singularly beautiful and
marvellous. Other remarkable elevations
in this curious group are the Col de Cabre
(or Goat’s Neck), the Puy Mari, the Puy
Grion, and the Plomb du Cantal, the latter
a mass of clinkstone, 6258 feet in height.
The fourth group, or that of Mont
Mezen, and a chain of recent volcanic
elevations, spreads over the departments
of the Haute Loire and Ard&che. These
rocks rest partly on granite or gneiss,
and partly on the Jurassic formation, and
are evidently the fragments of one im¬
mense volcano. The Mezen is 6974 feet
high, and composed almost entirely of
clinkstone. From the base of a rocky
eminence in its vicinity rises the River
Loire.
In the Ardtche the tourist will do well
to visit the Coiron, or some singular ba¬
saltic plateaux, which have at a distance
the appearance of hills crowned with
columnar walls, and which by the pea¬
sants are supposed to have been the
splendid palace of some ancient giant,
wherefore they still call them “ Lea Palais
du Roi.” Near Le Puy will be found some
recent volcanic formations of great in¬
terest, such as the double hill of Mont,
the Montagnes Sainzelle, and Croustaix,
and especially the oblong Montagne de
Denise, with its accumulations of “very
fresh-looking »scorite, lapello, and puzzo-
lana." Numerous bones of the elephant,
rhinoceros, cervus elaphas, nnd even human
skeletons have been found in the breccias
of which the hill is partly composed.
In the valley of Burzet there is a ba¬
saltic bed of considerable extent, which
at many points, owing to the action of
the River Ardt'che, exhibits a singular
columnar arrangement, similar in appear¬
ance to the Giant’s Causeway in the north
of Ireland, and bearing a similar name
5n the figurative language of the pea¬
sants—Pavds des G6ans. The volcanos of
Thueyts, La Coupe de Jaujac, La Coupe
d’Ayzac, are among the most interesting
of those later volcanic formations which
distinguish the district of the Vivarias.
We have thus endeavoured, very con¬
cisely, to sketch the more noticeable fea¬
tures of the great volcanic region of Cen¬
tral Franco, and we are convinced we
have said enough to excite the interest
of the geological inquirer, and to stimu¬
late the curiosity of the tourist in
search of the picturesque. We have not
sought to enter into any investigation of
the causes of the phenomena we liave so
briefly alluded to. For the results of
such on investigation, when pursued ener
Of this singular district we can attempt
no elaborate description. Our Illustra¬
tions (borrowed from Mr. Scrope’s work)
will fhmish some idea of its remarkable
characteristics. In concluding our re¬
marks we may, however, avail ourselves
of Sir Charles Lycll’s eloquent words.
“We are here presented,” he says, in
reference to Central France, “with the
evidence of a series of events of astonishing
magnitude and grandeur by which the
original form and features of the country
have been greatly changed, yet never so
far obliterated but that they may still, in
part at least, be restored in imagination.
Great lakes liave disappeared; lofty moun¬
tains have been formed by the reiterated
emission of lava, preceded and followed
by showers of sand and sconce; deep val
leys have been subsequently furrowed out
through masses of lacustrine and volcanic
origin ; at a still later (late new cones have
been thrown up in these valleys, new lakes
have been formed by the damming up of
rivers, and more than one creation ot
quadrupeds, birds, and plants, have fol
lowed in succession.” Such, indeed, are
the constant operations of nature; and,
if we might venture on something like a
paradox, we should say that Change was
its normal condition. Geologists, however,
have shown, and are continuing to show
us, that the laws of Change are definite,
regular, and eternal, and that nature never
iroduces even its most surprising result*
iy any spasmodic or violent action.
1 !
getically and philosophically, we refer our readers to the interesting
pages of Mr. Scrope. His powers of generalisation are considerable,
his Btyle is lucid and agreeable, his reasoning logical, and his descrip-
FOUNTAlN IN THE COURT OF TuE BARRACKS OF THE JANISSARIES.
tions are pleasantly given. We believe, therefore, that his " Geology
and Extinct Volcanos of Central France ” is destined to occupy a
permanent position in geological literature.
SKETCHES IN ALGERIA*
We givo two Engravings from the
“Sketch-book of a Recent Tourist in
Algeria.”
The first represents an ancient Fountain
in the Court of the Treasury—formerly the
Barracks of the Janissaries. It is almost
the only one of its kind now remaining in
Algiers. It consists of a stone tank, with
a marble basin in the centre, and lias a
conduit round it, and is covered with a
kind of canopy, consisting of a dome sup¬
ported by four columns, and round the
dome a sloping tiled roof projects, whioh is
upheld at each corner by a column. The
tiles are painted green, the woodwork a
bright yellow, and the columns red “and
gTeea. Algiers was almost entirely des¬
titute of fresh water, and the inhabitants
at one time depended entirely upon the
supply from rain. Aqueducts which sup¬
ply water from upwards of one hundred
and fifty fountains have been since con¬
structed and improved by the French.
The city was surrounded by a wall about
a league.'in oircumference, twelve feet
thick, thirty feet high towards the land
side, and forty feet towards the see. A
street, still unfinished, runs from the Place
d’lslv and enters the old town just above
the theatre. Here a terrace is being made,
with a flight of stairs down to the back of
the theatre. A vast mass of the old wall
has been pulled down, to afford an entrance
to the street; and from this point we give
a View of the old Wall and Towers mount¬
ing the hill to the Casbah. In the vast ditoh are houses and gardens,
fountains, and washing establishments; and, outside the ditch, a road
runs up to the summit of the hill.
TAXI OF THE OLD WALL OF ALGIERS,
442
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Mat 1, 1858
NATIONAL SPORTS.
FitzRoiaxti still continues a strong Derby favourite, and, since The
Peer's Newmarket defeat, Dongrangc has come proininontly into the
market, though it is generally believed that John Scott’s fancy jumps
with “Tox.’ The backers of the “ cherry jacket,” which is now at
6 to 1, plume themselves on the fact that their horse was not quite tit
at Newmarket, and that he can be made some pounds better. This
may be true, but it is very seldom that an unprepared horse forgets
such a fearful finish as that was for some months to come. Wien a
Derby favourite swerves right across the course from tremendous
distress in an up-hill Kowley Mile finish, as he did, the steel requisite
to bring him home at Epsom is often found kicking when it is wanted.
It may be so in this case; and it must also bo remembered that
Ancient Briton, Physician, Sedbury, nnd Kelpie (who was amiss at
York) are all fair outsiders, nnd that we have not as yet seen Clydes¬
dale’s best three-year-old form. Whatever may be said by the betting
ring, who are so free with their ponies to 1 against the Findon
black,” he is not to bo yet cast aside like ail old shoe. Sup¬
posing, for instance, that the Derby course had been only a
mile, where would Adamas have lieen last year, and yet he was not
one whit more chopped down at starting by the pace than Clydesdale
was last week. Tile One Thousand fell to the lot of a slashing
Chatham mare of Mr. Gratwicke, who won the Hopeful Stakes, and
in this, her second race, fairly outstrode Hepatica, on whom the Scott
party were very sweet. The most remarkable event of the meeting
was the dead heat between Eclipse and Beadsman, for the Newmarket
Stakes, as they are the horses from which the Clydesdale aud Fitz-
Kolond parties get their public line; nnd yet their meeting leaves each
party ns much in the dark as ever, unless “ things are made comfort¬
able and pleasant ” before Epsom, a process far too frequent m these
money-grubbing days.
Chester occupies the four middle days of next week. On Tuesday
Happy Land is in the Palatine Stakes, with Princess Royal, Tunstall
Maid, and some other dangerous fillies against him. The Cnp, on
Wednesday, has three especial points of interest in Blink Bonny,
Adamas, and Melissa; and, although the Maltonians say that their
mare is as good as she was last year, and Melissa's throe-year-old form
is averred to have come back, both will have a tough job -with
Adamas, Gildermire and Ancient Briton are both in the Dee on
Thursday, and it is to be hoped that Mr. Saxon will let us have a peep
at the fine chestnut of whom lie is so fond.
John Dale, late of the Surrey Union, isappointed huntsman to the Old
Berkshire, whose new pack will consist of about twenty-eight couples.
Mr. Morrell has lent the twenty-four conples of hounds which he
bought in at the sale to the Vale of White Horse country for two or
three seasons—an act of genuine sportsmanlike feeling, which makes
us only regret more than ever that his name is no longer to be found
in the M. F. H. list. They started to their new abode at Ciren¬
cester, with Clark, on Monday j nnd, as this country joins on to the
Badminton, their old huntsman will be able, at times, to see his pets
work in George Hills's hands.
The New Forest hounds had their last meet of the season on Tues¬
day, bnt the ground was, as it is everywhere, fearfully dry. On the
following day Mr. Farqnharson’s hounds had their last advertised
meet of the season at Hyde, near Wareham, on the southern edge
of the county. About twelve “ white collars ” and upwards of n
hundred farmers attended, but Mr. Farquliarson was not ont.
Treadwell (who had the small pack out, and rode “The Pony”)
drew Newfoundland, and fonnd a brace of foxes, nnd drove the first to
ground after a run of a couple of miles. They then harked back to try
an adjoining plantation for the second, but lost it after a short run in
the direction of Wareham ; and then went off towards Bere to try for
a third. Mr. Radclyfie, the owner of Hyde, had a fall between these
two runs, owing to his horse getting his foot into a hole, and was car
ried off the field in a phaeton, but we are glad to hear that no great
mischief was done beyond a very severe shake. In order to suit the
Dorset men, who wanted to hunt and attend Salisbury races, the
hounds have been hunting in Cranborne Chase, on Thursday and
Friday mornings of this week, beginning to draw at six o'clock; and
we believe they will draw for a May fox this day; and then the great
Farquharson dynasty, which has extended in an unbroken line over
some fifty-two seasons, closes for ever and aye. The spoils
of the season are between fifty and fifty-two’ brace. Tread¬
well retires from the pink, and a silver horn and tankard and a
purse of £300 mark Dorsetshire’s sense of his twenty-one years’
services. Mr. Farquharson has only had one other huntsman during
the whole of his career. The horses and hounds will be sold at the
kennels late in May or early in June, and will consist, we hear, of as
nearly as possible the same number that came to the hammer at
Tubney. Sad, indeed, that two such great establishments should pass
almost simultaneously away. Nothing seems to be definitely settled
as to the Dorsetshire future. It is hoped, however, that Mr. Rad-
dyffe (who has kept a small pack for stag and hare, &c., for some
time past) will hunt the southern part of the county, and Mr. Digby
the remainder. There is also a rumour that the latter portion will
be hunted by a committee of four, with Lord Portman at the head;
bnt this point will no doubt be settled before the sale.
SALISBURY RACES.—Thdhsdat.
Craven Plate—Dead heat with Bar One, Polly Johnson, and Finsticker.
City Bow).—Norma. 1 . Odd Fellow, 2
Wiltshire Stakes.—Sentinel, X. Borderer. 2.
THE WEATHER.
RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE
KEW OB6ERYATOKV OF TUB BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
Lat. 61° 28' 6" N. J Long. 0° 18' «'/ W.; Height above sea 34 feet
COUNTRY NEWS.
The Queen’s Visit to Birmingham.—A t a meeting of the
Town Council of Birmingham on Tuesday the aum of £3000 was voted to
defray the cost of the preparations necessary for her Majesty’s visit.
The question ts to whether the members of the Council should appear In
robes was discussed, and decided in the negative; but the Mayor himself
will appear before her Majesty robed, aud doubtless many members of the
Council will follow hla ITorahip’s example. Designs for the decoration of
the hall have been approved; and, tn consequence of a communication
from Colonel Phipps, the Mayor and Town Clerk will attend in London
this week for the purpose of the various routes to Aston Hall being laid
before her Majesty, In order that she may select the oue along which it
may be agreeable to her to pass.
Siiak si’ERE an Febtival at Stratford.—T hs Shaksperean
Club celebrated its thirty-fourth anniversary at Stratford-on-Avon on
Friday (last week). There waa a public reading of one of Shakspeare's
plays in the aiternoon by the Rev. Julian Young, sou of one of the
greatest tragedians of the last generation, which was well attended: and a
dinner at Shakspeare’s Hall, under the presidency of Mr. J. B. Buckaton",
of the H&ymarkct Theatre, who was supported by a numerous company.
The toast, •* The immortal memory of William Shakapeare,” was drunk
with befitting reverence.-Tlio “ Birth-place Committee ” ore putting
the munificent gift of £ 2*00 from Mr. John Shakspcare (which was
noticed in the public journals some months agoj to use, by proceeding
with the proposed renovation or isolation of the house in which the poet
was born.
Edinburgh Botanic Gardens —A. spacious and elegant new
? aim-house has just been opened In the Botanic Garden at Edinburgh.
t has cost £6400, provided from the public purse It is a hundred fret
long. Mventy wide, and seventy-two hieh. The trees were often cut in
the, old house, to save the. root from destruction : but in the new one they
will have room to grow upwards.
Walking Match for a Hundred Guineas.—O n Monday a
match for 1 M guineas came off at Salthill between the Hon. T.
H. (J. vermor and Captain Lnmiev, of the 2nd Life Guards. The terms
or the match were that Captain Lumlcy should walk ten miles before his
opponent bad walked nine. Mr. Fermor completed his nine miles in an
hour arm a half, Captain Lumley coming in four and a hair miuutea be-
“i”? “bn- Many efficere were present, and after the match the olBecrs
SI **T C a dinner to their friends of various regiments
at the Spittal Barracks, Clewer.
.. Barey in Dublin.— The Freeman's Journal describes
hvM™ r ^K ,1 f ry J fr ^ ,s . of Mr : R V°?' 5 horse-taming system as exhibited
^ Lord-Lieutenant, thc Marquis of Waterford, and a nume-
m ln £ of rank, subscribers and pupils of his.
. on . Tuesday. He seems to have excited as
much curiosity and Interest in Ireland as here.
, 4^ 6 ?? cki * 0 Murder has been committed at Lyme Handley,
in Cheshire. On Thursday week, Bloomfield, a farmer butchered hia
n C e Klf r ’ % UI L hap P y man i8 tUe victim of some reUgioua
hSi Mked ’ *1“ thc dreadful event, what he lmd
ocen doing, he said composedly, “I have killed the devil ” Rifwimtinu
•oinir'tffktiiNP* at .*) c » mission, and that thc Lord told him he was
going to kill hia wife, when he replied, •• Nay, Lord, 1*11 kill her myself."
DAT
DAILY HEARS OT
TltERMOMETE Jt
WUtD.
If
26
Soi
Dew
PoinL
ll
® a
!g
11
I *
F s
a 2
1 i
s * 1 :
a *
General
Dim lion.
j In 24
h hoars
£ 3 i Read
tt 1 a:
10a.m.
B =
Inchos.
a
«
0-10
a
*
Mile*. Inch* I
April 21
30.238
54 9
44 6
•70
5
39*8
690
SW. NW.
72 000
» 22
30369
57 4
43 8
*63
0
42-9
69-8
KNE. E3E.
237 | 003
•> 23
30 246
65-4
424
*64
2
44-9
66-5
ENE. E.
336 000
„ 24
30120
55-4
42*3
*64
3
43-2
63 3
w. wsw.
316 *000
„ 25
30 028
49’9
458
•87
9
43 9
69-4
SW. W.NVV. S.
161 -000
„ 26,30 048
489
42-9
•81
3
431
5S-1
NN Vi". NE.
193 *272
„ 27 30*101
431
40-7
•92
10
35 7
49 7
NNE. ENE.
181; -ooo
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE CAMBRIDGE
OBSERVATORY, FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL N, ISM.
Day.
PHI
ill il
si
A
n
J
H
8?
It
§■ =
?•
Dry
Bulb
at
9 A.M.
Wot Dry
Bnlb Bulb
at at
9 A.M. 3 P.M.
Wot
Bulb
at
3 P.M.
Direc¬
tion of
Wind.
!
- o
i
Rain
In
Inchoa
Inches.
a
a
e
«
a | a
*
April 22
30417
69 0
42*9
58*6
61-6
66'2 68*2
60-4
SE. 9.
r
0 000
23
30.349
66 6
423
5V7
624
56-7 66-4
CO’6
SE.
0
0 000
24
30079
64 0
41-4
55-5
60-8
568 63-2
527
s. w.
3
0 000
35
30-030
59 4
423
60-6
62 7
500 57 9
60’8
W.
8
0 000
26
30153
69-4
38-0
45 6
424
42'4 55-8
50-8
NE. N.
4
0000
27
30114
51-2
364
41-1
41-8
40-7 , 47'9.
45’6
N. NE.
8
0000
t*
28
30-083
Gt*5
34-4
50*0
50-6
46’4 1 61-4
63-2
S.
5
0000
Means
30175
61*6
39-7
51*3
53-2
49-7 60 1
53’4
1
o-ooo
The range of temperature during the week was 34 6 degrees.
A dense fog prevailed on thc morning of the 26fch, which continued till
nearly noon. On the same night the sky agiin became overcast with
dense mist, having been previously beautifully clear. On the night of
Anril 21 a beautiful halo waa visible round the Moon. At 5h. 3m p m.
of the 22nd the upper portion of a well-defined hulo wa9 seen round the
Sun, and at the same time three mock suns were visible, one at the vertex
and the others at the right and left of the halo : the one to the right of the
sun waa the brightest and best defined. A little rain fell on the morning
of the 25tli, but nothing was registered- Thick mist prevailed about
the horizon on the evening of thc 23th. J. Breen.
Wills.—T hc will of the Right Hon. Charles Hanbury Tr&^y,
Baron Sudeley, of Toddington. Gloucester, and Gregynog, Montgomery,
was proved in London by the Right Hon. Thomas Charles Baron Sideicy,
the son and sole executor, the personalty sworn under £500.000 ; the ww
dated 28th August, 18W. Bequeaths to each of his three daughters an
annuity of £500, and also to the eldest and to the second daughter each a
legacy of £ 10 , 000 . "hod to his second, third, and fourth sons each a legacy
of £5000, and to the children of his second son £10,000. to his butler an‘d
footman £500 each, and a year’s wages to his other servants.-The will of
Sir John Hamilton, of Dover, was proved under £300.000 personalty, ne
has left a large portion of his property to his uiece3. Henrietta and Agnes
Smithett, who take also thc residue. There are legacies to other mem¬
bers of the family. W. Smithett and \Y. H. Brett, Esqrs . are the acting
executors.-The will of A. W. Robarts. Ksq , of Lombard-street banker,
was sworn under £300,000 personalty. His sons, A. G.nna H. C. Robarts,
Esqrs.. two of the executors, proved the will—a power being reserved to
Mrs. Robarts, the relict. The will was made in 1855, aud a codicil in 1857.
Sib Henry Ward (wc learn from the Colombo Observer , Maroh
29) has perfectly recovered from the effects of the Jungle fever he con¬
tracted in the Southern Province
Mr. Gi.tn has been elected to succeed the late Mr. Hobarte a3
chairman of the Committee of Bankers, and Mr. Bevan is to be deputy-
chairman.
Mr. Rarey has offered to pay a thousand guineas to any man
who can teach bis system of horse-taming without having received in¬
struction, directly or indirectly, from himself.
The first volume of Professor Comngton’s edition of “ Virgil” is
now in the press, and will shortly be ready.
Mr. Adam Bittleston, Chief Justice of Madras, has had the
honour of Knighthood conferred upon him.
The receipts of the Seamen’s Savings-bank in 1837 amounted
to £12.805, and the balance at the end of the financial year (oiosing on
the 20 th of November) was £8227. £11,353 waa received from depositors
during the year.
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK.
Gfirotn our City Correspondent.)
As the Chancellor of the Exchequer appears determined not to enter the
Money Market as a borrower, and as the contents of his Budget have been
well digested, there lias been a firm market for National Securities through¬
out the week. Bather large quantities of Stock have been absorbed by
the public, and an advance of nearly one per cent has taken place in the
quotations. This improvement, however, is not a matter of surprise,
when the enonnoas amount of capital seeking employment is considered:
and the rite may be called a permanent one—certainly for several weeks—
as it is stated that the Bank of England will take the amount of the
Exchequer Bonds—£ 2 .C00,000, to be ptiid off on the 8th of Miy,
for which amount a vote has been taken fn thc House ot Commons, and
which, as a matter of course, will be applied to the liquidation of that
portion of the debt—for a lengthened period, at 3 per cent. Such an
arrangement would save one-half per cent in interest, and throw upon the
Money Market a large additional amount of capitaL The announcement
may be a premature one, but the transfer of the two millions to the Bank
would be easily accomplished, and the amount may eventually be
repaid out of the ordinary income of the country. At the present time
the Bank has very large resources, for which great difficulty is expe¬
rienced in finding employment upon any terms.
In Lombard-street money is very abundant, and the best short paper
has been taken at 24 per cent Six months’ bills have been done as low
as 3} per cent, and there is more disposition shown to discount them than
was the case last week.
I )The movements of the precious metals have been trifling. The imports
have been very limited, and the shipments have been chiefly confined to a
few parcels of silver to France and the north of Europe.
From returns Just issued, we perceive that the totAl debt of the East
India Company, m Indio, on thc 1st of January current year, was about
£56.000,000. This sum is exclusive of the debt in this country.
► The transactions in the Consol Market on Monday were not to say
extensive ; nevertheless prices were well supported. The Reduced marked
95f J: Consols for Transfer, 96} to 971; New Three per Cents, 95 $ }
to 95J; Long Annuities, 1885, l«|; India Loan Debentures. 99}; India
Bonds, 17s. prem.; Exchequer Bills, 3 is. to 39s. prem,; and the Bonds,
1859,100}. Bank Stock was 220 and 221 }; India Stock, 223 and 221 .
Prices were on the advance on the following day, and the market generally
exhibited great firmness. Consols, for money, marked 97} 4j and the
same figures for the present account. The Reduced and the New Three
per Cents marked 95j 96; and the New Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 80};
India Loan Scrip was 100; and Bank Stock, 222. Exchequer Bills sold
at 33s. to 37s. prem. There was considerable buoyancy in prices on Wed¬
nesday. on which day Consols were done at 97} to 97jk Tho Reduced
marked 95} to 86} g. Long Annuities, i 860 , were if; Ditto, 1}; Ditto,
1885, 18}; India Bonds. 2ls. prem.; Exchequer Biffs, 33s. to 378. prem
Bank Stock was 222 ; and the India scrip realised 100 }. On Thursday
the Directors of the Bank of England made no change in thc rates of dis¬
count The Consol Market was firm, at 97} H } for the Three per Cents.
The New Three per Cents, and the Reduced, were 96} §: Exchequer Bills,
34s. to 388 ; and India Bonds, 18s. to 2 ls. prem. The India Loan im¬
proved to loog. and the Scrip marked 100 } §. Bank Stock, 221 } to 222;
and India Stock. 223. *
The dealings in the Foreign House have been rather on an extensive
scale, and prices almost generally have steadily improved. Brazilian Five
per Cents have realised 102 }; Brazilian Five per Cents, 1829 and l« 39 ,
loij; Buenos Ayres 8ix per Cents, for Account, 80 } ; Chilian Six per
Cents, 103}; Equador New Consolidated, } J; Grenada Two-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. 20}; Ditto. Deferred, 6g; Mexican Three
per Cents, 20}; Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents, 82}; Pe¬
ruvian Three per Cents, 56} and 67}; Portuguese Three per
Cents, 46; Russian Five per Cents, ill; Ditto, Four-and-a-
Hnlf per Cents, 102 ; Sardinian Five per Cents. 9lg; Spanish Three
per Cents, 442; Ditto. Passive, 7}; Ditto, Committee’s Certificate of
Coupon, not funded, 4jf; Turkish Six per Cents, 9fi|; Ditto, Four per
Cents, 104}; Venezuela Four-aud-Three-Quarter per Cents, 35 ; Dutch
Twe-and-a-Haif percents, 66}; Ditto, Four per Cents, 99}; and Peru¬
vian Dollar Bonds, 66f.
Compared with last week, the transactions in Joint-Stock Bank Shares
have not increased. In prices, however, no important change has taken
place i-AustraUaia have marked 81 } ex div.; British North American,
66} ; Bank of Egypt, 21 }; English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered,
18 ; London ana Weitmineter, 45}; London Joint-Stock, 30; South Aus¬
tralia. 30; Ditto, New, 18 }; Union of Australia, 45}; and Union of*
London. 24.
The market for Miscellaneous Securities is by no means active, yet
prices are, in most instances, fairly supported \nglo-Mexican .Mint
Shares have been done at 16}; Australian Agricultural, 29; C mada Com¬
pany’s ~ fi mi mmbm
and 1
4; London’ General Omnibus, 3}; National Discount, 4}; Ne’heriands
Land, Eight per Cent Preference, 2 |; Peel River Land aud Mineral, 2 ;
Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 76}; Scottish Australian Investment, 14
and Van Diemen’s Land, 15}.
Owing to an increase in the traffic receipts upon some of the principal
lines, the Railway Share Market has been firm, aud a full average business
has been transacted in it. at enhanced quotations. The following are the
official closing money prices on Thursday
Ordinary Shares and Stocks.— Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 5J; Bristol and Exeter, 90; Caledonian, 86}; East Anglian,
17}; Eastern Counties, 61}; Great Northern B Stock, 126}; Great
Southern and Western (Ireland), 101; Great Western. 57}; London aud
Blackball. 6}; London and South-Western. 95} ; Midland, 94} ; Norfolk,
61 }: North Eastern (Berwick), 94} ; North Staffordshire, 13; Scottish
North-Eastern. 27} ; South Wales, 83}; and Stockton ani Darlington,35}
Lines Leased at Fixed Rentals.— London, Tilbury, and Southend,*
95: Midland—Bradford, 90}; Shrewsbury and Hereford, eg; Wear
Valley. 32}.
Preference Shares —Eastern Counties New Six per Cent Stock,
130; Great Northern Five per Cent, 63A ; Great Western Five per Cents,
100 } ; Midland, Four-and-a-Half per Cents, 101; Stockton and Darling¬
ton, 28.
British Possessions— East Indian, ill; Great Indian Peninsular,
2l}; Great. Western of Canada, 19}; Melbourne Corporation Six per
Cent Bonds, 106 .
Foreign— Bahia and San Francisco, 3g; Lombardo-Vcnetian. io};
Namur and Liege, 9f; Northern of France, 37} ; Sambre and Meuse, w}.
Mining Shares have commanded rather more attention. Fortuna have
marked 2 } ; General, 18; and Pontgibaud Silver Lead, C|.
THE MARKETS.
C08X-Ejccbaj» 0K, April 26.—To-day’» market waa bnt scan* Hr supplied with all kind* of
Flight b whra*., .a which a moderate biuioeaa waa tranaacted, at ia. our qunrtor morj in-jnoy.
There waa an Improved feeling in the demand lor foreign whoa-and Uiio quiiJut-t v cro la.
per quarter higher tt.an on tbit day ec’nnigV.t. Owing to & large Influx from abroad, tho
barley undo waa rather Inactive, but no quotable change took place in price*. Kino Warn
malt sold steadily; other kinds slowly, on former term*. Thero waa a STuudy Inquiry for
oats. at trireme currencies. Both boana and poaa were In abort supply and steady request,
at foil quotatioiia. Flour realised fully late rules; bat tho bualnots done was only to a
moderate evten*.
April 25 —The fuppllea of most kinds of produce in to-day's roa-ket were rather limited,
and the trade Benrra'ly ruled rf early, a’ prine* quito equal lo Monlay.
EnaUsh.—' Wheat. E**ex and Kant rod. »0*. to t€a.j ditto, white, t*a to 51a.; Norfolk and
SuSbIk rid, 511a. to 15s.; rye, 32a. to -Vs. j grinding harlor, 2<ie. to 30a.; diatllllng, ditto,
5i2e. to Vn.\ malting, to 4?a.; Lincoln and Norfolk malt, 58a. to 60a.; brown, ditto,
54a. to 56a. i Kingston and Ware, A8«. to 66a.; Chevalier, 66a. to 68a.; Yorkshire and Lin¬
colnshire feed oata, 21a. to 25a.; potato ditto, 27a. to 3U.; Ynughal and Cork, black, 20a.
to 21a.; ditto, white, 22a. to 82a. ; tick boana, 33s. to 3ia.j grey peas, 40a. to 43a.; maple,
42 b. to 4!a.-, white, 40a. to 43a.; boil ora, 43a. to 45s. per quarter. Town-made tlour, 37s- to
40a.; town houacliolda, 33a. to 3 la ; country marks, 28«. to 3tt. per 280 ib. Am ark an floor,
18a. to 24a. per barrel ; French. 3 la to 36a. per amok.
For nearly all seeds tho demand has fallen otT. In prises, however, wo have no
change to report.
Linseed, English, crashing, 50a. to 57s.; Calcutta, 52v to 53«.; hempseM, 44s. to 46s- per
quarter; coriander. 26a. to 28«. per cwt.; brown muatanl seed, lie. to 16a.; ditto, white, 17«. to
18a.; tares, 6s. Od. to 7s. 0d. per bushel; English mpoeood, 68s. to 72* per quartor; litMeod cakes,
English, £10 5a. to £10 10a.; ditto foreign. £10 Oa. to £10 15a.: rsps cakes- €5 15* to £6ha. per
ton: canary. fWa. to Ota. per quarter; red clover, 4*#. to 56s.; white ditto 56 . to 57*. por cwt.
JfrtatL —The oricoa of whtsusen broad in the metropolis aro from Old. to7d.: of hooic-
hold ditto, 4Jd. to 6d. per 41b. loaf.
Imjxrrial H'eciif/ A vtrayts.— Wheat, 44a. 9d.; barley, 36e. 3d.; oats, 2 la. 9d.; rye, 33a. 3d ;
beaus, 3‘.»s. 9d.; poaa, 41a. 6d.
The Six WceXM' A ve ropes.—Wheat, 44a. 4d.; barley, 36a. 8d.; oats, 23s. I Id.; rye, 3la. 2d.;
beans, 3Ss. 7d.; peaa, 4la. Id.
English Grain Mold last Re<i.—Whsat, 9 ,813; barley, 28,481; oata. 87J3; rye,
58; beans, 6072; peas. 332 quarters.
Tea —'Ihnto is an improved looting in the demand for nearly all kinds of tea, atvl late rate*
are well supported. Aovices from china ahow a conaidcr^blo dooline in tha shiptrumi —over
5,V0 Ot-O Ib.—compared with last season.
Sv(/ar.~ For fine raw sugars there h -a been an Improvtd Inquiry, and. In moat
transactions, price* have ad van col 6d. to ia. por cert ; but low and damp qualities have met
a alow sale, at ht crates. Barbados* h*a realised 38s. to 46a ; Berbioe. 3^s. t» 45*.; Mauri ias,
30a to 49s ; and nalivij Madras, 81a. 6d to 36«. 6d. per owt. Refined goods arc atoady, nt OM.
far brown groceiy. Fine pieces have realised spa. t > 49a 6d. per cwt.
Coffee*—Vor good and fine plantation kinds tho demand ia s.onJy, at folly lost week’s cur¬
rency. Inferior qualities are dull. l>ut not cheaper.
It ice .—We hove to report a better fooling in tho solo for thla art’o*©, but no improvement
can be noticed In prices.
Prcn-uions.— Nearly a'l kinds of batter are a do'I Inquiry, on eaaior terms. H.von Is held
for moie money, bat tho demand fir it ia by no means active. Hama and lard support former
terms.
Tallnic .—The demand ia rathrr inactive, at 36a. 3d for F.Y.C. on tho spot. The quota¬
tion for tho last three mootha ia 62a. per cwt.
Oito.—Linaced oil ia In steady reqnast at 20 s. 3d. to 30a. 6d. per cwf. Foreign refined rape
is firm, at /42; and brown. £38 10s. Sperm ia rather dearer; hut other oils are a al m sale.
Tnn>en Ine ia in moderate demand, at 4^ to il*. per cwt. for spirit u
Spirits.— Bern is In fair reqnoat, at la. lid. to 2a. for pro-f Leewards; and .a. IGd. to
lo. i id. for proof Eaa* India. Frarvdy and grain spbit are a slow inqnlry.
Hay and Straw .—Meadow hay, £2 10s. to £1 3s.; ciovor ditto, t3 10a. to £5 0s.; and straw,
£1 Ga. to £i I la. per load. Triule dull.
Coals —Tanfield Mocr 12*. 3d.; Wylatn, Ita. 6d ; Goa'orth, l'a fid.: HI’da, 11s ; E«kn
Main. 15*. 3d ; Brtddvll’s Ilett n, 16» 6d ; HaaweHs 17a.; South Hottou, !*». 9d.; Stowa.t's,
17s.; Tics, 17a per too.
Hops —Good and fine new hops are In moderate request, at fall pr'cw. Otherwise tho
demabd is fn a sluggish stale.
Wool .—The public sales of colonial wool have commenced slowly, on rather lower terms.
Fr vat-ly nothing is doing.
Potatoes .—The supplies are oa tho increase, and tho trade rule* Inactive, at from 60s. to
180s per ton.
Metrojtolitan Cattle Market (.Thursday, April 291.—To day's market waa bat moderately
■applied with ail kinds of boasts and the demand for them ruled very inactive, at M >od y'»
quotations. There was rather a large show of sbeop. and the aa»e for them wa» h-avy, but
without change tn value. Lambs were in fair sup >!y. nnd steady request, at fall price*, vk ,
6s. to 7s per 6 lb. From the Isle of Wleht 400 bead came fnwb lo band We had a brink salo
for calves, the ahow of which was limited, at an advance of 6i per Sib. In pigs nad milch
cowa very little waa doing. Tor 81b*. to sluk the offalCoarse and Inferior boasts, 2s. 10d.
to 3s. 0d.; second quality ditto. 3a. 2d. to 3s. 4d.; prime largo oxen, 3*. 6d. to 3». 8*1.;
prime Scot*, Ac., 3s. iOd. to 4a. Od.; coarse and inferior shoep, 3s. 2d. to 3a. 4d.; second
quality ditto. 3s. 6tl. to 3s. 8d ; prime coarsc-woolled sheep. 3«. IOd. to 4a. 4d.; prime*
Southdown ditto, 4s. fd. to 4s. 10*1.; large course calves, 4a. 4d. to 4s. IOd.; prime small
ditto, 6s. Od. to 5*. fid.; large hogs, 3«. 2d. to 4s. 0d.; neat small porkers, Is. 8*1. to
4s. 4d.; lamb*. £«. to 7s.; suckling calves, 18s. to 22s.; and quarter-old store pigs, 17*. to
22 h. each. Total supply : Beasts, 1000; cows, 130; shoep and lamb*, 8309; calves, 120; pigs,
340 % Foreign: Beast*, 40; sheep, 200; calves, 80.
JS’ewpate and Leadenhall .—Tho gee oral demand has ruled stsAdr, as fallows :-B«ef»
from 2a. 8d. t* 3s. 8d.; mutton, 8s. IOd. to 4s. 2d.; lamb, 3s. 4d. to 6a. 21.; veal. 4s. to 3a.;
pork, 3a. to 4s. 2d. per 8 lb. by the carcase. Boakkt Heuukkt.
THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Friday, April 23.
BANKRUPTS
J. FRANKENSTEIN, IVronahiro-atreet, City, commission merchant.—J. ANTHONY,
Plymouth, grocer —W. TVACK, Camborne, Cornwall, ionkeopor.-J. WILKINd, Kelley,
8alep, draper.—W COOPER, Harvdla Hawthorn, West Bromwich, oosch axlotrso spring-
maker.- W. WF.f.DON, Hkaford, Mncolnsbire. haberdashor.-J. PONTEY, Maoehener.
Beensed victualler.—J. BAKKY, Bath, milliner —M. and W. FIRTH, Moaninghun,
Yorkshire plasterers.-W. CAMPI.INC and B. BROWNE, Norwich, shoe raannketor^rs.—
F W. HOOPER aid C. W. WAS», bow 8arllngten-*t«et.—T. P.VKK8HKI* and C B.
WHITCOMB. Gosport, soap manufacturers,—T. HE BARD, Broad-street-bnildinrt, merchant.
-P. PR1DGSON, King's Lynn, cons merchant.-B. M. CHRKdS, Horwa Old Town,
draper.
BCOrCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. CRAIG, Klrkton Toll, Renfrewshire, weight.—J. MACLEAN. Glasgow, hotelkoeocr —
G.MACDONALD and OO., Campbelltown. Iav*.-nc*s-#hirs. hotrikooper*.—W. CHRHTIE,
Elgin, cabinetmaker.—J. KAl and CO., O'aagow, tea merchants.—J. MATTHEW, K rktowa
Mills, Dundee, Its a spinner.
Tuesday, April 27.
BANKRUPTS.
R. EVANS, sen., Grey t/rrace. ard Napier-stwet. Nowlugton, and Hlgh-etrect, rirjth varlc,
veterinary aurgeoo.—J. T. KBKLL, Howla«*d-*trect, Totteoham-ooart-rotd, and Bouvorie-
ttrcct. City, publisher.—J. BRYANT Higb-*tree«, NoUing-hil ani Aidormanbury, Cltr.
draper.—J. BRAGG. Devon biro Villas, Ro> list hi the, timber-rnochaut.—H. P. LYON.
Brooke-ktreet, llolborn. licensed victuiUV.—T. R1DSDALE, Bradlay-terracc Warxlsworth¬
read, grocer.— W KATCTLIPFK, rbahord. Gloucestershire, baker.—J. OLDHAM, jan.,
8mo*ton Wood,Che hits, bone-grinder. -R. ABRAM, Manchester, cabinetmaker.—D. SMITH,
Ehtflkld, corn-factor.
8COTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
W. MPHUN. Glasgow, hotel -keeper —N. GILMOU*. Kibhill, wright —N. and D.
M'CONBCHY, Glasgow, orach. buildo/s.—W. SCOTr, Gla-gow, wina-men-haot.-J. TYRE,
Dcnbar ’ merchant.-.!. SCOTT. Nev Over, dithlee.—
P. TAT LOR, CspleHw and Whltobots, near Lauwsee, farmer.—0. GRAY. Glasgow, dis¬
tiller.—P. THOM ION, Graenock, joiner.—J. SUTHERLAND, Tain, merchant — YCURK,
Aberdeen, merchant.
BIRTH.
On the 21th nil., tt Kh’geway, near Ljmington, the wife of Hugh Moatolion Hommerslcy,
Esq., of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.
fn tho !!t!i nil ,*!». Gllert. CiipBl^tMo. by Urn E.v Vn TVnOn, M.A.. S.mu.l Wra'f.
if l-Mlenbatn >oa«j»inn. Adun. jouoro: dougblor olK.M AdMM, tndnieo, of Robert
J.bbumor. ofCn.1 o-otroet, City.
On .bo 2»Ui ulL,otS» « loo'o. Orlppionto, bj Ibo Bt», VCm Domon, H A . Homy JefTord
T*mnt cf Hong-Kong, solicitor, to Eleoiur A*hburner, nicco of Robert Ashhuiner. Cistl*-
ilrrtt. City.
On the 2«h alt., at Waleot Church Bath, tho R«v. Robert Eden Cole. It. A., eldest son of
Lieutenant-Colonel Cole, to Frances Elizabeth Christ* ana, eldest daughter of tha late Jtimc*
Dawn.Eeq.
On the 22nd alt., it the parish chu’cb, Brighton, by the Hon and Ven. Archdo.voi Yorke,
J,t Dr 7 Bawkcr. fifth son of Admiral Hawker, of Ashford Lodge, Potert-
fled, Hants, to Eugenia, youngest daughter of the lato J. Jones, Esq , of Dotty Ormond,
C*tdig*!i«bi-e, snd 44, Pom land-place.
On the 27tb nit., st Wargrave Berks, by t be Bev. F. Feel, Canon of Lincoln- and formerly
of TV ill Ingham, Lincolnshire, assisted by the Bev. H. H. Swlnny, Vicar, Frodcrkk Peel, Esq.,
elf eat ion of thc above, to Sarah, second daughter to J. W. Bhod-.s, Esq , of Uanncrton
House, Berks.
DEATH.
On tha26 h ah , at ftreothsm, in tho !5tb year of her age. Maty Julia, the youngest
Caugbttr of W. Senbotise GoitakaB, Esq.
Mat 1, 1858]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
443
NEW BOOKS, fre.
THE HANDBOOK BYKON.
With Portrait and Index, in ono compact volume, yoit 8 vo. 0 i„
L ORD BYRON’S POETRY. Complete and
Copyright Edition. Printed in a small but clear typo, for the
convenience of travellers.
••In compactness of aizo. and cloarncas and beauty of tyoe, this is a
model of a book. Tha object has been to produce an edition welch
should not encumber tho portmanteau or carpot-baff of the touriat.”—
Notes and Queries.
“The moat complete and compact edition of Lord Byron's poemi
which has ever been published. As a companion for tho traveller, or
work of reference, nothing can bo more valuable.”—Observer.
II.
BEAUTIES of BYRON: being: Seclections from
bis Poetry and Proto. With a Portrait of Lord Byron, taken at the
ago Of 8 even. Fcap ftvo, 3s. Gi.
Joint Murray, Alhcraar?o-»treot.
FER r USSON '8 HT 8 TORY OF ARCHITECTURE.
_With 8 SO Hlurtratlon* on Wood, 2 vola, 6 vo, 85* ,
T he illustrated handbook of
ARCHITECTURE Being a concise and nop?lar account of tho
different styles or Architecture prevailing la all ages and countriei.
By JAMES FKHQUBSON, Esq
“ A manual which is not onlv an able digest of the history and
principles of architecture in Us best and largest scraa, as we new
understand them, but is at the some time so full of practical yet
popular explanation as to contain a sufficient description of all tho
moat famous buildings In the world.”—> uroinur.
** Seldom as works of this description realisoespt elation, this does
so in an eminent degree. Wo have ho:e, In two portable volumes, a
liuly rich manual or architecture.”—Atheruiuim.
Jour Mur it ay, Albemarle-street.
NEW MUSIC, £c.
DOMESTIC
230th Thousand,
TITURRAY’S MODERN
JjJl COOKERY. With 100 Illustrative W<
'* The most complete guide that has yot been given to tho world. 1 '—
John Bull. Joint Murray, Albema'le-afect_
NY of SIR WALTER SCOTT’S NOVELS
may now be had for Is. Gd., in beautiful Dliutrated covers—
viz.:—
Waverley Guv Mannoring The Antiquary
Rob Roy [thicn Old Mortality [moor Tha Block Dwarf
The Heart of Midlo- Tho Bride of Laiumer- Ivanhoo
Tho Monastery The Abbot Kenilworth
The Pirate Tho Fortunes of Nigel Pevcril of the Peak
S uentin Durward ft. Honan's Well Rodgauntiot
ho Betrothed The Talisman Woodstock
The Fair Maid of Perth Anne of Geler*U»ln
Count Robert of Paris Tho Surgeon’s Daughter
Sold by all Booktdloxs.
THE SECOND VOLUME.
This day, price 3d., or post-fr*© td.. No. 16 of
A MANUAL of BRITISH BUTTERFLIES
and MOTHS By H. T. BTAINTON, Author of “Juno: a
Book for tho Country in Summer Time." ...
London: John Vax Voorst, 1, Pat ©rooster-row; and to be had
of all Booksellers and News-ngonts.
A BOOK FOR EVERY FAMILY AND EVERY SCHOOL.
Row ready, Second Edition, ciegactly boarded, pr.ee 2s. 6 d.,
A LL ABOUT IT; or, the History and
Mystery of Common Things.
” A good reading book for lamlliot and schools.”—Clerical Journal.
•‘Anadmirable little book.''—Leader. .
•* Po-ics-es the invaluable recommendation of simplicity and clear¬
ness”—Morning Post
London: Hamilton, Adam.s, and Co-
niuatr&ted with 250 Descriptive Engravings, 3s. fid.,
LEE’S OWN BOOK of COOKERY.—
Agreeable Dinners, inexpensive, and oaelj jr cooked.^Also, Nice
w
Dinners for overy day.
-Ward and LOCK; and all Booksellers.
Bixty-fonr Pages, Illustrated, Fourpooee Monthly
T he family friend.
“Very amusing, very varied, very neatly illustrated, and very
heap.”—Illustrated Timee.-WABX> and LOCK, 158, Fleet-street.
Just out. Third Edition, price 2s. fid^ III nitrated,
T HE PRACTICAL HOUSEWIFE.
By Editors of “ Family Friend.” “ A capital handbook.”—
Athsnwim. WARD and LOCK; and all Booksellers.
CHARMING GIFT-BOOK.—Price 3e. 6 d., richly gilt, Illustrated,
E legant arts for ladies.
Containing rialn Instructions by Eminent Moston in Twenty-
pro Useful Arts and Elegant Accomplishments.— Ward and LOCK.
rnHE LADIES’ TREASURY.—The MAY
I Number of this hlahly-popular and extensively-circulated
Magazine is now ready. The Illustrations are of the highest order,
and comprise Tho Casile of lloldelber*, May-day in llio Olden Time,
Family Enjoyments, the Bride, Ac. In this Number is also com¬
menced a naw and original tale, entitled “Unmeaning Attentions,”
by tho Author of ** Lucy Blair.”
London: WARD and LOCK.
T IE HALIFAX PUBLICATIONS are the
cheapest BOOKS in tho world, and the best adapted for presents.
Auk for the Halifax Cheap Editions.
Milker and Bowkudy, Halifax, Yorkshire.
T IE PRINCESS ROYAL.— Now ready,
price One 8 blllrg.No 1 of the PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM,
containing a splendid Portrait of her Royal H'ghnre*, executed in
Photography by G. L. Colli*, Corn hill. With memoir.
London: Hoi'lstok and Weight 66. Paternoster-row.
fTIHE PRETTIEST GIFT-BOOK EVER
JL PUBLISHED.—The PICTORIAL POCKET BIBLE, with noarly
*00 beautiful Wood-Engravings of all the groat ovonts recorded In tho
Scriptures. Good olear type, and 60,000 references, boond In bed
tnoroooo, for 14a., sent post-free. Only to be had at Johk Field s
G reat Bible Warehouse, Rogent's-quadnurt, London.
Qnn BIBLE STORIES, with nearly 300
OUU BIBLE PICTURES, a Plotortal 8 unday Book for the
Young, handsomely bound, price 4a. 6 d., originally published at ISs.
Bent post-free from FIELD'S Great Bible W-reh mse, 66 , Kegont’s-
quadrant Every famOy should have this prottr book.__
g lT AIN F.D WINDOWS and PAINTED
) GLASS may now be successfully IM1TATED by the new and
ntiful process, D1APHAN1B, in which Lad lea and Gentlemen
will find profitable amusement. Designs and materlala of the best
quality at the lowest prices.
j. BARNARD. Manufacturer and Importer,
339, Oxford-street, London, W.
Plain In tructiona,” price 6 d ; per post. 7 stamps. _
Price Is.; Postago-flrro, Is. 2d.,
P APER FLOWERS: the Art of Modelling
and Making. By CHARLES PEPPER. Illustrated.
London:!). Baknauh, 339, Ox ford-street. W._
Jest pubUabed, price fid.; postage-free for stamps.
QTA1NED WINDOWS, by the New and
IO IwA'ul Prortu of Dtaptanto-. 0 MCTl|.Uoii of On bat
methods, with eonclao instructions for Tramparency, PalntLy. Ac-t
Ulus-rated.—London: Wm BAR"AKD,69 Bdgware-road, -aldington-
M R ,
MXKTof
R CHAPMAN on VARICOSE VEINS.
Price 3s *d. Also. Second Edition, prioe 3a.;6d., The TREaT-
• ULCERS ard CUTANEOUS P.hUt’TIONS on the LEG.
Churchill. New Barlingtos-street.__
NEW PERIODICAL.—No. 1„ May 8 , Id. weekly,
T own talk:
An Illustrated Journal of Boci.U. Literary, Theatrical, and
Political Gossip. Prico Id. weekly.—Office -12*. Ploot-itroet.
M R. SIMS REEVES* New and Popular
BALLADS. Just published.
No 1. Rom of tho Mom. Composed by Frank Mori, 2 i.
2 All on a Dewy Morning. „ J. Treked. 2s.
3. Bonnie Jean (f»th EdltUnl. „ George Llnlay, 2a.
4. 1 Arise from ('reams of Thee Howard Glover, 2s.
CUAPrrt.1. and Co., 69. New Bond-street.
XitlRST STEPS IN CHESS. See No. 783 of
J? lb, FAMILY HERALD. Frio, Ono Pc, 5 . 17 . Tbl, bring too
Find Komber of a New Volume (XVI.) a (For la an excellent oppor-
tunity for new reLecriber* to coomcncj tho work.-Cffio*. 421,
Utrand, and by order of ail bOptocl'crs and ne a svendor*.
I N No. 23 of CASSELL’S ILLUSTRATED
FAMILY PAPER for it AY 3 will bo commenced LESIONS in
>HENCH. London: Pkttkr and Gal-ix.
-A If AY NUMBER, of the ENGLISH
| YI WOMAN'S JOURNAL. Pries Ono Shilling. 1. Physical
Training. 2, Rachel. 3. Light And Dark. 4 Wood Engraving. 5.
A Martyrdom, \ 6 . Tho Changed Crdss. 7. The New Law of Divorce.
A Laws of Life 9. Notices ef Books. 10. Tho Saturday Review
atd the English Woman’s Journal. 11. The Society of Female Ar¬
tists. 12 Open Council. '3 Passing Events. Published at the Office
of the * English Woman's Journal,” Company, Urait-d at thstr Office.
14 a, Frinccs-rtrecl, Cavendish square W., and sol l for the Company
by Pitch, STrntKltSOF, and flFKKCK, Pa torn refer-row.
PiO OnO BIBLES, PRAYER-BOOKS
UUlUUU CHURCH 6F.RVICE3, .nil JUVRHILE BOOKS.-
Largest. Cheapest, and Beet-bound Stock in tho kingr oa, at
YIELD’S Great Bible Warehouse. 66 . Regent's quadrant. London.
S HEAP BOOKS.— Surplus copies of “Dr.
Livingstone's Trav.fr in Africi,” •* Tom Brown’s 8 choot Days,*
orge Stepherson’s i i o.” “» u.kfn and Tnrarr 8 Ha-bmra of
England ,' 1 ** rrescott’s Thllio H.,” and many other books are now on
8 ALE at BULL'S LIBRARY at gre*ily-»edue*d prior* Crtalocuea,
with price*, forwarded post-free on ar-p’Ication; also Prospecmsas of
the Library. Bull'* library, 19, BoUes street; Cavindlab equtre,
London, W.
"IVTEW SONG.—THE SUICIDE. Words by
Jc v tho late THOMAS HOOD; Music composed, and dedicated
A tho Right Hooonrablo the Countess of Effingham, by R. T.
BARRAS. 8 «it free for 24 stamps, by R. T. Barra?., Rotherham;
and may bo hud from
J. Williams, Publisher, 123, Chcepaide, London.
riLHEFLORA POLKA By B. CONGREVE.
A Jnst published, price ts. postage free. Spirited and oiiginaL
London: J. DOLLUtO, 4t, rortman-place, Edgwaro-road, W.
rp® OLIO POLKA, by C. COLMAR,
J. Blustrated (by L'EnfanG with Eight Coloured Portraita of W.
B. Woodin. and rightly encored In his Olio oi Oddltlo*. Price 3s.—
London:H.D'ALC obx. 18,Rathbcno-pUcc, W. 8 entfreofor* 0 stomps*
/CHEAPEST MUSIC REPOSITORY in
ENGLAND. All tho Now Musio half-price. Boiled at ono-
tbbd. Country orders orocuted. A Pianist attends from Two to Five.
Catalrguos, two stamp* port-free.—D'ALOORN, 18. Rathbono-plsoe, W.
T3IAN0F0RTESOETZM ANN and
T PLUMB’S NEW PATENT SCHOOL-ROOM PIANOFORTK 8 ,
fi| octave*, prices from oousidorably under £ 20 , is tho moot suitable
instrument manufactured for tbo Schoolroom, or whore a small
Pianoforte is required, being so constructed at to require little tuning.
To fco had of all the principal country Musiosollers in England. Soot-
land, and Ireland: also for 8 als, Hire, or Exchange. In London
only, at 66 , Great Rnncll-rtreet, Bloomsbury.
"PIANOFORTES, Us. per Month, for HIRE,
JL wilb option | of Pur chare Full Compare, 62 -octares. War¬
ranted. No Hire charged If purchased in six monthi.— OETZilANN
and CO., 32, Wlgmore-atreet, Cavendish-square, W.
T3IANOFORTES, £25.—OETZ MANN’S
A ROYAL COTTAGE PIANOFORTES, fig Octavo*, Cylinder
Foils, Rosewood or Mahogany Cases. Warranted. Packed freo for
cash.— OETZM ANN and CO., 32, Wigmote-ftrect, Caveailiih-sq-, W.
T3I AN OS.—OETZ MANN and PLUMB’S
A new Patent STUDIO or SCHOOL-ROOM PIANOFORTES*
which have given rath un'.vcmil sa - l»faction (prices ranging from
considerably 1»» than £20), are only to be obtained, in London, at
66 , Great Rufsdl-strwt. Bloomsbury; and of all tho principal country
mustcsellerr. Also, thrir new Patent Drawing-Boom I^ianoiorto*. at
prices slightly in advance of tho Btndio Pianos.
TTARMONIUMS.—CRAMER, BEALE, and
XI CO are tho Agents for ALEXANDRE’S PATENT MODEL.
Prices from 10 to 66 Guinea*.—Cramer, Beale, and Co., 231, Regcnt-
itzeet
"PIANOFORTES.—CRAMER, BEALE, and
A CO. have tho beat of every description, New and Secondhand,
for Balo or Hire.—SOI, Regent- street.
TVTUSICAL BOX DEPOT, 54, Cornhill,
±>A London, for tho Sale -t Musical Bores, made by the celobrated
Messrs. NI r OLE (Fibres), of Genova, containing operatic, national,
favourite, and stored airs. List of tune* and prices gratis.
T3IAN0F0RTES EXTRAORDINARY, at
JL MOORE snd MOOPE’B, 104, Bishepogate-atreet Within.
Three aro first-class Piano*, of rare excellence, possessing exquisite
improvement*, recently appl’od, which effect a grand, a pore, and
beautiful quality of tono, that stands unrivalled. Price from 13
guinea*. Firet-claso Pianos for hire, with easy terms of purchase.
mHE NEW CYLINDER PRIZE FLUTES,
A BUDALL, ROSE. CARTE, and CO., M inufacturew, 20, Chariug-
croifi.- Three unrivalled flute* have been adopted by *11 tbo flnrt clna*
amateur*, and tho following dlrtinguiilind proforeor* :-Mr. B. Wei's,
of the Royal Ac demy; M. Rcmusat, of Her Majesty’s Theatre: M.
Reich* rt, of M. Julilen’a Cor certs; M. Rccksiro, of the London (k.u-
certa; Messrs. Svertden and Hsrtman, of tho Cryrtal Palaoo; Mr Do
Jong, of Mancbostor; Mr. Paterson, of Edioburgh; Mr. Ford of Bir¬
mingham; M>. Vincent, of Bath, to. Attcodraca i* givo»: daily a*
above to explain ard Ulostrato tho pocn'Lxr oxceHoncoi of this perfect
Inttn mont. Rudall and Co make ovary kind of flute, upon tbo o’d
ard new ijitimi, in gold, silver, cr wood, price* from 4 to 76guineas.
Carte * 6 k*tch g ves a full deacription, by po*t, l#.
TVTUSICAL BOX REPOSITORY, 32,
1YA Ludgate-street (near St. Faol'*).-WALES and M’C’ULLOCH
are direct importers of NICOLE FRERE3' Celeb.MUftICAL
BOXES p'ariug brilliancy the best Populsr, Cperatlo, and Sscrod
Music, l^irge Bixre. Pour Airs. £4; Six, £6 6 *.; Eight, X 8 ; Twelve
Air*, £1212s. Snuff-boxes. Two Tune*, 14* fid. and 18a.; Three 30*.;
Four, 40a. Catalogue* of Tune* gratia and pout-free, on application.
/BOLLARD’S WALNUT - TREE SEBU-
COTTAGE PIAKOFORTR. To be FOLD, a BARGAIN, a re¬
markably beautiful-toned Instrument of tiro abovo deeeriytlun, with
ei octavre, repetition action, and all tho patont Improvement*, at
HOLDKRNESBK’B. 414. NewOsforl-atreot
"DIANOFORTES.— PUBLIC ATTENTION.
A Some splendid Rosewood and Walnut-tree Cottage* and PIo-
coloa, octave*, with on tho latest improvement*, have only boon
need a few months, from 19 guiu-cs.—At TOLKIEN’S Old-Eatab-
liahcd Pianoforte warehouse, S", * 8 , and 29, King WIlllam-»troet,
London-hridgo. PUnofortre for hire, with option of purchase.
TJ TOLKIEN’S IRRESISTIBLE PIANO-
AA • FORTE, with Tros# Concave Bracings and Perpendicular
Bolt*, by Letter* Patent.—'Htoss exquisite instrument* are superior
in power to any English or Foreign plaao. For quality of tono un-
oqnailed; durability unnucettonable. For extreme cUma-re invriuabl*.
Prico (in elegant dre'gnsl modcrata. Height, « ft. Drawingerwet-
frre, at H. Tolkien's. 27, 28, 29, King WDBam-stzwt, London-bridge.
Pianoforte* for Hire, with option to purchase on easy term*.
TT TOLKIEN’S 25-gninea Royal Minato
li . PIANOFORTES, fi| octave#.—This piano «a acknowledged to
be anparior to any En.riUiJ or foreign piano at tbe above price; and.
by the care and attention VI. T. ha* doroted to all branchoa of the
manufacture, ho haa obtained tho highest reoutation throughout the
uni verso fer three irwtromenu, unequalled in durability end deli¬
cacy of touch -H. Tolkien’#, 27, * 8 , 29, King Wllliam-atrert. Londoo-
brtuge. rianofortea for biro, with option to purchase on easy term*.
/'iOTTAGE FIANO, an unprecedented bar-
\J gain, elegant in appearance rich and brilliant in tone, and with
every im.nrovement; rued only alx month*, but will be sold, through
peculiar cireum»t*nce#. for 26 guineas—original price M guinere. A
warranty with lL—322, Kcgent-etrect (opposite the Polytechnic).
TJIANOFORTE, the property of a Lady giving
[ up hcurckecplng—A fine brUliant-t"neJ Cottage, la very
handsome rosowood case. fi| metal 1 c plates, and all the recent im-
t.rovemccts. in good contrition, to be DMrOSBD OP, to an lmn»-
di-fto purchaser, for tbo low sum of 19 Guineas: warranted perfect.
To be seen at fic'grave House, 12 Hoane-rtreet. Bel grave-square.
AK DINING-ROOM SUITE, very sape-
V./ rior the property of a Gentleman leaving England, to be DIS¬
POSED OF. a bugain- In good oondition, inclndiug a fine set of
lol’d oak telescope dinlng-tablos. with patent »craw moremeot;
twelve lolid chair* in Utrecht velvet; pair opting-atuffed eaar-chrirs,
to match: handsome aidoboard, and Oinner carriage. Prioe cmipirte,
67 Gnixeni: less than half the original coat. To be *eea at iksigrare
Horse, 12, 8 io*DC-*tre<t, Belgrave-«quare.
T?URNITURE for a DRAWING ROOM-of
T chaste and elegant design, a bargain, floe walnut, warranted
manufacture, to be sold for half its value, nearly now-consisting of
a Urge-rixed brilliant plate Chimney Glare, in costly unique frame; a
magnificent Chiffon lor, with richly-earvod back, and door* fitted
with beet silvered-plate glass, and martUe top. aapmor Centre Trirle.
on handaomely-carvcd pillar and claw*; occaoional or Lad«*
Writing and Fancy Table*; *ix solid, o’egantly *b*Pfd Ch»h»< i» rx h
5k; superior. apring-rtuffrd. 8 ettee;JJa*y and \ictort* Chair*, an
suite, with extra lined iocee case#; two fancy occaslonoi Chain* ; and
I handsom* Whatnot, rrico for the whole suite 4fi guinea*. N.B.—
Aiao, a very roperlor, complete, modern, fine> ttnanioh m»ho«any
Room Sot in best morocco. 40 guinea*. To be *oon Wl.EWLN
mtWCOUR. and CO.’K Uphofrterer* 7, Queen *-buiidln«*, Knights-
bridge 1 seven doors wret of Sloane-atrert).
/CABINET FURNITURE, CARPETS, and
1 j BPiiDlNG.—An Illustrated Bjok of Estimate and Furniture
Cataloguo containing 160 Design* and Price* of Fashionable and
(topwtor UpbnlitorrVVnrnltoto. «c , rrrtto on .pfJlMUon.
ftirnWhim* who »tudr ocoromr, combined with elegance and dura-
EdlUy .RJnmly for thi* -LfeWIN CKAWCOUR and CO-, Cabinet
Mamifacturara. 7, Qnecn s-bcBdioc*. Knlghtibridge (reven door* wret
of Stoano atrret). N.B. Country orders carnage free.
G RAND CEREMONY and FESTIVAL on
Ihe leth JUNE neit, at the OPENING of the SOLDIERS*
DAUGHTERS’ HOME, Hampstead, by h s Royal Highness the
PRINCE CONSORT, who, with !u* Royal Hlghnaaa tha Prince of
WiiJee, have been gracioxslv pleased to purchase |)reseatationa to tho
Home.
several Military Bands will perform in the beautifrd grounds of tho
Homo. Admission, by purchased tickets, to bo had only at tho office
rf the Home. No. 7. Whitehall (exactly eppoilce the Horse Guards).
A Single Ticket for the ceremony and ground*. IOj.; A Doublo Ticket
for Two, 16o.: A Reeerved Seat for the Ceremony and Breakfast, 20s.
H. L. POWYS, Major, Chairman.
FANCY BAZAAR
will be he'd on THURSDAY and FRIDAY, the 27th aad *fch
of MAY, under the patronage of
Her Ma.iwry the QUEEN,
H.IUI. the Duchess of Kent,
H-R-Il. tho Ductless of Cambridge, *«d
• H R.H the Princess Mary of Cambridge,
in AID of the FUNDS of the CENTRAL ASSOCIATION for
IMPROVING the CONDITION of tho WIVES and FAMILIES of
SOLDIERS and SAILORS, aail for relieving the frightful d'etre*t
c.nscqueot upon the departure of so many of our Troops for the East.
The Itiraor will bo bold l a tho Wellington Barrack*, by permisaka
of H.H.B. the Duke of Cambridge, K.O.
FATEONBXSES.
Tbe Duchess of Richmond
Tho Duehcss of Beaufort
1 ho Euchres of Atholl
Tbe Duchess of Montrose
The Duchess of Roxburgbe
Ihe lhicbess of St. Arp'mo
Tho Marcbioncsa of Townahcnd
Maria. Msrchionou of Ailmbnry
The Marchioness of Waterford
Tbe Marc* ioneas of Dowmlilre
The Marcliioocu of iAmdocderry
Francis Anno, Marchioness of
Londonderry
The Lady Isabella Ft. John
The Countess of Kinnooll
Tho Countess of Loren and Mel¬
ville
The Countess of Shafte bury
The Counters of Oikeev
The Coomres of Warwick
Ihe Counters of llardwicke
Tbe Counters of Fife
Tho CdtttW of Caledon
The CounteiM of Bradford
Tbe Countess Waldegrave
The Lady Harriet BamOtmi
The t adv Charlotte Chetwynd
Tbe Lady Mary Hood
Tbe I-ady James Murray
3 he Viscountess Che wton
Tho VUcountess Forbes
'Ibe Lady Lindsay
1 be Lady Gray
Tbe Lady Mary Stephenson
Tho Lady Jano Walker
3 bo Lady Emily Seymour
The Lacies Ponsouby
Tho Lady Sarah Lindsay
The Lady Augusta Cad«g»n
The Lady Honoris Cadogan
The Lady Maria Sanderson
The Lady Mary Fgerton
Tbe Lady Mary Vyner
The Lady Jane Ellice
The Lady Emily Pansonby
Tho Lady Mary Fielding
The Lady Jano Levett
The Lady Susan Baaith
The Lady Willoughby d’Eresby
The Lady Rokoby
The Dowager Lady Raglan
Tho Lady Stuart do I'.othtsay
*J ho Lady AMnger
The Baroness Strathrden
Tho Lidy Wensleydalo
The Lady Wa'lscourt
T ho Lady Colchester
Tbe Lady Wolsingham
Tho l 4 uly Colthorpe
The Lady Gifford
The Hon. Lady Phipps
Tho Hon. I-ady Maude
Tho Hon. Mrs. Moacktor. Mines
T ho Hon. Mrs. Beanmont
The Hon. Mrs. Hen-y Chetwynd
The Hon. Mm. Arthur Klntui rd
The Hon Mr*. Finch
Tho Hon. Mrs Wm. Curasao:
Tbe Hen. Lady Butler
The Hou. Mrs. Sidney Herbert
Lady Asttey
Lady Strsoay
Lady Wilson
Lady Gipca y
Lady Cochrane,
Lady Lubbock
Lady Pekingtoa \
Mr». iimyto^o
Mrs. William * ngerstein
Mrs. Charles Hoare
Mrs. Manorleff .O 7 /
Mrs- -Evan Maboriy
Mta- Newdegate
Mrs. Abel Smith
TlfR. RAREY’S ESTABLISHMENT, THE
XTJL ROUSH HOUSE, KlmfERTON^TREET, U CLOSED uoUl
the 3 rd of MAY, when his Lessons will recomm’wee there. Informa¬
tion may bo obtained and Bubacriptious received at Mr. Uorey'a
Office, left band of tha Yard, Messrs. TnUmidl'r. Groaveuor-place.
>lr. Rarey's arrangements for Teaching in Classes his Method of
Training CdU, and Taming Vicious Hursts, after his return from
Dublin, are as follows:—
M>.rday .. May 3\
T ue* Jay .. „ 4 1
Wednraday .. „ 5J At theRecnd Home,
Thuisday .. .. „ \ Kicnortoa-otreet,
Monday .. .. „ lot Motoombe-siieot,
Tuesday .. .. „ 111 Bolgrartn.
Wednesday .. ,, 12 1
Thursday .. .. ,, 13/
Lostons to commence at 11 o'clock punctually, when tho doori will
be closed.
New Fubseribers will be admitted at half-post 10 o'clock.
Tho Subscription Is Tee Guineas for a Gentleman, and Plftoia
Guineas for a Lady and Geotlsman.
K ING and CO., SILKMERCERS, &c., 243,
Regent-street, and at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, beg to
announce that during tho lato commercial crii'» thoy have nur-
chated many thousrsd nouad*' worth of now blLKS. MUSLINS,
BAREGES, IRISH POPLINS, fcc., which tlcy intend selling during
tho ensuing leaion at Half-price.
T ADIES, WHITE for PATTERNS of the
-I J NEW SILKS and ether Fabrics, and save fifty per cent in your
Spring Funduuea.—Addraai to KING and CO., Regent-st, London.
/CAMBRICS.—PATTERNS POST-FREE.
Swiss Cambrics,
fs. 6 d the Full Dress.
__ \ French Brilliants,
3a ,9d. the Fall Dress—uiually sold St 7s. fid.
Addmts to KING and 00., Regant-strott. London.
M
Mr* Hugh Seymour
Mrs. Clarke Thornhill
The following ladles hava eensented to hold stalls r—
Tho Duchess of St. Arplno and Mrs. William Anrersteia.
The VUcountfSt Cbewtun and Mrs. MoucrdlT.
The Lady 8 aM# Lindsay )
ai>d > Areata’ FtalL
The Tidies Cadogsn >
Mrs. Armyt*ge aud Mrs Clarke Thornhill.
I ndy Sttascy.
Mrs. Jiewdsgate.
Mrs, Charles Hoare.
Mis. Evan Malmlv. . , ^
There will be al 0 a staU for “ Plain Work," m'de entirely by
*'Soldiers’ Wires;" a Flower FtaU. and a Tea uod Refreshment SUP.
Contributions of I’nlntln*a in oil and wafer colours. Drawing*,
Photographs, Curioelllta. Asacfrs of Vettfi, und al. kinds of Plain or
Fancy No dlework, ere earnestly solid'od. „
Contributions also of Erglith. Soetch, and Irish and Foreign Lace
and Kmbmdary, will be thsnkfhlty received, as woll as Flowers,
ti her in bouquets or for decorating tha Flower Stu'l
It would be cocsidarod an ospocinl favour if inanufacturera would
kindly or.u’ribute »oms ipecimena of British and Iri*h Manufactures;
snd it i* par.iculaitv lOjuetted that the names of thb manufacturers
who may be so goed at to contribute may be attached to their contri¬
butions.
Contributions in aid of tho Bursar may be forwarded to any of tho
following addressee:- Messrs. Iiatchtrd, 1*7. Piccadilly; Miss Reid ft,
Maschreter-street, Manchrettr-saoare; Mrs. Lockwood, 76, New
Bond-e'reet; tho Mhare Read, 21 .Upper Berkeley-street West; Mrs.
Davis, 7, Little Charlotte-street. Pimlico.
A FANCY BAZAAR will ba held on
FRIDAY and BATURDAY. the l«th and 15th of MAY, at
WILLM'S ROOMS, on behalf of the
BLENHEIM FREE DISPENSARY,
Undsr tho patronage of
Her Moat Gradoui Majerty tha QUERN.
Her Royal Hlghnoas tho Duchess of KENT.
LAUT PATBOXUSU.
Her Grace tho Duohore of Richmond.
Her Grace tho Ducbret of Beaufort.
Her Groce tho Duchess of Marlborough.
Her Grace tba Duchess of Argyll.
Her Grace the Duchess of Manchester.
Her Grace tho Duchess of Sutherland.
The Mo*t b'ohie the Marchioness of Stafford-
Tbe Right Hon thoHAdy Constance Groevonox.
Tho Right Hon. tho Countess of Airlio.
Tbe Bight Hon tho Count ere of Yarborough.
The Right Hon. Lady Stanley of AUleriey.
The Right Hon. Lady Catborine Buckley.
Tho Right Hon Lady Rmlly Dundaa.
Tho Dowager Lady Cnwe.
Lady Otway.
Lady Tierney.
Lady Perry. __
Contributions of useful aud fancy work of ©verv drecripbon,
articles of any hind, afro douatior s, wHl l>e very gratofally reeehrod
by the Ties surer, *0, Grsfton-street, Berkeley-square; and by Dr.
Biosdet, 6 , Hollo*-street, Cavendlih square, Hon. Soc.
Welpport's Bond will be In attondauco.
E
OYAL SEA-BATHING INFIRMARY, or
National Hospital for tho Scrofulous Poor of London and tbe
Kingdom generally, ritoate »t Margate. Kstabliihed 1796.
Patron-The QUERN.
Hon. Secretary-Her. J. Hodgaon, M A.
Tie publ’c are most earnestly invited to AID tho lands of this moot
isterest'ug important Charity by donations or a nn ua l subrcrlptJon*.
Letter* for tbe reoommenuafeon of Patients may be obtalnod by
Governors on application to tbe Secretary.
Subscriptions are received on account of Samnttl Tomkins, Eaq
Treasurer; by Mem*. WUlis, Pareival, and Co-, 78, lombard-strew j
by Messrs. Cootts and Co., Strand ; and at the offices of tho Charity,
t. DowgaU-hi L Cannon street. City. C. J. Rowawx, Sec.
T>OYAL SEA-BATHING INFIB MARY, or
Xt/ National Hospital tor the Scrofolaus Poor of London and the
Kingdom generally, situate st Margate. Established 1796.
Patron—'The QUEEN.
Bods for 100 poor Patients In tho building, and Relief to Out-
natients.
Tbe friend* of this noble Ch»rity are invited to a DINNER at tho
LONDON TAVERN, on the 12vh of MAY, a*. Six for Half-put Si*
o'clock Drocfroly.
Tho Right Hon. ibo Earl of CARNARVON, tbe FreaRJcnt of the
Charity, in the chair.
TpURNITURE.—Persons in want of really
1’ JKKXI DRAWING' OOM .UBJI1TURK »«lnrlt«l to .pplj
to R. GREEN acd CO , Urbo’- to-oi, I®'- Oxtori-.treet, W-, wbo luv.
now on sale a handioin*' Wu’nut-wood Suite, warranted, cmuliting
of a fine walnnt loo table, on carved rlllar and daws; i Ore-to*
cheffonlrr with marble top. plato glass &rr% and back; a bnlllant
plate chimney-*lass, in gilt fram-a; occasiona hable, tlx cabriole
ehairs, covered in rtohaUk; a setteo and easy -chairs on suite, with
chintz kx.se covers ; and two walnut fancy chairs. The prico of tho
Whole 40 guineas.
The Earl of Amherst.
Tho I art of Homney.
Tbe Bight Hon. T. 8 Eotoourt,
M.P.
Fir W. Heath cote, Bart., M.P.
Sir E. Anuobus Bart.
6 fr B. Bridges. Bart., M.P.
Bon. and Bov. H. Teggo
Hon Geo- Byng, M.P.
Hon H. B. Law
Litnt-Gen. t Ir G. Pollock, G.C JB.
Wm. Peedco. Esq.. M.P.
J A.Warrc E*q. M.P.
Chss W. Martin. Esq., M.P.
Mr. Alderman Wilson
V r. Alderman W ire
Wm. Do Cape! Brooke, Esq.
Tbo». Bolron, Fan.
B. P. Habirgton. M.D., F.R. 8 .
Richard B'cgallay, E«q.
Rev. Wm Cslr«t, M A.
Beni. Bond Cabbell, Rq.
Edward Couchman. E*q.
Edward Condor, Earn
T. B. Curling. Erq., FJiS.
W. Cave lor, Eoq.
Beriah Drew. Esq.
W. E. Eddlaon. E- q.
C. Few. I sq.
STEWARD#.
Mitchell Hanry, Esq.
Robert Hudwn. Esq., FJiS.
Rev. Richard Barter
8 O. Habmhou. M.D.
Rev. J. Hodgoon
Rev. J. O. Hodgson
R’chard Hun tar. Esq.
R. A Heath, Feq.
Captain Isacko
John B. Lee, Eoq.
Rev. J F. LIngham
Rev. Chat. Man hall
H. A. Pitman, M.D.
Goo. D Pollock, Esq-
Rev. J. Povah
John repys, Esq.
A. 8 . Pigeon, E*q.
Wm. Pott, Eoq.
R. Pugh. Esq.
T. B Pugh. Esq.
David Prico, M D.
g. W. Rowsvli, Eso.
Samuel ^omktna, Lvj.
Robert ITiurbut n, Eso.
Josbna Woiluington, Eoq.
Frank Webb Esq.
Rev. 1L T. Whoekr
W. R. Whl'e, Eoq.
E. Wallis, Esq.
USLI NS.—PATTERNS POST-EREE.
Jsccor.ets.2s. lid UieFnRDrem.
Organdies .. •• .. 5a. 6 d. „
—Chintz Mtuiins <• •• 6 s. 6 d. „
Flounced Jacconets .. 6a. fid. „
Flounced Organdies .. 10s. 6 d., uiually *old at jCI la.
Addxcaa to KING and CO., 143, Rodent-street, London.
B AREGES, &c. — Patterns Post-free.—
Balzarinaa .Ss. 6 d. tho Full Dicta.
Chintz Bar>s .. .. ., 8 *. fid. „
Flounced Bsltartaes ,* .. Us. fid. ,, .
Flounced Bareges .. I3s.'d. „
Flounced Grenadinoa .. XI 5s 6 d., usually sold at £2 10#,
AddicM to KING and 00., Regen -streot, London.
S PRING FABRICS. — ^Patterns Post-free. —
French I.l«rtms.7s. fid. tbe Fall Ikon.
(hecked ChalUo .. •• 12 a. fid. „
Eilk and Mohair Doablo Skirts >0*. »>d. „
8 ilk and Mohair Flounced Bobeo 17s. fid. „
Ftrwich Poplins .. .. lfts. fid. ..
Kul Irish Pop lit.* .. XI 17s. fid. usually told at £5.
Address to KING and CO., Bcgont streot, London.
B LACK SILKS.—Patterns Post-free-
Glacd Bilks..XI 6 0 tho Foil Dress.
Batin Bar Bilks .. .. I 10 0 „
Widows'Bilks.1 19 0 „
Flounced Bilks.2 10 0 „
MoirfiAntiques.. .. .. 2 18 6 ,,
Velvet Flounoed Robes .. 6 10 0 „
Address to KING and CO., Ilcgent-atrort, London.
SPRING SILKS, at KING’S,
243, Rogent-street.
Striped Glacd Bilks,
XI 2s. fid. tho Futl Dress.
Chocked Glacd Bilks,
XI As. fid.
Batin Bar Silks,
XI 7s. fid.
Jasper Silks,
XI 12s- 6 d-
Chinrf Poult de 6 o!es,
XI 17s 6 d.
Flounced Silks,
Xt £».
French Flounced Silks,
XI 13s. fid.
Velvet Flounced Silks,
x& 10 *. Od.
And Molrd Antiques, worn by the Queen snd Prineeos Royal,
X3 3s. tho Full Dress, usually sold at Xfi 6 s.
Patterns sent poot-tree.
Address to King and Co., Regent-street, London.
S easide dresses and jackets.—
Atalanta and Tarantella Lawn Robes and Jookots,
ISa. fid. complete, ready for use.
Printed designs of tbe stylo and pattern} o( tho material
sent post-free.
Address to KING and CO., 243, Rogont-atreet.
N
EW MANTLES and JACKETS
at KING’S, 243, Regent-street.
Marsclls duckets, 6 s. fid. to 10s. fid each.
Fine Cloth Jack* ts, ft*, fid. to 15s, 01. „
Fine Cloth Mantles. 7s. fid. to Xt 10s. Od. „
Euporb BUk Manllr*. 12s 6 d. to X3 3s. Od. „
Printed design* sent post-free.
Address to KING and CO., Regent-street, Londoa.
rpHE NEW COLLAJR and SLEEVE for
J SUMMER.-1 ho latest novelty for morning wear in Paris.
Tbe colour* are v Kite and buff, and they nrrtch ear.h other.
9* 3d. tho half dozen, by post Ua.3d.
A ramplo pair. Is. M.: port-free, Is. 10J.
:rf MU 8 LT"- “ “
THE FRENCH
U8L1N COMPANY, 16, Oxford-rtreet
Tlyf USLIN EMBROIDERY, BRAIDING, &c*
If I Tho Novreot Designs,
on really good materials,
for aR kinds of P.mbrokfrry and Bra ding,
are only to bo had at
Mrs. WILCOCmSON' 8 , 44, Gcodge-streel,
Tottonbam-oourt-road, W.
A Collar for & stamps. Price l ist free.
Those friends who are willing to add their name* to tho above will
be kind enough to state the same In a letter addreaood e> the Rev.
John Hodgson, Hon. eoo , at the Office of the Institution, 4, Dowgate-
hil*. City.
Tbe B award* wm not be HaMe to any expenses.
8 y onler, C- J. ROWSKIX, Sec.
A WRANGLER of the present year, and
Bcho’or of his College wishes for an Kogagemrot ai PRIVATE
TLT OH. to travel or ctiieiwlow. Address, B. A. Post office. Keod* .
S marts writing institution, s,
PtccadtUr, b«t.«o lb. H mjmutct wl Rogmt-ctfen*-—Opoo
frt m Tre KtM Art*. Tatoot ol .0 ««t» mM (p4ru.lyl.n-)
umtbi“ *»J urn. uiln* thUr own eoormloocu U«oo. nn. nm.
USh InproroiDOnl to .IkM or twotr. OMJ M. |W-
roonS (nr Lull™, to ^
. iDittond.—*0-1 *trlr to Mr. Bout, M mot.
L ADIES’ and CHILDREN’S JACKETS,
with beautiful designs for
Embroidery or Braiding. In
Marcella, Twill Holland, Nainsook, Cambric,
Book Muilm, and other materials.
Good shapes.
to flt loose or tight to tho figure.
Mrs. WTLCCCK80N’8 summer .tock is now ready.
T-s di t* may send their own meoaoremonta,
patterns, or mato-ials.
Add ress—44 Goodge-street, Tottenhaa-court-road. W.
ES8RS. SHETTLEWORTH, ABBOTT,
•nd WILLEY. Jon. («ucoas*or* to Mewr* R. Willey and Oo.).
respectfully beg to announce that tney ore now Bdlhf a large parcel
of FRiNCH UAKEGL DNE 0 BE 8 , purchased at a considerable re¬
duction from the or is lust rrico.
In addition to tho abo»o they have also an oitcnaiva stork of
BILKS, Fancy Dnsscr, Bhawia, ManUco, Ribbrna, Lao**, Hoainry,
Gloves, General Drapery, Ac., to which they Invi’o an early inspection.
15 ami 16. Lodgato-sueet, London.
TMPORTANT TO LADIES.—A Single Stay
X _^C*nrinpe-ftotoa locopt of o Port-oiBo. ^
) THE WEALTHY AND BETrErMlILE CLASgEA
3 honour of an INSrECJlON of the
Tie Etoollo Bodloo . «•<<■
Tb, Oelf-m’jnilto* Com, .* ,* ,. In. fld.
A booh wilfa inufUflCoo. end prico. um‘ on thotoootol of o pofltoCO
Itimp. from which h adortioo of oay con« con bo mjiijo.
Crtooltoc bhtrt. nod Spri.ur 8lcd Skirt, of tow P' 0«-
CABTbK AND HOUSTON S 8 , Rc,n.l-,!rt.,|. W ; «, Utochfriom-
njodi 5, atoohwcU^troof. arom nfohl end Ccyrtol Pnlooo.
TO ’
T^oUowhTsAKTICLES ofBREiS U resjuntoi b/ B. J. nod D.
N Fct«!NTLEMES. fll Ufjli. 1 !*-.“ d **’:
SJ. ComhUl, i Actor, of ...rT dw^l<”- ^fl l, »nc of t>>»otifnl
I’flht fabric, ft. rttmmcr, «nd ’
like thorn for rrctr.tr, and waiatcoan. aro tiro hort rtrommona of Enh-
U.h manofaemre. A larso a.»-rtrnort map ba fonnd roadc for lm-
Dwltotooro: tone arc rr atcrpcooftd, and Ur, wbola arc marhird is
'■iJ’jRT.saars:«.
YOUTHS* CtOTHIhG, the laino wm lcnce prerslle, particolarly in
Msntfes and other gsnn-nU of silk and o«h.
Moist*. Kl eoU i mplay Cattoro for each rpedality.
THOR YOUTH.—A COMPLETE SUIT, com-
|l mlrirc Tunic- Trecsars, Brit, and Collar. In all too m»w ma-
ltrials, for Duo Guinea, at Until H. J. and D. NlCOLL d Brtab-
Ikh roeut. 144. Ifrgvut-s’root ____
T 7 IOB LADIES.—The NEW MANTLE, in
1 ' ,n (ho fashlonsLlo colours, at One Guinea each, is now ready
«i Ofesm U J. and D. NI«X )LL '8 jutaSljhmort. 142, ffrgcrt-rtreo*.
Eh DUES UNIVERSAL CAPES.— The
rrt.n.(To .ri. of ihm. fUrmflotol, Utrir bar rcMotoWnaaT™.
Tbry arc hnporriooa to rain, .rt pcrfwllv Y=nl!larlr*,-95, New
Bond-«trcet am! *9 ^crnb'U >N B. KonhaHel. _.
S dsocrfeUen, Drras Shirts, sod Prcw'oa
ww be sent on a} i>'.kaUuu.—i'AFTER till WAIEBS, 3ft, Rox*»t-
stnrt, Looccn, B.W.
444
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[May 1, 1858
NEW BOOKS, frc.
INTERESTING NEW W08K8.
T1HE COUNTESS OF BONNEVAL: Her
JL Utai. By L»d, GEORGIANS HHAERTOK. » r.
CARDINAL WISEMAN'S RECOLLECTIONS of
• LA *T P' >U B POPl* 8. bro, with Portraits. Ill
The TWO BROTHERS. By the Author of “The
D : *ciplin» of Lift.” 3 vols.
••Tho '8»t of lesdr Em Iy Ponsnnbv't novel* "—John Belt
A WOMAN S THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN. By
the Author of “ John Hal fax.” 10*. 6d.
JOHN HALIFAX. GENTLEMAN. Third Edition,
to*. -r 1
VIOLET BANK and its INMATES. 3 v.
ONE AND TWENTY. By the Author of “ Wild
flower, "The Houso of Elm >re,” *o. Jr.
Huhst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-rtreet.
USEFUL AND SEASONABLE GIFT-BOOK.
Jo*( puulhhed. royal 8vo, price Sis , cloth gilt,
A New and greatly-unproved Edition of
T ANDSCAPE PAINTING in WATER
JU COLOURS.
By GEOKOH BARNARD,
ProfeMor of Drawing: at Rugby School.
Covers for binding up the Parts are now ready.
“Tho volnma is full or valuable information, the result of long stud*
and oiperienco and will prove a most efficient aid to the acquisition of
such knowledge as one who aspires to be an artist mast acquire. Mr.
Barnard has shown that he is a safe and Dain* taking guide Into th
art and mystery of water colour painting-''—Art-Journal.
London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co.
NEW BOOK, by the Rev JAMES SMITH, of Cheltenham.-Royal
SSroo, 380 pages, gilt edges, la. 6d.; cottage library. Is.,
L IGHT for Dark DAYS. Also, uniform
In shea and prioe, by the same Author,
rbe Early and tho Latter Rain. I Bread from Heaven.
Good bead for ihe Lord's Field. |
Halifax: Milner, and Sovuir, London: Simpkln, Marshall,
sod Ca.
KIRBY AND 8PKNCR'8 ENTOMOLOGY.
Sixth Thousand of the Seventh and Cheaper Edition.
Just published, in one closely-printed volume ol 600 pagoe, crown
8vo, prioe 5a. cloth,
I NTRODUCTION to ENTOMOLOGY; or,
Elements of tho Natural History of Insects. Comprising an
Aoceunt of Noxious and Usoful Insects: of tholr Metarasrphoses,
Pood ^tratagoms, Societies, Motions, Hybernation, Instinct, fitc
By WILLIAM KIRBY. M.A., P.R.8., P.L.8., Rector of Barham,
and WILLIAM SPENCE, Esq.. P R 8.. F.L.8. Seventh Edition
(Sixth Thousand) with an Appendix relative to tho Origin and Pro¬
gress of tho Work.
“ No work In the English an- | this book. Wo have lately met
guage, wo believe, has done more
than Kirby and 8ptree's learned
and popular Introduction te spread
tha tosto for Natural H'story at
home. . . The book li, Indeed,
s marvel of obsapness - consider¬
ably more than 600 closely-printed
octavo pages for five shillings. .
To our readers, old and young—
parents, children, teachers, re¬
spectively — wo sty, * Buy and
read:’ enjoy, verify, and enlarge
by the use of yoar own eyes and
I acuities, the curious details In
rural economy, animal biography,
and mental philosophy, amassed
with so much itudv and personal
observation and digested with
equal tas’o and Judgment by 'he
learned authors.''—Natural His¬
tory Review.
*’ It Is almost Impossible to read
this engaging volamo without be¬
coming enamoured of tbe study of
tho Ultls creatures whose hsblU
and Instincts It describes; and
tbs rapidity with which the new
edition is dow being sown broad¬
cast over the laod may reasonably
be expected to produoe before
long an abundant crop of In-
iipiont Entomologists. But It
is not young people raeroty
who are taken captive by
with two instances in which it
has exerted a similar influence
over persons (n advanced life, and
devoted to pursuits which might
be supposed little calculated to
loaro room for any enthusiasm on
behalf of lnse'ts. In ono case a
I'm nod friend of oars who had
Just been exploring, and wlthgsod
roralts, the fusty Syriac M88. of
the British Moseum. was k de¬
lighted with the book, on dipping
Into a copy which accidentally
foil in his way. that be straight¬
way purchased one for b'mtolf,
read it wl’h avidity, and has ilnoe
beooroe a most industrious collec¬
tor. The other in* tone© w**vh*t of
one of our most popular metropo¬
litan clergymen, who. h«vlnghad
occasion to refer to the book for
the oluddation of sume passage
of Scripture relating to insects,
was so dooply interested in what
he read that he publicly recom¬
mended tbe work from the pulpit,
with a warmth of cemmondation
which somewhat surprised his
hearer*."—Titan, Nov., 1857.
“ Lot no man, think hef knows
how to enjoy the country who
bu not studied the vo'uraes of
Kirby and Sponoo "—Quarterly
Keviow (The Honey Bee).
London: Lonoman, Brown, and Co., Paternoster row.
Crown Bvo. price Si. fid.; post-free, 3s. lOd.j with Map, M. extra,
f ONDON as it is TO-DAY j Where to Go
Li and What to Bee. With 300 Engravings.
London: H. G. CLARE! and CO., 353, Strand, W.O.
T he practical mechanic’s
JOURNAL, No i 22. MAY. Ho, contains .—Original Articles on
Mechanical Engineering and Chemical 8clance; History of the Sewing
Maoblno; Messrs. Richardsons Marine Engines (with Plate); Me¬
chanical Notes from America; Fold Opener for Foiling Machlaee;
Society of Arts Exhibition; Msch*niesJ Mou'dor for Railway Chairs
(with Plate); Lobuitx and Henderson's Marins Engines; Holmes's
Magneto-Electric Machine*; Robertson's Cranos; Bell’s Reaper;
Watson's Heddies; Kerr's Thread Polisher; Johnson's Pressure
Gauges; Pa'sley and Bertram's Paper Mach'nrry ; Wright's
Furnace Feeder; Hoars’* Hand 8e*d Planter; Finlay's Segmental
Lipped Aabpau ; Ramage's Bslf- Anting Valve Ventilator. Floating
Rubber Washing Machine With Monthly Notes of 8clantiflo
Novelties, and Memoranda; Patent l aw Cases ; Lists of Patents and
Designs Registered ; and about 60 Woodcuts.—LO nOMAN aed Co.,
Paternosur-row. Editor's Offices (Offices for Patents), 47, Lincoln's-
Inn-flolda.
T ONDON IMPROVEMENTS. — Practical
Li Suggestions for Relieving tbe Over-crowded Thoroughfares of
London; securing Imoroved Means of Locomotion; diverting the
8»v*age from tho Thames and appropriating It to Agricultural Use;
with Bst'mate of Cost and probable Revenue Also, Map, Plans,
and Views. By JOSEPH MITCHELL, C.E.. F.B.8J5 , Member of
the Institution of Civil Engineers. Prioe la. 64.; p*r post, Xs. lOd.
London: Edward fiTAinrORn, 6. Charing-cross, 8.W.
Now ready. Second Edition, prioe la.; by post Is Id-
S TAMMERING: the Cause and Cure. By the
Rev. W W. CAZALET. AM. Cantab.
London; Bosworth and Harrison, SI5, Regent-street.
JS'EW MUSIC, *e.
D ’ALBERT’S VIOLANTE WALTZ. Just
out. Prioe is, full orchestra.5s. Post-free.
CKArriu and Co., 50, Now Bond-street.
Bent Free by Post for Eight Penny Postage Stamps,
TjlENNtNGS’ EVERY MOTHER’S BOOK;
.A? which oontains everything that every Mother ought to know.
Direct to Alfrrd Frnnixos, West Cowes, Isle of Wight.
TXTEDDING STATIONERY.—The Largest
▼ V Assortment, Newest Patterns, and latest Alterations.—In-
Patterua, sad latest Alterations.-In¬
vitations, At-Home Notes, Programmes, Jte.—PARKINS and GOTTO,
15, Oxford-street. Patterns sent post-free.
_ TO COUNTRY RESIDENTS.
P ARKINS and GOTTO’S GUINEA BOX
of STATIONERY sent carriage paid to any railway station In
England upon receipt of P.O. or er. It oontains 30 quires of super¬
fine thick (full iteei cream-laid Note Paper; 10 quire* of Queen's six*
ditto, ditto, and 500 thick cream-laid Envelopes (stamped and o»-
m cm toil of twotims; 30 quires second quality full-six.' cream-laid
Note Paper; and 500 Envelopes stamped and cemented; an octavo
Blotting Book, aad six dozen of P. and G’s elasticpast-offioe Pen-
with (lx holders. A saving of full 6s. in the pound Par Mm and
otto. Paper and Envelops Makers, 34 and 35. Oxford-street. London
P ARKINS and GOTTO have opened Three
large Show-rooms for the display o i choap. useful, and elegant
Articles for Birthday and Wedding Presents, from 3s. 6d. to 30
guineas (a saving of 6a. In tbe pound .
Writing Cases, lilted, from la. 6d
Travolllng Rag*, 3 to 15 guineas
Desks, mahogany or rosewood.
'j 6d. to £3 “
Rooewood Dressing Cases, lined
with silk velvet, silver top
bottles, and Jewel drawer, 43s.
Gentlemen’* Travelling Dressing
Cases, fitted. 1S« 6d
Writing and Dressing Cases com¬
bined, 30s.
Pocket Books, Letter Caste, and
Where Is its.
Key Boxe* and Jewed Cases.
Port Monnalee and Tablet*.
Despatch Boxes, from 31a, Papier Mac he In great variety,
"artlns and Gotto, Manufacturers, 94 and 35. Oxford-street.
denied and Paper Weight*.
M-d Cases. tortoistehtlL, 3s. 6d.
Ditto L% pearl, allror, and inlaid-
Album* and Scrap Books.
(My Books;. In lock cases-
Inkstands, In bran re, ebony, wal¬
nut, oak, and buhl.
Reticules and Carriage Bag*.
Enveiooo and Stationery Cases.
Glove Boxos and Lett?* Boxes.
Ladies' Companions, 7s. Cd.
Casas of cnoiee Cutlery.
Card Baskets and Table Mata.
Ivory Paper Knives.
Book Stands and Slides.
(iA( \ El BLEB, Prayer-Books, and Chnrch
J V''*'Herrioee. in every description of binding and type,
bring the cheapo*!, largest, and bast-bound Block hi the Kingdom, at
PARKINS and GOTiO'8, 3* and 15, Oxford-street.
\TO CHARGE for STAMPING PAPER and
A1 ENVELOPES, with Arms, Coronet, Crest, or Initials.—
ROpaiGUEB' Cream-laid Adhesive Envelopes, id. per 100; Cream-
laid Novo, mil size, five quires for 6d-; thick ditto, five quires for
U.: r?olso*p, 9s. per roam Sermon Paper. 4s. fid. All kind* o'
Stationery equally ohoap. at H Rodrigues', tl. Piccadilly T ondon. W
EDDING CARDS, Enamelled Envelopes
T. w_ , i^ npod l ? ,u,,,,r> with crest, or flower*. M At Homos,'
and breakfast laviUUons, in tbe latest faihlnn. Card-plate elegantly
TV ALBERTS FRENCH POLKA.—Just out
XJ Prioe **-: foil orchestra, 5s.
Chai’fxll and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
TV ALBERT’S LEVIATHAN GALOP.—
■ 3 Just out. Prioe 3s.; foil orchestra, 5s. Post-free.
Chappxll and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
TV ALBERTS VENICE QUADRILLE. Just
JL/ out. Prioe 4s ; fun orchestra, 6s. Post-free.
Ciurnu and Co., 60, Now Bond-street.
TV ALBERTS TROVATORE MAZURKA.
JL/ Just out Price 3s. fid. Post-free.
Chappell and Co., 50, New Bond-street
TV ALBERTS LE8 SCEURS VALSE8. Just
JL/ out. Prioe 4s. Post-free.
Chappell and Co., 50, New Bond-street
TYALBERT’S HOOP DE DOODEN DO
JL/ GALOP. Price 3«. fid. Post-free.
Chappell and Co., 50, New Bond-stoeL
TV ALBERTS WEDLING QUADRILLES.
U Prtoe Se.; full orchestra, to Post-free.
Chappell and CO„ 50, New Bond-street
TV ALBERT’S PELISSIER GALOP.
I / Prioe 3s., 8 do or Due*; 8eptott Ss. 6d.; Orchestra, 6a.
Chappell and Co., 60, New Bond-street.
PATRICK, MA CUISHLA. New Irish
J Ballad. Written by the Hon. Mr*. NORTON; Music by
GEORGE BARKER, composer of the “ Irish Emigrant" Prioe 2s.
Post-free. Chappell and Co., 60, New Bond-street
TUANITA. By the Hon. Mrs. NORTON.
fj Third Edition of this the most popular of all Mrs. Norton's
Ballads, prioe 1*.; also Maraqults, a Portuguese Lore Bong, by the
tame Composer, prioe 3*^ post-free.
Chappeli and Co n 60, New Bond-street
TTRINLEY RICHARDS’ COMPLETE
JL> TUTOR tor tbe PIANOFORTE. Tbe beet the newest and
cheapest or all Instruction Books, containing elementary Instructions,
scales, exercises, and a great variety of tho most popular themes as
progressive lessons. Sixty pages, full music size, price 4s- post-free.
Chappell and Co., 60, New Bond-street.
f’M LEAVING THEE IN SORROW,
X ANNIE.—Sung with rapturous applause by the Christy Minstrels.
Composed by GEORGE BARKER. Price 2*., post-froo.
Chappell and Co., 50, Now Bood-sereet.
TIHE FLOWERS are SLEEPING.—New and
JL popu’ar 8oug. Prioe 2a, post-free.
Chappell and Co., 50, Now Bond-street.
TVTENDELSSOHN’S SONGS WITHOUT
lfX WORDS. Edited by J. W. DAVISON. In tlx books, price Is.
each; or In ono volume, f»l*h preface by the Editor and Portra t, price
fis. (eloC> cover); or superior binding. 7s. fid. From tbe Daily New#;—
“ Indepoadoi-tly of tho V-oauty of tho volume, and the clearness and
accuracy of tbe text, it he* tho further advantage of a preface by tho
accomp iah'd editor, whloh eve.y one who cherishes the memory of
the lamented musician will read with instruction and pleasure."
Boosxt and SONS' Musical Library, 28, Hollos-street.
T AUBENTS MAUD VALSE, Third Edition,
1 1 Illustrated, price 4s. Also, a cheap edition of Lament's
Album of Dance Music, containing 16 popular Quadrilles, Vabos,
Polkas, Galops. Ac , price 5a.. post- tree.
Boose r and BO Ns* Musical Library, Holies-street.
TVTORDMANN’S PIANOFORTE MUSIC.—
J. * The TOWER SCENE, from 11 Trovatore, 3*.; tho Nun's
Prayer, third edition, 3*.; the Ghost Scene, seoond edltim, 2s.; 11
Salen, 3s ; Ah, che la morte, 2*. 8d.; La Carita, 3s.; Dahelie, 3*. 6d.;
Greek Pirates' Chorus, fourth edition, 2i.; La Danse dee Fees, 3s.
Boosxt and Sons' Musical Library, Uollos-strsst.
TiTADAME OURY’S NEW PIANOFORTE
.XL MUSIC.-OBERON, polka de salon. 3s.; Robert, -ol qua
Pan table on Prussian Nations* Air*, 4s.
Boosxt and Bovs Musloal Library, Holles-streei.
QIMS REEVES’ NEW SONGS.—1. Phcebe
lO Dearest, by J. L Hatton. 2. The Last Good Night, br Harg tL
3. Who shall be Fairest, bv Frank Mori. 4. Good Night Ssioved. by
Balfo. 5, Come Into the Garden, Maud, by Balfe. Ati ! initialed with
portrait of Mr. Bima Reeves.—B oose y and BON8, Hollo*-rtreoL x
A DELE; or, I Miss thy Kind and Gentle Voice.
jtjL The Second Edition of this beautiful Ballad, by LANGTON
WILLIAMS, is sew ready, a* sung by Miss Lasoslles. Prioe 3*. ; fret
fas, stem pa—W. WILLIAMS, Ui, Totteoh.\m-oourt-road.
TjtFFIE SUNSHINE: New Ballad. By
lli LANGTON WILLIAMS; *ung by Miss Pools, with the greatest
success. Beautifully liluatratod. Print. 3s. fid., free for stamps.
W. Williams, 321, Touenhsm-oourt-road
mHE ROYAL WEDDING QUADRILLES,
J_ by LANGTON WIT,LI AM 8 IT lustra tod with Portrait* Is
Colour* of tbair Royal Hlghucsaea tbe Princess Royal of Prowls, and
her Consort, by BRANDARD. after Drawings by Winterhalter.
Prioe 4s., free for si&mps — w. Williams and Co., ill, Tottenham-
oourt-road.
T HAVE ALWAYS A WELCOME FOR
X THEE.—New Ballad by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Juat pub¬
lished. " One of tbe awmtest ballad* of the day "— Review. Prioe
la.; freo for stamps—W. Williams, SSI, Tottenham-court-road
V LOVE a MAY MORNING. Ballad, by
J LANGTON WILLIAM*; sung by Miss Poole, and always cn-
oored. iV.se2s. fid; free for stamo*
W. William* and Co., 331, Tottenham-court-road.
THIFTY SELECTED POLKAS for the
X’ PIANOFORTE, In a book: post-free 14 stamp*. Edited
by WR8TROP. Also, Westrop* 50 Melodies for tho Violin, Is.;
Regondi’s 300 Melodies for tho Gorman Concertina, ».; Bedgwick’a
100 Melodies for the English ConctrtinA la hither book by post '4
stamps.-MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 193. High Holborn.
npHE SILVER LAKE VARSOVIANA
X (Thirtieth Thou-ond), price "d., port-free seven stamp . Com¬
posed by W. H. MONTOOMKRY. The most popular Varsovlaoa over
p.ibli-hed, and it* charming melody captivate• all who hoar it Ai*o,
Montgomery’s Golden otream, Midnight and Rippling R1U Vareo-
ri-nas, 6d. each, port-fr* eevon itampa.—MUSICAL BOUQUET
OFFICE, 192. High Holborn.
IVESTRoP’S SACRED MUSIC, in Is.
v ▼ Books.—100 Psalms and Hymns, for one or three voices; 100
Psalm* and Hymns Oho Sabbath Rclli, for four voice*, li>0 Hacred
Bong* (C Arm in a ■'■icra), all solos; 100 Psalmv end Sacred Song* Sab¬
bath School Choir), for three voices: 100 Selocted Chant*, with the
Canticles and Psalm* of David, all pointed; algo. Kink's 100 Volun¬
taries, Preludes, and Interlude*. All tbe*e Book* have Plano or
Organ Accompaniments, and either sent by post for 14 i tamps; or
strongly bound In cloth. Is. fid. o«ch, by port 20 at&mps.
MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 193, High Holborn.
T HE HOLY FAMILY.—Sacred Melodies
from tho Great Maxtor*. Arranged by W. H. CALLCOTT.
Book I. Piano solo, 5*.; duet, 6#.; accompaniments for flute,
violin, and vtol’meello, Is. each.
CLARE'S PSALMODY. Twelve Books, 3a. each,
or in F ur Vols.. bound in cpth, 9s each. Warren's Psalmody,
Four Vols., 2s each; or in Ono. hair-bound morocco, 8s. Beale and
Wrighron's Psalmody. 6s.
musical Handbooks for the million.
Edited by J08R P H WARREN —Robert Cooks and Co '■ Handbook
of Standard English Pong*, with accompaniment for piano hno.
Bvo, te.; Handbook of Glees. Ire., 7 wo Vols.. «to, each 8s.; Haud-
bookof fi« Hounds, >s.; Chori*t«r'i Handbook. Tiro Vols, tto, each
8*.; Chanter's Hand Guide, 373 chants, with the Pialter pointed,
4to, 2*.; Warren's Pialmody, 3?3 tunes, 8s. All the above may
be had In Numbers, 3d. and'd. each. Clare's Psalmody, Twelve
Book*, is. each.
JES81L of LUCKNOW.-—*' Dinna ye hear I”
8org Written aad comtv sed by ANNE FnICKEK, com.,o*er of
“ Fading away/’ Ac 3*. «d.
POPULAR MUSIC.—A GREEN CATALOGUE,
oomoiled exp-eesly to' the U*e of aU Teaohort of Music, cootalnlrg
upward, of 2000 wnlc* by the boat composer* furuishea gratii and
postage-free. All eppi^ations must »t*t« “ The Groan .;a*Jtloguo. ,,
Address, Robkat Cocks and Co„Now Burlington-strect, W.
NEW MUSIC, *e.
TTENRY FARMER’S BIJOU of DANCE
li MUSIC for 1858, with Six beautiful DluPtrations by
BRANDARD. Price 10s. 6d.; forming ono of tho cheapest and
most elegant presents of tho season.
Joseph Williams, 133, Cheapsldo, E.C,
TTENRY FARMER’S WILD BRIAR
XT WALTZ, Just published, beautifully Illustrated la ooloure.
Prioe, solo or duet. 4s^ post-free. „ _
Josxph WILLIAMS, 133, Cheaps ido, B.O. _
H enry farmer’s fantasia on
AIRS from Verdi’s Opera, TROVATORE. Easy aad effective.
Ptieo 3s. 6d., post-free. Duet. Ss.
Josxph Williams. 1*3, Cheapsl do, E.C. _
H enry farmer’s ada valse,
Dlustratod In Colours by BRANDARD. Bolo. 4a.; Duet, 4a.
London: JOSXPH Williams, 133, Cheapeide._
H enry farmer’s il trovatore
QUADRILLES, Just published, beautifully Illustrated In
Colour* by BRANDARD.' Prioe, Solo. 3s.; Duot, «*., post-free.
Joseph Williams, 133, Cheapsldo, E.C.
H enry farmer’s pianoforte
TUTOR Price 4a. “ This Is docldodly tho moot useful and
best Inatruotlon Book for the pianoforte we have seen."—Musical
Review. JOSEPH WILLIAMS, 123, Cheapsido, E.C.
R OW, ROW, HOMEWARD WE GO!
River Song. By CARPENTER and 8PORLE. Prioe Is.,
post-free. A composition of much beauty, and bocoming I mmen s el y
popular, the molooy bekr charmingly simple and graceful
Joseph Williams, 133, Choapslde.
J ULUEN’S NEW ENGLISH LANCERS,
Uluxtratod In Colour* by BRANDARD. Just puhUabed. Prioe
is.; septett parts, 3s. «d.; orchestral parts, 5*.
Joseph Williams, 133, Cheapsldo.
TTENRY FARMER’S FANTASIA on
Ml Air* from Verdi's Opera LA THAVIATA. BrOllani and
easy. Prioe 3s., post-free.
London: J. Williams, 133, Cheapsldo.
H enry farmer’s first kiss polka.
Beautifully illustrated In colour*. Frio© 3*., pos»age-free.
This la ono of the best compositions by tills popular composer.
London: JOSKPII WlLUAMS, 123, Cheapsldo.
N ew song, the bridge of sighs,
written and composed by SAMUEL LOVER, Esq. Price 3s. 6d.
This slogant ballad may bo considered one of Mr. Lover’* happiest
compositions. Word* and music are equally pleasing, and ensure Us
becoming s general favourite. Po»tsgo-freo.
Loudon: Duvv and HODGSOK, S5, Oxford-'itreot.
QONGS OF TEE SEASONS.—SPRING
O BLOSSOMS, SUMMER BOSES, AU17UMN FRUITS, and
WINTER EVERGREENS. Composed by STEPHEN GLOVER.
Price 3a. 6d. each. These Songs possess attractions seldom before
obtainod. rho Words, hv Carpenter, are exceedingly intereeting, and
have suggested to Mr. Glover meicdlos of the most fascinating charac¬
ter, while the Illustrations, by Packer, are suoerb.
TJvrr and Hodosok, 65, Oxford-ttreeL
m
W GALOP—TfflS ALARM.—Composed
by T. BROWNE. Prioe 3s. (postage-free).-Among the spark¬
ling novelties pertormed by Weirpert's Band at the Grand State Ball
at Buckingham Paisoe none shone more oonxpiooously than the
'* Alarm " Gaioo, which wa* admired by alL
Dvtt and HODOSOS, 85, Oxford-street.
N ew song, the first time we met.
By the Composer of “Will you love me thon as nowt''
" Dearwt, then I’U love you more," "A Young Lady's No," fro-
Prioe 2s. This song will equal, If not surplus, the success attained by
any former production of this gifted oompeeer.
Durr and Hodgson, 65, Oxford-
/"VPERAS as PIANO SOLO, 2s. each,
Vy in THE PIANtSTA, enlarged series. Trovatore, Traviata,
Figaro, 11 Barb&ro. Crown Jewels, ard 50 others, 2s. ouch, or poSt-
frtti for xtamps.—GAT and CO , 67, Paternoster-row
HEN MY LOVE SIGHS I HEAR New
. . Song. Words and Music by NECTARINE 8UNNYHIDB,
Esq., Author of “ I, too. am Seventeen. Mamma." Prioe 3a. M.
Cramxb, Bkale, and Co.. *01, Regent-street.
w
T ISZTS CONSOLATION tor the PIANO-
I A FORTE.—" Pure, melodious, and full of sweet and soothing ex¬
pression. "—Dally News. " One of th* most charming thing* of the
kind."—Athenaeum. Third Edition. Price Is., sent prepaid on reoelpt
of 13 stamps. Ew*N and Co., 390, Oxford-street-
TBWER and CO.’S MUSIC WAREHOUSE,
no, Oxford-street, Loudon.- Ewer and Oo.’i own Publica¬
tion*, Including all Mendelssohn's Works, and th* whole of their ex¬
tensive stock of Foreign Music, sold at the uniform rate of Sixpence
Shoot, being only about half th* prioe charged by other aataolkh-
ita. Catalogues gratis.
R ound the corner waiting,
WHAT WILL PEOPLE BAY? Ballad, by CHARLES
SWAIN, Music by RANDIGGER- As sane by Madame Rudersdorff
and other colobrated vocalists. Eighth Edition, price Is. 6d. Sent
free on reoeipt of 18 stamps.—Ewu and Co., 390. Oxford-street
T HE NEW ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM
for tha DR \WING-ROOM.
ALEXANDRE and BON havo just taken out a new patent for the
Drawing-room Harmonium, which effects the greatest Improvement
they have ever maoe In the lastrumrat. The drawing-room models
will be found of a softer, purer, and in all respoet more arreesblo
tone than any o'her Instruments. Th*y have a perfect and easy
means of producing a diminuendo or creeoordo on any one note or
more: tho ba*s can be terfectlr subdued, without even the use of tho
expression stop, toe great difficulty (n other Harmoniums. 7o each
of tho new models an additional blower is a:t*c od at the hick, so
that tho wine can be supplied (1/ preferred i by a second person,
and s*Ul, under the new patent, the performer can play with perfect
THE DRAWING-ROOM MODEL
No. la aude In three varieties. Guinea*.
I. Three Stops, Percussion Action, additional Blower, and
In Rosewood Com .35
f. Eight Stops ditto d'tto ditto 35
8. Six >eon »tops ditto ditto, Volx Cdlesto, Ac.
(the best Harmonium that can bo made) „ .. 60
Messrs. Chappell have an eiormoua stock of tha
SIX-GUINEA HARMONIUMS,
And of all Varieties of the ordinary kind, which are perfect, for the
Church, School, Hall, or Conoert-room.
Ko. Gulr.o.'u.
1. One Stop, oak ease .10
2. „ mahogany case . **13
3. Three Stops, oak, 15 guineas; rosewood.16
4. Five Stope (two rows vibrators), oak case .. .. ..33
i, di to ro««wood case.23
5. Eight stops, ditto oak, 35 guinea*; rotewood .. ..26
6. Twelve tops (four row* vibrators), oak or rosewood care 35
7. One *<op (with percussion action), oak case, 16 guineas;
rosewood case.18
8. Th co -tops, ditto, rosewood case.SO
9. Eight 8tope, oitte, oak or rosewood case .. .. .. 33
10. Twelve Stops, ditto, oak esse .. .. .. .. .. 40
II. „ ditto, ros*-wvod case.45
13. Patent model, ditto. >ol shed oak or rosewood case .. 55
Messrs uhappall beg also to call attention to their
NEW AND UNIQUE COPT AGE PIANOFORTES.
No. Guinea*.
1. In mahogany ease, 6J octavos.25
2. In rosewood, with circular fall, 6f octave*.30
3. In roaowood, elegant case, frets, fcc..35
4. In very elegant walnut. Ivory-fronted koyx, Ac.40
6. The Unique Pianoforte, with perfect check action, elegant
rosewood owe, 6| octaves .<0
6. The Foreign Model, extremely elegant, obliqao strings, 7
octavos, best cheek action, Ac., the moot powerful of
all upright Dlano'oitea.60
Also to their immense assortment of new and secondhand Instru¬
ment*, by Broad wood, Coliard, and Erard, for sale, or hiro.
Full descriptive lists of harmoniums and of pUno ortos ■ nt upon
application to CHAPPELL and 00., «9 and 50, Now Bond-tired,
and IS, Goorge-street. lia-over-sqaaro
Agents for America, FABUEQUETTE8 and CO., New York.
P IANOFORTES (First-Class), DUFF and
HODGSON, M ok ore, 65, Oxford-street.—Thoee Instruments
are recommended by the Profession, and may be had in Walnut,
Zebra, and Rosewood. Prices moderate. Warranted.
P IANOFORTES.—GEO. LUFF and SON
have the largest stook In London, for SALE or HIRE, with
easy terms of purchase, both new and secondhand, from £10 to £100.
Tuners sent to ail parts.—103. Great Russoll-street, Bloomsbury.
O.EO. LUFF and 80N’S IMPROVED
vT HARMONIUMS for SALE or HIRE, with easy terms of pur¬
chase, from £13 to £50. Tbe only makers of the real Harmonium.
Repair*, Tuning*.—108, Great Russell-nreet, Bloomsbury.
T O FREEMASONS at Home and Abroad.—
BRO. JOHN MOTT THEAR1.E, hi anufacturor of Jewels,
Clothing, Furniture, Banner*, Jko., for the Crart. Mark, Royal
Arch, K.T., and higher degToos- No. 193, Fleet-street, London,
wholesale: and retail. Merchants, Lodger*, Tiler*, and the Trade
supplied on most advantageous term*. A ch o ice collection of Ma¬
sonic Jewels, Pins, Bings, and Stud* always on hand. Copy t ho
address-
WATCHES.—A. B. SAVORY and 80N8,
TV Watchmaker* (opposite the Bank of England), 11 and 11,
Oornhlll, London, submit for selection a stock of first-class PATENT
DETACHED LEVER WATCHK8, which, bring made by themselves,
can bo reoommendod for accuracy and durability. A warranty is given.
PRICES OF SILVER WATCHES.
Patent Lever Watch, with tho improvement*, i. o., the de¬
tached escapement, Jowellod, hard enamel dial, sooond*,
and mainUlnlng power to oontinne going whilst being
wound .. .£4 14 <
Ditto, Jewollod In four holes, and capped . 6 6 8
Ditto, the finest quality, with the improved regulator,
Jewollod In six holrs, usually in gold cases.t 8 0
Either of tho Silver Watches in hunting cases, 10*. fid. extra.
GOLD WATCHES.—SIZE FOR LADIES.
Patent Lever Watch, with ornamental gold dial, the mov*<
mont with latest improvements, Le^ tho detached escapo-
ment, maintaining power, and Jewelled.11 11 8
Ditto, with richly-engravod case .18 II 0
Ditto, with very strong case, and Jewelled In four holes .. 14 14 0
GOLD WATCHES.—SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN.
Patent Lever Watch, with the latest, improvements, t.e., the
detached oscapein.ut, jowellod in four holes, hard enamel
dial, troonds, and maintaining power .10 10 0
Ditto, In stronger case, improved regulator, andeappod .. IS 18 0
Ditto, jtwelled la six boles, and gold balance .. 17 17 0
Either of the Gold Watohes in hunting eases, £1 8s. extra.
Any Watch srioctod from tbe Hat will be safely packed and eont fro*
to any pert of Great Britain or Ireland, upon a receipt of a remittance
of ths -mount.
O N BOARD H.M.S. “NORTH STAR,” in
tho ARTIC REGIONS, for Two Yean, the Ship’s Time was
kopt by one of JONES’8 Levers, all other Watches on board having
stopped. In si’.ver, £4 4a.; In Gold, £10 10e.; at tho Manufactory,
838, 8trend (opposite Somerset House). Read JONES'S “ Sketch of
Watch Work." 8ent freo for a 3d. stamp.
^SECONDHAND GOLD WATCHES, by
eminent maker*, warranted genuine, aooureto, perfect in con¬
dition, and at half tho original cost. A choice stock at WALES and
M’CULLOCH’S, 32, Lndgato-stroet (ton doors from St. Paul's).
B E N 8 O N’S WATCHES.
" Excellence of design and perfection of workmanship.* 1 —
Morning Chronido.
“ The qualities of his manufacture stand seoond to none."—Morning
All that oaa bo desired in finish, taaie, and design."—Glob*.
" The watch os here exhibited surpaH those of any other English
manufactnror.' '—Observer.
Tboeo who cannot personally In* poet this oxtendve and ooativ stock
should send two stamp* for " Benson'* Illustrated Pamphlet," con¬
taining important information requisite in the purchase of a watch,
and from which they can select with the greatest oortainty tbe one
adapted to their use. 8Uvor Watches, from 2 to 50 guineas; Gold Watches,
from £3 16s. to 100 guiuoaa. Every watch warranted, and sect post¬
paid to any part of England, Scotland, Ireland, or Wolos, upon re¬
ceipt of a remittance. Merchants, Shipper*, and Watch Club*
supplied. Watches exchanged or repaired.
Manufactory, 33 and 84, Ludgato- hill, London, B.O.
Established 1749.
g ARL and BONS, Watch and Clock Manufac-
turn*, No*. 17 and 18, Corn hill, havo a Show-room expressly
d up for tho display of Drawing and Dining Room CLOCKS,
manufactured In splendid Ormolu, and exquisitely-modelled antique
Bronzes, the movements of fint-class finish, striking the hours and
half-hoar*. Each Clock is warranted. Staircase Clocks In fashion¬
ably-mounted oases Dial* for Counting-houses. All charged at
factoring prices.
The New Building*, No*. 17 end 18, Cornhlll.
S ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manufac-
tnrers, Nos. 17 and 18, CornhiU. Invite attention to their new and
splendid Stook of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, each warranted,
and twelve months' trial allowed.
Silver Watches, of highly-finished construction, and Jewelled, with
fashionable exterior, at 60s. to £10 10s.
Gold Watches, of all descriptions of movements, from £6 8*.
to £50.
Book* of Patterns and Prioe* can be obtained; and all order*, wife
• remittance, promptly attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Goldsmiths and Jewellers,
No* 17 and 18, Cornhlll.—The ground floor of the Now Buildine
■ more particularly devoted to the display of Fine Gold Jewellery and
Fine Gold Chains.
In the Jewellery Department will be found a rich and endlse*
assortment of Ring* and Brooches, set with magnificent gems, Brace¬
lets and Necklets, Pins and Studs, ko. All newly manufactured, and
in the most reoont style. The oaality of the gold Is warranted.
Pine Gold Chains are charged acoording to their respective weight*,
and the quality of the gold Is certified by the stamp.
Book* of Patterns and Prices can bo obtained.
Letter* promptly attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Silversmiths (the New
Building), 17 and 18, Cornhlll, invite attention te their new end
magnificent Btook of London-manufactured SILVER PLATE, con¬
taining ovary article reqolsilte for the Table and Sideboard.
Silver Spoons and Forks at 7s. 4d. per ounce.
Rich and Elegant Tea and Coffee Equipage*, eommenning at £86
fee full sendee.
Silver Salvor* of all size* and patterns, from £5 10*. to £100.
A largo and ooetly display of Silver Presentation Plate, ohargod •
per ounoe—Silver department of the building.
Book* of Design* and Prices maybe obtained.
S ARL and SONS, Wholesale Manufacturing
ELECTRO and ARORNTINE SILVER PLATERS. No# 17 and
Jornhill. In tbe splendid 8how Rooms devoted to this department
of the business will be found every article usually manufactured
Corner Dishes and Covers Dish Cover*—8 nip and Banco Tureen*—
Cruet Frames-Tea and Coffee Servloos Magnificent Epergnos and
Candelabra—Salvers and Tea Treys.
The Argentine Sliver Spoons and Forks, solely manufactured by
Bari and Sons, at one-sixth the ooet of solid Silver, are especially re¬
commend od, having stood the test of Fifteen Yoar*' experience.
Books of Drawings and Prices may bo obtainod.
All order* by post punctually attend od to.
S ILVER PLATE, New and Secondhand.—
A Pamphlet of Prices, with Engraving*, may be had gratis; or
be sent post-free. If applied for by letter.—A. B. 8AVOBY and
BONS, Goldsmiths (opposite the Bank of England), 11 and It, Coro-
Mii, Loudon.
O RNAMENTS for the MANTELPIECE, 4c.
Statuette*, Groups, Vase*, Ac.. In Parian, decorated BIsaac and
other China; Clocks (gilt, marble, and bronze). Alabaster, Bohemian
Glass, first-class Bronzes, Candelabra, and many other art-manufao-
tures, all In tbe best taste and at very moderate prices.
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 83, Ludgate-hill, E.O.
T\INNER, DESSERT, and TEA SERVICES.
XJ A largo variety of now and good Patterns. Best quality,
superior taste, on usually low priooa Also every description of Ouk
Table Glass, equally advantageous.
THOMAS PRARCR and BON. 18. Ludgato-hBL S O
ARDNkR'S LAMP for INDIA, 80s. each,
complete with Punkah Protector.—Threo la- p* are fifed with
all the recent improvements, are chaste and elegant in dodge, a m) are
reliable for any table a* no exp< nw has e n spared In their manu¬
facture (‘anno* bo affected by wind or Insect*. A variety o' -attorns,
in M-onze and omolu. .1 tray* on view, vary! g 'rom 32 to 34 Inches in
height at £2 10* ta-b.—tiarrnera (bytpootal appointment to her
Mujcwy), 453 Strand, Charing cross: 3 and 4, Duncan non-streot. ad¬
joining; and 63. Strand Established 106 Year*
AMILIES FURNISHING will find
SLACK'S IRONMONGERY WAREHOUSE the mo»t econo¬
mical consistent with ouallty. Iron fender*. 3s 6d.; braized foudors,
lfl#. to 46*.; flreirou*. 3s. to 35#.; patent j^ish oovjts, 18# . set of six;
baths from 7«. 6d Catalogues, with 350 drawing# and price*, gratis
or post-free Orders above £2 carriage free.—Richard and John
Black, 336, Strand, London. Established 50 year*.
TkfESSRS. JOHN WELLS and CO., 210,
I T i Regent-street, London, having purchased (owing to tho de¬
pression In tho maanfsotttrlng districts) a very large lot of the richest
VELVET PILE and BRUSSELS CARPETS, designed expressly for
the West-end trade, at a great reduction In price; also Lyons Silk
Brocade*, Brooatolles, Silk Damasks, In all th* most fashionable
colouring* and richest makes; also, a large lot of French Chintzes
of tho most beautiful and elaborate designs.—the whole of these are
now offered at a considerable reduction from tho primo cost for oaOi,
and are well worth the attention of Intending purchaser*. Pattern*
will be sent Into the country free of charge; also their illustrated
catalogue of furniture, kc—310, Regent-street (opposite Conduit-
street).
piHUBB’b LOCKS.—Fireproof Safes, Cash and
Ks Dwd Box,, —Complpt. lilt, of ilzo. «n<l price. m»r b. h*d
on application.—CHUBB end SON 57. S' Paul’* Church,art, Uon-
Soo, 2s Oort-struct, Liverpool; IS, Mxxket-etreet. Mencheetor; ana
Wolverhampton _
C iHIMNEYF I E CES. — MAGNUS’S
) Enamelled Slate CH1MNEYPIECE9. 39 sod 40. Upper B-l-
grave-plaoe, Pimlico. (Prize medal. Great Rxhihtton, 1851; medal of
boclety of Arts- and two flres-class rnttial* at the Pari* Exhibition
Supplement, May 1, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
445
■Kb*J
id for a fifth of that amount!
,-s-
fitzroland,’’ winner of the a wo thousand stakes.—drawn by harry ball.
THE TWO THOUSAND STAKES AT NEWMARKET.
The Newmarket Spring Meetisg last week was ushered in with
delightful weather. For the oraek event of Tuesday, the Two
Thousand Stakes, there were fourteen runners—two more than there
were last year. The race was fixed for three o’clook, and pre¬
cisely to the moment Mr. Hibburd had the horses marshalled into
order, and a very even start was effected after one slight failure, caused
solely by the eagerness of two or three of the competitors. Tho
raoe was one of the most remarkable ever seen, from the fact of
almost every horse being in trouble before they had run half the
distanco, owing to the terrific pace at which Happy Land
jumped off with the running, whereby he obtained a command¬
ing lead before the others, who were literally "chopped” at starting,
could get upon their legs. The Peer and Clydesdale, in fact all ex¬
cept the leader, appeared to be disposed of at the Bushes, where Happy
Land was out by himBelf four lengths or five lengths in advance, and
so universal was the belief that he would go in alone that cries of
«Happy Land wins! ” resounded on all sides. Descending the
Bushes hill the pace began to slacken a little, and FitzRoland,
though Wells had been "at” him a long time previously, appeared
with so bold a front as to cause considerable uneasiness to the friends
of the Woodyeates nag, whom Fordham beaan to rouse m the
most determined manner in the Abingdon Mile bottom, Wells also
being equally “ hard ” upon Sir Joseph’s horse. At this point
nature began to fail, and Happy Land being fairly pumped out
was almost caught by FitzRoland in the next dozen strides, when
the latter began to hang from distress, caused by want of sufficient
preparation, and swerved half across the co'irso; but Wells instantly
steadied his horse, and getting him straight again called upon Fitz¬
Roland for a final effort halfway in the cords; and. Happy Land not
having a struggle left, FitzRoland passed the post a length and a half
in advance, finishing, however, on the loft of Lord RiDblesdale s horse
at last I Both were dead bsaten, and no wonder, considering the heat
and the pace, which "spread-eagled” tho others to such an extent that
the distance between the firet and last horses past the post could not
have been less than two hnndrod yards. The time of the race was
1 min. 50 sec., one second less than the last year’s Two Thousand.
FitzRoland was bred at Hampton Court, end purchased for 410 gs.
at the unnual sale in 1850. He is by Orlando out of Stamp (the darn
of Impression, Queen’s Head, &c), which mare was purchased for the
Royal stud by Mr. W. J. Goodwin. FitzRoland only ran once as a
two-year-old—in the Woodcote Stakes at Epsom, won by Sedbury,
beating Deceiver, Polly Teachum. and a large field, for which race he
was backed for upwards of £600, hut having sore shins at the time he
was beaten easily-f'und &tter Goodwood, when Sir Joseph s horses
left Danebury, he was thrown up and fired for ringbones. His owner
is understood to stand a "rattler” on FitzRoland for the Derby,
having had the opportunity of getting on recently upon most favourable
terms and, amongst other bets, laid 5000even between him andGreen-
finch when yearlings. Yet from the fact of Beadsman, to whom ho
stone, beating him six lengths in a trial on the Thursday
ri _ .1 .t ’_ __ TadaysV oftnrrrir.'lc finPTftn f ft
THE ONE THOUSAND STAKES.
The continued brilliancy of the weather, added to the most attractive
card of the meeting, drew a good attendance on Thursday. For the
Two Thousand Stakes there were nine runners—one more than
last year. The betting at last was very languid, being almost en¬
tirely confined to the two favourites, Hepatica leaving off with the call of
the Findon “crack; ” although, at one time during the morning. Per¬
fection, who has thickened, but not grown, bade fair to eclipse her in
the market. Governess, on the contrary, has grown into a magnificent
animal standing sixteen-one, and was as much fancied by her owner
os when she won the Hopeful last October, but left off a worse
favourite +hnn she had been in the town. Lord Clifden declared
to win with Hydromel, who took the position at starting
which Botany had previously occupied in the betting. With
two “pilots" to secure a pace for Perfection and Hydromel,
that desideratum was obtained, and the effects of a strong-run race
were apparent before reaching the cords, where Governess and Hepatica
came away from the others, and fought it out between them. The
struggle was long and severe, and so very doubtful that the anxiety of
the spectators was only relieved by the hoisting of Governess s num¬
ber at the chair—the south-country mare’s superiority of stride ulone
gaining her the victory over her northern rival, whose runnirg ex¬
plained satisfactorily enough that John Scott, when allowed the oppor¬
tunity of a measure, had made no mistake this rime. Both the winner
and Hepatica are, doubtless, good animals; and Governess forthwith
became as good a favourite as anything for the Oaks.
GOVET.NF.SS,” WINNER OF THE ONE THOUSAND S'AKES. DRAWN BY HARRY HALL.
446
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[May 1, 1858
SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT.
A very marked change has come over the tone and temper of the
Hmse of Commons within the last week It is evidently be¬
coming weary, if not something more, of ft Ministry on suficrance.
The diversion of seeing Loid John Russell act the part of a Parlia¬
mentary Itarey on Mr. Disraeli has become stale by repetition. A
leader of the House alternately frisky, wild, and defiant, and mes-
merically tame and quiescent, was laughable at fiist; but after all
the Howe of Commons, though prone to give way to a tendency to
being amused, does sometimes, and very often too, think seriously,
and, if it discovers that it is being tr-ifled with, laughter is soon
turned into stern cheers which sound very like growls. It is not to
b» expected that the haughty—the most haughty and pronounced.—
rejection by the Lords, under the guidance and patronage of the Go¬
vernment, of a measure which has been passed almost by acclamation
by tbe Lover House, and with the assent of the chief and beat men
of the Ministry in that House, will improve the temper of the Com¬
mons, or conciliate them in their forbearance towards the present ad-
risers of the Queen.
A very enrsory observation of the proceedings of Monday niglit was
sufficient to show that the change above indicated had come over
members on the Liberal side. There must have been some movement
going on during the day, and some expectation raised as to the probabi¬
lity of a scene, when Mr. Disraeli moved for leave to submit his India
resolutions on the Friday, for there was the largest House assembled
that box been seen during the present Parliament, many members not
being able to find standing room. The Peers’ seats and the diplo¬
matic gallery were overfilled, the Lords being up soon after five
o'clock, and Lord Derby himself would have been unable to
secure a place hut for the courtesy of the Count de Paris
and the Due de Chartres, who were present—expecting, they
say, to meet,—at a distance,—the Duke of Malakoff—and who
squeezed the noble Earl into a very bodkin-like seat between
them, where he sat uncomfortably, during the whole of that
strange, untactical, illogical, downright puerile speech of Air.
Disraeli—the most sorry Parliamentary exhibition ever made by him;
aud he has made a few fiascos in his day. It is certuiu that Lord
Derby laughed, at the same time that the House laughed, when Mr.
Disraeli made certain points; but from the expression of his coun¬
tenance it is to be doubted whether his mirth was not consonant with
that of the Opposition, who laughed not with, but at, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer. The difference of the Premier's enjoyment of
Lord Palmerston’s witticisms was palpable; the mirth was genuine >
aud, if one was to be sworn to one’s belief, one would say
that there was sometliing more than a lurking satisfaction
shout Lord Derby at witnessing the utter discomfiture of
his chief subordinate. Anyway, the House and the audience
went entirely along with Lord Palmerston. The noble
Viscount at his opening sentence got the first hearty, outburst
cheer with which he has been greeted by those behind aud around
him since he left office. It must be understood that, although as
read lus speech may appear a string of pointed but rude jokes, the
manner in which it was delivered rendered the ridicule more refined
and more telling than is likely to be generally supposed. Nothing
could be more subdued and gentle than the style in which those
ludicrous phrases were spoken; the voice even was low, and the
utterance measured; there was not a trace of that insolence and
bravado which Lord Palmerston assumed in the beginning of the
year; and, on the whole, he seemed once more to have insinuated
kimself into that position in the favour of the House which used to
make him the very enfant gat6 of Parliament. He is wise and acute,
and has seen his mistake; and, moreover, he sees how sedulously
Lord John is making play. The game between these statesmen is
well worth watching; hut on the evening in question the odds sud¬
denly rose enormously in favour of Lord Palmerston. The counte¬
nance even of Lord Clanricarde cleared and brightened as the speech
went on. What barometer of Palmerstonian fair weather must not
that be I If the ex-Premier continues the line he lias taken, to a cer¬
tainty he will once more jest and laugh hi mself into office. Let those
who do not desire that consummation take warning, for they may be
assured that his fan is no joke, and that, with all his apparent reck¬
lessness, he never yet flung away a chance when he was not on the top
of the tree. Experience has proved that he can get giddy on that
elevation: but that is not the point just now. The speech of Mr.
Gladstone was one of those nervous, earnest addresses which, when^
compressed within the space of half an hour, and so stripped of that
copious rotundity which sometimes hangs like .fungi on the strong
edifice of his eloquence, render him the most powerful of / ora$ors
either in or out of Parliament; for be it observed, that, while heis
studiously Parliamentary in his method, in his style, as a whole, be
steps far out of that narrow couve ntional speaking whicli peoide say
is necessary in the House of Commons.
There was an evident rutlilessuess about the determination of the
House to give the Ministry its first actual lesson in adversity on Mr.
M onselTs motion for restoring the competitive system of examination
for cadetships at Woolwich. The Opposition seemed resolved that
the night should not pass over without a tangible and palpable proof
of its ill-humour. The tremulous ton$s of Mr. Walpole’s voice,
when he implored the lowering and/vxcited House tojetthe Govern¬
ment off this once, would have been judicrons H they had not l>eeu
really sod. The best of the joke was, tpo, tliat the Government was
absolutely well beaten on a question which was none of their own,
but of which their predecessors hare the credit. In fact, it is supposed
that Mr. Moused was indulging himself in the Jetting out of spleen
against Lord Paumure. which had been acciffidiluting daring, and
after, the relations which exis^cd-bctwecu hinftelf and the ex-Secretary
for War when the late GoTentmeu^yas itt power. Mr. Disraeli
made no effort to arrest the catastrophe; and, in truth, it may be
observed that, for a lead^ofxthe Hoi
interference than Lord Palmerston us
some help on the Treasury bench-: am
gary that he shpuld^he ahvays in the
required to be. At any rate, the Uste^bLa hostile division was evi¬
dently not pleariant j for online following evening Mr. Disraeli,
having got up a courage—gJithered, evidently, from the reaction ofhis
discomfiture^m tile previous night—attempted to out-argue, and even
to jockey, /by a motion of the previous question, that petrel of Minis-
tenMxcracs, Mr. Lbeke>King; hut a few passes from Lord John
Rarer—RMsdL we mean—caused him to collapse into tliat undig¬
nified subinisslon to the Opposition which is really getting a little too
much for decencjyarid which would induce one, at the moment that
this sket ffi is written, to augur something serious as to the result of
the discussion on the Indian resolutions, which begins on the last
■business evening of this week. Ou the whole, the Ministerial situation
in the Commons daring the week may be characterised as simply
deplorable.
Hut to the Lords the Government may turn for comfort. There, at
least, they arc triumphant—at present. A rumour was floating about
ie, he is far more reticent of
ed/to he. To he sure, he has
so it is not absolutely ueces-
hn&ch, as the latd Premier was
that Lord Chelmsford’s scruples against the admission of the Jews to
Parliament would be satisfied by iiis being allowed to make a tre¬
mendous speech against the obnoxious clause in the Oaths Bill, and
that—as his Lordship could by no possibility be subjected in the I pper
House to the discomfort of coming in contact with those objects of
his aversion whom he has so sedulously endeavoured to keep out of the
Commons, causing thereby sundry jokes on his motives which it is not
necessary to repeat here—the provision in question would be allowed to
slip through the committee. It was supposed that the Conservative
Peers—whose actual presence was necessary, as proxies do not count
in committee—would not he subjected to a “ whip ” on the part of the
Government; while the Opposition, having resorted unsparingly to
the use of tliat engiiie, would be able to muster a majority. This
notion was rather countenanced by the first appearance of the House,
for the Opposition Peers mustered thickly, while the benches on the
Ministerial side were very thin; indeed, the Ministers themselves
were very tardy in coming in. L ar( l Ellenborongh, for instance, did
not appear until the debate had gone some way. In a short time,
however, there came a change. The supporters of the Government
soon resolved themselves into a serried phalanx, to the numbers com¬
posing which the Opposition..could show no comparison. The cross
benches were filled by Peers of the same opinions ; and the bench of
Bishops—which plays the same part ill the Lords that once on a
time the Irish Brigade did in the House of Commons—namely, turn¬
ing the balance for or against any question—looked ominous. The array
of lawn was formidable in point of numbers, and there was a notable
absence of those members of the Episcopate who might he supposed
to he reckoned upon as supporters of the Hebrew part of the measure.
By a quarter to six calculation was at an end, -and those of the crowd
of strangers, Christian and Jew—the latter very largely represented—
who cared only for the result, and did not desire to hear speeches,
especially as it was whispered that, as usual with him on this ques¬
tion, Lord Derby did not mean to speak, went away or stayed, as suited
their pleasure. No one had a doubt about the end, and only hoped that
it would not be too long in coming; for assuredly, looking to the class of
Peers who were likely to.present themselves, there was no prospect of any
particular enjoyment of that entertainment which has rendered the
construction of Strangers’Galleries a side-wind institution of Parlia¬
ment. Certainly the feature of the evening was Lord Lyndhurst. It
is perfectly marvellous to see that aged man, actually lifted on to his
legs, but no sooner there than he is combating in clear language and
with logical for ie, scarcely deteriorated by repetition, arguments, the
greatest part of which he has not heard, for his defective hearing is
very palpable. How he managed to make two such speeches as he did
on this occasion is past wonderment. 7
There were two first appearances in the Upper House on this occa¬
sion, that of Lord Stratford db Redcliiie and that of the Duke of
Rutland. The former noble Lord did not do any tiling very striking,
but he was observe 1 curiously, as the famous diplomatic mesmeriser
of the Suitan. As to the Duke of Rutland, except tliat there is
about him a littleuf that, which may he called the potentiality of the
peerage, one did notsee that he gave one any sufficient reason to sup¬
pose that lie is likely to rise above the level of that Marquis of Granby
with whom we used to be familiar in the Lower House.
\, N,- J-J—
CURIOSITIES OF THE EXCHEQUER.
Routine, as we all know, nukes a desperate fight for its existence in
every Government department. A formality once introduced, a mode
of procedure once adopted, will resist from generation to generation
every attempt at removal long after it has become not only useless but
obstructive. For centuries, indeed, multitudes of processes aud in¬
struments for transacting what was called public business lingered on,
in various public offices, though altogether superseded in actual prac¬
tice by an apparatus better adapted to the increased work and /the
and employing, moreover, in this species of make-belicve'^busmt
whole army of highly-paid functionaries. Thus the public offices
were filled with absolute forms and antiquated fauctions which
enchanted the archeologist, but were grievous to the i soul of Joseph
Among the departments whore these traditionarvx>bscrvances wero
most obstinately retained was the Exchequer. The very HUuia'uas
(C^)) r
teen derive.!—somc'vliafqucationably. indeed—from tho "chequered"
cloth which covered tho table whereon money was paid down, and
whose reticulationsjoalsisted an illiterate generation in adjusting their
accounts. Hut, however this may bo, the forms by which accounts
were kept in the Exchequer, and receipts giveu for moneys paid by
“ tho King's debtors " in those days, when few persons know how to
write and cipher, and " double entry " was unknown, were strictly
observed down to a period scarcely twenty years ago. Of course a
system of regular books was also organised, and written recoipts given
as iifany other large business establishment, l'et the rude wooden
*. tallies " that were prepared as quittances for payment, and stowed
comotoa standstill; but the old one was not on that account aban¬
doned. Tho two systems operated together side by sidii^onexfor
formed witii as muen soiemiut.. u. , , »• 5. < mess, a x instruments became enormous. A Tallier, or; as tho name became
Jeir ihum employment until finally abolished by an Act passed in
Tho officials who superintended, or were supposed to superintend.
Deration of cutting, delivering, and keeping the tallies were paid
Utterly, ** Teller,” of tho Exchequer enjoyed at last an income from
his sinecure office of more thun £30,000 per annum. It is constantly
cited as a miracle of official honesty and disinterestedness that the late
Marquis Camden for many years returned into the Exchequer the
greater part of this extravagant salary.
The tally was a slip of willow-wood, cut to a length proportioned to
EXCHEQUER TALI/
of uii inch and
in width, signil
the wood slant
was placed 1
cut sloping to
the £l murks);
lings; strokes with
signified u halfpenny: a
tho magnitude of tho p^unTary^-Tahsaction it was intended to record.
Its indications were rendered by uotehes, which signified various sums
in progressive order, according to tnefir y Bizo and shape.
When fabricated the instrument assumed a form os in the accom¬
panying speoimen^A^wi^b^n^nJrom the Engraving, a large notch
Whi rnSrolit in two lengthwise across the notches each section of the
tally, of course, ccfq^epoudod exactly. One half was then delivered
B. MIN SHULL, ESQ., ON PAYMENT OP £1133 US. 4*0. INTO TILE EXCHEQUER FOB LAND-TAX
COLLECTED IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE IN 1819.
to the party paying money, as a receipt, and the other kept by the
officers of the department, as a chock or record of the transaction.
On neither side was the slightest value attached to the tally; but,
down to 1834 no payment could be made into the Exchequer without
summoning the officers of tho Tally, who gravely notched and split
the willow wand, and handed over the Exchequer half to bo placed in
careful custody. The absurdity came to an end in that year ; but. by
way of farewell performance, is reported to have burnt down the Par¬
liament House; at any rate the most probable theory suggested to
explain the catastrophe was founded upon the assumption that certain
furnace flues had become overheated by burning a lumbering muss of
Exchequer tallies. Nor was the tally the only idle formality
observed when payments wero made into the Exchequer. Centuries
ago the Royal moneys wore actually roceived and kept in that depart¬
ment; but for a long while past the actual cash wus lodged iu the Bank
d £1000; a smaller notch, one inch
of half-an-iach signified £20; a notch in
signified £10 (in combination this notch
tch). small notches signified £1 each ; a
tiled I Os. (in combination placed before
itious. or jogs, in tho wood signified shil-
|ally signified ponce; n round hole, or dot,
g wus written in figures.
|pr$ wbtqzter i'\ @eo. sfcn 2
|lv a top | 3%ic yd. /ffy
>ji xCi^tncntta^r -
ityml
«jt ■<*
2jy ^ M
, Hi a.'ii&y,, -$n«.
*“&?££*** y-hb *******
_ y ficLtHtd
FACSIMILE OF AS EXCHEQUER ACCEPTANCE GIVEN TO LORD WALLACE, MASTER OP THE MINT, AS A VOUCHER FOB PAYMENT OP
£9634 5S. 2D- INTO THE RECEIPT OF TILE EXCHEQUER.
of England, where it wus more safely guarded, and more conveniently
administered. Nevertheless, every >um received on Exchequer
account wus still nominally brought to the Exchequer office; aud for
thut purpose a Bank clerk regularly attended every day with a bundle
of cancelled notes, which were solemnly counted over and checked,
and deposited as a precious trust in a massive iron chest secured with
three keys, each in the custody of different officers.
The tally in course of time failed to satisfy tho payers of money to
Exchequer account, and u writen quittance beame necessary. This
also in its turn grow obsolete in form and language, hut was in like
manner preserved in all its antique unintelligibility until tho Act of
1834. Tho subjoined figure is a facsimile of the written Exchequer
quittance employed when tho Committee of 1831 undertook their
investigation into the mode of keeping the public accounts, and re¬
produced in their report.
Another formality and phrase employed in the Exchequer business
has also boon extinguished lately. The collectors and receivers,
charged with the receipt of publi ;- moneys from the taxpayers, were
required to and securities for their honesty. These security bonds
were valid only for a year, and, therefore, annually renewed, to tho
great profit of tho law and other officers of the Crown. When each
collector had duly settled his account, and paid in all the. proper
moneys into the Exchequer, for any year, ho received back his bond,
signifying a discharge from all further liability, and this was called
getting his quietus. The practice and the term are now disused, but
they evidently constituted the point of Hamlet’s allusion: —
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin.
Among tho curiosities of the. Exchequer, the list of which we have
far from exhausted, it may bo mentioned that last year there wore paid
into its account the proceeds of a lottery prize, drawn in the reign <»f
Georgo H., but which hud remained unclaimed for 102 years. The
original amount of the prize was £400, to which in the course of »
century there had been added £1490 8s. for interest. The sum of
£1980 8s. was therefore handed over for the public service; hut even now
wo have no doubt that if the purchaser of the ticket, warned by this
announcement of the fact, can come forward and prove his claim, the
money will be honourably refunded to him from the Exchequer.
Mat 3, 1S58.J
the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
447
CHINA.
(From our Special Artist and Correspondent.)
Canton, March 13, 1S58.
Since my last the Emperor’s reply to Pehkwei’s despatch has been
received, and it appears that his displeasure has fallen heavily
upon Teh.
Pehkwei has represented the conduct of the Viceroy in such a light
that, whilst it exculpates himself from all responsibility or blame of
the disastrous turn for the Imperial interest which affairs at Canton
have taken, puts the unfortunate Viceroy more in the wrong than
most people had supposed. Pehkwei evidently declares that Yeh,
from the first, would take no counsel with his two immediate sub¬
ordinates, nor share with them the responsibility of the measures
which he adopted and maintained to the last in reference to the
quarrel with the foreigners, but chose to think and act alone. Whether
it be really the case or not, such are the representations of
Pehkwei. But as the Chinese official character, from all we have as
yet learned of it, is little disposed to stand by the fallen fortunes of a
superior, and from whom the light of Imperial favour must of conse¬
quence be withdrawn, it is just possible that the crafty subordinate
may have chosen to vindicate himself at the expense of his superior;
but, be this as it may, it is clear that a profound sensation has been
at length produced in the Imperial Council, and that the Emperor is
wroth with his delegate.
IMPERIAL EDICT.
Mukkitcnar and Pehkwei, iu a joint memorial forwarded by express,
have reported to us that the barbarians have rushed into their provincial
city, &c., &e., &e
Holding the office of Imperial Commissioner for the Direction of the
Affairs of the Barbarians. Yeh Mingchin ought to have devised means to
keep in check the said barbarians, if their demands were indeed so unrea¬
sonable and extravagant that they could not be granted ; also he ought to
have conferred with the Commandant, the Governor, and other officers of
the city, so that measures for controlling them might have been season¬
ably adopted.
But, while, the said barbarians did twice address communications to
the Commandant (Tartar General), the Governor (Pehkwei), and the
Major-General of Canton, the said Governor-General Yeh Mingchin never
ouce associated them with himself In council or in action; nay. many
things that were contained iu the communications (from the barbarians)
he kept secret and would not divulge. 'Thus, day after day for a long time
he dallied with and put off the barbarians, till, excited* by wratli, they
suddenly entered the provincial city.
CHESS.
So very self-sufficient and obstinate was he. perverse and reckless,
utterly disregarding the duties of his high commission.
Let Yeh Miogchiu, therefore, be immediately degraded from his office.
To the other provincial officers of Canton—Muhkitcnar. the Com¬
mandant ; Pebkwei, the Governor; Ckawnke and Charangling, Major-
Generals; Uanyki, the Commissioner ot Customs ; Kiang Kwolin. the
Commissioner of Finance; and Chaw Wissin. the Commissioner of
Justice, though all more or less guilty of a dereliction offtheir duties in
affording protection (to the city), yet inasmuch as they were not in the
council of said Governor-General, some indulgence may be shown therefore
to all of these let our favour be shown, and instead of dealing with them
rigorously, according to the full measure of their guilt, as they have re¬
guested, let them be delivered over to the Board of Punishment. This is
from the Emperor.
IMPERIAL EDICT.
Let the Governor-Generalship of Kwnngtung and Kwangtsi be given to
Kwan Isunghan, and let him proceed express to perform the duties of
that station ; also, let him receive and hold the seals of Imperial Commis¬
sioner that so he may manage the affairs of the barbarians.
Until he shall have reached and entered on the duties of that station, let
whatever appertains to the office of the Imperial Commissioner and to
that of the Governor-General of Ivwangtungand Kwangtsi be taken charge
of by Pehkwei; and let the office of Governor of Kwangtung be tem¬
porary filled by Kiang Kwolin. This is from the Emperor.
Dated, 12 th moon, 14th day (Jan. 28 th, 1858).
Shanghai, it appears, will for the future occupy a more con¬
spicuous position in the present state of political affairs than it has
done hitherto. Last Sunday Mr. Olipliant and Visconte G. de Can-
tades, Attaches of the joint Embassy of the two belligerent Powers,
arrived there, hearers of a letter for transmission to the Emperor of
China. It seems that the channel through which this important
missive is to be sent is the Governor-General of that province,
Chekeang. After having given a preliminary intimation to the
authorities of Shanghai of their intention to proceed to the provin¬
cial capital, Soochow, the two Attaches of the respective Embassies,
accompinied by the Consuls of England and France, and also by the
Consular Agent of America, left Shanghai on the afternoon of Wed¬
nesday, and proceeded up the river on their way to Soochow.
Pehkwei was officially installed last Monday, on which day a grand
turn-out and procession took place. His appointment appears to give
general satisfaction.
The Earl of Elgin proceeded north, per steamer Furious , on the
3rd inst., intending to visit all the ports in his way up. It is known
to be the intention of the four Plenipotentaries of Great Britain,
France, United States, and Russia to meet shortly at Shanghai in
conference. Baron Gros is at Ilong-Kong, and will proceed there in a
few days. The United States’ Minister is at Manilla with three large
war steamers.
The Highflyer has gone to Shanghai to relieve the Fiqu
The weather for the last fortnight has been dreadful. It began with
thunder, lightning, and cataracts of rain, and, with the exception of
last Saturday, it has either been drizzling or raining heavily whh
scarcely any intermission. It has sadly interfered with my sketch¬
ing projects.
Tranquillity and order reign in Canton, though thousands of starving
poor continue to be fed daily by the bounty of the foreign merchants
The city is beginning to assume a more animated appearance, the
“chops,” lorchas, &c., are already filling the river. The peaceful
merchant steamer now floats where the gunboat a few weeks
back was master. This morning there were five merchant
steamers in the river at once; but first and foremost is the comfortable
Williamette , a San Francisco steamer, with its tiers of decks and
large saloon, fitted up in the most elegant manner: she is decidedly
the best river boat we ever saw. Honan, opposite Canton, which was
the first point whence the marines and blue-jackets embarked
on the eventful morning of; the 28th December, is now (that is the
packhouses are) in possession of the merchants, both native and foreign.
And you still see such signs as “Commissariat Stores,” “Royal
Marine Artillery,” peering through a coat of paint. The great
grumble at present is about the difliculty of obtaining passes, though
what earthly reason there can be-for preventing respectable people
going into the city 1 can’t tell.
The mandarins appear not to have lost one jot of their cruelty.
Only dost Wednesday a woman was tortured in the most
frightful manner, and then killed! And this while we are occu¬
pying the city! In the name of humanity, such diabolical pro¬
ceedings ought to lie put a stop to, at once. It seems the
woman had poisoned>her husband; but, allowing that to be the
case, why not have beheaded her? It seems that nothing will
eradicate their love of cruelty.
The “ braves ” have not given in yet. There was an attack on a
picnic party, about thirty strong lately, but no accidents. The party
were going to White Cloud Mountain, and were warned not to proceed:
they went on notwithstanding, bnt had to make the best of their
way back.
As the Fci-:na steamer is just going down, I must close.
I Some Sketches, by our Special Artist, sent with this letter will be
engraved in future numbers.]
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
'■ &£« ° f “• >■* I* Pro-
{■ s ^ er, :?™-7 We h ' ve 1,0 Information wbatare- on the fnWoct
If n w w 1 H ? U< ?u htir "* ro0ff • ^ * h ■ yo,utJaa «“ ''‘if Number for April 17.
1): ,n - d f t ,ljr oxoectation of m*-ivin* tome game* ployed between Mr. Morphy
Si umi I°„ ,h * f “™ =r B,V “ : “ C lb “ K “ J 8‘“= «r. VV.
r °5-T 3,U1 . lldi ” ln cf the *»6 ! HibV m!.<*rr!iu»-ir
«rTriVi 11 rVbo rBgr^uwJ b. t , uue c- a,-.* oommUnUv. In default of iho
» ipo.rat co of tlio CoD b T«» Book, at blooming hnpuini to too toinKbiiig more of liw
pmy at your tourney.
2” V"'. 1 ’'’ 1 M'i'bC. d«v tod to lit. trm- in Amort-.
l. n . J^;uK n K t ?^ * °. sr - Worphr* *T.v. »oc:ew a« a n’nrer; but what i« the atiiuu-
Itnt wh!*b h-u riven ji io dit t> Thai* ia In i* ut ihh of ai< othor time*? besides a
SY 11 *' ‘I? P :obIom “ lnt; D'« ot °* fromiho ealjf Veddancy, we ha «b*jr> turtled
this week by rcwri-iop aae^otion of o Igical Motion* wbiifa have re euily appeared In a
paper puNWwd in Lnnoro. J '
U -8 Ths firrt poaltteni* « fine On*. Ingenious, end well con-
ilrncteH; but. un*or:nnit«’y. -n ini,«~ t ,i move it vtiuh* of anotl.er train of play, which
eoutlly lads t° rntta oathn tonruj movt Yju can tro^ablr obviate thi* defect by*
pKytrt 11 ° ^ b<s ®* bor prohloax, thoagn clover, la too easy, unJuM for very young
I B. K. -Too obvloaa.
X‘ t • ia not very skilfully comooeed No. 2 ihtii: be ime-ted.
I. H D-, Clte.SSl0 URNAUK.NT IN California.— flte tintliiaof the regnlat'one hid down
by the comrniti.no nr mantip-mcnt for orgmnuicp * Chces i runiaim-nt m California reached
u- too late for notice thin weak.
MAHF..SCHAL -'I hi annual suKieriptlon to the Sr. George’* Cb«s Club is three rntneai for
town, anu one guinea for country, member*.
PROBLEM No. 741.
By R. W. Wormald.
_ BLACK.
WHITE.
1 . Kt takes P
2. R takes Kt
B 2 nd
(If he take tho othor Rook, Whit!
WHITE.
White to play, and mate in three moves.
Solution of Problem No. 740.
BLACK. J WHITE. BLACK.
Kt checks, or («) phi” B to and mate next movo with
K takes R at Q, th ® oahop.)
3. B to JTiJ 4tn^-^K moves
4. R mates
(a) 1. Kt takes Kt
2. B to K B 4th Kt tekoe P
(If Kt to Q 2nd, then foliow» K t
(double ch), und R to Gth
*,* The Solution o:
CFI
A (;ouple of well-coni
wniTE
(Mr. Kipping).
P. to K 6th (doable
check) K Ukes R
Mate.
iblem we reserve.
. jMr^Tirldar).
1. 1* to Iv 4th / T to K 4th
2. K Kt to Bard ,PtoQ3rd
3. P to Q 4th P takes P
4. Kt takes P P to Q 4th
5. P takes P Q takes P
G. Q Kt to B 3rd P. to Q lvt 5th
7. Q to Ii 2 nd (cli) Kt to iv 2 nd
8. K Kt to Q Kt 5th Q Kt to R 3rd
9. ii to Q 2tsd Q to K 3rd
10 . P to Q*R 3rd B takes Kt
11. BtakesB Castles
12 . Castles K Kt to Q tth
13. Q to 2nd P to Q. B 3rd
14. Kt to Q 4th to K sq
15. B takes Kt P takes B
Y6. KI takes P Kt takes B
17. 0 tukes K t B to Q Kt 2nd
is. Kt ib^Htli U to ll B s(|
19. Qto K Kt3rd ^ ‘ '
2 Q. R to Q 2nd
21. R to K sq
R to ll B 8(1
Q to 0 R 6th
li to Iv 5tli
B to K lvt 3rd
fiTSIAXCHESTER.
Games between the Two Best Players of
Manchester^
’lutidQifs^JyeJr'ence.)
WHITE BLACK
Mr. Kipping). (Mr. Pindar).
22 . K R to K 2 nd K K to Q sq
23. Q to K 3rd P to K B 3rd
24. P to K B 4 th R to Q B f.th
25. P to Q B 3rd B to K R 4th
26. R to K sq P to K B 3rd
27. Kt to K 6th K R to Q B sq
28. R to 0 3rd B to K Kt 6th
29. Kt to Q 4th B to O 2 nd
30. Q to Q 2nd K to B 2nd
31. P to K R 3rd lv R to Q B 2nd
32. P to K Kt 4th B to Q B sq
33 I* to K B 5th Q to R 4th
34. Kt to K 6th R to K 2 nd
35. Tf t to Q 8th (ch) K to B sq
36. R takes R K takes K
37. R to K 3rd (ch) K to B sq
38. Q to K 2nd Q to Kt 4th
39. Q to Q 2 nd Q to Kt 3rd
<o. KtioKeth (ch) lv to B 2 nd
41. R to K sq K to Kt sq
5th -----
42. Q to Q:
Q to B 3rd
/
Mate in three moves.
(A’ Knight'■>
WHITE BLACK
- (Mr. Pindar). (Mr. Kipping).
1 . P to Iv 4th P to K -»th
2 . K to Iv B 3rd Kt.to Q B3rd
3. P to Q B 3rd P to Q4th
4. Q to Q R 4th Q to Q 3rd
5. B to Q Kt 5th B to Q 2nd
6.1* takes P Q takes P
7. Castles B to Q 3rd
8. R to Kt sq Iv lvt to Iv 2nd
9. P to Q 4th P to Iv 5th
10. Kt to K Kt 5th P to K B 4th
11 . BtoQBlth Kt to Q R 4th
12. B takes Q B takes Q
13. B to K B 7th (ch) K to Iv B sq
14. B to K R 5th P to K Kt 3rd
15. B to K 2nd P to K R 3rd
16. Kt to K Gth (ch) K to K B 2 nd
17. Kt to K B 4th P to K Kt ith
18 . B to K R&tli (ch) K to B 3rd
19. Kt to K 2 nd B to K sq
20 B takes B Q R takes B
21 . P to Q lvt 3rd P to K B 5th
22 . P to Q B 4th Kt to lv B 4th
23. P to Q B 6th B to his sq
24. Q Kt to Q B3rd K K to K It 2nd
25. Kt to Q 5th (ch) K to Kt 3rd
26. P to Q Kt 4th Kt to Q B 5th
27. B takes P P takes B
28 . KKttks P (ch) K to Kt 4th
P to K Gill
P takes P (ch)
Kt to Q R 6th
Kt to K Kt 2nd
Kt takes Kt
Opening.)
WHITE It LACK
'Mr. Pindar). (Mr. Kipping).
29 Kt to R 3rd (ch) K to lvt 3rd
30. K Ktto B4th (ch) K to B 2 nd
31. Q Kt takes P R to Q B sq
32. Q Kt to Iv 6th ~
33. () R to Q B sq
34. K takes P
35 P to K Kt 4th
36. P to Iv Kt 5th
37. P to K Kt 6th K to Kt 2nd
(ch)
38. R takes Kt K R to Ilia sq
39. Kt to R 6th (cli) K moves
40. Q R to K Kt sq B to K Kt 2nd
41. Kt takes B K takes Kt
42. R to Iv 7th (ch) K to B 3rd
43. R to K B 7th (ch) K moves
44. R takes Q Kt P Kt to Q B 7th
45 P to K Kt Tth KRtoli Kt sq
46 R to K Kt 6th K to B 4th
■ch
47. R to Q 6th P to Q R 3rd
1 48. P to Q R 4th QRtoKgq
4 8. RtoK B7th (ch) K to Kt 4th
50. P to Q B cth Kt takes Kt P
5!. P to B 7th Kt to Q Cth (ch)
52. K to Kteq R to K 8th (ch)
53. R covers Resigns
New Chess Club at Rochester.— A Chess Club has lately
been established at Rochester, under very promising auspices ; affording
ns it does a rallying-point for all the players and would-be players of
four places at once—Rochester, Chntliara, Bronmton, and Strood. Jt can
hardly be doubted that such an opportunity of assembling together for
the acquirement and practice of tnegame will not be thrown away upon
the intelligent inhabitants of these towns; indeed, already wc are
informed the new club presents a respectable array of members, among
whom are two or three amateurs whose skill would do credit to any club
in the country. _
Dr. Livingstone’s Voyage.—S ir Roderick Murchison has
received letters from Dr Livingstone, the latest date being Sierra l,eone,
March 30. The party were to sail that day for the Cape. The voyage of
the Pearl had been a very favourable one; and of his companions the
Doctor says, “ I am very tbankftil to have such a lot. There seem to be
none of the cantankerous persuasion among them. Long may they con¬
tinue so! Everything lias been propitious hitherto, and i trust we shall
have the Divine blessing on our labours.” Sierra Leone. Dr. Livingstone
wa* informed, has been much healthier during the last ten years than
previously, owing, he thinks, to the drainage of Kroo lown, accomplished
by the present Governor, Colonel iiilL
EPITOME OF NEWS—FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
The Duke of Cambridge has consented to preside at the forth¬
coming annual festival of the Printers Pension Society, which U fixed to
take place at the London Tavern on the 28th inst ‘ uxca t0
The National School Choral Festival will be held at the Crystal
Palace on Saturday next: the orchestra will consist of nearly 5000 voices.
A census of the island of Tahiti has iust been made. The
f 0 l 5? a to he nearly 6000 souls. The births had outnumbered
the deaths during the past year. "
The Lymington branch of the Dorchester Railway will be
opened during this month.
The Hon. Frederick Arthur Stanley, youngest son of the Pre¬
mier, has just entered the Army as Ensign in the Grenadier Guards.
yr Thc Governtnent emigrant ship Til:-James i:i07 tons. Captain
x- mU L? n '^ 9, , i . I . c 4 fr '™ Plymouth on Friday, the ird nit. for
".“t ”’ 1,1 charge ol Surgeon-Superinteudsnt Osborne
Johnson, with 456 emigrants.
i A for the liberation slaves in Dutch Surinam
is said to have reached that iglan '
The money expended in barracks in the United Kingdom in
1S5I-5 was ins, 000 ; In .I 855 -C, 4215 . 000 ; and in 1S56-7. Asos.ooo.
For repairs there were exi
El 60 , 000 . and £z 22 , 00 <)
Ctive
j yeara the sums of £144,000,
The Treasury, in reply to a memorial from Manchester, have do-
tSaUon onh”^ nK m ’ lie gr0Und ° f the p ‘° UbIe dc -
The congregation of ihe Church of the Holy Trinity, St. Pancras
presented to thdHatb, pastor, the Rev. D. Gains, a tribute of
affection, consisting of two silver figures of Faith and llope, each w.th
appropriate emblems, and beautifully elaborated.
captured by English cruisers during
the last twelve months for btting engaged in 'the slave trade. All but one
were American, and the larger unmber belonged to New York. Boston,
ana New Orleans.
The night trains running between New fork and Philadelphia
arc now iigbttri by gas. / Every car is fitted with a cylinder containing
gas, forced on froia-thestreet maiu in sufficient quantities for the trip of
about four hours._. - 1
From a return issued on Monday it appears that there are in
England 46 reformatory schools (41 Protestant and five Catholic). Jn
Scotland there are 22 . The English schools accommodate SS 20 boys and
S rls. and the Scotch 2121 . In England the number of iumates ii 2256-
Scotland, 813.
A late; return shows that 109,000 persons are employed on the
railways in the United Kingdom, exclusive of the lines net yet finished.
The Prussian authorities are recommending all Prussian emi¬
grants to choose Canada in preference to all other countries.
Experience has shown in Egypt, on the line from Alexandria
to Cairo, that the irreatest profit is made from the fares ol the fellahs—
small peasant proprietors—who travel In numbers, and with a frequency
truly surprising. H 1
In 183-1-35 |Jndia sent to England 38.000.000 lb. of cotton ; in
1855-56. 170.000,OOO lb.; and, if we add to this the quantities sent to other
countries, the total amounts to 237,000,000 lb.
Agar, who played so prominent a part in the trial of the parties
concerned in the great gold robbery on the South-Eastern Railway, is
working as a convict at Krcmant’.e, Western Australia
The number of patients relieved at the City of London Hospital
for Diseases of the Chest, Victoria Park, last week, was 1140, of which
163 were new cases.
The Hon. George Byng, M.P., will, on Tuesday next, move a
resolution iu the House of Commons for the purpose of obtaining a
Royal Commission as to the metropolitan tolls, the same a. /rauted tor
Ireland, and through which the Dublin toll-gates have been removed.
A French despatch says:—‘A note of the Porte reproaches the
Viceroy of Egypt for having written a letter favourable to the piercing
the Isthmus of Suez, and orders him to take no further steps in the
matter.”
Mendelssohn's “Athalie” and Rossini’s “Stabat Mater” will
be performed on Wednesday next by the Sacred Harmonic Society at
Exeter HaU.
Her Majesty has appointed Arthur Palliser. Esq., to be one of
the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Captain Thomas
Robert 31‘Coy, resigned.
Upwards of sixty young men from the town and neighbourhood
of Witney, apparently from the age of sixteen to twenty-rne. left Oxford
on Friday morning for Birkenhead, to embark on board the lunYmt.
bound for the Cape of Good Hope.
Some serious derangements have just been discovered in the
public accounts at Jersey.
The Moniteur says that the statement of the IntUpendance Be!i/e
that France is adding greatly to her naval armaments is false. No change
has been made in the provisions of the Budget for 185S-50.
The Elder Brethren of the Trinity House have voted an addi¬
tional donation of £50 to the Royal National Life-boat institution. Few
bodies are more capable than the Elder Brethren of knowing and appre¬
ciating the valuable and constant services of the life-boats of the National
Life-boat Society in rescuing shipwrecked persons on the coast
The late Mr. B. Horsman Solly has bequeathed to the Society of
Arts the sum of £100.
The Bishop of London has consented to preach on the occasion
of a choral festival to be held in Westminster Abbey on Thursday, the 10th
of June, in aid of the Incorporated Society Tor Bromoting the Enlarge¬
ment Building, and Repairing of Churches.
The deliveries of tea in London estimated for last week were
1.101,6881b., which is an increase of 364,3921b., compared with the previoas
statement
Delegates from the Prussian railways are about to meet in Paris,
with representatives of ihe French and Belgian lines, so as to settle‘on
terms and fhcilities for conducting their through-goods traffic.
The visitors to the South Kensington Museum last week were—
On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday (free days). 5221 ; on Monday and Tnes-
day (free evenings). 4842. On the three students’days (admission to the
public, od.), 1392; one students’ evening, Wednesday, iss. 'Total. 11,643.
The clipper-ship Lincolnshire. Captain Boe, dropped down the
Thames on Saturday last, with a toil cargo and 130 passengers, bound for
Melbourne.
The following territories in Tndia have been added to the British
Crown since May, 1851 Pegu, 32 250 square mites; from Mcer Ali
Sloorad. 5412; from Tools Ram Senaputtee, 2160; Odeiporc. 2306 ; Nag-
pore, 76,432; Jliansi, 2532; Boodawal (extent not known); Oude, 25,uoo.
The William and Ann, the vessel which conveyed General Wolfe
to Quebec, and which was lately lying at Newport, lias been lost in the
3Iediterranean.
On Sunday the IOOth anniversary sermon in aid of the funds of
the Magdalen’Charity was preached in the chape] of the Uospital, in ihe
BlackfTiars-road. by the Right Kev. the Lord Bishop of Winchester; and
at the close of the sermon a liberal collection was made.
In their monthly export coal list, jnst published, Messrs. W. and
U. Laird state that the total experts during March last were 117.463 tons,
being a decrease as compand with March. 1887. of 37,405 tons. Thetoi-I
exports from January to March. 185S (inclusive), were 1,019,060 tons.
At Martinique the Governor has suppressed the Antilles news¬
paper for having repubb'shed from the journal Le Xord a letter indi¬
cating tl;e French scheme of Alrlcan colonisation.
The Falkirk Herald reports the death of a veteran—David
Richardson, of the 21st Scotch Fusiliers—“who hud the honour of teach¬
ing Sir Colin Campbell the use of the sword.”
The largest and purest gold nugget yet discovered will be ex¬
hibited to public view at the Crystal Palace, commencing on Saturday (to¬
day). It weighs 1743 ozs. a pennyweights, and is valued at £750U
The inauguration of the railway from Darmstadt to Meniz is to
take place on the 9tli June, the anniversary of the birth of the Grand
Duke of Hesse Darmstadt.
The Queen has approved of Don Antonio Mathe as Consul at
Belize for the Republic of Salvador; and of Mr. Nathaniel Solomon as
Consul at Si. Helena for the Grand Duke of Mcekleubarg-Schwerin.
The restrictions upon the exportation of corn from all parts of
the Regency of Tripoli have been removed.
Mr. Glover was on Tuesday, in pursuance of an order from the
Home Office, remored from Ncwgato to the Queen’s Prison.
As the men of the French ship the Suffrcn were, on the 21st
ult, firing at a target, a cannon burst, killing ten men and wounding
fifteen others.
448
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Mat 1, 1858
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
The nearest inhabited spot to the discovery was a miserable hamlet,
tenanted mostly by wild men, and named Ranee gunge. Sportsmen
used to repair from Calcutta to Raneegunge for the purpose of shooting
tigers which harboured in the forests oovering the coal-fields. A shaft
ELEPHANT-WASHING.
The accompanying Sketch was taken at the village of Chorparun. a
halting-place in the Benares road. A large natural tank of water,
formed by the rains, was contiguous to the village.
The elephant is quite at home in the water. Sinking his huge body
below the surface until nothing is seen of him but a few inches of his
proboscis, elevated to supply him with air, he flounders to and fro and
revels in the cool element.
Sometimes, filling his trunk with water, he will spout it with great
violence in the direction of a fellow -monster bather. This sally is re¬
turned with interest, and it is not uncommon to see the sport prose¬
cuted so vigorously that the beholder is left in some doubt as to
whether it really is all play, or whether the j ike has not been carried
so far that one or the other is betrayed into rather more temper than a
mere frolic would seem to justify.
was soon sunk through the soil, good coal was reached, raised to the
surface, and brought to Calcutta in a small boat floated down the River
Dammoodah during the rainy season. Other shafts were quickly sunk,
the coal proving of a good qualify. The native miners, not liking to use
the coal or to cook their food with it, fearing the demons of the
consumed the trees in the forest: their English masters also made large
inroads upon the forest by building boats and carts, in hewing out
beams and rafters for their houses, and by using the wood in every kind
of manner for every kind of work, until not a tree, not a stick, nor a bush
of the forest remained; and in this state may Raneegunge at this day
be Been. Utterly denuded of trees, the country presents a bare, barren,
undulating surface, but abounding below with hidden wealth of coal,
RANEEGUNGE.
There is, however, usually the best understanding between these
animals and their keepers or/ drivers, who can at any point put a
stop to the fun when it interferes with the more serious business of
washing. This operation is performed with the hand on parts
easily reached, and on more distent portions by means of a broom of
strong rushes bound tightly together. The washing being over, the
elephant places his trunk so as to forn an incline, up which the
driver adroitly ascends. On leaving, the animal usually draws up a
trunk full of water, with which pei amuses himself, occasionally
giving the driver a shower-bath as they proceed to the camping-ground.
Fipty years ag:> coal was discovered by an Eng'ishman in a dense
I forest one hundred and twenty-three miles north-west of Calcutta.
LLEl'H ANT-V ASHING
Mat 1, 1858.]
449
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
resembles the words
ork.' It not
mt emits this
more
houses,
where the beds are from eleven to
twenty-two feet in thickness. The
mineral wealth of Raneegun ge. and
the increasing demand for coal, in¬
duced the East India Railway
Company to extend a line of rail¬
way to the pit’s mouth, whence
Calcutta, her steamers, forges, gas-
houses, and workshops are supplied
with cosl. Little did Govern¬
ment, when sanctioning this line,
ever dream how soon it would be
used for a purpoee for which it
was not designed, and how that
line of only one hundred and
twenty-three miles in length
would largely assist in crushing
the base atd cruel rebellion. By
this route our gallant soldiers,
fresh from their native shores,
were conveyed by thousands from
Calcutta to Raneegun ge, or through
the morasses and over the deep,
damp ground of the alluvial delta
of Bengal—placing them at once
on a dry and high land, in com¬
fortable tents, and with plenty of
food at hand.
At Raneegun ge may be seen
thousands of carts, all ready for a
start at any given moment; lines
of elephants standing at their
pickets, and counted by hundreds;
horses, ponies, food, stores, and
clothes—all are found at Ranee-
gunge in abundance. Every pre¬
caution that could be taken to en¬
sure the comfort of the soldiers,
not only at Raneegun ge, but along
the whote length ol the great trunk
road leading to Allahabad, has been
done; and the soldiers themselves
declare tliev have never been so
much cared for as they have
been between Calcutta and Allaha¬
bad.
Amongst the elephants at. Ranee-
gunge, one, by name Rajah Purs-
haud, a full-grown male, was
chained up by himself, being
“must,” or mad; he formerly
killed several men when in this
state; consequently he was not to
be trusted Upon any one ap¬
proaching him he would shake his
chains in anger and endeavour to
slip them off. Dreadful would have
been the consequences had he got
loose. A few days before sketching
Rajah Purshaud, a mad elephant had killed his driver’s wife, in the
presence of numerous spectators, who were powerless to assist the
poor woman, but who subsequently riddled the elephant’s body with
bullets; he also was chained up by himself in another part of the
elephant camp, very sore from the bullet wounds.
“KING LEAR” AT THE PRINCESS*.
We this week give an Illustration from Mr. Kean’s revival of ” King
Lear,” from which a general notion may be derived of the arohreo-
logical embellishments which the manager’s antiquarian knowledge
has brought to bear on the performance. The reader who has perused
our account of the reproduction will at onoe recognise the pioture as
the interior of the British Monarch's regal hall, with whioh the second
scene of the first act opens. It will reaaily suggest to him the bar¬
barian splendour which belongs to the stage arrangement, with all its
scenic appliances and local colour.
All the accessories denote an important State occasion. The over-
fond King and his three daughters are grouped ou and about the
throne, which the former designs to transfer into the keeping of the
latter. The chamber is filled with the officers of the Court, with the
Dukes and nobles of the realm, and with the suitors for the hands of
the three Princesses. The trophies of the battle and the ohase orna¬
ment the walls; and all has an air of grandeur, rude but magnificent.
\iv)
THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN GOATSUCKERS (POD A KG US CUYIEKD, Ar THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY’S GARDENS, REGENTS PARK.
It is the cheerful opening to the most tragic of actions tha 1 : ever en¬
gaged the mind of a poet, and called upon the utmost exertions of the
imagination to develop its terrors and express its pathos. Who but in
this must admire Shakspeare’s art, providing from the beginning for
the change of fortune, and exciting interest by means of the mutability
of events 'i * The entire tragedy is indeed conducted with exquisite
skill; but it is the skill of a master, and requires a. correspondent
amount of critical experience to appreciate.
The revival of this sublime tragedy in a form so magnificent is a
great event; and we are happy to learn that the public respond to the
appeal made to their good taste by the management.
THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN GOATSUCKERS.
The Bird Room in the Zoological Society's Gardens was formerly in¬
habited by parrots only, brilliant in colour, but noisy beyond all bearing.
They still occupy the largest portion of it, as will be readily supposed
when we state that upwards of seventy species of macaws, cocka¬
toos, parrakeets, and parrots are assembled there. On the south
side of the room, however, have recently been placed some large
cages, containing choice specimens of other families, which are Si
strange and interesting, and well worth a visit. The first we pro¬
pose to notice are the Australian Goatsuckers, which form the sub-
jeot of our present Illustration.
Cuvier’s Podargus is an inhabi¬
tant of Van Diemen’s Land, which,
says Mr. Gould, in his great work
on the birds of Australia, “ if not
its exclusive habitat, is certainly
its great stronghold, it being there
very numerous, as evidenced by
the frequency with which I en¬
countered it during my rambles in
the woods; and its distribution
over the island is so general that
to particularise localities in which
it may be found is quite unueces-
eary, it being equally abundant
near the coast as well as in thq in¬
terior. I observed it both among
the thick branches of the Casua*
rime and on the dead limbs of the
^Eucalypti: it appeared, however,
to evince a greater partiality for
the latter, which it closely re¬
sembles in colour, and, from
\ the position in which it rests,
looks so like a part of the
branch itself as frequently to
elude . detection : it is generally
seen in pairs sitting near each
other, ana frequently on the same
branch. Like the other members
of the genus, this bird feeds almost
exclusively on insects, of which
Coleoptera form a great part. It is
strictly nocturnal in its habits;
;ind, although not so active as the
true Caprimulgi, displays consider¬
able alertness in the capture of its
food, presenting a striking contrast
to its inertness in the daytime,
when it is so drowsy that it can
scarcely be aroused from its slum¬
bers, that portion of its existence
being passed in a sitting posture
across a dead branch, perfectly
motionless, and with the bill point¬
ing upwards; it never flies by day
unless roused from the branch on
which it is sitting, and this is not
easily effected, as neither the dis¬
charge of a gun nor any other noise
will cause it to take wing. It is
frequently captured, and kept in
captivity, where it excites atten¬
tion more from the sluggishness of
its nature and the singular position
it assumes than from any other
cause. Raw moat forms a suitable
substitute for its natural food. In
captivity it will pass the entire day
...... in sleep on Hie back of a chair, or
any other piece of furniture on which it can perch. Like the owl, it
is considered by some a bird of ill omen, princip " *
. - sound while perched in their verandahs and on
the buildings themselves, and it is often to be seen perched on the
tombstones of the churchyard.”
OUT-DOOR AMUSEMENTS.
MAY.
Cowper must unquestionably have had a prophetical vision of mo¬
dern yachting in his mind’s eye when lie wrote the following lines
Now hoist the sail, and let the streamers float
Upon the wanton breezes. Strew the deck
With lavender, and sprinkle liquid sweets,
That no rude savour maritime invade
The nose of nice nobility ;—
for certainly tbe refinement to which yachting has been bronght quite
comes up to the above-quoted ideas, and tne luxuries which now
await the landsman who braves the terrors of the deep in a well-
appointed vessel cannot be surpassed on shore. No longer is one
obliged to associate jank and \ctavilly biscuits with a cruise at sea;
SCENE FROM ** KISG L^AR ’’ AT TIIF. PRINCESS TliKATtiV A * \ . SCENE ^
450
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[May 1, 1858
no longer is one called to “rough it” upon gait provisions, as the
young Guardsman is said to have done upon “ beefsteak* and port
no longer is one compelled to prick for a soft plank, as the middies
were wont to do; *or in these days downy pillows,so t couches; chintz
furniture, easy-ehnirs, and spring cushions, form the mcubles, or, as
Jack Tar calls them, the “ uioveabies,” of the cabin ; aud turtle,
SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS.
Tub fifty-fourth exhibition of the (Old) Society of Tainters in Water
Colours, which opened on Monday, lolly sustains the well-earned
reputation of the members and associate exhibitors, and the long-
acknowledged pre-eminence of British art in this favourite and
venison, grouse, champagne, claret, hock, hurgundyUpowAo te I charming department. Most of the older members present them-
Itonmine, fruit, ice*, aud liqueurs, arc most liberally dispensed by , selves in full force and variety, whilst some ot their more rcce t
the steward associates prove the justness ot the selection in their favour by the
Such reflections must come across the mind of even* rational being ! life and character, and painstaking skill, successfully shown in their
who is fortunate enough to have a friends va.-ht si his disposal, or »<»*»• Landscape has long been specially associate! with water-
who receives nu invitation to pass a few d .ys on board. But here, colour painting, and stall maintains a pre-eminent influence oyer the
having alluded to the luxuiies of j adding, [ cannot refrain from pcocils of this ^netyj^Britehlwdsvnpe ^pp^ pr^n^rttting^in
adding a few word* upon it* real national importance in a maritime
point of view ; nor can I refrain from expre>&ing my admiration at
the spirit manifested by many of the leading nobility of the British
empire in Supporting an institution which, while it at once affords a
favourite amusement, is attended with the most solid advantage to
the country at lar*e, by edits&cing and keeping in employment men
who, at a momeut’s notice, are not alone competent to enter our
Navy, if occasion culled i or it, but who would p»ove an oruamenfc to
their profession. Yachting may now be said to have commenced; for
the members of the Ro.val S 4 uadron are gathering together at Cowes;
the opening trip of the Royal Thames* is advertised ; and at Lyming-
ton, Poole, Gosport, Cowes, and Southampton, the note of prepara¬
tion is heard in every shipwright's jard ; men may be seen, in every
direction, removing stores, scraping spars, paining bulwarks, polishing
brass guns, scrubbing decks, bending sails, and cleaning the copper
bottoms from the dirt they ltave accumulated during the winter.
Many have described the charms of yachting, and to my mmd there
is not u more brilliant sight to bo seen iii the world than Ccwes on a
fine summer's day. If I wished to sh nv a foreigner the wouders of
our country, they would he Hyde Park during the London season,
with its splendid equipages and ratguificeut turn-out of equestrians;
Ascot races on the Cup day; aud Cowes regatta. What can exceed
the beauty of the scene as you approach the harbour of the latter
place? A fleet of schooners and cutters attract your attention, many
of whom, scorning to ‘‘live at hone at ease,” court in foreign chines
“ the dangers of the seas.” A whole flotilla of other craft, of every
description, are at their moorings off the Castle or m the river, while
the rapidly-pasring steam b wits, with their gay streamers floating in
the breeze, are flitting about like so many fireflies, burnished by the
sun. A genuine Yankee merchantman is at anchor in the roads,
with the star-spangltd banner or America. Two Government revenue-
cutters, the terror of the modern ” Will Watches,” have taken
temporary possession of the Admiralty buoys, while a Dover pilot-
boat is bearing to westward, looking out for the homeward bound.
Some Spanish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Dutch, and Danish
vessels, dressed m thdir gayest colours, are also snugly’ anchored,
waiting for a favourable wind; the flags, banners, and standards of
all nations are fluttering gaily in the winds, while the union-jack, that
for years has “ braved the battle and the breeze,” floats proudly
above them all.
Some one has remarked that there are few finer sights than a horse
at full gallop and a vessel under sail; but to my idea nothing is more
striking than seeing a svell-ruanned cutter get under way. There is
no noise, no hallooing, no confusion, no jostling; all is done in a most
seamaulike m inner ; every thing is ship-shape : the eagle eye of the
owner is watching every movement, ready to detect the slightest
fault; the captain, worthy the command of such a craft, is doing his
duty—as British sailors ever do theirs—coolly and firmly. Then,
observe the neatness that prevails—“ white is the glassy deck, without
a stain ”—mark the quickness with which the crew successively
follow one another in an apparent race to the masthead while setting
the huge mainsail, by riding down the main and peak halyards. See
the graceful way with which the noble vessel bends to the breeze
when the jibsheet is hauled aft and the mooring let go. Watch the
speed which, as if by* magic, is instantly gained as the buoyant vessel,
yielding to the propelling power of the wind, shoots ahead, like an
arrow from a bow l But, delightful a* yachting is, like all sublunary
pleasures, it has its drawbacks. In the first place, there is the diffi¬
culty of procuring a vessel exactly to your liking: some are too large,
others too small; some are built entirely for suiiing matches, others
are as slow under canvas as sand-barges; and, even if you are fortu¬
nate enough to succeed in purchasing the right size and tonnage,
there are many other points to look to which require a man to be
very wary in Ills proceedings. Many yachts are advertised for sale
that are in so unseaworthy a state, and so badly found in stores, that
they would cost more than they are worth to make complete. A coat
of paint to hide weepings, a few yards of gaudy chintz, a showy
carpet, often cover defects which are not discovered until the bargain
is complete. To illustrate the above remark 1 will recount what
occurred to the writer of this when he first became possessor
of a small cn ter yacht of thirty tons, and for which he paid
four hundred pounds. Well may I exclaim, with the Egyptian Queen
Cleopatra, “Those were my salad days, when I was green! ” Upon
first going on board the E’fm t the blank perturbed countenance of the
captain showed that something had gone wrong, and. upon inquiring
all its various phases, which include alike the mountain pasture, the
teeming harvest-field, the well-stored farmyard, the shady forest
retreat, and the endless round of maritime life which marks the shores
of our seagirt isle. In subjects of this sort the old fraternity of water-
colourists presents some names which may be pronounced without
rival, seek else** here where we may. For the rest, the walls are diver¬
sified with numerous congeuial themes, which properly come within
the provinces of the art—picturesque architectural remains, fruit,
flowers, and other natural objects realised with a true eye for nature,
little domestic episodes, and studies of character, Ac. The grand
historic is alone absent; and this, be it said to their credit, is a field
which this society has never aimed at occupying.
Giving precedence, then, to landscape so worthily represented here,
we find David Cox with a numerous aud diversified display’, in which
truth compels us to add there is also a wide diversity of merit- Two
Views of Snowdon (I 5 IS) are genuine excellence; iu the
latter particularly we admire the fine depth of tone produced by the
dark broad cloud overhead—wit li only a faint gleam of light strug¬
gling through in the background; whilst in the fore?rouud a group
of wayfarers hurrying along realise the austerities of the mountain
storm.' Butin “ Kenilworth ” (117), ‘Pont Gyr'yng ” (14.fi), and
" Penmaer Bunk ” (147), the execution is loose and sketchy to the
point of coarseness; the rocks iu the Inst named can hardly be sa d
to be characterised. “Going to Market” (178) is more carefully
handled, and the subject is pleasing: a party of villagers on their way
to market, with she-p, &c., in the distance; in the front a ditch, or
small stream, crossed by a rude wooden bridge. A rough dog, who has
galloped on ahead of the party, and rushes down to the stream to
snatc'ia drink, is a small but not unimportant feature, cleverly intro¬
duced.
George Fripp is very successful in “ The Castle Rock, Linton,
North Devon ” ( 8 ) produced under a glowing evening sun/ and in
“ Tintern Parva, on the Wye ” (41). which is charming fbj* the calm
which reigns around and the pellucid coolness of the water in
the foreground. " The Deer Forest in the Isle of Jura ” (74) is rich
in fine autumn tints; and the little view “Near Southend, Essex”
( 122 ), strikes the eye at once by its quaintness and obvious truth¬
fulness. / S' \
S. P. Jackson is admirable alike in landscape and seapieees. “On
the Hamoaze, Plymouth ” (24), with the old guardsbip floating
proudly in the midst, at sunset, is something more than a mere view;;
it is poetically suggestive of the naval genius of ^ourLeihpireru^ff
which, if the sun sets in one place.it is only that it may rise upon
it in another seat of its power. “Mont Orgueil, Jersey—Midday”
( 60 ), is a fine expanse of sea and land, elaborated with wonder¬
ful care, in a cool grey tone. The sea slumbers in majestic calm :
but tiny ripples still creep along to the shore, lazily enough,
except when, obstructed, and thwarted, aud perplexed by strag¬
gling rocks, they rush and whirl round them, frothing into quite
a fury of foam by the time they get over their d \ fficulty. In
“ The Coast near Port St. Pierre, Guernsey, Castle Cornet in the
distance ” (91), the whole of the sea prospect is given with a detail
and mastery of perspective which would almost suggest the photo¬
graph having been called in aid. But “^he Entrance to Dartmouth
Harbour ” (166), with a large shin entering, rising on the swelling sea
at the bar, pleases us more than any of the others—so honest and
sturdy in character, and executed with sudi breadth and firmness of
pencil. Of liis powers in inland scenery, ^he Head Tarn, Cumber¬
land ” (72), seen in early morning; find “Ullswater” (73), seen at
evening, with dedicate reflections on the surface of the lake, are most
satisfactory specimens.
E. Duncan, also, is equally atlioroe on terra fir ma and the splash¬
ing deep ; but his subjects all possess h special interest, having refer¬
ence to the industrial pursuits of man and the accidents which attend
them. “ The Morning After the Gale ” (30) is a striking incident in
a drama enacting but too frequently round our tern nest-beaten coasts ;
and close by it in the" charming, calm of “ The Valley of Lladr, North
Wales—with a Halt of Shepherds ” (34), dappled with various colours
of sheep and diverse heritage, and yet all blended into agreeable har¬
mony, with a fine feeling for nature. “ A Winter Scene—Carting
Ice” (112), exhibits tho artist in another different light: the thick
hazy atmosphere of a% 6 sty day, through which the broad sun-rays
struggle valprbusly, but with small effect, except to colour the snow¬
bound landscape with a greenish shade.
We semom, even in the hands of Prout and Roberts, seen more
pictorial and intelligent treatment of architectural subjects than
the cause, I received! the following reply I tor it will be some days j^^iuterioT^
before we shell he fit for sea. Bays! replied; ‘ why, what can, Dill ,, rs Sftdicate the stately nrooortions of the buildir.tr. the arched roof
have occurred ? ” “ The upper pintle of the rudder is gone,” he con- (
tinued, “and the lower oue, I think, struck the hawser of that man-
of-war just come m. We shall have to put the vessel on the gridiron^
The windlass, too, isn’t safe to heave the anchor up with ; two of tjuT
pawls are broken, and the bits are rotten.” I groaned inwardlyy'
My tormentor proceeded:—“Judging from the quantity of water that
comes through the seams below, nil about the windlas>, I think inore^
than one plank of a side on the deck must come up. “ Welly’ replied
I, making np my mind to appear unmoved about trifles) “let the
rudder and windlass be at once looked to. ’ “ There are a few more
repairs required,” said the skipper. “ What are tlieyf ” I ratlier
petulantly inquired *' One of the crosstrees is in rather a bad state,’’
he responded; “ the mainstay is stranded in two places; foresail a
good deal worn—not likely to stand a b e zq ; the blocks are some¬
what too small for the ropes, which makes tlm'xViflbrengeSf^a man in
the work; the bowsprit is sprung; /the shrouds arerihrindifferent
order; there’s no lamp to the binnacle, 110 charts on board, and the
stove in the galley is perfectly useless.” Upon sending for a shipwright
and sail maker, l ascertained that r ho captain^ fears about the state of
the above defects were correct. The body of the windlass was rotten,
two of the pawls were gone, and the,other going; the hoops were
deficient, the ends falling off, and th£ t£eth broken in three places;
the rudder required an outlay of sevenpounds to redder it serviceable;
while, to my cost I found that the t tainting, running rigging and
canvas *vere considerably the wqrse Fori wtraf and /ear.
Tn order, then, to remedy some, if npt a»l, of the above-mentioned
drawbacks, I recommend anyfejne about t > purcliase a yacht to get
some practical man to overhaul it thoroughly. I should* further ad¬
vise him to have tofns oLwater thrown upon the decks and over
the skylights (anless lie^mects n rainyday for inspection), if he is
not permitted, or if circumstances do not allow, of a fair trial in a
seaway during af stiff breeze—an eyent that rarely can happen with
yachts on sale, becads^of tbeir bAnc/nnrigged when laid up, and of
the time and exper.sOfattaining that end, to say nothing of the
counteracting inclindtions^^Qie^Kcr. If, h > vever, the buyer insists,
and agrees to payffor the trial —which in the long run will prove
the mo ; st economical pk|i— ancT the seller refuses, it may fairly be
suspected that tliere is w'a.it is vulgarly called “a screw loose some¬
where ri'jnst the same a* x ir he declined to let the vessel be proved
by a shipwright, or ker bottom examined when dry.
\N --
ha I>feBT.—By a rc’u
Tub ast Tkdia I>feBT.—By a return to Parliament just issued
we fi:iu that the public debt of India which on the 1st of May, 1 H 34 ,
stood at £35.463.4*3, had risen on the 1st May. 1850. to £ 50 , 4 * 3360 . of
whi.-U six millions and a half may be called fW*ng liabilities. To this
must be added six millions more ol' the loan at 4 A and 5 per Cent, sub¬
scribed since August, 1356.
Letters froSi Jerusalem, of the 20 :h of Jfiirch, state that in
the district of Mount Ucbron disturbances atill continued, and that
reluforccments had been solicited by the Govenr-r. The monks of the
monastery of Bethlehem had sent an addre-s to the Emperor Napoleon,
trnukmg him for some magnificent Crobe'ine tapestry which he had pre-
\pitlars indicate the stately proportions of the building, the arched roof
of which is covercd with florid paintings; the receding depth of the
choir is represented with marvellous reidness; and the crimson cur¬
tains pendent from the windows, and lit up with the warm sun-rays,
^re^a novelty, introduced with great judgment, producing a richness
of effect seldom accomplished in an architectural view. The same
ai tistlias a nice little conceit, entitled “ A Shadow of Haddon ” (64),
representing a rude, old stone doorway, leading to a winding stone
staircase, against the. wall of which is represented the shadow of a
man in ancient guise. His views of “ Roslvn Chapel ” (97), and of
the “ Palazzo iu the Sfcrada Balbi, Genoa ”*(163), are each admirable
portraitures of stone originals differing much in character.
J. Na*h has an interesting view of “The Tomb of Edward the
Black Prince, Canterbury Cathedral ” (39); and one of “ The South
Transept of Canterbury Cathedral in the Fifteenth Century ” (82),
enlivened—may we use the expression ?—by the introduction of a
group of pilgrims going to the shrine of Thomas aBecket. In both
these works a clear eye for architectural detail, and a considerable
appreciation of the principles of effect, are discernible.
Frederick Taylor combines rustic life with rural scenery, making
very pretty little scenes after his own fashion, though there are some
who complain, and perhaps with reason, that his country lads and
lasses smack a little too much of the well-bred ideals of drawing-room
rusticity. “ Highland Gillie, with Dogs and Black Game” (33), is
carefully and brightly painted, and particularly successful in the
animals. The Same may be said of “ Otter-hunting in the High¬
lands—Crossing a Ferry ” (132), representing the pack of his Grace
the Duke of Atlioll in full swing—or rather Bill swim—crossing a
stream and eager for the fray. Without pretending to be sportsmen,
we can pronounce upon the unmistakable varmint qualities of the
little quadrupeds with tails high in air, and most notably of that ugly
little fellow who acts as fugleman perched np in the prow of the boat.
“Una and the Red Cross Knight in the Cavern or Despair” (167),
by^ Margaret Gillies, is a work of no ordinary pretensions, and may lie
pointed to as par excellence the historical picture of the room. It
illustrates the passage in “ The Faerie Queen ” :—
< >ut of his haud she snatcht the cursed knife.
And threw it to the ground enraged rife ;
And to him said, "Fie, fie, faint-hearted knight.
What meanest thou by this reproachful strife—
, Is this the battell that thou wentst to fight? ”
The expression of both the faces is admirable: Una, full of benign
persuasiveness, superior in her feminine weakness to the wild wayward¬
ness of frenzied man ; the Red Cross Knight wearing the air of one
disconsolate, yet abashed, and slowly awakening to reason. The
armour of the knight, with its hard-polished surface, and the soft
muslin robe of Una, may both he cited as specimens of highly success¬
ful textural treatment.
CaVl Haag will suffer no disparagement from being postponed to
the fagend of our notice. His talent is so eminent, and so eminently
liis own—so distinct from that of all those by whom he is surrounded
in the room— tliat to overlook him would be impossible. He has no less
than eleven works in the present exhibition, each marked with that veri¬
similitude of character, that roundness of form, accuracy of outline, and
miniature-like finish which have made his style peculiarly his own. The
most prominent of these works is a picture of considerable size, “ The
Tyrolese Huntsman and Mountain Girl ” (191),—a little flirtation
scene at the door of a chalet overhung with rich straggling vines.
There is much naiveti aud manliness in the upturned face of
the handsome youth as he gazes at the gentle, amiable, fair-liaired
girl, who smiles at him with ingenuous kindliness. The labour be¬
stowed upon the manipulation must have beeu enormous: every part
will bear microscopic scrutiny; and the colouring is warm and tender.
Tn the “ Tyrolese Carrier ” (19) lighting his pipe, and the “Tyrolese
Chamois-hunter ” (2(41-), and other works of a similar class of winch
the artist is so fond, the same careful and successful elaboration of
details—down to the hobnails in the shoes, and the knitted worsted of
the stockings, and all the etcetera of leather trappings, Ac.—igf
displayed with conscientious—shall we say relentless ?—exactitude.
Indeed, looking at the one perfection of costume after another, we
are ulmost tempted to wish the artist would sometimes reject such
materials, and bestow his attention upon better things; and this
feeling is only confirmed and intensified when we see how nobly he
can deal with such a subject as the “Biirgcrmeister’s Tochter of
Salzburg” (23), a picture wl4ch, in its simplicity of character,
breadth of treatment, aud luinnouious colouring, might almost be
accepted as an inspiration of Bellini, Qualified by the medium
tlirough which it has ^:i^sed> The face is extremely beautiful,
the eyes full and express^/, the hair fair, soft, and quaintly dressed,
with u quaint black cap or toque ov0v4U; the dress of a rich pule
green, with a starched mqsliuruff round the neck, pendent from
which is a cross, supported by an antique jewelled chain. The
background is a pale crimson, harmonising well with the pale
green of the dress, from between which the fresh, bright com¬
plexion of the faee shines the more lustrously. Let Mr. Hnag give
us a few more such creations as these, they are worth a whole ship¬
load of his bighly^fiilished and admirably-fitting boots and leggings.
V
FASHIONS FOR MAY.
It is somewhat difficult to say what is likely to be the most favourite
material for^utidcor dreBS duiing the gay season on which we are
now entering. The difficulty is, perhaps, in some dogreo caused by
the embarras dxTcKoiz; for assuredly there is no lack ot exquisite no¬
velties in. silk/ and other articles of manufacture. Silks with small
ffiike designs, lustrous in texture and exhibiting harmonious com-
biiiarion^of qolour, have just made their appearance, and aid likely
to secure fashionable favour. Tuffety of small sprigged or chequered
patterns is the most fashionable material for loose morning robes in
the peignoir style. These robes should be trimmed with ruches with,
pinkea edges. Moii^ antique, which will of course be conbidered too
heuvy when the weather becomes warmer, enjoys especial favour at
the present time. It may be worn in every style of costume—for
in-door negtigd, for visits of the most formal character, or for
dinner or ovening dress. All that is necessary is to produce variety
by difference of colour and trimming. Moiie antique in li#lit shades
of colour is peculiarly rich and elegant—silver-grey, mauve- col* *ur,
pink, azuro-blue, and bouton d’or , are all highly fashionable. The
silver-grey and mauve are adapted for daylight wear; the other colours
aio suited only to dinner or evening drees.
All dresses of light or transparent textures are made with flounce?,
or with double or triple skirts. Some beautiful now bardges have
already made their appearance. They exhibit the most elegant variety,
both in colour and pattern.
The new mantelets (the patterns for which have arrived from ;Pari 8
for the month of May) are almost all high round the neck and shoulders.
This shape, though it has been discarded during several past seasons,
is nevertheless the prettiest and most becoming. It does not conceal
the figure, but imparts to it additional grace, and gives an uir of
finished neatness to the whole costume. One objection to the low
mantelet is that it produces a sudden transition of colour just across
the shoulders—one division being black and the other of the colour of
the dress, usually of some bright hue.
The Maintcnon mantelet is extremely elegant. It is high at the back
and shoulders, and slightly optn in front. It has very much the form,
of a scarf, and is trimmed with several rows of black lace, one above
the other.
The J lancini mantelet is not quite high round the neck, and it has a
hood. (It may be here mentioned thatnoeds are likely to bo extremoly
fashionable this summer.) The hood may be either round or poiuted.
(thb Luter is the prettiest style), ornamented with a tassel at the end.
AVe must not omit to notice the mantelets of violet-coloured silk, which
are extremely fashionable. They are trimmed with two falls of broad
black lace, one placed at the edge and the other round the shoulders,
presenting the effect of a cape. Various colours will no doubt bo em¬
ployed for mantelets, but the most favourite hues, in addition to violet,
are grey and dark blue.
With regard to straw bonnets intendod for ordinary walking cos¬
tume, good taste suggests simplicity both in form and trimming;
indeed, the plainer they are, the more genteel. Leghorn and French
chip are suited to a superior style of walking dress. Bonnots made of
a combination of materials will be highly fasnonable. Wo have seen
one, partly of white silk and partly of leghorn, tastefully disposed: a
moss rose with a profusion of clustering buds was its principtl orna¬
ment. The curtain was of white silk edged with a band of leghorn,
finished at each side by a piping of pink silk. Similar pipings edged
all the bands of leghorn placed between the rows of white sillr, which
were drawn in bouUlonf-s. This is altogether one of tho prettiest
spring bonnets that has yet appeared. Among the newest received
from Paris wo may describe one which has been copiod from a bonnet
lately made for the Empress. It is composed of green crape and
chenille, delica:© blades of grass m exquisitely-shaded tints of green
are mounted in tho style of a long feather, which is fixed on one side
of the bonnet, and droops nearly to the shoulder. The imder trimming
consists of bows of crape tastefully disposed in the ruche of blonde.
It may be mentioned that bows of crape, velvet, or ribbon of various
brilliant hues aro now frequently employed for die under trimming of
bonnets, and that flowers are less worn for that purpose than hereto¬
fore. Generally, the cap or ruche of blonde is ornamented on one side
only, and. the bows or flowers employed for the purpose are placed
rather high up.
As long as good taste prevails, flowers will, doubtless, continue to be
the favourite ornaments of eveniug coiffure for young ladies. For
ladies of more mature age, jewelled head-drecscs are at present much
in favour. A very fashionable style of coiffure consists of a bandeau
of velvet set with small diamond stars. Stars formed of various jewels,
as also of pearls or of gold, are sot in bandeaux of velvet Rich
jewelled ornaments for fixing the draperies of the sleeves are con¬
sidered supremely elegant. In Paris, where these ornaments have been
lately introduced, they have received the name of opaulets. They
consist of a costly brooch of diamonds or other jowels, fixed on .>ne
shoulder, and on the other there is worn a bow of velvet, with flowing
ends, finished with jewelled aiguillettes. The brooch frequently re¬
presents a flower, formed of jewels of various colours.
THE ILLUSTRATIONS.
Fig. 1.—Dress of rich green silk, with double skirt. The upper one
has side trimmings in a style presenting some novelty. At the lower
part, and close to the edge, there are several narrow frills of silk, edged
with velvet of the same colour, but of a darker hue than the eiik.
These frills are quilled and set on in a pyramidal form, each row
graduating in breadth as they ascend upward. Above this trimming
there is a broad band of silk, rounded at the ends, and edged with Bilk
passementerie. It extends from tho waist to tho top of the cluster of
quillings, and is fixed to the skirt by a bow of velvet. The sleeves are
open iu front of tho arm, up to the shoulders, and are edged with velvet
and fringe. The corsage has bretelles, edged in corresponding style,
and is fastened up the fkont with bows of green velvet ribbon. Under-
sloevoB and collar of lace. The front hair is turned back at each side
in rouleaux, and tho back hair is confined by a bow of cerise-coloured
ribbon.
Fig. 2 —Child’s Dress: Frock of mauve-coloured taffety. The corsage
is high, and has a small round pelerine, edged with a narrow plist<? of
silk. The sleeves are rather short, extremely loose at the ends, and
aro finished with a plisaA Under sleeves of white worked muslin, aud
a very small collar of the same. The hair is parted from tho centre of
tho forehead to the crown of tho head, and is disposed in long rii.. let
curls at the bac k of tho neck. White cambrio trousers, edged w ith
needlework, and boots of grey cashmere.
Fig 3.—Dress of silver-grey moiri* antique. Mantelet of black silk,
plaited at the back and in front so as to fit the figure. The plaits are
concealed by rows of silk passementerie, and the mantelet is edged with
a niche. Bonnet of fancy crinoline, trimmed with blue ribbon. Under
trimming a ruche of tulle with sprigs of convolvulus.
Mat 1, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
T
'HE NEW FRENCH MUSLINS.—The
pltterw surpass any aver Introduced Into th'* country.
The variety of Flounced Mni'mi l» ex clleut.
Pattern* sent pcwt-froa
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY.
Id, Oxford-street
E
EADY-MADE MUSLIN DRESSES,
4*. £»<!., el’gant designs,
plain, flounced, end double Skirt, with J cket complete,
Co'onr warranted f*«t
A fresh arrival from Pari* ovory Tuesday.
Pa’terns sent post-free.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY,
16, Oxford-itrect.
M
OURNING MUSLINS.
The best Selection in the KlrgOnn.
French muslin company,
16, Oxfo'd-street.
N
EW FLOUNCED MDSLINS, 6s. 6i,
A very prcttv variety.
FRENCH MI'S IN IIUMPASV.
16, Oxford-street.
TVTUSLINS of the PAST SEASON.—
-L»X La it year’* at ridiculous prices for inch goods.
Pattern* free
THE FRENcU MILLIN' COMPANY,
10. Oxfonl-*treei.
WHITE and BUFF MARCELLA
¥ ? JACKETS.-Tho prettiest Shape in this very elegant article
fiver produced, and moat booomlng to the figure. 1*rice 1*». yd.
For country orders, size nf n-aist end round the rhoaldeis.
A drawing rent post-free
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16. Oxford-nract.
F rench muslin jackets.
The prettiest White Muslin Jacket eFcr produced; It ia trimmed
yri'-h ribbon.
To be had In every oolaur, and exceedingly becoming to the figure.
Price 12* 9d.
A drawing sent p ist-free.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY,
16, Qxftml-nireot.
Post-office orders payable to Jaraei Reed, Oxford street.
T he black lace jacket.
Just imported, a rerfecily New Shape. graceful and ladylike
In the extreme, price Via. yd.
A drawing sent post-free
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY,
lb, Ox lord-street.
T he half-guinea cloth jacket,
a very pretty Share, Just fr >m Pari*.
For country’orders, size of waist and round the shoulders is required.
A drawing sent post-free.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY,
16, Oxford-street.
F rench cambric dresses.
Our Now Patterns are exceedingly choice and are not to be
had elsewhere: they are made up for morning wear in Paris. So
pretty a breakfast dress is rarely to be seen. Patterns post-freo.
For country orders, size of waist and round the shoulders is required.
The mice, made up. is 12s. 9d.
•THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY. 16, Oxford-street.
A PERFECT LADY’S DRESS lor SPRING
AT A SINGULAR! Y LOW PRICE.
A S’mpio Check. Th« mutcrial is Cashmere, with rich Ducnpe side
trimming In Frenc v -bluo, Nut-brown, Black, Violet, and the New
Gr.en, edge-i with Velvet.
The rkirt l* made and lined throughout, the material for Bodice
Included Price 14a. 9d.
The additional charge for making tho Bodice, Ono Shilling.
A Drawing of the Dross son! p st-froo.
FRE -Ctt MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Ox ford-street.
I jlMBROIDERED CHRISTIAN NAMES.—
J I.*r>re«. HANDKERCHIEFS, with ChrliHim N«m«. on-
bro'dered by tho Nuna of Pau. with the now dictetcta needle. Price
la Oftd . bv post 4 atamns: Sa. 9d the balf-dowm. by post«*. Id.
THE FRENCH MU8LIX COMPANY, 16.Oxford-street.
o
A GEM.
UR NEW GUINEA FRENCH MANTLE.
A drawing sent post-free.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY,
l«. Oxford-street.
Z YBKL1NE.—This now universally-approved
and elegant nrticlo for MOURNING ATTIRE U In texture of
rich appearance, very durable, and pnrtlcultrly adapted for Spring
ant Summer wear. Obtained “ Honourable Mention" at the Paris
Exhibition for w oven Fabrics. Patterni free by post. To bo had
also in shades of Drab and Lavender.
Boo Agents for England,
BUCK* - ALL and 8oN, 112. Bold-stroet, Liverpool.
T he new spring silks.—peter
ROBINSON respec'Ailly info-ms bis Customers and the Nobility
in general that his BILK DEPARTMENT is now rupleto with every
novepy, corn arising the most inexpensive as well as the rlcltcft pro¬
ductions o' tins 8' ttson.
Btiipsl tii k* .. .. from £1 3s. 9d. tho Fall Dress.
Check'd Silks .. „ I ft 0 „
JWyadJr. B*r Silks ..,,179 „
Extra rich ditto .. „ 1 10 9 ,.
Plaid ... 1 12 6 „
French Olacrfditto .. ,, 1 16 9 „
ChdnJ SUks at all pries.
Brocaded Silks at all prices
Hie Now Flounced Silk Robes,
Prices too numerous to quote.
Extra rich Melr4 Antique Silks, in all the new Colours,
at 3 guin as and a half the Pull Dross.
Pattern* post-free.
Address, Peter Rouinsoo, Sllkmeroor.
o
N MONDAY NEXT P. R. will offer for
Bale £J000 worth of very rich FRENCH SILKS, at Two
Guineas the Full Dress of 12 yard# of tin* widost width
Patterns post-free.
PETER ROBINSON, SUxmercer, .03,103,106, 107, Oxford-street.
L OCKE'S SCOTCH SPUN SILKS, in all the
Cl to and now Fancy Patterns, for Spring and Summer wear.
Pa terns forwarded free —The Royal Clan Tartan and facotcb Tweed
Warehouses, 118 and 127, Regent-street.
S ILKS, Rich, Plain, Striped, and Checked
Giaol, at 22a. 6d. per dress of twelro yards; end worth the
attention of font-Ilea. Patterns smt free by post. JOHN lIA.'tViSy,
SON, and CO.. 9, Ludgate-hill. Est ablished upwards of fiity years.
Can btge paid upon amounts above £6.
L ADIES requiring Cheap and Elegant SILKS
are requewted to apply imrocdintelv to BEECH and BKRKALL,
LINKN1 WAFERS. HABERDASHERS. Ac., Ac..
tho BEEHIVE. 63 and Si, Edgwsre road, London, IV,
1200 New Flounced Silk Robes various), 2U*. M. to ft Guineas.
Rich Strfpod, Checked. Chan/, and Plain Gluco
SUks, 21s. fid. to R2e. fid. rbo Dress.
Black and Half-Mourning Ditto, in groat vor.cty, at the samo
redncod prices. V
Patterns for inspection portage-froo.
Two Thousand Pounds’ wor.b of Now Barege, Balzarifle,
ami Muslin Rabjsnt nearly Half Viuue.
s
P A N I S H mTa N T IL LAS.
A large ca o of these diMinguished Mantlee Imr Imported
direct from Barcelona, / /
Throe to Twenty-five Guineas.
COURT TRAINS. ' X \ x \.
A magrilrmt selectloq"Of the must costly Brocad.'d Sliks.
*4 «»d @4 G’uihois, mrartiv sold at (24 frnlnnt*:
and plain Silk# of ovory description* in all the new coloan.
F.VEXING AVO RAI.T, DRESSES.
Exclusive XovoRfo* la Evening Costume
from the first modistes in Paris
/ (the skirt• Hnisfiiod).
Thc NcW Crystal Evening Dress, in all colours,
0n C4»u!n ca
k »^d fio\(:04lPTON HOUSE,
FRITH-STREET, SOno.
I MPORTAN^tct LADIES reqniring ready
made LINEN of ffratrate ma'criol and sewing, at mott mode¬
rate oricc*. Bxiks of Prices, so, free by poet by addruifng
Ladles' Department.”
W HITELoCK ana SON. Outfitters, 16*. Strand. N.B Opposite the
Church, near Bomonet House.
G rand exhibition of india
SHAWLS —FARMER and ROGERS are now exhibiting la
their spa.Sour India Showrooms a nio«t superb collection of cboice
CASHMERE SHAWLS, amongst which are sevorol of vory rare
d(B'Vn and ouaillr, similar to tboeo supplied for tho Wedding
Trousseau of tho princess Royal.
Tili GREAT SHAWL AND CLOAK EMPORIUM, 171, 173, 174,
BEGKNT.STRfcEr, W.
Ixilia 3hawls Bought and Exchanged.
rvLOVES! GLOVES!! GLOVES!!!
V-A The Real Alpine Kid, 1*. pair
The von- best Au-»». la. fit*., were r s.
Theb at Florence. 2 *.. were 2 #.tkl.
The very belt Pari , 2 s. 7ftd pair or ."its dozm.
Black, White, and Coloured.
_ __ A Simple ^alr ior two extra stamps.
BAKER and CRI8P, fcaris Glove Warehouse. Sill, Regent-street.
f AST YEAR’S MUSLINS,
JLJ BAREGES, and BALEA b l v RS a* half tbo original cost.
Pat rrna pint-free.
BAKER ani CRISP, 221, Kegoct-itriot (comor of Macdox-street).
fTlHE NEW FRENCH BAREGES, 8.Id.yard!
JL B«]xar<re«, fij.l.
The IndUn T-no la«m. I 2 ta.
Tbo New Beriortxl Camhricj, 8* 9d *, Plain at d Printed Llamas, lOjd.
The few Mohair*, i2ja.
Patterns no*.
BAKER and C&14P, 221, Kegeat-ttrret, London.
TjtLOUNCED MUSLINS, 6s. 6d. ;
JL lino Orgundi ditto. 10s. 6d.t benuiifrl Chinix, 2N«, wore ftto.;
fioanceil Bareges aud 1 bleadni’s, Ifts fid.
Patterns free. BAKi.lt and CRISP. 221, He^vnt-stroct.
hT OURNING MUSLINS, 4.1d. a yard,
XtJL Baiztirines, Barca ot, and Mohair#, fro n 6jd.
Moumlug Flouucd Hubei-., from 10*. fid
Patterns free. BAKc.lt and CHifil', 221, Regent-street. London.
IROftO DOZEN FIXE FRENCH
J.U5WI/ Hommcd and Ftltched CAMBRIC HANDKEK-
CHIETS, I5s .the doxmi, prst-free; worth 29*
BAKER Ud CRISP, 221, Beffcnt-street, Lcndon.
TfICH BLACK bILK APRONS,
JLL vi I’ll Coloured Rayadvre Satin Stilpes,
oil at 3#. 3d; each. Foot-free for tour extra sumps,
or with Rica Side Girdb *. Is fid., post-free.
BAKER and CRlSF, 2.M, Brge&t-atseeL
T7IR0M AIX-LA-CHAPPELLE ! ! !
JL* Just received, tome snkmdUl specimen* of heediowork,
on 11ns Grass HandkcrciiSofs
with Ladirs' Chriitian Nanus rlaborau-ly w >rkod InCbintx colours,
tastefully eocircl d with wreaths 1*. fd- etch, post-free.
A guinea handkerchief could not look richer.
BAKER and C1USP, 2X1. Kcgsut- treet.
■READY - MADE CAMBRIC
JLLl and MUiLIN DltE5®RS wl.b Jaquettescomplete,
rrom 7«. 6d. each.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Regent street.
MUSLIN, LAWN, and
XtJL MARCELLA JAC K RTS, from ns. rid.
Guipu'e Mantles, 6s. 6d. eaca, Po*t-:ree. Black, White, and Colours.
Hraided Lawn Dr a,e*. 12*. Cd.
BAKER and Cill6P, 221, Regent-street.
INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS!
JL on Real French Cambric,
Beau'.ifuHy worked with Wreath in Corner 18s. tho Doxen.
A baaiplu for J’O Stamps.
BAKER and CRISP, 2ii, Regent-street London
on nnii telegram parasols, ~e. 6d.
vU'vv' " each, usually sold at 12*. 6d.,
all C .lours, w ith Deep Fringes.
BAKER and C418P, Sal, nogenc street.
SJILEGANT MUSLINS.—New Goods for
-1- J 16ft8.—20,000 pieees of Orgnndl and French Muslins are now
offering at 2 «. lid. the l»reas of (fight yard*; or any length cut at
iftd. par yard. They are beautiful goods, fast colours, sud cannot be
replaced at Is. por yard. Merchants and whoiesitlo buyers will iiuo
these good* desirable. Patterns sent froo.
HOOPER, Muslin Primer. ft2, Ox lord-street, W. EaUbJiishcd 1856
LTODGE and LOWMAN beg to inform their
LJL Patron* imd the Pnblio that tbo whole of thtlr DcpArtmtms
are now replete with a greater variety of Novellei thou usual,
suitable for th* prorent season.
ARGYLL HOUsK, »fl6, 238, 240, ffil, Regant-street.
qpiIE OHGANZINE BAREGEand the
JL CRAPE uALZAUl^K do n^t spill, but are very rtrong wear,
and much roconuncndot); bcaidca a varl-ty of oilier hsw make* 'n
Biai k Purtgc*. Alio tbo cilk Moha ! rs and other new materials for
Hall Mouralrg. Patteina fros. Addro s—PLT&R ROolNSGN,
FAMILY MOURNING WAREHOUSE, 103, Oxford-street, Louden.
IjVAMILY LINENDRAPERS, SUk Manu-
JU facurnrs. Hosiers, &c., Ac. CHAMBERLIN and TilOR.NE
wish particularly to invite the attention of Ladies to their ne w and
elegant stock ot DRESfiSfi, Mantles, bliawU, Millinery Ac , in. a groat
variety of fabrics, and ve-y tno "urate pricce.—79, uric^uhitrch-stroct,
Lcndon. Ail parcels delivered free.
rjRANDES NOUVEAUTES in PARIS. —
(JT LA COMI'AGXIK 1.V0SSAI3E.
No. 37, Boulevard dua Capuciuo*. Part*
have Just exposed for Saio their Ndveltiea for the Seaton comprising
Silk .>.tuffs, Laco, Indian and French ua-hemlres. Prlutoi and
Piqu/s Muslins, Fancy htuffa oi oi! kinds, Wedding Outfits, Mamies,
Bum on , Ac. \ \
The successive aggrandiictnent* Af^h^ertablishmnnt of La Com-
pagute Lyonnaiae, hnva rediioiotl it one'of the rncut oxtituive ia
Europe; the warerooln* the preacut day oomprise upwards of
thirty salooni or gulkti-s, having four separate eutr.nces. Bring
tneir own manuiac.urets, their productions are not lioblo to th"extra
charges mado on account of Iniermedte.te agents, and lima this com¬
pany con afford to offer to tbe public on terms far more advan¬
tageous than any oth»-.r house. Every article, evon the Cachemires, it
marked in piaia figure*
La Compugnie Lyosnaiso have established bouses at Lyons, Ka»h
mere, klencon; and Cliaiiti iy for the macafacturc of mik Stuffa,
Cachemlros and Lace, but they have no »aocur»alo for sola in any
oountry whatever.
pRANT and GASK (late Williams and Co.),
\J?T ftj, 60,6i, 62, Oxford street, 3, I. and 5, Wei s-street. Who reals
and Retail -JI.K MEttCKRe and GENERAL DbAFEKS, respectfrtby
auDouiKW that they are now exhibi ing in wy department an un-
ua^aliy Lirgc‘o’lcctl n of (listinguisbod novelties, with bUk Goods ol
every .rscriiition, «u fully 2ft {xtr cent bel.wlas: year's prices.
bavcrel lots o( Flounced Silk Robes, ut 3fis. 6d. and upwards very
cbcap; 3!)0 jiieces of now Fancy Silks, at 26s. 6d. and 3 s. od the
Drc#* of 12 yards, wide width, many of whioh are worth 3s. 9d. per
yard.
printed Flouneed Muslin Drecses, from Ca. 9d. to 12i. Bd ; pre-
-|k|U prices, 12s. tkl. to 24a. fid.
A large pureha.se of Flounced BnrTige Robe* equally cheap. All
goods marked In plain figures, at wholesale prices, for ready money.
Pattern* forwarded to the country. Tho now promise* adjoining ore
olelv devoted to General Mounting.
Ayf OURNING ORDERS—NEW MOURN-
1 .VJ. ING FABRICfi.—Pattcrrj of all the New Material free tier
post.—Add res* PETER ROBINSON, GENERAL MOURNING
WAREHOUSE, 103, Oxford-stroet.
A/TOURNING MANTLES and BONNETS.
JJrJL PETER ROBIN-ON Is now showing somo great no>eltie*
both tor Mourning and out ot Mrortung at hia GENERAL MOURN¬
ING WAJiEaOLML, 103, Oxfori-street.
TJLACK SILKS, cheaper than thev were ever
jLJ known.— Patte-r* of all tbe now maxes, free mt po»t: *lso,
Molr* An'lqaoe in black and shares of grey. Aduevs PE1KR
KO8INS0N, Geuerai Mourning Worehouso, <o>. Ox ford-st., London.
T NDI A.—FAMILY MOURNING —Skirts,
X trimmed deeply with crepe, from 30». up**»d* to the richest
quality, with Mantle* ami Bonnrtx to mstcb- Family order* supp! ed
on tbo most rexsonxulo tmn« I'ini'-cixs# Drrs making a‘ morf/nito
charges. Order* attended to in town or country-—Addrwe PETER
HOBlNxiON, Gonerai Mourning Warehouio, 103, Guforr-siroet-
QPANISH LACE MANTILLAS.—LEWIS
O and ALLENBY have rwelrtd a large nu;nlv>r of Mantilla*,
which have ►c-n solectfd with great care by »hcir ’ncvbayer. who has
just returned from Spain. Tho pticts range from 63a. upwards. 193,
19ft, 197, Regent-street.
J OUVIN’S HEAL ALPINE KID GLOVES!
Price Is 6d per pair,
In every Size and Colour for Lad ire and Gentleman.
We are tho original and only-npuo’nted Agent* for the sale of three
celebrated Gloves, the best fitting and most durable to be procured at
ANY PRICK Ml
and so?d only by RUMBELL r.nd OWEN, 77 and 78, Oxford-street,
London.
N.B. A Sample Prir free by pxrt for two extra stampo-
TJUMBELL and OWEN, SILK MERCERS,
JL I. Ac., Stc., Pantheon Hali cf Commerce, 77 and 76, OXFUKD-
8 FREE T, Londo*
Rumbell and Owen's v ew Spring Silks.
Knmbell and Owen's Now Black ."Uka.
Ram bo 11 and Owt-a’s *'ow Fl-mi-ced Silks.
Rumbell and Oweu’t New M' ir6 Antiqure.
Rumlxall and Uurn’i Sow Spring Fabric*.
Rumbell acd Ditto's Now Fn nch Musllns.
■RuintioU and yw»u'» ;.ew eprirg Bareges.
Horn bell and Owen's New 5-rmg Mantles.
And a so
Rumbell and Owen's Asaortmont of Patterns Postage-free.
TPAPESTRY EMBROIDERED BANDSFS.!
_L On Real Fr nch Cambria.
F.^RKY LALY'n CHRISTIAN NAVE
beautifully «tslgo«i with F! ral Guracr Wrea lia in
Va. hi EGA To D COLOURS! 11
Pc ice la W.
Finest ipcclmen of French NVedlework. and rerfectlr hat in col;nr.
Add rent KliMBaLL and OWEN,
77and 78, Oxford street, t.ondon.
N.B.—A sample Handkerchief sent to any oudrtsa for 21 itampi
C HRISTENING ROBES, 2j Guineas
Baiii-s’ Clo-ks. I Guinea-
h3. Bakw-slrret. /
Mr.. W. O. TAYLOR,
B
ABIES’ BEUCEAUNETTES.
2i Guineas.
Baskets to match One Guinea.
Mrs. w. o. TaYLor, 6s. Baker-street.
M
A R R I A G E OUTFITS,
Cotton Hosiery. 2s fid.
White Dressing Gowns, Oue Guinea.
he»l HnUinggan Hosiery.
Mrs. W. G. TAYnOR, 63, Baker-street
L ADIES' RIDING TROUSERS,
Chamois Leather with black fast.
63, (taker-street,
W.G.TAYLOIV ^
UNENDRAPEhS TO THE QUEEN. BY APPOINTMENT.
EstabUshod In 1776.
B ABIES' BA SSI NETS
Trimmed and Furnished,
Beady for use, ore sou: home free of carriage.
BA Li Ed’ BAKAEVS,
Trimmed and furnished to correspond.
CAPPER, SON. and CO.. 69, OKACECHUkCH- T., LOSDOH, S C
Deecriptire Lists, with prices, sent free by post
Sent port-free, Deecri;>clvs Lists of
pOMPLETE SETS of BABY LINEN
Vy wbloh are srmt home
threxurhou! the Eing<'ani free of carriage
UNDERCLOTHING FoH HOME USD LA, AND ALL COLONIES,
for Ladles, and Children of all sgea.
UXENDRAPER8 TO THE QUEEN BY APPOINlMENT.
Eaubltshed in 1776.
L ADIES’ WEDDING OUTFITS
B*zil home tree of carriage-
Descriptive List., with price . sent tree by post
CAPPER, SON, and GO., 69, Gracechureh-mre t London, K.G
s
BANISH MANTILLAS. — These mo3t
graceful an t el-eent Mantles frotn his. each.
Bi ACK LACE FLOUNCE 4 ,
from 30t. tho fUL set the tort mu.rial.
BKIHaL squares.
richly worked, from 13s each, at
UitLING'S, 221. Reger t- Street-
Quality guaranteed.
F ashionable scotch-spun silks
forSDrine erd Summer Presses manufaCnrod etoreasly for
ccott Adi. The KOYA1. TARTAN WadtEHOUsE, 116, Begent-
•Uvet (.corner of Vigo- tro5t\ Pattern* forwarded !t«e.
C ITY J UVfcNILE DEPOT.
BABY-LINEN and LADIES' UNDERCLOTHING WARE¬
HOUSES, - Ladk'ri Nigat Dre»»«a, 3 for 6a fid.; Chemise*, with
bond*, 3for U- lid.; Drapers, 3 pair for 3a. lid.; Blips, tucked, 3 for
6s. fid. Chiklroc '» Underclothing equally as cheap. Ail work war
runted and made of Uorrock’s Longclo»o; a lower quality kept ex-
preasly for outfits to India and tire oolonia*. Ladio* Paris-wove
Suyj, 3a. lid per pair; and tho newly-invo..tod elastic Corset, to fas¬
ten i a front, 3a. I Id., not obtainable elsewhere Infants' Bassinets,
hkodsomaly trimmed either with white or chiotx, one guinea each
An liluslrated Prioe ist sent Lee on appllcatioo.— W. H. TURNER,
66,69, 70, and 8», Uiahopegate-airoet Without, London, E.C.
ADIES' WATERPROOF TWEtD
CLOAKa and RIDING JACKETS, Gnnt'emon's Overcou' * and
'Inverness Caeca. Pattern* of material and pnes* sent post-free.—
J K. and W. PHILLlPn, 37, High street, Shreasbury.
D
RESS TRIMMINGS.
STRINGER and BIRD,
68, 'ewgate-ttreat
(Late w'th Hutton and Co.),
Hsvo on hand a well-assorted stock
TRIMMINGS, FRINGES, and VSLVETS in the New
Stylos for the present Season.
Order* by post punctually attended to.
N.B. Country Drape a and tho Trudo mppliod with
Cut Lengths at low prices.
r pO DRAPERS, Milliners, and Dressmakers. —
jL MATCHING ORIjE carefully and promptly at<ended to.
Cut long*hi at tbc lowe.t trndo price*.—JAMES SPENCE one CO.,
7/ and 78, St. Paul's Churchyard, London-
P ARIS BONNETS, in the newest designs,
from lfa- Cd. The Prince s of Pia*oin and Allianco Hat* for
Jaulies. Iha Imperial Tarb«u and Mandarin Hats lor 'toys, tllua-
tratioas po*t-fre j. -W. biMatDNS, aU, Aiog William-meet, City
tud.g tiw Monument).
T
O OFFICERS ABOUT to JOIN.—Messrs.
CCLPEP'-R. MULCAb BK, and CO recemnrend OOoks
alxiUt to join to tha best souices for procaximr theh UN'PuhM, Out¬
fit, and Accoutrements i n» retlly ea>e lt d fU |»*ral *d f om old• cm
of fancy opd luxury, of winch n prln ed 1st can be steu. iheir
pamphlet (tor «. filet r* proceeding to India can be had gratis on ap{di-
catLn, or frxw tiiat post- ion - 26 , Hegiut-itr tf.Vv
S HIRTS. — RODGERS’S IMPROVED
COKAZZA SHIRTS, 31s. «d. and lla the half dozen Im¬
portant Improvementi having been made in these ceiobraled Shirt*,
gentlsmen are rerpoctfolly solicited to acs;*and their orders until they
have teen ihem Tor ease, elegance, and du r a bi l i ty, they have no
rival. Povk cf n) lUu*tratioii§ and dot*l'-«i particulars gratis and
potT-free.—hOD'iERS and CO., Improved Smrtniakors, 66, Saint
Martin's-lane, Chxring-orou, W.C.—Eatobliahcd 60 years.
S PORTING SHIRTS, bv RODGERS.
New and oxfrao d : nary derigns. in a’1 colours, including Horses
Don, Foxes, Birds, Be. also a chaico of mors than 109 m w and
fashionable Culour. d Shirting*, in neat and genUomanty potto us
v-ODGEHS and Wh, Improved Slilrtmaaor*, h'», Sc Martin's-lone.
Charing-crost. W.C. Pauerns and Book of 60 liia*trail-ns po*t-froa
for two nanijrs.
W ANTED LEFT OFF CLOTHES—Mr.
and Mr*. HART. 31, Ncwcastle-«Ue«t. Strand, W.C., arc
living the highest prices for every kind of Lad<es' and Geatleinm's
WEARING APPAItkL, satin and velvet dreMes, regmmtals, ool-
fonus, India * bawls, point lace, trinkets, books, furniture mLcel-
luniwu* property, stc Ladies or Gentlemen welled on. sny thus or
distance. Addreis as above. Parc'Is from thu country, the ut.no, t
volne remitted In cash. Established 1801.
TYTANTED, LEFT-OFF CLOTIIfcb for
j J AUfiTBVUA, in good or In erfer ooodtion. Mr ant Mr*
JOHN ISAACS. 3 9 acd 3 tJ. Strand (oppOSit" HoasOoon-
tinur to give the his heat prioe In Cab for Ladle*, Oe*.tl<Hucn‘s, and
Children* Clothe*. Krgimeut Ja, Undrrclo’hing, Boot* Books, Jewel¬
lery. and oil Mia-ciianoom P up-xty, tatters far sny da* 0 - dLrance
punctually sit*till'd to. Parcel* rent *r m tha Cuiiciry dukt lar^u
or small, ibe utmost va.ue letureid b* Putt^ffic* ».'»der tlis same day.
Kefcrenoe, London nod WswabuMCC B-nk. fcst»bt*h*d «9 ywrs.
W anted left-off clothes, Uni-
form*. Miscernnertu Pro pert/, Ac. Th* iilghtj**. pree giveo.
adies or Gentleman sr.iAd on by ad.treeaing u> Mr and Mrs G.
H t AM, 10 Beak-ri.*sv*t, hegrot-sfreet: or. pa/ccla berog srot, tho
utmost value In cash immediately remitted. EsteU^hed 18 AI
W ANTED, Ladies’, Gentlemen’s, and
Children's LOTT-OFF WBAiURU APPAREL, Keg rami'idr,
ami MLi Milan our Pr.-pertr a f every dc*cripti"U anil in any qogmUlna.
Ladle* and Gentlemen waited on, at any t.tuo ordistan^o on ad¬
dressing Mr. or Mr.. HtTCOldihON, 17, Daan-streoi, High Ho)
born. W.C.
451
B
EDsTEADS of everr description, both Wood
and !rob fltti ' with Fs'-citureacd B ddiog cmplnta.
J. MAPLE and cO„ lift to 147,T« ttanham-court-road.
An !lines a'ed Data!o 6 ue, gratis.
I \1NING and DKAWIs'u HuOM FURN1-
‘*^■ 1 . p —. i r >n eedisss variety.
'ih F.ugenle ftry ? hair. „ t< •«,
1 b-’ Fug* m* Couch iu w slam Wood 3 atdnsar
Dravriug-rnomchal:, .. ,. I0a.-d cock
Haiidaoioe Walnut Tsbl.s . 4 iruinaas
J M APreE and » 0 , US. Tortrchsm-conrt road
Th* largest and most oolvouI^ui Furakhiiig UtablLfam nt In tb«
World
IJIVE TH ‘USAND PIECES MAGN1-
JL F.CE*-T CARPET at ft. id and 7s liy oorvard.
Rich Velvet Carp-to. at S. 6d por yorel '
J. M A Pi.E sud JO, lift Tuitsnham.oouit-road
ON DON CARPET WAULIIASF.
I W AUG I and SON.
3 aud 4 Gox'gs-streR, W.
and DECORATIONS.
In Lotid n ot French and Enallrh
. fur fid., t» at CKv.*84'o 23 *>reax
Mar*leN>ni», near tlirt Po»y teehulc Xmtitctlon Houm
P a filing and D©Cv'ati--g tn »v,ty « yls Estimates fre«.
iST COALS ONLY.—COCKERELL and
COAL . a* U'p'ie* by tbe • t > but M-i aty -Cash, 2><A
«. 13 coichll, Phi 11 nt <*hart Earl-ureet. filack-.'rt.rs; and
t<rvn,
E-ti n-wharf, be’grsre-, l»c
/CHARLES PACKER (law Antoni Forrcr),
Artist to Hair to tha QlURN.'by Appoinmiant
H.ur Jeweiiare D*;ortmAct, 136, Regont-cirosi
Forei^o and Fancy diao 78, R«v*ior streas
J*t and Mourn ng ditto. 76, Rcgvnt-rtrtwft
T ADIF.S’ and GENTLEMEN’S AMUSE-
—Mr. CHEEK restrict fully o*Ils s’tc-n'i n to hia
fci«.» K oi aRCPEkY, which ta, without (X^e^t on, the Isrgtvt t tua
W t .r!a. *m i-ir whli h vvl l m f uU nu flue s.wiui. u* .f »clt Yew,
Iwautl ul », it g. flank*wrud, and th« u.uaJ ha uw od hocked and
V<l BoW», a: prices var lug fr.tn ft* to ft guim-&*: Anvni, 9 . to 2ta.
poi*do.an; 3 fret T»rgit* it. tnca-. ( 'ee , lie.: la loo rquioaents,
21s ,37a fid. S r '*., a it 7 guinea*; Gentium*n’s, 27* KJs , atut
10 gain a*. Hie ic/ck oi FiiLin^-toa* acd T«cx.e is fa ge and tun
prices roixleroTe. Fly Sshiog kquipmeDt*, Ida.. *la. 42s . aort 63a:
Salmon-r hlug. 73-. au and fi guiue*.. fika fl*nmg. •■'»« fid aud
32*. fid Butuui fl hlnr, ft., 13 . tio . 33*. an 50c. Choice l*io*>»
FPe*. 2s tar down; three yard gut line. .1, l^st. 9U. exquidtcly
Am, I*., eitnwwluc'ity Fke • ur. «v,r. langfh relict*\ fi*. 0U{
superior mi . o'o rod, »;,lico>| top ringed hr«/- d. nn < winch nntrws.
7* •*!-; twelve-;.ar ca*t-ne*. ior yud^cou, 2‘» ; (Ix-yard. for min-
■iow», l^s A I nga soxirttuimt o * tx<r«me y chol sOheksi Bats, by
I'ark *nd C »|*!i.w, be*t qua »ty, tnnt .kazc 7».fid ; small size, la.
to ft*., bail*, wickets, bet's, glares, Ac. it«ckcs. 10*. to *"s each.
Ladies' my.tie gret-n. Najw eon b u n , browrnsilk, and .mprovul alpaca
Umbr-1 *»on pateor j*r&gun fnams, remark ally 1 ght, also «u «ioc
m) n*e greuft. hr-wo »nd aJpav* for *tu In usu, a chdo* sssirt-
rocii* at moderate prices Noted rr *troug cirri^^ nni j e'l..» Mr.
Chiik at* roSiHorfuliy sntm u a very tug.ct nsior.mtm of tad ea'
and GvtHomons London- ma-i* P Id log Whija 1 1-iix, !• to IPs.;
mount d, "s. fid. to ftguinues. Tha asiortmeo ox fashi icuhlo tV«iki> g
Cm a. nud ctl:» s is large »nJ slntii t. and hi* steck of 3oi rgG:ov*s,
bench x Pairs, Maafto, Bisartts and St cka r.«uutl*>«, Ac. Is wor by
tho ooi lev of all {iMr.nti ai c utcbvrs wh. wish be youth of iheprosntt
C "J t » oOmbihs tbuadvamagre oi Plijtlcul Education wt li Amur-
moot. A .1'tnal uJ'>wa.’>c<* to heads o f eo!leg*a large schools, ^ro-
lawon, am. dea.ier* Jj, archery, 11 hli g-tockic, * . Ma- u -ctorv ar«l
Waehin**, It t>. itxior-s rsKt, W. fhe Archer s (,.ui*e. iirttl a
Anglo- ■ instruc or, Ru!t; o' Cri-li. t, and C*Ul >ue oi Pr c. a (gratia)
cott’i l j* mere really useful Informal^oo than any othrr work.
O.dcs from country (wifii xeuilttanccl goue.al v a tended to th«
um>> day.
An* anM .exchange! ir no - approved of Bo rclnries t» Arehs-y
aud Cri tiri Club* wiu save Uuintclvcs much trouble hv sen Jit g or a
catalogue.
ECfll’S DRESSING CASES and
r.tAVELLIftG BAlti—lit, K*gott-dreet and 4. taadea
hull-, not" Lon > 1 on lirouru*. vaacs peart end Irery work medurv^l
manafacturre, '■rws'ng b*g< and dre*siug cases, toih t c sea worn
• n»,» and work ta« l**, i> k-uanes, ansi the uuvu*t *toca in rngl.nd
of papltr-nucbe cl. gn: cies, vntiiu nnks, • nr . ope case-.. de> r atch
boxet, bagatvU- bscagammon. acd chc-s* rubles Tho prem ses In
Kcgi Iit-sui.t extoul fl tv yards tn o Glut h cue street, and are
'V*rthy of it.*i»octi-»a a* a sp^vlmen uf cug-nt o .tilt hvervthitg
for th- w.rk nud dmiiug tuhies hast tooth bru>b-s IK 1 . each, bat
steel sobuo • and potikmvos, is each The u uiU suoply of first-tats
cuticrv. rax >s. raxo at ops, noidKt, Ac., ior which Mr Mcchi'a
•staid! brntut* have bt«u so long fauuL
ISHER’S DRESSING-CASES,
1*6, Strand.
Catal. g joi j«.«»i-froe.
F
F laUER’S C5 5s. Oil DRESSING-BAG,
for a Lady or Uoottenian,
li a comploto Tr.rolling 1 o4et Aupondage
A lint of tbo Contents will be sent posi-irco.
IBS, Strand.
TVXANTF.D, LEFT-OFF CLOTHES,
V » Kc-inirnta's. kc. Highest price given —Lafirs acd grnt'cTn*e
wal ed rn by Mr. or Mr« D. DAVIS. 4«. Mnryl bone- too*, f'xfo.d-
streel. W.s * 0 ’ parcel* bdog rent, the value hi ca*b inure isiely
rem fed. Establish d 1SOO. N.B- Jewellery, Diamonds Ac., houghr.
A LLEN’S ILLUSTRATE' CATALOGUE
of Patent Por mautreus. Desp'.*ck Brill D.*csatny "iuw* «n 1
‘lV*vo!1irg Boor , with »q «ur* op uing by post, 'o- two stsmpa.
J. W. aud T. aL’.E.v, Mu.afulO:o i, 16 aud 21, Strand W.C.
P IESSE and LI:BIN’S HUNGARY WATER.
Th * ‘■rrn*. refr's'-e* tho mocno y and invigorates the brain,
lu greet v u fadti«y cool* the *u loimain* air. Xs. Bottle, *0«. caret o
six.—2, N\vr uo-’U*-s’rwt) London.
AM Ks LEWIS’S 1’ATtNT IODINE
BOAP 1* rwcomun'ii '"d st'bo 0 "ly soap poucssing «.y specific
sain n.y j«- 0 ! ert>u* l«u-(lctul lot * »kto. and g.'»";a 1 y u prVvud aud
recjiuiii* by tha faculty —rkld at Ofi, OXKid-amot, W.
IJ-UIE PALMERSTON SHAVING SOAP
JL qdckfta tbe dufimt 5Iade. Sold by Clacmisu . x»d P«r u-iwre,
Jai». ». fi:. *#cli. Whotaids from "oretis, hrumbetg, and Co.;
Bmrz'rny an* Sous; dkj* r, i-O, OxlWU atr.et; lUw aud Co., 242,
Kcgvut-cac.t.
KEY HA IK Restored to its Natural Coluar
_ . Neuralgia Cur*;! by the Patent Magneti: Com**. Hair and
i*Wttb Brahes Pamphlete, 4 Why Hair boenmn Grey, and its
Semody," bv post for tear sterap*. F. HEKKiNfr, JS faringha')-
•’n*at. S.ila by all Cttaiciuu aud ’ wfumer* of repute
G
J3
E N Z I N b QOLLAS
t LEANS and REMOVES A ASK ficm
Sieves, I ^Cloib,
bl k% 1 Carpms, Ac. k«-
InPot*ie», 's 6 cf *3 '’hrm'sis an* Pe.fuincrs, and at tbeD^pflt.
114, (>!b> : t»:c 1-S ««', Bioomsbuiy.
S OUND and WHITE TEETH are iiuiisj.cn■
a able to v en -nsl Attract oj sod to health and longevity _ r th*
p opei » am alien of food. nOWLAKi-n ODOnTU, or PEARL
iik.NTlFhlCK, prepared from 'ricntal l ’c»b*. with uuu u«l c.re
Ihb u iqnc > m ouid wfli eisdlc.te ail fartur and concretions, and
impan s pe n-llko whiteness x> the tn:m>'kd ituf c- rwrm -spets
of incipient • »c«y, rer£er the g. ms firm and red, fit .he teeth firmly
in tho socke'S- a_d. f, oQ hs a'. .. a lc ki.fi mce, import twee n*«s
«na; or .« to tbo oi**th. Pxuo 2 » bd par box
CAtmtrx —Tse word* *' Rjw .au s' Odicto " ore ca tb* I abol,
and * jx How laid aa-i "Ofi*,*' 20, Hatton gar’en ' <m lh<* Govoto-
xntn' t.uu;> "old t j than, k nd by ('lu.nii rs and frnuarn.
tpKETH.—By her Majestys Roys! Letters
JL Patti: l -A DC A and original Inveatoa of CbtmUu«Hy-pr^iare<!
WHITE a ai OUM-CoLUUHRu INDIA I’BSEK as a Uumg to th*
ordinary gold or poo* frame All sharp edges are avaklsd and no
sprln,.* w trea, or fvstoulnss a-e requite ; a greatfy-lncrwued frevdons
of suction is sap;Hod, and a pc-fret fit itrund. whi « from tho *ofi-
n«. and Baxiblhry of tin, sgo.itt etnJdeyM, Uu» greatest support la
given to the a«Uif-big »**th when too**, or re»d r«l tender by tho
abs.<rp i-.n of be gunu Mr EPHK41M MOifltaY. Surgeoo
Ltexitst. 9, ower Groa»enoc-street, I mo 'cd, ond '.4, Gay-strtoo, Bath
TNFANTS’ NEW FEEDING BOTTLES.—
L From tko " Lance*.’'—“ W« hare so dom ’«n aoj 'hLig so
lieauttu! ibo *e>l»g.' n «t'ie» Infrodecri iy Mr ELiM, ‘.»i.
ox jo.* «tr.»t WtaiiMf /or wsAnllto,TMnng *T hand or nrruVmil
irndin- thuy are | itecn l /ai«d '* »■ 6* _
IPOIi INF ARTS.— COOPER & BRITISH
Ju PEillHNG nOTTLE —"ThU bottl* is the brat *ebateteea
It is esail* cte uxri, ft* ThfAffcy 61 *** ®PP 7 ntiU Is sadly regu-
btted axiduoairl mixed wish the rnLk Wluu 1 u;icj:i are r**r*4
by tire hand h may bo ync-el'y rocoinrm*te edMWicaJ 'Hmaa,
rcb iJ, HCA Price 7s fid. or as Cd. to say tmCw,y ofcitan. -
Wiilnon 7 Cooler. i1uxa*eeB‘-hd Chemist. 26, Oxford -.treat
T O LADIES.—Richly Perorated TISSUE,
for FIRE PAPERS or Sieve Ap-oa*. to be mi'etp nth#
Flounced Brils, with In* ruetkr s, l ight Stamp (p»t-free, per
packet —X lord, KxUL.ont.
TMP♦>RTAUT.—YOUNG’S CORN and
X BLN 10 • PLASTERS are tht belt ever iar ntel Observe tb*
Nano anJ Adcrrs pr’ntsd ~n th* LbcL without which none a-*
r*o« ; a 9 Hi-y >•«» h ,d ot' all v bombu. ’s prr b.-x or 'htrfeca itampe,
A-drws H. Yoo r. I, Shafethary-ylaoe. AWmga * street. K C.
A T ERVO-ARTERIAL ESSENCE, disco vert d
an.1 prepa-ed by Dr- Wm. BAT CHE LOUR, M R C S. IM\
ami M UA.C. IKH, 69. Warn- Je-*tf«t. Cavend'sh-a^Bare, tawdon.
it streta'bcos the viul ty of tb* who:? syrteax, snd rpc*ftl^r reratme
nerr.-tt. CJUmlalnfe. sold to Lotties, 2». *.vL ts. fid , Us an! . •»
tasdl*Kt, U, Hr gent-street. PtoeadHly; 1ft Wcai-itrcft. lta.bur} -
C'rctti, London; and Sfi. Rateiagh-stivc’i Uvcjqol.
452
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[3Ia.y I, 1858
\ is 7.G per
those from
rate of mortality in the allopathic metropolitan hosj
cent, the deaths in tho Homeopathic Hospital, inclu<
THE LONDON HOMOEOPATHIC HOSPITAL.
Without venturing: any opinion respecting the truth of homoeopathy,
it cannot be denied that this system of medicine claims respeotful con¬
sideration from the medical profession. Its founder, the late Dr.
Hahnemann, is admitted by his opponents to have been a learned
physician and a man of genius. For the last sixty years homoeopathy
has been gaining ground in every civilised country in the world It is
recognised by many Governments, Royal and Republican, in Europe
and in America; and numbers among its friends several thousand phy¬
sicians (most of whom were educated in the old school of physic),
many eminent scientific and literary men, and a considerable propor¬
tion of the mass of the people. Such a system of medicine, although it
may, by farther investigation, be proved wanting, deserves something
better than ridicule and contempt, by which new discoveries in science
have too often been met. ^
The supporters of homeopathy are now strivingto establish a large
metropolitan hospital, which shall be conducted in accordance with
|Ti fl principles inculcated, by Hahnemann, which will be a school for
homeopathic students, and which will afford to allopathic physi¬
cians the means of inquiring into the merits of the new doctrine and
practice. A public dinner in aid of the building fund of this charity
took place on Wednesday, April 21, at Willis's Rooms, when the Duke
of Wellington presided. His Grace was supported by the Duke of
Beaufort, Viscount Lismore, Viscount Maldou, Lord Rokeby, Lord
Grey de Wilton, Lord Cosmo Russell, the Hon. R. Grosvenor, Mr.
Truman, M.P., Major Blake, Captain Fishbourne, R.N., Mr. Pritchard
(High Bailiff of Southwark), Mr. Sheriff Rutherfurd, Dr. Quin, Dr.
Russell, and about 150 other gentlemen, known as supporters and
practitioners of homoeopathy in the metropolis and in the^.pro¬
vinces. The usual toasts were given, viz—“The Queen;" “The
Prince Consort and the Royal Family:" and “ The Army and
FASH IONS FOR MAY.-(SEE PAG^450,>
responded to by Lord Rokeby and Captain Fishbourne, who
alluded to their experience of the benefits, personally derived by them
from homoeopathy during their service in the Niger expedition,
and in the Crimea. The Chairman then proposed “ Success to the
London Homoeopathic Hospital," whioh was enthusiastically received.
From the statement of the chairman it appeared that the institution
was opened in 1850, at a house rented for that purpose in Golden-
square, and had been removed, last October, to freehold premises in
Great Ormond-street, W.C„ purchased for £5600. During its existence
the hospital had, at an aTerage expenditure of £1000 a year, afforded
relief to 23,000 sick persons, of whom nearly 1200 were in-patients.
The returns of treatment were stated to prove the advantages of
homoeopathy. Thus, while, acoording to the Registrar-General, the
chased in Great Ormond-street are estimated to provide accommoda
ticn for about 200 in-patients; and. when the necessary alterations
are completed, there will bo two accident wards, a ward for children,
a theatre for a school of medicine, &c. The estimated cost of
these alterations, and of fittings and furniture, is £4000, and con¬
tributions have been received which reduce the amount to £2800.
The total receipts since the opening of the hospital have amounted to
£15,0001 and the management had thus far not only defrayed current
expenses, but had been enabled to purchase the new premises, besides
investing £000 towards the formation of an endowment fund. The
chairman’s appeal was liberally responded to by the company, and
contributions were announced amounting to about £1000—including
20 guineas from the chairman, 15 guineas from the Duke of Beaufort,
£100 from the Earl of Wilton, and £100 from Captain Felix V. Smith.
“ The memory of Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy,” was
proposed by Dr. R. Russell; “The health of the Duchess of Cambridge,
the patroness of the hospital,”
by the Duke of Beaumont;
“ Tho health of the Chairman,”
by Dr. Quin; “ The Hono¬
rary Secretary, Mr. R. Bu¬
chan," by the Duke of Beau •
fort. Several other toasts were
E 'ven, and the Duke of Wel-
lgton, on leaving the.ehair,
was loudly cheered.
The musical arrangements
were under the direction of
Mr. G. Buckland, who was
assisted by Messrs. Lockey,
Young, and H. Buckland.
It may be added that there
oto homoeopathic hospitals in
Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Mi
and St. Petersburg.
much, perham more, to you than to t«.” Sir George Smart, in pur¬
suance of this application, formed a committee in London to co-operate
with the Halle committee, consisting of himself (as president). Dr.
Sterndale Bennett (vice-president), Mr. Bowlev, Mr. Goss, Mr.
Hullah, Mr. Henry Leslie, the Rev. Sir F. G. Ouseley, Mr. Pole, Mr.
Potter, and Mr. Turle; with Mr. Henry Broad wood as honorary
treasurer, and Mr. Klingemann as honorary secretary The Queen has
subscribed fifty pounds, and the Prince Consort twenty-five pounds, to
the fund raising in London; and the Sacred Harmonic Society, at their
annual meeting in March last, voted £50 towards the same object. Not*
withtanding, however, the important assistance afforded by these sub¬
scriptions, the entire contributions from England do not muoh exceed
£200, received from less than one hundred subscribers. In these cir¬
cumstances Mr. Robert Bowley, the zealous and aotive treasurer of the
Sacred Harmonic Society, has addressed a ciroular letter “ to the
loscow,
THE LONDON BOMCEOFA 17110 nOS'TTAr, GREAT ORMOND-STREET.
THE
HANDEL MONUMENT
AT HALLE.
The annexed Engraving is a
Representation of the Statue of
Handel to be erected at Halle,
in Saxony, the great musician's
birth-place, in tho course of
1859, the centenary of his
death. Two years ago Sir
George Smart received a com¬
munication from that city
stating that a committee
had been formed there for the
purpose of raising a statue to
the memory of Handel in the
place where he was bom, and
requesting the aid of his ad¬
mirers in England. “Your
high reputation in the musical
world,” said the Halle com¬
mittee, “induces us to hope
that you will do us the honour
of assisting us in our attempts
to acquire the sympathy of our
English brethren in this un¬
dertaking, as Handel belongs as
STATUE OF HANDEL TO BE ERECTED AT HALLE IN 1859.
members and supporters of musical societies, and professors and
amateurs of music generally,” strongly pressing this subject upon then
attention, stating, at the same time, that ho has done so with the
authority and sanction of the London committee, of which he
is a member. Mr. Bowley attributes the small amount of interest
hitherto taken in this project mainly to the circumstanoe of ite
not being sufficiently known in this country; and states that the
committee will have pleasure in receiving subscriptions a9 small as a
shilling (without, however, limiting them to that amount) in aia oi
the project for erecting in Handel’s birth-place some enduring recora
of his genius. Meanwhile, the Royal family of Prussia, with many
Royal and distinguished personages throughout Germany, have give
their support to the undertaking, and liberal subscriptions ha
already been raised. The statue, by M. Heidel, an eminent sculpto
of Berlin, is in progress; the Sacred Harmonic Society having ior-
warded to Berlin for the use of the sculptor a cast from the statue
Handel, by Roubiliac, now in the society’s office at Exeter Hall.
Loxnox s Printed and Pcbli.hed at the Office, 193, Strand, in tho p ‘*» hof
Dnnct, In the Coantr of Mlddlowx, b/ Wu.UA* LlTTUB, 19®, Strand, aforeaaia.
Satckdat, May 1, 18w.
fc?
Wr^
SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1858
[With a Supplement, Fivepence
turb their short-lived tenure of office. Every one seemed resolved more contumeliously than ever, the line taken by the Government
to be to their faults a little blind, and to their virtues very kind. In in the Commons with respect to that measure was such as to act
this condition they stood at first, and by degrees they had as a counter-irritant, and no explosion was likely to have been the
received the positive assistance ot that section of the Liberal party result of that affair. The Budget was, if not a triumph,
which Lord John Russell is supposed to represent •, while any at least a success ; and the readiness, and something
active opposition on the part of Lord Palmerston's followers, if it more, with which a Conservative Ministry acceded to the
was ever intended, had actually passed away ; and the conduct of , abolition of the property qualification for members of Parlia-
that noble Lord, especially in reference to the last proceedings on meat tended materially to win them golden opinions from all sorts
the subject of a measure for the government of India, had elicited of Liberals. The perils of the India Bill were becoming fainter in
some grateful expressions from the leader of the Ministry in the their outlines, and, if the attitude of the responsible advisers of the
Lower House. Although the lords had treated the Oaths Bill Crown with regard to that question was not very dignified, it was
THE GOVERNMENT.
It must be a very serious offence that causes a Government on
sufferance to become insufferable. In the instance of her Majesty’s
advisers who have held office for the last two or three months there
had been something more than a tacit and implied determination
to bear with them, and even to assist them, during the term of
their provisional existence. Placed in a position to a certain extent
enforced upon them by the disorganised condition of the Liberal
party, there was, perhaps, as little of that power which is derived
from cohesion of party and unity of action as of inclination to dis-
i 11 i^i • ?
Kg
jr. n | 3 n. y ,
Iggjfi
■ a 3 • «r- -
StfrT' lL™ rO . -/ ■
« 3 3 .2 ' i 3 w|injfla
Airarsii!i5v&
478
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[May 15,1858
at least practical, and any development of the practical is a sure
card with the House of Commons. It was becoming a not im¬
possible conjecture that the retention of the Treasury benches by
Lord Derby’s followers might not be so purely temporary as was
supposed some weeks ago. In the Commons the “ personnel ” of the
Ministry was making its way. The tried men were most of them,
if not popular, respected; and several of the new hands were
Bhowing themselves possessed o( the best qualities for making their
way in that critical assembly. In short, if there had been no
members of the Government in the House of Lords, there seems
to he no reason why Mr. Disraeli and his colleagues in the Lower
Bouse should not have enjoyed that five years’ lease of office by
which the tenure of modern place-holding seems to be lxmaded.
But it has been in the Upper House that they have been most
vulnerable. In the first place be it said that the occupant of the
woolsack, with a great deal of personal merit, and a considerable
amount of personal popularity, has not tended, by the course he has
taken, to advance the interests of his Government. On the Oaths
Bill it is understood that, whereas the Premier himself was willing
to ttand neuter, it was the influence of Lord Chelmsford, active or
indirect, which brought the Conservative Peers up in such un¬
accustomed numbers to vote for the exclusion of the only clause in the
bill which was worth anything, qua the enactment which was in¬
tended. Then the episodical debate in the Commons a few evenings
ago, with reference to the somewhat wholesale appointment by the
Lord Chancellor of magistrates of his own political party in
boroughs, was, to say the least of it, damaging; and last, and by no
means least, the noble and learned Lotd has on more than one
occasion fancied himself more in the position of Speaker of the House
Of Commons than in that of the presiding Peer in the Upper House,
and has elicited remonstrance from some noble Lords, and disapprov •
ing stares from a great many more, by attempts at the assumption of
an authority which is not recognised at all in that assembly. But
it was not very likely that lord Chelmsford would have been able
to do anything calculated to put the Ministry in mortal peril. That
was reserved for another, a haughtier, a more subtle, and a more
obdurate spirit The hero of the Gates of Somnauth; the wild Go¬
vernor-General over whom the East India Company was obliged to
throw the lasso of recall; the subordinate official who boasted that
he never condescended to consult the chief of the Cabinet to which he
belonged, and that chief Sir Bobert Peel; the Lord of the Ad¬
miralty who used to talk of his ships and his captains, as if he
was a roving Sea King instead of the responsible functionary of a
free people und a representative Constitution; the President of the
Board of Control who ignored the existence of the Board of
Directors while they were still a power, and no mean one; the
great—in his own opinion - military critic; in one word, the Earl
of Ellen borough it is who has proved to be the Jonah of the Minis¬
terial vessel.
No doubt he has been thrown over into the seething waters
of Opposition in the hope and expectation that their fury
will be assuaged ; and to a certain extent that sacrificial act.
whether impelled, as wo are willing to believe, by a high sense of
what was due to his threatened colleagues, or indirectly, if not
directly, enforced by those colleagues on Lord Ellenborough, causes
a change in the situation. The com plete disavowal by Lord
Ellcntorough of his having acted either with the concert or the
knowledge of the rest of the Cabinet in publishing his despatch to
Lord Canning, and the equally explicit declaration of Lord Derby
that that act did not meet with his approval, ought necessarily to
produce consideration on the part of the Opposition with regard to
the course which they are to pursue. But in the minds of persons
out of doors—that is the vast British public, who practically have so
little to say when noble Lords and right honourable gentlemen,
and even the House of Commons, are debating or deciding who are
to be the particular individuals that are to guide the State—some
very serious considerations must arise. In the first place, it seems
dear that any violation of the principle on which it is presumed that
our constitutional Government is carried on—namely, that Ministers
should command an absolute majority in Parliament—leads ine¬
vitably to confusion and difficulty. The experience of the last two
months proves that a Ministry dependent on the forbearance, or
even on the dissensions, of an Opposition is a machine which
cannot work smoothly or certainly. It must be a very hand-to•.
mouth system of carrying on the business of the country when we
find that any mistake on the part of a single member of the Govern¬
ment can at once rouse an Opposition not by any means united
or concentrated into unanimity, and bring on suddenly a crisis,
which means the putting a stop to all rational legislation, and the
commencement of turmoil and dispute about the’question of who is
to be in and who is to be out.
Again, can any subject be less desirable for the purpose
of being made the shuttlecock of party than the question of
India ? On so vast, so momentous a consideration there
ought to be an entire abnegation of persona! and party feeling,
ard an honest co-operation of all sections of politicians in efforts
to readjust the disordered condition of that country, as yet not
wholly reconquered, or completely brought again under British
rule. A r.d yet, one hardly recollects a qnestion on which more
pettiness of action has been taken, more personal—in a certain
senre—feeling and motive imported into it, or a less practical
aid comprehensive spirit displayed iu dealing with it All the
mighty interests involved have been made subsidiary to party moves.
IV c fully and in every sense subscribe to the necessity of impeach¬
ing that rash act of, as it turns out, a member of the Government
which, by the publication of a secret despatch, threatened to shako
to its centre British power and British prestige in India, inasmuch
as that despatch would be translated and dispersed among the
native population as the opinion of the Government of this country,
which with them means the nation, since they have no idea of
public opinion or feeling apart from the name of the Government,
It was impossible that such a flagrant indiscretion should go un¬
noticed, or that so ill- advised a course of proceeding as has evidently
been the rule at the Board of Control could escape the censure
of Tarliament. The open disavowal of the policy of a
great public servant like the Governor-General of India, how¬
ever questionable or doubtful that policy might be—which
is not the point in issue—was Bimply a high political
crime and misdemeanour, for which its author deserved to be
brought to the bar of public opinion, with or without accom¬
plices, as the ease might be. Without entering into any minute
criticism of the motives of those who look the initiative with
reference to such constitutional proceedings as were necessary to
bring about this indispensable end, we aro bound to admit that
such a course was just and right, and one which it was impossible
for those to whom the interests of this country are committed as a
solemn trust to have avoided without a great breach of duty. Sub¬
sequent events have in no small degree changed the situation since
Mr. Cardwell gave his notice of motion, and its complications and
difficulties have perhaps only begun.
In any case the Indian question has not gained in simplicity and
facility of settlement in consequence of this episode. Whatever may
be the result of the events which have taken place, and may take
place, the uncertain band with which, on all sides, legislation for the
government of India has been manipulated will not be strengthened
by the untoward occurrences of the last few days, unless so very
unlikely a thing should happen as that all parties should learn a
lesson from those occurrences, and endeavour for once to view the
qnestion from a large, abstract, and national point of view, and,
throwing aside individual and sectional considerations, contribute on
all bands to its immediate and satisfactory settlement. It must be
confesstd that onr hopes of the attainment of such a millennium
of political action are not over snnguino ; bnt, at least, we are sure
of this, that, unless some great alteration take place in the modes
of dealing with vital national questions—unless some attempt be
made to approach them in another sense than that of their being
convenient vehicles forparty aggrandisement and personal intrigue—
the day will arrive when the public mind of this country will be
roused into a belief that it is not an impossibility to inaugurate a new
era of statesmanship, and even—more terrible still to the ears of the
traditionary conservators of the present narrow circle of official
choice—to create a new race of statesmen.
MAEKIAGE CEREMONIALS IN THE EAST;
Mrotx. Pfeiffer, in her interesting work "A Woman's Journal
Bound tho World,” thus records some particulars of a Mussulman
marriage piocession, which she bocame acquainted with during her
stay at Calcutta" On the day appointed for the ceremony a grand
piocession proceeds to the house of the bridegroom; and, late iu the
evening, the bride herself is also conveyed tliero in a dose palanquin,
with music and torches, and a large crowd of friend F,m any of whom
carry regular pyramids of tapers; that well-known kind of firework, tho
Bengal fire, with its beautiful light-blue flame, is also in requisition for
the evening’s proceedings. On arriving at the bridagroom'e houss the
newly married couple alone aro admitted; the rest re mein outside
playing, singing, and hallooing until broad day.”
To this brief account of a Mussulman wadding procession we aid a
description, irom the same source, of tho procession at a Hindoo mir-
riago:—“ It was the month (March) in which tha Hindoos prefer to ce¬
lebrate their marriages, and wo met in several streets marry pro cossions
of that kind. The bridegroom is enveloped in a purple mantle, his
turban dressed out with gold tinsel, tressos, ribbons, and tassels, so
tbat-frem a distance it appears like a n'oh orown. The depending
ribbons and tassels nearly cover the whoio face. Ho is seated upon a
hom ; relatives, friends, and g-iesta surround him on foot. When he
reaches tho house of the bride, tho doors and windows of which aro se¬
curely closed, he seats himself quietly and patiently on tho threshold.
The female relations and friends also gather togothor here, without con¬
versing much with the bridegroom and the other men. This scene
continues unchanged until/nightfall. The bridegroom then departs
with bis friends; a closely-covered waggon, whioh has been held in
Tsadiness, is drawn up to the doer; the fomales slip into the house,
bring out the thickly-voiled bride, push lior into tho waggon, and
follow her with the melodious music of tho tam-tam. Tha bride does
not Btart until the bridegroom has been gone a quarter of an hour.
Tho women then accompany her into tho bridegroom's house, which,
however, they leave soou afterwards. Tho mu-ic is kept up iu front
of the house until latoiu tiro right. It is only the marriages of the
lower daseeslhat are celebrated in this manner.”
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS.
Q
PRANCE.
(From our own Correspondent)
Paris, Thursday.
-The presence of the Queen of Holland is the chief subject of interest
In Paris at this moment.
The Emperor contemplates a variety of excursions this year to
Brittany, Cherbourg, Cb&lons, Plombifcre3, Biarritz, &c.
The state of Marshal Bosquet’s health is not only serious but alarm¬
ing: he last week received a visit from the Archbishop of Paris.
The rfports relative to Prince Napoleon being placed at the
head of Algeria continue,to gain consistence to a greater degree than
ever. On the other hand, it seems there is some doubt as to
whether the Prince would accept such a mission. The ad¬
vanced age and uncertain health of his father, to whom
he is much attached, his fondness for Paris, and the mode of life
he has adopted there, and—it is not said aloud there, but may be
asserted here—a great unwillingness to be sent out of the way,
no matter how brilliant and flattering the prospect, combiue to render
his consenting to such splendid banishment by no meins so certain
as is commonly supposed.
News from the departments states that the secret societies are
making alarming progress in various districts. In Paris an
examination, on political grounds, has been made at the residence
of the wife of a late editor of the Sibcle, daring the absence of the
latte* in London.
Fetes are still the order of the day. The most magniScent have
been those of a Russian merchant, M. Gunzbnrg, whose fortune is
estimated at sixty millions of francs; and of the Marquise do Bnssy,
somewhile Comtcssc Guiccioli, who now thrones it with her senator
Lord in a fine hotel in the Cit6 de Loridres.
Antonio Dclsarte, one of the greatest musicians (we speak of
science, not performance), and among the very firs teachers of vocal
music of the present day, lias organised a concert for a charitable
object, at which some of the chief musical amateurs in Paris—among
others the ITinccsees deChimny and de Czartorvska—are to perform.
Tainberlik is engaged at the Opera for hree years, at the rate of
between two and three thousand francs a night.
The seizure of Proudhon’s book lias been a mere farce. For one
copy that has been seized, hundreds have been circulated, and still are
circulated, with little secrecy or difficulty. The only effect has been to
draw more attention to the book and its author.
A volume of Alphonse Karr, “ Encore lea Femmes,” excites, and
deservedly, ranch interest: it is charmingly written, and full of esprit
and observation. French poetry has sustained a loss—which it could
ill afFord — in the death of Brizeux, author of “ Marie,” “ Les
Bretons,” "Histoires Poetiques,” &c., all works remarkable for a
certain pure and sober grace and beauty rarely to be found in French
poetry.
Hor Majesty tho Queen of Holland arrived in Paris ou Friday
evening (lust week), accompanied by her second son. Tho Prinoo
Napoleon und the Dutch Ambassador prooeeded to Strasbourg to meet
her Majesty. The Emperor in person, with the Princess Mathilda,
awaited her arrival at the Paris station of the Strasbourg Railway.
The Queen is niece to Prince Jerome, the Emperor’s uncle. His
Imperial Highness paid a visit to her Majesty on Saturday morning,
whioh was returned by her in the course of the same day. On Sunday
the Queen and her suite were present at the races on the Bois de
Boulogne. Her Majesty has been subsequently employed in visiting
the usual sights of the capital, before proceeding to Fontainebloau,
where the Court intends, it is said, to sojourn for some time.
The Duke of Montebello left Paris on Tuesday for St. Petersburg
to enter on his functions os Ambassador at that Court.
The new election for the fifth Paris district, rendered necessary by
the incompleteness of that whioh took place on the 26th ult, was com¬
pleted on Monday. The numbers were—M. Picard (Opposition),
10,404; M. Eck (Government), 8982.
After considerable discussion in the Legislative Body, the bill pro¬
hibiting the unwarranted assumption of titles and uniforms was
adopted by a majority of 211 to 23 votes.
In tho debate in the Corps Legislatif, on Saturday last, objections
against the Paris Improvements Bill were urged with considerable
force and spirit by several members. The bill was voted by 180 suf¬
frages against 45, and, tho Session being over, the House then soparatsd
with the customary cries of “ Vive l’Empereur l ”
SPAIN.
On Thursday week the Queen suspended the sittings of the Cortes
by Royal deoreo. Senor Diaz, Minister of the Interior, has given, in
his resignation The Minister of Justice replaces him ad interim. The
Government has dismissed two-and- twenty corregidora.
A despatch from Madrid, dated May 11, states that the departure of
their Majesties for Alicant and Valencia is announacd for the 24th.
There has been nothing yet deoided as to tho reorganisation of the
Cabinet.
Rain lies fallen in several parts of Spain, and has done great good to
the crops. Theoidium has not appeared in the sherry distriots, and a
good yieid of wine is expected.
PRUSSIA.
Letters from Berlin state that the health of theKing continues to
improve. lie is now able to pay visits unaccompanied, and he recently
gave an audience to the municipal authorities of Potsdam. The
Prince of Prussia will take the waters at one of the bathing-places this
season, and it is consequently probable that he will not visit the
Rhenish provinces as announced. The Prince and Princess Frederick
William will leave the capital in June for Eastern Prussia, whore pre¬
parations for their reception have already commenced.
By order of the Superior Evangelical Counoil of Prussia .prayers ware
offered up on Rogation Sunday in all the churohes of the kingdom for
the re-establishment of the King’s health.
The Prussian Cabinet has sent information to that of St. Petersburg
to the effeot that, as the Chambers had voted the necessary credit,
Prussia was ready this year to undertake the construction of the rail¬
way from Konigsberg to tho Russian frontier. Tho line from St.
Petersburg may therefore bo completed in the spring of I860.
AMERICA.
The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says the
Clayton-Bulwor Treaty will bo abrogated. Lord Napier, having re¬
ceived no instructions from tho Derby Administration on tho subject,
will not attempt to open negotiations for the present.
The report of the Conference Committee on Kansas affairs was being
discussed in both Houses of Congress.
The Secretary of the Navy had addressed a communication to the
Secretary of State, requesting him to express to the British Minister
how highly the Department appreciated, the kind offices of her
Majesty's naval officers, specially mentioning their names, in the case
of the frigate Susquehanna.
The contiact between the American Atlantic and Paoific Ship Craal
Company and the State of Nicaragua, giving tho exclusive grant of
the transit route to that company, made on tho 19th of June, 1850,
has teen ratified by the Legislature of Nicaragua, and received the
Presidential signature. A conditional contract between the State of
Nicaragua and the Company had also been ratified by the Legislature
and sanctioned by the Executive on the 20th of January last By the
Cass- Yrissari Treaty the Isthmus is placed under the sole control of
the United States, to keep order and resist invasion. United States’
citizens are invested with very great privileges.
The difficulties with the United States respecting the riots at
Panama two years ago had been settled.
Castello had been appointed President of Salvador.
The report that Now Granada had ratified her treaty with the
United States is contradicted.
News from Mexioo reports that the rebel leader, Gandana, was de¬
feated and slain, with ono hundred of his followers.
A letter from Toronto, dated April 27, states:—“A dinner was
given to Charles Maokay last night at the Rossini House. There was
a large attendance of members of Parliament and others. He loaves
for England to-day vi& Quebec.”
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
The Calcutta mail brings the following information
On tho 8th of April a 6trong force marched for Bareilly.
A hot-weather campaign in Rohilcuud is considered inevitable.
The 13th Regiment, sent to relieve Azimghur, had a sovero fight, in
which twenty-five casualties occurred.
Seaton encountered and beat the rebels on the 7th, taking three guns.
Lucknow is perfectly tranquil: not a single armed man to bo seea.
The 4th Bengal Light Cavalry, 160 strong, has boon brought to a
court-mai tial at Umballuh, sixty sentenced to be hanged, tho re¬
mainder transported for life.
CHINA.
By the Calcutta mail it is reported that all oontinuea quiet. Lori
Elgin has reached Ningpo. Admiral Seymour left Hong-Kong on
the 21st of March, it is believed for Shanghai. General Straubonzeo
had returned to Canton.
Bridge over toe Biiine.—A ccording to the accounts received
from Muntz, the treaty relative to the construction of a fixed bridge over
the B bine was on Friday (last week) signed by the Commissioners of all
the Governments interested in the question.
Turkey and Greece are inclined to submit their dispute
about consular Jurisdiction to the arbitration of the great Powers. The
Greek Chambers had voted 200,000 drachmas (£40,000) for the increase of
the nayy.
Naples.—I t is reported that the compensation demanded for
the engineers Watt and Park amounts to £i000, and that the King is dis-
t esed to treat; and it is considered probable may order the release of the
ardinian steamer.
Isaac's Church, Ft. Petersburg, lias just been completed,
after tliirty-two years’ labour. The construction of this building has cost
immense sums, as large quantities of gold, marble, malachite, and jasper
have been employed in it The frescoes are from the pencils of Bruui,
Neil*, Baas'll, and Steuben. The inauguration of this church will take
place very alurtly. and on the occasion 000 singers will assist in the
service. The church can conveniently accommodate C000 persons.
The New Fouto Wales Elections are concluded, but, owing
to the large infusion of fresh members, it is difficult to say what the
position of the Ministry may be.
loss or a Steamer and Twenty-nine Persons.—O n Satur¬
day a communication was received at Lloyd’s, from the British Consul at
Jaffa, describing the total loss of the Egyptian steamer the Suez on the
rocks near that place, twenty-nine persons (including the captain, a
Frenchman, three English engineers, a fireman, and the secretary of tUc
company to which the vessel belonged, also Englishmen) being drowned.
Three Englishmen and a number of Arabs and Turks were with difficulty
saved, but all were nearly naked ancl in a dreadful state of exhaustion.
The English subjects were taken under the protection of the Consul. The
survivors stated the names of the lost engineers to be John Shaw, Henry
Lutey, and Charles Richardson; and William Murphy, the fireman. The
secretary of the company was called “ Whatley.”
The Steamer “ Candace,” from Africa to Plymouth, sank
on the 4th of May. after being in contact with the ship Ida Elizab e th,
bound from Cardiff to Batavia The captain, several of the passengers,
and four seamen of the Candace, were drowned. The remainder ot tne
crew and passengers, numbering about fifty, are on board tne jug
Elizabeth.
Mat 15, 1858.}
THE ILLTJSTKATED LONDON NEWS
470
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
A ro.iTJCAi. crisis, with its dramatic elements, is the topic of the
day, snd folks are in donbt whether the play is to be a compact three-
act picdnction, with the crash of a Ministry as its “affecting
Oncvement,” or whether it is to be span oat, like poor Nathaniel
lee’s Bedlam tragedy, into nineteen acts, with some odd scenes beside.
The Marcus Curtins conp by which the chivalrous Ellenboroagh has
sought to save his friends bad been the most startling “ situation ’’
of the ploy so far as it has gone, and we recollect nothing so sudden
and appalling since, in one of the Lyceum burlesques, Wigan, as a
King at supper, made a haughty speech, and instantly went head over
beds down a revolving trap, an empty chair coming up in his place.
How far this gallant effort may succeed it is not easy to say in the
present conflict of parties. If it be true, as it is affirmed, that Lords
Palmerston and Bussell are again sworn friends, their friendship con¬
solidated over the altar of ambition, no individual act of self-immola¬
tion, not 6uch a deed as that of Arnold of Winkelried, will have any
weight just now. But the action of the drama must proceed, and
Shaftesbury and Cardwell have their cues to “go on.” The end may
be nearer than some folks think. Whether Lord Stanley will think it
worth while to take Lord Ellenborough’s vacated seat, and Sir
Bulwer Lytton, distrustful of Hertfordshire, will take office as a Peer,
is not settled while we write. Neither event, we take it, will eiactly
shake the universe or thin the attendance at Epsom on Wednesday.
The handsome bride of the young King of Portugal has taken
a rapid view of such entertainments as our hospitable Sovereign could
offer. The sight of five thousand children at the Crystal Palace, an
opera, the Royal Academy, a ball, including a dance with the Duke
de Malakoff, have been among the amusements of which the young
bride will have to tell her lord on her arrival. It is a homely phrase
to use, but it is an admitted fact, that when Queen Victoria has a
visitor her Majesty invariably manages admirably for his or her delec¬
tation, and if the Btrangcr does not enjoy England it is that stranger's
own fault.
Our veteran Ambassador, Lord Stratford de Itedcliffe, so long the
Viceroy over Snltans, has at last retired from service. It was thought
that his Lordship, who has all his eyes about him, would have some¬
how found himself prevented from completing his abdication until
certain political changes had taken place, and then perhaps the new
men might not have been willing to part with so valuable a col.
laborateor. But it is done. The reign of that Canning is over,
and Sir Henry Bulwer, the novelist's brother, reigns instead. Lord
Stratford has been at work in Turkey since 1809, and his merits
and services can hardly be ; overrated; but he is a special kind of man,
whose determined shrewdness and pugnacity will not be easily found
again. Henceforth our Ambassador will have to represent his Sove¬
reign instead of acting as a sort of amicus curia to the Sultan.
Paris has again manifested its discontent with things as they arc by
electing, by a large majority, M. Ernest Picard, an Opposition candi¬
date. defeating M. Eck, the Government nominee, in spite of every
advantage which the latter could derive from his favoured position.
Our week at home has been marked by a fearful railway accident
near Nuneaton. A cow had strayed upon the line—whether through
the negligence of eomebody who forgot to “ keep thiB gate shut, or
otherwise, docs not dearly appear, and a train came upon the animal,
carriages were throivn from the metals, and lives liavo been sacrificed.
Blame cannot be attributed to the guard or driver, who acted to the
best of their discretion, though, had they abstained from using the
break and shutting off the steam, they might perhaps have crushed
the obstacle without accident. At least, a gentleman win is one of
the very first of our sricntific men was in a somewhat similar difficulty
when acting os a railway driver, only that in his case the doable
obstnde was the large gates which are used where the line crosses a
road. These be found across the line, not having been swung back t
as they ought to have been. Instead of slackening, he instantly
put on the full force of his engine, and dashed through both gates
as Miss Emily Cooke dashes through a couple of “balloons ’’—and as
safely. But we have no right to expect a stroke of genius from every
driver who may be in a difficulty.
The Divorce Courts are in full play, and Lord Campbell is quite
delighted to find how very useful they are, and'how rapidly aggrieved
couples are learning to apply for their aid. About a dozen links winch
have been found to gall have been snapped by the new tribunals;
and it is satisfactory to see that, in lieu of the abominable action for
damages, the sentence of the Court occasionally falls heavily upon the
seducer, who is condemned to pay the expenses. A measure for still
further improving the Act has been introduced into the House of
Lords, and its effect will be to give more protection to females of the
humbler classes when they have accumulated a little property.
Mr. Layord has returned to England, and has lost no time in im¬
parling to the public the fruits of his Indian investigations. It will
be seen by those who read the address he delivered at St. James’s
Hall that he takes an entirely one sided view of the case between
England and India, and sees the former ns invariably and completely
in the wrong in all our relations with the latter, and, indeed, he allows
us no merit at all, unless it be that of personal valour. It is, of course,
the right of every Englishman to think and speak as he pleases on
every subject, but we doubt whether Mr. Laynrd’s unqualified sen¬
tence will find acceptation. Of the evidence wliich he his collected-
in all good faith, we may also form our own estimate, bearing in rnrnd
that an Oriental, with the smallest object to gain, will hesitate at no
falsehood and no asseveration, and that the only shamo he feels in
connection with a lie is when the lie has not been Large enough or
adroit enough to succeed. Mr. Layard laid some stress upon Ins not
having been able to procure any direct evidence of the mutilations re.
ported to have been committed by the sepoys ; but a Parliamentary
paper, wliich may now be procured by all who would sup full on
horrors,” disposes of all the attempts to mend the ease of the savages,
or to impugn the stern justice which has been dealt out to them by
our representatives in India.
The Jew question has advanced to a curious point. The Lords
reject the clause that would admit the Jew to Parliament. Tho
Commons disagree with that amendment, and appoint a Committee to
expound their reasons to tho Lords. On this Committee, and after a
struggle and division, they put Baron Rothschild himself. And Sir
Richard Bcthcll declares himself to he in possession of a Lord taming
secret, which he will impart, A fa Rarey, at the fitting time.
The Library at Chatham Barracks has been opened once
cverv week for lectures to tlie troops quartered in that garrison, the whole
of whom have been inv ited to attend. A large number were present at the
feemre delivered on Wednesday. The commanding officers of the several
battalions take great interest in the movement.
Royai. C’oi lege of Soroeons, Dublin.—A tea and coflee
service has been presented to Dr. Mapothcr, and a salver, bearing the
<v.u—:— :„ee.mtion • Presented to Edward DlKon Mapother, M.D.«
THE COURT.
7 he arrival of the affianced Queen o r Portugal, accompanied by
her lather, the Prince of Hohenzollern, and her brother. Prince Leopold
of Hohuizollern, on a' visit to her Majesty and the Prince Consort, w.xs
bill fly announced in our last impression. The young Queen remained the
f ui 3 8t of her Majesty until Tuesday ; and, after feeing all that could well
e accomplished in so short a period, sailed from Plymouth ou Wednesday
at dajbreak cn route for the country of her adoption.
Ihe Queen held a Court yesterday se’nnight, at which the Duke of
Devonshire was sworn into office as Lord Lieutenant of the county of
Derby, and the Earl of Dalkeith as Lord Lieutenant of the county or
Dumfries. The Marquis of Bath had an audience, and received the
Queen's commands to proceed to Lisbon as the representative of her
Majesty at the marriage of the Queen of Portugal. The Hon. llenry
Howard, her Mnjesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten¬
tiary at Florence, was presented to her Majesty to take leave; and the
Right Hon. Sir Henry Bulwer, G C.B., had an audience on his return
from the Principalities. At the Court Mr. Henry Watson Parker, late
Prli cipal Secretary of New South Wales, received the honour of knight¬
hood ; and a proclamation was issued for the election of a Scotch Peer in
the room of the late Earl of Morton, to take place on the 3rd of June.
On the same day her Majesty gave a dinner party, the guests being in¬
vited to meet the Queen of Portugal.
On Saturday the Queen and Prince Consort accompanied the Queen of
Portugal to the Crystal Pit lace, and afterward? to the Houses of Parlia¬
ment In the evening the Court went in semi-state to visit Her Majesty’s
Theatre.
On Sunday the Queen and Prince Consort, Prince Alfred, the Princess
Alice and Helena, the Duchess of Kent, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of
the Court, nttended Divine service in the Chapel of the Palace, The
Bishop of Carlisle preached the sermon. The Queen of Portugal, the
Prince of Hohcnzollcru, and Trincc Leopold of llohenzoUern. went to
the re?idencc of the Portuguese Legation, in Gloucester-place, to attend
mass.
On Monday the Queen gave a State bull at Buckingham Palace.
On Tuesday the Queen of Portugal took leave of lier Majesty, and pro¬
ceeded fTcin London, via the Great Western Railway, to Plymouth,en
route for Lisbon. After her Mnje®ty’s departure the Queen held a Court,
at which the Right Hon. 8»r Henry Bulwer. G.C.B . had an audience, and
kissed hands on being appointed her Majesty’s Ambassador at Constan¬
tinople. Mr. Buchanan, ner Majesty’s Euvoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to the Queen of Spain, was also presented at an audience
by the Earl of Malmesbury, and took leave of the Queen on his departure
for Madrid. In the evening the Queen and Prince Consort honoured the
performance at Her Majesty's Theatre with their presence.
On Wednesday the Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by tho
Princess Alice, went to the Royal Botanical Gardens, Regcat's-park. The
Prince Consort, attended by his Equerry, afterwards inspected the model
lodging-house near the Strand, opposite Somerset House.
On Thursday the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen. Her a Majesty
afterwards took a drive in an open carriage with the Princess Alice.
To-day (Saturday), the Queen's birthday, will be celebrated by a
Drawingroom at St James’s Palace.
THE STATE BALL.
The Queen gave a State ball on Monday evening, to which a P*rty cf
about 1P00 were invited. The ball and concert room, approoeh-galicry.
State dinner-room, yellow drawing-room, saloon, white drawing-room,
§ icture-gallery, and promenade-gallery, were opened for this reception.
cveral of the suite were tastefully decorated with rare and beautiful
flowering shrubs and plants, and the whole of the saloons were brilliantly
illuminated by a profusion of wax lights in crystal lustres and by chande¬
liers.
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, snd the Duke of
Cambridge* arrived nbout half-past nine o’clock. The Princess Anna of
Saxc-Weimar was also present.
The Queen and Prince Consort were conducted by the Lord Chamber-
lain from the white drawing-room to the ball and concert room. Her
Majesty was accompanied by the Queen of Portugal, the Dsehess of Cam¬
bridge. the Princess Mary, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince.* s Anna of
Saxe-Weimnr, the Prince of HohenzoUeru, ana Prince Leopold of
Holienzollern. , ,, _., . _
The Queen wore a dress of white silk with several skirts of blue tulle
trimmed with wreaths of lilies of the valley and narcissus, ornamented
with diamonds. Her Majesty s head-dress was formed of lilies of the
valley and narcissus ornamented with Jhrnond3 to correspond. The
Queen of Portugal wore a dress of white tulle over white silk, trimmed
with wreaths ot red roses and preen leaves. Her Majesty wore round her
head a garland of roses, with diamond ornaments. Her Most Faithful
Majesty wore the Portuguese Order of St Isabella, and also the insignia
of a Fecond order of knighthood. The Duchess of Cambridge wore a dress
of rich lilac silk, double skirted with sevcrul flounces of Honiton Uce, and
trimmed with bouillons; the stomacher was of pearls and diamonds.
Her Royal Highness won) a diamond necklace, and the head-dress was
composed of a tiara of large pearls and diamonds, with white feathers.
The Princess Mary wore a dress of white tulle over white silk trimmed
with bouffants, white satin ribbon, and blonde, and richly ornamented
with lilies of the valley ; the stomacher of diamonds and emeralds. The
hesd-dresB of the Princess was formed of diamond stars, lilies of the valley,
and diamond ornaments. , , ^ „ .
The quadrille band stationed in the orchestra of the ball and concert
room played the National Anthem on the entrance of the Queen and
Koval party, who were followed by the assembled company.
The oall was opened with a quadrille, in which the Queen danced with
the Prince of Hohenzollern. . , .
Ihe ball-room during the evening was a scene of very great splendour,
not only from its magnificent proportions, but from the great number of
guests Lu full costume, and the dazzling variety of colour and richness of
texture which so peculiarly mark the present fashion.
ppreciation oi nis uiimw? -- °• ..
7 he Volga broke np its ice on the 30 th of March, O.H. ( April
11 , N.S.), and the shipping from Astraem, on the Coepitn, is now free.
Her Poval Highness the Duchess of Kent went to the White
Ledge, in'Richmond Pork, on Wednesday, and visited the Prince of
Wales.
7 heir Koval Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge nnd the
Princess Mary honoured the Marquis of Lanedowne with their company
at dinner at Lansdowne House on Wednesday evening.
7 be Duke and Duchess of Hamilton arrived in town on Monday
night from the Continent in time to take leave of their august nice* the
Queen of Portugal. Her Majesty is daughter of the Duchess of Hamilton s
sister, the Princess or Hohenzollern.
7heFarl and Countess of Derby were honoured by the company
ol hfa Excellency the Duke of Malakoff, at dinner, on Wednesday evening,
at their mansion in St James’s-square.
A marriflge is arranged to take place between Earl Spencer
and Miss Charlotte Frances Frederica Seymour, third daughter of
Lady Augusta Seymour and the late Mr. F. C. W. Seymour, and grand¬
daughter of the Marquis of Bristol.
7 be Speaker of the House of Commons gave his thirteenth Par¬
liamentary full-dress dinner on Wednesday evening.
PrEFEB MEETS AND AirOlXTMEXTS IS THE CHURCH.—The
Rev. M. King. RectorofMooreCritchell. Dorset tube Prebend of Major P,mj
Altaris in Salisbury CathedraL Rectories: The Key. T. B. Bartlett to St
Paiicrss, IIousdon.'Levon; Rev. C. B. Rickneli to Stourloo Wilts; Rev.
II. J Blackhorac to W«nmnoton, Cheshire; Kov B Bonr-hicr to Font-
bill Bishop. Wilts; Rev. TjS. Brown Ker.ll Chiy-
of Swinhrook.Oxon; Kev.
o Biscathorpe,
'icarages: Rev.
jr Rrijfiett to Walcott Lincolnshire; Rev. D. iSickson to Sundon, Bed¬
fordshire: Rev. Tl&uglns to West Markham wi»h Bevercoatcs.No-.ts;
Kcv T Field to Madingh y, Cambridgeshire; Rev. J. C. Hague to Holhrm,
York* hire- Rev IL Jonnfmt to ChiiV Kent ; Rev. II. S. White to run-
stead with South Button. Norfolk. Incumbencies: Rev. J. Baird to Weld
Chapd, Southgate. Middlesex; Rev. J. D. Claxton to St. Philip s ChmjjJj*
Kensington; Rev. E Twells to St John s (New Church), Hammersmith.
P^ltSalCurndn: The Rev C Camps to St. Mark's, Peterborough;
.. 1 rt i# to n.mataii KfnfTnrd: Rrv R. Morov to Snitterby,
Bow'es to Billon, near York: Kcv. U. C Brewster to Bulwell, Notts
Rev. H Davis to Bioxvrortb and Winterbourne Thompson: Bcv. J. IL
A Gibson to Widley with Wymtring. Hanto; Rev. «■ B. Hastings to
I vilfortl Magna with I.ndtord i’arv i. Lincoln; Rev J. llcuth to Klp-
nip'safr Lincolnshire; Rex. W Hildebrand to Shcllord Notts: Rev. k
*1 I:n to St M-eliati's, with the Blind Asylum. Bristol: Rev. J. E.
A. Inge to KirtonTLinroliishlre; Rev. W. 11C. Luke to East Retford.
of the Cheltenham Un%n: Rev. W. Carlclon to be Chaplain to Lord
Dorchester ■ iitrJ.W Holism to he General Preacher in the diocese of
ltanAin - Rev .7 K Harrison to Barnsbury Park District Church Lon¬
don? Kiv. A. Irwin to be Precentor of the Cathedral Church of Armagh.
The slcnro-shin Lord Aehhy will fail from Milford Haven on
the soth Histmit lor Auckland, New Zealand, direct, with emigrants, and
carry ship letters.
TOWN AND TABLE TALK ON LITERATURE, ART, Ac.
Mb. Muffs has just rendered literature a service—a farther
service—for, except when he runs hip and thigh into the
never-erring wisdom of the Literary Fund, when does not Mr.
Miines work well for literature ? Who does not love the poet
Keats? Who does not love his “Hyperion”? Rjth poet and
author smack too much of Lenipri're and the recently-imported
Elgin marbles ; but Keats was a true poet, aud “ Hyperion ”
is truly a poem. Mr. Milnes’s most recent service relates to Keats
snd “ Hyperion.” It appears that, when Mr. Miines was collecting
materials for his life of the poet, killed by Croker of the Quarterly.
Mr. Brown, the friend and protector of John Keats (for so Mr. Miines
calls him), put into his bauds the oflginal sketch out of which the
printed poem of “ Hyperion" was composed. So at least thinks the
poet of Pomfrct; but, like Foinfret tho poet, he too has a “choice,” and
Mr. Miines is evidently inclined to tliink that his now first-printed
Tendon of “ Hyperion ” is a second version or a reconstruction of the
whole. “ I liave no external evidence,” Mr. Miines writes, “to decide
this question; hut it seems to me that in either ease the fragment I print
well deserves preservation. If it is (wc are still quoting Mr. Miines) the
first composition out of which a portionof the printed poem was selected,
it is most remarkable, as showing the affluence and self-command of
the gtnius that could afford to lay by passages of so much originality
and splendour as on this supposition have here been cancelled. If, on
the other hand, it is the beginning of a new version of the whole
poem, we may equally admire the imagination which was not content
with what had been already accomplished, and, not satisfied with
completing the work as it stood, desired to improve its scope and en¬
large its proportions,”
Another contribution, and of moment to English literature, has
just been made by Sir John Simeon. Donne is alike great as a poet
and as a divine, and Izaak Walton wrote Donne’s life. The Simeon
contribution to our literature consists in the printing (unfortunately
not the publishing) of some twenty or thirty poems by Donne un¬
known to Messrs. Collier, Dyce, and Singer, and therefore, depend
upon it, altogether new to English literature. These poems are par¬
ticularly important, as they show that Donne had an car for poetry
oftener than has been suspected. Nay, more, they show, and for the
first time, that Donne had some influence upon Waller. As curiously
do they show that Donne was everlastingly fond of epigram-hunting.
Here is a new bit of Donne.—
Smug, the smith, for ale and spice
Sold sill his tools,—but kept bis vice.
Here is another, smacking a little of Mat Prior:—
One calls me friend, yet urges me to pay
A debt I borrow d—not upon a day.
But upon terms of love Aui I his friend ?
1 may then owe as freely—as he lend.
Yes there are some bits and nuggets in this Simeon recovery.
The great Lord Peterborough (an earlier Sir Charles Napier as lie
lias been called) was seen, on more than one occasion and in publie
places, to carry cabbages under bis arm (choice summer cabbages),
and. though Mordannt wore the ribbon of the Garter (blue art against
green nature), he looked (for he was a great gardener) as pleased,
we are told, with his Covent-gatden triumph as he did when ho re¬
ceived his well-deserved honours from Marlborough and from Pope.
An anecdote we have just been told adds an additional feature to
the parallel portraiture of Peterborough and Napier. Peterborough
read wild romances and wrote ingenious love verses. Napier, it now
appears, has left a novel behind him, a soldier’s love story, and Mr.
Routledge, the Peterborough of publishers, is to publish Napier’s
novel.
Government has determined, wisely or unwisely, in not purchasing
the Soulages Collection ; consequently the collection is still in the
hands of the committee of the Art-Treasures Exhibition ot Manchester.
It is not very long since the curious incident occurred of a portrait,
sold in a private collection, which had long been catalogued as a
« King of Denmark,” being discovered to be on engraved portrait of
James II. of England. Within these few days another discovery in
portrait-lore has been made wliich will excite no little surprise, and
seme regret perhaps, amongst cognoscenti. At Holland House, as
wc III know, is a portrait long supposed to be that of Addison, which
has been prized as one of the gems of the art-collection of tho noble
owner. So liigbly was it esteemed in this light that when some
years ago Mr. Leslie was employed by the late Lord Uolland to paint
the library of Holland House, introducing portraits of his Lordship and
of Lady Holland, the Addison picture was also included, occapying a
prominent position in the foreground. And further, so excellent a
likeness was this portrait considered that when, under the auspices of
the late Lord Holland, an agitation was got np which resulted in the
production of a statue of Addison for Westminster Abbey, the Holland-
Houso portrait was adopted by Sir R. Westmacott as the authority for
his work. Now it happens that this portrait turns out to be no portrait
of Addison at all. On a visit recently made to Holland House by Mr.
Fountain, of Nnrford, liimself a distinguished collector, he identified
the picture as a counterpart of a portrait of his ancestor, Sir Andrew
Fountain, which had long been in possession of the family. In addition
to a portrait, of which the Holland-House portrait is probably a copy,
Mr. Fountain possesses a miniature repetition of the same original by
Zinckc, end a foil-length of Sir Andrew, in his robes, as Lord Cham¬
berlain to Caroline, Queen Consort of George IL, and in all these works
the likeness is strikingly identical. How the lIolland-Honse portrait
became mistaken for one of Addison it would be difficult to explain;
but this circumstance may assist in accounting for its being at Holland
House at nil—Addison and Sir Andrew Fountain were intimate friends,
and both friends cf Sir Stephen Fox, the founder of the Holland
family. Touching the merit of the supposed portrait itself, it is rather
singular that Lord Macaulay, in his Essay on Addison, speaks of it in
terms of qualified praise (almost suggesting misgiving, though at the
time none could have beeu entertained), which, after the discovery
just mude, have a remarkable significance. After looking at tie
picture, he writes:—“The features are pleasing: tlie complexion is
remarkably fair; but in the expression wc trace rather the gentleness
of his disposition than the force and keenness of his intellect. Now
that the mistake hns come to light, it in t* 11 -' ‘ ntCTe *- 01 ftrt lin “
literature that it should be made generally known, in order to prevent
any further resort by artists or publishers to a mythical portraiture
of the great tsrsjisti ——
rosTi-OKiJUNT OF urE Hop Dctt.—T he Chancellor of the
FxrN. uir lias written to Lord Pcvensey to state the arrangement which
ikVri!I2»™tin Bhmarrd to sanction with a view or mitigating the
the GG\tii.n tni r hi p-Browuic Interest would, at thli in ) neat.
t”‘ C ( ulll' iid e by . rigid ob^v.S W of ri,e excise regulation, Die drrt
molrtv of the duty UJOO.ocw on last year s growth tails due on the i<th
S® .7, ,nd the second moiety on the lfctli NorcmVe. V\ ithregordto
the first efthete intUlments. lie is wiMing to propose that. I f a nwiety
of the duty be p»ld on the 16 th of May, ihe payment oT tlie remainder
and the remainder on the 1 -
\«rumenL he says, can do no more than this for the hop-grower*.
480
[Mat 15, 1858
T HE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
uw mnvAti
:.vjw4^svj
ill'g
ARABS EXCAVATING AT THE RUINS OF
CARTHAGE.
The excavations of Carthage are being carried on by the Rev. N.
Davis for the directors of the British Museum. It is not generally
known that permission to dig was granted entirely through the in¬
fluence which Mr. Davis lias with the Bey of Tunis, and perhaps few
men beside Mr. Davis would have been able to overcome the religious
and political difficulties which threatened to bar any attempt at the
work of excavation. The works are viewed with great jealousy by the
Bey. Not long since, hearing that a mosaic pavement of great value
ARABS EXCAVATING AT THE RUINS OF CARTHAGE.
had been discovered, be rode to the spot in the absence of Mr. Davis,
claimed the ground (and of course the mosaic) as his, and commanded
the Arabs not to work there any more. The men came to Mr. Davis
in a groat fright, and told him what had occurred. There was no time
to be lost, and Mr. Davis at once rode to the Palace, and, after con¬
siderable opposition and delay, eucceeded in obtaining a written con¬
tradiction of the Bey’s order. This little circumstance had a beneficial
effect in obtaining Arabs to do the work, they thinking that Mr. Davis
must have indeed great influence with the Bey to make him alter his
word.
The Arabs are most difficult to manage. Sometimes in the middle
of the day they will strike work and go away altogether. Our Sketch
represents one party excavating a chamber, and, just at the time this
sketch was being made, the base of the column on the right-hand side
was being cleared away.
The Arabs are a thoroughly lazy set of fellows. They will not use
spades or barrows, but use a kind of hoe and baskets. Three or four
pounds of soil is considered a load, which they hand from one to the other.
Two English navigators would do the work of eight or ten of tlieso
lazy Mahometans. Every basketful of soil brings to light portions
of crockery, glass, and broken fragments of marbles. In fact, the
sur'ace of the ground on which stood Carthago is covered with antique
GENERAL YUSUF’S HOUSE, AT MUSTAPHA, NEAR ALGIERS.
FOUNTAIN IN THE WALL OF THE ADMIRALTY, ALGIERS.
Mat 15, 1858. |
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
481
GENERAL YUSUF’S HOUSE
AT MUSTAPHA, NEAR
ALGIERS.
Thirty miles from Algiers (Bays
our Correspondent), where the
Atlas rises from the plain of the
Metidja, stands Blidah, of old em¬
bosomed in orange and lemon
groves, of which a portion have
survived the ravages of that fero¬
cious war which destroyed the re¬
mainder. Here the dashing and
pood looking Yusuf is the Generul
in command, whose brilliant but
irregulur rise excited the bile of
every Gallic lover of red tape and
slave and worshipper of that Jug¬
gernaut, " routine,” who envy the
success and covet the prizes his valour has won.
General Yusuf has a country house at Mustapha, near Algiers, which
formerly belonged to a Moor of rank. Tho court is covored in with
a glass roof, and the View we give is that looking from this court
through the entrance to the principal apartments, which are rich in
porcelain tiles and carved wood. The court is paved with marble, and
the columns are painted blue, red, and yellow, in most vivid tints.
The hillside of Mustapha was formerly the property of the Dey of
that name, whose palace there is now the Bummer residence of the
Governor-General, Marshal Haudon.
GREAT FUNGUS
DONCASTER.
GREAT FUNGUS IN A TUNNEL.
Under the name of Fungi botanists comprehend not only the various
races of mushrooms, toadstools, and similar productions, but a large
number of microscopic plants forming the appearances called mouldi •
ness, mildew, smut, rust, dry rot, &c.
Nothing can well be more different than tho extremes of development
of fungi, if the highest and the lowest forms are contrasted—as, for
example, the large fleshy Boleti which inhabit the trunks of trees, and
the microscopic mould-plants composed of threads too delicate to be
distinguished by the naked eye.
Viewed with reference to their whole extent, the plants of this order
may bo described as cellular or filamentous bodies, having a con-
coni rio mode of development, often when full-grown almost amor-
ihous, and. unlike other plaints, absorbing oxygen and exhaling cor-
>nic acid gas.
Fungi are among the most numerous of all plants in regard to
genera and species—so abundant, indeed, that no one has as yet
attempted to form an estimate of their numbers. Friers somewhere
FETE IN TOTTENHAM
PARK.
On Wednesday woek the Marquis
of Ailesbury entertained with
princely hospitality, at Tottenham
Park, his numerous tenantry and
the officers and privates of tho
Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Ca¬
valry, of which regiment tho noble
Marquis is Colonel. This fine
body of yeomanry cavalry as¬
sembled in Marlborough for eight
days’ duty on Thursday, the 29th
ult. The regiment oonsists of ten
troops, which contain about four
hundred men.
On Friday the various troops,
with their officers, mustered in
different parts of the town, and
proceeded thence to the common, adjacent to the town, whore
they went through tho usual exercises. On Saturday the Colonel
(the Marquis of Ailesbury), having ordered the men into close columns,
complimented them on their appearance, as also on the way they
had performed tho various evolutions, and invited the whole body
to attend at Tottenham Park on Wednesday, at five o’clock, with their
ladies. On Sunday morning the whole of the regiment attended Divine
_nu_... ..K.* Oia Imml mnri'Vml (n Sf
phi
boi
ment underwent upwards of a --
evening many of the neighbouring gentry and clergy, with the Mayor
of Mariborough, wore invited to mess with the officers.at tho Ailesbury
Arms. A fine buck was supplied by the Marquis of Ailesbury. A vocal
and instrumental concert was riven at the Assembly Rooms by Mr.
House and the hand, assisted by the members of the Royal Wilts Cavalry.
pottery, broken fragments of Greek
and Roman inscriptions, and now
and then a Punio one turns up.
Roman weights are constantly
found, and the little square marbles
once forming mosaics are to be seen
in every direction. But scarcely
anything has been found unmuti-
lated, so thoroughly have the words
of the Roman been fulfilled—
Carthage must be destroyed.
The Sketch of “ A Moorish Bath
at Tunis ” engraved in this Jour¬
nal, April 24th last, erroneously
ascribed to Mr. Jefferis, was drawn,
as well as the Sketch in the pre¬
sent Number of the "Arabs Ex¬
cavating at the Ruins of Carthage,”
by Mr. Arthur Hall.
FOUNTAIN IN THE WALL
OP THE
ADMIRALTY, ALGIERS.
Taking a step from Tunis to its
neighbour State, or rather colony,
and again dipping in to the “Sketch¬
book of a Recent Tourist in Al¬
geria,” we select the two accom¬
panying Drawings, with the fol¬
lowing brief descriptive details.
The Fountain is thus described by
our Artist Correspondent:—" From
the Gate de la Marine we descend
a flight of steps to tho port, whero
is the house of tho I^rench Ad¬
miral, forme ly that of the Moorish
Minister of Marine. It has a domo
over ahandsomesaloon, surrounded
with columns, and, outside, pro¬
jecting balconies and pavilions.
In the wall is a curious old foun¬
tain, with an inscription carved in
marble, surrounded with bright
tiles occupying the upper part of
the archway, the lower part being
filled with bas-reliefs of flowers,
vases, <fcc.”
assert* that he had discovered
above 2000 within the compass of
a square furlong in Sweden. Even
the European species of micro¬
scopic fungi are but little known;
and as for those which inhabit
the tropica, our knowledge of them
amounts to little or nothing.
They usually prefer damp, dark,
unvenlilated places, such as cellars,
vaults, the parts beneath decaying
bark, the hollows of trees, the
denser parts of woods and fori sis,
or any decaying matter jlaced in
a damp and shaded situation.
The systematic arrangement of
these plants hus long exercised the
ingenuity of botanists, who have
contrived various schemes of clas¬
sifying them according to what are
balieved to be their natural rela
tions. Into the details of these
arrangements, however, we cannot
enter.
Mr. Henry Tilbury, of Doncas¬
ter, to whom we are indebted for
the accompanying Sketch, sends us
the following particulars relating
to it:—“The fungus hus been
growing for twelve months, and
is still growing. It now measures
fifteen feet in diameter. It is of
the most beautiful lacework de¬
scription. It grows from a piece
of timber in the roof of a tunnel,
and branches off in every direc-
tion. till it forms an elegant border
ot rich white fringe, spangled all
over in a most beautiful manner
with water drops. It is considered
a choice object of the fungi class.
Its name is yet a matter of doubt.
By some it is called ‘Jove’s beard,’
but the Linnean Society will no
doubt soon settle thiB point. The
tunnel in which it grows is up¬
wards of 800 feet in length, and is
cut in the red sandstone rock forty-
six feet below the surface.”
THE M.VISJCI8 OF AILESBURY 9 FETE IS TOTTENHAM PARK.
482
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[May 15, 1858
The inspection of this fine regiment took place on Wednesday (last
week), ana was followed by a mognificontfdt© in Tottenham Park. The
xevitw commenced shortly after one o’clock, on the common close to
the town of Marlborough, and attracted an immense conoourse of spec¬
tators, including some of the first families in the county. The regi¬
ment went through several complicated manoeuvres with £reat preci¬
sion; and the inspecting officer. Colonel Parker (of the Life Quirds),
expressed in a regimental order a very high opinion of the efficiency of
the corps. _ . .
As soon as the review was over, a general move was made towards
Tottenham Park, which soon afterwards became a scone of brilliant
festivity. Tottenham Park and Savemake Forest together compose
perhaps one of the most magnificent breadths of sylvan scenery in
England. The principal approach to the house from Marlborough is
through an almost unbroken avenue of throe or four miles in extent,
forming a vista through *' the forest ” whioh gives one the idea of the
long-drawn aisle und pointed arche3 of a cathedral; the lofty trunks
of tho giant trees, interlaced at their summits with graceful fdhage.
represent an almost interminable line of Gothio architecture, with all
its truoery and fretwork. Directly in front of the house, on the oast
side, an immense tent, upwards of 300 feet long by 40 feet wide,
was pitched (under tho superintendence of Mr. Cozens, of Devizes) ;
and here, beneath a canopy of flags whioh lined the roof from end
to end—ia tho midst of his regiment, and surrounded by tho whole
of his tenantry, with their wives and daughters and sweethearts—
tat the noble Marquis of Ailesbury, like a Baron of ancient days,
and encircled by a brilliant retinue of knights and! sruires, and
lovely dames. On his right and left sat the Viscountess Do Vosoi, Mrs.
Sidney Herbert, and the Hon. Mis3 Vesey; and immediately around
him were the Viscount De Vesci, Colonel Parker (of the Life Guards),
Lord Charles Bruce (of the Life Guards), and Lieut. Bruce (of tho same
distinguished regiment), with a host of the officers of the Royal Wilt¬
shire Yeomanry, including Lord Shelburne, Lord Suffolk, the Right
Hon. Sidney Herbert, Lord Nelson, Lord Edward Thynne, Lord
Henry Thynno, Sir Frederick Bathurst, &o.; besides the Hon. Eustace
Vesey, Lieut Delafcsse (of Cownpore celebrity), Major Wiles, Captain
Meredith; J. Bradford. Esq.; T. B. Merriman. Esq.; J. Iveson, Esq.;
the Rev. T. L Kingsbury, tho Rev. F. H. Buckerfield, the Rev. 1. G.
P. Attwood, the Rev. W. C. Lukis, and a great number of gentlemen,
nearly all of whom were accompanied by ladies, and who, together,
formed a brilliant company of upwards of one thousand. The banquet
comprised almost every delicacy which the appetite could desire, with
choice wines in abundance. . . _ , , .,
As soon 88 d inn er was over the Marquis of AuesDury rose and said:
“It was their good fortune to have among them a great number
of ladies; and, as tho time whioh would intervene previous to dancing
would no doubt be more pleasantly occupied by walking about the
grounds than by sitting in the tent, he would not detain them by
proposing a number of toa3ts. But it would not be right that so large
a number should separate without drinking to the health of her
Majesty, and he would therefore propose the Queen’s health, with
tbieo hearty cheers." The toaet met with a ready response. No sooner
had it been"drunk than Mr. Galo, of Burbage, proposed the health of
tho noble Marquie, whioh waa enthusiastically received. Hu Lord¬
ship, in a feeling and excellent address, acknowledged the compliment
The oompany here rose and left the tent to wander about the beautiful
grounds and gardens, until it should bo sufficiently dark for the pyro¬
technist, Mr. Mottram, to exhibit his skill. After tho fireworks
dancing commenced in the orangery, the exterior of whioh, as well as
of the conservatory—and indeed the whole of tho south side of the
heuse—was fancifully illuminated with Chinese lanterns, the trees and
shrubs around being also deoorated with coloured lamps, Tho
glass doors of tho orangery had been taken out, und th9 terrace thrown
in and covered over, in order to givo as much room as possible for the
ball; end by this admirable arrangement sufficient space waa afforded
to accommodate SOU persons. Four large candelabra, oaoh containing
seventy wbx lights, shed their lustre over the room; and, to the
Btraine of nn admirable quadrille baad from London, the danc9 com¬
menced in right good earnest shortly before ton o’clock, the Marquis
of Ailesbury leading off with Mrs. Sidney Herbert. Tho Marchioness
of Ailesbury was present for a short time during the evening; and
nearly all the other members of the nobility, and tho ladies wh» wore
at dinner, remained in the room, and took part in the danoe, until a
late hour. Belreshments in abundance were laid out upon tahlesin tho
conservatory communicating with the orangery, and upon whioh a con¬
stant supply of delicacies was kept during tho night, Tho whole affair
wbs one of magnificent hospitality. ....
The above account is abridged from tbo Teport of the festival con¬
tained in the and Olouasterthire Standard of Saturday last.
CALENDAR FOB THE WEEK.
Sunday, May 16 .—Sunday after Ascension.
Monday, I" — Dr. Jenncr died, 1823.
1'uE8DAT, 18.— Sun rises, ill. 6m.; sets, 111. IJm. ......
Wednesday, 19 .—fit. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, died, 988.
Thursday, 20.—La Fayette died, 1834.
Friday, 21 .—First Kail way Act passed, 180L
Saturday. 22 .—Trinity Term begins.
TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE,
FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY JJ, 1858.
8 a,uUy. I M.itatajr. 1 Tuesday. | WsdtuaUr. | Tlmrailay. | Friday- I Bataolay.
A
A
VI
A
SI
A
M
h ra
h m
h m
h m
h m
h m
h m
h m
11 11
i 37 j 3 *
h 31
& i9
6 *»
7 o
7 32
8 8
8 17
9 hi
h m
10 S*
T EE TWO HUNDRED and FOURTH ANNIVERSARY
FESTIVAL of tbo SONS of tho CLERGY will bo eolob ated in ST. FA*JL '8 C4TEIB-
liKAL, cd WEDNESDAY, tho 19th of MAY, 18*8, with a fall Choral Serv co, la which tho
Chain of Her Matty's Ch.pcl Roy* I, 8 t. Wul's, W«tminrter Abbey, and St. Geo-n'«
tba. el, Windsor, will awtot. The Set man will be prcBched by the Rev. TttOIMfljGARNIK®,
M.A , Pec tor nf Trinity Church, Mary lo bo no, before tho Lord Mayor and BhoriJ*. tho Areh-
bi»b ps nod Bishops, the Steward*, Ac. . . . . ,
Ibe North and South Doors will bo opened at Two o’Clock oxeluaivaly forpftnons Wilh
t’cXcra, no .eat can be reserv'd later than a Quarter fcororo Throe, whon th» Wcai Door,
faring Lcdg»»©-bl 1, will be opened for penons without tlckois. Dlvino dorvlco wiL commence
*\2!*1SmJAL DINNER wUl take place tha asms day. at Six o'Clock proatoelv, ta MER¬
CHANT TAYLORS’ HALL, Ihreafluocdlo-ffiroct, tbo R‘ght Hon. the LORD MAYOR
pretldlrg. \ v- \
R7KW Ann*
The Lord Etohcp of rurham (2nd time).
The Lord Biahop of Gloocee’er and Bristol.
It ear-Admiral the Hon. Arthur Duncombe,
M F.
The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, M.P. (2nd
time).
The Very Rev. Richard Chenevix Trench,
B.P.. l>r«n of Wcatm'nstar.
Tho Vcn. W. A. Bouvcrlo, B.D., Archdeaeon
of Norfolk.
The V«n. Charl«« McMjrave, D.D., Arch¬
deacon of Craven.
Tim Rot Tbcmaa Bobir son, D.D., Master or
tha Temp-’o.
The Rev. John Batharrt Doan*, M.A.
Tli? Her. Edwin Prodgera, E.D.
John Derby Allcroft, Esq.
William Hodgson Harrow, Esq, M.P. (2nd
time).
William Gilpin, Esq (2nd time).
Rutsell Gurney, E*q., Q.O., Recorder of
London.
Robert H.mbory, Jan., E«q , M.P.
Robert Hlchsos, Eaq. 14th time).
Edmund Pepv* Esq (*h time).
WRllam Barne Ranktm, Esq.
William Foster White, Eaq. (3rd timo).
.. K Edward Wig ram, Urq.
This Foriety ha* been In active operation for upward* of Two Countries, and now annually
asilat* by Fcnricn* anil DonatTr* about «2£i0 person*-Clergym n. their Widow*, Aj?oi 1 Single
DflojrbUf*. and Children. To nergymen diaabUd by age or sickness, or in necessitous circam-
ata:ce> from etbo' caute* over wb:ch they bars so control, ppcnnlary assistance i* affonled,
eiUier temporarily or periodically. To Widows anu Aped Single Daughter* of deceaa^Clor-
ffvmvn penriou* are ginntod. varying tr. amount from ilO to £25 per annarn; and to wulowi
anc Daughters who n ay be «n temporary difficulty only donations are made according to ctr-
cumitaccea. To Children of Clergymen donation* are gnu ted for their edu^a.ion, apprentico-
•hip^end tr4r nearly £18,000 havo been dlitrlhuted amongst th«*o levoral da aaa; but
■0 nurrirnu* are tire epplican a who annually apply for aaiatancu that the fond* permit only
of very limbed, and often «o*ckquate, grant* be ng made. . .
Thn uovntcoT* irrateful or the mean* which enable thorn te ciTo tatch a large amount of
goed. wiuld earni.ti* Invite the coniinuance o! tnat support which the Ccrporation has *o
t l5mat*on* < «nd Annual*fcnb*cript!«»fi«"will bs gretefblty teeelved by C J. Baker, Esq.. Be-
■itrTrofUw Corporation, and Trea. onr ot tho f «GvaL », Bloomsbury-pi ace;
ItSJn $, Fleet ttnf-t. 51«w«e. Bivlngtoo.3 Waterioo-placo; and Mr. Edmund Payer-
r-tlrn obtain Tl,to(, for ft,
Cuttod.' Sap* r.Btktr. Mcr.. Rlrlrslon. Mr. Foronono. or Mono.MBC «H'l Turn,
w«t corner of St Paul's C hurebyard; and Ticket* for thodinnor will bo issuod by any on* of
th r 8B grfiit cmen
rTHE EARLY-CLOSING ASSOCIATION will give Two
J Grand F»t» «t the BOYAL SURREY GARDESS on WHIT MONDAY and TirdSDAY.
There wlU be • n bhun-ar.ee of approvol popular out and in door Entertalnmenli. Particulars
«e Bill*. Admnelon 1*.; children, 6 d.
TT1UNDS are greatly REQUIRED for the SUPPORT of
JP thn nCHKITA . for U)N 8 UttPT!OS. Bnmplon. Patients are waiting for
aomlM’tn. and SO Bods are tvavty for wan? of fund*. VTUUT RONS, Hon Boc.
H ER MAJESTY’S THEATRE.—
Tittan.. Albonl. Ortoln.!, riooo’oo-nt, BobotU, Brnwootano, VUl.tU. *UW*ftrl. *“6
Gloglinl.—Tbe following arrangnnenU have been made;—On TIIE 8 I) iY. MAY „
H•GUKNOI 8 and BALUET; comraonciog at eight o clock. WaDNESDAY, 19 h. RX A
NIGHT ILDARBiEUE DI (UVIGLIA (flnt dm* this ae«*on). and an Act of a Kavcmrito
SffxUuftSr ncco’omlnl will ^poar; and £
®v,T.rEx51i w a
"ZwppZ OKAND MOMSTreaFOBMANM^Uft^™™
H ER MAJESTY’S THEATRE.—Under the patronage of
... Grnctou. M.jailT.—In. AKDUS80N, PtaM .1 to hor jrtr IOOIjjtao,
ha. lb, l,onoo?ta’luinouDoa lltat h.r ANWJAt, OKAND CONOaRr Wijl tat o Star. «l,
Malre.tr'■ 'Theatre FRIDAY MOEV1N 0 , MAY 28, on which occasion all ihe Ard*tos or tns
“ ta"Kn>io“ both VOMJ ul In.wmeotaJ, witi opfoar, Foil porU.alw. WlU bo .LI,
cnnoauccd. ___
T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARHKT.—Return of Miss
_ • tSS 60 UOo“
rPHEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHl—Mr. and Mrs. Keoley
I for six night*t mid JANET PRIDE: Mesm. B. Wobstor,, Mr/Kedey, Mr. Bedford, Mr
in ihoir oti.rinal characters. On Wedacaday a grand uew Comic
C^olbr^Mdmof C^ltateT in tbdr erigmal character* .On ’ • grand uew Comic
Drama’. OUR FfltNtH LADY'd.MAlI), by Mr. B. Webater, Mdme. Celesta.
A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — Lessee and
J\ Miuiaircr Mr. WILLIAM OOOKJ5.—ThU Evening, Lord Byron’* »n'on:lld Spoctaclo
OfMAZEPPA^and the WILD IIORSR. Foilowod by tho SCENES IN THE ARENA. Mr
William Cooko’* original system of Home Training. Concluding with oUior mttchloa* Ea-
tertalnment*. Comm once at Boren.
G reat national standard theatre. -Ap-
nwinmcoof Mr. O. K. DICKINSON, whoirl'l .npo.r Kvory Bvoalns ta . ro “4 of
81 i.k 5 putaoCbM.ct. n. Grc.t Preparation for a Grand Dr.rn.Oc Fla, on WUunntblo, wU.
Now Keener,, Dnwre, and Proporttai.
OURREY THEATRE.—Last Two Nights of tho Season —On
O Monday, NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND: Mr. CYrewick, Mr. 8 hepherd. Mr. Wld-
dkcmb UiM M. Eburao. CLEAN YOUR BOOTS: Mr. Wlduloomb And CRAMoND B .«G
Tnuduy, lor the Benefit of Mr. Creawlok, THE WIFE: .Mr. C.oiwlok, Mtas Atkinson. And
ALL THAT GLITTERS IN NOT GOLD: Mr. Crcewlck.
M ISS DOLBY and Mr. LINDSAY SLOPER beg to announce
THREE CONCERTS of CHAMBER MUelC, at WILLIS'S ROOMS, on Monday
afternoons, Mry 17 and 31, and Monday arming, Juco II. During the eerie* th*y w» 1 ^
awblod by Mrear*. Sim* Reeve*, SanUoy. Balaton, Biagroro, PiatU, Paquo, B-nodlct, G
RomcIL and Cu*in*. Bubtcriptlon to tha eeriei, ono guinea; adraUtioaO a fll igle coaMrt.
lalf-a-gulnrn. Tlckcta far rtr*ervod co»ti may b* had of Moiara. Oramer ft ju .riL, SOI,
Regent-*bvet; of Ml*# Dolby, *, hiud»-*tre 6 t, Mancho*t«-«quire; and of Mr. Ual»»y Slap*,
70, Cambridge-tcriaoe, Hydo-park. _ _
S T. MARTIN’S-HALL.—MOZART’S REQUIEM and
BKETHOVRN’B CHORAL BYMP1IONY. on Wedneaday, May 19, under the direct! ta
of Mr JOHN HULLAU. Principal vocalists—MUa Banks, Mil* Palmer, Monteiu Bmllo,
Mr. i-antky. TlaktU l* . 2 a. 6 d.; *tnlte, 5*- Commaocc at Eight o'oloek. _
ERR BOnRERS THIRD and LAST SOIREE will take
plate at LU i<*i !enca. 2«. Wolbock-.troot, on WEDNESDAY next .MAY lOtV Com-
menco at E3f-pa*i Eight o Click.-Tlckota lo.bo had of Herr liohrvr, and R. Vf. DlUv or, l»,
Old Ikud-nrotot-
M R. CHARLES CIIAPLE has the honour to announce that
bta OltiNU EVE .UNO CONCKST will tak. p’.ca, at tho Haaovcr-^u ire KoJaw,
on TUESDAY, MAY S5. Me# amo* Clara NoroUo. Doluy, Banuso. Augiuca Manning,
Otnriotta Boll, Ueiin. Blm* Rcovoa, Frank Bxlda, Chsplo, J Bilslr, ChiUorton, Paquo,
B. W«l“ nai.ison, and Lund. Btall*. 10*. 6 d ; iesrrvt l Beat*, 7*.; Unreserved, 6 »-
*, Nottingham-tcrraoc, York-gate, Rogoni’s Pitk.
M B. CHARLES DICKENS will READ at ST. MARTIN’S
HU.L, on THURSDAY EVEN!Hr!, MAY JOth. nt High? exactly, hi* CRICKET on
the HEART H. On WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MAY SCih. at Three exactly, Ul* OU RIsr-
MAS CAROL, loth Rfad'cg will la*t two hour*. flUldi (nttnijer<d and reiorred) 5s ;
Are* and GaUerits, 2*. 6 d.; UntOMrved Seats, I*, ’iitkyu to bi h»l *t Mown, chapman
Hall s, Publishers, Ficekoiliy; and at 8 t. Martin a Ual>, Long-acre.
M r. ALBERT SMITH’S MONT BLANC, NAPLES,
POMPEII, and VESUVIUS, every Night (oxcopt Saturday), at Eight, and Tnes-
rav. Thursday, and Satuwiay AiTcnfHjr.a, at Throe. Places can bo scoured nt the Box-
offloo, EGYPTIAN HALL, dally, between Eleven and Four, without any extra charge.
M R. and Mrs. GERMAN REED S NEW ENTERTAIN-
MENT.—Tho Now Berio* of lllo»trnUon» by Mr. and Mr*. REED t.lata Mi«a P. Horton)
K.rey r.vcnta* Dcc;.t e.torf.y, ct Klpht; Bownl.y An.raoca et Three.. kttoltalc., U,
to , and 3s. Btall* secured, without ex’ra charge, at tho Royal Gallery of Illustration, It,
Regent-street; und at Cremer, Beale, snd Co.'*, <01, Regont-atreat.
TO 3 TH YEAR of the Present Entertainment—The Sisters
SOPHIA and ANNIE, in thrir original ontortainmoat, entitled SKETCHES from
„ rtlu llK ('pcrfomied upward* of 1000 times In tbo provluoos), will appear at Yoo.il, May
17; Brldi-ort 18; Dorchretrr, 19; Woymoutb.SO; Poole, 91.
M ADAME TUSSAUD’S NEW ADDITION, the atrocious
fts*a**lH» ORB INI and PIF.KRI. guDlodnoI for attempting tho Ufo of the Emperor
Napoleon 111. and the Empire*, to the horror of *U Europe—Ba/oAr, IIakor-street, lortman-
tqoare. Admlttanco. Is ; oxtrn rooms, 6 d. Open from Eleron till Nine.
B. CHARLES COTTON’S ROSE, SHAMROCK, and
THISTLE, Introducing Charactflrijtio Costumes, with Songs, EVERY EVENING
Aturdar), at Eight; Baturtlsy, at Three. PRINCE of WALES HALU 209, Regont-
Vdmiailon, s. and 2a-; Stalls, 3s. i seoured at MJtchoU’s Library, Bond-a treat, and
(except Saturday),
street. Admission,
ai the Hall.
S Y D E S I R E.—ST. JAMES'S HALL.—CHRISTY
« 1 N'Hl H >< I.s will BlTO. Grand MORNING FEKFORM 4NCK. THURSDAY, UAY17
corctari-rinK Tbioo o e'cek ptect.e!y. HokKi and Stalin to bo bad at Muohnil a, OJ
Hood-farc«; and principal Muiic Warehousea.
CHRISTY’S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall, King William
\j street. Strand.—Entertainment common oca at Eight. Morning Conoort oyoit Satnr-
day at Three. An on!Ire Change of Programme, Introducing BURLESQUE on the CIRCUS.
Drtea Stalls, 3s ; Area, 2 s.; Amphitheatre, It.
/CRYSTAL PALACE—The FIRST GREAT FLOWER
1 J show will bo bo’d on SATURDAY ntal, tho Sind MAY, In th. Central Tranrap:
nita U.. No,lb .nd Bond, N.to., which v,Ul bo •POntaU, u-ran*edI for K» Itaor.
Ofirn at Twelve- Admlaalon hy Season Ticket Ono Guinea, or by Day Jxokot t s. 6d To
pnrea'. delay at tbo door# tUltors are repcctfully reoommeudod to provide themselves with
tli keta beforehand.
E xhibition of American plants.—M essrs.
WATKKER arid GODPRKY beg to annoonce Uiey nropow Exhlblling during the
MONTH of JUNE next, on a most extensive soole, tbrivwe^iWwn^olleeUooofRHODG-
DENDEONSandothor American Plnnts. in tbo A 8 HBUKNHAM PAVIL.ON, Ming #-road,
Cbel*ta, whlcli was erected by Mr. blmpaon for thU P^ r Pfto which U added a
cow Covered Eutrmnce.—Knap Hill, Woking, Surrey, April 20, 1858._
H ENGLEK’S GRAND CIRQUE VARIETE.—The Star
Cornitanv of Gro.t Britain. Thta nnrir.Uod ItatablUbnnml iUU conllnno; If. . 00 -
craafol oorrerTiind, without rtaorttag lo cxapRoroled Annoonceracn u U throned nt oytr,
romtootUtan with won,l.rioR and noltahtod Utoaoiodo. Tbo «r«ot uoopo .•oollnororr
dittuttnent, wbl n the noli'• .tod „t Jity Yutopotod polfrejr. ore tbo Ihotnaol kdmlratioo for
tbtir ., nttnetry and boan p, whioh ta onl, .arpiatod bj Grata ouraordliurf kud porfocl
tiainiitir. The Ealabllshment will mako a grand rentreo Into
Monttaj, Mtty 17 .. .. Berwick. I Tbutiditjf, Hoy» .. .. Jrfboreb.
Tuordry, „ 18 .. .. Coldstream. Frid.iy, «• 21 •• .. Hawick
tVnlnttd&v, 19 •• •• Kolsa. I SaturJay, ,, 23 .. •• Solklrk.
The First Pmformsnce will take place at Half-post Two, theBeoond at Seven. In addition
to the m lr non Iona feat, of EqucsUlanism and Gymnasia, a grand MlUtary SpacUohi and
Tablcan of Havelock borne triumphant by the NaTal Brigade aAor th* Rellof ofLa-k-
now-a moat Impeding scene and received at each rvpreeentatloa with deafening shonu of
applacse. Ibe Proprieior beg* to announce th.u arrangement, are m-tOo Irr th* above
KtuiLlishment to open in London In September next.—Proprietor, CUAJtLXS Hknolss.
TVIR. RAREY’S ESTABLISHMENT, THE ROUND
JjJL HOUSE, K1NNRKTON-8TRRBT, U CLOSED untU the 17th of MAY, when hi
Lesions will recommence there. Infurmatlon may be obtxlnod and Subscriji ion* reoolvel
nt Mr. llurey’* Offlce, left hand of tho Yard, Me«re TaU wair-, Groavenor-plaoe. Mr.
Itatcy'* amingbincui* for Teaching in C!aa*e* hia Method of Training Colt# and Turning
Vicious Homes, after his return ficm Pari*, ore as follow*:—
At tho Round Houso,
Kinnorion-etreet,
Motoombo-Blroel, Belgravia.
New Subscribers win bo admitted at half-past 10 o'c'ock.
Loncn* to commence at 11 o'clock punctually, when tho door* will be clown.
Tbe Subccripllon Is Ten Guineas for a GuaUeman, and Fifteen Guinea* for a Lady
and (icnUrman.
FuriIter information and form* for Subscription may bo obtained on application to the
Secretary, at Messrs. TatteinaU's, Grosvcnor pluco — 10th May. 1858.
Monday .. .. May 17 )
Tuesday. IB >
Saturday .. .. „ 22 J
C HARING-CROSS HOSPITAL, West Strand.—The
Omernore remwtlv REQUEST ASSISTANCE for this Hospital, which is chiefly
depend) nt upon voluntary rob cripton* and bequoi’S. It provldoa aocf'innjodatt.n for up •
wares of lOu ln-paiient# o nnUntly. and jiromp*. aid to nearlv 301J chb e of accident and
dargrrou* emcigrto> annually, beaUfea advice and medicine to an ualimitcJ number of tick
orn dl al>'idpni OalW.
Dote l-n» > to tl ankfully received at the Brspttal, and by Meoere. Drummonds, <9, G tariog-
cro s h‘e» r* Out;*, Elscd; and Mcrsrs Uoare, 37, Floo’-itreot; anti through a•] the
principal Rrnkas. Joax RocaBiaya^Hoa. Sec.
H owes and cushing’s great united states’
CIRCUS,
SEVENTH WF.EK OP UNPARALLELED 8UCCK9S—NOVEL CHANGE OF SCENES IN
THE CIRCLE. _ „ . a „
The largest Eqeretrfan FatabUahment tn ths world, numbering over Two Hundred Men and
Horeaa Tbl» Monrtre Katabltahmant, fitted out In Now York evprcwly to travel In England,
armed In Liverpool on board tbo “ BoutUumplon ” April 2Uh, I8S7, will appear at the
ALHAMBRA PALACE Hate Panopticon), l-e'.cestrr miutre. for a ehurt eeatoo, and giro
* 1WO PEKFOKMANCE3 BA -H DAY,
Commencing at Ualf-paat IWo and a Quarter to Eight o clock p.m.
Tho Palace has been converted into an Amphitheatre at a heavy outlay, 1000 gas-burners
added, and 1 *. beyond a question, tho mo*l convenient, magnificent gorgeou*. and eostbr
amSihoatre In the world. Rome. In her palmic.t days, could not boMt ot one w splonjid.
Tho structure, for examination u a wnrk of art is alone worth tho pries of adm salon.
Tho company baa boon reloctort rogardlcw of o*por.no, and is tho b.st in either hemisphere,
and tho on»y 7 American Kqueitrian Company tlmt has vlsit«l Bcgland *lnco 1840.
In consequent of the inm.eow attoudnuoo at tho Evening*’ Performanoo. tbo Prop-lot«
beg «o state thatr intonli. n of continuing tbo Grand Moni-ug EntcrOi nmonU Daily unul
farther notice. The Day Performance a fnily rqual to that o. the Evening ,, .
AdmkdonPrivate Boxf-a. fr-m « 2* to ^3 3*. each; Sut U, ha ; Reserved Seats. 3*
Boxev 2a : Kt. is.: G*Uary, «d. Trivalo Boxes and Pull* can only be oocurad at the
Alhambra Palare; and Mr Mitchell's library, ?3, Old Bond-«treat Box-ofllco opoj lWa W
a m. until fire p m Fo Koo for Booking Fla.c* No Pregraamw are oorvoet but chose par-
e£*od ii.tide the Building; and only Ono Pomiy each I* a'lowed to »»• chvrgod. Larnage*
mut art down towards Charing-croes; taking up to tbo North. N.D. Scaioo TIokeu uot
transferable.
QOCIETY of PAINTERS in WATER COLOURS.—Tho
0 FiFTY-FGUItTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION Is now OPEN at tliolr GaUary, 6, PALL-
M ALL HAST kdoeo to Trafalgar-tquare), from Nino tiliDuak. Admlttaaoe, U. Catalogue, GL
Josui’U J. Jenkins, bocreury.
TVTOW OPEN, tho SECOND ANNUAL EXUIPjITION of
Messrs. DICKINSON’S GALLERIES of CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITS, con-
Ainingniany striking and remarkable novoUie*. Admission, la.- 1H, New Bn>d-str«ou
17RFNCH EXHIBITION.—The FIFTH ANNUAL EX ELI.
1? B1TION of PICTURES by Modore Arl«*U of tbo branch School is NOW OPEN to the
Poblio at the French Gallery, I?l. Pall-mall, opposite to the Opera Colonnade. Admlas.oa,
Is.; catalogues, 6d. oach. Open from & VO® caliy
TVOSA BONHFUH’6 NEW PICTURES, “ Lindais Peasants
_L|j Going to Market," and “Mora’ng In tho Highlands," together with her Portrait, by
Ed. Dubuffet, axo NOW ON VIEW at tho GERMAN GALLERY, 168, New Bond-street.
Admission, le.—Open from Nino till Six,
■MUNICH GALLEKY of ENAMEL PICTURES,—This
lyjL rare Collection, ibo works of Wusttich, Cha* Ddni&ger, Langhamor, Mii lor, Bauer,
Sc hade, PrenchlUle. and Molnell Ac.. U NOW EXHIBITING at No. 2. Frita-»reut (.one djor
from the corner of Soho square). Adminaion Is. to thoee not pres:uUng card* of Invitation.—
Tho Colloction to ho bold, entire or separately.
I MMERSE SUCCESS.-ST. JAMES’S HALL, Piccadilly.—
1 M C.OMPER1Z rtspoetfn'ly annonneo* that in cooioquence of tho great rush of spacta-
tor* to witness t» c Now and Gigantic DIORAMA of the INDIAN MUTINY, tho room boiug a«
crowded Slat numbers arc tightly refused admlaaion, he ha* arrangvd to keep the Exhlbitijn
open fora Fortnight longer, tndirg Hotuiday, May riJth.—DaJ/, at Three and Eight o’clock.
A (.'tuba ion, titaiia, ?«.: Area, U.; Gallery, la.
GUARANTEED PICTURES by LIVING ARTISTS for
Ijt BALK, at MOKBY'S riCTUKE-FUAMJS MANUFACTORY. 83 BHH0P8 1ATB-
STBEET WITHIN.-bpvdmtn* of Niemann, Sidney Percy, 0 Colo, K. Hayea, bhayor,
W. U. P. Iltndcreon, Halle, W. BenncU, ileaa, John Ab*uloo, Horlor, J W. Allen, Arm-
fir Id. Meadow*, Mogt'ord, Walnowr^hL Boddlngion, Bromley, fihalderm, A Montague,
Vickers, Louvier, Sciht, Callow, liny urn, Williamson, Bates, fuller, Hanks, Fitxpatnok,
Watts, A W., E. C., and Walter William*, Ac Comic s, Glrandolre, LookJng-glaare*. and
Frames of erery description. Repairing and regildiog.
IVIR. PAUL JERRABD (Pupil of Dr. Steradale Bennett),
Profrtaor of the Pianoforte, Singing. Harmony, and Mutlcal Composition, be m to
ocEonnco hi* REMOVAL lo No. «, Albort-toreaco, Llalwich-road, Brixton, B. For Term*
end List of Clots©*, boo t respect us.
T\/f AYENCE on RHINE.—Professor GARNHAM, BA.,
Jil having a comfortable Engliih home, wiahos TWO or THREE FUPILBfor GERMAN,
hunch, Italian, Ac.
rrUTOB.—A GRADUATE of CAMBRIDGE, in firit-clasa
.1 boncur* (Wianylcr, 1858), and Foundation Hcholor and IVixeman of hi« C .Ilexo in two
aucctwdve year*, and formerly Double Exhibit Ion or'* Prizeman and ModaUiat of a large
public febooi, wLhes to UKAl) with tbo SON of a NOBLEMAN or OE »1 LtfMAN. Th*
Advertiser is Ui* ton of « Clergyman of tho Church of England. Travelling preferred.—
At'dro ■ B. A , taro of 1 Knagg*, haq., 6, Eu*too-sr.uarc, London, N. W.
"PASSENGERS to INDIA supplied with Plans of Ships and
1 SU-nmor* and Pwoaaoe engaged on mnderato terra*. Baggtgo ahippol and Iiuured
0 . R. THOMPSON, LUCAS, ana CO., WiuchoJlcr Houhs, Old dread-iireat, London; 1,
Queen'i-tcrracc. Scuthnnipton.
fT'HE Proprietor of an old-established Bubincsss, the net income
1 of which to bo*ween £1500 and X60Q0 jwr annum, REQUIRE 1 a PARTJlEK who t*a
commai-d XiO.luO. 'Jhc lucomlng partner will have a charge upan the Frouhold Katati (which
ilk of ample value) for hla aharo ot tbe capluL For further partlrelore apply to FRANOW
FULUiKaud CO., 10, Cunhld, B.O.
fl'ENBY.—To be LET, Unfurnished, a small, comfortable
JL medtin Family HOUSE, at 1 KNALLY, w.’thlu Un minute*’ walk of th* scuhore live
minute* of tho church, and within two mile* of Techy. Drawing-room, JO it. by 5; during*
three bod and two «l>e»alnir room*, •ttvsEU’ room*, pantry, ifcc., orchard and garden, itwj-
siali*t*b?o. and ooaohaou*©. 'I7se view c mmano* n tin* sweep of the sea, aud the U>wa of
Tenby. The ndtunm* and salubrity of tho climate or 1'omUrjkeshlra are well knjwu. Rent,
X16. App y lo Mr. Henry James, I’cnaliy.
ITOLKESTONE.—On the WEST CLIFF, to be LET, for
Jj Six or Twelve Mouth*, woU-fumlahc 1, a PRIVATE FAMlLY KK9IDENCS, oontalnlng
o 5 ghl Bcd-ioom*, Breakfast-room. Drawing-room, Diulng-rootn, with gtud Couxorvat-jr/
attached, ned convuiiiout DemeeLo uflitei.—Appiy to Mrs. UOBaRftiON, 1, Albion-villas,
Fotkei.cuo; or to Mr. i'arke, 34, Old Jowry, London, B.C.
TTNR1VAXLED SEASIDE RESIDENCE. — TO BE LET,
by the month or year, or for a term of years, a ncwly-ftimiahed VILLA, boautifuriy
situate near tho far-fumed Ware and Pamray CLlfTs, on ibu south coAit, iu tho pattoh of Lyme
Rcg->, Doiret, and ubout trti mluutes' walk from the town, containing urawlog-room,
Dh.iug-rc<m (comniunic^ting by folding donia), Six Bid-rojmi, Two Eitcliexrt,and atl nojea-
Barytftlon# Gordon a»>out a qmirttr uf an nno. Well supplied with pure wv.or. Kent ior
one year X70; tlirve year*, T80; seven yoara, £55. Ai ply to Mr. DUNSi'E.t, Staumv,
Lj mo, Dorset.
*tTIlLA8 at MODERATE RENTS.—There is no property at
f BRIGHTON that post eat ea equal advantages to the VILI-AS la PARK. ORBdOKNP.
They are well arranged, fitted with modern conveniencd*. arul finished with goxl tasta.
Tho soil to dry, tho locality healthful, llio distance from tbe sea agreeaQlo, tho view* of the
Town and Down accmry cxtcnslvo and oninterrnptod. Ibe pleasure ground*, extoa:lng W
four acres, are pictmosquo, and th« oxclu«ivo u*o of thorn to becarod to the roddents.
The Terms to RENT or FliKCHAfcK a;e moderate
Apply to Mumxs. TARPONS ana BON. K»tato Agent* and Auctioneers,
8, Marino Parade, Bright jo.
T14 USWELL-H1LL, Parish of Hornsey.—To be SOLD, in
JY1 ihi* most htalthy aud delightful locaMty (being tiro only part near London which
ia not spoiled by building ipeculations), about Five Aoie« of FKJilsHOLD LAND, nuitible
for the crecllcn cf a hHus'on or first-clues Villa*. There are on the land many orn am start
trcee, of thirty year*’ growth, and tho si o command* extensive view* over a finoly-woodel
country. Water good and abundant. — For utrilculitre apply by letter to J. B., Si, Robortron-
street, Hotting*; or Mr Niobokon, Grocer, W, Uppcr-sticet, Islington.
C50UTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—REDUCED FARES
O BETWEEN LONDON atul the SUBURBAN STATIONS.
RETURN TICKbTS at REDUCED FARES are now issued DAILY, and by aU Trrtnf.
Ixitween London and Putney, Chiswick, Kow, Breutfor.', Claphi\-.n Comm m, Wln ilodon,
Malden, KingsUm, Thumea Dltton, Hampton Court, Eahur, VVaIIjo, W^ybrldgo AddieJ.one,
ChciUoy and Vm king.
REDLCllON IN BECOND-CLASl BEA80N-TICK8T RATS3.
Second*CluEs 8< ntoii T.cketa b. revoen Loudon and all Bta'iou* inued oa und iifljr 1st Ms/
will be charged Twenty per Cont less than tho rate* lor First-Cl us Season Tiokota.
The rates for Fust Class Fea»on ‘IkkePi to tho Buburbao Stations arc as low at thOM
churgod upon any other Uauway out of London.
QOUTU-WKSTERN RAILWAY.—FAMILY TICKETS to
O tho SEASIDE, from Waterloo-bridge Station, Lon’on, to Weymouth, Dorchwter,
rioolo (for Bourueniouth), Wareh.m (far Swunage), Lymington i for Freshwater, aud isle oi
Wight), are now totaixl at tho following rates, vix.
Lood-m lo Weymoalh London to Poole London to Lymlngion
or Dcrchefiter and or Warehsm anil Hack.
Back. and Back. *
Av,!!„l.l« for Return tatClu,. foil CImi. tatCIra.. SodOtaM. lit Clul.
WiU.ii, 2 Week, ..30,. i > 30,. .. *«■ •• -«•
„ 1 Mcnlli ..35,. .. «Sl. !«,. •• “1. Sta. .. |5«.
2 Month! .. if, .. 30,. «0l. , •• * *• . ,
,, 3 Mo.th* .. «3». .. 35* 4t». *Tii. 37* 6d. .. 77*. 6d-
Chudrcn und.r 3 yian of , B ', Kra,-. tbovo 3, .ud nol oicajdin* 11 yo«ra, UUJ ^ra'.
Tickets are only granted to Par lea tak.ug not ln»» than Six ' ir*t Cla*i or Elgin aoJOnd
Clare TlckO*, or porchtuin* to an amr.nnt represented by e thor aambw of Hoksto
» Ibe Lymington Ticket* will on.y be Issued whon tho Branch Railway opeui, until then
Tirkels will bo tosufd lo BrocVonhurst. . c*.
Tho Ticket* aie not Trm sfcrable On the day of romm they moat be presented and stwnpoa
before leavirg the Station where thei^arty Joins tho Train. t
Applicatioti for Family Tlckeis bo mm:o to tha hupcrintonicnt, Waterloo-bnd«e BtatiJU-
Return Tickets bitwren London and the above HtatU-n* are available up to the ovoulag oi
the dav succeeding that on which they are Issued, or if toiaoi on Fria.ys, Saturdays, or
buudav*. up totl'c ov n ngof the following Monday, h o uslveof tho Night Mall Train ».
t heap Return Ticket*, at a lit Ho more than Blngla F’.re*, are to«uod iron* I*oud u to toe
ubovo stations on Saturday* and fcundays, available to return up to Monday evtralng.
Wa crioo-bndgo Station, London, Mar, 1831. (BY ORDER '
M lUJLLUlviv, Mia uun.unn*, —
I) MARK, SAKDkN, Jtc.-NEW, M10RTKK, and CHEAPER HDUrS.-Thoahor.oW
and cheapot roulo b'tween KnglauU and the a bora named place* is now via Rouoruam «>
the Dulch-Rhcui*h Railway. .
Through Ticket* orn i»»uod at Rotterdam for Dueaeldo-f and Cologne, from which p oc
Steamer* run several times dally, pvariug thrmrh ho woolo of the ce’ebrated *cano^y ®
Rhine- Thfte are freqneut dally communiottl>n* botiveou Cologao auu Bonn, ai
C h.ptllo, WobLaden, Ba«?»n Baden, Frankfort Carlsrnha, ito. . n.v.
Throuab Tkkon i ro el*o issued lor Bremen, Hanover, Marburg ( , br Hamburg), Bruns «
Ksgdrbprgh, Pet •dim, Berlin, Lolpeie, and Dro»don. PawongT* adoptiag , ma n
r.hcubb ltouto lo ’ hose place* w 1 H nor only © capo tha Inoonvonlenoa of iand ng m
bvat* at OMcnd, rnd croa ing tho Hulrie at Col'gno or Kuhiort, nut by avoUmg ino
dftour by Co’epne to tho Obchausno June Ion of tho CclJgue-Mindon Railway wni
largo saving both in dlat-uce and expense. ,
H'ty fioun. • of Inggsga are all. wod, freo of charge, to cve» y pastenger for Germ* y. (n|<
Tbo co rt*»y ri tho Dutch Govemm-nt • ppose* n» ob .tnde* to tta e*V h
voHi-rs thr ugh Holland Now that tbo facili ha for ob a nin< Forelea Offl jo p*»*P»rt* .
been io muck Increased, and tbaii price leduced t) s nominal • am - .the former
mended io i rov.do thimsehrce with th-.m In pr.f-runco l0 , , P lin-’oh^Jou^ul.
require no v m fo* Pru-sla. Vhda f.*r Uollanil may bj obtained of th* Du oh ^u-m.
Gres. »t. Helen’* BhhJt.fg«tc-#in«t. . D)r *omvBf
Every InfojmaUon a* io rsten. route* passports, ^ ^ .^mnsny. <M.
or ly lotto to Mr. JOHN C- JAN-ON, Agtn: to the Dutcb-Rheuiah 2UtWjy Goal? 7
Gncechuich itieot, London, B.C.
May 15, 1858.J
On Saturday next, May 22 , will be published an
EXTRA DOUBLE NUMBER
OK TOE
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS,
CONTAINING THE FOLLOWI-VO
BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS
I'BOM TUB
SPKING EXHIBITIONS OF PICTURES.
“ Behind the Curtain." Painted by Miss R. Solomon.
44 Eastward, ho l August^ 1857." 1L O’NellL
44 Jsolft di San Giulio, Lngo d’Orfca." W. C. SmitlL
44 Palazzo in the Strada Ba'bi, Genoa." S. Read.
44 The Young Rambler,” J. J. Jenkins.
41 Leading the Way." J. IL Mole.
EPSOM RACES—THE NIGHT BEFORE THE DERBY
(Five Illustrations).
Visit oi her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Queen of Portugal to the
Royal Academy Exhibition.
BuBt of the Jute Major-General Sir Henry Havelock.
Portrait of General Straubenzee, Commander of the British Land Forces
in Chino.
The Band of the French National Guard at the Crystal Palace.
View of Sherborne Minster.
The New Probate and Divorce Court, Westminster HalL
44 Sheep." By Herring.
Transatlantic SketchesSandy Lake. Minnesota; Iowa Prairie, kz.
Also, Engravings from Drawings from
INDIA AND CHINA,
PRINTED IN COLOURS :
The Mosque of Wuzeer Alee Khan, Lahore. (Two-page.)
Rajah Jowaher Singh, and Attendants. (Page.)
Sale of English Goods, Canton. (Page.)
Price of the Double Number, lOd.; Stamped Copies free by post, la.
Orders received by all Booksellers and Newsagents.
Office, 198, Strand.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
LONDON", SA7URDAY, MAY IS, 1859.
We only become sensible of the vast interests which are bound up
with trade when we see some account of the millions of money
involved in it. Such an account has just been published in the
Statistical Abstract for 1857, berog a summary of the household
book of the State for the year. From it we learn that the value
of the commodities imported iu 1857 was £187,046,335. We had
learned before that the value of the exports was £122.155,237 ;
and together these two sums make £309,801,572. Bat to those
we must add the value of the precious metals exported and im¬
ported to get an approximation to the total amount of the
business done. Now it is somewhat singular that of the im¬
port of these important articles the Custom House takes no
account, but it informs us that the export in 1857 reached the
extraordinary snm of £33.500.908. We have no knowledge, there
fore, of the Bum imported, which was probably somewhat greater.
Moreover, goods to the amount of £4,508,487 were brought into the
kingdom, and tianshipped to other countries. Adding both these
sums to the above sum to get a tolerably correct, though
incomplete, notion of the business done at the ports of the empire
in one year, we hare representing it a sum of £347,877,027.
It is abont fi ty [millions short of half the National Debt,
which appears such an enoimous burden, and terrifies us with
the thought that it must remain for ever. To merely bring in
and carry out the mass o‘ wealth, the shipping that entered and
left our ports measured 23,178,792 tons. The number of British
seamen employed in the foreign trade alone was 124,580; em¬
ployed in our whole trade, was 176.387. This is exclusive of
masters, and exclusive of all foreign seamen employed in our trade,
constituting about one-third more. We may roughly compute the
whole number of seamen employed in our trade at 220,000 ; and
Ihese are only an index to the multitude of agriculturists, manu¬
facturers, and labourers of all kinds, in all parts of tho world,
who are in engaged in producing or preparing the £347,887,827 of
wealth brought into and sent out of this little country in one year.
The mind fails to grasp) all the magnitude of such vast interests,
and gets lost in wonder in contemplating the great wjrks of
nature.
On adding together tha similar items o : our trade for tho'year
1850, the sum amounts to £317.801,983, or £30,075,041 less than
the value of our trade in 1857. Not only, therefore, are the
interests involved in trado ihconcoivnbly grand: they arc, as the
rule, becoming greater and grander year by year. Though there is
at present a reaction from the accumulated activity of 1847, and
the trade of 1858 may not reach in amount the trade of 1857,
there are numerous indications in reviving prosperity abroad, in
promising harvests and in increasing productive energy every¬
where, that trade is destined largely and continually to increase.
There was a time when agriculture was the chief or only interest
of society; hut other interests growing from it have becoma much
more powerful, employ more persons, and, taken together, over¬
shadow it. Its productions still remain as necessary for us all as
ever, but it is now only one, and not perhaps the largest, of the
many interests of which modern society is composed, and all of
which equally deserve our regard,
Amongst the articles which trade brought in for the use of the
people, let us notice 9,000,000 quarters of grain and flour as grain,
59,000,000 lb. coffee, 969,000,000 lb. cotton, 127,000,000, of eggs,
3,400 000 cwt rice, 12,000 000 lb. silk, 8,250,000 ewe sugar,
64 , 000,000 lb. ten, 2,500.000 loads timber, • and 130 , 000,000 lb.
wool—enormous quantities of useful articles of daily consumption.
They minister to the wants of all, and supply enjoyment and em¬
ployment lo all. Tr.de, like the atmosphere, showers its blessings
equally on all. Spch vast interests should not be lightly meddled
with, nor lightly distnrbcJ. They arc the true life of nations. By
much and varied industry are the people fed. Politicians, however,
not sensible of the importance of trade, ruthlessly meddle with it,
or in the blind pursuit of their own objects unthinkingly
injure it. To its success, security and peace are cssen'iu!, and the
pubi c now look with some apprehension at a weak and apparently
distracted Government, which seems to have lost the power to
control its own destiny or obtain the public support, without which
gq Government in England can fulfil its duties. The prospects of
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
483
trade are beginning again to be cheering, but they are unfortu-
natelj threatened by the dissensions of those who are placed in high
offices only to ensure the safety and welfare of the comnuoity.
The House of Commons assented on Monday to Mr. Byng s mo¬
tion for an address to her Majesty to issue a Commission to inquire
into the best means of relieving the inhabitants of the metropolis
within six miles of Charing-cross from turnpike-gates and tollbars.
As the motion was founded on a similar relief granted to the Irish
metropolis, and as tho Commission is confined to inquiring into the
best means of giving relief, we may look upon this great metropo¬
litan object as certain to be achieved. For this success much ere Jit
is due to the Toll Reform Association; to its chairman, who
seconded Mr. Byng’s motion; and all its working members* To
ell who nsc cans and waggons -and those who do not actually use
them have to pay tolls on the goods they carry and distribute—and
to all who use horses and carriages, this measure will be very advan¬
tageous. It will also get rid of a class of men—the toll-gatherers—
who are made presuming and offensive by their office, and with
whom almost every man who comes in contact with them is at
variance.
METROPOLITAN NEWS .
THE MAY MEETINGS.
II is with regret that we feel compelled to restrict ourjelves this week
to a brief notice, and that of the principal ones only, of these philan¬
thropic institutions. Whilst, however, omitting, perforce, the interest- 4
ing addresses made at these annual meetings, we give, as far as our space
will admit, all the important facts relating to each sooiety.
British and Foreign School Society.—O n Minday tho
fifty-third annual meeting of the friends and supporters of this society
was held at the British and Foreign Schools. Borough-road. 8outhwirk
The meeting was preceded by an examination of the children in the
practising schools, at which the Earl of Daoie presided until the arrival
of Lord John Russell. The following is an abstract of the report 252
young persons have attended the classes of the normal college during the
year; of these, 102 have been appointed to schools; 126 are at present
under training, of which number 1 15 are Queen’s scholars. At the Christ¬
mas examination for certificates. 113 of tliestudents presented themselves,
of whom 95 were successful; 55 obtained prizes for drawing, and n cer¬
tificates of full competency. In the model schools the average daily at¬
tendance of boys is 603, of girls 351. The total number admitted since
these schools were opened is 62 , 112 . Seven gentlemen are engaged in the
inspection of schools, the holding of meetings, and other methods of
awakening and guiding public interest. During the year 119 grants of
money and school materials have been made to schools at home and in the
colonies. Ten ragged schools have been thus assisted." The adoption of
a resolution supporting tho basis upon which the institution is founded,
and appealing to public support, terminated the proceedings.
CHURCH Pastoral Aid Society.—T he anniversary meeting
of this society was held on Tuesday morning at Exeter Hail. The Eirl
of Shaftesbury presided. The report Bet forth the inadequacy of Church
S astors as compared with the wants of the people, and regretted that
runkenners, the social evil, and Sunday trading were in some districts
on the increase. The Sunday trading might be greatly mitigated if the
higher classes would cease employing their servants in active operations
on the Sabbath, and if masters would pay iheir workmen on a Friday.
The balance-sheet showed that the total receipts for the year ending
March, me amounted to £41.109 9s. 81 L, while tne expenditure amounted
to £42 677 188. 9 d. The folic wing arc described as the results of the
Ecciety's grants1159 additional public services and Bible c!ass-.w ate
maintained every week. In places to which assistance was formerly ren¬
dered two hundred services on the Lord’s Day. and fifty-nine in the week,
have also teen instituted. One hundred and ninety-seven churches or
chapels have likewise been ejected, opened, or kept open ; of which ninety,
with one hundred and seventy-five looms licensed for the celebration of
Divine service, are in districts at present receiving the society's aid.
Additional pastoral supervision is likewise now provided for upwards of
3,250,000 of the population.
National Temperance League.— The annual meeting was
held in Exeter Ball, on Tuesday night. Tncro was a very numarou*
attendance. Mr. E. G. Salisbury, M P., presided. The report stated that
the average annual consumption in the United Kingdom of British
spirits, from 1836 to 1838, ibo find live years of the history of the move¬
ment. was 25 r.25 287 gallons ; malt. 41,653,466 bushel*. During the last
five years of the. temperance movement the annual average cjnsumptlon
of British spirits was only 24,272.730 gallons, a decrease ot two per cent ;
and malt only 38,346 033 bushels, a decrease of ten per cent Other kinds
ol intoxicating drinks have also decreased, with the exception of French
brandy. Hollands, and light wines, which have slightly increased* the
population in the meantime having increased about twenty p r cent.
During Hie same period the increased consumption of tea and coffee was
about sixty per cent. The Chairman, in a brief address, contended that
the drinking customs of society were at lhe bottom of all other social evils.
The Rev. A. Wallace, of Glasgow, Mr. Coasliam, Mr. Gough aud other
speakers, uddressed the meeting.
Baptist Dome Missionary and Irish Evangelical
Societies.—O n Tuesday evening the annual meetings of the3e societies
were held in the Poultry Chapel. Mr. J. Cheetham presided. The rcport.of
the Home Missionary Society stated that the effort* of the society were
employed among 538.000 people. The 113 stations of the society were scat-
tcrul over Ihirty-fivo counties, and extended their influence among 633
parishes, villages, and towns The number of room* occuiieil for
periodical worship was 358 The adult hearers were about 30,0no, while
13 757 erliolar? were taught in Sunday-schools. There were 1808 teachers,
wl.o taught in 170 schools. Jim Biblo classes numbered 118. attended by
about 1844 pupils. The number of peraous added to the various ohurctaes
for the past year was 600 . During the year 62 000 magazines. 150.000
religious tracts, and 1565 copies of the Bible had been circulated by the
agents of the society. The report of the Irish Evangelical Society stated
that Uic debt which had been incurred by the society in 1856 had been
entirely liquidated. The amount received from the various sta'ions was
£76 15s. 2cl A largcT sum was expended by the society, but owing to the
building of new chapels and schools they had not been able to estimate
it. The last cash payment of this society showed receipts to the amount
of £1707 12s. 8d.
The Association in Aid of the Deaf asd Dumb.— This
association on Tuesday held a soiree, and afterwards a public meeting, at
which Lord Ebury took the chair. The report gave the receipts at
£466 108. lojd., and the expenditure at £396 6s. id, and mentioned that
the house-to-house visitation would shortly perh»p3 lead the committee
to open a second chapel in the district of Lambeth and Southwark, in
which neighbourhood the mutes are particularly prevalent The report
bore testimony 1o the exertions of the Rev. William C&dman, of St
George*?. Southwark, as well ns to the general lutereat taken in the
Wdfare of the association. Lord Ebury and others addressed the meeting,
and it was pleasing to obserre the appreciation with which all observa¬
tions were received by the audience, who heard through Mr. Smith, the
missionary. Some entertainments appealing to the sight closed the
evening.
Sons of the Clergy.— The anniversary of St Joliu’s Founda¬
tion Schcol for Sons of Poor Clergymen of the Church of England wx*
ce’ebratcd on Tuesday evening by a public dinner at the Loudon Tavern.
The chair was filled by the Earl of Chichester Donations of upwards of
£700 were received during the evening. Thirty boys. sonB of poor clergy¬
men and orphans, are maintained and educated free of all cost and charges
whatever where the parents are dead, and at little more than a nominal
expense in cases where the father is living. The total receipts for the past
year were £2306 lls. lid . which left £70u for investment, after defraying
all the expenses for that period.
St. Mark's Hospital, Citt-koad.—I n celebration of tho
twenty-third anniversary of this Institution a dinner was given on M >n-
day evrnine at the Aliiion, Aldorsgate-stuet, when Mr. Uenrr Il Jtre
presidul. There were durlnp the past year ass persons discharged cured.
338 materially relieved, and three only were eonsidered as Incurable. The
lutf cript Ion list announced a sum of between CiOO and £900.
Tnn Late Adroit Koubert op Jewellery.—O n Tuesdiy
Louise Moutal who had been remanded on the charge of having iu , most
adroit and extraordinary manner possessed herself of a diamond bracelet,
of the value of £320, from Hunt aud Iioakelt. Bond-street, under the
pretence that it was for Lady Campbell, 14. Uadnor-place, ITyde-park,
was again brought up at the Marylebouc Police Court A second charge
wss preferred against the prisoner by Mr Bar, jeweller. Great Castle-
strret, Oxford-strcot, from whom she had obtained Jewellery to the
amount of about £60. She was fully committed lor trial on both charges.
The Bey. George Ratcliffe. a clergyman of the Church of
England, was tried at the Centre! Criminal Court onTureJny. on a charge
otlorging a signature to a transferor stock. lie was found gat;ty, amt
eenleiiCto to ten years' penal servitude,
Fell Court op "Divorce.—'T his Court, which alone has
jurisdiction (o dissolve the marriage contract, open.d on Monday. Ljnt
Campbell presided, the Lord Chancellor beuia uqib'e to attend The
Court, to be “full." requires three Judaea at leart. but there mvy be
more. The other Judges were laird Chief Itaron Pollock and Sir C Cre<s-
wcll. the Judge Ordinary. 1-ord Campbell, before the rising of the Court
on Tuesday, said he could not refrain from expressing hi. satisfaction
with the beneficial operation of the new Act The Court had pronounced
sentence o! dissolution in eight cases, in all of which the petitioners h,d
proved that they were clearly entitled to the remedy they sought Al¬
though In some of those esses the petitioner, would h.ve been able to
obtain a divorce under tho old system by p.nsiog a bili tnroneh Parlia¬
ment, yet In others they would have been debarred from thit remedy by
their poverty. It was satisfactory to think that rich and poor were now
upon an equal footing, aud that the same remedy was open to all who
could establish their right to it.
Toe Boyal Socibiy.— Lord AVrottesIcy, as President ol ths
Royal Society, rreeivid the fellows of the society" and a large number of
noblemen and scientific and literary gentlemen at Burlingt in House ou
Saturday evening. The tables were covered witii a variety of model, aud
other objects of interest, among which the beautiful stereoscopic photo¬
graphs of the moon by Mr. W. Ue la Rue. and the electrical phenomena
exhibited by Mr. Gasslot, attracted particular attention.
Boval Botanical Society.—T he first of the three exhibi¬
tions of this society for tho present season took place on Wednesday after¬
noon at the Iiotamcal Gardens. Regent s Park. Among the visitors were
her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, aud her
Royal illghures the Princess Alice. The exhibition was for extent and
variety equal to any preceding one. the prizes varied from 15 s. to jo
guineas. The total amount intended for distribution at the three exhibi¬
tions is £lsea The ri'sea were perhaps on the whole the most remark¬
able feature in the exhibition, some of the plants having as many as ll ty
open flowers and an equal number of buds. Rhododendrons were exhi¬
bited on a large fcale lor the Hist time, and the display was very good.
A double-flowered pelargonium—an entire novo'ty-aUracttd a great deal
of attention. U wss called " The Gem of Undercliff, “ and wss exhibited
by Mr. Turner.
Tub Strand Buildings.—H is Boral Highness the Prince
Consort, attended by Colonel ronsonby, inspected ou Wednesday the
“Strand Bulldiugs “ improved Dwellings for the I’oori In Angel-court.
Strand. His Royal Highness minutely examined the buildings, aud
expressed bis gratiiieatiou at the result of his visiL The dwelling, were
opened yesterday Friday;, when the Duke of Marlborough presided.
The Pinnis Testimonial.—A t a meeting of the committee held
on Wednesday the various designs sent to the secretary were considered,
and that of Metdulfe, llopgood, aud Co., silversmiths, of Bishopsgate-
street. was chosen. It consists or a handsome pair of cande « bra. of
H'vcn lights, each of the value of £400. with an elegant group of three
figures upon each, and a rlclily chased pediment or base.
Licensed Victuallers’ Asylum.—T he thirtieth anniversary
festival of tiffs institution was held on Wednesday evening at the High¬
bury Darn Tavern—Octavius Edward Coopc, Esq. (of the firm oi* Majirs.
ind, Coope, and Co., of Burton-on-Trent and Romford >, iu the cialr.
About 5Cu persons sat down to dinner. In the pa-ff year the subscrip¬
tions to the asylum had amounted to £3627 12«., the legacies to £573 12?. 9a..
and tlie annual ball produced £ 200 . From the opening of the Institution
396 inmates had been received, 216 had died, and 150 wi re now in the en¬
joyment of the benefits conferred by it. An additional wiug to the
asylum is to be erected this year, the first stone of which whi be laid by the
Prince Consort on the 23rd of June next. Daring the evening X39J0 was
collected- the chairman and his firm subscribing £1079 2a.
Tiuj Royal Sea-bathing Infirmary at Margate.— The
anniversary dinner of this charity took place at the London Tavern, on
Wednesday—the Earl of Carnarvon, president, iu the chair. Neir y £600
was eulscribcd. Of the 333 in-patients at this hospital laat year 237 wore
from London and the suburbs. The number o! out-patients during the
season was 262. It is proposed to enlarge the hospital considerably, and
subscriptions for that purpose are earnestly requested.
In tqe Bail Court, on Saturday (the last day of the term), not
a single motion was made. 44 How different,” says the Tutus reporter,
44 to former limes, when ou the last day of term the court inma’Iy »at till
ten o'clock at uJght. and it was hard work to get through the business by
that hour."
Crossed Cheques.— A trial on Tuesday in the Exchequer
Court settled that in the present state of the law no real protection is
gained from the practice of crossing cheques Some m filths back n cheque
lor £128 crossed •* and Company " was stolen from a letter, and the thief,
having erased this writing, obtained payment at the Loudon Joint-Stock
Bank. An action in t he Court of Common Pleas to recover the am mnt
from the bank proved unnucccsBtul. the Court having ruled that the cross¬
ing was merely to be regarded in the light of a direction, which any one
might remove or alter at pleasure The case was then carried to the
Exchequer Chamber, but the result has been a confirmation of the original
judgment
“ Bio Ben.*'—W e have much pleasure in slating that tho ne w
bdl for the clock-tower at Westminster has been taken out of the mould in
a perfectly sound state, to far ns can be ascertained on the olouat inspec¬
tion, although it will be impossible to know tiff* with complete certainty
until it has been swung. It has been struck as it lieeonlts side, and from the
sound emitted its makers confidently expect that tho toue will be power¬
ful. rich, and clear, and that the desired note will be attained. It is at
present undergoing the process of cleaning.
Births and Deaths.—L ast week tho births of 80S boys and
820 girls, in all 1 C 88 children, were registered in London In the ten cor¬
responding weeks of tho years 18*8-57 tin* average number was 1GJ9.-
The dtatliB iu London, which were 1221 in the first week of April, have in
subsequent weeks undergone a gradual reduction, and last week the num¬
ber returned was 1056. In the ten years 18)8-57 the average number o.’
deaths in the week? corresponding with last week was 1055, but. a* the
deaths iu the present return occurred in an increased population they
should be compared with the average, after the latter is raised prOjjor-
tionally to the increase—a correction which will make it llCl. Hence it
Appears that the public health was iu a satisfactory condition.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, CO VENT GARDEN.
The new Ojwh Houio stands upon a portion of thositoof tho old
theatre, lately destroyed by tiro, and upon other grouud added thereto
at tho back. The remaining portion of the site will be oooupiei by a
gi gun tic conservatory, to bo oaliod tho Floral Hall, of which we gave
un illtulxaiion eomo months book. The now theatre is very different
in appearauoe fn*m its predecessor, owing to its great height, an 1 also
to tho foot that the architect, Mr. Edward. M. Barry, bus adopted tho
Italian in lieu of tha Grt-cian stylo of architecture. The Bo r etreat
front is of an imposing character, and consists of a portico and two
wings, as may be seen by our Illustration. The lower portion of tho
portico is arranged ns a carriage-poroh, and b> oomplately shelters),
to that opera going visitors may enter any of tho five doors unlor the
portico, which feivo occoes to tho theatre without exposure to tho
weather. Steps to tho doors ora carefully uvoided, aud the entranoo-
iuill is entered from the same level as tho porch. The order of urohi*
lecture employed for the portico is tho Corinthian; and tho o-ffu nns,
which arc constructed of Portland stono, are d feet 8 inches in dia¬
meter, and CG fo/.thigh, or throe fool higher than those terming tho
portico of tho Chuich of St. Murtin-in-the-Fi-ffds. Tho fiv*o arched
windows under the portico light the grand staircase uni crush-room;
and tho sculptured frieze over these wind *as, und tho figarei and
carved panels at tho rides of tho portico, aru tho works of Fuxmoa
which §o long adorned old Coven:-gardun TnaAiro, and are no v (by
the liberality of the Duke of Bedford) among tho principal ornaments
of i‘e successor. In the niches at tho sides of tho portico aro sUtoas
of Tragedy und Coir.edv, and the sculptures in pond* represent tho
Modern and Ancient D.-un.a. Tho panel at th« Lit of r ho portico con¬
tains Hecate iu her car, with Macbeth and Lady Macbeth Tte I mg
panel under tho portico is filled with sculpt aro ro^rajoniin^ tho
Modern und Ancient Drama, tho former being typified by ShA'pearo
P.nd Milton, accompanied by tome ol tho characters in their principal
works, such os Ptotwro, Cobban, SoonKsn Agoaiites. and tho por-
eonages in "Cornus;’ 5 and the litter represented by Aristophanes,
Mem fender, and Aeschylus, with the Muses. Booohos, Minerva, and
other heathen deities und personages, Xfco pantl nox: IIm street
contains Fegneus attended bv Nymphs. The whole of ths ab its is in
excellent preservation, and nos been carefully cleaned liij other
sculpture of tho new theatre is highly supg«»Uvo of the purp iso jf the
building: tic carving ot tho ends of tho portico between th*
capitals of the pilasters displays muricul instruments. The keystones
of the wind* wa ore theatrical mu>ks ; and sunk in circular panels be¬
tween tho windows are Vista of Shakep are, Milten, ASmhylos, an 1
Aristophanes. When wo state that this immense portico. wh-’U is one
of the largest in London, was only ooinmeuoed soven weeks sines, oar
readers will foim an idea of tho skill and enorgy with which nndttm
builders work- Messrs. Lucas (Brothers), of Lamb&th, are the c m-
tractors employed. .. . ™ T . . ....
*\Vo purpose giving in a future rs umhor a v iow of tho intenor of this
ma r-ificint building, which will be acoompanied by oopioai deiitls of
the more important features of tho now Op-r* House, as rogiri a tha
atcoram. datum for tho uudiiory, the artistio dosoratious, and other
points ia i-Ua *ad tfastruoiiva of thy buildup.
COVENT-GABDEN THE ATBE, TO BE OPENED THIS E Y EX TNG — (SEE wrcEDlSQ PAGE.1
Mat 15, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
485
BANQUET TO THE DUKE
OF MALAKOFF BY THE
ARMY AND NAYY CLUB.
The members of the Army and
Navy Club, desirous to emulate
their senior brethren of the United
Service in doing honour to the
Duke of Malakoff on hiB arrival in
this country as Ambassador of the
Emperor of the Frenoh, gave a
grand banquet to his Excellency
at their Clubhouse on Thursday
week, at which the illustrious
Marshal was entertained by about
120 naval and military officers,
moat of whom had served with him
in the Crimea. The dinner was
laid out in the coffee-room of the
olub—an apartment whose magni¬
ficent proportions are well adapted
to oocasion8 of this character. The
Marshal arrived shortly before
eight o’clock, at which hour the
company sat down. The dinner
was of a very rechrrchi character.
The table was decorated with plate
and flowers, and had a very bril¬
liant efleot. The principal dithes
upon the table were ornamented
with well-executed medallions of
the Emperor and Empress, sur¬
mounted by the French eagle,
while the national tricolor was
judiciously introduced in the floral
embellishments.
Major • General Sir Fenwick
Williams of Kars, K.C.B., occupied
the chair, having upon his right
hand the guest of the evening,
Marshal the Duke of Malakoff;
and upon his left the Right Uon.
Sir John Pakington, M P. xVftor
the banquet, the gullant Chairman,
having proposed with appropriate
remarks “ The health of her Most
Gracious Majesty the Queen,”
which was received with acclama¬
tions, gave “The health of the
Emperor and Empress of the
Frenoh.” ThiB toast was drunk
with great enthusiasm, ard his
Excellency the Duke of Malakoff
returned thanks for the compli¬
ment paid to the Emperor and
Empress in a ftw brief and em¬
phatic eentences. “The health of
the Prince C«*nsort, the PriDoe of
Walts, and the rest of the Royul
Family,” having been given and
duly honoured,
The gallant Chairman said it
now became his duty to propose
the toast of the evening, “ The
health of the illustrious Pelissier,
Marshal the Duke of Malakoff”
(Loud cheers). His Excellency
had been designated by his Sove¬
reign to represent the French
nation in this country, and bv his
reception here he would be able to
appreciate the feelings entertained
by all classes in this country to*
wards his Imperial Majesty and
the alliance between the two nations (Cheers). He should not detain
them by making a loDg speech, though much might be said in praise
of their illustrious guest (Hear, hear). He might carry them to
Africa, where their gallant friend won his first laurels; and ho might
take them from that place to the Crimea, where his crowning glories
had been achieved (Cheers). He would not detain them longer, but
merely ask them to join him in drinking, in a bumper toast, “Long
life, prosperity, and future honours to Marshal the Duke of Malakoff.”
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF PORTUGAL.-(SEE PAGE 487.)
The toast having been enthusiastically drunk,
The Duke of Malak* ff, on rising to acknowledge the toast, was re¬
ceived with the most cordial snd enthusiastic cheers, which lasted for
several minutes. He said, speaking in Frenoh: “It is with a feeling
of broth*rly pleasure that I find myself sitting among you. It gives
me deen satisfaction to see your oordial anxiety to give me a welcome.
As a soldier more than one among you know me; as Ambassador my
principles are invariable; and, as I have already had the opportunity of
explaining them, it is not neces¬
sary to speak of them again here.
But what I wish to tell you is,
that I feel a pride in finding
myself a^ain in the midst of my
companions in arm6, and that I
recall to memory our valiant
standards, our glorious flags, the
witnesses of your great efforts as
well as ours, under the shadow of
which we have conquered the
peace of the world. Let us in
future know how to maintain that
peace, so productive of civilisation,
and so fertile, so neoeasary for us
and for you—that peace so indis¬
pensable for the welfare of all. I
nope that peace will be durable,
for it was cemented by generous
blood—by blood shed side by side
in succouring a faithful ally, but
shea with equal and mutual eager¬
ness. It is for us, soldiers and
sailors, to remember this. It is
for us to propose, without hesita¬
tion, an enthusiastic toast of lasting
ooncord ; and we who havo joined
our heroic efforts together l*r the
advantage of all have the right to
say to two great peoples, ‘ Let us
know how to imitate the two
fleets and the two armies, and let
our sentiments be mingled toge¬
ther in one common feeling.' I
beg to propose * The imperish¬
able union of our fleets and
armiee.' ”
I His Excellency’s appeal was re¬
ceived with severul distinct rounds
of cheering.
The gallant Chairman next pro¬
posed “(Jur absent comrades in
the Navy und Army,”
Sir John Paxington acknow¬
ledged the toast on behalf of the
Navy; und Genorul Sir John
Burgoyne briefly returned thanks
for the Army.
The gallant Chairman next gave
“The Armies and Nuviesof France
and England, who had fougnt
together in the Crimea and the
Baltic,” coupling therewith tho
names of General Sir William
Codrington and Captain Drum¬
mond, U.N., who respectively ac¬
knowledged the toast.
Lord Kokeby proposed, in highly
complimentary terms, the health
of 'he gallant Chairman, who
briefly returned thunks; and gave,
as the next toast, the health of the
sub-committee, to whom they were
so muoh indebted for the excellent
arrangements of the evening.
Colonel Daniell, in responding,
said he was able to illustrate the
kind feelings of the allied armies
to wards each other in the Crimea by
an affecting incident. On one oc¬
casion, when eight gallant officers
had been buried in a single grave
the post he commanded had become
so weakened that there wore not
enough men to guard the dead from
desecration. _ In this strait, on his application to Colonel Guerin, of
the 15me Ligne. that gallant officer furnished sentriee every night
to watch over their graves. If he might be allowed to add one
little toast at the close of the evening, it would be “L’entente
cordiale!"
The gallant Colonel’s appeal was received with a round of
parting cheers, amidst whicn the company retired to the drawing¬
room.
GiMHll!liiiM‘iM Dili •' *i M i
III ' 1 Jg 1
BANQUET TO THE DUKE OF MALAKOFF, AT THE ARMY AND NAVY CLUB.
486
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
LMAr 15, 1858
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
* HOUSE OF LOKDS.—Moxdajt.
LOBI> CANNING AND THB GOVERNMENT.
The Farlfof Shaftesbury gave notice that on Friday he should move
a resolution, iir which, without expressing any opinion respecting the
policy of Lord Canning, as indicated in his late proclamation, a censure
wc.uld be pronunccd upon the course pursued by her Majesty’s Ministers
towards the Governor-General of India.
A conversation took place, founded on the despatch lately addressed by
the Government to the Governor-General of India, in the course of which
explanations on various points were demanded from and supplied by L?rd
ElLENBOROUGII.
The Earl ot Albemarle postponed, under the circumstances that had
just transpired, the re-solution he had placed on the paper censuring the
policy of annexation lately practised towards the native Princes of India.
Several bills were passed through u stage of progress respectively.
The Customs Duties (No. 2 ) Bill, the Excise Duties Bill, and the
Exchequer Bonds {£ 2 , 000 , 000 } Bill, after some discussion, were each read
a third time and passed.
H@USE OP COMMONS.-Monday.
Limerick Election.—T he report from the Committee of Inquiry re¬
specting the late city of Limerick election was brought up, declaring the
return of Major Gavin invalid, on account of bribery through his agent,
but without nis cognisance, and voiding the election.
The Oude Proclamation.— Mr. Cardwell gave notice, for Thurs¬
day next, of a vote of censure upon the Government on account of their
late despatch to the Governor-General of India.
TUB OATHS BILL.
The Peers’ amendments in the Oaths Bill having been brought up for
consideration.
Lord J Bussell moved that the amendment by which clause 5 (the
Jews clause) was omitted should be disallowei, and the bill restored to its
loimcr shape Considering it unnecessary to recapitulate the arguments
bo often urged in t* haf of the abolition of all religious disabilities, the
noble Lord briefly invited the Bouse to vindicate the principle to that
effect which they had incorporated in the measure as sent up to the Bouse
of Lords.
Mr. Newpec.ate opposed the amendment. The principle on whish a
Jew could be admitted into the representative legislature was. he con¬
tended. a revolutionary principle. Involving that indifferentism to all
religion which bad brought about the first French Revolution, and again,
at a subsequent era, ruined in that country the monarchy established in
1831.
Sir R. BethsLL, after describing the state of the controversy aa be¬
tween the two branches of the Legislature, intimated his intention, in
case the present attempt failed, to suggest some course which, by a per¬
fectly constitutional mode of procedure, would enable tliat House to
accomplish the result so long desired by its own independent action.
This course, whose political consequences were, as he admitted, very
serious, would be adopted with great regret, and only as a last resource.
He was. however, convinced tliat the process coaid not bring the House
into collision with the courts of law.
After a few words of explanation from Sir J. Pakington, Mr. S.
WARREN repudiated any attempt to violate constitutional principles,
whatever might be Its causes or motives. The present cause was, he con¬
sidered. bad in itself, and he denied that the admission of Jews to Par¬
liament was either warranted in policy or demanded by public opinion.
The House divided—For Lora Joan Russell's motion, 263 ; against
it, 160.
The amendment was consequently disallowed, and he clause replaced in
the bill.
On the motion ot Lord J. Russell, it was then ordered that a Com¬
mittee should be nominated to draw up reasons for disagreeing with the
Lords’ amendment, in order to the holding a conference with the Peers.
This motion being adopted, the names of a considerable numberof mem¬
bers to serve on the Committee were moved by the uoble Lord, and, being
subsequently put from the chair, severally agreed to.
Mr. T. Buncombe moved that Baron Rothschild should also be nomi¬
nated on the Committee.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Dili.wyn.
Mr. Newdecate opposed the motion.
The Home Secretary submitted that this appointment of a member
who lmd not yet taken the oaths involved a novel point, and might render
their proceedings questionable on the score of informality.
A brief discussion followed on the point of form, in which Mr. Bouverie,
Lord J. Kusstli, Lord Pain enton, and other members participated.
The debate was ultimately adjourned until the following day.
The Stamp Duty on Drafts Bill was considered, as amended, and
OJdcrcd to stand for third reading.
SUPPLY.
General Peel prefaced the votes of supply by a general statement of
the recent augmentations and present state of the army. Before the India
mutiny broke out the military force consisted of 157,000 men, of whom
30,000 were on service In India. The present force was 223.000 mon. show¬
ing an increase of 66,000 within the year. To supply the augmentation
already arranged, and fill up the loss from casualties, . at least 60,000
recruits must be provided during the current twelvemonth. He appre¬
hended, however, no diffiulty io obtaining this number, large as it was,
since not fewer than 48,000 men had been enlisted within the last eight
months.
The House then went Into Committee of Supply, and the remainder of
the sitting was devoted to a miscellaneous discussion of various votes
belonging to tlie army estimates.
The House resumed.
Chelsea-bridge.—L ord J. Manners obtained leave to ntroducca bill
to amend the Act of the 9th and loth of Victoria, cap. 39, relative ti
Clielrea-bridge. Mr. A r.rocK gave notice that at a future stage he shoo’d
move the abolition of the toll, which was not included in the measure.
The bill was brought in and read a first time.
Several orders of the day were then disposed of.
HOUSE OF LORDS. —Tuesday.
LORD CANNING'S PROCLAMATION.—RESIGNATION OF THE EARL O?
ELLBN BOROUGH.
After some conversation respecting the private letter received by Mr. Y.
Smith from the Governor-General of India, intimating his intention to
send explanations of his motives and policy connected with that manifesto.
The Earl of Ellenborougb, while justifying the principles which his
despatch to Lord Canning was designed to vindicate, took upon himself
the entire responsibility for having wrilteu nud transmitted that docu¬
ment, as well as having consented to its promulgation in Engiaud. Sea*J
sible, however, of the serious consequences which had resulted from that
proceeding, he hart tendered the resignation of hi3 office as President of
the Board of Control, which, he added, her Majesty had been graciously
pleased to accept
The Earl of Derby reiterated his disapproval of tlie general confiscation
announced to tlie landowners of (dude by Lord Canning's proclamation.
At the same time he admitted that the Government generally coaid not
approve of the despatch sent in reference thereto by the President of the
Board of Control, and considered the publication of that document in
England, and at the present moment, altogether inopportune. With sin¬
cere regret, therefore, they had consented to Buffer tlie loss of a valued
colleague lather than stake the existence of a Government and the import¬
ant interests committed to their charge upon an issue which they fqjt to
be in some decree indefensible.
The Earl of Shaftesbury laid on tlie table the motion on the subject
which he intended to bring forward on Friday evening.
The CniF.F Justice of Bombay Bill was read a second time.
The Transfer ok Land Bill was read a third time and passed.
The Royai. Assent was given by Commission to the Exchequer Bills,
the Exchequer Bonds, the Customs Duties, and the Excise Duties Bills ;
Also to several private bills.
Some further business was also transacted.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tuesday
Vote by Ballot.- Mr. R Berkeley gave notice that on the 8th of
June he should move 'or leave to bring in a bill to provide that votes at
election* for that House &bcaW be taken by ballot
The Vote of Censure—L ord V, Temfest announced that on Friday
(the motion having been postponed from Thursday to Friday) he should
move an amendment upon the motion of which Mr. Cardwell had given
notire, to tlie effect that the House abstained from giving any opinion
either upon the proclamation issued by Lord Cauning respecting the
lar.dtd proprietors of Oude. or the despatch of the home Government to
the Gov*rnnr-Ger.erai in relation thereto.
The Cagliari.—I n reply to Mr Klnnaird. Mr. 8. Fitzgerald said
Ihut u di finite amount of compensation for tbe two English engineers.
Watt and Park, to be demac.acd from the Neapolitan Government, had
been irdientod to Mr. Lyons: but he declined to state any further par¬
ticulars in relation to that affair.
THE OATHS BILL.
T1 c adjourned debate upon the motion that Baron Rothschi'd should be
non.it stv-o upon the Committee appointed to confer with the Peers re-
spcctii g ti e Oaths Bill was resumed by
The Solicitor- Genf.hal who, alter examining thele^al beirings of the
case, decided that the House was quite entitled to nominate It iron Roths-
chlia on the Committee Whether any actual service on that Committee
would iryoive the Baron in any personal liability was an ulterior question
upon wl n h he would not pronounce an opinion.
Mr. »v 11 itbread oppose! the motion, which was supported by Mr
REA 1)1 A M.
At. Mavj.iiAV apprehended tint, m appointing Baron Uo’.hschild I
upon the Committee, the House would establish a dangerous and deroga¬
tory precedent. . . _ ..
After some remarks from Mr. Collier and Mr. Puller in support of the
motion, and from Mr. Drummond and Mr Malms against It, the House
divided—For the motion, 261 ; against, 196.
On tbe motion of Lord J. Russell, the members of the Committee were
directed to withdraw at once, to prepare for the conference with the Peers.
Mining Operations in the Duchy of Lancaster.— Mr. Ricardo
presented tome petitions from the copyholders, inhabitants, mayor and
corporation of the borough of Hanley, In the Staffordshire Potteries, oom-
plafning of the peril to their lives and property to which they are sub¬
jected by the mining operations under the Duchy of Lancaster; and
moved that a Select Committee should be appointed to inquire into the
allegations of the petitioners, and to report whether any and what remedy
can be afforded to them, should the grievance of which they complain be
proved to exist.—After some discussion, the motion was negatived by
128 to 63.
PRIVATE BILLS.
Lord R. Cecil moved, by way of resolution. “That in the opinion of
the House it was expedient that investigations into the merits oi private
bills, at present conducted by Select Committees of that House, should in
fhture, as soon aa the necessary arrangements could be made, be conducted
by a paid and permanent tribunal.
Mr. Wilson Patten admitted that the present system of discussing
and examining private bills, by means of Select Committees, required
alteration. He objected, however, to the motiou now proposed as being
too vague, and presenting no practical remedy
Lord Stanley also opposed the motion, contending that on the whole
the Select Committees arrived at better results than could be accomplished
by any other machinery. The questions involved in private bills related
rotouJy to individual claims and rights, but to public interests, with
which the House alone was competent to deal.
Mr. H. Ingram expressed a hope that the House would not be induced
to depart from the present system. Among the grounds of objection
which be took to the plan of the noble Lord was the expense which the
constitution of the proposed tribunals would entail on the Consolidated
Fund without any guarantee being afforded that business would be more
efficiently conducted.
Mr. Griffith. Lord Ebrington, Mr. Slaney, Mr. T. Eger ton, and other
members, having spoken.
The motion was withdrawn.
mortality in the army.
Lord Ebrington moved a series of resolutions, setting forth that the
long-continued excessive mortality of the British army has been mainly
caused by the bad sanitary condition of their barrack accommodation;
that the House has viewed with satisfaction the efforts of successive
Governments, aided by Parliamentary grants, to improve the moral, in¬
tellectual. and physical condition of the British solaier, but that much
still remains to be done with regard to barrack accommodation, both for
its increase and its improvement; that in the opinion of the House such in¬
crease and improvement arc imperatively called for, not leas by good policy
and true economy than by justice and Humanity. The noble Lord sup¬
ported his motion by copious references to tables showing the army rates
of mortality as compared with those of other professions and trades, and
described the deficiencies and mismanagement of the military barracks to
which, as he insisted, the deplorable excess of deaths and disease among
the soldiers were entirely attributable.
8ir F. Smith mentioned some circumstances which he thought ac¬
counted for the apparently high rate of mortality in the regiments of the
Guards.
Captain Annesley. Mr W. Williams, Colonel North, and several other
members. continued the discussion.
Lord Palmerston, in supporting the motion, remarked upon the sani¬
tary conditions which ought to be observed in the construction of bar¬
racks, but which had hitherto been too much neglected
Mr. S. Herbert related some particulars on the subject which had
come under the observation of tlie Commissioners lately appointed to
irqulrc into the sanitary state of the army.
General Peel stated that many improvements in the soldiers’ barracks
had been already effected, and more were in course of execution. He pro¬
mised to pay every possible attention to the question.
After some further discussion the resolutions were agreed to.
Turnpike Tolls in the Metropolis —Mr. Byng moved an address
to the Crown praying for the appointment of a Royal Commission to in-
a uire and report as to tlie best means of affording to the inhabitants of
:ie metropolitan districts, within six miles of Charlng-cross, a relief,
from the abolition of turnpike-gates and tollbars, similar to that which
the Legislature had already granted to the metropolis of Ireland. The
motion was seconded by Mr. Ingram, and agreed to.
Election Committees —Mr. Collins obtained leave to Introduce a
bill to further limit and define the Jurisdiction of Election Committee* ia
cases of scrutiry. by extending the provisions of the Act of the sixth year
of her present Majesty, chapter 16. section 98.
The Stamp Duty on Drafts Bill. was read a third tinne and pissed.
The reports on Supply and Ways and Means were brought up and
agreed to.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Wednesday.
METROPOLITAN rOOE-RATES.
Mr. Ayrton moved the second reading of the Poor-rates (Metropolis)
Bill. The object, of this measure was, as nc explained it, to equalise the
rates levied for the relief of the poor throughout all the London parish's,
and he cited numerous instances showing the extreme variations in the
present assessment in different localities, and the consequent injustice iu-
flicted on the ratepayjng classes of the community.
Mr. B. Estcourt opposed the bill. Contending that its principle—with
which be exprrssfd his entire disagreement—if adopted in the metropolis,
must In- - attended over the whole country. He moved, as an amendment,
tliat the second reading shou’d be deferred for six mouths.
Mr. Bykg objected to the bill, because it introduced a system of centrali¬
sation and tended to neutralise the principle of local self-government.
Sir B. Hall characterised the measure as absurd and preposterous.
Mr. J. Locke supported the bill, believing that the principle was sound,
and all objections related merely to matters of detail, which could bo ob¬
viated during the discussion in Committee.
After some further remarks from Mr. Butler and Mr. T. Dancombe,
Mr. Ayrton consented to withdraw the bill
Patent Law.—M r. T. Dun combe moved the second reading of the
Patent Law Amendment Bi’i, by whioh the costs and fees charge!
upon patents would be reduced one half; but, after a brief discussion,
the motion was negatived without a division.
The Reformatory Schools (Ireland) Bill was read a second
time, on the motion of Mr. Dkasy.
Passport Stamps.—M r. Hamilton obtained leave to bring in a bill
reducing the stomp duly on passports.
HOUSE OF LORDS. —Thursday,
This being Ascension Day, their Lordsliip3, according to custom, did
not sit
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Thursday.
Tlie House met at four o'clock.
India.— Mr. Lygon gave notice that he should on Friday call atten¬
tion to the subject of information from India understood to have been
withheld from the Board of Control.—In reply to Mr. Wise Mr B.yillie
said no despatches had been received from Sir C. Campbell pressing (or
immediate reinforcements; nor had the Court of Directors refused to pro¬
vide transport for troops.
THE RESIGNATION OP LORD ELLENSOROUOH.
Lord A. V. Tempest asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether
the resignation of Lord Ellcnboroush had been his own spontaneous act,
or whether it wrfs partly attributable to the directly or indirectly ex¬
pressed wish of the Government that the noble Lord should resign ;
whether it was the intention of the Government to adopt the views con¬
veyed in the despatch of the Secret Committee to the G wernor-General in
Council, April 19; or whether it was the Intention of the Government to
accept the policy laid down in the proclamation of the Governor-General
of India, dated Allahabad. March 14, 1859?
Tlie Chancellor of the Exchequer said it would not be safe to
answer the second question without notice. Iu reply to the other ques¬
tion. he had only to say that the frank and generous speech of Lord
Ellenborough delivered the other evening in the House of Lords ought
to be a complete answer to it. The noble Lord’s resignation was in her
Majesty's hands before it was knowu to his colleagues. If they ha!
known of it they would have been unanimous in requesting him to with¬
draw it.
LORD CASNING*8 PROCLAMATION.
Mr. Kewdeoate asked the right lion, member for Northampton
whether tlie late Government received any Intimation of Lord Canning’s
intention to issue such a proclamation as that addressed to the chiefs aud
inhabitants ot Oude which was now before Parliament, or that proclama¬
tion ; whether the late Government were consulted by Lord Canning as to
the policy of issuing such a proclamation, or of any measure for the same
purpose? and. if the late Government were thus Informed or consulted, at
what period their attention wu first called to the subject, and what were
the dates and nature of the communications between the late Government
and the Government of India thereon?
Mr. V. Smith said he hud received a notification of the despatch, aid
communicated it to his colleagues; but there wa( nothin * iu i; which he
felt called upon to communicate to the Earl of Ellenborough.
THB OATHS BILL.
Lord J. Russell brought up the report of the Committee appointed *o
draw up reasons for disagreeing wilh the Lords' amenlments to this bill.
The* report was agreed to after a few words from Mr. Ne vdegitc, and
(he CIt ik of the Ik use was desired to go to the Lprds and request a con¬
ference,
THB VOTR OP CENSURE.
Tlie Chancellor of the Exchequer said it would be convenient for
the House if the right hon gentleman the member for the city of Oxford
would state the course which he intended to take with regard to his motion
on Friday night. He wished to know whether the motiou would be a
eubatanlive one, or an amendment upon going into Committee of Supp’y?
Mr. Cardwell said he should briDg it ou as a substantive motion,
having understood that the Government would give him precedence.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer was most anxious to do so, and
would accordingly move to-morrow that the motion should have pre¬
cedence over the orders or the day.
Mr. M. Gibson inquired whether the motion would be changed in its
wording ?
Mr. Cardwell was understood to say that he contemplated no change.
MASTERS AND WORKMEN’S BILL.
Mr. MACKINNON moved the second reading of this bilL
Mr. Walpole admitted that the object of the bill was praiseworthy,
but. as its provisions were unworkable, recommended the hon. member to
withdraw it and introduce it in an amended form.
Mr. Henley, Mr Ingham, and Mr Labouchere took a similar view;
and Mr. Turner and Mr Kirk opposed the measure upon its principle;
and the bill was ultimately w ithdrawn.
JOINT-STOCK BANKING COMPANIES BILL.
Mr. Beadlam moved the second reading of this bilL
Mr. Black, strongly condemning the application of the princiole of
limited liability to banking operations, as being extremely prejudicial to
depositors, moved, as an amendment, that the bill should be read a second
time that day three months.
Mr. Finlay seconded tho amendment.
Mr. Drummond spoke against the present system of “ kiteflying."
Sir R. W. Carden thought a new system of banking ought to be es¬
tablished.
SirW. Dunbar opposed the amendment, contending that limited lia¬
bility, if adopted, would lead to ail improvement in bank management,
and to a better class of shareholders. At the same time he hoped to see
the bill amended and modified in Committee.
Mr. Boyill opposed the bill, as being neither more nor less than an
attempt to enrich the shareholders and directors of joint-stock banks at
the expense of the public.
Mr. Gurney also opposed the bill, but promised to support aome suoh
measure at a future time, if he found the prinoiple of limited liability
working well in its general application to Joint-stock companies.
St G. Ci Lewis supported the bill.
Tim Chancellor or the Exchequer supported the second reading of
the bill as one which would, put an end to a restriction which oon’.d not
tesupported on any valid ground; for so long as limited liability was
applied to other commercial undertakings it ought not to be restricted in
the case of banks.
After some further discussion, the bill was read a second time without a
division.
CnURCH-BATK9 ABOLITION DILL.
t he House then went into Committee on this bill, and a general dis¬
cussion upon its principle took place upon the first clause, which, on a
division, was carried by 227 to 163—majority, 74.
The clause was then agreed to. as were also clauses 2 and 4, clause 3
(exempting Ireland and Scotland from the operation of the bill) being
omitted by consent, and the bill then passed through Committee, a new
clause having been added making it legal to collect Church-rates already
laid.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of.
Vote of Censure on Government.—T ho following are tho
resolutions of Lord Shaftesbury for the House of Lords on Friday: —
“ I. That it appears from the j apers laid upon the table of this House that
a despatch has been addressed by the Secret Committee of the Court of
Directors to the Governor-General of India, disapproving of a proclama¬
tion which (he Governor-General had informed the Court he intended to
issue after the fall of Lucknow. 2. That it is knowu only from intelligence
that has reached this country by the correspondence published in
the newspapers that the intended proclamation has been issued, and
with an important modification, no official account of the proceeding
having yet been received; that this House is. therefore, still without fuT
information as to the ground upon which Lord Canning lias acted, and
his answer to the objections made to his intended proclamation in the
despatch of the Secret Committee cannot be received for several weeks.
3. "That under these circumstances this House is unable to form a Judg¬
ment on the proclamation issued by Lord Canning but thinks it ought to
express its disapprobation of the premature publication by Her Majesty’s
Ministers of the despatch addressed to the G ivernor-General. because this
public condemnation of his conduct must tend to weaken the authority
of the Governor-General, and to encourage those who are now in
arms against this country."-The following are the terms of Mr.
Cardwell’s resolution in the House of Commons on Friday: —
“That this House, whilst in its present state of information it
abstains {from expressing an opinion on the policy of any
proclamations which may have been issued by the Governor-General of
India in relation to Oude. has seen with regret nud serious apprehension,
that her Majesty's Government have address^ to the Govern or-General,
through the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors, and have pub¬
lished, a desputch condemning in strong terms tho conduct of the Go¬
vernor-General ; and is of opinion that such a course on the part of the
Government must tend, in the present circumstances of India, to produce
the most, prqjudiciul effect, by weakening the authority of the Govcrnor-
Gereral, and encouraging tlie further resistance of those who ure in arms
against us.”
Mr. Xayard, on Tuesday night, addressed a large and influential
assembly in St. James’s Hall upon the revolt in India, from the scenes
of which he has lust returned. Many members of the House of Commons
and men of all parties were present. Mr. L.tyard was emphatic
upon the cruelty and impolicy of confounding the innocent and the guilty
In one common fate of persecution and death The extent ot’ the rebellion,
he said, was far greater than persons in England imagined, and much
more than a military mutiny. The cause he attributed to our annexation
policy nnd treatment of the natives. With respect to the alleged cases of
mutilation, niter the most vigilant investigation he had not been able to
find out one authenticated case. It was a great rising of the Indian people,
and he believed that they meant to exterminate man. woman, and child ;
but they did not mean to insult or mutilate. The rebellion reached from
the Himalayas to the South Mahratta country. He did not wish to deny
or palliate the atrocities that had been committed in India. They were
horrible enough. But, when standing over tho well at Uawnpore, one
feeling more bitter than all the rest that rose In his mind was that we
might possibly by our acts justify that deed of hell He appealed to the
people to raise their voice against the thirst for blood Let the
gnilty be punished, but spare the innocent. He would not touch
upon party contentions. “ For God's sake (said the hon lecturer
emphatically) let us forget party when our empire is at stake.’’ He would
not say whether it was prudent to publish a certain document; but this
he would say, that tlie two principles laid down in the concluding
paragraph of that despatch ought to be written in letters of gold, and put
up in every public p 3 ace in India. Mr Layard's eloquent and impressive
address wss listened to throughout with tlie deepest attention.
Charge of Writing a Letter to the Queen.—M r.
Austin Maggs, an architect and builder, who has for some time past re¬
sided in Hereford, superintending the erection of a monastic edifice at
Be'mont, was apprehended on Tuesday, in consequence of having written
a letter to her Majesty, plainly betokeulug mental aberration of a dan¬
gerous character. The following is a copy of the letter upon whioh the
proceedings were takenHereford, 27 lh April, 1858. To her Most
Gracious Majesty Victoria. Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and their
colonies. Your Majesty’s humble and loyal subjectshoweth that through
the mercy and grace of Almighty God he has. during a period of thirty-
six years, been an obedient aud useful subject of this realm, and moreover,
(or more than twenty years now past, he has been an humble servant of
the Most High God, and a partaker of His grace manifested
in his only begotten Son Your Majesty’s security also showeth
tliat the aLI-wise and grucious God has iu an especial manner
manifested himself to him (the writer), and in such a marked and con¬
tinuous way as leaves him no alternative but to apply to your Majesty to
render up to him your Majesty's office as head of the Church. And in
doing so it is from a solemn conviction of duty. Your Majesty will please
to remember that this application is registered iu heaven, aud will have
to be accounted for at the judgment seat of our Lord I shall bo hippy
to produce to your Majesty my credentials as Christ’s vicegerent on
earth, and challenge the creation to produce any other claim except my
own to that office. In preferring my claim, your .Majesty will please to
observe that it is from uo sordid mGtive; hut. on the contrary, merely
for the glory of God, the welfare of your Majesty’s people, and the sta¬
bility of your throne. Wishing your Majesty every nippiness, both
don cal ic and public, I am, by tlie grace of God, iu your Majesty 8 service.
Austin Magus ”
The Duchess of Cleveland has been robbed to a large
extent by bei butler, John James Hall, who has been systematically em¬
bezzling money giv-.n to him to pay tradesmen, and forging their re¬
ceipts. He tins been commit ted for trial on three or four charges, selected
out of a total of more than eighty.
Consecration of the Bishop of Calcutta.—O n Thursday
morning the Rev. Dr. Giorge Edward Lynch Cotton, of Trinity 0»llegc,
Cambridge, late Head Master of Marlborough College, was consecrated
Bishop of Calcutta, and iu virtue of that office becomes Metropolitan of
India.
■J Jig London Home or Furgica! Diseases of Women, at Notting-
hlll, was opened for the reception of patients on Thursday.
May 15, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
487
MUSIC.
Mademoiselle Titiens is not surpassed (nor indeed is she
equalled) bv any dramatic singer now on the stago. She unite! the
g jwers of the greatest tragedian and of the most consummate vocalist.
at, in order to estimate* her fuirly and to do her justice, we must
remember that she is a Garmon, not an Italian, and that her na¬
tionality is a great feature of her character. She possesses a voice of im-
jneueo power and exquisite beauty; her style is pure, graceful, and
peifectiy simple; and she has all the gifts of person, intelligence, and
genius requisite to form a Rachel or a Ristori. But her pre-eminence
does not extend to mere vocal mechanism. In the execution of light
and florid passages we have moro than ono Italian singer capable of
more rapid execution and greater brilliancy. Honce it has h ippened
that her performance in the “Trovatore ” ha3 made a smaller impres¬
sion (at least on the more criticul portion of tho public) than in the
“Huguenots” or in "Don Giovanni.” In the “Trovatore” she had
nover appeared till she came to London: and, though hor roprasenta-
tion of the heroine of that piece is grand and tragic, yet it is evidont
that 1 he music of Verdi is not to her like that of her "fatherland”
In “ Don Giovanni” the case is entirely the reverse. There she is at
home, and her Donna Anna on Tuesday last was tho greatest triumph
she has yet achieved in England Nothing was more remark -
ablo in her perfoimance of Mozart’s music than. tho true
German reverence and fidelity with which she adhered to tho great
master’s text. She know that nothing was to be gained by sub¬
stituting any fanoies of her own for thoso strains in whioh nothing
can be changed, and to whioh nothing can be added without impair¬
ing their matchlees beauty. We canuot but wish, by the way, that
Giuglini (whose Don Ottavio is a fine performance) were equally
scrupulous. In tho great air, “II mio tesoro,” he presumes to alter
passagep, and to add graces for which the text affords no warrant. Wo
wish him to believe that Mozart’s own notes are better than any that
ho can put in their pluco. To return to Titiens' Donna Anna, it is suf¬
ficient to add that her lofty conception of tho character, and her
passionate and touching performance of the principal scenes, are as
remarkable as the faultless perfection with whioh she sings the music.
With tho exception of Titiens in Donna Anna, the opera was cast
precisely as it was last year; and tho mitt en jcdn&and general getting
up were similar. The theatre was crowded to the doors; and, among
the occupants of the boxes, tho Queen, the Prince Consort, and several
of the Royal children were conspicuous.
The admirers of Mdlle. Titiens will next week have an opportunity
of eeeing h«r in each of tho three characters in which she has sur-
? >riaed and gratified the town. On Tuesday she will appear as Palen-
ine. in the “ Huguenots” ; on Thursday, in the part of Donna Anna,
in “Don Giovanni”; and on Friday, in tho “ Trovatore.” Giuglini,
too, will appear in each opera. On Wednesday tho programme will
be enriched by tho chef-d’oeuvre, “Barbiere.” in whioh Alboni will
sing Roptini'a florid music, and Piooolomini will also appear in a
favourite part. Tho number of performances advertised is justified
by the great influx of visitors in the Epsom race week.
Drury Lane has been opened as an Italian Opera “for the
people.” We have now in the metropolis of^ England throe It ilian
theatres, and not one dedicated to our own musical drama. A strange
state of things, in which London, among all the capitals of Europe and
America, stands alone. If, however, there is really among the million
an “ effective demand ” for a cheap Italian opera, let it be satisfied
by all means; and, certainly, Mr. Smith has brought his entertainment
within the reach of tho humblest pleasure seekers among us. The
theatre opened, on Monday evening, with the piece in such universal
vogue at present, the “ Travatore.” Tho performance, considered with
reference to the prices of admission, was good. The principal parts
were sustained by persons who have been eminent in their day, and
still exhibit considerable powers. Such a porformer is Maine. Salviaa
Danatelli, for whom Verdi composed tho “ Traviuta,” aad who, with
tho remains of a fine voice, showed the experienced artist. Signor
Badioli, too, who appeared as tho Count di Luna, was once distin¬
guished as a baritono throughout Italy. Mdme. Bernirdi, who re¬
presented the Gipsy, is a good actress, and still retains an excellent
contralto voice. Our old acquaintance, Mr. Charles Braham, was the
Manrico—u. part for whioh his handsome person and fioo tenor voice
are important requisites. Tho oichestra, chorus, and general getting
up of lie piece are creditable; and it may ba said th.it the whole en¬
tertainment is very good at the price.
The third concert of the Philharmonic Society was given on
Monday. The excellence of tho selection will appear from the pro¬
gramme:—
PA$T X.
finfonlnFrolrn .. .. •• •• •• **
Sew. a, “Infclico!" Mndnmo Clara Novcllo .. ..
Arln, •*Tan* ul." Mist Utcdlca 111 Hallo di Trjserp'iia)
Concerto in E flat, Pianofoito, M. Ho W •« •• •• ••
I’AUT 11.
k'oitiIjdc o^"?< .Inb^c Fortt’" Mat! I me Clara Novollo (GuUlauras Toil)
Concerto, violin, Hut Butt (hi* flnt npimarunce m En^l »1)
Overture, Obercn £ fD( j n V(or—ProfWvjr Stormlale Bennett, Muv Dec.
The only absolute novelty was the appearance of Herr Bofct, a favourite
pupil of Spohr, who has gained considerable reputation in Get many.
Ho is a fine player, but laboured under the disadvantage of coming
forward so soon after tho matchless Joachim, who, iby-tho-by, is to
perform Mendelssohn’s concerto and a sonata of Bach a. tho next
conceit on Monday week. The fine symphonies of Boothovan aud
Haydn were superbly played. Clara Novello displayed all her powers,
and 5 the young contralto singer, Miss Lasoelies. delighted the audioaco
by tho simplicity and sweetness with which pho sang the beautiful air
of “ Winter.” Tho room was execodingly crowded.
At the concert of the Musical Union, on Tucsdiy morning,
the great feature was the appearance of the young Russian.pianist,
Rubinstein, who, it will be remembered, created ft groat sensation, and
somo different* of opinion, in our musical^cl^Iast yoar. ^Ajout
his great powers us
fererce rekting to 1
aam^«on 8 (md n doUght*ofIha’srettt assemblage of musicians and
dilettanti who frequent tho meetings of the Mustoai ynum. It was
indeed a moat masterl- -f-™"™- M. Suhmstem a readmg of hu>
of tone, and his immense executive power, hhwm - • tlV ;'
qualities not surpassed, tve sincerely beusve, by any pianist in the
^Another great pianist has appeared this week— Madame
Szarvadv late Wilhelmina Clauss, the yonng performer who so g.-ea.ly
mir musical world four years ago. She has returned to us a
Boolhovw.
Mimilclatohn.
Wlatof.
BlVIUIOVOU.
Hay Jh.
HomioI.
B;>ihr.
We*»«r.
cipal pieces wtro Mendelssohn's trio “ C matiT^aaia
Piatti; Beethoven s sonata in G. op. 31, stunheu Hollar
and fliRUO in D minor; and several smaller niooes of Stepneu u.eu 9 r,
Chopin, and other modern composers. . Mrformancea.
able company, who appeared to be enenanted by he p
Thebe was an interesting musical entertainment at the Crj^tal
Palace on Saturday last. It woe the " NaUou^,School Chind hes
tival" in aid of tho Church Schoolmasters and ilutrassM Benevolent
Institution ; an excellent.charity, ^ «‘>evmgdeoayeda nooosntoas
teachers, and providing for their orphan children. J-ho
tween four aid five thousand voices selected from «ul4*W X
teaXiB of the I-ondon national and endowed schools; and the
performance was conducted by Mr. Q W. Martin, ttojrmnj*.at gbe-
coropoBer, by whom these youthful singers have hoon carefuUy tri
Thtv sting an excellent selection of psalniB, chorales, #
choiuf os, glcoe, and madrigals, to a delighted and enthuaiastic aadia
Twertv-one thousand persona wero present; and her ???
Queen of Portugal, and other distinguished personages, were among the
■visitors. —
■Russian Theatres.—T he Cologne Gazelle states that the
Vimwrorof Ru^fia has decided that theatres shall be established Inthe
elder towns of the governments of (ireat Russia, four in Little
four in tlrnBamo provinces, Uve in the kingdom of Kasan. three
Astrakan, five in Southern Russia, eight in Western
in the kingdom ot ASTraKan, u tlvc ln Poland A II these theatres are
Russia, P inland and . c ) 100 ls for superior Instruction are also to be
established in all the chief towns of governments and other largo places.
A svitcin has been adopted in Liverpool for teaching the blind
«t their homes; aud its results hitherto have been moat successful.
THE THEATRES, frc.
Hay marke t*—I tis now some lime since Miss Reynolds last acted
on this stage, end her reappearance on Wednesday was highly grati-
lying to her admirers. Neither Mirs Amy Sedgwick nor Mr*. Charles
x ouug have wholly effaced her from the publio recollection, for Miss
Reynolds has specific qualifications which are not oasily substituted
Long practice has given her groat facility, and a natural aptitude for
genteel comedy has secured for her a rank on the boards to which bu
tow can aspire. Miss Reynolds wisely chose Lady Teazle for her re¬
appearance—a part which she always performed admirably, but never
better than on this occasion. Sheridan's immortal comedy, it is hopsd,
may long have the benefit of her talents. Especially fitted for this
theatre and its audience, “The School for Scandal ” receives from the
management the utmost attention, and furnishes an opportunity for
the perfoimers of which each is ambitious to avail himself. Mrs.
Candour tell to the lot of Mrs. Wilkins, and this lady' has won in it a
new claim upon our good opinion. Mr. Chippendale was him-slf in
Sir Peter; and Mr. Buckstone’s Backbite needs no commendation.
Mr. Farrcn improves in Charles Surface, and Mr. II >was Joseph
testifies to the pains taken by this iudicious actor to achieve excellence.
Mr. Compton was Crabtree, and, like a true and experienced artist,
made of an inferior part a significant cfcaraoter. The same maybe
said of Mr. Claik in Moses, an actor whose vory figure we iden’ify
in u manner with tho "little theatre.” and whose roputation indeed
cannot be dissociated from it. The house is now uniformly well at¬
tended ; and Miss Reynolds, ns wo have Baid, was received with marked
satisfaction by the pit and boxes.
Standard. —Mr. Phelps—-whose engagement at this theatre had
been suspended on account of severe indisposition—reappeared on
Monday, and was well received by an ovorfl iwing audience. The part
was Hamlet, which he supported with his usual care, elegance, and
vigour. On Tuesday ho resumed the rAleof SirPertinax Macspcophant,
in “ The Man of the World,” and commanded the plaudits of the
house. Mr. Phelps, in faot, has in these days unrivalled possession of
this character. To a complete control of the Scotoh dialect, the dif¬
ferent elements of which h8 systematises in a manner that is singularly
stage-efficient, he odds an abundance of humour, whioh gains in
breadth and force from his tragic power. In tho great Beene with his
sou, in which he tells his wonderful history, Mr. Phelpj produced an
astonishing effect on the house, and a state of universal oxcitement
only to be obtained by perfect euccosa. The audionoo may be con¬
gratulated on the recovery of this distinguished, actor.
Barnsbury Hall, Islington.— Mr. Westland Marston read to
a numerous audience on Wednesday his tragedy of “ Tho Patrioian’s
Daughter.” He was deservedly applauded throughout, and in some
passages was remarkably effective.
Boyal Cremorne Gardens. —This suburban retreat has, since
its opening, receivod greater support from the general public than in
such an untoward state of the weather could have been expected. The
gTeafelndian picture, combining sixteen ekotches from the scenes of
the laic revolt, attracts considerable attention for its characteristic
truthfulness of architecture and colouring ; and the Havelock Group
is much admired for its spirited portrayal of character and incident.
The lovers of American flowers will be gratified to learn that the show
in the Athbuinham Pavilion is expeoced to exceed in beauty and
variety the ono in 1856, with which her Majesty was so highly
pleased.
All our literati seem inclined to become “oral instructors.”
Another lecturer has been uddod to tho list in tho person of Mr.
Robert Bell (the accomplished editor of the Poets), who has been leo-
turing at Queen Charlton, near Bash, on “Shakspoaraand his Times’*—
a topic which his studies and tastes enable him to handle with great
advantage.
Mies Amy Sedgwick, who has for some time been suffering
from eevere indisposition, is now rapidly recovering at Hostings, and
is expected to shortly make her appearance again on the stage.
THE WEATHER.
RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE
BLEW OBSERVATORY OP THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
OAT.
PAlLT KXAkS OF
TUKKiJO surras.
WIS’D.
RAIS
*1
m
Dtm
remit.
rf
-3
*!
§3
°r
!ii
a a
i *
115
3E-
a -
Oeseral
Direction.
!£
ii
> -
*1
in 14
coots.
Read
at
10 A.M.
T.,rh«t
ti
6
C-10
•
•
Vli '■<*
inches
May
5
30-04 s
4S-3
41-2
•73
6
35 T
65 3
8W. W.
129
•000
6
30-336
46*9
360
•Eft
3
40 3
550
NNE EXE
264
•000
7
30 394
44 ft
35-7
•73
3
33-8
551
NNE. F..
3G
000
30263
48-7
36C
•66
7
33*9
64 9
NNE. NE.
235
•000
9
30133
47*7
35-0
•64
6
39-2
669
ESE. F.NB.
tft3
000
10
30064
621
38^
•62
a
42 8
60-4
NE. EVE.
213
•000
n
11
29933
60 3
41-6
*71
6
42 3
69-5
NNE. NE.
232
uoa
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE CAMBRIDGE
{OBSERVATORY, FOR THE WEEK. ENDING MAY 15. 1*59
Bar-
lilf?
iSifl
I:ii!
A
It
=|
1 !
s l
U
F 2
if
<r-
Dry Wat
Bulb Bulb
at | at
S» A.M. 9 A.M.
Dry
Bulb
at
s r.M.
s
0
9
« i •
a
May
6
30 329
63 1
37-1
45 4
50-8 45-0
51-2
7
30 431
55-C
321
45-2
47*2 43 2
55 6
6
30-374
562
35 3
466
49-3 1 450
654
M ''- /
i*
30-167
67-8
39 2
47 8
601 ’ 45 8
65 8
10
30121
614
403
51-4
64-7 . 49-3
59 5
11
30 041
61-4
38 0
496
62 * ! 49-1
57-7
„
13
29-771
51-6
42 8
44 9
47 1 45 5
61-2
Means
30-177
66-7
37 8
47.3
St*2 ] 461
55*2
| Wet
; Bulb
Dlrea-
lloa of
Wind
1 Amt
°f
| Cloud.
-.0-101
I
47-8
493
461
13‘0
51 4
46-3
NE.
1 NE.
N NE
1 NE. E.
NE E.
NNNE
N,
O’OOD
o-ooo
0 - 00 )
0-00-3
0 000
o-ooo
0070
! 0 070
The range of temperature during tne wee* a * .
A severe froet occurred on the morning of the 7 th, and a thick.coating of
ice lay on still water. The weather was very wintry on the day of the
1 2th, the wind Wowing freshly from the nortti. with frequent heivy
showers of rain. A faintauroral light was noticed in the N. W. at 11 p m.
of May 7. The horizon was very misty on the afternoon o the 12.h.
The sky lias been much overcast, but was brilliantly clear on the nigh Pi of
Mftv G 7 , and 10 , although shortly after midnight of the latter night it
suddenly became overcast with mbty clouds, which was likewise the case
ubSulXIX time on May r. *a wind has generally tee..blowing
freshly from the northerly quarter. UHEEN -
THE MARRIAGE OF THE KING OF PORTUGAL
WITH THE PRINCESS 8TEPHANIEL
The marriage by pr-ncy of the King of Portugal with tho Princess
Stephanie took place at the Church of St. Hedwige, Bjrlia on Thurs¬
day. the 29ih April, 8s recorded in our Journal afloat week, in prosaacs
of the Prince of Phntifi and a Royal party. Tho bride was accom¬
panied by her parents, the Prince and Princess of HohenzjUurn Sigma-
ringen.
The Prince Bishop of Breslau officiated. He opened his sermon with
a descriptic n of tho nature of qpitrimony, as tho earliest, closest, and
holiest of ali human ties. Having alluded then to the importmos of
the career which the bride was about to enter upon, ha concluded with
pointing to the celestial example of the Holy Virgin, and the earthly
pattern of St. Elizabeth of Portugal, who camo likewise from a foreign
country to the tlnone of her husband, and, under severe trial*, dis¬
tinguished herielf as a noble-minded Sovereign, tender wife, a luring
mother of her country, and true daughter of the Church.
Immediately after the oonoluuon of the marriage osremony tho
grandees who had been sent by the King of Portugal to receive his
Queen from the bands of his proxy stepped forward, and in front
of the allar, and in the presence of the whole assemblage,
knelt down successively to kiss the hand of their young
Sovereign. The Duke of Terceira, a tall, martial-looking mao. with
Riey hair and a white beard, whose countenance reminded the
Prussians of that of Blucher, was the first to pay his homage to his
newly-gained Queen. This ceremony, which ooncladed tho ecclesiasti¬
cal part of the proceedings, had something deeply affecting in it The
young Queen seemed scarcely able to suppress her emotion at the
moment when this homage was rendered to her in tho midst of auoh a
Fplendid tLrong, and cm a consecrated spot. Everybody in tho com¬
pany was affected at tfco thought that this was the turning-point in the
life of one who had hitherto, m her rural retreat, been *11 unconscious
of the proud dignity which awaited her. Brought up in a little
Suabian country town, where her father resided, until the year ’d8, a
petty Sovereign, ihe Princess, and the Huhonzillern family, in conse¬
quence of the revolutionary movement of that time, established them¬
selves in Prussia, where the younger branch of tho house had, osn-
turies ago, ascended the throne of the country. The Principality of
HoheBxolltrc then became an integral portion of Prussia, and the
elder branch of the family was recognised anew as belonging to the
Royal dynasty of the country. Since that time the parents of Pria-
cefs Stephanie have redded at DuasaidorC on the Rhine, whonce they
vitited Berlin only at rare intervals. The elder branch of the Hohen-
zoiUrn family have never been Protestants. Tho Princess Stephanie-
Frddf*rique;Wilhelmina Antoinette was bom on the 10 -h July, 1837.
The marriage dress consisted of Brussels lace, with three flounces of
remarkably fine English lace. Each of the fluunoes was trimmed with
crowns, composed of blossoming orange branches and myrtles. The
waist and sleeves were ornamented in a similar manner. The train
consisted of heavy twilled silk, covered also with oostly luces, and
adorned with orange and myrtle flowers. The bridal veil was fiiod
on the forehead by a wreath of blossoming orange, while the hox l was
graced with the crown fashioned out of fresh myrtle branches. On hor
breast was the bridal bouquet, along with a portrait in diamonds of hor
Royal husband. The Princess of Prussia wore a while dre«, w »rkud
with gold, and her train was of red velvet. Princess Frederick
■William appeared in a pink moirf* antique robe and train, with silver
embroidery.
The King of Prussia has conferred on the Prinae Bishop of Breslau,
who officiated at the marriage, the order of the Hod EjgU, first class.
The Queen of Portugal is rather above the middle hoight and good-
looking. Her hair is dark and complexion very dear, and she lias a
frank, unaffected manner.
On Thursday week the young Queen arrived at Buckingham Pulioo
upon a visit to Queen Victoria.
The Queen of Portugal, on landing at Dover, was received by the
Earl of .Sheffield, Lord in Waiting, and Major General Wyhle, Groom,
in Waiting to the Prince Consort. Her Majesty, accom^miod by her
futher, the Prince of HohenzoUern, and her brother, firm e Leopold,
end attended by her suite, travelled to London by a speaUl train on
the South-Eastern Railway. A guard of honour of the Grenadier
Guards, with ihe band of the regiment, received the Queen at the
Bricklnycre' Arms station with the usual honours, aud her ATiJosty
was met at tho station by tho Prince Consort, attended fly tho Ma quis
of Abercorn and Lieut-Colonel Ponsonby. Sovoral of tho Queen's
carriages conveyed the whole of tho Royal party from the railway sta¬
tion, escorted by a detachment of the Royal Horeo Guards, to Backing-
hum Palace, wlcre hor Majesty urrived at twenty minutes past fivo
o'clock. A guard of honour of the Scots Fusilier Guards m mated
within the qundranglo of the Palace, with tho band of tho rogimmt.
Tho Queen received tho Queen of,.Portugal at the outran)e «»f the
Palace. Her Majesty was accompanied by tho Prince of Walu*, Prinui
Arthur, Prince Leopold,und the Princesses Alice, Holsna, and Louisa.
The Society of Arts, on Saturday last, held an evening dress
convcreazionc at the Snath Kensington Museum, which was most numc-
Sylucndcd. All the rooms wire thrown open on the occasion, and
thSnlmcVoua oWccta ofMtrKtlon which they contain were inspected
with much interest. Those which cre.tcd an (apedal interest
thccoropxnv were ley's pUntlne npreiientlng ' Mnry or Burgundy du-
rewiV <> si!rns to the noor of Bruges," aud Gibson a atUue of S enns,
Mr Kill for temporary exhibition, aud the presents
K,K J thcTtJb.ss.d 0 M toner Majesty, and which her
Majesty hns piaced in the Museum. .
Aktists’ Benevolent Flkd—T he forty-eighth anniversary of
<>,. of the Artists' Benevolent Fund was celebrated on
^ ufdsy vimog by a dion'r at the Freemasons' Tavern The chair was
FvHn! Mr t'Karfes Dickens. Upwards of a hundred gent'emen eat
tretinner Tim chairman advocated the claims of Ihe Institution in
whose infircsi 'the company had assembled with his usual felicity. The
subscriptions were about £600. ..... .1
Testimonials.— A splendid silver salver has just been presented
, -,' ,. k rm ,v. of Southrop House, Gloucestershire on the occasion of
Umt olscc?^"as n testimony of the regard and esteem " cater-
hl* T r *’’" 1 ,; ,1 Pv hia neighbours. The cottagers of SoutiiroD, aiio. h ive
talncd for him by ms ig jktd .. jn g rn[ ,.f u i remembrance Oi m my
^“Udrea^v^^rS^d Hisfamily.''
t> Avis - A bird ol ihe species hoopw (Upupa epops), wa'.
x at. I v a at Witton Fell. Yorkshire, and 13 now in tens possession
recently riiot on Em *° Yor ^ g hi re for preiervation. Thia curious bird
of Mr. Mllligau, Riel • t llic f0uu try. Its bill is ne irly t^o iiche*
is rareiv^l with Hie head is ornamented with a h mdsomu
tipped
The Queen of Portugal, the Prince "f Ruhenzullern, aud Priaoe-l^oo*
pold, were conducted to ono of the lower drawing room?, whom tha
Indies, tho great officers of State, and the goutiemm of the Court,
were prerented to thn Queen of Portugal; and tho ladies anl geutla-
men in the suite of tho Quoen of Portugal and tho Prince of Hohea-
zullcrn were prtrented to tho Quoen aud P/ince Ooosert. After the
presentations the Queen conducted her uugust visitor to her ro imn.
The Queen of Portugal held a diplomatic reception oa osturdiy
last, whioh was attendwl by till the foreign Ministers. The Qaeon of
Portugal wore the Portuguese Order of tit. Isabella.
On Sunday morning the Quoen of Portugal, attended by tho Prince
of HohenzoUtrn und Prince Leopold of Hohonzrllera, left Booking*
hom Palace for the residence of the Portuguese L°gation in
Gloucester place, Purtraan-squure, to attend miss. At tho Legation
her Majesty wue receivod by his Exeellenoy Count Livru lio aa 1 the
memters of the Legation. Thoprinoipal drawing-room was fitted up
ee a temporary chapel for the aocummoda'4>n of the illu3*ri*>a« party,
tho rich altar fittings from the private ohapol of Cardinal Wiseman
having been contributed and adapted for the oocasi in. The spirtusit
wee hung with crimson d-imoak, and theflx>r was covered a puo
carpet bordered with ennino. Maas woe said by Cardinal Wiseman.
After mass her Majesty held a reception, at which the principal
Portuguese residents in I»ndon were present The illustrious party
returned to Buckingham Poluoo at half-past one o’clock.
The Queen of Portugal took leave of Queen Victoria on Tuoslay
morning, and left Buckingham Palace for Plymouth, route *.0 Lisboa.
Her Majesty at 5.IU urrived ut Plymouth, whore she was receivod by an
assemblage of official persons. Her Majesty projeedsi in one of ’-ha
Queen's carriages, escorted by a military staff, to tho K>yal William
Victuulling-jard, where Admiral Chads, Admiral Padoy, a large
number of naval officers, and a guard of honour fron the ltiyal
Marines were in attendance. On leaving the oarnogo the Qjesn or
Portugal entered the Port Admiral's barge, and, undar sala*^s from
tho Citadel and Mount Wire, and from all the ships in harbour, procardei
on board his Portuguese Majesty‘a sUam corvette Bartolomo D>u,
which was moored ut a ehort distance from tho yard. The curvetfe
left Hamoare shortly after three o’clock on Wednesday mowing; and.
being joined in tho J>ound by Admiral Chads' squodrou, tho Renown,
Diadtm, Curaqoa, and Racoon, steamed through the Western Cnanaol
for Lisbon.
Official ArronmiF.NTa.—^The Queen has been graciously
pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Sir Henry Iflrtfon G-C.B , te
be ber Majesty's Ambassador Kxtraordlmiy
Sublime uttrma.n Porte. Tl»c Queen ha* a so appointed wellanEA ward
i!orri« Ertkinc. now Secretary to her Majesty i t M
SSSry toher Majesty s LegationatW^Ul^O^ ^ WonM
Sackvilie West, now Hist Paid Attache to her han
lin to be 8ccn tary to her Majesty ■ legation at gri«- Mi-
liktwire appointed IKnry BycrJey Thomson, K»q •„*?
festy's Advocate ior the Iplard of 6eyh>n I f ^
» member of the I>c«i*lative Council of the province or N^ja
6co *s“ A J JoLV,on!X, to Ne one of the P*U« Jod« of th.
TiJPuL Ol Jostiolirr in Scotland, in the room of Bobcrl H.odfside,
U,q ,uia. Uodfbet, late lieutenant on board th»
,t Ehcerarss. Iim been struck off the N*vjr Hit, In eonw
^desirted from his ship wlil c under wrest, pend.ni «
court martial , , _ .
An order has been received at the var ous dockyard* Jor tho
„ cmD’oved therein to be put on Job an I ta«k work and »»■
SS«U,^n?Si»d"y l.nbuim'rs receiving I.M th.u la. per«.«k are
tv lart Uieif wages raieod 15 .
[May 15, 1858
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
JIARBIAGE or THE KING or PuETUGAL, BY PEONY, WITH the PRIJnCKSo STEPJ3ANIE OK HuHENZOLLEEN-SIGSlAEINGEN. (see FBECilDiNG page..
May 15, 1858.]
489
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
MAJOR-GENERAL SYDNEY COTTON.
THE SLAVE-SHIP “EMILIA.”
Among the names of Englishmen rendered con¬
spicuous during the rebellion in India is that of
Major-General Sydney Cotton, commanding the
Peshawur Division. Perhaps some of our readers
•will be ignorant of what vast importance to the
safety of our Indian Empire was the tranquillity of
the Peshawur Valley. Had anything untoward
occurred to have compelled the force to retreat be¬
yond the Indian river, there is not the least reason
to doubt that the whole of the Punjaub inhabitants,
together with those of the Trans-Indus territories,
would have risen en masse, and the consequences
must have been terrible indeed; for, inoumbered as
the army must have been with women and children,
and with one of the most rapid rivers in the world
to cross (the Indus), the men weakened from sick¬
ness brought on by the severity of their duties and
the frightful heat at that season of the year, even
looking on this step in its most favourable light, the
dangers that attended it were of bo grave a character
that made the boldest tremble for the result. Hap¬
pily for us, Providence had placed at the head of
affairs in that district a man equal in every way to
the ta*k he had to perform.
On the 11th May, 1857, it was whispered in the
station of Peshawur that some of the native troops
had mutinied at Meerut, and murdered their officers.
A few days brought in a full account of the mas¬
sacres of Meerut and Delhi. It was about this time
that General Cotton assumed the head of affairs
in the Peshawur Valley. * Every precaution was
adopted: spies were eent into the lines of the native
regiments to ascertain the feelings of the sepoy b;
but in a few dayB it became apparent to every one
that they were in a very excited state. Matters con¬
tinued in this state until the night of the 20th May,
when, about twelve o’clock, a spy reported that the
5th Light Cavalry, was about to mutiny. The
European regiments were at once under arms, hut
the night passed quietly. On th« 21st the General
issued an order that all the officers of European re¬
giments were to sleep in barracks at night. That
night also passed tranquilly; but on the fol¬
lowing morning the whole of the native force
(with the exception of the 21et N.I.), consisting
of the 24th, 27th, 5tst, and 64th Regiments N.I,
and the 5th Light Cavalry were paraded and ordered
to lay down their arms. This they thought prudent
to do, as about twenty field-pieces stared them in
the face. On the morning of the 23rd the General
received intelligence that the 55tb Regiment Native
Infantry, siationed at the fort of Holi Murdan, had
mutinied and held their officers prisoners. A force
under the command of Colonel Chute, her Majesty's
70th Regiment, consisting of 600 soldiers of her
Majesty’s 70th and 87th Regiments, one light field
battery, a troop of Iloreo Artillery, the mountain
train, two squadrons 18th Irregular Cavalry (Moul-
tanee Horse), and some other irregular infantry, was
at once Bent off to their relief. By making two
forced marches, the troops arrived early on the
morning of the 25tli May before the fort; but the
cowardly rascals got wind that a force was on its way to relieve the
officers, and about half an hour before it arrived, with the exception of
a very few who were loyal, they evacuated the place, after looting the
treasury and breaking open the magazine. Colonel Chute, on hearing
this, immediatley orctred off the Horse Artillery and cavalry in pur¬
suit, together with the 5th Punjaub Infantry and mountain train, who
succeeded in rendering a good account of the villains The following
day seven of the ringleaders were tried by drumhead court-martial,
and shot. This force afterwards vifited nearly all the forts in the
Eusofzie country, and no doubt contributed by it* presence to cheok
any tendency to rebellion in that district.
About the latter end of Juno and beginning of July affairs through¬
out India began to look very gloomy, Delhi was still untaken, and
mutiny had spread throughout the length and breadth of the land. It
was at this time that General Cotton was proved to be the right man in
the right place. A cool head, a lion’s heart, and unerring judgment
were required. All these attributes the General possessed, and by
The accompanying Engraving of the slave-ship
Emilia, captured oa the north ooast of Cuba, on the
22nd March last, by her Majesty’s ships Styx and
Jasper, is from a sketch obligingly forwarded to us by
an officer oi the Styx. Having information from a
ship previously boarded that on a certain day a
slaver would leave Havannah, the Jasper was sent to
oruise in the direction of ships leaving for the Gulf
of Florida Channel. At daylight several long glasses
were sweeping the horizon ; many sail were in sight.
The least suspicious among them, a full-rigged ship,
corresponded to the description given of the slaver
The Styx was off at full speed, and gradually gained on
the ship. After a race of twenty miles it was within
long range of the Styx's largest gun ; a blank cart¬
ridge was fired as a signal to show colours and heave
to; but such warning wa* not sufficient for the
stranger. The Jasper was also chasing from the
west ward. A shot from her dropped close to the
slaver’s stern. Now within easy range the Styx sent
a shot alarmingly close, which made the chase show
Spanish colours. The captain thought whilst the
wind continued there was a slight hope of escape,
and did not heave to and haul down his colours until
several shot from the Jasper and the Styx had dropped
around her. The Jasper's boat boarded, and found
sufficient evidence at once to take possession. It
appeared the vessel had been fitted out at Havunnah,
sailed at midnight on the Sunday previous, having
cleared from the Customs with eight hundred casks
of rum for Marseilles, whioh casks in reality were
filled with water, the upper tier being coloured to
deceive the authorities. The ship, which is between
six and seven hundred tons, was built in France;
reStted and newly coppered at Havannah, laden
with food for slaves, and complete fittings for 1200,
with £7000 sterling for their purchase. She had a
crew of forty men, engaged at a sum of 900 dollars
eaoh, should the voyage prove successful. Several
spoke broken English, though all of them were
Spaniards and Portuguese. Tbe prize, under convoy
of H.M.S. Jasper, left for Port Royal, Jamaica
with three hearty cheers.
MAJOR-GENERAL SYDNEY COTTON.
i God’s mercy his endeavours were crowned with success. The grand
parade-ground literally reeked with the mangled remains of mutineers
who had paid the penalty of their crimes either by hanging or being
blown from guns. On one morning alone fifty-three wore dealt with
in the latter manner; then came the 28th of August, the day on which
the 51st Native Infantry mutinied. On the morning of that day the
regiment mustered over 800 strong; the next evening only 73 were
accounted f jr. This decided act no doubt broke the neck of the mutiny
at this end of the Punjaub. The natives saw and knew they bad a
man to deal with who, influenced by no mawkish sentiments, would
1 do his duty.
General Cotton has been in the service since 1810, during whioh
period he has only been on half*pay little more than a year. Nearly
all his service has been in India., and, although so long resident in
tropical climates, he is as hale and. hearty as any man could be. The
accompanying Portrait of Major-General Cotton is from a photograph
taken in March last.
New Optical Instrument, the Stereo-
monoscope —At a late meeting of the Royal Society
Mr. Claudet presented a new optical instrument of
his invention, called the stereomonoscope, by which,
as its name implies, a single picture produces the stereo¬
scopic illusion. In the centre of a large black screen
there is a space filled with a square of ground gloss,
upon which, by eeme light managed behind the screen,
is thrown a magnified photographic image represent¬
ing a landscape, a portrait, or any other object. When
looked at without the help of any optical instrument
the picture is seen in perfect relief as when we look at
two different pictures through a stereoscope. It is not
necessary to be at a fixed distance from the picture: it
may be examined as well at ten feet as atoue foot, as an
ordinary picture, without the least fatigue to the eyes.
Although considerably enlarged by the instrument
itself, the picture may be magnified still more by using
large convex lenses ; and two or three persons at once
can examine it with the greatest ease. The Illusion of
relief does not take place if the image ig received on
- , . . .. paper. When the medium is ground class, the rays
refracted by the various points of the lens upon that surface are
only visible when they are incident in a line coinciding with the
optic axiB. So that the rays emerging from the ground glass, and
altering the right eye, are only those which are refracted obliquely in
the same direction, by the left side of the object-glass; and those enter¬
ing the left eye are only those which are refracted by the right side of the
----»nly visible to one eye The
stereomonoscope is exhibited in Air. Claudet s photographic establish¬
ment. Regent-street.
The Hereford Missal —We arc informed by the Salisbury
Journal that a copy of the ancient, well-known Hereford Missal, of the
date 1508 , has just been brought to light at Bristol, where it had been lying
for many years among ajpile of old books and other refuse on the floor of
the bouse of a Roman Catholic clergyman. By the advice of Mr. W
Maskell, the work, which in its perfect state iB believed to be unique, was
sent up to London, and, we understand, has been purchased by the
trustees of the British Museum for £ 300 .
CAPTURE OF A SLAVER OFF THE COAST OK CUBA,
490
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Mat 15, 1858
NATIONAL SPORTS.
8rcn racing men as did not journey to Bath are having a foretaste
of Epsom by taking a long scrutiny, from behind a rail, at Frith s
u Hill on the Derby Day.” Public sympathy seems to go with the
youth who has just been cleaned out at thimblerig ; but we hold more
to the eld dame who thrusts her Jane Bull fist into her good man’s
arm, and struggles to get a peep at the acrobats. The thimblerig
bonnets’* are perhaps the least true to nature, and the highest piece
of finish is bestowed on the back of the chariot, and the groom, and
lobsters, &c. (no mean components of the day), is beside it. The figure
in a riding-habit on the extreme left a capital likeness of Miss
Gilbert, that prima donna of English horsewomen. Mr. Farquhar-
ston’s picture is not in the exhibition, but Mr. Grant has sent that of
Mr. J. Hall, master of the Ilolderness, who rests his hand, in hunting
costume on his bay horse’s neck, while one favourite hound looks up
in bis face. Mr. Freeman Thomas, the late master of the South-
down, is also there, from the easel of Mr. S. Pearce. The only other
sporting picture which takes the attention this season is Harry Hall’s
“ Rendezvous,” in the Suffolk-street Exhibition. The artist has for
the nonce quitted the racer and the starting-post for the turnip- field
and the Maxiton, and gives us a group of keepers waiting for their
masters ; the senior keeper, a very fine stalwart study, leaning on a
ruuuoi MIC iUl. A'lWUiva -,—
course,” and Messrs. Morns, Snewmg, Warden, and Sergeant, are his
subjects^© c j og . n ^ a ays a t Chester were distinguished by the Dee de¬
feat of Gildermire, who is very much grown and improved in her looks;
and the splendid race for the Stewards' Cup between Fishermau and
Henatica, that fine daughter of Voltigeur, as in the One Thousand,
coming off second best, by a head, owing to Withington breaking
his stirrup. At Bath, Merryman scored the first race for Hobble
Noble, Stockham third, thus establishing the truth of lom Parr s
trial before Nprthampton. East Lington won the Somersetshire
Stakes verv cleverly, Melissa only fifth ; and Sunbeam ran away from
everything' for the Biennial Stakes. Cotswold, who is the best look¬
ing racer out, was twice fortunate, under welter and racing weights ;
and Mr. Payne secured the best two-year-old stake with lus favourite
Cotherstone and Polydore blood. Adamas and Zuyder-Zee are both
for sale; and the hunter market, which has been flat so far, received a
great impetus at Wynnstay on Saturday, where Mr. Joseph Anderson
gave 620 gs. for Cassio, and M gs. for King Dan! The average for
the lot was about 150 gs. . . „ ,,
The Epsom list is, on the whole, a promising one. Zitella, Merry-
man. and Northampton are in the Woodcote Stakes on Tuesday:
and Wrestler, Sedbury, Saunterer, Wilton, Fisherman, and
Black Tommy among the Cup liorseB on the Derby Day.
The Derby starters will be selected from the following
list Wilton, Telegram, Duneany, Longrange, East Lang-
ton, The Hadji, Toxophilite, Royal Sovereign, The Seneschal,
Ethiopian, Deceiver, Beadsman, FitzRoland, Eclipse, Sedbury, Kelpie,
Mcntmore, Ancient Briton, Palmister, Grand Secret, Physician,
Ditto, Ac. John Scott, to whose trial on Saturday we cannot certainly
speak, still fancies “ Tox,” who, however, looks a dubious stayer;
while Mai ton is more sweet on Longrange, albeit he is not much, if
any, bigger than he was last year. Sam Rogers is retained for the \\ hite-
wall stable; but, if Lord Chesterfield claims Nat for Telegram, we
hear that Pearl will he on the second horse. Fisherman tried Ment-
mcrc at Newmarket on Monday morning, and went, it is said, right
away from him before they had got a mile. Seneschal has very poor
legs ; and. in spite of the buying in of Happy Laudi at such an out¬
rageous price, Wilton (who showed nowhere in The Guineas) will be,
it is whispered, after all, the chosen one of William Day s stable.
Clydesdale— once by far the most racing-looking horse in the race—
was fcratched on Tuesday, as his curb prevented anything like a
proper preparation ; and the unbeaten Sedbury and Eclipse are
scarcely backed. The Hadji is the only Middleham horse and is
strongly fancied by the Dawson party to boot; Aldcroft will be on
him; and Osborne, we hear, on Ancient Briton, whose 1858 capa¬
bilities are quite a secret. It is said that FitzRoland s legs liave been
“queer” since The Guineas ; and, although Wells is fearfully con¬
fident about him, many fancy that his stable companion Beadsman—
a wiry son of Weatherbit and Mendicant, and not unlike the latter—
is the surest investment of the two: still, his Newmarket Stakes
dead heat with Eclipse hardly looks high enough. Physician s chance
as on outsider seems a good one, and we know he can stay, though
few seem disposed to vouch as much for his stable companion, Ditto.
Grand Secret Beems at present the only likely runner from John
Day’s. East Laneton is greatly improved and in good staying form, to
reckon from his Chester and Somerset running ; and Mr. Gratwicke’s
pair must be judged of through Governess. As far as we can see, both
field and favourites are moderate, though we incline to the former, and
Physician and Kelpie must not be dismissed lightly. Their forms seem
to be pretty nearly identical, and we find Kelpie running Saunterer,
in spite of a disappointment, to a bead at Chester at 23 lb., and
Fisherman to a neck at 31 lb., a form which is surely good enough to
win nine out of eleven Derbies, and makes the chestnut through the
Stewards' Cup line better than Hepatica, who is indubitably Scott’s
best this year. . __ , ,
For the Oaks we have Polly Peachum, Chanoincssc, or Ilydromel,
Princess Royal, Target, Governess, Gilderraire, Tunstall Maid, Per¬
fection, Sunbeam, Jntercidona, Martha, and Blanche of Middlebie, &c.
Princess Royal was verv backward at Chester; Target has, it is said,
pleased John Scott: Gildermire’s stable, all of whom but one lost
heavily at Chester, vow that race is a “ May-moon mistake j ” Gover¬
ness's high leg and weak middle do not seem snited for this Course;
Polly labours under the impeachment of not being a stayer, which
no one can bring against Sunbeam now, albeit her Bath field was a very
wretched one. The latter is a great fine mare, but too big, as some
think, for this course. If we could make sure ol Princess Royal being
the mare she was last year, we should prefer her chance to Gilder-
mire's, who, if Dawson is ever to be called “ dangerous ” again, cannot
be far off, especially as her a tint. Tnnstall Maid, baa tried her to stay,
and will, doubtless, “ go to help her to a pace.” . , .
The cricket season has opened auspiciously by the aucption by the
Marylebone Club of a new law in place of law No. 10, to the effect
that “ the ball must be bowled : if thrown or jerked, or if the bowler,
in the actual delivery of the ball, or in the action immediately pre¬
ceding He delivery, shall raise his hand or arm above his shoulder,
the umpire shall call ‘ No ball.’ ” The rule, which has been the sub¬
ject of much discussion, was proposed by the Hon. Robert Grimston,
who has, we are glad to find, recovered from his fearful accident with
the Baron's in January. Sir John Bayley, a member of the Mary¬
lebone since 1818, supported the motion, and assured the company
that his nephew, who was in the breach at Delhi, hud told him that
be “would rather be in a storming-party than stand up against the
present system of bowling.” On Tuesday the M.C C. play All Ireland
at Lord’s, and on Friday the M.C.C. and Ground go to Cambridge to
play the University. , ,
Mr. Rarev returns from Paris to give three lessons nest week,
when ilr. Gurney’s grey and his eider brother are promised as
“ savage subjects.” Mr. Rarey was too unwell to handle the grey on
Thursday week ; but Mr. Goodenoagh officiated, and the animal went
away, to all appearance, perfectly quiet, bore a rider with perfect com¬
placency, and let bis coachman handle him and cut his tail. We must
not forget to mention that some very cruel spiked bits were produced
at the lecture, ns specimens of what are used in India, whither it is
said that Mr. Rarey intends to proceed in search of another horse
empire to conquer.
HATH RACE3.—Tuesday.
The I-andsdown Stakes —Bravissimo, 1 . Verona, 2 .
Members' Plate — Sliir.fi, 1 . Arcanum, 2.
Free Handicap,—Chaperone, 1 . Polly Johnson, 2 .
Somerset Stakes.—Fast Langton, 1 . Childrey, 2 .
Biennial Stakes.—Merryman, 1 . Black Bess, 2
Second Year of the Biennial Stakes.—Sunbeam, 1. Accurate, 2.
WEDNESDAY.
Sweepstakes of 5 bovs. —Haliford, 1 . Little Gerard, 2 .
Weston Stakes.—Cothcrstonec , 1. Actaon, 2 .
Aristocratic Handicap.—Cotswo'd, 1 . Gourd, 2 .
Bath Handicap —M. Dob’.er. i. Tame Deer, 2 .
D) rbam Park Handicap.—Cotswold 1 . Shirah, 2 .
Eberts Handicap—Lancaster, 1 . Impatience, 2 .
COUNTRY NEWS.
Discovery of a Roman Ford.—L ait week, during the pro¬
gress of the works for the improvement of Upper Witham, the excavators
faid bare the Hunan ford on the Koss-road from Lincoln to Newark. It
is eight chains south of the Brccebridge-bridgc. The floor, or bed, was
composed of stone, gravel, and concrete, so very hard that, although only
twenty yards long (the width of the river) and thirty feet in breadth, the
men were engaged two days before they lowered the bed eighteen inches.
1 he Bath Literary and Philosophical Association held
a special soiree on Wednesday evening to hear a paper on "Cowperaud
his Times ” from Mr. Tite, M.P. There was an unusually large attendance
of associates and friends. Mr. Tite, who was very cordially received, read
an elaborate and able paper illustrative of “ the amiable poet.”
The Inauguration of Lord Macaulay as Hion Steward
of Caiubhldc.e took place on Tuesday, in the Council Chamber at the
Townball. Among the eminent persons who have held this olllee arc
Lord Bacon, Oliver Cromwell, and Lord Clarendon. The Townball was
crowded on the occasion. A banquet was altar wards given by tlie Mayor,
at which a great number of the members of the University were present.
A Murder has been committed at Llirow, Radnorshire, just
over the Herefordshire border. A young carpenter, named Burtou,
quarrelled with Mr. W. Price, a farmer to whose daughter he was paying
his addresses: one evening last week they met, and high words were used.
A short time al ter they separated Burton met his father, and told linn
what had occurred : the two then pursued Price, and beat him to death
with sticks The fatal blow is stated to have been given by the young
man. Both father and son have been apprehended.
The Biiotherton Monument. —The sum of £2597 has been
subscribed for this monument A statue is to be placed in Teel Park,
and a monument erected in the cemetery; after which a balance of £600
odd is to be invested for the benefit of the Sheffield Free Library.
The Countess of Dunraven recently laid the foundation-
stone of a new parsonage at Clearwell, Forest of Dean, and the foundation-
stone of new schools for the parish. The tenants and others were after¬
wards snUrtaincd at a dinner, over which the Countess presided. After
the clotii had been withdrawn her Ladyship gave “TbeQueen,” and then,
with the other ladieB, left the dining-room.
A Fatal Accident occurred on the London and North-Western
Railway, near Nuneaton, on Monday, to the nine a m. down train. A
cow had got upon the line, and, when the train approached, stood still in
the middle ol the rails ; she was struck by the engine, and her carcase,
getting under the wheels, threw the carriages off the line, six of them
rolling over the embankment, which was about ten feet high. The wires
of the telegraph were at tlie same time broken by the accident, rendering
a telegraphic communication impossible for several hours. The first per¬
son found dead amongst the debris of the broken carriages was Mr. S.
Richmond, on aged gentleman (said to be an Independent minister), who
resided near Maryport. The Rev. Thomas Miller, aged thirty, a Presby-
teiian minister, who resides at Lurgnn, Ireland, was next found. He
lived a few moments, and attempted to speak, but nothing was intelligible
beyond “ X am insured.” Tlie third deceased is Mr. Morgan, a young
barrister, of Shrewsbury. He was travelling in the same carriage with
Mr. Miller. Although alive when found, lie was unable to speak. Two
of the daughters of the deceastd Mr. Richmond were seriously hurt Mr.
Bry son, of Glasgow, has suffered severe contusion, but is not seriously
injured; Mr. Dallas, his partner, aged fifty-eight, has a rib on the
right side fractured. Mr. llenry Brett thee, barrister-at-lnw. sustained a
compound fracture of tbe right wrist, and other injuries, but is progressing
favourably. Among the remarkable escapes is that of theguard of the
first break-van, 'Wyatt, His van roiled over three times before it settled
in the field, and afterwards bore the concussion of a first class carriage,
which was broken to pieces upon it. some of the inmates being killed.
Wyatt was found buried under the luggage contained in his van, and he
was so little injuried as to he able to return to Nuneaton. Considering
that there were about i00 persons in the train, it is surprising that these
were all the casualties. [A correspondent of the Times, suggesting the
Importance of providing railway engines in use in this country with
guards similar to those employed in America, writes as followsIt
often occurs in America that catiic straying upon the line arc run into by
the engines, hut it is seldom that any accident results, because the engines
there are furnished with r. guard which extends forward in an incline
Patrick Ryan, a tailoi, living in Hvdra- street, Liverpool, is in
custody on the charge of murdering a female named Fennel, who lodged
with him. On Wednesday week, during a drunken quarrel, ltyan struck
the woman so violently on the head with a board that she has since died.
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK.
(From our City Correspondent.)
TnE differences in the Cabinet on the Bubject of Lord Canning's Oudc
proclamation, the resignation of the Earl of Ellenborough, and the pro¬
posed vote of censure upon the Government on the part of the Liberals
m the House of Commons, added to the possibility of a dissolution, have
tended to impart eome weakness to the market for Home Securities this
week. The tall in tlie quotations has been about one. half percent, and
numerous large money sales have taken place on account of persons who
had merely placed their money in the funds for temporary purposes.
Another teature of some interest may likewise he noticed—namely,
the withdrawal of about £100,000 in gold from the Bank of
Fugland since the last rctnm was made up, wholly for ship¬
ment to France. The present drain of bullion, and the prospect of
the bulk of the supplies now on passage from Australia being taken
for the Continent, have tended to weaken confidence as respects
the future price of Consols. The Unfunded Debt, however, has continued
remarkably firm. There is an immense amountof capital seeking employ¬
ment, and the rates of discount still rule very low. In Lombard street
short paper iB freely taken at 21 to 2} per cent; but there is much less
competition for six months' biffs. Apparently, however, the stock of
bullion in the Bank of England has reached its highest point, the value
ol money has seen its lowest range, and the general trade of the country is
improving. These are highly important matters for reflection at this mo¬
ment; but. until we see a revival of the import of bullion from, conse¬
quently a more active trade with, America., wc can scarcely anticipate any
great prosperity in the manufacturing districts.
In the Stock Exchange money is freely offered on Government security
at 2 per cent.
The exchanges just at hand from India are rather less favourable. At
Hong-Kong a decline of from I to 2 per cent has taken place In them.
This difference may have the effect of increasing the demand for silver in
this country. The imports of bullion have amounted to £ 12.117 in silver
from China. £267 from Australia, £4200 from Victoria direct, and £00,133
frem the Brazils.
On Monday Home Stocks were flat, and a shade lower than on Saturday.
The Reduced Three per Cents marked 06} }; Consols, for Transfer, 97} j |;
Ditto, for Account. 97} f } ; the New Three per Cents, 96} | j. Long
Annuities, less, were done at 18 }; India Bonds, 21s. to 24s. prem; Ex¬
chequer Bills, 37s. to 43s. prem. Bank Stock was 221$ to 223 ; and India
Scrip, too| S. JPriees showed a further slight decline on Tuesday. The
Reduced marked 96} nnd 95} |; Consols, for Money, 97| } §; Ditto, for
Account, (G J 4 }; New 'J hrte per Cents, 96} and 95|; Long Annuities, 1SS0,
1} 11-16; Ditto, 18*5. 18J }; India Bonds, 24s. prem; Exchequer Biffs.
378. to 43s. prom.; Ditto, Bonds, 1859, 109} and lol}. Bank Stock soid at
223 and 221; and India Stock. 221. Ind'a Loan Debentures were toot g }.
On Wednesday prices were somewhat unsettled The Reduced realised
86} and 95} I; Consols. 97} } } ib New Three per Cents, 96} #5} and 96} ;
Consols for Account. 97} f } g ; Exchequer Bills, 403. to 43s. prem.; Ditto,
Bonds, lcig } 101. Bank Stock, 221} 223; and India Stock, 225}. India
Loan Dt bentnres fold at too} g.
On Thursday the market was somewhat firmer, and tite quotations
were a Eiiade higher. The Three tier Cents, for Money, were done at
97} 1 J ; for Account, 97} } to 97.}. 1 he New Threes were 95} to 96} }; and
the R<doted, 95} 96. Exchequer Bills sold 378. to 44s. prem. ; India De¬
bentures, ICO}. Bank Stock marked 222}; and India Stock, 223} to 226.
The Peruvian Government having increased the annual sinking funds
upon the foreign debt by one per cent, Peruvian Securities liuve been in
good speculative request, at enhanced quotations. Moat other Foreign
Bonds have ruled tolerably firmBrazilian Five per Cents have marked
102; Brazilian Five per Cents. 1829 and 1839, 1014 ; Equador New Con¬
solidated. } ex div.; Equador Provisional Land Warrant, 3};
Guatemala Five per Cents, 54}; Mexican Three per Cents, for
Account, 20} ; Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents, 87}; Peruvian Three
percents, 62 ; Russian Five percents, 112 }; Russian Four-and-a-Ualf
per Cents, 101} ; Sardinian Five per Cents, 92}; Spanish Three per Cents,
44}; Spanish New Deferred, 26 }; Turkish Six per Ceuta, 984; Turkish
Four per Cents, 104}; Venezuela Four-and-Three-Quarter per Cents, 37};
Venezuela Two per Cents Deterred, 145; Dutch Four per Cents, 99} 10
100; Pciuvian Dollar RondB, Four-and-a-Half per Cents, 63; Chilian Six
per Cents. 103} ; and Buenos Ayres Three per Cents, 18.
In Joint-Stcek Bank Shares a steady business has been passing, at
about last week's quotations. Australasia have been done at so}; Bank of
Egypt, 21 }; Chattered of India, Australasia, and China, 7}; London
Chartered of Anstrulia, 19g; London and County, 28 }; London Joint-
stock, 30}; London and Westminster, 45; Oriental, 40}; Ottoman, 17};
South Australia, 29 J; Ditto, New, 18}; Cnlon of Australia, 45}; ami
Union of London, 23.
The market for Miscellaneous Securities has been rather inactive,
compared with last week ; however, no change of importance has taken
place in prices. Anglo-Mexican Mint Shares have marked leg; Aus¬
tralian Agricultural, 30; Crystal Palace, 1}; Eastern Steam, 4; London
Discount. 4; London General Omnibus Company, 3 ex div.; .North
British Australian,}; Royal Mail Steam, 59 ex div. and bonus ; Penin¬
sular and Oriental Steam, 79}; Rbymney Iron, 14}; Canada Government
Six per Cents, January and July, 116}; Ditto, February and August,
113}; New Brunswick Government Six per Cents, 108 }; New South
Wales Debentures. 101 }; Nova Scotia, 108} -, South Australian Govern¬
ment Bonds, 110 ; East and West India Dock Shares. 125; London, 106};
St Katharine, 95; Victoria, New. 13}; Birmingham Canal, S2};
Grand Junction, 61} ; Oxford, 106}; Regent's, log; Rochdale, 84;
Kennc-t and Avon, 6; Chelsea Waterworks, 109}; Ditto, Guaranteed,
24} ; Grand Junction, 71; East London, 107 ; Southwark aud Vauxhall.
92 : West Middlesex, 105 ; Hungerford Bridge, 6} ; and Vauxhall, 17}.
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have not increased, and, in
some instances, prices have rather declined. The traffic receipts still
show a falling oil when compared with last year. The following are the
official closing quotations on Thursday :—
Ordinary Shares and Stocks— Bristol and Exeter. 91 ; Cale¬
donian, 85; Eastern Counties, Cl; Edinburgh and Glasgow. 63} ; Great
Northern, A Stock, 90; Great Soulhern and Western (Ireland), 102};
Great WesRrn, 65}; London and Brighton, 107; l.ondou and North-
Western, 94}; Ditto Eighths, 4; London and South- Western, 951; Mid¬
land 934; Norfolk. 62 }; North British, 50}; North-Eastern—Berwick,
93; Ditto Leeds, 47}; Ditto York, 74}; North Staffordshire, 13; 8outl»
Wales, 82f.
Lines Leased at Fixed Rentals.— London, Tilbury, and Southend,
100; Midland-Bradford Preference Stock. 99.
Preference Shares— Great Northern Five per Cents, 120 ; Ditto,
Redeemable at Five per Cent premium, 6*£; Great Western Five per Cent
Redeemable, 100; Ditto. Birmingham Shares, 10; Ditto, Birmingham
Guaranteed Stock, 73£: Loudon and Brighton, New Five per Cent, No. 4,
118: Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 121; Ditto, £6, 5J; Mid¬
land—Bristol aud Birmingham, 139; Ditto, Four-aud-a-lTalf per Cent
per Cent, lOGf.
British Possessions.- Bombay, Baroda, and Central India, Addi¬
tional Capital, B, 4&; East Indian, 109£; Grand Trunk of Canada, 49;
Ditto, Six per Cent Debentures. 82$; Ditto, Becond issue of the two-
million loan. :ii§; Great Indian I’emnsular, 21}; Ditto, New, 4g; Great
Western of Canada, 1873, 106 £; Ditto Five-and-a-IIalf percent Bonds,
payable 1877, 101 ; Melbourne Corporation Six per Cent, Bonds 103£;
Oude, j.
Foreign.— Namur and Liege, 9J; West Flanders, 6fi.
The Miuing Share Market has continued Hat. Wheal Edward have
sold at 5 ; Bon Accord Copper, 1; Mariquita, and United Mexican, 3$.
THE MARKETS.
Coax-E XCBAXOK, May 10.—Although only n moderate supply of English wheat wai oa
tale In to daj’s nurket. the demand for *11 kinds relent very luictivf, and, la some instances,
triccfc were is. i cr quarter lower than on this d-*y eennigii. In foreign wheat, the show of
which wii txtcuslve, very few transactions took placo, and tho quotations were noxt to
nominal. Floating cargues realised former terms. Wo weto well supplied with foreign
barlev, tor which the .nquiry mas heavy, at a slight doeduo la value Fine malt supported
fotnu-r tonne; but Inferior purctls weie lower to purchase. Owing to a large Influx from tna
Continent oata were heavy, nnd le. jxr quarter lower. Both bean# and peae so d etoa-lUy, at
full quotation*. The floor trafo was heavy, and country marks wore tho turn choapor.
12 —Tho demtna for wheat and noarly all other kinds of produce to-day wai in a
■lurch h state, at Monthly's currency.
English.— Wheat, Ea»ox and Kent, red, 40s. to 46s.? ditto, whlto, 42s. to 51s.; Norfolk
and Kuflolk, red, 39s. to 45s.; rye, 28a to 30i.; grinding barley, 26s. to 30 b. ; distilling ditto, 32 b.
to Sts.; malting ditto, 3-ls. to 40s.; Lincoln and Norfolk mult, M’s. to 6C«. ; brown ditto, 53a.
to 51 b. ; Kingston and Ware. 57 b. to 66*.; Chevalier, 67s. to 69s.; Yorkshire aud Lincolnshire
feed oats, 2 fl. to 26s.; potato ditto, 27 b. to 32*.; YoUglial and Cork, black, 2 b. to 25*.; ditto,
white, 2:’i. to 31s.; tick beam, 3t«. to 35a., grey peas, 409. to 43s.; maple, 4?S. to 45s.;
white, tOs. toll*.; boilers, 40s. to 43 b. per quarter. Town-made flour, 37*. to tOs.; town
households, 33s. to 3ls.; country marks, 29s. to Sis. per 240 lb. Amur!can flour, 18s- to S5s.
per barrel; French, 3?s. to *6«. per sac*. ...
Hee(h.—C&ix*n sved has ola stcaoily, on rathor higher terns. Most other seeds rule about
etationaiy. Cakes are a slow Inquiry.
Liiuecd. Engli h crushing, 65*. to C7s.; Calcutta, 5is. to 66s.; hempaood, 42a. to 4is. per
quarter. Coriander, 17s. to26s. per cwt. Brown mnstard setd, »3*. to 15s., ditto, wbito, I7e.
to Jts.; tares, 6s. Od. to 7s. Od. per bushel. English rapcsccd, 7ds. to Ms. per quarter.
Linseed cakes, English, j£9 0s. to £9 I5e.; ditto, foreign, 19 Os to CIO Os.; mpo cakes,
lit 0*. to £6 (a. per ton. Canary, 88s. to 100*. per quarter; red clover seed, 42s. to 48s.; dlito,
whi e, 52s. to 72s. ver cwt. . # .
Bread.—Tho prices of wheaten bread La the metropolis are ftom 6ld. to 7d.; of housohold
ditto, 5d. toGd. per 4 lb. loaf.
Imperial Weekly Averages.— Wheat, 44s. 2d.; barley, 35s 3d.; oats, 253. 7d.; rye,
SO*. I0d.; beans, 40s. 9d ; |Hsas, 42s. 2d. ^ „ rtl
The Six Weeks’ Averages.— Wheat, its. 0d.; barley, 36a 3d.; oats, 24s. 8d ; rye, 30», 90.;
bonus, 3Si 5d.; peas. 41s. yd.
English drain Sold last Week.— Wheat, 97,746; barley, 13,933; oats, 8638; rye, 106;
beans, 4853; peas, 283 quarters. ...
Tceu— Our market generally is very inactive, yet very Utile change has taken place in
prices. Common sound Congou is quoted at 1 Ijfd. per lb. The atock in the United Kingdom
is 69.750,000 jLs , against 89,791,000 lbs. in 1857, and 81,076.000 lbs. in 1856.
Svoar.— Fine groccrt-qualities havo mostly sold on former terms; but other kinds hava
met a dull inquiry, at' a further rtduoiloo in v.lue of tki. per cwt. Rdiuod sugars havo
chniipid bands slowly, and the quotation* hove had a downward tendency.
Coffee.— For nil kinds tho demand has beoome much less active, and in some transactions
prices have ruhd in lavour of buyer/.
Eire.— t caiccly any change has taken placo in the quotations. The market, however, is In
a htoltby state. . ... . . . . . .
Provision*.—Fine qualit’es of tutter aro stoady, at fu 1 prices; but Ft ole and tnfenor
psiccl con m&nd vo.y llitlo attention, on former to. ms. Tnerc Is a fair sale for baoan, at tho
late improvement in value. Hams rule tolotably active; but other provisions are a slow
inquiry.
TaUOW — Our market has become heavy, at further depressed rate* T.Y.C., oa the spot,!*
selling at 52s.; for the lost throe months. 49*. 6d. to 50j. per cwt. Town tnllow ia dtooping.
Oils .—Linseed oil, on tbe ipet. Is lira, st 32a. 6J. to 33s. per cwt. Most other oil* aro a fair
Inquiry. ‘lUipctline is quoted at 40*. to 4l*. per cwt. for spirit*.
Spirits.— llKie l» cnly a limited inquiry for rum, at about stationary prices. Brandy is In
allDbily Improved request, at full quotations. Groin spirit support* previous rates.
Hay and Straw. —Meadow buy, L2 10». to £4 4s-; clover ditto, X3 10s. to £5; and straw*
£1 5«. to fl 10s. per load.
Coals.- Holywell, l's. 6d ; Tan field Moor, 12s. 3d ; Wylam, Its. 3d.; Hlido, 14s. 0J.;
Eden Mala, 15e Od.; Belmont, lit. Gd.; Brocdyll ■ IlUton, 16s. 3d.} liuswsll, 17s.6d.; Hilton,
1 7*. Od.; 1 ambton, I.S.; Tees, l’s 6d. per Ion.
lloits. Good and uee'ul hops ore in moderate request, *1 full price*. Otherwise tho trade
is In a verv iractive ittto. lbe show of temples is less exiwulvc-
Wool.- The public sales of Colonial wool aro progressing ilowly, at the opening docliueof
Id to 2d. per lb. Privately, vary little is doing.
Totalocs.— Tlie supplies are somewhat cn tho lacrosse, and tho demand generally is very
iotetive, ut ficm 45*. to 180*. per ten. Import* OOBtinuafrom theComlneat.
Metropolitan Cattle Market (April 13;.—Our market to-day was bat moderately sup¬
plied with btufcta, nevertheless all kind* met a slow trade, at Monday's quotation*. The show
of sheep wiib ictaonnbly good, and the demand was much leas active, at about stationary
prict*. lbe best old Down*, out of the wool, realLtod 4*. 6d. per 8 lb*. Lambs—the supply
of which was good—met a dull inquiry, nnd inferior breeds were 4d. per 8 lb*, lower than on
Monthr. From the Ulo of Wight 400 head came fresh to hand. Wo had a dull »alo ftw
calves, at barely statiorary prices. The extreme price wss ts. per 8 ibs. In pigs and milch
cows vtry little was doing : - . ...
I'cr 81bs. to sink the oflal:—Coarse and Inferior beasts, 3s. hd. to 3s. 2d.; second quality
ditto, 3*. 4d- to 3s.Cd.; prime large oxen, 3s. 8d. to 4s. Od.; prime Scots, &c., 4*. 2d. to 4s. 4d.;
course and inferior sheep, 3e. Vd. to 3a. 6d.; second quality ditto, 3s. Id. to Is. 0d.; prima
coarse-woolled sheep, 4 b. Od. to 4s. 2d.; prime Southdown*, 4s. 4d. to 4s.kd.; largo coarse
calve*, 4s. Od. to 4s. Gd.; prime small ditto, 4*. 6d. to 5a. 0d.; largo bogs, 3s. 2d. to la. Od.;
nest smull porkers, -Is. 2d. to 4s. 4d.; lnmlta. 5s. 8d. lo 7s. Suckling caives, 19a. to 2U.;
and quarter-old store pigs, 19s. to 23s. each. Total supply: Beasts, 945; cows, 120; sheep,
and limbs, Bit7; calves, 400: pigs, S^O. Foreign: Boast*, 61; sheep, 13); calves, 2 jO.
Newgale and JLtadcnhall.— Each kind of moat has moved otf slowly, as f iflows
Beef, Ironi 2a. i0d. ta 4a. Od.; mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4s. td,'; lcuub, 5s. Od. to 6*. el.: veal, 4s. to-
4s. 8d.; pork, 3s. to 4s. 4d., pur 8 lb. by tho carcase. ROEKKT HXKUSAX.
THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Friday, May 7.
BANKRUPTCY ANN ULLF.D.—T. G. f HAW, Great 8i. Helen'fi, City, wlno merchant.
BANKRUPTS.
ANN SHELDON, Eirmicgham, licensed victualler.—E FORMAN, Boston, confectioner ami
fruiterer.—J. CHAFFER, Krngstm-upon Hull, O tnmhsiou agent.—J. 1IILL, Evc*hum»
Worcestershire, plumber and ghuier.—W. ITIRNER, North tfiiimriH, saiimaker. -K. J PIKE,
Long Eaton, Deroyebi e. mtl.er and corn actor.—R.THOMP-ON, West Hartlepool, balliir.—
B. RATION, B udcneil-phrco. New North-road, stationer and accuunt-bjokinoker.—
H. C. 8IIERL01tN, Odiliatu. gouthamplon, grocer, tea deals-, nnd provision morchaat.—
B. CHAFFER, Liverpool, stone merchant.—K., H., J., and A. CUNLlFFE, Kojxmials,
l.nneiu hire woollen minufactunua.- T. HUNTER, Rochdale, grocer.—T. HAKdU PP, North
khielda, wins and spirit in etchant—J. PARKhlt, Blackburn. Lancaahi e, grocer and pro¬
vision d«alor.—P. 8. LOW, Laylaiul-cottugea, Dolaton, shipowner and shtobrok».—®.
bTAINTi N, Ffuth fchiclds, Purtuuu, lrciifoumler, paint manufacturer, aud slfpcliundlor.—
M. BELMAYNE, Halmo, Lancashire, butcher.—J. WHITIIaUHAM, Liverpool, bootmaker.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
H. BERWICK, Gloigew, comm bairn agent.—fl. MITCHELL. Airdrie, twern keeper.—w.
FILDES, Aberdeen gro er.—A. II. COPLAND, Ab;rdour, Fifeahire, coal murohsui.
Tuesday, May 11.
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.-J. B. H. JOLL1FFK, Bristol, chymist.
BANKRUPTS. „ ...
H. W. ATKINSON and T. W. KING, Sutherland -gardens, Mnida-valo, Paddington,
builders.—8. J. KLNCIIMaN, Paradise-street, iiotherhithc, corn dealer.—W. B1GU3. J u “'»
West llam, K*»cx cutler.—T. ROOK, Glbrul tar-walk, Bcthual-green, and Vie tons- wmirr,
Earl-*tree?, H uckfriers, contractor.—W. TuLl.IT, Hillingdon nnd Uxurldgo, Middle^ »
livtry liable keeper.-W. WHEELER, Broadway, and K. WtiEBLEK, Evesham, Wo-cc»ter-
sLirc, corn nicrci.uuts.—J. C. MORGAN, Jlircfonl, innkeeper.—J. A. W1 •!«*» Klr, " , "g. ., *
ruddier.—i »>A*i<jN, lute of Birmingham, draper.—J. and W. LUMSDQN, South n c .
chain manufacturers-— M. FLOOD, Liverpool, bjotinaker.—T. BK1LBY, Howry,
worth, Yorkshire, former.
FCOTCH SEQUESTRATION A. _ p
J LARNACU, hotel keeper, Kainbmgh-—J. CUBllifc, stareh m»nu f * clu :, er R r p “‘; l 5 V fL
MTXIOi H, njnr.ufr.ciu-er, Aberdeen. D. It PATON, draper. Oundoe.—1. W. HA^v ^
grocer, I esmuhogow.- J. 11. ROSS, clothier, Aberdeen.—P.COWIBiON, drspsx, Mao
DEATHS.
On Fotnrday, the Sth hut. In the f8th year of her ago. Harriet, the belovol wifo of Jo
Band all, Etq , of !9. Upper Bedford-ploce. and King’s Bench-walk Timplo
On the 0th Inst , at t>u Leoruuds-on-Bea, Carolino Marla, wife of Edward Uardf,
and only daughter of Edwotd John Carter, of 1 beakiton Hall, Yorkshire.
Mat 15, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
491
NEW BOOKS, £c.
floral 16mo, with Engraving*. price 3a. 8 d., cltf h,
/ \TJTl EASTERN EMPIRE; or. Stories from
V7 tho History o‘ Britteh India. By tho Author of " Might not
Sight," "Tho Martyr Land " Itc.
••Those itoiiea are charming, and told with admirable clearneal,"—
Kowready. Fifth Edition, 2*. Sd., plain; 3a 6 d, coloured,
rTAT and DOG; or. Memoirs of Puss and the
t J Captain, Illustrated by H. WEIR.
^Tbc DOLL and her FRIEND3. By the Author of
»• Cat and Dog .*'’ Third Edition Illua’.ra'od- 2a 61. pl\'n; 3?. 6 d.
coloured. -flKimni and FaKRAN, corner of St Paul's Churobya-d.
Thbltynth Edition, with GO Illustration*, 3* Gd., doth.
mHE KEY to KNOWLEDGE; or, Things
JL In Common Use shortly and simply explained. By the Author
of" Always Hcppv," Ac.
GlHTlTB and FarRAK, ccr nor of St. Paul’s ChorchYard.
Sixth Edition, with 18 Steel Engravings. 5*., cloth.
QTORIES from the OLD and NEW TESTA-
MENT 8 , on an lmnrovcd Plan. By tboRov. B. H. DRAPER.
BIBLE ILLUSTRATIONS. By the Rev. B. II.
DRAPER. Fourth Fditlon, revised by Dr. KITTO. 3*. 6 d„ cHh.
Grikpttu and FarraN. corner of 0L Paul s Churchyard.
Second Edition. Il'ustratod by Gilbert, 8 e. Gd. clitb,
riOOD IN EVERY THING; or, The Early
VJT Hletory of Gilbert Harland. By Mr*. BARWELL.
Tho moral of th’* exqnirito little tslo will do more than a thousand
sot tasks abounding with dry and uninteresting truisms."—Boll’s
Messenger.
The DAY of a BABY BOY. By E. BERGER.
2nd Edition. Jlhnlrnbd 2 s. GJ.. plain; 3i. Gd., coloured.
Ghimru acd Farrar. co;nor of St. Paul’s Churchyard.
Tenth and Cheaper Edition.
M AMMA’S BIBLE STORIES for her
LITTLE B0Y3 and GIRLS. 12 Engravings. 2a. GL, plain;
3s. Gd., coloured.
By the in me Author,
FANNY and her MAMMA. Second Edition, with
Engraving*. 2s 6 d , phln: 3 * Gd., coloured
SHORT and SIMPLE PRAYERS for CHIL¬
DREN, with hymns. Fourth Edition, la. Gd.. cloth.
SCRIPTURE HISTORIES for LITTLE CHIL¬
DREN. IG henntlful Illustrations. 3a. plain: 4*. 61., cclourod.
Griffith and FaRhaw. o wner of St Paul's ( hurohyanl.
Bluatratcd by J. Gilbert, prico 3a. Gd., clo'.h,
TIAIGHT not RIGHT; or. Stories of tho Dis-
jJLI. eovery and Conquest of America By the Author of “ Tho
Mattyr Land.'* “ Our Eastern Empire," Me.
•• Po written at to create lu the youthful mind n desire for a deeper
draught of hlatoricAl reading."-Atbonn*um.
Griffith and FAKKAN.co-nor of 8 t Paul’s Churchyard.
IJh stra'ed by Absolon. 3s. Gd., plain; 4*. Gd., coloured,
ADD SUMMERS the SIGlh’LESS : a
_ Narrative for the Youog.
"We recommend the narrntivo for its p*e«santneaa, lts variety, on 1
its tendency to elevate and purify tho heoit, and to eniottrageii#
young reader* in practical Christianity.”—More lag Herald.
GUFOT1I and Farran, corner of 8 t. Paul a Churchyard.
M
With Frontlapleco by Lirket Fcstor. 3a Gd., cloth; la.fid., cloth dopant,
gilt edge*,
C LARA HOPE; or, the Blade and the Ear.
By ELIZABETH MILNER.
"An excellent tale, ihnwing the power of lovo, and ofalncwe regard
to A child'a be*t Interest* in educating tho chtncter."
Griffith and Farraf, corner of 1 1 Paul s Churchyard.
NEW TALE OF THE WAR.
Just published, Second Ediiion. iu 1 vol.. price 7s. Gd.,
TTB1QUE. By J. W. CLAYTON, Esq. (late
Carttiu of the 13tb Light Dragoons), Author of "Letters
from theMIo.”
| "The author has on amusing manner, and writes with spirit."—
Attar seam.
*• Pleasant, goesiping, and amusing, the production of a kindly
mind ’ —Globe.
** ‘Ublquo * bn blitk and florid narrative of orery-day inc'.don!* In
a soldier's life."—Leader.
C. J. Sheet, King William-street, Strand.
WILD FLOWERS.—f heap Edition, price 2t„ board*.
W ELD FLOWERS: How to See and How to
Gather Them By BTENCER THOMSON. Illustrated with
170 Engravings and Eight large Wood-cuts of the principal Wild
Flower* of the Month bv Noel Humphreys.
A Fine Edition, bound In cloth, with the E’ght large Cat* Coloured,
prico As., may a*so be bad.
London: Gkobgk Roptwooe and Co,Farringdon-strect
SEASONABLE GIFT-BOOK.
Just published, ftvo, price 21*., cloth gUt. a thoroughly revised and
much enlarged Edit: jn of
L andscape painting m water
COLOURS. By GEORGE BARNARD, Prof 4 s*or of Drawing
at Rugby School.
*• Tho book boars tho stamp of betrg a thoroughly sound and
ctnuioo work. It contains abundance of real Information."—
Illustrated London Now*
London: Hamilton, Adams and Co.
B
NEW EDITION OF KNOWLES' DRAMATIC WORKS.
In ouo vol., pool, prico 7s. Gd , cloth gilt,
J AMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES’
DRAMATIC WORKS. Compriilng-Calus Gracchus-Vir-
piniu*—William Tell-Alfred the Great— Hunchback—'Tho Wife -
Brggar of Betlmal Green—The Daughter-Love Chaio— Woman’s
Wit- Maid of Marlerderpt—Lovo— Jo'-u of Proc.da—Old Msid»—Tho
Rose of Arregnn—'The Secretary. With a Now Imrodactlm and
complete In one volume.
London: GEOKGK Routlrdoe ar<l CO., Farrin gdon street.
With Eight splendid irurtratloas. price 4*. 6 d ,
ELLA SANDFORD: A Tale. By F. C.
_ ARMSTRONG, Author of "The War Hawk," "Tho Buttle of
tie Host-hot oa," "Tho Young Commander," Ac
London: G. Marlborough and Co , Ave Msria-lane.
WORTH NOTICE.—What has always been wanted Is'just published,
.'price fa., free by po*t (tire eighteenth thousand is now soiling),
rpHE DICTIONARY APPENDIX,
A with upward* of 7000 words not found In tho Dictionary, com¬
prising the participles of the verba, which perplex all write s. No
person who write* a letter should bo witheut this work; all school
pupil* should hAve It. " This book ii Invaluable."—Weekly Tima*.
" This book is a* nocoeenry as * Walker’s Dictionary’ itself.”—Tho
Critic_J. F. SHAW, 48, Paternoster-row.
Illustrated with 250 Descriptive Eugrnvlng*, 9*. Gd.,
FE’S OWN BOOK of COOKERY.—
inexpensive, and easily tookod. Also, Nice
‘ ’ ’ imi all r "
NEW MUSIC,
W 1 E
TT ApewbbDlMigtPPBBWPiPPtB
Dinner* for every dov.—W ard and LOCK; and all Booksellers.
Sixty-four Pages, Illustrated, Feurpeoce Monthly,
T he family friend.
“Very amtuipr, very varied, verv neatly Ulnitratcd, and ray
obesp."—iRustratod Times.—W ard and Lock, 158. Ftoot-stroct.
Jtut out, Third Fditlon. prico 2s. Gd.. IRoatratad.
TtHE PRACTICAL HOUSEWIFE.
JL By Editors of " Family Friend." " A capital handbook.”—
Athenaeum. Ward and LOCK: and all Bookf.eUcr*._
CHARMING GIFT-BOOK.—Price 3s. 6 d., richly gilt, Illustrated.
E legant arts for ladies.
Containing Plain Instructions bv Eminent Master* in Twenty-
two Useful Arts and Elegant Accomplishments.—W ard and LOCK.
B RICK-MAK'NG MACHINES, adapted for
the Cl«ys they are to work, ami every information on Pottery,
Machinery, ani Work*. Tho Bocietv of Ar. 1 i Prize E«s*r *‘ On
Brick-ms king," po«t-frfe, Is. 2d.—Mr HUMPHREY CHAMBER-
LAIN. R< mpsty, near Worcester.
NEW PERIODICAL—No. I„ May 8 , id. weakly,
m O W N TALK:
JL An frustrated Journal of Social. Literary, Theatrical. and
Political fioorip. Prico Id weekly.—Ofllco— 121 , tGoot-stroot.
NEW PERIODICAL ! I! One ronnv Weekly.
L OUIS NAPOLEON on Ac LOOK OUT!
LONDON and PARIS—ANARCHY and TRANQULILITY.
Drdicu ed to the "Indignant Frercti Colonels "
Bee TOWN TALK, No 2, new ready, Id. " Town Talk" a’socontains
tbe[Grr.n«*y Co iropon donee—Poor Popploton—Foreign and Conti¬
nental Talk—Oily Ta'k—Conrt Talk—Sclent'ft a Talk—Theatrical
Talk— Mxtic Talk—line Art Talk—Sporting Talk Cnaroh Talk—
Turf Talk—Crime Talk—Army and Navr T»Ik—Mitcellanoout Ta'Jc
—Porltemrutery Talk—literary Talk—Random Talk—Tho Lady’s
Fege—Corre*pondocc«. Fcr t]l tbo o intcrer.ing features, te 3 " Town
Talk,’ now ready, Id. weekly. An lltattratad Journal of aaToeabio
Go«|p that e»n be read by aH. Ilenco, tn every Cl y. Village, and
Barn et, on Rail. Boat, acd Bond, "Town Talk" muil be a neces¬
sity, with which every Home will have plenty of topics to talk abmt-
Crnvuaaiion cannot flack whore "Town Talk " is taken ; every ore,
by iu moon*, mar know wh«t Is the "current talk lu every circle."
Prico, One IVnny'Wocklr—Ofli e. 122, Fleet--troet: and «o'd at nl
Ballw sy Platform*, and by ad Bookst»llo *8 and Nswsmso. N B.—Lot
•vwy 'Hi- har e Town Talk •"'t is tbs cm rent eolo of *oriety.
I N No. 25 of CASSELL’S ILLUSTRATED
FAMILY TAPER for MAY 17 will b« sivon « fM'hfBl
'■'.'ETKAIT of Mr J. F. 8 MITR. Author of "Dkk Turio on,"
Minnie Grey," "BmPaa and Tear*," Ac. Ac.
London: Ptn i:u and GAUnjc,
mHE ARROW and the SONG, by LONG-
J. FELLOW and HALF PI. Th'nl Edition. Prloe V*.
BOOSET and SONS’ Mus'.cal Library, Holies-street.
I AURENT’S MAUD VALSF, Third EdilioD,
J Illustrated, prico 4*. Also, a cheap Edition of Laurent's Albom
of Pence Muric, containing 16 popular Quadrilles, Valso, Polkas,
Galops, Ac., prico ft*., post-tree.
Bocset and BOKS’ Mutleal Library, Uo'hs-ttreet.
TVTORDMANN’S PIANOFORTE MUSIC.—
J. 1 Tho TOWER SCENE, from II Trovatnro, ?*.: The Nun’s
ITayer, third Editioo, 3s.; the Ghost Been;, second edition. 2s-: II
Balen. ?* j Ah. cbo In morte 2 *. Gd.; La Carita 3*.; Isabella, 2s. Gd.;
Greek J‘irate*’ Chorus, fourth edition. V*.; La Danse des Fees, 3s.
Boosey and Sons’ Musical Library, RoUcs-street.
M adame oury’S new pianoforte
MU8TC.—OBERON, polka do salon, 3a.: Robert, to! quo
pause, 4*.; Souvenirs d'Ecosso, fnnta»l% on Scotch airs. Is.; Grand
Fantasle on Prussian Notional Air*, 4s.
Boofev and 80 NS’ Musical I ibrary. noltea-street.
TtTENDELSSOHN’S SONGS WITHOUT
PYJL WORDS.—The Six Books complete, with Preface, by J. W.
DAVISON, price Gs. cloth. The Verdi Album. 25 song* in Ituiinn and
English. Gs. Laurent's Album of Dance Music, containing 16
quadrilles, values, polka*. Ac., fls. AU post-free.
Boosey and sons. Holies-street.
T ES HUGUENOTS.—Piano 8o!o in the
I 1 PJANI3TA, Nos. 95 and 97} Le Fkrahke. In No*. 117 and 118;
Fobert lc Diablo, in No. 82; I/Etoile du Rord, in No. 171. 2i each
Number or poat-flree24 *Ump* —Gay and Co., 67, Pa: ornot ter-row.
/BOLLARD’S ROSE-WOOD SEMI-COT-
VJ TAGR PIANOFORTE. To bo SOLI), a BARG KVS, a remark¬
ably beautiful-touod Jmtfomonft of th* ubavo dsfcriptioo, with 6 J
oc’nvea. repetition actim, and all tho patont improvement), at
HOLDERNESSE’ 8 , 444 New Oxford-strjet.
P IANOFORTES.—GEO. LUFE and SON
lave the largest ftock in London, for BALE or HTtE, with
rosy terms of purchofe, both now and Mcmihand, from £ 0 to £ 100 .
Tuner* tent to all part*.—103, Great Ra*Mll-street, Bloomsbury.
G EO. LUFF and SON’S IMPROVED
HARMONIUMS for BALE or HIRE, with cay terms of pur¬
chase, from £12 to £50 The only makers of the real ilarmmiam.
Repair*, Tunings.— 103, Great Raw ell-street, Blxiaubary.
M
USICAL BOX REPOSITORY, 32,
_Luc!gate-street (near Bt. Paul’s).—WALE 8 and M’CULLOCH
are direct Importer* of NICOLE FRERE3’ Celebrated MUSICAL
BOXES, playing brUHan’ly tho beet Popular, Operatic, and Bocrod
Mu*io. Large Size*, Four Aire, £4; Blx, £6 6 s.; Eight, £ 8 ; Twelve
Aire, £1212s. 8 nutf-boxe 3 , Two Tunee, 14s Gd.and 18s.; Throo, 30s.;
Four, 40*. Catalogue* of Tunes gratis and post-free, on application.
P IANO S.—OETZMANN and PLUMB’S
now Patent STUDIO or SCHOOL-ROOM PIANOFORTE3,
Which have given such universal satisfaction (price* ranging from
©onriderably leu than £ 20 ), are only to bo obtained, la I/Ondon. at
86 , Great Rusicll-rtroet, Bloomsbury; and of all the principal country
masicsoliers. Alio, their new Patent Drawing-Room Pianofortes, at
prloe* slightly In advance of tho Studio Pianos.
P IANOFORTES .—OETZMANN and
PLUMB'S NEW PATENT SCHOOL-ROOM PIANOFORTES,
6 } octaves, prioe* from considerably under £ 20 . Is the most *uitah 2 o
Instrument (manufactured for the Schoolroom, or where a small
Piano/nrU- b required, boingso constructed os to require Uttls tuning.
To be had of all the principal country Mu*!c»ftllere In England, Scot¬
land, and Ireland: also for Sale. Hire, or Exchange. In London
only, at 56, Great Raawdi-street, Bloomsbury.
O PERA GLASSES, in every variety of size
and price. Somo superb specimens of Viennese manufacture,
suitable for Wedding or Birthday Present*, at CALLAGHAN’S,
Optfc-'an, 23 a, New Bond-street. Corner of Condult-streot- N.B. Sols
Agent to V<~ IgtlKnder. Vienna.
UTINY IN INDIA.—Military Field
a. Glasses and Teleeoopca of matchlea* quality, cotr.'olnlng the
very latest Improvement*, at CAI-LAGHAN' 8 , 33a, New Bond-strait,
corner of Conduit-street. N B. Sole Agent for the Hmall and povrorfEl
Opera and Race Glaase* invented and made by VnigtHindor. Vienna.
M
a EOLOGY and MINERALOGY.—
Elementary COLLECTION, to facilitate the study of this
Interesting Science, can be bad from Two Guineas to One Hundred,
also Single Specimens, of.I. TENNANT, 149. Strand, London.
Mr Ttrannnt gives Private Instruction in Mmernlogr and Geology.
O RMOLU and BRONZE CLOCK 0 *
CANDELABFA 8 , and BRONZE STATUETTES, whole*rile
and retail at the Pari* Agency, No. 2, Frkh-itreet, two doors from
Soho-rquare. Tho largest and mo*t choice collection In Londr n
O RNAMENTS for the DRAWING-ROOM,
LIBRARY. &C.—An extenrive assortment of ALABATTRH,
MARBLE, BRONZE, acd DERBYgHTRE SPAR ORNAMENT* 1 ,
Manufactnred and Imported by J TRNN VN P, 119. Ftrynd. London
T O BE SOLD for £4 1 (cost £75), a Superb
SILVER TEA and COFFEE SE lVICE, adorned with richest
chasing, ard weighing 91 ounces. Equal to now. May bo seen at
WALES and M'CULLOCH'S. *2, Lad rate atroat.
TTEAL and SON’S NEW ILLUSTRATED
JlX CATALOGUE oontain* d<»iga: and prioes of 150 article*
of BED-ROOM FURNITURE, a* well a* af 100 BeiitaaJ*, and
price* of every description of Bod ding 8 »t Brea by port— Heal and
Son. Roditodd, Bedding, and Bod-room Furniture Manufacturers,
196, Tottenbam-oourt-road W.
H andsome brass and iron bed.
BTRAD 8 -—HEAL and SON’S Show Rooms contain a largj
assrrtmont of Brass EodceacU, suitable both for Home n*s and for
Tropical Climate? : hnn^sorao Iron Bedsteads with Brest Mountings
and elegantly Japanned ; Plain Iron Bedstead* for RorvnnU ; evory
dcBcrlption of wood Botbicsd that is manufactured, in Mahogany,
Birch. Walnut-tree wood*. Polhhed Deal and Japanned, all flt.’od
with Podding and Fnrnitore complete, a* will a* every dstcription of
Bedroc.m Furniture.—HEAL and SON, Bodatead. Bonding, and Boi-
rooxn Furniture Manufacturer*. 196. Tottenham-oourt-rean, W.
“iy EDSTEADS of evory description, bath Wood
I J and Iron, fitted with Furniture and Bedding complete.
J, MAPLE *nd CO., 145 to 147. Tottonham-court-road.
s An Illustrated Catalogue greti*.
T7UVE THOUSAND PIECES MA.GNI-
X* FICENT CARPET, at 2s. 4d. and 2a lOd. por yonL
Rich Velvet Carpet*, at3*. fid per yard.
J. MAPLE and CO., 145 Totrenhvn-court-road.
D ining and drawing room furni-
TUBE. In endless variety.
Tbo Fng/nioEa*y Ch*lr.25s.
The Fnjjpnio Ccuch In Woinnt Wood .. .. 3 guineas.
Drawing-room Chairs.10* 6 d each.
Handsome Walnut Table* .. .. 4 guineas.
J. MAPLE ani CO.. IIS Totleaham-court-road.
The largest and most oonvcnlont Furnishing Tstublishmsmt iu the
World.
T HE BEST BED ior a CHILD is oho of
TRKLOAR B METALLIC COTS. 4 feet long by 2 feet wlJ*.
with moveable side* and pillar*, cretnrs and bra** v*«o«. Price
21s.. including a Coc-ca-nut Fibre Matrices Packcl and dciivorci
at *ny railway g'ation in ths kingdom for 24*
Ihoma* Tteiear, 42, Ludea’e-hflL Lordnn. B.O.
R ITCHIE’S PATENT GRANULATED
CORK MATTRESSES and BFD3 expel Vermin, cifrc’ually
cureRboom«tlsm, prevent Cramp, and, by preserving Electric ty.
promote health and prolong life. Tho Pat ait Cork Ma tries and
Cork Fabric Manufactory, t'C, TTatfield-strce*. Blarkfriar*
M essrs, john wells and co., 210 ,
Rcgont-rtreet London, having pmchatod (owing *0 the de-
treafion in themananetarttg dbtilcu) a very largo lot of the richost
VELVET PILE and BRUSSELS CaRPE 1*3. designwl exprealy for
tho West- end trade, at a great reduction in prlca Also Lyon* Silk
Brococo , Brocateilos. Bilk Damsik* in all tho m>»t f,i.b'.>nublo
colouriug* and richeit make*. Also, a large lot of French Cblatxo*
of the most beautiful and t labor a 0 designs. Tho wb.le of thnso are
now offered at a co’-sideratio redaction from tho prune rjsi for cash,
aid are well worth ths attention of intending purchaser ■. Pa'tcrn*
will be tent into ths c untry free of cha-ge; al*o ihsir iiluVmted
cttnlrgno of furnltors, ho.—210, Rogcnt-stroot (opposite Couduit-
■ treat). _
OH D O N CARPET WAREHOUSE,
I WAUGH ard SON,
3 and 4. Go*dge-itreet, W.
TVrOVELTY in WINDOW-CUR TAINS,—
JLt Tim CIRCASSIAN CLOTH CUBTAIN. with rich border,35*.
At BELGRAVB HOUSE, 12. Slo»ne-*treet. Pattern* forwatdoL
mO LADIES.—Richly Perforated TISSUE,
JL for FIRE PAPKB9 or Stove Aprons, to bo m/uio up lu the
Flounced Style, with Instructions, Eight Stamps (pu>froo) per
packet.-B. I’ETKBS, Tovil, Makbume.
G RAND CEREMONY and FESTIVAL on
the 18th JUNK next, at the OPENING of tho SOLDIERS
DAUGHTERS’ HOME, Hxmpetcad, by hi* Royal Hlghnws the
PRINCE CONSORT, who, with hi* Royal Highnee* the Prlaoe of
W.lc*. havo beengr&ciouly ploooed to parchaso proMoiation* to th*
Home.
Savcrxl Military Band* will play In the boiutiful ground* of the
Home. Admission, by purcha*od ticket*, to be had only at th* oflloe
of the Home, No. 7, Whitehall texactly opposite tho Horse Guards).
A Single Ticket for tho oeromooy end ground*. 10*.: a Double Ticket
for Two, 1 Se.; a Reeorved Seat for tho Ceremony and tho Breakfast, 20*.
An omnibus *tart* from tho Tottenharo-coart-road end of Ox'ord-
■troot every IS minutes, reaching Hamp*toad (without changing) In
40 minutre. H. L POWT*. M^jor, Chairman.
Z A A R
A F A N C Y BA
will bo bo'd on THURSDAY nod FRIDAY, tbo 2?lta«nd 24ai
Of MAY, under the patronage of
Her Malory the QUEEN,
H.R.H. tho Liuchee* of K<mt,
H. 11 . 11 . the Ducbres of Cambridge, and
H R.H iho PrlDC«.**a Mary of Cambridge,
In AID' of tbo FUNDS of the CENTRAL ASSOCIATION for
IMPROVING tho CONDITION of the WIVES and FAMILIES of
SOLDIERS and SAILORS, and for relieving tbo frightful diaries*
c. rwequont upon the departure of *0 many of our Troop* for tho Ea*L
Tbo Razaar will bo held io tho Wellington Barrack*, by permimion
of H.BJL the Duko of Cambridge, K.G.
rATBOXXSSRS.
Tbo Du eh res of Rich mend
Tho Duchess of Beaufort
Tbo Duchess of Atholl
Tho Dncbces'of Montreee
Tho Duebrs* of RDsbtirgbe
Tho Dachre* of Ss. Arpino
Tho Marebione** of Towmhend
Maria, MoichloDoa of Allrebury
Tho Marchloneis of Waterford
Tho Mate-.lone** of Dowmhire
The Marchiooo** of Lomloaderry
Franca Anno, Marchlaaore of
Londonderry
Tho fountas of March
The Lady Iiabella St. John
The Lady Adelina Not man
Tbo Countes* of Klnnouli
The Countes* of Levan acd Mel-
viUo
The Countes* of Shaftesbury
The Counteu of Orkney
The Countess of Warwick
1 bo Countess of Hardwick*
The Countess of Fife
The Countess of Caledon
The Coanteei of Bradford
The Countess Waldegravo
The Lady Harriet Hamilton
The Ladv Charlotte Chetwynd
The Lndy Mary Hood
Tbo Lady James Murray
The Vistoantees Combermero
Ifce VDcountcss Chewton
Tho Visoruntoss For bo*
Tho Viiccanteiw Ingretre.
The Viscountess Newport
Tbo Ledy Lindsay
The Lady Mary Stonhonson
Tbo Lady Jane Walker
Tho Lad* Emily 807 mo or
The Laf Its Ponnonby
Tho Lady Sarah Lindsay
Tho Ledy Augusta Cadogan
The Lady Honoria Cadogsn
Tbo Lady Marin Sanderson
Tho Lady Mary Vyncr
Tho Lady Jane EUice
The Lad} Emily Ponsonby
Tho Lady Jano Lovett
The I July Satan Smith
1 he Lady Charlotte Borkoley
Tho Lady da Uoo
Tho Lady Willoughby d’Eresby
The Lady Willoughby do Broke
Tho Lady Rokeby
The Ltdy Gray
Tbo Lady Du derm
Tho Dowager Lady Raglan
Tho Ledy Stuart do Rothesay
Tho Lndy Abioger
Tho Barooeas htnithedon
Tbo I.ady WotuJeydole
Tho Lady Wall*oourt
The Lady Colchaiter
The Lady Walalngham
Tbo Lady Calthorpo
Tbo Lady Gifford / —J
Tho Lady Glentwortb
The Uon Ledy Phipps
The Hon. I.ady Maudei
The Han. Mr*. Moackton Milno*
l ho Hon. Mrs. Beanmont
The Hon. Mr*. Hen*y Ch.Hwyiid
The Hon. Mr*. Arthur Kinualxd
The Hon Mr*. Finch
Tho lion. Mr*. Wm. Cowpcr
Tho Hon. Lady Butler
Tho non. Mrs. Sidnoy Herbert
Lady Grey Eginton
Lady Ast’.dy
Lady Str.acay
Lady Wilson
Lady Gippe
Lady Cochrane
Lady Labbock
Lady Pakington
2!rx Artnytngo
Mr*. William Angerstoia
Mrs. Hoaro
Mrs. Moncrieff
Mr*. Evan Maborloy
Mrs- Nowilegate
Mr*. Abel Smith
Mr*. Hugh Seymour
Mr*. Clarke Thornhill
Mr*. Grevillo Vernon
The Lady Mary Fielding
The following ladies havo conwmtcd to bold stall*
Tho Duchre* of St. Arpino and Mr*. William Anger*tela,
The Countes* of Fife,
The YUcotmlres Chewton and Mr*. Monsrdff.
The Viacountea* Ingoitro and Mr*. Grevllie Vernon.
Tho Lady Sarah Lindsay )
and f Artisu 1 Stall,
xy > Tbo Ladles C«do«*n )
Mr*. Armytage end Mr* Clarke ThamhlL
Lsdy Stracey.
Mrs. Kowdegatc.
Mrs. Booro.
Mia F.van Maberley.
There will bo al*o a stall far "Plain Work," m’de enlirely by
"Soldiers* Wives;" a Flower Eta’I. and a Tea and Refreshment SttlL
Contributions of Paintings in oil and waUr colour*, Drawing*,
Photograph*, Curiosities, Article* of Votth, and all kind* of Plain or
Famr.y Needlework, *ro earnestly solicited.
Contributions al*o of English. Scotch, and Irish and Foreign L*ce
and Embroilorv, will be thnnkfally received, a* well a* Flo wore,
either in bouqaet* or for decorating tho Piowar Sta’l
It would be coLskleroi an e*poclalf*v'ur if manufacturers would
kindly cou’ribute some 1 pccimens of British and Irish Manufticturea;
and it is rorticalarly requosted that the name* of tho manufacturer*
who may bo so good a* to contributo may bo attached to tholr contri¬
butions.
CoT.tribul ion* in aid of iho Boxaar may be forwarded to any of tho
following addresses :—Mr*. Berwick. 7, Union street, Rerkeley-
•quoret Messrs. Hatchird, 18“, PiocadlRy; Mbs Raid. 8 , Manchestor-
stveot. Manch«ter-er;nnto; Mrr. Lookwood. 76, New Band sricet;
the Misers Read.21, Upper Berkolay-streat Wait; Mr*. Davis. 7, LiUlo
Chariot to-street Pimlico; Mr*. Pratt, 1 tbo Tarrans, Knighultridgo.
P ATENT 8ELF-LIGHTING CIGAR
COMPANY, 50, Moorgate-streot. Wholrenlo and Retail. All
kinds of C1GABS and CUE ROOTS, Fore!* n aud British, are treated
by this process, and are ignited by rimplo friction, wlthsut taste or
smoil. No extra price chargod. Invaluable to out-door smoker* and
traveller*. 9s. to 42s-por lb. Samplo box, six flno Hava una ha, fret
24 stamps: or, three, 12 stamps. Agent* wanted.
QOU1H AFRICAN WINES, as to quality
IO and character are, a* a general rul«, sound, full-bodied, anioly
endowed with flavour, and wholly free from ucidity, aendneus. or
harshnrH. and are altogether most nsoful table wine* for ddly con¬
sumption. The price, ranging from 20*. to 21*. a down for tbosn re-
semblirg Bhcrry, M*r*ala, Madolra, Port, and Buoellos. brings them
within the compere of every housekeeper’* mean*.—FOSTER anil
INGLE, winemerchont*. 45, Choapsldo. Four-dozen coses carriage
paid.
TX7TNES from the CAPE of GOOD HOPE.—
V V W. and A. GF BP.Y, 357. Oxford-street, Importers of tho
finest wine*, which bar Majesty's Government edmita at half-dutv.
Port, Sherry, Manola. Ac., ail 20*. por den. Two samples for 12
Stomps. Excellent Brsndy, 30*. perdox. Fert'
Wines ree Dr. Leiheby’s aoolysii. Cioos checks
For the parity of our Capo
leeks " Bank of England.’
QTOGUMBER MEDICINAL PALE ALE
IO is brewed with the water from “Hoitt Hill s Well." Itcn-es
diieate*. and I* renovating, reasonable, and delkious. Rc'eraneos to
the faculty.—B. HOLDEN. 65 a, Upper 8 ymoor-strert, Portmxn-
iquare. *r la London *grnt. H. Watts, Manager. Siogum 'ev, Toon Ion.
Drum uinkt and trinket wiodor, da* ear* lobensfrohe Won go rosig
strahle.
T? QUAL1SATION of the SPIRIT DUTIES.
Jli BEWIF.Y, EVAN3, acd CO.’S Pa o Malt WH18KY. In
care* of one dozen each, price 42*. Freight paid either to Holyhead,
Bristol, Liverpool, or London.'by receiving a poet ordur for the amount.
Bewlay, Evans, and Co., 83, Mary-street, Dublin.
A NDREWS’S DUBLIN WHISKY.—One
durvn bottles (2 gallons) of Andrews's finest obi Dublin
Whiiky forwarded carrisgo-psid to every railway station in Eng¬
land on receipt of a poet-office order for 40*.. payable to ANDREWS
and CO.. 19. X0.21. and 12. Deroe-ntreet, Dublin
P URE BRANDY, 16s. per gallon.—Pale or
Brown EAU-DK-VIE, of exquisite flavou- and great purity,
identical, Indeed, in every respect with tho#e eholco productions of the
Cognac uliiric: which are now difficult to procure at any prioo, 25a.
per dozen. Frenoh bottles and cane toc’uiod or 16s. pw galloo.
HENRY BRETT and CO.. Old Furalval's D stU’ery, Holbora.
U NSOnilSriCATED GENEVA, of the
true juniper flavour, and precisely a* it runs from tho still,
without the addition cf surarorany Ingredient whatever. Imperial
gallons. 13s.; or in ono-dozoa cares, 29*. each, package Included.
HENRY BRETT and CO.. Old Furnlval's DinMory. Holbarn.
QUITE NEW.
COVER’S SULTANA’S SAUCE.—A most
IO rrfreshing and pleating stimulant to tho appetite, oompoeoJ
principally of Tuikuh condimerta. combined with various culinary
production* of tbo East. To bahad of all Siuce Vender*, and of tho
sole wholesale ng* nt*. Crosce aud Blackwvll, runreyors to tho Qaecn,
21. Scbo-f qnare, London. _
F E CREAMS imracdiatclv and economically
trade Ir* EXITAL’Xrnd M EAD S URGI 8 TBUD FREEZING
APPARATUS. Price, from 2} guineas. Sold at 3, Pall-ronl', 8 .VV.,
and 97, Norton-sticot, W-; also by tho W en ham Lake :ce Uoarpaay,
1 o 4 a, 8 'teniL W.C.
T aylor, brothers’, homcepathic
COCOA.—This exquisite preparatim, combining in on eminent
degree thoperenos*. nutriment, and flno aroma of ths froth nnt, b a
delidoa* end wbo!o*:me bevtrago to all, and eipccially adapted to
thore under horau~<paihle treatment. It agree* with th- m »-t dedicate
and irritatde digestive organa, b soo'hfng and agreeable li tha nerves,
and proves at the same time 1 »;th invigorating and refrothing.
Sold bv mod Grocer* and Teodeolera in town and count ry ; of whom
*I*o may bo had Taylor. Brotbcr*’, Soluble and Dietetic Cocoas, and
ail kind* of plain and fancr Cocoa* and Chocolate*.
• See that each packet i* Libelled " Taylar, Brothor*. lyHMlon.*'
E N Z I N E C O L L A S
B
CLEANS and REMOVES GREASE from
Glovra, I Cloth,
Mik», | Carpet*. Ac. Me.
InTottlo*. Is 6 d., of *11 Chrmbt* ani Perfumer*, and at tboDrfpfit,
lit,Great Rnstel-*’.ree», Bk>on»*bury.
K ing ana co., silkmercers, &c, 243 ,
R*gent-*trtct, beg t? announce that during the lato com-
morcial eriaiaibey have purchased many thousand pounds' worth of
now faILKS, MUSLINS, BAKEGES, IRISH POPLINS. Ac., which
they Intend selling dorln* the omulng *ea*oa at Half-price.
L adies, write for patterns of the
NEW SILKS and other Fabrics, and *are fifty per coat in your
Spring Furcfcaoee.—Addrea* to KING It CO.. 243 Regent-it, London.
r'lLOTH MANTLES and JACKETS, at
KING’S, 243. Begor.t-stroet,
from 7*. 6 <I. IO 13 3*.
Printed designs rent post-free.
Addrees to King and Co., Rogent-rtreet, L-radon.
S EASIDE DRESSES—Patterns post-free,-
Lawn Robes and JnokcU,
15*. 6 d. cimip'efe.
Addreu to KTNG and CO., 243. Regent-st-ed, London.
B RILLIANTS, &c.—Patterns post-free.-
French Brilliant*.3*. 9d. the Fall Drew.
Fioucced Cambrics .. .. 5s. fid. n
Flounoed Brilliants .. .. 8 *. fid. •,
Addrem to KING aud CO , 243, Regent-street, London.
M
U S L I N S. —Patterns Post-free.-
Jacconcts .. iv 2*. lid. tbo Full Dross.
Organdies .. .. .. 5s. Od. „
Flounced .. .. 5 s Gd. ,,
Cliimx .. .. .. 7s. Gd. „
Flounced Organdies. 10s. Cd., usually sold at 21*.
Address to KiNO end CO.. Regent-itteet. London.
B
A R E G E 8, &c.—Patterns Post-free.—
BiTzorincs. 3s. fid. the Full Dress.
Bar tVi .. .. 8 s. 9d. „
6 Uk Mohair* .. .. !0». 6 d. „
Flounofd Boizarines .. 12s. 6 d. „
Flouneid BarJges .. 18*. 6 d. „
Flounced Grenadines .. £1 5s. Cd.
Addro** to KING and CO., 243. Kogant-stroM. Tendon.
"DLACK SILKS, &c.—Patterns Post-free.
M.9 Bucatx*,
£ 12 * . fid.
Glooms,
£1 6 s Gd.
Widows’ BiikS,
£1 19*. fid.
Flounced,
£3 12*. Gd.
MoirA Antiques,
£2 I 8 e 6 d.
_ Address to KING and CO. t Regent-street, London. _
EW SPRING SILKS, at KING’S,
243, Regrnt-strect.
Lost delivery for this Besson.
Striped BUks
£1 2s. 6 d tbo Full Dross.
Checked,
£1 5s. Gd.
8 atin Bar*,
£1 10*. Od.
Chare,
£1 15s Od.
Flounced Bilks,
£> 18*. fid.
And Molrd Antiques, worn by the Queen and Princess Royal*
£3 3e., usually sold at £6 6 *.
Patterns post-free.- Address to King and Co., Kegont-strect. London.
/^.RANT and GASK (late Williams and Co.),
VJT Wholesale and Retell SILK MERCERS aud GENERA**
DRAPERS, respectfully invite attention to thoir present collection
superb Csurt Trains, and also to tbo purchase of a msnafaotorer'G
stock of Moird Antiques, which will bo sold much under value, vht-»
from GO*, to 1$ guinea* the robo for tho richest nuriity In block*
white, and beautiful light colour*, suitable fir Court Trains (any
length cut). Tho department for Mantles. Shawls, Fancy and Even¬
ing Dresses, Mnsllns, Mmlin do Sole, Borages, Ribbons, aad General
Drapery, nro rop’ote with every description of novelties for the
season All good* marked in plain figures, for reedy money, at wrholo-
m 1« pries*.— Tho Now Premise*. 59. Oxford-street, are devoted sololy
to Gaenl Monrnlng. Pattern* forwarded to the country.—COM¬
MERCE HOUSE, 59, 60, 61, 62, Oxford street, and 3, 4, and 5, Wolls-
strestJW.
TTIASHIONABLE scotch-spun silks
JU for Spring and Summer Dress?*, manufac'urod expressly for
Boott A dir. The ROYAL TARTAN WAREHOUSE, 116, Rogtmb*
street (oorMrof VigMlnwtV Pattern forwarded free
H WALKER’S QUEEN’S OWN NEEDLES,
• with Embossed Head*. H. Walker’s Alliance Noodles, w th
Oil Colour Portrait Label*. U. Walker’* Palace Noed'es, with OB
Colour View Labels ; andH. Walker’s Elliptic Emhroidcry Neodlos,
ported by any dealer—Patentee and Neodlomnkor to tho Qieen,
Alcester; and 47 , Gresham-stroct, Londjn. Tho.Thinl Scries of Em¬
broidery. P*turns ready for ths Trade-
M APPINS’ DRESSING CASES and
TRAVELLING BAGS.
Mappin Brothers, Manufacturers by Bpadol Appointment to tho
Queen, sic tho only Sheffield Makers who *u;ply tho Con >umor in
London.
Their London Show-room*. 67 and 68 KING WILLIAM-STREET,
London-bridge, contain by for tho largest Btock of Dressing Oates,
and Ladies’ and Oentlcrtum’s TravolHng Bar* In the World, each
article being manufactured under their own superintendence.
Mappin*’ Guinea Dressing Case for Gentium in.
Morpins’ Two Guinea Dressing Coso, in solid Leather.
Ladles’ Travc’Ung and Dressing Bogs, from £2 ISi. t> £100
etch.
OcnGemro’* ditto ditto, from £3 12*. to £80.
Moure. Mapp'n Invito inspection of their oxtonilvo Stock, which 1*
complete with every variety of Style tod Prico.
A coetly Book of Engraving#, with Price* attached, forwarded by
poet on receipt ef 12 sump*.
MAPPTN BROTHERS.
67 and 68 , King Will! tin-street, City, London.
Manufactory, Qucoo’s Cutlery Work*, Sheffield.
J AMES LEWIS’S PATENT IODINE
SOAP la rooommondod as tho only reap poesecrinr any speeifla
sanitary properties transflcial to the skin, end generally approved aud
recommend' d by tho faculty .—Bold at 66 . Oxford-street, W. _
ALDRIDGE’S BALM cf COLUMBIA, ac-
V_/ knowle'gtd for 30 yoar* 10 be the treat effectual remodr pro¬
duced for Restoring the Hair aud Promoting the Grovnh of Whisker*
and Mustachio*. In bottle*. 3s- fid., 6 a. and 11a. Whobsale and
reteM. 13. Wellington-s treet. North t sovan door* from the Btrond).
A BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION, and Soft
aud Fair Hands snl Arms, are folly renllsod and sustainod by
the ore of ROWLANDS’ KALYDOR, an Es*:crn Botanical Pre¬
paration, perfectly free from nil mineral or motslUc sdmixture.
It la distiuguUhed for its extremely blend, purifying, and reothlog
effect* on the skin; whilo, by ite action on the pores and minute
aecretory vessel*, it promote* n ho*ity tone, allays every toud-ncy ti
infltmmaUon, and thut effectually diwipate* all redoets, tan,
pimpiw, epot*. freckle*, di«color*tlon», and other outaneoa* visitation*.
The radiant bloom it impart* to ths cheak. the softniv* and detiescy
which it iedn-o* of th* bandi end arm#, ite eapabUity or robbing
iniution. and removing outaneoue fiofocte. ren’or it indispeoseblo
to every toPoL
Its purity log and refreshing pro:erti 9 * have obt&inoi it* selection
by Royalty and tbo Amtoc acy or Europe, and it D universal/ in
highreruto from tb* t nitry dime* of India to tbs frozan reaim* of
the Czar.
Price 4* 6<1 ani 8 * fd. per Bottle.
CAUTION
Tho wo d* " ROWLANDS’ KALYDOR " are on the wopper of
each bottlo. and their *lgnaturo, "A. ROWLAND and 8 GNS," la **1
Ink. at foot.
flold at 20 , Hatton- garden, Loudon, aud by Chemist* and P«r-
fnmrrs. ___
P tED. LEWIS’S ELECTRIC OIL is an
Infallib’e Remedy for Rc*to log Strengthening and Beautifying
the Hair. It Is the greatest wonde- of the ft*e When all 0 hero fall,
try this. Bold by a)l r» 8 poctab’e render* or perfumery In tho king-
firm, In bottle*, price 2i. fid. end ?*.fid. Wholeialeagent for England,
W. C. Orestrnlth, Bhort-streit. Fiusbtiry-ptvemwt: for Settt’and,
Lcnlroer tnd Move*, Pnehansa-suret. Glasgow.—Fred. Lewis,
Inv. ntor and Proprietor. Dub in._
P IESSE and LUBIN’S HUNGARY WATER.
This Scent rofi-*b©i the momo-y andI invigorate th» brain.
Its great volatility cool* the surrounding air. to. Bottle; 10*. case* of
six.—2, N«w Ro nd-street, London.
H AIR DESTROYER.— Depilatory for
itn.ortngMYcln.il>- H.ir from Om FonhwI. Keck, *'»•.»“<!
II.nd, withnul 11.0 .ilpWcl WnT » M fkln. A Pjckrt forwutlnd
free by port for Fourteen Stamps.-Address, W. W. UI:.L, Fer-
famcr. High-* troct, Bsmstavle. _
G REY HAIR Restored to its Natural Colour,
Neurs’gia Cured by the Pe'ont Magna te Combe, Hrir and
Fbsh li'tuhci. Pamphle* "Why Ha'r brosmee Grey, and Its
Remkdy," by po t for fou stamps —F. HEKRihG, 32, Baslnghall-
iircat ’ BoW by oil Ch tmirt* and Perfumer* of repute.
W IGS —248, High Holboni (opposite Day and
WartfnVh—ALEX. ROSS’ Wig* are natural In nppjaranee,
and made f*r £1 10*. Bent froe per post. Send circumference of
head and patte rn of h. ir. ___
I MPORTANT.—YOUNG’S CORN and
BUNION PLASTERS arothobert ever Invented. Obeerre tho
Name and Addra** printed cn the Ubol, without which none are
rtnu’no Msy be had of oil Chemteta; I*, per box. or thirteen rtamps.
Addreu H. Too* g, 1, Bbaftabary-yiaoe. Aider#gate street, S.C.
492
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEW S
[Mat 15, 1858
NEW BOOKS, frc.
Thi* day, 3 vols., post 8ro, 21a.,
H istorical and biographical
ES8AY8. By JOHN FORSTER.
1. The Debates on the Grand Remonstrance, Not. and Dec. 1611.
II. i he PfontAgeneta and the Tudors.
III. The Civil War* and Oliver Cromwell.
IV. Daniel Do Foe.
V. Sir hlchard fllocle.
VI. Charle* Churchill.
VIL Samuel Foote.
John Murray, Albemarle-street.
TUB STORY OF LUCKNOW.
Third Thousand, leap. 8vo., la. fid.
A LADY’S DLARY of fHK SIEGE of
LUCKNOW; written for tho perusal of Prionda at Horae.
"The tragedy la rofloctod with all ita terrible lights and shadow* In
the * Lady’s Diary.”'—lioader.
"Tho iaoidents aro told with a almplIcHy, a warmth of sympathy,
an overflowing affection for friends at home, and an unaffected piety,
which give one the highest opinion of the writer's bead and heart "—
Literary Gazette.
“ This little book will be eagerly read by thousands. It la written
by a woman, and not with an oye to publication, but an unvarnished
record of facta and feelings addressed to the dear home circle which
she know to be In trembling suspenso on her account."— Globe.
" In the beet sense, and in overy sense, this is a woman’s account of
the liege of Lucknow. Her Journal is most teaching for iu sim¬
plicity. Thors l» not a sentence written in it for effect. The little
record is conspicnoos for nothing so much as Its modesty. "—Examiner.
"Horo Is tho Story of Lucknow, told without a touch ef art or
effort. It is strictly and simply a diary, and the shadow of death is
on almost every page The lady who writes on ton* morning and
evaning in her journal the incklon! a of the last few hours, and in her
broken narrative, blotted with tears, the tragedy stands forth more
terrible, tho heroism more majestic, than any military chronicle,
emblazoned Mko a banner with th ate epic epigrams that tell of vic¬
tory. This narration leaves a vivid Impression upon tho mind, and
Opens full to tho oye the wondor-working heroism and patienoe of the
garrison that defended Lucknow.”—Atbcnwum.
John Murray, Albemarle-street.
MRS. JAMESON'S ITALIAN PAINTERS.
This day, with 70 Woodcuts, fcap 8vo, fie ,
- the EARLY ITALIAN
_ the PROGRE88 of PAINTING In
ITALY. By Mrs. JAMESON.
John Murray, Alba marlo-s trout.
1UU 1UJ| Him IV
■MEMOIRS of tl
lYX PAINTERS, and of
THE NEW NOVELS NOW READY.
O NE and TWENTY. By the Author of
“ Wild Plower,” Ac. 3 vole.
HEOKIVGTON. By Mrs. GORE. 3 vols.
VIOLET BANK mid Its INMATES. 3 vols.
** Told w-th ' »' r truth ,od Dower." John Bull. •
The TWO BROTHERS. By the Author of “ The
Discipline of Lifo.’’ 3 vols.
H9BAT and Blackett, Publishers, IS. Great Marlborougli-streot.
Now ready, w'tb Twenty large Steel Etchings, illustrating the whol®
Lifo, Ca»eer, and Character of Falatuff. from Incidents either n>-
prt-c ited or alluded In the plays of Shak.peare, in one volume*
roya' 8vo., urioe IS*. 6d , cloth, g it top,
a 'HE LIFE of SIK JOHN FALSTAFF,
Illustrated by GEORGE CRUIK8HAXK. With a Biography
Of tho Knight from authentic sources, by HUBERT B. BROUGH.
London: Longman, Browk, and Co.
Crown 8vo, price 3*. 6d.; post-free, 2*. 10d ; with Map, fid. extra,
L OJNDON as it is TO DAY ; Where to Go
and What to 8e«. With 200 Engravings.
London: H G. CLARK* and Co., 25.2, Strand, W.C.
ONDON IMPROVEMENTS. — Practical
Bugge*lions for Hollering the Over-crowded Thoroughfares of
London; securing imnroved Means of Looomotion; divurtiog the
Be*.ag* from the Thames and appropriating it to Agricultural Uao;
with Estimate of Cost and probable Uevenno Also, Map, Plans,
and Views. By J 08 EPH MITCHELL, C.K., FJL8.E., Memker of
the Institution of Civil Engineeni. Prioe 2s. fid.; per post, Ss. lOd.
London: EDWARD STANFORD, 6. Charing-cross, B-W.
Just published. 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d.,
E LECTRO-CHEMISTRY, with Positive Re¬
sult*: and Notes for Inquiry on the 8ciencs* of Geology sod
Astronomy; with a Tract of Miscellanies. By CHARLES CtLAL-
HEitfi. Es<].—London: Jons ChocHILL, New Burllngton-street.
Just published, *vo, cloth, 15#.,
A MANUAL of PSYCHOLOGICAL ME-
DICibE : containing tho History, Nosology, Description,
Statist!ot, Dlagnosl', Pathology. *nd Treatment of Insanity. With
an Appendix of Cates. By J IRti CHARLES BUCKNILL, M.D.,
Medical Superintendent of the Dsvcn County Lunatic Asylum ; and
DANtB^ H TUKK. Ml). Flatting MedicalOflioor to the York Retreat.
London: JOHN CHURCHILL, Now Buriington-street.
Now ready. Second Edition, price It., by poet. Is. liL,
S TAMMERING: the Cause and Cure. By the
Rev. W W. CAZALET, A.M. Can*ab.
London: Boaworth and HARBiaoH, 216, Regent-street.
jublfohod, Fourteenth Edition, 8vo, bound, price 16e., post-free,
a OMCEOPATHIC DOMESTIC
MEDICINE. By J. LAURIE. M.D. Devoid of all techni¬
cality. Giving foil directions how to select and administer tho Reme¬
dies; also the dose Especially adapted to the use of Families, Emi¬
grants, and Missionaries. A Medicine Cheat adapted, prioe 65*.
An EPITOME of the ABOVE Price 59. A Guide
go those commencing this treatment in family practice. A Case for
this Work, prioe 36s. Carriage-froe on receipt of Post-office order.
Lsath and ROM, 5, 8L Paul's Ch.-yard; and 9, Vere-st., Oxford-st.
New Edition, enlarged. Stone, bound, price 1#^ free by post,
H omeopathic family guide :
containing Simplo Directions for the Domestic Treatment of
Ordinary Ailments. A Chest of Medicine for this Work, price 24a.
L*ATH and Ross, 6, St. Patti's Ch.-yard; and 9, Vere-st., Oxford-it
Beoood Edition, prioe 5*-, free by post,
H OMCEOPaTHIC TREATMENT of indi-
QRSTCON, Constipation, and Hemorrhoids (Piles). By W.
MO -GAN, M.D. Directions for the treatment of those common
disorders. Roles for Diet, rooeipts for Delicacies which may be safely
lokon by persons Buffering from these complaints.
Lkath and Ross, 6, St. Paul's Ch.-yard; and 9, Vere-st., Oxford-st
K A AAA BIBLES, PRAYER-BOORS
UUlUvA/ CHURCH SERVICES, and JUVENILE BOOK8.-
Tho I.orgeat Cheapest. and Best-bound Stock In the Kingdom, at
FIELD’S Great Bible Warehouse, 66, Regent's quadrant, London.
9~ r»On BiBLES, Prayer
Church Pervtcre, in every description of binding
and type being the enrape t. largest, and best-bound Block in tho
Kingdom at PAtiKISS and GOriO'8,21 and 25, Oxford street.
TO COUNTRY RESIDENTS.
P ARKINS and GOT10*b GUINEA BOX
of STATIONERY rent carriage paid to any railway •'ation in
England op n r»cei >t of PO order- «t contain VO quire* of super¬
fine thick i foil six*) cream-t«id No'e Paper; 10 qniree ol Quean's size,
ditto, d tto, and 600 thlrk cream-laid • Fnvd<>,>e» (stamped and
oementedi of two size*; 20 i.niret second quality full-size oreom-fold
Note Paper; and 600 Envel pes tamped and cem-ntsd; an octavo
Blotting Book and *lx do tan of P and G 'a elaa'ic pee -office P-M,
wi»h six holders As*vi g of ull fie. in the pound Parkins and
Got to. Paper and Envel pe Maker*. 24 and 26, Ox ford-street, London.
•YXTEDDING STATIONERY.—The Largest
▼ V Assortment, Newest Patterns, and Laie t Al<erations.— In¬
vitation*, At-Home Notes, »'r gramme*, /Ao.—PARKiNs and GOTTO,
25, Oxford-street. Patterns sent post- free.
P ARKINS and GOTTO have opened Three
largr 8bow-r oms for »he display of cheap, use'ul, and -legant
Article* for Birthday and Wedding Presents, from 2s. fid. to 20
guiaeas (a saving of 6s. in the r^und).
Wilting Fates fitted, from2s. c d.
Travelling Bags, 3 to 16 guineas.
Desk*, mahogany or reeawood,
6*. fid. -o f3 3s. /
Bosew od Dressing Cares, Hoad
w th silk velvet. »i!vor 'op
boitV'#. and jewel irtwer 425.
Gemlvnira's Travelling Ine*sing
Cas-s. fit ed. Ifr M
Wri* it* a d UressI g Cares com¬
bined 3*r*s. i f
Pocket Book». Utter Cases, and
"hr* b u
K»y Box»« ant Jew*! Cases.
Port Moonaies and Tab ats.
Desp<t*cb boxes, Jr mu 21s. . /
Poalrs and Paper Weights.
Card Cve«. toriolsashell 3*. fid.
Dlt o in pearl, silver, and inlaid.
Albums and Scrapbooks.
(My Hooks), in lock case*.
Inktomi *, in brorze ebony, wal¬
nut, o«k, -uid huh’.
Relict es and Carriage B«gs
Envelope nod **«atl<.eery C mo*.
G ove boxe and f e*tor Boxes.
Ladl s i ’otr panion*, 7*. fia.
«. sacs of Cb.iee Cutlery.
Card Baskets ant Table Mats.
Ivory pi per Knives
Book Stand* a d Hides.
Papier Moche In great variety.
NE W MUSIC, tfc.
D ’ALBERT’S VIOL ANTE WALTZ. Just
out. Price 4s.; foil orchestra, 5a- Post-free.
Chait’Kll and Co., 60, New Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S FRENCH POLKA. Just out.
Price 3s.: foil orchestra. 6a.
CHAITILL and Co., 60, New Bond-street.
Parkins and Gotto, Manufacturers, 24 and 25, Oxford-street.
•WTO CHAKGE tor STAMPING PAPER and
It FNVBLOPRi, wUh Arm* Coronet, Croat, or Initials.
RO'JRtODi S' Dream-laid Mhraive E« ve’opca. 4d. per \0‘: Cream-
laid Not* full tixe, flvo quires fur fid.; thick dl to. five quire* for Is.;
Foo reap. 9*- p»*r ream Sermon ' ap**r. 4». fid. All kinds of Stationery
equally cheap, at H. Rodiiguoa', 12, Piccadilly, London, W.
■YXTEDDING CARDS. Fnamelled Envelopes,
Y ■ s:a-ni>ed in *11ver, w-l*h omub, e:e-t, or flowers "At Homes,"
and brraktas*. Inr tation*, U» the latest fa*him. Cart-;>Iat«i e'cvantly
cmgrsvod and 100 sttfierfinv cards printed for 4s. fid.—nb*«r\*o, at
HENRY RODRIGUES’ 43, Piocadilly |2 doors from Backville-street).
TY’ALBERT’S LEVIATHAN GALOP.—
1 / Just out. Prico 3e.; full orchestra, 5«. Port-freo.
Chappell and CO., 60, New Bond-street.
TV ALBERT’S VENICE QUADRILLE. Just
1 9 *out. Price 4s.; full orchestra, 6s. Post-free.
CHAPPELL and CO., 60, Now Bond-street.
TV ALBERT’S LES SCEURS VALSES. Just
1 J out. Price 4 b. Post-free.
Chappell and Co., 60, New Boifo-stroet.
T\’ALBERT’S PELISSIEK GALOP.
XJ Price 3s., Solo or Duet; Septett, 3*. fid.; Orchestra, 5*.
CHatpell and Co., 60, New Bond-street.
tt/TR. SIMS REEVES’ New and Popular
JLYi BALLAD3. Just publlshrd.
No. 1. Rom of tho Morn. Composed by Frank Mori, 2s.
2. Alton a l>ewy Morning. „ J. TrekeB, ■*•
8. Bonnie Jean (6th Edition). „ George l inloy, 2s.
4 I Arise from Dreams of Thee. Howard Glover, 2s.
Chappell and Co , 60, Now Bond-street.
PATRICK, MA CUISHLA. New Irish
JL BALLAD. Written by the Hon. Mrs. NORTON; Music by
GEORGE BARKER, ccmpo*er of tho" Irih F-roigrant." Prioe 2s.
Poet free. ChaPPKLl and CO., 60, Now Bond-street.
TUANITA. By the Hon. Mrs. NORTON.
tf Third Edition of this tho most popular of all Mis. Norton's
Ballads, price 2* ; also Maraquila, a Portugaeso Lovo Song, by tho
same Comjioecr. price 2s , post-free.
Chappell and Co., 60, New Bond-street.
T> RINLEY RICHARDS’ COMPLETE
j ) TUTOR for lh« PIANOFORTE Th, blit, tho MwM, and
cheapest of all Instruction Books, eontairlog olomnnurv inrtf uolion*,
scales J exorcise*, and a great variety of the most popular Ihainai a*
progresaivo louon*. hlxty pages, full music size, price 4s. post-freo.
Chappkll and CO., 60 New Bond-street.
T’M LEAVING THEE IN SORROW,
JL ANN IK_Bung with rapturous applause by the Christy Minstrels.
Composed by GEORGE BARKER. P-kse 2s., post- freo
Cu appall and CO., 60, New Bond-street.
mHE FLOWERS are SLEEPING.—New and
JL popular *oog. Price 2».. post-free.
Chappell and Co^ 60, Now Bond-street.
SONG : When we went a Maying.
ll Words by CARPENTER; Music by A. M ATTACK 4. beauti¬
fully Illustrated by BRAl'-DAKD Price (postage-free), 2s.
London: Joseph Williams, 123, Cheopside.
TTENRY FARMER’S POLKA D’AMOUR.
JL1 Illustrated in Colours by BRANDARD. Price 3s , poiUgo-
free. London: Joseph Williams, 123, Cheapelde.
rmRST LOVE. New Ballad. Words and
JP Music by Lady RTRACP.Y. Prico 2s., poatago-freo
London: Jo&eph Williams, 123, Cheapsidc.
TTEN RY FAR MER’S JU N O QU ADRILLES.
X JL 4s.; Duet, 4s. Illustrated in Colours by BRANDARD. Scp-
teit. 3s tkl ; Orchestra. 6a.
Loudon: Joseph Williams. 123, Cheapofoe.
TTENRY FARMER’S FIRST LOVE
ft^l WALTZES; illustrated in Colonn by BRANDARD. Solo, fo.;
(foot, io.; septett psrta. 3s. 6d.; orchestral parts, 6a. Postage free.
"The soeond strain in the first part is, with-rut exception, the most
delicious tuoresau we have heart! this season.Guardian.
Published by J. Williams, 123, Cbeapafoo.
T}OW, ROW, HOMEWARD WE GO!
JLV By CARPENTER and 8PORLE. Prioe 2«. fid. Illustrated by
3 A AND A RD. A composition of much beauty, and becoming tm-
manoalv ponniar. tha melody being charmingly simplo and graceful-
Also publlsbod at a chorus for four voices, price 2e., port-froo.
J. WILLIAMS, 123, Cbeapafoo.
TTENRY FARMER’S Celebrated DANCE
ft ft MU8IC.—Eighteen of this popular writer’s admired Compo¬
sitions ar j now ready for Bands. Septett Parts, 3 a fid. ; lull Orchestra,
5e.—J oseph Williams, 123, Cheopside.
T ’ESPALIER de ROSES.—Mazurka Bril-
fonts, by ADRIEN TALEXY. This beantlfol pleoe, by the
admired composer of the celebrated " Mszurka Etude," ia pubUshfo
by Jossra Williams, 123, Cbeapside. 3i., post-free. . \
■R OSELIA MAZURKA. By ADRIEN
XI TALEXY. Dlaitrated iu Colours by BRANDARD. Another
admired proouetion of this celebrated Convpossr.
Joseph Williams, 123, Cheapsidc. 3*. post-froo.
TO MERCHANTS, SHIPPERS, AND FOREIGN RESIDENTS.
TOSEPH WILLIAMS, 123, Cheapside, the
tf Publisher of Henry Farmer's celebrate! DANCE MUSIC, Is
irepared to orword to r.r.y port of tho world MUSIC of all kinds.
Deluding ihe newest aud most popular compositions, in largo or small
quantities, on the mod advantageous tenua.
A DELE; or, I Miss thy Kind and Gentle Voice.
The Second Edition of this bountiful Ballad, by LANGT3N
WILLIAMS, Is now ready, as *ung by Miss Lsscellea. Price 2s ; free
for stamps.—W. WILLIAMS, 221. Tottenham-oourt-rood.
IJlFFIE SUNSHINE: New Ballad By
JLLi I*ANGTON WILLIAMS; sung by Miss Poole with the greatest
success. BeaatifoH? Illustrated. Price 2* 6d., freo for stamps.
W. Williams, 221, Tottenham-courr-ro«d.
T HAVE ALWAYS A WELCOME FOR
X THiiE.—Now Ballad by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Just rm»>-
luhed- “ One cf the sweetest ballads of the day."—Review. Price
tm .; free fur stamps.— W. Williams, 221, Tottenhom-court-road.
T LOVE A MAY MuKNING. BaUad, by
X LANGTON WILLIAMS; sung by Miss Poole, and always en¬
cored. P» ice 2s. Sd. ; froe for stem pe.
W WILLIAMS and CO., sll, Tot'onham-Criurt-road.
T ISZT’S CONSOLATION for the PIANO-
X_i FORTE.— " Pure, melodious, and fuM of sweet and soothing
expression."—Daily News. "One or tha moot charming thing* of
tho hind.”—Athentcum. Third Edition Prioe Is., sent prepaid on
iectdpt of >2 sunn a. kwrr and Go.. 390, Oxford-stieet.
IDWER and CO.’S MUSIC WAREHOUSE,
ft2i 391. Oxford-otreot, I oodon —Rwer and Co.'s own Publica¬
tions. including all Mondelfsohn'a Wo'hs. and tho whole of their ex-
tentive stock of Foreign Music. *old at the uniform rate of Sixpence
per choet being only ao at half 'he price charged by other establish
menu. Catalogues gratis.
ROUND the CORNER WAITING,
Li WHAT WILT PKOPIE 8A7 ? Ballad, by CHARLES
SWAIN; Mu*ic by RANDlGGF.lt As sung by Madame Rudorsdorff
and other eolebrated vocalists. Eighth Bahion, price 's. fid. bent
tree on rooeipt of 18 stamps— Ewer and Co , 390, Oxford-st eot.
X\T H. MONTGOMERY’S IL TROVA-
v t • TORE QUADRILLES, prico 6d,, post-free 7 stamps. A
charming and elegantly arranged set. Also, the Hoop de Doodcn Do.
Bonnie D-ndee. Edinburgh, Bobbing Around, andtwelvo oihor s^t* of
Quadrille*, by Montgomery, 6d. each, by post 7 tiamp*. Mi* 11 Tro-
vnforo, Traviata. and Rigoletto Vaises, 6d. ea h post-free 7 staniim.
MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 192, high Holbom. Catalogues
Gratis.
pZERNY’S 101 ELEMENTARY EXER-
V_y Cl8E-(the beat Odttmn published), price 2s «d. f post-free 32
•tempo: ( zeruy • School of Velocity pried 3a , pon-free 38 stamp* ;
.'Ecmy'a Pianoforco later (usr-d cx-ens vely by schools and the pro-
feesiun), 3*.. peat-free 38 stam.*. A'l full must* «iz«.
MUSICAL BOUQUATOFFICE, 192. High Holbom.
TUFTY SELECTED POLKAS for the
X? PIANOFORTE, in a 1 a. kook; po*t-frae 11 stamps. Edited
by WESTEOF. Also, Westrop's 160 Melodies for Ihe Violin, Is.;
Regnndi’s 200 Melodies for the German Concertino, la.; Pedgwick'f
200 iielotti** for the English fonoertina, lo. Either book bv Dost 11
■tamps.—MUS1CAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 192, H gh Hdhorn.
NEW MUSIC, &c.
IVTIGHT and MORNING. Words by
XN MonfffOmprj; Mo»io br J K BUtoo. One of Hittan'l be.1
daasloal Songx. Prioe 2a., post-free.
Addison, Hom*R,»nd Lucas, 210, Regoat-sireet, W.
riTHREADS of GOLD. Words by Yonng;
X Music by M. W. Baife- An elegant Uit'e allegory, beautifully
set to Music by Bal fe. Price 2a .post-free
Addison, Hollikb, and LUCAS, 210, Regont-stroeL W.
Just published,
B right green leaves, song, com-
posed for, and sung by, Miss Poolo- Prlco 2s. 6d.. illustrated.
JlDDtfiON, Holuek, and Lucas, 210, Regent-street.
rriHE OLD SOLDIER’S DAUGHTER,
JL Words by Bellamy; Music by J. L. Hatton. A beautiful
Ballad In a mod or* to compare. Price 2* . P 0 tt-fr»*.
Addison, Holuxp., and Lucas, 210, Regcnt-nreot, W.
TVTEW SONG, THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS,
_L Y written and oom|>osed bySAMUEL LOVER, Esq. PricoSs.Cd.
This elegant ballad may bo oonsldored one of Mr. Lover ■ happieat
compositions. Word* and music aro equally pleasing, and ensure Us
becoming a general favourite. Postage-free.
London: Durr and HODOSOK, 66, Oxford-street.
S ongs of the seasons.-spring
BLOSSOMS, SUMMER ROSES, AUTUMN FRUITS, and
WINTER EVERGREENS. Composed by STEPHEN GLOVER.
P> ice tot. C<1. each. These Songs possess attractions seldom before
obtained. The Words, by Carpenter, aro oxccc-Ungly Interesting, and
have * urges ted to Mr. Glover melodies of the mail fax<L Dating charac¬
ter, while the Illustrations, by Packer, are superb.
Duff and Hodgson, 66 , Oxford-street.
IV'EW GALOP—THE ALARM.—Composed
_i_T by T. BROWNE. Prico 3a. (postage-free).—Among tho spark¬
ling novelties porformed by Weipport’i Baud at tho Grand State Ball
at Buckingham Palace nono shono more conspicuously than the
"Ahum" Galop, which was admired by all.
Duff and liOtKJSON, 66, Oxford-street.
N EW SUNG, THE FIRST TIME W15 MET.
By the Composer of "Will you lovo mo then « now?*
"Dearest, then I’ll lovo you more," "A Young Lady’s No," Ac.
Price 2$. This song will equal, if not surpass, tho success attained by
and former production of this gifted composer.
Duff and Hodgson, 65, Oxford-street.
N ORAH, DARLING, DON’T BELIEVE
THEM. Irish Ballad. By M. W. BA.LFE. Hung by Miss
DOLBY "The Highland BInraora." New Scotch Ballad. By
W. V. Wallaco. “ ibe Truo Heart's Constancy." Now Rngilah
Balltd. By J. L. Hatton.
Cramer, Bkalk, and Co., 201, Regent-street.
W HEN WILL YOU LOVE ME? New
Ballad, by tho Author and Composer of “Something to
Love mo " This song bid* la'r to rival in popularity Ra celebrated
predecessor. Prico 2s , froe for stamps.
Evans and Co., 77, Baker-street, Portman-squore, W.
at REDUCED PRICES.—Cata-
_ _ 5100 Piano Pieces by tho bott Composers, and 2000
ancient and modern Miscellaneous Work*. Iustructlon Book*, Ac.,
Ttrusic
XTX logues
forwsrdod to all parts for.three stamps each Pro*|>ectu* of Library
on Reduced Terras gratis,—WM. KObiNSON, Jun., 368, S^and (near
Exeter Hall).
T HE NEW ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM
for the DRAWING-ROOM.
ALEXANDRE and SON havo just taken out a now patent for the
Drswing-room Harmonium, which effect* the greatest improvement
tboy havo over made in the instrument. The Drawing-room Models
will bo four.d of a softer, purer, and in all ra*poets more sgroeablo
tout than any other instrument!!. They have a perfect and easy
moans of producing a diminuendo or crescendo on any ono note or
more; the ba*:* cau be petfstljr subdual, without even the uso of tho
cxpresiioo stop, tho great difficulty! n other Harmoniums. To each
of the new models an add.Roual blower is attached at the back, so
that the wind can bo supplied (if preferred) by a soeond person,
aud still, trnuar tho new patent, the performer can play with perfect
>_x press Ion.
THE DRAWING-RODM MODEL
No. la made In three varieties. Guineas.
I, Three Stops, Percussion Actio a, additional Blower, and
in Rosewood Case .*'
2. Eight Stops ditto ditto ditto 36
3. Sixteen Stops ditto ditto, Voix Celeste, Ac.
(the best Harmonium that can bo made) .. ..60
Messrs. Chappell hive an enormous stock of the
SIX-GUINEA HARMONIUMS,
Aud of oil Varieties of the ordinary kind, whh h are par foot, for the
Church, School, Hall, or Conceit-room.
No. Guineas.
1. Ono Stop, oak case . ..10
2. „ mahogany case .12
3. Threo Stops, oak, 15 guineas; rosowood .18
4. Flvo Stops (two row* vibrators), oak ease.22
„ ditto rosowood case .. .. .. 23
6. Eight Stops, ditto, oak, 26 guineas; rosewood .. ..26
6. Twelve Stops (four rows vibrators), oak or rosewood ease 36
7. Ono Stop (with percussion action), oak case, 16 guinoas;
rosewood ca»e .18
8. Three Stopi, ditto, rosewood case . ..50
9. F.i*ht Stops, ditto, oak or rosewood case.32
10. Twelve 8tops, ditto, osk .. W
II. „ ditto, rosewood ease ..46
12. Patent model, ditto, polished oak or rosewood case .. 65
Messrs. Chspnell beg also to call attention to their
NEW AND UNIQUE COTTAGE PIANOFOBTE8.
No. Guineas.
I. In mahogany case, 6| octavos.26
2. In rosewood, with eiraular fall. 6{ octaves •• .. .. 30
3. In rosewood, elegant case, fireu, ... ..36
4. In very elegant walnut, ivory-fronted keys. Ac.40
6. The Unique Pianoforte, with porfect check action, ologant
rosewood ca«e, 6j octavos .40
6. The Foreign Model, extremely elegant, oblique strings, 7
octaves, bext chock action, Ao., the most powerful of
ail upright pianofortes .. .. ..60
Also to their immenso assortment of New and Secondhand Instru¬
ment*. by Bro«dwood, Collard, and Erard, for Sale or Hire.
Fell descriptive Lists of Harmoniums and of Pianofortes sent upon
applies*im to CUAPeET.L and CO., 49 and 60, New Bond-street, and
13, Georgo-street. Hanover-square
Agents for America, FABREQUETTE8 and CO., New Yo»k.
C ~ HAPPELL’S FOREIGN MODEL PIANCL
FORTE, price Fifty Guinoas. This instrument has (unlike
the ordinary Cottage Pianoforte) Three String* and tho fullest Grand
compass of Seven Octaves. It i* strengthened by every posiiblo
mesas to endure ihe greatest amount of wear, and to stand peifoctly
in any climate. The workmanship is of the t o*t description, tho tone
is round, full, snd rich; and the power equal to that of a Bichord
Grand. The case Is of tho most eiorant description, in rosowood,
the touch elastte. and tbo repetition very rapid Every possible pre-
caull -n h»d been taken to ensure It* standing well in tune. Chappell
and Co. cepe*lolly invite the attention of tho public, the profession,
and merchants to tho Foreign Model, feeling assured Unit no Piano¬
forte, In all respects comyarabl*, lia* hitherto been made in England
at the same pr ee. Every Instrument will bo warranted, and (If de¬
sired. exchanged within twelve months of .the purchase.—50, Now
Bond-street, London.
P IANOFORTES.—CRAMER, BEALE, and
CO. have tho boat of overy description. New and Secondhand,
•'or Rale or Hire.— so 1 , Regent-street.
C HARLES PACKER (late Antoni Forrer),
Artist in Hair to ths QUEEN, by Appointment.
Hair Jewell' rjr Department, 136. Regont street.
Foreign and Fancy ditto, 78, Regent street.
Jet and Mourning ditto, 76, Regent-street-
GUINEA GOLD WEDDING-RING and
Hall-matkeil KEEPER sent in a morocco box to any part of
the kingdom on receipt of 21s. or a Post-office ordur.—GEORGE
DEWDNEY, Goldsmith and Joweller, 172, Fencburch-atreet, Lonuon.
B efore you have your likeness
TAKEN sand for DEWDNEY S PATTERNS of BROOtUES,
Lockets, Bracelets, Ac., which are sent free on receipt of two postage-
stamps. Registered Revolting Brooches in Solid Gold, to show cither
Likeness or Hair at pleasure of wearer, from 46a. each. A Go?d
Plated Brooch or Locket sent free to any part of tho kingdom for
10s. Od— Dowdney, Manufacturing Goldsmith and Jeweller, 172,
Fenchuxch-atioot, City, London.
H AIR JEWELLERY.—Artist in Hair.—
DEWDNEY bora to inform Ladies or Gentlemen rraident In
town or any part of the kingdom that he beautifully make*, and
elegantly mounts, in gold, HAIR BRACELETS, Chains, Brooches.
Rings, Pins, Studs, ao.; »nd forwaid* tho samo, carefully packed
in boxes, at about oiu-hdlf tho usual charge. A ooeutlfuJ collecdon
of specimens, hand*'m* If mourned, kept for Inspection. An ill us-
tratid book tent frvi—DowJnoy, 172, Feuchurch-street.
J EWELS n HAIR.—An ILLUSTRATED
PBIC'K-Ll / 7 of the CHOICEST DESIGNS manufactured by
B. LEE, Arttit is Hair, «1, Kathbono-place, Oxford-street, London,
W., by post, twostam.*.
S ECONDHAND GOLD WATCHES, by
cm", eat m lreis warranted genuine, accurate, perfect in con¬
dition, :* id at h 1 1 U »0 original cost- A choice stock at WaLEB and
MCCULLOCH* o , 12, Ludgatc-stroot (ten doors from 8t. Paul's)
W/ A'TCHES.—A B. SAVORY and SONS,
IT Watchmakers (opposite the Bank of England), 11 and 12,
Co ulilll, Loudon, submit for selection a stock of first-class PATENT
DETACHED LEVER WATCHES, which, being nude by themselves,
cun be recommended for accuracy and durability. A warranty is given.
PRICES OP SILVER WATCHES.
Patent Lover Watch, with the improvements Le., th© de¬
tached racapemcnt, jewelled, hard enamel dial, seconds,
and mai n taining jiower to continue going whilst being
wound .. .fi ll 0
Ditto, Jewelled In four holes, and capped .6 6 0
Ditto, the finest quality, with tho improved regulator,
jewelled in six boles, usually in gold cases.8 8 0
Either of the Silver Watches in hunting cases, 10s. 6d. extra.
GOLD WATCHES.—SIZE FOR LADIES.
Patent Lever Watch, with Ornamental gold dial, tho move¬
ment with lutoit Improvement*, Le* too detached escape¬
ment, maintaining power, and Jo welled . 11 11 0
Ditto, with richly-engraved caso .. .12 120
Ditto, with very stroug case, uudJewelled in four holes .. 14 14 0
GOLD WATCHES.—SUE Foil GENTl EMRN.
Patent Levor Watch, with tho latest improvements. Lo., the
detached escapement, jewelled in four hoi a, hard enamel
dial, seconds, aud maintaining power .10 10 0
Ditto, iu stronger cure, improved regulator, and capped .. 13 13
Ditto, Jewelled in six boles, and gold balance .. .. 17
Either of the Gold Watches in huning ciuks, *3 3s. extra.
A ny Watch selected from the list will be safely packed aud sontfr*3
to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, upon a receipt ot a remittance
of tho amount.
G OLD WATCHES, JeweUed ill Four Kolos,
Maintaining Power, £3 10j.; Sliver Watches, sLnllarmovo-
monU, jCI 17s. fid.; Patent Gold Lever Watehes, Loudon made, 10
guineas to 30 guineas; Silver ditto. £4 I'a to 10 guinea*. Avery
rich and beautiful Stock of Solid Gold Chains, 26a. to 16 guineas;
Gold Bracelets, Necklets, Gem Kings, Pidb, Stnda, Ao.. in endloss
variety. Catalogue of Prices, doeoiiptlon of Watches, Chains, Ac.,
sent free.—FKEO HAWLEY, Watchmaker aud Goldsmith, 120,
Oxford-street, W.
S ILVER PLATE, New and Secondhand.—
A Pamphlet of Prices, with Engravings, may be had gratis; or
will be sent post-free, If applied for by letter.—A. B. SAVORY’ and
SONS, Goldsmith* (eppotito tbo Bank of England), 11 and 12, Corn-
hili, London.
S LACK’S NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATED
is a coating of Pure Silver over Nickel—a combination of two
metals possessing such valuable properties renders it in appearance
and wear equal to tier ling Silver.
Ftdd.c Pattern. Thread. King's.
Per Dozen. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a d. £ s. d.
Table Forks .. .. 1 10 0 to MB 0 .. 2 8 0 .. 3 0 0
Des»ert ditto .... 1 0 0 „ 1 10 0 .. 1 16 0 .. 2 2 0
Table Spoons .... 1 10 0 ,. I 18 0 .. 2 18 0 .. 3 0 0
Dessert di to .... 1 0 0 „ 1 10 0 .. 1 15 0 .. 2 2 0
TcaSpoons .. .. 12 0 18 0 .. 1 3 6 .. 1 10 0
Catalogues gratis or post-free. Otders above £2 carriage-paid.
RICHARD and JOHN 8LACK, 336, S’rand, London.
ANKLIBAN O N.—
Electro-silver Plato and General Furnishing Ironmongery
Show Rooms and Galleries, the largest in the wor d.—56, 58, and
Bazaar, Baker-street. Illosl rated Priced Catalogues free.
TT1URNISH YOUR HOUSE with the BEST
JD ARTICLES, at DEANE'S Ironmongery and Furnishing Ware¬
house*. Established A. D. 1700. A Priced Furnishing List, free by
poat.—DEANE and CO. (opening to tho Monument), London-brtdge.
TY INNER, DESSERT, and TEA SERVICES.
_Lr A large variety of now and good Patterns. Best quality,
superior taste, unusually low prices. Also evory description of Cut
Tablo Glaa*. e ** -
, equally
THOMAS PI
aurantageoas.
EARCE and SON, 23, Ludgate-hiU, E.C.
P ianofortes (First-ciass), duff and
HODG80N, Makers, 65, Oxford-street.—Those Instruments
are recommondod by the Profession, and may bo had in Walnut,
Zebra, and Rosewood. Prices moderate. Warrante d. _
\TUSICAL BOX DEPOT, 54, Comhill,
LyJ_ London, for tho Salo of Musical Boxes, made by the celebrated
Mown* NICOL8 (Frires), of Geneva, containing operatic, national,
favourite, and sacred airs. List of tunes and prices gratis.
IANOFORTF.S EXTRAORDINARY, at
MOORK and MOORE'S, 101, B’ihop*gate-stroot Within.
Those *re first-claa* PU o*. of rare excellence, possessing exquisite
improvemeots. rocently applied, which effect a grand, a puro, and
besutifal quality of tone, that ttauds unrivalled. Price from 18
guinoas. First-class Pianos for hire, with easy terms of purchoso.
ARMONIUMS.—CRAMER. BEALE, and
CO. IT. lbo Axont, f.r ALEXANDRE'S PATENT MODEL.
Prico* from 10 to 65 Guinoas.—Cramer, Beale, and Co., 201, Regent-
itreet.
O RNAMENTS for the MANTELPIECE, &c.
Statuettes. Groups, Vaae*. Ao., in Parian, decorated Bisque snd
other Chinn; Clocks (gilt, marble, and bronze), Alabaster, Bohemian
Glaas, flrat-claas Bronzes, Candelabra, and many other art-manufao-
tures, all in tne beat taste and at vary moderato prlora.
THOMAS PEARCE and HON, 23, Ludgato-hlU, E.C.
C HUBB’S LOCKS.—Fireproof Safes,Cash and
Dood Boxes —Complete lists of sizes and prices may be bad
on application.—CHUBB and SON 57, 8t. Paul’* Churchyard, Lon¬
don; 28, Lord-street, Liverpool; 16, Market-street, Manchester; and
Wolverhampton.
I HE SD.VBR LAKE VAKhOVlANA
ft (Thirtieth Thousand), price fid., pest-froo ■; von stamp*. Com-
po*ed by w. H MONrGuMSKY. n» e ino*t popu’ar Varaoviana ever
i,nhilsbed. and its cha<mlng melody enutiva e* al who hear it Abo,
Montgomery’s Golden dtream, Mfou ght, and Rippling HOI Vareo-
vlanas. fid each, post-'reo seven stautiw.—MUSICAL BOUQUET
OF* ICE 192 High Holbom.
P IANOFORTE, the property of a Lady giving
op housekeeping —A fine brblinnt-tAued Cottago, In very
handsome rosewood ease, fij metallic platra, and nil the recent im¬
provement*. In good condition, to be Dl*iOHfiD OF, to an imme-
ditto purchaser, for the low *um of 19 Guineas: warranted perfect.
To be seen at nelgravo House, 12, 8hjone-street, Bolgrave-square.
IANOFURTF, and MUSIC-STOOL for 20
Guineas ; a great bargain- A Walnut Cottage, fif octave,
at h mow be plat*, ar-d all tho recent improvement*, by a first-rate
maker ; oolv n§ed a few m nttos and coil oonble tbo amount. To be
at K GREEN and 00 *3, Uphobterere, 204, Oxfora-atreet West.
/ IHfeSSrf—I he IN-STATU-QIJO CHESS-
BOARD, liv luablo to all Chnesplay era and Toeritoa, price 30.;
in leather wuo, 35s.: Orest African iviry, 60a —JAQUF8, Patentee,
Unit on-garden.—" No chessplayer should be without ono."—ILLUS¬
TRATED London News.
t lHIMNEYPIECES. — MAGNUS’S
) Enamelled Slato CH1MNEYP1ECE8, 39 and 40, Upper Bel-
grave-place, Pimlloo. (Prize medal, Great ExhilHton, 1861; medal of
Society of Arts, and two firet-claas medals at the Paris Exhibition.
Prioe 11*1* gratis. ___
G ARDNERS’ LAMPS for INDIA, 50s. each,
oomplote, proved to be tho moat perfect for burning under the
S ankah tver invented. Several thousand patterns to select from.
grdntrrs' (by appourmtnt to the Queen), 463, Strand, Charlng-
crosi, and 3 and 4, Duncannon-streot adjoining. Established t 06
year*._____
F URNITURE for a DRAWING RuOM-of
chaste and elegant design, a bargain, flno walnat, warranted
manufacture, to be sold for half its valuo, nearly new—consisting of
a largo-sized brilliant plate CUlmnoy Glass, in oostly uniquo frame; a
magnificent Chiffonier, with rlcfoy-carved book, and doors fitted
with best silvered-plate glass, and mar bio top; superior Centre Table,
on handsotncly-carved plii&r and clawa; occasional or Ladiee
Writing and Fancy Table*; six solid, o egantly shaped Chairs, in rich
■ilk; a superior, spring-»tuffed. Settee; Easy and Victoria Chairs, on
suite, with extra lined looso canes; two fancy occasional Chairs; and
a handsome Whatnot. Price for tho whole suito 46 guinea*. N.B.—
Also, a very superior, complete, modern, fine cpanith mahogany
Dining Room Sot in best morocco, 40 guineas. To be seen at LEWIS
CRAWCOUK, and CO.’S, Upholsterers 7, Quoen’s-buildings, Knlghts-
bridge (seven doors west of bloano-street).
C CABINET FURNITURE, CARPETS, and
J BEDDING.—An Illustrated Book of Estimate* and Furniture
Catalogue, containing 160 Designs and Prioe* of Fashionable and
Superior Upholstery. Furniture, «c., gratis on application. Persona
furnishing, who study economy, eombined with elegance and dura¬
bility. should apply for this —LE WIN CKAWCOUR aud CO., Canraet
Manufacturers, 7, Quocn's-build Inga, Knlghtibridgo (seven doors west
of Sloane- street). N.B. Country orders carnage froe. __
C OSTLY FURNITURE, late the property of
a Nobleman, equal to now, to l>o sold for lots than half the
original cent, consisting of a sup rb Walnut Drawing room Suite, in
lich silk brocatelle, Including chairs with stuffed bocks, tetto<*. centre
ottoman; Albert, Victoria, and easy chair*, en suite; flno orraoolu
cabinet; magnificent chiffonier, with lofty plate glass back, ricjttf
oarwed; beautiful msrquetorlo loo. caid. and occasional table*; brtt-
liant plate eliimney glasse , in elaborate frames of larg* dimension*;
Ottv*nport, work, and fancy tables, &c., &c. Also, n magnificent »et
of solid oak dialog room furniture, including flno sideboard, Wito
plate gltua back; twelve stuffed-back chairs, in green morocco; P»>»
ea*>-chuir* to ma ch ; largo set of t<.lwcope duiing-tables, owner
curriitgc, itc. Tne wo'nut and mahogany bed-room ret* may '’O
had Parties about fmuitltlng a large houro or main ton
thl one of the most de>irab e opportunities. Any pan, will be dis¬
posed of. To be seen at Bolgrave House, 12, Sloaue-stwet, Helgrave-
•quare. _
P APERHANGINGS and DECORATIONS.
The largest and best stock in London, of Frenc h 'J* 1 !
design, commouctrg at 12 yards for fid., is at C*U>88 8. *•
Portland-*trect. Marvlohono, near the Polytochntc Institution. House
Painting and Dec orating in *v«rrv style. Estimates free. _
EST COALS ONLY.—COCKERELL and
‘ CO-.? COALS
B 1
Supplement, May 15, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
493
BRIDGE OF ALLAN MINERAL SPRINGS.
Till lately a mineral spa, with suitable accommodation for visitors,
was an attraction altogether unknown in North Britain. To saline
and sulphureous springs in different districts a certain local
celebrity was attached; and of late years some village watering-
places have been frequented by summer visitors in considerable
numbers. The saline springs of Airthrey, at Bridge of Allan,
Stirlingshire, have been resorted to by invalids for a period of half a
century, but the village with whioh the spa is connected has only
been reared daring the last twenty years.
A more suitable locality as a resort of invalids or of persons in
Quest of rural quiet it is hardly possible to conceive. Equi¬
distant from the German and Atlantic Oceans, the place is snugly
and beautifully ensconced at the southern base of the western termina¬
tion of the Ochils—a gracefully-undulating 'mountain grange which
partially traverses central Scotland. The site is otherwise singularly
attractive, interesting, and convenient of access. From every point
tiie prospect is truly magnificent. North-eastward the Ochils extend
their undulating verdant masses and moss-clad summits; stretched
out in the foreground are the level plain of Stirling carse and
THE BRIDGE OF ALLAN, N.B,
the vale of Menteith, irrigated by the Rivers Forth, Teith, and
Allan, which, serpcnt-like, seem to intermingle their silvery courses;
while in the centre of the scene rise up the crags of Stirling Rock,
Craig Forth, and Abbey Craig, stony sentinels, each associated with
events stirring to the Scottish heart, and eminently interesting to the
stranger. To the south-west the dark hills of Touch bound the
horizon, while in the more distant west, in the region of the far-famed
Trosachs and the celebrated Scottish lakes, rise in stupendous
magnificence the massive and majestic summits of Benledi,
Benlomond, and Benvoirlich. The panorama includes the battle¬
ground in which Soottish nationality was at successive periods
struggled for in mortal combat, nobly vindicated, and sternly
won. At Airthrey Park, Lord Aboveromby’s, in the immediate
vicinity, a victory was achieved in the ninth century which perma¬
nently established the majesty of Sooto-Celtic rule; in front of Abbey
Craig the triumphant battle of Stirling-bridge gained his proudest
laurels for the illustrious ^Wallace, whose monument will ere long
decorate the craig's summit; further south is the field of Bannockburn,
where Robert Bruce triumphed over the legions of Edward, and fairly
redeemed “the honour ana regained the conquered liberties of his
kingdom; northward, in the Ochils, is Sheriffenuir, where the houBe
of Stuart ingloriously terminated its first attempt during the last
century to reobtain a crown forfeited by infatuation and crime. Three
miles south of the Spa, Stirling Castle, on its rook, points to every in
cident of renown bound up in the national history.
Associated with the old times in respect of striking and memorable
historical incidents, and presenting scenes so singularly picturesque
and romantio, the district teems with curious legends, which in the
hands of the poet and novelist have produced works of fiction which
rank among the noblest in the language. A portion of the scenery we
have described is that depicted in Scott's immortal poem of " The Lady
of the Lake." Loch Katrine, the scene of the principal events
fictitiously represented in the pcem, is within an easy distance of the
Spa, and may be approached by one of the most interesting drives of
which Scotland can boast.
The climate of Bridge of Allan has been celebrated since the reign
of King William the Lion, in the twelfth century. Sheltered by several
intervening mountain ranges, theplace isentirely free from the east winds
which are bo frequently experienced on the eastern coast. It is
protected by the Ochils from the fierce northern blasts, while the
powerful south-west gales are effectually subdued by the hills of Touch-
The incessant humidity of the west coast is unfelt. The temperature
UNDINE. JULIA.
THE PRINCE 07 WALES YACHT CLUB MATCH—COMING CP LONG REACH.-<SES NEXT PAGE.)
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[May 15,1858
494
is remarked for its equability, a characteristic wt ich is unknown to every
other Soottish watering-place, and does not frequently attach to the
watering-places of the south. That not only summer visitors, but
winter residents, are annually increasing is ample evidence of the
suitability of the locality as a place of abode at every season.
A new edition being the eighth, of an illustrated history of the Spa,
entitled “ A Week at the Bridge of Allan," from the pen of Dr. Rogers,
lias just been published by Messrs. Bhuk, of Edinburgh.
SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT.
The influence of the east wind may be traced ia the tone which has
distinguished Parliament during the week. Indeed, the main inci¬
dents have been decidedly Eastern iu their character, although that is
not exactly what we mean. But there lia3 been a feverishness, and
irritability, and restlessness in both Houses which, in the body politic,
is akin to that peculiar sense of discomfort which attaches to the
body human during the prevalence of our English 6irocco; and
assuredly, but for the reedlike facility of bending before a blast which
her Majesty’s Government has evinced, it is impossible to soy whether
they might not have been scattered before now. As it is, they have
been contented to allow their most unbending oak to be laid low,
and to hope to let the tempest whistle harmless over the bowed-down
heads of the rest of the wood, if they can? Certainly the oak in
question—by which, in unmetaphoricol phrase, we mean Lord Ellen-
borough—conducted himself on the occasion of his being uprooted in
a very dignified and manly manner. No political Marcus Curtins
ever descended so grandly into the gulf around which his gaping
colleagues stood, anxiously watching its close—which at this present
writing it has by no means done; or, more appropriate still, no
sacrificial worshipper of Jnggernaut ever displayed more nerve or higher
courage, unsullied by haughtiuess, than did the ex-Prcsident of the
Board of Control on an occasion so galling to a man proud, and justly
so, of his intellect, and believing sincerely in his own honesty of
purpose, and the rectitude and wisdom of his policy. Nothing in liis
office became him so well as his manner ofquitting it, which phrase, being
a parody of an eulogium on a very rebellious spirit, is perhaps more apt
than parodies usually are. It is a pity that Lord Ellenborough should be
so decided an abstraction. How is it that he lias never succeeded in
action ? Before passing from the House of Lords, where Lord Shaftes¬
bury has found time, in the midst of the rush of the May meetings,
and the labours of five or six chairmanships a day, to prepare a
motion, and of course a speech, which may be supposed to have for its
ultimate object the restoration of his influence in the appointment of
dignitaries of the Church—the Deanery of York is vacant—it may he
said that my Lord Granville has not displayed the qualities for
leadership in opposition which his tact and good humour enabled him to
evince when he was ou the Ministerial beach. He is too waspish and
fidgetty, and descends to petty pretexts for outflanking his opponents,
which are unusual in the Upper House, and which do not tend to
strengthen his bands, but rather the contrary.
All great political, as well as social, improvements have been gained
at the expense of a victim or two. Mr. Auchmuty Glover in prison
has practically abolished the property qualification for members of the
House of Commons. There was something peculiar in Mr. Locke
King's manner when he moved the second reading of his bill, which,
coupled with the fact of there being not more than fifty members in
the House, ought to have indicated that the business was done. In¬
deed, it was very nearly done, without a word of reply, but for the
sturdy interposition of Mr. Bentinck—how very' sturdy he is ! But
when Mr. Miles, who, in the days when 3Ir. Disraeli was only bud¬
ding, was the practical leader of the country party, began to laugh
away the disqualification, and when Mr. Walpole, stating, perhaps,
something very like his own case, showed, from a Governmental
point of view, the extreme anomaly of the law, it wa3 clear that a
wholesome terror of indictments pervaded the House, and the matter
was seen to be settled; and Mr. Locke King fluttered like an accepted
lover who succeeds at List, after half-a-dozen rejections. Talking of
Mr.Walpole, there are really times when his niivetiS amounts to a sim¬
plicity that in some people would bo designated by a stronger term.
It is not easy to describe the funny effect of his manner of reading
and dilating ou the list of Tory magistrates recently appointed by a
recent Tory Chancellor, which Mr. Bright, in his new-bom sympa¬
thies for the present Government, seems to think is only the assertion
of a general right of incoming Lord Chancellors, although the right
may be founded on a wrong. If ever there was an occasion when a
gentleman might be excused for wishing to be saved from his friend/
it was tliat on which the Home Office was defending the Great Seal,
this week. Be it said, however, that it is on the whole creditable to
Mr Walpole that he invariably makes a mess of it when he has to
deal with a bad case. He may fail as a colleague or an advocate, hut
he does not lose ground in a moral and character sense. If, Asdfcjs '
be hoped he does not, he wishes to make himself master of this dis¬
agreeable, but in a Minister somewhat necessary, art, w<5\ wouLD
recommend him a study of the manner and style of the Attorney-
General for Ireland, who, iu this very instance, displayed
great qualities in the science of making incursions 'into the
enemy’s camp; or perhaps, according to a/fe,etterand more familiar
illustration in his case, of abusing the plaintiff's 'attorneys. What a
shining light, and what a superior spirit, would not that^rigbt lion,
gentleman have been in an Irish Parliament! The united Legislature
is too narrow and conventional a sphere for him.
Some persons are shocked that the grand 11 coup” against the
Government on the Ellenborough despatch should have been con¬
cocted at Cambridge House on a Sunday; but Generals do not
nut off battles until Monday mornings, and/ politicians also
fight their battles when they ^an.^It was/due to the House of
Commons to give them at least fourdays’ noticed of a vote of censure
on a Government; and at the frost moderate computation it takes
four-and-twenty hours to prepare a motion which is to put out a
Ministry. To say truth/neither the motion itself nor the choice
of the mover evinces that tact which has guided the move¬
ment of gentlemen )v|io haVoxcansed the full of Premiers, on late
occasions. Althou^ii/it is presumed— not altogether with a com¬
plete and accurate estimate of the exact position of things—that the
selection of Mr. Cardwell to move the vote of censure is intended to
predicate the accession of the Peelites to that, at least temporary,
union of personal incompatibilities which is just now directed against
the Government, we shottld be inclined to say that Sir James Gra¬
ham’s cunning luuid is not visible in the moulding and shaping of the
“ tactique ” of the affair. At any rate Sir James, who has the credit
of being the most able, acute, and skilful drawer of a Minister-felling
section, of any one going, if he lias been employed, has not been so
successful as usual. One can hardly suppose Mr. Gladstone to
be a party to a Sunday conference on a secular and political
matter; at any rate, he was not in the House in the
two first days of the week, and so was not present at
the enunciation of the notice of motion. What does Mr.
Cardwell say to the selection of his immediate opponent in the
Ministerial ranks when his motion comes on, if it dees come on?
What ia meant may be gathered from the simple statement that a
notice of amendment was given by Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest
who has gallantly thrown himself into the breach, notwithstanding
liis manifest sufferings from a cold which is likely to interfere very
much with the eloquence of that remarkable young nobleman, if he
should have the opportunity of displaying it.
No man has gained more points by the reductio ad absurdum than
Mr. Thomas Dnncombe. He has laughed the House of Commons
both into and out of some few difficulties; and it seems likely that he
will bring Baron Rothschild into Parliament by the mere force of a
humorous device. Conceive the horror of Lord Chelmsford at actually
meeting a Jew member of the House of Commons in the sacred pre¬
cincts of the conference-room, notwithstanding that he thought
that he had for ever left behind all chance of the contingency
of breathing the atmosphere of an unchristianised legislative
assembly! It was a curious sight to see the countermarch
of the two sections of the Ministry in the Lower House
into the different lobbies, on the division on the motion to disagree
with the Lords’ amendments to the Oaths Bill. They broke asunder
with a suddenness that was quite striking—Disraeli, Stanley, Paking-
ton, and Kelly crossing Walpole, Henley, Manners, and Peel; and so
they wended their different courses until the time came when, on the
Treasury bench, they met again “ like parted streams, and mingled
as before.” Well, there is some merit in personal independence and
the doctrine of open questions in a Ministry, because any day it
affords good excuse for throwing over a recalcitrant colleague in a
moment of peril, as travellers do with their horses when followed
by wolves—they leave behind and sacrifice one of the animals, hoping
that the time occupied by the pursuers in devouring it may be suffi¬
cient to save the rest, as well as the inmates of the carriage, which
goes on as fast and as well as it can with its diminished team.
Whether this device will be successful in the very trying instance of
the Ellenborougli-Canning affair remains to be seen. The exigencies
of gigantic journalism prevent anything beyond prophecy in this place,
and at the moment of writing, and we must deal with results
hereafter.
rib-east,
consider-
PRINCE OF WALES YACHT CLUB.
The metropolitan yachting season commenced on Saturday la$t with
a match amongst the boats belonging to the above flourishing-xjub.
The Oread steamer, which had been chartered for the occasion, left
Black wall at half-past ton in the morning with a ntimerous^xnd
fashionable party on board, and proceeded to Erith, the appointed
starting-place for the race, the courso named being thonco round. u
boat off Chapman Head and back.
The following had been entered to contend:—
Yachts. Ten*. Omen.
Julia ............ B . Mr. P. Turner.
Vul mtiae . 7 Mr. .f Kra<JgoJj\
TUdino.. B Mr. R. chile.
Emily . 9 Mr. H. Howt-lt.
Velocity . 8 .. Kc-i-i. U limn and J. Ad'.:'
All wore at their stations. There was a fine breeze from
The yachts were considered so evenly matched that there - '
able speculation upon the result, each being in request esivo iho last
named, which is the old Brilliant, and of which much was not ex¬
pected. Tho Julia, fonneriy the property of Dr. Bain, was but two
seasons ago the champion of her class, but in a desire to get more speed
out of her she was in some respect altered, since which she has failed
in doing anything like whatshe achieved before. The Valentine, for¬
merly belonging to Mr. Wullace/Vas always a fine wholesome craft,
and was by good judges deemed the best vessel in the little fleet; but
there was the Undine, which made^her d<$but last year with a sliding
gun ter, now ultered in rig, and deemed very formidable from her
acknowledged beauty of hull; and the new boat, tho Emily, built late
last year by her owner’s particular directions. Sho had only onco
before been in a match, and us she was not then in trim no fair opinion
could be formed of her merits; biifc /he proved on Saturday that,
although not a very sightly craft, she ^ exceedingly fust on her legs,
and bids fair to bo a most formidable rival to the celebrated Little
Mosquito, the present holder bf the-grand Challenge Cup, and great
winner of last season:/^
The prizes wore a silver cake-basket, value £20, presented to the
club by Mr. J. W. Benson; and a silver cup, value £L0, given by the
club, for the second boat. There was time allowance of one minute
per ton. but it was nqbb^led,into operation.
As Mr. Hewett, the spirited Commodore, sailed his own boat, Mr.
Knibbs, the Vice Commodoro/wus umpire. Under his directions a
signal gun was fired ut 12.5 for ihe vessels to got ready, and in five
minutes afterwards for them to start, which, with tho exception of the
Undine, they all did with great alacrity. The Commodore held woll
on afid chucked his boat well up to windward, and, advan¬
taged by her position, she gallantly led the way. At the moment of
starting theVuZia/vas second, but the Valentine had her topsail first
Bet, and then followed the Emily, tho Julia being third, and the Undine,
-haying got out of irons, went to work very smartly. In Erith roads
tiie boat had to make several boards, as also in St. Clement’s, in Graves¬
end ReacnThrid in the Lower Hope. Iu Long Reach the Julia was put
about by a collier, and lost some way by it; but after tiiis the Undine
camO down upon her very fast, and passed her off Grays.
The Emt7v continued to lead, followed by tho Valentine, until they
beared, Shollliaven, when, it being doad low water, a gun was firod for
the yachts to round the steamer, which was first douo by the Emily,
sloop-rigged, and tho only one not carrying a topsail. The Undine
was ut that time on the port tack, und the Valentine coming down
lipon^the starboard tack, the Undine, not going about in time, conse¬
quently slightly fouled the Valentine, who in due time hoisted a pro
test, which ultimately went for nothing, as she rounded before her
adversary, and eventually came in second. The Undine had, however,
certainly showed symptoms of rounding first when sho had to go
about as described.
It was a clear run all the way up, and the only incident worthy of
remark wits an unfortunate accident which befell tbe Undine, whoso
topmast was carried away in St. Clement’s, which of courso, in running,
did her considerable injury in the race. They finished us follows:—
h. min. ter.
EmUjr, winner of 1st prize .5 jri 15
Valentine, winner of 2 nd prlzo.5 33 W
Julia.& 31 0
A new suit of sails had been prepared for the Julia, but there had not
been time to bend them for the occasion. Too much pruieo cannot be
given to Captain Wheeler, of the Oread, for his politeness to the com¬
pany, his attention to hi9 duties, and the quality and abundance of the
viands he had. provided for the guests.
Tiie Stewards’ Cup.—I n our last impression we omitted the
name of the artist, Mr. H. Armstead, who designed and modelled the
Stewards* Cup.
Steam boat Conflagration on tue Mississippi.—A terrible
illustration of the madness of American steam-boat racing is reported
from SL Louis. The steam-boats Ocean Spray and Jfanniijal City were
racing on the Mississippi, about five miles from that city, on the 22nd of
April, when the lorrner was losing her advantage. Res>n was first thrown
into the furnace, and then the mate suggested turpentine. The captain
was by when the order was given, and some of the men went down into
the hold and brought up a barrel of turpentine. The men split a hole in
the head of the barrel, and then, under orders of the nmte, dipped the
fluid out and threw it over the coni that was lying by. This was not ex¬
peditious enough, and tho head of the barrel was knocked in, and a bucket
with a piece of rope to it was used to dip out the turpentine. The barrel
at this time was standing not more tbau six feet from the furnace doors.
After dipping with the Ducket and sprinkling the coals, sticks of wood
were taken up and their ends plunged into the barrel, and then laid down
between the barrel and foritacc. While lying there one of the liremeii, in
pulling out his rake, jerked a live coal, as is supposed, on the wood, when
it blazed up furiously. In attempting to throw the barrel overboard it
was upset, and the burning fluid spread over the deck and poured in fiery
torrents into the hold The Doat was directed to the shore, and those who
could jumped on it; others in the attempt were injured, and some drowned.
One mother threw her three children one utter another to the shore: the
first struck, and was injured;; the two others fell into the water, but wore
rescued. One woman attempted to jump, but was caught by her clothing
and swung round into the flames, m which she perished. In all there
were about twenty lives lost.
THE REVOLT OF OUDE.
The following is the despatch sent by the Earl of Ellenborough to Lord
Canning condemnatory of the Oude proclamation issued by his Lor i
ship u ~
TIIE SECRET COMMITTEE OF THE COURT OF DIRECTORS TO
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA IN COUNCIL.
1 . Our letter of the 2tfh of March, 1S59, will have put you'iu possession
of our general views with respect to the treatment of the people in the
event ot' the evacuation of -Lucknow by the enemy.
2 . On the 12th Inst, we received from vou a copy of the letter, dated the
3 rdot March, addressed by your Secretary to the Chief Commissioner in
Oude which letter inclosed a copy of the proclamation to be issued by the
Chief f'ommisatouer as soon ns the British troops should have command
01 the city ot Lucknow, and conveyed instructions as to the manner in
which he was to act with respect to different classes of persons, in execu
tion of the views of the Governor-General.
3 . The people of Oude will see only the proclamation. -•
•l. That authoritative expression of the will of tiie Government informs
the people that six persons, wito are named as having been steadia«t In
tlieir allegiance, are henceforward the sole hereditary proprietors of the
lands they held when Oude came ttucier British rule, subject only to such
moderate assessments as may r he iinpa-ed upon them; that others in
whose favour like claims maybe established, will have conferred upon
them a proportionate measure oi reward and honour; and that, with these
exceptions, the proprietary ri:;ht in the soil of the province is confiscated
to the British Government.
а. We cannot but express to you our apprehension that this decree nro
nouncing the disinherison of a people, will throw difficulties almost ini
surmouutable iu the way of the re-establishment of peace.
б . We arc under tiie impression that the war in Oude has derived much
of its popular character Irom the rigorous manner in which, without
regard to what the chief landholders laid become accustomed to consider
as their rights, the summary settlement had iu a large portion of the
province, been carHed out by, your officers.
7 . The landholders of iudia are as much attached to the soil occupied
by their ancestors, and arc as sensitive with respect to the rights in the
soil tiiey deem themselves to possess, as the occupiers of laud in anv
country of which wefiave fckuowlcdgc. J
S. W hatever may be your ultimate and undisclosed intentions, your pro¬
clamation will appear to deprive the great body of the people ot all hone
upon tiie subject most dear to them us individuals ; while the substitution
ot our rule for tliatof their native Sovereign bus naturally excited against
us whatever they tuny have oi national lcciiug.
9 We cannot but in Ju-tice consider that those who resist our authority
in Oude arc under very different circumstances from those who have acted
against us in provinces which have been long under our Government,
—do. Wc dethroned tire Kiugoi Oude and t..ok possession of his kingdom
by virtue of a treaty which hud becu subsequently modified by another
treaty", under which, had it been held to be iu force, the course wc adopted
could not have been lawluliy pursued ; but we held that it was not in
force, although the fact of its not having been ratified in England, as re¬
garded the provision on which wc rely lor our justification, had not been
previously made kuown to the King of Oude.
U. Tliat Sovereign, and ins ancestors, hud been uniformly faithful to
their treaty engagements with us, however ill they may have governed
tlieir subjects.
12 . They had more than once assisted us in our difficulties, and not a
suspicion had over been entertained of any hostile disposition on tlieir part
towards our Government.
is. Suddenly tiie people saw their King taken from amongst them, and
our administration substituted lor ids. which, however bad. was at least
native ; and this sudden change of Government was Jmmediately'loUowcd
by a summary settlement or the revenue, which, in a very considerah'e
portion of the province, deprived tiie most iullucutinl landholders of what
they deemed to be their property; of what certainly had long given wealth
and distinction, and power to their families.
H. Wc must adm.t that, under these circumstances, the hostilities
which liave been carried ou in Oude have rather Ihccharacter oflegttimate
war than that Of rebellion, and that the people of Oude sliomd rather be
regarded with indulgent consideration than made tile objects of a penalty
exceeding in extent and in severity almost any which has been recorded
in history as inflicted upon a subdued nation.
15. Ollier conquerors, when they have succeeded in overcoming re¬
sistance, have excepted a tew persons as stilt deserving of punishment
but have, with u generous policy, extended their clemency to the great
body of the people.
lb'. You have acted upon a different principle You have reserved a few
as deserving or special favour, and you have struck, with what they will
liel as the severest of punishment, the mats of the inhabitants of tiie
country.
17. Wo caunot but think that tiie precedents from which you have
departed will appear to have been conceived in a spirit of wisdom supeiior
to tliat, which appears in the precedent you have made.
is. We desire that you will mitigate iu practice tho stringent severity of
the decree of confiscation you have issued against the landholders of uude.
19. \\ e desire to see British authority iu India riat. upon the willing
obedience oi a contented people. Tucre cannot be contentment where
there is general confiscation.
20 . Government cannot long be maintained by any force in a country
where tiie whole people is rcndeicd hostl'e by a sense of wrong; and. il it
were possible so to maintain it, it wouid not be a consummation to be
desired.
FKOCLAJIATION.
The following is the Oude proclamation which is thus condemned
The army of bis Excellency thc- Gominnnder-in-Chicf is In possession
of Lucknow, iiud the eiiy lies at the mercy of the Britisli Government
whose authority it has tor nine months rebeilioualy defied and resisted
This resistance, begun by a numinous soldiery, lias found support from
tiie inhabitants of the city and ot the province of Uude at large Many
who owed tlieir prosperity to the British Government, as well as those
who believed themeeivea aggrieved by it, have joined in this bad cause,
and have ranged themselves with the enemies of tbe State.
They have been guilty of a great crime, and have subjected themselves
to a just retribution.
Tiie capital ol tbeir country is now once more in the hands of tiie British
troops.
from this day it will be held by a force which nothing can withstand
and the authority oi the Government will be carried into every corner of
the province.
Tue time, then, has come at which the Eight Hon. the Governor-
General of iudia deems it right to make known the mode iu which the
Biitisli Government will deal with the taiookdurs, chieis, and landholders
of uude aud tlieir followers.
The first care of tile Governor-General will be to reward those who have
been steadfast in their allegiance at a time when the authority of tiie
Government was partially overborne, and who have proved this by the
support aud assistance wuich they have given to British officers
Chundecloll, Zemindar of Alort (Baiswarahj; are henceforward the sole
hereditary proprietors of tho lanos which they held when Uude came
under British rule, subject only to sued moderate assessment as may be
imposed upon them ; aud that those loyal men will be further rewarded
iu such manner uud to such extent os, upon consideration of their merits
aud their position, the Governor-General shall determine.
A proportionate measure of reward and honour .according to their
deserts will bo conferred upon others iu whose favour like claims may be
established to the satisfaction of the Government.
The Governor-General further proclaims to the people of Oude that,
with the above-mentioned exceptions, the proprietary light in ilie soil of
the province is confiscated to tiie British Government, which will dispose
of that right in such manner as may seem fitting.
To those talookaars, chiefs, aud landholders, with their followers, who
shall make immediate submission to tiie Ciiici Commissioner of Oude,
surrendering tlieir arms and obeying his orders, the Right Hon. the Go¬
vernor-General promises that tlieir lives and honour shall be gale, pro¬
vided that tlieir hands are unstained with English blood murderously shed.
But as regards any further indulgence which may be extended to them,
and the condition in which they may hereafter be placed, they must throw
themselves upon tiie Just ice and mercy of the British Government.
To those among them who shall promptly come forward and give to
the Chiei Commissioner their support in the restoration of peace and
order this indulgence will be large, and the Governor-General will be resulv
to view liberally the claims which they may thus acquire to a restitution
of their former rights.
As participation in the murder of English men and English women
wilt exclude those who are guilty of it irom all mercy, so wid those who
have protected English fives be specially entitled to consideration aud
leniency.
By order of the Eight Hon. the Governor-Genera! of Iudia,
...... « r u .. ~ 0v F3 Edmonstone,
Allahabad, March 14. Secretary to the Government of India.
Extension of the Divorce Act.—A bill to amend the
Divorce Act has been presented by Lord Cranworth, the late Lord Chan¬
cellor. It enables the Judge Ordinary of the Court of Divorce to eit in
chambers for the transaction of the ordinsiry business of his court; it
empowers persons abroad to instilure proceedings ; and allows all wives
deserted by their spouses to apply to the Judge for an order to protect their
earnings. The object of the bill ia to txieud the benefits ot tiie Divorce
Act lor the relief of ail classes of sufferers under the morriuge bond.
Mat 15, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
495
OBITUARY OF EMINERT PERSONS.
f A t
ADMIRAL JOHN SHUMAN CARDEN.
Admuial John Surmax Carden, eldest son of Mujor Carden, of
the Irish f.iinily of Templemoro, by bis wife,
Miss Surrnan, of Treddiugton Court, county of
Glouco&ter, was born August 15th, 1771. lie
ontered tlio Navy 28th May, 178S, having pre¬
viously hold a commission as Ensign in his
father’s regiment, lie first served on board the
Edgar , 71. und he was for a long series of years
constantly and gloriously employed. He met
with a severe injury in Lord Howo’e memorable
action of ilie 1st of Juno, and was created a
Lieutenant July 21th, 1791; aud his conduct on
the 2uth October, 1798, at the capture, as First
Lieutenant of the Fispuard, after a close and
obstinate conflict of great length, of the French
frigate VImmortality, was rewarded with a Com¬
mander's commission, dated the 23rd of the same month and yeur
In tho expedition to the Holder, Carden commanded a division of
boats at the debarkation of the army. He also acted in co-operation
with the French Royalists in La Vendee, and with the British
army in Egypt, and subsequently in the East Indies, whero ho
rendered the most effective assistance in quelling the fire which,
in Febvuary, 1803, nearly consumed the city of Bombay. After
much further service, Carden, on 25th Ootobcr, 1812, commanded and
brought to close aotiou tho Macedonian, IS guns, which, after a
glorious resistance of two hours aud Ion minutes, was reduced to a
helpless wreck, and was taken by the United Stales, of 56 guns.
Captain Carden was afterwards, 31st May, 1813, most honourably
acquitted by a court-martial of all blame in the unavoidable sur¬
render of his frigate, and was, with tho wholo of his officers und men,
extolled in the highest manner ‘' for his finn and most determined
courage, resolution, and coolness, in every instance throughout the
action." His valour and heroism became the universal thtme. Parlia¬
ment resounded with his praises, and, among other marks of respect,
ho was honoured with the freedom of the cities of Worcester and
Gloucester, and of tho borough of Tewkesbury. Captain Carden was,
lastly, in 1825, appointed to command the Ordinary at Sheerness.
Ho became a Rear-Admiral in 18fU, Vice-Admiral in 1848, and an
Admiral in 1855. He leave j an only daughter, who is married to the
Rev. W. H Biodormann, Chancellor of the diocese of Connor, and
Rector of Ramoan, county Antrim, at whose residence the gallant
Admiral expired on tho 22nd ult.
LIEUT.-COLONEL WTLMER.
Tut. death of this able and meritorious oflicor occurred at his resi¬
dence in Calaba on tho 30th of lust January. Lieut.-Colonel Wilmer
served with tho 10th Lancors through tho campaign in Affghauistau
of 1S38-39, including the siege and capture of Ghuznee (for which he
had a medul). Ho was also presont in the action of Maharajpore on
the 29th of December, 1843. He was also with the 14:h Light
Dragoons through the Punjaub campaign of 1848-49, including the
action of Eamnuggur, passage of tho Chenab, battles of Chillianwallah
and Goojerat, pursuit of tho enemy across tho Jhelum, of the .-UFghans
over tho Indus, and through the Kyber Pass. For hia services
in tho Punjaub he received a modal and ton clasps. This gallant officer
was likewise employed in the Persian expeditionary force in 1857, and
was present at the bombardment and capture of Mohammerah, and
subsequent pursuit of the Persian army. On his promotion to tho
rank of Lieut.-Colonel he was transferred from tho 14th Light
Dragoons to the 8th Hussars, and joined that corps, on its arrival at
Bombay, about six weeks before his lamented death.
THE IION. ANTHONY NUGENT, OF CEANNA.
The Hon. Arthur Antuoxy Nugext, of
Cranna, county Galway, tho oldest magistrate
and grand juror in that county, and a saion of
tho noble house of Nugrnt, Marquis of West¬
meath, died on the 14th ult., aged 84. Ho was
tho second son of Anthony, fourth Lord Rivers-
town, by his wife. Olivia, daughter of Arthur
French, Esq., of Tyrono. He married, in 1801,
Maria, daughter of Richard Gore, Esq., and
leaves (with daughters) two sons—Arthur, born
in 1805, who married Ella, only daughter of
Thomas Lalor Cov>ke, Esq., and has issue; and
Anthony, born in 1809. Tho remains of tho
Hon. Mr. Nugont were interred on tho 18th ult.
in the old Abbey of Kinalekin.
*■' *
v
J. F. FOSTER, ESQ.
■John Frederic Foster, Esq,, of the Bogue Estate, Jamaica, and
of Kempstone, in the county of Bedford, Biu 1 -
rister-at-Law, J.P. for Lancashire and Cheshire
and Deputy-Lieutenant, the abl9 und esteemed
Chairman of the Quarter Sessions for the
hundred of Salford, who died suddenly, on tho
9th ult., at his residence, Alderley Edge,
Cheshire, was the eldest son of tho Rev. Fred.
William Foster, a Bishop of the Church of tho
United Brethren, by his wife, Anna Louisa
EleanoraLaTrobe. This family is descended
/ XiS. from the ancient house of Forster, or Foster,
‘wW/tN lc*. of Bamborough Castle, Northumberland. Sir
> Thoma8 Foster, Knight, was made a Judge of
the Court of Common Pleas in 1607. His second
son was also a Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, and was made Chief Justico of the
Court of King’s Bench in 1060. The Judge, Sir Thomas Foster's
eldest sod, John Foster, held a military command in tho expedition-to
Jamaica under Penn and Venables, and received a grant of extensive
estates in that island, the greater part of which arc still in the posses¬
sion of tho family. His direct descendant, John Frederic Foster,
Esq., the subject of this notice, graduated at Queen's College, Cam¬
bridge, as Captain of the Poll, in 1817; was called to the Bar by the
Benchors of the Middle Temple in 1821 ^ joined the Northern Circuit,
and attended the Quarter Sessions of the hundred of Salford, whore his
excellent abilities, high character, and sound judgment soon led to his
advancement. He was appointed by Lord Baxley stipendiary magis¬
trate ia 1825; and, after holding that laborious office for thirteen
years, he was unanimously elected to tho Cliairmanship of the Quarter
Sossious of .Salford, which ho held during the remamder of his li'o,
the day of his death being the twentieth anniversary of the date
of his appointment. Mr. Foster was born 18th June, 1795, and married
Carolino, eldest daughter of Sir William Chambers Bugshawo, of the
Oaks andWorrahill Hall, county of Derby, and had issue five sons
and three daughters: of the latter, two are married^viz., Caroline
Louisa, wife of Edward Lloyd, Esq., banker; and Mary, wife of James
Collier Harter. Esq. Mr. Foster is succeeded by his eldest surviving
son, the Rev. F. A. La Trobe Foster, Rector of Saxby, in tho county
of Lincoln. I |
RICHARD SMYTH, ESQ.
Richard Smyth, Esq, M A., of Ballynatray, co. Waterford, J.P.
and D.L., who died in Dublin on the 19th ult ,
\/'> was tho eldest son of Gryco (Smith. Esq., of
^ Ballynatray. by his wife Mary Broderick,
daughter and coheir of Henry Mitchell, Esq , of
Mitchell’s Fort, co. Cork, aud was the brother of
the Princess of Capua and the present Dowager
Lady Dinorben. He was born the 7th May,
1790, and was tho representative of one of the
most ancient and leading families in the county
of Waterford. Through the fomale line he was
descended from the first Earl of Cork, whose
sister Mary married Sir Richard Smyth, of
Ballynatray, his direct ancestor. Mr. Smyth’s
long and useful life was devoted to the improve¬
ment of his largo estates; and he took a leading
part in the Conservative interest of Ireland. He
married. 31st October, 1821, the Hon. Harriett
St. Legor, sister of the late Viscount Doneraile, by whom he leaves
an only ohild. Charlotte Mary, who inherits the whole of his large pro¬
perty, and who was married, the 18th Jan., 1848, to the Hon. Charles
W. Mooro, second son of Stephen, present Earl of Mountcashell.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
•r’ \r ^ ORMALr '; 7 -No- 1 ftpjwm to bo defeetivo; tho ether mo aro very cood.
1 n«.vP. h °" L - 3 ’ -N .°: 1 '* “ ** ,oc, e,1t oomMaltions Nos. 1 and 4 ji-o Jm-
formatKe' 1 * 11 A °" **' ,loa€b rt 1 D,nD & more* than wo liiie, U a very croulub e jitr-
Fl’ail.ojt (of HO—Th»twopoM Iona, in threw in-'vrs each, an faulty: ons afmtUioir of an
easy rnjto in two moves, und tho other of htlfad'xoa *ulinlo~s betide* intended b/
you. Thu third problem ia clever both In idaaand execution. *
W. S HAYWARD.—HcJow the ttnndnid
W 8. L, fall*,'*.—Wo have not jfot tho games between Paris and Pooth at hand, but tho
petition referred to ahull bo analyse'*, nml the result reprrted aho-tly.
KOOK.-Tbo Boimtou appears very difficult, and we are not sure of having hit on the true
line of play, fcuppoao-
WUITE. U LACK.
1. Kt checks K move*
X. K to K 8th <,» checks
And mate seems inevitable l n two mom tnovw. Who U the autlnr ?
A fcLUSCttlMBii t<r Many \ KAJts.- fnqoestionablr dosirnVe. but not to Ira accomplished.
> ^* b ** a ' B*namoa —Ono i« Imprno icaolo and the other defective.
• o, * u S0*2' vur corespondent, whose signature, by the way, i- qolto nn Jeeijibomble, Is
wrortj Acco'i uig to the i»es<m rule* of chess, to ion<? as a player r« dim bin hold of a
piece no may, move it to a*y iqcaro it IrgaUr coinin'ir?n ; and, although bom; cry
Check or • checkmate," !m it not bound to give oiihor, if bo luivo not actnaby taken hi*
hand :roni tho nun he is abo.it to plav
Solutions of Pignut* No 712. Vy J. 31 „ or Sbcrbom; D. W. O ., 81lgot F. R. 8.. Ph'llp-
tnn. (rfilrra W It T." \! >1 a . ... ... •. .
WHITE. PLACK
3. D to 11 3rd (ch) Auythuig
Senex. Mercator, Bombardlor. B., W. I. N.. F. B , H. T. J., Fhlllppa. K H-. 8ipma. Old
Bill, Je«*y, A Novine, renew, It E. 8., L A. B . W G., Donnybrook; Little Donik N.B.,
P * P " Cz ‘ r * H. L M , 8. r q h , D. D , are cor ect, *c.
*•* The mujcrity of Answers to CorrespSudani* aro deferred from lack of room.
Solution of Phoblem’No. 742.
white.
1. R to Q Kt 3rd
(o)i.
2. Q to Q 7th
BLACK.
Q takes Kt, or
(a)
PtrtKR fith, or (6)
P to K B Bib
3. it to y Ki 4th -Mato.
(6) 1. K to K 15 6th, or lc)
2. Q to K Kt 2nd K tukco Kt
3. W toKKttkh-Mtt.o.
WHITE. BLACK.
2. Kt to Kt 5th P moves
3. It to K 3rd—Mate.
(c)l. I* to K B fith, or (d)
2. <i to Ft Mh Any move
3. or B uni :cs.
(<f) I. Kt to K 8 Sth
2. O to K Kt 2nd (ch) Anything
3. y mntc*.
PROBLEM NO. 743.
By Mr. F. Healey.
BLACK.
\ \mm. \
White, playing first, mates in 7 four moves.
CHESS IN THE METROPOLIS.
Mr. Staunton gives the odds of his Queen’s Knight to the Amateur
from Mexico.
kKemdte MhUe'8-tyjvt from the Board.)
( f ^\{irregidar Opening)
white (Mr. S.)
24. Ji to K R 6th
white (Mr. S ) black (Mir. W.)
1. P to Q Kt 3rd r to K 4th
2. Q B to Q Kt2ud Q Kt to Q It 3rd
3. P to K 3rd K li to Q B 1 th
4. Kt to Iv 2 nd K B to Q Kt 3rd
5. Kt to K Kt 3rd P to Q 4tii
6. K B to Q Kt 6th Q to her 3rd
7. Castles K Kt to K 2 nd
8. P to Q R 4 th P to Q R 3rd
9^1v B to K 2 nd Castles
1 o. Iv to R sq Kt to K B 4th
1 1. PotOLQ B 4 th Kt takes Kt (ch)
12 . K B P takes Kt P to sth
13. B to Q 3rd
14. Q Ji to Q R 3rd
15. P to Q B 6th
16 . iv li to Q B4th
17. B takes K B P
(ch)
18. P to K 4tll
19. P to Q 3rd
Q to K 3rd
K E to (l sq
K B to Q R 2 nd
Q to Iv K 3rd
K to R eq
S B to K 3rd
R to K B sq
P to K Kt 4th
Q takes B
22. B takes K Kt P B takes Q B P
23. Q to K R 5tli B to K 2nd
20 , G B to Q B sq
21. K B takes B
25. R takes R
26. Q to K K 3rd
27. li to K B Sth
28. B to Q K 3rd
29. Q to Q 7th
30. Q to K 6th
31. R to K B 3rd
32. P to K K 3rd
33. P to Iv Kt 4th
34. P to K Kt3rd
36. Q to G 6th
36. R to K B 6th
37. Iv to Kt 2nd
38. R to Iv B 7th
39. R takes QBP
BLACK (Mr. W.)
R takes R (ch)
Q to IC Kt 3rd
li to iv Kt 4 th
B to K B 3rd
R to K Ivt sq
Q to K Kt 2nd
B to Q sq
1* to Q K 4th
B to K Kt 4th
B to K B 5th
Kt to Q sq
B to K 6th
Ivt to Q B 3rd
P to Jv R 3rd
Q to Iv Ivt 3rd
li to Iv Kt 4tli
40. R takes Q Kt P R to Q B sq
> Q
> Iv 6th
l 6th
41. B to <
42. Q to 1
43. Q to Q 7 th
44. R to Q Kt 8th
45. B to Q li 7th
46. P to K R 4th
47. K to K R 3rd
And the game was resigned as a drawn battle.
B to K B 3rd
R to Iv sq
Kt to Q sq
R to Jv Kt sq
Q to K Kt 4th
Q to Q 7th (ch)
Q to Q 8th
CHESS IN NEW ORLEANS.
In a recent Number we gave two or three games played by Mr.
Morphy, at the same time, without sight of board or men. The annexed
is the third game which, like the other two, it will be seen was won by
the blindfold player.
(Evans' Gambit.)
white (Mr. 31.) black (Amat )
1. P to K 4th P to K 4th
2 . Jv Kt to Iv B 3rd Q Kfcto Q B 3rd
3. K B to Q B4th K B to Q B 4th
4. P to Q Kt 4th B takes Q Kt P
5. P to Q B 3rd BtoQR lth
6. I* to Q 4 th P takes P
7. Castles P to lv R srd (a)
8. Q to her Ivt 3rd Q to Iv B 3rd
9. P to K 6th <> to Iv Kt 3rd
10 . P takes P K Ivt to Iv 2 nd
11 . P to Q sth Q Kt to Q sq
12 . P to Q 6th;<ft) Iv Kt to t v » B 3rd
13. Q B to Q K '3rd Q Kt to K 3rd
14. K B takes Ivt lc) K B P tks B (d)
15. P takes QBP B takes P
And White announced mate in four moves.
Xotcs by Mr. Morphy.
( a) Weak; tho accepted more Is P to Q ?rd
(/.»* White offet* to giro up a second Pawn, tho further to cramp his adversary', game and
strengthen hU own a tack.
(c) This vrna doomed advisable, a the Knight Blight lubjcquently havo g'.vtn White a good
deal of trouhlo.
(tf) W’e should have preferred retaking with Queen or Queen * Pawn
(«•) An excbnngaof Queen*, even at the Io» of Rook for Bikhop. would greatly relievo
Black's gamn. Whl'o declined availing biinwlf of hU antagonist'* offer, tan *uperiar.ty cf
hi* patiition being *nch as to emurc a »needy victory.
( f ) Thl» leave* Block ao resource. If ho capture the Kcok, ho evidently lc*es at once.
(ft) The gamo being Irretrievable, it Is immaterial what coutm Black may pnnuo.
wniTE (Mr. M.) black (Amat)
16. Q Kt to Q B 3rd P to Q R 3rd
17. Q R to Q sq Kt takes K P
18. Kt takes Kt B takes Kt
19. P to K B 4th B takes Kt
20 . Q takes B Q to K B 3rd
21 . Q to her B 5th Q to Iv B sq (C)
22 . Q R to Q 6th Q to K B 4th
23. Q R to Q Sth Q to K B sq
24. Q to her R 5th Q to K B 3rd
25. P to K Bsth (/) P to Q Kt 3rd
26 . QtoKsq PtoK4th(o)
27. R takes K P(ch) K to B 2 nd
28. Q to K 4th Q to her B 3rd
29. K to K 7th (ch) K to Kt sq
White ;
Black:
Kt 7th.
White:
K B 4th.
Black:
CHESS ENIGMAS.
(Schachzcitung)
No. 1076 —Bv Conrad Bates.
K at K Kt 2nd, Q at K "B sq. R At Q 7th. Kt at K B Sth.
K at K 5th. Kts at K R 8th and Iv Kt 4th; Ps at K 4th and Q
White to play and mate in three moves.
No. 1077.—By Conrad Bayer.
K at Q B 2 nd. Q at Q Kt 6th. Kt at K 7th, Ps at K Kt 2 nd and
K at Q B 5th, P at K 3rd.
White, playing first, to mate in five moves.
EPITOME OF NEWS—FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
By a new law on literary property just promulgated in Denmark,
the copyright of a work belongs to an author lor his life, and to his heirs
lor thirty years alter his death.
Two boxes of the McJjidie decorations have been recc'ved at the
Admiralty, Whitehall: but it is understood that a brief delay will take
place in the distribution.
The foundation-stone of a grand new hall, to be erected on a site
at the back of the Oddfellows’ Hall. St. Annc-street, Liverpool, was
recently laid by Mr. H. Kirkham. Past Provincial Grand Master, in the
presence of the hall committee and other members of the fraternity.
The Queen lms approved of M. dean Michel Auguste Hauss-
mann as Consul at the Cape of Good Hope for his Majesty the Emperor
of the French.
The Peers of Scotland will assemble at Holyrood House, on
Thursday, June 3. to elect a peer of Scotland to ait and vote hi the House
of Peers, in the room of the Earl of Mortou, deceased.
According to accounts rcceivetDrom Mayence, the treaty relative
to the construction of a fixed brjdg<L^>v£r the Rhine was on Friday week
signed by the commissioners Of all the Governments interested in the
question.
The late Lord Advocate of Scotland was entertained at a dinner,
at the I ratalgar, Greenwich; qtTSaturd:iy evening last, by members of both
sides of the House of Commons.
The wreck of the «
mes Baines, partially destroyed by fire in
the Lluskisson Dock, has been pumped dry, and is afloat; but it is impos¬
sible yet to say to what extemt the null lias been injured.
A splendid paddle-wheel steamer has just been launched at the
shipyard of Messrs. AVhlti^of Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, for the Bra¬
zilian Government alie Ik intended to carry mails and passengers
between Rio de .Janeiro and the Rio Grande, ijlie is nearly 200 feet lone,
and into tong burden.
Lost week-the vistfora at tho South Kensington Museum were : —
On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday (free days). 6872; on Monday and
Tuesday, (tree evenings'. 4825; on the three students’ days (admission to
the public 6d.). 13S6 ; one students’ evening (Wednesday), 189: total, 12 , 272 .
The Rev. E. W. Benson, one of the Masters of Rugby School,
and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, has been appointed Master of
Wellington ‘College.
The number of patients relieved at the City of London Hospital
for Diseases of the Chest, Victoria Pork, during last week, was 1203, of
which 176 were new cases.
The Bishop of Exeter completed liis eightieth year on Thurs¬
day week, and he is reported to be In good health aud spirits.
Miss Burdett Coutts has signified her intention, through Mr.
John Cheatham. M.P., to contribute a donation of £ 200 . and to give au
annual subscription of £100, to the Lancashire Cotton Supply Association.
'The Raphael Cartoons at Hampton Court Palace are all to he
lowered to the level of the eye, which will be a great boon, since the
upper two-thirds of the walls of these apartments are in perpetual
gloom.
As a homage to the French nation, the English Government is
about to send to Paris the hearse which was used to convey the coffin
of Napoleon to the tomb at St. Helena, and which lias been since reserved
at Woolwich.
Sir Henry Young is about to retire from the Governorship of
Tasmania. He wilt be succeeded by Major-General Sir James M* Arthur,
the Commander of the Forces in Australia, and Hobart Town will there¬
fore become the head-quarters of the staff.
The 2nd West York Light Infantry have just been disem¬
bodied at York One of the local journals says:—*• wc have heard tliut
one-fourth of the men belonging to the regiment will Join the army.
The East India Company's frigate Punjab , with the Persia
transport in tow, arrived at Suez on the 4tli inst.’ro convey cavalry horses
purchased in Egypt.
The number of patients relieved at the Royal Free Hospital,
Gray’s-inn-road, Iasi week, was 2215, of which 730 were new cases.
The Right Hon. the Speaker gave his twelfth Parliamentary
full-drees dinner on Saturday evening, at his residence on Carlton-house-
terrace.
A lighthouse is to be erected on the Hanois, a group of rocks to
the south- west point of Guernsey.
During the last three years the sum expended on the metro¬
politan barracks amounted to £66,177.
The estimated sum saved in wages by paving off the eight line-
of-battle ships, Cfesar , Duke of Wellington. Silt, James Watt. Cressy.
Majestic , Colossus, and Exmouth, in the spring of last year, amounts to
£100,529.
Notice has been given that, in July next, an examination of
candidates, under the direction of the Civil 'Service Commissioners, will
take place for the civil service of the East India Company. The time for
sending in the names of candidates has been extended to the 1st of June.
The public debt of Jersey is about £180,000 : of this £90.000
is guaranteed by the Jersey States. £ 80,000 by the impot and harbour
dues, and £11,000 by the public markets.
The fifth annual general meeting of the Surrey Archmological
Society will be held on Tuesday. I3th\ju!y, at Farnham. under the pre¬
sidency of the Lord Bishop of Winchester. Vice-President, who has
honoured the members with an invitation to visit Farnham Castle.
The Duke of Aumale has just purchased an estate at Norton and
Lenchwick. Worcestershire. It is said to be the intention of the Duke to
erect a mansion and a Roman Catholic chapel near Evesham.
Bradford, in Wiltshire, is in future to be called, by ofder of the
Post-office, Bradford-on-Avon, greAt inconvenience baring arisen from
letters intended for that town constantly being sent to Bradford in York¬
shire.
New shocks of earthquake in the kingdom of Naples have thrown
down many of the houses which were damaged by the last shocks in the
Citcrior principality and the Basilicata.
The Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge hus appointed the Rev.
Ilan ey Goodwin, M. A, Caius College, to be the Lady Margaret’s Preacher
for the year ensuing.
The house where Sir Isaac Newton was born, in the village of
Woolathorpe. Lincolnshire, baa recently been purchased by Miss Chari-
wood, of Grantham, ltia to be pulled down, and a scientific college
erected on its site.
On Saturday week Dr. Wiseman performed the blessing of
four ships (to be employed against the s’ave trade) at Deptford. This is
probably the first occasion (says the Patriot) on which such a ceremony
has been performed in Englaud since the Reformation.
Mr. Thomas Pratt, the solicitor, of Mayfair, whose name was
mixed up in the monetary transactions of Palmer and Cook of painful
notoriety, has gone mad.
Mushaver Pacha (the Englishman. Adolphus Slade) has just
been promoted by the Sultan to the rank of A lee-Admiral, and to be
Ferik Pacha.
Jules Gerard, the lion-killer, has just left Marseilles for Bona
with several rportamen, among whom is the Russian Count Branicki.
As an example of the decline of the English bar. it raav be
mentioned that no less than loo sets of chambers are now to be let in the
Temple alone.
The Duke of Devonshire, having been appointed to be Lord
Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county ot Derby, his Grace, on
Friday (last week', took the appointed oaths.
The honour of knighthood has been conferred upon Henry
Watson Parker, Esq., late First Minister and Principal Secretary fo'r
New South Wales.
According to the Augsburg Gazette, the Emperor Napoleon III.
has received a petition, with numerous signatures, in which the Count de
Moray is asked for as llospodarof Moldo-Wallachia.
There are three candidates in the field for Limerick—Mr. John
Ball, the defeated candidate at the last election: Mr. James Spaight, u
popular local magistrate; and Mr. Synon, a barrister.
On Saturday last the barque Flora Mino , with 160 emigrants for
Quebec, obtained her clearance from the Government officers at the port
of Belfast
An examination of candidates for direct commissions in the
army will take place at Burlington House, Piccadilly, on the 1st, 2nd, 4th,
and 5th of June.
M. Auguste Marietta, the discoverer of Memphis, and Curator of
Egyptian Antiquities at the T.oiivre, has been offered by the Viceroy of
Egypt the post of Inspector-General of Historical Monuments and
Director of a new National Museum at Cairo, with a salary of IS,000 fr.,
and the household appointment of a Bey.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[May 15, 1858
496
SKETCHES IN
CHINA. — HON G-KONG RACES,
1 8 5 8.
Oun Special Artist and Correspondent in Chios, writing from Hong¬
kong, Feb. 28, thus describes these races:—
‘‘Three days out of the year the great ‘joss' to whom British and
Chinese alike bend the knee is neglected—I allude to the divinity of
China, the 'almighty dollar.’ The Celestials actually cease buying
and selling during their New Year; and colonial John Bull emerges
from behind his counter to enjoy the races, and to rest from hi« toils
I was tempted to stay and see the said sport, and accordingly started
on the morning of the 18th of February, and a more magnifioent day
it is impossible to conceive: not a cloud in the pure sky above us. A
gentle breeze, moderating the ardour of the mid-day sun, made the
atmosphere delicious. At 11 a m. we arrived at the racecourse, in the
'Happy Valley’—a lovely spot, indeed, situated about a mile and a
half from Victoria, and the last resting-place of those who die here.
The burial-ground is at the foot of one of the lofty grassy hills which
form this valley: there are, in fact, three places of interment—one for
the Protestants, one for the Boman Catholics, and one for the Parsees.
Just opposite to these were the stands and stables; whilst the
flat plain was studded with all manner of nations—English, American,
French, Malays, East Indians, Manilla Indians, blue-jackets, marines,
and Celestials. Umbrellas were in such abundance that, seen from
a height, you fancied the place was filled 'with animated mushrooms,
or, from their various colours, rather toadstools. Tho races began in
the afternoon and afforded great pleasure. The Chinese are as much
excited as the English, and bet with much adour.
“ The road presented rather a contrast to the Derby, but if the car¬
riages were not numerous the chairs were; the Celestial fair ones
came out in full force, dressed with great neatness and taste. T The
crowd differed from a race one in England in a great many respects
but first and foremost in the total absence of intoxication and Sits
quiet conduct. There was a grand stand, filled with swells and crino¬
line; but the native ones afforded more scope for the penoil, and ac¬
cordingly I selected the shilling one, of which you can judge by the
Sketch I inclose. The races lasted three days; but the last day
deserves particular mention, as the Celestials had a race themselves on
native ponies. Thirteen started, and four or five of the riders fell off
first go; the merriment of the spectators baffles all description; how¬
ever, the dismounted cavaliers showed great pluck and got up, grin¬
ning, as if nothing had happened; four of them kept well together,
and a lucky fellow came in in gallant style, amid great applause; but
some of the others were nowhere, and many of the quadrupeds oame
Tins ROAD.
Mat 15, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
407
SKETCHES IN CHINA. — HONG KONG RACES.
in without riders.'seemingly'enjoying the fun as much as anybody
else. A good race.finished the.sport, and Hong-Kong went to dinner
and was'.merry.” _
I _ In;the*3Ymw, April^15, appeared a letter (from its Bpec r al oorre-
eponde nt in^China, from whoh]we,tako the [following extract relating
to th e'races at Hong-Kong':—
‘‘The Englis hm an’s holiday followed. If any one is desirous of
seeing good, steady, old-fashioned racing,fwhere there are no crosses,
and where every horse is started and ridden to win. I am afraid he
must go to Hong-Kong. A Londoner cannot conceive the excitement
caused in this little distant island; by the^race week. It is the single
holiday of the merchants. ^They^spend, weighty sums in importing
the Ceearewitch. Six Arabs come forth to dispute the Canton Cup, the
most important of the six races of the first day; if the pace is not very
fleet the contest is severe and the run honest Enthusiasts from
Shanghai sometimes come down and win away the honours from the
peat stables of Victoria; the Capulets and Montagus of China meet
herein friendly emulation, and 'SirMichael' and ‘Snowdon' are
important champions. So also are the 9 at. 7 lb. men, the gentlemen
jocks, who, principally supplied by her Majesty’s army and navy,
seem wonderfully brilliant to the eyes of the clustering thousands of
Chinese. Three days of crisp sunshine, the only three days of really
glorious weather that I have seen in Hong-Kong, crown the spec¬
tacle. Jove looks down propitious upon the holiday of the exile, and
smiles to see that his best nappiness is to cheat himself with some som-
blanoe of his home.”
horses from all parts and training them for the contest We may
smile at this truly English mania struggling against strong discourage¬
ment; but the means of amusement 6-re not numerous at Hong-Kong.
When we first see the racecourse in the ‘ Happy Valley' we are half-
tempted to declare that it is the most picturesque spot in the whole
world. The scenery, however, must not distract our attention while
Snowdrop is making the running. The Grand Stand, and the
booths, and the stables, and all the proprieties of the turf,
by no means forgetting the luncheons and the champagne,
are all in first-rate order. The one mile and a half of road
between the 4 Happy Valey ’ and the oity of Victoria is at the
proper time crowded with vehicles and horsemen and pedestrians, and
sometimes thepace is rapid, and sometimes one of the party blows a
horn. The Wong-nei-chong Stakes are of foreign sound, but also are
START OF THE 44 CELESTIALS.’^
THE RACE-COURSE, HAPPY VALLEY.
498
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Mat 15, 1858
• SERIALS AND MAGAZINES FOB MAY.
Tim fortunes of Mr. Thackoray’fi energetic and fresh -minded but un¬
educated hero cmtinue to bo pleasant ones. Ho beats Lord March, the
illustrious end revered voluptuary, both in agility and in gambling,
and is specially noticed by a lady favourite of that ornament of the
Georgian fil l. lie renews his flirtation with hie corni* Lady Maria,
hut it iB pretty dorr that her matured chaims have lost their spell.
We find him at the end of the number about to depart from the Wells
for London, with such an introduction in his pocket-book—a letter
from Lord Match to Georgo Solvryn. Where will not the latter take
his unsophisticated protege ? ^ Perhaps to one of George’s pet amuse*
meats—an execution. It :s impossible to say what pleasant and dis¬
reputable scenes are nut likely to be eot be for o young Warrington,
with such an “open sesame” us deboaked Lord March's letter. Put
that there may be plenty of morality within reach, if needed, Mr.
Thackeray has wisely and providontly made him acquainted with two
men whoso counsel may act as antidotes to what he will hear at the
Cooua Tree— namely, Richardson, lather of CJtirifsa Harlowe, and a
Blill greater man, Mr. 8. Johnson, author of a dictionary and other
meritorious works. Agx-d Johfisonianisoi is introduced. Richard¬
son treads on hia friend's foot, and eagerly exclaims, “1 ask
your pardon if I have trodden on your com! " “ You have
done both, sir/' replies Samuel. “Yon kavo trodden on the
corn and recjived the pardon.” And he goos on mumbling
l»is verses and swinging his stick. By the way, Mr. Thacke¬
ray illustrates hia own work, and the quaint and suggestive
initials to his chapters should always be noted. To tko portion in
which Warrington's card-playing is especially described is affixed a
tiny transcript of Hogarth’s /‘Idle Apprentice Gambling on a Tomb¬
stone during Divine Service/' with tho beadle's upraised cans
menacing hia undefended rear. Tho hand ut cards, with heart, and
knave, and queen between, will be also found by the thoughtful to
have its significance. All that need bo said of “ The Virginians ” is
that every number is delightful reading; but the feminine population
of these islands are clamouring for something more of “the story,”
seeing that we ate at number sv yen, and as yet know only that a very
handsome young fellow, who imagines his brother is dead (we don't),
has come to England.
Bhhwood makes it perfectly clear to us that we ought to eat
horses. His arguments, though put forth undor a guise of impar¬
tiality, are evidently the resale of friendly intimacy with the dish, and
we doubt not that tho author has pony-pie on the sideboard at break¬
fast, and equine sandwiches brought m for lunch. And, when one
comes to oontider one’s objections, they are very foolish. We eat pig,
than whom th^re is no such unscrupulous feeder; and we reject horse,
who will not, if he cun help it, drink out of a pail that is greasy or
otherwise objectionable, tnd whose dist is of the purest character.
Some of theca days tho hipophagi will bo in fashion; there are 10,000
horse-eaters in Vienna, and great numbers in every Continental city;
and wo shall be s#ked (us in the case of wild and tamo rabbits) whether
we like Mazappas or Buraya. Sir B. Lytfcon’a novel has no particular
feature, save that tho grand Guy Darrell reappears to receive tho
worship of everybody, and looks at the young ladies of the season to
discover who is worthy of lite hand. A lair Amazon, something like
a being whom terrified ^ dandies in the Park have christened
"'Skittles/' rora a fatal habit—riding habit—cf dashing at full speed
among a group of those delicate horsemen and scattering them nine-
pin fasbiun, would seem to be first fuvourit-3 for the Darrell, but we
must wait and ieam. A specially stupid dialogue about colleges and
celibacy fellows—the talk itself is dreary; and reuhy the fuss which
these ‘ Fell-Wii ” mako about their blighted hearts is perfectly in¬
tolerable. Wo fcopo they will never bo allowed to marry. The
fellowship WuS intended either for tho quiet student who is content
with it, or as a springboard lor tho ambitious one who means to rise.
If a rcuu h: "» not the pluck to marry and trust to his energies, let him
keep single, but he has no business to ask Oxford or Cambridge to
build him nurseries, and have their quadrangles cut up with
his babies’ perambulators. . There is an article on art in Italy
in which some of Mr. Buskin’s splendid cant is well exposed, but the
writer ia inclined to do a littlo in the same line on his own account,
without tho firework brilliancies that make Buskin readable by men
who do not L-alieve that when pre-Baphaelite monks painted cauli¬
flowers they did so with “conscientiousness” and a divine sense of
art. A good article on Oude marshals such evidunco of the utter
Booundreham of tho Oriental rulers that a reader wonders that any
■one can doubt the immense gain to tlio people uf any annexed province
that bus come under the rule of England.
The two Hibernian magazines may ho “ bracketed '* togethor—the
Dublin linker,itj and the Irish Metropolitan. They contain, occa¬
sionally, fresher and livelier articles than are found in the English mis¬
cellanies, and the average of their contents is quite up to the ma*k of
any of our own magazines, except Blackwood * The University Maga¬
zine for May is an admirable and varied number; and, besides bding
enriched by a portion of Mr. Lever’s capitul novel, it has two articles
of political churacter, in which subjects of important interest aro dis¬
cussed fairly and fearlessly. Its Indian papers are always excellent.
The Metropolitan is very good in performance (though less reticent and
dignified than its scholarly predecessor in the field), and also very good
in promise, for it announces a new romanceby the author of “ Whita-
friars,” a writer who, if he would only husband his stock of tremendous
effects, and not give us more than * nine horrors in a night,” would
find his mastery over his reader marvellously increased, while hia pio*
turesquo power, and tho resources of his great learning, would be
brought into more artistic piuy. We congratulate the magazine on
having secured such an ally. It seems finally settled that the poor
“magazine-writers/' once so smurt and defiant, are, commercially re-(
garded, good for nothing, and a novalist must be enlisted if a periodical
is to sell.
Tho fortunes of the characters in tho Gordian Knot are, as we pre¬
dicted, abo to be overshadowed. Margaret and Philip ArundM
marry; but an interview which the rejected lover has with the dis¬
carded mistress indicates the character of the coming etorm/ and we
presume that Mr. Shirley Brooks intends to avail himself of jtbs
machinery afforded by tho Social Evil foi . ringing out a dark lessor
The pure character of his heroine, for whom bud days would seem, to
be in store, will be tried by a severe ordeal. We shall expres3 no
opinion upon the process until it is complete; hut the experiment is a
bold one, and involves many responsibilities, besides demanding extreme
caro in carrying out. The author is not likely to fall into any vulgar
error, such aathat of depicting the vicious oharacte r in Edntimontai colo ur s,
and making her the unoffending victim cf society; but, oil the other
bund, truthfulness, except from a true artist, will remove his work from
tho gallery of legitimate fiction to that of tho moralist, which wa ap¬
prehend to b« outside the author’s scheme. There is a pausing point
in the story, now that the whole of the characters have been displayed,
and two yours elapse between the marriage fend the re-introduction of
the parties. In this number wo lean?that Margarets evil parents are
still in being, and may come upon thq sceue for ,evil. The wedding
banquet goes off very agreeably, with the exception of an unfortunate
accident to po :r Mrs. Spencer, who buys a secondhand silver article of
a pawnbroker for a marriage gift, nnd when clokfred up and presented
it ia found to have an inscription in hokdur of a tavem waiter. This
chapter is pf. :edod by a description of .in execution, in which the
details are presented in the most deliberate and photographic manner,
in order to tho sternest inculcation of the Writer's views. Air. Ten-
xriel's iUustrutioro ar^dm^oleK^^fl^firgt, representing the child,
Zuleika, among Lerpublie house patrons, is a most marveliously-
finished engraving—every face and figure is a study. •
“Ask Mama.:; o:r/'The TljchaatCommoner in England” (Brad¬
bury and Evunc ; io no longer n fugitive Berial, but is now a hand¬
some volume of lOu pag-.-s, aocoiatcd and deoicated, and ready for tho
drawing-ro.im. Mr. .‘Surtee^ha^^Eold” his lady-readers; or, rather,
the young ladies of the Richest*,Commoner Hunt have had a blank.
l?ino Billy don't marry at all. In revenge, however, the beautiful
lady with gre.-n. velvet aud white arms, whose appearance with the
first number made i? matter of absolute necessity to procure her bio¬
graphy, attains v:crank of Countess, tho Earl of Lodythorne having
•* asked mumma ' and been accepted. There aro marriages, neverthe¬
less. in tho concluding chapters, Sir Hosts getting a wife far too good
for him (os happer3 with mi st men); and the elegant Miss do Glancoy
being provided for, or rather providing for herself; and other
matches are shadowed forth. The author seems to us to have had
a plan at the beginning of his book, but, finding that ho got over
the ground just aa pleasantly to himself and his readers by lotting the
reins go, and permitting his fancy to take him anywhere except
straight acro^ country. Ls adopted this latter course. He tells us that
hia work is “ a continuous narrative of almost every-day exaggera¬
tion;'* and if wo demur to accepting this definition, simply from an
inability to understand exactly what it means, we gladly allow the
accuracy of the addition, that it is “ interspersed with sporting ecenes
and excellent illustrations by Leech.” Wo think, and tho author
would probably think with us, that Mr. Leech has “made” this book,
and has not only given increased vitality to the fun, but has refined
and elevated it by his charming sketfenes of female character. The
book is in no sense a novel, but it is excessively amusing reading ; and
such an engraving as the coloured one of the concluding dance, is, m
mercantile phrase, worth the price of the whole volume, which 1st
young ladies “ask mamma” to buy.
THE EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY.
[second notice.]
W. J. Grant, whose earnest and unpretending style, in the midst of
much laboured extravagance, is highly agreeable, selects two inci¬
dents in personal history, out of which he produces effective pictures.
The story of “ Eugene Beauharnai* refusing to give up his father’s
sword ” (367) is cleverly told. The heroic child, only ten years of
age, clings to the cherished relic, and, looking up sternly in the face
of the officer of the Convention who would snatch it from him,
peremptorily refuses to surrender it. This incident being reoorted to
Napoleon led to the introduction of the latter to the mother of the
child, who afterwards became the Empress Josephine. “ The Last
Trial of Madame Palis3y ” (460) commemorates one of those little
incidents in the career of struggling genius which constitute the
Romance of Discovery. Bernard Palissy, in pursuit of the one
engrossing dream of his ambition, the restoration of the lost art of
porcelain enamel, has reduced himself and his family to the greatest
distress. Still he struggles on, and, on the very eve of success, being
in want of a piece of gold to complete Ills experiment, by dint of great
entreaty persuades his wife to relinquish her wedding-ring for the
purpose. Palissy is just dropping the ring into the melting-pot,
wholly intent upon the progress of the operation; the wife looks on
with a resigned and amiable expression; whilst tho cliildren cannot
restrain their innocent mirth at seeing mamma’s ring so disposed of.
A jar of Pulissy-ware standing by assists in explaining the story of
the picture, which is very carefully painted.
We are sorry to see a man of ability and promise like Mr. Wallis
falling a victim to mannerism and sickly conceit. He made a hit in
his “ Death of Chatterton,” and he seems never to have recovered
from its gloomy influence. The chief fascination of that little picture,
which, for our own part, we never very much admired, was the pe¬
culiar and unnatural blue atmosphere conjured up about the blue,
velvet smallclothes of the prostrate suicide; and the painteiLseeins to x
think that there is no “ subject ” for a picture like a dead body, aiid
no colour like blue. In his unnamed picture (562) he shocks the
sight and offends the sense, by putting before ns the figiireof an aged
pauper, who, in the midst of liis daily task of stone-breaking on Jhe/
road, has been summoned to his last long sleep; andrthere, UQrpsenS
he is, he leans his wan time-beaten head against the stony bank,
to rot uncared for, uumissed at home, till/ chance shall bring
some stranger step, that way. Brabbles, rank weeds, and hard
angular bits of granite, upon reducing and fashioning which he has
employed his latest strength, surround him in that dismal hole by the
roadside, and snch the quiet of his solitude, such the hopelessness of
that quiet, that a little stoat has perched himself on the dead old man’s
foot, as if to triumph over the fall of helpless humanity. A grim
greyish-blue mist envelops the ghastly apparition, a hard blue cloud
closing in the background. We presume that, if this picture meets
the approval of the artist’s patrons, he will not hesitate in the career
to which it points—the parish dea4-house, the Morgue; and even the re¬
velations of the overcrowded graveyard would afford him most eligible
materials for fntnre'fcfforts in this peculiar line. In his “ Sir Walter
Raleigh in the Tower ” (30:)) Mr. Wallis has a more rational theme,
which is not ineffectively treated. The little boy blowing bubbles,
and wholly engrossed in watching their flight, is a trite commentary
upon the vanity of human-joys and wishes, and in that sense is con¬
templated with a calm countenance by the illustrious prisoner. In
his other dungeon scene, j Henry Martin at Chepstow Castle'*
(4C2), the artist reverts to his favourite melancholy vein, and nothing
can he conceived less enlivening or suggestive of lualthfulpurpose than
that solitary jaundiced-faced man looking with an air of forced stoical
content through the bars of his prison upon an opaque blue and
yellow sky, the very counterpart of that which frowns on the dead
stonebreaker. \Pray come to life, Mr. Wallis! before you revisit us in
the pleasant May season.
More of the charnel-liouse! Ay, and in passages which curdle the
blood with vain, indignant horror, and make one wish that the pen of
history cooldfor once be plunged in Letlie. Yet with such scenes
Mr. Paton’s brush patiently deals; and he describes his horrible
picture as “In Memoriam” (471), and inscribes beneath it, in quaint
old letters, with illuminated initials, words of Divine consolation from
Scripture“ Yea, though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow
of Death, I will fear no evil; for Thou, Lord/* &c., which, in face of
what is enacting above, read almost like mockery. There, in that
miserable murder-hole, crouch the helpless English women and
children of Cawnpore. Terror, anguish, despair are in every face;
frantic, unavailing prayers, mingling with wild shrieks, seem to
fill the very air; one little innocent alone sleeps, still unconscious of
its impending cruel doom. Above, in the background, brutal sepoys
are glaring through the opened door and the little casement, in the
very moment of rushing upon their victims. The subject is too re¬
volting for further description. The picture is one which ought not
to have been lmng; and, in justice to the hanging committee, we
believe that it was not without considerable compunction and hesi-
tationthat they consented to its being so.
Let us pass to something more healthy. T. Brooks has two
little scenes of domestic life which show thought and pur¬
pose, with much wholesome suggestion in the development.
“Early Struggles” (475) is a new version of “The Rent Day,”
so often and so variously treated, in which the sympathies are touched
without being torn to rags. We are introduced to the decent
modest home of a young man working his way to fame and fortune in
one of the roads of intellectual pursuit, but who, already in-
cumbered—the expression is not very gallant—with a wife and child,
finds himself a little behind the world. The landlord has come to
demand his rent, the broker is there already inventorying his few
sticks of furniture. With pensive but still undaunted expression—
for lie is of an age when a single reverse does not discourage—he re¬
signs himself to what, it seems, cannot be avoided; and his courageous
little wife, indulging in no weak, vain lamentations, looks on as
though she was prepared to suffer anything with him, and to meet all
their “ early struggles ” without repining, hoping always. And is
there not hope for this small family—though tlio young couple do not
yet see it—conveyed in that letter which the smart footman has just
brought to the head of the stairs, and which the servant girl, with
smiling countenance, i3 hastening to deliver to her poor kind master?
In another half minute the seal will be broken, the welcome inclosure
will serve to eject the hard-featured landlord and his ugly broker, and
the whole aspect of that little struggling household will be changed-
In “ Contrition ” (579) we have a family party of a different kind, and
the story in all its bearings is not quite so obvious, being rather sug¬
gested than told. A young mother is engaged preparing two children
for bed, on a bright afternoon in summer, for tho suu is shining in
through the windows of the back room ; the youngest of the children
is in her lap; the other is kneeling before her, saying his prayers.
The poor woman’s face is pale ; her eye lustreless; devouring anguish
and deep-seated, devouring regrets have fixed upon her features,
which, if once attractive, are beautiful no longer; yet, as she listens
to the words of prayer uttered by innocent lips, a saving hope whis¬
pers softly, though unheard by her:—“ The Lord is nigh unto them
that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.”
The reader naturally asks what sin this poor broken-spirited creiture,
now intent upon the holiest offices of maternity, has committed that
she should be a prey to remorse—that she should be denied a mother’s
joy in contemplating those little ones ? A fourth figure in the canvas
reveals the error of the past, which makes the present so cheerless
and tho future so full of forobo$ifigr\Emerging from the little par¬
lour is a man, with saudy, weH-efirled^kiskers, and most hard, sen¬
sual, and revolting expression, the veryido.tl of a roue about town.
He has donned his dapper hit andbuckskm gloves, and he sports a
riding-whip : his whole equipment is that of the sporting man ; and
in the little parlour behind are glimpses of sporting prints, a bottle,
and a dice-box. That man is sallying forth to enjoy the evening in
his usual round of debauch; and he glares with a cold sneer upon the
little family group whom he has dobined to wretchedness. The young
mother does not even turn round from her infant charge to see him
depart, for she is bitterly conscious that she has no longer any share
in the affection:) of that selfish man. In these two little works so
strongly contrasted Mr. Brooks has succeeded in realising oue of the
highest aims of art—pointing a moral, enlisting the sympathies of
humanity, and, withal, without any tincture of maudlin sen¬
timentality. \
F. Leighton, whose d<$but in the grand procession of Cimabue's
Madonna iatelyrtobk the world by surprise, and held out so much
promise, hardly accomplishes all that his admirers might have ex¬
pected of him. His style is hard, and occasionally verges on extrava-
gauce, and liis colouring is wanting in freshness and the tinge of life.
,Hls scene from “ Romeo and Juliet. ” (598), where Count Paris, coming
to claim his bride, finds her stretched apparently lifeless on her bed,
is highly ambitious in intention; and there is considerable power
displayed in the composition; but the attitudes of some of the figures
are overdone—too obviously attitudinising—and the whole is wanting
inCkeeping. Old Capulet and his wife are appalled at their bereave¬
ment, the latter stooping forward over the body of Juliet, which is
stretched rather stiffly at full length on the bed; the old Nurse, placed
behind Lady Capulet, indulges in a violent outburst of grief, wring¬
ing her hands on high: at the foot of the bed is Paris, who, without
much expression in his face, seems to be leaning for support against
Friar Lawrence. Through the open curtains at the back a glimpse
of the festive preparations going forward for the marriage is skilfully
introduced : this, indeed, must be pronounced the best portion of the
picture. “ The Fisherman and the Syren ” (501) is a small picture,
simple in subject, treated with originality, and, though still a little
hard and formal, is, upon the whole, a striking and creditable per¬
formance. The incident is explained in the lines in one of Goethe’s
ballads:—
Half drew she him.
Half sunk he in.
And never more was seen.
The figures are nude studies—the fair skin of the syren being con¬
trasted with the tawny hue of the weatherbeaten fisherman ; and the
irresistible potency of her charmed grasp, as they seem to sink gradually
into the watery abyss, is well conveyed. The colouring is richer and
of a better order that that of the Juliet picture.
“ The Pressgang” (512), by A. Johnston, is a gaily-coloured picture
of one of those scenes of legalised outrage which in former days have
broken up many a home, and furnished forth many a ballad and melo ¬
drama. Poor Tom is on his way from church, where he lias just been
“spliced” to a pretty-lass in a becoming figured muslin, when he is
pounced upon by the pressgang, and, despite a valorous show of
fight on liis own part, and a profusion of tears and entreaties from his
wife, is carried off to serve on board his Majesty’s fleet, where he will,
doubtless, learn to dance the merriest of hornpipes, sing loyal and
valorous songs, “ shiver his timbers,” Ac,, and be rewarded in due
course with a wooden leg. All this is really suggested by the picture,
which is full of bustle and swagger, capitally hit off, and unexception-
ally dressed after the model of T. P. Cooke and “ Black-eyed Susan.”
“Retribution” (531), by Miss E. Armitage, is rather a daring
attempt for a lady; but its very boldness of purpose, and tho grand
energy thrown into it, are sufficient to command respect, if in all
points the performance does not claim unqualified commendation.
Placed as it isover the inner door of the West Room, (the first we enter),
it will he sure to catch the eye of all visitors, to whom it will suggest
an Englishwoman's view of the requirements of the present Indian
crisis. A female of colossal build, the impersonation of Britannia,
clothed in flowing robes, rushes like an avenging angel upon a Bengal
tiger, which with her left hand she seizes by the throat, whilst with
the right she points a sword at its breast. The figure displays great
energy, though a little awkward in attitude in the lower part; and
the savage brute the victim of her just wrath, which writhes furious
hut hopeless in her grasp, has been admirably studied from some
living original. If Miss Armitage had stopped here we think her
picture would have sufficiently expressed all that was necessary to
realise the allegory intended; or, failing this, a distant sketch of
some of the scenes of havoc which marked the progress of the mutiny
might have been introduced without marring the simple grandeur of
the foreground, and at the same time without offence in point of taste.
As it is, the dead body of a mother with her two children, one of whom
is yet alive, lying prostrate beneath the combatants and the various
debris of clothing. &c., which strew the ground, are incidents too
painful for legitimate art to touch upon.
We have now spoken of some of the more prominent figure-subjects
in the three principal rooms of the exhibition. We have yet many of
the same class to mention—besides leaving entire classes a"s yet wholly
untouched—landscape, cattle pieces, architectural subjects, genre, and
portraits. We purpose noticing a large portion of these, as well as
the department of sculpture—in short, generally reviewing the con¬
tents of the exhibition in an Art Supplement next week.
Meantime we must take a glimpse at the Sculpture Gallery, where
amidst much that is mediocre there are a few successful and pleasing
productions. Presiding over the whole is Beil’s model for a colossal
statue of “ Honour ” ((1198) intended to be erected in bronze to the
memory of the officers and men of the brigade of Guards who fell in
the Crimean war. Another striking object is the rather too charac¬
teristic whole length (for it verges on caricature) of Turner, the artist,
by Baily, K.A. J. Thomas, the sculptor to the House of Commons,
exhibits two marble groups of very superior merit—-(1183) “ Faith/'
and (1190) “ Charity, the former intended for the interior, the latter
for the exterior, of a mausoleum erected in the metropolis Glasgow.
The former consists of three figarcs—in the centre Faith, looking up
to heaven, her hands clasping the Book of Holy Writ to her breast, and
on either side two angels kneeling in nicely-varied attitude. In the
other Charity is represented in a stately figure, draped, with an infant
resting in her arms. 'Hie style of both these works is very chaste
and beautiful, the execution true and delicate, and the blocks of
marble, in both cases, Carrara and Sicilian respectively, without flaw
or blemish.
Thomas Earle ha9 two little subjects, displaying much invention
and pleasing fancy, which we engrave— fl Happy as a Queen” (1188),
and the “Fislierboy” (1189). “Happy as a Queen” represents a
young girl returning with water from a stream, who screens herself
from the sun with a large lotus-leaf which she has just gathered
and carries as a parasol. The outline of the figure is very graceful,
and expression joyous and naive. The “ Fisherboy ” carries
a basket of fish in one hand, and liis net loos-Jy cast over his
shoulders. He is walking forward with his "bur Jen, the idea of
motion being successfully realised. The execution is careful and
{Continued cm page 500.)
May 15, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
499
A nastatic printing.—B y this
inccuiou*, economical, nnd meat uieful proc***, artUts,
auctioneer., bankas, •ng'nuora, inoTCltnui*. ma nners of I'ltrilamont,
(olio lore juvh:v:itogi'*ul literary, and othor soclrtlc*, railway com-
parlos, lnsurunco and other pub >c olltces, *ro (upplicd at the ucrtwt
notice wi*h frerimn* of tnrir Ur-wlnr*. plan*, circular*, writing*,
maps, abi rnot* of »1 o*«Ib, Duvets’ biiota. &c . &c., In anv q'atntlty,
»ad ut a COdV fait PKL'tW ANY OtHEK SLEHIOOui UKPUO-
DL'CIOM. A Cake of Prepared Anartntio 'ok, wl'h nmjxo dlrcc-
t’on* for ltd r* 3 , *ult-bD icon und pap?r. ard a <lc*cnj.-.:un ot the
art > nd of the u os t o wlreh It may Im applied, tent freo to uny pari of
the kingdom on rcceV of 2* CJ. nv fc».u. order, or tutnni*. Ksthnates
and succlnt mon application.—AddroM, S. H. COWIxLL, Anaataiia
Printing utfioo, Ipswich
C ARDS for the MILLION • Wedding.
Visiting. and Business.—A Copperplate elegantly F.cgruvod
and 51 B'St Ca-iifl printed for 2*. rtent post-free by ARTHUR
GRANGER, (heap rUtloner, &C., 3G8, High llolborn.
T HE TIMES posted the Evening of Publication
for 2D. p» quarto?. Chronicle, DaIlyN*\v\ o-Advert! wr. ’ 8 s.
ThoTimo), wondduv. 16s. fid.; fh - nkle Dali- New*, or .Vlvar i or,
Hi Globe or-u i, 12*. By A. CUlt iIB, Conoral Ndiv* Agmt, 27,
Unloa-nreet, ISblnpffri’-riroa:.
KOFITABLE EMPLOYMENT.--
WANTED dlrsctly a number of LADIES sntl GENTLEMEN
tiataist in a li ghly Artistic rurvult, in connection with the Crystal
Pa’anj, whore *i»ect mtns can be seen ia tho Court o' Invent ana.
Tho Art Taught (terms moderate) pet tonally or by letter; andem-
tinuous Mtiployi eat given to pupils In town or country, io realise a
hnnthomo income. No knowledge of drawing nectcrstry A pro-
■noctus iorw»id«tl for four »tamps. Arrangetimnla nutuo dally at
LAUkENT DE LAHA’S Gallery of Fine A n*. 3. Torriiigtou.iiqnarc,
Bussell-square. j us t ready, De Lara’s Book on HHuninatiog, price to.
C ONSTANT EMPLOYMENT GIVEN to
PJPILS at thn most liberal prior*.— WANTED directly a
limbed number of LADIES or GENTLEMEN to execute, nt ttclr
own reildenc«e. tb* n-w caty, and artistic work now la great a«
maud. A small premium rtqaired. Tna are taught per«on*Uy or l»y
correspond*nee. A ' 0 ’te? o. full p^rtculAT* sent ‘or foar stamp*.
Apply otrlv to lAWKKNCE’rt Mbow-rooms. 24, Hutnotte-street
Fluroy square (-i-ar KatUxmn-plaoe). K> tr,b i«ltod 1810. App loatioss
wfl not bo attended to after tho 20 th of next month.
T HE NEW FRENCH MUSLINS.—The
patterns gurpass any tvor introduced into this country.
The variety of Fl <uuced Muslins is excellent.
p Att«m* rent pont-free.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, id, Oxford-itreet.
R eady-made muslin dresses,
4«. 8 d.. cbgant derigns,
p lain , flounced, and double Skirt, with Jrckoi complete.
Colour warrant©:! fast
A fresh arrival from PkrU every Tuesday.
Patterns sect post-free.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, id, Oxford-«trcct.
J OUVIN’S BEAL ALPINE KID GLOVES!
Price It tk! per pair,
la every Sfce *ud Colour for I-adit's and Oon!Jcm?a.
We aro the original and oniy-apoolntea Agents for tho sale cf these
celebrated Gloves, the bust fitting and moat carablo to bo procured at
ANY rlUCE !!!
and sold only by RUMBELL and OWKN, 77 and 78, Oxfard-roroefi,
London.
N.B. A Sample Psir free by poet for two extra stamps.
M
OURNING MUSLINS.
Tho best Selection in the Kingdom.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY,
16, Oxfmd-street.
N :
EW FLOUNCED MUSLINS,
A very rretty variety.
FRENCH MUS JN l OMi'ANY,
16, Oxford-strett.
6s. 6d
MUSLINS of tho PAST SEASON.—
1Y1 Last year's at ridiculous prices for such goods.
Pattern* free
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 10. Oxford-street.
w
R elievo leather modelling —
LAWRENCE’S unrivalled SPECIMENS a-e ON VIEW at
the Cry*t,l i’alaco, Royal Polytechnic, Pantheon Bsaimr tg-uui d
fiov, ciunter hi!, and lit tho Manufactory, 24, Charlotte-stttot,
Fitzroy-njuare. Eatabiishad I8t0.
C ENTRAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ROOMS,
DO. Canr.or-stroot West (comer of Dowgate-lull"). City.—Messrs
CwTTON and WALL —Tn« meat pe> f*»ct arrangomtmta of Light and
most arttMic Pic-urc» In London. Photegraptis. plain and cotourad.
by tiio first artl*»B in tho profession The now American Ambrotypcj,
coloured, in frame or case complete, from 7a. 6 d.
T he holy land steheoscoue.—
Me*ara NEG <KTTt rux.1 ZAMBRA. pub'lfheta Of Pan unlyrr-
sa'ly-aduitind rjrvpttan CoDoctl'm. have Jtnt pu b l i s h ed tfixty bTE-
REUSCOP1C VIEWS in thu IlOi.Y LAND, from Jerusalem to
D«mas<-u*. M'unt Lu?>iin-*n u-d Uaaibec, cmbtacing every object of
Biblical and hlsto Icul intern t in thoso localities. DsecripUve account
of oacu View Pp.l fr«o for 4 stamps - Negrctti and Zambra, K*,
Comhill und II, HatiOn-ganb'n. Also of all dealers, «mi the tr.de
•upplied, wholerate ony*. at 2i. Lawrence-lime, Cheussido, K.C.
HE HERO'S WIFE.—A Series of Six
STEREOSCOPIC TABLEAUX, hv A. SILVESTER.
No. 1. The Ik* par tor a —2 God Protect dear Papa,—3. The Dream:
the Buttle Field —4 The Dream: the Reward -5. iho Awakoning.
6 . The Return. The photography of tfnve pictures it very tuporlo.-*
the amngomnrt or tin* various irroups of n high artlstio charecter.
and emiuvnt iud««s liavc pronounced thorn to be thu finest specimens
«f their kind. To b* had of all doalo.s. Whoicsolooay at xt,
, Lawrence-l»no. Choapiiiio.
T HE STEREOSCOPE.—For 21s. per annum
constant tuitrsatlon nnd nrausoment may b« obtained, by lh 4
hireofbjth hierecBcopo and Pl’dos. Tim Slidea msy bo exchunawd
fro.u t mn to tlni", at tho will of tUe Subscriber, witnout further
char/o upon tbj principle of a circulating library. New works will
b© added ns *hcv come out. Sea Prospectus **f SAUNDKKSB
CIRCULATING OOLi.KCTION* of STEKeOSCOPIC tJLl n KS. 26.
Poultry. London (near thu Mansion House), whore may be had Views
of the Holy Lxod, Egypt, Kc., &c-
H OW to USB tho MAGIC LANTERN.—
IDireMlons forming the Mngio Laniern. Dissolving View Appa¬
ratus. <t:., with a conude o li»t of irricei of Laments and SHdey. sent
free on receipt of slump. The new Prismatic rte-eoscope. from 5s.
each. PletUiW from Is.csch A seise'ion of 13 cent po»t-free f-r
12 s.—IIOKNE and THORN rdWAlTE, Optiomns, 121, 122, and 123,
Kewgate-strtct, London. E.C.
T HE New Out Door Gnme, CROQUET.'
11 h's fakhhnsbla a-d h'gbl.'-amadng gamr mnv be had «l mo^t
of tho le,dlue Pane* Itep '‘'t * io, p»ici oompiete. 2f.a ; ru o-ior, ;
polished boxwood, £ 3 .—Wholteaa'C, JA 4 JUE 8 , t'n'or.too, Ha<teu-gardeu
B ILLIARDS.—MAGNUS’S Enamelled Slate
BILLIARD TAB E*. 35 and 40. Upper Bolgrava-p’sce,
Pimlico. Prize Medal, Great Exhibition, 1831. Pi ice LihU gratis.
B asket carriages, wag-
G0NETTB3. and PHAFTONd—A cholic ©f ICO, from It
Guinass. Bui t to order, and packed at a fow shilling!)' coat, and f or-
wardfti to any part of ihoaouutry. lllu»trat«d Ud» toreix rtsmpA —
J. J. FELTON, Mucafuaumjr, 1 mid 8, Old-strect-rood, London
TVrEIGUBOUR’S BEEHIVES. — Apply foi
X v Cstologuo (inclosing two stamps) to G. Neighbour tad Sons.
127, Holborn: or U9, Roseut-streat.
AWN MOWING MACHINES, withlmd
without Boyd'a Fc»ent Tmp’OvornenL—B. 8AMUHMQN’P
Illufltrntod Pri«v-books, with nunicroua Tssttmoninls from iho Nob*il;y
and Gentry, forvrsrded a'ot-frro. on receipt of application to B.
Bomuclsoni BriUuuia Works, Banbury, Oxon.
HITE and BUFF MARCELLA
. . JACKETS.—The preltknt Fhnpo in this very elegant article
ever produced, and most becoming to the figure. Price 12*. Ski.
For counuy orders, ttee of waist and round tho shoulders.
A drawing sent pcst-froe.
-COIU’AN
FRENCH MUaLIN C
l'ANT, 16, Oxford-street.
F rench
MUSLIN JACKETS,
_ The prettiest White Muslin Jacket ever produced: it is trimmed
with ribbon. To bo had in every col or, anti exceedingly becoming to
tho figure. Price 12«. 9d.
A drawing sent post-free.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY 16. Oxford-strest.
roit-odloo orders payable to Juntos Reed. Oxford-Sired.
T he black lace jacket
Just imponed. a perfectly New Shape, graceful and ladylike
in the extreme, price Ita. Dd-
A drawing scut post-free-
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16 , Oxford-itroet.
nriHE HALF-GUINEA CLOTH JACKET,
JL a very pretty 6 bt;e. Just fnm Pori".
For country orders, tizo of waUtond round the shoulder* is required
A drawing scot post-free.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, te, Oxford-etreet.
TjUlENCH CAMBRIC DRESSES-
C* Our Now Patterns ore exceedingly choice, ani ure not to be
had elsewhere: they ere made up tor morning wear in Paris. Bo
pretty a ttreak&ut dresa is rarely to be seen. Patterns post-lreo.
For country order*, *ire of waist and round the shouldors is required.
The price, made up, is ’2*. 9d.
THE FRENCH MUSLIM COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
A PERFECT LADY’S DRESS for SPRING
AT A SINGULA RTY LOW TRICE.
A simple Chock. Th*» materiel is Cashmere, with rich Pncapo sido
trimming in French-blue, Nut-brown, Black, Violet, and tho Now
Green, edge! with Velvet.
The nkirt is made and lined throughout, tho material for Bodice
Deluded Price Its- Pd.
Tho additional charge for roakteg the Bodloo, One Shilling.
A Drawing of tho Dross sent p -at-free.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
R UHBELL and OWEN, SILKMRRCER3,
fcc-., &c., 1’aathooa Hall of Commerce, 77 tad 70, OXFOKB-
nTREIir, Lor.dox.
Ham beU and Owen’s New Hpring Siika.
Itamlreil and Owen’s Now liiack r*i’ks.
Rumboll and Owen's Now Flout cod HUka.
Korn bolt and Owen's New MoinJ Antique*.
Rumboll and Owen's Now Spring Fabrics.
Rumboll ami Owen's New French Mealies.
BamlieU and Owen’s New spring itraxger.
Bombollaail Owen's New Spring Mantles.
And olio
Bumbell and 0 won’s Asnoruncat of Pal tern j Posts ge* free.
T he robe plastiqueim
Frio* t\ Us. 6 d,
combines elegance with economy. Too toxlnre is real Mohair and
bilk, with tw ■ deep fiounees minnwd with LiUc. May Green, Browc,
nr I'orcelslu "Jue. Rich .-ilk. Thn roloum of the Robe are Silver
Drab, Light F wn, red New Grmi In small thhta Cnorks. Every¬
thing required allowed fi r Bodice, to., so H B Tho Ho-« FluUqse
Dthorn n ©legsat dross < f tb« season.—Address, :;L'MBE_L smd
OWEN, 77 ami 70, Oxford-itruot, London.
D
R E S S E S ! !
Tho N«w Flounced Muslins .. 10 k. to. ? : fu" post- fire.
The New Financed Bare j, -% .. |fie. 6 d. Taturnir jivit-frro.
The NuvFlouncedIkdzariuet.. J 2 a 'iL fitter.*.
Tho No- Kalma ..
The Now Mchoir Cl-nhs
The New IJunui Oaths.. ..
Tlie New French Ba*4gca
Tho Now English Ihlufius ..
Tho Now Indian Lawn*
The New French Cambrics ..
The New French Bri Hunts ..
Tho Now Frentl: MuUins
T bo New C hinrit M asllns
The New ('hints Jsccnmi’s ..
1 be New Mourning Slnslins ..
Tho Now Mourning Bsrigos ..
7 ha New Mourning Ihtlzorines
TaU-tus pnat-frs*.
Tiittems pott-freow
Patton’* pi-l-frae.
pal ©•:« pstrt-freak
Pztfurr .4 i t:«i-fren.
•rttjrr.* post-free,
F* vrus po'vfreo.
L I’sitani }>o' , -frce.
,i 1 . Pattomn jxwt-froa.
Is. id. Pa tcrua p<*t-!r«u
Is- S»l. lYiuorr-s po«t-rr»e.
4»d. •auonu pvst-freo.
0jd. Pattern* poet-free.
t>iJ. Paueins
r.i pper* .. t*. *w. Pattern* poat-:r«.
BAKER end ClUfiP.
221, Regent-street, corner of Maddox-steret, London.
R
MADE CAMBRIC
Q.LOVES^
! GLOVES!! GLOVESH1
The Real AlpUio Kid, la- pair
The very test Ato.ua, Is. «d.. were 2a.
The b »v Florence. 2 »., w«c
The Very te»‘t Pari*, 2 s. “id P-xir or 3la dozen.
' Block, Wuite, and Coloured.
A Eiitnplo Pair for tw» extra stamps.
BAKER as-1 ORISP, Paris Glove Warehouse, Mi, Regent-street.
EAD Y-
•nd Muslin Drcasec, ▼. ith JaqBCtte* toinpwte, from la 6 d.
The New Ttve-Flcun-fd Muslin and
Cambr c Robes, Ready-mode. 2?. fid., worth Cj*.
Ilia NcwETaidcd Lawn Robes. IS». 00- each.
Uurlln, Lfewm and 'I“ rc ® I’' Jackets, from 4 b, fid.
221, R guit-JUta-
L A-GH APPELLE!!:
Kmbrridoreil Uxr.i!k<rcL!e 6 i,
tian -Btne, >s-i*d. oach, poet-fVj«.
YJl,Ragcnt-«tie«t, Louden.
S PANISH MANTILLAS. — These most
gracefu ano elegant Mantles from 51a. carii.
BLACK. LACE FLOUNCE*, _ J
from 30 b. the full ret the K o»t mstcri.il.
BRIDAL SQUARES, / /
richly worlred, from 13s each, at (
UJtLISG’d, 22».Roye't-slrcet. \
tguality guaranteed.
H ODGE end LOWMAN beg to inform their
Patron* and the Public that tho wh.1© of tteir DeparunanM
aro now replete rrith a greater variety of NovoltlOB than wool,
suitable for th» pro»rnt svuwn. >—/\,
ARGYLL HOUtiK, 256, *58, 260. 2C2. TlegJnt-street.
OUSAND POUNDS’ WORTH of
31 teoghi ter fremafitefe "erh^ard now on Sale.
' I.’ri. THF. BEEHIVE, i3 anH til, Et gw±re>
_ x road. London, W.
/ Tito abevo eompr'Ee nil the novoliics of ihs Sesaon, in
/ Flource«. Robe A viable, Chen*. Brecht, Chockrd, Miipod,
ana Giaro SIIk». at the .oRowteg rtdvrcd |t»lc«;—
\ 1*75 Robre for £ nnd 3 P ounces varl-nts), ill*, fid to £>J Gale 06 *.
SCO Chcnf, BrechK. fctripel. Chcckod. nnd UJace. 2ls.6.i. i. 24 Guinoaa.
IJ.'aek unil Dnlf-Moaroiug irltte. in gre-t varlrty.
\ ' i niterus of the above t. rwarded pcatig.-freo.
■OEECH and BEURALI,, THE BEEHIVE,
JLP \ C3 and t>4, i dgw&rr-rord. London, W.,
j j nre n 'tv hailing, much uuder last Month’s p leva !
/ / IsllO riuuneed and Plain Mialiu, Barest*- ® ! »d ’ «*ii»ri *8
^ / Dreons, at rt lid,9s. lid., tr 2 l». 6t. the Full Brrss.
Pt.U. Pnttcnu for inspection postage-free.
ibbinsTL-c>, Hoaiorr,
inritjj linearly inapection.
1 7^ MBHOIDERED CHRISTIAN NAMES.—
LADIES’ HANDKERCHIEFS, vrith 'ihrfeticn Kamo* em-
broidorod by tho Nuns ot Tac. with the new diototeh noodle. Frio 0
la 0*d.. by post t4 stent**: te. 9d. the balf-dowm. by post fia- 3d.
TUB FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 10. Ox:ord-street.
0
A GEM.
UR NEW GUINEA FRENCH MANTLE.
A drawing sent post-froo.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 11, Oxford-strori.
JNDIA LAWN
JACK
A very pretty shape, cool, graceful, and uieful.
Price 4*. I’d
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxf«d-lire*.
TS.
S',
S PANISH MANTILLAS.—There most grace-
fol and otegant Mamies, from : -V*. occb.
BLACK LACK Ft-OUNwrid, from .ICs. tba fall cat. tho best materia!.
BRIDAL SQUAHE4, richly work-«1, from 13s. coca LOS—
UK'JNG’B, 2*4, Regent-street. / /
s
P A N I S H
A large care of these dlrilngnishod Mantl<
direct from Barcelona,
Three to Tvreaty-flvo Gi ‘
MASTlVhAS.
just Imported
F or watering gardens.—j. l.
HANCOCK ’ 4 INDIAKUBBBR HOSE-PIPES sre nitdospocTaUr
for fhD putiKi*Kt. of any size or strength. Also the nocefl*a>y BntM
Taps arul spreaders '"or tho Hose, and llnton Screws for connocting it
to Cisterns or W-fer-m-tR# Hluotrated prico lints on nprl test ion.
and ordorn by poet prempfly attended to.—JAMES LYNE HA S’*
COCK, Vclcaiiiwal lmitarubber Manufactory, Goswdi-road, Lon¬
don, K.C
S UPERB FLOWER SEEDS for present
SOWING, post-freo at the annexed prices :—100 flno hardy
annunis. 5 b.; 50ditto, 3ir.; 36 ditto. 2=. fid.; 12 ditto, io. 2d. ^Drecrip-
tivo Catolorms. with sxinplo pack*?, for 2d.—From WILLIAM
KNIGHT. Florist, fi". Hisrh-atroot. Battle, Htuutax.
_*
C HOICE FLOWER SEEDS.-Sent postage
pa’d at s r« r racket. Stage Auricula. CalceolaiiaC'fTuo-
ra^ia, Pilmula. Fimoristlt Rose* a d Alim. DalphlnOra,\Fownosum,
Ciiotu 3 , fer.cit. 8 -ft‘lct Geranium, Tetania ini rod, d'ttojrroja-riltcd.
dHto large-flowoicd, d ito veined mid "tripod, Coraatiop. tnd^
PiCOtoe. Also 81 »«r»a of abowy pretty Atmur.ls, In p .per* triviug
cultarnl directions, *c . for 5a : 31 sorts -or St. fid ; 15 *<»ri\ for
2s. Gd B« dd.ug t'lcnta in jr«t variety. A Dcscri"tive fatalogne * f
ibi) m**at awful Flower teeda, w'lH vatea’de in'fruitions on their
nalturo, fr © uui poet-paid cn application,—UL-TL^K ntvd 51 O**!.-'■
LOCH, 8 er«l».iucu and Flcrlala, couth-row, Covcat-ghtdcu Market,
London. \ V
ON’T BEAT YOUK CAPETS.—Tljey
can b« thrr uslily elMBied frvmt a!! impuridee, and thocolocu*
revived, by pure scouring. Price &L ftn'Hd* per yard. Turkey ^knrl
extra heavy (;ur;«i* in prep-trllon. C<tpeanad rum re-rtvetj from
all psrts of Kiigtcud l>v lutrvsgo rail, and nric^JMs fur.v.tnli -1 by
pvt cn oppllesti n Fetch «l ntulrytureeii In torn in night Sr.y*,
freo of char;re,—Vctro roli'nn bto m /BSoachinj: «nl Dyriajf C’vm-
ptoy, 17. WLurf-nmrl, City-road, \ \
S OILED TURKEY CARPETS, ho matter
how dlrty. cleaRipi! oa pure ns tvhonneW~t^the patent preo-ws
of the MnirepoFtan fttehnj lileacldng oad Dvcihg Ccropiny, 17,
Wharf-road, City-road, tf. \ \
gQH-ED LACE, Mubl
._, and DAMASK
_CUSTA1N3, noafiftd, In a vnrv extra
superior manner. A tingle p dr fetehod nnd derivered free of cha jro.
Modern»e reires -Metre^Direm M»-inrriiIcaching aud Drelsor Com¬
pany, 17, marital, Udy-^ogd. Nr 7 ? 1
S OILED f’HINTZ FURNITUBB Cleaned,
. Stfcfeaofl./avd Glsre-rieqiiitFlo now. Dress ns. BhawU, Ma-.tlw
«c.. Clear.M-Jatbd Dyed at >rery/nrderato nri oa hv the M c TUO-
POLITAN ItL ".ACHING nnd DYEING C031PANY, i".
Vliin-rot' d.'G^y-fflitd, N.
SOTiS Coimtcrpanes. «nd
Dimity It«ri F.uhlt/re IILEA^IIFD and SCOURED In a
purer manner than h*s hitherto hefffl atndnrd in Lonrfnu.—METRO¬
POLITAN STEAM ei RACfllXG nnd DYEING COMPANY, 17 ,
Whatfreomi, CJy-io«J,N.
B LEACHING. Sconring, ami Dyeing, is
broeutfrt by this r«mpany »o a high state of perfect loo, which,
c*iuibiaed with very moderate and fixed charge, aapeotai/r recoin -
TUTOd# [trelf to fh't p-’hUcr, tnn'ry, idrd ^etwral puMie --tfETRO-
FOL1TAN 8IEAJ£ BLEjtfLlSG and UZS1KQ COMPANY, 17,
Waaxr'.rcad, Ci^pjgd, N.
COURT TRAINS./
A magniBccnt tclecdon of tho most cc* ,.
i>4 and fij Guinea*, usually sold ut i24 Buhieo; \
and plain Htlke of every detcri.Mion, In all Cie new o '
EVENING AND BALL DKEP 8 F.R.
Exclusive Novekles in Kvcning Cwi
from the first modiste* in Far-a
tthe *klri« finished).
The New Crystal Evorrlrig Dress, in all c
Onauhmo*.
BEWELL ard CO.. COMPTO S'S f HOUSE,
F HITH-STREET.fOHO.
F AMILY LTNESDRAFEUS, Silk Mam-
fao'crerv, Hoiiero, Vo., (tc. CH.'.MBF.RLIX and THORNE
Wiih particularly toijnviteth^ittWon oT-Ladie* «o their now and
elegant stock or DKEd-HES. 51.mile*. Bhawte, itiUinorr, ko ., In a great
variety of fstrlci/pin? riio^entte juices.—79, Orfeoaihurch-atreot,
London. All parceii doiivcred freo.
S panish lace mantillas.—lewis
sad ALLENBY have roooivod n Jorge cutuber of Sfantlilaa,
which have been)so'eqted with great care by their laoebuycr, wno has
last returned ftpritbpatatev Too prices range from 63*. upwards. 193,
195,197,* ‘
S ILKS, Rich, Plain, Striped, and Cheeked
Ghtci. at 223. ud. <ir® 2 » of twelve yards; and worth lh*
attention of funriloe. wunumt free by po«t. JOHN HAIiVRY,
80N, and CO., 9, Ludgtrie-hllJ. EstabLahod upward* of flity year*.
Conlage paid ut>on arr ount* above Y 6 .
riUlLOUNCED ROBES, printed in French
P Designs cn betthbful Orgnndl Muslin, coutalsing I5| yards, at
7 t. fid. fften, lot to bcrqutillrei fi.r lea* than '5s. «o.ue «ltou*ard* to
select frora/tBia day. ot HARVi’Y and CO.'S, LAMB AT H HOUSE,
Wetuininrtcr-road. Patterns free.
Y^ RANDES NOUVEAUTES ia PARIS.—•
UT LA COMPAGNIE LYONNAISE,
No. 37, Bou!cvi<rd das Capucinei, Puri*,
bavo Just exposed for Halo tholr Kowkhi for the Beaton comrririrg
8 i!k tuns. Loco, Indian and French Cachemlnis, Priarel and
PiocA Muadna, Fancy btufi* of ail kinds, Wedcing Outfits, Monilea,
Bumoua, Ac.
Tho iaecerehr**ggrnndir«Tnnmt or the establishment of La Com-
pagaia Lymtnrisc have ren-le ed it ona of tho tn.xt ext:mSvo in
Europe: tno werertore* at the pi ret at day comprise upward* of
thirty tidaon* or g-s'lerii's. having four separate entrance*. Bring
thoirtwn tnanuthi-turei*, their pn.ducuona aro not Ujbla to theoxtra
chu'gc* uiad’xt'ii account of intciroedisto agunt*. and thtt* this com¬
pany can ofTo.-it to offer to the public ou to’mo for more advaa-
tagoAC* then «ny other house. Every aiticlo. even the Cochinnrov is
marked ia plaits figures . _ .
La Cnmpngnie L* on no he hav? rafahlb-hed bouses fit Lyons, K*th-
mere, A onc,:n. and Chnntllly for the nianuiflctnn: of Bilk Stuff*.
Cachemires and Loco, but they havo ao succursalo for sale in any
eaantry whntuvcr.__
rTYBELiNE.—This now ur.ivcrsally-approved
AJ and elegant aniolo for MOURNING ATTIRE U la'icxturo of
rich appea/Kuee, verr durable, and particaltrlr adapted for npring
csd H nm m.rvrem. Obtained **Honouratde ilBnUon”at the Peri*
Exhibition for " oven Fabric*. Patterns £reo by pott. To be had
l!*o La ihkdcs of Drab and Lavmdcr.
80 e Agents for F-ng!and,
BCCENALL nnd SON. II*. nolo.streot. Livornool._
N :
EW
8 *ripcd 85Ik», at
Checked Silk* at
BavaQt-.re Bur Siikf, e.i
plaid -ilk*, at ..
Ex ra Kch Silk*, at ..
IteUnSHx*,*;
Chexvf htiks- at
Satin Bar 4flkt< at
Flounce l Vilka, at •-
Extra Rich 6 Uk% at
Adfiw, Prior SoLu*;
Oxfjrd-ttreet, W. _
P SILKS,
at
PETER
ROBINSON 3.
.. XI 3^S»d. £1
:*. w.
£ 1 13*. 9d.
.. 1 '>• €<L
1
ia. -d.
1 1-V fid.
.. * 7*. 91.
1
10*. M.
1 17*. Pd.
.. 1 7>. 9d.
1
13*.9l.
a s*. «>d.
.. 2 2*. t*d.
a
a*, yd.
2 10*. 0d.
.. I 1* <d.
l
3». yd.
1 Oil.
.. 2 2*. SL
*«
te.Od.
a ifi*. w.
2
2*. M.
2 2s. 91.
.. i fid.
3 »**. fit.
4 ts fid.
.. 4 ck. 6d.
3
Vju fid.
6 16*. Ctl.
••n * wnt now-free.
i, LLiunerocr, hoa.
103, 105, 108, 107,
L ADIES’ WATERPROOF TWEED
CLOAKS and RIDING JACKETS, G**d tie men's Overcoat* and
JcverM** Capes. Pattern* of material ard prices sent pcU*(rc3—
J.eLtisai IV. PHILLIPS, 37, H ^h-ttreet, btrewabury.
S HEl’TLEWOHTH, ABBOTT, and
WILLEY jun (sucrewra to Mttsrt, It. Wi ley and Co.),
roaccctful'v beg to itnnotuoptii*ttfcey nr«t now He!:icg u hirge parcel
of FRENCH BAKtGE DKEASE3, pu:chaue-! a; a wma'darubte tc-
ducticn 'rent 'he orUiaal prise. / —
lu addition to tho abov» they have also an cxtecnSre *to:k of
BILKS, Knucr Drcues, thaw I*. M*r.rio»,
Glove*. General Drap-ry, *tc.. h* whi-h tboy
15 ana Ifi, Ltnfg*ie**treo^ ijju'iuu,
LEGANT MUSLINS—New Goods for
1853.-20,000 piece* of Organdl and French Mualiua are now
ottering at 2 s. lid. tho DreW c f eight yards; or any length cut at
4jd. |wr yard. They aro beautiful gunds,,fast colour*, and cannot be
replaced at t*. per yard. ^Merchant* and ivholaaaie buyers will find
thceo goods deinrable, Patterns wmi free. /
HOOPER, MuflHh Printer. 5a, OxiordH«reet, W. Established 1838.
milE /ORGANZINE BAREGE and the
I c
pPHpHHHBHMHHHHi and
_ CRAPE »ALZ4RIE\do pot splU, but are very stroeg wear,
and much rec<.mnu‘tdeti; betide* a variety of other new makes *n
Hjark Bartete. Alt-J the silk Moha*ra and other new materials for
Hoi- Mottmirig. Part eroylniZ Aiidre-a—PETER ROBINSON
FAMILY MOURNLNG AVARElluUsE, 103, Oxford-etrect. London.
1i^OURNIN{5 ORDERS.—NEW 1IOURN-
iv_L ING FARRlC4 >-Pa: tents of all tbe New Materials free per
... - J. —. GENERAL MOURNING
poi Addro»» PETER ROBINSON,
WAREHOUSE, I03, Oxfonl-itrect.
T\iTOURNING MANTLES and BONNETS.
AVJ. PETER ROBIN-ON Is now showing torao great norolUc*
irniog 1
iXG WAREtiOUoE. 103. Oxford-otrovC.
B LACK SILKS, cheaper than they were ever
khown.— Patters* of all tho now makes, free per po*t: "Iso,
Molri* Antiques, iu black and * hours of grey. Adsreaa PETER
ROBINSON, General Mourning Warehoaao, IU-., Ox£urd-*u, London.
I NDIA.—FAMILY MOURNING.—Skirls,
tr,mm<y! deeply with crape, from 30*. upward* to the rir.hcet
quality, with Mantles and Bonnets to match. Family order* suppPed
on tbe moat rvaaonahle term*. First-cl«»* Drcs making at moderate
charge*. Orders attended to in town or country .—a Odra** PETER
ROBINSON, General Mourning tVarohouie, 103, Oxford-street.
T OCKE’S SCOTCH STUN SILKS, in all the
I l Clan and new Fancy Pattern*, for Spring and Summer wear,
t-aitern* forwarded free.—The Royal Clan Tarim and hootch Twood
Ware hour es, 119 and 127, lleg«nt-*troet.
I MPORTANT to LADIES requiring ready -
rondo LINEN of fl.-tU-rate material tnd 'ewiog, at inw: mode¬
rate prico* Rook* of Priore. Ac., frr-» by no#t br *ddrcMlng
* Ladies' Deoartment.’ — WHITKLwCK and SON. Outfitter*, 164,
Btrano. K.B Opposnothe Ohurun, near Somerset House.
C ITY JUVENILE
• 1
DEPOT.-.
BABY-LINEN and LATHES' UNDERCLOTHING WAEE-
BOUBBd.-LadiOb’ Nlgat Dresses, 3 for tk fid.; Cbcmbfa, with
bamU, 3 for 4*. lid.: Drawer*, 3 pair for 3*. 1M.; 8U|a, tucked, 3 fox
Be. tVl. Clrildrer'i Underc’oLhing equally a* cheap. All work war-
rr.n'od and made of liorruck’* Longchvh; a lower quality kept ex¬
pressly for outfit* to Ind‘a and the colonio*. Lad 101 Paris-wove
Bter», 3e. lid per nair; and tbu ocwly-invcutod olsJticCornet, to Coo-
tan ia from, 3a. lid , not obUlnohlfl ofrowhere. Infant*’ Bafiiiett,
hand *ot a oly trim mod cither with white or chin!*, one guinea each.
An Illustrated Prion ' tU sent freo on Application-— W. H. TURNER,
da. 69. 70, and 89. Blahop*gote-*treat Witbout, London, E.C.
LINENDRATERS TO THE QUEEN, BY APPOINTMENT.
EctahlUhcd in 1778.
ABIES’ BASSINETS,
Trimmed and FurnRhcd,
Ready for use, are s»ut homo free of carriage.
BABIKH’ B*HKETe,
Trimmed and furcbhod to correspond.
CAPPER, FON. nod CO., .9, GRACE'HIUltCH-ST . LONDON, E.C.
Descriptive Liatn, with prices, cent free by pc*t.
B
Scot |K»:-fre«, Descriptive LUt* of
pOMPLETE SETS of BABY LINEN,
V>/ which are sent home
thronaheu: the Ringdom free of c«rriage.
UNDERCLOTHING FOR HOME, INDIA, A.vl) ALL COLONIES,
for Ladies, and Children of oil ages.
LIXENDRAPERS TfJ THE QUEEN BY APPOINTMENT.
Kstnb'.i-hci hi 1774.
L ADIES’ WEDDING OUTFITS
•cut homo free of carriage.
Dofcriptlve List-, with pricna, ten* free Iry post.
CAPPER HON, and CO., 60, tiiuoceburcb-strcot, London, E. C.
C HRISTENING ROBES, 2j Gomeas.
Babin’ Cloak*. I Guinea.
53. Baker-street.
Mrr. W. G. TAYLOR.
B
ABIES’ BERCEAUNETTES.
SJ Guineas.
Puket* to match. One Guinea.
Mr*. W. G. TAYLOR, ki, Bakw-r-roet.
M
RRIAGE OUTFITS,
Cotton Hosfiry, 2* fcd.
TVhlto Dres.dng Govma, Ono Guinea.
Real Balbrirgun fTenlery.
Mr*. W. G. TAYiXIU, M, Bakcr-atxwt.
L ADIES’ RIDING TROUSERS,
Chamois Itbi-T. with black tea u
53, BaKer-strrot.
W. O. TAYI/JK.
D
BBSS TRIMMINGS.
STRINGER and BIRD,
68, Newgate-etreet
(ILalowfth Hutton and Co.),
Have on baud a well-rjnorted «took cf
TRIMMINGS. F-UNGKS, and V*LVET8 in toe New
Styles for the preient Sciwon.
Orders br poat punctually attended to.
N-B. Coumry Drapn a and the Trado supplied with
Cut Lengths at inw price*.
O RIENTAL APPLIQUE PATENTED.—
Thi* r«w end c»r ctive XereJlcwork m«y new l« bod of all
Berlin Repoaiiori;* is tofrn or cotmiry.
-]\CARillAGETROUSSEAUX and INDIAN
1>X OUTFIT’S.—CHRIS TIAN and RA T HBONE rnapcotfullyaolklk
an tnsxteet‘un of their cxten*tve utd rechaeehs 8t'>t,k. o mMn »jf
Parisian tvie with that excclfrn.'o and Oumbi ivy of maWtial tor
which ihoir house luut b-en noted tor upward* of olxty years.
II, Wjgmorc-stTost, W.
TMPORTANT TO LADIES.—A Single Stay
X Carriago-froa on rocolpt of a Post-office order.
The Ehwiio Bodice . 13*. W.
The tjcif-u'IJujttug Conet .. .. .. 12s. fid.
A book with lihiatraron* and price* sen' on tha recoin of a pottrgv
stamp, from which a selection of any corset can ba tnsdo.
Crinoline Skirt* and Bpring dtoU skirts at very low priced.
CARTER AND HuUftTON. 6ft, Hagtnt-slroUy V,’ : fl, BlackiT la ra¬
re ad; 5, Stock well-c.treet, Greenwich; and Crystal Pal tea.
F tOM ABBEY, and CASTLF,, and TOWER
—from Rectory, Priory, Vicarage, and rarranage—fr-:n LIanno
and Grange—from Palaces and Park*, nnd Cottages and Bails, nd
hom* 1 * ot every cJat* throughoat the Innd. Notes of Approval arc trf m
day to day rec-lved by M-sd nines MARION and M A IT LAND. V*-
preoing wimtration of the stylo, oua’itv, fit, and comfort uf the
RKHLJF.NT HOUIOk. and COuSALRTCO Dl MEDICI. Those notes,
their own evidence of veracity, ore in vclnraes, op^is to the hv.pterion
of * niton. Enlarged U’uttrated prorpectua, j rico-iista. *elf-mwK»ure-
rnent pater*, to <»uy lady, t»o t- r ree- AU country ortur* rant
curriagc-pald or pobt-’ree.—Miniums Marion nod MaliLuid,
Patentees, 236, Ox *onl-i tract (Oppcfito tho M&rblo Arch).
s
TAYS SUPERSEDED.—MARTIN’S
nishlng ft good aopjvort and a>’Jua;«Kl in ono mtauta. S. «no B. H.
51AUT1N, 81, Wcli»-alrect, Oxfora-streot. Prospec'tuea post-freo.
T HE NEW PARISIAN LEAF bonnet.
TrimreiDg in oil ootesm, now oil tho regu. To b*» h ■ J
nofr fr«^, with an lilustriJIcn. ou receipt cf *2 stamp*, of T. HAfc-
VEY, 2.*, Edgwurc-ioad
P ARIS BONNETS, in tha newest designs.
from 1C*, fid. Tho rrinci-<* of IVusaia and Aliianco barn tor
Ladle*. Tbs Imperial Turban and Mandarm Uu:n for Coy a. lliuo-
tratioua poit-'ro u—W. tillMOXo, afi, toing Wiiliam-itrect, UV 5 *
(faring too Mcnumeut).
E IDfNG HABITS—For Morning Exercise
Lr.d’r* tunv Lave a ScLit nude at Messrs. NICOLL’B, fictn
SLowerprouf Blglilnnd cloth, at C3v. For the park* &e , the ptrTott¬
ing stylo of flab t b uiaco irom a sapurUre cloth Trouser* 1 *’ Eig'rt-
Icud r.loth, l'uc-1 throughout with chmnoTa leather. Sis. tid., <re 1 Uo
supplied, by female uttomhmts, at Warwick liouko, lit aod Iti,
hegeut-atrert, London.
ABIES’ FIBST-CLASS ELASTIC
BOOTS, at MODKRATS PRICKS —I'arb KU flaatir. Brots
military heels, *4«. fid. llluattwrod jrriced Catalrguiason: po,t-ir«c.—
THOMAS D. MAnnllALL, S»2. Oxf«d-»lrcct, XT.
A R A S O L S*!
The nrostart novelty Ia I’«ra*ob is tho ’‘TARTAN," price
20*., to ho h*.l emy of thnPJuecteo*, W. nnd J. SAN'JSIEB, Mc.ua-
facttirci* t« h‘r >1 . nod H.P.H. tho i'rfacww RtyaL
Puruacl- niwlo of liioh j.a:o. a-so in Lyons tiikx, of to* ra&n carf-
nificcnt pattern?.
W. and aid J. BANGSTF.R,
140. Regent-street; 75, Chetpdde;
*M. Fto-t-riroot; 10, Royal LachasffO.
N.B. - PoiMOl* for general use from 7a fid. tdeb.
rilO UFFICEKS ABOUT to JOLS.—Messrs.
1 CULPBPF.R. V.ULCAStER, and CO. recommend irfilcera
about to Join to tha beat eourcM for procuring their VS H-< ’ i-M. Out¬
fit, and Aoeoauomcnt? rim retlly csMintlal tM.'j«ratnd f.oia or.ii.ces
of fancy and luxury, of which a prin ed li*t cbm h-: awn. Tltclr
prmpblel (for Offiesn (vooaediox to India caaba tad r -rxtia on appli¬
cation. or fv-rwtrdou past-fro* J, Kegcat-itrre!, 8.W.
D 0 !
YOU KEEP LIVERY SERVANTS ?
_ OUDX2? *ntl HON-' Llverie; please mnstgr* nnd*civknU.
Postman s Pub, Y3 3a. Ctl. Patronfset by tho Queen, Prmco Cunacrt,
Piiaoes* F. W. cl t rneam, and att the Royat Family — Doutlnvy oed
Sons. 17 Old fbmJ-JtceeC ; 25, burlingtcn-areadei 42, Lombtud-street
EBtabl-l-.ed 1784.
S HIRTS.— FLANNEL SHIRTS of every
description, Dree* Fhirta, and Drcaring Gown*. Mrajure-pbpam
will be rent on application.—CAPPliB ana WAIERa, ^5, Re^uu-
■troct, London, ri,W.
W ANTED, LEFT-OFF CLOTHES for
AUSTRALIA, in good or inferior ccsdttiou. Mr. and Mr*.
JOHN ISAACS, 3 0 and Sim, Strnaa (opporitt* u omo-*et Hoore con¬
tinue to gtvo tho higben price lu Ctoh f r Ladies’, GcJtlnnitia'r. ited
CLiltren'* Clothes. ltrgimeut«ia. Uhdtacl*thing, foot*. Hook*. JeweJ-
lery, and all Mlautliaucou* tfropirty. Loiter* far aoy day O’ dLstauco
punctually HltcnO.il to. Parrel* sent 'r m the Country «ith»r largo
cr small, ibo atuiost va'nn nitnrutd br Poat-cfllo* «,rtho >*mo a_y.
Reference, London nnd Wc*’min*ter U*nk. Ratob L nind H>ya»r*.
W ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, Uni¬
form*. Miflcolkmissaa Property, kc- Tha highest price r.iveu.
Tadics or Gout Icon u waited on by addrewlng to Mr. and Mr*. 6.
Hi AM, 10 Beak-.irret, Hercst-sttoat; or, ^pwcriilob.T jam, too
utmost value in <aal» iminedh’.teJy remitted.
W ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES.—31r.
an*' Mr*. HART, 31. .V(mca*tle-*t:ccb Etrsmi W.C.. am
giving the Llgbcet prices for every .Vaid of Ladw*' aau i.ciUcu;ci» *
WEARING APPARKL, oarin aad vriret drt* c» re^toamals, uni¬
form*, India riutwla, print Jaca. trinket*, books, furniture. m-c©J-
loneoua • rvj:«*rtr. Ac. Udfes or (icntlcnitin w-ittel on. any time or
distance. A.Sdtwa a* abnvo. I?arc-J» irom tho oountxy, tco nfreoit
value remitted in cash. UstaWlahad 1801.
LEFT-OFF CLOTHES,
P^rimentalslke. Highest price giren -LoH.-r are! gcntl*-*n H
writed cnoTTr * Mi. D. DA?W. 46, Raryl l r^Uno. rio d-
■treet W.i ov imreels »»-i»F irnt. the value m cud. imme ito ty
twuued. i.’«tabiiah*d IbflO. N.B. Jewellery. DiaxourU ka., bought.
W ANTED,
V.
W anted ladies’ and gentlemens
LEFT-OFF CLOTHED, Regimental*, »-l MLrolRtte! •«
yrooertv. Tho h-ghcat price ia Cuh. Ladle* and GoaUomaa to ti
^TWaddrewlag' a letter to Mr or Sirs. Levy, til^tra^! (op:«c*‘te
Twining** B*nk>; or 341, near Wattrl o-hridgu. rarex* from too
coixtry, apo**-^Qlee onlor remitted.—K«tabti*hed 83 7 oarv-
TO ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTBING,-
f V siisreifrxconn rrojeny. he. Ioidi« ami G-aRfinm w»it> d
on by iddrerv.ng to Mr or S*>s- HfiNHY. S.IO, Strand (near Tnlah>gj
B*nkinc-honv'); or parcel* brine »«t. the nta'vt Valrn* to c.uf> re¬
mitted. Eotahnabed lfiio. Doo.b, Furn tu-e, Juivrilciy, Llamoac*,
Ac, boufilt.
500
[Mat 15, 1858
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
TOMB OF ONE OF THE HUNIADES IN THE CRYPT
OF ST. LEONARD’S CHURCH. SHOREDITCH.
In churcb, near the altar, there is a singular mural monument,
which consists of an oval tablet in marble. On each side of a scroll, in
alto relievo, is the representation of a skeleton (Death) rending an oak.
the roots of which are out of the ground—a Pagan emblem of the
finality of life, there being no symbol of the Resurrection, the grandest
truth of Christianity.
(Continued from, page 498 )
nicely finished.^ The net, though of a rough material for sculpture,
is made to fall in b'ght and easy folds.
^ Amongst the portrait busts are one or two which at once strike us
youthful face, the regular features of which are hit off with pure and
graceful touch, full of softness and life. We do not often see the soft,
delicate texture of youth so successfully realised in hard, cold
marble. A. Monro’s busts of Madame Ristori (1247) and Bianca, her
child (1248), are highly creditable performances, and will be viewed
with interest by the many admirers of the great tragedienne.
“ THE FISHER BOY.”—SCULPTURED BY THOMAS EARLE.—IN THE
BOYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION.—(SEE PAOS'498.)
by their lifelike touch and their evident likeness. Such the power
of truth, even in the art* of design, a true portrait is almost recog¬
nisable, without referring to the original. A true portrait is that of
Lord John Russell, by Baron Marodietti (1311). The noble ex-Pre*
mier has the peculiar thoughtful expression, lit up with the faint but
TOMB OF ONE OF THE HUNIADES IN THE CRYPT OF ST. LEONARD'S
.i CHURCH, SHOREDITCH.
The inscription, in Larin, informs us that the deceased was Ofgentle X
narentae*— her grandfather being of the Royal house of
It is as follows:—
Quicquid mori deba’t
Elizabeth.*: Benson,
Clan m ini i Flilloaophl Fill*
ClariMirai Gorman*;.
Goolo Pa'ern*. AUvI* Pannovfce Keglbna VatarnS, Equeatri^ui C.in'.ian : p, cditv
Matroni- HftUgiotiB,
Sanctao, Pi», Munificw.
Ingenio rir.do,
Antlqua Virtuto, A Fldfl
Hojoa Eccloifae Cornet erio.
Bab eodem Sepolchrati marmoro oonteg'tar
Quo Pin Fratomoe cineees condidorao
Hui c mlem; Hou! Nonagenarian/ /
Yalentcm, ncc vuoctu'is silt poenitoniom
InsidiOfl« Libit in a FpdO proslpuit;
Et ataroin* rH« non eoolata soat
Sod dlsMipiei x \
XIV., Kol, Jon. 1710/
A Correspondent, to whom we are indabte
the accompanying
BRACELET PRESENTED TO THE C0UXTE83 DE PEESI01ST.
inteiiigent smile, which at once identifies him amongst a million. He
is represented dressed in ordinary coat, waistcoat, and cravat, which
are treated with ease, so as to avoid stiffiiess. Three doors off from the
distingnished statesman is a charming little bust, in marble, of Miss
Ingram (1314), by J. E. Jones Looking modestly downwards, a
sweet smile, speaking of amiability and happy content, pervades the
Sketch, having his curiosity excited by the perusal of this inscription,
was induced to visit the crypt (which is extremely light and airy),
where he discovered a tomb which M. Kossuth would probably
look upon with reverence as that of a descendant of the great
John Corviaus Huniades, for, though he himself never wore the crown
of St. Stephen, his son was afterwards elected, and became the illus-
“ HAPPY AS A QUEEN.”—SCULITCKED 11Y THOMAS T 1PTT~'—f
THE ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION.— (SEE PAGE 498.)
trious Matthias Corvinus Huniades, King of Hungary. It is a noble
altar-tomb, surmounted by an immense slab of black marble.
On each of the projecting panels are bas-reliefs representing
emblems of mortality, coffins opened, houi-glaBses, skulls crowned with
laurel, do.; and on the south side the General Resurrection, all very
finely executed. The following is the inscription
Hie jaeet
Johannes Banfua 11 an* lad M, fillua,
John unis Band HanliadU Kiruliensla
Hangar! Hogalin-, mirpo rmti ox
Dorothea Alia Franoisci
Colton do Comitatti Canlii MU. Philoaophcu
Conaummatus ot omnibus, nnmorii abcolatus alfU
BpagWae ot professor et onmmontam integrate
Inlracta et aingulari raornm bonitato intor morialium
llluttriorca ducondaa,
Excess it o Vila docfmo qulnto dlo Novombrii
MDCXCVl. sKtatia siw LXXV.
In gratum enjnt memorlasn Ellr.sl*otba Benson
Boror ojua ebariaainm cl ex aase Iwros hoc poauit
8optt?ohral marmor.
JEWELS PRESENTED TO THE COUNTESS
DE PERSIGNY.
The accompanying Engravin
bracelet and locket which have_
subscribed for and presented to the
Countess do Persignybya number of
ladies of the aristocracy. The brace¬
let, which is a ohef-d'oouvre of
diamond-setting, is composed en¬
tirely of pearls and diamonds, with
a magnifioent pearl centre and drop,
most tastefully and elegantly ar¬
ranged, and is so constructed that it
can be converted into a brooch.
The locket, which forms the subject
of the second Engraving, is most
elaborately set with pearls, rubies,
and diamonds, with pearl pendant,
and is of an entirely novel form
and design, the diamond festoon in
particular giving it an exceedingly
ight and aerial appearance. Both
ornaments are remarkable for the
quality of the jewels of which they
are made, and the taste and origin¬
ality of their arrangement reflect¬
ing great credit upon the manufac¬
turers, the well-known firm of
Emanuel, of Hanover-square.
Other presents and marks of
attachment have been given to the
Countess. One was a locket of
pearls, diamonds, and rubies, offered
to the Ambassadress by the young
ladies of her acquaintance. The
Duchess of Cambridge and the
Princess Mary presented her also
with tokens of their friendship;
and, to crown all, it is understood
that on taking leave a beautiful
souvenir was presented to the
Countess de Persigny by our gracious Sovereign.
are faithful representations of a
LOCKET PRESENTED TO THE
COUNTESS DE FF.RSIGNY.
WALSOKEN CHURCH.
The parish church of Walsoken, in Norfolk, was built in the middle
of the twelfth oentury, in the Norman style of the age, of which it is
one of the finest examples now remaining in England. The pillars of
the nave and chancel are alternately circular and octagonal, and are
very massive. They support semicircular arches, richly moulded,
chiefly with the chevron or zigzag moulding. The olerestory is of
much later date, in the Perpendicular style of Gothic architecture, and
was probably built about the middle of the fifteenth century, when the
old Norman clerestory was removed. There are two side chapels, one
at the end of the north aisle, dedicated to the Virgin, and called the
Lady ChapeL In front of the other, the South Chapel, is a richly-
carved screen, a very fine specimen of the carved work of the period
(the fifteenth century) to which it belongs. The massive oak ends of
the seats must be assigned to the same date. They are carved in a bold
style, with side figures in deep relief. The font is very ancient, with
rude sculptures in the compartments of its sides representing the
sacraments of the Romish Church.
This fine parish church is highly interesting to all students of our
old ecclesiastical architecture. The Rector and Churchwardens are
now attempting to restore it, under the direction of Mr. W. Smith,
architect, of London.
London: Printed and PnMlahed at the Offloe. 19S, Strand. In t be Pariah of
Danes, In the Coontr of MUdlsaox, br William Littlk, 190, 8trand, Mvreeoio-
SATURDAT, Ma 15, 1050.
ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH, WALSOKEN, NORFOLK.
Mat 22, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
523
NEW MUSIC, Sec.
E BIGHT GREEN LEAVES. Ji»st published.
Cemooi^l br J. L. HATTON, ..4 «m>g by MU. Poole.
Price ».tW.. illustrated.
Addison. HOLL1KE, end Lucas. 210, Regent-stxeo'..
TVTIGHT and MORNING. Words by
JL> Montgomery Meric by J I. Hatton. One of Hatton’s boat
classical Song*. Price 2a.. post-free.
Addison, Houakp., and Lucas, 210, Regent-s'reet, W.
T he old soldiers daughter.
Words by Bellamy; Music br J L. Hatton. A beautiful
Ballad In a moderrie compass. Price 2a , post-free.
Addison, H olliei;, and Lucas, 210, Ki'gont-street, W.
rjIHREADS of GOLD. Words by Toting;
I. Music by M. W. Balfc. An elegant little allegory, beautl/iuly
aetto Music by Balfo. Price 2a , p at-free
ADDISON, HOLLUCK, and Lucas, 210. Regont-street, W.
N EW SONG : When we went a Maying.
Words by CARPENTER; Music by A. MATTACK 6 . beauti¬
fully lUuatratod by BRANDAKD Price (iP'stuge-freoi. Sa.
London: josxru Williams, 123, Cbeapalde.
TO MERCHANTS, SHIPPER 8 , AND FOREIGN RESIDENTS.
J OSEPH WILLIAMS, 123, Cheapside. the
Publisher of Henry Farmer'* celebrate! DANCE MUSIC, la
prepared to .orward to any part of tho world MUSIC of aU.klnds.
Including the newest and mnn popular compositions, la large or small
quantities, on the rao*t advantageous terms.
W ESTROP’S SACRED MUSIC, in Is.
Book*.—100 Psalms and Hymns, for one or throe voices; 100
Psalms and Hymns (.the .Sabbath Bell), for four voice*, 100 Bacred
Bongs (CamtaUk Sacra), all solos; 100 Psalm* and Sacred Songs i.Sab¬
bath School Choir 1 ), for three voices: 100 Selected Chant*, with the
Canticle* and Psalm* of David, all pointed; also, lUnk's 100 Volun¬
taries, Prelude*, and Interludes. All these Books have Plano or
Organ Accompaniment), and either sent by peat for 14 stamps; or
. Strongly boon 1 In doth. Is. 6 d. each, by po*t 20 stamps.
MUSI JAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 192, High Holbein.
B OOSEY and SONS’ LIST of NEW
80.'05 —" Phoebe, dearest," compose 1 f r 1 1ms Reeve* by J.
L. Hatton, 2*. 6 d. ‘■eccnesof Hrmr,” fiy Ba'fe 2 . "The Arrow
and th* Song,” by Leur*Wlo» and Bal e. 2 s. “I do not wach
alone " by Miss Anne Frickir, 2*. " Boe*k gently " by W'tghTOO
(n<*wedi ion'), 2s ‘•Those dour oil lima*," by Faithful (sung by MU#
D.lby ’, 2s. 6 d. **I stood on tha beach." b* J. L. Hatton. 2s. /‘Too
la.e, by Prat on (sung by Miss VI (ring), 2 ». "Toe moonlit sea "
br Front, 2*. " When tlie moon oo the lake l* beaming " (a popular
American ballad), by Masset , 2*. "Com* Into the sard n. Maud.''
by Bslfe (six'h o itlon'i, 3s. ‘ Wh* s v nll be f Ires ." by Frank Mori
(third edition), 2». 6 d. " Good nl ht, beloved ’ by B «1 e (third edi¬
tion'', 2*. 6 d "Th* Nee Me." b Nor.maim. 2*. Cd. Any of the
above post-free.—Boofcr and Sons' Mu leal Library, HoUe -street.
B OOSEY and SONS’ POPULAR DANCE
MUhIG, as poifmfied at every place of public amu’etmnt.—
Laurent's Maud Volte (tul.d edition . 4s • surent's Argyll Galop. 3s.
Lamotte'a Adelaide Val-e, 4s. I.arootte’sTravicr.i ualop, 2a. Laurent's
Romanoff Valte u. Laurent's Msrgucthe Polka, 5*. Montiuroe's
Traviwta Velas. 4». Mellon'* Uib-IU VaUe, 4s D'Albtrt's Linda
Quit-Jri le. 3s, Gua’liolmo's Galop Furiena. in Laurent’s Second Bet
of Lancers' Quadrille, 3* Balfe's toronado Quadrilles, 3*. The above
•re all pabUsOcd for orchestra, Sa. 6 d. each; aud for septott, 2*. fid.
each. Any one post-free.
boose v and Sons' Musical Library, Holles-itreet.
TVTOKD MANN’S PIANOFORTE MUSIC.—
J* 1 The TOWER BCENE, from 11 Trovatore, *■.: The Nun’*
Prayer, third edltior, 3a.; the Ghost Been*, second edition. 2».; 11
Ba<en, ‘s : Ah. cno la nmrte 2*. fid. La Cant.*. 3* ; I*abella, 2t. fid.;
Greek Pirate*' Chorus, fourth edition, 2s.: La Dunse de* Fee*, 3s.
BOOSKV am! BOAS' Musical Library, Hulles-strcvt.
P opular music of the olden time.
Parts H and 12. containing the old Ballads of the reigns of
Charles 11 and James II.. with the ,nlr* to which they were sung
Also, quotation* irom voifou* au'hors by whom they are mentioned.
By W. CHAPPELL. F.*» A. Oatavo. Eiwh Part, containing about
thirty, price 3s — Cramer. Bbale. and Cuaitell. 201, Kcgvnt-itroot.
milE NEW ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM
JL for the DK A WING-ROOM.
ALEXANDRE and BON have Just taken out a now patent for the
Drawing-room Harmonium, which elects the greatest improvement
they have ever roaae In tho insirument. The Draulug-ruom Models
will be’found of a s»fter, purer, and in all respects more sgreeabio
ton* than any other instruments, They have a pc feet and rosy
means of producing a diminuendo or cretorndo on anv one note or
more; the b«s!» can bo Dfirfoetly subdued, without even the uso of the
expresrion nop the gr*at cilllcultyi a other Harmoniums. To each
of tho new models an add tloual blower is stiachcd at the back, so
that tho wind c*n be supplied (If preferred) by a second per*oa.
and itlL, under tho new patont, the porformer can play with perfect
expression.
THE DRAWIVG-ROTM MODEL
No. is mado in three varietins. Gulnoas.
I. Three Stop*, Pervasion Actiou, additional Blower, and
In Roser\ood < Caso .2*
2. Eight 8 tops ditto ditto ditto 35
3. hi* teen 8 fr>p« di» - o ditto, Voix Cdlusto, Ac.
(tho best Harmonium that can be made) .. ,. 60
Messrs. Chappell hat* an enormous stock of the
SIX-GUINEA HARMONIUMS,
And of all Varieties v f tho ordinary land, wbtrh are perfect, for the
Church, Sellout, Hall, or Concen-room.
No. Guineas.
1. Ono Stop, oak case ..10
2 . „ mahogany case . 12
3. Throe Stops, oak, 15 guineas; rosewood..16
4 . Five Stops . two rows vibrators), oak case.22
„ ditto rosewood case .. .. .. 23
5. Eight Stops, ditto, oak, 25 guineas; rwewood .. ..26
6 . Twelve Stops (four rows vibrator*), oak or rosowood case 35
7. Ono Stop i with pcrcuuion action), oak case, 16 guineas;
rosewood ca-c .. .. .. ..18
8 . Three Biop, ditto, rosewood esse .90
9. Ki<(bt btopa, ditto, Oj«k or rotewood case .. •• .. 32
10. Twclvo Stops, ditto, o«k case. .. .. ( J
11. ,. ditto, rosewood ... ..45
12. Pate-t model, ditto, pollsbod oak or rosewood case .. 55
Messrs. Ch*pja>ll bog also to ck 1 attention to thoir
NEW AND UNIQUE CuTTAtiE PIANOFORTES.
No. Guineas.
1. In mabocany caso.fi} octaves.25
2 . In rosev\otKi, with circular fall fi| octaves.. .. .. 30
3. In rosewood, elegant ciue, frots. «c.35
4. In very e’egant walnut, ivory-fronted keys. Ac.40
5. The Unique Ilaroforte, with perfect check ac’.Ln. elegant
rosewood cu*e. fi| octave* .40
6 . The Foreign Model, extremely elegant, ob'lqae strings, 7
octaves. be*t chock action, 4 cc., iho most powerful of
ud upright pi«n ifoitm.50
A’to to thoir Immense ussortment of New and eocondhand Instru-
Oeots. by Brosdw.vwi, Collard, and Krard, for Sale or Hire.
Full descriptive Llrs of Hnrmoolum* and of Pianof r?o» sent upon
•pplicviou to CHA Rf'E T .L and CO., 49 aud 50. Now Bond-strest, and
lo, Gorge-street. IJanover-square _ a
Agents for Anitrla, FABKEqUEITEB and CO., Now Y-vk.
H TOLKIEN’S IRRESISTIBLE PIANO-
• FORTE, with Ttubs Concavo Bracings and Fcrpondtcular
Bolts, by Letters Pai*mL— r hese exquisite Ins’ rumenw are superior
In power to any English or Foreign piano For quality of tone un¬
equalled; durability unquestionable. For expmr.n ciimn.o* invaluab'o.
Price (in elegant dV'gns) moderate. Height, 4 ft Drawings post-
free, at II. 3 olkien*s«27. 28, 29. King William-street. Lotulon-bndge,
Pianoforte i for Hire, with option to purchase on easy terms.
H TOLKIEN'S 25-guinea Royal Minuto
• PIANOFORTES, f>| octave*.—This piano is seknowlodged to
bo superior to any ‘•'ngliah or lorolgu piano at the above price; and,
by the car* sod attention H. T. has davoted to all brunches of the
manufacture, he has obtained the highest roputation throughout the
universe for thoeo inatruraent*. UpequaUod in durability and deli¬
cacy of touch.—H. T> klon's, 27 , 28 , so. King Wllliarn-iireet. Londoc-
bridge. Pianofortes for hire, with option to purehore on easy terms.
P IANOFORTES.—PUBLIC ATTENTION.
Pome splendid Rosewood and Walnut-tree Cottages and Pic¬
colos, 6 J octaves, with ell the latest Improvements, havotnlvbeon
used a few months, from ISgulu-as — A* TOLKLEN'd Old-fcatsb-
lished Pianoforte Warehouse. 27. 28, and 29, King Williath-stroet,
Loadon-bridge. Pianofortes for hire, with option of purchase.
P IANOFORTES EXTRAORDINARY, at
MOOR*, and MOORE' 8 , 104, B'abopcgate-street Within.
Those arc flrat-class Pianos, of rare excellence, possessing exquisite
improvements, recently applied, which effect a grand, a pure, and
beautiful quality of tone, that stands unrivalled. Prieo from 18
guinuta. First-cloas Planoa for hire, with easy terms of purchase.
X^AMILIESOfURNISHING will find
JJ SLACK ti IRONMONGERY WAREHOUSE the most econo¬
mical consisto t with qualiiy. Iron funder 1 .3s. 6 d.; bronzed fenders,
10a. to 45*.; Fircironi, Si to 25s.; patent dish covers, 18s. set of six;
baths from 7a. 6 d. Cntnl^gnes, with 350 drawings and prioes. gratis
or post-freo Orders above <2 carriage-free. Richard and John
81ftck, 316,;8traad, Lond'u. Established 53 years.
"RITCHIE’S PATENT GRANULATED
Alt CORK MATrRE98FS and BEDS expel Vermin, effectually
cure Rheumatism, prevent Cramp, and, by preserving Electricity,
promote health and prolong life. The Patent Cork Matiroea and
Cork Fabric Manufactory, 66 , Hot£cId-»trect, Blackfrian.
itih:
A 1
E NEW FRENCH MUSLINS.—The
patterns surpass any over introduced into this country.
The variety of Flounced Muslins it excellent.
"attarns sent p <at-froe.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY. 16, Oxfonl-itrect.
R eady-made muslin dresses,
4*. 9d.. eDgant designs.
P lain , Bounced, sod double Skirt, with Jacket complete.
Colour warranted fast.
* A freah arrival from Pan* every Tuesday.
Patter-* sent post-free.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY. 16, Oxford-itrw*.
M
OURNING MUSLINS.
The best Selection in the Kingdom.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY,
16. Oxfo'd-street.
J^-EW
FLOUNCED
t nretl
very rretty variety.
FRENCH MUSuIN COMPANY,
16, Oxford-stmt.
MUSLINS, 6s. 6d
variei
VfUSLINS of the PAST SEASON.—
IjJL Last year's at ridlcaloos prices for such goods. » .
Patterns tree
THE FRENCH MUSLIN uOMPaNT. 16. Oxford-street.
W HITE and BUFF MARCELLA
JACKETS.-The prettiest Shape In this very elegant article
ever produced, and most becoming to the figure. Price 12 s. 9d.
For country orders, sire of wuist and round tho shoulders.
A drawing sent post-free.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16. Oxford-street.
F
RBNCII MUSLIN JACKETS,
_ The prettiest w’hlte Muslin Jacket ever produced: it is trimmed
with ribbon. To be had la every col ur. and exceedingly becoming t*
the figure. Price 12s. 9d.
A drawing tent post-free.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY 16, Ox'brd-itreet.
roei-oWc* orders payable to James Bend, Oxford-street.
’T\HE BLACK LACE JACKET
A Just imported, a perfectly New 8 h«po, graceful and ladylike
In the extremo, price Its. 3d.
A drawing sen: post-free-
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, » 6 , Oxford-street-
HE HALF-GUINEA CLOTH JACKET,
a very pretty Shape, just from Paris.
Foe country orders, size of waist and round the shoulders Is required.
A drawing sent post-free.
THE FRENCH MUSLIM COMPANY. 16 . Oxford-street.
1BRENCH CAMBRIC DRESSES-
A Our New Patterns are exceedingly choice, and are not to be
had elsewhere: they aro made up for morning wear in Paris. 80
pretty a breukfast dress is rarely to be seen. Patterns post-free.
For country orders, size of waist and round the shoulders U required.
Tho price, made up, Is 12s. 3d.
THE PRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street-
PERFECT LADY’S DRESS for SPRING
AT A SINGULARLY LOW PRICE.
A simple Check. Th* material is Cashmere, with rich Ducape side
trimming in French-blue, Nut-brown, Black, Violet, and tho Now
Green, edged with Velvet.
The 1 - klrt la made and lined throughoat, the material for Bodice
Deluded Price 14a. 9d.
Tho additional charge for mekl' p the Bodice, One Shilling.
A Drawing of the Dress sent p st-free.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
AjIMBROIDERED CHRISTIAN NAMES.—
Xli LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS, with Christian Names em¬
broidered by the Nans of Pan. with the new dletctch oeodio Prioe
Is bid . hy post 14 stamne: 5s- Ski. the half-dozen, by post 6 s. Id.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16,Oxford-ttreoi.
0
A GEM.
UR NEW GUINEA FRENCH MANTLE.
A drawing sent post-free.
PRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY. K Oxford-street.
N DIA LAWN JACKETS.
. A very pretty shape, cool, graceful, and useful.
Price 4s. wl
FRENCH MU 8 LIN COMPANY, 16. Ox ford street.
TTIOUR THOUSAND POUNDS WORTH of
JD NEW SILKS Just bought lor immediate "ash, and now on Sale,
at BEECH and BEK BALL'S. THE BEEHIVE, 43 and 6 L Ec gw are-
rood. Loudon, W.
The above comprise all the novelties of the Season, in
' Flounces, Robe k yuillc, Chen". Broche, Chocked. Striped,
and Glacd Silk*, at tho .ollowlng reduced prices:—
1275 Ro(m*s for 2 and 3 F,ounces various), l9». fid. to 6 J Guineas.
900 Chcnfr Brochd, Striped. Chocked, andGtaod. 21s. 60 . to 24 Guineas
Black and Ilnlf-Monruiog ditto, in gre't varioty.
1 in terns of the above forwarded posuge-froe.
■OALPH and SON (Holvlands), 150, Strand
Bcaufrrt Coat, fur morning wear, lit 2$ and 3 gul.,«•»*; Shaped Ovcr-
vh'gant article, ofsuparior fashion, from die m.tn tn?ieinl materials.
Tlf ARRTAGETROUSSEAUX and INDIAN
ill OUTFITS.—CIIR'H TIA V anri RAniBONE respectfullySDlidt
an Inspection o' their extensive and uriiercW Stock, e mbining
Parisian ta*to with-thgt excel.enea and durability of material fur
which ihalr house has b'o& nQted for upwards of sixty years.
11, WigiDOiwtt'MrK^J^A. \
I MPORTANT to LADIES requiring ready-
made LINEN of flrr rate material and sowing, at moil mode¬
rate prices. Books of Price*, fee- free by pott by a<hire«ing
* Ladle*’ Deportment.l^rWllITRLUCK and BON. Outfitters, 166,
Strand. N.N. Upposlte the Churen, near Somerset House.
O RIENTAL APPLIQUE PATENTED.—
This cow and effective Needlework may now be had of all
Boriln Repositories in town or country.
Z YBELINE.—This now universally-approved
and elegant article for MOURNING ATTIHE lx in texture of
neb aopcaninca, very durablo, and particularly adapted for Spring
4 ntl 8 umhvr wear. Obtained "Hooounible Mention "at tho Poria
Exhihit.cn for Woven Fabrics. Patterns freo by poet. To be had
also In shades of Drab and Lavender.
Ho o A genu for England,
anOKWAT.L and RoN. 112. Bold-street. Liverpool.
TVTLVV CHEAP SILKS,
JlI ROBIN80NS.
at
PETER
B’ripad Silks, at .. ..
XI 3a. 9d. XI 7s 9d.
XI 13e. M.
Cheeked bilks at ..
1 5s fid.
1 9*. "d.
1 ISa 6d.
BsyauHre Bar fillks, at ..
i 7s- 9i.
1 10*. 9d-
1 17*. 9fL
Plnld eilks, at.
1 7s. 9tL
1 15a. M.
2 2*. 9d.
Extra Rich bilks, St ..
2 2s. 6d.
* 5a. 9d.
2 10*. 9d.
Indian Siltas. at •. ..
1 la -d.
1 3a. 9d.
1 St. 9d.
Chenc Bilks, at .. ..
2 2s. M.
2 5i.M.
2 10s. 9d.
Patin Bar *Uks, at
2 is 9d.
2 2*.9d.
2 2s. 9.1.
Flounced Silks, at » «•
2 19s fid.
3 I3*.6d.
4 is Od.
Extra Rich Bilks, at ..
4 '8s. 6d
5 )5s.6d.
6 16s. 6d.
Pattern* *<nt j»o*:-free.
Address, Peter Robinson, SUkmercer, Noa. 103, 105, 106, 107,
Oxfonl-street, W.
rPIIE ORGANZINE BAREGE and the
A CRAPE UALZ4RIVE do not split, but are very strong wear,
and much recommended; besides a variety of other now makca In
Black Bareges. Also the bilk Mohairs and other new materials for
Hsl' Mourning. Pattern* frej. Address—PETER HO 8 IN BON,
FAMILY MOURNING WAREHOUSE, 103, Ox ford-street. Loodon.
M OURNING ORDERS.—NEW MOURN-
ING FABRICS.—Patterns of all tho New Materials free per
post.—Add r?** PETER ROBINBON, GENERAL MOURNING
VtAREHOUaE, 103, Oxford-streot.
MOURNING MANTLES and BONNETS.
IjJL PETER ROBINSON is now showing some great noveltiea
both for Mourning and out of Mourning, at his GENERAL MOURN¬
ING WAREHOUSE, 103, Oxford-street-
B LACK SILKS, cheaper than they were ever
known.—Patterns of all the now makes, free per poet ; als o,
Moirfi Antiques, in black and shades of grey. Address PETER
ROBINSON, O on oral Mourning Warehouse, 103, Oxford-st., London.
I NDI A.- -FAMILY MOURNING.—Skirts,
trimmed deeply with crape, from 30s. upwards to tho richest
quality, with Mantles and Bonnets to match. Family orders supplied
on tho most reasons ble terms First-class Dressmaking R» moderate
charges. Orders attended to In town or country.—Address PETER
ROBINSON, Gan oral Mourning Warehouse, 103, Oxford-street.
T OCKE’3 SCOTCH SPUN SILKS, in aU the
±J Clan an.* new Fancy Patterns, for Spring and Bnmmor wear.
Patterns forwar.lod free.-Tb« Royal Clan TarUn and Scott* Tweed
Wsrebooses, 119 and 127, Regent-street,
TOUVIN’S REAL ALPINE KID GLOVES!
fj Price Is fid. per pair.
In every Size and Colour for Ladles and Geutlwn-o.
We are the original and onlv-npoointed Agvnts for the sale of these
oelebrkted G.ovcs, the txsi littltg and «o«i durable to bo procured at
ANY PRICE !! I
and sold only by BUY!BELL and OWEN, 77 and 78, Oxiurd-stresl,
l oodoo.
N.B. A Sample Pair free by post for two extra stamp*.
T he robe plastiquejm
Price il Us. fid ,
combinrs elegance with economy. Toe texture Is real Mohair *nd
eLk, with Iwj deep flounces trimmed with Lilac, lilaj Green,Tirowo,
or Porcelain Blue. Rich Bilk. Tho colour* of tho Kobe are Stiver
Drab, Light F«wn, *nd Now Green In small China Cnecks.
N.rf 1 be Robe Plnstique is ready made and lined throughout, will*
maierial fbr Bodice, Ac., *c.. included.
AC drees, hUMBP.LL andOWtN. 77 and 7A Oxford-street, London.
C ENTRAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ROOMS,
90, Cannou-itrm V.'es; i corner of Dowgate-hllll, City.—Messrs.
Ckj Tl^rV un«l W ALL —Taw mul perfect arraog^mur.U or Light and
meet airi>tic Pic ure* In London, rhobigtaphs. (;l*in «rd eolourc l,
by tho first artists in the jyo!V**Jon The now American Ambrotypre.
euloorvd. m iramoor esao complete, from 7». bd. bpecluuuu may »
feeu at ino Phoiographio ExhirUiun.
S MALL STEAMBOATS (PARKER’S),
without paddic or screw. Sent poxt-'rre for Post orders.
5 In., 3s : 7 In., 4s.; 9 iu. 5«. Fire, ten dr-p» uf ipiriu. With *-acQ is
an explanatory statement, showing practically Atmospheric Pie»»ose,
Ivx. anslou of bteam, sc-, «c. Much wientmc knowledge imparted
In an attractive way. JAiik.8 PARKER, Inventor, o, Ulford-roau,
Cam borne U-
THE CRYSTAL DBJtSSMl
A Prbe £\ Ifia. f<L,
it o' glassy appearance, Doing ptrfectJy trnnoparent, of Bar^e
texture, but much more durable, with two or tbroo deep Flounces,
produced in Lilac, rilvcr, Drab. Porcelain Blue. IVach Islay Gro*n,
and Laveocer. • be colours are very brillhuu, and suitable for »um-
mrr and oveuiog wear.
N D. Everything required a’lowed for bodice, trimming, fcc., Ite.
Addre-s, RUMBfc.LL and OWEN, 77 and 78, Ox ford-street, London.
TVT T> LADIES arc respectfully requested
-Lx • A-f • to write for Pa.terns, Postage-free, of the hsw bilks,
Muslins Hair-get. Drees Fabrics, fcc.. &c., u* Mcsis. K. and O.’s, In
orisr to avgu Ladies the annoyance and expense of back poaiege, re¬
quire those Patterns only retunsod to them which may be seiecied
worn the numerou-a*sonmoni a«uu • '
Audios, KUMBE.L and OWLS, 77 and 78, Oxfurd-street, London.
S ILKS, Kieh, Plain, Striped and Checked
Glace, *t 22*. fid. per dress of twelve yard*, trod worth tho
aitent.ou of families. Putteos sent free hy post. JOHN HAJtVfcY,
SOX, and kX.» n 9, Ludgate-bill. Establixhcd upwards of fifty years.
Carriage paid upon stnounU above 25.
L AWN MOWING-MACHINES, with aud
wiihoul Boyd's Pa«eat Imp*ovecaont.—H. BAMUELSONU
Illustrated Price-books, with nomerous Teatiroonlals from the KobUfty
and Gentry, forwarded, poet-free, on receipt of application to 3.
Samuelsou, Britannia Works, Banbury, Oxon.
T O ANGLERS.—CHARLES FARLOW,
191, fltrand. Kafcofxctarer of superior FIBBING RODS and
TACKLE, at taod.orw.to prtcus. Cataloguee gratia.
T INSKY RIDING HABITS for LITTLE
JLi GIRLS, VkGoines*.
Ladles’ Riding Babbs, 5$ to 8 Guineas. (
W. G. TAYLOR. 63, Baker-*U«et.
UNENDRATER 8 TO THE QUEEN, BY ATToINTMJSWT.
Established in 1778. •
T> ABIES’ BASSINETS,
i J Trimmod and R amisbed.
Ready for use, are sent home free of carriage.
BABIK 6 ’ BASKETS,
Trimmod aud furnLhe-i to correspond.
CAPPER, BON. a-.d Co.. v9, GRACE 1HUKCB-8T . LONDON, 2.C.
Descriptive Lists, with prices, 'ten’, free by post.
Sent post-fro*, Descriptive Lists of/ j J
pOMFLETE SETS ot BABY LTNEN,
VJ which are sent home
throughoat the Kingdom hoe of c*trri«gO.
UNDERCL02H1NG FOR HOME, INDIA, AM> ALL COLONIES,
for Ladies, and Children of all ages.
LINENDRAPER 8 TO THE QUEEN BY APPOINTMENT.
Fate bibbed in 1779.
T ADIES* WEDDING OUTFITS
1 J sen: homo free of carriage.
Descriptive List-:, with prieo*, sent free by post.
CAPPER. SON, and CO,, 09, Graceehurch-street, London, E.C.
I I tVALKER’SQUEEN’SOWN NEEDLES,
J, JL • avith Entlkiased Head^. H. Walkcr’f AIL unco Needles, w th
Oil i oiour Portrait Label*. 11. Walker * Paine© Needles, with Oil
Colour View Labeb; uud H. Waikor'a Elliptic Embroidery Nccdlas,
posted by soy Uouler.—Patentee und Neodlemaker to tbo Queen.
Aiccster; and 47, Grcsham-strwt, London. The Third Series oi Em-
bro oeiy P«tvems ready for the Trade.
“OIJOU NEEDLE-CASES, coniainmg 100 of
JL> DEANE’S Drillod-eyed NEEDLE 8 , for is This neat, useful,
auu elegant appeu-iugo to a Work-uole will bo forwarded
post-free on receipt of 12 poetago stamps, addre«iod to DEANE aud
CO., London-bridge, EC. Esiabllclwa a.l> 1706.
r pHE PEN SUPERSEDED.—Marking Linen
A with CULLETON '8 PATENT ELECTRO PLATEB never
washes cut. Initial*. Is.; Name, 2 s. 6 d-s Bet of Number*, 2s. fid.;
f fttt. 5s. With dlrvctlrtu* 'no*t- frwft for stamps.—T. Culieton,2, Long-
acre (one door from St. Martln's-lono), W.C.
JV/fECHI’S DRESSING GASES aud
ItJL TRAVELLING BAGS.—lit, Regent-itrcet. and 4, Iwadou-
hall-etrect, Loudon Bronze*, vase*, pearl ana ivory work mod Lev oi
manufactures, «*rearing Lags aud dressing cases, toilet cases, work
Pox*-* and work table*, lok-tunds, an*; the largetl stock In England
of papier-miicbd elegancies, writing Octki, envelope case?, despatch
b<jxcs, bsgatelU*. baoagnnnnon, and cht»* tables. Tho premises In
!<egtn!-»:reet extend fifty yard* into Glanbouso- street, and are
worthy or inspection as a «p-virocn w f ciegont outfit. Everything
for the work tutti dressing tables—best tooth brmhss, Sd. each; beat
steel soisson amLpenkmvcs, Is. each Tho atuai supply of first-rate
cutlery, razor*, razor shops, needles, Ac., for which Mr. Mochl’i
establL-hmants have boon so long famed.
TTUSHER’S £5 5s. Od. DRESSING-BAG,
X? lor a Lady or Ueatloman, .
la a oomplfile Travelling 1‘oUet Appendage.
A list of tho Contents will be sent post-xreo.
188, Btrnnd.
T^ISHER’S DRESSING - CASES,
JD 188, Strand.
Catalogues post-free.
A LLEN’S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
XJl. of Patent Portmanteau*, Despatch Boxes Dressing Cases, and
3 ravelling Bag*, with square opening, by post, for two »tamp*.
J. W. and T. aLlEN, Manufacturers, 15 and 22, Strand. W.C.
TVTEOLIN.—An INFALLIBLE WASH for
X * tfEHTORivG tne COLO' R of tho HAlli v# new discovery of
One of tho tits; Chemlitsof tho FrauJi school), which, in from two to
three we.ks, roitoros tbo flair to Its pristine state SOLD ONLY by
Mudume VaLK^Y, 46, W Urn ore-street. Cs vcndlsh-squore, W., in
bottles, 7s. 6 d. Packed tor tho country, 8 s. 6 d.
T AMES LEWIS’S CAPE JASMIN, distilled
from the Howe**, is tbo most aristocratic perfume of the day.
Price 2s. ot!.— 66 , Oxford-street, W., and Crystal P*lace-
1 tLMMKL’S TOILET VINEGAR to super-
jLt EAU DE COLOGNE.—Rlmmel's new Perfumo for tb«*
Btoson Bridul liotHiuri, Lqve's Myrtle, Wallflower, J»c. Bo d by aU
Perfumer* and Chemists.—hlMUbu, 1 erfumer, 96, 8 trund.
OILIMOVAL.—DELCROIX’S celebrated
IV ESPR1 r do LAVANDE aux MILLEPLEURS. This deli Ions
Fcrfume i* now on«y Mannlaciuted by l>lc*oix at l09. New Uond-
sttoet, one door from Brook-*treet (removed f, om 155, New Bona-st.)
T>IESSEandLDBIN’SHUNGARY WATER.
1 This Scent refreshes the memory and invigorates the brain.
lu graat volatility cools the su’rounuin* air. 2a Bottle; 10s. cases of
six.—2, M*w hood-street, Loodon.
XT' AU PHILIPPE.—PHILIPPE’S DENTI-
I'J PRICE WATER cleans and whitens tho teeth, brnccu the
gum*, fWMtt-nt the breath, and prevents toothache, Price 2 s. and
he.—RimuK-l. W, Strand; und Banger, 150, OxlTnl-strect.
A FINE HEAD of HAIR guaranteed in six
XX months by tbo use of KLLlO IT'S GOLDEN MELAKA Th:.
celebrated preparation is onfaillng in its »timul«tiag effects oa tiu
yonng and weak hairs, causing them to grow, with vigour and
rapidity, and the colouring matter to ascend into the tubes where th*
hair is grey. Price 3 s. bd., 4 *. 6 cL, 6 #., 7*. 6 d., 10*. 6 d.. 21*.—T
Elliott, Hairgrowor (first floor), 61, Fenchurch-street. Forwarded cs
receipt of postage-sumps.
/COOPER'S ANTISEPTIC CARNATION
VJ TOOTH-PA 8 IE pretervos the ensmtl, whitens the teeth,
strengtlicn* the gums. Impart* a dcllgh'fal fragrance to tho breath,
aul pro .cuts toothache, in pols, Is. ljd. and 2s 9d. each. Prepared
only by WILLIAM T.COOPER, 26, Oxford-etrcet, lgindon, W.
OENZINE COLLAS
It CLEANS and REMOVES GREASE from
G lores, | Cloth.
Bilks, | Carpets, Ac. Ac.
In Bottles, la. 6 d.. of all Chemists and Penumers, and at theD^pfit,
114. Great Knste’l-street. Btoomsbtrry.
TXTANTED, LEFT-OFF CLOTHES foi
VV AUSTRALIA, In good or Inferior condition. Mr. and Mr*
JOHN ISAACS. 319 and 320, Strand (opposite Fommset House) con¬
tinue to give tho highest price in Ca>h for Ladies', Gentlemen's, and
ChUaron's Clothes. Regimentals, Underclothing, Boots, Books, Jewel¬
lery. and all MisecUancous Property. Letters for any day or distance
punctually attended to. Parcel* sent from tbo Country eRhsr large
or small, tho utmost value returned bv Pret-cfflce order the latrlo day.
Reference. London and Westminster Bank. Established 49 years.
WANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHE8, Uni-
y y forms, Miscellaneous Property, Ac. Tho highest price givon.
Ladle* or Gentlemen waited on by addressing to Mr. and Mrs. G.
HIAM, 10. Beak-street, Begont-itreet, W.; or, parcels being sent,
th* utmost value in cash immodistriy remitted. Established 1820.
L ADIES' and GENTLEMEN'S AMUSE-
MEN To_Mr. CHEEK resrjoctfully calls attention to hie
STOCK of ARCHERY, which Is, without exoept on, tac iargost in tno
world, among which will be found flue specimen* of Self Y«*v.
beautiful springy Boakewocd, and the usual hard wood-backed ucd
self Bows, at prices vurving from 5e. to 4 guineas; Arrows, 2». to Sts.
per dozen; S reot Targets. 2a. kh; 4 feet, IS*.; Lauic* btaulnmenta,
2ls., 87s. ©d., 80s., and 7 guineas; GcuUemcn’s, 27*. 46e.. 89s.. and
10 guinea*. Tho itock oi Fnhing-rods and Tackle is large and :td
prici* moderate riy-fishinir Equinmento, 10a.. 2le. f 42a.. and 63a.t
Salmon-tubing, “it. »oJ itnd 6 gukcaas. Plko-fishing, 15s. fid and
33*r6d. Bouo(n-fl»hlejr, 5s., 13*. 6 d., 33#., and 40*. Choice Tiout
Flies. Vs per dozen; three-yard gut line, id., best, 3d.: exquisitely
fine. Is., extroodimuliy Fine uot, every length sclvctel, 6 s. per i00;
sufxjrior bamboo rod, spliced top. ringed, brazed, and winch fittings,
7 *. fid.; twelve-:.aid cast-net lor gudgeon, 21 s.; six-yard, for min¬
nows, 15s. A Urge assortment of extremely choice Cricket Bats, by
Dark snti Clapsh.w, heat quality, mutch size. 7s. 6 d-; small size,
td'-fie.; ball*, wickets, belt*, gloves, Ac. Rockets. 10*. to 20s eacx
Ladle*’ myrtle green, Napoleon hue, brown silk, aodimptovod o’r use#
Umhrel'asoupelent paragon franus, remarkaoly light, also sut-crior
m»rUs greon. brewoulk. and alpaca for gentlemen, a choioe aason-
meut. a: moderate pricea. boteo for strong coni un umbrellas. Mr.
Cheek, also respectfully submit* a very e:og*nt assortment of Ladies’
Sisd Geailomen's Loncon-motlo Biding tVhlpe. plain. Is. to 10«.;
mounted. 7». fid. to 4 guineas. The a* a on mo a* o: fashionable WeJhirg
Cano* and Flicks tat large and elegant, and his stock of Boxing Giovta,
Fencing Foils. Masks, Baskets and Bt.cks. Gauntlet*, Ac., U wcr.by
the no'iceofall parent* and teachers who wish «ho youth of thepnaoct
day to combine tho advan'agwi ot Physical Education with Amnse-
aent. A liberal allowance to heads of colleges, large schools, pro-
fe*sora, ana dealers in archery. tt*hlig-tackte. Manufactory and
Warehouse, U*c, Oxiort-s:«vt. W. The Archer • Guido. .HntL-h
Angler s Instructor, Hulce o r Cricket, and Catalogue ot Prices (gratis)
contains more really useful information than any other work.
Orders from country (with remittance) genmally attended to the
same day.
Anv article exchanged If not approved of. Secretaries to Archery
and Crime* Ciohe win save themselves much trouble bv sanding for *
catalogue. N.li. List of Butterfly New, Entomological Plus. Ac._
I CE CREAMS immediatelv and economically
made bvBXITAUX and eTEAD'S REGISTERED FREEZING
APPARATUS. Price, from 24 guineas. Sold at 3. Pall-mall, 3.4)
and 37. Norton-streot, W.; also by the Wcuham Lake *ce Company,
164A, Strand, W.C._
P ATENT SELF-LIGHTING CIGAR
COM i'ANY, 50, Moorguto-stroot. Wholesale and Retail. All
kinds of C1GAKS and CHKhOOTS, Foreign and BritUh, are trnoted
by this process, and are ignited by simple friction, witheut taste or
smell. No extra price charged- Invaluable to out-door smokers *u>d
travellers. 9s. to »2o per lb. Sample box, fix fine Havannahx, :ree
24 stamps; or, throe, 12 stumps. Agents wanted.
W INES irom the CAPE of GOOD HOPE.—
w. and A. Ol*>BEY, 3'»7, Oxford-etreet^lmponers of tho
finest wmto, wiiicb hor Majesty’s Govcrmuent actniu at half-outy.
Port, hhi?rrv, Msn&la. Ac., all 20s. per doz. Two samples for il
stamps. SxOblkst Brsmiy, 30s. per doz. For the wurlty of our Cape
Wines see Dr. Lctbeby’s unaiyiis. Cross checks " hunk of En g l a nd .
P URE BRANDY, 16s. per gallon —Pale or
Brown EAU-DK-VIE, of exquisite flavour and great parity,
Identical. Indeed, in every respect with those choice production* of the
Cognac diftrict which are now difficult to procure at any price, 24s.
per dozen, French bottles uud cose l. cludod. or i 6 «. Ji'r gallon.
11ENRY BRETT and CO., Old Furnlval's DisUi.cry. Hoiborn.
■EQUALISATION of the SPIRIT DUTIES.
J2i HEW LEY, EVANS, and CO.'S Pure Malt WHISKY- In
esses of ono dozen each, prD-e 42s. Freight paid either to Holy heat!,
Bristol, Liverpool, or Lundon,>y receiving a |x’*t order for tho amoant.
Bewlay, Evans, and Co., 23, Mmy-stioot, Dublin. _
U NSOPHISTICATED GENEVA, of the
true juniper flavour, and precisely a* it ruus from tho itill.
w.tbaut the adclltton of aueor or auy Ingredient whatever. Imperial
gallons. 13*.; or In one-dozen caiet, 29*. each, package included.
HENRY BRETT and CO., Old Furoivul'a Distillery, Hoiborn.
S TOGUMBEK MEDICINAL PALE ALE
Is brewed with tbn water from *' Harry Hill s Well." It cu'oa
tineaso«, aid Is roocvat.og, rwswsbl#, and dellrloua. Ro'ercnte* to
tbo loculty.—B. HOLDEN. 55 a, Uppep 8 .'yu,oor-S'r«ot, Torttnan-
iquaie, sole Loudon i-Kfnt- H- Watts, MaffsKcr, Bioguniber, Taunton.
Drum tiinkt und trinket w ted or, das tore lobonsfrahe YVonge rosig
strahle.
C tRObSE imd BLACKWELL, Purveyors in
J Onliiinrv to lii-r Mqjr*ly, respectfully invito attantioo to tftclr
TiCKLEs. BAUCEB. TAnT FRUITS, ami othtr I'abltt Df-’IIcniioh,
the whole of which are pr*pared whh tho most e-ruj.ulyus nuo-iK'n
to w holesomcncsa ami purity.
To be obtained of most respectable 8 «uce Tenders; auu whol'Bale
of Crosse and Blackwell. 21, boho-fquare, London.
H ORNIMAN S RURE TEA, the leaf not
coloured.—RICH FULL-FLAVOURED of great strengtnd*
thus secured, as importing it not covered with powdered colour pro-
vus.s the Chlce-e posiung off tbo low-priccd biown autumn leaves
as the beat. Tho luincet " (Loognmn, p. »18 > sUtoi of Honxima:) *
tea* : ** Tho gre-en uo*- being covers J with Prussian bloc, fic., I* a dud
olive; the Black Guot intensely dark." Wholosamo and good tea i«
thus secured. Trico 3* 8 d., 4*.. and 4s. 4d. per lb. Tursoll. 73,
Coruhlll; Elphinslono, 227, Regent-street. 336. Oxford-street; Wolf,
75, St. Tsui s Churcuyard; Dod.ou, 98. Blackman-.tree’.. Borough
Sold In packets by Horuimun's Agents in all part* Of tho kingdom.
rrtAYLOR, BBOTHERS’, HOMCEIIPATHIC
JL COCOA.—Tain exquisite preparation, combining in an eminent
degree tbo pureness, nummeut, and fine aroma of the Ircah nut, is a
delicious and wholeacme beverage to all, and especially adapted to
those cutler bomceopalkic treatment, it agree* witn the most dedcate
and imtablo digtative organs, i« soothing and agreeable to the serves,
and prove* at the same but both invigorating and refreshing.
Sold bv moat Grocer* and Tesdealers in town and country; of whom
also may be hod Taylor, Brothers', Soluble and Dietetic Cocoas, and
all kinds ot plain and fancy Cocoas anti Chocolates,
a bee that each packet is labelled “ Taylor, Brothers, London."
"IVIERVU-ARTERIAL ESSENCE, discovered
1 x and prepared by Dr. Wm. BATCILK LOUR, M.R C. 6 . 1836,
and M L.A.C. ls34, 69, Wimpole-street, Cavendiah- 6 quar«, London.
It strengthens the ritaJ.tr of tho whole system, and speedily removes
nervous complaint*. Bold in bottles, 2s. 9d., 4s «3d . I is., and 33*., st
thetHpots, 31, Kegmt-etreot. TiocadUIy; 1$, Wori-suost, Finshaiy-
oirrus. Ijondno; and 20. Kanahurh-itreot. Liverpool.
riYEETH.—Messrs. GABRIEL, Patentees of a.
JL NEW 6 YSTEM of FIXING ARTIFICIAL TEETH and GUMS,
without springs or wires of any description. No extraction of root*
or any painful operation. Loose tooth aro rendered sound and useful
in mastication, lhis Imjiortant invention is fully explainod In
"Gabriel s Treatise on tho Tooth," freo on apolicatLu Supplied at
charges lower than any advertised. K'Ubllsbeti 1801. Observe
number, 33, l.udgtUo-hilJ 133); and at Liverpool. 134. Duke-e'roct.
mEETO—A Treatise on their Presen ation aud
JL Tain]css Method of Supplying their Lo*« sent unuls. by Mcisrs.
KKAD, Burgeon-L'cnusls, 8 , Holhs-strost. Csveadkh-smare; aau
Broad-street-baild-ngs, city. A Tooih. 5*-; sset. A. 10s. A com¬
plete set, upper or lower, on gold pi*:©, T5.
mEETH with Flexible Gums.— Mr. ROGERS,
JL the eld-established Dentist, continues to supply bis IMPROVED
ARTIFICIAL TEETH, which defy detection. No spring* or wires, or
anv painful operation required. No extraction of rooa or loose teeth,
which, by Mr Rogers'# *ci«infifle improvements, are rendered sonrd
and useful for n sstication. Charges moderate.—16, Now riur-
Ungton-tUcct.
P RATT’S ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-
CAT'S, he., sro recommended by tho most onilncr.t Physicians
and Surreoo* fer Varlcos© Veins. Weak Knee*, end Acklc*. War¬
ranted to Wash. From 4s. fid. to 16s. eack— Pratt, Surgical Instru¬
ment aud Artificial Leg Maker, 420, Oxford-atreet (twenty doors west
of Tottenhsm-ounrt-road)- _
T MPOBT A NT.—YOUNG’S CORN and
JL BUNION PLA3TEI8 arethebo*t ever larcntad- Obsonro :h©
Name and Address printed on tbo label, without which none are
genulno M«v bo bad of all ChomisU; la. per box, or thlrreat stamps.
Address H. You) g, l, Hhaflasbury-slocs, AUlmgale-street, S.C.
r rFANTS’ NEW FEEDING-BOTTLES.-
From the " Lancet."—*'We have seldom seoa anything so
beautiful as the Pooding-Bottks Introduced by Mr. SLAM, A6,
Oxford-streot. Whether for woaxdhg, rearing by haad. or occasional
foodihg, they are qulto anrlTStiod." 7s. 6 d. each. -
COLLINGWOOD SMITH.-FROM THE EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY OF FAINTEBS IN WATEE - COLOCBS. -(SEE PBECEDUtO PAGE.)
1 SOLA 1)1 SAN C1ULIO, LAGO D’ 0 ETA. — PAINTED BY
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
Mat 22, 1858.J
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
521
O’NEIL.
BY
•EASTWARD. HO AUGUST. 1855."—PAINTED
FROM T11E ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION.
Mb. O'Nbil’s picture, Eastward, Ho!” touches a chord in the bosom
of nine out ot ren of the public, and constitutes almost a national
epic. No wonder it is so popular—that such eager crowds assemble
around it, scanning every feature of the various actors, till at last
they begin to imagine themselves present at, and participators in,
the scene. Colonisation, distant conquest—this has been the mission
of England dm mg the last two centuries, and not a week, or scarcely
a day, has passed during that long period but the silent Thames has
been witness to many a sad parting such aqtliat depicted in this canvass.
What at first strikes ns is the simplicity of the composition, and the
boldness of the artist’s invention in attempting to conjure up anything
picturesque beneath the heavy, black, overhanging side of a transport-
ship. Mind, and a feeling for the situation, could alone supply the re¬
quired qualities for pictorial success, and these have been amply shown
by Mr. O'Neil on the present occasion.
The composition, so admirably grouped, so fall of motion and varied
smtiment, brings the subject at once home to every heart, enthrals the
attention, producing sentiments of mingled sadness and pride; sad¬
ness at the bereavement of individuals, pride at the great enduring
courage of the nation which makes individual sacrifices a matter of
duty, a point of honour. The scene is supposed to take place on board
of one of the numerous transport-ships which, iu August last,
carried our brave tioops away to retrieve our disasters in India.
Apart from the interest attaching to the special occasion, it pre¬
sents nothing beyond what has over and over again been witnessed in
the experience of the service at the various outports. The moment
has come for weighing anchor, and the tu^-boat is at hand to tow the
good ship down the river. “ Now for the shore! ” is the cry; wild
farewells arc said; eager glimpses are snatched by dear friends and re¬
latives never to meet again in this world; and a motley
group of broken-hearted disconsolate) make their way hurriedly,
con f usedly, down the accommodation-ladder. The gallant exiles
crowd to the bulwarks, feasting their eyes with one last
look—stretching over to give “ one more ’’ last grasp of the hand,
breathing one final blessing, exchanging one last embrace.
The young wife taking leave of the subaltern on the gangway;
the poor widow, halfway down, with her little daughter beside her,
who unlike her mother has still courage to look up and wave her
hand at her brother, the last stay of their little home; and the poor •
plain-looking woman, dressed in homely, crossbarred s:i jJ sv ; :l * t ie
bottom of the steps, her eves bleared with tears, and Iiardly knowing
where she treads, are amongst the most striking episodes in this
picture, ;and are of a truth and beauty which must at once be re¬
cognised. The waterman hanging on with his boathook below, to
whom these scenes have been of every-day occurrence any time since
he was an apprentice, takes it all as a matter of course, and mecha¬
nically hands his “ fare ” on baanl las crazy craft, exclaiming, Now,
mahim, mind how you go! ” or smokes his pipe in utter luUiflerenM
to all the harrowing excitcmen: going torward, which is tearing up by
the roots so many years' growth of affectionate memories.
The whole of the scene so admirably conceived baa been as ad¬
mirably realised: there is not a face but is full of individual elmracter,
and tells its own peculiar story of sadness—sadness not always wholly
severed from Hope. The drawing throughout is masterly, the detail
truthful in the highest degree. The black pitchy side of the ship
with aU its bolts and cordage, is a perfect photograph of soma well
studied original.
518
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[May 22, 1858
mony. Tlie stepping-stones loot like stage properties, being covered
with a green and yellow slimy matter after tlie manner of a set piece
in a Clu istmas pantomime; aud, as for the rushing water, it is more
Lke.molten lead than auything else, with a thick yellowish scum on
the surface.
C. Lucy, who resides in Paris, and paints ina very Frenchified style,
sends overalarge canvas (20) commemorating an anecdote related of the
first Napoleon, on the uot over-veracious authority of De Bourrienne.
The great General is represented on board ship, on his voyage to
Egypt, ia 1708, surrounded by the savans who formed part of that
memorable expedition—Monge, Berthollet, &c., and the officers of his
staff, with whom he is holding a discussion on the subject of religion.
He is supposed to be contending against the dogma of materialism,
and, lifting liis hands towards heaven, exclaims, “ Talk as you please,
gentlemen! hut who made all that?” The snhject is one not well
adapted ior a picture, being wholly sententious; and its treatment
here is sold and spiritless enough. It serves, however, for the in¬
troduction of portraits of numerous distinguished persous of the
Napoleonic era, and, as such, it will doubtless command admirers
on the other side of the Channel, if not here.
“Kate” (49), by T. F. Dicksee, is a study from the heroine of
Shakspeare's *‘ Taming of the Shrew.” Shrewish enough the lady un¬
doubtedly is, ami handsome withul. A defiant scowl is on her brow, as,
in rejoinder to Petruclno's too confident boast as to their agreeing so
well—
That upon Sunday is their wedding-day,
she blandly exclaims—
I'll sec the: hang'd on Sunday first.
She is alone in her glory, however, the other personages not being in¬
troduced ; and she certainly fills the canvas to admiration with her
rich olive complexion, and her claret-coloured velvet dress.
T. Webster comes before us in a quieter vein than usual, and his
subjects have a more thoughtful cast. In “Sunday Evening” (119)
we have a family of the yeoman class at evening devotion—the fattier
reading the Bible; the grandfather and wife, surrounded by children,
listening. One little bin is very telling—that of a young girl smiling
with childish gaiety in her mother's face, in ignorance of the solemnity
of the occasion, and whom the latter gently admonishes with uplifted
finger. “ Grace before Meat ” (334) is another picture of a similar
class. “ Summer” (00) is a pleasant little subject—a group of a
happy father disporting with liis infant child on the grass in the half
hour of rest in the midst of haymaking, the mother looking on with
affectionate joy beaming in her face. In the distance is tbe hayfield,
and all the bustle of haymaking. The picture is delicately painted in
a genial tone.
Near Mr. Webster’s “ Summer,” Mr. W. C. T. Dobson presents us
with a pleasant enough conceit entitled “ Fairy Tales ” (59). A bright-
faced intelligent little creature is represented with a comely, well-
conditioned doll upon her lap, to whom she is reading aloud from a
volume of fairy tales. There is a great deal of genuine, quiet
humour in the conception, and a fresh and healthy tone in the colour.
T. N. Patou, whose revolting and blood-chilling tribute “ In Memo-
riam ” we have already noticed, has another smaller work, also upon a
murderous subject. “ The Bluidy Tryste ” (29) is from an incident from
“TheHarte and Hynde,” the circumstances of which are these:—
A young lady, jealous of her knight, and irritated at some
idle boasting in which he has indulged, inveigles him to a
secluded place in a wood, where she whips a dagger between
his ribs, and mortally wounds him. He has just time to articulate a
brief confession and declaration :—“ Alaik, proude ladic,” quoth the
knight, “Ispakebot in jeste, and thou hast slone the trewest lover
that ever lovit woman; for never—so God me help—loved I none
other hot thee.” Aud so he died; and the lady did not long survive,
for she went to a pridry, made confession of her sins, and then “ her
heavy hert brastin souder,” and she died too, and the bodies of the
two unfortunates v ere buried “ in one graff.” Now, this is an ad¬
venture of a sort very difficult to make anything of pictoriallv, there
being no passage in it that can explain the nature of the case to the
eye suggesting what has gone before, and what ia to follow; aud cer¬
tainly the representation of a delicate female engaged in a deed of
coid-blooded munder is not in itself agreeable. In the picture we
see the poor knight, very handsomely dressed in velvet, extended in a
ditch,, or hollow, upon a bed of brambles, aud casting up a last faint
look '.it the cruel fair lady, who is some little way off, already wringing
her hands, one of which is slightly smeared with blood: between
th'.m lies the fatal dagger. The artist has lavished a great deal of
elaborate finish upon a subject which certainly was not worth it.
There is a great deal of chasteness and something approaching to
grandeur of character in II. W. Pickersgill’s “ Ruth ” (100): the
pal.ness and thinness of the colouring, however, is against its effect.
J. F. Lewis exhibits five of his miniature-like pictures of Oriental
life, all no less admirable for their truth of character than for their
harmonious and sparkling execution. “ A Kibob Shop, Scutari" (101),
shows us one of those motley groups of smokers, sippers of coffee,
readers, dreamers, and slumberers, which fill the coffee-shop, winch is
generally also the barber's, the livelong day in an Eastern city. “ An
Arab of the Desert of Sinai ” (114) is a capital study of a good-looking
subject. “ Interior of a Mosque at Cairo—Afternoon Prayer” (2-15)
is a little quiet, impressive scene, feelingly realised.
“TheNoonday Sleep ” (116), by J. C. Horsley, is a fresh little snh¬
ject, pervaded by’tlie same love of innocent thoughts which we find in
one compartmeut^the “country ” side) of the same artist's “Flower
Girls,” of which we have already made honourable mention. The
materials are simple enough;—their being treated with congenial sim¬
plicity and healthiness of purpose is the only charm of such subjects.
Moreover, the materials themselves are not original; they have been
used before within our memory, so that the only originality the artist
cm display is the use he makes of them—a little child of humble
life sleeping in a woody verdant hollow, watched over by a faithful
dog, the mother snatching a moment from her labours in the field to
come to take a look at her to see that all’s right. The little incident
is pleasingly told; an agreeable air of freshness and truth filling out
the canvas. A \\
“ Granny's Spectacles ” (117), by E. Davis, shows some cleverness
in the heads, and is creditably finished.
“The Dedication of Samuel to the Lord” (150), and “ Samuel
Calling Down Thunder aud Rain on the Wheat Harvest” (SIS), by
C. A. Du Val, a Manchester artist, are both hung so high that it is
impossible to judge of their merits : they appear, however, to evidence
study and thought in the composition—qualities which We meet
with too seldom, and which demaud encouragement.
Oh ! Mr. Redgrave, what are we to learn of “ The Gro wth of Love,”
from your picture so named (202); and is this little bit of a canvas
all you have been able to produce as your share of the academic
display ? And, in very truth, is Love quite all so green as all in this
picture, and does love have its growth without an object to love?
Here only we behold a very small lady with her little dog in a very
verdant forest, standing near a tree, not another living thing by,
and yet we are told:—
And bud by bud the climbing seed
Into a tall tree springs.
lAh t little thinks my lady
What the bin! in the branches sings.
We neither see nor hear the sifiging bird, nor can we possibly enter
into the thoughts of the hjdy; the tall tree is all that is undeniably
realised ; and, if the artist had called his picture “Green Bushes,” or
“ A Shady Retreat?’ and had introduced a stray deer or two instead
of the lady and her dog, it might have passed muster creditably
enough as a simple landscape.
J. D. Luard has two pictures commemorative of our present martial
destiny. One is the scene of the departure, the other of the return, of
our brave soldiers. “The Girl I left behind me” (242) is ingenious
in construction. Two girls are standing by the fireplace in a well-fur¬
nished parlour. The elder has a pensive expression, seen only by
reflection in the glass over the mantelpiece, in which also ia mir¬
rored a glimpse of a regiment of soldiers under march, probably to¬
wards some foreign station. A younger girl looks up affectionately in
her sister's face, whose feelings are sufficiently indicated, and command
our sympathies by tlieir very calm. “Nearing Home” (441) is a
scene on board one of the P. and 0. Company's steamers.
On the deck, in tkc midst, reclines on officer- who is returning in¬
valided home, and will only require a fortnight’s sniff of the in¬
vigorating air of St. James’sstreet, and of the clubs, to be put
upon his legs, and ready to go out again. Beside liim sits
his wife, an amiable, sedulous, ladylike creature. Tins pair
are evidently two of the most important amongst the pas¬
sengers, and a sailorboy is advancing towards them, who, touch¬
ing liis bat, announces that they are “nearing home. _ In
further evidence of this, English land birds are already beginning to
settle on the ship; hut the officer, to whom routine is a habit, and
everything a matter of course, hears the cheering announcement
listlessly enough. Beyond are a miscellaneous assemblage of heroes
who have been maimed, lamed, and wounded in various ways in
their country’s service, and who look eagerly over the gunwales for
the white cliffs of Old England. There is much in this picture that
will awaken thought and gratify the fancy ; and nottheleast part of
its merit is the tone of calm, almost of solemnity, which pervades it.
“ The Gaoler’s Daughter— a Scene from the French Revolution ’
(412), by P. H. Calderon, presents an effective group of personages, all
influenced by diverse sentiments. Seated oil a bench, near the prison
door, is a young priest, whose turn it is to glut the madness of public
wrath with his blood on the scalfold. The old, hard-featured gaoler
is already advancing to the door to open it; whilst his daughter, con¬
templating the interesting features of the hapless prisoner, cannot
repress a gushing of compassionate feeling, biting n comer of her
apron, whilst tears flow from her eyes. A small chud, who feels no¬
thing of the import of what is going forward, laughs. The picture is
well put together, and fairly painted. We cannot speak so favour¬
ably of the artist’s other work, “ Flora Macdonald’s Farewell to
Charles Edward” (942), a namby-pamby affair, tawdrily coloured.
“ The Death of Abel (290), by F. Danby, presents nothing very
original or striking in the composition. Abel is lying dead on the
ground, Cain making his escape from the spot with extraordinary
strides. The atmosphere is gloomy amidst a lurid sunset, and a light¬
ning flash over head. “ Landscape—Ulysses at the Court of Alci-
nous, going to the Athletic Games instituted in honour of liis Visit ”
(521), is a larger work, and one of higher pretensions. The bright,
evening sun going dowu near the middle of the picture sends its hori¬
zontal rays through the stately trees beneath the shade of which the
games are going forward, and gilds tlie rich architecture of the
palatial buildings on the hills to the right; near the foreground is a
piece of water of cerulean hue.
T. Danby’s “ Ulysses in the Islandof Calypso ” (503) is a picture of a
somewhat similar class to the last—half historical, lialf landscape;
but painted in a warmer, brighter,aud purer tone.
A. Solomon courts the public appetite for exciting (are with two
highly-seasoned dishes; and clever they are undoubtedly, though we
could wish that the artist's cleverness might have been bsstowed on
more worthy themes, and the public as readily pleased. -154 is a scene
from Goldsmith's “ Mdlle. Bloiz ”:—
In silks and satins new,
And hoop of monstrous size;
She never slumbered in her pew / y -. x \
But when she shut her eyes.
Tlie fine, round, rubicund face of the comfortable heroine is lighted up
in still deeper intensity by the bright rays of the sun shining through
the red curtains of the pew;—the combined glow is almost too intense
to contemplate in hot weather; but fortunately our month'of May
hitherto has “set in with its usual severity,” aud we can ven¬
ture to look at it. The other faces introduced, some peering in
curious amaze over the pew door, are touched off with quiet
life. “The Lion iu Love” (568) is a piece of extravagant ab¬
surdity, which, whilst it may make the unthinking multitude grin,
will make many of the “ judicious few ” grieve, and regret the ne¬
cessities of life which should compel such sacrifice of time and talent.
An old general officer, in full regimentals, is sitting on a sofa beside
a coquettish young lady who is employed at tnmbonr-work; he offers
to thread her needle, and is 1 clumsily trying to do so, contorting
his features and drawing up his feet on tiptoe in all the agony of
the perplexing exertion: No man ever made himself so ridiculous;
and, even if lie did, there was. no occasion to put him into an English
officer’s uniform. When people want to be funny they should know
at whose expense to do so, and where to stop.
T. Faed, whose charming “ Sunbeams ” we engraved and described
in our Paper of the 8th instant, has another work, of a more ambi¬
tious class, very clever and artistic in all its points. “ A Listener never
hears gude o’ himsel ” (272) is quite a little drama, founded upon one
of Ballantine’s ballads describing the vexations attendant upon the
unwelcome addresses of an aged woer to a young village belle.
That ill-favoured old gentleman, who, no doubt, lias plenty of
money, and thinks money can do everything, has sent the cruel
charmer “a letter, soft, couthie, an’ slee,” aud bought her “the
hrawest cheap shawl ” lie could find in the market, and he calls at
her residence to see the effect of these offerings. He pauses behind the
opened duor to listen, and to his chagrin andaisappointmenc finds that
a more favoured suitor occupies the ground before him, to whom the
young lady has already communicated the contents of his hapless love-
letter. and mightily they are all enjoying it:—
There sat ray braw joc, wi’ young Colin Dalzell,
\ \'--An' his glaikit sister, wba tongues like a bell,
A giggtiu, an* ettiin my letter to spell,
'•A listener never hears gude O’ himsel."
The composition of this little picture is full of life and well-
balanced constrast. In the cenlre the young folks are indulging in un¬
controllable mirth; near the fireplace is an aged woman, who seems
to enjoy tlie fun more quietly ; and at the opposite side, behind the
door, is the unhappy victim of this day’s gibbeting, with liis little
wiry dog at his heels, which the cat of the house—a bad omen —snarls
at with arched, uplifted back. “ The Ayrshire Lassie ” (498) is a
pretty characteristic study of a fresh, open-countenanced girl sitting
on a bank, and dressed in nice delicate middle tints of grey, blue, and
pink, altogether a worthy pendant to the artist's justly-admired “High¬
land Mary.”
Dickens has told us in his own charming style—though the simple
fact could not in the abstract have been altogether ignored before,
how stage clowns, beneath their motley, have hearts and feelings like
other mortals; and how, in the midst of singing “ Hot Codlins,” they
may often have to gulp down choking recollections of sickness and
misery at home. The idea lias been amplified in a sentimental vein in
the “Belphegor ” of the stage; aud now, in the present exhibition, are
two pictures illustrating passages in the same chequered story, both
of which present features of no ordinary merit.
We will first take Miss R. Solomon's “ Behind the Curtain ”
(1091), of which we have great'pleasure in giving an Engraving.
The arena is no other than a travelling booth or show at a fair; aud
we are admitted into the green-room, or manager's parlour, where a
very miscellaneous group is assembled. What first attracts our sym¬
pathies is the figure of a poor lad, the eldest sou and pride of the
establishment, who has met with an accident in the course of his pro¬
fessional avocations, and lies extended, pale and feverish, on a rude
couch, in the midst of properties and other lumber. The father, dressed
and painted for the show, has snatched a few minutes from the noisy
scene in front to feel tlie forehead and watch the syifiptoms of the
little patient; and the sincerity with which his anxions and affec¬
tionate feelings are expressed, spite of all that daubing of paint and
grotesque attire in which he is disguised, must be commended as a
triumph of genuine art. Beside tlie bed is little Miss Belphegor, who
is all life and spirits, just dressed, and ready to “ go on.” She is
eagerly devouring a slice of bread and butter, whilst her aiixiodfc
mother finishes tne fastening of her little satin siloes. In the midst
of all this importance of self, and all the little vanity apparent in her
composition, the young creature docs not forget to exchange a kindly
smile with her little brother, in whose absence, probably, she has to
undertake additional business. Behind, near the window, is the stage
villain gravely occupied tying on liis huge shaggy heard; and on the
opposite side, peeping" through the green baize curtain, is the man
with the drum and Pan’s pipes, who comes to summon Belphegor
into the presence of the delighted audience, a glimpse of whom we
catch through the aperture temporarily occasioned. The various
accessories of the scene are well tilled in. The picture on the wall
over the sick boy’s couch, exhibiting old Belphegor posturising on his
back, with young Belphegor balanced in the air on his elevated foot,
suggests the mode by which the latter came by his mishap.
“ Weary Life ” (300), by R. Carrick, takes up another phase in the
wandering mountebank’s career; and it also is a glimpse “ behind the
curtain.” Belphegor and liis little son have been tramping abng the
road on a provincial tour, when, overcome with fatigue and the heat of
the day, they throw themselves down to sleep beneath a shed in a little
wild secluded nook near the roadside. And how they do sleep, too !
The man lying on his back, with liis legs and arms scattered hither and
thither, is actually dead-beat, lost lor a time to all external influences,
though the expression of liis features still shows the ceaseless working
of a “ weary life” within, which can hardly ho said to sleep. The
young lad, lying carelessly, wrapped in a 6ort of tumbling-carpet,
across the body of his father, is enjoying a sounder and calmer re¬
pose. They are both clad in their professional finery, and beside
them is a miscellaneous assortment of costumes and properties, in¬
cluding the well-known mysterious sword, which (hey have to carry
about with them wherever they go, aud which have fallen with them
just where they fell. Contemplating this little picture of life-
weariness and Haze excitement stands a rustic wench, with a pitch-
fork in her hand: her contented sunburnt face offers a strange con¬
trast and commentary upon the pallid aspect of the two mountebanks,
and she stares with a"curious puzzled look at the strange apparition
before her. The colouring of this picture is full of skilful and har¬
monious combinations: the mountebank and his son, with
their baggage, are chiefly surrounded by* oranges, greens, and
whites, with a little dash of puce in the mail's girdle to
blend the whole; the girl, more simple in character, is appro¬
priately clothed in pure red, blue, and russet brown. But
indeed, in every particular, the treatment of this charming work is
highly poetic, suggestive, and instructive. We must, however, intorm
those who would wishto see itthatthey must take thetroubleof looking
for it. They will find it, below what is called “ the line,” on the northern
wall of the Middle Room; the position on the line just above it, which
it would properly have graced if not painted by an “outsider,? is
claimed by a very dull “ Portrait of a Lady ’’ (3U2), by H. W. Pick-
ersgiil, R. A., aud the corresponding space on tho other side of tbe centre
by tlie portrait of the Rev. A. L. Green, by S. A. Hart, R A. This
is one instance out of many of wlmt the Academy does for art, and
what art does in spite of the Academy.
“ The Return of the Prodigal,” (636), by A. Rankley, Is an adapta¬
tion of the Scripture parable to modern domestic life. There is con¬
siderable power displayed in it, and nicely sustained expression in the
faces ol the father and two sisters; that of the returned sailorboy,
the prodigal, is hidden.
G. Patten, besides three portraits (one of which is of-himself) luxu¬
riates in a large canvas, which he denominates “ Tlie Bower of Bliss”
(546), adopted from Spenser's “ Fairie Queene.”
| Acrasia! . . .
That wanton Iadie. with her lover lose,
Whose sleepie head she in her lap did soft dispose:
« • • * •
And off inclining down, with kisses light.
For fear of waking him. his lips bedew’d.
Tlie subject afl’ords opportunity for the introduction of a numerous
assemblage of nymphs and swains, variously grouped, and most of
them very much en deshabille. But when it is all done we involun-
tarilyask, aquoi Ion! Is there one spark of Spenser's poetry, one sug¬
gestion of grace, grandeur, or genius, in the entire composition ?
Certainly not. On the contrary, there is a great deal of bad drawing
in almost every part (where, for instance, is Acrusia's leit leg ?); and
the colouring is ns weak as the drawing, and as meretricious as the
subject. Mr. Patten lrad better stick to portrait-painting than run
riot in such absurdity as this.
Another unnecessary and unsatisfactory display of nudities is the
late N. J. Crowley's “Nature” (455), hanging over the door of the
West Room; hut we must treat it with some leniency, as it has the ap¬
pearance of having been left unfinished. It consists of an Academy
model, of pretty extensive proportions, reclining alfresco under the
shade of an Academy wood, with two or three little Academy chubby
children sprawling about, Cupid fashion, hut all without the slightest
pretence at purpose or sentiment—these are materials which
have been so thoroughly used up (Etty had the last of them,
we had hoped) that there is really nothing more to be got
out of them, except by tbe application of artistic genius of an order
which does not exist amongst us at present, But, indeed, at the
heat, all sucli subjects can but be in imitation of uu inferior walk of
Italian art, which immediately conducted to the decline of that school,
and which nothing rendered even tolerable but tlie consummate skill
displayed upon it in all the painter's attributes of form, grace, colour,
chiaroscuro. In our day such subjects are as foreign to tlie taste of
the public as they are beyond the powers of our artists.
J. Phillip is as successful as ever with his Spanish studies, of which
he produces five varieties. “ The Spanish Uontrabnudistas ” (‘Rid)
is the most important, though not. to our mind, in all respects
the most pleasing, of them. We are introduced in it to
the cave ol a band of smugglers at the moment when some
of the party have just returned from a skirmish with tlie
Government troops, in which one of them has been mortally wounded.
This person is represented extended iu tlie agonies of death, his head
being supported by his wife or mistress, who anxiously applies a stone
to his nostrils to test if he yet breathes. The face of the dying man
is rendered ghastly by the distortion of feature, and the cadaverous
hue cast over it. Another of the gang is “looking out” from their lair,
musket-m hand; and standing near the dying man is liis faithful and
patient mule, whose fantastic equipments, ornamental trappings, car-
pdts, Ac., form quite a picture ol themselves. “ Daughters of the
Alhambra ” (500; are two olivc-coloured belles, with full'melting eyes,
charmingly attired after the picturesque fashion of the country, the
one seated, the other standing at an open window of tho-Alhuinhr.i.
The faces are admirable for character and a peculiar style of beauty ;
and a rich'chiaroscuro pervades the curious old Saracenic recess iu
which they are ensconced.
R. Ansdell continues to put forth the fruits of the experience l.e
lately earned iu Spain in company with his friend Mr.’l'hillip; but,
whilst he revels iu the fascinations of a new style thus opened to him,
we would have him beware of falling into mannerism. Low flat
plains, vanishing off to nothing, without .elevation in middle or ex¬
treme distance, and a group of cattle, thrown into strong relief
against a blue Bky background (an arrangement partly suggested hy
Rosa Bouheur), may be very elt'ective occasionally, but they are not
staple enough to last for ever, and when resorted to too habitually
must betray the artist into what is familiarly called “ trick.” The
two oxen in the “ Crossing the Ford, Seville" (571), are sturdy and
real enough, but the water is indifferently painted. “ The Spanish
Shepherd” (581)) introduces some sheep of tne Spanish breed, whose
long wire-curled wool offers a strong contrast to the Southdowns and
Leicesters he had formerly been iu the habit of painting.
Reserving some further notices of figure and genre subjects for a
future occasion, we must uot longer delay saying something of the
landscape department, once so important in British art. What the
cause may he we do not pretend to tell; but in this peculiar and
fascinating field, so refreshing by its calm, so solacing by its poetry
—that poetry so unlimited in resource—we are sorry to say our
art has made little or no progress hi the last generation. Gains¬
borough, Wilson, Constable, Turner, have done much in this field ;
bat when we have named them we have named the whole British
school of poetic landscape. What constitutes the poetry of landscape
it might be difficult in few words to define, but its presence is a-kuow-
iedged and appreciated unhesitatingly and without fail by those wlio
have ever felt its influence, or have studied its manilestations in
Claude, S. Rosa, Ruysdael, and Hobbema and tho English worthies
already named. To be brief in what we would suggest upon this
point, tbe poetry of landscape (without which landscape is but scene-
painting) is shown in its power to engross the spectator in the sub¬
ject pluced before him, to cohfine him as it were within its very atrno
sphere and influence, attuning his mind to active sympathy with the
impressions it conveys. Failing this, no amount of accuracy and skill
in the copying of individual objects can satisly the mind ; and, unless
the mind is satisfied, the grand pmgiose of art is not attained. Now,
our artists of the present day fail not only iu these high essentials,
but even in the technic accomplishments of harmonising colours, and
giving breadth to their compositions, and air to their canvas. Why
there should he all this failure is not for ns to say—failure more ap¬
parent, we must add, in efforts of oil-painting Mian in those hi the
more facile and genial medium of water colours.
Creswick does not rise to the point of excellence we should ex¬
pect, judging from the past. We look back with regret from
Mat 22, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
519
some of his large canvases to his smaller anil less pretending
productions of earlier years. “A Ford across an English River
—the Cattle by T. Sidney Cooper ” (07) presents many admirable
points j but the foreground is pale and washy; and the cattle, by
Cooper, are too dark and heavy for the geneial tone of the picture.
“ A Rocky Stream in Devonshire ’’ (131), and “A Road by a Highland
Lake *’ (422), show evidences of locnl truth; and the “ Mountain
Torrent" (571) is bold in conception, and executed with power; but we
cannot help thinking it would show to better effect if hung a little
higher than where it is, actually touching the ground.
T. Sidney Cooper, on his own account, comes out with two remark¬
able subjects, in -different lines. “ An October Evening ’’ (430) is
daring in conception—a windmill represented in bold relief against a
sk v under the effect of a very cold sunset; but strangely tinged with
yellow and lavender as we never saw sky before. There are some
cows in the foreground, done with a sort of verisimilitude; but better
of their kind we have unquestionably seen from this hand. This land¬
scape suggests nothing; flot so his other work, emphatically named
“ Home"’ (545), and, amidst a verdant and genial landscape, pleasingly
prompting homely ideas. Here, on a slightly rising pasture-ground,
in the neighbourhood of a cathedral town, with sheep and cows
straying about, are two soldiers evidently on a march, who, pointing
to the scene before them, inquire of some women particulars concern¬
ing a spot which was once their “ home ”:—
Hail I native spot, my home—my birth-place, hail!
Not closer to thy min’d turret clings
The ivy, when awaken'd by the gale.
Than round thee does the raptur'd thought that springs
Spontaneous from my heart.
The whole conception is very pretty, and has been prettily treated;
the result being one of the most agreeable pictures of its class in the
exhibition. The landscape is tenderly and harmoniously coloured.
Vf. F. Withrington has two clever river bits—“On the Greta”
(88 and 392); but we prefer to them his “ Midday ’’ (168), a refresh¬
ing scene of shady foliage, with the warm rays of the sun peeping
through—not crapriciously Bnd factitiously, as has been the trick with
too many, but broadly, and with a soothing effect.
E. W. Cooke—always so successful in his sea-pieces and shipping,
of which he seems to command the very spirit and fashion—has several
striking pictures. *' Dutch Boats in a Calm—Evening ” (282) is of a
prevailing fine vellow-grey tint. “ Sunset on the Lagune of Venice
(557) exhibits the other extreme, but probably with strict truth of
local colour—the sky deep orange and purple, reflected upon a calm
expanse of water only dimpled with a few mild ripples.
The Linnells come out in some force. J. Lmnell, sen., in his
« Shepherds ” (602), shows us a shady hilly spot, with sheep scattered
about The effect, in many respects, is pleasing, though the handling
often produces a cottony surface The colour, also attempting too
much is not in keeping: the sky is cold, with white clouds floatingover
it • the average tone of the rest is cool; but in the foreground, quite
uunecessarilv, arc patches of red in a man’s cap on the left, and m the
clothes of some figures in the middle.
T J Linnell displavs a bold brush in his Wheatfield (468), a
broad expanse of waving ripe corn, with a pleasing landscape dis¬
tance : but the foreground is spotty, through the introduction of a
profusion of red poppies, anil red clothing on the figures.
W Linnell iu his “Hill Country” (476) has a nch, nicely-broken
prospect, with a bridle-rond leading directly into the picture from the
f )re"round. Here the introduction of a grey horse, whose rider wears
an orange-coloured jacket and red cap, produces a concentration of
lieht in the centre which is of advantageous effect. • „
\V. Linton’s view of “ The Vale of Lonsdale, from Gray s Station
(463), is a large picture, covering an extensive range of country; the
foreground is rocky, fringed with stunted foliage; in the middle dis-
tance is a sunny plain, and in the distance a cool mountain range.
* What the picture wants ia concentration. The general effect is un¬
equal, and in the handling the stippling process has been resorted to
to such an extent as to render the surface an agglomeration of spots.
Stanfield has four pictures, exhibiting his brilliant but somewhat
cold treatment. “ Old Holland ” (18) is a characteristic new, full of
local truth. The sky is bleak; a fine guBh of stormy water rolls
tovardathe shore, in the midst of which a ship, with topmasts lowered,
is being towed out “ against the wind.” “ The Fortress of Savona
( 111 ) is seated on a bold, rocky, coast; in the Biirf, near shore, is a ship,
to which boats are putting off, the whole producing a scene of great
animation. “ The Hollands Diep-Tide Making” (497) is represented
under a remarkable aspect. The sea is calm, hut running in hard,
various craft floating upon its bosom; the broad silvery rays of the
moon lighting it up with peculiar effulgence. His remaining subject
is the “Castle of Ischia” (359), seen under the influence of a brisk
D Roberts has two grand interiors,'ns grand as any we have seen
from his hand-” The High Altar of the Church of San Giovanni e
Paolo at Venice ” (14), and “ The Basilica of San Lorenzo (lo9).
For breadth, combined with fine detail and rich ettect of chiaroscuro,
we prefer the latter. But he is, to our mind, even more agreeable in
Ins out-door than his in door scenes. “ San Giorgio Maggiore,\emce,
(360), and “The Ducal Palace, Venice” (485), are beautiful views,
evincing a fine appreciation of local influence of sky and water. /
‘ Afternoon in the Summer Time (523), by G. Chester, is a fine
umbrageous landscape, of a truly British character, the merit of
which we recognised when we saw it some months ago when privately
exhibited in Great George street, Westminster. It is now hung so
high that the whole effect of the picture is destroyed; the nice finish
of the details of leafage and water are absolutely lost by distance,
whilst the colour throughout is killed by the torrent of light winch
a f . a high angle glances off the surface. This is another inscarice of
the nice discrimination and tender mercies of the hanging officials,
a-»d of the superior claims of portraiture over all walks of art. Air.
Chesters landscape is sent up aloft, to give precedence to a teaboardy
family group of the Cunliffe Kays, by Thorburn.
LEADING THE WAY. BY J. II. MOLE.
THOM THE EXHIBITION OP THE NEW SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN
WATER CQJ.OUB9.
Mn. Mole’s agreeable talent in domestic scenes is successfully ex¬
hibited in this little production, which forms part of the Exhibition of
the New Society of Painters in Water Colours A small rustic party
returning home from their labour m the fields, have arrived at a small
hrool whichTs crossed by a rude wooden^bridge, or rather aje e
plunk. A fine healthy-looking young lad goeson before, ^ '“,>'5
the way,” with a sheaf of wheat under his arm , behind is a little girl
whose steps an elder female is guiding. The landscape is a sedndrf
wooded spot, cool and calm. Without any pretentions to theatrical
effect the picture is an attractive one; nnd oompleted.ni . J . .
tones and with delicate finish for which the artist is justly celebrated.
A RELATIVE OF DR. JOHNSON.
, (To the Editor ‘ot the Illfsthated Losdos News.)
We have resident in Leicester a relative of Dr. Samuel Johnson, who
surelv Rlioitld not be left to want ami misery in his old age. His_fa lie
was ‘cousin to Dr. Samuel Johnson, and resided in
where lie was born. In 1177; he is. consequently, now in Ins eignty-
fir.at year, lie was named after the Doctor, nnd can just remem¬
ber him. Hois in great poverty, but has nlways maintained a good cna-
racter. He has the small eye, the uncouth features,and honest expression
of his great relative; but the iron h»nd of want lias not allowed the
rucked outline to be softened by good Uvfng Should this meet the eye 9[
any one who might feel pleasure in relieving the necessities of old age ana
of i Samuel Johnson, I slVail be most happy to be the receiver of any aid
for such ades*mug individual as lie is He is well known to Rf. r ’
sons who would readily substantiate my statement of his respectability
and pood character. I am. Sir,
and good character, >' J am. Sir, your obedient servant,
The Newarkc, Letter. May 12, less. John Babclat, M.D.
The Co at or Arms aki> Motto 0 f the Duke of Mala-
kotf.-A Correspondent has furnished us with the following Interesting
scran of Information relating to Ins excellency I lie high opinion
entertained bv Marshal PeiissWrof this country is no secret; it is not
generally kuoiui however, that lie has paid a signal compliment to the
nation on the one hand, by selecting, as the supporters of his eout of arms
aziuav2andaUigUl.mder ; and smarted tribute ol admiration to our
great warrior, on IM other, iu the adoptiou of the Dukes motto:
• Virtutis Fortuna Comes. 1 ”
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
T- W.P.—Von can procuro Mr. Preti's two treatUo* on end-^vnei, or, lorfood. *oy other
modern work* on chess, of Mr. C bkeot, pub Isber of King Wiaism-stroct, £trand, who
hu probsbly the largest nock of chess-books on sal® of anj dealer in England.
C. A., A YOCKO AM.wKUic—Mach below tbo mark ; ao much that we should advise you
not to attempt the conduction of problem* until you haveexpendoi at least twelve mouth*
hi the study of first-mu) composition* by aach master* a* too Rev. H. Bolton, M. D’Urville,
lierr Kling, Conrad "aver. *c , ate.
I. B K., Ilarusbury. — It shall have tiserfon.
K n . Cook. - Very clover. It shall have a diagram shortly.
A Me tut El:, Stc— i he report from an A.oilcaa paper of Mr. Morphy having played a few
yam**, giving the odda of aKuiglutotbe atna'tur from Mexico, *ho*o umo ii familiar
by hi* cDcouuto i wlh sonic o' ou* leading men, t* quite true. We hate not seen tbo
gismo*, but the result we are told gave Morphy eight, and hi* opponent seven, game*.
E. G. Gickkxkkli. and G. E. UoKNK.—Correct, though, from arriving too late, unacknow¬
ledged in *ho ^ublUbed list
El'atLON of H.—It was jour problem la six move* wh ch vro characterised a* ** clever." The
other two being on the s .me colomed diagram*, and in a very similar handwriting, wrro
mUtakan for yours also The error arts* from the prevalent neglect of coricspomlruts to
attach ihtlr signature* to the diagrams.
B , of Twyford.—No oftclsl i^ilamtion as to the postponement of the Birmingham Meeting
basbvou given, the commutes living unable to take any s up* until a reply to their tnvita*
lion to Mr. Morphy has l*«i received We sliall probably be in a position to announce
definitively next w««k whether the arse ntPy is to take piece at the early period origiua ly
contemplated, or Is <luftired, as is generally wished, until the termination of the London
season. .
D. W. M—Tbc editor* of the American Monthly hove possibly forgotten that, of the last
nineteen garni* between Harrwi t and Ltfwenihal, the latter did not win ono! but they
must remember that Mr. Morphy, whon a mo o child, beat Mr. l-owenUmi two games out
of thrto and they ought n*-t therefore, in Just'co to English | layers, to perpetuate, except
as a good joke toe ab«ur«l report that the ‘‘distinguished Hungarian ” is willing to play a
match with any Engl : »b p'nver If Mr. Lowenthal has the least wish to plsy, let him put
ids suppirter or aapponer. in c mmuiiicat'oii wi h us, and we will undertake to find him an
English opponent—wo might say half adoson—who will ptay him for the highest stake he
can raise.
Au-ha — AU depends upon wh other you retained hold of the I’itvo. In any case, however,
there was no for.eitnre of the gamo.
W. 8. Littlk.—I n a match of such Importance, and whore many weeks were afforded fbr
the examination of a move, when four or live of the best players In Europe were »ngaged
on aach ddo, yon must not believe ro obvious a variation as that tuggestud was overlooked.
Wo renumber, indeed, having hoaid that tho variations written down ou White's and
Black's ninth movo covered srmo quires of pnper You forget one very palpable rejoinder
White has when the quoou la attacked —namely. 10. K B takes q B 1’
I. i’HKXix.—Tte problems referred to have not yet reacted us.
Okioisal No«itii**x Gur .—There is really no difference excel t In nnmo.
ttOLi Tio.Ns or FICOIILKM No. 7t3, by I. B. W , G C.. H tf Murdo h. Lionel, It. R., Lex,
P. H., V. N., Dinmmond, Mym.oer tlmplenlmon, H. L. 8., G. Lewis, M I\, X. Y. Z.,
Pnilo Chess, Cxar. Ernest, A. B C.. Do ts. A 8smo»trest. Clercus, Maria, G. T. W..
Etouiunsos, W. W , Boland, Pb z, Box and Cox. Medicus, I. B. I)., A Sailor, Sphinx,
Pete-kin, Andrew. P. G., N. K. N., C. B.A.. L.C.W.. F. E. G . Miles, W. G., F. H,
I. F. F-, Cantab, Epsilon, G O. A . M. C , Theta, Lynx, Old Salt. Affghan. 8t. Leger,
C. M-, T W., e. H L.. Otuega. Manxman, B B., T. 8. C., Omlcron, Mercator, ISM, A 6ub-
•criber ab initio, Quicksilver, D. D., are oonvet.
Solution of Problem No. 143.
WHITE. BLACK. I WHITE.
1. KttoK B4th(ch) K to K 4th ibest) 3. B to Q Kt 4th
2. U to Q H 4th 1* moves ■ 4. B to Q 6th
* Discovering check, and mate.
PROBLEM No. 744.
By J. B., of Bridport.
BLACK.
BLACK.
K moved
WHITE.
White to play, and mate in three moves.
CHESS IN THE METROPOLIS.
Mr. Staunton gives the Amateur from Mexico the odds of the Q Kt.
{Remove White's Q Kt from the board.)
(Kvans' Gambit.)
white (Mr. 8.) black (Mr. W.)
1 . P to K 4th P to K 4th
2 . K Kt to K B 3rd Q Kt to Q B 3rd
^3. K B to (J B 4th K B to Q B 4th
4 . P to (i Kt 4 th B take3 ^ Kt P
5. P to U B 3rd B to H B 4th
6. P to <1 4t.h P takes P
7. Castles PtoQ3rd
8. Q to Q Kt 3rd Q to K 2nd
9. B to K Kt 5th K Kt to K B 3rd
10. P takes P U Kt takes Q P
11. Kt takes Kt B takes Kt
12 . Q K to Q aq B to Q Kt 3rd
13. P to K 5th P takes P
14. K B takes KB K to B sq
P (ch)
file would evidently have Icet the ex change
by taking the Biriiop. >
15 . K B to Q B 4th QBto K Kt5th
16 . Q R to Q 2nd J* to K K 3rd
17 . QBtoKR4th P to K Kt 4th
18 . Q B to K Kt 3rd Kt to K 5th
19. Q K to Q 5th Kt takes B
white (Mr. S.) black (Mr. W.)
20 . Q takes Kt Q B to K R 4th
21 . Q R takes Q P Q to K B 3rd
22. Q to Q B 3rd
(Promitlng, but njt so good as Q R to
K 6th.)
22 . B to K B 2nd
23. B takes B K takes B
24. K R to Q sq K R to Q sq
25. KRtoQBsn KRtoQ3rd
26 . Q to Q B 4th icfj) K to Kt 2 nd
27. Q to K 4th Q K to Q sq
29. K R to K B sq QtkaKBP(ch)
29. R takes Q K R to Q sq (ch)
30. Q to K sq R takes Q (chj
31. K takes K R to Q 7th
32. U to K 7th (ch) K to Kt 3rd
33. K to K cth (ch) K to K K 4 th
34. Pto K Kt4th (ch) K takes P
35. R takes B R to <2 8th (ch)
36. K to Kt 2nd Q B P takes K
37. K to Q Kt 2 nd K to Q 2 nd
And White shortly resigned.
BETWEEN TIIE SAME TLAYERS.
3Ir. S. giving his Q Kt, as before.
{Remove White's Q Kt from the Board.)
{Irregular Opening.)
white (Mr. S.) black (Mr. W.)
1 . P to Q Kt 3rd P to K 4th
2 . Q B to Q Kt 2nd Q Kt to Q B 3rd
3. P to K 3rd
4 . K B to K 2nd
5. y to K B 4th
6. P takes P
\ P to Q 4th
P to Q 4th
li Kt to KB 3rd
Iv B to Q 3rd
K B takes P
K B to Q 3rd
8. K Kt to K B 3 rd Q B to K Kt 5th
9. Castles
10 . P to Q R 3rd
11. B takes B
12. P to K Kt 3rd
13. P takes Kt -v -- - - .
14. B to K Kt 2nd Q to K R 7th (ch)
15 . K to B 2nd B to K Kt 6 (ch)
16 . Iv to B 3rd K B to Q 3rd
17 . Q to K sq P to K Kt 5th
18 . K U to K Kt sq Castles on Q side
K Kt to K5th
B takes Kt
Q to K R 5th
Kt takes iv Kt P
Q takes P (ch)
white (Mr. S.)
26. Q to Q Kt 5th
27. P takes P
28 . K to Q Kt sq
29. K R to K R aq
black (Mr. W.)
Q to K 3rd
B to K 4th (ch)
Kt to Q B 3rd
P to K it 3rd
19. K to K 2 nd
20. K to Q 3rd
21 . Q to K B sq
22 Q R to K sq
23. B to Q B sq
24 K to Q B 3rd
25. K to Kt 2 nd
Q K to K sq
Kt to K 2 ud
PtoK B 4th
Q to K K 3rd
P to Q B 4th
K to Kt sq
K Rto K Bsq
30. B to Q 2 nd
31. P to Q B 3rd
32. Q to Q 3rd
33. K to Q K 2nd
34. Q Rto K Bsq
35. OR to KB 2nd B to Kith
36. K R to K B sq P to K B 5th
37. P takes B P
38. B to K R 3rd
39. B Uke3 U
40. P to Q B 4th
41. P tAkeS Q P
42. B takes K B P
43 R takes B
44 Q takes Q
45. P to Q Kt 3rd
46. K R to K B 2nd Kt to Q 5th
47. K K to Q 2 nd Kt to K 3rd
48 . R takes K Kt takes R
19. R to K B 5th
And Black surrendered.
B to K Kt 2nd
P to Q R 3rd
§ R to Q sq
t to Q it 4th
QRtoQ 2 nd
P takes P
Q to Q B 3rd
Q takes B
Kt to Q B 3rd
K to Q sq
B takes Jt
Q takes Q P
R takes Q
P to K R 4th
Os Friday (last week) her Majesty and the Prince Consort in-
... — - • ... ..... . V,.. I,, ... V.jffAimt 17 q .d J n re., n.hiAli ,a
ing place. Cal- —
fourteen feet In height, and weighs four tons.
In the vear l a 57 there were employed in the trade of the United
Kincdom 27.59G IS.-ltDh steamers nud saMug-vesscU of c ssa.705 tous.
912 lorelen ve-sc's ot t . 6 Sl.Hi tons i entered Inwards), nod 27.113
Britiefi ships of ii.M0.4W ton.-, with 23,489 loreign vessels o: 4.363 101 tons
(cleared outwards).
THE COLOUJRED ENGRAVINGS.
MOSQUE OF WUZEER NAWAUB ALEE KHAN, LAHORE.
This noble building was erected by a Minister of Jehanghier, the
Selim of Moore's tale of “TIie^Light of the Harem." ii. “ Lall^
Rookh," who, spending his summers in Cashmere, made Lahore Kis
winter residence, and bestowed as much care on its embellishment
as his father, Acbar, lavished on Aera, and his son, Shah Jehan, on
Delhi. It was here he first saw Nourmahal, in u boat on the Ranee,
which flows under its walls, and now past his tomb, for his body Was
brought from Bember, at the foot of the hills, where lie died, on the
road from Cashmere, in 1C27. He built the Palace and Musjid ad¬
joining, called from that circumstance the Padishah's Musjid, os the
one engraved is called the Wuzeer’s. The former is built of red sand¬
stone, inlaid with white marble, and is more costly than the latter,
having suffered, in consequence, from the spoliation of the Sikhs,
who have carried off its white marble chutrees, # as well as the balus¬
trade of the same material round Jehanghier's tomb, to ornament
their tank at Umritzir.
The Wuzuree Musjid is far more picturesque—the brilliancy of its
decoration admirably contrasting with the massive squareness of it«
form. It is the gateway alone which appears in the print, but a small
portion ot the Musjid being visible over the outer wall, which on all
the four sides is pierced below with arches, used as shops. The square
fronting the gateway is a market-place, and generally thronged.
Conspicuous over the arch is a broad band o f Arabic characters,
blue on a white ground, containing the Moslems' confession of faith—
“There is but one God, and Mahomet is his prophet.’’ Sentences
from the Korau are repeated on a smaller scale on panels all over the
front, and the intervals are filled up with intricate patterns in dif¬
ferent colours. This inlaid work is identical with some of the decora¬
tions of the Alhambra; und specimens in a similar style may be found
all through Persia and Afghanistan, Srinde and Moultan, and the
Pdnjaub, and in many of the principal towns of India.
It is riot made of sqnare tiles with u painted pattern running from
one to another, but every piece of both pattern and ground is moulded
to the required shape, and the glaze in different colours fused on
while the tile is in a heated state, and it is afterwards laid on a bed of
plaster ou the brickwork. The art is not lost either iu Scinde or the
Punjaub, though too expensive to be practised. Ou examining pieces
of the glaze in different colours as now used, they prove to be iden¬
tical with that now imported from Venice to this country for the same
purpose; and there is every probability that Venetian glass has been
used throughout the East from the commencement of this mode of
decoration.
K Specimens of tiles, as well as inlaid patterns, may lie seen at the
British Museum, the East India Museum, and the Museum of
Economic Geology, Jerrayn-street. At the latter place the different
coloured glazings used are also exhibited.
• The canopies, supported on pillars, which crown the minarets and
adorn different parts of mosques and other buildings, are called by that
name. It also means an umbrella.
RAJAH JOWAHIR SINGH AND ATTENDANTS.
Rajah Jowaliir Singh is the son of Dhyan Singh, chief favourite of
Runjeet Singh when at the height of his power. Dhyan Singh was
the eldest of three brothers, and on the detth of Runjeet was involved
in all the bloody intrigues which ended in the country falling into
our hands, not, however, before he and several of his family }yul
fallen victims to mutual treachery. The most bloodthirsty and ui
scrupulous of all, the second brother, Gholab Singh, then reaped tl.o
fruits which the crimes of the others had placed within his grasp. Bv
posseting himself of his murdered brothers’ treasure he was enabled
to buy the country of Cashmere of the East India Company when
Lord Hardinge was Govemor-Gene^alr He then allowed the son of
Dhyan Singh a small jagheer in the 1)21 ‘country adjoining the Panr;
jaub, and, on his raising troops and »n ,, .* , avouring f .to render himself
independent, a contest arose whicH^Miml'in the weaker party being
driven awaj and forced to hide his diirtmished head in Lahore, where
he lives 011 the poor remnants of his father's fortune saved from the
grasp of his tyrannical uncle.
Any one wishing for an insight into Indian life from the pen of one
well able both from experience and talent to depict it will lie fully re¬
paid by the perusal of the “ Adventures of an Officer in the Service of
Runjeet Singh, by the late Sir Henry Lawrence?’ It contains an in¬
teresting narrative of the fortunes of these Dogra ltujpoot brothers,
and their master, Runjeet Singh.
THE SALE OF ENGLISH GOODS AT CANTON.
For this characteristic Sketch of Chinese life and manners we are
indebted to our Special Artist in China; and, like most of the life¬
like drawings from the same band, it tells its own tale too plainly to
require any explanation.
New Ftereoscopic Pictures.— Messrs. Negretti and Zambra
have just issued a series of twelve stereoscopic pictures of the ruins of
several of the Italian towns which Buffered most during the la*e earth¬
quakes. Tney are very interesting records of these terrible events, and
are exceedingly well photographed. We can specially commend *he pic¬
ture of the Church of the Holy Trinity at Folia, where nearly 2000 of the
inhabitants were swallowed up at one moment The view of Marsfco
Nuovo, a town which numbered u population of 6000 , but where only a
few houses are now left standing. Is painful in its desolation. The pub¬
lishers of these pictures deserve all praise for their laudable exertions to
place works of so much interest before the public.
* Photography.—M r. Rouch, of the firm of Burfield and Pouch
Strand, has invented the best dark-developing chamber for out-door
photography we have yet seen. It will be found preferable to any of the
numerous forms of dark tent, all of which are complicated and cumber¬
some, aud very uncomlortable to work in. With the above the operator
manipulates on the outside, and not in. whilst the greatest steadiness is
ensured by the hands resting on a ledge when coating or developing a
picture, yne of |ts principal recommendations is great simplicity. It
consists only of a rectangular box, in which the whole of the apparatus
required^n an excursion may be conveniently packed. It cati be ujid us :t
stand, on which the camera can be placed, being. In fact, more steady
than most forms of tripod. It is especially recommended for taking
stereoscopic pictures, and it can be manufactured with folding aides to
take any size plate.
Amprican Iingines.— A correspondent, referring to the recent
accident on the Trent Valley Railway, suggests the adoption in this
country of the guard employed upon all engines in the United States aud
Canada* there called a “cow-catcher ” as a means by which similar acci¬
dents' may be avoided in future. “There is,” he adds, “another improve¬
ment in. the construction of engines in America which is umy* really
adopted were, and it is a matter of surprise to Americans to find it has
not beeiMutrodured in this country. 1 mean the structure which covers
the hinder portion of the American'engines, to protect the engineers and
stokers j froin the weather, and which is there called “thecab* of the
engine. By the shelter thus afforded the drivers are effectually protected
from wind ami storm, while iu this country tiny are wholly exposed ti>
both, and must suffer both m health and comfort ” A drawing in tnn
Illustrated London News for May i exhibits the outline and general
arrangement of the structure alluded to, as wc‘l a* the guard m ;ront ol
the engine, aptly enough termed the “cow-catcher."
Tnotoirr a Beachfier. —A writer to the Home Journal
thinks that mental activity tends to keep the body young:—" H e were
sneaking of handsome men the other evening, and l was wondering why
II ) Vli n am IIBUUSBILIl, JIIIUUK n N”' o
have been on the watcli at the theatre, opera, and other placet
whether it is generally true, and it is. A lmnd^otne man who does nothing
but eat and drink grows llabby and the flue lines of his features pre lo.-t
but the hard thinker 1ms an admirable fculpt-.r at work, keeping Ms «»ni-
lines in repair, and constantly goto* over Ills face to improve the original
design .”—Ration Post.
Petitions.— Bv the Twenty-eighth Report on Public Petitions
it aDDeara that l$9 petitions, with 17.455 aiguaMire*. had been presented iu
favour ot the ubolitiou of Church-rates ; aud 3«5, w ih OKU signature*
Hiruiust abolition; 31, with 484 signature*, lor a teretiou in the m v “ ‘
nrovi-don 13 t*etlti«ns. with 362 sdguature* have b««« presented pr«) »ti<
for an alteration in the Divorce Art. 2 p*Utlqua. w|U» 2 friguatures »u
favour of the removal of Jcwudi dUabIHti<6; and 23s wrih 11
lures against, si petitions for the repeal of the Muynooth College A a,
with 24,243 signatures.
KiVS
524
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[May 22, 1858
Lokdon : Printed and Published at the Office, 198, Strand, in the Parish of St Clement Danes, in the County of Middlesex, by William Little, 198, Strand, aforesaid.— Saturday, Mat 33, 1858.
“ PALAZZO m THE BI-RADA BALM, GENOA," PAINTED BY S. BEAD
.-FROM THE EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS.-(SEE PAGE 512.)
‘INTERIOR.-EVENING.”-PAINTED BY G. DODGSON.-FROM THE EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS.-(Slid PAGE 022.)'
No. 920.— vol. xxxh.]
• SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1858.
a Supplement, Fivepence
SUCH AllOtj Of
1UE vm uisuop or ciLutrriA, ot wsMatastHt ABusy.- szxt i’ AUEj
THE PARTY MOVEMENT.
Although the judicious intervention of the Whitsuntide recess
may have caused a lull in the public feeling with regard to the
late proceedings in Parliament, which resulted ignominiously, as
we think, for the character of Parliament, it is hardly possible that an
event so striking can be allowed to pass away without leaving some
strong impressions on the country. It may be the cue on all sides
in the House of Commons to touch very tenderly, if it is touched at
all, on a matter which no one concerned in it can look back upon
with satisfaction; but the political mind of the country must
be really under the influence of a moral chloroform if it does
not mark and digest what has occurred, and remember
t when a day of national retribution arrives. While deprecating
in every sense, and for many reasons, a premature dissolution of
the present Parliament, it is with reluctance we feel compelled to
confess that never did a House of Commons more headstrongly
and rashly tempt such a sentence. In few words and simple, what
was the situation ? A weak, wavering, and, in an immediate sense,
a peccant Government, in an extremity brought on by sheer fatuity
and indiscretion, saved from the midst of a disorganised Liberal
party, partly by the clever debating of temporary^leserters from the j
Opposition, and partly by the fears and prayers of a large
number of that party itself. Surely constituencies will
one day give a good account of those helpless indi¬
viduals who for a whole week were made the playthings and
the tools of rival influences, who wandered about not knowing
where to rest, shuffling here and cutting there, and making up
their minds and combining, only to create at last a Parliamentary
ridicule. Very painfully to the eyes of those who not long ago
thought that they had detected in the present House of Commons
the germs of an approach to real representative government in this
country was observed the falling away, and scattering to
an extent almost inconceivable, ot the Liberal party. It
is wounding to one’s self-complacency to witness the ntter
failure of a prediction which, like most others, was founded
on a combination of facts and circumstances. And most
unpleasant of all is the contrast between the Opposition and the
gentlemen whose fortune It now is to sit behind the Treasury
benches. By whatever name they may choose to be called, Tories,
Conservatives, or Progressive Conservatives—-whatever may be
their principles, their hopes, and their intentions on this occasion—
they had at least one merit: they were a party, and acted like a
party. United, well-disciplined, daring, and resolute, they did
their work (which, after all, was but negative, for they had but to
look out and cheer lustily the arguments in their favour which
came from amidst the ranks of their opponents) steadily and with
proportionate effect. It was proved to demonstration that, as at
present constituted, the Liberal section of the House is no match
for the supporters of Government As a party move, then, the
late proceedings were an utter failure. However well and justly
conceived, it was ill constructed, ill managed, ill ended.
The sudden reuniting of incompatibilities in the person of Lord
John Bussell and Lord Palmerston, which it was supposed would
carry everything before it, was too much of an impromptu ; thpre
was not time for the newly-joined sections of this piece of political
mosaic to harden into fusion; the cement was not dry when the
strain was put upon it On the whole, then, it is clear that in this
contest Parliament libs lost infinitely, but it is by no means certain
that the public has not on the whole gained. It may seem a
paradox to assert that a country governed by representative institu¬
tions is a gainer by a failure, however temporary, in those insti-
I tutions to carry out their objeots ; but many a seeming paradox
526
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Mat 29, 1858
when grasped closely is found to contain the seeds of sound argu¬
mentation and reasonable deduction.
In the first place, it is to be hoped that we have gained the remain¬
der of the Session for the real business of the country. There are
several matters, social and domestic, with regard to which all par
ties might concur, and which might well be dealt with in the re¬
mainder of the period which vital custom has assigned to the
legislation of each year. Above all, there is the enormously-
important, the pressing, subject of India. It is true that, perhaps,
the mo6t palpable gain of recent events—the one that, experience
will prove to be as useful as any—is the deposition of Lord Ellen-
borongh from the Ministry for India; and, although at the pre¬
sent moment no one knows who is to supply his place, yet, under
any circumstances, it is fearful to contemplate the absolute
committal of the destinies—the critical, anxious destinies—
of that empire, with the home Government in a state
of transition and the troubles in Bengal still unsettled—to the
hands of a Government which has shown itself so incapable of
manipulating that great subject, either in principle or detail. We
would earnestly counsel Parliament, while it is yet time, to re¬
establish the governmental system of that vast dependency on a
firm basis, and to construct within it a real workable machinery.
It should be remembered that the Ministry have cast the responsi¬
bility of any measure for the future regulation of Indian affairs on
the Honse of Commons : they do not positively profess any prin •
eiple with regard to it, and they scarcely enunciate the outline of
a plan. If the Legislature wishes to redeem its reputation for
common sense or common prudence, it will, in a philosophical
spirit and with practical action, set about this business,
delay in which is fraught with the most momentous con¬
sequences-, and if they are thus wise they will not only have
done good service to the country, but they will be able to
state to their constituencies that the Session has not been altogether
thrown away—a statement the value of which to each member
personally, looking to things as they now exist, need, we imagine,
be only hinted at to be appreciated.
Again. Surely it is impossible to suppose that the experience of
the last few weeks will be thrown away on the Liberal party. It
cannot be but that what has passed must act as a warning, and
operate as an instruction. Already the consequences of the want
of unity in that party have become apparent. Mr. Disraeli has
met his constituents in Buckinghamshiie, and in triumphant lan¬
guage lias declared that the lam contest was one between the Govern¬
ment and acabal, and that the country—the country, mind—has une¬
quivocally declared in favour of the Ministry; and this he boldly asserts
at a moment when hedocs not venture to avow a scintilla of the policy
of that Ministry. But there is no mistaking his tone. There are,
moreover, not wanting indications elsewhere*of what that policy is
to be, which is comprehended under the doubtful phrase of Con -
aervauve progress; and. perhaps not without reason, he reckons
for that future within which the continuance of his Government
may be comprised, on the supposed baseless structure of the Oppo¬
sition in the House of Commons. Although in the earlier part of
these remarks we deemed it necessary to characteiise the c induct
of that party in the manner we believe to have been deserved, we
are stiil anxious to hope and believe that the error which has been *
committed is capable of being repaired. It may be repaired by the
earnest and untiring watchfulness of the Ministry during its re¬
newed existence, an existence caught from the disunion of its
opponents, and not from its own inherent strength, and which,
therefore, still depends on the action of the majority of the House
of Commons. It may be repaired by a sedulous effort to remove
the opprobrium from-the Liberal party in Parliament of its being
said to be a disorganised body, doubtfully rallying round a few
half-trusted leaders. It is yet in the bands and in the power even
or the present Bonse of Commons to resuscitate and consolidate
the great Liberal party. There is yet time and opportunity for
them to throw off the apathy and to struggle out of the stagnation
which seems to have pervaded them as a party, so far, at least, as
the rational and steady enunciation and vindication of their priu-/
ciplcs aSe concerned. They have already, though, as we think, not\
in the most judicious manner, taught a lesson to those who hold the
position of leaders among them ; it is yet in their power to school
those leaders in a wiser spirit, and. by more effefctual means, into a
tense of the necessity of widening the basis of their duties, and
enlacing the principles on which their operations
They can teach those leaders that, if they wish to be
they ate in name, they must not halt, or linger, or t
cause they have adopted ; that they must not gi
and circles—and, to speak plainly, to families—wlmt
for the country at large; that personal
to what may be called party, but by which we me
of the party of progress and improvement, to national requirements.
We repeat that, notwithstanding all that has occurred, great as has
been the shock to confidence in Parliamentary Liberalism, we
believe that it is not beyond the reach of the existing House of
Commons to retrieve its position, if fit Go only Vise in time, and
do not wiliully trifle with that trust which a generous country is
still ready to bestow upon them. The House of Commons is yet
yonng, scarcely beyond its infancy; and we are hopeful to think
that its faults and shortconiiugs are the insult of its not haviug
reached its years of discretion. Let the Liberal majority fall back
hi spirit and in truth on public opinion, and from thence they will
surely derive that strength and that momentum which will once
more set them afloat, on the great stream of aspiration and advance¬
ment, which is ike.fertilising currentof a free and energetic country.
By the adoption of a Broader and bolder policy on the part of all
the component, sections of the Liberal party, by the leaders as well
as by the led, a few months may prove that the mistake of
the recent Farf aincrmny proceedings, although it may have given
the present occupants of the Treasnry benches an extension of
their lease of place, will not have added to their power while they
are in place, and 6tiil less contribute to their permanence as a
Government And thus, once more, may present loss be turned into
future gain.
yield
we speak
CONSECRATION OF THE BISHOP OF CALCUTTA.
The Rev. George Lynch Cotton, D D., Head Master of Marlborough
School, was consecrated on Thursday, the 13th inst. (Aeoension D ty),
at 'Westminster Abbey, Bishop of the vacant sec of Calcutta. There
were present at the consecration, besides the Archbishop of Canter¬
bury. the bishops of London, Oxford, Salisbury, St. Asaph, St David's,
Uandaff, Montreal, and Frederioton. The oeremony was most im¬
posing as the procession moved down the centre aisle, and a congrega¬
tion crowded in every available part of the Abbey.
Mr. Turle presided at the organ, and performed, on the entranoa of
the procession, the occasional overture of HandeL The prayers were
chanted by the Rev. Precentor Haden. The first leeeon was read by
the Ven. Archdeacon Rentinck, Senior Canon, and the second lesson,by
the Very Rev. the Dean. The Communion Service was read conjointly
by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Oxford, and the
Bishop of St. David’s—the Bishop of Oxford reading the Epistle, and
the Bishop of St. David’s the Gospel; after which the Rev. Dr.
Vaughan, Head Master of Harrow, preached the consecration sermon,
as it ie usually called, from the 16th chapter of St. Mark, v. 20—“ And.
they went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them,
and confirming the word withsignsfollowing” After fully expatiating
on the labours and zeal of the Apostles in disseminating the first prin¬
ciples of Christianity, the preacher adverted to the personal example of
the day in his old friend and acquaintance of twenty years’ duration,
then about to be consecrated to the highest position in his Church. In
the future government of Indiu, he oDserved, there would ba need of
great firmness, and withal of the moBt delicate moderation, in dealing
with the native population. There was required at thia par¬
ticular time for the see of Calcutta a clergyman of no extreme views
on either side of the religious controversies of tho day, but a faithful
and judicious advocate of tho plain and simple truths of Christianity,
in whose character should be blended a sincerity of opinion and mild¬
ness of disposition consistent with the requirements of a successor to
one who had proved himself so eminently good as had the late Dr.
IVilson in the important charge which the new Bishop was about to
undertake.
At the close of the sermon the Bishop designate was oonducted to
one of the adjoining chapels, whence he returned wearing hie rochet,
and was then presented by the Bishops of L mdon aud Salisbury to
the Archbishop, when the consecration service commenced. After the
usual questions had been submitted at the close of the Litany, and the
Bishop designate having duly and canonically replied thereto, he
retired to the cliapel, and assumed tho full episcopal habit; whence re¬
turning to the presence of the Archbishop, the Bishops, and congrega ¬
tion, the service was completed.
Afterwards the Holy Communion was administered to upwards of
dCO persons, the effect of which, when so many dignitaries of the
Church were officiating, was deeply and solemnly appreciated.
, Mexico.—A dvices at New Orleans from Mexico are to the 4th
speedy downfal of the Zalpaga Government is indicated.
A[,“ u r [ T ' r .,° T ' e lla , d w " n of the hardest battles ever fought in the
C ,,. ?' , reportet to be distre-cd for the want of money.
Buartr, the Constitutional President, was warmly welcomed at Vera Crus
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS.
FRANCE.
(From our own Correspondent.)
Pasts, Thursday.
It is said that there will be three sets of invitations sent out from
Fontainebleau: the first Bet, already dispatched, includes Lord GV.vleyi
M. de Kisseleff, the Due de Rivas, Fuad Pacha, &c. The Queen of
Holland remains at Fontainebleau til) the end of this week, then she
proposes returning to Paris, and remaining there incognito for a week
previous to her departure. The last ball given to her Majesty at the
Tuileries was rather select than numerous, and some innovations were
introduced in the selection of the apartments, the arrangement of the
supper, &c. The ball terminated at three o’clock with a monster
cotillon, in which the Emperor, Empress, and Queen of Holland took
part. The departure of the Court thins Paris considerably, and few
more fetes are likely to take place-
M.de Mercy, condemned to death for killing a brother-officer un¬
fairly in a duel, has had the sentence commuted; it is not stated to
wliat. f S' ^\/\
The case of M. de Pene^still'ercifes the utmost sympathy and at¬
tention, and the judicial examinat ion on the subject is being pursued.
The spring horticultural exhibitions, both at Paris and Versailles!
have been unusually splendid fffisyear. At the former was produced
a rose, said to surpass knyxthat has yet been cultivated, from its
size, shape, texture (which resembles that of a camellia), and colouring
being of the most exqubite white, marked with roseate tints, like the
interior of a shell. This rose lias been named the Queen of Holland.
Another plant, the oraucaria, an antediluvian species, is also worthy
attention; as well as the'splendid specimens of peaches, grapes,
melons, plums, figs, Ac., grown at the Chateau du Val, near St. Ger-
mnitiphy M. Benoist Fould. At Versailles was alsoau exhibition of
cattle and agricultural implements, followed by a fete, with play,
concert, dancing, and fireworks, at which the English mustered strong
./Several new works are making their appearance, among the most
attractive of which are “Les Vierges de Lesbos” of MV-ry, magnifi¬
cently got up, and illustrated by Hamon; and “Les Amours purs ”
by the Comtesse Raoul de la Tour du Peri.
-A musical soirie was given last week by RosBini, at which were
P reserit a forge number of personnaijcs marquans, and the chief
musical celebrities of the day.
Picture sales are still the order of the day, and very high prices are
driven. The “ Sunset” of Chiude. iu the collection of Mr. Hope and
pictures of Wouvermans, Paul Potter, and Jan Steen, from the’same
gallery, fetched extremely large sums. 1
The Opera lias secured, it Beems, a prodigy in the shape of a new
tenor, a M. Labat, professor of rhetoric. M. Laliat is twenty-eight-
bis voice, which is of greater compass than that of Tamberlik is
throughout equally perfect, being full, rich, sonorous, aud flexible
and is pronounced by the best judges to be “incomparable” m’
Labat is also extremely good-looking, and it is expected that one year’s
study will suffice to enable him to make his appearance.
JKj -Pori* confirms the report long in circulation of the now orgaui-
sation of the Government of Algeria, with Prince Napoleon at itJTsid
a* Lieutenant Governor of the Emperor. Prince Nanolooa’s I
tenancy of Algeria will not he allowed to interfere with than™ i
powers of tile Ministers of War and Marine. l%\7e?streUrv of
State for Algeria will probably be created in Paris who withmfc
having the rank of a Minister, will serve as a marl;,?™ / Wlth
oationlbetween the Emperor and his Lieutenant. It is expeotad that
ho. Prince will sail for the seat of his Governmenttowards the
begiuningof July. The construction of the first rail wav in A!-aria
was commerced on the 3rd inet. bv a number of milifory coavfo!f
A large muster will take plane this summer at the Ch'imus Phslnna
designation^ * h * ^ W b ° *"• *Wy Sef
wiftS
S “ d W,h “ « expression'of^s^m aud^regreTby
Sl^vf^ ***£
that the conferences will be rhorb'and amicable 7 O^w/d^nV^l
Eg * 1
Tho proceedings against the rioters at Chalons have coma to an I
A considerable number of the accused oartiee \ , an , ’
SPAIN.
Lord Bowden signed on the 21st inet the postal convention between*
Spain and England, and the same evening presented his letters of
recall and took hie leave of her Majesty the Queen. He was to leave
Madrid on the 23rd, and will arrive in Paris probably on the 30th.
The postal convention, which forms the closing act of Lord Hiwden'a
mission to the Court of Madrid, will be a great boon to both countries,
and in England will doubtless be duly appreciated. It consists of
eighteen articles occupied with detail and colonial arrangements; but
the pith of the matter affecting international interests is, that loiters
not weighing more than a quarter of an ounje will now only oost six¬
pence between the two countries when prepaid.
On presenting his letters of recall and taking leave of the Queen,
Lord Howden addressed her Mujesty, expressing his gratitude for the
kindness she had invariably manifested towards him; and his ardent
desire for the stability of her Majesty’s throne, and the hippiness of
her people. The Queen made a most gracious reply. “ It is (said her
Majesty) a source of great satisfaction to me to know that the rela¬
tions of good and constant friendship which unite me to her Britannic
Majesty, and which so happily subsist between the two nations, have
hud in you a worthy interpreter.”
Lord Hcwden hud afterwards an interview with the King. Tho
noble Lord has given 6000 reals to the subscription for ereofcing a
statue to Murillo.
MARRIAGE OF THE KING OF PORTUGAL.
The Queen of Portugal arrived at Lisbon on the 17th inst. in the
Portuguese steam-corvette Bartowm$d Diaz, which anchored opposite
the palace at six o’clock in the evening. The King went on board to
see his interesting bride at 8«ven o’clock; and his Majesty, with the rest
of the Royul family, remained on board, dined wi h the Queen, and re¬
turned to the palace between ten and eleven o clook. The following day
was appointed for the Queen’s landing, and, the King having gone off to
fetch her in bis State barge, their Majesties landed about noon iu tho
Commercial-tijuure, and, uftor receiving an address from the municipal
corporatjoiMroceeded'ih one of the beautiful antique State carriages
to the Church of SSfc. Domingo, where they took the sacrament, ratified
the marriage vows, and ultimately reached the Palace of Necessidades
about! five o'clock, when they appeared in the baloouy to see tno troops
file b^ and were then left to the comparative quiet of the domestic
circle. The_King and Queen were accompanied during the proces¬
sions end ceremonies of the day by the King's father, Don Fernando,
and by his brothers and sisters, by the Quoen’s brother Prince Leopold
of Hohcnz »]b m, and by the Ministers, Councillors of 8iate, Corps
"iDiplomnnque, &o. The impression which the Queen made upon the
many thousands of her new subjects who assembled to greet her for
the first time was of the most favourable nature. _‘
A lett er from Lisbon, dated 25th inst., says:—" The feetivitiesjof the
/Royal marriage commenced to-day. An immense number of strangers,
chiefly English and Spaniards, thronged the streets of the capital.
-The houses are decorated with flags, and at night tae city is illumi¬
nated. To-morrow there is a ball at the British Embafsy. The pre¬
parations are on a magnificent ecalo, and the invitations very
numerous; yet it has been impossible for the Ambissador to comply
with all the requests for invitations. On Thursday Dorn Pedro will ba
invested with the Order of the Garter in due tonn l'he whole of the
English aristocracy actually at Lisbon will be present on the occasion.”
PRUSSIA
A letter from Berlin says that the Princess Frederick William is
still suffering from the effects of a fall she had on the stair j»sa at the
Royal PaLce at Berlin. Queen Victoria inquires daily by tidegraph of
the health of her daughter. The Prince and Princess are residing at
the Castle of Babelsburg.
RUSSIA.
The Emperor of RuFsia (says a letter from Warsaw) will commence*
on June 12, a journey to Archangel. A State steamer will await his
coming to that port to convey him to the Convent of roiowatz, be¬
come celebrated by its defence against the allied vessels in 1354. His
Majesty will return thence by Petrozavodsk to St. Petersburg, ami will
afterwards proceed to Poland to pass in review tho firat, second, and
third corps d'armte.
The Russian Gazette of St. Petersburg, under the title of ' Diplomatic
Changes,” publishes the following:—*'Several modifications are about
to take place in the diplomatic bodv hero. The Duke de Montebello,
The newFYench Amb assador, has already arrived. L >rd W xL house,
of the English Legation, leaves his post in a short time, aud it is said
that the noble Lord will resume his seat in Parliament, aud quit entirely
the diplomatic career It must be added th*l the fatnilv <f th*j Eng¬
lish Minister has not been able to h tbi'uate iteult to our climate: Lady
Wodehouse hn5 been frequently ill, and all the family are . plunged
into sorrow by the death of his Lordship's youngest non, whioh'took:
place this winter. Society here greatly regret the departure of Lord
Wodehouse, who is justly esteemed. Almost all the members of hie
legation, which is very numerous, will leave Russia with him. Sir J.
Crumpton, successor of Lord WodehoaSe, is expected by one of the
first steamers. Tho names of the persons who are to accompany him
88 secretaries, or attaches, are n »t known. Mr. Seymour, the Minister
of the United States, is also to leave St. Petersburg, and Mr. Pierce,
his secretory, went some time back.
UNITED STATES.
In C ngress, on the 14th, a resolution was unanimously adopted
asking information concerning the right of seizure of American vessels
in the Gulf of Mexico or adjacent seas by foreign embers
The Senate have confirmed Jam^s M Buchanan, of Maryland, as
Minister Resident at Denmark, in place of Mr. Behinger, and Colonel
IS. B. Morgan as Minister Resident at Portugal, in place of Juha M.
O'Snllivan.
In the House of Representatives, upon the question of en^rosdng tha
preamble of the resolution recommending.the abrogate m of the Clay-
ton-Bulwer Treaty being resumed, it whs rejected by a majority of 32.
The bill admitting Minnesota into the Union had been carried by a
large majority.
The Free-State Convention to nominate State officers met at
Topeka, Kaneas, on the 28th ult. II. J. Adams was nominated
for Governor, Colonel Holliday for Lieutenant-Governor, and M. E.
Conway for Congre.^s.
The Echnoner Mobile, from Mobile, arrived at New York, reported
that the British man-of-war Styx hud fired into her uff Key West, and
serf a boat’s crew on board of her.
The War Department at Washington had received despatches from
General Johnson, dated Camp Scott, March 14. A large train of pro¬
visions was within two days’ march of the camp, aud General Johnson
hod Font ieiniorcen>6nts to their uid, a large body of Mormons having
api eared in their rear.
* CANADA. _
Since the Easter recess Parliament has been engaged chiefly in ex¬
amining into the frauds perpetrated at the la.8t election. To prevent
such frauds the Ministry have introduced a bill for the registration of
voters which makes the assessment re 11 the registration list. *All
persons assessed to the amount of £5 a year in tho country, and £710a.
in towns, are to be entitled to vote
T he subject of discussion next in prominence is that of the relax¬
ation of the usury lows. At present, six per cent is the legal rate;
penalties can be exacted for takiug nn-ra, but no more can be col¬
lected by process of law. The Ministry have introduced a bill which
permits of uDy rate being collected on agreements of less duration th in.
cue year. Beyond that period the old law remains in force. The bill
passed its second leading by a maj rity of nine only, aud it.is doubtful
whether it will go through in its present shape. d
A bill to encourage the Gulf fi-heries by granting bounties has been
introduced, but meets with warm opposition, the principle of pro¬
tection in any shape not being a favourite in this country. Bills to
amend the Jury Law or Upper Canudauml the Suit *ga‘e Court Law,
to punish fraudulent trustees and baukers, to amend the law of tm-
prieonment for Debt, an i prevent fraudulent assignments, h*ve like¬
wise been introduced. The Ministry have alio given notice of resolu¬
tions on the IXudpon s Bay question, in which, it is arid, they intend to
take strong ground against The company, and on behalf of the claims
of Cat* ad a, and resolutions in favour of an intercolonial railway between
Canada and New Brunswick. y
Spite of the reviving effects of spring, trade is dull. r Another orop
is required to set. the springs in motion. The weather ha? beea very
favourable for farming operations, and the fall whoat lo'oka well.
Ramazan ended May 14, and Bniram was ushered in the follow¬
ing morning, at Cons antlnople, with the usual waste of gunpowder and
‘b 1 e ordinary grand daybreak pro**« ssh'n of tin* 8u I tan. Iff t* entire Court,
and the whole crowd of the official and non-official, rich aud great , to
Standout The whole Mus-iilumn population of The capital and ita
neighbourhood were described as being “gluttonously mad tor tnreedays. .
May 29, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
527
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
Another mail informs us that ahot-weather campaign, long probable
and so much to be dreaded, has now become oertaiu. The Qaloutta
mail brings intelligence from Ouloutta to the 22nd of April, and from
Madias to tke 2-Sth.
Telegrams from officers at Allahabad confirm the intelligence of the
relief of Azimghur by Sir Edward Lugatd on the 15th of April, lie
forced the enemy’s bridge on the 15th, and on the 17th the rebels were
driven out of the city by a pursuing force under Brigadier Douglas.
The rebels evacuated the city and were pursued for fifteen miles
towards Goruchpore; three guns were captured The insurgents
suffered a heavy Toes. Our loss was very slight It was believed the
enemy could not cross the Gogfa.
Tbe telegram adds a report from Cawnpore, that the rebel Rajah of
Mynpcoree had arrived at Ourgas with some force. The rebels, it was
bel ; eved, still intend making a stand at Calpee.
Kooor Singh is said to be trying to get into the Behar districts ; a
reward of 25,000 rupees has been offered tor his apprehension.
Hr Colin’s head- quarters and Staff left Cawnnore on the 19th of April,
and marched by Futtygurh towards Robilound.
On tbe 14th Brigadier Walpole attacked the fort of Raxour, in Oudo,
and IcA 100, including four officers. The enemy evacuated the fort in
the night.
The Oude Begum is said to bo in a fort near Khyrabad with about
3000 adherents.
Brigadier Jones had attacked and dispersed a body of rebels 2000
strong near Kukul. He inflicted a heavy loss, and captured four guns
©nt of six; muny of the rebels had dispersed to their homes ; others,
with two guns, had gone to Nujee Badad.
THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
The Cape Royal mail-steamer Dane, Captain Stra't, arrived at Ply¬
mouth on Tuesday evening, having started from Table Bay on April
20. from St. Helena the 29th, and from Ascension May 3.
Her cargo consists of sheep and goat skins, horns, ivory, osTich
fcatheis and wool, with £1785 in specie. She brings also the regular
mails and twenty-three passengers.
War was declared at the Capo on March 19 by the Pres - dent
(Berkoff) of the Orange F-ee State against the Basutoa. ^ The firet
collision took place on the 23rd of Murch, when the Free-S^ue Biers
gained a unall advantage. His Excellency the Governor had. ordure 1
the observance of a strict neutrality, in answer to an application by
tome of the colonists for permission to assist the Free State
Various improvements and projects for opening up the resources of
tbe country, facilitating intercourse, and promoting irrigation, con-
tin utd to occupy public attentim at Cape Town, and a general sihe ne
of elementary education was mooted, the want of schoolmasters being
much felt. „
Dorses were still being largely shipped for India. The harvest and
vintage had both been good.
AUSTRALASIA.
Although tbe gold produce of New South Wales cannot be compared
with that of Victoria, it yet appears to promise a ste idy annual in¬
crease. The return* of the precious metal received at Sydney, through
tke gold CFCorta during the first two months of the present year, give
a totrl of 30.137 oun es. which is G7G0 ounces above the yield of the
corresj t ndirg period of 1857; and tbe returns of the first week in
March give an addition of 4176 ounces of gold dust
The Upper House, or Legislative Council, of Victoria is elected by
30 755 elei U-rs and contains thirty members, of whom eight are mer¬
chants, five f-quatrers two physioiane and one broker, the rem-iin lor
comii g under the rather vague definition of gentlemen; whilst the
Lower House, or Legislative Assembly 'is olected by 60,000 electors,
and contains sixty members, of fchom eight are merchants, five bar¬
risters, three attorneys, three squatters, three journalists, two farmers,
two phj hic.iana and two surgeons, leuving thirty-two unclassified.
The export* o\ South Austrulia, bring colonial produce, for 1857,
amounted to £1,686 212, of which the value of the wool was £501,529;
cereals, £698,9604 oTes, £459,375.
The total amount of gold dust exported from New Zealand during
the )att throe quarters of 1857 was 10,437 ounces. The customs re-
vf-nuo of all ike pr- vinces for the quarter ending at Michaelmas was
£31 251, ai d the value of tho exports £79 851.
The total revenue ol the Canterbury province for the current^vetr
wa* estimated at £72.760 of which £58 455 was to be approprTa:ed
forihwith. Of this £16.000 woulu be applied to ordinary expenditure,
£10,100 to public works, and £20,000 to immigration.
CHINA.
Intelligence from Hong Kong to tho 13th April is to the effect that
I;Oid Elgin and hi?- colleagues were about to leave Shanghai for Teen¬
sing. Tho allied floo'8 were to follow. The Imperial Commissi >ner
wo8 on Lis way to Canton. Business at Hong-Kong was checked by
large transactions at Canton.
METROPOLITAN NEWS .
The “Cagliari” Case.— Official despatches from Naples say
the Neapolitan Government have refused to ermp^nsate Pork and Watt-
The Kirg and his advhers also refuse the proposed mediation of nseoond-
inte Tower, such as Sweden ; but Nantes would not object to submit the
quci-H n of the Cagliari to the arbitration of a first-rate Power. It will be
f<en, therefore, that the propositions of England and Sardinia have failed.
Nnpks would like to call upon Austria to arbitrate, and it is easy to gu-as
the result.
Rohe. —A despatch from Rome of the 23rd says ;—“The Pope
ksH returned. All the inhabitants of theefty went out to meet-him The
ottie nl journal contradict* the statement which has been published relative
lo tin enlargement of the fortifications of Civita Vicchia and Ancona
It is merely in contemplation to increase the wall round those places
T he Litcknow Despatches.-- A supplement to the Lon ton
Ga:rtte contains the general order of the Governor-General o' thelith-of^
Aprii acknowledging the services of the Generals, officers, and men
*n: ag«d in the retaking of Lucknow the despatch from the Cornunnder-
in-Chief to the Governor-General, dated Lucknow. 22 nd March, and
describing the works and operations which resulted in the taking
c.f the place: a memorandum of operations carried on under the
command of Sir dame.- Outrom dnrlng thc/^lege: burner real return of
the killed wounded, and missing in the army under the command of Sir
Colin Campbell, from the 2ud to the 21st of Marcb-aniouoting to 127
officers and men killed, 605 wounded, and 14 mi«Fsing: a return of the
ordnance captured from the enemy during the op« rations at Lucknow by
tleiirmv under the command of Sir Cohn » ampbeh l»3 In all: warns
Fhow'ng flu* present state of the army in the field : and rolls of officers
who have served during the operations at Lucknow, and wild have been
derm < d deserving of honourable mention Among the instances of bravery
riven arc the followiu ’Lieutenant Wynne, of the Royal Engineers.
Lade himself conspicuous in removing a breastwork frofii ani i bndgfe,
ruder a heavy fire; and Lieutenant Butler, of the-1st Bengal hi sihers,
“ swam ncro.- s thcGoomtee, and by standing on theparapet notified to our
trorps that the line of mtrenchment was abandoned by
induing *o he «x posed liimscli moat learlessly. . 1 wo°f ^ 1 J ‘Ai
Hussars. Lieut-Colonel Ilagart ana Lieut Wilkin, are commended for
“dushinginto the midst ot a number of the enemy m the attempt to
nsrnc Cornet- Hanks, who lay ou tbe ground wounded. But it is even
more interesting to read that Captain Wilmot. of the 2nd Ritle Batta.ion
•«* pacinl ly distingniKhed liimseif in saving a wounded soldier of his
company from failing into the hands of the enemy, by repeatedly return¬
ing their lire while they were pressing on him, the only other two soldiers
present being engaged in carry ing the wounded mau to the rear.
Metropolitan Toll Commission.—W ithin a few days after
the meeting of Parliament a Royal Commission will be nominated for the
purpose of inquirirg into the nature of an efficient substitute for toll-
gates within six mile9 of Charing-cross. It is not yet accurately known
who will form the Royal Commission, bnt it is believed that Lord Ebury,
Lord John Russell, the Hon. George Byng, M.P., and Mr. Herbert Ingram,
M.P., will be members of it.
Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson arrived in town from
India last week. The gallant General was warmly congratulated by his
friends at the Oriental Club on making his appearance among them It
is the intention of the members of the club to give a banquet to celebrate
the return of the gallant officer.
The Judges and the Corporation at Sti Paul’s.—L ast
Sunday being the first Sunday in Trinity Term, the ancient ceremony of
" churching the Judges ” took place in 8t Paul's Cathedral. Tne Lord
Mayor and Corporation attended in state, and received the representatives
of the judicial bench, who upon this occasion were Lord Campbell, Mr.
Justice Crowder, and Mr. Justice Byles. There were also present several
Serjeants-at*Law in their full robes, together with aldermen, common
councilmcn, and others Full choral service was performed- The sermon
was preached by the Rev. Henry Melvill, B.D, the Canon Residentiary.
TnE Royal Geographical Society.—A apecial meeting of this
society was held on Monday to do honour to two men to whom honour
was justly due. Sir Roderick Murchison, on behalf of the society, pre¬
sented t wo gold medals: the first to the celebrated American geographer.
Professor Alexander Dallas Baclie, the author of the Great Coast Survey
of the United States, the nephew of the American Minister at our Court,
and the descendantOi Benjamin Frankiin ; the second toCaptain Collinson,
for liis gallant attempt to discover Sir John Franklin and the other lost
mariners of the Arctic Seas.— In the evening about 120 of the members
attended the dinner at the Freemasons' Tavern—Sir R Murchison again
•presiding, and being supported by the Swedish Ambassador, Mr. W.
G adstone, M.P : Colonel Sykes. M P.: the Karl of Sheffield, Sir J. Back,
General Monteith, Dr. Shea, tbe Rev. Dr. Worthington, &c.
Friend of the Clergy Corporation.—T he half-yearly
diction connected with this institution was held on Tuesday at the London
Tavern—Lord Fevcrsliam in the- chair. The election was of four ladies—
the widows anil orphan unmarried daughters of e’ergymen of the Estab¬
lished Church-to the reception of pensions varying from £10 to £40 per
annum. There wire one hundred and thirty-two candidates, of whom the
ci remittee could but elect four at each of the two meetings for that pur-
prse in the year—May and November There are at present seventy-
eight Indies on the funds; and some £2600 a year is expended in pen¬
sions alone, irrespective of the temporary assistance occasionally atrorded
to necessitous clergymen and their families. The total amount diffused
in carrying out the objects of the corporation has been, since the year
1850 , veiy nearly £ 20 , 000 . Tho annual subscriptions have somewhat
di creased.
Sailors’ Orphan Girls’ School.— On Tuesday the twenty-
eighth annual meeting of the above charity, which is established to educate,
clothe, and maintain,’ fifty orphan children for domestic servants whose
fathers were attached either to the Royal Navy or Marines was held at
the Hanover-square Rooms, to receive the report or the past year the
lion. Captain Maude in the chair. The report, as read by the secretary,
gave a flattering account of the progress of the children, the c ire of wh o nl
was Superintended by a committee of ladies. The Income amounted to
£4676 fis 3d. in which was included £3321 15s. 9d , a balance of last year,
and. after paying all necessary charges, there was now in hand a balance
of £3629 193. ’
Surrey Dispensary.— The anniversary dinner of thischanty
will be he’d on Wednesday next at. the Bridge House HQtci, LoTidou-
bridge, Southwark - John Locke, Esq. M.P., in the chair.
Jews’ Free School.-T he forty-first anniversary of ihe estab¬
lishment of these excellent, pchools was held at the London lament on
Tuesday evening, under the presidency of Mr. Ralph Osborne,. M T. ihe
number of boys at present educated in the school, wWenT'isr situated In
Bell-'ane, Spitalfields. exceids inoo. and that, of the girte^OO On the
rmotion of this festival Mr Osborne was supported by Sir Anthony
Rothschild. Mr. Alderman Salomons. Mr. Henry nr. Aaron
Godsmid. Mr. N. Montettore, Baron de Symonds. Dr Van oven, and a
large number of influential gentlemen connected with The Jewish per¬
suasion. The zeal and, we may justly add the spirit of benevolence winch
characterised the meeting was fully exemplified by the amount oi contri¬
butions, which readied the sum of £2066 7s.
Royal Hospital—T hp eighth ineeting of this charity, which
was instituted in 1854. for the permanent, care and eonftfort of those who.
by disease, accident, or delormitf- were hapetessly disqualified for tUV
duties of life, was held on Wednesday at the London Tavera—viscount
RKvnham, M.P, in the chair, The hospital at present contains 57 m-
•fllients and 27 out, making a total of 78, which is to be increased to 88
by the election often others. The receipts for the year amounted to £1610.
The United Kingdom Alliance held its annual meeting on
Wednesday. This society, which wan established for the purpose of sup¬
pressing the traffic in spirituous ilqaofs, is becoming a formidable organi¬
sation. The eh airman" stated that it now numbered more thin 45 ouo
members, of which number 9000 had been added during the current y&ir.
Bishop of London’s FuBdaBAN Confirmation— The Bishop
of London has made the following arrangements for a series of suburban
coi firmations:—Thursday. Juue 3. llighgate; Friday. Juue 4, Hump-
shad ; Monday, June li. Great Stanniore -, Wednesday. June l«-Houns¬
low. and ,Trinity Chureh, Twickenham; Friday. June 18^ Woodford and
West Hum; Wednesday. June 23. Hadley and Enfield; Wedmraday. June
30 . JSunbury and Stainer ; ihursday. July I. South Ha ; -kney; Friday.
July 2, Hilnnedon ; Monday. July 5, Fulham; Friday. July 9 Killing;
Monday, July 12. Barnes: Wednesday. July 14, Greenwich ; Friday,
Julv is. Putney; Wednesday. July 21. Edmonton; Friday. Juy 23, &L
Ptter’s Church. Hammersrnilh; Wedniyday, July 28, Lewisham.
Best of Alderman Salomons for the City of London
School.—B ehnes. the sculptor, has been Instructed by the City Lands
ConiniitriccfthcCorporation to prepare a bust m marble of A«krm*n
Salomons to be placed in the City oi London School, aa i memento oi the
libiral scholarships he has added to that excellent foundation. Liie
order for the bust was recently granted by the unanimous vote of the
r‘ he Corporation, ** in Common Council assembled '
*-- • London Corporation Bill.—T hisbil. ns amended bv
the Select Committee, to which several clauses have been added, is fixed
for discussion on Monday next when several amendments are to be moved
respecting the expenses of the metropolitan jpoiloe. and also the coal
duties.—-On Wednesday a special meeting of the membersof the Cor-
pcration met at the Guildhall, ** in Common Council a^«emb ed for the
purpose oi taking into consideration the following notice which app‘*arod
upon the notice paper“Relative to the London Corporation Bi.l In
Parliament, and with a petition to the House of Commons against the
confiscatory clauses of the bill, and generally against ti e measure as
altered ana framed by the Select Committee of [he House- and on no
other business.” After a long discuaaiou. in which many gent cm-n de-
ncuuccd the bill in energetic terms, the motion for a petition to the House
of Commons against it. was carried; it being also decided the cane
should be signed by tlieTown Clerk, and presented by the bherifls at tlie
bar of the House upon as early a day as possible.
The Court of Queen's Bench as given judgment in a cause
arhii'g out of the enormous frauds ol Manini. the Collector of the City of
London Union. A rate had been made upon the union to cover the de¬
falcations (£23.000). and the main questions* at htsne were whether that
rate was valid, and whether a partieular parish in the union, for which
Manini vrne not a collector, was liable The judgment ot the Court was
affirmative as to both qu^tions. All the parishes in the union are there¬
fore 1 iable for their quota.
Thk Court op Exchp.qubh gave judgment on Monday in a
Men Price v Price—wherf tlie question wua, whether U’aring the .eiinlT
a will amounted to a revocation, under the Act 1 VUs*. c*p- 36. mat 20. The
I orn Chief Baron said the Court wa, of ..pinion that the will was legally
revoked It was admitted that actual destruction was not necessary: ft
was therefore a question ol degree; and. as this was published as a sealed
instrument, it ceased when the seal was torn off to be the mstru.nent
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
Ay eight-days’ crisis having become a nine-days’ wonder, thel'Vhi -
snntide holidays having been taken, and Parliamentary business re¬
sumed, there is so little left to be said about the hostile motions in
the Lords and Commons, that tlie Earls of Derby and Shaftesbury
think it worth while to write to the papers on the great and im¬
portant questions—first, whether the second Earl attended a Sun¬
day meeting at Cambridge House; and secondly, whether the first
Earl taunted jtim, or meant to tannt him, with having done so.
Having reduced tbe Indian debate to this caput mvrtuum, Parliament
is [now free to go on, and there are no more holidays now until the
Session comes to a timely or untimely ending. The Premier was
more lucky on the Friday of last week than on the Wednesday. Toxo-
philite could not (badly ridden) win, but, en revanche, the bows of
the hostile phalanx were broken at Westminster.
There it a; lull of news this week, and yet there are several topics
oflinterett before the world. The Conference is sitting to adjust the
numerous “ loose ends ” left by the hurried and patched up Treaty of
Paris, and seems inclined to ruil into the opposite extreme, and sub¬
divide its work into such an' eiiormous number of fractions that it
will be as difficult to know how one may sail a ship on the Danube
as how one may brew a cask of ale, the latter process being more or
less affected, we believe, by about eighty-five Excise Acts. It would be
too much 'to hope that the diplomatists will really carry out the
spirit of the terms made at the end of the war; but France in con¬
sideration of our having been obliged to make peace because she
could not go on with the strife, ought to feel herself bound in honour
to see that t he nations of the West are not more damnified than ahe
can help by the slovenly ireaty forced on them by her necessity.
M. de Pane, the victim in the atrocious duel in the wood of
Vesinet, still lingers at the last accounts, but it is almost impossible
to believe that tbe murder will not be complete. It is not to be won¬
dered at that a generous nation should feel indignant at the brutal
outragea committed with comparative impunity by the army, but we
deplore the fact that tbe civilians of Paris spring to the sword to
avenge the ruffianism in question. Hundreds of names are inscribed
of gentlemen who are desirous to fight the soldiery in private comoat.
Tins iB all wrong. If the Ians and the authorities are powerless, or
“refuse aid, it is not for the civilians of France to degrade themselvei
by4tooping to such combats. The battles are not equal. Let the
Civilians announce that they will not condescend to cross swords with
any member of the army until it has purified itself from tbe stain of
murder. Let it expel its ruffians before it can expect gentlemen to
meet its officers. Tlie lesson would be a good one, and we should not
be nil bout hope that it would be a blow to tlie whole sanguinary and
foolish system of the duel itself.
The handsome yonng Queen of Portugal has safely reached her new
home, end has been married to the King of her choice. His Majesty
is understood to be an amiable and excellent yonng man, and no one
u ho has seen the charming face of the Queen when she was on her
visit here bnt will wish her all happiness.
King Bomba, as may be expected, really refuses the compensation
demanded by Lord Malmesbury for the wrongs of our countrymen.
His Lordship stated that he had read the answer as a distinct refits d,
bnt has since been given to understand, in some mysterious diplomatic
fashion, that the answer was not categoric, but hypothetical. We
imagine that the result must be the same ; and at all events there
could he no possible objection to a British man-of-war sending
a few hypothetical cannon-balls in the direction of his Majesty's
palace. It is very true that he is weak and we are strong, but under
shelter of this plea tlie vilest criminal might appeal against the elias-
tisemcnt of the law. Lord Malmesbury, who has given satisfaction in
several of his acts of foreign negotiation, has uow a splendid oppor¬
tunity of making himself honourably popular by doing a right thing.
A mitre is expected to fall to the appointment of the present
Ministers, the Bishop of Rochester being about to resigu. Tho income
of the see is not a very large one, but still the prize is worth having.
Ext ter Hall will probably be very much dissatisfied with the appoint¬
ment, ns Lord Derby is hardly likely to imitate Lord Palmerston's
habit , and ask the Earl of Shaftesbury to select the now hierarch.
While speaking of rich clergy let us say a word for poor ones. A
society whose business it is to befriend the humble ministers of the
Church reports that it receives numerous applications from needy
curates, not only for small sums of money to eke out their wraiched
incomes, but for clothes, secondhand ones, in which to dress them¬
selves and their children. Moreover, some of them can but seldom
give meat to their families, and fresh meat is regarded by them as a spe¬
cies of luxury. Tlie diocese of the Bishop of Sodorand Man is represou ted
ns most distressed in this respect, Property is of course sacred, hut one
cannot help fancying that the property of certain Deans and Clupters
(now private pickings, utterly without benefit to the Chureh) would
be made more sacred could it be applied to the increasing the stipends
of those unfortunate gentlemen.
It is hut rarely that a commission of lunacy fails in bringing down
and bagging its man. But an exception lias been made in the evse of
a clergy uiau named Leach, whose relatives appear to have considered
his meditating marriage with a maid servant was reason enough for
deeming him mad, and therefore locked him up. He has been pro¬
nounced sane; and a clever letter which he wrote, exposing the
futility of the charges against him. probably went a good way with
his judges, who acted up to the Horatian rule ne sit aneillce, *c.
Certain religious views of a millenarian character which he advocated
a ere sought, to he twisted into corroborative evidence: but it seems
excessively hard that one clergyman is to be imprisoned for believing
n hat another clergyman—we nnme Dr. Gumming as ouo of many—
receives a large income for preaching ami writing.
The CkysiaI. Tat.ace Flower Show on Saturday last was
< ...» ., * t , . ..J . tl.trhns an,l Hi.i
opinion
rtvi kid the will. , „ _
- -v~—<r- 7—-- _ ..... - . .. , a Commission of Lunacy which has been sitting on the K*v.
mOfct successful- The fineness of the day sen t crowds thither, and the for some days terminated it* proceedings on Monday The
interior of the-palace (never^o appropriately furnished as on these ore i- Sm* as&inst Mr Leach mainly retted on the. ecoentrldty of hw religious
" e cpmu'ns.aiidonihefactlhathchadenteredintosnengageineiittomuTy
nfhi. Hnmealie servants. There wa- a great amv of medical autliori-
fjoyisj pre-rnted an' sppeaninCe gay and animated in the extreme I ne
show 01 finwirs was remarkably good, and their arrangement unusually
tmtelnl. Musical attnictiwis were not wanting among which a very
r ever ptrleru anoc on the pianolorte by Miss Annie Elliott, a pupil of
Thaitx rg. deserves honourable mention.
SwisBLiMyeJ'William Rawson. alias Allen, alias Liddell,
alias Watson. alfalMjpkill. l as been twice brought up at the Guildhall,
for examination relative to tlie charges of endeavouring to obtain under
false pretences two gold chains and four gold bracelets, value £an. of Mr.
Walton nl Ludga'e-hiU. and a gold chronometer and a gold guard-chain,
value J ST of Mr Bennett, ol 65. Cheapside There are three other charges
against the prisoner, who has tucceided in obtaining two gold bracelets
and thri e g, m rings value £55. of Messrs Alston and Hallam, of Bisliops-
gate-Strict - a gold natch ami chain, value £ 60 , of Mr. Murrav, of Oorn-
hill; snd a void watch and ehain. vigio £60. of Mr. Fro-tsham, of
■f l angc-aJlev Vpon these last three charges the prisoner has been com¬
mitted lor trial
one of ids domestic servants. There wa- a great array i- —v---■,
tire on both sides. The jury returned tor theirverdlct that Mr.Leadi waa
a man of sound mind, and was quite able to manage Uia own affairs.
Births and Deaths.—L ast week the births of 84G boys and
tt9girls. Inal] 1626 children, were registered in Lwndon In the tencor-
responding weeks of-the years lsts-67 the average number was IMS —
nfedeathf registered in London, which in each ol the two previous weeks
were about 1660 row last week to 1082 . In the ten yearn 1818 57 the
average number ol d.atlis in the weeks corns, ondmg with last wcek w.is
1(30 ; but as tlie deaths of lad week occurred n an ‘fc'euee.i popmat on.
thiy can only be compared with the average after the latter ie raised ini a
d t g tee pronof t ion ate to the increase, a correction which will make It 1 U 2 .
nfic»*it 6 Ft en flat t Le actual number of death* now returned le«a by
S7tan the numtor which wonjd have ^curr.d if 11 m averse rate of
mortality, as calculated for the third week in May, had prevailed.
A Fancy Bazaar was opened ou Thursday, at the W- Urygion
Bairark* St Jutnre s Park, in a d of the funds of the cenir.il i - su it an
fur in proving the condition of the wives and families ol mlu rs and
sailors, and lor relieving the frightful distress consequent upon t e
depart lire of so many or our troops for tbe Emit. Thcpruicipl aUlM
to ic In id by the Duchess of SU Arpmo, the Countcjs of the Viaoouotew
Cl,"Ton. lady Sarah Lindsay, the Ladies Cjdygan. 1,-aly Stra-w,
Vise! unless 1 1 gestre. i July Patingtou. Mrs. WUlUm Anp rsimn, Mrs.
Monerliff, Mrs G'tvilie Vernon. Mrs Armi(age, Mrs. Clarice ITuriiliill,
Mre lioare.Mrs. Newdegate. and Mrs. Evan Maherlcy 0>r»tr.but.ona
uiior a large scale had been made, and the stalls wnre b ountl luliy
J ,h , air rings in oil and w ater colours, drawings, photographs, artjeles of
V rto’lXn nfd oreamentaln«di. work. English, ^'^.am'fn-dgn
Tare and embroidery, books. Ac fgZhS I 2,2
in tbe (ttuise oi tlie ost, and the arttriea icccaeQ a fjooa 1’ruv.
Tlie bauds of the three regiments orFooSGnards WCTeln aUtmuhmre.and
played many martial and enlivening aim. The baxair was .oatiduix
yesUrdav, aud is open to-day.
The British Museum, during the summer mor,‘h^ w, l te
e a.s;«s ssawnraaas
v arions hihspcndta* North and South-W-t rn Jnai-
flmi Vnl]wav*i o' Kiebmond-bridge with a branch from the said total 1 1 J
ISiw^y to join UK CwtWuftSn and BrcaUord Railway, in the P«. h
528
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Mat 29, 1858
SAILORS’ HOME AT AMSTERDAM.
SAILORS’ HOMES AT ROTTERDAM AND
AMSTERDAM.
Sailors’ Homes were first established in London. In the year 1835
one was opened in Well-street, close to the entrance of the London and
St Katharine Dooks. The Well-street Home is a large establishment,
containing accommodation for 360 seamen, giving to each a oomlprt-
able well- furnished, and well-aired cabin. The regulations under which
the London Sailors' Home is governed have been found to suit the taste
and predilections of seamen so well, that they have been adopted at aU
other Homes, with slight modifications required by local and other
circumstanoes. Homes for seamen are now becoming general, mid, m-
deed, no port can be said to be complete without one. We give
Engravings this week of two of these beneficent institutions.
The SaSors’ Home at Rotterdam was oponod on the 1st of October,
1856 and oontains seventy separate rooms for sailors. All sea¬
going men are admitted into this Home. Each seaman has a
separate room, containing bed with pillows, blankets and sheets,
ewer, basin, table, two ohairs, gaslight, and other small requi-
ova fmir ™aa1h a flaw consisting invariably of fresh
director, oi wmcn as inuuu uo -—■ —
men who have lodged at the Home have availed themselves largely of
this rule, with the most beneficial results. Seamen are free to go in or
out of the establishment at all times of the day and night. Any money
left on departure is be placed at interest for the owner, who receives a
Toucher to that effect. , ,,
The Sailors’ Home at Amsterdam, which was opened last montn,
oontains sixty separate rooms. Its interior economy is pretty similar
to that ©f the Home at Rotterdam—the intention being in both places
to make the residence of seamen there as pleasant and agreeable as
passible. It presents a roomy view over the Docks and 1 stream, and,
besideB baths, it possesses a billiard-table, a skittle- ground, a library,
and other means of amusement. There is no doubt that under ltB able
and considerate management it will be attended, as the Rotterdam
Home has been, with the happiest results.
The Cork Bailors' Home—T his Home, under the sealous and
judicious management of ite honorary secretary, Capt. Thomas Stuart,
H N has fulfilled effectually the expectations of its founders. Capt.
Stuart, by bis work entitled " Sailor*' Homes terras Crimpaee, and
by his active personal exertions, has done much to benefit the con¬
dition of the sailor on shore, and has contributed largmy both to the
originating and rendering more perfect the condition of Sailors Homes.
It was, therefore, to be expeoted that a Home under his immediate
supervision would be in a flourishing condition, we append a!few
particulars from the report read at the late annual meeting of the Lor*
Sailors’ Home which will serve to show the great good effected at thia
Homo, and, by parity of reasoning, at all kindred establishments.
The books of the house exhibit the following increased annual num¬
ber of boarders since it was opened in 1853, in which year there were
126- in 1854, 192; in 1855, 218; in 1858, 407; and in 1857,-443.
Though the Board of Trade has lately established a free trans¬
mission of seamen’s wages to their friends, the amount of money
lodged in this house by boarders has regularly increased. In KW
the ram lodged was £217; in 1854, £29310a; m 1855, £366 ; m 1866,
£1175; and in 1857, £1554. The number of sick, hurt, shipwrecked,
and pillaged seamen relieved in the Home for the past y^r was 121,
being a gToat increase compared with former years. Eighty-three
mon-of-war's men boarded and availed themselves oa the .Lome last
year. The committee bears testimony to the uniform good conduct o.
the seamen frequenting the institution, over forty at a time, belonging, lo
all nations, having been for weeks assembled there, and not a com¬
plaint being ever made either by them or against them.
ICEBERGS PASSED BY THE “ANGLESEY.”
We give a Sketch of some icebergs which wore passed by the Anglesey
on her voyage from Melbourne to London between the 27th of February
andlstof March last, inlat.52 deg. 1 min. S., and long.45 deg. 8 min.W.,
during part of which time a dense fog prevailed, which made the situa¬
tion of the Anglesey the more critical. As intercourse is now so extensive
between England and Australia, the subject may interest many of our
readers in both hemispheres. The accompanying sketch only shows a
few of the bergs that were passed. The gentleman to whom we are in¬
debted for the drawing thus describes the meeting with these ice¬
bergs “ The first we saw on the 27th of February was a large field or
floe of ioe on the northern horizon, distant about thirty miles, and
time carrying much canvas, including studding-sails.
February 28Ui {Sunday morning, 9 o’dock a.m.)—Passed several
bergs with much drift ice, one of which had a peculiar church-turret
kind of form. The field attached appeared to be covered with drift
snow, as also the top of the turret form, which gave a purely white
appearance to these parts, the sides being grayer, or more ioe-like in
appearance. The plain of ice in this berg appeared to b* from a
quarter to half a mile in length, and distant from us half a mile or
Ibbs. The atmosphere was now beginning to get very grey with fog,
which by eleven o'clock a.m. had become so dense that anything
but a glistening berg would not have been discernible at more than a
ship’s length from the A ng'lesey’s bows.
“ At this period a huge grim berg, the exact outlines of which were
never fully seen, presented itself abeam, and slowly and. majestically
glided past, till it disappeared astern. During the whole of this time large
quantities of drift ice WOTe passing continually, some of considerable
size, and fully capable of destroying any ship coming in contact with
them. The nipht which followed was a gloomy one indeed, with no
abatement in the log, and the darkness of the night added an utter un¬
certainty as to what bergs might be near. Our danger consisted in our
liability to drift on to one before seeing it. The night, however, wore
away with nothing more than fragments passing; towards five in the
morning the sun fbx\a moment broke through the gloom, but was
quickly obscured again, and continued so till nine o’clock As the
atmosphere cleared, another large berg was discovered to the north.
Towards twelve o'clock a.m. all sail was set, and we bore away without
further hindrance except from head winds, which continued^almost
without interruption to the tropio of Capricorn, thus lengthening our
voyage. The ill-fated Madagascar, whioh left Melbourne some three or
four years ago, and of whioh nothing was afterwards heard* is supposed
to have perished under some suoh circumstances as the above. It was,
hewever* amongst our many mercies, during an otherwise pleasant
passage, to be brought through this peril in perfeot safety, to which the
unoeasmg care of Captain Thorne and officers was no doubt very con •
duelvo. The Anglesey is over 1000 tons burden. It is one of Mr.
Green’s fleet, and is commanded by Captain J. N. Thorne.”
ICEBERGS PASSED BY THE " ANGLESEY ON HER PASSAGE FROM MELBOURNE HOME.
SAILORS’ HOME AT ROTTERDAM.
Sketches in china.
(From our Special Artist and Correspondent.)
Canton, March 28,1858.
Wb have news from Foo-chow-Foo to the 18th iust. Lord Elgin re¬
mained there till the 14th, and then proceeded further north. The
weather was most unfavourable: it rained without ceasing from the
time of his Lordship’s landing till the hour he left.
Here, at Canton, till within a few days, it rained perpetually day and
night, and was excessively chilly, so much so that we had to wear
our great-coats in doors, as there are no fires here; but in a few hours
time it suddenly became as sultry as it was cold before, and now we
have thrown off all superfluous clothing, and endeavour to keep cool.
I think now that the reason the Chinese objected to foreigners enter¬
ing the city is made perfectly clear. The truth is, they were ashamed
to show the’nakedness of the land. A more vile-looking collection of
dirty, poky, dingy streets cannot be conceived ; added to which the
Btill more deplorable-looking populace. The suburbs, on the contrary,
are very nice; the shops clean, and their fronts tastefully carved; the
people much more agreeable in appearance. I have seen several native
eating-houses since my last, and I never saw anything more like a
French restaurant, allowing, of course, for the different appearance of
the customers ; but the little round tables, the waiters bawling out
what was wanted, and the general aspect was quite the thing. Out of
doors, also, are numbers of peripatetic venders of food, and the clusters
of ragged-looking fellows eating away make quite picturesque groups.
The shops are now nearly all open, and things are very cheap; about
half what they are in Hong-Hong; The streets (that is those of the
city and of the suburbs near the river) are all named in French,
English, and Chinese, the streets being exceedingly narrow. A large
white board is suspended frofc house to house across the street, on
which is written in black letters, on one pide in English and Chinese,
and on the other in French and Chinese, the name.
The worst of going shopping is, that no sooner have you entered t e
shop than the street is almost blocked up with a crowd of gaping,
May 29, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
529
SKETCHES IN
C H I N A .
CUM-FA-MEIY TA_XI)IXG-fLACE, HONAN.
after the capture of the city, when subscriptions from Parsee merchants
relieved a large portion of the poorer persons in the upper part of the
town, near head-quarters, which to this day has continued. A few
Europeans afterwards undertook to distribute a similar charity in the
neighbourhood of the Factory part of the town. This latter distri¬
bution has continued during the last six weekB, a thousand being re¬
lieved daily. On Saturdays a double distribution takes place. At
first the site chosen was that formerly occupied by the British church,
which the Chinese, after demolishing, had converted into a market¬
place, the famous Hog-lane: it Bince has been removed to “ Consoo
Hall,” a building which was spared by the fire of 1866. In the Sketch
ty-faced natives, slightly sprinkled with a few beggarwomen, who
Bp on at you, *' Typan cumshaw! typhan cumshaw! ” at the same
ae holding out a little basket for you to put said “ cumshaw ” in, sup¬
sing you to have any cash about you. Beggars here have arrived
great perfection in rags, and I doubt whether the most ragged
all ragged Paddys would be able to compete with your Celestial
ggars in raggedness: some of their clothes are perfect models of
fenuity, and it is difficult to conceive how so many different specimens
rags are kept together in the shape of a garment. As we are on
j subject of beggars, I may as well tell you that there is a rice dis-
bution daily, except.Sundays. This distribution commenced soon
I have shown the interior. The European is examining the rice-ticketa
to see that they are not spurious; further is a string of small, blind
children—all blind people here walking in strings of four or five; the
one at the head holds a long thin stick, which is used as a feeler, and
each of the others lias a hand on the shoulder of the one before him.
You continually see these little trains. The Chinese policeman is
leading them to where the rice is given out. They have a little basket
each to contain their portion.
The Chinese policemen always accompany the British, but are un¬
armed. Their dress is very Chinese, as you see.
To show you how fashionable we are 10,000 miles away from Bond-
DISTRIBUTION OF RICE. AT CANTON.
530
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[May 29, 1858
street I send you a Sketch of our Tailor’s Shop—the great Stulz.
It looks rather strange—does it not ?—to see that celebrated name
up in such a thoroughly Cliinese-looking place as is this landing-
place. The josshouse is next to Stulz’s, and the boats are opposite.
There two pigs are daily to be seen eating the refuse of sugar-cane
which is thrown down by the man wjio, sitting on the steps of the
josshouse, is selling that article. These boat-people kick up a fearful
row every time an unfortunate individual shows any symptoms of
wishing to cross: every individual l>oat woman or girl sets up such a
yelling as would deafen a person of delicate hearing, each desiring
the said individual to come to his or her boat. I visited the Namlioi
(prison) the other day with a friend. The prisoners were all playing
in a corner till they saw us, when some ran away and some
remained. A more deplorable set of chained beings I never saw.
There were numbers of women in another part of the building; but
they looked happy enough.
We have not heard anything of the braves for a long time.
CALENDAR FOB THE WEEK.
Sunday, May 30.—Trinity Sunday.
Monday. 31 .—Dr. Chalmers died, 1847. •
Tuesday, June 1 .—St Nicomede. Inundation in France, 1856.
Wednesday, 2.— Gordon Riots, 1780.
Thursday, 3.—Corpus Christ!
Friday 4.—King victor of Sardinia abdicated, 1802.
Saturday. 5 —St. Boniface. Sun rises, 3h. 48m.; sets. 8h. 9m.
TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE,
FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 5, 1858.
Bandar. ! Monday. | Tuesday. | Wednesday. 1 Thursday. | Friday. 1 Saturday.
M
A ! M
A
M
A
M | A
M
A
m r
A
M
A
b m
h m
h m h m
h m
h m
h m
h rrj
h m
h in
3 31
3 <5 4 3
4 23
4 38
4 57
5 16 5 36
6 0
6 22
8 46 I
7 10
7 39
8 8
H ER MAJESTY’S THEATRE.—Titiens, Alboni, Ortoiani,
Piccolominl, GioRHnl, Belart. Bonovpntano, Aldirhicri. Vlalatti, and Botletti. The
following arrargvment* have Seen mule:- Tuesday. June I, LEH HUGUENOTS; and Ballet,
with Madame lafliont. Thuradav. Juno 3 LK NOZZB DI FIGARO; and Ballet, with
Mdlle Pocchl' i. Saturday, June 5, IL TROVATORE; and Ballot. Application* to be made
at the Box-rfflro
MONDAY, JUNE 7. GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE, DON GIOVANNI, and other
Enter** Imn-nt* 'I he Ballet will include Mdllo Pocchiui and Mario Taglloni. Morning
drwaonly ia tecewary. To commence at half-past one o’c’ock. Price*of admiaiioa:—
Boxes. ft’m £\ ) la. tid.to £5 5a.; Pit Stall*, 31a.; Pit and Gallery Stall*, 5s.; Gallery, 2a. 6d.
To be had at toe B^x-ofBc « at the Theitre-
2URBFY THEATRE.—Lessees Messrs. SHEPHERD and
B OYAL PRINCESS’ THEATRE.— Mondav, Wednesday,
Friday, and Saturday, MU«JC HATH CHARMS. KING LEAR, and SAMUEL IN
6FABCH OF H MSELP. Tneadar and Thursday. THE STOCK EXCHANGE ; or, Tha
Green BoiIdcm: FAUST AND MARGUERITE, and SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF.
R OYAL PRINCESS’ THEATRE.—Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES
KEAN rrapectftjtly inform t*e Public that Ihrir ANNUAL BENEFIT wUF ‘aka
-place on SATURDAY. JUNE 13th, upon which occasion Sbakfptsaro'a Play of THE MER¬
CHANT OF VENICE will be pn-duced with tbe *nm« accuracy of detail and historical
correcrrc-ra th -1 have marked the previoa* revival* at this taoatrc. In consequence Of this
arranpimtnt KING 1 EAR wifi'be repeated SF.VKN NIGHTS MORE and then withdrawn,
to make mom for THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. KING LEAR, Monday, Wednesday,
Friday and Saturday.
T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET—On Monday, Tuesday,
Ttatadt y Friday and Saturday, AN UNEQUAL MATCH, in which Mi«» Amy 8edic-
■wick will appear, having recover, d from her late severe indianoaition. After which, on the
above nights. PLUTO and PROSERPINE: and TACK’S RETURN from CANTON On
Wednesday, Mira Reynolds wi’l appear in the character of Mia* Hard-a*t'o. in 8UE STOOPS
toCO*>QUF.'i; with PLUTO and PROSERPINE, and JACK’S RETURN from CANTON.
T BEATKE ROYAL ADELPHI.— Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday. Iaat night* of the Old Adolphi. Monday, the GREEN BU8HES, OUR
FRENCH LADY’* MAID. Character* by Mr. B Webber, Mr Charles Selby. Madame
CeJratc. Mr*, f'hatterley. Tuonlay the MYSTERIOUS STRANGER, and OUR FRENCH
LADY'S MAID.
S il
CFF.aWTCK For recedexttcd noTelty and aitraction, in onnaequence of the robuild'ng of
ihe Adelihi Tliratxe The on Ire Adelpbi Company—Solo Managar, Mr. B. Webster: .Di¬
rectress, Mara" e C. Irate— will give 12 Performance* at the 6urr.iy 'hoitro, commencing
Monday. June 7. Further particulars in future bill*. Boxes. 2a ; Pit, 1*.: G tilery, ikL
G REAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE, Shore-
ditch.—To commence with POMPEII; or, the Doomed Citv. snoported by the
Company. To conclude with 7HB DAUGHTER of tbo REGIMENT; In which Miaa
Rebecca Isaacs will perform. On Saturday, June 5ih. Mr. Pbo’pa will appear.
A STLEY’S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — Lessee and
Manager Mr. WILLIAM -COOKE.—'This Evening the Surcewful Now Grand
Chivalric Spectacle entitled THE WHITE PALFREY; or, Tbo Will Boar of 'he Puna:
produced with now ^ccni-ry, Ccatome*. and Appointment*. Followed by the SCENES in tbo
ARENA Mr. William Cooke's original *y**em of Horse Training. Concluding with a
variety of otbw enter! aimnen'a. Commence at 7.
/LJRFAT DN1TED STATE3 CIRCUS. Messrs. HOWES
x P and CLTPHIf G, Proprietor*.— Under tbo o*paci*l patronage of her Majesty tho
QTEEV. hla Royal Highnera tho PRINCE ONSORi’ *m tho ROYAL FAMILY, who
honoured the Prorrletor* with a visit on MAY 11, 1858 Nln’h Week. Unprecedented
Euccera. The largest Equestrian Establishment in tbo World, numbering ova* Two Hundred
Men and Bosee, i* NOW OPEN, for a abort se—on. at tbo FOrAL ALHAMBRA PA -ACE,
La crater-*'r*u-. giving TWO PEi<FOKMAN(E8 EACH DAY. commencing at Half-pa*t
T*»oard ELM o'Clock p.m. The Day Performance ia (tally equal to that of the Evening.
Armlraion . Private B'-xt* from £3 2a. to i3 3a. each; Stall*, 5*.; Rrarvod Boats. 3«.; Boxes.
2a : Pit. I*.: Gcl'o-r.6d. Private Boxes and Rials can only be aocured at tho ADwunora
Pa'aee- ar.d Mr. Mitrbell'a Library, 33. Old Bond-street Bax-ofilco open from fen am-
un - il Five n.n». No fee fer book ing places. No programme* are correct but those purchased
ln-ldc the building; and only Id. each is allowed to bo charged. N B. Season ticket* not
tranr&rable. •
TVTOW OPEN, the SECOND ANNUAL EXHIBITION of
J.V Meaara DIPKINPON’S GALLERIES of CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITS, con¬
taining many •trihing and remarkable novelties. Admission, Is.—ill, New Bond-street.
S OCIETY of PAINTERS in WATER COLOURS.^-Tke
FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION ia now OPEN at their Gallery, 5. PALL-
MALL EAfcT,close to Trafalgar-square), from Nine till Dusk Admittance, la Catalogue. 6d.
JosKm J. Jenkins, Secretary.
T HE NBW SOCIETY of PAINTERS in WATER
COLOURS.-Tbe TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL EXHIBITON of this Society Is
l?OW OPEN, at their GALLERY, 53, Pall-mall (noar 8t. James’* Palace), from NinetUl
dnak dsUy -Admi sion. I*.; 8eason Ticket, &a. James Faust, Secreta-y.
TT'RFRCH EXHIBITION.—The FIFTH ANNUAL EXHI-
1? BITION of PICnTRES by Modern Artlsta of the French School U NO W OPES to tho
Public st tba French Gall ary, 131. Pall-mall, opposite to the Opera Colonnade. Admlaaion,
la.; catalogue*. 6d. each. Open from 9 to6 daily
B OSA BONHEUR’S NEW PICTURES, “ Lmlais Peasants
Go’ngto Market." and “ Horning in the Highland*," together wifh her Portrait, by
Ed. Pabuff". are NOW ON VIEW at tho GERMAN GALLERY, 168, Now Bond street.
Admins on, 1*.—Open from Nino till Six
UMCH GALLERY of ENAMEL PICTURES.—This
_— raie Collection, tba works of WuatUcIvCha*. Deinioger; Lantrhamcr, Milller, Bauer,
Sthade. Prtwchllde, and Me in alt, Ac., ia NOW EXHIBITING at No. 2, Frith-atreet (ono door
from tbo comer of Soho- square). Admission is. to those not presenting cards of invitation.—
The Collection to be Sold, entire or separately.
M ADAME TUSSAUDS NEW ADDITION, the atrocious
assassin* OR9CNI and PIERRI. guillotined fo: attempting the life of tho F.mporor
Napoleon III. and the Empress, to the horror of all toror*a.-Baraar. Baker-street, Portman-
squaro. Admittance, U.; extra room*, 6d. Open from Eleven till Nino.
CRYSTAL PAJLACE.—ARRANGEMENTS for the WEEK
V> ending SATURDAY, JUNE 5th.
Monday.—Open st 9. The Orchestral Band will ;>erfonn in the Central Transept, And tho
new Wind Bend In the Ground*, at mtorvaia throughout the day. Performance on the Great
Organ, by Mr. James Coward, at 2.30. Pianoforte Performance at 3JO.
Tuesday-Open at 10. Tho Company's Bands as abovo. Mi. Westbrook on the Great
Organ at 2.30. Pianoforte at 3.30. Pertonnan6e on Berlagton’a Organ at i, by Mr. Hallctt
flb' ppard. 'v ,'v
Wednesday and Tlfursday.—Open at 10. Arrangement* same as Monday.
Admission three da-a One Shilling; Children under Twelve, Blxponco.
„ T’Hday.-Opoa at IS. Groat Organ at 1.30. Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert at 3,
including Part prrga and Choruses by tho Vocal Areociatien. Conductor, Mr. Manns. Full
Display of the whole of tbo Upper Scries of Fountains after the Concert. Tho new Wind
Band will perform in tb© Ground* till 7.30.
Admission by Season Tlckot, or by Day Ticket, 5a.; Children under Twelro, 2a. 6d.; R<v-
•efTod Boats, la. 6d. extra.
Saturday. —Open at 12. Floral Promenado and Concerts by the Oroheetral Band, under
, d'wtion of Mr. Mann*. Tho new Wind Band will perform in th© Ground* at inter-
gal* Ull 7.30. Poformanos on the Great Organ at 3, and on Borington’a organ at 5. Piono-
fo-UMOdtal by Mi** Annie Elliott at 2.45. FnU display of tho Upper FounUlns at 2.31.
Admisalofi 2 * 6d. ; Children under Twelve, Is. Tha Thirteen Fountains In tbo Naves and
® rom 18 ®i &Q d tha Fountain* on the Terraces from *
?! . . * **y lf Water Towers will remain open to visitors free. Tha eng'nea, sotton
Printing praxes. cenLifugtl pumps, furnace bla ts. &c , 8co , are working daily
of Rhododendron* in the valley* and
$SJ*£fJ°*** of P*rk are now In thair greatest beauty. The unrivalled group* of the
.T™ 6 *^ ny “ lmmenw blooms. The Gorso and 8brubr,
E? r^r / the Antediluvian Animals and on the shore* of the lakes, are
itsW5? “ *■ BowU ' *<«“* to Uu r«k, M from on, poor., «r „i£.
S ACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL —
Conductor. Mr CO TA -Oa FRIDAY noxs JUNR 4, ^osta’a ELI. \ooalUta-Mdms.
Qj t ra Novello Ml** Dolby, Mr Plir* Rtavoa. Mr. We'*#. Ticket*, 3*., 5s., and 10*. 6J. eajh,
at the Scclety’* office, No. 6. In Exeter Ball
/CONCERT by the BLIND.—Hanovcr-aquarc Rooms.—A
CONCERT of VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC by the Pupils of the School for
tho Jnd gent Blind, moisted by other bUr.d Muticion* will be giroo, under distinniisbed
K troosge, on SATURDAY. JUKF. 12, at Throo. Conductor, Mr. W. H. Monk.—-Tickets,
i. 6d. and 5s., at the Muslciellcn'; and at tho School, St. George's-field*, Southwark.
TlyflSS DOLBY and Mr. LINDSAY SLOPER’S SECOND
JLV1 CONCERT of CHAMBER MUSIC will take place At WILLIS’S ROOM9, on
MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 31 at Throe o'clock, when they will bo aa»Ut«d by Mr.
Flflgrovo, Pignor PlatU, and Mr Georgo RuwelL Tickets (for rcervad seats), holf-a-gamea
each, may be had of Meisre Cram r and Co , 20t, Regen’-atroet; of Mist Dolby. 2. Hmde-
slreot, Manchester-srjuarc; aad of Mr- Lindsay Slopor, 70. Cambrldge-terraco, Hyde Park.
-S/riSS LAURA BAXTER wUl have the honour to give a
1YJL GRAND EVENING CONCERT, at tha QUEES’8 CONCERT BOOMS. Btinovor-
•quare, on THURSDAY, '7ih JUNK. 1858 uud-x di-tlnguUhed patronage. Artistes: Madam?
PciHt&ni, Mndame Weisa. MBs MnliMa Baxter (of tno Royal Academy of Manic, her first
anpearanco). and Mis* Laura Baxter; Mr. 8im* Reeve*. Signor Pivttt, Mr. Houtt niagrore.
Mr RichArdfon, and Mr. w e i«s. The Voool Aa*oclation. conducted by M. Bonollct. Rrae-ved
Peats, Ha’f-a-Gulnea each; Unrraerved Peata. Seven Shilling* each, or Pour for One Guinea.
To be had of Mine Laura Baxter, 7 A, Miltou-streot, Dorset squars; or of the principal Mu*lc
Fubl:»ber« and I.ibraries.
"IV.f DLLE. SPEYER begs to announce that she will give a
JIT I PIANOFORTE RECITAL on SATURDAY next. June 5, at WILLIS'S ROOMS, on
which occasion she will have tho honour of performing sdocllona from tho works of Barth,
Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Chopin. To commence at Three o'clock. Voeal sts: -Miss
Kemble, Herr Rirhard Deck. Pianist Aorompagnateur. Mr. Harold Thomu Reserved and
numbered seat*, half-a-guinea. Tickets, 7s., to be obtained at OlUvier’s, 19. Old Bond-
street; at tho principal Music Warehouses; and of Mdllo. Spoyer, 3, Upper Biuiohigh-stroot,
Baton-square.
M R. CHARLES DICKENS will read his CHIMES on
THURSDAY EVENING .JUNE 3rd. at Eigb‘ o’Clock, anl bi* CHRISTMA9 TAROL
on Wcdnosdav Afternoon. Jun« 9th. a*. Throe o Clock, At ST. MARTIN’S HALL. Each
Reading will hut two hours. Stalls (numbered and reserved), 5*.; Aron and Galleries, *•. 6d j
l 1 nro*ervcd 8o*ts, In. Ticket* to bo had at Mos*r». Chapman and Hall s, PublI*ho.-8, .93,
Piccadilly; and «t 8t Martin's Hall, Ixmg-aoro.
B. ALBERT SfflTH’S MONT BLANC, NAPLES,
Batrrday), at Eight, and Tuoa-
securod at tho Box-
M
office, EGYJ
_POMPEII, and VESUVIUS, ovory Night (except Batrrdav).
day, Thursday, and Saturday Afternoons, at Three. Places can be
day, an
PTLAN
_ __ «
HAI4-, dally, betwnan Elerou and Four, without any extra charge.
TV/TB. and Mrs. GERMAN REED’S NEW ENTERTAIN-
_Lt_I MENT.—The New 8erle* of HluatrntiOD* by Mr. and Mrs. REED (late Miu P. Horton)
Every Evening except Saturday, at Eight; Saturday Afternoon at Throe. Admlwlon, la,
2*., and 3a Htalls secured, without extra charge, at tho Royal Gallery of Illustration, li,
Regent-street: and at Cramer. Beale, and Co.'*, 201, Regent-street.
TtTR. CHARLES COTTON’S ROSE, SHAMROCK, and
1YJL THISTLE, at tho PRINCE OF WALES' HALL. 209, Regent-itroel. hi con*cnuonoc
of the great succra* ami numbers nnabTo to gain admittance during tho past week. Mr
f~h*rlo* Cetton haa made •irangementa to remain Open for Dour Weeks longer. Every
Evening at Eight (except Saturday), Saturday at Three.
F IFTH YEAR of the Present Entertainment—The Sisters
S OPHIA and ANNIE, in thoir original entertainment, entitled SKETCHES from
NATURE (performed upwards pf 1000 time* in tho pro vincas), will appesx at Haa tings.
May 31; Ashford, Juno 1; Canterbury*, Sand 3; Gravesend, 4.
C HRISTY’S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall, King William-
■treat, Btrand.—Entertainment commences at Eight. Morning Concert evorv Satur¬
day at Three An entire Change of Programme, introducing BUELESUUE on the CIRCUS.
Dre*a Stall*, 3a-; Area. 2*.; Amphitheatre. U.
XHIBITIO N of AMERICAN PLANTS, ASH-
BURMIAM PAV1UOV. KiJolninR rmmora. —Men. WATERF.R and HODVREY
beg toannonneethot their Fxh'bitiou of Hardy Rhododendrons and other American Plants will
op«n on TUESDAY next, tbo 1st of JUNE, and will comicuo dally throu^-hou; the month.
Admission, is. From Ten till dusk.
Knap Hill, Woking, Surrey.
H ydropathic branch establishment.
Pelenham, near Richmond, Surrey, S.W.—'The treatment I* perfectly safe for Infancy
and age. and abaolutely agreeable. Term*: Eighteen pence. Fifty-four pence and Sixty -b!x
pence per day.—Prospe* tu*ea on application to F.dwabd Grekntikld, Clerk.
L ake Windermere hydropathic establish-
MENT, Westmorland.—rroprictor/Bf L.HUDSON, H.R.C.3.E. Prcapoctuse* may bo
bad on application fo tho 8urgeonXtbo'Hou»e.
YDBOPATHIC ESTABLISHMENT, 43 k Woburn-place.—
ELFCTBO-CHYMICAL HATER, for the extraction of mercury and other medicine*
from the body, and the cure of epilepsy, ekra comp'aint*. norvourow*, rheumntlam,
paralysis, Ac., pronounced Incurable under other* *yatem*.—Fbyriclan, Dr. GRIFFITHS
JONES.
TLKLEY WELLS HYDROPATHIC ESTABLISHMENT,
X Wbarfedale, Yorkshire.—Tbla delightful and unrivalled residence for invalid* and
visitor* Is ai’usto in the beautiful rallov of the tYbarfe, six miles from Bolton Abbey. Tho
genera) and medical management is under tho immediate direction of Dr. Edmund 8rultb,
tho well-known Hydropathic and Honuropathic Physioian. lato of Sheffield. For pro*DOctu*
and further information application to be made to Mr. ATRAC HAN. llkloy Wells, near Otloy.
T O INVALIDS.—A Physician of experience offers the comforts
of a Heme, with cheerful and intellectual society, to a Gentleman requiring such, with
medical attendance. The situation b good and healthy, anl the use of a carriage if necei-
aary.—For terms, &c . apply foM. D., 13, Fewy-street, Liverpool.
B OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray’s-inn-road.—The
THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL In nki of tHs fund, of Ihl, Ilo.niul will
non plnco >t lRn>REF.MAP0N8' TAVERN on WEDNESDAY, Um 9Ui day of JUNE. Tin
Right Hon. tho Ear)of Fowls in the chair.
TilUNDS are greatly REQUIRED for the support of the
X? HOSPITAL for CONBUMPTION. Brompton, 180 piticats are waiting for atmUrton. nod
eighty beds are empty for want of fund*. Philip Bosk, Hon. Ssc.
ATATIONAL HOSPITAL (by the Seaside at Margate), com-
It monly called the Royal Bea-bathing Infirmary, estahlUhed in tho year 1796. pro¬
viding nutviticus l>iet, Ale, Forter, Wine, Bed*. Mooical Advice, Mnaicinos, Sea-Water Bath*,
-aiid tho are of Bathing Machine* for 200 Poor Patient* suffering under Scrofula, from London
und all parts of the Kingdom.
Patron-The QUERN.
Patrons ea—Tlio Due hew of Kent.
Vice-Patron—The Bishop of London.
President—The Earl of Carnarvon.
In order to meet the increasing demand* for admission* into this Hospital it ia proposed to
build new wards for 100 additional patient*, bolng children In an early *tago of scrofolou*
dircase, and also a *psclooa room suitable for school* during the week, and for n chapel in
which tho Chaplain may officiate on Sanday. The estimated c^et ia £5000, loclud»ng some
alteration* which may be advantageously made in tho present building. Wo, whose names
are undmigned, beiDg a Committee appointed at a Court of Directors to carry out an en-
lflrg*nj«nt of the Hospital, do hereby Inrtte suba'riptions for aucli purpose from the nobility,
the clergy, the gentry, the honker* and merchants, and public companies of Loudon and the
countrv. Scrofula is known to be a disease eommon to England, and rife in the metropolis
and in large cities and towns, Ao. The only sure remedy for it is found In *oa air. tea bath¬
ing. and nourishing diet. No other hospital, oxclu ively confined to the treatment of scrofula,
exists in the kingdom and no part of the sea coast is 10 eatily and cheaply reached as Margate,
both by railroad and ttearo-boat. Subscriptions already received amount to uoarly £280).
Bknrt Si'EHCKit Law, Richard Baogallay,
T. B. CtTRLTiro, P.tt 8., A. 8. Pioron,
W. R, WUITE, JOHN Honosoic, M A., Hon. 8«c.
Subscription* already received fire clnrsod as follow*
£100 from each mime under No. 1. I £20 from eich name under No. t.
£50 from each namo under No. 2. £10 from each name under No. 5.
£25 from each name under No. 3,
No. 1. R. Conder. E*q.
Bir Brook W. Bridges, M.P. Miss Morris
Lady Burton J. P. Plumptre, Esq.
Abel Fmitb, Esq.
J. A. Warre, Esq., M.P.
No. 3.
R. Baggafiay, Esq.
R. C. L. Bevan, Esq.
The Earl of Carnarvon
Tho Fishmongers' Company
Moesr*. Grosvenor, Clutter,
and Co.
Russell Scott, Bsq. •
J. Slater. E#q.
8amud Tomkins, Esq.
No. 4.
F. Druee, E*q.
Samuel Gurney, Esq.,M.P.
Tba Ironmonger*' Company —
And about 140 subscriber* of «um* ranging from £5 to 10*.
BubfcriptiOD* on account of tho Margute Hospital Building Fond to be paid to Mosar*.
Drommond and Co., Charing-croes; or Messrs. Coutts and Co , Strand; or to the Treasurer,
B. Tomkins. Esq., st Mossra. .WUIls und Co.’s, Lombsnl-stroet; and also bo tha Rev. John
Hodgson, Hon. Secretary, No. 3, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, to whom notice of any such
payment is roquostod to be givtn by letter.
Merar*. Coutts and Co.
Mr E. Couchman
The Drapers' Company
Tho Goldsmiths' Company
The Grocers' Company
Tho Rev. J. Hodgson
Tho Lord Over*tone
T. Popy*. Esq
Miss T., by W. Fox, Esq.
J. Taber, E*q.
W. Bobinren White, Eaq.
The Earl of Winchilsoa, de¬
ceased
No. 2.
W. DcCapelBrooko, Eaq.
F. W. Cobb, Esq.
Tbo Hoo. H. 8. Law
Messrs. NichoIIs and Son*
A. 8. Pigeon, Esq
H.B. Sheridan E«q.,M.P.
Thomas Turner, Esq.
No. 5.
Tho Rt. Hon. H. U. Addington »
J. T. Bacon, Esq.
J. G. Barclay, E*q
Jonathan Barrett, Eaq.
Tho Clothworker*’ Company
RussoU Klliee, E*q.
Tho Right Hon. T. Eraklno
Mossra. V. and J. Furgin»
G. ft Gibson. Esq.
K. J. Gilman, E*q..
Mr* Isabolls Harris
Edmund Wilder, Esq.
M. Wood, Esq.
f IUUS REV. JOHN HODGSON (late Vicar of St. Peter’s, in
X the Iilo of ’nianet), Honorary Secretary of tho Royal 8c 1 -bathing Infirmary at Mar¬
gate, lieing tho National Hospital for tbo reception of Poer Scrofulous Pstlenu from Loudon
and all parts of England, Invitee the noble aud gentle Ladies of Eoglaud. mother* of familio*
and their daughters, to areist him in fl'ling up a list he has set up for 6000 names to bo in¬
scribed upon It. witli a subscription sgainst each of aoy sum not exceeding 6s. The wholo
nation is appealed to, that this experiment, undertaken with much oonfidoucc, may, br moot¬
ing with genera] sympathy, ho speedily accomplished. That, hundreds of poor little children, in
the early stage of scrofula, may, through the mercy of God, be spared from experiencing it*
more fcar/uJ ravages by menus of remedies provided In a seaside hospital. Upward* of
2600 names were on the list in the year 1857, and £630 wm received, made up of individual
contributions of 5s, and under. The highott in rank and the lowest in rank are among tho
subscribers. Upwards of 60 collectors bavo volunteered their services in various pans of
London and tho country.
Subscription* in post-office stamp* or in post-office order* on ths Westminster branch, or
by banker*' cheeks, to be sent to tho Rev. John Hodgson, Honorary Secretary, 3. Broad
Sanctuary, Westminster, In letters, stating names of subscribers and place-! of residence,
legibly written.
Various papers, report*? kc^ may be had upon application by letter.
M B. KAREY, the AMERICAN HORSE-TAMER.—Mr.
Rarey wUl give Lessons at Haiti*. LUCAS'S HORSE REPOSITORY, LIVERPOOL,
on Mocd*;, the 31st imt., and Tnetday, tho 1st of Juna In EDINBURGH, the 3rd and
4th of June. ‘v
Mr. Rarey will give Lee non* at tho ROUND HOUSE, Kin" nrton-street, Belgravia, the
third week in June. Doe notice of the day* of teaching will be announced.
THE WILD ZEBRA OF THE AFRICAN DESERT.
Mr. Rarey, by prrmisilon of ibe Council of tho Zoological Society has ■ bjocted a Zebra te
his process. Mr. Rarey will exhibit this animal to his subscriber In Juno.
The Subscription is Ten Guineas for a Gentleman, and Fiftem Guineas for a Lafig
and Gentleman.
Further information aud form* for Subscription may be obtained on sppllcatl ua to tk«
Secretary, at Mr. Rarey'a office, left hand of tbo yard, Messrs Tatto nail's, Groerenor.plaot.
T HE SECRETARIES of the LONDON MISSIONARY
SOCIETY thankfully acknowledged the reoelpt of fiOO from an anonymoa* Donor for
tbe extension of Missions in British India.— Blumfleld-strect, 13 h May, 1858.
T
HE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.
TBUaTEKS,
The Visoonnt Rsnolsgh. I Tho Right Hon. R. A. C. N. Hamilton.
Tho Hon. Colonel Lowther. M.P. | J. C. CobboWi Kiq , M.P.
INVESTMENT FOR CAPITAL AND SAVING-*.
Investors have never received Iras than six prr cut, and one year seven. Tljp lairing of
land it quite optional, aud there is no partnership liability of any kind. Inter vt of fir» per
cent iapsid half-yearly, independently of ike Bo:iui declared at tbo cod of tbo year. Pioapeo-
tuoca wL l be sent free to any port of the world.
S3, Norfolk-*treet, Strand, London (WA) \ Charles Lewis Grunkjsks. SearaUrj.
Y IILAS at MODERATE RENTS.—There iB no property at
BRIGHTON that poweaiee equal advantages to the VILLAS la PARK CRES TENT.
Thev are well arrange*!, fitteal with modern ccnvenioace*. and finished with good rasra.
The soil la dry. the locality healthful, the distanco from the sea agreeable, tho views of the
Town and Down eccucry extensive and uninterrupted. The pleasure grounds, exteniiing ta
four acres, are picturesque, and the oxrlurivo use of them is secured to ths residents.
The Torma to BENT or PURCHASE are moderate.
Apply to Messrs. PARSONS and HON. Estate Agent* and Auctioneers,
Z' Marine Parsdo, Brighton.
TV/TAYENCEoii..RHINE.—P rofessor GARNHAM, BA.,
aYI having a comfortable Engliih homo, wishes TWO or TH REE PUPIL3 for GERMAN,
French, Italian, Ac.
II) LADING during the LONG VACATION.—Undergraduates
I il of the Universities desirous of READING with a Tu*or during the oaauiug Long
Vacation. In tho Western Isioa of Scotland, may haro Room*. Board, and every accommoda¬
tion. at mod'rate oost, in the building of tho ‘‘ollcge, Islo of Cumbrao.
Reading twice a wreck (or oftcoftr If dnired) wltn tho Bor. J. G. Cazonove, M.A., Oxen,
Vico Provost.
Toraa:—Thirty-six Pounds for tho Three Months, or Twelve Guineas per Month, with pro¬
portionate lucreaae for more frequent assistance in Reading.
Application to be made to tho llcr. the Bursar, the College, Islo of Cumbrao, Greenock, K B.
■&XEDICAL PUPIL.—A Surgeon of extensive practice has %
iJX VACANCY forTa YOUNO GENTlKMAN to be Articled fw Tnre» or Five Yoara.
and who would baro full op;»OTtuuIiy of attending Loctur j* and Hospital during his ap¬
prenticeship. Ho would bo wi ling to arrange for iho full mantgomoat o» the education. So.
The most ample refer once* will bo given and required. Apply to M. T., care of Mount Webb
and Hunt, Caatlo-street, Liverpool.
/COLOGNE, the RHINE, GERMANY, TRIESTE, DEN-
\J MARK. SWEDEN, * 0 .—NEW, SHORTER, and CHEAPER ROUTE.—Tbo Bbortcet
cud cheapest route between England and tho above-named plocos la now tU Rotterdam aad
the Dutch-Bhcniih Railway.
Through Ticket* are issued at Rotterdam for DusseWorf and Cologne, from which place*
Steamers run several times daily, passing through the wnole of tho colobrate l sceuory of the
Rhino. There are froquout dally communications betwoen Cologne end Bonn, Aix-la-
Cbapello. Woiabndeo, Baden Baden, Frankfort, Carlsrahe. Ac.
Tbrouab Tickets are also laaued for Bremen. Hanover, Harburg (for Hamburg), Brunswick,
Magdrhurgb, Potsdam, Berlin, Loipslc, and Dresden. Passengers adopting tbo Dafcoh-
Kbeniih Route to these piAcea will not only rocape tho inoonvonience of lauding in ata&M
hosts ut 0*tend, and crosiing tbe Rhine at Cologne or Ruhrort. but by avoiding the long
drftour by Cologne to tho Oberhausen Junolion of tho Cologne-Mindun Railway will effect a
large saving both in distance and expense.
Fifty pounds of luggage are allowed, free of charge, to every passenger for Germaoy.
The cocrte*y of the Dutch Government oppose* no obstacles to tho o*«y paraago of tra¬
veller* through Holland Now that tho facilities for obia'ning Foreign Office passports have
been *0 much Increased, and their price seduced to a nominal sum, travellers are reoom-
meudod to provide thtmselvee with them In preference to Consular passport*, as tho former
require no visa for Prussia. VU^s for Holland may ba obtained of the Dutch Consul, 20^
Groat 8t. Helen’*. Blshopsgato-street.
Every infoinmtion as to rates, routes, passports, &c., can be had on application, personally
or by letter, to Mr. JOHN C. JANdON, Agent to the Dutch-Khenish Railway Company, 61,
Graoechurch-fttreet, London. E.C.
S OUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—REDUCED FARES
BETWEEN LONDON and the 8UBURBAN STATIONS.
RETURN TICKET'S at REDUCED FARES are now Usuod DAILY, and by ail Trahw,
twtween London aud Putney. Chiawick. Kow, Brentford, Oapham Commjn, Wimbledon,
Malden, Kingston, Thames Litton, Hampton Court, Esher, Walton, Weybridge, Addloatooe,
Chertsey, and Woking.
REDUCTION IN 8ECOND-CLA8S SEASON-TICKET RATES.
Becond-Claas Scasou Tickets hi tween London and all Stations issued on andaftor 1st May
Will be charged Twenty per Cent lea* than tho ratoa for Firat-CLaa Season Ticket*.
Tbe rates for First- Clara Season Tickets to tho Suburban Stations are as low as th o—
charged upon suy other Railway out of London.
OUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—FAMILY TICKETSlo
the SEASIDE, from Waterloo-bridge Station, London, to Weymouth, Dorchester,
’ooie (for Bournemouth), Waroham (far Swonage), Lymington (for Freshwater, and Isle as
W*ght J, are now iBsuod at the following rates, viz.:—
London to Weymouth London to Poole
or Dorchester and or Waroham
Back. and Back.
Available for Return 1st Class. 2nd Class. 1st Class. 2nd Class. 1st Class.
London to'Lymingtaa
and Back.
Within 2 Week* .
. 30*.
.. 20a.
30s.
. 20a.
3'Hl
20*.
,, 1 Month .
. 35*.
.. 25s
35s.
. 25*.
35*.
25a.
„ 2 Months .
. rtf-s.
.. 30s.
40*.
. ><:*.
36*. ..
2ra-
„ 3 61 or ths .
. 45s.
X 35s.
44*.
329.
37* 6d. ..
27*. 6d.
Chl’dren under 3 yean of age, Free; above 3, and not oxceeding 12 years. Half Fare*.
Tickets are only granted to Pari lee taking not loss than Six Vint Class or Eight Second
Class Tickets, or purchasing to an amount represented by either number of Tiokota
* Tbe Lymington Tickets will only bo issued when tbe Branch Railway opens; until then
Tickets will be issued to Brockenliunt.
The Ticket* are not Troonferablo. On tho day of return they moot be presented and Stamps#
before leaving tho Htafion where the party loins tho Train. .
Application for Family Tickets to be made to the Superintendent. Water loo-bridge Station.
Return TlckoU between I.ondon and tho above Station* are available up 10 tho evening #f
tho day succeeding that on which they ure issued, or If issued on Friday*, Saturdays, er
Sundays, up to the ov. nlng of the following Monday, inclusive of tho Night Mall Trains.
Cheap Return Tickets, at a little more than Single Faros, are isiuod from Load-'n to ths
above stations on Saturdnya and Sundays, available to return up to Monday ovening.
Waterloo-bridge Station, London, May, 1858. (BY ORDER.)
A FANCY BAZAAR and FLOWER SHOW, in Aid of th«
Fund for erect log New District Schools, Is Intended to be held *n the grounds of Spriag
Grove House, on MONDAY and TUESDAY, the 7th and 8th JUNE, 1853.
r.VTDONERSBS :
The Countess cf Jersey. I Viroonnteaa M Idle ton. | Lady Carew.
Tho Countess of Calthress. L Viscountess Newark. The Hon. Mrs. Kioniird.
•iho Counkes of Noibury. “ Viscounts— Duncan.
COMMITTEE :
Mr*. Bullock. I Mr*. II. D. Darios. I Mrs. Tower.
Mira Furton. I Mrs. Dubose. I Mis. Salirau.
Mrs. Campbell. Mrs. Griffin. I Mr*. G. B. lYamenheer*.
Mr*. Davie*- I Mr*. Hondoraon. I hire Parnell Wa son.
The Band of the 11th Hu«sar» will attond. Admission, One Bhll'ing. Ch'ldren Half-
price. £<ro«rate admUsion to tho Flower Show, 6d. each. Ail persons are invited to exhibit
Flowers. Fruit, &o.; and Certificates of Morit in lieu of Prizes will be awarded for the best
specimen* of each variety. Cut Flower* wdl be most acceptable on either the Moaday or
Tuesday morning. Contributions of all kind* will be thankfully received by auv member of
the Ccmmlttee, or by cither of tho Hon. Secretaries, Mr*. Inner or Miu Wilkia*)a, Spring
Grove, Hounslow. Train* from Waterloo to Spring Grove Station constantly throughout the
day.
ltoturn Tiokets, which will admit to the Bazaar and Flower Show, wUl be issued at
Waterloo Station:—First Clara,2s. 6d.; Second Clou, 2a.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 29. IMS.
We notice with regret that difficulties are increasing in France a*
in England. Here we have a Government which takes enormous
pay and does not govern; there a Government exists which finds
itself constrained to regulate every thing, even the share lists of
journals, and is continually thwarted and sometimes annoyingly
defeated. A deputy for the department of the Haut-Rhin. for
example, M. Migeon, has been elected in defiance of the exhorta¬
tions of the Government and the exertions of the clergy. In Paris,
too,’the Government has suffered a similar defeat A late Minis-
terial explanation of the finances has given rise to many unfavour¬
able comments, leaving the impression that the public accounts are
“cooked” to “make things easy,” and distrust is strengthened.
Now, too, tho restrictions on trade are beginning to manifest their
effects. They prevent the manufacturing, shipping, and mercan¬
tile classes from prospering, and make the prospect of an abundant
harvest—the last harvest having been good—too much for the
market, beating down prices so as to excite alarm and dissatisfac¬
tion in the peasantry. The Funds, also, in spite of incessant doctoring,
will not get up; and the bulk of the speculators, bondholders, and
shareholders of Credits Mobiliers, and other sinking companies, are
becoming discontented. Apparently to relieve them, the Minister
of the Interior has issued a circular calling on the Prefects to direct
Mat 29 , 1858 .]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
531
and even to constrain charitable bodies in possession of real pro¬
perty to sell it and invest the money in the funds. The plea is that
the lands will pay them better ; the effect will be to make all these
bodies subservient to the Government; and the principle of the
measure, which meets much opposition, would here be considered
little better than confiscation. Then trade is very slow in re¬
covering ; the profitable intercourse with England is impeded ;
and feelings of a sour, morose, and ferocious character are, in
consequence of such circumstances, prevalent in various classes
and quarters of France. The old hostility between the townsfolk
and the soldiery is again breaking out. Several incidents lately
have made this apparent; and the duel which took place in Vesinet
Wood, near Versailles, on the 15th or lGth insL, is one of the latest
and by far the most important.
The',Figaro, a light satirical journal which the Government en¬
courages, that the Parisians may more easdy forego political dis¬
cussion, and which formerly directed its shafts against the citizens,
now catching some of their feelings, has began to notice snobbish¬
ness amongst the military. On the Gth inst it spoke of “ the
inevitable Sub-Lieutenant not being at a ball as a remarkable
improvement,’ ’ and reminded the ofiicer3 that ladies did not like to
have their dresses tom by spurs; that bad tobacco lelt a bad
smell; and that it was vulgar to rush on refreshments like hungry
clowns.” At this boutade, which the humble editor declares was
wrongly interpreted and not meant to offend, the whole army
took fire. Officers met in several places, drew lots which of them
should challenge the writer, M. de Pcne, and, after correspondence
and discussion, he went out with M. Courtiel, a relation of
General Espinasse. The officer was attended by several of his
comrades, but he was wounded in the encounter, and then
properly shook hands with his antagonist. A Captain Hicnne, how¬
ever, one of M. Courtiel’s seconds, rushed forward, and said he too
had challenged M. de Pene, who must also fight him. The seconds
declined to allow a second duel, on which Captain Hienne insulted
M. de Pene so grossly that he was compelled to fight. His
challenger was a notorious swordsman, and M. de Pene, weakened
by a previous combat, was run twice through the body, though
not, as his antagonist meant, scandalously murdered. He was
left for some time on the field, and for several days was not
expected to recover. He yet lives, however, and, contrary to all
hope, is improving. Captain Hiennedid not assassinate M. de Pine
to avenge M. Courtiel, but the entire army. All the officers of
tlic 1st Itegimcnt o! Cuirassiers of the Guard in garrison at St.
Germains repaired in their uniforms to the office of the Industrial
at that place, and required it to insert an explanation of M. Roge,
M. Bienne's second, in which it was boldly avowed that this was
the object. The affair is of course undergoing judicial investi¬
gation ; but, in the meantime, the version of it which we have
given, chiefly from the narrative of M. Boge, and avoiding all of
the unsubstantiated charges made against the officers, shows them
to be animated by a spirit excessively arrogant, domineering, and
bullying. Such characteristics in the military bode ill for the tran¬
quillity of France, and ill for every nation where they prevail.
They are properly met by the spirited civilians of France. The
report of the duel as it slowly transpired through a Belgian paper,
and ultimately through the Figaro itself, roused general indigna¬
tion. It was the single topic of conversation for several days. It
was regarded as a vile assassination. A great many persons sent
their cards or called at the office of Figaro, offering to fight the
fighters and avenge M. de Pene. Disgust and horror have been
universally excited, and the old quarrel between the military and
the Pequins, as the former were wont to call all who are not
soldiers, is blazing forth in France. We rpeord the facts, and
express our fear that the policy which nourishes arrogance in the
armed force instead of confidence in the people, which prefers
governing by the sword to governing by their affections won by
securing their liberties, will be very injurious to that country. The
Colonels lately showed how they could insult an ally ; now the
Sub-Lieutenants have shown how they can treat their fellow-
citizens.
Such events and their possible consequences remind us that all
the States of Europe have gone forward in the career Of civilisation
nearly together. They trade together, one knowledge is common
to them, and they have a common fate. From the wars and revo¬
lutions in which some are involved none escape unharmed.
«Shrewd political observers,” says the Times, “ have often noticed
that England and France suffer a common madness under different
forms. We change factions, policy, measures, as often and as
capriciously as our neighbours change their dynasty, their theory,
or their title of sovereignty.” “It Seems,” says M. Bastiat, a
French writer, “decreed by Providence that one nation shall not
rise much above another.” “We all improve together, pre¬
serving, like the water Of a flood tide, a common level
while we all rise higher.” Society, therefore, is one whole, and our
neighbour, a great member of it, cannot suffer, as w a fear she will,
but wo shall be aflUcted. Of our common interest we have a
striking illustration in the subscription just announced in London
for the relief off M. de Lamartine from pecuniary difficulties, which
is based on the ground that “ England has received pure and noble
.pleasure from the effusions of his genius; and advantages which
we scarcely know how jto estimate from his courage and mode¬
ration as a statesman./ '
Preferments and Appointments in the Church.— Rec¬
tories: The Kev. J. Fenwick to Thimine, Norfolk ; Kev. E. Strickland to
Brixton Devcrill, Wilts, f'irarat/c: Kev. G. Gainsford to ltoatherne,
Cheshire. Terpetual Curacies: Kev. A. C. Havlland to St. John's, Bodle-
street-green. Sussex: Rev. J. Powell to Hill Lieverill, Wilts. Curacies:
Bev. A G. Blceek to Boyton, Wilts; Bev. E. Gunner to St. Lawrence,
near Beading: Rev, E. Owen to St. Thomas, Stockton-heatU. Cheshire;
Bev. E B. Seymour to St. Andrew, Dublin; Kev. A. Smith to Wigan.
Lancashire; Kcv. G J. Story to St. Mary Reddlff, Bristol; Kev. C. E.
Tia drill to St. Andrew (Senior), Dublin. Lectureship : Bev. K. Kambaut
to Waterford Cat In Oral.
Lady Margaret Levebon Gower, wife of the Hon. Frederick
Lcveson Gower, brother of Earl Granville, died on Saturday evening
last from measles, following immediately alter her Ladyship's confine¬
ment. Lady Margaret was second daughter of the late Marquis of
Northampton.
The Death or Mr. John O’Connell took place somewhat
unexpectedly on Monday evening, at Kingstown ; the cause being a severe
attack of bronchitis, contracted by sitting in a damp garden-chair.
The Earl of Kanfurly expired on Wednesday night week at
Dungannon Park, his seat in the county Tyrone, after a short illness.
The Stonesdale Democrat, published in Wayne county,
Pennsylvania, chronicles the death or a revolutionary h noine named Mrs
Sarah Benjamin, at the age of 114 years 6 months and 3 days.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
[The following abstract ofthe Parliamentary intelligence in both Houses
on Friday, the 2lst inst, appeared in the Saturday’s edition of this
journal last week.]
HOUSE OF LORDS. —Friday.
ROYAL COMMISSION.
The Royal assent was given by commission to the following bills—
viz.. Consolidated Fund (£11,000,000). Stamp Duty on Drafts, Loan So¬
cieties. Chelsea Hospital and Waterworks (Exchange of Land), Caledonian
Kailway (Dalmarnock Branch), Eden Valley Railway. Merthyr Tydvil
Water, Leamington. Biggar, and Broughton Railway. Aberdare Water,
Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway, Sculcoates and Knighton Railway,
Barnstaple Waterworks, Newport (Salop) Markets, Townhall, &c.; and
Penistonc, Thurlstone, and Oxspring Gas.
The House then adjourned, and resumed at five o’clock.
THE OATH8 BILL.
The Earl of Lucan] gave notice that when the noble and learned Lord
below him (Lord Lyndhurst) should call attention to the Commons’
amendmends to the Lords’ amendments on the Oaths bill, he should move
an amendment The terms of that amendment he could not give at
present, but he should do so on an early day, so as to save their Lordships
any inconvenience.
Lord Campbell suggested that the noble Earl should state what the
purport of his amendment would be.
The Earl of Lucan said the terms of the amendment should be in their
Lordships’ hands in a few days.
TUB CAGLIARI DIFFICULTY.
In answer to the Earl of Minto. who had inquired whether a reply to
the demand for compensation had been received from the Court of Naples,
the Earl of Malmesbury said that he had received a reply from the Go¬
vernment of Naples which he understood to be a refusal; but he had been
informed that morning that it was only an argumentative reply, and not
a refusal.
The Earl of Minto inquired if any steps had been taken in consequence?
The iarl of Malmesbury said he had received the despatch only two
hours ago.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.
The Earl of Derby moved that the House do now adjourn until Mon¬
day, the 31st instant The motion was agreed to.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Friday.
BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.
Mr Clive said he had to bring before the House a case of breach of
privilege on the part of a member of the provincial press. Until lately
he had been chairman of a committee of two rival lines of railway, and
the calumny arose out of that circumstance—the article charging him, in.
very gross language, with having an animus against the Ncrtn British
line, and in favour of the Caledonian Company, and there were some very
broad insinuations against him with reference to Caledonian stock, lie
never held any Caledonian stock in his life, and all the railway Interest
he had was in the county of Mayo. It was said that he had been rallied
both by members of the Committee and by people out of doors xm the
subject of his partiality. He was prepared to answer any inquiry on the
subject, and that his private affairs should undergo the fullest investiga¬
tion. The hon. gentleman moved that Hudson Scott, the printer, and
Washington Wilks, the proprietor and publisher, of the Carlisle Exa-
mrntT should berequiretrao attend in that House on Friday next.
Mr Hijgessen seconded the motion, and bore testimony to the im¬
partial manner in which the chairman conducted the business 'Of the
Committee of which he was a member. ri
The motion was agreed to.
THE NEW DESPATCHES—INDIA.
Lord Palmerston said he wished to ask the Chancellor of the Ex¬
chequer two questions—first, whether there was any covering despatch in
the papers which had been laid before the House, and, it so; whether he
would have any objection to produce it; and second, whether the House
was to understand that the debate would be closed to-night, as he thought
it would be very undesirable that the debate should go off for a week ?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he assumed that there was
a general understanding tliat the debate should be concluded to-night, but
he could not control such a matter except by setting an example He
trusted they would go to a division that night With regard to the first
question, he regretted that the noble Lord had not given him any notice
of it If there were a covering despatch which it might be thought ad¬
vantageous to the public and to Lord Ca nn i ng to produce, of course it
would belaid upon the table.
Mr. Labouciiere inquired whether any authentic account of Lord
Canning’s proclamation had been received 6y the Government?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he believed not; but letters
were in existence showing lhat the proclamation was in operation.
Mr. Gladstone inquired whether, before the despatch of the 19th of
April was sent off, the Cabinet had been apprised that Lord Canning had
said a portion of his proclamation would be attacked, and that he intended
to send a despatch explanatory of jta provisions?
©.The Chancellor of the Exchequer said tliat no intimation of that
sort had reached the Cabinet The first intimation they had of it was from a
statement marie-by »the Marquis of Lanadowne in the House of Lords.
Lord Ellcnborougbhad been conferred with on this point, and he said
that at no time had such an intimation been made to him.
ABANDONMEN T OF THE YOTE OF CENSURE.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved that the House at Its
rising do adjourn until hriday next
Mr?C lay appealed to Mr. Cardwell to withdraw his motion, because,
although fresh information had been received, he believed the motion at
present would place the question on an unfair issue.
Mr. Bowykr concurred in this view. . _ .. .. . ,
Mr. Cardwell said that no information had reached him which in¬
duced him to think that any change had taken place in consequence of the
news received to-day in reference to Lord Canning’s policy. He could
not think it would 6e wise, or that it would be regarded aa a straight¬
forward course, to do more then, lie thought that the motion should
**°Slr De L. Evans, In a very emphatic manner, declared that this motion
would imperil our interests in India. After the recess he should move a
resolution affirming that in the opinion of tills House the proclamation of
tire Governor-General of India, pronouncing a confiscation to the British
Government of the proprietary rights of the people of Oude, was not
equitable, politic, or calculated to promote the pacification of that country,
and ought not to be carried into effect (Cheers). . . .. . .
Mr. T. Duncombe said he was pledged to the motion, but he thought
that during the last few days circumstances had so completely altered
that they might as well discuss some defunct resolution of last year
(Laughter). If the right hon. gentleman persisted in his motion he
should not vote against him. but he should put on his hat and wish him
••good night” (Loud laughter). , „ , . ' ..
Sir D. Norreys warmly supported the withdrawal ot the motion.
Mr. O. Stanley said that the first portion of Mr. Cardwell a resolution
was now without meaning, information having been received from Lord
Canning. He wished to know whether Mr. DLllwyn intended to persist
with his amendment , .. . . .,
Mr. Dillwyn said that if Mr. Cardwell pressed his resolution heshould
rSMiSSy fluid' 1 that,'though the word confiscation appeared a hard
one, yet aa a linguist he contended that it meant sequestration and appro¬
priation, leaving a complete opening for any claims. They md not know
that the proclamation had been issued, and that House bad been arguing
upon a policy which had no existence. ...
Mr. Locke said that, in consequence of the altered circumstances of the
case, be ehofild not be able to give his support to the motion.
Mr Wyld thought the debate had become ridiculous, and he begged
to announce that he should at the proper time move “the previous
^ Mr. li. Carter considered that in the present circumstances it was im¬
possible to give an opinion on the polic y of Lord Canning, which was now
^Lo r dIl?V an e strongly impressed upon Mr. Cardwell the desirableness
of not persevering in his motion. t _ .. . . _ .. . .
Captain Vivian said the question involved the ^l ia r a f, ter °f a . ( ? i3taa *
Statesman. The appetrance of both sides showed that there had been a
very strong “whip, ’ and he thought, if the motion was withdrawn, it
would be regarded as a great party triumph. He hoped, tberciore, Mr.
Cardwell would proceed to a division. _.
I ord Palmerston referred to the letter of Mr. Edrnonstone. published
with the papers delivered that morning, as a sufficient vindication at ouce
oftheintentions of Lord Canning, and of the motion before the Hone: at
the same time he thought the sending out of those P*!***^
in r in-fat desTce. counteract the effects of the secret despatch. He advised
Mr Cardwell to bow to the general wish of the House by withdrawing his
CAimwii t was willing to do so by permission of the House.
Mr! Gladstone intimated his approval of that course, and, at the same
time, vindicated the character and intentions of
a< ter a lew words from Lord Hotliam and bir (&. Perry,
nl h.ilciTum of the ExcfflSQinsit said he did not mean to oppose
♦No withdrawal of the motion, although he was by no means at raid oi con-
Hi? iere DuahedtoadSStoo. He wbuld not. after the course
sequenc^ if it were pusneu lo wivu, ^ ^ despatch of the 19th April
Kllenborou ,, h's' with ail its unfortunate consequences; but he might
MS?ftoS mSZESSSS of that,tepjtch her MaJ««y’e Govern¬
ment bad communicated by telegraph with Lord Ongdeg^aujl toW the
noble Lord that, in the difficult circumstances in which both he and the
Government fat home were place !,’^he might rely upon their most
strenuous support < Cheers)
Lord J. Russell and Mr Bright also concurred In the propriety of
settling the question without going to a division, and, after some lurthcr
discussion,
Mr. Cardwell withdrew his motion.
The amendments were also withdrawn, and the House then adjourned
till Friday next.
2 RE COURT .
His Royal Highness the Prince Consort left Osborne on Thurs¬
day last, en route for Coburg, on a visit to his brother, the reigning Dak®
of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. 1’heir Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Frederick William of Prussia will arrive at Coburg to meet the Prince
Consort, who will remain the guest of his brother a Tew days, and may be
expected to return to England on Monday, the 7th of June.
1 On Saturday the Prince Consort left Osborne for Weybridge, and at¬
tended the funeral of her late Royal Highness the Duchess of Orleaus.
The Prince was attended by Lord Bagot. Lord in Waiting, and Lieut-
Colonel Ponsonby. Lord Polw&rth. Lord in Waiting to the Queen, also
attended the funeral on behalf p» heF Majesty. On the same day the
Duchess of Kent, accompanied by Pr nee Lein ingen and Prince Victor
of Hohcnlohe, arrived on a visit to her Majesty. The Prince of Wales,
attended by Viscouut Valletort, and Prince Alfred, attended by Lieut.
Cowell, also arrived at Osborne.
Her Majesty, the Prince Consort, the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of
Wales, Prince Alfred. Princess Alice, Princess Helena, Prince Leiningen,
and Prince Victor of Hohenlobe, attended Divine service at Osborne or
S unday morning. The service was performed by the Rev. G. Prothero.
On Monday, It being her Majesty’s birthday, the band of the Royal
Marines performed cn the terrace, in honour of the day.
On Tuesday, it being the birthday of her Royal Highness the Princes*
Helena, the band of the Royal Marines played on the terrace. In the
evening Signor Carlo Andreoletti had the honour of exhibiting his feats
of legerdemain before her Majesty, the Prince Consort, the Duchess of
Kent, the Royal children, and the party assembled at Osborne.
Their Roy a! Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred have re¬
turned to the White Lodge and Alverbank.
lhe Court will, it is expected, return from Osborne on the 8th or 9th
of June, and on the I4tli proximo her Majesty will leave London for
Warwickshire, in order to be present at the inauguration of Aston Park,
near Birmingnam, on the following day. The Queen will sleep at Stone-
leigh Abbey, Die seat of Lord Leigh, Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire,
on thenignt of the 14th ot June.
It is generally expected her Majesty will hold a’fourth and final .
Drawingroom during the ensuing month.
Thc Hon. Eleanor Stanley and the Hon. Horatia Stopford have
succeeded the Hon. Caroline Cavendish and the Hon. Flora Macdonald aa
Maids of Honour in Waiting to the Queen.
The Duchess of Inverness gave a grand ball at her apartments
in Kensington Palace on Wednesday evening.
The Marquis of Dalhousie, accompanied by the Ladies Susan
and Edith Ramsay and Colonel Ramsay, has arrived at the Albemarle
Hotel from Malta.
Viscount and Viscountess Combermerc will give a grand enter
tainment to their Royal Highnesscss the Duchess of Cambridge and
the Princess Mary on the U^jproximo.
Letters patent have pissed the Great Seal constituting the
Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Portman, and Sir John Kirkland the ltiyal
commissioners and trustees for the Princess Royal, under the treaty be¬
tween her Majesty and the King of Prussia, for the marriage of her Royal
Highness with Prince Frederick William of Prussia.
SUMMER CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES.
On Thursday morning the Judges of the several Courts of Queen's
Bench, Comino^fcqeas, and Exchequer, assembled in the Exchequer
chamber, and nraae the following arrangements for the ensuing Summer
Circuits upon which they would respectively proceed, viz: —
Norfolk Circuit.— Lord Campbell and Sir. Justice Wightman.
Midland Circuit.— Sir Alexander Cockburn, Lord Chief Justice oF
the Common Pleas; and Mr. Justice Williams.
Northern Circuit.— The Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 8ir
Frederick Pollock; and Mr. Baron Martin.
Western Circuit— Barons Watson and Channel!.
Oxford Circuit.— Mr. Justice Coleridge and Mr. Justice Byles. (This
arrangement will be altered on the retirement of Mr. Justice Coleridge.)
Home Circuit.—M r. Justice Willes and Mr. Baron Bramwell.
North Wales and Chester.—M r. Justice Crowder.
South Walks and Chester.— Mr. Justice Crompton.
Mr. Justice Jblrle remains in town as Vacation Judge.
The Royal Agricultural Socikts* held its annual general
meeting on Saturday, when the Duke of Marlborough was unanimously
elected president lor the ensuing year. The report, after stating the
arrangements made for the forthcoming meeting at Chester, announced
that the meeting for 1859 would be held at Warwick, and tliat, if circum¬
stances were lavourable, a metropolitan meeting would be held after the
year 18C0.
New Vessels Longer than the “Leviathan.”—W hile
public attention (says the Liverpool Albion) has been attracted so strongly
ty the unusual dimensions of the Leviathan tliat the name of that vessel
is in everybody's mouth, it happens singularly enough that two vessels of
greater length, and of a more remarkable character, have been advancing
to completion in Liverpool without the general public beingeven cognisant
of their existence. These vessels are each 700 leet long. They have been
constructed by Messrs. Vernon and Son, for the Oriental Inland Steam
Company, and are intended lor the navigation of the Indian rivers. The
purpose of their peculiar features of construction is to enable a large cargo
to be carried at a good rate of speed upon a light draught of water. The
great rivers of India, though penetrating far luto the interior, and though
containing large volumes oi water, are, nevertheless, shallow during the
dry season, llie vessels navigating them must, therefore, float very ilghfc,
and yet they must have displacement enough to carry a good cargo. 1 hey
must have strength enough not to suffer injury if they should get aground,
and they mustprefent such little resistance to the water as to be able f
achieve a satisfactory rate ot progress against the stream. All these in-
Ccations are admirably lulfllled In these vessels.
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.
The cable at Key ham has now been stowed away on board the two
vessels with which last year’s attempt was made. The total length
then was rather under than over 24u0 miles, which was so near the
quantity actually required to span the distance that the first loss of
300 miles proved fatal to the whole attempt, for the time at least.
Now, however, the length of cable on board both vessels is 3012 miles,
exclusive of the shore ends, of much greater weight and thickness, and
which amount to about thirty miles mure. Thera is, therefore, in round
numbers 3050 miles of cable to submerge between two points only 1950
statute miles apart, so that 1100 miles, or about forty per cent, re
allowed for accidents and slack in paying out This immense cable,
which weighs about one ton per mile, has been equally divided between
the Agamemnon and Niagara, which will be acoompamed in the enter¬
prise‘by her Majesty’s steam-sloops Valorous and Gorgon. All the
ships oi the squadron will leave Plymouth about the end of this month
on their exuinmentol trip, which will occupy from six to ton days.
During this trip about 1W miles of condemned cable will be used in asoer-
taining the elhcitnoy of various buoys, laying down and under running
the wire, do.; and, when ull doubts and theories have been pnwaaaly
solved, the squadron will return to Queenstown, make its brief final
preparations and start for the great attempt about the middle or J une.
Both ships, with the accompanying sloops, wjll mak* all speod to Uso
centre of the Atlantic, or rather to the centre of the spaoe to beUvs-
versed by the cable, which is about thirty-two degrees west of Hreen-
”3r Kara tie eplioe between the twoWee wtll be rn.de without
keeof time. There is 1800 fathoms water where thu join must be
made, oed both reeeele will remain «uternary until tie eplioe h« well
settled on the bottom, when the mil etouee.^rldr the .New
World, and tlo A'jamemnon roturn to the Baob wdl etoana aa
to her homeward destination as is consis^nt with the sa ety 1
tiie oreat tmdertaking ; eo the cable will be either tad or loet witlun
twelve or fourteen days from atarting. In the admirable new paying-
Tmjd^cwTyiDg oiua’&dieme'on whicheo nniub,unfortunately, depends
“oi?S£!3r rap“^“ib^wo Teasels on the morning of the fird of
th2 mmS whS the ^pomrmner., having completed the ^shipment of
hei^porfrem of the cable, waa Warped into the outer beam, pronoun to
her leaving the dock.
THE YOUNG RAMBLERS."-PAINTED HY J. J. .1 ENKI NS.-F RO M THE EXHIBITION Y ROLES E C n A JI01S - H UNT E R." — P A TNT F. D BY CARL HAAG. —FROM THE EXHIBITION
OP TUB 80CIBTT OP PAINTERS IN WATER C0I0UR8.—(8EB NEXT PAGE.) OF TUB 80CIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOUBS—(SKE NEXT PAGE.)
TIfE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
May 29, 1858.]
V-V.-V
■i-y ,/ v
SBi
si
W % 1
,i 1 :ii| 1 i|j
v ilfii
mm
'll
7 Wf III. ' ! 1 '!
Sli
k«l
mJbi Hi i I H
M i i,|n I
lii iP]j
1
II
H i
l 'l i'p |j
■
534
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[May 29,1858
TELE TYROLESE (JHAMOIS-HUNTER.
BY CARL HAAG.
We have engraved one of Mr. Carl Haag’s spirited studies of Tyrolese
life, in which he is always so successful. The “ Tyrolese Chamois-
hijnter,” No. 204 in the Exhibition of the Society of Painters in
Water Colours, is a small picture, but wonderfully effective by the
fine tone throw'll over it, and the wondrous detail and finish m every
part. The chamois-hunter is standing on a mountain ledge, his pole
in h*nd, and his gun slung over his shoulder; and he looks out with
clear full eye across the wide expanse to the rocky range m the dis¬
tance, all below being a yawning abyss. The costume of the figure,
so picturesque in itself, is finished in all its points, down to the very
nails in the ►hoes, with a patient labour, and precision and firmness
of touch, which leave the artist without a rival in these specialities
of his art._
“THE YOUNG RAMBLERS.” BY J. J. JENKINS.
Is addition to many very pretty subjects already mentioned, Joseph
J. Jenkins has some which, upon a second visit, we omnot pass over
without notice. There is a great deal of innocent gaiety and homily
troth in “'flie Cotters Family” (28), representing a happy mother
with two children at a door, the youngest of the latter scarcely able
to toddle, and supported by his pinafore as he leans over the wicket
door, playing with the household dog. “Now then! (142) is a tittle
group ol two children rambling through the fields, the elder ot whom
is about to take the othtr on his back. The faces charm by their
innocent expression, and the landscape in which they are placed is
rude and picturesque We meet with the same little pair in another
picture, which we engrave, entitled “The Young Ramblers (301).
Here the two children are represented sitting down to rest by the
way, playing with wild flowers gathered in the fields. The spot which
they have selected abounds in herbage and leafage in wild disorder,
producing a pleasing harmony and richness in the composition.
THE WEATHER.
RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE
KEW OBSERVATORY OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
D-y.
DAILY
MEANS
or
THERMOMETER.
WIND.
EAIH
1? N
IS l«s
Dew
Point.
fh
ol
"3
1|
It
£ *
i e®
a s
1 *
its
a i
Genera
Direction.
if
gja
S3
In 24
hoan*
Read
at
10A.M.
I 1 < 1 “
a
0-10
•
•
Mile*
inch**
3Iay
29*945 52 8
39*4
•63
4
45*3
62-3
SSW. 8W. xwr.
386
025
43*9
*70
6
432
64'9
sw. w.
226
"
29’822 | 58 0
46'4
•67
8
46-3
66'8
S. 8SE-
329
000
"
2D'863 j 66-4
44*5
•69
6
507
62-8
SSW. SW.
473
000
29*830 f 53 0
485
86
8
—
62-9
sw.
338
•ooo
29'69C j 51-3
43*1
•89
10
47 0
621
wsw. se.;
424
654
25
30-I30| 4911
42'2
*79
5
469
69*3
NW. NNW
258
*527
"METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE CAMBRIDGE
OBSERVATORY. FOR THE WEEK ENDING BAY *5, IMS.
Daf.
filli
1st Is
1 ifll
CetiB
if
= I
J
II
4
£
SE
i!
II
Dry
Bulb
at
9 A.M
Wet
Bulb
at
9 A.M.
Dry
Bulb
at
3 r.M.
Wet
Bulb
at
3 r.M.
Direc¬
tion of
Wind.
Amt.
of
Cloud
(0-10)
Urn In
in
Inches
M«y
20
Inches
30101
669
«.\
0
54-5
565
0
60-4
9
63 9
0
54-3
NW SW
4
0000
29 909
67*9
471
59'6
64-8
53-8
67-4
58-3
ssw.
10
0-000
22
29 611
65 2
47-9
55-5
587
52 6
62 3
556
SW.
5
0000
29701
65'1
•16 2
54 5
67 4
523
—
—
SW.
5
o-ooo
29*851
614
48*1
53 4
557
493
60-6
53-5
N. SW.
10
0764
29-S3 7
64-8
450
46*8
496
49-2
62 0
50-5
N.
7
0000
„
2$
30*539
58'6
38 4
491
50-5
46*3
592
63 5
NE. S.
9
0000
Means
29-973
62-8 f 447
63-3
66 2
50-5
60 9
54 3
1 0764
The range of temperature during the week was 29} degrees.
Rain was falling incessantly throughout the day and night or the 24th,
■which was very dark and overeast, and numerous light showers have
occurred at other times during the week. Thunder was heard on the
altcrnoons of the 23rd and 25th. The sky was beautiluUy clear on the day
of ibe 20th, and on the nights of the 22nd and 25th; but hits otherwise
been much overcast. The wind baa been very variable and generally
blowing freshly, and the weather has been cold and unsettled.
J. iiREEX.
NATIONAL SPURTS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, on Saturday last, another
fl.urimt case of ‘-playing ducks and drakes ” with other people's money
TOdlsciOTed.in the ease of Gotch and Gotch, bankers, tanners, shoe-
mak. rs. and brewers of Kettering and Long-acre. A clergynytn figures
rroniii intly in the rase-the Kcv. A. Maepherson. Incumbent of Koth-
well This gentleman. with a living of £150, out of which he paid a Curate
£100 having got into debt with the firm, went abroad "to retrieve his
oosit'ion." which he either attempted or pretended to attempt to do by
various large projects. He iiad In hand successively seven patents for
ramifying gas another for “improvements in machinery, ’ another lor
disinfecting siwers, also improvements in gas-burners and gas-lamps, a
patent for making peat-cliareoal and mixing it with sewage, an “ Irish
Amelioration Bocfety," and “Irish Sewage Manure Company lead mines,
lion mines slate quarries, a canal from Hanover to Holland, and a
t hosDhate of lime manufactory. Holding ont these successively terthe
Messrs Gotch as most promising speculations, he drew upon them for
preliminary expenses till lie was £25,000 in their debt. The assignees
now it was slated, do not expect to recovera shilling ot it The sums
advanod were of course, from the money belonging to customers of the
bank Mr. Lawrence, who. with Mr Linklater, appeared for the creditors,
said : "Truth was stranner than fiction. The correspondence ot this
bank with the Rev. A Maepherson, a clerical refugee indulging in the
■wildest schemesand speculations, was without a parallel. The case was
either one ol Insanity or dishonesty, and than was no symptom of the
former in the bankrupts, ir they might Judge from Uieir examination. In
one year and eleven months they had allowed this re.ugso iivme-a
scandal to his order-to increase his debt from £ 10,000 to £ 26 , 000 . without
favne fiom him a shilling's worth of security/ Surely neither the
IVeeurn Bank of Scotland nor the Northumberland and Dumam District
Bank if they could but pet an investigation into their management for
the enlightenment and warning of the public, would develop anything so
bad as this. While he acquitted Maepherson of having been a deliberate
and designing krave, and the bankrupts ol having been guilty of any
fraudulent complicity in the matter, it was impossible that any sane man
could have been misled by Macpherson's letters. The bankrupts allowed
him thus to play with the mouey of their depositor, because they were
afraid to stop. Like the horseleech, he said -Give, (five! and the
bankrupts did give, but It was the money of depositors. The letters of
the rev eentlinan. of which upwards ot four hundred wore put in, invariably
commenctd or finished with regretting having been compelled to draw for
more money, and the incessant reiteration of the apology convulsed the
court with laughter.
New Bishopric for New Zealand.— Her Majesty’s Govern¬
ment have given a formal assent to the subdivision of the diocese of New
Ve.Und and the creation of a new bishopric, the seat of which shall be
at Wellington 'Hie Yen. A rchdeacon Abraham, BD, formerly Fellow
of K inn a College Cambridge, and Assistant-Master at Eton, will be the
first Bishop of Wellington. The reverend gentleman is now in England,
andwiil be consecrated so soon as the forma prciminar et can be arranged.
Another bishopric will be formed as speedily as possible, the seat of which
will beat Nelson and a third at Tauranga. an exclusively Maori district
The Yen William Williams. Archdeacon of Waiapu, will be the Bishop of
Tan ran os'* and!'” Rev“ Edmund Uobhouse. &.A, Fellow of Merton
Cohepea Oxior-j, has been nominated to the bishopric of Nelson. New
Zealand wUl be erected into a province, over wbioh Dr. Solwyn, the present
.bishop, will be Metropolitan.
Pcnnc Education in England —The Pres.se devotes five
columns to a sketch of public education in England, and reveals sundry
facta not hitherto lamihar to Englishmen. Thus.it states that a nob e-
rnan, on enuring his name at one of the universities, pays an entrance fee
of l?,Oou f. that in the public schools a youth of noble birth would never
consent to fag for a commoner: and. descending the social ladder, that
the lada who irequent the ragged schools are in the habit of stealing ink-
stands. candle*ticks, and everthing they can find in the schoolroom, and
sometimes wind up the proceedings by breaking up the furniture and
thrashing the pedagogue ; the elder lads, moreover, often enter the school¬
room in a drunken condition.
Mr. Spurgeon's New Chapel.—M r. Spnrgeon and liis con¬
gregation have at last fixed on a site for the enormously large chapel they
are about to erect. The place chosen Is the open space opposite the
Elephant and Castle. The ground belongs to the Fishmongers' Com¬
pany, which is to receive a ground-rent of £150 for It. The building will
ke speedily commenced.
The Thursday of the Epsom week was marked by the very clever
victory of North Lincoln, who bowled over the King at Arms, the
cleverest of Kingston's stock so far, and Mr. Merry’s bighljf-talked-of
Rainbow. Tho winner is allowod to be the most racing-like animal
that has been out for some seasons, albeit he is by quite an un¬
fashionable country horse, but unfortunately he is noither in the
Derby nor St. Leger. The Oaks produced a rather better-looking set
of mares than usual, though Target and two or three of them seemed
hardly worth £20 a piece. The winner had boen pricked by the
blacksmith two days before, and had only taken walkingexercise since.
Probably, as she is one of the faint hearted Chathams, this little rest
gave her confidence, and brought her so triumphantly through. Gil-
dermire was improved and grown, hut had a most painfully tucked-up
look; and our impression is that, if the race had been two miles,
Tunstall Maid would have beaten everything. Princess Royal showed
no improvement; and Sunbeam, a remarkably fine though rather a
short mare, confirmed the suspicions which the stable held of her as
a two-year old, that she could not stay. The Chester Cap warning
was quite disregarded. In the first round Ashmnll laid a- good
deal out of liis ground, and got severely cannoned by the beaten
horses when he tried to go up. It was so evident that his mare
had the foot of Gildermire that it is perfectly unaccountable why the
latter should have been made a favourite the second time, at six to
five on her. As it was, Ashmall had merely to wait and win as he
liked. Governess is a flat-sided, ordinary-looking mare of upwards of
sixteen hands; and it is rather remarkable that the fair rivals iu the
dead heat should belong to gentlemen each of whom had won one
Derby and never won an Oaks. This is the first time that thore has
ever lieen a dead heat for this race, whereas there have been two for
the St. Leger and one for the Dei by. Last year the winner of tho
St. Leger was fourth for this race, beaten sixteen lengths. The Derby
settling lias been very easy so far; and Toxophilite and Governess
have both boen supported tor the St. Leger, in which Wilton, East
Langton, The Hadji, FitxRoland, Eclipse, Telegram, Clydesdale,
Kelpie, and Blanche of Middlebie are alto engaged. Ascot Heath is
the only race meeting of next week, and the entries ore weak. The
Ascot Derby, the Windsor Castle Stakes, and the Coronation Stakes
6eero mortgaged on paper to Toxophilite, Hepatica, and Sunbeam.
FitzRoland, Sunbeam, and Happy Land are in the Ascot Biennial
Old Mile: and King at Arms, Mcrryman (olb extra), and North
Lincoln (61b. extra) (who is said to have been beaten in a trial
by a two-year-old in the same stable) in the New Stakes. Vedette
has been struck out of the Ascot Cap; and, as Blink Bonny will
never race again, even if she recovers, and Imperieuse will hardly
like to venture on such a long journey, Warlock and Fisherman, and
perhaps Arsenal and Sannterer, seem likely to be the representatives
of the senior; and the dangerous Wrestler (who is said to have been
specially kept for it) and The Hadji of the junior division. The latter
horse won at Manchester, where East Laugton also disposed easily of
Tunstall Maid. Never was a Derby settling so good. 1 l
Mr. Newton’s three yearlings averaged nearly 80 guineas at the
Corner on Monday, and Zuyder Zee became Mr. Ricliard Sutton's at
1000 guineas, the price which is said to have been given for him when
a yearling. The sale at Middle Park was well attended, and tho
twenty yearlings averaged 89 guineas, the nine of them by I\ ingstoJ,
making 130} guineas, an advance of 31 guineas upon this horse's stock
last year. The colt by Orlando out of Palmyra, whose brother then
made the top price, 5l)0 guineas, was not up to the mark, aud no one
would bid beyond the 300-guinea reserve/ and the filly by Kingston
out of Kate, who was also on the invalid list, attracted no bidder be¬
yond her 120-guinea reserve. Mr. Parker gave^tbe top price, 300
guineas, for a colt by Kingston, dnm by Heron, thrvery largest year¬
ling, without any exception, within living memory, and with joiuts
and handsome points worthy of liis sire. Lord Stamford (who has
purchased several blood yearlings lately) added two Kingstons and
Brother to Tricolor to his store : and tilt second price (170 guineas)
was given by his Lordship for one of the former, a very nice colt out
of Butterfly. Kingston, lor whom.5000 guineas has been refused, had
a number of admirers in his loose box ; and, when a very splendid
loncheon had been partially discussed, the Marquis of Stafford and
Lord Seabam arrived, as the representatives of the “ Four-in-Hand
Club,” which did not, however, muster its drags for the day in any¬
thing like the force that was expected.
Mr. Rarey was principally occupied during liis Derby-week classes
with a roan which nearly equalled Mr. Gurney’s grey m ferocity. The
latter reappeared on Saturday, and, although lie had not been handled
for a fortnight, he seemed quite to remember his lesson, and instead of
“ tearing oil'both flaps with Iris teeth, and then bursting the girths of
liis saddle,” as was liis atnmiile wont, he allowed Mr. Gurney to ride
him that evening. A number of new pupils and several other sub¬
scribers, including the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Lord South¬
ampton, Mr. Thackeray, &c., assembled on Monday to see the meeting
of Mr. Rarey and the zebra. This animal was sent down from the
Zoological Gardens in a cage, and is so savage that he was obliged
to he brought into the arena with a huge wooden bit in his month so
as to prevent liim taking hold of a leg or arm; hut, although he
occasionally gave one of his wild screams, he was comparatively quiet
before the audience. His first lesson was a two-hour one, but at the
end ofit very little impression had been made upon him, and Mr.
Rarey considers that quite six lessons will be required before he can
bend its brutish nature. The Humane Society have sent their secre¬
tary to report to tlitm on the system; and, as all others seem to have
been such utter failures, negotiations are at present on fiot between
Mr. Goodenough and the Government to instruct a hundred cavalry
ronghriders.
The opening of the cricket season has been marked by the odd cir¬
cumstance of two gentlemen on one aide scoring 100 and 103 respec¬
tively in the University of Cambridge and Town match. On Mon¬
day and Tuesday eleven of the “ I Zingari ” play eleven gentlemen of
England at Lord's ; and, with the A.E.E. v. the IJ.A.E.E. match there
next week, the 1868 cricket season may be said to he fairly inaugurated.
JIANCHESTER MEETING.— Wednesday.
Trafford Handicap.—The Argosy, J. Trabuco. 2.
.Eighth Manchester Produce Slakes.—East Langton. L Tunstall
Maid. 2 .
Union Cup.—Hadji, 1. Dnneany, 2.
Sapling Stakes.—Cripplegate, 1. Quicksilver, 2.
Phillips Handicap—Lizzie, 1. Lady Hercules, 2.
Maiden Plate.—Gentle Kitty c., 1 . Coxwold, 2.
THURSDAY.
Chesterfield Handicap.—Trabuco. 1. Martlet, 2.
Tradesman's Cop.—Herne. 1. Cotswold, 2 «
Selling Handicap.—Ferndale, 1. Admiral of the White, 2.
MIDd£e1IAM EACES.— Tuesday.
Bolton Stake*.—Awful, l. Inniskillin, 2 .
Middleham Handicap.—King of Scotland, 1 Waterloo, 2.
Bcdale Hunt Stakes.—The Little Chestnut, L Blanche, 2 .
Castle Plate—Princess of Orange L Shamrock-so-Green, 2.
Selling Stakes.—Hedcar, 1 . Snuff, 2 .
, Cricket. —Present Etonians v. I Zingari:—This match was
played at Eton on Saturday last, and ended in favour of the Etonians,
being decided by the first innings by 51 runs. The following was the
score:—Eton Eleven, first inning. 120; sccoud inning. 82: total, 202 .
I Zingari, first inning, 69; second Inning, 96: total, 165.-Windsor
Garrison t'. Present Etonians:—This match was played in the shooting-
fields of Eton College on Tuesday, aud, tile game being decided by the two
first innings, was in fatdiur of the Etonians : the score being -Etonians,
94; Windsor Garrison, 68.- England v. Sixteen of the university of
Oxford:—Tliis match was played on Monday. Tuesday, and Wednesday,
at laird’s Ground, the score at the conclusion being—England, first
inning. 91: second inning, SI: total, 172. Oxford, first Inning, 66 ; second
inning, 61: total, 127.
Professor Anderson, “the Wizard of the North,” has been
engaged at one of the theatres at Melbourne for Bix months at the rate of
£64 a night.
Amendments of the Criminal Laws. —On Thursday next
the Attorney-General will introduce into the House of Commons nine
separate bills on the criminal laws, which are to he referred to a Select
Committee.
TOWN AND TABLE TALK ON LITERATURE, ART, &c.
The present Royal Academy Exhibition lias proved the most un¬
fruitful of works for the engraver of any exhibition for many years.
Print publishers complain that they cannot expend the money they
are willing to expend on engraving. Mr. Noel Paton’s pictures, clever
as they arc, we are told are too paiuful. Mr. O'Neil’s “ Eastward, Ho! ”
will, however, pass from the walla of the Academy into the engraver's
bands. Mr. Frith’s fine picture of “ Tho Derby Day ” has been
intrusted to a foreign line-engraver—Blanchard, who has
guaranteed to complete it within six years—a brief period, considering
the mass of figures, the marvellous expression, and the quantity of
detail. Sir Edwin Landseer's “ Maid and the Magpie ” is to obtain
a European celebrity from the graver of Samuel Cousins. Tom
Landseer is to engrave his brother's “ Browsing ; ” nor could the
picture be in better hands. Solomon’s “ Lion in Love ” Mr. Simmons
has undertaken to transfer to steel and paper. Mr. Tomkins is
determined to render full justice to Le Jeune’s “ Infant Timothy.”
Mr. Sto{poole is equally resolute with respect to “ The Welcome”
of Mr. Faed; and Mr. Sinclair is prepared to translate Mr. Frank
Grant’s portrait of Colonel Percy Her hurt.
There is a pleasant rumour that the celebrated collection of the'
Marquis Campana is on the eve of coming to Englaad. The collection
comprises objects of art of every age of excellence. It is particularly
rich in Etruscan gold ornaments and sculpture. An early copy of
the catalogue— and it is an extensive one—we had the pleasure of
seeing the other day in tlie hands of Mr. Phillips, the eminent
jeweller in Geckspur-street, where others indeed may seo it. Of
course the collection will be publicly exhibited.
The bricklayer will soon he busy over scenes sacred to Swift, Stella,
and Sir William Temple. Moor Park, in Surrey, is advertised for
sale, for, in auction language, eligible villa-building sites. Deaa
Swift's cottage will soon he converted into a cit’s country retreat.
Nor is this the only change in the environs of London and in spots
sacred to genius over which we have occasion to feel regret. There is .
more than a belief current in Twickenham that the estate of tho
Camhridges at the Middlesex footof Richmond-bridge, with its fine
meadows sloping to the Thames, will be ere long in the hands of a
village Cubitt, When we were last in Pope’s Grotto a leg of mutton
was seen suspended from the roof of the Egerian Grot; while its
entrance towards the river was disfigured by a clothes-line covered
with pudding-cloths and questionable napkins.
All who love old books will be delighted to learn that the present
Duke of Devonshire lias continued Mr. John Payne Collier in his
honourable and most ill-paid office of librarian at Devonshire House.
Could the Kemble and Cavendish plays be confided to greater intelli¬
gence or more frustworthy hands ?
We have seen an early copy of the catalogue of the first portion of
the library of the late Dr. Bliss, to be sold by auction by Messrs-
Sotheby and Wilkinson in the course of next month. The admirer*
of Taylor the Water Poet—and he has many admirers—will have to
pay high prices for some rare, and, os we suspect, unique, specimen*
of the sculler’s pen.
Whit-Monduy, though comparatively a bad day for the Crystal
Palace and the Zoological Gardens, proved an unusually crowded day
at Hampton Court. The Palace of Henry VIII. and William III. is,
we are happy to think, an increasing and never-fading subject of
attraction both with the rich aud the poor—with the well-informed
and with the ill-informed. I
Critics who take nn interest in writing about Pope’s mother and
Pope’s gpdmother will be delighted to learn that a portrait of the god¬
mother of the poet—the wife of Cooper (the Vandyke in little of his
art)—has just turned up among the miniatures of the Duke of Port¬
land. It is by Cooper, and is a marvellous specimen of Cooper’s art.
This mention of the Duke of Portland reminds ns of a pleasant
rumour, which we should be glad to have confirmed. His Grace, it is
said, has tent his celebrated collection of miniatures to Mr. Cunning¬
ham, with a request that lie would arrange them for future exhibition
at Welbcck. Mr. Cunningham, it is said, has undertaken this labour
of love, and will, we believe, when his health is better, compile *
catalogue of the collection for his Grace's use.
We observe with pleasure that young Mr. Jerrold has already com¬
menced the publication of some of his father’s sayings and doings.
With many wewere already acquainted—with others, however, andthose
some of the best, we were unacquainted. Mr. Jerrold tells them in
the Spence-and-Jest-Book manner, as maxims or thoughts. Why
does ke not attempt to give them the Bdbwell setting ?
Curious old portraits are on the rise in market value. We hear of
a full-length, once at Canons, when Secretary Lake lived there, which
sold at Christie’s t’other day for sixty guineas, and has since
been resold for three hundred guineas. When the picture was
sold, subject and artist were alike unknown. It proved to he a.
portrait of Arabella Stuart, from the pencil of Mark Garrard, and is
prized ard priced accordingly.
Tliis week has produced a very agreeable volume, entitled “ Choice
Notes from Notes and Queries.” The volume relates to “ History,”
and the motto is admirable
The Clock of History; facts and events
Timing more punctual, unrecord d facts
Recording, and misstated setting right;
a most apposite motto for the work from which the little volume has
been so skilfully extracted.
The Dean of St. Paul's, we are glad to be assured, is actively at
work in raising a fund for the appropriate decoration of the great
masterpiece of Wren. He is promised great assistance. The City
companies will, it is said, come promptly forward with large subscrip¬
tions. The decoration of St. Paul’s should be a national matter.
The dials are on the faces of the four clocks for the great Clock
Tower at Barry’s Parliament Houses, and well they look. But when
will they tell the hour ? At present they tell nothing; and neigh¬
bouring clocks, the church clock of St. John’s, Waterloo-road, espe¬
cially, tell juBt at little. A conspicuous dock at a conspicuous stand¬
still is a real nuisance.
We hear of a discovery in literature of some uncollected and un¬
known pieces of Kidding, the novelist. It now appears that Foote
brought Fidding upon the stage, and that Fielding replied in print.
The personality which Fielding introduced on the stage was copied
and surpaf sed in personality by Foote; and we now learn, and for the
first time, that Fielding was caricatured on his own stage, and by a
mimic so inimitable as Sam Foote
The Whitsuntide Holidays. - All the railways running ont
of London had special excursion trains on Monday and I’uesday morn¬
ings f or the benefit of those who look lorward to Whltauutide as a general
holiday There was no great out-of-town centre of attraciion.Greenwich
Fair having been abolished; bu< Hampton Court. Gravesend, Richmond,
Kcw, and other places on the river, received the lion s share of viators.
On Monday more than 15.000 persons passed through the British Museum.
They were principally composed of the middle and industrious classes of
our fellow-citizens, whose general appearance and demeanour were most
admirable, and testified to their high appreciation of the privilege granted
to them in being allowed free access t > this, the noblest, most interesting,
and instructive of our national institutions.
Mat 29, 1858.J
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
535
MUSIC .
The Italian Theatres— of which London now rejoices in no
less than three— afford this week little subject of remark. Her Majesty’s
Theatre has been ringing the changes on the "Huguenots," the
"Tro*a*ore," "Don Giovanni," "La Figlia,” and the "Traviata"—
the chief attractions being alternately Titiens and Piocolomini. The
single performance of the " Barbidre di Siviglia," which we noticed last
•week, has not been repeated. The gayest and pleasantest comic opera
in the world, with its delicious musio, and the incomparable beauty of
Alboni's singing, has, it seems, failed to obtain a second performance.
Rossini has been weighed with Verdi in the balance of our public
taste, and found wanting. So much the worse for our publio taste.
Nothing can make head against the "Traviata.” We have one
"TraviHta" in the Haymarket; another at Covent Garden; a third at
Drury Lone; and we are to have a fourth, it is said—an English " Tra¬
viata,'’ at one of the English theatres—all of course to the improvement
of our national manners and the refinement of our national taste. Bosio,
who came out last season as Piccolomini’s rival in this part, has now re-
assumed it. She performed itat Covent Garden, on Tuesday, with complete
success. She certainly excels Piocolomini in her finished and brilliant
execution of the music, but the little heroine of the Haymarket has
the advantage as an actress. Her gaiety is more natural and impulsive
than Bosio’s and her pathos is more moving. Gardoni appeared in
Alfred Germ on t for the first time, that character having been pre¬
viously sustained at this theatre by Mario. Gardoni aoted with feel¬
ing, and sang beautifully, of course The other part6 were filled as
before; and we must add that the piece was put upon ’the stage with
a splendour and beauty of scenery, costumes, and decorations that
could scarcely be surpassed.--The Drury Lane Traviata, Madame
Doratelli, is not what she has been, and is not a very fitting repre¬
sentative of a choracter to which the possession of youth, beauty, and
freshness is absolutely necessary. She was, however, at no distant
date, the performer for whom the part was expressly written, and must
therefore understand how Verdi himself wished his music to be sung.
She gives great satisfaction to the Drury Lane publio, and the
41 Traviata ” is as much in the ascendant there as elsewhere.
Concerts at the height of the London season become so nume¬
rous that it is impossible for any critic or journalist to hear or notioe
a tithe of them. Many are given by obscure adventurers from the
Continent, who flock in swarms to our wealthy metropolis in hopes to
have a " grab" at the contents of John Bull’s well filled purse—an ob-
i 'ect*in which many of them succeed too well, to the prejudice of our
ess obtrusive and more deserving compatriots. We can only speak of
such concerts as are of real and distinguished excellence.
First in importance was the fourth concert of the Philharmonic
Society, on Monday evening. Its character may at once be gathered
from its programme
PART 1.
Pinfonin in G minor .. .. .. •• .. .. Mozart.
Aria, “.Vedrnl caWno," Miss Louisa Pyno (“Don Giovanni ”) .. Mozart.
Concerto, Violin, H«rr Joachim .. .. .. •• Mandela John.
Overture, “Jeaacnda” .. .. .. .. •• Spohr.
PART II.
Plnfonia in P. No. ..B •ethoven.
Aria, ** It softve o bcl c^ntento,” M1m L. Pyne .. .. .. Pacini.
Ponata, Violin, Herr Joochim .. .. •• «• •• Bach-
Overture, ** Faniaka" .. .. •> •• .. •• Cherubini.
Conductor—Profeaa or 8tcnidiUo Bennett.
The titles of the symphonies and overtures—each a masterpiece of its
author—speak for themselves; and it was the opinion of every one that
the superb orchestra never exerted itself with greater effect. Joachim
—whose performance on a previous evening of Beethoven’s violin
conceito made so groat an impression—was now equally successful in
the execution of the kindred work, the concerto of Mendelssohn. It
woe un unrivalled display of grandeur, beauty, and a mastery of the
instrument not to be embarrassed by the most appalling difficulties.
His execution of Bach’s Bonata, without any accompaniment what¬
ever, wop. if possible, more wonderful still. He brought from the
fittings of bis little instrument the harmonies of a whole orchestra.
The two airs sung by Miss Louisa Pyne were somewhat hackneyed
and familiar, but. she warbled them so charmingly as to disarm all
criticism and give general delight. The room was crowded to the
doors; and, though the habitues of these concerts are not usually de¬
monstrative, the audience indulged without restraint in the warmest
expressions of pleasure
The concert of the Musical Union on Tuesday derived
especial interest from the preseroe of Joachim. and Rubinstein. Two
perf< rmers of surh calibre are seldom included in the same programme,
or jointly heard in the same piece of music. On this occasion they
played together Beethoven's celebrated "Kreutzer Sonata" for the
piano and violin, a work which called forth the highest powers dr both
performers. Stimulated by each other they played with marvellous
fire and brilliancy, giving a colouring to the music of which we had
formed no conception. Rubinstein also played the principal part in
Mozart's quintet in E flat for the piano and wind instruments; and
Joachim tee violin part in Beethoven’s septet, op. 20. This was one of
the most splendid concerts ever given by the Musical Union.
Madame Szarvady (Wilhelmina Clauss) gave her second
matinde at Willis's Rooms on Monday. Like the first (whioh we have
already noticed), it consisted of her own exquisite solo and con¬
certed performances; shd being accompanied*in the latter by Messrs.
Molique, Blagrove. and Piatti. The pieces were Beethoven's trio in E
flat, op 70; Scarlatti's sonata in A; Beethoven’s sonata in E flat;
Mendelssohn’s quartet in B minor; Handel’s " Harmonious Black-
smith; ’’ and two chaming little solos of Chopin and Heller. Madame
Szarvedy joins to unbounded powers of execution a fe minin e grace
and delicacy which gives her playing its indesoribable charm.
M. Aguilar’s annual matinee took place on Monday at the
Hanover-f-quare Rooms. It was, as usual, a classical entertainment,
at which he showed his powers as a most accomplished pianist. Hta
Bister-in-law. Mies Lindo, made her ddbut as a singer, and gave every
promise of a succsssfpl career. She has a beautiful soprano voice, an
excellent style, and much feeling. Assiduous practice is all that bug
requires.
Signor and Madame Ferrari gave their annua! concert on
Wednesday. These excellent artists were assisted by Miss Dolby, Miss
Lindo (who is a pupil of Signor Ferrari), Mr. Tennant, Madame
gzarvady, Herr Lidel, and Signor Regondi. The entertainment, to
which the beneficittires largely contributed, by their own vocal talents,
was excellent and highly respectable.
Mr. Langton Williams had his annual concert at the Music
Hall in Store-street, on Monday. The gingers ware the Misses Poole, L.
Vinning Laseelles, Bleaden. Stuart, Alpine, Moors, and Wordey;
Messrs.^. Pemm, M. Smith, W. Cooper Boddn, and Thomas. Miss
Poole sang with much grace and feeling a pretty lwllaA entitled
-‘Down by the green meadows;" Aliss Vrnning gave the Spirit of
Joy," and 1 “ Home, sweet home,” cnarmingly; aad Miss Laseelles and
Hr M. Smith were very snccessfnl in “The sailor sighs. Thera were
instrumental solos by Messrs. CoUins, Case, Cheshire. and Willtani?^
The programme was well selected,, and altogether the entertainment
eeemed to give great satisfaction.
The following is an outline of the intended performances at the
Bihm inch a m Til! KNN tAL Ffstival in. September next, as dettnitively
fixed by the committee of management:—On Tuesday morning, the- s
of August, "Elijah;" Wednesday morning, the 1st of September,
" Eli; Thursday morning, the 2nd of September, Messiah; Friday
morning, the iird of September, "Judith; ” a new oratorio by lie ary
Leslie; Mendelssohn’s “Lauda Zion; ” and Beethovens service la b.
The three evening concerts will comprise " Aois and. (ialatsa, with
additional accompaniments fay Costa; a cantata, To the Sons ot
Art," by Mendelssohn; and. subject to her Majesty s gracious per¬
mission, the sereuata composed by Costa for the ocoasion of the mix-
xiege of the Princess of.Prussia. According to custom, the festival
will do brought to a close on the evening of Friday, by a hail in „ne
TownhalL v _
Stamped Cheoces.— The bill imposing a penny stamp on
cheoues came into operation on Tuesday morning. In mb where money
naid across the counter to the drawer of a cheque himself, such cheque
•' toself,’ and not to order, no stamp is requisite, the cases cou-
temolated in the various Stamp Acta being those only in which a third
nartv is concerned and which arc held to arise out of transactions of profit,
^rensfer^tiekets for customs and other payments issued by bankers against
Stamped cheques for the sake of security are also exempt.
Lord Lyndhcrst has completed his eighty-sixth year; his
T^wi.ho,!. in .veellent health. His seniors In the House of Peers are
T^Ju uiSeiiii wbo will complete his '.'0th year If he lives to the 30th of
:^ly next and the M”of Bristol and Viscount St. Vincent, who
were born in 1769 and 1767 respectively.
THE THEATRES , frc.
Strand.— Mr. Dance, by his new piece, u Marriage, a Lottery,”
has fully corroborated the reputation he derives from the excellent
comedy of " The Country Squire." The vein is indeed much lighter,
and the interest more farcical, in the new than in the elder drama,
but the neatness of the writing is the same, and the business of the
scene is sustained with the like dramatio skill—rather remarkable for
a certain severity of outline than yielding to the more theatrioal ex¬
pedients of the modern stage. Unfortunately it turns upon an inci¬
dent which has already been used up on both the Parisian and the
London boards—in the "Mon E oile" of M. 8cribe and the " Heads
or Tails” of Mr. Palgrave Simpson. Bat, as the notion is modified in
the course of the action, the present author vindicates his originality
upon the whole. Nevertheless it is not possible altogether to forget
Mr. Wigan when witnessing Mr. Emery in the new version of the
original idea. Jacob Omnium, as performed by the latteT gentleman, is
an undecided character, who cannot make up his mind in the ohoice
between two ladies whom he is equally impelled by two opposite
forces to marry. One of the forces is Mrs. Pointer (Mrs. Selby), who
besieges him with invitations in favour of her stepdaughter Harriet
(Mies Portman). The other force is of a less empirical kind, bein^, iu
fact, his own inclination to wed Charlotte (Miss Oliver), the sister
of his, 1 friend Herbert Manifort (Mr. Belford).. On being too
much pressed by Mrs. Pointer, Omnium is induced to save
himself from the trouble and responsibility of a decision by
committing the matter to chance; and, as in the pieces already named,
writes an affirmative and a negative letter, leaving it to his servant
(Mr. J. W. Ray) to draw from his hat the one appointed by the mys¬
terious power to which he appeals to serve for the answer to the over-
uigent missive of Mrs Pointer. By a contrivance of Charlotte Mani¬
fort, however, Mr*. Pointer receives both epistles, and is naturally in¬
dignant at being played with. The excess of her anger supplies the
motive for resolution to Mr. Jacob Omnium. Bos spirit rises in turn,
and enables him to defy her influence. As for her threat of legal
damages, he compromises that part of the affair by presenting a mar¬
riage portion of £3000 to Harriet, for whom his friend Herbert has a
penchant. Mr. Emery succeeds in the part, which he renders exceed¬
ingly amusing by assuming a nervous sensitiveness that keeps him
perpetually on the fret. Mrs. Selby was admirable as the "laughing
hyeDa," whose pertinacity is the terror of all parties. Miss M. Oliver
added to the attractions of the piece by the very spirited manner iB
which she enacts the heroine. The new drama is placed on the stage
with laudable care and considerable elegance, and is likely to condaoa
to the advantage of the management.
A Delphi. —On Monday M The Green Bushes” was again played,
and again gave to Madame Celeste the opportumty^if displaying her
extraordinary melodramatic power. The new drama of " Our French
Lady’s-maid” was repeated, and afforded her the opportunity of a
triumph of another kind. Mr. J. M. Morton has Bhown in this un ex¬
traordinary power of adaptation. The original. which he has moulded
to his own use, is a one-act farce by MM. Labiche and Marc Michel,
entitled " Edgard et sa Bonne.” An English colouring is given to the
whole affair, and the familiar Bonne of the Palais Royal drama is, m
the adaptation, the foreign lady’s-maid in a London family, consisting
of an aunt, Mrs. Puddifoot (Mrs. Chatterley). and her nephew. Horatio
(Mr. ‘Webster), whom the former would marry to the daughter of a
friend. Nor has the young man any objection to the arrangement;
hut he has, unhappily, indulged in a flirtation with Zephyr in?, the
French lady’s -maid (Madame Celeste), who is resolved on paraumghor
advantage. By every possible female artifice Zephyrine presents the
young man from leaving the house, and, when she has him to herself
un poses on him the various offices of her own station, making himput
coals on the fire, and assist in her changing the curtains of the drawing¬
room. In his endeavour to conceal this state of things from his aunt
and his intended and her family, he is reduced to the most ludiorous
shifts, in which such stage properties as washing-basins and warming-
S ons aro brought into unexpected requisition. To the fun thus pro-
uced Mr. Selby adds much more by bis extravagant make-up as Old
ID U1WUIUIWD me *—*.7 — —-— -- - . . c , •
Designing to revenge herself by exposing the portrait and lock ot Hair
given to her by her young master, Zsphyrine produoes instead the
photograph of a Lifeguardeman with whom she had been clandestinely
acquainted, and thus defeats her own object; but she is content with
the arrangement, inasmuch as the delinquent young gentleman, by a
similar miBtuke, presents her with a packet of bank notes instead of
her own letters.. The improbabilities frequent in the situations of this
drama form a portion of the sport intended by the adapter and the
aotors. The latter kept up the fun most vigorously, and the audience
•was excited to the most outrageous merriment throughout the per¬
formance.
Haymarket.— On Wednesday Mrs. Charles Young repeated
the character of Rosalind, and on Tuesday that of Julia; which two
nights ore announced as the last of her engagement. On Wednesday
Mrs. Amy Sedgwick reopneared, as Hester, in "The Unequal Matoh,
tjie career of which had oeen interrupted by her recent indisposition.
Royal Polytechnic.— The conductors of this institution have
catered expressly for Whitsun holiday-makers, and provided them, with
a gorgeous moving diorama presenting the principal features of the
Continent, particularly in Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. The city
of Berlin has a conspicuous place in the tour. Mr. J. D. Malcolm
officiates as the lecturer. The coloured opera troupe have also been
engaged to vary the entertainments with their "refined negro music.
These novelties, with the usual lectures and the current entertainments,
are well calculated for popularity, and as a natural result the rooms
have been crowded.
Royal Cremorne Gardens.— These popular gardens opened
for the summer season on Whit Monday, and through the latter por¬
tion of the week have been extensively patronised. The picture of
several portions of India bv J f »nes attract much attention for its bril¬
liancy and faithfulness, and the new ballet and new manonstte per¬
formances are replete with fun and humour. The American Garden,
it appears, opens on Tuesday next.
Experimental Physiology.— Mons. Brown-Scqrurd, whose
fame baa spread over Europe on Recount of theftre^ol
in the nervous system, commenced a course of lectures In the theatre ot
the Royal College of Surgeons on Saturday last, before a distinguish^ and
crowded audience, amongst whom were the Presidents of the Royal
Colleges of PhysicianB and Surgeons, Sir Benjamin Brodie. Dr. Bright,
Mr. Vernon Hareourt, Mr. Kiermau, Mr. South, and the surgeons to ail
the London hospitals. . ’
Rewards of Gallantry.— Tlie British Government has
awarded twenty-four silver medals to different French sailors for service*
rendered at the time of the wreck of the EugUsh merchant-vessel Excel ,
on the coast of Calais, in January last; and a gold medal to Dr. Garasse,
o? Sat port, for the attention he paid to the only survivor of her crew.
<;iiv<T wii-daN have algo been awarded to three custom-house officers,
Be^ouart Rivel *^dYouSle. for wiving, at the rink of their
o"“ livC 3 ll“ crtw of the English vessel Heron, wrecked new Cape
GriUra, in January last Die first two named have also received silver
watches with a commemorative inscription.
A Bronze Equestrian Statue op Lord Hardings, by
Folev has been “on view" at Burlington House during the week, the
Oue2i and Prince Consort havingbeen present when it was uncovered,
i* • verv successful. The figure Is of heroic size, and Lord
IIardinge is represented as if surveying operations J n .
which is typically rendered by the burst cannon that lies near tiie fret of
the horse. ' The attitude of the rider is easy and dignified, and the ex¬
cretion of the countenance at once thoughtful and soldierlike, and, what
tl^reinffaje held’l^the'rigMT an7therc’u^highartiAtie skUl'disp^e.nn
various races and creeds. Its destination is Calcutta.
E reTfK\»
gjSSSSfssiSsf E
Sir Joseph
Paxton by ptreons*',* to tte'S'/rmination o?lhc
representing the Government
FASHIONS FOR JUNE.
Never since the days when "George the Third was King ” has lace
been worn in such profusion as it is at the present time. Cert Unly
it must be admitted that no other trimming is so rioh, light, and.
delicate. Every now and then, when taste and ingenuity are ex¬
hausted in the invention of new trimmings, capricious fashion raturnfl
to lace. Thus, during the few past seasons we have had fringe, passe¬
menterie, jet, pearls, &o., disposed in every possible variety of form,
and pattern, and now the reign of lace.is restored.
Among the most attractive novelties in the department of lace may be
mentioned some very elegant pelerines of the form which was some years
ago distinguished by the name of the "Cardinal,” These pelerine®
are intended to be worn with low corsages, and fashionable favour will
probably be divided between them and the " Fichu Antoinette." As
the warm weather advances, shawls and momelets both of blaok and
white lace will be extremely fashionable. The shawls are for the most
J >art of Chantilly. Many of ‘he lace mantelets are made with hoods ui
ace, which are very light and elegant in effect The hood is fastened
by a bow of ribbon. Mauve or violet are the favourite colours for this
purpose. Square shawls of black silk trimmed with black lace are
Beginning to De extremely fashionable. The lace employed for trim¬
ming them is very broad andTiqli, and isjBet on very full. #
Dresses of light and transparent materials are invariably made with
flounces or double skirts. Chequered patterns in every variety of
colour are in high favour. Chequered ribbons are much employed for
trimming bonnets. ._ x
A somewhat singular style of trimming for bonnets has lately been
introduced in Parish Though patronised by sevoral ladies of high ton,
it must nevertheless be regarded as a fantasia rather than a fashion*
It consists of the admixture of black with ooloured ribbons. A
fashionable Parisian milliner has trimmed a bonnet of Belgian straw
with black and blue ribbon combined; and even a bonnet of delicate
French chip has been trimmed with a combination of black ribbon and
groseil’e-coloured velvet. Though these trimmings may appear rather
out of season, yet the bonnets here referred to were made and have
been worn in Paris within the last fortnight. # B
To turn to something less eccentric and more in accordance with
English taste, we may notice some elegant bonnets of French chip,
trimmed partially with the same material Some have a sort of double
edge, between which there is placed a ruche of blonde, inter mi nglei
with very small flowers. Slips of paille de riz are frequently inter¬
mingled with the ribbon which formB the bows; and an agrafe of
.paille de riz may be employed for fastening a bunch of fruit (as grapes
or currants) or a single mossrose. We have seen a very elegant bon¬
net formed of gTey and white crinoline tastefully combined together.
The crown was encircled by the red berries of the service-tree, dis¬
posed in small clusters and of various sizes. With these berries were
blended clustering tufts of vine leaves of miniature size. Ia the
under trimming of this bonnet the same berries and foliage were
mingled with the ruche of tullo. A bonnet suitable for a morning
iote, or for any occasion demanding a superior style of out-door cos¬
tume, may be here described. The front was of paille de riz, and. the
crown was formed of three large bouillons of white tulle, the runnings
between which were covered by narrow slips of paille de riz, edged
with green and brown chenille. The bavolet of white silk was edged
with the same trimming. Bouquets of spring flowers—consisting of
violets, primroses, and snowballs—were tastefully dispersed over the
outside of the bcnDet, and the same flowers mingled with the ruche
formed the under trimming. To the edge of the Donnec was attached
a deep fall of blonde.
Two ball- diesses just received from Paris are alike distinguished for
elegance and novelty of style. One is of white tarletane over a slip of
white silk. It has a tunic open at the sides, and trimmed with ruches
H la vieille of blue taffety. Two broad slips of white tarietine, edged
with blue silk fringe, form large bows at the sides, and seem to c >nfine
the open edges of the tunic The corsage and sleeves are trimmed with
blue silk ruches, and on the sleeves are bows of white tarletuue, fringed
with blue, like those on the tunio. The coiffure to be worn with this
dress consists of a cache-peigne of white orchids, confined by tufts of
"forget-me-not." A duitow cordon of the latter passes acrots the
upper pait of the forehead. The other dress is composed of white and
cerise tarletane. It has two white skirts, each edgod with five narrow
flounces, quilled on in small fluted plaits. These flounces are of white
and ceriso tarletane, disposed alternately. The sleeves are formed of
narrow frills of white and cerise tarletane, disposed in the same style
as the flounces, and on each Bhoulder is a tuft of white and cerise
azaleas, without foliage. A bouquet of the same in front ol the corsage.
THE ILLUSTRATIONS.
Fig. L —Carriage Costume : Dress of China-blue silk, striped with
white. At each side of the skirt are quilles, figured with vVatceau.
bouquets woven in on a white ground. The corsage is half high,
Ehaped square, in the "Watteau style, and edged with a band
figured with bouquets like the quilles ; below the band there is a
fall of blue and white fringe. The sleeves are formed of a puff
and a frill; the latter set on in large quilled plaits, and edged
with fringe. Chemisette of lace. Under-sleeves formed of bouil-
lones of tulle, with Jace cuffs. Shawl <rf black Chantilly lace.
Bonnot of French ohip, edged with rouleaux of China-blue silk.
On ono side a tuft of blue and white feathers. Strings of brood
white ribbon edged with blue. ,
Fig. 2— Evening Neglige: Dress of very light 6ilver-grey glac<*. with
a double 6kirt; the lower one is edged with a broad band of s Ik,
chequered in bright hues of pink and green. This baud of silk is
cut the bias way, so that the chequers run in the lozenge form.
The uppeT Ekirt has three longitudinal bands of the same silk set or
at each side in the manner of quilles. The corsage pre-ents a novelty;
it is, in fact, a doublo corsage. The under one is of grey glac£. and the
upper ono of chequered silk, the same as that employed in trimming
the skirts. The former is high to the throat, and the latter is 1 >w and
ehoped square in front It is very much pointed at the waist, and
is fastened up the front by a row of fancy silk butt <n«, of the colours
combined in the chequers of the silk, viz., pink and green. The
sleeves ore formed of two full frills of grey glao£, edged with ban 1®
of chequered silk, and they have small epaulaU of the latter. Coll ir
and under sleoves of lace. On one arm a gold bracelet, with pendeloque
of pink coral. Brooch of the Bamo. Head-dress, a plait of velvet
passed across the upper part of the forehead, and fixed at each side
by gold Venetian pinB. Boots of grey silk.
Fig. 3 -Promenade Dress: Robe of mauve-coloured chine. The
corsage is high, and has a basque at the waist. Mantelet of black
Bilk, tiimiued with several full rows of blavk lace. B ,aao\ of ta.
ahapecalled tho Marie Antoinette, trimmed with green ribbon, and
on ono ride a tuft of fern. Under trimming, bouquoia of rosea.
Grakd Field-day ajtd Distrimjtiox of Medals at
Woolwich.— On Monday morning a grand field-day took place on the
Common. At len o’clock a detachment of Koyal Artillery commenced th«
DrccecdlDga by mortar practice, which was witnwsed by many thousand!
already assembled. At twelve o’clock a Koyal salute of tirentv-onc gam
was fired from a Held battery In honour of her Majesty > birthday rne
review commenced at two o’clock, and shortly before that hour the troop*
had assembled in heavy marching order, aud were drawn up in line as
follows:—To the left the Field Batteries, to the right the Koyal lforee
Artillery, and In the centre the Koyal Marine Light Infcntry and the re¬
giments of Oxford and Kast Kent Militia Shlor-Grtieral Mr W !■.
Williams, Commandant, accompanied by a fullsUlToffleld officers, then
rode;past the ranks, front and rear, and iawpeetod each ‘™>P ««
company. The Infantry then filed off. and took np a
on the brew of tbo hill, whence the Horse Ar! J* 1, CJ r *
by Majors Ward, Johnson, and ArbutbnoL proceeded at lull ^llom
w-hen ti e men dismounted, unlimbcred gnat. ^?he7ah
the field-nieces with limber, within a period oftenr min'**- £h« s-
ecquent details were those of a field-day on a grand
kept np an incessant firing for twenty minutes, the Infantry ««* posted
e«dti B Memin.udit ou ^'«k »h..n, by order of tie Commander-
toL® n™wSd of medal, for gooei conduct and long seraIce iva, made
to forty-four non-eommlssionrfofflcers and gunners o. the Royd Ar
tillery. who have also been J h .° T ZtritmcnlS ir lf
Artilh rv were drawn np near the flagstaff, when Mfjor-ucncnii sir w.
Cronon S ccie^nd. W B Bradfold. J. I-arfS. ■’ Clifford. C. Barker. U
Brc^ and K M'Knight ; Uornorals Wall. M-Gce Coombes. I dtereoa.
rnTsomrrs- Gonncra DanelfyT Crnlekshacke, Thompson
smith M ils.’Adams. Smith Cook. Holloway, Lloyd. He :ge Maigham.
ptrder’r. Vea low. Jeffery, 11 Kcazic, OddeB, Bates, Kowuon, Baro<*.
and Williams.
536
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[May 29 1858
ST. MARK’S CHURCH.
WREXHAM. DENBIGHSHIRE-
A beautiful new church, dedi¬
cated to 8t. Mark, and of which we
give an Engraving, has just been
opened for Divine worphip in the
thriving town of Wrexham, which
haa latterly been styled “ the
metropolis of W f ale8.” Hitherto
there has only been one church in
the town—a fine . old building
dedicated to St. Giles, which has
long been an object of the greatest
interest to travellers through the
principality, and the merry peals
of the bells of which have ob¬
tained a world-wide reputation.
For a few years past, however, the
want of another church has been
greatly felt; and to meet this want
St. Mark's Church has been erected.
The foundation-stone of the build-
in* was laid in August, 1856, by
Miss Cun life, the daughter of
General Sir R. H. Cunliffe, Bart,
of Acton Park, near Wrexham,
the religious service being con¬
ducted by the Bishop of the
diocese (St. Asaph), and a large
number of persons being present
to wi ness the interesting oere-
mony. Since that time tfcfe work
has Bteadily progressed, the con¬
tractor being the late Mr Ebenezer
Thotnas, of Bangor (who died on
the 16th inst.); and the architect,
Mr. Penson, of Swansea.
The sacred edifice is situated on
a piece of ground near to the
entrance to the town from the rail¬
way station, where there have also
been lately erected a Roman
Catholic chapel, a Wesleyan chapel,
and a large barracks, the whole
forming a beautiful addition to the
architectural adornments of the
town. The style of St Mark’s is
the Decorative throughout, the
walls being of coursed rubble of
Oefn stone, with Bath-stone dress¬
ings, and the piers supporting the
nave arches having moulded caps
and bases Theroof is constructed of
Memel fir, oovered with Stafford¬
shire tiles. The floor is also tiled.
The whole of the woodwork is
stained a light oak colour, giving
the structure a very neat, though
at the tame time lively and pleas¬
ing, appearance. The pulpit is of
Bath stone.
The building consists of a nave,
88 feet 6 inches long by 23 feet 4
inches wide, and 65 feet to the
ridge of the roef; two aisles, each
70 feet 6 inches long by 11 feet
wide; north and south transepts,
each 18 feet by 20 feet, and 50 feet
to the ridge; and a chancel 37 feet
long by 19 feet 6 inches wide, and
62 feet to the ridge of the roof.
North of the chancel is the vestry,
over which the organ-gallery is
erected. The tower appears not
to have been inoluded in the
original estimate for the erection
of the building (amounting to up¬
wards of £5000); and, as there is
at •present a want of funds, that
This church was erected by public
subscription upon the express faith
that all the sittings therein are to be
free and unappropriated for ever.
mdccclvul
The site of the building and sur¬
rounding grounds, the latter of
which are intended to be orna¬
mentally planted, are the free gift
of Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., MP.;
and Miss Bennion, of Wrexham-
Feoban, has liberally endowed the
church with four-fifths of the
tithes derivable from the town¬
ship of Miners, which will realise
for this living about £120 per
annum. A grand fancy bazaar is
intended to be held in the ensuing
autumn, under the patronage of
her Grace the Duchess of St. Al¬
bans and a great number of other
aristocratic ladies, in aid of the
funds for completing the building.
The sacred edifice was conse¬
crated on Friday, the 21st instant,
by the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph,
his Lordship being asaifted in the
pervioea by the Ven. Archdeacon
Wickham (the Vicar- General); the
Eev. Geo. Cunliffe, Vicar of Wrex¬
ham ; and the Rev. J. C. Roberts,
who has been appointed Curate of
the church. There were also pre¬
sent nearly the whole of the clergy
of the diatriot, several dissenting
ministers, and an assemblage of
from 500 to 600 persons, including
many of the leading families of
the town and neighbourhood of
various religious denominations.
After the usual ceremony of dedi¬
cating the building to Divine wor¬
ship, the Bishop delivered an elo¬
quent, impressive, and appropriate
sermon, taking for his text the
words from Pealm cxxii 16, “ Pray
for the peace of Jerusalem.”
Afterwards his Lordship and the
clergy, together with a number of
the laity, partook of luncheon at
the residence of the Vicar, and in
the eveniog the Ven. Archdeacon
Wickham preached in the new
building from Psalm xxvi. 8—
“ Lord, I have loved the habitation
of thy house, and the place where
thine honour dwelleth.
We may add that the selection
by the Vicar of the Rev. J. 0.
Roberts, late of Yeovil, and son of
the late Rector of Llandulus, to be
Curate of the church, appears to
have given very general satisfac¬
tion, the rev. gentleman being
understood to be an excellent
scholar, an able and effective
speaker, and well qualified to
afford spiritual consolation to both
the English and Welsh inhabitants
of the diatriot.
•prosent a want oi iunas, unit . . . , , j ^
,rtion is not yet completed; but, with the spire, it is intended to be
.wards of 200 feat high. This rises at the south-WMt ang^ of the
I,e ; and through it and a porch on the north aide of the building
o the two principal entrances.
ST. MAKK8 CHURCH, WREXHAM.
The church, which will accommodate eight hundred persons, has ,
been built by public subscription, and the following inscription
appears conspicuously on a neat brass tablet near the lofty western
window:— _ V
BRAY’S IMPROVED
TRACTION-ENGINE.
This engine is the invention of
Mr. Bray, of Folkestone, and pos¬
sesses advantages over all others
now in use for its simplicity and
usefulness.
The wheels of traction-engines adapted for ploughing or dragging
weights over soft ground have not had sufficient hold upon the ground
when constructed, in the ordinary manner. By Bray’s patented improve¬
ment the wheels are oonstruotod with teeth or blades, which enter the
FASHIONS FOB JUNE.— (SEtt PRECEDING PAGE.)
Mat 29, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
537
ground and obtain a firm hold. The teeth are made to elide or move
in and out by an eccentric motion, so that they clean themselves of the
soil and are again ready to enter the ground, die smooth surface of the
wheels being also cleansed by mean/ of self-acting sorapers. The
eccentric is capable of adjustment, so that the projection of the teeth
may be varied, and thus the wheels may at pleasure be made to act
like ordinary wheels. The adjustment enables the wheels to run
upon hard ground when required: the extent to which the blades
enter the ground may be varied by shifting the eccentric so as to cause
the point of greatest protrusion to be at some other point Experiments
have been made on. Broad mead Farm, Folkestone. The engine was
set to work three ploughs in frame, over a light loamy soil, the ground
SUMMER RAILWAY CARRIAGE FOB TllE VICEROY OF EGYPT.—(SEE MEXT PAQEJ
fc iw _ . __ .
538
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[May 29 , 1858
rather wet: the quantity of work done in a day of ten hours was at the
rate ef six acres, at a cost of not more than 4s. per acre. The fol¬
lowing certificate was given immediately after the work was done:—
November 29. 1857.
Sir,— The result of your day’s experiment on Broad mead Farm has more
than answered our expectation, and we have no hesitation in saying that
the land was aa effectually ploughed as if it had been done by horses.
To Mr. Bray. . ( John Jefferev, Broad mead Farm.
(Signed) j hunt Jefferev, Wallm harm.
The next experiment was drawing a load of ten tons up Dover-hill,
a gradient varying from l;in T to 1 in 11: it went up with perfect ease,
and also came down with the same load. For agricultural purposes it
is intended to draw six ploughs, crive a thrashing or other machine,
and as a fire-engine it is invaluable, steam being raised in forty
minutes; it is steered with per'ect ease, and only requires two men to
woik it; the consumption of fuel is one shilling per hour. The engine
is an 8-horse, and iB fitted with Baron's patent cup-surface boiler, and
is woiked to a pressure of CO lb. to the square inch. The weight of
the engine is six tons. . .
It has generally been supposed that an engine of that weight would
fink into soft ground, hut experiments have proved that the greatest
depth it has sunk has been three-quarters of an inoh. It ha3 been
es’imated ihafc a great saving would be effected by farmers having an
engine of this construction, as it would be capable of going upon the
land, taking or fetching home an immense quantity of manure or crops,
the waggons or ly requiring a slight alteration, and if required to run
upon ha»d roads its speed could be increased at pleasure.
Ft r India it is particularly applicable, as it would convey over the
country in a da^ of ten hours 300 men, with baggage, stores, &c., fifty
miles; the advantage and saving would be immense, as a tram of
artillery might he transported, and (he horses would ’.hen be ready for
work on arrival at their destination. If such an engine hud been eti
E loyed during the late mutiny in India, how many valuable lives might
ave been saved. . .
The accompanying Engraving of Bray's Traction-engine is from
a photograph by Venables, of Folkestone.
By direction of the War Department a series of experiments were
carried out on Tuesday afternoon, in order to test tho efficiency of
Bray'8 adjusting tooth traction-wheel steam-catriugft, for the purposes
of locomotion on common roads, and for the convevaUoe of heavy buds.
The experiments were witnessed by Captain Boxer, Colonel Piokerim?.
Col- nel Abbott, J. Anderson, Esq , and other members of the Ordnance
Select Committee, and the result has proved the superiority of the in •
▼en’ion »e compared with the various descriptions of traction-carri.»ges
previously tried for Government service. The carriage was loaded
with three CS*pounder guns, of a total weight of twenty tons, and
steemed away from the Royal Arsenal, past the Royal Artillery B ir
rucks with the utmoBt ease, although this portion of the journey was a
considerable incline The route was continued across Woolwich-
common, and dowfc the New road to tho Arsenal, at aa average spood
of two miles and a half per hour. The machinery is^ served by one of
Damn's cut service-boilers, the consumption of fuel being three-
quarters of aewt. of oven-coke per hour. The engine is of eight horse
power, and by the application, when necessary, of an instrument
t« rn*ed a tooth to the wheels, the vehicle will steam over soft grouud
without sinking, an advantage peculiar tq thi9 invention, and which
jb etsentiul thculd the carriage* be used, as stated, for tho removal of
heavy guns on the Arsenal marshes.
SUMMER RAILWAY CARRIAGE FOR THE VICEROY
OF EGYPT.
A magnificent saloon railway carriage has just been completed by
Messrs Wright, of the Saltley Works, Birmingham, for hie Highness
the Vicetoy of Egypt. This is the second commission with which
Messrs. Wright havfe been honoured by the same personage; and,
sjlend id as was the carriage they constructed some two years ago (an
Engraving of which appeared at the time in this Journal), the present
one txeteds it in chastcness and beauty of deoorution. It is 21 ft. in
length, by 8 ft. 3 in. wide tho internal height being ? ft. There is,
however, a space of several inches between the interior and exterior
reefing, in order to moderate the heat by a current of air. The
carriuF^t which runs on four wheels is divided into panels in the ordi¬
nary manner, but they are most elaborately adorned on the outside,
from designs by Owen Jones, strictly Turkish in their character,
rrt-mii ent amongst the decorations bein$ the national arms of Turkey.
The ground on which the ornamentation is wrought is white, the
richest olrurs are used, and the effect of thess is enhanced by some
appropriate carvings and judicious gildings. The frame of the car-
riutrtj it* of iron, thi* fitting* being of teukwood, which is best jviapted
to hot climaicf*. The windows are provided with sets of gre-m silk and
wire-guim* blinds. The interior arrangements are of a very luxurious
character; an Oriental divan occupies one end, and the other furni¬
ture consists of «;hairs of fafinwood and crimson silk of elegant con¬
struction. The whole of the inside is lined with figured silk padding.
The t-aloon communicates by means of u double door and platform
with a second carriage for the accommodation of the attendants of his
'Highness- The designer is Mr. Brown, a gentleman in the service of
Mtrsrs. Wright, to whom the carriage in every respect does credit;
and the artittic decorations have been added under the active super¬
intendence of Mr. Creke.
COUNTRY NEWS.
Dinner to the Chancellor of tub Exchequer—M r.
Doraeli »r.d Mr. Dupre, one of his colleagues in the representation of
Buekingbnmshire. were entertained on Wednesday at a public dinuei'r-in^
a large tent erected in the gardens of the Royal Hotel, Slough. Th&^hair
waa occupied by Colonel H Vy*e on whose right and left, sat Mr. Dup’-t*
■nd Air Disraeli. Amonest the gentlemen present were theDiikc or
Bin kingham. the Earl of Orkney. Viscount Curzon, M P.; Genera! Hill,
M i*.; W. Vsnsittart, M P.: T. T. Bernard. M.P ; Colonel Kiibx,
Hr Williams, M.P.. &c. The Chancellor of the Exchequer cxplalneVth«^
circumstances under which a strong Administration had collapsed and
a new Governn ent had been placed in its stead, lie and his friends, he
v ent on to ray, bad succeeded to a heritage of manifold difficuUjesXahd he
claimed credit lor what they had already effected in vindicating Tthigilsh
honour keeping the peace, meeting financial difficulty, Riid suggesting
plans tor the reconstruction of our Indian hmpire. This history
detail, ri. Mr. Disrael. next proceeded to comment upon the
iflorft* that had been made by a **cabal " to overturn Hie Cabinet.
Unpaid a high compliment to those who, not connected with the Con-
seivatue party, had enabled the Government to heat Its opponents; and he
dtfcribt d amid the cheers and laughter of his audience, the “convulsion ”
which took place in the House of Commonn on Friday Right. The future
po icy of the Government is thus shadowed forth by Mr. Disraeli:—We
will rurrue in our foreign relations that determined but prudent and
conciliatory system that will, in our opinion, maintain peace,
and maintain peace with honour. We shall endeavour, in the
management ol our finances, to r.dnce taxation by measures
which will duly respect the maintenance of Mjae public credit.
W«* .*-hall pursue in India that policy with which; from the late debates,
you have become famiiiar; because*we believe rt ifl the only policy by
which you can retain your emplrerfiere. .- We shall endeavour to
obtain und retain your confidence by temperately addressing ourselves to
the solution of all those difficult questions that have too long agitated and
disunited the commonwealth in which we live. We hope, by the measures
we jball bring forward on these subjects, whatever be their character,
whether legal reform-Xaud oh that our measures are prepared—or social
reforms, which demand the attention of any Miulater; or those cotrf-
mi rcial improveihepts Whah ail wise men who are lovers of their country
would wish to be iflVettrl in such a manner that they should be improve¬
ments, and not ramjly changes. I say, gentlemen, whatever may be the
nature of those questions, "-we shall not shrink from bringing forward
u.tavuies which may ine^tne^e/to^-lonff-prevaUhig difficulties, with the
intention and conviction that we may bring about a happy solution of
them.”
Importation of Llamas. — The steam-ship New York ,
which arrived at the Broomtelaw. from New York, on Thursday we-.'k,
hail on board thirty-nine llamas, which were imported by Sir. B W. Gee.
Notwithstanding the voyage they had undergone, they appeared lively
and In althy. I hejnipomtion of so large a number into Great. Britain
must be r»g«rdrd as ui achievement of no small importance The va uc
of the fleece for manufacturing purpose has within the losrfew years been
toUyprov, d by the luci that the* wool has risen nearly tenfold. r flie
llanihx sci m to stand the changes of weather much b *tter than was
anti* iphtr-d. and appt-ar to be easily nurtured If adopted in this coan-
*7- or into our family of domestic animals, the llama will have to be
kept principally for the fleece, just as sheep are.
Conference of Young Men’s Christian Association.—
The Le*ds Young Men’s Christian Institute has isaued a circular to
similar assremtions throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland, inviting
hem to meet in conference at Leeds in the month of August This wiil be
the first conference of these associations in this country.
The Whit-Mohday Schday -School Phocbssion -* t ',^ n '
CHESTER.-The usual Whit- Monday procession ° f S^y-^oo! children
in connection with the Established Church in Manchester and Salford
took place in Manchester on Monday morning There T re <£^S&"<rf?he
schools in the proeeseion. being three more than lastd®. Sf.SfLwiv®
schools were headed by bands of music, and most of them by the: c ergy-
men and teachers. Tiie interesting spectacle of so many t ious.en of
children drew together as usual an immense concourse or people to witness
the procession, all the streets and windows commanding aview ot ine
route being densely crowded. The elder scholars were admitted to the
Cathedral, where a sermon was preached by the John n/ ltan
M.rsden, Rector of Great Oakley, Essex, and one of the Canons ot Man¬
chester. The children of the Dissenting chapel schools wajk on o lier
days of the week, most ol them taking trips by railway to some distant
locality. ,
Testimonial to Mk. E. Hotchings.— The managers of the
testimonial fund to Mr. Hutchings, the secretary of the Manchester
Mechanics’ Institution, have printed the accounts ol the subs; option,
from which we learn that there were 180 subscriptions (coiinting esch
class of pupils in the institution aa a single subscription); the directors
heading the list with £6i>, and the subscriptions, winch wore of various
amounts, from the sum just named down to la 4d.. made an aggre^atem
£406 7a od. This amount was presented to Mr Hutchings in the torm
of a watch (valued at £24 78 . 6d), a timepiece (worth £21), and a purse con¬
taining £360.
Testimonial to Mr. W. Mathews.—O n Tuesday a grand
banquet took place at Wolverhampton, on the occasion of the presenta¬
tion of a testimonial by the Libera’s of South Staffordshire to *ur.
William Mathews, aa a recognition of his long services to the Liberal
cause in the district, hut more especially to mark the high sense enter¬
tained of hi» disinterested conduct at the last general election. On that
occasion Mr. Mathews was himself induced in come forward as a can¬
didate for the representation, upon the unanimons invitation ot a meeting
specially convened for the purpose Subsequently.however, he waved at!
pretentions of his own and withdrew, in order to conciliate the leading
members of the iron trade, who were in favour of Mr. William Orme
Foster, one of flic present members. In consideration of this grwelu act
of disinterestedness a subscription was gotup, and 400 guineas aubamDeJ,
for the purpose of presenting Mr Mathews with a suitab'e testimonial.
The execution of it was intrusted to Messrs. Elkingtou and Mason me
work consists of a centre piece and plateau weighing nearly 650 ounces.
The latter is novel and tasteftil in design, and stands upon three leet
united by the Staffordshire knor, the outer border consisting of wheat-
ears and buttercups, with an elegant Gr*rk frieze. The centre piece rewta
upon a circular ba<*e, surmounted with wheatears and buttercup*, arranged
in the form of a Greek ornament. !and interspersed with three «melds—
one containing an inscription recording the purpose of the presentation ;
another, the crest of Air Mathews ; ana the other, the Stallordshire knot.
The pillar is of beautiful open work, partaking of the Greek character ot
ornament, without,, however, a rigid adherence to its requirements. I hi*
is surmounted by a basket composed of Greek ornaments, with wheat
ears and buttercups judiciously interposed and containing a glass how ot
large •• flanged ’’ leaves. Around the pillar are placed a figure ot Ville in,
his right band placed upon the celebrated shield of Achilles, another or~
Ceres, and a third of Friendship, or Magnanimity, with emblem ntujal re¬
presentations of their several attributes. They are excellent in conception'
and treatment, and the whole produce a most admirable ensemble.
Two Soldiers Flogged—A t Chatham, shortly beipre day¬
light on Monday morning, the whole of the men belonging to the East
IndiA regiments attached to the first battalion, under Colonel H Jervis,
w< re marched into the Spur Battery, for the purpose of witaessnig the
infliction of corporal punishment on two privates of the 52rd Regiment ,J
named Thilcox and Harris, each of whom was on Thursday week tried by
district court-martial and found guilty, Philcox of having made use ol
highly insubordinate language to Captain Sidebottom, the^.djutanrof the
battalion, in the presence of the whole of the troops cm the p inul€-grouiid,
and Harris for mutinous conduct at Eastbourne/in striking aupa-com-
miesioned officer with his musket and endeavouring to release a prisoner.
For these crimes the district court* martiftladindged each of the prisoner*
to receive the maximum of fifty lashes, ahd to be imprisoned in Fort
Clarence for eighty-four days. On the termination of the punishment
both prisoners were removed to the garitedn hospital to be medically
treated, and ns soon as they are able to leave they will undergo the re¬
maining portion of their punishment in the military prison. Rochester.
Philcox has been a great number of years in the sei*vice. and has been
flogged once before; Harris is very young, and has had only eight months’
service. \ \// / /
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS (,)F TILE WEEK.
WiTnocT showing any signR-of^ctJvity <wlng to the present state of
the Montenegrin question the market for Home Securities has been
6ttady during near y the whole of the week, and some support, has been
given to prices by the purchase of raff average quantities of stock for
money. The present value of thg Three pel*Cent* is certainly a high one;
but in the cour-e of another fortnight the price will be quoted 1^ percent
lover, oa account of^hg Juiy ahdaeila being taken ofl As regards the
value of money we may observe thatBcarcely any change has taken place
in it. Short firat (class commercial paper cont inues to be done in Lombard-
street at to 2 | pc-r cent. Four months’ hill* are quoted at 2J to 3.^; and
six niontha’ at 34o 4 percent in the Stock Exchange loans on Govern¬
ment securities are worth 2^ percent
The leading feature of the week has been the i-suing of the particulars
of the new Brazilian Loan of £ 1,626 oon by Messrs Rotnschild and Sons.
Tlic whole ot the amount has beep taken in a 4$ per cent stock at 9rt, with
a pinking fund of 2$ per cent "^The price may be considered a fair one,
looking at the value ot Brazilian Stock in the market, and to thesmsllness
o: the foreign debt of Brazil. The money will be required as follows : —
£ 2 (j / perceuton the 1 st of June; £25 per cent on the 1 st of July; 25 per
ceiit on the 2 nd of August; and the remainder on the 1st of September.
The scrip has already been done at 1 to lA per cent premium.
1 heretnrn sftOm the Board of Trade for the month, and the four
'rnenthf'enrang the 30th ult, are very favourable, considering the extent
^>fThe Tate commercial panic. The total value of the shipments last month
was 9 i5! 433. against. £9,9«5 844 in the corresponding month in 1857 ; and
£9.424,920ml866. Thus, we perceive that the decrease, compared witli
last year, is only £534,111, or 3$ per cent. There is a decline in the four
montlis, compand with 1857, of £5,851.614. with 1856, of £1,612.306.
Evidently, however, trade and commerce arc steadily improving.
^ A fejv parcels of gold have been sent Into the Bank of England, and
scarcely any withdrawals have taken place From New York, £91 0 »0 in
gold has come to hand, and about £25,000 has been reported from other
sources. The Continental exchanges show & slight, profit on the shipment
o: gold,- but an importautchange in them has taken p’ace at New York.
At Calcutta a fall of l per cent is reported in the exchanges, and those at
Canton have ruled easier At Shanghai the rate remains at 64. The late
arrival of bar silver from the West. Indies has been sold at 6ljd- per
ounce. About £100 000 in gold is on its way from St. Feteisburg
Owing to the reduction in the interest on the next issue of Exchequer
Bills to id per diem, the premium on them has fallen considerably—viz.,
to 20s. and 17s. The March bills have ruled steady, at 33s. to 44s ptem.
~Dn Monday Home Stocks were tolerably steady, and prices ruled firm.
CohsoTb, for Accoflnt, were done at 98$ aud 97j . the Reduced were 96$ f;
the New Three per Cents, 96§ | Long Annuities, 1860, if; Di to,
1886 . 18|; India l oan Debentures. t00i$; Exchequer Bills, 204. to 44s.
prom. Bank Stock was 222 and 221. Very little change took place in the
S uotations on Tuesdiy Consols for Transfer, were 97$ and 98; the Re-
uced, 96§ \ $ ; tlie New Three per Cents. 96| | Consols for Account.
97 1 Long Annuities. 1860, 1$; Ditto, I860. IJ; Ditto, 1885, 18k India
Steak was 22 i and 22 ! 223; Bank Stock, 222 $aud 221 . Exchequer Bill** su’d
at 20s to42s pin.; India Bonds. 20 s. to 24s pm.-. and Exchequer Bond4, intj.
Wednesday's quotations were as followsBank Stock. 221 220 and 223 :
Reduced Ihree per Cents, 96| ji; Consols. 98 aud 97f: New Three ;>er
Cents, 96$ { f; India Stock. 222 ; India Loan Debentures, 100; Ditto,
Scrip, 100; India Bonds. 21s. to 23s.; and Exchequer Bills, 2ft*. to 41*.
preni. Very little change took place in prices on Thursday:—The Three
per Cents were 971 98 ; lor July. 98$$. rhe New Threes marked 96| f;
the Reduced, 96^ }; India Debentures, 9,9j; Exchequer Bills, I7s. to 38s.;
India Bonds. 23s. to 24s. piem. ; Bank Stock. 219 to221.
Generally speaking, the Foreign House has ruled firm, at prices fully
equal to those of last week;—Brazilian Five per Cent* liave rea ised 1024;
Brazilian Kour-and-a-HaU per Cents, toij; Chilian Six per Ceuta. 103J;
Buenos Ayres Six per Cents, 83; Buenos Ayres Deterred, 19; Equator
lteoviMoral Land Warrant, 4$; Granada New Active I’wo-and a-Q urter
per Clints. 20 J; Mexican Three per Cents. 2 o|; Peruvian Fotir-and-a-
Half per Cents, 87}: Peruvian Three per Cents. 66|; Portuguese Three
per Cents, 46^; Russian Five per Cents, 1822 , U 2 |; Ditto, for Account,
113 Sardinian Fire per Cents 92}}; Spanish Hirer per Cents, 44 {;
Spanish Itessive, 7}; Turkish Six per (.tents, 96}; Turkish Four per
Cents. 104}; Venezuela Four-and-Three-Quarter per Ceftta. 38} ;
Venezuela Two per (tents Deterred. 14}; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. 75}; Dutch Four per Cents. 99} ; and French Three per Cents#
69f. 76c.
A fair average business has been transacted in Joint-Stock Bank Shares,
and the quotations have been firmly i-upimrted Agra and United Service
liave markrd 67: Australasia, 80}; British North American, 56}; City,
67}; Colonial, 26} ; Lot don Cnartered of Australia. 19}; London Joint-
sto«-k. 30}; London and Westminster, 45; Oriental, 39}; Provincial of
Ireland, Blew 26 ; and Union of London, 23}.
Miscellaneous St'enrities have ruled firm, as follows :—Anglo-Mexican
Mint, 16}; Australian Agricultural, 30}; Crystal Palace, if; Eastern
Slei.ni. 4: Electric Tclegranh. 106 }; London General Omnibus, 2 };
Nether'snris Land, 1 ; North British Australasian.}: i/ondon Di.-count, 4};
Peel River Land and Mineral. 2 ; Peninsular ami Oriental Steam. 81 ;
Ditto, New, 17}; Royal Mall Steam, 60 ; Scottish Austra'ian Inv*>st-
mcnt.l}; South Australian Land, 36; Canada Governmeat Six per Cent
Bonds, 116; New Brunswick Ditto, 109 ; East and West India Dock
Shares, 124 ; London, 107}; St Katharine, 93; Southampton, 69} *
Victoria, 100; Birmingham Canal, 93} ; Kennet and Avon, 6. Oxford,
105 }; Regent’s 16}; Rochdale, 84 : Warwick and Napton 9; Worcester
and Birmingham. 17}; Chelsea Waterworks, Guaranteed, 25; East
London, 107; Southwark and Vauxhall, 92 ; West Middlesex, 105 ; Uun-
gerford Bridge. 6} ; and Vauxhall, 17A
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been limited, and prices
have continued to give way. The fall, however, has bevn trilling when
compared with many previous weeks. The “calls ” for the present month
are heavy-viz , £1,366,575. The following are the official closing quota¬
tions on Thursday
Ordinary Shares and Stocks —Bristol and Exeter. 91; Eastern
Counties, 61 }: Kaat Kent, 15 ; Great Northern. 103}; Ditto. A Stack,
89 }; Ditto, B 8tock, 128; Great Southern and Western (Ireland), I02;
Great Western, 54} ; Lancaster and Carlisle, New Thirds, 26} ; Lanca¬
shire and Yorkshire. 91} ; London and Blackwali, New, 3}; London and
Brighton. 108 ; London and North-Western, 93}; London and South-
Western, 95; Midland. 92}; North-Eastern-Berwick. 92; Ditto Leeds,
47 - Ditto York. 72}; North Staffordshire, 12}; Scottish Central, 110;
South Wales. 81}; Stockton and Darlington. 35}.
Lines Leased at Fixed Rentals.— Hull and Selby, no}; London
and Greenwich, 13; Midland Bradford. 97} ; South Staffordshire, 10.
Preference Shares - Eastern Counties, 116; Ditto. New Six per
Cent Stock, 131; Great Nort hern Five per Cent*, 121; Ditto. Redeemable
at Ion per Cent prem., 113; i Ditto, at Five per Cent prem., 65; Great
Western—Berks and Hants Extension. 6; Ditto, hive per Cent Redeem¬
able, 101 ; Ditto. Birmingham Shares, 10 jM^ancashire and Yorkshire,
138}; lx>ndon and Brighton, 120 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln¬
shire, 122; Midlaud—Bristol aud Birmingham, 137}; Ditto. Four-and-
a-Half per Cent Stock, 102 } ; North-Eastern—Berwick. 98}; Ditto. I dis.;
Scottish North-Eastern. Seven per Cent Stock, 125 ; South Devon, 10L
British Possessions. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India, 9; East
Indian. 1U6 ex New ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 47}: Ditto. Six per Cent
Debentures, 824; Dittos e^ond^iftSue of the two-million Preference
Loan, 37#; Great Indian Peninsular, 20 }; Great Southern oi India.
} prem.: Great Western of Canada, 18 } ; Scmde; 10} ; Puujaub, 4}; Indus
Steam Flotilla, •!}. , . „ ^ „ _.
Foreign.— Carmeaux Mine and Rail, 2 }; Northern of France, 2 b-;
Ditto, New Slums, 14; Royal Swedish,}; Southern of trance, 10 };
West Flanders. 4} ekdnk^ . x ,
Mining Shares have been in steady request, at full prices:—Vale of
Towey have been done at 1}; Wheal Edward, 5 ; Wheal Mary Ann, 48 ;
Bon Accord Copper, 1} ; Mariquita,} ; and United Mexican, 3}.
THE MARKETS.
CORJf-Excn/XGK, Slay 24.—Only a limited »npp!y of English wheat was on s*lo In
to-da«'s market. For roo* and flno nnmple* we had ft fair cCniand. and in i*ome ln»Uao»
nric»)« wotc » shade higher than on Mouda la-t. Lo w and damp qnailtfo* movud otT twavUy
on fomivr lemu. Wtwn« axtourively supplied wltl: foro>Ku wii»at, fn* h as well .ia ox.
craenrv. All i.escriptlors met a ..eavy Inquiry, but no actual change took [»» in valua.
FlosUnc m’Rcca of irrain wore moaly dl«po*etl of on former term*. Fine l»rl*y wan vary
scarce .and <iuile ns dear ns last week, (irlndlnjf nnd dintil.iux of foroir*i w-ro a
shade lower All (inscriptions of m<lt me*- a dull Inqu ry, at barely stationary prk s. Oat*
weri the ftirn cheajHjr ow'nic to a lurne Inrtux from abroad. In tho valuu of be^ns, (Mas,
and flour we have no chnnKt- to notice.
May ii .—The aopfiHes of mos. kinds of produoo on offer to-day were seasonably and
tbotrade &nerallv ruled inactive, at Monday's quotations:—
^Enalith.- Wheat, Ease* and Kent, red, 40s. to 4<Js.; ditto, white, 42s. to 51s., Norfolk
and Suffolk, red, 39s. to 4.'*. j ryo, 28 s to 30s.; erindinK hurloy, 2 Is. to 28s.; distilling ditto. 32s.
to 31s.; midtinp ditto, - s. to — 9 .; Lincoln and Norfolk malt, 57s. to 87s- ; brown ditto. 53s.
to Ms.; Kingston and Ware, 57s. to 67s.; Chevalier, 67s. to 69s.; Yorkshire and Lincolnshire .
feed onto, 21s. to 26s.; jxnato ditto, 27s. to 3ts.; Yooghal and Cork, black, 21s. to 25s.; ditto,
white,97*. to 32s.; Uok beans, 34s. to 35s., RT«y peas, 40s. to «3s.; maple, 42s. to 45s. ;
white. 40s. toils.; boilers, 4<'s. to 43s. por quarter. Town-mudo (lour, 36s. to 40s.; town
household*. 33s. to -t.; oounirv marks. 29s. to 35s. pur *30 lb. American Uoor, 18s to ;5s.
per barrel, French, 31s. to 35s. per 2801b. . ,
S&tU. —8lnco our last report only a modorato buiinass lias been transacted in all kmds of
sec's atour •;nota*lons:—
linseed, Engli h cruthlnir, Ms. to 59s.; CalcutU, 56s. to 53s.; bempsewl, 44s. to 4-te por
quaru-r. Coriander, 2-». to28a. per cwt. Rrowu mustard seed, i4s. to 16s.; ditto, white, :8s.
to r.'s ; taros, 7s. M. to 8s. »d. por bushel. English rapesecd, 70s. to '4s. per |unrter.
Linseed cakes, English, £9 5s. to £9 15s.; ditto, foreign, X8 15s. to €10 0s.; rape oakaa,
£5 5 . to £6 Os. per ton Canary, 9Is. to 100s. por quarter; red oloror soed, 42s. to 48(.; ditto,
wid e. 4^8. to 68s. per cwt. , ^
Brtad.~Tl\t) prices of wheaten bread In the metropolis are from 6}d. to 7d.; of bans ho.d
ditto. 5d to 6d per 4 lb loaf.
Imperial Weekly Average*.— Wheat, Its. 6d.; barley, Sis. 9d.; oats, 26s. Id.; rye,
SVs 8a ; beaus, its. 6d . |>cafl, 42s. 7d.
The Six Week*' Average*.— Wh^U, its. id.; barley, 35<i 9d.; oats, 25s. 4d.; ryo, 3ls. 9d.j
beans. 4<Hs. 4d.; peas. iis. “d.
Englith (iraxn Sold last Week.— Wheat, 111,999; barley, 7531; oats, 8187; rjo, 88;
beans 4184 1 peas, 178 quarters. _ .
Tea.- ’1 he pubhc tales hold this week have gone < ff slowly, on rather easier terms l i tho
piiv ■ *c market the show ot ssmples !• tol«n-ably extensive, coiulderlutf th, greatly dlmiui«bol
tuck nnd . bo demand i* very Inactive, at iOd to iOJU nod 9jd. per ib for common aouuil
° 'suyar -Co d end fine raw tngars have con'lnned In stoady request, at ftiU quoUtlins;
bu' lulViIor natoels havo movo*l off slowly, at barJy ute rules to is. per cwt. »■ •.imo. la
refit .nd g o<!o very bttlo Is dring. Brcwu lumps are 5 is- 6d. to 55*. ; and beat lumps, Os. 6d.
to 52*. 6d. la-r cwt. _
Cojf'ce - Fla- laden kinds are In fair requeet, at full quotations. In other qualltioi. nty ft
limS'. tl bnsln »s li doing, on firmer t'.-rms to Is. !e,a money.
Jticr O^lrg t the enormous stock on iiaud—87,0'iO tons—tho demand‘.s heavy, and price#
are l>«rfl* supported ......
Provision*.—Ml kinds of batter, though In bat moderate supply, »«• aelllng slowly at 2i.
to 4- p,ro.»t 1 *sh money. Hocno, however, is In active request, and It. to ts. por cwt.
dmn^r Most oth< r provisions supDOit ormor terms.
Tallow — ur murkra is steady, and P J,‘.C. on tho spot bt quoted at 53s. 9L por owt. Tho
quid. Ion for th« jest three month.; la 51™
Oils — Untetri oil on the spot is a slow sale, at 32s. 9d- In othor oils very Ultte b
doing pints of tu*p.n?lnu sre selKngst 45s. 6d. to 46 . ^d. per cwt.
Spirit* —There b. a mod> rate, bat uot to say active, demand ter rum, at 'nil prioss Proof
I.o wa.ds 1. IOd tots lid.; proof Bast India, Is. IOd. per gallon. Brandy •u f >poits pro-
v.otis ra'p*. In grain siirlt very lltt'o »9 doing.
Hay and Straw. Meadow bay, 4* 10s. to £4 f clover ditto, £3 10s. to £5; and straw,
£1 , 8.(0 £1 8h per loan. Trade dull.
Coals.— Holywel'. I * 6d Tanfleld Moor, 12a. 3d.| Wylam, 14». 3d.; Gosforth 1's 3d.;
Eden Main i5s 6d.: Ha well, I7».; Houth llr.ttou. 16« 9d ; Stewart's, 17s.; Kolloo. bis. porton.
y/o/w. <tout| and fine now bops an* in fair request, at full prices. All other kind* move
ofl *li*wlv, hut e e hav«? n • actual change to notice in the quotations.
Wool." 1 ho public a»cs of colonial w.xd are -till In progress, flood nnd flno Australian
qualities have sc Id a' foil price* but interior kinds havo continued heavy.
Potatoes 't he iK-st qualities have advanced to lflfts. per ton Interior kinds are a dull
Innuirv., I late ra <*. The Import, from tho Continent have nearly ceasisl.
Metropolitan Cattle Market (rbu'iday. May 271-On I a Uudtsd uopy of b-xuta waa
on t»lo hen to-day and an breeds moved off * tea iUy. at fully Moniay’s quotat.ons ;hs
show iff the p was moderate and the mutt n trade ruled Arm, at vo'-v full ori et. Wo lid
a good trade fo- lambs, at full qa tatt w. via.. 5, «i to 6s. 8J. ;a-r 4»b. 1 hero was .u» Im¬
proved doman-i ter cal-es, the urn ply of which was Umi e i at 21 . po 8 lb. worn m moy: iho
top price wus 5s 2-!. per 8 lb J Ig- »nJ milch cows war,, uoaltere i n valte
Pw Hil>g. to sink the offal .-—Coarse and Inferior beasts, 3s. Od to 3*. 2d.; second quality
ditto, 3s. td. to 3*. t-d.: prltno Inrgc oxen, as. 8d to Is. 0d.; prime Soots, &o., la *d. ?o 4». 4,1.;
coarse and Interior sheep. 3s. :d. to 3s. 6di| aecon,i quality ditto. 3s. *1. to 4s. fkl.. prime
coarse- wool led shcqi, 4a. Cd. to 4*. 2d.; prime Southdowm-, 4s hi. to Is. .,1.; large coarse
calves, 4s 3d. to 4a. i»d.; prime small ditto, 4s. It'd, to 5s. 2d.; largo hogs. ^s. 2d to Is. ‘kb;
neat *01811 porkers. 4s. 2,1. to 4s. :d.; stubs, .vHd to «* 8d. Bucklltig c-lvo*, l a to 2.fs.;
and quartered -tort pigs. IDs. to 1■*. each. Total supply: Beasts, 7t5| eowi, 12*: shoop,
snd nmbs,€5 calve*. 190: pig* 280. Foreign: Ucaats, 35; sheep, 120; calves, 7>
Newgate and Leailenhall - The demund for enrh kind of men w-» orn whiit Inactive,
as I lows:—Beef, from 3a. 0d. to 48. 0d ; mutton, w. 2,1 to la. fd.; lamb, it. 2d. to 6s.4&|
veal, 3s. 8d. to 4 b. 8d.; pork, 3«. 2d. to a. 24.. per H Ib. by tho corcaa,
• ' Uobzbt Iiskaenr.
THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Friday, May 21.
BANKRUPTS.
W W. CHAPIJN and .7 DURBAN, Wi.llsm-street, Ham nucad road, bafflers.—W. T.
BAF8BTT« 8lore-autit. Bodf rd ,.quXre. bulkier —J. NIOOLL, Nowojrt, Moam iothatitro^
flour and provittloo mrr< ha t—J. Cl.OUf-™ Bradford *ud rlrkeuahaw, woolstftolor T-
H* ’i ChOFT. March •••or man .factnrnr-M O HAW FORD. Itow Ktawiok. Newoasrie-uinn-
Tyne,Ironfoandtr.—F. WARD, Nottingham, c*riHint«r.—J. L. i! ..U’PO .h, Od •trjivl-
• treet, mwrehan, G. IILGHES, Bro k-trort, Ilolborn. boot und .ho? manufacturer.— 4.
HAY, Norb Shields butcher-. .TR UNCK BriiHl. privisi u uureliant —W. H. " A
Addiihl, servener.—J. KA THAM and J K. b.UV r.l» - M.P h im, Sarroy, e l oo
pilMcrs— J. H HAIti'sT.'.FP. irminghun, druggist - J. U.XORlUB, Birmingham, p pet
dealer.-J. U. TETLEY, Ilindley. I anca-hire, brewer.
f’COF’H HKQUBSTRATlONd.
EJJZABPTH RtDD’.F, or Al.KXANDF.. Itonoou. i m xr.—P-vr8B80N and CO., Fdfn-
twAnmun. .Bd !...• Bunk-uM-W. AISHU:. uM. SOS. «iuiHuuku,.~r.
BldbET, Aberdeen, commUsiou agent.
Tuesday. May 25.
BANKRUPTS.
* LONDON and EASTERN BANKING CORPORATION. Th'ea.lneodle-itrv}o. and olso-
whrre.—N. CLKME-.TS corn facto • v . lOVVNSK^U. NotUng-hl I and Actoa-
rreen florirt—R FL FY, Woteerlos, Buckingham*hire, lonkee,. r, and Wi kon. N vth-
sn.prr'n»h»r , bit rhe”. 7 SIMMOML Wocsritanj, ooaobmakdr —J. M 4.RE. N .*rc«U >-
wnde -Lvma, mUk» — 7 MK> KS, Leamington Priors, uoh f-Aorer. At L4N8, 7I.muoe»‘«r,
*uricuit*irsl implement maker.—o. FOSI R nt’fy Yorkshire, dy> r. C. 0\PF.S. 11 ok-
DionuW'ko. -orkiih re *• ls*ap>-HARGAtC A \K ,\CK WKLT., HmUjH. o*on tn.riu ,c-
tar-r. — S-PKER. Oh ham ta lo*. T h, B0WK8K Mftuchest.ir, cmnmlasiim luarohmt.—
R. TURNBULL, North t b:dd«. newsagent.
SfOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
A WALLACE, Pm»' , ee, murica-tl»r.— at. CHIU fit, Arcbtonnlor. grain merchant.—
G. REID. Barrhead, spirit di-al^r.—W’ BOWIK, FaL.lrk, niumaan. —8. YOUNG, AlrJrlo,
La.arkfhbe, baker.___ p
BIRTH.
On the t5fh Inst., at Eocleaton-squarc, tho wifaof lames MacGregor, Esq., of ft son.
MARRIAGE. ,
fn the 15-h, lit Broadwater, WdrUFng, by the Rev. Bnreaford Dowtlwr, brolner of tM
bride. Chaplain to the Krrl of i on-oalo, »nd Vicar oi Vowchurch Augu*te. only of A :
Lis Champ* de !* Tear. E*q.. of Mff r ? Hants, to Maud, widow of Thomas Ieitfh. Esq-, ft***
dai gbter of the Ift'.e Gorges I.owiher, Eeq.
‘Deaths. .. T ,
On the 21st inat., WUIl-’m Kenai*d. Inf n! non of Osmond Johnson, Baq., Wroxali, I»io
ofVight. _ _
Cn the 4thofUa*ch. aged ‘M. J-hn ’'age', eld-?*t a u of the fftto Kev. flenrv T oms
Btrwt- n. of LydlanS Hou*« Wilts, and Vicar of Rodbon,n.- Cheney, In th-» same ceuntr-
• ll« v-as kill'd by th >'*vhc h of the Anri-man Tf tends wn<l»t on uhor-''hare, in_rn>* a:ttv«
discharge of hRdP»!i.-« at il lnl ufflrtT c the U-E I.C.'fcfcurveylng-brig Mutton. His rstniun*
wore rwoverrd at ,1 tefr.rr -a at i*«rt Blftfr" . . a .. -r
On the 24:h ..f May ut 17. onurwt street. Poran*n-»qn-\re, Angus ft Sophia, reit.t o
fte late OmMgv H<ck>. F*q bar-ii'er at l_ncoln’<-lnn. in h-r k'.nrt >» «r. _
cn »h« 19»h Inst ETxsbttb wUsof tbs Kev. Robert Juhn Hftnison, Jucumbout of Fvr-
den, MoutKOtuer) »hire.
Mat 29, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
539
NEW BOOKS, tfc.
THE NFW KOVEL,_ .
H ECKINGTON. by Mrs. GORE, is now
icadv at a'l th« Libraries, in 3 vol*.
“One of Mre. Goto’* wittiest nud most brilliant aawoll na most
agreeable n- vels." Obserrer
Also tost published, in * vola., with Portrait, 2la.,
MEMO IKS of KACHEL.
ONE-AND-TWENTY By the Author of “Wild
Viewer," *c. 3 vnl*. Also. m» w odn"»ditr. June *, in Svola .
The POOR RELATION. By Miss PARDOE.
Hoist and Blackktt. PubiUh-n. 13, Treat Marlboroigh -street.
THE STORY OF LUCKNOW.
Third Thousand, Lap 8vo, 4a. tkL,
A IADY’S DIARY of the SIEGE of
LUCKNOW, written for the perusal of Friend* at Home.
•• In lh»* 1 «*l sense, nnd in everv » n* e , this Is a woman's aca unt of
Ihe siege of Lucknow. Her Journal s most touching-or |t» simplicity.
There is not a sen ence written in it for effect. Tho little record Is
ccra-picuous for no h ng so much aa its modestv."—Examiner.
Joint Murray, Albania' e-street.
Kow ready, 8vo, price IDs. 6d~
rrHE INDUS and its PROVINCES, with
X MAPS. By W. P ANDREW, Author of “ Indian Railway* ha
C onnected with the Power and 8*ability of Iho British Empire in tlio
Ac.—W. H. AU.KN and CO., 7. LeadcnhAll-strcct
T he practical mechanics’
JOURNAL, Pan 1*3, for JUNE, 1*158. price ia„ Illustrated with
n kIehly-fin : sho4 folio Copnrrpltte Ergra-ing of Messrs. Richardson
and Son's Three fyl!* d r Ma ine Engines and Fifty Wood Engrav¬
ings, containsOriginal Artlo’et on «hs Htsto-y of the dewing
Mscbino tho Ro*sl Academy, Mechanical Note* from Amo i», the
Foc'cty of Arts' Exhibition. Keo> ut Patents, Porter’s Brick* AT H.
Johnson's c ewlrg Machmts. Eshholmo'a Valves. Newberry’s Blinds,
Wbn ball's B icks, Pitel Signa’s, Hendry and Raoeock’s l'uber,
Cra* doll's forve Ing Johnson’s Printing, Learurc’v Ventilating,
Whitesmith's Weaving. ‘-tevenson'e Reflector*. Registered lb ileus,
Reviews of New Works. Conesp'-od* ce Scientific Societies, Marino
Mtmon nda. Monlhly Nctes of Scientific Novelties, Lighting Rail¬
way T-.ain«, Rtereonmnoscope, Bclg an Photography, Foot Lever
Press, Mining Tool, Tuvfcre Pressure Gauge. Law Reports of Patent
Cases, t lata of Pat'nte, Dos gns Registered. %c. f Ac.
I o.vgma .V nnd Co. P*u roo*t«r-row. Editor'* Offloes (Offices for
patents), 47, Llncoln’i-inn-fields f
Just published, Second Edition, revised, with considerable Additions'
post 8vo, cloth, 7s. tkl.,
E pilepsy, and other convulsive
A p Fl£ TJ0N8. Thoir Path 'logy and Treatment. By CBAS.
BLAND RADCLIFEE, M 1) Physician to th«» Westminster Hospital.
London: John CuirHCUlLL, Nrw Burlington-stroet.
_On June 1. with 30 exquisite Engravings, 3*. 6d.,
T HE POACHER, and other Pictures
Country Life. Bv THOMAS MILLER, Author of “Sum
Mornings," &o.—WARD and 1.QCK, 1&8, Float-street.
On June t. with 80 page Engravings, Is-,
P LACES WORTH SEEING in L
Ihe cheapest and best Handbook, the UIustrati<
kavo cost £800 .-Wabi» and LOCK. Fieet-streot.
lllastratod with *50 Descriptive Engravings 3a. 6d..
W IFE’S OWN BOOK of COOKERY.-
Agreeable Dinners, inexpensive and easily cooked. Also. Nico
Dinners for every dav. WARP and LOCK: and all -Booksellers.
Just out. Third Edition, price .<» 8d. Illustrated.
T he practical housewife.
By Editors of “ Famllv Frieud." “ A capital handb
Athi-ntvnm Warp jm* LOCK awl all Book.ollars.
E
two Useful Arts and Elegant Accoropfishmonta.-
NEW PERIODICAL.—Id. weekly. Monthly Port,.fid.,
T own talk
An Illustrated Journal of “odal. Utnrsry, Theatrical, and
Political Gossip, "rice Id weekly Office - l^. FTeM-olraot-
T
This day. Midsummer Volume, price 2a OtL,
HE FAMILY FRIEND
'Very amusing, van varkd. vory neatly illustrated, and very
' Times - Warp end Lock. 158, Floetratraet.
•beep."—Illustrated 1
I HE HALIFAX PUBLICATIONS ire the
cheepe-t BOOKS In iho world, and tho beat adapted for presents,
ik for tbr Halifax Cheap Edition..
Mr-rK* acd ftnwuRHT, Halifax, Yrekihlra.
C RYSTAL PALACE. — BIMMEL’S
« FUriAL CALENDAR (printed on Satin. and perlbm-vl) con¬
tains the ArnnKfm-n’s for ’he season, Hallway fima-uhle aad
other Inform*' onderived fre-m ofllainl soarer-s. **nc | 6J,, or sent by
post for 7 stamps — Rimmel. 95, Strand. sadCrystal Palace.
Price Is ; postage-fr*? 13 stamps
SAFER FLOWERS the Art of Modelling
and Ms king. Bv CHAKLEH PKl'PER. Illustrated.
1 omlon: .1 BaRKARi*. 3.19, Oxforrt-rtPot. W.
QTAILED WINDOWS, Ac., are now sne
ccssfullv Imitated by tho now sul he 'nti ti precast DIA-
PBAN1K Pllln Instructlo-s ri m »VJ ; »v»riagi»-froc, 7 st impj
London: J- Barnard 339, Ox ord-street. W., yhoio spoeira-rae
way bo Inspected.
NEW MUSIC, §-c.
TVEW SONG: When we went a Maying- i
11 Words by CARPENTER; Music by A. MATTACK7. Beauti¬
fully Illustrated by BRAN DAKD Price (.Kwtage-freo), 2*.
London: JOSEPH Williams, 123. Cbeipsida.
TTENRY FARMER'S POLKA D’AMOUR.
JLJL Illustrated In Colours by BRANDARD. Price 3s , postage-
free. London: JOSEPH Williams, 123, Cbeapsido.
CURST LOVE. New Ballad Words and
JD Mr sic bv Lady RTRACEY. Price 2s-, ooriage-freo
London: Joseph Williams, 123, Cheapalde
TTENRY FARMER’S JU N 0 QU ADR [LLES.
il 4s.: Duet, 4s. Illustrated in Colours by BRANDARD. Buf¬
fett, 3s 6<L; Orchestra, It.
Louden: Joseph Williams, 123, Cheeps!Je
TTENRY FARMER’S FIRST LOVE
Ml WALTZEP; Illustrated In Colour* by BRANDARD. 8olo. 4s.;
duot 4*.; septett parts, 3s. Gd.; orchestral parts, 5*. Postage free.
•* Tho second strain In the first part la. without exception, the most
delicious morceau we have heard this Moaon."—Guardian.
Published by J. WILLIAMS. 123, Choopslda.
"DOW, ROW, HOMEWARD WE GO!
JLl Bv CARPENTER and 8PORLB. Price 2s. M. Ulaitritod by
BRANDARD. A oompoUtion of much beauty, and becoming im-
menrelv ronnlar. the melodr beirg charmingly simple and graceful
Also published oa s chorus for frur voices, prloe 2s., post-free.
J. Williams, Its, Cheap,Ida.
TTENRY FARMER’S Celebrated DANCE
XI MUSIC.—Eighteen of this popular writer’s admired Comoo-
itiont lire now reedy lor Band*. .Septett Parts, 3s. M -; full Orchestra,
8s.—J oseph Williams, 123, Cheapside.
T ’ESPALIER de ROSES.—Mazurka Bril-
1 1 tint*, by ADRIEN TALEXY. This beautiful piooo, bv the
admirfd composer of tho celebrated “Mvxurka Etude," Is published
by Jopeph Williams. 123. Cheapside *•., poet-free.
fT OSELIA MAZURKA. By ADRIEN
XV TAJ.EXY. Illustrated in Colour* by BRANDARD. Another
admired production of :hi* celebrated Composer.
ipsKPH Williams, 123. Cbeapalde. 3*. oort-free
TO MERCHANTS. SHIPPERS, AND FOREIGN RR3IDENT3.
TOSEPH WILLIAMS. 123, Cheapside, the
tl Publisher of Henry Farmer's celebrate! D4NCE MUSIC, is
prepared to orword to any part of tb* world MUSIC of all kinds.
Including ihe newest and most popular compositions, In large or small
quantities, on the most advantageous terms.
"D RIGHT GREEN LEAVES. New Song,
P beautifully act to mualo by J. L. HATTON, and Eluitrofei.
Price 2s. fid.. Post-free.
Addison, Hollies, an! Lucas. 210, Regenl-etreet.
mBREADS of GOLD. An elegant littl
1 Allegorv, beautifully ret to music by BALFE. Prlui 2a., Post-
free. Addison, HollIBK. and .ucas j 1!>, Regant-atrvet.
TTNDER the LINDEN. New Song, com-
vj j.osed In- GEO. LINL8Y, and sung by Miss Louisa Vlanlug.
Price 2s.. Pvt-free.
Addison, Holueb, and Lucas, IP, Regrat-e'.reet.
TT IS NOT, JEAN, TRY BONNIE FACE.
X New Pong- Words bv BURN*; Music, dedicated to ths Couate*s
of Yarborough, by N. DE BECKER. A charming song for voices of
limited cotiipii,*. Price 2s . post- free
Al'JiisoK, Holliek, and LUCAS, 2!0, Regent-street, London. W.
CO ere tho Agents for ALEXANDRE’S PATENT MODEL.
-CRAMER, BEALE, and
"111 T AX FLOWERS.—Wax and Materials for
ft Modelling of the ho«l quality at the lowwt prtoee. IMallvd
lMs per po? t for onu stamp, firtmplo d«ton o' wax (any wour•JJMt
postagi-fre on receipt o' nine atampe Complete Tusirnctior-lxrok,
bonnd and nr. fttsely Ulostmud. 2*. M tw*’ 'ir’-free,
piled,—London: *M. HAHXAK : «». Edgw are -mail, P utd lngLru, _
MITH'S INDICATt IK vtAPof LONDON,
by application of a Tape, »ho p .1 tlon of .wcr^ 8tn»-on the Map.
Jhricofcd. ipo 1 1- ree .—UfltU and box, ./2, Buaul Ccom.ro.
8nm < y-*ti*«t).____
C iHEAP STATION KRY.—A sample packet,
) com airing above sixty rarleua sort* of wnf lng-pajK?r and en-
vihirea. re *tfree b', pcs' for tlx stomps — WM. DAW.S.r** and BON4,
Btston-TS and Acconwt- 1 ok Manufactnnirs, 7*. Coxman-swect, City,
Lot no n ksteblGhcd .S 1 * 0 . _____
ri'HE HERO’* WIFE.—A Series of Six
.1 BTIKROBCOFR TA1U.KAUX, to A Ml.VESraa. n :
So- 17 bt i cpai tare —t Goo Protect dear Pwa. 3. Pbo Dretm.
ike Pottle Field—4. lb. Dream the ’inward -5. T)je A waken log.
# The Retnru. Tin 1 photography of thw* pieiuros 1* vory dV^tj
the srr. ngoment of tho vanoa* grenpe of a nigh ariJat": oh.raotar^.
end crnii e: t nrt^ have proiiounre-d them to
•f their kind To b« had (t *11 donlw Whowuue.on^ at ,
X qwTcnr e-lsne. Cb* fl 1 ’ c1, ’ _• _\
F rames, frames, fraxuos.—T he
C .~p-t Hoo.e In tho «r.»!t for mT ^fl.'SiSR'iSSitS
l»u«(opporite i iury Uue I :.«a»re) 0E0 K8._
K
ELVES’ DRAWL-' G 1U SOILS, in every
degree of shade
113, Chmi*»ide. Tymdon. R.C,
L > N A. Serenade pour le Piano, par
FRANCESCO BEHGF.R. “Ono of totmnst eDgant things.”—
Dully News Prke, with Ibwtrated Title, js. Sent free ou rocolpt of
twelve stamp*. " * ”* ' "*
London: Evn and Co., 390, Oxford-rreet
R UBLnSTEIN’S COMPOSITIONS for the
PIANOFORTE, a« rmrformed at the McudeM Union. Ronriknoa
hi F, Is 6d : Melody n F. Is.; Torental’a, 2s ; More a a ; la Turcn,
U.; Barearole, Is. Sent post-freo ou rec« pt of stamps. I'uhliahpl
byT wEK and CO.. 390. Oxfoid-itroet. where all Mr. liuhins’-oin’s
CorajKwilion* may bo hod
ri'HE MONTH of MAY. Nocturno for
I Two Vo ; ces, with Pianoforie Accompaniment. Tno Words
from th« Hymn-beak of tho London Oratory. The Miu'e by 4V
8 JHUI.THER f ent fr*a on recript of >2 stamna By tho sara®
Composer 1WELVE OBAToRY HWN8 for Ono Voice, w'th !*tano.
’Dcdicaittl to hi» T rninonca Cardinal WUmw fL oond Eiitioa. price
is vqnt irce —Ltndon: Ewer *nd Co., 390, Oxford gtrest.
TVTEW GALOP THE ALARM.- Composed
JLl bvT. BROWNE Price 3a poxtage-freo) -Among tho *P*'k-
ling nove‘'le» porfortiv d by Weljipert’s Band ftt tho Grand .4«ato Ball
a; Bui klngbnm Po!«ce none rhono inrir-' conspicuously than tho
** Ahum " Galop, which wa- admired by all, / /
Duff and Hodgson, 65, Oxford-streot,_,
N
EW VAL -B, LA CLEMENT!
pored by F.JX Him*. Pri"« 3e.
tl *a»’ In* ingyVnr 1* ono of tb«r rnw, suci
Tb's brilliant and ’a^Tn' ingy . -- — -- - - —,
tb* s«iuion.—London: Duff and HubosoK, 05. fix'o-d-atrroC.
T AIilES’ end (iEN'i'LEMKN’S AMUS&
J ; BV.NTS Mr CHEEK c- «lf«lly ffi
CTOCK^r AKCireRV, whlobifc^ljK>ot»« c *2 , "“-‘ h “!.‘TS
world, *mOR, whli.h will t- C un ' Hu- V" ‘ wid
tn-.oti.ul ,, riri(t_, St,.'.rwood, tin,) thr u-u,! h' ,, , 0
M l. Bov... .1 prior, rf.t ion iwrn > to ' bfe*. ilo oona.
,ord,»«n: S iUt Tufe. 2. -.ob; I foot. I»t Uuto &t^n«»
?■ 37s 6d . 80s., a (1 7 guineas; Geutlem*aB|W| , J**v u '. Ua
10 gulura- The rt-ck c* >\thing-rials **«»t
price* modoreto] -fishing f -ml; T. «nti. ***■* 44 f’A
Khmm-r hiLg,'^. d. -nd O gumotw,
3-i 6d Bottom-il-hinr. V., IS. fid . 33a, an g
File* fti per d-Ken, D.rw-ysnl gul line, il, tJ
fln. 1*., extraodUiarily Five SuL every kmgtb ael'icto..'^. I^ r '’
snirerior bamboo rod, spllred lop ringed, brasod, a* * win-b fittlm?*,
^ ^non.21s.^lx-jmrd.forra^
■own I i* A haw **>■' .i .ment <>L«rxtr. inoly chA o Cnckot Bati, oy
IwAtMd Cwwb.w. b. t .Jiialfty, turtob <Uor jt “d-1 i™" 1 'J" 12 ' £
. j,,- )|... wicket*, belt*, glovoi. tc Hhcf- ». I'k.tolPj oach.
T ji.'i ItjTwToen, Napit’cipii Utne. brown »il*. and Improved *li>aca
rm^SSo" -eregi^fram'S. remark fy I'gbt . also Moorior
mTrfr grib». b* wn Mlk. and vlnaa.. for -. ohjlco aisori-
Bicnuted. is / t :. *«1 ‘Usstcok of 9oxlngGlov««.
Canes and GsuutVJ*, ko ? l» wor hy
Fendcg FoBs, Masks * J !.« v v.,,, <h the jmuhof tho,-re*»n»
thenotkeofall Pf^T^^^b^PXrpIcsi FduoAt'on %vi:h Anoase-
d*y to comWre ***£**£*£ ^Lj R or , ollegoi. largo vYnoU, pm-
ment. A rtb-*r»l ■ll'twaime t> no^ a Jl! , f A . Ma:iuiAtfory and
4 r.*scni, nnd dtttiers in archery, IF • F ,j. |>0 vrebor J Gul lo 'IriiJib
” Eo J.rtiol.. .utchoUKfi If .riHslfb- «>> Vin*ff«
TVTEW SONG, THE GOODBYE AT THE
_L 1 m>DR. Comiios d by STEPHEN GL«>V'- R. Price 2«.
This toochlng aril ploHiing S*i atthnsBexotn* a grea' frvunrito.
London : i OFF and HODGSON 65. cxf. nl-:treat.
-VIEW SONG, YEARS AGO. Composed by
J.1 c. HOrGcOV. prioo 2*. Word* and music fl.iw boautlfuUy
togethur, nnd form a yenr i rttif l'id att.
London: D f vr and EOOOMV, 65, 0 1 :ord-*rnet.
B 1
’t> NEW PIECES for
. PIANOFORTE.
UnerN" itrorte t *c M«jear.3a.
yw Fttirtr s mo uni di« efto a “
Lo Depivri da VsIssean ..
nnd Co., 50. New B-nd-a*reeL
the
.. 3* Gd.
Justpnblishsd.
lajEW" MUSIC, composed by THOMAS
-X 1 ELklWlCK.—Tlia Spell (Song . t* : Poor Lcrabo t.Bnl ail’,2*.;
Coin' , » coma; doar*»4 (Serenade), 2* ; I think alono of Then i.BAilou
inalheUqae), 2* : Obduon sweat “tream tSmu). new edit! jo. 2s.
C» AMUR. BXst-E. sn l CHAl'PKLL 2rti, I.egentMureot. and by
CrrewKk and Co , SUtlonrr*. John .tnv t, Oxford-atr»rL
PIANOFOHTE
MUSIC.
. .. fu
. .. 2 *.
1VJ E WEf> T
I l Watblir.gs at F.v* B Richard*;
CMtfto rr.ain, beautiful Pri'ul Do
R Wn Ad el r. W. V. Wallace
M« .oval* Hki the red, rt-d Ro*e t Do.
f cm* from ths Great Mir for* 6B»k*.
IM: Famllv. Book 1. W, IL Cslcott.
Eumlltf-n » Modcru In truciiona I8tib Edition .. ••
__IK. 1<t fib glair. .. •• ••
Fantatif * op Air# trim "Don Juan" and * Martha. By
W. V. Wallace.<*cl»
Hem”, Fwret Home. Bv Bo. ..
Tie Vcoag Rietuit B. R*rhard*
London: KonkRT
O. F. We*L
i'ocks and CO., N*w Bur!ing*on-*tr«et. W.
w
HAT A SINGLE
By Mr*. W J. JAMES.
London: Robert Cocks *nd Co.
WORD CAN DO.
" A sweet song."
w 1
HEN WILL YOU LOVE ME? New
B&llrd, by the Author and Composer of “Hornettour to
f^re mb." This song hid# air to rival In jwpularity It* oalebnied
p i edaewor Price Is., free for itiunoa.
Evans end Co . 77. Bakar-streo* Fortmnn-sijaare, W
I TUETY SELECTED POLKAS for the
' PIA* OFOBT” (the best ar-d nioit pooal«r\ in a Is book,
edited by We-trop. Fifty • tleotod 8o p* and BaliMta for tbo Gm ar.
i*( ,r j t: r A « ■ >«„ VI tin prr.in,pil hr VfSSt/IKV I*-, tr")
•rdl*', le.; 2fM M-todle*
- . ^7*
,, 1 .w Mak)illt* for the
Mcbdi» for Ur* *lirroan Coin-ertJna (Reg.mdirV, le ; 290 H Kile#
tm *h« 1 nr Huh Concrtine (SeilKWitk's). •• Either tL-oa |>**t-'r*e
fa 14 IHsmps.—MUSICAL BOUQUET OFFICE, 192, H gh Holl*>ra.
TL TROVATORE QUADRILLES. By W.
I H M MGOMFltY. Price f*d., post-frre wnsi stamps. A
chsreil 'tf on tho b«t airs of thr opera- AUo M >mgrn«ry a
m C * C ..n?ri^nii Travatc Val*e» 6il rerh. ;x«t-fiMi seven .tamos.
235‘Shrr“mprsinoTis. by the ssmo pornlor d*» o wriwr. induilmc
BUI) om« r..;J hn -AaJtm g I> s, vgreovimos. rrdowos,
Ac^.^'cT -MUSICAL BOUQ' IT OF FI >' 192- H»g'i Ho'^m.
iu*t rublbbod. price ls~ post-free (tor stamoo,_
T\OWN ^Y THb> G'^EEN MEADOW (the
I / nrettie t -onp o' tbf * hy POOLE —Lohdant
8> i.TKR*?tonofr» W M*h r »c . <>mtirMc*-trrr«c-\ ' *m I n- 1 . vn
C HBAPBST MUSIC KEPOSITOKY in
b«bb«w P i«b w.
PIANOFORTES (First Class), DUFF and
XT HODGSON. Maker*. 66, Oxford-street.—There Instrument*
are reccmmer.dod bv the Pro'eislor, na*' ms* be had In Walnut,
Zebra, and Rost:wood Priota moderato Warranted.
TV/fUSICAL BOX REPOSITORY, 32,
111 Ludgate-street (nearSt. Paul’s).—WALE8and M'CULLOCH
are direct Irnpottore of Nl' OLR FRERK8' Cclobratod MUSICAL
BOXES, p’oyiug biillianMy tbe best Popainr, Operatic and Sacred
Music. LargeBirte, Four Airs, £4; Six, £6 6s.; Eight, £8; Twelve
Aire, £12 12s. Snuff-boxes, Two Tunes. 14s Gd.and 18a.; Three. 30s.;
Pour, 40a. Catalogues of Tones gratis and poet-free, on appliesioa.
TULLIEN and CO.’S CORNETS-A-
Q_f PISTONS, approved and tried.by Herr KOENIG, manafoc'
tured by ANTOINE C0URT018.
No. 1. Tbe Drawing-room Cornet-i-Plstons, by Antoine
Courtola, used by Herr Koenig .£8 8 0
2. The Coucert-room ditto, by Antoine Cunrtois. used
by Harr Kocfig at M. lulllrn'aconcerts ..880
3. The Military Cornet-4 Pistons.6 8 0
4 The Amateur "ornet-fc-Plstons .. .. •• ..850
8. Tbe Navy Cornet-i-Pistons .4 4 0
6 The Orulnory < ornct-b-Plstons iflret quality)-. .. 3 3 '0
7. Th* Ordhnry ditto Uecond.'qualliy) .2 2 0
List of Prices, with Drawings ot tho instruments, mav be had ou
application. j vi.iien and Oft* 2U Heg.tD-stow, W
TJ TOLKIEN’S IRKESiSTIBLE PIANO-/
XI • FORTE, with Truss Concave Bracings and Perpendicular
Bolts, by Letter* Patent.— T bc*o oxauiaite Instruments are superior
in power to any English or Foreign piano For quality .»f tone un¬
equalled; durability unquestionable. Por extremo dims os inv tiuab o.
Price (in elegant de*‘gns) moderate Height, 4 ft Drawing* post-
frre, at H. Tolkien'*, 27, 28, 29, King William-street Undon-bridge.
Pianolorte* for Hlro. with option to purchmae on easy terms
TT TOLKIEN’S 25-guinea Royal &rinato
XT • PIANOFORTES, 64 octave*.—This piano is acknowledg'd to
be superior to any English or foreign piano ai tbe above price, and,
by tho care end attention H. T. has d-voted to all branches of the
manufacture, he has obtained the highest reputation 'hrotighou! tho
universe for these instrument* unoqua led in durability and
cscy of touch.—H. To kien’s, 27, 28. 29. King WillUm-Kreer, Loudon-
bridge. Pianoforte* for hire with option to puroha.se on easy tangs.
"PIANOFORTES.- PU BLIC ATTEN HON.
X^ Some splendid Rosewood and Walnut-tree Cottage* and Ple-
oolos. 6f octave*, with oil the latest iniprovomunU, h»vo» aly been
used a few month*, from !5 guin-as.—At T^i.KlBN’H 01d-E*tah-
lishrd Pianoforte Warohotwe, 27, 28, and 29. King Williara-rtroet,
London-brldge. Pianoforte* for hire wihoptibn of purchase.
PIANOFORTE, a GREAT BARGAIN.—A
X f>£ rottage, in fine walnut case, tbVpropc ty of a Lady, flttrd
wi h metallic plate and all the rty ent iroprovomcnti. It Is w II worth
tho attention of anr one wanting a ruaJly g*i d tostrnninut. Tho
low c*t price. 19 guineas. /Pndw soon at 204, Oxford-streit W.
pURNITURE and PIANO, a bargain, fine
1* Walnut, warranted mnnufacture, nearly new, to 1».» SOLD for
half tbeir value; consisting of a draw jpg-ro m suite of oh»*to and
elegant design. incluA.nga lArge-eire t riUint plate chlmaey-g ns^ in
costly unlquo frame; a icagnifleent chiffonier, with richly carved
back, *nd doors flHtd Whh bWt st vered piste glsas and in trbie-top;
•upc: ior centre taMe, on pillar and haud»ymcly-CHr. cd Caws; occa-
sionslor lar'irs’writing nnd fanev table*, six solid, elegoatlv-oirv^d
chairs, in rich »Hk: a superior spring-*tuffeU settee; msv and Vie xia
choirs cn uin*. with extra-llU> 0 *e ca- »; t vo fancy occasional
Chair*, and n handsomx what- not. Price for the who'o suite P'orty-
slx Guineas The piano, swinl-oottoxe, noariy seven ootavvs, of
powerful and unusually brilliant sod sweet tone, wi h all tho mott
rocent improvrtnenU, by an etnu ent maker Price Twenty llttbmu.
N.li'"-Alston very superior set of modern dlnlDg-room furniture, o 1 fine
Spanish maboguiy, in bwt morocco. Fo-ty Guinnos. Tobesoeait
Lb WIN C^AWCOUf and 00. 8 I 'pholstonTS 7. yuuen'e-building*,
KnigKi abridge (ro>tflrdoore west of S'.osne-tr-et
/CABINET FURNITURE, CARPETS, and
V-/ BEDDING.—An 11 lustre ted Book of Estimate* and Furniture
Catalogue, containing 160 Design* and Prloe* of Fashionable and
Superior Upholstery. Furniture, to., gratis on application. P-nona
fumhbing, wbo studv economy, combined with eleganoe and dura-
biUty should apniv for this - LEW1N PhAWColTR .ud 00., Tahlnei
Manufacturers, /. Queen *-buildinra, Knlahfbrtdge (seven door* mat
of Bloah* streetV N.H. Country order* rarrtaa* free
TYININti and DRAWING ROOM FORM-
r y / TURK, in endless variety.
Tbe Fug^rle Easy Lhslr.25*.
The TngfnwCtuch In Walnut W«x>d .. .. 3 guinea*.
Drawing-room Chairs.I0e.6d.osah.
Daudiomo » aim 1 fable* .. •• 4gui:e*a.
J. MAPLE ant CO- 14S Totie- i am-c’'u*t rood
The largest and most convenient F^rntihlne isiabllahment in tho
World
T7UVE THOUSAND PIECES MAGNI-
X FICBNT CARPET, at 2s. 4 \ and 2* 101 per yard.
Rich Velvtt Carpets, at 3i tkl per yard
J. MAPLE and O., M5 r>tuu:hcm-c*jUjrt-roid.
TYEDbTEADS nt evtry description, both Wood
IT ard Iron, fitted with Furn ‘urp and Bedding c 'in l *to.
J. MAPLE and CO- M&toM7, To: enhara-ooart road.
An 1 lu*trend C* «' gt.e gratis
TJ EAL and SON*8 NEW ILLUSTRATED
CATALOGIT! con alt* drelg.v* «ni mlws f 150 article* of
BEf-BOOM FURNITURE- as we'l a* of 100 Iksls’e *U anj prcca
or cwry desem ti n of Bedding. *«nt fre« hjr post H »»l and 8 n.
Bo.stcsd, Bedding an I Be-room Fondtuio ManufACloreri, '96
Tot**I*bam-ci urt-r-iac, W.
TTANDSOME BRASS ond iRON B D-
JT1 8TFADS —HEAT, and hON’S t !mw Soomi ©on a'n * l**-re
as orttrenf of < r.ss Bed* •* ds, suitab •< lxuh to* Home use a d for
Troi.tosl C.irasLS: ha»w s mo i to- Bed* ends with Bra M n itin^e
a. i, e'*gin:>- Ja;anu^l: Plain l oo Be stead* for a -ts; ev vr
drecrit tion of Woo' Beds sal that ■ rr* .nf*ctnr-ri. to Mahogany,
Birch, wstout-tree woods. Polished Deal i nd J^psnned. all dttc.l
with Bedding and Furniture e mjrie'e as weti •* vnry d wnlption >r
B/u-ro mFurnUnre.—Bs-i* udtk.'-,Bedstead, Be'.lmg andBou-room
burniturn Munufacturris, 196. To'te h -n-.oart-r.wd, W.
V SSKS. JOHN WELLS and 0< >.. 210,
aY(J Regent-stroet London, having p:ir©'i*M*l (owing *o hs do-
prserion In »he manu arturing dlstslcts'l a very large to' ot 'he Hebert
VELVET P1LN and BrvUSoVi^ CAliPFPfi d *igortl«ix.»e*alyto*
• he W«st-end trarlc, a: agrnst reduction in price ‘Mo Lrrm# Sttk
Kroeo m. Brrcoi- lire, ftlik Damasks, in all the most CulilouaMe
colourings sod ricl ert makea Also, a large tot of K *i»ch Chibtxre
of the most be«utl al *nd elahora-e design*. Tt*e wh la ol th-re are
now otfmvl st a c o sidnral ie redoctimi frem th* prime c at for ci»h.
ard ar«> well worth th* sitarrlnn of inteitdlug purchaser Pa'iunn
w-ll »>e imt into tho t tnurr free of ohS'ge; *1 rhelr lilm'rered
caiulogne of furniture, fcc -210, Kegcni-etreet (opposite Ceodult-
*treet>
r \Il Y v. WEST.—Note the Ditference.—
1/ p »nd S BKTFW*8 FUKN1TURB. PLATE- > f and
BEDIilNCi WABFUOY8ES. K«. ' .and 11 F.NSBLTtY-TBK-
RACR, • Ur-read, from ihrfr ntenfirt "‘holrsalc and Export Tnule,
nrv ertabled to give retail purchasers an (tan cn*e adv-niaga in prior*,
and oil*r their unrivalled Drawing-room 8c• u* - rosewwd or wal¬
nut—for Fifteen Pound*] also ri ch- I Ive-p.anil rshly gilt British
I late < h'ecnej-gUt*. *lie 8 fto t by 4 fret. « <*»* warren fed. awl
exchanged If not appr vod. Illuftni'rd Hook* of Prtee* awl r.«U-
rncirs scut, pott- free. *S B, Good* dcli.cred free within l<» miles of
lendun.
TYOLMAN’S PATENT DRESSING-
X " OLA8818. ^
There norel GIsssmi combir e «)• ganoo wi.h greeter esefabtaea and
dcreblUty thanbes blibtrto boon a'laloed.
TLr» are so o> >nstiorio1 es to admit of being heighten*! or ore
tressed, by tree ns of a rack provv ed wtb • rock a. wheel atul fall
to svetaU 'bogl ssat tht* required r eva»b*n. and *l-o •erndJot to
«itb r »do. and, in fact, placed In a: y pieltlon that can be re-
Thsse mcvrmrntsare effected with th* most e "'* : **
will beietm on •xsmina?ton that the a thm c«-n V- lore H*i effidepoyi
but. after a lap** of yesrs, will bo as prefect a* on ib. flret day of
ibovo Gl**re* sn> mad«' In Malmganv and other wood*, or
with err cluuent* In white, or eokwr and poM.
An ther etcro in «b- ••«* uc!sj to h*t In a tow so-tods they
cen be teken «n'i rlj to ; bees. In order to iwek in n smril •>*«• for
ln»i smltslon to dUtancos, .....
The Trad* supplied m any r*r? ft: tbs Unit'd K ng.om.
H. D.*ln»* n- ‘atooice
N-lsri-gml. G*a«owich. K- n'.
K ING and CO., Filkmercers, he., 243,
Regent street, and st the Centre T ran*«pt, Crystal Palace, beg
to announce that they are now s-Ping off thoir remaining portion of
their SPRING STOCK at a great redaction In prloe.
L adies, write for patterns of
tho New Fabric* for
Walking, Evening, and Wedding Dresses,
and save
50 oer cent
In your Purchases.
Addrees to KING and CO., Kegent-*troet, London.
S EA-SIDE DRESSES and JACKETS.—
French Lawns,
10s tho Full Dress
Tarontll a Lawn Bobo* add Jackets,
15* 6il rewJv for um)
Patterns pest-free. - Address to KING and CO.. 2(3, Regent -street.
N EW MANTLES and JACKETS.
lawn, Marcella, and Cloth Jackets,
5# to l ft s- 6d rack
^-811k and Cloth Mantles, 9
7s 6d t £i 3*
Prinled Design* po«t-free Ai'dre** to KI G and CO., 213, R^gaV-et.
B
LACK SI LKS.—Patterns Post-free.
GIscd 8ilks,
/ .€11s tho FnU Dress.
, ( \ Widows' rtllks,
\ \ XI If* 01.
\ \ Moi’d Antiques,
£2 18s. txl
Financed KIks,
\ \ £2 Ids. Od
AiMre*s tr/KTNG *-nd C .2 3. Beg*ut-street
s
TJMMEB SILKS.—Patteroa Post-free.
Striped and Clwcked SUks,
jfi 1s the Full Drees.
French Ch»nfe Bilks,
/ £1 10s
Flounced Silks,
£2 2s.
Brocaded French Fionaoed Silks,
Li l*s 61
Moird An'.iqur*.
£3 3s., asually soul at £4 Qe.
Address to KING and CO.. 213, RarenWrsH.
8
UMMER DBEsBES. — l’auerns Post-free.
f>r<andle Muslins
2a. lid tbe hull Drors.
Flounced Juoconeu,
Is 6.1.
Flo uncod Organdies,
10a. M.
Balxarines,
3 . f>d.
Flounced Ba’marines,
12b. 6d.
French HrfUiOfits,
»s- 9d
Float: ced Brilliants,
fa *kL
French
8s. 6d.
Flonnoe' rtariges.
- 8s. 6d.
Now Chend Bilk nod alohsir Dresses,
1 2s «d
Addres* to KING nnd ro..2l4 Begent-itreet, London.
G RANT and GASK (laie V. lUiams and Co.),
WholMAlo and Ratal! 8iik k.er.-cr* and G-.ncr i Drapo a. re-
spe-fnly sneounre that ’hey are now oxtiihiring an extousivo col-
leerion »f <'l*ticgu bed novelties in orltHta *nd Foreign M<uauf«ictare,
bi'ks. MasilnsreBoie, Bartges, Pilnttd Muslin* l.vaniag Dr-sees,
fc ante*, bhawls, Kluhons. &c. ,
Thev Invite sp* ctal alt. ntlec tc* several largu pnrehasas of Flounce.!
gllk Rob * arc Kobes • QaUl •. which will he nold much andur their
value, vis from 39* 6d. To guinoaa the full drew of 16 yards.
Al,o a lot ot w.de f- nev Bilks, «t 28*. 6tl fhe full d. a* of 11 jurda.
7ro P.lned Fiomocd Musl'a Da w s at n 9d. and 8*. 9d , a»t
c« lr,r.rs, worth trom It*, o 14i. 3YI French ! 4a^ 0 Printed ilhto,
21,. 9d, bret quality. 800 Balxarise, ditto »,t 2s ikl . vory c >oap.
G*urrni Mon ruing.—puoia: l'.oms are aporoisristad j'o> trust pur-
r 0 «c. w here Mourning C mtnrne of every d*scr ptlon is kept ready for
in.mfuiat*- u»«
Order* fo*ratterna and m«tchlng oarefully attendsd to
ttmmwce Uouic. 89, «0, 61, and 12, Oxfvtd-stimt. 3, 4 r 5, Wdls-
Itnei
M AKRIAGETK'iUSSc.AUX and INIJiAi!*
OUTFITS.—CHitibOA and <A' HBONE respectfully solicit
an inspect! i n o' their exlMuiv* aud redicrche at xk c mulnmg
Pari»isn ta ’« with ftat excellence and durability of material for
which the r hour, has b'xn noted for aim-area of alxty yean.
II, Wlgmoie-stiert, W.
H ALF-MOURNING LIGHT FABRICS.—
M* mis JAY have the honour to announce they > are recently
Imported from Lyons black, black arvl grey. »»«1 iper *nd b’ack.
GhKNADINK DRK89B6. of novel do Ign*. andsmooU grey tabrtc*
lor ladi. * who arc not In mourn ng. . w „
M,„r*. Jey hav-ebo had ^ftpored Barege and Muslin Drears,
French end -ritUh for the warm *e>s n T use Dreeere ar* re e-red
dir.cl from the manufacturer* <nd the oriocs. In consequence of ibis
advantage, will bo found exooe'f njriuleratO-
THE LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WARKH0r T 3E,
247 219. and 25’. Rerm-.-atree*.
M illinery for mourning.—black.
GRVY, rr WRITE BONNET*.—Thr 31-tnsgor of tk* MJ-
bnerr Deiarim nt of ihe Lo don Gernral Mourning W.rebiuao
hav ng juat leturresl from P*:la with the latest Fremh novaltles,
Messrs- Jar trope* full v a tic tan <nsp elm or ih^lr seccad Impor¬
tation *hi, »e^s n of ml linery fa*hh:ni.
THE LONDON GEM V HAL M >UR TNG WARF.HO BE,
«2l7 249, and 2)1. KRUEXT-SrilKEr.
JAY'S.
I A ROSiERE GARNITURE.—Black GIucc
I J Msnt’m with ibis trimming, *1*0 <W Maatlc. and Lreases to
r.nuxnd ate cow hrina made ui* at
TBE LOND iN OKNRK4L M U’-cS NO WAUEHOU4E,
2i7, 249. and 25 URGENT-STREET.
jars
X,1 RS. HISCOCK, LaDIKS’ OUTFITTER,
i.T J 84. Regent-street, quadrant
Fine Long-cloth Chemises .. .» 2, bd. to Ms. half dozen.
Ihtt*’. ditto, t immed «• •• •• is 6d. to res „
Msbt Drrse,# frilled. *• **■ "
Ditto ditto, trimmed, with embroidory, 6,. fid to 27»- „
Lvsry suticle Of super!-r I-cloth, and thoroughly well malo.
Outfit, extiemely economical.
List* forwarded free-
TTTHITB MUBUNETTE Ml iRNING
Y\ DRBB8K8, *la Trireme' wtih the gnlpn-e wh> I trimming,
beadrd W'th orlonrrd runn rs -od rlbfxi* b wi ahk atrtlle ludn 1«1.
bam let of th i mAierisi and tr'mm g» with diiections, iwot by posU
Mr*. UIb^O K. ‘ -irrrt st .-
DH1 RTS.—FLA 'NEL SHIKI
IJ description. Dr*ss 8bir»s, sod Iw.sa g *1 . rr.
w'P be *ent on app 'caboo-CAPFEil *-ti WAT
stieet. London. R-W
.very
J
MP1.KTANT lo LaDiER r^auing
m do LINEN of fl s retain,
ms pnoes- Book, of Prices
* ladies' rxrpsrtm-nt-"—w HiTT.L
Strand. If U Oppos 'etb* Ohaieh,
P RATTS KLASTiC bTOCKINGS, KNE-V-
CAFF, Ac., are rA.-mnwode* by the »«•' tmlamtl'hritgi:*
Bbd -nrgwcs f r Varicose Veins. Weak
- --. a. vi_i H. » I. .1-1 In — aiu4l IVltt 'UlifVAl lUst Q
n l an-’’ Ar.iflcUl lxg Maker. IW.OxJn.rUarree' i
lWt»nh«BWisBr-ri*d
1 NFANTB’ NEW rFLOLNU-BOlTI.EB.—
bvaatlfn. os tbe Fosdtag-BotiJw UKrodsswl b* « > W * A *
Oxford-s• reel. Wbiahw/w weiohw rearing by hand, oroocoaiosml
fiseding, thev areoalM am It* Bed » " ^ _
IT'O LADIES NURSING,
! J. fUlll lrt ft"- '.Hri■-’T
I El AkL 196. Ox''rd-*trret 4». W . * iflr W»% W extra.
T
NEW NIPPLE
BS
P ATI NT SPRING PH.LOWS.—These PU-
|. m in* itreruly recvrmecdel by tbe medic.1 poifosstan Irr
afford Ire '**" srd c mfort to th* I valid. I At of Prices may b» od
of W. H. BATSON nnd CO, I, M*d.lox-atrett, Hegent-stree*.
BE BRITISH FEEDING BOTTLE for
INFAN i* ho* brm exb bried 'vi'ore th* Mcd«*Utotet'e* an f
aravrred ef Hr rvrrv mei'lcal m in wh.i i as se^n It. Tv •• • A’’ "f
regul-iedhT* stcr-oock. From tbe iMm* -**?*
t,laird Jn wh«* mstJl « - *y Iv ta*ta xamrmtjcU*^ J ",
I £ 3 , lwvy.ee K ne.H cann n »««• wrer H
” '1 tctii, ttw '*■! we have seen. * n r • w*-or
1 ta**? to rtir reilw-ay -t ttim. by Wl* LIaM T. COOl’KJt Pha.-ma-
Cturt Cbrjnle? W. Ox rn-ri-«ir>*t__
rt\PE BEST BED lor a CHILD is ono of tt\k. LOCOCK’S PULMONIC WAFERS
1 TJOT.OiRH Hrril.' JC C0T% * O* km* to <•* "Si 1 A/ hrtun Will.*. «»l« >.1*1 l.VtoiJt
—ui. r-am.FI, iMn and n liars aand br*s. ***** Prir* c ^,-giH. i • tifiovsue, and -1 d d»r ■> be nr* .n a
ilwk V i-M,.«nu i-k.. -v- >W.
j Sold b? all medi.ine rail, hewrf* vf cutotortru*
A THHOAKh MKIAl.Ut, WI3| • s‘*t iwg".'
with moveable sides and pi Is re. castor* and h r* —
21s- Including a ( . coa-nnt Fibre Hattres*. Packed and <«Uv«ei
at anv ra lway a alloc In tbe kingdom for il*.
Tb*u.M TteloaF, 42, Lodg»:e-luli, London, E-v-
•540
NEW BOOKS, frc.
KIRBY AND 8PBNCB'8 ENTOMOLOGY.
Sixth Theusand of tho Soventh and Cheaper Edition.
Jut published, in one elo*oly-nrinted volume of 600 pares, crown
I NTRODUCTION to ENTOMOLOGY; or,
Elements of the Natural History of Insects. Comprising an
Acoount of Noxious and Useful Insects: of their Metamorphoses,
Food. Stratagems, Societies, Motions, Hybernation, Instinct, he.
By WILLIAM KIRBY. M.A., F.R.8., F.L.8., Sector of Barham,
And WILLIAM SPENCE, Eeq., F R 8.. F.L.8. Beventh Edition
(Sixth Thousand) with an Appendix relative to the Origin and Pro*
- s of the Work.
“ Let no man think he knows
hew to en(«r the oountry who
has not studied the volumes of
Kirby and Spenoe."—Quarterly
Review (The Honey Bee).
“ No work in the English an-
guage, we believe, has done more
than Kirby and Spacoe's learned
and popular Introduction to spread
the taste for Natural History at
heme. *. . The book Is, indeed,
a marvel of cheapness—consider¬
ably more than 600 closely-printod
octavo pages for five shilling*. .
London: LOJroMAV, Bkowtt, and Co.
To our reader*, old and young-
parents, children, ta&chor*, re¬
spectively — we ssy, * Buy and
read;’ enjoy, verity, and enlarge,
by the nso of your own eyes and
faculties, the curious details in
rural ocooemy, animal biography,
and montal philosophy, amassed
with so much study and personal
observation, and digested with
equal taste and lodgment by tho
learned authors."—Natural His¬
tory Review.
Now ready at all the Libraries, 1 vol., r rice 10s «d.,
E aston and its inhabitants; or,
Sketjfces of Life in a Country Town. By L. E.
“ We are afraid that Easton is a country town to be found under
ano'her name on the Map of England. . . . Such a group has
•vidrn'ly not been drawn •nt rely/rom imasinaMm. . . We hope we
are doing no harm in directing ait □*ion to its lively pages."—Leader.
L. Booth, 307, Regent-*t«et, W.
OOKS FOR THE SEASON—
RU8TIC ADORVMENT1 for HOME 4 of TASTE. By
BHTRLEY HlBBERD. Itlustra'ed. '«s-GARDEN PAV. UKITES.
By SHIRLEY HI8BEKP. Coloured Plates 8s fid —'Th« BOoK of
the AQUARIUM. Bv BHIRlKY HDBaKD. Illustrated. 3* 6d.
A WORLD of WONDERS HBVKaLED by the MICROSCOPE.
By the Hon Mr*. W ( olonred “laioa. 5* 6d.
The BEE-KEEPER'S MANUAL. By HENRY TAYLOR. 100
Engraving*. 4a.
FAVOURITE 80*0 BIRDS. By H. G. A DAM 8. Coloured
Platts. 8a. W-Tho SEASIDE LEBSON-BOOK. By ti. 0. ADAMS.
Woodoutt. It 64.
The CANARY. By WILLIAM KIDD, of Hammersmith. Illus¬
trate!. 8s.
The GARDENER'S RECEIPT-BOOK. By WILLIAM JONES
*. fid.
BRI TEH OAWE-BIRDR and WILD-FOWL. By BEVERLEY R.
MO EIS. Coloured Plate*. i2 5»
FARM and GARDEN K38AY-<. Complete. Is.
CULTIVATED P^ANTi of tho FARM. By JOH^ DONALDSON
Si. od.
TREATISE on 8HEEP. By AMBROSE BLACKLOCK. Plain
mod Colour* > Plates. 3e.
GBOOMiiBUK>B and 80 X 8 , 5, Paternoster-row.
TY/TAGNTFICENT COLLECTION of ART-
JJCL TREASURES, coast* ting of 260 specimens of the chs^-d 'esuvre
Of the great Masters. On June 1st wi.J be published. in elegant c eth
•fit comple'e In one volume, price 8s , JOHN CABSEi.L'8 ART-
TREA'URE8 EXHIBITION. The work wUI ooniiat ot 420 pages,
fine paper, imp!. 8vo. Tho Engraving*, upwards of 360 in number,
executed in the highest stylo of art, oomprise portraits and specimens,
aoc -inpanted by biogiaphical rketchos and histoilrol notices of the
e) afa-d osuvre of WUkie Landseer, Millais, Re n Ids. Gainaboroogh,
Con table, Turner, WU»on, Hrguth L.nce, Vandjck, Lawrence.
Rubens, Bnerders, Rem beard, O tad*, Potter, t'uyp, Jordaeas,
Ruysdael fit. an, Teniers. Claude, Valentin, Desporta*, David, uuror
Murillo, and many others. —Kent and CO.
A N a
This day is published, price Is., _
ADDRESS to the SURREY CHURCH
SCHOOLMASTERS and SCHOOLMISTRESSES' ASSOCIA¬
TION, on the TEACHING tbc ELEMENT-* of PHYSIOLOGY and
the LAWS of HEALTH In BCHUOLR; wllb an Appendu of mls-
oollan-ous matters in relation »* Health and It dacation. By THOMAS
MARTIN, Fellow of -he Royal College of Soigeons of England, and
oao ot the Vico-Kretidents of the Association.—L*ndon: SutPKix,
Marshall, and Co. Reigate: William Ailing ham.
ONDON IMPROVEMENTS. — Practical
Suggestions for Relieving the Ovor-crowded Thoroughfares of
Loodoo; seouring improved Means of Looomotlon; diverting the
Sewage from the Thames and appropriating It to Agricultural Use;
With Estimate of Cost and probable Revenue. Also, Map, Plans,
and Views. By JOSEPH MITCHELL, C.E., FJL8JS., Momhw of
the Institution of Civil Engineers. Prioe 3e. 6d.; per poet, 3*. lOd.
London: EdwaJU) BtaxtOKD, 6, Charing-crose, 8.W.
Crown §vo, price Is. fid.; poet-free, Ss. lOd.. with Map, fid. extra,
L ondon m it is to-day •, where to Go
and What to Seo. With 300 Engraving*.
London: H. G. Clarke and Co., 1*1, Strand, W.G.
_Just published. Fifth Edition. 11a.; fre* by poet,
rrtHE ART of BREWING, Fermenting, and
JL Making of MaR, containing correct Tables of Mashing Heats,
full directions for Preventing Acetous Fermentation, and every other
necessary in formation to mako success In this important art certain;
the result of 50 years’ practice. By JOHN LEVESQUE, late of tho
Anchor Brewery.—J ames Lmath, 5, Bt. Paul's Churchyard.
Now ready. Fifth Edition, with eases, prioe Is. 6d.; by post, 3s.,
L atkral curvature of the spIne-,
with a new method of treatment for securing Its removal. By
CHARLES VKRRAk, Esq., Surgeon to the Spinal Hospital, London.
London: J. CHURCHILL, New Burlington-street; and all Booksellers.
Now ready. Second Edition, prioe Is.; by poet, is. id.,
S TAMMERING: the Cause and Coro. By the
Rev. W W. CAZALET,A.M. Can’ab.
Looden: Boswoktu and Haxkisox, 316, Regent-street.
Bent Fro* by Poet for Eight Penny Postage Stamps,
TjTENNINGS’ EVERY MOTHER’S BOOK;
J? which oontaln* everything that every Mother ought to know.
Direct to Alt rid Penning*, West Cowes, Isle of Wight.
T he prettiest gift-book ever
PUBLISHKD.-The PICTORIAL POCKET BIBLE, with nearly
XW beautiful Wood- Engravings of all the great events recorded in tho
Scriptures. Good clesr type, and 50,000 reference*, boand in best
mosoceo, for 14*.. sent post-free. Only to be bad at JOHN FIELD’S
Great Bible Warehouse, Regent's-quadrant, London.
OAA BIBLE STORIES, with nearly 300
0\J\J BIBLE PICTURES, a Plotorlal Sunday Book for the
Young, handsomely bounfi, prioe 4s. 6*., originally published at lls.
Bent post-free from FIELD'S Great Bible Warehouse, 63, Regent's-
qu a dr ant. Every family should have this pretty book.
C ASSELL’S ILLUSTRATED FAMILY
PAPER, New Series. Volume I., now ready, bound In (doth
price 4s. 6d.: paner covers, 3s. It oon’ains 434 pages; two large
panoramic map* ^namely, India and China; and upwards of 100
beautiful Engraaingi, including 36 Portraits of living celebrities.
Also 3« chapters of '* Smiles and Tears aTa>* of our own Tim**,'’
by J. P. 8mlt^, Esq.: “Latson." by Felix Stowe; and S7 chapters of
tho original tale, ‘Hope Evermore, or Momething to Do; a Tale of
the Ragged Schools" Also 40 shor* tales; papers »ntiti*d “Hopes
and Helps for the Young; " Chemical Experiments; Natural Philoso¬
phy; Lessons In French.—London: Pzttke and GALFIX.
TTTEDDIVG CARDS.—T. STEPHENSON
v f has now reuiy his New Patterns of Wedding C*rd.»,
Envelopes and other requl-lti** in Weeding Stationery. Hprounen*
sent fro-* on application. -tationery of toe be»t nualitlei ard no
charge for »ta pp’ng * re-ta In.. plain.—T. 8 «pfc*-sou. Stationer, 99,
Oxford-itreet, W. (the poit-ofBce near Begem-circus.)
ARDS for, the MILLION—WEDDING,
VIS TING, and BUSINESS —A Copper Plate, elogactly en-
E v*d. and fifty best Caris printed for, 2*., sent post-free by
THUR GRANGER,J^beap 8tatloosr, lie , 308, ElghHolborn.
S AUNDERS’ STEREOSCOPIC CIRCU¬
LATING COLLECTION of SHOES -116. Pooluy, Loodoo,
■ear tho Mansion Bouse. Subscription, One Guinea per Annum.
Tbs New Views from the Holy Land may be bad from this Library.
OR*>E and THOR NTH WAITE’S CALO-
BCOP1C or COMPOUND LANDSCAPE LKN8K8.—Those
Lenses are ,nperfor to any hitherto introducod for taking viows,
groups, or for general cop'ing possessing flatnros of field, large
angle of view, eciujil ulrributiori of light freedom from distortion, and
perfect ooti.'U eoc# of the chemical and visutl rays. A description and
prioe list Mat con-free —Borne and .Tbornth waits. Opticians to her
Majesty, 131 133, and 123, Newgate-sheet, London, B.C.
§ UNSET ANY HOUR, SCENERY HOW -
• EVRR EXTENSIVE, viewed tLrouirh the tHTTATI >N 8UN-
T GLA8SE'*. appears aa if glowing in a be-uU'u! »unset. The
tno*» effective little Lasses for viewing scenery ever produced. No
too «»t nor any • e In to» country «.r near toe seaside sh' old be with
cut them 1 wo Gjaasee should bo used togo her. The pair, ooet-free.
•f 0 ” • 36 •'■rap*; In be t black or white Ivory, 6u ramps.
O. F MORTON, Islington-green, l-on oo
"DHOlOGRAPHY is now applicuble to the
i .■2? C r* c< ' pc ,n ‘Bustrotlon of which we n av mention a very
bjMuhfol ..«*« p-eparod by 1 "r. Amsdio. the . ord’s Prayer, i he whole
•pa-e of which t. scat cely risible to the naked e»e. and yet vhen
placed under the Mkr>rot eerory letter appears in « gr>od text band.
A T4ri «Y of Mloroscoplo Pho¬
tographs.—Address, 7, Throgmorton-street.
THE ILLUSTKATED LONDON NEWS
[May 29,1868
NEW MO SIC, frc.
TV ALBERT’S BIG BEN POLKA. Price 3e.,
JlJ 8olo or Duett 1 Beptott, 3e. «d.; Full Orchostra, 5a.
Chappell and Co., 30, New Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S VIOLANTE WALTZ. Just
out. Prioe 4s.; full orchestra, 5a. Post-free.
Chappell and CO., 30, New Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S FRENCH POLKA. Just out
Prioe 3s.: fbll orchestra, 5*.
Chappell and Co., 30, New Bond-street
D ’ALBERT’S LEVIATHAN GALOP.—
Just out Price 3s.; full orchostra, 5s. Post-fro*.
Chappell and Co., 30, Naw Bond-street
D ’ALBERT’S VENICE QUADRILLE. Just
oat Price is.; full orchestra, 5s. Post-free.
Chappell and 00., 30, New Boudrotroot
TUANITA. By the Hon. Mrs. NORTON.
U Third Edition of this the most popular ot all Mrs. Norton's
Ballads, price Ss. ; also Maraquita, a Portugueae Love Bong, by the
same Composer, prioe Is., post-free.
Chappell and Co., 30, New Bond-street
B RINLEY RICH A RDS’ COMPLETE
TUTOR for lh. P1ANOFOKTE Th. bMt. th« oowo. 1 , ud
cheapest of ail Instruction Books, ooutainlng elementary lnst> actions,
•caloR, exercises, and a great varioty of tbs most popular themes as
progressive lessom. bitty pages, full music size, price 4s. post-free.
Chappell and Co., 30, New Bond-street.
T’M LEAVING THEE IN SORROW,
X ANNIE—Sung with rapturous applause by the Christy Minstrels.
Comgoeod by GEORGE BARKER. Price 3s., post- free
Chappell and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
T> EGRET, Now Ballad, by GEORGE
JLt L1NLEY, sung by Miss Dolby, with rapturous applause, at
Bt. James’s Hall, and rod urn ended. Prtoo 2s. 6d., post-free.
Chappell and Co., 60, New Bond-stroei.
B OOSEY and SONS’ CHEAP EDITIONS.
100 Operatic A rs for the Flute, arranged bv R 8. Prat ten,
prioo li fid.; 100 Sacred Melodies for the Concertina, by George Csm.
Is. fid.; 100 Popular Melooie* for the Couc«rtlna, by Caso. Is., 100
Dances for the Violin, la.; Boosey's Complete Opera* for the Violin, is.
each (18are published).
Boose r and Sons' Musical Library, Hollas-street .
B OOSEY and SONS’ LIST of NEW
80.NG3.— 1 “ Pbcsbe, dearest,'' composed for Fima Reeves by J.
L. Hatton, 2 1 .6d. “r^eenosof Home," Vy Ba’fo. 3». "The Arrow
and tho ftong," by Lougfollo- and Balfo. 3s. "I do not wa*ch
alone " by Miss Anne F.icker, 2s. “Bneak gently " by Wrighton
(n* w edi ion), 2s. “Thosedear old flmos," by Faithful (tang by Miss
Do uv . :• ttd. “Istood on the beach," br J. L. Hatton, 2*. .“Too
late.’’ by iTatien (snug by Mias VI oing), 3s. “The moonlit *fa."
by Proof, 3s. " Whan the moon on the lake is beaming " (a popular
American ballad), by Masset , 3i. "Com* into the garden. Maud,"
by Balfe (six h edit'on), 3s, “ Who s'-all be fslrost," by Frank Mori
iihird edition), Ss. fid. “ Good night, beloved " by BaJ.b (third sdl-
tienl, Ss. fid “The Needle," b- Noromann, 2s. fid. Any of the
above post-free.—BOOSEY and Sons’ Muiscal Library, Hollo*-street.
B OOSEY and SONS’ POPULAR DANCE
MUSin, ss performed at every place of public amu emint.—
Laurent’s Maud Volte dm*d editioni, 4s. •■sarem’s Argyll Galop. 3s.
Lamotte’s Adelaide Valse, 4s. Lamotts's Traviata Galop, 3s. Laurent's
Romanoff Valse. 4s. Laurent’s Msrguerl a Polka, 3*. Montaguo's
TravUta Valse. 4s. Mellon's Isabella Valse, 4s. D'Albert's Linda
Quadrille, 3s. Guglielmo a Galop Furieux. fs. Laurent’s Becond Set
of Lancers' Quadrille, 3s Balfe's ccronado Quadrille, 3*. The above
are all published for orchestra, 3s. 6d. each; and for aeptett, 3s. fid.
each. Any one post-free.
BOOSEY and 8oxs’ Musical Library, Hollss-etrest.
TVT ORDMANN’S PIANOFORTE MUSIC.—
_L l The TOWER SCENE, from II Tr ova tore, 3s.; The Nun’s
Prayer, third oditioc, Ss.; the Ghost Soon*, second edition,**.: 11
Balon, H-; Ah, cbo la morte, 2s. fid.; La Carita. Ss.; Isabella, U. fid.;
Greek Pirates' Chorus, fourth edition, 2s.; La Danse des Feos, 3* .
BOOSEY and Sons' Musical Library, Hoiias-street.
ONLY ASK A HOME WITH THEE^r
New Ballad, by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Sung by Mis* Fool#,
- - »• - ■—w. Williams
i rapturously encored.
1 Co., 331, Tottenham-)
Price Ss.; free for stamps.-
T HE SPIRIT of JOY.—New Song by
LANGTON WILLIAMS. Just published, as sung by Miss
LsuUa Vlnnlng, with tho greatest anocees. Price 3s. fid.; free for
stamps.—W. Williams and Co., Tottonhom-sourt-road
T HAVE ALWAYS A WELCOME FOB
THEE.-New Ballad, by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Jest pub¬
lished. "One of tho iweetest bGlads of the day."—Review. Price
3s.; free for stamps.—W. WILLIAMS, 331, Totlncham-eourt-road.
T LOVE A MAY MORNING. BalladTby
JL LANGTON WILLIAMS; sung by hiiaa Pcole, and always en¬
cored. Prise *». 64.; free lor stamp*.
W. Williams and CO., 331, Totteuham-oourvroad.
C HAPPELL’S FOREIGN MODEL PLANO-
FORTE, price Fifty Guineas. Th's instrnmnr.t has (unlike
tbe ordinary Cottage Pianoforte) Three Strings and the fullest Grand
compass of Seven Octaves. It is stren^bened by every possible
mesas to endure ibo greatest amount of wear, and to stand peifoctly
in any climate. The workmanship is of the ►e*t description, tbotono
Is round, full, and rich ; and the power equal to that of a Bichord
Grand. The case is of tbe mwt elerant description, in rosewood,
the touoh elsatlc. and the repetition very rapid Every possible pro-
cauti >n had been taken to ensure its standing well in tune. Chappell
and Co. especially invite ifceiattention of the public, tho profession,
and merchants to the Foreign Model, feeling assured that no Piano¬
forte, in all respects comparable, has hitherto been mads in England
at tho same price. Every instrument will be warranted, and (if de¬
sired, txchaiu^ed within twelve months of the purchase.—30, New
Bond-street, London.
mHE NEW ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM
J_ for tho DRAWING-ROOM.
ALFXANDRF. and SON have Just taken out a new patent for the
Drawing-room Harmonium, which effects the greatest Improvement
they have ever made in the instrument. The Drawing-room Models
will be found of a softer, purer, and in ail res poets more agreeable
tons than any other Imtruraenu. They have a perfect and easy
means of producing a diminuendo or crescendo ob any one note or
mars; tbe bars can be perfectly subdued, without even tho use of tbe
ox prose Ion stop, the great oifflcultyl n other Harmoniums. To each
of the new rnodbls an add tional blower fas attached at tbe back, so
that the wind can be supplied (If preferred) by a sooond person,
under the new patent, the performer can play with perfect
THE DRAW! 9G-ROOM MODEL
No. is made in three varieties. Guineas.
». Three Stops, Pcroasslon Action, additional Blower, and
in Rosewood Cum .S3
5. Eight Stops ditto ditto ditto 33
3. Sixteen Stope ditto ditto, Volx Cdkete, Ac.
(the best Harmonium that can be made) .. .. 60
Messrs. Chappell have an en ’rraoua stock ef the
SIX-GUINEA HARMONIUMS,
And of all Variettre of the ordinary kind, whw h are perfect, for tbe
Church, School, Hall, or Concert-room.
No. Guineas.
1. One Stop, oak case .. .. ,, 10
3 H mahogany ease . 12
3. Three Stops, oak, 15 guineas; rosewood . 10
4. Five Stops (two rows vibrator*), oak case.S3
,, ditto rosewood case .23
6 . Eight Stops ditto, oak, 35 guineas; rreewood .. ..26
6 . Twelve Stops (four rows vibrators), oak or rosewood case 35
7. One Stop (with percusaiou action), oak case, 16 guineas;
rosewood case .18
8 . Throe 8 tops ditto, rosewood ease ..SO
9. Eight Stops, ditto, oak or rosewood ease.33
10. Twelve Stops, ditto, oak case.40
11. „ ditto, rosewood case. .. 45
13. Patent model, ditto, polished oak or rosewood ease .. 55
Moaars. Ch»pi»ll beg also to call attention to their
NEW AND UNIQUE COTTAGE PIAN0F0RTE8.
No. Golnoaa.
1 . In mahogany core, 6 | octave* .. .. „ 25
3. In rosewood, with circular fall. 6 f octaves.30
3. In rosewood, elegant c:ue, frets. Ac.. 35
4. In very e'egant walnut, ivory-fronted keys, ko .40
8 . Tbe Unique Pianoforte, with perfect chock action, elegant
rose wood case, octaves . 40
6. The Foreign Mode', cxtn-moly elegant, oblique strings, 7
octave*, best check action, See., the most towerful of
ail upright pi-nofortea.50
Also to their immense assortment of New and Secondhand Instru¬
ments by Broadwood, Collard. and Erard. for 8ale or Hire.
Full descriptive Lists of Harmoniums and of Piano! rtos sent upon
epplioari' n to CHAPPELL and CO., 49 and 50. New Bond-street, and
13, George-street. Hanover-square
Agents for America, PAfiKEQUETTES and OO., New York.
P IANOFORTES EXTRAORDINARY, at
MOOR)- and MOORE’S. 104, B ihopagato-itreet Within.
These are first-class Pla o* of rare excellence, possessing exquisite
improvements, recently applied wblcb effect a grand, a pure and
autiftil inripy^ of tone, thai stands unrlvailen. Price from 18
guinea.
* Pianos for hire with easy terms of purchase
V1USICAL BOX Dl- POT, 54, Comhill,
LyJL Lo don, for the Sale of Musical Boxes, made by the celebrated
Mosers NICOLE (Fierce), of Geneva, containing operatic, national,
favourite, and sacred airs. List of tunes and priooc gratis.
A FANCY BAZAAR, in aid of the LON-
DON HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL, will be held on WED¬
NESDAY and THURSDAY, tbe 9th and 10th of JUNE, under the
patronage of H R H th# DUCHESS of CAMBRIDGE and
H.B.H. tho PRINCESS MARY of CAMBRIDGE,
In the RIDING-8CBOOL of the CAVALRY BARRACKS, Knlghti-
bridge, by permission of Celonel Parker.
lAXJKnrxam.
The Duoheas of Richmond
The Duchess of Beaufort
The Duchess Emily of Beaufort
Tbe Ducheaa of Manchester,
The Duchess of Sutherland
The Duchess of Montroao
Tbe Marchioness of Abereoro
Tbo Marchioness of S xeter
Maria Marchionailk of A Lies bury
The Marchioness of Londonderry
The Marchioness of 8taffordJ
Lady beorglna Codrington
Lady Blanche Dupplin
Lady Rose Lovell
Lady Henrietta Morant
Lady Adclixu Norman
Lady Constance Groevenor
Lady Blantyre
Lady Charlotte Greviile
The Countess of Wlnchilseu
The Counters of Sandwich
The Countess of Essex
Tno Dowager Conntesa of Essex
Tbe Cournots of Craven
Tho Dowager Coun eaa of Craven
Tbo Countess of Wll'ou
Toe Coun ess of Horowby
The Countess of Bradford
Tho Coen lets of (Bengali
Tho Counteas of Galnsb 'rough
The Coonteu of Lichfield
The Countess of Durham
Tho Couuteas of Granville
Tbe Coume k Cowley
‘Iho C. uaieas o' Bo-nborough
The Countess of KInnoul
Tho Coun^ss of Fife
Lady Adelaide r adogan
Lady Cosmo Kuttell
VLc°Uuteaa Kidmoath
V i» coun tots tiarrogtou
Vtseoui teas Liamoro
Viscountess Vdliare
Viscountess Newport
Viscountess Cureon
Lady ElMnor Hopwood
Lady Lindsay
Lady Mary Craven
Lady hicho
Lady Mary Capol
Lady Honorin Cadogan
Lady Augusta Cadogan
Lady Fllubelh d* Ros
Lady Emllv Sevineur
Lady Caroline Maxse
Lady Amelia Blackwood
Lady Allied Paget
Lady da Ros
Lady Willoughby do Broke
Lady Gray of Grey
Tbo Dowager Lady Kllm ni n o
Lady Forester
Lady Lyndhuret
Lady Templemoro
Ladr Bboij
Lady Creoiorne
Lady Kokeby
Tu# Hon Mn. Ashley
Tho Hon. Mrs. Dudley Word
ihe Hon. Mrs. Burne
The Dowigsr Lady bhelloy
Ijuiy l»ham
Lady Acton
Lady I raoklond Russoll
Lady Smith
Lady Elnn
Lady Hall, of Lion over
Lady Bryant
Lady Littier
Mrs^ Whate'y, of DubUo
Madame Kruosto do Bunsen
Mis Hoi ford
Mr*. Do Burgh
Mrs. Felix \ aughan Bm'.ch
Mr*. Samuel Gurney
Sirs. Arthur Barrington
In addition to tho stall* for the sale of Fancy Work, ko., there will
he a Fine Art* stall, a F.ower Stall, and a Tea and Rafroahmcul
Stall. • \
Stai.l-uoldxbs (First List).
Tbe Ducheaa Emily of Beaufort
The Ducheaa of Montrose
The Countess of Craven
Tbe CountiMs of Wilton
Mrs Austen
Mrs. Lcadam.
Lady Willoughby do Broke ^—
Lady Ebury and Lady Kokeby
Mr*. Fuasell
Mrs. and the Misses Parry /\
Mrs. J. Hoarorjad.Mias Wilkinson
Mias MejmoU,
And the Ladies of the Committee of the Subscription Society.
Contributions of paintings In oil and wat«tr colours, drawings, pho¬
tographs, curiosities, articles of vertu. and aU kinds of plain or faney
work, are eareesUv solicited Flowers, either in bouqueU or for de¬
corating the flower stall, will be ther.ki'ully received.
Contributions in aid or tho Bazaar may be ferwa/.ded, not later than
the i st of June, to 52, Great Ormond-street, or to »c« Lady Received,
lists of whom may be obtained at tho Bomceopaule Chemists; and at
Sami' Library, St. James's-streot; and Mitchell s, Old Bond-strest.
T OANS on DEBENTURES.—The Directors
I J of the Dublin and Wicklow Railway Company are ready to
receive Tenders of Loans on Mortgage, cr Duiontui* Bonds, bearing
Ltereit a; 6 per cent per annum, p«yabie half-) early In Dnblin or
London. The Loans to be In such sums no*, lest than £100, and for
such periods not less than three nor more than Are years, as may be
agreed upon to suit tbe larders.
Proposals staring amounts tendered, and period* for which offers!,
to be 'ddrero d t'> rite Secretary ot the Company, at their cfllce, No.48,
Westland-row Dublin.
3ist April, 1858. ARTHUR MOOKK, Secretary.
ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM
(LIMITED) for NAVIGATING tho RIVERS
COMPANY
indll— itete
subsidy from tbe MooourabJe East India Company, being the only
Company for navigating any part of any of tho Indian rivers which
possesses this advontog*.—Tbe Directors, though frequently pressed
to publish the report* of tho Steam Navigasion Companies at present
working ape* the Indian rivers ss affording conclusive evidence of
tbe profitable abaraeter of auah undertakings, havs hitherto refrained
from so doing, partly because they thought it right, at the outset ef
a new undertaking, to repress all brilliant anticipations, howover
justly warranted, and partly because they wished the Shareholders to
discover for thorns airs* new causes of aatisfastion as their familiarity
with the enterprise Increased, by Hading in how many ways and to
how material an extent the reality of the advantage oxooeded the
premises held out. The first vessels of tbe Company, however, having
now beea successfully completed, tbe Director* consider that such a
stage of progress has been resahed that thors may be no impropriety
la giving publicity to the following letter and sltatlons.*—
From one of tbo Shareholder* o: tbs Orion to! Inland Steam Com¬
pany (Limited) vo Captain W. H. Hall, R.N., C.B. (late of qbe
** Nemesis "), one of tho Directors :—
r Sir,— ’
My dear ftir.-I send you the report of the directors of one of tbe
Ganges 6team Companies, of which the ordinary half-yearly meeting
has Just been held In Calcutta. You will see that tho divldond de¬
clared Is at ths rate of forty-four per cent por annum. At the same
time each possessor of five shares In the Company is presented wlih a
new paid-up share, free of expense, and even after this has been done
some paid-up share* are left to be so'd for behoof of the Company.
If ihc paid-up shares ware converted into money st oar. they would
raise the dividend to above sizty-flva per e«nt ! I understand that
tho other t team Company in India Is paying stl’l larger dividends,
and both Companies have been paying large dividends for many
years. Tbe Englhh public la so ignorant and so incredulous of these
results—which, howsver, are just as well substantiated as the pries of
Consol*—teat I think I' would be very useful if tbe Board would pub¬
lish some extracts from this report, as noons can read It without being
inspired will: the greatest confidence in the promise and the soundness
of our undertaking.—I am. my dear 8ir. Ac., kc.
Copies of the Report isforred to above may be obtained at tbe Com¬
pany’s Offices.
Extracts from Report of Meeting.
At the Half-Yearly Meeting of the India General Steam Navigation
Com janv held in Calcutta, in March, 1858, the Report of tbo Directors
having been read and adopted, tbe following reeolutions wore una¬
nimously carried :—
Mortd by Wifflun J«dge, Esq., and secoade! by J. R. Worcester,
Fsq, : “ Tb»t a dlvid* nd of 2?0 Hi. per share (being at tho rate of 44
per cent, per annum) be dsclhred for the past half-year."
Moved t>y I. W. H. Qbery, Eaq^ and secoodod by 0. B. Stewart,
Esq.:—"That tho value of tbe oapital stock of (tho Company b* de¬
clared (as valued) at 13 lakhs of rupees, and that, to repros'nt this
sum. 227 new shore* of 1000 Ra. each bo Issued, in oxocse of the 1073
shores now existing, making, in all, 1300 shares of 1000 Us. each, to
represent i*e blo.sk of tbo Company."
Moved by C- 8. Hogg. Esq., and seconded by W. Duncan, Esq.:—
" That tbo new shore* so Issued be distributed free of coet to the
present shareholders, in tho proportion of one new share to overy
five old shares cow held by thorn ; and that the twelve shares that
remain unaopropriated after the said distribution shall be sold by
public auction, and the proceeds applied towards tbe completion of
tho steamor * Kajmahal' and the two flats now beiog lengthened."
It ie explained In the Report that the paid-up share* are rendered
aval able for disposition rKXK among tbe Shareholders, frrm the
gradual extension of the Company’s fleet haring been defrayed out
of revenue, end not out of capital; so that, notwithstanding the large
dividends, tbe rock had come to be much more valuable than ibo
original capital represented.
* ho following extracts are taken from a leading article in tho
“ Friend of India" newspaper, publish*! In Calcutta, February,
"There are facts widely known about our river communication
which reported of any Continental river, woold throw London into a
fever of specala'lon One of our stoarn coinpani-a. for Instance,
threstans to declare a dividend at the rate of fifty per cent. Large
profits, moreover, in Indio are not temporary. There m n t the
amalies' danger of overdoing the ma»kht. As for tho f astern rivers,
they are practically un-apped We venture to say, that any larg#
shipowner who would semi out ten of the proper it amere would
find 'heir cost repaid in ihree vears. wear and tear included. We uro
told t' at there la a dread ot railway or mpetition, but it ean srarcrly
be ootortalned by tboao wbo know the cuuntry, and there are plenty
o' rivers with no railway by their side."
Prosp-ciusee, copi-aof Reports, and all further information, maybe
obtained at tbe Company'! Offices, 9, BMliter-street, London.
" By order of the Board,
JOHN MATBKwaOff, Secretary.
T IE New Out-Door Game, CROQUET.—
This fashionable and highly-amusing game may bo bad at most
of the leading Fancy Reno*ltoiice, price complete, 25* ; superior, 40* ;
polished boxwood, £3.—Wholesale, JAQUEB, Patentee, Hatton-gardon
L ITTLE and CO.’S FISHING RODS and
TACKLE are the best—Factory, 15, Fetter-lane, Floot-atroet,
London. New Catalogues of p< loes gratia.
T O ANGLERS.—CHARLES FARLOW,
191, Strand, Manufacturer of superior F18HING RODS and
TACKLE, at moderate prices. Catalogues gratis.
B asket carriages, waggonettes,
a .d PH AF.TON8.—A choice of 100, frrm 14 guineas. Built to
order, and packed at a few sbl I ngs cos , a d forwarded to any part
of the ooui try. Illostrottd flats fo six Mumps.—J. J. FELTON,
Manufacturer, 1 and 3, Old -streei-road, London.
QELECT PLANTS Post-free at the annexed
U pr ccs;—'2 superb varieties Fncbtias, <*.; 1 < fin* varieties Ver¬
benas. 3s.; i2 fine vnrUt ee Belgian Daisi s, Ss ; 12 *uperb varieties
Phloxes 4i.—From WILLIAM KNIGHT, Florist, 67, High-street,
Battle, Russex.
I AWN MOWIinG MACHINES, with and
1 J wlihout Boyd's Patent Imp ovemont — B. SAML’ELBON'f
illustrated Price-books, with namerous Testimonials from the NobHitj
and Gentry, forwarded post-free, on receipt of application to B.
Bamoelsoa, Britannia Works, Banbury, Ozon.
/"I TTARLE S PACKER (lata Antoni Forrer),
Artist in Hair to tbe QUEEN, by Appointment.
Hair Jewellery Deportment, 136, Begeut-stroot.
Foreign and Fancy ditto, 78, Regent- street.
Jet and Mourning ditto.
76. Regent-street.
XT AIR JEWELLERY.—Artist in Hair.—
i| . DEWDNKY beg* to inform Ladle* or Gentlemen resident la
town or any part of tbs kingdom that he beautifully make*, and
elegantly mounts, in gold, HAIR BRACELETS, Chains, Broochoa.
Rings, Pins, Studs, Ac.; and forwards tho same, caroiuUy packed
in boxes, at about one-half the usual charge. A beautl ul collection
of specimens, handsomely mounted, kept for Inspection. An illus¬
trated book sent free.—Dewdnoy, 172, Fenchuroh-street.
B efore you have your likeness
TAKEN send for DEWDNEY‘8 PATTERNS of BROOCHK8,
LockeU, Bracelets, Ac., which arc sent free on receipt of two .raetage-
stamps. Registered Revolving Brooches in 8olid Gold, to show olthor
Likeness or Hair at pleasure of wearer, from 45*. each. A Gold
Plated Brooch or Locket sent froo to any part of the kingdom for
10s. fid.—Dowduey, Manufacturing Goldsmith and Jeweller, 171,
Fenchuroh-street, City, London.
A GUINEA GOLD WEDDING-RING and
Hall-marked KEEPER seat in a moroooo box to any part of
the kingdom on receipt of 21*. or a Post-office order.—GEORGE
DEWDNEY, Goldsmith and Jeweller, 173, Fonchurch-stroet, London.
G
OLD WATCHES, Jewelled in Four Holes,
Maintaining Power. £3 I0e.; 8l)vor Watches, similar move¬
ments, il 17s. fid.; Patent Gi ld Lever Watches. London mado, 10
guineas to 30 guiooaa; Silver ditto, ii 15a to 10 guineas. A vary
rich and bomtiful 8inck of Bsllu Coil Chains, 25s to 15 guin«us:
Gold Bracelets, Necklets, Gem Rl^gt, Pine, Studs, Ac.. In endless
variety. Catalogue of Prices, dote Iption of Watches, Chains, Ac.,
sent tree—PKuti HAWLEY, Watchmaker aud Goldsmith, 120,
Osicrd-strect, _
WATCHES.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS,
TV We tefc makers (opposite tho Bank of England), 11 and 13,
Corn hill, Leaden, submit for selection a stock of first-class PATENT
DETACHED LEVER WATCHE8, which, being made by themselves,
be reoouusended for aocuracy and durability. A warranty I* given.
PRICES OF B1LVKK WATCHES,
fatant Lever Watch, with tho improvements l.e., the de¬
tached escapement, jowoiied, hard enamel dial, seoonda,
inti maintaining power to oontinno going whilst being
■round .i* M 0
Ditto, jo welled in four hole*, and capped .6 6 0
Ditto, the finest quality, with the improved regulator,
jewellod In six boles, usually in gold cases.8 8 0
Either of tho Silver Watches In hunting cases, 10e. 8d. extra.
GOLD WATCHES.—SIZE FOR LAD1BB.
Patent Lever Watch, with ornamental gold dial, the move¬
ment with lstoM improvements, Le., the dotached escape¬
ment, maintaining power, ondjowoilod.11 U 0
Ditto, with richly-ongravod case .1* 0
Ditto, with very strong ease, and jewelled In four hole* .. U 14 0
GOLD WATCHE8.-81SE FOR GBNTl EMEN.
Patent Lever Watch, with the latest Improvements. Le., the
detached escapement, jewelled in four holes, hard enamel
dial, seconds, and maintaining power .10 10 0
Ditto, in stronger case, improved regulator, and capped .. 13 ’.10
Ditto, JoweilecTin six hole*, and gold balanco .. 17 17 0
Either of the Gold Watches in hunting case*, s 3 3s. extra.
Any Watch selected from the dat will be safely packed and sent free
to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, upon a receipt of a remittance
of tbe amount.
QARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manufac-
lO turn*, Noe. 17 and 18, Cornhlll, have a Hhoit-roem expressly
fitted op tor the display of Drawicg and Dining Room CLuCKd*
manu actureti In splendid Ormolo and exqnlaltely-modelied anti.,no
Bronxo*, the movements of first-class flnlan. striking the hour* and
half-hours. Each Clock la warranted, tt aircase Clucks in fashion¬
ably-mountrd cases. Dials for Coumlng-nouses. All charged at
manutaciuring prices.
The New Buildings, Nos. 17 and 16. Cornhlll.
S ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manufac-
turors, Noa. 17 and 18, Cornhlll, invite attention to their now
and splendid h tock of GOLD and 8ILVEK WATCHES, e*;h war¬
ranted, and twolve months' trial allowed.
Hlver Watches, of highij-finiahod construction, and Jowoiied, with
fashionable exterior, at 50s. to £10 10s.
Gold Watches, of all descriptions of movements, from X6 t* \
to £30.
Books of Patterns and Prices can bo obtained; and all onion, with
a remittance, promptly attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Goldsmiths and Jewellers,
No*. 17 and 18, CornhllL—TThe ground floor of .tbe New Building
Is more particularly devoted to the display of Fine Gold Jewellery and
Fine Gold Chains.
In tbe Jewellery Department will be found a rich and endless
assortment of Rings and Brooches, set with magnificent gems, Iiraco-
lots and Necklets, Pins and Btuds, Ao. AU newly manufactured, and
la the most rooent style. The quality of the gold U warranted.
Fine Gold Chains are charged according to thoir respoo tiro weights,
and the quality of ths gold is certified by the stomp, .
Books of Patterns and Prices can be obtained.
Letter* promptly attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Silversmiths (the New
Building), 17 and 18, Cornhlll, invito attention to their now and
magnificent Block of London-manufactured SILVER PLATE, con¬
taining every article requisite for Ike Tablo and Sideboard.
Silver Spoons and Fsrka at 7a. 4d. per ounce.
Rich and Elegant Tea and Coffee Equipages, commencing at X36
the fod eervice.
Stiver Salver* of aU size* and patterns, from X5 10s. to X100.
A large and coitiv display of Silver Presentation Plato, chsrgod at
pgr ounoe—Stiver department of the building.
Books of Designs and Prices may be obtained.
S ARL and SONS, Wholesale Manufacturing
ELECTRO anti ARGENTINE SILVER PLATER», Noe. 17 and
18. Comhill-—In the splendid Snow-rooms dovotod lo this dapartmtnt
of tho bustnee* wUI be found ovary article usually manufactured.
Corner Dblies and Cover*— Dish Covers—Soup ami Sauce Turoons—
Cruet Frame*—Tea and Coffee Services—Magnificent Epergnes and
Candelabra— Salvor* and 1 ea Trays.
Tbe Ajjgontlno SUvor Spoons and Forks, solely manufactured by
Sari and Hons, at one-sixth the cost of solid Silver, aro ®* pocially re-
oommendod, having stood the test of Fifteen Years' experience.
Books of Drawing* and Prioe* may be obUlntd.
All order* by post punctually attended to.
O rmolu and bronze clocks,
CANDELABRA8, and BRONZE STATUETTES, wholesale
and retail at tbe Aria Agency, No. 2, Frith-street, two doors from
Soho-square. The largest and most choice collection In Londcn.
QILVER PLATE. New and Secondhand.—
IO A Pamphlet of Prioe*, with Engn^Inga, may be had gratis; or
will be sont post-free, if applied for by letter.—A. B. SAVORY' and
BON4, Goldsmiths (opposite the Bank of England), 11 and 12, Corn¬
hlll, London.
O RNAMENTS for the DRAWING-ROOM,
LIBRARY. Ac.—An extensive aaaonment of ALABASTER .
MARBLE, BRONZE, and DERBYSHIRE SPAR ORNAMENTS
Manufactured and Imported by J. TENNANT, 149, Strand, London.
/ORNAMENTS for the MANTELPIECE, Ac.
V/ Stattetiee, Group*. Vases, Ac., In Parian, decorated Bisque and
other Chinas Clocks (gilt, marble, and bronxo), Alabaster, Bohemian
Glass, flrat-class Bronze*. Candelabra, and many other art-manufao-
turot, all In tie beat taste and at very moderate prioea.
TH0MA8 PEARCE and BON, 33, Ludgate-hlU, E.C.
and TEA SERVICES.
Patterns. Best quality,
every de*cription of Cut
TYINNEE, DESSERT, and TE.
JL/ A large variety of now and good P*t
superior taste, unusually low price*. Also «vo
Table Glass oqut
IOMA
Jy advantageous.
PEARL”
E and SON, 33, Lndgate-hlU, ^.C.
TlyfAPPIN’S CUTLERY and ELECTRO-
JJ-lL SILVER PLATE.-Moasra. MAPPIN (Brother*), Manufac¬
turer* by Special Appointment to the Queen, are the only Sheffield
Maker* who *ui»ply the consumer direct in London. Their London
Show Rooms, 67 and68, KING-WILLIAM-STREET, London-bridg*.
oontaln by far the Urreat Stock of CUTLERY and ELECTKO-SILVRB
PLATE In the World, which Is transmit tod direct from their Manu¬
factory, Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield.
Klectro-Bllvor Spoons and Forks, lvorr Table Knives, Full Sbsa,
Balance “ jjtt
FlddJo Pattern, full size.
Par Dox.
Table Bpooog .. .. u*. 0d.
Table Porks .. .. 86 0
Deasart Spoon* „ .. fj 0
Deseert Porks «. .. 37 0
Tea 8poons .. .. |g o
Salt ,, ( Otlt Bovls )
Mustard „< 6* per dcx. > 14 0
extra )
_Handles, which cannot
posalbly bocomo loose. Por Do*.
Table Knives .. .. 35*. 0d.
Deosort Knives .. •• 18 0
Carver* (per pair) # 0
As above, with Storting SUvor
Ferules.
Table Knives .. .. 34 6
Deasert Knlvo* .. •• *4 0
Server* (per pair) ..11 0
Mtnsra. Manpin (Bnthors) respectfully Invite buyer* to ins poet
their unprecedented dtojlay, which for beauty of design, exqui¬
site workmanship, and ncr'oJty, stands unrivalled. Their Illustrated
Catalogue, which is oontinutiiy receiving additions oi new designs,
free on application.
Maupfo (Brothers). 67 and 48. King William-street, London-bridgg.
Manufactory, Queen's Cutlery Works, Eheffleld.
ANKLIBAN O N.—
Electro-stiver Plate and General Furnishing Ironmongery
Rooms and Galleries the large*! In the wor d.—66, 68, and
pozaar. Baker-street Illustrated Freed < atalogues free.
U1URNISB YOUR HOUSE with the BEST
I? ART1C T E8, at DEANE'S Ironmongery and Furnishing Ware¬
house*. Established a D 1700. A Priced Furnishing List, free by
post.—DEANE and CO. (opening to the Monument), London-bridge.
No. 921. —vol. xxxii.J
a Supplement, Fivepence
SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1858.
I
i
SPEECHMAKING.
*• Too much of nothing ” was a proverbial expression of a wise
monarch-statesman who knew men and things in all their phases
as well as most persons; and the saying was many hundred years
older than he, besides. And it is especially applicable to the pre -
sent time, and more especially to the present moment, with re*
ference to our system of speechmaking If one was to judge by
the columns, pages, acres of oration which fill up, if they do not
adorn, our journals, Englishmen must be the most eloquent persons
in the world; but it needs only (he resolution to wade through two
or three specimens of that product of the development of the
stenographic art in order to find out what a mistaken notion that is.
To this system of everlasting talk, which is fast usurping the place
of that action of life which it used to be the Anglo-Saxons’ boast
was a part of the charter of our liberties and our prosperity, the
newspapers, large and small, high and low priced, are doing their
best to contribute to an extent that is really getting quite alarming.
We believe that in every district of the metropolis there are not
one or two but numerous publications of the cheapest class, which
assume the shape of a newspaper, though ludicrously in little, which
owe their existence to their being the regular chroniclers of the
verbosity of the neighbourhood in which they circulate. In the
provinces, all the journals, urban and rural, manufacturing and
bucolical, spread wide their sheets to receive the garrulousness, of
good or bad quality, not only of the magnates of public discussion,
but of the smallest peddlers in loquacity. In those newspapers in
the metropolis which profess to speak to the world, the habit—we
had almost said the evil—is extended at once over the records of
the meetings and dissertations of the smallest trading company, or
the most infinitesimal charity corporation, and that grand nightly
palaver in the Council of the Nation which every morning astounds
or tantalises, as the case may be, the hurried man of business, or
gladdens the heart of the idle man of clubs, who thus secures
positive occupation for those otherwise dull hours of the day which
intervene between his actual awaking and the metaphorical
arousing of the West-end world in which he vegetates. If,
unhappily, some speech more pointed than the rest should
find by this means the immortality ot a week, instantly it becomes
the fruitful moth*- of a hundred more: reply, rejoinder, sur¬
rejoinder, especially if it be in Parliament, follow in rapid suc¬
cession, until the public patience becomes exhausted, and public
opinion, with its usual potency, interferes to stop what has become
a moral nuisance.
No more crying instance of this kind of thing has occurred for
many a long day, although the mania has raged with its ordinary
vigour in the usual course of such things, than the famous or in¬
famous, according to diverse opinions, speech of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer at Slough. If it were not too serious an
accusation against one whom we must call a Minister,
even if we hesitate to denominate him a statesman, one
might almost suppose that this was one of Mr Disraeli's devices
to divert public attention from the real state of the affairs of the
country—to create a misty cloud of talk around the doings of the
Government—or, to speak more metaphorically, like the matador
of Spain, to shake a red cloth in the eyes of the bull (the time-
honnnred symbolising of the British public may be excused under
the circumstances of temptation which are so obvious), while his
accomplices are employed in vital attacks upon him from behind
and on his flanks. Whether something like this were his object or
not, the effect is certain. Ex-Ministers, and Ministers that would
be, have risen at the Slough speech with as much fury as the infu¬
riated animal of the arena rushes at the scarlet object of his aver¬
sion; and night after night we have had those critical hours which
in Parliament seem to be devoted to the seeking by members of
such a mental stimulus as may react on those physical energies
which are about to be brought into process of restoration by dinner,
sacrificed to savage criticism upon it. If Mr. Disraeli had any
such covert design as has been above hinted at, he must ere long
have repented of the attempt; and perhaps during the continuance of
that pitiless pelting of speech in Parliament and articles in journals
with which he has been deluged in the last week or so, he may at
b’’
at the bag of the house of comjioxs.—(see sext PAGE.)
550
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Jone 5, 1858
time* have Ihonght that there is a Nemesis for the political talker,
he his eloquence ever so great, and his powers of thinking on his
It gs (a shrewd and apt definition of public speaking) ever so un¬
impeachable. Be must have remembered that there was
a time when he too was exhumer of sentences, it not of
whole speeches, which he mercilessly hurled at some, and one
in particular, against whom the fate of party conflict had arrayed
him. It is probably only a literary critic that can feel the full
force of the phrase—distorted probably from its original meaning—
“Oh that mine enemy would write a book ! ’’ and it is only an
able, and active, and experienced ex-Minister in opposition who
•an be wholly and entirely alive to the bitter joy which is expe ¬
rienced when an actual Minister has made an injudicious speech.
This feeling will probibly, to some extent, account for the accu¬
mulation ol retort which has proceeded severally ani successively
from Lord John Bussell, Lord Palmerston, and Lord Clarendon.
Doubless they conceived that they had the man who had most pro¬
fited by the recent negative triumph of the Government over the
disorganised force of which they were the ostensible leaders on the
hip and that there was every chance that, if they could not unseat
the Ministry, they might ruin one of its prime leaders, and drive
him into the same dull region of repentance to which Lord
I lien borough has been forced to retreat. And, truth to say, Mr
Disraeli in his Parliamentary defences of his out-of-door speech
has done much to play the game of his opponents ; while Lord
Derby's enforced support of his impeached colleague was very much
•1 that description which in the courts of law, in bad cases, is con¬
stantly adopted, namely—a resolute persistence in the tu i/umjite
argument, tinged with attempts to laugh away the sting of the
matter. But a question has very naturally arisen j which requires
some answer, and that is, what is the opinion of the country with
regard to this raging controversy among those whom, in default
•f better, we are accustomed to call our political chiefs ?
In the first place, if that very amusing and clever but indiscreet
iptech had been left to produce its own effect on the conntry, there
is very little doubt but that the sober thinkers on public affairs
would have come to the conclusion that the sooner the rash talker
who delivered it was relieved from his duties as a member of the
Government, in these somewhat critical times, the better. But the
reiterated attacks made upon Mr Disraeli by those who are his
rivals for the possession of power are likely to cause a notion to
arite that there must be more in the speech than was at first sup¬
posed ; and, further than this, the animus which has been dis¬
played, not to speak of the somewhat cognate tone and style on the
part of at least one of his assailants, will probably lead to a belief
that, if be is indiscreet, and by so much deteriorated for the due
oecupation of his high position, there is not much to choose
between the contending parties; and, indeed, there are instances
not too remote of addresses of doubtful taste and policy delivered
by Cabinet Ministers, and even by Premiers, which might fairly be
paired off against the Slough oration.
There is another point of view from which it would be strange if
tbe country did not look at this controversy, attenuated as it has
been to an extent that would be ludicrous if it was not in a certain
aenae most reprehensible. Out of deference to the cravings of that
disease 'among public men, that national “ cacoeUies loqueruli" of
which we have above spoken, and also perhaps from a desire which
is to be found in the feelings of every Englishman to enjoy at
aeeondhand some of the delights arising from the pouring
out of talk—every constituent sees himself represented in
his member's speech—the public always looks with a lenient
tye on long-drawn-out debates in Parliament daring the
months of February, March, and April; bat after that they do
expect that the business of tho Session should go on. Here we
are in June, and it is not too much to say that this absurd con¬
troversy about an absurd after-dinner speech has practically de¬
stroyed the usefulness of a fortnight. For it is not merely the
actual time consumed by the debates on tho subject itself which
is to be taken into consideration, bat it is the spirit of combativc-
nes» which such faction fights infuse into the discussions of the
Legislature, and which imbues for a long time the debates on
•very subject with an irritability, a testiness, or at least a ner¬
vousness and excitability, which is certain to result in a vast loss
of lime. Yon detect this touchiness and readiness to carp and retort
in every one, even the minutest, of these interchanges of opinion an;!
sentiment by means of which our legislation is carried oaVanAftfr-
demon of antagonism once ronsed is not as easily laid as is de¬
niable. Although the storm itself may be over, the heave and
swell of the Parliamentary waters still offer impediments'to the pro¬
gress of the legiBlatoiial vessel. Gentlemen in Parliament may
take it for certain that the solid thinkers of all parties—those who
ultimately give the tone to public opinion—are little interested in
those encounters of the tongue with which the walls of the Parliament
Bouses have been recently ringing; and, if they are moved by them
at all, it is in n sense which is by no means advantageous to the
•ombatants. Depend upon it there has already arisen in the country
* feeling which will ere long resolve itself into the shape of a perti¬
nent question. The public will cease to inquire, or to care about,
whether Mr. Disraeli lias made an indiscreet speech, or whether
Lord Palmerston may not have been guilty Of quite as great a
mistake ; but they will ask. and loudly too, which of those two
statesmen is prepared to come forward with a policy which may
result in a conrse off action which will promote the honour, the
inteiest, and the wishes of the nation? And, if that question is
not speedily and satisfactorily answered, it may be followed by
another- Damely, whether the time hw not come for a sweeping
away ol all obstructions to national progress, and even of flational
valeiy, and substituting for them an unselfish and vigorous system
ef statesmanship?
AT THE BAR OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
It is not often that vfce House of Commons is called unon to use the
moss rods whhb, running with a slide like that of a tel-jsoop», out of
rsceptaeles in bon- of the ohuirof tbe Serjsant-at- Arms and tho corre¬
sponding sear on iho otbar side of tbe lower end of the Hou-e, moot in
thn o-ntre, and term an ac-ual obstacle to ingress beyond i'. and is
•rMgimitd the Bur. In common parlaace, and on ordinary ocfii*iioa«,
iho biiis not more visible than Holborn Bara or 8 nuhfield B-irs, or
»nj other imaginary boundary, and the material iastramsat; a*> 07 e
detcuoea only makes ita appearance on certain occao )Q 3 < For in«
B’ftbce, wbfi’n iho Corporation of London exercises its right of present-
rng a ; e'ltioa to the Uiuse by its own otfijare, tho Sheriff-, th>ss
fbUuUonanes are duty announced before they enter; thi bar
poeitive is drawn out, and they take their stand there while
they deliver in the petition. .A Biin, when a witness is oalled
in to be examined in any matter on whioh the House desires
to he informed, be, too, is kept out of the House proper by the
intervention of the bar. But the most serious oooasion on which
this symbol of privilege is brought into requisition is when the House
declares itself to be outraged either collectively or in the person of ope
of its members. It is considered a very solemn exercise of the duties
and functions of tho House to summon any person to attend at their
bar, although it as often as not happens that little comes of the matter.
There are all sorts of traditions of persons brought to the bar, and
apologising on their knees in order to escape unheard-of penalties; but
of late years the vengeance of the Legislature has been satisfied by a
fewdays’ pleaeantimprisonment of the alleged culprit in very comfort¬
able apartments in the Pulaoe at "Westminster, including excellent
board from the kitchen of the House, and his discharge oa payment of
the regular fees to the Serjeant-at-Arms, whioh are said to besomewhat
heavy, but which it is in the power of that officer to remit, whioh he
no doubt is not unwilling to do, in cases where mere prolongation of
incarceration would not tend to increase the capability ofpaymant by
the delinquent; but that must be done by leave of tho House. The
Serjeant-at-Arms is of course accountable to the House for the safe
custody of the prisoner. What would be the result to the Serjeant if
a prisoner were to escape is probably as little capable of explanation as
the celebrated threat which tho Speaker in troublesome eases holds nut
to refraotory membors, “ that he will name them.” In fact, all the
terrors and punishments of Parliament are rather mythical in their
nutnro; and, even when they do oome into the region of reality, they
are by no mcone of an enduring description. The recent calling to
the Bar and committal of Mr. Washington Wilks, the publisher of the
Carlisle Examiner, for a libel on a momber of the House" in his oapacity
of Chairman ol a Bail way Committee, renders the accompanying accu¬
rate representation of the Bar at the moment of a stranger being called
in appropriate and well-timed.
FOSEIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS.
FRANCE.
{From our own Correspondent.)
Pams, Thursday.
It appears that the questions treated in the Paris Conferences are
little likely to find a rapid solution, and the different Plenipotentiaries
engaged therein have applied to their different Conrts to obtain more
precise instructions, in hopes by this mesas to expedite the progress of
affairs. l V-
The first set of guests invited to Fontainebleau have been replaced
by the second, among whom are MM. de Kisselcffand Hutsffeldt.
The Prince Napoleon, on his return to town, has established himself
in his new hotel in the Champs KJyoSou. The Prince starts for
Algeria about the end of August: he is to bear the title of Lieutenant
of the Emperor, and is to be independent of all Ministers, with the
exception of those of War and Marine, and he is to have a million
of francs na civil list, and absolute authority in all nominations and
changes in those under him. Great works, in the way of buildings
and construction of railways, are about to be commenced in tin- colony.
The Emperor occupies himself much with exercise and gymnastics
at Fontainebleau, and especially with rowing. The Coart will pro¬
bably remain there till qnite the end Of June.
Paris is rapidly emptying, and transferring its gaieties to the pro¬
vinces, where fetes of a new description are being organised. At
Rheims has been represented the entry of Francois 1whore, at the
time of his coronation, being then sixteen, liis marriage with Mary
Stuart took place. Nothing could possibly be more splendid than the
procession, in which appeared representatives of all tbe chief per¬
sonages who took part in the ceremonies -, and at the conclusion I the
fete was for a charitable purpose) were held a concert and lottery, to
which the Emperor and Empress contributed a beautiful clock and a
dejeuner service in silver.
A similar fete, representing the entrance of Louis XIV. into It men,
and the introduction of Corneille to the Grand Monarquc, is to take
place at that city on the 27i)iancL28th inst.
Tbe authorities, in order to put a stop to the vio'ent discussions
arising out of the duel of M. do Pone, has forbidden all public men¬
tion of the matter, and the Figaro has even been prohibited from
publishing bulletin;! of the state of the sufferer.
The agricultural prospects of the conntry in general, especially as
regards grapes and grain, are most .satisfactory.
A splendid marriage in the Faubourg St. Germain took place be¬
tween the Comte Aimery de Itochouart, descendant of the Princes of
Aquitaine, and Millie. Marie de Larochqjaqnclin, daughter of the
Marquis “of that ilk,” and senator. The Archbishop of Paris per¬
formed the ceremony, at which were present the Prince dc Ligne, the
Dues de Mortemart, de Crillon, de Clermont Tonnerre, Ac.
A most valuable and interesting book has jnst been completed by
M. Charles Blanc, called “Lc Trdsor de la Curiosity.” It is a cata¬
logue of all the most important picture sales that have taken place in
Europe 6ince the latter part of the eighteenth century up to the
present time, with a comparison of prices during the intermediate
years, an account of all the most noted galleries in existence, and a set
of historical and biographical notes of the most interesting character.
“ Lee Lionnea Pauvres” of Emile Augier is immensely attended.
The pictures of maimers and morals it contains is a fearful revelation
of the existing state of society in France.
The Emperor and Empress returned to Paris on Tuesday to take
leave of the Queen of Holland The flag was hoisted at the Tuilories
immediately on their arrival. Their Majostioe left for Fontainebleau
at half past four. The Queen of Holland wont to church on Sunday
at the chapel of the British Embassy.
During the few hours that the Emperor sAyed at the Tuileries on
Tuesday a Ministerial Council was held, at which, according to
rumour, the principal subject of discussion was the position of the
foreign press in Franca.
The Journal de la Maurthe states that the Emperor and Empress
will arrivo at Plombiires on the 22nd inst.
The Paris correspondent of the Times says that the unexpected return
to Paris of Mr. Howard, the newly-appointed Mioistor to FToronoa, is
the subject of much comment in diplomatic society there.
Bv the death of the Duohess Of Orleans tho French budget saves
300,00ft francs a year, the national dowry settled by France. Thera is
no revsrsiopary interest in the Count de Paris.
Tbe Minister of tho Interior has addressed farther instructions to
the Prefects on tho mihjeot of the eslo of the landed property of tho
chantable establishments in France, which materially modify the
effect of hie circular on the same subject.
Tho French otfloers appointed to term part of tho mission to Pere ; a
lave received orders from the Minister of War to prepare for their de¬
parture. They are to report themselves to the GrnanU commanding
at Marieiiles by tho 7th June at the latest.
Msiehal Narvaez, aocompenied by M. ittarfori Cato Mayor of Madrid)
and Brigadier Uenriquess. errivd in Peris on Monday morning
tiommer weather has at length set in in P.ris; tho therm .meter
Stood at three o clock on Tuesday afternoon in the shade at 81 d—
iehrenleit. °
Tte Petrie announces that M. de Lamartine's saddle-horses wore
sold on Saturday last at St. Point, aid taa*. the furniture of his ohi-
tesu of Monoeau is shortly to be e»V t0 ono 0 f his creditors.
Firm Pans wo lcrn that M. de Pine is (till alive, and, t.hourh in a
most dangerous condition, is rcprfcd to be somewhatba.ier. Ooe of
hie intimate friends thinks that there is no hope of saving his life • h it
the Puttie saj s that he hai bo far improved that he may prebaaiy bo
removed to Pans m a few day*. *
Proudhon (who hes been triad for f-.o offence of publishing hie raoani
wciaj haa bten sentenced to iLreo years’ imprisonmentand^OOu franas
SPAIN.
Accounts from Alicante state that their Mvjestiea embarked at that
poit for Valencia, amidst the mojt enthueiistio acclamations . Ia ad¬
dition to the Royal squadron, a number of vessels oocomo miad their
Mojf siiee. The Madrid journals ooutiin accounts of tho Queen's visit
to Alicante, from which it appears that in that city h;r M«*j «sty was
received with very great enthusiasm. Mr. Buohaaaa, the new
Englifh Minister, was there presented to her Majesty, but not
officially. The heat has become very great in Madrid.
8ARDINIA.
The King returned on Wednesday from his i rip to Alessandria,
Aqui, and Yog bar a. At Aqui there wus one of the mos" popular
fete*over remembered. The crowds that flickei to the some from
every rural spot around were immense, and they say no less than
40,000 were on 1 he ground. Tho King breakfasted in the nrdsn of
that vast multitude; he was seated beneath a pavilion with 250
guests to do him honour ; but he was not separated from his people.
In the evening he went on foot to visit ths chief palacwa in tho city,
and wherever no went the same enthusiastio applause gr*-t*l him.
We learn from Turin that on Monday the Chamber of Depot ios voted
the loan of 40,000,000f., by 97 votes against 62 The motion for re¬
ducing the loan to 30,009,OOOf. wus rejected by a large majority.
PRUSSIA.^
The city of Dantric is about to present to the Princo and Prinoess
Frederick William of Prussia a model in silver of the galley known as
the Kravcht, which is exhibited in ‘.he Artushofe. It will be two feat
four in length. On a rock will be engraved an appropriate iasetipdon,
along with the united arms of Prussia and England. The entire mass
will le placed on a pedestal, the angles of which will bo formed of four
dolphins.
Tho genera] elections which are about to take place are exciting
contiderable interest, and both tbe Ministerial party and the Opposition,
are preparing actively for the struggle. The Prince of Prussia has de¬
clared m the meet decided manner tor full liberty at the elections, and
has announced that he will not allow public functionaries to attempt
to bias any man’s vote. The Prince declares that in so acting he is
sure of meeting the views of the King, and he has directed that hia
declarations shall le made known to the country.
UNITED STATES.
The Vanderbilt arrived on Wednesday at Southampton from Naw
York. The Hon. Charles Sumner came a passenger by the Vandtrbilt ,
and alBO Mr. J. Potter, bearer of despatches.
The angry feeling continued on the question of the alleged British
outrages on American vessels. Mr. Buchanan had promptly responded
to the resolutions of Congress asking for information, and sent to that
bedy a short me stage, with copj of letters to Lord Napier and to Mr.
Dullas, the American Minister in London Mr Lidias is instruobed to
lav tbe facts before tbe British Government, and to do maud satisfac¬
tion icr the intuits offered to the American flig. and indemnity for
whatever damages American vessels have sustained from the 7iePations
of the British cruisers; also, that peremptory orders shall be issued
gmd enforced for stopping the search of American vessels a: sea.
The Secretary of the Navy reported that the steam-frigite Wnfr'mh,
the razee SurennaA, and the brig Dolphin hid been ot derad to the Gulf
vt Mexioo; and these vafsels, with the Colorado, Fulton, and Jamatown,
would muke a respectable force in tho-ie waters.
Tho Senate had passed a bill repealing tho fi-Jnng bounties, to take
effect on the 3li t December, 1859.
It was stated that the President had applied to Congress for authority
to contract a loan for 15,000 009, for a torm not exceeding ten yeirs.
General Pe: stfer Smith. Commandor of the Utah army, dia l at Fort
L«aven worth. on the 10th ult. The command now devolves oa
Brigadier Gsneral Barney. Accounts from Utah state thit Brighim
Young bad abdicated, and that Governor Camming was withia thirty
miles of Suit Lake City, accompanied by a deputation of fifty Mormons,
sent to meet him.
Tbe Senate in executive Session, on May II, confirmed James M.
Buchanan, of Maryland, as Minister resident at Dsn mirk, vice
Bediuger . also, Colonel G. W. Morgan, as Resident Minister as
Portugal, vico O'Sullivan.
The Ntio York Churchman reports the consecration of the if res
Church of St. John the Evangelist, in that city, us a memorial to the
late lamented Bishop Wainwnght. There was a very lirgo gathering
of clergy present, thirty-three walking in procession in their surplices.
Holy Communion wus administered by tho Bishop and others to a very
large congregation, after an eloquent sermon by Dr. Morgan.
Fatal Flood in New Zealand—N ew9 has arrived of &
melancholy and fatal flood near Wellington, New Zealand, which occurred
in January last, and destroyed fourteen lives. The I Vellim/ton Ind-i-
pentfent gives the following as the names of thewe drowned: — Hr. 8Unuu-
way, wife, and live children; Mr. Charles biliary, hU wife and child;
Mis. IJagJn and her new-born infant, also Mrs. Price, the nurse. A person
named Hartley succeeded in swimming to a free and saved his life by
hanging to a tree about fourteen hours. Mrs. Price was found dead wirfi
the infant in her arms, only born at six o’clock the same morning. The
Wcllinyton Spectator thus describes the scene of the disaster : fhc pe¬
culiar locality where this fearful io-is of life occurred was near the Birley
Mow Inn, at the Upper Valley of the Hutt. When the flood wm at it*
height the force of the water at this point is described by au eyewitness
as having been terrific. The water was seen rushing along like an i n-
mense wave, crashing and roaring, and carrying everything before it:
huge trees, portions of buildings, timber, furniture, and dt* >ris of every
description, were borne away by the force of the current. M my acre* of
land which oly a few hours before to all appearauce promisu* 1 a plentiful
crop are now covered with sand and shingle, and not a particle of vege¬
tation remains. The unfortunate persons who have lost their lives by this
sad calamity are mostly late arrivals in the country.”
Havannaii advices state that a party of English mirincs were
landed from theateamcr .S7//^east of Cardena*,and hunted the pUnbition-* for
negroes, but found none, and retired after exciting alarm and indlgtvitinn
by the invasion. The Spanish Captain in command of the district hai
been ordered to TTavannah for trial for neglect of duty in not resisting by
force the aggression.
Morocco.—A dvices from Tangiers of the 12lh ult. announce
that the military demonstrations directed against tbe tribes of Zein iur.
who dwell in the country between Fez and Xetouan. had not h:d t> the
submission of the Utter, who were preparing for u desperate resisUnee.
3 he Emperor of Morocco had taken up a position at twenty mdes from
Fez. with his army of 22,000 men, and was to commence his attack in the
beginning of this month.
MoNTr.NEGRO.—There was a report that nearly 30 000 Turk??
had been massacred in the late allair; but the Montenegrin Geueral only
reports 560 as the number of tbe enemy killed, which is rather more tluu
the number reported by the Turkish officers as mUsing. Lie intelligence
in the Continental papers consists nearly wholly of rumours and con¬
jectures. and hazardous assertions on the Montenegrin affair, und the cha¬
racter of the sittings of the Paris Conference. Whether the Porte his
been really brought to terms or not it would be rash to say; but a note of
Prince Danilo to the Emperor of the French, published m the MmUcurn
leads to the conclusion that France has succeeded iu arresting the hands
of the .Sultan. A letter from Paris on Thursday states that an army of
20,Of o Turks has been ordered to advance into Montenegro.
Presentation of Plate.—T he Bahama Herald annonnees that,
the House of Assembly had unanimously adopted a resolution authorising
thepajment out of the public treasury of the sum of £lOu for procuring a
piece of plate to be presented to the flon G. C. Anderson, the .tip *aker of
the House: and that the resolution was agreed to by tie L-*ri*iailve
Council. .This act of the Legislature considered as a public te»tirainy to
the zeal, ability, and faith*ulucss with which Mr. Anderaon has so long
served his country as Speaker of the Assembly, has given entire satisfac¬
tion to all classes of the community.
The Kino of Sardinia has had a trinmohal reception at Acqtit,
CusBone, ai.d Afitrevf, which places lie visited ou Tuesday week. At Ac jai
an immense crowd collected to meet him. and saluted iihu with euthu-
slasticacc’amations. The .\fmlttue says that his progress fro q {the nil-
way station to the town was a perfect, ovation. A grand dinner wis given
there In his honour, which his Majesty attended, aud alter ward* walked
about the town. In the evening Acqui won illuminated. Ou Wednesday
morning the King returned to AJessnudriji and reviewed the garrison.
The ‘ Cagliari” Affair.-—T he Neapolitan Government has
sent to Hie Cabinets of the Great Powers copies of three diplomatic notes:
1. The English despatch, demanding indemnification. 2. Che reiusa! of
the jS’eupo.itan Government. 3 Anew memorandum, which **ud«*ayo ire
to prove the legality of the seizure and condemnation ot the Cagliari. l*he
King has applitd to Russia for support-, and M. Kisseleff, the Czat’s
E nvoy at Rome, has reached Naples.
M. de Rothschild has tendered his resignation as founder and
mep, her of the Council of Administration of the Austrian Credit Mo¬
bil;; r, and the shares have fallen con 8 iderttbly # in consequence.
Mr John O’Farrell, a member of the Otmad'ftn Home of
Aspembly. has bfen unanimously expo'led from hia seat - fo** election
frauds. He OHtnint. be r« -e'ec.tcd lor fourteen yearo, and hia county ,Lot-
biniere) becomes disfranchised.
Joke 5 , 1858 .]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
551
TOWN AND TABLE TALK ON LITERATURE, ART, &c.
Hut Majesty (God Menu her!) is finding pleasant homes in pleasant
places for scientific Englishmen. Owen, the Cuvier of England, has
long had a free house from her Majesty at the Roehampton corner of
Richmond Park; and a house at Hampton Court (hardly less pleasant)
has jnst keen given by her Majesty to Professor Faraday, the great
papil of Sir Humphry Davy. These are not almshouses. Any one
sight be proud to live rent- free in a pleasant place pleasantly given by
Queen Victoria. We should like to see Richmond Park skirted with
■•eluded houses for men of genius. Here might live the author of
“ David Copperfitld; ” on t’other side, near the Robin Hood Cate,
Bight live the author of ‘* Vanity Fair.” Here, where nightingales
Best do congregate, Tennyson might live under a thatched roof>
«oa mending a distant view of Windsor’s terraced heights. Here an
English historian might hold out; here an antiquary ; here (though
in a villakin only) a topographer; and here, at the Star and darter
Cate, the best author who is the best epicure in made-dishes and rare
eld wines.
The only autograph of Shnkspeare in private hands—the only
autograph of Shakspcare which money is ever likely to buy without
a revolution—iB to pass this month under the hammer of Messrs.
Bothchy and Wilkinson. Only five unmistakable autographs of Sliak-
spoare are known (for we do not believe even in the Florio in the
British Museum)—vie., the three signatures to his will on three sheets,
the signature to the deed in the Guildhall Library, and this or the
Garrick autograph, now offered to the greatest admirer with the
longest purse. The Guildhall Library document is the counterpart of
the conveyance of a house in Ireland-yard, near to the Blackfriars
Theatre, which Bhakspeare bonght in 1012, and bequeathed by will
to his daughter, Susanna Hall. It is genuine beyond all dispute. On
ibis spot, on this hit of parchment, rested the right hand of the
myriad-minded, the thousand-tongued Bhakspeare—the greatest
kcnefac'or to the world that England, rich in such productions, lias
yet produced. Shakspcare, doubtless, read every line on this oblong
hit *1 parchment, for Shskspeare’s opinion might have been taken with
advantage on any subject- Let some rich person bny it (will Miss
Burdctt Contts listen to onr entreaties, and present it to Sliakspeare’s
house at Stratford-upon-Avon ?). Its presence there, in a mulberry
frame, would be most appropriate. The Guildhall signature cost Gog
and Magog £147.
The Soulagcs Collection—so the rumour runs—will find a final rest¬
ing-place in the South Kensington Museum. Mr. Henry Cole and
these who work with him have so managed finances intrusted to their
•art that they clearly see a way of paying certain annual sums (with
interest) until the whole pnrcbasc-moncy is completed.
Apropos of collections, we hear that if the Campana Collection (to
which we called attention last week) he brought to England, it will
make its first bow to the public in the now mucintalkcd-about Ex¬
hibition of 1861. Mr. Wentworth Dilke will render a further service
to art by moving vigorously in this matter.
An excellent English actress of the good old seliool has just dis¬
appeared from among ns, and at a ripe age. Fifty-fonr years ago
Miss Duncan, from Edinburgh, made her first appearance (Oct. S,
1804) at Covent Garden, in the no easy part of Lwl.i/ Teazle. It
was a memorable night. The elder Mathews (Charles of the At
Homes) appeared for the first time as Sir Peter Teazle, and Elliston
made his first appearance in the part of Charles Surface. Of the cast
on that occasion—and it was a good one, including Miss Mellon Miss
Duncan (afterwards Mrs. Davison) was the last survivor. Old play¬
goer have been heard to speak of that night as a great occasion.
Sheridan was present, and more than nodded approbation. But the
intellect of Mrs. Davison is not dead : her eminent son is the great
musical critic (ay and something more) of England at this time.
Ben Webster of the Adtlphi is the first actor who has pulled down a
habitable theatre for the sole purpose of rebuilding it. Fires and
fallings in are the usnal fate of theatres; bnt Ben of the Adelphi sets
to at cnee with pickaxe and shovel, carts the Adelphi to London pur¬
lieus, and begins a new and enlarged theatre. In an act so public
•pirited who does not wish Ben Webster success. Wednesday, the
2nd of Jone, was the last night of the little Adelphi. We are to
have a large Adelphi in September next London historians will
•art fully chronicle both events.
Poetry happily is not extinct among us-poetie fathers liave had
poetic sons—and now we have a poetic father with a poetic daughter.
Miss Procter—Barry Cornwall's daughter—is about to pohlish a
volume of poems; and critics—ay, and harsh ones—speak more than
favourably of Mibs Procter's poetic powers.
The Anpiifitan age of Anne was the age in which poets were . .cere-
h-tita *f State and Ambassadors. The Augustan age of Queen Victoria
(and we mention th fact with pride) is ' he age when a clever novelist is
Chancellor of the Exchequer an I another e'ever novelist a Secretary
U Hat*. Literature is well npres ntel in a Cabinet that has two
nevehfets in it. ___
A “Navvy’s” Fcseral at Beckenham.—'T he readers ot
•• Eolith Hearts and English Hands" will be interested mth.-fotiow-
which we quote from a weekly contemporary The quiet
ir» account, w men we q Sunday the scene of nuurtwl exeite-
viliage of BerkfUMm was on Donuav ‘navvy,’ named Thomas
went, ln ^"iuetl Ld was'fbtwrly employed on Urn Bromley branch
V"* and K^nt ItaTlvavand having some mouths sin™ at-
?' Eerimure readings ofMris Marsh, the authoress
trndrd the cottsee ■ rpture na ^ ., convert.
miniMfrirg to hln>. TVlitn he oau psweient y days.
B.rl.nlam lor change oi air. wnhnrfe jtterteW hera^uww^uays,
blnriir# from the phetildfr commenced. ^_: ne how highly
<rd«d in prayer with hta triers. onthoimc.^LMi
the dirt r <1 w an erfmnt d anmeg th* r&t orine na n*»ctorof Cock-
• n r.ssve to be sent toth.m that the ttev h. Chalmers V.r^rU. thr fUMral
•iiham.had kindly lonseiifidlopraai'h a,uneral sermon,! commcnce-
Uking place on Sunday. For aUtan hour"‘^Kfir
nentol the pel vice, streamsiofnavvies were to be seen u *
way to tilth* church. which was tilled by “followed
lonrral precession passed into ihc church amid breathless 8ileu._.
by tin mourners, including the mother
t/irrdf) ai d about 130 o' the navvies, walking four aorea. ty Wiut h
i .u wl, te Slops After the funeral service in tho chumh and at
the erase was conciudid u foiciho address was de.ivcrcd by the
wor'hv lector. Tie mcurnirs then returned to the rectory. and t .c
I.vvies were invited by Miss Marsh to a barn, where sim had t.w
IJnTidfd for them At 1»V» -p».«t sevi n, on visiting the Urn, wt Tonw U
£V tl with scat" and ffghnd and the whole of the men prepared for an
!!;^i.w»rriee Vhteh commenced by their standing up and siog'MC a
jTfningper ^ ne commencing • Christ hi* n*en from
Ac was then read and exp’oined to them by Mi59 Marsh,. ftj.er
hi Jn wi?pung. «» d then a concluding forcible aud i«n-
vrl'irli anoUier ) fl . r( d v * hy jjj s „ Harsh for all those present, espe-
pifP^ive At the eo/ciurion every one present, to the number
itZ l book haSdiwUh%e lady and received her farew^l breesing.’
Tup- Higut Boh. William * ates 1 eel, brother of the late
H'asSeu?'statesman! died on Toed, ask at Bagintcn-hal, War-
earldom of (Shrewsbury.
METROPOLITAN NEWS.
The Lokmon Corporation Bile and the City Coal-
Tax - On haturday Jnst an influential and numerous deputation waited
Upon Mr. Secretary Walpole and Lt-rd J Manners. at the Home OSoc, for
thepnrpope of PolicJting the aeaent of the Government to the insertion
in the Corporation Bill of clauses for the repeal of the London caal-ttx,
r mounting to upwards of £250.000 per Annum. The deputation wi* intro¬
duced by Sir E Bnlwer Lytton Bart ,Mf, and eon* feted of a great num¬
ber of influential gentlemen, amone whom were the following member#of
Parliament:—SJr C. Napier. Lord Vane Tempest Sir J Shelley, th** Hon.
"W. Cowp*r, Sir W. Coorington, SlrH RawlinROU, Mr J. Locke, Mr. H.
lngrnm. Mr. 'William*. Mr Ayrton, Mr IloupeU, Mr Wykeham Mtrfin,
Mr Whatman, Mr. Kidley.Mr. Brfecce Mr. Alcock. and Mr II B. Sheridm.
The Home Secretary. in reply, said thnt no doubt the coa’-tax was oie of
a very objectionab’e ch> racter; and that probably tlie best course to satisfy
the deputation wouid be to adept the suggestion of Mr. Ayrton, M P. and
have the bill ncommitted, in order that the coal-tax question might be
considered at the tame time that the Corporatiou authorities who had
pititiomd the House of Commons for a recommitment of the bill might
be heard on the other side; but he warned the deputation that, if that
conrfe were adopted, the effect would be to postpone legislation on the
Corporation affairs until n»xt Session. Mr. Ayrton. M P., on behalf of
the deputation, thought that delay wou’d be better than passing a bill so
uusatisfactory aa the present The deputation then withdrew.
Banquet to Major-Genkral Sir A. Wilson.—O n Wed¬
nesday evening a sumptuous entertainment was given by the members of
the Oriental Club to Major-General .Sir Arobdale Wilson of Del m, to
celebrate his return home, after his distinguished milita «7 services in
India. Covers were laid for 120 persons. The banquet which was of the
most rtchtrcJi* character, was served in a superb style in the spacious
coffee-rccm of the club-house in Hanover-square. l'he principal tab e,
aud four others branching therefrom, were covered with costly gilt orna¬
mental plate, and vases containing the choicest flowers decorated the
several tables. Major-General .Sir Robert J. H. Vivian, K C B . provided
on the occasion, supported by the distinguished guest. Major-General Sir
Archdale Wilson. Bart. K.C.B., arid Sir Frederick Currie, the chairman
of the East India Company.
Exhibition of the Kotal Botanical Society.—T he second
general exhibition by this society, of plants, flowers, and fruit in season,
took place on Wednesday, in the society's beautifnl gardens. Regent's
Park. The weather was magnificent The company mustered about
15.POO, among whom were the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs.
Disraeli, the Russian, Austrian, Sardinian, Bavarian. American, aud
other Ambassadors aud Ministers, with their suites; Maria Marchioness
of Ailesbury. the Countesses of Chesterfield. Bradford, and Kinnoul, the
Bishop of Winchester, Ladies Evelyn Stanhope, Dacre, Hamilton, Pcto,
Buchan, Panmure, Willoughby de Broke, &c.
St. Ann’s Society.— The 149th anniversary of this inslUutiotv
which has for its object the maintaining, clothing, and educating the
children of those once in prosperity, orphan* or not, was celebrated on
Wednesday evening, at the London Tavern, in the presence of nearly ISO
friends and subscribers. Samuel Whitbread. K«|, II. P. presided. About
one hundred and fiftv ladies, who occupied scats iu the gallery and upon a
platform at the rear of the chair, increased the brilliancy of the meeting.
Several toasts connected with the cliarity. acknowledging the eerv.ee* of
the committee and tlicir able and Invaluable secretary, Mr. E. K Leeks,
propreed and duly responded to. On this occasion the subscription* re¬
ceived amounted to no less than £700.— At the Royal Asylum. Brlxton-
hill, on Thursday next, will be held a meeting of the St Auu'h Society, i«TP
the examination of certificates of character and distribution of rewards to
the toys, under the presidency of the Lord Bishop of London.
Boyal College of PRECRrTORB.—The following appointments
were made at the la*t meeting of the councilThe Rev. f-Temple. Head
JJaster of Rugby, and the Rev. Dr. Major. Head Master of King s College
School, were elected to vacant seats in the counc il. A large number or
gentlemen were elected honorary members of the college l'he secretary
reported that applications had been received from schools in the neigh-
bourhoed of Ixindon. renresentinu about iono pnpUa. dosiroos of availing
themselves of the pupils' examination in the college rooms: and that an
equal number of candidate? was expected from tin- provinces wul from
ladies* schools to be examined at a flubfieqaept period by proctors aud
exaniinijjcs from the college. ^ - / /
The’ Fhotographk Society.— tbe town exhibition o( the
Photosradhio Society has just been opened at the ro >m« of the s ociety.
No, l. New Coventry*street The collection eonsists very much ot what
has been already, during some months exhibited at tlm South Kensing¬
ton Museum, but with some -important additions. The breach exhibitor#
distinguish themselves favourably.'piirUniiarlv M. Bingham, with his ad¬
mirable rendering of popular pictures and prints ; uiidM Rchebourg.
who displays u great variety of figure-airtyecto (some of them Important)
nnd studies from nature. Mr. J. fontencm * photographs on wood (for
the purpose of engraving, are deserving ol attention.
JNAUGURATI021L—TirE X^UDLEY CoUTTfl STUART
House or REFUfiiL==uA very appropriate tribute of respe« t whs on Infta-
dav paid to the memory of this nobleman, whose public services and
nimublMy ofriiiiTartcr will not soon be (orj?o ten. li e Weu.l- a"<l ■» ;
mixers bit upon tbe plau of enUrgUi*. In his honour, the Mi rylebone
Ni«htly Relnxe for the Destitiite. an institution in winch the lamenteit
nobleman took s d«ii personal interest. The euUrgemcnt having b.-en
computed, the inauguration took place on Tuesday, laird Carl Is e grace-
fulls- presiding, [host weeks I loiistrAtkii LondoM f.t;ws eon wined
an Engraving of the Refuge, with some in lures ting descriptve details.)
ra-TCBorJtD AbD Gexerai. Recbkatios SociEfT.—A din¬
ner on behalf of this aoeietv took pheeon Tu,*sday night at the London
Tavern-Mr. (harlot Dickens in the chair. Ihcobjeetot this new society is
io provide open spaces for playgrounds for tbe poorer ehiidrca in p >ou-
loos places, aid by lliis means to remove them as nioeh as posslb.e from
the An? and alleys in which they are at .present "cabined, cribbed and
confined.V The list of subscriptions dumigllK-evening amounted to fds.
Tbeehairman.in proposingthclast toast. " rhehealth°i theUdies. f
that he would not preside at another dinner nnavfi tlie ladies also diaed—
un announcement which was reocivcd with enthusiastic cheers.
A»-koal Gatjieriso of CaJt.riRKX at Ur. Pabi.s.—'* n
Thursday the annual gathering of the children ot
l arocliial schools, took place in St. 1 aul a. < athedrnl, in tlie pnts ace i a
vast congregation, the rliPdreu themselves nnmberiog sOOO. Tbo ehWren
wire 1 1 did by tbe bi-adle and ace-ompanied In their mar h hy tielr
refractive clergy and some of the leading inhabitants of the parish to
»ln?h Ihey beiong. In the interior of the cathedral the.children, OMUpled
I he bvpclKS Of a stiarious amphitheatre erected beneath the dome, tnc aren.
of which was fiflid by the municipal authorities *he clergy, nnd the
stewards of the anniversary meeting; while the public were occotnmod ited
wltli a gallery, wliich, springing from the floor at the transept, rose, s wt
uffer ni,.at along tlie whole length of the central alfllc, ui»tiI it reached the
u • »• i. cv «*. f o tr.rvt .inorwav Divine Service commenced *t two ve o clock
by the children In one choir singln-the tMWOtiful "trains of the loah Psalm.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop ot Salisbury preached an eloquent sermon
on the occasion. . .
Ike Poplar Hospital.—O n Wednesday evening tlie annis
versarv festival of this institution took place at the Hruoswi-.k Tavern
Biacknali under Ihe presidency of Viscount Ingestre, Ml., "vpjrtC'l by
a lar-e number ofcenilenien. Yhe sabseriptiou-list n-..d in the course of
Hie evening announeed an addition to the funds of the hospital amounting
to upwards oi £ 1000 . . -
Ft. Pa cl’s Fchool-Or Wclnesday the sWdente of Dean
nf n ,,V ami bva!DOTsIderiSSy la^tr nutnlwt of vi .'.tors thvi
sfefif ayssi issawss
GfiSOSL^&'SSSSi SC£~"“ *“*
y,.„. xi, nicAL Ctcn.—Arrangement* are in progress for the
esu^hm^of J rnSlal; in whi£ «Ui be open to
all nr embtra of «ach branch of the profession. ,
TlwaiNAGF— 1 The Metropollian Board of Work?, on WedneHaj,
a®«yrf«»ws
OBITUAiiY OF EMDvEN r PERSONA
THE FARL OF RANFDKLY.
TRRBinnTHoN ThdMabKsox, seoeod Earl of Ranfur’y, an! th»
elde>t ton ot Thomas, the first E.r), by hiswi o, M >ry J iliann oldwt.
daughter ef tho Moat R-v. William Stuart D.D, Aruiunoiop of
Aimngh, Wat lorn the 13th of November, 1810, and mini if, the
32th October, 1818, Harriet, daughter of the late James Ivamiigton,
Esq of Drumhead Hull. Yorkshire, by whom he has had tvjsins
and a daughter His Lordship, who prior to inheriting tie ea*l lorn
lore the title of Viscount NirtliJand, succeeded to the family honours
»► la'tlv SS tbo 21 ft. of last Match on the dsmiia of his father, the fir<t
Esil. Ho himself died on the Ifirh ult, at his seat, Dungannon P Hr,
c, unty Tyrone, end is succeeded by his oidor son. Thomas O.anvine
Burt S nart, now tbe third Fail, who is a youth in his ninth soar.
A notice of the Earl, tbe fader of the Peer jest decoa-ed, wie ptven,
with od Inpo-viiig of tho arms of the nobio hotxse of Ran fan 7,^111 the
number of the Illustrated Loxiion Nnws of the 3rd ot April last.
SIR 8AMUKL -STIRLING. BART.
Sir Samvel Stirling, sevemh Baronet, of Gloi.i, in tbo oonubp or
Stirlir.ar, was tbo eiitat son of
Nir Joha Srirliotr. tho sixth
Baronet bv h>* wifo, wh*' w^a
a Miss Tolsoo, of Sera-ford, in
North Ameno* Ho wie born
in 178.% iuid. adopting tho law
as a profession, boa ime a Scot¬
tish a 1 vacate in 18’I8. He suo-
oueaed his father in the ba¬
ronetcy. Ho nwnied, in 1813,
Mary Anne, only daughter of
Major Kouort Berrio, ri L.O.S.,
bu T . leaves no if»»ue. Sir Simuel
died at the H6‘ol Windsor,
Faris, on ihe 3rd nit, and is succeeded in his title and entaUod
estates hy his nenhew*, now Sir Samuel Homo Stirling, tho oighth
Baronet who was born in 1830, and married, in 18of, Mary, youngeet
daughter of Colonel Begbie, by whom he has lasne a daughter,
boin in 1855. This is an old Nova Sootia baronetcy. Sir Muom. bur¬
ling, the fiist Baioret, who was so created in lfitio, being the hneal
descendant of Sir John Stilling, Knight, of GlomL Armour-bearer to
King James L of Scotland at the beginning of the fifteenth contury.
DR. STRONG.
Francis Pemhlf. Strong, Esq , M.D., was the son of the Rector of
Noi-ton, inKent; was bom in 1783; and was od ncato 1 fir the meiioa!
lerofefMcn, which he practised for ashore Umain LuglunL for
Jndiain 1815, whon he waanominuUd tothemtdical ohargo or tee My-
eorti Pxinci ts and civil surgeoncy of tho twenty-rour Porguainths. I he
latter position enabled him while in Oaleuttu to discover the tnsMu-
t*iions state of the suburbs thero, and ho devised u rumody, through
tbo sanction of the authorities, in draining the salt-water likes, and ap-
phing O:o land thus rtdeemod to* agricultural and other uaetul pur-
rcses He also ameliorat ed the condition of the prisoners coo lined ra
the Calcutta gaols by piocuring tho substitution of chain for bsr tet¬
ters, und by improving the whole of the sanitary regulatioua, by whicn
the ratio of mortality was greatly diminished.. Hw efforts for tne 1 a-
tTcduction of coflee end cotton growing in India wore unoeaatng,
though they met with but partial mucccsf. Constant alsa were his en-
deavburs to t-upply Calcutta with pure water. In oviienoo of his
gem-rous disposition, it n ay bo stated that he gave up gra-uitoialy
the lower roc ms ot his splendid residence in Calcutta for tho acoorn -
modation ol tho public library tbero. Dr. Strong hid ouly uruvodw
Knelund about a yi or beioro his death, which oocunvd on the lLn
u\t , at iho ago of seventy three. The doctor, who had baen tor more
Ibun half a contury a resident of Calcutta, was much loved and
i effected by all there, both for his urbanity and hospitality, and fjr the
untiring scenl he ovinoed in converting Calcutta from a hitbsi o*
malaria to an Eastern city of more than average sanitary exoaUauoe.
In o ir notion of Sir Wn. Cockl.uro, Bart, Dean of Tort, his sotnud
n.mriego sbouid have bein thus .tatadi-He married, eeoondly,
i.iLma "i.l? dangh.er of Colonel Pearso, oi HaJey Bt. Georije Park,
Lanhridgeihuc.
t he LATE LIEUTENANT FREDERICK J. G.
SAUNDERS, SItr REGIMENT.
A 1 ITART-THRILLING and tarriblo interest belongs to thestiry of him
win 10 Poitraii a u now prostnt, who woe at once the hero and martyr
of ore of the bloodiest scenes of the Indian mutiny. Lio.itoniot
Kredmick J O baonders, late of the Hth Regiment, was ®tkh won
of Colon. 1 Richard Saunders, nnd bom in Ireland in 18».
inten d the aimy in 1817, and in 1848 joined hie regiment in tho Burt
.Indies. On the bra,king out of tbo Russian war several Indian
officeis joined the Tuikish Contingent, Laeatonant Smndora among
t Um. lie b re tho rank of Cepunn, esmng w.th his regiment in the
Crimea until tho ik»oo; ond it is the uniform of that aotfa in wfcw h
In it is-ois in liioaciom: allying poitioit. Upon quitting tlmCnmoahe
nimtaded to Madras, and, finding .hat we were nt war m thti*eoe-
v.luutteied to sorvo aga nst them m any capurnty. Iho
in lllo huiKol uimy, howovtr, hreukiog/ us e>on afterwards he joined
Lis tmimint »t Renguoo, pnxeeded with hi, core* b> Calcutta, mi
ws, wfth the fint detachment that moved towirds Cawntv.re wlwro
he eet l.ltwiihhis oompaty. under Gsimral M heeler. T
" ,, / the r cn orefile sieRO ho wae wounded in the left breist oy a
S’ ;,hot bS? n^tiriSstanoing hie sufferings, continued t. take an
meiie neitin the o;. rations; and, when the eouooil of war was held,
leleid m bave.ai.id hi. Venn iqtuinst putting aay tmsUn the wort
do reltls and «ee for oon’inumg ’ho samggoJto thelrn- Th. f»A
.fthe dtludod jareison must be but too well remembered. L. an ten in.
giundeispioc.ide .1 with his oimpani.ms to the b.iaw , but, rr«reoo !y
l> * ml all iu" concealed hie lovolvor under hie dress and girded on ms
BWI rf Ho w;c one of thorn who escaped Ihe monlerone fir* Paused
of Ubir «Uit 0 , ^ Nan-i ho duahod forward toro^i?a
ril'aii.io bv abon’i hewm mrroundod, ehuitingdown five**“f'
wi’h h JV.vo'vtr, ,nd firing the sixth lonod at loo ^
in. et.lv without . ffoot. A lew m mro's la'er eud be «• •»»»
1 "’“ ,L CPri i,nd ai.d cnicided; his aaw, oars. n*adL and fe-R *»n»
iSl at ; h‘m b Ts y h 0 e ps't^d, u'Yto' wt^em^
H en followed that hide, us m w-arro which will make me
C»wbi «io • wr-id of horro r to the end o- ^
Ltonrtftt Sauudere lut». a wu« and two son* L h,.
a wX dr, 1. of Bund* to bold in honoured remembrance hi* temtly-
gUriou* tud. _ _
MAJOR HENRY FREDERICK SAUNDERS.
71 TH REGIMENT. ,
• » . - v n , hfiODilv n o rt t irtiBfl e m *-•
NOT lei 8 conspicuous 5 r brircry. bu wr f v Hundws.
I.Mills, haw ti.n tbe lb I83«hseote-ed
on lidtr btotlir of the la e 1~° - ; Dio wsrt cur. of Afri.-s
tbe 3td West l 0 oiu Heirim«i. a“d d ri hll j r premn,
(hienc l.era e and rhe 6w»b»' iSI*!? in 1M7. In 1838 bs pr>-
wiih th« oxpeditiowttj f<»“w». tho only rarrnrim s -
ed.d tn i lhe Gambia «>«. h^kod with him having be«
officer nil the ntfiiir ofirrt. 1 - ^ ex . p !oyed on a ewon
tut* n off by yellow f««r. senega!, wad in the t -I!) wing vow
to c-.it y down a riot at tho Gambia on which
m.T.di-2 (h*tJOJp*“ P, «*i j ;.. . . .ink,, tuk’rnl trtnihkiiafa
information fr,imacabwhilst thing cot vejed from tlie m-w
rr __
rr / • jo ti-iw ouru to the view of the public, arid the occofiar fcc di>t»nguiM»ru u ^„ r ifiroo vour* Ghrr,*o.
i? daily l* tract in)? hundred* to avail tbem^tere of ! e D »b at a jiup n* G*»bis In he joined tbd BMl
present tine weather w Y viewine her immense proportion*. Hoketa. 1 » an t t*k the trooje at tn of tliat jear U> eerv-i
f 'Rinv'tif^D CVX. «ek the birth, of. 904 boy, and
Births >nd IIZATH*, r ,v,j s t«Ted in l»ndon. In the tea
7«8 sir's, in a'l , the average nnmner was 1557 —
correspobdu g weeks of the yc-rsi > j thc tivo previous week" were
wsi re?eliTw,ek ,0 UOJ,of J.icn M« were taM
nreissirri/ A, K«
to Catty et jpnreme ~ ^ down a riot at tbo Ua -
cm Emndtd Jio trua,A l P during u nichl patrol by mikiag a
cccorioc he diitingniutcd h.ms^f duv«b ^ 8 , OTr< 0 irriw,a
in ill health. >>o * < ^ n ® r ,A“f i ^Li re d health, he vol.iuu-erod O' tvu>™
lovtver, lk»n,intp>'o‘‘f •> s P“ n q he prooeertsd t> OJcoAta
iTvac'ho •*—
*J JiJ
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
fJONE 5, 1858
MAJOR H. F. SAUNDERS, 70TH REGIMENT.-FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY HERBERT WATKINS.
The following description of the Levtfe at New Orleans is token
from the letter of our Correspondent describing that city which ap¬
peared in the number of this Journal ior the loch ult.:—
“ The outdoor life of New Orleans is seen to greatest advantage on the
Levde. The river can scarcely be seen for the crowd of Bteacn-boats and
of shipping that stretch along the Lev6e for miles; und the Lev*e
itself is covered with, bales of cotton and other produce, wnich
hundreds of negroes, singing at their work, with here and there an
Iris hm a n among them, are busily engaged in rolling from the steamers
and depositing in tne places set apart for each consignee. These places
are distinguished one from the other by the little flags stuck upon
them—flags of all colours and mixtures of colours and patterns; and
here the goods remain in the open air, unprotected, until it pleases the
consignees to remove them. New Orleans would seem, at first glance,
to overflow with wealth to such an extent as to have no room for
storage. The Btreet pavements actually do service for warehouses, and
are cumbered with barrels of salt, corn, flour, pork, and molasses, and
bales of ootton, to suoh an extent as to impede the traffic, and justify
the belief that the police must either be very numerous and efficient,
or the population very honestly disposed. The docks of Liverpool are
on reaching Cawnpore, was attached to the 04th Regiment, which
corps was formed into a kind of provisional battalion, all the officers
whose regiments were in the upper provinces being attached to it.
Early in the first month of the present year, it will be remembered,
the news of General Windham's disastrous engagement with Hie
Gwalior Contingent reached this country, and produced a very painful
sensation. After the brilliant action of the 26th of November, when
the enemy were repulsed, Major Saunders (then senior Captain attached
to the 64th) commanded one hundred men, who formed the outlying
pickets which guarded General Windham's camp. In the engage¬
ment of the 27th he had the command of the right wing of the regi¬
ment in action, being placed upon the heights near the canal, which
protected the left flank. On the 28th he was ugain in action, and so
distinguished himself as to exoite universal admiration. He com¬
manding the leading division, whioh the brave Major Stirling, who
fell in the engagement, said was to have been supported by the men
armed with the Enfield rifle; but these men had been doing outpost
duty on the previous night, and only fell in in the rear of the regiment
as it passed the Baptist chapel, which was the picket-house. The 64th
advanced steadily for a considerable distance under a heavy cannonade
from four nine-pounders, served with shot and grape, the enemy lving
ooncealed under excellent cover, and taking deliberate aim at the officers
and men as they came near. The Times own correspondent writes in
terms of the highest admiration of Major Saunders’s gallantry. He
says—"Captain Saunders found himself with only a hundred men, and
ten officers out of the sixteen left alive. The bullets were falling in
showers, the men were falling in sheaves, the arrival of supports was
still delayed, and the gallant fellow, sick at heart, after holding the
guns a quarter of an hour, was compelled to order a retreat. The
almost the whole of whioh time has been spent in foreign service. He
js at present in England, on account of ill-health, and has lately had
the honour of being presented to her Majesty, and of being invited to
the last State ball
■A -/ >
rT“ / /
THE LEVEE AT NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans stands on the left bank of the Mississippi, about a
hundred miles from its mouths, on a crescent-like bend of the river,
whence its name of the " Crescent City.” By means of continual de¬
posits of the vast quantities of mud aha sand which it holds in solution,
and brings down from the great wilderness of the Far West, the Mis-
kind protects New Orleans.
THE LEVEE, AT NEW ORLEANS.
June 5, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
553
THE
OVERLAND
ROUTE
T 0
INDIA.
The gentleman to whom we are indebted for one of the accompanying
Engravings writes as follows:—
“ When I was homeward bound—less than two years ago—the whole
distance from Suez to Cairo, and vice verta, was performed in vans.
Then five vans, each containing six "insides," started in a set—changed
cattle at posthouses, at stages of about six or or seven miles, through
t m desert, and accomplished the journey in some seventeen or eighteen
hours. Fonr hours after the departure of one set another set started,
and so on till the number of passengers was exhausted. Now a mil¬
way crosses the desert from Cairo to about twenty-three miles from
Suez. All the caMP are collected on this space, and almost any
number of vans start at once : a rare sight it is: my 8ketch gives a
very feeble idea of the wild excitement prevailing. I would not have
missed the little bit of "vanning" fora great deal; but it won't be
had much longer. Soon the rail will be opened all the way to Suez';
CONVEYING BOILERS ACROSS THE i STUM US OF SUEZ.
and the enterprising traveller will be able to sleep as soundly across
the desert as he would from London to Brighton.”
The following extract from the letter of a private soldier gives a
lively pioture of a portion of the Overland route:—" After partaking of
an excellent breakfast, served in a canvas tent, we were provided with
donkeys to cross the desert to Suez, ftdistance of 25 miles. Fancy about
2(H) Europeans in white clothing, on donkeys, followed by ArabB on
foot in their many-coloured and motley garments, surrounded by vast
plains and hills of nothing but sand, and you have a scene which must
be witnessed to be fully appreciated. The animals jogged along be¬
tween a walk, a run, and a trot, without great labour, till we had pro¬
ceeded about fourteen miles, when we halted about an hour for re¬
freshment. The weather was agreeably warm, and there was little or
no wind, and no annoyance was experienced from sand. We reached
Suez early in the afternoon, where we dismounted from our chargers;
and, although these little patient animals had carried a load of thirteen
or fourteen stone a distance of twenty-five miles, when within half
a mile of their destination most of them broke into a gallop of
their own accord, and arrived with firing oolours at the gates of
Suez with no appearance of fatigue. The Arabs, also, who had fol¬
lowed barefoot at the tails of their respective animals, showod no sign
of being tired. It was laughable to see some of the animal* occa¬
sionally 6lip on their knees and pitch their riders in the sand, and but
few escaped a fell or two; but no one was hurt. There were also
several caravans similar to English bathing-machines, and drawn by
horses and mules, but very few chose this method of crossing the
desert. On reaching Suez we ware beset by the donkey-drivers for
‘backshish.’ The Arabs and donkeys were not allowed within the
S ites of Suez, and would return next morning to go through the same
tigue on the following day."
CROSSING THE ISTHMUS OF SUEZ.
554
THE ILLUSTRATED LON DON NEWS
[ J one 5, 1858
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK.
8 ukdat, June 6.—1st Ban day after Trinity.
Monday, 7.— Maraeion taken, 1955.
Tuesday, 8.— Length of day, 1 Oh 25m,
Wednesday, 9.— Antvrea souths at lih. 7m., p ra.
Thursday, 10.—Aatley’s Theatre destroyed by tire, 1841.
Friday, 11.—St. Barnabaa. New Moon. 2h. 46tn., p m.
Saturday, 12 .—Trinity Term ends. Malta taken, 17»8.
TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGK,
FOB THE WEEK. ENDING JUNE 12, 1858.
BewUy. | Monday. | Tuosdaj. | Wednesday. | Thnraday. I Friday, t Saturday.
M
M
M
A
A 1 X
. *
“
*
h m
h m
h m|h ra
h ra
h ra
8 421 9 20
y 4ft
in ig
10 45
11 14
H 43
~
0 II
H ER MAJESTY’S THEATRE.—Titiens, Alboni, Ortolani,
Piccolo mini, Giugl'nl, Belart. Bencrenuno. Vlalotti, AMl&imU and BoUJttl-
MONDAY, JUNE 7. GKANI* M* RNING VKKFOKllA.NCE, DON UIO\ ASM and 01
B» INI Df.8 feONGK L with tfdlla Mario rsjfHoui. Door* op«n at ooo; »teU:>©'A «■»*«*!
at HaY-p atOoo o o’oek. Boxea, from £1 1I*. W.to £5 5a : iTtSUlla, 21a.: Wt and GaUorr
fcrj.il* I*.; Gaiter, ft. 6d. Mornm* dr os oolr U ocoeuary. Taeadar,Jan« 8
du'fd for the first t ine. V*«dl ■ O era, l.UISl MILLEtti by Mdlle. Piccolomlni and Mi Um®
Alboni Stencil Giur'ini. Ylaletll. Cat'o'H. and Bawontam. rburni«r, Juao in. will no
i©,*at«U UI«A FILLER; for the BENEFIT of Mdllo. MOCOfcOMINL-'Applioatloui to b*
mad* al the B©x-o®c* of the Tbea»r*.
T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.— Monday. Tuesday,
Ih.Ld.T Frltl.r .ml e.lordnT, AN UKRQUAl. MATCH To Cvummt .1 «ov.n
U|<« Amv riedn *rick a« R*s»er. On Wednesday, for I'll• nlfT^t ot HUNCH 41CK, in
which Mr* t Mario* You nr. in oonieqwcoc*. o r n me-ou* loqn W*. will tnpotr In the ohi-
rtioier ol Julia. H.lao Mire Hcjnw'Jb; Modus. Mr. Bank«ooa. Aft-r He o>tn»die», ororr
PLUTO and PKOdBHFlN and JaCK’ 8 RgfUriN fro m CANTON.
1/1 ISS REYNOLDS has the honour to announco that her
1YI ANNUA-. BENEFIT will taka place at tho SATHABKIT THKATBE on WJD-
NF8DAT. the lG‘h JUNK uoU.
E OYAL PRINCESS’ THEATRE.—Monday, Wednesday.
and Tburtday. MUWQ HA’I CHARM4. KING LEAR, and SAVUBG IN dK 1RIff
OF HI V 8M.F Tueada*. THE rTOCK EXCHANGE: or. Th* Oreia **a;lae« Mod (ft.
Hire'. FAUST rad MABG n ERITF, wi‘h SAMUEL IN SEA ICS O? HIM48LF Kridar
the .feat/© mill N> cl sed In rooaot uenre ©f i* n'aht rebearial of 4w *b tu* O Vraia*
F*4wrfiajr)f.ir he B«r©fl» of Mr. and Mra Boa'll, ‘toikos ’••r'an are TH •• HS tvilANr DP
VENICE wdl t« produc'd. Preadied by 8AMU V L IN 9 BARCH OF HIM »B F. _
E OYAL PROCESS’ THEATRE.—Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES
KP.AK rato-tm'l, Infora. t-« Potato Hat their ANWAt. BZIAPtr wtl' -•*.
pleoe on 8ATUHDAY NEXT, JUNE Itth, ■•*»•* which oeci ioa 5huk»p©aro a Pity of Th 4
MEBCHANT OF VENICE wiU bo produced with the earn© aeon racy of detail and h startcri
correct©*»- U» t have marked the preriou* re-teals at Ih's toeotre. In conroquenM o' thU
•fTBOffineni KING I KAR will b* repeated THREE NIGHTS MORE and then withlrawo,
to n.*U©ro«otn for THR MKRCH ANT»F VKNWH. KING LEAR Monday, Wedaeaday,
acd TLu idry OuTui-a^ay ai-xt(laat tlreal FAU8T and MARGUERITE.
A STLEYS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — Lessee and
Manager Mr W ILI.IAM (XK*KB.-Tbla Erenlnr the GrandI Spjctacte eo*Itl*d
THBWHirV PALFRF.Yi or. The WfM B^ar of »ho Fona. ROHNBB inch-. ARENA:
infndoc nr Mim Sml«y ^oofee, ^dlle. Pliure*ta, Kona'll Pam'Jr, Mr WHIta-n Owlca a tralnad
a’«*d». M.rar . C. Bradburr. and MofTat. Concluding with the Faioo ooUiled THL MAN
OP I WO MASTERS. Couinonoe at 7.
S OPRF-Y THEATRE.—Open for Twelpe nights only, with
Mr. B Wrb«rr. Madame Coleato. and the OO'lnj AdolphI Comoany. On Mo'dajr
ard furinr tte * <vh tto 0 iBfcN BU-HEn Moa-*.. R Ilioartio. Mor'aau Wr'gV. * 4«-l-
fortl Oar n K. hottif Madame C l»Ui M|w A den. Mi« M Kaeliy. AtiOUR FRB WH
LADT’< MATD. Fo«a £■» r<a.kb.a, Mr. Web«ar;Mdle Eoph' lne. M idem a C* eate
C 'lREAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE—Return
T of Mr. PHET.Pfl.-On Monday. MVNBTHi on ^uo-dar, TH -C M VN OF rit 4
WO r LDj on Wed ® d»y and Paturdar. KING 1 EAHj on Thandtr. TH ^ «TRANGRRio*t
FrV ay. OtRFI IA Mr. Ilielpa and Mr. Henry Mantou. To concloda with TdB BLUtD
BKGGAB t F 1 KTHNAL-GkEEN.
TVlK. CHARLES DICKENS will read his CHIMES on
1YI THUR D^Y EVEM V G JUNE 3*d, at Elgh* o’Clook, an» Ma CRRIR I'M V.3
m W'dua-day Afr moon, Jun« 2th, a* Three o Cloak, a*. VT. M\RriN*9 HAL'*. Bitch
Be -fNnr wl 1 l*at two bncire Rtalla (numbstvi and raservnl*, 5i ; Ar»a aadGaUinn. w. 01.;
rurawrvnd ts. 'a Ticket* to he h*d at Muaa.i. chapman and Hall a. PahILho a, 93
JiooadDly a'd I rt Martin'# HalL Lonr-aere.
■VfR. ALBERT SMITH’S MONT BLaNO^ NaFLSS,
XtJ POMPEU, and VESUYtug, e rory Night (a*eeot flatardayl at EIrht. and ’lea¬
der. Thuraday and flaturdar Aftomv)u*. at Tbreo Plaooa can be secured at the Box-
Odtre VGYPHAV HAM., daily. hr*w«*i a-<d Fonr wl -Hont anr -»f>. ohir^
M R. and MHS. GERMAN RWkD’S NEW ENTER TAIN-
MBNT-Toe New S« ie’ or ILLUATRATl >NA by Mr and Mr* RES » Oat; Mtta
P. U'tttml Kr,ry F-v*nlng ©ice -t Pata»d«y at 8 ai-trdi» AGorioon a* 3 Atmi««l*o.
la ft i'ri3. Pta la aocti'ed without extra oh*»«re a* the ROY VL G ViL^.R Y oflLLUi-
THA • ION -4. Ueg^tit-street; and .1 Cramer. Bcala , and Co ’a, 20 . Reg i at-at •no-. _
T HE SISTERS SOPHIA and AN.-IIK will recomn-.nci their
Pmvh olal Tour in 8ep.ember, being the Six;It Tear of their cntorUi-imant, “ Bketchei
fim Katuro.'I
S IGNOR ANTONIO POLir.TTI.— In consequence of tho great
aueoeia of hia pe*formance of NATURAL MAGIC «n H*-nrl*T lari, he will roeat IN
at the HANOVRE-UQUARK BOOM5. on WKD F.8DAY MORN VG JUNE «. en«l
FATUHDA \ PVENINO, JUNE >2, at Tore© at d Eight o’clock. Tick eta at tho Room*; the
rrinri al MuaiaelUra'; and U. W. Ollirier'a, 19, Old Bond-street, W. Chl.d eu under twelve
Uf-frioa
C HRISTY’S MINSTRELS, Polygraphie Hall, King Wuiiutn-.
street. Htrand.—F.ntertalntnent eomrooucee ar Eight. Morning Concert erarr Ritnr-
day at T hreo An ontim Change of Programme, introducing BUKLE84JUK on the CIUCUS.
Dress 8tada ft ; Area, fa.; Amphitheatre, Is.
QT. JAMFSS HALL.—The CHRISTY MINSTRELS will
lk^ Mn> a Pfcond Grand MORNING PERFORM \NCR ©n MONOVY. flat June, com-
m- nc'ng at Thr>o prociady. Tliket* and Stalls to be had at MITJHBLL'8, and oth-r
Mbsiral Iibiarlra.
TM ADAME TUSSAUITS NEW ADDITIOV, the atrocious
JfJ saeasalns ORR1N1 and PIKER!, gulllrilned fbr at tempting the life of tho P.mnwor
Napoleon 111. and the P.mpteea, to the horror of all Enrooe — Raranr. Raker-street, Portman-
aquaro Adcaiitanoo. Is ; extra rooms, 6d. Open Irom Eleren till Nine.
E OYAL CRFMORNE GARDENS.—Tho Great Exhibition
of Rhododendrons end other American Plaits. In the A hburnharn PatI'Ihb lidil'X
fnoieeaiog in beauty a>d Si-lmd^ur The Aral of the Saturday P<1te* iako< plawoi the 5tt
• .»ono ehpi, a Mirnl g Pctfonn«nce wdl be rlreu in the Otrjoe or Mariir.etw fheitfS
ard tbo Tii b (a »tP be ft. fi \ On tbeae oo^aaiona tbe free lint will bonus m d m! Mldix o' Bo-:y»
uoai Evening Eni- r.alamcuta wul coaimanco, and tbs aimitaiju will bo Ooa
G REAT UNITED STATES CIRCUS. -Messrs. HOWES
and fUPHlhO, Protrletor*.— 1 Iho boit-vestlla'ed building In Lon lot-—L V8J W'*?»?K
HiT ( NE of ill© RR 80N Under the eepeclu patronage of her the o ‘KK I.
bis Royal Higt.new the PRIN CE ON80R'’ ant the RJYAL FAMl-.T. wh> bjtmHd
G»e Pin prlctrna wHh a visit on MAY It, 1858 T oo'h Wook. L* inrecoci -nto-I 8ioce»*.
The largest Pqan>t>ba P.ntaM *hm*a« In tbe World, nombering over Two Houlrcd M m
imi v*ciw,|is NOW OPRN. fora short soaaon, at tie ROYAL At.H A Vflt tA l*A ACE.
Lee*vtor-a* « *-re. g idng T«0 FB’ FGnMkN F.6 KACd DAY. co'emeno’nr at Hxlf-paU
Tx»r at d Ri, ht o Cl ik p m. Tbe l ay Pc'ferm*n.’N» :« frilly ojuas t> that of the Bra ring.
At'aiireirn Pilva'e F-xea from £2 ft. to 13 ft cuch: Btalb, 5i.; R«e rv©.! RexU Si.; B>ce«.
7e.: PR. Is.: O !’• ▼. 64 Private Roxce and 8 tal s can onlr be *ocir d at *bo A hun ira
pa ace. aio Mr. MR* ball'* 1 Ibiary. St. Old 8ond- tr«.nt. Iliofli open from I’on am
un U PKe ujw. No fr» f < r booking i lae«e. No progra nm<?« «ro correct nut ho,o narchaaed
kiaWc lb’ froilJirg; and only Id. each is allowed to be charged. N B. S-jUju tloxat* not
dsn-la able. \\ ^
C RYSTAL PALACE—AMERICAN PL YNTS.—The
FHOD I»ENDR0' v *t and A7. VLEA q .—The Park and Garden* uiw o mtxin one of »ha
Urgent an i n»o*l perf ct abow* of thoie f .von it* fi >weblog Shrub* th it o i * m ron :elve 1
7h y arr al pn'»ont In *h© fulleat parfboUoa. forming literally barks of bouit-, w.t i ex-
qmli Itcly 4-v • ifl-fd oMour*. Thev w ll remain lo bloom (or two of 'hr.<e week*.
‘i be i o«v Wliot Bend of th a Company will, porfrinuic thotirouad* dally (weather parmittlng)
fkvm ill lib aaa<et.
pRYbTAL PAI.ACE.—ARRXNGEMENTS for the WEEK
eod’ng SATURDAY. JUVR tfts.
Mend«y.—f'poa st t. ^rtho* ra» Band at 19 34. Groat Orgxn nt 2 tl. Piaor at 333.
Uimod Bards t t. Wind Band In the G-oaodi (weather permittio^), fron GtlUauiseu
Fie Frun-aioa and otfeur portloblar* aca boiuw-
Tneaday. -Open a* (10. ft,f rmuW by'he Juvenile Cavanhxm A”.idem e **tn 1 in the
Pakal >*0 nna In the Central rnnwpUtA Tie 0-mwny* Bind*, tie trou Orgau
(M . w^ibrook) me this ITanofane perfonnAocoi, as on Mjndiy. Perfjrtniuco on too
CrVal p«I ce n ia- Organ at f*.
Wednevay aul Thuoalsy.—Onen at -19. Same arrangemecU a* Monday.
A’ ni'saliai ••n the absrs da's One jSBPtngi CWdren under Twelve, alx gmoe.
Friday.—Open at I rtrooed Grand Concori by tbe eoytt Iiallaa opera lom’wny a* 3.
On an Fe*fo>inar.ue beruw and aft^r the Con-ert. by M-. toward. Thi Kotnula* in ths
Nawe end Fine- Art. Con’va, end t» ’ha Terrace*, "ill play frtm the hour of .emlngunMl
ex ep* «iur>ng :b>* C/nror a. Fall Dia day of tho whole of the U jpor 8<'rlo* afror *he 'Ion sort
The Wind r;and a»Ml perform In the Grounds fr m 6 till ronret. Admituioa. 7s. 61. each;
Ob'Mren ond* r Twelve, ft. 6d . Reserved H l*s. ft. 6d extra.
Saturday—Ocea at 5*. Floral **romaau e and Ferfo maioei bv the 8-nds m u*ual
TUnof r; nets! by Ml*s Annie EiBoU. Mr. J«m-a Coward will perfirm oi »he Great
Orrvn. ard Mr J Fadbtt 8hrp i*rd on tbe Pa l« Prize Grg*n. Tbo now WUd fliad aud
Foun ,ln as o«* Ftlday adrointon. ft ft.; Chi»dr«m ardor Twelve. Is.
On Moo ay, Tareday. Wulnaaday. and Tliureon* th* ’ trr’oeii Fo in aia* la hi Neves an!
F'ne Ait fomt* *aill pin- daily fnan l>t* 4 and th*T rroca Kou >t*ln» from2tillu Ful
d'npfty each «U) of the whrie of the uppr avstem n * *u w w >rka at 1 3 »■
Is tbe Troj-n^l Tran fp> tbe palm*, banana* f ig 4 ft e a . Indlaruhb-w tm«s tea ooTao *ur»”,
riee. pop* e». gtenr ai aiioe, cinoamon and nn eberie ■ other curioa* plantt frwn h • frijlc*.
f** **' ft 1-ge.man* n» them toaded with 11 w,ra and fruit. Tbe live foreign bird* aoJ
UnaH* I* iHadepartrceot will he *oun • Inferos hig
Ybo Nnval Gaitervmoaiaateitylr dsnfmodda.-norgsithem «large molel o'th* cala-
b»W d s^lp JAMXA RftC'rR which wsa recentty derived by fire at 'Jrerpi *L AU thx
S*abTTro * rtit>nia lowi o rf kl*y. The Water Towers and Pa apiaj Englnm remain open
fcjtamaaade Mania la tho Park every evening till tuanf.
M
R. BENEDtCT’3 ANNUAL MORNING CONCERT,
_ under the Immediate Kaironsgo^of^ber^Mcat Uracim* Majesty
bto «^.l Ubt-n. . *ba IMnw Omilte > »"v.l iliibam- ' h * ,'5?L.*7 hKtX
Kot.I Hi.tim*- th. 1'u.fc— o' Cnnjb «il Ttofiu
.. MDYint irvp jut on the same KIa'n «cn1o of f<tnwf veaie. ramcm* *■“* v*.
SrliSi,” !2£2£,% **« u..
and Mario Warohousos. ___ .
M USICAL UMON.—Mad. Szarrady, Joachim. PtaHi, &c.
^u'rday. JaeoHth. a onariar-patt Ibroe o’cloet. Qu rtet Blit*. .V*",
Quartet r£Z Ac - McmoVro a. Quu fef.No 10. ££ jJ d
S C turoo.P 1 haromloor-OhopH G.pr’oo. r \D » • Ihh-Fagaut i-Vtat jra Tiikete. 10*. «I .
tobe had at Cr» mcr and to.. Cbap p-IIV. and Ol-lvlor’s. _ J. Ella. L.rae or.
TITILLIS’S ROOMS.—Miss M A Cl ROME has the honour to
W ar nounc** that brr 80IREE MUUCALK will take olsoe on SjMovtV ,•***» gJJj
corn lnrnc loir at Ha f-pa*’ Klcht o’clock. Voca *• w. M *d into ClaroNovdio. nlajUOl ty, ne.r
J ire lick end Mis* Mar.m Mues. Mr. Kst'r. Mr. Mon on: Smith, and Mr. Wynn, f the
vS I Ur. ion InatrumentaUs a, Mf ^arir mo * M ‘lie lSr>y w Ffrih*k
Union will porform Part borgs; and Mailiroe Clara HoreBo, WnBm .™gJJJr
other now compoiltloni by Miv Mac rons, ( on luctor Mr. SS
Half n Guinea; Single Tickets 7ii P«n^ TUdtaP*, to admit JV “*y bsnuior th
price pat Mosk»«Uers; ard of eli*s Macmme, 5. t ark \ tl aare West, Keg n « Perk
M B. CHARLES HALLE will sRe 'I HR iE MATIN ESS
of C' A eB IC AL rHAM U1I ” MIHIC, nt WILLW’E ROOMS, <« PH \ JU«
17 art! 21. a< d JL’CY 8. to cim neuco »t 3 o'ulo Jc. ‘■ubs3r.pt'..'a t ekrts, l gatiet, aloKj*
ticket*, iOn. 6d , nt tbo pr ncljial musaciOllor*, 11. W. OUlvior's, 19,«>»d BoaJ-st.ejt: aud Mr.
HalM, 22, Cbcxbam-place.
H EKR ERNST PAUER’S THIRD and LAST SOIREE
JUNK ^Mosmal* •« e k *.»!ws5a“.asr®fi?s2 s j*222 iSttSSSw
Stcglirh
Mire Kid_
7JSI'ld v ».UL» ; K; a. .I**.** . ***.’• ■■
ni*v bo b«ci or th** | rin:l|i»' vuslo olten; 1C. W OU.vlir, 19, Old Boul-stree., and U r.
Paurr. 3, Cwmley-plao , Onalow*square, Br*moton.
1,1 R ALLAN IRVING’S CONCERT, at the HANOVER-
IVI SQUARE ROOMS TURSDAY MO-tXlNG, "three o'Took. ArtlsMt: Me damn
Fuitarsdortf, Move t, Dn BoroardlCnairertoo, ’«ais* YInnngt M-wt. Rmtw, Giicg*
Perron, Allan Irv'ng, Andrao’L t ornmyi. Tloke**. Hal’-*- •uln * •*“ ' • #t the pnuc.-
psl Murir WxMhoub«: and o Air. Allan Irving, *3, Bentiook-etreet, Mau hotte'-square.
/CONCERT bv the BLTND.-IItinover-square Rooms—A.
VJ CONCkRT of VOCAL and INOTRUMSTTU. MUSIC br th; Pupils of th. Sch«0» f .r
the Inrligrot Bllfr*, asstet*d bv the ce‘bri\ ed blindI Maiiolui* ol;n r PItw» aid
Hit.* end Bumtrcrs cn -ATURUAY JU F. 12. at Threeocl o’«. Coquet*, M* W K.
Wcnk.—ticket*. I.*-lf-s-guinea «xd ft., a* Mt*»’s MU taell’s. Himt - llldver s, i*ad*ran.l
Cock’s, Cramer a. d t sale a and at tbe KcbooJ, 8u Gejfg* a-delds Boothvrurk.
/ UtYBTAL. PALACE.—TONIC SOL-FA ASSOClATDN.
1/ A ror o.rouiro or Voct Mo,li>, f.c-~l .ml Wu 3500 C JMr.1 joO **'**.■>•<
ImtMKttd In the «mde. Rol- •‘a Met oil w>Il be given In the Cen'ro Traniept lftbi oRYii.Vb
FAI.ACF. on WtDNE DAT. tho 23rd JUNE The Dob will opoi at Ton and 1 te »«rf>r n,
*»-ceeomm-pc at Two Mire Bl'itabmh atlr’ingwHI orealdoAtitit-tr>»iton th ■ C.roatO g\n t n
Wind 8«nd o th • Company w 11 p'ay a.* u*ua In tbo Grounds, wcath r psrml tl fftJbU D
Admire! n.Ono Mll.mr : Cblitreo undo' Tw Ir*. **i*ponce ; RroerreA deat«. Ktll-t Crieri
• XT', which may bo socured t.n und a:tor M<i:-oay, 7.b Joae, at th * Uryat^1 »•«1 at
2, Exrte* HulL
Gxo. Ol£»rg, 8o:re;ory.
S OCIETY of PaINTERS in WATER COLOURS — The
F1FTY-F*jURTH ANNUAL EXHUUTHN 1* now OPEN a’ their GaH.fry, 5 PALL-
MALL EAnT .close to Tra'a'gar-^qa.J»), from Nina till Dusk Admitjaooe la p^ateguo 6L
JnskPH J.JgVK ’M H*tr»iar*.
F rench exhibition, The fifth annual exhi-
BiriON of P CniRRd bv M >dero Artists of the krooch 9eh>ii is SO V OP »> the
Fnblie at tbe Frvnot. Ga'iory, M\ P»U-m*U, oopielte to the Opera Coloana io AJmteioa.
la.; eaUUtritee,6d. each. Open fttnn9 tod , ally _ -
E l'S A BONHEUR’S NEW PICT UR 88, “Lindais Peisunts
Oo'n»t»M.Tk.«.".nO • Monilnc In lh> HUMmWMWStr wtb bor "or -Ul, hr
E-. “ «0 '.MW ON VO W .1 iho UEHUAN UAIrhSit, 168, Nor. Uom llr.ot.
AUffii»*-on, Is.—Open from Nine till !>ji j
M unich gallery of enamel piuTUREs.-rms
ra*o rnlloetton. the works ofWmti'rh. n h«*. DMa'rger, ruuuh tuicr, M<iU*r, Rau tr,
bade. l*rr>Echtloe. <n<t Mclii'-b, Ac., la MOV KXIilHIfl It; at No X. Fn>b-s re-ji ione dor
fron- the rorner of Hobo square). Adtni«*lon la 1 1 Uiaee not proi ntiac CkfrW of Invitatloo.—
IheC BecFon o bo Sold, entire or separately.
8 T. JAMES’S HALL.—M, ^OMPEKTZrespectfullv annoiaccj
that in erntK'ue'cr of the ?'T-me*«eov9 / thw of yiaitar* to bis H*HtO'U^AL ^>10-
PAM \ rf 'he lfrPIA'’ MUHNY. be bis atran^rol « fcoap It © »en an’i’ fttr her n»-ce,
Ilai>y at Thr,o ard Kb bt o cl-vsk. accomptiAwd by a 6sX Tuba liand and DMOriptivo La.tu e.
Die ■ Mai >. 3a area, 2».; On lery^la. \ __
T HE FtNF-ART SUBSCRIPTION GALLERY fjr th!
I/>AN of WORK* of ART —J an l S B FULLM^bjrtS »o.vfullr Inv’ts the Lovara of
Art to view tholr hL-b^rititbu Gall; rr 'Sr^bo Loan of Vfo U« of Art e nbrtclag hi be*t
t«lcnt of 'he two Water-Ctd* •*■ Rod/tlss.—K. v\ I’ e ta'm* hav* ’.-n se erraurod as to
mo*" all ela»a*a tnrt wl I bo sent nosrU *o alt pa t o^sbo Uolt-ul Klrg i im A fitit co -
Kcilon of drawin*a. by all fo bee .\ma»to a. atw yaon *tile 31 an) 3\, Ita bbooo placs, W.
M R RAREY and CRUISER.— At tho request of rnanjr of th*
,'„w 8u6.rril.-r. Mr. R.rOT wtll Mr. . L HIW .I, c;KUHS% M«
new Pobjects, a hi* Bet* Uthm-fiL in Ki .norton-treat Brtgravla on Ra'Jirdajr.Jaaeih,
rt Elev.u o ckxk a m. Now eubroilbjr. ere roiujsto t to be oaoo'ust at Half-past Tea. Mr.
Baiey will giro 1 eeaoos la Kdlnba’gb on the fb'lowtnx Mon a y. June y. _
/IOCNTT FIRE OFFICE, M>, KEGFN T-STREET, »»114,
CORK HILT* London. EjuMI hel IMA
TKUSTXH* AND DUUCron3:
Tho Fight Hon. Lord N< nli wick | Henry B. piurrhni.
81r Vlclian) D. King. B.rt- The Jem* »4rmaa
Nr GIvbpo K. Weiby. B*rt. TheHev.UktW ’tp.mosr
Tbootas Baruard, F.a |.. HP I Fro :*rick -quire, Keq.
MaKacino Dik»CT0*—jfbn A- Boau n mt, Kaq.
8kcr tart Cb.rea 8tcv nuKfq . .....
Tbo Ratroof Premium charge’ by thoC’umv Fire OSlos are npaa tks Joweu eeaia eaw-
Slatent wi'b the ffreur ty to ho ln*u ed. ^^.rw.ptk mf tka -».l
When a Policy has exia-od Htvan Yoata, a return of 2o percent, or one-ijurta ei tas ammai
ofibe'rfmiuai*jreSd, lad-eland u on such pdic e* .* .u. a-«-u af tea
PrceLeetu.** and >ult p rtlrulare raav b obtained artoti appMcaton to .hs AtrowU .r »*
Office in all the prlnc ptl towns of the United Klngdim; an I at Fe OffleM In Loadaa.
/COLOGNE, tho RHINE. GERMANY. TRIESTE, DEN-
MARK. 8AKDFH, tr c -NeVT, 8BOHTRR, anl CHKAPBK BOU L < C“? 1 V «
and cheapest route between Eugland and the abovo namel places is uow rU Hoiftrdaaa sA
**Ttarugh Tickets r.r.. issued at Rotterdam for Daweldorf and Col’Jgne flrotn wblok pftovt
Steam©is run sororal llmei «‘aiiy, paaring tl.rou.-h ho waol© or the oetobralei ^
Rhine There are frequent ddlr ommunicaU «t* betwoan Coligne aud Bona, Aix-I*-
Cb.pvllo, Weiahaden, Baden Baden, Fra. V fort. Carlaruhe. Vc. ..
TbrourhTicket* rr* also Issued for Bremm. Hanover, Uarburg (for Hambarg) Bm»«wl.ie,
llagdtbnrg, Potsdam, Berlin, Ulpeld, and Dnredon.
RbroUh Rout© to tbese places will not only eacsp© lhe A n ^ n I? aS , “, h ® f sTa Saa
hosts at Orirud, and erosrioc th© Knino at CM.«n« or Bnhtoro. ML
detour by Co'ogne to tho Oberbanaon June ion oi tho wol^uo-Mlndon Railway, wftl edeota
» QTFT Z V—^ r™ 0«rn,. w .
The court<r y ©f«he Dutch G<.reru.nrnt rpposoa n. °b taoles> Mite
relict* through Holland Now that iho fadll lee for ob a ulug Kore,g.» Ofll a# paesperta kav*
btH’D FO much Inrreii cd and thel- pros re 'aoed to n nominal * um L
mended to t rovldo themwlvcs with them In preference to L {“H 1 " at wk
ro-ijuiro no v sa for Pro ala/ Vi es f r Holland may bJ obtained of the Dutch Cea.al. 20^
°S5ShI nfoMnirilorro'^io^atea^'routea pturixtr’a, KwSrCetSSSrtC
©rbyletlor to Hr. JOHN C *AMjOS, A^.eut w tho Dutch-Uhonlah Ral.w-y Cmpauy,
Gracoohuioh-sbeet. Loudon; E C. /
THE
Rooms — A q UEEN » s VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM,
x ^— STONELEIGH,
F UNDS are greatly REQUIRED for the support of the
HOSPITAL for • • •KroJMP’TGN Rr-raptoh. Fifty priioa's «'mt a nr for atmhrioi,
and rtg v ty Pro's aro emp’y tot wto^of fa^dl. _ PaiUT Kish, Hon. 8*o.
M
A YENCE-on HH I N E, —Pro'essor ijr A&NjH\M, B A..
having a comfortable Engll h homo, wds
French, Italian. Ao.
, wishes T AO or THESE PUPIL a for GERM AX.
*M ONEYonPEKSON AUSECUBi L’Y promptly ADYANCRD
A* 1 t© Kub’em. n or O-mVnren He r»VrFn*aU*d Hatitea. or br war ©f M-rt©e pr ►-
proiy t! lived unde- Whla cr ftt |em>«m/ % ’0 Oonfllont’Al a^pUcatijnt may be mule or
ardrtwed to Hr. IlOWSK, 11. B©«uf lt-buildlngi 8t and, W 0.
pAhTNhRSHIf, or otherwise —A Gentleman of active bust-
JL r©’* habit*. a*d h nonrablv known ‘n c mm*nH«l ©fro es. i* dealroiuo^ J dnln j a firm
in f w)arilKwlwra iha i>riavip*l twki to ha Hlovfd fra-n tho ui <ra anluaut
tlutfr* rf thB l u-Jn*ia or iw* n'ud rttiroui nt Can tnv©.t a am Ul cao'tal Ad >reti, A. B
Mea r*. Idword- anti ^rnith. 19 Great 0 rter-1 >un, Doo ©n*'-c mimans. K 0.
\ KMoKlAL BEARINGS—No Charge for Search.—Sketch
J\_ and ucseriptlo’*. ft ^d.; In colour, ft ; Oreria oi real* o* ring* 8s : ©a die 7s. Solid
guid 18-c«rat, »• all-matked. asrd or bloodrtoaa ring. ©ngr* T ed w th cro-t, two guineas —
T MOR'NG (who has received the gold medal for ongravmg). 44, digh Ho boro. W.J.
Pric©-!tat post-free.
F OR FAMILY ARMS send to the Royal Hcrald’C Office.—
Arone mart rod and emblazoned: plain akofrh. ft.; in colours. 5* Pamlly Peil<r<v»s
tncood. with »be original grant if Arms ’©. IOi. Ann*engraved: on hoik ola e, I6». DI to,
marking plate*, I* fust on seal or ring, 7a.; on ateet die di r.ioMuiaal of Heraldry,
^4<H> engravingn. ft. By T CUM.FTON Horal’lc Engraver to the (J eea, l and 2, Long-
«cre (on© door from ttt-.sfartm' lane) W.C Hrodio and i Ihrary o *en dai y.
F OB FAMILY ARMS smd to the LINCOLN’S - I N N
HB"A1 DIC-OPFICE. tho eriaMMved authority In Eng'aod for onblar.oaing and
qua-tnliig am s autb ntl a<ly. Sketch ft 8-t , or • amps Pamily fed grees treo «d r >m the
oatlonnl roootd' Fee, 10s. Many Gout'emrn *tni*loy »>rvoroi who d > n .t hngrave br the
I.hw* of ’ ©raid y. For tho protection of tho public tho Heraldic Oflle t execute* Uarrar ng;
Arnia on Copieri laro. for Books, 9 a ; Ddro Marking Plate, ft,; Crest on 8«*it or Kings
Ha. 6d. 8tu* io and I Ibrary o en tUl'y. Th© Unooln'a Inn Manua ef theSoieooe of Heraldry,
ft., orainmpe. H 8ALP, Great TcmsMu IJnooln a-lnn.
hE KOYAL EXlilBt I'luN. 1851.—A valuable, poveri'ul,
newly.In ©Med, very small waidc at-po kot Gla«*, tho sizo of a wanut hr wh*oh a
pcrtton > an be *©r'i a © known 1 4 mil© distant. ' h serve ovary purpote o i the Race-© tur»e,
an- at the Ojw ra-houem. Country *cene y aud »blpt» a o olturiy m*x* at four to alx miles.
The* are In»n ut<b « o> shooting, doa-- talking, yu© ting to aportsmen. gamskeeptr* aud
tourist*. *rire30s. Mi ru c |mh lilag'e Irenlerns and -tildo*. K*w» descripti n of lutieal,
Matin in tlcal end Fbl oh phical Ins rumenta Ord ra and all kln laof re *’ira e -ecutod with
put duality.—Me.t>rs. 80L0M.D. 8, cptlclans, 39, Albemario-a^oot, Piccadilly (ojpriUu the
York Ilutol).
O PHtA GLARES, TELE!?CoPp*S, &c -SPO tr^-VESST
AND GBVTL*M*V of the AKMY and NAVY -8 and 1.8 >LO 40 14, O^toan’. 31.
Albemarle strort. Pi'Csdilly. W Obsa vn opposite the York Hotel. PorttbUltv, oo atria d
W’th grtR* poue>, in FI’ LD RACH COUUHk ‘PK^A, aid gm r«U oa'-do>e d*» aid
n'gh' P wer«ul Waa’coat-p--ck.t PBKnPkCTIVB-GLA uiRh w*i ;hi g oily f-nr oim© ••
e ch coiitainlt-g 12 and 18 *rn*ea, coustr .otad of U>trratn glass witl h>w di's lns ty a par-
sen’a connbiinnce at 24 and 3 m'ki. Thev serr • ©vary punrere on *he taie-cotrt<i. and at
t»e Op* re-h u-s*. « nun try ceoe*v a >d shi a are rl«***l* soon st 8 to lh mi(*s Hi-y are
eho lr*'n hie for Fboori-’g Deer Balking und Yacht*ng. Her M*J**rys Coa t Giardi
are inakin* u-e of them as day an n*ght g a ss* t In n-.**io en * o *P oti tis «h have al»a
b© oo *• in gooera "*o by Gnu lenten . f |h» Army a"d N*v r aad by 8p rtsaten lu»Is mb.
end T urlsiB. 'bn ra* s p)*er ul and brill an- Talseonne*, now* s'ug *uch "Xtraori In try
S «©r th it »omo 34 inrhd*. with an ©vt r* astro omicai ovo'iiooe wilt aho r l'*t n:;lv
Iter's moons. Saturn's ring, an *he d*m*l© stars; wiw th«s<r»e I’d©*-op cii»>o* eat
person's erunUnn* co 'hree and-a half mi>Qadl*t*n . an 1 an object mu fo irtenn *o s'xtesa
mo* A 1 tj o »ho*o can « had of larger and all Izaj with brer adng oowera, and ire is*
cuiid b' her Me jest* *a Koya' Letter* P tent
E Y Kb IG H T.— Optical (mprovetneaw to eiidb e persons
at an a'vaored are to read wl h ease, and to diacri-niiatt oitlee'-a with oorf.it dla-
Hnctnros Mroara SOLOMON-*, Op iciana hsve nv.o»d nod ustenei Sp-.C'ACL4
LFSBE8 of th-groatcal •retura'ent power Ibe v-lualjl© advautige derived from th’a
tarnation is the! Vision twoon lng ImuaJred »• preserved an t atrs-igth'-n d v.«rr a?e-1 pu-aont
are >na' ltd to* tnnhvv Jboir *lght at the mn*l minute uocap-tton ■ c* • so© wi h th-i-e 'a*i<«M of
a much lore msgnl ylng power and they do oot ©quire th* frx|ito it ©han o* to th*
dang*** us • tTmta of »ort i rrvroerfu aaairiroee. Per ous can oe *u>*©d «t thr most remri©
part of It e tsorld by senolog a tail o- spoc-aclet or on© >f toe <la*so* out of »no u in a
'rttor.nnd »ta In* tiedls aoc© from th-v as they c*u r ad am ll print with it, and »huia «rht
have rotmade u e of *pocuc.fu by Haling t-oir a*©.—39, A bama le atroot, PiooaltUy, or
(.opposrte.th© lock Ho'ol).
TYEAFNISS. — A newly- invented Instrument for extreme cases
|_/ of DeAfrjre. eall©4 rhe bound *«gu fl«r, itrgane Yl • afir, aal (nr'slhla Volos
Crductor. It fit- sol tn tKe e*ir aa not t-be la the tout pa-oeotPria: tha unnfo isiat ts-m-
Bon stewing • oU*a in the he* is e. «ir I* rem wed ft tifor la instant rdi.if 11 th t taferi
C roons nn.t ©nahlrti them to hoar dl tuictiy at church aa i at pubUo asaeutSite -
tte l’i^Hoto^ 0 * 8, Qpdeiais and Auru s, «, Albomarls-atTOot, Piccarilly, W. (op^erit©
WARWICK, COVENTRY, AND KENILWORTH.
THE FOLLOWING ILLUSTRATIONS
cr TH13 HtlKKESTI*'.. «T»I WIU. ATPXAR IV
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
For June 12, June, 13, June 26, and July 3:—
Th© Arrival of her Majesty at Coventry.
The Address at the Townhall, Birmingham, by the Majar and
Corporation.
Great Procession through Birmingham to Aston Hill: the AddrtfJ
of the Managers in the Great Gallery.
ASTON HALL. (PRINTED in COLOURS.)
Opening of the Park. Jonrney to Stoneleiih.
WARWICK CASTLE. (PRINTED in COLOURS.)
Journey and Procession to Warwirk, Leamington, and Kenilworth.
And numerous other Illustrations.
Price Fivepetsee only: no extra charge for Coloured Print*.
Tho Coxopbbh Pbimts of Asiox Hall and Wakwiok Casts*
will be presented Gratis to all purchasers of the Numbor for J»sv $
who have subscribed forthe three previous weeks.
Sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen.
Office, 198, Strand.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNB i, 18S8.
Little more than half a century ago it was customary in almtit
all the Slates of Europe to give a bounty on large families. Th*
pecuniary contributions exacted by the State were small as th»
children in a house were numerous. Such a policy increased th*
popular demands on the resources of States, and, terrified by thorn
and by one great and bloody revolution Mr. Malthus imagined that
all the evils of society arose from the pressure of population on tha
means of subsistence. He deemed the fecundity of the human
species a great natural error, and misgovernment and oppression
rathtr the consequences than the causes of social misery. For a
long period Governments, cquully terrified, adopted his doctrine*
with fiery zeal and did as much to repress as they had befor*
done to encourage population. His doctrines yet prerail, and w<
continually hear alarms expressed at the multiplication of th*
people, while the State still kaeps up a costly emigration-office,
to send away superfluous mouths.
Since he first wrote, however, our people have doubled ; and a*
they have increased—though all through the period dislrou ha*
been more or less prevalent—they have continually eulargod their
knowledge, improved their skill, invented an immense numbor of
new arts, extended their trade, and so tnach augmented their pro.-
duefive power, that the whole community is far bettor provided
than when Mr. Malthas was struck aghast at social misery, and
calumniated nature to vindicate old systems of misrule. It i*
nevertheless an important fact that the progress of population
is limited by the means of subsistence; but the removal in
our time of artificial restrictions—too many of which still
hamper the people—has thoroughly satisfied us that the actual limit
at all times to the means of subsistence has been artificial, not
naturaL Nature creates society, and no more bungles it by making
populations depend on subsist* nee, writh freedom to procure it than
she bungles it making an abundant harvest a rich reward for the
labour of tilling the grouud. Accordingly, instead of looking at
an increasing population with dismay, as did our fathers and
grandfathers, we regard it with satisfaction, as a proof of natioaal
growth, and sympathise cordially with the Registrar-General in a
lamentation that in the last quarter of 1857 a diminution
in the average number of marriages is observed. As every
marriage is tho nest of a new family, and is rarely formed without
some previous provision—as at one period of life it is generally
desired being for one sex almost the only means ol honourable
existence—as around every marriage clusters the most numerou*
and dearest of our hopes, we see in a decline of the number of
marriages a diminution in the present and in the future wellbeing
of society. A paucity of marriages and a slow increase of popula¬
tion lie at the foundation of the social evils of France, and of mo*t
of the States of Europe ; and we should bo alarmed for Engl*nl
were the decline noticed by the Registrar-General in his quarterly
return just published not insignificant and exceptional, the palpable
result of the commercial convtilsun of 185 T .
The muabtT of marriages in the last ^rnuter of the last fear hs
Junk 5, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
55 i
England and Wales was 45,886. and in the last quarter of the
previous year it was 47,926 a diminution of 2030 in the quarter
of 1857, or a little more than four per cent. The marriages of the
quarter were, according to the return, at the rate of 1 -878 persons
married to 100 living in a year; the decennial average rate of the
corresponding quarter being 1-994. This comparison, however, is
unfavourable only for the last five years of tho decennial period,
throughout which the people, till the autumn of last year, were in
a condition of almost unexampled prosperity. The average number
of marriages in the last quarter of the five years 1847-51 was 43.489,
or 2397 less than in the last quarter of 1857. There was no diminu¬
tion of man iages in the whole y ear 1857. but rather a slight increase,
as compart d with the V ear before—the numbers being, 1856,
159,262; 1857, 159,392. The compiler of the “Statistical Ab¬
stract,’* who made an estimate of the marriages of the last quartet*
of 1857. put down the total erroneously as 160,500, which we
mention to put our readers on their guard against the official error.
In the second quarter of 1857 the marriages were much in excess,
in the third quiuter they were slightly deficient, and the deficiency
in the last quarter is the only part of the return to be regretted. For
the decline of marriages, at that time, no other reason can be assigned
than that the people were not in so favourable a condition as in the
second quarter of the year, and they prudently and thoughtfully
abstained from marriage. The commercial convulsion made four
per cent of those who usually marry find it improvident to take
on themselves the important responsibilities marriage involves.
There bad been so much less saved, there were fewer prospects of
success, and so many less people formed new homes for rearing an
increasing population. Py everybody is the convulsion regretted;
and this c fleet of it, though it be # testimony to the prudence of our
provident people, can only tend to increase our regret. In truth
it] is by the multitude that the na'iou is continued. Historical
famiiifs die out. The I’lantagenets and tho Tudors, the Bourbons
and the Nonlmorcncii?, the Fhakspeares, the Newtoas, the Nel¬
sons, and the t hurchJls, .instead of filling the earth, as might be
expected from tbe command they obtain over the means of sub¬
sistence, generally fal to confine their rare, and the ranks of
greatness of nobilily and Royalty are for ever renewed by the
©flspring of the unknown people.
Though in the first qnnrtcr of the present year the death rate
was higher than the average, and the falliig off in the number of
births in the northern counties is remarkable, »s well as tho decline
in the number of man iages in the 1 ist quarter of 1857, the popula¬
tion in England and W ales is increasing at the rate of 501 daily.
In the United Kingdom the increase is estimated at about 750, or
273,750 in the year. Between 1851 - the year cf the Census—
and the middle of last year the population of England and Wales
increased (rom 17.983 000 to 19.305,000. At present it will be at
least 2.000,000 more than in 1851, and there is rather a want than
a redundancy of hands. How this increasing number is to be sub¬
sisted is the problem that continually alarms Malthusian statesmen.
Intact, it is ly far the most important of all social problems. The
parents, as the rale, will provide, and must bo trusted to provide,
subsistence (or their offspring till they are able to provide for
themselves. The Government cannot help ihe whole of them in
the smallest degree. It continually consumes and wastes; it never
augments; it has no power to augment, by one sheaf of wheat, the
means of subsistence. All that we can ask or expect it to do i3
to preveut inteiruptions to industry, and to remove the obstacles it
places in the way of ihepcople providing subsistence for themselves.
Their exertions, and the increase of knowledge and skill which the
increase of population carries with it. will be hereafter, as they have
been here tofore, the means of practically solving this great problem,
and in them we must continue to trust Each one of tho mass is
bound to take all proper means, and use all proper exertions, to
provide tor himself and those dependent on him; and, this being
done, we must all have laith in Nature. Wisely as well as kindly
she blinds us to the future, and to the means by which she accom¬
plishes her ends, including the continuance and growth of society./
THE COURT.
f-
i* 11.rout l» Newport and the furrouniin" nelphhourliooil
>v htr fttnji8ty and the Duelieut* of Kent* with Prince Alfred,
Ih e. Prin-eM Helena. Prince of LeiniticenTind Prince Victor
the attended the morning semcc at Whippi ng ham Church.
The Queen has been passing tho interval of the Prince Consort's
abf*iTr»* in roinpHiaMve retirement at 0*borne Ilia Royal H’giweaa
rew ind ( ohm? tl neoVork on Saturday afremn in, and renwhied the
u< t*t of hip le-othrr the Grand Duke until Wednesday on which d ty the
^hince left Coburg for Gotha, and proceeded thence incognito to Berl n,
to virif H e I’rinct-M Royal. a«, though her Royal Highness haa almost
reeov»T*d from the«ff«cta of her late p ora in. it is still thought imprudent
for hi r to undertake a long journey. The Prince Consort is expected to
nturn to Kr gland on Monday next .
On haMirday the CJiieen, with the Princess Alice and the Prince oi Lela-
irecn dr< ke through Newport and the surrounding neighbourhood
j ^ SUI'day 1 " ...J »I.A T5...l«n.s A*’ U anf mi♦hXPrlni'n l
PrimTP? A In-
o' Iloliniiul‘t -
Ttie Hiv OProtliiro officiated. , ■
On MnndHy the Queen accompanied by the Dnctiewi of knit. Princess
Alice I'rii cis-s Helena. Princes? Ixvtiisa Prince Arthur, nnd Prince Victor
of Hot enlobe ■ mtiarked in the Fnmi nnd cruised towards Spjthead
On Tneei Hv tier Majesty embarked in the Fair,/, -non after eight o clock
In Ibemoviitner. and wentoverto Alvcrtiank to visit Prince Alfred, ac-
ot ninenfi d to llii- Princess Alice, and Prince \ fetor of llohenlohe.
On YVidm'sday the Queen a-aiu embarked in tbe l-aery and cruised In
^ Yertl'ldsy (Friday) her Majesty and the Koyal family returned to Back-
>r ‘h is'dly "SVtnrday) her Majesty ibe Queen will hold a Privy Oonncilat
Buckii ((hum Palace.
Their lb ynl Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the
Primsss 51 lily have arrivtd at Ibe Ambassadors. Court, St. Jamas 3
Palace, from iambi Idye Collate, Krw, for the remainder of the season
The i ail and Counte-s of Derby gave a grand cmeriainm nt
to their Km si Highnesses the Dudites of Cambridge aud the lrmccss
Mary on Saturday last.
Vix-i-unuss i a'mereion has cards out for assemblies this even¬
ing and on Saturday, the istb lust.
Vitenuriets Bury gave birth to a son and heir on Tuesday last
Htr I-stly 1 ttipand the iufant are progressing most favourab’y.
Ii is ann unced that marriages will shortly take place between
Vim-cunt ' auntisii, e’deal aim oi Hie Karl of Cleburne, and Miss Gertrude
P.unalo • and also I" tween Mr G. O Newton, oi Crouton Park. Cam-
hrideit-fiie, ami Mis- Florence Burnaby-daughters of 5Ir. lsdwyn
Puri, a I y. of Baggrave Hall, Leicestershire.
') he l HINCK Ciissort’s Joitknky.— A letter from CoblenU
or II e vsth nit rays Yesterday evening, nt half-pant six. bis Koyal
Ilill m-n Prince Albert, acc-mpanied by his illustrious re’atlre the
Prinma of ITu-eia. who had eon. as far a- Rcraagen to meet him, arrived
tare on to. d the steamer ffermann The Prince only remained long
“.not, lorlacivethe ellv autlioritles. and half an hour a'terwar.la con-
«. md mJS M”g accompanied by the Princess of Prorata as far
sa Slo'a.nmla ” ' A letter from Berlin save: His Koval Highness
Pr 1 e A l,r h,, strived at Cohurg As the physicians of the Princess
i wri..r!el.\v i»«t have divided that It is b. tier she should not undertake
.)" jtur. ^».o al^ Prince Albert wUl pay a visit to the Princess at
BabtJsberg.
RATIONAL SPORTS.
Makchtstbi; presented little worthy of notice, except the easy
victory of Last Langton over TuDstall Maid, which looks as if the
D< rby horses were better than the Oaks mares this vear, aud does not
say much for Governess's St. Lcger chance. David Hughes will not
ride ngom before Doncaster, as his lameness, so painfully apparent at
Epsom, requires close nursing. It wou'd be hard if he hud to give
up with such a horse ns North Lincoln in hand, and still more so
wlif n it is cnrrenlly reported (to the no great delight of Baron Roths-
child) that Brother to Sydney is the crack's master at home. Hvmptou
on Wednesday and Thursday; Newton, on Wednesday, Thursday, and
hriday ; aLd Hawick, on Friday, are the race meetings for next week,
which, except for the Lancashire Witches, will be a very qniet one.
Ascot lost much this year from the absence of the Court. The
Trial Stakes was a maiden victory for the stock of the high-bred and
racing-like New minster, to whom we trnst that the Rawdiffe Com¬
pany will give every diance. Toxophilite (5 lb. extra), who was very
mncli spurred, just got home before Mentmore, in a mile and a half, for
the Ascot Derby, a performance which seems to destroy any Doncaster
chance he may have, and shows that a great deal of nonsense lias been
talked about his not being judiciously ridden at Ensom. The Vase
was a wendrous surprise. Mr Howard’s horses, Coroner and Sed-
bury to wit. have a remarkable knack of mending their Epsom run¬
ning ; and here Sedbury, after being nowhere at Ihe Derbv, sent down
Fitherman, Longrange, Cotswold, Ac., for the Vase. His backers
naturally argue that if at 32 lb., he could beat Fisherman, he ought to
have won Ins great race quite easily; and the only supposition on the
olhtrside is, that Fisherman's long leg- tire agnmst an Ascot hill.
Mr. Hovvcrd’s party say that their horse's legs were unfit at Epsom
(and certainly they did look as round as a quart bottle), und that his
owner stood to win thrice as much on him as on Eclipse. Hespert-
thusa well justified the confidence of her backers in the Royal Hunt
Cup; Eclipse, who will not be far oil'the St. l.eger, sent down Fitz-
Roland. Sunbeam. Happy Land, nnd Ancient Ilriton, very cleverly in
the Ascot Bimnial; and Voltigcur threw in twice with Zitella (to
whom another Newminster ran a splendid second) nnd Hepatica: Ash-
mall getting his first regular mount for John Scott's stable on the
loiter. Mtrrymanis said to have bren purchased by Mr. Grevitlc
for, we believe, another member*of the Jockey Club. Apropos of
racing, we most call attention to the remarkable opinion of Chief
liarou Pollock and Mr. Baron Watson as to “blackleg” not being
necessarily a tem of reproach, and not actionable unless special
damage is proved. Barons Martin and Bramwell, however, wholly
dissent from their learned brothers.
The change of tbe sale of the Royal yearlings from Tattersall’s to
their pretty paddocks nt Hampton Court was an immense improve-
mint. Lunch was laid ont in Mr. Ransome'a house, and buyers were
very resolute: und hence the nineteen, in spite of so many of them
being fillies, just touched their 1851-55 average of290gs , nearly GO gs.
a piece beyond what they fetched last year. Oddly enough a filly of the
unfashionable Loupgarou blood, and which was bought by Mr. Fitit- J
william, defeated evertbing in point of price—viz., 7CO gs ; while the
only yearling by Melbourne, who ia much recovered now, was second,
at 610gs. The bidding between John Day and John Scott, for the
former and tbe brother to Imperiense(. r )50es.) > ^rasof the most spirited
kind; hut in both inslonccs tho Whitehall commission was exhausted
first. Mr. Greville’s twelve yearlings averaged about 12 gs. more, and
were sold under the refreshing shade of n chestnut-tree in the middle
of Hampton Green. The first three (alFcqlts Iwhich were sold averaged
490 guineas each ; and the highest price at this lutier sale was 500
guineas fora half brother to Muscovite. Five of the Four, in-Haul
Club drove down, and both attendance and weather were exceed¬
ingly brilliant. Several bipod yearlings will be sold at Tatter-all's on
Monday, including eight of Lord Londethorough's, of ouo of whom,
Loiterer, by Stock well, half brother to the once brilliant Saunterer,
report avers great things. Wednesday will al-o witness the closing
scene in Dorsetshire ol the great Farquhareon dynasty, as the seventy-
five couples of hounds, thirty hunters, ail 1 otner young stock will be
dispersed that day. in.d then a glorious old English establishment of
two-and-fifty years'da»e pastes away for ever. A very eicell-nt por-
ti nit of the rare old squire appears in the Sparling Magazine of this
month.
There ore a great many chnngra among huntsmen and whips.
Geoipe Turner has pone, to the Blackmore Vale. Philip Tocock, bite
Lord Yarborough's first whip, has been gazetted to the Surrey Union,
with .bines Maiden as his whip John Jones has left Lord Henry
Bent-nek's to hunt a pack in Scotland; and Dick Burton is installed at
Ketpham aakennel huntsman, with Powell and Harry Sebright as field
huntsman and first whip Boothroyd goes to Lord Doneraile's. Sain
Bacon, late first whip at Quom. is kennel huntsman and first whip to
the Albrigliton. The West Kent huntsman's place lush, come vacant by
early dealh of George Beers, jun., who has held it one season. Mr.
Morrill lias filled up Several of his old Berkshire walks, and intends
to have a hound show nut year, before he passes the puppies on to
his pack in the Vale of White Horse; lint Mr. Theobald has aban¬
doned his intention of bunting the Craven country. The horses of
the Master of the Cheshire are advertised for the 21st inat., and are
said to fee a very brilliant lot of performers.
Umpires have been kept pretty busy “nobalting” players for not
attending to tbe new rule. Jackson's bowling on behalf of All
England lias been very magnificent so far, and Parr has not forgotten
an iota of his batting. On Monday the two elevens of England meet
at Lord's “for the benefit of the Cricketers’ Fund,” nnd Snrrey en¬
gages Kent and Susrex at Brighton on Thursday. The rival elevens
at Lord s * ill include several new names Juliu-Ciesar, H H. Stephen-
sod, J. Jackson. Tinlc.v, Diver. Wilbher, Clarke, Brampton, Kicklcy,
Anderson. ar.d G Parr play on behalf of All England.- while the
Units a w ill enlist F. Bell, Cafl> n, Loekycr, Gnrndy, J. Lillywhito,
Griffith, Ellis, Hearne, Carpenter, D.an, and Wiaden under its ban-
ASCOT RACES.—'Toesdat.
Trial Stakes.—Ecpabtl. 1. Whimsical, a
As cot Derby Stakes.- Toxophilite. 1. Mentmore, i.
Gold Vase—Sedlury. l. Fisherman. 2.
First Year of Ihe Eighth Aecot Triennisl Stake*.—ltaaboa, L Hop Mer¬
chant. 2
Ascot Stake?.—Pensioner, t. Compromise. 2
Hat dioap Plate of JEM.-W«cttms. 1. Indulgence,!.
bwiepstakcs of fio sovs.—Apollo w. o.
WEONESPAT.
The Coronation Slakes.—Fonlxam. 1. Maladctta, 2,
The lfo>al Hunt ( up—He.-perUhiisa. 1 Kestrel, 2
fc trend Year of the First Aecot Biennial fa takes.-Eclipse, I. Fitx-
Po’ard 2
The Windsor Carrie Stakes - Hepatica. I. King William. X
The Fern flill Stakee - Zltella, t. Newminster-Graoila colt, l
TBUItSDAV.
Gold Clip— Fifhcrman. 1. Arrenai. 2 .
St Jaair's f’slace stakes. —Fitzltoland. I Sneer colt, 2-
Kt* Stake..—North Lincoln l Rosabel, 2 .
Rova) Slnr.d Plate. ZujdirZwI Schiedam, 2.
Visitors Plate.—Somerset, l. Quecnatowu, 2.
AQUATICS.
Wellington Yacht Cub: The tout match or this recently-caUbtlctied
yachting club, order llie immidiale patronage and presidency of the Duke
ol Wcljli ale n. crme ofl on Tuesday. His Gr-ro waa pro.ci;t at the rase;
and it la maiij liars siorcilH- leach or water between Battersea and
l utncy presented eo anin.atel and gsy an ap(W’ra"cc. Tbc Ang'wjr won
bj halt'a nilnu-e the Emin, bcine nvond Mr Gamberdella, the commo¬
dore. preren'ed tlie prize— a handsome silver rnp.
•n,p Pi.neiaeh Yacht Cub opened its sca*on on Satnrday last over (he
B ,£freuTeZtw. en Batu-rscI and Wandsworth
oolng t ver tbe course three times The prizes were two sliver caps, and
at interest was created t lie shore, being covered with people, and A
t iiizcn stean tr was filled with ladle* and aentlrrocn, other v^hri also
being out. In additiou lo Hie competing crafts, wliirh wore as
folow .—Crenivm'. jacht 3 tons, owners name_Hr. J. B. Bjr-
e,ev- Fe.vare vacht. 4 tons, owner Mr W. T. Sawyer, ■- i
Tli « tot s! owner Mr C. W. Cresvcs; Bker BeU. 6ton* owner Mr J.
he bind tiic l.iUlt ilotguiln. but won by
1 mh ull- 20 sccoods. the time allowed her bring I m.nates
The Mcv/uito had the second cup.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
Tux Ministerial crisis having passed, Lord Derby fills np the offioe
vacated by Lord Ellenborcugh. As was expected, Lord Stanley be¬
comes President of the Board of Control. We may be quite sure that
this ?aj acious young nobleman will issue no despatches to lie criti : >ed
by Loid Jol n Russell as writteu in the tone of the Junius—is the
Duke of Bedford. A more celebrated author succeeds to the vacated
Colonial chair. Sir Bulwer Litton accepts the charge of the fif;y
colonies, and, ns he really got up a good deal of information about
Australia in the “ Caxlons,” it is more than probable that he may not
be ‘liable to the accusation which the enraged colonists perpetually
bring against the inhabitants of the old country—namely, that they
do not know |Adelaide from Melbourne. If Sir B. Lytton lik.s to
“ work ” the colonies, he may find plenty to do; but possibly he will
pursuo the wiser plan, that threatened by Theodore Hook in reference
to some enemy, and “ let them alone with tho utmost severity.” The
Colonial Secretary does not receive the Peerage that was spoken of as
likely to he conferred npon him, but appeals for a renewal of the con¬
fidence of his Hertfordshire constituents.
Mr. Disraeli's “coursgeons” 6peech to the Backs agriculturists,
whom he assured that we bad been within an lionr of war with
France, and that the present Ministry had saved the country, liu
drawn down a storm of Houie of Commons criticism. Lord John
Russell began the attack, but did not take much by encountering t»
skilled and unhesitating an antagonist as the Chancellor of the
Exchequer. Bat a speech of Lord Palmerston was much more tell¬
ing, and, though the Derhvite champion had a good deal to say about
the ex-lTemitr’s indiscretions in the oratorical way, and did *»y a
good d«ii in a clever maimer, the veteran had the best of it. In ths
Lords the same subject was treated with even more acerbity, and Lord
Granville actually condescended to joke upon the name of the tavern-
keeper who supplied Mr. Disraeli’s party—the Earl discovered that
“ mine host ” was appropriately named “ Brag." Henceforth let poli¬
tical orators look at the names of the landlords of the houses in which
they speak, or the lords of the land may be called on to note an in¬
discretion in this respect. Suppose Lord Granville should while oat
of office ever be heard of at a Fox and Grapes.
Somehow there is an impression that the Jew question is to he gat
rid of at last by a sort of compromise. The Lords are to be induced,
"It is said, to see no particnlar harm in the Commons “un-
cliristianising ” themselves by permitting a Jew to take his seat
among them, provided no such liability be enforced npon the Peers.
That is to say. each HonBe is to regulate the terms of admission of its
members; and if M de Rothschild he accepted by the Commons, good;
but, should her Majesty make him a real Baron, he must not expect to
come and sit in the gilded chamber wherein is the throne. Anything
for peace nnd quietness; but folk who consider matters a little must
be amused at tbe idea of such a splution to such a problem. Lord
Chelmsfoid ought to move an additional clause, to the effect that any
member of the Hoose of Commons who has become uuchristianised
by Judaic contact, and succeeds to a Peerage, shall perform quarantine
before taking his seat in the Christian chamber; he might have an
apattmeut assigned him in the Victoria Tower, and there read np
Rabbinical casuistry, to give him a due hatred for the Hebrew creed.
One hardly likes to contemplate the excitement which will he spread
through military circles when the exact meaning of Captain Virian’e
n.oticn, curried by a small majority on Tuesday, is fully made known
to onr gallant defenders. He, once a Captain in the 11th Hussars,
moved, and got the House of Commons to agree with him, that there
is still a divided respomibillty in military affairs, and that the leparb
units of the Horse Guards and War Office should be placed under a
single responsible Minister. He was opposed by General Peel for tho
Government, by Mr. Sidney Herbert for the Pcclites, and by Lord
Palmerston for the Whigs; but on division the independent Liberals
carried the day hy 106 to 164. The awfnl and appalling character of
the proposed change is such that we shall not be surprised to find the
llonse invited in some way to reconsider its dee'nion. If this be not
done, civilians had better look out for squalls, for we doubt whothor
the neighbourhood of the U. S. C., or the “ Rag,” will be safe for a
long time.
The Atlantic Telegraph is again the topic of conversation among
all who con feel an interest in a grand and bold scheme. After s
brief experimental trip, “ bumptiously ” said to be rather a aort of
rehearsal than a (rial from which it is espected that anything can bs
learned, the great ships, laden with the wire, depart for the centre of
the ocean, nnd then, splicing their burdens, steam away in opposite
directions, paying out and transmitting messages as font as thoy can.
We can know nothing of course this time until the Agamemnon is
once more sighted from onr own shores, and if she is then receiving
messages from her sister vessel the v ictory will have been gained.
Lord Talbot has proved that he is the nearest male heir to the first
Earl of fihrewsbury, created in 1442, and in consequence the title,
which is that of premier Earl, with the magnificent estates, fall to the
gallant sailor, who commanded the Philomel at Navarino. The
prize was worth the tremendous struggle that has been mode for it,
in tlie course of which the excitement was so greatly too much for
the late Attorney-General, BctheU, that ho quite forgot the courtesy
of giving to his successor, Sir F. Kelly, the title to which As had a
vety clear right.
Magnificent has been the weather for the Aacot holiday folk. The
absence of the Sovereign, though assuredly not its cause, has been
much regretted; but, with this exception, all has gone off triumph¬
antly. It may not be amiss to mention, for the benefit of our French
frir ncTs. who are always taunting ns with our climate, and declaring
that Englishmen rin find their way in Paris only In a fog, that,
whetesa both our Derby and Ascot races were performed In the m >it
brilliant and delightful of weather, tlie Chantilly raoos (the French
Dnby) were witnessed by shivering spectators under umbrrtUv, or
without them—J«o* inumbrelle* video. We do not expect tbn
Parisian* to believe what we say about onr own woatber, though, to bs
ante, the Duke of Mahikoff was at Epsom and can indorse onr state¬
ment ; but they know about Chantilly, and there ran h»nlly be any
political offence in allowing that tlie day was not so “admirably suc-
ccasfnl'' as every thing else— including finance— is just-nor in France.
On second thoughts, however, it might offend the pious Unieert t)
complain of any weather; the subject had beat be let alone. It vu
a pupil of the Unircrt that told an Englishman that inoculstioa was
. it III "vvluntarilr Incurring the necessity of aa
a sin, because it was
abstinence from mass."
Utuck ft —University of Oxford r the Clarendon Club: Thia
, . .'. -,)( played by the Clarendon Ctnb. canv offoa Ike
hWakn G^nd S Oxford.^<£ ftof.diy and Tuesday. The folk-win* .«»
ontefacw th?l rirwrewled in favour of »hi Unlvcraity: -llnlrera.iy -
F1M Clpg? iT.- rnecoi tuning* HL ThcClamidou CtaD-Feralia-
ninge, (.9 ; second Innings. SIC
Ksw fi arhi-ms.—T he Arboretum, botanic gardens, and plow*
prouxds in E.n Oaidros are now In tho most porfoot order, and opea frro
SSv d!v at MW. Fandays at two The n uroom and oouaroralo bo ehw*
at rix, the gaJde-nJ tl serial, foe landscape garden and groundi al right
556
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Junk 5, 1858
SKETCHES
I N
BUENOS
AYRES
EKARRERIAjffil,
PUERTO
The above Sketch represents a Buenos Ayres milkman going his rounds
through the city. The milkmen generally ride on their knees, but it
is difficult to show the exaot position unless by a view taken quite
behind the rider. The ocrner of the street is accurately drawn; and
ooming up from the river is seen a seller of fish, carrying his supplies
in the usual manner.
There is a very good and regular supply of milk in Buenos Avres,
but the manner of obtaining it would shock the feelings of an English
milkmaid accustomed to gentle and well-educated cows The process
is as follows:—The cow, having been caught with the lasso, is attached
by the horns^ to a tree or stake, and her hind legs and tail tied, to
prevent kioking and other unmannerly proceedings. The calf is then
introduced, and allowed to suck a little, after which the milker puts
him aside and takes his place, till the deluded cow begins to suspeot
the imposture and to withhold the supplies; then the calf is allowed
another suck, and again supplanted; and so on till the requisite quan¬
tity has been obtained, after which the calf is allowed to complete his
A BUENOS AYRES MILKMAN.
SKETCH IN THE MARKET-PLACE OF SANTA LUCIA.
There are two large market-places in the outskirts of Buenos Ayres
—the Plaza Once Setiembre (11th September) and that of Santa Lucia.
The accom * ** ‘ “ . . - _ .
one
the ___ o _ r I m _ _
or peasantry, of BuenoB Ayres. The hides, wool, and other produce of
the interior, are brought to town in these carts, which take back in
return the various supplies of foreign goods and manufactures required
for local consumption. Although very heavy and clumsy in appearance,
they are well suited" tothe purpose of traversing a country where
there are no highroads, and where after rains there is often consider¬
able difficulty in getting along These market-places always present
an animated appeurance, and offer an unlimited store of picturesque
groups to an artist; but the effect is likely to he impaired by the
intro duction of carts, of which some specimens have already appeared,
in which Fmnoth planks have been substituted for the thatched sides
and hide roofs of the aboriginal machines
It is possible, also, that in the course of a few years, if the country
continues at peace, a considerable change in the mode of transport
may be effected bythe introduction of railways. An experiment is
now being tried in this direction, about six miles of railway having
been opened last year, and active preparations being made to continue
the line into the interior.
THE GREAT BELL FOR THE HOUSE8 OF
PARLIAMENT.
The Bell, of the casting of which we gave an Illustration about a
month ago, having been dug up and proved to he perfectly sound, was
on Friday morning week safely conveyed from Messrs. Mears’s Foundry
in Whitechapel, to the foot of the Clook Tower, where it is now sus¬
pended on the same framework which bore ite unfortunate prede¬
cessor. Though it has not yet been struok by a proper olapper, there
is no question that the note is far superior to the former one, whilst
SKETCH IN THE MARKET-PLACE OF SANTA LUCIA.
ARRIVAL OF THE NEW BELL “VICTORIA,” AT THE CLOCK TOWER. NEW PALACE OF WESTMINSTER
Jone 5, 1858.]
557
558
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[June 5,1858
t he ribratii n of tho ponderous muss is to perfeot that sound oan easily
he produced from it with the knuckles only. The bell was hoisted
without accident on Friday m rning, between eight and nine o’olock,
on to the truck belonging to Messrs. Maud slay, the m-n having bean
occu) ied all night in adjusting the tackle, and getting it out of the
fouudi > into the street, where a considerable crowd had remained during
the whole of the pioceedings. It was then taken in tow by sixteen
powerful horses, belonging to Mr. Scott, and pa?ied along the White¬
chapel road, over London-bridge, along the Borough-road, and over
■Westminster-bndge, where it arrived about eleven o’clock, by which
time an immense crowd not only accompanied it but had collected to
witness an obiect of so much curiosity. It is at this point tint our
Sketch was token, showing it as it descendei the declivity of the bridge
towards its destination.
The bell ia believed to weigh about fourteen tons, but its exact
weight has not yet been ascertained, and blanks have been loft in the
inscription to be filled as soon as this bus been done, la outline it is
much more graceful than the former bell, and its decoration is more
in iu rot dun o with the style of the building it is to occupy. As soon
as Most*. Warner have tuned the quarter bells manufactured by them
for ri e proving of the new cote of the present bell, it will be raised to
its final dtstinafion. This will have to be done side ways,, the ball
heinj. rathtr wider than deep, and there not being room for it to pass
up in the position it will hang.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Friday, Mat 23.
{The following abstract of the proceedings In the House of Commons on
Friday. May 28 . appeared in our Saturday's Edition of last week]:—
The House reassembled to-day after the Whitsuntide holidays.
BREACH OP PRIVILEGE.
On the order of the day for the attendance at the bar of the House of
Uudfon Scott, printer, and Washington Wilks, publisher of the Carlisle
Examiner, upon the complaint of Mr. Clive chairman of a Select Com¬
mittee, for an article imputing to him corrupt and unworthy motives iu
guiding tlie derision of that Committee with regard to two rival lines of
railway in which the North British Railway Company and the Calcdouiau
Bailway Company were repp<ctively interested.
Mr Clive sa d he had hoped that the parties summoned wonM have
shewn pome disposition to afford every satisfaction in their power for the
cnlun.rhs they had published regarding him. but. on the contrary, lie
four d by an article that had since appeared in the Carlisle Examiner that
they had n iterated their charges with the greatest v-rulenee. The lion.
pT'tVnnn then proceeded to read an article published in the Carlisle
Examiner of the 2*th of May, wl en
Mr T Due combe rose to order. He objected against, any fresh eh\rge
beii g pone into until that in reference to which the parties had been suin-
mc i td t<» appear at the bar had been disposed of.
1 he Speaker decided that Mr Clive was in order. •
The hen. member then concluded by moving that Hudson Scott and
Wa»Mrgton Wilke ehould be called to the bar.
Die motion having been agreed to, the parties summoned taok their
place* a I the bar accordingly
Mr. Washington Wilks, in reply to a series o r questions asked him by
various lion, numbers, said he was proprietor and publisher of the
Carl tic trammer, and that tho article complained “*f was written by
him si d published with Ids sanction; that it was so published in con¬
sequence* ol information conveyed to him by a gentleman occupying a
liinh position in the county of Cumberland; that lie (Mr. W ) cou'd not
witl draw »hat article, but he was wilting to publish in the Carlisle Ec-
cimvtr spy contradiction of the statement* therein made that Mr. Clive
might think prnp«r to write ; that he woo'd not give up the namo of his
irtcrn nnt to the House, but that he was willing to reveal his name to
Mr Clive in private.
Mr Scott, the other party at the bar. admitted that he was the printer of
the paper in question.
The two individuals at the bar having, in obedience to the order of the
House withdrawn.
ll*e C ji ancellor of the Exchequer then moved that the parties had
puhiisl'id a false and scandaious lil>el upon the Chairmin of a Railway
Conin. Vve of that House; that in sod dug Mr. Washington Wilk* hid
bo i* guilty of a breach of the privileges oft hat Home. and that he shou d
themore be taken into custody by the Serjeant-at* Arms, and that the
Speck* r should issue his warrant accordingly.
The motion w-a adopt* d ? urn. am, a« was also a subsequent motion
that Hudson Scott shou d be discharged from further attendance.
Air. \\ asliirgfun Wilks was thou taken into custody by the Serjcant-at-
Ajih?, tu d Air Srott was discharged.
TDK CHANCELLOR OP TUB EXCHEQUER'S SPBBCIT AT SLOUGH.
On thi n otion for go'ne into Committee of Supply.
1 oni J. Hlfsi li. Crffed attention to the speech made by the Cliincellor
-of tin* 1* xrluqui r at S ougb on Wednesday la*t. and complained of certain
oba* nutionF m-de by the right bon gentleman iu respect to the stite of
partita in I liat boose. I he noble Lord a’so referred to that passage in the
Speech of the Chancellor in which he stated that, at tho time of the accl¬
aim of hfnu-el* a* d hi« colleagues to office, tlm question of pence or war
was lot one of weeks or davs. but of hours (Hear, heart He (Lord J.
Btissell, was not aware that the relations between this country and any
other Power were of such a threatening character as hud been represented.
Tl e only serious question at issue at the time re r orrci to bv the r gilt lion.
f «nt'iroan was ti e qmstion with France, the Monarch of which was the
«>t aby w«- had ban of all t* ore, who hud ever sat upon the throne of that
country (Hear lo an. lie believed that the people of tills kingdom and
tlie pi op i o' France in the mass wereentirety disposed to maintain mrdial
and friendly relations with each other, und that hostilities would never
Spain be feMU'ed to hi tween them except upon some most serious ques¬
tion (U»ar hear). lit* should, therefore, like to k ow what the reasons
were whhh it r need the right hon. gentleman to m ike hi* ommous stite-
nuiit in concretion with our foreign relations? He niso wished for expla¬
in* th ns witli regard to the right non. gentleman s reference to Sanliui \Y' :
He Lad lead witli surprbeihe statement that the q es’ion lately d ‘elded
w as- w 1 h flu r their policy in India sliou’d he one or termination t Hnar). x
He w >hid io know who Imd ever raised that question or advocated that
polity? V lure was the intimation of such policy to be found? (Hear,
Inarj 11o*e statements In connection with our foreign policy and India
appear*d to Idn (Lord J. RitsselL to be beyond the limits to which a great
e’ateen-pi* si ould have conlimd bin aeT. As to the right ho:*, gentle¬
man’s ret erel re to a dissolution in the event of ail adverse votoTioon^ the
question of India, it was true that In the case of a gre»t prljt^p'ft_t‘fT»e-
a.-Mifcd or disavowed, it was legitimate to seek a decision ^romTthe,
count iy by oissolvlug Parliament; but it was not tegitlmite to dis«iive
nuie y to dei ict a question ms to whether a particular party shou di bo in
pnw ei ; lor nothing cou'd be more dangerous cou*tltutioti4Jy thin to
s*tk trover** e that. House by perpetual threats Q what hoTutght, terra
penal i lifO ut:on iHesr. In an. Tin* question of confidence liad y*-t to he
s«ttiid i<nti until then it was premature to draw any COUiBiUSloud upt>a
tbesuljivl (Chctrsi.
Tl e< iiANci Li.on of the Exchequer said the noble Lord in his re-
msiks. Fit tin d to Lave Kxsnmed that no pue in that Home lud retd the
Spiitli ixri pf hin.He f. for there was not in that speech a single statement
or j lirafe tojusiPy the impression which flic slab-merit o» the nob e Lord
w«» in'tiiriid to Conwy. Lie (the< hanoellorof the Exchequer) had said
that tl at House had been elected under auspices not favourable to him
ami Ids par v . but i»e had ubo admitud that they had received from that
Home t u ihiiuy occasions the most generous support, and thit that
Home had s> v»d tlum from »lu* niHrii'tm'ion* of a cabil (Ministerial
<*lni is). Witli iigard t« what he had said upon I In* subject of i war with
Frsi «* being only a question of a f* w hours, if the nob e Lord h id go to
lo I Add i ft noiMMi lie might have received some furtli r in'orm itiou on
the FuUhi t, lor about forty eight hours before the late Gorernm *nt broke
up. l.<»id l a mere Ion, as a ground tor not answering a question put to him
Ly »i> hon member, asked whether tlmt hmi member re.il ly wDtie! to go
to wit with France, thus conveying an iWhuatiou that the question
o' jiace or war was merely one of a tew hours (Hear. heir).
TIi'ii again the [French Ambassador/quitted this country very
abiup'ly a rirrunuta*ce in ilself of r very unusual cliararacter.
#nd fiim which an obvious inference mi^lit be drawn He might
farther my it hi wilhitt the l»ct three months a great and fiit s'aot >ry
rhai'gt lihd faktii place in (lie state ol our relation* with France He
li»d invtr und i.or m v« r heard the word “ extennniatioii ' in con rectiou
whh our liniMu pot’ey (Hear. hp*n. AM he arid wa* that her
woven iu i lit were not Irtlsvourofs policy of confiscation, but would up-
P© ir >'of® discriminative duiues<y He lelt he was quite jm-
lifed in ►thto a flint. Kthe Government hsd be« n defeated, he should have
i pi ml« d with confidence to the support of the electors of Buck ughacn-
s I )re \ \ I j \ \
Mr. Kirn thought tlint the right hon. gentleman had made a most un-
jrni fiabJe k upon me conduct of the mto tfoveriunenL
fcir G. C. Lewis ►aid it appeared to Lira 'hat the speech juat delivered
ry ti e Chain elior of the Exchequer almp y amounted to a denial oT the
accuiary ol il e report of iheepctch deuvered by him ou Wednesday hut
lo hie wnsiiHu ids.
Th* ( hanceli or of the Exchequer paid he did not question at all
tne rccuim* y of 'lit report.
Mr. M. Gibson paid be believed the nonpe and the people had auftered
mere from toi oealineut of information than it luu ever done from
publicity.
Aim Rome urther conversation the matter dropped.
« k stiwatfs —The Uouse went Into Committee of Supoly;
the YOU* upon the Army Estimates occupied the
fuiuunatr of tut night.
HOUSE OF LORDS.—Monday. •
THB OATHS BILL.
The Commons' reasons for disagreeing w r ith their Lordaldps' amend¬
ments in the Oatha Bill having been brought up for consideration.
llie Earl of Lucan moved tne amendment, ot which he bad given notice,
providing that •• whenever any of her Majesty’s pubjecte professing the
Jewish religion be required to’take the oath appointed by this Act on any
occasion ofher than an application to be admitted to sit aud vote in cither
Bouse of Parliament, the words ‘And I moke this declaration upon the
true faith of a Christian ' slialI be omitted; aud that from and after the
passing of ibis Act it shall be lawful for the House of Lords and for the
Jloupe of Commons respectively, by resolution of the House, t»determine
that the form of the said oath so far as such oath rests upon or refers to
the Christian faith shall for the purpose only of such oath being admi¬
nistered to persons professing the Jewish religion, be modified, and to
make such modification accordingly in such manner as to each such douse
shall seem bret calculated to adapt the form ot the said oath to the honest
and conscientious scruples of the SAid persons professing the Jewish
religion.”
Earl SrANHorE. confessing to a change of opinion on the subject, ex-
5 reused his readinefs to support any proposition for the admission of
fws to the Bouse of Commons, but thought that object would be better
at tainid by restoring the clause originally introduced into the bill than
through the amendment proposed by the Earl of Lucan.
The Earl oi Clancabty opposed the amendment
The Earl of Derby com merited upon the reasons brought up from the
Lower House, which lie believed were not calculated to convince any one
who had I is tend unconverted to the arguments adduced by Lori Lynd-
burst in bringing forward his bill. The amendment now proposed io-
vilved some novel principle which cou'd not be accepted without longer
consideration than liad as yet been practicable. lie declared his intent ion
of voting against, it. but without pledging himself to reject every com¬
promise winch, by allowing each House to determine the formalities of
admission for th»ir own members, might close the long-pending dispute
between the two branches of the Legislature.
Earl Grey suggested that the further discussion of the BUbject should
be postponed for a fortnight
Alter a few remarks from the Earl of Ellesmere, Lord Brougham, and
the Duke of Rutland.
The Earl of Malmesbury confessed that the time was come when some
compromise should be adopted, in order to preserve harmony between the
Bouses. He preferred, however, to proceed by introducing a new bilL
Earl Granville and the Earl of Fowls having briefly spoken.
Their Lordships divided on the motion for adjourning the discussion,
which was negatived by a majority of SO to 88 -12.
The Earl of Lucan, after a few observations, consented to withdraw
his amendment.
lord Lyndhurst moved that the House should not insist on those
amendments to the bill with which the Commons had disagree J.
The n otion was opposed by the Loud Chancellor.
Earl Granville suggested that the resolution should not be pressed,
but a new bill introduced, giving effect to the compromise which, it ap¬
peared the Government were willing to Rdopt. /\
Lord Lyndiiurst consented and withdrew h ; s motion. VJ
A formal vote, insisting upon the amendments in the Oaths Bill, was
thereupon agreed to.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Monday.
The ‘‘Cagliari.’’— Mr. Headlam having inquired whether ihetwo
engineers cf lire Cagliari Messrs Watt and Park, hid been unconditionally
llb« rated; whether ibe compensation demanded for the illegal detention'
bad been refu cd by the Neapolitan Government; and whether the
Sarninian members of the crew of that steamer had been released, the
Chancellor ol the Exchequer replied that the release of tire two
English subjects had been perfectly, unconditionalftlmt tire question of
rr mpertFalk-n was ftill pending; and the Sardinian Subjects among tho
crew of the steamer were still kipt in prison by the Neapolitau autho¬
rities I \ ]
Government Business.— On the motion of thhCii ancellor of the
Exchequer, after a brief conversation it was agreed that Government
ordirs ol the day were to Lake precedence on every Thursdayduriug the
residue or the Session.
t utply - -The report from the Committee of Supply was brought up And
agreed to
THE CHANCELLOR OP Th£>KXCHBQUE^ SPHfcGH AT SLOUGII.
On the motion for going ln(io Committee of Supply,
Lord Palmerston reneWid the discussion upon the recent speech
of tlie Chancellor ot the Exohfqm r at Slough. He challenge! the asser¬
tions Of Mr Disraeli on that oegasiovwith respect to the foreign policy
Of li e late Government Ahe state of foreffcu relationRhipn at the time they
quitted cilice the negotiations regarding the affair Of the Cagliari, aud
tl e conduct of the war in India. On these poifita he maintained that the
right bon. grr,Fenian had indulge^ in some mischievous repre«entatiou«:
ai d rirc’artd fl at ids charge of unmitigated vengeance aud massacre, as
I rnrtifcd towards the natives of liinqoatan, was a gross libel uo >u Lord
Cat nit g
The ( ii ancellor of tlie KxcnfQUER comp’alned that, after fighting
ore battle, he shooldJte^aUed upon to encounter fresh adveranrlcs. He
repeated the explanat io ns a'rCady giveu to a simi ar attack on Friday
n'ght. en prglttg/upon Th^open question, the difficult contingencies be¬
au* allied by the ln(e AdminlMration. and which he ''onteuded, the present
ftlii'ifttty had dealt with sklKully and rucceisfu’lr.
Fir G. Grf.y" observed Ihat Mr. Disraeli had been obliged to explain
away his indiscreet Observations at tlie 8’ough dinner. He contrasted
various passages in that address with the interpretation since given to
them by the epeakir. whom hqaecuied of resorting to unworthv shifes.
Sir .LaFaKINGTON defended the speeches and conduct of Mr. DDraelL
I^reK J. Russ ELL iqsistea^that charges hail been thrown upon tho
Libera) psHy In tire House of Commons which could not be left ua-
ri|i*Med. \
AHatroiwc remarks from Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Kingluke, and Mr. 8.
Fiizgeraid. the subject dropped.
''0\./ SUPPLY.
'^Thp'Hoope then went into Committee of Supply, and proceeded with
Jlie^hscbsHon of some lurther votes belonging to the Miscellaneous Civil
BtrviceEst i mates.
On resuming, the other orders of the day were disposed of
HOUSE OF LORDS. -Tuesday.
TITS CHANCELLOR OP THB BXCHBQURR*8 BPS BCR AT 8LOUGIT.
^"TWJEarl of Clarendon called attention to the speech recently de-
Jhered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to Id’s Buckinghamshire con-
etitnerfs. reiterating the comment* ou that address a ready urged mire
lu*n cree in fie House of Commons Hedwc t especial y upon the as«er-
Hi n that on the secession o c the preeeut Ministry E igland had been
wifh*n a few licurs o * war with France, which he pronounced to be not
m 1 } upfiuo, but the direct, reverse cf trut'».
Tic Ear'of Derby defended tha speech of hia right hon. colleague,
wbteh he maintained to have been misunderstood and misrepresented.
Enferirg at much length i^fo the various topica alluded to in thntvidreas.
I e i nj | o» i< d the views expre/sed by Mr. Disraeli, and vindicated the
policy piireurd by the existing Administration with regard to their
fere>n d'ploroscy. to Incfa, and to finance
Kail Granville remarkeo that Mr DlaraeTa assertion hare but one
lr-ti rprefation ; namely, that when the late Government left office the
ccnr trv was almost 'rretetevahly committed te a war
The Far’of Malmesbury ci i-d. in corroborallon of that statement,
Iheep'nion Of tliP French Anihiissador. who had, he said assured him
tbst the ielation.-hip of the two countries had been in a most precarious
poritiim.
After a few words from Lord Stanley of Alder ley, the subject
dropped.
HOUSE OF COMMONS. -Tuesday.
Bankers’ Drafts—I n the House of Common*, the Chancellor
of tl e Kxi iiEQiir.it in answer to Mr. Caird. stated that drafts on a
banker mude i ayabie to “self” or “on my account.” if presented by the
diuwi r in i erewu, would not be liable to the atimp duty.
British ( ruis» rh and United States’ vessels —Mr Lindsat
havng inquired if it was the case that several merehant vessels belongin'
to the United Slates engaged in the trade with Uavannah, or with the
wift cceft of Africa, had been fired into, boarded, siaroucd. aid detained
by Brilihb mi I hits ; and if so by whose authority, or under vrhoie ia-
at i net ions, did tl*»* ecD«mand**rs of theee ships so act. Mr 8 Fitzgerald
rip iid tl at no official information on thee”*'*•>:£ had reached tho Govern-
mint The commanders of all vessels engaged in cruising against? (davera
had been inbiruettd to exercise their duties with all possible caution.
BREACH OP PRIVLLBGH.—WASHINGTON WILTS.
Mr W. Gibson, adverting to the apo ojetic petition presented from Mr
W Wilks, the proprietor oi the Carlisle Examiner, moved Unit the peti-
GoniT rl * uld lie dischargid from custody.
Mr i;< i huck consideied the retraoratlou contained in that petition ia-
Fofflcimt '1 he accusation brought against the Com<uittee of that House
bndal’igrd partiality aa well as coriuption. of wlfich charges only tho
latter was withdrawn.
Mr Clay also deemed the retrao'atinn insufficient.
Tl>e Solicitor-General concurring in this view, moved as an amond-
trent tl ai the order for taking Mr. Wilks’ petition into cousid^ratiou
t hon’d 1 h* disi harg>d
Aftir si n e eons derab’e discussion, in which many members par¬
ticipated, the amendment was agreed to.
lilLITART ORGANISATION.
Csptate Vivian railed atti ntion to the ntt*essity o r more e'eariy dofiaing
the itspouaibidy and duties of VUc various military departments, aaa
moved a resolution setting forth that, a’though the recent oousolidatioa
of the different departments of Ordnance, OommisB&riat. aud Secre ary
at War had to a certain extent improved the general administration of
military affairs, a divided responsibility still existed ; and that, in or.ler
to promote greater efficiency, the departments of the Horse Guards and
War Office should be placed under the control of one responsible Minister.
General Feel, in the courseof a technical reply, contended that although
the present military system of the country was possibly imperfect iu
theory, it nevertheless practically worked well. Improvements might b©
effected, and were in course of accomplishment, on matters of detail; but
lie doubted whether the general organisation of the Couimtnder-ln-
Chiet *8 department or that of the Secretary for War couid be rendered
more efficient than they were at the present moment He could not,
therefore, concur in the latter portion of the resolution, which suggested
a consolidation of those departments.
Lord A. V. Tempest supported the motion, recommending that th#
administration of the Army should be established upon a system similar
to that of the Navy.
Mr. Horsman also supported the resolution ; as did
Mr. B. Johnstone, who objected to the existiug system as leading
necessity to imperfect action and divided responsibility.
Sir F. Smith opposed the motion.
Mr. S. Herbert contended that, by uniting the departments of Cora-
mauder-in Chief and War Minister, tiie Army would practically be often
placed uuder the control of a civilian. At present, he remarked though
there was a division of management, the Secretary of State was fully re
sponsible to Parliament. \
Further observations, opposing the motion, were offered by Colonel
North and Sir W/ CodringUm. \ \
Lord Palmerston described the manner in which tho management of
different branches of the military organisation were at present allotted
between the two principal departments. The existing arrangera *nts,
which he observed had been framed in accordance with the lessons of ex¬
perience learnt during the Crimean war, had superseded the old and
iniflcclual system, an ci constituted a very satisfactory mechanism for the
purposes in view. He objected to the proposal for merging the W «r Offioo
and the Horse Guards, and showed reasons for preferring to have th#
Army under the control of a Minister of State rather than intrust It, as
suggisted, to a board on the model of that which presided at tho Admi¬
ralty. \
Captain Vivian having briefly replied, the House divided:—For fcho
resolution. 106 ; against. 104.
THB SUEZ CANAL.
Mr. Roebuck moved a resolution that, in the opinion of tho House, Ihe
§ owtr and influence of this country ought uot to be used in order to in-
uce the Sultan to withhold his assent to the project for cutting a canal
across the Isthmus of Suez. This project, he contended, was ealcu’ated
to benefit Uieworld. Government influences had been set in motioa at
“Constantinop’c to frustrate it by Lore! Palmerston, which he belioved u
be dcroptory to the honour ana injurious to the interests of England.
Mr. Gibson seconded the motion
Y MfTGRiiFiTii, who supported the resolution, proposed an addition by
way ot amendment that, in any course which the llou^c might % motion
in lurthrxancc of the construction of the canal, care should be taken that
the despotic* powers ol the Egyptian Government shou'd not be uHo-vei
t»fee made use of by the promoters of the project to obtaiu the required
Jabour irom the “fellahs ” at an inadequate remuneration by tho*ooorn-
pulsory means familiar to thut Government, so us to produce the effeota of
slavery under the guise of paid labour.
Lora Haddo supported the motion.
Mr Stephenson deniid that the < xecub’on of the canal wa4 physica’ly
possible, and questioned whither, ifeonstructed, It would really faciiiuio
Intercourse between Europe and the East
Mr. S Fitzgerald admitted the importance of the question, and its
fitness for discussion in the House of Commons The practicability of
the project, or its commercial advantage*, were matters not then at issue.
Those wtio undertook the work shou'd ascertain whether it was poisibte
it would pay. But he opposed the motion partly on political grounds, and
partly be a Use he believed that the proposed canal might, under mn-iy
possible contingencies interpose a barrier between England aud the Gut.
Mr M. Gibson asked whether theoorrespondeadc oa thesuojuct inter-
clmrped between the British and oilier Government:) would be bid on th©
table?
Lord Palmerston adhered to the opinion be had more than ono©
enunciated that the Suez Canal scheme whs one of the greatest bubb e«
ever presented to Eng'Ish capitalfFts. (l might not be impracticable; but
he was com inml that it would never be remunerative. With rogird to
the alleged influmce exercised at Constantinople, the noble Lord stated
tha* the Tuikish Government were on their own part strongly upp jied
to the project and nwRre of its disadvantages Among other oousCqueunes
from the* completion of tlie work might bo the dissolution of tho integrity
of the Turkish empire. England was also Interested in the defeat of a a
enterprise which might place tho nearest route to India in the hsudi of aa
enemy.
Mr. C ICwart declared that the scheme had been pronounced a bubble
in Liverpool.
Mr Gladstone protested against the improper and Illegitimate em¬
ployment Of political influences to frustrate a commercin' enterprise. The
Bouse, he observed, was now asked im-rely to repudiate that obstructive
practice and not to opoose any particular scheme. I u opposing the pro¬
ject. the Ln^lisli Gov» rumen tl tad itself'p'acvd iu antagoolsiutotnegeneral
opinion of Europe lie altogether deniul the existence oi any prospeotiv#
teril to the integrity elthtr of tlie Turkish or British empire fro n th#
constiuction of the Suez Canal ; and iu any case deprecated aur Inter-
ference, ou political grounds, with the execution of a commend *i uuder-
tnking.
The CiiANCF.Li.OB of the Exchequer remarked that the resolution
seemed to infer the fact that the Executive Government had c up oyed
seme improper influence to prevent the .Sultan fVom granting a oouceuioa
for the Suez Canal. Of this supposed fact no evidence had been afforded.
If the inolion were adopted, it would imply an approval of the projeot; and
l'p calhd upon the House to pnure before it sanctioned an enterprise wliluh
high authorities had declared to be delusive il not pernicious
Lord .1. Bussell observed tiiat the commercial questions and kh©
enginwring questions niialit be left to take care of t'lemseivei As a
po itical and national question he maintainvil that the opening of & m tr#
accresible channel of intercourse with India must be beneficial to Eng'aud,
either in peace or war
After some remarks from Mr. Drummond, Mr. Bright, and Sir J.
ElphfnPtone. and a reply from Mr Koebuck. the amendment was nega¬
tived without a division, and i ho Mou-e divided on the resolutiou. Thcr#
appeared—Ayes. 62; Noes, 290.
Cheques— llie Attorney-General obtained leave to bring in a bill
to f mend the law relating to cheques and drafts on bankers.
Foreign Office—Oh the motion of Mr B Hope, a Select Com witte#
was ordered to considi r and report upon the reconstruction of the Foreigm
Office in relation to the future rebuilding of other offices ou a uniform
plan cue regard being had to public convenience aud economy.
Church-rate Abolition Bill -Sir J. Trelawny moved the Hilrt
reading of this bill. Mr. Drummond moved the adjournment of the de¬
bate.— Alter some discus'*ion tho motion for adjournment was negative!,
on a d.vision ly a majority of 160 to 103. Tho opponents of the bill, ho«r-
t Vi r, renewed the murimi for adjourning, which was ultimately agreed H,
and tlie di£cu£&ion postponed.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Wbdnesday.
BRKACn OP PRIVILRGR*
At the m?d-dav sitting of the House, on the motion of Mr. M. Gibson,
Mr. W. Y\ ilk*, the publisher of the Carlisle Examiner, was order©J lo h«
discharged from the custody of the Serjeaut-at-Arina on payment of th#
customary fees.
MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS BILL.
Mr. UowpER.in moving the second reading of tho Medical Practitioners
Bill, briefly t*xfilainr<i the effect of the measure which was. Uo said three¬
fold- namely, to establish a uniform system ot education and qnalifbutioa
for j raoti'ioi.tra; to organise a system of registration for member < of t
medical ptolession ; hdo to remove all local distlnctinRS, so lint perums
qualified to practice in one part of the United Kingdom might alsoprjotU#
in all.
Mr Black, comment I ng upon the various provisions of the three bills
on this subject already before t lie Houre, urged serious objections to every
one of them, and suggested that they shou ti be all summcrLy abau loned.
The motion that the bid be read a second time was agreoil to. m it
appeared, b> s* me misapprehension ; and. on the further question that tho
bid should be committed, the discussion was reneved by
Mr Walpole, who reviewed the several propositions that had beex
off• red for a refoiin or sjslemi-'atlon of tlie in^dioa* profession, and,
exj rearing on the whole a preie/enre lor the present bill, suggested th»t
it should at all events he accented as a basis for legislation on tho question.
After some remarks from Mr. Head am. Mr T. Duncombe, Lore! Blch#,
ard other members, the motion was carried, and tho bi! ordered to b©
committed on Tuesday next.
Of the two other mcaaures on !h© samo subject, the Medical Frofesslom
and Medical Corporations Bil\ and the Medio I Profes-doi Bill, the
second reading of the former was postponed, and the Latter withdrawn.
property qualipioatiow nrLL.
The adjourned debate on ihe motion that the Uouse should go intooora-
mitueon Ihe ♦'loperty guatifleation Bill was then resumed, aad same
further observations against the measure offered by Mr. Bentiuok Mr.
Drummond. Mr Newdpgate. and other membere. Mr K Seymer, Sir G.
C Lewis, and Mr. R Knlghtley supoorted 'hcbbL On adivisioa kher#
appeared—lor the motion. 222 : against, 109 .
The Hirtu-e weut Into Committee on Uie bill, and parsed theflrjt (»nd oilvk
dautc alter some further discussion. The bill was tliea ordered 10 t>c rowd
a third time this (Thursday) evening.
June 5, 1858.1
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
559
HOUSE OF LORDS.— Thursday.
Non-Parochial Becistfbs Bill—T his bill was read & second time.
Chancery Amendment Bill.-T he Lord Chancellor mcmxl the
second n suing of ibis bill, which, after some discussion, was agreed to.
Bajah Brooke.— The Karl of St. Germans ca‘led attention to the
fact that thtre hud been for some time upon ttie paper a notice of motion
by the Knri of Kingston containing serious charges against Sir .1.
Brooke, and contended that unless the motion were brought on some steps
ought to be adopt* d to take it oil' the paper.
'Jhe Earl of Malmesbury admitted the evils of permitting such a
notice 10 stand for a lengthened period upon the paper. At the same
time, if the noble Earl who placed it there would neither briag on his
motion nor take it off the paper, he (Lord Malmesbury) did not sec what
that House couid do in the matter.
Alter a brief discussion the subject dropped.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Thursday.
Relations witii China.— In reply to Mr. Kiuglake, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer said that the Emperor of China had not suspended
negotiations, and that Lord E gin baa gone northward It wouid. how¬
ever. be inconvenient at the present time to produce the correspondence
relating to the su^jtet - Lord J. Russell inquired whether there wou d
beany objection to produce a cony of the demands made upon the Em¬
peror of China by l ord Elgin? The question wa« not answered
The Paper Duty.- Mr. M. Gibson gave notice that on going into
Committee of 8upply on the Educational Estimates he should move a
retolutii n condemning the collection of the Paprr-duty. and asserting
the expediency of repealing that duty at an early period (Hear. hear).
YVeedon Barracks— In reply to Mr. D. Nicoll General Peel stated
that the principal storekeeper at YVeedon Barracks had absconded, and
that it had tince been discovered that be sailed from Liverpool in a
steamer for Bo.Mon on the 20 th of May. His accounts were now under¬
going examination.
CONTROL OF TUB ARMY.
Sir John Walsh asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it
was in contemplation of the Government to take any steps in conse¬
quence <f the resolution which passed the House on Tuesday in favour of
S lacing the whole administration and control of the army under the uu-
iviotd author ity of a single Minister ?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that, in consequence of the
few pirsoi a who were in the House on the division, it was not the inten¬
tion of the Government to take any steps in furtherance of the vote on
the moiion of the hon. member tor Bodmin (Captain Vivian; on Tues¬
day last.
THE INDIA RESOLUTIONS.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he hoped to proceed with
the India resolutions on Monday, by which time he believed the President
of the board of Control would be in his place.
On tl e bringing up of the report on Supply,
Mr. Bcbsmax defended himsell from a charge brought against him a
few evenings back by Mr. M‘Mahon, t» at fortwoycars while he (Mr lion-
man) was Chief Secretary for Ireland, that hon. member could nev* r obtain
access to him for ti e transaction of business connected with the depart¬
ment He denied that there was any foundation for such a charge, as he
had always txtended to that- hon. member the same opportunities of
access that were enjoyed by other Irish members.
Mr. M Mahon maintained that the right hon gentleman, during his
term of office, had treated him and his party with the most marked dis¬
courtesy.
Sir O Gniv, while lie regretted that the time of the House shou'd be
occupied l.j mi ixp nnation to purely personal. bore tcatimouy to the rx-
teneive acquaintance Willi all the business of Ills department evinced by
Mr Horen an while Chief Secretary tor Maud.
Alter a lew winds from Lord Naas, Mr J. D. Fitzgerald, Colonel
Fr< neli and oilier hon. mtmbers, the subject dropped, and the report w.n
agreed to.
INDIA.
On the motion for going into Committee of Supply,
- Mr AuneiN suld he had intended to call the attention of the House
to the position in winch they wero placed wilh regard to legislating
/Dr India anel to urge the- necessity of coming to some speedy de isinn on
tie mailer ■ but. as be was informed the notilo Cord the President of the
Board ol Control would toon he in his place, he should postpone hh
motion till Monday.
BITPIT.
The House then went. Into Committee of Supply on Civil Service Esti¬
mates, tin dkeuasioii of various votes In which occupied several hours.
The other orders of the day were then disposed o£
Wills— 1 The will of the Right Heverend Daniel Wilson. D.D.,
T.ord Bishop ol Calcutta and Metropolitan of India, has been proved iu
I.ondon. tj his son, theKev Daniel Wilson, M. A .Vicar of Islington t
liifi hon-iO* nw. the Rev. Joniah Bateman, of.A., Rural Dean. Yicurof
Huddersfield : and John Coles Svmcs. Esq., solicitor,
in flie will ’or England or elsewhere, except in India The will bears date
“ndl> Amber isw, being twelve mouths prior to hia decease, andi was
proved in tlie Supreme Court at Calcutta. 19th January, 1858
p’ain mural tablet without ornament to be placed in ht. Paul a Ca.ue iral,
Caleulta, and in tile Bishop's College j andlittbeparishchurcho. eit Miry,
lelipgten, London ; inscribed wilh bia name; the period lieJf*!,,' SJTJ.5
Islington and Bislmp ot Calcutta; and. in Greek characters, the worda
from 18th eh Luke, 13 v , * God be merciful to mo. a sinner. Has tie-
queiiihid several thousand rupees to wltdiMCTtob lsUed In India andJn
Vmr'ard lor t lie advancement of religion, and also to institutions to isun 0
ton^oi w Ideh parish he had been for a lone period the Vicar, and was most
sfhctioiately ?ttacbtd-v“„ to the Child's Home. Highbury, or Orphans
of Miesimar he.teoo rupees; the Training School. Highbury. lOUO
rnneea ■ and lo the Iiuiiding Fund for New Churches at Islington. 2 >03
iSpHs’ ‘he rw idea* ial palace at Calcutta, which he purchased, he leaves
to’tiia son ■ but the oreperty and effects pertaining to the Bishopric he
WWiwj
K'.t.S. V* Vmj gjg fettSBdS.'ggSrS:
Bidcrab’e value . .To. Aim .in,uses at Wimbledon a legacy
nyear; and lissle/t to the hmoowen »< ' < , nfiint ,50. Ihe
residueof liis person” I P 1 TO P^j]^ , , ol ^p’^},^^ l t^3^h^^okcr^Es<f,'‘^'
His son-in-law, h * steam-packets under cnnlnct
wiHi 'hvSw. dfsb'ct^^i^® ^ ^tmJ^pscket •'wdn^
lunher police. All letters and »W'P»PfJc?sunlesad'rect.d to be o'.her-
Udriewal a w 11' be forwarded by “glP S?. otw” ,r “a nf Sweden, l.itemW
wise sent: hut letters and sS IpecisUv addressed "vii
0 °.imsh?."“““By y sirtM@t:" By of the Pos.master-
Genetai. Bowpand IHpp. ^ ' B CHURCH.—Rev.
1'HEFtl.MENTe AND AProWTMEhT* ' 7 Salisbury Ctthe-
J Fraser. It eel or of Choldi rton W iUs. to be ChancWI r^t s A 4 lo n t „
dral. w'th the Prebend of Brickksworth Gloucester ; ttev. V.
w ****#<*»
ot Christ < huteli."West Ham. Sussex. ,_
Mk i purgkon. in the course of his semon on w »k
B d A" rBOTOOHArH was Dst week successfully made of J shell m
number ot military “London Gazette" issued on Mon-
dsy^S
ments with the enemj p 1}rixton .hUL on Thursday next, will be
A T the ltoyal asylnm.u 5 Ann's Society for mnnUln'ng,
held tile snmtal meeting “luiu^nm thos”once In prosperity, orph ins or
c’otliii g and educ.il ng he ch'ldren o' ol - efiaraucer an I
not. OP which oora.kin "im take place under tue presideaoy of
distribution ol rewards to the DO) S «ui j.
the Loid Bishop ol London.
MUSIC.
ITer Maje8tt's Theatre gave a high treat to the really
musical p^riiop of the puMio by the production, on Saturday list, of
*■ Le Nczze diFigaio/’ an opera which uoifces the giioty and iatereat
of pme comedy with th« charms of exquitite music in a manner uu-
paralleled < n the stage It waa oast in the same manner as lost season,
with one txcfption, which, however, was a mot important one—the
appf&ibme if Mdlle. Titienein the character of the Counitu Aim i*
ina, a part vhich afforded a fresh triumph to this most acoomplishei
aitist, both as an actress and a singer. As an actress, she gave a de¬
lightful view i»f one of the sweetest chaructars on the staire; and as a
fingir she displayed (as in her previous performance of Donna Anna)
the highest qualities of the pure German school, enhanced by h*r
beautiful voice ard the Italian (trace and tinith of her execution.
Piccolomini (as last year) was the Susanna She sang the musio (the
character of which the had evidently studied with care) with much
{trace, &Dd btractirg was arch and lively. But her personation of the
character lacked dignity and elegance. Susanna is no ordinary
*o ubrette; the ia the friend and companion of tho neglected
Counteas rather than her servant. Susanna is a lady in
rrauLciB and fenfiment, and the least tinge of saucy flio-
rancy is out of character. Beneventano was wls not quits the
teau-id&il of the brilliant Count Almaviva , a charactar almost
as difficult to jersonute properly as Don Giovanni; but his par-
forxnance, especially^bls singing, was not uxisa<»s f actory. Belle l .ti was
a n(6t ad mil able Fiparo; and tho part of Chcrubino, the page, was
pnttily fcusia»ned hy Ortolani, There was an immense house, and the
audience ¥ ere tnthusiaetic in their demonstrations of pleasure. The
opera has been^twice repeated during this week We must adl that
Mario Tagliosi aj peered on Saturday in a pretty divertifsement called
“ La K« ine d«r* tionges/’ looked and danced as charmingly as ever, and
had a n.ott fnthuHestio recep ion.
Verdi's " Luipa Miller” will be produced on Tuesday next, June 8th,
and will be repeated on the Thursday for the benefit of Mdlle. Picco¬
lomini. This opera, founded on Schiller's ” Chbale und Lieha ” aff »rds
telling situations for vocal and dramatic effect. Mdlle. Piccolotniui,
who has tuitained the part wilh great success in Italy, is the heroine
and will find in ’he incidents of the story many opportunities for that
intensely natural and affecting acting which first establishsd her fame
in ibe “Traviala." T*e music is well suited both to Mdlle. Piccolo-
n ini and to the great tenor, and the air “Quandole sere al plioido”
is said to be one of the sweetest of Giuglini's strains Another cir-
crimttanco will greatly add to the effect of the opera. Madame Aiboiu.
has consented to undertake a contralto part, small in itself, but which
in the hands of suoh an artist will acquire au importance. Beno*
ventano, Vialetti, ai d Castelli have also parte in the opera. ^ \ v.
On Monday, the 7th, a grand morning neifornmnce will be given,
for which “ Don Giovanni ” is the appointed opera. In this opera moat
evtiy sir ger of Dote in the establishment finds a part; and for thU
reapon, as well as on account of the excellence of tho music, it is
peihopp the beet selection that could he mude for the amusement of
those who have few opportunities of visiting the opera. ^ —n. \
Be8fecting the Royal Italian Opera we have at present
nothix g to record; but we shall have occ isiou next w .ok to speak of
the a nival of the great tragedian R mconi, and his appaansaoe io one
of Lis mrst remarkable parts, the Duke of Ferrara, in ’'Lucrazia
Borgia."
Mbs. ^ndebson, the pianist to the Queen, garo N her annual
concert cn Monday morning, at Her Majesty s Theatre. Teds 6miaont
general resje tand regard in all our musical oiroles. On this occa¬
sion the theatre was crowded, aud the concert was nch in exial*
lenc* and Vbri»ty. The piinoipal performers of the theatre— Ticiens,
Picc< lemini, Alhori. Oito ari, Giugliui, Bolletti, and other*—aon'.n-
huted their assistance, together with the ina/nificent orchMtra and
chorus of the ^tiblishmeni. There were, moreover, Madamo Clara
JJovello end Miss Louisa Pyn**i together with Jo whim, the great
vi* liiiist; and Mrs. Anderson and Mre. Jewson as piunists. The utr
Inefidane iljytd B chovens celebrated “Choral Fantisui m a
n anner which ehowed that her grea; powers are unimpaired, and ttuv.
though ebe is low seldom heard in public, she leasable as evsirto
n>a : u(ain her place am. ng the gre^e* 1 "' pi ‘Hints of the day. Mrs.
Jewton. wh i* a relative end pupilMrs. Anderson, playel Weber s
CoDcm-Hurk in a mat-nor worthy of her instructress. I he whole
concert was txc* Tent, both in selection aud execution, and was attended
■with the gnat*-st success.
The Flw Thilhabmonic Concert of Monday last was below
the operate quality of these en'ertainmeets The pr >gr imme showed
small judgment or retearcb. There was not a jingle orcherr* 1 sym-
t.hi nv —a thing, wo Klieve, without precedent either at the Old or the
Rew Pbilhorn.oniu Concerts. Tho only orchestral work of an/ raig-
nitude was Mozart’s pianoforte oonc«rto in D minor, performed by
Derr Bubinstein ; but a cnncfrto has never been accepted as an aw-
quate substitute for a symphony. Rubinstein, nove r theles8 |Plavei it
t ' ul erblv, and it was th« only great attra ction of the concert, though
its < fftet was impaired by the indifferent manner in whioh the orchea-
tral accomianimenta wore perfoi>ned Mozarts ottecto in C iniuor,
for wind instruments, was exceedingly w-Il ex-outed by ei K ht of oar
best j erfiorntrs; but it is not well sui ed to \ U9 y nuc ® rt ‘ r '^J^ f It th
one of the many wind-instrument pieces which ^
Tit ana tea-gaidens and plooes of open-air am useme at, and, so heard,
it must have been delightful; but within doors it is much more
effective in its form ot a quintet for two violins two tenors, and
Violoncello, in which shape it is gemndly kn ,wn to OW amateurs.
Tlie vocal performers were Miss L misa P>ne and Herr Pischek, w
tai g things of a somewhat oomtnonpla^ dessTiption.
Madajje Fczzi 8 annual concert was given on
invaMheUenorer-squaro Rooms, which were crowded to the doors
by the most fosbionahle company in London. A hos . of our most
eminent singers contributed their talents to thuguterteinmeaL wl»wh
uu? bln os’ entirely vocal Among them were Madame \ lardot aai
Made me Per? ani boihofwhom have recently arrived in to vn *^ i
were b aidCrtbe first time this season. There were mrey others,
inclu^ii g Mudan e Clan Novello. Mudame Gatsitr, tho Missai Tyno,
Mr. Hairiton, and Herr ReioWdt.
Mifia Dolby and Mr. 1 inpsay Fioveu Z™I*™ i n C0I f;
cert <»t cLan ler music, ut Willis’s Rooms on Monday afternoon. It
wts of a clostical and interesting character. A charming trio of
Pnjdn for lbe piano, violin, and violoncello. ^ p^also
j|r blrper, Mr. U '■"' 1 Wiran r «»ta. Mr. Sl'.per also
j la
eeh
pGn^:!' Purcell's famous
Sbich abe s»nfi»i'h passionate espre-mou and ^ ara ”‘ . ' h „
fb';-?:?”.* V. n . “a
srssst
Goudiaxi, dto. —
the theatres.
Adfi thi —On Wednesday Mr. Webster took according to w-
SDBI1W o . H lhiA ihwucre previous to its mieaded
Ti e ^HmUnc« -ire verv various, md couiewd
rtc xiittuctu n JI P , . \y ) come Li»xle Stringer, aod a
AMUtn We coimratnla e Moa^snla oHu, nenefiq
G t,d r 1« Wilulm biVntmeeteff *'* to deserve the publio oltrona/A
lkat lie . (-(Wike lias provided a noTelij for Whiisuti'ide.
/ 8 TL 1 T 8 .- fill; < Wke lias piov “ ^ .Jr^ao houses.
end to for dittinguisbed bi i 1 „ while Palfrey, or. The Wild
The new n.ehdr^a £ io that of Pi. 4-
Toloniei. «c<pl ,hat ^lnlhfrrMd^ Boar^Llncoln-
ie« in queelioi ere located in Lmwlnstnre, «ia impn9oM hur ia hj ,
thnohaisn. who ^rob^hiUty peiiah in time of the local
castle. ,‘ ha avouJg^entleman of the coun-ry,
wu ' c,ru “ a
incidents ekilfully inh'oduoed, is sufficiently effective, notwithstanding’
its apparent simplicity.
Strand.—O n Monday a new burlesque was produced by Mr.
Byron, the author of tho former. On this occasion hs selected for his
tbtme his noble namesake’s “ Brido of Abydos," and mide out of it
a punning Oriental extravaganza tint, well supported as it was by the
adore, may be prom unced ua decided a success as we ever witnessed,
lbe burlesque follows pretty closely the incidents of the poatn on
which it is founded. It opens with Old Giaffir (Mr. Turner), in hie
divan, whose rage is eccenttij in the extreme, much to the dis nay of
Borovn, the benevolent Nubian, and to the indignation of Selim, the
Pat ha's supposed son (Miss Swan borough). ZHdeika was brilliantly
impersonated by Miss Gi ver, and, in a manner sutitnendy digniflei
stated bc-r modest objections to becoming the bride of ihe de¬
tested “kinsman of tho Bey Ot/lou." It must be confessed
that Osman Bey, as depicted on the stage, is no desirable match
for a young maiden ; and thit tho graceful Selim, when proved to
be not the young lady's brother, but marriageable cousin, ia the far
mere attractive and likely person. These points, so delicately touched
in the poem, aie of course broadly caricatured in the drama We have
next, the grotto scene, with SeMm so strangely accoutred os the Caniiote
tailor, end now the declared lover of the astonished Zulcika. But here
the burlesque-wrifrr finds it needJul to enlarge oa the poet s t«fc. fl#
must bring AbdaUvh on to the stage, and the supposed murdered
brother is accordingly resinred to life and performs an important part
in the action ot the dram*. His first appearance to Selim is a carica¬
ture of Hamlet's interview with the^Aoif; but that, being a situa¬
tion already used up in modern burlesques, is soon dropped, and
the more uotive business of material intervention common let.
Jn ell ibis thtre is the mod absurd exaggeration, which loses nothing
in its effect bv,Mr. ChurleB Toiing's manner of portraiture. The
catastrophe differe from that of the poem in being happy. Selim
aid his party, us dervishes and wandering acrobuts, visit the bridal
festivities of Osman Iky— an. incident imp oved from “Tae C rsair."
The sportful eccentricities of this scene exoitr the ho ise to extreme
laughter, aid '.he curtain fell to unanimous applause.
St. James’s Hall.—O n Thursday week the Christy Minstrels
gave a perft nranoe it re, by de»ire, at three o’clock, which was well and
tasbicnablj attended. The programme was substantially tho ^ame os
that which is sightly represented at the Pnlygrnphio Hall, a d o> ild
not fa - l of pleasing a drawing*room audience. The voices of : e m a-
etrels, in the firet part, are finel/ harmonised: and the buries U9 p -r-
tioss of the stcoud end third oar's, p uticulariv that of th Iul an
opera, ere in superior tss l e. The succeaa of 'h - se minstrels is o .e of
the characteristic events of the epoch. However, it has oeea well
merited.
Signor Antonio Poletti’s performance of Natural Magic, at
the Queen's Concert Rooms, Hanover-fqu-ire, merits n tine from the
clever manner in vhich the various illusions are presented. O' the
subjects ccntained in the programme—the Mirror Target, Cards pliyed
qjj Meexrerism. and tho Looking-glass Telegraph, were very mtire tia<
ai d well received ; and a large number of the company d-pined with
substentiul proofs of the prolific character of the Cajket of Armiio,
after two hours of lively and agreeable entertainment.
Gomfertz’s Diorama of the Indian Mutiny, which on its
first j reduction, was announced for a limited period and which was to
have teiminated on Saturday lust, will, in consequence ol itj eucoeai,
be given daily until further notice.
The American Heath Plants -The Messrs Watcrer and
Godfrey, of Knaphill Nurrery, have again opem-d an exhibition of
An.criesn rhododendrons aud azaieos, in the Ashburnhara eroamlr ad-
joiniPE Crcmonie Gardens. Notliing in the floral way could be conceived
more enchanting than the appearance which the exhibition predated.
The plants are charmingly arrayed in groups according to botanical
definition, most of them in full bloom, presenting a brilliant jupeot ®f
colour and placed under a splendid canopy wh eh shelters bitli pUnU aad
reonletroir a scorching sun or an ungenial climttw I An Kngraring of
this n agT ificcnt show o» p ants wiU be given in the Illustrats*
London Hems next wfek.]
jy. B . Austin Maggs, the architect arrested a» Hersfo d fi>r
writing to the Queen demanding the surreuder to him o b r p jsitiun as
Bead ot the Church, has been conveyed to a private asy um
0 he sailing match ol ite Royal 1 ondon Y ochi G*ub hikes pla^O
on Mondnv next. Hie Uh in«t. lli.rc are to be Iwn r«*». tore. h of whieh
0 eie are tlucee entries A aieambo.t will leave London-br,.igeat naj
o’c'oek with a military band on board, and a most agreeable day s sport
may be anticipated. __
TESTIMONIAL TO MIL F. P. SMITH. INVENTOR OF
THE BCR KW-PRO PEL LEU.
On Wcdncvdav evening a public diuner took p'accat St. James'a llaU,
to!lbepu™«tfFiSfnTing a te.lin.onW to F SIr. Freuds Pettit Syitk,
,, n murk of ihe Ingli eetrem enlerUlned tor his private worth, «n>l lh»
ertai IxntfU ronfmisl by him on the country in i.nroduclnR.»nd. by bit
litlint, energy, and perseverance, in bringing into general use the system
°Vi"™ mm'nis'nwhicb we engrave Is the result or ^8. raised entirely
br piivHte bub.«criptlon. It consists of a veiy superb silver Salver and
CTsret Jug. each bearing appropriate inscriptions.
jtr VoStrt Stephenson, M. P.. presided upon the occasion, and Wttjrap-
ported by many of the moFt distinguished enginGem sMpbuhdcca. naval
men. and directors of steam-paeket companies, who have
pcrienced Wc advantages afforded by Mr Smiths luvcnUoa. Ab^il
eikhly e< ntlenun sat down to an excellent dinner.
The u.-ual lojal toaBts having b«n di«po«td or. . Mr
The Chaltnan gave the toast o* the evening. The health or Mr.
Fninris Pettit Smith, the Inventor of the screw-propcl:er. wha
bad teen ai'custoiced to watch or study the progress ofacient'e and ar la
tVi* ir various branches cou'd not fall to have been struck wi h the singular
fact thai tarh Mcp lud been marked in itself, that them was nonnog
Jke SSdffi tdlZv. This was so *Ut* with mifhcmaiUj-aiidwta
chemistry : innividual constantly succeeding individual *•
J^e w ho 1 ad contributed to thefuud of knowledge iu that br/uoh was
fl e r^ueri Hut night. He w« not. it wu true. Hie firet oonre ver 01 h.
emVTbewnanotTpirhy*. the flret nppl'er of ; bat lt_» «lM
to hi» VtrlK.t mind hie (foroted pirwverance. m.d his identifying h'm« r
with tlSldel to make UlmMlf« ...me by bringing thra*i w propoUcr .. »
tirarlirnl aiplirailcn It wa» not for him (the ch»irin»iii to dwell at
Spy gnat llnnlh upon ll.e Imponanc* ol that Invent on. «,«*«»-•
carihd it on fwsemtolly without the screw-propeller. I.»
...to exsuerate ti c Impodanet ol Hint lurention n national p x>-
ii \«af (f.ttallx linuoAsibie to aibu’h too ranch Importance I ■ II
grres. and Mom -for be lud l.e.rd .lore hr c.u,r into th tl
nan,r“nhen.c,‘ling. wilh the arUelu. referred to.aecjmpan.ed by .onto
a|, i’,V° P K, i , il l 'th r t,H, a i'iv 9 r£tnrr,od thanks He could only refer to wild he Had
, .e/ln Hwn^tM In toauSv or what he hoped and intended; w.doja
He lotore*and’he l.o,ad «tr to d.aerve the high honour which had h.*
r 2Jti P lSJl i ”i U.e.^Ia^-'-Uie health or the other Meet.ureal
who ptoooud tSew-prupelliog." coupled with the »«« '-f
Mr IkLuet Wiodcreit, Mr John Errica-in Mr - reflioga of
f'.orVe B’axla, d He w.aa .ore he »*? J-VnrtSlIrirt
Mr hniilh in thus re'ernng to men who had b^nfcU u h4d
ti e latter in lire ranee ol Hie icrrw-prwtfVf- ‘ originator of
teen observed by the chairman. Hurt Mr bmil' he WMJ the rlret to
the idea of the ecrew-ptopc.ler, though undiwbtodlj'ne
lit H going, and u. bring.t under Lol
it practicalapplication. Jhe screw ww to th«? Ctasucai Dic-
550 uars bt^oie theUinstUn era. Gn re *• »rr%t atilp uiidcr,
tierarv be (Mr I!ns-cM. I^liid to it a icirew-
that he built an rn. raoua "'''P- uVbdlered that tn,
propeller in the shape of a lew yean entire y to
emw-propclhr in Iron ship.* was death 1lC< j tj ^nere was no e .a.ilry
displace U.e great a, rchanl flreU of £ ,, m . im r M iare or iroa
havmgfomu.h lion tu-d eo much *xeei ^ wholf carrying
as Ing ard, and he be»ev «l WgA VoTiL: vreaat. wl’h ,orew pr*-
trade of ta igtod w,0 “. , g,^S i SSthink any other nation cou'd poi-
Hbiy'tcuch'tin’ni 1 Blr’lTtiMsdl^nr Jidid by exp^ossjnghU^dcfp wnae**^f^
u>
and the ptooccdliigl UzaiiuAUil at i Utc hour.
560
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[.Tune 5, 1858
TILE QUEER S GOLD TASK.
ASCOT PRIZE PLATE.
The Ascot Otrp has been manufactured, at the establishment of
Messrs. Garrard and Co., in the Haymarket, goldsmiths to the Crown.
The design and model are by Mr. Gotten!!, an artist whose numerous
TESTIMONIAL PRESENTED TO CAPTAIN CALLAGHAN, ADJUTANT
Of THB NORTH CORK RI7LEB.
THE ROYAL HUNT CUP.
V \ ] p' ..
3 HE ASCOT PRIZE PLATE FOR 1858.
works all bespeak great taste, great power of manipulation, and an in¬
exhaustible fecundity of invention. In this cup he has introduced a
passage in the history of Berchtold, filth Luke of Zuringen encounter¬
ing and slaying in the wilds of Switzerland an enormous bear on the
spot on whioh no afterwards built the city of Berne, about the end of
the twefth century. The Duke has dismounted from his horse, whioh
is held by an attendant, and trembles at its propinquity to the grisly
monster, which rushes headlong to the attack. The Duke is in armour
o t ohain mail; his shield, on which is engraved the Swabian lion, is
suspended from his shoulders; and he waits without shrinking the
onset of his lormidable foe. Two bloodhounds form the acoessonee of
the composition—one of whioh the bear has killed, and the other,
somewhat daunted at the fate of his companion, prepares, however,
courageously to assist his master. T his group is very elaborate, and is
4*work of great merit.
^ The Q.c sen 8 Vase is also from the establishment of Messrs.
Garrard, and. was modelled and designed by Mr. Cotterill. It is a
smaller piece of plate than the Ascot Cup, Dut in its design and exe¬
cution equally meritorious. The group, which is attached to a
veritable cup of very elegant shape and design, consists of a Pacha
sitting beneath a palm tree, and presiding over the sale of his stud,
one of which is held by an attendant. The beauty of this group is in
no little measure derived from the truthfulness of the representation,
the artist having depicted what he actually witnessed in the neigh¬
bourhood of Cairo. The execution is very delicate, and the finish of
the several parts elaborately fine. Altogether these cups suppoit the
eminence of English art in the production of statuettes.
The RoyaI Hunt Cup. —The prize selected by the stewards of
the present year, which bears the conventional name of “Cup,” con¬
sists of a candelabrum of silver, bearing five lights, and of the Cinque-
cento period of ornament. A shaft of burnished silver springs from
an ornamental base, whereon is a group engaged in tne sport of
hawking. A lady, in the costume of Charles II, and in riding-habit
and hat, is casting off a falcon, whilst a cavalier, leaning upon his
horse, and an attendant falconer with a tray of hawks, wi’h jessies,
bells, and a lure, the proper adjuncts of the sport, await the issue
The group is in frosted silver. The base is ornamented at the four
sides with panels, the first and second bearing the name of the cup and
the Royal cipher; the third and fourth those of the stewards and of
the winner. Messrs. Hunt and Roekell, of New Bond-street, were
intrusted with the execution of the cup; and the design, which is very
graceful and appropriate, is from the penoil of their artist. Mr
Thomas Brown,
THE ASCOT CUP.
PARLIAMENTARY PORTRAITS
MR. JOHN ALEXANDER KINGLAKE,
Serjeant- at -Law, is a member of a family of which Somersetshre may
well be proud. His father, Robert Kinglak--, Esq.,.M.D„ practised
for many years as a physician at Taunton. One of his brothers, Mr.
Arthur Ringlake, an aotive and worthy magistrate of Somerset,
resides at Weston-super-Mare, is well known in the west as the
mend and stanch advocate of the ill-rewarded and all-but-forgotten
hero, General Guyon. Another brother, William, now Rector of
Taunton, obtained the gold medal for two prize poems of more
average merit on the subjects of “Byzantium” and the
Crusaders." Mr. Seijeant Kinglake is also a cousin of the M.P. for
Bndgewater. whose name is familiar to our readers as the author of
Eothen. He was born about the year 1805, and educated at Eton
a. - ./'ll ii . . .. . : ■
the
, . , _ biaiuii uia y tjtw iouj, ana ©aucatea at
where^he distinguished himself as one of the “captains” of
boats; thence he was transferred in due course of time to Trinity
College, Cambndge, where ho took his B.A. degree in 1826. He
was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1830, and went the
Western Circuit for many years. In 1844 he was made a serieant-at-
law, with a patent of precedence. About tho same time be was
PRESENTATION OF A SILVER VASE TO CAPTAIN
CALLAGHAN.
On Thursday. May 13, the officers of the North Cork Rifle*, now
quartered at Shorncliffe, presented their Adjutant, Captain F M
.rtlltPhtn With a xrav~ey —1-a* - , i r - *
dsome piece of plate as a token of esteem
quarter! ___
Callaghan, with a very
and regard.
The Jacies ef the regiment kindly consented to accept the invitation
of the offioen to dine with them on the evening on which the presentu
tion was to take place. Her Majesty's health and that of the ladies
present were proposed and responded to, when Colonel W. H. Moore
Hodder, having expressed the gratification he experienced in present-
??• T 0 “ftiinon 1^1 to one so deserving, handtd over to his gallant
Adjutant the gift, which consists of a fine silver vase, enriched with
chasings representing scenes of military life. The handles are of the
purb Greiuan form, and the oup itself is very handsome, and does
credit to the. raiment firm (Messrs. Hunt and Roskell) who supplied it.
1 he band of the regiment played some chiming music during dinner,
and the party separated much phased with the evening’s entertainment.
Wi i 80n has accepted the invitation of his school-
U x? e i r Y a, PJ2i convened through Mr. Longe, of Spix-
ai^ r re£ trk ij to t , hc .', a P? lan Dinner to be held on the 16th inst, at which
Sir James Brooke, the £*jah of Sarawak, will preside.
. We understand, says the United Service Gazette, that one hnn-
^^S^Tn'cLJ^SfQ.C.B.' 11 * hlVC to,dCred the)r *®
CI.AKF.T.JCG AND SALVER PRESENTED It) illt. SMITH, THE INVENTOR
OP THB BCBEW-PROPBLLER,—(BEE PRECEDING PAG1.)
June 5, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
561
P A R L I A
M E N T
ARY
P 0 R T R A
I T S .
appointed to the Becordership of Exeter, and in 1856 succeeded Chief
Justioe Cockbura in the Becordership of Bristol. In 1852, and
again in 1855, he was an unsuccessful candidate for Wells, but was
returned for Rochester in the Liberal interest, without a contest, at
the late general election. He is a Liberal, and strongly advocates
many points in Lord J. Russell’s Reform Bill of 1852; such as the ex¬
tension of the suffrage to the educated classes, and to those who do
not occupy entire houses, and to such of the working olasses as have
gained a direct interest in the prosperity of the country by their
deposits in savings banks. He also supports the ballot, the admis¬
sion of Jews into Parliament, religious liberty, and the abolition of
extended suffrage, equal electoral districts, secular education, the
abolition of church-rates, and the removal of all religious disabilities.
Mr. White married, in 1833, Mary, eldest daughter of Addison Lind
Esq., of Jamaica. The poll at Plymouth stood thus at the election:—
K. P. Collier, 1167; J. White, 1106; J. Hardy, 622.
VISCOUNT BURY,
eldest son of the Earl of Albemarle, was bom in 1832, was educated at
Eton, and entered the army, in 1849, as Lieutenant in the Soots Fusilier
Guards. In 1851 he was appointed Private Secretary to Lord John
Russell, then Prime Minister, and in the following >ear went out to
India as Aide-deCamp to Lord Frederick Fitzclurence, whence in
MB. JAMES WHITE, M.P. FOR PLYMOUTH.-FROM A PHOTOGRAPI
SERJEANT JOHN ALEXANDER KINGLAKE, M.P. FOR ROCHESTER.
FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY MAYALL.
VISCOUNT BURY, M.P. FOR NORWICH.—FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY
ROGERS OF NORFOLK.
ALDERMAN WILLIAM TAYLOR COPELAND, M.P. FOR 8TOKE-UPON
/\TRENT.—FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN WATKINS.
MR. JOHN LAURIE, M.P. FOR BARNSTAPLE.-
BY JOHN WATKINS.
MR. GEORGE HENRY VANSITTART, M.P. FOR BERKS,-
PHOTOGRAPH BY MAYALL.
■FROM A PHOTOGRAPH
THE HON. DUDLEY FRANCIS FORTESCUE, M.P. FOR ANDOVER.
FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN WATKINS.
church-rates. Mr. Serjeant ELinglake married, in 1835, the only
daughter of John Liddon, Esq.
ME. JAMES WHITE,
the new Liberal M.P. for Plymouth, and formerly an Alderman of
London, is one of those useful commercial members whom we are
always glad to welcome in iho Lower House of the Legislature. He
is a sound and able man of business, and has been for some years an
active and enterpri sin gCb in a merchant in London. He is, we believe,
the second son of Mr. William White, of Tulse-hill, Surrey. He was
born in London in 1809. When elected, he declared himself in favour
of a vigorous prosecution of the war in China, and entered Parliament
as a thorough Beformer, including the long catalogue of the ballot,
MR. WILLIAM LASLETT, M.P. FOR WORCESTER.-FROM A
PHOTOGRAPH BY J. WATKINS.
MR. HENRY WILLIAM SCHNEIDER, M.P. FOR NORWICH.
PHOTOGRAPH BX ROGfiJfo 0 g NORFOLK,
-FROM A
£
1
1
J
562
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[June 5. 1858
of the Conservative members for Barnstaple, is maternally a
ew of Sir Peter Laurie. Ho is a eon of the late Benjamin
1863, he was sent home on siok leave, and left the army. Haring tile
following year he went to America, and, on the appointment of Sir
Edmund Head w Governor- General of Canada, he became Civil becre-
lary and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs In this capacity
he sent heme a report, which wan printed by order of the House or
Commons, on the condition and prospect of the Indians of Canada.
Be m a Tried, in 1856, Sophia, eeoond daughter of Sir Allan Macoab,
Bart., iben Prime Minister of Canada. . , . . .
His Lordship was elected one of the members for Norwich at the laso
S cneral election, having offered himself as a Reformer, favourable to
be abolition of Church rates, and willing to vote for tho ballot in the
ai tenee of any more cortain and socure provision for the protection or
the voter.
* MR. WILLIAM VANSITTART,
the Conservative member for Windsor, is a cousin of the late Lord
Bexley, being the third son of the late Colonel Arthur Yansittart, oi
JShotto'biooke Park, Berks, by Caroline, fourth daughter of the first
Lord Auckland. Ho vras born in 1813, and received his early education
at Eton and the East India College at HuUeybury, whence he ob¬
tained his appointment to the Bengal Civil Service m 1831. Before
his retirement fiom the service, in 1844, he held several high magisterial
mid judicial appointments. His political creed would, seem in to
be Liberal Conservative. Mr. Yansittart has been twice married:
fiist, to Emily, daughter of Major Anstruther; and secondly, to Uar-
rietto, eldest daughter of the late Ambrose Humphrys, Esq-, but was
left a second time a widowor in 1852. He was one of those returned
to the House for tho first time at the last general election. There was
a very close contest for the second seat, as will be seen by tho poll:
W. Yansittart, 325; Charles William Grenfell, 280; Samson Ricardo, 280.
mr: alderman copeland,
the Liberal Conservative M.P. for Stoke-upon-Trent, is the only son
of the late Mr. W. Copeland, of the firm of Spode and Co., porce¬
lain and eartlenwore manufacturers, of Portugal- street. He was born
in 1787. In 1828-29 he served the office of Sheriff for the city of
l>>pd# n, and a<terwards became an Alderman. In 1835-36 he was
L«d May. r. Having pat from 1835 for the borough of Coleraine, at
the mineral election of 1837 he transferred his services to tho good
ptotle of Stole on-Trent, in the Potteries, and continued to represent
that borough down to 1852, when he was displaced by the Hon. Edward
F Levepon Gower a brother of Earl Granville. He recovered his scat
at the last general election, the poll standing as followsAlderman
Copeland, 1261; J. L. llicardo, 826; Hon. E Leveson Gower, 70U.
Iho worthy Alderman iB a Deputy lieutenant for London, and Trea¬
surer «f the Hon. Artillery Company. He formerly suDported all
Conservative measures, but now classes himself as a Liberal Conserva¬
tive. In 1827 he married Sarah, daughter of John Yates, Esq., of
Shelton, Staffordshire. __.
JIB. JOHN LAUBIE,
one of "
SiuddTn' Esq., of Barrowstones, county Linlithgow, by Agnes,
daughter of John Laurie, Esq., of Stitchel, oounty Koxburgh, and
assumed the name of Laurie by Eoyal license in 1824. He was born
in Scotland in 1787, and was for many years engaged in trado and
.ommerce in London. He is an extensive proprietor of Bank and
East India Stock, and, we believe, is one of tha partners in the firm of
I-auiie and Marner, the great ooaehbuilders, of Oxford-stroct. Mr.
Leurie has been from time to time largely engaged in Government con¬
tralto. He served the office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex in lw5-6,
and is now a magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant lor Middlesex, and a
magistrate forfesex and the “liberty” of Havoring atte Bower in
that county. Ho is the author of several pamphlets on prison
discipline, and of the "Voioeof Humanity.” lie is a firm supporter
of the Established Church in connection with the State, and in favour
of a " national system of education based upon the Bible.” Of course,
therefore, he is to be found among the opponents of tho Maynooth
grant, and of all State assistance to tho Homan Catholic faith, lie
was first returned for Barnstaple in August, 1851, but unseated on
petition. He regained his seat at the last general olection. the poll
standing ns follows:—Sir IV. Fraser, 344: J. Leurie, 252: J. fuylor,
16*; G. Potts, 179; H. T. Prinsep, 35.
ME. WILLIAM LASLETT,
•f Abberton Hall, near Pershore, one of the Liberal membere for
Worcester, and a native of that city, was first returned in April, 1852.
He is a »n of tho late Thomas Emerson Laslett, Esq., a gentleman
largely connected with Worcestershire, und was bom in 1861. Ho was
educated at the grammar school of his native city, and practised as a
«oli< itor there down to the year 1846; previously to which (namely, in
1842) he had murried Maria, elder daughter of the lato Eight Eav. Dr.
B. J. Carr, Lord Bishop of Worcester. Aspiring to the higher walk of
his profession, he reci ntly entered himself as a member of the Inner
Temple, where ho was called to the Bax in 1856. Mr. Lislott is a
somewhat advanced liberal—being in favour of the ballot, freu-trado,
and secular education. He also advocates a further instalment of Par¬
liamentary reform, a revision and readjustment of taxation, tho removal
of all religious disqualifications, end (though the son-in-law of a
Bithop) he is in favour of a redistribution of the revenues of the
Eitublhbment. Ho voted in the majority who condemned the Chinese
war in February last year; und ut the last election ho was returned at
the bead of tie poll, as follows:—W. Laslett, 1137; O. Eicordo. 1663;
Alderman T. Sidney, 615.
THE HON. DUDLEY FRANCIS FOETESCUE,
who was first chosen at tho late general eleotion as M.r. for Andover^
in She Liberal interest, is the third son of Hugh, second Earl Fortescno.
He was bom in 1820, und was educated at Harrow, and Trinity College,
Cambridge. He served for some years as Captain in tho 1st Devon
Militia. Ho is a Deputy Lieutenant for Devonshire, and a magistrate
for the county of Waterford. Ho is returned to Parliament osar,
independent supporter of laird Palmerston’s Government, and advcK
cates sn extension and readjustment of the franchise. He is married
to a sister of the present Earl of Portsmouth. At the election in
April last year the poll stood thus:—Alderman Cubitt, 113; Hon. D.
F. Fortescue, 120; LL B. Coles, 162.
M. H. W. SCHNEIDER,
one of the members for the city of Norwich, was bom May 12, 1317.
He is the third son of the late John Hemy Powell Schneider, well
known lor upwards of fiity sears as the head of the eminent firm of
Join Schneider and Co., ot ti e city of London, merchants; and of
wLiih firm Jlr. H. W. Sclmider w now tha senior partner. His
gisnofather, John Henry Schneider, who was a native of Switzerland,
silt ed in London about the niiddlo of the lust ooctury as a Baltic
mtrebans, and was naturalised by Act of Parliament in the year 1766.
and married the sister of the firs*. Sir William Congreve, Bart, by whom
he had issue theabovenamed John Hoary l’owoll Schneider, und other
children. Mr. H. W.Sehntider, thesubjeccoftheprcsentnotioe, his been
a tivtlj ergaged in commercial pursuits for upwards of twenty years,
eighteen i f which be has been a director, and for sevin years oharr-
man, of the Anglo-Mexioan M ining Com; any. His father hud filled
the chair from the formation of the company in 1826. In 1846 a ser¬
vice cfpla'e wub presented to Mr. 8ehi,eider by tho oompany as a
n a' k of epprst iution of his services. He is also senior j ortnor in the
firm of Schneider, Hannsy, and Co., of Ulveratone, the largest pro¬
ducers of hematite iron ore in England, which is shipped irom Ulver-
slcne for mixture with the native oree of South Wales, Staffordshire,
Yirlthire, &C. Mr. Schneider is also well known as being largely
interested in the smelting of Copper, and as having been the firec to
introduce that trade into South Australia in connection with tho
far- mined Burra Burra mini s.
Mr. Schneider ie in favour of progressive reform, end will,advocate
the removal of all undue restrictions on trade and commerce: he is a
number of ibo Church < f England, but will support a measure for the
abolition of Church-rates, and will vjte for the adoption of the ballot
in the election of members of Parliament.
BAT;
DAILY
MXAXft OT
TIliiblOUKTKK.
I|
jb-
I>ew
Point.
if
4
11
II
1
|ll
s s
a
e
0-10
•
a
May 26
30 483
Cl'2
42*9
•76
6
40-0
61*9
27
30-141
5u-2
48-5
*80
9
46-2
66-9
„ 28
30‘134
64-2
422
•cc
C
403
61-2
„ 29
30 092
69 4
499
•73
8
47-1
699
». 30
30090
633
60-7
60
"
60-6
73-3
31
30 053
68-8
54 4
•62
1
61*9
72*9
June 1
30T 65
704
66‘6
■61
3
50-8
50-6
Sir Jons Pa.KinGTou. ai First lord of the Admiralty, held h s
•rr t livfc on Tuei day at Hie Admiralty, at which a large number of officers
stlrrdid. ihe right bon. baronet will hold a levee on Tuesdays until
farther notice.
Coxsdls.—T he Queen has approved of Mr. Samuel Ward lo be
Consol at Bristol for the United States of America; of the Count do
Milano as Consol-General in London for the Republic of Nicaragua; of
Mr. Ciorgc It. Wert as Consul at the Bay of Islands for the United States
* America; of Mr. Albert G Catlin as Consul at Prince Edward's Island
for the United States o> Ameilra; of Mr. Thomas Dickson as Consul at
(•into tor his Majesty the King of the Belgians; ami of Ur John
Maikham Dean as Consul lu the E ark land Islands for his Majesty tho
Kisg of Denmark.
THE WEATHER.
RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE
XEW OBSKKVATOHV OF THE BRITISH AS-OC1ATION.
General
Direction.
ME SSW.
73 J3
Mil."'
152
gW.WAW.XKW. 2-11
180
109
196
184
103
NW. NSW.
SW. SSW.
8W. SSW.
8. 8SW.
8.9W. WNW.
In 34
bourn
Read
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE CAMBRIDGE
OBSERVATORY, FOR TUB WEEK ENDING JOYK0, 185*
Day.
Hill
Pi 1
s f
11
"J
11
H
77 5
ll
!j
Dry
13 alb
at
9A.lt.
Wet
Bulb
at
9 A.K.
Dry
Bulb
at
a r.M.
Wot
Bulb
at
3 r.u.
Direc¬
tion of
Wind.
Amt.
ot
Cloud.
(.0-10)
Rain
In
Indus.
May
27
Inches.
30 186
a
67-2
•
46-2
a
65 4
•
64-8
0
62-3
«
66-3
•
65 0
waw nn
>.
0 000
28
30 097
60-8
46-2
68-8
57*2
50-8
68-6
52-5
MW.
7
0 000
29
30-131
69-9
46-8
68-7
59-7
55*3
690
61.9
W.
«
0000
30
30 080
77-3
51-0
62*2
60*8
65-5
72*6
62*3
HIT.
4
o-ooo
31
30069
79-9
62-3
68-9
72-4
64-1
79-2
651
8.
5
o-ooo
June
1
30028
80-8
571
69 ; 0
70-7
65-4
79-9
63-0
N.
3
o-ooo
2
30070
79-4
631
68-7
75*8
66-6
7G-6
658
8. 8SE.
3
o-ooo
Means
30 094
73-6,
50-4
62-2
645
68-4
71-7
61-5
o-ooo
Most Joint-Stock Bank Sliarc9 have wren firm in price; but the transac¬
tions have been on a very moderate aoale Australasia have reih-ed 9Uft ;
London Chartered ot Austraia, 20 : I/mdon and Westminster, 45;
Oriental. 374 ex div.; Ottoman, 17$ : Union of London, 23ft ; A/ra and
Unlit d Service. 66; Bank of London. <5 ; English. Scottish, uud Aus-
tia'ian Chartered, 17Z : L/ndon Joint-Stock 29$
Miscellaneous Securities have ru'ed fiat, at about last week s quotations,
Ornda Goyirnnient Six per Cents have marked 117; New Brunswick
Ditto, l(<9; South Australian Ditto, till; Victoria Ditto, ill; List and
tfest India Dock Shares, 124*; St Katharine 0t; Australian Agri¬
cultural. 29$; Canada Company. I3tj Crystal Palace, ij; reel
River Land and Mineral, 2; Scottish Australian Investment, i| ;
Eustern Steam 3j; English and Australian Copp»r, 1}; Ge ieral Sta-wx
Navigation. 26ft; London Omnibus, 2f; Mediterranean Electric. Tele-
graph Extension, 74; Peninsular and oriental Steam, 80 |j Ditto, New,
17ft ; and South Au-tra'ian Land. 36$.
On the whole the Railway Share Market lias been somewhat firmer.
Prices, however, have liuctuated with Consols, and the purchaHcn of stock
on account of the public have not materially revived. The following are
the official closing quotations on Thursday:-
Ordinary Siiarf.8 and Stocks. Arabergate, Nottingham, and
Boston Junction. fij; Bristol and Kxeter. 9n ; Caledonian, sift; East
Anglian, 17 ; Eastern Counties. Eastern Union, A Stock 47 ; Great
Northern, 103 ; Ditto. A Stock, 89; Great Western, 53$: Lancashire,
and Yorkshire, 90i: London and Brighton. *085; London and North
■Western. 92; Ditto, Eighths, 3|: London and South Western. 94ft; Man-
ra _ j i _...I...:.l.n .•>,! . M iiPufwl A3,®, • \AFfll I-', t jfiipn _
Inchat
000
*123
•000
•000
•000
•000
•noa
The range of temperature during the week was 34-6 degrees.
Light,. Ipg was noticed on the afternoon of the 29th, but no thander
wae heard. A dense fog*bnnk lay about the horizon on the evening of the
1 st of June The wind w ap blowing very violently, and the barometer
tailing rapidly on the night of ,he 26 th and morning of the 2 , th. ihe sky
haa been much overcast, but waa clear about midnight of June 1, and on
the davs of the 2 Uh, 2 sth, June 1 and 2 , and partly so on the night of
the 3 ist, A few drops of rain fell on the afternoon of June 2 , but nothing
was registered in the rain-gauge. J- Breen.
A Liverpool Philanthropist.— Mr. Charles Melly, a Liver¬
pool merchant, lo whom the public of that town are Indebted for its nume¬
rous beautiful drinking fountains, has just established, at his own cost. »
free public gymnasium for the working classes of Liverpool, to whom he
has Issued the following adclnss Friends.—This playground is in¬
tended for your enjoyment, and iB placed under your care. Die poles,
ropes, ladders, and chains will bear any fair usage; it will lie for you to
protect them from wilful els mage. The tries will adorn your playground
... .... purposes-- . „ ~ .
and good temper prevail. Let there be no quarrelling among yejureewcj;
and allow no etone-tbrowing or lighting among your younger members,
it rests with you whether the first attempts at free out-door amusements
in cur town be a success or u failure.— Charles I*. Melly.— Liverpool,
June 1, 1848."
Riots in Belfast again broke out on Fnniiay afternoon,
on the occasion of the burial of a woman, the daughter of a member of the
Roman Catholic gun club, liie mourners serin to hare walked in pro-
eesBion, and some of the m carried green boughs—an emblem of offence to
the Protestants. Many persons were injured with stones, the con¬
stabulary and the magistrate having suffered severely. The Riot Act had
to be read, and orders were given lo the police 1 to fire on the rioters, but
that extreme step was happily found unnecessary.-Riots were renewed
on Wednesday with increased vioieuce. and the rioters visited the more
populous parts of the town ; several places of worship of different deno¬
minations. as also private house*. were attacked, and a considerable
amount of property destroyed. All the disposable military and police
paraded the streets, and peace was somewhat restored.
A Man Imprisoned for Stealing from iiis Wifr, — By
the operation of the new Divorce Act.j a man named Owen Owens has
been committed by the Stockport borough magistrates to the Knutsfbrd
House of < orrection for three months, with hard labour. Tor stealing nine
table-knives, the property of his wife, she having previously obtained
eeparate protection for her property.
The Hoof of a Clay-pit near Glasgow pave way on Friday
(last week', hurving two men and n lad. Sixty men were at once organised
into bands lor working a passage down to Die unfortunate fellows. On
Sunday afternoon it was ascertained that, they were alive, and at ten
o'clock on Sunday evening a communication was made to them. They
asked it it was yet Sunday, 1'icci s of cake and diluted brandy were con¬
veyed to them by order or a medical man, and shortly afterwards they
were extricated. They ore doing well.
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE vVEEK.
{From oar City Corrctpomltnt.)
\
ALTJldEGH the purchasers of Money Stock this week have been limited,
and although 'he Consol Market has been wholly devoid of animation,
the fluctuations in prices have been very moderate. The present de¬
pressed state of trade and commerce throughout France, the low value of
the French Rentes, and Ihe announcement of a large failure in the East
India trade, have checked the upward movement in the quotations ob-
seived on Monday and Tuesday. Prices are unquestionably high, not¬
withstanding the great abundance of money; consequently, a very
slight matter affects prices. Hie tone of the American advices
in reference to the recent operations of the British cruisers off
the coast of Cuba is regarded with much interest; and the effort
new making on the part of the French Government to compel the
sale ot the lands held by the charitable institutions in France, in order
that the procicds may be invested in French Four-and-a-Half per Gents,
is regarded as a most impolitic measure.
A reduction Of one-half per cent has taken place in the interest on
French Treasury Bonds. Those having trom three to six mouths to run
now bear interest at three per cent, those tram six to twelve months
tliree-and-B-lialf per cent.
It,-total imports of the precious metals have amounted toalwut£400,000.
The shipments have been £156,102 to India. China, &c-; £95,600 to France,
partly in silver ; and £33,000 to tho West Indies. No withdrawals ot gold
have take n place ficm the Bank. We have no Improvement to notice in
the drmand for discount aecoromoelation. Hie rates for money are un¬
altered—the quotation for the best short paper in Lombard-street being
24 per cent. •
(»u Monday Home Sccoritles were firm in price, but the transactions in
them were limiifd:—Tlie Reduced Three per Cents realised 96ft fi; Consols,
97* to 97 I; the New Three prr Cents, 9fi up to 965» New Two-
aiid-a-IIalf per Cents, ; Long Annuities, 3886, 18 $ J; India
Lean Debentures, 99$ J; India BondH. lw. to 22s.: and Ex¬
chequer Bills. 15s. to 35s premium. Bank Stock was 229; and
India Stock, 221 to 223. The ma»ket was firm on Tuesday, and the
leading quotations were:—Bank Stock. 221; Reduced Three per Cents.
92$ ; Corsols, 97jj; New Three per Ceuta, 96$; New Two-and-a-Half per
Cents, 81$; Long Annuities, i860, \\\ India Stock. 223$ ; India Loan
Debentures. D9|: India Bonds. 17a. prem.; Exchequer Bills, 35s.
piem. ; Ditto, Bonds, loij. Most securities were very flat and
rather lower on the following day The Reduced sold at 96J f J;
Consols, 972 2; New Three per Cents, 96$ f g; India Loan De¬
bentures. 99?; Jndia Bonds. 21 s. prem.; Exchequer Bills, 13s. to 35s.
prem. Back Strek was 219$ and 221 . On Thursday the market was
lather heavy, at drooping prices: The Three per Cents 1 or Money were
dene 97$ J f j; for July, 97$ i The New Three per Cents reaiieed 96$ J;
the Recun d, 9C^ j}; and tile New Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 81 . March
Exchequer Bills were 33s, to 37s. pjem.; and India Debentures. 99i.
Ihe new Brazilian Loan lias been allotted, and the Scrip has sold
steadily, at 3 3 prem. It appears lhat subscriptions exceeding nine
millions sterling were sent in for it by various parties; hence, a9 a
deposit of lfl per cent was necefgary on applica»ion, large sums have been
repaid to the Stock Exchange this week. The first instalment of 25
per cent fell due on Wednesday. In other respects the dealings in the
Foreign Hcose have been tolerably numerous, and prices generally have
coutiiiued somewhat firm. Brazilian Five per Cents have realised lftL};
Brazilian Four-and-a-Balf per Cents, 98? ex div ; Buenos Ayres Six
ptr Cents, 84; Ditto, Ddcmd, l*J: Danish Three per Cents, 82*
Ditto Five per Cents, 162; Chilian Six per Cents 104; Mexican Three
pir Centp, 2(5; Portuguese Three per Cents, 46A; Russian Five per
Cents, 112; Ditto, Four-and a-Half per Cento. I02f; Sardinian Five per
Ctiits, 95 ex div.; Spanish Three Cents. 46; Ditto. New Deferred. 27l;
lorkifh Six per Cents, 9«i; Turki&h Four per Cents, 104; Venezuela
Ft ur-and-three-quaiters per Cents, 38£; Di»to, De'erred 16; French
Four-ai d-a-Half per Cents. 92f 50c ; Be’gian Fonr-and-a Half per
Certs. 573*. Peruvian Dollar Bonds 66 ex div.; Dutch Two-and-a-Unlf
per Cents, ft€; Mid Dutch Four per Cents, 190.
Links Leased at Fixed Rentals.—E ast Lincoln, 138A; Midland—
B PbS?bes&b Shares — Bristol and Exeter, Four per Cent Shares, 7$;
Chester and Holyhead. 109; East Anglian, Class C., Seven per Cent., 108;
Eastern Counties. No. 2. lie; Ditto. New Six per Cent Stock, 132^;
Great Western Four-and-a- Half per Cent. 93$; Ditt-o, F*ve per Cents,
100; Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, £6, 6*; Midland, Four-
and-t-Half per (tent Stock. I02i; North Staffordshire, 23; South-Easter n—
Herding Annuities, 23|; Ditto, Fixed, ^percent,; First Issue, 101;
Swinton nnd Darlington, 2BA. , __ „
British Possessions.—E ast Indian, 109; Geelong and Melbourne.
194; Grand Trunk of Canada Six per Cent Debentures. 82; Great Indian
Peninsular, New, •»* ex New; Ditto, ex new; Great Western of
Canada, 19. ,
Foreign.—B elgian Eastern Junction. 1; Carmoaux Mine and Hail. 2$;
Gnat Luxembourg. 7j; Northern of France, 36$; Recife and Sun Fran-
eifeo, 9; Sambreand Meuse, Preference, 9. .... .
Mining Shares continue very flat. Great Wheal Alfred have sold at 5i;
Wttt Basset, 26J ex div.; Wheal Mary Ann, 48; Bon Accord Copper, 1ft;
and General, 20. _
THE MARKETS.
Cosy -E xchaVC. r, May 31 —Aboot an ar0*ace timo-of-year »apptr of Knplhh whnat wh
cd ViTer hero lo-(U»>. ler all hLi d* wo ba»o a heavy denuuMl »r«! e »o;r * ovyly,
a?~l*, t-ei «jua»ler Kit rooroy. In fore k» ^bent-tha show of which * a« very . Tt-niilv*—
Ulil^ wn» doitK la p«r <j»aiter l«f» money. hi»rlor mokctl off-lowly » a’loal laat
wfok • t am tier. Fi»o m*X waa beld at ml! quotation*; bnltnr.rt r qua’lte» war*oilartni?
on oa>lor icrn.*r 17 r u*t w*» heavy r-w 1:>>- to imfioit.i.o « a «d. lo la per
qui rtnr 1* f * monoT. E !i bo^r* uud (Xu* told to a fa^ extunt, at loll price*. In floor very
lilt v war doll r, «u fo'iucr turn*.
Jddo S - v. h, nt >o d M. wiy at Monday’s dodlno In Talne. In tho ralno of fiprtng oora and
Sour no rhai *»• to« k n1a«^-
Kr>(il\Mh .~Wheat Em** and Kant red. <0*. to '6a.; ditto, white. to 51a.; Norfolk,
ami nuffolk ted ?9* to «!>#.: rye, 2t<a. to 80a.; (rrlndina barley. 7t*. to '£■*».. dfatllflng. ditto,
32*. to 34*.. mnltinK 0"a toOOa.-. Lincoln and Norfolk matt,'b/a. to 67a.: brown, ditto 53«.
to y.t.: Kinniton und Ware, 57». to 67a ; Cbaralier, «7a. to t9a.; YorHalilro and In-
colnahlro feed oats. 2 a. to 2** ; potato ditto, 27*. to 31*.; Youffhal and Co k, black 2 a.
to £6#.; ditto, white, 2£a. to 37*. ; tick beans, 31a. to 3ia.; srey peat. t% t-> 43a ; maple,
42». to «'a.: white, tC*. to 4 a.; boileT*. 4wa. to 43a. par quarter. Town-made flour. 3Oi.to
40a.; town howtrho’da, Ma to —a ; country mink*. ii»a. to 35a. per 280 lb. AtjutUmui floor
18». u Via. per bairel ; French 31a to per *80 lb.
Stftl *.—« nr nnuklit gvnaraty contlmica very Inactive, and last week’a prkea are with
('iflkn tr ratfaivo.
Linseed, BnprUffh, cmablnir, 51a. to 20s.; Calcmtta, 56*. to 58*.; hcmpecou 14*. to 4»la. per
qaarlrr. t.'orlunder. 2°*. to *>«. per cwt.; brown rnuatard need. 14a. to id*.; ditto, white, Hb. to
»*.; tare*. 7a. • d. to ftl.Od. per bushel EnRliabirapeaced, 7- a. to 74* |>er qaartor. I Inaeed
cahja. KncBah, JC9 6*. to i'J I to ; ditto foralim. *+ Ito. to ftO 0a; cane cake*. Ca ito to (6 to.
;m ton Canary, 91a. to 100a. por quarter; rtd dovor ated, 4i'a. to aSa.; cltto, whiio, 49 a. to
68*. perent.
Brtad .—The price# of wheaten bread in Uio metro poll* are from Old. to <d-; of house¬
hold ditto, fld. to 6d. per 41b. lonf.
7V« —in the private mnrbe* about an avernffo bnrinuaa ia doinff In oommoa aonni conjin,
at Hjd. to ICd. | i-r lb. 1 hr ralia hare pon* ofl'hravUy
XVftttr- We have to re; ort a vrry inactive dcm*» c for a'l raw on *nmwh»t nosier
trim . Parba o»a be* »ol at ^rrm 38*. ta*. to *5.6<1 ; Jamaica, 3to »o I a Sd , Uenviram,
3 * fd. to 49 m fd : Mauritin*, 58*. t>d to *7- l aud B**k*» l»r c*rt- naflnoi
lexer* n'ove off riowh at 54a t» 5la. fid. per cwt for comm m to mlr *1.I* r*.
L'cjfttt- T1 e «S m>nd b »teady. - d last woek a price* ur« * clt bnppur od, «xeept natlro
qn»).Ur». Ithch ar« b. to?a. prr cwt. Jo* <r.
Rite —Our market U ve-y dui acd pike# bava a downward tondoaey. Th» atook (a
87,SW to* a. , , ^ „ _
Provisions^-AH k'n-*# o f hotter ar*» In btt m^emte rooneat. a htnlttquotati- na Tkr
baccn n wk t m«y tx oo. i.doi««1 mead), at the lalu Iiu. roven.< nt In value, tltnor t^jviaioo*
a-o • *1..w ini.oi j. . ..
Tallow -Cnr market Ie ve y Mat »nd nice* have a d wnwtri tordn-ey P \ C. on the
•pot i. kc Hr* at 5 a. 3d to 55* cd.; nmt for the 1 at thr. o mon-he 50.3d |*ercwt.
Oils —Lin e*d . it haa add to » f t ■ a ent at X32 ito to i3t per t n *> the »pot Mo«
I e< ills iu li »lcw y. al *bwUt previous sate*. '1 uryouUne u llini at *6*. Sd. VJ 47a. M por
cwt fer i p rlt* , „ , , ...
Spirits - U'm ia in fair roqueat, and pr! es are -a'l n: po-ted. Proof I.cwva d*. la I'd.;
pit* t haa India, a. .• d. p.r «at. n. Brand; l* uOiie uadear aa la*t week. In apuR
very little 1* Co mr.
Hay and otrair.--Mead('whav. C2 10a. to X4 0a.; clover ditto, £3 10a. to £&0a.; aadatraw*
XI f* to £1 >*. i>er load. A *1 w tradi*.
Cod/a — T»i.Sefd Moor. ’X* 3d ; 1-run Main. 15a 31 ; Bella, Ua.; Be ton, 17a 6d.; Hetton
Lj«n* l la. C-d.: M.U h It# ton <7-. t*wi»rt'* I7.pertn.
Hoj-t.- Go d an«i tine new h> pa are In »lr n qu>* , aud Lut week a p;ioes arc well «ap-
pened AH ot' er kl< rt* rnlf lira , at lato mtoi.
KW-T, e low w<o) .* «•• b Id 1.1 w.e* ha«-e prne off atsadfly, at f*«r quotation*.
Prlvu eir. * nil *b w. o'a * r*l. tm *ovo rrqno«t. at fu I rWea
PidultHS. U« ot amu d qna'itiUDtu ae)Uw ct fro u t to*, to 90s. • rr tm. Othem w», U»o
tm u u Lcaw. at *»« m tr* .» 20*. per t .. Tho aupolim are *ra*« nably *ood.
Jtrlropulilan Cdtl/r Marl ft (' liur*d-v. .In-Si. To • ay * mark t w« bA* moderately
arpj IUa with t et*t* >e« ibu r^man i f»r a I kind*ruled very inactive at M j .d y a cumjticy.
1be»ho» of»b qtewln no miRiii cx'4n tve. All bieed* a-dd *owly. hot wl h>n. lea Jin*
to ah) eh. r*e .n price. W w | *.] « mil *a> f r ’nm»-a at a d ell e ia r-tl m of «d. twr 4 lb*.
Calve* rule heavy, .rd p •cs rhvo ay d t. 6-1 p*r »li»- In Uct n- d ml'rl» onwa neat
t* ncthl. g voi doing Per 81ba. to sink the offal :-Ooorae awl Infc-'lor boaaM, - a. 'ki¬
lo 3s. 5d.; second quallt) ditto, 3*. 4d. to 3*. *d.: prime lnrpi oxen, 3a. 8d. to 4a. 5d.;
prime Scot*, Ac., 4*. «d. to 4a. «d.{ coarse and Inferior sheep, 3a. 4d. to 'a. 81.; aec-md
quality ditto, ?*. Ifd. to -a. 5d : prime eoaree-woollwl abenp. ». 'id. l*. 4d.; prnno
Southdown ditto, 4*. »d. to 4*. 8d.. large coarse calve*, 3«. Hd. to t*. *d.; prime amaU
ditto, 4s. Id. to 4*. ^d.; large bn*a 3s. *d. to 4a. Pd.; neat email porker*. Ih, ?d. to
4s. 4d.; Ian b* to. Hi. t •* 8i. suckling calve*, »8s. to 2to.; and fpiurtor-oUl atore PW*»
17*. to 25*. each. Total supply : Beaats, Vkt, oowa. 132, riiocp aud lamb*, 8J0»; calvaa,
(00: Ilia*. 3*0. Foreign: Hcaata, 90; shuep. 17^: calvea, 300.
Xeityarr and Lmdcnhall - Tho tr.de y «» inactive, aa fiUowa^-B’ef. Oroaa
3s. < d. to 4* Cd.: roniton. to. m 1. to 4* d.: 1-mb, to. 0a. to 8s. ‘AL; vea 1 . to 81 '« 40.;
potk, is. Cd. to 4a. ©d., per 81b. by the carcaai. Jto«*uT UkiuiaiKT.
THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Friday, May 28.
bankruptcy annul* f.d.
8. J. BUCHANAN, Parar'la* a»rcet. Koth-rhhhe, eo ndcnler.
1JAVKRU *T4.
H. SMITH, Vaaml-med, Brtoton.br-i mu mi ant -YT. ^ALTO^.^to*,
H Fi Li 1IA.V t Gmmervla.Kfid, her.-cut, Bn-tol.- 9 ^ A'TWoOU Mft nho^ter, tririt
de/ler •—4 . HAWL* Y.llprm bt- ff rdshlto, *rorcr -J .,HKW MbOV'
rMfrian.— 1». POMaB.i atrorvou dn-t-vr.—IURNFR Maradm, Uno.ihlJ^r **+•&***
FRANCES BhlGG. O. oid-atr-c*. Hide-park lodging-hoon riaioSl
t-bwlhoin-ftiett King s-mad Ha l 'a- on *, bn ctai.-t . ‘ HAFcto t uvorpooW
•t iMSHnh.ffifi — k A. Bit* L’9, Jndd-.tr„«t, Nuwr-road, grocer. W. U PAIlKSd, F«n»-
btti, fctafli rd» bite, Laki r and g ocer.
SCOTCH fl"QURflTaAVlON8.
J GORDON, Mulrton Pnavshlr*, fa in-w —W. BROWNLIE, Criigneuk^. Unarkahm,
gtoccr.-J. LITiLL, jnn., Eoinburgb, tobacouniat.
Tuesday. Junei.
war office.
32nd Foot: A. R W. ThIsPe*hw*y»A G Walter, wB Nobl% to LVuten^
ICflit. i Blit and )li> vet Mil tor r. M I . Wo tbl.n, Capa R. R in run P » B. Lake,
l ima H Cook. J l.ry II G. lln.wi e, to be Cepu lna without purAlyiaot Licuu. G B-
fculaen.J. Lre J. Lam » F. W. Renwe V.H. L. Nichola.J L*o^ley, B. L. day.iff, G. r.
6, bS*vVt- irm Toi.'V^ruIneMoIhiCuDnel In tba A»my Capt J MayoaikiOb»M
tn ’he A ts'iT * M t l r* H. A.Opho. a t. Meter, f, C H Hlunt. to oe l-rutonitat-CclonaL to
the Army? Capa. U. C. Lawrence. H. Ntooll, S. GievUe, A. LJgb:, G O. tfdtcft.uk*
B4NKRUPT’.
' 4-. BULT , Hambledon Hamprb're, grocer.— P. FLYNN, Farringlcn 'tree*.
W. 10*1708 KiM-Wtri. fiocmer a-junre, beer retailer. J. WA7, llat ird at-*** »
) d*waiv-r«.ad a.orcr.- I TUtUCMClUFr. Lelcitcr. coal nmto u-B.
p.ner. 1 tib'fiMfe.itonrmsionloNEB tote ot Aba*kmn Olam rgans^r^ hto ho^
Vreier —7 FOBLVr<»N, jun,. • h. fli Id wochtm»cr.—'i. and itAX LE2, 8^Uyd ri -h»C*
Lhtkbiic, cotton-apt no ei*.—E. hlAhT N, MnajJiwitr, fa. i*m mrr^hjiut
SCOTCH seyUK.i%tAriO"8. ,
r. KAY, KUme;nock, wri cr—A. 9PEN -L, Jau., Hroughtan Ferry, nesr Duadee, iwp-
cwnci. _______
BIRTHS.
On Friday. theJ8tbnlt, at Ela'ns Caat.e, Aburdoeitshlre, tbs Copoteaa of ErroF, of ft
rill Wib May, the wi«e of 1M*« 1 ockhar*, F»q.. Ardaheal. Air ILof • w-
Oi ii e 3 at uh mo, at 49. bkuceatir-iuiice, Hyde Park, tbe wire of Ho O • • 1
d *On l r’dav, the 28th alt., at her reaidrnce, 5, R< che.Mt-noare, the wife of W. H. Taylor.
>,q ,o, a ua tig titer. MARRIAG E. , ^ ^
On Ihe 29 h teat, at 6f. JorfeV Yilrlm-y Pa k. Halt a-t'oed,i **7^ • * k , rho*.
V A . Kit! inr 1 «fnr*. OI 11. L- k V OI -a r*t-. Jarne^ T .eww * „n o
bit clalr. of ICO, Olo-Attce , to Lluabe^lt, o o OaU^tuCf of J-me^ A,Oog.i#, v
8cov*x.U. nVATHS.
On lb. S.h of -,b. l.«. 11. re. <1. re! 0.nlre liw,W» *"*** •** “ P "'“ i
Mah. t >. F n., Y.D., orn tr lv <f K nnurn in thoc on y ot Htrry. c.„ n h-nGonw .
JS hu»t.. bf ,»L. re tn «»“• •Sim ObnSra .6.
avciionr* r. y* ui *»*t son o' the In'# 1 Pea^Cb estW^ G.^ ' _ f ^ ^
iht lata fljm ot Jarnae and btepLen Gonune, UamtMJvmlUi, in U» ootn year o. wo .
June 5, 1858.J
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
563
HEW BOOKS, §-c.
Mow rr ndy. at oil tho I.ibrar'e* in 3 vola.,
H ECK1UGTON. By Mrs. GORE.
"Oreo' M a. 6r«'i wlttiett and melt I rJliurt as well aa
■t • prfo- b r rove s " Oba*rr-».
XT EUOfRS of RA HEL. 2 void., fine Portrait, 2 la.
Uie POOR RELATION. By Miss PARDOE. 3 v.
ONE-AND-iWENTY. By the Author of •• Wild-
flew. *
BURST and BLAr«TT, Pob’taher*, Great Marlboroagh-atrert.
On Jan* 10« In foap 8vo, wi h Front! pleca, price 6a.,
T HE STKaWBEKRY-GIKL: 'with other
Thought# and Panciei In Vo**. Rj H H. HA IT! BONE,
Aeiho.ki* of “11m Diary of Ladv * ill ugbby ”
i union: Lc vguxjs, bEOWff, and Co.
Tbia dry, n foap cloth, price 6a.,
T HY WORD IS TKUlii: an Apology for
Christianity By tbe Rot. JOHN CU¥Ml*G, D D. t FJLB K.,
Mini ter of lM Hootch i-ational -Church, < rown-ourt, Covout
ff.ideu. Author of *• Apoeal>p.lo Sketches" “Sabbath Evening
heading*.’ »c.
Ajmit'R Hall, Virtu*, and Co ,26, Paternoater-row.
tbit day,in S vols , fcap. ready bound, price 12a ,
T ales of English life and
M.8CFJLAK1F.8 By W U. LEATriAM, Eaq., Author of
** ▲ TVavn'Irr'a Though*#," and ether Poem*, Ac.
ARTHUR Hall. Virtue and do., 26, IVeruoater-row.
Poat'go free for stamps, Improved Edition 7a. 6d.,
L ITTLE ENGLISH FLORA. By G.
FRANCIS. F.L.8. A Botanical and Popnla- Account <>f our
Yield Floe-era, wUh numerous Engraving aid Poetical Lustration*.
biMTKilt and Maknuall, Stationo'a’-hall-court; D. Francis, 'it,
M iit-rad ro d
In ere vol.. price 7a. fid.. cloth lettered,
TT7ILLIAM THE CuNQUEHOK. An His-
▼ Y torical Bonmroe. By General Blr CHARLES NAPIER.
Edited by Lkrot -<i c ntral dir Willi un NApier.
London: OkuRok BoirrtEDO* and Co., Farringdon-itrest.
_In foap 8 to, price 2a, llluatrated boa-d«; or 2a. 6 j., doth,
1 Al ILL HUi MAttKY HER ? An original
▼ T Kovel. By JOHN LANG, Author of “ Too Clover by Half,"
* The Weatherbya," Ac., Ac
Lor don: Gkokuk SotTLElKJS and Co , Partin "don-atroet.
THE bTOBY OF LUCKNOW.
Third Thousand, fcap 8vo, 4a. 6d.,
A LADY’S DIARY of the SIEGE of
LU< KNOW, written for the perna&l of Friends at Homo.
•• Jn the beet tense, and in every seme, this ia a woraim'r account of
tfeea'rgeof Lucknow. Her lourn&l ia moat touching rur it- ilmpllcitv.
Thar* i* not a sen cneo wr.tlcu in it for effect- Too llttlo record ia
acnapicuoiia f«r noblng an much aa its modeaty."—Examiner.
John Mcheat, Alb niaro-etreet.
Now ready, 6ro, price 10*. 6d.,
rrBE INI)i S and its .PROVINCES, with
J. MAI 5. By W. P ANDREW, Author of “ Indian Kail ways ah
C onstrict) with the Power a: d S ability of iho Britiih Empire in the
Bail." a*.—W. H. ALL** and Co., 7, Leadenholl-etreeL
Crown 8vo, price 2a. 6d.; pool-free, 2a. lOd , wiih Map, rid. extra,
L ONDON as it is TO-DAY ; Where to Go
and What to See. With 200 Eog-avings.
London: U. G. Clarke and Co., 262, Strand, W.C.
I1W HISTORICAL hOHANCK HY 1H8 AUTHOR OF “ WHITE-
FULA fl,” “MAULKVBAEH’d DIvOflCE," AC
ITHK lhlfll metropolitan maga-
JL /.INF, No. XV., for JUNE, '858 Prioe 2*., 6d., contains:—
L ( hrooiclea ot an Cld Baco No. II.
2. 1 be Hrmance of Art. Part IV. Caravaggio and Hiber*.
3. Lo»g Ago. .
4 Dyh g of Love. Chapter! I , II.
ft. AaaocUtc us with Ornithology. No. III.
«. l«oveand Will.
2. The Irish Brig adeem on: A Tale of the War of the Baeocsrioo.
By the Author of “ Whltefriar*,’' "Maatevcrur's Divorce,”
Ac. Chape. I., II , III.
fl. Tho Iriah Ir&v oiler. Part III.
S. Hr Ciwriee Grand laon.
It. Mra Btcveuai u'a Will. Chapter* HI., IF., F.
11. Sporting Intelligence.
Dublin: WILLIAM HODMTsOX, T3, Upper flockvine-stree:. Lon¬
don: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Edinburgh; John Ucuxles.
With Three Hundred and Blxty-flvo P.ngravlng* by tbe Brother*
llai&kl. cloth, gilt, price b*„
mHE BOY’S BOOR of INDUSTRIAL
1 INFORMATION gives a cbiar and bxlef description of tbo
bu.i trials, Prcorriwa, and Appara ten uaed In tho various branchce of
Industry *o that tbe read r may acquire a knowledge of the nmuD
tor conviacan ot »uch thing* aa «ro in every-day mo. It oomuriaan
Natural Frodncta, Manofactmed P.oducta, pj.vlao'a of bki lod
Labour, Art! and Trade Proo*-a*at, Apjuiratus, Mnchioery and
Ingimvrkg Woika, and ia rrobe lbbed w.rh Throe Hundred and
kilty-fly* Mmtratier*, in every InMauce dmvrn from 'In fact.
* An teward-book or tebool prhw it ia one of the boil work* ever
fahLrlicd."
Ward and Look, 168, Fleet-etreot.
Juat out, Midsunitucr Volume, prioe 2s. 6d.,
T he family friend.
“Fety amusing, very varied, very neatly Illustrated, and very
•heap."—llluatrated limes.— Ward and LOCK, 168, Fleet-street.
J*at ready, with 80 exquirito Engraving*. 3s. Gd.,
T HE POACHER, BDd other Pictures of
Country Life, llv TPOMA8 MILLER, Author of •* Summer
UeniiBR*,” AC.-Ward and Lock, 162, Fleet-rtroet.
On June 10, with 80 page Engraving*, !■ ,
P LACES WORTH SKEUSG in LONDON.
11m Cbeapert and beat Handbook, the IlluatraUon* to which
have rat £ 800 .—Ward and Lock, Fleet-mroet.
llluatrated with 260 Descriptive Engraving* fla.
XXTIFE’S OWN BOOK of COOKERY.—
V y Agreeable Dinner*, inexpenalve. and easily oooked. Also, Nice
Dftuon for every day.—W ard and LOCK; and all Bookseller*.
Juat out. Third Edition, price 2*. 6d. IUrntraied,
T he practical houoEwtfe.
By Editor, of u Fomily Erfood." “ A coi«uU handbook.”—
- WAHD and LOCK; and all Book.ollen.
OBaBMING GIFT-BOOK.—Woo 3«. td., richly (tilt. Illaitralnd,
Tj' LEG AN T ARTS for LADIES.
Containing Plain Tnatrnot iona by Eminent Maswneln Pwcnty-
two Useful Art* and Elegant Accomplishments.—WARD and LOCK.-
OB AK1.I8 VERBAL, KM., durpom in tho8ptna> Soopl lal, London.
Lee don: J. CHURCHILL, New Burlington-etreet; and ah Ikk-ikteLlw*.
Juat published, in 8tro, ;riee 12a. 6d., _ _
TVR. GLOVER on the MINERAL WATERS
XJ ef GREAT BRITAIN and tbe CO'ITINBST; eonuiniog de¬
ter irien* of their rbje'c.al and mcdkdnal paoperti*. wiuidlrecAOni
fm thair use. lilnstiat«d by * op.tr. Ivt- a and wooocoia-
London: HKHRY RKBSH- W, 366, Btra^L _
Bent Fee by Boat for Hlgbi Penny i’o*taxe^taLip«,
F INNINGS’ EVERY MOTHERS BOOK,
which contains everything that ovety Mother ought *0 kniw.
Direct to Alvrkd Fsnxiso*, Wsat Cowca, lale of vvigbt.
NEW MUSIC ; Sfc.
TVTEW GALOP—TIIB ALARM.—Composed
JLl by T BROWNE. Price 3e. (poatu-v-free).—Among the spark-
hnenoveltifti performed by Wcippcrt'a Hand at tho Grand State Hail
at Buckingham Fa'ace none abooe mom ounspicuoiuly than tbe
"Alatm " Galop, which was admired by a’L
Durr and IlOMMOV. 66 Oxford-atrcot.
N ew valse, la Clementina. Com-
posed by E. L. Htme. Price 3a.
1 hlaJ>rilliant and - aacin- ting v*<*e ia one uf tie mxst sacce*sfal of
tbe ee**on.—London: Durr and Hodgson, 66, Oxford-atreot.
\T£W SOSG, THE GOODBYE AT THE
JLl DO^Il. Competed by STEPHEN GL.JVUK. Price 2a.
This touching ard pleasing hat ad hua-boiomo a great favourite.
Loocon : L err and HodosIW 65, Cxf jrd-»trect.
N EW SONG, YEARS AGO. Composed by
C. HOrGfiON. Price h. Words and music flow beaut’i'ulty
together, and form a very pretty bal ad.
London: Durr and HODOSOK, 66, Oxford-etreet,
T HE OLD MOU6QUEXAIRE, 2s. This
popular and spirited Song 1* uow reprinted, and may be had of
all Mualcaellcra; or poat-fkoc for 24 aUnips from tbo publish ora, 1,
Edwardo# terrace, Kensington.
P IANOFORTES (First Class), DUFF and
HJDGSON. Maker*, 65, Oxford-etrem.—'These lavrumcntt
arc rectnnnended l>y tho Pro'ttsioc, and may bo hud in Walnut,
Zebra, and Roeewood. Prices moderate. Warranted.
IVtltS LASCELLES’ NEW SONGS—
XYL ** Celia," compoted by Ewd. L. ITlme; and ** A Mother's Lore."
eonij.oaed by Stephen Glover, price 2a 6d. each, sung by her with
Ihe g-.oate#t ancctia—are publlahcd by £va* 3 and CO., 77, Bakor-
itreet, Portman-aquare. Free for atarip*.
TA1FTY SELECTED POLKAS for the
JL? PIANOFORTE, in a 1*. book: post-free 14 stamp*. Edited
by Weatrop. Also, Weatxop'a iy> IfelodiM for the violin, la ;
hegondt'8 2u0 Melodic* for tbo German Concertina, la.: Sedgwick'*
200 Melodies for the English Concertina, la. F.ithor Boos by part
14 Stamp*.—MUSICAL BOUQUET Ol'blCE, 192, High Hoibbra.
Now ready. Second hdhtoc. prioe la.; oy port, t«. *d-.
B TAMMLR1NG: ihe Cause and Cure. By the
Rev. W W. CAZALftT.A M Caa*ab.
London: Boswokth and 0 arrl*oh. 316, Hegont-sireeL
?*. fd., T*o*t-cfllco ord4r s or 4t poitage-atampe, 1 bird Edit aa,
C ^UBPULEaC* ami its is il VV
J DIbTAP Y CUBE. By A W. MOOHE, M.R.C.H. Brief and
in* Uir We - Bold by Y\ ILUaM Bolb*i.i, 4), i'acbbrook-*vroct,
Yiuliae, 6. W.
1_)0SA BONHkUS.—For an Anihorised
If Miiroir of thi> dlatinguishtd Artist *«e the BNGL19U-
W0M(*>'r jul’KNAL for JUNE.
roftbrbcd by tbo r ngbahwonan'* Jonmal Compvny (Limits.!), at
theb 4)i)u a, 14 A, Prino.*-trv*t, Caveud ab aqu-.ro W ; and -old for
the Conii any by Ptr*E. 8*4 f Ek»0>, and SpknCIC, Paternoi^r-
tew. Prko la.
'AX ILUWtRS.—Wax and Materials for
, . BccMlins-rf lh«bwt,»ailT <t lti« lo^-l pno» D«ril.d
li.r [to t for on.- .lamp. Pan*, lo dooia ot -a, lany cojoo. wot
l •mo”. - ro on lecelp o' nine rtompe Complete w ruction-boik,
I Mini and n ftorl. Ulorirat. d, S«. M [«** K -<' * ‘■ ««*>
,ded.— I 09doo: * >1. UAKNAK”. 1«. Ildswartl-'-al. PatHUogl in.
C HEAP STATlONEfY-A sample |>acke^
alt i»» aboTo ti.ltr Mri mMiW "If
'»1 l e* -o *.frfe bi P at for ix aw** i* — WM. DAWSjN and SON*
f * )’•» ra ard oeonvt y ok Maaufactnrtr*, 7*. CAnn»-IWcet, City,
Iju d«». k«tabbs bed ,809.
•VfUSIC at REDUCED PRICES.—Cata-
JLtJL loguet of 5COO Piano I’iocca by tbe beet Composer*, and 2000
ancient and modern Miscellaneous Works, Instruction Books, Ac.,
forwarded to all part* for three stamps each Prospectus of Library
on Reduced To’ma gratia —WM ROBINSON, Jun., 368. Strand.
M usical box depot, 54 , corohiu,
London, for the Bale of Muiloal Boxes, made by the celebrated
huam NICOLE (Frlrea), of Genera, containing operatic, national,
favourite, and sacred airs. List of tune* and prioea gratia.
C tOLLAKD'S SEMI-COTTAGE PIANO-
) FORTE.— To be SOLD, a bargain, a beautiful repetition losiru-
u tut. with 6} octaves, all the latest improvement j, in a KoeewooJ
rase, by the above-namul makers, at Hotdcrncaae't, ttl.NowOx/brd-
rtrett.
M usical box repository, 32 ,
Ludgnte-street (near Bi.Paul'»).-WALE6 and M'CULLOCH
are direct iinpooten of NICOLE FRERKd' Colobnited MUsICAL
BOXES, playing biilUan'ly tbo beet Popular, Operatic, and Sacred
Mualc. Large sizes, Four Air*, £t; Six, £6 6a.; Eight, £8; Twelve
Air*, £1212*. Snull-boxoe, Two Tunas, lta Od.aad 18*.; Three, 30s.;
Four, 40a. Catalogues of Tune* gratia and port- free, on applied ion.
/CHAMBER ORGAN for SALE, in elabo-
rately-c&rved mahogany c«ae. Two mwa of kev*. Inquire of
W. B. Pattis*on, 2, Montpvlior Villa*, Quc-u'a-road, Prckham, HE.
O RNAMENTS for tho DRAWING-ROOM,
LIBRARY, Ac.—An extern ire as3or'ment of ALABASrEfl.
MARBLE, BRONZE, and DERBYSHIRE riPAtt ORNAMENT^,
Manufactured and Imported by J. TENNANT, ltd, Strand, London.
rro BE BOLD a Consignment of DRESDEN
JL PORCFLAIN- Important Vaa*e, Group*, Dewert Serricet. and
Cabinet hpecimwaa. Under tbe circumstances it has been received It
will bo uttered at 45 per cent undor Uiq uimu price.—laiTCHFidLD
and KALCLYFFE, 22, Hauway-atm>t, Oxford-atrcet.
F URNITURE and PIANO, a bargain, tine
Walnut, warranted manufacture, no.-rly new, tn t» s SOLD for
half their value; eonsiAtlugof a drawing-room aulk> of cluate and
elegaut design, including a Urge-B ye brii lant plato chiimujy-Kluw, in
coitly unique tramej a magnificent dnHbnlier, with fVehiy-carved
back, aud doors fltud with beat ai.vcrwl piate-glaaa and marble-top;
superior centre table, on pillar, and haniUorody-carcod claws; ocea-
aional or la' ks’ writing and fancy tubloi; alx solid, clfgaati r-car^-*.^
ebuira, In rich >Jik; » super'or spring-atuifed settee; «t*y end Victoria
chuiraen »ul*e, with extra-Ucod loow ca*.e: two fancy oocaalon&l
chair*, and a handaomo what-not. Price for tbo whole suite Forty-
six Guineas. The piano, aoml-eottage, nearly seven oc'ave.), of
powerful and unusually brilliant and sweet i™>, wi'-h all live most
risRuit improvement*, by na eminent maker. Price Twenty Guineas.
N.B Alao a rvry superior aet of modern dining roam furniture, ol tine
.Spanish mahogany, in beat morocco. Forty Guinea*. To be auau at
LEW IN CHAWCOUB and CO.'S, UpholatewT*, 7, Quoca'a-bolldingB,
Knightsbridge (tnv* n doors west of ©'oftne-rinvitk
C 1ABINET FURNITURE, CAKfEI’S, and
J BEDDING.—An llluatrated Book of Estimate* and Furniture
Caia'oguo, containing 160 Deelgns cud Priooa of Fashionable aud
Superior Upholstery, Furniture, Ac., gratis on application. Porwu*
furnishing, who atudy ecot omy, combined with elegance and dura¬
bility. should apply for this —LF. WIN CKAWCOUR and CO., Cabinet
Manufacturer*, 7, Queen a-bu!ldmio>. KuiKh« bridge (.Sevan doors west
NJB. “ *
Of Sloauo rtroet).
. Counti y ordum camago fro©.
H EAL and fcON’3 NEW ILLUSTRATED
CATALOGUE e ntaius deaigrts and priva cf 150 artlclot of
BEu-RGOil FUltNllTllvK. a* woU as of 100 Bedstoida, anl price*
ot every oeacrij/ticn of Bedding. Sent tV©e by poet.—Hoal and Son,
Bcuitend, Bedding, ant Bod-room Furniture Manuikcturcrj, 126
Tottniham-court-rtad, W.
H andsome brass and iron bed-
STEALS —HEAL arid SON'S thowRoom: ron'aln a larro
a* o.-rnect of 0raw* Bed# rada, suittbh* l»:h for Home dm a d for
Tropical CiiuiaU*, haxx «)oir Iron Bod*:eada with lira** Mouotiug*
ai .0 eirgimty j.ifanned; PI*in Iron Btfauv-d* for Servants; every
derctitticn of Wood fisdalcadi But '• irnnufactnrdd. In Mahogany.
Uurh, Wn'nut-treo woods. Polished Deal and Japanned, all titled
with Bet ding and Fern* I urn e: tuple* e aa wall u ovory deBcrlptlon -if
B«!-rotm Furniture.—Hoalairdboo,Bedstead, Sed'ling andB&i-nxuu
Fumltnra Monuiactuit-r#, 126, Toite.hua-court-road, W.
A LFRED COTTRELL (late Wren Brothsrs),
ikok .r.a Biam bedstkau uasufaotcuek, beu-
D<hG«&c.. 2/2 Ton ubam-ccurt-toad, Lonaoa.
Iihuuetid Caiab ruoj bv t pw*’- Teo ra appl cilta.
ATOVULTY ill WUSDOW CURTAINS.—
_L\ 1 bo CIRCASSIAN CLOTH CURTAJN, with rich bordr*. 36*.
At Bf LG HAVE HoUi E, 12, bloaiM-stro. t. Pattern* i orwardc J.
O RIENTAL MATTINGS.—VINCENT
R "iBINSON and CO., Jm;>orter* to her invite the at-
teiitlor of tl e Nob lity au4 Crnvj to :h»ir beautiful ahric*, calcu¬
lated f r dining atd draw'ug roomi, b ndolrs, d .rarie*, ac. Fliptd
to any plan, at their Warehouse, 38, Wclbook atrsec, Cavsnoian-
tqnaio.
1 VON’T BEAT YOUR CARPEl’S.—They
1 9 can b* thoroughly cleansed from al! (mpuritie*, and tho colour*
revived, by pure acouring. Price 3d and id. per yard. Turkey and
exuaheavy Carpew in proportion. Carpe a aod rag* ro eivod from
*11 part* of England by lugtr- go mil, and price 11- ta forward*I by
S wt on rppllcaricn Fetch d and returned in town in sight day*,
to ot cbaige.— Metropolitan 2te«m Bleaching and Dyeing Com¬
pany, 17. Wharf-road. City-road. N.
UUlLED ’! UKKEY CaRFETS, no mailer
Lj bow dirty, cleaned aa pure aa when new by the twtact procea
of the Betrop< l s Un Siram Blearhing and Dydug Company, 17.
Whari-road. »'it>-roor». n.
b OILED LACE, MUSLIN, and DAMASK
CURTAINS, Cleaned, Ftnrihod, or Dyed in a very extra
•ULurior mat o> r. A tingle pnlr fetched *nd dn ivarod free of ch*'<«
Modwato itiree M#tropoltun »team HI a:&ing inri Dyuisg Con-
psoy. 17. Wharf roan, tltv-road. N. _
S OILED • BlN'i'Z FURNITURE Cleaned.
Sliu™.i .-a 0U«.<1 -raU to M<r. !)«»«, 8la*ta,
CleaLcd and Dyed »t roy moderate »n m by tbo M TRO-
TotlTAN eTEAM ULEACrilNG and DYEING COMPANY, '.7,
Wh>rf fo* d C>ty- Q*d N- _
L3i liJiD BUANKE1S, Counterpanes, and
O Wii.lij B-.1 Pomlioro BI.EA"fiU> “J. * 3 if KE P
P tnrmai n«r <han has hitherto been •ttiir.'d a Lood-ia. iltJTRO-
OJITaN^T- rSlf^ BLKACfllhO and DYEING « OMPA*Y, 17
Wharf-road. Ci ty- «o*d. N __
H i EaC UING, Scouring, and I'yaw*, is
brought by thia Company to a high stale of perfect oo, watch,
ermtlead with vvn modarate aid flved chrrge, **i* ^!lr natn
muadsitrrh 10 'he b MtMy. gvmnr, ami 00 5**^r
po IfAl 617.AM BLLACttJNG wul 00iIPAi>Y, 17,
Ft tauf-roud, City-road, N.
"DIKMJNGHAM TRIENNIAL MUSICAL
JLI FE8TIVAL, In aid of tbo Funda of the Geoerri II.wplul on
thaSlrt AUGrar, and the lat, Sid a"d M of BEPTEBBER next.
President-The Right Hon. tbe Earl of DARTMOUrH.
RAND CEREMONY and FESTIVAL,'
\_A on tbe 18ih Juno noxt, g* thoOpouirg of tha 80LDIE ti*
DAUGHTERS* HOM&. Hampvteaul, by hi* i o>al Hlg me*i tbo Prince
Con>e*t who, with hia 3 0 t*| h gboocr be > rince nf Wales, has boon
gruciou It plea>(d to purchtue preaeaUtl-na to the Home.
bov.*ral Mihtajy Bands will play in tbo heauLfhl ground a of the
Homo, and hia Rojal Highneaa tie Duke of Cam : Jridge baa prouiitcl
to 1 e p'tnent.
Adm'nlon by porchaaed Tickets, to bo had only at tho Offlce of tb*
Fomo No. 7, Whlioball (exactly oppoilto the Horse Guard*). A
Single Ticaet for tbe Ceremony and Grenada, 10 *. > a Doubto Ticket,
16a ; a Recervrd Beat for tbe Ceremony and tbe Breakfast *0*.
Omiilbusee start from the Tottenham-:out-road eni of Oxfort-
itreet cv t ry twelve minntet. reaching Hampatea*, wim <ui chingiog,
in Ulrty mioutce; ana carriages will take l«?,a than bal.'-ao-hxur in
teaching tho Home, through tha Korth-ga*, ito«m:'a Park.
H L. Powts. Major,
Ctalrtnaa.
The ceremony will commence at three o'clock am.
T ONDON HOMCEOPATHIO HOSPITAL.
Ij a fancy bazaar
WILL HE n*LU
On FRIDAY ard SATURDAY, JUNE Ilth and 12th, 1868,
In the RIDIhG-SCUOOn of the CAVaJLKY BAR CACRB, Koighta-
brWge. by pennirs'On of t o] >nel Parker,
in AID of the FUNDS for ‘be NECESSARY ALTEItATIONS. kc.,
in tbe FREEHOLD PREMISES, GREAT ORMOND-hTRkET,
recoLtly purchaaoa for tbe LONDON HOMfK-JPATHIC HOSPITAL.
Under tbo Patronage of
H.R.H. the DL’CHKS? of CAMBRIDGE and
H.R.H. the PRINCESS MARY of CAMBRIDGE
l’ATBOHK&SBS.
The Dnchee* of Richmond
Tbe Duchess of Beaufort
Tha Ducheaa Emily of Beaufort
Tho i’aches* ol Manchester
Tbo ruche** of Welling on
Tbo Ducbeet of Sutherland
The Ducheaa of Montrote
The Dncbeas tie 8 l Art loo.
Tbe March times* of Abetccrn
The Marchioneaa of Exeter
Maria Marchioness of Ailcshury
The Marchioseaa of Londonderry
Tbo Marchloneaa of StaiTord
Lady Georgina Codriogtoa
Lady Blanche DuppUn
Lady Rose Lovell
l.ady Demietta Morant
Lady AdelDa Norman
Lacy ConataoM Groavenot
Lady Btantyre
Lady Charlotte GrcvGle
Tbo Connies* of Wlnchllaea
The CouDteta of Bandwtoh
The Countess of Essex
The Dowager CounUas of Eon
Tbo Conn teas Craven
'iho Dowager Counts#* Craven
Tbe Countess of Wlltoo
Tb© Cournots of Harrowby
Tbe Countess of Bradford
The Countet* of Glengall
The Count«sa of GrtnabcTOUgb
Tho Coumeaa of Lichfield
The Conuteas of Durham
The Countess Granville . 1
The Count .'.h Cowloy
The Countess oi Bo^-borough
Tbe Counteu of Kinnoul
'The Count* ss of Fife
Lady Adelaide Cadogaa
Lady Coemo Kussell
Vi*counter Hdm>uth
Viteounteaa ILxr rgtoa
V; scouu tes* Li#more
Vitcoumaa* Ytllien
Vtscountosa Newport
Viscoantoaa Curxoo
Lady Ellinor Hopwood
Lady Lindaay
Lady Mary Craven
Lady klcho
Lady Mary Cape!
Lady Honoriu Cadogua
Lady Augunta CadojfAa
Lady Fliastieth Do Roe
Lady Emily Boymour
Lady Caroline Maxao
Lady Amelia BUcavrood \
Lady Al.red Paget
Lady Xaaa
Lady Do Ro*
Lady Willoughby do Broke
Lady Gray of^Gray
Tbe Dowager Lady Klhnalao
Lady Forest or
Lady Lyndhorrt'
Lady Tsuaptomore
Lady Bbcuy
Lady Cremorno
Lady Rckeby
The Hon. Mrs. Ashley
The Hon. Mr*. Dudley. WanIJ
Toe Hon. Mre- Wei'-eley
The Hon. Mr*. Bum*
Tho Dowager Lady hhalley
Lady Iiham
Lady Act.n
l ady Franklnnd Ruasril
Lady Smith
Lady Klton
Lady HaU. of Llanovar
lady Bryant
i.."iv LitUer
Mrs. Whate y, of Dubii*
Madame fcnicaie da Buomei
M r*. Holford
Mrs. Do Burgh
Mrs. F«Ux V .inghan Smith
V
Mr*. Camutl Gurney
ftlre- Arthur Bemngtoa
STAIX-1I0U)XB8.
The Duchess Emily of Beaufort | Mr*. Fuawll
T ho Duchoes Of Mont rose
The Countess of Craven
The Countess of Wilton
Lady Willoughby do Broke
Idtdy Ebnry And Lady Hokeby
Mr*, and the Miaaes Parry
Mr*. J. HoaroandMiaa WI;kin*ou
Mrs. Leadam and ML* Meymott
Mr*. Drysdale (Liverpool)
And tbe Ladies of the Coram tt«.
In addition to the a tolls kept by the abovo- mentioned Ladle . there
will bo a Fine Art* bull, a b ower bull, and a Tax and Refreah-
nn-nt Stall.
1 he doer* will be opened at Twelve o'clock.
Admission, cn tbe fir»t day, 2*. 6d ; Chlidreu nailer tea years of
age, la.; and, on the second day, la., and chLdron under tun year*
o: are. Gd.
Ticiitta may be obtained at tbe Hospital; at Sim*’ Library. Bt.
Jamra'a; Mitchell a, Old Bond-atroet; and at tbe Houiux>]>rthic
ChcniktJi.
T he Hard of the 1st lift Guards, by the kind permfcxion ot Col mol
Park or. will attend cn web day.
TVTBW CHUKCH, now building on Richmond-
I.IU.-Tb* BA/AAR in aid of the BCIuDI VG FUND will be
held at Mr. Gioavan^r’a grounds, M am Ararat, Uichmcu I,
t On Wednetday. rtinrsday, and Friday, June 16^1, i7tb, and 12ih,
from Two till Eight pm.
I'ATROXSSSKh.
Her Royal Hlghtos* the Dochos* of Cambridge,
Bar lloyal HtghnoM the Princoas Mary of Camtmdge.
Her Grace the Ducheaa of Northumberland,
lie., Ac.
Admission on the 16ut 2a. 6d.
„ „ 17 h la Oil.
„ „ IRh .. Ot. td.
Tlie Band of the Ilth Hus*ars will attend.
Ai contrihoucns wLl be tnank nlir rcco'ved by
H. C4 bOBTf, Kaq , York-*tn«u Cov*at-jra-J«n.
or C. J. SiX'vrjt, E»q., QC ,63. Chester-aqua.e, fl
Hon fveret trite, _
T YME REGIS, on the South Coast of Dorset-
I J shire, and on the eonficr* of Devon. O.Ter» Advantage* to the
Tourist aud the Invalid rarely to be equalled, and not to be surpassed.
Sliuited In the centre of iho West Bay, between Portland and the
Btrrt Point, it cuummud* view* of aea and coast aconsry extondui*,-
ueariv rla ty ml e*. Tho bold tr d romantic grandour of it* c’i fa (with
their varloa Unto of light and shade) at Ikts ho oye wuh wonder aod
delight: whilst to the gtologiat It offer* tho blgboit gratification. «ni
of the finest SL-ccltncna of antodilurian antmaia having been ciscovvred
hero, end which are now enriching the Br.tish ana other Moa. nrna.
T he absence of all stag-rant wa-rre ai d mar-hy ground*, lu pure and
aalnhriou* aimcsphsre, It* sylvan walk* and ride* reni* r it a charra-
irg residence for invalid*. Although sarroan-ted by cholera in I8t9
an<l ireviou* visit*:!': n>, no ca»e over occurred in Lyme, au-t oo
uniformly kralthy i* U eonsklcred that it might with tnata be *yled
"the Madeira of England." larlies arriving trum India will And
this a moat desirable local ty. Provision* of a I kind* are cheap aud
bouse rent moderate, flnpenor accommodat’on m\y be obtaload at too
hotels, at modi rate charges, lu proxim ty to the Bridpori and ureal
Weaurn Railway rendm it eattly acce aible. Borne dm liable resi¬
dences, in .be town and near it, are still unoccupied. Full partkoUrs
maybe obtained cn apotlca'ion to Mr. Lcwko, Cirru adng Horary,
1 vino Hrgis, Dor let, of whom a arris* of beautiful view* of the t *wn
and nclghnourbood. Inducing the laj-fained Landslip, may bo had on
forwarolng thirteen pt stage-stamp#.
N
0 PASSPORTS—NO CUSTOM-HOUSE
, , —NO TAXKB.—These hnmunitJfs ore «* jovod by tbe la'and
of GUEIiNBEY, which U t ocmiariy otatirgnlaatU for the ml dooes of
its dttna'e ana tho «canty o' hasteaery. flea-buh n< for Uen’le-
men free of charge. Mach ues for Ladkaat a tridiog ehsrgo. PackeU
o and firm England daily. For inrther information apply bv Wcw.
msp«id, inclosing a amp. to Mr. Bar bar, P. inter and ItoOJueller, 25,
Hlgb-st re*.
L OANS on DEBENTURES.—The Directors
cf tb* Dahlia aud Wicklow Railway Company are ready U
receive Ttndcn of cans cn Mongago. cr D* cntu.c Bonds, boding
l»ttra»t at 5 per osnt per ancum, payable half-yearly in Dublin or
Lor don. 'ihe hoars to be in such »uina nr. lets tuaa cl 00 , aad far
such period* not tree than three nor mar* than flv* years, aa toaj be
*k.*cd npon to sail the leidvr». . _ .
Pioputala it# log amotma tendered, and periods for which off are I,
to be sacicaa*d to ihe n*crviar> oi tn*Company, at tteir oflka,Na44,
Wcstland-row < sbiffl.
2ist April, 1858. Akthuk Moot:*, SecreUry.
S marts writing institution, s,
Piccadillv, between the Hay market aod Regeot-«:reos.—Ope*
uom Tsn till Nine dally. Pwsoaa ot aQ age* roeet.eJ (privaudy) aod
taught at any dm* aching then own convenience. Leosuo* oookoM
each ItnproveiUBa' gcaracteed in eight or twalve easy !<smu. oepa-
rat* rooms for Ladies, to whicn doporuccot ilf orerevred) Mr*, tauil
w li.'actmd.—For term*, fee., apply to Mr. Smart, aa atvrr*.
F or Rh moving furniture by road
rr PA1I-WAY WITHOUT tfte EXPEFSKof P4 RING, eedross
J. TAYLOc, C-rm'n to hrr Msjraty. 41. fpcwv Bwheler-itret, J or>
man-rqtiare. Furnltnre Wann-oo^d or Ptachaa^S. ksumatcafree
from char**. _____
B ASKErCAhRlaoES, WaGGOSETTES
*Ld PH A STU ' fl.—A ebnka of 00, fr-tn t» gulmsac. Bui t to
oicvr. aril • acked at a fcw *&• Itv** cos* and fbrwrarjcd t» a^y pa t
of the countiy. lUu*t»Atid Li*to f»r six stamp* — J. J. KRLFJN,
M fcu scuier, l anu l, Od-#be*’-ro«d, londou.
rj ENTS and MAhQUFES (Goveramem)
1 erterdh-gy rh-*p. Fo print d partimUi* (whs wRXlcnto)
ipp’y to A LU • ILWfc ard fO , 24 Rovd- aue FcooncrcU-aL'«*.
OELECT PLANT.', 6int p.«t-lreo, al the
O senesrd prioe.: 12 n erb v#n*d«v Fnchelafl. to ; it flue
YT ft'*- Vecbersa 3a , »8 B»e vat u » a M^Klm ihi'etre ; If anpwb
vartark* l h cxo., «a -From ff iLLUM EMmBf, Fhffht, rttgu-
flUflfit, Latt'r, fcwaw.
H er majfsty the queen’s visit
to W*UWICK8HH«E.-7b* only Gndis, Phot-<gr<pHs and
Flerereeitpio Hows, pubdabwl by authority, "f Warevok fltoio'uiith,
a no It's nmgbboashosd, are putLaned by H. f. COOAE and SON,
Warwick.
M icroscopes.— j. amadio’s improFed
COMPOUND MICROSCOPE, £3 2a ; 8ta.Joota'. £l 13*. 6d.
•*Bo»htieao are from Amudlo, of Throgmovton-v rwt, and <c o #x-
ee'knt of iheb kind, tho moro expenaivoono especUll*." U iatohold
Worm, No. 315. A largo aaaortroout of AohronuH. aOcroaoojea.
Ttyf 1CR(JSC0PES.—J. AMADIO’S BUTANI-
Itl CAL MICROSCOPES, packed In mahogany com. with three
Powers, Condt.n*er, Pincers, ana two Slides, will «how tbo Autmcl-
cula In Water. IMoo 8*. 6<L—Address: Joseph Ama<lio 7 Throff-
moiton-e'reet. A largo aaaortment of Aohromatio Mtcro«oojee. "It
Is marv»llou*]y cheap, and will do everything which the tovar a i
nature con wi b it to accomplish, either at home or is tha open air.”—
Tbo Field, June 6, 1867.
I
NDIA.—MILITARY FIELD GLEdASS
_ of the ve-y finest description, with all iba recent improvdoaenu,
urns as supplies to tlr «k>lln Campbell ant tb* cttl«f ufilder* ojw
aerving in Ldia. As iauLenao vari ty to eeioct f.uui at CALLA¬
GHAN F, 23a. >ow Bena-*troct'corner of Coada't-etreet).
rYPEBA, RACE, and FIELD GLASSE3.
V_/ In every variety of aloe, form, and price, at CALLaG lAN’fl,
£aa. Nev Bona street (oomcr of ConJnlt-iireet). Soto Agent for tha
cek 1 rtUf-d ima 1 and powitfui Opera and Race G 7 «s*e. inv 0 n>-d and
mue by Yr)iK>>'lkuu«ti Vienna. K.B.—DmsaUlntng Gaaies and
Toietcope* of all kind*.
/^EESS.—The IN STA1U-QUO CHESS
V# BOAKD, invaluableto all Chevsplayois an • Touris s.price 60* ;
in leather *- so, 36s.; fit eat Afriou Ivory, 6CU — J QUfld Palanura,
BklU n-garden —" no tho**player should bo witnou. one."—lLLHfl-
teats i> London News.
T HE New Ont-Door Game, CROQUET.—
1 hi* 'nshloaablo aod h’ghly-amiuiiig gams may be 'ad at moot
Of the leading Fonov Repos (to. ies, price complete, 2j* ; aa **iar, <0*.;
polished boxwood. £A— wholesale. JAQUKS, Paiea'se. Hatton -garden
C VEOLOGY and MINERALOGY.—
T ElrnumUry COLLECTION, to facilitate tha study of this
lnurrri tug fcoenco, cam be hod from Two Guineas to Ouo Hundred*
also (jingle Specimens, of J. TENNANT, 149, Strand, London
W) EDDING CARDS.—T. STEPHENSON
Yt has now ready his Now Pattern# of Wed ling Cards,
Envelopes, and other requisites in Wedding Stationery, specimens
Beht free on application, t tallonery of tno best qualiliet. and no
cbaiRO for Mumping Crettt, feo., plain.— F. fltepbtmsoo, tLationer, W,
Ox trad-, treet, W. vthe post-office near Regent-circoa.)
B EEVES’ WATER COLOURS, in cakes;
and Moist Water Colour*, In tataa and pans,
li 3, Cbeapaide, London, E.G.
M ’BAE’S paragon marking ink
in cfaymfcally-atoppcred bottlco. Bold by all dtitlenar* and
Cb mists; Who.ctale, *7, imdgate-hdl, London. A sample bottle oa
receipt ot It stump*.
f|^BE PEN SUPERSEDED.—Marking Linen
X with CULLEION’8 PATENT ELECTRO PLAfflS never
waahsaoDt. Initials la.; Name, 2a 6d ; 6ct of Nuuuera, lU. 6d ;
Crest, 5a. With direction* poat- free (or #umpt.—T. Cull /too, 2, Loog-
atre (cue door from tat- Martin's-lane), W C.
M E CHI’8 DRESSING CasKSand
TRAVELLING BAG8.-112, Regoot-vtreet and 4, L«aiea-
h»U--treet, London Brou/es, vasea. pearl and Ivory work modurval
manniflctuieo, rro ting bag* and droesing c**ea, toll'd com#, wore
Loxit aud work tables, irk*rand*, ana; tno iar.rou some in .•.ugUni
of pajder-machri olrgonde*. w nting flnaka, envo opo chaom, <>e#patolk
boxes, bagateUx. bocagiuninon, and chces table*. Toe pramaea In
Begcnl-atrevt extend fifty yards ln*o Glavnouw street, aod are
worthy of inspection as a •peeimen of elegmt oi Ai alrerytniag
for the work and dre&alng tahlea best tootn bruibe. fd. e<uh( beat
■tool scissor# and penknives, la. each. The u«a«l simply of drst-raM
cutJrry, razors, rarer strop#, netdloa, feo., for which M' Meohi'i
eaublkhmento have been to long famed-
F
isiiers d ressinu-c ases.
188, Strand.
Catalogura post-free.
J USHER’S NEW DnESSi rtU-KAG.
Tho beat pcrUblc Dressivg-sa»a aver kivanpat.
188, htrain.
Catalognas port-free.
T
MFURTANT TO LaiJifco —A ouigio ouij
JL Carriage-free on reee.pt of a Pool -office order
11 The K a#tic nodiue . 12s. 6d.
l tie »dl-aiijuating Comet . 12a rid.
A book wlia lllusUat oa# and priere kc on the receljt ot a pootagfe
stamp, firau witch • icluti .u o any cor»et can bo in win
Crinoline okitta ana spring -beet akin* at very low prices.
CAld’t H ana H, - Ufl TU.N 88, ‘ogeut—tre l, H , 4, HW.ki'rtfei-
road; 6 Block well-street. Greenwich: and r*-tn 0 aUne
L AJDlE', btfure purchas-ug ^our i,‘orflet% avk
to ted Tdh FA k.vi ELMii t.HU « F M T-Fu^t uXl tf
(OnPET. To to h*d o all h • piocupu «Vn ..eouu aOA.a#, flSty-
tuaken, and kti Inra* tbioughouc iho o. utry.
HE GnEATE;T IjVU'OmTa.'I^E i’J
_ LA DIE).—jay yjur COltSETfl of tbe tnata actorer*. It to
surptiah g iho atnoutt ot v x.Coa and ohaj^o auui all et-
ptTMnee b) nut pracnoJug tivir loraou at toe m Jtc Cal an) »oa
ilie ti:im«eie o.tuuuuot every ( e.elptUia «f « p.Otr » . -'nu.-
Ime rum I and Moa'iu J« npon Fattlfivouat CilABLE . i-A.NG.UDG .'6,
128 *m 1 189, Oxford stree ■_
L ondon, May, 1858 .-o a a k l e s
NICHOLSON ai d CO 'a WATaUrinOOP I Di an I Ufl O iaS
CLD Ah, for dr.vlng, b,alDr, or Uie p-unu# ode .iinlui c badly
the best gainreut oi tUcla*flvvertu\Baiol »h ma - r a) *o I dian
nn lu ac ur« a* d ia niaoe ie-pervioua to lit* w^ p r ret y ieo.uroua,
pka'itut to thotuU b, aid iH-xp-n .re May he ad hroa^h altxe
plnclpal drapTs in uie tniid »l glom, a d tbr ago m rvtixouonly
in AUt.radA, to Widen tl m*te it i» pir I uiari> we.. *4# tel c.a:h
Cloak Lcnia tbe label «<f tho inanu ac urwa, ' u>— Utfi#. Nich l-
lon and l>.. AVaturpreui itn.i*o nuto.v Cloak, .or d.ivt.g, bo* rag,
tr ihe prexxunadt. *
T J
UCMMER CLU’IUINU ot' i-igbl illalcriiils
IO ter Hot Weather—tleevod apes, llur-lsg Coat*. 6uk* of #Oiiie.
ku., on U»t lei nn.—W aLix.U lihitlDE, 6 j, ivew itoub-e reel, and
69,Corulull. fe.B. Nor hike.
ID THE WEALTHY AND R >6lftf0tAS B CLAfliEe.
T liE honour oi an INdP^Oi* U > ot the
tollowit* AntlCUtd of DRLfld .a requre «d * H J ani D.
N1COL1-:—
bor GkNILEVEN, at 114, I»5, 119, and 1W, Rgn:-»:r.e-- aid
52, Urebb, i'alelota ot e»o»y c« oup* on .u<m b uig >wu.t.i'ol
ll^ht tal lica for anuuurr. aim! otoits of t-icvr uib^ik Jt waata.
La* tLose tor woman >ud nitiuod#, are tb* be i »pe im in f aug-
l»h manure c.or a a .argO ono uu.t) nuyU: f,u u-*l. .ofuu-
mrelate u»*. a* me ore waterpr ui, aud she wh.le are -nat d u»
p.>lo tRtrr# at iiibMt mo rta e ^tlcee
lo iheiatabl suraeut Ii2 .«geu -street,for LADIE8'an 1 Y >Ur 11
CLOT HI Mi, lie • aim# a ceJn.ce prev^A.,; arVcaUriy 1 MaaaeeanJ
o.fca **initrt* of a Ik an < k> h.
Mik*rs NicoUerap#oy cu.to-s for • acb #ji c'al ty.
S HIRT S.—RUDGEtlb’S IMi'UHVEU
10IU/ZA SHIRfS, 3ft. bd. and 4Sa. tbo huf m aun. Lo-
pratant iuie-v<DMu a having been made lu tarn crtvbrdoj #*•><#,
gsotirm.n ore mpfKSiciy rebel eJ to ia»p*».d th tronlrrs «u I 'he/
have tun tnrra. Kot vase, eivgame and dariU-my. iu#y h*ve #»o
rivut. b-jok of *0 Ulaowu ns and eesaeJ nntkulv* «ra »• mnl
pool-tree -KtJuCHi . m.d CO.. Improved BW.unaana, 30 ooint
M>rtn'#-laa.*. t tori'g-rro a. W.C. L»Ubd#h.ai *» yion.__
qporting siiikia, *>y K"Duc,ac>.—
Ui. Vu,l»,llu... »r. .to » w “““ J'"
lb) In. .b- o vlir. d oiuni««^ “ J ‘ ““ ”f ' -
IU1....HS u#uu. y—!_■• .*1 rJrffJSt
l bmnc-ctora, W U—rotter** «*» •*** w »***«-
ti atlou# ;>o*:- »k* ror two »tan#to- _
I NFAJNTb’ NEW FFEUlNli-bOi L’uco.—
too •• Lauoss."-** W# Bare #o*don #e«si oajr^ioa to
» rt^r-Bou).
Ooord-kifW*- Whiner tor wv<alag. rurateg 07 band, or wreto a I
ihe# raw <vl w aurivanrd. M
f * y liAOIKd NUhSU'G.-ftL'V iNiiVckl
I Hire Lire for ta»Ingaway aU pain whiM uaning: pr-roodne
and fe*.nHdi#teiy cuing crxtid or »are oljv 1 *** — d*l.'i IA ALf*
k LAM. 126 OxXrd-su aa 4-61 or ty port, 9J attra.
Tj’Uh lNfANTS. — CUUFaK’d U bll'l ,H
|> FdKDl'0-Burr..l,_"Ti. .u..,. m.
iri.,.ui. u*.kii'j »r Di. O' «'»■ «-"/ '•
UiMt units at’ I mixed #i bihennlk *Ihu .uf.ut. as W*'*
by ib* .and » tn*» b# #coe..l«y -e-amcn el -XL»lLJ rwn'S
v.u. ,J KjA Frb# 7 a. od. or 8a. fid ra any «l •*» w»uav—
YilLLLsM T. COoiXa, Ibanmiotaitort vbnM, to,Oiftol «<«•
564
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
! June. 5, 1858
NEW MUSIC, frc.
T\ ALBERT’S BIG BEN POLKA. Price 3s..
I / Bo)o or Duott; Septet*, So. fid.; Full Orchestra, So.
ClilTlU and Co., SO, Now Boad-aureot.
D 'ALBERT’S VIOLANTE WALTZ. Just
oat- Price 4*.; full orchoatra, 5*. Poat-free.
Chafpblj. and Co., SO. New Bond-*treot.
-ALBEBT’S FRENCH POLKA. Just out
Price So.: full oroheetre, So.
Chaff*ll and Co., 60, Now Bond-otrooc
D 'ALBERTS LEVIATHAN GALOP.—
Joat out. Prioe So.; full orcbcotra. So. Poat-frea.
Chappell and CO., 60, New Boad-atreei.
D ’ALBERT’S VENICE QUADRILLE. Jnst
OM. Pric. u.: fun orehmu., &a. PcU-ltm.
CHAFF*IX and Co., SO, New Boad-atroet.
TUANITA. By the Hon. Mrs. NORTON.
• I Third Edition of thlo the moot popular of all Mr*. Norton**
Ballado prioo So.; aloo MaraquJta, a Portugaeae Loro Bang, by the
““ EtoZio, MM
FINLEY RICHARDS’ COMPLETE
TirrOK to the PIANOFORTE The bml, tic omrmt, «nd
chrnnrot of all Inomurtlon Book*, containing elomonury ln*tr action*,
oeolas exerclMt, and a groat variety of tho moot popular thom m a*
nrarroaoivo le**onv hlxty pajtoa. full mualc *izA prioe 4*. poot-free.
CHATFX1X and CO., SO, New Bond- ktreot.
r ^I LEAVING THEE IN 80RR0W,
ANNIE.—dong with rapturous applaoae by the Christy Minstrel*.
1 by GEORG F. BARKER. Woe la.,
Oompooed
_„__ _ poet- free
' CH « t-t* ill and CO., SO, New Bond-street.
R EGRET. New Ballad, by GEORGE
LINLKY, eung by M1 m Dolby, with rapturou* appUuie, at
Be Jamao's Hall, and redomanded. Price So. fid., port-free.
CKAFFKU. and Co., 60, Now Bond-atreot.
B LUMENTHAL’S NEW PIECES for* the
PIANOFORTE.
Une’N’olt aur 1e lac Mnjeur.So-
Fuggamo net ..3** „,
Le Depart du Vaiaaeaa.So. 6d.
_ Chappell and CO- SO. New B-nd-atreat. __
N EW SONG: When we went a Maying
Word* by CARPENTER; Mualc by A- M ATTACK*. Beauti¬
fully 111 ultra ted by BRANDARD Price (poatage-freo). 2a.
London: JOSEPH WILLIAMS, 123, Cheapildo.
TTENRY FARMER’8 POLKA D’AMOUR.
XI Dluatrated In Colours by BRANDARD. Prioe 3* ., postage-
free. London: Joseph Williams, 133, Ch eapelde. _
TTHRST LOVE. New Ballad. Words and
X Music by Lady STRACEY. Prioe 2m , pottage-free
London: JOSEPH WILLIAMS, ItS. Cheapaido._
ENRYFARMER'S JU 0 QUADRILLES.
is.: Duet. is. TUuitrated In Colours by BRAND ARD. Bop-
lett, 3a. 6<L; Orehoitrs, is.
London: JotXPH WILLIAMS, 123, Cheapolde.
H
r ENRY FARMER’S FIRST LOVE
_ WALTZER; Illustrated in Colours by BRANDARD. 8olo. is.;
duet, to.; oeptett parts, Ss. fid.; orchestral parts, Ss Postage free.
3 The second strain in the first part is. without exception, the most
delicious noroeou we have hoard thlo season.' ’—Guardian.
Published by J. WILLIAMS, 123, Cheapolde.
R OW, ROW, HOMEWAHD WE GO!
By CARPENTER and 8PORLR. Prioe It. fid. Illustrated by
BRANDARD. A composition of much beanty, and becoming Im-
Deooalv ponular. the melody being charmingly aim .5 and graoefnl
Alan published 00 a chorus for four voices, price 2s., post-free.
J. William*, it*, C h eapa ido .
ENRY FARMER’S Celebrated DANCE
MU8IC.—Eighteen of this popular writer’s admired Compo-
Itfons are now ready for Bands, deptetl Parte, 3a. 6d.; full Orcbcotra,
6s.-J oseph William*, 123, Cheapolde.
L ’ESPALIER de ROSES.—Mazurka Bril-
lante. by ADRIEN TALEXY. This boaotiful piece, bv tha
admired oompooer of the oelebrated “ Kixurka Etude," I* published
by Jo**m WILLIAMS, Its; Cheapolde V. post-free.
R OSELIA MAZURKA By ADRIEN
TA T EXY. IDuitrated In Colours by BRANDARD. Another
admired prodnetiou of this celebrated Compoeer.
Joseph Williams, 123, Cbeapaide. 3a. poot-free.
TO MERCHANTS. SHIPPERS. AND FOREIGN RESIDENTS.
J OSEPH WILLIAMS, 123, Cheapside, the
Publioher of Henry Farmer'o celebrated DANCE MUSIC, la
prepared to orward to any part of tho world MUSIC of all kinds.
Including the noweot and most popular composition*, in large or s m all
Quantities, on the meat advantageous term*.
I ONLY ASK A HOME WITH THEE.—
New “ol'od. by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Sung by Miss Poole,
and rapturous y encored Prico 2a.; free for sta mp s. —W. William*
and Co., 221, Tottenham-court-road.
T HE SPIRIT of JOY.—New Song by
LANGTON WILLIAMS. Just published, as sung by Min
Louisa VinniuK. with the greatest success. Price 2a. 6d.: free for
stamps.—W. Williams and Co., Totianh am-court-road.
HAVE ALWAYS A WELCOME FOR
THBE.—New Ballad, by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Just pah-
id "One of tho *weete»t ballads of the dav." -Review. Price
%l; free for stamps.—W. Williams, 221, Tottonham-ooort-road.
T LOVE A MAY MORNING. Ballad, by
X LANG rON WILiJAM-t; sung by Miss Podle, and always sn¬
ooted. Proofs. 6d., free lor * tamps.
W. WILLIAMS and CO., 221, Tottenham-court-road.
I
TXTHEN WILL YOU LOVE ME? New
V Y Ballad, by the Author and Composer of " Something to
Love me." Thl* song bids fair to rival In popularity it* oelobratod
owsor. Price 2s., freo for stampo.
Eva** and Co., 77, Bakor-street, Portman-oquare, W.
"\yf'ENDELSSOHN , S
JjJL WORDS. Pelted by J. W.
BONGS WITHOUT
_____J. W. DAVISON. In six books, prio® Is.
each; or i" one volume, wi'b preface by the Editor and Port rad, prioe
to. (cloth oar ox), or superior binding, 7o. 6d. Prom the Dally Nows:—
“Independently of tho beauty of tho volume, end the clearaow and
accuracy of the text, it has the further advantage of a preface by the
ftoeomp £»b-d editor, which every one who cherloheo the memory of
lamented mmlcian will read with Instruction and pleasure.”
BOOSKT and SONS’ Musical Library, 28, Holies-itreet.
B OOSEY and SONS’ CHEAP MUSIC.—
R 8. Pratten’s 100 Operatic Airs for the Flute, Is. fid.; f>*o'o
100 Sacred Mrdodlaa for the Concertina Is 6d.; Caie ■ 100 l’omlar
MehxMr* for the Concertina, 1*.: Boose*’» 10O Danco« for tho Vlqin,
j,.. Boosey’* complete Opens for tha V olln. Is- each; Boo ey'a com¬
plete ‘’per. • lor tho Pianoforte, in cloih. fntn ti. to 7s. fid e ch;
Laurent’s Album of Dance Muric 6e.; the Verdi A1 am (26 songs;,
fis.; Mendelseuhn’* Songs Without W md* (6 books .fit.
BOOeEY and SONS’ Muilcal Library, 28, Holt*-street.
TITORDS TO. REMEMBER. New Ballad.
W Price Mu*ic by R. T. VENN . Poetry by J. B. CAR¬
PENTER All "enoos who uurcheae this ballad will aho have a
ticket given them for distribution of two Plane*, 30 guineas each,
to be drawn Upon 1000 copies belnf opW.
VENN. 65, Baker-street. Sent toz 25 stamps.
NEW MUSIC, ten
N ewest music.—
BUCKLEY RICHARDS-The Young Becrult, 2s. Chlmo
•gain, boauMful Rell>, 2*. Vslie Itallenne. 3s. . .
W. VINCENT WALLACE.—Robin Adair loom posed for Arabella
G*ldsrd) «». O mt lovo U like, and Como e'er (be stream. Ch^rJe,
3s? Galop brilliant do salon, 3s Styrienue pour Piano, 3o. Don
Juan, Fantasia, 3o Marha,3o. ... . . r
0E8TEN, T HR O POKE.—Don Juan, 2o. fid. Lucia <U Lammer-
m FTl"*WEVr - Mozart's Asnus Del. 2« fid. Preghlera. from Ih>s-
slm's Mose in Egitto. 3s. Fan aisle do Wober et Marche d Oboron, So.
Dr. MARX'S -chuol of ^omoodllou. vol 1, 21s.
Dr MARX’S Universal School o' Muiic, 1‘s.
Dr. MARX 8 Music of the 19th Centura, 15*.
Dr. M aRX’ 8 So'cctlon* from Baih, with E-»ay, Ae., 8a
KUaEN'-t Six Motets, word* by O. UftMgr eaoh 2* fid and 3*.
0RATURI08, AC - Sanuon luy bishop), is Mount of Olives, xr
W. T. WRIGHTON’S NEW SONGn.-My own Mountain Stream,
Trusting In Thee; Come to me gentla dreams, each]*s.
J. K. THOMAS’S NEW bONGi.—I've loved Thee long, Thou art
with mo. Those bright blue eye* each 2a. . M
MISS M. UNDGAY’S Christian Submission, 2o. fid. Jaoob, 2a. fid.
Home they broeght her Waraijr, dosd. 2s.
BRINLbY RICHARDS’S NEW SONGS. kc.-The POgrim ■ Path
(sacred Poor), 2s. fid. How lioauilftil l» Night (.Duet). 3o- Swcct Day,
so cool (Trio). 5*. How gaily glides our baric (Trio), 2s. Thors s not
a Heath (Qoartot), to- fid. _ . .
KINGSBURY on ibo VOICE with Diagrams and Exerolseo, to.
VIOLIN MUSIC.-New Catalogue, gratia and post-free.
London:R ob*kt Cocks ard CO., New Burlingt on-itreet, London, w
milE NEW ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM
for tho DKAWING-ROOM.
ALEXANDRE and SON hove Just taken out a now patent for the
Drawing-room Harmonium, which effects the grea'cst Imp-ovemeut
they have over made in ihe Instrument. The Drawing-room Moduli
will be found of a softer, purer, and In all reapers more ugreeablo
ton-* than any other in*trumrnta. They have a pe feet and easy
means of producing a diminuendo or creact-ndo on any one note or
more; the baas can be nerfocily subdued, without even tho use ol the
expression stop the great cifDeuliyi n other Harmoniums. To each
of the now models an add tlonai blower is attached at the back, so
that the wind can be supplied (if preferred) by a. Moond P*"on-
and still, under the new patent, tho performer can play with porieot
expression. raE DRAWING-ROOM MODEL
No. 1* made in three varieties. Guineas.
‘ 1. Three Stop*, Pe reunion Action, additional Blower, and
In Koecwood Case .. .. .. •• •• •• **
2. Eight Stope ditto ditto ditto 36
3. 8U teen Slope ditto ditto, Voix Celeste, ho.
(tho best Harmonium that can be made) •• •• 80
Messrs. Chappell have an enormous stock of the
SIX-GUINEA HARMONIUMS,
And of all Varieties of the ordinary kind, which aro perfect, for the
Church, School. Hall, or Conoert-room.
Ho. ‘‘“‘“•f;
l. Ono Stop, oak case .}«
1 „ mahogany case .J*
3. Three Stops, oak, 15 guinea*; rosewood .16
t. Ftve Stop# (two rows vibrators), oak case.«
„ ditto roeowood case .*3
6. Eight Stope. ditto, oak, 26 guineas; roeewood .. .. »
fi. Twelve Stope (four rows vibrators), oak or rosewood cnee 35
7. One Stop (with percussion action), oak ease, 16 guineas;
roeewood ea*o . 18
fi. Three 8:op-, ditto, roeewood ease .
9. KUht Stops, ditto, oak or rooowood case.”
10. Twelve 8top*, ditto, oak ..J®
11. „ ditto, roeewood case.
12. Patent model, ditto, polished oak or rosewood case •• 66
Messrs. Ch<pt>ell beg also to cad attention to their
NEW AND UNIQUE COTIAGE PIANOFORTE8.
No. Guineas.
1. In mahogany case, octavos .. 26
2. In rosewood, with oiroular falL 6f octaves .. •• •• «u
3. In rosewood, elegant ca*«, frets. ... 36
t. In very elegant walnut, ivory-fronted keys. ho. .. ... to
6. The Unique Pianoforte, with perfect chock action, elegant
roeewood ca»t*. 6| octavos .. .. •• •• ••
fi. Tho Foreign Model, extremely elegant, oblique strings, 7
octaves, best check action, ho., the most powerful of
ail upright pianofortes.. •• 50
Also to their Immonao assortment of New and Secondhand Instru¬
ments. by Brohdwood, Co Hard, and Erard. for Sale or Hire.
Full deoertptivo Llsu of Harmonium* and of Pianoforte* sent upon
appllcaikn to CHAPPELL and CO., 49 and 60, Now Bond-street, and
13, Georgo-street. Hanovor-square . _ „ „ ,
Agents for America, FABKE(JUETTE8 and CO., New York.
T U LLIEN and CO.’S CORNETS A-
fi 0
S 0
tarATCHES—A B. SAVORY and SONS.
▼V Watchmakers (opporlte the Bank of England), 11 and IS.
CornhUl London, submit For selection a stock of flr*t-<da*s PATENT
DETACHED LEVER WATCHES, which, being made by themselves
i-nti ho recommended 'or accuracy and curability,
can oo rocomni pRICE8 op 8 f LVEK WATCHES.
Patent Lever Watch, with the detached escapement, jowelled,
hard enamel dial, second*, and m ai n tai n ing power to con¬
tinue going vrhilit fceiDg wound - - . X * M 6
IHtto, jeweiutd tnioor neits, ana capped .. .. .. »
Ditto, the finest quality, with the improved regulator,
JeweUod In six holes. uiusUy in gold case* .. .. .. »
Eit her oi tho ftllver Watchco In hunting cas«., Us. od. extra.
GOLD WAT‘CHES;-SIZE FOR LADIES
Pa’ent Lever Watch, with ornamental gold dial, the move¬
ment with late*t improvement*, t.e., the detached escape-
mont, maintaining power, and iewellsd.*1 •> ®
Di'to, with richly-engraved case ■; •• •• •• }* ”
Ditto, with very strong case, and Jewolled In fePMsi- U ‘4 0
GOLD WAl’CHES.—8IZB FOR GENTLEMEN.
Patent Lever Watch, with the lat«t improvements, i.e.. the
detached escapement, jowelled in four holes, hard enamel
dial, second*, and m aint a inin g power .. •• •• JJ
Ditto, in stronger case. Improved regulator, and eapped .. 13 13 0
Ditto, jewelled in six boles, and gold balanos ■ • .. 17 17 0
Either of the Gold Watches In hunting ca*r a. £3 3s. extra.
Lift* of prices, with remarks on ths construction of watches, gratia
and po*t-freeon applies:ion _,
Any watch *olected will be *ent carrisge-freo to any part of Great
Britain or Ireland upon receipt of a remittance of ths amount.
■DUCKHORN HALL FURNITURE, Hat
9 and Umbrrlla Stands. Hall Chairs, Chandeliers, Cand'e-stands,
Gong-stands, Stufled Buck Heads.- * ... ~
C ITY v. WEST.—Note the Difference.—
P. and S. BEYFUS'8 FURNITURE, PLATE-GLASS, and
BEDDING WAREHOUSES, Nos. 9. 10, and 11, FtNSBUllY-TEK-
KACE, ' ity-road. from their extensive Wholesale and Export Trade,
are enabled to give retail purohaiers an tmireuae advantage in prices,
and offer their unrivalled Drawing-room Suites-rosewood or wal-
nut-for tin; also their £6 rcbly gi t British plate Chimney-glass,
size 5 feet bv t feet. Good* warranted, and exohnnged if not ap¬
proved. Illustrated Books of Price* and Estimates sent, post-free.
*.B. Goods delivered free within 100 miles orLondon.
I 1BE BEST BED ior a CHILD is one of
TRELOAR’8 METALLIC COT3. 4 feet long by 2 feet wide,
with moveablo aides and pillars, oaetors and brass vsses. Prioe
Sis., Including a Coooo-nut Fibre Matures*. Packed and delivered
t any railway station in tho kingdom for its.
Thomas Treloar, 43, Ludgato- hill, London, E.C.
R ITCHIE’S PATENT GRANULATED
CORK MATTRES8E8 and BEDS expel Vermin, effectually
coro Rheumatism, prevent Cramp, and, by preserving F.lootrie ty,
mote health and prolong Ufa. Tho Patont Cork Maitreoa and
•k Fabrto Manufactory. 66, Hatflold-street, Blackfriar*.
O N BOARD H.M.S. “NORTH STAR,” in
the Alt "TIC REGIONS, for Two Yevs, the hhiV* Time was
kept by ono of JONES'S Lover*, all other Watches on board having
•toured. In iUvw £4 4* ; -n Gjld, £10 \0s ; *t th- Manufactory,
3r8 Strand (opposite Somerset Hou e).—Read JONES'S -‘Skolch of
Watccwork." bent free for a ’id. stamp.
approvod and tried by Herr KOENIG; manufae-
rE C0UKTO18.
O PISTONS,
tured by ANTOINE -
No. 1. Tho Drawing-room Cornet k-Pistons, by Antoine
Courtob, used by Herr Koei.lg .. .. , £8 fi 0
2. The Concert-room ditto, by Antoine Courtols, used
by Herr Koenig at M. JuHka'sConcerts ... fi 8 0
2. The Military Comot-k- Pistons .. .. 6 jM
4 Ttio Amateur Comet-k-Piston* .. .. .. ,.66 C
6. Tho Nary Caraot-t-f l*ton* . 4 i ®
fi The Ordinary»prnet-A-Phdons (first quality) .. •• 3 S 0
7. The Ordinvy'dftto W^fidlqujilKy) .. 4. * * «
Ll*t of Pricey'wflfc Drawings of the Instruments, n ny be had on
application. Jrtxi** and Oo., f 14. Regent-stroot, W.
H armoniums.—cramer. beale and
CO. aro the Agents for ALEX ANDRES PATENT MODEL.
Prices from 10 to 65 guinea*.—Cramer, Beale, 'md Co., 201, Kogent-
street.__
P IANOFORTES.—CRAMEB, BEALE, and
CO. have tho ’icst of every description, New snd Becundhand,
for Sale or Hue.-201, Kegcnt-street.
P IANO8.—OBTZMANN - and PLUMB’S
now Patent STUDIO or SCHOOL-ROOM |P»ANO^ORTE,
which havo given »uch universal s* US'action (.,rlc-ie raog'ng from
c nrideraMy lea* than £20). *re only to bo obtsiuod. in l-mdon. at
66 Great Russe'l-itro. t Bloom»bory; and of all the principal coun¬
try Mu*ic*e1lers. Also, thearcaw Patont Drawing-room Pianofortes,
at prices slightly in advance of the Htudio flanos.
L ENA. Serenade pour le Piano, par
FRANCESCO BERGER " Ono of the most elegant thing*."—
Daily News. Price, with lHc«tnUed Title, 's. Sent free on receipt of
twelve stamp*. - London: Ewes and CO., 390, Oxford-si rest.
E UBINSTEIN’S COMPOSITIONS for tho
PIANOFORTE, a* performed at the Musical Union. Romance
InF, Is 6d.; Melody In F, Is.; Tarantella, 3s.; Marcia aRa Turca.
la.: Barcarole, is. Sent post-free on receipt of stamps. Pubmhod
byFWXR and Co.. 390. Oxford-street, where all Mr. Rubinsteins
Compositions mey be had. ’
X) RIGHT GREEN LEAVES. New Song,
■v bexutifully set to mualc by J. L. HATTON, and Ill ultra ted-
Prioo 2s. 6d.. Post-free.
Addison, uoiura, and Lucas, 210, Regent-street.
rnHREADS of GOLD. An elegant littl
JL Allegory, beaotiftiUy set to ir uric by BALFE. Prise 2s., Post-
free. Ant» ikon, HOLIJKK, and Luca*. 210, Regent-street.
TTNDER the LINDEN. New Song, com-
pos'd by GKO. LIN LEY, and sung by Miss Lotus* Tinning.
Price 2*. Post-use.
Addison, Hollies, and Lucas, 210, Kegem-ereet.
P IANOFORTES. — QETZM ANN and
* PLUMB’8 NEW PATENT S^HOGT.-POOM PIANOFORTF8,
fi| oettves. price* from oonaidcrsb'y under £20. la the most loitablo
ln«tromot t mann fsemred <br ihe-Bcboolroom, or whore a s:na»l
Pianoforte is required, bring •oe-'nitruCu* ss tore-inlro little tuning.
To be nad of all tho principal country Muvioitillers In Engltnd, Scot¬
land and Ireland; also for Bale. Biro, or Exchange. In London,
only at 66, Great RusatUrairoot, Bloomsbury.
P IANOFORTES. 14s. per Month for HIRE
with opticas of Purchase fif-octaves. No Hire oh anted if
purchased in six month* Harps and Harmoniums for Hire.—
OETEMANN and CO.. 32, Wlgmore-sireet, Cavendish-square, W.
P IANOFORTES, £25.—OETZMANN’S
ROYAL COTTAGE PIANOFORTES, fi* octaves, Cylinde*
Fall*, Roeewood or Mahogany Cases. Warranted. Packed free for
--- iq4 CO., 32, - -- —
each.—O KTZ MANN and (
t, Wlgmore-street, CavoadUh-sq., W.
1 ADIES’ and GENTLEMEN'S AMUSE-
1. i \ MF.VTrl—Mr CHEF.K respectfully calls attention to hi*
STOCK of ARCHERY, which Is, without except on, the largest In ths
world, among which will be found fine specimens of Self Yew.
beautifrri springy floakewood, and the usual hard wood-backed and
•elf Bows, at prices varying from 6e. to 6 guinea*: Arrows, 2*. to 24a
per dozen; 3 feet Targets. 2s. each; 4 feet, 16s.; Ladles' Equipments,
21*.. 37s. 6<L, 80s., and 7 guinea*; Gentlemen's, 27s. 46e., 80s., and
10 guinea*. The itock of Fishing-rods and Tackle is large and the
prices moderate. Fly-fiihlng Equipments, 10s., 21s., 42s., and 63s.:
Salmon-flihlng, 72s. fid. and 6 guineas. Piko-fishing, 16*. 6d and
32s. 6d. Bottom-fishing, 5s., 13s. 6d., 33a., and 50s. Choice Trout
File#, ts-t>er dozen; three-yard gut line, *d., best, 9d.: exquisitely
fine. Is., extraodlnarily Fine Hot, every length selected, fi*. per 100:
superior bamboo rod, spliced top. ringed, brazed, and winch fitting*
7a 6d.; twelve-yard cast-net for gudgeon, 21*.; six yard, for min¬
now*, l°s. A large assortment of extremely choi-o Cricket Bats, by
Dark and Clapahaw, best quality, match s«ze 7s. fid.; small size, la
to 6s.; balls, wicket* belts, gloves, Ac. Rackets. 10s. to 20* each.
Ladies' myrtle green. Napoleon b’ne, brown silk, and improved alpaca
Umbrel'a* on patent paragon frame*, remarkably light; also superior
myrtle green, brown silk, and alpaca for gentlemen, a choice assort¬
ment at moderate prices. Noted cr strong carriage umbrella*. Mr-
Chock also rospectfnhy submit* a very oieg-nt assortment of Ladies'
and Gentlemen's Lonoon-made Rlulug Whips, ptntn, Is to U%.;
mounted. 7a. fid. to 5 guineas The aisortmon' of fashionable Walking
Canes and Stick* U large and oleeaH. and bU itoek of Boxing Glove*,
Fencing Foils. Masks. Baskets and 8t cks Gauntlets, Ac., is wor by
the notice of all parent* and teachers who wish the youth of the present
day to combine the advantage# of Physical Education with Amtuo-
moot. A liberal allowance to heads of oo lieges, large schools, pro¬
fessors, and dealers in archery, fiihlcg-tackie, A?. Manufactory and
Waiehouio, 1320, Oxfort-street, W. Tho Archer’s Guide. British
Angler's Instructor, Role# of Cricket, and Catalogue of Price* (gratia)
contains more really useful information than any othor work.
Order* from country (with remittance) generally attended to th*
same dar.
Any article exchanged If not approved of. Secretaries to Archery
and Cricket Clubs will save themsolve# much trouble bv sending for a
catalogue. NJ5. List of Butterfly Nets, Entomological Pins, Ac.
B ees.—marriotts humane bee
HIVE8 are now to be obtained of RIGBY and CO.
Graccchurch-street, where catalogues may be obtained upon applica¬
tion.
TilREDERICK DENT, CHRONOMETER,
JD Watch, and Clock Maker to Iho Quoin and Prince Coneoit,
nnd maker of tho Great Clinch f r the House* of ParlUmeut, 61,
Strand, and 34, Royal Exchange.—No connection with 33, Cockspor-
itroet.
qaKL and SONS, Waich and Clock Manufac-
o turers, Nos. 17 and 18, Comhlll, havo a 8ho*-io#m expressly
fitted up tor tho display of Drawing and Dining Room CLOCKS*,',
manufactured in *plendld Ormolu and exquiaiiriy-tnodoUot’. antique
Bronze*, tho movomenta of flrst^lasa flni*h. ■•riking the hour* and
mlf-hour*. Each Clock Is warranted. S-aircoso Clocks ln fushion-
sbiy-mounted casco. Dials for Coonting-hotue*. All charged at
manufaciurin^prtooa.^^^^^ No*. 17 and 18. Cornhlll.
QARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manufac-
O turers. Nos. 17 and 18, Cornhlll, invito attention to their new
and Splendid Mock of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, each war¬
ranted, and twelve in«ntb»' trial allowed. ^, /X.
r Uver Walcheo, of taigbly-fiolshod conatniotion, »r»d JcwoUod, with
fublonablo extorlor, at 60s. to £10 10*. ^
Gold Watcnoi, of all description* of moventenu, from £6 6#J
to £50. 1 ( / \
Book* of Pattern* and Price* can bo obtained; and all older*, with
a remittance, promptly attended t6. x J J
QARL and SONS, Goldsmiths and Jewellers.
O Nos. 17 and 18, ConihlU.—The grocud floor of the New Building
is more particularly devoted to the dUplay of Fine Gold Jewellery and
Pino Gold Chains. \ \ \
ln the Jewellery Department wUl bo found s rich and endleos
aaaortment of King* and Brooobea, sot with tnagnifleont gems, Braoe-
leu and Neckleta, Pin* and 8;tuHa, Ac. Ail nowiy manufaoturod, and
In tho moil tecent ityle. Tfcto auallty of iho sco'd 1* w*n anted.
Kloo Gold Chain* aro charged according to tiioir rospectivo weight*,
and th* quality of th* gold t* certified by the »uuup.
Books of Patterns and Prico* can bo obtained.
Letters promptly atUUidod to;
QARL and SONS, Silversmiths (the New
O Puildlns ), 17 and 18, Cornhlll, Invito attention to thoir new and
magnificent stock of London-manufactured 8ILVKK PLATE, con¬
taining every ankle requisite for Ike Table and Sideboard.
Stiver frpoona and F«k* at 7s. 4<L per ounce.
Hieh cud Elegant Tea and Coffee Equipage#, commencing at £36
tho fStl sorvico. . .
Silver Salvers of all sire* and patterns, from £5 10s. to £100.
A largo und costly dl-play of Sliver Presentation Plato, charged at
per ounce—silver aepartroont of tho building.
Book* of Designs tnd Price* may be obtained.
QARL and SONS, Wholesale Manufacturing
O ELECTRO and ARGENTINE SILVER PLATER8, No*. 17 and
18. CcmhUl —In tho iplendld Show-room* devoted to thi* department
of the business will bo found evory article naually manufactured.
Corner Du ho* and Covert- Diih Covers—Boup and Sauce Tureen*—
Cruet Frame*—Tea and Coffoo Hervloe*—Magnificent Epergne* and
Cacdelahra— Salvers and Tea Tray*.
Tho Arfonthu Bilvor Spoon* and Forks, solely manufactured by
8arl and boos, at one-sixth the coat of tolid Silver, are e* pecialiy re-
commended', having stood the last of Fifteen. Yeats' expcrtoooo.
Books of Drawings-and Ifrices pv»yTxM>btained.
.Ail orders by post punctually attended to.
ARMOLO and BRONZE CLOCKS,
CANDELABRA8. and BRONZE STATUETTES, wholosale
and retail at tho Paris Agency, No. 2, Frith-siroet, two doors from
boho-oquare. Tho largest and most choice oollection in Londcn.
/\RNAMENTS for the MANTELPIECE, &c-
V/ Sutuettea. Group#. Vaam. fco.. In Parian, decorated Btique and
othor China; Clock* (gilt, marble, and bronze), Alabaster, Bohemian
GUas, fim-clsM Bronze*. Candelabra, and many other art-manufac¬
tures, all in the best taste and at very moderate price*.
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, Ludgate-hill, E.C.
THINNER, DESSERT, and TEA SERVICES.
* 1 / A largo variety of new and good Pattern*. Bast quality,
tuporior taste, unusually low prices. Aloe every de*cription of Cut
Table Glaa-, equally advantageous.
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, Ludgato-hill, E.C.
/GARDNERS’ DINNER SERVICES, £2 2s.
* * oomplete. best quality, the selection of pattern* tho choicest ln
bo trade: Breakfast, Doosrrt, and Tea Service*, a* the lowoat prices,
■hie Glow in the newest deaigui; oxoolleut Cnt Wluos, 3«. fid. per
ozen Gardners’, 63, btrand taaar Coutu' Bank). Priced Ku¬
ra ving 5 free.
nno BE SOLD for £41 (cost £75), a Superb
L B1LVKR TEA and COFFEE SERVICE, adorned with richest
chasing, ard weighing «1 ounces. Equal to new. May bo aeon at
WALEB and M'CULLOCH'S, 32, Ludgate-aUeet.
QILVER PLATE, New and Secondhand.—
O A pamphlet of Prices, with Engravings, ma* bo had gratia; or
will be aont poit-froo. if nppl ! o4 for by letter.—A. B. HAVoRY and
bON8, Oo'dunlthi (oppoolto tho Bank of England), 11 and 12, Corn-
Lomlon.
|?LECTRO PLATE.—Purchasers will derive
B'J advantage by tending for SLACK'S CATALOGUE, with 360
llluatrationa and prioes of electro p ate. cutlery, fonder*, diah cover*,
he , and infrrmailon that cannot be obtained in tho limit* of an ad¬
vertisement, icrntia. or fro* *>J poat. Order* above £2 carrlage-freo.—
Richard and John 91ack, 336, 8trond. (Established 60 years.)
QLACK’S BATH WAREHOUSE contains
O tho largest aaiortmoot at lowest price- bhower or 8poDging
Baths, H*. 6d.; Hip Bath*, l!a.; or>en Botha, 13*. €d : ToUotreU, 18a-
Cataiogura, with 3%0 dtawing* gratia, or po*t-fr*e Order* abovo £2
carriage-freo—Richard and John t-lack, 336. Strand.
rriHE BEST SHOW of IKON BEDSTEADS
1 in the KINGDOM f* WILLIAM 8 BURTON’S.—Ho ha* Four
Large booms d-voted to tho oxc'dbIvo ahow of Iron and Brasa Bed-
itca<(* and Chiniieti's Co-a, wi<h appro, riate Boddtnr and Bed-
hangings Portable Fodinr- Bedstetda, from 11*.; Patent Iron Bed-
* ead*. fitted wl'h dovetail joints and patent *acklrg, from 14a fid
ai d Cot*, from 16s fid. each, handaonie Ornum ntal Don and Braaa
Bedft* .dr. In great var'oty. from £2 13* 6d to £20.
Hluatra-od Cn.a ogi>m went (per pott) freo.
39, oxford-atreet, W ; 1, Ia, 2, and 3, Newman-atreet; and 4, 6
and 6, Perry 'a-piaco, London.
DANKLIBAN O N. —
IT Eloctro-aUvor Plato and General Furnishing Ironmongery
Show Room* and Galleries, the largest In the wor d.—66, 68, and
Bazaar, Baker-atreoC. Illqatratod Priced Catalogue* free.
' DATENT SPRING PILLOWS.—'These Pil-
lows are strongly reooirmocded by the medical profession for
affording rare and comfort to the I valid. LI t or i rices may be bad
* W. H. BATrtON and CO., 1, Maddox-street, Regom-street.
■\TOVELTY in _ 'WINDOW-CURTAINS.—
\ Tbe CIRCASSIAN CLOTH ' - UR TAIN, with rioh border, Sis.
At BELGttAVE HOUSE, 12, Sloaue-streeL Patterns forwaided.
ONDON CARPET WAREHOUSE
WAUGII and SON.
3 and 4, Gosdge-street, W.
TYOLMAN’S PATENT DRESSING-
JL^ GLA88E8.
These novol Glaasea oombine sbgance with greater usefulness and
durability than has hitherto been attained.
They are so constructed us to admit of being heightened or de¬
mised, by mean* of a rack provided with a racket-wheal and fa*
o sustain tbe gUas at the required elevation, and al*o swivelled to
either side; and, In fact, placed la any poeltion that can be ra-
** Th>*e movements are effected with the most ;>erfect ea»e; and It
will beioeu on examination that tho action cannot lose it* efficiency:
but, after a lapse of yolre, will bo a* perfoot as on tbe first day of
1 he above Glsssee are mado in Mahogany and other woods, or
with oTlchmenU In white, or colour, and gold.
Another feature in ihe construction Is th*t In a few seconds thoy
con bo taken entirely to pieces. In order to pack In a small a(iaoe for
transmission to dbtonces.
Tho Trade supplied in any part of tho Unit'd Kingdom.
H. Dolmen. Patentee,
Netoon-streot, Greenwich. Kent.
C HOICE FLOWER SEEDS, sent postage
paid, each is. por packet, Double Carnation, Double Pirotoe,
Calceo aria. Hnerarit, Primula Fimbriata, Btage Auricula. Double
Orrmao Wallflower; Double German Stocks. Kmi'erer or Perietual
Flowering; In'erenedlat®. Bromp-on. end N«w Large flowering.
Thirty sorts of handsome fl/wming Annuals for preient sowing, Sv;
twenty-one Borts, Js. 6d.; fifteen sorts, Js.8L Collections ofV»-getable
and Flower fceod* sui-able. for India, Australia, and New Zealand,
from £1 1*. to £10 10s.—BUTLER and M‘CULL0CH, beedsmsa,
S«utk BOW, Hwkw, Lob4»u.
lilf APPIN’S CUTLERY and ELECTRO-
IxL Bn.VF.E PLATE.- Mmo,. MAPPIN (BlolSm), Monufoo-
turers by Special Appointment to the Quoon, are tbo cnly Sheffield
Maker* who supply the oonsumer direct in London Their London
Show Rooms, 67 and 68, K1NG-W1LLLAM-8TKKET, London-bridge,
contain by far the largest Stock of CUTLERY and ELECTRO-81LVKB
PLATE Ln tbe World, which Is transmitted direct from their Manu¬
factory, (Jneen’s Cutlery Work*, Sheffield.
Electro-Silvor Spoon* and Forks,
Fiddle Pattern, full size.
Per Dox.
Table Spoon* •• .. 36*. 0d.
Table Fork* ». .. 36 0
Dessert 8poona „ .. 27 0
Dessert Pork* .. .. 27 0
TeaSpoons .. •• 16 0
Balt
Mustard
„ ( Gilt Bowl* i
„< fie par dot. [ 14
Ivory Table Knlvse, Full Size,
Balance Handlos, which cannot
possibly booome loose. Per Do*.
Table Knive* .. .. 35*. 0d-
Dessert Knives •• •• 1|
Carver* iper pair) •• •
A* above, with Sterling Silver
Ferules.
Table Knives .. .. *4
Dessert Knives -- •• f*
Carver* (per pair) •• *1
Mesar*.’ Mappln (Brother*) respectfully Invite buy«* to inspect
their unpreoadented display, which for beanty of derigm. exqui¬
site workxnanahip. and novelty, stand* unrivollod. Their Illustrated
Catalogue, which is continually receiving ad d ition* of mw designs,
freo on application.
Mappin (Brothers), 67 and 68. King William-*tro*t, Loadon-bridg*,
Manufactory, Queen 1 * Cutlery Work*, Bhoffield.
. PARKER, Woodstock, Os on.
T O LADIES.—Richly Perforated TISSUE,
for FIRE PAPERS or Btovo Aprons, to bo made up In tha
FlonDoed Style, with Injunctions, Eight 8 tarn pa (poat-freo) P«
L. PETERS, Tovll, Maidstona.
P APERHANGINGS and DECORATU)N8.
The laigtat and beat stock ln London, of French and Rngllah
doaign, commencing at 12 yards for fid., I* at CROBd'8, 22, Great
Portland-*tree;, Marvlebona, near the Polytechnic Institution. House
Painting and Decorating in every stylo. Estimates free.
C HUBB’S LOCKS.—Fireproof Safes, Cash and
Deed Boxes —Complete lists of sires and prices may be had
on application.—CHUBB and SON. 67, 8t. Paul’s Churchyard, Lon¬
don; *8. Lord-street, Liverpool; 16, Market-street, Manchester; and
Wolverhampton
N EOL1N.—An INFALLIBLE WASH for
RESTORING the COLO T *R of the HAIR (a now dbcovery of
one of tho flrat Chemiitaof the French school), which, in from two to
three weiks, roitore* the Hair to it* pristine atato- 80LD ONLY by
Madame VALERY, 46, Wiamore-rtroet, Cavendish-square, W., in
bottles, 7a. 6d. Packed for the oountry, 8a. 6d.
J AMES LEWIS’S CAPE JASMIN, distilled
from tho Flowers, U tbo moit aristocratio perfumo of the day.
Price 2a. fid.—66, Oxford-street, W-, and Crystal Palace.
F iED. LEWIS’S ELECTRIC OIL is an
Infallible Remedy for Restoring Strengthening, and Beautifying
the Hair. It la the greatest wondor of tho age When all o her* fail,
trv thi*. Bold by all r«*pect*bio vender* of parfumory ln the king¬
dom, in bottles, prioo 2*. 6d. end 3a. fid. Wholesale agent for England,
W. C. Gromnilh, Bhort-atreet, Fimbury-pavomant; for Beottand,
Lortlmer and Moyea, Bucbanon-atreet, Glasgow.—Fred. Lewi*,
Inventor and Pronrietor, Dublin
CLEAR COMPLEXION is produced by
. GOWLAND'8 LOTION.—Iredles visiting tho Bewldo *od
nMrf, or expoer-d to tbe heat of tho *un and dust, will Itnm: diatsly.
on ihe application of thl* celouratcd irreparailoo (established lul
years!, experience iu extraordinary K‘ V, I<U quiillties. It produces and
sustains groat Por.ty and Delicacy or Coraploxion; removes Kro klca,
Tan, an t Redness; and U rec -mmended in pre’erence to *ny other
B patatinn by the m dlcal profession.- Bold by all Druggists and
ftuners. Half-pinu, 2* Wd.
B REIDFNbToH’S WOOD-VIOLET
8CF.NT. price 2a. fid., genuine from the flowers.—H.BRKIDEN-
BACH, Perfumer and Distiller ot Flower* to tbo Queeu, 157*.
Uoud-atreat, London.
E AU PHILIPPE.—PHILIPPE’S DENTI-
FRICR WATER clean* and whiten* the teeth, brace* tho
gums, sweeten* the breath, and prevails toothache, Pries 2a. and
3a.—Rimma!, 96, Strand; and Sanger, 160, Oxford-street.
B IJOU NEEDLE-CASES, containing 100 of
DEANB'8 Drilled-eyed NEEDLES, for la. Ihl* neat, useful,
and elegant appendage to a L.dv’s Work-table will be forwarded
post-free on receipt of IS postage stamp*, addressed to DEANE and
CO., London-bridge, B C. Eaiablinbed A D 1706.
XXTOOD VIOLET SCENT.-H. BREIDEN-
f f BACH reooramond* hi* Wood Violet as tho finest natural
Perfume distilled. A tingle 2«. fid. Bottle will verify tbe fact. A*k
for H. Brddenbach's Wood Violet—157 a, New Bond-street, W.
TjrESSE sndLUBIN’S HUNGARY WATER.
JL This fleent refreshes the memory and invigorates tbo brain.
Its great volatility cools the surrounding air. Is. Bottle; 10*. oases ol
six.—2, Now Bond-street, London.
B ENZINE C O L L A 8
CLEANS and REMOVES GREAHB from
Glovoa, I Cloth,
Bilks, | Carpeta, fco. Ac. ^
in Bottles, la. fid., of all Chemists and Perfumers, *nd at thoDtfpOt,
114, Great Russel 1-street, Bloomsbury.
DR. DE JONOH’B __
L IGHT-BROWN COD LIVER OIL,
Prescribed by the most eminent Modical Men as tha safest,
speediott, and m-'it effectual remedy for
OON8UMPXION. BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA. OOUT, RHKUMATI*M. FCIA-
T1CA, DIABETICS. DIKRAKK* OF THK SKIK, NEURALGIA, RICTCTTS,
isvanui.k wasting, ornki«a». debility, and all scrofulous
AFFECTIONS,
Han now acquired universal celebrity, in consequence of its marked
superiority over all other kinds.
Its leading distinctive chuiacieriitlca are:
CO" J FLUTE PRESERVATION OF ACTIVE AND ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES.
ENTIRE FREEDOM EROM NAUSEOUS FLAVOUR AND AFTER-TASTE.
INVARIABLE PURITY AND UNFAILING EFFICaCT.
RAPID CURATIVE EFFECTS AND CONSEQUENT ECONOMY. *
Bold only in Imperial Half-pint-. 2s. fid ; Pint*, 4a. 9d ; Quart*,
9* . cap-uled »nd tabolhd with Dr. DE JONGU’S stamp and signature,
WITHOUT WHICH NONE CAN POSSIBLY BE GENUINE, by moot
respectable Chcmhta.
SOLE BRITISH CONSIGNERS,
AK8AU, HARFORD, and CO., 77, BTRAND, LONDON. W C.
TO NERVOUS AND RHEUMATIC SUFFERERS.
Pin Ann DAMAGES. — Condemnation of
i(lv)vVv Mr. C. Meiniq far an Infringement of tbo
Inventor’* Right*—Lot Counterfeiters therefore bo cautious.— PUL-
VERMACHER‘8 MEDICAL ELECTRIC CHAINS. Thousand* of
Testimonials from Clergymen, Barrister*, Naval and Military Offi¬
cers. and others, show that one of there Chains cure, without P*dn,
trouble, or aov other medicine, all kinds of Rheumatic, N*° r *
Epileptic, Paralytic, and Nervous Complainls, Indigestion. 8p*an»,
and a host of others. No remedy discovered has ever attracted «uon
high praise as thl*. Philosophers, divine*, Mutant “
all parts of the world, recommend them.
agreeablo. May bo tested beforehand. Price 3o. andlOa. 6d.. tha
If)#., 18#-, and 22s. moat useful, freo per P<*t—
Oo., 73, Oxford-atroot (adjoining tho Pr ince**’ Theatre ). London_
fTIEETH with Flexible Gums.—Mr. ROGERS,
1 the cld-eatabliahed Dcntiat. continuoa to
ARTIFICIAL TEETH, which defy deletion. KaipitpgOf wi ra^og
any painful operation reculred. No extraction of rooaior ocee
whicThr Mr. Rogers', scientific
and ureful for HMUwttlOD. ClMW* .EWPlfc _ *•» 2Svr~
lngtcn-4 treat-
1 il
Supplement, June 5, 1858 ]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
565
NEST PAGE.)
566
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[June 5, 18-58
SKETCHES IjST PARLIAMENT.
Totter miy be reasons, and cogent ones, why a Minister of State,
and the leader of the House of Commons, should not make such an
after-dinner speech on public affairs as would not be unbecoming or
remarkable, in the wrong sense, in the leader of her Miyesty’s Oppo¬
sition; but if a functionary of such dignified pretensions, owing,
perhaps, to a want of habitude arising from newness in office, should
be guilty of such an indiscretion, one does not see why he should not
rise in his place and, in answer to the inevitable indictment against
him, blushingly put in the ordinary postprandial plea, and throw
himself on that mercy which, before police magistrates, is usually re¬
presented by a fine of five shillings. If Mr. Disraeli had adopted
this course with reference to that speech, which no doubt he
would have been glad to have had stuck fast in Slough,
what & world of virtuous—or that which does duty for
virtuous—indignation might have been spared, and how many
o: the precious hours of the now fleeting Session might have been
saved! One is hardly disposed to dwell on that well-ridden topic at
any length in this place; but it may just be said that, when Lord
John brought forward his solemn protestation against the oratorical
vagaries of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that gentleman appeared
determined to exhibit a prolongation of the original after-dinnerisms in
his manner, which was just that of the wild, defiant speech of 1852,
when office was slipping from his grasp, and which malicious people
who were looking on said owed some of its inspiration to continued
sips of tliat beverage to which the Captain hold of Halifax resorted
after the melancholy end of Miss Bailey. When he replied on a sub-
s: :ueut evening to Lord Palmerston, the fume and the fever seemed
to nave somewhat subsided; but that may have been rhetorical artifice—
if, indeed, the other style was not—because he at once observed that his
new assailant, smarting probably at his rival having anticipated
him during his absence on the former evening, took rather the
bounceable line himself, in strong contrast to Lord John s potent,
grave, and reverend rebuking. Of course then it was Mr, Disraeli s
cue to be argumentative and specious; but on the whole one would
soy that both he and Lord Palmerston appeared in this business
reckless, and very much like men, or rather politicians, who have
nothing to lore and do not expect to gain much. The noble Viscount
is politically on his last legs; and Mr. Disraeli is just in the position
of an acrobat who may ding to his post uriug-machine and perform
Ion feats with safe agility for some time, but who is just as likely, at
any moment, to slip and break his neck. Perhaps the unkindest cut of
all which he has received with reference to his now more or less famous
oration was given by Lord Derby, when he said, with that in¬
effable laugh and twinkle of the eye of his, that Lord Clarendon’s
t.iuce of calling attention to the speech would give him an oppor¬
tunity of reading it. It must, however, be confessed that Lord Derby,
in his defence of it, showed that his reading of it had afforded him
just the sort of amusement in which he delights. No man, and cer¬
tainly no Prime Minister, has ever viewed public affairs from a more
ihddedly comic point of view than Lord Derby; and, as he has always
t ated politics more as a pastime than a grave occupation, he, no
doubt, hud a wondrous fellow-feeling with his smart but injudicious
colleague in the delivery of that lucubration, which would have been
a paean if it had not been a comical satire. On the whole, one would
say that, looking at this matter as it will be thought of some few
weeks hence—if it is thought of at all—the judicial summing up of
opinion would result in a decision that perhaps it would be better if a
Chancellor of the Exchequer were to be as correct in his facts as lie is
supposed to be in his figures, and that in his present position the
country expects from a leading Minister of the Crown a demeanour
and a conduct which is consistent with tbe designation of the Right
Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, rather than with that of Dizzy.
Almost absorbing as this topic has been, it lias not prevented
the develpment of other features to the curious, and, so to speak,
anatomical, observer of Parliament. Talking of features reminds one
of certain expressions of countenanco which have been recently dis¬
played by one or two gentlemen of note in the Legislature. In the
first place, it may be said that- Mr. Cardwell has positively grown old
in Look in the last week or so. He seems haggard and thin in the
face, and, though impassible as usual, shows unmistakable marks of
mental punishment. Then it was not unamusing to contempla;e the
teusses alter look of Sir Bulwer Lytton when he took care to be in his
« jat at the earliest moment of the sitting when the House met-
after the recess, a proceeding intended to demonstrate palpably
that ho new writ was about to be moved that evening on his behalf.
There was, however, a lurking consciousness about him, which
understood when one heard that he had, in default of Mr. Gladstone,
at length reached to the altitude of a Cabinet Minister,
the post of Secretary to the Colonies, and he must not be
his being greeted with a plagiarism from himself in
inquiry “ What will he do with it?” It only wants the
Mr. Samuel Warren to the Ministry to make Down^g-street qnite a
region of romance; and even now there is ample teason^for the
►resent Administration going down to posterity under the stidrfc title
of che Novelists’ Cabinet. The mention of Mr. Gladstone reminds
one that one night, during the debate about the Suez Canal business,
he had to encounter a new sensation Lor liiui lK P^rliament/Tor lie was
positively “ Oh-oh edl ” and cheered ifi the unpleasant sense to a con-
si durable extent. But, if a gentleman wilh*(ft up at twenty minutes past
twelve, and make a long, wordy, and not oVeKcivil ^^discriminating
oration, ami turn petulant, if not rude, when uny one ventures to dis¬
sent from very strongly and disagreeably expressed sentiments, he
must be content to be reminded that the House of Commons will
sometimes not spare its moraPrpd^en^in tho^ase of one of its most
g-joded children. If Mr. Cardwell shows traces of the recent con¬
flict, as we have said, it k 'equally certain that Lord Eileuborough
does not look suprea^ly li^ely.\^Ie has always affected to sit in an
attitude indicating deep abstraction, mid which was modelled on that
whieh the kte Du^/^OWellington x used to assume in his place
in Parlinim nl in his latter years. The folded arms, the head
ioiik on the breast, and Shc^rigidity of countenance, belied,
however, by th^ kcen watchfiuness of the eye, were copied to
the life. Lord EUenborough, on the seat below tho Ministerial bench)
stillMbs in/fhatriopgic^tahlikned pose; but close observation would
« (iablqoBo(te trace a deepening of the lines of the face, a greyer tinge
of thehair, and a languor abont the month and eye, which speak of
reai subduetlyess; and contrast strongly with the factitious repose of
former times, which he used to throw off at once by an electric start
into one of his vigorous, pointed, and animated speeches. Well, it is
a hard trial to the proud man of genius to be toppled so soon from
his pride of place; aud not among the least of his mortifications
must be the knowledge that his post has been filled by such
a mere elderly young man as Lord Stanley. If Lord Ellen-
Wough could only have been as practical in action as he
w as suggestive and comprehensive in hi* speeches, what a statesman
would lie not have mad: 1 Perhaps he would have succeeded in
pure desuotb.ni, hut he was lost amidst the red-tapery of a system
which may he criticised, if not controlled, in a great degree by say
Mr. William Williams of Laaibeth.
While flitting about the Lords it may be appropriate to say a word
or two about that odd discussion in that House on the Oa;hs Bill.
One searches in vain for a solution of the mystery which involves the
fact of Lord Lucan having taken action on such a question. Of coarse
every one supposed, when he first gave Ills notice, that it was the result
of an arrangement with the Government, with a view to a side-wind
settlement of the Jewish question, and tliat, tactically enough, the most
ont-of-the way person was selected to throw up the pilot-balloon Ikcre
could not have been a more remote agent for the bringing forward a sub¬
ject in which are said to be involved high principles of politics and reli¬
gion than an Irish cavalry officer, who has seldom or ever troubled
Parliament with his talk except when he was defending himself against
a charge of being no military tactician; while the selection of Lord
Stanhope to follow in the path of conversion smacked also of Minis¬
terial sub-management. However, as Lord Lucan aud Lord Derby
both loudly protested against any such notion, one has not a word to
say, except that somehow every Peer treated the matter as if it was
the subject of an arbitration, the award in which had been
determined on ; and that, if all that went on was involuntary
and unprepared, it was the most remarkable instance of Par¬
liamentary mesmerism that one recollects. One would like to
know what tho opinion of tliat still keen-witted aud almost frisky
octogenarian, Lord Lymlhurst, is on the matter, and how much of
the abstract and spontaneous unanimity he believes in. By-the-by,
why does Lord Derby never lose an opportunity of paying Lord Lynd.
hurst the negative compliment of expressing wonder that his faculties
have survived to such a time of his life ? If he looked once at the
noble and learned Lord when he said tliat, it would probably be the
last utterance of what Lord Derby seems to think a very genial
sentiment.
If the past week had had no other Parliamentary distinction, it
would have been saved from historical oblivion by the fact of the
House of Commons haviug performed the somewhat unusual duty bf
committing a prisoner tothe.custody of the Seijcant-at-Arms. Beiore
now the names of Washington and of Wilkes have figured promi¬
nently ill the pages of the “ Annual Registe r,” and surely there will
be found a little corner of tliat veracious chronicle for the embalming
of the memory of the possessor of those two names in coratmmtioiu
Italy; on the rugged steppes of the Crimea; on many a palmy P ‘ 1
in Atrica; under the rocky mountain ot Gibraltar; in the islands
the Mediterranean Sea; near the spicy groves ol Ceylon; on
the uncultivated soil of Nova Scotia; near the iron mines oi the
irregular mountains of the Mauritius. In England the number
of matches is on the increase, and tho opening meeting at Lord s was
most fully attended. This is as it should be. for we look upon cricket
as having the strongest claim to patronage, for it is in every sense a
game for the million ; it exci.es no envy l>y its exclusiveness, and is
equally open to the peer as .to the peasant. Indeed, we have
ourselves seeu the Royal wicket of the Prince Regent bo vied
down by a well-directed “long hop” of a plebeian placer, and the
Sailor King, when Duke of Clarence, caught out by the brawny hands
of an humble artificer. As a general rule, wherever this manly game
the interest of both classes ; amLoponno occasion—and we speak fiorn
a tolerably long experience— liav^we^verwitnesaed the deference due
to rank and wealth in the slightest degree lessened: if Private Suns
is run out by the indiscretion of liis Ooidnql/he is equally respectlul
to him on parade; aud, if the-■ stumps of a ducal magnate fly out ol the
ground by the swift and t/ttiiight bowling of the humble tiller of the
soil, the same consideration' is shown.
While upon the subject of cricket we cannot refram from laying
before our readers the account of two curious matches that came off
duriug the early part ol‘ the present century, and which created con¬
siderable sensation at the time. The first, according to the chroniclers
of the day. was for a thousand guineas, aud took place at Montpelier
Gardens, Walworth, between the one-armed and one-legged pensioners
of Greenwich Hospital. The sport created much diversion, as several
lost or broke tiheir wdodeh walls. Tlie following is the return of the
brief and simple. “ It
respectively bred ; the
ticular of those sports w!
determined in each his pi
OUT-DOOR AMUSEMENTS.
JUNE.
No matter what may be the course our several testes indicate, and
we therefore follow—whether we hunt, shoot, oi; iish—the same subtle
principle it is that actuates all who delight in the pleasures of the field.
A deep, unspeakable love of natural scenery (often ill understood, it
is true, aud but dimly perceived by those lyho, nevertheless, acutely
feci it), and a ceaseless craving after mental excitement, form tlie
chief constituents of the sporting character. This manlins a passion for
the chase, The next for the gun, a third for the gentle craft of angling
all s of them having the same .•■motive* to action* Whence arises this
diversity of pursuits ? ” here niitutally presents itself. The answer is
ices under which they were
indulgence of one iu par-
tastes and h.'ibits were forming that
uch are the reflections of
one who delights in all the recreation^qbove enumerated, aud who,
having summered the hunter, and laid down the gun, takes up the
rod with a light and jocund fcsart^pr seeks the pleasures of yachting-
June is most favourableTb^tiiese_^museaientH. The London angler
has his favouritc^r^sortpx^R, Thames, opened to him; but to the
bottom-angler, tli^ early part of tho mouth often proves a blank.
Whipping for iaceis, howevjerj likely to be successful in sharps aud
eddies, and occasioiudly a fi W trout may be raised’at the same time-
On the great troutnVero^fthe Dove of Derbyshire ; the Aire, the
Wharf#and Swals, of Yorii^iire; the Eden, Hull, the Driffield, Der-
went, thePyne, anTfthe Coijuet, of tho North; the Unk, and the
ever-windbig 1 Powey^Vf Wales; the Torridge, the Tamar, and the Ex,
of^h^Wes^* on Loughs Inchiquin, Duloch, Scbrub, Corrib, Neagh, in
Ireland ; Lpclis Lomond, Awe, Laggan, Ericht, Bannock, Tay, Earn,
iul>nhig>Arckr^, Ketturm, in the land of flood and mountain—the
mayfly is now at its height; and happy is ho who can get a good station
on^tiiajatiks of some favoured trout stream. Grayling also, beg in-
ingtostir^themselves, are often taken alternately with the trout.
k :c patience-in-a-puut angler looks forward to the end of tho month
tn his piscatory campaign against the barbel aud gudgeon, while
>re active follower of old Izuae will wield Ids rod, baited with
. insects, for chub, roach, and dace. Perch, eels, ami flounders
yield certain sport; in fact, all the white fish will take freely towards
the end of the month. Salmon-fishing is now at its height, and is
to angling what deer-stalking is to shooting of meaner description.
It requires a dexterous hand and a quick eye to raise and strike this
king of the finny tribe; and, when this is achieved, the sport is
only begun at th* point where, in other angling—uuless in the ease o;
an unusually lively and strong fish—it commenced and ended. The
address and strength required to foil all attempts at escape, the
hazard of failure, the anxious suspense, all umbo to render this sport
perfection; and Wellington after Waterloo never felt prouder than
diit the writer of this when, upon a memorable occasion, iu company
with the late respected and gallant Saltoun, he killed a fine Spey
salmon weighing eighteen pounds. From the mighty rivers ot
Scotland let us return to the greensward of England, where cricket¬
ing is now going on—and among the games oi “ merrie England ”
few, if any, have become so popular among all ranks as this has. its
exact origin is unknown, but, according to Strutt, it may^ be dated
from the commencement of the eighteenth century. The first notice
of it which this painstaking antiquary has been able to discover was
in one of D’Urfey’s songs:—
Har was the prettest fellow
At ooihall or at cricket;
At huut ng, chase, or nimble rnce.
How leaily hur could prick It j
Whether the game is derived from the chugan of tho Persians, the
bandy play ot the Welsh, the hurling of the Iris)i, or the golfing of
Scotland, we know not; suffice it to say that iu England alone, and
in her colonies, it was reared and matured, and, wherever our active
countrymen have met abroad, bats, balls, and wickets have been in¬
variably introduced. We ourselves, during a somewhat lengthened
pilgrimage, have taken part iu the game in England, Ireland, Bel¬
gium, France, Germany, and Canada. Our first essay was in Tothill-
tields—at the time we write of, the play-ground of the Westminster
hoys; oar next was, during the holidays, at the Puccnix Park, Dublin.
Our next iuhings came oil* at Vienna, during the Congress of 1815,
where a chosen few introduced t ie game on the Prater. We then
aimed at a higher flight, and formed one of a celebrated eleven of the
Guards and Stall* iu tne park atEnghien, near Brussels, about a month
lw:ore the grand match between Wellington and Napoleon at Wa¬
terloo. From Belgium we proceeded to La Belle France, where we
pirched our wickets near the Hois do Boulogne; then crossed the
Atlantic, and “ went in ” on the Plains of Abraham, near Quebec,
where Wolf died victorious. A few weeks afterwards we were run out
Witliin a short distance of the mighty cataract of Niagara. The above
are personal experiences; but the game has not been confined to the
places mentioned, for it Ins flourished under the burning clime of
India; iu the wild belt* of the Cape; amidst the balmy breezes of
mutilated match of the
One/armed Players.
First innings .. .. 20
Second ditto .. .. 65
Third ditto V. J .. 32
One-legged Players.
First innings .. .. 31
Second ditto .. .. 25
Third ditto .. .. 21
Total^-.. 117 Total .. .. 77
As soon as the umpires declared the match to be in favour of the
^fewest hanffij/* the winners drove off to Greenwich in u triumpi al
car, ornamented with flags, banners, and laurel leaves, laughing (we
presume) “in their (empty) sleeves” at the discomfiture of the one-
legged fraternity. Tho losers speedily followed them, and consoled
themselves with “ splicing the mainbnice” with prog and grog that
had not undergone the sciutiny of the purser, and which left them, to
foHowteut the nautical metaphor, “ three sheets in the wind.”
\Tiie other was between Lord Charles Kerr and J. Cock, Esq., jun.,
fcq jffuy a game of cricket—his Lordship backing his servant James
Bndger and his water-spaniel ** Drake ” against Mr. Cock with Mr.
VVetherell. The match, which was for fifty guineas a side, was played
at Holt Pond cricketiug-ground, near Farnham, Surrey. The post
assigned to “ Drake” was that of* fagging out for the ball, the only
way., indeed, in which liis services could be rendered available; but, as
he always caught it at the first bound, he proved himself quite as good
a fieldsman as many a biped would have done. The following was the
result of the game:—
First Innings.
Lord C. Kerr. J. Cock, Eaq.
J. Bridger, so, caught out by J. Cock J. Cock, 6. caught by J. Bridger.
“Drake ’0 : instead of “not out, ”1 W. Wetherell, o, run out by “Drake.”
we may say •* never in.”
Mr. Cock then turned “ shy ” and gave up the match. The way in
which the canine member of “Lord's” ran Wetherell out was as
follows:—Wetherell hit the hall smirtly for a run, but “ Drake’ % played
across the ball so much faster than the former expected, stopped it so
well, and delivered it so quickly to his partner Bridger, that the bats¬
man’s stumps went down without a run.
LAUNCH OF THE PORTUGUESE STEAM-SCREW
CORVETTE “SAGRES.”
This vessel, tho second of a new class of war-steamers now building
in this country for the Portuguese Government, was launched oa
Thursday week from the building-yard oi' Messrs. Young, Son, and
Magnay, ofLimehou.ee
Tnu day was very favourable, and a brilliant company attended to
wiin8sa tlio launch Among them there wore present Mb Excelleaoy
the Count duLavradio, the Portuguese Minister, and the Gouniess; Ad¬
miral Su* George S a florins, Admiral the Marquis de Lisboa, Sir C. Da
Bathe andL'.cy De Bathe, and other dittiugmsked visitors.
The Sagra has been built from the dyjigim of Air. Charles Cousins,
under tho superintendence of Admi al Sir Georgo Soxcoriua, and jo
fleets the highest credit on her constructor and all ooncerned in her
equipment, being as worthy u w^r oraft ae-hae yet been launched in the
Thames.
The vopcoI herself is 205 feet long, her extreme breadth is 32$ feel,
and her depth 17 feat. According to builders' maas ore went, she is
1017 tons burden, and hor engines will bo of 300-horse power, by
Messrs. Humphreys, Tennant, and D;.ko, of Depcford.
The Coimteos do Lavzad io name i tho vessel, and tini launch took p] tco
at two o’clock. In every rssject it was most satisfactory; und the
Sayres her? If is a beautiful model her draught at launching w; ♦
wiiiiu hi-lL* an inch of tho calculations The armament will oentistof
four 82 peundor and two G8 pounder pivot guns.
Soon after the Vcssri left the w&yn the company adjourned to tim
moulding loft of iho •tetaDliehment, which Was expressly fitted up fora
ball and luncheon room, under the direction of Air. Chapter, of tho
London Tavern, and Air Sawoll, of Sailors' Hall Many loyal toasts
were frivtn and responded to, aud tho room was thou cioaici lor
dancing, and theLs'Jv’itiesftoi the evening continued till a lute hour.
ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE.
Tub expedition, consisting of the Agamemnon, Niagara Qorgcm, and
Valwrous, 9leamed out of Plymouth harbour «»u the evening ot .Saturday
last for a few days' cruise, preparatory to their departure for the
middle of tho Atlantic.
The new paying out machinery, with th3 small steam ecgin*.«
attached to each to accomplish the reeling in of the cable, iueasoof
u&y iujury o.uiu-ring to the iuRuheti-'n during the paying out, together
wiih tho rest of the apparatus, have boon erected on both ships, and are
now eafvly housed in to prevent uny of the rigging fouling the gi-ar
during tbe working ol* thu ships. Everything, as lar os can be judged
of at present, looks favourable lor the undertaking, and, should tho re¬
sults of tho experiments in deep water turn out as sii*i6fkciqrilv as it
is expeoted they will, the successful laying of the wire may be looked
forward to with comparative certainty.
Our Sketph shows the stern of the Agamemnon with the sheave,
over which the cable is paid out; the buo>s hanging at the quarters
are for marking the position of the end of tho cable, should it. by hud
weather coming on, bo found necessary to cut it.
The Gold Mines on the Frazer and Thompson Rivers.—
By a letter from San Francisco vre learn that the news of the discovery ot
gold oti the Frazer ar.d on Thompson Rivera, iu the British territory
to the north ol ihe Oregon and Washington territories, is confirmed by
every arrival from those countries. The extractn from Oregon pap- r*
which have come to huud within the last few days are corroborated by
of this gold has been yet assayed, but it. appears of good quality, in scaTfy.
and lumps unmixed with quartz, and “ clean,” aud is reported ol tne
value of 16 dol. the ouece.
A Gold Coast Newspaper. — The Athenceum says “English¬
men sow the dragon teeth of type m every laud to which they carry theii^
energy and their genius, aud in due season they spring up arm 1 d glaute-
litre is a newspaper from the Gold Coast—a small paper, something nice
he Mercuries of the Commonwealth, and c» II*. d the West African lierau*.
It is nut yet a giant, rather a mannikin, but the infant .love is already m
rebellion, and he may indue time wield the thunderbolts -a (.ape Coast
Times curbing Accra and civilising Ashantces with printers ink. buecess
to our African brother! ”
Muffled peals were rung at the parish church of Bury on the
I tidings reachingthat town o: the death of Captain Sir William ± tel, W«#
died on tlie 27 th April, atCawupore, of smallpox.
June 5 , 1858 .]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
567
EPITOME OF NE WS—FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
The Queen has signified her intention of being present in Leeds
at the iartor end of August, for the purpose of inaugurating the noble
Town ha 11 of that borough.
Her Majesty, as a mark of her appreciation of the distinguished
eeieutlflo acquirements of Professor Faraday, has presented him with a
residence at Uaoipton Court, to be furnished at her Majesty's expense.
The anniversary of the birthday of the Queen of England was
ce'ebrated at the Chateau of Kabelsberg at Berlin, where the Princess
Victoria resides, by a family dinner. The Prince of Prussia was present.
Lord Wodehouse, the English Minister at St. Petersburg, had
an audience of the Emperor on the 18th ult. to take leave.
Lord Stanley has succeeded to the Presidency of the Board o f
Control: and Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton lias become" Secretary of State
lor the Colonies.
T he next in the line of succession to the Viceroyalty of Egypt,
now that Achraet Parlia is no more, is Ismail Pacha, his brother, son of
the late Ibrahim Pacha.
At n coroner’s inquest held at Gravesend a verdict of man¬
slaughter was returned by the jury against Charles James Morris, alias
‘ the Brighton Pet,” lor killing Philip Kedwood in a prize light, at Rising
Sun Puint, on W ednesday week.
( n Tuesday week one of the fine old oaks in Ampthill Park,
Bedfordshire, was fired by lightning, and almost totally destroyed.
Bv the ileceaso of Captain Evans the appointment of Captain of
Invalids at Chelsea Hospital has become vacant, and is in the gilt of the
Earl of Dououghmore, Paymaster-General.
The visitors to the South Kensington Museum last week were as
followsMornings, 10,761; evenings, 1615 : total, 16,109.
A preaching-tent lias been brought into use in Philadelphia
which holds Mob persons.
The Rev. Canon Moseley, so long and so honourably connected
with the training of the young, has been appointed civilian member of
tfe Council of Military Education, and an artillery officer will be added to
the list.
There are to be called this term ten barristers in the Middle
Temple, eleven in the Inner Temple, and twenty-two in Lincoln's Inn.
The Rev. Richard Elwyn, SLA., late Fellow of Trinity College,
Cambridge, has been elected to the post of Head Master of the Charter
House, vacant by the lamented death of Hr. Elder.
The number of palients relieved at the City of London Hospital
for Diseases of the Chest, Victoria Park, during last week was 1077, of
which 131 were new cases.
The four steam-ships bnilt by Messrs. White, of Cowes, for
the Ottoman Government, left the Southampton waters on Sunday for
tlieir destination.
The screw-transport Loire, which sailed on Wednesday week
from Brest, with convicts for Cayenne, had on board Kudio and Gomez,
tho confederates of Oraiui in the attempt to assassinate the Emperor on
the tttli of January.
According to a despatch from Ft. Petersburg, all the inhabitants
of Little Tclietschlna, in the Caucasus, from n oon to 15,000 in number,
are ‘ emigrating into Russia under the protection of Russian troops,
and nil the villages had been burned.
St. John's Church, Barnsley, wns consecrated on Eriday (last
week) by the Bishop ot* Ripon.
The doliveties of tea in London estimated for last week were
7fi.l,osslb.. which is an increase of 38,7861b. compared with the previous
statement
The office of Clerk of the Hanaper, vacant by the death of
Mr John O'Connell, was on Saturday last conferred by Lord Eglinton
upon Mr. Ralph S. Cusack, barrister, and chairman of the North Union
Uearii of Poor-law Guardians.
T he number of patients relieved at the Royal Free Hospital,
C ray’s -inn-road, during last week was 2030, of which OH were new cases.
During recent excavations in Church-street, Lancaster, a silver
denarius of the reign of the Emperor Antoninus Pius, and a copper coin
bearing the name of Alexander Severus, with many specimens ot Roman
potterv, were found.
On Friday (last week) a silver inkstand was presented to Mr.
N. Adshcad by the teachers and scholars of Heaton Reddish Church
Sunday School as a mark of their esteem.
The inauguration of the Alicante Railway took place on the 25th
ult. The fetes were splendid. Four Ministers of State were present.
Another shock of earthquake was felt at Naples on Monday
■week. . . . _
The "Federal Council has decreed that the opening of the Inter-
national Telegraphic Congress shall take place on the 23rd of August next
Invitations have been sent to alt tbc States interested m the question!
a dvices from Naplis of the 24th state that the crop of silk has
broil almost entirely lost In consequence of disease amongtbe worms.
Sicily, however, has escaped. The oidium has reappeared. Lorn has ad¬
vanced In price. ... „ , , ,
Nine persons were burnt to death in a fire at Chicago; and by
the burning of the steamer JluntsviUe in the Mississippi ten persons were
iio Lord Chancellor has presented the Rectory of Southwick,
near Brighton, to the Rev. 17. B T’arkes, youngest son ot the Rev. Richard
Parkcs. Vicar of Loppington, Shropshire.
’vices from Riga mention that the ceremony of turning the
first turf and . ommeneingthe works for theRiga-Dunaburg Railway took
pines on the 20 th ult. _ . \
The trials ot Colonel Browne and the policemen implicated in
the Dublin riots or the 12th of March will come off at tbc commission of
Oyer and Terminer, which opens on the 17th Inst \
A correspondent of the Perth Constitutional states that the bees
in his garden hived on Tuesday week. . '.>
The Saxon Government has introduced a reform into its system
of weights ned measures. From the 1st or November next the decimal
system as used iu France will be adopted in Saxoiiy; \ \
ecoriling to accounts received from Normandy Ttn abundant
’ a nd con»eonently of cider at a cheap rate, may be expected
to rorty-ilve Sue fruit bloSsoma are
*o„„ted on brandies not more than six inches in length.
T he Russian Navigation and Commercial Company, established
^ TTe* KovafThames W National Regatta will lake place at Putney
he 2 lffiTo:"edor.ian ball has been changed from Friday,
1 he Greeks in Candia have rbCn(j^SPLemption from military
t “Tffiecrs for
1 he ntimber of allotments of pay by s "SXSd Kin^om
the support of their families" and others, payable in the untied uanguu
“Ttnd^een nused to Beenre the pe— t-mtcnance
iu tbi* country of the valuable museum collected Dy
^^^JSjinan. living in Liven**.!, was on Sunday
neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant, when ho WM sJhotby^
1 Lewis, with whom he had previously some quarrel.
4., jCriani^OUS curfdition. _ , «
' A li t er from Venice states that the Count do Chambord, as well
l h ncnKms of his suite, went into mourning for the Duchess of
OrklM even b^ore they received the official account of her
t, -a nnnnimced in Tuesday night’s Gazette that the Lisbon
Board of Health has notified tha/Buenos Ayres is considered infected
wit h yellow tof* 1 - me da’ for the best prose essay on a sacred
“wav last
numUrSS^ aRnitted to the saersi office, of priest and
deacon.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
W. F. W.-A Klnjf cannot b« utalenmtttl whtlo he has any man cnpttbV of morin*.
D. W. O.- You c*n procure both work« of C. nktat. pnhliabtr, King WillUm-street, Strand.
I PNMOW.—A King mas; not catt'o when in check.
F. M —The final result or the Ca ifomUn Cbatfl Tonmament has not yet revh^-d n*.
it. *. M. Glasgow, KerrKIiug, J. B. of Bradford, E. ii. C., L. K. J. P.—Now undhr
eotuidorotion.
*■* Warn of spasacompels os to postpone the answers to numerous correspondents until
n^xt week.
BOLHTio*S OF PROBLEM NO. 741, by D. w. o., PHgo. Amabel, P. T. F., D F., Juris Con-
s ,1 us ot Ooricos, J. P_ enix rerev on, J. M. of 8her>/orn. P. C. *' , ambri go, E. I).. C. G. F.,
Merc to*. D. !>., •‘.O.O, W. c. G., Medico*, H. F. G„ Phllo-Ch**, U 3.. L. 8. T., E. F-
B B. T, V. V , Adelphi, P. M. W., P. G , C. W. J... >. B.. S. P. hj K -C/ar. Bex. G. L. O.,
■'fojikburm, foniper Idtm, Dromio, Pniz, Delta, Looniun, M. P , Major L,. Donnington,
A Clerk, Tn o Bloe. B x and Ox, Antony. K. D. 8 , Porseus, l** Schoolboy, P. u. S ,
Eioniontis, 1853, Bombardier, Woolwich, H. I». W, Ironsides, Omlcrou, B. F., Big Ben.
8. W. V., Little Dorrit, A Middy, Louise, Hector, are right.
WHITE.
1. Kt to K B 5th
(a) 1.
2. Kt to K. Kt 7th
Solution of Problem No. 744.
BLACK. I WHITE. BLACK.
B to K. R 6th, 3. Kt takes P Any move,
or (a) 13. K B or Kt mates.
K: to K Kt 5th (6) f 3. R or Kt mites.
Any move.
( 6)1
2. Kt to K R 6th
Kt t-s H »*th
Any xuovo
I 3. R mates.
PROBLEM No.
By F. Healey,
black.
746.
WEST YORKSHIRE CHESS ASSOCIATION.
The third annual gathering of this society took place atrfhe Royal Holcl^
Halifax, on Saturday, May 22nd, and was numerously attended. Among
tin- assembled amateurs were Messrs. Thomas. Leyland, Scott, Fanning,
Wainhouse, and Parker, of Halifax; Messrs. Kipping and Pindar, of Man¬
chester; Dr. Scott, Messrs. Wilkinson, Brook. Cooper. Eastwood. Mitchell,
and Parratt, irom Huddersfield; Messrs. Cadman, Bishop. Myers, Hesle-
ton, of Leeds : Messrs. Shepherd. Tomlinson, Robinson, YouLg, VYormaid,
and Thorold. from Wakefield. Chess play commenced at noon, and was
continued till evening, when the partv adjourned to a handsome dinner,
under the presidency of Dr. Alt-xandiv The game which excited the
lion’s share of attention during the day was the one between Mr. John
Thomas, of Halifax, and .Hr. Pindar, of Manchester, and the following
between Mr. Kipping, of Manchester, and Mr. Walkinson, ol Hnddtrs-
■ ( ( (Scotch Gambit.)
black (Mr. W.) ivn iT >1 Mr. K.)
1 . P to K 4 th - pto K 4 th
2. K KttoK B3rd QKttoQBSrd
3. P to Q 4th P takes P
4. BtoQBith B to Q B 4th
5. Pto QB 3rd P to (j 3rd
6. P takes P K B to Q; Kt 3rd
7 . Castles (3 it to K Kt 6th
8. Q B to K 3rd Q to K B 3rd
9. Q Kt to Q B 3rd B takes K Kt
to. Q takes B Q takes Q
11 . P takes Q y Kt takes Q P
12 . Q Kt to y 5th y Kr to K 3rd
13. 5 takes B y R P takes B
14. y It toy B sq y It to Q B »q
15 ! K R 10 tj pq K KttoK 2nd
ae.BtoQKt 6t;h(ch) K to Q sq
''(Whits b,s rlrti'ilv a Usd Eiimo; bu; ho
had bolter hove morod '.In King :o B equoro.)
IL Kttaiics y Kt P Q It to Q Ivt 84
Ht ii cao: that ho oould not toko Uio Kt
with-.in being mxtod&l on:®.)
18 . P to K 5th K Kt to K B 4th
T?. Kt to Q B 4th
tTcttcr, perhaps, to havo fIajtx! B to Q W.)
K Kt to Q 6th
2 u. P takes P
(Block has nothing bolter; ho mart I-'*«
■omfithlng a: ,Iua point )
20 . K Kt takes B
(If. inirnd of capturing the Bliinp, ha had
ebeckod at K 7ib, Black vioaw have won
gr.:—
vo. Kt to K 7th leh)
21. K to B »q KtuJu* V|R
2tf. V uikca QBP K ukca P
(donblo cal
23. Kto <4 7th (ch) K to q B «q
2t. Kt milt*.!
21 . P takes P (double K takes P
ch)
22 . Kt to K 6th (did- K to Q Kt 3rd
covering ch) _
2 d. Kt to Q 7 th (eh) K to Q R 2 nd
24. Q ft toQ B 4th K KttoQ L2nd
25. Q H to Q It 4 tch) K Kt toQ ft 3rd
28 KttakesR KtakesKt
27 . Q R to y B 4th P to K ft 4th
28 . P to K B 4th R to K K 3rd
29. PtoKlt Stil Q Kt to K Kt 4
BLACK (Mr. W.) vrnrTE (Mr. K.)
30. P to K B 4th y Kt to KB 6 (ch)
3t K to R sq K to K B 3rd
32 K it to Q 8th (ch) K to y R 2 nd
33 . KRto KKt 8th R to y3rd
(Threatening R to Q 7th, &c.)
34 . K to Kt 2nd y KttoKR5 (ch)
35 . K to Kt 3rd y Kt tks P (ch)
36 . K to B 3rd P to K Kt 3rd
37 . P to y Kt 4th % to Kt 3rd
38. P to y R 4th y KttoyotlKchj
(Sareir 5 10 0 6th (oh) W-J preftmbto
Boiv i son oonlil filook bore aofeoded btm-
Wir/)
3 h Kto K4th ymtoQKteth
40. K to K 3rd R to K 3td (ch)
41. yRtoK4th E toy 3rd
42. yEtoK5th K Kt to y B 2nd
43 . P to K B 5th KKt toy 4th (ch)
44 . K to KB 2nd y Kt toy Bath
45 . K to K Kt sq y Kt to Q 6th
46. y R to K 8th KKttksyKtP
(Had ho cloyed Kt to K 8 Srd, Bl:ek would
hxva taken KKtP whb Few a, Uo.)
47. P takes K Kt P P takes P
48. y R to y 8th K to K B 3rd
40. y R to K B 8th R takes R
50. U takes R K Kt to Q 4th
51. R to y R 8th K to Q B 4th
52 . R to y K 7th P to y Kt 3rd
63 . P to y R 5th P to y Kt 4th
54 . P to y R 6th K to y Kt 3rd
55 . ft to y 7th K takes P
56. It takes K Kt Kt to K B 5th
57. K toy 6th (ch) K to y R4th
68. R to K it 6th P to K Kt 4th
59. R to K B 6th K to Q it 5th
60 . KtoKBsq PtoyKt 5th
61 . R takes K Kt P P to y Kt 6th
62 ft to K Kt 8 th P to y Kt 7th
63. R to Q Roth tch) K to y Kt 6th
64. lttoyiCtsthtchjKto y B 7th
65. R takes P (ch) K takes R
66. K to K B 2 nd K to y B 6!h
67 . K to K Kt 3rd
(7hb wa* on onboppy oltp. for, by wovtnjs
tbc King either to hL own 3rd or bli Bo 3M,
tbs gome, of tonne, wm drawn >
07 , K to K Kt 3 rd
FINE ARTS .
New Pictures by Rosa Bonubub.
Two new pictures by Mdllc. Rosa Bouhenr are at present exhibiting
at the German Gallery, in New Bond-street. “ The Lanaais Peasimts
Going to Market ” is a striking picture, illustrative of the peculiar
local scenery and customs of Les Landes, a wide tract of country in
the neighbourhood oi Bordeaux, in the midst of which the artist was
born, and from which she naturally derived her first impressions in
landscape. There is the wide flat plain, with a fine leceding distance:
the foreground clothed with scanty herbage and wild heather. In
the midst is a bullock-cart coming towards the spectator, on the top
of which is seated a woman, whose red gown is nicely balanced by a
bit of fresh green grass behind her. Behind, and around the cart, are
a troop of sheep, and two shepherds, who, according to the custom of
the country, walk npon stilts. The sun is supposed to be in the rear,
a little off to the lett, and the shadow of the last is thrown forward
with almost magical effect, iusoinuch that, under certain conditions
of atmosphere, it might be taken to be the shadaw of some real
external object projected against the canvas. This, it should be ob¬
served, though a triumph of art in some respects, is not good art.
Properly characterised, it ,®Ist x l>e called ** trick ; ” aud the very cir¬
cumstance which we have ment ioned (and which, if we mistake not
has been remarked before by others), as to the painted shadow being
sometimes mistaken for a real shadow, would be sufficient to condemn
it in the interests of art itself. We enforce this opinion with the more
earnestness in the present chse x/ iis the peculiar atmospheric effects
aimed at by this clever artist have degenerated into mannerism—a
mannerism which, from her high position and deserved popularity,
lias begun to\ihfluence other artists, including some of our own
country. The most disparaging feature in this lady’s sky-mannerism
is that her pictures want air; and the consequence of this is strikingly
apparent in the picture before us, where, for want of the effect of dis¬
tance which an atmospheric medium would afford, the man walking cn
stilts in the rear of the cart, on a first glance, appears to be walking
on the heads of the sheep in front of him. Iu all the great points of
animal character, and the nice details of herbage, this picture fully
sustains the high renown of the artist.
“ Morning in the Highlands ” pleases us much better than the com¬
panion picture, and presents Mdlle. Bonheur under a new inspiration,
which she has ably interpreted. The scene is in the Highlands, iu
the neighbourhood of the Firth of Forth, with the OchUl Hills in
the Distance. In the foreground is a picturesque group of five Scot¬
tish oxen, who are looking out towards the middle distance on the
left, whence others of their kind are arriving, accompanied by a little
Shetland pony. Wonderful individuality or character is thrown into
each of these wild mountain brutes, who are of different shades of
colour—black, brown, red, and dun—and all evidently portraits.
In the room is also exhibited a very fine speaking likeness of Mdlle.
Rosa Bonheur, by Dubuffe.
Herb Schoeff’s Collection of Indian Pictures.
HerrSchoeff, a German artist of considerable ability, who dnriog
many years past has travelled in almost every part of India in search
of the picturesque and historically curious, has produced a very in¬
teresting collection of pictures as the result of his labours, which are
at present on view at the Gallery, 7, Haymarket (opposite Her
Majesty’s Theatre). These pictures include views of Calcutta,
Bombay, Dellii, Benares, Lucknow, and numerous other places
which are at this moment the scenes of events of enthralling
interest; as well as portraits of celebrated Orientals, as Sheer
Sing, King of the Pnnjaub, the King of Delhi and his late
son, Mehemet Ali, &c. Every work is painted with great firm¬
ness and evident truth fulness, with a keen eye for effect. The
large picture at the end of the room of the “ Court of Lahore ”
is a striking production, full of glittering pageantry, aud comprising
upwards of fifty portraits. Nor has Herr Schoeff restricted his pencil
wholly to Oriental subjects: a fine portrait of the lute Emperor
Nicholas, and a view of the “Grand Canal, Venice, by Moonlight,"
and other European subjects, evince his power in themes nearer henie
and more akin to art, which he has treated with true artistic feeling.
PnOTOGRAPITY 05 IVORY.
Some important inventions or improvements have just been brought
into successful operation in the practice of photography by Messrs.
Beard and Sharp, of Old Bond-street. It is well-known that ivory,
notwithstanding its rare and valuable qualities for the purposes of
the miniature-painter, has proved* most intractable in the hands of
the photographer, and until recently has baffled all attempts to brine
it into successful use. Me«rs. Beard and Sharp, however, have, to
all appearance, succeeded in accomplishing this object. The
process they adopt differs, we understand, very materially
from any that has yet been made public, the ordinary chemicub
being entirely disused in it; nor is any destructive ageu:
used in “ fixing,” as in other processes. The metallic oxide employed
combines chemically with the substance of the ivory, and the conse¬
quence is a picture of great purity and brilliancy, which it is almost
impossible to remove by time or any other agency. The importance
of this discovery, when the value of ivory as a ground for minia¬
ture painting is considered, cannot be overrated; and some very
beautiful coloured specimens which we have inspected fully attest its
practical availability, not for superseding, but for gliding and assist¬
ing, the labours of the miniature artist.
And In a few moves Black surrendered.
CHESS IN THE METROPOLIS.
Mr. Staunton gives the Q’s Kt to the Mexican Amateur.
(Remove White's Q Kt from the. board)
(Irregular Opening.)
BLACK iMr. W.) WHITE (Mr. S.)
white (Mr. S.)
1 . P to Q Kt 3rd
2 . P to K *ih
3. PtoKB 3rd
P to Q Kt 3rd
Q Btotj Kt 2nd
P to K 3rd
— - WAD HILl x
4. Q BtoQ K.t 2 nd KKttoK B3rd
5. Kt to Iv K 3rd R KttoKR-lth
6. P to Q 4th QtoKRotli(ch)
7 . Kt to K B 2 nd P to K 4th
& K B to Q B 4th Q Kt to QB 3rd
9 . P to K Kt 3rd Q to K B 3rd
(Better to hara played hsr to K 2nd; bat
xnv cuo WMt« fc*™ won tho King •
Pawn, ar.d irxlnod a fin* rtUek.)
10 P to K B 4th P takes K B P
(He preferred Riving «P
wbjertbinttelftoOus conMqnono* of defend-
H. Q takes Kt F takes K Kt F
IX KIttoKBsq KBwQKtStli
(ch)
14. KtoQsq
UIkJ b. mjwt P .o liJ ^A
tore ubu lb. 1 Pawa wkb qa"*-
BLACK (Mr. W.)
14 . I» to K Kt 3rd
15 . Q to K Kt 4th P to K R 4th
16 . y to K 2 nd K R to K sq
17 . Pto QB 3rd K B to his sq
I af Kt to Q 3rd Q to K Kt *th
19. B takes K B P K to K 2nd
20 . K B to Q 5th K to Kt sq
21. q to k b 3rd
22 . Q B to his sq Q to KKt 5th
23 . U takes Q P takas Q
24 . Q B to K Kt6th K U to K sq
25. B takes Q R Kt takes B
26. B takes B K takes B
27 K R to K B 4th Kt to K 3rd
28 . K K takes P P to K Kt 4th
29 K to Q 2 nd B to K Kt 2 nd
30 I Q R to K B sq Kt to Q sq
31 . P to K 6th P takes P
32 P takes P B takes P
33 ’ Q B to K sq Kt to Q B 3rd
3t. K K to K 4th
And wins.
FANCY RAZ AAR AT WELLINGTON BARRACKS.
Ox Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of tha past week (as stated in Util
Journal of Saturday last) a fancy bazaar of extraordinary brilliancy wa«
held in the yard of the Wellington Barra’.ks, "in aid of the funds of
the Central Association for Improving the Condition of the Wives and
Families of Soldiers end Sailors, and for relieving the frightful dis¬
tress consequent upon sending so many of our Troops to tho East.
The Duke of Cambridge had grunted the use of the yard, and hor
Majesty, the Duchess of Kent, th. Duchess of Cambridge, tho Prince?!
Mary of Cambridge, and a great number of noblo ladies appeared on
the list of patronesses. Tho stalls, which were heaped up with articles
of the fanciful kind usually sold on such occasions, varied with seme
having special reference to the objects of this particular b-zoar, were
all under a large circular marquee, tastefully decorated, and. with the
aid of tha fashionable venders and purchasers, presented s very gay
appearance, the 6cene being farther enlivened by tho music oi the
GrenadieT and Coldstream Guards and the Soot* Fusiliore. Tho pro¬
ceeds of the bazaar were, as nearly aa can be at present ascertained, a
follows ’-—
Lady Siracey’s Refreshment Stall .. •>. ■■ y
Mrs. lloare s Stall iwork made eutire.y by soldiers wives resi¬
dent tn London, cmploved by the Central Association!
Thcf'Lady 1 lunthay^and * the ladies C«do£n'« tArtW
Thc^Viseonntess ingestre. I.'idy pikinztoli. and Mrs. Gic-
ville Vernon> (Flower) SttOl-tlie two Aral dx>« tno return,
as yet, of the third day. Saturday) .
?£ &r 0 f Mn"^ ™ Wretch*
Stall •• •• •• ** ** " ** ** ^
Admission tickets daring the .*
r. _ LtA =nndri« to the amount of from £350 to
t ^ deductJfffor the umfc, rUmhmenU. aUmdiae*.
advertisements, •• ••
£53 IS
4
83
10
0
138
5
Q
275
•
0
M
1
0
250
0
0
115
0
0
240
M
4
<54
!0
s
330
0
0
2547
9
11
355
•
•
£1717
5 11
568
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[J une 5, 1858
by George
WaterviUe;
FANCY BAZAAR AT THE WELLINGTON BARRACKS, IN AID OF THE FUNDS OF THE CENTRAL ASSOCIATION FOR IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF SOLDIERS AND SAILCRS.
out in the purchase of articles. The manufacturers were most muni¬
ficent in their contributions to the bazaar; the list of donors including
the names of Messrs. Minton and Co., of Stoke-upon-Trent; Messrs.
Capper, of Gracechurch-street; Messrs. Powell, of Whitefriars,
Fleet-street (who supplied Mrs. Angerstein’s stall with the handsomest
w the refreshment-hall, and to Mrs. Seacole, who attended the
every day, a a well as to Mrs. Berwick, of Union-street, Berkeley-
square, who devoted herself entirely to the object in view.
STATUE OF THE RIGHT HON. EDWARD BURKE, BY W. THEED, IN
THE NEW PALACE OP WE8TMIN8TEB.
things gratis); of Mr. Hancock, of Bruton-street; Mr.Daniel, Bond-
street; Messrs. Veitch, King's-road, Chelsea; Mr. C. Turner, Slough,
near AV indsor; Mr. Clarke, of Leicester; Mr. Eimmel, of the Strand;
and many other contributors.
Great t hank s are due to M. Boyer for giving his assistance in ar-
STATUE OF EDMUND BURKE,
ST. STEPHEN'S HALL, NEW PALACE OF WESTMINSTER.
This statue, executed by order of her Majesty's Commissioners
of the Fine Art?, has just been placed in the beautiful Hall of
St. Stephen. It is the last of
the series of statesmen in¬
tended to adrrn this portion
of the new Houses of Par¬
liament^ The sculptor has re-
preeented the great orator mV
an easy dignified attitude, as
about to address the House of
Commons. The authority for
the likenesB has been chiefly
obtained from the celebrated
portrait of Burke by Sir
Joshua Reynolds now in the
possession of Mr Drummond,
and who {liberally afforded
every facility of access to the
picture. Mr. Theed is the
sculptor, and has been very
happy in the treatment of his
subject—one requiring great
judgment in its management.
The statue is seven feet in
height.
1534. In 1541 Henry VTII. held his Court at York, and the cradle
was presented to a family in the neighbourhood after a visit to their
residence. An addition being shortly afterwards made to the man¬
sion, the Royal arms were placed over the gateway to commemorate
the honour of the visit.
The varnish has been removed and now shows the shield at the low
end, richly covered with silver, and the badge of the Piincess of Wales,
also gilt.
Our Engraving is from a photograph by Mr. Frew, of WaterviUe -
terrace, North Shields.
’QUEEN ELIZABETH’S
CRADLE
Is one of the most curious re¬
lics that is left to us of the
Tudor times. It is possessed
antiquarian
tastes, or onlv large curiosity,
take no small interest in ex¬
amining the oaken cot, with
its carved panels. Whatever
may be the epithet proper to
apply to the period when
Harry the Eighth sat upon the
throne of England, it cannot
be designated “ the age cf
veneer,” if this cradle of his
daughter may be taken in
evidence as a specimen of the
cabinetwork of those days. It
is made of oak, as we have
said: in length it is three feet
two inches, in breadth twenty
inches, in height to the top
of the ornaments four feet.
At the foot is a large shield,
with two cherubs supporting
the Royal crown, having in
the centre the initials E.R.
The whole has been covered
with silver, which can now be
partly seen under a brown var¬
nish. At the head is the Prin¬
cess of Wales’ plume, or crest.
Queen Elizabeth, when an in¬
fant, was created Princess of
Wales by her father. Henry
VIII., and bore the badge on
the cradle. This has also been
richly gilded, with the orna¬
ments surrounding it The
Queen was bom Sept. 7th
QUEEN ELIZABETH 8 CRADLE.
Jdne 5, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
569
{From oUr Special Ariist and Correspondent.)
Cahxon, April 12,1858.
Since my last all is not so smooth as conld be wished. We give in
to Pehkwei more and more. Pehkwci rules supreme. He wished the
“braves” to continue unmolested in their fastnesses of the White
Cloud. HiB wish has been acceded to, and nothing more about the
expedition has been heard. Some of the coolies of the Military Train
have been kidnapped. A few days ago one of them managed to get rid
of some of his fetters, and came back to inform ns as to the where¬
abouts of his companions. A party was sent up to the prison, bnt suc¬
ceeded only in finding two, but so mutilated about the legs and feet
that they could not walk, and it is thought that one of them will lose
his feet. It seems that hot wires had been used to torture them. The
rest are not to be found. There is not the slightest doubt as to the
reason of this treatment. They belonged to us, and that was sufficient,
though, of course, they (the mandarins) will swear that they never
BRITISH AND CHINESE POLICEMEN, CANTON. / ■ ■ BENGAL SEPOT SENTRIES, GOVERNMENT LANDING-PLACE, CANTON.
knew they were our coolies. Consul Parkes, as usual, will perfectly
agree with them, and it will probably be taken no notice of till, grown
bold with their immunity, they will proceed to play the same tricks
with the Europeans. Summary vengeance should be taken at once of
the perpetrators of these crimes. The coolies are under our protection.
If they have done wrong they should be handed over to the European
authorities. They would punish them in a proper manner, and not
subject them to the torture that these brutes of mandarins revel in.
Torture ought not to lie allowed while we occupy the city. The
Chinese ought to feel the benefit of a Christian and humane Govern¬
ment : they ought to be made to see the difference between their own
mandarins and the Europeans in authority, or else our rule, instead of
being of benefit to them, will only make them detest the Fanqui more
than before. The Chinaman does not much care who governs him so
long as he is allowed to make his dollars in peace ; and, certainly, he
would prefer a firm and just rule to that of the despotic mandarin to
whom he kowtows more through abject fear than any other impulse
But give him “ a thumb, and he will want the whole arm,” as the
proverb goes. 17101 Asiatics there must be no milk-and-ivater Go¬
vernment : firmness is the thing.
The coolies are in great fear of the mandarins A few nights ago a
report was current that 10,000 Cantonese would attack the Exami¬
nation Hall, where the coolies live. Of course great preparations took
place in the shape of loading revolvers and doubling the sentries, and
we retired prepared; but the night passed off without anything except
the customary stealing of wood. Some robberies having taken place_
among others the stealing of an officer's sword out of his room whilst
he was asleep—it has been thought advisable to level some of the
numerous cells, amounting to nearly 8000, near the officers’ quarters
and which afforded shelter for any amount of Cantonese.
It is a very amusing sight to see the tent lascars and Bengal sepoys
getting their heads and faces shaved by the barber boys who come for
7 Jr.
COOLIES MUSTERING, SOUTH WALL, CANTON.
570
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[June 5, 1858
the coolies; bat still more amusing is it to see the sepoy in very light
clothing, with a pair of huge looking ammunition-boots.
I have sketched a portion of the south wall, with the coolies muster¬
ing, and likewise of the south-east angle. The walls are mostly
garrisoned by the 70th B. N. Infantry, and very fine-looking fellows
they are, but there is rather a ferocious look about their black eyes
that contrast strongly with the small eyes of the Celestials.
The reports from the north are very contradictory: among them
it is said that the Emperorrefers the Plenipotentiaries to Canton IS o
belongee he pigeon.” Another report states that some of the garrison
here are wanted up there; but all these, of course, are not authen¬
ticated yet; but I suppose neat mail we shall hear something definite.
Of the policy that has diotated Lord Elgin's actions up to this time
we are in a measure informed by his reply to an address presented to
Sn by 3ie Serehante of Shanghai. The following is the reply
Oentlimen -I am very thankful to yon for this address of welcome,
i triHt tli it the kindness which has prompted it will induce you to favour
me with the valuable aid of your experience to enable me to Judge <^rectly
S the causes which have contributed to give Shanghai its eminent posl-
*j.,n amone the ports opened to trade with China. ... , ,_ . M
It is satisfactory to me to learn that you approve of what has taken place
at t anton, and that 1 have your good wishes ior the future success ol my
mission. 1 should respond but indifferently to theseLu£ ^
t/ard If 1 were to refrain from stating to you frankly tnc principles on
which I have hitherto proceeded, and still intend to proceed, in the <ha*
charge of duties that have reference to matters in which you have so deep
“iSftSSeMng Instructions for my guidance when I was appointed High
Commissioner in Chinn, her Majesty's Government 8 J*trust me
with a wide discretion. Circumstances, however, as j ou probably know,
wnicli were altogether unforeseen at the time whon those instructions were
frimod renders them in some degree inapplicable, and thus materially
et,tarred the discretion originally conlidod to me.
1 iifuud myself, accordingly, on my arrival in this country .compelled to
ac- in a greit measure on my own judgment. I accepted this task, as in
duiy bound, without hesitation, but not, I hope, without a due sense ol
the responsibility attaching to an agent who. in a distant land, beyond
the reach ol advice, and in circumstances ol unusual difficulty, finds Iilm-
aeil'Uie guardian of the good name and interests of a great Christian
’"in'mj communications with the functionaries of the Chinese Govern-
mint 1 have been guided by two ulmple rules of actions. 1 have never
mfcrrcda demand which J.did not believe to be both moderate and just,
Sad from a demand so preferred I have never receded. These principles
dictated the policy which resulted in the capture and occupation of
Canto* The same principles will be followed by me with the same
determination to their results if it should t) J. ncccsafU X{? h ^P eat ^ e ex '
periment in the vicinity of the capital of the Emperor of China.
** it u a matter /or moof the highest gratification to know that in P u **‘
this policy of combined moderation and firmness I can count not
S“ly g on the Sty co-operation and active support of the representative
St ?iia Imuerial Majesty the Emperor ol the hrench, but also on the
SLd^wiffid sympathy of the representatives of othergreat andpower-
f^uationrinte^tedwith ourselves in extending the urea of Christian
civilisation, and multiplying those commercialties which we destined to
bind the East and West together in the bonds of mutual advantage.
h one word, gentlemen, iu conclusion, as to the parts which we have re-
anmivelyto play in this important work, and more especially with re-
f&encTto the lit sentence of your address, in which you express the
tru-t that the result of my exertions may be “ more fully to develop the
v^t resources of China, and to extend among the people the elevating in-
^TheeJtpeSiktion? hddout'fo 1 British manufacturers at the close of the
last war between Great Britain and China, when they were told that
a new world was opened to their trade so vast that all the mills in Lan¬
cashire could not make stocking stuff sufficient for one of its proytouMB,
have not been realised; and 1 am of opinion that, when forcediplo-
Tnn .-v aimii have done all that they can legitimately effect, the work
Shfcb tasto be accomplished in China will be but at its commencement.
When the barriers wbicli prevent free access to the interior of the
country shall have been removed, the Christian civilisation of the West
will find itself face to face, not with barbarism, but witb an ancient
civilisation in many respects effete and imperfect, bnt in others not
without Halms fo our sympathy and respect. In the rivalry which will
rteiT ensue ChrisUan civiWou will have to win Us way among a
sceptical and ingenious people by mukinpr it mam Test that a taith which
rt-icl'is to heaven furnishes better guarantees for public and private mo¬
rality thauoue which does not rise above the earth. . , „
At tlie same time the machine-factoring West will be in presence of a
nonulation the m st universally and laboriously manufacturing of any on
fhc. arth. It can achieve victories in the contest in winch it will have to
cn race only by proving that physical knowledge and mechanical skill ap-
nhed^to 1 lie arts of production are more than a match lor the most perse¬
vering efforts ofunscientific industry.
This is the task which is before you, and towards the accomplishment of
which, within the sphere of my duty, I shall rejoice to co- operate.
Printers’ Pension Society—H is Boyal Eigkncss the Duke
of Cambridge presided over the anniversary fcitival ot the above 8 ciety
St the London Tavern on Friday (last week), supported hy fjrd VV lU.aru
Lennox. Sir R. Murcliison, Herbert Ingram, Lsq., M P., Alderman Wire,
Mr E .Dunes QC.; Messrs.it Bell, H- Bohn, ciowes, Bradbury, Hall,
Pei- J M Bellew, Ac. After the usual loyal toasts, the illustrious cliair-
mal. uroSiarf“The Army and Navy," callfcg upon Lord William Lennox
tn r-:urn thanks 'or a profession in which he had formerly served. His
in acknowledging the compliment, said that the army were
preud^bcfogmidcr the command of his Koval Highness, and hisIM
££imeW «! prond of the army. They had witnessed the Duke a
miht try career—he had never allowed his position as a 1 rinoei to Interfere
SKSS »« , soldier. He had been justly called the soldier s rnend,
and richly did he merit the appellation, for not only had he ltd them on to
glory but had sliari d their deprivations, had sympathised with their suf¬
ferings. and lamented over the rude graves of many an humblewarrior. If
the Duke had evinced strong feeling at the havoc made m »««' rai
1 ,.,.... cl reDlv in the words of Shakspeare— ’Yea, I will bear it it. --
tn.n hut 1 must feci it like a man.” The Kev. J. M. Bellew. in returning
thanks for “The Church.'' euteredat some length into the origin of printing.
The Duke then proposed the toast of the evening, ” The Irintcrs lens.ou
Society." and gave a most lucid statement of its object, and state of funds.
Alter flic health of the Chairman had been given and responded to, to:
Edwin Janies, in a most humorous speech, proposal the health of Mr.
Herbert Ingram and the members ol the House Commons, who, he
said were greatly indebted to the reporters and printers, fo.. learned
gentleman regretted that only one member was present and con-
cladtsi by paying a high compliment to Mr. Herbert /Ingram
for his unwearied zeal in the House,' and ior his liberality,
integrity and industry, which had raised him. to a most prominent
iSfmon Mr Herbert Ingram, M.p., replied in an excellent speech,
Si wliioh he stated his determination to do all in his ^ower, both
in and out of Parliament, to merit thh, cnlogiums which had becu passed
nnoii him- Lord \V. Lennox was then called upon to propose The Bar.
ӣd his Lordship, with much point and good bamour, retorted upon the
learned Queen’s Counsel on the presence of only one barrister, who, he
reminded the company, were quite as much indebted /o thereportersfor
condensing and improving their pp^eCfies as JliC\members OfThe Legis¬
lature After paying Mr. Edwin James n just compliment, he gave
u i h, Bar.’ the greatest defender and supporter of Liberty, standing up
ctiuady /or the rights ol the Crown and the liberties of the people-de-
femYnl 7 both, ami preserving the liberties of oil, setting our happy Consti-
tution an example and pattern to the world. Mr. K. James admitted the
fastness of the noble Lord's jretort, nnd expressed the thiuika oi the legal
nrok v»ion for tbd compliment paid them .Ur. Alderman Wire gave file
” acknowledged by Mr. W. JcrroldTand Mr. Bell, "1 he Stage.’
xesBonded to by Mr: lieeley In a most amusing speech. Caxton a memory
rreeived amnio justice from f he Kev. J. M. Beilcw: and. at eleven o clock,
hi. Koval Highness, Htlend'd by his Aid-de-Camp and Lord Win. Len
■ox iat the Ball of the London Tavern amidst enthusiastic cheers, bub-
Mrfotions to the amount of £050 were anuounccd. This sum included £20
-ffK$ Cambridge; *U6 contributed by the operative printers;
if iKEiio'coilectcd by 31' It. H. Foster, one of the stewards, in redemption
Si premSwe at Ufo previousi festivalthat he would on this occasion
increase the funds of the society by at least £v0. .
Compositors’ Libr.vrY a.xi> Beading Booms.—T his tnstitn-
tioa at F(^net-court, Fleet-Street, was established about two years and
a half ago by the compositors of Loudon; and assisted by many dona¬
tions ot hooks from difi'erent persons (amongst them his Koyal Highness
the Prince Consort), they can now boast of a library of no mean preten-
iio.s Yet there is ample margin for further progress ; nor are the men
mminuful of the fact, for they Uberally subscribe to its annnal increase.
In no way can authors and others, who are so much interestid In the com-
Do-iters' labour, better show their appreciation of an effort like this than
Ey contributing any books for which they may have no immediate want
whether their own works or those of othcrs Amongst those w lio hiive
recently sent donations to the library are Mr. B Disradi and the Dean of
Weelminstcr. As an Illustration of the appreciation of the institution by
the men themselves, we may mention that the large n ““} be f° f
are always In circulation ; and that the librarian is called upon to change
as many as from 80 to 100 per day. The reading-rooms are alto daily
attended by a numerous body of readers, for whom most of the daily ana
weekly papers are provided, aa well aa a large number of the better sort Ol
magazines aud other periodicals, both weekly and monthly.
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
FOREIGN OFFICE DESPATCH.
The following telegram from her Majesty’s Acting Consul-Gener
in Egypt was received at the Foreign Office on Sunday evening
Alexandria, May m, lb58.
The steamer Ganges arrivedat Suez yesterday, with Bombay dates to
th Ge«rJ St Waipole, with the heavy column from Lucknow reached
Futteygurh on 27th April, where he was met by
Chief. Throe other columns are to join aa they advance on Bareilly,
W ^aT^
attack on the Fort ot Kowas. which was attended with
loss-four officers, including Brigadier Adrian Hope, aud ubont
hundred men having fallen. Our troops were obliged to retire, but
Bio enemy evacuated the fort in the night, and the oolurnn moved
fo oi“&e 22nd a large body of rebels was enoounfered opposite
Kaniuje, and was dispersed with loss of four guns, their camp, and
^eTsmg^with about 2000 rebels, aLhoughhoaypurauedby
Brigadier Douglas, crossed the Ganges on the oUx of April, and arrived
“KK^for* of 300 men, under Captain LoGrand
which advanced from Arrah, having followed the enemy into the
jungle, was defeated—133 men and 3 otiicers kulecL _
Body (?) was taken by General W hut lock on the 19 th April, after
an engagement in which the enemy lost 500 men and lour guns.
Sir HRose left Jhausi on the 27 th, and expected, first, to be J'Raodty
General Whitelock, and then to fight the lianee s army, 12,0u0 strong,
encamped at Koouchin, advance ot Calpee. •• f
The Kotah force has gone into quarters, with the exception of a
small brigade ordered to proceed to Sir H. Bose s rear.
General Penny is moving now from the Gauges to assail Calpee from
^Brigadier Johns, of the GOth Rifles, has been successful in reaching
Moradad on 25th April, after three actions, and the capture of Rujee-
dabad and Nujeena. « al1nA _
Sir W. Peel died at Cawnpore, on the 2. th Apnl, of smallpox^
This telegram arrived at Malta from Alexandria by steamer Emint,
at 7.46 a.m. ~ H
Malta, May 30. _
EAST INDIA HOUSE DESPATCH.
The following message, dated Malta, lias been received at the India
House:—
TO J. K. DICKINSON, ESQ., EAST INDIA HOUSE.
Matters appear to be progressing satisfactorily in Oude. ^A nimber
of principal talookdars have made their submission to the Unet Gom-
miiioner, either personally or by thoir representativos, apd the sotUe -
ment of the country around Lucknow is being rapidly made. ,
The rebel Moulvie and the mother of the puppet Ring are said to
have abandoned DatsowlU (?), where they had taken reldge, and to
have fled into the Baraeta Pergunnah, beyond the Gogra.
The main body of the Gooraahs is proceeding to Nepaul, vii Fyza ;
bad, which is held by Maun Sing, with 20UU meii and two gnw,a.nd
the Goorkahs do not expect any opposiuon. Jnng Bahadoor, with lua
body guard, has already passed through Goruokpore.
BENARES DIVISION.
Sir E. Lugard reached Azimghur on the 15th, and the -rebels were
driven out of the city on the 17th. Thejh fled m several parties to¬
wards the Gogra and Ganges, and the pursuing Columns oaptured
several guns and much ammunition and baggage, abandoned by tho
rebels in tliair flight. Kooer Sing, assisted by the villagers, out¬
stripped Brigadier Douglas, who was, pursuing him and, crossing the
Ganges at Shuhpoor on the 21at, made for Kugboeapoor. His sub¬
sequent proceedings will'be noticed under the head ol Bengal.
An action with tho rebels under Mahomed Hosem and Colonel Row
icroft’s force took place near Amor ha, in the Goruokpore disinct, on
the 17th of ApriL The 6nemy were defeated, and pursued to their
intrenchmenta, losing one gun and- about lUU men. The Yeomanry
Cavalry behaved exceedingly welL Their loss was Cornet Troup and
one private killed, four oihccrs and seventeen men wounded.
ALLAHABAD DIVISION. .
General Whitelock arrived at Budaon on the 19th of April, having
at Bhoragurh defeated the Nawabf who fled precipitately. Geueral
Whitelock captured four guns, and took possession of the city aud
palace of the N Mb. Eight guns were afterwards by the rebels and
taken. Our loss, one officer, Lieutenant Colbeck, 3rd Madras Euro¬
peans, killed; two officers wounded. , _ r „
It is reported from Calpee that Tantia Topee, the Ranee of Jhansi,
and the Kajalis of bhahgur and Campoor, with 7000 men and five guns,
are encamped at Koouch(P), to oppose Sir Hugh Rose. ,,
The Bao Sahid, with lOlXJ meh and tho relics of the Banda Eawab s
force, is at Jabulpore, with three guns, to oppose General Whitelock at
Calpee, where there are 2000 men and three gunfl.
General Whitelock is still at Banda.
There is nothing of importance to report from the Agra and Meerut
divisions.
ROHILCUND DIVISION. .
Colonel Jones’s column was at Mahadabad on the 26th, having ap¬
parently experienced little opposition. .
Mejjoo Khan, a rebel leader of Borne note, was seized by Captain
Angelo, of Coke’s Rifles. Twenty*eight guns have been captured by
this column since it leic Roorkee; six of these were taken on the 17ih
~ 4 war Nagul, nine on the 13th, in the foit oi Nujeebabad; and ten-on
22nd, at Nugeenah. . , _ . , 4 . , . no ,
Brigadier*General Walpole’s division defeated the rebel3 on the 22nd
of Apnl; four gur.s were taken, and their baggage, camp equipage,
-Jfco., captured atAllygunj, after a long pursuit. The Romgunga has
thus betm turne d, and the brigade at Ally gunj soonred lor the passage
of the siege train. . . .
In an attack of the fort of Rooca (?), some days previous to this
aotion, Brigadier Adrian Hope and three other officers were hided.
Brigadier Penny’s brigade crossed tho Ganges at Meoolee on the 27th
of April, and will probably proceed towards Baudon, joining the Com-
mander-in-Chiet before he reaches Bareilly.
BENGAL—AKltAH.
A party consisting of 250 Europeans, 150 tiikhs, with two mountain-
train howitzers, from Arrah, under ihe command of Captain Le Grand,
attacked Kooer Sing near inide Espore (J ugdespoor ?), on the 23rd of
ApriL They were repulsed with the loss ot three officers—Captain Le
Grand, Lieutenant Massey, and Dr. Clerk, of her Majesty's 35th Regi¬
ment, and a large number of men. The two guns were spiked and
abandoned.
Sir E. Lugard had since crossed tho Ganges.
The Shannon Naval Brigade, which was returning to Calcutta, has
been stoped at Tassesan and fciherghoLty, and the 1 Naval
Brigade has moved to Patna.
Kooer Sing's force, by \he latest accounts, was intrenching itself at
JungDecspoor (Judgespoor ?). Kooer Sing himself was wounded in
forcing his way to Jung Deespoor, and is now said to have died from
the effects of his wounds. _ G. F. Edmonstone,
Secretary to tho Government of India with the Governor-General,
Malta, May 30, 1358. Vincent G. Montanabo.
SUPPLEMENT.
To Mr. Secretary Edmonstone.
Allahabad, May L
B.OHILCUND.
The Commander-in* Chief joined General Walpole’s division on tho
27th of April, and entered Shahjelianpoor without opposition on tho
30th. The people who had deserted the town were passed returning
as tho column advanced towards Azumtee.
Brigadier Pennefather attacked the rebels on tho 30th of April,
aboun: ten miles from Budaon, and defeated them, t akin g Eoveral guns.
CAWNPOIIE DISTRICT.
A party of rebels, abou; 1000 strong, surprised the police and the
Tehsildir establishment on the 2nd of May. The Tehsildar was
wounded, and a amount of treasure lost.
PUNJAUB.
Rusoolabad has again been threatened.
The field force under General Sir Sidney Cotton attacked and burnt
Tanita on the 25th of ApriL The rebel chief of that place Buffered
great loss in property: about twenty of his followers were killed and
wounded in the attack. There was no lois on our B.de.
One of the new Punjaub regimen:a unuer Lieutenant J-helweil dis¬
tinguished itself greatly. .
H. R. Andebson, Seoretary to the Govomment.
Bombay Castle, May 8 . __ _
Malta, May 30. V. G. Montanaro.
Sunday, May 30,815 p.m.—Received the following message, dated
Malta:—«
PBOM H. H. ANDERSON, E3Q., TO J. D. DICKINSON, ESQ., EAST INDIA
HOUSE.
The first brigade of Sir H. Rose’s force left Jhansi on the 26th of
April for Calpee. A report has been received by electric telegraph
that he met und defeated the rebels at Koouoh. Sir H. Rose will effect
a junction widi General Whitelock before attacking Calpee.
On tho 25th of April tho lather of the Ranee ot Jhansi was executed
at Jinui&i.
BAJPOOTANA.
A strong brigade under Colonel S-mith loft Kotah on April 20 to co¬
operate with Sir EL Rote, and protect that officer s rear.
Tho disarming in Guzerat proceeds bucceesiully. .
Preparations are in progress for carrying out, the measure in Cam-
^i’iie insurgent Bheels an& Mearamees, after their defeat at Amba
Panoo on April 11, fled aorosa tho Nerbuddu, and are being followed
up by tho Sutpoora field force. ,
The Sawan Dessayes have come into the Sawunt \V arree territory
with few followers, and are hiding in the jungles.
Bombay, May 8 .
Malta, May 30. -— ^ \ ^ V. Montanaro.
Reinforcements of Queen’s Troops for India.— Orders
were on Saturday lust received at the East India House, from the Horse
Guards, for a sufficient anioutit oi tonnage to be immediately taken up by
the Honourable--Jfiast India Compauy for the conveyance ot the fofiowintf
reinforcements to India, to the number of upwards of 5000 men ot all
ranks, selected from the depots of the various cavalry and infautrv cor (is
the head-quarters of whose regiments are now serving in India, the
authorities having decided on malting a considerable augmentation iu the
number of British troops serving in India—viz. : for Calcutta. 2930; lor
Bombay, 1130 men e for Madras, 820; aud for Kurrachee. 790 men. Hie
reiutorccments are all to embark between the 24th of June aud the 2nd of
July. .
New “Busby r for the Army.— The Duke of Cambridge
/went on Saturday last to Sheerness to inspect the garrison and lortifloa-
tions of that place. While ou parade his Royal Highness requested one
oof the corporals to take off his cap. technically called a Busby He called
the attention of his staff aud the Colonel Coinmaudaut to its weight, and
~ibtiie bard material of which it is made, and informed the Coionel and
stall' that he was glad to say a far more flexible material had been
discovered, and that, the new Busby which he intended to introduce wouid
only be about one-third the weight of the present ones in use.
Niagara. —The sublimity of this stupendous water, all is attested
by tlie voice of mankind, but perhaps to a close observation majestic beauty
rather than sublimity would appear to be its distinguished characteristic.
Its multitudinous waters, crested like the war-horse as they advance to the
'brink, then solid as marble, iu their dowuward impetuosity, fall like a
curtain, aud lack that terrible energy of aggressive violence which c.otues
with horror many of the Alpine cataracts. But the beauty of the scene
cannot be painted by colour or by words. On a day when the sun is in his
strength, and the clouds scudding, it is an exqnisitedelight to watch where
the waters are broken by the projecting rock, aud see the cloud-like masses
of maddened foam changing from snow to emerald, and from emerald to
snow, bursting showers of jewelled light, the glorious frontlet of the un¬
broken torrent which, hardly less various in its severer aspect., emulates
iu its descent the spar of Labrador. And then the ascending mist, tlie
house of the rainbow, and the awlul roar to which the surgiug and sighing
winds lend a most strange aud cunning modulation, hold both eye and
ear cutrauced iu an enchanted stupor; whilst the swift stream, bearing
away like an arrow the seething waters of its exhaastless spring, mocks at
the drought that drinks up the rivers and flows like a symbol of eternity.—
From Hanmer'tt Sketches qf Canada (not published).
bir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak has consented to preside
at the anniversary dinner in aid of the funds of the Metropolitan Free
Hospital, Devoushire-square, City, which takes place early in July.
THE QUEEN’S GATE, HYDE BARK, KENSINGTON
GORE.
Very considerable alteration and improvement is now taking place
at Kensington Gore. A large portion of land, containing ubouc 123
acres, has been obtained by the Royal Commissioners of the
Exhibition of 1851 for the purpose of erecting on it either a new
National Gallery or 6ome building connected with tho fine arts. Tnis
ground is being rapidly cleared of buildings. It is already sur¬
rounded by wide noble roads, upon which, as if by mugic, large first-
class mansions, equalling the finest in Belgravia, have boon erected,
aud many of them have already distinguished occupants. These
houses havo a better drainage, purer water, and stand on a more
gravelly soil than, the mansions oi tho present fashionable district;
and a large city, not second to that in importance, will soon be added
to London.
A few months before Sir Benjamin Hall went out of office he
granted to this locality an entrance into Hyde Park. This opening,
150 feet in length, will contain two footgaies, opposite the footpat hs
of the Prinse Albert-road, «md two wide noble carriage-gate.?. In
the centre of all is a compartment containing the Roy.il arms. These
gates will form the western entrance into Hyde Park; they will
be calleu the Queen’s Gates, and from thoir elaborate decoration
and grand style they will probably be the finest in London. ‘VYe give
an Engraving of these gates.
The ironwork is bounded by stone piors which are to receive
statues. Two have been proposed—Hercules with the Lion, and Her¬
cules carrying the Wild Boar—from two fine Italian mediaeval
examples at iilvaston Castle, the seat of the Earl of Harrington.
Mr. 'lheed, the sculptor, is propanng two, at the suggestion of
one of his distinguished patrons, representing Morning and Night.
Which will be ultimately placed upon the pedostdls is not decided.
Behind the gates in the park itself is a new lodge of very pic¬
turesque appearance: it contains four rooms, has a sunk yard and
dry area, und contains all the conveniences of a comlbrtaulo resi¬
dence. This lodge differs in style from any of the other lodges in (he
park, which are of strict uniform Greek architecture. Thu is in the
Roman style, and has in a playful manner the external columns of
the small portico rusticated. Both the lodge and gates were designed,
aud their execution superintended, by Mr. U. J. Richardson, architect.
The old entrance to the park at Kencington, togetaer with the
barracks close to them, is to be taken down ; and, as Rotten-ro w
and the publio carriago-rcad in tho park aro to be turned into the
new entrance, a very considerable slip of ground, above u quarter of
an acre, will be added to that tavourite place of resort, Ken¬
sington Gardens.
EXCAVATIONS AT BUDRULL*
The days have gone by when ByTon’s invective against tho tra¬
velled Thane to whose love of art we owe our possession ol the Elg n
marbles was likely to win a smile of approbation from a discerning
public. We have begun to realise the laot that it is wise to ru»eae
the precious relics oi antiquity from the hand of the spoiler or the
dust of barbarism, and place them where they can minister to the art-
education of the many. For our own part, wo have no sympathy
with those would-be poetasters and laudatom temporis acti, who
regard it as a fitting homage to the genius of the past to suffer its must
splendid monuments to become the prey of the ignorant or to fall
piecemeul beneath the adverse influences of time and neglect. V-e
do not want to remove Pompey’s Pillar, nor, brick by brick, to de¬
molish the Pyramids, with the design of carefully reconstructing
them in the gardens of the Crystal Palace. __ But where there are
ourioua and valuable, evon if imperfect, relics of past times and
ancirntart, utterly disregarded by Turk or Barbarian, or bnried be¬
neath the ddbrii of a score of centuries, we think it not ua.vorthy
of an enlightened nation to interfere for their preservation, and. to
remove them to those halls and galleries where they may stimulate
the fancy of the artist and inspire the researches of tho antiquarian.
We hail, therefore, with sincere gratification the important re¬
sults obtained from the excavations so tkilfully conducted in the
(i Continued on page 572.)
• Papers respecting the Excavations at Budnun, Pre?™!j d *°
Houses of Parliament by command of her M -jesty. Printed by liar
rison and Sons.
June 5, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
571
K ING and CO., Filkmercers, Ac., 243,
Ko<eat aticot. and at tin Centre r ran«ep:, Crystal Pallet*. beg
to a.i ounce t: a? ttio.r iuo now u:l ins off tholr remoiui. g portion of
thuir PdUIO STOCK *t a groat reduction in price.
ADIES, WHITE for PATTERNS of
ths New Fabrics for
Walking, Evening, and Wed-lcg Draw,
uml save
tO ,>er cent
in vour Purchase#.
Address to KING and CO., Regent-street. London.
S easide dresses ana jackets.—
French Lawns,
10s Sd. the Full Dio*#
TarcntU.a Lawn Kobe# and Jacket*,
\ 6 » 64 , toady for use.
Patterns poet-free.—Address to KING and CO., 213, Regent street.
-jyr BW MANTLES ana JACKETS.
JL\ Lawn, Marcella, tnd Cloth Jackets,
6 a. to lo*. 6 d rack
Bilk end Cloth Wntitles,
"s 6 d. t-£3 3.
Printed Designs post-free. A/droA to KI.\G and CO., 213,llegect-«t.
B
S
LACK SILK S.—Patterns Post-free.
Glace Silks,
£1 Is. the Fall Drees.
Widows’ Hi Iks,
£1 !&. tfd.
Moi *6 Antiques,
. £3 18*. td
Flounced Silks,
£2 1 is. Od
Ac dress to KING and C J., 213, Regent-ctrcot
U M 31E it SILKS. —Patterns Post tree.
BttSped and Checked HUks,
£• Is tte Full Drees.
French chrne HUka,
£i 10#
Flout ci <1 bilks,
£2 2a.
Brocaded French Floorced links,
£1 61.
Molri< Antiques,
£3 3a., usually sold at £6 6 s.
Address to KINO and CO., 213, Eortn > 6 troct.
S UMMER DBESSES. — Patterns Post-free.
Or<*mdio Mualtns.
2a. lid. the Full Ureas.
Flounced Jacc&nets,
*s Cd.
Flounced Or^audles,
i 0 «. t*d.
Balxarmoa,
3.. fld.
Flottuced Ba'raricos,
■ 2 a. fld.
French brilliants,
7s. Ski
Flounced Brilliants,
fla. od.
French Bv^ot,
8 s. 6 d.
Flounced ««rfgeo.
18 a. 64.
Now Chcad Silt* and tfdi&lr Dresses,
12 * fld
A«Wrcs* to KING and Co..9U Rcgent-ttroot, r.ondon.
OUK THOUSAND POUNDS WORTH of
Nt‘ W 8 ILKH lust bought tor immediate flash, and now on Bale
at BLECH and BEKRALL’e. THE BEEHIVE, C3 and 64, Edgwaw-
road, London, W. J
The abovo comprise all the novelties of the Reason, in
Flounces, Robe it Qullle, Chon*. Brocht-, Chocked, Striped,
and Glad Silk*, at the tollawlxg ruduoed uriee*:—
1276 Kobo# for 2 and 3 F.ounces various], #9#. bd. to 6 J Guineas.
500 Chcao, BrocW. htripod Checked, and Glac<?. 21s. 6 d. to Guineta
Black and Ilnlf-Kouraleg ditto, In grent variety.
Patterns of the abovo forwarded poatugc-froo.
EECH and EEKRALL, the BEEHIVE,
63 ard 64, E- gware-road, London, W.
are cow selling, much under la-t month’# prices.
1600 Floiutcod and Plum Muaiin, Uarige, and Bnlxarino Drosoes,
at 6 *. lid . 9#. lid., to 21n 64. the Full Dio>a.
NJ 8 . Patterns for IntpeaUon potUgo-ftoe._
OCKE’S SCOTCH SPUN SEEKS, in all the
Clan and new ^ancy Patterns, for Sprlcg and Summer woar.
Patternt forwarded free —The Royal Clan Tartar find Bootch Tweed
77 arohnuse*, 119 and 127, Rogent-atreat
TV4TAKRIAGSTROUSSEAUX and INDIAN
iXL O TFIT4.—CHS BHA” end 'JTHBONE respectfully calidl
an mopection o' tiidr extOuIre and rechorcW Steck. o mbiivng
PurWian ta-tis with that excel, mce and durability of material for
which iheir house ha# Ivon noted for upwards of sixty yours
11, Wigmoro-fttToet, W.
F ORDS NEW and SELECT MANTLES,
No. 42 Ox'Ortl-etreet.
Ladle# are informed that tho latest patterns are the Cbouatan (a
semi-jacket , tho B.rlu Cloak, and tho Royal Promo ado Jacket, all
very jro.ty raf.e-o#, a 1 ruruorkabln for elegance and cheapness,
being -old in I leb triace SilL it SJba, 2d., In Moire Antique at *Os., and
in Velvet at 3 Guino's.
I*, ii «>. to bo made p yabte to THOHAS FORD, 42, Cxford-
otreot, London.
H ODGE and LOW JAN beg to inform their
Pat-on b and thn TubHo that tho wboio of tholr Peptirtineuta
ate now rej.U o with a gro.tcr varletd of Novoltle# than usual,
suitable for the pre eu‘ a uon
ARGiLE HOU L, 266 56*C0, 3TJ, Regont-st ost._
B lack french glace silks.—
SEWBl.L and O ha/n; made an cxtroord'na*y r.mcbaw
o' Rich Piu'n BFk*. urn r '«• olTuing them to tho puh.lo at a largo
dl-OJU n. below th mauufaatur. r»' pr-oes
Rich GLo<» C h«j wiCe-.t width#) that wrro 6 j. lid. ard 6 s. Sd- will
bo siM for in, till., and non in Droportloi.
This L in opportunity rare-y mot with, and offer* to ladles gro-.t
advantage*.
_ COM ’TON HOU K, Frith-street Solo- _
F ASHIONABLE SCOTCH-SPUN SILKS
for Spring and Aunmtar Draic, mnnufacturod exptw»l 7 ffcr
Scott Adit. Too ROVA . TARTAR IVAltEuOUSli 111 , B<w»o'.-
street (ooraer of Vigo-strse;]. Patterns f r-vardal f:to.
pKE BOSXO, the most diatingne Opera Cloak
of tho SuiuwQ.—The f-rro of this elegant opera cloak U pccu- (
Uxrlr rtchcrrh"' and becotulnf; It ful's muud tho llgure in graceful
i »7 fuioof*. and. though #m;<fa In slzo, ha* an air of lightness*, tho
hood is formed of & scarf in oashmors or laoe. fastened Ijy a tio, and
so arranged etuU it can bo w*m without oruuhieg the : hcad-dren or
injury to the hood, a* d 1 * quite free from tho objections to which
these ap:'«n4aac8 are lioldo, v;x.. that of giving undue height to ihe
sboold-n of tho wtarcr —This boeuTui ('per# pioak, dtalgnod by
Farmer nd UOGEU. 8 ,can benurchaten only at their great Shawl
und Cloak -mnorinm. '71. 173. ar’d 176. Rerent-^
A T .PETER ROBrNSON’S FAMILY
JA. mocrvjng warehouse,
Moarrrlng. Mantle* from 1 to 5 Guineas: 15 uming Bonnets from
10s. fld. to S Guineas; Mourning Skirts from 1 to 10 '->u'nena.
(Q.RANT and GASK (late Williams and Co.),
^ JT Wholoalo and Retail Bilk t'ercers and GenortV Drapers, ro*
i^po t ul y uonotuice that hoy are xow exhibiting an extensSyo col-
Ir~ion or disttegu »hod novel tics tn British and Foreign Manufnttare,
Silk*, Muaiin* r.eSoia, Rarbges, Piloted MuslloJ. Evening Dresses,
Mant es. 8 haw!s, Rl >oon«, Ac.
Thev Inviio apcctal attention to several largo pufehases of Flounced
Silk Robv a mnt Robot QudK which will be sold much and or the!/
value, viz , from 39* 6 d. io 3j golueos. tho full dm* of 18 /yards.
A 1*0 a ot of wide f»ncv Bilks, at 28a. 44 Ihe fu'idrrs# of 12 yards.
7 f 0 Piiut Fio need Musliu DieaBO* at 4 =s- 9 d. und 6 *. Si/foet
col nr*, worth front 10e. o 14 j. 360/French Barite Printed ditto,
i t . 9d., l>oht quality. (t00 Balzarlnd ditto at 12s 9d., very cheap
2000 beaut! u> Fre. ch Miuiln Bcuru/ ai S*. 9d. \ '
Grnurai Monml r.—Special Ro^nia nro appro[>rlntod for that pur¬
pose, who.o Mourning Co«inraootcve^ description is kept ready for
iuimrdiatr>c*o. I \y / ^ J
Order* fo-patterns nnd m’tchirvg rarefullv ?4tondeu tO
Commerce House, 59,60, 6 t, and uS, Oxfurd-stjoot, 3, 4, 5, WcJls-
•irtet. .VX
-——-—---—— -;
now imiversally-ftpprOYed
■QURNINQ ATTIRE U In texture of
rly adapted for Bprlng
Mention” at the Pari#
i v- — by pocL To be had
^vender.--
aAghnta for England,
and BQN, 11^, 3old-«treel, Liverpool.
2FS NOUVjBAUTES in PARIS.—
xLAGOMPAONIE lyonnaise.
No. 37., Boulevard dea Capucinea, Par's,
have Just exposed for Bale their Novelties for the 8 eaton, compriang
Ei<k Stuff#, Tjace, Indian and French Cachemiree, Print od ana
Diqui s Mnriina, Fancy Stuffs of all kind*, Wedding Outfiu, Mantlet,
Bumoua, Stc.
The iuccoerivo ngqrandlaementa of the oetabliihment of La Com-
pauriie Lyonnais tuvo rendered it ono of the most extensive in
Europe i tho wtrorooni.i at tho prreent day comprise upwards of
hlrty ialoooB or galleriu*, having four separate cntrincee. Being
their own manofacturcn, tholr produotiQBS are not liable to the extra
ohaigco mado on account of IntcnnodU’o agent#, and thus thia Com¬
pany cam afford tn offer to the publio on terms far more advaa-
tajioouB than auv other bouse. livery article,even the Cachcmlrar, k
tnurk sd In plain (iguret.
La ' ompAgnle Lyon: ain have estnblkhed house* at Lyons, Kush-
niore, Alonpoa. and ChanflDy, tor tho manufoctnre of Silk dtuffa,
Cachomlrca, and Loot, but they hiva no suocurf&lc for sale in any
Country whatever.
T HE BLACK LACE JACKET.
Just Impoited, a por.’oet’y Now fihspe. graceful and ladylike
in the extreme price 2 *. 9 d.
A drawing #• nt poA-t-ft*;e
THE FRENCH MU-iLLS COMPANY, 16, Oxford-
street.
'THE HALF-GUINEA CLOTH JACKET,
JL a very pre'ty Shape Just from Fa»la.
For soon try orders, size of wni»t und round too shoulders is required.
Adrawiuv sent port-free.
..PANY.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMP.
', 15, Oxford-itrect.
F rench cambric dresses.
Our New Patton* are exceedingly choice ^and are no*, to be
had elsewhere: they are made up for morning wear in Pari*. So
pretty a bn.ak-'.ut drone it raiely to bo seen. Pattern* piot-froe
For country orders, of waim and round tho shoulders k required.
The t ri*©, made up, ta 12a. 9*1.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
PERFECT LADY’S DRiiSS for SPRING
AT A 8 INGU 1 AR'.Y U)W PRICE.
A simple Chock. The m It: 1-4 le Caxhinore, with rich Puc*pe aide
trimming in Frcncb-bJuo, Nut-brown, Black, Violet, and the New
Grettn, caged with Velvot.
The ikirt ia made und lined throughout. Iho material for Bodice Ln-
d-<icd. Pric* 14s. 9d.
The addltioral charge for making the Bodice. Ono Shilling.
A drawing 0 / tho <iroa* sent iion-free.
FRENCH MUSUN COMPANY, 16, Oxtora-ecrwA.
0
A GEM.
UR NEW GUINEA FRENCH MANTLE.
A drawing *ent peet-froe.
FRENCH MUSLiN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
EMBROIDERED CHRISTIAN NAMES.—
LJ LAD.E4* HANDKERCHI PS with Chri tim Names «n-
brcidt-red by tbo Nuns of Pau, wLh tho new dictetch neidle. Prioo
la. Ojfd.. by post It stsmna; 5«. 94. :h«* half-dozen, by po*t 6 # 3d.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COM ANY, lo, Oxford-rUeet.
I
NDIA LAWN JACKETS.
A vory pretty ehipo. cool gracoful. and useful.
Price 4*. M.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16. Oxford-streot.
'TIHE NEW FRENCH MUSLINS.—The
A Patterns surrais any ever introduced into this country.
The variety of Flounced Muslins ia excellent.
Patterns sent post-free.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
R eady-made muslin dresses,
4s. 9d., elegant dcalgn s
Plain, flounced, and double .-klrc, with Jacket complete,
Col 1 nr wairunted fust. ,
A fresh arrival from Paris o> cry Tuesday.
Pet toms sent p.et-free.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY. 16, OxtonJ-ftreet,
OURNING MUSLINS.
The best Selection io the Kingdom.
FRENCH MUSUN COMrANY,
16, Oxford-street.
j^EW
FLOUNCED MUSLINS, 6s. 6i
A ver* prettv variety.
""H MUSLIN COMPANY,
1G, Oxford-stroet
M
USLTIJS of the PAST SEASON.—
Lajt year's at ridicaious prices .or such goods.
. Pattern* free.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY. 16, Oxford-streot.
W HITE FRENCH MUSLIN JACKETS.-
Tbo prctt : ft 3 t white Moulin Tack'te r er pr-dasod is trimmed
with ribbon, to bo had In evsry colour, and exceedingly becoming to
the figure, price 12*. 9\
The tueal shapes, from Ss 64.
A drawing sent post-free.
THS FBfiNOH MUSLIN COMPANY,
16 Oxford-street [ i. /
Post-cffico orders payobla to .same, Eoad, Oxford-a treetv >/
JU1F RR^EIVRD,
W HITE EMBROIL)EJ'-ED MUSLIN
l 5 HE - BE3.—A large lot, very much under price. Eomo very
al&borato do.lgos.
TEH FRENCH MU-LTN OOHPANY, ^—
16, Oxford- street / /
T he latest novelty in Paris —
While and Buff Marcal’a Jacke 1 # PrinteJ In Colours, with
drop but cons price 14*. 9d. -
The unuul »beDe* from bi. -^
An excellent variety of Colour oj Murcolla Jac ke t.
A drawing *.»' t po«t-tre 6 . \
FRENCH MUHLIN COMPANY, 16, Ozford-sireet.
N ew cheap silks.—
PETER R0THN8ON 1# do*!ronn of calling his cahtomer*’ tit-
tesiloa to an unusually Cheap Lot of SUk Drei*e», boug'ut under very
advantap«rous clrcuniitanccs. bring ull ot thin year'* manufacture, but
ut an enormous rcducti »n in jirieo. 'The whole to Iw Cleared Immo-
dlatoly at a meroiy ucminal profit. For rtady money only.,
£ i. d. t /v £ a d.
Rich Blrlred Silks at
Rl-h Striped ilk.* at
IUdi l triped Pfl^s at
l ie* Ctnieeed Silks at
Rirh Checked Silk* -.t
Rich Checked Silk* *t
Rich Reyndfcro hUki ut
Rich P aid - ilk* at
Rich Plaid bilk* at
Rich I'iaid R'lks at
R : ch Plakl « lk* #t/ \
Tli li Flounced bilk* at ..
Rich Flo need Silks at
Rich Flounced Bilks of
Pu’torn-ai
IC 6 . 107. Ox.
Carriage- paid ’n tli air
3 10
3 13
AdJrocs - Peter Robinson, 103,1C5,
r . PETEU ROB IN SON’S FAMILY
MO UK N IS&WAR EHOUnE, 103 Oxford-street, London,
vUartgssJIn^BWarid improved uiakoa. that will not tear. Also
trine .,*0 universally admired for ltd lightness, itrungth,
fittmoTne.
riT PETER ROBINSON'S FAMILY
ZV ' A, \ KOnKVISQ WAK-'HOCSB,
Hrilr-MuuraTng K.JiicrloJ* In a grval variety of now pattern# and tex¬
tures. Patrecns/rce per post.
A T PETER ROBINSON’S PaM ILY
JA M BURNING WAREHOUSE.
Jtlrck Silk# mveh choepor than hnrrtofore. Puttrms of all tho
new makes fr©> p r p »t. Cajii 1 qualities fit 30j., 3i., tio., 4Yt.,
50#.. auu 60 *., to thorichiut goods.
f lAMILY MOURNING, at moderate charpes.
Bhlr:# irirame 1 de ply with crapo. from 30#. upward# to the
richest qaaUtt, wnth Mantles and Bonnet* to match Fara’flm would
effect a pre&t saving by sending tholr ordora direct to thl# Wa»ehou#o,
at all orders are 5up>>li<'d on thy roost rrx#cnxblo terms. Moarsl.g of
orery dc#crip‘ion ke t rcjoy nuulo, and dispatched to any port of
town or omnir/ at a moment’s notice
DrtMimiking at vtry m dor.ito charges, and tho wear of every
articlo guaranteed.
At PETER KOI51NSO?i'3 Family Mourning Warehouse,
10J, Cxford-street, London.
S ILKS, Rich, Plain, Striped and Checked
Glxcd, at 22*. fld. pp.r dress of twelve yards, and worth tho
attention of families. Patten# sent fr©" by post. JOHN’ HARVEY’,
SON. ond CO n 9, Ludg-ue-blll. Established upward# of fifty years.
Carriage paid upon amount# above £5.
E LEGANT MUSLIN S.— Now Goods for
1 85fh—20,000 pieces of Organdi and French Muslin# are cow
offaing »t 2*. lid. tho Dress of eight yards; or any length cat at
ild par yard. Thtry are beautiful goods, fast colours, end cannot be
replaced at Is. per yard Merchants and whoiecalo buyer# will find
these roods desirabio. Patterns sent free.
HOOPER, Muslis Printer, 62, Oxford-otroot, W. Established 1826.
j ADIES’ WATERPROOF TWEED
IJ CLOAKS and HIDING JACKETS, Genil'-men’sOvcrcoais *nd
Inverne#* Cap"*. Faitema of maitrial and prices ten: p-*#t-free.—
J. K. and W. PHILLIPS, J7, Bigh-itrte:, Shrewibury.
]l,rARION’8 RESILIENT BODICE, COR-
ill SALE rro di MEDICI and LA PRtMA DONNA ORSET,
recommended by phv#i ;i«os and sutromis In aUurdinoo on fctr Ma¬
jesty, and adopt'd in their own fanrllaa-combine flimne#a with
e’amelty, fit closely, fatten e**ily In front, and art) adapted for overy
ago ago ond flgaro Volume* o! mtisof approval the high
estimation of ladi- s who wear thorn. Enlugt^l Hbutraled pro*pec na,
prioo lntt, s.ilf-mej*aivm<mt pspera, Ac.. po#t-fice. AH country
ordora sent carriage-paid, or post free — Mcadon-ei Marion and Mait¬
land, Pateutter, 23d, Oxford-street (.oppciUc the Marble Arch).
TOUVUTS REAL ALPINE KID GLOVFS!
v Prioo la 6d. per pair,
In every Sl*e and Ck-lour for Liuli'ji and Gostlomcn.
We are the original and only-npoclnted Agent# for tho aalv of those
fldobrated Gloves, the best fitting and moat durable to be procarod at
ANY PliiCR 111
and sold only by TOMBRLL and riWICN. 77 and 78. Oxford-atxeet,
ri-B. A bample Pair free by poet for two extra stamps.
T he robe plastiquemi
Price £1 Us. 6d .
combine* dogance with economy. Toe texture h rod Mohair and
Bilk, with two doep flounces trimmed with Lilac, Iilav Greet*, Brown,
or Porcelain Blue. Rich bilk. Tho colours of Hie Robe ore Silver
Drab, Light F ,wn. and New Green In nmaU China Checks.
N.B. Iho Robe PUstiquois ready nmdu and lined throughout, with
material lor Bodice, Itc., *c.. included.
Ad drees, RUMUELL andOW EN, 77 and 78, Oxford-street, London.
rTIHE CRYSTAL DBESSUI
X Price £1 13a. fld.,
U of glassy appearance, be g perfectly iraniparent, of BarJ^e
texture, but much mure dorabio. with two or three deep Flounoes,
produced in Lilac, i liver, Drab. Porcal.ln Blue, P.arn Islay Gro- n,
and Lavender, i he colour# are very brill!an;, «n»| auhublo for sum¬
mer and evealrg wear.
N B. Everytbmg required a'lnsed for bodice, trimmlDg, fcc.. fcc.
Addrors, RUHBRLL and OWEN, 77 and 78, Oxford- streat, Louion.
TVT 11 LADIES are respectfully requested
• X_r s to write for Patterns, PoaUtge- free, of tbe New Silas,
Muslins, Bartges, Drees Fabrics, fcc., fcu., as Me«8rs. K. and O.'#, In
order to avoid Ladle# the annoyance and expanse of back postage, re¬
quire those Pattern# only returned to thorn which may be selected
from tho nnmoroui aisomnm) sent.
Addre*#, UUMDE..L andOWfiN, 77 and 78, Oxford-atrcot, London.
CLOVES! GLOVES! GLOVES!
V_X The World-wide Not 'd Alpino Kid, la. 6d. per Pair.
Black. White, at d Coloured.
A Sample Pair for two extra #tamp8.
BAKER and CKIdP, 2<1. Kegent-atreei, London
(corner of Maddox-tireet).
rtUSToM - HOUSE SEIZURE 1
Wo have been tho forlunato Porch wont of
300J Dozen of tbo vtrv beat Pari* Kid Glove*, \
end are now #elling them at 31s. a Dox*n.
Every Pair Warranted, nrul tiio money retnrncd It not approved.
BaKEK and li ISP, 221, Regent- struot, London.
T AST YEAR’S MUSLINS, -
XU At half tbclr original coat.
Patternspust-fres. ,—
BABXR and CRISP, 221, Kegcut-streOt, London.
"DEiST FRENCH BARE0ES, 8(cU a yard.
jLP Balnnrinaa fljd. ()ho newest pattern#).
Flounced P*reg i anil Bubarlno 1 :,
Beautiful Chintz Colours, 'from I8j. 6d. the Kobe.
Patterns free.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Reget.f-*troet. London.
rp.HE NEW ORGANDI MUSLINS,
X By theyard. and H.mneed.
AQ of tho most tochdrcluPk&d dis lugutf character,
From IOs. 6d. tho Kobe,
j Patterns froo. \
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Rogent-stroot, London.
MOURNING MUSLINS, 4jd. a yard.
JLSL*. Balznrluea and Bnrigea, 6|<L
—.• Psttonu free.
BAKER and CRISP, S31, Regent-Rtreot, London.
T> OBES1 SKIRT8!! MORNING
XX WRAPPERS I !!
An. unbounded variety of the New Mohabt, Cambrioo,
Muslins, fcc., Flounced and Mihtalre from 10#. 6d.,
\ with Jack«ti complate
/a BAKER and CRI8P, 221, Regent-street, London.
Af USLIN JACKETS, 6s. 6d. 1!!
A2X Mflicolla Jackets, 10s. 6d. Lawn Jacke'B, 4#. 6d.
Braided Lawn Drecue*, from 10 b . 6d
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Rcgcnt-ilreo'. (corner of Maddox-ctroct),
Loudon.
O/IAA TELEGRAM PARASOLS!!!
7 #. fid. o'cli. post-free, usually sold at 10#. 6d.
All colour*, with deep fringes.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Regent-street, London.
TjlLOUNCED SILK ROBES—SHETTLE-
i WOllTH, ABBOTT, and W’lLl-EY’, Jan. Itoccowotji to R.
>V!Hcy and Co.), a:o n^w offering »omo very rich two-flounced
Hopes, at Three Guinea#.—15 and 16, Ludgatc-itrcet, London.
^/lERISTENING ROBES, Guineas.
V«^ Bsb'c*’ Cloak#, 1 Guinea.
63, Baker- street.
Mrs. W. G. TAYlOII.
"RABIES’ BEROE AUN ETTES.
X-f 2j Gulnoon.
Bftikuf# to match, One Guinea.
Mrn. W. G. TAYLOR, K3, Bokor-xtrect.
TlfARIilAGE OUTFITS.
jLYX Cotton Hcsicry, 7#. 6d.
White Drcaring Gowns, Ono Guinea.
Heal Balbriggan Iliwicrj.
Mr#. W. G. TtYLoR, 63, Baker-«treet.
T ADIES’ RIDING TROUSERS.
XU Cham oil Leather, with block loot.
5), Bakcr-sticet
W. G. TAYLOR
T INSET RIDING HABITS for LITTLE
XU GIRLS, 24 Guinea#.
Ladle#' Riding Habtts, 6| to 8 Guinea#.
W G. TAYLOR, 63, Bakor-itreet.
UNENDRATERS TO THE QUERN, BY APPOINTMENT.
Established in 1778.
Ti ABIES’ BASSINETS,
XX Trimmed and Furnished,
Heady for use, are s^nt home free of carriage.
BABIES' BASKETS,
Trimmed and furnished to correspond.
CAPPER, 80N, and CO., t.9, GRACE 1HURCH-8T , LONDON, E.C.
Duscriptivc Lists, with price#, #eat.frco by past.
Bent poet-free. Descriptive LRU of
pOMPLETE SETS of BaBY LINEN,
VU which are sent homo
throughout tbo Kingdom froo of carriage.
UNDERCLOTHING FOR HOME, INDIA, AND AjuL COLONIES,
for Ladies, and Children of all sgei.
LINENDRAPERa TO THE QUERN BY APPOINTMENT.
Established In 1778.
T ADIES’ WEDDING OUTFITS
XU Mmt home free of carriage.
Dwcriptlvo List-, with price#, tent free by po«t.
CAPPER, SON, and CO., 69, Graccchurch-streot, London, E. C.
/ORIENTAL APPLIQUE PATENTED.—
XX This now and ettoctivo Needlework may now be of all
Berlin Repositories in town or country
X7HDER-DOWN PETTICOATS.—'W. H.
XU BATSON and CO.'8 Stock b replete with overr description
of Ladies’ Quilted Pettiest# for all seasons.
Lbt of Prices on application. 1, Maddox-#tr*;t, Regent-street.
pRINOLINE PETTICOATS, made of the
\_U beet materials and in the newest style, may be had of V7. H
BATSON and CO., 1 , Madd-'X-Strrot. Keg*n!-«trect.
pLAUSSEN PETTICOATS lor the SEA
BIDE.—Tha o excellent Petticout# (a rerfoct intitltata for
FUnnel and roadr made) can be obtoln'.d only of thuMaaafac-
tUTS’r, P HIL°S and EON. 317, Regsnt-itrret, near tho Polytechnic
Inst! ntlm. Pric^# 2« 61., 3s. 6d., acd U 6<L «Mch
J^IDSUMMKR HOLIDAYS.—Ah early in-
LvJL *p«ction l» invited to a largo acd elegant a#*ortircnt of
Ledles’ and chllaren’s HATS and BONNETS. Toe Princess of
inuiis and Imperial Tut bar, Hals, tho prevailing shapes._W.
SIMMON4, 36, King WUliiun-fitroct, City (facing the Moncmeat .
T ADIES’FIRST CLASS ELASTIC BOOTS,
JLJ with single to!cs, 11s. Gd.; with dt»r.b esole#, IS:. 6d. I lca-
trates! Priced Catalcgu'* froo by pest —THOMAS D. MARSHALL.
19t Oxford-stmt W.
C ENTRAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ROOMS,
90, C&nro'i-ntrect West (cairer of Dowgate-hillh City —Messrs
COlTO.s and WALL —The m'Ut perfect arraegemonta Of Light and
most lutifitlo Picture# In London. Fhotcwfopb*. plain and ••loured,
by tho first artists In iho profession Tho now American Amhrotypoa,
oolnured, in »rumoor caao complete, tram 7s. 6d. BpocimaiB may be
seen at tho Photographic Exhibition.
rffYEIE HERO S WIFE.—A Series of Six
JL STEREOSCOPIC TABLEAUX, by A SILVESTER.
No. 1. Tho Departure —2. God Protect dour Papa.—3. The Dream)
tbodattlo Field. —I. The Dream*, tho Howurd—5. Tho Awakening,
t. Tho Return. The photography of th*fe picture# la very luporior;
tho arritngemont of the various groups of a high artistic character;
and emiuontjodges have pronounced them to 1 m Um finest fp#©imona
«f their kind. To be bud of all doalem. Who.esitia only at It,
Lawrence-Lane, Choapoide.
/^kPERA GLASSES.—The recent improve-
V/ menu cffactod by KEY’ZriRand RENDON in the manufa*.
tux*5 Ot OPERA G'.-ABbEi render them, frera their extranrdimity
power und long range of fxus, adapted to show near or dUtant ob-
loc: with tho i/rcu'wt eloarues# and brilliancy; they will be found
the moat ouitabl# tor tho theatre, raceoour.'o, country soenory, seaside
views, *c., poraossirg the ooinMeod adrautogoa of an o>o-a giaai and
tel2*oop9. Thor ato extremelyportable tho groat power boing iutrO-
ducr4 by ltddiiKor! lansea cf sutu riorquailty —Keyror and BeudtM
(suacoator* io-Kat; : j and Oon), Opticians, 60, H'gh ii.lbora.
T O ( MICROSC0PISTS.—A number of
interesting objects, neatly mounted for »rfcroccopio ob#erva*io«*
and aulinblo hither or socfki,amuMjmant or sxleut tin lnvr#tlga*j*n, at
7*. a do&u. A r l> t sen: on application to J. W. WAToUN. Ackv.orth
School, Dear Fontofiact.
QMALL STEAM-BOATS (Parkers Patent)
O WORKING, MODELS, Post-free for P.0 — iin.. 3a ; 7 In.. 4 *.;
in.. 1'lre, • rn drops of aplrlu. With *ocb ia a plain a'atcmont am
• exptmiou of sieam. cooling butter by*tcam, Ac. Jto. Tho bouts
are propeiltd, npr.n the #ky-ro:ket principle). JAMES PARKER,
Ciar-.maut-ceUagv, Lilford- road, Cam Our well.
P ARASOLS.
Tho greatest novelty In Para*ol# U the “TARTAN," pr.ee
20#., to be had only of the Patentore, W. and J. BANGS 1 EE, Manu¬
facturer* to hrr Majesty, and H.li.H. the Priuoau Roy*A
Parasol > mado of Irish Lace, a'so in Lyon# bilks, of ths mo .; mag-
oLEcont pu'.torss.
W. and and J. BANG8TER,
140. Regeat-street; 76, Ubc-epoida t
94, Flcjt-Btroct; 10, Royal Kxcuaogc,
C*3. Paraacls for gcnorcJ um from 7 a 6d- &ach.
j AWN MOWING MACHINES, with ai^
JL J without Boyd's Patent .'mp'ovement —B. 6AYIL«n.50N’a
Cloatratod Prico-booka, with ucmoruu# Teatimcnlal# from tho Nobility
and Gcutry, forwarded, post-free, on receipt of ftpplioatioz to B.
sflraui.’laou. Bri t a nnlr. Works, Banbury. Oxon.
mo ANGLERS.—CHARLES FARLOW,
A 191, Strand, Manufacturer of superior FIBHJNG BODS and
TACKLE, at moderate price#. Catalogues gratii.
P ATENT SELF-LIGHTING CIGAB
COMPANY. SO Moorgato-cticot. Wholesale and Retail.-AM
kinds of Cigar* a#d Cherjota. Fcrolgu and British, uro tronted bv this
procot#, and are igulUd by ehnpU Diction, without Unto or *ameD.
No «xtra price. lnvaluible to out-door smokers and travellers.
8am?l* box. fix flue Havannahs, free 24 stamp#; three, 12 stamps.
Agents wanted.
INES irom the CAPE of GOOD HOPE.—
W. nnd A. GI'-BBY, 3^7, Ox ford-street, importer# of the
flneit wines, which bar ll«Jt*ty’« Government admits at haif-auty.
Port, h berry, Mart ala. «tc., all 20#. per doz. Two samples for tl
stam’a. Excollont Brandy. 30*. per dor.. Fcr the purity cf our Cape
Wine# wo Dr. Lcihoby’a anolyais. Cross check# ‘ ‘ riank o ! England.
P UBE BRANDY, 16s. per gallon.—Pale or
Brown EAU-DE-VIE, of exquiaito flavour and great purity.
Identical, indeed, in every respect with those choice productions of th«
Coguec dLtrict which aro now difllcult to procure at any prioo, °*s .
per dozen, French bottles and case iucludod. or 1G#. p^r gallon.
HENRY BRETT and CO., Old Furnival's Distillery, Ho J bom.
TTNSOPH1STICATED GENEVA of the
U true juniper flavour, and precisely as it run# from the stHL
without tho addition of sugar or any Ingredient whatever. Imperial
gallon!). 13*.; or In one-dozon cues. 29s. each, packace included.
HENRY BRETf and CO., Old Furoiv&l's Diftillery, Hoibora.
Tj)CONOMY.—A six-gallon Cask (equal to
XU 3 dozen) of first-chat 6HEHKY 'or £6; or the tlueet South
African Sherry for £3. Cask (which tan bs converted into i wo palia)
and hrass tap iaoluded. Carriage free. Gash. Port nt tho turn- price,
and I0 a per cask extra.—HENNEKEI’d, ABBOTT, and CO., Im¬
porters, 22 uid 23. High Holborn, London.—Es’abliuhtd 1831.
A NDREWS’S DUBL'N WHISKY.—One
XJL dozen bottles (2 gallons) of Andrews'# fined okl IHiblin
Whisky fonvnrded carriage-paid to every railway ktatioa in Eng¬
land on receipt of a pow-ofllco order for to*., payable to ANDREWS
and CO., 19, 20,21, and *2, Dame--treet, Dublin.
riELEBRATED CANTERBURY PUNCH
V_^ for picnic#, dessert, or In Iced water, with a cigar. One dozen
of thl* delicious bevoroge sent .'rex to London, .hau.per and fco tkn in¬
cluded, on receipt of pori-ofllco rider for 28s, pajabloto T. P. DI
LA8AUX, Wino-merchant, Canterbury.
TP QUAL1SATION of the SPIRIT DUTIES.
XU BEWLEY, EVANS, ar.d CO.'S Pure Malt WHISKY In
case* of one dozen each, price 42#. Freight paid either to Holyhead,
Bristol. Liverpool, or London.Ty receiving a post order tor the amount.
Bewley, Evans, and Co., 23, Mary-sUeet, Dublin.
CTOGUMBER MEDICINAL PALE ALB
0 l* brewod with tho wator from “ Harry HU! s Wo!!." It ccrea
dueaaes, and i* renovating, reasonable, and delirious, iic 'won-.c# to
tho faculty.—B. HOLDEN. Ma, Upper S-ymorr-atreet, Portman-
iquare, solo London agent. H. Watta, Manager, Bcogumtw, Tauntoo.
Drum uinkt und triakot wioder, do# cure lobenafrobo Wange roaig
strahle.
C 1ROSSE and BLACKWELL, Pnrvevors in
J Ordinary to her Majesty. reapcctfuBy invite attention to their
PICKLE6, SAUCES, TAttT FKUltS, aud other Table Delloacicfi,
tho whuic of which ore prepared with tho most scrupulous atiantiaa
to wholeiomenc** und purity.
To be obtained of m«*t respi<table Sauce Vender*; and wholesale
of Crosse and BhtckweU, 21, Soho-square, London
QUirK NEW.
SOYER’S SULTANA’S SAUCE.—A most
KJ refrothing and pleasing stimulant to tho appetite, composed
principally of Turkish condiments, combined with various culinary
productions of tho East. To b# hid of all :‘aueo Vender#: and of the
Eole whoiesalo agents, Crosse and Blackwell, Purveyors to th« VJueoa,
2t,8oho-»qu*re, London.
■poBlNSCN’S PATENT GROATS for more
Xl> than thirty jears have been hold In cou*t.wt and inrreaalng
public estimation us the purmt farina* of the cat, and ns the best
and most valuable preparation tor making a pure and del cate GiucI,
which forms a light and nutritious supper lor the aged, I# a popular
recipe for o dd# and iiiflumv.a, i# of ganerul use in toe sick chain er,
and, alternately with tho Patent Barley, is an excellent food for
Infants and Children.
Prepared only by the Patentee#. ROBIN?ON, P.ELLVILLE, ft CO.»
Purveyors to the tjaecn, 61, Rod Llun-street, Ho born, London.
Sola by all tespeclablo Groce's, Druggist*, aud othom in Town
Country, in Packots of uL and Is.; and Family Counters, at 1#., (*.,
10s. each.
I CE CREAMS immediately and economically
mode b» EXITAUX snd fcTKAD’S ItEGIS J E ri D FHEEZiNG
APPARATUS. Price, from 2) guineas. Sold at 3. Poll-mall, 8.W.,
and 97. Norton-street, W.; also by tho Wonham Lake ice Company,
164A, Suond, W.C.
IVrERVO-ARTERIAL ESSENCE, discovered
_LT and prepared by Dr- Wm. BATCHELOUB, M.RC.8. 1836 ,
and M L.A.C. 183t, 69, Wmipole-ntreet, CavendUh-sqonre, London.
It strengthen# the vitality of tho whole system, ul #pew!ily remove#
nervous complaints. Sold in bottle#, 2a. 9(L, is. fld., It#., and 33s., at
the depots, 31, KegentHitroet, Piccadilly; 1{, We*t-#tx®64, Finsbury-
circus, London; and 20, KancbiKb-stroet, Liverpool.
rtlNNEFORD’S PURE FLUID MAGNE-
81 A, sn excellent remedy for Acidities, H* art burn, Hendncbo,
Gout, and Indlgest'ou. As a mild aperient it is admirahly adapted for
ladles and childr-n.—Uinncford and Co., Disptmlng Chemists und
E neral Agent# for the Improved Horsehair Glove# and Balt#), 172,
w 3oud-#treet. London.
TTTANTED, LEFT-OFF CLOTHFS for
T T AUSTRALIA, In good or inferior condition. Mr. and Mn.
JOHN ISAACS, 319 and S20, 8trend (opposite Romoise; Homo.) con-
tinuo to giA-e tho highest price in Cash for Ladles', Gentleman*#, and
Children's Clothes, Kogimo:it*ls, Underclothing, Boots Books, Jowol-
lery, and all MisceUanoout Property. Lottorg for any day or dlitanee
punctually attended to. Parcel* scat from the Country eitlur larg#
or «™»n , ibe utmost value returned b.v Poatrcfflce ordtr the ft me day.
Refcrenoo, London and Westminster Bank. Eslabllabed t9 jeers.
W ANTED LEFT OFF CLOTHE: .—Mr.
and Mn. HART, 31, Ncwcastlo-stroct, Strand. W.C., are
giving tho highest prices for every kind of Ladies' and Gentlemen'#
WEARING APPAREL, satin and velvet dres-cm, regimentals, uni¬
form#, India shawls, point lace, trinkets, books, furniture miscel¬
laneous property, fcc. Ladies or Gentlemen waited on, any time or
distance. Address a# abovo. Parcel* from the country, the utmost
value remitted In cash. Established 1801.
WANTED LADIES’ and GENTLEMEN’S
v V LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, Regimental#, and MtoecBaheoas
Property. The highrat price in Cash. Ladles and GeoDeuian wottod
on by addresring a letter lo Mr. orMra. Lavy, *jhl,htrend loppoatia
Twining'# 3ank); or 3ll, near WaUrloo-brUIge. Pareal# .*ma tbfi
country, & pc#t-office order remitted.— Established 65 yean.
572
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[June 5, 1*858
greyhounds pursuing a
a lion and a bull rushing
(Continued from page 570.)
vicinity of Budrum by_ Vice-
Consul Newton. Some idea of
their extent may be formed from
the simple fact that they were
commenced in November, ^ 1858,
and brought to a close only in last
December. The despatches for¬
warded by Vice-Consul Newton
compose a Parliamentary brochure
of fifty-two monster pages, and
are highly creditable to the taste,
learning, energy, and ability of
their author. The relics dis¬
patched to England by H.MS.
Gorgon numbered no less than
213 cases, casks, and mosaics.
Amongst them we find such sug¬
gestive matter as an Amphitrite,
an Atalanta, head of the 8un,
head of Summer, figures in
chariots, sepulchral relief, relief
of Bacchus and Ariadne, Ama¬
zons, and an alabastrum in¬
scribed with the name of Xerxes.
The Greek life. Greek litera¬
ture, Greek art. seem—as we
read—to glow around us. All
has suffered " a tea change,"
and the modern realities fade away
before’the ancient types. From
crinoline and long coats we aie
borne into a nobler and more
artistio world.
TVe cannot do more than indicate
the good things contained in. or
suggested by, these papers, “ pre¬
sented by her Majesty's command
to both Houses of Parliament."
Turning over Mr. Newton’s pages,
we continually light upon some
description or other that carries
us at onoe back into all the mys •
tery and beauty of Greek art.
Here, for instance, are some de-
NEW ENTRANCE TO HYDE PARE—TART OF THE IRON BAILINGS.—(SEE PA
tails anent an immense equestrian
figure—a warrior on horseback-
discovered in the vicinity of what
is supposed, on good grounds, to
be the sepulchre of Mausolus.
"He wears (says Mr. Newton)
the trousers (anaxyridcs) which
distinguish the Amazons and other
Oriental personages in ancient art.
"This figure has suffered greatly
from its fall. Of the horse the
body alone remains; the neck,
legs, and hind quarters have been
broken away.
"The body of the rider was
formed originally of two pieces of
marble, the upper of which was
fitted on at the waist This has
now disappeared; but the lower
part, from the waist to about half¬
way below the knee, is preserved,
on one side of the horse, in very
fine condition. On the other side
nearly all trace of the rider has
disappeared.
" Notwithstanding such great
mutilation, this equestrian figure
is df surpassing beauty. I con¬
sider it the most remarkable spe¬
cimen of colossal Greek sculpture
I have ever seen : while in mastery
of execution it rivals the pedi-
mental sculptures of the Par¬
thenon, it far surpasses them in
mass. As far as I can judge from
a rough calculation, it weighs from
four to five tons."
Of the Mausoleum or Tomb of
Mausolus—that magnificent regal
sepulohre whioh is familiar to the
veriest tyro who has dipped into
Lempri^re, or, better still, into
Dr. Andrew Smith’s erudite and
elaborate Dictionary—Mr. Newton
furnishes us with some highly-
NEW ENTRANCE TO HYDE PARK, OPPOSITE PRINCE ALBERTS ROAD.—(SEE PAGE 570.)
interesting particulars, which we abridge for
the convenience of our readers
"The whole area anciently occupied by the
building is a parallelogram, or which the western
side measures 110 feet, and the southern 126 feet.
"The entire circumference of the area may be
reckoned at 472 feet. The whole of this quad¬
rangle is cut out of the native rock, to depths
varying from two to sixteen feet below the sur¬
face of the surrounding fields.
"The structure was probably, in the first in¬
stance, thrown down by an earthquake. The
Knights of Rhodes removed the building materials
best suited for their purpose—that is to say, the
greater part of the marble blocks and slabs and
muoh or the foundation-stones. 'With these they
built the Castle of Budrum. They also carried
off the best -preserved and most striking remains
of sculpture, the pieces of frieze now in the
British Museum, and the lions which we have
recently acquired. \\
"The subterraneous galleries are connected
with the building itself by entrances cut out of
the rock. Of these there are two on the south
and one on the western side of the mausoleum.
" One of those on the south side leads directly
into a chamber sixteen feet square and twelve
feet high. When first discovered it was nearly
full of earth, in removing whioh I found some
fragments of bronze, hammered very thin, em-/\
bossed and chased with a very elegant floral
pattern.
"One of the principal features was a pyramid,
consisting of twenty-four steps, which supported
on its summit a quadriga, pr four-horse chariot,
sculptured in marble by an artist of the name of
Pythis. Regarding the dimensions of the build¬
ing, Pliny says:—‘It extends 63 feet on the
north and south sides;/is shorter on the fronts;
and has a total circumference dfMX feet: it is
raised 25 cubits in height, and is surrounded by
36 columns.' He further adds :•—* This (viz.,
the quadriga) being added, the whole building
equalled-140 feet in height.’ ”
Mr. Newton then enters into details of
measurement and construction which clearly
identify the stTuctiire he has discovered with the
mausoleum described by Pliny, the magnificent
sepulchral monument erected by Artemisia over
the dust of her beloved husband.
We must refer our readers to the papers them¬
selves for some very interesting details respect¬
ing a villa excavated under the direction of the
indefatigable Vice-Consul. The foundations ex¬
tended from east to west 118 feet, or 89 feet
from north to south. One room formed a square
of 26$ feet by 24 feet. The walls were decorated
with four oblong pictures of animals: one repre¬
sented a group of
nother d<
at each other; the third, a lion chasing a goat;
and the fourth, a panther in pursuit of a hind.
A second room formed a rectangle 62 feet long
and 26£ feet broad. A third was a gallery 40 feet
in length and 12 in width. The walls of each
room were beautifully painted with striking de¬
signs. The Four Seasons adorned the larger
chamber; Satyrs, Dionysos, and medallions of
the three cities, Halicarnassus, Alexandria,
and Berytus, were found in the other apartments.
Here is a description of a mythological sub¬
ject:—"An oblong picture represents a scene in
a vineyard. Nearly in the centre a bearded
goat-legged figure, Pan, is gathering grapes from
a vine. A winged boy, probably Eros, stands
before him, extending his arms towards the same
bunch. On the extreme right, behind the goat¬
legged figure, are a panther and three birds, one
of which has a string fastened round its neck.
On the left, behind Eros, is a lion galloping to¬
wards him, and a greyhound running in an
opposite direction towards a hare on the ex¬
treme left, who is fee din* on a bunch of grapes.
The colours of the animals in this scene are arbi¬
trary. The panther is dark blue, with yellow
6pots; the greyhound also blue."
We congratulate classical antiquarians on the
important accessions to the pricoless stores of the
British Museum furnished by the care and
ability of Mr. Newton. While gazing upon
them our minds must needs be lifted out of the
conventional present into the beauty and signi-
ficancy of the art of the antique world, which,
to borrow a line from Keats,
Seems to give forth its light in very scorn
Of our dull, uninspired, snail-pacM lives.
The collection—which reached England in
July, 1857, conveyod in the Gorgon, and which
had been excavated at Budrum (the ancient Hali¬
carnassus) under the personal superintendence of
Mr. C. T. Newton, Vice-Consul at Mytilene—has
been distributed in such parts of the British
Museum as could be temporarily provided for its
reception. The large sculptures have been placed
in a temporary apartment formed under the colon¬
nade of the south front of the Museum, in which
place the various fragments are being rejoined
and arranged. The minor sculptures and frag¬
ments, with the mosaics, have been deposited in
some rooms of the basement under the northern
portion of the library.
The number of tne Illustrated London
News for October 24, 1857, oontains several
Engravings of the Budrum Marbles, with some
interesting particulars relating to these sculp¬
tures.
THE SEPULCHRE OF MAUSOLUS, AT BUDRUM.
Lojrnon: ranted and Published at the Office, 198, Strtind, m
the Pariih of Bt. Clement Dan*. In the Conntjr of Middlesex
by William Little, 198, Strand, aioreaaliL—B atubdat
June 5, 183$.
No. 922. —vol. xxxii.j
SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1858.
a Supplement, Fivepence
THE BIGHT OF SEARCH.
We hear sometimes a great deal about reforming the world—a
very hopeless task ; yet, if every man would reform himself, the
great object would be accomplished. But while it is in the power
of every man to re'orm himself, more or less, or to cease from the
commission of any particular offence of which he may have been
gmlty, it is not in the power of any man to reform any other man
by mere violence or force of arms. He may by the influence of his
example, or by words of wisdom and persuasion, induce others to
reform themselves; but there his influence ceases. And as with
men, so with nations. The whole Christian world was once
addicted to the unchristian crimes of slave-capturing,
slave making, slave-dealing, and slave-holding. Great Britain
was as fondly addicted to these crimes as other nations; and,
when her own colony ofSonth Carolina wished to pnt an end to the
Slave Trade, she used her whole authority to prevent the consum¬
mation. But—to the immortal honour of the British people, and
of the enlightened statesmanship which gave effeetto their wishes—
Great Britain at last washed her hands both of Slavery and the
Slave Trade, and set an example to the world of which it is im¬
possible to calculate the benefit and the glory, past, present, and to
come. This, with an unremitting persuasion, ought to be enough.
To attempt more and to endeavour to coerce other nations, is to
raise questions of comparative physical strength, to excite ill
feelings, jealousies, and heartburnings, and to endanger that great
blessing of European and American peace, without which there can
be no real progress for humanity, and no adequate civilisation in our
time.
By what right can Great Britain arrogate to herself the police of
Christendom ? We know of none, unless it bo the right of the
strongest—a right to which other nations will not willingly sub¬
mit, and the exercise of which they will resist by forming alliances
for mutual protection. Such philanthropy as this merits the de¬
signation of malignant, which has been applied to it in. America -,
and renders the profession of it odious to the rest of the world-
The estimable people who think it wrong to drink a glass
of wine, and the innocent and equally estimable persons
who call themselves Vegetarians, and think it an offence
against reason, nature, and propriety to eat a mutton chop, might,
if they were only strong enough in fleets and armies, insist in
like manner upon being the policemen of the nations to the full
extent of their own doctrines, and visit the houses and the
castles of their neighbours to prevent what they conscientiously
deem to be the abominable traffic in alcohol and flesh. Great
Britain, with her fleets and armies, has really no greater moral
right to enforce upon a resisting world, or upon any section of it,
great or small, her own philanthropic ideas of Slavery and the
Slave Trade than the Teetotallers and the Vegetarians have to en¬
force their crotchets or dogmas; and can only successfully do so by
the exercise of the tyranny of the strong over the helplessness of
the weak.
This is in reality the true state of the case between Great Britain
and the United States of America wiib reference to the Slave Trade
and the Bight of Search. In the United States of America the vast
majority of the people do not share the philanthropic feelings of
Englishmen towards the negro race. Vast numbers of influential
men are not earnest in their hostility to the Slave Trade -, and a
powerful section of the Union supports domestic slavery as an
institution to be extended as well as preserved. Even in the
Northern States the “ nigger ” is the pariah of society—a degraded
being, with whom to associate, even in an omnibus, is a thing
not to be thought of by many who theoretically condemn and
abhor both Slavery and the Slave Trade, and who talk at public
meetings of the homogeneity and equal rights of the human
race. Taking the United States of America as a whole, it
is evident that as a State, a Government, and a Power, it does not
wish to abolish Slavery, and has no much greater objection to it
than a cabman has to his beer, or a London alderman to the
flesh of oxen or swine. When wo reflect that this great trans¬
atlantic nation is both powerful in herself and jealous of inter¬
ference in her affairs, and peculiarly sensitive upon the honour of
her flag, we see abundant reasons why the “Bight of Search”
claimed by Great Britain should be offensive to her people and
statesmen. It is impossible but that such a right, real or
assumed, exercised upon an unwilling commnnity, should lead to
irritation and ill -feeling. Doubtless the conduct of the officers of
British cruisers charged with the suppression of the Slave Trade
in the Gulf of Mexico has been very greatly exaggerated by
American captains and by the American press; but the exaggera¬
tion itself is but another proof of the touchiness of the people, and
the impolicy of the right thus claimed and exercised. For
these and many other reasons we shall sincerely rejoice to
hear that the Government of Great Britain—if the facts be
as stated in America—has disavowed the intention to
act offensively towards the United States, and given the
Government at Washington its pledge that such visita.
tions of ships sailing under the American flag shall not be
repeated. The Americans require that the flag Bhall cover the
cargo, whether that cargo be-oxen or slaves; and however much
ALNWICK CA3TLE, TOE SKAT Of THE DUKE OF NOKXH C MRF . IU . A ND. (.-VK.E NEXT PAflE.)
574
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[June 12, 1858
•we, as moralists, philanthropists, and Christians, may object to
consider black men as a cargo of merchandise we must leave the
sin upon the head of America, and content ourselves with the more
humane and enlightened administration of our own affairs.
Pngland is not the Quixote of the world, although there are
many well-meaning enthusiasts, in and out of Exeter Hall, who strive
to make her so. Neither is England the policeman of the world,
although it might he flattering to our national pride if powerful
nations would quietly recognise the unwarrantable assump¬
tion. In addition to all other sources of cavil, it may
Well be doubted whether those persons are not right who
assert that our zealous efforts to repress the Slave Trade have
not greatly increased the horrors of the traffic ; and whether the
countless millions of money we have expended upon our African
anti- slavery squadron have not been utterly wasted, and served no
other purpose in their expenditure than to demoralise African
chiefs, and to augment the miseries of the unhappy ]>eople whom they
continue to barter for beads and tobacco in spite of our vigilance
and our severity. It is quite certain that our policy in this par¬
ticular has tended to create a feeling of soreness and exasperation
between two of the greatest nations in the world—whose peace
and amity are of more practical value to the world than the
whole continent of Africa, and all that it produces.
We are convinced that there will be no war upon this
question. The British Government must yield the point The
sooner it yields the better. It can do so at present with¬
out loss of dignity or honour; Jmt if it persists in wounding
the feverish susceptibilities of the American people, by the
overhauling of American ships in West Indian or in any
other waters, the little flame may be fanned into a con¬
flagration, and both parties may be so implicated as to
render the humiliation of one or the other a necessary preliminary
to adjustment. Than such a consummation we can conceive
nothing more disastrous to both. The injury of America is the
injuiy of England. They are as closely bound together, by trade
and all its multitarious interests and necessities, as if they were one
Government as well as one people. It is ours to yield on this
question of the Bight of Search; and, if we aro still determined to
intercept slavers, and to do our best to prevent and abolish the
infamous Slave Traffic, it is oar duty to find some means of
accomplishing our end that shall not bring us into perpetual col¬
lision with a people as high-spirited and almost as powerful as
ourselves.
ALNWICK CASTLE.
Wr. are indebted to Kelly’s forthcoming "Postal Directory for
Northumberland"’ frr the following description of this no ole Baronial
Castle:—
" Alnwick Castle is situated on the southern bank of the Eiver Ain,
and coinmunde the gTeat north road. It is about thirty miles distant
from the Border, end in fho olden times was espacially considered a
frontier stronghold. Its historical associations-are of a most varied
and important character, and have been sung and said in countless
ballads and legends. Before the walla of Alnwiok Castle fell Jfaloolm,
King of Scotland. A low centuries later another Scottish King,
Wiliiom the lion, was *akou prisoner before its proud towers. JFrgm
Alnwick Castle issued the hero of Chevy Chase, when he sillied forth
to that celebrated but " woeful hunting;” and from Alnwiok poured
reinforcements that mode Hodden one of England’s most famous vio-
fories % Above all, its intimate connection with the memory of the
gallant Hotspur and his "gentle Kate” casts around it a halo of
romance and chivalry not to ho outshone in interest by that of any
other edifice in the kingdom. This noble pile of buildings hauda dovn
to us in beautiful preservation some choice portions of Norman archi¬
tecture, hut the great mats of the edifice is of the Edwardian period
About a hundred years ago considerable transformations were elfottai,
which destroyed in u great measure its charnc'eristics as a border
custle. To repair this error tho noble owner, his Graco tha present
Duke of Northumberland, restored, in 1857 8, the edifice to its pristine
grandeur and expressiveness, ami converted the interior, with ths aid
of Italian architects und artists, into one of the most sumptuous resi¬
dences in tho country. Tho keep of Alnwick Cu3tle consists of a
cluster of towers of various shapes and heights, forming a ring round
an inier courtyard. The keep is itself surrounded by two outer
wards, and the whole is enclosed by a curtain wall, strengthened
at intervale by large and imposing towers. Each towor is surmounted
by stone figures, representing warriors hurling down Btonsa from the
battlemc-nts upon a supposed foe, and with battle-axes and other
weapons repelling on imaginary assault. The probable use of this/
petrifiid garrison was to intimiduto any assailant -1 , as wallas to mis¬
lead them as to the number of the besieged. Whetaer anproaohod from
tl e town by its s.roT'gly-defended barbican, or seen from any other
point of view. Alnwii Castle affords to the mind a most suggestive'
vivid picture of pest time, uod presents to ths eyo a porfoot speoituen
of inedio'val castellated architecture.” , \
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEW.
FRANCE.
(From our own Correspondent.)
/\ Pasis,
The Conferences promise to be extended very much beyond their
anticipated length, and the last one or two sittings have been some¬
what of the stormiest. It is a subject of considerable remark that
neither Fuad Pacha (who seems so little to expect a speedy termina¬
tion of affairs that bo has taken a bouse for the summer in the vicinity
of Paris), nor M. do Hubncr, tho representative of Austria, are in any
of the fists of tho invites to Foil tainebleau; this is the more significant
that the same omission occurred last year with regard to the latter diplo¬
matist. Thenextsetof guests at Fontainebleau includes tbeDucde Rivas
and his daughter, the Comte G ilve, and tue Marquis Visconti. The
Emperor has changed some of his plans for the season, and proposes
to pass the mouth of July at Piombit-res. The maritime fetes at
Cherbourg are deferred, and there is even a doubt entertained of their
taking place at all. < _
The reports last week so much afloat respecting an attempt at
assassination on the Emperor are losing much of their force. They
succeeded, however, in producing a fresh fall in the Bourse, whereupon
the Commissaire thought fit to placard all the hufidiug with a list of
the penalties to which the propagators of false intelligence are exposed.
This, ic addition to the repressiounry measures already in force, has
caused much irritatiou.
It appears that the friendly feeling manifested by the Dnc de
Malakoff towards the Orleans family, and especially his interview
with the Doc d’Anmale, Itave been viewed with very considerable
dissatisfaction by the French Gove rnment, and by its head, and
that a remonstrance has been addressed to the Ambassador on the
subject, to which he lias sent a reply, so says the chronicle, making
no iqiology, hut saying that if his conduct did not give satisfaction,
nothing was so easy as to recall him from a position he had never
sought to obtain.
The great difficulty that is now found in carrying out the arrange¬
ments decided upon with regard to the new coast itution of Algeria,
is to discover persons willing to fill the offices ordained. The French,
and more especially the Parisians, have so intense a dislike to re¬
move themselves for any length of time from their capitals du
mond civilise, that few temptations can be found sufficiently strong
to induce them to do so.
It is said that high posts have been offered to MM. Bixio and Emile
de Girardin, but that, notwithstanding the personal intimacy of the
latter with the Prince Napoleon, neither is likely to accept office in
his new Government. It appears also that the powers granted to the
Prince are not by any means so extensive as was believed.
The retreat of General Espinasse from the Ministry of the Interior
is commonly considered os almost certain. A significant symptom may
he found in the fact that M. Rouber’s state of health prevented lii s
accepting the last invitation of his colleague to dinuer, while another
Minister declined on the plea of a visit to Fontainebleau, from which
he had returned at four o’clock.
We are happy to announce that so decided an improvement has
taken place in the state of M. de Pine that there is vory reasonable
hope of his recovery, and it is expected that in the course of a week
or ten days it may be found possible to convey him to Paris.
A marriage, solemnised with Royal magnificence, has been cele¬
brated in the neighbourhood of Paris between the sou of the Comte
de V. and a young and beautiful Creole. Both bride and bride¬
groom possess splendid fortunes; and the trousseau, the jewels,
and the splendour of the wedding fete, have been the theme
of all Palis. All the guests were conveyed to the entertainment by
the givers thereof—200 horses, with the requisite number of car¬
riages, being placed at their disposal.
A zoological garden for the accfimatation of various foreign birds,
animals, and vegetables, is about to bef established in the Bois de Bou¬
logne, chiefly supported by M. Rothschild. The Emperor has headed
the subscription list with his name.
A terrific fire has completely destroyed the great commercial house,
Le Grand Condo, in the Faubourg St. Germain, and done very con¬
siderable damage to the buildings around it. An explosion of gas
seems to have led to the mischief; but as it occurred on Sunday, when
the proprietor and nearly all the shopmen were absent, happily no
fives were lost. An immense amouut of property lately purchased was
destroyed. -
Tho ceremony of inaugurating tho port of Cherbourg has been post¬
poned to the 7th of August.
Rumours of new plots against tho life of the Emperor hive boon in
circulation lately, and a eeizore of somo tuspioious-loaking articles
took place on the Sardinian tiontisr. But the only uu'beatioated fact
cf importance appears to be that tho Sardinian authorities sent nitica
to the French police of certain suspected personages being about to
enter the empire. Sone five or six individuals were in consequents
arrested; and the police, being on the alert, laid hold of (tie above
mentioned articles, eupposingtfifm to be a now species of bomb. They
were designated at the Custom-house, however, as childrens play¬
things. and such, in fact, it is now said, they have proved to ba.
On Friday weak the Paris Tribunal oi Correctional Poli o tried
fourteen men, one in flight by default, for having formed a secret poli¬
tical society for the assassination of the Emperor, and the overthrow
of tho Government. The tribunal oondoinnodthroe of tha men,
named Moulin, Aubrey, and ldasse, to eighteen mouths’ im orison-
mint, and the first-named to 600f fine, and the last two to -TlOf. each;
one, named Cbampjn, to fifteen months’ imprisonment, and Sifiif. fine ;
another, Bourmiebon, to t Mr ten months' and 200f. fine ; another,
Marly, to six months’, and ICOf, fine: throo others to three months’
each, ono to two months’, and another to ouo month’s. All eleven
were besides condemned to five years' interdiction of oivil rights. The
other three prisoners were acquitted/ *
The Indfpenience lldge Las been interdicted in the whole of tho
Frenoh Empire.
On Sunday Lieut, de Mercy, convicted of h omicide, was pnblicly
degraded on the Place Bdlecour, ai| Lyons. Detachments from the
different regiments composing the gan-iton formod square. The pri¬
soner being brought into the eontrein full uniform, a sergeant stepped
forward aid tore off .hie o;>auletto und the scale on the other shoulder,
throwing them at tha Licutenunts feet. His sword was then broken,
and tho pieces wore also thrown ut his fest. The next stsn was to tear
off the buttons of his uniform, and tho military degradation was then
complete. J 7
SPAIN.
A Madrid telegram of ibo Tin inst. announoes the return of the
Queen add King to Aiarjocz. ^
Tho &«e importation^' gram into Spain will be allowed until the
31st of December.
PORTUGAL.
The Royal Speech, delivered on Monday at the opening of tho Cortes,
onnountod the betrothal of Prince George of Saxony with the Infanta
cf Portugal.
Tho specob also referred to the formation of raw railroads, and to
inf ended measures relating to tho finances and to navigation.
PRUSSIA.
A Kicnigsherg letter, in tho Nuremberg Correspondent, says -.—"It is
now certain thut the delegation of the Prince of Prussia will bo pro-
lengr-d to tho month of Ootober. and if at the expiration of that time
tho King cannot assume the reins of Government, a Regency will bo
established.”
A letter from Berlin, dated Friday, says:—"Hie Rival Highness
Prince Albert was received this morning at tho Grossbeoren station
of the Anhalt railway by his Bon-in-law Prince Frederick William.
Their Royal Highnesses left in a postohaiss for tha chateau of Bubffs-
berg, near Potsdam, where they arrived at eight o'clock o.m. Tho
Prince of Prussia was there waiting to receive his distinguished
guest.” The Xeit, of Berlin has the following:—“Their Royal High¬
nesses the Prince Consort of England and Princo Frederick William
arrived from Potsdam at Berlin accompanied by Alexander Vou Hum¬
boldt. Tho august personages immediately proceeded to the now
palace, which they inspected in all its details; they then proceodod to
the King’s Palace, whore they remained a long time in tha apartments
occupied by the Prince and Princess Frederick William. Their Royal
Highnesses visited the Palace of the Prinoe of Prussia, and returned
to Babclsberg. There was a grand dinner at the Princo and Princess
Frederick WiUiem’s in honour of the Princo Consort. To this dinner
were invited all the Princes and Princesses of Prussia actually iu Ber¬
lin, Prince Augustus of Wurtemburg, Prince Charles of Hohenzollarn-
Sigmaringen, Prince William of Baden, and other princely personages,
as also I/ird Bloomfield, the British Ambassador.” Prinoe Albert has
had a long interview with the King of Prussia.
The Prussian Moniteur publishes some statistics oonoerning tho
movement of the Roman Catholic Church in Prussia from 1840 to 1855.
Fraesia possessed, in 1818, 0,011,068 Catholics ; and in 1855, 0,352,028.
In 1810 there existed 7,185 Catholio chnrohes, with 6550 priests; and
in 1855 7110 churches, with 5801 priests. In 1855 the proportion of
Catholics Was 1250 to the square mile : tliat of Protestants, 2071. The
number of Catholics per churoh was 853; that of Protestants, Hit
TURKEY.
The festivities at Constautinoples in honour of the marriage of the
Sultan’s daughter began on tha 2S:h ult.
M. de Thouvenel has received instructions, by tolegraoh. to r-’miin
at bis post until further orders.
A letter from Constantinople saysThe Fora Thsrire his just
been opened, with a company of Turkish actors and actresses. This is
a great innovation, and oao which most shook Mussulman notions.”
Three vessels with troops have been diipatehed for Cuudia.
The journals of Vienna report that a Binguinnry engagement
between the Christians and the Turks took place on tha 24:h May, on
the Bosnian territory. The Combat lasted t jr Baveral hours. The
Austrian troops were under arms during the conflict, to bo randy to
protect their frontiers.
PERSLV.
According to intelligence from Teheran the army of Murad Mir/.i
Lae net n attacked by the native tribes neer Mere, aod totally defeated
and dispersed. A ccnrpiracy against the Shah has been discovered.
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
A telegram from Alexandria, in anticipation of the Calcutta m a il of
May 5 hie arrived. The news ie scanty. , .
Sir Hugh Bose defeated the rebels at Bui Sir Kooneh about the 30th
of April, killing 400. They are making another stand near Calpoe.
The Nana, with all the cavalry in Bareilly, was trying to cross tha
Gungcs to join hiq brother at Calpee, and thence escape to Central
Oude is quieting down. Mr. Montgomery has restored the Tadook-
dars, and established tho Zemindaree system, to the content of the
people. ... .
Jung Bahadoor had reached Azimghur, on his return march.
There has been some slight disturbance caused by a hill cribs in
Assam. A small detachment of Europeans and Goorkahs, having fol¬
lowed them into the mountain?, had been repulsed with loss.
! CHINA.
The news from China is, that a despatch from Pekin directs tha
foreign Plenipotentiaries to return to Canton to meet tho ne v Com-
missiontr, who, it is said, is gathering forces with the intention of
attempting the recapture of Canton.
Lord Elgin and his colleagues had loft for the Peiho.
UNITED STATE8.
The New York Herald renorts more alleged outrages on American
ships by the British squadron in tho Gull of Mexico, and says great
excitement continues to prevail at Washington in reference Co thoss
occurrences. , ... , .
In Congress, on the 24th ult., an important bill was introduced in
the Senate, investing the President with power to obtain by fores
prompt redress for tho nerpetrotion of outrages upon the flag, sod, or
citizens of the United States, or upon their property. It is contem¬
plated to propose a resolution authorising the President to make
reprisals wherever the adoption of such a course is deemed neoassary.
A Washington despatch of the 25 th ult. says :—“ The Commit to a on.
Foreign Relations, in tho .Senate, had a full meeting this morning, and
considered the proposition from Mr. Slidell to abrogate that clause of
the Ashburton Treaty which requires a naval force to b9 maintained
on tho coast of Africa. After some discussion a formal division was
taken, with the following result:—-Teas: Mason, Slidell, aud Poole.
Nays: Foot, Crittenden, Douglas, and Sewaid. Thus the movement
was defeated by a majority of ono.
The House Committee on naval affairs has reported a bill autho¬
rising the construction of ten steam gunboats; aud it is stated that
the committee on foreign relation will propose to increase tho number
to thirty.
Lord Napier positively denies having had any knowlodge whatever
<pf the recent proceedings in the Gulf until they appeared in print,
and says that he at once communicated with the Admiral of the
squadron, inclosing the statements made and comments upon them,
with an emphatic injunction against their repetition. He believe3 that
the Home Ministry were equally ignorant, and henoo his ooaviotion is
derided that these acts will bo promptly disavowed.
In the Senate, the bill providing for the admission of Oregon into
the Union was passed by a vote of thirty-six to seventeen. It 'rill no
doubt pass the House at an early day—thus making three now Suites,
Kansas, Minnesota, and Oregon, added to the Union during the
present Session of Congress.
The bill providing for defining the boundary between the United
States territory and Texas was also passed.
The Hon. Charles Sumner has aadrasisd a valediotory letter to Iris
conttituonts on his leaving for Franco. _ It concludes thus:—“ Had I
originally foreseen the duration of my disability, I should at onoa have
resigned my seat in the Senate, making way for a servant more
fortunate than myself in the precious advantages of health. I did not
do so, because, like other invalids, I lived in the belief that I was soon
to be well, and was reluctant to renounce the opportunity of again
exposing thohideous barbariiin of slavery, now more than 07or trans¬
fused in the National Government, infecting its whole policy and de¬
grading if 8 whole character. Besides, I was often euoouragod to faal
that lo overy eincere lover of civilisation my vacant chair wis a per¬
petual speech. Chabj.es Sumner. On board steamer Vanderbilt,
New York Harbour, 22nd May, 1858.’*
Tub Affair of titi: ‘‘Cagliari.”—T he Indipendcnte of
Turin affirms that flic latest English notes on the CtujlUiri affair are en¬
tirely in conformity with Count Cavour’s views, aud render the question
“ common and identical ” for both Courts. It further states that, ac¬
cording to all likelihood, Russia will be chosen arbitrator, and that the
affair will soon be pacifically settled. On the other hand, there is a rumour
in Paris that Naples having positively refused any indemnity to the
English engineers, Lord Malmesbury has sent an ultimatum.
Montenegro. —Prince Danilo, letters state, has given orders
that a eliurcli shall be erected in memory of the victory of Graliovo. He
has also published a decree directing prayers to be offered up during a
space of forty days for the Montenegrins killed in that engagement. Mon¬
tenegro is a patch of bleak upland, eighty leagues square, and counts
ko.ooo inhabitants, for half of whom it does not grow food. Bosnia, of
which it formed part, connts 1,400,000 souls, of whom 18,000 are Croats
and 150,000 Morlacbs. There are 250,000 Turks of Ottoman race, 15,000
Greeks of Hellenic origin; and the creed is the Orthodox Greek when it
is not the Koran.
Letters from Hamburg mention that the house of Mr. Theodor
Schmidt, which w T as one of the principal among those that suspended
during the crisis in November last, has resumed business, having paid al
di marids, with interest and charges.
OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS.
THE RIGHT HON. WILLIAM YATES PEEL.
Tnr. Right Hon. 'William Yates Peel, who died on the 1st
inst, at Baginton Hull, Warwickshire, was the second son of Sir
Robert Peal, the first Baronet, of Drayton Manor, by his first wife,
Ellen, daughter of William. Yates, Esq., of Spring-side, near Bury,
end was tne next brother of the second Baronet, the eminent
statesman Sir Robert Peel. He was born in 1789, at Chamber Hall,
Bury, and married, the 17th June, 1819, Lady Jane Elizabeth Moore,
second daughter of Stephen, second Earl of Mouutcashol, by which
l&dy, who died the 5th September, 184=7, ho Lad a numerous family.
Mr. Yates Peel was educated at Harrow School and at St John’s Col¬
lege Cambridge, where he graduated B A. in 1812, aud M. A. in 1815.
He was in June, 1819, called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn. The follow¬
ing year he enteredPurliamentu3member for the borough of Bosainey.
He subsequently eat from 18X8 to 1830 for Tamworth; in 1830 for
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight; from 1831 to 1835 for the University of
Cambridge; from 1SC5 to 1837 again for Tam worth; and finally for the
eamo place in 1847. In tho autumn of 1847, Mr. Y atos Pool had the mis¬
fortune to lose his wife, to whom he was devotedly attached, and her
death so affected him that mentally he was unable to attend to any
public duties. He consequently resigned his seat in the House of
Commons, and has since then led a secluded life. Mr. Yates Peel,
who was made a Privy Councillor in 1834:, has filled various public
offices. Ho was Commissioner of the Board of Control in 1326, Uuder
Secretary of State for the Homo Department in 182S, a Lord of tho
Treasury in 1830, and he again held the same appointment from 13 Si
to 1835. He advocated tne same Conservative politics as bis dis¬
tinguished brother. Sir Robert Peel, and was a willing supporter of
that eminent statesman’s Free-trade policy.
CAPTAIN SIR WILLIAM PEEL, K.C.B.
In the death of this able and distinguished naval offioer, whose life was
eo full of promise, the public havo to mourn the loss of another valuable
scion of the Peel family. He was the third son of the gre,».t statesman.
Sir Robert Peel, by his wife, Julia, youngest daughter of General Sir
John Floyd, Bart. Ho was born the 2nl of November, 1824, aud en¬
tered the Royal Navy early in life, and became a Captain the 19 h of
January, 1849. Peel commanded tho Naval Brigade in the Crimea, and
leoently in India, and how gallantly aud effectually he did cois a face
known to alL The last and not the least of his brilliant service* was
the assistance he gave, with his brave band of British tars, to Sir Colia
Campbell at Cawnpore and Lucknow. TIo had been made a C.B. in
1855. and but just recently he was advanced to be a 1C.C.3. Sir Wil¬
liam Peel died, universally regretted, at Cawnpore, of smallpox, on the
27th of last April.
To tho notice of the late Captain Read should be aided the* fact that
in December, 1848, ho left the 23th Rtgimeut and joined tho 83rd Re¬
giment, when the latter distinguished corps was ordered to proceed to
India.. Captain Read’s brother officers of tho 83rd have eiguifi-d their
intention of erecting a mural tablet to the memory of their fra llant
companion and friend in one of the churches of liis native county.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
575
Juke 12 , 1858 .]
SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT.
Ai/rnornn not without snatches and glimpses of that personality
which is the f-pice to the Parliamentary banquet of the year, on the
whole, legislators have shown a tendency to work since the subsiding
of the great party struggle; that is, they have been attempting to talk
towards results. There have, however, been exceptions to this pre¬
disposition in both Houses which, perhaps, are not unworthy of being
noticed. Fora pure abstract man-againsfc-mau contest—of words—
commend us to that episode in which Mr. Hors man figured as the
accused of Irish members in his handling of the Irish Secretaryship.
Such an exposd of the art of keeping men on by keeping them offjhas
not occurred in the annals of Governmental life for many a day. What
a subdivision of the art of official coquetry is to be found in that pro¬
gramme of the treatment of Irish members which the ex-Secretary
declared, with an air of innocent insolence, that he had laid down !
There was a complete adoption of the Peelifce doctrine of
three courses to be pursued towards gentlemen in pursuit
of Irish patronage, which may have been all very well in
practice, provided it was in the hands of a skilful manipulator, but
which evidently broke down in the hands of Mr. Horsman, and which ?
therefore, would have been better suppressed. In the days of H.B.
fomelhing might have been made of the scene—of an Irish Secretary
in his own library watching the proceedings of his porter and his one
clerk at his office over the way, while they dealt with the claims for
admission to see him of the three sections of Irish members, accord
ing to the principles laid down by their chief. Not the least amusing
part of the matter was the earnest protest of good-looking, easy, plea
sant Lord Naas against its being supposed that the Secretary f>r Ire
laud had nothing to do. Any one who sees his Lordship must be
aware that he bears on him a visible contradiction to such a state
ment.
Those who remember the last days of poor Feargus O'Connor
in the House of Commons, must have been forcibly reminded of hi
erratic doings when they witnessed a scene in the Lords in which the
Earl of Kingston flourished as the chief actor. This noble Lord hal
put on the notice-paper a series of questions ranging through
half-a-dozen subjects, and involving the character of three
or four individuals, and which, for rambling inconsequence,
could only be equalled by an advertisement in the Timas, which ran
thus:—“Gas—Tar—Shoes. Shakspeare’s BustAuberfc and Klaf
teuburgmoney for the presentproposals for the future, I wish
to send to you. No inquiry shall be made. Rely. Oue line by Post.
Quite broken down. Oh, come.” This probably had an advantage
over the noble Earl’s questions, because, no doubt, somebody under¬
stood it; whereas nobody, not even the noble propounder himself,
could have comprehended his queries. It is hardly possible to describe
for how long this ludicrous circumstance kept the whole of the upper
branch of the Legislature in a confused muddle, until one of its most
aged members, in the person of Lord Lyndhurst, by a simple pro¬
position, cut the entangled knot of precedent and custom, and relieved
their Lordships at once from an absurd position and the participa¬
tion in a scries of libels.
There are not wanting indications that the question of Vote by
Ballot has assumed a new phase. It is to lie noted that for the last
two yearB the debate has been confined to Mr. Henry Berkeley’s droll
effusions, and a single speech or so, not the least in answer, and then the
division. But there must he some improvement in the under-current
of opinion on this subject, which influenced the gathering together of
so many members of all parties on a densely-close and stifling June
evening, and to keep the debate bounding and prancing in the highest
style of the political “ manege ” until twelve o’clock, when some four
hundred members were found to pack themselves in the lobbies on a
division. It must not be supposed that the crtfwd came only to listen
to Mr. Berkeley’s jokes, which some people suspect to be noted down
among the documents which he has before him. ludeed, on this occa¬
sion the matter urns brought on under many disadvantages. In the first
place, in consequence of the morning sitting, the llonse did not meet
till six o’clock, and Mr. Berkeley had to contend will the rival at¬
traction of Mr. Steers (the genius of the kitchen of the Iloase) aud
to make drollery and witticism supply the place of cutlets and iced
drinks; and although, sooth to say, the bon. gentleman’s jocoseness
was less] lmppy than usual, and although he simply ignored
argument altogether, yet members stayed and listened to a very
earnest debate, which will tend more to take the Parliamentary
treatment of this question out of Mr. Berkeley’s hands than
anything that lias occurred for some time. One could not help
carrying away an impression that the advocates of the question
begin to feel that the opposition to it is not to be laughed away, that
it lias reached a point at which, if real pressure be applied, there is no
remote prospect of its being transformed from an annual subject for
banter ir.to a reality and a success. Ft is a subject which lias been
treated in Parliament- from a comic point of view sufficiently longhand
if it is not damaged by an adherence to this mode of proceeding, or
by the petulance of over-inflated metropolitan members, neit year
it may take its place by the side of the question of the property quali¬
fication. No doubt the numerical majority against it may he sup-
posed to be opposed to this reasoning; but the tone of the debate was
very remarkable, and deserves attention. If, as some allusion in the
course of the discussion seems to justify one in supposing, Sir Corne-
wall Lewis is the coming man, the proximate leader of the Libera]
party, a consideration of his speech may be taken as an indication of
what is to he expected in those halcyon days when agonised Liberals
shall cease to be torn with contending hopes and fears ns to whether
Lord John or Lord Palmerston is to be sent for when the Ministry of
Lord Derby reaches that collapse, which, although it seems to be
postponed as often as the last performance of a favourite singer, people
say is embraced within an inevitability only of a few months. Well,
certainly, if there bo any one who does not care how soou that event
comes oiT, judging from appearance, Lord Derby is himself the man.
There is a tradition about the Houses of Parliament that Lord Melbourne
was the most easy-goingand easy-taking Prime Minister, at least so far
as outward demeanour was concerned, Bince Lord North ; but it may
be very safely averred that Lord Derby is a successful competitor of
any one of bis predecessors in that way. In Opposition nothing
could be more watchful and even stern than the attitude Lord
Derby was accustomed to assume. He always seemed to be
nursing invective and distilling sarcasm, and tlie operation pro¬
duced X a x Winful expression on his face. Now.lie sits in
the easiest and most lolling of postures; a perpetual smile
mantles oii liis countenance: his attention to what is going on
j8 just so apparent as to be courteous, while it i3 entirely free from
elaboration; he no longer starts vehemently from his seat and plunges
at once into a flow of fervid oratory, but be rises with the gracefal
assurance of a person who knows he is the chief man in the company
in which he finds himself, and discourses pleasantly in a conversational
tone and with on evident desire to be pleasant with every one.
Indeed nothing is so remarkable in the discussions in the
Upper House as the interchange of the phrase of “ray
noble friend ” between the Ministry and the chiefs of the
Opposition; and it is done to an extent which, in the absence of any
more specific designation of the person in question, which is the
custom of the Peers, often renders it difficult for listeners to know
who is meant. Indeed, that there ia some reform needed in this
respect on the part of their Lordships, is at once shown by the state-
nunt that some time late in a debate an early speaker is
indicated in circumlocutory fashion, as the noble Earl who
spoke before the noble Marquis, who followed the right reverend
Prelate, who took an early part in the discussion originated by the
noble Duke on the cross-benches or on the Opposition or Minis¬
terial side, as the case nmy he. But, recurring to the Prime Minister,
it is certain that, whether he be pursuing apatli or hastening towards
the brink of a precipice, he seems to have resolved to take things
pleasantly, and one hears that few men can he so pleasant and agree¬
able as this very noble Lord, whose Parliamentary reputation is asso.
ciated with the possession of qualities the very reverse of those which
he now seems so assiduously to cultivate.
If it he true that the principle of competitive examination for ad¬
mission to the public service has been pronounced for by public
opinion, it may not be ont of place here to state that, judging from a
short discussion in the House of Lords one night this week, there is
a pretty general unison of official opinion, both among ins and outs,
in opposition to that principle. There was very great significance in
the manner in which all heads and deputy heads of departments,
whether in possession or reversion, cheered an announcement au¬
thoritatively given by the Premier that that system, if it hud [not
wholly failed to get the best men, had by no means succeeded to the
extent which was expected. On the whole, one would say that grand
and high officialism is alarmed at the prospect of the system of clerk -
dom emancipating itself from the condition of machinery. Imagine
a clerk having the presumption to think! What shall we come to
next*
MR. CHARLES MACK AY..
(From the Boston Transcript, May 20 )
This gentleman railed in the steamer Europa yesterday morning
this city. Qui*o a crowd of his personal friends assembled to take
furewcBs. lie carries with himfchebflft wishes of hosts bf u lm’.rerB,
w ho will he glad to gee him again on this sido the Atlantic. A pitting
dinner wag given to him on X’uepday evening, at which were prisont
some of the most distinguished literati of the country. Among thp
feniixrente drunk with tlio heartiest enthusiasm was the health of
Alfred Tennysos, proposed by Mr. Longfellow—a mo* t graceful and
genial recognition of ihe gonius of the author of " In. Mamori.ini, ’ by
the author of “ Evangeline ” The company on the occasion included
ProfersoiB Longftllow, Holmes, Agassiz, und. Lowell; his Exoolionoy
N. P. Banks (Governor of Massachusetts); Jonah Quincy, Esq/t^Jojiah,
Quincy, Etq , jun ; and many others well known to-fame, Mr. J G.
Whittier and Mr. K. W. Emerson were unavoi»Ubly absent. The fol¬
lowing poem was re::d by Professor Holmes (author of “ The Autocrat
of the iheakfaat-tuble”), addressed to the guest [of(the evening y
TO CHARLES
ON HIS DhPAUTUItB El’Ah
Brave singer of the coming time,
Sweet minstrel of the joyous ptesouV^/"
Crowned with thp raobl®t wreath of rhymo/
The holly-leafoLAyrshiro’8 peasant.
Good-by! goodfhy! X)ur hearts and hands.
Onr lips in luWsVfiaaou phrases.
Crv, God be with Lim till he Stands
J3ia feet amid hia English daisies.
’Tie here we pir£. For other oyrs
The busy de'clk-the flutteringStreamer,
The dripping arms that plunge and rise.
The waves ia loam, tiro ship in tremor,
The korohiofa waving from the pior,
The cloudy pilhu- gHding o’ur him,
The deep blue dogerl, lo aU and drear,
"With Leuven above und homo bofore him*
Tf
His hdmo l The Western giant smiles,
Ai.d twirls the spotty globe to find it:
“ Tbig little speck,The British Is’.os :
’Tis but a freckle, never mind it 1”
Ho laughs, and j» 11 his prairies roll.
/\ Eucb gurgling cataract roars and chuckles.
And ridges, sketched from polo to pole.
Heave till they shake their iron knuckles.
Then Honour, with hia front austare,
'^Turned on the snoer a frown deduct,
AndFreedom, leaning on her spear.
Lungkod louder thin the laughing giant:
" Our islet is a world." she said,
* Where gtory with ita dust has blended,
And Britain htep3 liur noble dead
Till earib, and esas, and skies are reuded . ”
-Vx Beneath oooh swinging forest bough
8 omo arm a3 stout m death repose*;
From wave-washed foot to heaven-kissed brow.
Her valour's life-blood runs in r isas.
Nay. let our ocean-bosomed "West
Write, smiling in htr florid page?,
*' One-halt her soil hss walked the rest
In poet*, heroes, martyrs, sages ’ ”
nuggad in the clinging billows’ clasp.
From seaweed fringe to mountain heather.
The British oak, wit;h rooted grasp.
Her slender handful holds together.
"With cliffs of white and bowers of green.
And ocean narrowing to caress her,
And hills and threaded streams between—
Our littio Mother Isle. God bless her!
In earth’s brood templo, where we stand,
Fanned by the eastern galea that brought u«.
"Wo hold the missal in our hand.
Bright with the lines our Mother taught us.
Where’er its blazoned page^ betrays
The glistening links of gilded fetters.
Bahold, tho half-turned leaf displays
Hor rubric 5 iainod in crimson letters.
Enough. To speed a parting friend.
’Tis vain alike to sneak and listen ;
Yet slay— these feeble accents blond
With rays of light from eyes that glisten.
* Good-by 1 "once more. And kindly ti-ll.
In words of peace, the Young World's story:
Aud say, borides, wo love too well
Our Mother’s soil—our Fathers glory.
May 28,1808. O. W. Holmes.
Extraordinary Phenomenon at Boulogne.— A letter
from Boulogue-sur-Mer on Saturday Inst says :—•* An extraordinary
.'rniswlpri'ct voh-anie. occurred here this mORunir at eight
THE SHOW OF AMERICAN PLANTS AT CR5MORNEL
In the noble collection now on view at Cremorno tho rhododendron
forms the principal feature; and what flowering shrub or tree can be
compered wish it? Thero is no: a plant bo gruud and imposing;
nothing so beautiful as au evergreen; nothing so gorgeous in flower;
nothing so well calculated to form an exhibition of itsef; thoro
seems to be no limit to its varieties—no end o f colours—yet it is nev r
brought, before the public at tho ordinary popular exhibitions. Never,
it may be safely asserted, has thero been a eho v to equal either in
number or quality that now on view in the Asaburnhivn. Pavih m. #
Tlio space allotted to tho garden in which tho collection of plants is
displayed is four hundred feat long and one hundred foot wide, this
huing the size ot tho pavilion. The ground plan is admirable. On
each sido there is a range of plants forming a wide continuous bank of
many colours; recesses have been prov.ded ior sea's ascertain dts-
ionces; gravel waits under tho side compartment* of suhevent width
for a norno promenudo reach neavly from ond to end. Noft to this,
towards the centre, is a dories of clump*, between which tho centre
walk is reached; and, instead of this being uninterrupted, taera are
noble clumps of costly specimens in tho centre; and hallway down
the main avinuo the wu'k devute* iu two htlf otrcuiar piths to go
round the principal central elttmp^therefore tha^tarden cnnprisas
two long hanks of flowers, two side promenades nearly tho imgthof
the tent and within these araiwp series ivldfljbrently-for nod baas or
clomp* tastefully edged with grass verges, laavine a wide central pro¬
menade, in wbieii clumps tjf various forms break the monotony of a
straight path, on t shows nil some of the nfost noble glints in the king¬
dom to the best advsntoge.\ '
The garden has been designed by Mr. Milner, of tho Crystal Pataoe,
who has show e bis usual ait-s io skill and faoility of invention in as
pretty a combination of walks, v.rgea and bads as we over saw in an
oblong suutre; id fdok it is the bsst design we ever witnessed within
four square walls, for be it known to those who may fancy einvas
rutl.tr odd materials for walls, Ihat it is the nams tanc and mirousa
niaxufueinrora give to their upright tides. Tho plants have boon
selected by Messrs. Wateret and Godfrey from hundreds of thousands
which they grew at their extsneivo nurseries at Knaptud. aed com¬
prise all/the best hhrdy known varieties in the world; differing in
oolour size habit of growth, aud value, and forming one of the bast
collections ever brought together. The rhododendron t» found in all
climates, hot end cold, end cich locality is no tad for pecolisr species.
The most tender, perhaps, are tho few from Borneo, not introduced
until 1810 and down to ISIS. Then wo have tondsr varieties, and cer¬
tainly the most beautiful, from Nepaul, whioh gave us the tree rhodo¬
dendron rtdled 11. Arboreum, a brilliant scarlet, in 1811); and others
'Xtt rich purple, red, crimson, rose, and pila pink, all bat vcon 1817 und
1637' otbnsitoo tender to ttand in our open climate came from
Japan. Lapland, and Kboscca Tho hardy kinds ars numerous, and
ceine iron) North America, Kamtoluuka, Caucasus, Austria, Siotrii,
China, Kkitzoiland, Fyronoes, .luva, Gibraltar, and. Armenia, at venous
pqrteds;‘snd all these not only differ from each other, bat many of the
iocuHties poFFc?5cd a number of species perfectly distiuot. Tns>
triumph ot horticulture is in cross •breeding. As an iaatinoe of the
eflfbtwenefcl f illy mention that tbe eplendid co’our of the Nepiul
varietier, which will not bear our climate, have been obtained in harav
bvbrid vwnetiofl, raised from seed here, by the simple pro joss of m-
< culoting or iertiUrius hurdy plants with the dust or jv.'lien of tlio
tender ores. The groat majority of tho hundreds of distinct kitids
which now fill tho catalogues with their names, are of EnglLli origin
from two foreign parent* The magnificent dump of blood red plants
in tho centre walk exhibits ou t of the results or this cross-breeding,
and wo mention it particularly beoauso it has all tho beauty or the
texder kind etdltd li. Arboreum, from Nepaul, upon a pUnt that will
e til'd nil our winteie, califd atrossnguineum. It appears that in
tie crossing of p’anls the hubit of the sead-beai-iny parent; is retained
by mofit of tho plaints raised from eacd, go that if the tender sorts are
fertilised with ibo pollen or dust from the hardy the progeny is
lender. Let 1 he visitor bear in mind when he attend* the Lrom irn©
show thet a vufct majority of the plants lie ee u s are improve manta on
tho foreign species, and havo been raised in England. Oloso to the
noble clump of blood red plante (Ari-osanguinoum) already mentioned
cio four smeller ones of a white ground variety, with green sp >t3, very
remarkable, and called R Catawbienao Album elegaas. Such a am¬
ple y of these two varieties will not be found elsewhere Miuy of tue
individual plants are worth uotiio, Especially tho noble trees wiiich
tiund “alone in their glory,"foraeof uu enormous siw>, and are literally
covered with their cones und pyramids of flowers of all colours. It
would be diflloult to enumerate the hundreds of British origin that uro
diriincl enough to boar diifcreut numus, yet every year alia greatly
to the stock of’ novelties; and, when onco a variety worthy of notica
Las bceD ruised. it is soon propagated and sold out among tho lovers of
new things "When the beauty .»{ a tender species cm bo soeiire-A in
h plant that will grow well out of doors,a great stride has bean made, and
the art of the florist is succors fully brought Vi bear in tho pr jiuctum of
more u/pful thengh not !eso beautiful various?. Alarm ia one of tha
xccfct striking re haps of all, fer it has a white ground, airi each jistil
is edge d niili biipht reaibit Arohimedes is another v*ry fine v*mr.y,
a bright rcse end light centre; LnyauumiflaviVidBiorlot, wrJi alight
cfiiire ord a finofoliigo; und Biruluyunum ii a Oulaadid ccunson.
T*rir<*e Alhprtic a rich lake of fine toxaira and very distinct _Lord
John Kwfill ie a pule nee, diEtiLotly and beautimlly sp *ttad. \\ illi-A n
Downing, a rich dark puce, wi’h a black blutoh on tho npoer petals
Luciduxn is a tpoticd Jiluo; Iriistuosum is a very Lrgs double iiLc ;
Biutnp, a fine b.rgo fpotted ro^e, is worthy of notice, os ali o Ch inca br,
a likbt j-UTple. nuo.y spo'.ted; and Dund^mona, a blush, with dark
upp<r petelE But we might fro on ard fill too paper wiih rotnirkiible
Eegluh-raucd varieties far excelling in beauty any of the apecies froai
which they were raised. At the private view of this nable oollectnu
cr. Monday lust, there was a numerous company: m>?t of tha ytaitors
w»re of the uohiliry and goutry, with a sprinkling of asientifi? »nd
littrery gfntlemen and butoueoi>iuioo prevailed as to the beautiful desigu
cf this garden undtvcaovua trd the taste displayed in the grouping
of so rnurv plants, many of w'hich ware worth from ten to fifty guanas.
TFo company were assembled by special invitation, and having viewed
tl o Americans, as they are improperly called, the visitors procoeied to
the open gardens, which 010 wonderfully improved. Additions have
been made to the fora banks and rackwork, many new bads have been
foitned on the lawn, which has boon increase 1 in size, and tin
planting i6 highly creditable to tho suparinteadont of the garden adJairs,
Mr. SmithoTS, late of tho Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park.
v'ompanied with a perfect tormul'i of wind aud the sky densely obscured.
The whole did not hut more than ten minutes, but what was most stranse
was. that there existed the brightest sunshine immediately before aiid
after.— p.S. J he passengers of the Folkestone boat, who have just come in
(half-past, five p.m.). report that, a similar cocurrence took place there aud
at other places on the English coast at the same time us here.
Baron dc Humboldt, at the express invitation of the King, had
left Berlin lor Potsdam to pass some days with his Majesty.
Fanct Bazaar at Wellington Barracks. — To the lists given
laf.t week of liberal contributors to this bazaar, held in aid of the wives and
families of soldiers and sailors, wc have been requested to add the following
names of perronfi who munificently contributed on the o laalon Ur.
Pnrry, Piccadiiiv Mr. Bovd. Bond-street; Messrs Child and Cx.
Gforgc-street, Edinburgh; 'Messrs. Elkington, Re^ent-strocfc; Messrs.
HiLd.'oy and .Son. OxforU-strccr; Messrs. Hunt and koskell, Bind-street;
Messrs. T.udtow and Coikbuni. Bond-street ; 3lessrs. McDmgall, of tho
Tarinn "Warcbouse, Inverness : Messrs. Marshall and Sons. George-Streei,
Kdinbureb: Mr. Morant. Bond-street; Messrs. Uittencrnn.l Saxby. Bond-
slicet; Messrs. Shnrpus and Co., Cockspur-street; Mr. Wedgewooi.
TnE Flower SnowAT Chiswick.—T he grand summer meeting
of the Hortimltnral Society of I/ondon was held «n 'Vednesday, at Vic
Chiswick Gardens, for the exhibition of flowers, fruit, vegetables, a id
horticultural manufactures 1 he meeting was one of tho most * litres* nil
that ever rewarded the efforts of the munanemtmt to render these anauil
gatherings attractive. The Queen honoured the exhibition with her
presence.
Royal Botanic al Society.— The annual exhibition of
Arnerirr.u plant? under the auspices of this society commenced on Monday
in the ltrgfnt's-park Garden 1 - Thecollcction —that of Mr. Joan Waterer
o r J’ae? hot—was di-p’ayed under:* large marquee, and, trio plants bung tn
toll flower, tlio exliibition was very brilliant and Interesting. Tins cobfc iion
j?, rumcrienDv. very much smaller than that of Messrs. uterer ana
Godfrey, of the Knap-hill Ruwry (of which we this give •«
or.gravingi; but. for all wliolce' interested in the perfection which the art
of borticuiture has attained, both displays are Well 'vor.h a visit The
society's gardens were very* well attended, and the two leading JiuUfehold
cavalry bands performed during the afternoon.
George Bobkn bos been fined 5s. for cutting “Ihrct iarge
capital letters and lour figures representing tlie date of .the ycir ’* cn one
of the scats iu Battersea New Fork.
The Havelock Testimonial— Mr. Behnes, the sculptor, is
engaged preparing a model for the statue of the late Sir Henry Haveioelc.
which is to i>e erected in Trafaȣor-?quarc, as a national testimonies,
of the gallant deceased's aervicea. The likeness J.*? tak<*n trom thatot a
hurt lately executed by Mr. Behnes. the portrait being from a photograph
of the deceased executed a jew weeks before the battle of Lucknow. I &*•
site of the statue, it is expected, will be on the east side of the Nelson
column, directly in a line with that ol General Xapier, and thetestinrton.
will be executed in bronze.
Juke 12, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
577
SKETCHES IN BUENOS AYRES.
Thm Sketch represents a bit of Hedgerow in the outskirts of Buenos
AyreB, near Palermo, the former residence of General Bosas, the
well-known Dictator of the Republic. The subject was chosen as
containing the most characteristic features of the vegetation of the
neighbourhood—the ombfi the aloe, and the caotus.
Theombu (Phytolacca dioica, 1 ihink) is the only large tree indi¬
genous to this province. The foliage is rich and massive, and at a
little distance not unlike that of the sycamore. The wood is quite
worthless, and of bo losse a texture that it may be picked to pieces
with the fingers; but the tree is valuable for the shelter it affords, and
is of rapid growth. It is almost an evergreen, not losing its leaves
for more than about three months, and in spring bears a delicate
flower of a pale greenish yellow, about the size and shape of that of
the ribee sanyuinea (or flowering [currant). It is remarkable for the
development of the trunk, which in old trees often attains a prodigious
size near the ground.
The cactus is now rarely planted for fences ; but a good many re¬
mains of old cactus hedges are still to be seen round the city, pre¬
senting a wild, awkward, unsightly appearance.
Most of the hedges round Buenos Ayres are of the large aloe (Agave
HEDGE-ROW, NEAR BUENOS AYRES.
Americana )—a plant which makes a most effectual barrier; but occu¬
pies a great deal of space, and must extra it considerable nourishment
from the soil. The popular belief in England that this aloe only
flowers once in a hundred years is not borne out by facts; for in Buenos
AyTcs it comes to maturity in about five years, and several thousands
may be seen in flower every summer. The leaves of this plant con¬
tain a very strong fibre, which might be turned to aocount; but it is
only used, as far as I car. learn, by shoemakers, who prepare a thread
from the fibre.
The aloe flowers in January, and the flower-stalks, which are from
fifteen to twenty feet high, branch very gracefully in the upper part.
I did not see them in bloom. —
OX-CARTS TRAVERSING THE PAMPAS.
The next 8katch represent* Buenos Ayrean Ox-carts, of which some
account accompanied the Sketch taken m the market-place of Santa
Lucia, traversing the vast plains of the Pampas. These carts have
always a quaint appearance, and when Been at a distance in a level
oountry, where there is nothing else to catch the eye, they appear of
gigantic dimensions. A procession of ten or a dozen of these huge
machines, with attendants on horseback and othor accompaniments,
presents a most wild and quaint spectacle. The interior traffic of most
of the Argentine provinces, as well as that of Buenos Ayres, is carried
on by means of these carts; and in the market-place of Bosario,
which is becoming the centre of the trade of the Upper Provinces,
some seven or eight hundred of them may occasionally be seen at one
time.
At Buenos Ayres, and generally on the coast, the winds are fre¬
quently violent. The westerly wind, sweeping over the boundless
plains of the interior, rushes down upon the coast in the most tre¬
mendous hurricanes. The climate is moist; and, during summer,
rains are common, and axe frequently accompanied by the most dread¬
ful thunder and lightning. Such is the extreme flatness of the coun -
try that it has been calculated by barometrical observations that the
Biver Paraguay, in its course from north to south, does not fall above
one perpendicular foot for the space of 400 miles. This flat oountry is
covered with lakeB. Of these, the celebrated Lake of Los Xarayes is
330 miles in length, and in breadth 120 miles, but bo shallow that it is
not navigable in any part, except for canoes and small craft.
OX-CABTS TRAVERSING THE PAAU’AS.
578
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[June 12, 1858
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK.
Sunday, June 13.—2nd Sunday after Trinity.
Monday, 14.—Battle of Saragossa, l«o
Tuesday, is.—M agna Chnrta signed, ms.
Wednesday, 16.—Satellites of Jupiter become visible.
Thursday, 17.—St Alban. Sun rises. 3h. 44m. ; sets, 8h. 17m.
Friday, 18.—Battle of Waterloo, 1815. Moon’s 1 st Quarter, 8h 14m. a.m.
Saturday, 19. —Inigo Jones died, 1652. Sir Joseph Banks died, 18 - 0 ,
TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT LOXOON-BRLDGE,
FOR THR WEEK ENDING JUNK 19, 1858.
Sand ay. | Monday. | Tactda y. (Wednesday.! T h ond a y. 1 Friday. 1 flamnlnr.
A
11
A
M | A | U
A 1
h m
h m
h m
h m I h ra h m
h m |
' 3 IG
3 42 1 4 8 1 4 35
4 69
5 2fi
5 50
0 101 8 43* 7 8
Is 6*8 35
E
OTAL PRINCESS’ THEATRE.—Under the Management
of Mr CHARLV8 K' ? AN.- Monday ard during th* Weak will prevented 9hika-
oerro'a n’a* of THE MF.KCHANT OF VENICE. Sbylock, by Mr. C. Kean; Fjrtia, by M*.
C. Kean. ’Preceded by MUEIC HATU CHARMS.
mHEATRB ROYAL, HAYMARKET.—Monday, and every
[ every Ever.ing .luring t ho Week, Wednesday exoepted. ANU SKQUAL MATC H.
MnsAiry bcdgw'ck. With PLUTO and PKOSKRPTNK; and TOR SWiS.-J OOrTA lV
Wfdn- * a- Benefit cl ilisa Reynold*) LONDON ASSURANCE, a now fsroo, and PLU TO
ardPBOBEBHNR.
T heatre royal, haymarket.—miss Reynolds
ba» the henrur of announrlnir lo tho pobl (that her ANNUAL BENEFIT will take
place on Wednesday, Juno 18th, 1818. wi*en oil <b* wrform«d vbv tlis kind porraMoQO. «.
M outer, kiq ) ibeoomody of LONDON ASSURANCE. Afterwbioh will bi prodooud (nover
•eted) an entirely now Comrrtl-tta, *nt«t’e<l A MRIKINO WIDJW. To conolute with tbs
clasa'cal Fst/cv^gaiznof PLUTO and PdOSEhPISK. Tlckota, Plteaa, Private Boxoa, and
Stalls TTit-y bo obtained of Mr. G. Turpin, at ,lio Box-office of lbo Ibeatro.
ADAME RISTORt—ST. JAMES’S THEATRE.—The
Nobility and Oentrr are most respect frilly Interned that tho cclobrnt*! Traarsdlenne,
Madame Btouri together with hot Italian L»r*m*tlo Company, wi 1 give a BE SMBS of
TWELVE PERFORMANCES at lbo Bt. Jarara’a r ft eatre, commonolnff on WEONrtS >AY
next, JUNK Ifi, with bbnkspoarc’a Tragedy of MAC JEM—Lady Macbeth, Madam* ltatorL
Tbeao perf*nuances wlU moat postteely bo limited to Two'va In Lon ion and Tareola lbo
Piovim ea, Mdme. Klsteri a Comlnortal ong«gemcr.tJ preventing any further txleunoa.
f orttal Artistes ofigrea; eminence hero bten added to th* Company, and will make their tint
appearance In England In addition to the m«t attract! V* Tragedies perform ad law fear 'ho
fSUowIug w.Il abo bo givenPHEDKE, transliHri Ino haUan by Wgnor DalPhniraro;
ADRIENNE; LRUOU 1 REUR. traoa’Htod into Italian by Mgnor Voatd; OT L AVIA, br Aiiljri;
and LE FALSE CDNFIDRNZE. Tho Gnbicilptlon will U for the twelve night* -Pit S nils,
0 Guineas; Grand ter Boxes, 37 Guinea; Pit Box**, S5 Guineas. Nigh'lv idra'sMous-
Rcxoa, Omtil I ler, S and 4 Gu mat; PUTlar, 3 Gulceos-aod a-9al? and 3 Gnlaoaa; Second
Her, I Gninea-nnd-a-Ualf; Pit SUl!», 1 Guinea; Boxoa, Fl», 3 a GJ.; Gallery, 2v-Tho
Box-office is open from Ton till Four, under the supcrin'ondntjco of Mr. Andrews. NigliS* of
j-ertor mance-Menda; s, Wednesdays, and Fridays, o ommoncingat Half-part Eight o C'oo|.
OURREY THEATRE.—Last Six Nights of the talented
o Ade'pM Ccropanr. Sole Manager. Mr. B. Webater. Dlnctnn, Madam* C'olwto.
No advene* in tho pricta. On Monday, and Jon* 11, and during too \yo«k. J ANE V PJUO&
Mr. b. We v #to». Mr. C. Bolty, Mr. r. BwUhrd Madamo Celeste, Miaa M. Koetey. fat.
MIDDY ASilORF. Mr. P. Bedford, MU* M. Wl.tou. Mis* Arden. Mr*. Chatiorly.
A STLEY’S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — Lessee and
Manflger, Hr. WILLIAM COOKE.-Monday, Juno 11, Tanadar, and Wodnaalay,
THE WHITE PALFREY; or, The Wild Boor of 'ho Pena. On Thursday. June 17. forms
Bartfltot Mr. William Cooke, under distinguished patn.nago. iho aucataealar drima of
REMLWORTH. wbh 8CRKB9 in tbo ARENA; lutrodudng Miaa Knto Cooke, Mr. William
Cooke, and a Vnricly of Attractlona. Commenco at Seven.
G REAT UNITED STATES CIRCUS.—Messrs. HOWES
nod CUSHING, Pro; rlotora.—Thobcrt-ventila'cd building In London.—LAST WEEK
of iho BE/SON.— Undir tho opedal patronngo of her Mnje*ty the QUEEN, hi* Royal
Bizbnna lbo PRINCE CONSORT, ann tbo ROYAL FAMILY, who hiaourod the Pro¬
prietors with a vial; on MAY II, 185& Eleventh Week. Unprecedented Saooeaa. Tho
largest EqiMStrian Eatablisbmont In tbo World, numbering over Two Hundred Mon and
Hoist*, is NOW OPEN, at tbo POYAL ALHAMBRA PA .ACE, Lo'castor-s juaro, giving
’TW O PERFORMANC ES EACH DAY, coirmenciiig at Half-past Two and Eight o'Chok p m.
Tbo Day Pcrimmance Is Ailly equal to that of tho Evening. Admission: Private Bncea
from £3 la. to 13 3s. each; Stalif. 5 j.; Rea.rvod Seats. 3*.; lioxea. Se.: Pit, I*.: Gdlew, GtL
Private Boxes and StaPs can cnly bo secured at the Alhambra Palace, and Mr. Mitchell’#
Library, 33, Old Bond-street- B:x-of!lca open from Ton am. un U Plvo p.m. Note* fur
booking places. No programmes are correct but thoso purchased Inaido tlia building; and
cnly Id. each la charged. N B. Season ticket* not tran*fe’ablo.
After the io miraPcn of tha Land- n lesson th's ea'ubll hmant will rlait tho following
town! with U.e full »tr< ngth of *holr company:— T uno 2 ! st, Coventry; Sind. Nuneaton; 2Vd,
L*ic«Ur; luh, Ashbv-do-la-Z-uch: 25th. Derby; 2ltb. ^ottlnrham; 38 h, Hhetlidd. 39th,
Doocrater; noth. BamileV; Jnly lit. hnddersfleld: 2nd Halifax; 3nl Wakcflcld; ftUi,
York; 6th, Hairowgate: 7th, hlpon; 8’h. Thbvk; 9ili, North AUerton; 10th. Richmond;
11th, Barnard t aitlr: 13th, Bishops Auckland; llth, Darlington; 15th, fltocktoo; l6tb,
Hertlipcol. 17th, Durham.
M USICAL UNION.—At the Sixth. Seventh, and Last
MATINF.ES on'bo remaining Tuesdays In Jun«. RUBINSTEIN is engaged. On
Tuesday next. Juno 15. a*. Hal -part Three, Double Quariet, F. minor—^vpohr. Trio,
G minor. Op. J5. No. 2 first t'mol—Rubinstein. Qusrtot, in D -Mozart. Solos, PUno'orto.
Artist#.—gaint/m, Ooffnt*, Blagrove. Platu, Rios, it. hlarrova. Webb and Paoue. Pianist,
Rubinstein. Tickets to be had at Cratnor and Co.Chappell’s, and Olllvlor's, Bond-stro«.L
J. Ella. Dtroc’or.
Momben are reqreated to pay their aobscriptlona yet due. For tho remalndorof theConcarts
no more freo admissions will Lo granted.
H ERR L. JANSA begs to announce that his SEVENTH
ANNUAL MOLKING CONCtxKT wl’I take placo at tho Qtnorer-viavfl Boom*,
an Monday. Jrna 14, tooonjmorce at hsif-patt 2 o cloak, assist d by th* folio/ring emiuout
artutea Mtrc. Borchard, Miss Laacelios, and Mias Godda-d. HorrJoaooim, M. Santon.
Shr. fiattl. M Pownsat, Mr. Gaynor. Horr Dook. Aocompsnylit*, Mr. Agudar and Herr
Ganz. Ier.der Mr Willy. Condactor. Mr Median. Tioketi, 7s 6d.; reoerv^.l soate, 10s.-id ,
may be obtained at Herr’Jtnaa’a, 10, Momington crescent, Camdsn-town. Full particulars
will be duly announced.
UBE^STEIN, JOACHIM, and MOLIQUB ; MAURRR,
DB1CHMAN. V. COLT.INS, and BLAGROVE, will perform at Mr BEX8D1CPS
ANNUAL MORNING CONCERT, on MONDAY, Juno 31 s togetter with all tho leading
Vccalbt* of Her Majesty’s Theatre. The full Programme la now 'ei-'y. Karly application
for the few remnirii g Boxc» and Stalls is respectfully solicited, at tho principal Libraries
and Mnxto V’aruboose*; tho Box-offloo of Her Mujesty’a Theatre; and at Mr. Benedict's
residence, 3. Manchester-square.
S T. JAMES’S EALL.—WEDNESDAY, 16th JUNE —
GRAND EVENING CONCERT. Conductor. Mr M. W. Btlfo. By particular roquet,
Mr. Fims P««>r s will sing Bcetboven'a “ Adclalca." accompanied ton thu ocaarion) by Miaa
Arabella Goddard. Mudsmo Clara NoveUo will ling “Ball, bat 1” (Don Giovanni Owl Eh
vtolcnccl'o obligato by Signor Piatti. Mil* A. Gcdiiard, M. Sainton, and Sirnor Plafi will
play MrniV)5M<hn a Grand Trio in D minor. Mr Welat wilt i ng ''or the flrst tiins, a now
song, '’Sir Marmaouko" (music by Angelins). Oth«reminent artist* w hiopear. Tickets
and Frrgrammea to bu obtained at the principal Muxlcroilers, and at tho Hall [Piccadilly-
entrance).
QT. MARTIN'S HALL.—Vocal and Instramcntal Music,
without Orchestral Accompaniment, performed nndor tho direction of Mr. JOHN
HULL AII. WEDNESDAY Evening, Jon* >6. To bommooe* at Eight (iclockoroclMly.
Principal Perform*rn—Mbs Banka, M'u Fanny Rowland, Mdl'e. MarU dd'VJlUr, Mia*
Pa’roer, Ml*# ( arrorua. Mr W. Kvana, Mr Santley. Pianoforte. Mia* Fieoth. Orri»n. Mr.
Bopkist. licketK ut bt. Martin's Hall and of tho Muilcavliora.—Sr.ails, 5s.; Galleries, 2s. ILL;
Area, la • . \
C HRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James’s Kali.—By Permission
of the Governor sII tho Children from tho ? iccn^cd Viclualinrw School wHI bo oro-
eent on the Orcbra'io on ‘bo occadon cf the Grand Mo/ning Coocort, on MONDAY, JUNE 21.
Doc.is open at Hal'-past Two precisely.
C HRISTY MINSTRELS, Polygraphie Hall, King William-
street, f trend. Fr.tert*lrmont ccmniencrs'at Eight- Morning Cooowt ovary 9‘ttur-
dav at Three. An < nt io Charge *'f I'rcgraimne, iatrcducing BURLESQUE on tho CIRCUS.
Drts* Stalls. 3* ; Area, 2s.; Ampbi-huaue. I>.
BY COMMAND.
T HE GRAND VOCAL and i NS i’RUMENTAL CONCERT,
for tbc Ben*fit of tbo ROYAL AC ADEMY rf MU11 ?. which her M-Je*ty ha* graci.iu»ly
signified her intentPn of honorrlog with hcrpr»8®nca w 11 tako place iu tha ST. JAMES’S
BALL, on WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 23rd, IS5S. Tho porfonuinco will Ijo sup¬
ported by the numbers, vocal ant* instramonul. of the Royal Acadctn> of Marie* end the
following disilrgtilshed Vocal Perfonuca : adaw Clara Novalio Mdllo Tulaaa,
Mira Leu i a Pjt c. Mome Bndm't'd rlf. Mdme. Wo'sa. Jiis* Mouont, Mins Do'by. Miss
Palmer. Wdmc" Viarelot. Mr S in* Itetvoa. S'tcnor Glagllnl 11- H>irr'.»on, Mr. A'lna. Herr
Re!char«lt, bl»L. r Rdiet'i. Mr. Wei*?, Mr. A Ten Irving, Mr. F. ttoddu. Under iho dDrctloe of
Mr Costs, psrittil by Mr. C. Lncas, Condmtor o' the Royal Acad am y Concert*. I’uo
t reholrewU t« comp ete In every department, Friselpiu S'iolins, M. b&inton end Mr.
31n«rovo. \ ^ /
>> \ PROGRAMME.
PART I.—Polcctlcn from * Ma»s—Tha Kart of WeriraorTand:— Chonu, “ Kyrie elnison.’
Trio, •‘Cbriate e'eGou,” Mr. fcims Rcarea, fignor G uglloi and Mr Uarriaon. Chore*,
“ Gloria in cxceLla." Qjurtet and Chorus, “ Laudamus t* " Ma lam* Vlardot. Ml** Dolby,
Herr Rilcl ajflt, and Mr. Allan Irvlhg. Solo Gratia* evimis " Mia* Pyne. Trio, ’ Dom no
Uera " Medamo Clare Novel’o, Mua Dolby- and Signor Ikllettl Soli w.ih Chorus. * Qm
foQia," Slide Titire 9, Mr Htiritcn,' and Mr. Weis#. Sol - ’, “Quoaiam,'' Signor Roll«cu.
fh'ius, "Com Bate to *plrita ’* Chorus, ’* Credo." A'la, “Qul propter," Mydvme Vunlot.
Chorus, " Sancnta." Trio .** RcntodictU* " M.darro CD re s’ovello. sign rGiugliul, end S*gnur
Ballet!L Chorus, "Bmsmi" Pol •, “ Agn.;* U.-'," Mdllf. TiU-ns Solo ditto, Mr. Sim*
Beevca. Due, dit*o. M!*a Pyne and SJgoor BcTlrtti Ch"ru», “Dove nobis"—CoacerU’ttJ
for I our Violins, Keiiri. Blsgrovo, Isaac H Hill. *.nd Witav*—Mauror. Cav itina. •* tt>-
hcrl, toimio J'almo," Madame itudrrsilorff: Harp Awnoanlaiant. Mr. Ttioma* (Ribrrt lo
DiableV-Mrrcrbccr. Camonet, * The J pint Song.'’ Mia* Dolby—Haydn. F'nateto th* O tarn
of “ Thehcglcidc," the soli pturt* by Mi*a Pyne, Madime Weiia, Mr. Sim* jRa»vei,Mr. Al'en.
erd Mr. WtLs
Part 1I.—Introduction (Guillautno Tell>— Ro*aini: tha soli parts by Madamo PudartdorfT,
Mirs I'aimer, Hrrr lie chardt. Hlauor Giugliui. Signer '->0 10111, and Mr Bpdd* Aria, " Ddh
vlenl," Madamo Clara Novvlio (Le Nozr.o dl Figaro)—M or. art Reclt. and Komime, “Am
Mun'.lgrn Italn." Porr I'richardt (San>a Chlarat-II. R H. tho Duke of Saxe-Coburg. Ter¬
zetto, “ Vanne a cold," MiuDnio Clare Itovolk), Blgnor Gluglhii, and Mr. Sim* Reeves—Coat*.
Aria. “ Liscla eh’io ;varga," &ladsmo Viardot (Anaida)—H*n tal. Rooltatlvo and Song,
with a buidin, “Tha Queen’s Groetlog." Miaa Loul*a Pyne (May-Day)— G. A Maoerron.
Tciv.'ito, M Prase e guarelo," *Ignor Bel’etU, Mr Allan living, and Mr. Wols* (M t'gariU
d’Anjon)—Mr}crheer. Aria. “Cho pur aapro al cuoro," Mdllo Titloua (11 Seraglio)—Mozart.
Chorea. “Glory to GodBectnovcn; tho soli parts by Mia Mostent, Mia* Palmer, Mr.
Harrison, end Mr. Wolaa,
TlcktU for »ho Area of the Hall, In which her Majesty will bo seated to b» pro^urod onlv
by VoncfctTi frem the Ladioa Patronerses. Tickets for tho ram Under of the Hall ti bo
obtsimd at Iho Roy al Academy of Music, and at all the principal MadcteUers, prico Ono
Guinea.
M ISS DOLBY and Mr LINDSAY SLOPER’S THIRD
.nd I.A8T COXCEOT of CHAMUHB MUSIC „-iU Lk« nljco WlbUS*
ifl on MONDAY EVENING. <USK llth at ual'-paat Eight o clock, wuen th ^ywUl
Vu*. _
W ILLIS’S ROOMS.—Miss MAOIRONE has the honour to
•mrtmretha' h*r SOIREE MUilCALE will tako place on Sa'ur^ay. June l.'th,
condor..Mr. ^ ’.“‘"L *KZt3 U £l
Half a Guinea; Single Tickets 7«-: Famt’y licit et*. toadmlt four, £1 te. May be nut ot ino
liiindpai iluBicEfllcrs; end of hUt« Macjoae, u, rark \d mre Wutt. Regrnt it Park. _
M ADAME BASS AND and HERR KUHE besr to announce
that tfa«lr GRAND ANNUAL MORNING CONCERT will take place onTHURiDAl,
JUNE St, ntthoHAHOVEK-SQUARE BOOMS atsired by tSo following «Muinout •h , ***s-
Vlardi t Garcls, Loairna chsrrlntt'm, Bassauo: Mu*»r>. PUofiek, Jute' Lenrt,
S2S£?Chnn£ WmbStm/SSod, ViatU, Engel, and Kutm. Coud-ictir, MM B-nollct
.Id K leSr IbrervTd St8. lv.. ca^h; i ickotf. at half-a-gnbiea. to ho hod ot Madame
Batsano, 7^ Old Q.ebcc-streot, For man-»quaro, W.; of Berr Kaho, l2, Itentlnck-stre;.,
MaiicUmtcr-squarc; and ot a l thu pilcclpai Mn-icse.lcra.
M B CHARLES HALLE begs respectfiillr to announce that
h« will Siva a rerirs of THREE CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT Mu
WILLIE’S hOOWP. Klcg-itrcct, St. Jorno^ ooTHUROTA^JU^^A»dtl, »jd JUCJJ
commenringat 3 o’clock, when be **ll bo asilaiol by Hvre JAAnblm, M. Satoton, Signer
and oth«r tmhwnt artists. Bubscrlptlon ticket* for th* sen**, I nlM* Mb . ft-d
•Ingle tickets, hoJf-a-gubica o*cb; »o bo bad at Crempr and Bools a,
R OJUrier-B, 19. Old Bond-et oct; at aU the prJtalpM nntoMttai^ »d -ttm .Mr- HUM,
32, Cb«ham-place, Bolxrave-acnnro Prcgrxrome cf First Concert. Juue 17th. Exc.u-
toiu- Hur Joachim, Hgnor Fla'ri and Mr Charles HUl*. Trio in b M\pw. Ha#di.
Bon ala, riunofu’-o. in G. Minor, Op. 3t, Clrmonts; Grand Sonata Piano and VIol.n, in A
Jliuor. dooica'ed to K»cul/.er Boothovra, “ 8tu=ke.'m ' o! k *lono. Sj!'
Schumstn: Precambulum, Loarc, and Gavotte in h, Violin, S. BaJi, Tre> In EI1U, Oa-
70, No. 2, Beet he veil.
rilB CHARLES DICKENS will read at ST. MARTIN'S
1VI HALL, on THURSDAY EVKM V G JUNE ’.7th, t* Eight o'Ctack. THE POO 4
TRAVEL UR. BOOTS AT THE HOLLY-T'KK INN. and MRS. GAM«*t on W*»MBd*y
Afternoon. Jnne 33rd, at Three o'clock, TflE SrORY OF LITTLE DOMBEY; ani on
Thursdav Evening, JunoStih at Eight o’clock, his CHRISTMAS CAROL.
Ptails (numbered and reserved'. 5a; Area and GaRmW, 3s. CL; Unreserved Sorts, U.
Tirket* to bo bed at Messrs. Chapman and Halls, Publisher, 193, Prsjadiily; aalut 8t.
Martin’s Ball. Long-ncro.
M " II. ALBERT SMITH’S MUNT BLANC, NAPLES,
POMPEII, and VF.SU\*iU8, every Night (except Saturday), at Elcht, and T<io»-
dav, Thursday, and Satureinv Afternooua, at Three. Places can bo socure.1 at tho Box-
office, EGYPTIAN HALL, daily, betwoea Llovoo and Four, without any extr * charge._
M R. and MRS. GERMAN REED’S NEW ENTERTAIN-
MKNT—Tho Xow S.Ho, of ILI.U8TRATI3N3 bj- Ur ,nd Mr,. KKBmtat, Mta,
I-.B-rtonl Ever. Evroio* coopl S«toid.y .1 8 ratordv Anomooi, ill
1* , 2s . and 3*. Stalls secured without extra charge at thu KOI AL GALLkkk of ILLU j-
TRAIION, It, Eegent-stroot; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.’s, 20’, Regent-street-
TM ADAME TUSSAUD’S NEW ADDITION, tha atrocious
lvi asanwinfl OR8TNI and PIE Rill, guillotined for attempting the life of tho Emperor
Napolccn 111. and the Empress, to tho horror of all Europe -lWaar, Baker-atroet, * ortmaa-
t^uure. Admittance, Is. j extra rooms, 6d. Open from Eleven till Nine.
W ATERER and GODFREY’S GREAT RUODODENDOV
BLOW, adjoining Ciomorro.-Th!s acknrwledgsd “Lion of tha Lmdon Seaton "
ac’mlttcd by all to be uupa»allel)ed in beauty, cootiuucs hlgh’y attractive. Th* early
vhdtora are allowed to p»cmcnade iu the exteutlve and open Garden i of Cromorno aftor ca-
io» leg Iho refrvsh'bg coolnwn of tho covered Amort-an Garden. Adnlul >n. 1«.. oxehprinr
Ba tirroys, which are tpedal F8.c, aud zre EnU-crown day«. Tickeu at Mcoar*. MUriujU’s,
Cramer’a. ana Senra’s. / x--\
C RYSTAL PALACE.—The FIRST DISPLAY this Season
of tho GREAT FOUNTAINS will K» on the oocusion of the GREAT SUMMER
FLOWER fcHOW, on WEDNESDAY NEXT. Doore opcnat 13 Fountai ns at^30.
/CRYSTAL PALACE.—TONIC SOL KA ASSOCIATION.—
A l’or'cimacce cf VocalMu-le, Sacred and Secular, by .T'i'OC hildren and Five Hundred
Adult?. ItiM-aced In the Ton c Pol I’a rretted. will boglveti in the Centro rmnsept of th*
t ryMsl Palace, anWcdncidiy, Do 23rd of . uno. Tre doom will open at Ten, and t'-o
rerformau e commerce ut 'iwo. MJas Elizaveta Stirling will pet firm at Interval* on the
Gn n*. Organ. T he Wind Band of thr Company will n’lty a* usu«l till duik — Aimlnion. Ooc
Shilling ; CbU’rcn untie Twelve. Sixpence; Ecscrved So ts, *Ialf-a-<rown oxtra, which may
bo uxured cu and alter Monday, 7lh uue, at the (rysul Palter, «r at 2, Exoter Hall.
Py otdsr, GspROt Giovk, 6ocreta*y.
/CRYSTAL P AL A C E.—AMERICAN PLANTS.—T1
RHODODENDRONS and AZALEAS.—The Park end Gardena now contain ono of t
I.—The
v ___|_J_ _ _ |__ __ tho
largest and mo>t perfc* show * of these f-voniiie flowering Shrub* that can oe consoivoT
1 h- y ere at present in 'he fullert perfection, forming literally baaka of boaoty, witn ox-
qutritely dlvcn ifled coloure. They will remain ic bloom for two or throe week*.
C RYSTAL PALACE,—The GREAT SUMMER SHOW
of FLOWERS and FRUIT will bo he’d oa WEDNESDAY NEXT, tho 16th JUNE
The compute luccrea wh eh attended the new arrangements of th* «how «f th* 22nd May.
tided by tho extra attraction oftho unrivaled collo tion of 0 4&KGE TREES now in full
bloreoni, will render Wedneoday next tbe Great Ff'to of 'ho season Tho Fir*t GRAND
DISPLAY for this Scaion of the WUJoE of iho GREAT FJUNTAIN3, Cascades, Water
Templea, and Waterfall# v ill tako pli< * at «.3o The Thirlooa Interior honnt-du*. with
several Additional Fountain* erected for tlio occnTon. >vill be dbpltytd; variol Matlcal
Feifoimancre will take place during Dre day, iho Wind Band of tbe company performlag in
tbo pleasanter! loorlitics In tho Ground* (.now in tho blghont state of pormetiou). from alx
o'clock until dark; thu* f nnlng throngheut the day an unequalled promenade of Iho moot
varied tnd agreeable character.
Doors <pcn at Tvolve o’clock. Admission by Fea*on Tlckot. Ono Gu'n’a; or by Day
Ticket. 7* id.; Chl'drcn under Twelve, 3«. tld j wii.eh, to save incoavrnionco, should be
secured beforehand, et tbe Crjttal Palace; a 3, Exeter Hall, cr of tho usual agents to tho
Company.
The Show will be continued on THURSDAY, JUNE 17th. Admission,Hulf-a-Crown.
pR¥SlAIi.PALACB.—ARRANGEMENTS for the WEEK
\J ondlcg SATURDAY, JUNE 19th.
Monday.—Open at 9. Orchea-nU Band at 12 30. Great Organ at 2.30. Plans'orta at 3 30.
Ubitcwl Banda a* 4. Wind Band (In the Grenada f floe, otbe-wise in 'he Central Transept)
from 6 til! sunret. The 13 Fountains In tho Navas and Fine-Art Cou-'a will play from 12
till 6 ard tbo Terrace* Fountains from 2 till 6. Full Display of tbe whole oftho Upper tteriea
Cf Fonntatre a' g 3u. For ■ nrther la’ormatlon see below.
Tuesday.—Open at 10. The Bands. 'Ireat Organ (Mr 8. J. Nobl*). Planofort*, and
Fountains, as on Monday. Pcrfunuanco on the Pari* Prize Organ by Mr. J. Hallatt
Sheppard at 5.
A’ mission tm the above days One Shilling; Chi’dron nnder Twelve, Sixoonco.
Wcdm-oouy.—Open at 12. rh« Great Hummer Flower and Fruit Show, and Orange Trees
in Aili Bios.om. In addition to tho Thirteen Fourtiinx, within the Palace, several o’hers.
special!* provided 'or theoccnsi. n, •'ill be played daring the afternoon. The FIRST GRAND
DISt LAY of tbe whole of tho GREAT FOUN TAINS, Cascades Water Temples, and Wat*-,
falls, at * 30. Extra Per’orraances bv tha Ra r di and on the Grert Organ in .the Central
Tiarsrpt, coremtneing at 12 30. and tho Wind Bund in the Ground* till sunset
- The J8ff.e *or<cn separat ug tho N»vofrom tho Tioni-ul Tran* p: will bo taken down, et-
hlblt'ng the inogniflcent eoi'ection of Palms, and h .mdreds ot other rare and cu lou* PI mu
In every variety of foliage and colour.
Aom sslon by Season Ticket 0»eGninoa;or byD-y Tfckrt,?*. fid Cltftdren nndor 12,3s.fid.
’Ihuitday - Open at Ten. Continuance of thoGR* 1 At bUMMKR FLOWER-SHOW. Dis¬
play of the Fountriu*. and Musical ►'trrcimatices tilPSuusct, 09 on Mjnday. Admission,
Bnlf-a-Crown; ebbdren unebr '2. Is.
Friday —Open a*. 12. Gre't Organ at 1.20 asd \ by Mr. Jsmre Cowird. Concert at 3.
Tbe Fountaina af er tho Concert. The Wlnl Band in tho Gronn ia from six till inmot Ad-
mhsli/D t-y Heat on Tlcktt; or, by Day K! ket, &•. Children und-r Twelve, llalf-a-Crowa.
Saturday.—I'pen at 12. Floral Promenade and Porfo-mo jco* b.v the B*nd as nsuaL
Performance on tho Great Organ by Mr. Jamos Coward; and on tho Paris Prize Organ
by Mr. J Hallett Shtpnard. Pianofrrt rec tal by Mbs Annie Elbott. The Fountains and
Wind Bred as tunal- admission, re «M.; Children under Twelvo, Is.
Tie Indian Gallery is refitted with many imererting rede* from ths East and West Indie*
and CUra. The Fngimrrftg Gsl'ery conrtUn* wr.rk' g mod*!* of tomo oftho mos: mag¬
nificent engineering werka in • x r'enco. Thu Nava! Grllory is tl'tod \vi h tb8 (Inert ool ecu m
ol model* o* Men- of-War, Morchrntroen Emigrant Shipj, Lifeboats, &c., Ac., in tho king¬
dom. lie Cori' n nod other Machinery at work daily.
Promenade Music in tho t-rounds every evening till sunset.
OOOIETY of PAINTERS in WATER COLOURS.—Ths
^ V1PTV FfiTTRTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION is now OPEN at thfllr Galltry, 6. *'ALJ«-
MiLL EA8T'(ckW> to TnUUg^ouo), from Nlo, ^^
T HE NEW SOCIETY of PAINTERS in WATER
COLOURS.- Tho TWENTY- FOURTH ANNUAL KXUtUlTOX of thl. SoclotT
NOW OPEN. .1 thdr GALLERY. h3. P.U-nutR Ino-r gfc Juno, • P»'to«L NJb,
duih d.Uy —Altml ,ioo. IB.; Somon lfcAM. t». Jams, FAlUtT, »ocr«- 7 .
E OSA BONHEUR’S NEW PICTURES, “Landais Peasants
i Gotneto Merkct," and “ Mom ng 'n tho Highlands," iogother with her Portrai t, by
E . robtim? oio SOW ON VIEW «t tho GERMAN GALLERY, 166, Now Rood^troot.
Admission, la - Open from Nine till Six ____
TBKFMCH EXHIBITION.-The FIFTH ANNUAL bXHI-
BITION of PICTURES by Modem Artlrta of tho kroaoh School Is NO W OP'SN to th*
Abllcat tho Frcnoo Gallery, 1.1. PaU-maU, opjwdte to the Opera Colonnade A tauamre,
i®.; eataloguea, fid each Open from 9 to6 rally
OT JAMES’S HaLI,.— GOMPEKTZ'S HISTORICAL
v ***’*■*->'-' ^ __ _nrn:P «« flA rriUlUY. JftVR
DIORA o r iho IhDIAN MUTIN* wl-» porittroly OLO:E on HATJUD aY. JUfB
26- Daily at - hroa and E'ght o Clock. Decs* Steis, 3».; Area, -J.; Gaitory, lo. Acoo.u-
pnni d b* a fu Band and deser piive Lecture. __
YTOTES for MILDIE8EX and SOUTH LANCASHIRE,
V and ELIO BLE 1NVE8 HRNT. The aalo of tha biButiful Estntea of Pr -Btwlch,
Minrb ticr and St. Margaret’s, Irieworth v secvnd a lotmeut\ oppoa't* lOchmojd, wll lcom-
2SSJS, JSSJS cLWiry ' “
■Ihu, K »y, Jooo ». l or hhm, tprico 7d. o.ch) 8aW . T .
riAVALBY COLLEGE, RICHMOND SURRE Y—
\J Patron: Field-MsrehoHho Right Hoc VUcount Comberaoro G.C.B., G/J.H.
iWioeni Tutor: TfceKnv. K. Bruadby Burrow, BA., O*.on—
For General Education. Tho Colb go will Kiopaii on Uio 2fith Jnlv when the “‘tenner
Vagal ion toimmateB. For Prospoctua aud Information oppy to Captain Borrow at Uio
Col logo. _I_[__ \ ___
C ANDIDATES for COMMISSIONS in the ARMY are notr
subjected io a rcty strict previous Examination To prepare thorn for thU tbe
CAVALRY COLLEGE, Richmond. Surrey, baa oceu njwoed, uad«v tha d>* mgutrtied ort.-oa-
npo of Lon! Ccmbcrroorn ard other Officers or the highest omiuunco. Apply lor infb matiom
aid jireaKCtus to Cuptaic Barrow, at thn College.
ONI Von and WESTMINSTER BANK.—Notice is hereby
aivon that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of tho Proprietor* of the LOnD oN
and Weo’IMINSTFR BANK will be bold at tho BANK HOU8K, li Lothbury. ou WKI) •
NE8DAY, the 2Ut J ULY text, at 0u« o’Clurk pr cUoly. for tho paxpaM Of tec .Mug a Half-
Yearly Repott from the Dfrectots, and lo declare a Dlvtdeud.
I nvLliorv June 9th lftiW. J- ^■ GlLItART, General Mantgs .
- The Transfer Boohs of tho Compf ny will be clo*ed from tho 3rd to tbe 2nth of July next, t*
r r *pmo for the Dividend. ____
E EOPENING of the WHITTINGTON CLUB. A Public
Mrinlng of tho Mrmbcre ard Frionda of tho InsJtutlon will bo bold at th*
CL» B-DOFFK, Amndrl-ntreot, S'rand, on WEDNESDAY, tho 0 h in ((..a’. Eight o clock
in tho Evirirg, to receive tte statement of tbo Provisional Committoe as to the camplot on
of Tbe Built tng. to dttermlDo 'ho time and moio of raoponing, *nd for other hurt »*.*• Mr.
AwTfmad MFCHI in the Chair. I-adlea aod Gentlemen friendly to the C lub wU bo ad-
mf ted to >bo Mot ring and a abort Pioopectua of th' obiesW of tho lortituii m, and tie term*
of Membership, muy 1» hid of tho SecroUty from 5 to 8 o’clouk in tha orea ng.
57 A undol-atieot, Elrand.
S TKAM between GALWAY and NEW YORK DIRECT,
calUrp a» Halifax to land her Majesty’# Mai's-Tho splond'd Rteam-«hip INDIAN
PlhB, ICOO tora Burden, frOQ Horeo-powor. Will leave GALWAY on FKlDAY, 18tk
of JU5K. Through P*B#asr3 Mon'r from London, Liverpool. Manihe»tor. Dabtln, and ;>vk,
to New York F nt C'«>» £18; Fecornl t-Ias*. £10; Stee age, £7 A liberal tab tew 111 be kopt
for Fin I and Be-end dan; and a dlelury orccrtling to the Government scale for the Thirri-
clora FnjicnKcrr, wlo will have to frrvhlo thcmaeivr# with a Un plate, quart mug. knife,
frrk, spoon, and wi’er-can. F«*h First and -ccond Clwandn.t Cabin Pa*teagirU ail wed
20iubiofiut ofbaggfge, might f cc. Third class Pasfeogs'B ore altowod o cuWc f et of
Iuc«a» o for each adult, freight free; and ell pa'Bongora most attend to tbo poper shipmaat *r
Juigapo Tbo fecond and Third l ias* Paarengcrs mu-1 provldo their own bedding. For
Freight and furth or particulars apply to Bake, Adam, end Co.. 8, Fill I not-laoo London; John
One.'l lever, Trafalgar Deck, Liverpool and Corn Kxchongo Manchester Jackson aod K**t-
man.l,Fum >ril-pl«ce 1 Ivtrpool; Lilas Levy, Market atreri, Manchoater; Mortm (ftro hsi^.
Com Fxch.ngo. Dublin; rnd a- the 1-team-packet Gflice, GalwayPatsongcra should
m r ke enily application, as tho berths are tost fi ling up.
TV OTK E—Mr. RAHEY’S ARRANGEMENTS for Teaching
L1 bis Method of fRAJN'NG COLTS ard TAMING VX’lOU 1 HTR8B1, after hi. ratura
from Proliant, arena follow:— I httrtday 17th; Satur ay 19th; and Monday, thu 21st, at the
KOLND HOUaF, Klnirarton-Btraot, Mon teem bo afreet, Belgravia Lo a m* to commoace a
Twelve o’c ock ptaett ally New mbseribersi admitted at Half-past Kkvcn.
Mr Party baa (by peimltalon of lbo Couccll of the Zoo.oglcol Society» aubjeoted a Zebra t*
k'l/r^Hniry wUl exhibit this boaulBu animal toaubscribers on tho 17th. Hhh, and 2’st /uu*-
Tbe Fub'crlptlon M Ten Guineas for a Gentlaman, and Fiftcon Uumou tor a Lariy aaa
^FunH* n Inftwmatlon and fo»ma for subscription may be obtained on appllcattoa to the
Fecrotaiy. at Mctsia. Tattcisall a, Groaveaor-puice.
THE
C RYSTAL PALACE.—GRAND CHORAL
DEMONSTRATION by tbo GKEAT BANDS'. FESTIVAL CHOIR,
with full Orchtund and Mi liary Bands, on
FRIDAY, JULY 2nd. 1858
I’ftOOBAMUC.
Part I.— Chortle, The Hundredth Pulin; Chant, “Venita, cxultemns Djmino,** Tal'is;
Trio, *• Lift Tblao eyes," and 1 hor.'g, " Ho. watching over Israel " (R Hah). Mon lelasohn;
Chirus. "When His loud voice" (Jenhlha) Handel: Chorus. * The LordUgjod” (Em,
Cortn; Quar * tt and Churns, “ Holy, holy, h >ly ’’ lE’lJah), M-m lri^ohn; Motott, " Avj
veruro corpus," Me tart; Borg and Chores, “ Philistine* Hark ! " (Elit, Cod*.
PART 1L Cbore•- Oh. ibe Pessu o of 'ho ^laina* (Aci* and Qa "), Htnlol;
Part Bong. '* Farewell to tV ’orest. " M ndo «ohn; Chores "To Thu. O Lord o’ a'l •’
(Frajer—Mrai In Egltto), Roatiul; trio and vborut "tW tha Oonfjnurlng H*n comas ”
(ludai Marcabeus), Hootlol; Soli »nd Chorea "Calm 1* tho glassv osrni " (Homsaeo).
Mozart; Chera». "Hear, Ho’y Power" (Prayer-Marttu’.o.lo), Auber; Song and Chorea,
•‘God lave the Quern '
Conductor, Mr. Cuito. Mr. BrowntmUh will preside at tho large Orgsn built for the
Groat Bar del Festival.
'The Band win inc ude tbo Member* of tho Ban-i^of tho Sawed HijxqoiIo Society, th*
Boy«l Ital an Opera, tbe Amrt.rer Municri Socmiy, the Crystal Pa'ais, kc . xs .tigesh r wi h
tho Oryrtal Pal see Wind Baud. «nd b« ful bni.d> o'*he Grenadier and ColtLtreara Guard 1 .
Tbeobmus will l>e comuoid of the 110) uitmb.r* of tha Load,>n Amateur d virion of th*
Great Handel Festival Choir (comprising eritti u its rank* the Chore* of tha Sucre 1 Hannou c
Society, and Ifelualog *• JoetJons from all the o»her Mutroooii'an ' hor*l Socieria*), Ihs lea-llug
rro e*ri< nal C'noiua hmgera. the Two Hundred Yorkshire ChoraHsts, compri«Sng ths cele-
binted Bradford Choir, wdh Depntatloja from many o'tic loading Provincial Choral 8o-
ciciics, tbe Coihednils, and vAri<»u» Continental Choral and Part-Song Choirs, thu* firming a
total of Two thousand Five Hundred Perf>rmera. ful’y occupying the Grent Orc‘"eitra bailt
for tbo Handel ►e tlval, and prtient ng an entetnb'oof mudcal ta’euc enualllng. If no: sur-
natsirg fn eflVctlvenoM, the memoraOle opeuing of tbo Paloco In 1851, and tho Great H inJel
Fentival of 1857.
Iho a> tire tnuricnl arrangements under tho dirne.'lon of tbo Committee of the Saered Har¬
monic Society, the doers will !•© opened at Twelve o'clock. Iho Pe.'fvrmaoco will com-
m« nco at Ihiee and terrrli ate about Fire o'clock.
Admite-on by the ordinary Keignn TirUot (one Oun'oa); by Slng'e Day Ticket, So von
Shillings and nixf-ence : or Family Day Ticket, for fjar pweora, one Guinea. Numborei
B**crv«l reals in thr Are*, Five ehlUiotr* vxtra ; in tho Ga l rios. Ton Shilltuga and SixDeao
extra. TlckrU (which nm«‘ bo loeurod be orehand) are now o > sale at tlti Cr/»t*l Pa!*c«, or
at the Central Ticket Office No. 1, Kxrier Ha'l, whero b.ocl. plan#of seats a* u». tho Great
Handel F< atival may bo imneoud. Admltti re at tbo Crystal Palace by payment on tha Day
of Go Performance, Ten hblllirgs and Mtuerc*.
*** A Disnley of'he entire aeries of the Great Fountains wiTltakspUco One Hour after
tbc coeolarion of thoParf''im^nte, vir , a»- Hu o'o'cek• and thn Miliury Ban's and Crrstal
Palace Wind Bond will perform in the Grounds un.U desk. Trojra nates mar be had on
eppUcatlra.
QUEEN’S VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM,
STONELEIGH,
WARWICK, COVENTRY, AND KENILWORTH.
THE FOLLOWING ILLUSTRATIONS
OX THIS INTERESTING EVENT WILL AI’PEAE IN
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
For Juke, 19, Juke 26, mid July 3:—
«
Tlie Arrival of her Majesty at Coventry.
The Address at the Townhall, Birmingham, by the Mayor and
Corporation.
Great Procession through Birmingham to Aston H all: the Addres*
of the Managers in the Great Gallery.
ASTON HALL. (PRINTED in COLOURS.)
Opening of the Park. Jonrney to Stoneleigh.
WARWICK CASTLE. (PRINTED in COLOURS.)
Journey and Procession to Warwick, Leamington, and Kenilworth,
And numerous other Illustrations.
Price Fivepence only: no extra charge for Coloured Prints.
The Coioubed Pbikts of Astoh Hall and Wakwick Castle
will be presented Gratis to all purchasers of the Number for Jolt *,
who have subscribed for the three previous weeks.
Sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen.
Office, 198, Strand.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
LONDON, SATURDA T, JUNE 12 . less.
Great Britain is entitled to ask the Government of France the
meaning of the recent large increase of the military and naval
armaments of that country. Is there an entente cordiale between
the two nations, or is there not? If there be, why the armaments ;
and who is the enemy against whom they are to be directed ? It'
there be not, as we do not believe there is, or ever can be again,
tbe (juestion still remains, who is the enemy, latent or avowed,
present or proximate, against whom France deems it expedient or
necessary to be prepared with so many hundreds of thousands of
soldiers, and of so many tens of thousands of sailors ? If Franca
be honest—and in this case France is but another name for tha
Emperor Napoleon—she is bound to declare, as the Government
ofj England is bound to ask, for what purpose France has
so largely increased her steam navy, and within a few weeks
ordered by the “inscription maritime” the creation of a naval force
ofj no fewer than VO.jOO men ? Is this done in recklessness or
bravado—or for a purpose ?
Perhaps the Emperor of the French feels his throne insecure.
If he do not the whole world docs. If he do he may imagine that
a war giving employment to his large army and his navy may tend
to strengthen his position ; and that under such circumstances an
enemy is to be found or made. A war against England, who
lias given neither him nor his nation any just ground of offence.
Junk 12, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
579
however popular it might he with his army, would inevitably
ruin him. England is no despicable foe, as he and all France
know, and in a war forcdd upon her by any unjust aggression on
the part of France, her people and statesmen would hold in
their hands the keys of the situation. In such a conflict France
would meet her ancient opponent cither with or without allies. If
France were without allies the struggle would not be a lengthened
one. A longer purse, greater pith and pluck in the people, and the
strength that always crowns, hallows, and supports a rightful cause
would give the English the certain victory If France had allies
in the despots of Europe, England would seek and find allies among
the people, and would not appeal in vain to the populations and
nationalities that are now groaning under military tyranny and
yearning for constitutional freedom.
But the Emperor—unless the possession of absolute power have
already acted on his once clear mind, sis it has been so often known
to act in the case of other irresponsible despots, and destroyed the
balances of the brain—will not commit the error of miking war
without a cause against a people so great, so rich, so united, and so
formidable in every way as the English. At least, the presumption
is that he has too much prudence and good sense, as well as justice,
to do so. Where, then, are we to look for the field of warfare ? In
Africa? No! He has withdrawn within a fortnight a portion of his
army from that dependency. In Spain, that he may exclaim, with
louis NIV., “ II n y a plus de P;/r(n(es ” ? The supposition is
too wild to be entertained. Is he to make war against- Russia?
He would gain nothing in that quarter; and it was but the other
day that he induced Great Britain to consent to a premature and
inglorious peace with that power. In Austria? or Prussia? There
is no valid, or indeed any, reason why he should attack either of
those powers. Where, then, are we to look? To Italy?
The Emperor is a man who knows how to keep a secret, and s
possessed of a remarkable genius for silence. But if he mean war.
and if we may judge from the past history of Europe, and from all
the cherished traditions of the Napoleonic dynasty, an attempt upon
Italy—of which the great Napoleon, his uncle, was King—would
be more in accordance with his ideas, if not more in accordance
with the ambitious aspirations of the French army than a war
against England. An attempt upon Italy might succeed;' and
a war against England would Inevitably fail. For these
and fifty other reasons which might be given, it is
our opinion—if war be a pecessity for the Emperor, either
to give work to his Frankenstein of an army, or to carry out
ulterior views of policy which he may have formed with reference
to the splendour and permanence of his own dynasty ;—that the
field of operation will be in Italy, rather than in Pevensy Bay or
the British Chsnnel.
But whatever be the object of the great armaments ’which the
Emperor is making, so near to our shores, the duty of Great
Britain is clear. The efforts necessary for the reconquest of India
having almost denuded us of soldiers, it is of first importance
that the militia should be again enrolled and increased. The seas
that gird our islands are of the strategical value to us of
at least three or four hundred thousand men; and with fifty
thousand patriotic militiamen to guard the coasts, and transport,
able at short notice to any point that might be endangered, we
should be in a position to render a good account of any hostile
force that dared to put foot on our shores. We have already an
excellent fleet of steam ships -the finest fleet in the world—
but we have not a sufficient number of sailors to man
them. It has taken the Government several months to
obtain crews for the Murlburnugh and the lienoum; and
even at this moment these vessels have not succeeded
in enrolling tlicir full complement; but it only requires a little
more energy on the part of the Government, the offer of wages a
little more tempting to the seafaring population, and the thorough
awakening of the popular mind to the urgency of the case—to
obtain for Great Britain a Navy that shall make her the indis¬
putable and invincible mistress of the seas, as she managed to be
fifty years ago, when her resources and power were much smaller
than they are at the present time.
The Emperor acts the part of no true friend or ally when he
arms without consultation writh this country. We owe him’nothing,
but lie owes us much. And we owe this much to ourselves—to be
prepared for all emergencies. Were he ever so thoroughly and
unmistnkcably our fast friend and ally, his seat on the throne is
insecure, and the condition of all Europe is rotten, unnatural, and
precarious. Great Britain and Russia arc the only two countries
within its whole boundaries that offer any symptoms of stability.
Any war for whatever purpose, instigated or commenced by
France, will inevitably stir np all Europe to its very foundations:
and sooner or later in such a struggle England and Russia, and the
nations or governments that shall range themselves on their
side, will be the arbiters of the destinies of the Continent. But,
to be in the position befitting our past history and present re¬
sponsibility, the fleets of Great Britain mnst be immediately and
thoroughly manned. Our neighbour's house is on fire, and we
must sleep no longer. ^^ /- >
/ / ~
THE COURT.
On Fntnrdny last the Queen held n fourt at Buckingham F.ilaee.
at which the Marquis Of BaMi had an audience of the Queen on his return
from nfpccial mission to Lisbon; and Sir EdBulwvr Lvtton. and
Sir John Taylor Coleririffo, were sworn of Her Malosty'a Privy ConnolL
In Hie afternoon the Queen. accompanied by the Princes* Amcc. visited
the Dole nml Burhcss o* Aumale, at Twickenham: and in the evening
her Majesty, with Prince Victor of ITohenlohe, honoured the Royal
Italian Opera with a first visit since theem-tinn of the new theatre.
On Sundnv tlKfQtteen, the Princesses Alice and TIelena the Duchess of
Kent, the tadi/ft and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic honsehnM,
n11onden^divinc/Ft-rvice in tUe private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The
Hon nrd [Rev. the Dean of ‘Windsor officiated.
On MoMny the Queen/^ceompanied by the Princesses AUce and
Helena. the White Lodge in Richmond Park. Her M ijesty re¬
turned to town Iti. theavening and. with the Princess Alice, dined with
the Dnebfss of Kc-ht at Olarcnce House
On Tuesday his Ro^al' Highness the Prince Consort arrived at Bucking¬
ham Palace on his return from Germany. The Queen and his Royal
Highness drove out in theafternoon. accompanied by the Princess Alice.
On Wednesday the Queen gave a State bull at Buckingham Palace.
The Court will leave T ondon on Monday on a visit to Lord and Lady
Leigh at Stonelcigli Abbey, rear Coventry, preparatory to the inaugura¬
tion of Aston Park on the following day. m
thf. prince consort.
I tip Royal Highness the Prince Consort left tinbotsberg on the evening
of Purdiiv last, and arrived the for owing day at Dussridorf. where hia
Royal Highness visited the Prinrc of Hohenzotlern. The Prince con-
firmed his journey via Belgium, and wag accompanied by his ty the
King of the Belgians from 31 .alines to Ostend, where his Royal Highness
embarked on board the Vivid ou Monday evening at about five o clock.
and arrived at Dover at ten p m., passing the night at the Lord Warden
Hotel.
On Tuesday morning, at twenty minutes before nine- her Majesty the
Queen, attended by Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon. Horatia stopford,
Major-General Bouverie. ^and the Master of the Household, left Buck¬
ingham Palace for the Bricklayers’ Arms Station, to meet the Prince
Consort, on his return. The Prince, who left Dover at seven a m.,
arrived at the Bricklayers* Arms Station at nine o’clock, and accompanied
her Majesty back to Buckingham Palace.
THE STATE BALI..
The Queen gave on Wednesday night a State ball, to which a party oi
about 1900 were invited.
Their Royal Highnesses the Du‘hens of Cambridge and the Princess
Mary, ar direr Boyal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mech-
lenburg-Strelitz. arrived at Buckingham Palace at half-post nine o’clock,
and were received hy the Maids of Honour and the Equerries in Waiting.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Victor of Hohen-
lohe. and the Maharajah Du’eep Singh, on their arrival, were also con¬
ducted to the White Drawing-room, where her Majesty received her
illustrious visitors.
The Earl Delawarr. Lord Chamberlain, and the principal officers of the
household, conducted the Queen and Prince Consort from the White
Drawing-room through the Saloon. Yellow Drawing-room, State Din¬
ner-mom. and Approach Gallery into the Ball and Concert room. The
Boyal family and the ladies of the Queen’s household followed her
Majesty.
When the Queen had taken her seat at the west end on the haut-pas the
door opening from the Promenade Ga'lery was opened, and the diplomatic
corps and the Ministers of tbe Crown were introduced, and, having passed
before the Queen, took their usual seats.
The general company entered the Ball and Concert room from the
Approach Gallery.
Weippert’s quadrille band of thirty-six artistes, stationed in the
orchestra at the east end. played for the opening of the ball ** The Bay of
Dublin ” quadrille, composed by Major W. Guernsey.
Her Majesty’s dress whs a lilac silk skirt, with two skirts of white nte
and two of lilac net. trimmed with white blonde and oouquets of white
lilies, ornamented with diamonds. The head-dress was a breath of white
lilies ornamented with diamonds. _____
THE HEREDITARY GRAND DUCHESS OF MECKLENBURG-8TRELITZ.
Hfr Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-
Steel it z arrived at three o’clock on Monday afternoon from Germany,
llieir Boyal Highnesses the Duchess ot Cambridge, the Priui’ess Mary,
and the Duke 01 Cambridge, accompanied by Baron Kneacbeflk, Colonel
Tyrwhitt. and Major Home Purves, were at the railway terminus at
London-bridge, to receive their illustrious relative. The Hereditary
Grand Duchess, with the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess M iry,
on leaving tbe railway, at once proceeded to Buckingham Palace to pay
her respects to the Queen After a long interview with her Majestv, the
Grand Duchess visited the DuchcsB of Kent at Clarence House, find at. a
later hour dined with the Duke and Duchess of Wellington at Apsfley
House.
Fis Koval Highness the Duke of Cambridge purposes shortly to
remove from his residence in St James’a Palace to Gloucester Hoqse
Piccadilly, ihe unexpired lease of which was bequeathed to £i0-4Joyttl
Highness by the late Duchess of G oucester.
METROPOLITAN NEWS .
Church Extension.— A festival, with full choral service, was
held on Thursday, in Westminster Abbey, in aid of the funds of the
Society for Promoting the Enlargement Building, and Repairing of
Churches nnd Chapels, and attracted within the walla of the
pacred edifice a crowded and fashionable congregation. There
was a large attendance of clergymen, and the choral department was
complete in all its parts After the responses, and at the close of the third
Collect, the Bishop of London entered the pulpit, and delivered a most
eloquent discourse which was listened to throughout with marked atten¬
tion. Handel’s “ Hallelujah” was exquisitely chanted before the bless¬
ing. The collection made at the end of the service was of a liberal cha¬
racter. and gave great satisfaction to the promoters ot the festival.
The following are the results of the society’s exertions during
the last thirty-nine years to provide church accommodation for the
people of this country: Number of places assisted, 3900: now churches
erected. 1127 ; old churches rebuilt or enlarged, 2773 ; additional seat* ob¬
tained, l,032.7ftl. of which 798.608 were reserved for the poorer inha¬
bitants. Amount contributed by the society. £660.731. and which has
called forth a further expenditure on the part of the public of not less than
£3,760,977.
National FocifTY of Education.—O n Wednesday the
annual general meeting of the Society for Ps-omotlng the Education of the
Poor in the principles of the Established Church took place at the Central
Schoolrooms. Westminster—his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury
presiding. His Grace, having opened the proceedings with prayer, said
that the society was keeping the even tenor of its way, and there was no
remarkable feature to ben-ported. That which was the most conspicuous
point in the report was that which was the most unsatisfactory—viz., the
state of the finances of the society, whose continued exertions had brought
them almost to an end; but. If tlicir finances were expended, they had done
a gTcat work in promoting education. They had been the means of largely
increasing the number of children attending the schools the number of
school, nnd also of effecting great improvements in the quality of the
education When, therefore* if became Known to the public that unless
their funds were increased they eoukl not. make grants for new schools lie
trusted the increased exertions on the part of the public would be in pro¬
portion to the importance of the work in which the society was engaged,
and the claims upon it. The Rev. Mr. Lonsdale read the report and a
statement of the comparative number of schools and scholars, in connec¬
tion wish the Church as compared with the popu’ation. showing that the
former had more than kept pa^e with the latter during the last ten years.
The proceedings terminated with the apostolical benediction.
The Corporation Bill.—A n extraordinary meeting of the
Common Council was held on Saturday last, to receive a report from the
committee on the new Corporation Bill. The report, which expatiated
upon the merits of the Corporation, and denounced the confiscating cha¬
racter of the bill was received, and ordered to be published.-A Common
Hail of the Liverymen was held on Monday, at which measure were
adopted for an organised and vigorous agitation against the Bill.
Lord Chief JrsnuE Cockburn. —On Monday the following
notice was plneed in the office of the Court of Common Picas:—“In the
text of all writs the Lord Chief Baron is in ftiture to be styled ‘ Baronet’
Instead of * Knight,’” His Lordship bus recently become a Baronet by
inheritance.
Tins I/A Mrs’ Charity School.—T lie 156th anniversarv of
tin'll charity, order The patronage of her Majesty, was ce'cbrnted on Wed-
nesdsy.at their new premises. 22 Queen-square The school was opened
with an appropriate religions sendee by the Rev. W. Short. M A., Rec¬
tor of the Parish, and the Hundredth Bsa'rasuDg hythcrhildrcn In ayery
impressive manrer, before t’»e committee and a large number of tbe
frit nds and supporters of the eharity. A fauev bazaar was subsequently
held there on that ard two followimr days, with a view of meetinz the
large outlay necessarily incurred. The articles found ready purchasers.
Bf.-openixg of the Whittington Club— Wo understand
that this institution wiil shortly be re-opened, the building is now oom¬
ph Ud and nearly ready for occupation. A meeting of the members and
friends, under the presidentship of Mr. Alderman Meehl. will be he'd in the
new building on Wednesday evcniDg next, to determine the time and
n ode of re-opening.
Ft. Faxceas and the Poob-t.aw Board —The Court of
Queen's Bench has given jndgment in the long-pending question respect¬
ing the power claimed by the I’oor law Board of ordering the appoint¬
ment of a poor-law auditor in the parish of St raneras. The directors of
the poor of St. Panoras. who derive their power under a local act had
been directed hy the Board to make such an appointment, hut they re-
fds< d and contested tlie right of the Board to interfere. After hearing all
the arguments, however, the Court, decided against tile directors.
The State “ Press Prosecutions.”— The indictments
preferred sgainst Mr. Truelore. publisher, in the Strand, and M, Toher-
wieki, tor alleged libels on the F.mpcror of the French, are fixed for trial
on Friday next, the first week of the after-term sittings. Thetri.ts will |
take place in the Court of Queen's Bench before I.ord Campbell and a j
special jury.
Boyal Fees Hospital.— The thirtieth anniversary festival o'
the supporters of this ins'itution was held at the Freemasons' Tavern on
Wednesday. Knrl JPowis presided. The noble chairman, in proposmgthe
toast m ti e evening, spoke at some length in advocacy of the peculiar
merits of this instilntion. the only hospital in London where the fact of a
person beingdrfcased was a pasport ot admission. During the last year
nesriy creeifi persons had be'en relieved by its instrumentality, fa the
eourseof the evening the hcs'th of Dr Marsdeu. the senior surgeon and
founder of theeliarily. was given Subscriptions were announced la the
course of the evening to the amount of more than /£ieoo of which the
noble chairman gave £ 50 . Miss Crosse, £ 100 ; Mr. J. H. Crutcllhj, £2»;
Mr W. Collett. £20; and Mr. Sart.rlous, £ 20 .
Births and Heaths. -Last week the births of 765 boys and
580 girls in all 1545 children, were registered in London. In toe ten eor-
mprnHirg weeks of the yearn 18.8-55 the average number was Hti — -
The deaths registered in London, which rose In P”* * 0 , u l. JE
ll"g declined last weak to 10*7. of which 531 ''''"' cicatha of maUs SM
1 lioso of females The mortality of last week exceeds that which Is ob¬
tained by eslenlatiou from former experience at the beginning of June,
but the excess is not considerable.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
Morning sittings of Parliament remind Senators that they bars
passed over all the holiday rests, and are in the middle of June. There
is no reason to suppose that Ministers will seek unnecessarily to pro¬
tract the Session, or to doubt that they will address themselves with
some complacency to the routine business which must come on,
whether Lord Derby, Lord John Rassell or Mr. Bright were Premier.
The House of Commons has been busily occupied. It has conceded
one point of the People's Charter, and refused another. It has passed
the Abolition of Church-rates Bill, and once more laid the Irish
phantom, Tenant right. The Lords have before them Lord Lynd-
hnrst’s device for solving the Jew problem without harrowing Lord
Chelmsford's conscience; and should this palpable compromise bo
accepted, after so many years of conflict on an alleged principle, the
legislative millenium may be said to have arrived, for it is utterly im¬
possible that people who are content with such reasons for keeping
the peace should ever quarrel any more.
Sir Bnlwer Lvtton has been re-elected withont any opposition
which the reporters thought worth noting, and what little hostility
may have been displayed in the course of the proceedings was not
of a strictly political character —ilulcis Amaryllides ira —and may be
passed by. The Colonial Minister spoke eloquently, aud made a
pardonable rei'ercnce to liis ancestors who had served tbe Crown and
represented the/cqtmty win-e electors lie addressed. His illustration
of the mode in which he would govern the Indian population, namely,
“on the principle by which Mr. Rarey tamed horses,” was well
calculated for Ijis audience, and will not be objected to by those who
lire aware that, though Mr. Rarey’s system is one of exceeding kind¬
ness, it starts upon that animal's conviction that the man is the resist¬
less master. J j
Lord Stanley was, of course, returned for King's Lynn, the elec¬
tors, in consideration of his recent appearance among them and hia
many occupations, sending him word that be need not come down.
Tlie young Minister had soon to buckle on his armour against no
mean foe, having to do battle with Mr. Gladstone on bis motion for
leaving the government of India in the hands of the Coart of
Directors,'under a Minister of the Crown, until next year. In other
words, to limit the Indian Reform Bill to a deposition of Mr. Mangles.
Ti e House held to its often-affirmed proposition that legislation should
bo immediate, and, by 265 to 116, defeated Mr. Gladstone,
:x Peer-making has not been a recreation which the Conservatives
have lately liadan opportunity of indulging in, and, hy way’of making
np for losttime, they are, it is said, about to create four Lords—the
material being Sir John Yarde Bailer, who has been member for South
Devon for the last twenty-three years; Mr. Jones, of Pant-glas, who
was a friend of the late Duke of Wellington; a gentleman whom the
papers are good enough to call Mr. Christopher (nnder which name he
once used to denounce free-trade in awful tones), hut who is one of
those lucky persons to whom testators are always leaving estates and
new names, and who is now called Mr. Nisbet Hamilton, unless some¬
body else has left him property and fresh nomenclature within the *
week; and, lastly, Sir Charles Kuightlcy, wlio is called an M.P.,
which be is not.
Sir Colin Campbell is evidently no admirer of the Victoria Cross.
In a letter which he lias written to the Duke of Cambridge (for the
soke of correcting a supposed injustice done to the memory of the late
Colonel Stirling, of the 61th, by the late Sir Henry Havelock, in liis
mention of a gallant deed of hia son, the present Baronet), the
Highland chief says that since the institution of the Cross advantage
has been taken by yonng staff officers to place themselves in pro¬
minent situations for tbe sake of attracting attention. To them,
observes Sir Colin, bfe is of little value as compared with the gain of
public honour; but they do injustice to tbe officers in command of
tbe regiments, and are useless to the soldiery who are unacquainted
with them, and look to their regular leaders. This Roman rebuke is
marked by tbe stern good sense of tbe veteran Highlander.
St. Barnabas’s day was selected by the anti-Paseyite party in
Pimlico to hold a meeting, under Lord Calthorpe and Mr. Westerton's
guidance, to denounce the alleged practice of the clergy of “ S.”
Pnnl's and “ S.” Barnabas's, in recommending, and to some extent
enforcing, confession among their flock. With much of the agitation
wiiich has been going on upon the Tractarisn question rational men
can feel little sympathy; but any imitation of the system which has
turned the majority of professed Catholic men into scoffers, and has
worked so fearfully in vitiating the morals of the Continent—the
system that establishes a secret tribunal in a family, and sets a
priest above the husband aud the father, should be pursued with un¬
relenting hostility.
To the inquiry into tlie mental condition of a wealthy Baronet and
member of Parliament it is not necessary to advert here; bnt one
cannot help noting one piece of evidence, as illustrative of the perfect
calmness in thought and word which an English gentleman cultivates,
often to the astonishment and indignation of foreigners. A friend of
the Baronet, and an officer, was called to give testimony as to the
behaviour of the former when shooting; he said that Sir Henry had
shot him in the leg, and it mode him suspect that something was
wreng with his friend, “ because when one is shot one rather expects
something to be said, and there was no apology; but when I found
he had shot five other persons, I thought I would advise him not to
shoot so much.”
The foreign horizon, if the term be permissible, is by no means
brilliant. America is in an ill temper because some of oar slaver-
hunters have shewn, it is said, more zeal than courte«y; and if this
be so, we trust that orders will be given to prevent such mistakes in
future; though the American Government by no means acts up to
the (pint of the engagement made with England on the slavery sub-
jfdt—perhaps can hardly be expected to do so in the present state of
parties. France is strengthening lierself by sea and land, and it is
not England that can take the advice in Scott’s fine verse—
Sit thou still when Kings are arming.
Tiie Coloured Plates—T n aniwcr to numerous inquiries as
to tlie treatment or the Coloured Engravings issued with this Journal, we
sriwud the following directions:—To remove creases, damp the back or
the plate slightly with a sponge, and writ press it whilst damp. If it ho
required to gh zc or varnish any one of the prints, the back should first
he soaked with transparent size, laid on with u broad camel s hair brush
or sr- nge. aud when dry spp’y martic varnish over the face ot the prtnt-
Should nnv particles adhere to the surface of the p ate, they can easily be
removed with a damp mg. »s the printing is In oil colours.
Nfciopolis Cemetery. Woking.—G n Wednesday the mcm-
i,o« nroT/. Dramatic Foucstrian. aid Musical Sick Fund Association.
M™W D "hc oreainp of the Cemetery for the members of the pro-
fessSonlunder the presidency of Mr, Benjamin Webster, who pronounced
an apprepriate oration on the occasion.
New Zealand.— The first number of a weekly newspaper n
. .... . tmhtui'rd at Wellington Its drsiffnatlon it the Afewnptr
the progressive education of the natn e race.
580 THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS f jDNE 12 » 1858
581
June 12,1858.] THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
THE QUEEN’S VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM.
(SEE SUPPLEMENT, PAGE 590.)
CUYS CLIFF WARWICK
CftSARS TOWER WARWICK CASTLE
SPITAL WARWICK
EARL OF LEICESTERS
WARWICK.
KENILWORTH
582
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
fJuNK 12, 1858
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(The following abstract of the Parliamentary proceedings on Friday,
June 4, appeared in the Saturday edition of this journal last week j
HOUSE OF LOKDS.— Friday, June 4.
SALE or POISONS BILL.
The Earl of Derby, in moving the second reading of this bill, said
it was founded on the report of their Lordships’ House which sat on
the subject last year. The object of the bill whs in the first place to
increase the difficulty in obtaining poisons for criminal purposes.
Secondly, to prevent the lamentable accidents which arose partly from
ignorance and partly from carelessness on the part of persons selling
drugs. It was provided in the bill that certain poisons specified bv
name should not be sojd to a person unknown to the seller, unless m
the presence of a person of full age who was known to him. and the
names of bMli witness and purchaser; and the poisons bought should
to inserted in a book kept by the druggist for the purpose. It had
been found impracticable to include in the list of poisons subject to
those stringent regulations laudanum, opium, tartar emetic, and chloro¬
form. T) e persons engaged in the sale of poisons were to possess a
license granted by properly authorised persons, called examiners—one
to be appointed by the Pharmaceutical Society, one by the College ot
Physicians, and a third by the College of Surgeons Any person
wishing to engage fn the trade should pass an examination before those
authorities to obtain a certificate of competence; but persons already
in the trade might obtain a license for five years to continue the business,
in order to secure them from loss. Alter the lapse of live years, how¬
ever, liny shonld take out a certificate in the usual way.
Earl Granville thought that opium should have been included in the
list of poisons subject to stringent regulations; in other respects ho ap¬
proved of IbebilL . . w . , , _ _ a
After eome remarks from Lord Campbell, Lord Hardwicks, and Lord
Aveland, the bill wns read a second time.
The Stamp Duty on Passports Bill was read a second time.
The Non-Parochial Registers Bill passed through Committee.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Friday, June 4.
RELATIONS WITH CHINA.
Tn reply to Lord J. Russell,
The Chancellor of the Exchequer paid he had no new facts to com¬
municate upon the subject of the negotiations with China. Theprcsent
Government bad continued the extensive discretion allowed to Lord Elgin
by the late Government: but there was no actual proof that Lord Elgin
nr the present time even knew of the change of Ministry. With regard
to Ihe demands mode upon China, it must be remembered that we were
acting in conjunction with Prance, and it was, therefore, obviously im¬
post j Me at present to lay upon the table any papers connected with those
demands. . „ ., .
Mr. Bright condemned the alliance with France upon a question which
ought to have been settled by England herself, as a step which might
bind us to carry on a war until France hod atraiaed her objects, which,
for aught, wc know to the contrary, might go far beyond our own and
might compel us to continue at war with China long after our own cause
of Quarrel was settled He knew the present Government were not to
blame for the war with China, but he believed they could bring it ton
»p«dy termination, if they chose to do eo, and he hoped they would use
their beet exertions for that purpose. , . . .
Alter a few words from Sir J. Pakington, the subject dropped.
BALE AND TRANSFER OF LAND (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. Whiteside (Attorney-General for Ireland) moved tire second
reading of this bill. _ ,
Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, who objected strongly to the machinery of
Ihe measure, moved as an amendment that the bill should be referred
to a Sekct Committee. .. ..
The SouriTon-GivrnAL defended (he bill, which would considerably
enhance the value of landed property, by cheapening its.couveyanee and
transfer
Sir R IlltTlirLI,. while not opposed to the principle of the bill, thought
It ought to he re'erred to a Select Committee. ....
The a tt oFNr,V-GK m:HAL contended that the bill was imperatively de¬
manded for the relief of landed property in Ireland, and that to rend it to
a Select Committee would only have tile effect of throwing it over for the
'"lord d Yi™ sei.i. thought the bill would extend the principle of the
Encumbered l-itate? Act in a very useful way. Be wns glad the Govern¬
ment had turned their attention to the *uhjeet, and hoped the bill might
prove the mrdel for a similar measure to be hereafter! niroduced with rc-
f 'after ^mark's'from Mr. Malins. Mr. r. Butt, and other lion, and learned
members, the amendment was negatived, and the House went into Com¬
mittee on the bill, resuming and adjourning shortly after.
HOUSE OF LORDS.— Moxdat.
Belfast Rtots. —Viscount Dungannon called attention to the late
riots in Bcliast, ar.d asked whether the Government had received any in¬
formation on the subject?—'The Earl ot Derby confessed that these out-
biesks of religious rancour were utterly dir graceful to the wcallhiest and
most thriving town in Ireland, lie described the measure, adapted to
secure tranquillity in Belfast, which was now patrolled night and day by
a considerable body of soldiery and police. Byway of permanent pro¬
vision. nlso a bill was preparing to improve the organisation of the police-
force in all the Irish cities and towns -The Earl of Carlisle observed
that these sectarian contentions fully justified the late Irish Government
in tlie course the-r had adopted when treating membership of an Orange
Society as disqualification for holding a commission of the peace—Vis¬
count Dungannon energetically protested against this inference from the
late Belfast disturbances, ns did the Earl ot Olancarty.
Progress or Bills —The Portmnna-bridge (Ireland) Bill, the Chan¬
cery Amendment Bill, the Sale of Poisons Bill, and the Passport Duty
Amendment Bill, were passed through eommittee
Die Non-Pareelila' Registry Bill was read a third lime anel passed.
Sut James Brooke.—A series of resolutions placed on the notice
paper by X.ord Kingston, containing sundry charges against Rajah
Brooke underwent considerable discussion.—The House, after much/
confused dehtitirg. voted that the charges in question were sufficiently
investigated snd refuted. , . .
Admission of Jews to Parliament — The Earl of LircAK brought
In a bill und> r whose provisions a Jew. if elected, might take tiis scat in
Parliament.-The bill was read a first time—As ford l.yndhurat hid pro-
po«td a similar measure, some conversation »ook place as Pi the day when
foth bids could be brought forward for discussion on the second reading.
Ultimately Friday week was fixed for this purpose
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Moxday. \\
Bard Stanley took the oaths and hia seat a. member for Ring's Lynn.
the GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.—ADJOURNED DEBATE.
The House having gone into Committee on the India Government
ANCFLLOR of the EXCHEQUER mo^ed the'thlrd resolution, to
the effect •• that, in order to assist such Minister hf thcJJrownJn tpe dis¬
charge of III* diitiis, it is expedient that a .council be appointed of not leaa
Ihcn twelve nor more than eighteen members ” \\ itii
Mr. Gladstone, pursuant to notice, moved as an amendment. “That,
regard being led to Hie position of affairs hi India it ia expedient to con¬
stitute the Court of Directors of the East India Company, by an act of
the present Session, to be a council for adiniphtering the Government
ofirdia in tlm name of her Majesty, under the superintendence C such
responsible Minister until tile end of the next Se ssion of Parliament.”
In sun] oitu g the amendment, the right lion, member adverted to various
cauH'i and motives which suggested delay in legislating for the Govern-
rrent of India. Among them he dwelt upon the continuance of revolt in
It d a Ihe consequent maintenance Of military rn'e over wide provinces in
that. mpire anil to the advanced period of the Session. It was impossible
In tli, present year to pass any l.egishtivc measure on tho suhiect that
was likely to t e either final ore atielactory, especially under the prevalence
oi the existing party and factious feelings which scorned to h ive taken
rcssffskmnl the whole question Under those clreumsUncea the propo-
sMicn he had . ffored presented the most available, even if temporary, solu¬
tion of the problem in hand ' . „ f, . , . ,
I.oid Stanley remarked that all the arguments now advanced for
deiov had already been urged and answered by one of the largest majorities
evirkrown in that House. He proceeded lo notice them seriatim, arguing
Hitt neither the unsubdued revolt snd military operations in India, nor
rail) contentions ui home, warranted any postponement oflegis'ation witli
the view oi providing u lietter system of Indian Government. As re¬
garded the time of year, he observed that the East India Company's
charter w. s discussed and renewed at a still later periol of the Session in
}863. The lin o, he contended, was altogether fit and opportune for pro-
reeeing with ti e measure on which Parliament had already expended so
much latour Reohjected to the amendment as presenting on y a tem¬
porary atrai gement tor a question which urgently demanded a permanent
solution.
Mr. M. Mu.nes supported tlie amendment. Recent events had shown
how dangerous and difficult it was to legislate for India under ths in¬
fluence oi party antagonism He defended the Fast India Company, and
urped on tl «• House the expediency of preserving, unaltered, tho many
admirable and successful elements incorporate! with their system of
administration.
Sir G C Lt wis concurred in insisting that the subject required a per¬
manent Eftthnurt. It was time that the old and complicated system of
Ji dian government should be superseded, and he wondered that this
necessary reform had been po long delayed. Tic trusted that the work
wr ulrt 1 e cffictunl'y accomplished during the current Session.
Mr. Ltddi ll maintained that the change proposed in the amendment
was sufficiently extensive, and possessed also the advantage Of perfect
safety.
Mr. C. Bruce argued that more time was wanted for deliberation,
which would be afforded if the amendment was adopted
Mr. I.owe disapproved of Mr Giadst mes resolution, declaring that it
tended rat her to complicate than settle the problem of Indian Goverumcut.
Mr. A. Mills also opposed the amendment- _
Colonel Sykes urged a prolonged and general defence of the Company a
administration. . . ~
Mr. Bovill supported the amendment, which was opposed by air. ll
S q'he° House divided—For Mr. Gladstone’s amendment, 116 ; against
U Mr? Roebuck objected to tlie establishment o r a council altogether. He
preferred io Intrust the home government, of India to a single Minister,
who. acting alone, would act with more vigour, and sustain an uudividel
responsibility to Parliament. He moved that the word “council” should
be omitted from the resolution.
Lord Stanley contended that the Ministerial responsibility would not
be lessened by surrounding him with a council. By no other contrivance
could the proposed Secretary Of State be enabled to command so large a
supply ot those essential requisites—local experience and departmental
knowledge. .... . .. , .
The amendment wns put, but negatived without a division.
Sir. Lindsay moved another amendment, that the first Council for
India should consist of the present Court of Directors.
Lord Stanley showed reasons against this amendment.
Lord J Russell, who also opposed this amendment, suggested that
the number of the proposed Connell should be twelve
Lord Stanley expressed his assent to this limitation. ...
Lord Palmerston observed that many members wished to make the
number of councillors still less than that limit, and proposed that the
phrase should run “not more than twelve ” . . .
Mr. Lindsay’s amendment was negatived without a division, and a
motfon by Colonel Sykes for reporting progress was also not pressed to
8 The discussion respecting tlie number of councillors was then renewed,
Mr. T. Baking and some other members complainingthat the Government
had adopted a most important change in their resolution without notice,
or opportunity for discussion. After a prolonged and very confused de¬
bate, the Chairman was ordered to report progress, leaving the question of
number still depending.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The House having resumed,
Tlie Hainault Forest. Bill wus read a third time and passed.
The Friendly Societies Act Amendment Bill aud tlie Tito to Land
(Scotland) Bill were read a second time.
The order for going into Committee on the Marriage Law Amendment
Bill was fixed for Monday next.
A bill to Amend the .Joint-Stock Companies Acts, 1856 and 1857. and
the Joint-Stock Banking Companies Act, 1857, was read a first time.
HOUSE OF LORDS.— Tdesdat.
The Stamp Dorr on Passports Bill was read a third time and
passed. , V Ny -
Tiie Slave Trade.-L ord Brougham briefly adverted to the accounts
received from America touching some alleged outrage* said to have been
committed by the crews of British ships upon United States’ merchant
vessels in the Cuban waters—-The Earl of Clarendon expressed his
belief that the narratives had been exaggerated, and the consequent irrita¬
tion among the American public would prove only temporary. Under'the
instructions hitherto issued to the commanders of ships eneaged in
stopping the slave trade, nothing could possib’y occur calcu lated to injure
or offend any of our allies.—The Earl of Malmesbury observed that the
Government had received only ex-parte statements on this subject If the
accounts, which ranic exclusively from American sources, were true, some
British officers had committed acts unwarranted by the treaty of 1812 and
which could not be justified. At the same time is was unquestionable that
the American ting had been prostituted to cover the traffic ha staves. He
had, however, transmitted a despatch to Lord Napier, the British Envoy at
Washington, and had also that very morning held a conversation with the
United States’ Minister in London, from which he hadreason to hope both
that all eaupes of dissension between the two countries would disappear, and
that more effectual means would betaken to put down the surreptitious
trade in slaves—After a few words from the Earl of Hardwicke, their
Lordshipa adjourned.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Tuesday.
CHURCH RATES.
At the morning sitting Sir J. Trei.awnv resumed the debate on the
third reading of the Church Rates Abolition Bill, briefly denying that
the advocates of the measure had repudiated all offers of compromise on
the question. None such, he remarked, had been suggested which were
not confessedly worse than the existing system.
Sir B. Bridges moved as an amendment that the third reading of the
bill should be deferred for six months.
Mr. Pale seconded the amendment.
After a few words from Mr. Akroyd,
Sir J. Gratiam, for the eakeof tlie peace of the Church, hoped that the
question would be settled during the present Session. He wished to have
the bill sent to the Upper House, when some satisfactory compromise ou
the question might be contrived.
Mr. Ball supported the measure.
Mr. \Va i.ror.E feared that the abolition of Chnreh-rate* would lead to
further invasions of the church establishment. Every argument, in favour
of the bill would, in his opinion, be equally applicable to a proposition for
the extinction of tithes.
Mr Ayrton denied the possibility of compromise on a question which
was one altogether of principle.
Mr Gladstone, nevertheless, trusted flint some compromise would be
accepted. Lie invited a cordial consideration in that House for every
modification which might be made in the bill by the peers.
SIrJ. Trelawny having replied,
The House divided, when the third reading was carried by a majority of
266 to 263 y the bill was then passed.
BALLOT.
At the evening sitting,
3lr. II. Berkeley moved for leave to bring in a bill “to cause the votes
pf Parliaments! y electors to be taken by way of ballot. ’ Briefly de¬
scribing the evils, so often before exposed attending the system of bribery
and intimidation at elections, the hon. member contended that the
sfm.uous resistance constantly offered to every measure for introducing
"tire ballot arose entirely from the reluctance to part with an agency which
'Securedaristocratic and squirearchy influence over the great majority of
tlie ^constituency Proceeding to illustrate his argument witli various
instances and anecdotes, he maintained that, the incidents attending the
Inst general election furnished proof of more than customary validity for
tire necessity of adopting the ballot; and. in the prospect of another disso¬
lution. counselled all independent electors throughout the country to make
that question a shibboleth everywhere for candidates at the hustings
Mr Martin, in seconding ihe motion, enumerated many instances in
which the protection of secrecy was afforded at elections of borough
trustees, in courts-martial, the members oi the Privy Couucil.aud in other
quarters. Ihe ballot had been often tried, and was found both successful
snd unobjectionable, and there was no ground for refusing the privilege
to the const it uencies at a Parliamentary election.
Mr. S. Est court, arguing against the bill, contended, first, that secret
voting wns unat tainable even by the ballot; and secondly, that, as the fran¬
chise wns a trust, it should be exercised openly. A better method for
frustrating corrupt influences upon the electors was to increase their
minders by a judicious reform of the franchise system.
8ir A. Elton supported the bill. The ballot was essentially a con¬
servative measure; by allaying popular discontent And assuaging the
demand lor revolutionary changes, if would also, as he believed, tend to
improve the general moral character of the community.
Tlie debate was coutinucd by Mr. Hunt. Mr. Bcntinck, Mr. B. Hope,
Fir G C. Lewis, Mr. Marsh, Lord Palmerston, Mr. Walpole, and Lord
John Russell, in opposition to the motion; and by General Thompson,
Mr. A>rton. and Mr. Bright in its favour.
Mr. Berkeley having replied, the House divided, when the numbers
wire:—For the motion, 197; against, 294.
Govern mlnt Property.—O n the motion of Sir J. Elphinstone. a
Sefcct Committee was ordered to inquire into the operation of the law by
whteli lands occupied by public establishments were rendered exempt
ficm local rates aud taxes.—The other orders of the day were disposed of.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Wednesday.
Tenants’ Compensation (Ireland) Biel.—A t the noon sitting oi
th» House, the adjetomed d*bate on tlie Tenants’Compensation (Ireland)
Bill was resumed by Mr Serjeant Deasy, who advocated the principle of
t) v measure, though expressing n doubt whether any satisfactory legisla¬
tion on tie* Fiibjcct could le accomplished during the present Session.
He nevertheless Invited the legislature to interpose for the protection of
an “oppressed minority."—The question of tenant-right was afterwards
discussed at much length, with the customary arguments pro and con., in
a debate which was prolonged until the hour of adjournment approached.
A division was then railed, and the second reading of the bill negatived by
a majority oi 260 to 65.
Ihe: Plrlic Grounds and Play-grounds Bill was passed through
Committee.
HOUSFi OF LORDS. —Thursday.
The Shrewsbury Peerage.—E arl Talbot took the oaths and his seat
as the Earl of Shrewsbury.
The Westminster Palace Hotel Company Bill was read a third time and
parsed.
Lord Brougham introduced a bill, the object of which was to mikc
penal the fraudulent negotiation of hi Is of exchange, and to empower the
court on the offence being proved to sentence the guilty party to four
years’ penal servitude, or such fine and imprisonment as the Court might
deem fit to declare.
FROrKBTY QUALIFICATION BILL.
The Earl or Fortescue moved the second reading of this bill in a Bpecoh
of someiength.
The Lord Chancellor having put the question, a pause of a Tew
moments ensued. ...
Earl Grey expressed his surprise that no member of the Govern moot
in that House had risen to state hi8 views upon the important principle
involved in the bill He (Earl Grey) had no objection to the measure
per se. but he confessed he looked with some suspicion upon this bill ni¬
tre duccd at such a time, and connected ns it was.with several other points
demanded in what was called the People’s Charter.
Lord Ekury was in favour of the bill, believing that the law as it stood
was most unsatisfactory in its working, and failed to answer the purposes
which it had in view. , .
The Duke of Rutland thought that the Government ought to observe
{ rrent caution upon these subjects, considering there was much danger in
e°islatirg upon an important question in this piecemeal manner.
The Earl of Derby said he saw no connection whatever hetvvesn this
measure and the several democratic measures to which Earl Grey alluded.
He con’d assure the noble Earl that upou whatever side of the House he
(Earl Derby) might be sitting, he would be ready to take tlie same course
be had hitherto done in resisting such measures. He confessed he waa
not prepared to oppose the present bill asked for by the House of Com¬
mons, believing that the law which it proposed to alter had proved wh >1 j
ineffectual for its purposes. He did not think that the alteration it. wou’d
make would occasion any substantial difference in the composition of tlie
other Honee of Parliament \ ■, ' . .
The Duke of Newcastle cordially supported the bill, and expressed a
hope that the privilege of arrest now granted to the members of both
Houses would be immediately abolishes (Gheers).
After a few words from Earl Granville and Lord Campbell, also in
favour of the measure, the bid was read a second time.
The Sale of Poisons Bill passed through committee.
The “Cagliari ”—In reply to the Earl of Airlie the Earl of Mal¬
mesbury faid no definite answer'had been received from Naples to the
demand for compensation to Watt and Park, the engineers of the Cagliari,
HOUSE OF (30MM0NS.—Thursday.
Nf.w Member—S ir E B. Lytton took the oaths and liis scat, on his
re-election fotHertfordshire. .,
Herat —In reply to Mr. Gregory, Mr. W. S. Fitzgerald said that
Colonel Taylor had been sent to Herat and returned when his mission
was accomplished. The independence of Herat, had been fully guaranteed,
end he did not. see that the main object of the late war had been aban¬
doned (Hear, hear). „ , ,
Exportation of Negroes.—V iscount Godericii asked the Under-
Secret ary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there was any truth in the
statement alleged to have been made by Mr. Mason. United Slates Minister
ic Trance, that there had been some communication between the Govern¬
ments of England and France upon the subject of the exportatiou of
negroes from the West Coast of Africa, in Hie course of which her
Majesty’s Government hnd informed Count VValewski that they would
not object to the French scheme lor that purpose, while the wants of the
British colonies were being supplied by the coolie trada.—Mr. W. 8 .
FitzGerald said there must have been some grave misapprehension
on the part of Mr. Mason. There hail been communications with
the Government of France, in which the English Government had
expressed regret that such a course should be persisted in. and certaln’y
no concessions of any kind had been made.—Mr. C. Fortescue asked
whether the system was still in operation. Mr. W. S Fitzgerald woe
not aware that it had been discontinued, but the French Government had
consented to refer it two arbitrators, one chosen by England and one by
themselves.
Public Bouses act (Scotland).—I n reply to Mr. Cowan, Viscount
Melgund said he bad abandoned the intention of moving for a com¬
mittee this Session to inquire into the Public Houses ( Scotland) Act
Bankruptcy or Mr Townsend. Ml*.—Mr. Fitziioy moved tor a re¬
turn of the record of adjudication of bankruptcy of Mr. John Townsend,
M.P., for the borough ot Greenwich.— 1 The return was ordered.
COUNTY FRANCHISE BILL.
Mr. Locke Kin removed the second reading of this bilk He pointed
out that the persons whose political privileges it was the obiect of tho bill
to extend, hnd the capacity for the exercise of those privileges, and he
contended that the right ought to follow the capacity (Hear. hear). The
objection commonly urged against his bill was that they should wait fora
great measure of reform ; but he did not think that in the present temper
of Parliament there was any probability of any large measure of reform
being carried through, and that the only way to proceed with any chance
of success was by piecemeal legislation < Hear, hear) He hoped the Chan¬
cellor of the Exchequer would not promise a large measure of reform,
lor there seemed to be a fatality about such Parliamentary promises.
Mr Hadfield seconded the motion.
Mr. Du cane moved “the previous question” ne thought the great
question they should consider wns, when the House would be prepared to
deal wi‘h the subjtct of Parliamentary reform. He believed that the day
w as rot far distant when the great question of Parliamentary reform
must engage the attention of the House, and he thought that that should
not bean*Jcipated by small pieces of reform—by isolated, partial, and
pi* cemcftl legislation.
Mr. Miles seconded the amendment, contending that whatever might
be the real merits of the questiou, it was unwise to deal with it
until the general Reform Bill which had been promised for next year
should be before the House.
Lord Palmerston called for a declaration of the sentiments of her
Majesty*8 Government upon the bill, and said that although he was
opposed to a reduction of the county franchise to XlO, he admitted that its
present amount might be too high, ami lie should, therefore, vote for the
second reading, reserving to him.-clf tlie right of moving what he con¬
ceived to be a proper amount at which to fix it when the bill was in Com¬
mittee.
Mr ITeni.ey asserted that no grounds had been shown for assimilating
the county franchise to that of the lioroughs; aud that, at all events,
legislation on the subject ought to be postponed till uext session, since, even
it the bill were now passed with all possible speed, it could not. affect the
n gi strut ion durltg the present year, fle, therefore, cordially supported
the previous question.
Tin House then divided, when there appeared—For the “ previous
question,” 168 ; against it, 226 : majority, 63 .
The amendment being thus lost, the bill was read a second time.
Universities (Scotland) Bill.—T he Lord Advocate moved the
second reading of this bill.—Mr. Black moved, as an amendment, that
the bid should be read a second time that diy three mouths —Mr.
Dunlot said the measure was favourably regarded by tho people of Scot¬
land generally, and its passing would put an end to a great deal of con¬
fusion and uncertuinty which had hitherto prevailed in that country on
the subject —Colonel Sykes opposed the hill. After a very long discus¬
sion upen points of detail, which was almost entirely confined to the
fccotoh members, the amendment was negatived, and the bill was read &
second time.
The otjitr orders of the day were then disposed of.
Preferments and Appointments in tub Church.— Rcc~
h rka : The Rev. J Chaine, to Claughton, Lancashire; Rev. C. F. Fisher,
to C'latworthy, Somerset: Rev. J. U. Franklin, to UJlard. diocese of
I. cighlln; Rev. F. E. Freeman, M.A , to West Lydford, Somerset; Rev.
R. Garvey, to Snarford. Lincolnshire; Rev. J. Lascelles. to Goldsborough,
Yorkshire; Rev. J. Pratt, to Kiinugross. diocese of Ross; Rev. T. Todd,
lo Newton, Lincolnshire. Vicarages: The Rev. T. Bedford to Old Cieeve,
Somerset; Rev. A. G. Brackenbury to Upton. Lincolnshire; Rev. T. Vf.
Buiridge to Bradford, Somerset: Rev. G. B. Caffiu to Brimpton, Berks;
Rev L. Campbell, to Milford. Hants; Rev. T. K. Chittenden, B D. to
Kiitlington, Oxon ; Rev. W. J. Edge to Bcnenden. Kent; Rev. J. G Faith-
lull. to Cheehunt, Herts; Rev. A. H. I*. Freeman, to Lminster.Somurset;
Rev. E. Giidlestone. M A.. Canon of Bristol, to Wapley, Gloucestershire;
Rev. T. Griffith, to Cwm, Flintshire; Rev. R. Haynes, M l, to Stowey,
Somerset; Rev. G. 8. Hookey, to Ogbourn St. Andiew. Wilts; Rev. T.
J* meson to Finglas. diocese of Dublin; Rev. C. Mason to Bilsby. Lincoln¬
shire; Rev. J. Morgan to Caliir, diocese of Lis more; Rev. T. Morgan to
LlanJor, Merionethshire; Rev. H. Steward to Dorryaghy, diocese of
Conner; Rev. G. Stokes, LL.B. to St Mary's. Taunton; Rev. R. F.
Wright to Wrangle. Lincolnshire. Perpetual Curacies: The Rev. G.
Blisset to St. Thomas,East, Wells; Rev. K. Roger to Kingatone. Somer¬
set ; R»v. J L. Car rick to Witbara Friary, Somerset; Rev. F. J. C. Do
Cmpigny lo Hampton Wick, Middlesex; Rev. 8. H. Field to Trinity
Chuuh. Ilurdsfleld, Cheshire; Rev. J. H. Gaudy. M.A., to Upton,
Somerset; Rev. J. Hodgkin to Christ Church, Tronic*, near Kirkh&m;
Rev. J. H. lung 10 Acton,dioceseof Armagh ; Rev.G G. Lamotte. M.A.,
to Coxky, Somerset; Rev. J. Metcalfe to Knyptrsley. Staffordshire;
Rev. J (j Napleton to All Saints’, Lambeth; Rev. II. C. Radclyffe. B A.,
to St. Luke Judd place, Ncw-rond. London; Rev G. Renuud, M.A . to
Clardown, Somerset ; Rev. R. V. Sheldon to Uoylake, Cheshire; Rev. R.
Townton to Thrlmby, Westmoreland; Rev. E Whitehouseto Lache-
eum-Sattney, Cheshire. Curacies: Rev. T, J. Cooper to Thornham, and
Hulrne-ntxt-llie-Sea, Norfolk; Rev. J. Erskine to St. Clement. Briitol;
Rev W. J. Few to llenley-on-Thames. Oxon; Rev. 11. W. Garrett to
Kingsbury, Warwickshire; Rev. A. Goaten to St Paul’s, Oxford; Rev.
J. H. Jowett to Walkeringham. Notts; Rev W. H lianken to Sutton,
Berks; Itev. J. Rice to Christ Church, Tonbridge Wells; Rev. C. C. Ro-*s
to Elies borough, Bucks; Rev T. W\ Sewell to Caldecote-with-Denton,
Hunts; Rev. F. R. Swallow to Hepworth. Yorkshire; Rev. G. W. Wall,
B.A., to St. PeterT, Bristol; Rev. A. II. Ward to Ratoliffe on-Trent.
Notts ; Rev. S. Warren to Swords, diocese of Dublin ; Rev. W. Warren to
Trinity Chapel. Woolwich; Rev N. B. White to Loughall, dlooesoof
Armagh ; Rev. S. Whiteside to Lindale, Lancashire; Rev. G. H. Wilson
to Knockbreda, diocese of Down ; Rev. T. Wolfe to Templecrone, diocese
oi Raphoe. chaplaincies: Rev. W J. Green to.H.M.8. Marlborough; Rev.
T. W el'and, Mariners’ Church Assistant Chaplain, Kingstown, Dublin.
June J2, 1858.1
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
583
TOWN AND TABLE TALK ON LITERATURE, ART, &c.
Edward Moxon, or Dover-street, the poets' publisher—the Dodsloy
of liis day—was buried on Wednesday his: iu Wimbledon Church¬
yard. He was a clever man, and wrote pood verses—better than
other poetic publishers, such aa Humphrey Moseley of King Charles
the First's time, and Robert Dodsley of the Augustan age of George
tire Second. Mr. Moxon was a native of Wakefield, in Yorkshire;
took to books when very young, mid evinced early iu life such a taste
for the trade and the Row that his father found means to give him the
Harrow and Eton education of an apprenticeship under the great
house of Messrs. Longman and Rees. He was soon actively
noticed among liis fellow apprentices, and not a few foretold
what a great publisher was to he seen in the liard-working lad
from Wakefield, in Yorkshire. It was observed of him even thus
early that lie bad a pcetic tendency—that lie had greater pleasure in
selling Southey's "Thalaha” than Southey’s “History of Brazil.”
He caught the poetic fever at once—wrote sonnets and imagined
epics—and, before his time was out, was a peet in print. Leaving
Longmans’, he went to the house of Hurst and Co,, where lie formed
the valuable acquaintance of Mr. Evans, of the deservedly well-known
firm of Messrs. Bradbury and Evans. Other advantages soon fol¬
lowed. Verse introduced him to Charles Lamb; a dedication
introduced him to Samuel Rogers. He was now on the pin¬
nacle of success: authors sought hi3 acquaintance, and he be¬
came a publisher on his own account. He put small savings
into a weekly paper, that should not have died in its sixth
or seventh Number, called “The Reflector;” and he threw other
savings into a better speculation, that died too early, called “ The
Englishman’s Magazine.” His Y’orksliiro caution was too great for
him. He withdrew from both publications, and was more content with
seeking hundreds from certainties than thonsauds from uncertainties.
Iu the case of the magazine lie made a mistake, and he was magnani¬
mous enough (for a publisher) to acknowledge his mistake.
Charles Lamb and Snmuel Rogers started him in business; and
his first shop was in New Bond-street, over against (if we mistake
not) the great shop of Gihlct, the purveyor of unintcllectual but most
necessary food. Rogers removed his illustrated “Italy” from the
long-established house in the Row, and gave it to the clever appren¬
tice newly started in New Bond-street. Authors flocked about him—
better still at such a time, lords and ladies drew np at the door and
bought and paid. He was now an established publisher, gave occa¬
sional dinners, and found well-known writers to accept his invitations.
His first rcmimeratin g author after Rogers was Sheridan Knowles,
then in the full blaze of his well-earned reputation. A play by
Knowles put money into Moxou’s purse, and, forgetting his Yorkshire
caution, he ventured on his great move in life, and left a shop in New
Bond-street for a private house in Dover-street. His success dates
from this period. Authors of name sought his acquaintance. The
elder Disraeli carried lus “ Curiosities of Literature ” to liis house;
Barry Cornwall carried his songs; Allan Cunningham went with a
rustic epic; Fanny Burney, in Bogers’s carriage, left her father's
“ Memoirs ”; Rogers took his second illustrated volume; and Charles
Lamb gave, with his own hand, his ward in wedlock to the poet-pub¬
lisher. Others soon followed—of whom Mr. Forster, the able author of
the “Life of Goldsmith ” and of two volumes of “ Essays ” (onr sum¬
mer reading at this moment), was from the first a most valuable
friend. Then came Tennyson and Monckton Milnes, and ere long
Dover-street was looked upon as a rival (which it never was) to the
adjoining Albemarle-street.
A great author Iibb this week thought it necessary to appeal in
print to his fellow-authors against certain scandals—stupid, foul, and
lying enough—which nobody of name believed for a single moment.
An appeal from such a quarter should not he made in vaiu; we there¬
fore (unnecessarily) acknowledge his appeal, and, knowing his noble
nature—knowing the facts (better still)—appeal to him in print to
forget the follies of malice and envy, and rely as before on the well-
assured affection of his many friends, who know how incapable his
nature is of aught that is mean—of angbt that is contrary to truth
and to his own writings. And the public (the world) is of our opinion.
America, we are happy to think, 1ms just returned to ns a real friend,
in good looks and good health, and with money in his pocket—dollars
convertible at once into dragon sovereigns. Charles Mackay has re¬
turned to the Strand. Our friend is warm in his acknowledgments of
the hearty welcome be received from the land of Columbus and the
Pilgrim Fathers. When the Leviathan is at sea (if not before) we
shall start across and give Jonathan a hearty 6hake of the hand (in
the flesh—not as now, only in printer’s ink) for making mack of
Mackoy. He is, we hear, to repeat in this country his lectures on
“ Poetry and Song.”
Our poets have had (deservedly had) for a long time a Poet’s Corner
for tlicir only mortal remains, and in poetic ground—Westminster
Abbey. Our players—a class (in spite of Sam Johnson) akin to
poets—have this week deserted Garrick and Foote, and Westminster
Abbey (cloisters and all), and have bought a yard or two of earth for
themselves, at Woking. /' , ^
We have seen the foil-length portrait of Lady Arabella Stuart, re¬
specting tlic recovery of which wetold a story the other week. It isa mar¬
vellous picture, by Mark Garrard or Paul Vansomer -we are uncertain
which—and should find a resting-place in some public gallery dedi¬
cated to the history of art in England, and to portraits of illustrious
historical personages. /N \
Chiswick (Lord Burlington’s villa) has passed, we observe, to Lord
Carlisle. Could it he in better hands ? We hope his Lordship will
not surrender the Castle Howard of Ills youth for the Chiswick of his
liper age.
MUSIC.
Our Minister at Berne, Mr. Gordon, has officially notified
to the Federal Council his reeali.
Testimonial. —On Thursdsv the members of the Ivinsrsland
Congregational Church presented’their pastor, under wh ac
charge they had been for twenty years, with a silver service, value £ 100 ,
and a purse of gold.
The Atlantic Telegraph — The telegraphic squadron re¬
turned to Plymouth on Thursday week, after a cruise in the Bay of Biscay,
during which several experiments were made Iu laying the cable ana hau -
inp it up serin. The depth of the sea at the point chosen was 2 } miles.
The rendezvous in mid-ocean, for which the squadron steers on leaving to
lay down the telegraphic cable, is 62 deg. 2 min. north latitude, 33 deg
18 min. west.longitude. Where the American side of the cable will be
landed is in 47 cep. 40 inin. north. 64deg. west; indthetele^raoh-house at
Valentin is in f*l deg 66 min. north, to deg 25 rain. west. The precise
distance between the two poiuts is 1720 nautical miles. The length of
■wire in both vessels" amounts to 2966 nautical miles, so that, there is at
least eighty or ninety per cent allowed for slack and contingencies.
A Concert of a perfectly novel kind will take place on Satur¬
day rto-dav) »>t the Hanover-square Rooms, by upwards of one hundred
blind musicians pupils o! the School for the Indigent Blind. St. George s-
fields. Southwark. A complete orchestral, band of thirty musicians has
been organised at the Blind School; which band, together with a hue
choir of voices, under the direction of the well known musical professor
of Kins’s College Mr. W. H. Monk, will perform a selection trom the
works” of Ban deb Mozart, and Mendelssohn. O^her blind celebrities
such as Pirco, the Pnrdinian piper. Master Hine. the blind violinist, and
Sumners, the blind pianist, have also lent their aid to this very novel
experiment.
VAST II.
" .. .. I Htdanta Clara KovoQo (La Ncazoi
ntarrlAf” \ di Figure) .. .. S
Bcothoven
Mozart
Her Majesty's Theatre has given us an addition to our
nl Tea dy ample stock of Verdi's operas. On Tuesday “Luisa Miller''
was produced for the first time in this country; and, as it is not bolow
the average quality of the music of this favourite composer, it met, of
course, with the seme success which has attended most of his nieces.
Veidi is generally happy in his subjects. His best operas are founded
on celebrated French or German tragedies, from which they derive
strong dramatic effects, and terrible or pathetic catastrophes. This is
the case wi’.h “LuisaMiller,” which is taken from Schiller’s "Kabale
aDd Liebe,” or Cabal and L<>ve, the plot-and incidents of which are
clotely followed, with the exception of a plight change in the denoue¬
ment. The story is very simple. Luisa Miller, a maiden in humble
life, the daughter of a veteran soldier, has a lover Carlo whom she and
her father believe to be of their own degTea. He is. however, a young
nobleman in disguise—the eon of Count Walter, of whom Miller is a
vassal. The Count, has a retainer, Wurm, who has profligate designs
upon Lima. This villain, having discovered young Rodolfo's secret
attachment, betrays it to his father, while he aieclo^es to Miller and
his daughter the real rank of her lover. The old Count, thwarted in
bis views of an advantageous marriage for his son, and furious at this
discovery, orders Miller to be seized and thrown into prison. To save
her father’s life, Lui'a is persuadod by Wurm to write an avowal that
it is him and not Rodolfo whom she loves. Rodolfo, driven to mad¬
ness by this diecoiery of her falsehood, resolves on har death
and his own. Ho poisons her and himself; and cifo:>vers, when it is
too late, the treachery of Warm and Luisa's constancy. "Whils the
bapWf pair are in. the agonies of death, the Count and Wurm enter.
Rodolfo luthee upon the villain, stabs him to the heart, and falls dead
upon the body or Luisa. Such is the subject of the opera, which is
clearly constructed, and not without poetical merit. The muric is
precisely such as was to bo expected from the author qf *'Rtgolefcto”
end the “Tiovatore”; couriering, for the most part, of trite and familiar
airs, with concerted puces and choruses in which noise and clamour
ere employed to oovor the deficienoy of real strength. But the airs,
on tbo whole, are pretty and easily caught by the memory; so that we
shall foon have them ground uoon barrel-organ* and whistled by
musical urchins in every street. But Verdi rises with his aubjsct; as
in the “ Trovatore” end other pieces, his last act is his best; aud the
Bttne of tlio catastrophe is truly impassioned and effective. Tho niece
owes much to the excellence of its performance: Piccofe mini's Luisa
Miller is ono of her mort successful efforts. She gives a charming
picture of the fimple hut high-minded country girl; and, in the o »n-
cludirp scene (as in the “Traviata”), shows the qualities of a great
trcgcdisn. She sings, too. beautifully, though at the risk of sariou*
injury to her voice in striving to give effect to passage suffiaisot to
wear out the most robust organ Giuglini’s Rodolfo is not less
meritorious. He acts will power and feeling, and hi* singing,. from
beginning to end, is superb. Alboni appears, good naturally, in an
insignificant pfrit, which gives her nothing to do but to sing a bravura
air written by Verdi expressly for her, and which she exocutes with
that beauty and exquisite finish for which she is still without a rival.
The parts of the two old men. Count Walter and Miller, are well slipj
ported by Vialetti and Benovjntano; and the opera is put upon the
stago with taste and splendour.
Tiie Botal Italian ( »pera Comp ant is much strengthened
by the arrival of Iionconi, whose Duke of Ferrara in “ LucrezU Borgia”
has b*cn followed by Figaro in the Barbie'ra di SeviglU ” This most
vereatite performer hks shown himself equally unrivalled in the dark
end lerrifclu tyrant and in the gay snd genial barber. Rossini's comic
chef d’auvro is capitelly performed; the other principal parts bring
sustained by Bosio, Mario, Zelgor, and Tagliafioo, and nas conse¬
quently proved very attractive.
The Philharmonic Society’s fifth concert of the season took
place at the Hanover-square-rooms on Monday evening. It consisted
of the following of music :4- /S .7 /
\ PJUtT I. < /
FinfonUlnC. .. .Mozvt
Aria •• W|>e" this nceco of ifotib'e clot®*," Medwno C>ai& Norollo (Ora¬
torio ct Calvary) .. .. .. .. .. •• Spobr
Ovrrturo, Mfuilno . .. .. .. .. .. .. »• Woodalwoha
Concert fitlick, Birr Beblnttcin .i .. .. .. Wobor
VAST II.
EinfonlA !n C minor
h'dt. •* Gtan&« n tin "
Atia, “UehvloDi non t_
Eoloa, Pfanofrrto, Herr KubiMtefa:— /
a. Noctu no .. \.. \ •• •• ** •• •• field
b. Li- d ohco wrote (j_/.M«-dM»«ohn
c. Glguo .. .. .Mor.vt
d. Mureh from tho Eutnsjjf Athena .. •• .. •* •• Booth to
Overture. Aracrecn/ .. x-* , •• •• •• •• •• Chjtublal
This wns a first-Tate comert, and as successful as excellent. The
room, as bus been the case at all the Philharmonic Concerts this season,
vos crowded to tho doors, and the audience wore warm iu their ap-
pluuse of the various performances. Mozart's Symphony in C is not
the one in that key which from its pre-eminent grandeur has acquired
the nome of “Jupiter,” but od earlier work of scarcely inferior beauty.
F >r its dearness and simplicity it is redolent of Hadyn, of whose
orchestral music Moeart was a diligent student, while it is full of the
sweet and graceful melody so characteristic of Mozart's own style.
Beethoven’s Symphony in C minor is well known to be, save only tho
gigantic “Chorale Symphony' of the same master, the grandest work
of its class in existence. The execution of these two symphonies was
perfect, and showed that the Philharmonic band, under its able con¬
ductor. Dr. Beunet, still s'ands alone and unrivalled in England.
Mendelsohn's overture to “ Melusine ” is as yet little known to the
public, but it is a beautiful work, resembling the overture to the
“Midsummer Night’s Dream”in its fairylike and romantic character.
Tho well known overture to “Anacreon” brought the concert to a
brilliant termination.
The novelty of the evening was the appearance of the renowned
pianist Rubinstein—a performer of whom the opinions of our critics are
“for as the poles asunder.” By some lie is lauded to the skies, while ha
is torn to shreds by others of equal authority. He is one of those of
whom two pictures may be drawn, both like him, while they are
totally unlike each othsr, the one being made up of his good features,
the other of his bad. In respect to his performances of Monday even¬
ing this diflertnee was strongly shown. While some were oharmed
wiib hie execution of Weber’s Concert-stuck as a prodigy of fire,
brilliancy, and boundless command of the instrument, others main¬
tained that the sense and meaning of tho composer were entirely
perverted, that the most unwarrantable libarties were taken
with the text, that he was unable to execute a single can-
tabilepassage, and galloped through the piece at a rate quite ridi¬
culous For ourselves, we were not always satisfied, while we were
often delighted. We thought him wrong in accompanying the for is-
rimo of the march with the fullst-ength of the pianoforte, when Weoor
intended lhat the piano ought to be sihnt during the whole of that
movement: for it is the first duty of the perforn-er to respect tli9 in¬
tentions of the composer. He played the finale with a rapidity quite
unprecedented : but Weber by marking this movement “ Presto assai,”
meant, we apprehend, that it should be as quick as possible; and. if
he had heatd the marvellous cl©f*rne£8 and lightness of Ribinstein s
execution, he would scarcely have found fault wi»h its rapidity. The
audience, st ell events, were enchanted, and exprerped their almira-
tion end pleasure by reiterated peals of applause. The only vocal psr-
foimer wee Madame Clara Novello—a hos‘. in hers-lf. She never sauj
mere superbly, tor ever received warmer marks of public favour.
Mb. Frank Bopda’s Concert, on Tuesday evening, at the
Hanover-square Rooms, was an excellent entertainment. Ths selec¬
tion was tasteful and varitd. Mr. Bodd* gave two new characteristic
French songs (one of which was encored) in a charming manner. It
would he well if concerts were more frequently enlivened by sum
variety, if in equally good ta*te and keeping. Mr. Chaple (a pupil of
Mr. Bodda fe) h^e a fine baritone vofee, and his style is pure and elegant
The other vocalists were Madame Rudersdorff, Miss Louisa Vrauing,
Miss Beffono, Mis* H. Brit, Mies Ellison, and Miss Williams. Indis¬
position prevented the attendance of Mis3 Poole. The tonce of Mr. J.
Buleir Chatterten'a brilliant harp drew forth the loudest applause. He
played a new and effective fantasia, “LTtalie et LTrlande,”composed by
himself; and a concertante duet for the piano and haro, with Mr. Jahn
Stone, formerly a rtudett of the Royal Academy of Music, an excellent
young pfeniet There were several part-songs and concerted vocal
pieces, which were admirably sung and greatly applauded.
The preparations for the Hereford Festival (or meeting of
the three choirs of Worcester, Gloucester, and Ileref jrd) are also in a
state of forwardness. Twerty*five of the most influential geariemsri
of the counties of Hereford and Salop have accepted the office of
stewards. Thf festival takes place in the mi .die of Augmt, before
thoEeof Birmingham and Leeds.
Signor Fappi's Concert.—O n Monday a most attractive
programme was responded to by a highly-fashionahls and numerous
audience at Berner'a street, when two English mnlodiee were
cbarmirgly rendered by Miss Ronsford. and a grand aria of Mozart s
admirably sung by Miss Fridel, the pupil of Signor Nappi, who himself
also laudably exerted his fine voice in two or three difficult arias. M.
Depret executed a couple of Krenoh airs delightfully. Signor Bsgonai,
Berr Lidel, and Herr Shulthes, contributed the aid of their powerfiu
talents to the musical seance, which lasted two hours, and passed off
with great £clat.
The arrangements for the Leeds Musical Festival (the
firrt ever held in that rich and musical town) are proceeding
rapidly; the local committee acting iu concert with the omduotor.
Professor SterndaJe Bennett. Tho list of patrons exhibits a great
array of the aristocracy; and the guarantee tund, to provide against
any risk of eventual lots, already umounts to £0000. We expect to
be able very soon to an noun jo the general schame of the performances
and the engagements of the principal artistJT The festival will be
held in the magnificent new TownLall, and is to commence on the7th
of fceptember. _
THE THEATRES, fic.
Oltsipic.—A new piece, by Mr Tom Taylor, was produced on
Saturday. It is in two acts, and oddly entitled “ Going to tho Bad.”
Mr. FeUr FotU (Mr. liohfon) is the hero, who appears in a mysterious
elate of excitement, akerworde explained to be the result of a flirta¬
tion with General Ifash-ood's da ughter, who, aker encouraging the
little man’s utter*tions, sends hun a refu.-al. In this straic he: consults a
young friend, Captain Horace Hardinyham (Mr. G. Vining), who
js the worst person in tho world to give good advice, being,
though a good fellow enough at bottom, a speculative roue.
“Do, and don’t be d se; punish society, don’t let society punish
you,” is his rule of life ; &nd poor Mr. PotU immediately begins
to put it into practice. Suspecting where once ho trusted, he
proceedc to insult one Lucy Johnson (Mies Wyndhom), the daughter of
his landlord, and consequently gets a notice from her father to quit
his lodgings in a nqnth. Miss Dashwood (Miss Herbert) also falls ia
for her share 'of the social “punishment” prescribed; for, venturing
into his apartments with the purpose of explaining and apolo¬
gising for her conduct, tho is met with contumelious tri-
nipyb, from which ehe is compelled to retreat iuto his
drefting-room on the approach of visitors. One of thess is
Hardin git am, who reeks refuge in the same ohamber from General
Dashuood, his superior officer, he being absent from his camp without
leave. Tho General offers Peter his daughter’s hand, which the Utter
decline*, and informs the irascible father that she has another lover,
but is threatened with a challenge as the consequence Mis* Dashtcood
and the Captain then issue from the interior room and overwhelm the
actcnifhed Pott * with their a^knowlcdpmenta. But Potts feels indig¬
nant that his counsellor and friend should turn out to have been h e
rival, and revokes a promise of £2000 which he was to hare
advanced to the latter to aid. him in a proposed elopement;
and determines, besides, to call him out. A Major Stetl (Mr. Addison)
undertakes too gladly the business of this second duel. Aud so the
first act ends. The seoond act consists of the business of a faucy ball
in Belgravia, where PotU appears costumed as Mephistopheles. and his
rival as an old Scotch lady. All the other persons ot the drama are
also present, including Lucy, who has eDgavod herself as costumier©,
in order to lock after the safety of Mr. Potts. This worthy gets in¬
ebriate with chfmpegne, and the enamoured girl has to see him eafa
home. Ther* Mojor Steel awaits him to prepare the preliminaries
for the duel by daybreak. He, howevor, ia soon followed by
the Captain and General; and, much to the dissatisfaction of
Major Steel, who is an inveterate duellist, matters are brought tr an
amicable arrangement. The business of this p'fiy is too exclusively
the result of a mental operation ; but the stagecraft of the author has
supplied the deficiencies of the plot. Mr. Robson a’so, by his skiltol
interpretation of the leading character, supported the interest of the
piece to its conclusion. With these aids tne play was a success, and
will probably hold the stage for a considerable time.
Turret.— On Monday the Adelphi company, under the lead of
Madame Celeste and Mr. Webster, commenced a series of pertorma'ices
at this theatTe with “ The Green Bushes ” and “ Our French Lady’s-
maid,” and met with the greatest euccess.
COUNTRY NEWS.
TnE Visit or the Queen to Leeds.— At a private meeting
of the council of the borough of Leeds, held on Wednesday, it was agreed
to recommend the council, when it meets in its corporate capacity, to
make a grant of £5000 towards the expenses which will be necessarily in-
currtd by the Mayor (Mr. Y. Fairbairn) and the council in making
arrangements for Her Majesty’s visit, in August next, to open the new
Townhall.
Lincoln Diocesan Architectural Society.—T he annual
summer meeting of thiB society was held on Wednesday and Thursday
(last week), at Horncaftle, with the view of opeulng to the increasing
body ol members and visitors the stores ot historical information relating
to the ancient architectural remains in that district. A conversazione oa
Thursday gening closed the interesting proceedings.
Lord Elcho’s Road Bill—A meeting of the county of
of Haddington van held on Friday (last week) for the purpose of con¬
sidering Lord Eicho’s bill, “to enable counties in Scotiand to abolish
tolls and statute labour, and to mainta ; n their public roads and bridge*
by assessment ’’ A report was unanimously agreed to, approving the
principle of the bill, and suggesting for Lord Elcho s consideration
various amendments in the details.
An Attempt to Assassinate Lord Castlem.vine was made
at Athlone last week by one Michael Kelly, an ejected tenant of his Lord-
ship. This fellow struck fit Lord Castlcmaim' with n large knife in the
street: the blow was warded otr wbh a stick which his Lordship had, and
a gentleman coming up, the assassin was secured.
Memorial to the late Rector op A stbury —Between
£4C0 and £600 have been sab*crlbed to provide a memorial of the late
Rev. t ffiev Crewe, rector of Astbury, Cheshire. Of this num it has been
decided to'appiopriste £250 for school prizes, to be competed for annually
by the children ol ihe several schools in the parish; and to devote the
surplus to the decoration of the parish church, by a window or windows,
aa the means will provide.
The Crossley Statue at Halifax.— The Committee have
resolved that the statue shall be of marble, and lie placed within the
pnviUion upon the terrace of the Park The roof of this building will be ao
altrnd os to secure the necessary amount of light
Ordinations.—T he Bishop of Wiuchcster will hold an Ordi¬
nation at. Fani ham Castle on the4thof July. The Archbishop of Canterbury,
and the Bishops ol Durham. Worcester. Litchfield, t’liester. Llanaair. ana
Lincoln, on Sunday. Septe mber 19. The Bishops of Litchfield, Lland.tir,
Lincoln, and Bath ami Wells, have also Ordinations on bunuay. the
mb of December. The Bishop of Norwich holds his Ordination on an
early Sunday after the Ember weeks.
TnE Cn andos I'roperty. — The estates at ICevnsham, Somer¬
set known as the Cliandos property, and which, for g4>verAl eenturieia,
have been in the possession of the family of the Duke ^
were sold by auction on Tuesday, at a rate averaging upwards or £100 per
acre.
At Hurt Ft F.dmuntib a Mr. George Ridler h« been lined
5 s. for refusing to liare liis ohllii vaccinated. (Ie sulfdl'iat he tiK) a con-
rckntious objection to vaccination. « tending to Introduce disease into
the system ol healthy children.
'A Deap Jcrtssak. —An auctioneer, named Henry George Hdl,
was recently tried at the Shcfbeld Sessions for si.al.ng »»
the jury came back to give their verdict It was discovered that the fore¬
man Mas verv deaf and had not heard the whole of the evidence. Alter
some conversation Ihe deaf juryman was In?
in liis stead when the prsomr s counsel objected to his being tr.oa again,
ar.d gave ret ice of appeal The pvldenee «aa then repeated, the prisoner
fourd guilty of weciXg the goods knowing them to be stolen, and aen-
tenccd P to twelve months' imprisonment, judgment being respited till the
appeal has been made. .....
Mr lafLETT, M P. for Worcestt.s — In the hncf memoir
anrerded to the portrait ot tide gentleman in our Journal laal week It
was incorrectly f tati d that •• he ia in favour of secular e-iucatlon. tbahon.
member being, on the contrary, opposed to fttm/ar ntucatbn. Mr.
entered asm student of the Inner Temple In 1S25. lie was against Mr.
Cardwell’s motion of censure on the present Government
Importance of a Chance of Name.—W e undc . rs ^f,.“? i ‘?
very considerable properly in Ireland Is about tola- thrown tatollUestloB
n, j jig to the m gleet of the present ho'drr in not conforming to the in-
jnnctlon of the will under which he succeeded, and which required that he
should legally assume the testator’s uauic.
[Juke 12, 1858
584
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
THE BISHOP OP LONDON.
Archibald Campbell Tait, now Bishop of Lon¬
don. was bom in Edinburgh, on the 22nd Deo., 1811.
He is the fifth and youngest son of the lata Crawford
Tait, Esq., of Harvieston, in tha county of Clack¬
mannan—a gentleman of good family, who was
educated for the bar, but became a writer to tha
signet—a name given in Scotland to the highest
ni«a« of solicitors. His mother was a daughter of
Sir Islay Campbell, Baronet, of Succoth, Lord Pre¬
sident of the Court of Session. Of his brothers and
sisters six survive: John Tait, Esq., Sheriff of the
counties of Clackmannan and Kinross, a highly-
esteemed member of the Scottish bar; James Tait,
Esq., writer to the signet; Colonel Thomas Foreyth
Tait C.B., and A.D.C. to the Queen, a distinguished
officer in the Bengal army; Lady Sitwell, widow of
the late Sir George Sitwell,«srt, of Benishaw, Der-
byshire ; Lady Wake, wife of Sir Charles Wake,
Bart of Courteenhall, Northamptonshire (one of
whose eons distinguished himself in the recent de¬
fence of Arrah); and Mrs. Wildman, wife of Richard
Wildman, Esq., Becorder of Nottingham. At an
early 'age the Bishop attended the High School of
Edinburgh, then the only great public school in
Scotland, and justly celebrated for the number of
distinguished men which it has produced. In 1823
the increase of Edinburgh in extent and population,
and the felt necessity of a higher style of classical
education, led to the foundation, under the auspices
of Sir Walter Scott, Lord Cockburn, and other
eminent men of the day, of the Edinburgh Academy;
the Head Master of which was the Kev. John Wil¬
liams, the learned Archdeacon of Cardigan. To this
academy the subject of this memoir was transfen-ed
on its opening, m October, 1824. He remained there
three years, twice occupying the position of head
boy of the whole school; and to the instruction
which he received under Archdeacon Williams he
has been known to attribute very much of bis sub¬
sequent success. In 1827 he went to the University
of Glasgow, where he attended the lectures of the
late Sir Daniel Sandford, the most accomplished
teacher of Greek ever known in Scotland; and also
of being instructed in mental Bcience by the present
able professor of logic, Mr. Buchanan. A college
course, marked by the acquisition of the highest
prizes ’ in almost every department of .study, was
closed by his election in 183(1, as an Exhibitioner on
Snell's foundation, to Baliol College, Oxford.
Of Dr TaitsUniversityoarceritissumcient to say
that within a month after his admission, he was a
successful candidate for an open scholarship; that
he obtained, in the publio examination tor his
degree in 1833, the highest classical honours; was
afterwards elected, with great credit, to an open
fellowship at Baliol against a large and formidable
competition; and subsequently filled with eminent
success the office of Principal Tutor of his coliege,
and Public Examiner of the University. The cir¬
cumstance of his being in holy orders proved, in
the then state of the law, an obstacle to his appoint¬
ment, in 1838, as Sandford’s successor in the Glasgow
Greek chair. But the death of Dr. Arnold, in 1842,
opened to him a field of greater usefulness, lie
was seleoted to fill the important office of Head Master
of Rugby School. Here he remained eight years,
fully justifying the anticipations whioh had been
formed of him, beloved by the boys, respected
bv the masters, end enjoying the confidence of _,,
the public. While there he married a daughter of ihe late Venerable
Archdeacon Spooner, a brother of the member for Warwickshire, and
uncle to the Bishop of Oxford. A severe illness, occasioned by over
exertion in his arduous post, was probably one reason why Dr. fait
accepted from Lord John RusselTs Government, in April, 18o0, the
Deanery of Carlisle. But, to a man of his mental activity and con¬
scientious devotion to his sacred calling, the cathedral close could be
no scene of indolent retirement. He originated, and himself con¬
ducted, nearly every Sunday on additional pulpit service, besides on-
dertaking an amount of labour in the way of visiting the poor, in-
anything to do with Dr. Tait's elevation to the
bishoprioof London we hazard no conjecture ; but,
if Lord Palmerston had the merit of the selection of
Dr. Blomfield's successor in the metropolitan see,
the choice must have been dictated solely by a sense
of public duty. _ . .
As a preacher and public Bpeaker, Dr. lait u
more remarkable for ease, simplicity, and earnest¬
ness, than for any unusual display of oratorical power.
Ho is little known as an author, his acknowledged
publications being confined to two volumes of ser¬
mons preached either at Oxford or in the school
ohapel at Eugby. He has, however, contributed
articles on education and other kindred topics to
tlie Edinburgh and North British Reviews. But,
apart from his talents and acquirements, consider¬
able as these are, the qualities which have made
the son of a Scottish gentleman Bishop of London
are his genuine piety, sound sense and enlightened
judgment, his mildness combined with energy, and
that warmth of heart and singleness of purpose
which in any sphere of life would have made it the
great object of hie existence to advance the temporal
and eternal interests of his fellow-men.
<t hk RIGHT HON. AND RIGHT REV. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL TAIT, D.D., BISHOP OF LONDON.
structing the yOuhg and ignorant, and superintending the public
charities of a large town, seldom equalled by the most hard- working
parish clergyman. He was also an active member of the Oxford Uni¬
versity Com mision. In the spring of 1856 the family circle at the Deanery
was visited by severe affliction, no fewer than five children having been
carried off by scarlet fever within a few weeks. A calamity so
appalling naturally attracted towards the Dean and Mrs. Tait the
sympathy of all classes of the community, and called forth a warm
expression of condolence from the highest personage in the realm.
'Whether a renewed exercise of the same gracious kindness had
SKETCHES IN ALGIERS
(From the Sketch-book of a recent Tourist.)
The Moorish houses in Algiers are all built on the
same plan. In tho centre is a oourt, round which
run galleries, upon which the rooms open.. In the
poorer houses this oourt shrinks to the size of a
well, and the inmates of the houso live in twilight,
as many housdk are lighted by the oourt alone. Ihe
houses of the rioh have a poroh, shaded bv a pro¬
jecting wooden canopy, oovered with tiles and
containing marble seats for tho hangers-on of tho
establishment. Of these porches we engrave one of
the best. It is paved with marble, and its walls are
incrusted with porcelain tiles. The house to whioh
it belongs was attached to the. Dey s palace,, the
Jenina, and was occupied by his hareem. From
the poroh we enter a long vesti Dule, round which
are marble seats in niohes. with flattened arches,
supported by twisted marblo columns. A great
doorway leads to the interior of the mansion ; but
in rlii* vestibule the master of the houso used to r< -
ceive all his visitors. In the one wo have engraved,
instead of the recesses, with seats running ull round,
there are, at the extremity of the hull, three doors
partly of glass, partly of wood, brightly painted.
The floor is of marble, and the walls ornamented
with lines of porcelain tiles. The house to whioh it
acts as entrance* hall was that of the Dey Mustapha,
and now belongs to his grandson, a richly-dressed
and ntther more than middle aged gentleman, with
a startling resemblance to Punch without his hump.
Its owner has squandered most of the property that
the French left him, and has let his mansion lor a
large girls’ school. He hoped to have lecoyered
from the French Government the magnificent
property of Mustapha, and other estates which
were the private property of his grandfather,
but of whioh the family had been deprived by
the Dey who aucoeeded him. He gave great
entertainments, balls, Ac., to the Orleans Princes,
hoping thereby to obtain their interest, and u
decision in his favour; but the property was
far too great and valuable for him to have the
least chance of suocess with any dynasty, even if bis claim had bfen
just. He consequently lost the substance while grasping at the
shadow, and all he has obtained is a pension of 6000 francs (A240)
a year, part of which he is obliged to pay to a sister. Not far from the
house of Prince Mustapha reside the female relatives and descendants
of the Dey Hassan, predecessor of Mustapha. This is the only one of
the great families that still possess a considerable portion of their
former wealth. To them belonged the palace where the Governor-
General now resides, which they Bold to the French, who built a new
front to it in a kind of bastard Venetian Btyle.
MOORISH TORCH IN THE HOUSE OF DEY MUSTAPHA, ALGIERS.
VESTIBULE IN THE HOUSE Of DEY MUSTAPHA, ALGIERS.
/
•Tune 12, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
585
“NEARING HOME”
PAINTED BY J. D. LUARD.
hb truth of this little picture, and the
rce of the poetry of the situation repre-
nted in it, will be at once recognised by
1 who have gone to distant lands in obe-
ence to the calls of duty, and to their
iends also. The scene is the deck of one
' the Peninsular and Oriental steamere, on
s homeward voyage, on which are grouped
few of her glorious cargo—heroes who have
ught and bled for their country in many
hotly-contested field, and who now, maimed
id shattered in constitution, still look for-
,rd to one glimpse of their dear native
>me as their proudest and sweetest reward
r all the labours and perils of the past,
he principal figure, in the middle, is that
an officer of distinction, an invalid, who,
tended upon a mattress, his head propped
j with pillows, seeks refreshment from the
intest breeze which the very motion of
le vessel produces on the stillest and most
lltry day. His wife, an amiable, ladylike
oman, Bits beside him, pressing his fevered
md and solicitously watching the cliange-
il colour of his cheek, and drawing Bis
Mention to an announcement which has
tst been respectfully made by a sailor-boy,
lat they are “ nearing land. This wel-
>me piece of information he nears listlessly
lough, almost with indifference ; for he is
roan who, from long habit, has been lost,
lien on service, to nil idea bat that of duty,
[e will want to inhale the hot and dusty
tmospbere of Bond-street and Pall-mall,
nd the cooler, but equally dusty, breezes of
ntten-row, before he will entirely shake oil'
lis impassible temperament, and feel him-
>lf his own master. In a very different
mod is the younger gentleman, who, loung-
lg in an easy-chair, and taking a whiff from
is cigar, is chatting cheerfully with one of
f.c officers of the ship. The group of
-ounded and invalided soldiers to the right,
ho hang over the gunwale of the Bhip, and
atrerly scan the first indications of the
■bite cliffs of Old England, is very pic-
uresque, and feelingly realised. A few
tray land birds, having found their way so
sr out to sea, are perching themselves upon
he vessel—two on the shrouds and one on
he deck; the latter of which the conva-
escent officer watches with some attention,
n it pecks at some crumbs which have
leen offered to it. The whole of this picture
8 treated with great intelligence and goed
aste, and the colouring is clear and bar-
™ o, v—.« “* ■—
“SEABQJfl UOME. ’-PAINTED BY J. D. LUAltD.-FROM THE EXHIBITION Of TOE ROYAL ACADEMY.
iii 1 . bum
586
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[June 12, 1858
THE CHAPEL OF ST. CHARLES BORROMEO,
THE BURIAL-PLACE OP LOUIS PUILirPE AND THE DUCHESS OP
ORLEANS.
Tup. Chapel of St. Charles Borromeo, hotter known as hills. Tailors
tliene). was built in ihe year 185(i by the father of the present pro-
rrieticES. Tho f acred cd'li 10 is erected in the private garden adjoining
the family mansion, at AVoybridge, Surrey. The public are allowed
free access to the ohapelon Sundays, and the usual days for Latnouo
worship. The remains of the illastrious hut unfortuoa e f™ily re¬
pose in a vault beneath the tower. Our Illustration is copied h'oma
photograph taken for the Illustrated London News by permis¬
sion of ihe owner. __
NATIONAL SPORTS.
The Ascot Cnp day was one of the dullest on record, both in point of
attendance and sport. Sedbnry was saddled and on the course; bat
the stable decided to start Arsenal, who was not very fit. in his place,
and could not get up closer than second, in a very slow-run race.
Warlock who Was pnrebased, it was said, for -112000 (about four times
bis worth) by Lord Londesboro’, a few days before, might have been
third if he had been persevered with; bat Commotion, for whom
Princess Koval made 6iich tremendous running, could not make an
effort after a mile and three-qnarters. North Lincoln, even with 5 lb.
eatra, made light of the eight in tho New Stakes, which included
ilufjid, a remarkably good-looking colt of Sir Joseph Hawley s, whom
its half-sister, Rosabel, beat for second place. Still that does not
prevent his being freely backed for the Derby. North Lincoln is in
no really good stake except the Criterion—a misfortune wmch has
seldom accrued to the owner of so rare and handsome a horse.
Cnrionslv enough, Orestes dies at the Plompton Hall paddocks just as
his neglected own brother Pylades makes this lucky lut. Hepatica
(7 st 3 lb.) looks very well at present for the Goodwood Gap, ill which
Fisherman (10 st.) is on 4 lb. worse terms with her than when he met
her at Chester. The meetings next week are—Lothian * Club
and Edinburgh, on Tuesday and Wednesday; Beverley Summer
on Wednesday and Thursday : Bibnry Club, on Wednesday , Stock-
bridge, on Thursday ; and Winchester, on knday ; and then this
week, in the South-western Circuit, pleasantly concludes with a sale
of thirty-nine yearlings at Alvedicton, near Salisbury, on Saturday.
The first day at Hampton Court was marked by the victory of
Roiabel over Zitella, by a head, which, combined with their Ascot
rnnning, will give the Newminster lots a good fillip at the next ltxw-
diffe sale. Good as this form would be in an ordinary year, we have
Jlcrrv man and North Lincoln each a remove beyond it.
We are sorry to hear that five couple of the old Berkshire puppies,
which were purchased by Lord Stamford, are dead, and among them
Firebrand and Harriet, the winners of the two pnze cups at labney.
Humphrey Pierce, the late huntsman to the Cambridgeshire, goes ,o
the West Kent, and Press, late Mr. Farquharsous first whip, takes
Ids pjHCCt
Lord Londesboro’s eight yearlings averaged nearly 158 gs. each; the
three Stockwells making 213 gs. each, and the West Australians
l75gs. Loiterer fetched the highest price, oOOgs., and wa# (after a
very Ion" pause at 220 gs.) the subject of some very spirited bidding
between’’Mr. Padwick and Mr. Ten Brock; but nothing could shake
tie American champion off. The rap was for the best West
Australian, and John Scott gave the last nod at 310 gs., we believe,
for Lord Derbv. Last year the average for the five West Australians
bred by his Lordship was 153 gs. Colonel Townley, the owner of
Hesneiithnsa, the winner of the Ascot Royal Hunt Cup, bought
Shoulder Knot, a filly who looks wonderfully like staying, tor 10o gs.
He 1ms, wo believe, one or two very fine Augurs in his lot at William
Oates’s. Hie above filly is sister to Penalty, who was soldfor24o g3.
at this sale last year, and was the first of “ the Wests ’ wmncr.-i.
The great match between the All England and tinted All England
elevens ended in favour of the latter, with four wickets to so down.
All England—who won both matches easily in 1857—went in first,
and made 111, of which 41 were off Diver’s hat. The innings ot the
United was swelled to 155 by the fine play of Carpenter (a ‘ colt ),
who scored -15. All England then made 143, out of which G. Parr
was credited with 52; and in the second innings of the United, which
they began with 100 to win, Hcarne and Ellis (both of them also
« colts ”) made 64 and 15 respectively. Cxffyn got twelve of the All
England wickets, but Jackson and Wisdcn were hardly so successful
as usual. The return match conies off late in July. -
On Monday All England play twenty-two of Whitehaven, and on
Thursday twenty-two of Brighton. On the former day the M.G.C.
and gr< und pluy Sussex at laird’s, and on the hitter Surrey meets
Cambridge at the Oval. Yachtsmen and boating-men are also np
and doin". On Monday Cannon and Wade (the former receiving two
lengths start) row from Putney to Mortlake for B.'W a side: and
Clamper and Taylor’s four-oared race for £50 a side also comes off on
the Tyne, from the High-level Bridge to Scotswood.
HAMPTON RACES.— Wednesday.
Innkeepers' Plate.—Rip V«n Winkle, 1 . Rio, 2 .
Claremont Stake* —Rosabel, 1 . Zitella, 2 .
Stand Plate.—1. it tie Cob, 1. Triton, 2.
Hurst Plate.—1 ady Conyrgham, l. Amorous B^y, 2.
Surrey at.d Middlesex Stales.—Barbarity, 1 . Lord Stately, 2 .
THURSDAY.
Visitors' Plate— Dead heat between Inder and Kestrel.
Bushy Plate— Fashion. 1. Lady Blanchec., 2.
Richmond Plate.—Brunswick, 1. Theory, 2 .
Queen’s Guineas —Lord Stately, 1 . Somerset, 2 .
NEWTON RACES.— Wednesday.
Trial Stakes.—Jack Spring, L Princess of Orange, 2.
Go 1 .borne Park Stakes.— Adelaide, l. Head Knowledge, 5
Maker field Handicap—Unexpected, 1. Old Tom, 2.
Newton Handicap.—Giliiver, l. Lord Jersey, 2.
THURSDAY. \
St. Helen’s Purse—Barhata. l Mainstay. 2.
Visitors’ Pur?e—King of Scotland, 1. Augury, 2.
Gold Cup.—Thornhill, 1. Trabuco, --
Gsrawood Handicap.—Raspberry, i. Jack Spring, 2 .
Day.
!i!11
1 si’g | J
1:4 A
si
Sc
£
si
J 1
-3 a
S
22
Z2
ll
#1
Dry
Bulb
At
9 A.M.
Wot
Bulb
at
9 a.m.
Dry
Bulb
at
J r.M.
Wot
Bulb
at
3 P.M.
Direc¬
tion of
Wind.
Amt.
of
Cload.
(0-101
Rain
in
Inches.
«
•»
o
e
a
•
3
29961
80-8
57 2
69 7
734
66 1
793
67-3
SE.
3
0*000
•J
30-126
74 1
49-2
634
68-6
60-2
73-1
6 2*2
sw.
5
o-ooo
5
67 VS
55-8
58-9
600
600
67-5
63-7
s.
8
0-300
6
30-121
67-2
52 6
50-9
68-8
55-0
64-8
59*4
N NE-
8
0000
1
30151
680
45-2
56-5
58‘6
55-8
66-9
58 3
NE.
2
0000
8
29‘940
789
48-5
64-2
66*1
60-5
754
67-3
NE. E.
3
0 000
„
9
29-877
80-1
53T
66T
64-6
02-9
79-7
72T
NE. SE.
6
0000
Means
30 030
73*8
51-7
62 2
64 3
60-1
72-4
64*3
0-360
THE WEATHER.
BESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE
KEW OBSERVATORY OP THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
Lat 51° 28 ’ 6'' N.; Long. 0° 18' 41" W.; Height above sea 34 feet
PAT.
DAILY MEANS OF
THERMOMETER.
WIXD.
S —
ss
m
Dow
Point.
if
S%
4
r,t
§ °
o
1 B
Ip
1 *
r;
General
Direction.
is
S3
= 3
a
a
0-10
a
a
Miles.
2
30*127
69-6
68-9
•64
6
64-1
806
E3E. SW.
3
29*893
70 2
69-4
•66
6
59-9
79-5
E. S.
2 L m
4
30-146
61-6
50-1
•60
*:
53-7
723
8SW.
6
30-055
68-7
56-9
•39
9
637
67-6
NN W. S. W.
87
30 010
65-8
576
•70
2
64-3
74*3
W..
182
7
30-047
64-6
48"3
•69
6
527
668
ESE.
356
„
8
29-860
65-9
58 0
•73
4
51-3
746
ESE. NNE.
339
RAtJC
lnH
hour*
Head
At
ioa. m
Inches
*000
•COO
•ooo
•807
•000
•000
I *000
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE CAMBRIDGE
OBSERVATORY, FOR T1IE WEEK ENDING JUNE 9, 1*58.
The range of temperature during the week was 35*6 degrees.
A very heavy storm occurred on the morning of June 5, between c and 8
a.m. and rain was falling heavily at the time The flashes of lightning were
exceedingly vivid and frequent, and the thunder-peals were excessively
loud and violent, HDd followed the flash of lightning in some eases within
less than two seconds. Since June 6 the weather lias been flue and the
sky pretty clear. Sheet lightning was noticed about the horizon on the
nighta of June 4 and a. Tire air has generally been calm; and on the even¬
ings of the 3rd and 8th, and during the 9th, the weatlier was sultry.
Cricket.—T he match between the All England and United
Elevens was begun at Lord's on Monday, before an attendance of upwards
of 5000 spectators, among whom was a large number of the aristocracy.
On Tuesday the match was continued, When the assemblage drawn to¬
gether was even greater than on the previous day. From the subjoined
score it will be seen tlmt the United proved victorious by five wickets.
Score:—England, first inning, ill; second inning, 143. United, first
inning, 155; second inning, ICO. \y
Aquatics.—T he scullers* race between James Finnis, of Wap-
plug, and Thomas White, of Bermondsey, came off on Tuesday afternoon
in old-fashioned boats from Putney to Mortlake for .€100. The men took
up their stations at the new bridge, Putney, Finnis having won the toss ;
and, accompanied bv their cu tters, got off near high water at a slashing
pace, Finnis having a slight lead owing to on accident which occurred to
White; the latter, however, came np, passed his opponent, and kept the
lead till the end of tberfcce, while his opponent stuck fo clo3C to him that
lie overlapped him and was up to his sculls at coming In.
The Duchy of Cobcbg.—- it is said that while at Coburg
Prince Albert signed a document by which he makes over his hereditary
rights to the Duchy of Coburg to his second son. The reigning Duke of
Saxe -Coburg has r.o children, and Prince Albert, who is the nearest
Agnate, in detained by his position in England. As there would be some
inconvenience in the Prince of Wales, who will bo King of England, being
reigning Puke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the second son 1ms been
selected. The young Prince is shortly expected at Berlin, and will remain
some lime in Germany to prepare himself for bis position as a German
Prince.
The Fubey and Elleeton Prize for the best essay on a
theological subject has been awarded to Edwin Hatch, Esq., BA, ot Pem¬
broke College, Oxford.
Tuesday was appointed for a credit and dividend meeting under
the estate of the bankrupts Strahan, Paul, and Co. A dividend of is. in
the pound was declared on the separate estate of Strahan, but there are
not funds in hand sufficeint for a dividend on the joint estate.
A Commission of Lunacy has been opened to inquire into the
state of mind of Sir Henry Meux, Bart , ALP. for Hertfordshire, and head
«f the celebrated brewing firm.
Hail Steam. 59V; scottisn Australian investment. t#, ovulu »u8n«iau
Land, 37 ; London Docks. 107$; Birmingham Canal. 93*; Leeds and Civer-
)col. 501A ; Oxford. 105.1; Regent's, ib| ; Rochdale, «4 ; Che-sca Water¬
works. Guaranteed. 25; East London, 113; Southwark and \ auxnall. 92;
Mail Steam. 59$; Scottish Australian Investment, if ; South Australian
Land,*"
ptOl. 5
West Middlesex, 105;* Canada Government Six per Cents. 116$; New
Brunswick Ditto, lob-); New South Wales Government Debentures,
1021; and Nova Scotia Sterling Debentures, 108$.
The dealings in most Kailway Shares have been only moderate; never¬
theless, in some instances, the quotations have slightly advanced. The
hist returns show a decline in the traffic receipts ot the London and
North-Western of €0915; of the Great Northern. £3142; of the Great
Western, £3097 ; and of the London and South- Western an increase of
£685. when compared with the corresponding week in 1857. The following
are the official closing quotations on Thursday:—
Ordinary Shares and Stocks.— Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston Junction, 6$; Bristol aud Exeter, 82 $; Eastern Counties, 61 $;
East Lancashire, ssj; Great Northern, 102; Ditto, A Stock, 88; Great
Western. 51$ ; Lancashire aud Yorkshire, 90; London and Black wall, 6,1;
Ditto, New. 3'i; London and Brighton. 108 ; Loudon and North-Western,
0 l a - London and South-Western. 93:$; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin¬
colnshire, 38; Midland. 82; North British, 19.J; North-Eastern - Ber¬
wick, 90$; Ditto. Leeds, 45$; Ditto. York, 70$; North Staffordshire,
121; South-Eastern, 68’,; Vale of Neath. 99.
Line Leased at a Fixed Ken tad.—H ull and Selby, 109$.
Preference Shares.—E astern Counties Extension. No l. Tire per
Cent, 117; Ditto. No. 2 , 114; Great Northern Five per Cent. 120J; Ditto,
Redeemable at ten per cent prem., 112 .J; Dit to, at five per cent prem.,
654; Ditto. Four-and-a-naif per Cent Stock. 100; London and Brighton
New Six per Cent, 145; Midland Four-and-a-Half per Cent Stock. 103 ;
Newport-, Abergavenny, and; Hereford Perpetual Six per Cent, ll^ ; North
Eastern- Berwick, 98; Ditto. York, 1L antlS. Purchase, 9$; North Staf-
1° Bit it i sb Possessions.— ^twticancl St. Lawrence, so $; East Indian,
M 3 | ; Great Indian I’eulhsiila, 21$ ex New; Great Western of Canada,
1 I’oiu;h;n.— Bahia and San Francisco, 3$; Dutch Rhenish, 10J; Namur
and I.iege Preference, 21$; Keefe and Sail Francisco. 8*; Suuibre and
Meuse, Prcierence, ; Southern of Franco, 19&. . .
Thedealings in the Mining Shire Market have been unimportant:—
Brazilian Imperial have been done at lj ; Bon Accord Copper, 1$; and
Linares, sj. ^— _
THE MARKETS.
TnE English Church in Paris.— At n meeting of the London
committee—consisting of the Bishop of London (president), the Arch¬
bishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Durham, the Bishop of Oxford, the
Dean of Windsor, the Karl of Cadogan, Lord Ebury. Sir Stafford North-
cote. Bart, and the Rev. H. Swaie (honorary secretary)—held erf Monday,
at the office of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 79, Pail-
ma)l, the Bishop of Durham in the chair, resolutions were passed to aid
the fund now iu course of col’cction iu France and el-ewhere lor the pur¬
chase of the English church in the Bug d’Aguesseau, in Paris. Subscrip¬
tions will be received by the bn fibers ~ London and Westminster, j>t'
James's-square ; Messrs. Dimsdale, Drcwett. and Co., 50, Cornhill, aud
79, Pall-mall; and by Messrs. Hatcbards and Co., 187 , Piccadilly.
Murder or a French Crew by “Emigrants/* —When off
Cape Palmas on the 8th of April, on board the Regina Cmli, a French
emigrant ship, the passengers (natives, who were to be taken to the
French colonies) mutinied, and massacred all tho crew, with the excep¬
tion of the captain and six men, who were on shore; and the doctor,
whom the mutineers spared, and iwo meu to steer the ship. The vessel
was fitted up as a slave-ship, und the other passengers, about 500 La num¬
ber, were made close prisoners immediately on their arrival on board A
part oi them, however, while on deck airing/seized an opportunity to
make themselves masters of the ship 2 so of tne mutineers swam
on shore on the isth of April, and were killed as they landed
by the captain of the vessel and his allies on shore. Tne vessel
was ultimately captured Off the Calltnas by the Kthiopt , and carried
into Monrovia, where the remainder of the emigrants on board made their
escape. The Regina is detained there awaiting adjudication for salvage.
She was taken to be chartered to convey ihb*c emigrants lo the Mauri¬
tius, but a rumour was afloat that the destination was rearer Havannah.
A Jewish Witness summoned to the Insolvent Debtors’ Court
on Saturday last declined to give evidence on his Sabbath. Commissioner
Phillips respected his scruple, and adjourned the case till Monday.
ft'it. M*Leod. one of the Directors of the Royal British Bank,
has been released from the Queen's Prison, his term of imprisonment
i three months) haying expired.
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK.
(From our City Correspondent.)
The arrival of warlike news from the United States, arising from the
proceedings ot our cruisers on the West India station, had a depressing
influence upon the valn^ Of National Securities in the early part of the
we<X; but assurances having been given by Ministers that every effort
will be made to Flop proceedings which are found to be annoying to our
transatlantic neighbours, the market lias since assumed more firmness,
and the quotations have slightly improved. The advices from India, too.
announcing the RAtiflfactory progress of tho pacification of Oadc, have
given more confidence to large operators in Consols; nevertheless the
actual money business has been small when compared with some previous
weeks.
Little or no change has taken place in the value of money. The supply
In the hands of the various banks continues large, notwithstanding that
another instalment of 16 per cent has been paid upon the new Indian
Loan—upon which already £3,ooo.ooo lias been realised by the company,
out of the total of £4,397.000-and that the East India Railway Company
have paid to the East India directors £*19,875 out of the £ 2 . 000.000
capital authorised to be raised for the Jubbulpore line. Short paper, first-
class. bos been done in Lombard-street at 21. Three months’ bills have
been taken at 2 $ to ?$ ; and four months’ 2$ to 3per cent per annum. In
the Stock-Exchange money is worth about 2 $ percent
The Continental exchanges continue rather unfavourable, and a slight
decline has taken place in those at St Petersburg. At Calcutta they have
fallen one per cent; but at Shanghai, owing to large purchases of silk,
the quotations have advanced 2 or 3 per cent The rise will, no
doubt, induce further shipments of bullion, even though the present packet
packet carries out £ 200,600 in silver.
The imports of the precious metals have been £78.000 from New \ ork,
£ 12.000 from Africa, and £50.000 in silver from the Continent. The ship¬
ments have amounted to £58.000 to France aud £81,770 to the Brazils, ex¬
clusive of the amount in silver to India.
On Monday English stocks were very inactive, and rather drooping,
although the sales were by no means numerous. The Reduced Three
per Cents were down at Consols, for Account. the
New Three per Cents, 95{}f $ 3; Long Annuities, l«6Q. l£; India Loan
Debentures, 9J>i 99; India Bonds, 21s., 17s. prem.; Exchequer Bills, 36s.
prem.; and the Bonds. 100$ J. Bank Stock sold at 221 and 219. Special
transfers were made in Consols, with the dividend, at 9Gf, 97, and 96J.
There was more firmness in the market on Tuesday, when the Reduced
touched 96; Consols, 97 ; New Three per Cents, 96; India Bonds- 2ls. prem.;
Exchequer Bills. 36s. prem.; and the Bonds, lOOj. I fink Stock was firm,
at 221; and India Stock, 222. Rather more business was doing for
money on Wednesday as follows -.—Bank Stock. 22; Reduced Three per
Cents, 95$ 98; New Three per Cents, 95} 96; Consols, 97; India
Stock, 222; India Loan Debentures, 99{ ; Consols for Account, 93$ 98;
Exchequer Bills, 328. to 3Cs. prem.; and the Bondi, 100$ y. Very little
change took place in the quotations on ThursdayConsols for Account
were 96$ 96; the New Threes and the Reduced, 95$ 95; Exchequer Bills,
32s. to 369. prem.; India Bonds, l"s. prom; Bank Stock sold at 219$
to 221.
The Foreign ITouse, almost, generally, has been somewhat sfoad y
throughout the week. In prices, however, very few changes of importance
have taken plnceBrazilian Five per Cents have realised 101 $; Brazilian
Four-snd-n-Half per Cents, 1858 Scrip,-J prem. to $ dis.; Buenos Ayres
Six per Cents 83$ $; Chilian Six per Cents, 104 : Danish Five per Cents.
102$; Ditto Three per Cents, 83$; Mexican Three per Cents. 20 $;
Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 87 ; Portuguese Three per Cents,
«$; Russian Five per Cents, 112 J ; Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents,
102 $; Sardinian Five per Cents, 90; Turkish Six per Cents, 95$; Turk¬
ish Four per Cents, 104; Belgian Two-anda-IIalf percents, 56$; Bel¬
gian Four-and-a- Half per Cents, 08 $; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents,
Mi; aud Dutch Four per Cents. 99$.
The dealings in Joint-Stock Bank Shares have been very moderate.
The following transactions have taken place:—British North American,
58; City, 5?j : Colonial. 26$; English, Scottish, and Australian Char¬
tered, 18$; London Chartered of Australia. 19$; London and County,
27$; London Joint-Stock. 30; London and Westminster. 45$; National
Provincial of England, New. 23; Oriental, 36$ ex div.; Ottoman, 17$ ;
Union of Australia. 47; and Union of London, 23$.
The Miscellaneous Jlarket has ruled flat, at about last week's quotations.
Crystal Palace Shares have sold at 1 $ ; London Discount, 3$; London
London < ieneral Omnibus. 2$; North British Australian, $; Peel River
Land and Minerals ; Pen insular aud Oriental Steam, New, 18$; Royal
Ceux- F XdlAVOK, Jmio 7 —-A vr* y liinltoi »uyply of Ergl’sb wbfat wu on *a!o in to-<Hy a
irmlit-:: norcrrhfticsx. iho dernni.il icr all U :iU ru edlic vy la Ui« «-*treu»<’. at tdoc.las
ibe <)u nation of Iff irrqiMlUr. FareUtt wheat—he ( h»^ of which w«t» extaoa vo -wu
quite i ur quarter lower Uv n lui ww*. Wo hud a dc I inquiry fo- byfor. at in per
ijuirtoi lets momy; *ad iralt wanlowir to ptirobHa-r Owirg tj&tirpn blldxrr m abroad,
poll met K <la:l ir.qiiiry, at a a. chuo s>t U. per ora Icr. No ch«aftc look pUou It. iho vala*
or either bcnn« or Hen ; b’U oourary flout haJ a down-.v»ri fml:ioey. ,
.Tnr,u ?<-Vo > JliUo btuliua* wm iKiufftotei In any k ud of pr.uuro to a«y, at Uoalay •
.nil Krm, r«l. S’s. toll..! dluo. whllo, l«. to S’,.: Norfolk .ml
Hiffioik, ml. ini to Cu.; rye, * «. Co )!*.; i^io'linr barioy, St». Co 'l /•.gdbtUUci* 4 JJo.
to; multing ditto. —n. to —s.; Elnooiu aud Norfolk malt, a5a. to iW*.; brown ditto,
5 #. to 5.58): Iviogsron and Ware, 5 *. lo IViki.; Chovallcr, 6 u*. to 07*.: Yorkshiro juid Un-
cohi'-iilro i'cftd oat*. SIb lo 25*.; potato (QttO, 2cs. to S.'s.; YOUff tU nd Cork, black, *'«.
to S b.: ditto, white, Sli. to oils.; lick b--an». Sts. to 35a.; ffroy pea*. 15s. to 13*.; iua;»lo,
128. to 45 b,; white, <«*. to 4-».; boiler*, 4 % to 10*. por quiincr. Town-xnmda Hour. .1 «. to
4C«.: town hou.-ch 4 .lds, 3 ?ii. <o Sis.; ooiuitry mark* vibi. to St . jM»r 290 lo. Atnirkaa Hour,
Ihr tr 24*.|>«r b.rtel; Frooch, 8li.to3.V. pcrUSDIb. ... *
Seeds .—A Vtry medemtn Im loca> U dcicg lu ell kinds of to»Ja at absot last w:ok o cur-
recty. Lteaesd atdmpocakMiaroadiU'irnaliy. ......
Linr.ecd, English crushing, h «. toUhs-j Caicutla, .V«. to 6’s.; bcnipn.ed, 4U. to 46«. ncr
nuurtcr. Coriander, ft’a. to 28#. jw?r owl. Browu muiUirdeoad, Ita. to 16».. ditto, w-hlto,
to 22 b.; Uitoh, 7b. Id. Io’ 8 b. Od. |mr biulirl. KugllBh raposced, 7v» to7tB. ;wr qaarU*.
J.insccd cakes, English, Wi.to 19 15t.; ditto, for.«l*-a, 14 to £10 0*.s m;>e cakea,
£b lie. to £6 0s. |>cr ton. Canary, 91*, to U0». per quarter. Red clover toed. 42 b. to 18 a.; wnao
C, JBrVnt/!— 1 Th'o pri^oMvlH-atcn broad in tho metropolis bjo from C-Jd. to 7d.; of hotuo-
hold dit o. «iu. to *!d. per 41b. loai. ... .....
Intt’criul Weekly Average*.—19 heat, 4<». 9d.; barley, 33*. 7d.; oats, 3«». W.j rye,
3!s. td., boani, 42a. tsl.; paw, 43». ?d. ... ,,, . ,
The, Sir. H'cela' Jvcrqoee.— Wlioat, «t». 7d.; borloy, 3U. I0d.; oata, 25 b. I d.; ryo,
32 inohU'«rotCcl'" : cW’ ’latTn'cti.—miM, 100,611, bcirley, SH»; onu, C7C8; rjo, 120,
beans, 2800: peas, V9 qttartm. ..... ,
7 V<< - *iht*e It. a slaht impTOwtiirnt in tho demand for mr*t alacs <v to: and common
sound conaou is worth tO|>9. uer II*. ih* *t-<*k la uoudou l. n?w «6.!>3U 0JJ il»., a tf 4 um
74,100 ChOiha- nt tho con^poncitg p<rlou lo 1857. ,
SvLnr.-Ai^al an kV,ri, K e t;n hum Ijhb boon trancacuvl m m itt raw quili'ia, «t pric3*
ab'ut t. ual to thora «u rent Iwt wwk. Wvat luHn has acid -t 3 m od. ij : »aartiu»,
27« Od. to 4“.v; Nctire Madras, 38*. to Kh.: and r»«nK«I. Ut®. to 49* per owl. lUiflu-.d cooi*—
thetuirtly ot' **!»'chioinodnat*—move offciowly, or •>;*. to 59 b. porowl.
L 'u/ce.- Fine pi ntst on kin. * bu, 1 to n < air t\uut on torrner ttunu j bat o'.hor description*
hovo luiiut in value Ed. lo l«. potuvri- .... ... ,.. , .
/bee.—A InrttiOrdoc too of Sd. ptr nwt hM taken p’aco in tho quotation!, aud the market
Uextiu 0 .>ly dctrtsicd. ’nwrtwlouw .illwii l» lW.OUOfooB.
iVoi isivns —All Jkliitb of bailor, o to hronmod «rpid*«* of new i»(l th i provoul '/t hi.
Wtat. vr havoMj d no v.iy „t further douriMBoa In bucon Ouiy A msdarato Ucuiu.'jb Is
du’i'ir. ot> tounortorros ll»mi sail tanl rnle rliMi K»ilan»r/
Tulhnc.- r.Y.' on too qr.t, lui» twtd slowly, m hi* po.'cwk; far the ioat Ihroa m:u:h»
th- oti«,ta»ian I* SO* 6u. „. . ...
Oils.—i hs.id cl haa move! o£TeV.wJy. a f-* C.I. par r.wrt. on tho epot. Most other oh*
are vcrv in• o ive. -piilii of turpentine *4s. W. li ,i 7». • d porewt
Spirits ,—'Ihero U very Utv© Inquiry f. r uny kind of rum, st fthsutlant vroak » tirrtmny.
Prcoi L» umci, to. I d to 2* ; proof Rust India, la. 19d. pttgj on. Xhaaly suppont i*.o
ta’e*; hut era n sj i it It aetow tale .... .
Huy and Straw .—Meadow hay. Cl 10*. to £103.; clover ditto, £3 10*. to £5 0*.; and straw,
JC! .'h. »o aMOs. per lead. Tradjdull. _ ,,
CtHih .—Tanltdd >Iot*r Tute-. ix-s. 6i; Wylnm, 13*. Od ; Oo«or«h, It* 6d.j Bradjlylia
Baton. 5-. 0,1 ; Ha-wed, *7 b. 0d.; Hetton, .7a. 0*.; LamtMon, 17*.; doucti Uut.ou, l.aZd.;
1 l /7cc/'^ 8 —^boptainatlon account# ^eing Mih^r unfavoarahk, the demand for most kinds of
in »,t«i!dv. ai d Itoo qualities uro l*o.d for uioro money. . _
n'ovl E::gH-h wol i* lu fair iB.m-a, at f«U pricts, bat other ktod* arc a slow ralo. TOO
•tod. ofefclouiHl qua.it ea laiOOGO Utlot. . . ,, ,,
Potato* * - Old potulcKA ate very culi. aod »aka ara with dltUnu'ty elToct.a at a cinvulcrable
mtochou Ut prlref. < rtawne rate* ru'O from 4 ob to about ;>er u*u.
Metropolitan Cuttle Market (Ir.ur-rtuy, Joue lo). -The •apny oi baasts In ti-toy'a
nu'rket wn- vcrv laotlimlo tor thu tlnto of year; lmvBritwl'aB,Oil klnoa bohI »la,v*y. at .cli»n-
dsy’B currency.* We wtrofalriy * applied *%ltn *h.*p. In uo qtuta'.le oh-ngu took
pJiico. but tb« demnnd wu* vtry tsacd* o Tho show of lambs wa* rather dnutol, aid trm
trqolrv yai luther iuuvo, at (ilnmo iabr»— v.r.. •!» to 7-- por tf lb. Cb vo* wore in
»m dtrVtu supply aud Into r. qjusi, at u sUght Itnprjvoajot't m value, tho boat veal
having rold a» b* per HlO. li*j» und milch cow* were very dull, but not oU.apor.
J er 81b*. to j»ink Iho otl'ul■Coarse and tururior beef, 3*. Od. to :p*. wl.; i«co«»d quality
inrge ooana caive*. m. n ,*. *o *a. “• ’2*.V \,P ' .,~
to to. 0d.; neat small porker*, <n. 2d. to to. 4d.; lamb* 6*. to 7«-: BUeklmgcalvus, UK to 23*.;
ord quuncr-old (fro pig*. 18#. to 22a. each. Total supply: Bfetot*. 812;; cow*. 123; #heep
cud limb#, 8876; calves, 150; pigs, 3tiU. lo elgn: Bcruto, *S; ahocp aud laralH.bJO;calves, I3\
JPcuvate and LeadaUmL —The Irudo generally hit ra’ed I.Uivy, h r ’dow*: -deaf, rrom
3«.<yJ.>o toOd.: mutton, »s. «d. to 4«. touib, bs.8d.to us.tia.; veal, to Od. to to 8d.;
po*k, £.8. Od. to 4«. ud., per 81b. by iho carcaa*. KOttOKX Ii£&UEU£.
THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Friday, June 4.
MANKRUl'TH.
P. VTKCXNT. Great St. HeSaoa, primo’-.-o. IlO.iN, Hanway-5t«wt, Ox r or4-*troat, lano-
n*nn aid mdluer.-H. and J. BALDWIN, Cornhill, tnlor*.-J. H. GAUL,, Dailey*tree:.
UU'imbary, lico>«ed ' IcturJIcr aud prloltr.—.1 1101&KE, Tottenham-o u t- n.cJ anl d j-
wmc-rrae, dea’cr and etia^mau— V. FRANCO, Ladbroke-road, Xo»tlnff-hl.l. dealer Bill
chapman.—M. OKOldJE, Now oxtord-srreet, uUor.—D. M. LYO.n'H, Wynward-square a id
6>otpo-8ticct, Bjdnvv, Rnuc-nl m-rchnnt.—8. BAMKORl), Carlton torracs, Ijot^abowigh-
rmd, Brxton, tudder —F, DY&RN, BrjaU-s»rect-bui!d ng», ttmoor niotch-iuk—R. -ONttirr,
Klnstston-upon-linlt, commission «geut»—U DRAUSUAW. Uolcock* n*.’a8 Ooda, and J.
WfBBTEIt, Jiui. canvos tnanu9*ciurciB and nig merchant**.—J GUAM, ManchjjUir,
pi : m und China dfater.— r. DAILEY, Oliham, jdner imd builder.
- 6COTCH fiVQUK9TRAl'10N9.
A-BTODTE. Ercxbu n. saddler -Ik BURNS, tnoachouw, Unarkshlrm gweer, baker,
nn* spirit merchant.- DUNCAN and M'COl.L, Hotooay, Joiners. J. W. <.AUK2. UN#*c.»«r,
cabinetmaker.-W.;COOrKK, E.»w-itroct. 8trand. deder In «t«M fl,1J *•
Urpor, wti'er.—Wfc CUi ilBEKf, olna^ow and Greeuoch, b*vkef.—UcJiDaRd-JN nod
REID, Cent bridge, contractor*.
Tuesday, June .
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
W. EiCC.?, itm., West Ham, Eaicx, cutter.
BANKRUPTS.
J. JAMHSON, ni,hop, c .-,l5-,erect Wtchout, auolrth dM'OT.-P^A. »n4 J. JAnW,
EtiuidfOiCl Fuccm, I,n-ct.hi,". we lca[..eeic.—F. III. JllcuOK, PcUecbJerac,, Herk^hiw.
eecncc. nirto.-A. OG«. • TCcor,-.-.-.trt;ec, nnuiuC.iemr.-r uf uer. fCndA-*. C.
,11 ,.\KCi r 1 . 1 1 O. UKOeKWOull. Mnelbnlek. eCcur.acUhln, mllCnrlgto.-H. fCJI M, No.-
. 1 ,,- .lltr.—.1. SKH1C LClli l.y, Ut, of A'hoy-d»-U-ZoLict>. de-iler tu aeFg,ni.~cc. .*•
rPirTTdKlT ‘-tOLfhou " »!»'t»ovvccr.—K TillM, Weymonth and Alelcombo .Wi*. D n*’>'
idirSortOmr-K Wl JA5r5*'v-bi»ry.Y«rWhlro, carror.-N. MUCHWLL. L*<ts
" lTOPP. t r*-ford. Y rkshlro, draper —G. ItuB'NiJN, West.
Uortlcpcoi, talc or.—J. ARM 8T KONG, South Fhlttlds, taithonwore moaufnc urer.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
t vrtuvh Rnthendoo. near HI fgovr, pc wor-’oom inam fictortr.—T. EOROA77, GlMgovr,
contractor — K <?AMrHKLL t U>au, muchanL—O. MARTIN, Oiasgow, civil enjlnwjr. — f-
KING. Motherwell *u.d Ll.vgow, Ui_arksh.ro, eoaiuuuUr.
BIRTHS.
On Fslurdav. the 5th Inn . Lady Oosrnwr, of a son.
A* PtnuLDhb I’o, on the lO.h April, Mr*. I iotoaa Hat ’/.ios Simpson, of a son.
MARRIAGES.
Cn 1 h« Tnd In»t.. at Pt. John’s. Upjier Polio way. by tho Kev. John Green, M.*., Wlluam
Uuilacn, Esq., ol Qitotnhitho, to Bc*.s*o, second daughter of Iho late Charles Gtbbt, luv| . ot
1, Ou°lli'e Cch In,,.. >t All Ka'ii*.' Clm-ch, FnHucm, John SlomirC, Jonrg^ too of Mr.
Tlrorllo. ot Brixton-road, to Juiia Kowdon, cldeit daughter ©r tho Ute
Cccch, 4- I awn Villas. South l.nmba b, and K-Timdauug;htor of tho law Jo>Uua. MAuger
Bn ck*- E'q.. of the Treasury, aud of Poole D-VUt. _ „ n~—
1 Cn Tux day, ih* tot Inn., r t st. Paid s. Knight 1. itlgo, by thaRev. ^
tnUtcd ty the ) rv. W*n Wostell WoU-stm 1-rank r^m. eldest aw of W. W.
* ytn to Auguila Sarah, eldest daughter of tho .'ate Kov. John Ijtbm, of L *ol*y Tark, Ldco«
1C “ Wrr ' DF-ATHS.
Cn Ibe 3rd Infh. stPnIlymnller.Tialee, At an ndvsncetl ago, James A. Roy, I.vj , J*.
N no„oo r , Wtai. 2J.0A
On ill. lith ittflt*. »c Wot'. Hill, Hrrv, iho rollcc of tho loco Jonio. UtoupUoi, Ju-1 , oi
fettLott. in I bo nuoty cf Wc»UaoiIaz.d.
June 12, 1858.]
TIIE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
587
NEW BOOKS, frc.
T he ophthalmoscope-
An Illustrated FBSAV on ita Management and U«e in the Ex¬
ploration of Internal EYE DtSEASES. My 1\.RRZ HOGG. Aaibtinr
hutgeon to tbo Boyal Wea*min*t*r Ophthalmic Hospital, ate.
London: Joinr Churchill, Nnw Bur’ington-atieut.
H URST and BLACKETT’S HEW WORKS.
To bo hud of all B-wk-'oTla-a.
MEMOIRS of RACHEL. 2 vote. Portrait 218.
** A xno"t a>*1e s-d Inter •#• log boric "—GhronPtle.
CARDINAL WISEMAN S RECOLLECTIONS of
the LfiST FOU* POPK8. SvO, with Portrait*, It*.
The COUNTESS of BONNEVAL: Her Life and
Letter*. «v L«dr GEORGIAN A KU».i.EH ro-t. 2rote, *1*.
Mr. ATKINSON'S TRAVELS in SIBERIA. CHI-
ltBfcE TARTARY. and CENTRAL ASIA, Ac With 10 beautiful
ll.uitrati ns from tho Au h r'a original Drawee*. £2 2».
The OXONIAN in THELEMABKEN ; or. Notes of
Travel in South- Western Norway In the r um-nora of 1954-7. By tha
Rev. F. METCALFE, M.A , Author of “ iTjo Oxonian in Norway,"
Ac. 2 »"la . with IlIuttratlfTBft
A WOMAN’S THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN.
By 'ho Author * f •* John Halite.* '* 10*. *Vf.
JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN. Third Edition.
10a. 6d.
Now ready, at oil the Llbroriea, In 3 vola,
M rs. GOBI'S new novh.l, hecking-
TON. “One of Mia. Goro’a wittiest and moat brilliant novela."
Observer.
MISS PARDOES NEW NOVEL, The POOR
RELATION. Kvo’v
ONE-AND-TWENTY. By the Author of “ Wild
yiowfr," fi*
The LIGHT of OTHER DAYS. By JOHN
EDMUND KKfiDB. 3vch. (Next Week )
Burst and Blackett, Publishers (aucceatora to H. Co'brcnO.
MR. MURRAY S
H andbooks for travellers.
The fo'lowinir are n*w readv:—
HANDBOOK of TRAVEL TALK. — English,
Frerch. Carman, and Italinn. 3a. 6d.
HANDBOOK for NORTH GERMA.NY.—Holland,
Boteinm. Pruuin. and the Rhine to Switzerland. Main. 10s.
HANDBOOK for SOUTH GERMANY. — The
Tyrol, Bavaria, Austria. Salxburg, tkyria, Hungary, and tho DUobl
fiom Ulm to tho Black Son. Maps 10a.
HANDBOOK for SWITZERLAND.—The Alps of
Navoy end Piedmont. Map*. 0».
HANDBOOK for FRANCE.—Normandy, Brittany,
Ujc French Alps. Dauphino. Prov^nc®, and tho Pyrenees. Mat* 10*.
HANDBOOK for SVAIN.—Andalusia, Ronda, Grc-
rnadn, Catalonia, GaltlcU. the Ba'«iu««, Arr'gon See. Maps. 2 vol.i. :Ws.
HANDBOOK for PORTUGAL. — Lisbon, &c.
Handbook for central Italy.— south Tus-
cany and the P*psl States. Mop 7*.
HANDBOOK for ROME and ita ENVIRONS.
"JlANDBOOK for NORTH ITALY.-Sardlnia,
7 ombardy, Florence, Venice, Parma, Piacenza, Modeuo, Lucca, and
Tmc»uv. a« far *a the Val d'Arnn. Map*. 12 b.
HANDBOOK for SOUTH ITALY.—The Two Siei-
De*. Naples, Pnmpett, Ho’cnlomtim. Vesuvius, Jro. Maps.
HANDBOOK of PAINTING.- The Italian Schools.
Woodcut*. 2 vola. T*a.
HANDBOOK for EGYPT.—'Hie Nile. Alexandria,
Cairo, Thebe*, and the Overland Route to India. Map. IS*.
HANDBOOK for GREECE.—'Ihe Ionian Islands,
Albania,Theraalv. °nd Ma a’orla. Mum. if,#
HANDBOOK for TURKEY.—Constantinople nnd
Alin Minor M»o». Ms
HANDBOOK for DENMARK. —Norway and
8wfdi** Mara IS*.
HANDBOOK for RUSSIA.—Finland. &e. Mao. 129.
HANDBOOK lor DEVON and CORNWALL.
HANDBOOK for WILTS, DORSET, and SOMER¬
SET B*n.- IK.
HANDBOOK of MODERN LONDON. Map. 5s.
John Murray. Albemarle-slrre-t.
Just imMlibed, In fenp 8vo, wPh Frontbpleco, price 5«.,
rriBE bTRaWBEKRY-GIKL: with other
JL Thought* and Fsncie* In Vera. Ky H M. 11AT11UONE,
AuthoritH of "Ihe Diary of T.ady H'lUttuthby.’*
JUudcn: LfFGMAJT Brown. nnd te>.
GEEkRAL Hilt CHA'lLRS NAPIEIPS NOVEL.
In Olo Voi, pr.ee 7a. O’, cloth lettered.
TX7ILT.IAM the CONQUEROR. An His-
v v tcrioal Pomanre Ry General filr CUARLES NAPIER.
Edited by Lirnt -Gen. S'r William Na ior
Loudon: GSOKOKROUTLKDOKami Co., Farringdon-atroe*.
T HE LITERARY GAZETTE.—The
LITERARY GAZETTE hat pit«sod Into tho hmda of & now
Proprietary r.td Direction: and on and after the
3rd JULY. 1859.
will arpeor In an improved form ocU'ged to thirty-two pnges, lu
new type, and with iuirortnnt variation' ia, usd additions to, it*
literary and gmoral characteristics.
Tho new Conductors have elected to retain n title with which t.ho
public bus ff r more than forty ) ear* bum famillw. But it lira boon
thouaht well to mark the change ua tho commencement of a Mkw
E kRIKS.
Anraofretronfa have bson nude, by which the ornUtemca of a strong
Bluff ©f contributors. or established Ut«f*ry character, haiben aeaurod
for the coIliu'jm devoted to crilieinm on Utcraturo and 01 the art! tha
dopar incut tt’.ponlone-t to adcutitle aubiccta hu been confldo 1 to
vi|Hant euro and proviaiou hut been mii'lo for thfl receipt of such
ccmmunlcat'ouH from the principal foreign eittea »« wdl eati'dn «h»
Fn^lUh reader to noto tho buuo and prog rets of Coatiuontal liter at uro
The (irinclplea cf tbo new undertaking may bo very brlflllr ita ted.
Tbo moat respectful recognition of literary and nrtUtic excellence,
without undue regard to prcetlge anti position, and without any regard
to private inilurnee Intereat, orcliijuo. Endeavour to promote tho
boat interests of literature br tuviring a*toation to lie b’ghest pro-
ductiona,but wlthoat nn*l«tiug or di<oour«g\ng off.irt* of accoudnry
merit, or of mure promiso; or iabmitting to tort* of unjn«t eoverity
worka cf an tronmoitioat, temporary, or simply pradical character.
Among tho new toaturei in the Ferlea about to commence w'u
bo tho CorrcBpondencB of tho journal. It ia believed that valuable
Interch«Dg« of thought may bo promotod by ft roaasnAblo develop¬
ment of ibis portion of tho journal.
A few number* of the hew fierica of the Literary Gazotte will belt
abow Ihe views imd ol’ieota ofl'a conductor*
The price of tho Lttorsry Gazette uuauiajpod, will be 1-ourponce;
■tamped, fivctcncc.
Ihe Literary N»/«tte will bo published at its now office, Vi. 4,
Bonverle-street, Fleet-street, E G., where all commnolcatiouj aro to
t« nddreited. eud v.hero udvortiscmenU will be roctlved.
fart I., on ihe 1st of Jul*. >85*,
A REISSUE of a HISTORY of the NESTS
.nil sons o/ BRITISH BIUUS. By tl» Hot. F. O.
AtOHRlS BA
' In Mcu'ihty PaiU Parts, priee Is., each containinar Four occu-
rateJy-ccloured Flairs.
London: GJtOOMDlIlK?* and 805S, 5, Paternoster-row,
Crown 8*o, prloo !«. M.| poK-f™, IICS ; wiUi Min>, fid. cite.
L ONDON as it is TO-DAY ; Where to Go
mid What to Sro. Wlih SOT Eor^vinm-
London: H. G. CLARKE and CO., SS*. i trmiil, W.C.
JuK pnb:isbod, price la. 6d.. clotli, fop. SroflApp., With bomttlfnl
Portrait, engraved o»a ktraL
T HE ADTOBIOURAPdY oi T. B. GOUGH,
with a Contlnuttion o f W* IMo.
_Lemon: W; Twj>golK. 337 htrand.__
Juatout, Midsummer Volume, ptioe 2a. _ __ _
HE .FAMILY FRIEND.
_ •• Vcrv amusing, very varied, very noatfy ffiartMtod. snl very
cheap.”—llliiftratcd 'tlmea.— Wahd and Lock. 1W, Floot-itroct.
Just ready, with &0 exquisite Engravings, 3s. 6d..
mn® POACHER, ami o.her Pictures of
JL Country L1R By THOMAS MILLER, Author of “Sommor
Kornbiga,” AC.— WARD nrd Lock, 1M, Fleet-atrcct.
TUnstiv.Uitl with 2. r >0 Descriptive Eugraviuga St. dd.,
TFE’S OWN J300K of COOKERY.—
y V Agreeable Dinners, inoxpomlve And oruily cooked. Also, Slice
Dinners for every day—W ard und Lock; and all Booksellers.
T
W
Just Out, Third Fdiiion. price H. 6d. Illuatniied.
the practical HOUt>EWIFE.
A By Etlilors of “ Pimlly Frlond." “ A c«pll«l hAndbook.''—
AUu-'nitiTm. Ward »nd Bock: nnd .11 Bnolrrollor..
HARMING GIFT-BOOK.—Frloo 3.. 6d.. rlcnly Mb OuMniL
P LEG ANT ARTS for LADIES.
U Containing Plain InstrarGoru by Eminent Heitors In Tweaty-
> Useful Arts and Elegant Accomplishment^.—^W and m l Lock.
"PLACEsTWORTH SEEINGlii LONDON.
Jl “1110 cheapest and l»*t Handbook, tho ILuotTKiiOM W Which
have coit £800 ,-Ward wul LOCK* FlaHtxwt.
NEW MUSIC , 5*c.
IjMFST LOVE. New Ballad. Words an^
A 1 Music by Lady STRACEY. Price 2 i., poetage- r rae.
" As au amateur prcduction It ts eicellent, and it would assuredly
bear favoursblti coni' 1 *risen with moat of the professional productions
of tho cay.”—Co rt Journal.
Irondcn: J. WlliJAMS, 123, Cheapiido.
N EW SONG : AVTien we went a Maying.
Words by CARPENTER; Music br A. MATTACKS. BoauU-
fuliy Illustrated by BRANDAK1) Price (poatage-froo), 2s.
Londoo: Joseph Williams, 123, Chospsido.
L ’ESPALIER de ROSEB.—Mazurka Bril-
lante, by ADRIEN TALEXY. Thia beautiful pioee, by tho
admired composer of tho oolebratod “ M-.zurha Etude,” is pubiished
by Joseph W il l i am s , 123, ChoapoMo. »«., post-free.
B OSELIA MAZURKA. By ADRIEN
i TATBXY. Eluatratcd in Colourt by BBANDARD. Another
adni rod production of thia eclebratod Composer.
Joseph Williams, 123, Chaapslde. 3a. post-free.
R OW, ROW, HOMEWARD WE GO!
By CARPENTER and OPORLB. Price U. 6d. IUustratod by
BRANDARD. A oomposition of much beauty, and becoming la¬
ment el r popular, tho melody bolng charmingly simple and graceful
Also publiahed aa a chorus for four voices, price 2s., post-free.
J. Williams, 1», Choapside.
H enry farmer’s ju n o quadrilles.
to.: Duet, 4s. niustr&ted in Colours by BKAHDABD. Sep-
Lett, 3a. 6d.; Orcheatra, n.
London: Joseph Williams, 123, Choapside.
H enry farmer’s first love
WALTZES; Uiuutrated in Colour*by BRANDARD. 8olo, 4a.;
duct 4a.; scptoit parts, 3a. 6d.; orchestral parts, 5a. Postage froe.
”T1)0 second strain in tbo first part is. without exooptioa, the most
dolicious morccnu wo have heard this season."—Guaraiaa.
Published by J. Williams, 123, Choapside.
H enry farmer’s polka d’amour.
lDnatr&ted in Colours by BRANDARD. Price 3s , postage-
free Tendon: Joseph Williakb. 383. Cheatwlde.
ENRY FARMER’S Celebrated DANCE
MUSIC.—Eighteen of this popular writer’s admired Compo-
itlons are now ready for Bands, deptett Parts, 3s. 6d.; full Orchestra,
5a.— Joseph Williams. 1*3. Ch<wiosirte.
ENRY FARMER’8 MIDSUMMER
QUADRILLES. B<nuilfuHj illustrated in Ciiours, by
BRAXDARD. Solo and Daot, 3 b.
Lendon: J. WILLIAMS, 123, Choapaldo.
TO MERCHANTS, SHIPPERS, AND FOREIGN RESIDENl'8.
J OSEPH WILLIAMS, 123, Clieapside. the
Publiaher of Henry Fannor’s celobrated DANCE 1ICJ8IC, la
prepared to • orward to auy ;uut of tho world MUSIC of all kinds,
luoiuding the newest and most popular compositions, in large or small
quantities, on the moit advantageous terms.
TVTEW music.-robert cocks
±y ftrd CD
HAMILTON’S PIANO TUTOR. Re-edited by the
gTCat Oxerav. IgSrd Kdiil o. 4« “Used hy *11 Pro f <H*or* "
CATALOGUES of NEW MUSIC, all gratis and
postago-free, via.:—Violin, kc., Music, Quartets, Septets, See., with
copious thrmatie ludex**.
VOCAL MUSIC. The Latest Songs, Duets, Glees,
Part Sours. Ac
PIAKOFOKTE MUSIC, New and popular, by
favourite « rmpogera
ELEMENTARY PIANOFORTE MUSIC for the
use of Professors-
FLUTE MUSIC; also for the Comct-ii-Piston,
Bra** Bond. Orchf^t’iv. *m.
SCHOOL MUSIC. Selection of 2000 easy Piano-
f:rt<* n'F'fcs.
EDUCATIONAL CATALOGUE, Tlieoretical Works,
Tutors, Treltliwi. &c
A GREEN CATALOGUE for all TEACHERS
(Anoly for Green Cnr»L'gn«>,
INSTRUCTION ROOKS Copious List for all In-
atromenfi.
THEORY of MUSIC. Syllabus of Works and other
ure'ul traitor.
GERMAN SONGS (German and English Wordsi,
ccj> otis List just Issued.
ORGAN and CHURCH MUSIC-Two-;SMUing
UondtookK for Orntori s.
For CHORAL SOCIETIES-Liats of Cheap Glees,
Standard Bonv-i See
LIST of NOVELTIES issued very recently.
London: Ec-iiKKT Cocks and CO., Sow Burllngton-*«ruet, W.
EW VALSB, LA CLEMENTINA. Com-
_ , po?cd by E. L. Uisa. Pried 3a.
*Ihii brllliaut and 'aarin-iiug v*la* la ouo of tno moat succesafal of
(hf b-kvop.—L ondon: DUFF and Hopoiok. 65. Oxfotd-atrodL
N
TVTEW SONG, THE GOODBYE AT THE
DO^IL Compoardby STEPUriN GLOVPR. Price S*.
Thb toucliinr aud |sleaalng bal ud baa bcwnio a great favourite.
JteDL^on : CUFF nnd HODGSON. 65, Oxford-ktMBt.
TVTEW SONG, YEARS AGa Composed by
J. 3 C. HODGSON. Pried 2». Words and music fiow boautifuily
toKOther, and form a voty pretty bft! ad.
London: DuFr and HOIXJSOK, 65. Oxford-stroot.
N EW GALOP—THE ALARM—Composed
bv T. BKOWNK. Price 3s t postegd-freo).—Among tlie spark¬
ling novelties performed by Weij/p?rt’a Rand at tho Grand Steto Ball
at Rcrklngbain Pa'nco uono Phono morn conspicuously than tho
"Alarm" Galop, which was admired by nlL
DUFF and HOIjGSOK, 65. Ox ford street.
and
_.. Instrument*
are roccmtnctded by the Pro'nsiow, anH mar be hod in Walnut,
Zebra, ard Rosewood Frig t moderate Warrantod.
■PIANOFORTES (First Class), DUFF
JL IICDGKOk. Makers, 65, Oxford-stroer.—There Inacn
M
U SIC All BOX REPOSITORY, 32,
. Ludgate-streot (nearSt. Paul’s).—WALESand M'GULf.OCTI
are direct importer* of NICOLE FRERE3' Celebrated MUSICAL
BOXEB, plavleg brillUinUy the best Popular. Operatic, and Sacred
Music. Largeirizea. Four Ain, it; Six, £6 6*.; Bight, £B: Twelve
AL**, f!212d. Snuff-boxes. Two Tunea. 14s. 6d.and 18*.; Three. 30*.;
Four, 40*. Catalogue* of Tunea gratis and past-free, on application.
JjYUENlTURE and PIANO, n bargain, fine
X* Walnut, warranted manufacture, nearly now, to be 80LD for
half tLclr value; con listing of a drawing-room suite of chaste and
elegant design. Including a lorge-sixo bribbntt plate chlmccy-glaw, la
coatiy rndque frame; a inognificent chiffonier, with richly-carved
back, and doarsfUcod with host ailvcrod plate-gloat and marble-top;
superior centra taWe, on pillar, and handiomely-carrod claws; occa¬
sional or ladies’ writing and fancy tables; six solid, elegantly-carved
chairs, in rich silk; a superior spnog-atoffod settee; easy and % Ictoria
chain cn •ulto, with extra-lined loose casts; two fancy oooasional
choirs, and a lmndjotn" what-not. Prloo/ortho whote suite Forty-
lix Guineas. The piano, scmi-eotuige, nearly seven octaves, of
powerful and unusually brilliant and sweet ton*, widi all tho most
recent Improvements, by an eminent maker. Price Twenty Guineas.
X.B Also a very superior set of modern dining-room furniture, of fine
Spanish roahogwnr. In beat morocco. Forty Guineas. To bo seen at
LEW IN CHAWCODK and CO.’S, Upholsterers, 7, Qucon't-buiMings,
Knlghtsbridgo (raven doors west of froane-^treetV
C 1ABINET FURNITURE, CARPETS, and
J BEDDING.—An Illustrated Book of Estimator and Furniture
Catalogue, oout&lning 160 Designs and Prices of Fashionable and
Superior Upholstery. Furniture, Itc., gratis on application. Persona
famishing, who study economy, tynhbinod with elegance and dura¬
bility. sh< uld apply for this.—LKWIN CKAWCOUR and CO^. Ca h . n et
Manufactarer*, 7, Quoen’a-bulldings, Knlghtsbridge (seven doors west
of Hloane itreet t. N.B. Country order* oarria ge free
ATOVELTY in WINDOW CURTAINS.—
Tv Tbo Circassian Cloth t'uriain, wl»h rich border, 3'«. The
mr.it effective and cheapest ar.icle over yet .HTorod, to be sew. ia
vtirioty of colouringr. at BELGRAVE fiuJdS, l«# SkiuiMtrwl,
BeJpntre-sour.ie Pattern* f-wwardod.
XKT ARRINGTON STATE BEDSTEAD.—
VV The Subicribera and Public are respectfully informed that
the final dUpoeal of the Bodsteo^ wUl take place at tbs
•riioauo of the Boyal Institution. Manchester, on Thursday, the-Uli
Lv of JmS, 1AV8. AppUcaurns for £1 share* may b* made to
Mrears Kendal SUlno. uud Faulkner, the Baxaur. JIa:*.eh*a er. wh ro
*> o is r ow standing: or »o Richard jChiulri she Des-gner ;
Wehater. Secretary. Warrington
LFRED COTTRELL (late Wren Brothers),
IKON ..fi UKAfifi UKOirSAD UAXVFAOTUKES, UKO-
l)INO, Ac., as Toll' t,hlD-.Dtirt-I0.il, Unfion.
lili ’n Ciii.I |W»I PM-- 1 **" "" l,lm - __
rsiBE BEST BSD for a CHILD is one of
I TKELOAB-8 MErAt.UO COTS, < foot lon<r b? 2 ' M *
At any railway rslion in tba kingdom for «!«.
Jhomoa Trcwar, 4f, Ludgaio-b^. Lcudca, E. C.
H er majfsty the queen’s visit
to W ARWICKSHIRE —The on’y Gn de*, Photogripht. and
f terrosoopio Views, publiehod by authority, of Warwick, dtooolaigh,
and tho neigh bo ushood, are published by 1L T. COOKE and SON,
Warwick.
C ENTRAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ROOMS,
90. Cane or-street West (comer of Dowgato-hUD, City.—Mossr*.
COTTON and WALL —Tbs most perfect amuigomfints of Light ard
most artistic Piciures In Loudon. Photographs, plain and coloured,
by tho tint artists in the profession The new American Ambrotypes,
coloured, in frame or case complete, from 7s. 6d. Specimens may to
teen at 'no Photographic Exhibition.
T HE DERBY tied ASCOT in the STEREO-
frCOfE, of all Dealers. Wholesale only, 21. Lawrence-lone,
Choapside, E.C.
YYPERA GLASSES.—The recent improve-
v/ ments effected by KEYZOR and BENDON In tho mannfan-
turo of ORXRA GLASbE*! render tuem, from their oxtraordimiry
E ver nnd long range of focus, adapted to show near or distant ob-
! with tho vreatest clearness and brilliancy; they will be found
most suitable for tho theatre- rococo tin o, country scenery, seaside
views, Ac., tXMseesing the oombined advontogea of an ooers giass and
tdescc pe. i bey are extremely portable, the great po war bring intro-
deerd by eddltloDsl lentee of suo-riorquality —Keyxnr and ' *
(sntccitor* to Harris and Bonl. Opticians, W, High Hclborn.
■VTICROSCOPES.—J. AMADIO’S BOTANI-
TtX CAL MICR08C0PE8, packed In mahogany case, with three
Power*, Condenser, Pincers, and two Slides, will show the Animal*
cube in Water. Price 18*. 6d.—Address: Joseph Annul to, 7.Throg-
morton-stroot. A large aesortmont of Achromatic Microsco-jes. "It
is marvellously cheap, and will do everything which tho lover of
nature can wl-h it to accomplish, either at homo or in tho open air."—
The Field, Juno 6,1SA7-
mELESCOI > ES.-J. AMADIO’S TOURIST
JL ACIIROM AIIC TET.VSCOPE, in sling case, W-lh three pulls,
frice )8s.6d. Addrcvf. 7. Throgmorton-slreo',
A large assortment of Achromatic Telescopes.
G eology and mineralogy.-
Elementary COLLECTION, lo facilitate the study of thia
Interesting Bclenoe, can be had from Two Guineas to One Hundred,
also Single Specimens, of J. TENNANT, 149, Strand. Loudos?.
C ONSTANT EMPLOYMENT GIVEN to
PUPILS at the mou liberal prices-WANTED dirsctly a
limited number of LAD1E3 or GENTLEMEN to execute, at th*ir
own r.Eloenct-H, thanew,ea*y. and **tl»tlc work now in great de¬
mand. A small premium required. The art taught personally or hy
correspondence - A letter of mil putlcular* sout for foor stampt.
Appy early to LAWRENCE’S fchow-roims 24. Charijita-rireet,
FUrroT-sQuaru (near Rathbone-placol.! Eetahiishcd '1810, AypUca-
tiona will not lie attended to att.-r the 20th of next month.
T O NOBLEMEN and COLLECTORS of
ancient CHINESE WORKS of AUT.—The-most rare and
valuable collection of CHINE?K 0 4JMCTS of AUI’ ever brought
to thia country, selected by Kobait Fortune, Esq., and otbrrgeniie-
mcn, in tlu> Interior of China, consisting of fine early eonmol rosei.
rare old brcn«s. scarce crecklo votes, red Inc boxoa, magnificent
»j>fciroen« of green and wl ite Jade etene, agate*, crystals, wo., ut
H£WEFT'S large ChincEo Warehouse, 18, Feuchurch-stre^t, City.
TYIAMONDS, I J kte, Pearls, and Precious
.U Stones PURCHASED, for cash, at th-dr fall vaiao, by W. B.
ami A. ROWLANDS, Jewellers. It5, ke^en*-*tr««t.
A RCHERY, CRICKET BATS, FISHING
Xlu TACKLE. HIDING WHIP* and CANES, RACKETS, nnd
UMBRELLA**.—The largost arid be«t Stock in l-oiidon —JOHN
CHEER, 132b, Oxford-street. V/. Catalogue* of prices, with Rules
of Cricket, British Anglers’ Jnstiueter and Young Archer's Guide,
gratia Su
QELKCT PLANTS, post-free at the annexed
pr’ccs ri-’2 superb variotlas Fuchsia*, 4s.; It flur varieties Ver¬
benas, 3s.; 12 fine vuri'iJlcs beicina Daisies, 3<t.; 12 sxpcrh varieties
Pilrxes, 4s,—Frum WILLIAM KNIGHT, Horst, ri.', HJgh-str«t,
Battle, t'rnrcY.
rpHE PEN SUPERSEDED.—The best and
JL only method of marking Unea, Fllk. Ike., bo ai to prevaut the
ink warhhig cut L with CULLHT*'N*8 PATENT Ei.F.U L’HIO SILVER
PLATES- Any person can use them. In*lial Pl-to. Is.; Nam*,
it. fid., bet of Mc.v..ble Nuitibrrs. 2s. fd'; Cn at, 5i, with instruction*,
p-st-frto /or stamps.—T. Cuilotoa, l and 2, Loop-acre (one door worn
St. Monfu's-lanw I
M
RAE’S PARAGON MARKING INK
in dnrm'eaDy-Steppered bottle*. Sold by nil fitstlonen and
C b> mists; Wholesaio, 47. nudgate-hill, London. Asample bottlu on
receipt of It stamps.
D ON’T BEAT YOUR CARPETS.—They
con ho thoroughly cleansed from all impurities, and the colours
revived, by pura scouring. Price 3d- and td. por yard.* Turkey and
oxt»a heavy Carpets in proportion. Corpo’s and rues re-elved from
all parts of England by luggage rail, and price-lists forwarded by
port on application Fetch d and returned In town in e'^ht days,
ore of ebargo.—Metropolitan Fleam Bleaching and Dyeing Com-
cany, 17. Wharf-road, City-road. N.
S OILED TURKEY CARPETS, uo matter
bow dirty, denned as pnre iw when now hy -he niter; proems
of the Metropolitan Steam Bleaching aad Dyeing Company, 17,
Wharf-rocd, City-road. N.
S OILED LACE, MUSLIN, and DAMASK
CURTAINS, Cleaned, Finished, or Drod In n vorr extra
superior manner. A ting to pair fetched and de iverod frno of change.
Moderate prices.-Metropolitan bteam Blrarhlag and Dyeing Com¬
pany, 17, Whsrf-roed, City-road, N.
QOILED CHINTZ FURNITURE Cleaned,
lO Stiffened, ard Glared equal lo new. Dresses, Shawls, Mantles,
fie- Cleaned and Dyed at vary moderate prices by the H -THO-
POLITAN BTKAM BLKACHING and DYEING COMPANY, 17,
Wharf-rood, City-road,».
BLANKETS, Cotmtcrpaneu, and
J Dimity Bed Furniture BLEACHED and 8COURKD In a
perer manner than has hitherto been attained in Louden.—METRO¬
POLITAN BTKAM BLEACHING and DYEING COMPANY, 17,
Wharf-road, City-road, N.
B LEACHING, Scouring, nnd Dyeing, ia
brought by this Company to a high Kate of perfection, which,
combined with very moderate and fixed charge, especially nwocn-
m&uds itself to the n*Wlity, gentry, and general paulic.—METRO¬
POLITAN 81'F.AM BLEACHING and DYEING COMPANY, 17,
Whirf-rced. City-road. 8.
B enzine colla»
CLEANS and REMOVES GREASE from
Gloves, I Cloth,
Bilks, | Can>**a,,Ae. fie.
In FotriM, 1 b. Cd„ of all Chemists and reifumci*, and at tho DcpOt,
1)4, Groat cnoMT-atroeL, Bloomsbury.
TI/fEDICINE CHESTS, containing Eleven
LtJL Strppered Eo tic*, Scales, Weights, Knife, and Graduated
Mcasnrca, 53# The Urg**: Blosk in I^ndoa, wilh every variety of
Etopperod iio’tles In Boxwrod Cato*, from la. each, for ♦raro’Uag.
Hlaatra'ed l.Ht* frre by post, by WILLIAM T. COOPSH, Hutr-
macentlcai Cherol t, 23, Oxfonl-strwL Lotwfon, W.
TVTEHVO-ARTERIAL ESSENCE, discover®!
Xl and prepared by Dr. Wra. BATCHET/)UR, M-RC.S. 183k
and M I^AC. I83t, 69. Wtmpote-etreet, Careudiih-aqaare, L o ndo n
It strengthens tbo vitality of the whole system, and tpiMdily remwo*
nervous complaint*. Bold in bottles, 2s. Pd^ 4s. fid , 1 is., and 33s., ai
the OEpct*, 31, Begent-auvot. HocadUly : lj, Weot-etrme, Ffcubanr-
drtus. Lotion; and 20. Banalaxh-streeC, Liverpool.
TO NERVOUS AND RflSUHATIG SUFFERERS.
Tl fl nflfl DAMAGES. — Condemnation of
•DaVJiUUU Mr. C. MKigm fer rn Infringement of the
Investor’i Bight*—I-ct Cnnnterfeiter* therefore be caatloo* — PUL-
VEK11 ACKER’S MEDICAL JtLSCTRIC CHAINS. Thousmd* of
Tretlmomal* from C3erg» men, EartLtws, Naval aad MUitery Offi¬
cer*, and othrTS, *how that one of three Chatx* core, with rut pain,
trouble, or any other medicine, all kind* of fchvnmatlc, NettraV-lc,
Eulkptlc, Paralytic, and hemms Complaiu't, Indigestion. Spasms,
ami a host of otben. No remtdy dhc&vcred has over aurae'cd suoh
hisb probe *» this. Phlloecpber*. dirlncs, eminent phyiis'ans la
all rarta of the werid. recommend thorn. Effects Instant and
agreeable. Mav bo tested boforahand. Prioo la. and lQ*.6d.. the
)T,„ |Jb.. and f2a. most esufol. free per port — Polvermacher and
Co . 7X Oxfnrd-etresc tadicfinlne the Priooree’ ThsexroL Lrmdan
P ERSIAN INSEUT-DESTROYING F< W-
D r R. Bsrivalktl In rrtarmloatlrg Kiras B^-t, Files. RerfDs,
Cockrorchra nod every dostripi 1 on of n*^ct iufretiog anlmils—pra
tec<* Fro a. CJotbea, *c.. from months—harrolo** -o animU me —
Psebtfs, taesch; rent by rest :or It stumps,by THUMaS KEAT¬
ING, 7V, Ft Paul’* Church} rod.
“CHORD'S NEW and SELECT GUINEA
JL 1 V. A Vi LE8 sro regsterel pittorns of the most alegaut uoalgna,
r. raa'kablo ft r good fa»ic, poss ts'ng all ihe rich silhy noioeranite of
Matties at thrie guineas v-uon, nod cinnot easily bo duiiiuguUhod
UH-umfrnm. Ladles ere toiled to m!o:i from *n «m.de aosoruneut
comprising aUklnca of Bi k. Cloth, and Velvet, as wall at every a Lao
in ouch k tod. lliustrs* Ion* post- free.
1HOHA8 >OKD. Manu actuier. 42. Ox Tore]-g treat, London.
F ORD’S TWO-GUINEA BLACK VELVET
MANTLE? are raperii bi qnstey, Ibht In wear, and .xtremily
dursblo. They are suhablo for ail arssons. are paniouU'ly com¬
fortable for the Summer evenings, ami aredevr.-»:ly the f ivourire
wear of nearly all KngEih ladles. Becuroly packed and *en;t) any
partou receipt of a Pcst-olBoe order for »2s.. pav«b‘o to
THOMAS FORD, 42. Oxfjrd-strrot. London.
TTILEGANT FRENCH MUSLINS.—Ntw
I'-i Patterns for this Month.—20,COO piecet of ORGAND1 a d
FHbNCH MUBLlNvare now offering at ?s 11‘d. the dreos of n yards,
or any long h oat at <Jd. yd. They are bcaatifol eoods fast colours,
and cannot be replaced at la. a yard Thr Pi unceri Mullins are v.sry
arpolur. Wholesa o buyers will rind theso go <1* d ‘sirab'o PaUorna
rent free.—HOOPER. Muslin Merchant and Printer, 02, Oxtord-
street, W. EsiabUrhcd 183-i.
L A DIES’ UNDERCLOTHING.
Ladies’ Klght-Dresiss, 3 for 6*. fiiL
Chemises with Bor.<ls, 3 for ta. lid.
i'revfe r», 3 pair for 3s. ] 1»*.
flips, Tucked, 3 for «#. 6d.
f^"Pi ladles’ Pnru-wov*Stays, 3a. lid.
V Nowly-biven'ed Cornu, 3*. lid.
\ City JuvooUo Dv'pCt.
W. H, TURNER, 60.70, and 83, Bisbnpigxte-rtrset. London.
B
A B Y LINEN.
Infunls' Bu'Sincts, handxomoly trimmed,
Du* Guinea each
InfanU’ FnshlorableC r .ular Coahmere
(Jlrmd-Uued SUk. 23a. 6d.
City Juvenile D4pfit-
W.H. TURNER, »*. 70, u=d 83. Buhoj^te-strsai, London.
Au Illustrated Price List tent free on applies.’luu.
jUCOTT ADLE’S Guinea Waterproof CLOAKS
iO and JACKETS, salted for tho So* and (Joatinontid Iravel J-g,
in a'1 tho Scotch colour*.
KX)TT ADIE, 115, Rogent-strtot (coraor of Vlgo-street).
B lack needle-kun laces, is.. is.6d.,
and 2s. per ymd; 12 Inches wide, 2s. fid. Black Lore Fionaoes,
very o vgant pattom*. half a yard wlco, ‘a lOd. TU«a are the
Nottingham Laces, and the most graceful manufactured.
Patterns sent froo by pout.
A. BI5COCK, 64. Regont-stro#’, «Jua/lraot.
G raceful curtauss—lacs our-
TAINS- tho new pattern*, from thaR:hoo’ of De ign, extnmoty
elegant. 10a.. 15s., and 20s. per pair, tsamploi l'orwardoa treo. Laos
Covcnlda (or Hiaio tkd*. 15s
A. blBCO^E, NoPinpbun Lxccman. 51. Rogeat-street-
B russels lace breakfast caps,
tastily trimmed with Frcmth Sarxnet Ribbons, in every colour*
Do- fid. citeh, or poetog^-itsmps.
A. HISCOCK, 51, Regent-si reek
Y ALENCIENNE9 LACKS and INSER-
TJON8, 2d. id., and fid. por yard.—Thow Lace* are made of
tho ssmo thread as ttaoeo of Vtlencionncn. Tho l>ody of rho Lxc* u
made by machinery, the odpo* being fiuishod by baud. For appear-
auco and wear they are equal to tho real.
Patterns sent free ny pmt.
A. HlaCOCK, 61, Uegem-siroot.
L ADIES’ MARCELLA JACKETS, Ladies’
Muslin Jackets, Ladles' India Lawn loose aal t rlit J u:kr *, la
every ttxo elirays lu stock, at FRANK LAUGHTOA'd Man', a Wiuro-
haare, 7, De* on=hlro-tena:e. No'ting-hill, W.
G RANT and GASK (late Williams and Co.),
Who-’osalo and Bctall Silk Mcrcora and Gonartt Drapers, re-
ipert'nUy announce that -.hoy «ro now exhibiting un extena vo cot-
Ic-rioa of distinguished noveltiea In Britiih ••nil Forulgn Msnu'aantre,
BUlta, Moulin* no Sole, Borates, Printed Mtadltu, hvoaiag Druisos,
Mant-'cs, Bhuwl*, hi of on*, &c.
They Invito special sttinitioo to sovoral largo purchaso*of Floanoed
Silk Robts ana Hchea t t^uUIi. wkich will bo sold much under thrir
vrJue, via , from 33s <?d. to guineas, tho full dress of 18 yards.
A l»o a let of wide frnoy Silks, at 28a. dd tho fbll drrw of 12 j ird*.
7C0 Print Floi need Mus'.in Dro»» i at to M. and ■**. af-, uat
coltnre, worth fronr. 10s. o lit. 3.V> French Barege Printed ditto,
Ify. SkJ., best noaiity. 600 Balzortnot dlUo at i2«. Od-, very cheap.
2000 beauR-ul Frra cb Mustln -cun*, at 6s 2d.
General Mourning.—-pe-lat Hooma era anpmprlat'd for that par-
porc, whoro Mourning Coatmue of every dawr.pdon u Kept ready tor
unm relate tuo
Order* forpettcrcs and m-tchlng rnrcfully r.ttendod to-
Commeico Home, 59, BO, fit, and &«, Oxford-sUeet, 3, 4, 3, Wells-
ttrooc-
IDLE-DOWN PETTICOATS.—VV. 0L
BATSON and CO.’S Ptork Is ropl’ to wLh ovtry d i«rip trm
of Ladies* Qoiltrd Pettlon«>a for nil «3*.m
L!st of Prfoes on application, I. Maridox-strost, °i*gon rileK.
C RINOLINE TET I’iCOATJ, mmle ol ilia
best niatorinls end in tho nomwt sryla. may bo had of W. H.
BATSON and CO., 1, Madd?x-street. RagnitHrtreeu
C ORSETS and PETTICOATS.—Ladies who
study comfort w ilh economy tdinttld sett GKOBGR Rif BERTS’8
WATCH8MUNG BTKID. PKrn .'O.VTS, at 5-. t>d erehj au l Iteal
LWo Thread Hoe. of 22s. GJ. pur dozen. G. It. Iia* also ju*t Impo'tcd
the now Prim-in Keys], the Jcaephbie, and the -u hsr.s .d Co-scU;
B’»n the PiccclumiBi Corset, With patent front fa .truing, at ft. Gd.
Childrcn’a Siajs In oudicM v*r ety. GKOR E ROBERTS, Ht*y Mer¬
chant, INS, Oxford-sireet, and t, Lowndcs-terrare, Knigliabridge,
Laulim.
T
HE EUMERPHON CORSET.
To be had everywhere.
miiE GREATEST IMPORTANCE TG
X LADIES.— dny your CORSETS of the cawr arturre.*. It U
•urprisleg rise rmciunt of v x*foo and dtaaopointmont . a'lra at-
poricnee by not purr haring thdr ccraeta a* the mtko*s'. Cal and *m
the imincnie awortroent of every description of rtt-ys. Corse * '’rtn>-
lit e, Steel aBdArcsItnjJrnpaa Patt l ro ataft^CHAULEjLANGKIDG'i'S,
•28 **nil ltJ9, Oxford atrevt.
J* a DIES should visit this Wholesale and ivctaJ
J_J STAY and El AIT1C BODICE EiTAilUSliMSNl'.
Summer Ccmil Else*in Bodice* .. .. I*, lid. o <0*. 62.
Ccutiland ParD-vrovo Mays.-'a. 111. to 15»- Oil.
tfoif-adjmtirg Family and Sr. ring Stay* 9». id. to 25* Od.
Ac dress, WILLIAM CART bit, 72, Lndgate-itroot, at. Paul *, E.a
I MPORTANT lo LADItS—Every Novely
in Crinoline, Wstchipriag, Embrcldercd MwS-in, and Laos
JUPON?. ^ „
Il’-op, raeloten. and Nat Fkirte •• .. •• 3*.fid W fi# fid.
Parisian Eugrnio Waich-prlog Jupcns .. .. 7». fid. to 25i. 0d.
Ciinoltna. Emhrohiirer Moalm aod Lacs Ten 1 rest* » .fid. fo 30*. OL
AOdicvs, WHJ-14M CARTER 22. Lroijcrin scret, Be Paul’s, E.C.
N.B K»gr*vtrc» of th« alv>»6 fro*
T
HE CHEAPEST HOSIERY in LONDUN
at G KNOCK sniCO. d, 17. X>roead*l(jr.
Cocunry o»iDr* voreluUy »tten -J »o.
H IDING HABITS.^-Ladies may have a
■ lUlllcJ,.: M,«r,. SICOLL'S. of HIOHUSB CLOm
sbewmroof and otiurwiae, adaided for morvt-t «-xe«nre tho ooe*
• •'xg Mure guircts. Pp ciiuisa, »Ui Pan: .on* U« CfiiMs, Uual
chain(4* leather, or ladles, sro shewn ty frwala attenixnU.
Warwkk H^nre. 142.
S UMMER CLOTHING of Li?ht Materials
fi, lloi WttOur —Slwveil , M». ltw.tes < «r
*c.. on l«t 10MI.V-W4i.rna BaaDOK, ti. Iw* Oooa-.rnot, ud
fib.Oornhill. J-.B. North *We-__
I ACE PARASOLS, comprisinc the well-
J inmlMUUM' «UY*mi'no~ raoob iu.I «
fir.,. do..r iv *r : .L, .n ltum.n . Ml lo,.... ni rjn .
mmin 01 llir rioio* ««. «' c “** r «»1 S»-
W ami J tdJGfTIdt,
11 ft, VrfTtV Steret} _
7A Chrepskla: ?*• “o** 1
V.B. Pntfol* and Samdiaiks for the etaride and for gnureal « A
ft' in 7». fiLrath-_ ^ _
T RAVELLING BARS, empty, or fitted with
Hcoclritre f r the T.'Oet, Wr tioir 4 C . Coo for Bag% Knap-
tack*. fic.- A. II. WILLIAMA Id. i o uoPL
F
1 SIIEBS DRESSING-CASES.
188, Ftrand.
Catalrfriies pre-frea.
W ANTED LF.FT-OFF CLOTHES. Ac., for
Espinaticn--Utmost value aires by 1). DAVtH aod CO-*
CC, SlarylcUwa-aurt. and WSt Dak*■•in*. H* d.r,ter-*sa*re
rnaUurt. p.O. ©rdvr» n hi I'fld. HJte-Lll*ri ittarfil fo B f *
or Mr* Dari* K.t..l>J*l.M icCO. 8JL -J n r eftteT * dU»;al«. *«-»
raxtha cd iw **y amount.
588
THE XLLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
(.June 12,185b
NE W MO SIC, frc.
D ALBERT’S BIG BEN POLKA. Price 3s..
Bolo or Duett; Beptett, 3e. 6 d.; Full Orchestra, 5s.
Chappell and Co., 60. New Band-street.
D 'ALBERT’S VIOLANTE WALTZ. Just
oat. Prioe 4s.; fall orchestra, 5s. Poet-free.
Chappell end Co., 60. New Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S FRENCH POLKA. Just out
Price 3s.; full orchestra, S*.
Chappell and Co., 60, Now Boud-etrooi. t
D ’ALBERT’S LEVIATHAN GALOP.—
Juet out. Price 3e.; fttJI orchestra, 6 e. Poet-free.
Chappell end Co., 60, New Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S VENICE QUADRILLE. Just
oat. Price 4*.; fall orchestra. 5e. Poet-free.
t'ntrr ell and Co.. 60. New Bo»d-«treet-
D
’ALBERTS LUISA MILLER WALTZ,
Juet out. Price 4*. Post-free.
CuaI’I’kll end Co., 60, New Bond-street.
D ’ALBERT’S LUISA MILLER QUA
DKILLE. Juet ouL Price 3e. Pcet-'ree.
Chappell end Co., 60, New Hand-street.
D ’ALBERT’S MARlHA QUADRILLE
Just ouL Ptice 3*. Poet-froe.
CH appall iur* CO., 60. New Bond-street.
TTILOTOW’S MARTHA. Complete in Two
JP Pooke for tho Pianoforte. By FRANZ NAVA. Solo, ti
each; DuelU, 5s poet-freo
CU sPPELL eu l Co., 60, Now Bond-e n» 2 L
y EKDl’S LUISA MILLER. Complete in
Two Bo*k* Arraugod for the Piauoforie by FRANZ NAVA.
Bolo, ie.etch; Due'!* b* , poa -free
CUA1TBLL * nil Co , 60, New Bond-etreoL
F AREWELL to HOME. New Ballad. By
STFPHEN GLOVER. Written by J. E. CARPENTER.
Prioe 'is. Poet-fries.
Chappell And Co.. 60. New Bond-street.
B LUMENT-HAL’S NEW PIECES for the
PIANOFORTE.
Dne~NoR ear 1o Lac Majeur .. .. .. 3a.
Fogg's mo mil do^rto .. .. .. .. 3e.
Lo Depart du Valaaeau.3e. 6 d.
UUaPPCLL and CO.. 60, New Bond-street.
B RINLEY RICHARDS’ COMPLETE
TUTOR for tbe PIANOFORTE Tho beet, tho nowest, and
cheapest of all Inemiatioo Book*, containing elementary instruction*,
B 0 ale>. exercises, and a great variety of the moat popular themes aa
prorrtnaivo Iceeone. btxty Dagos, full mu*ic slzo. jirioo 4 *. poet-free.
Chappell and Co., 60, New Bond- street.
/^LARINE; or, “’Tis a form that reminds me of
V>/ thee." Now Ballad By LANGTON WILLIAMS. Sung by
Mia* Lssceilc* • "
•• Th'e ballad Is a musical gem.”—Review. •
Price 2a- Vne for stamp*.
W. Williams and Co., 221, Toltenham-ceutt-road.
I ONLY ASK A HOME WITH THEE.—
New Ballad, by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Sung by Vl-e Poole,
and rapturoua'y encored. Price 2a ; free for stamps- - W. Wllljam 3
and CO., 221, lottenham-eourt-road.
T HE SPIRIT of JOY.—New Song by
LANGTOV Wit.LI AMS. Joet published. a* eung by MJ*s
Loni«a Vinninr, wirb tbo greatest encoett. Price U. fid.; free for
etampe.—W. Williams and Co., Tottenham-court-road.
L HAVE ALWAYS A WELCOME FOR
THBIL-New Ballad, by LANGTON WILLIAMS. Juit pnb-
1. “One of the »weete*t brilads of the day." Roviow. Price
3 ,.; tnc for stamps-—W. Williams, 221, Tottenham-court-road.
TtyflSS LASCELLKS’' NEW SONGS—
1? I •• Celia,"composed by Rwd. L. Hlme; and 11 A Mother'* Love."
composed by Stopben Glover, price 2* 6 d. each, lung by her with
the greatest succ-m- are publuhtd by EVAaS and CO„ 77, Baker-
st reet, Porananwqmre. Frne*tor etampe _
B right green leaves. New song,
beautifully aot to muale by J. L. HATTON, and Illustrated.
Price 2a. 6 d.. Post-free.
Addison, hollies, and Lucas, 210, Regent-street.
T HREADS of GOLD. An elegant little
Allegory, beautifully tot to tt csic by BALPfc. • rise 2e., Post-
free. Addison, HOLLlBB, and LUCAS, 210, Regent-street.
TTNDER the LINDEN. New Song, com-
pos'd by GRO. LINLKY, and sung by Misa Louiaa Vinning.
Prioe 2a.- Poet-fieo.
Addison, Hollikb. and LUCAS, 210, Regent-street.
UISA MILLER.—BOOSBY and SONS’
complete edition of ttoi* Opere for PUnoforte Folo, with an
Interesting oescrip ion of tno plo‘ and made. I* puhlishod this day, In
one volume, cloth (it 6 page*), price 6 a Holies-street.
OOSEY and SONS’ CHEAP MUSIC.—
R 8 . Pratten's 00Operatic A-ra for the Flute, la fid.; Caae'a
100 due-red Melodic* fot the Concertina, la. 6 d.; Caw a 100 Popular
Molodio- lor ibe Concertina, la., Pooeey'a 100 Dancea for the Violin,
1 a: Booeey'a Complete Ouora* for the Violin, 1* o*ch ; Booeey'acom-
C e oneras for the Pianoforte, in cloth, from 4a to 7a. hd. eaon;
rent'a Album of Dance Muale, 3a.; th • Verdi A'butn (26 songs),
6 a.; Mend* asobn's Songs With -ui Words (6 book*), 6 a.
Boose r and Sons' Musical Library, 28, Hollea-atreet.
rTIHE HARMONIUM MUSEUM.-Now
A. reedy, in o»e rol.. cloth (161 Paget'), price 7* 6 d., The Har¬
monium Museum, containing on* hundred favourite subjects of a
*»tred and *ccular cha ncier. *elo>lod from ihr works cl th«* mo*t
o<tab and comparer* uuu arranged (or the li.rtnnoltim bv Rudolf
Norcmann, pr-c<d»d by a aeacnjiiive notice of the eba-acter and
cap*btIit>o of tho Ina rnment by Henry Hniart. The comprehcn-ive
nature of thla wo k (comuinlng the bsetulueea of an instruction book
with tb« resource of a mualcal library) reudera tt muiapeosable to
every person who poe**«re* a Harmonium
Booster and QOVS, Holios-etraot.
T UlpA MILLER.—Quadrille and Valc-e from
I 1 thli popular o^era, ar -anged b> H«rri Lauvont nrioo ?a each
for pianoforte, 3e. fid f.w orchestre ard 2*. fid for so.’tett.
Boossr aud Hons, Hulloa-etreet.
L ENA. Serenade ponr le Piano, par
FRANCESCO BEHGRR “ One of the most elegant thing*.’'—
Dally Nowa. Price, with II ustrated Title, a. Sent tree cn receipt of
twelve atampe.-London: EtVUt and Co., 380, Ovo;d-atreet.
R UBINSTEIN’S COMPOSITIONS for the
PIANOFORTE, a* performed at tbo Muiioel Union. Romanco
In F, la 6*1-; Melody n F, la ; Taremei'a 2a : Marc'a aMa Turca,
1a; Harearolo. la. Sent post-free on rece nt of etampa. PobHshod
by FWEB and CO.. 380 Oxfoid-atreet, where all Mr. Rubinstein's
Composition* may bo had
w
KUHE S FANTASIA on Verdi’s
, _ L v I8k / KILLW». /
B. MitLS and SONS (Muain Library), 140, Now Pood-street.
ARMONIOM8.—CRAMER BEALE and
CO are tbo A genu for ALEXANDRE'S PATENT MODEL.
Prices from 10 to 55 guinoas.-Cramcr, Beale, ind Co^ 201, Regent-
Street. 4/v ' n
P IANOFORTES.—CRAMER, BEJALE, and
CO. have the beet of every description, New and Beeondhand,
for Sale or Hire, -201, Kegsnt-aLreOt.
P IANOFORTE, a Great Bargain —A 6f Cot-
tag*, In fine walnct erne the pro:-erty of a Ledy, fltt'd with
metallic p'eteandall llm rtre.t improvcni-nto. It la well worth the
attention of »oy oua wanting a re .ily good Inattumont. The lowest
prioo, 12 guinooe. T • l>u »tou at 201, Oxtord-meet, W.
k U T LIEN and CO.’S CORNETS A-
O I’loTOOT, approved and tried by Herr KOENIG; manufac¬
tured br ANTOIKB COUBTOib.
Ko. 1. The Drawing-room Comet i-Pistons, by Antolno
CoortoL, used by Herr Roe. ig . £8 8 0
2. Tho Co, cert-rooii. ditto by Antoine Ccurtoi*. used
by fierr Rea nig at M ‘ullkn’it oncer a .. ..880
8. The Military Cornot-a Ptatnba. .660
4. The Amateur ''ornet-A-Ptatofca. 6 6 0
6 . Thtf Navy Comet-'-Piatoua - .4 4 0
»• Sy9S?* y t on,lt * PlitlpM (flrei g— Ity).. ..330
7-l>e Ordinary ditto (Rocond^quality). 12 0
Lie* of Prices, with Drawing* of the Imlrcmtntt, mar be h *d on
appllpadoo. Jullikn and Co., Hi, Regent-street, W.
milE NEW ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM
J. for tho DRAWING-ROOM.
ALEXANDRE and SON have Just taken ont a new patent for the
Drawing-room Harmonium, which effect* tho greatest improvement
they have ever made In the instrument. The Drawing-room Moduli
will be found of a softer, purer, and In all respects more agreeable
toni than any other instrument*. They havo a perfect and easy
moans of producing a diminuendo or crescendo on any ono note or
more; the baaa can be perfectly subdued, without evan the dm of the
expression nop. the great dlfflcaltyi a other HannonlamA To each
of tho now models an add tioual blower is attached at the back, ao
that tho wind can bo supplied (if preferred) by a sooond person,
and still, an dor the now patent, the performer can play with perfect
expression.
THE DRAWING-ROIM MODEL
No. is made In three varieties. Guineas.
1. Three Stops, Poremilon Action, additional Blower, and
in Row wood Case .. ..26
1. Eight Stope ditto ditto ditto 35
3. 8 b toon Stops ditto ditto, Tolx Create, ko.
(the best Harmonium that can bo made) .. •• 80
Moasra. Chappell b*v* an enormous stock of the
SIX-GUINEA HARMONIUMS,
And of all Varieties of the ordinary kind, which are perfect, for the
Church, School, Hall, or Conoert-room.
No. Gtxinoaa.
1. One Stop, oak com .. .. .. .. •• .. 10
2 . „ mahogany case.. If
2. ThroeStopa, oak, I 6 guineaa; rosewood .. •• •• 18
I. Fivo 8 topa (two rows vibrator*), oak case >■ •• •• 22
„ ditto roacwood case .. .. .. 23
6 . Eight 8 topa. ditto, oak, 26 guinea*; rosewood .. •• 28
6 . Twelve Stop* (four row* vibrator*), oak or roaewood case *6
7. Ono Stop (with percussion action), oak cue, 16 guineu;
roaewood easo . .. .. » 18
A Threo Stop-, ditto, roaewood eaae •• •• •• •• 20
9. KLht Stop*, ditto, o*k or rosewood case .. •• •• 32
10. Twelve Stops, ditto, osk ease.. •• .. 40
11. ,, ditto, rosewood case.. •• 46
12. Pate-t model, dluo. poliahed oak or r osewood cue .. 66
Messrs. Ch *pfwll bog also to ca l attention to tbelr
NEW AND UNIQUE CoTI’AGK PIANOFORTES.
No. Guineu.
1 . In mahogany case, 6 | octaves.26
2. In rosewood, with circular fall. Gl octave* .. .. .. 30
3. In rosewood, elegant case, fret*. Ac.36
4. In vary elegRnt walnut, ivory-fronted key*, ko. .. .. 40
6 . Tho Unique Pianoforte, with perfect check action, elegant
rosewood cure, fi| octaves .. .40
6 . The Foreign Model, extremely olagant, ebllquo atringa, 7
octaves beat chock action, ko., tho moat powerful of
ail upright pianofortes .. ..60
Also to tholr immeoao assortment o Now and Secondhand Instru¬
ment*. by Breedwood, Collard, and F.rard. for 8 ale or Hire.
Full descriptive Lists of Harmonium* and of Pianofortes sent upon
application to CHAPPELL and CO., 49 and 60, New Bond-street, and
13, Georgo-streeL Hanover-square
Agon'* for America, FA 8 KEQUETTEA and CO., New York.
PIANOFORTES.-PUBLIC ATTENTION.
L 8 omo splendid Rosewood and Walnut-tree Cottage* and Plo-
eolos. fig octave*, with * 1 ) tho latest improvement*, havo only boon
used a few months, from 19 gulnraa.—At TOLKlEN'd Old-Estab¬
lished Pianoforte Warehouse. 27, 28, and 29, King William-street,
Load on-bridge. Pianoforte* for hire, with option or purchase.
H.
TOLKIEN’S IRRESISTIBLE PIANO-
• FORTE, with Ttum Concave Bracing* and Perpendicular
Bolts, by Letters P*ront.— l he*o exquisite Instrument* are auperior
in power to any English or Foreign piano For quality of tone un¬
equalled; duranUity unquestionable. For extromo climate* Invaluable.
Price 1 In olugant d<y gus) moderate. Height, 4 ft. Drawings poet-
frfto, at H. To’kien'a, 27. 28, * 9 . King WUliom-stroot, London-bndgo.
Pianoforte* for Hire, with option to purchase on easy terms.
H TOLKIEN’S 21-guinea Royal Minuto
• PIANOFORTES, fi| octaves.—Thla piano l* acknowledged to
bo su|>orior to any Fngliih or foreign piano at the above prioe; *nd,
by the care and attention H. T. has devoted to all branches of the
manufacture, he has obtained tho highest reputation throughout tbo
universe (or these instrument*, unequalled in durability and doli-
eocy of touen.—H. To kien’a, 27, 28. 29, King William-street. London-
bridge. Pianofortes for hire, with option to purchase on easy terms.
P IANOS.— OETZMANN and PLUMB’S
dow Patent STUDIO or 8 CHOOL-BOOM |PJANOFOKTE,
which havo given such universal satiifinctlon (erica* ranging from
- mslderahly Ires than £20). are only to bo obtained, in London, at
• Great Ruaso'l-ttrtMt Bloomabury; and of all the principal coun¬
try M uslcreller*. Also, thetr new Patont Drswing-room Pianofortes,
at prioes slightly in advanoe of the Studio Pianos.
P IANOFORTES.—OETZMANN and
PLUMB'S NEW PATENT 8 CHODUROOM PIANOFORTE,
4{ oetives. prices from oonaiderably nndor £ 20 . is the moat luitablo
Instrumort mono fa c mred for tbe 8 choolroom, or whore s small
Pianoforte la required, being ao constructs aa tormuire little tuning.
To be nad of all the principal country Muiicaeller* in EugDorf, Scot¬
land and Ireland; also lor Sale. Hire, or Exchange. In London,
only at 56. Great Ruseell-stroet, Bloomsbury.
IANOFORTES and HARMONIUMS.—
GEO LUFF »nd SON have tbe largest stock in London, for
SALE or HIRE, with easy terms of purchase, from £10 ie £100.
103, Great Ruaaell-Btroet, Bloomabnry.
Tt/TUSICAL BOX DEPOT. ~~M, CorahUl
LvJl London, for the Sale of Musical Boxre, mad*by tbe oelobrated
Mo srs MC 6 LK (Prhrea), of Genen-a, containing operatic, nailoual,
favourite, and sacred airs. List of tune* and price* grstla.
T O L A D I E S.—Subscribers of 21s. per
Annum to SAUNDERS’S CIRCULATING COLLECTION
of STEREOSCOPIC 8 LiDES, 26, Poultry. London, two doer*
from tho Mansion Hone, may borrow both Stereotcofyo and 8 lides,
and oxch*nge them fromtlmo to time, wi'bon* charge, utx>n the plan
of a Circulatlns Library Country subscriber* can oxchtngo their
tl'das by book-post for 2d aach way. Pros poet uses gratia. Cata¬
logue* oo t-fres for 6 posUgc-stamp*. Pltdea lent on hire to non-
subecriber*, and new works constantly added.
B eautiful model oattle.—T hese
n-w Slides * re ju«t added to SA'JNDER'd CIRCULATING
LIBRARY of cTEREOoCOPI J SLlDSS.
GUARANTEED PICTURES by LIVING
ARTISTS, for SALE, At MOBBY ’8 Pi»AME FACTORY,
63 Blshopagatc-aireet Wiihin;—>»*., Frith, R A.; Rlopingill, Niomsnn,
Hiduor Percy, Bole. Hayes. Bennett. Hhaldera, Wainowrigbt, Halle,
fiMaLa^B, KmAh| ”—|n *— tag
Rose, I
I, Meadows, Mog ora, Roaritor, he.
B inding the illustrated London
NEWS—tehsgrlben and Puirhaaen can hare their
VOLUMES BOUND in th* appropriate Cover*, with ^ilt B^gre at
6 s per Vohsro*, by serxlriig them, carria*e-D«>d with Pret-oflloe
Or»tor. pay.bko to LEIGHTON. SON. and HOI) >E U, bhoe-lano,
London Th* only Bindere au'horisod by tbe Proprietor*.
N O CHARGE lor STAMPING PAPER and
ENVELOPES, wi*h Anna, Cotonnt, Crest, or Initials.—
ROD^IGUilfi' Cream-laid Adhesive Fn*empe*. 4*1- per 100; Ur un¬
laid Koto, full lize five qunos for 6 d-; thick Cltt» five quire* for
la ; Foo scap, 9«. per ream. Pennon Paper, 4 *. fd. All kinds rf
Stationery equally cheap, at H. Rodrlguet ’, 42, Piccadilly, London, W
XVfEDGING CARDS, Enamelled Envelopes,
v » scamped In silver, with a» ms, creat, or flownra. “ At Home* "
and breakfast invitation*. In tho lattst fashion. Card-plate elegantly
enKreved and 100 snporflue cmds printed for 4a fid — Obseavo at
HENRY RODRIGUES', 41, Piccadilly (2 doors from Hackvdlo-street;.
1X7EDDING CARDS.—T. STEPHENSON
f T has now ready his Now Patterns of Wedding Card*,
Envelopes and other requisites In Wedding Stationery. Specimen*
sent free on application, rtationory of tno b*»t qualities and no
charge for stamping Croats, ttn., plain.—T. Siepbe-son, Stationer, 99,
Oxford-*treet, W. uho post-ofllco near Regan;-circa*.)
C HEAP STATIONERY.—A sample packet,
containing abovo sixty varhu* sorU of wntiog-pepur and en¬
velopes. ton free by poet for Jx stamps — WM. DaWSoN and SONS,
8t*t’ODora and s ccnuat-hook Manufacturers, 74, Cabnon-atioot, City.
London. EaubUshod t809.
C HARLES BACKER (lam Antoni Foirer),
Artist In Hair to the QUEEN, by Appointment.
Hair Iswell- ry Department, 136 Hegent-streac
Foreign and Fancy ditto, 78. Regent atreet. '
Jot and Mounting ditto. 76, Kegvnt-eireet.
B AIR JEWELLERY.—Artist in Hair.—
DEWDNKY bora to imorm l.*dios or Gentlemen resident In
town or any part of the kingdom that be txuutiiuJlr makes, and
elegantly mranu, in gold. HAiK rtKACEI.ETS, Chain*. Brooches
-Llzur*. Ptna, Studs, ko.; and forwards tbo same, care ullv packed
in boxes, at shout one-halt the usual charge A beaut* ul collection
of apocimcn*. bandromriy mourned, kept for Inspection. An Ulna-
trated book »unt fra* — Dewdnay. 172. Funchurch-street.
B efore you have your likeness
TAKEN send 'or DEWDNEY’fl PATTERNS of BKOOv,HB&
Lockets, Bracelet*, he-, which are aont free on receipt o’ two ,>o*Uge-
stampt Registered Revolving Brooches Id Solid Gold, to ahow either
Mkimoss or Hal* at pleasure of wearer, from (5*. each. A Gold
Plated Brooch or Locke* sunt free to any pari of the kingdom rot
101 6 d--Dewdney, Manufacturing Goldsmith and Jeweller. 172
Fanchurcb-etteet. City, Ixsadon
A GUINEA GOLD WEDDING-RING and
Hall-marked KEEPER sent In a morocco box to any part of
kingdom on reodpt of Six or a Poat-cflloo order.-GEORGE
DEWDNEY, Goldsmith and JoweQor, 172, Fanaharah-etreet, London.
QARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manufac-
lurora, No*. 17 and 18, Comhill, have a Show-roem expressly
fitted up for the display of Drawing and Dining Room CLOCKS,
manufactured in splendid Ormolu and exqnlalwly-modellod antique
Brontes, tbo movements of fli*t-cU** finish, striking tho hour* and
half-hours. Each Clock U warranted. 8 ’aircaso Clocks in fashion¬
ably-mounted cases. Dials for Counting-house* All charged at
manufac ari ^ 0 p {j^J , BuiJdingti n oi . 17 and 18. CorahilL
S ARL and SONS, Watchand Clock Manufac¬
ture™, No.. 17 uid l». Corahlll. to.lto MtontiOT to thofc now
and splendid Stock of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, ea.h war¬
ranted, and twolve months' ttial allowed.
rllvar Watohea. of highly-flnuhed construction, and Jewelled, with
fashionable exterior, at 50*. to £10 10 *.
Gold Watehef, of all descriptions of movements, from £6 6*.
to £ 60 .
Books of Pattern! and Prices can be obtained; and oil order*, with
a remittance, promptly attended to.
8 ARL and SONS, Goldsmiths and Jewellers,
Noa. 17 and 18, CornhlU.—Tbe ground floor of the New Building
is more particularly do voted to tho display of Fine Gold Jewellery and
Fine Gold Chains.
In iho Jewellery Department will be found a rich and muHeae
assortment of King* and Brooches, set with magnifleont gems, Brace-
luu and Necklets, Pins and flturfa, ko. All nowiy mannfacturod. and
In the most iccent stylo. The Quality of tbe gold la warranted.
Pino Gold Chain* are charged according to their respective weights,
and the quality of tho gold is certified by the stamp.
Books of Patterns and Prices can bo obtained.
Letters promptly attendod to.
S ARL and SONS, Silversmiths (the New
Building), 17 and 18, (£>rnhlll, Invite attention to their new and
magnificent stock of London-manufactured SILVER PLATE, con¬
taining overy article requisite for the Tablo and Sideboard.
Silver Spoons and F*rk* at 7a. 4d. per ounce.
Rich and Elegant Tea and Coffee Equipages, commencing nu£36
the (utl aervico.
Silver Salvers of all size* and pattern*, (Vom £6 10*. to f loo.
A large and costlr display of Silver Presentation Plate, charged at
per ounce—Silver department of the building.
Books of Design* and Prioe* may be obtainod.
8 ARL and SONS, Wholesale Manufacturing
ELECTRO and ARGENTINE SILVER PLATE HR. Noa. 17 and
18, CornhlU —In the splendid Snow-rooms dovoted to this department
of tbo business wiU be found every article usually manufactured.
Cornor Dhhea and Cover*- Dlah Cover*—Soup and dance Turoeua—
Cruot Frames—Tea and Coffoo Burvicoe—Magnificent Epergne* sod
Candelabra—Salvor* and lea Trays.
The Argentine Silver Spoon* and Fork*, solely manufactured by
Bari «nd dona, at one-alxth the coat of solid Silver, are specially re-
eommandod, having stood tho teat of Fifteen Yean’ exporionoe.
Books of Drawing* and Prioe* may bo obtained.
All order* by post punctually attended to.
WATCHES—A. B. SAVORY ami SONS.
T f Watchmaker* (opporii* the Bank of England), 11 and it,
Comhill London, submit for soloction a stock of firet-clas* PATENT
DETACHED LEVER WATCHES, which, bain* mado by thwuaelve*
can bo recommunded for accuracy sod curability.
PRICES OF SILVER WATCHEfi-
Fatent Lever Watch, with the detached escapement, jewelled,
hard enamel dial, second*, »ml m ai nt aining power to con¬
tinue going whilst being wound .. .. .. .. £4 14 6
Ditto, joweiiod »u tour ouas, *uo capped .. >v •• 6 6 0
Dit.o, tho flneel quality, with the improved regulator,
Jewelled In alx holes, usually In gold cases. 8 0
Either 01 the bUver Watcbm, in hunting cosos, 10s. fid. extra.
GOLD WATCHES—SIZE FOR LADIES.
Patent Lever Watch, with ornamental gold dial, the move¬
ment with latest improvements, i.c. ; the dotochedescapo-
ment, maintaining power, and }*walled.11 II 0
Ditto, with richly-ongravod ca*a r. .. .. .. 12 12 0
Ditto, With very strong case, and leweUod in four holes .. 14 14 0
GOLD WATCHES.—SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN.
Patent Lover Watih, with tho litteat improvement*, l.e., the
dotsched oac*[>oi.'iout, Jewelled in four boles, bard enamel
dial, second*, and maintaining power .10 10 0
Ditto, in ettonger caeo, Improved regulator, and cappod .. 13 13 0
Ditio. jeweUed in bis holes, and gold balance .. .. 17 17 0
Either of the Gold Watehe* In hunting coses, £3 3a. axtra.
List* of prices, with remarks on tho construction of watches, gratia
and post-free on application.
Any watch selected will be sent carriago-free to any part of Great
Britain or Ireland upon receipt of a remittance of tho amount.
O N BOARD ILM.S. “NORTH STAR,” in
the ARCTIC REGIONS, for Two Year*, tbo fchlp’a Time was
kep( by ono of JONRA'0 Levers, all other Watches on board having
atcpDod. in silver, £4 Is.; in Gold, £10 10* ; at the Manufactory
3i8. Strand (opposite Somerset Moo*o).—Read JONES'S *'Sketch 0
W&tafiwcrk." Sent free for a 2d. stamp.- /
ILVER PLATE, New and Secondhand.—
* A pamphlet of Prices, with Engravings, m*» bo had gratia; or
.beroot pott-freo. If appl'cd for by letter.—A. B. bAVoKY and
SONS. Goldsmiths (oppoa to the Bank of England), 11 and 12, Core-
hi'il, London.
MAPPING CUTLERY and ELECTRO-
i.V_L SILVER PLATE.—Measra. MAPPIN (Brothers). Msnufao-
turera by Special Appointment to the Queen, ore the only Bhofflold
Makers who supply the oonsumer direct in London. Their London
Show Room*, fir and 68, KING-WILLLAM-8TREET. London-bridg*.
oontoln by for the largest Slock of CUTLERY and ELECTRO-SILVER
PLATE in the World, which I* tranunlttod direct from thoir Manu¬
factory, Ouoon’a Cutlery Works, Sbefllold.
Xloctro-Sllrei Spoon* and Fork*, iT oryJ^a ble Knives, Full Bias,
Fiddle Pattern, full size.
Per Doe.
Table Spoons .. .. Sfia. Od.
Table Porks •• „ U 0
Dessert Bpoona .. 97 0
Dessert Forks .. .. 17 0
TeaSpoona .. .. 18 0
Salt ,, f GUI Bowls )
Mustard „< tie. per doz. f 14 0
extra J
which cannot
possibly beoome loose. Per Dos.
Table Knives .. .. Sta. 0d.
Dessert Knives .. M IS 0
Carvers (per pair) ..9 0
A* above, with Sterling Silver
Ferules.
Table Knives •• .. 34 I
Dessert Knives .. .. 24 0
Carver* (per pair) .. 11 0
1 . Mappln (Brother*) respectfully Invite buyer* to Ins pool
their unprecedented display, which for beauty of design, exqui¬
site workmanship, and novolty, stands unrivalled. Their Illustrated
Catalogue, which la oontinualiy reoelving add it ions of new designs,
free on application.
* Mappin (Brother*). 87 and 68, King William-street, London-bridgo.
Manufactory, Queen’s Cutlery Works, Sheffield.
/"ORNAMENTS for the MANTELPIECE, Ac.
Vv Statuettes, Group*. Vases, he., in Parian, docorated Bisque and
other China; Clocks (gilt, marble, and bronze), Alabaster, Bohemian
Glass, first-class Bronzes, Candelabra, and many other art-manufao-
ttues, all in tho best taste and at very moderate price*.
THOMAS PEARCE and BON. 23, Ludgnto-hill, E.C.
T\INNER, DESSERT, and TEA SERVICES.
AJ A large variety of new and good Patterns. Baal quality,
superior taste, unusually low prioes. Also every description of Cut
Tab!* Glas*. ©quaily advantageous.
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, S3, Ludgato- hill, E.O.
S LACK’S NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATE is
tho btet substitute and quite as good as Silver. Table 8 poo ns
or Forks. 3U*. and 38*. per dozen; Desserts, 20*. and 30s.; teaspoons,
lls. ana IBs. Catalogues, with engravings and prices of every ro-
quhlto for furnishing at tbe lowest price*, gratia or post-free. Order*
above £2 canUgo pal a.—R. and J. BLACK, 336, Strand.
CLACK’S BATH WAREHOUSE contains
Iba largest assortment at k>we>t prioos- Shower or Sponging
Baths, K'a. 6d.; Hip Baths, 16*.; open Baths, 13s. fid ; Toilet t ots. 18s.
Catalogues, with 3*i0 drawings, gratis. *r post-free Orders above £3
carriage-free.—Richard and John t lack, 336, Strand, London.
GARDNERS’ DINNER SERVICES, £2 2s.
" ~Y complete, best qualltv, the selection of patterns tho choicest in
thotrado: Breakfast, Dessert, and TeaSerricoa. at tho lowest prices.
Table Glass in tbe newest designs; oxcolleut Cut Wines. S« fid.per
d-'xeii Gardner*’, 63, fctrand v noar Coutts’ Bank). Engravings
free by post._ _
G ARDNERS’ LAMPS for INDIA, 50s. each,
oomplote, proved to be the most perfect for burning under the
punkah ever Inventod. Several thousand patterns to select from.
Gardner*' (bj appointment to tho Queen), 463, Strand, C haring-
cro*s, and 3 and 4. Dan cannon-street. Established idfi year*.
F
URNISB YOUR HOUSE with the BEST
ARTICI.ES, at DEANE'S Donmongery and Furnishing Ware¬
houses- Establiahed A D. 1700. A ‘'riced Fnrnlahing List, freo by
post.—DEAhE and CO. (opening to tbe Monument), London-bridge.
qnHE BEST SHOW of IRON BEDSTEADS
A In th* KINGDOM is WILLIAM 8 BURTON’S.—He has Four
Large ho'^ms dnvoted to the exc uaive show of iron and Brass Bed-
• tends and Children'* Con, wl*h appro riato Beddtnr and Bed-
hangior* Portnb’o Fodine Bedatesd*. from lls.; hatent Iron Bed-
t tad*, fitted with dovetal'-JolcU and patent sackirg, from 14* fid;
aid 'fout,from 16* 6d. each, handsome Ornmn ntal Don and Brass
Bwl.te-.dr, in great var ety. from £2 13a fid to £*0.
i'lustra od Ca.a ogees seat (per post) free.
38, uxf.Td-street. W ; I, lx, 3, and 3, Ncwman-atreet; and 4, 5,
and 6, Ferry’s-plaoe, London.
( IHUBB’C) LOCKS.—Fireproof Sales, Cash and
J U«d Soim. - Complete Uiu of ita. sod poles, m.y b. h,S
.o^>iolc«ioo.-^;HUBB rad SON. 57, Bt F«n!'t tfhurebjud, Bon-
Jon, 38. Lord-street, Liverpool16, Morkot-sueot, Manchester; and
Wolverhampton.
O LADLES.—Richly Penorated TISSUE,
for FIKE PAPERS or 8tovo Aaron*, to be mode up In th*
Flo turned Btrlo, with Instruction*, Eight Stamps (post-free)
packet.—B. PETERS, Torll, Maidstone.
B IRMINGHAM TRIENNIAL MUSICAL
FESTIVAL, in aid of theFnnds of tbo General Hospital, on
the 31st AUGUST, and the 1st, 2nd, atd 3rd of SKPTKMBhR next.
P res ident—1 h e R ight Hon, the Earl of DARTMOUTH.
/~1 BAND CEREMONY and FESTIVAL,
V3T on the 18th June next, at tho Opening of tho SOLDIERS'
DAUGHTERS' uuuc, Hampnead, by bis Royal Highness the Piiaoa
Comort, who, with his Koval U gbn«*s tho Prince of Walos, has been
gracioutly pieaied to purchaao pieseuutiona to tho Home.
Several Military Bunds will play in tho beautiful grounds of the
Home, and his Rojal Highness too Duke of Cambridge has promised
to be present.
Admission by purchased Tickota, to bo bad only at the Office of the
Horn*,'No. 7 , Whitehall (exactly opposite the Horae Guards). A
Single TIc&et for tho Coromony and Grounds, 10s.; n Doable Ticket,
15*.; a Kufcrvtd 8 e*t for tho Coremony and the Breakfast, 20a.
Omnibuao* start from tho Toil .ohom-coart-road end of Oxford-
itreet every twelve minute*, reaching Hampetcal, without changing,
in thirty minutes; aim carriages will take less than half-an-hour in
te a c h i n g the Home, through the North-gate, Regent's Park.
__ H. L-Powi a, Ma(or, Chairman.
The oerenony will commence at throe o’clock p-m.
SOUTH LANCASHIRE.—BOLD ESTATES.—Magnificent Freehold
and Manorial Domain, comprising 6798 *c»es of highly vnluahl#
and constantly improving Land, with noblo Mansion, exUniivo
Porks and V/oodieads, Threo Manor*, valuable Collloil s, luus,
Mills, Nursery Grounds, Stone Quarriet, Brick and iilo Woras,
Pot er's clay, run rich Beds or Seams of Cool, Cannrl, and other
Min.ml*, extending under nearly 6600 acres.—Rental upwards of
£ 12,000 per annum.
M EoSub. CLOWES and FLOWERDEW
have received instructions from Henry Hoghtou, Esq., to
bEtit* by PUHLIU AUCTION, at tho Matt, London, on TUURHDaY,
the 29th of July, 1868, inGno Lot, at tho upset or minimum price of
£332,000, \
1 bo oxtoh-ive and highly valuable FREEHOLD and MANORIAL
ESTATES of ROtiD. witbin foar v mtice of Warrington, twclvo of
L'veipjol, and cigiiteoni or Manchorier, extending, anno»t in a ring
fence, over nearly the entire town. hip of Bold, and into iliute of
Buttonwood and button, where some detached portion*beouinc closely
‘Intermixed with the extensive suburb* of tho imporunt and thriving
town oi fct Helen**. The Mansion is a uoMe sml substantial struotore,
urraoged with every regard tocomfo't und convcoknce, teoied upon
a Kenileelevution in the extensive Park, commanding fine views O’ too
adjacent country, and immeula'oly surrouudod by its numerous well-
arraeged Farms, on which a »ory heavy omlay has recenily been in-
curreu in the porhetion cf a thorough sjstetn of subsoil drainsgir, and
tho erection w f m*ny now aud Bub.taniial farm buJdiug* upon the
mc»t complete scale of niodtwu iiupiovetuent, which, with Collieries,
Mills. Inns. Nurae y Grounds, small holdings, and the eMimatod
rental ot tbe Mansion and ptemises iu bond, are now rralls ng
£12,227 1 Is. 7d. per annum A small section only of tba eximsiv*
Coat Mines is at present in lease, at a minimum sun j* 1 rent of £600.
which will shortly become greatly Increased, an” every facility and
inducement exist for tbe lorther deve'opmunt of Iho vast Mineral
Wealth dbmpruud within the limit* of this Noblo Property. •
The Estates are internet'd by tho London and Noith-Woateru and
St. Helen's Railway*, upon which they poises* no lee* than fix Rail¬
way Stations, and command frontage* of mauy miles in extunl, •*
well os upon tho Great highways trmvunicg the Property, and preeent
advantage* for Building and other purpose* rarely to no mot with.
I he above Estates being wholly uniocumbcroeu, one-half tho pur-
cha*e money may remain on mortgago o: iho propor-y.
Particulars (2*. fid. aoch) may be nad of Messrs. Kowson and Cross.
Solictors, Prescot; Mr. A. honoomian. Agents Office, Bold— and
Chorlcy; Mussr* Boone, Bookstllers, 29, Now oond-*troti; and at tho
Mart, London; or will bo posted on application to Motors. Ciowo* anl
Flowerdow, Land Agent*, Norwich.
s
OUTH LANCASH1B E.—BOLD
_ESTATES.—By desire of tbe proprietor, tt is hereby intimated
that the undersigned are the only authorised agents for their dix-
,t RO'w80N and CROSS, Solicitor*, Prescot,
ALEXANDER IJANNERM a.N, Agent's Office. Bold—and Chorloy.
CLOWES and FLOWERDEW, Land Agonu, Norwich.
Bold, Agent’s Office, Juno 1 ,1858.
"|\/TONEY, on Personal Security, promptly ad-
1*1 vanned to Noblemen or (tentlemcn. Heirs to entai od Estate*,
or by way of Mortgage on Property derived under Wills or bottle*
meats, Ac. Confidential applications may be nude or addieated to
Mr. howso, II, Beanfort-buUdiogs, Strand, W.C.
L OANS on DEBENTURES.—The Directors
of the Dublin and Wloklow Railway Company are ready to
roootre Tenders of Loans on Mortgage, or Debenture Bonds, boaring
Ltorest at 6per cent per annum, payable half-yearly in Dublin or
London. The Loans to bo In suoh sums not less than £100, and for
such periods not loss than three nor more than fivo years, as may be
agreed upon to suit ike lender*.
Proposal*, stating amount* tendered, and periods for which offered,
to be addressed to tho Secretary of the Company, at thoir offleo, No. 48.
Westland-row. Dublin*
21st April, 1868. ABTHUll MOOKI, Socrotxry.
"CIOR REMOVING FURNITURE by ROAD
X 1 or RAILWAY WITHOUT tbe EXPENSE of PACKING, addreao
J. TAYLOo, Carman to her Majesty, 41, Upper Berkeley-street, rort-
mau-rquare. Furniture Warehoused or Purchased. Estimates tree
from chnrgo.
P RIZE HAYMAKING MACHINES.—
Double Action, with wrought-Don arms, £1310s.6d., delivered in
London. Stock always ready. Order direct of tho in veutojs. Horse
Hay and Stubble Rakes. £7 10*. to £9 10s.: Lawn-mowing Machine*,
£6 10s. osen.—MARY WEDLAKK and CO , 118, Fcnchureb-ttrcuti
T AWN MOWING-MACHINES, with and
Jj without Boyd's Patent Improvement.—B. 8AMUEL80N1
Illustrated Price-books, with numerous Testimonials from tbe Nobility
and Gentry, forwarded, post-free, on receipt of application to B.
Samualson, Britannia Works, Banbury, Oxon.
fTlENTS and MARQUEES (Government)
J. exceodiogly choap. For printed particulars (with woodcuts'
apply to AtiLDalDGE and CO., 24 Kood-iano Fonohurch-sUteti
I CE CREAMS immediately and economically
.made br KXITAUX and oTEAD’S rtEGISTERFD FREEZING
APPAKAT US. Price, from 2i guineas. Sold at 3, Pall-mall, 8 .W 3
and 97. Norton-atreet, W.; also by the W. L. ice Co., Ititx, Bttand, W.O
P ATENT SELF-LIGHTING CIGAR
COMPANY, 60. Moorgate-street. Wholesale and Retail.— All
kinds of Cigar* and Cheroots, Foreign and British, are treated by this
procets, and are ignited bv umpk friction, without taste or amolL
No extra price. lnvahtablo to out-door smokers and traveller*.
Sample box, six fine Havannahs, free 24 stamp*; three, 13 stomps.
Agonta wanted.
IJICONOMY.—A six-gallon Cask (equal to
JLL4 3 down) of first-class SHERRY for £5; or tbe finest South
African Sherry for £3. Cask (which eon be converted into two pails)
and brass tap Included. Carriage free. Cash. Port at the tamo prioe,
and 10*. per cask extra.—HKNEKEY8, ABBOTT, and CO., Im¬
porters, 22 and S3. High Holborn, London.—Ka-abliaLed 1831.
W INES irom the CAPE of GOOD HOPE.—
W. and A. GILBEY, 357, Oxford-streot, Importers ot th«
finest wines, which her Majesty's Government admit* at half-duty.
Port, Sherry, Marsala, ko., all 90s. per dox. Two samples for 13
stamp*. Excellent Brandy, 30s. per doz. For the purity ot our Cape
Wine* see Dr. Letheby’s analysis. Cross check* “Bank of England.
EQUALISATION of the SPIRIT DUTIES.
Aj BKWLEY, EVANS, and CO.'8 Pure Malt WHIBKY. Ia
cases of one dozen each, prico 42s. Freight paid either to Holyhead,
Bristol, Liverpool, or London, by receiving a post order for the amount.
Bewley, Evans, and Co., 23, Maiy-suoot, Dublin.
S TOGUMBER MEDICINAL PALE ALB
is browod with the water from “ Harry Hill's WoU.*' It cure*
diseases, and is renovating, reasonable, and delicious. References 14
~ "OLDEN, r
the faculty.—B. HOLDEN. 65a, Upper Seymour-street, Porunan-
iquare, sole London agent. H. Watts, Manager, Btogumoer, Taunton.
Drum a ink! and trinket wiodor, das c— r -*-—- ”*-*“
sirahlfl.
a euro lebensfrohe Wang* roily
C E1EBKATED CANTERBURY PUNCH
for picnic*, dessert, or In Iced water, with a cigar. One dozen
of thU doUctout beverage sent free to London, hamper and bottle* tn-
oiadofl, on receipt of post-office order for 28*., peyabloto T. P. Dl
LA8AUX. Wine-merchant. Canterbury.
P URE BRANDY, 16s. per gallon.—Pale or
Brown EAU-DE-VIE, of exqulstie flavour and great purity,
identical, indeed. In every respect with those choice productions of th*
Cognac district which are now difficult to procure at any prioe, 36.
por dozen, French bottle* and case Included, or 16 *. per g*Lloa
HENRY BliKTT and CO., Old Fumlval's Distillery, Holbom.
TTNSOPHISTICATED GENEVA, of th*
UJ true Juniper flavour, and precisely aa tt rant from th# stfll.
without the addii.on of sugar or any it.gradient whatever. Imperil 1
gallon*. 13s.; or In ono-dozen ca»es, 29*. each, package Included.
HENRY BRETT and CO.. Old Purnlval’s Distillery, Holbotm.
BY APPOINTMENT TO THE yUKEN.
y rt PATENT corn feOUR.-
• Eli* BROW* and POLSON b Patent Cora Floor, fat
most del clous proparetlone, otutards. pudding*, blancj mange, loe-
creams, and all tho purpose* of tho be-1 *rrow-root and the mod
igieeatileand wbolotomo Slot for 'nfanta and invalids. ..eo
report* from <>r Ha*.all, Dr. Lethehy and Dr Ms*-v.—1<>^ by
Grolera. fhemUta, kc., In lb.-pmjkeia, 8d. P»Ltey, 77 a, Market-
street. Manchester: and 23. Ironmo nger-lane, E L. __
D INNEFUKD’S PUKE FLUID MAGNE-
81A, an txcwllont remedy for Acidities, Heartburn, Iloadachs,
Goof, and Indigestion. As a mtid aportaut It U admirably adapted for
ladies and children.—Din no lord and Co., Dispensing Chomtits (and
TmnwwMl Honohair Gloves and BelU), 172
Supplement, .Iim'. l - J • .1
THE TLLITSTRATED LONDON NEWS
589
MBS. CHARLES TfOUNG.
This talented young actress was
born in the city of Bath Feb. 28th,
1833. She was the second daughter
of Mr. George Thomson, of Liver¬
pool, merchant, now deceased. Her
mother was a Mies Cooke, daughter
of James Cooke, who for thirty
years was principal bass singer at
the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane.
Mrs. Young is niece to the late
William Leman Rede, and cousin
to Mrs. W. West and Mrs. Way-
lett. She left England with her
parents when quite an infant for
Australia, and at a very early age
evinced man? qualities for the
stage, which her mother, through
reverse of fortune, had again been
compelled to adopt.
When only eight years old she
pliyed juvenile parts with great
success, and from that age, by in¬
dustry and perseverance, made her
way in the profession of which she
is an ornament.
In her fifteenth year she was
married to Mr. Charles Young (the
now popular low comedian of the 4
Strand Theatre), and afterwards
became manageress of one of the
principal theatres in Australia,
where she was as much respected
for her private character as admired
in her public one. She arrived in
England on the 6th of June, 1857,
and for th9 first time saw an Kn-
glish theatre. She made her dSbut
li the character of Julia, in “ The
Hunchback,” at Sadleris Wells,
under the management of Mr.
Phelps, and subsequently at the
Uaymarket, with great i success;
and we aTe happy to find that her
great talent has met its just reward.
TH E CRUSH-ROOM, ROY A L
ITALIAN OPERA. HOUSE,
COVENT GARDEN.
A theatre is not built every day
—one so spacious and magnificent
as that of the new 11 jyal Italian
opera House, Covent G.rden, only
once in an age. Wo purpose re¬
deeming our promise of entering
in some detail upon a description
of this fine building on an early
occasion; meantime, we give a
View of the “Crush Room”—an
apartment of some importance as
respects the comfort of visitors to
the boxes on entering and quitting
the house. The Crush-room of the
ne v Royai Italian Opera House is
entered immediately on arriving at
the top of the grand staircase on
a level with the grand tier of boxes.
It is a fine apartment, measuring
80 feet in length by nearly 30 in
breadth, and 30 in height. Tha
walls are divided vertically by
pilasters into oompartmenta, with
paneling* between each, the pilas¬
ters having enriched capitals of the
IRON LIGHTHOUSE I OK KUSMA. ii>l
MRS. CHARLES YOUNG AS “JULIA,” IN THE “ HUNCHBACK. '—*KuM a PHolO»*RAl*U BY MAYALL.
the ckush-room, rovax italux otera norsE, covent garden
590
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[June 12, 1858
I .nio order. At tire northern end is a deep recess for the sale of re-
freshm«»nte, in lr< nt of whioh are Ionio columns, corresponding with
the yilas t rs on the wall at the bach. On the Bow-atreet side are five
lurge eemiciroular-headed windows, whi *h open upon the spacious bal-
cony of the portico, which in summer time will be available as a pro¬
menade, in addition to the Crush-room. In one of the piers between
these windows is the telegraph station, from and to which messages
may he conveyed to and from all parts of town and country, lne
windows aro hung with rich crimson curtains. The apartment is
brilliantly lighted by means of gas chandeliers.
The chandolier in the Crush-room was manufactured by Messrs.
Oaler, of Oxford street, London, and Birmingham.
LIGHTHOUSE FOR RUSSIA.
We have this week been much interested in inspecting an iron light¬
house jurt constricted by Messrs H. and M. D. Onsseli, and erected
upon their promises at the Regents Canal Ironworks, Hoxtoia. It is
to bo finally erected upon the Island of beskar, m the Gulf of Finland,
tome f 'Tty miles this side of Croostidt It was ordered some twelve
months past'by hi« ImpmaT HighnosB the Grand Duke Cons .an tine,
who it is well known, tikes great interest m all scitntific pursuits.
The tower is circular in form, and constructed of casc T iron plates, one
hundred in number, being ten in height and ten m circumference.
The bare of the tower is twenty foet in diameter. The top under the
cillery is twelve foot, whilst the height*being eighty-two feet, gives it
toe appearance of u column of good proportions. Bound the tep, on the
outside of the column, is a
gillery projecting three feet,
fcupp .rted by ornamental
brackets, which beers the ap-
pfuran *.o of the column cap.
The plates _ forming the co¬
lumn vary in thickness from
li to i of an inch, and have
sireng internal flange?, which
are made perfectly level, and
reduced to one uniform rize
under the planing machine.
These plates are Eecured to¬
gether by upwards of two
thousand bolts and nuts of
large size. In the centre, of
tne tower is a large pipe
eighteen inches diameter, pass¬
ing from tho bottom to the
top, which serves to assist in
carrying the various, iron
floors, oarries the dioptric
light, and down which passes
the weight enuring that por¬
tion o( the light to revolve
which produces the flashes.
There ure five wrought-iron
floors carried upon wrought-
iron beams, supported by
the internal flanges of the
plates and tho centre column.
These floors ure reached from
stage to stage by a neat
wrought- iron eemi-spiral stair¬
case. The rooms aro lighted
by small plute-glais windows,
whioh are provided with a
clever contrivance for keeping
them shut or partially open to
any angle, and so securely es
to resist the force of the
heaviest gale of wind. On
the summit of the column is
• daced the lantern, whi *h is
n twelve sided fiyure, hav¬
ing a base of cast iron plates,
and surmounted with solid
gun-mebl sash bars, framing
thirty six large fanes of plate
^Lsh, each- half an inch in
thickness. This is again sur¬
mounted by a galvanised
wrought-iron framed roof,*
find covered with the pa¬
tent fibrous slab whioh has
justly gained so much cele¬
brity at the *new Reading-
ro*-m, British Museum, and in
theV.eilmg of the newCjvent-
gurdeu Theatre. This slab has
the advantage of being fire¬
proof, indestructible, and re¬
listing excossdve cold and heat.
Upon the top» of this slab
covering is again one.of cop¬
per, feudusderneuth it a gal¬
vanised wrought-iron ceiling.
Upon the apex Remounted a
well-arrangid cowl, sur¬
mounted agiiin by an arrow
forming a vane of.no small
dimensions. This cowl is a section op Russian lighthouse.
large hollow ball of copper ^
open at the bottom, and into which passes the ventilating-chimney
of the light. Upon the outer periphery on one side, and directly
under the feathi-r of the arrow, aro pierced many smell square
holes, forming, however, a lets aperture than the diameter of
the ball Thete holes being under the feather are always sheltered
Irom tbo wind ; it follows that the wind in pas*ing causes at tho
back of the ball a partial Vacuum, ‘and into this the heated air from
the lantern and light instantly
passes, keeping the light-room
nicely cool, and allowing Q ( no
downdraught—thus preventing
that flickering of the light to fre¬
quently seen iu^ ill -ventilated
light-roomi. The tower and
lantern are painted abriaht red,
being the beet distinguishing
eo’our for h:izy and fnggy wea-
tuer ihe internal portion of
the lantern in.daytime is hung
-aitL strong linen < urtains, to
exclude the rays cf tha run, and
tlie is very utcessary, for when
too run’* rays Ml upon the- foci
of the lenses of the ro f story por¬
tion of the light they form,
burning glasses of so .much
power that it would melt the
brass of the lamp. Underneath
the glasp windows, oa^io inside
of the lantern, isim^ bknamtijtal\
gailory for the purpose of
reaching all portions of the
light, and to oracle the win¬
dows Sad light to he ah sued.
. The. light is constructed ac¬
cording to th* aioptrio system
of Fresnel, and was manufac¬
tured for Messrs. Gritseil by
tho Messrs. Change, at their
Glassworks near Birmingham.
By his uysttm one single lamp
pla .-fed ip ths focus of the appa •
rut u * MifSces to throw u bril¬
liant clieyt of llyht in every
direction of tho horizon. This
particular li^ht. belongs to the
■e. ond order or rzo of diop
S1 W • V j DIOPTRIC UOIIT POR RUSSIA!.
termed a swmlnng light, __
with flashes every half minute. lighthouse.
The middle belt consists of twelve let see, each of which co:
prises a eorios of concentric refracting rings, so as to ba
effect of transmitting all the rave of light which fall P
from the burner in a pencil of parallel rajs, so that Hie
lution of this belt of lenses will cause the appearance of a succession
of flashes, the rate of this succession being a means
mariner to distinguish any particular revolving light. Wnatev y
from the lump iall either above or below this system ot lenses aro
intercepted by a series of horizontal circular prisms, of which thirteen
are placed above and five below die lenses, each
being so formed as to refleot internally all the light en . t *
and to cause all the emerging rays to be parallel to each other au
*i_—v; i —V\I. tim 1 onsf« This nortion ot the appa-
comLining reflection with reiractton in intercepting nun
the liglit; und it is necessary to observe that there is ulways a s.eaay,
uniform light visible from this cutadioptric portion, even during e
interval of darkness of the lenticular belt. ,
The lamp which is used wit bin the apparat us has ft constant n
of oil, saturating and overflowing its three concentric wicks y
means of beautifully-constructed internal .pumps, moved by ulocx-
work; and there is a clever addition, whereby Xbo ceasing of the over ¬
flow ami supply of oil puts in action an ularum to attract the notice ot
tho utter dun t. . .
The self-acting rotatory machinery by which the lenses are made
to revuive at the required rate is a very nice piece of clockwork, ana
performs its work correctly, and does not seem likely to get ou
of order.
THE QUEEN’S VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM.
We c mnnonce this weok, according to promise, the series of Engravings
of places of interest in Warwickshire— some of whioh will be honoured
by tho presence of our gracious Queen on the occasion of her Majesty s
vif.it, next week, to Birmingham. We give also a View of Aston Faik,
which, according to present arrangements, the Queen will inaugurate
on Tuesday next. The fallowing particulars regarding the forth¬
coming Royal visit are from a Birmingham paper :—
“ The day fixed for the visit of her Majesty and the Prince Consort
te Birmingham is Tuesday, the 15th inat.; and the preparations which
are being made in the great industrial capital of the midland counties
for true auspicious event are upon a scale of more than ordinary
splendour. The municipal authorities have voted £3000 towards the
necestfury expenditure, upwards of £1500 of which will be devoted to
the deooration of the Townball alone. The Queen and the Prince
Consort will proceed to Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire, the seat of
Lord Leigh, the Lord Lieutenant of the county, on Monday, the
14th inst., travelling by the London and North-Western Railway from
the Euston-square terminus. There they will remain over night, ana
make thofr entry into Birmingham on the following day at noon.
Stoneleigh Abbey is distant from Birmingham about seventeen miles,
and three from Ktnilworth, the nearest point of railway communica¬
tion to Birmingham. From Kenilworth the Royal visitors will travel
by railway, and on arriving at the railway station at Birmingham
they will be received by Mr. Ratcliff, the Mayor, accompanied by the
Town Clerk. Thence they will procsed to the Townhali, wlitre an
address of welcome will be presented, from the Corporation, in the
presence of about 5000 of the principal inhabitants and the neighbour¬
ing gentry. This ceremony over, her Majesty and the Prince Consort,
attended by the municipal authorities, will bo escorted to Aston Hall,
two miles distant from the oentre of the town, a tine old baronial
residence, at which Charles EL baited two nights on his way to Wor¬
cester, where they will take luncheon. Aston Hull, with thirty-five
acres of the adjacent land, has been recently purchased, at a coBtof
£35,000, raised by subscription among tho inhabitants of Birmingham
and its immediate neighbourhood, with the view to the .hall being
dedicated to the purposes of a museum, library, and pioture-gallery,
and tbo land to a park for public recreation. The park will be opened
by the Queen on the occasion of bet visit, and thenceforth devoted to
the public use. From .Aston Hull the Royal visitors will return to
Stoneleigh Abbey, where thoy will stay over Tuesday night, and pro¬
ceed to town on the following day, paying a visit to Warwick Cattle,
the seat of the Earl of Warwick, on the way.
“The inhabitants of Birmingham are looking'for ward to the Royal
visit with intense interest, and the occasion will be one of great public
rejoioing. Thousands of the population from all directions for miles
round will be conveyed to the town by special trains. Upwards of
£800 has been expended in restoring the fine peal bells of the old
parish church of St Martin, and they will be rung for the first time
in honour of her Majesty’s visit. After the departure of the august
visitors a grand banquet will be given in the Townhali iu the even¬
ing, at the sole expensed) f Mr. Ratcliff, tho Muyor, to about 500 of the
principal inhabitants. ”
\ CASS All’s TOWER.
This venerable building, said to be coeval with the Norinan Con¬
quest* is a portion of the outer works of Warwick Castle. It is of irre-
gulur construction; and, although it has braved the ra/ages of time
KTid the depredations of man for nearly 800 jears, still continues firm
as the rock on which it wa9 founded. This tower rises to the height
of J47 feet from its base, and is also muohicolated. It is connected
with Guy’s Tower by means of a strong embattled wall, in the centre
of which is the ponderous aiched gateway, flanked by towers and
succeeded by a second arched gateway, with towers and battlements
rising tirubove the fir-it. They wero foimeily defended by two port¬
cullises, one of which srill remains. Before the whole is a now dis¬
used meat, with an arch thrown over it at the gateway, where
formerly was the drawbridge.
guy’s CLrrr,
the seat of the H<:-n. C. B. Percy, is situated about a mile and a quarter
from Warwick, cn the road to Kenilworth. It derives i s name irom
the bold and piocipitous rocks on whioh it is built, by which it is
surrcuuded, und which form important features in it* beautiful land¬
scape** : imdfrom the hero of ou r nursery tales, Guy, Earl of Warwick,
who hero concluded a life of adventure by austerity and devotion,
“receiving ghostly comfort from the hereunto” who abode here, ano
living unon alms ru eived daily from his Countess.
The approach to Guy'b Cliff is from Kenilworth road, through open
fields, ekiiting plantations that flank the noble avenue, beneath which
tho view is obtained from tho turnpike-road. A pretty little stono
lodge Bonds at tne entrance to the grounds (where information may
be obtained whether the family or- ax. home, as in their absence only
the stranger can obtain admission), and the road is terminated by a
light and elegant stono arch, beneath whioh entrance is obtained to
the courtyard. Here the visitor’s attention is at once riveted by the
numerous natural and artificial cavities und passages in the rock.
The former stables, couchhou'iee, woodhouses, »xc., are formed in the
solid rock, which riEeS to a great height on the right of the court,
clothed on ite sides by creeping plants,"uud crowned by flowering ana
forest trees, whose umbrageous branches cost a deepened shadow over
this secluded spot.
On the iett the mansion displays its- principal front, substantially
built of stone, its irregular ouriine imparting additional interest. It
is founded on the reck, out of which, many of tho domestic offices arc
extuvate-d, and ia terminated fay the chapel, with its embuttled tower
and lowly shrino, still kept m a utate oijfood repair.
ROBERT EARL OJ* LEYCESTE11S HOSPITAL.
This truly interesting Building was amongst the few edifices tha:
escaped the general confla{:mtioa of 1C94, in which the greater part oi
the town of Warwick was consume! It is owing to this circumstance
that it presents at this day one of the y ; ost perfect specimens of the
kaif-tiiubor buildings which exist in the county. It is situated at the
west end of High-street, to which its chapel, with u bold and beau¬
tiful eastern window, which bus recently neon placed where a formej
one had previously existed, forms a verj striking termination. Below
the obaptd ia a singular vaulted passage of very great antiquity, ann
thri ugh which ihe street or entrance into the town formerly passed
The solid sandstone rock.here rises out of the earth in huge blocks,
and forms a natural foundation lor tho buildings to rest upon. The
tower, whioh was built by Thomas de Beauchamp, temp. Richard II.,
rises above the chapel, whilst below it forms, wi:h a richly-groined
ceiling, the western gateway of tli9 once strongly-fortified town of
Warwick. The hinges on which the massive gates once swung aro
still visible in the side walls, as also the perforations for the recepuon
of the massive bare. The building was originally used ae tho halls of
the United Guilds, or lay fraternities of the lloiy Trinity and the
Blessed Virgin, and of St George the Martyr, whioh wore established
Gth Richard It, and dissolved by Act of Parliament 37th Hen. VIII.
After the Dissolution it was granted to Sir Nicholas Le Strunge, Kpt.,
4th Edward VI., but in the succeeding reiirn it was vested iu the bailiff
and burgesses of ihe borough of Warwick, who, 14th Eliz., 1571, con¬
veyed it, but whether by purchase or otherwise does not appear, to
' ’ Dudley, Earl of Leva
Robert, Lord 1
ycester, and converted by him into
Levees . _
an hospital for a master and twelve brethren. He obtained an Act of
Incorporation for it, 1571, and constituted it a collegiate body, with a
common seal, by the sty le and title of “ The Hospital of Robert, Earl
of Leycester, in Warwickthe visitors being the Bishop of Worcester,
the Archdeacon of Worcester, und the Deun of Worcester. In the
Act of Incorporation Lord Leycester calls it his Afimcm Ditu, on which
account, with the greatest propFie^i^m^gateposts are entwined with
texts ot Scripture, whilst other texts ard conspicuously and judi¬
ciously scattered through the^building, reminding the master and
brethren of their relative duties and of their moral and religious
obligations. ( ( \ \
Tbe property of the hospital consists of farms in the county of
Warwick, and of tithes in the counties of Gloucester and Lam.us „er.
The original allowauec to the brethren, which was small, is now, by a
recent Act of Purlhuneht, iucreiised to £80 per annum, besides the
privileges of the hbflse. Each brother bus separate apartments.
There ia also a common kitchen, with housekeeper and porter to cook
for. and attend to, them. They are obliged by statute ulways to w c ar
a livery when abroad, which consists of a handsome blue broadcloth
gown, witlfi ^si)vor badge of a bear und ragged staff. Lord Leycoster’s
crest, suspended oil the ieftsleeve behind. The badges which are now
in uee ure the identical badges worn by the first brethren appointed by
Lord Leycester, with the exception of one, which was cut oil' and
stolen about twenty years ago. It cost five guineas to replace it.
The names btethe original possessors and date, 1471, is engraved on
the back oLthe wreaths.
The front of the hospital displays a beautiful specimen of a half-tim¬
bered building, with a very tine gable, having richly-carved verge-
'boarde, and emblazoned with the armorial bearings of Lord Leycester’a
ancestors, his crest, and initials (R.L ) and motto, ‘Droit tt Loyal,”
exactly as they appear on the celebrated alabaster mantelpiece exhi¬
bited at tho gateway of Kenilworth Castle. On the first day of J uly
in every year the statutes of the hospital aro required to be publicly
read in the chapel, where tboy aro also suspended.
KENILWORTH CASTLE.
The ruins of Kenilworth Castle may fairly court comparison with
any of those time-worn relics of feudal days which yet remain to us,
whether we consider their picturesque situation, thoir magnitude and
state of preservation, oi the historic associations connected with thorn.
But it is not alone tho artist, the antiquarian, and the histonad, who
visit them to do grateful homage—each at his own peculiar shrine.
It is not alone for the glorious tints which ths rising nr ihe setting
sun casts upon tho gTey old towers; nor for the effects of light or shade
which tho moon displays when she pours her silver flood of light
through the deep windows, and plays upon the rustling mantle of ivy
which surrounds the lofty pile; it is not alone that here may be traced
the successive changes of domestic architecture, from the Norman keep
of deoffroi de Clinton to the gateway of Robert Dudley find the resi¬
dence of Cromwell’s Commissioner; it is not alone that these walls
were beleagured by tho Plantagenot, and held by De Montfort’s son—
that they witnessed tho captivity of our second Edward and the
triumph of Mortimer—that John of Gaunt, time-honoured Luncubtyr,
had here a favourite abode—that Harry the Eighth hud special liking
for the spotr—and that Charles the First completed the purchase of it,
begun by Prince Henry, his brother ; it iB not for these reasons alone
that thousands of steps are yearly turned towards Kenilworth, and
that the monster typo of the nineteenth century disgorges its multi¬
tudes daily to visit the tall keep whioh is the typo of the twelfth.
Wondoriui contrast!—suggestive of deep and anxious thought. Yet
Kenilworth has other sources of interest than these. It is a spot
around which the wand of an enchanter has cast the spell of its most
potent at traction; uird the Warwickshire village owes its world wide
fame to the pen of the Scottish novelist. This is Kenilworth’s chief
charm; this makes it holy grdund to the great bulk of its visitfirs; *
for not only his own countrymen, but the whole race of civilised man,
do homage to tho genius of Scott, and every nation sends hither its
representatives to render it.
Its more recent history is told in a few words. Towards the close
of the civil war it shared tho fate which fell so heavily on the mansions
and castles of the nobility; and Kenilworth, from being a stately and
noble palace, became a ruin. The last addition to its present build¬
ings was made in those disastrous days by the Parliamentary officer
who made Leicester’s gateway his residence, and added to it the two-
gabled building which abuts upon its eastern face. All the rest of the
castle was dismantled; its floors and its roofs of lead pulled dowm
and sold, its moat drained, and its timber felled.
After the Restoration the land and ruins wero granted to Lawrence
Hyde, second son of Chancellor Hyde, and by marriage of a female
descendaut of Lawrence they passed to Thomas Villiers, Baron Hyde,
afterwards Earl of Clarendon, whose descendants are the present pos¬
sessors.
Since the formation of the railway nearly all visitors approach tha
castle by the same road, which leaves the village street on the left-
band gide, and, descending a hill, crosses a small stream, and at the
point just beyond, where it turns sharp to the right, biings the visitor
upon the first portion of the buildings, scarcely visible, in a deep hol¬
low, and overgrown by tiee and underwood. The base and side walls
are all that here remain of the gallery tower, the south-east termina¬
tion of the tiltyard, aud originally the chief entrance to the castle.
From heuce the road ugain descends and crosses a second stream, by
which the castle mills, now destroyed, were once worked after it left
the pool. Here for the first time we come in sight of the principal
ruins.
EAST GATE.
St. Peter’s Church was originally situated in tho middle of the towa,
but had (41 Edw. III.) no dwelling-house or place of sepulture be¬
longing to it; the parishioners, as in the cose of St. John's, burying
at St. Mary’s, to which it was attached 22nd Richard II. In tho
reLn of Hen. Yi. ifc was pulled down and the ohapel of St. Peter
built in its stead over the East Gate of the town. About tho year
1800 this gateway and chapel underwent a most tasteless reparation,
and assumed their piesent aspect. Tne building is now used us a 1
charity school. -
The Engravings on page 5S1 are from photographs taken by H. T.
Cooke and Son, of High street, Warwick, of whose assistance we shall
avail ourselves in the future Numbers illustrating the Queen’s Visit to
Birmingham. We are indebted to the ^ine source for these hijtorioal
and descriptive details.
PREPARATIONS AT 8TONELEIQH ABBEY FOR THE ROYAL VISIT.
The apartments destined for tbe use rf her Majesty at JStone-
leigh Abbey have been decorated and newly furnished oxpresaly for
the occasion of the Royal visit.
The sleeping apartments are paneled in a dark-green diaper, with
primrose colourod stylos, the enrichments white and gold. The curptt
corresponds in colour with the walls, and has a rich border. The
furniture of these rooms is restored old English of themiddloof the Lit
century, in white and gold, with green silk damask and curtains *o
match, trimmed with white lace.
The walls of the Queen’s dressing-room are paneled lilac, with amber
styles. The furniture is in the style Louis XVI., white and gold,
with atnber-siik damaek. The carpet a green, in harmony with tho
other decorations.
The walls of the Queen’s sitting-room area very characteristic Indian
deoor&ticn. The furniture in white end gold, with Chinese silk .of
great richness ana variety of colour. The carpet-patterns of leaves,&c.,
corresponding with tho walls.
The saloon, to be used &a a dining-room, is a msgnifi'cent apartment
delicately tinted to give effect to the rich carvings and reliefs wi*h
which it is coveiod. Tne curtains are of cerise silk, # and the carpet
green, with eold border.
The chapel is tinted in pale-dove colour, and the ornaments, in relief,
are in white.
June 12, 1858.]
TI-IE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
591
HOW A PEOPLE BOUGHT A HALL AND PARK.
It has long 1 been a wise principle in social reforms, that self-help is the
best help of all. So convinced have men been of this truth, that the
common sense of ages has immortalised it in proverbs; and that God
helps those who help themselves is now the property of the world.
This is a truth which applies with equal force to people aud to in¬
dividuals ; to masses of men seeking a great social good, and to any
poor solitary struggler and fighter in the world’s great battle. If men
desire any true good and wish for any permanent reform they must
be prepared to work, to make sacrifices, aud to sink many of their
own peculiarities, whims, and crotchets, in order to co-operate
effectively for some great common good. Nor must they ever forget
that God helps only those who help themselves. We have in the
present Paper to record the history of a great social undertaking which
w<r believe is unique of its kind, and is an instance of mutual self-help
without example. We believe that there is only this one record of
how a people bought a hall and park for their own enjoyment and use.
We are happy to say that the people o f the “ hardware village ” of
Birmingham have done this, and we shall now narrate the manner in
which it was done.
Every reader of English history has heard of the Holte family, and
of the hall which Sir Thomas Holte, the “ great man ” of the house,
built at Aston-juxta-Birminglmm. This Thomas Holte was born in
the year 1571, in the reign of “ Good Queen Bess.” On the 25th of
November, in the year 1612, he was made one of the Ulster Baronets,
by that “muckle wise man” and “second Solomon,” King Janies I.
Six years after this event Sir Thomas began to build his family
mansion, and “came to dwell in this Hovse in May in Anno Domini:
1631: in the senventh yearo of tbe raigne of our Soveraigne Lord King
Charles, and he did finish this Howse in Aprill Anno Domini: 1635 :
in the eleventh yeare of the raigne of the said King Charles. La ua Deo.”
This “ Hovse,’* which was fifteen years in the building, is a fine man¬
sion of the later Elizabethan architecture, and is in the shape of the
letter £. It contains some sixty-four rooms, several of which are very
large; the ceilings of many are elaborately ornamented; aud there is
a gallery, “ perhaps, with the exception of those at Hardwicke and
Hatfield, the finest in England.” It “ is one hundred and thirty-six
feet in length by eighteen in width, and sixteen feet high. It is
lighted by five large mullioned windows, of four lights and twelve
divisions each, the centre window slightly projecting. At the north
end is a large oriel, in one of the compartments of which is a small
shield, in stained glass, charged with the family arms impaling New¬
ton, and similar to the one in the east window of the north aisle of
the church. The walls are covered with oak paneling, divided, by
pilasters having capitals, into thirteen coinpartments.” It is a mag¬
nificent gallery, and may be made of the most valuable use by its new
possessors.
Of course, surrounding the hall is a fine park. This park has
many attractions. It contains two fine avenues of grand chestnut-
trees, and is studded here and there by single trees of great beauty.
There is also a “ pleasauuce,” beautiful as the word, a fine garden,
two large pools, a noble terrace, and the whole is situated on such an
elevation as to afford an excellent view of all tbe surrounding
country—Perry Barr, the College of Oscott, the well-known Barr
Beacon, and the rare old woods of Sutton Chase. In broad outline,
such are tbe ball and park which the people have bought. Before,
however, we describe bow they bought it, we have one or two bits of
history to record connected with the hall, and which make the place
very precious to all antiquarians and to all lovers of historical asso¬
ciations. _,
fiie “ blessed martyr ” of the Prayer-book, King Charles I., brought
honours and confusion to the house of the Holtes. As became a
man who had been created a baronet by King James, Sir Thomas
Holte was a Royalist, and thoroughly devoted to Charles. He was
honoured by receiving an autograph letter from his Royal master;
his house was graced by tbe presence of the King, and was further
renowned by being besieged by the Royalists. These threefold
honours were thus brought about:—Sir Thomas Holte was the.father
of fifteen children, so that it was not his fault if ever the family be¬
came extinct. The second of his sons offended the grave old man
and evoked his parental ire by marrying Elizabeth, the “elder
daughter ” of Dr. King, Bishop of London. The irascible Sir Thomas
stormed against this match, and vowed to punish his son with disin¬
heritance. We cannot see the reason for this wrath ; for surely the
daughter of a bishop was worthy the son of an Ulster Baronet. How¬
ever, so it was; aud the Knight of the Red Hand was only prevented
from carrying his threat into execution by the interference of Royalty'
itself. The King wrote to the father in propitiation ofGiis wrath. The
original is still extant, and in the possession of C. II. Bracebridge,
Esq., of Atherstone. We transcribe it here for the edification of our
readers:—
Charles R., . _
Trusty aud well-beloved, Wee greet you well. Wee have taken know¬
ledge or a marriage between your sonne and a daughter of the late Bishop
o^ ilondon, and of yeftir dislike thereof, soe far expressed as to threaten a
disinheritance of your sonne : of whom wee have also heard very well, as
having many good parts that make him able to doe us service, ana fitt
rather to be cherished of all good encouragements, than oppressed with a
lienvy hand. Whereas is no greater cause of offence against him, and the
interest wee have in all our subjects, and especially in families ot the best
qu ilitie. giveth Us cause to interferre in this, where a severe proceeding
against your sonne would endanger the overthrowe of your house, whereof
there are so many examples, and leave that tytie of honour which must
d-.-ccnd upon him by our late father's gratious grants, contemptable when
it should fall upon one, deprived by your act of the state and means to
support It For the match. Wee consider and may well hope that a
blessinge and many comforts will follow the daughter of a soe reverend
and good a man, whose other children are in soe hopeful wayes and soe
wed disposed; and an alliance with them cannot be a disparagemente}
and what inequalitie yon may thinkc of betweene your sonne and her. for
estate and otherwise. Wee will be ready to supply our grace aud assistance
in Living him advancement atd imparting our favour to him in such
waves as his good parts are capable of. Wee dee therefore reconimcnde it
to vou that you doc not only lorbeare any act against your sonne in re¬
spect of his match, but that you restore him into your former favour and
gond opinion, wherein Wee doubt not that our mediation upon grounds of
reason and indifference will soe far prevai’c with you that We shall hare
cause to accept graciously your answer, which Wee expect you return unto
Us with all eonveniency. Given at our Courte of Hampton, the 7th day
ol August, in the third yeare of our reigne.
What a glimpse iuto the domestic manners of the past among
" families of the best qualitie ” this letter gives ! We may add that,
although Sir Thomas gave up the idea of disinheriting his son, the
implacable old man never thoroughly forgave him, nor restored him
unto his “ former favour and good opinion.” „
Our next historical event in connection with Aston Hall shall be
tol*l by Mr. Davidson, the excellent local historian of the Holte
family. “ It was,” he says, “ in the month of October, sixteen hun¬
dred and forty-two, on the evenings of Soml.iy and Monday, the six¬
teenth and seventeenth, Charles, whose army was marching from
Shrewsbury to relieve Banbury Castle, staid at Aston two nights as
the gnest of the loyal old baronet; and this visit, trivial in itself, has
invested with ail undying interest the edifice, as identifying it with
the hapless fortunes of the ill judging Monarch. To the present tune
the room where he slept is called the ‘ King’s Chamber; and,
though it he bare, it retains a prestige which attaches to no other
portion of the bnildipsi\
That Sabbath evening was a memorable season in the annals of Aston
Bill We see.ln lmagmaiiou. the last rays of the setting sun gleaming
athwart these mosque like minarets, whose metalled roofs yet retamea
their jirf&tine, freshness. We see the Royal standard as it proudly noa.s
from the highest turret, as if in defiance of all gainsayers. We hear the
clash of arms, the loud flourish of martial music, the joyous ringing o. tile
old church Bells, the glad acclaim of a loyal assemblage, who raise tile
shout which erst greeted the ears of the Jewish King: and we look on the
sombre, pensive countenance of him in whose honour all this demon¬
stration is made, as lireourteonsly acknowledges the deferential obeisances
ol the assembled throng. In that retinue of attendants on the Monarch
wc likewise behold one who, with sirrowful face and averted eyes, casts
around him furtive glances as the cavalcade proceeds, and Is anxiously
longing to sec if the man who is so prodigal of his affection towards his
Sovereign has any feeling of regard towards a son whom, for eighteen
years, he has viewed with unmitigated hatred. And, as no ray of com¬
passion beams from the eye of the old man, we can well imagine that
utter sinking of spirit which came over •• the noblest, the best, and the
bravest " oFnll whoever bore the name of Holte. Go, old man : hug
thy patents and commissions -produce thy pardon from thy Sovereign,
dull- signed, sealed, and delivered, and defy the world to charge thee with
crime—rejoice in thynoble mansion and thy broad domains—but remember l
there is a canker at the root of ail thy greatness, so long as that gallant
son of thine, in so few days to shed his blood in thy Royal master's cause
remains unforgiven for the magnanimous crime of her whom he so truly
loved—his wite.
The King lelt behind him several memorials of his visit. Among them
a cabinet ol walnut was the chief. It rests on large spiral carved legs, and
measures, without these, three feet seven inches by (our feet live inches
The writing-desk is arranged so as to draw out, and the entire cabinet is
full of curious secret draws. It is richly inlaid with wood, and
many elegant brass figures, in addition to the Royal arms. This exquisite
article of furniture was removed from the hall by Sir Charles llolte, the
last baronet, and is now in Mr. Brnccbridge’a possession. Six chairs,
carved with the Royal arms; a huge delph mug, also bearing the same
insignia; and a china bowl, nine inches deep and twenty-two inches in
diameter, were also left by the King. The chairs were dispersed at the
sale in 1817 —one of them is in the possession of the Rev. Egerton Bagot,
at Pipe Hayes. The mug aud ho.vi arc at Atherstone llall.
The part which the Holtes took in the Royal cause, and the shelter
and hospitable and flattering reception which they had given to the
King, were not likely to be forgotten or forgiven by the other side.
Birmingham, then as now a democratic place, had early sided with,
and, by its skill in the manufacture of firearms, materially aided, the
cause of the Parliament. Her people had watched the doings at
Aston Hall, and prepared a revenge. In December, 16-13, Sir Thomas
had reason to fear an attack from the town; and he applied to Colonel
Leveson, Governor of Dudley Castle, for some soldiers to guard the
place. Forty musketeers were dispatched, and these, with the Holte
forces, garrisoned the hull. Tills was on the 18th of the month ; and
on the 20th some twelve hundred Parliamentarians attacked the
place. The siege continued on the 27th, and on the 28th the garrison
surrtmdered. The loss on both sides amom ted to seventy-two:
sixty Parliamentarians and twelve Royalists being killed. Tbe outer
walls of the south-west wing have still the marks of the cannonading;
and one ball passed through the wall, destroyed a part of the banister
of the grand staircase, and lodged in the opposite wall. This un¬
welcome messenger is still in existence, and will probably form an
article of curiosity for the new museum. The shattered banister
remains, as Nathan Ben Saddi would cry, even to this time, in
witness of the havoc done in the olden times.
Such is the third historical event of note connected with Aston
Hall. It would be out of place here to trace the decay of the Holte
family; suffice it that in 1817 an Act of Parliament was obtained
confirming a certain indenture which would necessitate the sale of the
estate. The furniture was, in consequence, sold in September of the
same year; and in the year following the hall and the estate were
also brought under the hammer. Messrs Greenway, Greaves, and
Whitehead, bankers, of Warwick, bought the hall and the park ; and
they ultimately let it to James Watt, Esq, son of the Watt. Thus
the mutations of time work ! The house built by the fierce seven¬
teenth-century Baronet becomes in the nineteenth the dwelling-place
of the son of a mechanic, and is now in the possession of the artisans
and mechanics of Birmingham. Thus
The old order changeth, yielding place to new,
And God fulfils himself lu many ways.
Lest one good custom should corrupt the world.
We now proceed to show how this last change was brought about.
In the year eighteen hundred and fifty-six the Queen's Hospital at
Birmingham was, as is only too often the case with such institutions,
sorely pressed for the want of funds. A happy thought occurred to
some" gentlemen of the town, and they resolved to attempt something
to relieve the burdens of the hospital. They applied to the proprietors
of the Aston Hall estate for permission to use the place for a grand
f6te, the profits of which were to be given to the suffering charity.
This application was cheerfully responded to, and leave given.
The fete was held, and its success was almost marvellous.
Leave was asked and obtained to hold another fete for the
benefit of the General Hospital. The profits realised by the second
fete exceeded those obtained from the first, and more than ,£1200 were
paid over to the funds of each of the hospitals. From the great satis¬
faction whicli the working classes of the town and neighbourhood
expressed at these fetes arose the idea of saving and securing the hull
and park as a permanent place of recreation. The estate was for sale;
and it was asked—why/not purchase it.? The gentlemen who “ got
up ” the ffites were very sanguine upon the matter, and proceeded to
put their plan into operation. The proprietors, however, refused to
sell the whole, and would only treat for the hall and a part of the land.
The original movers resolved to have “all or none;” and so
for a time nothing was done. The hall and the part of the park
which the proprietors would sell had been offered to the town council,
which was not, however, in a condition to buy. The proprietors,
finding no purchasers for the part they were willing to sell for a place
of recreation, were forming plans to cut the whole estate into small
lots, and to sell it for private purposes. Thus the people were most
likely to be deprived of a park, when more practical men and wiser
counsels came to the rescue, aud led to the “ consummation so de¬
voutly to be wished ’* which we are now chronicling.
In 1857 a committee of gentlemen, stiU desirous of securing what
could be secured, entered into negotiations with the proprietors re-
spectingThe terms npon which they would sell; and this was the
answer:—“ They were willing to sell the hall and forty-three acres
of the land adjacent, tills land embracing the two grand avenues, the
‘ pleasannee,’ and other portions, which made It the ‘ very pick ’ of the
place, for £35,000.” With this definite statement of what they had
to do the committee set to work. They saw that if the work was done
it must be done by the people themselves; aud the limited liability
appeared the instrument by which this could be effected. A pro¬
spectus was issued announcing the formation of a eompany, to he called
the Aston Hall and Park Company (Limited). The capital to he raised
was fixed at £12,000, in 40,000 guinea shares. The shares were to
be divided into three classes, called respectively A, B, and C; the
A shares to be proprietary shares, ent itling the holder to personal
admission; the B shares to be donations given by gentlemen desirous
of aiding the movement, aud to be held for the purpose of ultimately
purchasing the other shares,and thus make the parka fieepublic
park for the use of the town; tlio C shares were simply dividend
shares. The plan was published, and met with considerable approval.
The work was, however, comparatively slow; and the gentlemen who
initiated it now called in the help of the working men to aid them
in their undertaking. From this moment the present success of the
movement may he dated. .
Ou Friday, the 20th of June, 1857, a meeting of working men was
held in the committee-room of the Towuhull, under the presidency ot
Mr. George Dawson. It was a crowded and enthusiastic meeting.
Delegates had been sent from all tho largo manufactories promising
help in so desirable a work. A committee of twenty-four working
men, with Mr. Dawson for chairman, and Mr. J. A. Langford for vice-
cliairman, was appointed, to co-operate with the gentlemen who had
begun the movement, aud all present pledged themselves to take
shares, and to use all their energies in saving Aston Hall and
Park. Unfortunately the two committees continued to work sepa¬
rately, aud the progress made was comparatively small. On July the
21st a’ town meeting was held, at which Jolrn Ratcliff, Esq. (Mayor),
presided, and many of the ministers, bankers, and manufacturers
took port. The whole number of applications for shares was not,
however, more than for 9000, and the time allowed by the pro¬
prietors for entering into contract was expired. Additional time
was now applied for and granted, and the working men’s com¬
mittee began to look about them as to the best means of attain¬
ing their object Ail the preliminary expenses had been borne or
guaranteed by the gentlemen; but, of course, there would be an end .
to this. The question was now, how to raise a fund to carry on the i
work bevun. No deposit had been asked or taken from the applicants
for shares for fear the object should not be attained. The success of
the fetes of last year came to their minds, and they resolved to hold
one this year to help in saving the place in which it would be held.
The proprietors granted the nse of tho grounds, aud the working
men’s committee gave up all their nights, and dinner-hours, and every I
leisure moment which they could command, to get up this fete, tor
three weeks they thus toiled, asking for no outer help; and on
Monday, the 17th of August, the great event come off. It was a
success. Notwithstanding their complete inexperience in such
matters, the shortness of time allowed to make all their arrange- |
ments, the heavy price they had to pay for all the work done and all
the amusements provided, more than L’tWO were realised. They threw ^
up their hats, and shouted a heart}’ “ Hurrah I ” at this result, for
victory seemed already theirs.
But “ victory ” was not yet attained, and more difficulties had to
be overcome before that blessed and talismanic word .could be truly
uttered. The second extension of time hud passed, and only some
nine thousand shares had been applied for, aud no contract had bee:*
entered into. The proprietors now considered themselves free tu do
what they pleased with the estate, and Birmingham’s hope of having
a park seemed indefinitely deferred. Once more the working me:*
came to the rescue. They wrote to the proprietors, requesting per¬
mission to send a deputation to confer with them upon a new arrange¬
ment. This was also granted; and seven of their body weut,on
Saturday, September 19, to Warwick, and, after a short interview
with Messrs. Greaves and Greenway. concluded a fresh and satis¬
factory arrangement. They were to have until Christmas, 1S57, to
get off new shares, and to test the bondjide character of those already
applied for. At Christmas the contract was to be entered into, or the
matter finally abandoned. Upon entering into contract the sum of
£3500 was to be paid, and two years allowed for the completion of the
purchase. But, as the proprietors would not treat with a .limited
liability company, the names of responsible gentlemen had to be ob¬
tained who, in conjunction with themselves, would be the contractors.
With this result the depdt^itioii returned to report to their committee.
A new method of procedure was now adopted. There wa9 enough
money in the bank to pay all the expenses which had been or wouhl
be incurred until Christmas. The two committees were now amal¬
gamated ; an office in the central part of the town was opened; Mr.
J. A. Langford was requested to act as secretary pro tern., and a call
for a deposit of two shillings per share was made, with the guarantee
that it should be returned without deduction, unless the contract was
entered into. Henry Timing, Esq., barrister-at-law, was employed to
draw np the memorandum and articles of association, which he has done
in a most painstaking, skilful, and admirable manner, providing for all
thepecuiiaritiesof such an undertaking as only a first-class lawyer coulcl
do. It is a model of a deed. Thus a new impetus was given to the
movement. Before Christmas the shares applied for exceeded 20,000,
and over 2000 of these were Bs, or donations. Two calls hud been
made, and the working men brought their money with a willing
promptitude which proved how earnest was their desire to save Aston
Hall and Park. Some of the first men in the to inti had consented to
join with them as contractors, and at Christmas they were ready to
enter into contract.
They have now entered into contract; have paid the first deposit
of £3500; are allowed till April, 1860, to complete the purchase j
are id have* the possession of hall and park during that time, at
the nominal rental of twenty shillings per annum ; and on Tuesday,
the 16th of February. 1858, the contractors took formal possession of
the place. John Ratcliff, Esq., Mayor, as was fitting, presided; and
the little company was admirably addressed on their work by the
still hale and genial descendant of the Holte family—C. H. Bi ace-
bridge, Esq., of Atherstone Hall, to whose untiring zeal, and liberal
personal and pecuniary help, the town of Birmingham is largely
indebted in this successful movement.
In this manner, then, have a people bought a park. There aro
more than four thousand holders of A shares who are working men.
It is more than probable that before this time next year that number
will be doubled. Thus will they have provided for themselves and
families a perpetual place for healthy recreation and harmless enjoy¬
ment. It is intended to make good use of the hall; and in time to
have a museum, a picture gallery, a constant exhibition of local manu¬
factures, and other kindred attractions. For all these arrangements
committees have been elected, and they are now a’t work. To all these
the artisan and mechanic will have access. In the bright summer
Sunday afternoons he, his wife and children, can ramble over those
beautiful grounds, under those magnificent avenues, getting health
and strength, and pure enjoyment. In the bright summer evenings,
and Saturday half-holidays, he and his children can get full develop¬
ment of chest, and lungs, and muscle, by indulging in quoits, in foot¬
ball, or in cricket. In the winter time he and his may get knowledge,
and wisdom, and good, and pure and holy thoughts, by studying the
works of nature, and of genius and of skill, which will he deposited
in those venerable old rooms. All this, too, will be sweetened by the
thought that he has made some sacrifice, given up some indulgence
and comfort, to procure it; and his feelings of independence and
manliness will be strengthened, his belief in tbe power of self-help
and self-reliance increased, his confidence in his fellow-man improved,
and his whole moral nature become a gainer. Tims benefits which
he little anticipated when he made up his mind tc save a guinea for
the purchase of Aston Hull and Park will follow, and every mechanic
may learn the good old truth, that he who sows in love and trust shall
reap a hundredfold. So, many fold, may every one reap who has helped
in this good work.
We have now completed our little narrative, and told the people of
England how the people of Birmingham bought a hall and park.
We trust that this example will not be without its imitators, and
that many more instances of such combinations for similar under¬
takings will make glad the hearts of all who desire the social
amelioration of the working millions of this very hard-working
country.
The movement for the purchase of Aston Hall and Park has found
in the Mayor of Birmingham a steady and active friend. To Mr. Rat¬
cliff the town is indebted for the visit of the Queen and her Royal
’Consort Prince Albert to inaugurate this People’s Park—at once a
graceful compliment and a happy omen.
THE AMERICAN HORSE “BLACK EAGLE.”
Tiie Alhambra, Leicester-square, has proved so successful since
Messrs. Howes and Cushing kuvo converted it into the “Gi eat
United States' Circus ” that probably it will retain for a long time its
present form. Chief among the renowned four-footed par.ormers in
this oiretts is the American trick-horse Black Eagle; and this fine
specimen of the equine race fully justifies its title of “The Hor 2 o of
Beauty.” He is fifteen hands and a half high, and seven years oiu.
His sire is Black Hawk, the celebrated American trotter.
Black Eagle, among his many accomplithmonts, wultzes, polks,
imitates the camel of the desert, and stands erect upon his hied legs;
indeed, his various performances, under the direction of Mr. John H.
Murray, are marvellous for their dexterity and grace.
At a private performance recently given at* Howes and Cushing's
Circus, and which wa3 honoured by tho presence of Royalty, Black
Eagle was the priccip.il attraction. There wero present on that
occasion her Majesty the Queen, his Ro^al Highness the Prince
Consort, accompanied by the Princess Alice, the Princess H-dduo, the
Princess Louisa, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and the Prin :e of
Leiningen: and attended by Lady C-rohne Barrington, the Countess
of Desart, the Hon. Flora Mu .donnld. the Hon. Miss Cavendish, Lord
Bateman, the Hoc. General Gay, and the Hon. Colonel Ponsonby.
A Young Hero—A t the assault of JLansi, oneofiicer, a mere
boy, as the ladder broke, sprang at the battlement, clutched it, and, active
as a cat, obtained a looting on the wall. There, attacked by dozens, he
stood at bay. cutting down every man who approached, till his men.
furious at his danger, scrambled up the remaining ladder, and cleared off
his assailants with the bayonet. This young hero, as we learn from a let¬
ter in the Times, was Charles Edmund Webber, Lieutenant of the RwaJ
Engineers-a company of which corps he accompanied to Ifon bay in
April. 1857, and with which he fcn= been constantly employed in the ope¬
rations under Sir Hugh Rose.
Presentation of a Testimonial to a Non-commissioned
Officer.—A handsome silver goblet and cover, of elegant design and
workmanship, has befn presented by the non-commissioned officers ol
Chatham Garrison to Sergeant-Midur J- Bramah, 1st JBatt*) 1 *’ 0 * <*|* c
occasion of his retirement from the 1st Battalion to
pointnunt, as a mark of the respect in winch he is held by the who.e of
the non-commissioned officers of the corps.
Courts of Probate and Divorce, —It appears, from a return
issued on Tuesday morning to the House of Lords, that the number of
CAMC8 nowt*ndmg in Die Court of Probate is 139. The average daily
number of grants of probate and administration in London from the 8tn
SHlarch since which time the numbers of grants have been accuracy
kcpt^ upwaSs ofSl: and the average daily number ol certificate 6*
The number of cau*es now pending in the Court of Divorce and Mafrl-
monSlCaSc® i?? 30 . and the number of bills of costs taxed by the re¬
gistrar. 6. .
| l , ^^X|^ ^<^ |.|^W^a j xxXXX[>)'vwvwi']xxy vyYMwwi Kj^xy
THE AMERICAN HOUSE “BLACK EAGLE
(SEE PRECEDING PAGE.)
June 12, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
593
The art of riding is nowadays considered one of the necessary accom¬
plishments of a lady, and, as a health-giving exercise, cannot be too
highly extolled or too much encouraged. Independently of its bene¬
ficial effect upon mind and body, most women loot well on horseback.
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever;
HIDING YOB LADIES-iUSS GILBERT
and, although the quotation be somewhat hackneyed, it is neverthe¬
less a truth ; and we are amongst those who believe it to be our duty
to make the best of all the good which is around us, and to seek for
blameless pleasure wherever it can be found.
As the safety and enjoyment of our fair countrywomen are largely
concerned in the matter, we have devoted a few words to what a
lady s riding-horse should be when properly broken for her secure
service and pleasure. The wonderful discovery of Mr. Rarey for the
subjugation of the horse (and to which already we have borne per¬
sonal testimony) has rendered the preliminary course of training a
GNOME.
aiULAH.
THE ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB MATCH , THE •'GNOME” AND THE " ZXLLAH ” ROUNDING OFF SOUTHEND. - (SEE KENT PAGE.,
594
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
matter of small ililfiealty or danger; but there is much more to be
done in the after V handling ” of the animal devoted to a lady’s use,
and it is to call attention to the necessity for this educational process
that we now write.
It is too frequently the case that when a horse, from bad action or
inerior form, is unworthy the use of man, it is considered to be “ fit to
carry a lady ” after being subjected to a month's course of training by
a groom with a fluttering horsecloth. In our opinion, there cannot
he a greater mistake or a more cruel experiment. A lady’s horse,
according to our thinking, should be as nearly perfect as possible. The
shoulders should be set well back, having a good width between the
blades; the points should be round, but not clumsy; the arms long
and strong, and the elbows well away from the ribs. The knees, from
the fetlocks, should he short and strong, having the sinews flat,
strong, and wiry, when handled. The postern should not be too
upright to the feet, rather long, as the action of the horse will then be
very elastic and pleasant. The foot should be round and full, and of
equal sides, the hoofs making an angle of about 15 degrees with the soles.
Thu heels should be open, and the soles of the feet hollow or concave.
Tiie cliest should be very deep, with deep heart-ribs; the arm and fore¬
leg quite straight from the knee, and the back moderately long,
straight, and well ribbed up, with a good breadth across the loins.
The hind quarters should bo long, with the hip bones wide apart, and
not angular, but well rounded. The thighs ought to be long and
strong to the hocks, the hocks themselves developing great strength.
The neck should be moderately short and muscular, having a thin
ridge; the throat should be large, the width between the jaws very
great, and the nostrils long and wide, the lining membrane being
fine, and elastic. It is rare to find all these points of excellence com¬
bined in one animal, but the nearer the approximation to them the
better the animal. But a horse with all the form we have described
may be, like a powerful savage, dangerous from the want of education.
A lady's horse should be so schooled that a word controls it; its paces
should be easy, regular, and elegant; its whole contour in nccord-
nnce with the graceful being it has the privilege to serve; and
it may be received as a fact that no horse can be perfectly broken
fur a lady 8 riding but by a lady; and, ns few of our fair equestrians
possess the necessary nerve and knowledge, we desire to call attention
to the possibility of having this required training done for them. Miss
Kcvnolds, we believe, is very successful in her treatment of horses,
aud is certainly a first-rate rider, but we are not certain whether she
devotes herself simply to the breaking of horses, or combines that pro¬
cess with instruction in the art of riding. As a breaker of horses
only, that accomplished horsewoman Miss Gilbert (see Illustration)
stands deservedly unrivalled: she has the finest seat and lightest
band of any rider we have known, and her performances with the
Queen’s hounds are not likely to be forgotten by those who have
witnessed them. The perfect command which she has over her horse
when going the pace, her graceful and composed manner when taking
a jump, remove all fear for the intrepid rider, and afford to the spec¬
tator a pleasure only known to the true sportsman. Without wishing
to derogate from the abilities of other ladies who have devoted them¬
selves to the training of horses, we feel bound, in justice to Miss
Gilbert, to say, most unpromising animals which have passed under her
tuition have become safe and pleasant to ride. But it is the horse
of breed and high courage that she should be called upon alone to
treat, for her admirable lightness of hand and power of control must
necessarily produce a degree of perfection in the management of the
animal which would be partially wasted on a horse of inferior
qualifications. With such instructresses as those we have named
(and we doubt not but there are many others), we think it becomes
a duty to submit horses intended for the use of ladies to at least a
preliminary examination as to their fitness for the duty assigned
them, and we suggest this from a sincere desire to add to the safety
and enjoyment of our fair countrywomen, whose unrivalled grace
and beauty it is the pride of every Englishman to display to the
greatest possible advantage.
We may add that Miss Gilbert was one of the earliest pupils of Mr.
Bare.v, and practises herself that gentleman’s admirable system with
unfading success.
Owner*.
Mr. Arcedeckue (Commodore).
Mr. Kirbles.
Mr. 8. Lane.
ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB.
On Monday last the first match of the season took place of this dis¬
tinguished dub. The extreme fineness of the weather, and the cele-
brr v the dub has attained, produced a very large assemblage of
victors; but it was to be regretted that the entry list was not larger,
O' n m daring the amount and number of prizes given.
T«.e increased popularity of this dub was unequivocally attested by
thr large and elegant assemblage on board the Prince of Wales steam¬
boat, chartered for die conveyance of members and their friends. It
completely eclipsed anything before seen. Besides the assemblage
there, a fine fleet of yachts was afloat; among them the Avalon , Eclipse,
Romp, Wing, Zuleika, Star of the Night, the Mars, and several others.
The prizes were respectively of the value of £40, £20, and £10, for the
first cla*B; and £30, £10, and £5, for the second class. The £40, £30,
and £20 in plate.
The course was from Erith round the Nore Light, for the larger ves¬
sels ; and from the 6ame place to Southend for the smaller craft—both
classes finishing at the starting place, and the following yaohts were
entered to sail:—
FIRST CLASS, EXCEEDING 20 TONS, AND NOT OVER 30 TONS.
Sto’ions. Yacht*. Tons.
No. I. Gnome .. .. 21
NO. 2. ZUlah .. .. 22
No. 9 . Phantom .. .. 27
SECOND CLASS, OVER 10 AND UNDER 20 TONS.
Station*. Yacht*. Ton*. Owner*.
Mo. I. Kitten .. .. 13 .. Mr. Leech. \J
No. 2 Argonaut .. 13 .. Mr. Leg*.
No. 3. Wanderer .. 11 .. Mr. Mo**.
At 11.51.15 the signal was fired for starting. The Kitten was under
canvas and under way first, the Phantom and others quickly follow¬
ing. Tte wind was from the N.E., blowing very freshly, and gave the
yuchts so much work in getting down that it was found necessary to
shorten the distance, and between Leigh and Sonthend the accompany¬
ing steamer stopped, and fired a gun lor the first class yaohts to round
her. The smaller class rounded a boat left two miles above.
The course back was smooth enough; it was all running; and, by the
sud of balloon jibe, they spanked up at an amazing rate, in the course
of which the ZUlah and Gnome had alternate leads, and made an
interesting race of it. They finished as follows:—
Phantom (winner of (ha first clou) .. \.\ ..Si* o
Kitten (winner oi Mcond c a»») .. .* .. 5 \ll 30
Ziilah. •• \ •• 6 >2 0
Guo mo •• •. •• •• .. 6 17 40
The worthy Commodore, Mr. A. Arcsdeokne, presented the prizes t°
the successful candidates, with appropriate speeches. The commissariat
department, under the direction of Mr. 'Watt; was everything that
could be desired, and gave the greatest satisfaction.
Among6t the company on board wa^ Mr. Hartley, the American
Consul, m honour of whom tjie American tag waved at the fore, while
the Commodore's, as usual, was hoisted at the main of the steamer.
RUSSIAN TROPHY AT STOKE-UPON-TRENT.
We give a representation of the Russian Trophy as mounted and in
closed at Stoke upon-Trent a few weeks ago. The gun is placed on a
B :.ne platform, as shown in the Illustration, in which the Royal arms,
in Minton’s tiles,w inserted. On the stone parapet an ornamental
railing of a handsome pattern is placed, and at each angle of tho
square of the platform,a pillar in cast-iron rises, to carry thewrought-
iron scrollwork, which was manufactured by Mr. Haslam, of Derby,
and is an excellent specimen of the old art of ironworking, now so ex-
tensively superseded by the process of casting. All tho ironwork is
coloured in imitation of Florentine bronze, and riolily gilt in the
more decorative parts of the design. The whole is surmounted by a
large globe lamp, which forms the principal feature of the construction,
as the oreotion, being placed at the junction of three streets, requires a
prominent and well adapted mode of lighting. The trophy was in¬
augurated by Mr. Alderman Copeland, one of the members for the
borough, who also defrayed the expenses connected with mounting
the piece. The work was designed and carried out under Mr. Edgar,
arohitoct.
A Russian trophy of a similar character has also recently been placed
at Richmond, in Surrey. The borough of Margate has likewise been
presented with a 32 pounder Russian prize gun, which General Peel
has consented to have mounted at Woolwich Arsenal, and forwarded
to tho Mayor and Corporation, to be placed in the Fort Promenade.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
CHESS ASSOCIXTIOX —The meeting, ** we advlfei, ha* b»en postponed an‘Jl the 21 h *n<l
thre* *ucccediDgdar*of August; and tho following circular, coraiaing nn Intimation to
thi* effect, haa bccn'publish d bv thi sccrota-v to the local coramUaw: -* Cho*a/x»B -oUtion,
11 Watciloo-Btrco.. Birmingham. Msy *8ih, 18J8.-Doar Sir.—I he local cunimittei bare
n»t vet received nnv reply to their Invitation to Mr. Morphy; they havo ayso reason to
bahovo that a hi‘-or period of thojoar will enable them to secure a much butter a ttoad-
aucoot the meeting. The.e coc»i<lor*tion* have determined them to postpone^ ge¬
neral mieting and tr decide thut it shall be held on tho 2ttb, 75th, 24-h, and 37th days
of August next llnit. ad.of Jane, as previously announced). They tru»t that tho alte¬
ration in tho time of meeting will not prevent tho attendance of any gentlemen who
P’opoJed being proient at tho earlier period originally fixed and thut it will enable
them to moke, oi her tho arrangements cDntem;-la.t.d In thoir prospectus for tho Juno
mooting, or other* equally acceptable to their f.ieads. - I remain, youra tru y, WILLIAM
RiDOUT WJU.S, Secretary. . ,
R. M., G’aagow — A verv similar modification of tho English Chc*s Notation w na proposed in
alittlo work entitled "Cbess Exemplified In a concise and easy Notation," Ac., pubbsaetl
bv Lougm.n and Co., In 1843, but It found no favour with ches»-playeia. Tho only change,
indood, at all admissible would be to that known a* the Gorman system, which in ninny
respects i« preferable to our method; but this change, it mast be recollected, would have tho
#enou* effeci of rendering almost valueless the whole Chess literature of this country for tho
last fifty year* 1
L- N. N.—The game between an amatour of tho 8t. Georgo** and two country opponents. If
it were no; in other respects unpublishnblo, ia rendered useless by Black's egregious blunder
at move 6,
A Jouniax, Cambridge.—1. It shall bo oxamlned. 2. A problem should bo solvod, like any
position occurring in actual play, withuut moving the men.
PUILO-CHESS.—We Shall probably bo enabled next work to publl h tho bead* at least of tho
official programme about to bo issued by the commiiteo appointed to carry out too great
met ting at Birmingham. ...
A Competitor - The regulations in regard to the Chess Problem toumay at the forthcoming
gathering will no doubt bo tco 8Smo os thow on previous occasions—ouch competitor to
send in a given number of problems (four or six probably) of not loss tli*n three and not
mere than four moves each, and the composer of the best problem will be entitled to tho
A. P R., Smethwick.—Tho game in ports is Interesting; but, token as a whole, it is much below
tho average of games played by correspondence.
Herr Kling.—I f we mistake not, tho key which yon furnish to the well-known position sent
has already boon published. _ ....
W., Mexico; C. H. 8..New York; Do R., Brass j Is; Do R., Paris, D., Romo, replied toby
post.
O. B. L.—A charming conception, but “suicidal problems" are not at all totbetasto of
ordinary readers. Bend it to the Editor of tho Amcricaa “ Chess Monthly.”
It. D—Look again with more attention. . , _
ft. Fenton.—T ho cause of tho dolsv in the publication of the book of tho Amoiican Chess
Congress wo arc uaacqminted with.
I. B. L. G— It ho* been determined, we understand, by tho local committee of tho approach¬
ing meetieg tha; no portion of the fund* are to bo devoted to the payment of the leading
vuiiars* travelling exp'rues, but that tho whole, with tho exception of the ordinary outlay
Shall o« expended on prlte* to be contended for by tho membars o; tho association.
Solutions of Problem No. 745.
WHITE. BLACK. I WHITE. BLACK.
1. K to Q 7til B takes P (dis. 2 . Kt to Q 6th Anything,
ch—best)
And White mates in two more moves, play as Black may.
Solution of Problem No 746.
WHITE. BLACK. I WHITE. qLACK.
1. K to Q 7th K moves 3 Q Mates
2. ft to Q 6th K takes R I
PBOBLEM No. 747.
By J. B., of Bridport
BLACK.
WHITE.
White io play, and mate in four moves.
CHESS IN AMERICA.
Instructive Game played by Messrs. D. W. Fiske, F. Perrin, and W. L
Fcllf.b, consulting together against Mr. Paul Hoiu-nv.
• (Two Knights' Defence.)
white (Tha Allies), black (Mr. M.) white (The Allies), black (Mr. M.)
1. P to K 4th P to K 4th
2. K Ktto JIB3rdQ Kt to QB 3rd
3. U B to Q B 4th K Kt to K B 3rd
4. K Kt to Kt 6th P to Q 4th
5. P takes P Q Kt to Q R 4th
6. P to Q 3rd
(This U a deviation from tho routine of tho
books, which prescribes—6. B to Q Kt 5th ch.)
P to K R 3rd
7. K Kt to K B 3rd P to K 6 th
8. Q to K 2 nd Q Kt takes B
9. P takes Kt K B to Q B 4th
10. P to K R 3rd
(The best more.)
10 . Castles.
11 . K Kt to K R K Kt to K R
2nd 2 nd
12 . B to K 3rd K B to Q 3rd
13. Castles Q to K K 5th
14. P to K B 4th P takes P (in
15. Kt takes P
16 . Q Kt to Q B 3rd
17. QtoiCB 2nd Kt to K B 3rd
18 . B to Q 4 th
19. Kt takes Kt
20. Q R to K sq
21. K takes R
22 . K to K K 4th
QtoKK 4th
I K K to K sq
Kt to K 5th
It takes Kt
QBtoKBlth
B takes R
R to K B sq
(This la very unlike Mr. Morphy’s cus¬
tomary style of play. Ho should rather have
advancedFioKU 4th.)
23. V to Q B 5th KBtoK 4th
24. B takes B Q takes B
25. r to Q B 4th 1* to K Kt 4th
26. Kt to K B 3rd B takes Kt
27. P takes B K to K sq
28 F to K B ith Q to K 6th
29. P takes P P takes I*
30. Q takes Q R takes Q
31. K to Kt 2nd K to Kt 2nd
32. P to Q 6th P takes P
33. P takes P R to Q 6th
34. P to Q B 6th K to Kt 3rd
35. R to K B 3rd R to Q 7th (ch)
36. K to Kt 3rd P to K B 4th
37. R to G Kt 3rd P to K B 5th (ch)
38. K to B 3rd R to K K 7tb
39. P to Q 7th R tks K R P (eh)
40. K to K 4th R to K R sq
41. R takes P K to B 3rd
42. R to Q B 7th K to K 2nd
43. R to Q B 8th K to Q sq
44. K takes R
(Ptj QBtSth would have bean a shorter
road to v.e;ory.)
44.
45. P to Q B 6th
46. K to Q 5th
47. K to K 4th
48. P to Q Kt 3rd
49. P to Q R 3rd
60. P to Q Kt 4th
And Black struck his flag.
K takes K
P to Q R 4th
K to lv 2nd
K to Q sq
K to K 2nd
K to Q sq
(To the Editor of the Illustrated London News.)
Permit me to point out an exception to the general accuracy of your
problems in the instance of Enigma, No. 1069, by A. W. Hendrie, in
which, if Black, after the moves—
WHITE. BLACK.
1 . Kt from Q R 3rd to Q Kt 5th (ch) B takes Kt
2 . Kt to Q B 8th (ch)
play 2. K to Q Kt sq. it is impossible to mate him according to the con¬
ditions annexed. Nor is this the only fault with which your contributor
is chargeable. If you will be at the trouble of referring to page 404 of
Pohlman’s “Tabular Demonstrations," you will find nearly the identical
position given as a three -move problem, and, curiously enough, con¬
taining the same defect in the solution as the slightly- altered one sent to
you by Mr. liendrie as original.—Youra, ficc,, Oneida.
Ctica, United States, May 21,1858.
CHESS ENIGMAS.
No. 1081.—By E. B. Cook, of Hoboken .—Chess Monthly.
Jf hUe: K at K B 6th, Q at Q Kt 5th, Kt at Q B 4th.
Black: K at K R 4th, Kt at K R sq, Ps at K B 6th and Q B 4th.
White to play, and mate in three moves.
No. 1082—By T. M. Brown, of Newark, U S.
White: K at Q Kt 6th. Q at K K 4tli, R at Q Kt 2nd, B at $ B sq, Kt at
K 8th: Ps at K B Gth, K 2 nd and 7th, and Q B 3rd.
Black: K at K B 4tli, Q at K 8th, Rs at K R 7th and Q R 8q, B at K
3rd, Kl aLK R 2nd; Ps at K 4th, Q 2nd, and Q Kt 6th.
White to play, and mate in four moves.
[June 12, 1858
EPITOME OF NEWS—FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
Thursday, the 24th instant, is the day fixed on for the anniversary
ceremony of the Harrow speeches; and the Harrow dinner will take place
on Wednesday, the 30th, at the Freemasons’ Tavern.
Lord Stanley was re-elected on Saturday last for King’s Lynn
without opposition. His Lordship was not present, as his constituents
bad considerately requested him not to leave town during the present
pressure of public business.
A General German Art Exhibition is to take place at Munich
in the course of this summer.
It is confidently stated that Sir John Yarde Bullcr, Mr Jones
(ofPantglas), Mr. Christopher, and Sir Charles Knightley, all Conservative
M.P.S, are to be raised to the Peerage.
r J he Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress have issued cards of
invitation to a dinner at the Mansion House to her Majesty s Ministers on
Wednesday, the 23rd of June Several members of the corps diplomatique ,
and a other distinguished persons, are to be amongst the guests.
Friday (last we^k) was “speech day” at Eton. The school¬
room was filled with a brilliant assemblage of the aristocracy, and the
speeches were delivered in a manner highly creditable to the Etonian youth.
On Saturday last Sir E. B. Lytton and Mr. Justice Coleridge
were sworn in as Privy Councillors. ’Lord Stanley kissed hands on being
appointed President of the Board of Control. Sir Edward attended &
Cabinet Council for the first time immediately afterwards.
Chatsworth House and grounds are once moro thrown open to
the public, the Duke of Devonshire following the example of his noble
predecessor.
George Lane Fox, Esq., of Bramham Hall, has presented his
museum to the Leeds Philosophical Society. It is the result of many
years' collection, and includes several hundred specimens of birds,
shells, fossils, coins, antiques; and minerals, some of them oi great rarity,
and most of them of great value.
Mr. Dtmcuir.be, the new Dean of York, was installed on Satur e
day. The act of admission was accompanied with the delivery of a bibl
and bread. Subsequently a distribution of wine aud cakes took place in
the Chapterhouse.
The number of patients relieved at the Royal Free Hospital,
Gray's-inn-road, during last week was 2036, of which 759 were new cases.
The Calcutta Englishman says.— -“We are informed that the
case of the ex-King of Delhi has been forwarded to the Court of
Directors lor final decision.”
It is stated from Athens that King Otho is going to Kissengen.
and will have an interview with the Emperor Napoleon at Munich in the
course of the summer.
The visitors at the South Kensington Museum last week were—
on Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days. 2774 ; on Monday and
Tuesday, free evenings. 3242; on the three students’ days (admission to
the public 6d.), 763; one students’ evening. Wednesday, 96 : totd, 6875.
On Sunday a French refugee (Dr. Queval) was buried at Pad ¬
dington Cemetery, in the presence of a large number of his Republican
bretliren. Louis Blanc delivered an oration over the grave of the departed.
There have been fresh misunderstandings with the Arabs in the
neighbourhood of Aden, resulting in a sortie of the garrison, a conflict,
and a return to camp.
The Russian Government have had built in this country a life¬
boat on the plan of that now successfully used by the Royal National
Life-boat Institution. If capsized she will rightlierself immediately, and
will clear herself in twenty seconds of all seas she may ship.
Early on Saturday morning week the metropolis was visited by a
fearful thunderstorm. On the Thursday and Friday previous various
districts in England received a similar visitation. At Abingdon, Berks,
twenty- five sheep and lambs were killed.
The newly elected Grand Council of Berne has chosen as its
President 31. Niggeler, a member or the Liberal party; and as Vice-
President M ICurz, a Conservative There are in the Grand Council ill
Liberals and ninety- five Conservatives.
The first tube of the Albert Bridge across the Tamar, which is
to connect the counties of Devon and Cornwall, has been lifted to its re¬
quired height The other tube for the eastern side is rapidly progressing.
The number of patients under treatment during last week at the
City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, Victoria Park, was
1226, of which 151 were new cases.
The election auditor has recently made his return of the expenses
incurred by Lord Henley and Colonel Cartwright in contesting the repre-
saitation of South Northamptonshire. The expenditure on account of
the former amounted to £5024 9s. 6d., and of the latter to £4069 0s. 6d.
The railway of the Piraeus has been tested and approved of.
The Horse Guards have lately made a move in the right direc¬
tion by clothing one of the West India regiments in loose wide trousers,
coming in and fastening a little below the knee, a la Zouave or Chasseur
de Vincennes.
Last week Janet Ross, spinster, residing in the New Town of
Tain, died at the advanced age of 105. She was a native of Die parish of
Creieli, Sutherlandshire. During the last forty years she resided in the
same room in Hartfield-street, Tain. Except a failing in her eyesight,
she retained her faculties to the last.
The fees paid to the officers of the House of Commons by Mr.
Washington WUks on his liberation, after five days' confinement,
amounted to £12. Mr. Wilks defended his conduct in Die matter in a very
eloquent speech at Carlisle, on Friday, to an enthusiastic meeting.
An important discovery has just been made at Florence : a
simple workman has found out the means of making aluminium in a
manner much less expensive than has hitherto been known.
On Thursday week, as the 6.15 a.m. train from London was ap¬
proaching Rugby, a second-class passenger was seized with a fit, and fell
in the carriage. On arriving at the station he was removed from the
carriage, and while the employes of the company were taking him to the
nearest hotel he expired.
The deliveries of tea in London, estimated for the week were
718,168 lb., which is a decrease of 46,9201b., compared with the previous
statement
Mr. Hodge, the Genoa journals state, embarked at that port, on
the evening of the 26th ult, on board the British steamer Tenor$'e, bound
for England.
A supplement to the London Gazette published on Saturday last
contains a Royal proclamaDon for Die election of a representaDve peer of
Scotland, in the room of Die Earl of Morton, deceased. The election is to
take place at Holyrood on the 29th inst.
The following Post Office notification has just been issued.—“ On
the 1 st July next, and thenceforward, the postage on all newspapers sent
abroad must, like the postage on inland newspapers, be prepaid in
stamps, otherwise the newspapers will not be forwarded.’’
The Government emigrant-skip Frenchman , 1155 tons, sailed
from Liverpool on Tuesday week for Adelaide, South Australia, with 416
men women, aud children on board.
The Mayor of Coventry, who has excited the displeasure of a
portion of the community by his attempt to remove a fair from its old
site, which he desires to convert into an ornamental plantation, was on
Wednesday week assailed with groans and yells by a crowd of about 2000
persons.
Active steps are in course of being taken for obtaining the
Citadel of Hull for a public park or place of recreation.
On Sunday night a man named Rea, his wife, and her brother,
Michael Kelly, who had been up the river in a small boat, were attempting
to pass under Westminster-bridge, when the boat ran against one of the
piles of the bridge and capsized. Rea and his wife were rescued by a
waterman named Phelps, but Kelly was drow ned.
Mr. Rarey returned to town on Saturday last from a short visit
to Liverpool and Manchester, where the expositions of his new theory *of
horse-taming w’as attended with its usual success. Mr. Rarey has since
left town for Edinburgh, but expects to meet his London friends again on
the 19th inst.
In last Saturday’s sitting of the Germanic Diet, that body gave
its sanction to the proposition of the Grand Duchy of Baden for the con¬
struction of abridge over the Rhine between Kehl and Strasbourg.
On Tuesday twenty-five gentlemen recently called to the bar by
various Inns of Court attended at the Court of Queen’s Bench, and took
the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and abjuration required of them before
practicing as genDemen learned in the law.
Mr. John Francis Maguire, M.P., one of the “Independent
Opposition," was offered the commission of the peace by Lord Eglinton,
but has declined it lest his independence should be compromised.
The Marines at present serving on board the depot ships of
steam reserve are ordered to return to head-quarters, and their places to
be supplied by seamen pensioners.
June 12, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
595
T he black lace jacket.
Jml Unpoitcli • perfectly New shepo, irrnco'ul end Udyliko
In the extreme. price '2s. 9<1.
A drawing: sent post-free.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
mHE half-guinea cloth jacket,
a very pre’tv Shape, just from Paris.
For country oruers, size of waist and round the shoulder* is required.
A drawing sent post-free.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
F rench cambric dresses.
Our Now Patterns are exceedingly choice and aro no*, to be
had elaowhere: tboy are raado up Tor morning wear in Paris. So
pretty a broakfrut dross l" rarely to bo seen. Patterns post-froo.
For country orders, fixe of tfalst nod round the shoulders is required.
‘ t 'ho rrlre. made up. is 12s. 9d.
THE FRE> CH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxrord-streot.
*>EliJ?EUr LADY’S DRESS lor SPRING
AT A 8XN0UI ARLY LOW PRICE.
A simple Check. Tho material U Cashmere, with rich Duoape tide
trimming in Frraoh-blue, Nut-brown, Black, Violet, and the Now
Groen, o<iged with Volvet.
The bkirt i# rnado and lined throughout, tho material for Bodice In-
Olnded. Price 14*. 9d.
The additional charge for making the Bodice, Ono Shilling.
A drawing of tho dree* cent post-free.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
0
A GEM.
: UR NEW GUINEA FRENCH MANTLE.
A drawing tent post-free.
FRENCH MUSLIM COMPANY, 18 ,Oxford-street.
tEiMBROIDERED CHRISTIAN NAMES.—
JTj LADIES' HANDKERCUTEF8. with ChriMian Namos em¬
broidered by the Nuns oi Pau, with the new diotetch needle. Prioe
la GW., bv »ost 14 stamps; 6*. Oil. the half-dor.cn, by post 6* 3d.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxfonl-stioot.
N D IA LAWN JACKETS.
A very pretty shape. cool, graceful, and usefuL
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
HE NEW FRENCH MUSLINS.—The
Patterns surpass any ever Introduced Into this country.
The variety of Flouncod Muslins U excellent.
Patterns sent post-free.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-stroet.
B eady-made muslin dresses,
4s. 9d., elegant designs
Plain, flounced, and double Skirt, with Jackot oomplote.
Colour warranted fast.
A fresh arrival from Paris every Tuonday.
Patterns sent post-free.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street,
0 U R N I N G MUSLINS.
The heat Selection in tho Kingdom.
FRENCH MlHioIN COMPANY,
16, Oxflud-stroet.
M
N
EW FLOUNCED MUSLIMS, 6s. 6i
A verr pretty variety.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY,
16, Oxford-street.
M
USLINS of the PAST SEASON.—
Last y oat's at ridiculous prices for such goods.
Patterns freo.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY. 16, Oxford-street.
W HITE FRENCH MDSLIN JACKETS.—
Tho prettiest white Muslin Jacket over produced Is trimmed
with ribbon, to be had In every colour, and exceedingly becoming to
tho figure, price 12s. 96.
Tho usual shapes, from 5s 6-1.
A drawing «ont post-froo.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY,
16, Oxford-street.
Post-cilice orders payable to .<amoa Read, Oxford-street.
JUST RECEIVED, ___
W HITE EMBROIDERED MUSLIN
l»RE-8E8.—A large lot, very much under price. Some very
elaborate d»i igns. *
THE FRENCH MU3LTN COMPANY,
16, Oxford-street.
T HE LATEST NOVELTY in PARIS.—
White and But! Mercolla Jackets. Printed In Colours, with
drop buttons price 14s. 9d.
Tho usual shapes from 5*. 6d.
An excellent variety of Coloured Marcella Jackets.
A drawing sent post-free.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
L OCKE’S SCOTCH SPUN SILKS, in all the
Clan and new Fancy Patterns, for 8pring and Bummer wear.
Patterns forwarded freo.—Tho Royal Clan Tartan and Scotch Tweed
Warehouses, 119 and 127, Regent-street.
M arriage trousseaux and Indian
OUTFITS.—CH Rid MAN and RA T UBONE respectfully* olid 1
on Inspection of their extensive and rechorehd Stock, combining
Parisian taste with that excellence and durability of material for
which thdr bouse has been noted for upwards of sixty yoars.
11, Wtgmore-Btro-t, W.
N EW CHEAP SILKS.—
PETEK ROBINSON la desirous of calling his customers'at¬
tention to an unusually Cheap Lot of Bflk Dresses, bought under very
advantageous circumstances, bdng all of this year's manufacture, but
at an euormouB reduction In price. The whole to be cleared imme¬
diately at a merely nominal profit. For ready money only. £ g ^
Rich Striped Bilks at .. 13 9 Manufacturers’ Value, | 13 9
Rich Striped ■'Uks at .. 15 9
Rich t tripod Nilss at .. 17 9
Rich Chocked Bilks at .. 16 9
Rich Checked Bilks at .. 17 9
Rich Cheeked Silks ut .. 1 9 S
Rich BayadJtro f-ilks at .. I ’.0 9
Rich P.'ald ellks at - 15 9
Rich Plaid 8Uks at .. 17 9
Rich 1'Jaid 8ilk* at .. 19 6
Rich Plaid B.Iks at .. 1 1* 9
Rich Flounced Silks at .. 2 9 6
Rich Flottuced Bilk* at .. 2 15 9
1 15 9
1 16 9
1 13 6
1 15 9
2 0 0
2 2 0
1 15 6
1 10 9
2 0 0
2 5 6
3 10 6
3 13 6
5 0 0
Rich-Flounced Bilk* at .. 3 3 6 ,, 5 0 0
Patterns and Prices post-froo. Address—Peter Robinson, 103, 106,
106, 107, Oxford-stroet.
Carriage paid on all amounts above —5.
J OUVIN’SREAL ALPINE KID GLOVES!
Price 1*. 6d. per pair.
In every Size and Colour for Ladies and Gentlemen.
Wo are tho original and only-appointed Agents for the sale of there
celebrated Gloraa, tho bast fit'log and most durable to be procured at
ANY PRICE Ill
and sold only by RUM BELL and OWEN, 77 and 78. Oxford-street.
N.B. A Sample Pair free by po»t for two extra stamps
A T PETER ROBINSON’S FAMILY
MOURNING WAREHOUSE, 103. Oxford-stroet, London,
Black Barege*, in now and improved moko*. that will not tear. Also
the Ctapo Balzarino so universally admired for its lightness, strength,
and durability. Patterns freo._\__
A T PETER ROBINSON’S FAMILY
A MOURNING WAREHOUSE,
Huif-M-jurnlnic MtaWlatt in a gran Tartar of now pattern nod tor-
lurea. Patterns free per post.___
A T PETER ROBINSON’S FAMILY
MOURNING WAREHOUSE, / ,_
Mourning Mantle from I to S Guinaj,: f
10s. 6<L to 2 Guineas; Mourning Skirts from » to 10 t»u.poa*.
T PETER ROBINSON’S FAMILY
MOURNING WAREHOUSE. w
Black Silks much chopper thaa heretofore. FjtMgJ °^ a
now makes free per post. CapUd qualities at**., 35a., 42s., «■*.,
50*., and 60s., to tho richest goods. __
I FAMILY MOURNING, at moderate charge.
? Skirts trimme-Vderply with crape, from 30a. ,2
richest quality, With Mantle* and Bonnots io match. „
offset a great saving by rending their orders direct to tM»Wa■ ®* a t
as ail orlore are supplied on tho meet reasonable terms- Moure* or
overy description kept ready mado, and dispatched*to any part of
town or country at a moment's notice.—
Dressmaking at very moderate charges, and the wear of every
^^LTERiaOBlNSONlfl Family Mourning Warehouse,
\ ‘ \ 103, C. xford-xtreet, Loudon.
EVEN HUNDRED MOIRE ANTIQUE
DRESSES, ta White. R080.I Sky, M. da. Mate. Orta, Moron,
»c„ rock containing on a»:ro length, and of lha quality o.tejlljr «ola
at sovuo Golmaa. nowoff-Shgat Nteoty-cght Shldinga and Slaponca.
SEWELL an d CO , COMPTON HOUSE. _
fa TIE BOSIO, the most distingue Opera Cloak
-s s-?„?s°o.rs ,B obfac“ H r d .-. d ^te^
lnlnrytotha hood, o-d te S“te ^ „ f 2r|„g undo. height to th.
1-nRMERrndROGKRS.oantapnrehiiMdanlyatthdr great Shawl
and Cloak Emporium, I"’., in, and 175, Sagant-ltreot.
mHE SUNFLOWER PARASOL!!!
JL This beautiful novelty In rtonnted Parasol, price IPs. 6d.,
des'gned tor tho Horticul’ural Ffites aod Crystal Palace Flower
^how», can be procured only of the Patentees, UUMBELL and
OWEN, 77 and 78. Oxford-street, London.
mHE ROBE PLASTIQUE !!!
JL Price £i 11*. 6d. The texture is of real Mohair and Bilk
DeAgnui by, and to be procured only at, BUM0EL.L and O WEN'8
milE CRYSTAL DRESS!!!
JL Price £1 15e. 6d. t ia of glaaiy appearance: beirg perfectly trans¬
parent, of barege tenure, but much more durable, with two deep
Uuttnoea. Lciigned by, and to bo procured only at, RUM BELL and
OWbN’S.
-jVT D LADIES are respectfully requested
X v • -13 ■ to write for Patterns, Postage-free, of the New Silks,
Muslins, BarJges, Dress Fabrics, & 0 ., Ac., as Miners. K. and O.'s, in
order to avoid Ladies the annoyance and expense of bock postage, re¬
quire those Pattern* only returned to them which may bo selected
from tho namexoui, assortment sent.
Address, KUMUEnL and OWEN, 77 and 78, Oxford-street, London.
LrODGE and LOWMAN beg to inform their
1 M Pat'ons and tho Public that the whole of their Departments
are now replo e w ith a greater varietd of Novelties than usual,
suitable for tho prc*eo» reason.
AKGY L1C HOUbE, 256, 26?, *00, 282, Regont-fltreet.
TDEST FRENCH BAREGES, 84d. a yard.
J3 Bslzsrinos. 6Jd. (tho newest patterns).
Flounced Borages nnd Bnliartnes,
Beautiful Chintz Colour*, from 18s. 6d. the Robe.
Psttorns.freo.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Regent-street, London.
mHE NEW ORGANDI MUSLINS,
1 By the yard, and Flounced.
All Of the most rechcrclu? and distlngud character.
From I0a. 6d. the Kobo.
Patterns free.
BAKER and CBI9P, 221, Regent-street, London.
MOURNING MUSLINS, 4jd. a yard.
JtB Baizarines and Bar%cs,6|d.
Patterns free.
BAKER and CRISP, 121, Regent-street, London.
riLOVES! GLOVES!! (aLOVES 1 !!
VUT The bwt Al r lno Kid, is. 6d. por pair.
Tho best Grenoble, 2s ; P’s. fid. naif-dozen.
Tho very best Fans. 2s 7J<1. pnir; 3ls.dcz3n.
Black. White, nnd Coloured.
A sample pair sent for two extra stamps.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, Regent-street, W.
•READY-MADE MUSLINS,
XI Cambrics,
Braided Lawn, narige, and Balzarincs,
Willi Jaquoltes complete,
from 6s. 6d. the Robe.
BAKER and CRISP, 221, liegent-Atreot (coraor of Maddox-street).
TT1ASHIONABLE FLOUNCED MUSLINS
■ ' Pretty nnat patterns in all coioors, mado up expressly for this
Establishment by flrst-rato experienced artistes, in two or throe
Fl'Hiacoi, with tho new self-expanding Jacket, piioo 10s. 6d.
Fer Moumlngth-samo price.
Caon’ry orders, size round ’ha shoulders, waist, and length of skirt
la required to ensure a perfect fit.
Pattorns post-free.
Tim LONDON and PARIS WAKEHO USE, 324 and 325, High Hoibom.
T A DIES’ MORNING DRESS.—
1 2 This much-admired dross Ls made up in a very elegant and
P'tuv style, in Plain Double Skirt, and Flounced, with tho naw self-
expanding Jacket. Price 7s. lid., l*s. 9d., and 12s. 9d. Ready tot
use. In eitfier plain or printed ambries*
Coun.rv onion punctually attended to. with the measurement.
Patterns post-freo. ,.^/ N
The LONDON and PARIS WAREHOUSE, 324 and 326, High Hoibom.
[TRENCH FLOUNCED BAREGES —
r Boveral Cases of very beautiful French Flounced BarFges have
just been received from our Paris Agent. No. 1, 12s. 'njd.; No. 2,
18s. 9d.; No. 3, very superb goods exquisitely light, with rich satin
flounces, in all colours. 26s. 6d. 18yards.
Patterns past-free.
Tho LONDON and PARIS WAREHOUSE, 324 and 325, High Holbcom.
IVf ARCELLA, Holland, and Lace JACKET S.
IjX Our now regl»«ered Seif-*!pending Jackot, which is ex¬
tremely lady-like, and will fit any figure, in White Marcella, price
fie 9d.
Buff and Coloured ditto, 6s. 9d,
Our new French Shape Holland 'ticket, price 4s. 9d.
White and slack Lace Jackets, price lis.Sdv
The LONDON and PAHhWA UEIiOU SE. 324 and 326, High Hoibom
ipr A N La. E\/S.
JjX Our new Paris ilantlos, in rich B!»ck, Brawn, or Albert
BIuo Giood SUk, elaborately Uimmed with either Fringe or Lace.
The Scarborough Hooded Cloak for the seaside, price 10s.9tJ.
Drawings post-free. __
The LONDON and PARIS WAREHOUSE, 321 and 325, High Hoibom.
T A DIES 1 ^ HANDKERCHIEFS.
1 1 This vc tv ur,ef ”l articlo beautifully embroidered with the Chris¬
tian name, forming n next and inexpensive present, price ls. 0|1.
by post. Is. 2d. 6s. 9d the half-doz.: by port, 6s. 3d
Post-offlea orders to bo made payable oa tho Hoibom Branch to
William Bovce, Managoc.
Tho LONDON and PARK WAREHOUSE, 3*4 and 326, High Hoibom.
TVRESSES for tke SEASIDE nnd TOURIST.
1 w "They are composed of French Lawn, or the new Indian
Glacle, of a’vfry simple and chute design, with Loose Jsckets,
and mado erorestly for tho Tjurist, So«side, and Promenade, In
plain and dcuble skirts, jrettily embroidered.
Oitl-r* irum tho country, length of ski t and round the should ar*.
Price 15». fid. and 21s. ^
Tlip LONDON and PARIS WARREOUbE. 324 snd 326 High Hoibom.
rriHE SHEPHERD-CHECK FLOUNCED
\j DRESS - This very fashionable Dress, mado up in all oolours,
Uncd, and richly trimmed with ve vet, and mattrlal for bodice.
Price 12s. 9d.
A Drawing of the Drew port-free.
The LONDON end PARIS WAREHOUSE, 334 and 315, High Helbom.
C\ RANDES NODVEAUTES in PARIS.—
IT LA COMPAGN1E LYONNAISE,
No. 37, Boulevard dee Capuclnes Paris,
have just exposed for Pale their Novelties for tho Scasomcomprising
Siik S;uffs. Lace, Indian and French Cachemlres, Printed and
Piquis Muslins, Fancy bluffs of all kinds. Wedding Outfits, Mantles,
Ba rho successive aggrandiscinenta of the establishment of La Cciri-
pasnie Ljmnnalse have rendcied it ono 'of tho most ex toast vo in
Euretie; the warernom* at the present day comprise upwards of
thirty saloons or galleries, having four separate entranooe.^BJog
thdr own manufacturers, thoir producUoas are not Uxble to the extra
eburges mado on account of Intermediate agent*, and thus this Com-
nshy* can afford to offer to tho public on term* far more advan¬
tageous lb* 0 “7 other house. Every article, even the Cachemlres, U
“'"fcompState I.joon.te. b«„ utahlishej boora “ I'.to*.
mn, nil and ChantUlr. ter tbo maaofaouiro of SUb Stnfflh
Oitchotairof nnd Ijtc«, but to- b«TO no ,neonrtn!o for uUo ta •=)
couctry whatevear.
TJ ALZARINE MUSLINS, printed for the
13 cotninir Worm Wontor. ju.t boosht nt lmi tbntt hnlf price.
The colour, nre Wnutlfol nnd for fool If f.it- fcc „'^n.*K u ‘ u.X'
Tho, cost thotnnitufnofurvr, la. Pnttonin teco.—HOOl hR, MuiUa
Merchant, 52, Oxford-strcvt.
M rs. risbee, Berlin wooju
nnusE, at, Wcttmhister-hTiflgo-road, ban Jolt rcceiral aoma
GontlnW. handwnio work cl SLIPl'EKS, 5a, pair. AUo aomo
olSS / workrd BUAC.S, IQ.- pah; or free hy |K»», M. Pirn.
Z YBELINF—This now universally approved
1 article fer MOURNING ATTIRE i* In texture of
and cm?* “Xa^JirtleulaMr adapted for Spring
Gunner wear Obtained Honourable Mention" at tho Paris
^Won'teTwova. FTtatea. Part ere. fra, by pott To b. hrrd
Loin—oaofDtabjndLa^.
HP3KXAH. and SON, 111, BoldHtreet. LlvarptoL
TH LEG ANT MUSLINS.—New Goods for
h2A0M niece* of Organdl and French Muslin* are now
-IJJ sight yard., ot anj length ent at
offtetng at fa* totntiful tre^da, faat calonre, and cannot be
fa' P^tanl. wbo.«ala bnyare triU «nd
v- !936 -
IFING and CO., Silkmereers, &c., 243,
XjL Regent- afreet, and at the Centro Transept, Crystal Palace, beg
to announce that they are now selling off their remaining portion of
their SPRING STOCK at a great redaction in price.
L adies, write for patterns of
th* New Fabrics for
Walking, Evening, and Wedding Droues,
and save
50 percent
in your Purchases.
Address to KING and CO., Regent-street, London.
S easide dresses and jackets.—
French Lawns,
10s- 6d. tho Full Drees.
TareoiUia Lawn Kobe* and Jackets,
15*. 6d . ready for me.
Patterns post-free.—Address to KING and CO., 243, Regent-street.
N ew MANTLES and jackets.
Lawn, Marcella, and Cloth Jackots,
5e. to 10s. 6d roch.
Silk and Cloth Mac ties,
7a. 6d. £3 3*.
Printed Designs post-free. Addreis to KING and CO., 2t3,Regeot*4t.
LACK SILK S.—Patterns Post-free.
Glocrf 8Uks,
Al la. the Full Dress.
Widow*' Bilks,
£1 16s. Od.
Moh< Antiques,
£2 18s. bd.
Flounced Bilks,
£2 IDs. 0d.
Address to KING and CD., 243, Regent-street.
B
S'
UMMEB SILKS.—Patterns Post free.
Stripod and Chocked BUks,
£l Is. the Full Dree*.
French Chcnfe 6uks,
£1 Ids
Flounced Bilks,
£2 2s.
Brocaded French Flounced Silks,
£1 18a 6J.
Moire? Antique*,
£3 3*., usually *oid at £6 G§.
Address to KING and CO., 213, Regent-street.
S'
UMMER
o
DRESSES. — Patterns Post-free.
Organdie Mmlins,
2s. lid. tho Full Drees.
Flounced Jacconots,
is. 6d.
Flounorf Orgaudlee,
BaLsariuo*,
3«. 6d.
Flounced Baiz&iinss.
12s. 6d.
French BilUIants,
3* 9d
Flounced Brilliants,
8s. fid.
French Borages,
«»r6d. .
Flounced Bariges,
/ i8s. 6d.
Now Chentf BUk and Mohair Dressee,
12s. 6d.
Addrcei to KING and Co.. 214. Regent-itrect, London.
LUTENDRAPER8 TO TrfE QUEEN, APPOINTMENT.
Established in 1773. _ „
B A B IE S ? BASSINETS,
Trimmed and Furnished,
Beady for use, ara sent homo freo of carriage.
BABIES' BASKETS,
Trimmed and famished to correepond.
CAPPER. BON, and CO., o9, GRACBT1URCH-BT.. LONDON, *.C.
Doftcriptiva Lists, With prices, sent freo by po*t.
Bent post-free, Descriptive Lists of_
pOMPLETE SETS of BABY LINEN,
\_7 which are sent homo
thronghool the Kingdom freo of carriage. _ _
UNDERCLOTHING FOR HOME, INDIA, AND ALL COLONIE8,
for Ladies, and Children of all ages.
LIN ENDKAPER8 TO THE QUEEN BY APPOINTMENT.
EsUbli*hod in 1778. _
L ADIES’ WEDDING OUTFITS
sent home free of carriage.
Descriptive Lists, with price*, sent free by post.
CAPPER, SON, and CO., 69. Graccehurch-rtrcet, London, E.C.
T INSEY RIDING HABITS for LITTLE
I A GIRLS, 24 Guinea*.
Ladles' Riding linblts, 6| to 8 Guineas.
W. G. TAYLOR, 63, Bakcr-stioet.
C HRISTENING ROBES, 2i Guineas.
Bab'es’ Cloaks, 1 Guinea.
63. Bakor street.
Mrs. W. G. TATLOR.
B
ABIES’ BERCE AUNETTES,
2| Guineas.
Baskets to match, One Guinea.
Mrs. W. G. TAYLOR, 53, Bakor-*troot.
M
ARRIAGE OUTFITS.
Cotton Hosiery, *s. 6d.
White Dressing Gown*. Ono Guinea.
Real Balbriggan Hosiery.
Hit W. G. TAYLOR, 53, Bakcr-etreeA
L ADIES’ RIDING TROUSERS.
Chamois Leather, with black feet.
6 % Bakcr-sirect.
W. G. TAYLOR
V ALENCIENNES LACE.—The latest imita-
tion, made with genuino linen thread, scarcely to be distin¬
guished from the real French, will wash and wear equally weU. and
r«n bo *old at ono-tenth of tho price. Samples post-free.—BAKER
and DOWDBN, 17 and 18, Upper Eaton-street, Eaton-sqnarc, B.W.
S ILKS, Rich, Plain, Striped and Checked
GlacA at 22*. 6d. par dress of twelvo yards, and worth the
attention of families. Patten* sent free by poet. JOHN HARVEY,
BON, and CO., 9, Ludgato-hUl. Established upwards Of fifty year*.
Carriage paid upon amounts above £6.
ORIENTAL APPLIQUE PATENTED.—
V_/ This now and effective Needlework may now be had of all
Berlin Repositories in town or country.
L adies* waterproof tweed
CLOAKS and RIDING JACKETS, Gentlemen's Overcoat* and
Inverness Cape*. Patterns of material and pricea rent post-free.—
J. E. and W. PHILLIPS, 37, High-*treut, Shrewsbury. _
C LAUSSEN PETTICOATS for the SEA
BIDE.-These excellent Petticoats (a perfect *ub«titute for
Flannel, and ready made) can bo obtointd only of the Manufac¬
turer*, PHILP8 and SON. 317, Regent-*treet. near the Polytechnic
Institution. Prices 2s 6d., 3a. fid., and is. 6d. each.
TjlROM ABBEY, and CASTLE, and TOWER
Jj -from Rectory. Priory. Vicarage, and Parsonage—from Kibn
pressing admiration of iho sty e, quaHty. flt. and CtnArt of th*
KEBIL'EN r BODICE. C0R8AUET 1*0 Dl MEDICI, ami LA PR1MA
DONNA CORSET. There notes, their own evidenoe of veracity, are
in volume*, open to the inspection of v.sltore. Enlargtd ilioatrated
prospect uj, price-lUts, relf-measurement [rapers, Ac., to aty lady,
post-free- AU country order* sent carriage-paid, or
camc* Marion and Maitland, Patentee*, 238, Oxford-street (opposite
the Marble Arch). «■■■■
.—An early in-
juuu . --- .u~ dogant asrertment of
Udii* and ChUdren's HA18 and BONNETS. The Pimcras of
Prussia and Imperial Turban Hat*, the provaTl.ng shapoa^—W.
BIMMOXI, 36. King WiUlam-tfroet, CTty (facing the Monument).
MIDSUMMKR HOLIDAYS.—An
IVX spection la Invited to a tot* and ®*ogant
Ladies' and Child run's RAIS and BONNETS. Tb
S HIRT S.—RODGERS’S IMPROVED
coithZZA snmrs, 311. ta. .od iti ib. bM/d«™. im-
rarunYlmSraoitenu b-rnk been m.de te thoM celebr.led jbiru,
Keotleroen u. rapctafuH, toltellad to oupwl tote order, until they
l„. b 1 him, For ease, elegance, and durability, they have no
ri>al Book of *0 Hlurtrati.n* and detailed particular* gratia and
post-free?—RODGER* and CO., Inmroved Shirtmaker*. 69, Saint
ElrtteS-Unc, Ct.rieg-crrai. W.C.-giuhllto a 50 fin.
CJ PORTING SniRTS, by RODGERS.—
O Stn endmntraltelUTdoIzua, ta Mlcolrar,. to-tedlok Hmwk
Foxe*. Bird*, kc. Also a choice of m^ro than 100 new an I
‘tetobtei-oloored Shtettap. ta MM
RODGERS and CO-, Improved Shirtmakere, 59. bri Martin
Cbarlng-cross, W.C.—Pattern* for selection and book of 80 Illus¬
tration* post-free for two ■ lumps-
H1RTS.—FLAK NEL SHIRTS of every
sing Gown*. Mesiure-papen
and WATERS, ».
W ALNUT DRAWING-ROOM SUITE
(warranted), equal to now, to be told, a great barraln. oon-
siuing of h flue walnut loo table, on curved pillar and claw*; ft ditto
chiffonier, with marble slab, and plate gl&sa hack and doors: a largo
*ize chlmutw glad, in richly gilt ir. mo; six band*omdy-caiv«d
walnut ;chal**, ca»y-chair. and rettee, on suite, covered in rich *Qk
and chintz loose cavers; an occasional table; and two fancy chairs.
Tho whole for the low sum of forty guineas. To bo seen at U. GREEN
and CO.'s, Upholsterer*, 204. Oxford-street, W.
C ITY v. WEST.—Note the Difference.—
P. nnd S. BEYFUS'S FURNITURE, PLATE-GLASS, and
BEDDING WAREHOUSES, No*. 9, 10, and 11, FlNSBURY-TER-
RACE, City-road, from ihrir extensive Wholesale and Export Trade,
are enabled to give retail purchaser* an immense advantage in prices,
and offer their unrivalled Drawing-room Suites—rosewood or wal¬
nut—for alb; also their £5 richly gi.t British plate Chimney-glaaa,
sire 5 feet by 4 feet. Goods warranted, and exchanged If not ap¬
proved. Illustrated Books of Prices and Estimates *ea», post-froo.
N.B. Goods delivered free within 10O mile* oi London.
D OLMAN’S PATENT DRESSING-
G LASSES.
These novel Glasses combine clfgnnce with greater usefulness and
durability than ha* hitherto boon attained.
They are *o constructed a* to udmit of being heightened or de¬
pressed, by mean* of a rarit provided with a racket-wheel and fall
to sustain the glass at the required elevation, and al-o swivelled to
either sido; and. in foci, placed in any position that can be re¬
quired. \ f \
Thtse movements are effected with the most perfect care: and It
will bcu-ffh on examination that tbo action cannot lows It* efficiency:
but, aftor a lapse of years, will be os perfect as on the first day of
using. I I
I be above GGsaea are made in Mahogany and other woods, or
with crichments in white, or colour, and gold.
Another feature in th* construction is that in a few seconds they
can be taken entirely to pieces, in order to pack in a small space for
transmission to distances.
The Trade supplied hi any part of tho Unltrd Kingdom.
\ ^ H. Dolmen. Patentee,
Nelson-street, Greenwich. Kent.
H andsome brass and iron bed-
STKAU 8 .—HEAL and FON '8 Shuw Rooms oonUin a Jarwc
aa-oremeu: of Bran Bods'cuds, suitablo both for Ucme use a d for
Tropical Ciitnsti-s; hnnesomo Iron Bedsteads with Braas Mounting*
ano elegantly Japanned; Plain Iron Becsicads for Servants; every
description of Wood Bedsteads that Is manufactured, In Mahogany,
Lirch, Walnut-tree woods, Polished Deal and Japanm-d, ail fitted
with Bedding and Furniture oamplc'e. as well as every description ot
B'.d-rooiu Furniture.—Hoa! and Son, Bedstead, Sodding and bed-room
Furniture Manufacturers, 196, To’.tc.haia-court-road, W.
EAL and SON’S NEW ILLUSTRATED
CATALOGUE cm tains designs and priors of 150 articles of
BElt-BOOM FURNITURE, os well as of 100 BcLtoids, and prices
of every description of Bedding. Bent free by post.—Houl and 8 on,
Bedstead, Bedding, and Bod-room Furniture Manufacturers, 196
Totu-nbam-court-road. W.
R ITCHIE’S PATENT GRANULATED
CORK MATTRESSES and BKD3 expel Vonntn, effec'.ually
cure Rheumatism, prevent Cramp, and, by preserving Electric ty.
promote health and prolong life. Tho Patent Cork Mattreu and
Cork Fabric Manufactory, 06 , Hatilold-streot. Blackfriar*.
P ATENT SPEING PILLOWS.—These PU-
lows are strongly rcoommooded by tho medicsl profession for
affording ease and comfort to the 1 lvalld. Ll*t of f ricus may bo had
of W. H. BATSON and CO., 1, Maddox-street, Rogont-auoec.
O RIENTAL MATTINGS.—VINCENT
ROBINSON and CO., Importers to her Mfijwty, tnvito the at¬
tention of tho Nobility and Gentry to their beautiful fabrics, calcu¬
lated for dining and drawing roomi, boudoirs, liorarios, Ac. Fitted
to any plan, at their Warehouse, 38, Wclbeck-street, Cavenmsh-
iquare.
ALDRIDGE’S BALM of COLUMBIA, ac-
\J knowledges for 39 years to bo tho most effectual remedy pro¬
duced for Hectoring the Hair and Promoting the Growih of WhUker*
and MnsUchiw, In bottles, 3*. 6d., 6* , and 11a. Wholrealo and
retail, 13, WoHington-streot. North (seven door* from the Strand).
P EESSE and LUBIN’S HUNGARY WATER.
This Scent refreshes tho memory and invigorate* the brain,
its groat volatility cools tho surrounding air. 2s. bottio: 10s. cases of
six.—2, New Bond-street.
W ARM WEATHER.—RIMMEL’S
TOILET YIN) GAR la now s perfect luxury. As on adjunct
to the dolir bath or ablations, a tefrfiah'ng porfumo, it is quit© unri-
vailed. Price Is . 2*. fid., and 5s. Sold by Perfumers and Chemists.
E. Rimmel, 96, Strand, and Crystal Paiaco.
W OOD VIOLET SCENT.-H. BXE1DEN-
BACH recommends his Wood Y’.olet as tho finest natural
Perfume distilled. A single 2s. fid. Bot'Jo will verify the fact- Ask
for H. Breidenbach's Wood Violet.—157 A, New Bond-street, W.
THE RACES AND FETES.
Ladits will find the application of
R OWLANDS’ KALYDOK gratclully refresh-
lag in Preserving tho Dolicacy and Beauty of the Complexion
from the banoful influence of the 8un, Dust, and Wind, dispelling the
cloud of languor and relaxation, allaying all Irritation and h»at, And
immediately atfording the pleasing sensation attendant on restored
elasticity and healthful state of the skin. Freckles, tan, spots,
pimples, usd UUeolerat Ions are completely eradicated by iho Kafr dor.
and give place to a delicately clear end fair complexion. In eases of
sunburn or stings of knsects its virtues bare long been acknowledged.
Price 4a fid. to 8*. fid. per bottle.
CAUTION.—The words *' Rowlands’ Kalydor " are on the Wrapper
of each Bottle, and thdr signature, A ,4 Rowland A Sons," In red
ink, nt foot. Bold ut 20, Hatton-garden, London; aod by Chemist*
and Perfumers.
REIDF NBA OH’S WOOD-VIOLET
SCENT, price 2s. 6d., genuine from the flower*.—H.BKEIDKN-
BACH. Perfumer and Distiller Q4 Flower* to the <iuocn, 167 b, New
Bond-street, London.
A FINE HEAD of HAIR guaranteed in six
months by the use of FLLIOTT’S GOLDEN MELAKA This
calebrntod preparation is unfailing in its stimulating effects on th*
young ord weak hair*, causing them to grow w.tb vigour and
rautdiiv, and the colouring matter to ascend into tbo tube* where tbo
hair it grey. I*rico 3s. 6d., 4s. 6d., 7s. fid., 10s. 6d.. 2ls.—T. Elliott,
nalrgrewer (first floor), 51, Fcnchuroh-slroet. Forwarded on receipt
of postBge-atainps.
D estroyer of hair, 243 , High Hoibom
(opposite Pay and Martin’s'.*—ALEX. R08V8 DS PIL A T OR X
removo* suporLuous hair from thefaco without aff.cting tho skin.
3s. fid. par boU o; freo, 50sUmpa,ln blank wrapper*.
mEETH.—By her Majesty's Royal Letters
1 Patent —A new and original invention of Chemically-prepared
WHITE and GUM-COLOURED INDIAKUBBBR as a lining to th*
iction la supplied, and a period nt securoa; wrnio, irom me
acas and flexibility of tho agontt employed, the greatest support la
riven to tho adloinlng t*«h when loose, or rendered tender by th*
absorption of thTgum^-Mr. EPHRAIM MOSELEY, Surgeon
Dentist, 9, Lower Grosvonor-street, London, and 14, Gay-atrees, Bath
B
EST TEETH ONLY.—Mr. MAURICE,
Dentist, supplies these Artificial Teeth with hi* luvalunbJ*
ed ImprovemciA* (see hi* Irextito, poel-'ree. Is.) at unpreeo-
kw chnree*.—310. Regent-street, opposite the Polytechnic.
TYTANTED, LEFT-OFF CLOTHES for
f V AUSTRALIA, in good or Inferior ooudltion. Mr. and Mrs
JOHN ISAACS, 319 and 320, Strand (opposite Sommset House), oon-
tinuo to give the highest price In Cssh fdr Udias', Gentlemen's, and
Children’s Cloihos/Rogimcnuls, Undurclothing, Boot*. Book*, jewel¬
lery, and all Mtaeollanoous Projwrty. Letter* for any day or disUnee
punctually attended to. Parcel* sent from the Country either Urge
or small, tho utmost value returned by Post-cffi 00 same day.
Reference, London and Westminster Bank. Established <9 year*.
W ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES.—Mr.
and Mr*- HART, », Newcastie-strret, Strand. W.C.. are
S? 0 “fiasa
JSSSTESS* “ co “ 7 ' ^
«ln« raallral ta «ta»- E«teUtli»lurf teOW
anted LADIES’ and GENTLEMEN S
LKFT-OFF CLOTHES, B—imenute, and KteratUn—n,
W ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, Uni-
• m h ___— Th— ^VH, -
Lsdiae 0
HYAM, lo, ucafi-stroet, —
th* ntmnet vaJoe in cash Immediately remitted.
tluL rab, iterate, te
W ANTED for the Colonics, CLOTHING,
Miscellaneous Property, Ac. Ladle* and Chutlemen watwd on
bv addressing 10 Mr. or Mra HENRY, W0. Strand, near Twlntngje
banking-house; or tho utraoet ralne in e«»h jreua wd ftr
■ent from town or country. EetnMishcd 1810. Books, FurUture,
Jewellery, Ac., bought to any amount.
S9G
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Junr 12, 1858
POPLAR HOSPITAL, EAST 1NDIA-ROAD.
°'> -~ r s
RUSSIAN TROPHY. STOKE-UPON-TRENT.-(SEE PAGE 594.)
FUNERAL OF THE PRINCIPAL MILITARY STOREKEEPER AT WOOLWICH ARSENAL:*—ARRIVAL OF THE PROCESSION AT PLUMSTEAD CHURCH.
GRAND MILITARY TUNERAL AT WOOLWICH.
Tut. whole of the disposable troops in Woolwich Garrison were on
Saturday last mustered on parade in front of the Royal Artillery
BarracVs, consisting of the Horse and Foot Artillery, the Royal Sappers
and Miners, Royal Marines, the East Kent and Oxford Militia Regi¬
ments. the Military Train, &c., to attond the funeral of the late Mr-
Francis Pellatt. principal Military Storekeeper of Woolwich. They
were* marched down to the official residence of the deceased at three
o’clock, and took up their position in the following order:—The funeral
party of 300 men of the Royal Artillery, with arms reversed, formed
the advance party, four abreast, and two lines of infantry, wearing
their side arms only, were posted upwards of a mile along the Plum-
stead-road. Colonel Bloomfield, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, and
senior officer in command, accompanied by the garrison staff, was in
attendance, and a large body of officers not on actual duty were also
present. A body of 150 police-oonstables was stationed throughout to
preserve order. An immense number of artisans and labourers of the
Arsenal, together with a large concourse of other persons, four abreast,
assembled in the rear. The immediate friends and colleagues of the
deceased ranged themselves in aud about the house and courtyard. At
four o’clock three rolls of the muffled drums announced that
the corpse was being brought forth. Accordingly the coffin,
borne on the shoulders of six gunners of the Royal Artillery, was
placed on a gun-carriage, drawn by six horses on which were
laid the cocked Fat and sword of the doceased. The mourners and
pallbearers having taken up their position, the solemn train com¬
menced its march, the band of the Royal Artillery performing slo wly
tbe Dead March in ‘'Saul." The various departments of the establish¬
ment of which the deceased was one of the principal members were
represented by the respective superintending officers, vfr.—CoL Picker¬
ing, R. A., secretary of the select committee: C done! Tulloh, Royal
Carriage Department; Colonel Wilmott, R v/al Gun Factories: Capt.
Boxer, Royal Laboratory; Dr. Parrott ar.d Mr. Coleman, Royal Medical
Department; Captain Tnglis, R.E., and Mr. Whitaker, Inspector and
Surveyor of Works; Mr. Anderson, Inspector of Machinery; Mr. Mal-
lalieu, commanding the police district; Mr. Morris and Mr. Parkyn,
Deputy and Assistant Storekeepers; and the entire body of officers
attached to the establishment.
The entire length of the procession was two miles; and during the
route the fronts of the houses were crowded with spectators, whilst
the whole of the shops were closed and business entirely suspended.
The funeral service was conducted at the old parish ohurch or Plum-
steai, in the most impressive manner, by the Rev. W. Acworth, Vicar,
who was on intimate terms with the deceased, and appeared to bo
deeply affected. As a token of respect to the deceased the various
ships in harbour hoisted their flags half-mast high, and the national
standard was in a similar manner hoisted at the Royal Arsenal and
other public establishments.
POPLAR HOSPITAL.
The building below represents one of tbe most useful of modern
charitable institutions in the metropolis. Since the London Hospital
was built ifc has been surrounded for miles by increasing hives of
labour, and particularly in the direction of the Docks and building-
yards. The into Mr. ttamuel Gurney and some other philanthropic
gentlemen, seeing that a great number of the most serious accidents
occurred.at a distance of three miles from the London Hospital, and
that during the transit of the patient muoh pain and Injury ensued.
and in many cases loss of life, a committee was formed to remedy tho
evil. The old Custom House, next tho entrance to the East and West
India Dock gates, was taken and prepared for the reception of the
patients.
The building was opened on the 1st of August, 1855; and every
case of accident occurring in the neighbourhood—large numbers
of them of the most serious description—has been admitted by day or
night, and has received prompt attention. The seoond dinner in aid
of its funds was held at the Brunswick Hotel, Blaokwall, on Wednesday
week, presided over by Lord Viscount Ingestre, M.P., who was sup¬
ported by Samuel Gurney, Esq., M.P.; R. N. Fowles, Esq.; C.
Reynolds, Esq.; R. Green, Esq.; C. H. Wigram, Esq.; Henry Green,
Esq.; A. S. Ayrton, Esq., M.P., and many highly influential gentle¬
men. Messrs. Green’s band played on the terrace during dinner. The
usual toasts were given; and, at the close of the toast of the evening,
the hon. secretary, Mr. Samuel Brown, announced subscriptions
amounting to upwards of £1000. Among the contributors were S.
Gurney, Esq., M.P., £105; Messrs. Green, £100; Messrs. Wigram and
Sons, £105; R. Hanbuiy, jun., Esq., M.P., £50, &o.
The great need of this institution was recognised by all the firms
employing large numbers of men, and has received considerable sup¬
port from the eminent firms round the neighbourhood—Messrs. Wi-
grarn’s, Green’s, Fletcher’s, Mare's, the East and West India Dock
Company, and many others. One of the most satisfactory features is
that the working classes give it their support, by weekly subscriptions,
annual fetes, and a variety of performances. Its honorary medical
staff give unremitting attention, and have most arduous duties to per¬
form, in evidence of whioh we may mention that sinoe its opening
3555 accidents have been attended to, and 6234 out patients, recom¬
mended by governors, making a total of 8789 cases to the day of the
dinner. «
London :
l’riu'.ul and ^Wished a: t«e Qffl*-. 199. Strand, In tbe farisb of St. Clement Danes, in the Count)- of Middlesex, by W.ll.am Iat-tle. 198, Strand, aforesaid.-SATbi.DAY, Jl.ve 19 .1958.
pression which ho has established, Franco—or, at all events, that
portion of it which is educated, refined, and polished, which loves
liberty, and which in times of civil commotion leads all the rest—
would not endure for a week the utter deprivation of the right
of discussion, and the concentration into the hands of one self-willed
and inflexible despot of the whole patronage and authoriiy of the
State; It is natural that such an army should look to its creator
for employment; that it should seek war as the field of advance¬
ment, and of so-called “glory;” and that its leaders should desire
opportunities of proving their mettle, and acquiring rank and pay,
as earnestly as physicians look for patients and barristers for
briefs.
The Emperor ot the French knows what he is about. He has
studied the history of Europe, and understands it His sympathies
are not with_ that spirit of liberty—out of the troubles excited by
which his uncle arose at the end or the last century, to dazzle and
overawe the world—but he knows that spirit still exists, and still
perturbs the mind of mighty populations. English statesmen of
all parties who peddle with foreign politics, or ignore them, and
men who love the peace of to-day better than the security of to¬
morrow, will neither see nor confess the great truth which is
patent and palpable to Louis Napoleon, and to every Sovereign
in Europe, that the state of the Continent is rotten and un¬
natural. With the sole exception of this country, there is not
one great empire within its boundaries in which the people have
the management of their own affairs. Europe, so highly civilised—
the cradle of art, science, and literature— is, with this exception,
and that of the small States of Belginm, Holland, Denmark,
Sardinia, Switzerland, and other still pettier powers or municipali¬
ties, which exist upon the sufferance of their rapacious neighbour*
—enslaved by military autocrats and tyrants. All Europe ardently
desires to be free, and the more ardently in proportion to the en¬
lightenment of the people. From the close of the American War
of Independence down to the present day, liberty has been but a
dream, and the attempt to secure it a massacre. For that period-
long compared with one man’s life, but a short time in the history
of nations—there has been nothing but war and the fear of war;—
nothing even in the most peaceful days of transition from one evil
to another bnt an armed trace, or the suspension of hostilities by
the physical inability of the combatants to continne their strife.
From 1786 to 1815 there were bitter and bloody straggles, that
settled nothing. From 1815 to 1880 there was sheer exhanstioa.
W8 VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM.-TH1 GBEAT BTAIBCA8E, ASTON HALL. (SEE SUPPLEMENT, PAGE «*->
THE STATE OF EUROPE.
Thu Emperor of the French lias denied, through the non-official
columns of the Moniteiir, that he has recently made any extra¬
ordinary armaments or levies of soldiers and sailors. But all the
world knows the value of official or non-official statements in the
Moniteur; and the Government and people of England, unless
they be stupid as ostriches, will look at the facts of Europe and
judge for themselves. Whether the armaments ot our neighbours
be ordinary or extraordinary, our duty is the same;—to be prepared
for all emergencies; to hold our own; and to justify to foes, as well
as to friends, the position we have long held, and cannot lose
without disgrace and ruin;—that of the first maritime Power in the
world.
If the Emperor of the French had not a great army—if he did
not do all in his power to strengthen himself on his precarious
throne—if ho did not increase his means of offence and defence
not only against Europe but against his own people—he would not
act with the sagacity and determination which his opponents as
well as bis admirers admit him to possess ; but he would court his
own downfaL Without a large army to support the system of re¬
598
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[June 19,1858
From 1830 to 1848 there -was renewal of the conflict, renewal of
the distrust, and renewal of the exhaustion. From 1848 to 1852
there were fresh struggles, fresh wars, and the pouring out of blood
like water. From 1858 to 1859 there has been redoubled despotism,
augmented armies of repression, and the marshalling of the young
Ken of the nations by hundreds of thousands to aid in the subjuga¬
tion of their own countrymen, and the general enslavement of
Europe.
Despotism has the upper hand at present, and strives to keep it.
And every one of the several despotisms that oppress this fairest
portion of the globe is not only alarmed at the idea of relaxing its
grip upon the neck of its own subjects, but is dissatisfied with
the geographical boundaries imposed upon it by the Treaty
«f Vienna of 1815. France desires Belgium and the Rhine.
Austria wants the Danubian Provinces, that she may have the
command of the mouths of the Danube, Prussia covets large addi¬
tions to her territory, and especially the Protestant Dukedoms
and Principalities of Germany, together with Hamburg, Bremen,
and Bubeck. Russia, defeated for awhile, and only for awhile,
longs to obtain Constantinople, and an outlet to the great ocean
from which she is threatened to be excluded in less than a century
by the gradual drying up and shallowing of the Baltic. Italy, that
never was free, but that has always hoped, prayed, and struggled
for the inestimable right of self-government, desires to expel the
hated Germans from Lombardy and Piedmont, to deprive the Pope
of his temporal sovereignty, to dispossess lung Ferdinand of his
throne, and place him in history among the ex-Roys of Christendom
—the Stuarts and the Bourbons—as an additional warning to the
potentates of the earth that the longsnffering of the nations comes
to an end sooner dr later, and that retribution follows upon
the heels of guilt, whether the guilty man be the wearer of a golden
crown or a cotton nightcap. Look where we will in Europe, there
is not a spot, except the British isles, that offers the spectacle of
rational liberty or political permanence. Look where we will, the
Sovereigns of Europe are armed, not against England, but against
their own people, and against the nval despots that desire acqui¬
sition of territory at their expense. The boundaries of the
several States are arbitrary, not natural. The nations are
discontented, restless, unruly; the Sovereigns are alarmed, and not
one dares to disband his troops, lest a rapacious enemy, without or
within, should seize him unawares. It is in vain for the Munlteur
to deny that France has warlike intentions. Warlike intentions
and warlike preparations are a positive and ail-pervading neces¬
sity, both of the Emperor and of the country.
Had Lord Palmerston been equal to the occasion when war was
actually raging in Europe—had he and his advisers seized the op¬
portunity of the hostilities in the Crimea to make a real war, and
bring about a real peace—it is possible that ere this time many of
the questions winch still alarm and exasperate Europe might have
received a satisfactory and permanent solution; and that the settle¬
ment of 1815 would have been reconsidered with a view to the
future. But the opportunity was lost Nothing was settled, not
even the small question of the Danubian Principalities; and all the
bitter and dangerons work has yet to be done ; all the expense—
and more upon its back—has to be reincurred ;—and the world
has to be perturbed with a still greater pertnrbarion than the last,
ftat the common safety of Europe may be secured ; and its nations
left to the management of their own affairs, untroubled by the
rivalries and animosities of unscrupulous tyrants.
It would, doubtless, be as agreeable to many thousands of
persons in England, as it would be to Mr. Bright, if the quarrels
of Continental nations with their rulers, or with one another, could
be fought out without the direct or indirect aid of England ; and
that we could leave onr house open and unprotected, unbolted, un¬
barred, and unwatched, while strong gangs of thieves were prowl¬
ing about in every direction. But, whatever individuals may do,
nations have no right to rely upon the innate innocence and good¬
ness of others, or to refuse to take precautions against insult and
aggression. The Emperor of the French may mean well to
England. We think he does; but lie will mean just as well if
England have a large and invincible fleet; and England will
be all the better enabled to act as umpire in the disputes and
wars that must arise in Europe before Europe can enjoy either
peace or satisfaction.
Englishmen may not fear invasion, or may think that the old
woman cited by Mr Bright was right to langh at it: but what
they dislike, and will not tolerate, is unpreparedness amid perils
which are beyond the control of England, and which by the merest
accident may in twenty-four hours set all Europe in a blazei.The
country knows what disgrace and loss our unprepuredness cost us
in the Crimean struggle; and neither to please strong.'men like
Napoleon HI. and John Bright on the one side, nor sagacious old
women who can look through milestones on the other, will it run
the risk a second time. England owes it to herself, as well as to
the great cause of liberty, of which she has been the prophet, the
teacher, and the example, to be as strong as she is free, and as
ready as she is enlightened.
h O
The King and Queen of Greece left Athens on the 5th for
an excursion in the’r dominions. The following is their itinerary
Thebes, Livadia, Macrocambi, Lamia, and (Jhalcis. Alter his return the
King will set out for Germany.
Prince Danilo. of Montenegro, ha^i suddenly raised the siege
of Klobuek, in the Herzegovina, In whleli his victorious adherents seem
to have engaged soon after ifie<oatt!e of GnShovOi His reason for eo doing
is not yet known.
Brazil. —The Eropc r'>ropen p. I the second Session of the tenth
Legislature of the GeneraM^felafiye Assembly on the ard ult.
MoBocco.^ATt^egramaan^nDces the commencement of hosti¬
lities in Morocco. The Emperor had left Mequinox, and. alter advancing
in a south-westerly direetion.\entered the Zcmour territory on May 28.
An engagement took place thcre, and the rebels, after being forced to
abandon some of their tents, fell back into the interior of the country.
Art Toys.—A sale of these elegant articles is held to-day at
No. Os North Crescent, Bedford-square, and will be resumed at the same
place on Monday and Tuesday next The art toy3 ft-; raids by yomg
girls, who receive the profits arising from the sale of the toys. At the
establishment for the makinsr of doll-?’ furniture, .it North Crescent, the
education of the girls employed is carried on with the a ims regularity ag
their work. Any information which may bo desired respecting this in¬
teresting attempt to provide at the same time work ruid instruction for
young females will be readily answered by Mrs. Wilson, the excellent
manager.
The electric cable between the citadel of Messina and the new
fort of Reggio was successfully sunk on the 4tb of this month.
The port of Poti, on the Black Sea, has been opened to foreign
commerce. 1 °
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS.
FRANCE.
The resignation of General Espinaese has been accepted, and M.
Delangle, President of the Imperial Court of Paris, is appointed
Minister of the Interior. General Espinasse rooeivee a seat in the
^M.^e Boyer, Minister of Justice, has been charged ai interim with
the Ministry of State during the absence of M. Fould.
The nomination of Prince Napoleon to the government of Algeria
is definitively abandoned. The Prince himseli has lately shown the
greatest unwillingnoss to undertake the office, and in this he has been
confirmed by the advice of his friends. Hie father, Prince Jerome, is
unwilling that his son, to whim he is much attached, should quit him
at his advanced time of life. The appointment has therefore fallen to
the ground.
Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers entered “ his chief town of Nant9a”
the other day with almost Imperial pomp, on assuming the command
of his military division of the empire. He rode on horseback, accom¬
panied by an escort of dragoons and gendarmerie, and followed by all
the principal civil authorities of the place. He afterwards held a
review of all the troops of ths division, and distributed among them
206 St. Helena medals. Marshals Magnau at Caen and Havre, and
Canrobsrt in the Meurthe, axe going through the same military
ceremonial. , _ . „ _ _ .
At the sitting of the Conference on Monday tho union of the Prin¬
cipalities was formally negatived by four votes to three. England,
Austria, Turkey, and Prussia having voted against it; France, Russia,
and Sardinia (the triad is ominous of future policy) for the union:
i.r., in the Russo- Greek interest.
It is said that the military authorities have decided that it is not
expedient to institute any legal proceedings against the military man
engaged in the late duel in which M. de PAno was wounded, the civil
authorities having negatived the proceedings against the civilians.
PRUSSIA.
A letter from Berlin says:—“ Tho public has learnt with great satis¬
faction that the Ministry has at length decided on increasing the
Prussian navy. The Cabinet will propose to the Chambers to raise the
navy budget from 710,000 thalers, the present allowance, to 1,600,000
thalers, or even 2,000,000.”
DENMARK.
Five Ministerial and four Opposition candidates have been elected
at Copenhagen. President Hall, who has warmly declared himself ill
favour of Liberal Independent principles, and against Germany, was
unanimously elected.
SWEDEN AND NORWAY.
A letter fron Christiania of the 8th, in the Nord of Brussels, says
“The Session of the Storthing dosed to-day. The Assembly at its
sitting of yesterday adopted, after a discussion of five hours, the Royal
proposition for authorising the Government to contract a loan of
3,600,000 thalers, in one or two issues, at tho rate of 4 or 4$ per Cent
per annum.” /
UNITED STATES.
The latest intelligence from the United States reports n*» abatement
whatever in the fooling of indignation at the proceedings of the British
cruisers. American men-of-war have been rapidly equipped and dis¬
patched in haste to the Cuban waters, with instructions to warn our
commanders against the search of American vessels, and, in case of
persistence, to prevent it by force. In the Senate a bill has been re¬
ported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs authorising the Pre¬
sident to employ forco to protect the rights of citizens from the
aggressions of foreign Powers. Lord Napier is said to have dispatched
a messenger by special steamer to the British Admiral commanding on
the West India station, informing him of the feeling that existed with
regard to the conduct of the British cruisers, and the measures that
have been taken by the United States’ Government. The despatches
are not in the nature of instructions, but simply suggestions for his
guidance until the British Government can beneard from.
The House of Representatives by a largo majority have suspended
the rules and received a proposition, which it referred to the Committee
on Foreign Relations, requiring the President to issue orders for the
arrest of the offenders connected with the act of the British cruisers.
A bill for placing the military and naval forces, and 10,000,006 dol¬
lars, with 50,000 volunteers., at the disposal of the President, to resist
the pretensions of Great Britain, and to authorise him to send a special
Ambassador to England if necessary, had been introduced in the Senate.
The House of Representatives has passed a joint resolution which
virtually is a declaration of war against the Republic of Paraguay.
At Petersburg, Virginia, great excitement had been caused by the
discovery that several slaves were missing upon tho departure of a
schooner belonging to Wilmington, Delaware. A steamer was sent in
pursuit, and five slaves were found on board. The captain, crew, and
slaves were taken back and lodged in gaol. 2000 people were at tho wharf
when the steamer retumed. and were with great difficulty restrained
from violence. Tho vessel was also towed back.
A vigilance committee of citizens was formed in New Orleans on tho
2nd for the suppression of murders and robberies. They seized the
Arsenal, and large numbers of volunteers were flocking to them. The
Mayor called out the militia to oppose the committee. Ultimately the
vigilance committee triumphed. A thousand men had been appointed
to maintain order and protect tho polls on the day of election, the 7th.
News from Utah to May 6 says that the Mormons had expelled the
newly’..appointed Governor Cumming from their settlement, and de¬
termined to resist the troops to the last. Latest intelligence confirms
this report.
A fearful tornado has passed over the village of Ellison, Monmouth
county, Blinois. Every house in the place wa9 blown down, and
fifteen pereons killed and severally dangerously wounded.
THE WEST INDIES.
A portion of tho West India squadron is employed cruising oil
Havannah for slavers; they have made three prize?. The United
Slates’ steamor Jamettotcn is lying at Greytown. At Panama are th9
United States’ nhipB Merrxmac, Saranac, Decatur, and Vandalia.
The weather lias been generally fine in the islands, and the public
health good.
At Jamaica the rejection of the Colonial Immigration Act by the Itn •
perial Government has caused great dissatisfaction, it being considered
that the colony had been treated unfairly in comparison with Deme-
rara. The Courts of Jamaica have condemned a fine brigantine, prize
to tho Forward, taken in the prosecution of the slave-trade.
At Demeraxa the combined Courts have deoided upon the abolition
of the registration-tax, in opposition to the Governor ; and some of the
most useful measures which have been introduced by the Government
since 1856 have been rendered nugatory by this act. The sum of
80,000 dollars has been voted for the sea-dams by which Georgetown is
defended.
The export returns from Trinidad are of a favourable nature.
In Barbadoes the young canes are suffering for want of rain. The
tld crop has almost entirely been gathered in. A large amount of
sugar has been made.
At Antigua the exports of sugar will reach about 16,000 hogsheads.
In Grenada the exports are favourable, showing an increase on lost
year. Tho British ship Fuhvell has arrived with some 400 coolies from
Calcutta.
AUSTRALIA.
The cates from Melbourne are to the 15rh of April.
The non-arrival of the Columbian hud created great dissatisfaction,
and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria had unanimously passed a
resolution calling on the Imperial Government to cancel the contract.
Thenovr Victoria Ministry has adopted tho Reform Bill without ihe
minority clause. The principle of this bill is that of equal electoral
districts, and the representation is based on population.
On the requisition of the Govern or-General of India, the 77th regi¬
ment and a company of Artillery, horsed and ready for service, were
to go to Calcutta direct in her Majesty's steamer Magxra.
Sir W. W. Burton, late Judge at Madras, his been appointed President
ol the Legislative Assembly, and Sir D. Cooper had been elected Speaker
of tho Lower House.
While a grand scheme of railways was under consideration, the
electric telegraph was rapidly connecting the Australian colonies
Sir W. DenisoD, in opening Parliament, had represented the state of
New South Wales as satisfactory.
CHINA.
. From Shanghai we have advices to the 14‘h April. Bird Elgin left
for trie Poiho cn tho loth April in her Majesty’s steamer Furious ,
and was precedad or accompanied bv her Majesty’s'sMp Pique, steamers
i < FV^ ran ^ ei, d Nimrod, and the gun-boat Slamly. Count Pontiatine
left Worsting for the north on the 9th. Baron Groa and Mr. Rsed had
also proceeded north.
SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT.
In the days when there were Chartists—visible, flesh and blood, and
almost acting Chartists—that body used to assert that there was more
sympathy between the so-called representatives of the people of
England and the Tories than between them and any section of the
Liberal party. Mr. Disraeli too, in some of his semi-political novels,
proved, to his own satisfaction at least, that the aristocracy and the
working classes, and even the Chartists, whom some of his heroes
were assisting to cut down, were distinctly on rapport . Some of the
sibylline prophecies which the proximate leader of the country party
then uttered are being brought into fulfilment by tho Tory Chancellor
of the Exchequer, and the ghost of Chartism must rejoice in spirit
when it is found that a point of the Charter has been sent home into
our political system by the hands that were wont to be raised,
not only in warning but in antagonism, against the least inkling of
an infusion of democracy into' our institutions. If Lord Grey speak
truth, we are at this moment in the first phase of a revolution;
while Mr. Bright declares that if the practice—lie says nothing of
the creed—of the present Government W Conservatism, it will have
his earnest support, inasmuch as it is founded on justice and morality.
Nay, Lord John Manners himself boldly tells those of his co-thinkers
who are inclined to be recalcitrant that he never gave a more decidedly
Tory vote than that which assisted to carry the bill for the abolition
of the property qualification for members of Parliament. When that
bill was at its last stage in the House of Lords, even the Lord Chan¬
cellor seemed impatient to put the fiual question, and to chafe at the
interposition of Lord Ravensworth’s croaking declamation—au ex¬
cusable impatience at any time—and at Lord Denman’s wild and flut¬
tered attempt to put a negative on the third reading; and never from
the woolsack, in the days of the most emphatic of Chancellors—
say Lord Brougham on the Reform Bill—was a question put,
and the enunciation of the contents having it delivered, *in
a more prononcS tone tlian when Lord Chelmsford gave the
imprimatur of the upper branch of the Legislature to Mr. Locke
King’s first actual triumph in legislation, that honourable gentle¬
man’s victories hitherto having been confined to the overthrow of
Ministries with whom he was in political accordance, to a certain ex¬
tent-. Curiously enough, almost simultaneously with the becoming
law of a measure which declares that there is no necessity for a mem¬
ber of Parliament to have a penny, the House of Commons was occu¬
pied in expelling—for it is little else—a member of their House who
was presumptuous enough to suppose that the circulars which fly
about to the residences of members every morning, begging, in the
most emphatic language, and with words doubly and trebly under,
scored, that they will assist in saving their country on the
coming evening by voting for a particular bill, was a prac¬
tical avoidance of the law which debars an adjudicated bank,
rnpt from sitting and voting in Parliament. It was certainly
no very agreeable sight to witness that of a member of the
Legislature standing like a culprit in his place, and endeavouring
to deprecate the stern decree of political demolition which was so
simply moved by Mr. Fitzroy, and so quietly disposed of by the
reading of a few sentences by the clerk at the table. A member in
such a case might well envy the feelings of many a mau who lias
stooped before the executioner on Tower-hill, or taken his last look at
earth and sky on the Giant’s Stair at Venice. The axe in preference
to that fearful walk down the floor of the House of Commons, and
that terrible exit from its doorway, on which is written in imagination
for a time, and most probably for all time, the words " No entrance
here for you."
An observer of things Parliamentary may, notwithstanding the
subsiding of a good deal of the fever and heat of the Session, pick up
many little notabilities if he keeps his eyes open. Nothing is more
curious or more interesting, if one’s taste lies that way, than a study
of the psychology of Parliament. For instance, now, if one chooses to
look at the abstract workings of character without troubling oneself
with diring into the consideration of speeches or political sentiments,
one might learn that Mr. Bright, during his recent enforced abstinence
from public life, has evidently been indulging in light literature.
There are certainly phrases and allusions iu his addresses—which, by-
the-by, arc getting very frequent indeed—which smack of readings in
easy-chairs, and desultory unbending with that class of books of
which Mr. Mudie is the arch-provider. There is a poetical quotation
here, and an antithetical sentence from a poco-curante writer there,
aptly introduced, and given with an unction and a freshness which
show that the hon. gentleman has for a time wooed and won au eman¬
cipation from the slavery of blue-books and the chains of tyrant poli¬
tical economy ; and, on the whole, we should say that, while his manly
eloquence has lost notliing, it has gained a variety and an airiness,
and a sort of literary tone, which make Mr. Bright now one of the most
agTeeable, as he was always one of the most powerfal, of speakers.
Then, how suggestive it is to witness the decided manner in which
Mr. Disraeli is cultivating a talent for silence ! Since Lord Stanley
has taken the labouring oar in the discussions on the India Bill,
Mr. Disraeli seems carefully to avoid the use of speech as
much as possible. To be sure, one does not see why he
should put himself iu the difficulty of accusing himself by
excusing himself, in all those cases in which the squeezability of the
present Government is made so manifest. It is, perhaps, a relief to
him to be able to put Mr. Henley forward, hardly and acridly to
attempt a faint protest against a measure like Mr. Locke King’s
County Franchise Bill which simply goes to extinguish the territorial
influence on wliich Mr Disraeli’s party say the existence of our Con¬
stitution depends; and it is, perhaps, pardonable in the Chancellor of
the Exchequer to run away, and leave Sir John Pakington or Mr*
Walpole to play leader for a few moments, and to give the assent of
the Ministry to some of those thousand and one committees and com¬
missions which are granted night alter night so lavishly. Indeed, if
some peripatetic proprietor of a donkey was to lose that cherished
companion of liis walks, and he could prevail on a member of Parlia¬
ment—which would not be difficult—to move for a Committee of
Inquiry, with a view to ascertain whether the animal had been stolen
or not, the Government would i raciously accede, merely suggesting
the substitution of the word “strayed” for that of “stolen.”
It may be, and perhaps ought to be, remarked that so decided has
been the declension of Lord John Russell’s influence in the House
during the past week, that tor once, probably for the first time, that
noble Lord has got into a passion, and, above all, with Sir James
Graham, whose calm temperament and cold smile are certainly irritating
enough to a statesman whose power is fleeting from his grasp, and
who has the dissatisfaction of knowing that all his efforts to.embarrass
the Ministry only result in their getting unexpected majorities, which,
perhaps, would have been unattainable but for Lord John’s perverse
and ceaseless meddling or peddling with the Indian resolutions. He
ought to see that the House wants to get on with them, and to learn,
once for all, whether there is to be an Indian Bill or not this year.
Certainly, now that morning sittings are becoming normal, that
prospect partakes more than ever of the nature of a dissolving view.
June 19, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
599
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
{The following abstract of the Parliamentary intelligence for Friday, the
Uth injt, appeared in the Saturday edition of this journal last week 1
HOUSE OF LORDS.—Fridat, June 11 .
CASE OF THE “CAGLIARI.’*
The Earl or Malmesbury said, in reference to the question which had
been put to him yesterday by the Earl of Airlic, he was happy to inform
their Lcrdfhiua that the King of Naples has agreed to pay to her Majesty's
Government £3000 as compensation to the engineers Watt and Park, and
without any condition whatsoever. The Neapolitan Government had
also given up the ship Cagliari and the whole of her crew to her Majesty’s
Government (Cheers).
Property Qualification Bill, after some discussion, passed through
Committee.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Friday, June. 11.
Bankruptcy and Insolvency.—L ord «f. Bussell gave notice that on
Tuesday, the 22nd inst. lie should move for leave to bring in a bill to
amend and consolidate the laws relating to bankruptcy and insolvency.
The Hudson^ Bay Territory.— Mr. Roebuck gave notice lliat he
should on Tue^way. the 29th inst, move a resolution, asserting that the
charter of the Hudson’s Bay territory—which would shortly expire—
ODflht not to be renewed ; that the rights of the company ought to be
submitted to legal proceedings; that a part of the territory ought to be
made into a free colony, and thrown open to emigration : and that the
whole of the territory between the Pacific and the Rocky Mountains, in¬
cluding Vancouver’s Island and Queen Charlotte's Sound, ought to be
created a second separate colony.
Pacification of Oude.— Mr. Wilson asked the President of the
Board of Control whether any distinct information had been received
that Lord Canning’s proclamation had been issued at Lucknow, and of
the result which hud been produced upon the talookdars in their relation
to the British Government'"—Lord Stanley said that, from information
he had received, lie believed the policy pursued in Oude was a policy
of conciliation, and that a favourable effect liad 'been produced upon the
talookdars.
Annexation of Dhah.—M r. J. B. Smith asked the President of the
Board of Control whether the Government had decided on confirming or
disallowing the annexation of the principality of Dbar; and, in case the
Government had decided on the above question, whether it would produce
copies of the correspondence which liad taken place on the subject?—Lord
Stanley said it was the intention of the Government to disallow the
policy of annexation with regard to the territory of Oude. In the present
state of uffairs. he thought it would be improper to lay the correspondgffCe
on the table of the House.
evbotkan armaments. : l ’
Sir C. Napier called attention to the present extensive preparations
making by land uud sea by the nations of Europe, and especially Rrance ;
and inquired whether there was any intention of asking for any additional
vote for the Navy, or of calling out militia to replace the 10,000 men about
lobe sent out to India?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer thought the gallant Admiral
might have been in possession of some recent information, but he
was clad to hear that he had no more knowledge than that
which formed the basis of the three speeches he had delivered this
Session (Hear. hear). lie saw no cause for alarm. At present her Ma¬
jesty’s Government was in constant communication with France, and
those communications were of a most friendly character. He did not in¬
tend to take any steps based upon any apprehension of h war with any
European Power. The relations between the two countries were of a
most cordial and confidential character, and lie believed the result would
be the maintenance ef the peace of Europe, and not its outrageous dis¬
turbances. He did not think that it was sound policy always to give
foreign Governments credit for the worst intentions. He might
add that a despatch had been rccciv«d that day stating that the
King of Naples was prepared to pay adequate and ample compen¬
sation to our fellow-countrymen, the engineers. Further, that
the King of Naples had placed the Sardinian ship the Cagliari and
the whole of the crew at the disposal of the Queen of England. The
ship would proceed to Genoa, where it would be delivered by Mr. Barber
to ihc King ol' Sardinia. With regard to the defences, he thought that
was a maftir that should be left to those who had the conduct ot affairs,
but, at the *ame time, he had no doubt that under any circumstances we
almuld be able to defend our shores and vindicate our honour.
Mr. Bright complained that professional persons like the gallant Ad¬
miral were always exciting fears in the minds of peaceable citizens, and
that no sooner did they get rid of one French invasion than they were
ham ted by fears of another.
Sir C. 'Wood defended the conduct of the late Government with regard
to our r.aval defences. . .
Sir J. Pakington expressed Ills hearty concurrence m every word that
had been said by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and saiq he saw nothing
in the state of foreign affairs to excite alarm in the public mind. At the
same time he admitted the importance of kesping our naval deiencea in a
satisfactory state so as to be prepared for all emergencies; and asserted
that the present Ministry, ever since they came into office, had endea-
voured to make our naval defence, effective; nnd that they could now, at
the very shortest notice, summon together u lleet that would be able to
cope with the fleet of any nation of Europe.
In answer to Mr. Eidlcy. ... ...
Mr. S. Fitzckkai i> said that he could rive no mlormation as to
whether the King of Naples had acted upon the advice of any third-rate
Power, but the demand was sent out by a messenger who was instructed
to wait ten days ter a reply, and then to return immediately If no reply
were g'ven. That messenger returned, however, within the time with a
satisfactory reply, and so the question was settled. The amount of com¬
pensation was £3000 (Cheer*). The subject then dropped.
THE GOVERNMENT OK INDIA.
The House having gone into Committee, I,ord J. Russei.i. resumed the
adjourned debate on the third of these resolutions, suggesting that the
Council Fhould consist of not more than twelve members.
Lord Stanley moved that the number of Councillors should be not
more than fifteen, but without pledging the Government to that portion -
^ATter irking discussion upon point* of detail, Mr. Rmuirr said it ap¬
peared to him to lie a complete waste ol time to spend as thcy had doiK,
several hours in discussing whether tlic Council should consist oltwa.ve
or fiftee n members. He was himself in favour of the smaller number, and
bored the Government would accept that number; but If LordPalmerjton
■would move eight, the number proposed in his own bill, he (Mi. Ilngh.)
would support that as a better number Still- . . .. ,
Cord PALMERSTON said he believed the ’ ,u '" b< ? r P ro |S! ,l »n in ,ij 8 v liVi
would work well, but he should concur with laird John Bussell, and vote
fnr making the Council to consist of twelve members.
Mr Ellice remarked that while the point before the Committee was
the keystone of the whole question, there appeared to be ne unanimity of
opinion as to the number of which the Council shou.u be composed, nor
yet as to what should be its functions. . ,
3 cuvrmoB of the EXCHEQUER reminded the Committee that
the resolution was only intended to serve as a guide for the preparation of
abnl^dea" «l“pon the Committee to go t^adiveonanl showthat
tliev were in earnest in their intention to legislate for India. . .
'fhe’cemmittee then divided, when the motion for ■• fifteen was carried
by 243 to 176.
HOUSE OF LORDS.—Mondat.
ADMISSION OP JEWS IO POIEMAMBST. _
Thn r.ri af f 1 1 incartv iisviog given notice thHt upon the second
The Earl of CLAhcAniT av ^ s the Jew Bill he should move
be read a second time that day six
Sa%fCr e e4^V’5?S^^-X the ^ " hiCh 8,00,1
“iff
measure was concerned, and itv.n .1 understood that boJi Diiis suouui sion
°'After some remarks from LordREDOSQALE. " or ^ Brooch am sad Lord
CAUruiLL the subject dropped. \
Lord PABPiWSa wplyS^Bie
Majesty's Ministers intended To emoody a certain nunui-
^riher offered by the^n*
of (“lanrSW and othMpeers. In the course of the.discnsiion,
ci ymvNRrAR!>L. .. p __ «, tfltcd that f E t commission was atmut to
the whole question oi the militia eatAblisn
given by Commission to a series of public ana
miscellaneous.
The Royal
S’” USA 'SiSS iSS^n ml Ml
Some bills were advanced a stage.
HOUSE OF COMMON S.—Monday.
— *r.. aw. c;» w Vfrner having inquired whether the
Processions in r V A5 VT-nv «Kcmmt of a nroression iu the streets of
Government had received any - f p priea „ an a others of the
Tuam. which procession was evtume and carrying the Host,
Church of Rome, in their ecdestasttatl ^tarnc, arm ci«ry ^ nlTEd „, E
and whether such procession was confoni u the occurrence of
replied that statement* had been pubhsnca re.pt.
Mich a procession; but it did not appear to have been held in the streets
of Tuam.
THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
The House having again resolved itself into Committee on the Indian
Government resolutions.
Lord Stanley moved the fifth resolution “That with a view to the
♦ ffiefiney and independence of thccouucilit is expedient that it should
be partly nominated and partly elected.”
Lord J. Russell, pursuant to notice movpd an amendment, recom¬
mending “Unit the members of the council be appointed by her .Majesty.”
Bird Graham, who declared his non-concurrence with the proposed
adoption of the nomination principle, suggested that the first members
of council should be nominated in the bill, and comprise a majority of
members of the present Court of Directors.
The question between election and nomination in the proposed Indian
council was urged at. much length by Sir G Lewis, Sir E. Perry, Mr. S.
Herbert, Mr lL Balilie, Lord Goderich. Colonel Sykes. Lord Stanley,
Lord Paine rston, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Roebuck, Sir F. Baring, Mr.
Disraeli, and other memberp.
On a division. Lord J. Russell’s amendment was negatived by a ma¬
jority of 250 to 185.
The House a’most immediately divided again on a motion for reporting
progress, which was also negatived by 239 to 155.
The resolution (No. 5) was then put and carried without a division.
The House then resumed.
FEACE PRESERVATION (IRELAND) ACT CONTINUANCE RILL.
On the motion that this bill should be read a second time
Mr Bagwell moved an amendment deferring the secoud reading for
six months
Alter eeme remarks defending the measure from Lord Naas, followed
by a brief discussion.
The House divided For the motion, 168 ; for the amendment, 20 .
The bib was llien read a second time
The other orders were then disposed of.
HOUSE OF LORDS.— Tuesday.
Thf. Property Qualifications Bill was read a third time and
passed, after 80 me opposition from Lord Denman, followed by a brief
debate, but not pressed to a division.
The “Cagliari.”—L ord Salisbury, on behalf of the Foreign Secre¬
ts ry. promised to lay on the table the correspondence relating to the
Cagliari,
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Tuesday.
Mr. Townsend.—A t the early sitting Mr. Krr/.Rov moved that Mr.
Townpcnd. the member for Greenwich, who had been adjudicated a bank¬
rupt, should be declared incapable of sitting and voting in the House.—
Mr. Townsend entered into explanations : after which the motion was
agreed to, subject to tbe usual conditions if the adjudication were super¬
seded within a certain time.
BAER AND TRANSFER OF LAND (IRELAND) BILL.
The House then proceeded to discuss, In Committee, this bill, and liad
got through some clauses when the hour arrived for suspending further
proceedings.
The Case of Mil Barber.—O n the motion of Mr. Brady, and with
the asFent ot Sir J. Pakington, a Select Committee was ordered to in¬
quire into the case of Mr Barber, who had been unjustly convicted and
punished for alleged malpractices as a solicitor.
UNDBR-SECBETARY OP STATE FOR SCOTLAND.
Mr. Baxter moved a resolution setting forth that, in the opinion of
the House, nn L nder-Secretary of State for Scotland should be appointed
to penoim ibe political duties at present attached to the office of Lord
A dveeate. The hon. member, in supporting his motion, enlarged upon
the extent and importance of the political duties which the Lord Advocate
was called upon to execute, especially as regarded the carriage of measures
relating to Scotland through the House of Commons, and the distribu¬
tion of patronage. He insisted that these duties were inconsistent with
the legal and judicial functions assigned to the Lord Advocate, and ought
to be performed by a specially-appointed Minister of the Grown.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Ew art.
Mr. Bodvkbie believed that the proposed change would impair the
efficiency of the present system as regarded the transaction of Scotch
business, both legal and political, in that House.
The motion received a qualified support from Mr. Stirling. It was op-
pesfd by Mr. E Ellice.
After some remarks from Mr. Ogilvy and Mr. Crai kurd,
Mr. \Y. Williams objected to a proposal whose chief result would be
to creates new office, costing the country .£1500 a year.
1 he Lord Advocate also opposed the bilL The appointment of an
Under-Steretarv of State for Scotland would not, he said, diminish the
weight of duty'devoiviug upon the office, tv filch experience had shown
him to be almost exclusively ol a judicial character.
Lord Duncan having spoken in opposition to tile bill.
Lord Palmerston concurred in thinking the proposed appointment
altogether unnecessary, important judicial functions were now assigned
to the Lord Advocate, which could not be transferred to an Under-Secre¬
tary : while all the political questions arising iu Scotland fell within the
department of the Home Secretary.
Mr. Dunlop supported the motioiv.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer maintained that under the pre-
gent system there was no lack either of responsibility or efficiency in the
conduct of the Scotch department of administration.
After a few w ords from Sir G. Montgomery, and a reply by Mr. Baxter,
The House divided—For the motion, 47; against it, m.
MISCELLANEOUS.
lord Naas moved for leave to introduce two bills—one to make better
provision for the police force in Dublin and other towns in Ireland ; the
other to provide lor a more effectual administration of justice in the police
district of Dublin city.—Alter a brief discussion leave was given to bring
"'flic Attorney- General obtained leave to introduce a bill enabling
persons to establish their legitimacy by the judgment of a court of law,
and also in like manner to establish their right to be regarded as natural-
born subjects of Great Britain; and extending the jurisdiction oi the
Court lor Divorce and Matrimonial Causes.
Leave was also given to Mr. M‘Maiion to bring in & bill to secure the
right cf new trial in criminal cases.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Wednesday.
L / EDINBURGH, &C. t ANNUITY TAX BILL.
At the day sittiDg of the House. Mr. Black moved the second parting
of this bill. He supported the motion by a brief explanation and defence
of the measure.
The motion was seconded by Sir. Baxttr. _
Air. Blackburn, who opposed the biU, moved as an amendment that
the second reading should be deferred for six months.
I ke discussion, which related entirely to questions of localInterestand
detail, was continued by Mr. Buchanan, Mr. J. B. Smith, Mr. I. Scott,
Mr C. Bruce, and Sir E. Colebrooke. ... ..
The Lord Am ocate declared h.s dissent from a measure which would,
he contended, lake away a provision Irom the Established Church in
Edinbureh. wMhout providing an equivalent
Alter some further remarks irom Lord Duncan and Mr. Horsman. the
House divided—For the motion, 129 ; for the amendment, 1~0. I he bill
was cous« quentiy negatived by a majority of one.
B> G ISTBATIOH OF C0C5TY VOTERS’ (sCOTUXli) BILl..
suspending m Committee
'briei’dif mi?Mcn ’' ensued.'''Closed by a division, in which farther pro¬
gress with the bill was negatived by a majority of 10* to 06.
H.fTEASCE A SI) AS3UBASCK ISSTITCTIOXS El IX.
\ motion 'or postponing until Jnlv 7 the second reading of this bill was
crji. nd liy Hr. ill si. tv and 31 r. 8. Kstcoikt. who surgested that the
n irfuresniu d he withdrawn. The discussion was. however, prolonged
onth * qiuii;> r to six o’clock, when the debate was adjourned in pur-
tuancc of the rule of the House.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Public Grounds and Playground Bill passed trough Committee.
The Peace Preservation (Ireland) Act Continuance Bill was read a
third time and passed.
HOUSE OF LORDS.— Tutrsdat.
t tttfr from I.obd Canning-T he Lord Chancellor read a letter
InJj^eSvidMum 1 ord Canning, acknowledging ttere^ptofthevo.c of
st.utk* rnttid bv their Lordships to the Governor-General and the
rffirrrs of the military and civil services in India, and stating that lie hid
forwarded a copy of the resolution to each of tin* offi'-er* <lj.*tinpiisbt\l by
(irmo d 1 oidTsnning announced bis intention of communicating the
nemo J-oia vann,„£ ttlHn . an(] expressed kfa assurance that
fhrTloid'li’p?Approval of the conduct of ti,c off.vrs of both -«rvlces
IhcirGoiosiiips ii tj, e ir exertions. In conclusion, the noble Lord
« » of tonisdf. to ofier his respcotifcl and grateful acknow-
txggtd. onthcinrt 'ie | lUn f.y marking h:s humble sor-
irogment, for the honour conir t |||w htar).
T '" 8 ^«he high Admin'i W,i> Act Amendment Bill, and
THE SPANISH SLAVE TBADE. . .
attention of the house to the subject. The right rev. Prelate then pro¬
ceeded to show that Spain had violated tbe several treaties she had enteral
into with us on this subject; and, what made the matter worse.
wp bad paid her £400,000 by the way of indemnity for losses
sustained by her giving up the trade. When Valdez was Captain General
of Cuba he had set his taee against that trade, and during the two year * he
held that office it had in a great measure ceased to be carried on. In 1840
there were 14 470 slaves imported into Cuba; whereas in 1842, when
Ya dez was Captain-General, there were moo In theformcr year there were
66 shins ei gagid in the accursed traffic; while iu the latter year there were
only tliree. It was. therefore, quite evident that, if the Spanish Uovero-
mmt really desired to put a stop to the slave trade, i hcv co*»’d do so with
the greatest case. But it was quite obvious that the in dination of
Spain was altogether favourable to this trade; for th »ugh, even
in Cuba, public opinion was opposed to it, its ‘'xjjr^ssion was in-
varinblv tupprwscd and punished by the authorities of that place.
With the exception of the two years to which he bad referred tie
slave trade had been carried on with great vigour up to the present time
under the authority of the Spanish Government. The right rev Prelate
then observed that it behoved this country to have a proper at derstand-
ir g witli the United States’ Government, for an indiscreet step of any of
our commanders might involve the two nations in a war that would be
ruinous to both. II Spain had acted in respect to Cuba ns notlyas Por¬
tugal had acted in respect to Brazil, there would have betn no reason for
the prefen tation of the petition which was now placed upon the table.
Lord Brougham concurred in the views expressed by the rigut rev.
Prelate, and in a speech characterised by his Usual e'oqueice denounced
the abominable slave trade, and its advocates and sup. orters, wherever
tht-y miuht be found.
The Lari of Malmesbury admitted that Spam was ooen to tbe impu¬
tation of encouraging violations of her slave-trade treities with til's
country, and said it would be a question, if she continuei to do *o. how
far the moral support given to her by this country in opposition to the
known wish of America to become possessed of Cuba shou’d be con-
tinned. With regard to our present position in connection with America,
he had written out to say that her Majesty’s Government would not insist
on tbe right of search, but that they trusted there would be a mutual co¬
operation for the establishment of a sort oi oceanic police, so as to compel
vessels to sail under their true fiags, and prevent violations of international
law.
Jx?rd Wcor. house expressed his conviction that the people of Engl md
would never consent to any step that bore the appearance of being a re-
tr< at from the proud position they had taken up on the slave trade.
Earl Grey admitted that Spain’had violated Imr treaty with tbfacountrv
in still tolerating the slave trade, and denounced the conduct of the Fr< n'h
Government in its recent attempt to revive the slave trade under the most,
flimsy disguises,
Aiter some further discussion, the subject dropped.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Thurbday.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
ihc Committee of the whole House on this subject was resumed.
Lord Stanley moved the following as the sixth reai'u' ion, viz.:—
“ That the members of the nominated portion of the Council s .ail be se¬
lected bv her Majesty, subject, as a general rule, to the qualification before
expressed, and one-half at the least of the elected members shill pas j ess
the like qualification.” The Houee had decided that permanent legislation
should take place in the course of the preapntSession; tnt a: the same time,
they fixed the number of the Council, and had determined that a portion
of them should be selected upon the elective principle, and ihe remainder
nominated. The Committee had now do deal with the latter. One
suggestion was, that the nomination should rest with the Go¬
vernor-General and the other high authorities iu India, who
should nominate from their own body the three noraina ed Coun¬
cillors. The objection to this plan was. that it would not produce the best
men. Tbe high authorities of India would be reluctant to deprive India
of her most energetic and efficient administrators, and if this suggestion
were adopted the men nominated would be most likely those who hid seen
their best days, and who were anxious to retire from active service.
Another sugge stion was that ofthc right hon. member for Carlisle, but there
were vague objection8 to that. also, and the Government, therefore, could
not accept it. What the Government proposed then was thisThey had
determined to adopt the number of theCouncU fixed by the House; namely,
fifteen. Of that number they proposed that eight should be nominated by
the Crown, and that the remaining seven should be selected from their
own number by tbe existing Court of Directors, so far as the first, appoint¬
ments were concerned. There remained then to provide for illliug up the
vacancies that might occur in the^Council. To supply these the Govera-
mcht proposed that they should be filled alternately by nomination and
election, the election to rest with the members of the Council themselves,
Loid Palmerston observed that this was an entirely new proposal,
and before the House was called upon to give a vote upon it lie would
suggest that the proposal itself should be put in form upon the paper.
The noble Lord urged that the principle Involved in this matter was much
mere serious than the House seemed to imagine, and he appealed to the
Government to follow what he believed was their own inc inations, by
making the first appointments at least rest with the Crown. The noble
Lord had not stated how the alternate vacancies were to be tilled up,
whether only by the elected members or by the whole Council.
Lord Stanley: By the whole Council.
Lord Palmerston said the Crown then would always have a majority,
and he thought that was additional reason why the House should pause
before it adoped the unconstitutional principle involved in the proposal of
tbe Government , . , _ , M
Mr. Secretary Walpolf. denied that the principle of election was
opposed to the Constitution, and declared that the Government Wire
sincere in the proposal they had made.
Sir James Graham thought the proposal was ns yet incomplete, as no
mention had been made or the tenure of office or the «varies O' the
Councillors. He did not agree with the uobie Lord tbe member for Tiver¬
ton in thinking that the elective principle would beat variance with the
Constitution. He would, therefore, suggest that the proposal of the
Government should be embodied in the form of a resolution embracing
every branch of the question, and that on Monday next the House should
take it into their serious consideration.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said the Government proposed
that the sixth and seventh resolutions should be passed over to-day, and
left for future consideration, as sugge* ted by the right hon. Baronet. 1 hero
would then be a prospect of all the other resolutions being disposed or to¬
day, and a bill founded upon them brought fu this week, which might be
fixed for second reading on Monday next, when this question of the
Council might be again taken up and settled in all its beat mgs.
Mr. BniGHT thought the suggestion of the right lion, g. u leman was
just and ingenious ; it was that they should say nothing more about the
resolution (A laugh). Considering the state of the weather, and the horrid
condition of the river, he thought for their own sake* the House could not
do better than adopt It (Hear, hear). For his own pirt speaking upon toe
general question, he thought this Cotuiril would turn out to be perlectly
useless, if not absolutely obstructive (Hear). „ . ...
Hr. Gladstone proposed that the House should drop all further dis¬
cussion uton the details of the remaining resolutions. The main pomte
to be decided, before they could enter upon details, was tins question ot
lb LordJ? BUSSELL agreed entirely with the right hon. centlemao He
locked upon the new scheme of the Government as virtn.iiy one of nomi¬
nation by the Crown. There remained, however, the questions of salary,
patronage, and tenure of office of the Council, to be decided. These weie
not exactly matters of detail. At the same time, looking: at the spirit in
which the Government had treated the whole subject, lie was quite dis¬
posed to leave them in the hands of the Board or Control. Anothcr lm-
portant question was. whether the Council should have communicated to
them all Ibrcign despatches relating to the affairs ol India; and also
whether they should have the power of restraining or sanctioning the
11 ljortfs-rrSnnv said it appeared to be the gcneralimpirasioi: that the
resolutions, as far as they had gone, had answered the t**tb5
they were originally intended (■• Hear,” and a laughs At til evrots. they
hid gone far enough in obtaining the wishes or the Hoa« by ro»oi«to"«.
and. since the House had now settled the prinol^enpon which the
government of India should rest, he was prepared £“*{“.
iiig resolutions, with a view of immediately bringing In a bill louudcj
upon those which hail already bea n carried iCboosj.
‘Alter some fnrther discussion it was arranged tlut g* 5 T.akl
lntlons should be pa-sed and reported pn/nrmd . a n d that Idiebi II md
he introduced If possible that night, ami read a second time on itin .oay
m Tlc resolutions were reported “eto^jhigly. whra <>>e
the chair at six o’clock, and the hid. betas brought in. was reui a nr--
time.
Commissioners of Exhibition ’
the ExmEqiKR moved ibe ecewd r eading of te.li bi . ^ ^ - i^tweea
eh«s<Mof the’atate at SKS
mOTbJlrtauSaudSStaStton of moving amendment* in Committed
Joint-Stock Companies AetAm-jdj
EisK
absms Bitu-TM. MD «J
a second time, with an understanding that the du-on.tan “*«
p’accin Committee; and several other hills were advanced " sUh
• •
June 19,1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
601
between three and four aeree, in the best part of Hampstead, about
half an hour’s drive from town. They oomprise a sohoolhouse and
residence for the governors and pupil teachers, shown on the left; and
on-the right is the residential portion of the Home, consisting of a
spaoious dining hall, 51 feet 6 inohes long by 27 feet 8 inohes, and
21 feet high; a covered play room, with matron's rooms, store-rooms,
and others on the ground floor. Spaoious stone staireases and par sages
oommunicate with two floors of dormitories, ten feet high, each room
of whioh is to hold about fourteen girls, giving a capacity, indepen¬
dent of ventilation, of 400 onbic feet per child, the principlo of
separate dormitories having reoommended itself to the committee as
being much superior to the congregation of a large number of girls
in one room. Most capacious offices are provided for fully carrying
out the industrial training of the children; baths for sanitary uses,
with hot and cold water, and a system of ventilation throughout the
whole of the building. There is a detached infirmary, with hot and
oold b«th, having, when it is to be used, a covered communication
with the Home. The whole of the works have been executed from
the design and under the superintendence of Mr. Munt, the honorary
architect.
GEORGE IT. AND THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON ON THE HELD OF WATERLOO.
THE FIELD OF WATERLOO.
At the coronation of King George IV., whioh took place in the autumn
of 1821, the Duke of Wellington officiated as Lord High Constable of
England. Soon afterwards George IV. visited Ireland, and subse¬
quently proceeded to his Hanoverian dominions. Upon the latter
occasion the Duke of Wellington accompanied him. The King took
the route by way of Ostend and Brussels. The vioinity of tbe field of
Waterloo tempted his Majesty to proceed to the locality of the groat
battle, and he enjoyed, when there, the inestimable advantage of the
sooiety of the Duke, who, aoting as oioer me, pointed out to the King
the scenes of the various contests of the 18th June, 1815. George IV.
was gifted with a strong comprehension, military tastes, and a perfect
acquaintance with the soienoe of war. With all the details of the
great struggle fresh in his ifienr.orv, he realised with faoility the images
conjured up by the exact description of the Duke. The contests at
Hougoumont pp.rtioularly interested the King. It is difficult to say
who was the proudest man on that day—the King who heard upou the
battle-field the story of the battle from the lips of the mightiest soldier
in the memorable fight—or the Field Marshal, who "showed how
fields were won," with the proudest Sovereign in Europe for hie
auditor. Forty-three years have passed since the Battle of Waterloo
was fought, its anniversary being yesterday (Friday). In oonaaotioa
with the event we engrave the above group.
TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES* TRIP.
On Monday week an excursion was made by members of temperanoo
societies in Manchester, Liverpool, and Warrington, to Overton, near
Chester. The day was brilliant. The neighbourhood is extremely pic¬
turesque, and the various amusements seemed to create lively satisfac¬
tion. Fires were lit, and tea ad libitum indulged ifi; whilst the orators
of the party related their experiences and exercised their persuasive
powers to willing ears. The whole scene was a pleasing illustration of
the benefit which the railway confers, and of the growing apprecia¬
tion of simple pleasures and delight in natural soenery which the
people happily evinoe. From the summit of the hill the ruins of
Hal ton Castle may be seen, together with the Welsh mountains, and a
wide expanse of rich country. For the above Sketch we are indebted
to Mr. G. Hayes, Easex-street, Manchester.
6G2
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON" NWS
[June 19, 1858
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK.
Sunday. June 20.—3rd Sunday after Trinity.
Monday*. 21 .—Summer quarter commences.
Tuesday. 22 —Trial of Queen Caroline commenced. 1820 .
Wednesday, 23 .—Liebnitz born, 1010 . Akenside died. 1770 .
Tbuksday, 24.—St. John the Baptist. Midsummer Day.
1’BiDAY, 25.—Battle of Bannockburn, 131! [a.m.
Saturday, 2C. —London Docks commenced, 1802 . Full Moon, 9h. lam.,
TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT LON DON-BRIDGE,
FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE SI, ISM.
8 omUy. I Monday. | Tuesday. | Wednesday. I Thursday. | Friday. I Saturday.
M
A
XI
A
It
A
M
A
il
A
M
A
XI
A
h m
It nt
h in
h m
h nt
h m
h m
It m
h in
h m
h tn
h ra
h m
It ra
V 7
•i 35
10 3
10 33
11 4
1135
“
0 5
0 33
0 30
I 18
1 4’
2 t
J 20
H ER MAJESTY,S THEATRE.—Mdlle. TITIENS’ Last
Appearance —She wL'l .ppoar on TUESDAY. 22nd. THU 8 SDAY. 21tb, and 8 ATUB-
DAY. > th. The imperial Theatre, Vfann«, having refused to grant ear extension
of her • . £<*, >t i< re*|*cttullj' onuouncful that Mdllo Tiltons canoo*. appetr after Patinlay,
June 2< Tbo frOlowing arrangt-meai* have been made.—Tuesday Jane 21 ml. IL TKOY4-
TOhF dllo 'HUra*'loat appearance but nvo). Thursday 2«Ui (extra n Rbt),
BOM . (MiUto. lltmt 1 last *ppoaranc«» but one). Saturday, 25th. n favourite Opera. in
whirl Utitle. TiMen* will appear, being her lust npptaranco. V* di’a Optra of LUMA
MIL! ..it still be repealed on Tuesday, June29th.—Applications tx'bj made at theBox-offlco
•t th IhraLo.’
R OYAL PRINCESS THEATRE.—Under the Management
of Mr CUAUL v O KRAN.- 11 nday and during tho Weak will be presented 8 h«kj.
peare'a p?»y o* TBE HKKt HAST OF VENICE. Sbylock, by Mr. C.Kean; ford*, by Mr*.
C. Kean. Pnccdtd »>y MUtolC HATH CHI It VS.
rriHEATRE EOYAL, HAYM ARKET —Monday, and eyery
JL Evening dnritrg the Week, the Otm«idy of AN UNEQUAL MATCH, which will
crinmonce a* a garter to Ei<'t.| in which Miss Any Sedgwick will sustain her original
character of Hr* tor. To b^ prccodod by A DAUGHTER TO MARRY After the r *oin idy
on Monday aud Tuesday, the Last Two Nights of PLU TO and PR08RRP' MR. On W*du*i-
day aud Every Evening. after the Comedy, tho new Force of A STRIKING WIDOW, aud
JACK'S RETURN FttOM CANTON.
B OYAL SADLER’S WELLS THEATRE—The ADELPHI
CfMPAM for Eleven Nlighta.—So’o Munager. Mr. B WEB3T&R; Directress, Mai uni
CRLBSra.—On Moudav, Tuotuav, Woonesdav, Tharadty, aal Friiuy, THE G-tKtN'
BUSHES, and OUR FR'-NCH LADY S MAID. Caaractera by Mr. C- Selby, Mudarni
Celerte, Mrs. thattertoy, MU* {layman.
S URREY THEATRE.—Mr. and Mrs BARNEY
WILLIAMS for Piv Farrwn’l Rights, provlnu* to tbelr departure for Amartoa —On
MONDAY and every Evening. IRELAND A* IT W*R-¥e**n 8 . W iliams O. J. fitnith.
Blond, and H. StncMr; Uis. B Willi am'. Mis* Kate Kelly. OUR OAL-CiroUne, Mrs. B.
WUIliams. HARNEY the BARON-Mr. B. Whllams M-. W Smith, Ml;s Kate Kelly.
rjREAT
vJl attraction
NATIl NAL STANDARD THEATRE—Powerful
_attraction Mr. B Wehster, Mdrae. Cefajto, Paul Bed for J, and the whole of f he
Adeiph- company will appear at this theatre on Saturday next, June 2J. The GREEN tU 6 HE 3
with all it* great effects
A STLEY’S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—Lessee and
Manager, Mr. WILLIAM COOKE.—This Kvonlng, Sir Walter 6 :itt‘i spectacular
Drama of K E*>IL WORTH; or the Golden Days of England’s El'xnooih. To bo sucoseled
by the SCENES -n tho ARENA: introducing the talented British aud Foreign Eqassirian
and Gymnastic Artiafca. With ctbrr entertainments.
A LHAMBRA PALACE, Leicestcr-square.—WALLETTM
CELEBRATED F.yUESl R1A\* COMPANY—Mr W. F Walfatt begs reipsctfally to
intortn hi* Fr erds and tho f’uMie that bo boa made arrangement! with the presort Lnsso-’t
of ttai* Albamh’a Patocr, Leicester-sqKsre, to ocei tout pj -alir and maraiftoout
Esub’khroeut, for a Short BeaMO, on MONDAY', JUNE 2lst, 1858. Two Pertbrtaances
daily. The Grand Midday Entertainment commence! at Hslf-patt Two o’Cioak; and
that In tho Evening opening at Seven ©'Clock, commeicing at Eight o Clock, with
an umivoilod Troupe uf Artiste*, and bii btud >t Seaadfol Ho-ves. Tie mei; trieoi’rag
ontcrtalumcn's wbl bo given, including a nwel and bighlr-clfoctire Military pageant,
produced from ncenfr* during the Isto war entitled THK RE LIE ' 7 uF LU5K.40W.
Coocludirg with on extraordinary Grand Tableau of Havelock Rorao in •Yiamph on hi*
Brilliant Chsrger by Ute Naval Brigade. Admitaian : Private 8 ’xos. from £l 10«. to C2 I t,
each; Stall*, 5*.; KtSirved Beata, 6 *.; Second Boxes. 2a.: Pit, la.; Goilerr, 6 d. Private 8 jxo»
and 8 ulla can rnly be oecurvd at the Alhamora Palace, Leicester-square; and at Mitchell's
library. Box-office open from Ten e,m. an il Five p.ra. No foas f r booking places.
Children unrter n : no yearn of age half-price to ail porta except the G dlery. Under the
direction of Messrs. Howes and Cushing. Themes, perfect ventilating apparatus has Imtoo
mcatly constructed nndcr the direction of an emloenl Engiocer, and tin Alhambra Palace is
now tso roolear building »a Europe. M B. Season tickets of tho Great United States’ Circus
ore not admissible.
M R. CHARLES DICKENS will READ at ST. MARTIN’S
HALL, on WEDNESDAY Afternoon, Juno 23, at Three o'clock, tho Story of
LITTLE DOMPEY, and on THURSDAY’ Evening, June i4, at Eight o’clock, his CHRISTMAS
CAROL - Stalls (numb*rod^od reserved), it.; area ami gal'erios, 2s. 6 *.; unr^serrrtd seats.
Is. Tickets to be had at Mooara. Chapman and Hall’s, Publishers, 193, Piccadilly; and at St.
Martin's Hat), Long-acre.
AST
N
I G H T S
B L A N a
of MONT
C HRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James’s Hall.—By Permission
of the Governor, all tho Children from tho Licented Victuallers School w 11 bo oro-
•oot on .tho Orrhratra on the occarionof tho Grand Morning Concert, onlMONDAY NEXT.
Doors open at Half-past Two precisely.
C HRISTY MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall, King William-
street, Strand.—Entertainment commence* at Eight Morning Concert every Satur¬
day at Three. An ont'ro Chan go of Programme, introducing BURLtvoUUE ou the CIRCUS.
Drrrs Stalls. St.; Arvo, 2s.; Amphitheatre, Is.
Tif ADAME TUSSAUD’S NEW ADDITION, the atrocious
JJJ oaaasxlns OR6IN1 and PIERRI, guillotinod for attempting tho life of tho Emperor
Nopolecn III. and th© Empress, to the horror of all Europe.—Baraor, Bakor-stroet, Portiuan-
quar e. Admlitance. Is.; extra rooms, 6 d. Open from Eleven till Nino.
T HE NEW SOCIETY of PAINTERS in WATER
COLOURS.—The’ TWENTY*-FOURTH ANNUAL EXIHBITON of thJi 8 ocioty is
NOW OPEN, nt th«/r GALLERY, 53, Pall-mall (near 8 t. James's Palace), from Nino tilt
dunk daily.—Admission, ’I*.; geasoa Ticket, 5*. James Fauky, Secreta-y.
S OCIETY of PAINTERS in WATER COLOURS.—The
FIFIY'-FOURTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION U now OPEN attholr Gallery, 6 PALL-
Aj Ba-T (done to Tro/olgar-eqaaro), from Nine till Dask Admittanoe, Is. Catalogue, tid.
JOSZi’H J. JtXKtss, Secretary.
R OSA BONBEUE’S NEW PICTURES, “Landais Peasants
' Going to Market," and ‘‘Morning In the Highlands," together with her Portrait, bv
E4. IhihulTr, are NOW ON VIEW at the GERMAN GALLERY, 168, New Bond-street.
Admit*ion, le.—Open from Nine till Etx
TPRENCH EXHIBITION.—The FIFTH ANNH&IHB^frk
. B1TION of PICTURES by Modem Artists of tbo Preach School is NOW OPEN to the
obllc. si the French Gallery, 131. Pall-mull, opposite to tho Opera Colonnade. Admission,
Is.; ciiialogttns, 6 d. each. Open from 9 to 6 «.aUy
CT, "JAMES’S HALL.—LAST WEEK of GOMBERTZ'S
Id DIORAM A of the INDIAN MUTIVY. Daily at Th'cc ami Eigh o'clock Notwith¬
standing the c'-o iced sncccsj of this Exhibition. It must po tilvplv CLO.S 8 Simrdiynoxt, Jane
2GJ5, tho Ha l being required for another purpose. A<imis*ioa, 3i., 2s., and Is.
C RYSTAL l’AL ACE.—EVENING FLIHAC, and
MUSICAL PROMENADES.—The Terrace*; Mounds, Rlopas, and Valleys of tho
Pork, bril iaut x'lthrosos. geranium*.and an immense autuhur of o nor pleuta In fullbloom,
and in »very varktf of colour, arocrowded every evening with fashionable prom-n ulcrs. nio
now Wind Fund, specially e&gared to perform promenade marie, 'Hava ev,ny oveuin<
from h if-pest six till half -past eight o’clock. In the m-nt picturesque Paris. Santi, *c., «ro
provided for visitors, and refreshments uro suppibrS hi the ricmlty of tho Band.
KYSTAL PALACE,—AUK tY NGEMENTS for the WEEK
ending SATURDAY, JUNE 2!th.
Monday.—Open «t t». The longeat day, end one (vent ary of her Majesty's aceewion to the
throne; Extra perfmmxpcfs Ly the nab t# «nj nn the Great Organ du til? tho d iy. com-
nwfrirg At 12 .10. Lecture cn thr Fine ArX^ouriaAan, \^>ol and ’nst umeatai n.»aoort at
€3.0, to conclude at * in the evening. Full DUt.day of the Upper S irie* of Fouotalos at 8.15.
Thp Witd Baud will pwfo m la the gtoutds from 6.30 till 8 .ao. For further I* r ormaioa see
TutVday.-Oron at 10. r Orchcatfal Band at 12 'Jrcat Organ (Mr Wertbroek), at 3.3).
risnofcriH pt :i.30. Uhjlvd Bands at «x Parit l*riw> Organ (Mr. I. n. bhepparii at 5.15.
Witd Rend in UiO Ground* tillUBOaa nmaKFouhtatr* as -o'ow.
M.dresdfv -0;*u at % GREAT CONCR>T of MO CHILDREN anil 580 AUIILT^ of
the Ton fa Bol-Fn Associatkm, at 2 o’clock. Mi^Uv o r the Fountains after tho Oonoart. Organ
Pcrfmrance b-fore and aftor the Conc'rrt. -iYrjufntdo Hasio in thn P* k ti!J 8 30.
Thursday - Open at lO. Foma arrangemcn a *s Tutsdiv. Admission on the above days
One hhl Imp; CW diryu ruder TvveLe. hixpeubo
Ftid- y.—Op*n nt I. Third C>r**-d Concert by tho Royal Italian Opera Company, a’ 3.
Great i rg#n biinre ard after the Conoert. I ni' display of the Upper 8 ystom of Fountaias
alter tho coup rt. Tbo Wind Band a* csosl until 8 Ki
ACntUsiou, 7e 6 <L»*chs Ch-ldren undrr Twelve, Ss. 6 d ; Ressrred Stalli, 2s. *kl. extra,
eaturday.—Opehat 12, Floral tfromeomlo acu Per form ancon b* the Hsuas as maul.
FuttjolOrte Recital by Mbs ApnieEllin ». Sfr Jnme* Coward on rhe Grcut Organ; and Mr.
J. H. fhcppaid on the Foils Prix© Organ wind >*anil la th-» grounls, and display of tbs
FoenlrUs, as n»ud Admission; 2 s el.; C^iM'-v ur-dcr Twelve, Is.
IHottWan interior Fountrio-* in tho Floe- -;t Courts and Nave® still pla? daily from i*
rill d, and the 1 niTuce Fotn'niaa from 8 ti'l ti. Th.» -arga screen B^parariog the Nave fr mu the
Tr©pGalTrans«pt L* 'akoodowu aud ten- *i"! t-i na bcUon ©fra o and beautiful plants frim
thetretjl * in luxuriant snd variKl foifair* ©■•») c »' *urs m*» l»s seen to gra tt aivontago Tie
Manm^ib ti.irty-two feet dfamtt r.mill •. . i.« lit this rran«ept- Thoro it iutt n .1 !•> 1
to the Indian Gaiety a Kao collection of latgn l , hotogra’>bB of the pU-o« rend • red in >it
fair.ors during tbo recent tebfBion in India aU the Oreuge Tree* in tbs Palsce are now la
fu'IWt.Mom, and many of them loaded with Out in various degrees of grow h an to full
go'ditr tipfiitM. nn- Terrace Garde us, the Beds nn tbo slope* of the Park, and th" Ma-ble
>s*e* on the Parapets, now present a most briUIani c up-d’trll viotvod from the onao C>r-
b<liD ? B0W filledwith 50,00 1 soar 1 m t gerauinms in lull bloom. Numorous
Sr with ttrir fragrimc?' ™ UVW7 VRrie ’ y of 00 ottr ' d<sU 6 ht the ey© et every tarn, ondflU Urn
eSSST 30 MlieJc ^ Wiad Band Ererv Evening la the mart boautiful parts of th*
HyfUSICAL UNION.—TOACaiM and RUBINSTilN.—
JjrJL TUESDAY NEXT, JUNE 22 nd:-Quartot, Haydn: Trio, in », Boothoreu; yuinfat,
B Hat, Menfle’iwiho; Duet for t*vo p:ann», andante aid var B flat. Do. tb Schamma
ArtisLi: Joachim. Gofftie, Hv. aud Rich Blsgrov.*. and IXa’tL PltafatS: ttuMnsteln and
Pau.T. Visitors'Ticket to be bad at Craraor ami Co.'s: Chappoll und OlUVer’s Bool-icroec.
Doers open at Three. Ho more irooadmlss ons wiU b« issu'd. J Bul\ Dirai’or.
T\yfADAME BANS&NO and HERR KUffE be»? to announce
1V.L that their GRAND ANNUAL MOKMING CON'CCItr will toko pi set- on THUKdDAYs
JUNE 21, at the U sNOVEll-SQUAUK ROOMS. asris*od by th* following eaUncnt artists:—
Mead am oe YUrd.t Garcia, Lem«na Skwrington, Uassano; Mrs>r>. Ptsohok, Jafa Lsi'art,
Charles Chap!*, BimsBaoves, Sainton, nattl, Engel, aad Kuhs. Cmd.tutor . Md. Bsaellot
and F. Berevr. Reserved Soata. lot. each; Tioko-s. a‘. half-a-guins*. tohrhxd of Madxmo
liotsano, 7, Old Q.ebec-*treet, Poremsa-Ttuare, W.; of Horr KuYo, 12, Boatiack-streot,
Maiichmter-square; ar.d of ad the principal Muricsollars
S IGNORI EM. B(LETTA and SOLIERI have the honour to
announ.* s that thev will give their AN ill YL ORA** MATINS* WU41 ?ALK. at
WJLLIS'B ROOMS, on MONDAY, JUN 8 S 8 to co-msmeo at Half-put t’m o'cl tek precisely.
Vocalists: Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Hiuau Prus, Mnt. Cunyoghama, aa l M Ims Maro diut;
Pig. Marr«s and 8 lg Sollsrl big. Badlall aad Sir. M man, big. Cl nta j. llirr K'cbtrd Daok,
and M. Ju'cs Lofort. Instrumv^talists: Piwifsdj* lljrr Huhlnt.sis, Vitim, II j-r Jtaolil n;
Violoncello, Sig. Piattl; Fr*ncli Horn, Fig. Cxv&'II. t*laa(«ti-\eoomo\gaa tar* Mil R«h-
diet, Cumparu. Pittsatt Bdelta and Half© —tt: s orved SeOs, 15*.; Tick:re. I'»s 61. May uo
had at the principal MtiVc Wureh mses; and »f Sir. Em. fiifatta aal 8tg. Soliori, 22i, Regen:-
street; and it >V. Oillrier, 19, Old Band- trees, W
1 V/fB. and MRS. GERMAN REED’S NEW ENrERTAtN-
LyX MENT.-Tbe Now Setles of ILLUSTRATION^ bv Mr and Mrs. REEi) v lats Miw
P. n-rton) Every Evening except Saturday at 8 Saturday Afrera-xm tt*. 3. Aintiwlrm,
1*., 2*. and 3*. Stalls secored without extra charge at tho RQY'AL GALLRRY of ILLUS¬
TRATION, 14, Regent-street; and at Crainer, Bcalo, and Co.'s, 201, Ragaat-streot.
npHE LONDON POLYHYMNIAN CH.HR.—LGe Orchestral
■ BociOty, Mbs Banks, and Mis* Palmar, at 8 T. MARriN'3 HALL, oa .MJ.VDYY,
JUNE £ 8 tb, in >id of toe Parochial Sohool*, St. Aoilraw, H ilbora. Conductor, Mr. Wd iam
Box. Tickets, Is., 2s., and 3 s., at the Ball and of tho School Com mitt so. Comm jaw at Eight
pRYSTAL PALACE.—TONIC SOL-FA ASSOCIATION.—
A Performance of Vooal Music, Swred and Sosnlar. by 35>0 Ohil lrsa and Five Hundred
Adults i&Atanteu in th* Ton e Sol-Fa method, will be given In thi Caaire 'Vaaaopt of Uia
Cryits) Palace, on Wednesday, tho 23rd of uuo. T.*ie Concert of this Asa vision Utt
yoarattracled 33,*00persons. FBOORAMtiEO Saiiourgo bssl’o us" (Cboralel—Bash’s
ilomoEii'*. Okl Krg’and (Air: "Britinh Qronadiart'D-En<2teh Hong. Bolls Rlnria? tAlr:
“Calirr Hctring ">—Scotch Song "How beautiful anon the mountain*X A dra th
May-hills and tho FJowors—Mondchsohn. Hall.' All hall I—'Wo .er G it bo thtnknl
(ld&rnlug Hymn)—Gersbach. Our native Laud (*• Glorious AooQo ")—Wcbbo. Mark the
merry elves—Cslcott. (juaUeall—Otsbooh. The*tho—Root Hall, ►mlluig in>m - 8 >str.)rth
Anid Lang fiync—Scotch Song. The Christiao child—3radbnry. tTno Mav tl-ns Qcrahach.
T1:c Martyr* (Air: “Fcots wha hs' 9 >— Sotab Hoag Had, .ittilsv, happy laud! -Sandal.
Up anti away- Gershach. Wild wood-fl »worj. Time evening hells—Ksot t»ionin G oj—
Olio Address to Princo of Wales -Walsh March, National Anthem. Too door* will opnu
at Ten, sn’t t’e performanre commence at Two Uln EUcabeto Stirling will po f»nu a;
intervals on tho Great Orgin. 'I he Wind Band of tho Comoaay will play ni usaal t II du*k.—
Admission, One FhiUlnr; ChPlrsn irnlor Twalvj Sivp'lAb Receive j Saits 2 ^. 61. oxtr*,
which may be sesurod on ssd after Mtmdav. 7th Jnno, at tho Crys xl Palace: «r at 2, Exo or
Hall. By order, Gkokgx Gkjvk, Sooretary,
C RYSTAL P AL ACE.—GR A N D CHORAL
DEMONSTRATION by th* GREAT HANDEL FESTIVAL CHOIR,
With full urch.’strri and Military Rands, on
FRIDAY, JULY 2nd, 185S
VKOaUAMUK.
Pakt I.-Chorale, The EandrodUi Psalm; Chant, "Vonit*. exnltamrui Domino,” TalUa;
Trio, "Lift Thineorce," and Chorus, " llo. watching over Israel " (Elijah). Maa-Ulstohn;
Chorus, "When His loud vole*" (Joohlha), Handd; Ohoru*. ‘Tho Lord is gx»d " (SH),
Costa; Qnar’ft: anil Cborns, ''Holy, holy, hriy" ;Elijah), Mendalssobn; Motoii, "Ava
vernra corpus," Mozart; SoDg and Chorus, " Phlllstinoj, Hark ! *' (Eli), Costa
Pakt II. -Chotos, "Oh, tho PJwiu c of tho Plains' (Aci« and Gaai>a"), Hinlel;
Prrt 8 mg. " Farewell to the forest " Meodolssohn; Choru*. "To Thoj; O Lonl of all U
(Prarcr— Mcefc !n Egitto'), Ko*siui; Trio and Chorus, " ?oo tho Conquering H^rr omoH '"
(Judas M area hens'!, Hondo': Sol* *i»d Chonu " Calm is the glassv own* " (IdomenocY
Mozart: Chorus. " Hoar, Ho’y Power " (Prayer -Maaanlo'lo), Auhor: bang aad C a or us,
" God saro the (^ueen."
Conductor, Mr. Costa. Mr. BrownimlUi will prealdo at tho Urge Orgin built for tho
Great Hordfl Fesrival.
Tho Band win inc'ud* tbo ifembon of tho Band* of the Sacred Hannmtc «tacfaty. the
Hovel Italian Opera, thn Amst.-nr Music'l Society, tho Crysta' Palate, he- ha ,togrth rwi h
tho "rystsl Pal.*ro wind Hood, aud 'hafnl' band*of *ho Gren'vlier and Coldstrya4 Gnard*.
iho chorus will be t om,msc«l of tbo 1400 member* of tho Load <n Amateur divl.lou of tho
Great Handel Fectival Choir (comprbicg with n its rani * the Cho*us o* the S-.cro i Uirmoa c
booirty, and inclaolng ^factions from all tho other MetroooUtan f*h'dral SoeioUaC, tho loading
pro'refch nal Cno;us Singers, tho Two Hundred Y'orksiiire Chorslfats, comprising tho cele¬
brated Bradford Cho'r, with Deputation from many of too loading Provincial Choral So¬
cieties, the Cathedrals, and varioa* Coariuoatal Choral and Part-Song Cho'-re. thus forming a
total of Two Thousand Fiv* Hundred Perfwmeri. ful'y oorajyiug th* Grett Oroheitra bajlt
for the Handel » e«tlval, and preseotmg au aniomhloof mastcal talent etualUng, if no: sar-
NUdirg in elfectivcnuss, th* memorable opening of tbo Palaco In 1851, and th* Great Ha&dal
Festival of J857. / 7 / /
Jheet-tirounaieal an-ungf-menta anr’or tho direction of the Comm'tfe of th* Hoc red Har-
monlo Pociety. Ibo doors will he opeusd at iHvolvo o’clock. Tho Performuoce will com¬
mence at Threo and tormi ate sbout Piro oVJoek
Ad mission by tha ordinary So.son Tioket (On* G unfa a); bv 8 lngfa Day Ticks?, flovon
8 blU'ngs and sixfionco t or Family DayT'okot, fjr fbnr portonf, Oav duinsa. Numbered
Baserved Seats in tho Area. Five BhUlIow extra ; in tho Gallaries, Ton Shillings and Sixoanoa
extra. Ticket* (which matt be reeored befarohaud) are* nowon saio at tin Crystal Ptf ■*>?*, or
«t the Central Ticket OtDc*. No. 1, Exetw Ha'I, whoro hihck ptaosof soate a* attho Great
Handel Frstival may bo in-neeted. Admteim at tho Crystal Palace by pavtnoai on th* Day
Of ♦he Performaace, Ten Shilling? ard Sixpence.
*•* A Displry of»he entire acrir.. of the Great Fountains will take t»Uo* Ono Hoar after
the conclusion of the Performance, vte , at Six o’clock: and tho Military Bands and Orvstol
Palace Wind Bond will perform in tho G.-oanus until datk. Programmat may U« hail on
F OR FAMILY ARMS send to the LINCOLN’S-1 N N
HERALDIC-OFFICE, the ontahliiihed authority in England for emblazoning and
quartering arms autlmntfaaUy. Sketch 3s. fid., or »'iimis. Family PAdlgroo* traced from the
national reeotdt. Fee, 10«. Many Goutlemen emnloy Persons who do njt Engrave by the
Laws of J'eraldry. For tha prelection «»f the public the Heraldic OSIee execute* Emrravlog;
Arms on Copporphite. for Book*. 2's.; Ditto Marking Plat*. 0*.; Crest on Beal* or King*
8 s. fid. Studio and Library ooeo daily. The Llnooln’s-inn Manna of thoUclenco of Heraldry,
3 «m or stamp*.—H. 8 ALT, Great TnrosUlc, Lincoln's-lnn.
A RMORIAL BEARTNQS —No Charge for Search.—Sketch
XA- and description. 2 s. fid.: in colour, fi« ; Crest* on *oal* or rings. 8 s.; on dlo, 7§. Solid
P 3 ' 1 * J® *''♦**» Hall-marked, sard or bloodstone ring, engrave*! with ere**, two gainoa*.—
L MORING (who ha* rooeivd tho gold medal for ougraving), 44, High Holborn, W.0.
Price-list po 9 t-froe.
TNDLV.—MILITARY FIELD GLASSES of the very finest
, *1! tho recent imnroveruonts, **m» a« sunpllod to 8ir Celia Campbell
. f °® 00r * '' ow , B(!r> ' in k Iq An immanse variety to beleo: from at CALLA-
GHAN 9, 23a, New Bond-strnet (co-norof Cuadnit-itrootj.
APEltAy RaCE, and FIELD GLASSES, in every variety
V/ of mz*. form, nndprioe, at CALLAGHAN’^ 2 >t, New Bond-street (cornw of Can-
anie-?troft). Sole Agent for thu celnhratod sin*U and powerful «>p*ra and B-tco i;’a>.«es In-
Bl^ktoda^ mad ® Volghtllinder, Vienna. N.B.-Doerstalking ti’asw* anti folescopes of
F OB FAMILY ARMS send Name and County to the ROYAL
HERALDIC OFFICE. Wo fe* for search. Arms mawhallod and omhlazmed: plain
saotch. 2s.; In rolours, 5s. Family Pedigrees traced, with the original grant of arms. 5*.
Arms On copper plato, for books, 15a.: ditto, msrking plates. 5s. Cre*t on seal or ring, 7a :
T* rmi PTnv" r ** 0 P 1^' Manual’’of Heraldry." 400 Rngravlii £/y
X’ Genealogist and Heraldic Engraver to her Majesty, I and 2, Loag-acre (one
door from St- Martin s-lirno). Studio and Library open daily.
\7iS ? lT , thflt t , h i\°,' Xa * * r- -J - . uu un no
gr" - P'oncuhural Cahine*.," Jifrte, 1858. Description and list of Careba’e
, „ n fccioolifin Instrumonts on receipt of sinmp.-L. CascUo. lustrum (nt Maker to the
leadingOhecrvatorlos, 23, Hatton-ga'den. London.
pHOICE FLOWKR-SEED y . each sort Is. per packet^ sent
V/ cost*go paid Calceolaria, Cineraria. Primula flmbriata, Petunia; Gorman Double
Brcmpton lntarinediato, Emoeror. and new Urge tlow-’ring ton-week v Sock*: Double C*r-
Ki n rnA ( '^'i CI ' ,, "r PoD ! ,k »nd Paula Doable Holly hook .-BUTLER and
MoCULLOCH. SetiLincn, Covout-garden Market, London.
riUNS, Biecch-loadcrs, Double Rilles, 1’utcnt Revolvers. Air
■V-? f"”' Sup-T-Ior Doublo Fowlto, H> >o ,3 (iulaons Braoch-
l ord.,., for quick Hric g . to load wilh rarlrid ye, —ilKr.LV. Now 0*'oni-nroot, London.
B EES.-MARRIOTT S HUMANE BEEHIVES are now to
bo obtained of EI> W ABI» RIGBY* and CO., S3, Grncechurch-atree:, whore prioei
catalogues may be obtained pnon rppiicailon ’ pn3ea
I CE CREAMS immediate!v and ccomomically made bv
FXITAT7X and ETKAD’B RFGI4TERFD FREEZING A^PAItATUi.^ Prtn. ->L
B^TiJlSVS. 5 ’ 8 .W.. andW,
H Y «?^? ATHI Pn ESTABLISn: ' TENr - 43 - tYobiirn-nlacs,
Fl'lfiS JOOTS^MLb 7 * Ud ° th#r mWllclno * ^arftUUod without'pain. PhyricUa, D. GRIfI
KLEY WELLS HYDROPATHIC ESTABLISHMENT
Whurfrdalo, Yorkshire.-This delightful and unrlvanod reai.lonos fjr InvaUda and
vuuore U ri uato in the beautiful valley of the Wnaafe. ,1* mhos from Itottmr At.W S2
general and medical mansgeraeot is under the Immodhtto direction of Dr. Kdruutid' Smith
•nH ft?!i"h kU « W r n 5^ d ,’ t>pttb B * ,H . 1 Homu-opathlc P.tr*iolan. Ion* of Sh-fflol-d. P w oro.oe j?u*r s
end forth or Information application to bo mado to Mr. STRACHAN. Ukfay IVnllan^arOtloy-
"0/7AYENCE-on-RHINE.— Prolcssor GARNHAM, BA
EnC ' U1 ‘ hom,! ’ w:,h « or TUItEE PUPIL. for’oKUVIAx’
riOM PORTABLE BOARD and LODGING in FRANCE
**»■
~V ^^S 0DERA ^ BENTS - Tl1 ^ is 110 property at
S„”^.Sr 11 “ ““
Apply to Moin, PAB-JOSSi »nd SON. E,t,w A«.at, anj AatUonoon,.
• i Marin* Porado, Brigbt ja.
L ondon and Westminster bank.—N otice is hereby
given that a BPKOIAT, GENERAL MBKTING of the Tro -rietors of the LONfrOM
ma WKp'JldlNBTPR BANK will be hekl at tho BANK n >U 8 P„ in jLothbury, on WED.
NESDAY’, the 21st JULY’ next, ac One o'Clockprecisely, for the puipo**of tacriving a Half-
Yearly Report from the Directors, and to declare a Dividend.
Lcrhbury Juno 9th I 8 S 8 . J. W. GlLBAKT, Goieral Mantgor.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be cloiod from the 3rd to the 2fith of July next, t*
prepare for tho Dividend.
T HE FIRST EXHIBITION of ART-MANUFACTURE3
drsigntd ..r executed hv STUDENTS of the 6CHOOL9 of ART wUI ba OPENED
I>*ily,at the 801TH KENSINGTON MUSEUM, oa and aftsr MONDAY, tha 21 b! JUNK,
1R58. AUmltiiou free on Mondays, TuLsdajs, and Saturdays; and by payment of SL on
Wednesdays.
G IRLS’ FACTORY of ART TOYS.—FANCY SALE of
ART TOYS (fer the Benefit of those who make tbrin) on Friday and Saturday, th*
18th and H'th, and on Monday and l uetduy next, the its: and 22nd mot., at 6 , North Crescent,
Bvdionl-xquare. Free admission.
VATROSRI AND rATBONESSXS.
Bcr. H. Ck Men), 14, Bloomslicry-street Mrs. Boll, 17, New BroAd-ilxoot; and 8oi-
licv. B. N. Dun-ant, All £*im*’ House, Halos- bonie, Hants
worth Mrs. ItniyahL-r, s, Earl’s-lerraco. Kensington
Mrs. It. N. Dun ant Mfrs Harris, Paooastt-% <’muberlan l
E. Vnnsittart Ninle, Esq., YVot Wickham. Lionel Olivor, Eax., 23, Fii^.roy-equara
Kent / Mr* O Ivor
Mrs. Todhuctor, WUlredcn MLi* OoiaTia Hill, 4, Ktmaoll-p'aoe, W
Mrs. Wii*oo, the Manage,r. brtr* to thank tha numerous Ladloi who anawerodto «hs aonoil
tnndo in behalf ofrtho Art-Toy Fncton Christmas iq the Illi!8TBatkd Losnox News.
C AVALRY COLLEGE. RICHMOND, SURREY.—
Patron: Field-Marshal the Right Hou Vfaoount Comborrnero G.C.B., G.C.U.
Resident Tutd*r Tbd'Bev. K. Broadlay Barrow. BA., Oton—
For General Education. Tim vpUeg© will Rtopen on tlio Stith July, when tho Mldtimmor
Vacation tcjminntes. For Prospectus (uui Inforinution npp.y ty Captain Barrow at tho
College.
TSLE OF MAN.—The ROYAL HOTEL, on the PIER,
X DOUGLAS. WILLIAM HILL Proprietor. Board and Lodging, 5a tid perdav. N«
extras. No Fees to Servant*. Lor:lore a xtainp for a ako'cb of the island, its antiqu**tios,
objects of interest, climate, and advunuge* os n sea-bathing plaoe.
E AS I D E. — WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE. — This most
he.«!thy and bdMuFnl seabathing locality, on the Eater Coa*t a* yo*. so IK'l*
known to tho public, elfrtni many ndvxntn (ot. The econo y U most extensive commml-
ipg an ntdatonuptod view of the German Oar an. and hai the flaest s.ndr t-*xt>athtag
beach in gng'.onci. 'It hail »» oxtonstvo Pier, also cxosllent Hotel aud Private Autemmo-
(fatlcn, clveap aad e«i»y oYaccess by Ipsw ch ami *. 00800 . fi’oam-boats oa ling vt BUck-
waU^ and TUbnry. or by the Eestorn Conntirs Hallway to Calehettcr, and from thsuee by
omnibtuoe. Excursion stoam-hontt t-> and from Ipvwich and Harwich.
s
S EASIDE.—WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE.—PORTOBELLO
HOTEL, for Comfort soil Economy. Fatties caa bo boarded by tho day or wcok, at
bile « private tahies.
pOLOGNE, the RHINE, GERMANY, TRIESTE, DEN-
\J MARK. SWEDEN. frc.-NSW. SHORTER, and CHEAPER ROUTE.—’Tho s'aoricat
and cheap-rat ronto between England and the above-named places i* now vlA Rotiordam a d
th" Dutch-lthonish Railway.
Through Ticket* are Laued at Rotterdam for Dasseldorf and Cologno, from which plae*t*
Stoumere run several times daily, passing through the whole of tho cerebrated ecanory of the
Rhine. There are frequent doily communications botwoeu Cologno and Bonn, Aix-la-
Cb> pelio, Weii hatlcn, Baffin Baden, Frankfort, Carlsruho, he.
Throovh Tickc’u are also issued for Bromrm, Hanover, Horburg ('br Hamburg), Bnmswielc,
Magdeburg. Potadnm, Berlin, Leipstc, and Dresden. Passengers adoptiog the Du tea-
ltlionish Route to Ihc*o places will not only escape tho Inconveufanae of landing in small
boats ut Osicud, And cros»in< the lUdno at Cologne or Rabrorc. hut, by avoiding tho long
d'tour by Cologno to tho Oborhausen Junction of the Cologno- Mindcti ll&Uway, will effect*
largo saving both in distsneo and expense.
Fifty pounds of luggage are nllownd, free of charge, to erory passenger for Germany.
The courtesy of tho Dutch Government opposed no obnnojwj to the o««y passage of tra¬
vellers through Holland. Now that the facilities for obta’ntng Porulgn 051» paaiporta hare
boon so much incrca*c>l. And thrir price raduoed toe nominal aim. travellers era r-xntn-
mended to urovido themsulves with them la pr ef erence to Consular passports, as the former
require no visa for Prussia. Vises for Holland may bs obtained of the Dutch Consul, 204,
Great 6 t. Helen’s. Bisbonsgate-eireot.
Every information *« to rate*, routes, passports. Ito., can bo had an application, personally
or by fatter, to Mr. JOHN C JANdON, Agout to tho Dutch-Kheolih Railway Company, 61,
Graceohurch-street, London, E.C.
THE
QUEEN’S VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM,
STONELEIGH,
WARWICK, COVENTRY, AND KENILWORTH.
THE HOLLOWING ILLUSTRATIONS
OF TUIS INTERESTING MYW
t WILL Al’RCAE IX
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
For Juxk 28 and July 3:—
The 'Address afc the Townlial], Bii’mingham, by tlie Mayor and
Corporation.
Tlie Gunners’ Arcli, Birmingham.
Tlie Arrival of her Majesty at Coventry.
Great Procession through Birmingham to Aston Halt.
The Address of the Managers in the Great Gallery of Aston Hall.
ASTON HALL. (PRINTED in COLOURS.)
The Arrival at Stoneleigli Abbey.
WARWICK CASTLE. (PRINTED in COLOURS.)
The Royal Cortege at Aston Park. Inauguration of Aston Park.
And other Illustrations.
Price Fivepence only: no extra charge for Coloured Prints.
The Coloubed Feists of Astoe IIall and Wae wick Castis
will be presented Geatis to all purchasers of the Number for July 3
who have subscribed for the three previous weeks.
Sold by aU Booksellers and Newsmen.
Office, 198, Strand.
TI-IE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
LO.XDOX, SATUBDA Y. ./CXU 19, 1858.
The Gazette on Tuesday announced officially the appointment of
a Commission to inquire into the best means of manning the Navy.
By this arm our country' has been secured in its unbroken inde¬
pendence, and for nearly eight centuries been enabled to carry its
flag and moke its power redoubtable over all the earth. How the
men were obtained who achieved these great things, and how they
are to be obtained to achieve probably gieater things hereafter, is
an inquiry of the highest social interest. History tells us of a sue-
cession of heroes, from King Alfred to Lord Lyons, who organised
or led our fleets; but tho actual labourers passed unknown out of
the world. Under that illustrious Prince they were probably bond-
men of his vassals occupying the sea shares or the banks of
the rivers; and now they ave enlisted voluntarily from all the
inhabitants of the empire. Between that almost patriarchal time
when tho chief appointed the tasks of the people, aad at present
when the Government is forbidden to interfere with occupations,’
and bids for services in common with ail who have funds to emptov
labour, there were many successive changes in the mode of getting
men for the naval service. L’nder the immediate successors of the
Conqueror the Sovereign seized the ships of tlie merchants, seamen,
and all, when he required them ; and then, by one of those commtita •
tions of services for money common in the early periods of our his¬
tory, the Cinque and other ports tube exempted from these seizures,
undertook to hold vessels in readiness for the Royal service. When
Edward HI. had vessels of his own, it wa 3 a common practice for thi
Sovereign to take what lie wanted from his sabjcct 9 , and, accordingly,
his officers were authorised to seize seamen, and compel them to serve
him. Tins barbarous practice continued in force from that time, with
one special exception, till the close of the war against Napoleon.
In the reign of William III., amongst tin? d(Versaces then made ti
Juke 19, 1858.1
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
603
the people, is to be found an Act to register and retain the services
of 30.000 seamen by a tccof 40s. a year to each one; and by half-pay
the sei victs of officers are now secured. Under Anne, however,
this exceptional and beneficial Act was repealed, and, though the
properly of the shipowner was from that time generally held
sacred, the seamen wanted for the Navy were seized by press-
gangs wherever they could be found, in the olden times this
ptactico waff not at variance with general habits, and it
occasioned neither peculiar complaint nor resistance. But,
as society extended and improved, the subjecting the sea¬
men exclusively to such an old barbarity occasioned ‘many
heartrending wrongs. It was partial domestic man-steal¬
ing of the most abominable description. Novels pamphlets,
criminal records, proceedings in Parliament, and puolic journals’
all through the eighteenth century, testify to the brutality exercised
on the seamen, and to the injury thus inflicted on the country by
driving them to desertion, mutiny, and resistance. Alter the
United States became independent, seamen docked thither; and, at
the beginning of this century, it was estimated that 10,000 men,
when we most wanted them, were serving in American ships. In
attempting to recover them by searching such ships, our naval
officers frequently violated the rights of the Americans, which occa¬
sioned the war of IS 12, and carried the old practice of impressment
to a climax of absurdity and injury. It then became apparent to all
that it was utterly unsuited to our present condition, and from 1816
it lias been in abeyance. This brief tketch of a very remarkable
feature in our social history shows that the conduct of the State
must conform to the progress of society, and. tailing to do that,
a practice which was not unreasonable under the Edwards
became morstrously unjust and actually ruinous under the Georges.
From tliis statement we may infer that to find the best means of
manning the Navy the Commission must disregard old practices,
and must look especially to the present condition of society and the
opinion of the seamen. At several periods since 1810 the State
felt a difficulty in procuring their services, and has instituted
inquiries similar to the present. Ii has adopted, too, a great
number of measures, all of a petty, inconclusive character, in¬
tending to make the naval service acceptable to the seamen. From
never attending to the principle now pointed out, it has been
amazingly unsuccessful; and, after several months' exertions,
offering large bounties, &c., has been unable to man two Une-
of-battle ships. Now wc have another Commission, and, to
prevent it being in like manner a failure, the men whose services
the State wants, and can only get by voluntary means, must be
first considered. The very essence of “ the best means of manning
the Navv” in this age of competition is to bid adequately for the
services of the seamen. Whatever be the worth of their labour in
the market, the State must pay the full price for it, as it pays for
hemp and timber. No possible pretext for not doing this can be
tolerated. If the State cannot pay tor the services of the seamen,
it can no mote have them than it can have the property of the
merchant. To obtain volunta, y service, it must begin by making a
fair bargain, the terms of which cannot be stipulated beforehand,
nor by one party. The State may offer a provision for life if
maimed, increased pay for increased efficiency, service for
a limited period, and then a retaining fee. All these are
matters of detail; the principle is a fair quid pro quo.
Into this enters the agreeableness or otherwise of the ser¬
vice; and it arrogant prolessional men will persist in maintaining
an odious system of traditional tyranny, now at variance with all
the usages of society, it may be doubted whether any money will
purchase volunteers enough. All the remnants of the old barbarity,
then, must be swept away.- Cur ships must cease to be prisons, and
soldiers and oflBeers must no longer be degraded into gaolers. The
vain and incorrect boast that a cabin-boy may become an Admiral
must be made a reality. One of the lingering consequences of
impressment is the maintenance of a perfect distinction of ranks
between the officers and the mea In no other part of society—in
no other service—is a line distinctly drawn, and a man told that, b®
and do what he may, he shall not rise, because he is not one of a
favoured class, to the top of his profession. In the Navy there are
still two distinct castes ; and, till it be in this respect identified with
civil society, the “best means of manning” it will not be devised.
From the character of the members constituting the Commission,
we are much afraid, however, that, like all its predecessors, it will
prove a costly failnre.
THE COURT.
The Ouceu hf> had an opportunity of testing the loyal afiec-
tiou of Sir subjects In the heart of the midland counties during the past
w™li 3he Court left town on Monday afternoon and arrived the same
cvenine at fitoneielgli Abbey, the aeat of Lord Leigh. J4>nl Lieutcnaut of
, 1 ... c0 |f n tv ot Warwick, where her Majesty passed the night. On Tuesday
the ( nu n V ent to Birmingham, and. after receiving a loyal address from
the Corporation in the Townhall. proceeded to As!<?u Park. the opening
of which a - park for the people " was Inaugurated by her Majesty.
The Cono ra-sed Tuesday night at Sroncirigb. and on the following
mernin Jdrere ho Warwick Castle, where her Majesty partook of luncheon
with the Earl and Countess ol Warwick. TlieQueen and 1'niice Consort,
rn 'earir.' the castle, drove through the town ot Leamington, and
1 m veiled bv a snfeial train on the (treat Western It ail way to Pad Ini:: -
ha wlirme" lnr Matcaty was escorted to Buckingham Palace l,y a de-
lari, ment if tternSnussans. Mr. Secretary Walpole accompanied her
Belgians arrived at Buckingham Patace
t twhlchanumerous party
Friday se‘«ni«ht Dr ~
Hoc, C.B.. luFpa-tor ol It capitals and Wl }? P «f^ onoflzht-
w* to, tier Majesty vvm graciously pleased to confer tlie bonoar one >£
Loot?upon him! W Amt* Deputy -Inspector of Uospita s, Kojal
Navy, \va* also presented, and received irom Uie Queen die honour of
knighthood.
COUNTRY NEWS .
Her Hovnl Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Princess
line akflYiie vounefr i.'oyal children on Tuesday at Buckingham Palace,
rr^byafffi/h"SsfcfcO^ the performance of the Italian Opera With
;r prceincc initio evening. .
Her Bor al Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied
- the Hireditary Grand Duchess of Mceklenburg-Strclitz and the
rhlcrss Jlary. hoitilircd Crcmorne Gardens with a visit on Tuesday
en jn>r ,
1 he Countess Platen, wife of hisFxcellcncy the Swedish Minister
thjc ('curt has left town for Sweden, lor a few months.
r J he ‘Itoaiqnis and Marchioness ot Brcadalbane have left town for
irlsbad.
A mnrriscc is aboatto take place between lady Emily Somerset,
~1er of till- Duke of Beaufort, and Mr Walsli. eldest son of Sir John
^ T nr)v lure WalPb-A marriage ib also arranged
, alsh. Bart., M.F., and My fa^ wai^- l f sir Kich * ra
» take place between Mr. Aeit-cn v,™;: o^Uw eldest
veroft. Dart, of Manydown J’urk, Ilants, and axM ogmy, eiuwi
aughter of Sir John Ogilvy, Bart., M.P., of Inverquhiuity.
The Harvest and the Okoi*6 .—From all points wc continue
lo receive most favourable intelligence ol the prospects of the coming
harvest, and of the crops of every description One will serve as a samole
with slight modifications, of the whole. Tims writes the Sussex Advcr -
User:—" A week of unceasingly lovely June weather has served to confirm
al! the gratifying reports as to the crops recorded in these columns for
many weeks past. The wheat is fast coding into ear. and is looking as
promising as possible. Dean?. peas. and other crops also air »rd evidence
of the most satisfactory progress, and at present there would awm no
reason to doubt that our prospects for the year will be such as to have*
rarely, if ever, been surpassed. U aymaking is proceeding vigorously, and
although the crops are scarcely so heavy as was at one time anticipated
yet on the whole and with the contlnu«nce of fine weather, the "haying ‘
can scarcely turn out other than satisfactory As regards the wheat, we
need only reiterate^ the remark of an old ngrieu’tunst last week—* Only
give us a warm and e.uiet time for blooming, and there will be no mistake
as to a good crop.* ”
Presentation to Major-General Wilson.—S ome in¬
teresting proceedings took place at Norwich on Tuesday evening. The
members of the Valpeian Club which is composed of gentlemen who re¬
ceived their education uijder the famous Dr Valpy. formerly Head Master
of the Norwich Grammar School—having entertained at dinner their old
schoolfellow, Major-Gcrrral Sir Arclida'e Wilson, the leader of the
captors of Delhi. Sir James Brooke. Rajah of Sarawak, presided. The
special feature of the proceedings was the presentation to General Wilson
ol a handsome dress sword, richly chased, and hearing the following in¬
scription “ Presented to Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson, BarL,
K.C.B., the conoueror of Delhi by Sir James Brooke, K.C.B., Rajah of
Sarawak, and hie schoolfellows, the members of the Valpeian Club, in
commemoration of his distinguished services in ludla, 1857-8, and as a
memento of old friendships. Norwich. Juue istli. is&8” Sir Jame«
Brooke accompanied the presentation of the sword with an address; and
Sir Arehilale Wilson, in responding, announced that his career as a soldier
wr-s about to close, aud stating that lie should ever prize the handsome
present which his old chums at the Norwich school had made him.
The Oxford Commemoration.—T he commemoration of
founders and benefactors was held on Wednesday morning in the Shel¬
don ian Theatre. Shortly alter ten o’clock the undergraduates were
admitted, and their feelings and fancies were soon expressed with the
old license. "When the customary preliminaries were over. Dr. Travers
Twiss. Regius Trofessor of Civil Law. introduced, with appropriate
addresses, the eminent personages on whom the honorary degree of
D C L was to he conferred, as follows Viwcount Stratford de Iledcliffe :
Viscount F.versley, late Speaker of the Ilonse of Cotnmous: the Right
Hon Sir Lawrence Peel, late Chief Justice of Bengal; Sir John Shaw
Lcfevre, Clerk of the Parliament, House of Lords ; Major-General Sir
John Eardley Wllmot Inglis, Mr. Thomas Dyke AcUind, and Mr. Justice
llaliburton. Mr. Matthew Arnold. M A. Uriel College, Professor of
Poetry, ruxt proceeded to deliver the anuual Crcweian oration, but was
scarcely audible at any period of his harangue. The prize compositions
were tficu recited by the successful competitors.
Spring Grove Fancy Bazaar and Flower Snow.— -The
consecration of the new church at Spring Grove was the first act of the
Bishop of JAindon after his own consecration: and on that occasiou the
reverend Prelnte chose for his text the words •* Feed my lamb/i,” and
exhorted the inhabitants of this delightful locality to provide schools for
the children of the poor before the population became top dense. This
suggestion was responded to at once, and temporary schools were estab¬
lished • in private rooms, in which there were soon more than 100 children.
But. permanent school accommodation became urgent: and on Monday
and Tuesday (last week) a fancy bazaar and flower show was held in the
beautiful grounds of Spring Grove Uouse, in aid of a fund for erecting new
district schools, upwards of 2000 being present, amongst whom were many
persons of distinction. The bazaar was held on the lawn at the wcat side
of the mansion, which was gaily decorated with flags of all nations; and
marquees, fitted up for the occasion, were placed round the lawn. The
band of the llth Hussars occupied the centre, and contributed not a little,
by some excellent music and tne brightness ot their uniform, to the gaiety
ot the whole scene. In the centre of the marquee devoted to the flower
show was a tountain, designed by Mr. Lovegrove, of Spring Grove, and
creetud by him at his own expense as a contribution in aid of the fund.
We are glad to be able to say the effort was very successful, upwards of
£?co being collected.
The Meseem of Irish Industry.—H is Excellency the Ear 1
of Kglinton presided on Monday night at the annual distribution of prizes
to the successful pupils of the Museum of Irish Industry. There wa* a
very fashionable attendance. and the business of the meeting was com¬
menced by Sir Robert Kane, the director of the museum, delivering a
lecture on the objects of its formation. Ilia Excellency then addressed
the pupils and their friends in a graceful speech—practical, appropriate,
and instructive.
Mr Commissioner SxErnENSON, of the Liverpool Bankruptcy
Court, died suddenly ,’on Tuesday morning, wliile crossing the Mersey in
one of the ferry steamers, of disease of the heart.
Death ok the Lord Justice Clerk.—W e have to make
the painful announcement of thcdeAth of Lord Justice Clerk Hope, which
took place at a late hour on Monday night. His Lordship, when finish¬
ing a lette r to a relative, about seven o’clock, jvas seized with paralysis,
and never rallied from the attack, expiring about half-past eleven. His
lordship was in his sixty-fourth year. He passed tor the bar in 1816.
and was elevated to the presidency of the Second Division of the Court of
Session in l?44.
Conway National and Infant Schools.— The Rev. J. B.
Biuns, her Majesty’s Inspector of Schools, visited Conway a few days ago.
when the above schools were subjected to his examination. Ilia report
was exceedingly favourable. The Infant School he pronounced to be one
of the best regulated in North Wales, lie also spoke in eulogistic terms
of the state of efficiency in which he found the National School.
gHlrivEiLDiNG of THE Tyne.—O n Saturday last was launched
from the building-yard of Messrs. Palmer (Brothers) and Co., the Hudson,
thel&rcest iron steam-ship yet built on the Tyne. She is a vessel of very
noble proportions, Ls 300f) tons burden, will be propelled by engines of 700-
borse pow er nominal—about 200 effective—and is of the following dimen¬
sions ;—3 »5 feet over all. io feet beam, and 26 feet deep. She has tour
decks—poop, spar, middle, and lower.
—The Screw Steamei; “New York.” on her voyage from
the Clyde to New York, went ashore on the Moll of Cantyre during tlic
niclJ of the 12 th inst., and, according to the latest advices, had ten feet of
(cater in her hold. The crew and passengers were saved.
Destructive Storms were of frequent occurrence last week
in different parts of ttie country. The town and neighbourhood of
Bending were visited on Saturday evening last with the most violent and
destructive hailstorm that lias warred for a period ot about twenty years.
The hailstones, which were of large size-some like marbles, and others
having almost the appearance ol souare pieces of he—fell heavily for
twelve or fifteen minutes, and drove everything tefore it. Many windows
were broken and many gardens extensively injured. For a long time
afterwards tin hail remained in places fully six inchesdee^andthentirm
was followed by adense fog after dusk, barber in the same day Liver-
pool experienced a similar florin. A Methodist chapel was struck by the
lightning, part ol the roof knocked down, the tableUcontahung the Ten
Commandments were burnt, and the clock struck and
stack near the town was set on fire and reduced to ashra. Blralnghmn
wi« visited in a similar manner the same day. With the ra n. which fell
In torrents, came down, it is stated, “black meteoric substance* of the s;ic
of pens." (Ire of thiCfliigstaffa set up on the Townhall for herJIajratjs visit
wa, shivered by IMiLiine Two men were struck down near Derby, and
one mneh^nrt. Dutheliss recovered. In Scotland similar occurrences took
place on various days of the week
A Merder, attended with considerable mystery, has been com-
mittrd AtBrocbmoor in South Staffordshire. The victim, an engineer,
named Collier, had been drinking with a friend, named Onions, on Thurs-
di,v week and they lett late at night to go to Collier’s lodgings. Collier w*4
foun^ muidercdand hliw’kingly mangled the next morning, not far off ;
and unions has disappeared. But no motive can be conceived tor t
commission of the murder. __
PnrrrPVFNTI AND APPOINTMENTS IN THE CHURCH a ^~Rcc-
i/MOvRfv K A T Barrett to Slower Provost with Todbere. Dorset;
to Milltank|Wt«l KcjlF. Hminfter, to the West Somerset
Rev. A. H. r. jWkiMau'curacies: Ttcv. J. Adams to StockcrwW,
yeomanry Cavalry. PeiTXtuo* , , moa;1 4 ('orawall; Rev. J. Hnghw to
Speen, Berks; Rev.C. . . toGwerayllt, Denbighshire; Kev.
Gw<mafiC-ld. Flintshire; Rev (Kon Eev II. Suiting to the
S W. Margin to BfsdingtoJiQuar^. • ' Cur(ic ;^ : Kev. S C. Adams
Chapelrj^istrict of /eMs, near Kr^^ , Cr Bingley to M*rg*rctting.
to Holy Trinity, Micker, Kriting with Thorrington, Es^ex: Rev. C.
Manchester. •
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
Kathtekic Mavourbbsh, in some facetious answer to the celebrated
song, gently remarks to her lover that it certainly may be for years,
andjit may be for ever, that they are going to part, but that is no
reason why she should be called out of bed, with her hair oat of curl,
at the preposterous hour he has chosen for his serenade. In the same
spirit London may observe that it is possible a fleet from Toulon may
be ciamiumg the charts of the Thames anent the Trafalgar and the
Slop ; and an army of long militia-men from the Green Mountains
may he en ronte for Pall-mall via Liverpoel (though wc don’t much
believe in the probability of cither event) ; but those are no reasons
why we should be poisoned d’avanee. The state of the ltiver Thames
for the last fortnight has been loathsome. The journals are full of
letters from voyagers, inhabitants, and visitors, complaiuing that they
and their friends have been sickened by the offensive odours from the
stream. Despite the heat, witb the glass at BO deg., windows that
“give ” upon the Thames are kept dosed; and, as the smell rushes up
the streets that lend from the river to the Strand, passers-by utter
maledictions on the (JorenmienL, the City authorities, the Central
Board, and all who can or are supposed to he able to interfere. The
Lord Mayor is besieged in court, and made to smell the water in
bottles ; and liis Lordship turns white, and desires the applicants to
go to Hie new Court of Conservancy. The dock companies are accused
of fouling the river, and people ask why a summary order cannot he
made compelling the sluices to be kept shut until the proper period of
the tide; and ^bother Louis Jffnpoleou would allow his subjects' lives
to be tlins playcd with? The state of the stream is utterly disgrace^
ful: and tlic fact tliat n great ditch of poison is allowed to crawl, day
by day/add night by night, through tile grandest city in the world,
while the "authorities ” are cackling and squabbling about a score of
matters of comparatively no consequence, is a mocking answer to the
vaunts of the march of intellect. The aDgry contempt, moreover,
which is everywhere expressed for the garrulous und foolish Central
Board, which has stopped all effort to improve the Thames, on a petti¬
fogging, “ parbcliial ” plea of expense, is rising to an indignation of
w Licit Lord John Manners may hear more.
Loyalty must feel happy that our Sovereign has been for some days
out pf the way of the pestilential breezes. The Queen has been en-
geged in one of the most interesting visits she has evor made—
.gamely, in inaugurating the beautiful park and noble hall which the
working classes of Birmingham have secured for themselves and their
children. The Queen's impromptu speech to a knot of workmen who
were desired to come to her and hear from her own Bps what she
thought of their work will long be remcmliered by the hearers. Anil
perhaps one of the most remarkable incidents of tho inauguration was
the gathering of 47,000 Sunday-school children, who sang a hymn to
their Sovereign, at which—and no wonder—the Boyal lady was much
touched.
The Emperor of the French has displaced General Espinasse, his
military Home Minister, and turned him into the Senate, with the
annuity of 30,000 francs, for having done more mischief to his master’s
interests than any less rampant blunderer could have done. ;He is
succeeded by M. Delangle, who is a lawyer. The only matter of
interest in the journals (of course we except the allegation that France
is not arming) is the logical announcement that the authorities con¬
sider that M. de Pime wrote a very objectionable article, for which he
was served right liy M. Hyime, who did not know that he was wound¬
ing him a second time. So that matter is closed.
Congress has settled that the Principalities did not know what was
good for them when they desired a union and a King, and it has been
finally decided—by Austria, Turkey, Prussia, and England, against
France, liussia, and Sardinia—that the provinces shall remain separate.
Turkey has thus succeeded in preserving her “integrity.” Bat the
Pacha with three tails who governs Candia has trouble on his hands,
in consequence of a rising of the Greeks in the island—no new thing
there. The richly-endowed, but unfortunate, island deserves the
compassion of Europe. Its population lias dwindled away under
Turkish misgovemment, aud exaction and oppression are largely
practised. It is not wonderful that the Cretans, hearing of the
prosperity of their compatriots in Greece, are easily instigated by
intrigue to rise against their masters, and to ask to be transferred
(as they were in 1830) to a more beneficent ruler. However, there is
no hope for them jnst now—artillery being an argument in the hands
of their Sovereign.
Lord Malmesbury lias certainly managed the affair between uj
and the King of Naples with spirit and discretion, and with com¬
plete success. Our engineers receive L'300<) in compensation for the
hardships to which they have been subjected, so the c/eo* liomani
fare better nnder the care of the Conservative Minister than under
tl.nt of the inventor of that well-sounding name. Moreover, the
King hastens to deliver np the Cagliari and her crew to England.
This result, when made known over the Continent, will do some¬
thing towards restoring a little of tho old English prestige which we
have eo industriously laboured—with the aid of friends and neigh¬
bours—to destroy.
In Parliament tho week has not been eiciting. The novel case of a
bankrupt member has been presented, and Mr Townsend, of Green¬
wich, has been pronounced incompetent to take part in the legisla¬
tion, and the votes he lias given since his bankruptcy ;have been
annulled. Thin sounds a small matter, and yet, had one vote been
■mbdnctcd from the majority on the Edinburgh Ministers’ Bdl on
Wcdne-day, the House of Commons would have been saved the
amount of'inconsistency which will be found in its having aboliihcd
the Church-rate in England and refused to abolish it in Scotland.
The organ nuisance has been again before the magisterial bench :
hut there is little inducement for a man who has any business of his
own to postpone it for the sake of delivering his neighbours from
annovancc. The magistrates, with scarcely an exception, exercise the
most’suave lenity towards the vagabond minstrels, wbo are sent off
nith a trifling fine, tbe amount of which they immediately proceed to
wring out of new victims as hush-money, just as the rascally trades¬
men who cheat the poor with false weights make up the trumpery fine
by a Saturday evening of renewed cheating. U ahoy knocks P-
cat into your face, or frightens your horse with a lionbornpsy
up with a hoop, the police confiscate tbe article. It the magistra e
would confiscate the organ, the work wotdd be done; but onr sernle
reverence for a bit of property allows us to sene the hoop while we
spare the greater nuisance.
——_ _,v„ lower Bskoal Presiobscies
Maiia FOR the the Post Offlres U India
VIA Soi-rllAMi-Tos-nieDt'^ | " r f '‘ c ", whldj lUcnJ , the eon-
liaving rperiabj^; * t . l ‘ ttt of thehcavy portion of the eorre-
veyarce from i* 1 ?. 1 *? .’f.ifjf ? manto! from Uill country via Soath-
spoidiuCc lor *hvb*st lndtra. tward consequence of these
asnptan amt Roiabay. and havingdeOin.ru.
obstacles, the snSffit mril^actot on the line
e'ins SSSSUflSJrtot «!•' M.dra. and
604— Jt jk 19, liff-.J
TIIE ILLUSTKAt^LONDON NIi\VS
LJche 19. 1858.—605
PlBiRMIMG
m
m
T-h,
1 #
GOG
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
fJoNB 19, 1858
THE QUEENS VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM.—
OPENING OF ASTON HALL AND PARK.
The visits of her Most Gracious Majesty Quesn Victoria do not result
in mere formaloffioial recognitions and frigid courtesies between the
Monarch and the local authorities; the Sovereign and the people are
brought into direct communion, thus strengthening the old tios and
forming new and stronger ones of loyalty and mutual attachment.
The throne of our Queen is based, if ever throne was, upon the affec¬
tions of her subjects; hor Majesty not only rules over a great. nation,
she reigns in the hearts of her people; and this rroud privilege is owing
to her ready acquiescence in their desires, and to her gracious affability
in the discliargo of her self imposed duties. In the Loyal visit to Bir¬
mingham, on Tuesday, her Majesty realised the long*cherished wishes
of the people of Birmingham; and the purpose of that visit—the
opening a People’s Hall and Pork—must have added fervour to the
loyalty and devotion with which our Queen was hailed. Indeed, her
Majesty’s entry into this populous manufacturing town was under
circumstances which invested the ceremony with a degree or varied
interest, splendour, and animation never exceeded, and th8 remem¬
brance of whioh will long livo in tho memory of all who witnessed it.
DEPARTURE OF THE ROYAL CORTEGE FROM LONDON.
Htr Mujebty the Queen and his R >ya.l Highness tho Prinoe Consort
left Buckingham Pal&oo on Monday afternoon. Tile Queen and
Prince were attended by tho Duchess of Atholl, Lady in Waiting;
the H< n Horatfa StcpfoTd, Maid of Hon ur in Waiting; Kiri DsL*
wair. L/rd Chamberlain; the Marquis of Abercorn, Grootn of the
S'rle to bisRoxal Highness; Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Phipp3,
Major-General Bouverie, and Colonel F. H. Seymour.
licr Majesty ard his Royal Highness were conducted to their car¬
riage by tbo Marquis of Exeter, the Duke of Beaufort, \ isoount New
pojt, l.oTd Byron, Lord George Lennox, Mr. JL < )rmsby-Gore, and
Major-General Wylde. . , „
The Loyal party quitted the Palace at twenty mmutss before three
o’olock, in three of the Qm en e carriages, and were escorted by a
detachment of light dragoons to tho Euston-square terminus of the
London and North Webern Railway
Mr. Secretary Walpole met the Queen at tho railway station, and
attended her Majesty on her journey.
ARRIVAL AT COVENTRY.
The Royal train, consisting of seven carriages, left the station at
Euston-squaro at three o'clock, and, stopping only at Bletchloy tor a
few minutes, arrived at Coventry at half-past five, the hour indicated
in the time-table. There an immense comourse of the citizens had
stood fi-r hours, exposed to tho glare of a burning turn, to catch a sight
of the Queen. The station was profusely decorated with banners and
evergreens, and the platform spread with crimson doth. As the
cortege entered the station a Royal salute was fired from a battery
sent ex t rtssly from Weedon for the occasion, the city halls were rung,
and tlin crowd raised an enthusiastic cheer. Lord Leigh, aud Liou-
tenent Gener-1 Sir Harry Smith, in command of the midland district,
received her Majesty as tho alighted from the carriage. The Marquis
of dorados, chairman, and Captain Huith, general manager of tho
London and North-Western Railway, with to feral .of tho directors,
accom; anied the train conveying the Royal party, which was driven by
Mr J. E M‘Connell, superintendout of tie lucomotive department;
Lord A'fied Paget and the Marquis of Stafford occupying places on
the engmo. A guard of honour, composed of 10ft men of tho 22nd
Foot, uudor ihe command of Major Sir George Robinson, Captain
Monk, Lieutenant Robin, and Lieutenant Winthropp, was posted along
the front of the platform; and u squadron of the loth Hussars, at pre¬
sent quartered in Coventry, under the command of Captain Stuart,
lined the ground leading from the station to theStoneleigh-road. The
Mayor unu Town Council oi Coventry were in attendance to present aa
address to tho Queen, accompanied by thrir sword and mace bearers,
who wore their ancient civic costume, which was at onoe quaint and
pictumqne. The hut of tho swordbearer, whioh was of crimson
velvet, with a most umbrageous brim, end profusely ornamented with
gold, ert ated quite a sensation among the strangers on tho platform
previous to the arrivul of tht Queen.
As the Queen was about to enter the station, tho Mayor, m the
name of the Corporation, presented an address, in which they stated
that £»11 the female Sovereigns of England had honoured the city of
Coventry with their presence.
VISIT TO STOXELEIGH ABBEY.
This ceremony over, tho Royal party entered their carriages and pro¬
ceeded at ordinary travelling puce to Stoneleigh Abiey, oetwosn six
and seven miles distant, taking the road through Stichall and Baging-
ton, the Stouoleigh troop of Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry, under
the command of the Hon. Captain E. C. Leigh, forming the escort. As
her Majesty was leaving the station a large choir, accompanied by
some 900*» school children, sang the Nationul Anthem, and the people
cheered her vociferously.
Stoneleigh Abbey is situated in a spot of peculiar beauty, about throe
miles from Kenilworth, on a sloping^ bank of the Avon. The more
ancient, part of this stately pile, forming three sides of a square, was
built iD the reign of Queen Elizabeth, upon tho site of the old ubbey;
but of tho original odif.ee little now remains except the groined arches
below the present building aud tho venorable gatehouse, dating us fir
hack as the fourteenth century. It is surrounded by an extensive
park adorned with a profusion of venerable oaks and abounding with
deer.
On arriving at Stoneleigli the Royal party were conducted to a mag¬
nificent suite of apartments appropriated to f beir use, upon tho arrange-
ntand embellishment of which Lord Leiuh had called into requisition
all the iesources of decorative art. In our last week’s impression we
gave the details of these tasteful decorations, whioli were devised amt-
executed by the Messrs. Moxon, of Brook street, decorators to her
Majesty. In the evening the front of the old abbey and the portico of
thermal sun-house beyond were splendidly illuminated,a grand
banquet was given, at which, in addition to her Majesty and_t.be Prince
Cod sort, and the members of their suite .Several of the fieighb hiring
nobility and gentry wero present. The band of tho 2nd Liio Guards
w as stationed in the park, and played at inter vals d using the evening.
HER MAJESTY’S RECEPTION AT BIRMINGHAM/
For n < nths past the visit of tho Quooa has b?oa loiked to by all
claves o* the people at Birmingham with absorbing interest, aud the
most el»borate and costly preparations wore mode to {live it dolat.
The whole attendant ciroumsbinces throughout the day wero aus¬
picious. Tbo weather was delightful. Tho manufacturing operations
m the town end neighbourhood wero for the mosUpart suspended, the
forettp of tall chimneys emitted no smoko, and in. that rosp9ct her
Majesty t 7 joy « d the advantage of teeing the groat industrial capital
of tho midland counties under rather^aa exceptional state of things.
For miles and miles round—from tho whole of “.tho black country,’'
from various parts of Staffordshire. Warwick Coventry, Manchester,
Lichfield. Tam worth, and even from the metropolis itself— people came
pouring into ihe town in thousands by excursion trains, and it is
estimated that a crovtd pf n' t ifi^Uhai^&ftO,UOD lined the route tra¬
versed by the Royal cem-gp. . '
Her Majesty left tho Kenilworth stalvon on Tuesday morning suor-ly
eitcr eleven. The train was ftighaHeid at Birmingham a few minutes
before twelve, andin two minutes after that hour tho august party
were landed upon the platform of the Birmingham station. Her
JIuj.Rtv’f suite eounistedchieily ot tho personages who accompanied
her to Covnitry ttml SUmeitigh. The guard of honour on duty at tho
station fonrifcfidraLa d^tdohmentof the 30th Regiment of Foot; and a
d u m t eUbrii he met ro polite nan d Birmingham police, under tho direction
of Chi tTQt: htmii si oner Majno and MrQStevens, the chief of the Bir¬
mingham loz.ee. rendered efficient service in preserving the strictest
order. x
Oil the platforin Jto receive her Majesty wero Lord Hatherton, Mr.
O. Ratcliff, and several of the borough and county magistrates.
Among the military officers present were Colonel Hort, of tho 30th
Regiment; Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Commandant of the
Midland District ; Lieutenant-Colonel Shad <* ell; Colonel Kennedy, of
tho Royal Artillery Company; Colonel Ch-ytor, Commaoder of the
lioyal Engineers: and Captain Swinny. The Mayor of Birmingham
appeared for the first time in official robes, and was attended by Mr.
Stordbridge, the Town Clerk, and the Rev. J. Spooner, his Chaplain.
A Royal Milutc, filed by tho Royal Artillery, under the cojumaad of
Colonel Kennedy, from thewssto ground near tho old station of tho
Loncon and North "Western Company in Curzou-street, announced
live laiivH of hor Mi jeaty.
The distance from the station to Aston Hall is about three miles, aud
tbo prescribed route lay through many of tho best as well as some of
the poorer streets. The Queen and the Prince Ccn*ort having entered
their carriage, and th8 Royal cortege having been finned, its first
destination was the Townhall, where her Majesty was to receive an
address from the Corporation. Bafore leaving the platform her Ma¬
jesty was presented with a beautiful bouquet by the wife of the M ayor.
On emerging from the station under an escort of ths 10th Hussars,
the cortege entered Qu9on-8treet, a half-tinishod thoroughfare, where,
the ground being unfavourable for a good view of tho pageant, little
preparation had been made to give her Majesty a suitable recaption.
Matters, however, speedily changed, aud as tn« Queen approached the
Market hall tho was greeted with vehement cheering from thoorowd.
Proceeding then at a slow pace along Worcester-atreec, High-Street,
Bull-street, Cclmore row, all of which were tastefully festooned with
flowers and evergreens, and where her Majesty received a mesfc enthu¬
siastic welcome i'rom the crowds assembled along the footpaths and at
the open windows, the cortege arrived at theTownhall, onspicious
above every other subject of note ulong the route for the cratly
splendour of its interior and exterior decoration, its imposing archi¬
tectural proportions, and us being tho point at which the interest of
the ceremonial may bo said to have culminated. Ordinarily a subject
of pride to the resident population aud of admiration to strangers, art
had been called in to aid on this occasion in enhancing its intrinsic
effect. In the centra of an arcade in Paradise-stro9\ tho spot at waich
the Queen alighted, an elegant canopy of purple velvet was erected,
surmounted by regal insignia, and a profusion of banners. Vases of
natural flowers tastfully arranged, elegant devices in evergreens, and
words of welcome challenged admiration and sympathy at every poiuc
of entrance to the buiiding. On one side of the vestibule, after enter¬
ing the edifice, a reception-room furnished with consummate taste was
specially set apart for her Majesty, and a similar apartment was de¬
voted to tbo accommodation of the Prinoe Consort at tho oppisite side.
Passing into the interior of the hall, the first objeat that caught the
eye was a magnificent dais immediately beneath tuo orguu gaftory,
approached by steps with an elliptical front, over whioh was a canopy
o t purple velvet. Three chairs stood upon the dab, the one intended
for htr Majesty being covered with gold, embroidery on a rich orimson
ground. Tho door of the hall was laid with a carpet identical in
pattern snd colour with that of the House of Lords; aud above this,
up tho centre, and extending over the dais, was a rich velvet pile
carpet, of a crimson and maroon colour. A profusion of exotio
plants of gTeat beauty extended from tho floor to the orchestra, and
from the panels of the enamelled walls groups of flowers were
gracefully suspended at intervals. On the floor and in the galleries
upwards of three thousand of the principal inhabitants were present,
most of them ladies. Before her Majesty entered the hall the
official personages present took up tho several positions assigned td-
them. The Aldermen and Town Council arranged theinsdlyes on the-
floor immediately in front of the throne, and on each side; in their
immediate vicinity wero the Earl of Dartmouth, Lord Ward, Lertk,
Calthorpe, Mr. Scholefield, M.P., and Mr. Newdegate, AI P. At haif-
past twelve o’clock the Queen entered the hall, accompanied By thc
Prince Consort, and ascended the dais, attended by_ thq Dachess of
Atholl, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Horn floratii Stop ford, Mr.
Secretary Walpole (who wore tho Ministerial uniform),; the Iiarl
Delawair, Lord Chamberlain; General Bouverie,the Marquis of Abar-
com, Colonel Phipps, and Colonel Seymour. Her Majesty wore -a-gfoy
silk dress with checked flounces, a white bonnet, and lace scarf.
Lcid Leigh, the Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire, occupied a posi¬
tion immediately on the right of the dais. / f \ \
As her Majesty entered the building the assembly rose in a body,
and tho choir stationed in the gallery sang the National Anthem. This
over, Mr. Staudbridge, the Town Clerk, presented the address of tho
Corporation to her Majesty.
The Queen made the following gracious reply
I have received with pleasure your loyal and dutiful address, expressing
your sincere and devoted affection to my person and my throne.
It is most gratifying to me to have the opportunity of visiting this
ancient and enterprising town, the centre pi so much of our manu¬
facturing industry; ana I trust you may long remain in the full enjoy¬
ment of that liberty and security without which even industry itself must
l'aii to reap its appropriate reward.
I desire you w ill convey to the vast community which you represent my
sincere thanks for their cordial welcome, assuring them at the same time
of the pleasure I have derived from witnessing the great and increasing
prosperity of Birmingham ‘and its neighbourhood.
The Town Clerk then read the address of the Corporation to the
Prince Consort; aud his Loyal Highness replied, thanking " the Oor-
poiation lor their kind and flattering address.”
Her Majesty was then pleasod to center tho honour of knighthood
on Mr. Ratcliff, the Mayor.
THE ROYAL PROGRESS TO ASTON HALL.
Her Majesty left the hall with the Prince Cmsort, attended as
before, and the Royal party started on its way to Aston Park, a dis¬
tance of about two miles and a half, under a cavalry escort composed of
& detachment of the lUth Hussars.
As the cortege entered Now-street, which is by far the finest in the
town, the spectacle was extremely animated and picturesque. Crowds
of wril-drc&sed people weie congregated at oil the windows, on the
terraces and balconies, and on platforms erected for the occasion.
From beginning to end one moving mass of bright-coloured banners
fluttered in the breeze. Evergreens and festoons of natural flowers
were suspended across the thoroughfare with thj most striking offset.
Thousands of people wore penned in densely-compacted masses benind
tbd^Mrcot barriers, and as the cavalcade moved slowly along her
Majesty was greeted with one continued and enthusiastic ovation.
Faffing on its way through Dale-end, Bcafford-strcet, and Aston-
street, the same enthusiasm being everywhere shown, the Loyal
cortege arrived at Go&ta-green, tho centre of the locality in which ihe
"gun titfdais carried on. There the operative gun makers had erected
a stately triumphal arch nearly 50 feet in height and as many in
Width, embodying an artistio display of small arras, consisting of
groups of swords, eabret, pistols, bayonets, and bright ramrodj, formed
in stars and various other devices. The arch was surmounted by tho
Royal arms brilliantly painted, and a grand military trophy composed
of the flags of all nations. The words “ Welcome to our Queen ” were
displayed high over all, and from the centre of the arch a magnificent
star descended, some fifteen feet in diameter, composed of moatiets aud
fixed baycnets. Tho total value of tho arms used in this do vice was
estimated at £6000; and tho sum expended upon it and in decorating
other parts of that particular locality was about £600, the greater pare
of which was subscribed by the operative guamakera. Tnis arch, de¬
signed by Mr. W. {Scott, j«n., of Bath-street, was erected under the
management of Mr. W. Cieko, of Caroline street, Birmingham.
On leaving Gosta-green, and entering the Aston-road, a vary touch¬
ing fipectuclc attracted her Majesty's nutico. Some 40,000 little children
of both sexes, belonging to the schools of all denominations of
Chriatiuns. and alto to those of the .lews, lined tho road for some dis¬
tance on both sides, and as hor Majesty passed they sang in a low,
gentle, manner: —
Now pray we for our country
That England long may be
The holy and the happy.
And tliegiOriously tree.
TLo Royal cavalcade proceeded along the Aston-road to tho boun¬
dary of the borough, and from thus point was conducted by tli9 Lord
Lieutenant and Highfcheriff of Warwickshire, attended by a numerous
body of county magistrates, to Aston. The route is along the Licli del 1-
rcud. I’rom tho Lichfield-road tho procession moved along tho Park-
read to a triumphal arch erected at the entrance to the Grand Avenue.
This length of ground—about three-quarters of a mils—wa3 one con¬
tinuous line of platforms, most of wnicU were handsomely decorated
with flags and evergreens. At every point her Majesty was enthu¬
siastically welcomed. Entering through this arch, the Royal party
hud at one glance a full view of Aston Hall, built upon rising ground,
approached by an avenue of elms and Bpauhh chestnuts, scarcely sur-
paired in England, and surrounded by u landscape at onoe picturesque
and extensive.
The approaches to the old manrion have recentlyhaeu considerably
improved, new roods have been made, galleries capable of holding 430U
persons erected in tho grand avenue, and apparently every imaginable
means adopted for securing the comfort and safety of spectators and
doing honour to her Majesty.
The view of the hall from the south eiae is very beautiful. The
mo&t prominent feature is the projection in the centre, containing the
windows of the chapel, and the krge ones in tho great drawing-room.
The garden was formerly laid out in serpentima walks. This arrange
ment hes now given way to bold straight alleys, the shrubs having
been superseded; by a verdant lawn, aud the larger trees thus brought
into the prominence for which they wero originally designed, These
trees comprise a magnificent speoimen of the everlasting oak, some
hollies, and a row of solemn yews. Beyond the garden there is a noble
avenue of nycamore-trees rather more than 300 yards in extent.
In the centre of tho west front is the glass edifice erected by the
Park Company, intended for the exhibition of_ Birmingham manufac¬
tures, which already contains some of the choicest specimens of Bir¬
mingham productions, both in art and manufacture.
INAUGURATION OF THE HALL AND PARK.
On arriving at the entrance to Aston Hall hor Majesty was received
by Sir Francis Scott, Bart, chairman of the interim managors of the
park, and conducted, with the Prince Consort, to the dining-room,
attended by their suite, where luncheon was served. Sub3equea ly
tho Royal party inspected some of tho m ore interesting objects of art
and an iquily contained within the buiiding, and thoa repaired to the
great gallery, where Sir Francis Scott presented an address to her
Majesty, to which she read the following gracious reply:—
I sincerely thank you for your loyal assurances of devoted attachment
to my throne ami person, liic improvement of the moral. Intellectual,
and social condition of my people will always command my earnest atten¬
tion : and in opening this Ball and park to-day f rejoice to have another
opportunity of promoting their comfort and innocent recreation.
Tho interim managers were then severally presented. Tho presenta¬
tion over, her Majesty was^cfoflductod t > u newly-erected balcony,
from which was afforded a grand, and picturosqua view of the park
and surrounding country./ Upon hor Majesty'e appearance, the band
of the Grenadier Guards! together with that of the 2nd Life Guards,
which moved from tho front, etruokhp tho National Anthem, which
w&s taken up by the various Other bands and the united voices of the
people. Here tuoje^phteo the grand und interesting ceremony to per-
lorm which her Majesty condescended to visit the midland metropolis,
to inaugurate ft splendid park for the people, and afford the inhabit¬
ants of Birmingham—the hea^t of England—an opportunity of testi¬
fying their unbounded affection and loyalty towards her throne and
person. Standing hUthe front ot the elegantly-decorated balcony, aud
surrounded by her suite and nobility, and greeted by the acclamation
of the multitude, the Queen was graciously pleased to inaugurate the
park, directing Sir Francis Scott, in hor name, to declare Aston Hall
and Park open to tho people. Tho Royal party wore then reoonduoted
through the nailery, and afterwords visited a suite of rooms devoted to
the exhibition of works of art.
Return in ginto^e hall, the Queen and the Prince Consort, attended
as before, took their departure from the hall at half-past throe o'olook
Jot fStoneleigh Aboey. The Royal party travelled, by a special train,
Which they entered at a temperary station at Aston, on the London
and Nbrth-'Westeru Rail way, erected expressly for her Majesty's ac¬
commodation, to save her the necessity of returning througn the town
of Birmingham.
The Mayor of Birmingham, now Sir John Ratcliff, entertained about
fiflirdif the principal inhabitants at a banquet at tho Townhall in the
evening.
RETURN OF THE ROYAL CORTEGE TO STONELEIGH
ABBEY.
On Tuesday evening, after her Majesty left Aston Hall, she mode a
dolour from the railway station at Kenilworth, on her way to Stone-
leigli. through the picturesque ruins of the Castle of Kenilworth—a
glimpse of which she caught long years since, whilst yet a child.
The dinner party at Stoneleigh consisted of the Earl of Warwick,
Lady Mary Fieldmg and Captain Fielding, the Hon. and Rev. H.
Choimondeley, the Marquis of Chandos, and Viscount Hood The
addition to these wero the nobility and gentry Btuying in the house.
A large ppty of the nobility and gentry retiaent in tho neighbourhood
received invitations for the evening. Portions of the abbey and
domain were brilliantly illuminated. On Wednesday morning hor
Majesty went over the grounds at iStonoleigh, remarkable for their
muny natural beauties.
ARRIVAL AT LEAMINGTON.
At one o’clock the Queen took leave of her noble host and hostess,
and departed lor Warwick Castle. Through what a fairy-like land she
passtd between Stoneleigh and Leamington!—a fino, undulating
country, richly timbered, and highly-cultivated lund fattening into a
harvest.
At forty-live minutes past one the Royal cortege reached j'the out¬
skirts of Leamington—the Royal Bpa, us the inhabitants delight to
cull it.
The inhabitants of Leamington had prepared themselves to give to
her Majesty a hearty reception; a large sum of money was subscribed
for suitable decorations; and the members of the ruling body cor¬
porate, the ‘ local board of commissioners,” formed a squadron of
horse as a body guard to the .*5overoign from one end to the other of
the perish boundary. The people of Leamington were not less
zealous in this respect than their rulers. There were house decora¬
tions on an extensive scale. These mostly took a floral turn, and
pretty wreaths and garlands, with thousands of bright flowers inter¬
spersed. met the eye. Those who ure familiar with the Parade at
l^eamington may form an idea how picturesque and beautiful it would
look with such a form of decoration, the fljral display being inter¬
spersed with hundreds of Hugs and banners; and clusters of female
beauty at every window, forming one grand parterre of exceeding
loveliness.
Beneath a well executed and elaborately-decorated arch at the Kenil¬
worth New-road her Majesty’s carriage passed, and thence proceeded,
amidst the heartiest demonstrations, down the Parade. “God bless
your Majesty! ” shouted the people all along the line as she rode on;
and the Queen, looking well, and greatly pleased, smiled, and acknow¬
ledged the fttlututions of her subjects frequently.
Through the town.and on the road to Warwick Castle there .were
exuberant and genuine demonstrations of enthusiasm.
VISIT TO WARWICK CASTLE.
Along the pleasant and neatly-trimmed old road leading from Lea¬
mington to Warwick Castle the Royal carriage went on its way,
ucccmpanicd by a militaiy escort composed of Lord Leigh’s troop of
yoomainy.
I he Queen was manifestly much delighted with the euperb view of
Warwick Castle obtained from the bridge which spans the Avon, wh^se
pellucid stream rolls at tho base of tho grand old pile, the habitable
apartments of which are more than 200 feet above the river bad.
Next to a view of the castle from the bridge by moonlight, nothing
could have been finer than the view whiuh her Majesty obtained of the
ca6tle on "Wednteday. The sun tlicno forth in midsummor brilliancy,
without a cloud so large as a man’s hand in view, and amidst tlie
cheers ot her faithful subjects Queen Victoria draw up in front jf the
venerable pile, the founder of the original structure upon the site on
which it stands being the great Alfred's daughter.
Shortly after two o clock the castle gates ware swung op3n, and the
Queen's carriage entered; at the moment the .Sovereign entered the
Roy *1 standard floated from tho far-famed Cmsar’s Tower.
Tho preparations made by the Earl of Warwick for the reception
were on an extensive scale, in the superb fabric itself, however,
centres all interest. In the inspection of the colossal grandeurs of a
bygone day contained within the castle walls hor Majesty must havo
found many features of special interest, and much for contemplation as
well as obiorvation. The Queen lu.n :hed at the castle ; a select party
of tho nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood being invited.
Her Majesty left the castle at a quarter before five o’clock, and passed
through the town of Warwick (handsomely decorated), receiving
another ovation. A large concourse oi persons were assembled at the
"Warwick station. As her Majesty's carriage drew up to she plat¬
form gbewas greeted with many rounds of chcors Aa her Majesty
was alighting, the Mayor stepped forward and handed to liar tho Cor¬
poration address, which was graciously received. The gentleman wh >
compose tho Corporation of Warwick appeared before tneir Sovereign
attired in the costume of private gentlemen, a dark blue scarf being
the inly badge to mark them out us the elect of their fellow-citizens.
The Queen entered tho Royal saloon immediately ; but before doing
so she shook hands with Lord Warwick and with Lord and Ltdv
Ltigh. To both she expressed her great pleasure at the reception aae
had experienced.
HER MAJESTY'S RETURN TO LONDON.
At fifteen minutes past five Qaeeu left for London, amidBt enthu¬
siastic cheering as the train ran out of the station.
On her Majesty 's arrival at the Paddington terminus tho Royal
party proceeded to Buckingham Palaca, escorted by a detaohment of
the II th Hussahs. The Queen aud Prince arrived at the Palaoe at
twenty miau'es before eight o'clock.
Thus terminated her Majesty’s visit to Warwickshire. Ilsr
three-days’ tour was one grand pageant, of a character to be ncte-
woriby in the historic annals of her glorious reign.
Junk 19, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
G07
MUSIC.
We observe with regret that the great star of Her Majesty’s
Theatre, Madtmohelle Titions, is about to disappear from our
boiizi u. Having failed to obtain a prolongation of her leave of
absence from the itnpeiial Theatre of Vienna, she is obliged to take
lefrvo of the English public on Saturday next, the 2Gth of this month.
Happily, however, we may expect to have her for the whole of next
eeaton, and two seasons more: for, we understand, she is engaged by
Mr. Lumley for three years. On Thursday aha appeared, for the first
time in England, in Imcrczia Borgia , a character eminently suited to
her powers as a lyrical tragedian. Noxt week wo shall give some
account of her performance.
The Royal Italian Opera has reproduced Auber’d “Fra
Diavolo,” whioh was brought out in an Italian dress last year. It was
performed on Saturday lust, precisely in the same munner as last
season, 'and with similar success—Gardoni being the brigand-boro;
Bosio, r /.\ rlina; and Ronconi and Marai, Lord and Lady Allcash■; Zelger
and TugJiafico the two comic bandits; and Neri Baruldi the young
lover. Lorenzo, All tho characters were sustained with grout spirit,
and Auber's brilliant and beautiful music was sung in parfeotion. In
tie present poverty of the Italian music »1 stage it is not only politio,
hut necessary, to have recourse to the best works of other countries;
and there aro other works of Auber which, judiciously treated, might,
in an Italiun garb, be as pleasant and successful as “ Fra Diavolo ”
has been.
The crowds who flock to the Crystal Palace daring the
present beauliful weather oro increased by the musical attractions of
the place. In addition to many occasional performances, thero are
two regular series of concerts givon on alternate Fridays, tho one
series Icing designated as the * Crystal Palace Conoerts," the other
as tho “Royal Italian Opera Concerts." Tho Crystal Palace Concerts
are conducted by Herr Manns, the able musical director of the
establishment, and are generally of a very high order. Tho regular
orchestra is strengthened, by the addition of a number of leading per¬
formers; and the most favourito fingers and instrumentalists of
the day are cnpaged. Groat judgment, moreover, is shown in
the selecth n of the music, which is lull of agreeable variety. Tho
Royal Italian Opera Concerts are conducted by Mr. Costa; the per-
formerg aro (with very few exceptions) members of the Covent
Garden con pany; and tiie musio consists almost exolusivoly of airs,
duets, &c. t taken from favourite Covent Garden oporas. Hence th*so
concepts are exceedingly attractive to those who, not bring in ths habit
of going to Italian operas, are glad to have the opportunity of hearing
Griri. Bosio, Mario. Gardoni Graziani, and other siniters who oannot
he beajd at any olher conceits but these. Thus each serios of ooncerta
has its own attraction; but, of the two, the ordinary Crystal Pulace
Concerts are the more interesting to the educated amateur. ThaS of
Saturday last gave entire satisfaction to a numerous and fashionable
audience. Berlioz’s clever ovenure to “ Waverley,” Mendelssohn’s ad¬
mirable soherzo from the ottetto arranged by himself for full band,
and a new overture by Hager, wera given in a spirited manner by the
orchestra, under the able direction of Herr Manns. Miss Mahlah
Homer, a new aspirant for vocal honours was heard to great ad¬
vantage in Weber’s scena, “Ocean, the mighty monster." She
possesses a soprano voice of beautiful quality, and give proof of a
method combining pure vocal training with abroad dramatic style. In
Mr. Macfarren’H charmingly plaintive ballad, “O weep for England's
daughters/' MisB Homer was equally successful, being encored. Mr.
George Perren gave much pleasure in the popular ballad “ Who shall
be fairest ? " and also in “The Maid of Argyle," by Nelson. Mr. G.
Collins on the violoncello, and Mr. Sven dsen on the flute, were much
applauded in their respective solos.
The New Philharmonic Concerts terminated for the season
on Monday evening, when the last of tho series was given at St.
James’s Hall. It was rather a weak concert, the scheme having been
deranged by the withdrawal, at the eleventh hour, of a cantata, en¬
titled “ Ccmala,” which would have occupied a considerable portion
of tho evening. The copyist, it was stated, had failod to complete
the necessary copies. We regret this, as Mr. Howard Glover, the
author of the piece, is a composer of geoius, known by several works
of approved merit. Much interest was exoited by Miss Arabella God¬
dard’s performance of Dussek’s concerto in G .minor-one of those
fine productions of the old 8)hool, the revival of whioh is one of the
best signs of the improving taste of tho time. Beethoven’s “Sinfonia
Eroica/’ the great orchestral piece of the evening, was well played on
the whole, with tho exception of tho Funeral March, whioh was a
great deal too slow. Joachim played one of Bach’s sonatas for the
violin solo, and astonished as well as delighted the audience by the
marvels of his execution.
Among the multitudinous benefit concerts of the week the most
Tem ark able has been that of the eminent composer and violinist, Herr
Janea, at tho Hanover-square Booms, on Monday morning. Herr
Janea brought forward several of his own works, particularly a
quartet for stringed instruments; a concert-sttick for two violins, viola,
and violoncello, accompanied by the full orohestra; and several move¬
ments from a mass. These pieces' were admirably performed, Messrs.
Joachim, Sainton, und Piatti giving their assistance. The room was
full of distinguished musicians and amateurs, by whom these masterly
performances were applauded with enthusiasm.
Mr. A lleh Irving’s Matinee, which took place at the
Hanover-muare Booms, on Tuesday, the 8th, was attended by a largo
and fashionable audience. He was assisted by several artistes ot\
eminence—Mdme Ruderedoril, Messent,and Louisa \ inning; CSatter-
ton. and George Perren. Signor Andreoli honoured by au encore in
a piano solo by Fumepalli; Sims Reeves in the ballet Oome id to toe
garden. Maud;*" and Mr Allen Irvinginan Italian air, for which lie SRb-
fctituted the fine old Scotch ballad, “The Flowers of tbe bores 1 '-, which
was a^ Tnir ablycftlcnlated to display to advantage his fine barytone voice.
THE THE A TEES.
Bavmabkf.t —Miss Reynolds took her benefit on Wednesday,
ben tho bonea was fashionably attended, und tho fair beaefiaiairo was
■Eervedlv applauded The play Belootod wot "London Assurance.
[ wbirh Mite .Reynolds undertook for the first time tho part of t.id’j
„„ .Spanker, and supported it with great energy, mteU-rance. ant
>irit After the comedy a new farce was produced, > entitled A
trik'nn Widow.” The materials are few and simple. A young
ientenant, represented by Mr. W. Barren, previous to his departure
,r foreign sen-ice, enters into n wager with his companions to kiss
le first pretty woman he meets. Miss Reynolds represents tho lady
) victimised, and Sir. Buck-tone her Joyer, whom the lovely
idnw iledees to knock down tho offender. Aotwi-lis-andiog
iut°tbo champion of tho injured fair stimulates his courage with
minus drauchts of brandy, ho fails in extorting tho desired
Itisfuction • whereupon tho lady disguises herself m a hat and
oak imd revenges hersslf by fetching the delmijuont u box ou tho
" * A general confusion ensues, bnt the lady ultimately relents, and
(tends her pardon to tho transgressor. The piece, though cxtremoly
ight, war fucceesful _ , ,
St. James’.—O n Wednesday Madame Riston commenced her
ew engagement, at this theatre, in the chiract 0 rofLn,.’ylfackf/i
hich she supported with her usual power and effsow^ Her tr*, o
liters appear to bo undiminish.ed and we may trust that .mWrad
thibited iu full vigour. Her repertoire has bwn Cf^RiatoriS
■eluding tbe late llachel’s leading ohsraoters Madame Riston his
ow exclusive possession of the foreigri drimatic stugfo anl.
ouht, will jnsbfyher ioputation, now that she oan commind buc .ess
s well as doitrve il. .
Straniu—T his theatre, on Saturday, introduced a revival,
Tho'Vicar of Wakefield." by Mr. Tom Taylor, a drama in three
cts which, under Mr. Barren’s management, had a consioerablo run.
ho plot is. in fact neatly conducted, and th« obaactors are oasdy
i-tril On the present occasi n it ib exceedingly well oast ine
mk Of Mils t.wini.orough is touching and .h.ractonstic; and ‘ha
feswof Mr Charles is very.well impersmiatod indeed
ndMi a bVlhvos /’arson /’n«ro« and his lady locked/he oh-iracters
,, ” «l ni acted with laudable care Mrs. Leigh Murray por-
irmcd her original character of the Bonoarahle Carolina
Vlrmit and oertoinly makes of it »n import,nt par
lm< Ita i * p - • ,y 6 ’Squire Thornhill was skilfully suppor.od
y Mr KeKoid ; and Mr. Kinloch.us Hard,til acted with^gentlemanly
icreafe hiTwe.U-des^md reputation by the a?sumption. Altogether,
■q are much rU-itsed yrith this reproduction.
•—Saturday, 12th June, was«snade memorable at this
theatre by the production of Shakapeare's “ Mer lhant of Venioe." with
truly historical illustrations, and such scenic contrivances as for the
first timo on the stage brought the real and living picture of “the Sea-
LvbeJe, the Ocean-Babel,” before the eyes of the spectator. Mr. Kexa’s
other revival8, magnificent as they were, have been less noteworthy
than this, which, at tho same time, places on the boards an apparent
novel performance and restores to Shakspearo many honours of
which he has been usually deprived. Passages whioh a lap ter a
have generally omitted find their proper p'eoes in Mr. Kean’s
judioioua version, and justify, us all such restorations ever do, the
judgment as well as the genius of the poet. We allude to tho
persons of tho Princes of Morocco and of Aragon, who are shown
selecting tlio gold and silver caskets, in two prerims scones, before
Bassaniii s choice of the unpresuming lead. Stage adapters, in general,
have regarded the two previous scenes as anticipating the in¬
terest, and have amalgamated the speeches of the Princes with Bus-
santos soliloquy, thus promoting a scenic surprise where Shzkspeare, ac¬
cording to his own favourite method had most carefully proceeded on the
principle of dramatic expectation. The working of this principle in the
present, instance is most satisfactory. It furnishes a most graceful
conclusion to the first act, and an artistic introduction to the third.
It also makes the spectator acquainted with the contents of tho three
caskets, and thus fully satisfies his mind on all the details of the miin
business of the drama, besides reinstating it in the importance which
it originally held in the poet’s idea. The affair of Shylock is properly
treated as an episode, and chiefly serves to bring out t he portrait of tho
heroine, who is, as it were, the presiding divinity of the action
Her name is Portia; nothing undervalued
To Cato's daughter. Brutus’ Portia.
She is, indeed, tho ideal of woman in the ShakBpsarean mind. Placed
by fortune above temptation, she bos grown up into u perception of all
that is beautiful in morals and noble in action: she is learned und
witty, like most of the noble women of the poet’s own age, and con¬
ducts bei self like a Princess who both by nature and education re¬
cognises tbo pursuit of goodness as the mission of her life. W a were
glad to witness Mrs. Kean’s performance again in this most admirable
part; for it was ever a favourito impersonation with us. and one with
whioh our recollections of her early acting is most refreshed. It has
lost nothing of its attractiveness, and has gained in its severer pro¬
prieties. Thef e ere, indeed, as needful to the idoa of the character as
the more maidenly charms of the marriageable heroine—for Portia
was, in virtue of her wealth, station, and peculiar destiny, prematurely
a woman. All the dialogue attributed to her by the poet markk a
pr€cocious development; and without such Ballario's instructions
would have availed little in the conduct of the famous casb.x* Shylqot
remis Antonio." The new arrangemints of the court scone gave to
Mrs. Kean some advantages in the delivery of Balthazars speeches, of
which, particularly in that regarding “mercy,” she was not fllow to.
avail herself.
Among the now scenic arrangements to which we have alluded,
there are some that lend extraordinary interest to this revival. To
begin with the beginning. In fulfilling his design of presenting “a
faithful representation of the picturesque city,” Mr. Kean tells us
truly that lie hue exhibited to the traveller or the student, in due suc¬
cession. “ the far-famed place of St Mark, with its ancient church,
the Rialto and its bridge, the canals and gondolas, the historic columns,
tho Ducal I'ulace, and the Counoil Chamber.” In opening the play, the
manager has filled the scone (that of St. Mark’s Tlace) wdth a great
variety of Btreet-groaps, Nobles, citizens, merchants, foreigners,
water-carriers, flower girls, pass over, m : ngle, separate, and rapass, as
probably they did on the actual rile. These are followed by the pro-
cession of the Doge, in state, a'rops ►he square. c »pisd from the print
in tho British Museum, by Josse Amman, which gives the fact os
prevalent in the sixteenth century. From amongst the groups thus
indicated, Antonio, Solarino, and Salanio emerge, and begin the
dialogue of the play. In the third scene we have tbe Old Merchants’
Exchange on the Bialto Island, with San Jacopo, the most ancient
church in Venice, occupjing one side of the equare. And the fourth
—u scene which frequently recurs, and will bear repeated examina¬
tion—the Saloon of Hie Caskets iu Portias house at Belmont, which,
for architectural beauty and palatial arrangement, excels all similar
attempts at stage decoration. We now come to tho second uot, which
is digested into one scene—tho exterior of Shvlodi's house, situated at
the corner of a bridee. the arch of which is wide enough to
admit a gondola, with other. bridges in the distance, with the
water flowing between, and various effects of light and shade, very
skilfully and effectively disposed. Amidst these various objects the
action very naturally develops itself. Lattnedvi GoKbo and his master
enter from the doorway of the house, Old Gobbo totters over the bridge,
Bamnio and the other gallants come iu gondolas and pi«s under ths
arch, or hold con venation from the deok with Gratiano and others on
the beach, and finally Ji'S&ica accomplishes her flight in a gondola,
alter having thrown <TOia her casement the casket of duiats to her
lover while standing on the bridge. It is altogether a scene of en¬
chantment Taking advantage of the suggestion about masks in the
text, Mr. Kean concludes the act with one, and crowds thasugj with
illumirated gondolas and musical resellers, appropriately accom¬
panied with
the drum,
„ the vile squeaking of the wry-necked fife;
on all which antique pageant and animated spectacle the curtaia falls.
TTe now know the nature of the “shallow foppery ” which Snyfack
dreaded, and can gather the daily misery of the Hebrew’s life in the
midst of gaieties to which ho and his creed were alike aliens.
Of the remaining acts the Saloon of the Caskets makes thaprincipal
scene. There is. indeed, a very nice painting of the Rialto Bridge,
and another of the Columns of St. Mark. The Court of Jastice, or
Hall of tbe Senators, taken from Fialletti's picture at Hampton Court,
is magnificent, and, together with the Foscari Ga’e of the Ducal Pa¬
lace. furnishes forth the fourth act with prodigal liberality. Tbe seen*
in the fifth is the avenue to Portia's house, thus adding to tbo gran-
duer cf the interior that of the palatial exterior, with garden and
fountains, and ‘‘banks <*n which the moonlight sweetly sleeps.” All
this is “ beautiful exceedingly,” and fitly closes the enchanting series
of scenic pictures. .. . _ , ,
We have already said that, with all this lavish decoration, wo have
more of the text of Shnkspeare given than in any ordinary represoa-
lution of the play. Nor were the histrionic illustrations less abun¬
dant. Mr. Kean's Shylorl was replete with energy, fire, fanatical
enthusiasm, and natural passion. That marvellous scene in which
the Jew laments alternately “his ducats and his daughter” wa9 de¬
livered with the clue admixture of pathos and comio tis. Shakepaa.ro
lies himeelf described it. Never was heard “a passion so confused, so
strange, outrageous, and so variable.” Mr. Kean realised tho mood,
intended by tho poet, and exhibited n complete nmt°ry of hi* own
peculiar ait, both mentally and physically. Body and mind are tasked
to the utmoj-t in such a scene as this.
The Btmovio of Mr. Ryder wub a manly piece of acting ; and his
fine fignre told well in the casket ec«ne while he stood meditating
which ho should select during the interval oooupied in singing “Tell
me where is fancy brad” by Miss Poole and a ohorua of ladies. We
have also to mention with commendation Mr. Graham’s An'onio,
whose distress rues to a tragic height as ho falls back, with closed
eyes, sunported by his friends, to receive tha deadly strnke ; and, whoa
the danger is over, awakens as from a swoon to a new life. Mr. Walter
Laey was ns gay and volatile as might be wished in Grationo, and Mr.
Ca heart, in Lotnvzo was, as he always is, an ardent lovor. Mr.
Xlarlty and Mr. Meadows, in the two Gutrbos, are two “ old familiar
faces ” that speak their own oommandation. Bat the most interesting
incident of the evening was the d«<but of Miss Chapman in Jew*.
The young lady, somewhat nervous in her first speech, gradually won
m»on the house by the natural simplicity and ” pretty favour’ of her
style. Her progress may bo predicted with certainty. Miss U
Leclcr q was quaint and touching m Xenssx bor tho rest,
the parts were adequately filled, und in all cases catcfidly acted.
It only remains to add that the costumes aro taken from those
in n-c at tho beginning of tbe seventeenth .century, and are
Sidfv selected from o work published in Venire, in 15f>0. by
C.sar« Vereilio entitled "Lc,li Hnbiti Antmlii o Jlodemi di
diveife Parti del Mondo.” The sc«ncry has been painted by M.,
Grieve and Mr. Telbin, assisted by Mr. Gordon and otnera, who have
etirpewcd their former efforts in the moro elaborate and picturesque
eflccts. Altogether, the well-known pluy, both pietondly and his¬
trionically. is interpreted anew, and comes upon tho spectator raFer
with tho freshness of an entire novelty than with the mer3 effeit of an
illustrated revival. Wo trust that the heat of the weather will no.
effect Mr. Keen’s interests in regard to it; for a costly Pwd^ion like
the present needs the largest amount of public patronage that can be
accorded.
NATIONAL SPOBTS.
NoTfrist;, to far, has happened this week to give the slightest fillip to
racing gossip. Birdcatcher has, we believe, been withdrawn from
Cawston: and Hobbie Noble, a ho was bred there, and only left it
because Mr. Merry won £3u00 on the wretched Palmer’s Gold finder
at Warwick, and took an enthusiastic fancy accordingly to have a
£C500 Derby nag, supplies liis place. Davis is still very feeble at
Brighton, and we fear that there is no chance of his ever joining
again iu that brain-tearing contest wliich the Ring brings with it.
Even men with the icy composure of Lord George and Crockford
could not stand it, much less one whose step and eye seemed as rest¬
less as a byuma’s up to the very moment of starting, and even while
the race was run. The late General Anson’s effects—curiosities,
armour, cigars (as good as any the Duke of Sussex ever liad
in his palmiest smoking days), and rum, Ac.—produced wondrous
prices at his auction last week. Turfites were uot a little eager to
secure a relic of their old friend, wlio, take him as a racing and a
hunting man, and a shot combined, could give even Mr. Osbuldestou
a stone. Chappie died on Thursday! and thus thelnstNewmarket jockey
of the old school who has been seen at tj^ post during the last seven
years may be said to have gone from amongst us. with the exception
of Rohinsou and Sam Mann. The era of the Edwardses was over
long before that. “Argus ” thus cleverly daguerreotypes “ Jemmy,”
as he was familiarly called, in contradistinction to his great contem¬
porary, “Jim“ Robinson:—“He was quite one of the old school,
ignorant of high cellars, satin scarfs, large pins, patent leather boots,
and regalia cigars; but he worked like a galley slave, and he could
ride his pony sixty and seventy miles a day with his saddle-bags,
amply for his 4 three ’ and ‘ five/ without a murmur. Anil when
he was on your horse your inind was comfortable, for you knew he
would never stand more, than a tenner on him, and to cause him to
do that thtrHbrse x m ust have at least a stone iu hand. He gave up
early, with an enviable character of a first-class and thoroughly Eng¬
lish jeekey/' Dangerou8, in 1833, marks the period of his zenith;
but l»is riding showed no dicay in 1860, when he virtually retired.
The race meetings for next week are Chelmsford on Tuesday and
Wednesday; Rochester, Tenbury, and Abingdon on Thursday anil
Friday; and Newcastle on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. On
Tuesday the Ty ro Stakes has the names of Meg Merrill ss (2lb. extra),
-and Balnamoon. a half-brother to the slowly-recovering Blink Bonuy,
anda Derby favourite. The North Derby has no likely public name
but Longrange. Newcastle will not send a second Lanercost, or a
Slashing Harry, or a Van Trorap, as of yore, into the betting for the
Doncaster St. Leger, whose prospects look but dreary at present.
Alas! the Gold Cup entry, with all its X Y Z, Tomboy, and Beeswing
recollections, did not till last year, and is now a mere 6 sov. handicap,
with £50 added!
Before a week was over Mr. Villebois had bought the twenty conple
of large entered hounds, and the three couple of unentered, which
Mr. Karquliarson retained at his sale, and now the Eastbury kennels
are desolate. Treadwell does not intend to take a place this summer,
but it would he sad indeed to see his name disappear from the hunts¬
man list, while he is still two years short of sixty. We have Jim
Morgan still killing his foxes, when the “ carrion ” don't override the
scent and drive him to despair, and jumping gate after gate because
“ my arm isn’t strong enough to open them,” at the ripe age of
seventy-five! Old hunting men are lost in amazement at the price
hounds fetch now, though many of them used to give much more for
llieir hunters as a general thing iu the Alvanley, Goodricke, and Ply¬
mouth era. Looking at four great huuting sales within the
last two years and a half, where both horses and hounds
were sold, we have the following result:—At Mr. Greaves’s,
old hounds, 18 guineas a couple, aud unentered, 13 guineas;
while the horses averaged 100 guineas. At the first Qaom
side the old hounds averaged 251 guineas, and the horses
(many a buyer of which has repented in sackcloth since) 1814
guineas. At Tubney the hound average rose to 291 guineas for old,
and 00 guineas for unentered; while the horses, excluding those
bought in, made a trifle aliove 100 guineas. Lastly, at Eastbury, we
have 20 guineas a couple for old hounds, and 12* guineas for the un¬
entered; while the horses stood at a 90-gumea average. The sale of
the old hounds was spoiled by the prejudice wliich exists against
hounds of the size of the big pack, which were principally Assheton
Smith draughts: and as Mr. t’arquharson has bred hut very little, aud
never kept up a distinctive kennel blood, to be traced, like others,
through all the hound-hooks of England, it is natural enough that the
unentered should hardly have justice done them, although they were
so strongly crossed with Mr. Foljambc’s blood. The top prices
for horses at the above sales were at the Quorn, 360 guineas;
at Mr. Greaves’s, 300 guineas: at Tubney. 280 guineas; and at
Mr. Farqubaraon’s, 250 guineas. Mr. Lucy’s North Warwickshire
horses sold for good prices on Monday last, though none quite touched
800 gs.; and on next Mondnv the Cheshire horses,^ twenty-seven
hunters and three hacks, all of them said to be very prime and fresh,
as they ought to l>e after two sach remarkably light seasons, will come
before Mr. Tattersall.
Mr. Rsrey is once more “ at home^' at the Round House; and that
wicked little gentleman, the Zebra—who has onrued no master ns yet
among the Mologists and their employes, arrived in a cage strong
enough to confine ten lions—will bo publicly exhibited iu a very
different moed after the private lessons l>estowed on him.
Rugby has given a good account of Harrow on the Magdalene
ground at Oxford, but the three innings out of the four were too large.
Tho week is full of matches. On Monday the two Universities play
at Lord’*, and on Wednesday the M. C. C. meet Rngb/; and on
Thnrsday the M. C. C. and ground play their return with Cambridge.
At Eton, on the same day, the M. C. C. play the present Efconiaus ;
and then, adjourning to Harrow on Saturday, the M. C.C. and ground
play the present Harrovians. At the Oval, on Thursday, Surrey r.
Nottingham is the issue; and the A. E. E. play twentv-two at Ches¬
terfield on Monday; and the U. A. E. K. twenty-two sriected by Cap¬
tain Woodhousc, at Imham Park.
Yachting is quite as lively; and the Henley-on-Thames Regatta on
Monday and Tuesday; aud the Royal Kingston-on-Thames RugatU
on Thurs-day and Friday, are the principal events.
B1BURY OLUa—W edsesdat.
Handicap Sweepstakes.—My Niece, I. Llllydale, 2.
Bibury Stake*.-PoGrtle. 1. Prince of Orange, 2.
Champagne Stakes.—Nimrod, 1. Ariadne, 2.
SwM-psfuke* of 3 sovs — Esau. 1. Fireflv. 2.
Andover Stakes.—Madame Rachel, 1. Peter Flat, 1
BEVERLEY RACES —Wednesday.
Ijondesboro* Handicap.—Pontifical. 1. Ellen thuFalr. >.
Biahop Uurton Stakes.— Marseillaise. *. Gnfflo. x
Beverley Cup.—Uoueytree. i. Tom Newcombc, 3.
TmntsDAT.
Stand Stakes.—Milksop, l Spider. 3.
Kart Ruling llandirnp Captain iVedderbum. L Augury. -
Loudcsboiough Produce Slakes —Ticket of Leave, 1. lucavi. 3.
STOCK BRIDGE.—THt*R>,i>AY.
Eighth Triennial Stakes. Sentinel, L KingO. the r orcit. 2 .
Montiffont Slakes.—Mu.‘jid. L Truth e, 2-
The Stock-bridge Derby FitzroUnd l Concertina c, -.
Stewards’ Plate.—Ignormmua. I- Hibernian. 2.
Cricket. — Manlebouc Club and Ground c. University
of Oxfoid : This match wa» eommenerd ttOxMjmTtontoJk a-ad
brought to acorrhulcn on ^
W h ktt* to go down. The following is the MorB:-M
Innings, Yl; stcond innings. 87. Lniverrity: hirst innings, tot; aivoud
^Ti'e^tountv of Surrey r. the Unties of Kent and Saver
united:: Thi/matrh wo* romraenecd ai: Brig)hten. on I
"1 huredav and vu hroneht to a eonclc^r. o». rtatorday. Tne to..owing
is the score Surrey: First innings.» ; second innings. 2*9. Kent and
c.tcs, >v • FIr>t innings, 20 t; second in nines, M.
’* Alarvkbout- C’mb ar.d firwnnd r. the County of Sussex: TTui match
a concision on luraday in favour of the Countv by 4 -run-.
Tl.e loliowing is the KOre:—Sussex, lit innings, Ut ; 3nd Innings. US.
Marykbocc, lit innings. 120; tod innings. 1C*. .
Kotal Thames Yacht Clcb. In consequence of in«ulh ^n<ry
of entries the ,ft.oon«r milch of this cloh, sppominl fx Turtdif ncii. U
poerpomd l«tf dfc.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
fj0NE Id, 185b
608
THE NEW
| RAILWAY COLONY
AT WOLVERTON.
The great increase of the
population in the neigh¬
bourhood of Wolverton con¬
sequent. upon the growing
ixwintn of the locomotive
and Cirriage manufactory of
the London and North-
Western Railway Compmv
at that place has render'd
necessary the prwidmg of
further accommodation for
the residence of the work¬
men and th«ir families.
Already a village of some
considerable extent has been
established by the com-p
pany, which forms the resi¬
dences of the mechanics
within eney distance of their
aoene of lthour; whilst the
mental and spiritual neeas-
sities of the community
have been regarded in the
erection of a church and
schnnlhouses, under the
ministration and superin¬
tendence of the Rev. J.
Lovekin, the ohaplain of
the company. The site f>r
the sister oolony was fixed
upon in the hamlet of New
Brad well, about a mile from
"Wolverton, which, by an
order in Council, has been
united to the parish of
Btaotonhury, and ic is
intended that the district
■hall be designated Slanfcon-
bury, in remembrance of the
early connection of the
bnu‘6 of Buckingham and
Chandos with the plaoe.
Abont 150 oottages have
just been completed, and a
portion of them occupied.
There is also a residence
for the new Incumbent, the
Rev. 0. P. Cotter. The cot-
tagee are remarkably neat
in appearance, and are built
in the most substantial man¬
ner, with every regard to tie
comfort and convenience of
the jesidents. A laree com¬
munity being now about to
be concentrated in that lo-
calitv, it was the desire ' f
the directors to provide ’B
this, as in their other eetab-
l : ahments, the means of
soiritual instruction ; and
the aopeal on that behalf led
to liberal private subscrip¬
tions by large numbers of
the shareholders of this rail¬
way. amounting to £32^0,
which were followed by
eth°r« in *he neighbourhood
of Wolverton, until a suffi¬
cient fund was formed to
warrant the commencement
of a church for tbo accom¬
modation of between seven
hundred and eight hundred
persons, o* ntaining free sit¬
tings for five hundredand
a ?oh«olhouse of consider¬
able extent for the instruc¬
tion of one hundred boys
and one hundred girls; and
an infant school for the like
number, wHh dwellings for
masters snd for mistresses.
Monday. May 24, being a
general holiday, was seleoted
for the occasion of laying the
fojndation-stonea of theta
edifices, which ceremony
2
JJKW CHURCH ABOUT TO BE ERECTED AT BTANTONBUBY, NEAR TTOLYEftTON.
was performed by the Mar¬
quis of Chandos (the chair¬
man of the London and
North - Western Railway
Company) and his noble
lady. The members of
the various benefit clube,
with the eohool children,
were assembled on the
turnpike -road in order of
prooession. bearing their
respective banners and em¬
blems, to receive the dis¬
tinguished visitors, who ar¬
rived upon the ground,
shortly after twelve o’clock.
The noble Marquis and bis
lady were accompanied by
the Marquis of Staff >rd,
M.P.; Lord Alfred Paget,
“'.P.; and Messrs. Earle
lompson, Moore, and
.wrente, directors of the
oompany; and were received
by Mr. M'Connell, the looo-
motive superintendent, and
churchwarden of the parish,
and a large number of
clergymen. Mr. M'Connell
presented an address to the
noble Marquis, expressive
of the acknowledgments of
the parishioners to his Lord¬
ship and his amiable Lady
for having undertaken to
perform the oeremony, The
foundation- atones were then
laid—that of the school by
her ladyship, and that of
the ohurch by the noble
Marquis—with the usual
services and formalities.
The oompany afterwards
repaired to a spacious
marquee erected in an ad¬
joining field, and partook of
refreshments. The work¬
men of the oompany and
their families were provided
with a substantial dinner
unier the same root Mr.
M'Counell presided. The
oollation on the oooasion
was arranged by the fore¬
men and workmen them¬
selves; and to Mr. Row¬
land, the chief foreman,
great oredit is due for his
seal and discretion.
To complete the work and
meet all neoetsary expenses
about £3000 more is re¬
quired. It was, however,
lought beet to oommence
at once, trusting that, as.the
imp ortance of the work be¬
came known, friends of so
good a cause would not be
warning. It is hoped in the
oourse of the year to finish
the sohools and the dwel¬
lings for thelnoumbent and
teachers. The church can
only be oommenoed.
Among the principal local
donors are the Rev. Walter
Drake, Vicar of Bradwell,
through whom a email en¬
dowment has been secured;
and Mr. William Graves,
who gavo the land for the
site of the parsonage. The
Rural Dean (the Rev. R.
Norrey Russell), and the
Rev. Mr. Trevelyan, of
Wolverton, are also deserv¬
ing of notioe as active sup¬
porters of the cause, the
former gentleman especially.
The edifices are to be
erected from the designs
of Mr. Street, the diooeean
architect.
NEW SCHOOLS IN COURSE OK ERECTION AT CTaNTONBUKY.
June 19. 1858 | THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
PAG* CI4.I
610
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[June 19,1858
METROPOLITAN NEWS.
Banquet at the Mansion House.—O n Tuesday the Lord
Mayor and Lady Mayoress entertained the Archbishop of Canterbury, the
Bishops, the Canons of St. Paul’s, the Canons of Gloucester, a number o£
distinguished clergy of the metropolis, several members of the House of
Commons, and private friends Covers were laid in the Egyptian Hull
for 280. The hand of the Hon. Artillery Company performed in the saloon
during the reception, and in the Egyptian Hall during the dinner.
King’s College Hospital .—A large and influential meeting
was held on Monday in the great Hall of King’s College, to receive the
report of the committee for the completion of this hospital. More than
,£ 30,000 have a 1 ready been subscribed for this object, hut several thousands
more are still wanted. The Duke of Cambridge presided; and Mr. Glad¬
stone. Sir W. Page Wood, and other distinguished men. eloquently
advocated the cause of the charity. The first and principal resolution,
proposed by the Duke of Newcastle, was to the following effect''* i hat
the completion of King s College Hospital, in accordance with the design
of its founders, is an object of paramount importance, both for the beuelit
of the sick poor of the crowded district in which it is situated, aud for
the advancement of science in promoting the efficiency of the medical
school of King’s College.” This resolution was seconded bv the Bishop
of Lichfield, and carried with universal acclamation. Mr. Chcere read the
report of the committee, whereby it appeared that the most satisfactory
results had followed their efforts to raise the sum of £40 000 for the com¬
pletion of the hospital. When his Royal Highness presided at a siinil ar
meeting on the 20th of Juuelast a sum of £12 731 178. had been subscribed
to effVct this desirable object. Since that period a further sum, amounting
to £17.292 183 3d., had been raised, leaving a deficiency of only £3,975 4s 9<L
The prospects of the committee had been further encouraged by a promise
on the part of a highly- valued friend of the charity to give £1000 on two
conditions being fulfilled—namely, that four other triends would contribute
£1000 each -. and. secondly, that six friends would contribute £500 each.
The first of th» se challenges had been most generously responded to, and
lour sums of £1000 each had been promised to meet it Two out of the
six friends had been found willing to advance the stipulated quota 01
£600 each. A ladies'committee had been formed, with a resolution on their
part to raise £ 10 , 000 , £6000 of which has already been actually collected by
them. A sincere determination to carry out the proposed completion of
the building has been most energetically evinced by the numerous mends
and supporters of this hospital.
Boyal "Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital.—T he annual
meeting of the governors and friends of this hospital takes^ place to-day
tSaturdav) at three o’clock in the afternoon, at the hospital. King VV illiam-
atreet, ChariDg-crose.
British Institution.—Works op Ancient Masters.—T he
annual exhibition of the works of ancient masters, and of deceased
British painters, has just been opened. Considerable interest always
attaches to this exhibition, which the recent more extensive display at
Manchester, so far from impairing, has rather increased,by extending the
taste for works of this character. The collection is a very fair one, com¬
prising some specimens of great importance; but the same miscella¬
neous character still pervades it; the whole five centuries of art, from the
dawning of the revival down to the age of Zoffany, being sampled—we
rannot say exemplified—in 187 pictures. On account of the great pres-
sure upon our space this week, we arc compelled to defer until next week
a detailed account of the paintings in this exhibition.
The Confessional in Knightsbbidge.—A n indignation
meeting was held on Friday week in St. James’s Hall, Piccadilly, with
rffpect to the revival of the eonfessional in the parish of St. Puitl,
Bnightshridge The clergyman accused of having introduced into the
Church of England this Roman Catholic practice is the Rev. Arthur
Poole, licensed Curate at St. Paul’s ; and the facts charged agamafc him
were, it appears, sufficient to induce the Bishop of London to revoke hi3
license, which was done on the 28th of last month. Some of the questions
stated to have been asked by this clergyman of women who were induced
to go to confession to him are of a most disgusting character. It is due,
however, to the Rev. Mr. Poole to state that, in letters written to the
newspapers, he indignantly denies the truth of these statements, and pro¬
ceedings at law are hinted at; but there seems to be no doubt that the
rev. gentleman has acted the part of a Father Confessor.
The Society for the Propagation op the Gospel in
Foreign Parts.— The 157 th anniversary of this society was celebrated
on ’Jucfday by a full choral service in St, I^ul's Cathedral, and a sermon
by the Bishop of Derry. After the sermon the Hallelujah Chorus was
most effectively performed by the organists and choir ; at the end of which
the Dean of St Paul's pronounced the blessing and the congregation dis¬
persed. the final chorus of “ The Messiah,” “ Worthy is the Lamb.” being
played as they left the cathedral
The Metropolitan Industrial Reformatory.— The annual
meeting of this benevolent society was held at the institution. Grove
House, Brixton, on Wednesday—the Earl of Shaftesbury in the chair.
Adult criminais are here not only educated in aknowledge of the precepts
of virtue and religion, but are taught various trades, by which an honest
livelihood mny be obtained. The institution has achieved the mo3t
gratifying success, but it is greatly in need of pecuniary assistance.
Loyal Botanical Gardens.—T he magnificent collection of
American plants from the nursery of 3Ir. John Waterer. Bagshot. Surrey,
now forms one of the chief attractions of the Royal Botanical Gardens.
The plants, which comprise specimens ot all the choicest varieties, are
collected under a large marquee, and arc grouped together in beds, and
arranged so ns by the contrast of their brilliant tints to present ft most
striking spectacle.
The National Orphan Home.—T he sixth festival of this
Home for the reception of orphan girls from all parts of the kiugdorn will
take place at the Star and Garter, Richmond-hill, on Wednesday next—
the Earl ol Carlisle in the chair.
Professor Westmacott, R.A., will lecture on “Fine Art—its
Object and Use," at the St Bartholomew’s Literary Institute, Gray’d-
irn-road, on Tuesday evening next This institution, which is conducted
with much energy tempered by prudence, is open to the public free of
charge on Saturday evenings.
Retirement of Mr Justice Coleridge—A t the Court ot
Queen's Bench, on Saturday, the 12th inst. the last day of term, the Right
Hon Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Knight closed his judicial career. Mr.
Justice Coleridge has always been considered a sound lawyer, and his
courteous conduct to the members of the Bar has gained him the respect and
esteem of all who havepractiped before him during the long period he
been on the bench. Tne Attorney-General, ainid a large gathering of
barristers, all standing, gave graceful and feeling utterance to. the regret
of the Bar of England at his Lordship’s retirement from the bench. The
learned Judge, replied in an address of touching pathos and simple
eloquence. The kind leave-taking, the unaffected words of regret, and the
earnest dignified exhortation, coming straight from the heart, went direct
to the hearts of his hearers, who gave him respectful, tearlul attention,
and bcurty farewell in return. \
The "Weather and the Wigs.—O n the Lord Chief Baron
taking his seat in the Court of Exchequer on Wednesday morning, Mr.
Knowles, who was counsel in the first cause in the list, applied to his
Lordship lor permission to dispense with his wig during this very hot
weather. It would be a very great convenience to him personally, and he
understood also to several of his learned friends, if the permission conld
be accorded.-The I.ord Chief Baron: Certainly, in permanently hot
countries where the English law is administered, both the Judges and the
Bar dispense with wigs —Mr. Knowles : I am afraid, my Lord, we cannot
call this a permanently liotcountry : all we can Say is that It is excessively
hot just at present.—The Lord Chief Baron : If you can say, Mr. Knowles,
that wearing your wig gives you a headache, or causes you any serious
inconvenience-• Mr. Knowles : 1 am afraid, my Lord, I cannot put it
so high as that, but only as a matter of inconvenience. Perhaps your
Lordship will consult the other learned fudges. —The Lord Chief Baron:
, _ -*-».* ♦ j n the course of the day.—Mr. Serjeant bhee:
is for us to dispense with our wigs now, and
2 of the day, report the result of your con-
"'"VJIr. KnoWlC3, however, took nothing
hVlnteusc heat, still continued to be
i s.—The large bell for the new
iTitfle flat of F. the four quarter-
since by John Warner and Sons,
■ . Ikln tl.A fa. ., 1*.,,». ,1 i\ J 1 I17AI1
I certainly might do that
Perhaps the best thing then
your Lordship may, at the
lerence with other learned.
by his motion, for wig8,\^o
worn.
The We 8 t 3ii ns ter (,
Palace of Westmin:
which were ca^w cyu.w ._,-—
of the Crescent Foundry. London. Mve within the last lew days been
tuned to accord with it 'Yesterday .Friday) they were removed from the
Crescent Foundry to the loot or the Clock Tower. Preparations are
making for suspfrding tliem. ijq Jiiat in a few days the public will have
the opportunity of juoging of their merit*, previous to their being placed
. .. £ C g t notes, and weights, are as under
Weight. Note.
21 cwt. o qr. 0 lb. .. Flat of A
26 0 0 .. •* B
35 16 .. *
77 3 24 •• .. C
in the Clc
1st Qua?
2 nd „
3rd
4th
Open-air Services. Bermondsey.— The Rev. Wm. Duncan
Long.M A.. Incumbent of St. Paul's, Bermondsey, has for the last two
Sunday evenings preached in front of his church, in Nelson-street, to
audience a estimated at Irom 500 to 700 each time. A large proportion ot
the audience consisted of working men, who listened with evident interest.
Be will preach there again next Sunday (to-morrow) evening at eight
o'clock.
Dr Bunting, one of the fathers of Methodism, and a c.ontera-
prrary of Coke and Adam Clarke, died on Wednesday at his residence,
Myddtl ton-square, in the eightieth year of his age, and the fifty-ninth of
his ministry.
The Commission oy i vsacy on Sir H. Meus — T,he com¬
mission assembled on Thursday, for the ninth time, at ‘ho OmWi^
house Tavern The jury could not agree as to the period when Sir He i > 3
insanity commenced, intimately the Oimmissione rs to kjhar v eMfct.
to the effect that they were unanimous about the present insanity oi o
Ucnre Mcux, but th.t they were unable to. fix the date when such in-
sanitv began The jury baviug signed this, they were discharged, and
the question remains now exactly where it was before the inquiry S •
Conversazione at -t. BAKriim.oiiEw's Hospital.—O u Wed¬
nesday night the treasurer of St Bartholomew s Hospital
and brilliant party of ladies and gentlemen .at jeonver ‘
the most recent productions of scieuce and art were exhibitod and ex
plained. .
Tiie Whittington Club.—A meeting was held on Wednei-
day night at the tVh ttlngton clubhouse Arundel-street Strand for the
purpose of inspecting the building wtih'h hM rec,eutly ^u m u ch alterLd
and improved. 1 Alderman Moclii presided ItauittteitlihfhHW
still required lor ftirnishing. and that it was proposed to raise this sum by
issuing shares of £1 each at 5 per cent Much satisfaction was expressed
with the new arrangements.
Crystal Palace * lower iiow. On Wednesday the second
flower show of the season was held at the Crystal Palace, and
mrronely attended, there being nearly 11.000 persons presentj. The ex-
hibition of flowers, which were ranged on both sides of the central tran¬
sept. was exceedingly beautiful; the Miecimens of pelargoniums, orchids,
and azaleas, being especially remarkable.
Robberies at tub Post < Iffice — Several cases of forgery and
robbery on the Post Office have been before the Central Criminal Court
One prisoner named Randall, a letter-sorter, who pleaded guilty to a senes
of extensive robberies of money out of ettera. was sentenced to six years
penal servitude. When taken into custody he had in his possession more
than £200, the produce ot his robberies.
Murder and Suicide— On Wednesday morning a murder,
accompanied with the suicide of the murderer, was discovered at Islington.
The victim was Mrs. Cook, about thirty-two years of age, who occupied
the house No. 10. Park-road. Barnsburv-road. .Something being suspected
to be wrong in the house, in consequence of the lodger, Sarah Scott, not
having seen her landlady daring the morning, some policemeu proceeded
to the house, and an entry by tne back parlour window was effected, in
that room, on the bed, was discovered the lifeless body of a young naan*
fully dressed, with a revolver in his hand, having still a charge in it, and by
his side the woman, both being quite dead. Tne bed and the floor were
covered with blood. The female had received two pistol wounds above the
left ear. A large pistol shot wound with laceraiion of the integuments
was found in the front of the man’s forehead, the wound penetrating the
skull. From the appearance of the unfortunate woman, theanpp Litton vs
that her life was taken during sleep, as she was lying in bod undressed.
The circumstance is at present shrouded in considerable mystery. Hie
man’s linen is marked “ H. R. H.” An inquest is to be held, it is stated,
to-day (Saturday).
Birtiis and Deaths. - Last week the births of 854 boys and
772 girls, in all 1626 children, were registered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 1848-57 the average number was 1507-^
List week the deaths, which had been about 1100, fell to 963: they were
less by 117 than would have occurred under the average rate of mortality
for the early part of June The two oldest persons who died m the week
were women, aged respectively 94 and 95 years.
Four. and-a-B&If per Cent, 91; Ditto, Five per Cent, 100; Ditto, Bir-
mingbani Stock. ~2 P ; Midland Leicester and Hitchin Stock, 97} i New-
port, Abergavenny, and Hereford Perpetual Six per Ceut, 11$, North-
F British Possessions - Ceylon, 3 ; Eastern Bengal. 5; East Indian,
105 $; Grand fruuk of Canada. 46; Great Western ol Canada, 18, Ditto,.
New, 10; Scinde, New. ; Punjaub, 5. _
Foreign.-A ntwerp and Rotterdam, 6§; Bahia and San I'rancisco. 3;.
Dutch Kbenish, 10$; Eastern of France, 25$: Lombardo-Venetian, 10J;
Northern of France. 3H; Paris. Lyons, and Mediterranean, 31$; Royal
Swedish. 1; Southern of France, 2»4; West Flanders .4 a* _ T
A very limited business has been doing in Mining Shares, North
Wheal Basset have been done at 8$; Wheal Edward, 5 ; CobreCopper, 43jj
and Santiago de Cuba, 1$. __
THE MARKETS.
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK.
(From out City Correspondent.)
The transactions in Home Securities, both for Money and Time, have
been very moderate throughout the week, and on some occasions the
quotations have shown a tendency to decline. Not that the sales of stock
have been large; but. evidently, acme of the dealers have viewed the great
increase in the naval and military powers of Fiance with feelings of
uneasiness. The present depressed state of French finances, the low
value of the rentes, and the general heaviness in trade in the various de¬
partments have added to the almost genera! distrust in the stability of
the Empire. - , ^
There has been an improved demand for money throughout the week,
and the rates of discount in Lombard-street have slightly improved. The
lowest quotation for the best short paper is now 2 $; and four months'
bills command 3$ per cent. The applications to the Bank of England
have steadily increased—a strong proof that the trade and commerce of
the country are improving. The supply of unemployed capital, however,
is still very large, and the amount of interest allowed for money on
“ call ” is 2 per cent. In the Stock Exchange money is abundant, at 2$
percent upon Government securities. Very large supplies of bullion
have come in this week; viz.. £406,328 from Australia; £23,000from
New York; £67.598 from the Brazils; £156,000 from the West Indies;
and £11,745 from the Mediterranean. The shipments have been about
£60.000, chiefly to France. Hie withdrawals of gold from the Bank of
England have been trifling, notwithstanding that the French exchanges
continue unfavourrblo. The present week’s importations will render it
unnecessary to draw largely upon the Bank’s resources to meet the present
balance of trade against us. The Eastern exchanges show very little profit
on exports from England, yet we understand that the next packet will
carry away £250,000 in silver. That metal is in steady request, at 81fd.
per ounce for bur standard, and dollars arc worth 60$d. per ounce. A
reduction of one-half per cent has taken place in the rate of discount
on the part of the Bank of France. The wonder is that 4 per cent
should have been demanded during a period of four months, and whilst
commerce has imperatively demanded the lowest possible rate for money.
The Consol Market was very inactive on Monday, yet the fluctuations
in prices were trifling. The Three per Cents Reduced marked 94$ $; New
Three per Cents 96$$: Long Annuities, 1885,18 5-18; Consols for Ac¬
count; ^6j 96; Exchequer Bills. 32 s. to 36s. prem.; Bank Stock was 220 *
and 219 $. Prices were a shade easier on Tuesday, and the market ruled
flat. Iiafik ^tock was 221 und 219$; India Old Scrip, 99$. The
Reduced sold at 96$; the New lliree per Cents, 98 to oeft;
India Loan Debentures. 9£>|; Consols for Account, 95J and oej;
F.xehcqutr Bills, 32s. to 36s. premium; Ditto Bonds, 100$ and 101 .
Very few operations were recorded on Wednesday, as follows:—
BaDk Stock; 221; Reduced Three percents. 95j$96; New Three per
Cents. 96§ 96j; Long Annuities, 1885, 18 7-16 ; Consols for Account, 96
and 95$ ; Exchequer Bills, March, 328.; Ditto, June, 16s. to 21s. pin. ;
Exchequer Bonds, 100$. On Thursday Home Securities were rather
flat:—The lhrec per Cents, ex div., for Account, were 95} J; the New
ThrCe per Cents and the Reduced, 95j 96; India Debentures, 99jJ J; Ex¬
chequer Bills. March. 32s. to 36s ; Ditto, June, 17s. to 2 ls. pm. ; the
Bonds. 100} 101; Bank Stock, 2l9j to 221.
The dealings in the Foreign House have been somewhat restricted. In
the quotations, however, compared with last week, very few changes have
taken place. The Scrip of the New Brazilian Loan has’ been rather heavy,
at par, } dis.. to J pm.; Brazilian Five per Cents have realised 101J ;
Buenos Ayres Six per Cents, 82 $; Ditto, Deferred, 18$; Guatemala Five
per Cents, 55 ; Granada Two-and-a-Quarter per Cents, New Active. 21};
Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents, 86}; Peruvian Three per Cents,
Venezuela Two per Cents, Deferred. 145 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents, 66$ ; Dutch Four per Cents, 99$; Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per
Cents Dollar Bonds, 67 ex div.
For Joint-Stock Bank Shares there has been a steady inquiry, and
prices generally have been well supported. Agra and United Service
nave marked 64 ; Australasia 80$ ; Bank of Egypt, 21$; Colonial, 27$ ;
English. Scottish, and Australian Chartered, 1R$; London Chartered ot
Australia, 1P$; London and County. 2 ;$ ; London and Westminster, 45$;
Ottoman, 16}: Provincial of Ire’and. 65 ; Union of Australia, 48; Ditto,
New. 33; aud Union of London. 23$.
The Miscellaneous Market has ruled quiet, as followsAnglo-Mcxican
Mint, 16}; Canada Company’s Bonds. 125: Ditto. Government Six per
Cents. 116$; New Brunswick Ditto, ion}; Nova Scotia Ditto. 108 }; Vic¬
toria Ditto. Ill; Crystal Palace, lg; European and American Steam. 3!};
General Steam Navigation Company. 26; Netherlands Land, }: Ditto,
Eight per Cent Pre»ercnoc. 2 ; National Discount, 4$; Peninsular and
Oriental Steam. 81 : Scottish Australian Investment, 1}; Victoria Docks,
101$; Birmingham Canal 93 $; Rennet and Avon, 6; Leeds and Liverpool,
504$; Oxford, 105$; RegeiiH's. 16 }; Uochdalo, 84; Worcester and Bir¬
mingham. 17J: Chelsea Waterworks 10 $; Ditto Guaranteed, 25.; South-
work and Y’uuxhall, 92 . and Hungcrfunl Bridge, 6}.
The Railway Share-Market has continued very inactive, and prices have
exhibited a drooping tendency. The traffic receipts continue unsatis¬
factory The decrease In the past, week upon the London and North-
Western is x7539; upon the Great. Northern, £1501; upon the Great
Western. £3510: and upon the London and South-Western, £ 2070 , when
compared with the corresponding week in 1867. The Account has passed
oil’well, and the rates of continuation have been trifling. The following
arc the official closing quotations on Thursday :—
Ordinary Siiahis and Stocks. Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston Junction, 6$; Bristol and Exeter, 89; Caledonian, * 1 ; Chester
and Holyhead. 3!; East Anglian. J6$; Eastern Counties, 69}; East Lan¬
cashire. 89; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 63$; Great Northern. 102 ; Great
Western. 49$; Ditto. Stour Valley 56; Lancashire and Yorkshire. 89J;
London and Brighton. 108 }; London and North-Western, 90$: Ditto,
Eighths. 3$: Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 3S: Midland,
91}; North British. 49$; North-Eastern—Berwick. 90$; Ditto. Leeds,
46; Ditto, York. 70 $; North Staffordsliire, 12 $; Shropshire Union, 44;
South-Eastern. 68.
Life Leapfi) at a Fixed Rental.—B uckinghamshire, 100$.
Preference Shares —Eastern Counties. No 2 . 114$; Great Northern
Five per Cent, redeemable at. in per cent prem., 112$; Ditto, at 5 per cent
prem., 65; Ditto, Four-and-a-Half per Cent Stock, iot$; Great Western
Cnrar-ExtUANOE, Jnnc 1 l.-NoUvith-tamKwr that tho -apply of EnciWi■ wWt In to-Ou£
amket wm vn-y limitod. t*«o damn d for all kind* rvUhi heavy, » . * Jo-th *r d»>cl!U» ia tho
ouoiaJcn* of »oin 1* t. U |w quarter Tho bow of >orei«a wheat w u t.ir*o. ant th« tnute
v. hs in 11 dep*ei»cd stato at pw rjuartw !<** «*on*y. In the valuo of b .riey rad wait no
chaniro tcok place; nut tto <!• iuand lor ihcus rrUcli-s wm heavy in tha eitr.-tuo. Oau, though
in Rood anppiy, aupport- d form r t»imN. BmdauuI peas supported previous ra’ea; but ibe
vnluo of Hour had acownwa-d tendener \
V june l 4 .— f lie d.marnl for all kinds of produce Lore !o day WM heavy, and Monday'* prices
*Eseex and Kent, red 1 . 37s. to 4'is.; ditto white, 40*. to 18i.; Norfolk and
30s. to 3is.: uiuhinjf ditto, s. to —a.-, Lincoln and No.folk molt, -we. to b s., brown
ditto, Mi. to bH.-, Kingston a.id Ware. i7s. to lifis.; Choyoller. b6«. to 07s.; korkshiro and
Lincolnshire fcoci oats, Sis. to 25* ; pouto ditto, V6s to 32s., \oughal and
to 2ia; ditto, white, ais. to 3Cs^ tick beans, 3la. to 3. r w.; grey poas 40s. to Ids.; muplo, iU.
to 43s.; white, 40s. to 43s.: boilers 4 s- to 45i. }K-r quarter. Town-raado flour, 37s. to
40s.; iowu hoosrho d». to 34»: country marks, US*, to 31s. per W0 lb. Amorican flour,
18s. to 24s. jier barrel: French, 32a. to 3'*. tx>-r *801b.
& e( U.- Ihorolsvnly a llmLedbtulnas tioing in onr nuuket compared with lu. woek.
Ho«»»ver, we hsve nochatijio to uoiice In prico*. . ...
Ltnsecd, English, cruHhln S , 54. to Ws. olcutta, 5Gi. to Ms.; hompseed, 4t*- to
4Cs. per quarter; coriander, 22«. Jo W*. per cwt.; brown mustard soed, Its. to 16s.,
ditto white, ISa. to «s.; tares, 7a. <M. to Ha. Od pur bushd ; &«1W» nuiesoed. <Os.
to 74*. per quar-cr. linseed cakes, Krcllsh, Cl 5«. to £9 lis.; ditto, foreign. 13 13s.
to £10 0a.; rape cakes, Lb I s. to£tiOs per ton. Canary, 9ls. to 100s. per quarter. Bud
clover, 42s. to 48a: wblro ditto 4H*. to b8*. per cwt. _ .
JJrrad.—Tho prices of wheatca brood lu tho metropolis oro from bJtL to ed.; ofhoosehokl
'i'rcKy 'liwraSNIi—Whrat, 4U. 74-1 hurley, 53«. M.; oaU. Kt. 0d.-, rye,
33s. od.; beam, 4!s. 10d.; peus, 44t. 'd
The Six Weeks' Avtrnoee-vrheU, <M. 7d. i barley. 311. Od.; oau, Ki. 6d.j rye,
32s . buuiK.4ls.8d.; pens, 4C». lOd.
English Gmin Sold Lust ir«-t.-Wheat, 91.011; barley, 2541 ; oats, 50.1; rj*
80; buuui. 4H81; peas. 161 quarters. «... .... . _ .
Tea.— Hit pub bo safes he <1 tb ■ woek bar© gone off slowly, si aV ut stationary pnoos In
tho private mark-t about an average ba.lneu la doing, at full quotations, common aouod
cjidrou U stllu-gat lu| l |>crlb ... ... . , ,, . .
Sut/ur.—Goo* and use ul r tw sugsn have chav red hands iteaddr. and full prices bavo
fcs»n pu d in ©very Instance Low aud d«rop parcels h*TO moved off alowly on former terms.
Lefln* d Koods are a fair Inquiry, at 5*8. to 64a. 01 Mr cwt. for brown lumps.
^Cofee— Fins pianta-lon hinds have mostly sold on former terms; hut he valuo of other
qu Uii«» has had a downward tendency Tho supply in wimhonso la considerably in oxcora
of last season.
y Rue —This artlclo Is very dull, and ptlce* are a thado lower than last wo*k. Tho stock la
now SWAOO, t< us. ...
I'rotisiOn*. —Thrr© is a batter fooling In tho but er market and prinoo ha-o an upward
Kacon sells steadily, at *s. to is. por cwt mors money. Hams aro firm; hut
other provisions rule heavy „„„
Ttilioiv.— For the lime of year our market is steady, at very full price* P.Y.C., on tha
ipqt. has sold ot 62s 6d. to 62>. 9d , aud for llie last threo moaths’dolivary, 60 s. 9 1 . per owt.
Odi .—Lluaetd oil is a slow sale, ut c32 to 132 10s per ton Most otuer oil* rut* about sta¬
tionary. Bpititi of turremhio. 46.. to 46s,; and rough. .0* fld. to lie. per cwt.
.V/uVifAV-’l hero is a moderate inquiry for rum. ut about lut week’s currency. Froof
Leewards, Is. Ilk), to Is. lid.: and proof East India, Is. Vd. to is. lOd. por gaUon. Brandy and
grain spirits are dull, at barely late rates _ „
Huy aud Straw .—Meadow hay, Li 10s. to XI 0*.; clover ditto, X3 10s. to X5 0s.; and
straw. £1 fs. to £l Ida. per load. .
Coals.— HolywsD, 14s. 6(1.; Tanflotd Moor, 12*.; Rildoll. »4t -, Eden Main, 15s.; Harwell,
IS- 6d , Horton. IGs.Od -. Lambton, 16s.; South Hutton, l«s. 6«1 ; Toe*, 16a. 6d per ton.
Hops.—I d Bunt and 5uss>x the blue Is progres log r»pioly; but lu Worcester tho tly con¬
tinues to increase. Tho hop trade Is stesdy, at full price*. ....
Wool - English woo’ movsa off steadily, at very fall prices. In all otkor kinds only a
Rmitcd burini-.HR is piurin<.
Potato *'#-—ihosemou for old potatoes Is now cloiod, and tho i applies !n I ho market aro
tcl'log at v^rv ineRul«r qpoUtloM Now lotatcus am coming -teadtl/ to hand.
Metropolitan Cattle Market (Thu sday, June 17 —Our market to-oay wa but mode-
rati*ty supplied with beat's; ueverthobs*. all broods Bold s owlv, a. Manila; 's currency lha
show of sheep was tessonlbly lar^. and the mutton rode ruled ve.v ln-iouvo In price®,
however, no change took plao* Pr mo Dawn lambs were In gooa request, at full ctirrcn-
eics, but inferior breeds sold slowly, at a decltit lo valua of from 2d. to 4d porSlbr. Fiimo
imsil cilvt-o were senreo, and in fair tequest, a' prorious rates Inferior crives de-
cllmd 2d. to 4d. per H lb. Tigs m l inUih cows were very dull, at late rate* : —
Fcrhllis. to sink the cffal:-Ccamo and Inferior beasts. 3s. Od. to 3e. td.; second quality
ditto, 3s. 4d. to 3s. 6d. , prirao birgo oxen, 3s. 8d. to 4s. 2<L ; prime Scots, St e., 4s. id. to
4s. fid.; conrso and Inferior sheep. 3*. 4d. to 3s. 8d.; second quality ditto, *a. 10d. to 4s. 2d. ;
prime coonc-woollul sheep, 4«. 2d. to 4s. 4d. ; primo Southdowns, 4s. fid. to ts. 10J.J largo
coarao calves, Ss. 8*1. to is. 2d. , prime small ditto, 4s. 6d. to 6«. Od. ; large hogs, 3*. 2d. to
4 b. 0d.; neat small porkers, 4s. 2d. to 4s. id.; lambs, 5s. 8d. to 7* 0U.; suckling calves, 17s.
to 2ts.; and quarter-old storo pigs, 18a. to 25s. each. Total supply: beasts, 900; cows.
120: sheep and lambs, 9910; calves, 460; pigs, 410. Foreign: beasts, 90; sheep ami
lambs, 700: calves. 300.
yrugate and Leadctthall .—The trade generally rutod very inactive, at follows:-Pcr 81b*.
by the aircftsa : Beof, from 3s. to 4*.; mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 6<L; lamb, 6s 4d. to 6».6d.; veal,
3s. 8d. to 4s. UL; pork, 3«. Od. to 4s. Od. KObitUT HnitBKCT.
THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Friday, June 11 .
BANKRUPTDIES ANNULLED.
G. H. PAIN. Brighton, farnlsh'ug and genial ironmonger.-J., J.. W.. and L. 8 HAW,-
Flland, Yorkshire, woollen manufacturers—G LAY'XJUK. 8 noffieid, currier and leaner
dealer.—B. J. TIKE, Long Eaton, Detbyshiro, miller and corn factor.
BANKRUPTS.
J. WE IB, Albert-square, (*ommercla!-r>‘an East, rnerahont and <-nmml»lon agent.—H.
DICKINSON Nottingham stous and marbia mssoa.—G. KNIGHT, StroucL GJouc.mershire,
b'axtor.—J. PAR 8 O 0 S and J. IIAKTnAND, Dudley. Worcestershire, au l Tipton. «Prif ord-
ihl-o, coal masters.—P. PHILLIPS. Spalding, cstilo dealer.—d. 8 Hi til HuJclEffo-bridgc,
Lancashhe, Innkeeper—J. T M KNIGHT, Liverpool timber morchaut —< BKIviGS, durgi^-
)n-the-Mart h. Lincolnshire, common brewer and spirit mvrchsuL— E. MOhGaM too younger,
Touyrafari, Glamorganshire, drap’r und groccr-
8C0TCH SEqUESTRATIONB.
J. LAW602V, New Stovenston Lanarkshire, groce".—J GRANT, Campbeltown, merchant.
—J. GRANT, jiin., Campbeltown. Iroomcntser J. WINGATE, Alloa, Ironuiongor. — J.
M'BKTDE, Port Glasgow, tailor.—It. HOGG, Edinburgh, watchmaker.—T. KING, Mother-
well, Glasgow, ccnl master. _
Tuesday, June 15.
WAR-OFFICE.
22nd: Lieut. H. A. Norris to bt Captain;
Lieut G. Collin* to be Lieutenant; Ensign V.
G Gil ling to bo Lieutenant; F. Trotter to bo
Ensign-
24th: Errign W. W Goodrich to be Ensign.
37th: Brevet-Msjor E. D. Atkinson to bo
Major
39tb: Ensign F. Traitor to bo Easign.
40th: Capt. C. F. Rliawotoba Captain.
4let: T. P. A Bracken, J. Caulfield, to bO
Ensigns.
47th: Lieut. J. A. Bloimflcld to bo Captain ;
Ensign J. 8 tanloy to be L’eut nan;.
6 ' ud: Lieut T. A. Julian to bo Adju ! an».
60th: Ensia^i* A H. Woocgato. W. H.
Mo»riey. W. L. K. Ogilvy. to t>o Lieutenants,
flbt: C H Atkinson to be Ensign
64'h: Lieut H. E Cooper to bo L'ootensnt.
67th: Capt J 8 . Howard, Linut. A. H.
Coney, to t)o Captains; Eusigu G. M. Car dew
to be Lieutenant.
68 th: Lieut. 8 . Graco fo be Caotaln.
73rl: Sergeant J. Kirk to be E .sign.
76th: Ensign J. Streets to be Lior.toaant.
^fith: Asaist.-tiurg. J. Sawyers, M.D., to bo
Rnrgoon.
9'»ru: I lent. R. Wield to bo Cap!ala; Ensign
H. Ms cnee to bo LlenU nant.
Klflo Hilgado: G. E. Boyle, C. H. Turnor, to
bs Erttigns.
1st West India Rcgimont: Capt. R. F. 8 yngo
tobeM-jor
2ud: Lieut- R. 8 . W. Jones t> be Captain;
Eu'iign C- E. Uuiielt to be Uout.
lt\val Canadian Rifle Regiment: EnrfSti W.
U Surman to be Lieutenant.
Gold Coast Artillery Carps: E. Hewett to
bo Ensign.
Poyal Malta Fcncible Regiment: Ensign T.
E. Bonavla to bo Instructor o' Musketry.
Rojal Horse Guards: Cornet F. O. A.Fulicr
to ho * leutenant.
4th Dragoon Guards: Capt. J. E. Brodhurst
to bo Captain.
9th Light Dragoons: Capt- C. C. Brooko to
bo Hiding Mbs ter.
>0th: Comets E. L. Lovell, Lord B. D. Kerr,
to' be Lieutenants.
17th Lancers; Troon Rcrg-Major G. Pum-
frott to be Riding W aster.
Military Train. Major H. R. Browne to bo
Lieutenant-Colonel; Capt. G. Cooper to be
Major; Kutign B. H. Burke to be Lieutenant.
4th Foot: EnsignsC. Twcnt} man, F. Rynd,
lo he Lieutenant*.
Mli; W. P. Ix)ngbometo bo Ensign.
9th: Caot. G.bpaight to be Captain.
10th: Lieut. J. K Whaito to bo Cap'alu.
llth:Cnpt.B. V Dioki-ns to bo Captain;
Lieut. W. H. f larkson to be Captain: Enrign
W. T. Corrio to iMjT.isutensnt; Quartermaster
D. 8 tnpfon to be Paymaster.
I Uh: Ensigns S. Wataon, O. L. Bryce, J.
WUion, to be Li8Utenan's; ’ tent. H. W.
Heaton to bo Instructor of Musketry.
16th: Lfcuti. J. Smyth, R. H. Fry, to bo
Captains; Ensign A. Wintlo to be Lieu-
tennnt.
17th: Ensigns T. R. Hunt, D. F. Allan, to
be ' icutenanu.
I&lb: Knrign* G. D. Harris, T. D. Row, W.
R. DID, R. h. nuokett, to bo Lieutenant*.
20th: Ensigns 8. P*an t H. Rlonut. T. H.
HoL lyu- C. K.Chatfleld, to ire Licutenanti; W
W. Goodrich to be Ensign; A. B. fie Los&lle to
lie Paymaster
21st: I/ouL A. Cisslflr to bo Ca -tiln: Fn-
rigus G. W. Vurlong, E. T Bainbridyo, F. W
Hamilton. J H. Pniricknon. E. W. Peamuin,
B. B. Gaskell, to bo Lieutenants
U.V.vrrACTiEP.—Major and Rrovct I.l*u'-Ccl. .7. Vi 11 e-s to have tho anbstontivo rank of
LkuUinuit-Colonel: Brevet Mrjcrs O. E. Macsflel I and W. Worry to have their brevet runic
converted into subalau Jvo raiik; Liuut. R V. Die vens to be Captain
Rkk\ kt —Major- Gen 8<r. W. R. 31 u* field, K.CJJ., Chief of tho Staffin tho East Ind'es,
to l»o plac'd on thn pormnnont ishm-nt of general oil!or*: Rrovet LiouL-Col C. Wiso
to be Colonel, Brevet Msjor J. 8*mp*oa to bo Lieut.-Colonel; Cant. 11 Reynolds to bo Majx-.
Brevet Lieut. -Col* E. C. Wl'forJ. I. D Johnatooo. and Capt and Lietit.- Col the Hon. A. E.
Pa-dingo, to to promoted to bo Colou8.'s In the Arm?; Major J. O. Lewis to bo Lieutjnan:-
Coluntl In the Army.
FAi^KRUPTCY ANNULLED.
J. I. DR JORGE, Mark- lane, mo.chant.
BANKRUPTS.
R- CUSIRERLVND Adcls-etrcet, Wood -a tree - - finer goo^s mnnu •' a-'Direr.— C. GARL'CK,
Guildford, ire-mo-nicr.—T. I’OLFE, Ihgcut-itr-ct. and Mcrsh.ll-strost. Golden *qu-.r-,
rlanoforte mskor.— J. ('OWEN b‘rwB«»i^it.'ci-rm-)fir-t m* iruvo*M-.g draper. G. U. itIM—
M1NGTON, Vrymondhana, Leicester-hire, preoer.—J LOOKW »OD, K'rlclwatim, Yo kaoire,
m.nnrac urer.-J W. HOLDRlfi <o8. Kin«ton-up.m-Hutl, timbn- moruhtot. -R-
EDWAk-.Da, Mo.d, Flintshire, jolu*:r — J. WALL, Isto of Soutbsort, l^ancnihire, cs^penter.
. _ 8C0TCH SEQUESTRATIONS. , , B - no
rr A ‘ w - ALEXANDER, md J. *AULD8, Now CunuiocV, coal meters —T. WEBB,
Fort William, Inverness—G CHRJSTLE, Abat'ewi. gro or.—J GAi. OWAY, GlMgow,
innson.-D. (.AMPiiELL, Glasgow, rravuion morchaut—D. aud W. SMITH* Edinburgh,
gccers.
RRI AGE
Iho 17th Inst. at Ch-lst Thu-ch, Ramsaato, by tbo Rer. T. nart Davies, Robert Mont-
grmcry, youngest «on of Boyd M'llur, F.*q,. of Collier s Wood, Merton, burrey, lo M.try jane,
second daughter ef Robert Banking, Esq , Tho Valo, Rtunrgate.
DEATH.
At Lisbon, oa the I9ih ult., earth, relic*, of tho late W. S Bunwtt, Esq , In b« seventy-
fcttrtb year.
June 19, 1858.J
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
6il
WEW BOOKS , Sfc.
BOOKS FOR TOURISTS.
In Royal Svo fprioe 2's. e»ch, cloih gilt,
T HE LOWER RHINE, from Rotterdam to
Mayenco. It* picturraquo Scenery described by HENRY
MAYHRW,and Illustrated with Steel Knrraviog* from das'gcs by
Ilirket Pret*r. including Vlow* of Uolmdsook, •‘•■logne, Bona, tho
Sevoti Monu'elna, Ehrenbreltateln, ctulrenfeto, Rboinfrit, tb«- burial
hooka Be-hnroch. Ac . A«.
; THE UPPER RHINE, from Maycnce to the Lake
of Const* nee. The Scenery of it* Banka and tho Manner* of Us
People d<scribod by HENRY MAYHEW, and Wastnted with Stool
t ugravl g* by Birket Foster, including Views of Mannheim, Hoidel-
torjr, fitrasburg. Basic, Schaifhausen, the Rhino Falls by Schaif-
hausen, tbo Lakeof Constance, Ac tie.
In unll 4 to. price Us. 6 d., henutifuilv bound,
AN ILI.L SI RATED EDITION OF
8UMMRR TIME in the COUNTRY. By the Rev.
R. A WlLLMOlT. With grent Additions and A Iter* fi ms. 111.titrated
with 46 Illustrations by Biraet Poster, Harrison Weir, Johu
Carrk-k Ac.
London: GkORGK ROUTLWIKH and Co., F&rrinydon-itr wt.
In one toI. 8 yo prise 10# fid ,
C OLONEL BEAMISH on CAVALRY.—
" It la with great satisfaction wo hoar that tho Minister of War
aa ordered the new work on * Cuva'ry • from tho pon of tho dis-
npub bod anther to bo furnished to the military libraries."—United
Bo, vico Mogkz ii".
T. and W. BOONE, 29, New Bond-street.
This day, tho Thirteenth Fdl Ion, 3a fd,
"OLADINGS in POETRY; a Selection from
Alt tho Beat English Pools from Bpemer to th* Preetnt Timo. and
Bptcimena of Several American Poeta, to which ia preflxod a Brio/
Borvoy of tho History of Kngl ah Poetrv.
London: John W. Parker and 8 on, Woit Strand.
This day. tho Second Volume, octavo, 12s..
H istory or England during the
RF.IGN of GEORGE m. By WILLIAM UA 88 BY, M.P.
Lately published, tho first Volume, 12a.
London: JOtlN W. Parker and SON, West Strand.
IMPORTANT WO^K ON INDIA.
Nearly ready,
T HE PRIVATE JOURNAL of the
M vFQUIS of HA9TING8, Governor-General ami Commanler-
in-Chlcf In India. Edited by bis Outrider, tho Murchloneia of BUTE.
Sauhdkks and OTLsr, PuUlLb.r., Conduit-street.
A NEW AMUSEMENT FOR BUMMER.
Just published, complete in ono thick volumo, tmall 4 m, with nume-
roua richly-coloured Knrravmgs, price 7a. fid-, cloth,
T HE BUTTERFLY VIVARIUM; or In-
soctHome. Being au Account of a New Method of obeerving
the carious Metamorphoses of aomo of the mast beautiful of our Nativo
Insects. Comprising also a Popular Description of tho Habits and
Innricets of tho Insect- of the various classo* referred to, with «n<-
gwtiens fr r tho •uooeetfbl study of Entomology by moans of au Insert
Vivarium. By H NOEL HUMPHREYS, Author of “Ocean and
Biter Gardena," etc.
William I.at King William-street, Strand.
HOW TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC.
This day, fcap. clo»h. 4s 6 d . post-free,
rpHE ART of EXTEMPORE SPEAKING.
JL Hints fo- the Pulpit, tho Ssoato, aid tho Bar. By M
BAUTAIN, Prof fttor at the Harboone, Ac
London: BOewOKTH and Harsisoit, 215, Regret-street.
nhutrated with 250 Descriptive Engraving*. 3a. 6d.,
■fT/TFE’S OWN BOOK of COOKERY.—
T 1 Agreeable Dinners, Jn«xpen*lvo and ea*nv cooked. Also, Nice
Dinner* for every dav.—W ard and LOCK: and all Booksellers.
Just out, Third Edition, price 2s. Cd. Illustrated.
T he practical housewife.
By Editors of " Family Friend. M “ A capital handbook."—
Athenaeum. Ward and LOCK; and all Booksellers.
CHARMING GIFT-BOOK.—Prico a*. «., richly gilt, Illustrated,
rn LEG ANT ARTS for LADIES.
E
_I Containing Plain instruction* by Eminent Master* in Twenty-
two Useful Arts amt Elegant Accompliahraenta.—W ard and LOCK.
T
Just out, Midsummer Volume, price 2a. 6 d.,
HE FAMILY FRIEND.
‘ Vcrv nmuaing. very varied, very neatly Uluatrated, and very
'*- — m m —i—*■
sbeap."—Illustrated 1
-WARD and Lock, 158, Flaet-atroet.
Just out. with 80 page Engraving*, la.,
P LACES WORTH SEEING in LONDON.
Tho cheapest and best Handbook, tho Illustrations to which
have cost MW.-Ward and Lock. Fleet-street.
3a. 6 d., Post-office order, or It postage-stamps, Third Editioa,
C orpulency and its new self-
DIETARY CURE. By A- W. MOORE. M.R.C.S. Brief and
ntelllgihlo.-Hold by William Bolwxll, 41, Tach brook-street,
Pimlico, 3.W.
C HEAP BOOKS.—Surplus copies of “Dr.
Liviug^tone’a Travels in Africa." "Tom Brown's School
Days," ‘‘Georgu Stephonaon’B : ife, - ’ ‘‘Bees’ Siege of Lucknow,"
and many other books aro now on SALE at BULL’S LIBRARY, at
greatly-reduced prior*. Catalogues forwarded post-free—Ball’*
Library, 19, Hoilts street, Cavendish -mu are, London, W.
S ECONDHAND BOOKS. — Now ready,
gratis and po«t-fr-*«?, a Catalogue of Standard 8 <-condhxnd
Books in all classes of Literature, including Books of Prints. Topo¬
graphy &J. Ac , many in huidaome bindings.—WM. DAWdONand
80N8,7t. Cannon-street, City, London. Established IS99.
W EDDING CARDS.—T. STEPHENSON
has row ready h!s now patterns of Cards, Envelopes ao4
Wording Ktetioncry. BFOclmoos snnt on application. Stationery of tho
test qualities, and no charge for stamping, plain.—T. Stephenson,
Stationer, 99. Oxford-street, W. (tho post-ofH so near Rcgent-circas).
P HOTOGRAreiC VISITING CARDS.—
Messrs. A. MARION and CO. have tho pleasure of inviting the
attention of the nobility, gentry, and tho public to aa entirely now
roodo of preparing Visit ng Cards, whlrb, from their perfect novelty
and peculiar intoierf, carnet fail to recur* patroung* os aooa os
known. Inatead of tho n#m« being printed, a Photographic Likeneis
will bo mounted on Ivory Cards, and thus rnBblo everyone at the
slightest co»t to retain a special a'btrni, In which the*o faithful por¬
traits of 1 heir family and friends can bepreaervcl. Br this method
unusual fuciiitioa will also bo afforded for the tranimis.fon of porToet
photographs through tbo pr>at. Tho cost of tho plate being occo do-
frayod, th^e ca ds will rot much exceed iu price the ordinary cam.'
The b«st guarantee that Metars. A- Marion and Co. can otfor for tha
fid Uity end orlisUc finish of the portraits wiU be fqnw# in the fact
tha* thev have socored tho aid of ilr. Horben Watkins, tho well-
known n.otOBr.phCT o( who.witt re»d«t hi. ..In.Ma
MrritM to fhlly dor.lop this mow novel »PoUcktton 01 the ki. Prlie
cne minen «nS a h.If to 100 two iruinoi. lor SM. .nil fcnh eiiulnM
to euch ,ucce#itog itundrod, to bo had at any time. i'AF— l£UtE
MABION, I &2, Beyant- toeot, London, W. _
/^ARDS for the MILLION—Wedding,
VJ VUHln*. Ud "MtoM-A Copper Plato «l«anUy.^.oM
and fifty boit Cards printed for 2s. Fcnt post-free by ALrHUR
GRANGER, Chesp BUtlonor. Ac., 304, High HoHwttl_
B inding the illustrated London
NEWS —Subscribers and Purchaser#
VOLUMES BOUND In tho appropriate Covert, with Op SriRM. at
5s. per Volume, by souding thaiD, carriagc-oald^ wlt » Pa «-offico
Order, payable to LEIGHTON. BON. and HOB»E- 13, Sboe-iane,
Loudon. Tho only Bindt^s authorised by the Proprietors._
C ENTRAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ROOMS,
SO. Canton-street West (carnorof Dowgate-hilD, CHy.—Messrs.
CCiTTON, and WALL —Tho moot perfi«ct arraugementa of Light aaa
mc-fit artistic Hclures In Loudon. Photographs, plain and colourod,
by tho first artists in tho profession ‘phOUuw American AmbrotT??*-
eoloured, in frameor ca*o complete, from m. 6 d. fjpecimciu msf co
at tue Photographic Exbihitloo.
Subscribers of 213. per
_ _ |/cracu AT 1 NG COLLECTION
~8TEKe7>SCOITG 8 L 1 DE 8 , K, Poultry, London, two door#
om tho Mansion ildnsa, may bonow both Sforenacopo and Sl.de*,
>d cxcluirge th.t*h<ronHijun to timo, withou* charge, noon tho plan
■a Circulating Library. Country subscribers can exchange their
ld« by book-pMl to?A oihh w»w. B toU. C»U 1 -
KOM Whim to b to«t»i.-«l»inl». SlMoi lent on hue to non-
ihocribers, and new works constantly add'd.
R EEVES’ DRAWING PENCILS, in every
degree of shade.
113, Cheaps ide, London. E.C.
r O LADIES— Materials of the best quality
to OnemeniBl Koo41w-.lt. Wo, Le.lhor, u.1 P**r
taw Model tor Dtaphule, Mi-wnl Potnlloa, 00(1 ovory other do-
nlp'ion or A.thnlc Work tit tho low.wt p ool. Scrap, ami Pnn»
ir t croon.. Alborck * 0 -, tbo 1 nrat m ooSob In Won DeUDod
atnii pue frro. or per post for 2 •tampo.—Loaton: WM. BARNARD,
J , Edgwaie-road (west side), W.
NEW MUSIC, (fc.
•VTEW VALSE, LA Cf.EMENTINA Cem-
ll potetl by E. L. Him*. Price 3s.
This oVgant and fascinsting Valoe o'icited tho greatMt approbation
at tho inn Grand Etnto Bull at Bncklngltam Palaco, whore St was
admirably pci formed by Weippait s Baud'
Dupk and Hodosok, 65, Oxford-street.
]YTEW SONG, THE GOODBYE AT THE
J.1 DOOR. Compoeed by STEPHEN GLIVFR. Prices*.
This touching and pleating bsi’ad has bosoma a great favourite.
London : Lu* r and Ho DO SON 65, Cxford-strest.
"JVTEW SONG, YEARS AGO. Composed by
Jl 1 C. HODGSON. Price 2s. Words and music flow beautifully
together, and form a very pretty bal ad.
London: Duff and Hodgson. 66 Oxford-street.
N EW GALOP—THE ALARM.—Composed
by T. BROWNE. Price 3a. (poBtage-frvo).— Among the spark¬
ling novelties performed by Weippert’s Band at the Grand State BaU
at Buckingham Palace none shone more conspicuously than the
"Alarm " Galop, which was admired by oJL
Durr and Hodoson, 66 . Oxford-Street.
F RST LOVE. New Ballad. Words and
Music by Lady 8 TRACEY. Prise 2s, poa’ago-free.
" As an aunalt'or production it is t'XC.d cut, aud it would assuredly
tiear favourable comparison with most of tbo favourable production*
of the day.’ —Court Journal.
London: J. Wll-llAMs, 123, Cheopside.
N EW SONG: When we went a Maying.
Words by CARPENTER; Mutlc by A MATTACKS. Beauti¬
fully Illustrated by BKANDAKD Pilco (.oOMOge-fre#) <•.
Loudon: Joseph Wi lliams, 123, Choapsids. _
L ’ESPALIER de R05ES. Mazurka Bril-
lante, by ADRIEN TALEXY. This beautiful piece, bv th«
admired corapoter of tue cebbrafed “ Mnzurka ‘•'tudo," U published
by Joseph W illums, 123, Cheapdd 9 . 3*.. post-free. _
R OSELIA MAZURKA. By ADRIEN
TALEXY. Illustrated in Colours by BRANDARD. Another
admired production of this celebrated Cnmpo«er.
Joseph Williams, 123, CbeacsMe. 3*.. post-free.
“DOW, ROW, HOMEWARD WE GO!
By CARPENTER and SPORuE. Price 2». 6 d. Ill os Dated by
BKANDARD. A composition of much beautv, and becoming Im¬
mensely vopular, the melody being cha tulngiy simple and graceful.
Also pubiL-hed as a chorus lor four volco.. proe 2s., po#t-free.
J. W ili i amb 123, Ch»a pride. _
H enry farmer’s junuquadrilles,
4s,; Duet, 4s. Illu*tr*.ted in Colours by BRA.iDARD. 8 ep-
tett,3s. 6 d.; Oichcatra, 5s. _
LoudoD: Joseph Willia m?, 123, Cheapside. _
H enry farmers first love
WALTZES. IltatratcdinCotoorabr BRANCARD. S;lo,
Duet, ts ; Sep:ett parts, 3*. I’d.; Orchestral 5®* p osUgo-f r ee*
"The second strain in tho t’.rdpavt is, without oxc®R“ 0a ’ tho most
delicious rnorceau we have hoard this sessoo/’-Gua™ 1 * 0 *
Publish cd by J. WILLIAMS l‘/3, Cheap«i d »-
H enry farmers pulka d-amour.
must rated in Col nr# by BBAXDABD. Price 3s., posttge-
Iree. I^ondon: Joskpu Williams, 23, Cheapside.
H ENRY FARMER’S Celebrated DANCE
MUSIC.—Eighteen of this popular writer's admired Compo¬
sitions are now ready tor Band*, tie; tott Parts, 3s ; 6 d.: full Orchestra,
5s- Josfiti WtLMAMS. 123 Ch-ap-ldo.
H enry farmer’s midsummer
QUADRILLE 4. Beautifully Dlustrated In Colours by
BRANDARD. 8 o?o and Duet, 3s
London: J. Wiltiams. 121. Cheapside.
TO MHBCHiN'TjS, SHIPPERS. AND POREION EEJIUE.Nld.
J OSEPH WILLIAMS, 123, Cheapside, the
Fiibliiber of Henry Farmer’s celebrated DANCE MUSIC, is
prepared f» forward to any part of the world MUSIC of all kinds,
including tho newest and most popular compositions, in Urge or small
quantities, on the matt advantageous terms.
R obert cooks amt co.’s standard
MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS.
HAYDN'S 83 QUARTETS, the only complete Edi¬
tion extant. 4 vols., £6 6 #. / __ '
HANDELS MESSIAH by BISHOP), with Ap¬
pendix, Ll/c. ami p o»tra‘t. 18*.
W. T. BEST’S mo CHORUSES of HANDEL for
Pedal Orvan*, £3 3».
BEETHOVEN’S 9 SYMPHONIES for Piano, by
KALKBKENKF.R. £» 3s. .__
BEETHOVEN’S IT QUARTETS, edited by ROUS-
SKI OT. ir>tta.
MAKX’S SCHOOL of MUSICAL COMPOSITION,
1 KENT’S AN TEEMS and SERVICES, 2 vols., each
11 HOPKINS and RIMBAUt.T S ORGAN, its Hia-
lora "»'l n-clion. il tl- ',i . .z”_
CORELLI’S 12 SOLOS, edited by CZERNY,
Ids. fid.
CORELLI’S 48 TRIOS, revised by JOHN BISIIOP,
^BOYCE’S CATHEDRAL MUSIC, edited by
VYAKHEN, 3vota„ i»oh V.„ ..
J EBB’S CHORAL RESPONSES and LITANIES,
V °MAEx's MUSIC of tfiC NINETEENTH C1SN-
TUkY. l.'m
CATAI.OGUE^ ofXLASSICAL WORKS and of
MUSIC for Voice ami a’i InatrmnoDW gratis snd postage-freo. (800
the last No. of the Illustbatkd London News)
HAMILTON'S PIANO TUTOR, re-edited by the
great CZERNY. 18JW Editioo, 4s. "Uied by aU Prof«®wr*."
Order of any MuslcseUcr.
London: ROHKHT COCK.4 and CO.. New Barlington-rireet. W.
TZING and CO., Silkmercers, Ac., 243, Kcgent-
.1V. U’m, .uid Centre Trasiccut. Crys’dl* Palace, big to Ho¬
rn cl co that during this month tbny inte-d sailing otf their remaining
8 prisg and Summer Stock at a great reduction in price 1 .
F
RENCH BRILLIANTS, 3s. 9(L the Dress,
at KrNG’ 8 ,
213, IUgrnt- street.
Patterns s nt pott-free.
ORGANDIE MUSLINS, 2 s. 6 d the Dress,
at KING’S,
1*', Kegem-st r eei.
Patterns s-nt post-free.
TPLOUNCED MULLINS, 5s. Od. the Robe,
X 1 at KING'S,
213 Regent-street.
Patterns mu p»t- free.
B
ALZAKINE8, 3s. 6d. the Dress,
At KING’S,
213, Megrnt-atreet.
Patterns sent post-free.
F
LOUNCED B ALZ ARTNES, 10s. fid. the Robe,
At KING'S,
243, Regent-street.
Patterns *cnt pott-freo.
B
LACK SILKS. Patterns po3t-free.
Glaorf Silks,
£1 Is ftd. iho Full Drcaa.
Widows' Silks,
£1 15s. Od.
Address to KING and CO., Regent-street. London.
S UMMEB SILKS. Patterns Post-free-
Striped and checked Silks,
£1 is Od. tho Fa!' Dress.
Flounced French flllks, _
£2 18s. 6 d., u#ualiv sal t at A gu'nea*.
Address to KING and CO., it**gcnt-strret. London.
S easide dresses at king’s,
243, Rrereut-street. \ \
TBnWI* Lawn Botes aud Jackets,
15s. 6 i. oimn'ota.
French Lawns,
tOs. N. tbs Full OreM.
Patterns post-'res. Address to King and Co.. Bsgent-itrost, Loudon.
mHE NEW ERENCH BAREGES, 8£d. yard.!
X Balzarinm, 6 |d. >-— x ^
Muslin* from 4 4*1.
Flounced Mua ins, 6 s; 6 d. \
Flounced. ,, alLariDos, 12 l 6 i. j 1
Fkoncctl Bareges. 15s. 6 d.
Ready-made C.srn'iric Drenien. &t. fid.
Ready-mode 8 ea*’de Lawn Drewes. 12*. ud.;
Ready-made Muslrns, from 6 *. 6 <I« ^
Jackets, in Lawn, Ma'oella. Muslin and Lace, from 4s. 6:1. each.
Mourning Muslins, Barilos, and Balzazinas. from 4J<1* yswl-
Patterns posi-free.
BAKER and CRI 8 F, 221| R“gont-«treet.
G
LOVES 1 GLOVES I! GLOVES 11!
The World- wide Noted Alpino Kid Gloves, I*, tid..
Block, White, and Coloured.
The best Grecoblo Kid, 2s. pair; 10r. 6<1. half doxen :
Black, White, ami Ceionred.
Th« very brat Paris Kid, 2 a. "jL pair: 31s. dozen;
Black. White, and Coloured.
A sample sent by poet for two extra atainoa.
J BAKER and
, Regent-street (corner of Maddox-street}.
L ADIES’ UNDERCLOTHING.
Ladles' Night-Dress®, 3 for fia. 6 d.
\ Chemises with Bands, 3 for 4a. Ud.
Drawtrf, 3 pair for 3s. lid.
Slips, Tucked, 3 for 6 e- 6 d.
Ladles’ Parli-wove Stays, 3s. 1 Id.
Newly-invented Corsrta. 3s. lid.
City JuveeUe IVpSt.
W. H. IT'RNER, 60. 70. and 89, Bisbopagate-stroet, London.
B
ABY LINEN.
Infants' Bassinets, handsomely trimmed,
on* Guinea each.
Infants’ Fnthlonablo Circular Cashmetv
C!oak-lined SUk, 23s. 6 d.
City Juvenile DdpOt.
W. H. TURNER. 60, 70. aud 89, Bish.->i)gate-irtrett, Tendon.
An Illustrated Price List sent free on application.
S COTT ADIE’S Guinea Waterproof CLOAKS
and JACKETS, suited for the 8 ea and Continental Travelling,
in ail tho Scotch colours.
SCOTT aDIE, 115, Regent-stnet (corner of VIgo-*trw*>.
L EFEBDRE WFLY’S OFFERTOIRE3 for
the ORGAN-—WE 8 SEL aud CO. beg to annonneo that they
hare published a SELECTION of 8 rX of those colobrated WORKS.
Fdl rid by Mr. WILLIAM REA. Price from 3# to 5s. each. London:
18, Banover-oquaro.
L A TBAVIATA, popular Pianoforte Fantasia,
bv WILHELM GANZ, performed by him at the Countcst of
Derby’s Grand Soiree Mc»lcalo and at lira Concert of Miss Bardott
CdoUt.—WESSKL and CO^ 18, Uanovur-squtre. Now catalogues
- / ____
TVTF'W PIANOFORTE MUSIC, by STEPHEN
_L^{ HELLER, Op. £9, entitled “Im Wall und Fiur," or third
•ei of ProMienades d'ua Bditoiro performed by Mm". Szavardy (WU-
helni'nc Clauss) «nd Mr. Chirlos IlflUe. Price 2*. 6 d. to 3*. 61. eseb.
Wesvbl and Co., 18 , HaDoror-«<!U*re.
IJITITHEBED FLOWERS, the last new Song,
VV by tho commoner of *• Merrily, mmfly, over lh* mow."
Written for Mis* subbach. Prico 2*.
WkSSEL and Co.. 18. Hsnover-equare.
T3IANOFORTES (First Class), DUFF and
X HODGSON. Makers. 65, Oxfonl-streot.—These Instrument*
aro recomtnouded by tho Pro'tjsioa, and mar bo had in Walnut,
Zebra, ami Rosewood Prices moderate. Warranted. __
P ' IAN0F0KTES and HARMONIUMS.—
GEO LUFF »nd SON hare the largest stock In London, for
hALE cr HIRE- with easy terms of purchase, from £ i0 to £100
103, Great 1
ill-«treot, Bloomsbury.
P IANOFORTE.—A superior and brilliant-
tonrd Peaewood Cottage, by an •misetit maker, full compos
aud every improvcmt'nt, oo«t «5 guio**4» k** than two year* ago, the
property of a gentleman rcqutriur a gram! concert, ffrlce 25 Gahwus.
Toteiocniewat LEW IN, CRAWCOUR, and CO.’S. Upholaten^ra,
7, toucan's-huildiog*, Knlghtsbridgo (7 doors wnst ot Wogno-it ro t).
C HARLES PACKER fjale Antoni Forrer),
Artist in Hair to tha QUBKF. by Apoolnlmant.
Hair Jewel err Department, t>fi, Rogem- 'reet.
Foreign and Fancy ditto, 78. Keg n -strr rt.
Jet and Mourning ditto, 76, Ro^ant-strest.
' r N T O N I F O R R E if,
A Artist in n*ir and Jewellery,
•*" by Appoiounent
to tho vjnwm.
32. Fakor-nreot, Porunan-square
' nearly oppos.to the Bixaor).
Antoni Ferrer has no connection whatever with b r s late Establish¬
ment In Recent- afreet-
mHE SWEDISH HAIR JEWELLERS, 70,
I Cconreftrrei. Fdinlmrgh. bog to inform the Ladle* that their
dTw PockTf Dei ices and Price* for Mak ng HAIR BRA ELKTS,
Chairs, lilrgs, Ereochcs, &C-, will be sent ooat-iree on app
S COTCH PEBBLE BROOCHES and
BRACELETS, in Calmgoruut ami Jnsjv-r*. Immen*" stock at
all prices. A.M1LNW cod CO, Mannfacturera, 79. George-aar et,
Edinburgh. Illustrmted co’Alogito post free on appUcation.
G RANT and GASK (late Williams and Co.),
Wholesale and Retail 8Uk Mercers end General Drapers, re¬
spectfully announce that iboy are now exhibiting au extensive col¬
lection of distinguished novelties InBritiih sad Foreign Manufacture,
Silks, Muslins no Soio, Barteeo, Printed Muslins, fcrealog Dresses,
Mantles, Shawls, Rlbhous. &c.
They invite special attention to several large purchases of Flococed
Bilk Robe* and Robe* k <*iilK which will be sold much nndw their
value, viz , from 39a. fid. to 3} guineas, the full drew of 18 yards.
Also a lot of wide fancy fiilks, at 28 a. fid the frill drraa of 12 yard*.
700 Print Flounced Muslin Dresses at 6*. 9d. and 8*. 9d., '*xt
ooiorra. worth from 10s. io 14*. 350 Fieoch Barigo Printed ditto,
17s. 9d., beat quality. .'-00 Bnlrarlnee ditto at 12*. 9d., very cheap.
2000 beautiful French Miutin Ecarfi, at I*. &d.
General Mourning.—8c>ecial Rooms are apprei»riated for that pur¬
pose, where Mourning Costume of every description is kept reedy for
immediate me.
Orders for pattern* and matching carefully attended to.
Commerce House, 59,60, 61, ana 63, Oxiord-street, 3, 4,5, WoUs-
street.
M ourning muslins.—hooper’s
Gaexe and Balzarino Martin* aro the newest Fatt Colour an!
will be 'ound be grta'.ost luxury curing tho coming w urn waather.
Price, from 2s. I I,d. dris*. or lid. tanl, any length. Patt-urns free.
Hooper. 52, Oxford-street, W.
ALENCIENNES LACE.
The latest Imitation, made with genuine linen thread,
icarcdr to tc diitingu'ahed iromthe re*! Prenoh. Bamples post - fir j-
BAKER and DOWDEN,
17 and 18. Upper Eaton-street,Raton-*quore, 8 W.
B ANKHUFT STOCK of FURNITURE
CHINTZES.—SEWELL and CO. beg to announce that they
have purchased of Ili* Assignee*, at a large discotiul, ths entire Slock
of Mct*rs Eaatham and tew ledge. Furniture-printer*, which they are
now selling at 4ijd. per yard, woith from 9d. to Is. per yard.
N.B. A 'argc lot of Maslln Cartains very cheap. Ompton House,
44, 45, and 46, Old Cnmirton-street; 46 and 47. Frith streot. 8 obo
T
HE ENMORPHON CORSET.
To be had everywhere.
T HE GREATEtT IMPORTANCE TO
LADIES.—Buy your CORSETS of tbo manufacturer*. It is
lurprlsirg the amount of r.xition and dlsappontmant Ladira ex¬
perience by net pnrchmlng their coreeta at the makers'. Call and see
the immsme aMortmeni of «v«ry deoeription of 8 t»y*, CoracW. Cnno-
Ui ©. Steel and MusUn Jr upon Petticoats wt.CHAJtLlio LAKGtUDGK'S,
128 and 189, Oxford- street.
L ACE PARASOLS, comprising the well-
known Iri»b, Maltese, and French (.net*, now «o much n*od at
files, flower *how», Ac ; also an iminen'c asiortniint of Bartwils
made ot tho richest Lyons 8:1k, In every variety of eolour and design.
W. and J. &AAG3TEB,
140, Fr gent-street; 01 . Flcct-*tre«t;
75, Cbrepri-Ia; 10, Royal Exchange.
N.B. I'nnuclt and tjun&liades for tbn seaside and for general use,
from 7».6«Leach.
XTUSHER’S NEW DRESSING-BAG.
B ' The beat pcrtoble Dreadog-caie oxer invented.
188, Strand.
Catalogues post-free.
M ECHTS DRESSING CASKS and
TRAVELLING BAGS.—11*, HegeBt-atreee, and t, Lraden-
hall-»tr«t, tendon Bronx**, roses pearl and ivory work madlanral
manufactures, dressing begs and drawing cases, toilet exaes. work
boxes and work tahlst, ink-iands, tana; tho largest stock in England
of papifr-nibchd elegancies, wnting Hooks, emvniopo cawa, daspoich
boxes, bagstodo, backgammon, and chin tables. Tte :.kxsm in
Regent-street oxtend fifty yard* into Glooshouso-s^oet. and are
worthy of inspection os a Bpaeiman of elegant outfit Everything
for tho work and dressing tables - beat tooth brushes, Od. each; boat
stool Kissois and penknives, Is. each. Tha usual supply of firet-rata
cutlery. r*r/»rs, razor strops, noodles, kc., for which Mr Kochi's
establishments nave bcoo so long famed.
ISHER’S DRESSING-CASES.
68, Strand
Catalogues post-free.
CtURNlTURE and PIANO, a bargain, fine
-JL' Walnut, warranted manufacture, nearly new, to bo SOLD for
half tbeir value; consisting of a drawing-room suite of chaste and
elegant deslgu, including a large-sire briulant plate chimney-gio**, in
oostly uniauo framo; a magnificent ch Bonier, with richly-carved
beck, ami doors flttHl with best at vered pinto-glais and m irb o-top;
»tijK*jlor centre taW«, on pillar, and haadsoindy-earced Cliwi; ooca-
siousl or lories' writing and fancy tables, »lx solid, olegautlv-corvod
chairs, in rich silk; a tQperor sj ring-stntled so'tee; easy nna VioMrin
chain cn uito, with extra-lined ioo*o caa<s; two fancy occasional
chairs, and a haodsom - what-not. Price for tho who o snito Porty-
•ix Guineas. The piano, semi-cottage, nearly wren octaves, or
powerful and unusually bril iant anil sweet tone, with all tho moat
recent improvements, by au eminent maker Prico Twenty Guinea*.
N.B AUo a vary superior set of modern dining-room furniture, of lino
Spaniih mshogwuy, in brat morocco Potty Guinou. To be seen at
LRW1N C 8 AWCOUH and CO. 8 tlpbolsterera. 7, yuccn’s-buiMings,
Knightabridgo (*ov<n do >rs west of Btoano-strectl.
C 1AB1NET bUKNITURE, CAttPEl'S,and
J BEDDING. An Illustrated Book of Estimate* and Furniture
Catalogue, containing 160 Draigna and Prioos of Pashionable and
Superior Upholstery, Furniture, Ac., gratis on application. Pomona
furnishing, who studv economy, combinod with ologauco and dura¬
bility sh-rnld apply for this -LE WIN CKAWOOUR and CO., Cabinet
Manufacturers. 7, Queen s-bulidlngs, Knlghubridge (seven doors wast
Of Sloan* street!. N.B. Country ardors carriage free
TVJOVELTY in WINDOW CURTAINS.—
JL * The Circassian Cl-.th Curt-iln, wi*h rich border, 3«. The
mist effective and cboapesr ar.iclo ever yet otfored, to be seen, in
variety of colnuringi, at BELGUAVE HOUSE, 12, Sloxne-stree:,
Belgrav-a-squore. Pattcsns forward od.
L°
N DON CARPET WAREHOUSE,
WAUGH ami SON,
3 ami I, Goodge-street, W.
ffflCx v. W KST.~ Note the DilFcrence.—
V.^ P end 8 . PEYTUS’S FURNITURE, PLATE-GLA 88 , and
BEDDING WAKFHOL81S, Noe. 9, IU, and II, P1N8BURY-TKR-
KACE, * itr-rcid, from their extensive Wliolenals nnd Export Trade,
aro enabled Vo give retail purchaser* an imirense advanutge in price*,
and offer tbeir unrlvullot Drawing-room Suite* -rosewoxi or wal¬
nut—for ilb; also tbeir £b richly gi t British plate Cbimnay-giAM,
sire 5 feet by 4 feet- Goods warranted, and exchanged if not ap-
nroved. Illustrated Books of Prices and Esdnuitra aont, poet-free.
N.B Goods iltdivered free within 100 mile* o Loudon.
w
p
T ravelling bags, empty, or fitted with
requisl os for the Toiler, Writing, Work, fcc.
Cooreer B*gs, Knacssck*. Jtc.
WILLIAMS, 46, CoruhiU.
ALNUT DRAWING-ROOM SUITE
(warranted), equal to new, to be sold, a great bargain, oon-
thdng of a fine walnut loo tablo, on carved pillar and claw*; a ditto
chiffonier, with marble slab and plate glass neck and doors: a large
size chimney glass, In richly gilt fr, me; six baod»omoly-carvo<3
walrut ;chab*. «sa*y-chair, and settle, on suite, covered in rich *flk
and chintz loose c-vera; an occasional table; and two fancy chain.
The whole for the low sum of forty ruioetui. To bo seen at K. GREEN
and CO.'s. Upholsterers, 204. Oxford-street, W.
T HE MAGIC BASSINET, which rocks
ittelf; the new Patent Nursing Choir. In which th* baby nurses
itself; tho I’at.nr Exercising Chair for Invalids; and the Patent
InvaL'd Bed. WILSON, NEWTON and CO.. 144, High Hotbdrs. ,
I RUN BEDSTEADS and BEDDING ingreat
variety and at very reasonable prices can te h«d at 232, Totten-
fcnro-«oj»jX-rciid. Illustrated catalogue, containing Hat of prices, sent
post-free on application —ALFRED COTTRELL Gate Wren Bro-
thets), Iron and Br«sa Bedstead Manufacturer. 232, Tottenham -
court-rcud, tecd n, W. N.B. The trade oupplied.
TAISH COVERS in BRITANNIA METAL
XJ i ml BLOCK TIN, the greatmt vnriety of Patterns always on
stow crinmsucing *t 18a. the »ot of Bis. Ditto Queen's Pat eru, 38 k
S ilver Pat orn, with Electro-Plated Handles, !5s. Orders above £2
carriage-free.—H. and J. SLA f 'K, 3 ! 6, Strand.
TpLECTRO-PLATE.—Purchasers before
XU onitring shruld rood for BLACK’S CATALO IL'E, with 350
drawixgs and price*, gTa>i< or post-free.—R. A J. Block 336, BrrantL
L AMBERT’S PATENT VALVE-COCKS,
for irithbtanding continuous high prownie, ore nnequa'iod. They
are rbcaper, more durable, and loss liable to leaksgo than other*.—T.
Lambert and Bon, Short-street, Now Cut. tembotb, Loudon.
C HUBB’S FIREPROOF SAFES are con'.
structo't cf strong wrought iron, and the do noter l cks which
Mcuro them aw gunpowder-proof. Detector locks, street-door
latches, cash nnadt'edboxes. Full illustrate’ price lists scat on ap-
plicntJcn.— Chubb and 8 ou. 57, St. Paul’*-churchyard, ten on.
O riental mattings.-vincent
ROBINSON and CO.. Importers to ber Majesty, invite tho at¬
tention of the Nobility and Gentry to th-ir beautiful fabrics, calcu¬
lated for dining and orawing rooms, boudoirs, liororios, eta. Final
to any plan, at their Warehouse, 38, Wei beck street. Cavcndun-
iqusrs.
P APEKHANGINGS and DECORATIONS.
The lurgest nnd brat stock in tendon of French and English
dtsign, commencing nt 12 yards for 6 d., is at ’‘KOSo’S, 22, Great
Ponland-strevt, Muryleteue. *oxr the Polj technic institution. Ilou.o
Painting sod Decorating in every style. Estimates fro a
THR RACES AND FATES.
Ladies will find the application of
-pOWLANDS’ KALYDOB gratefully refresh-
XI ing In Preserving the Delicacy and Beauty of th* Complexion
from the bunu : ul it iimnee or tbo Bun, Dost, and Wind, di»pelllng tho
cloud of languor and relaxation, allaying oil irritation and hoot, and
immediately affording the phasing lenintion attendant on restored
elasticity and heoltbf- i scute of the skin. Freckles, tan, spots, piinplas,
and aikoolorations are comp’otely eradi nu-d by tnc Kulydor, and give
place to a delicately ctcar and lair complexion, lu cases of sunburn
or stings of insects its virtues have long b-en acknowledged.
Price is 6 a. to 6 d per bottle.
Caution.—T he wotds ** Rowlands* Kolydor " aro on the Wrapper
of each Bottle, and their slgnilure. “A Rowland tc Bona," ia red
Ink. at foot. Sold at 2(1, Hatton-garden, London; and by Chemists
and Pralumers.
HESSE and LUBIN’S HUNGARY WATER.
This Scent re)rushes the memory and invigorates tbo brain.
Its great volatility cools ths surrounding air. 2 s. bottle; 10 *. cases of
six.— 2 , New Bond-street.
w
ARM WEATHER.—RIMMEL'S
to tbo daily b
vailed. _ . .. . ... _|_P_lip
E. lUmmel. Perfumer, 96, Strand; and Crystal Palace.
E AU PHILIPPE—PHILIPPE’S DENTI-
PRICE WATER deans and whitens the teeth, brace* the
gums, sweeten* tho breath, aud prevent* toothache. Price 2s. and
3*.—Rimmel. 96, Strand; and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street.
J AMES LEWIS’S CAPE JASMIN, distilled
from tbo Flowers, it the most aristocratic perfume of tho day.
Price 2s. dd — 86 , Osford-street, W., and Crystal Palace. Manufactory,
6 , Bartlett'^buildings.
B REID>NBACH’S wood-violet
SCENT, price 2s. 6 d., genuine from the flowers.—H- BHEIDEN-
BACI1. Perftunor and Distiller of Flowers to 'Tho Queen, I57B, New
Bond-stTret. Ix ndon.
pOOPER’S ANTISEPTIC CARNATION
TOOTHPASTE preserves the enamel, whitens the teeth,
strengthens the gams, anl imparts a delightful fnurrmneo to tho
breath, and prevents toothache —In pots, I*. 1H- and 2a. 9d- each.—
Prepared only by WILLIAM T. COOPRB, » Oxford-tL, London, W.
TV ERVO-AKTERIAL ESSENCE, discovered
and prepared bv Dr. Wm. BATCHKLOUR, ILR C.8. 1815,
and M LA C. 1834, 69, Wimpolo-rfreet, Carandioh-aquara, tendon.
It strengthens tlia vitality of the whole system, and spooliiy removes
nervous complaint*. Sold in bottle*, 2a. 81. 4*. fid., 11s., and 33s., at
the dSpots. 31, Regent-atrerf. Plooadiily; 1J, West-street, Fiasbunr-
clrcn*. londnr; and 20. Ractlogb-street. LlverpooL
PURE FLUID MAGNE-
retrody for Acidities, H'artbtnj, Hoadscbe,
' aroik! ' *•-
TV1N NEFOKD'S
JL/ 8IA. snrxeallent re:
ron'v
£ 10,000
Gonl, and Indigestion As a mild aperient It is admirably adopted for
bidlis and childraau—Dinnefotd and Co.. Dispeireln,* Chemist* (an:!
general Apint* for the Improved Hor s ehai r Giovcu and Beita), i?2.
New Bond-street. London
TO NERVOUS AND RHEUMATIC SUFFERERS.
DAMAGES. — Condomnaiion of
Mr C. Minxto for an Infringement of th*
InrentcT'i Bights_L« Counterfeiter* therefore bo cantina* — PUL-
YEHMACIIER'S MKDICAJ. ELECTRIC CHAIN*. Thousands of
Tratimonlal* from Clergy totn. Barvlstan, Naval and Military Offi¬
cer*. and other*, show that one of these Chains cure, without pain,
trouble, or any other mcdlclno, all kinds of hhrnmafic, Neuralgic,
Epileptic, Paralytic, and Nervous Complain;t. Indlgmficm, ttpasms,
and a boat of others. No remedy dbeoverod ha* over attracted each
high praise aa this. I’hnoeopbcrs, divines, etalnant physicians, in
all parts of the world, recommend them. Effects instant and
agrees Lie. Mst be tested beforehand. Price i*. and 10*. 64.. tho
if*., 18*., and 22*. moat useful, tree per post -Pulvermachof and
Co.. 73. Oxford-street iadloluing the Prince*' Thoatre). tendon.
I NFANTS’ NfcW EEEDING*BOTTLES —
From ths "L*ne«t."—“ Wo have seldom teen anything so
beABtl ol as ihe FereUnir-BotL’ee btroduetd by Mr. ELAM. 19^.
Oxfcrd-atiMt. Wb*ihtir fer weon'ng, rearing by hand, or ooeasioa&l
feeding, they are quit* unrivalled." <s. fid. tach.
612
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[June 19 , 1858
M
NEW BOOKS, &c.
Sow roa/j. to 1 roll., with flee Portrait, 21s.,
EM JIB 8 OF RACHEL.
M .K. A"*'** ' r '•"Ox-nlan >n N<vrw*» 1 Ac. 3 volt, 3I«.
HECKINGrOX. By Mrs-GORE.
“A r.utbl- prize tv reader* in search of A clever octroi"-
*Th?°?OOR RELATION. By Mine PARDOE.
“ it.* r«’r u e-t norel Mi ■ »'*«•* •* hu era wd-tea.’ -M#»**"r«r.
The LIGHT of OTHER DAYS. By JOHN
fiDUTtod Ri.aCKxTT, Pubtobar*, 13, Great lko*oegH- treat.
KIRRY AS J dPENOB'H ENfOM‘>L03Y
fllrh Thauaand of the devonth *ad Cheaper kdftlon.
Jail pobliahod, to one doealy-nrtoted volume oi 600 paga*, erewn
8vo. pric* in e)ort>.
I NTRODUCTION to ENTOMOLOGY; or,
Rlrm-n'* oft hi Natural Hlitory of In«ects. Comprising an
Aoooant of Nortons and l ae'ul Insect*: of their Metamjrphoae*,
food RtratacRM, .'ocieriea, Motions, Hybernation, In-ttnot. Ac.
By WILLIAM K1'<BY M A , F.R-ft., P.L.8., Rootor of Barham,
and WILLIAM "PB*CE «#q., F R 8.. F.L.B Borenth fcditi. n
(t»httfc Thonr-nd), with an Appendix relative to the Origin acd Pro-
*»••• of the Wr>rk .
*‘Letnom*n *hlnk ha know* 5s. T o 'ur r-aders, old and
k*ff lo * J y th- country wh» youog pai-m*. chl'uren. toach-
has not **aJtod (he v«lume«of ers, re»pee*lvriv-we say ‘boy
'Kirby aod sp ee.“— yuaftoriy a-d re«d.' e»jo*, veri'y, and
Kevisw To- ouay Bed. ento go. by u>a oa* of .p*a*
•‘S* work In the Kngl ah own «y* and faraUl**. t o
laaralire, we ►elbr*, has done « uti. u I<» In ru.»l economy
ninr tbtn K*by and Speud* ‘ "-— - -
Iranio<i an* popu'ar I t o*1 ctirn
t> «p *ad t " '*U* fo* Natural
Hliforr at home .The *s ok
la, tod ed a marvel-T obeapne**
—eonalde'-ihiy m-ire than d 0
eloaely-p-tot.d net VO pages f -r
. ...... biogrnnhv. and nun ml
phlio nphy. «m<ai<D with ao
much rtu ‘y sod person I oo*er-
▼nt'on and d gented wl.h equal
ta«n- andjutigm nt by tba lanrued
aa'hor*.’'—Natural ill.loty Re¬
view
n« TJ pagv* in r-pw
London: Loxomaw, Buowir, and Co
Every Information and adrioa cl-ar, accurate and compact.
m H E BBAOTIOAL GUIDES.
B, «E E«'>I.IS"M*1 A8R0-VD
l“tr, hrr- » »•.. n. »t I O..U 'S’,'” S.««l*
PRACTIOAL SWISS GUIDE. Third Edition.
»**'h Too” and la. "A.
^PRACTICAL RHINE GUIDE. It. «d-
PBAUnCAL PARIS GUIDE, la.
London: lo>om»n. Bknwx. and Co.
MR MURRAY S
H andbooks for travellers.
The to l>wing are n*w read*.--
HANDBOOK of TRAVEL TALK. — English,
*h «i ami.n and l-*ll-n 51 ,
HANDBOOK for NORTH GERMANY.—Holland,
B.l.iu>n. ID.-I. ■«! lb. *>UavArtMKMl 10.
flANDBOOK for SOUTH GERMANY. - The
Tyrol. Aa.lrit 8,l»lwit. Bnns«y, uia Ddouh.
’InDBIJ 0 'if'Vor ' S W YTz ER LAND.—The Alps of
gamy and P'»lmont. Map* 9-
HANDBOOK for FRANCE.-Normandy. Brittany,
Mm Fttmc. .In., Il.unhin.. I'm. no., »n-i rh. Pj.rn.^. Map. MM.
HANDBOOK for SPAIN. -Andalusia. Ronda Ore-
Gt-lol ■ IS. H. fju*. *rr ,<n «o, Vip. tyoj.3..
HANDBOOK for PORTUGAL. - Lisbon, Ac
l ^HA*NDBOOK lor CENTRAL ITALY.—South Tus-
Mil* aod *h« •* ii l liiM'. M P "a.
HANDBOOK lor ROME and its ENVIRONS.
^IS'aNDBOOK for NORTH ITALY.—Sardinia,
Lembaroy, F>or^u e. V-nr-e Pa-ra., lacenx* Modana, Lua.-a, and
Tn «<n*. e f»r ih« Vei d’4r"' il“pe iJ».
HANDBOOK for SOUHI I rA LY —The Two SicI-
n*>. Nan'ea. v -mu. h, H - onian -um. Wovlua, kc. M *ps.
HANDBOOK of PAINTING The Italian Sehools.
W. ■ 4.1,. 3*.
HANDBOOK for EGYPT.-The N11& Alexandria,
C*ir >, T"eb* . «n-t the O.erU'a Route to India. Map. I»e
handbook for Greece.— ihe Ionian islands,
Albania. Tn «a%'.a. *ud Mae o U Want. lit
HANDBOOK for TURKEY.—Constantinople and
AC» If| O' Me 10a
HANDBOOK for DENMARK.—Norway and
'"HANDBOOK for RUSSIA—Finland. Ac. Map. lot.
HANDBOOK for DEVON and CORNWALL.
“‘HANDBOOK for WILTS, DORSET.and SOMER-
'’haNDBOOK ofMODRR LONDON. Map. 6s.
Jomt Murray -,K-Jtreat.
Now ready, frro. pric* 10a. 6d.,
mHB IND«»b and i is FKuVINCFS, with
A MAPS. By W. P ANDREW, Author of “ Indian Railway* aa
Connected with th* Powe* a"d 8 ability of *be BritUk Empire to tbo
fw," *c—W. B. ALLEN ami Co., 7, Leaden hall-atreot
Thia day, to foap cloth prioe 5«.,
T HY WO HD IS TKUIH: an Apology for
ChrtatianiT Py the Re*. JOHN CUMMl^O. D D., FJt.8 K.,
Mot ter of h. Rootoh atlonal Churoh. rown-oiurt, Corent
g.rd«n. Auth-r of * Apocaly pile Bk^tchea," “ttabbath Imniug
Wl ittmt * o.
Arthur Hall, Tiktur, ami Oo , *5, Pa’ATnoater-*ow.
Crown 8 to, price *». 6d.j poet-free, U. lOd , with Map, «d. extra,
L ONDON as it is TO-DAY ; Where to Go
and Wbat to 8ec- W1«h WO Eng^a*taga-
London: H. 0. ClaRKR and Co , 3AV, htrand, W.C.
MOD2RN B^OKB AT REDUCED PRiCEd.
N>tlc —Now ready,
H INTS to BOOKBUYKRS, by which a
MTinr of about e n *-hTf mt* be efr--e**d in iho [U'chaae of
Modern Book* poat- »'e to on*c lnc]oc‘r>R rw> atamps ad-
dreaaad to HaUTTDCKs and OTTLRT. Publiabm CoTv1nlt-a*reet.
Ju«t pub l h-d, in 8ro, price 5v,
T HE people IN CHUKlH: their Rights
and Da'iae to CCave^tion with the P'-etry and Muaic of the
Book ef .omiuoo Prayer By JOSIAH ■-lT r MA' a -
London: BxLL an 1 Daldt, 186. Flait-atro't.
NEW READIVQ-BOOK BT T>R. M CULLOCH.;
lo* teecy, p*I>* la 6d *y>uod
A FOURTH REaDING-BOiiK for theXTse
_/V of «eh«Ata To w^lch l« added a J »nop l«of EmrU.h Spelling.
By j. M. M CUL OC4, Dl>.. forms rly He* Mae ter« f Cir.-na -place
gebool Ed nLU'gh. l»r. M CullocVa other Febbol B *ohax—Pint
Beadi r-Book, ■ S-h Fdl 1 >n, 1 t<l ; Second I ea lug Book f8ds Rd|-
tim. 3d.: Thl*d ha titog-B • k. SBth Edltl *o- 1M : Seriea of Leaeonc
in Pro e nnd V. rao, 36«h Edition, !«.; Cour-eof Readl'-g In Sole ce
and Literature. 3* d edition. 3* : Manual of P.ngll h 0-*amma*, 17th
EditI n. a id -Edinbdigh: OLITER and BOYD. London: elmpkln,
Mara nail, and Co.
Bent P-ne by Poat for Eight Penny Portage 3tampe.
F EN NINGS' EVERY MOTHER’S BOOK,
whtoh oonralna everything that every Mother ought to know.
Dtreo-. to ALFR1P PRUKIROt. Weet r a wea, lal* o* Wight.
N
A V I G A T I O N.—Just published, the
, Pleven*h rdhtonof Mra. JATO TtY'OKB EP TOME of
NAVIGATION; wl.h Qae»tton« urraugodvothe •‘Na'iiicalsVImanack 1 ’
for 18V0. , uhli.h«i b. o do* ef Lor.-s of (he Adf&ttaHy| wlm a Key
to the L’nw'O'k- d Kxt“ pi*l\ _/\ _ '
M-a. JA* 1 B p T lY'hH’rt NAUTICAL ACADEMY oflVa auparioi
advan’age* to You g M• n pr*o rir-.c tor Ue Navy ard Ma.chant Ser-
vice —Nautical Ac«d.my, 104. Mtoofiea.
T HE PRETTIEST GIFT-BOOK EVER
PUBLISHED.— rhe PfOTORlAPflCKE T BIBLE, whh nearly
8(V1 beautiful Vood-En.-nvlnga-f al th- greet erenU recsorded to the
Bcri tom. Goo i ole r tytw and W.fKXJ rafennera. bound m bra-
morocco, 'or IU , Mr-'. po»l- f tw. Only to be ha«i at JOHN FIELD'S
Great Biblo Warehouse Regent a-quacrant, London.
OAA BIBLE STORIES, with nearly 300
O' 'V * SHLX PICTURED S Pictorial unday Book for tbo
Yoong. handsom-l* hocn^.nreeta 6 .. O’lginally pnbilihed a’ 12a
■cot po t-free tom Pi^LDa Gteat Bible Wan-louae, t»5, Regeot’a-
gu.dr&m Every I'atullr .-hoall have thia pre ty tniok.
Juat publphsd, prioe Ad - po.tagr-fr-e,
QT4TNP l> WlNLtnWS and TRANS-
^ P*RK»JClEri. by ’he Iwautltul prooei* DIAPHANIE, a d*.
•rriptton nf the *>*«t me b da, *o. lUuNtrated. *• FaaPy p*r^onn*d
by an l v y o* gent'aman the effect l» wonderful." ’ ompie’e Hintea
Of ma-er'dlt fulmhe orpree*nu) at i‘2a 6d and tie., i acked and
f irw.rl d on recrintol P O nrd-r London: W m. Bakvaru 59, Edg
ware-road tweat aid*), W., where apecimena may be impacted.
l Aj AX FLOWERS.—Wax and Materials for
Y Y Modelling of th* beat qualify at tbo loweat pnoea. Detailed
Bata per peut for one atamp. Sample doxan of wax (any ©elonr) aent
pm>ti fm eo receipt of nine atampa. Complete Ina'ruction-book,
bflond and profuaelr illustrated, 2a. 6d poaUge-tooe. The trada^aun-
plied—London: Wu. BARNABD. ». idgwmre-road weat aide).
WE IF MUSIC, Ifc.
TI/TR. SIM8 BEEVES’ New and Popular
1Y1 BALLADS. Juat pubUsbed.
No. t. Boa* of the Morn. Compoaed by Frank Mori, A
2 AD on a Oawy Morning. „ £• TrekeU. to.
A Bonnie Jean (5th Edition). ., George Ltoley, *#.
4. I Ariae from Team* of Thee „ Howard Glow, 2s.
ChjlPPXLL and Co.. 50, New Bond-atreet.
T) ’ALBERT S LUIPA MILLER WALTZ.
1 9 Jarton:. Price 4s. Poat-free.
Ckajtkll and CO., 50, New Kond-street.
TV’ALBERT’S LUISA MILLER QUA-
1 / DKII.I.H. Jmt onL PHm 3.. Po.t
fjmmi. 1 . and CO., 50, Naw Bond-»troet.
D'ALBERT’S MARTHA QUADRILLE
1 / Juat out- Prices*. Post-free.
fmrmL and Co., 50, Now Bond-street.
TTILOTOW’S MARTHA. Complete in Two
JU Peak* for the Pianoforte. By FRANZ NAVA. Solo, 4*.
each; Duetts, 5s poat-free
CHtFPKLL ani Co., 50, New Bond-a*rest.
TTERDI’S LUISA MILLER. Complete in
V Two Bo^ka, Arranged for ths Pianoforte by FKANZ NAVA.
8oio, 4s.e»cb; Due ts 5s , po* -freo
CUjUTKlL «nd Co , 50, New Bond-atreet.
TT1AREWFLL to HOME. New Ballad. By
JU 8TFPHRN GLOVER. Written by J. B. CARPBNTEit.
Prioe 2*. Po.i-fte*.
CH*priLL and Oo.. 50, New Bond-atreet.
DRTNLt-Y RICHARDS’ COMPLETE
D TUTOR for the PlANOPORTrt. Th* Vat, th* new eat, and
cheapest of all Ins’ uefion bo k». eoniatolng elemootary In* raeiion*.
BCitist. "xarci»"« an 1 ' a ^roat varietv of ’On <uaat popn'ar th"m"a aa
progrtas.veiwaons 8ivty p«gr«, tail murio aixe, ptloo ts pcst-irco.
CRaTPZLL and Co.. S'*. New Bond-street.
T ONLY ASK A HOME WITH THEE.-
X New Ballad, by LANGTON WILLIAMB. Bong by Mbs Poole,
and rapturous > anoored. Price 2a : free for atampa. -W. Williams
and CO., 221 , Tottenham-court-road.
rpHE SPIRIT of JOY.—New Song by
1 LANGTON WILLIAMS. Juat published, as sung by Mi**
Louisa Vlnnine. wHta ihe greatest sooccaa. Price la. 6d.; free for
■umpe.—W. Williams and CO., Tnuenhom-oourt-road.
T HAVE ALWAYS A WELCOME FOR
JL THEE.-New Ballad, by LANGTON WILUAM8. Just pub-
lishod. "One ol tho *wrelo*t ballads of Ibe day " Kevtew. Price
3s.; ftee for stamps.—W. Williams, 221, ToUenham-ooart-road.
S '1 L AJRINE ; or, M ’Tis a ^orm that reminds me of ]
\ J tone. ’ Naw na lad By LANGTON WI-LIAMS. 8ung by
Misa Lascetiea " ]
•* Thl* ballad ia amurio-1 gem "—Review.
Price 2a Pr«* for it mpa.
W. WILUAM5 and Co . 221. I’ntuanham oourt-road
Ty RIGHT GREEN LE A VE8. New Song,
D b J T,. HATT-iN. c ung wl.h great ar>pUus* by Mi*a
Pool*. B«au l ully 1 luatraied. Price ts 6<J.. post- fr«a*.
Audi.on. Holder, and Luca*, 2 0. Heg«nt-itre't.
rTIHREADS of OuLD. Just published An
JL elerant little Allegory, charmingly let io MtuL by BALFB.
Price 2a-, poat f ee
ADPisoir, Hot uxr. and tVCAB, 210, Kegrnt-strert.
TTNDEK the LINDEN. A new and favourite
LJ Son*. Compo ed b* GEO. LIN LEY. “Oo* of hla sweetovt
melodks." hung hy Mias Y’ltroiog Price » , port-free.
Asmsox, Hollikr, ant I.rCAi, 210, He gent -«i reek
JVyflSS LA8l'ELLIsS’ NEW SONGS—
LYJL "C*lU,”oompo**d by Bwd. L nim«; and “ A Mother’* Love,"
cotn-oaed by Btephtin Glover, prioe 2e 6d. each, *uog by her with
tho greatest *aoo-«* are published by EVAa# and Co., 77, Bakar-
atreet, Portman-square. Fro* tor atntnpa.
A LL MUSIC at HALF PRICE (tho Cheap
XjL Mutio and Bound Work* exempted). Beal for stamp*, prepay-
rant, poat ex’ra.—K. 0. Ykffff, 85, Baker-street, W. Catalogues
tree for toree atampa.
rpHE HARMONIUM MUSEUM.-Now
A readv, In one vol.. e'oth (161 para), price 7a 8d., The Har¬
monium Museum, containing one huoaral favourite auhticta of a
Sacred and secular eha-acior. a*)<y ted from ihr work* of th* wort
*rieb. at»;d ooiupoaera and arrarred for tho Harmonium bv rta^loif
Notomann, pr» *»d*d by a deacrlpove notioe of the oba»aetiT and
•apabtliu*- of the In* rum out by Henry Rtnart. The oomprehtn-lve
nature of thie wo*k (eombinlng the bteraloeM of *c to*tra:ticn book
with the resource of a muaioal library) renders it iLdiapeutable to
ovary poison whe poas«aaoa a Harmonium
Boosir sad Sojik, Hol.e«-stree4.
T UISA MILLER.—Quadrille and Valse from
JU thi« popular opera, ar-anged b> Henri Laurent prioe 3*. each
for pianoforte, 3*. 6d for orchestra and 3a. fid for aeptett.
Boosxr sad 8 oks, HoUce-atreet.
T UISA MILLER—BOOSEY and SONS
1 1 oompleto edition of thia Opera for Pianoforte Polo, with an
tau mating deaeription cf tne ploi and mntie. ia puolDhod ihu day, in
one volume, doth (•'.6 page*), prioe ft* H ollee-etreet.
T ENA. Serenade pour le Piano, par
JU FRANCESCO BERGER “ On* of tho moat elegant things.
Doily News. Prioe, with 1! nitrated Title, '*. Sent tree on reoeipt of
twelve stamp*. London: £wk£ and Co., 890, Oxrotd-sireet.
■RUBINSTEIN’S COMPOSITIONS for the
JLl; PIANO FORTS, performed at the Mniioa! Union. Romance
to F, Is 6d-» Melody n F. la ; Taran etla 2a : Marc‘a aliaTurca,
to; Barcarole, I*. Bent roaj-fme on rnce-pt of t'ampa. Publiahod
byFwxn and Co.. 390. Oxfbid-street, whoro all Mr. Rubtoatoto'a
Compotiriona may be bad
DIANO 8.—OETZMANN and PLUMB’S
1 sew Patent STUDIO o* 8 HOOL-ROOM PJANOPORTB,
which havo e!v«j *uch unlveraal **ti* action (..rice* ranging from
*o«xdderaW|y lea* than £20) arennly to be obtained. In London, at
58 Great KUM>l-4tr» t Bloomabury ; and n f all the principal coun¬
try Musloadlors. Also, tbwr new Patent Drawing-room Pianoforte*,
at prioe* aligbtiy to advance of the btudlo ttiano*.
PIANOFORTES.—OETZMANN and
L PLUMB'8 NEW PATENT 8CHOOI-POOM PIANOFORTF8,
6{ octavos, pric< » from oontidvrab'y under £20. 1* tho moot lulubl*
Icstromett minufaciurod (or ibe Hchoolroom, or whore a small
PfAnofortoi* required, bring *oc»nntrueUd as to regains little tuning.
Tn be nad of all the prtoci|>al country Muiiciollors to Engl nd, Scot¬
land and Ireland; alao lor 8*1*. Hire, or Kxchango. In London,
only at 5ft, Great RuMcll-atreet, Bloomsbury.
T)LANOFORTES, 14a. per Month tor HIRE.
JL with option of Purchase flj-octovea. No Hire charged U
purchased in aix month* Ilirpv and Hnrmoniuma tor Hire.—
OKfZMANN and CO., 32, Wigtnore-atreet. Cavenrliah-eqnare, W.
PIANOFORTES, £25.-OETZ MANN’S
L ROYAL COTTAGE PIANOFORTES, 6J octave*, Cyltodei
Pall*, Roaewood or Mahogany Case*. Warranted. Packod free .tr
caah.—ORTZM ANN and (X).. 32. Wigmore-atreet, Carohdbh-aq., W.
PIANOFORTE8.- PUBLIC ATTENTION.
I Some aplendld Rose wood and Walnut-tree Cottage* and Pic-
oo I os, 6| octaves, with aU (be la teat improvement*, have only been
uaed % fow month*, from i9guitv-aa.—A' TOLKIEN** Old-EeUb-
Uahod Pian itort* Warehouao, 37, 28, and 29, King WUJlam-ftreet,
London-bridge. Pianoforte* for hire, with option of purchase.
mHE NEW ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM
for the DRAWING-ROOM.
ALEXANDRE and SON have Juat taken out a new patent lorine
Drawing-room Harmonium, whlah effect* the J™* 1 ** *
they bare ever made in the inatrumant. The ^ ra i wt ®*^°?Jl 8Ab i a
will be found of a softer, purer, and to aD re.pect. more
ton. than any other to»trura«nta. They have a pe fee* y
means of producing a diminuendo or creec-ndo on an> 0 no i"
axprmaton rop. th* graat oifflcultyl n other Harmon ioma Tojacb
of the new model* an add tional blower b attached attho “
that the wind can be ■upplied (If preferred) by * A.
and .till, under the new patent, the performer oen play with penoot
THE DRAWIVG-RO^M MODEL
No. la made to three varieties
1. Three Slope, Peroaaaion Action, additional Blowar, ana
to Rosewood Case .. •• •• •• ** u
1 . Eight Stops ditto ditto
A Sixteen Stop* ditto ditto, Volx Odlaata, A*.
(the beat Harmonium that can be made) .. •• w
Meaara. Chappell h «ve an an -rmou* a took of the
SIX-GUINEA HARMONIUMS,
And of all Varieties of the ordinary kind, which are perfool, ror tno
Churoh. School, Hall, or Conoett-room.
1.’ One Stop, oak ease .
5. „ mahogany ease .
1. ThroeStope, oak, 15guinea*; roaewood ..
4. Fire Stop* (two row* vibrator*), oak case ..
„ ditto rosewood oaso .. — -- M
6. Eight Stop*, ditto, oak, 25 guineas; roaowood .. » J?
6. Twelve Stop, (four row* vibrator.), oak or roeewoodioaae »
7. Ono Stop iwith ^ercnaalon action), oak case, 16 guineas,
rosewood cwo . M
8. Three Stop-, ditto, roaewood oa*o .„
9. EL ht Stop*, ditto, oak or roeewood case."
10. Twolve Stop*, ditto, o-k ease .. .. ...
11. „ ditto roaewood ease .. .. •• " jTT
12. Pate -1 model, ditto, polished oak or roaewood eaae •• 08
Moaara. Chipi*il beg also to ca l attention to their
NEW AND UNIQUE COTTAGE PIANOFORTES. GnlneM
1. In mahogany caac, 6J octave*.
2. to ro^wood, wiih circular fall M ootavea.fr
A In r<»*wood, elegant ca*e, fret*, kc .. •• •• ••
A to vory e'ogant walnnt. Ivory-fronted key*. Ae. .. ••
A The Unique Pianoforte, with per foot check action, elegant
roeewood ca*e, 6| octavo* .. .. •• *'
A The Foreign Model, extremely elegant, oblique *tring*. /
octave*, boat chock action, Ac., the moat powerful of
.. If
.. 16
.. n
ail upright pianoforte* .. .. -- •- .. .
Also to thdr immonod aMortment o New and Secondhand Inatru-
oenu. by Broadwood, Collard, and Erard, for Sale or Hlie.
Full doaoriptive Liatt of Harmonium* and of Pianoforte* sent upon
ppllovlon to CHAPPELL and CO., 49 and 50, New Bond-atteet, and
3, Goorge-atreot. Hanover-aquare _ __ _ .
Agent* for America, PAdttEgUETTES and 00., New York.
... 50
r ULLIEN and CO.’S CORNETS-A-
Pl'TO'R, T".nur.r,'ir.d by_AKTO!NE C»0 ITOI9.
No 1.—Tte Drawing-r nm C iroat-ft-Pl-tonii, u** i by the late
Hen e..ig S8*.
Jallien’e Concert*. £8 8*
rnom, wvia iineiui* o« ui« luiirumoni*. ui»«
application.— jVLLIBX and Co., >14. Regent street.
>IANOFORTES.—CRAMER, BEALE, and
CO. hr.r# the b#*t of every deaeription, New and Second h and.
-D’ALMAINE
P ATENT SELF-LIGHTING CIGAR
COMPANY, 10, MocT,at.-ilr(-»t. Wluilails «nj SM.II.-An
* 1 of Clgara and Cheroota, Foreign and British, are lr> aied by ibis
iw, and are ignltoo by aimpie frtodon, without ta*te or imelL
... _xtr* price. Invaluable to out-door imouera and travallers.
Bampi* boi. alx flno Bavaonaka, free 24 aumpa; three, 12 stamps.
-EQUALISATION of the SPIBIT DUTIES
JjJ BBWLBY, EVANS, and CO/8 Pure Malt WHISKY In
oaso. of on* dozen each, price 42*. Freight paid either to Holybeer,
Bristol, Liverpool, or London, by reoeivmg a peat order for the amour,
Bow ley, Evans, and Co., 21, Ma*y-«treot, Dublin.
pEIEBRATED CANTERBURY PUNCH
for picnics deaaert, or to iced water, with a cigar. One do* n
of thia delicious beverage aent free to lo»don, hamper and bottles In
oludod, on receipt of po»t-offlce order for 28a., payable to T. P. DE
LAHAUX. Wine-merchant, v.anterbury. __
VXTINES from the CAPE of GOOD HOPE—
YY W. and A. GILBET, 357 Oxforo-itree*, importer* of Iho
floral wta'«, wtileh t#r Majvs'y'a G*v«rnm*nt adml a at half « , uiy,
P.rt, Skerry, Marsala, Ac , a'i 20* p»r do*. Two samplre lor 12
aiamps Fxce' rnt -randy, 3J«. por do* For ihe p*ri y of o >r Cape
Win** aee Dr. Lethc b/'aanal ala. Cros s abecka "Bankof Eoglapu
Tj’' CON041Y.—A six-gallon Cask (equal to
Fi 3d"r.eu) of flrrt-claaa bUKKKY lor th: or Ibe flneatSouth
A Men She.ry lor £3. Cask (which can be convert*! In o two pail*)
a a bras* Up loclud-.d C*r lags tree C*»h Port at thosamepiiee,
ana 10. pur cask extra -HEN*- KBTd, AoROT. and CO., Importeia,
22 and 23, High Hoibora Londo n.—ra atiilahed 1 8M. __
P URE BRANDY, 16s. per gallon.—Pale or
Brown EAU-DE-VIE, of exqukS'# flavour and great purity,
identical. Indeed, to every respect with thoae choice production* o' V e
Cognac dl-lricl which ar* now difficult to procure at any price, 35.
per doMQ, French bottles and ease l« eluded- or 16 a. per gallon.
HENRY BRETT and CO.. Old Furnival’* Distillery, Holborn.
U NSOPHISTICATED GENEVA, of the
true juniper flavour, and precisely as It run* from the ftiH.
Without the addition of sugar or any Ingredient whatever. Imperil 1
■idiom. 13a.; or in one-dozen ca*es, 29a. each,package Included.
HENRY BRETT and CO.. Old Furnlval'a Di«tlllery, Holborn.
H TOLKIEN’S IRRESISTIBLE PIANO-
« FORTE, with Truaa Concave Bracings and Perpendicular
ffolta. by Lorten Patent.— • beae exouiaito Instruments are •uponor
in powe to any English or Foioign piano Fo'quality of tone un¬
equalled; durability unquiatlnable. For oxfezne clima e* invduab a
Price ito elegant designs) moderate Height, 4ft Drawing* post-
free, at H. Tolkien's, 27, 28. <9 King Wiilimm-stn«t I ondoo-bndge
Planotortes for lilro with option to puruhaae on easy term*
H TOLKIKN’S 26-guinea Royal Miuuto
• PIANOFORTES. 64 octave*. -Thia piano la acknowledged to
be aoporior to any ‘• ngliah o' foreign piano at the above prioe; and.
by tbo care and attention H. T. has devoted to all branches of ibe
manufacture, ho baa obtained the highest reputation throughout the
onlveno for theee instrument*, unoqna'lod to durability and deli¬
cacy of touch.—H. To kleu'a, 27,28, 29. King Wllllam-street. Loodon-
brldge. Pianofortes for hire, with option to purchase on easy term*.
Ti/TUSICAL BOX DEPOT, 64, Comhill,
IT I London, for tho Sale of MuxJoal Boxes, made by the oelebrated
M*'*ra. NICOLE (Frtrea), of Geneva, oomatolng operatic, national,
favourite, and sacred ah*. List of tunes and prices gratis.
QUirB NEW.
COVER'S SULTANA’S SAUCE.—A most
refreshing and pleating stimuUnt to tho appetite, coropoeed
principally of l urhlah condlinoui*, oombined with various culinary
production* of the East To be h«d 01 all dauee Vonoers; ana of the
sot* wholesale agon *. Crosse and Blackwell, Purveyor* to the Queen.
21, Hobo-iqu-re London
t IKO.-'SE and BLACKWELL, Purvejors in
) Ordinary to her Majeity. raapectftiHy Invite attention to their
FICKLEH, SAUCES. TAnT FKI'ITS, and other Tablo Dellcadoa,
tho whole of which aro prepared with tho most scrupulous attention
to wholeaomenea* nod purity.
To be obtained of moat respectable Sauce Venders; and whole**!#
Of Cross* and Hiaokwoll, 21, rtobo-aqaaro. London
WATCHES.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS
YY Watchmakers (opposite the Bank of England), 11 1 and 13.
Comhill. London, aubmit tor *e octioa a nock of flrst-claaa PATENT
DETACHED LEVER WATCH E8. which, being made by themselves
oan be recommended ’or aocuracy and cnratH ity.
PRICES of silver watches.
FiteQt ^Yer Watch, with the detached escapoment. Jewelled,
bird eccrnel dial, second*, and m ai nt ai ni ng power to coa- ^
nu«going whilst betog wound - .. •• •• ** 1* J*
Ditto, jeweuod u* tour uutea, *ud capped .. .. .. 8 6 0
Ditto, the finest quality, with the unproved regulator,
jewelled In alx holes, usually to gold caaca .. .. ..888
Either oi the Oliver Walchoa, in hunting eaae*, 10*. td. extra.
GOLD WATCHES -SIZE FOR LAD1E6.
Pa* ant Lever Watch, with ornamental gold dial, the move¬
ment with lateat Improvements, I.O., the detached eaoape-
ment, maintaining power, and towelled.Jl }* 2
Dl-to, with richly-engraved eaae . •• J? ,*• ®
Ditto, with very strong case, and Jewelled to four holes .. 14 U 0
GOLD WATCHES.-SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN.
Patent Lever Watch, with the latest improvements, l.a, (he
detached eacapemont, jewelled to four hole*, bard enamel
dial, seoonda, and maintaining power .10 18 4
Ditto, in stronger case, Improved regulator, and cap pod .. IS 8 0
Dit.o, jowallod to aix bole*, and gold balance .. 17 17 •
Either of the Gold Watabos to hunting casts. £3 3a. extra.
Lieu of price*, with remark* on the construction of watch*#, gratia
and poat-free on application.
Any watch selected will be aent carriage-free to any part of Grtal
Britain or Ireland upon receipt of a remittance of the amount.
O N BOARD H.M.S. “ NORTH STAR,” in
the ARCTIC REGIONS, for Two Year*, the bhlp'a Tima was
kept by one of JONES'S Lcren, ail other Watcho# on board having
stopped. Ir, silver. £< U ; m Gold, £10 10* ; nt th" Manufactory,
3*8 S'rattd (oppoailo Somerset Hou.*).—Read JONKB’8 •'bkeich of
Water;work- " bent free for a 2d. stamp.
S ECONDHAND GOLD WATCHES, by
emli.ent m k"T» warranted genuln®, a cumto, pe feet In con-
dtiion and i h-1 1 the orlalnnl coat. A ch Ice aiock at W - LEtt and
M CULLoCH'a. 32, Ludg to-atruot iteu doora irj*n et. P-ul'a)
TUK BEST FOOD FOR CHILDREN, INVALIDS, AND OTttKRS.
R uBlf« SON'S UA LENT BARLEY, for
makinr aoperlor Barley Water in fifteen n iuar*a. ha* notenly
obtained the patronage of her Maj»*ty and th-* Royal Family, bat baa
become of ge- oral use to every class of the community, nud la no
knowledge t > *und unrival ed a* ao eminently pure, nutrit'oes, and
light food for Infan’* and invalids; niuch spur-red for makings
delieiou* cu* ard pudding, and exc-l'ent for thloaeoing broth* or
soup*. RuHINSO.n S i-a.RaT UrlOA'Sfo. moro than ti.irtr veaia
bava been he d In con-tant and iiicre-ana nuoiic o-timatton aa t'*
pure t • r rue of the >»at, and *■ *he be"t end mo»t va uable pr-para-
t ou or n thing a pur«- and dellca'o 0 »url, wh ch *i.m« a tght and
n'lirltiou* 'un^if -or ho ag d, ia a popu ar reuip" f. r cold* and ln-
flurtixaa. I* i f g'neral u>e to he " ek chamber, and. al>tmat ly w,th
the faton* B-rley is ao excellent foo«l for inf«n'S and children.
Prep; rod only by lh» Paten e-a. ROBINSON, BKl.t.YlLLB, and C"..
l*urvejor» to the uuee'’, 6i. Red Lbn-*t ect. Holborn. London. 8nld
by al respect able Grocer*, D>uggi»U, and otbeea In town and eooutry
i-. 1‘Hckoi* o(6<l. and la.; and Family Camateta, a; 2a. 5,., and 10#
each '
F rederick dent, chronometer,
Watch, and Cloak Maker to Ihe yueon and Prince Conan*,
and maker of Ibe G>eat Clock f r the House* of Parli.mtta.t, 61,
Strand, and 34, Royal Exchange.—No connection with Si, (Joclupur-
stnsA
QAKL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manufac-
Lj turen. Noe. 17 and 18 , Comhill, havo a Show-room expreaaljr
fitted up tor the display of Drawing and Dining Room CLUCKS,
manu'actniod to splendid Ormom and exquisitely-modelled antique
Bronaes, the movements of flrmt-claaa finish airlktng the hours and
half-boon. Each Clock la warranted. S-alruase Clock* to fashion¬
ably-mounted cose*. Diala for Co on ting-no cue* All charged at
*° 1 Tho P Now Buildings, No*. 17 and 18. Comhill.
S ARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manufac-
Hirers. Noa 17 and 18, CornhlU, todte attention to thalr new
«mi splendid btock of GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, ea.h war¬
ranted. and twelve months' trial allowed.
t liver Watches of bigbly-finiahed construction, and jewelled, with
fashionable exterior, at 50*. to £10 10a.
Gold Watcne-, of all daacnptiona of movements, from £6 8s.
to £50.
Books of Pattern* and Prioe* oan be obtained; and all orders, wiih
* remittance, promptly attended to.
S ARL and SONS, Goldsmiths and Jewellers,
Noa. 17 and 18, CornhlU.—'1 ho g-ouml floor ol the New Building
la more particularly devoted to the display of Fin* Gold Jewellery and
Pine Gold ( holn* , t
In the Jewellery Department will be found a rich and endleM
assortment of King* and Brooches, »et with magnificent gem*, llraoe-
leC. and Nockiet*. Pina and Htu<**. kc. All new-y rnanuiactu-cd.and
to the mod r*c*nt rtyle Th* duality of ttaogo’d is wan anted
Fine bold Chain* are charged according to ihelr respective weight*,
and th" quality of ibe gold ia eeritfled by ihe «t*mp.
Books O' Patiorui and Prices can be obtained.
T^e'ier* promptly alfendod to
QAKL and SUNS, Silversmiths (the New
Building), 17 and 18. CornhlU, Invite attention to tho>r now and
magnificent Stock of London-manufactured SILVER PLATE, con¬
taining every article requisite for tbo Table and Sideboard.
Silver fcpoona and Fork* at 7*. 4d. per ounce
Rich and Elegant Tea and Coffee Equipage*, commencing a* *36
tho tuU service.
Silver Salvers of all sizes and patterns, from £5 10*. to £100.
A large and ooatly dl-play of Bllver Presentation Plate, charged at
per ounce—Stiver department of the building.
Books of Dmigna and Prices may bo obtained.
CJARL and SONS, Wholesale Manmacturing
O ELECTRO and ARGENTINE SILVER PLATE He, oa 17 and
18 CornhlU —In the splendid Show-room* devoted to this department
of tho buatnooo will be found every article . -u*Ly menu acturod.
Corner Dfchae and Cover*- DUb Cover* -8oup and Banco I urcooa -
Cruet Framee—Tea and Coffee Servlooa-Magnlflcant Epergne* and
Candelabra-Salver* and lea Traya. l ..
The Argentine SUvor Spoon* and Fork", solely menu aotur*d by
Bari and Bona, at one-alxth the coat of aolid at.vcr, are e iiociitily re-
ooramended. having ■too-i the teat o? Fifteo » Years' experience.
Book* of Drawing* and Prices may bo oitslmd.
AU ordera by poet puuctu -lly attendod to.
D IAMONDS, Plain Pearls, and Precious
Fionas PURCHASED. ior ca'h nt tneir fuU valuo, by W.B.
and A. ROWLANDS, Jeweller*. 14o, Kcgvnt-atteet.
S ILVER PLATE, New and becondhand.—
A pamphlet of Trioee, with Engravlugt, may be had gratis; or
wlU be sent po it-free. If applied for by letter.—A. B. bAVoKY and
SONS, Goldsmiths (oppo# to the Bank of England), 11 and 12, Com¬
hill, London.
YYRNAMENTS for the DRAWING-ROOM,
LIBRARY, ko.—An extentive assortment o ALABAHTRR,
MARBLE, BRONZE, ard DERBYSHIRE SPAR ORNAMENTS.
Manufactured and Imported by J. TENNANT, 149, Strand, London
O hNAMENTS ior the MANTELPIECE, &c.
Kratuettes. Group*- Vases, *c., in Parian decoraled Biooue and
other China : Clock* (gilt marble, a d bronze), Ala' a-’er, Bohemian
tilaa , firit-clasa Bronziia, Candelabra, acd many oiher ait-mo<.uiac-
t:r*s, aU »nih-v i«at ia*ie and at, very moderate i rices.
IHOMAS PEARCE and SON, ti, Ludgate bin, E.C
BY APPOINTMENT TO TH - qUEEN. _
Y O PATENT COHN FLOUR-
• JlY • BROW*4 and POLSON H Patent Cora Flour, fo*
moat del'dous preparations, caaUrds, padding*, blanc masge, ioe-
creama, and all the purposes of the beet arrow-root, ana the moat
agreeable and wboloaoma diet for Infanta and invalid*. See “ Lancet •*
reports from Dr. Li assail, Dr. Letheby, and Dr- Mu»pratu—Sold by
Groan*. Chemists, kc., to Ib.-packets, 8d.-Paialey, 77A, Market
stmt, Maucheeter; and 23, Ironmooger-lane, E.C.
"DINNER, DESSERT, and TEA SERVICES.
I J A large varie'y of new acd good Patterns. Peat quality,
superior taite unu»aa'iy l r, w price*. Al*o every duacription of Cut
Table Wlara- rqu-ll) advaa ageoua. . „ „ „
THOMAS PEAhC E and FON, 23, Ludgnte-hiil. E.C.
/I AkDNERS' DINNER bERVlCES, ±L2n
t ~T complete, beet quality, the selection of pattoma the choicest to
the trade: Breakfast, Des**rt. sod Tea Service*, *• tho loweat ptic«a.
Table Glass In tho newest doslgm; excellent Cut Wtoee. 3o.6d.per
dozen Gardnon’, S3, btrand m*»r Loutto' Bank). Engraving*
free by poat.__
APFINS CUTLERY and ELECTRO-
SILVER PLATE.—Measr*. MArPiN (Brother*) M»r»fac-
turrr* by 8pecial Appointment to the ^ueen, a o the ouly Sheffield
Maker- who supply h« Mirurmr direct In LojKjon. Tnwr Uf Pffoa
A bow Room., 8/and 18. KING WtLLlAM^REKT. Woo-toWge,
oLn.aln by far the largest Stock of CUTLERY and ELkCI rtO-hlLyhR
P..A1R to the Woriil. ebfhU trannnltted oirect from their Manu¬
factory, yneen'a Cutlery Worka, Sbtflleld. _ . , , ,
kWtrft Silver Snoona find vorka. Ivory Table Knlvc# fnl *i»v,
Balanoo Hnnd r» which cannot
Eircuo Silver Sooooa nnd vorka,
Fiddle Pattoma lu.l size.
Per Dn*
Tablespoon* .. .. 3- 1 *. Od.
Table Fork* .. .. 36 0
Dosrrrt StKona .. .. 27 0
l'eaaort Fcika .. •• *7 0
Teat peons .. •• 10 0
Salt „ (Gilt Bowl* 1
Muitard ,. < Sx.perd:*- f 14 0
Egr „( extr*._ ).
porsixti broom# loo*i. Par Dor.
Tahiti Knives .. .. 76*. Od.
Dcasett Knlv,a .. .. 18 0
Carvera iper pair) ..9 0
Aa above, ralih Sterling Bilvar
Ferules.
Table Knlvc# .. ..9 0
Deaiert Knives .. .. 21 0
Carve-• (per pitirl ..11 0
Meun Maputo (Brothers) wpcct.ul y invito buyers to in«p<ot
th*ir u'o:*"oa*med dlattiay. which ior toaitv of d*»Urn. exqai-
alte woikmanah p. and novelty, stands unrival'e-L The r lUusiratod
Catalogue »ahiih i* tomlnuaUy receiving addition* oi new dia’gna,
free on application.
Map .in (Bruttier*) 87 and 68, King Wlillam-strcat, Londoa-lndg*.
M.mif (ctorr. yu*en'a Cutlery Work*, tibcffleld.
G ARDNERS’ LAMPS for INDIA, 50s. each,
complete, proved to be the moat po -fect for burning under the
punkah tver invented Several rbousand patterns io wlect from.
Gajdnt-r*’ (bj appointment to the Queen i, t5;<. Bttaud charing-
cross, and t and * D*i»oann<'o-*treat- K*tabll#beff ve#r»-
I lBE BEST BED for a CHILD is one of
TRRLOAR‘8 METALLIC COTS, 4 feet long by * feet wide,
with moveable side* end pillars. oa*tor* and br*s* vase*. »rice
lls.. including a Cocoa-nut Hbre Mnttreaa. Packed anddellvwed
at snv railway station to tho kingdom lor 24*
... — • — ** * - J -- — Hill. E n.
at iu> — —-
1 haauu Tiel-'ar. 41. I ud*a f
P ATENT EiTUNu riLEwWo.—'I hese Pfl-
low* arertronaly reoommeuded by the medical proftkalon for
kfortlnJ^Is BBSS to the l • va.ld. U * » bad
Of W. H. BATSON and CO., 1, Maddox-atroat, Bogenv-atroet._
n t. a n iF/ft.—Richly Perforated TISSUE*
fer 7I1K PAPIBS or Bt... Afrtat, to b. “•
Flcuncod Style, with Inatructiotu, tight BUrop* (post-free) p«v
__n ttuTKim. Tnvll. Maidstone.
Spppmotkt , Jmrs 19,1858.] _THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
eo
to
ExnrnmoN
or Tim
ROYAL ACADEMY.
[FOUKTH AOTIRF.J
G. A. Richmond, in ad¬
dition to ►tfVfMi por¬
traits, which we Hindi
attend to in <1< e time,
in conipmiy with others
o' their c HRif, court i-
hut.es ii xin^lc etfbit in
sacred art (270), Christ
on the M» not of Olives,
having re''erelie* in re
particularly t<» the pat.
8*»r»* in Luke—** And
i b* re appeared un angel
unto him from heaven,
■•t rein! then ini' him.
The artist, lias taken a
fmiiiewha* mi dual view
of* his auh cct. winch
we cannot c Planter the
correct one. He has
represented the angel
of heaven. not hr
“strengthening'* the
Savi iur by spiritual
ministration, but hr in.
ter|M»iiiiK physically to
support his bod\ from
feding. This is not
otily a departure / rom
the meaningiind inteu-
ti»*n of tiie words, hut
picforiuUy the result
is IliiKii'isLiCtory. tiie
miirel being ol>vion>ly
unequ »I to tiie exertion
Imposed upon him. Tiie
importance of this error
is aggravated by tiie
faulty drawing of tiie
figure o r Christy which
ia atifl and heavy
though no wanting in
rouiidncHs and solidity
hardly to (ill out tiie
drapery with which it
is invested. 8fitiing
Hside f hese defects,
which are of no mean
order, tie picture
attractive i-i many re-
speota: the group of
sleeping di>ci|»l#H, dimly
seen in the disance on
the left, is pictoriully
elective.
J. Sant, also, amidst
m my portraits finds
room for one fancy
study, entitled “ A
Scene in Wales ” (305),
the laiulscape part of
which i* contributed
by O. Sant. We have
here a fine, healthy
country girl coming
to drnw water at a
mountain spring. There
is an honest, homely ex¬
pression about her face,
and a firmness and acti¬
vity denoted iu her
figure, which have all
the charm of truth;
and the coJoui ingand
general treatment are
ft* honest tin the sub¬
ject. The landscape
com posit ion. though
confined within \ndr-
row limits and ex-
treinely simple in cha¬
racter, i« pleasing, ancT
executed ia NauXunpre¬
tending manuec^with a
free hand.
In his “Coronation
of William the Con¬
queror’* (457) Mr.
Cro.-s does not make
the tno-it of an inci¬
dent winch marked the
In silks and satins new.
And hoops of monstrous size;
She never slumbered in her pew
But when she ehut her eyes.—O liver Goldsmith, •* MdUe, Blaiz."
progress of that memo-
ruble ceremonial. when,
according to the pas-
s »ge quoted from
Knight’s *' History of
England," the shouts
of the English and
French living mistaken
for hostile tumult, a
general panic seised the
assem'ded clergy and
nobles, in the midst
of which ** William,
though trembling from
head to foot, and left
utmost alone in the
church, Ac., resolutely
refused to postpone the
celebration, and held
the crown of Englanld
in his grip as though
no mortal hand should
ever wre«fc it from
him " The artist seems
to have mistaken rage
for firmness. TheCou-
\ quemr is in a passion,
in which terror -and
greed have their full
share; he clutches the
crown as a Jew and
iisiirerwould his money¬
bags ;—the grand idea
of his inoral courage
and purpose preserved
in hpite of involuntary
physical weakness, of
Ilia calmness amidst
the turmoil of un
known threatening
dangers, is not oven
attempted. The action
in the other purt-a of
the composition is also
overdone—the colour¬
ing is cold, npnque, and
unpre)>os Messing.
“ Luly Mary Wortley
Montague in Turkey ”
(474), liy J. Barrett,
representing that eccen¬
tric personage in her
Turkish habit, which
he speaks of in her
letter to the Countess
of Mar (A D. 1717) as
“ admirably becoming,"
is merely a costume pic¬
ture, cutefuily stiulisd
and brightly painted.
C. Landseer adopts a
passage from “ Ths
IXvd on Two Sticks"
a s tiie subject oi one of
his two pictures (192),
“ The Interview be¬
tween Count de Belflor
and Leonora de Ces-
pides.” The Couut, who
has been concealed be¬
hind the hangings of
tiie room, throws him¬
self at the feet of Leo¬
nora. and says, “Madam,
j pardon the stratagem ol
a lover who could not
live without speaking to
you. If this obliging
matron had not proj
cured me this oppor¬
tunity, I should hare
abandoned myself to
despair.” Leonora is
at first a little taken
aback by the sud¬
denness of his ad¬
dress ; but, recovering
her-elf, says, “ Per¬
haps you believe your¬
self very much obliged
to this officious lady
who has so well served
> our purposes; hut her
designs to serve you
shall prove ineffectual,"
Ac. Here was au op-
— PAINTED BY A. SOLOMON.—FRO M THE ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITIO N.— {SEE NZXT PACK.)
No, 464 .
G14
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[June 19,1853
porttmity for the display of preat variety of expression—fervour
and anxiety in the Count, coldness and hauteur in the cruel
Leonora, confusion and apprehension of consequences in the
‘ officious matron but the opportunity has not been improved
the faces are ns expressionless as can well be imagined the
officious matron alone lights up into a sort of smile. His other pic¬
ture (337), “ A B C\ or the Pretty Alphabet/’ consists of a woman
teaching a little child her letters, who, standing before her, rests her
head in her lap, looking full out of the picture. Neither as to com¬
position or colour can it claim high rank in our school of art.
Le Jeune’s “ Early Days of Timothy ” (132) has some good points
about it, though with a little touch of the sentamentahsm which cha¬
racterises the modern art of France and Germany. His Children
Gathering Water Lilies” (327) is in every respect a pleasing picture-
pretty in idea, pretty in treatment, nicely handled, and fresh and clear
in colour. . . / *. ,
•‘The Presentations of Medals for Service mthe Crimea, by the
Queen, on the ISth May, 1S55” (599), painted, hy command of her
Majesty, by G. II. Thomas, is interesting m an historical point of
view. Pictorially the subject was a difficult one to make anything ot,
with its masses of scarlet and crimson, and its hard, unyielding
square-formed guard of honour. Mr. Thomas, however, has dealt
with these unpromising materials with considerable success, the
architectural outline of the Horse Guards being advantageously made
good use of as a background. Amongst the personages assembled
are several portraits winch will at once be recognised.
Although the leaders of the pre*Raphael!te movement arc not
amongst us in the present exhibition, the effect of their example, or
rather the influence of the principles upon which they profess to act,
is apparent in the works of many rising artists, who, in 8ome in¬
stances, have improved upon the suggestion ottered, by subjecting
considerations of technic realisation to the higher objects of art and
the behests of reason. One of the most remarkable pictures in
this way in the exhibition is Mr. J. Brett's “ Stonebreaker (1089).
Hung where it is, in an obscure corner amongst the architectural
designs in the North Room, it will escape the observation of
a large proportion of ordinary visitorsbut those who may
he induced to examine it will find it worth the time be¬
stowed upon it. What time the artist bestowed upon its
production we should he afraid to calculate, for thousands
of flic minute lines and touches of which it is composed can hardly
be discovered without the aid of the microscope. The scene is on the
roadside in one of the open hilly ranges of country of the chalk for-
nation in the neighbourhood of the metropolis. A boy is seated
breaking flints; his face is flushed with exertion, bat beaming with
health : he works with a will, and is not above his work, though
there is a cast of thought- in the expression which would indicate that
he might one day be fit for better employment than is now allotted to
him. His clothes are of the humblest kind, and considerably the
worse for wear—his corduroys, for instance, which have given way
here and there, and been rudely stitched together again. The textural
treatment here, as well as in the coarse shirt, the red neckerchief, the
braces, the waistcoat, and the cap—with tiie last of which a rough
little dog is playing—and in the tool-basket and the hammer itself j
and, contrasting with the last, in the down on the few stray thistles in
tile foreground, is such as can hnrdly he surpassed. As for the flints
upon which the lad is at work, they can almost be separated and counted;
differing all in shape and size, all more or less covered with chalk -
dost. and seeming almost to smoke in the broiling heat of the noon¬
tide sun. Admirable for detail as are all these objects in the fore¬
ground, the background, with its wide undulating range of hills,
mottled with the passing shadow of a hard cloud over head, and the
trees and patchy foliage, diminished to pigmy proportions by distance,
is equally remarkable for painstaking detail and delicacy of finish.
There is no scumbling, no slurring over of difficulties here ; everything
is fashioned in its very shape and form, and yetwithout any obtrusive¬
ness or harshness of outline. Thus this little work, though not of the
highest class of art, mid though deficient in many of the essentials of
high art, lias merits which may he studied hy the practitioners of high
att with advantage.
There are some romantic circumstances connected with the
Lords of Ilosslyn which have suggested the subject for a small
weibTJltd composition to Mr. A. F. Payne (932), “The Burial of the
Lord of Rosslyn,” which, though unfavourably hung in the passage,
we discover to be of considerable merit. The historical legend tells
ns that the lands of Kosslyn were won from an ancient King of
■ Scotland in a somewhat perilous wager made hy Sir James Sinclair,
who hacked flic speed and prowess of one of his hunting dogs with
his head, and who, in gratitude for his success (after a somewhat nice
squeak for it), built tiie beautiful Chapel of Rosslyn, considered by
many to be the richest piece of stonework in Knrope. There was
formerly a curious custom of burying tiie Barons of Rosslyn in their
armour instead of coffins, which Scott alludes to in his “ Lay of the
Last Minstrel ’’: —
There Rosslyn - s chiefs nncoffined lie;
Each Baron, for his sable shroud.
Sheath'd in his Iron panoply.
In the little picture under consideration the rich and beautiful
earving of the chapel is fully done j ustice to; and the scene of the
mailed Baron borne to his grave in the midst of a large assemblage of
armed and other retainers, ecclesiastics, &c., is impressively rendered.
“MDLLE. M T.AI7 .” BY A. SOLOMON.
The subject of this clever picture is explained in the lines from Gold¬
smith's “ Mdlle. Blaiz ":—
in silks and satins new.
And hoop of monstrous size;
She never slumbered in her pew,
But when she shut her eyes.
In dealing with the comely proportion of the good lady the artist
revels in the broadest humour of his humorous author. Lying help¬
lessly back against the side of the pew, her feet resting on comfortable
hasscc, the prayer-hook fallen from her opened right hand, whilst her
left still grasps the haudkerchief with wliich she has just been wiping
and fanning that round, rubicund countenance—can a more telling, a
'more touching picture he conceived of helpless, overgrown humanity ?
The natural glow of the face has been enhanced by the
hot sun-rays shining through the crimson curtains of the
pew, so that this glowing focus seems almost to threaten
a conflagration by spontaneous cembustiim. A young lad
peers over the pew at tiie astounding apparition, in evident amaze,
'file two other figures introduced in the background servo admirably,
bv their quiet and earnest expression, to bring ns back to the real
solemnity of the ceremonial going forward; and that of the young
girl who kneels on the left of Mdlle. Blaize, concentrates the interest
of the subject under this view, and more than compensates the levity
displayed in other parts of the picture. Tile colouring has been laid
on with a lavish and discriminating hand, and with lustrous effect.
Copying Ferns.--- The most perfect and beautiful copies
imaginable of ferns, &C,, may be made by thoroughly saturating them in
common porter, and then laying them flat between white sheets of paper
iwiihout more pressure Ilian the leaves of an ordinary book to bear each
other), and let them dry out —From Notts and Queries.
The Niger Expedition.— News from the adventurers of the
Niger Expedition to the 31st of March shows that at that time Dr. Baikic
was encamped near Kahba. whither Lieut. Glover, R.N., and Mr. May.
B.N.. were on their way from Lagos to rejoin him. Dr. Berwick was at
Lairdstown, with part of the crew of the Daijspring. The Sunbeam.-was
at‘the Brass River entrance of the Niger on the 22nd of April, all well,
wailing for water to ascend the confluence. All were in the enjoyment of
health.
Importation and Consumption op Wine.— Ten million
three hundred and thirty-six thousand eight hundred and forty-eight
gallons of wine were imported into the United Kingdom in the year
ending December 31, 1867. The quantity charged with duty for home
consumption was seven million forty-two thousand and forty-two gal¬
lons : and, on the day named, thirteen and a half million gallons re¬
mained under bond in the United Kingdom. The return from which we
derive these figures shows that seven hundred and eighty-seven thousand
seven hundred and fifty-three gallons of wine were imported from South
Africa last year.
THE QUEEN’S VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM.
IN addition to the particulars given at page 606 of the Royal Visit to
Birmingham for the purpose of opening Aston Hall and Park, we give
the following historical and topographical details in relation to the sub¬
jects of three of our Illustrations this week. The Staircase at Aston Hall
is engTaved on the first page of the accompanying Number; that of
Birmingham, on pages 601-605; and that of Coventry (which was
honoured by her Majesty’s presence in her progress to Birmingham),
on page 609. An interesting account of Aston Hall and Park, and
how the people of Birmingham made them theirs, will be found at
page 691 of last week's Number, in an article entitled ‘‘How the
People bought a Hall and Park."
THE GREAT STAIRCASE, ASTON IIALL.
This is very similar in design to the famous one at Crewe whioh has
been so frequently described, It is divided by short flights of steps
into numerous landings, and to each flight is an ornamental compart¬
ment divided by square high standards, enriched with grotesque heads
and other ornaments in basso-relievo. From the first floor, however,
the decoration consists only of low arabesque carving, but the whole
standards are sui mounted with vase-liko ornamental tirminaUons,
boldly carved, and capped with an Ionio volute. The compartments
between the standards are filled with a richly-pierced strap ornament
peculiar to the period. Instead of being of polished oak, as is usual,
the stairoaso is painted—that portion from the ground floor to the first
landing being now disfigured with white; the upper part, however
shows the decoration of the whole, the colours employed being a dull
red and grey, with the minor ornaments indicated by colour instead of
carving. It may be noticed as a peculiarity that from the first landing
the wall side has bec-n painted in imitation of the s'aircase ; but the
drawing is of the rudest description, and also the colouring. The
fourth or first-floor landing is the place rendered memorable m con¬
nection with the assault on the hall in 1613. The southern front was
that saleoted for attack, and numerous marks still remain in the wall
south of the staircase where the iron messengers forced an entrance.
But one ball, after pasting through two thick walls in its course, en¬
countered the vase of one of the massive oak standards, and
the stout post was riven from top to bottom, the ball finally lodging
in the wall a few feet distant. The course taken by another, in a diagonal
direction, through the ornamental panelling, till it found a resting-
place near its companion, may also be distinctly traced. The shattered
standard still remains in the condition to which it was reduced by the
cannonading, as does also the balustrade; and for more than two cen¬
turies these interesting relics have remained convincing proofs of the
devoted loyalty of the old Baronet. From this memorable spot the
standards of the upper part of the staircase are simply ornamented
with arabesque dooorations, the carving being carried out with equal
spirit through every portion; on the top landing are two doors, one
leading to the leads over the long gallery, and the other to a gloomy
corridor in the roof called " Dick’s Garret" In the door opening (rom
the sixth landing to the rooms over the hallisa circular hole, the effect
of a stray shot at tho time of the attack. The staircase is lighted on
the ground and first floors by large double-mullioned windows of three
lights and six divisions each; in the ledge on the first-floor window ore
two hollow sockets : in one of these was deposited the ball which has
become so famous, itsoompanionhavingbeen found in the garden. From
the windows beautiful views of the noble avenue, the spire of the
church, and the adjacent country are obtained.
BIRMINGHAM.
This great manufacturing town, the workshop of the world, is
Bituated in tho north-western extremity of Warwickshire, on the
borders of the oountieeof Stafford and Worcester. It is distant north ¬
west from London by railway 112i miles.
Birmingham comprises the three market towns of Birmingham,
Coleehill, and Sutton-Coldfield, the parishes of Curd worth, Sheldon,
Wifhaw- cum-MoxhuIl, and the township of Minworth. The town of
Birmingham, with its suburban parishes of Aston and Edgbaston,
possesses a jurisdiction separate from that of the hundred of Hemlin-
ford, of which they form a part. From olden time, before the clear
light of history could open tho sooial progress of Britain, the in-
habitante of Birmingham were distinguished for their handicraft skill
in the working of iron. Whence its tide arose does not, very evidently,
appear ; but the vulgar mode of pronouncing tho name of the place
does not appear to bo without foundation. In old writings the name
is frequently spelt Brumwyehoham and Btomwyoham. •
Birmingham Beoms to have been the seat of a email Roman station
on Icknield-street, and some antiquities of the Romans have been
found there. It is first, however, noticed in history during the early
English period, wheu it had already engaged in the iron manufacture.
At the time of the Domesday survey it seems to have been a town
held by Utwin. The town is little mentioned in history, except by
chance reference to its manufacture, until the time of the Parliamen¬
tary wars, when tho townsmen joined the Parliament, and were
severely handled by Prince Rupert, who sacked and burnt part of the
town in April, 1643. In the reign of Charles IL Birmi n gham began
to rise rapidly in importance, and its commercial progress then became
•»_ „.!■ cOTtinVtiwior fao4im>' 47vo zvn 1 rj otllQr rtf imnArtanna
against tl
_._ papers or tfie illustrious Priestley,
(the historian of Birmingham), and other distinguished men were
burned and destroyed. Birmingham has continued to improve, and,
profiting by its manufacturing facilities, hy its situation in the cen¬
tral part of the island, and by its extensive commnniations, it has be¬
come one of tho greatest towns in the country, and the capital of tho
midland counties. The people of Birmingham have long been dis¬
tinguished hy their spirit, of enterprise and mercantile distinction, and
they have attained the supremacy in many branches of manufactures,
with whioh they supply not only England, but the world. They like¬
wise hold a high rank for their encouragement of the arts.
The population of the borough of Birmingham, now estimated at
upwards of 250,000, was, in 1841,182,922, and in 1851, 232,638. The
town is remarkably free from epidemic diseases, whioh is by some
attributed to its peculiar geographical situation, by some to the dissi¬
pation of sulphuric acid gas and other gases from the factories. The
manufactures of Birmingham and its neighbourhood are on a vast
scale, and of the most interesting character, and exhibit the greatest
proofs of skill , taBte, and enterprise. They are ohiefly in the working
of metals. The publio buildings of Birmingham are fine, and many
great improvements have been made in the streets of late years. The
town is above two miles long, and nearly the same in breadth. There
are very few anoient buildings. The chief buildings are the Town-
hall. King Edward’s Grammar Sohool, Queen's College, Market-hall,
the Roman Catholic Cathedral, and the churches. There are in Bir¬
mingham above thirty churches and chapels of tho Establishment.
According to the account of Leland, Birmingham had made but
little advance during the five centuries whioh elapsed from the period
of the Conquest to that of Henry VIII. Speaking of the place which
was afterwardB to become the emporium of hardware manufactures
and articles of elegance, he says:—“The beauty of Birmingham, a
good market town in the extreme parts of Warwickshire, is one streets,
going up alonge almost from the left ripe (or honk) of the brooke, up
a meane hille by the lengtho of a quarter of a myle. There be manie
smythes in the towne that use to make knives and all manner of
cutting tools, and many formers that make bittes, and a great manie
naylets, so that a great part of the towns is maintained by smythes,
who have theire iron and sea-ooal out of Staffordshire.”
From tho low, straggling, and mean-looking place of former days,
Birmingham has risen into all the appearance, and possesses all the
appliances, of a stately city, adorned with noble buildings, its streets
displaying the aspect of a busy and thriving papulation, and its en¬
virons studded everywhere with the mansions and villus of weulthy
proprietors.
COVENTRY.
Coventry is a large and ancient city tmd county, the see of a Bishop,
an assize town, a municipality returning two members to Parliament,
tho capital of a union, end a polling-place for North Warwickshire.
It is situate in the northern part of Warwickshire, ninety-four miles
from London by railway, and ninety one by road, and is a station on
the London and North-Western Railway; from whenoe two loop-line
railways proceed, one to the Trent Valley Railway at Nuneaton and
the other to the Great Western Railway at Leamington. Coventry is
on the direot road from London to Holyhead, has the advantage of a
canal to Fazely, and the River Sherborne intersects and runs through
the city. Coventry was one of the chief seats of the Earls of Mercia,
and is said to have been made toll-free by Leofrio, Earl of Mercia,
according to the well-known legend, at the request of Godiva, his wife.
Queen Elizabeth, James L, and James II. were visitors here. In 1566
Mary Queen of Soots was confine! hero. In 1641 it held out against
Charles L In 1677 the procession of the Great Fair was instituted,
and used to be held yearly, but now it is only held occasionally, when
the inhabitants liberally oontribute, and great preparations axe made
for some weeks before. The houses are whitewashed and painted, and
ribbons and cockades plentifully given away for the parties employed
in the procession, which includes many effigies and a female slightly
clothed, representing Lady Godiva, and is one of the most remarkable
pageants in England. About the beginning of the sixteenth century
the ribbon manufacture was introduced, and about 1770 that of
watches, both of whioh are still largely carried on, as well as fringe
and trimming making. The trade further includes brewing, malting,
brick-making, iron foundries, coach-making, carpet-making, stocking,
plush, and velvet weaving, thread-makiog, coach-lace, shag, pillow-
lace, funeral-feather, umbrella, silk-throwing, power-loom making,
and other trades. The market is held on Friday, and tho fairs are
held on the 2nd of May for cheese, and the large fair commences on
the Friday before Trinity Sunday, and continues eight days, and on
the first day, once in from three to five years, the pageant alluded to
takes place; November the 1st, and what is called anew fair, the third
Tuesday in every month, and September the 16th for sheets. The
Coiporation consists of a Mayor (who is the returning officer), a Sheriff,
Chamberlain, Coroner, Town Clerk, eleven Aldermen (who preside
over the five wards into whioh the city is divided), thirty Common
Councilmen, and other officers. The city is remarkable for many fine
remains of ancient architecture, curious carvings, timber houses, &c.
St Mary's Hall is the Guildhall, and was built in the reign of Henry
VI., when it bofonged to St. Mary's or Trinity Guild. It is a line
Gothio hall, 76 feet 0 inches long, 30 feet wide, and 34 feet high, the
whole repaired in 1826. The County Hall, in whioh the assizes are
held, was built of stone in 1785. The Drapers' Hall is a Doric build¬
ing, rebuilt early in the present century. Here was anoiently a cross,
built in 1423. St. John’s Church was founded by the Merchants’
Guild, or fraternity of St. John the Baptist, about 1350. Near this
church is Babiake Hospital, founded by Thomas Bond, Mayor of this
city, in 1506. St. Michael’s Churoh is iu tho Perpendicular style,
and has a beautiful tower enriched with tracery, figures of saints
and bishops in rich niches, and the whole crowned with a spire
supported by flying buttresses, and supposed to he one of the
loftiest in the kingdom. It was begun in 1372, and finished in
twenty years. The nave was built in the reign of Henry VI The
length of the church is 303 feet; breadth, 104 feet; height of spire, 303
feet Besides other ohurches thore are meeting-houses for Unitarians,
Presbyterians, Independents, Baptists, Quakors, and Wealeyans. The
Free Grammar Sohool was originally the Hospital of 6t. John the Bap¬
tist, founded in the reign of Henry II. by Edmund, Archdeacon of
Coventry, and at the Dissolution bought by John Hales, Clerk of the
Hanaoer, and made into a free school. Tho Bluecoat School is en¬
dowed with £350 per annum. There are national and other schools,
a mechanics' institution, aud a school of design.
LONDON EXHIBITION OF TIIE ROYAL ASSOCIATION
FOR PROMOTING THE FINE ARTS IN SCOTLAND.
This society, founded in the year 1833, was the first established
in the United Kingdom, upon the principle of art-unions, for the
purpose of distributing works of art amongst the subscribers.
In its management it differs from our Art-Union in this im¬
portant respect—that the selection of pictures, instead of being
left to the taste and discretion of the fortunate prizehulders, is made
by a committee, the works so selected being afterwards allotted in
the usual way by ballot. This is an arrangement wliich implies a
recognition of superior capacity in the committee appointed ; it con¬
fers distinction upon them, but it also involves a serious respon¬
sibility, with the possibility of all sorts of imputations, both as to
incapacity and favouritism, from all who may feel aggrieved or dis¬
appointed by tiie selection. Moreover, it amounts to a general
acknowledgment of wholesale incompetency ou the part of the
public, albeit subscribers to funds for the eucouragement of
art, which we should be unwilling, as a matter of course, and continu¬
ously, to subscribe to. Upon the whole, therefore, we prefer the uni¬
versal suffrage principle of the South to the oligarchy of the North ;
but we nevertheless wish all success to the “ Royal Association of
Scotland,” which we believe has done much for the promotion of art
in that country.
The occasion of our present notice is the exhibition of the works ,
selected for distribution ns prizes amongst the subscribers to this
association in July next, which are now on view at Mr. Walesby’s
Gallery, 5, Waterloo-place, obligingly lent for the purpose. The
pictures, seventy-one in number, have all been selected from
the Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy for the current year,
at a gross cost of 412678. We believe this is the second exhibition of
the same sort, and emanating from the same quarter, that has taken
place in London; and to the lover of art it must prove of considerable
interest, as illustrating to a certain extent the character and pre¬
tentions of the school of art of our northern neighbours and fellow-
subjects.
After a careful survey we have great pleasure in admitting the
existence of considerable merit and considerable promise in these
works, though, if we were called upon to accept them as fairly repre¬
senting the average stamp ol the arts of Scotland, truth would compel
us to state that in many important points they are considerably be¬
hind those nearer home. We observe much fancy in the selection
and treatment of subjects, great painstaking in elaborating their con¬
stituent parts, hut a marked shortcoming in tiie general execution,
particularly in point: of colour, chiaroscuro, and those great essentials
—harmony and keeping. The gift of representing individual facts
aud of imitating particular objects is manifested occasionally with dis¬
tinguished success; but it is the gift of a young art which has yet to
be matured by thought and the study of the great principles which
elevate art above the mere truth of representation.
The leading picture in the collection, and wliich obtained the high¬
est prize (11260), is a “ Highland Raid,” in which a party of Mac-
gregors are intercepted and attacked wheu on a marauding expedition
by some of the Royal soldierya hustling scene, but overcrowded,
and patchy in colour. “ The Weald of Kent,” by S. Bough, shows
us a fine bit of real scenery boldly and broadly treated. The winding
road in the centre is enlivened by the introduction of some soldiers on
march guarding a baggage-waggon. But the sheep straggling about
in the foreground are not pleasant specimens of tho breed, and their
colour is almost that of the dusty road. “ The Soldier’s Widow ” (by
Hugh Cameron), reading the first news of her husband’s death, is a
clever study, but it appears too obviously studied from one who had
“ made up ” for the purpose, and who had never felt the bereavement.
Instead of staring out of the canvas, with her mouth open and head
erect, she should have dropped her head in her hands, or over the baby
in her arms, and wept; but then the opportunity for displaying a fine
face in a striking “set” of features would have been lost. The dog
jumping up to the woman’s shoulder is an idea borrowed from Millai s
(which he had as well have left alone), which Mr. Cameron has im¬
proved upon by the addition of a couple of frolicksome puppies.
“ Marley Gray,” by W. Q. Orchardson, is an impressive picture,
displaying mncli ability and feeling in the treatment. We do not
quite comprehend the subject, which in tiie catalogue is referred to a
Scotch ballad, which we confess ourselves unable to read; hut it ap¬
pears to represent the victims of a barbarous fray in olden time, who
have been fastened to posts and shot to death with arrows by their
victors. The principal of these figures is admirably designed: the
body, still bound to the post, ill which an arrow is sticking, sits or
lies helplessly, in an attitude indicating the agony and prostration of
spirit endured in the last struggle of nature. The hands are of a
livid blue. Death is too plainly in his pale face, into which his lover,
who has come out to seek him, stares in helpless terror and anguish.
“Hannah and Samuel,” by R. Herdman, is a somewhat pretty
group, rather hardly executed. But where did Hannah get her blue
woollen shawl, with fringe ? There is considerable spirit in Charles
Lee’s “Winter Afternoon—Curlers and Skaters in Linlithgow Loch
some fan, but a little too much savageness, in A. H. Burr’s ” Dominie,
with uplifted strap over tho head of the unfortunate victim whom he
lias “caught napping.” “The Recruiting Party,” by Keeley Hals-
welle, is a wonderful elaboration of dollwork, picked oat in crude
local colour, without au attempt at softening down. A large pro¬
portion of the remaining pictures are landscapes, amongst which rocky
scenes in the Highlands predominate.
June 19, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
G15
THE MUTINY IN INDIA.
The following despatch from Bombay has been received at the
India House:—
OUDE.
Since my last me-sage there has been no event of importance in
Otide. There h we been no disturbances, and a great portion of the
province appear 3 to be set ling down. The Goorkaha nave reached
Fyzxtad, and on the 6th half of them had crossed the Gogra. They
have met with no opposition on their way.
_ BENARES DIVISION.
The Joudporo and Aamghur districts are reported quiet. At Belwah,
in the Goruekpore district, there is still a collection of rebels, and in
consequence of a movement by the forces under the rebel Nazim Ma-
hommed Hussein and others, which threatened to interrupt the com¬
munication with Goruokpore, Colonel Kowcrofc retired to Gunge. He
has since been reinforced by the head-quarters wing of her Majesty's
13th Light Iufantry, with two guns.
ALJ.A.HAHAD DIVISION.
General Wbitelock is still at Banda, whore he awaits the arrival of
Brigadier M’Duff’s column. On the-a band of rebels from the
opposite side of the Jumna surprised the police post and the Tehseel
established at Lallpoor of the Cawnpore district. The Tehseeldar was
wounded. One of our men was killed and some treasure lost.
AGRA DIVISION.
There is nothing of importance to communicate from this division.
All is quiet, except at Etaw*h and Etah, and there the rebels have
been defeated in several small skirmishes, losing two of their loaders,
and have become less troublesome.
MEERUT DIVISION.
This division remains perfectly tranquil.
ROHILCUND DIVISION.
The B : gnour district is paid to be perfectly tranquil, and our
authority has been thoroughly re established in it, as reported in the
lad message. Tne city ot Moraiabad was reoccupied on the 26th ult.
by the Roorkee column, which has since reaohed Bareilly, as will be
further noticed bdow. Confidence has been restored throughout the
di9triotof Moradibad, and the inhabitants of the city, who had fled,
are returning in great numbers.
BUDAON DISTRICT.
The force under Brigadier Benny, alter crossing the Ganges, marched
en Kukrala, t?n miles trom Hudson; the General and his Staff were in
advance, and came upon a body of horse, which they at first took to
be a portion of the baggage guard which had marched by a more
direct route on the flank of the column. The General rode towards it,
and when at thirty yards’ distance four guns opened with grape on
the party. General Benny shortly aft*r was missed, and the command
dav >lved on Colonel Jones, her Majesty's 6th Carabineers. Our troops
quietly camo up, and the action ended in the total defeat of the
enemy, one gun and two limbers being captured. It is not known
when General Penny was wounded; but his body was recovered after
the action close to Kukrala. It appeared that his bridle arm had baen
broken by a musket-ball, and his horse had then taken fright and carried
him close to the town, where the rebels rushed upon him and cut him
up with their swords. The troops which had composed Brigadier
Penny's column marched, after tho action at Kukrala. across Rohil-
c*ind to their own risk (right?) and joined the force of the Com¬
mander in-Chief on the 2nd inat Hhahjshanpore was occupied with¬
out ouposition on the lit of May by the Commander-in-chief, who
had joined Walpole’s column. The next day his Excellency, leaving
a smull garrison at Shahjehanpore, marched on Bareilly. On the 3rd
of May a large body of roods, headed by the fanatic Moulvie of
Lucknow, came down from Mohundie, in Oude, cut up a picket of
De Kantzow's Horse, plundered the city, massacring many of the
inhabitants, end compelled the garrison to take shelter in the in-
trenohment round th« wall. Our troops ore believed to have a supply
of provisions, and will, in ull probability, hold their own against tho
rebels, who are closely blockading them, until relief is afforded.
Brigadier* General Jones, by order of the Commander-in-Chief, marched
with a strong force towards Shahjehanpore on the Sth inst.; he is
expected to arrive thore to-day. Bareilly was attacked on the Oth by
the columns under tile Commander-in-Chief and Brigadier-General
Jones. The rebels were driven into the city with the loss of several
guns. Tho city was entirely occupied by our forces on the 7th inst.
CENTRA!. INDIA AN1) RAJPOOTANA.
Sir Hugh Rose has defeated the rebels at Kooneh, killing 400 or 500
nuia. The remnant of the enemy will, it is said, make a stand near
C-Jpee. At the requisition of Sir Hugh Rose, who was apprehensive
that Jhansi and his rear might bo threatened, General Roberts has
dispatched a field biigade, consisting of one regiment Europeans, one
regiment Native Infantry, ono wing 8th Hussars, one squadron 1st
Lancers, and one troop Horse Artillery, which will operate towards
Gochnab General Roberts, with the rest of his force, has marohed
tow»rda Neemuch. A courtof inquiry has been held on the Maharajah
of Kotah, to investigate his conduct in connection with the murder of
the late political agent, Major Burton. The proceedings have boen
completed and submitted to Government. No British force has been
left at Kotah, nor has any political agent remained there.
XAGPOHE.
A zemindar in the Chopda distriot is in open rebellion, and has
murdered two of the telegraph employes. The Ci mmissioner has
moved out u forc9 against tue rebels, and taken necessary precautions^
PUNJAUB.
On the 25th Sir Sydnev Cotton destroyed Punniar, in Eusufzye, and
Ciienghe. On the 2Gtli the robber chief lost muoh property. On the
night of the 27th-28th of April Sir Sydney Cotton and Colonel
Edwards ascended the Muhabon mountains, on the right bank of the
Indus, and destroyed tho stronghold of a noted chief. On the 4th
Si tana was destroyed by the Bamo force. The Hindostonee fanatics
fought with determination, and were cut to pieces. Our loss—four
natives killed and twelve wounded
BENGAL— BEHAR.
Her Majesty’s 84th Regiment, with two guns and 100 Sikh cavalry,
are at Arrah. Sir E. Lugard marched on Arrah on the 7th, and in¬
tended to attack Jugdespore on the 9th. ^ Colonel Corfield was to co¬
operate at Sasseram. The rebels under Ummur Singh, the brother of
Kooer Singh, are believed to number from 7000 to 9000 men, mostly
villagers. They have one small gun and our two howitzers. Kooer
Singh is now believed to be still alive. All is reported quiet in tho
other parts of tho Patna division.
G. F. Edmoxbtone,
Secretary to tho Government of India with the Governor General.
Allahabad, May 10.
STJPPLEME ME NT TO MR. SECRETARY EDMONSTOXES
MESSAGE, DATED MAY 10*
Sir E. Lugird attacked the rebels at Donstanpore on Kay 9. and
drove them before him to Jugdoepore, which place he entered on th 3 samo
day. The enemy, having sustained severe loss, retreated to the south¬
ward, and abandoned the two gnns they had captured ,rom -he Arran
forae. Sir E. Lugard entered Jaitpore on May 11, after repulsing an
attack of tho enemy; on May 12 he formed a .juctaon with Colonel
Corfield at Perou, and on May 13 returned, hearing that Major Light-
foot, who had been left at that place, had been attacked by the rebels.
Ameer Singh, a rebel leader, is reported to have been killea at Jaitpore
uoiiiwa-xn.
On May 9 Brigadier Jones relieved the gamson at Shahjehanpore,
after defeating the Moulvie. _
A rebel farce has crossed the Ganges and entered the Allyghur
districts. ( ( \.\
rtfujAUB. .... - ,
A conspiracy has been discovered and suppressed m the wing 01 tne
4th Bengal Native Infantry at Hooehiapore; six of the conspirators
have been hanged. Tne wing had been sent to Jullundur.
/ B. L. Anderson', Secretary to troverament.
Bombay Castle, May 19.
CENTRAL INDIA.
TheEaneeof Jaloun has surrendered to Sir B. Hamilton. Ihe
Kanee of Jhansi and Tantia Topee are at Calpee. The Lawob 01
Banda has joined them with a strong force. The road leading to Lalpee
has been destroyed, in order to prevent the passage of guM, and a
bridge has been constructed for escape across the J umna. Brigadier
Smith’s column from Kotah took the fort of Parou on May h. ids
Banae of Parou was captured at Dadaghur on May 9. Information
wag reoeived at Goonah on May 14 that 5000 rebels had stormed and
retaken Chunduree, which had been left by Sir II. Bose m charge of
Scindia’s troops. The resistance was obstinate. The rebels have also
seized Sullutpore and Thalbut, and threatened Baghur.
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY.
The Bheel Naicks, Beema and Mussowa, have surrendered; and no
further disturbances are reportediu Candeish. The restof the Bombay
Presidency is quiet.
E, L. Anderson, Secretary to Government.
Bombay Castle, 10th May.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Visit OV Mr. Monrnv. -mi! Amkrican CUKS5 Ciiampiox —A communication which ha*
juit touched m by the Fulton, from Now Vora, convoy# tho gratl/yln* intolll?eaeo that Mr.
Paul Morphy hi* deflultiv.lv settlod to viiit fcogUuiil and attend the meeting of th» BritUn
Cbcu Association at Birmingham in Aogaau
Our cui ternary Notices to Correspondent* aro deferred, from want of room.
PROBLEM No. 748.
By R. B. Wormald.
BLACK.
jgj| mm *
WHITE.
White, playing first, to mate in five moves.
BLINDFOLD CHESS PLAY.
The following games were lately played by M. de Riviere simul¬
taneously, and without chess board or men, .at the seat of M. le Comte
Basterot, in France.
No. I.
BETWEEN M. DE RIVIERE AND M. DE BASTEROT.
(King'3 Gambit (Inclined.)
black (M de B.) white (M. de JL) ulack (M. de B.)
white (M. de R.)
1. P to K 4th
2. P to K B 4th
3. I* takes G P
1 1." IT. I.- D .
P to K 4th
P to Q4th
P takes K B P
4. K Ktto K Bard K Kt to K B 3rd
5. 1C 1! to Q B 4th K B to Q 3rd
6. P to Q 3rd QtoK2nd(ch)
7. Q to K 2nd Q takes Q
8. K takes Q Q Ii to K Kt 5th
9. Q Ktto QB 3rd P to Q K 3rd
to. KKtoKsq Castles "
11. KtoBeq B takes Kt
12. P takes B Q Kt to Q 2nd
13. Ktto K 4 th B to K 4th
14. Kt takes Kt (ch) P takes Kt
15. K R to K 4th P to K B lib
16. K B to K 2nd Kto R sq
17. Q B to Q 2nd K R to K Kt Bq
18. Q K to K sq B to Q 5th
19. K K to Kt 2nd R takes R
20. K takes K RtoKICtsqtch)
21. K to B sq Kt to K 4th
22. K to K B sq Kt takes B P
23. Q B takes BP R to Kt 5th
24. B to K Kt 3rd P to K B 5th
25. K takes Kt P takes B
26. P takes P P to KB 3rd
27. P to Q B 3rd B to IC 4th
28. KtoKt2nd KtoKt2nd
29. P to Q 4th 3 to (J 3rd
(Btok plays Cite Game in ;>*n„ .cry cleverly.)
30. B to Q3rd PtoKR 4th
31. K to B 3rd R to K Kt 4th
32. P to Q B 4th B to Q Kt 5th
33. R to It 3rd
34. P to Q K 3rd
35. E to K 2nd
36. R to Q B 2nd
- x (A notttral bat impolitic slop, instead of
whiob ha thooUl have moved p to Qli&th, * 0 .)
36, B to K 6th
37. B to K 2nd J4 takes Q P
3H. P to O Kt 4th B to K 4tU
39 . P to K Kt4th
40. B takes P
41. P to Q R 4th
tUcttcr, pjrhnps, to have moved tho Bishop
to q B 8ih ; but, when «e retlect upon this
d fficult earn ■*, and it* companion b*»ing con-
oucted by While at ono time without tho aid
evtn of a chstsboird, it it utoniihlng how
few of his moves could be improved.)
41. I’toKB 4th
42. II to Q aq R to K Kt 6 (ch)
43. It to R 4th P to K B 5th
44 B to K R 5th (ch) K to R 3rd
and White has no longer any defence.
K to B 2nd
B to Q 7th
B to Q B 8th
P takes P (ch)
It to Kt 3rd
No. IL ,
BETWEEN M. DE RIVIERE AND M. DE BLEMER.
(Queen's Gambit declined.)
black (M. de B.)
P to Q 4th
K Kt to K B 3rd
wniTF. M. de R.)
1. P to Q 4 th
2. P to Q B 4th
3. Q Kt to Q B3rd P to Q R 3rd
4. P to K 3rd P to K 3rd
5. Q B to Q 2nd K B to Q 3rd
G. K Ktto K B3rd Castles
7. KB to K 2nd P takes QBP
8. K B takes P
9. K B to Q 3rd
10. Castles
11. P to K R 3rd
12. P to It 4th
P to Q Kt 4th
Q B to Kt 2nd
K Ktto KtSth
KKtto K R3rd
Q to It B 3rd
(M.do R.’a opponent in the preacni partic
U by no moans so fbrmtdnbio as bit otocr
adversary.)
13. P to K 5th QB takes Kt
14. P takes B Q to K B 6th i
15. K to K 2nd
(Tne Btahon, we bolUtvo, might havo hoen
safely taken 1
15. B to K 2nd
16. K R to K Ktsq QtksKBPtch)
17. KBtoKtind QtoKKSth
Kt to K B 4til
P take3 B
B takes Q
Q Kt to B 3rd
(P10 K K'. or,! would have taralred leal 1,»*
Id the end )
And in a few moves Black abandoned the Game.
18. Q to K so
19. B takes Kt
20. Q takes Q
21. B to R 6th
white (M. de E.) black (M. de B.)
22. B takes P K K to K sq
23. B to K B 6th K to B sq
(dls. ch)
24. Q B to K Kt sq
(Vcrv well plsyed. Even with the board
brfore them, most pisjctK would haw bt-ua
contented to win the Bishop at once.)
24.
25. B takes B
26. B to K B Gth
27. Kt to Q 5th
28. Kt to K B 4th
Kt to K 2nd
Kt to K Kt 3rd
K R to K 3rd
Q R to OR 2nd
K R to Q B 3rd
29. Kt takes Kt (ch) B P takes Kt
30. P to Q 5th K R to Q B 4th
31. Q R to Q eq K to B 2nd
32. B to Kt 6th Q R to Q R sq
33. P to K Gth (ch) K to Kt 2nd
34. K R to K 2nd P to K R 3rd
35. B to K B 4th V to K Kt 4th
36. B takes QBP
(Again well played.)
K R takes B
KRto Q B sq
K R to Q sq
K R takes Q P
R to K sq
36
37. P to Q 6til
38. P to Q 7th
39. P to K 7th
40. Q R takes R
41. Q R to Q 8th
42. R takes R
K to B 2nd
K takes K
UNPARALLELED PERFORMANCE IN CHESS-PLATING
WITHOUT BOARD AND MEN.
f From Leslie's “ American Illustrated Newspaper.")
The most stupendous feat of memory ever attempted in the world has
just been successfully performed by Louis Paulsen. On the evenings of
the 10th, lltb, 12tb. 13th,and 14th of May, 1858, he succeeded In playing
ten games mentally, without sight of men or boards, playing nearly one
thousand moves without an error, and frequently correcting the errors
of his adversaries. Mr. Henry Herrise. of Chicago writes-" In the
midst of one of the games a piece was moved to a certain square. Paulsen
demurred to that move being made, alleging that the square was already
occupied. There was a movement or painful suspense, and many or the
bystanders, shaking their heads, thought that for once bis astonishing
memory had proved treacherous; tmt Tic soon dlspelled all doubts, by
giving the position of the Pieces and Pawns as they stood at the close of
the evening before ; and. recapitulating the moTcan^e sinrc, actually
stated the exact time at which his opponents mistakes had been com¬
mitted." Each evening, on the commencement of play, Mr. Paulsen
named over every piece on all the boards without an error. He went
farther Being anxious to keep his word and conclude the match at the
appointed time! he asked to be excused one night from calling the poiition
oF'tlic pieces, but requested us to see that there hndbeen no change msde.
To that effect, at a distance of nearly one mile from the halL f "nph .
ouietlv and with no other assistance than the ' mind s eye, he described
Smactual standing of every boareL We took it down in wri tag. wen!t to
comD&re Paulsen’s description with the positions, and from No. 1 to 1C.
S pawn to lfin-, found that everything stood precisely as be had
^uSS it • " Mr.’ Paulsen won nine of the games, and consented that
one game (No. 2) should be considered as drawn.
EPITOME OF EEWS—FORErOE AXD DOMESTIC.
The Grand Cross of the most distinguished order of St. Mich,el
and St. George has been conferred upon Admiral Lord Lyons
A patient under the care of M. Cecealdi, at the Gros-Cnilloa
Military Hospital, who was about to submit to an operation, and to whom
chloroform was administered, died before the operation was commenced.
Sir B. Brodie has given his consent to be put in nomination as
President at the ensuing anniversary of the Royal Society, to be held in
November next.
The Austrian Gazette states that th^s Cabinet of Vienna has the
intention of replacing the Julian calendar in Hungary. Slavonia. Dalmatia,
Senria. and Galicii, by the Gregorian ; after having obtained the co-opera¬
tion of the clergy of the Greek Church.
Mr. Thomas Alexander t'.B, Inspector-General of Hospitals,
ha? been appointed Director-General of the Army Medical Department,
vice Dr. Andrew Smith, resigned.
The next examination of candidates for direct c immissions in the
army will be held at Burlington House, Piccadilly, on the 15th, lG:h, 17th,
and 19th of July.
Lord Malmesbury has tilled up thu mission to Tuscany by
appointing Mr. Lyons, the eideftt son of Lord Lyons.
Prussia has proposed to resume the consideration of the question
of abolishing gaming-houses throughout the Federal States.
Mr. J. A. Longridge, t'.E., has been sent out, with two assistsnts,
to make surveys in the Mauri tins, and to report upon the capabilities of
thecolony for the introduction of railways.
The annual distribution or pr y.es to the Institutional Association
of Lancashire and Cheshire, is this year to be made by the Duke of
Montrose, and will take place in the autumn.
The Great Western Railway Company have announced an
excursion from Bristol to Cherbourg, calling at Alderney, the Gibraltar
of the Channel Is iauds.
The Gazette of Friday week contains a new schedule of rates
and duties payable pn\vessels at Gibraltar, instead of those contained in
the schedule of the order in Council dated 13th January. 1*30; and also
the new Russian method of determining the tonnage of ships
Wc regret to hear of the death of Dr. Brown, Keeper of the
Botanical Collection in the British Museum, and formerly President of
the Linnean Society. The deceased botanist was in the 85th year of his
age.
The Marquis of Salisbury, as Lord President of ihe Committee
ofCouncilon Education, has invited members of both Homes of Parlia¬
ment to visit the South Kensington Museum on Saturday evening (to-day),
from nine till twelve.
It is announced that there will be a great horticultural exhibi¬
tion at Caen on the 22nd, 2?4rd, 24th, aud 25th of July, upou the occasion
of tiie visit to that town of the Lmperor and Empress of the FrencJi.
The visitors to the South Kensington Museum were:—On
Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday -free days', 2821; on Monday and
Tuesday (free evenings), 3093; on the three students’ days radraisrion to
the public «L). 80S; one students’ evening (Wednesday), 122: total, 6847.
The Fied G/iehad , an Egyptian war steamer, arrived in the
Mersey lust week from Malta and Alexandria She is to nedergo some
repairs and new fittings at the yard of Mr John Laird, Birkenhead. The
Fled Gheliad is a large aud strougiy-built paddle-steamer, rather bluff,
and of the ‘ old schooL”
Bichard Munday, a youth o' sixteen, the son of a leather -mer¬
chant of Liverpool, fell oh Thursday week from the second story of his
father’s warehouse, and was almost immediately killed.
M. Alexandre Dumas, sen., has just published the first chapter
of a work which he had promised on cookery, under the title of “ Causerie
Macaronique,” being principally filled with an account of the best method
of preparing macaroni for the table.
The great majority of the States of the German Zollveretn have
consented, on the proposition of Prussia, to adopt a joint legislation with
regard to the Issue of paper money aud bauk-notes.
On Wednesday week a boiler explosion occarrcd in the Spring
Mill, Rossendale, a cotton-mill belonging to Messrs. Fowler and Co. Two
young men were killed on the spot, and a woman has since died. Seven or
eight persons were scalded aud otherwise injured.
Colonel Waugh, the director of the Eastern Bank, has left Spain,
and is now residing in one of the Azores. His property in Brankwa
Island, on the coast of Dorset, will shortly be brought to the hammer. It
is mortgaged to the amount of nearly £40,000.
The Bishop of London has fixed Tuesday, the 11th of July, for
the consecration of the uew Church of .St- Thomas. Portman-square. The
Rev. EL J. Lumsden. ML A., formerly Minister of St. Peter’s, Ipswich, has
been appointed the first Incumbent.
A final dividend of 4d. in the pound has been declared in the
Court of Bankruptcy for the Bristol district on the estate of Williams and
Sons, of Newport, bankers. This, with the lormer dividends, makes a
total payment of 4s. 8«L in the pound on the debts proved, which reached
nearly £69,000.
The launch of the first-class screw-steamer frigate the Orlando
took place at Pembroke on Saturday last The Orlando is the first of the
new class ; she is 300 feet in length, and 3726 tons burden, and her arma¬
ment is of the heaviest calibre. She is of greater length than the Duke qf
Wellington, 140 guns.
It is announced that a soiree of the members and friends of the
Manchester Athemeuni will be held this year at the Free-trade Hall. Lord
John Russell is to be present, and it is expected that the soiree will take
place about the third week in October.
In the rear ended the 31st of March Inst 3651 game certificates
were taken out in Ireland, and 41 convictions for Infringement of the
game laws took place.
At a sale of literary property in London, on Tuesday week,
the copyright aud stereotype plates of Jeremy Bentham’s complete works
in eleven volumes, sold for £145.
The number of patients relieved at ihe Royal Free Hospital
Gray's-inn-road, during last week was 3138, of which 859 were new cases.
The Kew Gardens are now in all their summer beauty and
splendour. The gardens ore open (free) every day at one; Sundays at
two—closing every day at seven.
The United btates* Government contemplate sending out an
Arctic Expedition to follow up the late Dr. Kane’s discoveries In
Baffin's Bay.
The penalty which will be incurred by the European and Aus¬
tralian Company for delay in bringing to England the heavy portion of
the Australian mail recently brought to Sues in the steam-ship Victoria
will amount to about £5250.
The deliveries of tea in London estimated for last week were
779.4591b., which is an increase of Gl,29l lb. compared with the previous
statement.
Alderman Michael Gibbs died at Hertford on Tuesday week, in
the 78th year of his age.
The total number of patients under treatment at the City of
London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, Victoria Park, during last
week, was 1125, of which 17a were new cases.
During the thn nderstorm in the metropolis on Saturday week
immediately after a vivid tla*h of lightning, a piece of jee, mcAjaring two
inches and three-eighths iu length, about an inch and a half in breadth,
and one inch in thickness, tell in North-street, Mile-end.
Don Miguel has published a manifesto in one of the journals^ of
Lisbon, in which he formally confirms the stktcafcntf already made by ms
partisans, that he will not renounce what he terms his rights to me
throne of Portugal. TTr-iu
TheQuecn has conferred the honourof knighthoodjupon Wuham
Rae. Esq., 3LD.. Companion of the Mo*t Hon. Military Order of the Bath,
aud Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets; mid anon James Trior, Eiq.,
Deputy Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets, Royal .Navy.
The charge payable on the issue of a Foreign-office passport is
reduced from es. to 2s. The reduction took place on Tuesday.
Brevet Colonel Thomis Elwjn, of the Royal Artillery,, nnd_Uc
Rev. Henry Moseley. M.A. (.anon of Bristol, hive been appointed «ddi-
tionii] members of tne Council of Military Education.
On Fridav week Mr. Owen, one ot the imprisoned directors o.
the Koy.il British Bunk, ms relwcd from the Pnaon under*
Koyal pardon. The sintenee passed on Adtrman kenned) kasbtenro-
duodfrom nine months to four months impre-oument; he will there¬
fore be released on the 26th Instant. , . ___
The controversy between the Bishop of Exeter and the/Tiverton
Burial Board, as to whether a wail twelve inches high In the hurial-pUre
ofthit town formed a sufficient division betwera the /E?
aneonsccnted portions of the c round, was terminated on baturday last by
Lord Campbell giving judgmett for the burial board.
im
V 1 !e|jiji 'll
11111
"ii
ill
iii
"bi
H
iHi
MS
is
•L&'Ttfai
#11
9 : r < i x-J
1 ■ •'! .iwLjra
IBS KETUKN OF TUE FBODIli AL.” — TAIKTEI) BY A. BANK.LE Y. —FEOM TUE BOYAL ACADEMY EX HI BIT I ON.— (SEE NEXT rACE.)
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS 19 * 1858
June 19,1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
617
MOUNTAIN rOBR E KT-MOBXI>G.”-PAlNTED BY T. CBE8WICK, BA.-FBOM THE
“THE RETURN OF TEE PRODIGAL”
BY A RANKLEY. '
A touching scene of domestic ii terest, depicted in an unpretending
but forcible manner A young lad who lias run away from home m
Dinvuit of liia own vagaries ban at last taken to theses. and alter a hard
life of etruggle finds himself again on Ilia native land, near the home
which misconduct lma dimmed and broken. Impelled bv Ids necessities,
or bv some still latent trace of feeling, he enters, and in an Sgonj of
shame and grief flings himself at the feet of his father, who, laying
aside the religious book which he has just been reading .receives
the penitent with uplilted hands and an expression of calm bene¬
volence and Christian tolerance. Two yon, g f >'™
«ill, 'ace- full id iiielsncl.nl> —bnt a melancholy mi.rd
, ^h^h^e Unejn ,h
i mmco'ductof her only son ; and who, although {£
I home, will And that home no longer what l.was.when
| back u,>on it. This somewhat- painful subject^is worked out wim
great simplicity and solemmty of pnwpowe. Thee»Tiw»w S^not o er
crowded with figures, and no unnecessary secessone^harol^nm ro
duced for the purpose of mere display. The breakfast-semca on m
ROYAL ACADEMY exhibition.
the domestic charucler ot the subject.
m rpjjp; MOUNTAIN TdFRENT—MORNING. ’
BY T. CRESW1CK, R A.
ir trJ*
^rthS
^^'b^^ ^shdring^ck, across whleh lie some flr-tro-.
618
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[June 19, 1858
(lirwitsd of foliage. The water, foaming with rage, is foil of motion
and fluidity j but the truthfulness of its realisation would probably
be in ire apparent if the picture was bong a little higher than it is at
present. Perched on the top of the rock-wall on the left are some
deer, whose -forms attend out in plain relief agtinst the sky in the
distance, which is lighted up with the first rays of morn. On the
opposite side a lofty mountain, crowned with a ruined castle,
dose's in and gives a romantic interest to the scenery which has much
ot the Scandinavian character about it.
TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES.
A RICE PLANTATION.
Charleston, South Carolina.
As mentioned in my last, I visited a rice plantation, not so much
with the view of satisfying myself that the Hiaveowners of America are
kind to their negroes, as to satisfy the public opinion of Charleston
that English travellers are not prejudiced against Southern pro¬
prietors, and that they are willing to be convinced, by ocular demon¬
stration, that humanity and generosity towards the negro race may
exist in the bosoms and sway the actions of men who hold property
in their fellows. So much exaggeration has entered into the descrip¬
tions of negro life in the south, which have been given to the world
by writers who have earned for themselves the title of “ malignant
philanthropists,” that the slaveowners actually think they have done
something in the vindication of slavery when they have proved, as
they easily can, that they do not scourge, disfigure, maim, starve, or
kill th8ir negroes, but that, on the contrary, they feed them well,
clothe them well, provide them with good medical attendance for the
ills of the flesh, and spiritual consolations for the doubts and dis¬
tresses of the soul. Having proved this, they are satisfied, and will
take no broader or higher ground on wliicli to debate the question.
On my first arrival at New Orleans I lingered for a few moments at
the open door of a slave depot, without daring to go in, lest .1
should be suspected of espionage, or mere cariosity, and expelled. But
seeing among the company an eminent merchant of New York whose
friendship I liad been fortunate enough to make, and whom I knew
tobeno slavedealer or supporter of slavery, I walked in andjoined his
pxrty, drawn thither like myself by curiosity. On one side of the
room the male slaves, with clean linen, and shining new hats and
boots, were arranged; and on the other the females were disposed in
their best attire, most of them exceedingly neat, but some bedizened
with ribbons, of colours more flaring and tawdry than elegant or ap¬
propriate. I was immediately besat with entreaties to purchase.
“Buy me,” said a young negress, who spoke French and no
English : “I am a good cook, and a good needlewoman. Buy me.”
“ Buy me," said another, in the same language; “lam accustomed
to children, and can make myself usefal in the nursery.”
1 felt a sensation something similar to that of the first qualm of
seasickness to be so addressed by my fellow-creatures—a feeling of
names, as if I were about to b3 ill. I told the poor women that I
was a stranger, who had not come to buy. But they were incredulous;
and, when at last convinced, they returned to their seats with a sigh
and an expression of deep disappointment on their dark and good-
humoured features. I entertained such a lintred of slavery that, had
it. been in my power to abolish it in one instant oil' the face of the
earth by the mere expression of my will, at that instant slavery would
have ceased to exist.
I then walked to the male side of the slave mart, where I was beset
by similar entreaties, urged In every variety of tone and manner, and
by almost every variety of labourer and handicraftsman. Some were
accustomed to the cotton, and some to the sngai, plantation ; some
were carpenters, some gardeners, some coachmen, some barbers, some
waiters: but all were eqnally anxious to be sold. One man—who to
my inoxpcrienced eyes seemed as white as myself, and whom I at
once put down in my own mini as an Irishman, of the purest quality
nf tlm county of Cork—got up from his seat as I passed, and asked
me to buy him: “lams good gardener, your honour," said he, with
an unmistakable brogue. “I am also a bit of a carpenter, and can
]*ok after the horses, and do any sort of odd job about the house.”
“But you are joking," said I; “yon are an Irishman? ”
“My father was an Irishman,” he said.
At this moment the slavedealer and owner of the depot came up.
“ Is there not a mistake here? ” I inquired. “This is a white man!”
“ His mother was a nigger," he replied. “ We have sometimes much
whiter men for sale than he is. Look at his hair and lips. There is'
no mistake about him.” ..
Again the sickness came over me, and I longed to get into the open
air to breathe a purer atmosphere. “ I would like to buy that man
and set him free,” I said to one of our party. “You would do him
no good,” was the reply. “ A manumitted slave has seldom any self-
reliance or energy. Slavery so degrades and cripples the moral faculties
of the negroes that they require the crutch, oven in freedom, and
cannot walk alone. They find it impossible to compete with the free
whites, aud, if left to themselves, sink into the lowest and most
miserably-paid occupations."
“You ore an Englishman and a traveller,” said the slavedealer, ‘and
1 should be much obliged to you if you would put any questions to the
negroes.” “ What questions ? ” said I. “ Shall I ask them whether
they prefer freedom or slavery?" “I don'tmeau that,” he replied.
“ Ash them whether I do not treat them well; whether 1 am not kind
to them; whether they do not have plenty to eat and drink while they
are with me ?” I toid him that I liad no doubt of the fact: that they
looked ciean, comfortable, and well fed; but- And in that “ but ”
lay the whole case, though the worthy dealer of New Orleans was
totally incapable of comprehending it. The same feeling seems to
exist all through the Slave States: but more? of tins hereafter.
Ae already mentioned in some of my letters, l had received many
invitations while in
aud rice, that 1
watch them ni
judge for myseli
whether tlieir
Abraham of old,
ogres of cruelty
invitations until my
south to visit plantations of cotton, sugar,
the slaves in their homes and
in the field or the swamp, and
_ .. ey were well or ill treated, and
were men of the patriarchal type, like
Blunderbore in the child's story—
I was unable to accept any of these
in Charleston, when I gladly availed
lyself of the opportunity afforded me by the courteous hospitality of
General Gadsden to visit his rice plantation at Pimlico. The General
is known both to Europe and America as the negotiator of the famous
Gadsden Treaty with Mexico, by means of which a portion of the
large province of Sonora was annexed to the already overgrown
dominion of Brother Jonathan. His estate of Pimlico is situated
about twenty-seven miles from Charleston. The General owns on
this property between two and three hundred slaves, but only resides
np«i it for a small portion of the year, having possessions in Florida
aud other parts of the Union : and being compelled, like all other
men of Earope&n blood, to avoid in the warm weather the marshy
regions favourable to rice cultivation.
From Charleston the railway for twenty miles runs as straight as
an arrow’s flight through a forest of primeval pine. These melancholy
trees form the most conspicuous feature of the landscape in the two
Carolinas, and in Georgia. Often for whole days, and for hundreds of
miles, the traveller sees no other vegetation but this rank, monotonous*
forest growth. Here and there a clearing, here and there a swamp,
here and there a village dignified with the title of a town or of a city,
and one unvarying level of rich but uncultivated land;—such is the
general characteristic of the “Sonny South” as the traveller leaves the
seaboard and penetrates inwards to the great valley of the Mississippi
In less than an hour and a half onr train stopped at a station at which
there was neither clerk, nor check-taker, nor porter, nor official of any
kind. Having descended, luggage in hand, we saw our train dart
away into the long-receding vista of the forest, and awaited in solitndc
the vehicle which had been ordered from Pimlico to convey us to the
plantation. We being before, or the negro-driver after, the appointed
time, we liad to remain about a quarter of an hour at the station and
amose ourselves as best we might. Though the station itself was de
sorted, a small log-hut and inclosure, almost immediately opposite,
swarmed with life. A whole troop of ragged children, with fair hair
and blue eyes, played about the clearing; a donkey browsed upon the
scanty undergrowth; cocks crowed upon the fence; hens cackled in
the yard; and lean pigs prowled about in every direction seeking what
they might devour. The loneliness of the place, with the deep
thick pine woods all around it, and the shiny lines of rail stretching
as far as the vision could penetrate in one unbroken parallel into the
wilderness, suggested the inquiry as to who and what were the inha¬
bitants of the log-hut ? “ The pest of the neighbourhood,” was the
reply. “ Here lives a German Jew and his family, who keep a store
for the accommodation of the negroes.” “ And how a pest ? ” “ The
negroes require no accommodation. They are supplied by their owners
with everything necessary for their health and comfort; but they re¬
sort to places like this witli property which they steal from tlieir
masters, and which the men exchange, at most nefarious profit to the
Jew receiver, for whisky and tobacco, and which the females barter
for ribbons and tawdry finery. Wherever there is a large plantatiph,
these German traders—if it be not a desecration of the name of trade
to apply it to their business—squat in the neighbourhood, Imild up a
wooden shanty, and open a store. If a saddle, or a coat, or a watch,
be lost, the planter may be tolerably certain that it has been bartered
by his negroes at snch a place as this for whisky or tobacco. The
business is so profitable that, although the delinquent may be some
times detected and imprisoned, he soon contrives to make money
enongh to remove with his ill-gotten gains to the Far West, where his
antecedents are unknown and never inquired after, and wliere, per¬
haps under a new name, he figures as a great merchant in the more
legitimate business of a dry-goods store.”
A drive of five miles through the forest, hi the course of winch we
had to cross a swamp two feet deep with water, brought ns to Pimlico
and its mansion, pleasantly embowered among trees of greater beauty
and variety than we had passed on our way. Among these the live
or evergreen oak, the cypress, the cedar, and the magnolia, were the
most conspicuous. The mansion, like most of fhejjiouses in the south,
where trees are abundant and stone is scarce, was built of wood,
and gave bat little exterior promise of the comfort and elegance to be
found within. Here we fared sumptuously, having our choice of
drinks, from London porter and Allsopp’s India ale, to Hock and
Claret, and Catawba and Isabella, of Longworth’s choicest growth; and
of food of every variety, fish with names unknown in Europe, but of
most excellent quality, ajid game ih an abundance witli which Europe
can scarcely claim equality. The greatest novelty was the small
turtle called the “ cooter,” similar to but smaller than the “ terrapin,”
so well known and esteemed m Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washing¬
ton. The “coothf PTsjit appears, a perquisite of the slaves. They
will not themselves eat it, looking upon its flesh with loathing and
aversion, but in their leisure moments they seek it in the water-courses
and trenches, or borders of the streams, and sell it to their masters.
Among other privileges which they are allowed may he here men¬
tioned (that of keeping poultry on their own account, the profits of
which enable them to buy tobacco and other luxuries for themselves
and finery for their wives.
In the morning we sallied over the plantation, under the guidance
of the General, and saw the whole art and mystery of rice
cultivation. At high water the river which commands liis estate
is five feet above the level of the rice-ground; so that by means
of sluices it is easy to flood the plantation, or any part of it, and just
as easy to let off the water as soon as the growing crop has received
a sufficient steeping. The rice is submitted to three several floodings
before it is fit to be removed. The first, in the early spring, is called
“ the sprout flow; ” the second or intermediate, when the green stalks
have acquired a *-ertnin strength and height, is called “the long
Sow;” ana the last, “ the harvest flow.” Between each “ flow” the
slaves, male and female, are employed in gangs, under the superin¬
tendence of the overseer (or “ boss," as the negroes always call a
master of any kind), in hoeing among the roots. In this occupation
we found about a bundled and fifty of them in different parts of the
estate. They were not asked to rest from their labour on our arrival.
They were coarsely but comfortably clad, and wore that cheerful,
good-humoured, happy expression of countenance which seems to bo
the equivalent and the compensation granted them by paternal Pro-
vidonce for their loss of freedom. Measured by mere physical enjoy¬
ment and absence of care or thought of the morrow, the slave is,
doubtless, as a general rule, far happier than liis master. His wants
are few, he is easily satisfied, and his toil is not excessive.
Rambling along the raised dykes and sluices, the strangers of the
party were surprised to see the immense flocks of birds which sud¬
denly rose from the ground or from the low bushes that fringed the
stream, and winch sometimes settled upon a tree in countless thousands
till the branches seemed to bend beneath the weight. They were
declared to be blackbirds; but a boy of about twelve years of age, the
adopted son of the General, who iiad been out ail the morning with
his gun making havoc among them, having brought one for our inspec¬
tion, it was found to he very different from the blackbird of Europe.
It wanted the golden bill and the glowing plumage, and had instead
of them a white bill and a breast speckled like that of the English
thrush. It was too early in the season for the alligators to make
their appearance; but they swarm in the river in the months of Jane
and July, and commit sad depredation, not only among the fish
bnt among the ducks and geese or wild-fowl that frequent the
stream. Alligators are said to bo quite equal to the Chinese in their
partiality for dogs and cats when they can get bold of them. But
cats are proverbial for their dislike of water, and dogs are too
knowing and clever to treat themselves to the luxury of a bath in
any stream where the alligator is found, so that poor Alligator seldom
enjoys the dainty that he most loves. Bat the bark of a dog excites
him as much as the sight of a live turtle does a London alderman;
and you have but to bring a dog to the brink of a river and make
him bark, when the alligators, unless they suspect mischief, will pop
their long noses out of the water, and yearn for tUe- delicacy which
hard Fate has denied them.
From the rice-gronnds our party proceeded to the negro village
where the slaves resided Most of the occupiers were at work in the
fields; but we entered some of the tenements, and found nothing
to object to on the score of comfort. To each hut was attached a plot
of ground for a garden; but none of the gardens were cultivated or
gave the slightest promise of a flower. In one there was a luxuriant
peacli-trec in fall bloom—a perfect blare of crimson beauty—but as a
general rule the negro either lias no love of gardens or no time to
attend to their cultivation. From all I could gather here and else¬
where, and as the result of my own observation, the former and not
the latter reason explains the neglect of this licautiful aud innocent
means of enjoyment which both climate and circumstances place
within the reach of the black population.
In the village there were an hospital, an infirmary for the sick, a
chapel, where twice every Sunday Divine service was performed by a
missionary allowed to have access to the slaves upon condition of not
preaching freedom to them : and a nursery, where the young children,
from the earliest age upwards to fourteen, were taken care of during
the absence of their parents in the fields. Tho cider boys and girls
were made useful in nursing the infants: and the whole swarm, to
the number of nearly seventy, were drawn up by the side of the road,
and favoured ns with several specimens of tlieir vocal powers. The
General declared them to he “ hominy-eaters " and not w orkers; and
they certainly looked as if liominy agreed with them, for a plumper
and more joyous set of children it would have been difficult to assemble
together in any country under the sun. Their sODgs were somewhat
more hearty than musical. The entertainment was concluded by the
Methodist hymn, “And that will be joyfnl, joyful,” which the voci¬
ferous singers contrived unconsciously to turn into a comic song.
But this feat, I may as well mention, is not peculiar to little negroes,
for some obstreperous free A inericans on board of our outward-bound
steamer favoured their fellow-passengers with a similar exhibition,
and even managed to make a comic song of the “ Old Hundredth.”
We were next introduced to “ Uncle Tom "—sucli was the name
by which he had been known long before the publication of Mrs.
Stowe’s novel—a venerable negro who had been fifty years upon the
plantation. His exact age was not known, hut he was a strong hearty
man when brought from the coast of Africa in the year 1808. “ Tom ”
had been sold by some petty African king or chief at the small price
of an onnee of tobacco, and had been brought oyer wit h upwards of
two hundred similar unfortunates by an American slaver. He was
still bale and vigorous, and bad within a few years married a young
wife, belonging to a neighbouring planter. He was told by the
General that I liad come to take him back to Africa;—an announcement
which seemed to startle and distress him, for he suddenly fell on his
knees before me, clasped his hands, and implored me in very im¬
perfect and broken English to let him stay where lie was. Every one
that he had known in Africa must have long since died; the ways of his
own country would be strange to him, and perhaps ins own country¬
men would put him to death, or sell him again into slavery to some
new master. He was much relieved to find that my intentions were
neither so large nor so benevolent;—though malevolent would perhaps
be a better word to express the idea which impressed itself upon his
mind in reference to my object in visiting liim. The old man was
presented with a cigar by one of our party, and with a glass of
whisky by the General’s orders, and lie courteously drank the health
of every one present, both collectively and individually. Drinking to
a lady, he expressed the gallant wish that slie might grow more
beautifnl as she grew older; and to the donor of the cigar he uttered
his hope that at the Last Day “ Gt>r Amiglity might hide him in some
place wliere the Devil not knotv where to find him.”
On this plantation I have no doubt from what 1 saw that the
slaves are kindly treated, and that the patriarchal relation in all its
best aspects exists between the master and bis poor dependents.
But I do not wish to depict this one as a samplo of all, but confine
myself to a simple narrative of what I saw. Slavery bus many aspects,
and upon some futureoccasion I may beenabledtolaybeforeyour readers
some other facts, less patent, which may throw light upon its opera¬
tion not only upon the fortunes and character of the white men who
hold them in bondage, but upon the futnre destinies of the United
States of America. C. M.
LITERATURE.
Essays on Indian AxiiqciTiKS, Historic, Numismatic, and
Palmographic. By the late James Prinsep, P.R.S. Edited by
Edward TnoMAS. Two volumes. John Murray.
The earlier history of India is extremely obscure, and science has
proved the fabulous character of its ancient chronology. There is a
complete absence of dates and chronicles. The names of antique
dynasties are doubtful or unknown. Its philosophical and religious
systems, however, are clearly defined. The sacred hymns probably
preceded tho heroic poems ; and it is the accredited opinion that the
Vedic period, described as an antique rustic poreh leading to the fine
old temple of Brahminical grandeur, commenced about B C. 1400,
while general literature is not traced higher that B.C. 700, when
appeared the philosophic Sutra and the Laws of Meun. Europe is
indebted to the Greek writers for much fragmentary knowledge of
ancient India, bnt it wants fulness and precision, and it is to modern
times that we must look for solid instruction. Sir William Jones is
recognised as the illustrious pioneer of Oriental studies; and, as Mrs.
Spiers remarks, “ it was a happy day for Indtan history ” when he dis¬
covered that the Sandracottus of the Greeks was tho Chandra-Gupta
of the Hindoos, as it settled a mo3t important point in chronology,
and destroyed the traditional claims of Vishnu and Siva to a remote
antiquity. In 1787 Sir William Jones founded the Asiatic Society ot
Calcutta, and then active researches were made not only into the
Sanscrit language and writings, but also into the meaning of in¬
scriptions on coins, columns, and rocks. In the twenty-fourth chapter
of the Book of Joshua, 20th aud 27th verses, the practice of recording
events on monoliths is clearly attested :—“And Joshua wTote these
words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and
set it up there under an oak that was by the sanctuary of the
Lord; and Joshua said unto all the people, ‘ Behold, this stone
shall be a witness unto us, for it hath heard all the words of the
Lord which he spake unto us; it shall be therefore a witness unto
yon, lest ye deny your God.” The deciphering of the cuneiform in¬
scriptions on rocks and cylinders by Sir Henry Rawlinson is another
illustration of the old Eastern method of preserving the memory of
the past; and the practice was also proved by Dr. Mill, who suc¬
ceeded in reading some obsolete characters on a pillar at Allahabad.
James Prinsep became .Secretary to the Asiatic Society of Calcutta,
and devoted himsolf to the study of Indian antiquities. He was en¬
thusiastic in his pursuit of knowledge, and inspired his friends with
his own ardour. In his early researches lie laboured under the dis¬
advantage of not being proficient in Sanscrit hterature, but received
valuable aid from the learned pundits and the Rev. Dr. Mill. He
soon rivalled his teachers in aptitude, and from various parts of India
he obtained copies of monoliths, rocks, and buiiclmgs, as well as copper
plates, containing ancient grants of land. Mr. i homas, in a bio¬
graphical sketch of Prinsep’s career prefixed to the volumes now
jefore us, gives the following account of the success witli a Inch he
prosecuted nis researches into arclneology:
The mscriDtions on the pillars at Delhi and at Allahabad, which had
btin ™SS in fia “nilc, Lid published in the volumes of the Asiatic
Society's Drocecdings in the time of Sir William Jones, and the decipher¬
ing of which had baffled that accomplished scholar, and his successors,
^cbrMkc and Wilson, yielded at last to our author's ingenuity and
perseverance. He discovered that the two inscriptions were identical,
and had their counterparts on rocks atGimar, m Gujerat, °n tte westOT
side of India, and at fihaoli, in Katak, on the eastern side; thcclaractor
of all being similar to that of inscriptions occurring arn°riK_the old
Jluddhist temples, monasteries, and topes of Sanchi and at Bhilsa,
South Bundelcund, which afforded the key for deciphering most o
letters. This oft-repeated inscription was found, when
and translated, to contain edicts of the great Rung Pidasi, anotl
for Asoka, who lived in the third .century before our era, “ d was^
contemporary of the early Seleucite. Kings of byrla. I f oun d
Antioi-hus, with those of Ptolemy, Magas, Giruar • and
recorded or referred to in the body of the inscription detection
the reading of these was confirmed ten ycars after by^e monarch,
of the aamp names, with the addition of that ot
(Continued on page 620.)
June 12, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
619
B irmingham triennial musical
FESTIVAL, in aid of Hie Funds of tho General Hospital, en
thB 3lit AUGUST, and tbe lit, Sod, and 3rd of “**•
President—Tho Bight Hon. tho Earl of DARTMOUIH.
S * _ TOAM - to _ MELDOURNE and SYDNEY,
booking Puaronger* through to NEW ZEALAND.
jo rplcndld and powerful Boyal Mail 8'eam-sbip PRINCE
ALPRS D.TbOmiu Jsrvta, Commander, 200U tor s burden, WOhono-
Mwar, vrlU no disputched poa,lively on tho 15th August.
'1 tils splendid ileau er U unfi® engagement to her MujeKty s Govern¬
ment, having been specially i elect d for tho mail set vice between the
AumdUa Uelonio. and New Zealand. See has rpacious and tUgvA
accommodation for First and second Claw PaMengcrj, and will call
at Milford Haven, wbtre passengers can embark, and will carry only
• limited quantity of cargo. Lo»d>off tn tho London Docks
w,r lrcicht. wuisagv, and for further particulars, apply to M«tm.
Z. C. P< areon Coloman, and Co ,11, Great fct. »■ Hen s London; 9ft,
High-street. Hull; and Rojal Dook, Grimsby; or Bake, Adam, and
Co., 8, FfaUpo.-lano, K.U., London.
L OANS on DEBENTURES.—The Directors
cf the Dublin and Wicklow Railway Company are ready to
rocei re Teodors of Loans on Mortgage, cr Do^ieatuxe Bonds, bearing
Ikterett at 6 per cent per annum, payable half-}early in Lublin or
London. The Loans to bo in such sums not lets than xlOO, «cd for
Rich piriodn not loss than throe nor more than five yean, aa may be
agreed upon to suit tho lender*. _
proposals, stating amounts tendered, and periods for which ottcroa,
to bo address* d to t bo Secretary oi tho Company, at their office, No. 48,
Westland-row. Dublin.
Slit April, 1859. ABTKUR MOOJIK, Secretary.
npiIE LEVIATHAN GOLD NUGGET,
I wHghirg 1713oc 18dWt. pmogold.—Tue prop:ie*o*s of tho
•ekibrated *’ Blanche Barkly " r.ugg»t, Icing about to oiaaolve partnor-
Bhjp aro ocen to an offer for tho purchase of this wonderful specimen.
Apply to Moure- Thomas Edgtey and Co., 1, tiermon lane, fit. Paul s
Churchy uni, London.
NEW MUSLIN DRESS and SCARF,
_ 16j. 9d.—This Dress was imported into thfc country on the 1 th
of June, and has met with a reater succass among tho aristocracy at
present in London than any dress ever invented. It possesses ono
great advantage over genteel dresses generally at a low price. It
will not become common, as the FRENCH M.UaLIN COMPANY, at
tho requmt of several of the nobility, having re olved not to supply
tho trod o with this dress, there will be no possibility of procuring It
except at their establishment.
Tee texture Is a perfectly transparent Madin, with drcM-maro
Jacket and Scarf, with bow behind complete to form an entire In or
out doer dress, bonnet excepted.
For country orders lire of waist and round the shoulders is re¬
quired.
A drawing rent poet-free.
FRENCH MU8L1N COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
T HE NEW FRENCH MANTLES.—The
Mantles exclusively worn by tho ladies of the French Court
are the Mancini. the Duchess do Moatoorukr, tho Geraldine, the
Maintenon, the Vlcntd, tho Countess do Moray, tho Lyonnais®, and
tho Floret M.
A drawing so-’t poet- free.
THE PRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 10, Oxford-street.
"VTATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-
Xl common, for affording a Homo to Destitute Orphan Children
♦f uH ages, classes, and denominations, ir.m all pari sol the kingdom.
Penned, tbe Dukoof CAMBRIDGE, K G.
Tho ANNUAL FESTIVAL will t»k« place at tho u TiR and
GARTER, Richmond-hi 1, on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 53. 1838-
Tho Right Hon. ths Earl Of CARL! BLR, K.G.. m tho Choir.
Noblemen and gent euten « eairoas of b-.coming stewards are re¬
quested tj communicato with tho Hoar clary, K. W. Nuwman, Esq , 9,
Inner Tcmplc-!ane, London, B.C*.
JOHJETH BUOWK. M A , Lllnn Pm*
Richard Whittington, M.A S a
TtlUNDS are greatly REQUIRED for the
JD SUPPORT of the dOsFiTAL fjr CON t l'MPTlON, Bromptcn,
BO Beds being empty for want of moans. PlIlLtr HOoE, Hon. Sec
a IV IN G AWAY
It is re
_ OUR REMNANTS.—
_resolvtd forthwith to ccnvert tho remnants of all tho
Mutllne In Children’s Drawee, and dispoee of them at once.
iho beautiful Muslins, for which tho fs‘abllrhm*jnt >» celebrated,
prico from 6jd. the dress made np. Tho dreates at 2s. 6a. are
uauailv e" anted 13s.
THE FRENCH MU3LLN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
T HE HALF-GUINEA CLOTH JACKET,
a very pretty Shape, Just from Paris.
For country orcc-rs, sire of waist and round tho shoulders is required.
A drawing sent post-froo.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY. 16, Oxford-street.
F rench cambric dresses.
Our New Patterns are exceedingly choice, and are not to bo
hod elsowhere: they aro made up for morning wear in Paris. BO
pretty a breakout dress U rarely to bo seen. Patterns post-free._
For country orders, rise of waint and round the shooidea is required.
Tho price, mode up. Is 12s. 9d.
TBE FRENCH MU8LIS COMPANY, 16, O xford-street.
TT'MBROIDERED CHRISTIAN NAMES.-
xli LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS, with Chrittian Namai e
broldcred by the Nuns ol Pau, with tho now dietotch needle. Price
's. 04d-. by r*o«t 1« ntvmps; &•- 9d. tbe half-dozen, by post os. 3d.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-sheet.
mHE LONDON and PARIS WAREHOUSE,
JL An Establishment exore *ly for articles of Ladies' Lies*,
No. 32» and 325, High Holborn, W C .
WILLIAM BOYCE. Manager, to whom ell Port-office orders are to
be made payable on the Hoi born Branch.
Orders from the country punctually external nccorcing to selection
from the following:—
fTlASHIONABLE FLOUNCED MUSLINS.
JL? Pretty nnat patterns in all oolours, m»do up expressly for this
Establishment by flrst-ntto exporfenoeri artistes, In two or three
Fleu aces, with the now Mlf-ex ponding Jacket, pike 16*. lid.
Far Mourning ta* samo prico..
County orders, size round the shoulders, waist, and length ol skirt
is required to ensure a perfect fit.
Patterns post-free.
Tho LONDON and PARIS WAKEHO USE, 334 and 335, High Holborn.
L ADIES’ MORNING DRESS.—
This mush-sdtn'red dress is made up In a yrrj elegant and
pretty style. In Plain Doublo Skirt, and Flounced, with the new soil-
expanding Jacket. Price 7s. 1 id., Us. 9d. ( and 12s. bd. Ready for
use, in either plain or printed 1 'ambries.
Country cm ere punctually attended to. with tbs measurement.
Patterns post-free.
TboLONDON and PARIS WAREHOUSE, S2iead 225, High Ilolbara.
T71RENCH FLOUNCED BAREGES.—
X? Several Cases of very beautiful French Flounced Berigos hare
Just been received from onr Paris Agent. No. I, 12s. 1 O^d., No. 2,
18s. 9d.; No. 3, very superb goods, exquisitely light, with rich satin
Bounces, in all oolours, 259. 6d. 18yards.
Patterns post-free-
Tbe LONDON and PARIS WAREHOUSE, 321 and 33%Eigh Holborn
TOUVINSREAL ALPINE KID GLOVES!
(/ Prios Is. bd. per pair,
In every Size and Colour for Louie* and Gea'b mon.
Wo aro tno original and enjy-uppototrd Ag«nt« <or u« solo of three
celobratod Glove*, tho best Cuing and most durable to bo prOdUWl at
Any price :: i
and sold only by RUHBF.LL «nd oWBEV, 77 and 79, Oxfords teecu
N.B. A Sample Pair (too by po*tfor two extra nampa-
T HE SUNFLOWER PARASOLll!
This beautjfo] novelty In Uounoed Parasol, pn.ro ICa. hi.,
oea'gned for too HorticaPurui P6n*» nod Crystal Pu’sco Flower
Phovrs. esn bo procured only of tho Pataatoor, KU.V JELL and
•EN. 77*-'
OWE
7 and 78. Uxford-strvel, London.
T ]
HE ROBE PLASTIQUE!!!
_ Price XI 11*. 6d. llw texture U of real Mohair and HLk
Dtelgn- d by, and to be procured ncly at.
rUMdElL and OWEN’C, 77 and 78, O*ford-*tr«t, London.
T he crystal dresbu .»
Price £113*. Cd., I* of *la«y appearance: b^iog perftci ty tfsrn-
pxrent, of barigo texture, but much moro durable, with two «Itop
aces. Ueaigned by. and to b« msmol only at.
tBUllBELL and OWfc.N’5, 77 and 78, Oxfortl-sti
-street, Lcndr rx
TVTARCELLA, Holland, and Lace JACKET S
ITJL Our new registered 8elf-axponding Jacket, which Is ex¬
tremely lady-liko, and will fit any figure, in White Mar cel la, prico
6a. 9d.
Buff and Coloured ditto. ?3, 6d.
Onr new French Shape Holland Jacket prico 4s- 9d.
White and Black Lace Jackets, juke lM.9d.
Tbe LONDON and
Drawing* post-fre
PARli WAREHOUSE,
freo.
321 and 326, High Hclbors.
P ARENTS and GUARDIANS having Sons
or Wards tJ place out aa PUPIL8 and APPEENTT1ES in
every respectably established Profeoi onal, Mercantile. Who ki ale
and Retail Manufacturing Trades, and Mechanical Pm suits, Farming
Uc.. that ca t be named, will find tbe r reriulrement* supplied upon an
inspection of Mr BEARDEN'S 18th Auuual List of many bandrol
VACANCIES, in tho Metropolis and throughout the United Kingdom,
and at moderate premium*, to meet tbo means of each applicant. Foil
partlcu are given irec of charge, upon uppUcation. with tho Youth, at
Mr. Reardon's Auction and Estates Offices, 91, Piccadilly.
O PARENTS and GUARDIANS. —A
I Young ARCHITECT and BUILDER, residing In tho »uburb*
of a provincial town (within forty milo* of London), 1* doalrou* of
taking a few PUPILS into his Offico, to instruct in Practical Archi-
tecauru and Conatiuctlvo Drawing. For other particulars, address
A. B. C., 14, Euston-road, N. W.
ARTNERSHIP. — A PARTNER
RFOUIRED in a woil-known hi» 08 e of boainesB. cf 26 years’
standing, in tho best posl'i n in the city of Loudon, with a manufac¬
tory at tho we«t e: d. Tho trade is one of the ldghest respectability,
returns largo, and profits good. XtOOO to £6000 required.—Ap ly to
Mossrs. Cuurtnay and Croomo, Solicitors, 16, Crookod-iauo, Loudon-
bridgo. __
mO INVALIDS.—A Medical Man, residing in
JL one of tho most healthy and ofc'urosquo loealltie* In Boa'h
Woloa. is desirous of obtaining a RESIDENT PATIENT, who wo.Id
have aM the comfort* of n hotro. A indy or genii .man and dargntcr
eould to eccrmmo'ated If necoisary. Addrea*, MJ)., caro of Mr.
The mas, 300, Holborn, London.
rp.HE NEW FRENCH MUSLINS.—The
JL Pattorns surpass any over Introduced into this country.
Tho variety of Flounood Muslins is excellent.
Patterns sent post-free.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxfort-atreot
C OMFORTABLE BOARD and LODGING
in FRANCE with an English family. Apply by letter, pre¬
paid, to Mr. It. Williams, Presbytire, Su Opportune i^essAy M ancha,
Franco.
GEA-BATHING, ST. BEES.—An excellent
House, well fnrnlBhed acd beautifully situated on Valo View,
8t. Brea Terms reasonable; can bo entered npon immediately.
Apply to Mrs. Kirkhaugh, 8t. Boos.
S ELECT PLANTS, post-free at the annexed
prices.—>2 superb variotie* Fuchsias, is.; 12 fin* varieties Ver¬
benas, 3s.; 12 fine varieties Belgian Dairies, 3a.: 12 superb varieties
Phkxes, 40.—From WILLIAM KNIGHT, Florist, 67, High-street,
Baltic, Sussex.____
rrtENTS and MARQUEES (Government)
L exceedingly cheap. For printed particulars (with woodcuts'
apply to ALLP<lDOK and CO.. 24, Hood-lane. Fonchurch-strtot.
P RIZE HAYMAKING MACHINES.—
Double Action, with wrought-lron arms, X13 10s.6d., delivered In
London. Btock always ready. Order direct of the inventors. Horso
Hay and 8tubble Bakes. £7 I0s.to X9 10s.; Lawn-mowing Machine*,
X6 108. oaoh—MARY WEDLAKE and CO., 118, Fonchurcb-strecL
S MALL STEAM-BOATS (Parkers Patent)
WORKING MODELS, Post-froo for P.O —5 in., 3s ; 7 In., 4o.;
9 in.. 5s. Firo. ion drops of oplrito. With each io a plain statement us
9ln., 5s. Fire, ten drops of spirits. With each is a plain
to oxxnnsion of stoaro, cooling by pure steam, ke. fcc.
ore propelled upon tho sky-rocket principle. TAM,,>
Claremont-cottage, Liiford-road, Camberwell.
_ Tho boats
JAMES PARKER,
C HESS.—The INSTATU-QUO CHESS
BOARD, Invaluable to all CboispUyero and Toorisls, prico ^0* ;
iuloather c»so, 35*.; ilooot A'rican Ivory, 50*.-^JA(iUE8, Patentee,
Hatton-ganlcn.— 1 “ ao cheoupiayar ohould '
tiutxd London News.
I bo without cno.”—1LLCS-
T 3E New Oat-Door Game, CROQUET.—
This fashionahle and hlghly-amuxing game may bo bad at most
of tho leading Fancy Repositories, prico oomploie, 26s { superior, 40s-;
polished boxwoo d, X3.—Whoiesaio, JAQUES, Patentoo, Hatton-gardon
mHE ROYAL EXHIBITION, 1851.—A
L valuable, powerful, newly-invented, very amall walatccat-
■ocket GLass, the site of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and
known 14 mile distent. They servo every purpose on tho Racc-counse,
and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ship* are Clearly seen
at four to six miles. They aro invaluob’o tor scooting, deer-iteUdng,
yachting, to sportsmen, gamekeejw*. «»d tourists. Pnce 30*. aucre-
fcopes, sfugic Lanterns, and Hilda*. Every doscnptionof Optical,
Mathematical, and Philosophical 1 u*trumcnts. Ordtrs and ai. ^k^nd*
of repairs c* ecu ted wkh punctuality.—Mo«Bre.SOLOMOh8, Opticians,
39 . jJbmnarle-street, KccadUly (opposite tbo York Hotel).
rYFERA GLASSES, TELESCOPES, &c —
I ) SPORTSMEN Kul GENTLEMEN of tho ARMY and NAVY.—
OtMrre, oppo«i» tho Yoik HotoL r _Poit«HHty I combtoed wUS praoJ
pow«r , J? , BELD. RACE-COURSE, OPERA, and goucreJ out-door
KSd night powerful Waiotco^po^^^PECflV^GLAS^,
weighing only four ounccSi each containing 12 .and 18 rcn>eo, oon
of Gemurn E I«M, wffl iho» dlsUnotlY • P'"?, 0 ’*
at Si aod 3 mU«. Tboy lorra OTorr imipoio on
at tbo Oporo-homco. Coontry n»WT ^ ‘ S ' r .i^3ktar
to 10 hjUm. Tbty oto «llo lntoltublo fOT bbooUns. Door-llbUtny,
ud Yoohtln*. Hot Moiotty's Coat-Gn,rdl « nalbinjme of tbtm
aa day and night gla-aos, «u p’.ofeionco to sflotaoi*:
become in genaral ure by Got lemon of Use Army IM 5?^. 5/
Sportomen, Gontlomen, and Tourist*. The mret powerful, and b -
hunt TelaScopoe, !K>a*e«riug such extraordinary
inches, with aa extra astronomical Tfcpioco, vlll "wTUrf—I
Jupiter'*! moons, Saturn’s ring, and the doublo »tare; with the **n>e
Teleecopo can bo scon a person 1 * count t neuco three-and-a-haH muee
distant, and an object from fourteen (o sixtoon miles- All the anovo
can be had of larger and all •.lxes. with increasing power*, and are se¬
cured by her Majesty*! Royal Letter* Patent.
B Y E 81 G H T.—Optical Improvements, to
enable parsons aw an advanced ago to read with ease, and to
discriminmo objects with perfect distinctness.—SOLOMONS,
Opticians- have Invented and patented SPECTACLE LENSES of tbo
greatest tranaparont power. Tbo valuable advantage derived from
this Invention la that vision becoming Impaired la preserved and
strengthened ; very aged persons are enabled to employ their aight
at tho most minute occupation ; can soe with thoeo ionsea of a
much km magnifying power, and they do not require the frequent
changes to the dangerous effect* of further powerful assistance. Per¬
sons can be suited at tho most remote parts ol the world by sendinj
& ruiir of «r>e*ctacJes, or one of tho glasses out of them, in a letter, an:
Jt& u2^SS,m tho eyes they can read small print with It,
Sdtboso wao have not made ore of spectacle* bystating their ago.-
S^AIbomarle-atreet, KecadlUy, W. (opposite tbe York Hotel).
D EAFNESS.—A newly- invented Instrument
for ritroae MM of Doo'niM, c HI oil tbo Sound MognlSra,
Orrudonod loyillblo Volco Coodnotor. It Ota to ioto tbo
Ji?2^tto brm Ibo total porooptlbla: tho nnploaaant Matting
_i_ nyUar* in the boon is (Btirely removed. It affords instant relief
SSStSkSS. than to hoar diaboctly al obnreb
SidStTShStSSSai.- Moan.. SOLOMONS, OpiliNaaaaJtdAori.t,
3S, Albomarto-itrceL TlcclOuij, W. (opyoHto tbo York Hotel).
NDIA LAWN JACKETS.
A very pretty shags, cool, graceful, and usefuL
FRENCH MU8UN OuMPAXY, 16, Oxford-atreeL
-MADE MUSLIN DBESSES.
■READY-
_L|t 4a. 9d. t elegant daalgns,
Plain, flounced, and double Skirt, with Jacket oomplete.
Colour worreatod fast.
A fresh arrival from Pari* every Tuesday.
Patterns sent poet-freo.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street,
M
OURNING MUSLINS.
The best Beleotion Is the Kingdom.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY.
16, Oxford-atroet-
]*y[EW
FLOUNCED MUSLINS, 6s. 6i
A very pretty vnriety.
FRENCH MU6L1N COMPANY.
16, Oxford-street.
TITUSLINS of the PAST SEASON —
1YI Last year's at ridiculous price* for such good*.
Patterns free.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY. 16, Oxford-street-
W HITE FRENCH MUSLIN JACKETS.-
The prettiest white Muslin Jaektt ever produced is trimmed
with ribbon, to be had in ovtry colour, and exceedingly breaming to
tbo figure, prioo 12*. Bd.
Tho usual shape*, from 5*. 6-1.
A drawing rent post-free._
THE FlUCNOrl MUSLIN COMPANY.
16, Oxford-street.
Post-offieo orders payable to James Read, Oxford-street.
JUST B'l^EIVED/^-—
W HITE EMBROIDERED MUSLIN
DREfBEK—A largo lot, very much under prico. 8ome very
slabornto designs^ FRENCH MU3LTN COMPANY,
16, Oxford-street.
mHE LATEST NOVELTY in PARIS.—
X White and Buff Marcella JackeU. trimmed in Colours, with
drop buttons, prico 14s. 9d./\ \y
Tbo usual shapes from 5*. 6d.
An excellent vorioty of Coloured Marcella Jackets.
A drawing sent post-free.
FRENCH MU9LIN COMPANY, 18, Oxford-street.
T HE BLACK LACE JACKET.
Just bnposted, a perfectly New Shape, graceful and ladylike
in tho -xtrome prioo 12s. 94.
A drawing ?ent port-freo.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
N EW CHEAP SILKS.—
PETER ROBINSON is desirous of calling hi* customers’ at¬
tention to an unusually Cheep Lot of 8Uk Dresses, bought under very
sdvantageous cireuraatencea, being all of this year’s manufacture, but
at an enormous reduction in price. Tho whole to be cleared imme¬
diately at a merely nominal profit. For ready money only.
X s. d. X s. d.
1 3 9 Manufactarora' Value, 1 13
1 6 *
1 7
1 5
1 7
1 9
1 10
1 ft
1 7
Rich Striped Bilks at
Rich Striped *ilk» at
Rich fctrlped Hilas in
Ricu Chocked Silks at
Rich Checked Bilks at
Rich Checked 8*1 ka at
Rich Bajadtre Bilks at
Rich Plaid bilks at
Rich Plaid Rllks at
Rich Plaid Silks at
Rich Plakl Silks at
Rich Flounced Bilks at
Rich Flounced Silks at
Rich Flounced Silks at .. a
Patterns and Prio-s post-free.
106, 107, Oxford-street.
Carriage paid on all amount* above X5.
1 12
2 9
2 15
3
1 15
I 16
1 IS
1 15
2 0
2 2
1 15
1 16
2 0
2 5
I 10
S 13
5
Address—Poter Robinson, 102,105,
PETER ROBINSON’S FAMILY
. MOURNING WAREHOUSE, 103. Ox/onl-street, London,
Black Bareges, in now and improvod make*, that will not tear. Also
the Crapo Balzarino. so universally admired for its tightness, strength,
and durability. Patterns free.
A T
A T PETER ROBINSON’S FAMILY
MOURNING WAREHOUSE,
Half-Mourning Materials in a groat variety of new patterns and tex¬
ture*. Pattern* free pur post.
A T PETER ROBINSON'S FAMILY
MOURNING WAREHOUSE,
Mourning Mantles from l to 5 Guineas: Mourning Bonnet* from
10*. 6d. to 2 Guineas; Mourning Skirts from 1 to 10 Gulness.
A t PETER ROBINSON’S FAMIL Y
MOURNING WAREHOC8E.
Black Bilks much cheaper than heretofore. Pattern* dill W
now makes frt» per post. Capital qualities at #*-, Ms., 42a., «*«.,
ftoi, and 60*-, to tho richest goods.
THAMILY MOURNING, at moderate charges.
Jj Skirt* trimmed deeply with crape, from 30*. upward* to ti»
rirt,,.. no all tv with Mantles and Bonnet* to match. Famines would
by sending thsir order* direct to this Warehouse.
JJtlrr description kept ready made, and dispatched to any port of
town or country at a moment 1 * notice-
^Dressmaking at very moderate chargto, and the wear of avery
^^^aTPSTE^ROB 1N50N’5 Family Mourning Warehouse,
103, Oxford-atroet, London._
nnHE BOSIO, the most distingue Opera Cloak
Z^JZdSuZlt Sb«*imwttb<mtcnBtd»« lb. bmuWrrn.«
7SJSSiSfc fiSaiJSL am*. »
jSSS^mtdBOGEl».<»bol^bu^^-«^ «"•“ 8t * T, ‘
|,wf Cloak Emporium, 17I| 171* and 175* Regent-aired.
mHE NEW PARIS MANTLE, in rich Black,
JL Brown. Violet, and Albert Blue Glicd Bilk, elaborately trimmed
with either Fringe or Lace, p- Ice 2 Is. .
Tbe SCAR BORO' HOODED CLOAK, for the leoakle, pr.ee 10*. 9d.,
in Waterproof Tweed, and the New Indian Guc«.
Tho LONDON aud PARIS WAREHOUSE,
324 and 315, High Holborn.
L ADIES’ HANDKERCHIEFS.
This very useful article beautifully cretroidcrei with theCh-1*-
tian namo, forming a nest and inexpenure pro*cut, prico is. 041.
by pott. Is. 2d. 5».9d ihahalf-dox.j by post, 6e. 3d _
ThoLONDOS and PARIS WAREHOUSE, 3M and 325.,rilgh Holborn.
N p LADIES are respectfully requested
• JlP to write for Pa. turns, Postage-free, of tbo S*w HD a,
Muaiina, Maritgea, Dress Fabrics, Ac., he., as M«sr*. K. and O. «, m
order to avoid l^idiosthfi annoyanc*anil expense of back postage, re¬
quire thiW. Patterns only retaruod to them which may bo selected
from tfce mtmorooa ateenme* t seut.
Address, ltUMEELL and OWhN. 77 and 79. Oxford-atroet, London.
T INS£Y — RIDTNG HABITS for Ll’TTLE
I J \ GIRLS, 2( Guineas.
Ladles' Biding Habits, 5* to 9 Guinea*.
W. G. TAYLOR, 53, Baker-street.
rtHKISTENIIiG ROBES, 2i Guinea*
Babies’ Cloaks, I Guinea
53. Balter street.
Mr*. W.G. TAYlOR
B
ABIES’ BERCEaUN ETTbS,
Gulnsas.
Baskets to match, Ono Guinea.
Mrs- W. G. TAYLOR, 53, Baker-street.
M
D resses for the seaside ana tourist.
They aro composed Of Fro neb lawn, ur tho aow Indian
Giario, of a very simple a»-d chaste design. With !x>c*o Jackets,
and mado expressly for tho Tourist, Hoitido, and Promenade, h»
plain and dtuole skirts, prettily embroidered.
Orders irum the country, length of *h i t and round the shoulders.
Price 15*. 6d. and 2 *.
Tho LONDON and PARIS WAREHOUSE. .121 and S25 Hign Holbora.
rruiE SHEPHERD-CHECK flounced
I DRR88.- This very fkshlanable mad" ap In nil colours,
lined, and richly trinuced with re vtt, and material for bodiso.
Price l s*. 9d.
A Drawing of the Drees post-free. _
The LONDON and PAR.8 W AREHOUSE , »2i and 315, High H->lboni
ryYBELINE.—Thij now universally-approved
IjL and elegant article for MOURNING ATTIRE is in textore of
nen ap.'Caxaace, very durable, and particularly adapted for Spring
and bummer wear. Obtained “ Honourable Mention " the ParJi
axhihlura for Woven Fabric*. Pattern* free by post so be had
also in shades of Drab and lavender.
Solo Agents for England,
BUCKS ALL rmd BON, 112, Boltf-street, LlverpohL
G
RANDES NOUVEAUTE3 in PARIS.—
LA COHPAGNIE LTONNAISE,
No. 37, Boulevard de* Capodnes, Paris,
have icurt exposed for Halo their Novelties for tho boasen. cor, prising
Sbk Btuifs, Lace, Indian and French Cachcmires, Printed and
pjqun* M milni , Fancy Staffs of ail kinds* Wedding Outfits* Manties,
Tbe successive aggrandisement* of the establishment of Com-
psguio Lyon mdse have rendwod It ono of the most extensive In
Europe; the warerooma at the present day comprise upwyd* oi
thirty saloon* or galleries, having four separate entrance*. -Bring
their own mnaofacturers, tboir producuoc* aro cat Urblo to tbs extra
charges made «-n account of lntonncdiato agents, and thus this Com-
aany can afford to offer to the public on term* far more advan¬
tageous than any other bouse. Every article, ovon tho Cfeo h i un i ro s. is
marked in plain figures. _ .
Ia Compogulo Lyonnalae hare established houses at Lyons, Kaah-
mffs, A’oncou, anil Chantilly, for tno maanlaetore of Bilk Hcutfs,
Cacbsmiro*. and Lace, but they hare no au flc unal e for sals In any
country whatever.
E legant french muslins.—N ew
Pattens for thla Month.-20.C00 pfocoa of ORGANDI end
FltaNCH MUSLIN3 are now offering at Sa Ujd. tho drosa of 8 jorda,
or any leog.h cut at lid. yd. Tnoy are beautiful good* fast colours,
and cannot bo replaced at la. a verd. Tho FI uncod Muslins mo vary
•oparior. Wholesale buyers will find these go:ds desirable. FMJerna
sent free.—HOOPER, MusUu Merchant and Printer, 52, Oxford-
strdet, W. Established 1635. __
S ILKS, Rich, Plain, Striped and Checked
Gtaoi.M ISs. M. POT dro. of tw^ro jwb. nd wonoca
attention of famlllos. Pattens sent free by post. JOHN HARVEY,
SON, ,nr i CO., 9, Lttdgate-hill. Established upwards or fifty yoare.
Carriage paid opon amount! abovo X5.__
B ALZARINE MUSLINS, printed for the
coming Warm Weather, Just bought at lea* than half price.
Tho colours arc beautiful and perfectly fast.
They cost tho manufacturers 15s. Patterns free.—BOOi EB, Muslin
Merchant, 52, Oxford-street.
E LEGANT MUSLINS.—New Goods for
1658.-20,000 pieces of Orgsndl and French Muslins are now
offering at 2*. lid. th* Dress oi eight yard*; or any length cut.ai
<id. per yard. They are beautiful goods, fast colours, and conno. be
rOTlacsd ails, per vard. Merchants and wholesale buyer* will find
these goods dosintb'ie- Patterns sant free. vu-w-i
HOOPER, Muslin Printer. 52. Oxford-street, W. Established 1836.
L ADIES requiring Cheap and Elegant SILKS
are requested to apply immediately to BEECH sad HERKALL,
lluancrupcrt, Habcrdubers, *c., Ac. , _
I be Beehive, 63 and 61, Edgware-rood. London. W.
1200 Now Froonosd «ilk Robe* (various', »*. fd. to 5 Guines*.
Rich Striped. Checked, ChenX, and Plain GlacX Silk*,
21a. fid. to *8*. 6d. the Dress.
Black and Half-Mourning ditto. In great variety, at Ote sams
Reduced Price*.
Pstterna for inspection postage free.
H ODGE and LOWMAN beg io inform their
Patrons and the Public that tbo whols of their Deportments
are now roptas with a greater vmrietd of Novohias than tauaL
suitable for the ttresent a-
ARGiLE HOUSE, 256,156, *50, 2*2, Hagant-strost.
M ARRIAGETROUSSEAUX and INDIAN
OUTFITS.—CHRIoTLAN and RATHBO.VE respoctfully sttlcU
an Uupocticn of their extensive and recharchd Stock, combining
Parisian taste with that aiceiienoe and durability of material for
which their houas has been acted for upwards of six’y year*.
. II, WfcimM <rw». W.
L OCKE'S SCOTCH SPUN SILKS, in all the
Clxn ul tow Ymct for Brrt* Bcmtojr w«r.
fjMmnt torWKded frt,—Tho Rot^ CUa Twu «od soou>BT,<«
“ 119 and iff.
| ADIES’ MARCELLA JACKETS, Ladies’
Ij Muslin JaeXsts. Udls*’Indie Lawu loose and tight Jackets, in
«J^y jraaSRiS: FRANK LAUGHTON S Mamie Ware¬
house, 7, DsTCaahire-tenaoe, Xo ti cg-hffl, W. _ %
TTIORD’S new and select GUINEA MANTLES,
sot oMil.1^ clMwaer, UJlt. tn tariu J ■>
UMTliTMDt. Jolt lUj tirKi torn* Spwibh SlutOU^ bMvlfin gcoi..
at 2 guineas each. Drawing* post-free.
THOMAS FORD, «2, Oxford-ttreat, London-
TWO-GUINEA VELVET
MANTLES are superb In quality, ocol for samraer, and the
its war of all who try them. ? owSelling, scan bosnllfnl Lace
F ORD’S
K.
firouii:.'
Mantles remarkably cheap.
THOMAS 1
Illusttsticns past-fr
FORD, 12, Oxfocd-st
L ADIES’ WATERPROOF TWEED
CU1AK3 u>d Hirnsa JACKEre, Smlteiwn'tOYWKto.
InraneM c«p^. of ra»wrfil ud pelo« M=»
J. s. ud wTfUILUPB, >7, Bhretnbtrr. _
RTVNTAL APPLIO.UE PATENTED.—
This new and effective Neodlework may now bs had Of all
fry.in Bspoa'tones is Sown or oowarj.
abriage outfits.
Cotton Hosiery, U. 6d.
White Dre*mg Gowus. One Guinea.
Real Baihi Iggan Hosiery.
Mrs. W. G. TAILOR, 53, Bakor-street.
L ADIES’ RIDING TROUSERS^
Chamois Leather, with black foot,
ftv. Baker-street.
W. G. TAYLOR.
LTNENDRAPERS TO THE QUEEN. BY APPOINTMENT
Established in 1778.
ABIES’ BASSINETS,
Trimmed and Furnished,
Bocdy for use, are smt homo freo of earring*.
BABIES’ BaBKKTS.
Trimmed and furnished to correspond.
CAPPER, BON, and CO., o9, GKACHaaU8CH-AT.,LONDON, KC.
Descriptive List*, with prices, sent fro* by post.
B
B«il pet-froe, DOKripti™ Lbaof _
SETS of BABY LINEN,
which are scot homo
throughout tho Kingdom free of carriage.
UNDERCLOTHING FOR HOA1K. INDIA, AND ALL COLONIES,
for Ladles, and Children of all ago*.
QOMPLETE
UNENDBAPEBfl TO THE t(UEES BY ATPOISTMIAT.
Establiabod in 1778.
L ADIES’ WEDDING OUTFITS
sent home free ol carriage.
Desert ptivo Lists with prioes, sent free by pori.
CAPPER, SON, and CO,b». Graooohurch-sttest, i-muun, B.u
E ider-down petticoats.—'w. jl
BATSON and CO.'8 Stock Is replete with every description
of Ladioe’ Quilted Petticoats for ail rouuus.
List of Prioes on application, 1, Moddox-streot, Ragout-streot.
B
C RINOLINE PETTICOATS, made of the
b«st material* and in tha oo went styls, maybe had of ft. If.
BATSON and CO., I, Maddox-Street, Kegent-stroeL
C ORSETS and PETTICOATS.—Ladies who
study omnfort with eceocmv thmtUl *ce tiEORGK ROBEtt 18'H
WaTC’ISHUING 8TEHL Prim OATS, at 5*. lol n.ch; aul Keel
Llsla Thread Hose, at 22*. 6d. per doretu G K has also ju*t bupo-'' d
tbo now Pruices* Royal, tho Jo*«*pltiao, and tho ►u li r.ail (o h t*;
alio tits Plceolomlal’ Const, with p,tcnt front (avtottlng at /#. M.
ChiMton’t Stays In endless rsroty. GKOKtiE RoBfch in, ^tay M«r-
ebant, 183, Oxford-sarect, and 1, Lowndss-tormao, KnlghubrlrR*,
Loudon. _ r
Y the LIITLE LADY, three years old.
_ 1 and so of every advancing • oar till wo iodudj tbo «ranrt-
tuunm «*r lha fnn'ly—by lad.c* of every ago sad habautie, Dm
K eBlLlF.NT BODiCE and CuBSALBTTO LI MRDlCl r.xo wrru
w.lh eqn\l satisfaction and advantage They are adapted for sro y
vaiioty of figure; valuable not oalv to the growing gbL but are
equally beneficial to and as fnl:y appreciated by tno wl o *sd
mother. Voiontos of notes ol nuprovai atto.t tho high Mahtmltea
of ladlos who wear three unequal]*! ooocia Eoloigsd pro«.*o to#,
prico dst, UiuairntlOBB, papers for sGf-measurement, Ac., pcat-to,.
AU country older* sunt earriagt-pa d or pcsi-fres. hre.d*n»es
MARIO * and MAITLAND, Pa'eniaes, 238, Dx.b d street, oppewo
tho Msrble Arch, Hyde-park.
HESS FRINGE WAREHOUSE and
_ ' Magaain de PassemeD’erie—J0HN|HAG3ZB, l *» Eou:Iv-
ampton-roor, Kurssd iquare Fringes, Ac., mads to order.
RS. RISBEE, BERLIN WOOL WaKK-
_ HOUSE, 54, Wcstmlnster-brldgo-rosul, has Jnrt Itcelvod soma
Gentlemen*■ handfome worked 8L1PPKK8, 5«. Psir. Ako ivisu
olcgontiy-workod BRA CAS, ice. pair; or free by pool, 6d.sxtia.
D Te s s trimming s.—
HTRINGKR sad BIRD, 61, Newgato^tre-ai
(hue with Hutt.-n and Co.l.
have on hand a wen-oji-ruxi btock of THlMUlSl-S, FRINGES, and
VELVETS in the Now fityhs, for lha praseat season, yurmltar
Trimming of every description.
Special a item ten to orders by poo*.
TLB. Drapers and tbs trad* supplied with cut length# at law price*.
CHEAPEST HOSIERY in LONDON
at G. KNOCK and CO.’A 17. Pkesdifly.
Country onitrs carefully attenoed to.
D
M 1
(JIHE
S HIRT S.—llODGEKh’S IMPROVED
COHAZZA BHXKTB, 31s. bd. st:d tlx. tbs half Ocxcn. lnt-
twrum Imnrorenico’.s having been mais is these celebrated shlrto,
gsatiemtna aro respectAsOy solid tod to suspend thsir orders until they
bavo For ease, elegance, and durability, they have no
rival. Book of *0 Illustration, and dot ailed Particulars gr ana a ad
port-iron.—HU DO ERA and CO_ Improrrd Shirtmakess, M, 3*ial
Martin's-laoo, Charing-cross, W.C-— katabllsbod SO yxars.
QPORTING SHHtTS, by RODGERS.—
O Noiv and ntreordiuary dsilgtys in all cclonrs, Indadhtg florae*.
Ugs. Fox to. Birds, Ac. AUo a choice of m*r* fksa now sal
faabkmablo ttelotntd fUiirtlng*. in neol sad gsculenualr petiert**.—
BODGKRR and CO„ lmreeved Shirtmaksr*. J».
Chortug-eross, W.C.—Pattern* (<■* selection and book of SO iiiua-
W ANTED. LEFT-OFF CLOTHES f:»
AIMTHAUA. ta tree, • ’ <«»*» wEllito urf Kj,
JOHN ISAACS. 31, urfW.Btou*' <«t'■
tine to «n tto UfttMl pnt to *t«» . °« 0 JH»T-T ‘. tM
.’^/lr»T it. , 1 ^. Sun iti- tatStoTto-Jtta*. Vtttt. Boo," ..'
kry, and all MLs#«Uansoes Pfopcny- l«stn «y dar or kittaao
sTtOTdtdloPwSk .«** rtttn the Coorerysttbari Urge
^.11 the mmre* va!re munyt b| > f jnt-ofce eArAirttnaai.
JUfsroaoo, London sad Wsr
■1X7ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES.—Mr.
VV ^ Its HART, it, ».-~tto-«T~|. tt^tol W .c. ->
■orto» th. tortos rrta, «» —- <* ‘s- 1 ** . '* n *2
WEARING ATrARAL, satm and velvet drees*, fnf.iaaittaJ#. u+
forms, India shawls, p-«a» Ure» trtsksq, boo^. furutara. nv~A
srorertT.AS todto«toul«n fttUixM, t*T toto *
, AJ.tL« a tit**. ISttoU tr«a ta. oscatrr. It, SOM
too-h. Itotoh!tol-M««.
W anted left-off clothes, 4c.. for
Expvrtatsesu—Uuncst vsluxafrca by D.DAVW uHO,
jLEsrsasfcr-* ~
, r M:i Davis. i-at*l
f «rch*,«l tossy
TT7 ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTBES,
XL js
fcEssaisr’
U»i-
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS [J™* w, 1858
(Continued from pig* « 18 .)
1b another copy of these edicts, expressed in a dif¬
ferent character on a rock at KApurdigirl. in Aff-
rhanistan. when that inscription was deciphered
by Mr. Norris. These inscription* afforded the
first verified connection of the history and ar¬
chaeology of India with contemporary events and
sovereigns of the Western World.
Mr. Prinsep published his Essays from time
to time in the “ Journal of the Asiatic Society
•f Bengal,” copies of which have become very
rare, and Mr. Thomas determined on their re¬
issue. His first design proposed merely to re¬
print the Numismatic Essays, but he atterwards
resolved to incorporate with them the memoirs
on archeological and paleological subjects. Mr.
Thomas has enriched these volumes with supple¬
mentary notes, and, not confining himself to the
editorial duty of correcting the press, appears as
a commentator and critic on his author’s text.
The first volume is almost entirely of a numis¬
matic character, profusely illustrated with en¬
gravings of coins. The contents of the second
are more varied. It gives an account of the
ancient Sanscrit numerals, of the discovery of
the ancient Bactrian alphabet, and a review of
that alphabet; a type table of the Semitic alpha¬
bets, and a series of tables illustrative of the
Qoins, weights, and measures of British India,
with chronological tables and genealogical lists
having reference to India and other kingdoms of
Asia, which are extremely useful to the student
and most convenient for refreshing the memory.
Pausanias states that at an early period there
were no coins of native mintage current among
the Hindoos; and Mr. Prinsep considers that
view correct, as no remains have been found of
ancient Indian coinage. At the present day he
remarks that, “ immediately to the east of us,
Ava and China are nearly destitute of fabricated
money of their own; into the former of which
our silver and copper currency is but now by
degrees beginning to penetrate; while the latter,
along the coaat, is supplied with dollars from
America.” Bactrian and Indo-Scythic coins
have be^n plentifully found in India, and from
those the Indo-Grecian coins were generated. A
very interesting account is given of the numis¬
matic discoveries made by General Ventura in
the tope or mound of Manikyala, from which
fine specimens of Sassanian coins were disinterred.
These are proved to have been struck in the reign
of Sapor, born in A.D. 310, and who reigned till
A.D. 880, and they show the antiquity of the
tope. This Monarch was renowned for his victo¬
ries over several Roman Emperors, and over the
Tartar and Arab invader of his dominions. In
the coins and effigies of this Monarch appear the
winged headdress. Manikyala, now a small vil¬
lage situated on the route leading from Attock
to Lahore, was built on the ruins of a very an¬
cient town of unknown origin, which is presumed
to have been the capital of all the country be¬
tween the Indns and the Hydaspes. The tone
of Manikyala is described by M. Court as “a
vast masaive cupola of great antiquity. It is
visible at a great distance, naving a height of 80
feet with 310 or 320 of circumference. It is
•olidly built of quarried stone, with lime cement.
The outer layer is of saudstone.” This tope
proved to be a treasury of coins to Mr. Prinsep.
Roman coins are also abundantly discovered.
Whether commercial intercourse existed between
ancient Italy and India before the Roman con¬
quest of Egypt is doubted by many inquirers, but,
^ter that tine country hail been subjected, a
regular trado in Indian products from the Mala¬
bar coast was established. So early as the reign
of Tiberius the gold and silver coin of the empire
was drained away, and it was the East that ab¬
sorbed the precious nietsla. 4 * The objects,” says
Gibbon, “ of Oriental traffic were splendid and
trifling; silk—a pound of which was esteemed
worth a pound of gold—precious stones, and a
variety of aromatics were the chief articles. The
labour and risks of the voyage were rewarded
with almost incredible profit, but it was made on
Roman subjects, and at the expense of the public.
As the nations of Arabia and India were con¬
tented with the produce and manufactures ol
their own country, silver on the aide of the
Romans was the principal, if not the only, article
of commerce. It was a complaint worthy of the
gravity of the Senate that in the pursuit of female
ornaments the wealth of the State was irrecover¬
ably given away to foreign and ho«tilo nations.'*
Pliny calculates the drain at about two millions
annually of our money. In 1842 five hundred
Roman coins were found in different parts of the
Madras Presidency, in the Coimbatore district,
and even on the heights of the Neilgherries. In
1851 a large deposit of Roman gold coins was
excavated from a hill near Kottayens. a village
about ten miles from'Cannanore. Colonel Sykes
states five: coolie-loads had been dug out, most
of which got into the hands of the jewellers, but
some of the coins were secured for the Museum
of the India House. They are of pure gold, and
bear the tfligies of the Roman Emperors, from
Augustus down to Antoninus Pius.
Mr. James Prinsep was born in 1799, and died
in 1840. His incessant study shortened his life;
but he will ever be remembered as one of th#
ablest of Oriental scholars, of which the volume*
before us afford the most honourable evidence.
O AN ESA, A HINDOO IDOL.—FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.
HINDOO IDOLS.
These Engravings are from a series of photo¬
graphs which were taken by Mr. R. B. Oakley, at
the Temple of Hallibeed, in the north-west of
Mysore, m the beaiuning of last year, which are
now being published by Mr. M'Lean, of the
Haymarket. The first represents Ganeaa, one of
the most important of the Hindoo deities. Gaue>a
is supposed to be the Janus of heathen Rome j he
was the God of Wisdom; all sacrifices, religious
ceremonies, and prayers even to the other god*
are commenced with an invocation to him. He
obtained this privilege with his elephant’s head;
or rather, it was granted as a palliative to hi*
mother’s feelinaa as will be seen by tbe following
legend, which Major Moore, in his valuable work
on Hindoo Mythology, relates:—
” Ganesa was the eldest son of Siva and Par-
va f i. Vishnu, one of the three superior gods,
quarrelled with Ganesa, which resulted in a fight,
when Siva interfered end out off his sou Ganesa'*
head. His mother, Parvati, was greatly grieved at
the loss of her intelligent ohild, and her grief waa
manifested iu suoh extraordinary aus ten ties a*
threatened to derange the destinies of the uni¬
verse, nothing would appease her but the ieatora-
tton of her son, which Siva, at the earner*request
of tbe assembled deities, promised to effect; but
the severed head could not b«» found, and it wa*
determined to fix on his trunk the he.d of tbe
first animal which presented itself: it happened
to be an elephant with but one tooth. Siva
adopted Ganesa, and all the deities, to appease
and console Parvati, consented that on all occa¬
sions he should be first invoked.”
The original whence our second Engraving—
Nandi, the sacred bull, the vahan or vehicle of
Siva—is taken, is a vast monolith, and measure*
about twenty feet from the nose to the tail, and
about eleven feet from the hump to the pedestal.
It is supp >sed to be the divine form of Justice,
and the gods consider him who violates justice
as a vrishala. or one who slays a bull, htnoe, no
Hindoo to the pr. sent day will kill one of these
anin.als. Being in a deep shade it wus very dif¬
ficult to obtain a *ood photograph of it; there is
another but smaller eculptuied boll in a similar
temple a few yard* from this.
N NDJ, SACKED BULL OF SIVA.— FROM A PHOTOGRAPH,
Loxdow s Printed and Published at the Office, 198, Strand, in the Parish of St Clement Danes, in the County of Middlesex, by William Litllx, ids. Strand, aforesaid.— Satubbat, June 19,1858.
No. 924. vol. xxxii.] _ SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1858. [With a Supplement, Fivepence
“ BUNCOMBE ’* IN AMERICA.
A deffuse and angry orator having made a somewhat irrational
and very unnecessary speech in the House of Representatives at
Washington, where nobody thought it worth while to contradict
him, was a r terwards asked by a friend who met him in Pennsylvania
Avenue why he had made Buch a display ? “I was not speaking
to the House,” he replied; “I was speaking to Buncombe”—a
county or district by the majority of whose votes he had been
elected. Hence Buncombe or Bunkum has become a phrase in
America—and to some extent in England also-to express that
extra Parliamentary oratory which appeals to the passions or
prejudices of the outside people, and not to the reason and
sound sense of a deliberative assembly. Recent mails from the
United States show that the reverend senators of the Upper
House at Washington have been indulging in much Bun¬
combe upon the question of the alleged outrages of British
eruisers in the Gulf of Mexico. One bellicose senator from the
South, named Toombs, has declared himself ready for a war with
England, and expressed his wish that, if volunteers and recruits be
wanted, “ he may be counted in." Even that intelligent and able
statesman, Mr. Seward, the senator for New York, who abhors
slavery, and who thinks no greater calamity could befall the world
than a war between England and the United States, has been
“ bunkumising ”—with a view, no doubt, to catch votes on some
future occasion. But English readers should not attach to such
displays greater importance than they deserve. The Americans, if a
sensitive, are a sensible people; and, though every State in the Union
may have its county of Buncombe, the dictates of reason and not of
passion, of common sense and not of eflervescent prejudice, will
be allowed to settle the vexed questions arising out of the “ Eight
of Search,” and the measures taken by Great Britain for the sup¬
pression of the Slave Trade. The American lawmakers, especially
when they are of the high and distinguished class of Mr. Seward,
may speak Buncombe, but they never act it; and Englishmen,
especially those who have gone through a contested election, or
who know what a contested election means, should make allowances
for the unfortunate necessities that sometimes compel a wise man
to talk nonsense.
Though we believe, after the statements made last week in the
British House of Commons, that the present dispute—if it be not
to give these exaggerated statements too high a name—will be
amicably adjusted, and in a manner consistent with the interests,
the dignity, and the Christianity of two great and kindred nations,
it may be well to explain to the people of this country how it is
that, from time to time, so much jealousy and animosity are ex¬
pressed towards England by speakers and writers on the other
side of the Atlantic. The great bulk of the Americans are the
descendants of Englishmen and Scotchmen—men who, when they
speak from their hearts of England, her laws, her literature, and
her example, might borrow the words of Professor Ho’mes—
Our tittle mother Isle! God bless her!
The descendants of the French, the Germans, andtheNorwegians,
who form another large class in America, have no ill feeling towards
England. If they do not love her, they certainly do not hate her.
They are a patient, plodding, and industrious people, and, if they
are to be drawn into a war, must be convinced of its overwhelming
necessity. Whence, then, the Buncombe that hates England ? and
which it is necessary to propitiate even at the cost of reason, justice,
and propriety? It exists mainly in the Irish immigration. The
Hiberno-Americons, as a body, entertain a religious, as well as a
political, hatred towards Great Britain. This feeling would doubt¬
less die out were it not fostered and fomented for purposes of ecclesias¬
tical dominion and influence, or encouraged for the selfish objects of
ambitious demagogues who leave Great Britain for Great Britain’s
good, and strive to raise themselves into notoriety and power in the
i
622
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[June 26, 1858
new country by acts and artifices that in the old country ceased to
be profitable when they ceased to be dangerous. Parties in America
are divided in reality into the Pro-slavery and the Anti- slavery parties,
or, with some minor shades of difference, that are as shifting as the
glass fragments in a kaleidoscope, into the Republican and Demo¬
cratic parties. These are the two great and essential divisions—
shift and change as they may;—and, these being pretty nearly
balanced, the Irish party, well drilled and organised, is able but too
often to turn the scale. Hence the Hiberno Americans are hated,
and yet courted, by both parties; and hence every now and then
statesmen who have no sympathy for the Irish and the priests
deem it expedient and necessary to catch their votes by anti-English
Buncombe. We are convinced that Mr. Toombs of the South, and
Mr. Seward of the North, would equally deplore any serious
misunderstanding with Great Britain. Nor. after what has oc¬
curred in the British Parliament in reference to this subject, is
such a misunderstanding likely. The British Government is in¬
clined to act with courtesy and prudence, and, if seconded by the
efforts of sensible men on the other side of the Atlantic, they will
not only preserve peace and friendship between the two nations, bat
make the fire-eaters and blusterers of the United States look ex¬
ceedingly foolish in the estimation of the world.
"While admitting that one-half or three-fourths of the cases of
alleged outrages and insolence on the part of British cruisers are
mere inventions, that have their origin sometimes in malevolence*
sometimes in ignorance, and sometimes from nothing more than
the spirit of exaggeration, we must take the fact of the ready
credence which they obtain, as a proof of the dangerous nature of
the supervision which England claims to exercise over the navies
of the world. If none but weak nations, unable to resist, will
submit to it, we virtually challenge strong nations to try conclusions
with us. It is right to rescue distressed damsels; it is right to pre¬
vent the traffic in slaves; but Don Quixote in the one
case, and Great Britain in the other, must take the con¬
sequences. England is not prepared for a fratricidal war with
America, or even for a war with Spain, in such a cause. England
and the United States, cordially united upon the question, with their
naval commanders acting in concert and in good fellowship, might,
by a joint blockade of the coasts of Cuba, abate the monstrous evil,
and keep the peace of the world. But while Americans think a
thousand times more of the honour of their flag than of the rights of
Africans, and would rather that ten thousand slaves should be seized
and sold than that an English officer should board an American
ship, England can but wash her hands of the sin of slavery and
the slave trade, and mind her own business.
English statesmen and the English people deplore that Americans
will not zealously and heartily co-operate in measures for the re¬
pression of this infamous traffic; but they acknowledge that America
has a right to her own opinions on this as on every other matter,
and will rigidly abstain from all future interference, except that
which one friend may attempt with another. Persuasion, example,
treaty;—these are the only weapons which we have any moral or
national right to employ against our brother on this question. On
his head, and not on ours, will be the consequences either of per¬
mitting the wrong or aiding in its extension. On this point there
is no “Buncombe” in England.
THE QUEEN’S VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM.
THE ILLUSTRATIONS.
The visit of her Majesty the Queen to the borough of Birmingham
will be spoken of by distant generations. The honour which was felt,
and the pleasure whioh was given, were manifested strongly in the
loyalty of the people. Never was Royalty received with greater de¬
monstrations of joy, and never were citizens more determined to prove
their attachment, than on the occasion to which we have referred. It
will ever be an honour to Birmingham, and to those gentlemen who
assisted the Mayor to carry out the arrangements, that, notwitstanding
the vast population of the neighbouring districts, which swelled the
number to nearly a million of people, not an accident ocourred, nor
a single circumstance to mar the proceedings of one of the happiest
days in the reign of Queen Victoria. There was no confusion, no
altercation, no incident to he regretted ; and that her Majesty fully
appreciated the ovation she received is evident from her own words:—
“I never saw such a sight as Birmingham presented during my pas¬
sage-such masses of people, and such perfect order.” This expres¬
sion of approval conveys a high compliment to the town and district.
The following letter has been received from Mr. Secretary Walpole
by Sir John Ratcliff:—
Whitehall, June 17.
Sir,—It is my pleasing duty to inform you that 1 have received the
Queen’s commands to signify to you her Majesty's entire approval of the
arrangements which were made on the occasion of her Majesty’s recent'
visit to the borough of Birmingham, and further to express to vou the
sincere gratification which her Majesty derived from the universalloyalty,
as well as the admirable and orderly behaviour, of the large number of
lxer faithlul people whom her Majesty rejoiced to see present/'\\ \
I am. Sir, your obedient servant,\^''^^ \
The Mayor of Birmingham. S. II. Walpole.
This letter was read at a special meeting of the Town Council, and
was rooeived with much applause.
HER MAJESTY’8 \T8IT TQ THE TOYVNHALL.
This noble building on the occasion of her Majesty's visit pre3onted
a most magnificent appearance. Its decorations, external and internal,
wero carried out upon a scale commensurate with the event, and
worthy the reception of the illustrious visitor. The design for the ex¬
ternal decorations was furnished bv Mr. Whaite, of Manchester, and
was of an elaborate character. The most prominent feature in the
arrangement wa9 the centre of tho arcade in Paradise-street, the place
at which her Majesty alighted. A canopy, composed of purple velvet,
elegantly draped and most artistically decorated, was erected, extend¬
ing ilie length of the three centre arches, and projecting five feet from
the basement. The front of the canopy exhibited the words “God
Save the Queen,” and on each side were shields bearing tho Royal arms
and the arms of the boroqgb, over ^nc^was inscribed “ Welcome! ”
in bold letters. Raised above the canopy there was a largo Regal
crown, elaborately ornamented, and surrounded by trophies of flags.
The other entrances to the arcade were draped with red Turkey cloth,
and stands, the full breadth of the recess, boro vases of natural flowers,
tastefully arranged/ The tympanum in front of ths hall contained
Royal arms seventy- three feet in length; above this was raised a flag¬
staff, from which the Royal standard was hoisted on her Majesty’s
entrance. At a corresponding point at the other extremity of the
hall the national ensign floated during the day. The entire basement
was decorated with festoons of evergreens, six feet in circumference:
from the various windows and doorways rose alternately neatly-
designed trophies and decorated bannerets. Elegant trophies also ap¬
peared at tho east and west corners of the hall. < >n alighting at the
hall hsr Majesty was conducted by the Mayor and the Town-clerk to
the Royal reoeption-rooin.
THE ROYAL CORTEGE PASSING UP THE AVENUE TO
ASTON HALL.
Through the entire length of the “Chestnut Avenue ” a fine gravallel
Toad, forty-two feet wide, had been made, and on both sides platforms
(each 525 feet long, eight benches deep) had been erected, capable of
hpldiog in all 4300 persons, and especially reserved for one-guinea
donors. The seals were covered with red cloth. The platforms were
also covered in with canvas, and in such a manner that the view waa
uninterrupted- Along the front of each platform twenty-six columns
were ereoted and decorated with flags and banners, and the ground in
front was occupied by a detachment of cavalry.
The Royal cortege, on its way to Aston Hall, having passed the
borough boundary (where a triumphal arch, designed and decorated
by Mr. Whaite, was erected), came within the jurisdiction of the
county justices, and was conducted thence to the park. As her
Majesty approached the church, the bells of this time-honoured edifice
rang forth a hearty welcome to the illustrious visitor. Arrived at
the grand entrance, the procession moved up the main avenue to Aston
HalL Immediately the Royal carriago drove up to the hall door,
Prince Albert was the first to step out, and her Majesty was then
assisted from the carriage by General Bouverie, and received into the
corridor, the troops presenting arms, the band playing tho National
Anthem, and the artillery once more firing a Royal salute.
THE INAUGURATION OF ASTON HALL AND PARK.
The inaugural ceremony, the culminating point of hor Majesty’s
visit to the midland metropolis, took place on a newly-erected balcony
from which is afforded a picturesque view of the park and surrounding
country. Hor Majesty and Prince Albert entered the groat gallery
from tho south end. Under tho guidance of the Lord Chamberlain
and Sir Francis Scott they approached the haut-pcu, and, after standing
a few moments, sat down in the chairs of state provided for them, the
ladies and gentlemen of the suite in waiting standing behind.
8ir Francis 8cott, as chairman of the executive committee, then
read an address from the interim managers of Aston Hall and Park to
her Majesty; and the Queen, in her own charmingly emphatic manner,
made the following reply: —
I sincerely thank you for your loyal assurances of devoted attachment
to my throne and person.
The improvement of the moral, intellectual, and social condition of mv
people will always commaud my earnest attention ; and. in opening the
half and park to-day. I rejoice to have another opportunity of promoting
their comfort and innocent recreation.
The Queen having intimated to Sir Francis her wish to have the four
most prominent members of tho executive specially presented, Mr.
William Lucy, Mr. Alderman Lloyd, Mr. .T. A. Langford, and Mr. J.
P. Turner, were severally introduced, and were accorded the honour
of kissing hands. Her Majesty's graciousness went further than this.
When she made known her commands to the honourable Baronet on
this point, she also requested that seven or eight of the working men
belonging to the management should be presented to her in a body. No
more zeslous members of that body could havo been selected than Mr.
T. Twiss, Mr. G. Tarplee, Mr. C. Hawkesford, Mr. H. G. Quilter, Mr.
H. Bourne, Mr. M. Lees, Mr. D. J O’Neill, and Mr. S. Partridge.
These gentlemen having been individually introduced by Sir Francis,
her Majesty said: **I recogniso with pleasure the labours you have
undertaken in providing thus worthily for the phy sicial and intellectual
improvement of the wording classes, and I sincerely hope that th »«
hall and park will prove a boon and a comfort to the people of
Birmingham.” The other interim managers and gentlemen wero thsn
introduced. Mr. Charles Ratcliff, one of the trustees, waa afterwards
presented, as was also Mr. Hakewill, the exhibition manager, and Mr.
Aitken, the compiler of the catalogue of tho works of art forming the
museum -her Majesty being graciously pleased to accept from tho
latter a splendidly-bound copy of that work. This- part of the
ceremony being at an end, Sir Francis inquired of her Majesty whether
it was her pleasure to prooeed to the balcony erected over the Glass
Pavilion, in order that the inauguration might be complotsd. She at
once rose, took tho arm of Prince Albort, and walked out to the extreme
point of the gallery. _ No sooner did her Majesty make her appearance
than the thousands in the park and terrace cheered most lustily, and
both the Queen and the Prince acknowledged this by bowing repeatedly.
Her Majesty seemed to enjoy the homage and the splendid-landscape
most heartily, as her countenance literally beamed with pleasure. She
stayed some four or five minutes on the balcony, and at the end of that
time she said to Sir Francis Scott, “ I request you will have the kind¬
ness to declare that the park is now open.” ' Sir Francis Scott then
said, in a voice which was distinctly audible beyond the outskirts of
the crowd, “Her Majesty commands me to deolare to you that this
park is now open.” A salvo of artillery announced that tho immediate
object of the Royal visit to Birmingham had been consummated. Her
Majesty, Prince Albert, and the suite, then retraced their steps along
the great; gallery and down the principal staircase, for the purpose
of visiting the apartments filled with manufactures and works of art.
THE ROYAL PROCESSION PASSING THROUGH
BIRMINGHAM.
The two*page Illustration of the Royal progress through Birming¬
ham contained in this week’s.Supplement represents her Majesty pas 3 -
ing through Now-sfcreet (which has been not inappropriately termed
the Regent-street of Birmingham), on her way from the Townball to
Aston Park.. The decorations in this streot are thus described in the
carefully-written Official Programme, published by Maher, of Bir¬
mingham:—Tho first great object of attraction was Christ Church,
around which elevated galleries to contain thousands of spectators were
ranged. . The columns were dockod with laurels, along which was a
large white ribbon bearing the inscription “ Fear God and honour the
Queen.”/ The steeple was also adorned with streamers and flags. The
opening view of New-street was at once grand and exciting. No pains
or expense bad been spared to render it a fitting opening to the Royal
roqte. The beautiful design suggested by Mr. John Jaffray was effi¬
ciently carried out by Mr. Dillon, of London. The decoration con¬
sisted of a series of lofty columns rising from the kerbstones on both
sides of the street, each bearing elegant banners and streamers of
variegated colours and form. Midway on each side wore suspended
wreaths of flowers, the whole forming a grand floral arcade. At the
entrance to the street, near Christ Church-passage, two imitative
granite pedestals, ornamented, and surmounted with colossal golden
lions, were erected. Space will not permit ua to particularise individual
decorations, but we cannot but refer to a few of the most prominent.
The building of the. Society of Arts was classically decked
in accordance with its .architecture. The Government offioes
presented a bold and rioh decoration. A balcony was erected
by Messrs. Bach and Barker, Kerslake and Holroyd, extending the
length of the houses, beautifully decorated, displaying medallions of
the Queen and Prince. The Journal office was decorated with sus¬
pended wreaths and festoons of natural flowers, supplied from the
gardens of Messrs. Moore and Son, and arranged according to the de¬
signs of Mr. Yeoville. From the Queen's Hotal a Royal standard, 30
feet high, was hoisted as her Majesty passed, and ten chief flags of all
nations decorated such portions of the noble front as were visible
At the new establishment of Messrs. Hyam and Co. arrangements had
been made to accommodato between 700 and 800 persons. The front of
the building was surrounded by an immense or oh and two ride
ones. The upper part of the centre arch was filled with an elaborate gas
device, consisting of a crown, two stars, the letters Y. R., and a motto,
“ Godpreserveour gracious Queen.” The Britons’Life Association Office,
opposite the Post Office, bore the following inscription:—“Welcome,
Britons’ Queenand the front was decorated with flags and ever¬
greens. All the residents in this street made spirited displays from
their various windows, leaving nothing undone to tastefully decorate
their different establishments. As the cortege passed the Bull-ring
the bells of the old parish church pealed forth merrily.
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was present on Monday
at thr sessional examination of National School model teachers at Marl-
borough-street, Dublin. His Excellency, in the course of his address,
said lie hoped they would in all things try to preserve good feeling and
fellowship amongst those committed to their charge, and lessen, as far as
in their power, those sectarian differences which exist.
General Peel, the Secretary of State for War, has approved of
the supply of the second edition of “Memorials of the Brave," or Rest
ing Places of our Fallen Heroes in the Crimea and at Scutari, by Captains
the Hon. T. Coiborne, 60th Royal Rifles, late 77th Regiment, and Frederic
Brine, Royal Engineers, to the military libraries both at home aud
abroad.
Preferments and Appointments in the Church.—T he
Rev. H. W. M’Grath, Rector of St. Paul’s, Ker3all Moor, to be Honorary
Canon of the Cathedral Church of Manchester; Rev. II. Brougham to be
Rural Dean of Kells, Meath, llcctories: Rev. H. Fuller to Tnornhaugh,
Northampton ; Rev. T. S. Gray to Stillorgan, Dublin; Rev. W. J. Irvine
to Kilraoon with Piercetown, Meath; Rev. L. T. Monteflore to Catheraton
Leweaton, Dorset; Rev. W. i hornhill to Offord Darcy, Hunts. Vicarages:
Rev. A. Barff to North Moreton ; Rev. W. I). Carter to Kirby Moorside,
Yorkshire; Rev. F. Moore to Dulfield. Derbyshire. Perpetual Curacy:
Rev. H. R. Smith to Grange, Lancashire. Curacies: Rev. E. L. Cutts to
Kelvedon. Essex ; Rev. E. H. Fothergill to Clevedon; Rev. C R Gordon
to Christ Church. Salford; Rev. H. B. Hall to St. James's, Bradford; Rev.
H. Stobart toJSt Mark’s, Gloucester; Rev. W. W. Ware to St. Paul’s,
Withington, Lancashire.
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS.
FRANCE.
(From our own Correspondent.)
Paris, Thursday.
The Court has returned from Fontainebleau to St. Cloud, where it
is probable it will remain a week or ten days before the departure of
the Emperor for Plombteres. Daring all the period of the s£jour at
Fontainebleau ceremony was as much as possible abandoned; and in
tbe dress of the feminine guests an English fashion, that of hats and
feathers, was adopted: these are called in France chapeaux Diana
Vernon.
The new article of M. Rende, in the Constitution)}el, replying to a
late discussion in the House of Lords on the subject of the slave
question, proves that the feeling which prompted his first insult
still only seeks opportunities to express itself. Considerable excite¬
ment lias been caused by the appearance of this article. Notwith¬
standing the assertions that the project so anxiously supported by tbe
Emperor for the reorganisation of Algeria has been abandoned, we
learn on good authority that Louis Napoleon, who is little given to
bend before any obstacles to his will, still regards the realisation of
his schemes as not impossible, and that i t is probable one or more non-
official conferences will be held with Prince Napoleon on the subject
previous to the journey to Plombi/res.
The Prince inaugurated his new hotel in the Champs Elys&s
with his first friendly dinnpr, at which were present MM. Pon-
sard, Roqueplan, Emile do (iirardin, Dr. Cabarres, &c. The house is
built in tfifroid Italian style, and in each of the reception-rooms there
is a fountain.
The/ death of Ary Scheffer, one of- tbe noblest illustrators of
modern French art, has been the saddest and most generally in¬
teresting event of the day, and we much regret that the limita¬
tion of our space precludes our giving more than the briefest
notice of this excellent and every-way distinguished man and artist.
His death, proceeding from disease of the heart, is supposed to
have been accelerated by the grief and fatigue consequent on his
hurried visit to Claremont on the occasion of the Dachesse d’Orleans*
death. Among all the adherents of that family none showed more
devotion, few so much, as Ary Scheffer, to whose instructions the
Princess Marie was cliiefly indebted for the development of her re ¬
markable talent. Some of Scheffer’s best-known works are his “Two
Mignons,” and his various pictures of “ Marguerite, from Goethe; ”
bis scriptural subjects, his “ Francesca di Rimini,” &c. Not long
since be painted a portrait of Charles Dickens at his own request:
this, and a picture of Queen Marie Amdlie, an unfinished portrait
of Ristori, and a large allegorical picture, also incomplete, were
among his last works.
Apropos of the great tragedienne, she received during her last
sfjour in Paris a note dated from the Tuileries, saying—“ Detnain soir
a six henres je vous attends: venez me voir et m’embrasser.” The
epistle was signed by the Queen of Holland. A few days previously
her Majesty breakfasted quite incognito with the savant, M. Mohl, in
the Rue de Bac, in company with MM. Thiers, Mig net, Ytillemain,
Barthriemy St. Hilaire, &c., and delighted the select few thus brought
together by the charms of her conversation and manners.
A movement among the higher members of the French diplomatic
sendee seems probable. The Due de Malakoff, the Due de Grammont,
Ambassador at Rome, and the Marqnis de Moustier, Minister at
Berlin (he is not en conge at Paris) are all spoken of as likely shortly
to be exchanged to new posts. We are happy to announce that M. de
P6ne is sufficiently recovered to be able to walk a few steps on tbe
boulevards, supported by his brother.
The heat in Paris is so intense that nearly all the theatres are
deserted, and few pay the expenses of the representation.
The Paris Conference has again lost a sitting by the sudden illness
of the Turkish Plenipotentiary. It is calculated that the final sitting
will not take place before the 15th of July.
SPAIN.
The King and Queon arrived safely at Aranjuez from their visit to
Toledo on the night of the 13th. It had been resolved that the rail¬
way from Palencia, Corunna, and its branches should be called “ Rail¬
way of the Prince of the Asturias.” The Queen on her visit to Toledo
gave a magnificent bracelet and a pair of brilliants to a statue ot the
Virgin; also 5000 reals to the poor. Her Majesty likewise, in the
course of her visit, adored the famous crucifix of Isabella the Catholic,
and caused the sword of Alphonso YT. to be placed in the hands of the
Prince of ihe Asturias.
The Madrid journals of the 15th announce that Mr. Buchanan, the
English Miniator, was rocoived by the Queen to present his creden¬
tials. M. Gonzalez Bravo, Ambassador at London, has obtained leave
of absence from liis post to the end of the summer. I n conseq uence of a
law recontly voted by the Cortes, M. Bravo Murillo and fourteon
other gentlemen had been declared entitled to pensions of 40,000 or
30,000 reals as ex-Ministers. Colonel Verdugo, who was stabbed in a
street at Madrid some weeks ago, and whose life was for some time in
danger, has nearly recovered. A fall has taken place in the price of
wheat at Madrid.
The inauguration of the railroad whioh connects Toledo with Madrid
by a branch line of twenty-three kilometres from the Alicante Rail¬
road took place on the 12th inst.
The Seville newspapers say that the oidium has done scarcely any
harm to the vines of the sherry district of Serey de la Frontera. The
same journals state that English societies circulate great numbers of
bibles, tracts, professions of Protestant faith, &c., in Andalusia.
PRUSSIA.
The city of J^ntzic has been visited by a destructive conflagration,
which broke out on the 10th inst. Several great factories, fiour-milla,
aod warehouses have fallen a prey to the flames; but tho full extent to
which the city has suffered has not yet been ascertained.
RUSSIA.
A grand public ceremonial took place at St. Petersburg on the I2th
instant. The new Cathedral of St Isaac was consecrated by a solemn
religious service, which blended all the magnificence of ecclesiastical
and military pomp. The Imperial family and Court were present,
and 30,000 troops were under arms. The edifice was commenced in.
1827.
UNITED STATES.
Some additional outrages by British cruisers are reported by the
American press, and the matter is still the dominant topic, but the
excitement has very sensibly abated.
Both Houses of Congress have agreed to extend the present 8ession
of Congress, but have not decided as to the precise day for the final
adjournment.
In Congress, on the 7th inst., an amendment giving the President
power to issue letters of marque in certain cases was rejeoted by a vote
of 40 to 6. The various propositions offered led to a renewal of the
discussion of the recent British outrages in the Gulf. From the tone
of the debate it is evident that, with one or two exceptions, the mem¬
bers of the Senate are disinclined to adopt any measure that will pre¬
cipitate an issue with Great Britain on the question.
The Senate has passed the Army Appropriation Bill, involving an
expenditure of 17,000,000 dollars.
# The excitement in New Orleans arising out of the appointment of a
igilance committee continued, very high until after the election,
which took place on the 7th inst. The voting, however, passed off
peaceably, and the contest resulted in favour of the “ Know nothing ”
or American party. After the election the vigilance committee dis¬
banded. They had not disorganised, however, but announced that
they were ready to carry out their principles at any moment. The
June 26, 1858 ]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
623
authorities arrested, but subsequently discharged, a number of the
VifrilABts.
La to ac counts from Texas state that a desperate battle had been
fought in the northern port of the state between a party of rangers,
•under Captain Ford, and a large body of Camanche Indians. The
fight continued five ©r six hours, and terminated in the defeat of the
Indians, seventy-six of whom wore killed, several wounded, and
seventeen laken prisoners; while of Captain Ford's company only two
were killed and two wounded.
The latest news from Utah reports the Mormons as peaceably dis¬
posed, qnd as having reoeived Governor Cumming very civilly. On
the oth«r hand. Colonel Johnstone and the army are reported to be in
great straits—provisions failing, and mule flesh at a premium
(From our Correspondent.)
New Tobk, June 8,1858.
On this aide the water wo begin to claim the Illustrated London
News as an American newspaper; for ours it surely is, if not by birth,
yet by very general adoption. Not less than three hundred thousand
persons in these Unittd States peruse your columns weekly; and
these, too, pf the very best class of people—literary, scientific, and
artistic, men and women. I find the News carefully filed in nearly
all the pubtfo libraries and reading-rooms throughout the Union; and
it occupies u conspicuous place in all our first-class hotels. There are
few journals in this country as widely oiroulated and as thoroughly
Tead as the Illustrated London News ; and I learn from the
general agents, Messrs. Wilmer and Rogers, of this city, that the de¬
mand for the paper is constantly increasing.
Your American readers, I think, would like to sea American affairs
more frequently discussed and illustrated in your columns; while the
■current events in politics, in society, in literature and the arts, trans¬
piring here, could hardly fail to interest the great mass of British aud
Continental readers. For. whatever of ancient ignorance or prejudice
may remain, whatever of difference or misunderstanding may arise,
between “John and Jonathan," mare ons—ih. origin, in language, in
history, and in hope.
We speak the self-same tongue
That Milton wrote, that Chatham spoke.
That Burns and Siiakspeare suug.
This hot and harsh wartalk in Congress, in consequence of the resent
reported search of soire thirty American vessels by British naval
officeis, ie much to be d* plrred. It does not express the feeling of the
letter portion of the j eople. It is the i>astion of the masses speaking
through the mouths of demagogues, who know that wars are always
popular, especially when provoked by an alleged aggression. There is
no American senator bold enough (much leas a member of the House
of Representatives) to stand up and stem the tide of popular feeling
excited by what are termed tho "British outrages in the Gulf." The
Abolitionists of tho North and the ultra Pro-slavery men of the South
vie with each other in denouncing tho "outrages," and in demanding
" indemnity for the past and security for the future." Administrative
men and anti-Administrative men are equally zealous in their efforts
to invest the President with extraordinary powers to meet the emer¬
gency. Largo appropriations for the building of steam-vessels and
gun-boats puss both Houses in hot haste and with unprecedented una¬
nimity. The preES, too, is almost as belligerent asCongress, with here and
there axnurkedexception. Twoorthree leading journalsof the calmer and
more conservative olasa are contending that there is a great difference
between the right of search and tho right of visit, and that the latter
has not been violated. But the majority insist that the right of visit
implies the right of search, and that neither oan bo tolerated by an
independent nation; in other words, that England must not assume to
he the police of the eea. It is an important and au exciting question—
a question for Parliament and Congress calmly and gravely to discuss,
and one, I tiust, which the Governments will decide without appealing
to the law of force—the arguments to which tyrants resort; we with
Christian nations would repudiate it for evermore.
The Session of CongTtna is drawing to a close; both Houses will
probably adjourn in the course of a week. The weather has become
intensely wairn since 1:he 1st of June, and the members are panting
for cooler places—for tbe mountains and the sea. The Kansas ques¬
tion has been the most tiiesome and troublesome topic of tho Session;
the "British outrages " the most exciting; and the birth of a new
State the most important fact. Minnesota is the thirty-second star
in the flag of the Republic, and a twin star is daily expected in the
birth of Oregon. Our now State has rapidly passed through the ter-
. ritorial novitiate. Tho territory was organised in 1841), and as that
time it contained only ono thousand inhabitants. And now it
has a population of two hundred and fifty thousand! It is a
rich and beautiful country, admirably adapted for agriculture,
well watered and well timbered. The climate is healthy; the winters
cold and dry. The fertility of tho soil seems inexhaustible, producing
maize, wheat, rye, barley, oats, and every variety of vegetable. It is a
laud of strong temptation ana of bright promise to the European emi¬
grant: and auiing the next ten years the population of Minnesota will
probablv increase in a greater ratio than that of any other State in tho
Union. * St. Paul's, situated near the Falls of St. Anthony, on the
Upper Mississippi, is already a laTgo and flourishing city, and one of
tho most delighttul spots for rebideuce in America. Tho surrounding
•forests and rivers are filled with game; and the scenery is of the
wildest and most beautiful description. Near St. Paul’s are tho lovely
Falls of Minnehaha (the Indian name for laughing water), made classic
by Longfellow s celebrated "Song of Hiawatha."
'With the udmiption of tho new State two senators were added to the
Congress of the United States—General James Shields and Hie Hon.
Henry M Rice. General Shields is a distinguished man and a • de¬
cided character." lie was bom in Ireland, in the county of Tyrone, mo
the year 1810, and came early to this country, where lie studied and
practised law until the breaking out oi the Mexican wur, when ho enter ad
the army as Brigadier-General, and was coon made Major-General
by brevet. At the battle of Cano Gardo ho was wounded
by a grape&liot, which paseed through his side, and winch
the surgeons tuppoeed would provo mortal. But he reco¬
vered, and was again wounded at tho storming of Cuaputtjpsc.
After resigning his commission General Shields was elected United
States’ senator from Illinois—a post which ho tilled with great credit
to himself and to the satisfaction of his constituents for tac tuli term ot
six years. In 1855 he removed to Minnesota, and now represents the
youngest of the sister States in the Senate. _ As a talented lawyer, a
military hero, and a wise and prudent legislator. General bhielda is
universally respected by men of all political parties. An-n debater he
is exceedingly adroit and eloquent, and possesses more learning and
more poetic feeling than usually find their way into the American
latest oxciting news comes to us from New Orleans, where they
have attempted to improvise a revolution through the lorm oi a " vigr-
lanes committee.” It was an attempt to naitat the eUo.ion of the
-Know-Nothings,” or tho “Natives,’ by violently _ wrasti ag the
Government from the hands of the
the election. The Mayor was compelled to yield to th ®
and yet the election, which took phen yesterday restdted toia mmot
the "Americans’’-the party so rudely ousted. This
committee” business is a dangerous experiment. « wtw resorted to
in San Francisco, when tho General oi that heterogeneous tj
the hands of rowdies, ruffians, and gamblers; when thedmlyoutragos
against law. order, and decency justified the resort to “desperaM
remedy. But, with the safety-valve of the ballot-box, there is sa.dom
need of a forcible revolution under a Republican Government,
yet some of our leading journals are daily threatening the city *•
iork with the terrible reign of a ’’ vigilance committee. If Mm better
class of citizens would go to the polls and vote good men into office, th
evils of which we complain—of filthy streets, cotTUp. iogislatt a. e
travasant taxation, ana municipal swindling—migut ™
peacefully remedied. As it is— But 1 will not look on the dark side
1 * Aman 6 g^Gm barbarities of tho day, I may mention tho ^ant_c»*;
ardly an ddcadly assault on Hiram Cranston, Esq., thewidely-kaown and
higMy ettremcd proprietor of the New York Hotel, lie was quietly
sitting at the head ot his table, surrounded by some huntods of mends
and guests, when a ruffianly Frenchman, named Gaillandat, amoto him
on the head with a full champagne bottle, cutting the scalp to tho bone.
The affair has excited gieat sympathy and indignation. I am nappy
to state that Mr. Cianston is recovering from hie wounds, while nis
assailant is bound over for trial in tho sum of £6000. He will, doubt-
Wo be sentenced to summer and winter in ©ingoing.
We are beginning to believe in the verity of smenttfie proraosboa-
tiou in repTrd to tho intense heat of the present summer The last
three or four days have been warmer than for tan years at the cor¬
responding season. As tho month of May was extremely wet, the
crops of aUsorts are rejoicing in the glowing sunshine. 1 he face of
nature is cue broad smile of promise.
Constantinople— The marriage of the second daughter of
the Sultan, Munyrc* Sultana, to U-Hami Pacha, has just taken place The
nuptial fetes had been continued without interruption from the previous
week, when Djemile Sultana and Mahmoud Pacha went through the name
* ordeal. The fetes surpassed in their lavish costliness and magnificence
anything remembered by the oldest Stambouiee. The dowry of each
daughter is estimated at £15,000 a year.
Montenegro.—I t is said that the Montenegro question is to ba
arranged by Commissioners sent there to define the boundaries. In that
case Admiral Jurien de Lagraviere, who commands the French ship) in
the Adriatic, will act for France Two steam gun-boats, the Fulminant?
and the Aigrette, are to be sent to the Adriatic to facilitate Admiral Jurieu
de Lagraviere’s communications with the shore. Turkey has positively
declared that she intends not to resort to any military action in the Mon¬
tenegrin affair, but to await the decision of Europe. A letter from Con¬
stantinople describes the way in which it is intended to settle the frontier
question.
Kadstadt.— A Berlin despatch of the 17 th inst. announces that
the difference respecting Kadstadt has been settled, but the details are as
yet unknown.
Hanover.— The Chamber of Deputies of Hanover, in its sitting
of the I8th, rejected, by a majority of forty-three, the proposition of the
Government tor the creation of several secondary articles. The Chamber
also rejected, by a majority of forty-one, the demand of a credit for the
construction ot three new infantry barracks.
Mexico.—B y way of New Orleans, we have news of the cap¬
ture of Tabasco, Mexico, by the Government forces. The bomb irdmeat
of the city commenced on the 9th, and continued till the ‘19th oi Aoril.
The houses in the city suffered considerable damage, especially tint of the
American Consul, which was situated in the line of the tire of the be¬
siegers. Two Gulf ports, Tampico and Tabasco, are now in possession of
the Zuloaga party.
Three to ono Noblemen from Senegal, of the brightest
ebony tint, have arrival from that French colony, and have entered the
Military Academy of St. Cyr.
Book Post to Sardinia.—A notice has been issue l by the
Post Office authorities to the effect that on and after the 1 st July next,
and thenceforward, a book packet addressed to Sardinia may consist not
only of books, or other publications, prints or maps, but also of any
quantity of paper, parchment, or vellum; and further, such books or
other publications, prints, maps, &c., may, on and from the same date,
be cither printed, written, or plain, or any mixture of the three, to the
exclusion, however, of any matter of tbe nature of a letter, unless wholly
printed.
The Archbishop of Saragossa has just died, at the age of
eighty-eight. He had been a Bishop duriDg a period of twenty-seven
years. / /
TnE “ Cagliari.”— The proceedings at Salerno are suspended.
The Cagliari is anchored under the lec of tho Centaur , English man-of-
war. flic crew are now ou board her, and the steamer is ready tv return
to Genoa.
The Piedmontese Ohasiber has finished the work of an¬
nulling all the elections in which even the slightest amount of clerical in¬
fluence could be discovered. The whole evidence in justification of these
proceedings is to be printed.
A Jewish Synagogue, which is capable of containing above
2000 persons, has been recently consecrated at Vienna. The ceremony,
at which the Ministers ot Finance and Commerce were present, was very
imposing.
The Tunnel through the Apennines on tbe No!a and
Sanaeverino Railway, 1670 feet in length, has been inaugurated.
COUNTRY NEWS .
Oxford Middle-Class Examinations.—T lie city of Bath
having been selected as one of the places for conducting the examluatiou
under the statute • concerning the examination of those who are not
members of the University," a very influential meeting assembled in the
Guildhall on Monday, under the presidency of the Mayor (Dr. Falconer;,
to receive T. 1). Acland, Esq.. D.C.L.. the delegate from the Uni¬
versity of Oxford, and the Rev. (i . S. Ward, Mathematical Master at
Magdalen Ball, the examiner for this district The number of candidates
for examination—57 junior and ia senior-showed that the proposed dis•
tinctions to be conferred by the University are not lightly regarded In this
neighbourhood. The examination proceeded throughout the week in the
banqueting-room of the Guildhall.-On Monday a meeting of the
friends of the University Examination Society for Birmingham and the
midland district was he'd m the theatre, ol' the Midland Institute at Bir¬
mingham, to hear au explanation from the Kev. Dr. Jeuue, Master of
Pembroke College, Ox lord. as to the object of the scheme.—These exa¬
minations commenced in the schools at Oxford on Monday afternoon,
when the Vice-Chancellor dfcev. Dr. Williams) addressed the whole body
of candidates (senior and junior) in the Convocation Ilouse, and explained
the views of the University in introducing the scheme, and the advan¬
tages which would accrue to those who passed a successful examination.
The examination proceeded throughout the week.-The Oxford exa¬
mination of pupils, not members of the University, commenced at the
Royal Institution, Manchester, on Monday, and was expected to last the
week There were 125 candidates present, 26 being of the senior class, and
?9 of the junior.
Tiie Progress of Art in Ireland —Mr. Disraeli intimated
to a deputation of noblemen and members of Parliament interested in the
progress of the* fine arts in Ireland, who waited upon the Chancellor of
the Exchequer on Tuesday, that the Government will probably contribute
towards the erection of a National Gallery in Dublin.
Labourers’ Friend Society.— The Prince Consort has an¬
nounced his intention of according the prizes to the successful candidates
of the Windsor Labourers’ Friend Society for good conduct, &c , generally
termed the “Royal Association." The ceremony takes place in the
Home Park on Saturday (to-day), on which occasion there is to be «n
exhibition of plants, flowers, ferns, grasses, vegetables, fruits, &c. In the
evening the event will be celebrated by a dinner in Windsor. Guildhall,
on which occasion the Belgian Minister has consented to preiide.
Marlborough College.—T he annual distribution of prizes at
this college took place last week, in the presence oi his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge and several members of the aristocracy, lhe cere¬
mony derived peculiar interest from the fact that the late head master of
the school availed himself of the occasion to take his farewell of the esta¬
blishment preparatory to proceeding to the scene of his new Ubours os
Lord Bishop of Calcutta After the distribution of the prizes, his Lord-
ship received some very handsome and highly grutitying testimonials of
esteem both from the old Marlburians aud from those who have lately
been under his care.
Floods in Derbyshire.—S ome villages in Derbyshire were
on Thursday week deluged by heavy lloods descending from Kinder Scout,
oue of the highest liltls in that mountainous country. Stone walls were
washed down the foundations of houses undermined, aud crops or corn
and other produce swept away. I t is conjectured that the calamity arose
from the bursting of a waterspout.
A Fatal Baii.ivav Accident, causing the deaths of three
persons, and indicting grievous injuries on nine or ten others, occurred on
Thursday week in a cutting of the London and North-estern line, near
Huddersfield. It was caused by some heavy lumber--waggons getting loose
upon a siding, rushing down an incline, and smashing the end carnages
of a passenger train —-A terrible accident occurred ou Sunday night to
an excursion train which was running from Portsmouth to Loudon. The
three last carriages ran off the line at Lishopstoke, causing tae death oi
one passenger and seriously injuring several others.
Shock of Earthquake.— A correspondent of the Banffshire
Journal, writing from (irantown says :-“A somewhat smart Mrtl..,uake
was felt here and in the surrounding parishes ot AborneJiy and Latin!
on Sunday, the 6th June, at eleven p.m.”
Explosion at Brentford Distillery.—W illiam Morris>
aged twenty-two. expired in the accident ward of St. George's Hospital,
oil Wreincsdav. He was cleaning out the vats at the Brentlord Distillery,
when the coll liuc-d air, coming in contact with a cundle, exploded Ilki a
park of artillery, carrying away a part or the roof, and burning the un-
iortunute man in a horrible maDuer. lie was promptly conveyed to the
above-named institution, where every assistance was rendered tu the
sufferer till death put a period to lua suflerings.
Terrible Boiler ixri.osiox.—A frightful calamity has taken
nlare at the liliymcey Ironworks, in one of the South Wales lalleys. by
wlikhsevenpersons lost their live*, and a large number were injured, more
oS mtctSy Both ends of the tube of one of the boilers gave way.
?nd Mured forth an immense volume of boiling water, just in themanucr
of a JSS “point-blank range. Tills discharge carried every onebcforeH-
oi a gun or pom awav. An eruption ol a similar kind
took'place at the other end nimullaneously. unrooting the smith’s shop.
SmliE two men frightfully. The victims in front were the coasters.
SSiSSmS about thirty of the latter were injured in
^/decree Three girls, who stood directly in the way of the charge,
wire killed on the’spot; and a young man. named Walter Morgan, was
were ttuea on ine .poi. : James Singer, a coaster, who
TOWN AND TABLE TALK ON LITERATURE, ART, Ac.
Dawson Turner of Yarmouth is no more. At a ripe age be died,
remote from Yarmouth and his native Norfolk. He had a true love
for English antiquities, and that love (because it was true) be tmght
his learned daughters. Need we say that Dawson Tamer was a great
and a wise collector f He was (for our times) a Cotton and Harlsy in
his way. He saved from the cook, and even worse negl ct, papers of
historical importance. His English Royal Letters (may we appeil to
Sir Frederic Madden without his leave?) are of the utmost value.
And as for his Norfolk and Normandy collections, art and
literature combining, ask Mr. Palmer of Yarmouth, Mr. Fitch of
Norwich, and Mr. Harrod of all Norfolk.
Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen I
(for thus Gray of Eton and England exclaims)—but hast thou seen, iit
thy long running, such a run o£-dirt beneath and above and plague
ashore, as thou art uow seeing? London, it was said in reply to Queen
Elizabeth, would stand where London stood, and now stands, so long
as the friendly River Thames ran pleasantly through her. But does
she run pleasantly now ? If was said years ago (sneeringly of coarse)
that the Thames salmon was the Thames barbel. But the Thames
now is a nuisance and a plague—a disgrace to Sir Benjamin Hall, to
Mr. Thwaitcs. to Parliament, aud Sir Peter Laurie.
Handbookers and others record—not without lively matter—the
deaths of men like wifi i’rwin and Mr. Button ; good (nay, first-rate)
tavern, inn, and hotel keepers of their time. A man of their race has
just disappeared from among ns—old Ellis of the Star and Garter at
Richmond—in his way not to be matched. He knew and he could
npprove; his vintage (when we were young) was good, smacking in
full anil (yet dry flavour of vintages such as King Charles II. loved—
that King of all English Kings who understood and drank fine vin¬
tages—none the worse for bis foreign education.
Englishmen (we regret to re-lenm) are too fond of writing their
initials—nay, their names—on monuments which Time has done
enough to disfigure. That excellent architect and antiquary, Mr.
Fergnsson, has newly returned from the Crimea, aud in a letter (tu
print) complains loudly of the desecration of the monument erected
bv the British army in front of the Redan to the brave men who fell
like heroes before and in tlie Redan. Travelling Englishmen
(nay, Scots and Irish) have recorded their names, too, ou this
monument—disfigured tlie momtment, we grant. But are not
the rudely-sculptured names, we ask Mr. Fergussoii (not Mr.
Ruskin), additional and significant marks of sympathy with
English heroism on the day of the Redan ? It is, of course,
sad in some respects to see a work of art carrying rude art about it ;
but Mr. Newton of the British Museum (a scholar certainly) would
be glad to recover a monument wrought by Phidias or his pupil,
slightly disfigured with cuttings tliat would help scholars to the read¬
ing of the Rosetta stone.
The literature of the day has not done that justice to her Majesty’s
visit (progress shall we call it?) to (or into) Warwickshire which
Laneham in his letter did to Queen Elizabeth's visit to Kenilworth.
Perhaps—assuming Mr. diaries Knight's not-to-bc thrown-aside con¬
jecture that Siiakspeare was present at tlie Dudley carnival—we will
express a hope (not ungenerally spoken) that some future Sir Walter
Scott was at Kenilworth when Queen Victoria visited Dogdaie’s War¬
wickshire.
Tlie t tern Great Exhibition of 18U1—coinmethorative and perfect in
its way—will be (thus mns the Talk) at Battersea Park. And we
like the suggestion. Wise men advised Paxton, before Sydenham
was thought of, that Battersea, with its river front, was the place:
but shareholders were wiser (as they thought), and Sydenham was
selected. Is it true (we hope so) that a fair amount out of the Ex¬
hibition surplus of 1951 is to be handed over (could it be better
employed ?) in aid of the Exhibition of 1881 ? Ask the Prince of
Wales, who will then be of age.
EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF TBE LATE VISCOUNT
HARDINGE, G C B. BY J. H. FOLEY. H.A.
This noble work was uncovered on the lith uU. for tho inspeitiou of
her Majesty and the Prince Consort, who were plowed to express their
highest approbation of it both us a likenosa unil us a work of art. It
represents Lordjiardicga surveying the field of battle. The dignified
reooee of the rider contrasts finely with the fiery impatience of the
pawing Arab meaneo which so nobly bora his mister tarongh the
glorious victories of the Sutlej.
The warrior, who, owrog to the loss of his loft huad at tho battm of
Ligny, holds the bridle in his right, bestrides hia favourite stood with
easo and dignity; and the hendless cuff, which rests on hia side, sho m
how well he fought and blud for his country. Tbe sword, tho handle
of which partly conceals this fact, ia a copy of one that he always woro.
and whioh was presented to him by the Buko of Wellington, ts whom,
it fell by the fortunes of war, it having been manufeotarad for
Napoleon. In the arrangement of the diets it appears to havo been
Mr. Foley's objsot to give nnoh general outline, but. ot the eanio time,
to retain all the characteristics of tho costume; and ia this ho has com¬
pletely succeeded. A cloak thrown back over the left .alder rovoals tae
(omi mililary uniform which Lord Hiidingou*od to wc.tr os Govrmor-
General of India. It consists of a frock-coat, with a star upon the loft
breast; trousers with tho regulation stripe, a rich sub. nail a croaa-
hiltedeword. The management of the cloak is excell-n:: t: fehsaround
the figure in light and easy folds, and in this reaper: f r-an a contrast
to most of onr bronze statute, where the drapory ovorjoivuredho-fisure
by its ponderous folds. .
This group was cast from puns taken during too f> '.ill war and
weighs four tons. Tho casting was made by Elkingt .il and Co , of
London, a: their works. Nowhsll-atnsot. Blntiimshun. 1’s height is
fourteen feet, and that of tho granite base is eleven fee*. The poiiest si
which is of tae finest Petethead granite, will near the lbllowiiig
inscription:—
This Statue was erected.
By the Inhabitants of British Indie, or various r.i-es aui creeds,
to Hexhy. Viscount Habdixoe.
In grateful commemoration oi’a Governor woo, trailed in war. -ought
the arte of peace
To elevate and improve the various matters committed to w» <■ urge
and when recalled to arms by unprovoksJ Invasion.
At Moodkee. Feroieahah. and Soliraon. maintained the rcputeti ,u which
In youth lie won.
By turning the tide of victory at A'bncra.
In ashort time the status will rear its grur.doutlinosgahut the sultry
eky ot India—its deetiuai.oa being Calcutta.
The whoto work is treated in so masterly n manner that we are not
surprised at the enthusiastic admiration it has eailad forth, or the de¬
sire on tho part of the mast eminent artists in i.vau.'n to havoadup-
licate of it tor this great msuupolis, no : only to .. • m tmiu_*» “{•
man it represant*, but ol»o ti> provo to form««r% -•« - .aotifithdUnduij
tlie many drawbars which ur*. lurtMuhriy .-a. is Kw to in
England we have emongst us Umse who are c.i. -oleof produmog
works as fine as have over Uwa produced atner :u ancten. or mode
times. __
An Exhibition of 5Iodern Ari -M a.v n act. res, eh her
This exhibition is the first attempt which has bem mid- to lUn trat un¬
practical influence of the schools of arL ,,_ ,
Professor Donaldson has been elected T can o' ti c Faculty of
Arte and Laws at University College. London, for the -onion of ItM-a
This is thought to be the first occasion tliat an nrchlteit. as such. Ims
been elected in this country to such a position in a.coll igo m connection
with one oft h- leading universities of the Laltci Kmgooui.
624
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[June 26, 1858
BBOKZE STATUE OF THE LATE VISCOUNT HAEDINGE, G.C.B.. TO BE
EKECTED IN TANK-SQUAKE, CALCUTTA. -{SEE PRECEDING PAOE.)
June 26,1858.] THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
THE MORNING AFTER THE GALE.”—PAINTED BY E. DUNCAN.-FROM THE EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOU8-&. - sic next pace.1
626
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[June 26, 1858
"THE MORNING AFTER THE GALE”
BY E. DUNCAN.
Mr. Din car exhibits always the same honest genuine feeling,
whether in the farm, homestead, the shepherd’s walk on the bold
verdant downs, or on the boisterous briny deep. In all he is truly
English and true to nature. We have seldom seen a bolder or more
suggestive sea piece than his “ Morning after the Gale,” exhibited at
the Water-Colour Society’s rooms, which we have more than ordinary
pleasure in engraving, ior the reason (one of the best tests of a good
picture) that it engraves so well. Yes, the night of tempest is past;
and the day has dawned coldly and pitilessly upon the havoc it has
made. The sea, still swollen, but less agitated on the surface than
during the actual storm, rolls heavily and lazily towards shore;
and rolling heavily, hopelessly, on its vast heaving bosom is the
wreck of a noble ship, waterlogged, and threatening every minute
lo settle down by the head. Numberless boats surround her,
seme of which have succeeded in taking oil* the crew; whilst others
have been employed the livelong night in the hope of
effecting a salvage of the ship itself, or of part of her cargo, or of
any loose spars or odds and ends which have floated off from her.
The whole composition is one of wonderful auimation, and pic¬
tures que in the highest degree. In the details of shipping Air.
Duncan confessedly stands A 1; and in this work he bus bestowed
uncommon pains upon them, both as respects selection and exactness
of ponraiturc. His sea also is admirable for its fluidity, for its mo¬
tion, for its massiveness, and for the idea of inert power suggested.
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK.
Sunday, June 2 :.—ilh Sunday alter Trinity.
Monday, 28.— OJueon Victoria crowned, 1838.
I desday, Peter. Stockport Riots. 1852.
Wednesday, 30 .—Earl of Argyll beheaded. 1885.
Thursday. Jujy l.—Arctic Expedition sailed, 1857.
Friday, 2.—Visitation of the 15. V. Mary.
fcATUJiDAY, 3.— Dog Days begin. Quebec founded, 1608.
TIMEb OF HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE,
r OH THE WEEK ENDING JULY 3, 1858.
8 »ucl»-v. I Mcmi.n I 1uP«dny. I Wednesday. I Tbunwlny. 1 Friday. | Batvmlay.
* , i A i*l A l M l A l ,t a m a u a m A
h XU I h xn I h n» I h m I h n Ih m | h m h m h m h m h m h xn h m h in
•• 1 •' ' 1 •’ 1 I ■ >•» I •-* 1 « !' I 1 !f" 4 «5 I 111 i <11 ill li 6 4S
B EK MAJESTY’S THEATRE.—Titiens, Alboni, Piccolo-
mlii, BiiUltl. i eutirn'iso, VlnMti. Alcifchitri, aad G.ugHfii.—7bsf llowicj.,-orraage-
u.tuu have bv*n n-icc.— '1 L) 81 AY, Jl t\b iS, will be repeated LUISA MlLLErt. l.oSsn,
MtJie. FtccoJcui.iu. Fcdolua, Memo. Aftxciii: Rodolfo, bljr. Giagiini. And a Divc-timiium
tutu Annex'* tailtt cl'** 1 * fcotrmnLuU," with Memo. Uciati (her first appearance) and
fctcl «. Fcccbiui. tn ‘I HU'K* 1 -aY, J ft Y I Uxu* tight), will be repeated 1L TKOVAXOSB.
Lectins, Mullo 1 ti,-i.*; A/ixetni, Me me. Album; tud Mmuico, Dig. GiugLui. Ami a
Liven; tit mint, with l 4 du.ii. Jhorati aid Mdlle. l'oecbini.—Ihe Optracoiuintuccsat 8 o'clock.
A^I nmaMO be maCe attic Box-eflicc at tbo 'J htaire.
r«HiATRE ROYaL, HAYMAKKET.—Last Week but
JL One of the Scat on ot Five Year#.—Worn ay, Ta-Hday, Thursday, Friday, and Uuturday.
’* AN UNEQUAL Ma.LH Mias Amy hccgvnck. VV«.cue»as.v, Juuo 30, Miss Sottnwick'.
liLNLFH, sod LfiitFi#lit lut Six, r iHE r.ChOOL K>K SCANDAL Lady Tcarle (ftret
time la Lor Gen;. Ml h t«.'nvick; wlih A DEAD BflOT. Hector Timid, Mr. Bucuione:
Louise. Mbs fctCfcv ink; and a BALl.tT. After tbe Comedy, cn Monday and Tuesday, BOX
AND < OX. sou #. BALLET- Oh Friday urd Jtetttmiay, after ihe Coi’neuy, A STRIKING
WIDOW, util a BALLET. Lau Night of me Season, b&ttudsy, July 10, uuuMr. Dackatose’s
Reii< tit.
K OY.AL FRINCEbb* TH.fcAT.hE.—Monday and during the
W«k will be prturitcd fchakspesro's P.'ay of THE MEK( HaNT OK VENICE. 8 by-
.cck. lykr C Kwtr: for la. by Mrs. C K«an. Preceded by tfirst time) a new Korea, In
ocean, entitled DUNG FOR LOVE.
wURREY THIS ATM.-Sir. and Mrs. BARNEY
V. 11 1.1 A Mb for Six mere Nights.—On MONDAY and during me Week, RORY
• / MObK-.Mqiis Is IVil tamo, C. .1. tmiih, Bland, B. Norton, Volia're, Miss Kate Keilv,
Mr fill cgu n AN HOUR IN fEVJLLE- Mr. fcinclair, Mr. W. Smith, Mis. 1). Williams.
l.Al*bl 1>H031 oil* loLK— Mr. sod Mrs. B. Wluiami.
A LHAMDRa. TaLACE, Leicester-square.—WALLET!’S
( LLEBEATF 1' LQlLSTnlAN COMPANY—Mr. W. F. Wnliett begs respectfully to
n.i-jim hi* Fr ei d# and the s u lie that bo has made nrraxgxmoma with tho preeoat Leasee*
ot tbo AJhsmbia Petroe. leiccster-a<,narc, to ojea that popular and magnificent Estab-
j*hnun., tor a Short 8 ta/ 0 U. IwolVrforir.aDCcs daily. *i he Grand 51 id my Entertain m-jji t
ciAicenres at u.t Two o Chock; and that in iho Evening openhiff at Seven o'Clock,
ctnnicBctrg at Eight o'Clock, with an unrivalled Troupe of Artistes and hit htud ot
Bctutltsl Hones. Great Muc-css or ths LM.tvimti Farndy. Admission : Private Boxes, from
x 2 ta. tor* Ua- e«th, bials,5*.; Ruuivtd Scr.ta, 5s.; Boxes, 2a.: Pit, la.; G*llerv, 6 d. Pri¬
vate *f* and et»L* can tnly be secured at tho Aiharoora Palace, Leiceater-square; uua
at Mitcleli'i Libruiy Box-ctfico opiu liou Tea Am. mull Five pan. No foes fur booking
piact*. Lhikfttn unde* n no j cars or ago hnlf-prico to all pern except tlie Gallery. Under
thaolMctU n ot tU'iin. Li.ma and Cmliiug. ’iho mos» perfect ventilating- apparatus b&s
t ern rwenDy coi^trbe.Ud under tiio direction ot’ an nmicent lTn 6 iucer, am! the Alhambra
Palace is sgtr tbo OOOhst building in Europe. N B. tiexaun tioxete ox' the Great United
fi; ales’ Clrcna arc net aUmluibie.
L ast nights of mont blanc.
Mr ALBERT SMITH’S Voauvina, Naples, Pompeii, and Mont Blanc, WILL CLOSE
cn Tuesday eretieg. July «hh.
E VINJRG IL'IL at the ROYAL CBEMORNEG^UIDENS
on FRIDAY, July *.).
LUt of Ltdlce Ffitrontaaea, ttom wbcm alone Vouchers con be obtained:—
H»r Grice tho Dnclit s of Rft-btiiOLd. Tbo liight B»n. tlieCounioM of Yorboroustb.
Hit Oiacctcel isebta* oj cu lnxjacd. TheRIglit Hen. tho Countess Dowager ot
Htr Grace- thu I :«b«is of Manchester. ■ Lkhtliud
Her t-iaie the Ltichm o' Wimiwa. Fbe Eight Eon. tlio Countca* of Beotlve.
La Lithe*iado Ko Aipino- Ibe light Hot. the Vlacountew Bumngton.
'lheEtsi Hoc. M*li_ Maitbicnt-as Of Alles- the Right Hon. tbo VUoounten Combennore
ttry. 'i bo tugh; llou. the Visoounttas Ingveue.
The Most lion tto SJci< Itlo-.eia of Loti-lam The Bljfht Hon. th.- Lady Bateman.
T be Most Hen. the Msithicneta of Btanoic. i i ho Lady Cliarioue Egerton. .
Tte hi» bt Ern. iho icnnu-»a ct Uitowsbury. | The Lady Mary Craven.
Ibo Right Hen. tic Ct mUM oi Derby. Laiy Howard.
*1 bo Bight Hem tlio Ccuntet# of Clarendon. 11 edy Hogg. /
Vtuthete, nithtLt which f ectracce can by any powibllity bo obtained, will be exchanged
for ticktte <•( admlwlou at Mitcheil’* Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-stroat, from and niter
Piir'oy, Juno ri, until 7 but tony, July 1.
June SI, 1158.
TV 0 TICK— SAL RED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—Country
It Fa ftu im rs urrivu.^ ia Lcnion far tho Gicat Musical Festival at iheCsystal Faiau-o
on Fj Way luxt 2nd July, itr» it<iue»tcd to tlacrvo tluit thoir tickcte will Co ietuco. on penouttl
application, at No. t, t -tua- Hali t beimt-n tho Ikhitsoi Five and halt-putt Six, p m., o.-i \NTd-
ueiduy next, tlie "Ctb li*«. ln»tum*ntel lumbos of iho LrcfceUia are ruuundod mat .be
Foil h<ccaifr>l of th* Orcb'Etrai and Mi nary Eanna will bo hidd in too Large Hall, K >.c-'e.-
Eull, onMosdxy. tbo ^8tb in«i.,m twaive o'do.U. exact t me. Tlobnnl Vccel K«bcar,al of the
Two Tbou»acu liioial I txloimer* wlh b» iteld la vio s»u,« place on Wodneaday Evfcning, tbo
i-Otb ot June, at levin oTlccv, t *nct linn*. Piirttoulars of tntraucaa will bo advert;>od m
Wtdnctday Inoiring s papas liuth tlie above rthccisalE wnl bo strictly priyato
No. tt, |-xtt<r> all, Juneiith, 1858. <* \
QiGJNORl ih, DLL ETTA and .bOIJJ^I^A^N^Mi
O GLAND MATINEE MUhll ALE. at WlLUh’SvBGOMS, T»r. BIONDAY next, JUNE
;o to ri.-mu a te at H. if-tretlv.o o cJ- ck. YocahktS: M'.-tiiamyj.Jx'Bbk^Pj-nc, Satan I*yne,
Cusi rtl an c, Mr. ct>1 in: t igi oil J!atria, toliai. BuoioH, Mcnari. <Jimlno, Herr Richard
Dick aio >J. Ju'taLoom Iciuumvnimists: Uyrr Rubinstein, Herr JoaobUm 8ig. Pintti,
rig. Cava.'li. f Ivnhti-A'iou puai atevn: MM / Bee cut ct, Csoijanu, i’insuU Bilctta. and
bslfe.— hetervio te»ir. JL,.; Tick U. Hit. 0.*. May L* bail at tho principal Music Ware-
boctea: erfdt-f£>g. Em. Bilctta auu 8ig. holiai, 2x1, Kcgcnt-ktiect; it. W. Ollivler, H',.01d
Bond-eireet, W.
T;. MAKTU’b HaLD.—M r. blilS REEVKS
will e‘r gat a (ft ft ml V<y»l and Iirrutn-ntid CONCERT on WEDNESDAY Eretlng,
July Jth.—ticket*, la.: He**rvtd Beats, is.; Ejtal iL numbered, 3s.— at be Hail. Further
partlcclara itoill). /
QT. JAMES'S IIAI.D—For < nc Sight Only.—The BRAD-
JO FOfcD FEaTiVAL CHOIcAG SOCIETY wflVnjako their appearance in London
bb itneffty > vcu.i f list, Jum. ‘/it, et F?j,btr&cleek. Solo Vlolla, Heir Jo-ehim ;SoloPiano-
fcite, Mr. Chiirict iiallr. Tickcia.ho/ and la. Rnetvtd fctut,, IB. td. and ana a
limited r cm Ur cl notahulls, 7*. Ct^ii'cr, 1 oa!e, and Co.’s, 201, hvr,cnl-Bin>et; and Chappell’s,
5fi, New lk nd-stuxt. _ ^ y _ | j
T HE ST. JA J.1ES : 8 HALL.—The Minor Hall (entrance
Piccadilly) TO LK Lk V bj^fhe Coy, Jpjrr t^Xetm. from June 28th. The Great Hall
can also be np’i, < a Ivr Lcti-jt-pvor iytr.iug (.ouccrta. Ball*. Lcctuira, Mootings, «c.. upon
toy modc»aietwm*rnnr'i.B tWrrtontbs N ar duly. Afcgus:, und 8cpitnibcr. Extensive celtiir-
tgt under the Hall and uffic^Ur he l.a, Alt pur t.cu.ivni on application to the Beervtaiy, 28,
Piccadilly. ..
U SIC AD UN Jb~N.—RUBINSTEIN’S Last’
PeifounancaTifiLondon *!da S&uori, TUESDAY NEXT, at the Director's Grand
Matir.'*, tT JaMLhB HaLl. »jiiyjcbmc:— Quintet, In D. Mosoxt; Quintet, K tia
mlt«r, Buinmr; -/i;DFuxEi;«, ♦uugby Mr. 8cuilcy, FlntU; Ponata. Kitmofono oolo, E ndaor.
Op. ‘lo/Ltctbcvoii/.by oiiL« 'SVocul Plect*, stiug by Madame l.emmons eharington
Violin^KmoT^rch/r-i. raganlbl^ Piano Join#; Nocturne, Field; Berouao, Chopin; Turkis
Match, Kidns or Atltess- BM.-iLhvtii/ i -tcutauta: Joachim, Blngrove. Piaitl, Ac., and
KublDftielD. To I- put tHa day at T br»e o ctcck. Dotrsopra r.*. Half-past I’wo. Viiltora’
Tickeia to be b*d t. f Ciam* r and Co.y; Ciwppcl and GUivkr’s, Bocd-Jtreot.
J. Ella, Director.
OVAL lOIfTIXENTG INST1TCTH.N.—Patron: H.R.
liighr«»at!iafririV*Coc*trt— Mr. Pepper'* Lc*.«e having expired on tbe 2Fh hut.,
thvNobbity, '.,rtry and the Pt ><lic at l&nco are raspcc -.'tiliy iu tonne J that, this imuituDoa
wiU n :uiure iw .-writ a un ttwr tht imnuciato tMcrvldon of tlio Foard of Duo.-tors.
Ev».Ty altentkn wLl fco {&!•! to tbe ptpolai Fxp>Mon, by l«:tur»s and Experircenw, or all
thg*r I rattehtftCf Natural 1 tiilc»oj bj,' hcimsuy, Cpiua, Mi oanir* and lK'ni'-TticEoouonay,
I: vt *i crRiraily tstabbi bod In 182c, ».x.. i hrs i ctjuutil to nUiinnu'shed a reputation
At ihe unto time i aticoa) Amur mert ard Icstrtction wnl be ia blended, by the additiou of
Mu*:c. I'ctcFul J Ifi*t»atiuxj*. t i solving Vi«w». a . . ate-., m* torcncvr a vi*it to it at alt tlun.3
a loci o of grat t eat en. Spcctai tutcuon will t - i»id to tte tnureet or Fatenteee and
lnvvuttta;ind a>i tht»- who Cimxc tubililywdl -bt&ln It bv i.-nding Models, an., of thoir
invauites, th* cut and or iteta of wb ch veil to -xt lainal tJtho p.blic, free of cost to tbo
trf|«ietc.-». 0;iLct>,liun lathe to five; EM-niris*, ixom 8ev«a to Ton.
K X Lonoi OTTOm, ManagiegDirectcr.
J*0. W - »t, 9c mary.
pRYSTAL PALACE.—ARRANGEMENTS for the WEEK
\^J ending JULY 3rd.
Monday.—Coronation Day. Open at 9. Ono Shilling.
Tuofdny.—Concert of tbe Bradtord Festival Choral Society. Open at 10. One Shilling.
Wednesday and 1 horsday.—Open at 10. One Shilling.
Friday.—The Great Musical Festival of 1858, by Two Thou-san<l Fivo Hundred Performers
of the Hnndol Festival; and Display o' the Great Fountains at 6 p.m. Open at 12. Admis¬
sion Half-a-Guinee. bee special udvertiaement.
Saturday.—Floral Promenade Day. Open at 12. Half- ft-Crown.
pkYfcTAL PALACE.—EVENINGFLURALand MUSICAL
I’ROMENADES.—Tbo teiracc*, mounds, sio.-.ea, and valleys of tho perk, brilliant with
Rcecs, Gcraniutx a, and an ia>ratnM 3 number of other Plants ia fait bloom, and in every
vatlcty of ccJocr, ere crowded every evening with (iastdonabla promenaders. Tbe HEW
WIND BAND, specially tngoged to perfonn promenade music, FLAYS EVERY EVENING,
from half-past 0 till half-pant 8 o’clock, in the mc-ft p,cture*qne parts. Seats, Ac., are pro¬
vided lirr visitors, and rofrisbiui nts arc supplied In the vlcmity of the Band.
C RYSTAL PALACE.—The GREAT MUSICAL FES-
T1YAL ot 1858, with the Two Thousand Fivo Hundred Performers, er-mpritiog the
liar del Festival Orv>c*tra. in FRIDAY NEXT, JULY 2 nd, 1858 Vocsluu: Mo* lame
Clrta Xoveilo, Mrs. Lockey, Madamb Lenimtns bhenlDgion, Miss Palmer, and Mr. fi-m»
Rccvnt PdOGHAMMl-:.
Part 1—rbora’o, The Hncdicdth Psalm; Chant, “Venite, exuhomu* Domino,” Tallis;'
Trio, -Lift Thine eyes,” and Chorus, -He, watching over lsrail” (Elijah), Mendelssohn;
Chotns, **Wiien HU loud voice” (Jephtba), llandcl; Chorus. -The Lord is good" (E1D,
Cost«; tinarati and Chorus. "Holy, holy, holy" lElllah), Mandolflaoim; Motett,
"Ave veium oorpus," Mczart; 8 crag and Chorus, "PhUIsilnes, Hark!” (Ell), Costa.
PaaT 11.-Lhoius, "Oh, iho Flcasuie of tho Plains’- (Ads uad Ga atoa "j, Handel;
Put Bcng. "Farewell to tbo Forest.'- Mendossohn; Chorus, "To Theo O Lord o’ail ’
(Piajei—M cbp In kgitto), Risslrn; Irin and Chorus, "ceo the Conquering Hero comes "
iJuous Ma-cafcus), Handel; Soil and Cho.ua, "CaJm is the glassy ooeau " (idonteneo).
M ran; Cherts, "Hear, Holy Power ” (Prayer Masantello), Auber; bong and Ctioras,
•*God save tbo yuecn •’ Conductor, Mr. Costs. Mr. LrowxumUh will preside
at the Urvo Organ built fer tho Groat Hatdil Fes’Jvnl. The Band will ln-
c ede tbe Members 0 ! tho Band, of tho tuicitd Harmonic society, tbo Royal
lUlun Opera tho Amateur Muilcal 8 oclety, tho Crystal Palaso, Ac., Ac., togeth-r with
the Crystal Pa'aco Wu.il BaLd, sed th« ful barnii ot Iho tirtnadlcr and Coldstream Guards
Tbo cberu* will l>o coin post'd of tbe U00 member of tho London Amateur divkion of the
Great Handel t est>viii i boir (compritiur within its runs the Chorus of the 8 ncred HrrmonU
roc ttj, and including selections from nil tho other MstropobianChoralSodiJcs), too leading
ttofcwional Chorus lingers, the Two Hundred YoikshlroChoraJlsts, lncludlog tho celebrated
Lhdfotd Choir, with Deputations fr< m many of tbe leading Provincial Choral 8 ojieties, the
Cathrornis, aud various Continenu:! Choral and Part song Choirs, thus forming u total of
Two Thousand Fivo Hundred Pcrfcimets, sally occupying tho Grout Orcbei.ua built ior tbo
Handel Festival, und prvMenUng an ensemble of Muilcal i alent equalling, it not KurpahSiug
,n «tfeotiveness, >he uumcrablo opening of tho Palaco In )85l, and tbo Groat haodcl Vtstival
of 1857. ‘ihe entire Musical Amfigenienta under the Direction of tho Committee of tho
Facicd Harmonic Bodety. Tbo door* will bo opensd at Twelve o’clock. The performance
will ccxr.mtnc© at Three ami terminate about Five o'clock. Admission by the onluiary
ecacon i itket (One Guinea); by oinglo Day Ticket, purchnnod on or bo oro Thundr.y noxt,
Esven bhl Bugs ana Slxpente or Family D*y Ticket, lor ,oor p.-rsona (to boalsoprcviously
putt bated as above), One Guinea. Numbered Reserved Beats iu tho Area, Five Shillings
cxita. In the Gtlieiics, IQs. bd extra. J ickeis (wnlch must bo securoa beforehand) iuo biw
on i nJo at the Crystal Palace, or at tho Central Ticket Ollioo, N'o. 2. Exeter Ilall, where block
f lung of »eat« »a at tho Groat Hacdci Festival may be iaapeotod. AdratMion to tho Crystal
alt co by psyn ont on the Day ol tbo Performance, Ten RaiUingi and Fix peace. A Dlsploy
of tho enlire seiks of tho Great Konutains will tsko place Due Hour attur tho conduiion
of Iho Ptrfeinianco, via., at Six o’ccck: and tho Military iiiuHa and Crystal Pciaco Wind
Band will penona in tbe Grounds until dusk
Ti/fiR CHARLES D1CICENS will BEAD i\t ST. MARTIN’S
JL.VJ-. HALL, on THURSDAY Evening, Joly 1, at Eight o tlock, THE POOR TRA¬
VELLER, BOOTS AT THE BuLLY-ThhE INN, and MhS. GAMP.— Mills (nutnlxred
ard i timed), 5s.; area and gnlicrlea, 2s. bd.; unreserved Biots,!#. Tlckfwt o bo nod i.t
Mesaia Chapman end Hall's, Publishers, 183, Piccadilly; and at Ot. Mortlu’s Hall, Loug-acro-
M B. and MRS. GERMAN REED’S NEW ENTEKTaIN-
MEKT.—'Tbo Now.Series of ILLUSTRATIONS by Mr. and Mrs,ItEEy v.lutoMUs
i. Horton) Every Evening except Satuidoy at 8 Saturday Afternoon si 3. JWaUstoo,
»»-» 2s., and 3 j. Stall# secured without extrn cbaigo at the KOVAL GALLi-RY of IlLUs-
1 RATION, 14, Bcgcnt-sueot; and st Cramer, BeaJe, and Co.’A,/5K)l, Begent-itrtot.
C hRlSTY MIMSTRFLS, Poljgraphic Hall, King William-
iirtct, Strand.— Entertainment ccmmences at Bight. Morning Coucexi every Satur¬
day st T hrte. An entire Change of Pxogrsmmo, iiitroatuaug BUBLLS JUE ca the CIRCUS.
Dress Mailt, 3«.; Area, 2a.; Amphitheatre, la.
S OCIETY of PAINTERS in WATER COLOURS.—The
FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION ia now OPEN at their Gallery, 5, PALL-
MALL h AbT (close to Trafalgar-squaro), from Nino till Dusk. Admittance. It. Oatalogno. bd.
/ JOSJU'H J. jsK kins. Secretary.
|IHE NEW SOCIETY of FA1NTERS in WATER
A COLOURS.-Tho TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL EAHLBITON of this Society It
ROW OPEN, at their GALLEBY, 53, Pall-mad .(near fit. James's Palace), from Nina dll
doth daily.—Aambsioo, it.; Season Ticket, 6*. James Fahky, Recro:a*y.
M R. AfcHPITEL’S DRAWING or ANCIENT ROME
now exhibiting In tbe Royal Aca t, my. A Key-plate and Description just published.
PriceCd.—K. hi Ab>Oi.l>, Charing-cross. \
R OSA BONHEUR’S NEW PICTURES, *‘LandaisPeasantb
Going to Market," and "Morning >n tho H igldauds," together with her Portrait, bj
bo. Dubulfo, axe NOW ON VIEW at tho GERMAN GALLERY, 168, Now Boud tueet.
Admission, It.— Open from Nine till fair.
Jar*. 1*58.
TTKENCH EXHIBITION.—The FIFTH ANNUAL EXH1-
I? BJT10N of PiCrUKRil by Modorn Artist# of tho Froucn School U NOW OPEN to thu
Public at tho French Gallery, 121, Pall-mall, opposite to tho Opera Cclounaao. Admitslou,
it.; catalogue#, Gd. each. Open from 9 toft Gaily.
M AYENCE-on RHINE.— Professor GAKNHAM, B.A.,
having a comfoxUbio Englith homo, wishes TWO or THREE 1’UPlLiJ for GERMAN,
French, Italian, &c
TLKLEY WELLS HYHKOPATHIC ESTABLISHMENT,
JL W harfedald, Yorkshire.—This delightful and unrivalled residence for Invalids aud
visitors Is shunto in tlio beautiful valley of the Wh&rte, *ix milts from Holton Abbey. Tho
general end mtdlcni management is under tbo Immediate direction of Dr. Edmund Smith,
thO M dl-knownHy a/ opaihlc and Uomccopathlo Pi-ysLUn, Into of lihettleld. Forproipeatne#
and further information application to bo made to Mr. BfKACiiAN, ii»uoy Weils, rnmr utloy.
TEI.F OF MAN.—The ROYAL HOTEL, on the PIEK,
A DOUGLaS.—WILLIAM 111LL I’roprlotrr. Hoard and Lodging, is Gj. per day. No
oFocsfo Barvnnta. Eocloto a *tarap for a sketch ot tbo island, il» amltialUes,
'objects oflntoreat, climate, and advantages aa a sea-bathing pluco.
UNfc, Bieech-loaders, Double Kifles, Patent Revolvers, Air
VIrt Canoa, &c. Superior Doublo Fowling Pieces, 10 to 2*'i Guineas. Improved Breech-
luo^sv Tor quick firing, to load with cartridges—REILLY', New Oxiord-streci, Londui-
A RMORIAL BEARINGS,—No Charge for Search.—Sketch
and description, 2#. ttd.j in colour, 5*.; Croats ou seat# or rings, 8 e.; ou die, 7f. Boiiu
gold, 18.carat, Bail-marked, eoid or bloodutono ring, engraved with crust, two guineas,
l. MORlNG (who lias received the gold medal for engraving), 44, High Hoib.-ru, W.C.
'Price-list post-free.
I NDIA.*—MILITARY EJLELD GLAbSEb ot the very finest
description, with all tbo recent improvements, same as supplied tj bir Col.a Campbell
and the diitf cilicer» now serving m luuia. Aa iinmenso variety to >«;oot from at
CALLAGHAN*8, 23 a, New Bood-btroot (co ner of Commit-.troet).
O PERA, KaCE, and HELD GLASSES, in every variety
of 11 X 0 . fetm, and prc«, at CALLAGHAN’o. 2'A, Now Bond-street (cornw of Cou-
ouit-strctt). Sole Agent lor ttm celtbrated small and powvrnil Opera and Rnco Glaiaos ui-
vc-uted ;and.made by Volglliinder, Vienna. N.B.—Decrf.Lking Uiaases and iolc*coj>ca of
all kinds.
I ''OK FAMILY ARMS scud Kcmc and County to the ROYAL
1 HEKALDiC OFFICE. No fco for March. Arms marshaliou and omlila;:cnod: plain
• ketch. 2a.; in colour#, 5*. Family rciiljrroea traced, with tho brigtnal grant of trnu, &s.
Ansscn copper plate, for books, ihe.; ditto, marking piotoe, *. Crest ou seal or ring, 7« ;
ou steel die, tie. No higher ;«lco. "Tlio Manual o: Heraldry," sUU Engravings, , by
T. GULLET ON, Gcr.eulogist and Heraldic Engraver to her Majotty, 1 and 2 , Loug-acro (ono
door from Bt. Msttln's-inne). btutlio and Library open dai y.
C HOICE ELOWER-SEEDS, each son Is. per packet, sent
ro«8go-paid. Cidccoltma, Cinttaria, Frlmula fimbrtata, retunia; Gennsn Double
bumptec,ihu imcdiato,Emperor, aud newlargo-lbmtingtcu-xtoak# 1 Stocks, Doublo Car¬
nation and floe tee, Ulster's Doublo Ho ivhock, and Paul’* Doable Hollyhock.—BUTLER ted
McCL'LLOCB, betd>incn, Coveot-gaxccn Market, London.
T ILL AS at MODERATE RENTS.—There is no property at
BRIGHTON that pcs*cores cijual advantage# to tho VILIJVS la PARK CRESCENT.
They are well arrengcu, fitted with modern conveniences, and finished with good u*to.
The soil is dry, the locality beelUtfnl, tho distance from mo sea agreeable, mo viotvs of the
Town and Down iemery extensive and uninterrupted. Tho ploaturu grounds, extending to
lour aerta, aro picturesque, and the exclurevo uto of them is secured to tho resident#.
TTio Terms lo RENT or FLKCilAcE mv m<xlerate.
Apply to Messrs. PARoONB ana t>ON. Estate Agents and Auctioneer#,
0, Marine Psrodo. Bxigitten.
C iULUGNK, the RHINE, GERMANY, TRIESTE, DEN-
J MARK. SWEDEN, Ac.—NEW, SHORTER, anl CHEAPER ROUTE^-The shortest
end cheapest xotne between England and tho above- named places is now via KottercUm und
tho Dmcb-Kbennfh Hallway.
Through 1 lckets are issued at Rotterdam for Duraeldorf and Cologne, from which plac*s
Stosnws run several times daily, passing tlixough .ho wi>ole of the ociebratod acvneiy ot the
Rhine. Theio sr« frequent iluUy ccnimunicationa between Cologne and Bonn, Alx-la-
Chs(aDe, \Vei»buden,Raci<n Badeu, Frankfort, Cntlurnhe, kc.
Through Tickets ire also issued for Broun n, Hanover, lJorburg (for Hamburg), Brunswick,
Msgdtbnrg, Pctsdam, Berlin, LMpoic, and Dresden. l’arsengor# adopting tho Dutcu-
Jihcxmh Route to these places will cot only escape the Inconvenient* oi landing in small
boats hi 0*tend, ana crowing the lihine at Cologne or Ruuiort, but, bv avoiding tne long
d-tour by Co'cgne to tho OUrhauseu Junction of the Cologno-Minden Railway, will effect a
largo saving both hi di*itnc\> and eijanse.
Fifty pounca of luggage are allcnco, free of charge, to every passenger for Germany.
The ccuzuiv rf tbo Duteh Government oppose* no obstacles to mo ossy poisago of tra¬
velers through Holland Now that the racih.ies for obta'ning Foreign Office passports have
been »o much itirrmied, SDd their price reduced »u Domical turn, travellers are recom¬
mended to provide themselves with th«.m ia preference to Consular passports asthoformor
require no vita for Piunia. Vbf* fer Holland may uj obtained of tho Dutch ComuL 2J4,
Great at. Helen’s, Bubopvgate-strect.
Evtiy info motion us to rates, routco. posapor Ac., can bo had on applicotioo, personally
ct by letter, to Mr. JOHN V JANaUN, Agml to the Dutch-Khrujti it.i.w*y Cc:upr.ny, 6),
Grrcecbcrch-tuivt, Louden, E.c.
B oston, sleaford, and midland counties
RAILWAY COMPANY.—The Directors of this Company are pn-pored to rveeivo
T tNDERS for LOANS, in sumo of £100 and npwards, for throe or five years. Uucre.it, at
tj percent, pay»blo h*lf-yeirly.— Application# to bo addres ed to Musar*. Btanlland and
Chapman (tbo Company’s Solicitor* >. at Boston; or to ths Secretary, at the Company’s
Off.cot in London. Hbkm:rt*Ikokasc,
Chidnnan of the Board of Directors.
Offices, Ut, Moiton-street, Euston-tquare, London, N.W. lbth Juno, 1858
f ONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK.—Notice is hereby
XJ given that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of tho Proprietors of tho LONDON
ana WESTMINSTER BANK will bo hoM at the BANK HOUSE, ia Lothbury, on WED-
NE 8 DAY, tbo 21«t JULY next, at One o’Clock precisely, for tbo purpose of tectlving a Half-
Yearly Report from the Directors, and to declare a Dividend.
Lothbury June 9th, 1868. J. W. GIUU 8 T, Gooor.il Manage*-.
The Transfer Bock# of the Company will be cJoied from tho ftd to the 20th of July next, to
prepare for the Dividend.
AVALBY COLLEGE, RICHMOND, SURREY.—
Patron: Ficld-Manhal the Right Hon. Viscount Comlermero G.C.B., G.C.H.
Hfeklcnt Tutor: The Kov. K. Broadloy Burrow, BA., Oxon—
Fer General Education. Tito Collrgo will Beopeu on Ujo 26th July, when the Midsummer
Vacation touninates. For Prospectus and Informal ion apply to Captain Barrow at tbo
College. ' ; X x
THE
QUEEN’S VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM,
STOXELEIGH,
WARWICK, COVENTRY, AND KENILWORTH.
TEE FOLLOWING ILLUSTRATIONS
l)J THIS U)TKRt,,TlS*G ZYZST WUX ATTKAJl IX
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
For SAickiiAY next, July 3:—
Presen tot ion of the Address in the Townhall, Birmingham, by the
Mayer and Corporation.
The Guninakers’ Arch, Gosta green, Birmingham.
The Arrival of her Majesty at Stonelcigh Abbey.
Her Majesty’s Bedroom, Stoncleigh Abbey.
The Address of the Managers in the Great Gallery of Aston Hall.
ASTON HALL. (PRINTED in COLOURS.)
Her Majesty Planting on Oak in the Grounds of Warwick Castle.
WARWICK CASTLE. (PRINTED iu COLOURS.)
Tlio Departure from Warwick Castle.
Medal Commemorative of the Inauguration of Aston Park aud Hal
In addition to the above the following Engravings will also appear:—
“Tho Best in the Market.”—From the Exhibition of the Society of
Female Artists.
“ Faith, Hope, and Charity.”— Sculptured by Thomas.
Portrait of Ira Aldridge, the African Tragedian.
Eruption of Mount Etna.—Four Illustrations.
Portrait of the Hon. J. A. Alexander, the Premier of Canada.
Mucross Lake and Longh Leane, Killamey.
Medal commemorative of the Marriage of the King of Portugal with
the Princess Stephanie.
Price Fivepence only: no extra charge for Coloured Prints.
The Coloueed Pbists of Asios Hall and Warwick Castlb
will he presented Geaxis to all purciiasers of the Number for July 3.
Sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen.
Office, 198, Strand.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Notwithstanding the large size of the ordinary
Number and Supplement of the Illustrated London
News (consisting of Twenty-four pages), it is found
impossible to fully illustrate passing events without occa¬
sionally issuing extra Numbers for that purpose. But, to
suit the convenience of Subscribers abroad aud in the
provinces in paying their subscriptions for this Journal,
it lias been determined that, for the future, no more
than two Double Numbers with Coloured Supplements
shall be charged for during each half-year. All other
Extra Numbers that it may be found necessary to
issue will be presented Gratis to Subscribers. The
subscription to the Illustrated London NewSj
therefore, will he as follows:—
SUBSCRIPTION, INCLUDING ALL DOUBLE NUMBERS.
ro.n., I 6TAMPED COPIES.
UNSTAMPED COPIES. (T„o S> po« f<w fourteen itaj,.)
Per Annum .£1 3 -II Per Annum . £1 8 0
Per Half-Year . nil 8 | l'er Half-Year. 0 14 0
Per Quarter . 0 5 IU | Per Quarter . t) 7 0
Office, 198, Strand
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
LOXDOX. SATURDAY. JULY 26, 18S8.
Annually —as regularly as the balmy skies oi the month ot
June pour down fatness and fertility upon the green tields of
England—the inhabitants of the great metropolis of the British
empire are scared from their propriety by the fonl smells of the
River Thames. In the cold weather the feculent corruption, the
monstrous nastinesses that arc ponred into this great river,
and kept Boating up and down between Gravesend and
Richmond, do not simmer and boil up fever to be inhaled
by the people to the same extent as in this glowing and
glorious midsummer: but, when the thermometer stands at
86 deg. or 90 deg. in the shade, the death-pot boils, and
cholera morbus surges up in the airy shape of a pestilent vapour,
to breathe which is destruction. Every year, as the population,
trade, and manufactures of London increase, the nuisance becomes
more stupendous. Philanthropists, physicians, public writers, fathers
of families, every one who has eyes to see and a nose to smell, is
painfully aware of the bideonsnessof the abomination, and calls lustily
for a remedy. Ent no remedy is forthcoming. In our free and
enlightened country no Administration has courage enough’ to
stake its existence upon a question of sanitary reform — even
although that reform, if accomplished, would entitle its champions
to the highest reward of successful virtue, the gratitude of con¬
temporaries, and the undying recognition of history, it almost
seems, when questions such as this are under consideration, and when
wholesome compulsion is necessary to force the taxpaying public
to do justice to ihemselves and to those helpless creatures de¬
pendent upon them, as if free Government were for aU beneficial
Jdne 26, 1858]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
631
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
The Premier’s illness has delayed the progress of legislation in the
House of Lords, the Hebrew Compromise Bill, among others, being
postponed. Lord Lansdowne's very reasonable suggestion that the
India Bill should not be forced in a hurried manner through the
Lords, but that its principles should undergo an initiatory discussion
while the bill itself was before the Commons, has not been accepted
by the Government, which may think that the India debates in which
the Lower House has been engaged since the middle of February
have left nothing to be said. Earl Grey—who is the concentrated
essence of opposition to everything—gave note of hostility. There
arc sixty-six clauses in the bill, but the “ fighting grounds ” are
limited in number.
Our representatives have been heroically sitting, both night and
morning, to be poisoned by the stenches from the River Thames, whoso
fata! influence may now be clearly traced in the Registrar-General's
Report of the past week. About one hundred deaths in excess of
those for which we have a right to look in London during the middle
week of June are recorded. Two children have died of cholera, and
one strong man, who on his death-bed deliberately attributed his fate
to the poisonous fumes from the water. The foul odours arc unabated,
and, if possible, increasing, and yet the Session is being allowed to
slip away, and no step taken for commencing the process of improve¬
ment. The causes of the nuisance are perfectly clear, so are the
means of cure; but, because the outlay of a few millions is required (a
debt which may very reasonably be distributed over the next fifty
years), no Minister has the courage to demand the amount. If it
were a question of arming ships, or embarking soldiers, there would
not be a day’s hesitation in asking for ten times the sum—it is so
much better to spend money in killing our neighbours than in keep¬
ing ourselves alive and well.
Lord Derby’s Government has not deemed it necessary to pay that
of the Emperor the compliment of submitting to be defeated in a pro¬
secution against the press. In the cases of Truelove and Tchorzewski,
who were indicted for publishing libels on the Emperor Louis Napoleon,
and pamphlets in which the patriotism of the dagger was considered
to be advocated, Sir Fitzroy Kelly allowed an acquittal to be taken,on
the accused persons making, through their counsel, the most ample
disclaimer of the motives and intentions imputed to them. A wise
discretion has assuredly been exercised by the Ministry, and, as it is the
business of certain writers in France to pervert and torture every act
and speech of Englishmen into evidence of malice against their neigh¬
bours, we may look for some entertaining comments.
On the affair with King Bomba, however, some of the French
writers have chosen to take a sensible course, and have been permitted
to amuse themselves at the expense of that potentate. M. Taxile
Delord, in a witty dialogue between the King and his Minister, repre¬
sents the former as having devised a notable plan of his own for re¬
venging himself on England. The King reminds his Minister that
Vesuvius is, providentially, hi eruption, and tliat the English, who
are great sightseers, have gathered in shoals to behold the phenomenon.
The Sovereign proposes to turn them all out of his dominions, and
send them home in such a state of fury against Lord Malmesbury for
having spoiled their fun that they will organise an opposition that
must shortly hurl the tyrant Minister from office.
Paper may be considered in a very fair way towards enfranchise¬
ment, and if people (with pens in their hands) will forbear to use it
in a way calculated to promote strife and increase taxes, the striking
off 1 the duty will not be very long delayed. The House of Commons
has taken the important step of passing a resolution condemnatory of
the tax. The discussion, though not very long, contained the pith of
the case, and the mischievous effect of the duty upou educational
processes of all kinds (we do not mean merely the production of
school books) was clearly Bet out. In days when the writer is the
only teacher to whom people will listen, it would seem hardly neces¬
sary to dwell upon the policy of removing any obstacles in tku way of
employing the best and highest talent that can be procured for
writings that are to give the tone to the public mind; and it required
the ingenuity of a subtle mind like Mr. Drummon d s, rendered foggy
by certain theological mists, to see in the effort to remove the tax
“ a flattering of the newspapers.” However, let us get the duty off,
and we shall be able to teach the people a better theology even than
that of Gordon- square.
A very new view of holidays has recently been taken, and it is
rather edifying. It is held that bankers’ clerks, cashiers, and others
in situations of trust, are not only entitled to occasional relaxation,
but ought to be compelled to absent themselves for a time, now and
then, from their places of business, because thus much fraud may be
prevented. While a fraudulent person is on the spot, and vigilant,
he can keep his irregularities safe; but if you send him away to
Southend or Herne Bay you break the threads of his plots, and he is
pretty sure to be found out. So now a clerk who wants a holiday
seems to have a new and a proud claim to one. “ I should like, sir,
to have a little sea air,” will henceforth mean " Examine my books,
compare my balances; I am Mw /ms <dy«c Arid a
man never taking a holiday— always a bad sign—will now lie almost
enough to warrant a call for A 108.
KivAF.iuiu.il Address to this Makchjokess ofLo.vdon-
Ks tales of the Earl of Antrim, being shortly to be sold
pETBV Ihl ■ pv.atts Court, the tenantry upon tic estates, seemgthe
m theEneumberid UtaU coun ylalelilonc?? ofLondonderry,
prosperity of thosewho hem lantu sending a deputation to her
Copied me unusuid but franiymg ec propcrt / n0 w about to change
Lf.uysbip, requesting hex o purena ^ ^ ^ Cenetits which they knew
cwntrs, that they aieo * moved The deputation waited upon the
these upon the Hujoluirg j on Friday week. Circumstances have
ilaiehlonegg at her town rcs.dtnct on irmiiy> guecested, although
prevented the, Marchioness was
feature in tire relations betweenlandlore ajid.tenant
Mails for Norway —The Postmaster-General has .ssued the
ESS »SKS®'85S® l £ r g*Ty
Norway, instead ct via Sweeten until U. 4d . the Half-
age to he taken on tetters addressed for charging j„-
oince, and so on. according to the, scale now In operation n B t>
land letters. This rate eonqmscs both the British mid foreign I^.ta e oa
k,,CT '
mr ss regards registered letters, the postage upon which,
h registration toe* must be paid in advance.
Canada. —The Postmaster-General of Canada
laving ofjiewspapers and
•e forwarded by Canadian mail-packet. . , r > _ ntT - !
; tM d a noui’iif an ri^C u ^^^^^eUnhtedK^gdom
music .
The two Great Italian Theatres, since last week, have
been doing nothing that calls for remark. A series of "last nights "
of Mdlle. Tiriens has been^ given, on the understanding that this great
star was to disappear to-night; but happily she has obtained a pro¬
longation of her cengl from the Vienna Imperial Theatre, and will
remain in London three weeks longer—a great boon to Mr. Lumley
and the habitues of Her Majesty’s Theatre.
The Drury-Lane Italian Opera is going on with increasing
spirit. The brilliant appearance of Madame Pauline Viardot in the
“ Barbitee di Siviglia” has been succeeded by that of Mudroe Per¬
sian!, on Monday evening, in the “ Puritani.” There woo an immense
audience, and the fair prima donna was welcomed with en-
tiiusiaf m. It would be absurd to say that this accomplished lady
is what ehe was in the days when she ahoDe as one of the groat stars
of Her Majesty's Theatre and the Royal Italian Opera. But she looked
remarkably well, was beautifully dressed, and, with a little help from
the imagination, mado u charming representative of the youthful
Elrinu Her voice has lost some of its power, but it is still sweet
end flexible: and she sang with the artistao finish which has always
distinguished her. She was but indifferently support© i. Signor
Naudin, who enacted Arturo, was wrofully unlike the gallant cavalier,
and his singing was a caricature of Mario's. It is said that the com¬
pany is to gain another accession of strength in the person of the
veteran Tamburini, who has aocopted an engagement at this theatre.
The Philharmonic Society gave their last concert of the
season on Monday evening. The following was the programme:—
TART i.
Orertnio, “ The Ruler of the Spirits " .. .. .. .. .. Weber.
Aria, *' Parte, ms tu ben mio," Miss Lonlia Pyno, with olaiinet obligato
accomparamint by Mr. William* (La Cleimnzadi Tito! .. .. Mozart.
Conceito. Violin (No, 8, Seena Cantanle), Herr Joachim .. .. .. Bpahr.
Dnelto, Mias Louisa Pyne and JA'm Buaan Pjue, • Come, bo ray " (Der
FTeiachiltx) .. .. .. .. .. .. .» .. Weber.
Overture, ♦Lcor.oin’ .. •• .. .. .. .. .. Beethoven.
I’AHT It.
Brafonia in B flat (No 4; .. .. .. .. .. Beethoven.
Pritie et Barcarole. Mils l.ou ? aa Pyno < I/EioHa du Nerd) .. .. Meyerbeer.
Concerto, Violin, H«rrJoachim .. .. .. .. .. .. Moodalesofcn.
Overture, •• TannhauMr *• .. .. .. .. .. Warner.
There was only one symphony instead of two, the usual number, but
that symphony was one of Beethoven's greatest, and the overture to
“ Leonora” is almost of magnitude enough to be considered ©symphony;
while the two concertos are also orchestral pieces of the first mag¬
nitude. Mendelssohn’s concerto had been played by Joachim at a
previous Philharmonic concert this ssason; and it was in conse¬
quence of tho immense impression which it then made that it
wus now repeated. Of all tho musical strangers who have
visited London this season, Joachim has been the moat suc¬
cessful, and deservedly, as he is, longo intervallo, the greatest
violinist since Paganini; Miss Louisa Fyne sang her two airs
with singular brilliancy ; and the pretty duet from the “Freisahufcz/’
in which ehe was joined by her sister, was nicely sung by both. The
Quten and Pxince Consort, with a large party of Royal and illustrious
visiters, honoured the concert with their presence. Early in the
evening thore was an awkward accident: the gas nearly went out, and
the fear of being left in darkness throw the audience into some con¬
fusion. but, fortunately, matters were put to rights before the Royal
visitors arrived.
The principal benefit concert of the week has been that of Mr.
Benedict, which took place on Monday morning, at Her Majesty's
Theatre. It was on a magnificent scale, and contained much interest¬
ing matter. Not only all the principal performers of the theatre con¬
tributed their talents, but there were several other singers and instru¬
mentalists of the first rank—including Madame Viardot, Mu dame
Lem me lib, Miss Louisa Pyne, Joachim, and Benedict himself. The
theatre was crowded in every part with fashionable company.
The Boyal Surrey Gardens were opened for the summer
season on Monday evening with an excellent performance of “ The
Creation,” under the direction of Mr. Land. The solo performers were
Mr. and Madame Weiss, Miss Clara Hepworth, Mr. George Perrin,
and Mr. 1 .avrier. The orchestra and chorus were large and powerful,
and the whole performance was received with great and deserved
applause.
On Wednesday morning the Tonic Soi.-Fa Association had
a juvenile choral meeting at the Crystal Palace. There were 3500
children, collected from the various schools of the association in
London and its neighbourhood, together with 500 male adults, the
whole forming a choir of 4000 voices, which completely filled tho great
Handel Festival orchestra in the Central Transept of the building.
They sang a variety of psalms, hymns, and chorales, intermixed with
part-songs and other secular pieces, and delighted the audience
by the purity of their harmony, the freshness of their voices, and thsir
youthful animation and ardour. We were, we bolieve, foremost among
our contemporaries iu bringing fully before the public tho nature and
merits of the “Tonic Sol-Fa System ” of vocal instruction, aud the
preat EuicesB which has attended the labours of this society and its ex¬
cellent president, th« Rev. M. Curwen, in spreading the knowledge and
love cf good music through every part of Great Britain.
A concerKwas given in St. James's Hall, on Wednesday
evening, for ike benefit of the Royal Academy of Music. It was
specially patronised by the Queen and tho Prince Consort, who
were picftnt, with a large party of Royal und illustrious visitors.
A host of vocal talent was employed, including Mademoiselle Tiriens,
Madam© Clara Novello. Miss Louisa Pyne, Madame Rudersdorlf,
Madame Weiss, Miss Messeut, Miss Dolby,. Miss Palmer, Madame
Vieidot, Mr. Bims Reeves, Signor Giuglini, Mr. Harrison, Herr
Reichardt, Signor Belletti, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. Allan Irving. The
otcbestiu and chorus were numerous und powerful. The concert
was conducted by Mr. Costa, its only_ novel feature was a selection
from 6 muss i omposed by tho Earl of W estmoreland, which occupied
neariy the whole of the first part; the remainder of the concert con¬
sisted of well-known pieces. The hall was full, and many noble and
distinguished persons were among tho audience.
The Brauford Festival Choral Society have received
her Majesty’s command to appear at Buckingham Palacs on Monday
next; and on the following Cay they will give a grand concert at St.
Jamcb'B Hall, assisted by Herr Joachim and Mr. Charles H alit?-
At the Martlebone Li terary and Scientific Institution
M r. A. Schloss, so well known in the musical world, takes his benefit
on Monday next, tho 2$th. Both in the vocal and instrumental de¬
partments several popular artistes will make their appearance; aud
amongst others we may cite the names of Miss Louisa Pyne, Mr. and
Mrs. Weiss, Herr Beichardt, and Mr. Harrison.
THE THEATRES , $v.
Ft. James's.— On Friday week Madame Riston, who has again
visited England, made what we must regard as the great venture of the
present season. On this occasion she came into direct competition
with the late Mdlle. Rachel, in an Italian version of “ Ph.Mre, * made
by fcignor F. Dole 'Ongaro. The result was precisely what we had ex¬
pected. I he performance exhibited rather points of contrast than
comparison. Madame Bistcri’s efforts are all of the broad kind—great
rhetorical displays, with some strong attitudinal close, not those
minute and startling interpretutions of tho text which gave so much
variety und force to the style of Rachael. Madame Riston is power¬
ful at a climax, but you have to support a heavy length
of declamation before it is achieved. Fine eflects of voice and
pec lure were frequent, and the applause that Ehe received was
thcrouehly deserved. Though in a different way from Ruche., 6be is
decidedly a great actress. On Monday Madame Riston enacted hor
mo6t triumphant character, Medea, and was as potenLy impressive as
ever; and cn Wednesday ehe took another role from Rachel s repertoire,
Adrimr.c Lecoutrtur. Tho same remarks also apply to this character
as to the Thtdrc, with the special addition that, m accepting Rachel s
raitp, the n6W actress takes, too, somethingof her manner. In a word,
there are traces of imitation; and in all such cates there must be. The
house has been poorly attended; but on tho last occasion there was a
visible improvement.
Ha ym \rket.— Mr. Ruck stone closes his theatre on the 7th of
Julv. after an uninterrupted series of performances over five hundred
niah's. The interval between the cliamg and the opening, which w ill
•sie place at (he <rd of S3>tcmbor. will bo employod in renovating
and redecorating tho theatre. Thelloymavket company pr ee», rviffi
Mr. Bookstore, to Manchester, there they ccmnKccc .. sber. toa.cn
cn the 11th of July.
Sadler b Wells. —The Adelphi company visited this theatre
on Monday. The pieces were “Green Bushes” and “Our French.
Lady's Maid.”
Surrey. —Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams commenced an en¬
gagement here on Monday, with “Ireland As It Wa3,” “Our GM,”
and “ Barney the Baron.”
Boyal Polytechnic Institution.— This week has been the
epoch of a serious change in the management of the institution. Mr.
Pepper retires from his position as Bole lessee and professor of
chemistry, and solemnised the event by a complimentary D9nefit, ex¬
tending over the mornings and evenings of three days—Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday. A great variety of attractions was
accumulated to do honour to the occasion, Mr. Albert Smith and
other celebrated entertainers having come forward to assist, with the
addition of a Grand Fancy Bazaar, and an inauguration of an Educa¬
tional Museum of Domestic Economy, which last we understand is
still to remain in the building for the use of the public. The
different dioramas were also exhibited; and a serio-comic musical
entertainment was given by Mr. F. Lennox Home on the
national music of England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries,
in addition to Mr. Pepper’s ovtc. lectures on chemistry, with brilliant
experiments. On Wednesday 6veirtng there was a grand concert by
Mr. Henry Leslie and his choir, and Mr. Albert Smith also sang
“ Brown on his Travels ” At the close of the evening Mr. Pepper took
leave of his audience in an appropriate address. Our best wishes go
with Mr. Pepper in these “new pastures,” towards which, doubtless,
he will direct his great industry and intelligent superintendence. The
immediate cause for his resignation is the ineligibility of his having to
pay an additional rent of some three hundred a year on tho renewal of
the lease, It is to be hoped that his successor will direct at least equal
attention to the scientific objec ts of the institution, and not permit the
desire of gain to pervert it to the more ordinary ends of mere enter¬
tainment. We have thought that lately there was a tendency this
way, as if amusement were about to supersede instruction. The sooner
the directors retrace their steps the better.
Madame Lind-Goldschyudt’s Visit to England.—T his
distinguished iatiy, with her husband and two children, a son and
daughter, arrived in London last week, with the intentiou of remaining
in England some time. The family have taken possession of a villa in.
the suburbs of the metropolis.
Fainting in Crinoline.— The fashion of crinoline has re¬
ceived a severe check in Vienna, where the actresses of the Carl Theatre
have been prohibited from wearing it. This measure was rendered neces¬
sary by the fact that an actnss, who, in the character of an orphan, was
to have fainted away and fallen to the ground, found it impossible to
realise the latter idea with anything like nature, from being so strongly
cased in her steel-bound framework.
Adventure on an Uninhabited Island.— The Englishmans
for the Mosquito territory arc landed on Cassava Island, & few miles from
fihiclields. This island is uninhabited, but an English ollicial visits it to
receive the mails. The latter are deposited in a wooden hut On the I3th
ult Lieutenant Slaughter, R.N., the Admiralty agent on board thestcamer
Cly<b , and two officers of that vessel, were obliged, after having deposited
the mails, to remain in the hut a whole nieht in consequence of bad
weather. While the officers were there, a negro entered the hut with a
lighted torch, and accidentally set fire to a powder-cask, which blew out
the side of the building, and burnt the negro dreadfully. Fortunately the
Admiralty agent and his companions escaped injury.
Direct Trade between the Great American Lakes and
Europe— Five three-masted schooners had sailed from American ports
for Liverpool with cargoes of Hour, wheat, black-walnut, and staves.
Several more were loading; one vessel wag taking in black-nut for Lon¬
don at a Canadian port. Ibis promises to become a flourishing trade.
Guano.— A Correspondent informs us that the Peruvian Go¬
vernment charge £l 12s. per ton more to British farmers than to those ia
the United States, the treight being the same. Is this true? If so, there
ought to he a remedy somewhere,
St. Matthias, Richmond-hill.— A bazaar on an extensive
scale, in aid of the funds for erecting this church, now approaching its
completion, from the designs of Mr. G. G. Scott, was held on the 16th inst.
and two following days, in the grounds of Mount Ararat, the residence of
Mrs. Grosvenor. The attendance wa9 numerous, and on the first day the
scene in the afternoon was very animated, in consequence of the visit of
the Prince of Wales, who remained in the grounds about an hour, and
made many purchases of the ladies who presided at the stalls. The funds
of the new structure have received a large addition from the proceeds of
the bazaar, and it is expected that the consecration will take place in a
few weeks.
Presentation to Miss Marsh by Railway Labourers.—
After tlie funeral of a “navvy” (recently reported in this Journal), the
workmen agreed to present Miss Marsh, the authoress of the “ Memoir
of Captain V icars.” &c. with a small token of their esteem, and an ex¬
pression of their gratitude for her valuable exertions on their behalf. A
subscription list was immediately commenced among the workmen, and
an ekguntly-bound Bible was purchased. On Saturday evening, Messrs.
N. Sharp. J. Weston, J. Grifiith, and G. Sharp, foremen in the employ of
Messrs. Smith aud Knight, the contractors, who were appointed the
deputation, waited on Miss Marsh and presented her with the Bible,
which had the ioliowing Inscription:—“ This Holy Bible iH most rcapect-
tudy presented to Miss Catherine Marsh, by the workmen employed in
the execution of the Mid Kent and Crystal Palace Railways, as a mark of
respect for the kindness rendered to them during the progress of the
work.” Miss Marsh, who was deeply affected by tliia tribute, expressed
her sincere thanks to the deputation for their kind gift, which she would
ever value.
Vesuvius has almost ceased to throw out lava. On Monday
last the mountain sent up globes of smoke mixed with ashes, which may
be regarded as one of the indications of a declining eruption. Since that
time nothing more has been witnessed.
ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS.
Nai les, Juno S, 1858.
Or 'the two accompanying Skotches of the present grand eruption
of Vesuvius the first is a distant view of it, as it appeared from
Naples cn Saturday night last, and tho other a view ot the mouths
which feed the great stream still running down towards Ro sin o. As
a general view, there are few things grander than what one witnesses
from St. Lucia—the two great BtxoamB of liquid lava flowing down on.
each side of a ridge on which stand tho Observatory and Hermitage.
That on the left, after running to a certain distance, falls intoagigantic
ravins, called Fosso di Faraono, and thence courses on towards Mussa
di Somma and several other towns and villages. That one on the
right, issuing from the mouths represented in tho eocond .Sketch,
runs through the Piano dolle Gine6tre, and, frilling over cascade*,
descends into the Fosso Grande, which is traced through cultivated
grounds down to Resina On no evening has the eruption been
so fine as it was on Saturday evening. The fountains of the fiery
deep seemed to have opened up with fresh vigour, and, when
your Correspondent visited tho fated spot, the work of destruction,
a little above Resina, at not more than an hours distance, wus
going on ut a rapid rate. Ihe vinos were scorching and lighting
up like matches, while the tall trees shock like giants overcome with
ftur. There was a perfect calm around us, and yet tho trees waved
backwards anil forwards as though struck by u heavy wind. The
peasantry wore running about, 6ome of them cutting down timber,
and taking up poles from the very edge of tho fire, for, with the aan-
guineness of hope, they had left it to the last moment; most, how¬
ever, stood by silent and overwhelmed with grief. The width of the
living stream was hero about 800 palms. It wus black on the surface
for the most part, for a slight exposure to the air hardens and darkens
the exterior, but, rolling on, fbo fragments fall off from the top and
fuco of tho stream, und then tho fire is seen and the intensity of heat
is felt. Over this vast black bed there ran, moreover, wide streams of
liquid fire, so red as to dazzle the eye and so fliud as to appear like
gullies. On mounting we passed by a house imbedded m the •troanu.
Close by it wse a lumdiomo viila. ut the foot of which run the red
river, destroying oil the grounds. Higher up was a house which fall at
midday, and now could only be discovered by tho massive white frag¬
ments intermingled with the black masses. A short distance higher,
and wo stood on the spot of spots, from which one could look down¬
wards on the rolling streams of fire-for there were two m this hoaeo
Grande—and upwards to tho sources which fod them. Tho lava was
running with tho rapidity of a racehorse; it was running down in the
form of cascades, of eo pure and liquid a fire that it might have
issued from an iron furnaco; and so it continued* as far as the eye
could reach, carrying with it ruin, poverty, and all but death, for 1
have not heard of any lifo lost as yet.
The next grand point of view is behind the Observu^ry. ino
SticExn on the left had skirted it and the Hcrmitago; but thore was no
fear fir them as yet • tho Fosso is very deep, and it will take a long
632
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[June 26, l8S8
time to fill up. There is or was danger, however, lest those two
streams might meet and cut off the descent to Naples for the inhabit¬
ants of those two solitary buildings. Hence some anxiety, as the only
retreat would have been up to the foot of the oone behind those
blazing sources, and so down on Torre dell' Annunziata. Language
fails me in attempting to describe adequately the scene behind the
Observatory—fir*, fire, everywhere—a vast mass of burning oharcoal
moving on slowly and majestically. * Si face diavolo, nel Fosso di
FarsOLe,” said a scout returning from making hii observations, and,
looking down upon it, we wondered not at the old fable of a ma¬
terial belL It seemed to the imagination like the realisation of
a B^lemn truth. On the morning of the day that we were up
there had been the eighth shook of earthquake felt since the commence¬
ment of the eruption—local shooks all and indicating the great
power which was working below. Eeluotantly we turned from this
THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS, AS SEEN FROM NAPLES.
gorgeous sight, and retraced our steps We now ascended by the
light of the setting sun, which shed its equal light on the s nilingvin*-
yards below, and on the black masses of metallic*looking oharcoal
above. The stajs were all out, and the glowworms were crying
to rivnl them with th*ir puny lights, and vain fireflies glistened
through the air Our guide, too, must needs light hie tonh—g»ievous
neoes.-t y, for it impaired the effect of the glaring fires ascending
from the ravine;—but a necessity it was, as there were
snags in the ground and diminutive ravines on either
side, and sometimes thiok brushwood. It would not do to
pause, else might an artist’s eye desory a thousand wonderful
effects. The road was cut off bv the rapid advance of the tide in our
short absence ; we were compelled, there lore, to make a long round,
until we came once again in front of the fire. The ourious, the
compassionate, and the speculative, were collected here together by the
thousand. 8 ome were picnicing on the almost living embers; and
others, houseless and forlorn, were crouching in a cave, the substitute
for the houses whioh fell this morning. Borne were Selling cigars,
water, lemonade; and others were consuming them. There was a
vast deal of noiss and vulgarity of sentiment, ourious to look upon,
but not in keeping with the scene It was more enjoyable above, if
I may use the word, in the deep s lenoe of comparative solitude. 80 ,
let us off to Naples; and. amidst a forest of torches, a continuous line
of carnages, and a crowd of pedestrians, we retraced our steps to the
capital.
The two Sketches which I send you are most faithful repreeentationa
of different parte of the view To exaggerate the grandeur of the
soene would be impossible At the last moment, I inform you that
there is still great activity on the mountain; and the smoko, which
is rising up from many points, promises a brilliant soene this evening.
THE ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS.— THE MO i .S OK THE GREAT STREAM OF LAVA
633
June 26, 1858.J
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
SIR JOHN RATCLIFF,
MAYOR OF BIRMINGHAM.
Her Majesty’s visit to the metropolis of the mid*
land counties, the head quarters of one, or rathe*;
many, of the great specialities of English industrial
life and energy, possesses many features not only of
passing but of permanent and great historical in¬
terest. The Queen's name is happily a tower of
strength in every part of her Majesty’s wide
dominions, but it was hardly to be expected that to
democratic Birmingham—Birmingham of the Re¬
form agitation—Birmingham of the Bull ring—was
reserved the honour of off-;ring to a beloved Sove¬
reign one of the most remarkable and impressive
ovations that ever were spontaneously prepared by
a loyal and liberal people. If any captious sceptio
bad a doubt as to the monarchical tendencies of the
English people, any hesitation ia believing that their
loyalty was a sentiment of love end respect as well
as of duty, he should have visited the great iron
city on that morning, and seen the people pour-
ins in in thousands and tens of thousands, in
holiday garb, and with radiant countenances, to
greet their Sovereign as she passed through
the town, and give her that inimitable and
un purchasable cheer whioh can only emanate
from ihe hearts and lungs of a free and robust
{people. It had been imagined that Birmingham
was one of the last places in which the hope of a
Royal visit would have roused the loyal feelings of
the vast population from their lowest depths, and
have caused tbe toiliDg artisan to suspend his labour f
for half a week in order that he might join in a
solemn and impressive demonstration of those feel¬
ings which he entertained in common with the rest
of his fellow countrymen But the truth is that the
Queen’s presence has long been desired in her
mighty midland city, has long been the object of
eager aspiration; and it was reserved for the p esent
princely Mayor of Birmingham, John Ratcliff, Esq.
—now, we are happy add, Sir John Ratcliff— to be
the main instrument in bringing about an event
which cannot be less gratifying to the Sovereign than
it is delightful and honourable to her subjects. Sir
J Ratcliff is one of those great manufacturers only
to be found in England who, having amassed a
colossal fortune in trade, retired from business, while
yet young, with the laudable intention of revoting
both his time and his princely resouroes to the wel¬
fare of his native oity. He has now been twice
elected Major and during his long period of office
he has spared no expense, grudged no exertion, in
furthering everything that had for its object the
benefit of the town, or to attract to it on solemn oc¬
casions the great, the learned, and the illustrious of
the land.
The conspicuous position which the Mayor of
Birmii gham Sir J >hn Ratcliff, occupies in (he pur¬
chase of Aston Hall and its noble grounds, and their
preservation as a puhlio park and museum for his
ftllow-townsmen. together with the wisdom and ex¬
traordinary energy he has displayed during bis
pubbo oarter, may render a brief memoir of thii
eminent citizen of the capital of the midland counties
not uninteresting at the present moment.
It is not our desire, neither is it our practice, to
render praise where it is not due, or to awaken an
interest without being satisfied it will produce a just
appreciation. We find the biography of the truly
worthy Mayor of Birmingham singularly Interesting, and we cannot
but think the records of so well-earned a reputation both useful and
enoouraging, as it at once proves that industry and integrity, com¬
bined with principles of indopendanoe, are capable of raising a man to
the highest position.
We feel no ordinary pleasure in having to record a few of the
inoidente connected with the life of one who has been so liberal and
consistent during his long career of usefulness; one who has won for
himeelf the golden opinions of thousands, and who now, in the decline
of years, may enjoy his otium cum dignitatc surrounded by a cirole of
friends most numerous. Tfie early years of the philanthropic) Mayor
of Birmingham were influenced by the excellent example of Lis father,
who was an eminent manufacturer, and who retired from active life to
his reaidenoe in Herefordshire some thirty years since, leaving his
uorative business to his family, the eldest of whom, the subject of
SIB JOHN RATCLIFF, F.S.A., MAYOR OF BIRMINGHAM.
our present biography, Sir John Ratcliff, has successfully enjoyed a
most extensive reputation, both in England and upon theCootii ent, as
the most eminent in the branch of trade which was then engaging his
attention.
The perseverance he evinoed scon earced for him that pre-eminence
which has in a few years enabled him to retire with an immense for¬
tune from his commercial engagement!).
Since the year 1851 we find that the whole of his time has been
devoted to public engagements, whioh have been acknowledged by all
as having been discharged rnoBt faithfully; and his oonstant re-election
to office proves tbe esteem in which he is hold by his fellow-townsmen.
About the year 1839 he was elected one of the Town Commis¬
sioners, and subsequently, Low Bailiff In 1852 he was elected a mem¬
ber of the Corporation h* Councillor in one of the largest and most im •
portont wards in the borough; was again elected at the expiration of
the usual term of office, ana since has been twice
elected an Alderman. In 1856 he was eleoted Mayor,
and in the following November was unanimously
again appointed, with the greatest accianmtiun, as
ohief magistrate.
During the whole period Sir J. Ratcliff has given the
greatest satisfaction to hi* fellow-townsmen, by the
manner in which he has discharged his public duties.
In addition to this his hospitality has Octn un¬
bounded. The liberal entertainments which ba?e
been so frequently given by him h*ve enabled hjm
to ossem i It around lis table all classes and parties
of reuim and politics; and 'he best feeling had
been by these plessing and judicious as^»-iatioos
created through the borough in which the.e has
probably never existed so little party asperity as at
the present time. To the whole of the ohuntie* of
the town he has been a great benefajtor. No dis¬
tinction of party has been known; ho has
endeavoured, and most successfully, to encourage by
precept and example, aotd by 'host* m»una haa gainad
the love and admiration of bis fellow citizens.
During the summer of 1857 Birmingham wa the
8 < «ne of much rejoicing on the visit of his R >yal
Bithnoee the Duke of Cambridge to the Mayor, be¬
coming. his suast for two days, at his delightful
residence at Wyddrington, inaugurating the
public park generously given to tho town by Lord
CalihorjM) and afterwards inspecting several of the
iriacinal manufactories. His Royal Highneos also
honoured the Mayor by accepting an invitation to a
public banquet which was given by Sir J. Ratcliff in
celebration os the Royal visit On this oocaaion most
of he nobility of the neighbouring counties were
present and a large aesoniblage of the principal in¬
habitants of the borough. And SirJ. Ratcliff, anxious
to afford general rejoicing to the working classes of
tho town, gave a concert in the magnificent Town-
hall of Birmingham, when several celebrated artiste
were engaged, and the whole of the building was
crowded by the free admission afforded. This was
a novel event at Birmingham, and the first lime
that the diK>rs of the Townhall had been thiown
open to all who chose to avail themselves t! the
privilege The whtieof the military and pensioners,
nearly 700 in number, were on that memorable day
regaled with a substantial meal, and the public spirit
of SirJ. Ratcliff would not allow one farthing to be
paid from the Corp ration purse, but bore the whole
expenses of the Royal Duke's visit The enthu¬
siastic rejoicing caused by the visit of bis Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, accompanied by
the Earl of Shaftesbury ns the guest of the M ay or
will be long remembered. We also fird that SirJ.
Ratcliff was a most liberal patron of the Arobseobvi*
cal Society when their meetings and. conversazioni
were held in September lust at Biiiuingham under
his influence; und we cannot but refer to the
fact, that even on this oicasion Sir J. Ratcliff gave
a most sumptuous odjouner to oil the visitors and
mem bars of that large society, which added greatly
to the pleasure of the reunion which than took
place.
In order to promote the intellectual institutions of
the buougb, we have the high gratification to record
the aouve manner in whicu SirJ Ratcliff devoted
himseli to arrange the meetings for the great con¬
ference on social science which was held at Bir¬
mingham by his especial invitation to the president,
Lora Brougham, in October of last year, when he
was honoured by Lord John Russell, Lord Stanley, and other noble¬
men as his guests at Wyddrington for. several days.
This society brought together gentlemen of high scientific attain¬
ments, who had prepared treatises upon moat important themes, which
were read at the various sectional meetings, and eventually lud to
publio discussions of a most interesting character.
The conference proved eminently successful, and is constantly spoken
of as having inaugurated one of the most promising societies of th«
present day. ., _ , _ ,
The Mayor gave a grand banquet to the president, Lord Brougham,
at whioh upwards of 220 of the nobility and gentry were present; und
a conversazione was held at the Town hall, under the pret-idenoy of tho
Mayor, at which upwards of 2tMK> ladies and gentlemen assembled.
Od November the 9th of last year, the day on which Sir J. Ratcliff was
re-elected to the office of Mayor, a publio entertainment was hold at
L‘i-'.‘: tl M.'iljli. {?■ Ir 1 • I IffJ; 11 1 lillU J'!’!!i^!iiiL-UJ, ^=-,-
2*31
FETK
■E OF THE ROSIKKK, AT NANTEURE, NKAB FAB18.—IBEE HEXT FAQKJ
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[June 26, 1858
634
Dee's Rojal Hotel, at which moBt of the principal inhabitants were
present, to do honour to the gentleman who had been that day unani¬
mously re-elected by his fellow-burgesses as their chief magistrate.
Early in the present year Sir J. Batoliff obtained the consent of the
youthful bride, her Boyal Highness the then Princess Royal, to accept
from the manufacturers of Birmingham artioles of their manufacture;
and a few days previous to the Princess leaving these ehores with her
Royal cot sort, Prinoe Frederick William, she received a large
deputation, headed by tho Mayor, from whom she personally, and most
graciously, at Buckingham Palace, accepted their costly specimens of
Birmingham workmanship.
The loyalty of 8ir J. Ratcliff was strongly manifested on the occasion
of the marriage of the Boyal Princess; and his unbounded liberality
was again called forth by providing, at his own co9t, an excellent
dinner of roast beef and plum-pudding for upwards of 1500 poor
people of both sexes who were resident in the borough.
The dinner was served in one of the large public buildings, and it is
supposed that i early 10,000 speotators were present to witness the
gratifying scene which was then presented. Independently of this,
in order that the rejoicingshonld be generally diffused, he gave a oon*
cert at the Townhall, where upwards of 7000 persons availed them ¬
selves of the free admission which was then afforded; and, on the
same evening, Sir J. Ratcliff gave a most sumptuous entertainment at
the Rosal Hotel, where upwards of 210 guests,composed of the nobi¬
lity and principal inhabitants, were present.
These are the records of only a few of the public acts which have
characterised the years of office so ably fi’led by one who will live
long in the hearts of thousands of tho inhabitants of Birmingham and
the midland districts; nor will they readily forget that to Bir J. Rat¬
cliff's unwearied efforts they owe the deariy-prized honour of a Royal
visit, not only to the borough, but for the purpose of opening
Aston Hall and Park, a debt which the town will not be able easily
to repay.
The honour of knighthood was conferred upon the Mayor at the
Birmingham Townhall, after the presentation of the addresses to her
Majesty and Prince Albert by the Corporation. The Queen having
signified to Mr. Secie«ary "Walpole her gracious desire to confer the
honour of knighthood upon the Mayor, and this intimation having
been conveyed to Mr. Ratcliff, he advanced to thefoot of the dais and
knelt before her Mo jetty. The Queen then received from the Home
Secretary his sword of office, which her Majesty laid first upon the
left shoulder of the May or and then upon the right, pronouncing the
usual words, “Rise, Sir John Ratcliff." Sir John, on rising, was
graoiously permitted to kiss hands, after which the mover and seconder
of the addresses, and the four senior aldermen—Messrs. Hawke j,
Parnell, Phillips, and Cutler—had also the honour of kissing hands.
After opening the park at Aston tho Queen was conducted to the
railway carriage. She remained standing for a few momonts, and
repeatedly bowed in recognition of the continued cheers from the
masses of spectators who had assembled. Just before tho train started
her Majesty beckoned to the Mayor, who advanced to the door of the
carriage, when her Majesty was graciously pleased to say:—“Sir
John—I am very much pleased, I am very much delighted. with all
th ft proceedings of this day. It is the finest reception I have ex¬
perienced.”
The proceedings of this memorable day were brought to a close by a
grand banquet given by the Mayor, Sir John Ratcliff, in the T )wn-
bft.ll. Covers were laid for nearly 500 guests ; many noblemen, all the
officers of the various regiments, and the principal gentlemen of the
town and neighbourhood were present. The bands of the UGtli Regi¬
ment and the pipers of the Scots Fusilier Guards were in attendance.
We cannot omit referring to a very novel and agreeable feature of
tho dinner—the presence in the galleries of about one thousand ladies,
who seemed highly gratified by the opportunity of witnessing the enter¬
tainment. With bis usual courtesy the Mayor’s hospitality was
extended to the fair occupants of the galleries, who were liberally sup¬
plied with champagne and a dessert, a considerable number of gentle¬
men baring undertaken to act as stewards.
Locking upen him as one of the“ men of mark” of the time, we have
noted thete incidents of his public and official life, in the belief that
our readers will gladly learn something about Sir John Ratcliff, Mayor
of Birmingham. _
FETE OF THE ROSIERE, AT NANTERRE.
Each village in the environs of Paris has its Fete de la Bosiero; but
that of Nanteno is the moit renowned. In this respect Nantorre has
dethroned Salency, where this ancient custom took its rise. For a
long period Paris and the rest of the world knew of no other Rosii-re
than that of Sslency; tho Revolution, however, deprived Saloncy of its
Bupmnecy. which appears afterwards to have devolved upon Nanterre.
The Rotit-re is the girl who, among the maidens of the village, ha3
obtained tho lose offered as a prize of virtue. Tradition has attri¬
buted to St Medord the idea of employing the flower of love^ as a
crown for virtue, by founding in the village of Salency, nearNoyon
(in the department of the Oise, and the birthplace of Calvin), his
native place, on annual prize of twenty five livres, destined for the
young maiden esteemed tne most virtuous in the judgment of the
Prud'homraes (council of respectablo inhabitants cf the locality). The
young girl received at the same time a crown of rosea.
It is pleasent to observe that, in the midst of the wreck so many in¬
stitutions, and tbo fall of so many powers, Virtue has still preserved
her crown. Tho tele of the Roeidre is still surrounded by the same
prestige and observed with the same ceremonial, except that the
Mayor has replaced the baillie. We -still see the notable persons of the,
rillsge, the municipal councillors, and the mcistiers, or body guard of
the Roiifre, armed with leng wands, and with them the sisterhood of
young maidens, supernumerary Rosier es, who maroh under the
banner of the Holy Virgin. In the midst of this procession, followed
by a large proportion of t'
to the residence of the Mayo. --**- --
sometimes aho a colden cross, with the usual sum of money,
nation usually takes plsce in the church, whore tne Curate
civil authorities in the performance of the interesting oeremt
Our Engraving represents the return from the church of the recent
procession of the Roeii-re at Nanterre, after her coronation. Accom¬
panied by the May or of the village, preceded by the stately beadle and
gome of the National Guards, who also keep clear the line of passago.
tho young village queen receives the congratulations of her friends
and neighbours, who flack in numbers to witnesS/her modest triumph.
Several young girls, dressed in white, and with wreaths of flowers
round their btowa—Boiit'rcs in perapcctivo—form theimmedhito escort
of her who has gained tho envied prize, Tho occasion is celebrated by
all kinds of amusements. There is a fair,, dancing, and a variety of
games; and innocent gaiety is the order of the day. A display of
fireworks in theovening is the usual termination of the day's rejoicings.
The ceremony was never more flourishing than at presont, and it is
doubtless productive of very excellent results. _
The garland of roses has this year fallen on tho fair brow of Eugenie
Dolauney, whoso great grandmother, in 1712, was similarly distin¬
guished She lived till 1789, and her portrait^which adorned the
Townhall, was sold in 1703. The ownar has now presented it to the
good girl. . (f \
TnE Late Dn. Snow.—T his distinguished and estimable man
was seized with paralysis vn Thursday, the Kith inst, and died on Wed¬
nesday, the 16th, at his residence, Eackville-street. Dr. Snow was only in
hi» forty-sixth year, and both on pnblio and private grounds Ins early loss
will be greatly regretted. II is name was known to the profession chiefly
In’connection with chloroform, to which subject he had of late years de¬
voted a great deai of atteutiou, and, next to Dr. Situpson. he was de¬
servedly looked upon as the highest authority respecting the properties and
administration oi this agent Dr. Snow's ialmurs were not by any means
confined to this subject; tic is well known as hating devoted great atten¬
tion to the investigation of cholera, and his views regarding the propaga¬
tion of the disease by drinking impure water are familiar to the pro¬
fession. Dr. Snow was a man of high integrity and moral worth,
possessing great abilities and antiring energy, with an unassuming dis¬
position. and his less will be deeply felt by many.
Testimonial to Mr. Francis Petitt Smith —In the brief
notice which accompanied our Engraving (in a recent Numbcri of the*
salver ard claret-jug presented to Mr. Smith, the inventor of the screw-
propeller. we omitted to state that these splendid works 01 art were the
production of Messrs*. Widdowson and ^ eale, of the Strand. The salver
-weighed 212 ounces, and was elaborately engraved, containing a portrait
of the first steam-Bhip fitted with the screw (the Archhned <«), and the
name-8 of the fiftv-two line-of-battle ships, twenty-three frigates, seven¬
teen corvettes, fifty-five sloops, eight floating-batterieB, and nineteen
troop and store-ships, exclusive of 162 gun-boats in the Royal Navy
which have been fitted with the screw-propeller; also the names of 16*
aubpci ibera to the Smith testimonial fund. The subscription amounted to
£2678, which, with the exception of the small gum devoted to the purchase
ot the jug and salver, was handed over to Mr. Smith
THE WEATHER.
RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE
KKW OBSERVATORY OP THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
Lat. 51° 2 ^ 6 '/ N.; Long. 0 9 18 / 47 V, W.; Height above sea, 34 feet
Day.
DAilaT MKArfS or
THEEMOMKTKR.
WIND.
BAIN
ll
nj
111
Dow
Point
9 K
ei
Is
&
^ o
I »
■?. es
a is
1 *
js;
i a
Genera
Direction.
I!
SB
in 24
hours.
Read
at
lOa.M
•
•
0-10
a
•
Milos.
Inches
June
9
29-891
C7 0
60 1
•80
3
51 9
78-3
E. SSW. SW.
132
000
10
30-020
63-9
57-6
•79
6
5f9
764
E. E8E.
127
•ooo
11
29 997
66-4
57 0
•73
o
65-3
74 9
NE. 89W.
112
•005
12
29-946
631
57*1
•82
5
56-3
72-7
SW. 8SW.
142
•ooo
13
29 931
G9 3
58-4
•70
6
52 5
78-4
SSE. .S. SSW.
163
•ooo
14
29-895
73 6
62-5
•70
6
59-3
82-9
ssw.
179
•ooo
15
29-954
74-2
62 4
•68
5
57-8
87-6
ESE. 8F..
228
•ooo
16-29.867
76-8
63-2
•64
7
61-3
89-3
SSW. NNE.
171
•ooo
17! 29 771
64-2
60-3
•88
10
613
72-3
SSW. SW.
181
•ooo
18] 30*635
57-9
52 0
•82
7
500
67 3
sawjiw.innr
115
•ooo
19 30-119
62-2
60-3
•67
10
47-7
74-6
ssw. wsw.
so
•ooo
20 30 169
60*3
553
•84
10
52-7
703
wsw. ssw.
111
•ooo
21 30-314
63-6
481
•59
5
52-7
74-6
NNE. NE.
127
•335
„
22 30-326
695
55 0.
•62
2
56-3
595
NNE. NNW.
191
•ooo
Ad Act of Parliament has just been passed by which so much
of the 16th and 17th of Victoria, cap. 100, ns enacts that vaccination forma
shall be furnished to registrars and delivered by them to medical practi¬
tioners. is repealed, and it is provided that the registrars shall deliver
books. &c., to the medical officers “ without requiring payment.”
1 he Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of England have
awarded the gold medals founded by the late Sir Gilbert Blanc, Bart., to
the naval medical officer whose diary shall possess the greatest amount of
scientific knowledge, to Dr. William Riebard Edwin Smart, of the
Diamond : and Dr. Alexander Eugene Mackay.of the Faniome.
On Wednesday week two men near Romford, in Essex, and a
man near Mayfield. Sussex, met their deaths from sunstroke. Farm
stock in Essex’suffered severely from the same cause-bullocks, cows,
pigs, ducks, and geese dropping dead through the excessive heat of the
weather.
The country people inhabiting the banks of the Po betw een the
Casaleand Erassincto (Piedmouti were surprised on the loth on seeing a
flock of large white birds come flying through the air and alight on the
banks of the river. The flock consisted of upwards of 100 pelicans, several
of which have since been caught.
On Tuesday week a heavy thunderstorm occurred in the vicinity
of Snowdon, and it is supposed that the lightning must have cleft one of
the mountain passes in tne Pass of JJanberis. as about three miles up the
pass the road is blocked up. and rendered completely impassable by hun¬
dreds of tons of rock which have been riven from the heights above.
MONETARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE WEEK,
(From our City Correspondent)
Notwithstanding that only limited amounts of Stock have been pur¬
chased this week, both for’Money and Time, the market for Home
Securities has continued steady as to price, and no disposition lias been
shown to depress the quotations. As regards the value of money fbr dis-
count purposes, we may observe that another advance has taken place in
it. and that the lowest figure for sixty days’ paper is now 2} to 3 per cent.
Four and six months’ bills are charged 3f to 4| per cent That the
supply of commercial paper is steadily on the increase is evident, and our
impression is that, even though the dividend payments will shortly be
released, there is everv prospect of money becoming dearer. The export
trade el the United Kingdom is now rapidly recovering from the effects
of the Jatc panic, and the merchants and manufacturers generally are look¬
ing forward to a g6od winter trade. The following figures, issued by the
Board of Trade, show the value of our exports during the first five
mouths of the present and past year
S/ 1657. 1658.
Fnumvrated article# /s»» Tv •• 46.165^666 41,151,0*3
1 nc numerated do. ../ >. */ •. . 3,7l9 875 3,075 318
ToU .. \\ >50.105,511 £13,226,371
In round numbers, this comparison shows a decline in our shipments
of about £7.000,000; but, compared with i860, the difference is trilling.
Last month the exports were valued at £10*264,648, against £11,382,204 in
May, 1867, and £8,733.300 in May. 1866.
I’iie imports of bullion have been about £300.000; but about tliree-
fourtiifi or that amount have been-taken for the Continent. In Paris
ihe exchanges continue against us, and further heavy shipments of bullion
are e xpected to be made to France during the remainder of the month.
Undtr the impression that the various companies will obtain some im¬
portant concessions from the Government, nearly one million in Railway
Shares was withdrawn from the Bourse during the last account. We
learn, however, that the Government has positively refused to allow the
woiks to be suspended, and that it declines to offer any positive guarantee
as to the future rate of interest
On Monday Horae Stocks were rather flat, yet, when compared with
Saturday, the fluctuations In prices were limited. The Three per Cents
Reduced were 95j$: the New Three per Cents, 96} ftf; Consols for
Account. 96} ft: Exchequer Bills, 18 s. to 229. prem.; and India Bonds,
178 , prem. prices were a shade higher on the following day, but
the market was by no means active:—Bank Stock realised 219ft
to 22ll; the Reduced were 95$ 96; the New Three per Cents, 95} 96;
Consols, for Account, 96$ $ ft; Long Annuities, i860, 1$; Ditto, 1885,
^TSk- lndia Loan Debentures. 99ft; India Bonds, 17s. to 2ls. prem.;
Exclit< uer Bills, 183. to 32s. prem. The quotations had a down¬
ward tendency on WednesdayBank Stock marked 221; the
Reduced sold at 95$ 96ft; New Three per Cents, 96ft 96ft and 96; Consols,
for Account, 96$ ft; Jx>ng Annuities, 1859. were if; Ditto, 1885, lag;
Indie. Loan Debentures. 99$; Exchequer Bills, 18s. to 36s. prem. On
'r! .- -...... ,A/.tr ntnnft I vratana *inH liar, mo rl'f.t (
^>21; March Exchequer Bills were done at 33s. to 37a.; and the .June
Bills, at 19s. to 23s. prrm. The Bonds were 100ft.
The dealings in the Foreign House have not increased during the week;
nevertheless, about an average business has been transacted, and prices
have been well supported. The leading quotations are as follows Bra¬
zilian Five ptr Cents, 102 ; Brazilian Four-aud-a-IIalf per Cents, Scrip,
lAdis. ; Buenos Ayres Six per Cents, 83ft; Ditto, Deferred, 18ft; Chilian
Six per Cents. 105ft; Danish Three per Cents, 82ft: Danish Five per Cents,
103; Peruvian Four-and-a-Uaif per Cents, 87ft; Peruvian Three per
Cents, 6eft; Portuguese Three per Cents. 46$; Russian Four-and-a-Half
per Cents, 102 : Sardinian Five per Cents, 89ft 90; Spanish Three per
Cents, 45ft ; Ditto. Passive, 7ft; Turkish Six per Cents, 95}; Turkish
Four per Cents. 104ft ; Venezuela Two per Cents Deferred, 15; Belgian
Four-and-a-Half per Cents, 98: Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 66$;
and Dutch Four per Cents. 100ft
In Joint-Stock Bank Shares a limited business has been transacted,
as follows .-—Commercial of London, 12ft: Ixmdon and County, 27j;
London Joint-Stock. 30ft; Oriental. 35: Ottoman, 16; Union of Aus¬
tralia, 49;J: Ditto. New, 35} ; and Provincial of Ireland, 64.
Miscellaneous Securities have been in steady request, at about last
week’s quotations Australian Agricultural have realised 29; Canada
traliau Land. 3ft; Peninsular and Oriental Steam. 79 ex div. and bonus;
Rcyal Mail Steam. €0; London Docks. 103ft: Birmingham Canal, 93ft;
Kennel and Avon. 6; Leeds and Liverpool, 504ft; Rochdale, 84;
Worcester and Birmingham, 17$ : Chelsea Waterworks, 10ft; Ditto,
Guaranteed, 25 ; Southwark ana Vauxhall, 95 ex. div.; Hungerford-
bridge, 6}.
There has been rather an improved feeling in the Railway Share market;
nevertheless, prices have been with difficulty supported. The London
and North Western traffic, return shows a decline of £11,177: the Great
Northern a decrease of £2201: the Great Western a decrease of £84 ; and
the London and South Western a decrease of £5. The following are the
official closing quotations on Thursday:—
Ordinary k hare 8 and Stocrs— Caledonian. 76; Edinburgh and
Glasgow, 63ft; Great Nortnern, 101ft; Ditto, A Stock, 87 ; Great Western,
49ft; Lancashire and Yorkshire. 89ft; London and Brighton, 108 ; London
and North-Western. 90ft; Ditto, Eighths, 3ft; London and South-
Western. 23; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 37; Midland.
91$; Ditto, Birmingham and Derby, 62ft; North British. 48;
North-Eastern—Berwick, 90; Ditto. Leehs. 45; Ditto, York, 70$; North
Staffordshire, 12; Oxford. Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 28; South
Eastern. 67ft; Staines. Wokingham, and Woking, 9ft.
Lines Leased at Fixed Rentals— Clydesdale Junction. 103; East
L ncoln, 139; South Staffordshire. 10ft.
Preference Shares.— Great Northern Four-and-a-Ualf per Cent,
104: Ditto, Irredeemable, Four per Cent, 84 ; Ditto, Chester Five per
Cent Shares, 10; Midland—Bristol and Birmingham, 138ft; North
Eastern— York. H. and S. Purchase, oft.
British Possessions —East Indian, 105; Geelong and Melbourne, 18;
Grand Trunk of Canada. 45 : Ditto. Six per Cent Debenture. 79$; Great
Indian Peninsula, 2 lft cx New: Great Western of Canada, 17$; Ditto
Bcud3, payable J«73 without option, 107; Scinde, is§; Ditto, New, 4|.
Foreign— Bahia and San Francisco. 3; Paris. Lyons, anl Mediter¬
ranean, 30ft. , „
Mining Shares have been devoid of animationBon Accord Copper, 1$;
General, 21 ; Linares, 9$; and Santiago de Cuba, ft.
THE MARKETS .
COBN-ExCBANOk, Jana *1.—Fresh ap to day tha supply of English wboat was vary
limited. For good and uauful quoiit'c* there wu a Blight iiunrovoniutit ia Ui«i demand, ai
ftdl quotations; but other Kind# root a alow inquiry on fomor term*. Foreign whom, tho
allow of which waa extensive, moved off slowly; noverthehsa. prices ware well supported.
No Bnglhh bsrioy on offer; but the supj.lv of foreign was sood The demand was chiefly
confined to r6tail parcel*, at previous currencies. Malt mot a dull inquiry on former terms
Oat*, though in large supply, wero in fair request, at full prices. Bonn*, peas, and Hour ware
firm, but uot dear#r. . .
June S3.—Wheat realised fall prices; but ths trade was far from actlvo. In tho valas of
spring com ard Hour no change took plaoe.
English.— Wheat, Essex and Kent, rod, 37s. to «2s.; ditto, white, tOi. to 48s.; Norfolk
and Suffolk, red, 37s. to 42s.; rye, ,28s. to 29ii.; grinding barley, 24s. to 28s.; di s till ing
ditto, 30 s. to 32a.; malting ditto, -s. to —a.; Lincoln ami Norfolk malt, Ms. to 66s.; brown
ditto, Ms. to 53s: Kingston and Ware, 57s. to 6 s.; Chevalier, 66s. to 67s.; Yorkshire and
Lincolnshire feed oats, 2la. to 25s.; potato ditto, 26s. to 32*.; YoughiU and Cork, black,
20s. to 24s.; ditto, white, 21s. to SO*.; tick bouns, 3Is. to 36s.; groy peas, 10s. to 43a.;
maple, 42s. to 45e.; whito, 40s. to 43s.; bollow, 41a. to 45a. per quarter. Town-mad#
flour, 37s. to 40s.; Town households, 32». to 3ta : Country marks, Wa. to 3«a. per 280 Iba-
Amcrican flour, IBs. to »ls. per barrel. French. 32| to 3As par 2801b.
Seed*.— Cinerally speaking tho dttn/ind is in u t uggish state. In pricei, however, wo har#
□o i har go to notice.
Linseed, English cnmhlng, Sts. to Ws.} CUcutta. Wts. to Ms ; hompsoed. 41s. to 46a.
per quarter; coriander, Its. to 2sa. por cwt.; brown mustard-seed, lU. to 16*.; ditto,
white, 18s. to 22s.; tares, 7s. Od. to 8s. Cd. per bushel; English raposoed, 70s. to 7ta.
per quarter; linseed cakes, English, *9 &s. to £8 15s.; ditto, foreign, £8 15s. to £10 Os.;
repo cakes, £5 10s. to £6 Os. per ton. Canary, 64j. to 100s. por quarter; red clover, 42s. to
48s.; white ditto. 46s. to 68s. per cwt.
Bread —Tho prices of whe?ten bread in the motropolia are from Cd. to 7d.; of house¬
hold ditto, 4}d. to6d. per 41b. loaf. .... .. ...
Imperial Weekly Averages.—Yfhtai, 43s. 10<L: barley, 30s. 7<L; oats, 21s. tOd.; rya,
26s. (d.; beans, 42#. id,; peas, tSMd.
Ihe Six Weeks’ Averages.— Wheat,6d.; barley, 30s. 7d.; oats, 26i. -d.; ry®,
37*. Od.; boans. 41s. lid.; peas, 43s. Od.
English Grain [sold last tueek.— Wheat, 77,592; barley, 1099; osta, 3,38; rye,
134; beans, 257*: peas, 119 qunrtors. ......
Tea .—Considt ring the v odcruto supply in warehouse, the show of asm "tea « tolerably
gcod. On the whole, the ..demand for most kinds of tea rubs steady, at full prices. Com¬
mon souik Congou ts aoliirg at tCftd. to lOftd. per lb. ....... ,
Sugar.— Good and useful raw sugars have changed hands to a fair exteat, at prices ejual
to last wc?k: but low and damp paresis continue aatowsalo. at barely late rates. Bstinod
goods move off slowly, at S’s. to 54s. 6d. per cwt. for brown lumps.
Coffee —Owing to tho large stocks in wan house, <*hcn compared with last yoar, all
kinds of coffeo aiOTOrydnUl and price* rulo the turn n favour of buyers.
Ei C( o have no improvements to notion In the demands. #nd the transaction* have boua
Chblly confined to im*U parcels. The s'oek Is nearly 91.000 tors.
Provision*.- Godtr ano fine Irish buttor s«JW steadily, ht from 90s. to %J. por cwt. In¬
ferior parcels tiro heavy. Foreign and English parcel* are tho turn dearer. Hams anl
baron cemroaud more money; but other provisions command wry little attent on.
Tallow.—I be has.nets doing is only derate; new rthe'ess, prices are will supported.
_J* Y c. on the epot Is selling at 32*. Cd.; and lor the last three inontiu' dsbvcry, 50s tkl. per
Im-eeddil Is firm inprico, at 32*. 6d. to33s. pw cwt on the spot. In o'heroilfl, only
a limited 1 mines* is doing, on rather casirr to:ms. Spirit* of turpentine sell slowly, at lt»s. to
47*. jxrr cw t . , . _ . T _
Spirit *,—Wo have to report a slew sale for rum, at barely stationary prices. Proof Lee-
V, arcs, Iff. lOd.: proof Fast India, la. 9d. por gallon. For brandy, there is very little Inquiry,
at lateral- Gramopbitls h»avy. ...... _ r . .
Huy and Straw .—Meadow hay, £2 10*. to £4 0s.; clovor ditto, £3 10*. to f-> 0*.,
end straw-, £1 is. to £1 10s. pier load. , ,
CW*.—Da-Png’* Hanley, 11a. 9'.; Holywell, 14s. 61.; Wylam, Its.; Riddell. 13s. 51.;
Belmont, 14s.; Brnddyll’s IlotUn. 16*.; Baawell, 1C*. 6<L; rietton, 16s. 6d.; Lambtoa. 16*.;
Stewart's, 16s. 6a.; lies, 16* 6d. per ten. J „
Hops.— Owing lo tho favouiablu account* at hand from the plinta ions ths demand for all
kinds of hops is h«avv, and to force sales lowor rate* muat ba submitted to.
Wool.-for English wool llio domnad cjntinucs ateady, at fully last week'i currency. In
foreign and colonial ifualities, howover, very little ia doing, on former term#
Potatoes — New qualities, tho supplies of which are very modixato tor tho lime of year, or#
in iair request, at 6s. to lbs. per cwt. , . .
Metropolitan Cattle Market tThursday. June 2 tl.—Although the supply of bea#M in to¬
day's nitrket whs very moderato, tho oemand for all kinds lulod heavy, and Monday’s price#
wero with difflcuHy supported No change took place In tho value of sheep, for wliioa tho
Inooi v was tar fn m scltvo Theiuppiy wa* icssonably good, but the ginernl quality of
both beast* and sheep was in'erior. Prime D?wm lamb* sold steadily, other breed# slowly, at
unaltered currencies. The show we* ratter limited Lr tho time of year. Wo wore heavily
supplied wl h cam# which told *!owly, at a decline in valuo of futly 2d. por B lb Piga and
ml ch cow* were a r ull inquiry, at late rate*: Per Bibs, to sink tlio oflfalCoarse and inferior
beasts. Ss. Od. to 3s. 2d.; second quality ditto, 3s. 4d. to3s. fid.; prime largeoxeu,3s. 8d. to 4a. Od.;
primo Scots, Ac., 4s. id. to 4#. 4d.; coarac and inferior sheep, 3s. Id. to 2s. 8d.; second
qualitv ditto, 2s. lOd. to 4*. 2d ; prime coarae-woollcd sheep, <8. 2d. to 4s. 4d.; prune
Southdown ditto, 4s. fd. to 4s. 10d.; largo coarse calves, 3s. od. to 4a. 2d.; primo small
ditto, 4s. 4d. to 4s. Md.; largo hogs, 3s. 2d. to 4a. 0d.; neat small porkers, is. 2d. t.»
4s. 4d.; lamb*, f*. 8d. to 7s. 0d.: suckling calvos, 17s. to 22a.; and quarter-old store pigs,
18s. to 22s. each. Total supply; Beasts. 805, cows, 130; sheep and lambs, 9000; calves,
511: pigs, 4\0. Foreign: Ileaati. 200; sheep and lmxnOa, 1000; calves, 312.
Xeugate and Leadenhall —The trado gen orally ruled hoary, s# f^Uows:—Boot, front
3s. 0d. to 4s Od. mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4a. <d.; lamb, 6*. 44. to tis. Cd.; real. 3*. 8<1. to Is. 6»1.;
pork, 3*. Od. to 4f. Od., per 81b. by tho carcass. Roaicut Hbobk&t.
THE LORD ON GAZETTE.
Friday, June 18.
BANKRUPTS.
W. COUCBE, Manchester, commission egent.—W. F. STREET, Austen-friaxs. ittsuranoo
broker—W. PARROTT, Lisle street. Lticestcr-squaro, bo-.t and shoa maker. —J. A.
BERGER, lato of Queeu's Uoad-j:assafie, Newgate-sttflat, b-okacller' and pubinher.- J
MOKEWOOD, Athexstone, Warwick, grocer and tea-dealer.—J. O. BAILEY. HaUfax, deatec
in small ware*.-T. J. CLARKSON, Ilverpool, Uceused vlctnallor.—J ORRBNHALOH,
HIph-streoi, Bow, gas fitter sud gss enginoer - G. H. RIMMING ION, Wtmoadhsm,
Lcictutorkhire, grccer and draper and general dealer.— B. ItO WRRY . Lrofton ana Wakefield,
Yorkshire, corn factor and mriWtcr.-E. BUKKIN8HAW and W. HUDSON ffnaresborough
Mil Welbcrby, curriers und lrather cutters —F. II. and R. II. MAIR, Henriotta-streri,
Covent-gsiden, publishers —J. E. WILKINSON and MARY MARVEL, Rokor, tiundoriand,
Ixmkwpars and licensed vlctuaUera —A. W. LAIDLAW. Bury-court, Bt. Mary Axo. City,
dealer in cigars and manganese oro, and general merchnnd’to.
SCOTCH BEQUEST RATIONS.
T. KING and J. BESDERSON, Dateiel end Glasgow, coa’mssteni — J. S. GRA8HCK,
Stratbdon. Aberdeensbiro former.—J. FLEMING ION. Glasgow, merchant.—K. M-R4.K.
LIghi, ccacbbuilder.—D. COU'ITS. Windmill or ou of Ahordeen. groc«-r.—W. CUT B BERT,
Glasgow and Greenock, shipbtoker.—J. LUNN, Yethoha, Roxburgshlro, mercaant.—D.
CARMICHAEL, Halfway of Irvine, enginoer.
4th Dragoon Guards: Cornet H. H. Chilton
to be Lieutenant.
3-d light Dragoons: Lieut. J.C. Murphy to
be Captain; Cornet G. J. Teovau to be Lieu¬
tenant.
9 h: Cspt. A. F.Steele to bo Major; Liout.
C. D. Ru b to be Captain.
tlih: Brevet' Col.H. Clinton to be Major;
Cspt. J. Miller to bo Major; Lieut. It D.
Napier to bo Captain; Cornet G C Ifobinscn
to bo Lieutenant.
Military 'train: Lirut. A. Hunt to lie Cap¬
tain ; Ensign H J. Lane to be Lieutcnunt.
Fo>al Artillery: Arsfat.-Burgs. G. R. Talt,
M.D.. A. S. K. Prescott, to be Assistant Sur¬
geon*.
6th: Afsist. Eurg. D. H. Maclean to be
A*» ? »ti>nt furgoon.
3th: Lieutenant W. E. Whelan lo bo Ad¬
jutant.
10th: Ensign C. do N. O. Stockwcll to bo
Ensign.
lltti: 8erg -Major T. Lewi* to be Quaitar-
m»stcr.
14 !c»: Ensign J. J. Carbcrry to be Lieu¬
tenant
lcu>: I.ieut. G. C. 8. Lombard to fco Cap-
tlln; Eiuign J. D. Knox to lie Lieutenant.
I9tb: Ensign G.Kcgerato bo Lieutenant.
24th: A«>lat. 8urg. lv. Sutherland to bo
A«i»!ant surgeon.
Tuesday, June 22.
WAR OFFICE, Jt Jf* 22.
3ith: Capt. J. Palmer and Lieut. J. Byroa
to Im captsius.
Iiith: Ensign F. Coucher to be Lieutenant.
17th: Lieut. H. Gtm to Imj AUjutsnt.
55th: Capt. G. W. M. Lovett and Lieut. E.
F. Temple ta be Captains; Ensign O. S.
Do'Rno-Oaborne to be Lieutenant.
6Gth: Major F. R Pa mer te be Lic-atensnl-
Colonel; Capt. G. Rigatul to be Major; Liaut.
J. V. Lundn* to be Cap aln; Ensign A- 3.
Heathccto to be Lieutoni.nt
li8ch: Eurign and AdjcC. Covey to bavo the
rank or Lieutenant; Ensign A. F. Marriiili
to be Lieutenant.
73rd: Ensign T. W. 8. Mile* to be Lieu¬
tenant: A. C. F. Armstrong to be'Emign.
93rd: Brevet Liout.-CoL J. A. Ewart, C.B.,
to bs Lieutenant-Colonel; Bravet Major G.
Cornwall to to Major; Liout. W. M*Bean to
bo Captain; Ensign G. J. M. Taylor to be
Lieutenant.
961 ti: W. R.E. Durrani to bo Ensign.
97th: f-tali' 8urg. of the Second Class A.
Macrao, M.D., t j beJSurseon.
I (Kith: Meior-Gea. Viscount Motvillo to bo
Colonel.
Gold Coast Artillery Corps: W. W. GwiUlm
to bo fcmign.
Koynl hrn ta Fcnclble Regiment: Liout. <*.
C» varra to bo Captain, Ensign U. Montanan*
to ba Lit utensn:.
UjfATTAClil'U.—Brevet Major? F. C. Elton anil G. Hume to h»ve their brevet rank con¬
verted into *ub*tanitve rank; Brevot Major A. C. Anderson to be Major. .
iiopviTAL 6 ta»T.—D epaty-Iaspcctor-Gareral cf Bospltai* T. Alexander. (/ »., to i>o
Iuspic’or-G.nrral of Hospitals: li spector-Goneral of Hospitals T AlnMnow, C B., to
Dliector-Gccersl of the Army Medical DeramnOnt; 6lnff8u»g. of the Jr'
Pculton jo bo fctaff furgecn of tho herend Clau; Furg. D. P. Barry to l>e wtatl aurgoon of the
Feromi Clots; A Me flit. J- Colahsn, M.D., R. J W. Orton. C. U^tny.KAK.J.
W. Johmtono, T W r alih, P F. Nowland. A. W. P. Plnk-rioa, to lie AssUtoat Surgeons to
the I*orcr»; F. Adoiphua. MD.. to te. Actiug AssUtani buwrcoo. . .,
Bltku T.-Copt.J. 1 aimer to bo Major in ihoArmy; Brevet Ma orJ.Palim irte)beLteu-
te nant-Culcuot m tho Army; LletU.-ccU. U. Wifliamsw, O.B, R J-Bratou.
C.B. A. I.. Cole, C.B.. R. N Tinlcy, to be Colonels in tho Army; Brovet Major U. Petit to tw
Lloatcuaut-Colcnel In tho Army.
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
H. F. NORTON, Yaik-strcct, bt. Jamw’s, Wo.tromstor, Igushselnr.
P. A. Ilia J. nABNFS. BI.D.lfOMl r'ran. * 1 A
bum r. iipt.rAflil mul ht!"wflro-roiul. hatter.—* BkEMAN and C. OXLEY, High-street,
South wsik, hopfacters-1? D. GERARD, Walbrook and Ceylon.
WlLUAMa, nmbttllii rnacufoctuw.-KLOW Hwt^trCT.UcciTOl >lc-
Uinll.r.-C. ETPNT. Oxlori-,li~t. v.«te).m.ktr -W. NKW MAh\ M.^.loo«, lrrewo..-a.
/’pneu \\fft Hrrmwicli Statl'ordshire, gentral factor.—F. H. PA KKL H, and J. BHAwH,
near Halifax, woofianmanufacturer.-T. and
W. J. BEET, Sbtflield, merchants.
SCOTCH 8EQUE5 TBATION8.
J. BTEYEN80N. Glssgow, fancy paper boxmaker—J. L. \\ YOUNG, Giwgow. alat?r.—
B BEGHIE, Belensburg, provision mrrebart.—W. MUNUO, Inverkclthny, Bondahtrs,
farmer.-G. HOWAT, Invorkellhny, Banffshire, farmer.
BIRTHS.
On the 9th April, at Sydenham House, Melbourne, Victoria. Mrs. William Georjo Eobwta,
of 21. Granville square, 1 cutcnvLle, of adavghto-.
Juno 2x, at Denmark- hill, the wi'o of William Edwards, Esq., Of a oon.
marriages.
fu Ibc 3rd inst.. »t St. Gforje', Chcrth. Toronto, t'nud. W«t, by Ibo B »''' l ‘“ r7
B.A , of et. M.'Hibw’. Chapel, m,l»ud by Hi, Her. Vr. L* t. KeiS’ii'
of tt. Tnap.elor-Geoer.1', dT.itmecf, to CliriatUaii, oely daughter of tta> ‘M beiuw
Csr.scron, Esq. A*aUtant Commb»ary-G«neral. * n tho ffoctor
On ibo 17th Inst, at ft Ofavo** Church, Southwark, by the Rev. T. p sprtmto, the Rocwt%
Capt-in Josi.ih Cbapmsu, to Karhiunr, eldest daughter of G. L. Shacd. Eoq.. ot rtck.a
H On*tbe Uth^r/at W'anstead Cliurch. 8.. by tho Bcv. W. ?. Rtsctor, C. H. Liko,
of Csuu Hail, to A. A. Neutena, of Ishogtoo.
June 26, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
635
NEW BOOKS, ^c.
Ju«t published. in 3 roll.. port 8vo, priro 3l».6d., cloth,
mHE JUKIKS of CHEVELEIGfl. By
GERVAtSE ABBOTT.
‘ The Heir* of CbovoVlgh • to ono of tlio ablest novel* of the pre¬
sent eoti'on, ituu inuet oxcito tao deepest intcrcat in the mind of every
reader."—Ob« error.
“ Tide story presents powerful attraction* for those who del'ght >n
tho inysterioiu* end rerann 1c "—Bun.
•• ‘ihe Heirs of Chevelelph * Is a novol of the good old stamp
■which o*ed to delight our grandmothor* in tho days of Mrs. lUd-
cliffo. 1 '—J ohn BuU.
London: LONOMAX. BbOWN, and Co.
Just published, wllh Fiity Kcgrsvirgi on wood, port 8 to,
cloth Go. 6d .
P hotographic manipulation :
Treating of the Practice of the Art, and its various appltoncra
to Nature. By LAKE PRICE, Photographer of the Royal Portrait*
taken at Windsor.
London: John Ciroi:cnu.L, Now Burlington*street.
Just published, post 8vo cloth, 6s. 6*.,
A THKEJB WEEKS’ SCAMPER
THROUGH tho 8PA8 of GERMANY and BELGIUM : with
an Appendix on tbo Nature and Lisas of Mineral Waters.
By KBA8MU8 WILSON, F.R.S
London: John Churchill,, Now Burlington- street.
Just pub’Lhed, in 8vo, price St.,
T HE PEOPLE IN CHURCH: their Bights
and T'utice in Connection with tho P^otry and Music of the
Book of Common Pray or. By J08LAH PITTMAN, Chapdmastcr to
the Hon. 8oc'ety of Linooln’s-inn.
London: BXLl. and DaLDY, 186, Floet-rtrert.
This day is publi-hod.
S almon-casts and stray shots ;
being Flyleaves from the Note*book of JOHNCOLt^UHOUN,
Esq., Author or " The Moor and the Loch," he. Foolscap 8vo, prioeSs.
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.
nicstrated with 250 Dencriptivo Engravings. 3s. 6d. f
TTriFE’S OWN BOOK of COOKERY.—
▼ Y Agrooablo Dinners, Inexpensive, and easily cooked. Also, Nice
Dinners for ovory day.— Ward and LOCK; and all Booksellers.
Just out. Third Edition, prico 2s. 6d. Hlnstratod,
T he practical housewife.
By Editors of “ Family Friend.” “ A capital handbook.”—
Athona-um. Ward and LOOK: and all Bookrollcra.
CHARMING GIFT-BOOK.—Price 3s. 6d., richly gtlt, Illnrtrated.
E legant arts for ladies.
Containing Plain Instructions by Eminent Masters In Twunty-
two Usoful Arts and Elogant Accomplishments.—W ard and Lock.
Just out, Midsummer Volutno, price 2s. 6d.,
T he family friend.
‘‘ Very amusing, very varied, very neatly Illustrated, and rury
Cheap.”—Illcatrated Times.— Ward and Lock, 158, Fieet-stroot.
Just out. with 90 page Engravings, Is.,
P laces worth seeing in London.
Tho cheapest and best Handbook, the Illustrations to which
h&vo cost £800 .—Ward and Lock, Fleet-street.
mHE EAR in HEALTH and DISEASE, and
JL on the Prevention of Deafness. By WM HARVEY, F.R.C.8 ,
Burgeon to tho Roval Dispensary for Diseases of the Ear. Second
Edition, price 2s Gd.; poet, 2s. 8&—London: RknshaW, 356, Strand.
Now ready. Second Edition, prico Is ; by pest, Is. Id ,
OTAMMEfUNG : the Cause and Cure. By the
O Ilev. W. W, CAZALET, A.M., Cantab.
London: Bosworth and Harrison, 215, Regent-street.
Jnst pnbltobod, prico 6d.. postage-free,
S TAINED WINDOWS and Trans¬
parencies. by the beautiful process DIAPHANIK, a de¬
scription of the be»t methods, Ac., Illustrated. “ Easily performed
by any lady or gentleman—the offect to wonderful." Complete boxes
Of ma‘oriai« (etiithblo for presents) at 12s. 6d. and 21s., packed nod
forwardtd on rcocipt of P.O. order. London: Wm.Baunari>, 59, Edg
waro-road (went side), W., where specimens may be inspected.
W AX FLOWERS.—Wax and Materials for
Modelling of the be»t quality at the lowert prices. Detailed
tot* per post for one stamp. Faraplo down of wax (any colour) sent
rxHlage-froe on receipt or nine stamps Complete Instruction-book,
bound and profusaly illurtmtod, 2s. Od portago-IWo- The trado aup-
piiod—London: Wit. BARNARD. W, Edgware-road westsido).
C ARDS for the MILLION—WEDDING,
VISiTING, and BUSINESS—A Copper Plato, defiantly en¬
graved. and fifty best Cards printed for.?*, sent pnrt-freo by
ARTHUR GRANGER, Cheap Stationer, Ac , 308, High Holbora.
THE RACES AND FETE9.
Ladles will find tho noplicstion of
R OWLANDS’ KALYDOR gratefully refresh-
Ing In Freaf rving tho Dolieacy and Beauty of the Complexion
from tho baneful Influence of the Sun, Dust, and Wind, dispelling tho
cloud of languor and relaxation, allaying all irritation and heat, nod
immediately affording tho pleasing sensation attendant on rest red
elasticity snd healthful Btatoof the skin. Freckles, tan, spot*, pimples,
and discolorations are completely eradicated by tho Kalydor. and give
place to a delicatoly clear and fair complexion. In cues of sunburn
or stingy of insects its virtues have long bren acknowledged.
Prico 4s 6d. to Be. tkl por bottle.
CAUTION.—The words “Rowland*’ Kalydor” are on the Wrapper
Of each Bottle, and their sign'lure. “A. Rowland * Sons,’m ml
ink, at foot. Sold at 20, Uatton-gorden, London; and by Chemists
and Perfumers. __
B REIDENBACH’S wood-violet
SCENT, prico 2s. tkl., genuine from tho flowers.—H.BREIDEN-
BACH. PorAimor nod Distiller of Flowers to the Quoon, 157B, Now
Bond-street. London._
J AMES LEWIS’S CAPE JASMIN, distilled
froPthe Flowers, is tho most aristocratic perfume of tho day*
Price 2a. 6<1 —66. Oxford-stroot, W. f and Crystal Palace. Manufactory,
6, Bartlott’a-baildlng*. _
TSTARM WEATHER.—RIMMEL’S
▼ V TOILET VDJTGAR is now a porfoct luxury. A* an adjunct
to the daiiv hath or ablutions, a refreshing perfume. It is quite nnn-
vollod. Price is , 2«. Gd., and to. Sold by Porfumcra and Chom^t*
E. Rimmol, Perfumer, 96, Strand; and Crystal Palace.
A FINE head of HAIR guaranteed in six
months by the uao of ELLIOTT'S GOLDEN MEL ANA. This
celebrated preparation is unfftllmg in Its stimulating effects ontb.
young aid weak bairn, causing them
rapidity, and the colouring matter to •>«»<! into.the wi.e'reita
hair is grey. Prico 3s Cd.,4* 6d., 7a. 6d.. 10s. G*L, 2ls.-T. LiUott,
Hoirgrcwer (first floor), 51, Fcnchurch-stroet. orvrardod on re-^-pt
of poo logo-stamp*. ___
i^OOL and R*freshin K to the Head, a perfect
VV liirnry. The iDcreMbiK .Iraimd far 0T,I)RT1CE 8 EU.H of
COt.™BIApro,M it, gMfit value in ny:ionuhins tho bjtrtiA J>■«i«
bold), invigorating and preserving it fif turning grey, and cau inga
beautiful Itutre aid curl. P It produces whi«kera, moustache. orey*-
brows, and has tho fame of mere than thirty years BoM *7* *
Chemists, Ac.; or, wholesale and retail, at 3s- ,
C. and A. Oldridge, 13, Wellington-street North. Mvou doom from the
Strand. ___
P IESSE and LUKIN'S HUNGARY WATER.
Thll Bent rctroaho. tbo mitoerr «nil torijor.to, Uto bratn.
Its great volatility cools »bo surrounding air. 2s. bottle; 10*. cases oi
six.—2, Now Bond-street.
T EETH.—By her Majesty’s Royal Letters
Patent — A now and Original Invention of Cheml-slly-prepn'f*l
WHITE and GUM-COLOURED INDIA RUBBER as a lining to the
ordinary gold or bene frame. All sharp edges are avoidod. ana no
springs, wires, OT fastenings are required; a greatly-lnoreaiedfrMxKni
of suction is supplied, and a perfect fit secured; while, from the sott-
xteas and flexibility of the agont* employed, tho greatest support «
given to the adjoining teeth when looso, or rendered tender by the
SSJpUon of J ^T?ums-Mr. EPHRAIM MOSELEY, Burg^n
Dentist, 9, Lower Grosvenor-street, London, and 14, Gay-street, bath.
N ERVO-ARTERIAL ESSENCE, discovered
and prepared by Dr. Wm. BATCHELOUB, M.S C.8. 1815,
and M L.A.C. 1831, 69, Wimpolc-street, Cavendish-aqnare, London.
It streagtbens tho vitality of tho whole system, and spoodily romovei
nervous complaint*. Sold In bottles, 2s. M., *b 6d., I'®-, and 83*^ at
tho depots, 31, Regent-street. Piccadilly;; Ji Wost-streot, Flnsbnry-
oireca. Louden: and 20, Ranolsgb-street, Liverpool.
► INNEFORD’S PURE FLUID MAGNE-
BJA, >, excellent reeeedr for AeWitle*. He*rftOT,Hjj4MhJ,
ml Agents for the Improved Honotolr Gloves and BeiUL u ,
Bond-street, Loudon.
NEW MUSIC, {fc.
TVTEW VALSE, LA CLEMENTINA Com-
-Ll posod by E. L. Hime. Price3*.
»nd_ fascinating Vaito e’ioiUsd the greatest apprebat'ou
Grand State Ball at Buckingham Palace, whuro it was
admirably perforrool by Wolppert's Band^
Dvrr and Hodgsok, 65, Oxford-street.
A SERMON will be preached on SUNDAY
.■£*- MORNING nsxt, JUNE 27. at ST. M ARYLE80NE CHURCH.
C J PFI1PP8 KYRt, M.A., for the BE «BFIT
HOSPITAL. Service will commence nt Eleven
oc,ock - By order, Alk\. Siieddx.v, rotary.
TVTOBTH WALES.—GLAN ALYN, in the
i u ,„.i' ALE of OEkSFORD. to t» LET oa I.BA1K, UaFOR*
NISHF.D : ccntnms Entrance-hall, Dravriog and Dining Rooms, Four
Iw-rconii Four Dressing-rooms Four Attics. Two Mm BervantV
Koome, Offices, very eonvenieot Kitchen Gordon. Fiow-r Ga-den.aod
wchard, on tbo bank* of the Blver Alyn Greifoni Chureh and
Btstion within ton minutes’ walk.—Apply to C. TOWNiHEND, Ek...
Gladwyn, Wrexham.
TyrEW SONG, THE GOODBYE AT THE
DOOR. Composed by STEPHEN GLOVNR. Price 2».
Thu touching ard pleasing ballad has beaomo a great favourite.
London: Durp and Hodoson, 65, Oxford-Kreet.
IVTEW SONG, YEARS AGO. Composed by
1 1 C. HODGSON. Price 2i. Words and music flow beautiful'y
together, and form a very pretty bai'ad.
London: Dupp and Hodgson, 65. Oxford-street.
A MARRIED LADY, of good position in
socioly, wtohos to undertake the CHARGE of Two or Three
LITTLE GIRLS, not under 8evea years of age. O.phana or Children
from India would be preferred, and received a* membore of the
family, having Ibe advantages of homo, education, with careful super¬
intendence. References required. Unexceptionable referencci can
bv given both in India and KoRland.-Addrew H. M. Caller*,
Stationer, l, Rat hunt-street. Hyde Park. London. W.
IVTEW GALOP—THE ALARM.—Composed
-L ’ ky T- BROWNE. Prke 3*. (poetago-free).—Among the spark-
ting novelties performed by Weippert’e Baud at the Grand State Ball
at Buckingham Palace noue ehono more oonantcuoualr the
‘•Alarm ” Galop, which was admired by aJL
DUPP and HODOSON, 65. Oxford-street.
A FAMILY of the highest respectability offers
-f~V a HOME, in ihe neighbourhood of Kaniington Gardens, to
One cr Two Y>UNG LAbIKS who may desire for a few month* to
havo the tencflt of London Mutw*. Liberal Urrai will be ttoested,
imd unexceptionable reference! giron and required.—Address.
Caldera' Library, 1, Bathurst-streot. Hyde Park, W.
■ROBERT COCKS and C O.’S
At PUBLICATIONS.
HANDBOOK of GLEES. Nos., 2d. and id.; vola.,88.
CHORISTER’S HANDBOOK Nos., 2d. and 4d. ;
vole, Be.
CHANTER’S HANDGUIDE. Nos., 2d.; com¬
plete. 5i.
WARREN’S PSALMODY. Noa., 2d. ; vole., 2a. ;
comolote. 8«.
KUCKEN’S SIX MOTETTS. Each. 2a. 6<L and 3a.
ANTHEMS and SERVICES. First series, I2s.;
second serio*. 8*.
BEETHOVEN’S MOUNT of OLIVES. 28.
CATHEDRAL SERVICES, ANTHEMS, &c.. large
folio, per page, ljd.
LISTS of the above, CATALOGUES, Ac., gratis and postage-free.
Used by ail Profe*aor*.
HAMILTON’S PIANO TUTOR, re-edited by the
great CZERNY. 183rd Edition. 4s
HAMILTON’S SINGING TUTOR. 12th Edition. 5s.
London: Robert Cocks and Co., New Bariington-»troet, yf.
QMART’S WRITING INSTITUTION, 5,
Hccadilly, between the Ilaymarket and Rcgont-eircos.—Open
from Ten till Nino daily Persona of all agea received (privately) and
taught at any time suiting their own convenience. Lewons ono hour
each. Improvement guaranteed in eight or twelve easy lessons. Sepa¬
rate rooms for Ladies, to which department (.if preferred t Mr*. Smart
will attend. For terms, Ac , apply to Mr. Smart a* above.
riENTRAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ROOMS
V-/ 90. Cancon-*treet West (comer of Dowgato-hiH), City.—Mesm
COTTON and WALL-—The most perfect arrangement* of Light and
mo*! artistic Pictures In London. Photographs, plain and coloured*,
by the flrtt artist* in the profession The now American Ambretyp : t.
ooloured, in frame or caae complete, from 7a. 6d. Speclman* may Ik
seen at toe Photographic Exhibition.
rpELFER'S ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
X ESTABLISHMENT.—First-class imperishable Oil-Colour
PHOTOGRAPHS, by ho original procc b, surpassing all othera for
beauty, softne**, durability, aud artistic finish. Vignetta Photograph*,
plaiu or highly finished in colours, equal to iviry Sternosopie
greups. ccpic* of painting*, rtaJuary, Ac., tiken dally at Tolfcr'a,
191, Regent-street.
p BEAT HANDEL FESTIVAL.-The whole
vTT of tbo MUSIC to be performed at ihe Crystal Palace on the
2nd Ja’y to now READY at Exeter Hall. Yooal rcare, with piano¬
forte accompaniment, price 2*.
(SECONDHAND GOLD WATCHES, by
KZy eminent maker* warrantod genuinv accurate, perfect in con¬
dition. and rt hut t the original cost. A choice stock at WALKS and
WCULLCCii'S, 32, LudfMtc-street (ton door* from St. Paul's)
A LL MUSIC at HALF PRICE (the Cheap
_£jL Mu'lc and Bound Work* except«*d). 8cnt for stamp*, propay-
moot, post extra—R. G. VENN, 65, Uakor-streot, VY. Catalogues
free for three stamp*.
TTREDERICK DENT, CHRONOMETER,
X' Watch, and Clock Maker to the Queen and Prince Consort,
and makrr of »1 e Great Clock for th* Bouse* of Parliament, 61,
Strand, sed 34, Royal Exchange.—No connection with 33, Gockspur-
street. / \ \/
POLLARD’S SEMLCOTTAGE PIANO-
FORTE —To be SOLI), a bargain, a bcau’ifol repetition irutru-
ipont.wlth (2 octaves, all ibo latost Improvementa.in a Kosowood case,
by the above-named makers, at Holderaeato’s, 414, Now Oxford-st.
DECONDHAND PIANOFORTES.—
CRAMER, BEALE, and CO. hsvoa largo Stock, by Rrard,
Broadwood, Coilard, and a 1 tho most ceteomtxi makers, at greatly
reduced price* —201, Regent-street.
pHESS.—The INSTATU-QUO CHESS
BOARD, invaluable to aU Chessplayers amt Tonnst*. prise 30i ;
in leather c»*o. 25a.; finest African ivory. Wa.—JAQUES, Patentee,
Button-garden—*• bo choMplayer should bo withou, one."—IXd.cs-
thatkd London News.
TTARMONIUMS.—CRA.MER, BEALE, and
XT CO are the Agents for ALEXANDRE'S PATENT MODEL
HARMON II'51. Prices from 10 to 55 guineas.—301, Regent-rtreet.
rTlHE Nov# Ont-Door Game, CROQUET.—
X This fashionable and bigldy-amudug game may be bad at roost
Of the leading Fs.ncv Repositories, i-rtcsromoleto. 25s ; superior, <0*;
pc’labod boxwood, i'3.—'Wholearie,, JAQUE3, Patontoe, Hatton-garden
TJIANOFORTES.—PUBLIC ATTENTION.
JL Borne splendid Rosewood and Wainut-.tree Cottages and Plc-
oolof," 65 octaves, with all tho latOBt tmprovemenU, have only been
used a fow month*, from 19 guineas.-—At TOLKIEN'S Old-Estab-
Itohed Flanoforte Warehouse, 27, 28, and 29, King Wllllam-stroet,
Londou-bridge. Pianofortes for hire, with option of pure hose.
TUT ICROSCOPES.—J. AMADIO’S BOTANI-
JjX CAL MICROSCOPES, packed in mahogany ease, with three
Power*. Conductor, Pincers, and two Slide*, will ahow the Animal-
ouku in Wator. Price 18*.6<L—Address: Joseph Amadio, T.Throg-
morton-rtroet. A large aaeortment of Achromatic bticroeoooea. “It
to marvellously cheap, and will do everything which the lover of
nature ton wish it to accomplish, either at homo or In the open air.”—
The Field, Jano 6,1857.
TJ TOLKIEN’S IRRESISTIBLE PIANO-
XX • FORTE, with Tnu* Concare Bracing* and Perpondicular
Bolls, by letter* Patent.—These exquisite inrtrumento aro superior
In powor to any English or Foreign piano. For quality of tono un¬
equalled; daratllity unquestionable. For extreme c Lima too Invai’iab'e.
Prioo (in elogant doaigna) modornte. Height, 4 ft. Drawing* port-
free, at H. Tolklon'a, 27, 28, 29, King Willlam-strert, Londoa-orldgo.
H&nofortea for Hire, with option to purchase on easy term*.
rflELESCOPES. — J. AMADIO’S TOURIST
X ACIIKOMATIC TET.liSCOPE, in sling case, with three pulls,
price !H«.W. Address.7, Throgmorton-street.
A large Maori merit of Achromatic Telescopes.
npBE ROYAL EXHIBITION, 1851.—A
X valuab'e. powerful, newly-invented, very small wautcoat-
pockot Glass, the sire of a walnut, by which a person can bo seen and
known li mile distant. They eerve every parposo on tho Rccc-course,
and at Ihe Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clcurriy soon
ei four to eix miles. They are iavaiuab'o for shooting, doer-stalking,
yucl ting, to sportsmen, garookccpers, and tourist*. Price 30*. Micro¬
scopes, fllHgic Lacterns, and Wide*. Every description of Optical.
Msihenistlcal. and Phi osophieal Instrument* Ordtrs and all kinds
of ret,airs evecutod w ith punctuality.—Motvr*.SOIAIMObS,Opticians,
39, Albcmarle-street, Piccadilly (opposite the York Hotel).
TT TOLKIEN’S 25-guinea Royal Minnto
XX* PIANOFORTES, 6| octavea.-Thto pbrno to acknowledged to
be superior to any English or foreign piano at tho above prico; and,
by the care and attention H. T. has devoted to all branches of the
xn&nufactnre, ho has obtained the highest reputation throughout the
universe for these instrument*, unequalled In durability and deli¬
cacy of touch.—H. To’kion’s, 27. 28, 29. King Willi am-street. Loadon-
bridge. Pianofortes for hire, with option to piroha^o on easy terms.
"PIANOFORTES (First Class), DUFF and
JL HODGSON. Maker*. 65, Oxford-street.—'There In»*;umera*
are reccramer-ded bv the Pro f c»sion, ani may bo bad in Walnut,
Zebra, and Rosewood Trices moderate. Warranted.
/^PERA GLASSES, TELESCOPES, &c —
V/ SPORTSMEN snd GENTLEMEN of the ARMY and NAVY.—
8. snd S.SOLOMONS, Opttc’aa*,39, Albemarlo-strect. Piccadlily. W
Obwcrve. opposite tbo York Hotel. Portability, combined with great
power, In FIELD, RACE-COURSE. OPERA, and general out-door
d*y end night powerful Walgtcoat-pockel PERSPECTIVE-GLASSES,
weighlrg oojy four ounce*. o«ch containing 12 and 18 lenses, ooa-
*tr„ru*J cf Cn-rman glass, will *how disthreily a perron'■ countenanoe
at Hi and 3 milts. They icrvo every purpose on the Haco-courso, and
at the Opira-beuree. Country icenory cod ahics are clearly seen at 8
to 10 mills They aro*too la valuable for bhooting. Deor-stalklng,
and Yachting. L’er Mairsty'a Conat-Guords ore making u*o of thorn
as day and night g'a*st>e. In profe.enoe to »U othsrr: they have also
becotro in geooni! use by Gen Aomen of the Army and Navy. *nd by
Sportsmen, tlen'latrcn, end Tourist*. The mo*t pDwerfu! and bril¬
liant Telescope*, possessing such extra ordinary power that aome. 3|
inches, with an extra astronomical eyepfneo. will ibow dtotiuctly
Jut iter’s moonn, Saturn'a ring, anu the douklo star*: with tbs same
Tclescop" Can be a caa person'* count,nacio three-aud-a-holf titue*
disunt, and an object from lourtcen to alxteen mile*. Ail the above
cun be hod of largir and ail -bo* with locreatiug power*, aud are *e-
curod by her Msjpsfj 'a Royal Lotteis Potent.
"PIANOFORTE, a Great Bargain —A 6J Cot-
l tago, in fine walnut case, the prooerty of a Ltdy, fltt-’d with
motalilo p'ate and a’l the recent unprovomauU. It to woll worth the
attention otexsy ono wanting a really good in trument. The lowest
price, 19 guineas. To bo won at 204, Oxford-»treet, W.
IHCRNITUBE and PIANO, a bargain, fine
X Walnut, warranted manufacture, nearly now. to bo SOLD for
half thrir valuo; consisting of a drawing-room suite of cliasto and
elegant design, including a large-sire brilliant plate chlnmey-glau, in
costly unique frame; a magnificent chiflfooier, wiih richly-carved
back, and door* fitted wi'h bent aiivercd plate-glais and marble-top{
auperior ecctre ta>«Ie, on pUlar. and liandsomoly-rervcd daws; occa-
tlounl or bu-'i^s' Writing and fancy lable*: six solid, dogaatly-carved
chairs, in rich silk; a *up»rior spring-rtnffod *etteet easy snd Victoria
chair*on *uito, with extra-lined loose cost*: two fancy occasional
ebaire, and a handsome what-not. IVico for the who'e audo Forty-
*lx Guineas. T!:e piano, somi-eottar.®, nearly seven octave*, or
powerful lint! unusually brilliant and sweet tone, with all the moat
recent improvements, by on eminent maker. Price Twenty Guinea*
N B Also a very superior set of modern dining-room furniture, of uno
Spanish mahogany, in best morocco. Forty Guinea. To be seen at
LEWIE GKAWCOUR and CO.'B. UphoUtereni, ^uoca's-bullding*,
Knights bridge (seven door* west of H!oaae-*treot).
'IT’ Y E 81 G H T.—Optical Improvements, to
I’J enable person* at an advanced age to rood with earn, and to
discriminate cbjects with perfect dHtinctnaM.—Mtsiw*. r’OLOMO.Nfl,
Opticians, havoieventod and patented SPECTACLE I.EN8H8 of th#
greatett transparent power. The valuable advantoge derived from
this invention is that vision becoming impaired 1# preserved and
tTungthoaod ; very aged poreon* aro enabled to employ thnir eight
at tbe most minute occupation : c*n *oo with that* lense* of a
much tore megnltying power, and they do not require the frequent
change* to the dangerous effects of further powerful oasistance. Per¬
sons can be suited at tbs most remote port* ot the world by rending
a pair of •pectsctea, or one of tho glasses out of them. In a let Ur. and
stating tbe distance from the eye* they can road small print with it,
snd tbo*e who have not made use of spectacle* by «taring their ag*.—
39. Albemarle-*troot, PiccodUiy, W. (opposite tbo York Hotel).
/CABINET FURNITURE, CARPETS, and
1/ BEDDING.—An Illustrated Book of E«timate* and Furniture
Catalogue, containing 160 Designs and Price* of Fashionable and
Superior Upbolrtery. Furniture, Itc., gratto on application- Paraons
furnishing, who Ptudy ococomy, combined with olrgancs and dura¬
bility. ahoukl apply for this —LEWIN CKAWfXJITR and CO., Cabinet
Manufacturers, 7, Qaeon's-bnUding*. Kni»rhtabridge (seven doorawaat
of Sioane streoO. N.B. Country onlors camigo free.
TYEAFNESS.—A newly-invented Instrument
1 J for extreme cast!* ot Deahire*. caUe-l the Sound Magniflw.
Orgonie Vi orator, and inririhto Voice Cwductiw. it fit* so Into th*
ear ** not to be in th* )ra«t perceptible: tbe unple«**nt senoatioa of
rimring noisre in tbe bean to et tlrely rom mxl. It afford* instant reb*f
to the Ucofest prrsoes and enable* the n to boar dlrttnctly at church
and *• public oreatmUire.—Mran. SOLOMONS.OpticUtaand Aurtols,
39, AUxnxarto-rtreet. Piccaduly. W. (opoo*ito ho York Hour-
ATOYELTY in WINDOW CURTAINS.-
1 \ Tbo Circassian Cloth Curtain, with rich bordar, 3to. The
moat effectiva and cheapost qrlcle ever yot gnertri, M be —in, to
variety of colouring*, at BELGRAYL HOLhE, 12, 8^>iae-*treet,
Belgravu-nquare. Pattern* forwarded.
WALNUT DRAWING-ROOM SUITE
V V (wammtod). to d«w. to bs»M. * P«t fc-™ 10 '
sisUng of a fine walnut I-x> toblo, on c >rrM p liar aid daw*, a ditto
S with marble slab, and Plato glass back nd doorat oUrge
atre chimney glus, in richly gUt fr*mo; «:x hondremaiy-caresd
walnut febairs, eav-cholr, oed Mitt^o. eu suite, covered in rich silk
and chintz loose cover*; an occasional table; and two cbjira
1 bo whole for tbo iow sum of forty rnineas. Tj bo seea OX R. GEEhh
end CO.'s, Upholsterers, 304, Oxford-srreot, W.
TO XERV0C5 A»I> RHKrMATIC 8CTPEBES9.
P 't A AAA DAMAGES. — Condemnation of
XlU^vUv Mr. C. Msitrio for an Infringement of th*
Inventor** Itight*.—L* Conotarfdtor* therefore be caution* -PUu-
VERMMTIKR'8 MEDICAL ELECTRIC CHAINS. Tbocreiuto of
Testimonial* from CJcr^men. Barrister*. Naval and MiUtarr Offl-
ccre. ana other*, *bow that ono of threo Chain* cere, without pain,
trouble, cc aov other medicine, all kind* of Rbranutif- Nreralgic,
EStoptic, Paralytic, and Kerroa. Comp'Alnt*. Indigretfon, 8pa*au.
short o' other*. No naredy dtoeovied has ever attracted *nch
hi-h t rslie as thto. PhUosopber*. divine*, eminent phyrtdan*. to
afrecehto May be tested beforehand. Price So. and 10*. 6d., the
fSflSr: and 21*. most wafal. free per port--Pulrannardjer and
Co., 73, Os ford-unset (adjoining the Princeea Theatre). London.
C3LACK’S NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATE is
the best subrtitute and quite a* good as Silver. Table Spoon*
fTtO LADIES NURSING.—NEW NIPPLE
J. smKUS t.k’or .war «U wh[W nuntor: rr«-
vrel’nc.od tomMi.wiyo.fi-W
ELAU. IS6. O»fon!-tn«- «. 6d., o, bj pml. M. «nm.
CHUBB’S FIREPROOF SAFES are con-
\jLx«ti of .ITOOB WIOUJM inm, »d ^ M 'SKSS
SSSES-isSIkSiS-"
t* APFRHANGINGS and DECORATIONS.
TNFANTS’ new feeding-bottles —
1 rmm th* “Lancet." — “We have Mllom tara anything *0
bha'lfal at the F*edmg-Bctfe« tolnxJu«J br Mr SLAM. 194.
Oxforf-«™w. VTbetbHTfor ««**. **^- “ <»«>“““
feodirg. th*y are quite unnvailed. «o. 6d. each.
rrHE BRITISH FEEDING BOTTLE for
t-,0 YOU DOUBLE UP tOUR PERAM
M°k«f HiRti-.tioot (Goio). Caoadeo Toko, N.W.
sr 5S s“a‘t5rssn^jgs
wooo, WPIT, . - vre hare mou.” Price »*- M- or
SiwVr.r.ta,. ^WIuEIEU T. COOPEB. Tom-
rr. Admiral Cl'rtcht, S6, 0*‘ord-*t<«<
mn r.ADIES—Richly Perforated TISSUE,
T^ffiSwa'sfttiSw- -
T* R A T T’ 8 ELASTIC STOCKINGS.
J7 120, Oxford-aWet, W .
A VrtiOCW Vriaa. Az . 1* W
O UR NEW MUSLIN DRESS and SCARF.
16*. 9d.—This Dtms was imported into thi* country on tbs 4th
of Jane, aud hu met with areater tuccjw among tha arictocracy at
prraent in London than any drew over iuronlod. I*. powotMt cma
great advantage over genteel drewea gentrally at a low price. It
will not become common, aa the FRENCH MUoLIN COMPANY, at
the requatt of several of the nobility, Living rewlrod nrt to *app)y
the trade with thl* dress, there will be no possibility of procuring it
except at thatr wiablithnnot.
Tbo texture Is a perrotty transparent Madia, with drsss-raads
Jacket and scarf, with bow behind oompieto to form an entire to ®r
out door drew, bonnet c loop led.
Fcr country orders »iro of waist and round ths tbouldara is re¬
quired.
A drawing sent port free
FRENCH MUSUX COMPANY, 16. Oxfoni-rtreot
T HE NEW FRENCH MANTLES.—The
Mantles exclusively worn by the ladles of ths Freiob Coirt
are the Mancmi. the Dacbee* de Mo itcwnsier, the Genldine, the
Maintenon, the Vionte, tbs Counseu ds Moray, the Lyonnalae. and
the Flo ret la.
A drawing ee^t post-free.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, Id, Oxford-street.
rpHE HALF-GUINEA CLOTH JACKET
i a very preuv 8ii.apo, last from Peris.
For oountry order*, size of wnirt and round the shoaider* to required.
A drawing sent post-free.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxfoid-strert.
TilRENCH CAMBRIC DRESSES.
JL' Our New Patterns ure exceedingly choloe, and are not to bn
had etoewhere: they are made np tor morning wear in Parts. 8e
pretty a breakfast dree to rarely to be sean. Patterns post-free.
For country orders, tisa of waist and round the shoulders is required.
^\ Tbo prire, made up, to 12*. 9tL
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-itreet.
I EMBROIDERED CHRISTIAN NAMES.—
J IA.DIK3' HANDKERCHIEFS, with Christtan Namor em¬
broidered by the Nona of Pan, with the new dietetch noodio Price
le. (Hd.. by post Ititimpt: 5*. 9d. the half-dozen, by port 6*. 3d.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-rtreot.
N DIA LAWN JACKETS.
A very pretty shape, cool, graceful, and useful.
Price 4*. 9d.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oaford-etrert.
mHE NEW FRENCH MUSLINS.—Ths
JL Pattern* surpass ary ever introduced into this oountry.
Tho variety of Flouncod Muslins to excellent.
Patterns sent post-free.
FRENCH MUSLIM COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
R eady-made muslin dresses,
4a. 9<L, dlogant designs
Plain, flounced, and doable Skirt, with Jacket oompieto.
Colour warranted fast.
A fresh arrival from Paris every Tuesday.
Patterns sent poet-free.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16. Oxford-street.
M
OURNING MUSLINS.
Tbo best Selection In tho Kingdom.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMx*AMT,
16, Oxford-street.
N
EW FLOUNCED MUSLINS, 6a. 6d.
A very pretty variety.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY.
16. Oxford-street.
TI/fUSLINS of the PAST SEASON.—
IT 1 Lait year's at ridiculous prices for such goods.
Psttorn* froe.
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxford-street.
W HITE FRENCH MUSLIN JACKETS.—
The prettieet white Martin Jacket ever produced to trimmed
with ribben, to bo bad in every oolour, and exceedingly bosoming to
tho figure, price life. Sd.
The usual shapes, from 5e 64.
A drawing teal post-free.
THE FRANCS MUSLIN COMPANY.
16, Oxford-rtreei-
Port-offlce order* payable to James Read. Oxford-street.
JUST RECKIVKD,
W HITE EMBROIDERED MUSLIN
DRK-8E8.-A Urge tot, very much unitor prico. Some ray
elaborate design»,
THE FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY,
16, Oxford-street.
mHE LATEST NOVELTY in PARIS.—
X White snd Rutf MaroeR* Jackets, trimlned in Colours, with
drop buttons, prioo 14».9d.
Tbo usual shape* from 5*. 6d.
An excellent variety of Coloured Marcella Jackets
A drawing sent port-free.
FRENCH MUSLIN COMPANY, 16, Oxfhrf-rtrert-
T HE BLACK LACE JACKET.
Just Imported, a porfecUy Now Shape, graceful an! ladylike
in the axtrema, price 12*. 9d.
A drawing arnt post-free.
THE FRENCH MU8Z3N COMPANY, 16, Oxford-rtrert.
S COTT AD IE’S Guinea Waterproof CLOAKS
and JACKETS, aulttd far tho fiea and Continental Travelling.
in all tbo Scotch colour*. __ v
SCOTT AD1E. 115. Rcga nt-rtreet (comer of Vlgo-rtreoO.
W EDDING TROUSSEAUX. Spanish Man-
tuia*. MuaBns, M:i»I!n* de Sole.~<iIt 4NT ondGABK llato
WiKan.* sad Co.' ra#pectfwl ‘ Invite attention to the above depar-
iohi* iu containing a »np«vb oollection 0 1 noralde* at v«wt mo enUa
? ri«*. sire to tbo follow tag artfulre much under tho recalar price:—
1 uneedBllk FoV*, from :»* Gd. to 34 ruinee*. tbo new Cheek
fci'k t*o much 'n dtmmtd f,r titeis^e and ecarfn, from rae. 6d. I> X
guinea*; fnll-d«e#* two and three tlmra-ad B«rrge* < wl«h sltk el»eek>.
at 17*. Pd. i tert quality flounced Balr.nrine Hebei, at 10*. M.; bVoorh
Moslln howfk. at 5.. W , «c. The new prmniie*. tA, Ox ora-et Mt.
wilh thoer In Ifcc rear, are devoted to general m icrntog OM*n tor
rStterwwS reertv* IrnmnlUte attomion -COMMklrtCB HOISB,
M», 60,61, and 62, «'*fhrd-«treet; J, 4, and 5, Welto-*treec.
B AREt.E ROBES,New aid Beaatifut. printed
chleflv tn Clih»*j and •ubdard tint*. «o a ri.'h aaUn-chackail
texture, each robe remaining nearlrJJ
rorpeweii at 30 *. HARYKY an*! CO.. LaHOT-TB HOUSB, W«rt-
tulneter-rcad. Pattrroa free. _
■YTALENCIENNES LACE.—The latest units-
V tion, made with gonuia* linen thread, actreoly to be dtosto-
gulaVd from the real French, will wash and w-areqnaUv
can be retd at ooe-tonth of the priw. Bamptoa posl-fr*e.-3AK
and DOW DEN, 17 sad 19. Cppec Katon -street. Ramo-eguare. f.W.
I MPORTANT TO LADIES —A Single Slay
Carriage-free on receipt of a Po*:-cfflrt
The EJoaticBoilIca . *»• «•
The Self-adjusting Ccreet « **■
A book with Mnetrat'ona and price* ms* ac the wea«.-t of a poetaga
stomp, from which a ejection of any.oorert can bs^ao ua._
Crinoline Skirt* and Spring ftoel «kuto rt vwy tow
CARTER and HOUSTON, 68. W ^ 6,^l aekfttore
road; 5. Sto ckweli-rtreet, Grrenwfc*: and Crystal Pa^co. _
R eally fashionable bonnets, of
ihela** Parisian rtvla In Florence Chip, Tulle. White Leg-
SSAcfHOUSE. Wert
net: tho Hallway Arch. _
B enzine collas
CLEANS id BEHOVES GREASE tixm
HGfcn, | Carpet*, *r-■«-
UBoKl*. 1^64.,of UJCNKllMClirKtai*"."-!
11*. Great Bueoe ll-street, Dloonubury. ___
-PERSIAN INSECT-DESTROYING POW-
(Mtte Fur* Clothe*, Ac-, from month* honnleee g y
ffikeSTtSSTor reel by«M tor U vvnpa.br THOIUS KSAT-
ING. 79. 84 rani's Churchyard.
636
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Junk 26, 1858
iva w books, % c .
• L __ __ INTERESTING NEW WORKS.
rpHE OXONIAN in TUKLh.MARKEN; or,
-•A Nm* of Travel in Booth-Wektero Norway. By the Her F.
S voi« A ‘Mi & ' &LA ' 1 Anlhor of “Tbs Oxonian in Nomay."
MEMOIRS Of RACHEL. 2 vols. 21a.
“A book sure to attract public attention." Globe.
book.’’—Chronicle
CAKD^AL WISESlAN S RECOLLECTI0N8 ot
A T f ‘* 0 P-)ri. Four P'rtraft* »'*.
The COUNTESS of BONNEVAL: Her Life and
!*«■*•• Ry «<*' *E >F0 4 >A PU . .BR'O - * volt.
A WOMANS THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN.
By Author f • John Ha l vx " 0*. Sd.
UCBST and Blackett, Pub Hi bora. It, Great Marihorongb street.
THE NEW NOVELS NOW READY.
mHEPO »R RELATION. By MissPARDOE.
JL " The very beet novol which Ml** Pardoe ha* ever written."—
Htweanr.
H EC KINGTON. By Mrs. GO RE. 3 vols.
" A valuablo nrlxe to re den in search of a clever novel. Tb#
heroine l* ch* mlng. 1 ’—Ath^na-ura.
The LIGHT ot OTHER DAYS. By JOHN E.
BE, UK
The REIGNING BEAUTY. By Lady CHAT-
TK TON. Next week.
HCBeT and BLicKKTT, PnbiUben ( 8 uccee*on to H. Colburn).
New Fdition. price 3*. 6 d., w»th Map, Plan* of Battle*, and Portrait,
oraip led exprrasly fo- Rrl'lsh loath. Hiring a concise Ul.tory o i
In'ope for tbe but Fl'ty Vear*,
H lSTUlRK de N A POLE' >N PREMIER.
Redigfr* par F DE POwgUEr With Translations at eud of
each page of *>»■ mo*t. ifflc u* Word* and Phrasre.
londoo: PIMPKI5, Maksiia l an 1 Co and may be bad of the
Antnur at hi* Scb. las.io Agonoy, 14, Tavbtock-streci Covi-nt-gar en
_Juat out, with Map and Portrait. New Edition, price M 6d.,
■pvE PoRQUi T’S HlSTOlME de FRANCE;
J * with *he mn*t Difficult Word* and Idioms trana'ated at end o-'
aarh pag.. Writ'e" i>i>no«e)« fo- Yo-.tb of botnBexea.
Al o, FRENCH POETRY for Young People, 38. 6d
Loud d: .-IMPKOI, Marshall, arm 'fo.; and may > e had of the
Author a: bate olaatic Airenoy 14 Taviaiock-Bt ret. Covout-ganien
Tenth Edition, hand oraelv t'ound, pp. 640 prioe ■*. 61 ,
D b POi QUfc i FRENCH and ENGLISH
and P NG HR and FRENCH P^CK ' I D'CTIONARY, with
Idiom*. °roverba, Table* of Foreign Coins. Weghta, and Measure,,
Ac Large 'tear true.
London I ttmrKiN Marshall. acdCo.: and may be bad of the
Author, at his Scholastic Agency, 14, ravUtnck-atreet, ( ov*m-
g or Ten._
BOOKS ON FISHING, fto.
A HANDBOOK for all ANGLERS. Bv
EPHEMERA. 5*.
a.
HTNT3 on FISHTNG, kc., on Rivers, Sea, and
Lecha of Soot>aod. By cHRlStOPHEB ID . 8 , Esq. 5s
FISHING EXCURSIONS and PISCATORY COL-
LO jUIKS botwoen lha Angler and bis Friend. By Dr- JOHN
Davy. 6s.
The ANGLER in the LAKE DISTRICT. By Dr.
JOHft DAVY. m. 6 d.
6 .
Die BOOK of the SALMON: with the beat Flies,
coloured, and practical particulai* By EPHEMERA. 14a.
RONALDS’S FLY-FISHERS ENTOMOLOGY,
6 th Edui >n. w th 20 nrwen uured Plato* re pr osanting both the Natural
and Artificial ln»ecu 8 vo. 14*
7.
The ROD and LINE: Hints and Devices for the
gure taking of Truut. Grayling, kc. By t.EWllT WHEATLEY.
Esq.. 6 enior AngW With e ’inured Plate*. I r b. «<l
London: LokomaH. Bhowk, and Co.
Every information and ad rice, olear, accurate, and compact.
T he practical guides.
By an ENGLISHMAN ABROAD.
*' W# have a grnnine h' ndb<ok at 1 1 »»." Civil #*rv4w G«ra't«.
PRACTICAL 8W1SS GUIDE. Third Edition.
Ten- Kd Mon. 2* Id.
PRACTICAL RHINE GUIDE. 2s. 6d.
PRACTICAL PARIS GUIDE, is.
London: OkOMAX, Brows, and Co.
Now ready, 8 vo, prioe 10a. 6 d..
T HE INDI'S and its PROVINCES, with
MAPB By W. P ANDREW. Author of “ Indian Hallway* as
Connected with the Power and 8 ' ability of *ba Rritiih Empire in lha
East." ao. — W. H. ALLKS and Co., 7. Lcadenh*lJ-sin»t
Wi'b 36* Engraving* by tiu* Brother* Dalzlel, cloth gilt, pr oe as..
rpHlfi BOYS BOOK of INDUSTRIAL
A. INFORMATION give* • 'dear and brief description of the
Material* and Manufactory of ih’naa In every-day
WARD and ' OCR, * 68 , Pleet-rtrret
Crown Bvo, pnee 1>. 6 d.; port-free, % lUd , with Map. *ld extra,
L ONDON aa it is TO-DAY ; Where to Go
and What to Bee. With 200 Engraving*.
London: H. G. Clark* and Co . *62. -Rrand. W C.
fl'HE PiiBimT GiPT-B <OK EVER
1 PUBL18HKD.—The PICTOKLA'. POCKET BIBLE, withnearlj
BOO beautiful Wood-Engraving* of al tta<* great event* recorded in th<
Bcri Hire*. Good de-r type and 60,000 references bound in be*
tnorooco, for 14*., aent port-free Only to be had at JOHN FIELD’S
Great Bible Warehouae Hegem'a-quaurant. onrion
QAA BIBLE STORIES, with nearly 300
O' »U BIBLB PICTURE^ a Pictorial nnday B^k for thi
Young, handaomely boun-i, pnoe 4*. 6 .. oilgimdly published *• 12s
Bont po t-froe Vom F! r LD8 Great Blbie Wareliou*e. 65. Regent’*
qu.drant Every family should have this pr* ty book.
T HE HALIFAX PUBUI'AUtlNH are ihi
cbe«pe«t BOOKS in the wnr d. aod Uio b at aduptel for pre¬
tests. Ask f r he Halifax cheep eoliIons Milksk and tiowiRBT,
JLalifav. York*hlrr.
Foep. 8 vo.. 6 *., cloth,
O N GOUT, and ihe TREATMENT of
STIFFENED JOINTS By T. "PENCER WB’.LB, F.R.C 8 -
Leomrer on e urgerv a» he -chonl iidjolninv Rt George’* hospital
London: John Churchill. New Barlington-etrvet
3* 8 d., Pcet-offlce order, or 4< povtege-etampa, lhlrd Rdit ou,
C l O R H U 1, E N C Y and its NEW SKLF-
) DIKTARV Ct'RE Br A w MO^KE, W.*,e.R. Brief-nd
Otelllglble-—Bold by A and M EvaXH, 42, Tncbbrook-street, Pirn-
O.S. v
F
oent P vo b> Post for Eight Penny -osuuv
ENNIMGS every MOTHER’S BOOK,
which contain* everything that overt Mother ooght’O know
Direot to ALTRKD F'knkino?. Wert owe., laic of Wight.
S ECONDHAND BOr>KS. — Now ready
gra'W and po-t-f- e, a °»-alrgue of Bt-'ndarl -*ecn« dhard
Boo>s in all c’saaei of iieratur . in ludm* Book• of Pr n' . Top©
graph/ & . *c m tv in b .ndaonio bludlrgv^ w M. DaW^ONand
SON 7», Caunon-ktroel- CUy, London EitablLhed 1609.
N O CHARGE ^or STAMPING PAPER and
ENVELOPES, vri b| x Afma*\Co cn«‘t, t>**t, or Iniiiols.-
BOD IGUa ream-l-Od Adheirve ' n eiopoa, 4d per '00. cr am-
l&'d Note, fail size five quite* for 6 d , thiok clu i Sve qnlroe for
la : Foo »cap, 9a per team Perm<-h Pupiv. 4a. *d AH kind* «f
Stationery equaTy cheap, at H Rodrigue '. 42, Pioo diliy, l^tuion W
"\V'EDGING CAROS, Enamelled Envelopes.
v f s’mnped In aiiver «^l!h a*ma, crert, or fiow-rs •* At H um ”
and breakia«( invitation*, in the lat- rt t^-picn (.'ard-plat* decanih
mgr-vo- and 100 anpu-Soe ca d* printed for 4* 6d Onae.ve al
BKNRY RouKIGi LS , 4/. Piii«adi)ly v2 do. r* from Rack^iile street ..
M
NEW MUSIC , tfc.
R. SIMS REEVES’ New and Popnlar
BALLADE Just published.
Roa* of the Morn Composed, by Frank Mori, 2*
> ABodi cewy Morning. „ J. Trek ell, 2s.
A Bonnie Jean i&tb Edition). „ George Linley, 2a.
4. I Arise from Team* of Thee „ Howard Glover, 2a.
Chappell and Co.. 60, New Bond-street.
■ALBERTS LUISA MILLER WALTZ.
Jo« out. Price 4a. Post-free.
CHapprll and Co., 60, New Bona-*(reel
D
’ALBERTS LUISA MILLER QUA.
DKILLR. Jast oat Prioe la Pnat-T**.
Chappell and 0O M 50, New Hood-Street.
D ’ALBERTS MARTHA QUADRILLE
Juat out Price 3a. Poat-free.
CHAFFS. LL and Co., 60, New Bond-street.
IjILOTOW’S MARTHA. Complete in Two
I Rooks for the Pianoforte. By FRANZ NAVA. Solo, 4a.
•ach; Duetta, 6 e poat-firee
Chappell anl Co., 60, Now Bond rreet.
W ELDING CARPS.—T. STEPHENSON
h a ow r**ady hi* caw p-rt* n a of aids, Ecvelopes, and
We ding -u.tioD«ry Bpeduoua *ent oh-polica h*. 8 ut<o eryof the
fce<t qoalrio*, ind uo c iarge for atampiog plidn.— T. 8 »»ph«n on
Btati -ner, s»9 Oxiord-au'cet W. (the po*t-offlse near Kegvn'-clreus).
B INDING the ILLUSTRATED LONDON
NEWS — M'bacriber* and Purrbaaen can hav* their*
VO '.DMRR BOUND in the appr .pr^te Covers with r- llt E 'gv* at
6*- per Volunrn, by sornimg them, cama*e-t>3>d with Post-office
Or’er payable to « B1GBTOV, RON and HOD 'E It, -hoe-lane.
London Tbe only Binder* authorised by the Proprietor*
K EEVES’ W ATER Ci >LOURS in cakes, and
moist Wft-er C k.’j.i In 'o o* an ’ pans.
113, Cnu«p*i. e, London, r..C.
M
paragon marking ink
J V t la ohTmteaUy-rtnppf-mt be trie*. Sold by all Stationer* and
Chymlata; Wholesale, 47 . .nugaio-hili, London. A sample bottle on
receipt of 11 stampa-
RAE’S
In ohy
YTEltDI'is LUISA MILLER. Complete in
f Two Bonka Arranged for the Pianoforte by PKANZ NAVA.
4olo, 4s. e-ch; Due t* 5* , poe*-free
CHAPPELL and Co., 50, New Bond-street.
LjlARKWHLL to HOME. New Ballad. By
F BTRPHKN GLOVER Wrium by J. E. CARPENTER.
Prioe 2a. Port-free.
Chappell and Co.. 50. New Bond-rtreet.
B RINLKY RICHARDS’ COMPLETE
TXTTOR for the PIANOFORTE. The bret, th* neweat, and
heapeet of ail inal-uciion book*, containing elementary Ins.ructions,
♦cole*, exercises and a great vnrietv of *ne must popn'ar theme* aa
orugrees.ve iersons Sixty p«g«a, lull made size, ptice 4 * post-tree.
CHaPPELL and CO., 60, how Bond-street.
P ARMER’S PIANOFORTE TUTOR,
Mnaio-»ize. 33 paste*, at ranged diffor»n»ly to Instruction bo ka
generally merely giv ng the rudiment* in a simple torm Ibis Tutor
at* boon suggested by txporien>e. and will b - found a practical book.
Price la. J. Williams, 123, Cheapaide
H enry farmer’s luisa miller
VAl.bE, splendidly illustrated in ooiuur* by BRANDARD,
price 4s., will be r^adyi n a few days.
London: JOSEPH Williams, ItJ, Cheap*de.
H enry farmer’s poika d amour.
lUnstnitei In t ol on by BKANDAKD. Price 3a., portage-
free. London. Josep WILLIAMS, 23, Cheapaide.
H ENRY FARMER’S t.’elebrated DANCE
MUHI'\—Eight in of this popular wi'er • admbed Compo¬
sition* are now read* or Band*. Septou Part*, 3*. 6 d.; fullOrchwatra,
5a Joseph Williams. 123. Ch aprtde-
H enry farmer’s midsummer
QUADKT.LK4. BeamlioDy Illustrated la Colour* by
BraNijARu. coloand Due*. 3a
London: J. wtL* lam a, 123. Choap*idt>.
To ME-CHaN 8. BHI^he-OJ. AND FOREIGN RE<II>ENfB.
JOSEPH WILLIAMS, 123, Cheapaide, the
*J PuolLher of Henry Fa-mo 'a rel.brnted D\N'CB x U 8 IC la
prepared f* lorward to any part •/ the world MUSIC of all kinds
nc’udipg tbe new* t a^d met popu'ar com^oaltiona, in large or *maJ
quantitias, on the moit ad/an'tigoou* terra*.
'pHE HARMONIUM MUSEUM.-Now
L readv. in one vol.. doth (161 pages), price 7* 6 d., Tbv Hai'-
.nonlum Museum, containing on* bandied favourite tubiccta of a
locred and secular character selected from tin- works of the must
JtJebi ated oompoaer* and arranged for tho Harmnniom bv Rudolf
Jordmann, pr»e**dad by a dnscriuttve notice of the cha* actor and
Apabilitie of the instrument by Henry Smart. Tho coraproban ive
atuue of this work (ooihoinlog tho usetuhxM* of an tnsirnstion book
with the resource of a uustoaT library! render* it indiapeusable to
ivory person who poaaasse* a Harmonium
Boo&xr and Son a. Hollos-street.
L UISA MILLER.—Quadrille and Vaise from
this popular opera, artanged by Henri Laurent price Sa each
or pianoforte, 3a. 6 d for orohvstr* and la. 6 d for septett
Boo SET and SONS, Hollos-* ireet.
r UISA MILLER.—BOOS EY and SONS
1 -1 oomplete odltion of this Opera for Pianoforte Solo, with an
■ntt-resting deacrip’Jon of tne plot and mn«lo is pnbliahed this day, In
me volurau, cloth (t06 peg**), prioe 5 * Hollas-aueet.
B right green leaves. New soTg,
b. J L. HATTuN. Pung with great applause by Mim
Poole. Beaml ully I loatrated. Pile* 2a 6 d., post-free.
ADDi.iON, HOLL 1 KR. and Lucas, 210. Kegent-atrsei.
TIHREaDS of GuLI) Just published. An
1. elegant little Allegory, charmingly set to Music by BALFE.
Prioe 2* ., po«-fiee.
Addison, Hollibr. and Lucas. 210, Reg«nt-*ti**t.
U NDER the LINDEN. A new and favourite
Song. Composed b T GEO - LINIaBYT^One of hla awoeteat
inalodiua.” Hang hy Miss Vlnnlng. Price 2s , post-free.
ADDISON, ROU.l 2 R. anu T.POA 6 , 210, Hcgem-rtrveC
r ONLY ASK A HOME WITH THEE.-
L New HaUad-^r LANG TON WILLIAMS. Song by Mia* Poole,
and rapturous y encored Price ts t free for stamp*. W. WILLIAMS
md Co., 221, Touentuun-eear: -road.
I'HE SPIRIT ol JOY.—New Song by
I I.ANOT^JN- WILLIAMS. Juat publlsbod, as sung by Mis*
jauiMi. Vinniag with Lisa greatest auooose. Price 2a. 6 d.; fro* (ot
•tanau* W Williams am Co.. Tottenham-eourt-road.
i have always a welcome fob
1 TURE. New Ballad, by LANGTON WILLIAMS, .lost pub-
labed "Oiico- the -wrettwl ballad* of tha day ’’ Review. Price
Is.; free for stamp* W. WtLLtAMJ. 221, Tottenham-oourt-road.
G L ARINE; or, “'Ti6 a »orm that reminds me o<
''thee." New ■ a'l.td Ry LANGTON vvI LIaMH Rnng by
-Ifiu Laaee.tav” ** Th a baHad fa « music 1 gem." Review. Price 2a.
KrvO for at mi*.— w . Williams and Co . 221 tVntenhatn couit-r.ao
L t* N A. Tereuhde puur ie Piano, par
FRANCESCO BEitGEM "Otto ol tne meat elegant thingn.’’—
Dally Now* Price, with *I'U*rrated Title s Sent tree ira receipt of
twelve damp*. Loudon. F.WS& and Co., 390, Ox’ord-wreet.
R UBINSTEIN’S COMPOSITIONS for the
PlANOPt'RTB, a* performed at the Musical Union. Komaooe
in P, la 0d ; Melody n F la ; Taremelia 2a ; Marc'a a»la Turea,
ia.; Barcarole la Beat poat-free on recj«pt of stamp*. Publisheo
oyiWKU and Co.. 390 Oxford-streot. where aU Mr Rubinateln’a
'Composition* may be had
W HEN WILL YOU LOVE ME? New
Ballad Music by E. L, UIMF Wmds by J R. CAR¬
PENTER Munr by Mr. Goo-g* Perran, at hla concert, with
succoft*. Prioe 2*. Fr»o fov «• m~a
fcVANs aod CO., 77, Baktr-street, Pori man-square W.
pHEAPFST MUSIC REPOSITORY in
ENG' 6 NI).- All the New Music half-price Pol ed at one-
third rnuct'V md.Tfc executed. i ni»t attord# nally. Cataloguaa.
two sUunix D’aLCOBNK 18. Hath bone-place. W.
N u.tice ot removal. —d’almaine
and CO Hoi - Maker* of the Rr»yal Plano o-te ra Mahogany
Ze ra anu Koto wood, at 2 ■ guin a* each, have removed iromTobo-
•quate *o thei- new *Veml es. v o 04 N’«w Bood-a-r et. W.
ULlIEN and CO.’S COKNET& A-
PISTONS, raonafactared by ANTOINE O»U'tT0I8.
No 1.—Tbe Drawlng-r ^>m Cornot-k-Pivtoas. naed by the late
Her Kne.ilg £8 8 *.
No. 2.—Tha Conoert-room di’to, used by ih» late Herr Koenig at M.
JalUen’a Concert*, £8 8 >
List Of Price*, with Drawing* of the Instrument*, may he had on
application.- juluej. and Co 2i4. Regent street
M usical box derut, 32 . lud^at©-
street-An immense stock of NI OLE 8 Celebrated large
MUsICAl BOXES, a: Cl :*;r 4ir Ssuff-boxea frr*ro * 4 * fri : u
40*. Ca f aK»ua» of Tnnrv *txi I'n,.* gmu- and imai-Loo, on appii-
caJ on to WALES ana M'CULLOCH, a* above. W
EBaIN’S Superior HARMONIUMS.—
Fourni saur de h M. l'Emorrenr Napoleon Ill. tt de 8 .M. 1%
Itoino d’Amrictcne,■ Enuepfit, 41a, Quecn-*treet, Cannon-street
West, 6 l Pool's, London.
mHE NEW ALEXANDRE HARMONIUM
JL for the DRAWING-ROOM.
ALEXANDRE and SON have Just token out a new patent for the
Drawing-room Harmonium which offocl* the greatest improvement
they have ever maue in the Instrument The Drawing-room Moduli
will be found of a softer, purer, and In aU respects mure agreeable
ton« than any other instruments. They hove a perfect and oaay
means of producing a diminuendo or crescendo on any one note or
moroi the bass can be perfectly subdued, without even the ose of (ho
expression nop the great difficulty in other Harmonium*. To eooh
of the new models on odd tional blower la attached at the book, so
that the wind can be auppUed (If preferred) by a second person,
and still, under the new patent, the performer can ploy with perfect
expression.
THE DRAWIVG-RO 'M MODEL
No. ia made In three varieties. Quine**
I. Three Stop*, Pereuasioo Action, additional Blower, and
in Rosewood Cue . .. 25
1 Eight Stops ditto ditto ditto 36
J. 8 bteen Stops ditto ditto, Verb Cllarte, Ao.
(the best Harmonium that can bemads) .. .. 60
Hour*. ChappeD hive an enormous stock of the
SIX-GUINEA HARMONIUMS,
Of aD Varieties of the ordinary kind, which are perfect, for th*
Church, School, Hall, or Conoert-room.
No. Guinea*.
1. One Stop, oak oaae .. .. .. 10
1 „ mahogany ease .. .. .. •• .. 12
I. Three 8 &op*. oak, 15 guineas; rosewood „ .. 16
4. Five Stop* (two row* vibrator*), oak case.22
„ ditto rosewood oaae .. •• .. 23
6 . Eight Stop*. dJuo, oak, 25 guineas; resewood .. .. 26
8 . Twelve Stop* (four row* vibrators), oak or rosewood ease 35
7. One Stop (with percussion action), oak cose, 16 guineas;
rosewood case .16
I. Three Stop-, ditto, rosewood oaae .. •• 10
V. Eight Stops, ditto, oak or rosewood oaae •• •• •• 33
10. Twelve Stops, ditto, oak oaae.40
IL „ ditto, rosewood case.46
11. Patent model, ditto, polished oak or rosewood case .. 65
Messi*. Ch ipi>ell beg also to cad attention to their
NEW AND UNKJUE COTTAGE PIANOFORTES.
No. Guineas.
1. In mahogany case. 6 f octave* .. .. .. .. ..25
L in rosewood, with circular fall 6 f octaves. 30
3. In rosewood, elegant esse, frets kc.35
4. In very elegant walnut, ivory-fronted key*, kc. .. .. 40
k Tho Unique Pianoforte, with perfect cheek action, elegant
rosewood case, 6 i octaves . .. 40
€. Tho Foreign Model, extremely elegant, oblique string*, 7
octavos best check action, kc., the most powerful of
all upright pianofortes .60
Also to tnotr immouso assortment o New and Heoondhand instru¬
ments by Bro«dwood, Collard, and Erard, for Bale or Hire.
FuQ descriptive Lists of Harmoniums and of Pianofortes sent upon
application to CHAPPELL and CO., 49 and 50, Now Bond-street, and
13, Goorge-streat, Hanovor-square
Agent* for America. FAcKEgUETTES and OO n New York.
WATCHES.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS,
Watchmaker* (opposite the Bank of England), 11 and 13,
CorahUl. London, snbmlt for selection a stock of fim-claa* PATENT
DETACHED LEvER WATCHES, which, being made by themselves,
can be recommended <or accuracy and aarahldtjr.
„ . , PRICES OF SILVER WATCHER
Patem Ley er Watch, with the detached eecapcmont, jewelled,
hard enamel dial, aeoooda, and maintaining powur to con¬
tinue going whilst being wound . £i 14 g
Ditto, | e waned m four no its, ana capped . 6 6 0
Ditto, tho finest quality, with the Iraprorod regulator,
jewelled In ab hole*, usually in gold case*.
EUhoroi th* Oliver Watches In hunting oases, 10* fid. extra.
_ . _ GOLD WATCHES SIZE POB LADIES.
Patent Lever Watch, with ornamental gold dial, the move¬
ment with lateat Improvement*, i.#., the detached escape¬
ment, maintaining power, and jewelled. 11 11 0
Dlito, with richly-engraved case . 12 12 0
Ditto, with ywy strongcaao, and jewelled in four holo* .. 14 14 0
. , 00 BATCHES. SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN.
Patent Lev«r Watch, with the latest improvement*, i.e., ibe
detached escapement. Jewelled in four holes, hard -n.m .1
dial, aeoonda, and maintaining power . 10 10 0
Ditto, In stronger case, improved regulator, and cap pod .. 13 13 0
Ditto, jewelled in ab holes, and gold balanoo 17 17 a
Either of tbe Gold Watches in banting cane* £3 to extra.
Ll*u of prioe*, with remarks on the construction of watches, gratis
and port-freooo application
Any watch rejected Will be sent carriage-free to any part of Great
Britain er Ireland upon receipt of a remittance of tho amount.
PIANOFORTES and HARMONIUMS.—
JL GKO LUFF »nd SON have the lurgOat stock In Ixmdon, fo*
BALE or HIRE with ra*y term* of parchaae, from XtC to £100.
103, Great Huaeell-atreet, Blcomabnry.
pLANOFuKTES. Us. per Month for HIRE,
1- with option ot Purchase fiJ-octave*. No Hire charged 1 1
purchased in six month* Harp* and Harmonium* for Hire.—
OBTZMANN and CO., 32, Wigmore-strert Cavcodisb-sqaara, W.
PIANOFORTES, £25.— OETZMANN’S
X ROYAL COTTAGK PIAJNOPOKTKh 6 | Mm, CrUodn
Falls, Rosewood or Mahogany Cases. Warranted. Packed free ior
cash.-OF.TZM ANN and CO., 32, Wigmora-rtraet, Caveadlah-sq., W.
PIA N O S.—OETZMANN and PLUMB’S
1 new Patent STUDIO or 8 ;HOOL-ROOI4 PIANOFORTE,
which have gives such univereal satis action (price* ranging from
considerably !w* icon £20). *re only to be obtained, in London, at
56 Great Kujmo'I -*tre- 1 Bloomsbury; and of all tho principal coun¬
try Mualoseller* Also, thoir new Patent Drawing-room Pianoforte*,
at price* ellghriy in advance of tho Studio Piano*.
PIANOFORTES. —OETZMANN and
X PLUM 8’8 NEW PATENT 8 CHOOT-ROOM PIANOFORTKS,
61 oeuvre prioea from considerably under £30. L the moat suitabl*
imtixmoLt minurcciurod ror the Schoolroom, or where a small
Pianoforte is required, being *oonnatrncun as to reonire little tuning.
To b« nod of all the principal country Moaloseller* in EngLnd, Scot¬
land and frelunil, also for 8 * 10 . Hire, or kxohange. In London,
only at 5*. Great KUM^etreet. Bloomsbury.
pHAKLES TALKER (late Antoni Forrer),
v/ ArtGt In Hair to t&r gUKEN, by Api ointment.
Hair Jewel orv Dopurmont, 1*6, Regent -el root.
Foreign and Fancy ditto, 78, Reg m-atreet.
Jet and Mourning ditto, 76. Rreent-atreet.
ANTONI FORREB,
il Artist in Hair and Jewellery,
by Appointment
to tho gueen
32, Baker-street, ron man-square
(noarly oppoe-te tbe Bazaar).
Antoni Forrer ha* no connection whatever with hi* lot* Establish¬
ment in Regent- street
O AIR JEWELLERY.—Artisl in Hair.—
Li DEWDNEY bojr» to in'orm Lodiee or Gentlemen resident in
town or any part of the kingdom that he boautiiully makes, and
Ungainly mounts. In gold. HAIR BRACELETS, Chains, Brooches,
.inge, Pins, Brad*, kc.; and forwards tho tame, care'oUy packed
tn boxes, at about one-half tbe usual charge A beanti ol ooUootlon
of specimens, handsomely mounted, kept for Inapeotion. An Ulua¬
trated book sent free —Dewdney, ITS, Fenchorcb-rtreet.
OEFORE YuU HAVE YOUK LIKENESS
D TAKEN eend for DKWDNKY’fl PATTERNS of BROOCHES.
Locket*. Bracelets, A*., which are rent free on receipt o' two postage-
• tamps Registered Revolving Brooches In Solid Gold, to show either
Likeness or Hair at pleasure of wearer, from (fie. each. A Gold
Plated Brooch or Locket sent free to any port of tho kingdom for
10 *. 6 d Dewdney, Mannfrjtoring Goldsmith and Jeweller, 172,
Pmohrrrob-«t***t rtfry. I.oorl .o
A GUINEA GOLD WEDDING-RING and
il HaU-morked KEEPER sent in a morooco box loony part of
the amgdom on receipt of 21*. or a Post-offloe order. GEORGE
DfWiMRY GoW.mI»k anri f^weller ’72. Fimchureh-atreel. IHindoo
pHE SWEDl-H HAIK JEWELLERS, 70,
L George-street Edinbnrgh beg to Inform the Ladies that their
now *-o-kof Designs and Price* for Mak ng HAIlt ’< KALE LETS,
Chain* King*. roo^ha*. Ac. will be rent io*t-frre on app loation.
QCUTUH PEBBLE BROOCHES and
BRACELETS in Cairngorum and Jasper*. Immense stock, at
all prices. A. MILNE and L'O , Maonfactureu, 70. Goorge-sueet,
Ed In 'urgh. illustrated catalogue post- free on application.
JdhL and SO Mb. Watch and Clock Manutac-
U rarer*. No*. 17 and 8 , CorahUl, have a Show-room expressly
fitted up tor tbe display of Drawing and Dining Room CLOCKS^
manu ar taxed in splendid Ormolu and exquisiutly-modollod antique
Bronzoa. the movements of fln’-claM flal*h *<riking tbe hoar* and
half-hour* Ktusb lock b warranted. 8 aircare Clock* in fashinn-
cbtv-m'ionted case* Diab for Coumlng-Qoore* Ail charged at
manuiociarini,' P^oe*.
The New Hull ding*. No*. 17 and 18. CorahilL
OARL and SONS, Watch and Clock Manafac-
kj torers. No* 17 and 18, CorahiU, In rite attention to their new
rad splendid t-tock of GOLD and SILVER WATCHRs, e*h war¬
ranted. and twelve months' trial allowed.
liver Waichea of highly-fluishud oonstraotlon, and jewelled, with
fashionable exterior, at 50*. to £10 < 0 *
Gold Watooa», of all descriptions of movements, from £6 6 *.
to £50.
Books of Patterns and ‘frioe* can be obtained; and all order*, with
* remittance, promptly attended to.
QARL and SONS, Goldsmiths and Jewellers,
lO No*. 17 and 18, rorahllL—The g> onnd floor of the New Bonding
•^morej>anlcul*rly devoted to the display of Fine Gold Jewollory and
In the Jewellery Department will be fonnd a rich and endless
assortment of King* and Brooches, set with magnificent gems, Brack¬
et* and Necklets, Pin* and Start*, be. All nowiy manufactured, and
in the mo»t recent style. The naadty of ihe gold b wan anted.
Fine Gold Chains are charged according to their respective weights,
and tb* quality of tho gold b oerilfied bv the stamp.
Books of Patterns and Price* can be obtained.
Letter* promptly attended to.
O N BOARD H.M.S. “NORTH STAR,” in
ihc AR TIC REGIONS, for Two Year*, the t hip’* Time was
kept by one of JONES'S Lover*, ail other Watches onboard having
sioptfMl. In silver £4 Is ; to Gold, £10 10* ; rt the Manufactory,
328 Strand (opposite Somerset Hoa.o). Read JONES'S ’ Sketch of
Watccwurk " bent free for a 2d stsunp.
■p|LAM0NDS, Plate. Pearls, and Precious
JL/ Stoni* PUKCHA 8 KD, ior cash, at their frill voice, by W.B.
and A. BOtVUl.NDd, Jeweller*, 146, Kegont-etreot.
S ILVER PLATE, New and Secondhand.—
A pamphlet of Prioea, with Engravings, ma’ be h*.d g-atis: or
wiii fcesaot port-free If appliod for by lot’or.-A. B. bAV./RY and
HONS, (Goldsmiths (opposite the Bank of England), il and 12 , Corn-
Mil, London.
TiAfAPPIN’S CUTLERY and ELECTRO-
JLJJ. SILVER PLATE.—Meur*. MAPP.N (Brother*) Ma> ufrte-
toran by Spedai Appointment to the gueen a e tbe only Sheffield
Maker • who supply he consumer direct In l.ondon. Their London
Show Rojma, 67 and fcS, KING WlLl.lAM- 8 ^KKKT. London-bridge,
eon >ain br far too largo* t Stock of CUTLhKYand ELBCrdO-SILVER
T..Afi in the Wo lu ehcb I* transmitted direct from thoir Manu¬
factory, guetn's Cutlery Works, bhtfliold.
' Ivory Table Kniroe full size,
Balance Hand a which cannot
po sal hl« become loose. Per Do*,
rablo Knlve* .. .. 25e. 0d.
Dee*art Knives .. .. 18 0
Carvemt per pair) ..9 0
Aa above, with Sterling Silver
Ferules.
Table Knlvce .. ,,24 0
Deesert Knives .. .. 21 0
v ... . Carve’■ (per pair' .. 11 0
Meson. Mapptn (Brother*) re-peotiuly Invite boyar* to in»peet
their U' prerecanied display, which for b^auiv of d*-algn, exqui¬
site workman*!) p, and novelty, ataode unrlval'eil. The*r Uluatrated
Catalogua wklt b Is continually reoeivtng additions of new designs,
free on application.
Map.dn (Brotnars). 67 and 68 , King William-street, Lend on-bridge
Manufactory, gueen’s Cutlery Works, Sbofflold.
G ~ ARDNERS’ DINNER SERVICE 15 , £2 29 .
oomplete. beet quality, tho selection of patterns the cb lco»t in
the trade. Break'aat, dea>*rt and leaeerviooe in great variety, at th*
lowest prioes Table Glass in the O'W.et and most elegant deaigna.
Exe"l)e> t Cut Wt D «* 3a. fid. per dcx.~G&KDNE'tn, 63 ana 453, ttlrand,
adjoining Courts'* Bank. Lngravkga free by post
Elecuo Silver Sooona and orka.
Fiddle Patterns ind aixe.
Per Dor.
Table °poonv ,, ,
. S*e. Od.
Table Forks
. 36 0
Dosrert Spoons „ ,
. 27 0
Dessert Porks ..
. 27 0
Tea opeons
. 16 0
Sait „ ( Gilt Bowl* ;
1
Mustard ,, 1 6 *.perdue.
14 0
Egv „ ( extra. ]
\
G ARDNERS’ LAMPS for INDIA, 50s. each,
oomplete, proved to be th* most perfect for burning under tb*
Sevartl thousand patterns to select from.
punkah over Invented
Gardner*' (b) appoint
oross. and I and » Danoannon-street.
patterns I
(b> appointment to tbe gueen), t&3. Strand Charing-
Eatablished 'Oe rears.
T\ INNER, DESSERT, and TEA SERVICES.
JL/ A large variety of new and good Pattern*. Beat quality,
superior teste, unusually prioes. Also every description of Cot
Table Glass, equally advan ageous.
THOMAS Pfc
PbAhC E and SON, 28, Lndgate-hllL E.C.
S ARL and SONS. Silversmiths (the New
Podding), 17 and 18. ConthUl, Invite attention to their new and
magoifioem Block of t-ondon-manufactured SILVER PLATE, con¬
taining every articlo requisite for tbe Table and Sideboard.
Silver Spoons and Forks at 7a. 4 d. per ounce
Rich and Elegant Tea and Codec Equipages, commencing at £36
the foil service
Silver Salver* of all nizaa and pattern*, from lb 10*. to £100.
A large and cosily di play of Silver Hnwoutatioo Plate, charged at
ir ounce Oliver department of tho building
Book* of Design* and *-rioo* may bo obtained.
S ARL and bi ii'tfci, Wholesale Manu acturing
FT KOTRO and 4PGK Tl> K *•: \ A in o* i7and
i 8 . Cnrnbiil *c tiiu spiuuoia 8 noN -room> Qevotco to thtt dupartmi.ai
of me bueiceaa will lie found every a/tinle -urli* ra anu lectured
Corner Di be* end Dover* Dish Cover* p on» aod Sanoe lureou*
Cruet Frame* Tee and Cofloe ‘(emcee—Marnlfioent Epergne* and
Candelabra Saiver* and oe Tray*
The Argentine Silver Spoon* and Forks, solely maou tetured by
Sari «nd Bona ar ooe-alxth ibe coat of a* bd m ver, are if poclally re¬
commended, having tioo* the teat o' Firteoi Years' expenenoe-
Pooka of Drawings and Prioe- m*y Le obtained.
All order* by post pnnetsaily aUend»: to.
O RNAMENTS for ihe MANTELPIECE, &c.
Statuette*. Group*, Vase*, ko.,ln Parian, decorated Blanuo and
other China ; Clock* (gilt marble, and bronxe), Ala' aa’er, Bohemian
Glee-, firet-clase bronxe*, Candelabra, and many other a* t-manniao-
tures, all in the boat taste and *t very moderate s.ricex.
THOMAS PEARCE and SON, 23, Ludgate-hlil, B.C
I RON BEDSTEADS and BEDDING in great
variety and at very reasonable price* can be bed at 232, l otten-
h am-court-road. Uhutrated catalogue, containing list of prices, sent
post- 1 reo on application —ALFRED COiTKELu (late Wren Bro¬
thers), Iron and Hr m Bedi'ead Mannfacttirar, 233, Tottenham-
eoon-road, London, W. N.B. Ike trado supplied.
HE BEST SHOW of IRON BEDSTEADS
In the KINGDOM la WILLIAM 8 BURTON'S.—H* has Four
Large hoorns devoted to the exo'tulve show of iron and Brai* Bed¬
steads and Chiidion'a Co<s, with appro riate Beddtnv and Bed-
hangings Portable Po'dina’ Bedateida. from I la.; Patent Iron 3ed-
aiead*. fitted with dovetail joints and patent sacking, from It* 6 d j
and Cou, from 15a. fid. each, handsome Ornnm nlal Iron and Bras*
Bodcte-ide, lu great varety. from £1 13* 6 d to £«fi.
William 8 . Burton’s GENERAL FURNISHING IRONMONGERY
CATaI/tGUP. may be bad gratia, and fr»oby poet. It contain* up-
we>d« of 400 Illuairationa of bis illimited block of El ciro and
Sheffield Hare, Nickel ollvor, and HritannU Meal Grods. Hlah Cov< r*,
and Hot- wa'ar Dishes Riovre b coder*. Marble Maotolpleoee, Kbchen
Range*, Lamp* Gautier*. Tc* Urn* and Ketllee, Tea frays, Clocks,
Ta'dn Cutlery. Ba'h* and Toilet W re. Turnery, Lon and B ase Bed¬
stead*, Booding, Bed Hangin *, Ac., Aa., wi b List* of Pihes, and
Plan* of the bixteen Large -'bow-room* at 39, Oxford-street, W.; 1,
lA, t, and 3. Newman-etreet: and 4, 6 , and 6 , Perry’t-placo
b
LDtTEADd of every description, both Wood
and Iren, fitted with Fur- ttnre anu Bed lug cample,*.
J MAPLE and CO., 145 to 147, Tott> nhitm-court-rood.
An hluatmad Catalogue ara-la. ^
T7UVE thousand pieces magni-
JD FICBbT CARPET, at 2 a 4d and is lOd.peryard.
Rich Velvet Carpet*, at 3*. fit. per yard.
J. MaPLB and CO., >46, Tottenham-oonrt-road.
INING and DRAWING ROOM FURNI-
TURE. in endlee* variety.
The Kogtaie Easy Chair. .. 25*.
The f ugenie Couch in Walnut Wood .. .. 3 guinea*.
Drawing-room Chairs .. .. .. .. .. 10*. fid each.
Handsome Walnut I able* .. .. .. 4 guineas.
J. M4PLB anl CO . 145, Tottcnham-court-road.
Th* largest and most convenient Furnishing Establishment In the
World.
JOHN WELLS and CO., 210 , Regent-street,
London—CABINET FURN1TTRK of superior d-wign and
manofkctare at mod mate prioea. Sideboards. fro« >0 to 160 guinea*,
always in stock. Illustrated catalogue* gratia by post.
'jIHE BEST BED for a CHILD ig one ol
___ THRLOAR '8 METALLIC COTS. 4 feet long by 2 feet wide,
with moveable aide* and pillar*. oa*tor* and bras* vase*. Prioe
Sis.. Including * Coeon-nut Fibre Mattress. Packed and delivered
at any railway nation in tbe kingdom for 2 <t
1 humas Tieloar, 42, Ludca-e-hill. London. B.C.
L AMBERT’S PATENT VALVE-COf.KS,
for vriihstanding continuous high pressure, are nneoua 1^. Thor
ar* cheaper, more durable, and less liable to le*kng« than other*.—T.
Lambert anil non, Short-*tre*t. Now Cut. Lambeth. London.
OR REMOVING FURNITCKKbv ROAD <
or RAILWAY WITHOUT the EXPENSE of PA KINO, andreo*
J. TAYIA).\, Ctrm«n to hor Majesty. 41, Upper Borkdov-street, oart-
man-*quaro. Furniture Warehoused or Purchaaod. heumatea free
from charge.
JCE CREAMS immediately and economically
X made bv EX1TAUX *nd STKAD’S itEGIBTE tPD FREEZING
APPARATUS. Price, from 2* guineas. Sold at 3. Pall-mall, ft.'W ,
and 97. Norton-atroei. W.: also by the W L. loo Co , 164 a, Strand. W.C
PJ
_ RIZE HAYMAKING MACHINE-.—
I Doable Ac'lon wi'b wrought-iron arms, £13 10b. fld . delivered In
London. Stock always r**dy. Oroer ulrect of the invent-* a. ” or w
Bay and Brabble Fakre £7 0a to £9 »0s.: La*- n-mowlng Machines,
£& 10a each.-MARY WkDLAKE and CO , 118, Fcuchutch-*tr. et^
T'ENTS aDd MARQUEES (Government)
f exceedlrgly ch»*ap. For print* d particular* (wi b woodcut*)
apply to A**LD 4 IDGF. and CO., «4 Rood-one Fenchurcb-atitet.
C 1RICKET BATS and BALLS, Archery,
J P.loing Wblpe and C*n«*. Fbbmg Taoklo Umbrellas Rack- rt,
Buiterflv N»- a. P-ua, kc.-Mr CHEI-K reapecDnlly aubmii* he
lante»t and bo*t B*o«k In London —i32a, Oxioni-nreet w - ' RUM
of Cricket " “ British Anglsr'i Initructor," *’Areher'i Gnide, and
List of Ptloea, grnti
SupptEsreNT, June 26 , 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
637
s
K E
T
C
H
E S l N
CHINA.
{From our Special Artist and Correspondent .)
Cajitoh, April 21,1868.
Just now one hears of nothing but rumours of attacks. No later
than last week a gun-boat came up from Hong-Kong bringing intOtli*
pence that the north-west end of the town was the point at which the
Braves would begin, and forthwith three gun-boats were sent up
Suipbur Creek; but the afternoon and night passed off without any
demonstration. The day before yesterday it was the Examination
Hall, or the vicinity of the United Service landing place. Every one
was expecting something, and we retired in expectation of having to
turn out at any time of the night. There was a false alarm about
twelve o’clock, and every cow and#then shots were heard. At one
time something very like a rocket in sound was heard I made sure
it was one, but next morning found out that it was a house that had
fallen down. Since then a field-piece has been landed, and a gun¬
boat posted at the end of the creek at the back of the Commissariat
Stores. The Chinese say that the ninety-six villages have now an
army of 2,000,000 Braves, who are determined to expel the foreigners,
of whom there are very few indeed now, a great number of gun-boats
and men-of-war having gone to the north before they knew whether
Canton was to be trusted or not. A policeman had his head cut open
at the South Gate as he was closing it last week, and the man
who did it is not hanged yet. The great mistake we made
was not sending an expedition against the Braves in the White Cloud
Mountains; now it would be difficult with the few troops in the city.
The European troops have all now moved up to the heights, leaving
the weakest part of the town to the Bengalese. The French have
been told not to go into the city without revolvers, and not less than
two of them together, as some Braves are said to have entered the
city having sworn to take the heads of any Fanqnis at the risk of
mrwnAr. SEPOYS BEING SHAYM>, EXAMINATION BALL, CANTON
6." 8
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[Juke 26, 1858
tVir lives. All this uncertainty is much worse than a real attack,
b ■ - loss we should then probably thrash the follows, and make them
<T»iet, for some time at all events. The coolies who were taken by the
mndarin have not been proved guilty; a great many witnesses
started to give evidence against them, but when they arrived at their
dcatina'isn it was found that one by one had dropped off, till not one
appeared against the coolies. What a contrast to all this Canton
p ; geoa is the quiet Honan just opposite, where the Chinamen and
the Fanquis live iu fraternity and peace. Tea! tea! tea! is all one
hears from mom till noon, from night till daylight. Though there is
not a policeman or soldier in the place, yet the Fanquis sleep with¬
out fear, and walk about with impunity. The Celestial is polite,
agreeable, and full ot tea business, or any other “ pigeon.” John is
making mcney, and Fauqui is ditto. Both are happy, and treat each
other as friends, for what more do they want tlian money ?
The weailier is bright and hot, but we had one or two very heavy
thunderstorms last week. The troops went into cool clothing the day
before.
10th. Canton is considered much healthier than Hong-Kong in the
hot season. We shall be in a fix if we have to go to Pekin without
the necessary force. We certainly could not spare any from Cantou.
BRITISH INSTITUTION—WORKS OF ANCIENT
MASTERS.
Last week we briefly adverted to the opening of this institution, and
now proceed to notice some of its interesting works of art. We
hope one day to see a scries of exhibitions according to schools and pe¬
riods, which even these rooms would afford ample accommodation
for, and which as an aid to the study of art would be of incalculable
value and interest.
Of the Italian schools the specimens exhi iited are between fifty and
sixty in number, a large proportion of which are of the earlier periods.
Leonardo da Vinci or his school shines in eight examples, including
the celebrated ‘‘ Vierge aux Rochers ” (7), the property of the Earl of
Sul!blk, I lie duplicate of which is in the Louvre, for there is now
little doubt in theminds of those who have any right to pronounce an
optaion that the Suffolk Gallery picture is the original one; and, in
tbr words of a late distinguished critic, who wrote forty years ago, one
of Ilia very few pictures extant, “ indubitably by the hand of
Da Vinci.” It is a higlily-imprcssive work, in the master’s
severest but most finished style. A study for the head of the
Madmin iu it will be recollected as haring been exhibited at
Manchester last year. Tho same noble Earl exhibits a “ Virgin
and Cliild,” attributed to the great muster. The “ Infant
Saviour and St. John Fondling a Lamb" (8), the property of Lord
Ashburton, is admirable for its charming sentiment no less than
for the roundness of the fiesh modelling and the exquisite finish and
o' iarnsenro pervading every part. The Royal Academy send their large
copy by M. D'Oggione of the celebrated “Last Supper ” (48), which,
now that the original has faded, or been painted over, is justly prized
as the nearest and best substitute for it, having been produced
by one of the great painter’s favourite pupils, and under the
master’s psrsonal inspection. In contemplating this picture we are
struck with the animation of the action, and the impressiveness of the
expression, which for surpass anything seen in the numerous en¬
gravings. Fra Filippo Lippi is represented in a group of “authenti¬
cated portraits of Cosmo and Lorenzo di Medici ” (21), in which we
observe great earnestness and individuality in the beads, and a soft¬
ness and roundness in the handling, which in this master marked a
d-.ddel advance in the art. “The Virgin and Child, with St. John”
(29), by Sandro Botticelli, contributed by Mr. A. Barker, is not so
good an exnmple by many degrees of the artist as the celebrated
“ Adoration of the Shepherd ” exhibited at Manchester. A Mag¬
dalene (21) and four saint subjects, by C. Crevelh, the property of
tho la t-named contributor, are remarkable for the painful in¬
tensity of realisation of the early period of tho Venetian school.
“Giorgione, his Mistress, and Pupil” (31), attributed to Giorgione,
also the property of Mr. Barker, is a glowing canvas, exem¬
plifying the noble peculiarities in colour and chiaroscuro of the
later or true Venetian school, originated by that magnificent
but melancholy geniu«, and carried out to such perfection by
Titian. Of Titians. Mrs. U. Dawson contributes a striking por¬
trait of Charles V. (12); Mr. F. Grant, R A., a portrait of
a Physician (431, evincing much character. Amongst the other
works of the Italian school we may allude to two Guidos, one a
head of tho Sivionr (13), the other a “ Nativity” (14); “The
Ratio tear " (42), by A. Carracci—all the property of the Earlof Suf¬
folk ; a “ VirpiunndChild” (37), by Fra Bartolomeo, the property
of the Earl of Ponis; “ St. John in the Desert,” by Domenichino
(50); and “St. B<uuo,” in a landscape (52), by F. Mola; and ‘ Tail¬
ored Baptising Clorinda,” by Agostino Caracci. contributed by the
Duke of Northumberland; “Elijah in the Wilderness” (49), by
Guido, tho property of Sir C. M. Burrell; and a “Portrait of D.
Piero Richetti,” by Tintoretto (47), the property of Mr. G. Richmond-;
A.K A. e
Earl Howe contributes a very beautiful Murillo (l)—“ The Infant
Saviour, ’ sleeping, watched over by angels—beaming with silvery-
light. By the seme master, Mr. Gladstone contributes “A Saint
with Two Monks Walking on tho Water” (99), a remarkable com¬
position. The three holy personages stand or kneel firmly on the
water, which is opaque, and without translucency, or rnucli idea of
perspective in the distauce. On the shore are a group of men, in
Spanish costume, and some boys, who gaze with an amazed and
aiua-ed expression at the miracle performed before them.
In the Dutch and Flemish schools tho Duke of Newcastle sends bis
“Playing at Bowls” (51', and one or two more, by Teniers; Earl
Howe “A Woody Landscape ” (53), and a fine “Seashore ” (91), by
Ruysdael; and a “Tobias and the Angel” (95). by Rembrandt, a
masterly work, with a larger proportion of light than usual with this
eccentric painter; Sir W F. Middleton, two very fine portraits by
Rembrandt—that of the painter’s mother (102) being remarkable
for the expression and richness of tone; Lord Kenyon, two very
spirited specimens of Snyders—“A Boar Hunt” (98), and a “Wolf
att irking a Fox ” (106) ; and Wynn Ellis a “Cattleand Figures,” by
Cuyp (72), outlined with a bolder hand and with a grander conception
of character than in the majority of Ills works.
Of the more recent periods are a “ Portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert ”
(110), by Romney, exhibited by Mr. P S. Pierrepont; two or three
p .rtr.its by Reynolds, including two duplicates of “ Nelly
O Brian ” (128 and 156), respectively the property of Mr. Mills
and Lady Dover; a clever “Landscape, with Figures and Sheep”
(172), by Moriend,- the properly of ME J. Hardy; and a
pretty "Sleeping Cliild” (160), by Hilton. Her Majesty con¬
tributes two group pictures of “George III. and Family”
(146 and 155), by Zoffiray; and the “Saturday Night” (171),
by Bird, an interior with a group of village instrumentalists and
choristers rehearsing far next day’s church service—a composition of
considerable power afid humour.
Nasb 8 Hobbes of Parliambict.—T wo very
fiua palqtmgsi in wat^co lours, of the interior of the Iluuscs of Lords
pnd Commo' $ hire just freon completed by Mr. J. Nash, author of the
“Old Engli*h x Mansion," “Windsor Castle," &c . and are now on private
at 12. PalPmalkEasi They are of considerable dimensions large
enough to allow or^H the elaborate architectural aud decorative detail to
be given without the eptgtCar*nee of crowding, and also to give some in¬
dividuality to the principal figures introduced. The Peers' Chamber is
r< presented during the august ceremony of the opening of Parliament by
frer Majesty benches being crowded by peers in their robca, and ladies
in brilliaut attire The coup-d ceil Is very splendid The House ofCom-
ibous is represented in gaudy colours, the members being assembled
In Ibair usual morning dress to hear an animated debate between the
learfcr* of the Government, and the Opposition. The rich and elaborate
architecture of both chambers is realised with great accuracy and artistio
feeling; and the perapee’ ve, particularly as it involves gradations of
U-jWt and hue, has been admirably consulted. These interesting work?
a»e about to be reproduced In chromo-lithography by Mcasra. Day and
Son. uudtr the artist s inspection.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS— Mondat.
The India Resolutions.— The Earl of Malmesbury*, referring to a
question asked on Friday by the Marquis of Lansdowne, stated that her
Majesty's Ministers did not propose to bring before their Lord«hips the
resolutions respecting tho Government of India whioh had been discussed
and adopted in the other House. He explained the motives for this deter¬
mination, observing that it was deenud preferable to wait until the bill
founded on these relations, 'and already introduced into the Commons,
should come up in due course,’an event which he hoped would occur before
the close of the second week in July. Some brief comments on this an¬
nouncement were made by tho Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Grey, Earl
Granville, aud some other peers. The subject then dropped.
Coolie Emigration.— The Bishop of Oxford moved for some corre¬
spondence respecting the transfer of Chinese labourers from Hong-Kong
to the West Indies and other British colonies. After giving details, lie
proceeded to denounce a practice which, in his opinion, ns at present con¬
ducted. amounted to a revival of the slave trade in a most objectionable
and illicit form.—The Earl of Carnarvon, in reply, entered into a variety
of explanations touching the special transactions alluded to by the rev.
Prelate. He had no objection to lay the required paper on the table.
After some further remarks from Lord Brougham and the Earl of
Clarendon, the motion was agreed to Several bills were advanced re¬
spectively through the pending stage of business.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Monday.
Corporation of Belfast — Replying to Mr. Macartney, Lord Naas
stated that a commission was about to be Issued to inquire into the con¬
dition of the municipal affairs of Belfast.
The Commissioners for the Exhibition (1851) Bill passed through
Committee after some discussion on its clauses.
THE PAPER DUTIES CONDEMNED.
On the motion that the House should go into Committee of Supply on
the grant for education.
Mr M. Gibson moved, as an amendment, a resolution setting forth the
opinion that the maintenance of the excise on paper, as a permanent
source of revenue, would be impoUtie, and that such financial arrange¬
ments ought to be made as would enable Parliament to dispense with that
tax. Without seeking to disturb the financial arrangements for the cur¬
rent year, the right lion member asked the House only to pass a sentence
of condemnation on the paper duty as a step to its future abolition, He
K roceeded to describe the injury indicted alike on literature and on trade
y the operation of the tax, which, in addition to its mere weight as an
impost, occasioned tbe most serious impediments to the manufacture of
the article. As connected with education, he maintained that the repeal
of the duty would exercise a more beneficial influence, in extending and
diffusing instruction, than could be effected by adding another million to
the educational votes. As an article of trade, he was assured that, if the
manufacture were once set free from its existing shackles, England would
become a large exporter of paper to foreign countries.
Mr. H. Ingram seconded the motion, and tendered his thanks to the
right hon gentleman who had so constantly persevered in his attempts to
obtain a repeal of this tax. Being connected with the manufacture of
paper, he wa* competent to hear testimony to the accuracy of the argu¬
ments brought forward in support of the motion. He knew somethingdf N
cheap literature. He held in his hand a penny publication, the “ London
Journal," which circulated half a million weekly, and this Jitt'o paper
paid a paper duty of 30 per cent; while a three-volume work paid only
about one percent The hon member then adverted in detail to various
practical inconveniences in the manufacture, exportation, and employ¬
ment of paper resulting from the operation of the excise duty on the
article; and concluded as follows:—“As the question of reyciiue is really
the only thing under consideration, and as we have no advocates for the
paper duty except on thiagrouud, I do say, witli the greatest Conviction
of the truth, that, the increased trade, the increased employment, the in¬
creased consumption of taxable articles which would necessarily follow
from an abrogation of this duty, would compensate for the amount levied
by the excise on paper. I hope, therefore, that the House will have the
courage and the justice at once to pronounce its opinion that this tax is
doomed, and that we 9hall u&t stand in the world as the exception in levy¬
ing taxes on the intelligence, the literature, and the industry of the
nation " (Cheers).
Mr. Salisbury supported the resolution, believing that the repeal of
the tax would prove an essentia! benefit to the working classes of the
country. ( l /s / /
Mr. Ayrton, who also supported the resolution, argued that, as cheap
periodicals had now become the great practical educators of the age, it
was most expedient to remit an import which curtailfid>tlie circulation,
and to a still more serious extent impaired the quality, of these agencies
of instruction.
Mr. Cowan stated that in consequence of the tax he had ceased to
fabricate paper for exportation, but should resume that branch of trade
if the impost were repealed.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer declared that he had always co n
sidered the pap.-r duty as an impolitic impost, and one which ought no-
to be included among the permanent-sources of revenue. While thus con-
leasing that the tax ought as soonjis possible to be repealed, he trusted
that no vote wou d be passed calculated to hamper the future liuaucial
arrangements of the Government.
Mr. Bright suggested that \tn*e resolution should be amended by omit¬
ting the latter clause, so as to obviate the difficulty to which Mr. Disraeli
had referred of fettering the Government h reader.
BirC. Lewis- exp’aining the opinion he had expressed concerning the
paper duty when him self ^Finance Minister, and to which Mr. Gibson had
averted-had never, ho said. defended the tax on its abstract merits, but
had at the time maintained that under the then present situation of the
Exchequer it was not advisable to abolish it.
After a few remarks from Mr Drummond,
Lord^J. Russell characterised the duty as vexatious and impolitic, and
recommendcdlts repeal when the revenues it produced could be spared.
Mr. M. Gibson having consented to modify his resolution, it was
carried in the amended form without a division.
SUPPLY.—THE EDUCATION ESTIMATE.
^Thejlouse having resolved itself into Committee of Supply,
Mr. Ad.of.rley moved the vote for education, briefly explaining the
various objects udou which the erant. the amount of which was £66J.OOO,
was to be expended. He stated, also, that the Commission on Education,
voted some time since on the motion of Sir J. Pakisgton, was now nomi¬
nated, and would begin its inquiries forthwith.
After a discursive debate, in which many members commented briefly
upon different portions of the educational system, as aided by the public
grant, some votes on the estimate were agreed to, and the House resumed.
Tnc Nisi Prius Court (Ireland) Bill was passed through Com¬
mittee, and other bills advanced a stage.
HOUSE OF LORDS.— Tuesday*
Tnc Probates and Lf.tters of Administration Act Amend¬
ment Bill was read a third time and passed, after some debate, and a
division on some question relating to a point of jurisdiction.
Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act Amendment Bill.— On
the motion for the third reading of this bill. Lord Hf.desdale adverted
to the reports of proceedings in the new Court of Divorce, by which it
appeared that nine divorces had been granted in one day. Such precipita¬
tion. he maintained, argued either neglector collusion -Lord Campbell,
with some indignation, repel’ed this attack on a judicial tribunal.—Alter
some further discussion the bill was read a third time and passed.
The Peace Preservation (Ireland) Act Continuance Bill was
also read a third time and passed.
Delay in Chancery— The Lord Chancellor called attention to
certaiu complaints regarding the al'eged delays in the procedure of the
Chie' Clerk a Office in Chancery and entered into various explanations
on the subject.—Lord St. Leonards and other peers having a.so spoken,
the matter dropped.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Tuesday.
The Medical Practitioners Bill was, at the early sitting, com¬
mitted pro formd. and ordered to stand for recommittal ou the lsto r July.
Local Government Bill— The House haring gone into Committee
on this bill, several clauses of the measure were discussed and passed be¬
fore the time arrived for suspending proceedings.
REWARDS 10 MEMBERS.
On reassembling at six o'clock.
Lord Hotua.m moved a resolution, setting forth “ That it is contrary
to the usage, and derogatory to the dignity, of this House, that any of iis
members should bring forward, promote, or advocate in this House any
proceeding or measure in which he may have acted or been concerned for
or in consideration of any p<»cuniary fee or reward.’’ The noble lAird
based his motion chiefly upon some notorious instances in which mem¬
bers of the House had advocated the claims of certain Indian princes,
when urging appeals fo Parliament against the decision of legal tribunals,
or the policy oi the East India Company. This advocacy had, he con¬
tended, been purchased by a targe fee, and the practice was altogether un¬
befitting an Assembly compot^d of men who represented popular con¬
stituencies and engaged in legislative duties. The House shou d express
its censure of such tendencies to corruption, and endeavour to secure the
purity and independence of its members.
The motion was seconded by Mr Divett.
Mr. Bowyer opposed it, contending that, while ineffectual for any good
purpose the resolution would practically deprive the House of theservicea
of many ab^e meu on topics with which they had special information, such
as railway directors. East India Directors, and even of the law officers of
the Crown because they happened to be personally interested in the sub¬
ject under debate.
Mr. W hiteside supported .the motion, which was directed, not against
directors, whoso position was known, but the promotors ol particular
motious brought forward apparently upon public grounds, but in reality
from motives of personal interest
Mr Bouverie niaiuta ned that it was unjust to accuse the House of
corruption, nor were any tendencies in that direction perceptible. Uu tho
contrary, a marked and rapid improvement in thU respect lmd been ic-
complished within the last fifty >eais. He saw no use In adopting the
resolution, and moved as an nineudinent the previous question
Sir J. Pakington observed that the resolution as it stojd appeared to
specify more particularly the legal members of the House. He thought
that its terms should be made general, and proposed au alteration to Hut
effect.
Mr. LAJtoccnERE thought tho motion useftil and well timed Indian
questions involving large property aud supported by a liberal expenditure,
bad lateiy multiplied considerably in that House and were like y to become
still more numerous hereafter. The credit of the Bar ought to be main¬
tained by adopting >ome means to free profession* 1 members of Parlia¬
ment from the suspicion of accepting fees, directly or indirectly, for their
services in the Legislature.
Mr. Cairns observed that the advocates of the motion had insinuated
the existence of certain suspicious practices among legal members of Par¬
liament. which they did not particularly describe, and which he chal¬
lenged them to substantiate On the part of the Bar, he repudiated these
allegations, feeling assured that the profession was never more distin¬
guished for independence and integrity than at the present moment.
Mr. Dkasy having spoken, /
The Attorney-General insisted that, if any foundation existed for
the suspicion that any legal member had brought forward questions in
that House under the influence of a fee, the ease ought to undergo an Im¬
mediate and searching inquiry. He proceeded to defend the bar *»s a pro¬
fession in general, and those memoirs who were also Parliamentary repre¬
sentatives in particular With reference to the motion itsef, heob-erved
that out of doors it wou’d be interprefcxl into a confession that hon.
members were accessible to corrupt motives in the performance ot their
legislative duties. .
After some remark from Mr Malms,
Mr. Bentinck maintained that non-professional members who accepted
testimonials acted quite as corruptly as the lawyer who took lees for
services in the House
Mr. Gilpin supported the amendment, a? did Mr P O'Brien.
Lord J Russell thought that the independence and integrity of mem¬
bers could be better trusted-to their own sense of propriety than to any
abstract resolution./\
The discussion was continued by some brief remarks from Mr. Bovill,
Mr Roebuck, and Mir. Mellor.
Lord Hotua.m replied, and the House divided on the “ previous
question," the motion actually proposed being that the question be now
put There appeared : Ayes, 141: Woes. 80.
The question was then put. and another division taken, in whioh Lord
Hotham's resolution was carried by a majority of 210 to 27.
/ ASSESSORS AND COLLECTORS OF TAXES.
Mr. Lindsay moved, by way of resolution, “ That iu the opinion of
this House the mode of collecting taxes, both assessed and income, ia
attended with great disadvantage and loss, and requires immediate atten¬
tion." /He complained chiefly of the hardship inflicted upon the tax¬
payers o,f districts whfre, through the default of the collectors, the
parishesWere reassessed, and the taxes levied over again.
Mr. W. Williams seconded the motion.
\SIr J. Trollope opposed the resolution.
After some further discussion.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer slated that the question relating
to the mode of colhcting the inlaud revenue whs under the consideration
of Government. The resolution was then withdrawn.
LUNATICS.
Mr. Tite moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the laws relating
to lunatics under the care of the Court of Chancery.
The motion was seconded by bir A Elton, but a;ter some explanation
from Mr. Cairns, and a few words from Mr. Drummond, this motion
was also withdrawn.
BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY.
Lord J. Russell moved lor leave to bring in a bill to amend and con¬
solidate the laws relating to bankrupts aud insolvents.
The Attorney-General stated that a measure oa the subject was in
preparation by the Government He hud, however, no wish to oppose the
introduction ol the present bill.
The motion was agreed to, and leave given to bring in the bilL
CORONERS' INQUESTS AND FEES.
Mr Cobbett moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the law and
practice of cororn rs' inquests. The hon. member supported his motion
by some prolonged explanations of the present state of the luw ou this
point
The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved that the debate should be
adjourned, which was at ou^e agreed to.
JOINT-STOCK BANKING COMPANIES BILL.
On the motion that this bill should be read a third tune, Mr. Cowan
moved as an aniendment that the third reading be deferred for six months.
The House divided—For the third reading, 60 ; against, 13: majoiitj, 47.
The bill was then read a third time and passed.
Leave was given to bring in several bills.
OPENING OF THE SOLDIERS’ DAUGHTERS* HOME
BY THE PRINCE CONSORT.
The ceremony of inaugurating this new asylum, at Hampstead, by his
hoyal Highness the Prince Consort, took place on Friday week, uuder
the most lavourable circumstances. His Royal Highness was weieonnd
by a brilliant assemblage On entering the schoolroom a prayer
was offered by the chaplain General, the who’e of the assembly joining
afterwards audibly in the Lord's Prsyer. The chairman of lhe com¬
mittee. the Duke of Wellington, then read a loyal and congratu atory
address to the Prince, setting forth the character of the institution, with
the principles of its foundation and management; to which
His Royal Highness replied in an address characterised by feeling, in
the course of which he said“ Having watched with much interest tho
proceedings oft his society since its earliest formation, it is with great
pleasure that I have avail’d myself of your kind Invitation to assist at (lie
opening of your asylum, and thus by my presence, to mark, not only my
own, but the interest taken by her Majesty In thesue.ce? 80 t yonr benevolent
exertions to provide a home for the motherless and uiitrirtukd daughters
of our gallant soldiers." At the c'oseof this reply the company adjourned
to the garden, where his Itoyat Highness plamed a tree com.nem jrativo
of the event, and then inspected the buildings of which he express'd
the highest approval, and after partakiug of refreshment, returned to
Buckingham Palace. A dejt fiui r was then served in the large din ng-hall*
and the company dispersed at about seven o'clock.
In a Jew copies of this journal la*t week a portion of the descriptive
details accompanying the engraving of the Soldiers’ Daughters' Home
was accidentally left out We now supp’y the omission.
Established in the year 1855, and supported by voluntary contributions,
this charity has been so fortunate as to obtain the countenance ai d
patronage of her mo.-t gracious Majesty the Queen, who haa lurther
evinced the interest she feels in the welfare of the children of her so dit-rj
by taking a lilc presentation, and has now a nominee in the Home, llis
Royal Highness the Prince Consort aud the Prince of Wales have also
taken life presentations. Among its patrons are his Royal iLehuess the
Duke of Cambridge, C >mmanding-in-Chief; the Duke of Wtllington
is its president; and the first of the vice-presidents is the Archbishop
of Canterbury.
it ia the only asylum in the kingdom for the daughters of the Army ;
and, as a proof of the bro.id soope which its operations embrace it miy
be mentioned that the last child admitted was a total orphan of the 66tu
Infantry, sent direct from tlong Kong to the Home. Its object is to
provide for these children, whet lu r orphans or not. a permanent home,
where they are maintained, clothed, educated, and trained industrially.
The children at the Home are admitted at the earliest age, prcjerenco
being given, first-to total orphans ; secondly—to mother.iss children;
thirdly—to fatherless children, &c.; and it is a part of its
plan to continue a supervision over the girls after thry have enteicd
upon the duties of active life, and to affo d a temporary home for them
when from no morul fault they are unab c to obtain a situation. Two
girls have been sent out. and are ‘uitilliug the best executions of He
committee. There are now 130 ohildren in a temporary home olosely ad¬
jacent; the average has fora long time been 120; and it may be stated,
as a proof of the sa ubrity of tue situation nnd the watchful care of t< o
committee, that no illness has existed in the Home beyond the casual
complaint* to which children arc liable.
The position of the society is tills .--Founded three years ago, it hn
maintained and educated an average number of 120girls: it bas estab¬
lished an endowed lund of £l4.GeO, cahed the “ Powys Endowment."
as a memorial of the indefatizab'e exertions of Major Powys; aud au
annual iuoome of between £14011 and £<600 (inclurivo of the fuud).
it has also purchased and paid lor the freehold property upon which
the Home is built, a sufficient f*um has been allocated to fuUy pay
for the buildings, and the institution will find itself iu Its new ho • e
tree Irotn a single debt or incumbrance. This result is mainly due
to tho energy and watch ulnesa of the chairman of the committee.
Major Powys, whose benevolent feelings were enlisted, daring his ad¬
ministration of the fund a of the Central Association for th<» Relief of
So'diers’ Families during the Crimean War. by the many instance* tusi
came under bis notice'of tke sad necessity of such au asylum; and,
though at that time bearing the weight of his office, he soon worked out
his iuea into the practical result before us; and it may be mentioned that
bo fully were the Patriotic Fund Commissioners impressed with tho
advantages of the Home, that from its commencement to the present
time thi-y have scut many children, and they arc now, fro® their own
funds, establishing au Institution iu exact imitation of it. 1 ha tout'ding*
are most plea°uutiy situated in their own grounds, of between three ana
four acres, in the best part of Hampstead.
June £6, 1858.]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
SKETCHES IN PAULI AMENT.
Party contotbaH evidently subsided for this Session, and legisla- ,
tion 1ms become politico-economic, social, and even domestic. It is j
astonishing how elephantine is the grasp of the House of Commons.
Nothing is too small and nothing too great for its cognisance.
Nobody laughed particularly the other evening when Mr. Fitzroy,
with a natural sentiment towards a measure of his own, npon due and
formal notice given, ashed her Majesty's Government if the Cabinet
had made up its mind whether a carpenter kissing a clergyman’s
daughter on a steam boat pier was such an aggravated assault as to jus¬
tify an imprisonment with hard labour for six months; and, from
other action token on the subject, there is little donht hut that we
shall have a motion and a debate npon the question. The public mu6t
really begro'elul to a Constitution which is in its wo> kings so paternal.
Well, in the same breath, we hid disquisitions on the propriety of
the design und site of the Wellington monument, and curious
revelations about the amiable customs which still exist in Tipperary,
from an Attorney-General for Ireland, who boldly declares in the face
of the public that one of his duties still is to conceal and to keep the
secret of the whereabouts of a witness who has been instrumental in
procuring a conviction for murder. And not to be tedious, and to re¬
solve this lucubration into a catalogue, let one add that, on last Friday
night, there were no less than twelve questions of a nature similar to
those which were to be put, or were put, on the motion for the ad¬
journment of the House until Monday. Now, when it is understood
that the forms of the House allow questions so put to he discussed in
regular form, with all the incidents and all the tedium or interest of
a debate, as the case may he, it will not be difficult to show that this
custom is becoming a seriously growing evil. Friday night is always
an importaut one to the Government, and of course they, are
anxious to get as much of it as possible, whereas in practice,
of late, they luve hut one half of it at least. It seems as if, like the
Irish postillion and his gallop over the last mile, members think it
necessary to make up in the last evening of the week for wasted time
and neglected opportunities on the other days that are open to
them ; or else they think that, as the Government is about to have
two dear drys unrestrained by the eye and hand of Parliament,
every patriot should endeavour to give them tush a taste of his
quality as will keep them in gear until they have the pleasure of
meeting him face to face again on the floor of the House. Watchful
representatives of constituencies, who do not know half their hap¬
piness !
And yet those whose ambition, or whose habitude, leads them to
seek the sweet voices of electors, in order to enjoy those privileges of
memberdom, to curtail which there are at this moment two or
three bills in existence, deserve some sympathy, if not more com¬
miseration,, just now. It is hardly necessary to refer to some
very unsavoury discussions in order to show that the great
difficulty of legislators (who will pervert the order of nature
and flock into a hot town in the summer for the purpose of
working fourteen or fifteen hours a day) ie the abounding-with-
mnd (and something,worse) river on the margin of which they have
perched the building which serves so many of them in the stead of homo
and club. Poor Dr. Reid was driven in ignominy from his post of
ventilator of the House, because he declared his first object was to
exclude the external atmosphere, and his next to create an artificial
one. He did not succeed over well ; for his factitious climate was
quite as uncertain as the natural one of this country, and its in¬
fluences of heat and cold were exercised in so gusty and variable a
manner that some one .who exclaimed in a fit of enthusiasm, “ When
yon want to be hot or cold, open or shat the windows, as the case may
he! ” was hailed as a discoverer, and Dr. Keid was deposed as a char¬
latan. Now, the fact is that in this weather, with the thermometer
at unaccountable numbers of degrees, the windows cannot be opened;
the external atmosphere, which was said to be the simple desideratum
of the summer solstice, cannot be admitted; and members in committee-
rooms sit in au atmosphere combined of that particular odour of
crowds which a perfumer would probably designate “esprit demo-
cratique,” and the sickly deoelorisution of chloride of lime. In the
Houses the attendant spirit of Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney wanderB from
thermometer to the rmometer (they are placed in all directions about,
at intervals of a few feet from each other) with despairing counte¬
nance, and, hopeless of touching those windows which ho lias so long
manipulated from hour to hour, thinks that on his head are descend¬
ing the anathemas which are being mattered by panting members,
sweltering officials in wigs and gowns, and oppressed strangers. And
yot, in the midst of s uch suffering as those who undergo it can alone
appreciate, there is no such thing as a “ no House;” and an attempt
at a “ count oat ” is scouted as a treachery. Why, even the Lords
have taken to sitting late. Of course this term is relative. -It is the
habit of peers, if a matter on the paper is not arrived at by seven
o'clock, for its proprietor to withdraw it, on the ground that
he could not think of trespassing on their Lordships at that late
hour in the evening. Most of their Lordships evidently dine at
a quarter-past seven, and it is not their custom to patronise the re¬
freshment-rooms of the House after the manner of the Commons.
The Episcopal bench sets a good example in this respect; it is always
empty by half-past six. The enforced absence of Lord Derby this
week has had an evident effect in .the goings on of the House. The
noble Premier lias more t lian once, by his sarcastic sneers at clubs and
places for men-gatliering, shown that he is eminently domestic, and
on ordinary evenings lie probably likes the adjournment to take place
at such an hour as to enable him to keep faith with his “ chef” in St.
Jamos's-square. Now, however, that the leadership is in commission—
Lords Malmesbury, Salisbury, and- Hardwicke being the Commis¬
sioners—prose and garrulity have prolonged the sittings of their Lord-
ships till eight or so, and the downright readers of newspapers must
he surprised to find that three hours’.discussion is comprised in two
columns of report. Til ere is a subject for Mr. Leech—if he only knew
it—in a picture of the House of Peers, at half-past seven on a dense
snmmer evening, with a law lord mumbling to the Chancellor, the
one member of the Government itho mu3t remain to move the ad¬
journment (for the Chancellor coaid not stir without it), and not a
single occupant of the Opposition benches.
Some little surprise was felt the other day when was known that
the resolutions on the India Bill were fixed in an undignified manner
for a morning sitting. But that idea was judicious and tactical; as
the result showed that the intention was to put an end to that
Penelope-web discussion which had lingered so long and drearily. It
is to be doubted whether the simple but suggestive announcement by
Lord Stanley, that “ the resolutions had answered their purpose,”
would have been received in the same easy, careless manner at twelve
o’clock at night, wheu the white waistcoats and crash-hats are pre¬
valent, as it was in a thin House at half-past three in the day. How¬
ever, every one felt that the proceeding was wise; and, now that the
Government is able to sit steady in its seat, and even to make the
Legislature feel the hit occasionally, it is just probable that
there may be an India Bill this Session after all, especially
if everything else is relegated to the morning sittings, and the
evenings devoted to that measure. Any way, the past week has not
been without a Parliamentary gain, for the paper duty lias had formal
notice to quit. Great credit is due to Mr. Milner Gibson for the
energy and continuity with which he went'into the question at large,
under circumstances which were so far disclmragiDg that there was no
prospect of opposition and hardly of discussion. Every one knew
beforehand that the pi inciple of the motion was to be conceded, and
there was no stimulus to speechmaking to the House. Nevertheless,
Mr. Gibson, his seconder, and those other members who took such
good part in the debate, were wise in stating the whole case, becanse
it is the public now which has to consider the quesl ion. The House of
Commons lias nothing more to say about it; it has only to do, and
the question is—when F Why not next year ?
Can it be possible that the House of Commons is about not only to
give expression to, but to carry ont into action, a wish which all man¬
kind entertains in more or less degree—namely, to get rid of lawyers.
Really, Lord Hotham's motion meant something very like that; or,
at least, it went as far as this—that, if we are to have venomous
animals running about amongst os, we most take care that their
fangs are extracted. Those large divisions against members of the
legal profession who are M.P s, if they are to be construed into any¬
thing, most be taken to designate the opinion of the House that
it is in such a moral condition as to require to undergo the
process of purification. If the House chooses to proclaim
this as their a normal condition to constituencies and to the
world, of course people ont of doors can make no objection;
but, depend upon it, if tile movement is began, the public will not
be propitiated by the sacrificial scapegoating of a few lawyers who
happen to have professional business, the odour of which has a ten¬
dency to cling about them within the precincts of Parliament. As
the House of Commons is composed, it is strictly, and in the fullest
sense of the term, representative, and that not so much of political
sentiment as of class interests of every description. It is because it
is in its very nature and constitution a microcosm, and concentrates
within itself the very essence of the feeling of the public, with hardly
an exception, that the House of Commons, with all its faults and
shortcomings, is an object of positive and never-ceasing interest to
the people of this country. If you begin to weed it of.the re¬
presentatives of any one class who came into it with ail the
tendencies and pecuUorities of that class hanging about them, you
enter on a proceeding which cannot stop there, but must he extended
in its operations to such an extent that you will have no remedy but
to create a stern, hard class, apart from the r|jt of the population,
who shall be trained to the abstract profession of legislators, and paid
to perform its duties, just in the same manner as the Executive now is.
Into the effects of such a system in their broader and wider sense this
is not the place to enter; but one may just ask, if wo committed our
legislation, so called, to such a wooden, lifeless organisation, what on
earth would become of the interest with which the debates are now
invested ? If there is proved corruption in any individual member of
the Legislature, direct or indirect, cut off the tainted limb as ruthlessly
as you please; hut while we have representative institutions, whatever
may be their imperfections, let us have the satisfaetbn of knowing
that every class has its members in Parliament endowed with like
feelings, aspirations—ay, and passions, if you will—as themselves.
SUMMER CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES.
Noiiror.u Circuit.-J udges: Lord Campbelland Mr. Justice Williams-
Aylesbury, Saturday, July/ 10 ; Bedford.Tuesday, July 13; Huntingdon,
Thursday, July 10 ; Cambridge, Saturday, July 17 ; Norwich and City,
Wednesday. July 21; Ipswich, Monday (July 2d
Midi.and Circuit —lodges: Sir Alexander Ccckburn and Mr. Justice
Wightuian. Oakham. Friday, July 9; Northampton. Saturday, July 10;
Leicester and borough. Wednesday, July 14; Nottingham and Town,
Saturday July 17 ; Lincoln and City, Wednesday, July 21; Derby, Mon¬
day, July 26 ; Warwick, Thursday, July 29 _
NORTHEHK' Circuit —J udgea: Sir Frederick Pollock. Lord Chief
Baron of the Exchequer, and Mr. Baron Maitln. York. Saturday, July
10- Durham. Saturday, July 21; Newcastle and Town, Friday. July 30;
Carlisle. Tuesday, August 3-, Appleby. Friday, August 6; Lancaster,
Saturday. August 7; Liverpool, Wednesday, August 11.
Westkrn Circuit —Judges: Mr. Baron Watson and Mr. Baron
Channe-ll. Winchester, Saturday, July 10 New Saram, Saturday, July
17 - Dorchester. Wednesday. July 21; Exeter and City, Saturday, Ju'y
24 ; Bodmin. Saturday, July 31; Wells, Thursday, Augusts; Bristol,
City ol, Thursday, Augnst 12. ' . T . ,
Oxford Circuit.-J udge*: Mr. Justice Byles and the Judge who
succeeds .Mr Justice Coleridge. Abingdon. Thursday, July S; Oxford.
Saturday, July 10; Worcester and City. Wednesday. July 14; Stafford,
Saturday. July 17: Shrewsbury. Tuesday, July 27; Hereford, Saturday,
July il ;. Monmouth, Tuesday, August 2; Gloucester and City. Saturday,
A lfoME'eiHCUiT.—Judges: Mr. Justice Willes and Mr. Baron Bram-
well The commission will be opened at Hertford on Thursday, the sth
of July and the criminal business willbe proceeded with on the following
morniiig »t ten o clock. The civil business for this county will not eom-
mence until Monday, the 12 th July. The commission lor Sussex will be
oDeued on Wednesday, the 14th of July, and business will commence in
both courts on the following morning. The commission day for Essex
will be Tuesday the 20 th of July ; that for Kent. Monday, the 26th; und
for Sumy, at Guildford. Monday. Aueu*t 2 In the three last-mentioned
counties business will be proceeded with in both courts on the day follow¬
ing the opening of the commission.
North Wales and CHESTEtu-Judgc: Mr. Justice Crowder, who
will join Mr. Justice Crompton at Chester. Newton. Wednesday. July
14- Dolgelly. Saturday, July, 17: Giernarvon, Tuesday, July 20; Beau¬
maris. Friday. July 23; Kuiliin. Monday, July 26; Jduld, Thursday, July
29 • Chester and City, Saturday, July 31. „
South Wales and Chester.—J udge: Mr. Justice Crompton, who
will after proceeding through South Wales, join Mr Justice Crowder at
Chester. Cardiff. Tuesday, July 6; Haverfordwest and Town, Wednea-
dajL July 14; Cardigan, Saturday, July 17; Carmarthen. Wednesday,
July 21? Brecon, Saturday. July 24; Prestcign, Ihursday, July 29;
C TBe Vac ATION J udg *- S?rJ*asHcc Erie will remain in town, and sit
at his Chamber?, Serjeants’ Inn. as Vacation Judge, to heir and dispose
of all interlocutory matters connected with the three Courts of Queen s
Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer.
Beadsman, the Winner op the Derby, 1858 . Photographed
from the lllc by Lake price -Messrs. Fores. Piccadilly-Tills is a
novel and valuable application of the process of photography tn repre¬
senting objects in nature Evidently the time occupied in taking the
picture must, with an animal like a race-horse, have been momentary;
vet every vein and swelling muscle is real, as in the animal itself. For
the future the Bporteman will not have a mere conventional and ex¬
aggerated image of various animals to Inspect, utterly unuke the one it
uurnorts to represent, but can take from his folio and compare with the
greates/exactuKB the points of difference between them with more case
Ulan he could were the animals themselves placed side by side.
ft re at Exhibition at Muuich.— Munich is 10 take its place
final tut nf cities which have followed in the wnkeof London in making
"rtm Exhibi lonl” In the Crystal Falaee oi Munich there!. to be col-
i . of the art of all Germany during the past century. It is
the Show in July!and it Will prob.bly remain open
?m P Oe^olKr Further, it has been Solved to celebrate, some time in
SoDtembcT by a mighty jubilee, an important event in the history ol the
„ r pat concourse expected by the inhabitants. ,
® . .... r a ttle op Waterloo. — T he annual presentation at
Windsor Castle of the Watnr oo banner, by which Strathfieldsayc is held
ie held to the Marlborough family by a similar oeremouiaL
OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS.
SIR PIIEL1P 0 HAMPTON, BART.
Sir Philip Crompton, Bart, of Dublin, M D., F.R8. Surgera-
General to the Force?, aad Surgeon iu Ordi¬
nary to her Majesty ia Ireland, was iho third
eon of John Crumpton, Esq , by his wife, Anes,
daughter of James Verner, Esq , of Cdurcli Bill,
in the county of Armagh. Ha was born in 1770,
and, bavin yearly in life adopted the surgical pro¬
fession, ho attained the highest eminenre iu it,
and was created a Baronet in 1839. lie had
married, in 1802, Selina, daughter of Patrick
Hamilton Cannon, Esq . of Lit:Id 1 on, in the
county of Westmeath of the 12th Light D-a-
goons, by which lady (who died before him; he
hue had issue two tons and four daugutera: of
the latter, two are married—viz , Mrs. Le Clare
and Mrs. Jepbeon. Sir Philip Crompton died on
the 10th inst., at his house, 14, Mention* square
North, Dublin, after a long and painful iUnebS. He is succeeded by bis
eldest sot, the distinguished diplomatist, Sir John Fiennes INrisle ton
Crampton, K.C.B , nowthoeccunl Baronet, who was bora in 1807; was
recently British Eovoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to
the United States, and is (at present our Ambassador at the Court of
St Petersburg, This family of Crampton, coming originally from Not¬
tinghamshire, settled, Umpot'C Charles XL, in Ireland, and has long been
eminent there both by taler.t a id connection. Sir Pnilip Crompton's
grandfather, the Venerable John Crampton, was Rector of Heudford
and Archdeacon of-Tuum. and 'married Charlotte, aunt of Thomae.
Lord Siy and Sale. Among Sir Philip’s first comma may be men-
tioDed the late John Crampton, M.D., Professor of Materia Mcdioa in
the Dublin College of Physicians; and the Hon. Philip Cecil Cramp¬
ton. the present first Pubue Judge of the Court of Queens Bench in
Ireland. One of Sir Philip's sisters, who died in 1857, was the wife of
the late Chief Justice, the Right Hon. Charles Kendal Bu&he.
SIR EDWARD N. BUXTON, BART.
Silt Edward North Buxton, second Baronet., of Bellfiell, in the
county of Dorset* and of Runton, in the oounty of Norfolk, who died
on the 11th inst. at his seat, Colne House, Cromer, Norfolk, from an
attack of pleurisy and bronchitis, was the eldest eon of the first
Baronet (so created in 1840), the distinguished advocate for the aboli¬
tion' of slavery, and the Lead of the great brewing firm—Sir Themas
Fowell Buxton, by his wife, Hannah, fifth daughter of the »ute John
Gurney, Esq., of Earlham Hall. Norfolk. He was born at Earlham
in 1812) and was educated at Cambridge. He succeeded to the
Baronetcy on the demise of his father, the 19th February', 1845. Ho
was M.P. for South Essox from 1847 to 1852 and represented
East Norfolk 6inoe 1857. He married, the 12th April, 1836, his
oourin, Catherine, daughter of the late distinguished philanthropist.
Samuel Gurney, Esq, of Ham House, Ereex, by whom he leaves a
family of eleven children. He is sucoeeded in Mb Baronetcy a .d
large landed properly by his eldest son, now Sir Thomas Fowell Bum-
ton, the third Baronet, who is at Trinity College, Cambridge, and
who attained his majority in January last Sir Edward North
Buxton was in politics a moderate liberal, and in Purhamcnt
he generally gave his support to the Whig party. But he was not
a party man. He was remarkable for a thoughtful tone of mind,
with u strong inclination to weigh both sides of a question, and
a most anxious desire to attain the truth. Thosa who knew him put
great trust in his judgment His sweetness of temper and tenderness
offeeiing, and his urna fishness, made him much and generally beloved,
llis charities were munificent. The drawback to his career, whh h
might otherwise have been one of high mark, lay in his feeble health;
yet in ipite of that obstacle he exarted himself strenuously in many
benevolent undertakings, and in Pailiament came forward on several
occasions in connection with those great questions of slavery and the
slave trade in which he had a hereditary interest. \Y hile at Nice, tn
1856 and 1857, he exercised a most beneficent influence in calming down
an unseemly strife which had arisen between the Vaudois and ike
Itali n Evangelists. He acquired the affection ot both partis, and
last September he left Cromer and went to Berlin, in order to eompletu
the workof pacification between them, at the Evangelical Conference.
Sir Edward held a largo share in Truman and Co.'s brewery, blr
Edward's last surviving bister, lticheada, wife of Philip Hamond.
Esq., died at North Repp Hall, Cromer, four days after him, cn the
15th inst. The brother and sister were interred together at OvatBtroikd
Church, on the morning of Friday, the 18th inst.
T. J. HOWELL, ESQ.
Thomas Jones Howell. Esq., of Prinknash Park, Gloucestershire,
J.P. and D.L., Inspector of Factories, whose dtu h bus been Konitly
announoed, was the only ton of the late Thomas ILyly Howell, Ksa.,
FR 8 oi Priokmuh Fork, \be well-known editor ot the ota'A Trials,
and Via born the 24th December, 1793. He applied him*df to tlrn
study of the law, and continued his father s collection of btate Trials.
He was appointed, in 1822, Judge Advocate of the Forces, and Judge
of the Vice-Admiralty Court at Gibraltar. In 1850 he was btcretary
to the Commission of Colonial Inquiry; in 1832 he was on the West
India Islands Relief Commission; und in 183o he was named In¬
spector of Factories, under the Factories Regulation Act, which office
be continued to hold until his decease. Mr. Howell marned. the 4kh
September, 1817, Susanna Maria, eldoat daughter of Alexander
Maoleod, Esq, of Harris, Invernesshue, by whioh lady (who died
the 15th October, 1812) he baa had issue the Rev. William Charles
Howell, and eeven other eons and three daughters.
F. RAWSTORNE, ESQ.
Fleetwood Rawstorne, E=q.,‘ a Civil Commissioner and Resident
Magistrate at Coleeberg, Cape of Good Hope, whose dea'li occurred
about three months since, was the eldest bon of Captain James Raw-
Btorne, who fought in the American and Peninsular war?, amii was tho
grandson of the lUv. William Rawstorne, upwards of fi.iy years
Rector of Bads worth, Yorkshire. Mr. Fleetwood Ra wstorns was huu-
ae f a native of Yorkshire. He was much loved and respited by all
who knew him. His death caused general grief, and his funeral was
attended by thousands of his friendB in the colony. He leaves a wife
and large family.
LIEUTENANT SMYTH.
Lieutmsant Pbkcy Cuaiu.es Shytu, of her Majesty’s 97UxEegi-
ment, who was killed in oodon in India on the 4th of 1 is. March, age*
twenty-one. was tha youngest son of the late Ujnry Mitohall Soy h.
E-a. of Castle Widenhom, in the county of Cork, by his wife. I'nsulL
Widinhom, daughter and heiress of John Creagh, E;q. Li-.ufe»»nt
Smvtli was alsa nephew of the late Richard Mnyth, Esq , of Ba-ly-
na:ray. a notice of whom appeared in the iLLDSYttATaB UntnMi
News of t'ib 16th nit, and the nephew of Culmel Sinyia, C.B.,
formerly or the 10th Lancers. Lieutenant Sinj th'e regim>nt tho 9i Oi.
composed part of Brigadier Franks' divisionwhlcbit wdl k L « ra “'“-
bsred,had a series of brilliant tuocessta on the march from Bon.res to
Luckaow This regiment, when within five mile* of the camp, en¬
countered the enemy strongly intrenched in a fort ^ stormt^ wM*
Lieutenant Percy Smyth acted as volunteer, and fell „
Tm death Of this heroic young officer is deeply lamented by all who
knew him. _
LIIL OU3ELEY.
-William Charles Ouseliy. Esq., the only surviving son of thepr^
special mission to Paraguay under flmtot. OirChmim Ja
saved in that capacity until th e remaind^ol his life
1S55 he returned to.Paraguay, the
to the task of compiling Mr. OuseJoy was about to
unwritten language of the lnffian .na ajhington, when his dea4h
was occasioned by acci Wy
S.'SSKMf a ~ aw
dumg tha campaign m ibo Baltic in ll»3.
,Jukk 26. 1858 —641
THE IL LUSTRA
NDON NEWS
640— Jra* 26, 1858.
THS QUEEN’S VISIT TO B I B M I N O H A M. — T H E
ROYAl Itkqe FABSING TBBOUGH NEW 8TBEBT.— («» TJLQI OU
G42
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
June 26, 1858
EPITOME OF NEWS-FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
Her Majesty has accepted the offer of the use of Woodsey House
the residuuoe of the Mayor of Leeds (Mr. P. Fairbairn), on her visit to
that towu ill August next. The Leeds Town Council have voted £3000 to
the Mayor to cover the expenses attendant on the Koyal visit
The Queen ha3 contributed £100 towards the restora ,: on of
Clewer Church, the spire of which forms so picturesque an objtvu from
Windsor Castle.
The Marquis of Salisbury, as Lord President of the Council, held
a converSBziom. at the South Kensington Museum on Saturday evening,
to which the whole of the members of both Mouses of Parliament were
especially invited. It was very numerously attended.
Earl Granville has consented to preside at the anniversary fes¬
tival of Old Etonians at Willis's ltooms. on Wednesday, July 7.
T he second of the Almack s balls took place on Thursday week
at Willis's Rooms, and fully sustained the prestige which attached to the
test reunion The company numbered nearly 600 .
It was incorrectly stated in the journals last week that “ the
Crown Princess of Sweden and Norway" had been delivered of a son.
The Princess Sophia, corsort of Prince Oscar, the Crown Prince's next
brother, is tue lady in question.
The representatives of the friendly Powers residing at Turin
visited Count favour on the 12th, to offer their congratulations on the set¬
tlement ol the Cagliari question.
In a convocation held at Oxford University, last week, the Rev.
Frederick Temple, of Balliol College, the new Ue&d Master of Rugby
School, receive t the degree of Doctor of Divinity.
The Jersey papers announce that the arrangements for laying
down the submarine telegraph cable between Portland and the Channel
Islands are completed, and that a telegraphic communication between
England and those islands will be established in the course of a month.
The deliveries of tea in London estimated for last week were
759,226lb., a decrease of 20,234 lb., compared with the previous stitemenL
The Society of Friends recently addressed a memorial to the
Emperor of tue French on the subject of the African slave trade.
The total income of the several turnpike trusts in Scotland in
the year between Whitsunday, 1854, and Whitsunday, 1865, amounted to
the sum of £«0 800, and the total concurrent expenditure to £248,357.
Tuere were debits to the amount of £2,353,767, and assets to £147,250.
The Indian Empire sailed from Galway for America on Satur¬
day lust
The general meeting of the Roman Catholic Associations of
Germany is to be held at Cologne on Sept 6 and three following days.
There is now uninterrupted telegraphic communication between
Melbourne, in Victoria, and Albury, in New South Wales. Communica¬
tion bet ween the capitals ol New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania is
expected to be complete within twelve months.
The visitors at the South Kensington Museum (last week)
were —On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, tree days, 2075: on Monday
and Tueeday, tree evenings, 3147 : on the three students’ days (admission
to the publio, 6<L), 696; onestudents'evening, Wednesday, 101: total, 6019..
A letter from Rhodes, dated the 3rd inst, states thayi band of
pirates ieighteen in number; is lurking about between Samos and Cos.
At the Liverpool Police Court, on Saturday last, a girl, named
Carnell was lined £ 20 , or, in default, sentenced to two months' imprison¬
ment, for obtaining a situation In a gentleman s family by giving her
master ano mb tress a written character which turned out to be a lorgery.
On Thursday week, in the village of Adbury, near Newbury,
Berks, a boy, named Prior, between eight and nine years old, was sent
into a tooihouee. when, seeing a gun there, he took it up, and pointed it
at a man named Poore. It went off, and killed Poore upon the spot.
The number of patient relieved at the Royal Free Hospital,
Gray's-inn-road, during last week was 2230, of which 836 were new cases.
A monument is projected within the walls of the Charterhouse
to the memory of those Carthusians who have fallen in the service of their
country—oir lienry Havelock included.
The artificers and operatives of Woolwich Arsenal assembled in
a numerous body on Friday week in the Koyal Arsenal, by permission, and
adopted resolutions lor raising a memorial lu commemoration of their late
priii ipal Military Storekeeper, Mr. Francis Pcllatt.
The horsenail-makers of Rotherham and Thorpe have been on
strike against a reduction of five per cent and upwards since the 3rd of
last May.
Mr. John f hakspeare died at Langley Priory, on the 10th inst.,
in his eighty third year. The deceased gentleman will be remembered for
his princely benevolence in giving the sum of £5000 for the purchase and
preservation ot bliakapeare s house at Stratford-on-Avon.
It is said that Prolessor Sterndale Bennett has seceded from his
position in the Koval Academy of Music; and further, that he has re¬
quested that his name be withdrawn tram the list ol Honorary Associates.
In the Bankruptcy Court on Friday week a certificate was re¬
fused to, and protection withdrawn from, the bankrupt banker Samuel
Anuma, ot Ware and liertiord, on the grounds that be had concealed his
position from his creditors, and attempted to conceal it lrom the Court.
'I he next annual meeting of the British Association is announced
to be held at Leeds during tue week commencing Wednesday, Sept. 22 ,
undtr the presidency ol Professor Owen.
*- By an Act passed on the 14thinstant265non-parochialregisters,
approved by the commissioners appointed, have been judged accurate and
faithful ol births, b -.ptisms. marriages, ana deaths, and arc to be de¬
posited with the Registrar-General, and “ to be receivable in evidence in
ail courts ol justice."
Professor Owen has been elee'ed Fullerian Professor of Phy¬
siology at tlte Royal Institution. The salary is about £100 per annum;
the duties the delivery of twelve lectures annually.
The second reading of the Church-rates Abolition Bill, in the
House of Lords, is put off to Friday, the 2 nd of July next / \
A large amount of the Kussian paper cunency, valued at twelve
millions ot silver roubles, has recently becu pnblioly burnt at St Petersburg.
A return has been published giving all the manors and estates
now belontilng to the Crown in right of the Duchy of Lancaster ; of all
sales, grants, and enfranchisements since 1838; and of purchases and ex-
elianye ol lands made since the same period. .
General Fir Thomas Hawker died on the 13th inst. at Clifton in
the sist year of his age. \ \ >,
The number of men enrolled as “Sea Tencibles” in February,
1810 when the force was disbanded, amounted to 23.456, of whom 584
were stationed in Scotland, 11,812 in Ireland. 3166 on the west coast ot
England, 4551 on the south coast, and 3012 op the east coast.
Up to Monday last only twenty-five public Acts hava been
passed in the prcecnt Session of Parliament. \
Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, ll.irt, Ai miral of the Fleet, died on
Wednesday week, at Tunbridge Wells, after a short illness.
A bird of the eagle species, Jrom Costa Rica, was landed at
Southampton from the Royal mail st umer Atrato a few days since. It
is a comparatively small bird, with a powerful beak. Its name in Central
,. ymericadenotes the king of the eagles.
The nnmber of patients relieved at the City of London Hospital
for Dlieaaea of the Chest, Victoria Park, during the last week was 1167,
of which 15 1 were new cases/
A social picnic or gipsy party will be held on Monday next on
the grounds of Mr. Worth, Loseby House, Winchmorc-hill : the proceeds
will be appropriated to sustain the services ior the working classes in
Barnsbury Hall, Islington.
The aggregate number of patients relieved at the Metropolitan
Free Hospital, Devonshire-squarc, City, last week was—medical, 630;
surgical, 379 : tout, 1009.
The Girls’ Industrial Home at Ft. Matthew's-street, Ipswich,
has been certified by the Secretary of State as fit to be a reformatory
school, nrunrr *he provisions of the statute 17 and 18 Viet, c. 86.
Major-General Viscount Melville, KCB, the General Com¬
manding tlie Troops in Scotland, and Governor ot Edinburgh Castle, has
been appointed Colouel-in-Chief of the luoth (or Prince of Wales s Royal
Canadian) Regiment, recently added to the regiments of the line.
The Earl of Glengall died on Tuesday morning rather suddenly,
at Cowes, Isie of Wight He was sixty-four years of age.
fit Tuesday, the Gth of July, Mr. Akroyd is to move for leave
to bring in a bi'll to amend the law relating to accidents: and to provide
for tite more general education of young persons above thirteen and under
sixteen ycarc of age employed in factories.
Tuesday’s Gazette contained a copy of a circular published by
the British Vice Consul at Amoy, dated April 10, notifying that a tax of
torty-eight do:.arc is now levied upon each chest of opium.
CHESS.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
VSSIX.— Tho Edita of Leslie', .4 nurican Illustrated Wewepan'r 6m carn’tily !>on m i« •
mfonre I on to ih« mult of the jiUy txM wn >lr. SC. uucon aud ih« Amaicar fr ra Mexico :
a d, al-hotiKb the aria >0 formation is of th« pwbll consequence iu still, at
aa suompt i* niide upon iho strength of it to tatlltate *n unfair comp rlr-n be' ee*t two
cinino t players" it dererxo* cone non. Ho >ar f-oin or 1/ winn n< oiw game ex»ri» at the
od-l* of a Knight, Mr Stun ton won a considerable majority of ffanioa, Woih when stalling
a Kni«ht an i whoa girmjr a Kook al«o
COTToNlAW, «Canuli-S" r.-W« «r<j no* in o^seailon of th* complete score of ma'enrs wwfen
Mr. H ^en «u-i h'a clerical opp no t (wire, b* the way. has now adapted for b » c o*e item.
(h pucrrethosiffaatuio' f ‘Alter "l; nor are vre aware of the ro.ult of tho play for Iho
putt iwoycara Utwcon v et*Ta-Bo-*en and B rd. m , , ,
KOBT ' ’‘M'ikk. Too murnb r* of tae Sligo C'ub raW r-vrv Tue»d * v.’nlnjf ; aau wa
eeo h’T Jus' onoou co an annual dinner to tako pi os on the 3)th. You eho 'Id apply to tho
preside nt Dr. littla _
L a., HgnorAspa W. C. 8 , N. P. A. N . Chicago, DUnoU, C. M. M . Korn Scotia I- P..
R. P.—Kcccivod, and in the oxauiincra' bauds.
Solution of Problem No. 747.
white. black.
1 . Ivt to (J Kt 6th K moves
(eh)
2. R to K 6th R takes R or (a)
3. P takes R Any move.
black.
WIIITE.
4. B Kt or P mates
(a) *. P taVas R
3. P t*kes P Any movo
4. B Kt or P mates.
PROBLEM No. 749.
B> R. B. WORMALD.
BLACK.
WHITE.
White to play, and mate in four mov«
CHESS IN THE METROPOLIS.
CONSULTATION GAME,
Mr. Barnes and “ Alter.” two of the chief players in
Club, against Mr. Staunton.
(Philidor’s Defence.)
George’s
white (Mr. S.) bla ck (The Allies).
24. P to K B 6th
(Prom This point tho adran’iigfl is eons'dcr-
ably on White's ride, n'noe hi* adversaries, to
p cvttti the farther advance of this te'nulo
Pawn, sro co-npalled to rts-lgn tbo O imm.nd
ref tho King’s file, act] att^rd him time to
bring all hli forc«a into fu.l pUy.)
24. K Rto K B3rd
26 . Q/t to K sq P to Q 6th
v (Their Vest plan, apparently was t effect a
diversion, and prevent the.t opponent irom
plant iog hie q Hook at K 6 th )
26 P takes P Q Kt to Q 6th
2 t. Kt to K 4th
WHITE (Mr. S ) BLACK (The Allies).
1 . P to K 4th P to K 4th x
2. Iv Kt to K B 3rd P to Q 3rd
3 . K B to Q B 4th Iv B to E 2ttd
4. P to Q 4th P takes P
6. Kt takes P K Kt to K B 3rd
6. OKttoQB3rd Castles. //s.
7. K B to Q 3rd P to Q 4th
8. P to K 5th K Kt to Kt Dli
9. P to K 6th K Kt to iv 4tli\
10 . KB to KB 5th
(White Itatutod batwera t6U/m«v«, B
takes K R P. The latter, th u<h tum,tlii*,
was verv danpcTOU*; f r exsmjile:—
10. B takes K R P (ch) Kuk iB
11 <J to K •< Mh (ch) Kl» Kt iq
1). Q takes Kt K B O B 3rd
13. Q to K 2nd (best) Kjto K tq
and VS hito's position ii by mo iriGt-ns •icare.)
10. . P to Q C 4 t h
11 . P takes P (eh) Ii R takes; T;
12. B takes Q B \ Q takes B /
13. K Kt to K 2nd
(Whit, hsa fallod In 6U n'Uck. nnd U
obliged to fall back and bkla hls t mo.)
13 . P to Q sth
14. QKt to Q 6th Q to Q 2nd
(I, w.. not W.I1 ilo , “jTktMKB «!»(<*) r t.kc. Kt tbeaf)
taehtmf, btx,u» the BUhy .mwM » Q M „ y ,. k „ K Kt It ink™ It (c6)
wonlcl Mr. (r«*Uj .Utn^lhinad 81.Jt. I ^ Ptoy 8 716
, T r. ! and niack have tho supmi''r.ty.)
15. Kt takes B (oh) K R takes Kt 2S R takc8 R (ch)
(We should have preferred taking * u - - - — _ -
Kh ght with Quotn).
16. Castles Q Kt to Q B 3rd
17. Kt to K Kt 3rd P to Q B sth
(Toe advance of there Pawn* was prima¬
jor. . B1 ck ihculd rather have brought their
Q’s Reoklnto actios.)
18. P to Q Kt 3rd P to Q B 6th
13, P to Q R 4th Q K to Q B sq
20. Bto K 3rd K R to K 3rd
31. P to K B 4th
(Snain Whit. lavjm.J tbo offemiro, aid
thii time to beUor purpoao than before.)
21 . K Kt to K B 2 nd
23 Q to K Kt 4th KKttoKRSrd
23. Q to IC H 3nl Q to Q 4th
I pi
,hkvo rep.icd w 1th K R to Q B 3rd )
27. K R takes P
28 . Kt to Q 6th
(The position here U rne of great dlfflaolty ;
at toe lint blush. White’s beat play sp.«an to
be Kt take* QB tr. but toat would hardly
have aa»wen.d, for suppose—
28. Kt take* P ()K t*ke« Kt
29 It io R 8 h (*b) K lo B 2nd
And the Black Kluge n e* upe. In lha n»xt
pi tee, 08 . Kt to K B Cth. prudents it olr; but
that, also, is net sati.factoty when tried;
.u 128 .
,h ® , 29. R lakes R R to Q sq
30. Q to K R 4th
(The cbleot of this trove was quite ovrr-
looktd l y the allies; but. even if otraoen, it
would have been exirtmcly Difficult lo avtrl.)
30. R takes Kt
(Thts h Alai. The'r bost eo-rte .rcm-
tngly, mutotaivn y Kt to K 3.d u yB3.-d )
31. Q to K 7th
32. K to R sq
33. B takes K
34. Q takes IJ Kt
36. R to Q B sq
And the Allies resigned.
Q Kt to K 7th
(ch)
K to R sq
K Kt to Kt sq
Q takes B
ANOTHER GAME BETWEEN THE SAllE PARTIES.
Utny Lopez Knight s Game )
black (The Allies), white (Mr. S.)
I P to K 4th P to K 4th
2. K Kt to K B 3 rd Q Kt to Q B 3rd
3. K BtoQ KtSthKt to l| 5th
4. Kt takes Kt P takes Kt
5. P to y 3rd KB to QB 4th
6. Castles P to Q R 4th
7. It B to Q B4th P toQ 3rd
S. P to K B 4th Q BtoQ 2 nd
(TEiratailiig to win the advene 81,hep,)
9. P to Q R 3rd Q to K 2nd
10. QKt to Q 2 nd Ktto K R 3rd
11. P to K B sth P to K B 3rd
12. QtoKR6th(oh) K to Q sq
(While hat played the opening vorr In-
dlffurcntly.)
13. Kt to hid 3rd
14. Kt takes K B
15. Kt takes B
16. Q B takes Kt
17. P takea Q B P
P to QKt 4th
P takes 13
K takes Kt
P takea B
KRtoKKtaq
(Th's command of ths fUo, on whiob tno
en?«uy King is p at*d la eomo c< mo. nsal on
for iho navoc Wbllo has snffarod among his
Pawns.)
18 . K R to K sq
19. Q takes P
20. K R to K 2nd
21 . PtoQ KUth
K Rto KKt4th
Q R to K Kt aq
Q Rto Kt 2nd
Q to KB 2nd
(Ancmb*rraa*inrmOTof * Bli»ck toprery.)
22 . P to Q B 6th Q to Q B 5th
23. Q R to K aq Q R P takea P
24. Q takes K B P Q to Q B 6th
vThii aprear* hotter than Iho mote ohvinas
•lop of ukkg tio Pawn at q B uh, aa White
K to q B sq
b to q Kt red
K to u *• Sd
K tfhea Kt P (o»>)
K take* K R f (ch)
q to K Kt Gib (cn)
*4 to K it 5tii vch)
Q to K R 6th
BLACK (The Allies), white (Mr. 8)
i o v threaten* to * in at once by capturing tho
K At Pawn with R.ok )
25. Q to K 6tb (cb) K to Q sq
26. Q R to K B sq
(SOPPOM-
y to KBGlh (cb)
27- q .oKCth chV
28 V to q B 6th teb)
2 > Q to V (i (kb
30. K. to K sq
3’. K takes R
3 1. K to ii sq
ana males text movo.)
26 . , m,
27. Q R to K B 2 nd lv R to K U 4 th
23. KtoBsq Qtakes K IIP
29. K to K sq
(Bad they played 29. KB loQ 2nd. White
would have answered with 29. Q to K rt Sch
(cb), and 30 R talua K K; P. «c. Iheir best
d in co, te hap*, waa—:9 K K to K iq; in
which o«jo tho gamo would probab.y iuvo
run lbu«:—
29KKtoKaq Q to K Kt Sth
W) q to q Kt • rd q to K uh
31. qto K8th
Of Si. K to Kttq. White can che<k w!th tho
queen, and then play q K to K K> Sth. Ac )
31. q ink* a q K P
31. K to Kt pq q to q B v th
And White ought to win.;
29. Q to K Ktflth
30. Q to K B Sth (eh) K to Q B sq
31. Q tkd P at Q 5th K R to KR8th
(cb)
32. K to Q 2nd Q P takes P
And Black resigned.
Arrival op Mr. Morphy.— The communication addressed to
this gentleman announcing the postponement of the Chess Association
meeting from June 2 lst to August 24th having miscarried, he un¬
expectedly made hia appearance iu Birmingham on Monday, prepared to
do battle a I'orUrance ior the honour of theitars and Stripes. Fortunately
bis intention was to make some considerable stay in Europe : he haa
therefore consented to take part in the gathering of August, which will
probably be one of the most brilliant chess assemblages known.
THE REV. JABSZ BUHTIKG. D.D.
Dr. Bunting, the most distinguished m>n among tho "Wesleyan
Methodists since the daya ct John Wesley, died on Wednei»d-*y, Juno
16:h. in his eightieth y^ar. ilis pareuts belonged to tho middle cIjpb ;
and it is said that, before his r.irui und during a tim - of great menial
anxiety, hi* mother derived so muoh coniolatioo and encouragement
from listening to a Methodist preacher's discourse founded on certain
words in the hret book of Chronicles —*' And Jabez was more honour¬
able than his brethren : and his mother called his name Jabes,” &c. —
that she called her first child Jabtz iu grateful commemoration of the
occasion After receiving u liberal education in Manchester, Jabtz was
placed with a well kno yh physician in that city, Dr. Perc.val, who
chawed him the utmost kindness, and wi h whom he remuiaed until
1799. when ho entered upon his duties as a Methodist preasfcer, in
what was called the Oldbarn circuit. Hero he becamo immensely
popular and afterwar Is in other provincial cirours. until he reached
London in 18' 3, where bis great talents commanded general admira¬
tion of himBilf and respect for tho people to whom he belonged.
Up to this period Methodism had evtiy where been a byword and re¬
proach. Mr, "Wesley, whose Zealand success are now beyond ull
dispute, was regarded, even to his de^th, by the great bulk of the
population, as litdo better tban a fanaiic; and the terrible convulsions
which tbre itened to destroy hib societies, almost before his grave was
dosed, had led to the general belief that his system was unsound and
ephemeral, and would soon l esome utterly defunct. That baliof exLts
no longer. Under the fostering and skilful hands of Jabez Bunting
and his contemporaries Methodism has gradtuilly developed its power,
and assumed its present shape^ And we now find, from the Census
returns and other reliable sources, that, in point of numbeis and ap¬
pliances for good, it stands, as a religious organisation, next to our
venerable E&tablishmeiit>^owara^ which, indeed, it has always main¬
tained a most friendly attitude.
Since the commence men t] of the present century English Methodism
has instituted a great missionary agency, for which it supplies a yearly
income of £120,000. It has established two large theological schools
for its youDg minieterb 4 a great training school at Westminster fur
masters and mistresses of day schools; and has raised, in purely volun¬
tary subscriptions, for tho support, oonBolidati'm, and tnUrgoment of
its operations, not lose than twenty-five millions of pounds. And
during the wholenf this period it has been chiefly indebted to the far-
seeing, the comprehensive, action, the untiring energy, and the con¬
summate tact of the late i)r. Burning, who, from the moment that he
adopted Methodiom as the church of his choice, devoted himself with
remarkable ardour to the furtherance of its interest.
Dp. Bunting was early elected to the highest offices in the Methodist
Conference—ihe governi; g power in Methodism. That Conference con-
lista of a hundred minis*era, first chosen by Mr. Wesley, and subse¬
quently Chosen, when vacancies occur, by themselves, from among
tbeiv other brethren. But it is a rule with the Conference that no
minister shall be admitted into their number, or shall fill the office of
president or secretary, until he has exercieed his ministerial functions
for fourteen years, and that no president shall bo re-elected to the
office until after a lapse of eight years. Dr. Bunting, alter repeatedly
fulfilling the duties of secretary, became the president of the Con¬
ference in 1S20; and from that date up to within a few years of bis
death, when extreme weakness prevented him from any longer attend¬
ing to his du'ies, he may be said to have taken the lead in the Me¬
thodist connection by the general and willing consent of the entire
bodv. He was elected president four times.
B’ut it was not among the Methodists alone that Dr. Bunting was
known and esteemed. In-ether religious communities his help and
his counsel were frequently sought Ha was one of the earliest and
firmest friends of the Evangelical Alliance. His attachment to the
Bible Society was intense. And few religious movements of a public
nature have taken place within the last fifty years with which his
nume has not been associated.
In political circles also he was well known, and was frequently con¬
sulted by the statesmen of the day. He strongly advocated Catholic
emancipation, the abolition of slavery, aud national education by meats
of Government aid ; andon all matters relating to our colonies, asubject
in which his advice was eagerly sought, he invariably gave the tame
opinion, namely, that aa few restraints as possible ehoiild be put upon
their social and political freedom. The fame Bpirit influenced him
among his own people, who are indebted to him fur many measures
which have male Methodism more acceptable to its supporters, und
have destroyed those invidious distinctions between clergy and laity
which must be an occasion of perpetual feud or paralysis in churches
where they exiat.
It is scarcely within our province to speak of Dr. Bunting in any
other than h’8 publio character. But, perhaps, it is due to his
memory to say that ho was a great preaener, having a wo n d erf ul
power of convincing men of the truth; that ho had large “under¬
standing of the times,” showing consummate judgment and wisdom
in dealing with them ; and that ho was an eloquent and commimdiDg
speaker, unrivalled in debate, and seldom answered. Dr. Leifohild, in
his funeral oration, observed that when in the committees of the
Evangelical Aliiauce the members wore in great d >ubt and perplexity
as to tbe coutfo they should take, his voice, when he rose up to speak,
was just like light to men in a thicket, and they instantly knew they
should get out of their difficulty.
Of liia private virtues, his domestic relations, his genial spirit, his
friendly bearing towards all men, there will be other and ample re¬
cords. We have only to add that as he lived so he die.in the bosom
of the Methodist Church, and, having rejoiced in her prosperity, stood
by her in her storms, and resided many tempting olfors to come out of
her: hie bones at lost found a resting-place wi;h her fa'hers in the
yard of the City-road Chapel—a special licence having been granted
bj the late Government upon his own earnest and oft-repeated request.
The funeral took place on Tuesday. The cortege, consisting of
hearse and fuur horses, containing the remains of the deceased, und
somo twenty mourniDg-canuges, left the late residence of the
deceased, Myddelton-equare, at one o’clock, preceded by the com-
milteea of the Wesleyan Missionary Society and the Richmond
Theological Institution, sixty Wesleyan ministers, and twj mourn¬
ing coaches containing the officiating ministers and tho surgeon.
On arriving at the chuptl in the City-road, Dr. Hannah received the
body by reading the preliminary sentences of the burial service, in
whioh he was assisted by the Rev. John Farrar, by whom also the
Psalms and Lessons were read. Prayer was offered by the Rev. John
Bowers, and impressive addresses delivered by the Rev. John Scott and
the Rev. Dr. Laifohild. The latter gentleman referied with great
feeling to hia fifty years’ acquaintance with the decease!. Dr. Dixon,
of Manchester, having closed the service in tho chapel with prayer,
the prooetsion moved to the ground, where the remains of Dr. Ja'iez
Buntiog were deposited in the grave, and the service read by Dr.
Hoole; after which the funeral cortege was reformed, and returned
in the same order as it came.
Dr. Bunting leaves behind him to his family and his people only
the heritage of his good name and his many works. Though he was
tho acknowledged leader among tho Methodists, and besides filling
their highest posts of honour wa3 for thiee yeais their editor, for
seventeen years one of their missionary secretaries, and the pre.-ident
of their theological schools from the time of their ettiblisament in
1835, he derived no emolument whatever from any of these offices,
receiving only the ordinary salary of a Methodist preacher—£150 a
year, with house-rent and tuxes.
The Order of the Bath.— Major-General Charles Thomas
Van Straubenzee, C B., commanding her Majesty’s land forces in China,
s appointed to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the
Second Class, or Knight* Commanders of the Most Hon. Order of the
Bath-The following officers in the service of her Majesty and of the
East India Company are to be Extra Members of the Military Division
of the Third Class, or Companions of the said Order; viz.Cols. H. H.
Graham, T. Hoi'oway, F. Duulop; Lieut-Co!s. F. C A. Stephenson, T.
C. Kelly. S. Wells, W. A. Fyers, W. B. Thomson. R. Drought, C Hogge,
U. F. Dunsford, R. Farquhar. K. Young, F. F. Remminglon, G.
Bourchicr, C. H. Blunt; Majors D. M. Probyn aud W. Drygdale.
The Victoria Cross has recently been conferred upon the
following officers and privates Capt. (now Mjjor) F. C. Maude, C.B. ;
Capt. (now Lieut-Col) W. Olpherts; Lieut, (now Capt) H. T. Mac-
pherson ; AssisL-Surg V. M. Mcllaster; Serg.-MajorG. Lambert; Serg.
p. Mahoney ; Lance-Corporal A. Boulger ; Privates J. Holmea. J Hollo-
well, P. McManus, J. Byan/f. Duffy, H. Ward ; burg. A. D. Home: As-
sist.-Sarg. W. Bradshaw; Capt. G. Forrest; Capt. VV. Raynor; Deputy
Assist. Commissary of ordnance J. bucklcy ; Lieut R Blair; Lieut »now
Capt) A. S. Jones ; Capt (now Major) D. M. Probyn; Lieut J. Watson.
’J he authorities at the Horse Guards have, issued orders to the
commanding officers of the several East India ddpOts, direc'ing 6000 men
of all ranks to be held in readiness to embark between the 26th and 30th
iust. lor the purpose of reinforcing the respective British regiments ol
ini an try and cavalry now serving in India.
June 26 , 1858 .]
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
B irmingham triennial musical i
FESTIVAL, In Aid of tho Fools of tho GonentJ Ho pitel oo * 1 * *
the Slat AUG JAP* And tho Ut 2nd »’d3H of SEPTEMBER next. I
President Tho Right lion, the Earl of DARTMOUTH.
L OANS on DEBENTURES.—The DUBLIN
and WICKLOW KAIL WAY COMPANY aro rorir t 0 reeelvi
I* >aNs on MOrt ftiAGE or DEBENTURE BONDS. bearing lotere-t
a . 5 per cert jier (naum. payable Half-year y In Dublin or Londoi
Tito Loan* to be in ru.lt sum* t.n t lest «han £iug) and (h such
p rin 'a, not .e-.a than three nor more than five years, as tnrv suit the
fond era.
Proposals, stating amount* teartortd. and periods for wh'ch ofTerod.
tn bo a drvtsed lo the HeertUry of tho Compauy. at the r Offli-, No.
48, Wret'an.!-row. Dublin. Auiuuu Mookk terrouxy.
16th Jane, 1868
C ANCER HOSPITAL,London and Brompton
Thoro la no malady more diitresiin* In its character tb n
Gaueer, ami the unhippy eofttireia from It must ev*r be the tu-leet of
tho dec eit sympathy. 7 ha Committee a lid a H3LP to mee: ex-
pens a. ft* ‘ ecretary a Oltice, 167, Plocadil’y. U ooen from ton till
six; and /ressrs. Couft*, and al the backer* In and out of town,
kindly roceivo contributions. By order, W. J. Cockkjull, Sec.
8 EA-B ^THFNGrST. BEES.—An Tx^eUent
Honss, well furnished ard beautiful* Bltoatcd on Tale View,
Kt IJ an 'terms reasonoblo; c»u bo entered uyon iuuneaiatoly.
Apply to Sirs. Klriluiuh, dt, Hoes.
P rofitable employment.—
WANTED directly a number of LADIES and OE^TEBMEH
to a : sist<n a highly A*tU-lo puraJt, in connection with the C ystal
Pa’ace. Where specimens can bo seen In tho Court of Inventions.
The Ait taught (trims mju«rate) pms-mally or by 1‘itor; and oou-
tinuoni employment given to pupils in town and country toreulia-a
hind torn* Income, ho kn^wledg^ cf drawing necessary. A pro-
upAcms forwarded for four stumps. Arrangement* made daily ut
LAU..ENT DE LARA’S Gallery of Fine A.to. Torrlngton-square,
Buuicu-squure. Just ready. Do Lara s Book on Illuminating, pnc. Os.
C ONSTANT EMPLOYMENT GIVEN to
PUPILS at tho m-Ht liberal price# —WANTED direotlv a
limited nnmber of LADIK6 cr GENTLEMEN to execute, at th«ir
own r.sldencis, tho now, ea y. and a»tbiic work low in great de¬
mand. A amall premium required. Tho art taught personalty or by
correspondence A letter of »ull ptrticnlars sent fo- four stamp*.
Appy early to LAWftRSCE’8 8how-roim» 2t Cbarfotte-street,
Pltxroy-SQuare (near Kathbone-place). Established 1840. AppUca-
tious wlil not be attended to after tbo kOth of next month.
rro LADIES.—THE STFRSOFCuPS.—
-B. 8AU V DBR8’3 Uni renal Circn'ati g Library of Sttreoecopic
Elides *6, Poultry, London. 8ub-criber* of Sis. per annum miy
borrow slides, and excharge them continoallr wiihont further churge,
or by book poet for 2d each way. Protpoctuies gra-it.
APEBA GLASSES.—The recent improve
menu effected by KEYZ^R and B3NDON In the manufac¬
ture ol OPERA QLABbES rondor tnem, from their extranrdiar.rj
power and long range of focus, adapted «o show near or dbtant ob¬
ject with the greatest dearnees ana brilliancy, tboy will bo fonne
tho most suitable for tho theatre racecourse, oountry scenery. seaside
views, Ac., possessing the oomhined advantages of an opera gU«, and
le’AIOOMi. J her are oxtrunoly portable tho great power being intro,
dueed by additional lunsos of sopiriorqua lty — Kevrer and Beadon
(successor* to Harris and Bon). Opticians, 60, H'gh Holborn.
M ECHI’S DRESSING CASES and
TRAVELLING BAGS.—lit. Rocent-ntroet. and 4, Leaden
hall-riroot, London. Bronzes, vases pearl and ivory work niodiwrtJ
manufactures, dressing bugs and dressing cases, toilet esses, wort
boxes and work tables, b ksiands, ’ons; tho largest stock In England
of papler-mncW elegancies, v ntlng desks, envelope case*., d©.i, a»cb
boxes, bagatelle, backgammon, and chess tables The premises fo
Regent-street extend fifty yards into Glasshouse-street, and art
wjrthy of Inspection as a »p«'lmen of olrgxnt outfit Everything
for the work and dressing tables - best tooth brushes, fid. each; best
steel salsaois and penknives, is. ea. h. The urual supply of flrst-rste
cutlnrv. razors, razor strops, noedles, Ac,, for which Mr Mechi’i
astabli hinantt have been so long famed
F
ISHERS DRESSING-CASES.
188, Strand.
Catalogues post-free.
A LLEN'S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
of Patent Per'tn'n eaus, Despatch Boxes, D’otidng t'a*ea and
flavoring fl g», with squi e -penli.g. by pout, for two stamps
J. W. and T. auLEN, Mnnufav urtrs, 18 and bUurd. W.C.
rTIRAVELLING BAGS, empty, or fitted with
requisi'ea for the ToUe\ Wrlt-ng, Work, Ac.
Courer Bsg<, Knapsack*. Ac.
WiLLIAMi 4i> CoruhllL
B fJOU NEEDLE-CASES, containing 100 ol
DRANE 8 Dnlle , '-»*ytd NERDLE8, for Is. ‘Ihb nest, ntefcl.
and el«g»nt appenduge to a L d-'n Work-trde will bo forwarded
a>t free on reef I pt of 12 postogo stamps, addroued to DEANE and
CO . Loudon-b'idge, E C. Ea.oblL.hod AD 1708.
T HE PEN SUPERSEDED.—For Marking
I.lnoi. fiik. Ao., nw CUlLET^N' 8 PATENT ELKCThO-
811.VER ELATES. No prepaiation. Any pereos can use them.
Initial PI-to, Is ; Nam* Plate, 2a. 68.; Set of Moviblo Nnmb rs
2a. fd.; Cnst, 6*, wi h dirertlons p st-free for stomps.—T. Cudotou,
Patentee, 2 . Loog-acro (onedcor 10 m 8t. Mattln's-Une).
P ATENT SELF-LIGHTING CIGAK
COMPANY. fO. Moorgate-streot. Wbolesals and Retail.-AH
kinds of Cigars nnd Chero Foreign and Br.tish, «re tr. mod by *bi*
procew, and are igni'oi by s*mplo friction, without ta*te or imell
No extr ■ priori. Invalnable to out-door • mokers nnd tiavelivrs.
Famit'e box. aix fiio Hnvaanahs, free 24 stamps; throe, 12 stamps.
Agon la waled.
E CONOMY.—A six-gallon Cask (equal to
3d^cen) of firat-clasa SH^RKY lor £6; or the finest South
Af/io n Sho.ry for £3. Ca k (which can be oonverted in o two palL)
B'.d brass tap ioclud d Car Luge free Oath Port f t ihusamo pile-,
and 10*. pur cask extra-HKN* KKV8, AnBOT, and CO., Imporieis,
2i and 23, High Hoibxrn Loudon.—i statitlshod 1831.
•WINES from the CAPE of G( OD HOPE.—
vl W. and A. GI..BLY, 367, Oxfvrl-strret, london, W. Port,
8he*ry, Mnlora Muni-fa, «c . nit *C*. t o doam Wo hivertcfutiy
been engaged in mnuiair aa—e cawfal exumin tlons of tho • »oe
or 8ou i» A'dean Wines, onr samples btlng se’coVd from tin
(took of kles»rz. Gubey, of Nu 357, t xi rd-it eet. Wo uro
tha* enabled M c met aome v,ry very eironeuu* imirttisiOHS
Whirh have g tab oad in rc«j>er.t to tbrso wines—nime’y* thft thry
are tbetnso ves aduLi r&'ol, a d ihat they uro ustd for .dultera ion.
Th a ia by no mrans the cm- e ex-op* in tom r re a»d excettic.mil
insr.m ot On the cortrar* we h ve p-ov« d ttesa wlnea. »o be both
genul -0 ard whoh»■ me, while t* eir mod rule -vlco la a great rocom-
xuendation—From tho • LOi-ctt, ’ Juno 6tb, 1868.
S OUTH AFRICAN WINES, as to quality
a« d char'e'fr, ar^, a« h g-nera 1 rulo, toand, full bddio '{am'ly-
cndonriHl with fl ivour, and wnn| y froi from aouliiy, acrii ndfs or
hsishtiuss, and areal o^i'h r most nto'ul t»ble winea for dkpy o n-
sutu lion. Toe toko, ruging from -Os. to *4a a doe.n fob those re-
anmbilng Sherry. Mar •!«, atodein, Poit, a-d «uc Uai, brirg* them
w lulu tnocompiws of ere'y lfcaiko per'* mrans. POST fcR ftu«l
INGLE, WinuiietchanU, 46, Lhcaptidu. Foor-dozen cases carnage
paid. \ \ \ \
Xi^QUALlSATION of the SPIRIT DUTiEb
JLi BEWI.EY. EVAN8, and CO.'B Pur© Halt WHISKY ?n
case, of one dozen each, price »2s. Froight paid oilhsr to Holyhaa ,
Bristol, Liverpool, or Londou by rccdvmg a post order for tho e
BtiWley, Evans, and Co., 23, Mmy-it/oct. Dablin.
ANDREWS’S DUBLIN WEPSKY.-One
-£*K doxsn ‘ot-lea Sgallonsl of Andrews’s fin * toldLublia Whbky
fjiwa-dea car.i y - all to tve-y rat way sta'i a* Ip Fsgland on
"•‘‘‘i! 1 B I*°*«> flio* o du* f. r 4 s.. -syaTla to ANDREWS and CO.,
1», J) 21, * nd 3/, U amc-atioct. Dubl n.
I jtRY and feO'JS’ CHGCOtATtS and
COCOAS Vlcto ia ‘"hrcolste, Btn Boos, Solubls Cccoaa. >c .
In prc»t^ail -y. iFco. Hot!ikucpne wdi avail ihcxaislvssof
Ibuo sitl.ldn To xrva id. ihpy arAlnvAht-ihle.
Bo sure to for P y « « i 0 . ra]c d ( hocolatas and Occoat,
.. L o nrorjio tb>Queao.
_ 160 *' . Vj ’ HoonropiiUic Cocoa.
•p OBINSGN-6 PARENT GROATS for mort
-■.V lh, : n M'W have been held | n oomtant and increaainf
poWc esUiuxMon ■ the pure.t farina, U f lbo ctt ^ -n d u ,ho boat
and njM' v^lualilu preparatfor making ft puro and del cato Gruel
wlMoh forma a 'light nnd nu ri4»©na supp*r tor t*** ng«*d. it a papula-
•eoipo Ivr e- id* and influ. nx b of geuwni one | D the sick cham .ar.
anl aPeroatHjr with the Paient Barley, is aa excellent food fo*
I Infer .>9 mi iI t li>|i>;rii
Prejmred on'y by th^ Patentees, ROBIN c ON. BFLLVTLLE, A 00-
Purveyors to tho ^uorD. et/Hed IJ m-Street, Ho bom. London.
8 Id by all .e>p*ct*bl« (Iroce a. Drugglits. and otliora la Town and
Couu'rv, in Packou of fid. and It.; and Family Canistera, atfit..
BY APPOINTMENT TO THR QUEEN.
Y rj PATENT CORN FLOUR-
• LI'. BROW, and POLSON'S Pa'cnt Coro Vloar, ta<
» 5 *t dol'chua p eparntiont, cortnrds. puddings, blanc mnoga, lea-
•rearoa, and all tha pux->o«ee of the b*t arraw wmjI aoo tbo most
agreeah « and wholesome -*>et for 'nfaoU an l invalids. =oo '‘lamcoL*'
repons from Dr Hawaii. Dr. IdOthehy snd Dr Mo-praU.— 8 o.d by
Gro;ors. i hmiits, Ac., in Ux-parkois, 8<L Paisley, 77 a, “ ■ *»
street, ALtncacswr; and 23, Iroanun.rer-ku*, R.C.
j( an( l CO., Silkmrrccrs, &c. 243, Recent-
I ,2' 'f 64, aad 1 . ( ' <ratr * Trmsee .i • ry. al P^loro. be« u «n-
m u oe Uiaiminng thb nion h taoy u.to d »r ling off 'heir remain ng
8p log and Summer Htock at a great re luc.ion m price.
613
jCTRENCH BRILLIANTS, 3i, 9d. the Dress,
at KING rt.
2t8, R-g at street.
Fattemas.nt pOit-frea.
/^RGANDIE MUSI INV, 2s. 6d. the Dressy
V-/ at Kl.xG’6,
241, Keren.-st ret.
PAttorna a nt pas :-frea.
T7IL0UNCED MU LINS, 5s. 6d. the Robe,
J-' at KING’S,
Jt KING'S,
243 hegent -street
PaUorni sens p 4 free.
B ALZ AKIN E8, 3s. 6d. the Dress,
At KING S,
243, • eg. nt-atreet.
F-Ulema oetu post-iree.
JflLOUKCED B ALZ ARUSES, 1 Os. 6d. the Robe,
243, Regent-Mreot.
_Pattern* sent ;«l free. _
B LACK SILKS. Patterns post-free.
Glace BPks,
£1 Is Oil the Full Dress.
Willow*’ 81 k»,
C’ 15s. Od.
Address to KING and CO., liegwit-street, Londta.
s
UMMEB S'LKS. Patterns Post-free.
Striped and ( becked 81ks,
£1 Ii Cd be Full Dress.
Fl >ucoeii French Klks,
Address
£2 18a. 6d , uaaally *«1 at fi gu’nta*.
u to KING and CO., tt>gent-itr 'ti, L-ndou.
S easide dresses at king’s,
243. R-vcat-otroct.
Tarantella Lawn Kobe* and Jackets,
Ik. 6 c*tnp>to.
Freaoh Lawns,
• 10s- 6d iho Full UT-as.
Pattern* post-free. Addreu to King and Co.. Regcnt-etreet, London
M OURNlhG MUSLINS.—HOOPER’S
Ga.ze and Balzarine Uu-lloa are tha newest FaU Colour and
wLl bo ound bo gnftew luxu v iu log tin cjuin^ w rm w.a-hor.
Price, Irom 2a. ll^d. dr* se, or *Jd »aid. any lensih. FaiUirxu free.
Hooper, 62. Oxford-sircet W.
pHEAP SILK 4.—PETER ROBINSON’S
ANNUAL 8AI B of Spring and Bummer fiiifcq at Boducod
Prices baa n.w comrarncrd.
Checked, Striped, and Plaid Bilks.
at i guinea th# Full Dress.
Ertra rich Chrekod and Plaid Silk.*,
ai £1 6* 6d. tbs Kail Drw.
Faney Silk* in great vaiirtv, *t £1 9». 6d. the Full Dress.
8«veral Cheap ots ol Flvunc^l rllk Kobo-.
Llatof Fsn.y Hks at £l 9« 6d. the ruU UrcM:-lho new Gros
d’Alrioue, Jaspers, Foa’ard, Pii'-olomini Bar, Brochc. Plaid,
Bayadere Bar, Berlin Striprs, and Plaids, ace.
Pa.tcrna ;>oat- fr»a
Aidress, PETFR ROBlNoON, 103, 106. 106, 107, Oxford-street.
A T PETER ROBINSON’S FAMILY
MOURNING WAREHOUSE, 103. Oxford-street, London,
Black Bartgre, in new and improved makos. that wdi not war. Also
the C>apo Balzarine ao universally admired for its lightness, strength,
and durability. Patterns free.
T PETER ROBINSON’S FAMILY
MOURNING WAREHOUSE,
dalf-Moumlng Materials In a great variety of new patterns and tex¬
tures. Patterns freo par post.
AT PETER ROBINSON’S FAMILY
jOL MOURNING WAREHOUSE,
Mourning Mantles from I to 6 Guineas: Mourning Bonnets from
10*. 6d. to 2 Guineas; Mourning Hklrtt from I to 10 Gu'nms- }
AT PETER ROBINSON’S iAMUA
L jL MOURNING WAREHOUSE.
Block Silks much cheaper than heretofore. Patterns of aQ. the
sew makos fro** prr p *r Capital qualities at 20*., 76a., 42a., ih.,
Ws.. ano 60a.. to the richnat goods.
LIAM1LY MOURNING, at moderate charges,
JL' Bkirts trim me* derply with crape, from 30s. upward* to the
richest quality, w tb Mantles and Bonnet* to march. Fata Ilea would
ȣTect a great saving by soualng 'heir order* direct to this Warehouse,
a* all orders are -applied on the most reasons.'do term*. Moural g of
yvery deacriprion koct readv made, and aispatched to any part of
town or country at a momcm'i notice
Drisamaking at very moderate charges, and tho wear of o vary
article guaranteed.
AtPkTSK BOBIN-ION'8 Pamily Moumlog Warehouso,
lOi, Jx'ord-stnoi, London
Z YBELINE.—This now universally approved
and elegant ariicls frr MOUR.tlhG AIT KR t® in toxtore of
rich api-aranoo, v c ry curahlo. ani pirti nUrlr adapted io> Spring
and Summ-r w*-ar Obtained ‘•Honourable Mention’’ at the Paris
kxhi'diiun for Woven Fabric*. Psttarns free by poet. To be had
alio in shades of Drab and lavender.
Sale Agentrtbr Rr gland,
BUCKNALL and SON, 1 If Boid-rirret. LfrorpooL
C HINA SIIK JACKETS. Cresra Colour
b-igbi wa»hingiilk, Vi ry^I,giant pattern, I6« 6d. 7h"oeol at.
must btcvmiDg. and grec fol sifair or the «,sn- Forwanlid »ny-
who o. Tee by no-t. ca r.c Ipt cl roat-office order, px^ ab.o to A.
HliCOCA, 64, Kcgon. .trvet, W.
VERY FRhTTY FRENCH NIGHTCAPS.
T of rpft'tnuH muslfn treMe Dee bor.l«n *nd pink ruensre, In
grain. 2 *. JKJi eadbTYbtre for 8 .. Sen; po«t- free un receipt of suunp*.
Mrs. H1SCOCE. oi, Mgeni ttovt.
rtf RS. HISC< CoLfcKAlNE LlNb-N
ijJ. UVD^.FCL -TU1VG f*r LADIES. Flat Irish Chemlaa*,
6a 6d etoh., 3 t* tho hall dozen. Sample* of Lima per prst Iree-—
64, Ikg^ttt-sueat.
Virol TE SATIN CHECK MUlL MORN-
V Y 1^13 YOBEi 21*. each irimmcd wih Gu'pu-r Work and
R'hocn Gir-io includel Sam pita, with ducit^Lon, free by
pq*t.—Mrs. UlS. OCK, 64. Rigeot-s reel.
VfUS. HISCOCK’S LAMES’ OUTFITS to
ItJL- INDIA and tha *0 ONIFb—lla crial* e peclally adapt'd,
and patterns sellable, to nv.ny climuta. I ritM# cxirem-.ly ow. De¬
tailed Hsu free by p jl,—64 ho.ent-ttreeL
R.S. HISCOCK’S BOVS’ and YOUTHS’
8HHITA of tbo twt quality snd pattern, Ss W and 4* 6d.
each. Eample* of material oj post -64 Q nd--*. t, llaac'i-.lr,«l.
TTlOVEsI GLOVES!! GLOVES 11 I
VA The best Al ine KM. ‘s. fid. per pair.
The Wfl Greno’ile. 2s ; or 1 "*. fid hal -doxea-
The very bed Pan* 2s 7$d ; <r 3'a dcsciu
Black White imo oiouret.
A sample pair *• st by po t for t«« w«tra atamn*,
BAKER and CRISP. 221, RegHut-ueot (eerusr of Madd-*x-*trert)
FLOUNCED MU-LINS, BAREGES,
Ej BaLZARlNRS,
frrm 6s. e . th* Drew.
rat’erna free -B.VKtK and ChH-*, 221. Regent-strret.
and
M uslins, bakeges, and
BALZARIVt-a, irom Ijl j»rJ.
Pa’I* res fie.«.
BAKE2 and CBI3P, til, l(cg-a -street (comer of Jfaddrx-ttrert)
HJE NEW MUSLIN JACKETS
frrm
300 of tb*ye nu ch a tu ! r«f Jr«k't».
Btaotifudy tiitnm d whh i *«•* and itih v on
fr m 6a. fd. eecA
llievOt. D.va, *t d Ja n*n«‘ Ja r k*t», from 4s. M.
BAKB vaad LttlBI’, 221, heg»nt-*tr*at (c >tjcj © aUt*oox-*trea»J.
R EADY-MADE MUSLIN DRESSES,
w’th .Taekrto f etn 6*. 6t.
Flounced ditto, w ith -eiifr. 12*. M.
Ca nhric l r*M» 6* 6^^
The hew U.aMel Uwn Dresses
f#r S. a ide, I * 6d , „ ..
BAKER ard CRISP, 321 Regiref-Urvel (earn*r of lladdsx-
s’reet), London.
I ADIES’ MAKCELLA JACKETS, Ladies’
I J lfa»l n J-ckn a, Ladiw’ In Ha L»wn lie*e and dgbt J»eksi •, la
every tize *l«ay* In »:ook,at PRANK nUuttTON • Manila Ware-
hoaae, 7, DevOBahire-ter.-aae, He ttog-hiil, Vf.
ritHE LONDON and PARIS WAREHOUSE,
•4 _ . N®. » **S High H IIwtb. W c .
An Rota iliriunect (xprw.ly for aitides of La ies’ IVese, snd ew-
flal.i for the couvcmenca of ooontry r-«idoo»4 in bdag -.aabled to
tr-usmit thrirorJtm. with 'hs full rocfidcuee th»| ti 0y W UI beoan-
aecnr ing tn their order a n«l s-iectino.
WILLIAM BOYCE. Manager, to wh-m> *11 Poit-otSre orders are to
be mad© payable on the Holbora Breach.
T ADIES* WATERPROOF TW ED
AJ CLOAKS and RIDING JACKUPS, Grettoma-'aOv^ « and
tovomre* Up,-. Fat toms of matoriri and priow rent t
J. S. and VY. PHILLIPS, J7, Hlgh-iUret, Shrewsbury.
T INSET RIDING HABITS for LITTLE
-1-— GIRLS, S, Gslsrai.
uaw RiJic, a, to 8 Gdraai.
w. Q. TilLOR, M,
C^ASHIONABLE FLOUNCED MUSLINS.
, )1 i T rt!7 pattern* in all coloure, m-da op oipreaoiy for this
Eetahllanm-n; by flr*t-rat« expericnoed arustc*, in ten or three
with tho new self-expanding Jacket, paloe 10*. 6d.
F«- Mourrtng th same prioe.
With or wi boat Scarf. If with Scarf, 3s. extra.
C>un ry orders size round h« saoulaera, waist, and length of skirt
is required to ensure a pcr.cc- fit.
__ Pstteros oo*t-free.
TbeLONDON Mi PAH!3 WAKEHO JfcE.331 tsdStb, High Holbora.
/CHRISTENING ROBES, 2 i Gunieu.
V/ Sabtos' Cloaks, 1 Guiaee
63. Baker street.
Mia. W. 0. TAYttOB.
T> ABIES’ BEKCE AUN ETTRS,
AJ 1 | Guineas.
Baskets to match, On* Guinea.
Mr*. W. G. TAYLOR, 53, Baker-street.
T ADIES’ MORNING DRESS.—
-*—* This umch-admlrod dre*a Is made up In a very elegant
p etty style In Pluin Double Sxi-t, and Flounced, with the new self-
expanding Jacket Prioo fs IliL, It*. &J., and 12*. Bd Beady tor
use, tu oither plain or printed iJsmbrics.
Coamry orders punctually atteoded to. with the measuremest.
Patterns post-free.
The LONDON and PARI3 WARiBOUbB, 324 and Kfi. High Holbom.
MABBIA6B OUT! i i t
ill. Cotton Hosiery, 2a. fid.
White Drestlng Gowns, One Guinea.
Real Baibriggan Hosiery- ^
Mia. W. G. TfiYLOR, 63, Baker-etreet.
T^RENCH FLOUNCED BAREGES.—
JL' Several C«»e* of vary beaati/nl French Flounced Bartges have
|u*t been received from ocr Paris Agent No. t, 12s. 'O^d.; No. 2,
18*. 9«l.; No. 3. very superb goods exquidtely bght, with rich satin
flounces, in ail colours. 26s 61. 18 y ard*.
Patterns pwt-free.
The LONDON and PARIS WAREHOUSE, 324 and 32S, High Holbom
T ADIES* RIDING TROUSi RS.
AJ Chamois Leather, with black foot.
r / fit, Baker-street.
[ Y X W. G. TAYLOR.
Ukr.VKiAJ'KSS TO THE yUEB.«. BT APPGISTM1.ST
, E* tab 11*1 ted in 17,’S.
BABIES’ BASSINETS,
-A— Tnmmed and FarnUbod,
Ready for ate, are sent home tree of cm toga.
^ BAhiftfi- BAfiKETd.
Trimmed and forn’shrd to conoipcud.
CAI’PKR, EON, end O . bd, GRACRCHURCH-oT . LOHDO T. S C
l mtxlphve Lius, wuh prices, seat Ires by peat.
TVf ARCELLA, Holland, and Lace JACKET&
J-tJL Our new registered Self-expanding Jacket, which is ex¬
tremely lady-like, ana will fit any figure, in White Marcella, prico
Buff and Coloured ditto, 9s. 6d.
Our now French Shape Holland lacket price is. »d.
White and illsck Lacs Jacketa, prioe 14a. &<L ,—_ \
Drawing* port-free. / 7
The LONDON and PARI» WAtthiluUdE, X2t and 3*6, High Holbom.
J. /. Bent poet-tree, Deecriptive Ld*u of
/^uMPLEIL SET'S of BAB? Lh\EN,
^ which are eent heme
"TVRESSES for the SEASIDE and TOURIST.
_L/ They are composed o' Fnnch Lawn, or the new Indian
Qlsde, of a very simple a d chute dulgn, with Loca* Jackets,
and made oxprwly for the TourUt. Se-sido, and Promaaado, in
pla’n and d able akirts, prettily embroidered.
Orders .rom the country, length of ski t and roood tho shoulder*.
Ptfoe 16*. 6d. and 2.a.
In India Glacd, price l8» 9d. and 25a. 6d. /s.
TheLONDON ana PARIS WAREHOUSE. Sill and £X6 High Holborn.
OTD*RCUiraiIS , FO , R U ljlM(fe, J isDii AbH’aSX 0018.N.B8,
for Ladies, and Children of all ages.
/ LINKNDRaPERB TO THE QUEEN BY APPOINTMliM
EsublUbod in 1778.
T ADIES* WEDDING OUTFITS
AJ tent home free of carriage.
Dwcriptlvo Lists, with prices, sent free by pelt.
CAPPER, BON, and CQ-, t», Graceehurch-suwet, London, t~ v.
-THE NEW PARIS MANTLE, in rich Black,
J Brown Violet, and Albert Blue Glacd 8Uk, elaboraieJy trimmed
with cither Fr nge Or Lace p Ice 21s. ! j
The bCAKBO 40’ UOODkl) CLOAK, for «s© aeatklc-price 16a. 9d.,
in Walorptoaf Twee3. and the Now init 1 .!®- Ullod.
Drawing* post free.
Tho LONDON and PARIS WAREHOUSE,
324 and 316, High Holbora.
TMPORTANT to LADIES reqniring ready-
JL mado LINEN offlist rat# malarial and sewing, almost m >dr-
nue price*. Books of iVioae, Ac., free by rent by ad^r., s ng
Ladies’ Department VlrHiTELUCK ana EON, Oatfltt/re. lo-,
Btrami. N.B Opposite the Church, near Soruerect House.
flif RS. RISBEE, BERLIN WOOL W/wlE-
•LvJ HOUSB, 64, Westmlnstar-briclga-road, bss lost receive! some
Gentlemen's bsurisomo worked BUPPRhB, 6*. pair Al*o tome
eieganily. woikod BKACkS, 10a. pair j or free by port, Gd.extta.
T ADIES’ KANDKERQ’TIEFS.
JLJ This very nsefui rtrtide beautifkuiv emtroidrred 1 ih thsCh l»-
tian same, forming a noil and iDexpenmro prmo&t, price 1*. Oil.
by po.t. Is. 2d. 6*. 9d the half-doe. : by po*t, 6s. Sd
Abo can be hvd our Crystal Han h -rcMe's, with the csmrt em¬
broidered in e loirs, and the following do vice*:—• My loye to yoa,"
* Remember me," ** Forget me not," Pries Is. 64d., by post Is. 8d.:
9>. the haif-doroo, by po»t 9*. fid.
The LONDON and PARIS WAREHOUSE, 324 and SSfiJUgh Holbom.
TjBESS TRIMMING 8.-
JL J 8TRINGBR snd BIRD, fit. Nr wgste-streel
(la-o with Hotton and Co.).
have on hsnd a well-asserted Sto.k of TKiMMlKGS, PB1NOK8 end
VELVET*in the Now 8tylts. for the proeunt boasoa. kuralutre
Trimming of every description.
Bpedal st'eoiian to orders by poet.
N.B. Drapers and the trade supplied with cut length* at low prices.
fllHE SHEPHERD-CHECK FLOUNCED
JL DRKS9. This very fashionable Drcai, made up In all ooloura,
lined, snd richly trimned with re vtt, and mattrlai lor bodioo.
Price lis.Od.
A Drawing 0 f the Dtes post-free.
The LONDON and PAR.8 WAREHOUSE, 3*4 and 316, High Hslbora
rpiHE CHEAPEST HOSIERY in LONDON,
JL at G- KNOCK and CO.’d, 17. Piccadilly.
N.B. Cwuntry orders caretuUy attended to.
A BOON to LADIES in the COUNTRf.—
XJL The RESILIENT BODICE, lonttatto ci Medic', axd La
Prima Donna « ereet are sent post-free, w thout rxtra ebargo. Ii
fa by thisl-beral regutotion, plsc’ng tfiun wlibin reach o' tvwy lady
In the laad, that Ih-y navo becoao to thousind* u; o i thousand* nj»
only a Inxary but a n:eesslty, si ka in reg* d to health, elegance and
O'nreril no* I'luatrstoi! prospectus, dot lit ot price*, *c-u-aimuro-
m«nt paper*. Ac . prtt-frea—Metoa c* MARION and MaUVa.NiI,
Patemeve. 2.8, Oxford-street (opposite tho Marblo Arch).
nOMPTON /BOUSE SILKMERCERS.—
VJ Ibe COR AH FOULARD MANTLES a-d dCAKFd, fw tho •»-
sloe an- inoir iojc wear, wsterproo;, l guin-a; ri«h fiouneet Chbsd
Si k*. oiiirtoal price 7 guinea*, nov selllrg at li gutUMa. 700 pieces
of rich Frun. h Kibbooa a'l at 121-1. the yard, nauaily soki at 1*. hid.
baWLLL and Co., k ritb-*trect, Soho.
TMPORTANT NOTICE.—A large Stock of
JL GENERAL DKAPF.RY to be sold at half th* 'riginal prlce -
HoWiTf and COM PANT bavieg bought from tb* tnuioc* tha Stock
of Mr. 'Ibomaa Newton. Bit go street, 1 .ambith, at a eonaid»r»b^
dtwount for e**b, ar* now off-ring it for sale cm their premises. 2tfi *3
230, High Holbora. Ibe Stock vompruc* r-JIka, shawls, Mantles,
kancy Uww, Hon*eb> d and Family Line*. Prims. Lorg Cloth*,
Lac % Hotiery, Gluves, Fan -y Tr.mrnt. g*. Ac., Ac. 1 be sal* to com-
tmnee cacn day at 9 o'clock
pORSKTS and PETTICOATS.—Ladies who
Study oomfort with oconomy should tec GEORGE R> iBER'i 8 8
WATJMSfRiNU STEEL I'fc 111 .OATa. at fit. fid e-ch; an! Real
Lisle Thread Hose, al 22a- 6d. per dexen G. R. ha* also Just lm;n> «td
the new Pnnceas Kcy»l, tha Joaepbine and tb* i« h.nai.il to seta;
ailo the I’lecolnmtt.i Conet, with pstout front fa.tautog at It fid.
ChiUiion’a Btsy* in rail mi v»r ety. GEORGE RoBbn'18, Stay Mer-
chaot, IBS, Oxford-siroet, and 4, Lowndes-torrace, Knlgbubrl ga.
London.
1 DUViN SREAL ALPINE KID GLOVESI
tf Prioe Is. 6d. per pair,
In evenr Size and Colour for Ladire and Gentlemen.
Wo are the origi-al and omy-appolaUd Agent* for the * do of IbeM
eric hr* tod Gloves, the beat flu tog and most durable to be procured at
ANY PRICE 111
and sold only by RUHRELL and uWEN. 77 and 78 Oxf*rd-«treet.
N-D. A Semple Pair free by po»t for two extra stamp*
QUIRT 8.— RODGERS’S IMPROVED
kj CORAZZ A 8HiarS. 3 t. «d. snd 42a. toe hair dccen. Im-
portant tmntovvmenu having boon made in these celebrated shirts,
gentlemen are re*pecifelly xouciied to tuipeod their order* oatil they
have aeon them. For os*e, elegance and durability, they bare no
rival Book of *0 UhutratLns and dot died mutkular* gratia and
poat-frea.—ROOGRR* and CO., Improved Bhl.tmakm, 69, svoint
Martin'*-lane. Charing-*rot*, W.C.— fcatabliahea fid years.
rTUIE KOBE PLAST1QUEUI
a Price £1 lit. 6d. The texture la of real Mohair and silk
Design- d by. and to be p-ocured only at.
RUMtlKLL and OWEN'S, 77 and 78, Oxftxnl-streri, Lomdoa.
QPORTING SHIRTS, by RODGERS.—
KZj Now and extraordinary dmlgns, in all ootour*. laduding Home*.
Dogs. Foxo», Bird*. Ac. Also a ettolco of m re than l<4> r«w anl
fashionable oiound Bhirting*. In neat and gcntl-manly pattern*. -
RODGERS and CO., Improved Hhirtmakois, 69, 8t Martin’*-lane,
Ch<ring-cn>u, WC.—Pat terns for selection and book of 80 Ihut-
trations post- free for two stamp*.
mHE CRYSTAL DRE8SI11
1 Price Cl 15a.la of glassy appearoBO*: be tog perfretly trans¬
parent. of barfege Ux.nre, but mach more durable, with two deep
flounce* Designed by. and to be nroenred <mlr an
.hUMBELL and OWEN’S, 77 and 78. Oi ford-street, London.
T ACE PARASOLS, comprising tha well-
IJ known Iri*h, Mallreo and French aces now *o muck oul at
fPtos, flo«cr show*. Ac ; also an Intmrn e aaio-tmnnt of l aia-oU
mail* o' the ri.hmt Lyons Bilk. In every ta-iety of relonr an< ilw gu.
w ar,d J 8A OBFB.*. 110, hegant-tiroeti 9l,Fie«t-auert, 75,Chtan
side; Ifi.Beys! Kxchangc.
N B. Par-ucl* and Snoahadcs for tho etaiido sad for general u:«
from 7a fid. each.
EYODGE and LOWMAN beg to inform their
1—L Pat-on* and tho Public that the whole of their Departments
ore now reple e with a greater rariotd of Novelties than uiaai.
suitablo for the present teasoa.
ARGkLE HOUcR, 266,268, 260, 262, Regent-street.
T ADIES'FIRST CLASS ELASTIC BOOTS,
JU With tingle toloe, 11s. fid ; with dicbetolse, I3t fid. I iue-
tnuel priori Caiatogum free by poe; —IflOAAS D. MAttnH ai.i^
192. Oxford-street. W.
r OCKE’S LADIES’ CLOAKS, of Scotch
1 J Waterproof Tweed, in all tho heather* *od plain ro'ours, far
travc'Uag and te<aidx wear A larg* variety of gs ; a«a c oaha
Pattom- foe Reyal Clan Tartan and Scotch TitM Watebcuacs,
1-9 and 127, Regegem-stiect.
T3IDING HABITS.—ladies may have a
ii Habit mad# st Mows. KICOLL‘8. of HIGHLAND CLOTH.
ah'waM roof and etrirwlae, atfap'ed for mcralr V ex*.cl e the rest
being’hreegtocea*. hp tini'ii*, with Pant ton* d* Chase*, Used
chamois leather, or Itri'ts, *r* ibewn by fo-ra’* stundautx,
Warwick House, 142, Rcgiai:-*ir*»t.
QILKS, Rich, Plain, Striped and Cheeked
kj Olaed, al 22 a. fid. per dress of twa-ve yards, and worth the
attention of families. Pattens sent free by poet. JOHN HARVEY,
SON. and CO., 9, Ludgu:*-hili. Eslatiilahsd upwards of fifty years.
Carriage paid open amounts above 15.
Ply me, try m«;
Pr»v« me, »r* you dery ms.—Midas.
■REFORM \uUtt TaILOkS' BILLS —
LY Lad r« Hidlrg Habits. 14 4a.; Foo4ra>n'a Halt. £1 %o —
DOUrtJIkY and 8 Jflft, 17, Old Booj-.ttcjt; 26, Lu.Ungtre Arcade.
49, Loin-eud sn col tutablfehed 1784.
INDIA SHAWLS.—FARMER and ROGERS
JL hegto anunaiKe toe arrival of several Csoas of fint-riais INDIA
iapHMKKFS oi m>goificttut design and qut’ity. (here rbawl*
lav# b-*n revived by Mosers- P »nu K. direu lien C.stnnare. end
are wtllw r by ths do**o« of the eonteU*e*r Their vxts.M** pur¬
chase a. the Uie gr, at mdta Bale are now rirared an l re Or for In-
•neci'oo.—Th* Great rhawl and «‘lo*k Kap tlxm 171, 1*3, 176,
iicgeat-i'rret. India 8bt«is Bojyh. and axchaugW.
WANTED, LEFT-OFF CLOTHES for
f V AUSTRALIA, In good or inferior nudities. Mr. and M t.
JOHN IflAACfl, 119 and 320, Strand topporttaStmeimt Hetmtl. ern-
ttnu* to give the highesi price In Caah for ladles', Oenltomeo’e. i ud
ChUaren'a Clothe*. Rcgmacnuls, Und ore! o thing, Boot*. Book*. Jew 1-
lary, and ail MiMellaaeou* Property. Lettere for any day m dtota: ce
punctually sttend-d to. PareeU sent frrsa the Countrv ehhir U *e
or mnaD, the ulmoet raise returned by Poet-oflloo order toe asms day
Reference, London and Westminstor Bank. EaUbiiabed 19 years.
\,| AKKIAGETROUSSEAUX and INDIAN
ill. OUTFITS.—CHrtIsTiAN and HATdBONEreepectftillytriielt
ao tnspeetion of thdr extemivo and recherelri Suck, c mnmizg
ParL-iUu ta to with that exoel «oo« and da ability of material for
wnich their hpnaabas b*ea ao ed for upward* ef sixty yean.
1), Warner.-nreet W.
/AKANDEb NOUVEAUTEb in FAKIA—
VJT LA 00MPAGNI1 LTONNAlSR,
No 37. Boutevtrd dm Capaclne*. Faria,
bar# just ex pored foe Frio their Nevehiee for the 8*a.oa oompriaing
S. k 8 offs. Lace Indian and French farhrBiiree, Priatod and
Pl,u * Muaiins, Fancy btaffh of aS kinds. Wedding Oatflie, Mtaues,
Bomons, Ac.
rhe scooemive aggrandlsemsna of th* mtahllshsMst ef La Ccm-
D'gnie LyocnsUo have rendc-ed H on* o t the moat ax u nil to m
hcroyei the wamoom* at the peeent day eomprire upward* ef
thirty aaloous or gallwle*. haviag four separau autrace**. Bring
thetr own manh/aciarms, their production* ire not liable lo tha extr*
cha*tes made on account of intermediate agents, and tha* this Com-
p«n* con afford to offer to the public on tern* far more ad«aa-
ugreat than any other house. Irsry article crec the Ceehsmke*. Is
marked in plain figure*
be Compaguie LrcanaRe have establUbed boom at Lyons, Cash¬
mere. A cocoa and Chantilly, for Ih* aanu-aaora ef trik S:»fTs,
Cachimlres and Lace, but they bar* no saocunale for sale In any
oosc-try whatever.
WANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES.—Mr.
giving th* highest price* for every kind of Ladies’ and Gaoltom it *
WEARING AFP ARAL, satin and velvet dreeraa, ragimectoia. m,.-
formt, India «b*wU, petal Ltea trinkvtt, hooka, furniture, mkeri*
lanootu property. Ac. Ladies or Genuasncn waited on. any tima r
distance. Address as above- Tarty h from lha eenutry, the Ka il
ralne remitted in each. Betahlkhed 1801.
X\T ANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES. Uni-
V Y forma, MieceBanoou Prepmiy, Ac. Tb# hi*h-*t pries giv.n
Ladise or Genttomen waited en by eddraming to Mr or lit* G
H4 AM. 10, Beak-s-rert. Krceet-*treat. W ; or pare*)* bring eent, da
u’.moa- value ianab koisadalaly remltttd. tUstlubed ‘Bad
'ItTANTED for lie Colonic*. CLOTHING,
YY Mlsrellaacoea Property. Ae. Ladle* and r cat town wsiud . n
by addreming te kr.tr Mi* HENRY. 280 Btraitl. nrer’Ntinlag <
banking-house, as U« almost value la eaah return- d foe all paren t
sent from town or reentry- Era - luhed 1810. Book*. Furniture.
Jawaltory. Ac. hmgbt te any aar-uot
TJAI.ZaRINE MUSLIMS, primed for the
D coming Warm Westbcr, Just bought a tot* than half pH<*-
Tho celeur* are beautlfal and perfectly f. n. Prioo fie. > 1 Id. the dm*.
Ther *«m tha manufec nrer* 16a. Patterns free-HOOPBR, Maslia
Merchant, fc2, uxferd-»trret.
WANTED LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, Rcgi-
YY meat alt, Ac, for Ex-ertalton. Hishml cash pries u-
K F Ladi*< ans GwntUmen *.t«n1*d at thrir ree dance* by Mr. cr
M>a. DAVIS tfi Matylr.beoe-Lne; or 46 a. Duke-* reet, M* threicr-
equare, W. Parce’a a a*. Pn*t- ©c* ord. n remitted aame thfr- N-H
Jew# L ry. DJamesAa, P»*le, O d see. Coin*. Ac . Bought red Bold.
T? LEG ANT FRENCH MUSLIN?.—New
Ili fattorns for this Mooth.-20.r00 pieces ef ORGANDi and
FK-.NCH Mim'.lN »a»* »ow effenng at 2* 11 d. the arses ol 8’ard*,
or any long h afit at «(d. yd. Trey are Naori'ri gewt* fast coloar*,
and eaunot be replaced a* Is. ay»»d The Fl uneed Mut.in* are vary
*-n*, for Wbo'rea e buyers will find three g# d. dretrah * Pattern*
rent free—Hfk)PF.R. Muslin Men.hat sad Printer, fti, Oxiord-
*4ree*,W. Bwabhabed 1834.
WANTfD LADIES’ and GENTLEMEN’S
YY LRKT-OFP CLOTHR9 ReglmenUlt. and Vtoeellraccua
Property. The hlgbest price In Cash !.*<Ha« and (toeil maa w*tt-d
«o hy addre sing n Irlw to Mr o Mr*. LAW. 251. 8uan4 (c| pcsRo
1 wining 1 * Bank., or 31 , mar Wa<«Ito-br tlga. Parcels from tha
•santry, a potwfbce ctdor temitted, hrtariitoedtkyaam.
644
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
[June 26,1868
STATE SWOBD FOB THE FIRST KING OF SIAM.
By order of the Siamese Ambassadors, Mr. P. G. Dodd, of Cor nhil l,
has recently made a magnificent state sword, ef three hundred guineas
value, for his Majesty the first King of Siam. The blade of this
©word is of the finest temper, and is richly ornamented. It has on one
Bide this inscription, in old English:—"His Majesty Bomdetch Phra
Paramendr Maha Monghut, the Major Bong of Siam and its Depen¬
dencies, &o.;” and on the other the initials of his Majesty, P. P. M. M.
Ih9 length of the sword is thirty-nine inches. It is of a mixed style.
The pummel is a lion’s head, in solid gold. The crosspiece, or guard
STATE SWORD RECENTLY MADE FOR THE FffifiT KING OF SIAM.
at the handle is composed of three serpents coiled. It may not be out
of place to state here that the swords styled gold are usually made of
silver gilt. The handle of this sword is of gold, of eighteen opats
fineness, and hears the Goldsmiths’ hallmark. The scabbard is richly
ornamented with eorollwork in high chasing.
THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT DEAN, IN
BOSSENDALE.
This catastrophe occurred on Wednesday morning, the 9th inst., at
Spring Mill, Dean, near Nowchuroh, usually called Dean Engine Mill,
©coupied by Messrs. William Barlow and Son, and the property of
Mr. John Pickup, of Turn hilL In consequence of an escape of steam
CAP AND HAT WORN BY THE SWORD AND MAlE
BEABEBS OF THE CITY OF COVENTRY.
Thb8E ancient relics of the city of Coventry's Corporation costume
were lately brought to London, to be replaced by new ones, made less
in size, so as to fit the wearers with more comfort, at the same time
preserving the epct style of the old ones. The cap is of thick grey
fur, quite round in form, having a bold gold oord round the lower part,
and descends on one side to the shoulders, terminated by two gold
tassels. This cap is worn by the Swordbearer—a post filled at the
present time by Mr. D. Lauranoe. The hat is of firm foundation, co¬
vered with rich orimson velvet, fluted round the crown. The dome of
the crown is ornamented with gold fringe and lace. The brim is
curiously divided into two parts, ths ends of one half lapping over the
other. This part is also edged with gold lace, and, like the cap has a
gold cord round it, terminating with tassels on one side In general
appearance it is not unlike a cardinal’s hat It is worn by theMaoe-
bearer. Mr. Bradwick fills the post at the present time.
THE LATE RET. JABEZ BUNTING. D.D.- (SEF, PAGE 643.)
the mill had been stopped, in order to attach a steam-pipe j'int; and
while the engineer and a meohanio were thus engaged, about ten yards
from the boiler-house, one of the boilers burst with a tremendous ex¬
plosion, leaping from its bed, separating, the two portions being pro-
jelled wiib great force in opposite directions. One end struck and
mocked down the warehouse; the brickwork was scattered in all
directions; and large stones, Ac., were hurled to a great distance.
The end of the boiler being torn in two, the larger portion fell about
eighteen yards from its seat The smaller lies on tke ruins of a wall
about twenty-four yards off The only portions of the mill injured
were the weaving shed of one story (all the windows of which were
blown out and a great part of the shed blown down), and that por¬
tion which adjoined the boiler-house, three stories in height The
blaoksmiths’ shop, near the shed, was also blown down. There
were three men to the shop, two of whom escaped uninjured, and the
third was only slightly hurt.
The other portion of the boiler, proceeding in an opposite direction,
forced its way through a b'eastwall, a yard in thickness, and cut a
trench two yards deep through a cart road, displacing about twelve
tons of earth. It next knocked down the wall between the high road
and an adjoining field, and finally rested in the field, thirty yards from
the road, having altogether traversed a distance of forty-eight yards,
through all the obstacles named.
The explosion caused another boiler to be torn up from its bed, and
reared almost on one end. Looms and various machinery were
smashed, and the damage to property is estimated at nearly £3000.
The alarmed workpeople were rushing frantically from the place,
when a flue, which conveys steam from the boilers to an engine at
the opposite end of the mill, burst, and thirteen or fourteen of the
workpeople were more or less enveloped in and scalded by the steam.
Hannah Howorth was so severely scalded that she expired the
same day. Thomas NuttaU was seen working at a hooking-machine a
few minutes before the explosion. He was afterwards found where he
had been bulled aoioia the warehouse, about ten yards distant, and
quite dead. Hargreaves Lord was crossing the warehouse, when he
wa? struck down by ths falling building; and, when found, he was
lying under a largt stone, and quite dead. Fifteen other persons were
’ ijured, some of them severely.
The annexed Engravings are from photographs by Mr. W. Ogden.
f^\r
CAP AND HAT WORN BY THE SWORD AND MACE BEAKERS OF THE
CITY OF COVENTRY.
gin als during
Our represen ration s are taken from the origin
were in London, at the manufactory of Mr. J. Beynolds, hat maker, of the
Strand, who had the task allotted to him of making the new ones
on the late occasion of her Majesty’s visit to Birmingham. It is
rather difficult to decide the date of these remnants of Coventry’s town
inrignia; they are supposed to be at least two hundred years old.
The Mayor and Corporation of Coventry, whilst waiting on Monday
week to receive her gracious Majesty on her arrival at that ancient
oity, were attended by their Sword ana Mace Bearers, who wore their
ancient civio costume, at once quaiot and pioturesque. Their head¬
dresses. we are informed, created quite a sensation among the strangers
on the platform. Miss Dresser, about eleven years of ago. the daughter
of the Mayor, had the honour of presenting a beautiful bouquet to
her Majesty as she passed through the waiting room to the Royal
carriage. The Mayor and Mrs. Dresser were invited to the grand
banquet at Stone leigh Abbey on Tuesday. Her Majesty conversed
freely with the Mayor, thanking him several times for the loyalty
which the citizens of Coventry had displayed.
SCENES OF THE LATE FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION AT DEAN, IN ROSSENDALE.—FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY MB. W. OGDEN.
London : Printed and Published at the Office. 198. Strand. In the Pariah of St demerit Danes, to the County of Middlesex, by William Little, 198, Btrand, aforesaid.—S aturday, June 26, 18 W.
Live Music Archive
Librivox Free Audio
Metropolitan Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Internet Arcade
Console Living Room
Books to Borrow
Open Library
TV News
Understanding 9/11